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ni
HISTORY

OF THE

State of Kansa

CONTAINING

A FULL ACCOUNT OF ITS GROWTH FROM AN UNINHABITED TERRITORY TO A WEALTHY AND”
' IMPORTANT STATE; OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENTSs ITS RAPID INCREASE IN POPULA-
TION: AND THE MARVELOUS DEVELOPMENT OF ITS GREAT NATURAL
RESOURCES. ALSO, A SUPPLEMENTARY HISTORY AND
DESCRIPTION OF ITS

CounrtTIES, CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES,

THEIR ADVANTAGES, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE; TO WHICH ARE ADDED
fo eon SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY SETTLERS

ILLU ~TRATED.

CHICAGO: A. T. ANDREAS,
1883. —
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PREFACE.

s [T= publisher presents this volume to the citizens of Kan-

sas without misgivings as to its favorable reception. It is
the most complete and exhaustive history of a single State ever
published, and has involved the investment of more capital, and
the expenditure of more intellectual and litetary labor, than has
ever before been employed on any work of its kind in this country.

Kansas is richer in historic lore than*any other region of
the Great West. Its traditions go back to the time of the Mon-
tezumas and the Spanish conquest of Mexico. In the Sixteenth
Century the Spanish conquerors of that country extended their
explorations through the hitherto unknown land now known as
Kansas; then, the mythical kingdom of Quivera, and claimed it
by right of conquest and discovery as a part of the domain of
the Spanish crown. Nearly two centuries passed when the
French, coming by way of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers,
again visited the mysterious land. A century later, American
explorers traversed the country and designated it as the Great
American Desert. From time immemorial it had been the home
,of nomadic tribes and the vast pastures of countless herds of
buffalo; then, the place of sojourn of half-civilized and half-dis-
Hearted tribes from east of the Great River, retiring or retreat-
ing before the ‘ceaseless flow of the mysterious tide of civiliza-
tion. They, in time, were swept from the field, to clear it for a
momentous conflict between the two opposing systems of Amer-
ican civilization, then struggling for mastery and supremacy
over the Republic. In Kansas the war was begun; and there
the first victories, presaging the full triumph of Liberty, were
won. The era of peace which followed witnessed within its
borders a progress in the peaceful arts such as the world had
never seen before in any State or country.

It is the task of the Kansas historians to tell the wonderful
story. It is not assumed that in this single volume the history
is complete. Absolute accuracy in every detail is not claimed.
It is not within the scope of human endeavor to avoid error. . It
‘is only possible to seek truth, and, perchance, to find it in pens
or less measure

The plan of the work, asyset forth in its prospectus, and as
has been fully carried out, embraced: (1) A general history of
the.territory now included within the limits of the State, from
early traditionary times to now, covering a period of nearly three
hundred and fifty years; (2) elaborate historical sketches of all
counties organized up to the time of going to press; (3) biogra-
phies of the leading citizens of Kansas still living, or deceased.

4 In the compilation of the general history, the editors were
not embarrassed from lack of material so much as overwhelmed
by asuper-abundance of conflicting and often untruthful accounts
of deeds done and events transpired. More especially was tlfis
appa! ent during the territorial period of Kansas’ history.
ing those exciting times it is doubtful whether a single unpyeju-
dicedl person told the story. Although the press of the Whole
country teemed with accounts of -what transpired, each tale, as
now read through the perspective of retreai.cc time, shows myst
plainly the tinge of that subtle yet midel leven turm of- false;

a iB

ur-

r

hood which comes from an unconscious perversion of facts on
the part of the earnest writers. In addition to this, unscrupu-
lous newspaper correspondents, instructed to write only for the
northern or southern political markets, sent broadcast over the
country, contradictory or false reports of every new phase of
the exciting contest as it developed. Many books on Kansas
affairs were published during the territorial troubles, some of
great merit and of rare historic value, as furnishing corrobora-
tive testimony;: but of the whole, it is not believed that a single
volume is now acknowledged as authoritative, or even approxi-
mately accurate, in a historic sense.

As an offset to the peculiar difficulties which beset the Kan-
sas historian, the advantages were not inconsiderable. A most
exhaustive and thorough chronological index of: events, embrac-
ing the history of. Kansas from 1854 to 1875, had been published
hy Hon. D. W. Wilder—Wilder’s Annals of Kansas—which
will ever prove the inseparable and indispensable help of the.
student of Kansas history.. Lacking its kindly and trustworthy
directions, the labor on this work would have been increased in
great measure. :

eee)

The Kansas State Historical Society has gathered a more \
varied and more complete collection of rare books, newspapers, . :

manuscripts, private correspondence, and other historic materiai ~

pertaining to the history of the West and of Kansas, than can
be found in the repository of any like society in the Great West.
To this valuable collection the editors were granted free access
by the Board of Directors,
by the Secretary. Hon. F. G. Adams, is here gratefully acknowl-
edged.

The Kansas State Library also contains many valuable and
rare historic works, which through the uniform courtesy of H. J.

_ Dennis, Esq., State Librarian, were placed at the disposal of the

editors.

Kansas has adopted tne most efficient and thorough methods
of gathering and disseminating statistical information known in
the country, and the Bieniial, Reports of the -Kansas Board of
Agriculture, and the State Superintendent of Schools, are the best
issued from any of the State bureaus in the Union. As an exam-
ple of their efficiency, and value, it may be stated that the State
census of populationj and agricultural and school statistics for
1882, were published and distributed before the Federal census
of 1880, containing like statistics, had been given to the public,

The publishers hereby acknowledge the many favors re-
ceived at the hands of William Sims, Secretary of the -State
Board of Agriculture, and his assistant, J. McFarland. To them
they are indebted for cuts, revised maps, and other favors,
grantcd at all times when asked, since the work was begun.

The Military “History was compiled largely from matter fur-
nished by the State Adjutant-General from the archives of his
department, who gave free assistance in the work.

Such defects as may be apparent in the work as presented,
can in no wise be attributed toa lack of material, nor to any
want of courtesy on the part of the many public officials and

The codperative assistance rendered |

|
_- Sketches of the counties.
-arate’ departments was derived irom diverse sources, and the
agreement in essential. points is so general as to be corroborative |

" unreliability of the whole work.

PREFACE.

private citizens, on whom the exigencies of the work forced the
editors to “intrude in their efforts to obtain desired information.
The work done under these advantages and disadvantages
is only so far complete as to point the way to future historians.
It is hoped, however, that the unprejudiced reader -will appre-
ciate the immense labor bestowed upon it in eliminating errors
which else might pass as true history, and in setting in order and
so grouping events as to make the story intelligible.
The County histories. are supplementary, They have been
written by . historians who have visited each county, and are

; made up more. directly tooth the remembrance of old resi-

, dents, and. less from documentary sources than is the gen-
eral State history.. They have been written by different au-
thors, each having his peculiar style, but all working under one
general supervision. No attempt has been made to force a cor-
respondence or agreement between the statements concerning
the same occurrences as detailed in the general history and the
The information contaiped in the sep-

of the truth of the whole. Where’ differences appear they
should be attributed to the different sources from which the

- information has been obtained, and treated as two honest ver-

-Sions of the same story, nathen than viewed as a proof of the
In all cases the proof-sheets
or manuscripts of the County histories have been submitted for
revision and correction to old and reliable citizens of the County
before going to press. “@

The biographies of Kansans still living have been submitted
for revision, as to errors in fact, to those most interested in their

-~ —~ accuracy, The data from which they were. written were gath-

_.ered from personal interviews with the subjects of the sketches,

.or-from their immediate relatives. They constitute an invalua-
ble addition to the history of the State, as showing what manner
of men make up the population, from whence they came, and
what. experiences or circumstances drove, drifted or lured them
thither, and made them a component part of the great common-

--wealth. It matters little that many of them are poor, or that a

few of them are rich. The lowly have ever found a refuge, and
honor for true merit, in Kansas; its history, containing no record.
of their lives, would be incomplete indeed.

The order in which the County histories appear in the vol-
ume may be subject to the criticism of skillful book-makers,
since there seems to be a disregard of all fitness, either in alpha-
betical order or historical precedence or importance. The ne-
cessity of issuing the work within a limited time compelled the
publishers to employ several. offices in printing the work, and

‘thereby rendered the printing of a consecutive line of counties,

under any plan, a mechanical impossibility, ,
The index gives the historical sketches of the counties in
alphabetical. order. It also gives a general as well as an analyti-
cal statement of the contents of the general history,-by no
means complete, but sufficiently full to meet the. practical wants
of the general reader. Its defects arise from the redundance of
incidents and names contained in the history, which rendered it
impracticable to give an analytical index, absolutely complete,
within any ordinary bounds. Its perusal is earnestly commended
to such critics as have not the leisure to read the work,
Except under the system adopted, which combined with the
employment of. ample capital the codperatiye labor of many

_minds, the accomplishment of the - present work would have

been impossible. The compilation. of the historic matter alone,

‘has involved the work of more than an ordinary lifetime. ‘

The captious critic, from the insignificant standpoint of his
own experiences and prejudices, will doubtless discover many
defects, and-to his criticism, every work is subject, regardless of -
its merits.

To the kindly care 0: the reader who seeks the truth and

loves it, this work is given, with the full faith that he will

defend it in full accord with its merits, against the attacks of all
who would prostitute the truth of history to the ephemeral uses
of individual interest or prejudice.

To the- citizens of Kansas this volume is presented in the
confident belief that its reception will be such as the great risk
incurred, the immense labor expended, and the honesty of pur-
pose evinced, should merit,” A. T. A.

 
CONTENTS.

GENERAL INDEX STATE HISTORY,

DESCRIPTIVE AND EARLY

  
 
    

  

. HISTORY.
INTRODUCTORY. Page.
Its Name-_.-.. .-2-.... 33
The Face of ‘the Country. 83
The River System.___._. 84
Timber, Shrubs and Herbage. 35
GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE.

Tertiary Area, _.__ 35
Tertiary Fossils __ 36
Cretaceous Area._._.__ 36
Fossils of the Niobrara — 87
Benton Fossils_......... 38
Dakota Fossils......-... » 89
Upper Carboniferous Area....-..2..' 39

Upper Carboniferous and Permian’
Fossils ! 40
- Coal Measures 40
_ Lower Carboniferous Fossils. 40
Sub-Carboniferous Area._..... 41
Valuable Geological Products. 41

 
 
 
 
 

Building Stone ........-2 2202-8 ; 41
Lime, Hydraulic Cement and Plaster , 41

 

Clay—Coal—Salt , 42
Lead and Zinc .... ' 48
Silver.and Gold. --; 48
Miscellaneous . . sa | 43
Climate -_-. 2.2.0... 22-222 ees ay 43
EARLY EXPLORATIONS AND EXPE-!
DITIONS. ;
Title to the Sofl.-...-.._.--.--.... ad
Spanish Explorations and Discover- j
“és (1527-1536) ...--...--------..- 44
COTONAD: oem ene cacin socacpecatianes) 44, 45

INDIAN HISTORY.’

Chippewas -...-------.

Wyandots ---_-

Pottawatomies .- a1,

Pottawatomic Missionary Establish-:

ments....:----. 41, 72

Miamies -.... 5 42

Miami Missions -- 2

Confederated Tribes 92, 73

Sacs and Foxes- 173.
73
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73
74

Indians of the Plains V4

PRE-TERRITORIAL HISTORY.
The Slavery Question ..-..- 4
First Slavery Restriction-. 4 :

Eathe organic Act-------..---.------ 81
Eagpulation of Kansas—1854 ..

French Explorations and Discoveries | 45
Marquette and Joliet
Du Tissenet

   

  
   
 
 
 
   
   
  
  
 
  

De Bourgmont -.----..- 2-2. “748, 49
Western Fur Trade ‘and ‘Traders. ---; 49
Early “American Explorers. (1804— |
W807) 2c io ewesseeseressiseesesce 49
Pike’s Expedition. 50-53
Long’s Expedition._........--
The Great American Desert. 54
The Early. Highways --_...

Early Santa Fe Trade.
The Santa Fe Road

Indians of Kansas___...-....
‘Western or Indian Territory--
Kansas Nation..
Osage Nation._.
Osage Missionary
Pawnees
Padoucas_...
. Shawanoes, or Shawnees 5,
Shawnee Missionary Establishments. 66

 
   
  
 
   
 

Early Missionaries....-.-.--------- 66-68
Delawares, or Lenapes 8, 69
Delaware Missions.--- oe

 

Ottawa Baptist Mission.

 
    

 

 

First Slavery Extension---
Slave Statistics ....-..---------..-- v6)
Emancipation inthe Northern States 75
Classification of population of United

 

    
   
 

 

States %
The Missouri Contest... i 16
The Missouri Compromise. 16
From 1820 to 1852 -....--.- q7
The Annexation of Texas. VW
The Wilmot Proviso-... 7
Compromise Of “1850... 78
Presidential Election (18: q9
Territorial Organization of Kansas.. 80

Repudiation of Missouri Compromise 80
‘'s
‘ERRITORIAL HISTORY.

 

 

irst Political Movements......-.-- 82

‘Emigrants over Lane’s Route.

 

 

Country Opened to White Settlers... 83
Land Claimed by Missouri Squatters 83

  

 
   

 

Eastern Emigration....-.._..._.... 84
Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Com-

DAD Yass weatereeene ve in oe cee emaneie) 84
Spirit of the Northern Press.._._..- 85
New York and Connecticut Emigrant

Aid Company ..._... e 85

, Claim Associations...._ 85
Town Associations ........-...- 86
First Territorial Appot 86
The Beginning of Government..._. 86

- Governor Reeder’s early Labors in

BO eas acinacom meds esueanbencaus 87
Election Proclamation for Hirst Elec-

OD wena remem eat eal alma naes 88
Platte County Self-defensiy e Associ-

BOION no ea ec uucee as 90
Blue. Lodges -_......_... 90
The First 4 Political Campaign. 91
The First Territorial Election__ 93
Census of Kansas Territory, -- 94
Couneil Districts Defined...’ ___. _._ 94
Representative Districts Defined..- 94
Judicial Districts Defined a= «(94
Election of March 30, 1858 ose ~.95-98

HOLY: se cursemsiee ceo ciate
Lynch Law Organized .
Election of May 22, 1855..
First Territorial Legislature.
Unseating-of Free-soil Members... 102, 08

  
  

Legislature at Shawnee Mission ..103, 104°

Removal of Governor Reeder.
The Black Laws.-..........--.-----

105
Work of First Territorial Legislature 105 -
106°

 

The Free-State Movement . fence eens 6 ~
Democratic Meeting in Lawrence... 106
Free-State Conventions in Lawrence
106, 107
Big Springs Convention..____.. ~--108-110
Nomination of Free-State Congress-
ional ‘Delegate._.......-i....--.. 109
_ Topeka Delegate Convention. 110
Elections of October, 1855.5...--.-- 111

Topeka Constitutional Convention. 111, is
Topeka Constitution....__./...._._.
Governor Shannon’s Arrival .
Law and Order’ Party Organized.-114, 115
The Arrest and Rescue ce Jacob —
Branson ie

 

 

Topeka Constitution in Cong
The National Conventions.
Presidential Election (1856)
The Home Struggle in Kans
The Topeka Legislature ..

  
  

 

 

   

  

 

. Chief Justice Lecompte...1- -- 127
The Sack of Lawrence-.-.-- 180, 131
' The Pottawatomie Murders,--..---- 181
War South of the Kaw-..-:.-.--- 131-135

Excitement in the Northern States.
‘ 186, 137

Dispersion of Topeka Legislature
(July 1856) .-.---__.. 140, 141
Second Battle of, Frank: ~ 142
Siege of Fort Titus .___..--. --- 142
Troubles North of the Kaw-...-- 148, 144

Administration of Acting: Governor .

WO0d80N |... 22. 2205 so receaces 144-146
Battle of Osawatomle seen ae 145
' Liberation of Treason Prisoners. 147

Administration of Governor Geary-.
147-157
End of Brees State Raids 149

Attempted Invasion of Wlaapaet
WNTOODS vouncavecenionauareato Bis seca “149
Arrest of Col. Harvey’s Men --.... 150

Close. of the Atchison-Stringfellow _
Campaign
The Judiciary ---

 
 
 
  

Free-State Prisoners....----.----
Governor Geary’s tour through Kan-

 

Topeka Legislature of 1857.

Second Territorial ‘Legislature....-- 156
Resignation of Governor Geary...-- 157
Acting-Governor Stanton..-..--- 157, 158
Administration of Governor Walker
158-165
Election of Delégates to Lecompton
Constitutional Convention-....---.

Question of Voting at Territorial
Election, October, 1857..-----..--

Apportionment for Third Territorial
Legislature --

Grasshopper Falls Convention

Lecompton Constitutional Co
tion ....--2 —

Election of October. 5, 1857. rmreimrian

Extra Session of Territorial’ Legisla-
ture (Free-State).....-.2..--....-

 

  

 

 

Removal of Secretary Stanton and

   

_._ resignation of Governor Walker_. 165

Vote on the Lecompton Constitution 165
. Election for State Officers (Lecomp-

ton. Constitution)..--...2......22. 166
Leavenworth Constitutional Conven-

HON. sve ecmencculeemer gwen ed 167-169
appointed Govy-

169

170

171

171

172
Oreanieline of Republican Party in

Kansas 172

   

“Election for State pn National om:

 

cers (Wyandotte; iConstitution)... 177
Drouth and Famine - 178
Resignation of Governor Medary... 178
Last Session of the Territorial Leg-

Iplabureiccs caces Becca ccceewcccce

STATE HISTORY.

MILITARY RECORD.

1
~The Price Raid-.-: -

LEGISLATIVE AND. POLITIGAL oe

‘aateenin Kansas. , Volunteer Caval-

First Kansas Volunteer Infantry. .180, 181

Second Kansas Volunteer Infant.

DN oe anata name aa Soar 1st, 182

Second Kansas Volunteer Cavalry...

182-184

Fifth Kansas Bini Cavalry..184, 185
Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry ----

185-188
Seventh Kansas — Caval-
Fe al a ay anh se a ee mts meet 188, 189
Elghth Kansas Volunteer Infant-
Tees cic hewn sion wentewesemea sien 189-193

Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry-.193, 194
Tenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry.194, 195
Eleventh Kansas ! Volunteer Caval-

 

ry 97, 198
Thirteenth Kancad Volunteer Caval-
ourigeuih Kansas Volunteer ie

PANDY ints isc cc deta te ena c means. 198, 199

gine itaasas’ Volunteer Cayal-
TYiincm wa tnpictoninnie lp eumar semeewece 199, 200
Seventeenth Volunteer In-
POMNUTY- sees sedan woe we ek 200

 
  
   
   

Infantry ...-200, 201
Infantry. -201, Be

First Kansas
Second Kansas

First Kansas V Battery-..-. 02
Second Kansas Vi Battery... 202
Third Kansas V Battery..-- 203

Hollister’s, afterwards Hopkins’, Bat-
tery

  

Cost of Price Raid.
Indian Regiments... ....
Eighteenth, Kansas Volun

talion wemMiceane ceeEeSeoeSeeese:

MP a a sicti a aoe eae eS 210, 211
Indian Troubles ‘in Kansas (1864~
1870)

 

209-211

 

NALS (1861 to 1888) --..-----.--.- 11-238
Gubernatorial Vofe of Kansas..-.-. 234
‘Vote of Kansas at’ Presidential Elec-
tions 235
Kansas Presidential Electors... ..-. 236
Kansas Representatives in Congress 236
Kansas United States Senators...... 236

The Judiciary of the Territorial Pe-
riod_..-
Territoria‘ Judicial D z
Courts Under the State Regime.
District Courts
United States Courts-.
State Officers
Biographies of Governors of Kan-
Bas saeas Loceesceoul Geescatesces 239-241

THE ERA OF PEACE,

 
 
 
  
 
 
 

 

 

RAILROADS. -

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and
Branch Connections...-.-.----.- 248-245

 

 

Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf—
DIONCheS sc ccsvnccncicceeeeecee 247, 248
Kansas City,: Lawrence & Southern
—DranChes -oncisncececacossenes 248,°249
Missouri, Kansas & Texas-- ~250, 251
Missouri Pacific s-.-..-.--.------.. _ 251

‘State University_........-

“Private Tgenl Gaerne of Learning... -

POST OFFICES
CENSUS OF KANSAS.....-......-.-.

 

St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita.....

St. Louis, Wichita & Western....... 252
Nebraska, Iola, Topeka & Memphis 252
Atchison & Nebraska 2

Railroad Lands

 

 

HUSBANDRY.

Tables showing the growth of hus-
bandry in Kansas from its admis-
sion into the Union to 1883...._._.

Kansas Crop of Cereals, by counties,
POP 1982 <2 2 csc cwoowcesconewensese

Kansas Crop of Miscellaneous Field
Products, by counties, for 1882...

Horticultural and Garden Products,
and value of Animals sold for
slaughter, by counties, for 1882... 257

FIOICUUGY GE ncn dive seemeeuasan 257, 258

Kansas State Board - of Agriculture

. 258-262

Fruit Trees in Kansas in 1878.___... 258

Kansas State Horticultural Society... 262

Kansas State Grange ~-+- 268-265

State Fairs és 265

Commissioner of Fisheries.._.... 265, 266

254
255
256

   
 

SCHOOLS oF KANSAS.

The Common Scboo? System-_....---
Reports of State Superintendents of
Public Instruction-..........-..-. 267
Summary! of Educational Statistics
267, 268
School Seine of Kansas, by Coun-
ties: eee
State Agricultural College
State Normal School_..

   
    
 
 
 

Leavenworth Normal School.

State Teachers’ Association_.

 

-278, 274

Kansas State School. Fund.... --- 275

Kansas Academy of Science. 275, 276 |
CHURCHES -..._.......----0- - 275-2718
KANSAS JOURNALISM.....-..---- 278-281

STATE INSTITUTIONS.

State Charitable Institutions.__-. 281, 282
‘State Penitentiary....--....
State Reform School

 

. STATE SOCIETIES. ¥

Kansas State Historical Soctety..288, 284
State Libfary -..-..---22.---. ~-284, 285
Kansas Medical Societies __ 285, 286
Kansas State Bar Association -..-286, 287

  

 

  

PROHIBITION IN KANSAS. A
Territorial Legislation-..........-1. 287 «
Action of| the Wyandotte Convention

287, 288
The Constitutional eee
Amendment 288
The Prohibitory Liquor 289, 290
Amendment to Section 10 ‘OF Liquor
LOW oud prcoseeecnuenso cou esecee 290, 291

THE EXODUS......---.-....-----0- 291, 292

NAVIGATION OF THE KAW....-- ~- 292

FLOOD OF 1844.....2...02.2.-.---- 292, 293

PUBLIC LANDS. 7
Government Lands ...--....--.--.. 293

School Lands

 

 

 

APPENDIX.
The Organic Act.........--....----
Wyandotte Constitution _.....---. aos he
IN MEMORIAM.
Biography of John Brown......- 299, 300
Biography of Hon. Thomas John-
BOD s-2--weeccepeecssceersesss $00; 801
Biography of Gen. “James .Lane.. 301

Biography of Hon. Alfred Gray... 301, 802
Biography of Maj. Gen. James G. -

BION -canicnica ces ceca seucnaweceses 302
Biography of Prof. Benj. F. Mudge 302
Biography of Col. James Montgom-

Clie ees ecco amuse ed 302, 303
Biography of Hon. Henry J. Adams 303
Biography of Hon. Marcus J. Parrott 303
Biography of Hon. George Graham 308
Biography of Hon. Martin F. Con-

PY ls neat see ia 803, 804
Biography of Rev. John T. Jones
(Ottawa Jones).--..-.------..- 304, 305

Biography of Judge James Hanway 305
Biography of Hon. D. P, Lowe....-- 305

 
Abbott J.B. 66, 95, 116, 117, 118,
121, 188, 150, 167

Abbott Nelson, 218

Abell Peter T, 90, 248, 252

Abernathy James L. 189, 190

Act to remove Territorial scat of
Government to Shawnee Mis-
sion, 103

Act providing for State Govern-
ment, 171

Acuco, 44

Adams Henry J. 125, 160, 167,
168, 169, 176, 248

'‘ Biography of, 308

Adams Frank G. 141, 146, 150,
160, 161, 167, 169, 2838, 258,
259, 262, 265, 276, 278, 284

Adams Charles W. 209 4

Adams D. W. 264

Adams M.S. 215

Adams N. A. 196, 214, 216, 259

Adams Wm. H. 278

Adjustment of Claims, 171

Admission of Kansas as a State,
179

Aduddell John F. 208

Aid for Kansas, 137

Alderson Rev. —— 277

Alderman Amos D. 121

Alexander J. M. 245

Allen Lyman, 128, 180, 209

Allen A. J. 215

Allen Norman, 202

Allen Aseph, 125, 171, 243

Allison W. M. 221

Alvarado Hernando de, 44

American Fur Company, 49

Amnesty Act, 1?1

Ancient Indian Tribes of Kansas,
58

Ancient Indian Towns, 58

Anderson Joseph C, 96, 97, 101,
104, 119, 130, 150, 156

Anderson John A. 227, 236, 261

Anderson Martin, 169, 195, 196.
197, 212, 214, 238, 259, 260

a.
__... LP erson T. J. 201, 207, 209

nie Jacobs’ (Steamer), 199
Anthony George T. 211, 221, 222,
228, 262°

Biography of, 240

Anthony D. R. 188, 214, 236, 283

Anthony Susan B. 214

Anti St. John Caucus, 229

Appeal of Law and Order Party,
139

Appeal of Pro- “Slavery Leaders,
144

Apportionment for Lecompton
Legislature, 161

Arkansas Territory Organized, 76

Arkansas River (Early mention
of), 45, 51, 52, 54, 62, 64, 68

Arkansas Valley Land District,
293

Armstrong Mrs. Lucy B. 66, 277

Armstrong Robert, 70

“Army of the North,’ 137, 138,
141, 153

Arnold Thomas, 259

Arny W. F. M. 137, 159, 162, 168,

J 169, 178, 243

Arrival of first Northern Emi-

grants, 85
Arthur James M. 111, 178, 175
Asylum for the Blind (Wyan-
dotte), 218, 218 219, 228, 282
Asylum for Deaf and Dumb
(Olathe), 213, 214; 218, 219,
282

Asylum for the Insane (Osawa-
tomie), 218, 214, 218, 219, 282
Asylum for the Insane, (Topeka)
219, 282
Atchison David R. 91, 93, 96, 103,
118, 119, 124, 129, 130, 188,
189, 148, 14 , 151
Atchison Institute, 273
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad, 248, 244, 245
Projection of the Road— Incor-
porators—First Board of Di-
rectors and Officers — First
Officers under Land Grant,
243
New Construction Company—
_ Building of the Road--Branch
Connections -— Land Grants,
244
Pottawaiomie Land Purchase
—Annual Increase of Busi-
ness in Eight Years, 245
Railroad Lands unsold January,
1883, 252
Terms of Sale, 294

 

SPECIAL INDEX STATE HISTORY.

Atchison, Colorado & Pacific Rail-
road, 246

Atchison & Nebraska Railroad,
242, 252

Atchison, Jewell County & West-
ern Railroad, 247

Atwood G. F. 209

Atwood Samuel S. 204

Austin James H. 237

Babcock Carmi W. 94, 106, 118,
129, 145, 158, 162, 165, 166,
171, 218, 214

Baptist Indian Missions, 66, 69,
72, 82

Baptist Churches, (Early) 276,277
Bacon Frank, 280
Bailey pewrence D. 287, 258, 259,

6: f
Baker University, 267, 278
Baker A. J. 101, 102
Baker F. P. 258, 259, 261, 283
Baldridge B. L. 277
Ballard D. E. 209
Bancroft Edward P. 193, 209
Banfield John A. 275
Banks Eliott V. 237, 238
Banks A. R. 205
Banks John M. 102
Banta A. J. 287
a Wm. 94, 96, 98, 101, 104,

106

Barber Thomas W., Murder of
120

Bardwell F. W. 276

Barker Rinaldo A, 218, 214, 238,
275, 276

Barnes J. D. 108

Barnes W. E. 262

Barnett W. B. 281

Bartlett: Thomas, 221

Barton J. T.178,175 |

Bassett Owen A. 182, 183, 203, 287

Baxter Springs (Military Post),
200, 208

Baxter Springs Massacre, 198

Bayliss George, 90

Bayne James G. 280

Beach: A. F. 250

Beach Geo. W. 248, 244

Beal John A. 221

Beebe Geo. M. 178

Bell J. B. 53, 54

Bell J. 263

Bell Peter, 237

Beeler Marion N. 198

Beman H. T. 209

Benton Thomas W. 55, 78

Bickerton Thomas, 118, 142, 150,

0:

Bienville, 46, 47
Big Springs Convention,
Committees—Reports—List. of
Delegates, 108
First Free-State Platform, 108,
109
Nomination of Congressional
Delegate—Speech of ex-Goy.
Reeder, 109, 110
First Free - State Executive
Committee, 110
Bird Lorenzo D. 243
Bishop A. W. 273
Blachly C. P. 276
Black Chas, E, 223
Blackwell Lucy Stone, 214
Black Jack, Battle of, 182
Blair Chas, W. 181, 182, 198, 202,
208, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209,
214, 219, 221
Blair Joel P. 101
Blanchard J. L. 178, 176
Blanton N. B. 95, 194
Blockade of Missouri River, 188
Blood C, E. 108, 155
Blood zee 125, 181, 161, 172,
178, 1
Blood N. C 178, 175
Biue Earth Creek: (Big Blue Riv-
er), 53
Bluemont College, 218
Blunt James G. 178, 174, 175, 188,
186, 187, 189, 196, 198, 200,
208, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209,
287
Biography of, 302
Board of Commissioners on Pub-
lic Institutions, 281
Bohrer George, 263
Boisbriant, 47
Bogus Election (1861), 211, 212
Bogus School Bonds, 220
Bonebrake P. I. 221, 222, 228,
227, 288, 292
Boone A. G. 117, 129, 139, 148,144
Boone Daniel, 60, 252, 253

 

CONTENTS.

Borton L. W. 228

Boston Kansas Relief Commit-
fee, 188

Bourgmont de, 47, 48, 49, 63

‘Bowden W. d. 237

Bowen Thomas M. 198, 209, 218

Brackett G. C. 262

Brady John T. 236

Branson Jacob, 116, 117, 166

Brewer David J. 215, 218, 221,
~ 229, 237

Briggs A. J. 199

Broadhead J, F. 237

Brockway D. 209, 275

Brodbent Charles S. 281

Brown John,

Z Hiren appearance in Lawrence,

12

Letter of, 120
Muster Roll of Company, 121
Pottawatomie Murders, 181
Battle of Black Jack, 132
Prisoners Surrendered to Col.
Sumner, 134
Battle of Osawatomle, 144
In Lawrence, 146, 150
Biography, 299, 300
;Monument, 222
Brown John Jr. 106, 108, 110,121,
181, 182, 134, 1
Brown Fred, 121, 181, 182, 145
Brown Watson, 131, 182
Brown Owen, 121, 131, 182
Brown Jason, 182, 134 *
Brown Salmon, 121, 182
Brown George W. 107, 108, 110,

_ 112, 128, 131, 182, 164, 166,

172, 278
Brown Frederick, 173, 175
Brown Channing J. 237, 238

Brown Capt. R. P. Murder of, *

124
Brown C. J. 221
Brown John M. 292
Brown John S. 262
Brown John W. 209
Brown Maj. J. G. 198
“Brown Robert J. 275, 276
Brown W. L. 230
Brown Wm. R. 218, 231, 236, 237
Brown Rey. Olympia, 214
Browning F. 96
Brownlee James, 277
Brumbaugh Jerome D. 213, 238
Buck J. F. 282, 283

* Buddington Geo. E, 180

Buffum David C.110, 118
Murder of, 151

Buford Col. Jefferson, 128, 129,
188, 139

Bull Creek, Battle of, 145

Burgess H. B. 96

Burgess C. M. 245

Burlingame W. 209

Burne!t J. C. 172, 178, 175, 248,
24

9

Burns James M. 91, 92, 100, 120

Burns Louis, 111

Burns Ross, 111, 214

Burrill Jeremtah M. 236

Burris John T. 178, 175, 287, 288

Burson Harrison, 95, 111

Butler Pardee, 115, 127, 216

Butler Thomas H. 209

Byerly Edmund, 236

Cabin Creek, Battle of, 184, 187,
200, 203

Caine wm, W, 121

Caldwell Alexander, 215, 217, 286

Calhoun John (first Surveyor
General of Territory), 86, 87,
114, 115, 162, 167

California, 77, 79

Camden Expedition, 188, 185, 187,
197, 198

Cameron Hugh, 106

Campbell Wm. T. 186, 187

Campbell W. P. 237

Cane Hill, Ark, Battle of, 186, 187,
194, 198

Canfield Wm. H. 237

Caniff H, J. 248, 249

Carney Thomas, 209, 212, 218,214,
215, 248, 249

Biography of, 239

Carpenter Louis, 237, 238

Carr E. T. 261

erie James H. 261, 262, 275,

Cass Lewis, ae V7, 78

Case N. T. 2

Cato Stirling @. 150, 151, 152, 153,
155, 156, 168, 286

Sane ua Thomas H. 218, 221,

 

Census of 1855, 94

» Of 1857, 156, 158

-« Of 1860 to 1882, 306

Central Branch U. P. R. R. 242

Chadwick Charles, 204, 205, 209

Chandler George, 237

@handler E. H. 276

Changes In House Representation
“of 1883, 229

Chapin G. F. 275

Chapman J. B. 91, 210, 248

Chase George S. 276

Chattanooga, Battle of, 190, 191

Challis Luther C, 243

Cheesebrough Ellsworth, 213, 236

‘Chenoweth B. P. 180

Cheyennes and Arrapahoes, 74,

9, 210
Cherokee Ind{ans, 73, 74 =
Cherokee Neutral Lands, 74, 247
Cherokee Lands, 293
Chevaz Don Antonio Jose, 56
Chickamauga, Battle of, 190, 192,
198
Chicago Kansas Meeting, 136, 137
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Be .m. (Leavenworth Branch),

Chip John, 172

Chippewa Indians, 70

Choteau (Pierre, Auguste, Fran-
eis, Cyprian), 49, 61, 62, 78

Choteau Fred, 292

Choteau Fort, 50°

Christian James, 108, 236

Christiso 1 W. 245

Churches of Kansas, 277

Church J. D. 258

Gthela, 44

Cicuye, 44

Clarke Charles S. 193

Glark Geo. W. 120, 121. 126 144

Clark Sidney, 212, 213, 214, 216,
‘224, 236, 248, 249

Clark Malcolm, 99, 100

Clark Marston G. 61

Clay Henry,.76, 78, 79

Clayton Powell, 180, 185, 209

Cloud Wm. F 181, a J; 184,
“186., 194, 207, at

Cline Capt. 145, 146

Cobb Stephen A. 216, 218, 236

Cobb Nelson, 237

Coburn F. D. 262 =

Cochran Benj. L. 121

Code of Territorial Laws, 105

Code of Territorial Laws repealed,

171
Coffey A. M.(M jor General Ter-
x Meeal Militia), 101, 106, 144,

Coffey General, 185, 186, 188, 189,
“19;

Coffceville, Miss. Battle at, 188,
139

Colby Philip T 286

Coleman Franklin (Murderer of
Dow), 116

Collamore G. W. 209

i of Ststers of Bethany,

Collins Samucl, Murder of, 116
Coli Uleat. (ith Kan.)' Death
of, 197
Colts Dantel W. 121, 145
Common School Lands, 294
Comstock Mrs. Elizabeth L. 292
Concordia Normal School, 272
Concurrent Resolutions (Topeka
Legislature), 166
Confederate Indian Tribes, 72
Congressional Investigation Com-
mittee, 99, 122, 126, 127, 185
Conanegelsens Churches (Early),

Conover John, 189, 192
Conventions (Free-State Terri-
sorta ), Lawrenee, June, 1855,

Lawrence, July, 1855, 107
Lawrence, August, 1855, 108
ee December, 1857,

Bie ‘Sorings, Sept. 1855, 108,
109, 110

May, 1859, 172
Topeka Delegate, Sept. 1855,
110, 111
TopekaConstitutional, ,Oct. 1855,
’
Topeka, June, 1857, 159
Topeka, July, 1857, 160
Topeka, November, 1857, 164
Grasshopper Falls, August,
1887, 162 }

 

Conventions (Free-State Terri
torlal), Leayenworth Masa,
Nov. 1857, 165

Leavenworth Constitutional,
March, 1858, 167, 168, 169

Minneola, March, 1858, 167

Wyandotte Constitutional,July,
1859, 178, 174, 175, 176

Conventions (Pro-slavery, Terri-
torial), Law and Order
(Leavenworth), Nov. 1855,114

Lecompton Constitutional, Sept
1857, 162, 163, 164

Conventions (Territorial), First
Democratic(Lawrence) July,
1855, 106.

Democratic (Lecompton), Dec.
1857. 165
First Republican (Osawatomie)
May. 1859, 172
Republican (Lawrence), April,
1860, 178
Conese (State), Republican,
214, 215, 216, 218, 221,
328" 226, 929
Democratic, 218, 215, 216, 221,
223, 227, 280
Union State- (1862), 213
Republican Union (1862), 213
National Union (1866), 214
Workingmen’s (1869), 215
Liberal Republican (1872), 216
Independént Beform (1874), 218 ,

- Temperance (1874), 218

Prohibittonist (1876), 220

National Greenback Labor
(1876. 1878, 1880, 1882), 221,
223, 227, 230

Temperance (1878), 223

Conway Martin F. Member of
First Territorial Council, 96

Judge of Supreme Court (To-
peka Con.) 161

First Kansas Representative to
Congress, 177

Biography. 303, 304

Mention of, 91, 94, 98, 103, 107,
108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 159,
ges 161, 162, 165, 166, 211,

Cooke Philip St. George, 57, 140,
145, 146, 149, 150. 153

Cooner George P. 276

Copeland James M. 184

Cordley Richard, 275

Cornell A. B. 223

Council Grove (early mentio .).82

County Normal Institutes, 272,

Counties Organized, 226, 227
Counties (change of boundaries),
214, 217, 218
Cove Creek,” Ark. 188, 186
Cowley, Sumner & Ft. Smith
Railroad, 242, 244
Cox J. T. 223
Crab Orchard, 190, 204
Cragin T. "W. 276
Cracklin Joseph, 188, 142, 145,
146, 150, 151, 158, 181, 183,
184, 276
Cramer Thomas J. B. first Terri-
torial Treasurer, 86
Inspector Gen. of Kansas Mili-
tia, 106
Mention of, 101, 149, 153, 165
Cramer J, A. 263
Crane F..L. 243
Crawford, Samuel J. 181, 182, 188,
201, 202, 207, 209, 210, 218,
214, 215, 228, 238
Biography of, 339
Crawford George A. 241, 212, 213,
214, 259, 288
Crawford Wm. 205
Crawford W. C. 209
Creighton W. W. 281
Creitz Wm. F. 184, 185
Crew A. J. 200
Crocker A. 178, 175
Crosby R. H. 111
Crosby Wm. 222
Croysdale D. L. 82, 96
oe Robert, 213, 217, 286, 287,
73

Cummings J. T. 172, 209

Cummings R. W, 60, 66

Cunningham Thomas, 236

Curtis Samuel R. 181, 204. 206,
20% 20! oh vere

Curtis H. Z.

Curtis A, i, “8, 110, 1 y ;

Curtis J. BE.

Custard sonecant (ith oT
Death of, 197 PR

¥
 

Cusey James C. 218
Custer George A. 210
Cutler George A, 111, 119, 125,
162, 164, 171, 177
_Dailey John, 111
Danford Addison, 238
* Davies James, 245 2
Davis Alson C.14 2, 286
Davis Isaac, 96
Dayis John, 263
Davis Werter R. 178, 175, 199,
214, 228
Davis Willard, 221, 288, 292
Tewguy Christmas indian chief),

Deftzler George W. 107, 110, 124,
126, 129, 165, 166, 181, 204,
205, 209, 248, 249, 259

Defense of Lawrence (Wakarusa
war),118 -

Delahay Mark, elected first Free-
State Rep. to Congress (To-
peka Constitution), 125

Mention of," aan 112, 121, 125,
159, 211, 2
Delaware aeom 68, 69
- Delaware [ndian Missions, 69

Delaware Post-office, 82

Dennis E. S. 236

Dennis E. H. 245

~Dennis Hamilton J. 285

Dennison Joseph, 277

Denton J. W. 185

Denver James W. Acting Gov-
ernor of Kansas Territory,
Sketch of, 165

Appointed Gévernor, 169
Resignation, 171,

Destitute in'Western Kansas, Re-
lief of, 228

Destitution from Grasshopper
Raid. 264

Diekey M. C. 124.

Dickinson David, 284

Dickson. Samuel, 243

Dillon Jotm#F, 238

Dimond Charles, 209

District Courts, Judges of, 237,
238

Dobyns Henry M, 186, 187

Dodge D. 111

Donaldson Israel B. (Terrttoriat :
U. S. Marshal), 86, 87, 114,

128, 129, 130, 140, 146, 153,
157, 286

Donaldgon John, 288

Doster Frank, 223

Douglas Stephen A. 78, 80, 103,
122

Douglass ee 291

Douthitt W. P. 2

Dover Hatha Shawnee Co.

~ (Early mention), 82

Downey A. L. 277

Doyle James P. Murder of, 181

Drake Samuel A. 200, 204

Drenning F. H. 209

Drywood, Engagement at, 184,
18

6
Dudley Guilford, 209
Dumbauld F. H. 263
Duncan C. C. 215
Durant Thomas C. 245
Dutton W. P. 173, 175
Dutton Hartwin R. 288
Du Tissenet, 47, 50, 63
Dyer W. F 245
Earl Ethan, 200 |
Early Churches, 276, 277
Early Missionaries, (Indian)
Barker Rev. Francis, 66, 276
Berryman Rev. J, C. 73
: Duerinck Fattier J. D. 72
Guilland Father Maurice, 72

Hamilton Rey. Wm. 72, 78, 277 .

Harvey Henry, 65, 66, 161, 168,
169, 292

Hadley Jeremiah, 66

Ho¢ken Father Christian, 72

Irwin Rev. Samuel M. 82, 83,

277
Johnson Rev. Thomas, 66, 82,
88, 95, 96, 97, 102, 104, 156,
253, 277, 283
Biography of, 300, 301
Johnson Rev. Wm. 60, 66
Lykins Dr. Johnston, 66, 68, 69,
0, 72, X7
Biography of, 68
Lykins Dr. David, 72
Mendenhall Richard, 66
Merrill Rev. Moses, 66
McCoy Rev. Isaac, 60 68, 69,
92, 277
Biography of, 66, 68
Meeker Rev. Jotham, 66, 277
Biography of, 69, 70
Peery Rev. E. T. 69
Pratt John G. 69, 70, 277
Quigkauborn Father Van, 78,

scifinmaker Rey. John, 63,

82, 277
Schultz Father J. %2,'277
Simmerwell Rev. Robert, 66
Biography of, 71, 72
Early Newspapers, 278
Eastin Lucien J. 96, 98, 101,
106, 117, 118, 278, 283

 

Eastman B. D. 282

'Eckles J. G, 282, 288

Eccleston Noel E. 236

Eighth Kansas Inf. 189, 190,
191, 192, 198

Efghteenth Kansas Battalion,

210

Elder Peter P. 215, 280, 238,
248

ae S. W. 129, 180, 154,

Eldridge T. B. 129, 180, 182
Electoral College, 221
Elections (Territorial)
For First Delegate to Con-
gress, 98, 94
First Legislature (March 80,
1855), 95, 96, 97, 98
(May 22, 1855), 101
Delegate to Congress (October
9, 1855), 111
Delegates to Lecompton Con-
vention, 160
Free-State Election (Topeka
Constitution), 161
Territorial Election, Oct. 5,
1857, 163
State Officers under Lecompton.
Constitution, 163
Lecompton Constitution (Vote
on), 163, 170
Elections (State), 212, 213, 214,
215, 216, 218, 220, 221, 222,
a. 225, 226, 227, 229, 230,

Eleventh Kansas Cav. 195, 196,

197

Elliott Robert G. 106, 108, 162,
165, 259, 262, 278

Ellison Paris, 95 .

Elmore Rush, o 87, 95, 104,
114, 140, 2

Elm Grove, 2

iwroad & Marysville Railroad,

4

Ely W. A. 107
Emery Jaines S. 106, 108, 109,
oe 111, 124, 168, 169, 238,
ri
mnery Capt. Frederick, 144,
» 151
Emigrants on Missouri Steam-
ers, 138
Episcopal Churches (Early), 277
Eskridge Charlies V. 166, 209,
214, 215, 288, 250°
Ewing Thomas, Jr. First Chief
Justice (Wyandotte Con.), 177
Mention, 165, 166, 167, 169,
172, 178, 174, 175, 193, 195,
196, 204, 209, ‘212, 287)
“Excel”’ Steamer, 292
Benguet of Coronado, 44, 45,

news and Clarke, 49
Major J. C. Long, 58, 54
Malgares, 50, 53
Lieut. Zebulon Pike, 49, 50,
51, 52, 53
Extracts from Pro-Slavery Pa-
pers of 1854, 83
Failyer G. H. 262, 276
Fain Wm. P. 127, 130, 134, 236
Fairchild George H. 243
Fairchild George T. 276
Fairchild Wm. 218, 222
Farmers’ State Convention, 263
Farmers’ State Grange—Officers,
Constitution, 264
Farnsworth H. W. 248

. Fearl Silas, 172

Fee John, 96

Fenlon T. P. 214

Felter S. A. 265

Fifth Kansas Cav. 184, 185

Fifteenth Kansas Cay. 199

Findley James, ah 2H

Finley J./A. 158

Finney David W. 224, 229, 230,
238

First Election Proclamation, 87

First Kansas Inf. 180, 181

Fisk Julius G. 182, 183, 184, 185

Flennekin R. P. 87, 92, 93

‘Flesher Henry, 193

‘Florence, El Dorado & Walnut
Valley Railroad, 242, 244

Flood of 1844, 292, 293

Foreman John A. 194, 200, 208

Foote A. A. 218

Foat I. T. 223

Forman John W. 101,
175

Formation of Indian Territory,58

Forbes Menson, 209

Fort Atkinson, 82

Fort Blakely, Battle of, 195

Fort Blunt, 187

Fort Clark, 61 _

Fort Elisworth, 209

Fort Gibson, 187, 203, 208

Fort Harker, 210

Fort Leavenworth (Early men-
tion), 68, 82, 88

Fort Larned, 210

Fort Orleans, 48, 49

Fort Osage, 49, 53, 61, 62

Fort Riley (Early mention), 82,
155

104, 173,

 

CONTENTS.

Hoth Goott & Carthage Railroad,
48

Fort Scott, Southeastern & Mem-
phis Ratiroad, 247

Fort Saunders (Engagement at),
141, 142

Fort Titus (Slege of), 141, 142

Foster Charles A, 106, 107, 110,
112, 164, 168, 169

Foster Cassius G. 209, 288, 292

Foster R. Cole, 178, 175, 215

Fourteenth Kansas Inf. 198, 199

Fowler E. B. 237, 238

Fowler Philip P. 101

- Fowler W.C. 215

Fox J. P. 106, 108, 172

Francis John, 218, 220, 221, 223,
238, 262,

Franklin, Tote of, 182, 133

Franklin, Second Battle of, List
of wounded, 142

Fraser John, 218, 219, 261, 267,
274, 275

‘* Free-State '’ newspaper, 275

Free-State Candidates for First
Territorial Legislature, 96

Free-State Members of First Ter-
ritorial Legislature unseated,
102

Free-State Settlers of Atchison
and Leavenworth, Outrages
on, 134

Free-State Guerrillas, 141

Freedman's Relief Association,
291, 292

Freedman’ 8 University (Quinda-
ro), 215

Fremont John C. 54

French Cyrus O. 237

Frontier Settlers, Aid for, 227

Frost Joseph, 243 |

Fugitive Slave Law, Opposition
to, 79

Fuller J. G. 126

Funston E. H. 262

Gale E. 262

Gambell W. G, 213

Garfield Electors, 236

Gargin James, 106

Garretson W. A. 230

Garrett Russell, 96

Garrison Isaac, 259, 262

Garrison David, 145

Garvey E. C. K. 118

Gaumer Geo. F. 261, 276

Geary John W.

Appointed Governor of Kan-
sas, 143

Sketch of Life, 147

Admi{nistration, 147 to 157

George O. S, 261

Gifford Charlies E. 230

Gilbert Samuel L. 230

Gilchrist Charles K. 237

Giles Fry W. 107, 110, 218, 219,

252

Gillpatrick Rufus, 108, 132, 162,
166, 178

Gillpatrick J. H. 162, 201, 202,
208

Glick George W. 214, 230, 252,
62, 290, 291

Biography of, 241
Goodin Joel K. 96, 108, 110, 111,
112, 124, 125, 164, 165, 166,
168, 169, 174, 248, 249
Goodin John R. 213, 218, 223,
231, 236, 237, 288, 264, 267

' Goode Wm. 277

Goodnow Isaac T. 213, 238, 267

Gordon Wilson S. 243

Goss N. S. 250, 276

Gould College, 273

Graham George, 172, 214, 238
Biography of, 303

Graham Robert H. 178, 175, 189

Graham Robert St. Clair, 237

Graham Wm. 111, 160

Graham Jas. M. 192

Graham I. D. 276

Granges, Political Influence of,

264

Grant Electors, 236

Grasshopper Falls Convention,
Delegates and Officers, 162

Grasshopper Creek (Early men-
tion), 58

Graves Charles B. 237

Gray Alfred, 219, 226, 259, 260,
261, 262

Biography of, 301

Gray Barzillal, 237

Greeley Horace, 77, 85, 172

Green Nehemiah, 214, 218, 238

Biography of, 289, 240

Green H. M. 282

Green J. C. 248

Green James W. 230

Greeno Harris C. 186, 208

Greer John P. 178, 175, 178, 209

Gregory ane 188

Grey B.

Griffith Wi R. 111, 112, 161,
aby 178,174, 175, 177, 238,

67
Griffin A. A. 160, 161
Griffin Albert, 223, 283
Griffing Jas. S. 277
Griswold Hiram, 213

 

Grover Charles H. 286, 245
Grover D, A. N, 101, 114, 148,147,
156, 283

Gunn O. B. 209

Guthrie Abelard, 88, 108, 109, 110

Guthrie John, 216 236

Guthrie Warren W. 213, 221, 238

Hadley D, B. 221

Hatrgrove, Asa, 218, 221. 238

Halderman John A. 102, 104, 114,

177, 180

Hale Rev. E. E. 84

Hale Hiram F. 250 251

Hall Rev. —— 277

Hallett Samuel, 245, 246

Hallowell James R. 218, 238

Hamilton William, 72, 73, 277

HamiIton O. P. 292, 293

Hamlin Geo. F. 288

Hammatt A. 237, 238

Hanback Lewis, 229, 236

Hanks Clark J. 238

Hanway James, 173, 175
Biography of, 305

Harrington E. 318

Harris Amos, 238

Harris H. B. c. 96, 104

Harrison Jeremiah, 121

Harvey James M. 214, 215, 218,

36
Biography of, 240
Harvey Henry, 65, ‘66, 161, 168,
269, 292
Harvey C, W. 221

-Harvey J. A. 143, 146, 149

Haskell Dudley C. 218, 220, 221,
227, 236

Haun M. M. 248

Haviland Mrs. Laura, 292

Haworth Erasmus, 276

Hay Robert, 41, 212

Hayden Sidney, 230

Hayes Electors, 236

Hayes Josiah E. 215, 216, 218, 238

Hayes T. W. 94

Hayes Chas. 245

Hays Charles (Murderer of David
Buffum), 153

Hazzard A B. 278

Heath Erastus, 172

Hebbard J. C. 292 5

Heiskell Wm. A. 98,101, 106,149,

1

Hemingray J. C. 209

Henderson T. W. 292

Hendrick W. S. 222

“Herald of Frecdom,’’ 93, 107,
108, 112, 160

Herrick Thomas P. 188

Hiawatha Grange, 263 ~

Hickory Point, 149, 150, 152

Hicks W. H. 111

Highland University, 73, 273

Hill J. Finn, 199

Hill T. 277

Hills Charles H. 194, 195

Hilton H. R. 276

Hillyer George S. 111, 125, 160,
161, 167, 168, 177, bsg, 24 43,

” Impeachment of, 212, 218

Hinton Richard J. 160, 167, 175,
200, 201 2

Hipple Samuel, 173, 175

Historical and Philosophical Soc.
of Kansas, 288

Hodgman Amasa, 189

Hoffman §. E. 173, 175

Holbrook James G. 121

Holliday Cyrus K. 96, 101, 102,
107, 108, 111, 112) 118, 124,
129, 140, 159, 162, 164, 1465,
on 171, 172, 204, 209, 243,

44

Hollister’s Battery, 203

Holly Springs, Miss. Battle at,
188

Holt Joel, 238

Honey Spr ings, Ark. Battle at,
187, 200. 203

Hoppe, Murder of, 4144

Hopkins Henry, 182, 183, 184, 208,
204

Horton Albert H. 218, 221, 222,
223, 281, 236, 237, 238, 252,

292
Houston David W. 172, 211, 233,
23

8

Houston S. D. 96, 97, 98, 101, 103,
107, 108, 109, 110, 161, 166,
172, 178, 175

Hougham J. S. 275

Houk L. 237

Houser S. H. 96

Hovey H. C. 276

Howard Wm. A. 122, 127

Howe Samuel T. 229, 238

Howsley Wm. M. 262

Hoyt Maj. D. S. Murder of, 142

Hoyt George H. 199, 206, 209, 214,
215, 238

Hubbard E. M. 173, 175

Hubbard Perry L. 237

Hudson J. K. 218, 219, 260, 262,
263, 264

Hudson M. E. 221, 264

Huffaker Thomas F. 60

Huffaker T. S. 250, 251

Hughes A. S. 205, 209

Hughes B. M. 214

 

Hughes Thomas, 236
Humphrey Lyman A. 222, 223,
238

Humphrey James, 221, 237

Hunt ps 111, 112, 118, 124,
125,

Hunt Robert H. 199, 204, 205, 206,
207

Hunting Dr. A. 108, 111, 160

Huntoon Joel. 243

Hupp Miner B. 116, 117, 162

Hutchinson John, 96, 101, 102,
103, 107, 108, 126, 129, 140,
158, 160

Hutchinson Wm. 158, 162, 173,
174, 175, 287

Hutchinson C. C. 258

Hutchinson H. A. 236

Hyatt Thaddeus, 137

Ide Harvey W. 287

Increase of Free and Slave Ropu:
lation (1790 to 1870), 7

Indians of Kansas, Maes aud
Emigrant Tribes, 58 to 74

Indian Brigade, 203

Indian Regiments, 208

Indian Troubles in Kansas, 209,
210, 211

Ind{ans of the Plains, 74

Indian Expedition, 186, 194

a Raids, 209, 210, 211, 223,

224

Indian Raid Commissioners, 226

Ingalls J. J. 171, 178, 174, 175,
179, 204, 205, 212, 218, 216,
222, 236

Inman Henry, 45, 276

Iola Battalion, 193

Iowa Indians and Missions, 73

Towa and Sac Mission, 82

Impeachment of State Officials,

12
Irwin Samuel M. 82,'83, 277
Isacks Andrew J. (Territorial
Attorney) 86, 87, 104, 114,
115, 211, 286, 2838
Iuka, Miss., Battle of, 188
Jackson Claiborne, 95, 180, 184,

186,
Jenkins’ Ferry, Battle at,184, 199
Jenkins Gaius, 127, 128, 180, 132,
158

Jenkins W. A. 185

Jenkins R. W, 262

Jennings Wm. 96.

Jennison Charlies R. 199, 204, 205,
206. 207

Jetmore J. D. 292

Jessee Wm. 101, 102, 103, 106, 1
108 oy

Jewell Lewis R. 186,-187

Jewett E. G. 172

Jewett Charles, 287 rt

Johnson Thomas, 66. 82, 83, 95,
96, 97, 102, 104, 156, 253, 277,
300, 301

Johnson Alexander O. 94, 96, 101,
102, 104

Johnson Saunders N. 86, 95, 176,
236

Johnson H. P. 168, 169, 174, 184
Johnson Columbus M. 292
Johnson John A. 187
Johnson John B. 236
Johnson Wm. F. 96
Johnson D. J. 100, 114, 115
Johnston Wm. A. 227, 229, 236,
238, 290
Jolly H. B. 94
Jones Samuel J. 95, 116, 117, 118,
119, 124, 126, Be a 150,
151, 154, 155, 156,
Jones J. T. (Ottawa) an “kt, 155
Biography, 304 =
Jones H. L. 212
Jones Wm. C. 210
Judson Wm. R. 186, 187, 209
Judges as Aspirants for Office ,232
Kagi John H. 160
Kalloch Isaac S. 214, 236, 259, 262
Kansas Ald Societies, 136
Kansas at the Centennial, 261
Kansas Central Railroad, 243
Kansas Church Statistics, 277
Kansas—Colonization of the Ter-
ritory, 84
Kansas City, Emporia & Southern
Railroad, 242, 244
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf
Railroad,
Corporators, Directors, Endow-
ment, Branches, Cost, Gene-
ral Officers, 247, 248
Kansas City, Lawrence & South-
ern Railroad,
Corporators, Directors, Com-
missioners, 248
Work on the Road, Branches
of, 249
Osagé Ceded Lands, Consolida-
tion of Roads, General Offi-
cers, 250
Kansas City, Topeka & Western
Railroad, 242, 244
Kansas Free-State Leaders in
Northern States, 136
Kanzas Indians, 46, 48, 50, 52, 53,
54, 59, 60, 68, 252
Indian Villages,48, 50, 58, 54,

9, 60 :
Mission and Missidnaries, 60
‘Kansas Farmer,’’ newspaper,
259, 262
“Kansas Herald’ (Leavenworth),
86, 87, 71, 92, 98, 95, 97, 98,
99, 100, 114, 117, 128, 133,
134, 135, 188, 278"
Kansas League (Worcester Co.,
2 Mass.), 85
* Kansas Legion, 116
Kansas Militia, 106, 167, 179, 204
Kansas Nebraska Bill, 80, 81
“Kansas Patron and Farmer,”
264, 265
“Kansas Pioneer ”*
125, 278
Kansas River, Early mention of,
48, 49, 51, 64, 68
Kansas Res{dents at time of Or-
ganization, 82
» Kansas Academy of Science, 275,
276

(Kickapoo),

State Bar Assoclation, 286, 287

State Agricultural Society—
First Officers, 258, 259 ,

State Agricultural Soclety—
Annual Metin gue ‘Om:

- >. cers elected, 259, 2

State Board, of Sr oiitaie—
Consilttition’ of, 260

State Board of Agriculture—
, Annual Meetings and Officers
elected,.261, 262 ”

State “Agricultural College —
Gov Vern 1ént of, Boards of
“Regents, 269, 270

State ‘Agricultural College —
Lands, 218, 214, 218, 219, 294
State Commissioners of Fish-

eries, 265, 266

State Charitable Institutions,
281 — :

  

1
State Exposit'n Building (1876)
220

State Fair Association, 265
State Fairs, 259, 260
State Grange, Constitution, Of-
ficers, 263, 264, 265
Organization of Granges, 263
State Historical Society, .227
State Historical Soclety—Or-
ganization, Constitution, Of-
ficers and Directors, 283, 284
State Horticultural Society,
First Officers, Charter Mem-
bers, Annual Meetings and
Officers, 262, 263
State Library, Annual Reports,
Changes in Office, Catalogue,
2838, 284
State Medical Society, 285, 286
State Eclectic Medical Associ-
ation, 286
State Homeopathic Medical So-
ciety, 286
State Normal School (Emporia)
218, 214, 218, 219, 267, 270
State Normal School (Leaven-
worth) 272 -
State Normal School (Concor-
dia) 272
State Penitentiary, 282, 283
State Reform School, 226, 228,
282, 283
State School Fund, 275
State Seal, 212
Gate Teachers’ Association,
Officers of, Charter, ‘‘ The
Educationist,"’ 273, 274, 275
State Temperance Union, Con-
stitution, Resolutions, 233
State Temperance Union —
Officers for 1883, 332
State University, Legislation
- On, 218,,214, 218, 21
State . University — Govern-
ment, Board of Regents, Nor-
mal Department, Value of
Property, Salaries, Students,
Q71, 272
Kansas Normal College, 273
Kansas Normal School and Busi-
ness Institute, 278
Kansas Territorial Organization,

80
“Kansas Tribune,’’ 98, 112, 278
-Kedzie Wm. R. 261, 275, 276
Kelley J. W. B. 115
Kelley Robert S. 278
Kellogg Josiah, 215, 216
Kelsey 8. T, 262
Kelly John, 262
, Ketney James, 209
Kickapoo Indians and Missions,
13

Kickapoo Prophet, 73

King Henry, 218, 219

Killen Daniel, 287

Kingman Samuel A. 173, 174,175,
176, 177, 211, 218, 214, ‘216,
252, 284

Kirk R. L...104

Klotz Bolen, 101, 111

Knapp A. H. 282

Knight Richard, 111

Knowles Horatio, 201, 202

Knowles David C. 202, 203

 

Knox M. V. B. 276

Koester Chas F. 218

Kuydenhall James, 288"

Ladd Erastus D. 96, 101, 102, 103,
107, 108, 110, 158, 248, 258

Lake Sibley (Indian Raid), 209

Lakin David L. 288, 248, 244

LaLande Baptiste, 53, 54

Lamb Josiah, 173, 1%

Lane James H.

Mention of, 108, 109, 110, 129,
141, 145," 158, 159, 160, 162,
168, 165, 169, 197, 198, 200;
205, 211, 214, 336, 248, 249

Sketch of, 106

First Free-State Speech, 107

Elected U..S. Senator (Topeka
Constitution), 125 |

Indicted for Treason, 128

Speech in Chicago, 136, 137

At Lecompton, 146

At Hickory Point, 150

Kansas.J. 58. Senator, 236

Biography of, 801

Landers B. C. ati

* Landis John, 96, 111
-Langston Charles H. 236

Lantz -D. E. 230

- Lappin Samucl, 218, 220, 238

Larzelere Alfred, 161, 168, 169,
171, 172, 174, 208, 258

LaSalle, 46

Latta S. N, 110, 111, 112, 125, 164

Laughlin Pat. 116

Laughlin W. R. 215

‘ Law and Order Party” Organ-

ized, 145

Law and Order Army, 114

Lawrence Amos A. 85, 160

Lawrence Association, 86

Lawrence Committee ‘of Safety,
117, 118, 129, 180

; Lawrence, First Territorial Elec-

tion, 95

Lawrence, Murders near, 180

Lawrence, Siege of December,
1855, 118

Lawrence, Second Invasion, 129,
130

“Lawrence Stubbs,” 188, 147
Lawrence & Southwestern Rail-
road, 246
Lawrence W. H. H. 288
Lawrence W. W. 172, 218, 248
Leach T. P. 223
Learnard Oscar E. 162, 163, 172,
180, 205, 237, 248, 259, 262
Leavenworth Constitution, State
Ticket under, 168
Constitutional Convention, 167
Sketch of, by T. Dwight
Thacher, 168, 169°
Leavenworth Normal
215, 272
Leavenworth, Pawnee & West-
ern Railway, 245
Leavenworth “‘Regulators,’’ 144
Vigilance Committee, 100
Lecompte Samuel D., Chief Jus-
tice of Territory, 86
‘Letter to H: Miles Moore, 100
Difficulties with Gov. ‘Geary,
152, 153
Mention, 94, 104, 114, ie al
147, 152, 158, 172, 236,
Lecompton Constitution, Nae
Democratic State. Ticket un-
der, 165
Free-State Ticket and Central
State Committee under, 166
Lecompton Constitutional Con-
vention,
Election of Delegates, 160
Lecompton Prisoners Released,
146, 147 : ,
Lecompton, Seat of Government
appointed at, 105
Lee Albert L. 188, 209, 213, 214
Lee, J. H. 25
Lee Luke, 66
Leffker John A. 204
Legate James F. 127, 165, 219,
228
Legislative Apportionment, 228
Legislative Acts (1883), 282
Legislatures (Territorial, Pro-
Slavery),
1st Pawnee, 101, 102
1st Shawnee Manual Labor
School, 103, 104, 105, 106
2d Lecompton, 156
(Territorial Free-State)
8d Lecompton, 165, 166
4th Lawrence, 171
5th Lawrence, 177
- 5th Lecompton (Last Session),
179
(Topeka, Sessions “ge pee
and July 1856, 125,
(Topeka, Sessions oD January
and June 1857, 155,
(Topeka, Sessions a oe
ary 1858, 167 :
Legislatures (State Annual Ses-
sions), 1861 to 1876, 211 to 220
Biennial Sessions 1877 to 1883,
221 to 280
Leib Charles, 94
Leland Cyrus, 209

School,

*Mafne Liquor Law, 104

 

CONTENTS.

Lemmon Allen B, 221, 223, 238,
267

‘
Lenhart Charley, 126, 133, 208
Leonhardt C. F. W. 161

Lincoln Electors (1864), 236

Lincoln L. P. 108

Lillie G@: H. 178, 175 :

Lines C.'B. 178, 218, 259, 262

Linn County (Early mention), 47

Liquest Pierre Laclede, 49

Lisa Manuel de, 62 é

Little Rock Expedition, 184, 193

Location of State Capital, 212

Locust Visitation, 218, 253

Lodges, Pro-Slavery, 91

Long D. B. 221, 276

Long Major J. C. 58, 54

Louisiana, Purchase of, 75, 77

Love George W. 60

Lovewell J. T. 276

Lowe David P. 209, 215, 216, 280,
231, 286, 287

, Biography of, 305

Lowman E. 8. 209, 218

Lowrey G. P. 108, 117, 118, 119

Lum Rev. 8. ¥. 107, 165, 280, 277

Lykins David, 82, 101, 288

Lyking Jonas, 82

Lynde Edward, 167, 1

Lyon Nathaniel, ae 181, 182,
186

Mace J. M. 127

Macy L. 110 :

Maine-Missouri Bill, 76

Malone Mathew, 180

Malone F. M. 189

Manchester, Battle at, 190

Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame
Railroad, 242, 244, 246

Manhattan (Visit of Governor
Geary), 155

Marais des Cygnes peace men-
tion of), 62, 68,

March from Fort ie to Fort
Laramie, Neb. (11th Kansas
Cayv.), 196

Margraves Win. 96

Marks Mill, Battle of, 185

Marion & McPherson Railroad,
242, 244

Marquette Father Jacques, 45,

46, 58

Marshall Frank J. 96, 101, 104,
106, 146, 151, 165

Marshall W. K. 218

Marshall J. C. 259

Marsh Thomas J. 160

Martin C. D. 277

Martin David, 237

Martin Geo. W. 216, 221, 225, 223

Martin G. E. 164

Martin John, 221, 236, 237, 268

Martin John A. 172, 178, 178, 189,
190, 191, 192, 209, 214, 215,
223, 229, 278, 283

Marysville & Blue Valley Rail-
road, 246

Massachusetts
Company, 84,85 -

Mathias Wilifam G. 101, 102, 104,

* 114, 156, 160, 165, 213

mar Caleb, 111, 167, 178, 174,

05 e

Emigrant Aid

Maxon P. B. 218, 250

McAllister Hiram, 132
McArthur Laomi, 236
Monroy Robert, 218, 236, 250,

78
McBrian, J. D. 230
McCabe E. P. 229, 238
McCabe F. S. 218, 219
McCahon Jatnes, 172
McCartrey H. 96
McCarty Hugh D. 215, 216, 288,
267, 278, 274
McClelland C. B. 178, 175
McClune J. R. 214
McConnell W. L, 224
McCracken Nelson, 218, 236
McCrary George W. 288
McCrea Cole, 99, 100
McCulloch Gen. Ben.
180, 181, 185
McCune A. D. 178, 175
MeDantel Sanford, 111°
McDaniel Calvin, 167
McDonald Andrew, 108, 104
McDowell James L. 214, 288, 259
McDowell Wm. G. 172, 178, 174,
175, 209, 218, 214, 237
McFarland Peter, 287
McFarland N. C. 292
McGee M. W. 102, 104
McGonigle J. A. 209
McGrew James, 218, 214, 238
McKay Wm. 176
McKim O. F. 223
McLouth Amos, 221
McMeeken H. D. 96, 101, 104
McNair Daniel, 60
McVickar Peter, 213, 214, 238,
267, 273, 274, 275
Mead Andrew J. 166, 167, 214
Mead J. R. 276
Medary penned Administration
of, 171 to 1
Sketch of Life, 171
Resignation, 178

178, 175,

i

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Medill James, 258°
Mefford Dayid, 186, igh 208
Memphis, Kansas & Colorado
. Railroad, 247

Mendenhall Richard, 66, 107, 108

Mendoza, 44, 45

Merritt James 8. 82, 236 - i

Methodist Churches (Early), 276,

277
Mewhinney,S. 108, 110, 111
Mexico, War with, 77
Miam{ Indians and Missions, ‘72
Miege Rt. Rev. Bishop, 277
Middleton J. A. 178, 175
Mileage of Railroads in Kansas,

242 Ss
Militia, Territorial, Officers, 106
Miller Briar W. 85, 108, 125 ,
Miller Charles H. 238
Miller George H. 282
Miller Josiah, 209, 249, 278
Miller Samuel F. 238,
Miller Solomon, 283
Minard Thos. A, 90, 124, 125, 140
Minneola Constitutional Conven-
tion, 167
Mission Ridge, Battle of, 191,
192
Missouri, Admission as @ ‘State,
6

Missour! Compromise, 76, 80
Missourl Fur Company, 49
Missouri Pacific Railway, 251 -
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rall-

road,

Corporators of Southern Branch
(U. P,), First Board of Direc-
tors, Treaty with Cherokee
Nation, 250

Land Grant Raflway and Trust
Company, Consolidation of
Roads, Officers of, 251

Lands Unsold January 1883,

“252

Lands for sale 1883, 294
Missouri River (Early mention
of), 46, 48, 49, 50 ‘
Mitchell Robert B. 167, 169, 181,
182, 188, 189, 190, 196, 209,
248

Mitchell A. J. 209
Mitchell D, P. 223 .,

- Montgomery James, 209, 261

Biography of, 302

‘Montgomery A. B. 290

Moonlight Thomas, 195, 196, 198,
204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 2138,
214, 236, 238

. Moore H. Miles, 100, 110, 112,

‘125, 129, 146, 166, 162, 167,
230

Moore Elisha G. 204,

Moore E. 173, 175

Moore H. L. 210

Moore M: W. 288

Moore T. 215

Mordecai Oliver, 122.

Morrill Edmund N. 229, 236

Morris, F. M. 108

Morristown, Mo., Engagement
at, 184

Morrow Robert, 154, 155, 166

Morton John T, 287, 238

Mozley Annie E. 276

Mudge Benjamin F. 85, 86, 37,
oe 40, 41, 261, 262, 275,

Biography of, 302 ~
Mundee Charles, 209
Murdock M. M. 218, 219
Murphy Jeremiah, 248
Murphy Thomas, 218, 219, 262
Muse R. W. P. 286
Muzzard Prairie,
at, 187

Nash Edwin S. 180

Narvacz Pamphilo de, 44

National Executive Committee
(Kansas Aid), 137

Nebraska, Topeka, Iola & Mem-
phis Railroad, 248,252

Nebraska, Territorial Organiza-
tion of, 80

Nellis DeWitt Cc. 238

Neosho River, Early mention of,
50, 62, 68, 68

New Mexico, * Acquisition of, 77

Compromise of 1852, 79

Expedition, 181, 203
Newspapers, Barly Kansas, 278
ee Statistics, 278, 279,

Engagement

.

Newtonta, Battle of, 183, 186, 193,
194, 196, 208

New York Indians, 4 4

“a Sore Tribune,” 85, 97,

Niccols E, 8. 262

Nichols Mrs. C. I. H. 214
Nichols W. G. 160

Ninth Kansas Cav. 198, 194
Nineteenth Kansas Cav. 210, 211
Noble George, 260

Noble P. S. 224

Norton H. B. 218, 276

Norton John I. 204, 205
Northern Emigrants, 158
Northern Land District, 298
Northwestern Land District, 298

 

V

Nunte Epnratm, 107, 147, 158, 160,

oneiey Waiter, 159, 160, 161, 164
Old Fort Wayne (near Marysville,
Ark.)-Battle of, 183, 186, 196,

03
Opothleyolo, 186 © ;
Organic Act, 81, 82, 295"
Organization of Kansas Territory,
87

* Territor ial Milftia, 105, 106
Free-State Party, 108. 109
Osage Indians, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51,
52, 61, 62, 68, 68
Osage ‘Indian ‘vilages, 50, 51, 61
Osage Indian Missions, 62, 63,

82
Osage Indian Ceded Lands, 249,
250

Osage Indian Trust Lands, 293

Osage’Land District, 293

Osage River, Early mention of,
47, 50, 61, 52, 61, 62, 63; 68

Otis Alfred G. 287, 252

Otis John G. 209 :

Ottawa Indians, 68, 69

Ottawa Baptist Mission, 69, 70 -

Ottawa & Burlington Railroad,
249

Osborn Thomas A. 211, 218, 216,
- 218,

" Biography of, 240

Osborn Wm. H. 276, 278

Overton Hill, “Charge on (sth Kan-
sas), 192

Oxford Frauds, 163

Ozark, Battle at, 198, 199

Padouca Indians, 47, 48, 49, 64,
65

Visit of DeBourgmont in 1724,
64

Palmer L. R. 173, 175

Palmer S. N. 221

Paola, Visit of Governor Geary
to, 155

Parker JohwD. 275, 276

Parker R. D. 275, 276

Parker J. W. 282

Parks-P. S. 178, 175

Partridge Wm. 106, 107, 121, 134

‘Parkville Luminary,” ‘33, 97

Destruction of, 98

Parrott Marcus J. elected Rep-
resentative to Congress (To-
peka Con.) 161
Representative to Congress
(Lecompton Con.) 166
Republican Delegate to Con-
gress (Wyandotte Con.) 177
Biography of, 8038
Mention of, 108, 110, 111, 112,
115, 146, 147, 167, 173, 211,
213, 216, 218, 236
Pate Capt. Henry, 131, 132, 133,
184, 135 :

Battle of Black Jack, 182
Patrick George E. $7, 41, 276
Patrons of Husbandry, 263, 264
‘Patrons’ Hand Book,"’ 264
Paulson John, 222
Pawnee Capitol, 101
Pawnee Qity, Visit of Governor

Geary, 158
Pawnee Town Association, 101
Pawnee Indians, 47, 50, 51, 58, 54,
63, 64, 68
Pawnee Republic (Village), 64
Peck George R. 238
Pecos River, 45
Peery J. T..60
Peoria Baptiste, 111
Peffer Wm. A. 236
Perkins Bishop W. 281, 236, 237
Perry John D. 245
Perry Wiliam, 172, 178, 175
Perryville, Battle of, 190
eas Samuel R. 229, 281, 286,
3

Peters Thomas J. 244

Petition for Extra Session of
Legislature (1857), 164

Pettit John, 236

Peyton E. B. 287

Phenis James, 111

Phillips Wm. 99, 100, 110

Philllps Wm. A. 112, 160, 162, 164,
168, 172, 178,- “187, 198, 208,
208, 214, 216, 218, 221, 236,

Phillips James A, 180, 194, 208
Phillips Maxwell, 208

Pierce Chas. W. 244

Pierce G. T. 215 ©

Pike Zebulon M. 49, 50,51, 52, -

53
Pike's Peak, 52 ‘
Pillsbury J. W. 111, 125
Pilot Knob, Mo. Battle of, 204
Pine Bluff, “Ark. Battle of, 185
Plank E. N. 276 é
“Platte Argus,” Extracts from,
88, 89, 93, 97, 151
Platte County Association, 90
Platte County Resolutions, 90
Platte Purchase, 77
Platte River Bridge Massacre
(11th Kan. Cav.) 196
Pleasant Hill & DeSoto Railroad,
242, ae
Plumb Preston B. 164, 167, 169,
195, 196, 197, 212, 214, 219,
280, 236, 237, 238, 248, 250,

Poison Springs, Battle of, 187,
198, 201

Pomeroy James M. 198

Pomeroy Samuel C. 120, 129, 180,
155, 157, 166, 172, 178, 211,
214, 215, 236, 243, 250

Bribery Investigation, 216, 217,

219, 220

Post-offices in Kansas, Changes
in, 305

Pope Maj. Gen. John, 223, 224

Pope's Plantation, Battle at, 184

sei Edward A, 261, 262, 275,

Popenoe W. P. 264

Pore Adam, 96 -

Porter R. H. 178, 175

Post P. Sidney, 286

-Pottawatomie Indians, 68, 71

Pottawatomie Indian Missions,

2277
Potter F. W. 212, 2138
Powell A. F. 106
Prafrie Grove, Battle of (Re-in-
forcement of Gen. Herron),
188, 194, 196, 198, 202, 203
Pratt W. H. 238
Prescott J. H. 237
Eee Churches (early),
76, :
Preston H. D. 173, 175, 287
Pr ie a Sterling, 180, 181, 188,
» 186
Price” ald, 204 to 207 -
State Miliiia Commanders, 204
Battle of Lexington, 205-
Battle of Big Blue, 205, 206
Battle of Westport, 206
Pursuit of Price, 206, 207
Cost-of Raid, 207, 208
Auditing Commission, 226, 229
Price Nathan, 172, 237
Printing Press, First in Kansas,
70 -
Prohibitory Amendment, 227
Prohibitory Liquor Law, 229
Prohibition Platform, 218
Pro-slavery Leagues, 114
Prouty- Salmon S. 208, 214, 215,
250, 251
Puffer Charles, 281
Punishment of offenses against
Slave property, 105
Pursley James, 58, 54
Quantrel], Pursuit of, 193, 194
Quigg Mathew,. 194, 214.
Quivera, 44,45 _.
Railroad Strike of. 1878, "222
Railroad Commissioners, Board
Of (1888), 238
Railroad Legislation (1883), 232 °
Ramsey Nathaniel, 95
Randlett R. A. 204
Randolph A. M. F. 218, 222, 287,
238
Rankin John K. 209
Ransom Epaphroditus, 160
Realf Richard, 154
Redpath James, 110, 111, 112, 153,
162
Reeder Andrew H. Appointed
Governor of Kansas, Sketch
of Life, 86
Speech at Big Spring Conven-
tion, 109
. Elected Free-State Congres-
sional Delegate, 111
“Attempted Arrest and Escape
- from the Territory, 127
Seat in Congress Contested, 121,
154
His Administration. 86 to 105
Rees Richard R. 101, 156, 168, 236
Rees Amos, 245
- Reid John W. 144, 145, 150, 151
. Republican Land District, 293
Reynolds Ephraim, 121
Reynolds Charles, 171, 275
Reynolds H. G. 221
Rhea’s Mills, Ark. 188, 193
Rice H. 96 :
Richardson A. D. 151, 160, 168,
171, 172
Richardson Wm. P. 101, 106, 117,
118, 144, 146
Rich Hill Railroad, 247
Riggs Samuel A. 216, 238
Riley C. V. 276
Risley J. W. 41
Ritchie Henderson, 236
Ritchie John, 150, 164, 167, 169,
172, 173, 174, 175, 184, 208,
209, 284
Rively M. P. 245
Roberts Wm. Y. 111, 112, 125,
129, 155, 166, “168, 169, 172,
180, 214
Robinson Charles, Arrival in Ter-
ritory, 99
Governor of Kansas oneee
Constitution), 125
Arrest and Imprisonment, 12%,
128
First Governor under. Wyan-
dotte Constitution, 177

 

Robinson Charles, Impeachment
of, 212, 218
Biography of, 239
Mention of, 107, 108, 110, 112,
118, 118, 124, 147, 158, 158,
159, 160, 162, 164, 209) 211,
212, 216, 280, 249, 268
Robinson John W. 177, 211, 238
Impeachment of, 212, 218
Robinson B. F, 66
Robinson D. H, 275, 276
Robinson Geo. T. 204
Robinson Jefferson, 275 :
Robinson Mrs, Sara T. 127
Robinson W. H. 218
Robinson Dr. J. H. 50,52, 58
Robson John W. 262
Rodigue Andrew J. 236
Roseville, Ark. 187, 200
Rosenthal W. 205, 209
Rogers James, 260
Ross Edmund G. 187, 173, 174,
175, 195, 209, 214, 215, 216,
227, 286, 243
Ross W. W. 71, 159, 167, 178, 245
Hones John (Cherokee Chief), 186,

Root Joseph P. 159, 161, 166, 172,
177, 211, 212, 214, 229, 238

Ruggles Robert M. 223, 237

Russell Avra, 181, 183 ©

Russell Edward, 209

Russell W. H. 245

Ryan Joel, 96

Ryan Thomas, 221, 236

Sac andi Fox Indians,
Missigsippi and Missour! Tribes
Black!Hawk, 73 ;

Sadler ‘E. 276

Safford Jacob, 237, 243, 244

Salina Land District, 293 -

Saline River (Early mention of),

Salt: Creak Valley, 83

Salter Melville J. 218, 219,. 221,
222, 238 .

Salters Samuel, 129, 133

Samaritan’ Mission, Kansas City, -

Kani 232

Sanders D. E. 273

Sandford Amos, 215

Santa Fé (Early mention of), 47.
48, 52,

Caravan accompanied by U. S.
troops under Capt. P. St.
George Cooke, 57

Expedition of Capt. Becknell
(1821-22), 55

_ Col. Cooper and Sons (1822), 55
. McKnight, ee and Cham-
- bers! (1812), 55
Santa Fe and Texas Expedition,
.56 :

Road, Places and distances on,

56 j

Road Cena per (1825), '55
Trade, 54, 55,
Trail, Gathoalers of Maj. Jacob
Snively, 56
Trail, Guerrilla Bands on, 56
Saunders Wm. H. 275, 276 7
Saunders Wm. R. 218, 243
Savage Joseph, 275, 276
Say Dr. T. 58, 54, 252
Sayle James L. 111
Scofield Cyrus I. 238
Scott Lymany259, 262
Scott Samuel, 104
Schilling John, 236
Schneider Ed. F. 189, 19! 209-

Schuyler Philip C. 105 1¢ , 109,

110, 111, 112, 125, 140, 160,
162, 163

Seaman H. C. 200

Second Kansas Infantry, 181, 182

Second Kansas Cavalry, 182, 183,
184 :

Secret Societies, 115

Selig Henry W. 183

Senatorial Election of 1879, 225,

226
_ Serpell John, 96

Settlers’ Association, 85
Seventh Kansas Cay. 188, 189
Seventeenth Kansas Cay. 200
Shannon Wilson,
Sketch of Life, 118 ;
Administration of, 114 to 148
Subsequent Life of, 143
Further mention of, 147%, 156,
176, 212, 218, 214, 215, 216,
218, 221, 259
Shannon Osbun, 223
Shannon A. J. 172
Sharon Mra. A. J. 218
Sharp Isaac, 214, 215
Shawanoe Indians, 65, 66
Account of Tribe by Henry
Harvey, 65
Missions of, 66, 277
Friends Shawnee Mission, 66
to 145
**Shau-wau-nowe Kesauthwan,”*
(**Shawanoe Sun’’), 70, 278
Shawnee Manual Labor School
(Territorial Capitol), 103
Shawnee Legislature, work of

the, 105
Sheldon O. H. 228, 224, 225

_ Smith George

 

CONTENTS.

Sheldon H. E, 221

Shelton E. M. 265

Shepherd S. R. 238

Shepherd Wm. 209

Sheridan Gen. P. H. 210

Sherman Gen. W. T. 210

Sherman John, 122, 127

Sherman Henry, 131

Sherrard Wm. T. 156, 157

Sherry Byron 287

Sholes Henry O. 209

Shombre: Henry J. Death of, 142

Shore S. T. 106, f107, 121, 183,
145

Names of Capt. Shore’s Com-

mand at Black Jack, 182

ia & Joplin Railroad,

8
Sibley Maj. 55, 61, 62, 252
Sigel Gen. Franz, 180
Signor J. H. 173, 175
Silyers Golden, 258
Simpson B. F. 178, 174, 175, 177,
209, 214, 215, 218, 221, 223
Simpson Gen. J. H. 45
Simpson, S. N. 248, 249
Sims Wm. 219, 261, 262, 268, 265
Singleton. Benjamin, 292
Sixteenth Kansas Cav. 199, 200
Slayes, Number and Distribution
of in 1789, 75
Slavery Ordinance of 1787, Slave
"Statistics, 74, 75
Slough Creek, Battle at, 146
Slough J. P. 173, 175
Smallwood wan, 215, 216, 288
‘ 107, 108, 110,
111, 121, a 130, 158, 159,
. 162, 164, 172; -
emis J ames, 229, 227, 229, 288,
Smith Saniuel o ito, 111, 118
Smith A. F.
Smith Clark Pe “obs
Smith G. C. 236
Smith G. P. 218
Smith H. S. S. 276
Smith J. W. 277 .
Smith Wm. H. 172, 209
‘Smith Wm. R. 236
Snoddy James D. 230, 286, 237
Snow Frank H. 38, 48, 261, 262,
275, 276

t

- Southern Emigrants, 128 =

Southern Kansas & Western
Railroad, 249°

Spaulding A. W. 209

Speek Joseph, 172

Speer John, 98, 106, 107, 108, 110,

e 112, 125 167, 248, 249, 278

Speer Joseph L. 110, 112, 211, 278

Speer Henry C, 227, 238, 267

’ Speer F. P. 229

Spicer Newell W. 180, 181
Spicer A. W. 205

Spoonable J. W. 259

Spriggs Wm. 213, 238, 248, 249,

262
Squatter’s Claim Associations,83,
84 :

Squatters, Missouri, 83
‘*Squatter Sovereign’? extracts
from, 98, 99, 117, 125, 185, 138
Mention of, 278 _-
Stand Waitie, 106, 187, 194, 196,
208

0,
Stanton Frederick P.
Appointed Secretary of Terri-
tory, 157
Administration as Acting Gov:
ernor, 157, 158
Removal of, 165
Mention of, 211, 212 5
Stanton Elizabeth Cady,.214

“Star of the West,” Hinlgrents, ;

on, 138

Stark Andrew, 287, 238

Starr Frederick, 90

States (free) admitted into the
Union from 1789 to 1819, 75

State Bonds and Certificates is-
sued for Military Purposes,

State Institutions, Management
of, 223

State Relief Committee, (1874)
218

ae Dibrarien Office of Estab-
lished.

stateler Lt D. 89, 96, 101

St. Clair Henry C. 262

Steamers on the Kansas River,

Stearnes George L. 138
Stearns George M. 276 .
Steele James M. 197, 210
Stein H. 204

Stephens N. T. 237
Stevens J. T. 263
Stevens Hiram, 287
Steward C. W. 111
Steward John E. 200
Steward W. C. 287
Stiarwalt J. 178, 175

“Still A. 108, 277

Stimpson F. EB. 275

Stillings Edward, 221

Stinson Samuel A. 178, 175, 211,
212, 287

St. John John P. 223, 224, 225,
229, 288, 288, 291, 292
Biography of, 240
St. John Orestes H. 262, 276
St. seen & Western Railroad,
43

St. Loufs, Fort Scott & Wichita
Railroad, 242, 251

St. Louis, Wichita & Western
Railroad, 252

St. Louis & San oe Rail-

~~ road {Kan, Div.) 242

Stockton Job B. 180 ~

Stokes Edward, 178, 175

St. Mary’s Mission, 82

Stone Hiram, 277

“Stone Agency House," 60

Stottler, Jacob, 179, 214, 215

oer Elias S. 216, 218, 219, wa,

38

Strang J. C. 288
Strickler Hiram J. 96, 97, 103,
104, 106, 117, 118, 119, 149;
150, 213, "959, 260, 262
Strickler S.'M. 209
Stringfellow Benjamin F. 86, 98,
101, 104, 106, 110, 111, 188,
139, 148, 144, 150, 181, 243, 278
- Sturgis S. D. 180, 181, 182
Sturgis Wm. 249
- Sumner Charles, 79, 122
Sumner E. V. 118, lig, 126, 129,
180, 188, 184, 140, 141, 157
Sumner County Rallroad, 245
Supervisors of Census (1880), 227
Supreme Court of Kansas, Jus-
tices of, 237
Sutherland Samuel, 148 »
Swallow John R. 35, 40, 209, 218,
214, 238, 259, 273, 25 z
Sweet W. H. 273 a #
Tallequah, 186 dl
Talcott Henry W. 237
Tanner Wm. 262
Tappan Samuel F, 111, 112, 116,
118, 126, 167, 177
Taylor Alfred, 223, 263
Taylor P. Z. 250, 251
- Tebbs-W. H. 104
Temperance Prohibition in Kan-
gas,

Territorial Legislation and ac- -

tion of Wyandotte Conven-
tion, 287
Prohibitory Amendment, 288
Prohibitory Liquor Law, 289,
90 ;

2
Protest of Geo. W. Glick, 290
Amendment to Section 10, 290,

Vote on Amendment and on —

Governor (1882), 291

Tenth Kansas Inf. 194, 195

Tenney Wm. C. 218, 219

Texas, 76, 78, 79

Annexation of, 77

Thacher L. K. 193

Thacher Solon O. 173,.174, 175,

. 177, ae 214, 287, 229, 248,

~ ~259,

Thacher T. " pwieht, 159, 160, 164,
165, 172, 178, 209, 228, 280;
“288, 261

Thayer ‘Yon. Eli, 84, 85,90.

Thirteenth Kansas Cavalry, 198

Tholen Wm. 172, 177. 181, 209,238

Thompson Henry, 131, 132

Thompson'J. G.111

Thompson A. H. 276

Thompson T. A. 264

Thoman Alot{s, 215, 238

Thomas A. C. 238

“Thomas L. A. 276

Thorp S.M. 288, 267

Thurston E. M. 112 a

Tibbs Wm. H. 96

Tiguex, 44, 45

Titus H. T. 129, 141, 151

Topeka, Arrest ‘of Legislators at,
155

Arrests of Citizens at, 152

oe Government located at,
21

Insane Asylum located at, 219

Land District, 293

Library ‘Association, 228

Constitution Hall, 111

Visit of Gov. Geary, 155

Delegate Convention (Sept.,

1855), List of Delegates, Ter- _

ritorial Committee, 110 ©
Constitutional Convention, List
of Delegates and Officers,111
Minutes and Constitution, 112
- Topeka Constitution, Vote on,
112

National and State Officers un-
der, 125
Executive Committee under,
112
Presented to Congress, 122
State Scrip Issued, 125
State Central Committee, 161
Torrence E.S. 237
Tough Wm. S. 238
- Townsley James, 131
* Townsend P. H. 173, 175
Train George Francis, 214

 

Tupelo, Miss., Battle at, 188, 189

 

Turner W. T. 111

Tuton J. M. 111 :
Tweeddale Wm. 275, 276
Twelfth Kansas Inf. 197
Twombley B. H. 94

Uni L. C. 230

Ummethum George, 228
Union Emigration Society, 85

Uniontown, Mass Meeting at, in .

1852, 82
Union Pactfic Railway, (Kansas
Div.)-242, 245, 246
Leavenworth, Pawnee & West-
ern Railroad Co., Officers of—
Union Pacific (Eastern Divis-
ion) organized—General Su-
perintendents — Branches of
—General Officers of, 247
Kansas Central Division, St.
Joseph & Western Division,
Central Branch, 246
Lands unsold; Jan. 1883, 252
Acres for sale by Counties, 294
United Presbyterian Churches
(early), 277
Updegraff H. H. 121
Updegraft W. We 121, 125, 145,
179, 211
Utah, 9
Utt Levi H. 188
Vaca Cabeza de, 44
Vail Thomas H. 273
Vail W. K. 107
Valentine Daniel M. 218, 237
Van Buren Expedition, 183, 187,
193, 194, 196, 198
van Winkle RB. A. 258, 259
Vasquez Bi. nett, 60 > '-
Vau: bn J. C. 172-
Vaughn ‘Wm. A. H. 283
vy “le Geo. W. 186, 205, 206, 259,
~%60, 262
Vermillion Creek, Early mention
of, 53
Verreydt Felix, 277
Vigilance Committee at Leaven-
worth, 185, 186
Vivaldi Charles F. de, 172
Vonwell John, 211
Voss M. V. 287
Votes at first Territorial Elec-
- tion, 94
Vrooman H. P. 228, 227
Wade A. B. 102, 104
Wagstaff Wm. R. 218, 214, 237,

258 ae

Wakefield John A. 85, 92, 93, 96,
101, 108, 106, 107, 108,
110, 111, ‘112, 118, 129, 146,
158, 160 i

Wakarusa War, 117 to 121

Walnut Creek P, O. 82

Walsh Hugh S. (Acting Governor
of Kansas), 171

‘Walker Robert James, Sketch of,
Appointed. Governor, 157

Administration of, 158 to 165

“Walker Samuel, 107, 108, 121,133,

aoe 148, 146, 155, 167, 169,

Walker John R. 70

Walker Joel, 71

Walker Wm. 71, 283

Walker Thaddeus H. 216, 250, 251

Walker Catherine, 70

Ward Richard G. 200.

Ward George W. 96, 104

‘Warren George F. 07, 108, 110,
120, 126, 167, 173, 1%5

Warreruza (Wakarusa), 53

Washburn na a 273

Washington C: H. 101

Watts H. N. 96

Watson JohnH. 213

Watson James E. 218

Wattles Augistus, 101, 102, 103,
106, 164

Weaver Ji onathan, 263

Webb Wm. C. 221, 237, 238

‘Webb Henry G. 237

Weed ‘Albert, 94

‘Weer Wm. 186, 194, 205

Weightman Richard H. 236, 243

Weil Louis, 236

Wellhouse F. 262

" Wellhouse G. C. 262

Welsh O. T. 218, 219

Wells Welcome, 259

Wessels Henry W. 189

Western National Fair Associa-
tion, 265

Western Land Districs, 293

““Westport Border Times,’ Ex-
tracts from, 128, 184

Wichita Land District, 293 .

Wichita & Southwestern Rail-
road, 242, 244° =

Wilder Abraham, 148

Wilder A. Carter, 172, 212, 213,

236
Wilder Daniel W. 172, 216, 218,
238, 261, 283
Wilkinson Allen, 97, 98, 101
Marder of, 131, 134,
Willetts Charies,” 198, 199
Williams Archibald, bas
Williams A. L. 215, ‘216, 238
Williams Henry H. 121, 125, 132,
184, oe 172, 194, 195

1

dbeass

x
Williams James S. 200, 201, 209 ,.

Williams Joseph, 160, 286, 2387

Williams Joseph C. 281

‘Williams R. L. 178, 175

Williams Miss Lizzie I. 25

Wilmarth Lewis T. 204, 205,

‘Wilson Andrew §. 215, ‘981, 287

Whison A. 202, 208

_ Wison Henry, 78, 160

~ Wilson Joseph C. ‘O88, 262

Wilson Levi, 262’

Wilson Robert, 245

Wilhoit E, 8. 245

Wilson’s Creek, Battle of, 180,
181, 182

Winans, N. T. 209
Winchell James M. 168, 169, 178,
174, 175, 287 i
Winer Thomas, 181, 182
Winston Isaac, 236
Woodson Daniel, Appointed Ter-
ritorial Secretary. 86
Acting Governor, 105, 157
Administration as Governor,
144, 145, 146
Mention of, 87, 117, 189, 140,
148, 150, 151, 157
' Wolcott A. G. 223
Wherrell John, 273, 275, 276
' Whipple Capt. 149, 150

CONTENTS.

138, 13:
151, 157

White Rev. Martin, 144, 145

White ‘Thomas, 204

Whitehead James B. 236

White Rock River, 209

Whitfield John W. Pro-slavery
Territorial Delegate to Con-
gress, 111, 154 a

Military Campaign in Kansas,

4
Mention of, 92, 98, 94, 122, 126,

Whiting Charles C. 238
Whitlock James, 102, 104
Whitman Jacob 8. 230, 275
Whitman E. B. 148

Whitney A. J..96
Wood Jesse D. 101, 108

281, 237, 243°
Wood R, N. 121
Wrigley B. 178, 175
Wright John, 173, 175
Wright W. W. 261

Wyandotte Constitu tonal Con-

vention, 173

 

Wood Samuel N. 85, 95, 96, 106,
116, 117, 118, 126, 128, 166,
168, 169, 178, 181, 216, 227,

Extracts from Sketch of Hon.
B. F. ‘Simpson in regard to,
1%8

Sketch . Bi John A. Martin,
178, 1 175

Weraniie: ‘Constitution, 295 to
299

Territorial Election and first
Election for State and Na-
tional Officers under, 177

Admission of Kansas under,

4

179
Wyandot Indians, 70, 71
Wyandot Constitutional
vention (1851), 71
Wyatt, Miss., Battle at, 188, 189
York Alexander M, 216, 217
Young Samuel, 95

Con-

INDEX TO COUNTY HISTORIES.

ALLEN COUNTY.

 
  
 
  
 

 

   
  
   
 
  
  

 

Location and Natural Features....-.. 667
Early History........-.--.---. 667
* Land and Polittcal Troubles. -668
‘War Record. 669
Calamities .... 669
_ County Organiz: s 670
Early County Affairs 670
County Seat Contests and Public Buila-

IDG uetccusemescetnn seaex Sere 671
Land League and Railroads. 671
Statistics Seeseocecemed: 671
Humboldt ..... 871
Salem Township........-- 675
Cottage Grove Township 675
Tola.....- 675
Geneva. .... . 680
Deer Creek Town: Ip 682
Moran ........- i 682
Marmaton Township 682
Osage Township -_- 682

Elsinore Township.

ANDERSON COUNTY.

Location and Natural Features....---
Early History ,,....--. geisha
Border Troubles... --.
Early Land Troubles
Organization ........-.-----

- Barly County Elections, etc..
Early Town Sites
Floods, Drougitts, Grasshoppers, cte.- 1

 

   

 

War Record....--.---------
Statistics.... 1825
Garnett . 1326

 
 
  
 
 
 

Greeley .
Welda.

 
 
  
  
  
 
   
  
   
 
   
  
  
 

Colony .... 1332
Westphalia ._ 1883
Mount Ida..._.. - 1334
Jackson Township.-..--- ----.------ 1334
., ATCHISON COUNTY.
Location and Natural Features. 369
First Settlers....--.-.-.---- 369
“Border Ruffian’? Warfare. - 371
Polltical...22-s20-s-5s00 i 373
War History. 374
Atchison. 38t5
Mcans of Communication 376
Mall ServVice..--..-.--- 378
Schools..--.. 378
Press....-- 378
Churches.. -.--,-- 879
Colored Refugees 380
Public Works .. 380
Banks and Com: 380
Manufactories 381
Hotels and Public Halls. 381
Societies 882
Cemeteries... ...---- 338
- Biographical Sketches. 383
Mount Pleasant.- 403
Effingham... .-- 404
Monrovia .- 404
Pardee .. 407
Lancaster - 409
Huron.. .. 409
Muscotah - 410
Arrington --- 414
Oak Milis and Port ‘Williams | 415
Shannon Township..-...---.- --+ 416

BARBER COUNTY.
Early History
County Organization
Statistics ..-.-.-.--.-
Medicine Lodge

BARTON COUNTY. ;
Location and Topography-..--.
Gencral History-.-.--
County Buildings and

ries
Schools and Manufactories.
Statistics of Growth...
Great Bend...
Ellinwood .-
Pawnee Rock.-..,------

BOURBON COUNTY.
Location and Natural Features.

  
 
  
  

 
 
 
  
 

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BOURBON COUNTY—Continued.
Early History
Border Troubles.
War Record..__.-.
County Organization.
Schools and Statistics...

 
 
    
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
  
 
  

 

Railroads -.....-.. 1072
Fort Scott... 1072
Marmaton - 1089
Uniontown 1090
. Bronson .. 1090
Pawnee .. 1092

Hiattville
Memphis -

Rockford -. 1094
Barnesville 1094
Fulton. - 1095

BROWN COUNTY.

Location and Natural Features _.....
Naming the County..-..........
Early Settlement...
Indian Lands -
Railway Matt
The Grasshoppers -
County Matters...
War Record.-.-...---.-
Schools and Societies. -
Hiawatha -......-..-
Robinson._....
Irving Township -
Walnut Township
Padonia

Baker... .--

Mission Township -
Everest .-
Powhattan Township ..-_-

 

| BUTLER COUNTY.

Boundaries and Topography ...-....-
Early Settlement
Railroads .-....----.---.-

 

  
 
 
    
   
    
 
  
 
  

Official Roster and County Affairs...- 1482
School and Other Statistics ....... 1482
El Dorado. ----.-----..- 1432
Augusta ... 1489 |
Douglass . - 1448
Leon..... 1445
Towanda. - 1446
Andover ..- - 1447
Other Towns. - 1448
Benton Towns - 1448
Fairview Township i - 1448
Murdock Township-. - 1449
Milton Township -..... - 1449
Plum Grove Township. - 1449
Clifford Township... - 1450
Lincoin Township ... ~ 1430
Chelsea Township... - 1450
Prospect: Township ~ 1450
Spring Township. ....... - 1451
Bloomington Township. . ~ 1451
Walnut Township ..... - 1451
Pieasant Township -. - 1451
Richland Township. . - 1452
Glencoe Township..-.. - 1452

Rock Creek Township
CHASE COUNTY.

 
   
  

Location and Natural Features.-..... 1855
Township History 1855
War Record 1856
County Organization and Elections... 1356
County Buildings and Granges....... 13857
School and Other Statistics... < 1857
Cottonwood Falls.....---. - 1357
Strong City-...- - 1360
Falls Townsh{p_...--.- - 1862
Diamond Creek Township.. - 1862
Cottonwood Township ...- --- 1363
Bazaar Township...--- --- 1364
Toledo-Township..........-.---.---- 1865
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.
Location, Surface and Productions... 1215

 

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY—Continued.
Early History 1215
Organization

  
 
   
 
  

Schools, MADHESETI Fe Statistics .... 1216
Sedan..... - 1216
Peru....--- - 1219
Chautauqua Springs. ~-- 1220
Cedar Vale.......--. a w= 1221
Elgin ...- --- 1224
St. Paul-. a+ 1224
Matanzas. -. --- 1224
Jonesburg ...-- - 1224
Harrison Township.......-----.---- = 1225

CHEROKEE COUNTY.

,Boundarfes, Topography and Geology 1149
Early Settlements.........----.----- 1151
Lead and Zinc _ --..-.---.-.-------- 1151
The Battle and Massacre at Baxter

DIN B.Sc ro cicicr ac yar rc cyutareguyaraparverntay 1152

 

County Organization and Count;

Troubles
School and Other Statistics
Columbus -..-..

 

    
   
   
   
     

Crestline -
Wier City ..-
Other Towns....,.-
Cherokee Township
Ross Township..:..
Sheridan Township.
Lola Township -
Neosho Township
Lyon Township
Garden Towhsh p

Lowell Township. --
Crawford Township. .
Mineral Township ..
Scammonville.......-

CLAY COUNTY.

  

 

  
 
  

    
  
  
   
   
   

 

  
    
  
  

 

Location and Natural Features. ....-. 1312
Early History - 1812
War History and Indian Troubles ..._ 1818
caus Organization and Official Ros-
Sandee aes euists - 1318
Schools and Railroads - 18318
Statistics --....-...-. - 1818
Clay. Center _ ~ 1813
Clifton ...-.. - 1818
Morganyille.. - 13
Republican City - 1819
Wakefle@ld._. ~ 1819
TMONSEY sncuxsssacanessnamexwawes.ns 1819
CLOUD COUNTY.
Location ---.-- --0.seeeseneneecee eee 1014
Early Settlement. .. 1014
ie Proubles.... 1015
unty Organization - 1016
Be hdols . .- 1016
Concordia. 1016
Clyde ._.--.- - 1019
Other Towns....... Geman eee nenecesns 1020
COFFEY COUNTY.

Eatly History co.0.c0enseenescrucous 646
Polifical ...4<.s0.0655 647
County Seat ‘Troubles. - 649
Raltlroad History , .. - 650
Military History...--. 652
Crimes, Casualties, etc... .-.... - 652
Statistical and eae te entes 653
Burlington -....-.-.. ae @ 653
658

660 |
661
- 661

Defunct Towns....... aa - 663 4
Spring Creek Township. - 663
Neosho Township. ._-. - 664
California Township... 664
Avon Township ... 665
Hampden Township 665
Key West Township. . 666
Liberty Township ... 666
Stare Township....-.... 666
Pottawatomie Township........-.... 666

 

COWLEY COUNTY.
Location, Topography, etc.....---.--
Early History
County Organization, Elections and
Official Roster....-..-.-------- 1588
County Seat, Buildings and TRTEEE 1588
Winfield ... -- 1589

 

  
    
    
 
  

Arkansas City --- 1597
Burden... .-- -- 1601
Udall ... ~ 1602
Dexter .- - 1608
Tisdale....-..---- -- 1604
Liberty Township --- 1604
Otter Township -. -- 1604
Cedar Township ... 1604.
Spring Creek Township ~ 1604
Silverdale Township ~ - 1605
Bolton Township_-__ - 1605
Beaver Township. - 1606
Vernon Township........ - 1606
Pleasant Valley Township - 1606
Maple Township ---.. -- - 1606
Rock Township----....--------..-.- 1606
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
Topography and Geology .-..--------- 1118
Primitive Occupants, Early Settlers.. 1118

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Cherokee...
Monmouth

Sherman Township.

Lincoln Township .-.. 1141
Washington Township_. 1141
Baker Township-._... 1144
Sheridan Township 1147

Grant Township...
Brazilton

DAVIS COUNTY.
Location and Topography
Early History ...-.......
Organization of Townships...
Schools and County Societies.
Railroads and Manufactortes
Geuern| Statistics... 2.22.
War Liecord.....

    
   
 
 
  
 
 

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Lyon Township_........
Jefferson Township.
DECATUR COUNTY.

 

 

   
  

General History........-.....20.---2- 1618
Organization -. - 1614
ORTON wemaswns teen dimen aememance 1614
DICKINSON COUNTY.
Location 683
Early History .----.--.. -- 684
Organization of Townships.. -- 686
Growth ....-...-... 686
Railroads, Schools, Churches, “Press... 687
WSO BV GIG sin oe cee meen ecicennans 687
Manufactories and Mills... 687
Post Offices.._-........ 688
Murder—Lynching . 688
Abilene -..-..... 688
Solomon City. 691
Enterprise .. 698
Chapman...... 6938
Miscellaneous... 2.2.0... .c.00. 694

DONIPHAN COUNTY.
Natural Features

 

   

Towa and Sac Mission... 472
Squatters’ Association - 472
Troubles of '55......... 473

 
DONIPHAN a
Fair Association _. Sontntel
Doniphan ...2 2.222.
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Burr Oak Township... i
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
Location and Natural Bepieray: Sexseey 808
Early Settlers.....-... 42... _ 808
. Squatter Associations... __ - 3809
- Incidents of Pioneer Life... - 309
- «County Organization...... - 810
_ {County Buildings and Socfet: ~ 812
/ Lawrence -...--.--...-. as - 812
Claim Troubles. -- 814
Early Newspapers. -- 816
Events of 1855_._....-... ew 817
First Free-atate. Society. ». 818
First 4th of July--..-...- me 818
The Lawrence Massacre. 821
Early- Schools-.-..------ --~ 823
The University of Kansas. - 824
State Asylum..........---. = 825
Pioneer Temperance Movem: t8-.. 325
Municipal Organization............ 826
North Lawrence. ...-.--..------..- 826
City Elections and Official Roster. 326
Bridges and Water Power-.....-..- 326
Churches ----...-----.-- -- 327
Cemeteries. -~ 328
The Press «cence ewcascen = 828
Secret and Benevolent Societies... 328
Literary and Other Organizations... 829
ss De Deidl (Ment. .....2--.4--s0006 830
Manufacturing Industries. 830
Hotels and Other Interests. 331
Biographical Sketches... -~ 881
Wakarusa Township ---- 348
Lecompton....- 851
Big Springs 352
Eudora ..-. 353
Baldwin C: 355
Black Jack. 355
Vinland .. 356
Belvoir - 359
Clinton .-...-.- 359
Globe -.- 860
Lapeer..-.---.--- 860
Kanwaka “Township eee 861
Willow Springs Township-. -. 861
Grant Township.....---------------- 362
‘ EDWARDS COUNTY.
Early History...---.-----.---------- 1867
Election and Officers. --- 1868
Statistics ........ --- 1868
RinslOVicns coueenteencsaesnceconssse 1868
' ELK COUNTY.
. Early History.-..-..----.------------ 1178
County Seat Troubles and Division of -
the County--.---.----------------- 1174
County Organization . 1174
Schools and Press....- 1174
Statistics. --.-- 1174
Howard City. 1175
Elk Falls. 1179
Moline... 1180
~ Grenola. 1181
Longton -.- 1184
Oak Valley ------ 1186
Patnterhood Township 2 1186
Paw Paw Township-.---- 1186
Union Center Township-- 1187 |
Wild Cat Township..------------.--- 1187 |
ELLIS COUNTY. |
Location and Natural Features-.-...-- 1289
General History ------------- - 1290
Schools, Manufactorfes.. - 1290
Statistics of Progress. ... - 4291
Hays City..-.-- 1291 |
Ellis -- 4294
WictOTlA ..na..ce<s 1294
ELLSWORTH COUNTY: ‘
Location and’ Naturat Featur CS. n=. 1243
Streams, So 1 and Minerals-- « 1293
Early History------------- ae- 1274
County Organization...-.--.-------- 1275
> icultural Fairs, Manufactures, ae
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Scnosi and Other Statistics 1276
Post. Offices..--------- Bare 1276
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1280
FORD COUNTY.
Organization and County Officers.... 1559
Fort Dodge 1560
Dodge City-- 1560
Spearville 1562
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Topography and Geology ..-..------- 601
Early Indian Residents 2 601
Early Settlements ..-.--.------ - 602
The Pottawatomie Rifle Company... 608
The Pottawatomie Massacre atone 603
“John Brown's Cabin ’’..---. - - 605
The First Free-state Legislature. -..- 605

 

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FRANKLIN COUNTY—Continued.
Horse Thieves
County Organization
‘War History..-..-..-.
Patrons of Husbandry
Schools and Railroads.
General Statistics...
Ottawa... 12.
Centiopolis___
Willlamsburg
Silkville _...-..
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GRAHAM COUNTY.
Karly History -...
Indian Troubles...
Biographical Sketches.

GREENWOOD COUNTY.

TOpORTADLY xocerscmscrseacoseeeceses
Early History-.
County Organization,

Buildings ..
Railways...
‘Education. -_-
Manufacturing.
Eureka -

Roster

PS Sica:

Miscellaneous. . -.
HARPER COUNTY.
Early Histor
County Organization and County Seat
Anthony -
Harper.
Danville
Albion
HARVEY COUNTY.
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Highiand Township. -
Dartington Township
Richland Township
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Garden Township--.
HODGEMAN COUNTY.
Location and Settlement...
County Organization....
Press and Schools........--.--------

JACKSON COUNTY.
Location and Natural Features. m
Municipal Townships...-
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Calamities and Crimes .-

 

  

  
 

 
  
   
  
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
   
  
 
 
 
   

 

 

 

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County. Organization and County
Buildings --.-..-.-----.-065 + nese 1839
County Offices... --- 1889
Military Record. ....------ - 1340
Schools and County Societies. - 1840
Holton ....-.--- - 1841
Circleville - - 1343
Netawaka.. --- 1844
Whiting .-- -u- 1845
Soldier City-...-- --- 1345
Washington Township. ~- 1846
Douglas Township. . --- 1847
Cedar Township----.------ - 1848
Straight Creek Township. - 1349
Liberty Township:-.-.-------------- 1849
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Location and General Features. ---- . 498
Early History. -..-..-...- sopeaie - 499
- 500
Battle of Hickory Point. - 501
Progress .---------- - 502
War Record -- 503
Land Troubles and Railroad Bonds... 503
County Affairs... .- 504
Present Condition. - 504
Delaware Township. we. 6505
Valley Falls... - 505
Oskaloosa........- - 511
Jefferson Township - 516
Winchester -. ~~ ~ 517
Norton Township. - 518
Nortonville..-.-.--..- - 519
Kentucky Township. a - 521
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Osawkie

  
  

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Kaw Township.-...
Sarcoxte Township.
Fairview Township.-...-...--.-..--
JEWELL COUNTY.
Location and Natural Features.......
Early Settlement.--.--..--.-
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Jewell City.
Salem...

JOHNSON COUNTY.
The Shawnee Indians_.-.....-- 4
The ‘‘Black Bob’’ Reservation.
Early Political Troubles. -.-.-
War History_...-.----.-.
Local Battles and Raids_-...--
County. Organization and Roster.
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Ocheltree
Monticello. .
Lexington .---
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KINGMAN COUNTY.
Location, Topography, etc.
Farly History....-.-
County Organization...

Mills and Press.......-.-----
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LABETTE COUNTY.

Boundaries and Natural Features-_-.-
Early History. --
Railroads ....-

Cee vernene ap
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Statistics
Parsons .
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Elm Grove Township.
Haekberry Township.
Barton .----------
Other Towns-....
Fairview Township.
Labette Township.
Walton Township.
North Township..
Neosho Township.-.-..--------------
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.
Boundartes and Natural Features. - ..-
Fort Leavenworth..---.--.----
Early Settlements-.
Political Organization
County Buildings. --
County. Schools...
Leavenworth City.
Early History---
First Things.----.--
Municipal Organization
War History.-..------------
Fort Leavenworth As It Is-
The Press....-...---------ee--- vee
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Means of Communic
Manufacturing Interests...
Hotels and Public Halls
Societies......-.----
Cemeteries .-.--.---
Biographical Sketches.
High Prairie Township...
Delaware City and Township-..
Kickapoo City and Township.
* Baston...c-cceees sense
Alexandria Township-
Tonganoxie.-.------
Reno Township. -..-
Stranger Township. -
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Early History...-.- -.-....---------
County. Organization, etc...
Lincoln Center..-.--
Other Towns

LINN COUNTY. -
Topography.
Indian Inhabitants...
-Early Settlements-..-
Early Political Troubles...-.--...
The Marais des Cygnes Massacre.
War History:--...-

The Price Raid
County Organization, e
Rallroads and County Societies.
Schools and Other Statistics. 3
Mound City.....-----+----
Pleasanton. .
La Cygne...
Prescott...
Blue Mound-
Trading Post..-.
Other Villages and Post Offices.
Defunct Towns-...---..-----
Paris Township...
Scott Township--.--
Centerville Township.
Stanton Township.-....-------- enone

LYON COUNTY.

Loca ion and Natural Features.
Early Settlements...--.-..-- 2
County Organization..-.---.-
School and County Societies. .
Statistics ...--.
Emporia. ---

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Americus
Hartford: ...--..
Neosho Rapids.

Agnes City_..2- een
Waterloo Township.
Tremont Township.
Center Township.......

-McPHERSON COUNTY.
Location and Natural Features
Early History_-..-----------
Incidents of Pioneer Life-....-
Ashtabula Colony and King City-.
Political ..
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Roxbury
Spring VaHey Township.
Lone Tree- Township.
King City Township--
New Gottland Township.
Castle Township-.-.
Jackson Township. .
Groveland Township -
Hayes Township....---
Turkey Creek Township.
Superior Township-...-
Little Valley Township

MARION COUNTY.
Boundaries, caine ete.. Smo eaecie
Early Settlements
County Organization, Elections and

Officers
School and Other Statistics .

 

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Other Town:

MARSHALL COUNTY.

Topography and Geology..----------
General Products..---
Early History..-.
Indian Outrages
Calamities ....
War History....
County Organization.
County Buildings-...- ow
Railroads and Societies.
Marysville .....-..-..

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MIAMI COUNTY. e NEOSHO COUNTY—Continued. RICE COUNTY—Continued. SI a
Location and Topography. 875 | Jacksonville...- 842 Elections and County Officers... 4 Pace me al ees
eee oy ens 2 | wengeeen etal | eee ene
\ Garty SeUleIMent ------ semen nee es ener cern wees OSG FO RURUIUD BEAUTE seonee . s —. e
The Battle of Osawatomie..--..- 876 Shiloh Township. 843 PIO o. cimnshoann 755 ae aT ieee eae ak Ip... 1405
Quantrill, the Guerrilla Leader 877 Grant Township -.-- 843 Churches and Socle 455 oK—Grand River Township..... 1406
OBYHOWKEDS 2 on eek veem aw swanenie 878 Big Creek Towsnhip 844 Secret Societies.. 155 Clestwatl Ninnescah Township.--.- 1407
os Attempt to Rescue a Fugitive NESS COUNTY. ‘ ea a and Other Statistics 756 ones elano Township.....--. 1408
BVO ewes ccctrcesrcececeeseseseeses 878 Location erling deeb esrccepeesionse: 756 ount Hope— 7 =
Political History - 879 | Early History... 1524 | Lyons... 757 | Park City—Par "Townshipen-- mk
a0 |. County” Organ isa | Chase. -...-s ": 460 | Minneha ‘Townsh;”7-
_ County Organization ..... 4
Elections and Land Sales....--....... 880 ° Press, Societies, BeLDOe & _ 1524 Raymond .. 761 |. = :
ee Seensemcuews: ” 81 | NORTON COUNTY. Miscellaneous... zs 761 -- 140
ounty Societies . - 881 RILEY COUNTY. . -- 1
Sipe - 881 Location, Area and Name.........+.. 1800 ar f 1418
Deo walkint - 881 -- Physical Features. .....--- 1300 a ownshtp.~-. - 1414
lll - 886 | OSAGE COUNTY. : Early Settlers and Settlements OL | ee ee -- 1415
Mound O76 > 8 eS io Nancurgel----Saiiy | Sieodpun nud Distslel- operas 1908 | Morton Township
Somerset... - 890 Polliical and Other Troubi 1531 aa a ne - oe ‘Union Township.
Louisburg « Bol County Organization and Elections... 1532 Municipal Governments 1804 Addenda
are a - 895 County Seat Contest ..... .. 1532 |. Barly Offices:........- 4304 | SHAWNEE COUNTY.
pore sy - 895 War Record none eeenee Official Roster 1305 Location and Natural Features.....-- 531
nine ai ancaster. - 896 Railroads, Schools, etc.- Township Trustees.....-.-- 1805 Pre-territorial and Early Residents .. 531
Faas es - 896 Statistics of Progress - School and Other "Battles. 1805 Defunct Towns and Villages. --- 588
: arysville_.. - 896 Burllngame .......- Manhattan.....-.- 1306 Political History .-.---------
Richland Township- - 898 Dragoon Township.
Other Townships... 1810 District Court_.-
. Valley Township. - 899 Osage City .-------- ae “RENO COUNTY. First Events - 536
See eee eT ard Feelumel exe (tl | ater iste | —oeation and General Features...... 1369 | Gounty Limite:“Township Divisions--  S6
Early Settlement and Indian Troubles 1022 Scranton 1649 ee ti aay War Biren ete 588
County Organization and Elections... 1022 aevonla. dees Scbooid eee 1371 County Seat and Buildings 538
‘ Renool, Railroads and Other Matters zn ely ers ier Hutchinson .,...---.--------« 1371 Statistics-.------------ 538
Cawker Clty . = 1026 1552 ec - ve > 539
‘Wauconda...- - 1028 1538 Castleton.....-.- 1379 539
Glen Elder_--.--- = 1028 1358 | Reno Township-- 1379 Progress of the New Town __- 589
Rolomon Haplda=. - 1028 1554 .Clay Township...- 1880 Flonegr Temperance Crusade. 541
Servite oc © jog9 | Lincon ‘Township Hoey | Sener Larner ce First Fees state Lesiaarnre Bal
é : Carbondale ....----- 1555 | Mount Liberty... 1381 SES ate ne nla :
Simpson . - 1030 : Haven Township. 1381 arly Schools ..-.---..--.-- 541
Pittsburg -- - 10980 | OSBORNE COUNTY. Sumner Township. 1381 Constitution Hall.---.- 541
Other Towns ..-p0siwenw eyepiece 1080 oe Lincoln Township... 1382 pane Emigrant Route. 542
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Salt Creek Township. 1383 oubles of 1856-’57-.. ee
qocniton and Natural Features...... 1563 oe Grant Township... -- 1388 ae Ee aa
arly History.-..-------.-- - 1568 REPUBLIC COUNTY. ; e
ae te mene ee eS - ieee ae . Location and Natural Features-.---- 1031 renga e a
- : Early Settlements... 1032 a
School and Other Statistics... - 1566 ses | First Events...... 1032 erento te oe et
“a 939 | Mormon Massacre. 1032 Topeka of 1882_.-._----.... 545
, 4577 Tilden Township- - 939 Indian Troubles. 1032 Public and Private Schools - 545
* 4579 | Covert Township. ._. gs9 | Organization - 1038 The State Capital ..... 546
~ 4581 | Kill Creek Township_. 939 | Statistics -- 1088 Insane Asylum..._.. 546
1582 Independence Township -----.--.----- 939 coe 1033 State Reform School --.--.. 546
- 583 | OTTAWA COUNTY. candia..... - 1038 City and Public Institutions... 546
Drum Creek Township 1583 Location 1424 Bepabits Cre tons Opera Houses and Hotels -.. 547
Sycamore Township. 1583 | Early Explorations..-... 1424 Scape es 1044 547
Caney Township.......... Schools and County Roster. 1426 Freedom Township. 1045 548
‘MORRIS COUNTY. ~ Bon - 426 | Fairview Township. 1046
Descriptive and Mepograplieal Meenan 795 pa eer Jefferson Township... 1047 552
~o Early History .....--.----- 796 aa 1429 Lincoln Township. 1047 558
: The Drouth of 1860. 797 ther Villages......---+------+------ 1429 | Enk Creek Township. 1048 Biographical Sketches 554
. Indian Troubles._ .. 797 | PAWNEE COUNTY. Richland Township. - 1049 Tecumseh Township 584
“+ Sale of Kaw Lands---. wn 999 General History. “ Farmington Township 1049 Soldier Township... __.. 586
The Greenwood Treaty --- 799 Statistics... Albion Township. ----.. 1049 Silver Lake Pees 587
Border Troubles ..------- -- %99 Larned .... Rose Creek Townshtp- 1049 Rossville .... 589
The Cheyenne Outbreak. 800 Other Towns. Liberty Township-.. 1051 Dover Township_.- 598
progr re 801 | PHILLIPS COUNTY. Ao ae ine Auburn Township -- 595
ar Record-. LOCHION aveennune nd Township-. Williamsport Township. 596
First: Things - - 802 | arly History Union Township-..- 1052 Wakarusa Village 597
ae ane tae ne Orga ana County Organization and County Washington Township...-.--..------ 1058 Monmouth Township... 598
‘ounty Seat Contest..--..----------- ROOKS C ng
Railroads, Schools, etc... --- 802 Natural See Resa ee rou aS 1609 Mission Townallp .---= BOD ‘
wee cee eee an Early Settlers. .......-..--- .. 1609 | SHERIDAN COUNTY......-.-..------ 1520
“= Organization and County Officers 1609
-- 809 Local Matters.........--.--- 1610 sun COUNTY:
--- 809 arly History
Schools and Agriculture. 1610
Stockton 4610 Sounty Organization
Steines tea urches and Newspapers -.-.-..----
NUMAN A FOUN: ae 1612 epee eae Other Statistics.
ennim . mith Centre.....--.-------
Early History Location and Early History ...-.-.-- 1585 Gaylord..._
_~ War History-.-- POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. County Organization and Officers 1585 Cora .
Important Events --. -- 942 | ~ Location and Early Settlement....... 974 | Statistics 1586 | Cedarville
County Organization... co Goa 942 County Organization..... - 975 | Rush Center_... 1586 Harlan sce. caccec sesso see ececeee eon
oubnty Sea iy - 975
Buildings -- ne DL - 976 RUSSELL COUNTY. STAFFORD COUNTY.
Railroads . 944 978 Topography and Natural Resources.. 1288 Location, Topography, etc-...-...-- 1270
~ County Societies 944 ~ 979 General History Early History ....--------- -- 1270
Seneca 944 > 980 ee and Mills... ae oe Organization. -~ 1271
Se EE |) APNOSB ach rmentmreaeta chools and Press-.. -+ 1271
Sapethi-- a Mopuyrilie + : aH Statistics of Growth... ...- 1285 | Statistics of Growth.
Wetmore. 956 Onaga... 2 981 Meee Offices and Post Offices...... 1286 St. John...-....- ee
Centralia. 959 | St, George ~ 882 | esa ail 1286 | SUMNER COUNTY.
Oneida... 961 Olesburgh. 983 un. 1288 Barly History .....----------e-eee----
Corning -. +» 962 Marladahl > gag | SALINE COUNTY. County Organization, etc.
: Grensia 7 ee Other Towns and Villages... _ 983 Uae uhoe oes weigepesveecoeemenenus Bohoal ana Other Statistics ..
aploma, -- ‘ ngton .2...
Balleyville -_. 964 | PRATT COUNTY. GrowWttl svcs sxc ceceeen ston cs-st eno 6 Caldwell ..
Location and Natural Features....... 1267 a
Other Towns...--------------------- 965 Farly History... ..---.0------2-0-- 1267 Belle Plain:
EOSHO COUNTY. — . County Organization and County Seat Oxford ....
Location and Natural Features....... 825 - ‘Contest: 1 Sali Milan .....
The Osage Indians 825 Schools, Press, etc. Br ae ie Mulvane -_....
Early Settlements... 826 Statistics of Growtl Beta a ec. Geuda Springs
Settlers and Railroads Kena 3 826 ae a. oo sanulwel eae,
lounty Organization an ounty eat Jk Ggeecessre sees outh Haven.
Contest --.- oat "Gout “ongentzation Elections and eee ATEDUIS ase
nies 828 v. J 1607 SEDGWICK COUNTY. Mayfield ..------..-
fenee-ee 828 Geographical Description-........... 1384 Palestine Township.
basse Mission ..------- Early History........... 1884 London Township...
Walnut Grove Township. - 884 Townshtp Organizations, _. 1886 Other Towns... .... .-.... -----------
_ Chanute.-..-- ae Bane One Tragical Events 1888 TREC? COUNTY.
a ounty COTS es wccscewe 1889 Location, Topography, Soil, ete._..... 1295
a RICE COUNTY. $8 Statistics....... 1889 Gover History... _ 1296
. 841 | Municipal Townships..-....~ ne teetee 38 oun! ie
ae we. 841 Early Settlement 753 1889 y Organization > 43997

 

 

 

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WABAUNSEE COUNTY.
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First Things..-..2.....202.-2022-00-- 991
County Organization and County Seat
BE TEN acucestes css sath aisbadarme ame gsati 992
War Record. 992
Statistics ---.....2222 2. 992
Schools and Churches 993
I gs on ais ssc esece: 993
Wabaunsee. . 996
Eskridge. .... . 997
Other. Towns 997
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Location and Natural Features....... 1054
Early History._......2.2. 2. -- 1054
First Events... ~ 1055
Indian Troubles. --- 1055
* Political... ...ne.-- 1056
PORTRAITS,
. Abbott, James Burnett.-........----.-- 641
‘Adams, Franklin G... 554
Abdelal, A. G..-.... 821

  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
    
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
   

Arnott, Alfred Arden. 814
Asher, J. M.....--- 1535
Ashmore, R. N 1176
Babcock, C. W..- 332
Bailey, M..--....- 838
Barnett, Thomas .--_ 1076
Bickford, Harvey L. 438
.Bierer, Everhard. WT
Bonebrake, P.I... 556
Bradford, J. H.--- 805
Bradley, John T.. 805
Brown, Channing J 556
Brown, G. H.._..- 838
Brown, George W.- 1440

Brown, John....- 182

1873

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Piciciaata ota 852

Campbell, William I.. 1078

Carr, Erasmus T..--. 440

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Coggswell, A. P_--. 1197

Conry, Thomas J.- 1264

Cook, J. B..--- 1476

Cooper, A. B. 1544

Couch, John H. -- 1078

Cowley, William R. - 1156

Craig, Robert... --- 1544

Crane, Franklin L. 558

Crans, L. J.------- 1017

Critchfield, Terry - 514

Curran, Theodore. 551

Cutler, George A.. 331

‘Davidson, H. H. 1498
Davis, Willard.- 1459

Day, John W..-. 560

Dean, Daniel- 610

Denison, J. L. -- 832

Dexter, Alonzo--- ~~ 1815

Douglass, John C. ~ 442

Doty, George W. -- 1586

Drought, E. S. W. ~ 1236

Dwelle, J. C.----- 1265

Early, William H. 561

Egleston, John Q, --- 631

Emerson, George --- 1592

Eskridge, Charles V - 858

Everest, Aaron 5, -- 388

Finch, Lucius E.- 1537

Fisher, J. J..- 562

Floyd, T. S.- 782

Ford, George------- 836

Fowler, Charles N.- 1025

Geary, John W. -- 147

Glasse, W. B.-.---- 1469

Glick, George W..- 230

Graves, Charles B. - 854

Gray, John...----.--- - 1544

. Griffith, George W. E. 387
Hackney, W. P..--- - 1598

Hadiey, John M.---.-- 632

Hadley, Washington-- 337

Hagaman, James M. - - 1018

Hall, Go. Dassenceacses - 1018

Haller, James- - 1588

Hamilton, J. W. - 1499

Hanback, Lewis - 4

Harpster, B. F. - 491

Harris, A. A.-- - 1080

Harris, John -- - 633

Haskell, John G - 565

Heatley, Thomas W. -- - 481

Hendricks, William 8. - 678

Hepler, Benjamin F.- - 1081

Hill, H. D..--- - 1441

Himoe, 8. 0... - 838

Hodge, John M.. - 690

Horton, Albert H.-------- - §39t

Huffaker, Thomas Sears... 2 806

Humphrey, Lyman U..-. se

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WASHINGTON COUNTY—Continued.
Schools, ete- 10
‘Washington City.
Hanover City.-
Clifton. _....
Greenleaf.
Palmer--.
Hollenberg. -
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Location and Natural Features--.--.. 900
Early Settlement........-.-.-.-. 900
County Roster and County Seat, 901
Railroads....----.---..-- 901
School and Other Statistic: 901
: Fredonia.-.-.-. 901
Neodesha... 904
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WOODSON COUNTY.
Situation and Topography........----
Early Settlers.....-----.-..-
County Roster and Elections.
Yates Center. __
Neosho Falls.
Piqua...
Toronto. .:-.--
Other Townships

WYANDOTTE COUNTY.
Natural Features
First Settlements

   
  
  
 
  
 
 
 

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HHUMPON Gs Avo ccnssssccseesoucceuedescce 515
Hutchings, John- --- 8389
Hutchinson, ©. C. --- 1374
Iams, Rezin.- --- 1316
Insley, M. H.- -- 447
Jackson, T. P. ~- 1442
James, C. N.--- --- 1436
Jetmore, A. B,- - 567
Johnson, John P.. - 488

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Jones, John Tecumseh. --- 304
King William G._... --- 1040
Knowles, Edwin.. - 954
Kurtz, Charles H.. ---. 1442
Lane, James A. - -- 448
Lane, James H. --- 186
Larned, C. G..- --- 1500
--- 778

- 487

- 482

- 569

- 1478

Lisle, Slemmons.. - 1158
Lucas,-8,_-...-. 1177
Lynn, John W..--- -- 857
McCarty, Hugh D... -- 489
McCreery, Charles H.. -- 1479
McGinnis, J. A... -- --- 1487
McKey, George W.- ~ 1177
McTaggart, Daniel .- - 1582
Maggard, James A.- --- 1500
Mann, A. W....-- aaa O71
Mann, Newton. --- 449
Marsh, S. T.-------- --- 778
Martin, George W.- -- 1010
Martin, Samuel E. -- 571
Mayo, Lewis .. - --- 450
Miller, Benedick. --- 884
Miller, J. W.- - 1817
Millington, D. A.- - 1595
Mills, Elijah-..-- - 1545
Miner, Henry C. - StL
Mitchell, D. P.. - 1259
Monroe, Henry------- - 78
Montgomery, James. - - 802
Moore, Cyrus C...-- - 1557
Moore, David.- - Td
Moore, H. Miles-. - 450
Morrill, Edmund N. - ‘121
Morris, Isaac. - 585
Morris, R..--- - 841
Morrow, Robert- - 341
Morse, J. Hudson. - 1262
Moss, O. B.--.- - 572
Mulvane, Joab. -~ 572
Muivane, John R - 5738
Muse, Robert W. P. - 779
Neal, Moses-.- - 674
Newhall, S. A..- - 779
Nichols, Charles D - 1159
Norton, H. E -. - 858
Otis, Alfred G. - 896
Overton, W. P. - 1289
Owens, Henry. - 1398
Patrick, A. G.- - 510
Patrick, Henry - 1087
Patton, Robert--- - 745
Perkins, Bishop W..--- - 1471
Peters, Samuel Ritter. - 780
Phillips, William A... - 05
Pickering, Isaac 0. e - 635
Prescott, A.. 574
Quick, W. J.- - 1464
Rash, F. W..-- 1445
Redden, A. L.- 1438
Reeder, A. H....-.------- 86
Richards, Joseph Harvey. 679
Robertson, N. T. P.....--- - 1376
Robinson, Charles 212
Roby, Henry W...- 576
Rosan, Joseph H. D. 1377
Schaefer, Charles 783
Scheble, A. R... 1376
Schenck, W. L.. -- 1546

Seaton, James H. aa 780

Sedgwick, T. N.- -- 859
Shannon, Wilson. - 118
Sharp Isaac oe -- 807
Shepard, H, ©..--- -- 1540
Shup pe, George Woeesesses mas reeisenmen es 1263

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SIMMONS, Nispsnessceusseesccsewsccene 344
Smith, Martin. - 454
Spivey, R.M.....-.. - 781
Stevenson, Robert E.-. - 635
St. John, John P..-.-. - 224
Stinson, Thomas N.- ~ 550
Stotler, Jacob...- - 860
Stringfellow, B. F - 400
Sunderlin, Van Rensselaer - 1087
SWE, De Bane ewceecieeccs - 578
Talcott, Henry W. - 680
Tefft, Erastus. - 579
Tefft, Herbert B. - 580
Thomson, William 1540
Tyler, J.S....--- 139
Utley, A. J...-.--- 1546
Valentine, Daniel M 581
Vance, D. J..---- 970
Veale, George W.- 581
Van Syckel, Daniel B. 1127
Waggener, Balie P.-- 401
Walker, Samuel... 8346
Watson George W. 582
Webb, D. C.._.-- 807.
Wharton, S. R. T25
Whitley, H. C.---- 862
Whiteside, Houston-..-- «= 1877
Whitlock, Frederick W. -- 1402
Wilkie, Neil 1445
Williams, J. H. 951
Wilson, A. D.- -- 1041
Wilson, E. E..- -- 1574
Woods, John G. -- 1497
Wright, R. W. -- 1473
Wright, W. T.- -- 1597
York, A. M..-. -- 1089
PYORK (Mis (Mio os os e-goccnacuaemeaccuess 1089
VIEWS.
Section of Rocks-...-.-- ~36-37
Monument Rocks, Gove co 88
Table Rock, Lincoln county-.. 38
Rock City, Ottawa county-- 39
A Settler of Rock City..-..--- 39
Pulpit Rock, Ellsworth county.. 42
Gypsum Beds, Saline county...-. - 42
First Territorial Capitol, Pawnee..-._.. 101
Second Territorial Capitol, Shawnee.... 103
Constitution Hall. ..--..--------------. 111
Third Territorial Capitol, Lecompton... 156
Fourth Territorial Capitol, Lawrence... 171
Fifth Territorial Capitol, Lawrence ---. 177
Ruins of Territorial Capitol, Lecompton 179
East Wing Capitol Building, 1869--.__-. 215

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An Aristocratic Kansas Cabin, 1855... 259
State Agricultural College, Manhattan. 269
State Normal School, Emporia 270
State University, Lawrence... 271
State Insane Asylum.-...--.-.. 286
First Cabin built in Lawrence. 312
Lawrence Business College-.- 829
Ritchie Block, Topeka...-. 552
Public School, Burlington. 653
Public School, Sterling-.- 756
Court House, Great Bend..-- 165
Public School, Great Bend 766
Public Schools, Newton 4, V5
St. Francis Institution for Boys, Osage
MISSION 2 oo iincsn nn Pan ccm cewisemoyiene’ 829

Public School,, Osage Mission.
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Whiteley’s Opera House, Newton _ 850
State Insane Asylum, Osawatomie.- 886
Ogden'’s Monument.-..._..-_.--- 1011
School House, Howard City-..-- 1175
Sixth Street School, Wyandotte. 1234
Central School, Wyandotte... _ 1285
Public School, Clay Center... 1814
Public School, Garnett...-.... 1327
Court House, Cottonwood Falls. 1357
First Dwelling in Reno county... 1370
Public School, Hutchinson 1872
Wheat Market, Wichita... 1390
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The City of To-day.-....----...---- 1282
Institution for the Blind -- 1232
Churches.....-.------- 1282 -
Schools and Press 1234
Societies ..... Aaeiwass 1234
Business and Manufactu: 1234

   
 
  
 
  

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Kansas City, Kansas...--
Armourdale..-..---

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Delaware Township....-..-.
Other Towns and Stations

Public School, El Dorado.. .
Publie School, Augusta.
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MAPS.
Pere Marquette’s Map of the Missis-
slpp! River .c<es<eses: coa<esons 46
Du Pratz’s Map of Louisiana 1757..-.- 47
Map. showing Indian Lands, Trading
POBUB, C€C., 2222-05 cesieneencasccce 67
First Election Districts........-.--.--- 88
Counties Established by the First Legis-
TifUTG scssecsssecccarsceesess sovex 307
Allen county.--.. -- 667
Anderson county -- 1821
Atchison county. - 369
Barber county--__ -- 1521
Barton county-.- -- %62
Bourbon county. -- 1065
Brown county. -- 710
Butler county - -- 1430
Chase county. ---2_ -- 1855
Chautauqua county w+ 1215
Cherokee county .. -- 1149
Clay county....-..- -- 1812
Cloud county -- 1014
Coffey county - -- 646
Cowley county 1587
Crawford count; “1118
Davis county... - 999
Decatur county .- -- 1613
Dickinson county.. - 683
Doniphan county.. - 472
Douglas county-. -- 308
Edwards county- -- 1865
Elk county... - 1173
Ellis county -- -- 1289
| Ellsworth county. - 1273
Ford county.- 1559
Franklin county. 601
Graham county --- - 1060
Greenwood county - 1198
Harper county .. - 868
Harvey county. - TA
Jackson county - 1835
Jefferson county_ - 498
Jewell county .. - 966
Johnson county. - 624
Kingman county. 1525
Labette county - 1453
Leavenworth county - 417
Lincoln county-_----- - 1420
Linn county-. - 1101
Lyon county...- ~ 845
McPherson county. - 810
Marion county... - 1255
Marshall county .- - 913
Miami county-. - 87
Mitchell county ---.- 1021
Montgomery county. 1563
Morris county_....- 795 +
Nemaha county 940
Neosho county - 825
Norton county - 1062
Osborne county- 933
Osage county... 1529
Ottawa county - 1424
Pawnee county-- 1850
Pottawatomie county.. 974
Pratt county....------- 1267
Reno county-- 1369
Republic county - - 1031
Rice county.- 753
Riley county - 1800
Rooks county 1609
Rush county ..- 1585
Russell county - 1283
Saline county. - 696
Sedgwick county. 1384
Smith county -- 908
Shawnee county-- 531
Stafford county- 1270
Sumner county - 1494
Trego county----- 1295
Washington county 1054
‘Wabaunsee county 986
Wilson county .-- 900
Woodson county - 1189
1226

Wyandotte county...-.------
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

 

INTROD

eee State of Kansas embraces within its boundaries the geographical

center of the United States, excepting-the remote and detached terri-
tory of Alaska. The middle parallel of latitude between the southern
cape of Florida and the northern border of Washington Territory, and
the dividing meridian of longitude midway between the extreme eastern
and western limits of the.country pass through the State, cutting it near
its middle north and south, and one degree ‘South of its center east and
west. The bisecting degree of latitude is 38° north; the parallel of longi-
tude, 22° 30’ west from Washington, the intersecting point being at the

‘northwest corner of Reno County.

‘Its boundaries are defined in the act admitting it as a State, as fol-
lows: ‘‘ Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of ‘Mis-
souri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same;
thence running west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longi-
tude, west from Washington; thence north, on said meridian to the
fortieth parallel of north latitude; thence east on said parallel to the west-
ern boundary of the State of Missouri; thence south, with the western
boundary of said State, to the place of beginning.” The State is 204
miles in width from north to south, and slightly exceeds 400 miles in
length from east to west. It contains an area of 81,318 square miles. It
is bounded on the north by the State of Nebraska; east, by the State of
Missouri; south by the Indian Territory; west by the State of Colorado.

The Territory of Kansas, formed by act of Congress May 380,.1854,
embraced, besides the area of the State above described, all the lands be-
tween the parallels of 37° and 40° north latitude, westward to the Rocky
Mountains, except that part of New Mexico lying north of the thirty-
seventh parallel. The whole area of the Territory including what is now
the State of Kansas, was 126,283 square miles.

It was, with the exception of a small tract, which will be noted
further on, a part of the Louisiana purchase made by President Jefferson
from France, April 30, 1808. By the terms of the treaty, France ceded to
the United States all the country drained by the Mississippi and its tribu-
taries to which she had any right or title. The boundaries were ill defined,
touching on the south and southwest the Spanish-Mexican possessions,
and on the east the Spanish Province of West Florida. On the west shore
of the Mississippi it extended to its source, embraced all the Missouri Val-
ley and stretched north of the Spanish-American possessions, across the
Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and as far north on the Pacific
Coast as the British possessions. For this vast domain the United States
paid France the sum of $15,000,000. The province of Louisiana thus ac-
quired comprised 1,160,577 square miles. Its boundaries on the west_and
east were not definitely settled between this country and Spain till Feb.
22, 1819, at which time a treaty was made defining its western and eastern
boundaries, wherever contiguous to Spanish territory. The final adjust-
ment is given in the Ninth United States Census Report, Vol. I, pp. 573-4,
as follows:

April 30, 1803, by treaty with France the province of Louisiana. was ceded. It» western
boundary, as finally adjusted, Feb. 22, 1819, by treaty with Spain, ran up the Sabine River to
and along the seventeenth meridian (94th Greenwich), to and along the Red River, to and
along the twenty-third meridian (100th Greenwich), to and along the Arkansas River, to and

along the Rocky Mountains, to and along the twenty-ninth meridian (106th Greenwich), to and ..

along the forty-second parallel to the Pacitic Ocean. Its northern boundary was conformed
to the ieee established between the British possessions and the United States. On the
east it was bounded by the Mississippi River as far south as the thirty-first parallel, where
different boundaries were claimed. ‘The United States construed the cession of France to
include all the territory between the thirty-first parallel and the Gulf of Mexico, and be-
tween the Rivers Mississippi and Perdido, the latter of which is now the western boundary
of the State of Florida. Under this construction of the cession, the Province of Louisiana
is now covered by those portions of the States of Alabama and Mississippi which lie south
of the thirty-first parallel; by the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska,
Oregon, Minnesota, west of the Mississippi, and Kansas [except the small portion thereof,
south of the Arkansas River and west of the twenty-third meridian (100th Greenwich) ]; by
the Territories of Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and that known as the Indian
country; and by the portion of the Territory of Colorado Le cat of the Rocky Mountains
and north of the Arkansas River, and all of the Territory of Wyoming north of the forty-
second parallel and that portion of the Territory of Wyoming which is south of that paral-
lel and east of the Rocky Mountains. In 1800, however, the “Province of Louisiana” had
been ceded by Spain to France, Spain claiming that she ceded to France no territory east of
the Mississippi River except the “ Island of New Orleans,” and also contending that her prov-
ince of West Florida included all of the territory south of the thirty-first parallel and be-
tween the Perdido and Mississippi Rivers, except the “Island of New Orleans.” Under this
construction, the Province of Louisiana included on the east of the Mississippi River, only
the territory bounded on the north and east by the rivers Iberville and Amete and by the
lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain. ‘

UCTORY.

~ apes

Under the terms of the Spanish treaty of 1819, the western boundary
was defined as above stated, and in consideration of the relinquishment
by the United States of her claims to Texas, Spain ceded West Florida
(now Alabama and Mississippi) and relinquished to the United States ail
claim to territory lying south of the ibrar parallel and east of the Mis-
sissippi River, Thus, that portion of Kansas lying west of the twenty-
third meridian and south of the Arkansas River was ceded to Spain. On
the achievement of independence by Mexico in 1824, it passed into the
possession of that Republic. Texas, on gaining her independence in 1836,
claimed it as part of her domain, which claim was subsequently confirmed
by the treaty between the Unjted States and Mexico at the close of the
war, February 22, 1848. It finally became a part of the Government do-
main by purchase, it being a part of the territory ceded to the United
States by Texas in 1850, that State receiving $10,000,000 as a consideration.

ITS NAME.

The name—Kansas—is derived from the name of the dominant tribe
of Indians found in the Territory when first visited by white men. They
were variously spoken of by early explorers as Kanzas, Canceas, Cansez,
Kansez, Canzas, Canzes, Okanis, Kansies, Ganses, Canzon, Kanzon, Konza,
Konzas, Kasas, Kanzan, Kanzans and by other varied spellings, all having
a similar phonetic expression. From these have come the legal recogni-
tion of the present orthography. Edward Everett Hale spelled it Kanzas,
instead of Kansas, ‘‘in preference,” as he said at the time of the publica-
tion of his history—Angust 21, 1854—‘‘to the mere fashionable spelling of
the few weeks past.” He further says: ‘‘There is no doubt that the z best
expresses the sound, that it has been almost universally used till lately, and
that it is still used by those most familiar with the tribe and the river which
have, time immemorial, borne this name.” Kau and Kaws are French
contractions of the above, and have been fora hundred years, more’ or
less, accepted and used in designating the tribe and the river which still
flows through its ancient domain. It has never been adopted as desig-
nating the Territory or State. Kansas is said to signify, in the lan-
guage of the Kansas tribe, ‘‘smoky,’’ and the South Fork of the Kansas
is still known as Smoky Hill River.

THE FACE OF THE COUNTRY.

The face of the area of country embraced in the limits of Kansas is
neither level, like the alluvial prairies lying east of the Mississippi, in Ili-
nois and Indiana, nor mountainous, as farther west. It is broken by slight
swells in the eastern part, being what is termed rolling prairie. Farther
west, the undulations become more marked, in some parts breaking into
quite abrupt hills of considerable elevation. Excepting a narrow strip
along the Western border of the State and that section lying in the south-
western corner, south of the Arkansas River, the soil, both on the river
bottoms and upland prairies, isa fine, rich, black loam, Sas in depth
from two feet, on the high prairie lands, to more than fifty feet along the
alluvial river bottoms. Speaking of the soil along the river bottoms, Prof.
Mudge says:

The alluvium and bottom prairies are found in connection with all the streams and

, Tivers, and are so similar to those deposits in other Western States that no description is

necessary. The thickness in the “bottoms” varies from five to fifty feet. In several places
in the Neosho Valley, unaltered wood has been found, in peng wells, at the latter depth.
The material on the surface is very rich in vegetable matter, and in many places furnishes

* #fertile soil throughout its whole thickness. In some places it is composed of modified
drift. At the salt well in Brown County a metamorphic bowlder was found fifty-two feet
below the surface.

This alluvium usually forms the richest soil in the State, and in many places for a
quarter of a century has produced Poe crops of corn, without apparent exhaustion. Along
the valleys, in this deposit, are seen benches or terraces, usually three, showing where the
streams formerly flowed at a higher level. In many places, the old river beds, more or less
ancient, can thus be traced, leaving a sandy deposit or a wet, marshy hollow or stagnant
pond, facetiously designated alake. Lake Sibley, Eureka and Silver Lakes are more modern
abandoned beds of the adjoining river.

The Bluff, or Loess as it is sometimes termed, shows somewhat in the
northeastern part of the State. along the banks of the Missouri, and west-
ward for nearly one hundred miles, when it entirely disappears, giving
place to the loamy deposits above described. Of this deposit, Prof. Mudge
gives the following analytic description:

The Loess is composed of fine sand and lime, with some clay, usually of a very uniform
consistency, and unmixed with coarse materials. A little iron in its composition gives it a

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reddish tint. More frequently it has so fair a proportion—over ten per cent—of carbonate
and phosphate of lime and some potash that it becomes a rich ingredient when mixed with
the surface loam.

iB Loess has evidently been formed by the silt brought down by the Missouri River when
it flowed in a higher bed and covered a widespread valley, almost equal to an inland sea.
The whole area overspread by it in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska, as described by several
geologists, confirms this theory. It formerly flowed over the valleys of the tributaries of
the Missouri, and what now remains are but the remnants of that which has not been
carried down by the present streams.

Prof. 8, Aughey made three analyses of the sediment of the muddy waters of the Mis-
souri River, and found that the ingredients were the same as those of the Loess, and in
nearly. equal proportions, which confirm the geological opinion of its origin. Newberry
describes the same deposit in Western Ohio, originating-in the rivers which once ran in
high, wide flood plains of that part of the country.

_ The general uniformity of the surface soil is further broken by oc-
casional tracts of salt marsh and outcroppings of the rocky strata, both
ene limited to small areas, in comparison with the whole surface of the

tate.
ITS RIVER SYSTEM.

The Missouri River runs along the borders of the counties of Doni-
phan, Atchison, Leavenworth and Wyandotte, on the northeastern boun-
dary of the State.

The average altitude of the surface of the State above the level of the
sea, as given in the United States geological survey, is 2,375 feet. The
highest point is in Cheyenne County, in the extreme northwestern part of
the State, on the head-waters of the Republican Fork, where the altitude
approximates 4,000 feet. Going south, on the western line of the State,
the elevation decreases slightly, being 3,792 feet at Monotony Station, in
Wallace County, and 3,247 feet at Syracuse, near the western border of
the State, in Hamilton County, on the Arkansas. The western line ‘of
the State marks the highest elevations its entire length, all the waters
from that line having an easterly flow. The average elevation above the
ocean level along the eastern boundary line of the State is 600 feet, being
648 feet at the mouth of the Kansas River, increasing above that point and
decreasing slightly from thence to the southern line. Thus the surface of
the State has an eastern descent, varying from 3,000 to 3,300 feet, or an
average eastward descent of nearly eight feet per mile. It also has a slight
declination to the south, sufficient to turn the flow of water south of the
middle of the State in that direction. The principal divide, or elevation,
runs across the State from east to west near its center. Branching from
this, in McPherson County, a little east of the center, an elevation extends
southeasterly to the south line, which turns the easterly flow of the Arkan-
sas waters southward, and forms the western border of another river sys-
tem. The State is thus divided into three distinct river systems, which
may, for the convenience of the reader, be designated as the Northern or
Kansas River, which is watered and drained by that river and its tributa-
ries; the Southwestern, or Arkansas, through which that river runs; and
Southeastern, or Neosho section, which lies east of the southwestern
divide before mentioned, and is watered and drained by the Neosho and
the head branches of the Osage east and the Verdigris west of it.

The Kansas River, which, with its tributaries, flows through the entire
northern half of the State, draining or irrigating an area of 40,000 square
miles, empties into the Missouri at Kansas City, on the eastern line of
Wyandotte County. From its mouth, following its course west, its first
important tributary is the Big Blue River, which has its sources in Ne-
braska, enters the State in Marshall County, runs south through that
county and between Pottawatomie and Riley Counties, and_empties into
the Kansas at the village of Manhattan, the county seat of Riley County.
Eighteen miles farther west, being 120 miles in a direct line from its
mouth, at Junction City, the main trunk, hitherto known as Kansas River,
forks into two branches, the northern being known as the Republican River
and the southern as the Smoky Hill. These two rivers, with the innumer-
able tributary creeks and streams threading the country in all directions
and converging to the rivers on either side, constitute the river system of
the northwestern part of the State.

The Republican River has its sources in Colorado, passes through
Cheyenne County, running northeast into Nebraska. It runs east through
the southern border counties of that State for 160 miles, re-enters Kansas
at the northwest corner of Republican County, and ne south and
east through Clay and Davis Counties joins the Smoky Hill, coming in
from the west, at Junction City. The northwestern counties of Sherman,
Thomas, Rawlins, Decatur and Norton are watered by numerous small
streams running northwest across the counties till they fall into the Re-
publican River, in Nebraska. i

The Smoky Hill River, which is the mam south branch of the Kan-
sas, has itsrise in numerous creeks in an extreme western part of the State,
mostly in Wallace County. Its general course is almost due east, a few
miles north of the middle of the State. It runs through the counties
of, Wallace, Gove, Trego, Ellis, Russell; thence by a horseshoe bend
of some twenty miles it runs southwest through Ellsworth into the
northwestern part of McPherson County; thence northeast through
Saline County, and east through Dickinson and Davis Counties to its
junction with the Republican River. The distance from its source to its
mouth is nearly three hundred miles. In its meandering course it meas-
ures four hundred miles in length. It has no important tributaries on its
south bank, as it runs near the high land dividing the Arkansas waters from
the Kansas its entire course. Entering it from the northwest, its two most
important confluents are the Saline and Solomon Rivers. The Saline has
its source in the southeastern part of Thomas County. It runs east nearly
on the dividing line between Sheridan and Gove, Graham and Trego Coun-
ties; thence easterly and southerly through the counties of Ellis, Russell,
Lincoln and the southwest corner of Ottawa into Saline County, where it
empties into the Smoky Hill, in the town of Greeley. The river is 220 miles
long. The Solomon River has its sources farther north than the Saline, in
the western part of Thomas County, where both forks of the river rise,

they. being near their sources not more than three miles apart. They di-
verge—the North Fork running in a northeasterly course and passing
through the counties of Sheridan, Norton, Phillips, Smith and Osborne to
the township of Cedar Creek, in Mitchell County, where it forms a junc-
tion with the South Fork, which, from nearly the same source, by a more
easterly course, reaches the place of sHRRUE having on its way passed
through the counties of Sheridan, Graham, Rooks and Osborne. From
the confluence of the two forks, the river runs southeast through Mitchell
County, the southwest corner of Cloud County and through Ottawa County
to Solomon City, Dickinson County, where it enters the Smoky Hill, six
miles below the mouth of the Saline River.

The Kansas River, from the confluence of the Smoky Hill and Repub-
lican Rivers, runs a distance of 120 miles in an easterly course, through
Riley County, then between Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties, it
being the dividing line through Shawnee County; thence between Jeffer-
son and Leavenworth Counties on its north bank, and Douglas and John-
son Counties on the south, through Wyandotte County to its entrance into
the Missouri. ‘

Next in importance is the southwestern section, drained by the Neosho
and the upper branches of the Verdigris and Osage Rivers.

The N eosho River (on the old maps sometimes called the Grand or
White River) has its sources in Morris County, near Council Grove, and in
the head-waters of the Cottonwood River, in the northwestern township of
Marion County. The river, from its source in Morris County, runs south-
westerly through Lyon and Coffey Counties; thence nearly south through
Allen; southwesterly through Neosho, and south, nearly on the line divid-
ing Labette and Cherokee Counties, into the Indian Territory. The Cot-
tonwood, its largest tributary in the State, has its sources in Marion
County, passes in a somewhat tortuous course in an easterly direction
through Ghiage County t» its confluence with the main river in the township
of Jackson, in Lyons County.

The Verdigris River and its confluent streams water a small section
lying. between the Neosho and Arkansas Valleys. Its source is in the
southeastern part of Chase County,-in the town of Toledo. It passes
through the northeastern part of Greenwood County, cuts the southwest
corner of Woodson County, runs through Wilson and Montgomery Coun-
ties from north to south, and enters the Indian Territory thirty-four miles
west of the Neosho. The only considerable branch is Fall River, which
rises in two creeks in the town of Salem, Greenwood County, and united
form the river which runs southwest through Greenwood and Wilson
Counties to the town of Neodesha, where it empties into the Verdigris.

The head waters of the North Branch of the Osage River water a tract
lying northeast of the Neosho Valley. The source is in the northern part
of Lyon County, from whence, under the name of the Marais des Cygnes
River, it runs easterly through Osage and Franklin Counties to Osawato-
mie, Miami County, where, being augmented by the waters of Pottawato-
mie Creek, it becomes known as the Osage River. and flowing southeast-
erly passes through the northeasterly part of Linn County, into the State
of Missouri. The drainage area of the Verdigris, Neosho and Osage Riv-
ers in Kansas approximates 10,000 square miles. Of these, the Neosho
and Verdigris Rivers find their outlet in the Arkansas River, and the Osage
in the Missouri.

The Arkansas River, which drains, exclusive of the Neosho and Ver-
digris region, an area of nearly 30,000 square miles within the borders of
Kansas, rises in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and after a journey of 350
miles enters Kansas on its western border in Hamilton County. Its course is
alittle south of east, through the counties of Hamilton, Kearney, Sequoyah,
Foot and Ford, a distance of 125 miles; thence turning to the northeast it
flows a distance of 70 miles, through Edwards, Pawnee and Barton Coun-
ties, where it makes a bend to the southeast, and flows in that direction 70
miles, through Rice, Reno and Sedgwick Counties; thence, flowing nearly
south, it passes through Sumner and Cowley Counties, a distance of 50
miles, into the Indian Territory. For a distance of 150 miles from the
western border of the State it passes through an arid, sandy country, so
destitute of water as to furnish no confluent stream on either side.
Indeed, the river loses volume on its desert journey till it reaches Pawnee
Count , where the Pawnee Fork, a considerable stream, enters it. Thirty
miles farther, at Great Bend, Barton County, it receives another stream,
not of sufficient size to be denominated a river, but designated as Walnut
Creek. Both of these streams flowin from the north. Several other small
streams run in from the northeast, after the river turns southerly, the first
and largest being the Little Arkansas, which has its source in the north-
eastern part of Rice County; it runs south and east through the southwest
corner of McPherson; the northeast corner of Reno; thence southerly
through Harvey County to Wichita, Sedgwick County, where it joins the
Arkansas. This river is seventy-five miles long, and in its course receives
through many creeks and rills the waters of a considerable area, embrac-
ing nearly all of McPherson and Harvey Counties. Walnut River rises in
the northern part of Butler County, runs south through Cowley County
and empties into the Arkansas, near the southern boundary of the State.

On the south bank of the Arkansas, for a distance of 200 miles, and
extending south of the river for 40 miles, the country is dry and sandy.
No creeks or streams of any magnitude are found in the country, and
no accessory flow of water joins the river on that bank till beyond the
Great Bend. In its southern course through and near the counties of Staf-
ford, Reno, Kingman, Sedgwick and Sumner, those counties being fairly
watered, many small creeks flowing through them enter the river. The
Cimarron River, a lower branch of the Arkansas, has its sources in the
southwestern border counties of the State, from Kansas County east as far
as Comanche County, where it enters the Indian Territory. The southern
counties of Comanche, Barbour and Harper are threaded with creeks and
streams running south and southeast into the Salt Fork of the Arkansas
River. Excepting the valley of the Arkansas west of Meridian 28°, the
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

whole area of Kansas is well watered, the number of creeks and rills in-
creasing eastward, and threading, as. with a fine net-work. the eastern half
of the State, where is the most profuse flow and most diffuse distribution
of water to be found in any prairie country on thecontinent. The descent
of the waters is not rapid in any of the rivers of the State. Prof. Mudge
is an authority for the statement that in the length of no river in the
State is there a water fall seven feet high. Of the general descent of the
rivers, he says: “The average descent of the Arkansas is little over six
feet to the mile, while the Smoky is seven and the Solomon nearly ten
feet to the mile. On the upper portions of the latter two rivers the
descent is much greater than on the last hundred miles. This is seen in
the Smoky, which enters Kansas 500 feet above the Arkansas, but when it

unites with the Saline River, it has come down to the level of the Arkan-
sas in the same longitude.”’

TIMBER, SHRUBS AND HERBAGE.

The river bottoms, or, in Eastern parlance, “intervals,” vary in width
along the principal rivers of the State, from one to three miles. In the
extreme western parts of the State the bottom level sometimes spreads
each side of the stream some four miles, making a transverse line from
highland to highland of eight miles. The Kansas River bottoms are some

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i 8 Sa sally found, but evidences of land
two miles in width. The plateau land, wii: fossilized wood, which are
is, except on the Arkansas, fifty to one hundreehowed frequent marks of
the rivers. The timber is along the river bottouthe early vegetation of
streams that run into them, and stretches back up vents, of destruction
distance into the high prairie land. It consists mostly 01 found is carbon-
ties; the elm, willow and cottonwood on the bottoms; tis appears in all
hickory, ele ash, maple, mulberry and wild apple trees-e ved. wood
ground. Sumach, elder, green brier, gooseberry, hazel, papaw, annual
rose, raspberry, blackberry and wild grapes, were found growing inified
nously. The growthis generally sparse as compared with the growth of tz-
same varieties in countries farther east or north, and hardly ever attains
to the size of more northern latitudes. The pines, spruce, cedar and other
evergreens are not sufficiently numerous to be ranked as indigenous. The
cedar, however, attains a stunted growth in small and detached sections of
the Kansas River Valley andelsewhere. All trees and shrubs indigenous to
temperate climates flourish when transplanted to this region. Both the
climate and soil are favorable to the growth of wheat, corn and other ce-
reals. The whole surface, in a state of nature, was covered with verdure,
which gave pasturage to buffalo and other herbiverous animals, more num-
erous than the domestic flocks and herds of any people who ever lived
upon the earth.

 

 

GHEOLOGICAL

A VERTICAL section of the soil and underlying strata of Kansas, had

it rested undisturbed during the ages of its formation, and to this time,
would have presented the order and approximate thickness of the various
formations, as follows:

1. Post Tertiary formation—Alluvium, loess (Bluff), drift—150 feet.

2. Tertiary—Sandstone (Pliocene)—1,500 feet.

3. Cretaceous (chalky)—Limestone and shale (Niobrara, 200 feet; Fort
Benton, 260 feet); sandstone (Dakota, 500 feet)—960 feet.

4. Upper Carboniferous—Limestone and shale—2,000 feet.

5. Coal measure—Coal in limestone and shale—600 feet.

6. Subcarboniferous—Limestone—150 feet.

The present succession of the strata, from the highest elevation in the
northwestern portion of the State to the lowest in the southwest, shows the
order of formation as above stated to be unbroken. By the gradual up-
heaval of some portions of the area or the sinking or unequal changes in
others, the strata no longer rest horizontally one above the other, but dip
downward to the northwest, so that the edges of the several formations,
even to the lowest, the Coal Measures are brought to or near the surface
of thesoil, in some sections of the State. In the foregoing order of forma-
tion which isas given by Prof. Mudge, he notes the ‘‘striking fact’ that
the oldest rocks are not seen, and that the deposits of important ages and
parts of ages of more recent date are also missing.t Hesays: ‘‘Thus, the
the Triassic and Jurassic ages were either never deposited within the
bounds of Kansas and the adjoining territory, or, in the grand operations
of nature, all those deposits have been eroded and swept away, leaving no
trace of their existence. This allows the Dakota(cretaceous sandstone) to
rest directly on the top of the carboniferous, and nearly, if not quite, in
conformity, the geological level of the two being apparently identical.’’
He further notes the absence of four groups in succession, usually found
between the Pliocene rock of the tertiary age, and the middle formations of
the Cretaceous, ‘“‘ allowing the Pliocene of the latter age to rest directly on
the Niobrara or middle of the Cretaceous.”

There are nowhere in the State any evidences of violent disturbance of
the strataor metamorphic indications in any of the formations. Of the
gradual uplifting of the land above the awful waste of waters, Prof.
Mudge says: “The uplifting of this State and the adjoining country from
the level of the ocean must have been slow, uniform, andin a perpendicu-
lar direction, which has left all the strata nearly in a horizontal position.

 

* A complete geological survey of Kansas has not yet been made. By an act of the Lexisla
tuce in 1864, au appropriation of $3,500 was made, and the work begun under the supervision of
Prof. B. ¥. Mudge, then appointed State Geologist. In 1865, $7.500 was appropriited, and Prof.
G. W. Swallow appointed to continue the survey. No further appropriations have been since
made, and the important work is yet uncompleted. During 1864 and 1865, the geologists above
mentioned made a general survey of the eastern half of the State, and by exploration and inquiry
gained sufficient surface information concerning the western half to describe with a degree of
accuracy its general geological outlines and structure. ‘The reports made by them and their as-
sistants are deemed reliable, although incomplete. From them, und such individual information
as could be obtained from competent and trussworthy sources, the geological sketch is compiled,
it is hoped with sufficient elaburativas to svtisfy the requirements of the general reader.

+Prof. G. C. Swallow, who succeeded Prot-Mudge in the State geological survey, and whose
loyalty to the truth of science is equally beyond question, is less positive in his belief that re-
mains of the Triassic period are wanting. He givesit a place in his report, but leaves it in doubt.
He says: “The sandstones, limestones, shales, marls and gypsum of Nos 2-11, were referred to
the Triassic with a ?) in 1858. The only evidence we then had of the age of their beda was their
lithological characters, and a single fossil which could not be distinguished from Nuculy speciosa-
Munster, from the Muschelkalk of Bindloch. Subsequent examinations have strengthened the
evidence we then had that thiiis their true position. But still, the proof does not amount to a
demonstration, and the true relation of these rucks must remain in doubt, till other discoveries
determine the matter.” Prof. Mudge speaks, sub-equent to that time, and doubtless after a con-
siderate knowledge of Prot. Swallow's investigations, as quite certain that those perivds are un-

_represented in the Kansas formations.

$Asis shown by Prof. Mudge’s stratigraphical map, the strata have a slight dip to the
northwest, which would lead to the belief, that, although there was no violent action sufficient
to occasion faults in the strata, the upheaval was more rapid, or continued longer in the eastern
portions than in the territory farther west.

pT RUOTU REY

This may have been as slow as that now going on in Florida, or arise of five
feet in a century. From our knowledge of the geology of the West, this
undoubtedly took place after the rise of the Rocky Mountains, and proba-
bly did not come to a close until the drift period. The origin of our rivers,
therefore, may date back as far, at least, as the beginning of this uprising.
As the channels (valleys) cut by them are large, and often through heavy
beds of limestone, the earlier processes may date still farther back in geo-
logical history.”

The rock formations do not crop out to any great extent, but are gen-
erally hidden by the post tertiary deposits, alluvium, loess and drift. The
two former, which have already been noticed, are of more recent formation
than the drift, which underlies them, resting on the tertiary sandstone be-
low. It consists of quartz, gravel, pebbles and sand, differing very little
from the same deposits found in other parts of the country, and having a
like origin, viz., the glacial or ice period. It is intermixed with large met-
amorphic stones and bowlders of stratified quartz, greenstone and other
rocks not among the formations of this State. The nearest permanent
formations similar are found hundred of miles north and east. The de-
posit of fine drift material seldom exceeds five feet indepth. Concerning
the drift, surface bowlders and evidences of glacial action in this State,
Mr. Mudge writes as follows:

We have not found the true bowlder clay in any part of the State. The large bowlders
are scattered as far south as 38° and 50’, or ten miles south of the Kansas River, while the
smaller pebbles and gravel are seen as low as 38° of latitude.

The large bowlders are quite numerous on the Pottawatumie Reserve, on both sides
of the Kansas. They lie on the tops of the bluffs and high prairies more frequently than
on the lower lands. We observed one on a hill near Mill Creek, Wabaunsee County, 200 feet
above the valley of the Kansas River, 1,100 feet above the sea, weighing fully eight tons.
Some larger, including one of greenstone, are to be found near Oskaloosa.

Bowlders lie scattered in small numbers in detached areas north of the Kansas River,
from the Missouri nearly to the Republican, but west of the latter none are noticed. The
drift gravel extends a little farther. The origin of our drift, like all other in the Northern
Hemisphere, must be sought in regions far to the north. No original ledges of quartzite or
other metamorphic or igneous rock are found within three hundred miles of the northern
State line, and it is only in the western portions of Minnesota that these deposits are repre-
sented. No other material of our drift is found so near. Therefore, much of our drift must
have traveled 500 miles during the ice age, and some of the granitic fragments from still
farther north, nearer the line of the British Possessions, or a journey of 800 miles.

In Western Kansas are beds of gravel which, on casual examination, resemble the
drift, but a closer acquaintance shows that it is not. It has no quartzite or other bowlders,
and much of the other materials are different and less water-worn. The ingredients are
the same as the coarser portions of the Pliocene, which cover about nine thousand miles of
the northwestern part of the State, and which undoubtedly at one time covered more than
twice its present area. The gravel contains small fragments of petrified wood and other fos-
sils similar to those found in the Pliocene. It is not improbable that the drift in small
Guimn ities may be found in the State farther west than I have noticed it. But, if so, the dif-

erence in its appearance from the Pliocene will readily be detected. This deposit is seldom
more than a few feet in thickness, and covers but a limited portion of the surface. It is not
sufficient to affect the fertility of the soil, except in a few small areas.

No marks of grooving, strie or other glacial action have been noticed on any ledge in
this State. Perhaps the limestone is too soft to have preserved them, if such marks ever
existed. In one instance only have we noticed a bowlder with striae upon it, and those
were made before it left its northern home. In some specimens of fine quartz a good polish
is seen.

In a general sense, it may be said that, the post tertiary formation in
some form—alluvium, loess, drift or mixtures of the same—cover, as with
a blanket, all the lower rocky strata in whatever order they may come to
the surface. As has been stated, the surface rock is not the same through-
out the State, but shows within different areas and well-defined limits
such different rock formation from the highest to the lowest.

TERTIARY AREA (PLIOCENE).

The Pliocene group of the Tertiary system, the first in vertical order,

is seen only in the northwestern portion of the State, which has the high-
est altitude. The territory covered by this formation extends along the
north line of the State eastward as far as the middie of Jewell County.
The eastern and southern line of.demarkation runs south and west, em-

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i HISTORY OF KANSAS.

eae pas OL Jewell and the north half of Smith and
ca a te of lito dad sone = South westerly nearly to the southwest corner of
the surface loam. _ve east through Graham and into Rooks County,
4: ict ee bend of some eight or ten miles, it turns to the west
The whole esa Pecos County to the south line’ of Sheridan County; thence
geologists, confirms! the south line of Sheridan, Thomas and Sherman Counties
the Missouri.awin line of the State some eight miles south of the latter county.
carried douy detached spur covers all of Greeley and the north quarter of Ham-

‘sour County, extending east over the south half of Wichita and Scott
nvounties into the southwest quarter of Lane County. Prof. Mudge, treat-
ing of this formation in his report published in the First Biennial Report

of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, says:

Pliocene

TERTIARY

   

Niobrara

and Shale.

Fort Benton

Dakota

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CRETACEOUS

AGE

Limestone and Shale.

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VERTICAL SECTION OF THE ROCKS OF KANSAS,
Compiled by Prof. B, F, Mudge.

The strata composing this ape are very irregular, and cannot be traced to any great
distance from any given point. This makes it very difficult to calculate its thickness after
the lower portions have disappeared under the streams. Every examination has, however,
induced me to add to my preous estimates of its thickness, and my present impression is
that in the extreme northwestern part of the State its thickness cannot be less than 1,500
feet. It dips slightly to the northwest, and its lowest beds disappear gradually underneath
the streams. This gives a good pa ae ed to study the dividing line between the Creta-
ceous and Tertiary rani, nm the North Fork of the Solomon, for a distance of twenty
miles, the hilltops and higher grounds are covered with the sandstone of the Pliocene,while
the streams are cutting thelt beds in the limestones of the Niobrara.

Even the best known portions of this geological area have been but little examined, .

and consequently our knowledge of its local features is quite limited. Profs. Cope and Marsh
have, in, their visits to the Cretaceous, made some casual notices of the southern portion
without spending time in searching for fossils. Durin; the summers of 1874, ’75 and "76, we
spent much time along the linc of its union with the Niobrara, and made some excursions
across it, thus becoming acquainted with its outlines and a few of its fossils, The line of

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demarkation at most points between it and the Cretaceous is clear and well defined, In nu-
merous places we have found the fossils of the mammualia of the Pliocene within ten vertical
feet of the marine shells and vertebrates of the Cretaceous, and in slides we frequently
found them intermingled, The contrast. is remarkable, as hardly a single type is common
to both, the one being marine and reptilian, the other land fossils, and the bones those of

mammals. : : :

The material of the Pliocene deposits consists of sandstone of various shades of gray
and brown, occasionally whitened by a small admixture of lime. The lower strata are usu-
ally composed of finer sand than the upper, and are looser and more friable in their fexut
The overlying beds are of coarser ingredients, consisting of water-worn pebbles of ee ic
rocks—quartz, greenstone, granite, syenite and sometimes fragments of fossil wood from
an older formation. The polishing action of water is not so thorough as in the drift. These
portions of the deposits. enon crumbled and the finer parts washed away, have much the
appearance of drift, and have been mistaken for it. This formation, down to a recent pe-
riod, must have covered the whole of the Cretaceous, as we find the coarser pebbles scattered
to a greater or less extent over the western half of the State. It appears to have been sub-
fected to later movements of water currents, as it assumes the form of altered drift, and
sometimes includes the remains of the mastodon, elephant and horse of the later Quater-
nary age.

t e sandstone is usually friable, crumbling on exposure to the atmosphere. When
more compact, its mechanical construction is so irregular as to render it almost unfit for a
building material. When firmly consolidated, it forms the hilltops of the table-like emi-
nences along the boundary line of the Pliocene and Cretaceous formations. At Breadbowl
Mound, Phillips County, it is about two hundred feet above Deer Creek, and at Sugarloaf
Mound, in the western part of Rooks County, it is about three hundred feet above the Solo-
mon River. In these hills, as in many others, the upper strata belong to the Pliocene, while
the bases belong to the Niobrara. Farther west it forms the whole of the visible outcrop,
and the mounds are not so prominent. . mat Ss

In the southern portion of the Pliocene, in the vicinity of Fort Wallace and Sheridan,
the hilltops are covered with a stratum of about eight feet in thickness, very hard and sili-
cious. The material varies from coarse flint-quartz to chalcedony. The latter mineral
shades from milk white to transparent, sometimes presenting a semi-opal appearance. The
so-called moss-agate is found in the upper few inches of the stratum. This cap-rock is inter-
esting to the mineralogist by showing the moss-agate in its various stages of formation. The
lower portion of the eight feet indicates an imperfect chemical solution of the silica and
black oxide of manganese; therefore, the crystallization of the latter is imperfect. As we
examine the stratum from the bottom to the top, we find the chemical conditions more
favorable and complete, so that the distinct quartz, chalcedony and manganese of the bot-
tom, become more commingled toward the upper inch or half inch, where the silica must
have been sufficiently fluid to allow the manganese* to assume the form of sprig crystals.
This peculiar deposit is common on all the high hilltops of Wallace County, but the best
locality is the cap-rock of the two buttes, two miles southwest of Sheridan, and half a mile
from the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway. They form a notable land-mark to travelers,
The total thickness of the Pliocene cannot be less than 1,500 feet. It may prove more.

TERTIARY FOSSILS.

The fossils of this formation, over a considerable part of the Pliocene
area, are scarce, or entirely wanting. In some localities, particularly in
Smith and Norton Counties, and in Ellis and Trego Counties, where small
detached areas of the formation exist, they are quite numerous. They are
of species common to the closing period of the Pliocene—‘‘ the bones of
deer, beaver, a large animal of the ox kind, two species of the horse, one
smaller than the small Indian ponies, a wolf, ivory of the elephant and
mastodon, bones of the rhinoceros and camel and also remains of an unde-
termined character.” Remains of a large, fresh-water turtle, five feet in
length, and those of a smaller size have been found; also a few species of
mollusks. The remains of the horse are quite common. having been found
from Smith County to the vicinity of Ellis, in Ellis County, and prove
that horses roamed the plains of Kansas ages before the herds descended
from the escaped steeds of the Spanish cavaliers of the fifteenth century.
Prof. Mudge writes that among the fossil remains of horses, he found one
in the northern part of Ellis County, in 1875, of the celebrated three-toed
species, having three hoofs coming to the ground, the feet with the three
toes being in an excellent state of preservation. The bones were badly
broken, and much of the skeleton missing, but sufficient to show it was
of small size. The remains of the common horse, of about the same size
as those now existing, and with the markings of the teeth quite similar,
were found in the same geological horizon with the extinct three-toed
species, showing that they had a contemporaneous existence. The ivory
and bones in the Upper Pliocene are found firmly fossilized, and sometimes
changed to a hard, compact silica. Prof. Mudge notes an interesting chem-
ical transformation of ivory, as follows:

‘In the process of petrifaction, the tusk must have been so softened
as to admit the intermixture of black oxide of manganese in solution, which
then crystallized in delicate sprigs. The ivory was next silicified into
nearly pure quartz, with the usual hardness of that substance. The ivory
was thus converted into the so-called moss agate.”

crerackous AREA (J, Miobrara—Il, Benton—III, Dakota).

Directly eastward of the Pliocene, and stretching entirely across the
State in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction, is the Cretaceous,
covering an area of nearly 40,000 square miles. It extends from the south-
west corner of the State, as far east as Clark County, 100 miles, and north
nearly to the north line of Hamilton County, some seventy miles. Its
western line of demarkation coincides with the eastern and southern Plio-
cene line before described. It extends east on the northern State line for
a distance of ey miles, from the middle of Jewell County into the
northwest corner of Marshall County. Its eastern line from the north line
of Marshall County runs south and southeast, taking in the western tier of
towns in that county, and running diagonally across Clay County to its
southwest corner; thence south and east through the southern part of
Dickinson County to near the center of Morris County; thence, bending to
the south and southwest, it returns through Marion County, and_west
along the line of McPherson and Rice Counties to the Arkansas River;
thence in a direct southwest course, through the northwest corner of
Reno, Pratt, the northwest corner of Comanche and Clark Counties to the
southern State line. 4

The Niobrara is the upper formation in the Cretaceous system, and in
Kansas differs from the same deposits in Nebraska and on the Niobrara
River, somewhat in its physical features, but more especially in its fossils
which, in Kansas yield a richer and more varied type of vertebrates, and

 

*On a chemical test by Prof. W. K. Kedzie, some iron was found with the manganese.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of the Saurian genera. It covers a belt of countr

: next adjoini
Pliocene, about thirty miles in wi i cote aioe

lioce: width in the northern part of the State,
widening southward to nearly sixty miles in the Smoky Hill Valley. Prof.
Mudge says: ‘‘It is well defined in the tributaries of Smoky Hill River,
nearly to the high divide between it and the Arkansas Valley. It is poorly
represented on Walnut and Pawnee Creeks, in Ness and Hodgeman Coun-

ties; and on the slopes toward the Arkansas River it is seldom seen, and
ssils.

then almost devoid of its characteristic fo
It is composed of chalk and chalky shales. The chalky rock varies in
color from buff to pure white, and is generally too soft for building ma-
terial. The pure white specimens consist of pure carbonate of lime, and
cannot be distinguished rom the best quality of foreign chalk. It is
stated on the authority of Prof. James D. Dana, that the soft, fine-grained
white stone known in commerce as chalk is found nowhere in North
It differs from the chalk of Europe,

America except in Western Kansas.
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of its material. Regarding the Kansas chalk, Prof. G. E. Patrick, of the
Kansas State University, states: _ ‘Examined under the microscope, it ap-
pears perfectly amorphous—a simple aggregation of shapeless particles.
The rhizopod shells which almost universally occur in the chalk of the old
world, sometimes comprising nearly its entire substance, seem to be quite
wanting in our Kansas chalk. With a good microscope and a high power,
I have been unable to detect a trace of them.” This deposit in its purity
is found in Trego County, where it appears in seams varying from a foot to
eight feet in thickness. It is manufactured quite extensively into whiting,
which exceeds in excellence of quality the best manufactured from foreign
chalk, as, unlike that, it never contains flint nodules. Prof. Mudge de-
scribes the chalky deposits as follows:

3 The higher strata are the most impure, being intermingled with sand and other coarse
ingredients. Sometimes we found thin layers of flint, from half an inch to two inches in
thickness. Occasionally these layers were covered, in part, with a thin coating of chalced-
ony. The latter strata have been deposited not far from a shore line subject to currents.
Sometimes may be seen marked oblique deposits, but very limited in extent, either ver-
tically or horizontally. These were always varied in color and material. Layers of white
chalk, with impure ones of various shades of buff, extended a thickness of six to ten feet,
and gave a neat ribboned appearance. These layers were usually from one-fourth to one-

 

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Fossils of marine plants are occasionally found, but evidences of land
vegetation are confined to a few specimens of fossilized wood, which are
found but seldom. Such as have been found showed frequent marks of
boring by some land insect or animal; showing that the early vegetation of
that period had brought with it the.same animate elements, of destruction
against which it now contends. Occasionally, aspecimen found is carbon-
ized or charred, and burns readily; while more frequently it appears in all
stages of the process of crystallization, from the partially-decayed. wood
to the fully-completed transformation into chalcedony, with the annual
marks of the growth still distinct. Of the species, few have been identified
with those of the present time. Prof. Mudge states that, in a single in-
stance, he detached the fibrous structure of the palm. This alone marks
the climate of that age as tropical, if it was of indigenous growth. | Leaves
appear rarely, though common in the Dakota formation below, and in the
Tertiary of Colorado above. Islands must have existed in this cretaceous
ocean, as the homes and breeding places of the birds whose fossils have
been found, as well as the resting places for the amphibious animals
which were then numerous. They may have been only the bare surface
of the rocks covered with soil so sparsely as to preclude the growth of trees.

The fossils of the cretaceous sea, as found in the Kansas fo-mation,
embrace a wider range and give a larger proportion of the whole number
known to scientists as cretaceous fossils than any other section of the sys-
tem in America. Those discovered include many specimens rarely found
elsewhere. Specimens of the only Crinoid known to the American creta-
ceous were found by Prof. Mudge; also rare mollusks, one of which, a
large bivalve, measured from thirty to thirty three inches in length. He
also notes the discovery, by his party, of a bed of baculites, near Sheri-
dan, a species of shell fish, not found nearer than New Mexico. Many
other specimens are named by him, which it is unnecessary to note, hav-
ing no great interest to any but the scientific reader.

The vertebrates are everywhere found—fishes, saurians, birds—so pro-
fuse in number and variety as to render it one of the most interesting
fields of exploration for the paleontologist in America. Prof. Mudge has
more thoroughly examined the field than any other person, being employed
for the seasons of 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, with from two to five assistants,

 

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SECTION OF THE ROCKS OF KANSAS, FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE.

Compiled hy Prof. B. F. Mudge.

half an inch in thickness, but frequently much thinner. In one instance, I counted thirty-
five in a thickness of a little less than two inches, the white lines being nearly pure chalk,
and the buff containing fine sand. The fineness of the material and the distinctness of each
line indicate a slow deposit at a distance from the shores of the old cretaceous lands. The
shales of this division contain lime mingled with clay and sand in varying proportions,
They are harder than the chalk, requiring the pick in extricating the fossils, They are of
all shades of slate-color, sometimes bleaching on exposure to the weather, Near Fort
Wallace, some strata are so much like the “Benton,” in Nebraska, that Prof. Hayden, on a
hasty inspection, mistook them for a portion of that group.

Seams of pure calc-spar, usually in flat crystals, from one to six inches
in thickness, are quite common in the shales, and occasionally appear in
the chalk strata. In the darker shales are sometimes found nodules of
pyrites, lenticular in form; occasionally, they appear in fine crystals of
various shades of brown. The thickness of the Niobrara formation varies.
In Trego and Ellis Counties, it has an average thickness of 75 feet; in
Rooks County, it is 200 feet thick. Along the courses of the streams and
ravines, owing to the soft nature of the rock, cafions occur similar to those
in Dakota and Nebraska, though on a smaller scale; and in some localities
remains of the formations, in detached masses, worn by the flow of ancient
waters, stand high above the surrounding plain, fantastic monuments of
the period when they were created. Fine specimens of these forms of
nature’s sculpture are the ‘‘Monument Rocks,” in the Smoky Hill Valley
in Gove County, and the ‘‘ Castle Rocks,” of EllisCounty. These vary in
height from forty to seventy feet, and are many of them so small at the
base as to be but single shafts or columns, standing on the level plain in
startling imitation of the artificial structures of men. Castle Rock, the
highest of the Ellis County group, is overlaid with ten feet of Pliocene,
thence, downward, the Niobrara chalk, with a base of firm, blue shale.
The devout student of nature is filled with awe as he is here brought to
view the successive processes of the great Architect, as layer upon layer,
through the silent and eternal ages of the past, He formed the founda-
tions of the earth.

FOSSILS OF THE NIOBRARA.

The Niobrara is.the upper formation of the Cretaceous period, which
embraces the latest division of Mésozoic time. In the rocks of this period,
reptiles first became numerous and predominant, as shown in the fossils,
which are so numerous, as compared with others, as to mark the period as
the age of reptiles. The fossils, however, are not confined to them, but
cover the whole range of co-existent vegetable and animal life.

Scale, 2,000 vertical feet to one inch,

in collecting vertebrates from this section for Yale College.
mens gathered, he says:

“The least interesting are the fish, which have, however, given us
many new species, and some new genera. The small ones are nearly
entire, but the larger ones are represented only by well-preserved portions
of the skeletons. Teeth of selacians (shark genera) are quite common.
At one locality, over 400 were collected in an area of thirty inches, and
apparently from the jaws of the same individual—Ptycodus mortine—and
all in excellent preservation.” Among the rare specimens discovered, he
notes a new genus, which has a long, conical-shaped snout, composed of a
compact bundle of fiber, which was appended to the skull like the sword
of the swordfish. The snout in the largest specimens was fifteen inches
long. During the season of 1875, his note-book recorded the observance of
1,207 specimens of vertebrate fish, not including sharks’ teeth, which were
too plentiful to be worthy of note. Several species of marine turtle were
discovered different from those now living, the type being embryonic.
The largest, described by Prof. Cope, in his ‘‘Cretaceous Vertebrata,’’
with flippers extended, had an expanse of fifteen feet. Several smaller
species were discovered, showing no embryonic features, one being about
the size of the fresh water turtle now found in Kansas.

The singular and most interesting feature of the Niobrara fossils, both
to the scientific and general reader appears in the types of reptiles so
numerously represented: The saurian, or lizard tribe, seem, at that
period, to have held full sway in Kansas. Prof. Cope in his list of all the
genera and species of the saurian type in America and Europe, known to
the Cretaceous period, enumerates fifty-one, of which number Europe
furnishes but four, while the small strip of Niobrara in Kansas furnishes
thirty-six. In the same formation in Nebraska, few fossils of the verte-
brates are found. The explorations made by Prof. Mudge were made
mostly in the Saline and Smoky Hill Valleys, where the supply of fossils
was abundant. Of his success in collecting saurian specimens, he writes
as follows:

“Our labors during four years past have added much to the knowl-
edge previously obtained in regard to the structure of this class of reptiles.
oe ame of the smaller bones and hind limbs. The collections from
<ansas in the possession of Prof. Marsh, will leave little to be needed in
the study of the anatomy of saurians, as they are more full and complete

‘than any in Europe.”

Of the speci-
38 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The number of specimens seen by Prof. Mudge and his party, during
the season of 1875, was four hundred and seventy-six, of which number,
he says one-half might be called good, and some of them equal, if not
superior to anything previously found in Europe or America. The sau-
rians are of all sizes, usually from twenty to forty feet in length; one
monster, the fossil remains of which were found in Jewell County, was
nearly seventy feet long; two species discovered, did not exceed six feet
in length. The monstrous hideousness of these reptiles when clothed with
flesh, and clad in scales,* similar to a snake, with eyes the size of an ordi-
nary dinner-plate, with jaws giving an orifice to the mouth of from three
to six feet, armed with saw-like teeth, can be safely left to the imagina-
tion of the most unscientific reader. The specimens are not evenly dis-
tributed, sometimes for miles along the slides and ravines where they are
usually discovered, none are visible, while in some small areas the speci-
mens were abundant. From this, Prof. Mudge inferred that the animals
frequented favorite haunts, to the exclusion of larger areas.

The petrified excrement of these monsters, known to scientists as cop-
rolites, abounds in the regions they inhabited. The coprolites are in sub-
stance a little harder than chalk, and finer grained. They contain fre-
quently the bones of the food, and, in connection with the indigestible
portions of food frequently-found between the ribs where the stomach was
located, show in what it consisted. -They fed mostly on small fish; some
crustaceans (of the crab species) occasionally appear in the formation.
That they were ravenous feeders, with vigorous digestive powers, appears
from the large proportion of bones; sometimes amounting to one-fourth
the weight of the coprolite in which they are found. . In the plesiosaurs,
one of the monsters of ‘that period, having a long serpent-like neck, at-
tached to the crocodilian body, between the ribs, jn. the cavity of the
stomach were found well worn silicious pebbles, from one-fourth to one-
half inch in diameter; aids to digestion, similar to those in the stomachs
of some reptiles and birds now. existing.. Prof. Mudge,remarking on this
fact says, that ‘‘They were the more curious, as we never found such
pebbles in the chalk or shales of the Niobrara. How far the saurians
wandered to collect them is a perplexing problem. Their structure does
not indicate much ability to crawl on land, and yet it is probable that they
frequented some of the islands of the old cretaceous ocean for that and
other purposes. As such substances remain in stomachs of low organiza-
tion for a long time, the visits to dry land would not necessarily have been
very frequent.” Shark’s teeth were frequently found in the remains of
the food, showing the savage voracity of the animal that could master
and devour the most formidable and ravenous fish known. They did not
however, always escape unscathed in their battles with these “tigers of
the sea.” The marks of their jaggy teeth are often found on the
bones of their enemies. Frequently the ribs were found fractured and
again united while the animal lived. In one instance Prof. Mudge dis-
covered in a saurian specimen a most serious injury in the spine, which
the monster had outlived. His relation is as follows: ‘‘ Five of the ver-

 

MONUMENT ROCKS, GOVE COUNTY.
Near K. P. R, R., looking northwest.

tebree had been fractured so seriously as to.destroy many of the spinous
processes, after which it had healed, but the whole had grown together
(anchylosed) so as to lose the natural form of the separate bones and be-
‘come a confused firm mass. When we know that the largest (Brimosau-
rus, Leidy) was seventy feet long, with a head six feet, those of half that
size should avoid an encounter; and those only six feet in length might
have. been swallowed whole.’’

Still more interesting than the saurian fossils, are those of the ptero-
dactyls, which, except in one or two isolated cases, have been found no
where in America except in the Niobrara of Kansas. They were the birds
of the period, although, strictly speaking, not birds at all. They were
of the genus pterosaurs, signifying reptiles with wings. The pterodactyl,
as signified by its name, was wing fingered; the bones of one of the fin-
gers of the forearm being greatly elongated, for the purpose of supporting
an expanded membrane, which served, like the analogous arrangement in
bats, for flying. As batsare flying mammals, so pterodactyls were flying
reptiles, resembling bats more nearly than birds. Those of Kansas differ
widely from the European type, having no teeth like their foreign cousins,
- and a less elongated and beak-like head. On these divergences in struct-

'* Prof. Snow distovered a saurian specimen in Gove County, in 1878, which showed
the scales in regular position and clearly defined. A full description will be found in his
article published in the Proceedings of the Kansas Academy of Science for 1878,

ure, shown in the Kansas specimens, Prof. Marsh has based a new sub-
order, of two genera—pterodontia—of which he describes six species, all
furnished from the Niobrara of this State. The American specimens have
the claws or hands and the general structure of the body reptilian, with
the elongated head of the saurian, destitute, in the true’ American ptero-
dactyl, of teeth. They have membranous, bat-like wings, and the hollow,
light, bony structure of birds. They are larger than the European species,
several having been discovered with a stretch of wing varying from

 

TABLE ROCK, LINCOLN COUNTY.

twenty to twenty-five feet. In one instance Prof. Mudge states that he
uncovered the wing finger of a pterodactyl, the bones of which measured
five feet eight and three-fourth inches in length. His note-book shows
seventy-two individual specimens of this flying reptile. as seen during the
season of his explorations in 1875.

Of the fossil birds of the Niobrara beds of Kansas, Prof. Mudge re-
ports as follows: ‘‘In Dr. Cones’ Key to North American Birds, published
in 1878, Prof. Marsh has given a list of the fossil birds of the cretaceous
of Nerth America, at which time thirteen species were known, all first
described by himself. Of these, five are from the Niobrara beds of Kansas.
To this we have added two species, making (as some others are not yet
identified) at least seven from Kansas. Five of these are so anomalous as
to be provided with jaws and teeth. These Prof. Marsh described as a
sub-class, odontornithes. In the odontolce, we have birds of the largest
class of aquatics, measuring five to six feet in height. The teeth are set in
grooves in the jaws. The wings are very rudimentary, too weak for flight.
The odontotorme, on the other hand, are small, with strong wings, giving
great power of flight, and the teeth are set in sockets. And what is more
singular, the vertebre are biconcave. like a fish, but still retaining the
bone structure of the bird.”’

The Fort Benton formation, lying directly beneath the Niobrara, is
found east of the Niobrara section. Prof. Mudge says: ‘It is seen as far
south as Walnut Creek and Pawnee Creek, in Ness County, but better de-
veloped in the bluffs of Smoky River, southwest of Fort Hays, as well as
seven miles west of that place. It can thence be traced to the northwest,
crossing the Solomon just above the Forks, near Osborn City, and enter-
ing Nebraska in the Republican Valley, near where that river crosses the
State line.” The upper portion of the Benton group consists of a heavy
bed of soft, fine-grained limestone, varying in thickness from thirty to
sixty feet. It lies along the east line of the Nioprav, and from its massive-
ness and persistency, shows a well defined horizon between the two
groups. It is laminated, the layers being from one to three feet thick. It
is an excellent building stone, and, when burned, yields good quicklime.
Below the limestone is a stratum of some sixty feet of soft, slate-colored
shale. It abounds in flattened nodules of hard clay marl (septaria) vary-
ing in diameter from one inch to six feet. They are frequently threaded
with cracks lined with crystals of calc-spar, which sometimes extend to
the outer edges of the concretions, being filled with white lime. These
latter, with their fancifully defined proportions. are often mistaken for
fossil turtles. Below this to the bottom of the Benton group, one hundred
and forty feet, are shales varying in color and hardness, and interstratified
by layers of limestone, composed largely of marine shells. All the strata
below the heavy upper bed of limestone are variable in their com oxition,
the predominant component being on the same horizon, clay, sand or lime
as the case may be. There is no thick, persistent stratum of any kind.

The total thickness of the Benton group, as given by Prof Mude is t
hundred and sixty feet. aiid ; - En ae

BENTON FOSSILS. :

As apart of the cretaceous pyeeud and directly underlying the Nio-
brara, where evidences of animal life are so profuse, it might naturally be
expected that a like abundance of fossil remains would appear, of saurian
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 39

type, as well as fish and birds. But few fishes or saurians have been dis-
covered, and no pterodactyls or birds. In the Saline and Solomon Valleys,
the fossils of ammonites, in great numbers and variety are found. Sev-
eral different species appear, varying in diameter from one to thirty
inches. The ammonite was a chamber:shelled mollusk, akin to the nau-
tilus. Prof. Dana states that over 1,000 species of the ammonite group occur
in the Mesozoic Rocks, the last then, or early in the Tertiary; 500 species
of the nautilus tribe have been in existence; now there are but two or
three. The only vegetable or wood fossils are the thin and impure beds
of lignite (brown coal) which sometimes appear in the lower strata. No
plants could be identified from these.

_ The Dakota group is the lowest in the cretaceous system, resting
directly on the Upper Carboniferous (Permian) group.* The prevailing
material of this formation is sandstone, brown and variegated in color.
It varies in compactness from that which can be easily crushed between
the fingers, to the hardest, which requires the heavy blows of the sledge to
fracture. : The more compact formations owe their hardness to the presence
of the oxides and silicates of iron. It furnishes wherever found an excellent
building stone. In some places, a poor quality of limonite (brown iron
ore) is deposited. The most oe overlying or inter-stratification is
of clay shale of varying color. In the ledges are found concretions of
curious and fanciful form, some hollowed out like a bowl or vase; others
are in the form of tubes, some as large as three inches in diameter and
eight feet in length. Of these concretions, Prof. Mudge says that some
‘are glazed and distorted, as if they had been subject to the action of
fire.” He attributes this appearance, not to any application of heat, but.
to the oxidation of iron, giving in support.of his conclusion the fact that
within the tubes are frequently inclosed well-preserved fossil impressions
of leaves which would have been destroyed by the action of fire. The
concretions of the white sandstone are sometimes found in disk forms of
several feet in thickness, and six to eight feet across. The softer forma-
tion of sandstone on the sides and partially underneath, being wasted or
washed away. They remain as tablets, supported by one or more columns of
the sandstone still remaining, in shape very like a toadstool where the
supporting shaft 1s single. Where the erosion has been only on the sides,
and not sufficiently low to sculpture the column beneath, they rest on the
surface of the ground, and in their appearance resemble a cluster of old-
fashioned, cone-shaped bee-hives, or considering their size, more nearly, a
lot of well-built, petrified hay-stacks. Near Minneapolis, Ottawa County,
the latter formations are profusely and beautifully represented. In Ells-
worth and Lincoln Counties, the pillared specimens are seen showing rare
symmetry of proportion, and marked similarity to human handiwork.

The average width of the Dakota is something less than fifty miles,
being the widest in the southern part of the State: It varies in thickness,

   

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the maximum being, according to Prof. Mudge, 500 feet. It corresponds
to the Cretaceous of Swallow’s report, together,with Nos. 2 and 3 of what
he doubtfully classes as Triassic, which, under his classification, also
covers the upper part of the Permio-carboniferous, as laid down by Prof.
Mudge, whose stratigraphical order is followed in this sketch.

: DAKOTA FOSSILS.

The fossil fauna of this group consists only of a few marine mollusks,
fish and saurians of little interest, either from their abundance or novelty,
except to scientists, who, from the small supply, have found several new

 

* Thi ment is made on the authority of Prof. Mudge, who in his article in the First
eieiniactepeet the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1877-78, states: “ As no fossils of the
Triassic or Jurassic have yet been discovered after ten years’ search, we conclude that the Dakota
reats directly on the Permian. While the dividiug line has not usually been very well defined,
yet, in a few instances, the fossils of the Permio-carboniferous and Dakota groups have been
collected within thirty-five feet vertically and one-half mile horizontally.”

species of mollusks, and an interesting and rare variety of fish, similar to
the flying fish of the present period. :

The flora of this group is varied and interesting, as representing the
first and abundant growth of Dycotyledonous trees and plants. _The
term ae that the seeds have two cotyledons, or lobes, which in germi-
nating divide into parts. They have the seeds following regular flowers,
and are exogenous; the plants having a bark, and rings marking the
annual growth. They are sometimes designated by scientific writers, by
the scarcely less formidable name of Angiosperms, or seed covered, the
seeds being inclosed in an outer covering. Of this species are the maple,

 

A SETTLER OF ROCK CITY, OTTAWA COUNTY.

elm, apple, rose and most of the trees and shrubs now beautifying the
earth, hence, the unscientific reader may contemplate with interest the
period that saw the primeval existence of the trees and shrubs which still
flourish. They are found mingled with the coniferous and older growth of
pines and cedars, and at all depths from within thirty-five feet of the Per-
mian to within forty feet of the overlying Benton strata. The woods are
seldom found, but the leaf impressions appear generally in their layers and
strata, extending horizontally along ravines or around a hill. The leaves
are generally in an almost perfect state of structural preservation, the out-
lines of the veins and veinlets being so distinctly traced in the stone as to
be easily recognized, if of any known species. Imperfect specimens of
fruit, and a few fragments of wood and bark have been found. The
leaves seem to have grown on trees along the shore line of islands, and to
have been wafted into the sea, and there imbedded in the marine sediment
immediately after dropping. More than half of the dicotyledonous
plants catalogued by Prof. Lesquereaux in his Cretaceous flora, have
been found in the Dakota of Kansas. Among them are five species of pop-
lar, six of willow, eight of oak, six of button-wood, seven of sassafras, five
of magnolia, two of fig, two of cinnamon and one of palm. The three
last named indicate a warmer climate than now prevails. The single
species of palm was found. lower down geologically than the others enu-
merated. It was discovered by Prof. Mudge in the northwest corner of
Marion County, and was classified by him as of the same genus as the pal-
metto, which now grows in South Carolina. In addition to the Angio-
sperms, several conifers have been found; among them a pine, and four
species of the gigantic red-wood of California, one of which was closely
allied to those still existing.

This sudden influx of modern vegetation, in full type, during that
period, renders its fossil flora more interesting than that of any other
shown in the geological structure of Kansas.

UPPER CARBONIFEROUS AREA (PERMIAN*.)

This system lies east and adjoining the lower strata of the Cretaceuus.
The western line of demarkation is the eastern boundary of the Cretaceous

 

*The Upper Carboniferous rocks of Europe were designated as Permian by Murchison, De
Verneul and Keyserling from the ancient kingdom of Permia, in Russia, where the rocks abound.
They show, according to the order of Prof. Mudge, s0 marked a resemblance to the Upper Car-
boniferous of Kansas as to be recognized by him, and are classed by Dana, Swallow and other emi-
nent geologists as belonging to the same age. 7

Prof. Swallow determines them Upper and Lower Permian, placing them ‘immediately be-
neath the “ Dakota” of Mudge, which he classes as probably Triassic, and over the carboniferous
system. His belief that they represent and are identified with the Permian is based on the fact,
as stated in his preliminary report on State geology in 1866, that the fossil mollusks’ot these strata,
80 far as observed, belong mainly to the Acephela (headless) and Cephelapoda (with feet or ten-
tacles attached to the head), and the Gasferopoda (belly-footed or crawling on the ventral sur-
face), which, he affirms, have not been identified with known carboniferous species. He notes the
fact that the Lower Permian rocks “contain nearly or quite all the fossils found in the Upper Per-
mian, and, in addition, afew species common to the Upper Coal Measures, and perhaps a few spe-
cies not found above or below. He also notes the fact that the general character of the fossils
follows the lithographical character of the rocksin which they occur.” The Permian structure in
Kansas, as discovered and laid down by Prof. Swallow, is generally recognized. It is to avoid
contusion in the mind of the general reader that these more specific and scientific ‘divisions are
not given the prominence to which they would otherwise have valid claims. The Permian
strata of Kansas are, according to Prof. Swallow, 704 feet in thickness. “ 7
40

formation heretofore described. It extends along the northern State line,
from near the northwest corner of Marshall County to the eastern State
line; thence on the eastern State boundary line as far south as Linn County,
where the coal-measure area begins. Theline of demarkation between the
Upper Carboniferous and the Coal Measure from this point is as follows:
From the northeast corner of Linn County the line runs a little north of
west through the southern towns of Miami County, and the north half of
Franklin County; thence along the north line of Osage County to its north-
west corner; thence south and southwesterly through the eastern towns of
Lyon County, and nearly diagonally across Greenwood County to the
southwest corner; thence south near the western boundaries of Elk and
Chautauqua Counties to the south line of the State. The southern border of
the area extends west from Chautauqua County, along the south line of the
State, to near the middle of Clark County. The area lies in a general
northeast and, southwest direction, and is very irregular in shape, its
breadth on the north line being not far from seventy-five miles; at a line
passing through Dickinson County, east, to and through Johnson County,
125 miles; at its narrowest point, through Morris and Lyon Counties, thirty-
five miles, and at its widest, on the south line, 180 miles. The Upper Carbo-
naceous and Permian cover an area of nearly 20,000 square miles, and have
a thickness of nearly 2,000 feet. Prof. Mudge treats the Permian and Up-
per Carboniferous as homogeneous in Kansas, affirming that ‘there is no
line of division, either by physical deposits or fossils.’’ He describes the
formation as follows:

_ The deposits consist of limestones, clay shales, sandstones and, in the upper por-
tions, gypsum and chert beds. In the lower strata, the limestones are more compact and
uniform, and the chert beds less numerous. Some of the lime has been called magnesian,
but analysis has failed to show, in more than a single instance, over five per cent of mag-
nesia. In most strata, they afford, on being burned, a good quicklime. The shales, some-
times improperly called slate and sometimes soapstone, are all in some deg¥ee composed of
lime, so that of the whole deposit fully one-third is composed of that substance.

_ The strata of this period, like those of all before described, are nearly horizontal, but
dipping slightly to the northwest, and are of nearly the same persistence and regularity
over a large extent of the outcroppings. The exceptions to the tendency to dip to the north-
west are distinctly to be seen in some instances. Thus the peculiar and clearly defined black
shale, with its contiguous firm limestone, seen near the penitentiary south of Leavenworth,
dips easterly and appears at the water’s edge of the Missouri River, at Parkville. A similar

instance occurs in the heavy bed of limestone in the bluffs in the southern part of Wyan-
dotte County.

No metallic mineral, except poor iron, and that in small quantities, has yet been found
in the area covered by the Upper Carboniferous, and the geological indications strongly dis-
courage any attempt to search for them. The deposits are so clearly undisturbed, oceanic
and-sedimentary, that metallic substances cannot be expected.

The region as a whole shows only thin and occasional seams of poor
coal. There are no coal outcrops upon the surface, and borings to the
depth of more than five hundred feet have failed to reach good working
seams of coal. Ina general sense, like the Permian of Europe, it fur-
nishes no coal, and is very properly termed by Prof. Mudge, ‘‘ barren car-
boniferous.”’

UPPER CARBONIFEROUS AND PERMIAN FOSSILS.

The fossils of the upper part of the deposit are mostly corals and ma-
rine mollusks common to the’ Permian system, of greater interest to the
scientist than to the generalreader. Inafewinstances, poor specimens of
land vegetation appear, and occasionally fossils resembling sea-weed (F'u-
cotd) are found. To the unscientific observer this period is chiefly interest-
ing for the scarcity of its fossils evincing animal or vegetable life, as com-
pared with those which preceded or followed it, suggesting changes as oc-
curring, destructive of pre-existing forms of life, at its beginning, and
others at its close, resulting in conditions favorable toa profuse renascency
and growth.

COAL MEASURES.

This area covers about 9,000 square miles in the southeastern part of
the State, and embraces the counties of Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery,
Chautauqua, Elk, Wilson, Neosho, Crawford, Bourbon, Allen, Woodson,
Coffey, Anderson, Linn, Osage, and parts of Franklin and Miami along the
vorthern line of demarkation; also the eastern part of Greenwood and
Lyon Counties. All these counties are in some degree supplied with coal.
Whether the whole area is underlaid with coal or not cannot be definitely
ascertained till a thorough geological survey has been made. The general
structure of the rock is that of the productive coal measures elsewhere
found, and the experimental borings have been sufficiently numerous, and
attended with such favorable results as to warrant the belief that the de-
posit exists in paying quantities in most parts of the area above described.

The material of the deposits is similar to those of the Upper Carbonif-
erous, consisting of shale, sandstone and limestone; the latter being very
persistent over large areas. The other strata are quite variable, as are the
immediate layers of coal. The Coal Measures of Kansas are a part of an
immense coal field which covers, as stated by Prof. Swallow, ‘‘a large part
of the Indian Territory south, all Eastern Kansas, the northwestern half of
Missouri, Southern Iowa, and Southeastern Nebraska.’’ The Kansas hed is
in the western part of the field above described, and shows the thickest,
purest and most valuable and accessible layers in the counties above named,
the veins near the surface in the country farther north and west being thin,
not persistent, and of little practical value. Apparent exceptions are where
the thick beds of the southwest have been reached by deep boring through
the superincumbent Permian and Upper Carboniferous rocks. The rich
beds of the Coal Measures doubtless exist under a large part of the Upper
Carboniferous; in some regions at such great depths as to be virtually inac-
cessible or valueless, since the cost of mining would exceed its extrinsic
worth when obtained. Exceptions to this statement have already been es-
tablished by the successful working of the lower coal measures outside the
limits, and they will doubtless multiply, as increased experimental bor-
ings through the Upper Carboniferous are made. The Leavenworth coal
is taken from the strata of the lower group, after penetrating through the
Upper Carboniferous to the moderate depth of 700 feet. The only uncer-

tainty attending the success of coal mining in the coal measure area, is in

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the variableness of the deposit. Where the veins are struck the ore found
is of most excellent quality, exceptionally free from impurities, and of
sufficient thickness to be profitably worked. The report of Prof. Swallow
states the situation que clearly. Treating it as apart of the great coal
field before described, he says:

These coal beds are also thicker toward the south and east, though there are excep-
tions. But the most important irregularity observed is the want of persistence or continu-
ity in these beds. Along the eastern border of this vast coal field, the coal beds are much
more persistent, As a general rule, the southeastern portion of a coal bed is more persistent
than the northwestern, and the lower beds more so than the upper ones. This is one of the
reasons why the coal is so abundant, and can be mined with so much certainty along the
eastern outcrop of the lower beds, extending from Fort Gibson to Forts Smith and Scott, and
thence across the Osage, through Bates, Johnson and Saline Counties, in Missouri, and through
Boone, Howard, Rasdclph, and up the Chariton Valley into Iowa. Everywhere along this
line shafts may be sunk upon the lower coal beds with an almost absolute certainty of
success. But farther west and along the outcrop of the upper beds, mining operations for
coal will be much more precarious. The geologist can tell with certainty where the rocks
containing each coal bed can }e found, and at about what depth, but this irregularity or
want of persistence renders it somewhat uncertain whether the coal will be found in its
usual place. . :

The variable structure and persistency of the shales and coal deposits
ix illustrated in the variableness of results obtained from the borings at
points so near each other as to lead to the expectation of similarity. In
one shaft sunk at Pleasanton, Linn County, a vein of coal of workable
thickness was found at a depth of less than eighty feet from the surface,
another sunk only 200. yards distant, struck no coal within a depth of 260
feet. At this point the strata are nearly horizontal. Near Wyandotte a
shaft sunk 570 feet struck no coal, while at Rosedale, four miles distant,
two seams three feet thick, were found at a depth of 800 feet from the sur-
face. The same variableness obtains, though to a less degree, in the lower
and more marked area of the eastern and southeastern counties. Only by
asystematic and thorough survey, which has not yet been undertaken by
the State, can the full extent or value of thecoal fields of Kansas be ascer-
tained. Private enterprise has, however, already demonstrated that the
seams are frequent, and of sufficient thickness to be successfully worked at
many localities. On the lack of continuity in the coal seams, Prof. Mudge
says:

Such variance has been very strongly shown in the borings made in the lowest portions
of this group in Crawford and Cherokee Counties. The facts are not yet all known, but
point to two causes of the irregularities in the different deposits. The first is the varying
conditions of land and water during the period of the deposition of the various materials;
the other is the disturbances which are scen in the lead region of the adjoining counties of
Missouri, which brought up the lead and zinc. “

As an instance showing the first cause, let me cite this fact: There are at least thirt,
different strata in the Coal Measures in which are remains of land plants in shale or coal,
and between each are strata containing well-preserved remains of shells, corals and other
oceanic animals, This shows conclusively that this part of Kansas was under the ocean,
and again raised to dry land, at least thirty times during the period of the Coal Measnres.
Other indications lead me to believe that this oscillation, under and {above the sea, took
place more than twice that number of times. 7

Such things make it exceedingly difficult to form an estimate of the proportion of the
Coal Measures, which have underlying coal beds of sufficient thickness for mining. Borings,
in various townships, where coal might reasonably he expected to exist, have found none.
This reduces the area of the productive portion of the coal deposits. The Coal Measures
which we have. usually reckoned as productive, cover (underlie) the surface over nine
thousand square miles of our State, but not more than half, possibly not more than one-
third, of that number of miles, will afford us profitable veins of marketable coal. A careful
examination of this area is earnestly required by the best interests of the State, in showing
just where our mines of this article, consumed by all ranks of society, can be found.

LOWER CARBONIFEROUS FOSSILS.

The Coal Measures, as their various strata show, were alternately be-
neath and above the salt sea, the changes occurring many times during the
period of their formation. This ancient rising and sinking of the bosom
of the sleeping earth, has left its unquestionable record in its fossils,
which embrace the marine fossils in the limestone and other sea formations,
while the intermediate deposits and the coal seams abound in vegetable
and animal remains of terrestrial life.

The marine fossils, mostly found in the limestone, are abundant, but
generally poorly preserved. They consist in fragments of crinoids, some-
times known to the unscientific observer as ‘stone lilies.” They are
radiates, but grow attached to the rock by.a slender trunk or stem, which
gives them, when perfect, a similarity to a vegetable growth. In the Kan-
sas rocks they are seldom found whole, the heads being generally broken
from the stems, and the stems being broken into button-like sections. A
few trilobites, mostly fragmentary specimens, have been seen. Fish are
not abundantly represented, but Prof. Mudge remarks that those found
were ‘‘ull of new species."" Among them was discovered, near-the roofing
of the coal seam at Osage City, the jaw of a hitherto unknown species o
the shark family. It contained upward of twenty-five hundred teeth, dif:
fering so widely in their dental characteristics, in different parts of the
jaw, that three different known species were described by scientists, from
the size and variations of the teeth taken separately. Prof. O. St. John,
therefore, erected on this head a new genus called Aggassizodus. The jaw
was nearly twenty-eight inches in length, indicating the total length of the
fish as between fifteen and twenty feet.

Interesting fossil indications of reptilian life are found in foot-prints
of saurians, some appearing as the true track, others as casts of the foot.
Where the layer on which the animal walked was a clay that did not
change to stone, but easily crumbled on removal, and the layer above of
fine sandstone and lime, hardened into flags, the cast appears on the lower
side of the stone; when the conditions were reversed, and the animal
walked over a substance, which subsequently hardened into stone, and
was overlaid with a stratum of clay or other friable material, the tracks
appeared indented on the upper side of the rock.

These footprints were first discovered on the flaggings of the streets
of Topeka, and were thence traced to the Osage quarries, where they had
been taken out. They vary in form and size, showing that the species liv-
ing at that period were various. Prof. Mudge describes those most com-
monly represented as large saurian-like tracks, having tocs of; nearly equal
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

length, five inches, and the heel four inches, making the total length of
the foot nine inches. The width of the heel was five inches. The ength
of stride measured from twenty to twenty-two inches, and the trackway,
from center to center of the footprint, from four to six inches. The tracks
of this species vary so much in size that Prof. Mudge was at first inclined
to consider them as different, species, but on reflection concluded they were
the same, differing only in size. On one slab were three rows of tracks,
the smaller being but half the size of the larger, which, he says, ‘it will
be no stretch of the imagination to suppose were the footprints of the
mother followed by her offspring.” He classes the animal as a true rep-
tile, and not amphibian.

Prof. Mudge also notes the footprints of a smaller animal, with five
toes, counting the lateral a having a somewhat clumsy gait, and com-
bining some of the traits of both frog and salamander. everal other spe-
cies thus ‘left their footprints on the sands of time.” Several slabs con-
taining these casts and tracks are now in the geological collections of the
Kansas State Agneuleues College; also in the Yale College collections.
They are considered of rare scientific value. Few specimens have been
found west of the Alleghany Mountains.

The fossil flora is that of the rank and profuse vegetation from which
the coal beds are formed, and embraces all the varieties usually found.
Ferns, tree rushes (Calamites), the underground roots or branches of the
Sigillaria (known as Stigmaria) and most other growths of the jungles and
forests of the coal period are represented. ;

SUB-CARBONIFEROUS AREA (KEOKUK).

This, the lowest formation in the Kansas strata, appears only in a
small triangular area lying east and south of the irregular line of Boras
River, in the southeast corner of Cherokee County. The course of the
river is controlled by the ledges of this group along its eastern bank. The
whole area does not exceed fifty square miles. The thickness of this for-
mation is 150 feet. It differs radically in appearance from the adjoining
coal strata. It consists of chert and cherty conglomerate at the top,
and coarse, gray limestones and horn stones below. It is very much
broken, and the beds of limestone and chert are so intermingled that
in some places the original stratification is entirely obliterated, while
it is nowhere easily discernible. The chert in some places forms irregular
beds, and in others appears in loose masses of many tons’ weight, The
area is chiefly interesting as being similar to that which yields so richly
of lead and zinc in the adjoining counties of Missouri, and in which a few
paying mines in Kansas have been found.

In Lowell Township, on Short Creek, where lead and zinc have been
found in paying quantities, the limestone has been destroyed or metamor-
phosed, the chert also much changed, the lead and zinc ores appearing in
the mingled rocks. Prof. Mudge was of the opinion that the pe
strata of limestone had washed away, and the upper beds of chert an
clay had fallen into the cavities. He discovered no signs of volcanic action,
and thought the disturbances must have taken place gradually.*

The Sessile found are only important as aiding the geologist to fix
the geological age of the formation. :

VALUABLE GEOLOGICAL PRODUCTS.
To the utilitarian, to whom all scientific research is valued according
to its beneficent results, as they may be adapted to the well-being or hap-
piness of man, the knowledge of the geological structure of Kansas gives

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most bounteous returns, which will increase with increasing knowledge.
All products having intrinsic worth—building material, fuel, fertilizers,
etc.—are found in abundance, and diffused and plentiful in ratio to the
natural wants of man. The precious metals, having a mere extrinsic
value, and hence not indispensable, are not found. In the order of their
intrinsic value, which in Kansas corresponds with the profuseness of their
distribution, they are found in the rocks as below stated.

BUILDING STONE.

Limestone is the most abundant and widely distributed building stone
in the State. It is plentiful, and of an excellent quality, over an area
embracing nearly one-half of the State. It is entirely wanting only in the
small tertiary area in the northwestern corner, and in the still] smaller sec-
tion of the Coal Measures in the southeast. The limestone in that area of
the Cretaceous designated as the Niobrara is of less value as a building
stone than the formations lying farther east, being so soft and chalky as
to require much care in selection, to avoid material too soft for heavy
walls. The limestone east of the Benton group is almost universally fit
for building purposes. The stratum of limestone is sixty feet thick at the
western line of division, and extends, decreasing in thickness, from the
Nebraska line, in Jewell County, southwesterly as far as the Pawnee Fork,
in Hodgeman County. The stratum is in layers of from one to three feet
in thickness, has a good cleavage, is sufficiently soft to be wrought and
sufficiently hard to be durable. The quality is quite uniform throughout.
It yields a good quicklime when burnt. Itis the most persistent and ex-
tensive limestone deposit in the State. The schoolhouse and court house
at Hays City are built of this stone, as are many of the bridge piers of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad. Farther east, the Permian limestone is found
cropping out in nearly every ravine, bluff or hillside. It is drab and buff
in color, and furnishes an excellent and beautiful building material. The
strata vary in thickness, from a few inches to thirty feet. Where found of
sufficient thickness to quarry, it is in layers from 1wo to four feet in thick-
ness. The quarries at Junction City furnish fine specimens of this stone,
which are extensively used for building purposes in various parts of the
State. It is of a soft, fine grain, easily worked, yet durable. The quarries
at Manhattan, Atchison, Leavenworth, Lawrence, Fort Scott, Florence,
Cottonwood Falls and many other places where it has been quarried. all
yield stone of uniform excellent quality. This stone also yields a pure
quicklime when burnt.

Sandstone appears quite generally distributed through the State, but
shows more frequent croppings in the eastern third than elsewhere. It is
of all degrees of compactness, from that which crumbles at the touch to
that requiring the blows of a hammer to fracture. It varies as to color
from reddish brown to buff, and wherever found forms a beautiful and
durable building material. The buff variety shows in fine regular strata
in the bluffs of the South Fork of the Pottawatomie, near Garnett, in An-
derson County; also a few miles southwest of Ottawa, in Franklin County.
The college building at Ottawa is built from stone procured from the Jast-
named locality.

LIME, HYDRAULIC CEMENT AND PLASTER.

Lime, as has been stated, is yielded wherever the limestone formation
exists.

Hyesne cement is produced: from the magnesian limestone when
burned. This stone is found near Fort Scott, Lawrence and Leavenworth,
and will doubtless be found in mauy other localities when experimental

 

*Here, as elsewhere in his report, Prof. Mudge reiterates positively his belief that there are
to be found nowhere in Kansas any marks of internal fire or metamorphic action in any deposits.
Mr. Robert. Hay, in an article published in the Topeka Capital. March 26, 1882, states his belief
that metamorphic rock exists in at least one locality in the southeast corner of Woodson County,
in situ. He examined the formations in company with Prof. Mudge. Extracts from the article,
given below, show the grounds on which Mr. Hay bases his opinion, and also how far these later
discoveries modified those previously entertained by Prof. Mudge: ¥

“About a year and a half ago, Mr. Savage and Prof. Patrick called the writer's attention
to certain specimens which had been sent to Lawrence for examination from Woodson County,
and which were different from any known stratified rock in Kansas. The suggestion was that
they were igneous rocks, and that possibly there was glacial drift farther south than had
hitherto been suspected. I was to visit the region and report on its geology. As I re-
turned home in the southeast part of the State, I called on Mr. J. W. Risley, of Hum-
boldt, and examined specimens in his possession, but was unable to visit the exact locality.
I was, however, convinced a geologic investigation would reveal something of interest to
science. Three months later, I found an opportunity to make the journey, and this time
I had the privilege of going in company with Prof. Mudge. We spent the greater part of
two days examining a district not exceeding three hundred acres in area. Some weeks after
that, I had the opportunity to talk over the matter again witb our late beloved friend, and in
June last, just twelve months after my first visit, I went over the ground again, accompanied
by Prof. Middaugh, of Humboldt. The second visit ecarcely revealed any new fact, but largely
verified former notes, and I reproduce here a portion of an article from the Chetopa Advance, in

i of our first visit : : ;
oe fe Co sue where come together Sections 28, 29, 32 and 33 of Township 26, Range
15 east, is very near the eastern extremity of a strip about a quarter of a mile wide and very
nearly a mile long, extending mostly eastward from the corner stone and mostly on the south
side of the section line running between 29 and 32. A very little of the region is in Section 33.
This may be called the southern Varmint o a oe of high prairie, having spurs southward
ita eastern and western ends. :
ne xe We obra Raia ees at the west. On the surface were some quartz fragments as if
they had been seamainclay, A shaft showed a limestone about two feet thick, underlaid for
many feet deep with slaty shale containing some mica. The limestone had fossils. Going east the
limestone changed to a dark, massive looking rock, not unlike some igneous rocks, but the traces
of fossils were still plain. Instead of shale there was a loose earth under, with more mica, the
rocks.still horizontal. Farther east, a higher level is obtained, and the surface rocks are quart-
zose, green mostly and dipping ata considerable angle. The loose earth is now yellower, and
father east nearly black and is rich in mica. We called it micaceous dirt. We will retain that
name. North and east of the limited region we are describing, the surface rocks of the high
prairie are Coal Measure sandstone, mostly reddish, | Here they are all altered into quartzite,
green and some dark, blackish olive, but many retaining their horizontal Position and the strat-
ification plain. Others are considerably titled up, showing violent force in a very narrow area.
About the middle of the south edge of the area, and again at the eastern end, there are masses
of brecciated rock, the uniting material being quartz. Here then we have without doubt meta-
morphic rock in situ—quartzite and breccia. About the middle of the north edge of the area is
a shaft twelve feet deep, six or eight feet long and five feet wide. It shows the metamorphosis
beautifully. A mass of white quartzite, solid (but also in part greenish, with many pores and
holes filled with crystals) and wedge shape downward, looks at first as if it were injected ma-

 

 

 

terial lying in a fissure of the rucks, but on Jooking carelully we find it isa metamorphirm of
the immediately adjoining sandstone, which at first is barely crystalline, but which can be traced
through several stages distinctly to the massive white quartzite. In places, this shows contor-
tion. We judge, then, that the metamorphic agency (heat) has been applied here from above
and under great pressure and up to the point of fusion. This shaft yields, among other quart-
zose crystals, beautitul amethysts, and some that may possibly be beryl.

“<The deepest shaft is that of Mr. Van Meter, which we will call No.1. It isseventy feet deep.
It has thirty-five feet of water in it. We descended to the surface of the water. The rocks near
the surface are the altered sandstones and limestones. Below is the micaceous dirt (dark col-
ored). This is crossed in all directions by seams of dark blue (or purplish) stone of great hard-
ness, from an inch to twelve inches, and below the dirt is now solid and has thin quartzose banda
init. These quartzose bands, imbedded in very fine red clay, are further developed in Shaft
No. 2, about two rods to the north. This blue rock and these quartz bands (only-balf an inch
thick) are what the miners expect will yield silver or gold. We don’t. In the Pucket Shaft,
farther east, the shale of the west end reappears with lamine of green carbonate of copper, and
near the surface is brecciated rock.

““We regard the dark blue rock as the expression of the igneous agency. We think it is
true igneous rock. We think long before other rocks were renioved from the surface this was
pushed up from below into cracks and fissures, probably finding here there was no outlet, in
mass, but it may have ascended in places higher than the present surface, and spreading in
smal] caverns altered patches of rock below it, and where there was room causing a stream of
half melted material, which inclosed the fragments which now make the ‘breccias. Again the
action of the heated material would be likely long to have effect on the waters, and the thin
veins of quartz and the crystal are probably due to infiltration in the cracks that were made as
the mass cooled, while the micaceous dirt is perhaps altered shale. “

“We have not here stated every fact, nor attempted to indicate all their bearing, but we
have given epough to show that we have here a geological fact in Kansas, not before recognized
by our scientific men, metamorphic and igneous rock in situ, and that the time of the metamor-
phic eruption (which had no real outlet) was after the laying down of these carboniferons strata,
and before the denudation of superincumbent strata. Further, possibly other traces of igneous
action may be found in regions where the carboniferous strata are thinner, possibly also in cre-
taceous age and where the carboniferous rocks are thicker.’

“ My last interview with Prof. Mudge was when we were journeying together from Holton
to Valley Falls, in July, 1879. We talked over the whole matter, and he differed from me in
what I deem an important inference from the facts we both knew. Of course I was anxious that
he should agree with me, and I restated the case to him as plainly as I could. He listened with
his usual patience, and when we had to part he spoke words eminently characteristic, and which
I shall ever remember: “ Well, I don’t yet see it as you do, but I may change. I shall look the
whole matter over again, and I may change. Some men never change; a wise man must change
sometimes,”

“While Prof. Mudge and I were at Humboldt, a gentleman told us there was a trap dyke in
Linn County. I undertook to visit it as early as possible. Only ashort time before his death,
Prof. Mudge wrote, asking if I had been to Linn County. I had not then, but in December last
I made the visit. There was no trap dyke.

“In conclusion, we would again call to mind the statement in the biennial report, that there
is no metamorphic rock in Kansas, and ask your attention to the fact that the statement was
scarcely published ere the author learned that there was, and followed up the discovery with zest.”
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tests are made. It is manufactured extensively at Fort Scott, and proves
of excellent quality.

Gypsum, when simply ground, is the well-known fertilizer known as
plaster. When afterward boiled, thereby expelling the sulphuric acid, it
becomes plaster of Paris. This valuable rock is found in various parts of
the State, cropping out in the central portions and extending westward
beneath the cretaceous and tertiary rocks. These deposits are generally
pure white, granular sulphate of lime. It appears in the western part of
the State, in the Upper. Saline and Smoky Hill Valleys, in crystalline form,
superior in arrangement and beauty to any found elsewhere in this country.
In the southern part of the State, near the Cimarron River, are massive
layers of the selenite varieties. In Marshall County, near the junction of
Big and Little Blue Rivers, lies a heavy bed of gypsum of the purest
quality. It is from three to ten feet in thickness, and extends from four
to ten miles north and east. There is now a plaster mill at Blue Rapids.
The supply from these beds alone is, for present known uses, inexhaust-
ible. Another bed, still larger, has been traced from near Salina, on the
south side of the Smoky Hill River, in an easterly direction twenty miles
and eight or ten miles in breadth. It increases east in thickness. On
Gypsum Creek, in Saline County, sume nine miles east of Salina, it has,
where denuded and undermined by the stream, broken off in large blocks,
which show the thickness of the bed at that point to be sixteen feet. It is
thus distributed in the most arid portions of the State in inexhaustible
quantity. ‘ F

From its rare property of retaining, if not attracting, moisture, in addi-
tion to its virtues as a fertilizer for grains and grasses, it is the most val-
uable natural product known for counteracting the blighting effects of the
parching sun and hot winds upon the unshaded soil of the reeless plains.

Where found sufficiently massive, as in some parts of Saline, Dickin-
son and Marshall Counties, in addition to its peculiar value as a fertilizer,
it also furnishes a most excellent building stone, being easily quarried and
cut, and sufficiently hard to be durable.

CLAY.

The ordinary brick clay is found in beds, sufficient for practical wants,
in all parts of the State. :

Fire clay (argillaceous), or a kind ‘‘presenting all the physical prop-
erties of good fire clay,” was reported by Prof. Swallow, as early as 1866,

 

PULPIT ROCK, ELESWORTIL COUNTY,
On Alun Creek, near K.P, R. RR.

as existing in the Coal Measures; under the coal at Fort Scott; under the
black slate, in the ridges, thence to Leavenworth and northward; under
the coal west of Topeka; in the branch east of Lecompton; on Mill Creek;
and also in other parts of the State. He declined to positively identify
it_ till chemical analysis and actual experiment should fully determine
whether these beds would yield fire brick-of the best quality. The agri-
cultural county reports for 1880 give it as existing in seventeen counties,
ten of which are in or near the Coal Measures, and none in the western half
of the State. In several counties, experiment has proved it to yield fire
brick of good quality: in others. it has not heen utilized, but is identified
by its appearance. There remains no doubt as to the deposits near the
coal beds being, for practical purposes, a good fire clay. ;

Pottery clay is reported in eighteen counties, it being found, like the
fire clay, in largest quantity in the Coal Measures and the adjacent_Upper
Carbonaceous. None is reported farther west than Barton and Pawnee
ae of good quality is found in the township of Walnut, Bourbon
County.

- COAL,

The distribution of coal has been already fully shown in the general
geological sketch. In more or less thickness and persistency, beds of
bituminous coal lie beneath the whole area defined as Upper Carbonifer-
ous and Coal Measures, which cover almost the entire eastern half of the
State. The thickest beds of the best quality and most profitable to mine
are most accessible in the southeastern counties, dipping deep, and run-
ning thin to the northwest; but thinner beds nearer the surface are found
in the upper rocks of the carboniferous system, widely distributed, and of
sufficient purity to furnish a cheap and inexhaustible supply of excellent
fuel for local and domestic uses.

The rich beds, which have been profitably worked for shipment, have
been found in the eastern line of counties, all in the area designated as the
Coal Measures, except in Leavenworth County, where shafts sunk to the
depth of 700 feet have reached the lower beds. The coal mining counties,

   

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GYPSUM BEDS, SALINE COUNTY.

where mining is already extensively and successfully prosecuted, are La-
bette, Cherokee, Crawford, Bourbon, Linn, Franklin, Osage and Leaven-
worth. In upward of thirty other counties in the eastern half of the State,
it is mined more or less extensively for local use, and in several south-
eastern counties rich, thick beds are known to exist, showing equally as
well as those already being successfully worked. ;

Brown coal (lignite) is found quite generally distributed over the west-
ern half of the State. West of Cedar Bluffs, the beds crop out along the
Smoky Hill, at intervals, to the western border of the State. It is found
irregularly disposed, but with sufficient continuity to be traced from the
north State line in Washington and Republic Counties, southwesterly into
the Arkansas Valley, and is seen in Clark and Mead Counties, on the
southern border of the State. It furnishes a passable fuel for home use, as
it is easily procured. The general character of the Kansas deposits are
of rather inferior quality, being shaley and containing sulphurous deposits,
which render it, where good bituminous can be obtained cheaply, of little
value, except for domestic use.

SALT.

Extensive deposits of salt are found at accessible points, mostly show-
ing on the surface as salt marshes, which are numerous and of large ex-
tent, across the Republican and Saline Valleys. They are scattered over a
tract some thirty-five miles wide and seventy miles long, in the counties of
Lincoln, Mitchell, Cloud and Republic. In’these counties, the State Com-
missioners have located, on the salt marshes in the above-named counties,
twelve salt springs, donated to the State by the United States, at the time
of her admission. "These marshes vary in extent from 500 to 3,000 acres.
They lay in sandy basins eroded through cretaceous deposits, and below
the level of the surrounding country. They are of alluvial formation,
mostly sand and loam washed down from the neighboring upland, are per-
fectly level, and for a large part destitute of vegetation. The surface
where undisturbed is white with a crust of crystallized salt, formed from
the strong brine with which the soil is thoroughly saturated. The brine
is reached at a depth of four to eight feet below the surface, and when not
diluted by fresh surface water shows a saline strength three times that of
the ocean. The extent of the marshes and the saline strength of the brine
give conclusive evidence of the existence of vast salt deposits at a moder-
ate depth, which, when reached and utilized, will furnish an abundant
supply for the whole West. By analyses made by Dr. C. T. Jackson, of
Boston, and Prof. C. F. Chandler, Columbia College, New York, the

hi salts give from 96.69 to 97.95 per cent chloride of sodium (pure
salt).
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 43

Extensive salt marshes are also found at the great bend of the Arkan-
sas River in te County, where the manufacture of salt from the brine
is already carried on to_a’‘moderate extent. South of the ‘‘Great Bend”’
and near the State line is a large deposit of crystallized salt, lying in hard,
compact beds from six to twenty-eight inches thick. Salt springs are
found in Saline, Greenwood and Barbour Counties.

LEAD AND ZINC,

These metals are found in paying quantity only in very small area in
the southeastern corner of the State. The’ sub-carboniferous system,
which farther east in Missouri_yields so abundantly in lead ore, shows
signs in its very small area in Kansas, and persistent efforts have been
made, by sinking shafts at various promising points, to find lead and zinc
ores In paying quantity. Thus far, such efforts have not been crowned
with success, except at what are termed the ‘‘Short Creek diggings,” in
the townships of Shawnee and Lowell, in Cherokee County. The as
ery of rich deposits of both lead and zinc ore was made in those towns in
April, 1877, since which time mines have been opened and are being suc-
cessfully worked, giving a profitable and apparently permanent yield of
both lead and zinc ores. The yield of zinc is inconsiderable as compared
with the amount of lead. The mining of zinc and lead has become one of
the leading industries of the Short Creek region, yielding to the proprie-
tors and companies who own the mines a large revenue, and to the miners
themselves smaller returns than the soil affords to the agricultural laborers
in the same county.

SILVER AND GOLD.

_, Neither of these precious metals is believed to exist in paying quan-
tities in Kansas, and in no form except in combination with lead; then
scarcely perceptible, being less than one ounce to the ton. The metamor-
phic rocks in which they are deposited lie farther west. It is yet an open

uestion whether there are metamorphic formations in the State, and if
ound in some small area the chances are fot one in one thousand that they
will be either gold or silver bearingrock. As the natural geological products
of Kansas adapted to the wants and convenience of a civilized community
are so diversified and profuse as to be almost anomalous in their supply; and
as they are never to be found in conjunction with the metamorphic forma-
tions, Kansas may at least show content, if not gratitude, under the dep-
rivation of this most questionable blessing.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Marble is but a species of limestone of fine texture, and capable of
taking a polish. The extensive limestone formations of Kansas furnish
many specimens which have all the qualities of excellence and beauty
entitling it to that name. In Franklin and Osage Counties, a rock resem-
bling the coraline marble of Derbyshire, England, is found in Pottawato-
mie Township, Franklin County; the same rock is also found in Olivet
Township, Osage County. Marbles of varying shades from nearly white
to nearly black exist at various places. Bourbon, Anderson, Osage,
Douglas, Doniphan and other counties. have marbles, some of them
of rare beauty, and all fit for the ordinary uses to which this stone
is put.

P Octines of various colors—red, gray, and brown—are found in Ander-
son, Chase, Douglas and Pawnee Counties.

Mineral paint, so called—red, brown and slate color—has been discov-
ered and utilized in the counties of Bourbon, Douglas, Reno and Wa-
baunsee.

Chalk of an excellent quality, from which the finest whiting can be
manufactured, is accessible in Trego County.

Bricks, in Ellis County, have been made from a soft, thin stratum of
limestone, easily sawed into the required size and proportions.

Indications of petroleum are shown in various parts of the coal re-
gion, forming on the surface of the springs. No boring has ever thus far
struck oil, though made as deep as 1,000 feet. Several gas or burning
wells have been reached, some of which have been utilized for lighting

‘purposes. At Fort Scott, Iola, and near Wyandotte, they have been struck,
and give an apparently inexhaustible supply of gas, having about seven-
eighths the lighting capacity of that manufactured from coal]. All these
deposits were struck in a stratum of sandy shale, undera bed of compact
limestone or clay shale. 2 . :

Tron has not yet been found in paying form or quantity.

In Kansas, the geological products essential to the happiness or wants
of man, are distributed in such profuse diversity as seldom appears. The
useful materials thus garnered in the rocks of Kansas by provident Nature,
supplemented by the fruits of the teeming soil, and the grazing flocks and
herds, cover the whole domain of man’s natural wants, and render the con-
ditions of human life such as obtain only in the most favored portions of

the habitable earth.

CLIMATE.

The climate of any country is largely determined by its geological
structure and formation. Its altitude above the ocean level; the even-
ness or unevenness of the surface; its mountains and hills; the direction
of the general slope; the material of the surface deposits, each and all ex-
ert important climatic influences. These, in connection with the relative
abundance of tree foliage, largely control and mark the course of the iso-
thermal line inland, and are the most important natural causes determin-
ing the character of the climate, wet or dry, cold or hot, sterile or fruitful,
genial or otherwise, as the case may be.

As the reader already knows, the general slope of the State is from
west to east, with a slight declination to the south. It thus receives the
heat rays of the sun with more directness than it otherwise would. This,
in connection with the fact that it is, except along the river bottoms, a
treeless prairie, gives it an average range of temperature somewhat above
that of the other Western and Middle States lying in the same latitude,
with the exception of Missouri. The mean temperature as reported by the
Smithsonian Institution, is 52.89. That of the different seasons is: Spring,
52.29; summer, 75.5°; autumn, 54.39; and winter, 29.19. The observations
on which these averages were based were taken in the eastern part of the
State from Leavenworth to Baxter’s Springs, and as far west as Manhattan.
The temperature is favorable for the growth of all grains and fruits that
flourish in temperate climes.

The rainfall in Kansas diminishes from the east toward the west, as the
elevation increases, and the Rocky Mountains are approached. The State,
when divided into three rain-areas, shows by observation the decrease.

In the eastern, embracing all lying east of the twentieth meridian,
the average rainfall per annum for thirteen years, from 1868 to 1880,
inclusive, as observed by Prof. Frank H. Snow, at Lawrence, was 34.88
inches. The average fall, distributed through the seasons, as follows:
Spring, 9.66; summer, 18.44; autumn, 7.68; winter, 4.05. Beginning with
February, in which the rainfall is least, the precipitation increases each
month till the end of June or the middle of July, when the maximum is
reached, from which period there isa gradnal decrease from month to
month, till February is again reached.

Over this area the average precipitation is now sufficient to insure
full success in all branches of agriculture. The increase of annual rainfall
attending the occupation and settlement of a country by civilized men
has been demonstrated here. The mean annual rainfall at Fort Leaven-
worth, for the nineteen years immediately preceding the settlement of
this region, was 30.96 inches. The mean annual precipitation at the same
point for the eighteen years following was 36.21 inches, an increase since
the settlement of the country of 5.25 inches per annum. That the increase
may be deemed constant and permanent is proven by observations at other
points which corroborate the above. The mean rainfall of the first ten
years at Manhattan (Agricultural College) was 27.04; the second ten years
it was 32.65 inches. At Fort Riley, similar observations for two succeed-
ing decades gave 23.41 for the first, and 26,46 for the second. The obser-
vations of Prof. Snow at Lawrence are fully corroborative of the increase
as above shown. The eastern area above described has.a mean elevation
above the level of the seaof 1,000 feet. g :

The middle rain area, embracing the central ‘part of the State, lying
between 20° and 22- 30’ west longitude shows a diminished precipitation.
At Fort Riley, on its extreme eastern border, observations for twenty
years show an annual rainfall of 24.93 inches. As the decrease is gradual
going west, being but 16 inches on the western borders of the State, it is
estimated that the average rainfall over the whole area cannot exceed 21
inches for a series of years; although in some small areas, observations
not embracing long periods, show over 30 inches ina single year. These
cases are exceptional. The rains are not abundant, nor does the annual
supply show the same uniformity in'‘quantity as appears in the eastern
belt. Sufficient falls, however, to support a luxuriant growth of grass,
and nature seems to have specially designed it for the uses of. the shepherd
and the herdsman. This region has an average altitude of two thousand
feet above the level of the sea.

The western rain area, lying west of 22° 30’ west longitude, has a still
lighter rainfall, not averaging over 18 inches per annum. It nevertheless
has long reaches of good pasture land. Much of the section is, however,
sandy and arid. Itis the western limit of pasturage, and is the border
land of western husbandry. It averages three thousand feet above the
level of the sea.

The strongest winds blow from the southwest, and the prevailing
winds for the whole year are more southerly than northerly. The mean
hourly velocity, as shown by observations at Lawrence, Kan., for seven
years, 1878 to 1880, was 15.75 miles per hour. For the seasons, the velocity
pomiard as follows: Spring, 18.69; summer, 12.69; autumn, 16.13; win-
ter, 15.46.

The air is dry, showing less humidity than in the Eastern States, and
there are more sunny days.
EARLY EXPLORATIONS AND EXPEDITIONS.

TITLE TO THE SOIL.

N ATIONS acquire the right of eminent domain: (1) by priority of dis-

covery; (2) by conquest; (3) by purchase; (4) by treaty; (5) by suc-
cessful revolution; (6) by long-continued and uncontested possession or
occupancy. Citizens derive their individual right or title from the General
Government or from prior owners: (1) by purchase; (2) by grant or gift; (8)
by inheritance; (4) by right of occupancy, confirmed by successful defense
against trespass or invasion.

It can be said of the soil of Kansas, what can be said of none other
on the surface of the globe:

It is in possession of its rightful owners by virtue of every franchise
known to civilized nations; by right of discovery; by right of conquest;
by virtue of treaty; by right of purchase; by virtue of successful revolu-
tion; by right of occupancy; by right of brave and unconquerable defense
against invasion. Thus it is emblematic of all the high and manly
virtues involved in the acquisition of so complete a title. The peaceful
and unquestioned possession of to-day has been won through the extreme
sacrifices demanded by courage, fortitude, patriotism and religious convic-
tion. The story of the dangers braved, the privations endured, the sacri-
fices made, the sufferings borne, which, out of great tribulation have
wrought such happy issues for the people of later times, constitutes the
history of Kansas.

SPANISH EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES (1527-15386. )

In June, 1527. the Spanish expedition of Pamphilo de Narvaez, in
which Cabeza de Vaca held the office of Treasurer, left the Guadelquiver,
for the West Indies. Being appointed Governor of Florida, Narvaez, with
his fleet of four ships, well officered and supplied, left Havana in the spring
of 1528, to explore his new dominion. Urteas by a storm, the ships
anchored near the outlet of the ‘Bay of the Cross,” now Tampa Bay.
On the day before Easter, 1528, the Governor landed, and in the name of
Spain took possession of Florida. With three hundred men he thoroughly
explored the country, always seeking for gold and silver. The search was
continued through the summer, but proved fruitless, and after encounter-
ing many perils, and nearly perishing with hunger, the disappointed ad-
venturers abandoned all hope of realizing their golden visions, and only
desired to safely escape from the unhealthy and hated country. On re-
turning to the sea, no trace could be found of their ships, and with their
arms and such tools as were left, they constructed five small boats, in
which all who had survived the hardships of the summer embarked, and
proceeded westwardly along the coast, in hopes to reach a Mexican port.

On the 13th of October, 1528, Cabeza de Vaca, who commanded one of
the boats, discovered one of the outlets of the Mississippi, which he de-
scribed as a ‘‘ very great river, bringing down such a flood of water, that
even at the distance of a league from the stream the water is sweet.” Sev-
eral futile attempts to enter the river were made; the rising north wind,
and the force of the current baffling all their efforts. In the early part of
November, the boats of Cabeza de Vaca, Alonzo de Castillo and Andres
Dorantes were wrecked off an island on the coast, near the mouth of the
Mississippi. The three commanders, and those of the crew not drowned,
were taken prisoners by the Indians. Of the other boats no information
was ever gained. :

The Spaniards remained in captivity, enduring from the natives the
most cruel treatment, until all except the commanders, and a Barbary Moor,
named Estevanico (Stephen), finally succumbed to the united influence of
the climate, hardship and despair.

Cabeza de Vaca alone remained courageous. He studied the lan-
guages of the various tribes with whom he came in contact, learned their
customs, gained their confidence, and finally acquired so great an influence
over them, that, at the end of six years, inspiring his companions with his
own indomitable courage, he dared plan an escape that involved the
traversing of a continent through countries inhabited by strange and often
hostile Indians. :

In September, 1534, was commenced this pioneer journey of the Ku-
ropeans, led by the brave Cabeza—“‘ the great forerunner among the path-
finders across the continent.”” From the Gulf, the party fled ‘‘ toward the
mountains’’ (probably of Northern Alabama), thence westwardly across
‘‘the great river coming from the North,’ still west to the plains of
Texas; northwardly, to the sources of the Canadian River ;* by Indian
trails to the valley of the Rio del Norte; thence west and still toward the
West, until after twenty months their wanderings ended, May, 1536, at the
village of San Miguel in Sonora, near the Pacific. They arrived worn,
half-starved, and nearly naked, but bearing to the greedy ears of their
countrymengnarvelous tales of splendid and populous cities, rich in gold
and precious stones, of which they had heard from the Indians, whose
country they had traversed.

coRONADO (1540-1541.)

As early as 1580, wild stories were told in New Spain of the magnifi-
cence of Cibola—the fair province, with its seven gorgeous cities, that lay

 

* Hon. James W. Savage of Nebraska, says in his lecture read before the State Historical
Society, April, 1880, that the route extended “ through parts of Kansas and Colorado.”

to the north forty days’ journey through the desert, and an expedition
was undertaken for the discovery and appropriation of the coveted prize.
The terrors of the desert and the mountain daunted the courage of the first
adventurers, and they penetrated not far beyond the limits of Spanish oc-
cupancy. 5

On the arrival in Mexico of Cabeza de Vaca and his three companions,
the interest in these mysterious cities, which had only smoldered, re-
vived afresh. The strangers told their story to Francisco de Coronado,
Governor of New Galicia, and he with the consent and approval of the
Viceroy, Mendoza, determined to send without delay a party of Franciscan
friars under the guidance of Cabeza’s black companion, Estevanico, to
ascertain and rcport to him the truth in regard to the country of which
such wonders were related.

On the return of the party, their Superior and spokesman, Marcos de
Niza, reported the death of their guide the Moor, at the hands of the In-
dians, in consequence of his insolent and overbearing conduct, but assured
Coronado that in regard to the splendor of Cibola and the riches of the
conntry, the half had not been told. : ,

An expedition was immediately fitted out by the Viceroy, to subju-
gate and secure to Spain this treasure of the New World. Coronado was
appointed commander, and so great was the excitement that in a few days
many young cavaliers of the proudest families of New Spain had enlisted
under his banner ready to brave any peril, and share any danger, to reach
the glittering mirage that lured them on from across the desert. The ren-
dezvous was appointed at Compostella, the capital of New Galicia, the
northern province of Mexico. On Easter morning, 1540, the army, num-
bering 300 Spainards and 800 natives, celebrated mass, in company with
the Viceroy, and the following day Coronado began the march that was to
lead him over the plains and through the valleys of Kansas.

On arriving at Culiacan, the extreme outpost of Spanish colonization,
the army halted for supplies and rest. Coronado, with a small party of
cavaliers, and a few monks, started in advance of the main command,
reached Chichilticale,* ‘‘ where the desert begins;’ entered its confines on
Saint John’s Day eve, and marched in a general northeasterly direction fif-
teen days, when they arrived within eight leagues (about twenty-seven miles)
of Cibola, on the banks of ariver which they called Vermejo.+ The fol-
lowing day the Spaniards arrived at Cibola,t and their disgust and
indignation was proportioned to their former extravagant hopes. They
learned that the province of Cibola did indeed contain seven villages, but
at the sight of the first, the chronicler states ‘‘the army broke forth with
maledictions on Friar Marcos de Niza,” adding, like a Christian—‘‘ God
grant that he may feel none of them.” He further says: ‘‘ Cibola is built
on arock; this village isso small, that, in truth, there were many farms in
New Spain that make a better appearance.”

Poor as the village was, it contained food and shelter, which the jaded
troops eagerly appropriated; subsisting upon the hoarded stores of the
Indians, while parties were sent out in different directions to find and
plunder the other “cities” of Cibola, andthe adjacent provinces, and to
explore the great river (Colorado), of which they had heard. (After a
journey of twenty days the Colorado was found, and its wonderful canon
is graphically described, and the circumstances of gathering white crystals
of salt that hung around a cascade, is noted.) :

An expedition, commanded by Ilernando de Alvarado, was sent by
Coronado to the Province of Cicuye. | seventy leagues to the east of Cibola,
which the Spaniards had heard contained cattle whose skins were ‘ covered
with a frizzled hair which resembled wool,” and where dwelt a peaceful
and wealthy people. After five days’ journey from Cibola, Alvarado
reached Acuco, a village ‘built on a rock.’’ “Three days from Acuco
(Acoma), he reached ‘Tiguex (on the Rio Grande), at which village his
reception was so cordial and hospitable that he sent back a messenger to
Coronado, suggesting that he make the place his winter quarters. He then
continued his journey cast, and in five days arrived at Cicuye, which he
describes as strongly fortified and containing houses of four stories.

_ In accordance with the suggestion of Alvarado, Coronado established
his camp at Tiguex for the winter (1540-41). The army arrived in Decem-
ber, and repaid the hospitality of the simple and kindly natives by acts of
the most wanton and extreme cruelty, culminating in the total destruction
of the villages of Tiguex.

When Alvarado returned to the army, from his visit to Cicuye, he
brought with him the first report of the “great kingdom of Quivera.”

From an Indian that he met while on his expedition, he heard of this

mythical country. Becoming thoroughly convinced of the truth and re-
liability of the story, Alvarado took him to Tiguex that he might relate to
Coronado also, the wonderful tale of his home in Quivera, with its river
seven miles wide, in which fish as large as horses were found ; its immense
canoes ; its trees hung with golden bells, and its dishes of solid gold. Half
fir eye J. H. Simpson, the site of Casa Grande on the Uila River.

} The Little Colorado.

{ The Zuni of New Mexico.

||Cicuye is believed by Gen. Simpson to be the ancient P i
name in New Mexico, and a little ict of Santa Fé F LS ED RS ae ie Tee

@The Spanish league equals 3.42 American miles.

(Smithson-
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 45

eee and half distrusting, Coronado decided to be guided by the In-
dian to uivera, and on the Sth of May, 1541, as soon as the Rio Grande
was free from ice, the army commenced its march to the new land of
promise far over the plains to the northeast.

On the 5th of May, 1541, the Spanish camp on the Rio Grande was
broken up, and the army passing through Cicuye and crossing the Pecos
River, entered the ‘mighty plains and sandy heaths” of New Mexico and
Kansas, ‘smooth and wearisome and bare of wood” then as now.

From the valley of the Pecos, still marching to the southeast the
Spaniards plodded on—the foot soldiers grimly counting their steps to
mark the daily progress, until, after 700 miles were assed, they arrived on
the banks of a great river which they called the “Saint Peter and Saint
Paul,” and which could have been no other than the Arkansas. On their
march, they crossed the path of the Querechos—the Indians of the plains—
who knew no wealth but the trophies of the chase, and who migrated with
the wild herds they hunted. Prairie dogs peered at the strange people
from their, countless homes, and beasts, ‘‘ fierce of countenance and form
of body,” in their wild rage and anger, terrified both horses and riders.
They quailed, ““with many tears, weakness and vows,” before the terror
of the storm of wind and hail, which tore their tents, destroyed their
papper and caused their horses to break their reins, some being “‘even
blown down the banks of the ravine; they wondered at the strange ani-
mals—“‘ beastes* as big as horses, which, because they have hornes and fine
woole, they are called sheep,” and turned disgusted from the uncooked
meals and rude customs of the savages of the plains.

When the army arrived on the banks of the Arkansas, it was found that
the store of provisions was likely to fail, and that nothing could be obtained
except the meat of the buffalo. Against the entreaties and protestations of
his soldiers, Coronado determined to pursue his farther investigations
northward, with thirty of his bravest a best mounted men and six foot
soldiers, while the main army, commanded by one of his Captains, should
immediately return to their old camp on the Rio Grande.

Taking additional guides from among the native Indians, Coronado
continued his march over the Kansas prairies in search of Quivera, which
place was reached, according to the narrative, in forty-eight days. When
the hated Spaniards could no longer be tempted by tales of treasure ‘‘ far-
ther on,”’ the Indian who lured them from the valley of the Pecos, and who
had been their chief guide thus far, confessed the truth. That the inhab-
itants of Cicuye and Tiguex might dwell in their homes in peace and
safety, the intruders had been led on this long march through the region
where it was hoped and believed they would die of starvation. The guide
accomplished his object, but at the sacrifice of his life.

When Coronado reached the end of his journey, he wrote the follow-
ing description of the region to the Viceroy of Mexico, Don Antonio de
Mendoza: ‘‘The province of Quivera is 950 leagues (3,230 miles) from
Mexico. The place I have reached is the 40° of latitude. The earth isthe
best possible for all kinds of productions of Spain, for while it is very
strong and black, it is very well watered by brooks, springs and rivers. [
found prunes like those of Spain, some of which were black, also some
excellent grapes and mulberries.”

Jaramillo, one of the chroniclers of the expedition who accompanicd
Coronado to Quivera, says of the country: ‘‘It is not a country of mount-
ains; there are only some hills, some plains and some streams of very fine
water. It satisfied me completely. I presume that it is very fertile and
favorable for the cultivation of all kinds of fruit.’? He also mentions that
after crossing the large river to which they gave the name of ‘‘Saint Peter
and Saint Paul,” and traveling several days farther north, they came to
the Province of Quivera, where they learned that there was a still larger
river farther on, to which they gave the name of ‘‘ Teucarea.’’+

In regard to the deception practiced upon him by the Indians, Coro-
nado writes to Mendoza as follows: ‘‘I sojourned twenty-five days in the
province of Quivera, as much to thoroughly explore the country as to see
if I could not find some further occasion to serve your Majesty, for the

uides whom I brought with me have spoken of provinces situated still

artheron. That which I have been able to learnis, that in all this country
one can find neither gold nor any other metal. They spoke to me of small
villages, whose inhabitants, for the most part, do not cultivate the soil.
They have huts of hides and of willows, and change their places of abode
with the vaches (buffaloes). The tale they told me then (that Quivera was a
city of extraordinary buildings and full of gold) was false. In inducing me
to part with all my army to come to this country, the Indians thought that
the country being desert and without water, they would conduct us into
places where our horses and ourselves would die of hunger; that is what
the guides confessed. They told us they had acted by the advice of the
natives of these countries.”

In August, 1541, after remaining in the province of Quivera twenty-

five days, Coronado gave up his last hope of finding treasure, and after rear-
ing on the bank of a ‘‘great tributary of the Mississippi,’’ a cross with the
inscription: ‘Thus far came Francisco de Coronado, General of an expe-
dition,” turned his steps again to the south and west.

THE LINE OF CORONADO’S MARCH THROUGH KANSAS.

The exact line of the march of Coronado can never be known. He
probably crossed the southern boundary of the State somewhere between
the twenty-second and twenty-fourth meridians, and marched in a north-
easterly direction to the banks of the Missouri, in latitude 40° north.

Gen. J. H. Simpson.Colonel of Engineers, U. S. A., has given, in con-
nection with hisstory of the expedition, a map eee its probable route.
In Wilder’s ‘Annals of Kansas.” page 5, it is stated thus: ‘‘The route

of Coronado was through that part of Kansas now embraced in the coun-

* Rocky Mountain sheep,
+ Gen. Simpvon believes it to have been the Missouri.

.

ties of Barbour, Kingman, Reno, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Dickin-
son, Davis, Riley, Pottawatomie and Nemaha.” If the large river ‘‘Teu-
carea” was the Micenarl as Gen. Simpson believes, Coronado must have
visited Brown or Doniphan County to arrive at 40° north. The route above
laid down is essentially the same as on the map above referred to.

Maj. Henry Inman, whose personal knowledge of the whole country

between the Missouri and Sante Fé, is unquestioned, marks out the route,

and gives plausible, and in some instances, unanswerable, reasons for his
location of the line of march. His theory is essentially the following:
The province of Quivera extended from the thirty-ninth to the forty-first
degree of north latitude, and from the ninety-fifth to the ninety-seventh
degrees of longitude. Coronado’s route from Pecos was in a northeasterly
direction to latitude 37°, longitude 108°, from which point he turned nearly
due east, marching south of the Arkansas to its junction with the Little
Arkansas, where he crossed between Hutchinson and Wichita; thence
marched nearly north, crossing the Kansas, near Abilene; thence north
of the Kansas, striking the Missouri in the vicinity of Atchison. Maj.
Inman gives reasons for the belief that the return of Coronado’s party
was by the following route:

Following the ‘Missouri south to the mouth of the Kansas; thence
westerly along its northern bank to the North Fork of the Smoky Hill,
where he crossed the Kansas, and continued along the north bank of the
Sa Hill to Big Creek, and thence turned directly south to the Arkansas

iver. e

The Spanish cavaliers of this expedition are the first white men known
to have viewed the plains of Kansas. As no gold or other precious metals
were discovered, no cities found to conquer, and a vast and arid desert sep-
arated the country from Mexico, it does not appear that any proprietary
claim to the region was established by the Spanish Government by virtue
of its discovery by Coronado, although more than half a million of dollars
had been spent on the expedition.* For more than a century thereafter it
was not visited by the white race, and the discovery was forgotten, save
by students of Spanish history, who remarked it as a marvelous through
unsuccessful episode in the progress of Spanish conquest in America.

FRENCH EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES.

In 1609, James I granted to the colony of Virginia ‘“‘all those lands,
countries and territories, situate, lying and being in that part of America,
called Virginia, from Point Comfort (37° north latitude) to the northward
200 miles, and to the southward 200 miles, and, up into the land throughout,
from sea to sea.” Had the grantees availed themselves by discovery and
occupation of the domain thus granted, Kansas would have been a part of
the Old Dominion of Virginia. It does not appear that either the English
Government or the colony of Virginia had any definite knowledge of the
region west of the Mississippi, so indefinitely described in the grant, until
over sixty years after, when the French by exploration, occupation and
treaty with the Indians had formally established themselves in possession
of vast areas about the upper lakes, through the whole valley of the Mis-
sissippi, to the Gulf of Mexico, and claimed all the countries drained by
the Missouri westward to the Pacific.

MARQUETTE AND JOLIET (1678).

In 1670, Father Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary, then
at a station on Lake Superior, heard from a young Illinois Indian, his
teacher in that language, of the ‘prodigious nations” that lived on the
bo of a great river, six or seven days’ journey below the mouth of the

linois.

The French missionaries had occasionally encountered the warlike
Sioux, and had often heard from the Algonquin tribes of the power and
strength of the great western nation, and the reports of the Illinois strength-
ened the desire of Marquette to establish a mission among the Illinois;
to explore the mysterious Mississippi, and to carry the Gospel even to the
dreaded tribes that lived beyondits western banks.

Various circumstances delayed the accomplishment of his desires, and
it was not until three years later that the Governor of Canada had com-
pleted the arrangements requisite for the exploration of the great river.
That the French Government had more worldly ends in view than the con-
version of the peaceful Illinois or the fierce Dahcotah, and that the explor-
ers were expected to bear in mind the material interests of Canada, is ap-
parent from the accountt+ which is given by Father Dablon of their final.
appointment. Hesays: ‘In 1678, the Compte de Frontenac, our Gov-
ernor, and M. Talon, then our Intendant, knowing the importance of this
discovery, either to seek a passage from here to the China Sea, by the
river which empties into the California or Red Sea, or to verify what was
afterward said of the two kingdoms of Theguaro (Tiguex) and Quivera,
which border on Canada, and where gold mines are, it is said, abundant;
these gentlemen, I say, both at the same time selected for the enterprise
the Sieur Jollyet, whom they deemed competent for so great a design,
wishing to see Father Marquette accompany him.’’ It is evident from the
above quotation that it was believed that if the explorers did not succeed
in reaching the California Sea, into which it was generally supposed the
Mississippi emptied, they might at least be able to penetrate the country
to the southwest and discover the gold mines in what is now New Mexico.

The voyage of Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet was commenced
May 17, 1673. With five companions, they embarked in two canoes at the
Straits of Michilimackinac, and by way of Green Bay, the Fox. River and
the Wisconsin River, reached the Mississippi, which they explored as far
south as the mouth of the Arkansas.

 

'*“Threescore thousand pesos of gold,” according to the narrative.

+ “Narrative of Father Marquette ” (Shea’s “ Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi
Valley).”
46

A manuscript map, showing the discoveries made, is still preserved at
St. Mary’s College, Montreal, of which a fac simile is published in this
volume. This, the earliest map made of the Mississippi region, shows the
Missouri for a hundred miles above its mouth, while the region of Kansas
is designated as the home of various Indian tribes, under names having
sufficient similarity to"the more modern ones, to establish their identity
with tribes not yet extinct. Pana and Paniassa (Pawnee), Ouemessourit
(Missouri), Ouchage (Osage), Tontanta (Teton), Pewaria (Peoria), Kansa
and Maha. The Mississippi is designated *‘ Le riviere de la Conception,”’
and -the Missouri is given its Algonquin name of Pekitanoui, meaning
muddy river.

Joliet and Marquette made the return voyage up the Mississippi to
the Illinois ;. thence to Lake Michigan and the St. Francis Mission at Green
Bay, where Father Marquette remained. In the spring of 1674, Joliet,
with his own journal and a map of the region drawn by himself, set out,
accompanied by an Indian boy, to carry the accounts of their great dis-
coveries to the Governor of Canada. When near the end of his journey,
in shooting the Lachiene
Rapids above Montreal, his

HISTORY OF

XK ANSAS.

cross ; passed Natchez, where they also erected a cross; entered the delta
of the Mississippi April 6, and reached the Gulf of -Mexico April 9, 1682.
There and then for the first time, by right of discovery and occupancy, La
Salle formally took possession of Louisiana in the name of a Christian and
civilized government. Father Membré’s narrative is as follows: ‘‘ At
last, after a navigation of about forty leagues, we arrived, on the 6th of
April, at a point where the river divides into three channels. The Sieur
de Ja Salle divided his party the next day into three bands, to go and
explore them. He took the western ; the Sieur Dantray the southern ; the
Sieur Tonty, whom I accompanied, the middle one. These three channels
are beautifuland deep. The water is brackish ; after advancing two leagues
it became perfectly salt, and advancing on we discovered the open sea, so
that on the ninth of April, with all possible solemnity, we performed the
ceremony of planting the cross and raising the arms of France. After we
had chanted the hymn of the Church— Vewilla Regis and the Te Deum—
the Sieur de la Salle, in the name of His Majesty, took possession of that
river; of all the rivers that enter into it, and of all the country watered by
them. An authentic act was
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canoe was overturned, by see 7 eee us there, and amid a volley
which accident his compan- (ote men allio tals ee from all our muskets, | a
ion was drowned, and his ee ae he oe ofS. sina sntcommeene. “ees leaden plate, inscribed with
records and maps lost. He ; cies J i eee the arms of France, and the
wrote another account, and ‘7 MISSISSIP PI . on names of those who had
drew anew map ae ape Goneeption River, Pa jens just ue oe Gee
ory, which were forwarde Bein 28 Be init, was deposited in the earth,
to France by Frontenac, 8 parnen manquerre: em Thus, on the 9th of April,
then Governor of Canada, as atthe dae af ke sore ge. * 1682, Kansas, a part of
were copies of Marquette’s é BAREIS RRA RL PO aeaNy, ee the first
journal and map, a few 1D eremnmnane time under the ominion of
months after. The French a civilized and Christian
court paid but little atten- ‘ government ; the cross be-
tion to the discovery—the ae “‘eceweiee|| ing planted first, and the
journals were not published symbol of earthly dominion
till years after—and then by . gy Pe following.
a private individual (Theve- 4 mee nee first perenne
not), who obtained a copy, settlement was made in
and published it so late as g {| Louisiana, after the discov-
1681. The advantages sub- - E 4 ay of La ove pecans
sequently gained by France nown in France. The
in the acquisition of the 2, Jesuit priests established
Territory of Louisiana, in 4 a missions at various points
spite of her apathy, she re $3 f on the qeabet pp and
owes entirely to the enter- aa woinenede traders began to know the
prise, courage and fortitude 4° me # region. February 27, 1699,
of Robert Cavalier de la 2 oe Iberville, a Canadian, with
Salle. ce ; a es Z Beuvolle and Bienville, first
In 1674, La Salle met 3 mae ss 2 entered the Mississippi from
Joliet, then on his way to es the sea with a party of Can-
Quebec, at Fort Frontenac, 2 ene a adian soldiers and colonists.
and then read his journal, 8 : = aF In the following May a
examined his map, and rex F r colony was planted on the
ceived from him full infor- . 4 Bay of Biloxi, within the
mation as to the URS rey V7 g erayaven s 3 limits of the present State
of the great river. He was & of Mississippi. Sauvolle be
at that time in the enjoy- g rm animus, 5 came the first Governor of
en of a patent of ae oF ee mermun S * tnecolony of Tie stars, He
ility, and a monopoly o : ied soon after his appoint-
the fur trade of the lakes, 5 nn e ment, and was succeeded
and too much Svea in I = 8 of by Bienville. ee the
his business undertakings S E ministration of the latter
to give the matter ContnE cevrea wie, = (in the spring of 1708), the
ued or serious thought. A fly ea eli f 4 Canadian French _ living
few years later, when com- . ante ag fla arenes ook among the Illinois Indians
ee ae le nave none eae
- ts a 2 skia incite e na-
dertakings, his mind turned . tion to war against the
to the narrative of Joliet tribes on the Missouri. M.
with renewed interest, and ly, »| D’Eraque, with a party of
he saw in that distant and men, Was sent by Bienville
unknown region a prospect to the Missouri to pacify the
of retrieving his losses. It — |h BASSIN DE LA FLORIOE , tribes and bring about a
dawned upon him, that the é peace, which he succeeded
“great river,’’ discovered FLORID: in accomplishing.
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great ‘‘river” of Marquette
re-discovered in 1673, and
he determined on completing its exploration to the sea, thereby openin

water navigation by a new route, connecting Canada by the great lakes an

the Mississippi, with the Gulf of Mexico. To secure to himself the business
advantages which would accrue from success in his proposed undertaking,
he went to France in the summer of 1677, and obtained an enlargement of
his trade monopoly to the extreme limits of such territory as he might by
discovery add to the domain of France, with other favorable grants, and
returned accompanied by Tonty, and a party of mechanics, and others whom
he had interested in the project, and without delay commenced prepara-
tions for his voyage. It is not within the scope of this history to detail his
labors and disappointments before his efforts were crowned with success.
After three unsuccessful attempts, and as many returns to Canada, on
February 6, 1682, he embarked on the Illinois River, in three barges, with
his Lieutenants, Tonty and Dantray, and Father Zenobias Membré as
Chaplain of the expedition. They entered the Mississippi, to which La
Salle gave the name of Colbert. On March 3, passed the mouth of the
Arkansas, the limits of Marquette’s explorations, where they set up a

 

ber, 1712, Louis XIV, by
. letters patent, granted to
Anthony Crozat, a wealthy French merchant, the ‘Territory of Louis-
iana,’’ with exclusive polere of commerce for a term of ten years, and
perpetual propricty of all mines and minerals he should discover in the
country, reserving the fifth part of all bullion of silver and gold and one-
tenth part of produce of all other mines, on condition that such mines
and minerals should revert to the crown of France whenever the working
of them was discontinued for three years together. The bounds of Louis-
jana, as granted to M. Crozat, are described in these words: ‘“ Bounded by
New Mexico (on the west) and by the lands of the English of Carolina (on
the east), including all the establishments, ports, havens, rivers and prin-
cipally the port and haven of the Isle of Dauphine, heretofore called Mas-
sacre; the river of St. Louis, heretofore called Mississippi, from the .edgé
of the sea as far as the Illinois, together with the river of St. Philip, here-
tote ae alee (Wabash) zh an ae countries, territories, lakes
in the Jand, and the rivers which fall directly or indi i
part of the river of St. Louis.” alti citi decennial
In August, 1717, M. Crozat retroceded this grant and privilege to the
HISTORY OF KANSAS. Le

crown, and on the 23d of the same month letters patent were granted in
Paris by the Council ofthe Regency (Louis XV. eding still in hie minority)
investing ‘‘The Company of the West’ with all the privileges previously
granted to M. Crozat, to continue for a period of twenty-five years, and
in addition stipulating that the mines opened or discovered should belong
to the corapany, incommutably, no rents or proceeds being required; the
right to sell lands was also granted, at whatever price the company should
fix, and, in addition, the grant provided that if, at the expiration of twen-
ty-five years, the king should not see proper to continue the privilege of
exclusive commerce, all the islands, mines and mining grounds, which the
Company of the West should have inhabited, worked, improved or dis-
posed of on rent, should remain to it in fee simple, on the sole condition
that the company should sell such lands only to the subjects of France.
The Company of the West, or Mississippi Company, was under the
management of John Law, the great financial speculator of his time, who,
during the period of his success, induced in France a blind, unquestioning,
unreasoning belief in the value of the Louisiana grant. In 1818, the-year
after the company was instituted, they formed an establishment in the coun-
‘try of the Illinois, at Fort Chartrés, holding out extravagant inducements to
French emigrants, and making them donations of all lands which they
should cultivate or improve. Miners and mechanics were particularly
encouraged to emigrate, and among the number of adventurers who

assayed they were found to contain some silver. He afterward took
charge of a grant of land, where he remained until M. Crozat was suc-
ceeded by Law, and M. De Boisbriant was appointed Governor of the Illi-
nois District of Louisiana. In October, 1718, M. De Boisbriant set out for
his post, and Du Tissenet was ordered to join him at the Illinois during
the year. The following year, by order of Bienville, Governor of Louisi-
ana, he made an expedition to the west of the Mississippi, probably cross-
ing Kansas from about the locality of Linn County, northwest to the forks
of the Kansas and thence west to the head-waters of the Smoky Hill. On
his return to the Illinois District, in a letter to M. De Bienville, dated
“ Caskaskias, 22d of November ”’ (1719), he gives an account of his expedi-
tion. He visited the Osage Indians at their village near the Osage River,
at eighty leagues above its mouth, and describes them as stout, well made
and great warriors, and also says that lead is found in their country. Forty
leagues northwest of the Osages, he came to two Pawnee villages of about
130 cabins each, and fifteen days west from them he reached the Padoucas,
whom he describes as a brave and warlike nation. In the country of the
Padoucas, on September 27, 1719, he erected a cross inscribed with the
arms of the king, thus claiming the region for France. M. Du Tissehet
reports parts of the country he passed through as beautiful and well tim-
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flocked to Louisiana was Philip Francis Renault, who came as agent for a
French mining company. Under the patronage of the Mississippi Com-
pany, he was appointed Director General of the mines of Louisiana, and
in 1719 arrived in the Illinois country with 200 miners and skillful assay-
ers, who were soon dispatched in different directions to explore the coun-
try both sides the Mississippi. During the year, M De la Motte and
others were engaged in searching for mines in the vicinity of the Missouri
and Osage Rivers. On the Maramec, valuable silver ore was found. and
lead on the St. Francis. It was during this period of excitement and stim-
ulated exploration that the second visit of the Europeans to the Kansas

region was made.

DU TISSENET,* THE FIRST FRENCH EXPLORER (1719).

About the close of the year 1714, M. Du Tissenet, a young Canadian,
arrived at the post of Mobile to enter the service of M. Crozat. He
brought with him specimens of lead from the mines in the neighborhood
of Kaskaskia, which had been given him by his countrymen who resided
at that place. These specimens he took to M. De la Motte, and on being

* me of this early exp'orer is spelled by good authorities—Hale and others who
have iuewer hi m—Dutisne, a leciumata contraction of the old patrenimic. In one ** History of
Kansas,” he is spoken of as Duquesne. This is an evident mistake. In the earlier letters and
documents as published in French’s translations, ‘ Historical Collections of Louisiana and Flor-

ida,” the name is invariably written Du Tissenet.

 

The expedition was undoubtedly one of exploration for the purpose
of locating mines, as the mining fever was then at its height, and the
Osages, with whom the French were on the most friendly terms, might
readily have given necessary directions as to the most advantageous route.
to pursue. The search, of course, was unsuccessful, as no mention of
minerals in the region is made by any of the Louisiana writers. M. Du
Tissenet was the first explorer who gave any definite information in regard
to the Indian tribes inhabiting the region of Kansas.

*On the 24th of May, 1721, M. De Boisbriant, Governor of the Illinois
District, wrote to Bienville that he had been informed that 300 Spaniards
had left Santa Fe for the purpose of driving the French out of Louisiana,
a tne were attacked by the Osage and Panis Indians and driven back to

anta Fe.

Like many reports, the story told the Governor was not entirely cor-
rect. The following is the version as given by Du Pratz, when the facts
were better known: .

__, ‘The Spaniards, as weli as our other neighbors, being continually
jealous of our superiority over them, formed a design of establishing them-
selves among the Missouris,+ and for that purpose, they courted the friend-
ship of the Osages, whose assistance they thought would be of service to

*“ Annals of Louisiana,” M. Penicaut,
+The Missouris were settled at the mouth of Grand River, ia the State of Missouri.
48 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

them in their enterprise, and who were generally at enmity with the Mis-
souris. A company of Spaniards, men, women and soldiers, accordingly
set out from Santa Fe, having a Dominican for their chaplain, and an
engineer for their guide and commander. The caravan was furnished
with horses, and all other kinds of beasts necessary, for it is one of their
prudent maxims to send off all these things together. By a fatal mistake,
the Spaniards arrived first amongst the Missouris, whom they mistook for
the Osages, and imprudently disclosing their hostile intentions, they
were themselves surprised and cut off by those whom they intended for
destruction. The Missouris some time afterward dressed themselves with
the ornaments of the chapel, and carried them in a kind of triumphant
procession to the French commandant among the Illinois.”

This military and colonizing ‘‘caravan’’ or expedition starting from
Santa Fe, and striking the Missouris north of the Missouri River, near the
entrance of Grand, and leaving the Osage villages at the south, must have
followed, through Kansas, very nearly the line of the Santa Fe Railroad.

After the disastrous termination of the Spanish expedition above
mentioned, the French, in order to protect their mining territory, and

uard against any future attempts of the same kind, built, in 1822-23, a
ort on the eastern extremity of an island in the Missouri just above the
mouth of the Osage. The post, which was named Fort Orleans, was gar-
risoned and placed in command of M. De Bourgmont, and became a me-
dium of intercourse and trade with the surrounding tribes.

In 1724, M. De Bourgmont made an extensive journey across the
entire Territory of Kansas, from the village of the Kanzas Indians on the
Missouri, near the present city of Atchison, to the village of the Padoucas
at the sources of the Smoky Hill.* A full account of the journey is given
in M. Le Page Du Pratz's ‘‘ History of Louisiana,” published in Paris in
1757. M. Du Pratz states that his narrative is ‘‘extracted and abridged
from M. De Bourgmont’s journal, an original account, signed by all the
officers, and several others of the company.” As the journey was directly
through the northern part of what was afterward the territory of Kansas,
the account is copied entire and verbatim.

“The Padoucas who lie west by northwest of the Missouris, happened
at that time to be at war with the neighboring nations, the Canzas, Othouez,
Aiaouez, Osages, Missouris and Panimahas, all in amity with the French.
To conciliate a peace between all these nations and the Padoucas, M. De
Bourgmont sent to engage them, as being our allies, to accompany him on
a journey to the Padoucas in order to bring about a general pacification,
and by that means to facilitate the traffick or truck between them and us,
and conclude an alliance with the Padoucas.

‘For this purpose, M. De Bourgmont set out on the 3d of July, 1724,
from Fort Orleans, which lies near the Missouris, a nation dwelling on the
banks of the river of that name, in order to join that people, and then to
proceed to the Canzas, where the general rendezvous of the several nations
was a

“*M. De Bourgmont was accompanied by an hundred Missouris, com-
manded by their Grand Chief, and eight other Chiefs of war, and by sixty-
four Osages, commanded by four Chiefs of war, besides a few Frenchmen.
On the 6th, he joined the Grand Chief, six other Chiefs of war, and several
Warriors of the Canzas, who presented him the Pipe of Peace, and per-
as the honours customary on such occasions, to the Missouris and

sages.

“On the 7th, they passed thro’ extensive meadows and woods, and
arrived on the banks of the River Missouri, over against the village of the
Canzas.

“On the 8th, the French crossed the Missouri in a pettyauger, the
Indians on floats of cane and the horses were swam over. They Janded
within a gunshot of the Canzas, who flocked to receive them with the
pipe; their Grand Chief, in the name of the nation, assuring M. de Bourg-
mont that all their Warriors would accompany him in his journey to the
Padoucas, with protestations of friendship and fidelity, confirmed by
smoking the Pipe. The same assurances were made him by the other
Chiefs, who entertained him in their huts and rubbed him over and his
companions.

‘‘On the 9th, M. de Bourgmont dispatched five Missouris to acquaint
the Othouez with his arrival at the Canza. They returned on the 10th,
and brought word that the Othouez promised to hunt for him and his War-
riors, and to cause provisions to be dried for the journey; that their Chief
would set out directly, in order to wait on M. de Bourgmont and carry him
the word of the whole nation.

“The Canzas continued to regale the French; brought them also great
quantities of grapes, of which the French made a good wine.

“On the 24th of July, at six in the morning, this little army set out,
consisting of 800 Warriors, including the Chiefs of the Canzas, 800 women,
about five hundred young people and at least three hundred dogs. The
women carried considerable loads, to the astonishment of the French, un-
accustomed to such a sight. The young women also were well loaded for
their years, and the dogs were made to trail a part of the baggage, and
that in the following manner: The back of the dog was covered with a
skin, with its pile on; then the dog was girthed round and his breast
leather put on, and taking two poles, of the thickness of one’s arm and
twelve feet long, they fastened their two ends half a foot asunder, laying
on the dog’s saddle the thong that fastened the two poles, and to the poles
they also fastened, behind the dog, a ring or hoop lengthwise, on which
they laid the load.

‘On the 28th and 29th, the army crossed several brooks and small
rivers, passed thro’ several meadows and thickets, meeting everywhere
on their way a great deal of game.

 

*On the map published in 1757, in connection with the.history from which the account of
this journey is taken, the “Country of the Padoucas” extends from the head-waters of the Re-
publican, to south of the Arkansas. The “Great Village” of the Padoucas is located at the head-
waters of the Smoky Hill.

“On the 30th, M. de Bourgmont, fiiding himself very ill, was obliged
to have a litter made, in order to be carried back to Fort Orleans till he
should recover. Before his departure, he gave orders about two Padouca
slaves, whom he had ransomed and was to send before him to that nation,
in order to ingratiate himself by this act of generosity. These he caused
to be sent by one Gaillard, who was to tell their nation that M. de Bourg-
mont, being fallen ill on his intended journey to their country, was
obliged to return home; but that as soon as he got well again, he would
resume his journey to their country, in order to procure a general peace
between them and the other nations. ;

“On the evening of the same day, arrived at the camp the Grand Chief
of the Othouez, who acquainted M. de Bourgmont that.a great part of his
Warriors waited for him on the road to the adoucas, and that he came to
receive his orders, but was sorry to find him ill.

“At length, on the 4th of August, M. de Bourgmont set out from the
Canzas in a pettyauger, and arrived, the 5th, at Fort Orleans. _

“On the 6th of September, M. de Bourgmont, who was still at Fort
Orleans, was informed of the arrival of the two Padouca slaves, on the
25th of August, at their own nation, and that meeting on the way a body
of Padouca hunters, a day’s journey from their village, the Padouca slaves
made the signal of their nation, by throwing their mantles thrice over
their heads; that they spoke much in commendation of the generosity of
M. de Bourgmont, who had ransomed them; told all he had done in order
to a general pacification; in fine, extolled the French to such a degree that
their discourse, held in presence of the Grand Chief and of the whole
nation, diffused an universal joy; that Gaillard told them the flag they saw
was the symbol of peace and the word of the Sovereign of the French;
that in a little time the several nations would come to be like brethren and
have but one heart.

“The Grand Chief of the Padoucas was so well assured that the war was
now at an end that he dispatched twenty Padoucas, with Gaillard, to the
Canzas, by whom they were extremely well received. The Padoucas, on
their return home, related their good reception among the Canzas, and as
a plain and real proof of the pacification mediated by the French, brought
with them fifty of the Canzas and three of their women, who, in their
turn, were received by the Padoucas with all possible marks of friendship.

““Tho’ M. de Bourgmont was but just recovering of his illness, he, how-
ever, prepared for his departure, and on the 20th of September actually set

- out from Fort Orleans by water, and arrived at the Canzas on the 27th.

“Gaillard arrived, on the 2d of October, at the camp of the Canzas,
with three Chiefs of war and three Warriors of the Padoucas, who were
received by M. de Bourgmont, with flag displayed and other testimonies
of civility, and had presents made them of several goods proper for
their use.

“On the 4th of October, arrived at the Canzas, the Grand Chief and
seven other Chiefs of war of the Othouez, and next day, very early, six
chiefs of war of the Aiaoucz.

‘ de Bourgmont assembled all the Chiefs present, and, setting
them round a large fire made before his tent, rose up, and addressing
himself to them, said: ‘He was come to declare to them, in the
name of his Sovereign and of the Grand French Chief in the country,
that it was the will of his Sovereign they should all live in peace
for the future, like brethren and friends, if they expected to enjoy his love
and protection.’ ‘And since,’ says he, ‘you are here all assembled this
day, it is good you conclude a peace, and all smoke in the same pipe.’

‘“The Chiefs of these different nations rose up to a man, nna said with
one consent they were well satisfied to comply with his request, and in-
stantly gave each other their Pipes of Peace.

“After an entertainment pee’ for them, the Padoucas sung the
songs and danced the Dances of Peace—a kind of pantomimes representing
the innocent pleasures of peace.

‘On the 6th of October, M. de Bourgmont set out from the Canzas with
all the baggage, and the flag displayed at the head of the French and such
Indians as he had pitched on to accompany him—in all forty persons. The
goods intended for presénts were loaded on horses. As they set out late,
they traveled but five leagues, in which they crossed a small river and two
brooks in a fine country with little wood. i

“The same day, Gaillard, Quenel and two Padoucas were dispatched to
acquaint their nation with the march of the French. That day they
travelled ten leagues, crossed one river and two brooks.

“The 10th, they made eight leagues, crossed two small rivers and three
brooks. To their right and left they had several small hills on which one
could observe pieces of rock, even with the ground. Along the rivers there
is found a slate, and in the meadows a reddish marble, standing out of the
earth one, two and three feet—some pieces of it upwards of six feet in
diameter.

The 11th, they passed over severul brooks and a small river, and then
the river of the Canzas, which had only three feet of water. Farther on
they found several brooks issuing from the neighboring little hills. The
river of the Canzas runs directly from west to east, and falls into the Mis-
souri. It is very great in floods, because, according to the report of the
Padoucas, it comes a great way off. The woods which border this river
afford a retreat to numbers of buffaloes and other game. On the left were
seen great eminences with hanging rocks. G

__‘ The 12th of October, the journey, as the preceding day, was extremely
diversified by the variety of objects. They crossed eight brooks and beau-
tiful meadows covered with herds of elks and buffaloes. To the right the
view was unbounded, but to the left small hills were seen at a distance,
which from time to time preseftted the appearance of ancient castles.

y The 18th, on their march they saw the meadows covered almost en-
tirely with buffaloes,-elks and deer, so that one could scarce distinguish the
different herds, so numerous and so intermixed they were. The same da
they passed thro’ a wood almost two leagues long, and a pretty roug]
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ascent, a thing which seemed extraordinary, as till then they only met with
little groves, the largest of which’ scarce canted an. hundred trees, but
straight as a cane—groves too small to afford a retreat to a quarter of the
buffaloes and elks seen there.

; The 14th, the march was retarded by ascents and descents, from which
issued many springs of an extreme pure water, forming several brooks,
whose waters uniting make little rivers that fall into the river of the Can-
zas. Doubtless jt is this multitude of brooks which traverse these
meadows, extending a great way out of sight, that invite those numerous
herds of buffaloes.

‘“The 15th they crossed several brooks and two little rivers. It is chiefly
on the banks of the waters that we find those enchanting groves, adorned
with grass underneath, and so clear of underwood that we may there hunt
down the stag with ease.

“The 16th they continued to pass over a similar landscape, the beauties
of which were never cloying. Besides the larger game, these groves
afforded also a retreat to flocks of turkeys. ;

“The 17th, they made very little way, because they wanted to get into
the right road, from which they had strayed the two precedingdays. They at
length recovered it, and, at a small distance from their camp, saw an en-
campment of the Padoucas, which appeared to have been quitted only
about eight days before. This yielded them so much the more pleasure,
as it showed the nearness of that nation, which made them encamp, after
having travelled only six leagues, in order to make signals from that place,
by setting fire to the parts of the meadows which the general fire had
spared. In a little while after, the signal was answered in the same man-
ner, and confirmed by the arrival of the two Frenchmen who had orders
given them to make the signals.

_ ‘On the 18th, they met a little river of brackish water, on the banks of
which they found another encampment of the Padoucas, which appeared
to have been abandoned but four days before. At half a league farther
on, a great smoke was seen to the.west, at no great distance off, which was
answered by setting fire to the parts of the meadows untouched by the
general fire.

“About half an hour after, the Padoucas were observed toming at full
gallop with the flag which Gaillard had left with them on his first journey
to their country. M.de Bourgmont instantly ordered the French under
arms, and, at the head of his people, thrice saluted these people with his
flag, which they also. returned thrice by raising their mantles as many
times over their heads.

‘After this first ceremony, M. de Bourgmont made them all sit down
and smoke in the Pipe of Peace. This action, being the seal of the peace,
diffused a general joy, accompanied with loud acclamations.

“The Padoucas, after mounting the French and the Indians who accom-
panied them, set out on their horses for their camp, and, after a journey of
three leagues, arrived at their encampment, but left a distance of a gun-
shot between the two camps.

“The day after their arrival at the Padoucas, M. de Bourgmont caused
the goods allotted for this nation to be unpacked, and the different species
parceled out, which he made them all presents of.

‘After which, M. de Bourgmont sent for the Grand Chief and other
Chiefs of the Padoucas, who came to the camp to the number of two hundred,
and placing himself between them and the goods, thus parceled and laid
out to view, he told them he was sent by his Sovereign to carry to them
the word of Peace, this flag and these goods, and to exhort them to live
as brethren with their neighbors, the Panimahas, Aiaouez, Othouez, Can-
zas, Missouris, Osages and Illinois, and to traffick and truck freely together,
and with the French. He, at the same time, gave the flag to the Grand
Chief of the Padoucas, who received it with demonstrations of respect,
and told him, ‘I accept this flag which you present to me on the part of
your Sovereign. We rejoice at our having peace with all the nations you
have mentioned, and promise, in the name of our nation, never to make
war on any of your allies; but receive them, when they come among us,
as our brethren; as we shall in like manner the French, and conduct them
when they want to go to the Spaniards, who are but twelve days’ journey
from our Village, and who truck with us in horses, of which they have
such numbers they know not what to do with them; also in bad hatchets
of a soft iron, and some knives, whose points they break off, lest we should
use them one day against themselves. You may command all my War-
riors. JI can furnish you with upwards of two thousand. In my own and
in the name of my whole nation, I entreat you would send some French-
men to trade with us. Wecan supply them with horses, which we truck
with the Spaniards for buffalo mantles, and with great quantities of furs.’

“« These people are far from being savage, nor would it be a difficult mat-
ter to civilize them—a plain proof they have had long intercourse with
the Spaniards. The few days the French stayed among them they were
become very familiar, and would fain have M. de Bourgmont leave some
Frenchman among them, especially they of the village at which the peace
was concluded with the other nations. This village consisted of an hun-
dred and forty huts, containing about eight hundred warriors, fifteen hun-
dred women and at least two thousand children, some Padoucas having
four wives.

“(On the 22d of October, M. de Bourgmont set out from the Padouca,
and travelled only five leagues that day. The 23d and the three following
days, he travelled in all forty leagues; the 27th, six leagues; the 28th, eight
leagues; the 29th, six leagues, and on the 30th as many. The dist, he trav-
elled only four leagues, and that day arrived within half a mile of the Can-
zas. From the Padoucas to the Canzas, proceeding always east, we may
now very safely reckon sixty-five leagues anda half. The river of the Can-
zas is parallel to this route. ; : ;

“ Onthe 1st of November, they all arrived on the banks of the Missouri.
M. de Bouremont embarked the 2d on a canoe of skins, and at length, on
the 5th of November, arrived at Fort Orleans.”

In 1725, the year succeeding that in which M. de Bourgmont made his
expedition through Kansas, he visited New Orleans, and during his
absence Fort Orleans was destroyed and the entire garrison massacred.
The Indians told no tales, and the particulars of the bloody deed were
never known. It put an end, however, to any further effort to extend
French exploration or trade to the West, and the journey of Bourgmont
was probably the last made by white men through Upper Louisiana while
the country remained in the possession of France. Thirty years after his
visit, an old French writer says the rivers which fall into the Missouri
were known only by Indian names, the best known being the Osage, and
the longest known being the Kanzas, which, he remarks, runs through a
“very fine country.” From that time until the territory passed into the
possession of the United States, Kansas, and the country lying west of it,
was virtually an unknown and unexplored region, visited only at rare in-
tervals by white men, and occupied by the savage tribes who warred upon
each other, and upon the countless herds of buffalo that roamed its plains.
At the close of the seventeenth century, Kansas, after having been claimed
by two powerful governments, was almost as little known as in the days
of Coronado and Du Tissenet.

WESTERN FUR TRADE AND TRADERS.
In 176-, Pierre Laclede Siquest (called Laclede), with August and

-Pierre Choteau, emigrated from France and settled in the Mississippi

Valley, having a charter from the French Government giving them the
exclusive right to trade with the Indians of Louisiana as far north as
St. Peter’s River. In 1799, a post was established near St. Joseph’s, and
in 1800 another at Randolph Bluffs, three miles below the mouth of the
Kaw, the whole Choteau family being fur traders when Louisiana was
ceded to the American Government in 1803. Before that time, the trade
with the Indians was carried on by a system of monopoly; any person
desiring to engage in the business obtaining of the Governor the exclusive
privilege of trading with a particular tribe, or upon a certain river. The
only permanent establishment founded on the waters of the Missouri,
under this system, was that of Pierre Choteau, who enjoyed a monopoly
of the trade of the Osage nation for nearly twenty years, his fort or trad-
ing house being on the river below the great Osage villages. Manuel de
Lisa was his successor, obtaining the privilege only a short time before the
territory passed from the hands of Spain. Other enterprising individuals
traded in a small way with the different tribes; but as no forts were es-
tablished by the Spanish Government, and no companies for mutual co-
operation and protection were sanctioned, the business was too hazardous
to encourage many adventurers. After the change of government, the es-
tablishment of United States trading posts, and the abolishment of the
monopoly system, the trade with the Western Indians rapidly increased.
“The Missouri Fur Company ’’ was organized in 1808, with Manuel de Lisa
at its head, and Pierre and August Choteau and nine other members. Ex-
peditions were sent out, and posts founded among the Indians of Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska and some in Arkansas. The company was unfortunate;
their trading posts were abandoned, and it was dissolved in 1812, the mem-
bers establishing independent houses to prosecute the trade, and also to
furnish outfits for hunters and trappers. ‘The most advanced United States
trading post on the Missouri River and the western limit of white settle-
ment in 1811, was Fort Osage, thirty-four miles below the mouth of the
Kansas. In 1813, the American Fur Company was formed, and the Choteaus,
formerly connected with the Missouri Company, and also Pierre, Jr., and
his brother Francis became members. This company occupied the posts
of the Missouri Trading Company, of which it was an outgrowth, and
made great efforts to monopolize the trade in the Southwest by rooting
out independent traders. Francis Choteau was sent to Kansas, and was
employed for several years in this work. The post known as the ‘‘ Four
Houses,” so called from its being built on the four sides of an open square,
was established on the north bank of the Kaw, twenty miles above its
mouth, and in 1821 a general agency for furnishing supplies was estab-
lished at the mouth of the river, from which men were sent to the Neosho
and Osage. In 1825, Francis was joined by Cyprian, his brother, and a
house was built about opposite the present site of Muncie, on the south
side of the Kaw, and in 1830 another trading post was established by Fred-
erick on Mission, then American Chief’s’ Creek, in what is now Shawnee
County. A few years later, posts were established through the country
from the Platte to the Arkansas.

EARLY AMERICAN EXPLORERS (1804—1807).

Louisiana remained a part of the Dominion of France until November
3, 1762, at which time it passed into the possession of Spain. October 1,
1800, Spain agreed to retrocede the territory to France, which agreement
was consummated by the treaty of Madrid, March 21,1801. April 30, 1808,
it became a part_of the domain of the United States, by purchase from
the Republic of France. ;

Soon after the acquisition of the Territory of Louisiana by the United
States. expeditions were sent out by government to explore the region
west of the Mississippi, and through the Missouri VaHey. Lewis and Clark,
in 1804-5-6, traversed the: region to the Pacific and returned. Their
report gave the first reliable information as to the topography, climate and
general. features of the country. Licut. Zebulon M. Pike also set out from
St. Louis in 1806, explored the southern part of Kansas, and thence
through Colorado west to the Peak, which bears his name.

On his return, he so far lost his bearings as to encamp on the Rio
Grande, believing it to be the Red River. Here he built a stockade and
established quarters, awaiting the arrival of members of his party who
had been disabled on the way, and whom he had left behind till they
should be able to travel. His encampment was discovered by Spanish sol-
diers from Santa Fé, only five days’ march distant, and he was compelled
to report, first to Santa Fé, then to Chihuahua, some six hundred miles

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farther beyond, before he was permitted to return to the United States.
The mistake, whereby Pike’s party were discovered as trespassers on the
Spanish possessions, resulted in his obtaining much valuable information
regarding the Spanish colonies, and awakened an interest that resulted in
after years in the establishment of the overland trade with Santa Fé. His
explorations of the Kansas region, before entering New Mexico, embraced
a larger range than any before made. The importance of his discoveries
at that time cannot be overestimated, as from the publishing of his journal
dates the inception-of the commercial intercourse with New Mexico, and
the first reliable knowledge given to the American public of Southern
Kansas and Western Colorado.

PIKE'S EXPEDITION—1806-07.

At the time of Pike’s explorations, there was an intense jealousy,
amounting to incipient war, between the Spanish colonies along the north-
eastern borders of Mexico, and the Louisiana settlers. The boundaries
between the two possessions had never been definitely settled. All of the
region lying north of the Rio Grande to the Platte, and east to the Mis-
souri, which embraced the present State of Kansas, was debatable ground,
esteemed of little value to either power, except for the profits derived
from the Indian trade, yet jealously watched on either side, that neither
should secure it against the other. Hence came the Spanish expedition
of 1720, which followed-that of Du Tissenet, the disastrous ending of
which has already been related. No.sooner were the Spaniards informed
of the proposed expedition of Pike than they made a fresh attempt to
gain ascendency by forestalling his visit to the Indian tribes, and by over-
pererie him by superior numbers if the two hostile parties should meet.

ike, himself, gives the account of the expedition quoted bglow, which he
says ‘‘ was the most important ever sent out of New Mexico; and, in fact,
the only one directed to the northeastward, except that mentioned by
‘Abbe Raynal, in his History of the Indies,’ as being sent to the Pawnees.”’
The account is as follows:

In the year 1896, our affairs with Spain began to wear a very serious aspect, and the
troops of the two Pseve eos almost came to actual hostilities on the frontiers of Texas
and the Orleans Territory; at this time, when matters bore every appearance of coming to
a crisis, I was fitting out for my ee from St. Louis, when some of the Spanish emis-
saries in that country transmitted the information to Maj. Merior, and the Spanish Council
at that place, who immediately forwarded the information to Capt. Sebastian Roderiques,
the then commandant of Nacogdoches, who forwarded it to Col. Cordero, by whom it was
transmitted to the seat of government. This information was personally communicated to
me, as an instance of the rapid means they possessed of conveying intelligence relative to the
oceurrences transacted on our frontier. The expedition was then determined on, and had
three objects in view; first, to descend the Red River, in order if they met our expedition to
pr creeee and turn it back; or should Maj Sparks and Mr. Freeman have missed the party
from Nacogdoches under the command of Capt. Viana, to oblige them to return, and not pen-
etrate farther into the country, or make them prisoners of war.

Secondly, to explore and examine all the internal parts of the country, from the front-
iers of eae of New Mexico to the Missouri, between the La Platte and Kansas Rivers.

Thirdly, to visit the Ietans, Pawnee republic, Grand Pawnees, Pawnee Mahaws and
Kanses. To the head chief of each of these nations, the commanding officer bore flags, a
commission, grand medal, four mules; and with all of them he had to renew the chains of
ancient amity, which was said to have existed between their fathers, his most Catholic
majesty, and his people, the red people.

The commanding officers also bore positive orders to oblige all parties or persons in the
above specified countries, either to retire from them into the acknowledged territories of the
paled States, or to make prisoners of them, and conduct them into the province of New

€@X1cO0.

Lieut. Don Facundo Malgares, the officer selected from the five internal provinces to
command this expedition, was an European, and his uncle was at that time one of the royal
judges of the kingdom of New Spain. He had distinguished himself in several long expedi-
tions against the Appaches and other Indian nations with whom the Spaniards were at war:
added to these circumstances, he was a man of immense fortune, and generous in its disposal,
almost to profusion ; possessed a liberal education, a high sense of honor, and a disposition
formed for military enterprise.

This officer marched from the province of Biscay, with 100 dragoons of the regular serv-
ice, and at Santa Fé, the place were the expedition was fitted out, he was joined by 500 hun-
dred of the mounted militia of that province, and completely equipped with ammunition,
etc., for six months, each man leading with him (by order) two horses and one mule. The
whole number of their beasts was 2,075. They descended the Red River 233 leagues; met the
grand bands of the Ietans, held councils with them; then struck off to the northeast, and
erossed the country tothe Arkansaw, where Lieut. Malgares left 240 of his men, with the
lame and tired horses, whilst he proceeded on with the rest to the Pawnee republic. Here
he was met by the chiefs and warriors of the Grand Pawnees; held councils with the two
nations, and presented them the flags, medals, etc , which were designed for them. He did
_not proceed on to the execution of his missions with the Pawnee Ma was, and Kanses, as he
represented to me,*from the poverty of their horses, and the discontent of his own men; but
as I conceive, from the suspicion and discontent which began to arise between the Spaniards
and the Indians. The former wishing to avenge the death of Villencuve and. his party,
whilst the latter possessed all the suspicions of conscious villainy deserving punishment,

The Spanish expedition was planned and executed after the news of
Pike’s preparations was known in New Mexico, and with such celerity as
to have forestalled and partially defeated one of its designs, which was to
thwart and turn back Pike’s party. When Pike reached the Pawnee vil-
lages some fifty miles up the Solomon Fork, September 25, 1806, he found
that Malgares had visited the Pawnees a few weeks before, and was then
on his return journey to New Mexico. Pike frequently crossed the return
track of the Spaniards as he journeyed south and west across Kansas, they
being but a few weeks in advance of him.

The expedition of Lieut. Pike was planned in April, 1806, on the return
of that-officer from a successful tour of discovery and exploration to the
head-waters of the Mississippi. Its objects are set forth in the following
letter of instruction from Gen. Wilkinson, by whose command the expe-
dition was undertaken :

To Lirvr. Z. M. PIKE: Sr. Louis, June 24, 1806.

Srr—You are to proceed without delay to the cantonment on the Missouri, where you
are to embark the late Osage captives, and the deputation recently returned from Washing-
ton with their presents and baggage, and are to transport the whole up the Missouri and
Osage Rivers to the town of the Grand Osage. The safe delivery of this Chane at the point
of destination, constitutes the primary object of your expedition, and, therefore, you are to
move with such caution as may prevent surprise from any hostile band, and are to repel

 

*Pike, when under Government surveillance in New Mexico, was in charge of Malgares,
with whom he contracted an intimate and lasting personal friendship, and from whom he re-
ceived the story of the expedition as given. ° :

with your utmost force any outrage that may be attempted. Having safely deposited your
passengers and their property, you are to turn your attention to the accomplishment of a
permanent peace between the Kanses and Osage nations, for which purepes you must effect
a meeting between the head chiefs of those nations, and are to employ such arguments,
deduced from their own obvious interests, as well as the inclinations, desires and commands
of the President of the United States, as may facilitate your purpose, and accomplish the end,
A third object of considerable magnitude will then command your attention; it is to effect
an interview, and establish a good understanding with the Ietans or Camanches. For this
purpose, you must interest White Hair, of the Grand Osage, with whom, and a suitable depu-
tation, you will visit the Pawnee Republic, where you may find interpreters, and inform
yourself of the most feasible plan by which to bring the Camanches to a conference, Should
you succeed in this attempt, and no pains must be spared to effect it, you will endeavor to
make peace between that distant powerful nation and the nations which inhabit the country
between us and them, particularly the Osage; and, finally, you will endeavor to induce
eight or ten of their distinguished chiefs to make a visit to the seat of government next
September, and you may attach to this deputation four or five Pawnees, and the same num-
ber of Kansas chiefs, As your interview with the Camanches will probably lead you to the
head branches of the Arkansaw and Red Rivers, you may find yourself Epp to the
settlements of New Mexico, and therefore it will be necessary you should move with great
cireumspection, to keep clear of any hunting or reconnoitering parties from that province,
and to prevent alarm or offence, because the affairs of Spain and the United States appear to
be on the point of amicable adjustment; and, moreover, it is the desire of the President to
cultivate the friendship and harmonious intercourse of all the nations of the éarth, and par-
ticularly our nearest neighbors—the Spaniards. :

In the course of your tour, you are to remark particularly upon the geographical struct-
ure, the natural history and population of the country through which you pass, taking par-
ticular care to collect and preserve specimens of everything curious in the mineral and
botanical worlds, which can be preserved and are portable. Let your courses be regulated
by your compass, and your distances by your watch, to be noted in a field book; and I
would advise you, when circumstances permit, to protract and lay down in a separate book,
the march of the day at every evening’s halt. : cir

The instruments-which I have furnished will enable you to ascertain the variations of
the magnetic needle, and the latitude, with exactness; and at every remarkable point I wish
you to employ your telescope in Cee ae the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, having pre-
viously regulated and adjusted your watch by your quadrant, taking care to note with great
nicety the periods of immersion and emersion of the eclipsed satellite. These observations
may enable us, after your return, by application to the appropriate tables, which I cannot
now furnish you, to ascertain the longitude. It is an object of much interest with the execu-
tive, to ascertain the direction, extent and navigation of the Arkansaw and Red Rivers; as
far, therefore, as may be compatible with these instructions, and practicable to the means
you may command, I wish you to carry your views to those subjects, and should circum-
stances conspire to favor the enterprise, you may detach a party, with a few Osages, to
descend the Arkansaw, under the orders of, Lieut. Wilkinson or Sergt. Ballinger, properly
instructed and equipped, to take the courses and distances; to remark on the soil, timber,
etc., and to note ‘the tributary streams. This party will, after reaching our post on the
Arkansaw, descend to Fort Adams, and there wait turther orders. And you yourself may
descend the Red River, accompanied by a party of the most respectable Camanches, to the
post of Natchitoches, and thus receive further orders. To disburse your necessary expenses,
and to aid your negotiations, you are herewith furnished six hundred dollars’ worth of goods,
for the eee of which you are to render a strict account, vouched by documents to

be attested by one of your party.
Wishing you a safe and successful expedition,
Iam, Sir, with much respect and esteem,
Your very obedient servant,
JAMES WILKINSON.

Under the above instructions, and a subsequent order to arrest all
persons found on his route trading with the Indians without a proper
government license, Capt. Pike set out from Belle Fontaine, four miles
above the mouth of the Missouri, July 15, 1806. The party consisted of
twenty-three white men, and a party of fifty-one Indians of the Osage and
Pawnee tribes, who had been redeemed from captivity among the Potta-
watomies, and were to be restored to their friends at the Osage villages on
the head-waters of the Osage River. .

The whites were as follows: Captain, Z. M. Pike; Lieutenant, James
B. Wilkinson ; Doctor, John H. Robinson; Sergeants, Joseph Ballenger
and William E. Meek ; Corporal, Jeremiah Jackson ; Privates, John Boley,
Henry Kennerman, Samuel Bradley, John Brown, Jacob Carter, Thomas
Dougherty, William Gordon, Solomon Huddleston, Theodore Miller, Hugh
Menaugh, John Mountjoy, Alexander Roy, John Sparks, Patrick Smith,
Freegift Stout, John Wilson; Interpreter, Baroncy Vasquez. George
Henry, an interpreter, joined.the expedition as a volunteer at St. Charles,
on the Missouri. 3

The party ascended the Missouri and Osage Rivers in boats, the
Indians accompanying on foot along the banks of the river. From the
start, the party subsisted on the game killed. Bear and deer were abun-
dant, and were their chief subsistance, varied occasionally by wild turkeys,
which were not plenty. They saw trout in the Osage River, about one
hundred miles from its mouth, but caught none as they were without
hooks or nets. The first prairie mentioned was between the site of Pierre
Choteau’s old fort and the village of the Grand Osage, at the forks of the
Osage River in Missouri. This village was reached Wednesday, August
20th, a council having been previously held at the American encampment
on the edge of the prairie. The village of Tuttassuggy or ‘The Wind,”
chief of the Little Osage, was visited on the 21st, and a grand council held
on the 22d, at which both bands were represented, Cheveau Blanc, or
White Hair, being chief of the Grand Osage. The Osage captives had been
sent forward by land with Lieut. Wilkinson, and Pike found the Great
Osage chief quite jealous because they had gone to the inferior village
first. After soothing the troubled feelings of the irate warrior and giving
them the usual talk about the desires and will of their “Great Father,”
preparations were made for an overland journey to the Pawnees. Selling
one boat, and procuring horses from the Osages, Lieut. Pike’s party at-
tended a parting entertainment—the great medicine dance—at White
Hair's Village, and on the 1st day of September left for their western
journey. The party were accompanied by the son of White Hair, and by
the brother of ‘The Wind.” It now consisted of one Captain, two Lieu-
tenants, one Doctor, two Sergeants, one Corporal, fifteen privates, two
interpreters, three Pawnees-and four chiefs of the Grand Osage, with
fifteen loaded horses. They coursed the Osage River to its source, crossed
some of the small branches of the Grande (Neosho), and followed the
divide between waters flowing,into the Grande and Kansas Rivers. They
struck “a large branch of the Kansas ” September 18, “ which was impreg:
nated with salt.” In the rear of their encampment was a hill, on the
summit of which was a huge rock which afforded a much-used lookout
for the Indians. The route from the Osage villages led through the
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counties of Linn, Miami, Franklin, Osage, L ri icki
2 ni, a, , Lyon, Morris and Dickinson to
the mouth of Saline River. During the whole journey the country liter-

all swarmed with game. Pike thus writes in his journal September 14:
buifa ce ea s were continually passing through large herds of
Sat aie ee ee cabrie; and I have no doubt but one hunter could sup-
ee eee prevented the men shooting at the game, not merely be-
: carcity of ammunition, but as I conceived the laws of
morality forbade it.” Elsewhere he writes: “Standing on a hill, I beheld
in our view below me, buffaloes, elk, deer, cabrie and panthers.” Of the
country, the following descriptions are taken from his journal: ‘The
country round the Osage villages is one of the most beautiful that the eye
ever beheld. The three branches of the river, viz., the large eastern fork,
the middle one (up which we ascended), and the northern, all windin
round and past the villages, giving the advantages of wood and water, an
at the same time, the extensive prairie,*crowned with rich and luxuriant
grass and flowers, gently diversified by rising swells and sloping lawns,
presenting to the warm imagination the future seats of husbandry. The
numerous herds of domestic animals, which are no doubt destined to
crown with joy these happy plains.” Under date of September 6, having
been once obliged to return to the Osage villages, the journal says: ‘‘ We
marched at 6:30 o’clock, and arrived ata large fork’of the Little Osage
River, where we breakfasted. : In the holes in the creek we discovered
many fish, which, from the stripes on their bellies and their spots, I sup-
posed to be bass and trout; they were twelve inches long.” der AAae if
ee oes ‘At 5 o’clock, arrived at the dividing ridge between the water
of the Osage and Arkansaw or White River, the dry branches of which
intersect within twenty yards of each other. The prospect from the di-
viding ridge to the east and southeast is sublime. ‘The prairie rising and
falling in regular swells, as far as the sight can extend, produces a very
beautiful appearance.” ‘‘From the Verdigris River, our course had lain
over gravelly hills, and a prairie country, but well watered by the branches
of the Verdigris and White or Grand River. From the dividing ridge
which parts these streams, to the source of the latter, there is very little
timber. The grass is short, the prairies high and dry; from the head of
White (Neosho) River over the dividing ridge, between that and the east-
ern branch of the Kanses River, the land is high and dry, and exhibits
many appearances of iron ore; and on the western side some Spa Springs.
Here the country is very deficient of water.” |

Between the 18th of September, when Pike reached the Saline River,
and the 25th of the same month, he completed his journey to the village
of the Pawnees, crossing the Solomon on his journey. The village was
located on the Republican Fork, some distance above its junction with
Solomon’s Fork, at the site of the present village of Scandia in Republic
County. On the last day’s march (September 25), he first crossed the track
of the Spanish expedition on its homeward march. He says on that date
he ‘“‘struck a very large road, along which the Spanish troops had re-
turned; and on which he could discover the grass beaten down in the di-
rection they had taken.”

The description of the country as given is as follows: ‘‘From the
eastern branch of the Kanses River (by one route), to the Pawnee Repub-
lic, on the Republican Fork, the prairies are low, the grass high, the
country abounding with salines, and the earth appearing impregnated with
nitrous and common salts. The immediate borders of the Republican
Fork. near the village, consist of high ridges, but this is an exception to
the general face of the country. All the territory between the forks of
the Kanses River, for a distance of 160 miles, may be called prairie, not-
withstanding the borders of woodland which ornament the banks of those
streams, but are no more than a line traced on a sheet of paper when com-
pared to the immense tract of meadow country. For some distance from
the Osage villages you find only deer, then elk, then cabrie, and finally
buffalo. But it is worthy of remark that although the male buffaloes
were in great abundance, yet in all our route, from the Osage to the Paw-
nees, we never saw one female. I acknowledge myself at a loss to deter-
mine whether this is to be attributed to the decided preference the savages
give to the meat of the female, and that consequently they are almost

_exterminated in the hunting grounds of the nations, or to some physical
causes, for I afterward discovered the females with young in such immense
herds as gave me no reason to believe they yielded to the males in numbers.”

Treaties were made with the various tribes by Capt. Pike. The grand
council with the Pawnees, at which not less than four hundred warriors
were present, was held September 29. The circumstances attending were
interesting, as the influence of the Spanish visitors on the minds of the
Pawnees was shown, as well as evidence of a treaty or alliance having
been made with them. Pike’s account is given below:

ic neil held with the Pawnee nation were seized by the
Sisaneee eee nalee speeches to the different nations. But it may be thier.
esting to observe (in case they should never be returned) that the Spaniards had left several
of their flags in this village, one of which was unfurled at the chief’s door the day of the
grand council; and amongst the various demands and charges I made was, that the said flag
should be delivered to me, and one of the United States flags be received and hoisted in its
lace. This probably was carving the pride of nations a little too far, as there had so lately
Tech a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on
the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, etc., which my appearance with
twenty infantry was by no means calculated to remove. After the chiefs had re, lied to
various parts of my discourse, but were silent as to the flag, I again reiterated the demand
for the flag, adding that it was impossible for the nation to have two fathers; that they must
either be the childcen of the Spaniards, or acknowledge their American Father. After a
silence of" some time, an old man rose, went to the door, and took down the Spanish flag and
brought it and laid it at my feet, and then received the American flag. and elevated it on
the staff which had lately borne the standard of his Catholic Majesty. This gave great satis-
faction to the Osage and Kanses, both of whom decidedly avowed themselves to be under
the American protection. Perceiving that every face in the council was clouded with sor-
row, as if some great national calamity was about efall them, I took up the contested
colors and told them that as they had now shown themselves dutiful children in acknowl-
edging their great American Father, I had no desire to embarrass them with the Be snay
for it was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peaceably roun
their own fires, and not embroil themselves in. any disputes between the white people, and
that for fear the Spaniards might return there in force again, I gave them back their flag ;

but with an injunction that it should never be hoisted during our stay. At this, there was
a general shout of applause, and the charge was particularly attended to.

Lieut. James B. Wilkinson, in his report of the same council, says:

_., Atacouncil held some few days after our arrival, Lieut. Pike* explained to them the
difference of their situation to what it had been a few years past. That now they must look
to the President of the United States as their great Father, and that he had been sent by
him to assure them of his good wishes, ete., etc. That he perceived a Spanish flag flying at .
the council lodge door, and was anxious to exchange one of their great Father’s for it, and
that it was our intention to proceed farther on to the westward, to examine this, our newly
acquired country. To this a singular and extraordinary response was given; in fact, an
objection started in direct opposition to our proceeding farther to the west. However, they

ae “e the Spanish flag, and we had the pleasure to see the American standard hoisted in
its stead. :

At the same council, Characterick observed that a large body of Spaniards had lately
been at his village, and that they promised to return and build a town adjoining his. The
Spanish chief, he said, mentioned that he was not empowered to counsel with him; that he
came merely to break the road for his master, who would visit him in the spring with a
large army; and that he farther told him the Americans were a little people, but were
enterprising, and one of these days would stretch themselves even to his town, and that
they took the lands of Indians and would drive off their game. ‘And how very true,” said
Characterick, “has the Spanish chieftain spoken.” We demanded to purchase a few horses,
which was prohibited us, and the friendly intercourse which had existed between the town
and our camp was stopped. The conduct of our neighbors assumed a mysterious change;
our guards were several times alarmed, and finally appearances became so menacing as to
make it necessary for us to be on our guard day and night.

After the Peeea council, the Americans withdrew to their camp, where
they remained the next day. The Indians still appearing disposed to
throw obstacles in the way of their further progress, Pike determined to
come to an understanding at once, and accordingly visited the town Oc-
tober 1, and had avery long conversation with the chief, who strongly
urged him to turn back with his party, and finally told him that the Span-
iards wished to go farther,.but he had induced them to give up the idea;
that they had listened to him, and that he wished the Americans to do the
same; that he had promised the Spaniards to act as he now did, and that
they must proceed no farther, or he must stop them by force of arms.
Capt. Pike goes on to say: ‘‘My reply was, that I had been sent out by
our Great Father to explore the western country, to visit all his red chil-
dren, to make peace between them, and turn them from shedding blood;
that he had seen how I had caused the Osage and Kanses to meet to smoke
the. pipe of peace together, and take each other by the hand like brothers;
that as yet, my road had been smooth with a blue sky over our heads.
had not seen any blood in our paths. But that he must know that the
young warriors of his Great American Father were not women to be
turned back by words; that I should therefore proceed, and if he thought
proper to stop me, he might attempt it, but we were men, well armed, and
would sell our lives at a dear rate to his nation; that we knew our Great
Father would send other young warriors there to gather our bones, and
revenge our death on his people, when our spirits would rejoice in hearing
our exploits sung in the war songs of our chiefs.”

The bold front put on by Capt. Pike and his men resulted in a few
days in bringing about a renewal of trade, although the intercourse was
suspiciously reserved and uncordial. By October 7, a sufficient number
of horses had been procured for a renewal of their march. They accord-
ingly struck their tents and marched at 2 o’clock P. M. on that day. Their
course lay south 10° west, by a route farther west than that by which they
had come into the Pawnee country. They pursued their journey in con-
stant apprehension of treachery from the Indians or capture by the Span-
iards, of whose exact whereabouts they were ignorant, but whose trail
they frequently crossed, and were frequently separated into detachments
hunting for lost members of the party. After a toilsome and anxious

‘march of eleven days, the whole party encamped on the banks of the

Arkansas River. They remained in the vicinity ten days, during which
time canoes were built fora detachment under Lieut. Wilkinson, which
was to separate at this point from the main party, and go down the Ar-
kansas River to the post on that river, and thence to Fort Adams as ordered
in the letter of instructions.

Capt. Pike describes the country on his march from the Republican
Fork to the Arkansas River as follows: ‘‘ From the Pawnee town on the
Kanses River to the Arkansaw, the country may almost be termed mount-
ainous; but a want of timber gives the hills less claim to the appellation
of mountains; they are watered and created, as it were, by the various
branches of the Kansas River. One of those branches, a stream of con-
siderable magnitude, say twenty yards, which I have designated on the
chart by the name of the Saline, was so salt at the place where we crossed
it on our route to the Arkansaw, that it salted sufficiently the soup of the
meat which my men boiled in it. We were at this place very eligibly
situated; had a fresh spring issuing froma bank near us; plenty of the
necessaries of life all around, viz., buffalo, a beautiful little sugar-loaf hill
for a lookout post, fine grass for our horses, and a saline in front of us.
As you approach the Arkansaw, on this route, within fifteen or twenty
miles, the country appears to be low and swampy, or the land is covered
with ponds extending out from the river some distance. The river at the
place where we struck it is nearly five hundred yards wide, from bank to
bank—those banks, not more than four feet high, thinly covered with cot-
tonwood. The north side is a swampy, low prairie, and the south a sandy,
sterile desert.’’ The distance traveled is given by Capt. Pike as 150 miles,
though he adds that he could again make it by a more direct course in 120
miles.

The party, to descend the Arkansas, embarked in two canoes, and
started on their journey October 28. The members were: Lieut. James
B. Wilkinson, Sergt. Joseph Ballenger, Privates John Boley, Samuel Brad-
ley, Solomon Haciilesten, John Wilson and two Osage Indians. Capt.
Pike describes the departure as follows: “I suffered my party to march,
and remained myself to see Lieut. Wilkinson sail, which he did at 10

 

* Pike had been made, captain of this expedition, though he still held only a lieutenant’s
commission in the army. He received his commission as captain some time later.
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o'clock, having one skin canoe, made of four buffalo skins and two elk
skins, which held three men besides himself, and one Osage; and « wooden
canoe, in which were one soldier, one Osage and their baggage; one other
soldier marched on shore. We parted with ‘God bless you!’ from both
parties; they appeared to sail very well.” Appearances as to the sailing
qualities of the boats were quite deceptive, as it appears that the boats
were abandoned a few miles down the river, the party pursuing their jour-
ney on foot. As the explorations of the Kansas country.made by this
party were unimportant, it is unnecessary to trace their progress down the
river to the post, which they reached, after a tedious journey of more than
two months, January 8, 1807. ;

Simultaneous with the departure down the Arkansas of Wilkinson’s
patty, Capt. Pike took up his line of march with the men remaining. He
intending to complete the mission by following up the Arkansas to its
sources in the mountains, or till he might find the Ietans, with whom he
desired to treat; and from thence, bearing more to the south, striking the
head-waters of the Red River, descending which he would reach Natchi-
toches, the proposed termination of his expedition. His journal of this
part of his travels is filled with incidents from which a most interesting and
thrilling narrative could be given. The limits of this work only allow al-
lusion, to fix in the mind of the reader the route traveled by this first Amer-
ican explorer of the region. Three days after setting out—November 1—
he saw the first herd of wild horses, and, November 4, the party came upon
a drove, estimated as numbering three thousand, of buffalo cows and calves,
on which Pike remarks: “It is worthy of remark that, in all the extent of
country yet crossed, we never saw one cow, and that now the face of the
earth seemed covered with them.” November 9, they came upon the trail,
and afterward a camp of the Spaniards, at which they counted ninety-six
fires, and concluded therefrom that the Spanish force numbered between
six and seven hundred men. November 11, they passed two old camps of
the Ietans, or Camanches, of whom they were insearch.* They also passed,
the same day, a Spanish camp, where the party had remained some days.
November 15, first saw the blue peaks of the mountains in the northwest-
ern horizon, which, late in the day, were in full view, with their sides
“white as if covered with snow, or with a white stone.” November 22,
came upon a war party of Grand Pawnees, returning from an unsuccessful
search for their enemies, the Ictans. November 23, eight days’ march
since it was first seen, the party had approached within a day’s journey of
the “high point of the Blue Mountain,” and Capt. Pike concluded to en-
camp his men on one of the small branches into which the Arkansas here
divides, and reach its summit, in order to lay down the various branches
of the river, and the positions of the country. Having built a breastwork
of logs, inclosed on three sides, and opening on the fourth upon the river,
and there established his party till he should return, he set out for the
mountain November 24, accompanied by Dr. Robinson and Privates Theo-
dore Miller and John Brown. They reached the foot of the mountain on
the evening of the second day, having made a distance of thirty-four miles.
The account of his ascent and discovery of Pike’s Peak is given in his
own words: :

Wednesday, 26th November.—Expecting to return to our camp that evening, we left all
our blankets and provisions at the foot of the mountain; killed a deer of a new species, and
hung his skin on a tree with some meat. We commenced ascending; found the way very
difficult, being obliged to climb up rocks sometimes almost perpendicular;. and after march-
ing all day, we encamped in a cave without blankets, victuals or water. We hada fine, clear
sky, whilst is was snowing at the bottom. On the side of the mountain, we found only
yellow and pitch pine; some distance up we saw buffalo; and higher still the new species
of deer and pheasants.

Thursday, 27th November.—Arose hungry, thirsty and extremely sore, from the uneven-
ness of the rocks on which we had lain all night; but were amply compensated for our toil by
the sublimity of the prospects below. The unbounded prairie was overhung with clouds, whic
appeared like the ocean in a storm, wave piled on wave, and foaming, whilst the sky over
our heads was perfectly clear. Commenced our march up the mountain, and in about one
hour arrived at the summit of this chain; here we found the snow middle deep, and dis-
covered no sign of beast or bird inhabiting this region. The thermometer, which stood at
nine degrees above zero at the foot of the mountain, here fell to four degrees below. The
summit of the Grand Peak, which was entirely bare of vegetation, and covered with snow,
now appeared at a distance of fifteen or sixteen miles from us, and ¢s high again as that we
had ascended. It would have taken a whole day’s march to have arrived at its base, when
I believe no human being could have ascended to its summit. This, with the condition of
iny soldiers, who had only light overalls on and no stockings, and were every way ill pro-
vided to endure the inclemency of this region, the bad prospect of killing anything to
subsist on, with the further detention of two or three days which it must occasion, deter-
mined us to return. The clouds from below had now ascended the mountain, and entirely
enveloped the summit, on which rest eternal snows. Wo descended, by a long, dcep ravine,
with much less difficulty than we had contemplated. Found all our baggage safe, but the
provisions all destroyed. It began to snow, and we sought shelter under the side of a pro-
jecting rock, where we all four made a meal on one partridge and a pair of deer’s ribs, which
the ravens had left us, being the first food we had eaten for forty-eight hours.

This is the story of the discovery of Pike’s Peak, as told by the discov-
erer himself. He saw it, but did not ascend it. Fourteen years later, its
summit was reached by members of Long’s party. Pike arrived at the
camp on the evening of Saturday, November 29, where he found all well.
From subsequent Ghecwrations of the peak, taken by Pike at a distance,
he computed its altitude at 10,581 feet above the prairie level, and 18,581
feet above the level of the sea.

On the next day after Pike’s return—November 30—the party broke
camp and recommenced its march. For two months they wandered about
the head-waters of the Arkansas, the Red, and Rio del Norte, among the
mountains of Colorado and south into New Mexico. The weather was
severe, even for the winter season, and many of the party became frozen
and were left behind, those not disabled pushing forward till they might
find a fit place for encampment on the head-waters of the Red River, in-
tending afterward to return and bring the disabled soldiers through to the
established quarters. January 30, 1807, the advance party reached the
banks of the Rio del Norte, then supposing it to be the Red River, which
they were to descend to the American post at Natchitoches. There they

 

* The party did not succeed in reaching the Tetans at their villages, nor in holding a council
with them—the only object of the expedition which Capt. Pike failed to attain,

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proceeded to build a stockade, intending to remain at that point, before
embarking on their homeward voyage, until the disabled members of the
party could all be brought in and thoroughly recuperated.

‘At this point, Capt. Pike records his impressions of the country he had
traveled over as follows: “In this western traverse of Louisiana, the fol-
lowing general.observations may be made: From the Missouri to the head
of the Osage River, a distance in a straight line probably of three hundred
miles, the country will admit of a numerous, extensive and compact pop-
ulation; from thence, on the Rivers Kansas, La Platte, Arkansaw and their
various branches, it appears to me to be only possible to introduce a lim-
ited population. The inhabitants would find it most to their advantage to
pay attention to the rearing of cattle, horses, sheep and goats; all of which
théy can raise in abundance, the earth producing spontaneously sufficient
for their support, both in winter and summer, by which means their herds
might’ become immensely numerous; but the wood now in the country
would not be sufficient for a moderate population more than fifteen years,
and then it would be out of the question to think of using any of it for
manufactories, consequently their houses would be built entirely of mud
bricks (like those in New Spain), or of the brick manufactured with fire;
but possibly time may make the discovery of coal mines, which would
render the country habitable. * * * * * * * * : .

“The borders of the Arkansaw may be termed the paradise terrestrial
of our Territories for the wandering savages. Of all the countries ever
visited by the footsteps of civilized man, there never was one, probably,
that produced game in greater abundance, and we know that the manners
and morals of the erratic nations are such (the reasons I leave to be given
by ontologists) as never to give them a numerous population, and I believe
that there are buffalo, elk and deer sufficient on the borders of the Arkan-
saw alone, if used without waste, to feed all the savages of the United
States territory for one century.”

His speculations as to the tract afterward known as the “Great Amer-
ican Desert” having much to do with the crude ideas which prevailed after
his return, for many years, is of sufficient interest to be quoted. He says:

“Numerous have been the hypotheses formed by various naturalists to
account for the vast tract of untimbered country which lies between the
waters of the Missouri, Mississippi and the Western Ocean, from the mouth
of the Mississippi to the 48° north latitude. In that vast country of which
we speak, we find the soil generally dry, sandy, with gravel; and discover
that the moment we approach a stream, the land becomes more humid
with small timber. I therefore conclude that this country never was
wooded, as from the earliest age the aridity of the soil, having so few wa-
-Ler-courses running through it, and they being principally dry in summer,
has never afforded moisture sufficient to support the growth of timber. In
all timbered land, the annual discharge of leaves, with the continual de-
cay of old trees and branches, creates a manure and moisture, which are
preserved from the- heat, the sun not being permitted to direct his rays
perpendicularly, but only to shed them obliquely through the foliage. But
here a barren soil, parched and dried up for eight months of the year, pre-
sents neither moisture nor nutriment sufficient for the growth of wood.
These vast plains of the Western Hemisphere may become, in time, equally
celebrated with the sandy deserts of Africa, for I saw in my route in var-
ious places tracts of many leagues where the wind had thrown up the
sand in all the fanciful forms of the ocean’s rolling waves, and on which
not a speck of vegetation existed. But from these immense prairies may
arise one great advantage to the United States, viz., the restriction of our
population tosome certain limits, and thereby a continuation of the Union.
Our citizens, being so prone to rambling and extending themselves on the
frontiers, will, through necessity, be constrained to limit their extent on
the west to the borders of the Missouri and Mississippi, while they leave
the prairies, incapable of cultivation, to the wandering and uncivilized
aborigines of the country.”

In face of the fact that the population of the treeless prairies within
the limits he describes now (1882) numbers nearly as many souls as the
whole country at the time he wrote, his soundness as a prognosticator of
future events may be questioned, although it by no means detracts from
the value of the actual and wonderfully accurate information he gave of
what came under his observation; and, lene out that wonderful agence:
in Western development, the railroad, and the great mining interest heath
unknown to him—his conclusions, as deduced from his premises, were cor-
rectly drawn, It is still an oe question whether the large, arid tract ly-
ing west of the present borders of the State of Kansas—and which is a
part of the immense tract he describes—may not be, as he states, “incapa-
ble of cultivation.” The borders of the “Great American Desert” have,
however, become contracted since Pike wrote, to such insignificant limits
ax to leave no chance for its ever rivaling the great African desert, either
in extent or sterility. : :

At the encampment on the Rio del Norte, Dr. Robinson determined to
leave the party while they were -recuperating, and visit Santa Fé. He
had in his possession some claims against one Baptiste Lalande, who, in
1804, as agent for William Morrison, an enterprising merchant of Kaskas-
kias, had taken a stock of goods through to Banta Fé, which he had ap-
propriated to his own benefit, and settled permanent among the Span-
jards. Making the collection of these claims a pretext, Or. Robinson hoped
to visit the country and return unmolested. He set out alone on his jour-
ney February 7, 1807. :

Not long after he had left, a Spanish dragoon discovered the encamp-
ment, on Spanish territory, with the American fla unfurled. He made
haste to Santa Fé with the news of his discovery. 4 company of fifty dra-
goons and fifty mounted militia*returned, reaching Pike’s camp February

5. The officer informed him that he had lost his way and was on the wa-
ters of the Rio del Norte, in Spanish territory, instead of on the Red River
as he had supposed. Pike immediately rolled up his flag, and made ample
apologies for his unintentional invasion. He was obliged, howéver, to ac-
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company the troops to Santa Fé, to explain to the Governor. Under the
surveillance of Lieut. Malgares, who tad but recently returned with his
command from the Northern expedition whose path Pike had so frequently
crossed, he was conducted across the country some six hundred miles to
Chihuahua, to further explain to the Commandant General at that place.
His enforced stay in the provinces of New Spain continued for four
months, when, his papers being retained, he was escorted through Texas to
Natchitoches, which point he reached July 1, 1807. During his visit, he
gained much valuable information concerning the Spanish possessions not
hitherto known to Americans, as, under the exclusive policy of Spain, no
commercial intercourse was allowed between their provinces and those of
Louisiana, and what few American adventurers had entered the country
had never returned, cither remaining there voluntarily and becoming citi-
zens, or being held under such surveillance as to be compelled to remain,
if desirous of returning. While in Santa Fé, Pike met James Pursley, the
first American hunter who ever visited the country over the plains oe ou-
isiana territory. Hehad come in with a tribe of Paducas in June, 1805, and
had since that time been working at his trade as a carpenter, at which he
gained an excellent livelihood. From him Pike learned much of the hab-
its of the people, their trade, and of their peculiar jealousy of the Ameri-
cans. He himself, though nominally free, was an object requiring constant
watchfulness. At one time, he came near being hanged for making a few
pounds of powder, as he had been accustomed to do in Kentucky, he not
knowing it to be a capital offense in New Spain. He was forbidden by the
authorities to write, though assured he would be given a passport when-
ever he desired. He was, however, obliged to give security that he would
not leave the country without the permission of the Government.

Here he also met Baptiste Lalande, the renegade agent of Morrison,
the merchant, against whom Dr. Robinson had claims. Neither Pike nor
Dr. Robinson, who again joined his companions’ in New Mexico, could
collect anything from him, though he lived at his ease, and seemed to be
sufficiently in the confidence of the Spanish officers to be set as a spy on
the Americans. Pike, in his journal, gave him a decidedly bad name,
which he doubtless deserved, though he must remain in history as the first
American trader that ever carried goods over the plains to Santa Fé. He
never returned to the States.

The expedition of Pike resulted in gaining more valuable information
regarding the American territory he explored, which covered a large part
of Kansas, Southeastern Colorado and New Mexico, than all heretofore
known combined. He discovered the sources and courses of the principal
rivers, and published, as the result of his forced visit to New Spain, a full
account of the resources of those provinces, which awakened an interest,
resulting, in later years, in the immense overland trade with Santa Fé.

The report of Pike’s explorations, when published, created a wide-
spread and intense interest in the minds of the Western people; more par-
ticularly concerning the regions of New Spain than the “American Des-
ert,” which lay between them and the sunny El Dorado described. The
descriptions of the intervening country seemed tame in comparison, and
the mind naturally viewed the whole expanse only as a vast waste, across
which was the path to untold wealth for the adventurous spirits who could
successfully encounter and overcume the dangers and hardships that beset
it. They looked over the broad expanse of the valleys of the Osage, the
Neosho, the Kansas, away across the sand-hills of the Upper Arkansas, to
mines of wealth to be developed in trade with the Spanish provinces. The
further knowledge of Kansas, obtained during the succeeding twelve years,
came from the various adventurers who, at different times and with varied
success, journeyed across 'the country to Santa Fé, and made the early
commercial ventures that later grew to be an immense overland commerce
with that hitherto unknown land.

Subsequent explorations, made by parties sent out by the Government,
resulted in a more general knowledge of the whole country, but in little
addition to that gained by Pike further than to complete his work, and, in
some instances, to correct slight errors in his geographical location of the
sources and head-waters of the various rivers having their sources in or
near the Rocky Mountains. Of these expeditions it is unnecessary to give
detailed ‘accounts, except so far as they may have some apparent bearing
on the history of Kansas.

LONG'S EXPEDITION.

_In 1819-20, Maj. J. C. Long, of the United States Topographical En
gineers, made an extended, though superficial, scientific exploration of the

country lying west of the Alleghany and east of the Rocky Mountains, be-.

tween 35° and 42° of north latitude, and 80° and 106° of longitude west
from Greenwich (3° to 29° west from Washington). The limits thus ex-
tended from Pittsburgh on the east to the Rocky Mountains, and embraced
in width the whole State of Kansas, southern half of Nebraska, and the
Indian Territory, lying south. a ; ayes

The primary object of the expedition, unlike those of Lewis & Clark
and Pike, was to gain scientific knowledge of the country, which had al-
ready been explored and described in the reports of these expeditions. The
list of the names of the members of the party, and the capacities in which
they. served, will show the reader the scientific scope of the undertaking.
It is as follows: : - ; i

§. H. Long, Major I Engineers, commanding expedition.

J. R. Bell, Captain, Lieutenant Artillery, Journalist.

W.H. Swift, Lieutenant Artillery, Assistant Topographer and com-
manding guard.

T. Say, Zodlogist," etc. : f

E. James, Botanist, Mineralogist and ‘Surgeon.

T. R. Peale, Assistant Naturalist.

8. Seymour, Landscape Painter, etc.

Joseph Bijeau, Guide and Interpreter.

H. Doughearty, Hunter.

Abram Ledoux, Farrier and Hunter.

Stephen Julien, Interpreter.

Zachariah Wilson, Baggage Master.

J. Duncan, J. Oakley and D. Adams, Engagces.

John Sweney, Private of the Corps of Artillery.

Joseph Verplank, William Parish, Robert Foster, Mordecai Nowland,
Peter Barnard and Charles Myers, Privates of the Rifle Regiment, Pack-
horse Men and I{unters.

Accompanying the full account of this expedition, published by Dr.
Edwin James, one of the party, is a map of the territory explored, showing
the routes traveled, the location of the Indian villages, courses of the riv-
ers, geological lines ag observed, and a profile or vertical section of the
country, showing the elevations from the Alleghany to the Rocky Mount-
ains. The routes west of the Mississippi, starting from Fort Osage on the
Missouri River, were as follows: From that point the main body of the
party proceeded up the Missouri by steamboat to Council Bluffs, where
they spent the winter of 1819-20. Dr. Say, with a detachment, left the party
at Fort Osage, with instructions to proceed across the country by land to
the “Konzas” Village, at the mouth of the Big Blue River, near where
Manhattan now is; thence across the country to the villages of the Paw-
nees on the Platte River, and down that river to Council Bluffs. The ex-
pedition was only partially successful. The party left Fort Osage August
6, 1819, and entered Kansas on the 10th, making their first encampment in
what is now Oxford Township, Johnson County, some four miles north of
the Big Blue Creek, and three miles from the State line. From there the
march was along the high prairie from six to fifteen miles south of the
Kansas River, through the northern part of Johnson and Douglas Coun-
ties, to near Lecompton, where they first encamped on the banks of the
Kansas River, on the evening of the 18th. They were here delayed by
sickness of members of the party, but, on the 16th, had proceeded seven-
teen miles further up the river to near where Topeka now stands. There
they crossed and recrossed several times, in search of a trail to the Kansas
Village, finally crossed to the north bank, traveled through Pottawatomie
County, and, after passing across “a wide and fertile prairie;” reached
Vermillion River on the 19th, and the “Konzas” Village on the following
day. They were hospitably entertained by the Indians. On the 24th,
they set out on their march northward toward the Pawnee villages. Seven
miles up the banks of the Big Blue (Blue Earth Creek is the name given
by the narrator) the party were surrounded by a war party of Pawnees,
who robbed them of their horses and supplies, and obliged them to return
to the Kansas Village. Being unable to there obtain a proper outfit for
the proposed journey, and having already had a sufficient taste of the hos-
pitality of the Pawnees they had intended to visit, it was determined to
abandon the further proposed route, and make, by the most direct course,
for the Missouri, where they hoped to make a junction with those who
had ascended the river. They accordingly again set out, on the 25th, trav-
eled in a northeasterly direction, through the counties of Pottawatomie,
Jackson and Atchison, to the Missouri, which they struck on the 29th, at
Isle au Vache (Cow Island), near the present site of the city of Atchison.
Unfortunately, the steamboat had just passed up the river, but couriers
sent across country to the mouth of Wolf River intercepted it at that point,
and, soon after, they joined the main party and proceeded to Council
Bluffs, where they established winter quarters,

As Say’s party traversed what is now considered the best farming sec-
tion and most fertile portion of the State, the following excerpts from his
report, as descriptive of the country in a state of nature, and the impres-
sion it left on the minds of those early visitors, will have more than a pass-
ing interest to the reader:

“On the 11th of August, they arrived at some elevated ridges, from
which they overlooked an extensive country, and could trace the whole
course of the Wahrengo, or Full Creek, diverging slightly from the Konzas,
and could readily perceive timber on several of its head branches. The
lands between the head-waters of Full Creek and the Konzas are not so
good as those about the sources of the Warreruza, and produce less tim-
ber. The settlement of this region will be much retarded on account of
the want of trees, these being conftned to the margins of the water-courses,
while tracts of valuable soil, of many miles in extent, have not a single
tree or bush upon them. The soil is, however, well adapted to the culture
of some of our most valuable forest trees. The sugar maple and several of
the most important species of carya, the oaks, the tulip tree and the lin-
den would unquestionably succeed.”

Of the Kansas River it is stated: “The Konzas River in this part bears
the closest resemblance to the Missouri, both in the turbulence and rapid-
ity of its current and the aspect of the country along its banks; it is, how-
ever, so shoal as at almost any point to admit of being forded without
difficulty. Willow islands, moving sand-bars and falling-in banks are as
frequent as in the Missouri. The line of forest which skirts the banks, in-
cluding the bed of the river, is about half a mile wide, but not entirely
uninterrupted. The course of the river is remarkably serpentine, forming
woodland points alternately on both sides.

“On the morning of the 19th, they passed across a wide and fertile
prairie to the Vermillion, a stream which enters the Konzas from the
northwest. It is four feet deep and about twenty yards wide. * * *

“ About Vermillion Creek are some open forests of oak, not extending
far on either side. The trees are from fifteen to twenty-five feet high, and
from one foot to eighteen inches in diameter, standing at a considerable
distance from each other.

“Tn pursuing the most direct route from the Konza Village, they crossed.
at the distance of seventeen miles, the Vermillion, a small stream bordered
with handsome forests. Nineteen miles beyond this, they arrived at the
sources of Grasshopper Creek, where they encamped on the evening of the
27th. Here the soil changes somewhat abruptly. The high prairies about
the Vermillion and Blue Earth Creeks are barren, almost naked, and in-
habited by orbicular lizards. About Grasshopper Creek, the soil is fertile
the grass dense and luxuriant.

“The soil, superimposed upon these strata of limestone, is a calcareous
loam. ; Near the rivers it is intermixed with sand; this is also the case with
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the soil of the nae prairies about the Konzas Village. In ascending the
Konzas River, 100 or 120 miles from the Missouri, you discover numerous
indications, both in the soil and its animal and vegetable productions, of
an approach to the borders of the great Sandy Dosere which stretches
eastward from the Rocky Mountains. You meet there with the orbicular
lizard, or ‘horned frog,’ an inhabitant of the arid plains of New Mexico.
You distinguish also some cacti, as well as many of the plants allied to
chenopodium and salsola, which delight in a thirsty, muriatiferous soil.
The catalogue of the forest trees belonging to the valleys of this region is
not very copious. The cottonwood and the plane tree everywhere form
conspicuous features of the forests. With these are intermixed the tall
and graceful acacia, the honey locust, and the bonduc, or coffee tree, and
several specimens of juglans, carya and fraxinus, with pinnated or many-
parted leaves.”

The united party, as has been before stated, wintered at Council Blufts,
surveying and exploring the country, making scientific observations, and
in holding councils with the Indians, the most important of which was
with the Pawnees who had robbed Say, with whom they madea treaty and
procured partial remuneration for the robbery. Meantime, Maj. Long vis-
ited Washington, and, with fresh instructions, reached St. Louis on his re-
turn, April 24, 1820. From there he made the journey overland, keeping
east and north of the Missouri, to Council Bluffs, where he arrived May
28, having performed the journey in twenty-two days. ITis orders were to
arrest the further progress of the Scien up the Missouri, and to make
an excursion by land to the source of the River Platte, and thence, by way
of the Arkansas and Red Rivers, to the Mississippi. The party consisted
essentially of the same scientific corps and officers as that,of 1819, with
some changes among the subordinates.

The party left the cantonment June 6, 1820. The party first. journeyed
due west nearly one hundred miles, to the Pawnee villages on the Loup
Fork; from thence south to the Platte River, which was ascended to its
sources in the Rocky Mountains. Turning south, they skirted the Rocky
Mountain Range, reaching the lofty peak which Pike saw but did not as-
cend in 1807. “Here they remained for a few days, during which time a
party, led by Dr. Edwin James, reached its summit. The ascent was made
July 18, 1820. The party continued south to the Arkansas, which was ex-
plored by a detachment to its sources inthe mountains. After descending
the Arkansas some seventy or eighty miles, the main party, under Maj.
Long, marched south to the head-waters of the Canadian River, which was
followed down to its junction with the Arkansas, a distance of nearly six
hundred miles as the river runs.

A detachment, under the command of Capt. Bell, continued down the
Arkansas, passing through Southern Kansas on their route. The band
consisted of Capt. Bell, Lieut. Swift, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Say, and the in-
terpreters, Bijeau, Ledoux and Julien, with five soldiers. The party com-
menced their journey July 24, 1820, and reached the western State border
of Kansas July 30, followed the river its entire course through the State,
passed the Great Bend August 10, and left the State where the river crosses
the south line, August 17. They joined Maj. Long September 13, at the
mouth of the Canadian River, and the whole party proceeded across the
country to Cape Girardeau, on the Mississippi, which was reached October
10. The journal of Capt. Bell’s journey down the Arkansas was kept by
Mr. Say. It is interesting in incident, and details graphically the dangers
incurred from roving bands of Indiang encountered on the way, and, alto-
gether, gives the impression of an arid and inhospitable country, the fit
home of the roving tribes, the innumerable herds of buffalo that were con-
stantly in view, and the prairie dogs, who seemed, in the construction of
their numerous villages, to evince the only marks of civilization.

The results of Long’s expedition, though valuable in the general scien-
tific knowledge acquired of the whole country, added little to what was
already known of the Kansas region. It will be noticed that Long never
entered the State, his main line of travel being through Nebraska, south
through Colorado, and easterly through the Indian Territory. Say’s de-
tached march through the northeastern countics, as far west as Manhat-
tan, and Bell’s journey down the Arkansas, comprise all that was discov-
ered or observed of Kansas. The head-waters of the Smoky Hill and Re-
publican Forks of the Kansas were not visited, and no observations made
of the rich country through which they flow.

THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT.

Before Long’s explorations, it was the general belief that the central
portion of North America was a vast belt of arid sand, without water, and
incapable of sustaining more than nomadic life. Coronado, the first to
give report of it, speaks of his journey in search of Quivira as over “mighty
plains and sandy heaths so smooth and wearisome.” Pike also extolled it
only as a “terrestrial paradise” for Indians. He designated it as the
“vast tract of untimbered country which lies between the waters of the
Missouri, Mississippi and the Western Ocean, from the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi to 40° north latitude.” The reports of travelers and traders who,
subsequent to Pike’s expedition, traversed the country along the Arkansas
and across the sandy plains to Santa Fé, but strengthened the general be-
lief in a Great American Sahara, as yet unexplored, but rivaling its great
African prototype in its barren extent. It first appears topographically,
though with limits poorly defined, on the “Map of the Country Drained
by the Mississippi,” which formed a part of the reports of Long’s expedi-
tion. It there embraces all territory south of the Platte from the Rocky
Mountains east to the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican Rivers,
and far south into the Spanish possessions. Across and over the area is
printed, in large type, “Great Desert,” “Deep Sandy Alluvion,” and also,
in smaller type, a piece of information which will be remembered as the
only staple £eographical doctrine concerning that region, accessible to the
school-boy of fifty years ago. It was in these words: “The Great Desert

is frequented by roving bands of Indians, who have no fixed places of res-
idence, but roam from place to place in quest of game.” It is easy to per-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ceive how Long and his predecessors in exploration had come to determine
this vast tract as desert. Pike’s explorations had been largely in the sandy
region of the Arkansas, and Long’s personal observations only circum-
scribed the area, being along the sands at the foot of the Rocky Mountain
Range, and thence into the sandy plains of New Mexico. Say, who
thought he had nearly reached the limit of es and was on the
confines of the Great Desert at the mouth of the Big Blue, because he had
there found the orbicular lizard, cacti, and plants delighting “in a thirsty,
muriatiferous soil,” was sufficiently near the limited area of the saline dis-
trict to account for the desert indications he discovered. As he did not
continue his explorations westward, his discoveries were assumed to be
sufficiently conclusive as to the eastern border of the desert. It so re-
mained in popular belief and on the maps till near the time of the organi-
zation of the territory. The subsequent explorations of Bonneville, Fre-
mont, Emory, Parkman, Gunnison, Williamson, Haven and others, each
successively reduced its area, and the thorough Governmental survey and
opening-up of the country for settlement reduced its proportions to that
extent that the “Great American Desert” no longer exists, except in the
early geographies. Arid reaches of sandy country are found all along the
Upper Arkansas, and south, in New Mexico, but nowhere in such extent,
or sufficiently sterile, to be designated as the “Great American Desert.”
Certain it is that civilization has pushed its eastern limit from Manhattan,
where Say saw “indications of an approach” to its borders, to beyond the
head-waters of the Kansas River, and outside the western boundaries of
the State. '

Not only has actual survey and settlement reduced the uninhabitable
area, and shown the errors of the early explorers, arising from the limited
scope of their observations, but further amelioration of the unfavorable
features which misled them in their conclusions have been constantly go-
ing on since the settlement of the country by civilized men. As the farms
increase, and the engines thunder across the plains, and the wires of the
telegraph carry the chained lightning in ceaseless current in all directions,
the rains fall more copiously, and verdure is seen where none grew before.
Thus are the “valleys exalted and the hills laid low, and the desert made
to blossom as the rose.”

THE EARLY HIGHWAYS.

For thirty years after Long’s expedition, there were no white dwellers
in Kansas, except the Indian traders, the hunters and trappers, and a few
missionaries who had settled among the emigrant tribes who came in sub-
sequent to 1830. Of these an accoun} is given in a succeeding chapter.

Across it, however, came to be marked the ways of the innumerable
caravans that, from small beginnings, grew to be a ceaseless flow of hu-
manity, moving toward the setting sun. The traders to Santa Fé, the
Mormons to Deseret, the emigrants to Oregon, the gold-seekers to Califor-
nia, the soldiers of Kearney to the Mexican frontier—all began their toil-
some journeys across the verdant plains and along the flowing streams and
rivers of Eastern Kansas. The route of Fremont in 1842 was up the valley
of the Kansas 100 miles, thence across to the Platte in Nebraska, which be-
came a favorite route for Western emigrants. In 1843, he explored the valley
of the Republican Fork going up, and again, in 1844, he followed it down
from near its source to its junction with the Smoky Hill. Thus his expedi-
tions, which are an important element in the history of the Far West,
though having objective points far beyond, began or ended in Eastern
Kansas, which gradually came to be the threshold of the great highways
of the nation. It was estimated that as many as ninety thousand persons
passed through Eastern Kansas on their way to the far West during the
years 1849 and 1850. But, of all this moving host, seeking homes in a far
country, none drew aside to find them in the beautiful region through
which they passed. Dazed by the enchantment of distance, and the glit-
tering but delusive prospects of faircr lands and brighter fortunes far be-
yond, the long trains moved in endless and unbroken procession, through
‘the green pastures and beside the still waters,” and across the treeless
oe stretched in weary distance to the land of promise and the place
of rest. =

EARLY SANTA FB TRADE.

The overland trade with Santa Fé, which opened up the first great
Western line of travel through Kansas, was begun experimentally as soon
after Pike’s visit to the country as the revolutionary state of affairs in
those Spanish provinces would permit. Baptiste La Lande, the faithless
agent of Morrison, as will be remembered, was the first white man who
carried goods overland from the American scttlements to Santa Fé. He
made his trip in 1804. As has been stated, he never returned to the States.
James Pursley, trapper and hunter, had reached Santa Fé, with perhaps a
few goods and his peltry, in 1805, and was found a resident of the coun-
try, under Spanish surveillance, at the time of Pike’s visit. He ended his
life there. The delay of American traders in availing themselves of the
brilliant trade opportunities disclé$ed by Pike was occasioned by the al-
most prohibitive restrictions placed on all foreign trade by the Spanish
authorities. Except by special permission by the Spanish Government,
all commercial intercourse with foreigners had been prohibited. In con-
sideration of the special and long-seated hatred and jealousy which was
entertained toward the Americans, a safe or profitable trade was impossi-
ble. No profits, however enormous, could cover the risks incurred. In
1810, Hidalgo made an effort to achieve the independence of New Spain,
and so far succeeded as to become the acknowledged head of the new re-
public. | By the Declaration of Independence, all restrictions on trade with
the United States were removed. This first struggle ended in disaster, and
Hidalgo became a fugitive, was arrested and executed, and for several
years thereafter the country remained under the Spanish rule. It was un-
der the encouragement of Hidalgo’s early successes and proclamations
that the first efforts were made to establish the Santa Fé trade. Follow-

ing is the history of these early ventures, as given in Grego’s “C
of the Prairies:” - it er renee
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

In 1812, an expedition was fitted out under the auspi i
t pices of Messrs. McKnight, Beard.

phere and others (in all, about a dozen), who, following the directions of Capt. Pike
across the dreary western wilds, finally succeeded in reaching Santa Fé in safety. But these
new adventurers were destined to experience trials and disappointments of which they had
jormed ue conception. Believing that the Declaration of Tngependarice by Hidalgo, in 1810,
a completely removed those injurious restrictions which had hitherto rendered al foreign
es except by special permission from the Spanish Government, illegal, they were
Ww. ony unprepared to encounter the embarrassments with which despotism and tyranny in-
ware 1, obstruct the path of the stranger. They were doubtless i gnorant that the patriotic
chief Hidalgo had”already been arrested and executed; that the royalists had once more
regained the ascendancy, and that all foreigners, but particularly Americans, were now
pores with unusual suspicion. The result was‘that the luckless traders, immediately on
their qiatral exe seized as spies, their goods and chattels confiscated and themselves thrown
into the calabozos of Chihuahua, where most of them were kept in rigorous confinement for
thespace of nine years, when the Republican forces, under Iturbide, getting again in the ascend-
ant, McKnight and his comrades were finally set at liberty. It is said th

coutrived, early in 1821, to return to the United States in a canoe, which they succeeded in
forcing down the Canadian Fork of the Arkansas. The stories promulgated by these men
soon induced others to launch into the same field of enterprise, among whom was a merchant
of Ohio named Glenn, who, at the time, had an Indian trading house near the mouth of Ver-
digris River. Having taken the circuitous route a the Arkansas toward the mountains, this
ere trader encountered a great deal of trouble and privation, but eventually reached

anta Fé, with his little caravan, before the close of 1821, in perfect safety.

During the same year, Capt. Becknell, of Missouri, with four trusty companions, went

out to Santa Fé by the far western prairie route. This intrepid little band started from the
vicinity of Franklin, with the origiual purpose of trading with the Ietan or Comanche Indians,
but having fallen in accidentally with a party of Mexican rangers when near the mountains,
they were easily prevailed upon to accompany them to the new emporium, where, notwith-
standing the trifling amount of merchandise they were possessed of, they realized a hand-
some profit. The fact is that up to this date New Mexico had derived all her supplies from
the internal provinces by way of Vera Cruz, but at such exorbitant rates that common cali-
coes, and even bleached and brown domestic goods, sold as high as $2 and $3 per vara (or
Spanish yard of thirty-three inches). Becknell returned to the United States alone the suc-
ceeding winter, leaving the rest of his company at Santa Fé.
; The favorable reports brought by the enterprising Captain stimulated others to embark
in the trade, and early in the following May, Col. Cooper and sons, from the same neighbor-
hood, accompanied by several others (nets whole number about fifteen), set out with four
or five thousand dollars worth of goods, which they transported upon pack horses. They
steered directly for Taos, where they arrived without any raevextle occurrence.

The next effort of Capt. Becknell was attended with very different success. With a
company amounting to near thirty men, and perhaps $5,000 worth of goods of various de-
scriptions, he started from Missouri about a month after Col. Cooper. Being an excellent
woodsman, and anxious to avoid the circuitous route of the Upper Arkansas country, he re-
solved this time, after having reached that point on the river known as the “Caches,”
to steer more directly for Santa Fé, entertaining little or no suspicion of the terrible trials
which awaited him across the pathless desert. With no other guide but the starry heavens.
and, it may be, a pocket-compass, the party embarked upon the arid plains which extended
far and wide before them to the Cimarron River.

The adventurous band pursued their forward course without being able to procure any
water, except from the scanty supply they carried in their canteens. As this source of re-
lief was completely exhausted after two days’ march, the sufferings of both men and beasts
had driven them almost to distraction. The forlorn band were at last reduced to the cruel

“necessity of killing their dogs and cutting off the ears of their mules, in the vain hope of
assuaging their burning thirst with the hot blood. This only served to irritate the parched
palais and madden the senses of the sufferers. Frantic with despair, in prospect of the
orrible death which now stared them in the face, they scattered in every direction in
search of that element which they had left behind them in such abundance, but without
success.

Frequently led estray by the deceptive glimmer of the mirage, or false ponds, as those
treacherous oases of the desert are called, and not suspecting (as was really the case) that
they had already arrived near the banks of the Cimarron, they resolved to retrace their
steps tothe Arkansas. But they were now no longer equal to the task, and would un-
doubtedly have perished in those arid regions, had not a buffalo, fresh from the river’s side,
and with a stomach distended with water, been discovered by some of the party just as the
last rays of hope were receding from their vision. The hapless intruder was immediately
dispatched, and an invigorating draught procured from its stomach. T have since heard one
of the parties to that expedition declare that nothing ever passed his lips which gave him
such exquisite delight as his first dranght of that filthy beverage.

This providential relief enabled some of the strongest men of the party to reach the
river, where they filled their canteens, and then hurried back to the assistance of their com-
rades, many of whom they found prostrate on the ground, and incapable of further exertion.
By degrees, however, they were enabled to resume their journey, and following the course
of the Arkansas for several days, thereby avoiding the arid regions which had occasioned
them so much suffering, they succeeded in reaching Taos,(sixty or seventy miles north of
Santa F6) without further difficulty. Although travelers have since suffered excessively
with thirst upon the same desert, yet, having become better acquainted with the topography
of the country, no other equally thrilling incidents have subsequently transpired.

At the date at which the foregoing narrative closes, 1822, the Santa
Fé trade was fairly begun, and the route, afterward known.as the Santa
Fé trail, projected as essentially followed by the immense travel which
subsequently obtained. It was the first highway established through Kan-
sas by white men, and remained the most important thoroughfare till su-
perseded by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway, which follows
across Kansas and through New Mexico, essentially the same route. The
weary and dangerous journey of thirty days over the old trail is now ac-
complished in as many hours, in luxurious ease and safety. eS
; From 1822, yearly expeditions were sent over the trail by enterprising
merchants, some of whom gave up all other business and devoted their entire
time, energies and capital to the overland traffic. At first, the ventures
were small, and the trade was largely carried on by detached parties, each
starting and traveling alone. It was several years before the dangers, in-
conveniences and losses incurred from the raids of hostile tribes along the
route, suggested the idea of joining for common safety, and moving in im-
mense trains. Until then, though the trade was pluckily and persistently
carried on, and increased from year to year, it was too hazardous to win
favor in the eyes of large capitalists. ;

Up to 1824, the goods had been transported entirely on the backs of
mules and horses. During that year, the first attempt to cross the plains
with loaded wagons was made by the largest company of traders that had
thus far made the journey. The party numbered about eighty men. A
portion of the merchandise was carried in the old-fashioned way, on pack-
mules, the rest being loaded in wagons. The vehicles numbered twenty-
five—two stout road wagons, two carts and twenty-one Dearborn carriages.
The caravan reached Santa Fé with much less difficulty than might have
been expected, the route presenting no serious obstacles at any point.

At this time, the trade had reached sufficient magnitude to claim gen-
eral attention, and its claims to the fostering care of the Government were
urged in Congress by Hon. Thomas H. Benton and other Western mem-
bers.. Congress accordingly passed a bill providing for the marking of a
road from Independence, Mo., through Kansas and. New Mexico, subject
to,treaties to be made with the Indians in the American territory, and the

at two of the party-

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Mexican Government. The Commissioners appointed by the President
to carry out the provisions of the act were Messrs. Reeves, Sibley and
Mathers. In 1825, they held a council at Council Grove, with some bands
of Osages, with whom they made a treaty whereby the Indians agreed to
allow all citizens of the United States and Mexico to pass over the proposed
road unmolested, and, furthermore, to lend their aid to those engaged in
the Santa Fé trade. For these privileges granted, the Indians were to re-
ceive $800 in merchandise. During the year, Maj. Sibley partially marked
the route located, as far as the Arkansas, by raised mounds. OF its utility,
Gregg states: “Itseems to have been of but little service to travelers, who
continued to follow the trail previously made by the wagons, which is now
(1845) the settled road to the region of the short ‘buffalo grass.’ ”

Mr. Benton, in presenting a statement made by Mr. Storrs, a gentle-
man then engaged in the trade, gave the following information as to its
magnitude and importance in 1824. He said:

This gentlemin (Mr. Storrs) had been one of a c2ravan of eighty parsons, one hundred
and fifty-six horses and twenty-three wagons and carriages, which have made the expedition
from Missouri to Santa Fé (of New Mexico), in the months of May and June last. His ac-
count was full of interest and novelty. It sounded like romance to hear of caravans of
men, horses and wagons, traversing with their merchandise the vast plain which lies be-
tween the Mississippi and the Rio del Norte. The.story seemed hetter adapted to Asia than
to North America. But, romantic asit might seem, the reality has already exceeded the vis-
ions of the wildest imagination. The journey to New Mexico, but lately deemed a chimer-
ical project, has become an affair of ordinary oceurrencé. Santa Fé, but lately the Ultima
Thule of American enterprise, was now considered as a stage only in the progress, or rather
anew point of departure to our invincible citizens. Instead of turning back from that
point, the caravans broke up there, and the subdivisions branched off in different directions
in search of new theaters for their enterprise. Some proceeded down the river to the Pasco
del Norte; some to the mines of Chihuahua and Durango, in the province of New Biscay ;
some to Sinaloa and Sonora, on the Gulf of California; and some, seeking new lines of com-
municatlon with the Pacific, had undertaken to descend the western slope of our continent,
through the unexplored regions of Colorado. The fruit of these enterprises for the present,
year (1824), amounted to $190,000 in gold and silver bullion and coin and precious furs; a
snm considerable in itself, in the commerce of an infant State, but chiefly deserving a states-
man’s notice, as an earnest of what might be expected from a regulated and protected trade.
The principal article given in exchange is that of which we have the greatest abundance,
and which has the peculiar advantage of making the circuit of the Union before it departs
from the Territories of the Republic—cotton—which grows in the South, is manufactured in
the East, and exported from the West.

In speaking of the location of the proposed road, Mr. Benton said:

The road which is contemplated will trespass upon the soil or infringe upon the juris-
diction of no State whatever. It runs a course and a distance to avoid all that; for it begins
on the outside line of the outside State, and runs directly off toward the setting sun. The
Seer and the Indians are alone to be consulted, and the statute book is full of prece-

ents.

The picture, as drawn by Mr. Benton in 1824, with the region as then
described by him, beyond “the outside line of the outside State,” the an-
nual traffic of $190,000, with the foreign population of the Mexican prov-
inces; the present State of Kansas, peopled with a million souls; Colorado,
still beyond; New Mexico, then a foreign land, now a part of the Govern-
ment domain; the Indians, melted away in the fervid heat of civilization;
and over the proposed road, speeding with feet of iron and breath of fire,
the burden of a commerce far exceeding, each day, the annual aggregate
of the statesman’s wildest visions—these present contrasts within the span
of a human life seen never before in the history of men, nor elsewhere
than in this American Republic.

THE SANTA FE ROAD.

The Santa Fé road, starting from Independence, Mo., entered Kansas
on the east line of Johnson County, near Meadow Creek, in the township
of Oxford. Thence the route lay in a direction a little south of west,
through Johnson, Douglas, Osage and Lyon Counties to Council Grove.
This came to be the place of rendezvous, where the smaller parties met
-and formed the grand caravan across the desert. As Independence came
to be the grand point of outfit and supply, so Council Grove came to be
considered the real point of departure. There the. trains were made up,
the Captain and other officers chosen, and the final preparations made for
the grand journey. From there the course lay, still southwesterly, across
Cottonwood Creek, Turkey Creek, the Little Arkansas, and Cow Creek,
to the Arkansas River; thence up that river, following its course around
the Great. Bend for 115 miles, to near where now is Cimarron Station, on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad. Crossing the river at this
point, the road ran across the sandy country a distance of nearly sixty
miles to the Cimarron River, thence up the river to beyond the southwest-
ern border of the State. The entire length of the traveled route, from In-
dependence to Santa Fé, as given by Gregg, was 780 miles. His table of
distances and camping sites is given below, the encampment through Kan-
sas being printed in italics:

PLACES AND DISTANCES ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL. (GREGG, 1845.)

 

 

 

 

 

     

   

 
      
    

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM INDEPENDENCE TO |Miles.| Total. FROM INDEPENDENCE TO Miles Total.
Round Grove 35 Cimarron River (Lower Spring)| 8 445
Narrows .. 80 Middle Spring (up Cimarron R.)| 36 481
110-Mile Cr 30 Willow Bar...... --| 26 507
Bridge Creek.... 8 Upper Spring.. .| 18 525
Big John Springs. 40 Cold Spring (leav’g Cimar.Riv.)} 5 530
Council Grove .... 2 McNee’s Creek........ «| 25 555
Diamond Spring. 15 Rabbit Ear Creek.. 20 575
Lost Spring........ 15 Round Mound 8 583
Cotton Wood Creek 12 8 591
Turkey Creek... . 25 19 610
Tittle Arkansas. 17 20 630
“Cow Creek... | 20 6 636
Arkansas. River.... «| 16 Santa Clara Springs. 21 657
Walnut Creek (up Arkansas Riv.)! 8 Rio Mora..............- 22 679
Ash Or eeleesi.ccseeseeee isa] AD. Rio Gallinas (vegas) 20 699
Paumee Fork. wit 6 Ojo de Bernai (spring) 17 716
Coon Creek. 33 San Miguel. 6 | 722
Caches ..... 36 Pecos Village . 23 TAS
Ford of Ar sau «| 20 Santa Fé... 25 | 780
Sand Creek (leaving Arkansas R.)| 50 !

 
56 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The gradual growth of the Santa Fé trade from 1822 to 1848 is shown
in the following statistical table, compiled by Dr. Josiah Gregg, and pub-
lished in his book entitled “Commerce of the Prairies,” Vol. 2, p. 160:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘i Amount of Propri-| Taken _to
Yuars cerchandise| 2800s, Men. cters, (Chihuahua REMARKS.
1822 $15,000 fw... 70 60 | ees Pack animals only used.
1823 12,000 | wee 50 B80 | seeeee Pack animals only used.
1824 35,000 26 100 80 $3,000 /Pack animals and wagons.
1825 65,000 37 130 90 5,000 |Pack animals and wagons.
1826 90,000 60 100 70 7,000 |Wagons only henceforth.
1827 85,000 55 90 50 8,000 ;
1828 150,000 100 200 80 20,000 /Three men killed, being the first.
1829 60,000 30 50 20 5,000 |lirst U.S. escort,one trader killed.
1830 120,000 70 140 60 20,000 |First oxen used by traders.
1831 250,000 130 320 80 80,000 |Two men killed.
1882 140,000 70 150 40 50,000 |Party defeated on Canadian, two
1833 180,000 105 185 60 80,000 men killed, three perished.
1834 150,000 80 160 50 70,000 [Second U. 8. escort.
1835 140,000 75 | 140 40 70,000
1836 130,000 70 135 35 60,000
1837 150,000 80 160 35 80,000 .
1838 90,000 50 100 20 40,000
1839 250,000 130 250 40 100,000 {Arkansas expedition.
1840 50,000 30 60 5 10,000 |Chihuahua expedition.
1841 150,000 60 100 12 80,000 |Toxan Santa 16 expedition.
1842 160,000 70 120 15 90,000
1843 450,000 230 350 30 300,000 !Third U. 8. escort—ports closed.

 

In connection with the above, Mr. Gregg wrote in explanation: “The
foregoing table is not given as perfectly accurate, yet it is believed to be about
as nearly so as any that could be made out at the present,day. The col-
umn marked “Proprietors,” though even less precise than the other statis-
tics, presents, I think, about the proportion of the whole number engaged
each year who were owners. At first, as will be seen, almost every indi-
vidual of each caravan was a proprietor, while of late the capital has been
held by comparatively few hands. In 1848, the greater portion of the tra-
ders were New Mexicans, several of whom, during the three years previous,
had embarked in this trade, of which they bid fair to secure a monopoly.”

In 1848, the Santa Fé trade was brought to a sudden stop by the clos-
ing of the frontier custom houses of Taos, in the department of New Mex-
ico and Paso del Norte and Presidio del Norte in that of Chihuahua, by
decree of Santa Anna, then President of Mexico. The causes which led
to the embargo were briefly these: Texas, having declared her independ-
ence in 1836, and successfully maintained it within the territory east of the
Nueces and south of the Red River, claimed in addition all the country
east of the Rio Grande and south of the Arkansas, south of the forty sec-
ond parallel and west of the twenty-second meridian of longitude.. Her
claims were never acknowledged by Mexico till they were enforced by the
power of the United States, after her admission as a State, and at the close
of the war that followed. Across this debatable ground, embracing at

. that time all of Kansas south of the Arkansas and west of the twenty-sec-
ond meridian, the path of the Santa Fé trail led from the western bound-
ary of the United States territory.

So remote were the settlements of New Mexico along the Rio Grande
(Santa Fé came within the bounds of the territory ainel that, up to 1841,
the new republic had never been able to exercise jurisdiction, and held
only a nominal and unacknowledged claim in abeyance till the discontent
of the inhabitants under Mexican rule might render the establishment of
its validity an easy task. During that year, under the belief that general
discontent prevailed among the inhabitants of New Mexico, and having,
from what was believed to be credible sources, received assurances that the
people would hail the coming of an expedition with gladness, and at once
declare allegiance to the Texan Government, Gen. Mirabeau B. Lamar,
then President, organized an expedition, ostensibly for the purpose of
opening a direct trade with the Mexican provinces by a new route, be-
lieved to be much more direct than that by the old Santa Fé trail; but with
the more important ulterior design, should the reports of discontent prove
true, of bringing so much of the province of New Mexico as lies upon the
eastern side of the Rio Grande under the protection of his Government.
Thus, should the people be found ripe for revolt, the Lone Star flag was
to be unfurled from the Santa Fé Government House; if not, the Texan
“Trade Commissioners” who accompanied the expedition were to make
such commercial treaty with the authorities as would best tend to open and
establish the trade, and retire till a more auspicious season for revolt and
conquest should offer.

The expedition set out June 21, 1841. It was made up of one battery
of artillery, 272 soldiers, and fifty merchants and other civilians. There
was a long train of wagons filled with merchandise, and a considerable
drove of cattle to be slaughtered for food as required. The disastrous fail-
ure of the first Texas and Santa Fé expedition is known to most. readers,
It is not within the scope of this work to follow it in its wanderings through
the wastes of a thousand miles of unknown territory, beset by hostile tribes
of Indians, short of provisions, separating into several bands to avert act-
ual starvation, and at last taken prisoners by the troops of Armijo, their
goods confiscated, some of the party murdered, and others condemned to
the worse fate of living as prisoners or slaves under the barbarous keeping
of men who cherished toward them an intense national hatred, which sought
gratification in every form of cruelty that cowardice and vindictiveness
could devise, while a few escaped to Texas to tell the story of their woe.
George Wilkins Kendall, an American traveler, accompanied the expedi-
tion, endured its perils and suffered an imprisonment of some four months
before his United States citizenship and full passports from the Mexican
Consul at New Orleans could overcome the suspicion in the minds of his
captors which attached to the hated Texans, in whose company he was
taken. His account of the expediton, published in 1844, gives the fol-

lowing statement concerning the expedition, its actual object, and the un-
fortunate combination of causes which led to its failure:

And what mistake had brought this sorrowful issue to our enterprise? In as few
words as possible, I will answer the question. In the first place, the expedition began its
march too late in the season by at least six weeks. Had it left Austin on the Ist of May,
the grass would have been much better, and we should have had little difficulty in finding
good water both for ourselves and cattle. In the second place, we were disappointed in
obtaining a party of the Lipan Indians as guides, and were consequently abe to take a
route some three hundred miles out of the way, and in many places extremely difficult to
travel. Thirdly, the Government of Texas did not furnish wagons and oxen enough to
transport the goods of the merchants, and this, as a matter of course, caused tedious delays.
Fourthly, cattle enough on the hoof were not provided, even with the second supply sent
for by the commissioners from Little River. Again, the distance was vastly greater than we
had anticipated in our widest and wildest calculations, owing to which circumstance, and an
improvident waste of provisions while in the buffalo range, we found ourselves upon, half
allowance in the very middle of our long gous, a privation which weakened, dispirited
and rendered the men unfit for duty. The Indians also annoyed us much, by harassing and
continual attempts to cut off our small parties and steal our horses. Finally, the character
of the Governor of New Mexico (Armigo) was far from being understood, and his power
was underrated by all. Gen. Lamar’s estimate of the views and feclings of the people of
Santa I and the vicinity was perfectly correct. Not a doubt can exist that they all were
and are all anxious to throw off the oppressive yoke of Armigo, and come under the liberal
institutions of Texas; but the Governor found us divided into small parties, broken down
by long marches and want of food, discovered a traitor among us, too, and taking advantage
of these circumstances, his course was plain and his conquest easy.

Yar different would have been the result had the eer reached the confines of
New Mexico a month earlier and in a body. Then, with fresh horses and a sufficiency
of provisions for the men, the feelings of the inhabitants could have been ascertained; the

roclamations of Gen. Lamar would have been distributed among them; the people would
fave had an opportunity to come over to Texas without fear, and the feeble opposition
Armigo could have made, and I doubt whether he would have made any against the Texans
in a body, could have been put down with ease. Had it been evident that a majority of the
inhabitants were satisfied under their present government, and unfriendly to a union with
Texas, then the goods would have been sold and the force withdrawn—at least, such was the
tenor of the proclamations. No attack would have been made upon the inhabitants; that
was expressly understood; but had Armigo seen fit to commence hostilities, his power in
New Mexico would have been at an end. Fate decreed otherwise, and by a series of unfor-
seen and unfortunate circumstances the expedition was thrown into his hands.

With the discovery of the revolutionary proclamations, and the confirm-
atory testimony of Lewis, it is not strange that the members of the expedi-
tion found little lenity at the hands of their captors. Only the fact that
some Americans like Kendall, and some merchants of the party, were be-
lieved to be ignorant of the rea? object of the expedition, prevented the
summary execution of every prisoner.

The return of some of the prisoners of this ill-fated expedition was
immediately followed by the organization of guerrilla parties to prey on
the New Mexican merchants along the Santa Fé trail. In the fall of 1842,
a band was organized under one John McDaniel, who claimed to hold a
commission as Captain in the Texan army. His band consisted of only
fifteen marauders, collected on the borders of Missouri. He started for the
Santa Fé trail, across the country, early in the spring of 1843, intending to
join forces with one Texan, Col. Warfield, who, with his force of bandits,
was then lurking in the region of the Cimarron River, south of the Arkan-
sas. Don Antonio José Chevaz, a most exemplary merchant, and by no
means unfriendly to the Texans, set out from Santa Fé in February, 1848,
for Independence, Mo. His caravan consisted of five servants, two wagons
and fifty-five mules. His cargo consisted of $25,000 in specie and gold bul-
lion, besides a small lot of furs. The weather was severe; most of the
mules perished from the cold, but the little party had managed to toil on
without loss of human life or treasure, till April 10. when they reached the
Little Arkansas River, then some hundred miles within the territory of the
United States, near the present southwest corner of McPherson County.
There they were met by McDaniel and his men and were taken unresist-
ingly some miles south of the trail, where the robbers divided the booty
obtained. Seven of them immediately set out with their share of the spoils
for the Missouri frontier; the remainder of the party remained, and, after
holding their prisoners two days, added murder to the crime by shooting
down their defenseless captives in cold blood. They discovered more
money on the person of Chevaz, which they divided, then, throwing his
body, with his baggage and wagon. into a ravine. they packed their
bloody plunder and followed their less guilty companions to the Missouri
border. The organization and departure of this band was known to the
United States authoritics, and a detachment of dragoons were on their
track, with the intention of intercepting them, when the murder occurred.
They were subsequently apprehended by the United States authorities, the
first party being convicted of larceny and robbery, and the last of murder.
_, The party of Texans under Col. Warfield, which McDaniel intended -to
join till the murder and robbery of Chevaz changed his patriotic aspira-
tions to those of self-preservation, had been unfortunate. After tempo-
rary guerrilla success In burning the New Mexican hamlet of Mora, they
had been: followed by a party of New Mexicans, who stampeded their
horses. Some of them escaped on foot and joined forces with Col. Snively,
another Texan who had come out from Northern Texas to war on the Mex-
ican traders on the Santa Fé trail. Ilis force numbered, with the acquisi-
tion of the stragelers from Col. Warfield’s party, nearly two hunderd
mounted men. They advanced along the valley of the Arkansas till they
struck the path of a party of Mexican soldiers, who had recently crossed
from the Cimarron to the Arkansas River. They pursued and ‘overtook
them in a few hours, and a skirmish or battle ensued, resulting in the kill-
ing of cightccn Mexicans and the wounding of as many more, five of whom
subsequently died. ‘The remainder of the troop, numbering a hundred
men, were taken prisoners, except. two who escaped and ficd with the
news of the disaster to Armijo, who was encamped with a considerable
force, of which this was the van guard, at Cold Spring, some one hundred
and forty miles beyond. On hearing of the annihilation of his van guard,
with characteristic cowardice, Armijo made a precipitate retreat to Santa
Fé. The scene of this battle was south of the Arkansas River, within the

* Capt. Lewis, who commanded the artiller i i

Nv 'y company, with one brass six pounder, had full
ees of the military and revolutionary purposes of the expedition. He Ladeestond Span-
ish, and was accepted by Armigo as an interpreter, after having been taken prisoner. Kendall
asserts that in that capacity, desirous of life and liberty, he gave full information to the enemy,

fron, the intent of the Texan Government and the private complicity of each individual of

 
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 57

present limits of Kansas, but at that time beyond the settled boundary of
the United States territory. = :

The state of open hostility between Texas and Mexico, and the fact
that the Santa Fé trail was the scene of conflict, rendered it necessary that
the regular caravan departing from Independence in May, 1843, should be
accompanied by an escort of United States troops. It consisted of 200
United States lragoons, under the command of Capt. Philip St. George
Cooke. On arriving at the Caches, near where Fort Dodge now is, Capt.
Cooke was visited by Snively, who, with about one hundred men, was en-
camped on the opposite side of the river. He deemed it his duty, in the
interest of the safety of the caravan, which he could not protect beyond
the American frontier, to disarm the force which he could not fo low,
should they choose to attack the train further on, after his protection was
withdrawn. This was accordingly done, and the force soon after disband-
ed, a part returning to Texas and a part to Independence, Mo., with the
United States troops. The action of .Capt. Cooke was considered a na-
tional affront by the Texan Government, and resulted in a State corre-
spondence, in which satisfaction and reparation were demanded on the
part of Texas. A Court of Inquiry resulted in the acquittal of Capt Cooke
without censure; -and the disavowal of all Governmental instructions de-
rogatory to the dignity of Texas, coupled with an offer on the part of the
United States Government to pay for the arms taken, was accepted as sat-
isfactory to Texas. As the campaign of Snively was carried on within the
present borders. of Kansas, the following extracts from the State corre-
spondence are given, as throwing light on an early incident in her history.

7 WASHINGYON, D. C., November 10, 1843.

‘The undersigned, Charge d’ affaires of the Republic of Texas, has the honor to
acquint Mr. Upshur, Secretary of State of the United States, that the government of Texas,
with feelings of pain and surprise has received official information of the commission
of an enormous outrage in the hostile invasion of its terrritory and the forcible capt-
ure and disarming of a party of Texans under the command of Maj. Jacob Snively, by a
detachment of cavalry and artillery under the command of Capt. Cooke, of the United
States Army. This extraordinary aggression was perpetrated on or near the Arkansas
River, ata point where that stream forms the boundary between the two countries, and was
attended with circumstances on the part of Capt. Cooke more characteristic of the perfidy
and cruelty of a savage than of that honor, fidelity, and magnanimity which was to be ex-
pected from one holding the high rank of an American officer. In order to a full under-
standing of this affair, the undersigned will submit a brief outline of some of the facts con-
nected with it, to which the attention of Mr. Upshur is most respectfully invited.

The government of Texas having been informed that for some time past an illicit and
contraband commerce had been carried on through its territory from the States of Missouri
and Arkansas, with the settlements upon and beyond the Rio Grande, and that goods to an
immense amount had been introduced in violation of its revenue laws, both by hostile
Mexicans and by citizens of the United States, it became its duty to interrupt and prevent its
further illegal prosecution. The people of Texas also, having suffered innumerable wrongs
and injuries at the hands of Mexican soldiers and citizens, whose predatory bands have
made repeated inroads into the country, and whose acts have been signalized by the grossest
bloodshed and robbery, the government deemed it not only right, tub proper, to retaliate
and make reclamations for the losses and injuries thus sustained. ,

In order, therefore, to carry out these several objects, Maj. Jacob Snively was authorized
to organize a force, strictly pertisen in its character, with authority to operate in any por-
tion of the republic above the settlements and between the Rio Grande and the boundary
of the United States. Thesé forces took their line of march about the 25th of April last,
from the settlements high up on Red River, known as Georgetown; they then proceeded
nearly due west 150 iniles, to a point supposed to be fifty miles west of the boundary of the
United States; from thence they traveled north, twenty degrees west, until they reached the
Arkansas River at the point before alluded to, and encamped on the south or Texas side.
While at this encampment, for the purpose of securing supplies of buffalo meat, to which
they had to resort for subsistence, Capt. Cooke and his forces arrived in sight on the opposite
side, and immediately dispatched Lieut. Lovell to ascertain who Maj. Snively and his party
were. The desired information having been given, Lieut. Lovell invited Maj. Snively to accom-
pany him across the river to where Capt. Cooke had halted with his command, pledging the
assurance of Capt. Cooke that he should have a free passport. Maj. Snively, not supposing
that any hostile intention or undue advantage was contemplated by Capt. Cooke, who was
represented to be an officer of the United States Army (a nation with which Texas was on
the most amicable and friendly terms), under these assurances proceeded to where Capt.
Cooke was stationed; when, instead of receiving the courtesy to be expected, and which
was due him, was told by Capt. Cooke that he should disarm him, and, threatening him with
his force of cavalry and artillery, said that if one of his men attempted to escape, he would
throw his shells into the encampment, and send his dragoons across the river and cut the
Texan forces to pieces. Without going into all the details of this disgraceful procedure
(which will be found stated at length in an extract of Maj. Snively’s report which is hereto
annexed), it is sufficient to say that Maj. Snively, having been thus decoyed across the river,
was not permitted to return to his own camp until accompanied by Capt. Cooke's force, who
immediately formed in line of battle, and, with port-fires burning demanded of Maj. Snively
that his forces should march out and stack their arms. Thus deceived by the treachery of
Capt. Cooke, and overpowered by his superior numbers and arms, no alternative was left
but to submit unconditionally to this violation of their rights, and the high indignity
offered to their country, or be sacrificed. But Capt. Cooke did not stop here ; after disarming
the Texan force, he offered them the choice, either to abandon their own country, and re-
ceive an escort to Independence, Mo., or to be turned loose with but one gun to every tenth
man, to make their way through a wilderness of several hundred miles, inhabited by the
most hostile savages, and by hunting to save themselves from starvation and death. Some
accepted of the humiliating terms of an escort, while others attempted the more hazardous
return to their homes. The latter joined a detachment then out under Capt. Chandler, but,
from their destitute situation, a number fell'a prey to the murderous Indians. Thus was
accomplished this unprovoked and excessive outrage, which is alike a violation of every prin-
ciple of interuational lav, revolting to the feelings of humanity, and in contempt of the
rights, and derogatory to the honor and dignity, of the Republic of Texas.

Notwithstanding the many grievous circumstances attending this affair, the govern-
ment of the undersigned has likewise seen with regret a published letter of Maj.Gen Gaines
to Brig. Gen. Taylor, in which the acts of Capt. Cooke are not only not condemned, but
sanctioned and applauded; while, at the same time, the most odious epithets are expended
upon the forces of Texas. This officer likewise assumes the most extraordinary doctrine,
that, because the boundary line has not been run, the armies of the United States have a
right to operate as far West as the Rio Grande. The undersigned feels that it is quite use-
less to enter upon the argument of a proposition so absurd. With equal propriety could
Texas claim the right to march her forces‘to the Mississippi River, or even beyond it. Mr.
Upshur cannot fail to discover that such a doctrine as that assumed by Maj. Gen. Gaines,
should it be attempted to be practically carried out, must inevitably lead to a collision be-

tween the two countries.

The Government of the undersigned, fully aware of the great sensibility with which
the Government of the United States always views an indignity offered to itself cannot for a
moment but believe it equally resolved to give no offence to others; and that these several °
acts set forth, and_ now complained of, were neither done in pursuance of its orders, nor
have they received its sanction. Influenced also by this belief, the hope is confidently in-
dulged that the Government of the United States will at once disclaim these acts of its
officers, as well as the principles assumed by them.

The undersigned also informs the honorable Secretary of State that he has been
instructed to ask and respectfully demand (which he now does), that such course may be
adopted as will afford that proper and speedy satisfaction and indemnification for these
wrongs and injuries, which the Government of Texas, firmly relying upon the justice, mag-
nanimity and friendly disposition of the Government of the United States, expects to obtain;
and also the exemplary punishment of Capt. Cooke, who committed the outrage, as well as
the Major General by whose authority and under whose sanction it appears he acted, in
order that others may be deterred, by their example, from the perpetration of acts caleu-
lated, in their nature, to jeopardize the peace and concord of nations.

The undersigned with pleasure avails himself of this occasion to offer to Mr. Upshur
renewed assurances of his distinguished consideration.

Isaac VAN ZANDT.
[Hon. A. P. Upsuovr, ete., ete., ete.]

The Texan view of the affair appears in the foregoing letter. In the
letter of reply, from Secretary Upshur to Mr. Van Zandt, under date of
January 19, 1844, the American version is given as follows:

From the statements made to this Government, the following appear to be the facts of

the ease:

On the 15th of March last, an application was made by several American citizens to the
Department of War for an escort from Missouri to Santa Fé, in Mexico. On the 17th of the
same month, Gen. Almonte, the Mexican Minister, addressed a note to the Secretary of
State, desiring a similar escort for certain Mexican merchants, then in Missouri, who
desired to transport a large amount of goods which they had purchased to Santa Fé, On the
28th of that month, directions were issued by the War Depariment to have the escort organ-
ized for the purpose of protecting such of the citizens of the Republic of Mexico and of the
United States as should be desirous of availing themselves of the same. This escort was to
proceed as far as the territory of the United States extended on the route to Santa Fé,

ome subsequent correspondence took place, but it did not alter the purposes of the escort,
or the extent to which it was to proceed.

Capt. Cooke, of the dragoons, was detailed for this duty, and a force of about one hun-
dred and ninety men was placed under his command to carry out the orders of the Depart-
ment. They rendezvoused at Council Grove, Neosho River, on the 3d of June, and pro-
ceeded on their route with the caravan of traders.

On the 22d of June, Capt. Cooke states that, when at Walnut Grove, he received in-
telligence that Col. Snively, having about one hundred and eighty Texans under his com-
mand, had avowed his intention to attack the caravan, whenever he could find it unpro-
tected, and had also made many threats against the American portion of it, and three of
their spies had been reconnoitering in the territory of the United States, and had returned
on seeing his command. He, however, proceeded with the escort and caravan, in the direc-
tion of 2 crossing, and on the 30th of 5 une, he saw three horsemen about a mile in advance
whom he supposed to be these spies; and, in pursuing them, came in sight of the Arkansas
River, om the opposite side of which he saw, in a large grove, a force of men and horses.
They hung out a white flag, and he sent a subaltern with a trumpet and flag to ford the
river to their camp. .He directed him to demand of their commander who they were and
what they did there, and to give such commander, or another, safe conduct over to him and
back. On his return, Col. Snively and another officer, his aide, accompanied him; when
Capt. Cooke informed him that his people were in the United States, and desired to know
who they were, and if he had a commission. To which Col. Snively replied that he had a
Texan volunteer force of 107 men, 75 having recently returned to Texas; that he believed
that he was on the territory of that republic, and that he had a commission which he ex-
hibited, and a copy of which accompanies Capt. Cooke’s communication. That document is
not in the form of a commission, but of an order, signed by the acting Secretary of War and
Marine, and authorized the raising of a partisan force, without expense to the Government, ,
the object. of which was to retaliate and make reclamation for injuries sustained by Texan
citizens, and declaring that the merchandise and all other property of Mexican citizens
would be lawful prize; such as might be een to be brought into Red River—one-half of
it to be deposited in the Custom House of that district, subject tothe order of she Govern-
ment; the other half to belong to the captors, and to be equally divided between the ofticers
and men. The oie was to operate in any portion of the territory of Texas above the line
of settlements, and between the Rio del Norte and the boundary line of the United States;
but would be careful not to infringe on the territory of that Government.

Capt. Cooke, about this time, observed some twelve or fifteen men crossing from the
north to the south side, and proceeding to the Texan camp. The Jand on the north side of
the Arkansas River was confessedly within the territory of the United States. Capt. Cooke
states that he believed the ground on which the Texans were encamped was within the
territory of the United States; that the line, it is true, had not been run from Red River to
the Arkansas; but that it was understood by all to strike the latter river at least fifteen
miles above the point where they were, while some believed the line to be as high up as
Chouteau Island, sixty or seventy miles above the Caches, or seventy-five or eighty miles
above the Texan camp; that he then disarmed the force—offering such as chose to go to the
State of Missouri an escort to Independence in that State ; of which offer about fifty availed
themselves. The residue, preferring to return to Texas, were furnished with ten rifles, and
with provisions of which they said they stood very much in need.

apt. Cooke justifies his conduct on the ground that he found this force within the ter-
ritory of the United States, engaged in the attempt to interrupt the lawful trade between
the United States and Mexico; and that he had a right to disarm, so as to take from them
the power of molesting our own citizens, and those of Mexico engaged in that trade; that
he used no harshness, nor more force than was necessary to accomplish the object.

The burning of Mora, the murder of Chevaz, the defeat of the Mexicans
by Snively’s men, and the belief, in the face of the fact that the United
States Government had brought the murderers to justice and disarmed
Snively’s force, that the Americans sympathized with the Texans, and
rendered them aid whenever practicable, resulted in the prohibition of the
overland trade by the closing of all the Mexican frontier ports of entry in
August, 1848, by proclamation of Santa Anna.

This closed what may be termed the first period of the overland trade.
Although the wide-spread dissatisfaction of the New Mexicans, which
threatened revolt, induced Santa Anna to re-open the ports by decree
March 31, 1844, the war with Mexico, which followed soon after, again
changed and disarranged the traffic; and it was not till 1850 that this great
overland avenue again became the path of a constantly increasing tide of
trade and travel. Its further history is interwoven with the development
of the vast trans-continental line of which the old Santa Fé trail was the
pioneer, and which stretches across the plains of Kansas and along its
abandoned path to the golden land of summer and of flowers.
INDIAN HISTORY.

INDIANS OF KANSAS.

Fee earliest European mention of the great tribes or nations whose
homes and hunting-grounds extended over the region afterward
known as the Territory of Kansas, is in the manuscript map of Father
Jacques Marquette, still preserved at St. Mary’s College, Montreal, a fac
simile of which is found in this volume. This map was the result of ob-
servations made and information gained during the celebrated voyage of
Sap orakeon of the Mississippi by Marjactte and Joliet in the summer of

As early as 1641, vague reportsof the mighty river on which dwelt the
dreaded “Nadouessies, of an unknown race and language,” were trans-
mitted by the young missionaries Charles Raymbault and Isaac Vogues,
to their Superior at Montreal, and, during the next quarter of a century,
venturesome Canadian traders occasionally penetrated far enough into the
Western wilderness to visit the powerful tribe whose home was beyond the
great Jake, then without a name. On one occasion, a number of Dahco-
tahs were induced to visit Montreal, and ask that trade might be established
between their nation and the French, and also that missionaries might be
sent into their country.

In the fall of 1658, De Groseilles and a companion, both traders, left
Montreal, and, spending the following winter among the Dahcotahs, re-
turned in the spring, laden with furs, and related what they had heard of
“the beautiful river, large, broad and deep, which would bear comparison,
they say, with our St. Lawrence.”

The pious priest, Father Marquette, had long desired to extend his la-
bors to the more remote tribes, and, in order to fit himself for his contem-
plated mission to the Ilinois, employed a young brave of that tribe to
teach him the language. While learning this, he also gained some infor-
mation from his teacher in regard to the wonderful river he so much de-
sired to explore, and the nations which dwelt toward the west.

In 1670, three years before he started on his voyage of exploration, in
a letter written from La Pointe to Father Francis a tener Superior of
the mission, after speaking of the work he hopes to accomplish, he relates
what he has heard from his instructor. Of the Nadouessi he says:

“The Nadouessi are the Iroquois of this country beyond, Lapointe,
but less faithless, and never attack till attacked. They lie southwest of

+ the Mission of the Holy Ghost, and are a great nation, though we have not
yet visited them, having confined ourselves to the conversion of the Otta-
was. They fear the Frenchman because he brings iron into their country.
Their language is entirely different from the Huron (Iroquois) and Algon-
quin; they have many towns, but they are widely scattered; they have
very extraordinary customs; they principally adore the calumet; they do
not speak of great feasts, and, when a stranger arrives, give him to eat
with a wooden fork, as we would achild. All the lake tribes make war
on them, but with small success. They have false oats (wild rice), use
little canoes, and keep their word strictly.” Speaking of the great river,
he says: “Six or seven miles below the Ilois is another great river (Mis-
souri), on which are prodigious nations, who use wooden canoes. We
cannot write more till next year, if God does us the grace to lead us there.”

It was not until the 10th of June, 1673, that Father Marquette, accom-
panied by Louis Joliet, finally embarked on the river of which he had
dreamed so many years, and which he had determined should bear the
name of the Blessed Lady of the Immaculate Conception, while the savage
nations dwelling along its borders should bow and adore the sacred cross.

Fired by this devout enthusiasm, the gentle priest descended the river
until the muddy waters of the turbid “Pekitanoui, coming from very far
in the Northwest,” mingled with and discolored the majestic river which he
was exploring. Father Claude Dablon, the companion of Marquette in his
Northern mission at Sault Ste. Marie, in narrating the story of the expedi-
tion, says: “Many Indian towns are ranged along this river (Missouri),
ae I hope by its means to make the discovery of the Red or California

ea.”

Among the “Indian towns” noted_by Marquette in 1678, as “ ranged
along this river,” are the Ouemessourit (Missouri), the Pewaria (Peoria) and
the Maha (Omaha).

Of the four dominant tribes or nations that inhabited, the region sub-

sequently called Kansas, Father Marquette locates on his map, in relative- «

ly the same postitions they occupied at the time of the French explorations
early in the eighteenth century, the Kanza, the Ouchage (angen and the
Paneassa (Pawnee). The great nation of the Padoucas, dwelling far to
the west, almost at the base of the mountains, is first mentioned by Du
Tissenet in 1719.

Father Douay, one of the survivors of the last disastrous expedition of
La Salle in 1687, gives some details in regard to the Western Indians: “The
Panimaha,” he says, “had but one chief, and twenty-two villages, the least
of which has two hundred cabins;” and continues he, “the Paneassa (Paw-
nee) is not inferior to the Panimaha.”
“have seventeen villages on a river of their name, which empties into that
of the Massourites, to which the maps have also extended the name of
Osages.” The language of nearly all the. tribes dwelling on and near the
Missouri at this early day, including the Kanzas and Osages, proved that
they belonged to the great Dahcotali family, so much dreaded by the more
easterly Indian tribes. Du Pratz, one of the earliest French writers on

Of the Osages he relates that they .

“Louisiana,” says the tradition of their emigration from their old home
“to the northward of the great lakes,” the long journey southward, their
separation into bands, and settlement on the Missouri and its tributaries,
was familiar to many of the tribes when they first became known ta the
French. In this great migration, the Kanzaz and Osages formed them-
selves into’ distinct bands, and located their villages on the banks of the
Missouri, the Kansas and the Osage Rivers—the Kanzas (in general terms)
claiming as their country the region from what is now Nebraska, on the
north, to the Arkansas on the south, and west of the Missouri River; and
the Osages claimed an immense region in what is now Missouri and south
of the river of the same name, their early villages being on the Missouri
and Osage Rivers, and their hunting-grounds, extending into Kansas.

The Pawnees had their home on the Republican and Platte, and ranged
the central plains for their hunting-grounds, while the Padoucas dwelt near
the head sources of the Kansas River, and roamed over the extreme West-
ern plains. : u

tow long this vast territory had been peopled by these tribes there is
no certain knowledge; whether they were the “ first settlers” in the valleys
and on the plains of Kansas no one can tell; but when the first European
explorers recorded the story of their journey through the country, they 8a.
they found them here, and they mention no other tribes as being dwell-
ers in the land.” The homes of the wandering Indians of the Western
plains were elsewhere; they rushed down from the mountains toward the
North, and swarmed up from the sultry plains of the South, but, when the
battle or the chase was over, they disappeared. ¥ :

As years passed by, all this was changed. The “great nation of the
Padoucas” ceased to exist, and the Pawnees, by war and disease, became
reduced to a feeble remnant of the once powerful nation, and were obliged
to seek protection from those they had once protected. In 1808, the Osages
ceded nearly all their land in Missouri to the United States, and were
granted a large reservation in what is now Southern Kansas, and when,
in 1825, a new home-was to be found for the Eastern tribes, the lands of
the Kanzas and Osages were fixed upon for that purpose.

THE WESTERN OR INDIAN TERRITORY.

During the first quarter of the present century, it became evident that
measures must be adopted by Government for the removal of the Indian
tribes from the older States and Territories, and some plan devised to pro-
vide them new homes. Their just claim to lands and sovereignty could .
not be satisfied east of the Mississippi, or where State claims existed, as the
privilege to fill such defined regions with citizens of organized States had
become incorporated with the Federal compact. The country west of the
State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas was exclusively the property
of the General Government, and motives both of expediency and philan-
thropy were urged to induce the leading statesmen of the time to devise some
well-defined policy whereby such region might be set apart and guaranteed
to the various Indian tribes for a permanent home. .Among the earliest ad-
vocates and warmest supporters of the scheme of Indian removal and colo-
nization was Rev. Isaac McCoy, long identified with the history of the set-
tlement of the emigrant Indians in Kansas. In January, 1824, Mr. McCoy
visited Washington, and, obtaining an interview with Hon. John C. Cal-
houn, then Secretary of War. presented his views to that distinguished
statesman, and found him then and ever after an earnest and most valua-
ble supporter of the project.

President Monroe, in his annual messave of January 27, 1825, recom-
mended the colonization of the Indians in these words:

The condition of the aborigines within our limits, and especially of those within the
limits of any of the States, merits particular attention. Experience has shown that unless
the tribes be civilized they can never be incorporated into our system in any form whatever.
It has likewise shown that in the regular augmentation of our Teen with the exten-
sion of our settlements, their situation will become deplorable, if their existence is not men-
acod. Some well-digosted plan, which will rescue them from such calamities, is due to their
rights, to tho rights of humanity, and to the honor of the nation. Their civilization is in-
dispensable to their safety. Difficultics, of the most serious character, present themselves
to the attainment of this most desirable result on the territory on which they now reside.
Between tho limits of our present States and Territories, and the Rocky Mountains and
Mexico, there a vast territory to which they might be invited with inducements which
might be successful. It is thought if that territory should be divided into districts, by pre-
vious agreement with the tribes now residing there, and civil. government be established |
there in each, with schools for every branch of instruction in literature and the arts of civ-
ilized life, that all the tribes now within our limits might be gradually drawn there. It is
doubted whether any other plan would be more likely to sueceed.

, On the 17th of December, 1824, during the same session in which Pres-
ident Monroe’s message was presénted to Congress, the following resolu-
tion was offered in the House of Representatives, by Mr. Conway, Dele-
gate from the Territory of Arkansas, which was adopted:

_ Resolved, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire into the ex-
pediency of organizing all the territory of the United States, lying west of the State of Mis-
Souri, and Territories of Arkansas and Michigan into a separate territory,'to be occupied
exchusively by Indians, and of authorizing the President of the United States to adopt such

incasures as he may think best to colonize all the Indians of the present States and Terri-
tories, permanently within the same.

Although the Indian emigration bill, as afterward modified, did not
pass until six years later, the question of the removal of the Eastern tribes
seemed from this time to be practically settled, and in the following year,
June, 1825, treaties were made with the Kanzas and Osages for the purchase

*
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of their lands, with a view to the
various Eastern tribes.

Several futile attempts to frame an emicration bill which should pass

both Houses were made during the next sie veats, one being erecnicd in
1827, and another in 1829. Finally, during the administration of President
Andrew Jackson, the “Act of May 26, 1880,” passed the Senate by a vote
of 28 to 20, and the House by a vote of 102 to 97.
The first section of this bill authorized the President of the United
States “to cause so much of any territory: belonging to the United States,
west of the River Sees, not included in any State or organized Ter-
ritory, and to which the Indian title had been extinguished, as he might
judge necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for re-
ception of such tribes or nations of Indians as might choose to exchange
the lands where they then resided and remove there, and to cause each of
said districts to be so described by natural or artificial marks as to be easily
distinguished from every other.”

Section 2 authorized the President “to exchange such districts with
auy tribe then residing within the limits of any of the States or Territo-
ries.

_ Section 3 made it “lawful for the President solemnly to assure the
tribe or nation with which the exchange should be made, that the United
States would forever secure and guaranty to them, and their heirs and
successors, the country so exchanged with them; and if they preferred it,
the United States would cause a patent to be executed to them for the
same.

Under the provisions of this act, the Indian Territory was set apart
for the specific objects mentioned, and, for about twenty-five years there-
after, was occupied exclusively by the emigrant and native tribes, and the
agents, missionaries, teachers, traders and mechanics who were connected
with them. The limits of the Territory, as defined by Rev. Isaac McCoy,
who: surveyed, under direction of the Government, a great portion of the
land described, were as follows: Beginning on Red River, east of the
Mexican boundary, and as far west as the country is habitable; thence
down Red River eastwardly to Arkansas Territory; thence northwardly
along the line of Arkansas Territory to the State of Missouri; thence north,
along its western line, to Missouri River; thence up Missouri River to
Puncah River; thence westwardly as far as the country is habitable;
thence southwardly to the beginning.

__ Mr. McCoy says that this tract practically comprised about six hundred
miles from north to south, and two hundred miles from east to west; the
scarcity of wood rendering the remote western regions uninhabitable.

proposed removal into the territory of

NATIVE TRIBES.
THE KANZAS.

From a period extending far back into the-past—far back of any writ-
ten record—the Kanzas claimed, as a nation, the region that they ceded to
the United States by the treaty of June, 1825.

From the time that Father Marquette inscribed the name of the “ Kan-
za” nation on his map of 1673, a half-century elapses before the name again
appears; when especial mention of the “Canzas” is made by M. de Bourg-
mont, commander at Fort Orleans, who passed directly through Kansas
from east to west, and north of the Kansas. River in 1724, on his expedi-
tion to the Padoucas, in the West. He was accompanied by delegations
from several Eastern tribes, consisting of their principal chiefs and war-
riors. Conspicuous among these was the “Canzas” delegation—the gen-
eral rendezvous for the other tribes being at the Canzas village on the Mis-
souri. The hospitality of the tribe, and their generous treatment of their
visitors, is especially noted by Monsieur de Bourgmont in his journal.*

There were formerly two Kanzas villages on the Missouri River. The
lower, about forty miles above the junction of the Kansas and Missouri,
was situated on the west bank of the river, between two high bluffs; the
upper was alittle above the mouth of Independence Creek, on the south
bank of the river, and is described as having been located on “an exten-
sive and beautiful prairie.” It was called the “Village of the Twenty-
four.” :

When Capt. Lewis, of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, visited the
sites of these old villages in 1804, every trace of the lower had disappeared;
but on a hill, a little in the rear, were the remains of an old French fort,
of which the general outline of fortification and the ruins of the chimneys
were plainly discernible. A fine spring of water was found in the vicinity.
There is no clue to the history of the parties who built or occupied the
fort, but the supposition is that they were destroyed by the Indians.

Enough of the remains of the upper village could be distinguished to
show that it was quite extensive. = ee :

The Kanzas were driven from their settlements on the Misg6uri by the
inroads of the Iowas and Sacs, who, by reason of their intercourse with the
traders of the Mississippi Valley, were tolerably well supplied with fire-
arms. The exact time at which this occurred is not known, but it was
probably thirty years befote the visit of Capt. Lewis, as the Osages were
driven from the Missouri by the Sacs, and forced farther south, onto the
Osage, about that time. eo ;

‘After the incursion of the hostile Indians, the Kanzas, considerably re-
duced in number, located their principal village on the north bank of the
Kansas River, about two miles below the confluence of the Big Blue.t

* A full account of this expedition is given in “ Early Explorations” (Gen. History).

© Bi is village was surveyed and mapped in the spring of 1880, under the super-
diatere aoa, Higa) Secretary of Kansas Historical Society. He describes the locality
as followa: ‘The site is in Pottawatomie County, ahout two miles east of Manhattan, on a neck
of land between the Kansas and Big Blue Rivers. The rivers here by their courses embrace a
peninsular tract of about two miles in length, extending east and west. At the point where the
village was situated, the neck between-the two rivers is about one-half mile in breadth, and the
village st®tched from the banks of the Kansas River northward for the greater part of the dis-
tance acros3 toward the Blue. * *° * The site of the Village is on the present farm of Hon.
Welcome Wells, and is crossed by the Kansas Branch of’ the Union Pacific Railroad.

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-Osages, including Na-he-da-ba, or Long

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although the Kanzas and Osages were of the same nation, their lan-
guage nearly identical, and their government and customs similar, they
were almost continually at war, from the time they were first known to
Europeans until 1806, in which year a treaty was negotiated between the
two nations through the instrumentality of the United States Government.
A grand council was held September 28, 1806, at the village of the Pawnee
Republic, between Lieuts. Pike and Wilkinson on the part of the United
States, and various chiefs of the Pawnee, Osage and Kanzas nations. The
treaty formed between the two nations at that time, copies of which were
poueeaen to the several tribes through their respective chiefs, read as fol-
ows:

“Tn council held by the subscribers, at the village of the Pawnee Republic, appeared
Wahonsongay with eight principal soldiers of the Kanses nation on the one part, ci Shin-
plies; a chief of the Osage nation, with four of the warriors of the Grand and Little
sage villages on the other part. After having smoked the pipe of peace and buried past
animosities, they individually and Aes, bound themselves in behalf of and for their re-
spective nations to observe a frien y intercourse and keep a permanent peace, and mutually
R aie themselves to use every influence to further the commands and wishes of their great
‘ather.
We, therefore, American chiefs, do require of each nation a strict observance of the
ayore treaty, as they value the good will of their great father, the President of the United
ates.
Done at our council fire, at the Pawnee Republican village, the 28th of September, 1806,
and the thirty-first year of American independence.
(Signed), Z. M. PIKE,
J.B. WILKINSON.

The treaty thus formed was never broken by either nation, their com-

‘mon hostility being henceforward directed mainly to the Pawnees, and the

marauding tribes that infested the Western plains.

The Kanzas nation, although smaller numerically than either the Osage
or Pawnee, was more warlike than the former, and, from its rapidly ac-
quired skill in the use of firearms, was dreaded by the latter. It was not
many years after the visit of Lieut. Pike before the increasing influx of
traders and explorers into the country gave a new direction to the warlike
propensities of the tribe, which, from its position, was able to cause much
trouble and annoyance, both to those who sought to pass up the Missouri
and those who wished to cross the plains to the Rocky Mountains.

Their depredations becoming more frequent and serious, culminated
in 1819, by their firing on one of the Indian Agents, and attacking and
plundering soldiers attached to the command of Capt. Martin, who was
sent up the Missouri with a detachment of troops the preceding fall, and
was obliged, during the winter, to form a hunting-camp, to keep himself
and party from starving. To prevent the recurrence of similar outrages,
Maj. O'Fallon, the Indian Agent who had been attacked, summoned the
chiefs and principal men of the Kanzas nation to a council, to be held at
Isle au Vache, in the Missouri River, near the present site of Atchison, on
the 18th of August, 1819. .

The Indians were absent on a hunting excursion when the messenger
arrived at their village on the Kanzas, but arrived at the designated place
on the 28d, and on the following day, the council was held in the arbor
prepared for their reception. There were present 161 Kanzas and thirteen
eck, one of the principal chiefs
of the Kanzas; Ka-he-ga-wa-ta-ning-ca, Little Chief, second in rank;
Shen-ga-ne-ga, an ex-principal chief; Wa-ha-che-ra, Big Knife, a war chief;
and Wom-pa-wa-ra, or White Plume, just then becoming famous. Maj.
O’Fallon had with him the officers of the garrison and a few gentlemen
connected with Maj. Long’s exploring expedition.

After setting forth the various grievances which the whites had suffered
at their hands, and impressing them with a sense of their general bad
conduct, which they were assured richly merited severe chastisement, the
Major held out the promise of reconciliation, provided their future behav-
ior should merit such a favor.

The chiefs fully acquiesced in the justice of the charges brought against
them, and accepted the terms offered by the agent. The ceremonies were
enlivened by a slight military display in the form of firing of cannon and
hoisting of flags, and an exhibition of rockets and shells, which last evi-
dently made a deeper impression on the minds of the visitors than the elo-
quence of Maj. O’Fallon. It was afterward learned that the delegation
would have been larger but for a quarrel which arose among the chiefs
after they had started, in regard to precedence in rank, in consequence of
which ten or twelve returned to the village.

Prof. Thomas Say, of Maj. Long’s exploring party, visited the nation
at the village on the Kansas River during the summer of 1819, being there
when the delegation started for the Isle au Vache council. The following
account of the reception of his party; of the general appearance of the vil-
lage, and of the government and customs of the nation at the time, is tak-
en from the report of Maj. Long’s expedition. Speaking of Mr. Say’s party,
the report says:

As they approached the village, they perceived the tops of the lodges red with the
crowds of natives. The chiefs and warriors came-rushing out on horseback, painted and
decorated -and followed by great numbers on foot. Mr. Say and his party were received with
the utmost cordiality, and conducted into the village by the chiefs, who went before and on
each side to protect them from the encroachments of the crowd. On entering the village,
the crowd readily gave way before the party, but followed them into the lodge assigned to -
them, and completely and most densely filled the spacious apartment, with the exception onl.
of a small space opposite to the entrance, where the party seated themselves on the beds, still
protected from the pressure of the crowd by the chiefs, who took their seats on the ground
immediately before them. After the ceremony of smoking with the latter, the object which
the party had in view in passing through their territories was explained to them, and seemed
to be perfectly satisfactory. At the lodge of the principal chief, they were regaled with
jerked bison meat and boiled corn, and were afterward invited to six feasts in immediate
succession.

Mr. Say writes as follows:

The approach to the village is over a fine level prairie of considerable extent, passing
which you ascend an abrupt bank to the right, of ten feet, to a second level, on which the
village is situated in the distance, within about a quarter of a mile of the river. It consists
of about one hundred and twenty lodges, placed as closely together as convenient, and des-
titute of any regularity of arrangement. The ground area of each lodge is circular, and is
excayated to the depth of from one to three feet, and the general form of the exterior may
be denominated hemispheric.
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The lodge in which we reside is larger than any other in the town, and being that of
the grand chief, it serves as a council-house for the nation. The roof is sOBary by two
series of pillars, or rough vertical posts, forked at the top for the reception of the transverse
connecting pieces of each series; twelve of these pillars form the ewer series, placed,in a
circle, and eight longer ones the-inner series, also describing a circle; the outer wall, or rude
frame-work, placed at a proper distance from the exterior series of pillars, is five or six feet
high. Poles, as thick as the leg at the base, rest with their butts upon the wall, extending
on the cross-pieces, which are upheld b: the pillars of the two series, and are of sufficient
length to reach nearly to the summit. These poles are very numerous, and agreeably to the
position which we have indicated, they are placed all around in a radiating manner, and
support the roof like ratters. Across these are laid long and slender sticks or twigs at-
tached parallel to each other by means of bark cord; these are covered by mats made of long
grass or reeds, or with the bark of trees; the whole is then covered completely with earth,
which, near the eG is banked up to the eaves. <A hole is permitted to remain in the
middle of the roof to give exit to thesmoke. Around the walls of the interior a continuous
series of mats are suspended; these are of neat workmanship, composed of a soft reed,
united by bark cord, in straight or undulated lines, between which lines of black paint
sometimes occur. The bedsteads are elevated to the height of a common seat from the
ground, and are about six feet wide: they extend in an uninterrupted line around three-

ourths of the circumference of the apartment, and are formed in the simplest manner, of
numerous sticks or slender pieces of wood, resting at their ends on cross pieces, which are
supported by short notched or forked posts driven into the ground. Bison skins sunny
them with a comfortable bedding. Several medicine or mystic bags are carefully attached
to the mats of the wall; these are cylindrical, and neatly bound up. Several reeds are usu-
ally placed upon them, and a human scalp serves for their fringe and tassels. Of their con-
tents we know nothing. , ,

_ _ The fire-place is a simple, shallow cavity in the center of the apartment, with an up-
right and a projecting arm for the support of the culinary apparatus, The latter is very
simple in kind and limited in quantity, consisting of a brass kettle, an iron pot and wooden
bowls and spoons. Each person, male as well as female, carries a large knife in the girdle of
the breechcloth behind, which is used at their meals, and sometimes for self-defense. Dur-
ing our stay with these Indians, they ate four or five times each day, invariably supplying
ie with the best pieces, or choice parts, before they attempted to taste the food them-
selves. }

Their food is described as consisting of bison meat,eand_ various prep-
arations of Indian corn or maize, one of which was called “lyed corn,”
known among the whitesas hulled corn. They also used pumpkins, musk-
melons and watermelons, and a soup made of boiled sweet corn and beans,
and seasoned with buffalo meat.

In 1819, the hereditary principal chief was Ca-ega-wa-tan-ninga, but
could maintain his authority only by the force of personal qualities; all
distinction, civil as well as military, being a reward for bravery or gener-
osity. There were several inferior chiefs, but they possessed little author-

ity. .

e Like all the Indian tribes, the Kanzas believed in a Great Spirit, and
had vague ideas of a future life. In their family relations they were more
honorable than many of the Eastern tribes. Marriage was celebrated
with such ceremonies as served to render the tie more binding, and
chastity was one of the requisites to fit a woman for the “ wife of a chief,
a brave warrior or a good hunter.” They bore pain with the common In-
dian stoicism, never complaining. They-were faithful to the ties of rela-
tionship and friendship, and cared for the sick and disabled. Drunken-
ness was rare, and insanity unknown. The women had entire manage-
ment of all domestic concerns, and appeared to take pride in excelling in
that department. 5

The first treaty between the United States Government and the Kan-
zas Indians was made and concluded between Ninian Edwards and Au-
gust Choteau, Commissioners of the United States, and certain chiefs and
warriors of the Kanzas tribe, on behalf of said tribe, in the year 1815. It
was a treaty of peace, the parties mutually agreeing to forgive any past in-
jury, to perpetuate friendly relations, and the tribe, through its chiefs,
acknowledging itself under the protection of the United States and of “no
other nation, power or sovereign whatsoever.” .

In June, 1825, treaties for the cession of their lands were made with
the Kanzas and Osage nations at St. Louis, Mo. These treaties were made
by Gen. Clarke, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, without previous au-
thority from the Government, but by the advice of Hon. Thomas H. Ben-
ton, and on the strength of his assurance that they would be ratified by the
Senate. They were duly ratified, and the necessary appropriations made
The treaty with the Kanzas was made June 3, 1825, by the terms of which
the following named country wus ceded: “Beginning at the entrance of
the Kansas River into the Missouri River; from thence north to the north-
west corner of the State of Missouri; from thence westerly to the Noda-
way River, thirty miles from its entrance into the Missouri River; from
thence to the entrance of the Nemaha into the Missouri River, and with
that river (the Nemaha) toits source; from thence to the source of the Kan-
sas River, leaving the old village of the Pania (Pawnee) Republic to the
west; from thence on the ridge dividing the waters of the Kansas River
from those of the Arkansas, to the western boundary line of the State of
Missouri; and with that line thirty miles to the place of beginning.”*

From this cession a reservation “for the use of the Kanzas nation ”
was made of “atract of land, to begin twenty leagues up the Kanzas River,
and to include their village on that river; extending west thirty miles in
width, through the lands ceded in the first article.”

About twenty half-breed reservations of one mile square were made,
“to be located on the north side of the Kanzas River, commencing at the
line of the Kanzas Reservation” (a little west of the present site of North
Topeka) “and extending down the Kanzas River for quantity.”

The tribe also relinquished at this time all claim they might have to
Jands in Missouri; and in consideration of the cession of land, and relin-
quishment of such claim, the United States agreed “to pay to the Kanzas
nation of Indians $3,500 per annum for twenty successive years, at their
villages, or at the entrance of the Kanzas River, either in money, mer-
chandise, provisions or domestic animals, at the option of the aforesaid na-
tion; and when the said annuities, or any part thereof, is paid in mer-
chandise, it shall be delivered to them at the first.cost of the goods in St.
Louis, free of transportation.”

 

* This cession included the triangular portion of land added to Missouri by act of June 7,
1836, known as the “ Platte Purchase,’

In addition to the above-named consideration, cattle, hogs, and imple-
ments of agriculture were to be supplied to them, a blacksmith provided,

-and persons employed to teach them agricultuxe.

The United States, by its Commissioner, also agreed that “thirty-six
sections of good land, on the Big Blue River, shall be laid out under the
direction of the President of the United States, and sold for the purpose of
raising a fund to be applied, under the direction of the President, to the
support of schools for the education of the Kanzas children within their
nation.” :

A part of the first payment was made at St. Louis, at the time of the
treaty; $2,000 in merchandise and horses being delivered to the deputation
of chiefs and warriors present; the remainder was paid at the mouth of the
Kansas River, near the present site of Wyandotte, during the year 1825.

The first Kanzas Agency was established at what is now East Kansas
City, in 1827, Barnett Vasquez.being the first open ~The agency was re-
moved to the mouth of Grasshopper Creek the following year, the first pay-
ment at that point being in 1829—Daniel McNair, Special Agent and Pay-
master. In 1880, Marston G. Clark,-Agent; Daniel Boone, farmer; Clem-
enent Lessent, Interpreter; Gabriel Phillibert, blacksmith; with some of
the Kaw half-breeds, were living at. the “Stone Agency House,” on Grass-
hopper Creek. . : : " :

The old Kanzas village near the mouth of .the Big Blue_was partially
abandoned about the year 1830; the tribe, during that year, establishing
several villages lower down the Kansas River. “The village of American
Chief was on the creek of the same name. (now Mission Creek), and about
two miles south of the Kansas River. This band, of about one hundred,
had some twenty dirt lodges, of good size, in which they lived until they
removed to Council Grove in 1848. Hard Chief’s village, about a mile
from the former, was situated on a high bluff on the south bank of the
Kansas River, and numbered about five hundred people and eighty-five
lodges. It was about a mile and a half west of Mission Creek.

The third and largest village, that of Fool Chief, was on the north
bank of Kansas River, two or three miles west of where North Topeka now
stands. Mr. McCoy, in his “Annual Register of Indian Affairs” for 1835,
says the Government of the United States had at that time fenced twenty
acres of land, plowed ten acres, and erected for the principal chief a good
hewed-log house, at the lower or Fool Chief’s village; their smithery,
agency house and house for the residence of their teacher of agriculture

-being within the Delaware country, twenty-three miles east of the Kanzas

lands. Mr. McCoy gives the whole number of the tribe as abaut_ 1,606,
their agent thén being R. W. Cummings, and their interpreter Joseph
James. In 1880, Rev. William Johnson, Howard County, Mo., was ap-
pointed, by the Missouri Methodist Conference, missionary to the Kanzas
tribe. He resided among them two years; was then transferred to the
Delaware Mission; thence to the Shawnee, and, in 1835, returned to his
labors among the Kanzas. In the epring of the same year, the Govern-
ment farm was removed to the vicinity of the upper villages, three hun-
dred acres being selected for the purpose on the north bank of the Kan-
sas River, just east of the present site of Silver Lake-Township, and about
three hundred acres in the valley west of Mission Creek and south of the
Kansas.

_ In the summer of 1835, mission buildings were erected on the north-
west corner of the farm lying south of the river, afterward Section 33,
Township 11, Range 14. The buildings consisted of a hewn-log cabin, two
stories high, eighteen feet wide by thirty-six feet long, with smokehouse,
kitchen and outbuildings. Mr. Johnson and wife removed into the mis-
sion house in September, and for the next seven years labored faithfully
for the good of the Kaws. Mr. Johnson died in April, 1842; at the Shaw-
nee Mission, of pneumonia, contracted from the exposure incident to the
journey to that place. Mr. Cornetzer, and afterward Rev. George W.

ove, had charge of the mission for a short period, but the prosperity of
the institution evidenily waned from the time of the death of its first effi-
cient missionary, and, after a few years, it was absorbed in the Shawnee
Mission. ‘In 1845, Rev. J. T. Peery established a manual labor school on
a small scale at the mission, which was continued one year.

On the 14th of January, 1846, the Kanzas ceded to the United States
“two millions of acres of land on the east part of their country, embracing
the entire width, and running west for quantity.”

This cession comprised the reservation afterward granted to the Potta-
watomics, including all the improvements made by Government. The
Kanzas were removed to the vicinity of Council Grove, now in Morris
County, where they received a grant of 256,000 acres. A branch of the
Shawnee Methodist Mission was established among them. Hard Chief’s
village was established on the north bank of the Cottonwood River, where
the village of Columbia was afterward founded by Thomas F. Huffaker,
who, with other Government ofticials, accompanied the Indians to the new
location. They gradually deteriorated in number and civilization. After
they learned to love liquor, all efforts for their advancement proved futile.
The tribe among whom “drunkenness was rare” ceased. to exist, and be-
fore they were removed to the Indian Territory, they were perhaps the
most degraded tribe in Kansas. ‘

October 5, 1859, a treaty was made by which a portion of the triba
reservation was set apart, and assigned in severalty to various individuals
of the tribe, and on May 8, 1872, an act was passed for the appraisal and
sale of their lands, and their finalremoval from the State of Kansas to their
reservation in Indian Territory, where they are now located. Their num-
ber is now (1882) reduced to about two hundred, a feeble, poverty-stricken
remnant of the powerful nation from which the fair State of Kansas de-
rived its name.

THE OSAGE NATION. ”

_ Of the Indian nations living north of the Arkarisas and west of the
Aes ieeippt: the Ouasash (corrupted to Oauchage—Osage) were best known
to the French during the early years of their occupancy of Louisiana
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 61

Claiming lands extending east even to the bank of the Mississippi, and
maintaining friendly intercourse with the Illinois, who dwelt on the oppo-

site shore, the -Osages were brought in frequent contact with the French .

adventurers of Kaskaskia, Natchez and New Orleans. Rumors of mines
of silver and lead to the west of the Mississippi brought, at a very early
day, many explorers, into that region, and the discovery of the “ Mine of
the Marameg” by Sieur de Lochen in 1719, followed by the arrival of a
large company of the King’s miners, under the superintendence of M.
Renandiere, to construct furnaces and develop the mine, gave a fresh im-
petus to the prevailing spirit of extravagant expectation in regard to the
mineral resources of the western portion of Louisiana. * :

At this time, the Osages had villages on the Missouri and Osage Rivers,
the latter not very distant from the famous mine. Their country was thor-
oughly explored by parties in search of silver and lead, and to a compara-
tively late day the extensive “diggings” on the old Osage trail near the
Le ne River bore the marks of the spade and pick of the early French
explorers. é

It was during the year that silver was discovered on the Marameg, and
when the mining mania was at fever heat, that Du Tissenet was sent by
Bienville, Governor of Louisiana, to explore the western part of the prov-
ince, and, in the course of-his investigations; visited and crossed from
southeast to northwest the present State of Kansas. M. Du Tissenet vis-
ited the village of the Osage Indians, five miles from the Osage River, at
eighty leagues above its mouth, and describes the inhabitants as stout,
a regs ares warriors. Healso mentions the lead mines that were

ound in their country. a

Bia four Osages férmed a part of the escort of: M. De Bourgmont on
his pacific mission to the Padoucas in 1724, but from that time there is no
record of any organized French expedition visiting the region. The de-
struction of. Fort Orleans, of which M. De Bourgmont was Commandant,
with the massacre of its entire garrison, effectually put a stop, for a long
time, to any further attempts to extend French exploration toward the
west, and, except the fact thatthe Osages, Kanzas and Pawnees were en-
gaged in continual war among themselves. and with the more western
tribes, little is known of them until the explorations of Messrs. Lewis and

Clarke and Lieut. Pike furnished more definite knowledge of their loca-
tions, homes and habits of life.

As early as 1796, a division was effected in the Osage nation. The
Chaneers or Arkansa band, under the lead of Chief Cashesegra, or Cler-
mont, removed to the Verdigris and formed several villages along its banks,

_that of Clermont being about sixty miles up the river. The Arkansa band
was principally composed of the young men of the two tribes, and its for-
mation was effected through the influence of Pierre Choteau,-a St. Louis
fur trader, who had hitherto enjoyéd a monopoly of the trade with the
Osages by the way of the river of thesame name. Having been superseded
as agent by Manuel de Liza, also an enterprising St. Louis trader, M.
Choteau determined to plant a colony of young and vigorous Osages on
one of the tributaries of the Arkansas, and endeavor to draw the trade of
his rival to the more southern river, in which financial scheme he was quite
successful, the new settlement soon quite overshadowing the older.

About 1803, the Little Osages separated from the Grand Osages, and.
made a village on the Missouri River, near where Fort Clark, afterward
called Fort Osage, was built. They, however, were soon attacked by the
warlike tribes farther to the north and east, and forced to seek refuge and
protection in the vicinity of the more numerous band of the Grand Osage,
who dwelt near the head-waters of the Osage River, about fifteen miles
east of the present Kansas line. =

One of the objects of Lieut. Pike’s expedition of 1806 and 1807 through
the interior of Louisiana was “to deliver at the village of the Grand Osage
several Osage captives, lately prisoners in the hands of the Pottawatomies;”
another was “ thé accomplishment of a permanent peace between the Osages
and the Kanzas;” and a third was “to endeavor to make peace between
the Camanches and Osages.” ; : :

In the accomplishment of these objects, Lieut. Pike had an opportu-
nity of carefully observing the customs and noting the peculiarities of the
Osages at that period. At the time of his arrival at the village of the
Grand-Osage, the Little Osage had already marched a war party against
the Kanzas, and the Grand Osa e a party against the Arkansas band.
White Hair, chief of the Grand Osage, was unable to prevent it, although
the expedition was contrary to his wishes. Schemers at St. Louis were
constantly fomenting trouble between the tribes, and turning their quar-
rels to their own advantage. The treaty of peace which Lieut. Pike was
instrumental in bringing about was faithfully observed by both Osages and

nzas.  - Sie:

re ‘At the time of thig visit, the Grand Osage village on the Osage River
numbered, by actual census—men, 502; boys, 341; women and girls, 851;
lodges, 214. ‘Cheveau Blanc, or White Hair, chief. The Little Opagts
numbered 824, and Clermont’s band 1,500. The government was nominally
vested in a small number of chiefs, but their power was limited, all meas-
ures which they proposed being submitted to a council of warriors and de-
cided by a majority vote. :

The tribe was divided into two classes; warriors and hunters compos-
ing the first, cooks and doctors the second. The doctors were also priests
or magicians, possessing great influence, being supposed to have knowledge
of deep mysteries, and to be wonderfully skilled in the use of medicines.
The cooks weré also of much importance, the -class including all the war-
riors who; from age or other cause, were unable to join the war parties.

When received into an Osage village, a guest immediately presented
himself at the lodge of the chief, where he was expected to eat his first

meal, after which he was invited to a general feast, given by the most im-
portant warridrs and great men. The cooks stood outside the lodge and
gave the invitation by crying, In a loud voice: nen and eat; such an
one gives a feast.” The feasts were repeated until all the more important
members of the tribe had an opportunity to display their hospitality.

The Osage lodges were usually constructed by driving into the ground
upright posts, about twenty feet high, with crotched tops as a rest for the
ridge pole, over which were bent small poles, fastened to stakes about four
feet high. The ends of the lodge were formed by broad slabs, and the
whole covered with rush matting. There was generally a door on each
side, the fire being in the center, with an aperture in the roof for the es-
cape of the smoke. A raised platform, covered with skins, at one end,
served to display the household treasures of the host, and as a place of
honor for the guests. The lodges varied in length from thirty-six to one
hundred feet. ! @ :

Physically, the Osages were the finest specimens of Western Indians
ne erect and dignified. The average height of the men was over six

eet.

In 1808, a few years subsequent to the acquisition of Louisiana by the
United States, a treaty was made at Fort Clark, then recently built, on the
Missouri River, between the United States and the Osage nation. Article
1 of the treaty reads as follows: “The United States; being anxious to
promote peace, friendship and intercourse with the Osage tribes, to afford
them every assistance in their power, and to protect them from the insults
and injuries of other tribes of Indians situated near the settlements of the
white people, have thought proper to build a fort on the right bank of the
Missouri, a few miles above the fire prairie, and do agree to garrison the
same with as many regular troops as the President of the United States
may, from time to time, deem necessary for the protection of all orderly,
friendly and well disposed Indians of the Great and Little Osage nations
who reside at this place, and who do strictly conform to and pursue the
counsels or admonitions of the President of the United States through
his subordinate officers.”

At this post (Fort Clark) the United States agreed “to establish and
permanently to continue, at all seasons of the year, a well-assorted store of
goods,” for the purpose of bartering with the Osages, on moderate terms,
for their peltries and furs; also “to furnish at this place, for the use of the
Osage nations, a blacksmith, and tools to mend their arms and utensils of
husbandry, and engage to build them a horse-mill, or water-mill; also to
furnish them with plows, and to build for the great chief of the Great
Osage, and for the great chief of the Little Osage, a strong blockhouse in
each of their towns, which are to be established near this fort.”

There was also, by the terms of the treaty, to be delivered annually to
the Great Osage nation, merchandise to the value of $1,000, and to the Lit-
tle Osage nation merchandise to the value of $500, and in addition there
was to be paid, at or before the signature of the treaty, to the Great
eae nation, the sum of $800, and to the Little Osage nation the sum of

Article 6 of the treaty reads as follows:

And in consideration of the advantages which we derive from the stipulations contained
in the foregoing article, we, the chiefs and warriors of the-Great and Little Osage, for our-
selves and our nation respectively, covenant and agree with the United States, that the
boundary line between our nations and the United States shall be as follows, to wit: Begin-
ning at Fort Clark, on the Missouri, five miles above Fire Prairie, and running thence a due
south course to the river Arkansas, and down the same to the euSiay hereby ceding and
relinquishing forever to the United States all the lands which lie east of the said line, and
north of the southwardly bank of the’said river Arkansas, and all lands situated north-
wardly of the river Missouri. And we do further cede and relinquish to the United States
forever, a tract of two leagues square, to embrace Fort Clark, and to be laid off in such man-
ner as the President of the United States shall think proper.

As the above-mentioned treaty was the first concluded between the
United States and the Osage nation, its “inner history,” as contained in
the report made by Mr. Sibley in 1812, is given.Mr. Sibley, formerly com-
mandant at Fort Clark, and at the time of his report, Indian Agent at the
same place (then called Fort Osage or Fort Sibley), says, he writes “from an
acquaintance with the Osages extending almost to every individual of the
tribe, and of more than eight years’ standing.” According to his report,
in 1804, President Jefferson promised the Osage chiefs, then on a visit to
Washington, to establish a trading post for the benefit of their nation, this
promise being repeated in 1806. The fort was built in October, 1808, and
the following month, November 8, 1808, Pierre Choteau, United States
Agent for the Osages, arrived at Fort Clark, prepared to execute the treaty
which Gov. Lewis, of Missouri, had deputized him to offer the ‘nation.
The chiefs and warriors of the Great and Little Osage assembled on the
10th, and, on learning that the trading post, which was supposed by them
to have been established as a favor and mark of friendship, was in fact a
part of the price paid for their lands, and that, unless they accepted the
provisions of the treaty, they virtually forfeited the protection of the Unit-
ed States, they reluctantly signed it, protesting that “they had no choice;
mey must either sign the treaty, or be declared the enemies of the United

tates.”

This treaty was not ratified by the Senate until 1810, and the Indians
did not receive the first annuity until September, 1811, three years after
the treaty was made. The blockhouse which was promised for the defense
of the Osage towns on the Osage River was useful only to the traders, be-
ing detached from the agency, and no competent person having charge.
A will was built and a blacksmith sent to the town of the Great Osages.

By the terms of the treaty of 1808, the Osage title to all land in Mis-
souri was extinguished, excepting a strip twenty-four miles wide lying east-
ward from the western boundary of the State, and extending from the
Missouri River south into the Territory of Arkansas. The eastern line ex-
tended a few miles east of Fort Clark, which was situated on a bluff on
the Missouri River, near the present site of the town of Sibley. The prin-
cipal village of the Osages was due south from’ the fort, on the Osage
River, and it was this village that Capt. Pike visited and described in 1806.

Fort Clark was abandoned as a ene post in June, 1813, at which
time the garrison was withdrawn.’ Maj. Sibley was Government factor
and agent from 1818 until the final abandonment of the agency in 1825.

Mr. Sibley, in his report, commends the Osages for their uniform and
constant faithfulness to the French and Americans. They offered their
62 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

services to him when4n command of Fort Clark, when British emissaries
attempted to engage them in their service, and declared their determina-
tion “never to desert their American father as long as he was faithful to
them.” He says that “of all the Missouri Indians, they were the least ac-
cessible to British influence.”

At about the time of this report, a portion of the Osage nation re-
moved from the old location on the forks of the Osage River, and settled on
the bank of the River Neosho, in the present county of Labette.

In 1817, the Cherokees attacked the Osage village on the Verdigris
during the absence of Clermont and his warriors, fired the town, destroyed
the crops, and took prisoners fifty or sixty of the old men, women and chil-
dren who were left there. This assault was followed by mutual acts of
recrimination between the hostile tribes, eventuating in war, which lasted
several years, the Delawares joining the Cherokees as allies. A treaty of
peace between the contending nations was concluded at Belle Point in 1822.

The Osage nation, in 1818, as pay for property taken from citizens of
the United States “by war parties and other thoughtless men of their sev-
eral bands,” and “being destitute of funds to do that justice to the citizens
of the United States which is calculated to promote a friendly intercourse,
have agreed, and do hereby cede to the United States, and forever quit
claim to the tract of country included within the following bounds, to wit:
‘Beginning at thé Arkansas River, at where the present Osage boundary
line strikes the river at Frog Bayou; then up the Arkansas and Verdigris to
the falls of Verdigris River! thence eastwardly to the said Osage boundary
line at a point twenty leagues north from the Arkansas River; and with
that line to the place of beginning.’ ”

In consideration of the above-described cession, the United States
ee to pay their own citizens the losses they had sustained at the hands
of the Osages, provided the same did not exceed the sum of $4,000.

Three years after this treaty was concluded, the following report of
their location and condition was made by their agent at Fort Osage. The
report is dated October 1, 1820: :

The Great Osages, of the aa River. They live in one village on the Osage River,
seventy-eight miles (measured), due south of Fort Osage. They hunt over a very great
extent of country, comprising the Osage, Gasconade and Neeozho Rivers, and their numerous
branches. They also hunt on the heads of the St. Francis and White Rivers, and on the
Arkansas. I rate them at about one thousand two hundred souls, three hundred and fifty
. Aca are warriors and hunters, fifty or sixty superannuated, and the rest are women and
~e en.

The Great Osages, of the Neeozho, about one hundred and thirty or forty miles south-
west of Fort Osage; one village on the Neeozho River. They hunt pretty much in common
with the tribe of the Osage River, from which they separated six or eight years ago. This
village contains about four hundred souls, of whom about one hundred are warriors and
hunters, some ten or fifteen aged persons, and the rest are women and children.

Papuisea; or, White Hair, principal chief.

‘he Little Osages. Three villages on the Neeozho River, from one hundred and twenty
to one hundred and forty miles southwest of this place. This tribe, comprising all three
villages, een ae lee geen about twenty families—of Missouries that are intermarried with
them—I rate at about one thousand souls, about three hundred of whom are hunters and
warriors, twenty or thirty superannuated, and the rest are women and children. They hunt
pretty much in common with the’ other tribes of Osages mentioned, and a peaeed on the
Peer of the Kanzas, some of the branches of which interlock with those of the

eeozho.

Nechoumani; or, Walk in Rainy principal chief.

Of the Chaneers; or, Arkansas tribes of Osages, I need say nothing, because they do not
resort here to trade. I have always rated that tribe at about an equal half of all the Osages.
They hunt chiefly in the Arkanzas and White River,.and their waters.”

Mr, Sibley, the agent, states that it is impossible to obtain an exact
enumeration of the tribes, as they are continually removing from one
village to another, and intermarrying, but the above is as near the truth
a is possible to get. As to their mode of subsistence, he writes as
ollows:

The main dependence of each and every of the tribes is hunting. They would all class
alike in respect of their pursuits; therefore, one general remark will suffice for all. :

They raise annually small crops of corn, beans and pumpkins. These they cultivate
entirely with the hoe, in the‘simplest manner. Their crops are usually planted in April,
and receive one dressing before they leave their villages for the summer hunt in May.
About the first week in August, they return to their villages to gather their crops, which
have been left unhoed and unfenced all the season. z

Each family, if lucky, can save from ten to twenty bags of corn and beans, of a bushel
and a half each, besides a penny of dried pumpkins. On this they feast, with the dried
meat saved in summer, till September, when what remains is cashed, and they set out on
the fall hunt, from which they return about Christmas. From that time, till some time in
February or March, as the season happens to be mild or severe, they stay pretty much in
their villages, making only short hunting excursions occasionally, and during that time
they consume the greater part of their cashes. In February or March, the spring hunt
commences; first the bear, and then the beaver hunt. This they pursue till planting time,
when they again return to their village, pitch their crops, and in May set out for the sum-
mer hunt, taking with them their residue, if any, of their corn. This is the circle of an
Osage life, here and there indented with war and trading expeditions, and thus it has been
with very little variation these twelve years past. The game is very sensibly diminishin;
in the country which these tribes inhabit; but has not yet become scarce. Its gradua
diminution seems to have had no other effect on the Indians than to make them more expert
and industrious hunters, and bétter warriors.

The following extracts from the first annual report of tho Superinten-
dent at Union Mission, on the Neosho, to the Secretary of War (October,
1821), describe the villages of the Osages of the Arkansaw somewhat more
in detail:

The Osages of the Arkansaw oceupy several villages. The principal village contains
about three hundred lodges or huts and about three thousand souls. The lodges are gen-
erally from fifty to a hundred feet in length and irregularly arranged. They cover a surface
of about half a mile square. = * # & * ~The men are generally of a eng
stature, of a fine form and of a frank and open countenance. In council, they are dignified,
and in their speeches eloquent. The women, anon strong and active, are not propor-
tionally tall. The children are numerous and remarkably submissive to parental authority.

Dr. Palmer, connected with the same mission, writes, March 18, 1820:

Soon after we arrived, some of the Indians came, as they said, to shake hands with us.

We found them equal to our expectations in every respect, a noble race of people. In this
introduction, we agreed, at their request, to hold a council with them, at their town, within
ten days. At the appointed time, I was one of the four who went over to the council, In
passing that distance, about twenty-five miles, we found the land a continued level and rich
rairie. When we came in sight of the town, we had one of the grandest prospects I ever
eheld. Toa great extent around the town the land appears perfectly level. At two or
three miles distance from the town, there are several.natural mounds, rising directly from a

perfect plain to the height of about two hundred feet. - All the mounds appear to rise to just
the same height, and as level at the top as the adjacent plains. The one nearest to the town
has about three acres on the top and is accessible only in one or two places.

On the 2d day of June, 1825, the Osage nation relinquished its title to
all the lands it still claimed in Missouri and Arkansas, and in addition,
ceded to the United States “all lands lying west of the said State of Mis-
souri and Territory of Arkansas, north and west of the Red River, south
of the Kansas River, and east of a line to be drawn from the head sources
of the Kansas southwardly through the Rock Saline.”

Article 2 of the treaty contained the following reservation:

Within the limits of the country above ceded and relinquished, there shall be reserved
to and for the Great and Little Osage tribes or nation aforesaid, so long as they may choose

to occupy the same, the following described tract of land: “ Beginning at a ooint due east of
White Hair’s village and twenty-five miles west of the western boundary line of the State

of Missouri, fronting on a north and south line, so as to leave ten miles north and forty
miles south of the point of said Se and extending west, with the width of fifty
miles, to the western boundary of the lands hereby ceded and relinquished by said tribes
or nations.”

In addition to the principal reservation, various half-breed and other
small reservations were located on the Neosho, Marais des Cygnes and
Mine Rivers, including the sections whereon the principal improvements had
been made, and those on which the missionary establishments were located.

The United States agreed to pay the Osage nation, in consideration of
the cession, yearly annuities to the amount of $7,000 for twenty years; also
to provide for them stock, farming utensils, a person to teach them ae
culture, and a blacksmith; to build for each of the four principal chiefs a
comfortable and commodious dwelling house; and to pay any debts which
citizens of the United States, members of the Delaware nation, and certain
traders, held against them. ;

The trading interests among the Osages were principally in the hands
of a few persons who represented large and influential companies at St.
Louis. Pierre Choteau, Manuel De Liza, Pierre Menard, Hugh Glen and
other early Indian traders acquired an ascendancy over this tribe and their
affairs that proved detrimental, if not fatal, to the efforts of the Protestant
missionaries and teachers who xought to induce them to forsake their
wandering, savage life, and endeavor to procure a subsistence by the slow
and unexciting methods of agriculture. ‘Those of the traders who desired
to enrich themselves by the barter in furs and peltries of course would de-
sire to see the nation continue to follow the chase, and would discourage
any intimation-of improvement. The impression was fostered that they
were an uncommonly savage, warlike race, and the advent of educators
among them was undesired and discouraged. ‘This, added to their own
indolence and apathy in regard to improvement, disheartened those who
made the earliest attempts for their advancement, and the early Protestant
missions were abandoned.

In the course of ten or twelve years, the Osages were reduced in num-
bers, and had become a most degraded, servile people—neglected by Gov-
ernment and imposed upon by traders and agents. The teachers of agri-
culture stipulated for in the treaty of 1825 were unable to render them
much service, and left thecountry. The blacksmiths alsodeparted. Their
annuities, after a few years, were paid to them in articles of but little real
value; and, sinking from bad to worse, from poverty almost to starvation,
they finally eked out the scanty supplies of the chase by incursions into
the aeighboring white settlements of Missouri and Arkansas. In 1837,
these depredations became so serious that the frontier citizens of Missouri
called for the assistance of the State militia, and a force of 500 men was
sent to the border to quell the disturbances. The miserable condition of
the Osages was reported to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the fall
of 1837, and an act was passed, January 11, 1839, allowing them to take
the amount of their next annuity in articles of food, instead of money,
making an appropriation to aid them in farming operations; also provid-
ing them two millers and two blacksmith establishments. ;

_ In 1842, Fort Scott was established as a military post, Hiero T. Wilson
being appointed Post Sutler the succeeding year. This post became a trad-
ing resort for the Osages, and continued such for many years. The Cath-
olic missionary institutions which were founded among them proved more
successful than the carly efforts of the Presbyterians, and many of the
Osage children were benefited by the various branches of the Catholic
Osage Mission. White Hair, the venerable chief of the Grand Osages, be-
came a convert to the faith so zealously preached and so faithfully exemp-
lified by the devoted priests, and, after his death, his successor also was
baptized into the communion of the same church. The Indian Agency was
removed from the Neosho to the Quapaw country, but the Osages contin-
ued to live in their old villages, if they could be said to have a home any-
where, so at a part of their time being spent in hunting or idly wander-
ing from place to place.

During the first year of the war of the rebellion, the Osage Agency
thes ce a Fort cei One ew of the Indian Brigade was com-

ed o e Osages, an roughout the whole struggl i
faithful allies of the Unionists, oan

On September 19, 1865, by the terms of the treaty made at Canville
TradingPost, the Great and Little Osage Indians sold to the United States
the following defined country:

Beginning at the southeast corner of their present reservation, and running thence
north, with the eastern boundary thereof, fifty miles to the northeast corner; thetine west
with the northern line, thirty miles; thence south fifty miles, to the southern boundary to
said reservation ; and thence east with said boundary to the place of beginning; provided
that the western boundary of said land herein ceded shall not extend farther westward
than a line commencing at a point on the southern boundary of said Osage country, one

mile saat the place where the Verdigris River crosses the southern boundary of the State

. For this tract of country, afterward known as the “Osage Ceded
Lands,” the United States was to pay $300,000, “which sum should be
placed to the credit of the nation in the Treasury of the United States, in-
terest at 5 per cent thereon, to be paid to the tribe semi-annually, in money
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 63°

or such articles or merchandise as the Secretary of the Interior may di-
rect,” no ae claim or homestead settlement to be allowed on the
land so ceded. fter reimbursing the United States, the purchase money
($300,000), and paying pp of survey and sale, the residue of proceeds
whe placed in United States Treasury to credit of “Indian Civilization
. The Osages, by the same treaty, also ceded “a tract of land twenty
miles in width from north to south off the north side of the remainder of
their present reservation, and extending its entire length from east to west;”
which land was to be held in trust for said Indians, and to be surveyed and
sold for their benefit, under the direction of the Commissioner of the Gen-
eral Land Office, at a price not less than $1.25 per acre. This cession was
known as the “Osage Trust Lands.”
an, rhe remaining strip, thirty miles in width, and lying west of the
Ceded Lands,” was the “Osage Diminished Reserve.” After the treaty
of 1865, the tribe moved on to this reservation, a part settling on Pumpkin
Creek, in the Verdigris Valley, and several bands at the junction of Fall
River with the Verdigris. On February 14, 1877, the Osages, after trying
in vain to obtain the payments due from the Unietd States under the terms
of the treaty of 1865, made a contract with Charles Ewing, an attorney at
Washington, by the terms of which, as approved by Hon. Carl Schurz,
Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Ewing was to obtain payment for all lands
which had been sold or used contrary to the terms specified in the treaty;
to procure certain payments for the Clermont band of Osages; to secure
pensions to dependent families of Osages who were killed by Kansas mili-
tia in 1878, and patents for the lands owned by the Osages in the Indian
Territory at the date of the contract. The nation were to pay the attor-
ney 74 per cent of any sum he might recover from the United States. June
16, 1880, a law was enacted, directing, in effect, that the Osages should be
paid an amount equivalent to the loss they had sustained by the non-observ-
ance of the treaty. They were accordingly credited with $1,028,785.15,
paid in two settlements, as follows:

AUB USE AS, SEBS) 252 sacar assnsrsagien vane Atakitaite wee cad tn numectee $792,701 27
June 1, 1881 236,083 88

The final result of the negotiation—the amount of Mr. Ewing’s claims
for fee pee adjusted by United States officials—was the transfer of the
sum of $1,156,351.82 from the United States Treasury to the following ben-
eficiaries:

To the Osage Indians......ccscesecssseseeeeeeeees

$1,028,785 15

 

To Charles Ewing, attorney 71,901 68
To the civilization fund, for educating and civilizing Indians 55,664 49
TOtal ..cvccsceasaccociieat saveveevawegennaqeniermimnnaerenreae $1,156,351 32

At the time this contract was concluded with Mr. Ewing (1877), the
tribe was divided into eight bands, and numbered about four thousand
souls. At Big Hill, the largest town, were 100 lodges and about. 950 souls.
White Hair’s band was reduced to between three and four hundred; and
the Little Osage, to 700. Since the tribe obtained the payment of the sum
due them by Government, their condition bas materially altered for the
better. They now (1882) number 1,950. They have built, within the past
year, about one hundred box houses, with stone chimneys, the work be-
mg done by themselves. In regard to the education of the children, also,
they are making satisfactory progress, several being members of the In-
dian school in Carlisle, Penn.

OSAGE MISSIONARY ESTABLISHMENTS.

In the fall of 1820, two Presbyterian Missions were established among
the Osages by the United Foreign Missionary Society—Union Station, on
the Neosho River; and Harmony Station, on the Marais des Cygnes,*
about six miles above its junction with the Osage. ;

Rev. Messrs. Chapman and Vinall were sent to the Arkansas in 1819,
as agents for the society, and had proceeded up the river 400 miles, when
Mr. Vinall was ,attacked with disease consequent to his great fatigue and
exposure, and died during the summer. Mr. Chapman continued his jour-
ney to the Osage villages on the Verdigris and Neosho, was very kindly re-
ceived by the Indians, and obtained from the chiefs cessions of tracts of
land on which the missions were established. 4

Union Station was situated on the west bank of the Neosho, about
twenty-five miles north of its entrance into the Arkansas, and about the
same distance from the principal Osage village. The tract embraced a
prairie of about four miles square, with the Neosho on north and east, and
lofty hills on the south and west. The buildings were erected on an emi-
nence about a mile from the river, the estimated value of the missionary

roperty, according to the first annual report of October 30, 1821, being
50/000. including buildings, stock, produce, tools, books and furniture.
Revs. Messrs. Chapman and Vaill, Dr. Palmer and Mr. Redfield were sta-
tioned at Union. F ;

Harmony Station was situated on the margin of the Marais des Cygnes
River, six miles above its junction with the Osage, about fifteen miles east
from the western line of the State of Missouri, and the same distance from
the village of the Great Osages, on the Osage River. The buildifigs of the
establishment were erected on the margin of the Marais des Cygnes, “a
spacious and handsomé green in front, and in the rear a vast prairie cov-
ered with grass.” The mill site belonging to the mission, and the United
States trading house, were a mile below, on opposite sides of the river.
In the course of the year, ten comfortable log houses were erected, the In-
dian school being kept in one of them. In the mission journal, date Fri-
day, December 28, 1821, was the following entry: “Saw White Hair again
to-day. He says that the meddling traders who are among them will be a
great hindrance to our success in obtaining their children, as they are seat-

: 2 is des Cygnes until its junction with the
* The northern fork of the Osage was called Marais
Little Osage, the two forks uniting to form the Osage, or Great Osage.

tering the people. It appears evident that there are some traders among
them that contrive every plan and adopt every kind of artifice and intrigue
to lead or drive the Indians away from the trading houses established by
Government in order to gain the trade themselves. White Hair says he
thinks we shall obtain some children; but until these things can be regu-
lated by Government, we cannot expect very great success.”

In 1822, a saw-mill and grist-mill were erected, and the school con-
tained sixteen Osage children, who were reported as making commenda-
ble progress. ;

By the provisions of the treaty of June, 1825, there were reserved from
the territory ceded by the Osages “two sections of land, to include the Har-
mony missionary establishment, and the mill on the Marais des Cygnes;
and one section, to include the missionary establishment above the Lick on
the west side of Grand (Neosho) River, to be disposed of as the President
of the United States shall direct, for the benefit of said missions, and to
establish them at the principal villages of the Great and Little Osage na-
tions, within the limits of the country reserved to them by this treaty, and
to be kept up at said villages so long as said missions shall be usefully em-
ployed in teaching, a gt and improving the said Indians.”

Rev. Mr. Pixley, Dr. Belcher, Mr. and Mrs. Jones and Miss Comstock
were among the earliest members of the Harmony establishment. These
stations were designed to operate upon a large scale; the system of board-
ing schools was introduced, many missionaries and teachers were connect-
ed with them, and they labored zealously for the good of the children un-
der their charge. Circumstances were not favorable, however, to the en-
terprise, and the missions were discontinued after a few discouraging years
of toil and failure. .

The Catholic Osage Mission.—In 1820, Rt. Rev. De Bourg, Bishop of
New Orleans, appointed Rev, Charles La Croix missionary among the
Osages residing in Missouri, the northern portion of his diocese. After a
few years of labor, Father La Croix died, and was succeeded, in June,
1824, by Rev. Charles Van Quickenborn, who established among the tribe
a manual labor school at the town of Florissant, St. Louis Co., Mo. He
also visited the portion of the tribe who were gathered at the Presbyterian
establishment at Harmony, and, being allowed by the resident missionaries
a room for a chapel, baptized several of the Osage children there, making
the little mission in the wilderness an_ establishment worthy of its name.
In 1827, he visited the Osages on the Neosho, and the following year his
labors were ended by death. For the next twenty years, the Osages were
under the spiritual care of the fathers connected with St. Mary’s
Mission among the Pottawatomies. At the expiration of that time, the
Osages requested the Rt. Rev. Peter R. Kendrick, Bishop of St. Louis,
for the establishment of a Catholic school in their country, and he ap-
pointed Rev. Father John Schoenmakers, Superior of the Osage Mission,
who immediately set out for the field of his future labors, accompanied by
Father J. B. Bax and three lay brothers. They arrived at Neosho April
29, 1847, and in two weeks had the two log buildings which constituted the
mission in readiness to “gather in the children” and commence the “ Osage
Manual Labor School.” In the fall of the same year, October 5, their
labors were supplemented by those of the Sisters of Loretto, of Kentucky,
six of whom, under charge of Mother Concordia Henning, arrived in Octo-
ber and opened a school for girls.

The establishment prospered and increased; new buildings were erect-
ed in 1849 and 1850; auxiliary stations were founded in the various Osage
villages; the working force at the Mother Station was strengthened from
time to time; and under the energetic and able management of Rev. Fa-
ther Schoenmakers and his co-workers, the influence of the Osage Mission
was felt as a power for good among the tribes of the Neosho and the Ver-
digris. And this influence was not contined to the Osages alone. From
the Mother House in the Neosho Valley the fathers went forth to visit the
Miamis, the Peorias, the Quapas and the Cherokees, and soon had scholars
from among those tribes to educate and care for at their school.

During the war of the rebellion, the mission was nearly deserted, the
loyalty of the ffthers making them conspicuous objects of hatred to the
marauding guerrilla bands that infested Southeastern Kansas.

After the treaty of 1865 with the Osages, work revived at the mission.
After the Indians were settled in their new homes, they were again visited
by their old friend, Father Schoenmakers, and the work of instruction was
recommenced. A large church was built at the new mission station; also
a school for the Sisters of Loretto; and the success and improvement of
the tripe after their removal is to be attributed to the continued efforts of
the missionaries in their behalf. In 1870, the schools at the old Osage
Mission were chartered under the names and titles of “St. Francis Insti-
tute” and “St. Ann’s Academy.” They are still under the management
of Father Schoenmakers and the Sisters of Loretto, who have been in
charge since 1847.

THE PAWNEES.

On the map of Marquette, the Pawnees, under the name of Paneassa,
are located in two places—northwest of the Kansa and Ouchage nations,
in the region now Kansas or Nebraska, and’among the Southern tribes on
the Arkansas River—both of which positions they occupied until a com-
paratively recent date.

Du Tissenet visited the Northern Pawnees in 1719, and then found
them inhabiting two villages, each containing about one hundred and
thirty lodges and two hundred and fifty warriors. One of these villages is
gpoeialy supposed to have been that of the Republican Pawnees, on the

epublican Fork of the Kansas. :

M. De Bourgmont does not mention the Pawnees in the account of his
expedition to the Padoucas, which is certainly strange, if, at that time,
the village was located as far south as Du Tissenet’s calculations would
place it. It is apie possible that the rebellion and secession, which result-
ed in the establishment of the Pawnee Republic, did not take place until
et HISTORY OF KANSAS.

later than the time of Bourgmont’s expedition, and that the “two villages”
of Du Tissenet were the old villages on the La Platte.

_ The Pawnees were a warlike and powerful nation, claiming, from the
time the country first became known to the French fur traders until 1820,
the whole region watered by the La Platte, from the Rocky Mountains to
its mouth, and also the country drained by the forks of the Kansas. Their
ee villages were the Grand Pawnee, on the La Platte; the Loup

awnee, on the Loup Branch of the La Platte; and the “ Village of the
Pawnee Republic,” on the Republican Fork of the Kansas. Lieut. Wil-
kinson (of Lieut. Pike’s exploring expedition), in a report to his father,
Gen. Wilkinson, Commander-in-Chief of the United States army, makes
the following statement in regard to the Pawnee Republic: “You must
know that the village is composed of the followers of a dissatisfied war-
rior, who first made this establishment, and the. adherents of a regular
chief of the Grand Pawnees, who migrated thither some few years since
with his family, and usurped the power of the Republican warrior. To
such a pitch does this party spirit prevail that you easily paeine the hos-
tility which exists between the adherents of the two chiefs.”

Messrs. Pike and Wilkinson held a grand council with the chiefs of
the Pawnee nation on the 29th of September, 1806. The council was held
at the Pawnee Republic village (near the present site of Scandia, in Repub-
lic County), and was attended by 400 warriors. When the parties assem-
bled for their council, Lieut. Pike found that the Pawnees had unfurled a
Spanish flag at the door of the chief—one which had lel been presented
to the nation by that Government, through the hands of Lieut. Malgares.*
To the request of Lieut. Pike that the flag should be delivered to him and
one of the United States’ hoisted in its place, they at first made no re-
sponse; but, upon his repeating his demand, with the emphatic declaration
that they must choose between the Americans and Spawiards, and that it
was “impossible for the nation to have two fathers,” they decided to put
themselves, for the time, at least, under American protection. Anold man
accordingly rose, went to the door, took down the Spanish flag and laid it
at the feet of Lieut. Pike, and in its stead elevated the stars and stripes.

The following description of the reception of Lieut. Pike and party at
the village of the Pawnee Republic in 1806, is from the journal of the Lieu-
tenant, dated Thursday, September 25, of that year:

We marched at a good hour, and in about eight miles struck a very large road along
which the Spanish troops had returned, and on which we could yet discover the grass beaten
down in the direction they had taken.

When we arrived within about three miles of the village, we were requsted to remain
as the ceremony of receiving the Osage into the towns was to be performed there. There was
a small circular spot, clear of grass, before which the Osage sat down. We were a small
distance in advance of the Indians. The Pawnees then advanced within a mile of us, and
halted, divided into two troops, and came on each flank at full charge, making all the gest-
ures, and performing the maneuvres of areal war charge. They then encircled us around,
and the chief advanced in the center, and gave us his hand. His name was Characterick.
He was accompanied by his two sons, and a chief by the name of Iskatappe. The Osage
werestill seated; but the Belle Oisean then rose and came forward with a pipe, and presented
it to the chief, who took a whiff ortwo from it. We then proceeded on; the chief, Lieut
Wilkinson and myself in front; my sergeant on a white horse, next with the colors; then
our horses and baggage, escorted by our men, with the Pawnees on each side, running races,
etc. When we arrived on the hill above the town, we were again halted, and the Osage
seated themselves in a row, when each Pawnee, who intended so to do, presented a horse,

and gave a pipe to smoke to the Osage to whom he had made the present. In thismanner
were eight horses given.

According to the authority of Mr. Gallatin, the language of the Paw-
nees is totally unlike that of any other Western tribe. Their form of gov-
ernment was similar to that of the Kanzas and Osages—a hereditary chief-
tainship, the power of the chief being confined to advice and counsel, ex-
cept when made absolute by the power of personal qualities. Their houses
were circular in form, but differed from those of the Dacotah tribes in hav-
ing at the entrance a long passage about fifteen feet in length and six in
width, walled like the house, and having within little apartments of wick-
er work built against one side of the wall, which served as sleeping rooms
for the members of the family, something after the fashion of the sleeping
apartments of the ancient Hurons. They were great lovers of horses, own-
ing many fine ones, which they only used for the chase, always marching
to war on foot. They were also extremely fond of gaming, and played
several games of chance peculiar to themselves.

.The Pawnee nation formerly numbered about twenty-five thousand,
and, in the early years of the present century, was waging successful war
with the Kiowas of the Black Hills, and the Camanches of the Arkansas
and Rio del Norte. The Otoes, Omahas, Missouris and Puncabs yielded
to their superior skill and strength and became dependent tribes. They were
a terror to the Rocky Mountain trappers at the North, and the Santa Fé
traders at the South; and the Kanzas and Osages ventured warily into the
hunting-grounds of their warlike neighbors.

The great trail of the Grand Pawnees and Loup Pawnees led from their
villages on the Platte to their war and hunting-grounds to the southward.
Through the winter they remained in their villages, hut as summer ap-
proached, men, women and children took up their march for the great
buffalo plains, and led a roving, wandering life, in search of game, until
the cold drove them back again to their winter lodges.

A few years subsequent to the visit of Lieut. Pike, the village of the
Pawnee Republic was removed to the La Platte, four miles above that of
the Grand Pawnee, on the north side of the Wolf Fork. It contained, in
1820, only forty lodges, being inferior in every respect to the other villages.
The whole tribe, at this time, according to Maj. O’Fallon’s report, num-
bered about ten’ thousand; in three villages, on the branches of the La
Platte. In 1831, the tribe was reduced to such a terrible condition by the

ravages of small pox that their agent, dehy Palghat, in his report for
that year, says: “Their misery defies all description. I am fully persuad-
ed that one-half the whole nuinber will be carried off by this frightful dis-
temper. They told me that not one under thirty years of age escaped, it hav-
ing been that length of time since it visited them before. They were dy-

 

+See Early Explorations (General History).

ing so fast, and taken down at once in such large numbers, that they had
ceased to bury their dead, whose bodies were to be seen in every direction
—lying in the river, lodged on the sand-bars, in the weeds around the vil-
lages, and in their old corn cashes.” From the Pawnees the disease spread
to the Omahas, Otoes, Missouris and Puncahs, but its progress was checked
among the latter tribes by vaccination before its ravages were so terrible.
From this visitation the nation never recovered. Treaties of peace had
been made between the Pawnees and the United States in 1818 and 1825,
and on the 9th of October, 1883, a treaty was made at the village of the
Grand Pawnees, by terms of which the tribes ceded to the United States
all their land south of the Platte, and agreed to locate north of that river
and west of the Missouri. After their removal, they were assisted by Gov-
ernment, and for a time seemed to prosper, but the depredations of the
Sioux soon drove them again south of the Platte, some returning to their
old villages and some taking refuge with the tribes that once lived under
their own protection—the Otoes and Omahas. Deprived of the assistance
of Government from having violated the terms of the treaty of 1882;
driven from the homes partied, by the fierce and revengeful Sioux; the
old hunting-grounds to the south infested by their old enemies, the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes, and disease thinning their bands, day by day—no
wonder they were soon “dependent altogether upon hunting, stealing and
begging from the emigrant.”

In 1856, their number had dwindled to about five thousand, and in
1878, to twenty-five hundred, who were settled on a reservation on the
Loup Fork of the La Platte, where they had 1,000 acres under cultivation.

They are now removed to the Wichita Reserve, Indian Territory, one
band numbering about three hundred, and the other about two thousand.

THE PADOUCAS.

Early writers mention the Padoucas as a powerful tribe, claiming a
large tract of country now included in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado,
and dwelling in large villages near the head-waters of the Red and Arkan-
sas Rivers. They are said to have been among the hostile Indians that De
Soto encountered in his exploring expedition through Texas in 1541.
Whether the Indians thus referred to were really the Padoucas who dwelt
at, the head-waters of the Kansas River one hundred and fifty years later,
is a matter of doubt, not now important or possible to determine.

The first definite and reliable information in regard to the tribe or na-
tion is gained from the report of M. Du Tissenet, who visited their village,
fifteen days, march west of the Pawnees, in September, 1719. This was
the extreme western limit of his exploration. He speaks of the Padoucas
as “a brave and warlike tribe.” :

In the early part of the eighteenth century, the “Padouca nation” was
divided into several tribes, claiming the country from the head-waters of
the Northern Fork of the Kansas south nearly to the Spaniards of New
Mexico. On the map of Charlevoix, the Kansas River is called the Padou-
ca River, and on that of Du Pratz (on which the region afterward embrac-
ing the Kansas Territory was evidently drawn from the description of M.
De Bourgmont), the Padouca villages are located at the sources of both
forks of the Kansas River, and also on the Arkansas. The Padoucas be-
longed to no one of the great Indian families. They were of an “unknown
race and language,” with habits in many respects dissimilar from any other
nation. Their villages, instead of being heterogeneously thrown together
—a confused mass of lodges—were laid out regularly with streets, which
formed squares, as in a modern city. The houses were neatly built, and
the Indians, in intelligence and habits of living, ranked higher than the
more eastern tribes, with whom they were almost continually at war. Of
their history after the visits of the Trench during the first quarter of the
eighteenth century, little is known. Whether the tribes toward the east
united with the Pawnees for their destruction, or whether disease did its
fatal work among them, is only matter of conjecture. As a nation, they
long ago disappeared, and the roving bands of Kiowas and Kaskaias,
whose language bears no similarity to the Dahcotah, and who, from their
haunts in the Black Hills, long came down to hunt in the region where the
Padoucas fomerly lived, are supposed to be the last remnants of the great
nation of the Padoucas.

: In 1724, M. De Bourgmont, then Commandant at Fort Orleans, on the
Missouri River, made .an expedition to the country inhabited by this na-
tion, of which he gave a full and detailed account in his journal, together
with many of the peculiarities of this now nearly extinct race.

Du Pratz, in his ‘History of Louisiana,” published in 1757, gives the fol-
lowing account of the customs of this ancient tribe, which he states is tak-
en from the journal of M. De Bourgmont:

The nation of the Padoucas is very numerous; extends almost two hundred leagues,
and they have villages quite close to the Spaniards of New Mexico. They are acquainted
with silver, and made the French understand they worked at the mines. The inhabitants of
the village at a distance from the Spaniards, have knives made of fire-stone (pterre de feu), of
which they also make hatchets, the largest to fell middling and little trees with; the less
flay and cut up the beasts they kill. ,

ae are almost without any European goods among them, and have but a faint knowl
edge of them. They knew nothing of fire-arms before the arrival of M. de Bour: ont, and
were much frightened at them; on hearing the zepert they quaked and bowed their heads.

They generally go to war on horseback, and cover their horses with dressed leather,
hanging down quite around, which secures them from darts. When they are in want of
horses, they train up erect dogs to carry their baggage.

he Padoucas, who live at a distance from the epemiards, cultivate no-grain, and live

only on hunting. But they are not to be considered as a wandering nation, though em-
ployed in hunting Winter and summer, seeing they have large villages, consisting of a
great number of cabins which contain very numerous families. These are their permanent
abodes, from which a hundred hunters set out at a time with their horses, their bows and a
‘ood stock of arrows. They go thus two or three days’ journey from home, where they find
erds of buffaloes, the least of which consists of a hundred head. They load their horses with
oe ee ae and children, ep esi by a mau on horseback. When they come at

pot, they encamp near a brook where there is alwa’ : i
by ge ce eir oe ait witha string to a stake or bush. SERVES ERE RNEL Ne
_ Next morning they each mount a horse and proceed to the first herd, with the wi:

their back, to the end the buffalo may scent them and take to flight, which eye
to do, because they have avery quick scent. Then the hunters pursue them close, at an
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 65

easy gallop, and in a crescent, or half ring, till thi i
ea one a ae one es i ey hang out the tongue through fatigue,

a ‘ters thi i int a 4
digo (ti alee uldow aq etl Goett a nters then dismount, point 2 dart at the extrem

f them one cow. i e3~ i
males. They then flay them, take on » Sometimes more ;~for they never kill the

I t the entrails and cut the carcass in two; th

and entrails they leave to the wolves and other carniverous animals. The skin er 1 on
the horse, and on that the flesh, which they carry home, Two days after, they go out again
and then they bring home the meat stripped from the bones; the women and young people
dress it in the Indian fashion, while the men return for some days longer to hunt in the
sane manner. Jey carry home their dry provisions, and let their horses rest for three or
four ae the end of which those who remained in the village set out with the others to

hunt in the same manner, which has made i S i =
dering nation. ’ ignorant travelers affirm this people was a wan:

they sow little or no maize, they as little plant any citriels, never any tobacco; which
just th Spaniards bring them in rolls, along with the horses they truck ‘righ thea for buffalo

All we have hitherto remarked is peculiar to this people, besides th
have in common with the natives of Loniiane, pee reenueat ee nee

EMIGRANT TRIBES.
THE SHAWANOES OR SHAWNEES.

The Missouri Shawanoes were the first Indians removed to the terri-
tory set apart for emigrant tribes by the treaties of June, 1825, with the
: Kanzas and Osages. By treaty made at St. Louis, November 7, 1825, the
United States granted “to the Shawanoe tribe of Indians within the State
of Missouri, for themselves, and for those of the same nation now residing
in Ohio who may hereafter emigrate to the west of the Mississippi, a tract
of land equal to fifty miles square, situated west of the State of Missouri,
and within the purchase lately made from the Osages.”

The tract of fifty miles square thus granted, as afterward surveyed,
and conveyed to the tribe by deed May 11, 1844, was bounded as follows:
“Beginning at a point in the western boundary of the State of Missouri,
three miles south of where said boundary crosses the mouth of Kansas
River, thence continuing south and coinciding with said boundary for
twenty-five miles; thence due west 120 miles; thence due north until said
line shall intersect the southern boundary of the Kanzas Reservation;
thence due east, coinciding with the southern boundary of said reservation,
ta the termination thereof; thence due north, coinciding with the eastern
boundary of said reservation, to the southern shore of the Kansas River;
thence along said southern shore of said river to where a line from the place
of beginning, drawn due west, shall intersect the same.” Ee

he Shawanoes had their ancient home in the basin of the Cumber-
land River. Their territory was invaded by the Iroquois about the year
1672, and the vanquished Shawanoes, fleecing to the South, were scattered
over various parts of the country—settling in the Carolinas, at the head-
waters of the Mobile River, in Florida, and it is related that one tribe had
“quite gone down to NewSpain.” After a short time, several of the tribes
re-united and returned to the vicinity of their old_hunting-grounds, form-
ing settlements in the valley of the Ohio, where Father Marquette relates
that they were “in such numbers that they seem as many as twenty-three
villages in one district, and fifteen in another, lying quite near each other.”

everal treaties of peace had been made previous to 1786, with the
Shawanoes, in common with other tribes, but that of January 31, 1786,
was the first concluded with them separately asa nation. Bv the provis-
ions of this treaty, which was made at the mouth of the Great Miami
River, on the northwest bank of the Ohio, the United States allotted to the
Shawanoes certain lands on the Miami River, contiguous to the reserva-
tions of the Wyandots and Delawares, in consideration of which the Shaw-
anoes relinquished “all title, or pretense of title, they ever had to the lands
east, west and south of the east, west and south lines before described.”

The Wyandots protested against this treaty, on the ground that the
lands set apart for the Shawanoes had been previously, by treaty, ceded to
themselves. The Shawanoes remained, however, on the land, sharing the
Wyandot hunting and fishing grounds, and it was in consideration of their
forbearance at this time that the latter tribe requested the Shawanoes to
cede to them a portion of their reservation in the Indian Territory, when
they attempted to negotiate for removal from Sandusky in 1882. .

From the time of the treaty of peace which the Shawanoes made with
William Penn in 1682 (the first treaty with the whites to which they were a
party), the Society of Friends took an intelligent and constant interest in
their welfare. Thomas Chalkley, a minister of the London society of the
denomination, who visited them as early as 1706, mentions among the pe-
culiaritiés of the nation its custom of admitting women to itscouncils. He
says: “In the council was a woman who took a part in the deliberations
of this council, as well as upon all important occasions. |

“On the interpreter being questioned why they permitted a woman to
take so responsible a part in their councils, he replied that some women
were wiser than some men, and that they had not done anything for years
without the council of this ancient, grave woman, who spoke much in this
council.” . J 5

Philanthropic and ee enterprises were necessarily suspended dur-
ing the long-continued rench, English and Indian wars, but after the
close of the war of 1812, the Friends again resumed their labors among the
Shawanoes, establishing a school, and building flour and saw mills at their
village in Ohio. Under the prudent and energetic superintendence of
Henry Harvey, the tribe made rapid advance in civilization, and in the
year 1831, when their lands were bought by Government, preparatory to
the removal of the tribe to the West, the Ohio Shawanoes were prosperous
in an eminent degree. :

“a anitery 4, 1798, Baron De Carondelet, a Spanish nobleman, granted
to bands of Shawanoes and Delawares who desired to settle there, a tract
of land about twenty miles square, “lying between the River St. Come
and Cape Geredeau, and bounded on the east by the Mississippi, and west-

hite Water.”
ware) Bias removed from the tract in 1815; the Shawanoes removed.
from their first location near the cape, and again removed as white settlers

encroached on their lands, until, by the treaty of November 7, 1825, they
relinquished all title to their Missouri lands, and removed to their reserva-
tion in what is now the State of Kansas. In 1831, a treaty was concluded
with the Ohio Shawanoes, giving them a certain sum for their improve-
ments in that State, and land contiguous to the Missouri Shawanoes in In-
dian Territory. A portion of the tribe removed in 1832; the remainder, in
the fall of the following year.

The good results of the habits of thrift and industry which these Shaw-
anoes had acquired, aided and encouraged by the influence of the mission-
aries, who soon settled among them in their new location, were, after a
few years, apparent in the comparatively comfortable houses and the well-
cultivated fields which multiplied on their reservation.

An act was passed in 1853, granting the Ohio Shawanoes $66,000 addi-
tional compensation for their improvements in that State—twenty years
after their removal. This sum was paid to the Ohio band at their reserva-
tion in Kansas.

On May 10, 1854, the tribe ceded to the United States the entire tract
set apart for them November 7, 1825, and conveyed to the tribe by deed,
May 11, 1844, containing about 1,600,000 acres, and by a provision of the
same treaty, the United States retroceded to the tribe “200,000 acres, to be
selected between the Missouri State line and a line parallel thereto and
west of the same thirty miles distant, which parallel line shall be drawn
see ee Kansas River to the southern boundary line of the country herein
ceded.

Three sections of land were to beset apart to the Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church South; 320 acres to the Friends’ Shawnee Labor
School; 160 acres to the American Baptist Missionary Union; five acres to
the Shawnee Methodist Church; and two acres to the Shawnee Baptist
Church—all to be considered a part of the retroceded 200,000 acres. The
residue of the tract was to be divided, each individual receiving 200 acres,
to be deeded in fee simple, and whatever remained to be set apart for any
other Shawnees who might thereafter unite with the tribe.

The privilege of selecting lands extended to every head of a family

“who, though not a Shawnee, had legally married into the nation, accord-

ing to their customs; all persons adopted into the tribe, all minor orphan
children of Shawnees, and all incompetent persons, to have selections made
adjacent to their friends and relatives. i

Other provisions were as follows: “In the settlement known as Black
Bob’s Settlement, in which he has an improvement, whereon he resides,
and in that known as Long Tail’s Settlement, in which he has an improve-
ment, whereon he resides, there are a number of Shawnees who desire to
hold their lands in common; it is therefore agreed that all Shawnees, in-
cluding the persons adopted as aforesaid, incompetent persons, and minor
children who reside in said settlements, and all who shall, within sixty
days after the approval of the surveys hereinafter provided for by the
United States, signify their election to join either of said communities and
reside with them, shall have a quantity of land assigned and set off to them
in a compact body, at each of the settlements aforesaid, equal to 200
acres to each individual in each of said communities.”

Article 4, reads as follows:

Those of the Shawnees who may elect to live in common, shall hereafter be permitted,
if they so desire, to make separate selections within the bounds of the tract, which may
have been assigned to them in common, and such selections shall be made in all respects in
conformity with the rule herein provided to govern those who shall in the first instance
make separate selections.

By Article 6, the grants of land made to missionary societies and
churches were subject to the following provisions:

The grant to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, to be confirmed to the society, or to such person or persons
as might be designated by the society, on the allowance by the society of
$10,000, to be applied to the education of the Shawnee youth.

. The grants to the societies of the Baptists and Friends to be held by
their respective boards so long as the schools connected therewith should
be kept in operation; whenever the schools were finally suspended, the
lands, with the improvements, to be sold at public sale to the highest bid-
der—the proceeds to be applied to the use of the Shawnees—minus the val-
ue of the improvements, which should be given to the respective boards.

Joseph Parks and Black Hoof, principal chiefs, at the request of the
tribe, were allowed to select certain lands—Joseph Parks’ being equal to
two sections, including his residence and improvements; and Black Hoof’s
being equal to one section, including residence and improvements. The
treaty was signed by Joseph Parks, Black Hoof, George McDougal, Long
Tail, George Blue Tocicet, Graham Rogers, Black Bob, Henry Blue Jacket
—representing the bands that were parties to the treaty of November 7,
1825, and August 8, 1831. .

For the land ceded by the Shawanoes, they were to be paid the sum
of $829,000, of which $40,000 should be invested-for educational purposes,
$700,000 paid in seven equal installments, and the remainder within a
month of the time of the last annual payment. Henry Harvey, their faith-
ful Quaker friend and teacher, gives the following account of their condi-
tion at, the time this treaty was made, in his “History of the Shawnee In-
dians:’

The Shawnees, in the year 1854, numbered about nine hundred souls, including the

white men, who have inter-married into the nation, and are thereby adopted as Indians.
This number is perhaps, not more than twenty.

This tribe owns about 1,600,000 acres of land, or about 1,700 acres each. Many of them
have good dwelling houses, well provided with useful and respectable furniture, which is
kept in good order by the females, and they live in the same manner as the whites do, and
live well, too. They have smoke-houses, stables, corn-cribs and other outbuildings. They
have a good supply of horses, cattle, hogs, and some sheep. They have me farm wagons, and
work oxen—some carriages and buggies, and are generally well supplied with farming im-
plements, and know how to use them. They raise abundance of corn and oats, and some
wheat. ‘heir houses are generally very neat; built of hewn logs, with shingled roof, stone
chimneys, and the inside work very well finished off, and mostly done by themselves, as
there are a number of very good mechanics among the younger class. Their fencing is very
good, and taken altogether, their settlements make a very respectable appearance, and would

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lose no credit by a comparison with those of their white neighbors in the State adjoining
them, leaving out, now-and then, a farm where slaves do the labor, and thus carry on farm-
ing on a large scale.

The Shawnees have a large and commodious meeting-house, where they hold a relig-
ious meeting on the first day of each week. They have also a graveyard attached to the meet-
ing-house lot. They hold religious meetings often at their own houses during the week,
generally at night. They hold their camp-meetings and their other large meetings in their
meeting house, as well as their public councils, and also their temperance meetings, for they,
in imitation of their white brethren, and as a means of arresting the worst evil which ever
overtook the Indians, organized a society on this subject, and have their own lectures, in
which (they are assisted by some of the missionaries. * * # * # 4 As regards the
settlements of the Shawnees, in their present situation, they are all located on about thirty
miles of the east end of their tract. * * * Along the margin of the timbered lands are
the Shawnee’s settlements, having timber for buildings, rails and firewood on one side, and
on the other side are their farms, and the delightful prairies for grazing, and for hay for
theiystockin winter, * * © *& © 4 & * € &

In passing along the California and Sante Fé roads, which run on the divide between
the streams of the Blue and Osage Rivers and the Kansas River; in casting the eye on either
side, a handsome view is presented on both hands of good dwellings, handsome farms bor-
dering on the forest, and fine heads of cattlé and horses grazing in the rich prairies as we
pass, and beautiful fields of grain sown, planted and cultivated by the Indians themselves.
The Shawnees generally sow a large amount of grain, and often spare a large surplus after
supplying their own wants,

The Shawanoes eventually established a form of government, the
power being vested in the principal chiefs and a council elected by a direct
vote of the male adults. This council met semi-monthly, a day consti-
tuting a session. At the election of 1855, the members elected to the
council were Henry Blue Jacket, Dougherty, Tooley, Simon Hill and Tuck-
er. The Clerk was Matthew King; the Interpreter, Charles Blue Jacket;
and the principal chiefs were Joseph Parks and Graham Rogers.

I
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Ca

 

REV. THOMAS JOHNSON, Deceasep.

Late Indian Missionary and President of the first Territorial Council.

During the war, the Black Bob* band abandoned their reservation,
which was in the southeastern part of Johnson County, and the title to the
lands has been a disputed question for years.

The Eastern band of Shawanoes, numbering about ninety, was removed
to the Quapaw Reserve, Indian Territory, and the Absentee band, of 688,
to the Sac and Fox Reserve.

The Government Agents in charge of the Shawanoce Indians have been
the following: Maj. R. W. Cummings, from 1828 to 1849; Luke Lee, from
1849 to 1852; Thomas Mosely, from 1852 to 1854; B. F. Robinson, from
1854 to 1855; R. C. Miller, from 1855 to 1856; Benjamin F. Newsom, from
1856 to 1861; Maj. J. B. Abbott, from 1861 to 1866; H. L. Taylor, from 1866
to 1868; Reuben L. Roberts, from 1868 to 1871.

SHAWNEE MISSIONARY ESTABLISHMENTS.

The first mission school among the Shawnees was established by Rev.
Thomas Johnson in 1829, in the present town of Shawnee, Johnson Coun-
ty. The mission was under the direction of the Missouri Methodist Con-
ference, and was for several years taught by Rev. and Mrs. Thomas John-
son, assisted by Rev. and Mrs. William Johnson. In 1835, the scholars
numbered twenty-seven, supported in part by the mission and in part by
their parents. The church congregation numbered, in the same year,
seventy-four Shawnees. In 1839, the school was removed to a location two
miles southwest of Westport, Mo., where a grant of 2,240 acres had been

 

*8ee Black Bob Reservation, Johnson County.

secured. Large and commodious buildings of brick were erected, and a
manual labor school opened, which was in operation until 1862. The three
sections of land granted to the mission by the Shawnees in 1839 were se-
cured to the society by the terms of the treaty of 1854. The school was a
successful one, averaging about one hundred pupils.

In regard to the early Methodist missions, Mrs. Lucy B. Armstrong, of
Wyandot, writes as follows in the Kansas Methodist:

The history of the missions of the M. E. Church in the Indian Territory before the
General Conference of 1844 has been written by abler ey than mine, and I will only state
that all the mission schools which had been established in that part of the Indian Territory
now included in the State of Kansas were consolidated in one grand establishment—the
Indian Manual Labor School, on the Shawnee Reserve, a mile or two west of Westport, Mo.
There were about two sections of land inclosed and under cultivation and well stocked with
domestic animals, as well as a few buffalo; two large brick buildings for the school teachers’
rooms, Superintendent’s rooms, dining-room, kitchen and rooms for the Missionary to the
Shawnees, an excellent flouring-mill, several mechanics’ shops, a store for the mission, and
pane a village of nice frame dwelling-houses for mechanics and other employes. Bishop

Harris, when Missionary Secretary, told the writer that more than $20,000 of the funds of
the Missionary Society of the Methodist eel Church had been used in building up that
mission previous to the time when the M. Jc. Church South took possession of it. And, in
addition to that, the missionaries had obtained the entire use of the Delaware Indian School
Fund of $4,000 per annum for ten years, and the Shawsee Schoo! Fund of $1,500 per annum.
The produce of the fields was quite a help in supporting the school which did not average as
many as 150 pupils per annum, and there was always a long vacation. Thus there were
ample means to erect an additional large brick building, which was done in 1846 or 1847, and
afterward another section of land was added to it. :

The First Baptist Mission was established in 1831, through the efforts
and influence of Rev. Isaac McCoy. Dr. Johnston Lykins and wife were
appointed by the Baptist Missionary Convention teachers and missionaries
to the Shawanoes, and arrived at their post in July, 1831. No appropria-
tion having been made by the Baptist Board of Missions for the erection
of buildings, Mr. Lykins purchased a small tract of United States land,
immediately on the Missouri State line, built a small log house at his own
expense, and commenced his labors, serving not only as minister and
teacher, but also as physician. In April, 1832, an appropriation was made
and the necessary buildings erected. This mission house was the first home
of all the early Baptist missionaries.

Rev. and Mrs. Robert Simerwell, Rev. and Mrs. Jotham Meeker and Rev.
and Mrs. Moses Merril, all arrived during the fall of 1833, and had tempo-
rary quarters at the Baptist Shawnee Mission. In the same year, Dr. Ly-
kins, by authority of Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, was appointed
by the board General Superintendent of Baptist Affairs in the Indian Ter-
ritory, and the charge of the Shawnee Mission fell into the hands of Mr.
Meeker. The church numbered at this time sixteen members, regular
meetings being held at the mission house, and occasional ones at the houses
of the Indians. A school was also in operation. Mr. Meeker brought
with him to the Shawnee Mission a small printing press and types, which
was put in operation during the winter of 1833-34, and, by the 10th of May,
1834, two books had been printed, according to a system of phonography
invented by Mr. Meeker, and several adults, as well as children, had
learned to read and write.

In the spring of 1839, Rev. Francis Barker was appointed missionary

to the Shawanoes, and removed to the mission. October 23, he was mar-
ried to Miss Churchill, a missionary at the same post. and under their effi-
cient management, the school, which had been temporarily abandoned,
was revived. In 1848, comfortable buildings were erected—mission build-
ings and a pretty frame church near the old Santa Fé highway. The mis-
sion was in successful operation until the latter part of 1855, Dr. Barker be-
ing its faithful teacher, minister and physician for over sixteen years.
The Friends’ Mission was established in the summer of 1834. A fam-
ily was sent out by the society to superintend it, a teacher procured and a
school organized, which was kept in successful operation many years. In
the spring of 1840, Henry Harvey took charge of the mission, and remained
two years, the school numbering, when he left, forty children. The mis-
sion was supported by the Society of Friends. A large frame house, with
barn and outbuildings, and 200 acres of land under cultivation, constituted
the mission property.

Mr. Mendenhall was teacher at this mission six years. The Hadleys
Jeremiah and his two sons—and Mr. and Mrs. Thayer, with their two
a ie were also faithful and efficient workers, teachers and Superin-

endents.

The school was discontinued about the time of the opening of the war.
The mission received no aid from Government, but was supported by the
socicties of Friends in Indiana and Ohio.

EARLY MISSIONARIES.

The names of Rev. Isaac McCoy and Dr. Johnston Lykins are so inti-
mately associated with the organization of missionary work in the Indian
Territory that these sketches would be incomplete without a brief biog-
ae ne ae
; vev. tsaac McCoy.—The name of Rev. Isaac McCoy is thorough
identified with the history of the establishment of the Indian Tertiary,
All the best years of his life were spent in efforts and sacrifices for the ad-
vancement of the Indians, his work for fourteen years—from 1828 to 1842
—being chiefly in Kansas. 7

Mr. McCoy was born near Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., June 13,
1784. His youth was spent in Kentucky. In ist7, he commenced his mis-
sionary work among the Miami Indians on the Wabash River in Indiana,
the first mission being near the present site of the town of Roseville. He
remained at. that point until May, 1820, when he removed to Fort Wayne,
re-opened his school, and continued it until the Pottawatomies were
granted a reservation on the St. Joseph River, in Michigan, when he re-
moved to that. ooint and established the Carey Mission, December, 1822.

Thomas Mission, on Grand River, Michigan, was established in 1826,
by Messrs. McCoy, Lykins, Meeker and others. The latter mission was
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MAP OF EASTERN KANSAS IN 1854, SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE INDIAN LANDS, TRADING POSTS, INDIAN MISSIONS AND SCHOOLS, AND MILITARY ROADS.

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among the Ottawas. During his labors at Carey, Mr. McCoy became con-
vinced that much missionary toil and effort was, and would be, wasted,
unless the Indians could be removed farther from the vicinity of the white
settlements, where the precepts and example of the missionaries were con-
tinually counteracted by the evil habits and the alluring vices of the fron-
tier traders.

In January, 1824, Mr. McCoy visited Washington, and submitted a
scheme for the removal of the Eastern tribes to the west of the Mississippi,
to Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War. He approved the idea, and
from that time was a faithful and valuable friend to the measure.

In regard to this visit, Mr. McCoy naively writes: “I was so much
afraid that his (Mr. Calhoun’s) answer would be unfavorable, that, after
mentioning the outlines of the plan, I proceeded to offer many reasons for
adopting it, before I paused to allow room for his reply. Somewhat con-
trary to my expectation, but greatly to my satisfaction, his answer was
such as I desired. He not only approved the plan, but urged its practica-

‘ bility, and said nothing was wanting to insure success but a right feeling
in Congress.”

From -1824 until 1828, various efforts were made by Mr. McCoy and
others to further the object they deemed so essential to the welfare ‘of the
Indians, but no bill was passed providing for the emigration of the Indians.
An appropriation was, however, made in 1828, for an exploration of the
territory designed eventually for the tribes, and on the 15th of July, Mr.
McCoy, one of the Commissioners appointed for the purpose, arrived at St.
Louis, with three Pottawatomies and three Ottawas, to explore the coun-
try now Kansas, and, if desirable, select homes for those tribes. On the
21st of August, Mr. McCoy, with his Northern Indians, set out on his tour
of exploration in advance of the other Commissioner, Mr. Kemmerly, who,
with his delegation of Choctaws and Creeks, had not yet arrived at St.
Louis. According to instructions from Mr. Clark, Superintendent of In-
dian Affairs at St. Louis, the delegation explored « portion of the territory
purchased of the Osages and Kanzas, and east of the country of the Paw-
nees. The party crossed Missouri to the Presbyterian Mission of Har-
mony, on the Marais des Cygnes, and, with a half-breed Osage for a-guide,
followed the Osage and Neosho Rivers until they arrived at the head-wa-
ters of the latter, when they crossed to the Kansas and returned on its
south bank to the Shawanoe settlement on the Missouri State line.

On his return to Missouri, Mr. McCoy selected the town of Fayette, in
that State, as a temporary residence for himself and Mr. Lykins, until
they should locate permanently in the Territory.

He afterward accompanied the Southern delegation to the Territory,
entering on the 30th of November, at the Shawnee settlement. Their in-
structions were to explore the northern and western portions of the Terri-
tory as far as practicable, but, receiving word at the western line of Mis-
souri from Maj. John Dougherty, Agent at Fort Leavenworth, that 1,500
Pawnees were on the war-path, they turned to the south, visited the Osa-

es at White Hair’s village, on the Neosho, and thence proceeded to the
arkansas River, where they visited the Creeks. The Southern delegation
of Indians left the party near the junction of the Arkansas and Canadian
Rivers. The remainder of the party went west as far as the Rocky Mount-
ains, and returned to St. Louis December 24, 1828.

In January, 1829, Mr. McCoy visited Washington and submitted his
report of these explorations to the Department of Indian Affairs, a map of
the region explored accompanying the report. The bill for the organiza-
tion of the Indian Territory, which was finally adopted, described the
boundaries of the Territory according to the recommendation contained in
this report. g

On the 27th of July, 1829, he again started for the West, accompanied
by Mr. Lykins, and, in the fall of that year, made an expedition of twenty
days into the interior of the Territory. ; .

The act of May 26, 1830, organizing the Indian Territory, finally passed
the Senate by a vote of twenty-eight to twenty.

In 1837, Mr. McCoy was sent by Government to survey the Delaware
Jands. He started with his two sons and a small party, comprising several
Delawares, on the 16th of August, and was absent about four months—
ninety-six nights without the shelter of a roof. During this expedition, he
made arrangements for the establishment of missions among the Omahas
and Otoes. He also visited the Kanzas at their villages, and held a council
with a party of Pawnees at Fort Leavenworth. On this expedition Mr.
McCoy explored the country 200 miles west of Missouri, along the Kansas
River, and the following year, he went South, among the Cherokees and
Creeks, and adjusted the unsettled boundaries of their reservations; also

roposed locations for the remainder of the Pottawatomies, Ottawas, New
ork Indians, Miamis and other tribes, which selections were confirmed
by the department. a AS .

From this time until his removal to Louisville, Ky., in 1842, Mr. Mc-

Coy labored unceasingly for the advancement of the tribes in the West.

* He thoroughly believed in the possibility and almost certainty of elevating
the Indians in the Territory to a condition where they should be at least
industrious, honest and self-supporting; and the strength and energy of
the best years of his life were devoted to this work.

After removing to Louisville, Mr. McCoy took charge of the work of
the American Indian Mission Association, and remained in that position
until his death, which occurred in Louisville in 1846.

Dr. Johnston Lykins commenced his labors among the Indians in
1819, as teacher in the school established among the Weas and Kickapoos
of Indiana by Rev. Isaac McCoy. He removed to Fort Wayne with Mr.
McCoy, and in 1822, when the Carey Mission was established among the
Pottawatomies on the St. Joseph River in Michigan, was appointed teach-
er at that station. At the age of twenty-two, he was appointed missionary,
and on the 15th of June, 1822, went to the Carey Station with Mr. McCoy
to make preparations for opening the mission, erecting buildings, etc. Mr.
Lykins had charge of the school at Carey until July, 1825, when he was

appointed teacher for the Ottawas at Thomas Mission, also in Michigan.
Of his labors while associated with himself, Mr. McCoy says: “Neither
the performance of the most disagreeable services for the sick, whether
they were missionaries, their children, or Indian children, nor their pee-
vishness and unreasonable demands, nor the deathlike disappointments,
which, in various forms, hovered around our abode, moved him from his
noble determination to do right.” On the 7thof June, 1826, he was licensed
to preach, and in the autumn of that year, the schools being somewhat im-
poverished, he made a journey of 100 miles through the wilderness to Chi-
cago to procure supplies for Carey, and another by way of Lake Michigan
for the benefit of Thomas Mission.“

On the 25th of February, 1827, he was married to the eldest daughter
of Mr. McCoy.

After the sale of the Carey property, in the fall of 1828, Dr. Lykins
remained at that station for a time to aid in settling the Indian affairs, and,
in July, 1831, with his family, came to the Indian Territory, and at his own
expense purchased a small tract of land contiguous to the Shawnees, put
up a small building and commenced teaching the Indians. The small pox
soon broke out among them, and Dr. Lykins, who had studied and prac-
ticed medicine with his other labors, made himself useful. now by visiting,
doctoring and vaccinating the Shawnee sick. In 1832, he was authorized
by the Baptist Board to erect mission buildings, and, the following year,
was authorized by Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, to visit the various tribes
west of the Mississippi and report favorable sites for missionary establish-
ments. From this time, his work was chiefly that of superintending the
formation and work of the various Baptist missions in the Indian Territory
—a position for which he was especially fitted. He was ordained a minis-
ter October 18, 1835, then having special charge of the Shawnee and Dela-
ware Missions. After the abandonment of missionary work in Kansas,
Dr. Lykins continucd to reside at Kansas City, and died at that place a
few years ago.

THE DELAWARES OR LENAPES.

The Delawares belong to the great Algonquin family. Their oldest
known home was in the lower part of Pennsylvania and the adjacent parts
of New Jersey, their villages being on the waters of the Delaware and its
tributary streams. The Delawares, or Lenni Lenapes, claimed to be the
parent stem from which the numerous Algonquin tribes descended—the
name Lenni Lenape signifying original man. Their claim to superiority
was recognized by the other tribes, who accorded to them the title of
“Grandfather,” the Lenape giving them the name of “Children” or “Grand-
children.” The Wyandots, who were of Iroquois descent, they honored.
by the title of “Uncle.” The sachems of this tribe were the principal parties
to the first treaty made with William Penn. They were conquered, and
for many years under the dominion of the Iroquois, who bestowed upon
them the degrading appellation of “Women.” They espoused the cause
of France during the continuance of the old French war, and at the open-
ing of the Revolution, that of the United States, at the same time declaring
independence on their own account, and ridding themselves at once of the
hated domination of the Iroquois, and the still more hated name that na-
tion had fastened upon them.

The first treaty made by the United States with an Indian tribe was
with the Delawares, September 17, 1778, at Fort Pitt. It was a treaty of
pe and mutual protection, the sixth article evidently indicating that the

nited States contemplated at the time the possible formation of an Indian
State, with the Delawares at its hend. The passage referred to reads as
follows: “And it is further agreed on hetween the contracting parties
(should it for the future be found conducive for the mutual interest of both
parties), to invite any other tribes who have been friends to the interests
of the United States, to join the present confederation, and to form a State,
whereof the Delaware nation shall be the head, and have a representation
in Congress; provided nothing contained in this article shall be considered
as conclusive until it meets with the approbation of Congress.”

By the treaty of August 18, 1804, made at Vincennes by William Henry
Harrison, then Governor of Indiana Territory, the Delawares relinquished
“all their right and title to the tract of country which lies between the Ohio
and Wabash Rivers, and below the tract ceded by the treaty of Fort Wayne,*
and the road leading from Vincennes to the falls of Ohio.” The United
States agreeing in future to “consider the Delawares as the rightful own-
ers of all the country which is bounded by the White River on the north,
the Ohio on the south, the general boundary line running from the mouth
of the Kentucky River on the east, and the tract ceded by this treaty and
that ceded by the treaty of Fort Wayne on the west and southwest.”

_By treaty made at St. Mary's, Ohio, October 3, 1818, “the Delaware
nation of Indians cede to the United States all their claim to land in the
State of Indiana ” (the tract above described), and in consideration of the
cession, “the United States agree to provide for the Delawares a country
to reside in, upon the west side of the Aiieasipol and to guarantee to them
the peaceable possession of the same.”

he Delawares were assigned lands in the State of Missouri, and re-
moved to their reservation, on the James Fork of the White River, where
they remained until, by treaty of September 24, 1829, that tract was relin-
quished, and they were granted the lands afterward a part of the State of
Kansas, and thus described: “The country in the fork of the Kansas and
Missouri Rivers, extending up the Kansas River to the Kansas (Indian’s)
line, and up the Missouri River to Camp Leavenworth, and thence by a
line drawn westerly, leaving a space ten miles wide, north of the Kanzas
boundary line, for an outlet.”
_ These lands were surveyed by Mr. McCoy the following year, a Com-
missioner appointed by the Delawares accompanying the surveying party.
By arrangement made with the Delawares, the site of Fort Leavenworth

i, : The treaty of Fort Wayne was with various tribes—not a separate treaty with the Dela-
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 69

was reserved to the United States, Mr. MeCoy’s instructions making no
provisions for such reservation. The Delaware Reserve was one of the
most valuable in the Territory, and the eastern portion, from the junction
of the Missouri and Kansas Ri

ward tolerably well cultivated by the Indians. The United States erected
grist and saw mills for them, fenced and plowed 105 acres of land, erected
a schoolhouse and other buildings, and furnished them cattle. Their farms
and cabins were scattered along the military road which led to Fort Leav-
enworth, and among the tribe were industrious, intelligent men, who were
glad to give up the chase for the farm, and the tomahawk for the plow;
but to the majority, who subsisted chiefly by the chase, there was a greater
charm in the war or hunting party bound for the Western plains than any
the harvest field or work shop could offer.

December 14, 1843, the Dele sold to the Wyandots 23,040 acres
of land, situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers, which
contract was ratified by act of Congress July 25, 1848.

On May 6. 1854, the Delawares ceded all their lands to the United

States except that portion of said country sold to the Wyandot tribe of
Indians by instrument sanctioned by act of Congress, approved July 25,
1848, and also excepting that part of said country lying east and south of
a line beginning at a point on the line between the land of the Delawares
and the half-breed Kanzas, forty miles in a direct line west of the bound-
ary line between the Delawares and Wyandots; thence north ten miles;
thence in an easterly course to a point on the south bank of Big Island
Creek, which shall also be on the bank of the Missouri River where the
usual high water line of said creek intersects the high water line of said
river.”
: This reservation was, in general terms, a tract ten miles wide, extend-
ing forty miles up the Kansas River. By the terms of the treaty, it was
agreed that all the ceded lands except “the outlet,” which was ceded for
the specific sum of $10,000, should be surveyed in the same manner that.
the public lands were surveyed, and so soon as the whole or any portion of
said lands were surveyed, that they should be offered for sale by the Presi-
dent, at public auction, in such quantities as he might deem proper, being
governed, in conducting such sale, by the laws of the United States in re-
gard to sale of public lands; such lands as were not sold at public sale to
be subject to private entry for three years, at the minimum Government
price, and if, at the expiration of that time, any yet remained unsold, they
me by act of Congress, be graduated and reduced in price until all were
sold.

All the money received from the sale of the land, after deducting the
cost of surveying, was to be paid to the Delawares.

For the relinquishment of their permanent annuities, Government
paid the tribe $148,000. The value of the school land, $46,080, was to re-
main at interest.

The Delaware lands were -sold in November, 1856, the sale commen-
cing on the 17th. The lands had been previously appraised at from $1.25
to $12 per acre. The actual settler was permitted to take his land at the
appraised value, and the balance was opened for competition. About
$450,000 was realized from the sale of the trust lands, which was to be di-
vided among the Delawares, then numbering about nine hundred, and the
wealthiest tribe in Kansas.

On May 30, 1860, by treaty with the Delawares, eighty acres were as-
signed to each member of the tribe, in one compact body, to be held in
severalty, the Leavenworth. Pawnee & Western Railroad Companyto have
the privilege of purchasing the remainder of their land, at not less than
$1.25 per acre. The surplus lands, amounting to 223,966.78 acres were
appraised at an aggregate valuation of $286,742.15. The treaty was made
at Sarcoxieville, on the Delaware Reservation.

Under this treaty, the Delaware Reserve, excepting the individual res-
ervations above named, was transferred to the railroad company now
known as the Union Pacific, and by the company sold to settlers.

July 4, 1866, the remainder of the land, known as the “Delaware Di-
minished Reserve,” was, by authority of the Secretary of the Interior,
offered for sale “at not less than $2.50 per acre.” This tract was also
bought by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the date of the transfer
being January 7, 1868. . ; ; :

A large portion of the tribe removed to the Indian Territory in 1867,
and the remainder, reduced to about one hundred and fifty, removed to
their home at the Wichita Agency in January, 1868. ire

Delaware Missitons.—The Methodist Mission, under the direction of
the Missouri Conference, was founded in 1831. In four years, it had a
church of fifty members, and a school of twenty-five scholars, part of whom
were entirely supported by the mission. Rev. E. T. Peery and wife were

first missionaries. .
ue The Baptist Mission was commenced in 1882, under the superintend-
ence of Dr. Johnston Lykins, the missionaries residing at the Shawanoe
Station also visiting this. A school was started in April, 1833, Mr. G. D.
Blanchard being employed as teacher. The mission labored under many
disadvantages, but held its ground, and, after ten years effort, was re-
ported prosperous. Three missionaries were then employed.

Mr. John G. Pratt, who came to the Shawnee Mission in 1887 to take
charge of the printing office, was afterward Superintendent of the Dela-
ware Mission. He learned the language, into which he translated several
books, and printed them for the use of the tribe. He remained for many
years in charge of the mission, and was one of the last agents appointed
for the tribe.
OTTAWAS (OUTAOUAES).

This name was formerly applied by the French to all the Algonquin
tribes who dwelt on the shore of Lake Superior and Upper Michigan; after-
ward, to that portion that made their homes in the more southern part of
the State of Michigan, in the vicinity of Grand River, and in the States of

Ohio and Indiana.

vers north to Fort Leavenworth was after- .

The first treaty concluded between the United States and the Indian
tribes west of New York was at Fort McIntosh, January 21, 1785. It was
with the Wyandots, Delawares, Chippewas and Ottawas, giving peace to
those nations on certain conditions, and defining boundaries. Similar
treaties were made with these tribes and others, at Fort Harmar, in 1789,
by Gov. St. Clair; and at Greenville, in 1795, by Gen. Anthony Wayne;
the latter being “to put an end to a destructive war, to settle all contro-
versies, and to restore harmony and friendly intercourse between the said
United States and Indian tribes.” A boundary line between the United
States and the country inhabited by the tribes was established, and trade
was opened with them. At this time, a part of the Ottawas resided on the
River Huron, “of Lake Erie,” and a part at the Miami.

At Detroit, on the 17th of November, 1807, the Ottawa, Chippewa,
‘Wyandot and Pottawatomie nations ceded the following land: Beginning
at the mouth of the Miami River of the lakes, and running thence up the
middle thereof to the mouth of the Great Auglaize River; thence running
due north until it intersects a parallel of latitude, to be drawn from the
outlet of Lake Huron which forms the River Sinclair; thence running
northeast, the course that may be found will lead in a direct line to White
Rock, in Lake Huron; thence due east until it intersects the boundary
line between the United States and Upper Canada in said lake; thence
southwardly, following the said boundary line down said lake, through
River Sinclair, Lake Sinclair and the River Detroit, into Lake Erie, to a
point due east of the aforesaid Miami River; thence west to the place of
beginning.

To the Ottawas was paid in consideration of their share in this cession,
$3,333.33 in money, an annuity of $800, and the services of a blacksmith,
to reside at the Miami during the term of ten years, a tract of land being
reserved to them “on the Miami.of Lake Erie, above Roche de Boeuf, to
include the village where Tondaganie (or the Dog) now lives.”

Other cessions were made by the treaty concluded with the tribe at the
Rapids of the Miami September 29, 1817, and they were then granted, by
patent, a tract containing thirty-four square miles near the Miami River,
and there was reserved for their use “but not granted to them” a tract of
land “on Blanchard’s Fork of the Great Auglaize River, to contain five
miles square, the center of which tract is to be where the old trace crosses
the said fork, and one other tract to contain three miles square, on the Lit-
tle Auglaize River, to include Oquanoxas Village.”

By the terms of the treaty concluded between the United States and
the Ottawa nation, August 30, 1831, and ratified April 6, 1882, these bands
of Ottawas (Blanchard’s Fork and Roche de Boeuf) ceded the above-men-
tioned reservations (aggregating 49,917 acres) to the United States, and
were assigned “a tract of land to be located adjoining the south or west
line of the reservation, equal to fifty miles square, granted to the Shawnees
of Missouri and Ohio, on the Kansas River and its branches.”

In 1836, the Ottawas of Blanchard’s Fork and Roche de Boeuf were
removed from Ohio to this reservation, which was a tract of about ten by
twelve miles, watered by the Marias des Cygnes River and its numerous
small tributaries. It was in the heart of the present county of Franklin.
The-Indians, when removed, were inferior to many of the tribes then liv-
ing in the Territory, but, through the influence of Jotham Meeker, supple-
mented by that of John T. Jones and his accomplished wife, they became,
in process of time, an honest, industrious, prosperous people. 2

On the 24th of June, 1862, the Ottawas concluded a treaty with the
United States, which, with amendment, was ratified July 16, 1862.

The following is the opening clause of the first article: “The Ottawa
Indians of the United Bands of Blanchard’s Fork and of Roche de Boeuf,
having become sufficiently advanced in civilization, and being desirous of
becoming citizens of the United States, it is hereby agreed and stipulated
that their organization and their relations with the United States as an In-
dian tribe shall be dissolved and terminated at the expiration of five years
from the ratification of this treaty; and from and after that time, the said
Ottawas, and each and every one of them, shall be deemed and deelared to
be citizens of the United States, to all intents and purposes, and shall be
entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities of such citizens, and
shall, in all respects, be subject to the laws of the United States, and of
the State or States thereof in which they may reside.”

The principal provisions of the treaty were as follows:

The Ottawas were to become citizens of the State of Kansas in July,
1867, their annuities to be commuted and paid to them.

Heads of families were to receive 160 acres of land each, and all other
members, eighty acres each; none of this land to be sold until they became
citizens, and forty acres, including house and improvements, not to be sold
during the life of the owner.

Twenty thousand acres of average lands were to be located for school
purposes, and the remainder to be sold to actual settlers, at not less than
$1.25 per acre. Fouryears later, the Ottawas were paid their last annuity.
Of their lands, 87,000 acres were sold to settlers, and 20,000 given to Otta-
wa University. ;

February 23, 1867, a treaty was made with those still living in Kansas,
providing for their removal to new homes in the Indian Territory. They
were located on the Quapaw Reserve; the Blanchard Fork band number-
ing about one hundred and forty, and the Roche de Boufe a trifle more.
The “i reports from the Ottawas state that the tribe is progressing ad-
mirably.

Baptist Ottawa Mission.—This mission was established by Rev. Jotham
Meeker, and, as his name is so intimately connected with the history of
the Ottawas in Kansas, a short sketch is given of his life:

On the 24th of November, 1825, Jotham Meeker, a young printer about
twenty-one years of age, arrived at the Baptist Mission House at Carey,
Mich., with the view of becoming a missionary. He was employed by the
Rev. Isaac McCoy, then Superintendent of the mission, as his assistant,
and, from that day until his death, thirty years after, his life and strength
70 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ae devoted to the one object of Christianizing and improving the In-
jan.

He was assigned to the charge of the missionary schools, and, for the
next two years, taught by turns at Carcy and the neighboring station at
Thomas. In August, 1827, he was made Superintendent of the Thomas
Mission (Ottawa), Michigan, and introduced to the Indians as their minis-
ter. The old chief, Blackskin, evidently pleased with the choice that had
been made for them, received the new-comer with the following welcom-
ing speech:

“My brother, it is nothing bad that I am now about to say. We are
all pleased that you have brought this young man to livewithus. We are
happy to hear that he is a speaker of things that are good. It is difficult
for_us to pronounce his English name, and we therefore desire to give him
an Indian name. We have decided that his name shall be Mano-keke-toh
(He that speaks good words). We have givenhima goodname. We hope
he will remain with us, to teach us and our children good things, so
that our children will be benefited, and be worthy of good names which
you will give them.” Mr. Meeker was thereafter addressed by his new
name.

In September, 1830, Mr. Meeker was married, at Cincinnati, to Miss
Eleanor Richardson, who had been a missionary at Thomas Station. The
young couple returned to the mission and resumed their labors, but, in
compliance with the desire of his aged mother, Mr. Meeker returned to
Cincinnati the following year, and recommenced the business of printing.
He could not be satisfied, however, and soon broke up his business, and,
leaving wife and mother, came to the Indian Territory, arriving December
18, 1831. After investigating the field of missionary anor in the Western
wilderness, he returned to the East, and, in the fall of 1832, with his wife,
went to the mission of Sault de Ste. Marie, among the Chippewas.

In the fall of 1883, Mr. Meeker and wife came to the indiwa Territory
as missionaries to the Shawnees, locating at that station. He brought with
him a printing press and types, which were immediately put in-use, and,
before spring, Mr. Meeker had printed several Indian books, according to
the stenographic system which he had invented, and which was easily
mastered by the Indians. The first newspaper, printed exclusively in an
Indian language, was issued March 1, 1885. It was entitled Shaw-wau-nowe
Kesauthwau (Shawanoe Sun). It was edited by Dr. Johnston Lykins,
written according to Mr. Meeker’s system, and printed by him on the little
press at the Shawanoe Mission.

On May 14, 1837, Mr. J. G. Pratt, from Hingham, Mass., arrived at the
Shawnee Mission, to take charge of the printing office and relieve Mr.
Meeker, who very much desired to settle among the Ottawas, as he had
acquired a thorough knowledge of their ates during his residence
among the Michigan tribe. The following June (1837) Mr. and Mrs. Meeker
left the Shawanoes and located among the Ottawas, to remain with them
until their death.

Mr. Meeker not only taught the Indians religious truths, but he also
taught them how to work, and helped them: in their work. When he had
labored among them one year, he had one religious convert, but many of
the tribe could take better care of their land than when he commenced his
work. The mission farm was about five miles northeast of the present
town site of Ottawa, Franklin County. A small school was established
here, and successfully conducted.

During the first four or five years, Rev. Mr. Mecker lived in a small log
house, originally designed for the storing of supplies.. In 1842, a larger
two-room log house was built at the Baptist Mission farm, five miles north-
east of Ottawa, two-thirds of the expense of construction being borne by
the Government. The pay of the missionary was $100 per year each for
himself and wife, and $25 per year for each of his children under sixteen
years of age, and the privilege of cultivating land sufficient to furnish his
family with vegetables and bread.

The printing press was removed from the Shawanoe Station to the
Ottawa Mission farm soon after Mr. Meeker’s location thcre, and small
books and translations of portions of the New Testament were printed at
various times. A church was built, and presided over by one of Mr.
Meeker’s converts, Mr. J. T. Jones, a half-breed Ottawa, educated at Ham-
ilton, N. Y., his wife, also a missionary, being a lady from the State of
Maine. Mr. Meeker died at the mission January 11, 1854, and Mrs. Meek-
er, March 15, 1856, leaving two children, Emeline and Eliza, to each of
whom the Ottawas, in 1862, gave eighty acresof land. Both Mr. and Mrs,
Meeker were buried among the people they had served so long and faith-
fully.

on, the publications of Mr. Mecker was a small missionary paper
in the English and Cherokee languages, several school books in the Ottawa
language, acode of the Ottawa laws, a hymn book and several Sunday school
boeks. The first book printed in Kansas was Mr. Meeker’s “Laws Govern-
ing the Ottawa Indians,” containing from fifty to seventy-five pages. The
press upon which this work was done was the first brought into Kansas
Territory. From Rev. Mr. Meeker’s hands it passed to George W. Brown, of
Lawrence, then to 8.8. Prouty in June, 1857, who printed on it the Freeman’s
Champion, at Prairie City, then to the possession of Solomon Weaver, who
used it at-Lecompton; thence to Cottonwood Falls; thence to Cowley
County; and thence to the Indian Territory. It was a Seth Adams press,

, with twenty stars on it, indicating that it was made in 1817, when there
were twenty States inthe Union. The type and other material used at the
mission farm by Mr. Mecker were scattered broadcast on the prairie by the
Indian children, and as late as 1865, handfuls of type could be picked up
near where lies buried one of the most zealous missionaries that ever la-
bored in any land.

After the death of Mr. Meeker, the mission farm was under the charge
of John Early, a full-blooded Ottawa. There were sixty children attend-
ing the school, the whole number of the tribe being about three hundred
and twenty-five.

THE CHIPPEWAS.

In 1854, Government granted 8,820 acres in what is now Franklin County
to the Chippawas of the Swan Creek and Black River bands. Only a few
families ever moved to the reservation, and in 1859 the entire tract was
transferred to these families. In 1860, they were joined by a small band
of Munsee or Christian Indians. The reservation now contains 4,480 acres,
inhabited by sixty-three Indians, who hold their lands in severalty.

THE WYANDOTS.

The Wyandots are a remnant of the ancient Hurons, whose country
was the western shore of the lake which bears their name. They were of
Troquois lineage, but, in the wars with the fierce ‘‘Six Nations”’ of the same
family, were driven from their old home more than two centuries ago. In
1639, the Jesuits recorded their number as 20,000, owning thirty-two vil-
lages and hamlets and 700 dwellings. Some of their towns were fortified,
and the dwellings were neatly constructed, being in form “like a garden
arbor,” with a raised platform extending the entire length, for their beds,
the space underneath being utilized as a storeroom. ter the Wyandots
were driven from Lake Huron, they migrated to the region of Detroit, and
gradually extended their settlements south from the shore of Lake Erie,
their principal villages being in the vicinity of Sandusky Bay.

he first treaty with the United States to which the Wyandots were a
party was concluded at Fort McIntosh, Ohio, January 21, 1785. It was a
treaty for the renewal of peace between the Government and the Wyandot,

‘Delaware, Chippewa and Ottawa nations, and the establishment of bound-

ary lines. Article 3 of the treaty was as follows:

The boundary line between the United States and the Wyandot and Delaware nations
shall begin at the mouth of the River eee and run thence up the said river to the
ortage between that and the Tuscarawas Branch of the Muskingum; then down said
ranch to the forks at the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; then westerly to the portage
of the Big Miami, which runs into the Ohio, at the mouth of which branch the fort stood
which was taken by the French in one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two; then along
the said portage to the Great Miami or Ome River, and down the southeast side of the same
to its mouth; thence along the south shore of Lake Erie to the mouth of Cayahogo, where
it begins. =

This tract, excepting a few reservations on which to establish trading
posts, was allotted ‘‘to the Wyandot and Delaware nations to live and to
hunt on and to such of the Ottawa nation as now live thereon, “the lands
east, south and west of the same, to belong to the United States.’’

A note to the treaty, made at Fort Harmar in 1789, says:

Be it remembered, that the Wyandots have laid claim to the lands that were granted to
the Shawanees at the treaty held at the Miami, and have declared that as the Shawanees
have been so restless and caused so much trouble, both to them and to the United States, if
they will not now be at peace, they will dispossess them and take the country into their
own hands, for that the country is theirs of right, and the Shawanees are only living upon
it by their permission. They further lay claim to all the country west of the Miami boun-
dary, from the village to the Lake Erie, and declare that it is now under their management
and direction.

The Wyandots by this treaty were allowed to remain in their villages
near the River Rosine, on United States land.

At the conclusion of the war of 1812, a treaty of peace was concluded
with that portion of the Wyandots who had joined the English, the Wyan-
dots of Sandusky having preserved their fidelity to the United States
throughout the war. :

On the 29th of September, 1817, a treaty was made with the Wyandots
at the Rapids of the Miami, Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur being
United States Commissioners, by which the tribe ceded a large tract on the
southern shore of Lake Erie, in consideration of which the United States
agreed to pay the tribe annually, forever, the sum of $4,000 in specie, at
Upper Sandusky, and to grant by patent, in fee simple, to the Wyandots,
“a tract of land twelve miles square at Upper Sandusky, the center of
which shall be the place where Fort Ferrel stands,” and also ‘‘ a tract of one
mile square, to be located where the chiefs direct, on a cranberry swamp,
on Broken Sword Creek, and to be held for the use of the tribe.”

Grants of land were made in this treaty “to Elizabeth Whitaker, who
was taken prisoner by the Wyandots, and has ever since lived among
them;” “to Robert Armstrong, who was taken prisoner by the Indians,
and has ever since lived among them, and has married a Wyandot woman;”
“to Catharine Walker, a Wyandot woman, and to John R. Walker, her
son, who was wounded in the service of the United States, at the battle of
Maugaugon, in 1808;” and others.

By a supplementary treaty at St. Mary's. in Ohio, it was provided
that the Wyandots should hold their land’as a reservation, and not as a
grant, and that 55,680 acres additional should be reserved from the cession
made in September, 1817, to join the reserve of twelve miles square at Up-
per Sandusky. ‘

This tract remained the home of the Wyandots until they removed to
the Indian Territory, and settled in what is now the county of Wyandotte,
Kan. A delegation visited the Territory in 1839, with a view of selecting
a location for the nation, which they were desirous should embrace por-
tions of both the Shawanoe and Delaware Reservations. Satisfactory ne-
gotiations were not made at that visit, and the removal was not effected
until several years later.

In_ 1842, a treaty was concluded between the United States and the
Wyandots, by the provisions of which they sold their lands in Ohio, and
removed to the junction of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers. The nation,
numbering about seven hundred persons, Francis A. Hicks, chief, arrived
in the summer of 1848, and settled on a tract of 23,040 acres, which they
purchased of the Delawares for $185,000. Thisreservation was situated in
the fork of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, and extended six miles on each
river from their junction.

_ The Wyandots were a wealthy community, the improvements in their
Ohio Reservation being valued at’ $120,000. They had, for many years be-
fore coming to the West, been under the influence of devoted’ Methodist
missionaries, and, coming to their new home as they did, comparatively

 
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far advanced in civilization, their reservation was rapidly improved. Sev-
eral of the nation had intermarried with the French and English while
in Ohio, and the tribe came to the West under the direction and leadership
of their descendants—intelligent and sagacious men, whose influence raised
the tribe far above their surrounding neighbors. The namesof Armstrong,
Clark, Walker and Northrup will always be identified with the history of
the progress of _the Wyandots in Kansas. The nation was governed by a
council, consisting of one head chief and six councilmen.

In 1851, at a convention composed of thirteen delegates, elected by the
Wyandots, a new constitution was formed, preparatory to revising the
laws of the nation. The constitution, as drafted, was submitted to a na-
tional council, composed of every voter in the nation, and unanimously
ratified. Tt provided for a legislative council and a council composed of
the principal chiefs. The laws were codified, and, under the new regime,
the progress of the Wyandots was rapid and enduring. On September 2,
1854, a convention was held at Wyandot, at which a provisional govern-
ment was formed for the Territory. William Walker, one of the head men
of the nation, was appointed Provisional Governor, and it was chiefly
through his influence that the treaty was projected, which was successfully
consummated on the 31st day of January, 1855. This treaty, of such mo-
ment to the nation, was made at Washington, by George W. Manypenny,
Commissioner, on the part of the United States, and the following-named
chiefs and delegates of the Wyandot Indians: Tanromee, Mathew Mude-
ater, John Hicks, Silas Armstrong, George J. Clark and Joel Walker.

Article 1 reads as follows:

_ The Wyandot Indians having become sufficiently advanced in civilization, and bein,
desirous ot becoming citizens, it is hereby agreed and stipulated that their organization an
their relations with the United States as an Indian tribe shall be dissolved and terminated
on the ratification of this agreement, except so far as the further and temporary contin-
uance of the same may be necessary in the execution of some of the stipulations herein;
and from and after the-date of such ratification the said Wyandot Indians, and each and
every of them, except as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared,
to be citizens of the United States, to all intents and purposes, and shall he entitled to all the
rights, privileges and immunities of such citizens; and shall, in all respects, be subject to
the laws of the United States and of the Territory of Kansas, in the same manner as other
citizens of said Territory; and the jurisdiction of the United States and of said Territory
shall be extended over the Wyandot country, in the same manner as over other parts
of said Territory. Butsuch of the said Indians as may so desire, and make ee
accordingly to the Commissioners hereinafter provided for, shall be exempt from the imme-
diate operation of the preceding provisions, extending citizenship to the Wyandot Indians,
and shall have continued to them the assistance and protection of the United States and an
Indian agent in their vicinity for such a limited period or periods of time, according to the
circumstances of the case, as shall be determined by the Commissioner of Indian affairs;
and on the expiration of such period or periods, the said exemption, protection and assist-
ance shall cease, and said persons shall then, also, become citizens of the United States, with
all the rights and privileges and subject to the obligations above stated and defined.

By the provisions of Article 2, the Wyandot nation “cede and relin-
quish to the United States all their right, title and interest in and to the
tract of country situate in the fork of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers,
which was purchased by them of the Delaware Indians December 14, 1848,
the object of the cession being that the lands may be subdivided, assigned
and re-conveyed, by patent, in fee simple, to the individuals and members
of the nation in severalty.”

Certain reservations were made to churches, and a specified sum was
named which the tribe was to receive for the relinquishment of annuities.
The treaty was ratified February 20, 1855. ‘

On February 28, 1867, a treaty was concluded between the United
States and the Wyandots, making provision for those of the tribe who had
not chosen to avail themselves of the provisions of the treaty of 1855, and
‘become citizens, and also for those who, having done so, were unfitted for
the responsibility of citizenship, and desired to resume tribal relations.
For such Wyandots, a tract of land in the Indian Territory was set apart,
a certain sum due them by the Government was paid, and that portion of
the nation, numbering about two hundred, removed to a reservation of 20, -
000 acres, purchased of the Senecas for that purpose.

POTTAWATOMIES (PATTAWATIMAS OR BRAVE MEN).

The Pottawatomies, Ottawas and Chippewas have a common or simi-
lar language, manners and customs, and, at the beginning of the present
century, were bound by compact to support each other in peace and war.

The Pottawatomies were divided into two bands—the Northern,
of Wisconsin and Michigan (Pottawatomies of the Woods), and the South-
ern, of Illinois and Indiana (the Prairie Band). Their homes were scat-
tered from Lake. Superior to the southern shore of Lake Erie, and to the
Illinois River, they having crowded the Miamis from the vicinity of Chi-
Orie first treaty between this tribe and the United States was made at

Fort Harmar, on the Muskingum River, in Ohio, the Commandant at the
fort, Arthur St. Clair, being Commissioner on the part of the United
States. This, like the treaty negotiated at Greenville by Gen. Anthon
Wayne on the 3d of August, 1795, that negotiated at Fort Wayne by Will-
iam Henry Harrison in June, 1803, and several that succeeded, was a treaty
of peace and settlement of boundaries with the Pottawatomies, in common
with the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Ottawas and other tribes. At
the Greenville treaty, the first annuities were paid the Pottawatomies, the
amount at that time being $1,000. This treaty was signed | by the chiefs
of the Pattawatimas of the River St. Joseph,” and of the “ Pattawatimas
”
i ce the war of 1812 with Great Britain, a portion of the tribe allied
themselves with that nation, and, under the leadership of Sunawe-wone,
chief of the Prairie band, made war upon the Americans, and were engaged
in the massacre at Fort Dearborn, Chicago. A treaty was made with this
band at Portage des Sioux, on the 18th of July, 1815, William Clark, Nin-
jan Edwards and August Choteau being United States Commissioners.
By the terms of this treaty, the tribe again placed themselves under the
protection of -the United States, were reinstated in their privileges, and
solemnly agreed to preserve “ perpetual peace and friendship” with that

nation. The treaty was signed by Sunawe-wone, and it is said that it was
never broken by his band. In the following September, a general treaty
with the remainder of this tribe and others was made near Detroit.

By the treaty of August 29, 1821, at Chicago, the Pottawatomies of the
St. Joseph River, Michigan, ceded a large portion of their land, reserva-
tions being granted to John, James, Abram, Rebecca and Nancy Burnett,
“which are children of Kaw-kee-me, sister of Top-ni-be,” principal chief of
the Pottawatomie nation. Land was also reserved to the Bertrands and
the Beaubicns.

On September 26, 1833, a treaty was concluded at Chicago, by which
the united Pottawatomies, Ottawas and Chippewas ceded to the United
States about five million acres. "By this treaty, the Pottawatomies were
assigned a tract between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers for a perma-
nent home. Their first location was in the irregular triangle afterward
known as the “ Platte Purchase,” but then a part of the Indian Territory.
In 1836, the land thus occupied became a part of Missouri, and those of the
Pottawatomies who had removed to the reservation, numbering between
one and two thousand, again removed to a tract above the northern line of
Missouri, in what is now Southwest Iowa, their village being on the river
near the present site of Council Bluffs.

By treaty of February 11, 1887, the United States agreed to convey “to
the Pottawatomies of Indiana-a tract of country on the Osage River, south-
west of the Missouri River, sufficient in extent and adapted to their habits
and wants.”

The tract selected was in the southwest part of what is now Miami
County. The Pottawatomies of the Woods and the Mission Band settled
on this tract, made many improvements, and remained nine years, when
the United States granted to the tribe the tract bought from the Kanzas
Indians. The two bands disposed of their lands on the Osage and in Iowa,
for the sum of $850,000, and in 1847 removed to the new reservation. The
treaties were made June 7 and 17, and the tract granted is described as
“a tract of land containing 576,000 acres, Sey. miles square, and
being the eastern part of the lands ceded to the United States by the Kan-
sas tribe of Indians, January 14, 1846, adjoining the Shawnees on the
south, and the Delawares and Shawnees on the east, on both sides of the
Kansas.” This tract comprised a part of the present counties of Pottawat-
omie, Wabaunsee, Jackson and Shawnee.

In 1850, a band of Michigan Pottawatomies, numbering about six hun-
dred and fifty, joined the tribe at St. Mary’s. The two bands occupied the
reservation in common from 1847 until November 15, 1861, when a treaty
was made with the tribe, by the provisions of which “land was to be

‘allotted in severalty to” those members of the tribe who have adopted the

customs of the whites, and desire to have separate tracts assigned to them,”
and a portion of the reserve was to be assigned, in a body, to those who
should prefer to hold their land in common. The Mission Band generally
were allotted land in severalty. The Prairie Band elected to continue
tribal relations.

An accurate census of the tribe was taken, showing the names and
ages of those desiring lands in severalty, and of those desiring lands in

, common, and designating the chiefs and head men of the tribe—each adult

to choose his own allotment, and each head of a family choosing for the
minor members—chiefs to be assigned one section; head men, one half-
section; heads of families, one quarter-section; and each other member of
the tribe, eighty acres. These tracts were to be free from taxation until
such time as any allottee should have his land conveyed to him by pat-
ent, in fee simple, with power of alienation, when such person should
cease to be a member of the tribe, take the oath of allegiance and become
a citizen of the United States, his land being subject to levy, taxation and
sale.

Article 4 provided that those members of the tribe desiring to contin-
ue tribal relations and hold lands in common should have an undivided
tract, equal to the same quantity for each person, as those received who
chose allotments.

Article 5 provided for the sale of the remainder of the lands to the
Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad, at $1.25 per acre, under cer-
tain conditions.

Lands were conveyed to John F. Diel, John Summaker, and M. Geril-
lain, in trust, for school and church purposes, for St. Mary’s Catholic Mis-
sion, and a reservation of 320 acres, including Baptist Mission buildings
to the Baptist Board of Missions.

This treaty was made at the Pottawatomie Agency at Rossville, No-
vember 15, 1861, between William W. Ross on the part of the United
States, and the chiefs and head men of the tribe. It was signed by Shaw-
que (chief), To-penubbee (chief), We-weh-seh (chief), Shomen (brave), and
Joseph N. Bourassa, George L. Young, B. H. Bertrand, M. B. Beaubien,
L. H. Ogee, John Tipton and Lewis Vieux.

The Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company (Union Pa-
cific) not buying the Pottawatomie lands, a treaty was concluded in 1867,
providing for their sale to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad

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n 1870, those of the Christian or Mission Band who so desired removed
to the Indian Territory, the last payment to the tribe being made in that
year. The annuities, which amounted to about $80,000, had been for
many years paid at Rossville.

The Prairie Band, which numbered 780 at the time of the treaty, was
given 77,857.57 acres in a body, or a tract of about twelve miles square,
upon which they still live. It is situated in Jackson County, and a full
account of their present condition is found in the sketch of that county.

There are now 440 Pottawatomies in Jackson County, 280 in Wiscon-
sin, 30 in Iowa and 24 in the Indian Territory.

Pottawatomie Missions.—The first missionary to the Pottawatomies in
the Indian Territory was Rev. Robert Simerwell. Mr. Simerwell was born
in Ireland May 1, 1796. Emigrating to America in 1818, he resided at
72 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Philadelphia until May, 1824, when he was appointed by the Baptist Board
of Foreign Missions teacher at the Carey missionary establishment among
the Pottawatomies and Ottawas in Michigan. He was married, March 17,
1825, to Miss Fannie Goodrich, -of Lexington, Ky., at the time of her
marriage also a teacher at Carey.

After the removal of Rev. Isaac McCoy and Mr. Johnston Lykins to
the West, the Carey establishment for a time was under the entire charge
of Mr. and Mrs. Simerwell, their duties at that station being laborious in
the extreme. Mr. McCoy, in his “History of Baptist Indian Missions,”
says.of these faithful workers: “In those days, Mr. and Mrs. Simerwell,
with two or three children of their own, could take the trouble of feeding,
clothing, lodging, and teaching thirty-seven Indian children, besides such
as were occasionally absent, making the whole number in their charge
between forty and fifty.” :

In November, 1833, Mr. and Mrs. Simerwell removed to the Indian
Territory, living at the Shawanoe Mission. Mr. Simerwell immediately
recommenced his labors among the Pottawatomies, visiting the portion of
the tribe that were temporarily living with the Kickapoos prior to their re-
moval farther north. He had a small book printed in their language, and
often remained among them scveral days at a time, teaching them to read.

In 1837, as soon as the first band of Pottawatomies located on their
reservation on the Osage River, Mr. and Mrs. Simerwell took up their
abode among them. In the following year, Mr. Simerwell returned to
Michigan to induce the tribe located there to join those in the West, but
his mission was unsuccessful. At the mission on the Osage, comfortable
buildings were erected and many improvements made while the Indians
occupied that reservation. When they removed to the tract on the Kansas
River, the Baptist Mission was established in what is now Mission Town-
ship, Shawnee County. In the spring of 1848, a log mission house was
built, under the superintendence of Dr. Johnston Lykins, into which Mr.
Simerwell immediately gathered the Indian children, and, assisted by his
pears Sarah (now Mrs. Baxter) and Miss Elizabeth McCoy, organized
the first Indian school in the county. In 1849, a larger and more commo-
dious building was erected for the use of the mission. Mr. Simerwell con-
tinued his labors as missionary until his removal to Williamsport Town-
ship in 1854, at which place he died December 11, 1868.

The mission was in operation until 1859. The Superintendents were
Mr. Sanford, Mr. Alexander, Rev. John Jackson and Rev. John Jones.

St. Mary’s Mission (Catholic).—St: Mary’s Mission was originally es-
tablished on Sugar Creek, Father Christian Hoeken being the founder.
Twelve hundred Catholic Indians were connected with the mission. There
were two schools, Madam Lucile Matheson having charge of the girls. The
mission was transferred to the Kansas Valley in 1847, and first established
south of the river. In the spring of 1848, Fathers Verreydt and Gaillaud,
with"four ladies of the Sacred Heart, started the Mission of St. Mary’s on
the north bank of the Kansas, Father Gaillaud remaining among the Pot-
tawatomies, and being the first resident priest at the mission. A log church
and two log houses were built that year, a labor school established, other
missionaries were added to the working force, a little, half French, half
Indian, village, sprang up, and in a few years St. Mary’s Mission was the
most attractive spot on the banks of the Kansas. The location was on the
north bank of the river, in the southeast corner of what is now Pottawato-
mie County.

The following account of the establishment is quoted from an article
that was published in the New York 7ribune of June 28, 1854. After men-
tioning the location and giving the names of the missionaries in charge—
viz., Revs. J. D. Duerinek, J. Schultz and M. Guillaud—the writer says:
“Sermons are preached every Sunday, in Indian and English. The man-
ual labor school is under their charge, assisted by eight lay brothers, and
js in a flourishing condition. The number of boys admitted from October
1, 1852, till September, 1853, was seventy-seven, and the average number
in attendance was fifty-two. The female department is under the charge
of the ‘Ladies of the Sacred Heart’’—a community of seven in number, three
Ladies and four Sisters, who devote all their time totheschool. The num-
ber of girls admitted from October 1, 1852, to September, 1853, was ninety-
two, and the average attendance during the four quarters was sixty-seven.
This missionary establishment enjoys great popularity among the Indians.
Its site is said to be the most lovely spot. in the Indian country. The mis-
sion buildings, with the adjacent trading houses, groups of Indian improve-
ments and extensive corn-fields, all give it the appearance of atown. * *
* * The mission farm is large, and more than one hundred acres are un-
der very profitable cultivation. The stock of horned cattle consists of 250
head, and these afford a considerable part of the support of the mission.”

In 1872, two brick buildings were erected at St. Mary’s for school pur-
poses, and there is now a fine educational institution at the place.

Father Maurice Guillaud died at St. Mary’s Mission August 12, 1877.

THE MIAMIS.

The first treaty with the United States to which the Miamis were a
party was concluded at Greenville, August 8, 1795.
peace, and also a definite settlement, for the time, of the boundary be-
tween the United States and various Northern and Central contracting
tribes. It was consummated by “Anthony Wayne, Major General, com-
manding the army of the United States, and sole Commissioner for the
good purposes above mentioned, at Greenville, the headquarters of said
army.

— the tribes represented were the Miamis; their principal chief,
Little Turtle. Wher asked to tell the limits of his country, he answered:
“My forefather kindled the first fire at Detroit; from thence he extended
his line to the head-waters of the Scioto; from thence to its mouth; from
thence to the mouth of the Wabash. and from thence to Chicago, on Lake
Michigan. These are the boundaries within which the prints of my an-
cestors’ houses are everywhere to be seen.”

Tt was a treaty of

At the time the Western or Indian Territory was set apart for the oc-
cupancy of the Indian tribes, the Miamis were located on several reserva-
tions, which had been assigned to the different bands in the valley of the
Wabash, the most important being Massassinawa, the residence of the
principal chief. These lands were ceded to the United States November
28, 1840, and the following described tract in the Indian Territory given
them for a future home: “A tract bounded on the east by the State of
Missouri; on the north by the country of the Weas and Piankeshaws; on
the west by the Pottawatomies of Indiana; and on the south by the land
assigned to the New York Indians.” This tract was estimated to contain five
hundred thousand acres. . . .

By virtue of this treaty, the Miamis located in the territory comprised
in the southeastern part of the present county of Miami. About eleven
hundred settled on Sugar Creek during 1846-47, of whom nearly half re-
turned to Indiana the following year. Sickness so decimated the ranks of
those who remained that only about three hundred were left when the band
removed to the banks of the Marais des Cygnes. ; ;

Their principal village was on the east bank of the river, a little settle-
ment growing up in the neighborhood, composed of mission buildings, one
of the Indian Agencies, and a few log houses occupied by pioneer white
settlers.

Pr. David Lykens, the first white settler in the county, established a
Baptist Mission among the Weas (a band of Miamis) on Wea Creek, about
the year 1840. It was a successful and well-conducted school, and was in
operation many years. Sirs

The Catholics established a branch of the Osage Mission among the
Miamis in 1850, the missionaries visiting the tribe once a month. Fathers
Truyens and Van Micorio were the first priests. They were afterward vis-
ited by Fathers Schact and Favre, of Lawrence, until Father Waltron was
located at Paola. ;

On the 5th day of June, 1854, the Miami Indians ceded to the United
States all the land acquired by the treaty of 1840, excepting and reserving
therefrom 70,000 acres for their future homes, and also a section of 640
acres for school purposes, “to be selected and assigned to said tribe as here-
inafter provided.”

The reservation was to be surveyed as Government lands were surveyed;
individual selections of 200 acres each were to be made, to include, as far
as practicable, the residence and improvements of each person then living
on the reservation; the residue of the land to be held as common property,
to be sold in the same manner as United States land was sold, whenever
the chiefs and a majority of the tribe desired it; the proceeds to be paid to
the tribe after deducting expense of the sale.

By treaty of February 23, 1867, provision was made that all mem-
bers of the tribe wishing to become citizens of Kansas could do so; those
who elected to continue tribal relations to remove to the Indian Territory
and become confederated with the Peorias, the united tribe to take the
name of Peorias and Miamis. In 1871, the remnant of the tribe, number-
ing about one hundred and thirty, removed to the Neosho River in the In-
dian Territory.

CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF KASKASKIAS, PEORIAS, WEAS AND PIANKESHAWS,

The Kaskaskias, according to the treaty made August 13, 1803, at ,Vin-
cennes, by William Henry Harrison, are “the remains, and rightfully rep-
resent all the tribes of the Illinois Indians ”—one of the most powerful and
numerous Western tribes at the time it was visited by Marquette on‘his fa-
mous voyage of exploration of the Mississippi in 1673. and subsequently
one of the most docile and easily civilized tribes that the early Jesuit mis-
sionaries visited—so-friendly that Marquette speaks of them as his “beloved
Illinois.” From many unfortunate circumstances—invasions of more sav-
age tribes, etc.—the nation became reduced, in the eighteenth century, to a
very small number, the remains of which were consolidated under the name
of the Kaskaskia tribe, which, at the treaty of Vincennes, being “ unable
to occupy the extensive tract of country which, of right, belongs to them,
and which was possessed by their ancestors for many generations,” ceded
to the United States a tract of 8.608.167 acres in the heart of Illinois, reserv-
ing for their own use only 850 acres near the town of Kaskaskia, and the

eee of locating’another tract of 1,280 within the bounds of the ceded
and.

This treaty was signed by Jean Baptiste Ducoigne, as principal chief.

The Peorias were a tribe of the Minois nation, but lived apart from
the consolidated tribes until 1818, when they united with the Kaskaskias,
ceded their territory in Tlinois to the United States, and were pranted 640
acres on Blackwater River, in Missouri, their annuities to be paid at St.
Genevieve, Mo.

The Piankeshaws and Weas were Miami tribes. The Weas ceded their

lands in Indiana and Ohio in 1818, and the Piankeshaws still earlier. re-
serving only a tract of two square miles, which also they soon ceded to
Government.
. The united tribes were removed to the vicinity of St. Genevieve, Mo.,
in 1818. At the treaty made by the Weas at St. Mary’s in 1818, in Ohio,
when they ceded their land to Government, a small reservation was made
for the tribe, and also a grant of one section each was made to “ Christmas
Dageny* and Mary Shields, formerly Mary Dageny, children of Me-chin-
quam-eshe, sister of Jacco, a chief of the said tribe.

On October 27, 1832, the United States ceded “to the combined tribes
of Kaskaskias and Peorias, and the bands united with them, 150 sections
of land, to include the"Peoria village, west of the State of Missouri, on the
waters of the Osage river.”

The United Kaskaskias and Peorias made a small band of 140.

; October 29, 1832, the Piankeshaws and Weas were granted “250 sec-.
tions of land, bounded on the north by the Shawanoes; east by the west-

*Christinas Dageny came to Kansas with the tribe, serving as chief until his death in 1848.
HISTORY OF KANSAS. co

ern boundary line of Missouri for fifteen miles; and west by the Kaskaskias

and Peorias.”’ The band numbered about three hundred and fifty.

i The tract assigned them was within the limits of the present county of
iami.

On the 30th of May, 1854, treaties were made with these united bands,
by which they ceded all their lands, except 160 acres for each individual,
and ten sections to be held as common property. °

By treaty of February 28, 1867, they were provided with new homes in
the Indian Territory. They then numbered about one hundred and fifty,
and were located upon the Quapaw Reserve.

- SACS (SAUKS) AND FOXES (OUTAGAMES).

In the early Jesuit relations, the Sacs and Foxes were nearly always
mentioned together. Their language was identical, and they were proba-
bly of common origin. From the country east of Lake Huron they were
driven by wars with the French and with hostile tribes, to Wisconsin,
where they settled at the confluence of Wolf and Fox Rivers. Again
driven by the French, they settled on the Upper Wisconsin in 1761, num-
bering about seven hundred warriors. During the war of the Revolution,
they were the firm friends of the English.

d A treaty was held at St. Louis, November 3, 1804, bétween the united
tribes of Sacs and Foxes and the United States, William Henry Harrison
being Acting Commissioner on the part of the Government. By the pro-
visions of this treaty, the chiefs and head men of the tribes ceded to the
United States a large tract on both sides of the Mississippi, including on the
east lands in Illinois and Wisconsin, and on the west a portion of Iowa
and Missouri, from the mouth of the Gasconade northward.

_ On September 13 and 14, 1815, another treaty was held at Portage des
Sioux (now a village in St. Charles County, Mo.), with the Sacs and Foxes
then residing in Missouri, who then confirmed, for their portion of the
tribe, the treaty of 1804.

On May 18, 1816, a treaty was held with the Rock River Sacs and
Foxes at St. Louis, also confirming the treaty of 1804. To this treaty Black
Hawk’s name is signed. At the time of the breaking-out of the Black
Hawk war, that chief affirmed that, although he himself had “touched the
quill” to this treaty, he was deceived by the agent, and knew not what he was
signing, and that the treaty of 1804 was made by persons who had neither
authority in the nation nor power to dispose of its lands.

August 4,1824, the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri ceded to the United
States all the land “lying and being between the Mississippi and Missouri
Rivers, and a line running from the Missouri, at the entrance of the Kan-
sas River, north 100 miles to northwest corner of the State of Missouri,
and from thence east to the Mississippi.” For this cession each tribe re-
ceived $1,000, and $500 in annuities for ten years.

By treaty of July 15, 1880, the Rock River Sacs and Foxes ceded to the
United States “a tract of country twenty miles in width, from the Missis-
sippi to the Des Moines.”

Keokuk, the principal chief of the Foxes, soon removed to the west side
of the Mississippi, followed by a large part of the two tribes, but Black
Sparrow Hawk and his band refused to leave their village at Rock Island,
contending that they had never sold their town. The Black Hawk war fol-
lowed in 1831-32, ending with the battle of Bad Ax, in Vernon County, Wis.,
in which Black Hawk and his forces were routed by United States troops
under Col. Zachary Taylor, and Illinois volunteers under Col. Henry
Dodge. Black Hawk was captured and the war ended.

The Iowas and Missouri Sacs and Foxes were assigned, by treaty of
September 17, 1836, “the small strip of land on the south side of the Mis-
souri River, lying between the Kickapoo northern boundary line and the
Grand Nemahaw River, and extending from the Missouri back and west-
wardly with the said Kickapoo line and the Grand Nemahaw, making 400
sections, to be divided between the said Iowas and Missouri Sacs and Foxes;
the upper half to the Iowas, the lower half to the Sacs and Foxes.” This
tract was partly in what is now Doniphan County, Kan., and partly in Ne-
braska; the reservation of the Sacs and Foxes being in Kansas. :

On the 18th of May, 1854, this reservation was all ceded to the United
States, with the exception of fifty sections, of 640 acres each, “to be select-
ed in one body in the western part of the cession made.” In 1861, the res-
ervation was still further reduced in size.

IOWAS (IOWAYS).

The first treaty concluded with this tribe of Indians, under this name,
was at Portage des Sioux (now in St. Charles County, Mo.), on the 16th of
September, 1815. The Commissioners. on the part of the United States
were William Clark, Ninian Edwards and Auguste Choteau, of St. Louis,
and the treaty was simply one of peace—no_ boundaries being established.
On the 4th of August, 1824, the same tribe, by their deputies, Mab-hos-kah
(or White Cloud) and Mah-ne-hah-nah (Great Walker), in consideration of
the sum of $500 to be paid the tribe that and for ten successive years, ceded
to the United States all claim which they had to the “lands in Missouri, sit-
uated between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and _a line runnin
from the Missouri, at the mouth or entrance of Kansas River, north 10
miles to the northeast corner of the limits of the State of Missouri, and
from thence east to the Mississippi.” :

The Iowas and Missouri Sacs and Foxes were assigned, by treaty of
September, 1786, a reservation in the Indian Territory, lying north of the
Kickapoos, and described in the preceding sketch. To this they imme-
diately removed. By the treaty of May, 1854, in common with the Sacs
and Foxes, they ceded to Government a large portion of their reserve, and,
on the 6th of March, 1861, their reservation was reduced to a still smaller
diznension. They have now a small village called Nohart on their reser-
vation in the northern part of Doniphan County. |

‘Mission and School.—Before the Sacs and Foxes were removed from
Missouri, a mission was established among them by the Presbyterian Board

of Foreign Missions. After they located on their reservation west of the
Missouri River, Rev. 8. M. Irvin was the first missionary that followed
them to their new location. In May, 1837, near the site of the present town
of Highlent he organized a mission, and, ten years later, in conjunction
with Rev. William Hamilton, who came to the mission six months after
Mr. Irvin, an Indian school, which latter nee efficiently and successfully
maintained as a part of the mission until Kansas became a State, and the
school expanded into Highland University.

The mission school was opened in the summer of 1846, and was under
the superintendence of Revs. S. M. Irvin and William Hamilton, several
assistants being employed as teachers.

The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi were removed from the Des
Moines River, Iowa, by treaty with the United States, about the year 1840,
and settled on land granted them in what is now Osage County, their vil-
lage being on the Marais des Cygnes River.

October 1, 1859, the tribe, “having now more lands than are necessary
for their occupancy and use, and being desirous of promoting settled hab-
its of industry and enterprise among themselves by abolishing the tenure
in common by which they hold their lands,” cede the reservation to the
United States, excepting a tract of twenty miles by twelve, and containing
about one hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred acres. Out
of this reservation, a tract of eighty acres to be assigned to every individ-
ual of the tribe, the residue to be owned by the tribe in common.

By treaty of February 18, 1867, the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi
sold their entire reservation, except some individual reservations, at the
rate of $1 an acre, and were given for their future home “a tract of land in
the Indian country, south of the Kansas and south of the Cherokee lands,
not exceeding 750 square miles in extent.”

The united tribe, when removed to the Indian Territory, numbered
about eight hundred.

THE KICKAPOOS.

The Kickapoos were associated with the other more powerful tribes
occupying the country watered by the Ohio, Wabash and Miami Rivers, in
the treaty made at Greenville in 1795 by Gen. Wayne, and in those of 1808,
at Fort Wayne and Vincennes, by William Henry Harrison. By these and
succeeding treaties, the tribe ceded all their lands on the Wabash, White
and Vermilion Rivers, that of July 30, 1819, including their principal vil-
lage on the southeast bank of the Wabash, “in which their ancestors for-
merly resided, and consisting of a large tract, to which they have had,
from time immemorial, and now have, a just right.” They also ceded lands
in the valley of the Illinois River, of which “the said Kickapoo tribe claim
a large portion by descent from their ancestors, and the balance by con-
quest from the Ilinois nation, and uninterrupted possession for more than
half a century.” In consideration of these cessions, they were given a
tract of land situated on, and south of, the Osage River in Missouri. The
tribe were living on the Wabash River at the time this treaty was made,
and removed to Missouri the following year.

October 24, 1832, the Kickapoos ceded their country on the Osage
River in Missouri, and, on the 26th of November of the same year, were
granted a reservation situated north of the Delawares in the Indian Terri-
tory. It was described as follows: “To begin onthe Delaware line, where
said line crosses the Left Branch of Salt Creek; thence down said creek to
the Missouri River; thence up the Missouri River thirty miles, when meas-
ured on a straight line; thence westwardly to a point twenty miles from
the Delaware line, so as to include in the lands assigned to the Kickapoos
at least twelve hundred square miles.”

By treaty of May 18, 1854, the above-described tract was ceded to the
United States, “saving and reserving in the western part thereof 150,000
acres for a future and permanent home” for the tribe. By the terms of the
treaty, the specified sum of $20,000 was to be paid the tribe, they to sup-
port themselves thereafter. :

June 28, 1862, a treaty was made, setting apart a portion of the reserve
to be divided and held in severalty by members of the tribe, the remainder
to be sold, the Atchison & Pike’s Peale Railroad Company having the priv-
ilege of buying the lands at $1.25 per acre. The company bought 123,832
acres at that price, lying principally in Brown County. The lands were
advertised for sale in 1866. Those of the tribe who chose to remove to the
Indian Territory, numbering about six hundred, ‘were allotted a portion of
the Sac and Fox Reservation.

The first location of the Kickapoos in Kansas was on the southeast
corner of their reservation, near Fort Leavenworth. They were more in-
dustrious and their habits were generally more correct than those of many
of the tribes to the north. The more rapid improvement of this tribe was
in a large measure owing to the influence of Kenekuk, the “ Kickapoo
Prophet,” who removed to the Indian Territory with the tribe, and found-
ed a religious sect among them, teaching and practicing himself the doc-
trines of sobriety, industry and honesty. The raphe numbered among
his adherents a large proportion of the tribe.

Missions.—A Methodist Mission was founded in 1833. It was under
the direction of the Missouri Conference, and under the direct superin-
tendence of Rev. J. C. Berryman. A school was established, which, in
1835, numbered forty. The children were boarded at the mission house.

The Catholic Mission was founded in May, 1886, by Fathers Van
Quickenborn and Hoeken and two lay brothers. A mission house was
built near the junction of Salt Creek with the Missouri. This mission
was afterward merged in that of St. Mary’son Sugar Creek. The Catholic
Mission was founded for the benefit of the Pottawatomies residing on the
Kickapoo Reservation.

THE CHEROKEES.

A treaty of peace was made with the Cherokees of the Cumberland
and Tennessee in 1785. In 1791, they commenced to cede their lands to
the United States, which they continued to do, by frequent treaties, until
1808, with no grant of other lands in return. In the fall of 1808, deputa-
74 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

tions from the upper _and lower Cherokee towns visited Washington, the
first to declare to the President (Thomas Jefferson) their anxious desire to
engage in the pursuits of agricultural life, and to establish fixed laws and
a regularly organized government, and the latter to declare their wish to
continue the hunter life, and to ask for a reservation to the west of the Missis-
sippi, where game was more abundant. The United States Government,
by the President, answered the requests in the following affectionate terms:
“The United States, my children, are the friends of both parties, and, as
far as can be reasonably asked, they are willing to satisfy the wishes of
both. Those who remain may be assured of our patronage, our aid and
good neighborhood. Those who wish to remove are permitted to send an
exploring party to reconnoiter the country on the waters of the Arkansas
and White Rivers, and the higher up the better, as they will be the longer
unapproached by our settlements, which will begin at the mouths of those
rivers. The regular districts of the Government of St. Louis are already
laid off to the St. Francis.”

The Cherokees “of the lower towns” accordingly explored the country
on the rivers named, and, after making their selection, exchanged their East-
ern for their new Western lands, the Gnited States generously giving all the
poor warriors of the emigrating tribe a gun, a blanket and a brass kettle,
or, if they preferred a beaver trap.to a brass kettle, they could have that
instead, these articles “to be considered as a full compensation for the im-
provements which they may leave.”

In this and the treaty of 1819, two years later, provisions were made
for the permanent location of the remainder of the Cherokees east of the
Mississippi.

In May, 1828, a tract of land forming a parallelogram of forty miles by
three hundred, along the western border of the Territoryof Arkansas, as it
was then bounded, was ceded to the Cherokees, the property and posses-
sions of the inhabitants being bought by the Federal Government, and
compensation made to them for removal.

By the treaty of December 9, 1885, the United States agree to convey
to the Cherokee Indians “the following additional tract of land, situated
between the west line of the State of Missouri and the Osage Reservation:
Beginning at the southeast corner of the same and running north along the
east line of the Osage lands fifty miles to the northeast corner thereof, and
thence east to the west line of the State of Missouri; thence with said line
south fifty miles; thence west to the place of beginning—estimated to con-
tain eight hundred thousand acres of land.”

The northern portion of this reservation wasin the southeast corner of
the present State of Kansas. Three years after the treaty was made—in
May, 1888—Gen. Scott, by order of Gen. Jackson, marched into Georgia
with a military force and accomplished the removal of the Cherokees.

July 19, 1866, the tribe ceded to the United States the land in Kansas
sold to them in 1835; also the strip of land in Kansas ceded to them by the
same treaty, the lands to be sold at not less than $1.25 per acre. The Sen-
ate added a proviso to the treaty, allowing the lands to be sold at $1 an

acre.

On the 30th of August, 1866, the Secretary of the Interior (Harlan)
made a contract with the American Emigrant Company of Connecticut for
the sale of so much of the tract ceded by the Cherokees (Cherokee Neutral
Lands) as was “not occupied by actual settlers at the date of the treaty,”
for $1 per acre.

Secretary Browning, who succeeded Mr. Harlan, regarding this sale
illegal, made a contract, on the 9th of October, 1867, to sell the lands to
James F. Joy, of Detroit, Mich. By a supplemental treaty made with the
Cherokees, ratified June 6, 1868, it was agreed that the American Emigrant
Company should assign its contract to Joy, the contract, so modified, be-

ing re-affirmed and declared valid. The contract between Secretary
Browning and Mr. Joy was canceled. ? :
All the missionary and other establishments of importance among the

Cherokees have been outside the limits of Kansas.

NEW YORK INDIANS.

To the various bands of New York Indians, the remnants of the pow-
erful Six Nations, the feared and hated Troquois, was assigned, January
15, 1888, “the following tract of country, situated directly west of the
State of Missouri: Beginning on the west line of the State of Missouri, at
the northeast corner of the Cherokee tract, and running thence north along
the west line of the State of Missouri twenty-seven miles, to the southern
line of the Miami lands; thence west so far as shall be necessary, by run-
ning a line at right angles and parallel to the west line aforesaid to the
Osage lands; and thence easterly along the Osage and Cherokee lands to
the place of beginning—to include 1,824,000 acres of land, being 320 acres
for each soul of said “Indians, as their numbers are at present computed. ky

This tract was intended as a home for all the tribes residing in the
State of New York. @

INDIANS OF THE PLAINS.

The Cheyennes and Arapahoes, confederate tribes, were among the
most dreaded foes of the early Mexican traders, and later, of the California
fortune-seckers. The boundaries of their country, as fixed by the treaty
of September 17, 1851, at Fort Laramie, included a large portion of what
afterward became Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas, and within that
territory the United States agreed to protect these tribes “ against the com-
mission of all depredations by the people of the United States, after the
ratification of this treaty.” :

The discovery of the rich mining regions of Colorado in 1858 drew a
crowd of adventurers to that country, who, against the protests of the In-
dians, occupied the land, established mining camps, started cities, and
effectually drove the tribes from the mountains to the valleys and plains of
the Arkansas and Republican rivers. Feb. 18, 1861, the Indians ceded all
their lands to the United States, except a tract between the Sandy Fork of
the Arkansas and the Purgatory River, Government again contracting to
protect them in this diminished reservation, and to aid them in the diffi-
cult task of learning to live in a new and untried way. For a few years
there was comparative quiet, and the Cheyennes and Arapahoes were, out-
wardly, at least, at peace with the white settlers of Kansas. Trouble com-
menced again in the spring of 1864, and the war then initiated was not
terminated until 1867. On the 28th of October, 1867, a treaty was con-
cluded with the tribes, by the provisions of which they were located on a
reservation in the Indian Territory, south of the Kansas line, and between
the Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers, with the privilege of hunting as far
north as the Arkansas River in Kansas.

There were 2,250 Cheyennes and nearly 2,000 Arapahoes removed to:
the Cheyenne Agency in Indian Territory. The Cheyennes were employed
for a time as military scouts, but were finally induced to attempt farm-
ing, and, in a year’s time, became self-sustaining. In 1881, they raised
good crops, and resolved to break up their tribal relations. During 1882,
they moved onto farms on the Little Missouri, went to work in earnest,
and, during the summer, built thirty houses, and raised produce enough to
keep them through the winter. They are fast becoming civilized.

An account of the depredations of the Indians on the frontier is given
elsewhere.

The various wandering tribes that infested the plains of Western Kan-
sas for many years were not in any sense occupants of the country, and are
not identified with the history of the Territory.

 

 

PRE-TERRITORIAL HISTORY.

ANSAS, the child of the cumulated national sin of two centuries and

two governments, came into the world, inoculated with its virus, a
bantling, set apart for the vile uses of slavery, by its unnatural mother.
The heroic struggles during its infant life to eradicate the taint, and its
final triumphant entry, unpolluted, into the family of States, constitutes
the brightest page of American history.

The hidden but potent forces which molded the future destinies of
Kansas, which gave it inceptive life, and preserved it through its darkest
days of peril, were vital long before its time. To a clear conception and
understanding of the later historical narrative, the reader will not deem it
irrelevant to review such points of prior history as have a direct, though
remote, genealogical relation to the then unborn commonwealth.

THE SLAVERY QUESTION.

Slavery Hereditary.—Under the laws of France and the Republic of
Texas, from which the United States acquired the domain of which Kan-
sas came to form a part, chattel slavery was a legalized institution. Ex-
cept prohibited under constitutional enactment of the United States Gov-
ernment, the old laws inhered, and the rights of residents of the Territory
remained unimpaired and protected under them, as though the change of
ownership had never been consummated. Thus, when, in 1803, France
ceded Louisiana to the United States, slavery being already legalized, the
whole domain came to us already cursed with the vile institution. As it

was not only legalized, but actually established, many of the residents hold-
ing slaves, France saw fit to assure them in the continued possession of all
rights enjoyed under her laws by inserting, in the treaty of cession, an ex-
press stipulation that the inhabitants of Louisiana “should be incorporated
into the Union of the United States, and admitted, as soon as possible, ac-
cording to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of
all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States.
And, in the meantime, they should be maintained and protected in the free

enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they pro- -

fessed.” Thus the slaves of Louisiana, under Spanish and French rule,
came, still fettered and unemancipated, to a life of continued bondage,
under the starry banner of the American Republic. The little corner of
Kansas, lying west of the twenty-second meridian and south of the Arkan-
sas River, together with the residue of the Texas purchase of 1850, also
came into the possession of the United States, subject to the laws of Texas,
which legalized slavery. California and the remaining territory acquired
from Mexico, under whose laws slavery was prohibited, came under the do-
minion of the United States uncontaminated—free territory ; unless, as

came to be stoutly maintained by Southern statesmen, the Federal laws pro-
tected and fostered slavery wherever it was not prohibited by special enact- —

ment.

,__ It will be remembered that, so early as the session of the Constitu-
tional Convention in 1789, the restriction and ultimate abolition of slavery,

 
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and the suppression of the African slave trade, were subjects of earnest
controversy. At that time, it was the prevailing sentiment, in the South-
ern as well as Northern colonies, that slavery of itself was an unmitigated
evil, forced upon the colonies by England, often against earnest protests
on their part; that the acknowledged inhumanity, guilt and sin of slavery
were justly chargeable to her alone, the misfortune of the situation only in-
hering to them, guiltless as they were of its first establishment in America.
Nevertheless, it had become so woven into the industrial life of several of
the Southern States that its speedy extinction demanded sacrifices and in-
volved losses in their view beyond what patriotism or conscience required.

,_ There were in the thirteen colonies at that time 500,000 slaves, of
which number all but 40,000 were owned in the Carolinas, Virginia and
Maryland. Immediate, or even speedy, emancipation to them was tempo-
ral ruin, and they contended for the right of protection with united
strength and an earnestness that won success. Thus the first constitution,
in order to render a more perfect Federal Union possible, was framed and
its establishment consummated under compromises which rendered slavery
secure where it existed, and only provided for the abolition of the African
slave trade after twenty years, Congress being forbidden to interdict it until
the expiration of that time. To preserve an equilibrium of representation
between the slave and free States, three-fifths of the slaves, though dis-
franchised, were, in the apportionment, added to the number of white
population. At the expiration of twenty years, the slave trade was inter-
peo but the unequal apportionment continued until slavery ceased to
exist.

FIRST SLAVERY (TERRITORIAL) RESTRICTION.

In 1784, Virginia ceded to the Confederation all its territory lying north-
west of the Ohio River and outside the limits of its then organized State
jurisdiction.* In 1787, one of the last acts of the last Confederate Congress
was the passage of the ordinance, ever after known as the “ Ordinance of
ius ae the government of the territory ceded, one article of which read
as follows:

“There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said

territory, otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall
be duly convicted.”

It also contained a provision for the rendition of fugitive slaves.

The above ordinance secured to freedom all the territory now embraced
in the States of Ohio, Indiana, [linois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and that part
of Minnesota lying east of the Mississippi River. It was re-enacted by
the first Federal Congress in March, 1779, and stood as a safeguard
against the encroachments of slavery until the whole territory had, as free
Btates, become a part of the Federal Union.

FIRST SLAVERY (TERRITORIAL) EXTENSION.

The extension of slavery, however, met with no serious hindrance
thereby. North Carolina, December 22, 1789, one month after the ratifi-
cation of the Federal constitution, ceded to the United States her Western
territory (now Tennessee), with the restriction that “no regulation made
or to be made by Congress shall tend to emancipate slaves.” Georgia,
likewise, ceded her outlying territory, embracing what comprises the States
of Alabama and Misssissippi, under the following condition:

.“Fifthly. That the territory thus ceded shall become a State, and be admitted into the
Union as soon as it shall contain 60,000 inhabitants, or at an earlier period if Congress shall
think it expedient, on the same conditions and restrictions, with the same privileges and in
the same manner as is provided in the ordinance of Congress of the 13th day of July, 1787,
for the government of the western territory of the United States, which ordinance shall, in
all its parts, extend to the territory contained in the present act of cession, the article only
excepted which forbids Slavery.”

SLAVE STATISTICS.

The United States Government, under the Federal constitution, began
life April 30, 1789, at which time George Washington, being the unanimous
choice of the thirteen original States, was inaugurated as President. The
distribution of the slaves, the free blacks and the white population at this
time is shown in the following tabular statements, compiled from the Fed-
eral census report of 1790:

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RIES NORTH, Whites.) 9 | £ | #2 | RIES SOUTH. ea] & | #2
Ge a & | a | 44
96002 | 588 |.......- 96540 || Delaware....... 46310 | 3899 | 8887 | 59096
NewHamp’hire) 141111 630 158 | 141899 || Maryland ......) 208649 | 8043 103036 | 319728
Massachusetts..| 373254 | 5463 |......... 378717 Rg eer weseeees| 442115 |12766 |293427 | 748308
Rhode Island... 64689 | 3469 | 952 | 69110 || NV. Carolina....| 288204 | 4975 |100572 | 393751
Connecticut...| 232581 | 2801 | 2759 | 238141 || §.Carolina......) 140178 | 1801 {107094 | 249073
}Vermont. 85144 | 255 17 | 85416 || Georgia.........{ 52886 | 3898 | 29264 | 82548
New York........| 314142 | 4654 |21324 | 340120 {Kentucky sis 61133 | 114 | 11830 | 73077
New Jersey...... 169954 | 2762 |11423 | 184139 || Tennessee... 32013 | 361 | 3417] 35791
Pennsylvania .| 424099 | 6537 | 3737 | 434373
Totals... 1900976 [27109 [40370 |1968455 1271488 [32357 1657527 }1961372.

 

EMANCIPATION IN THE NORTHERN STATES.

The slaves enumerated (40,370) in the Northern States were held, sub-
ject to the varied provisions under which the several States had abolished

* irginia then embraced the whole of the State of Keutucky, that territory
tine oe a county under her jurisdiction in 1779, It so continued till 1790, whon
it became a separate slave State.

Maine, a part of Massachusetts.
Vermont, a part of New York.
Kentucky, a part of Virginia. |
Tennessee, a part of North Carolina.

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slavery, or provided for its ultimate extinction. The time and mode of
abolition adopted by the several States was as follows:

Massachusetts, 1780; absolute prohibition.

New Hampshire, 1788; absolute prohibition.

Rhode Island, 1784; all born in the State after March, 1784, to be free.

Connecticut, 1784; gradual abolition.

New York, 1799; gradual emancipation; in 1817, a further act decreed
that there should be no slavery in the State after July 4, 1827.

New Jersey, 1804; gradual emancipation.

Pennsylvania, 1780; all persons born in the State after March 1 to be
free at the age of twenty-eight.

Vermont, 1777; framed constitution fourteen years before she became
a member of the Federal Union, whereof the first article abolished slavery.

The gradual increase of the free and slave population from 1790 to the
time of its extinction is given in the table below:

CLASSIFICATION OF POPULATION OF UNITED STATES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR. FREE WHITES|FREE BLACKS| SLAVES. OTHERS. AGGREGATE.
1790 3,172,464 59,446 697,897

1800 4,304,489 108,395 893,041

1810 5,862,004 186,446 1,191,364

1820 7,861,937 233,524 1,538,038

1830 10,537,338 319,599 2,009,043

1840 14,195,695 386,303 2,487,455 ,069,
1850 pope 434,495 ae ee eas Sa Sore
1860 26,957,471 488,070 3,953,760 383.712 Indians 7443,
1870 35,592,245 4,886,387 | aessscceteenee eee 63,954 thee 38,925,598

 

From the inauguration of the Federal Government in 1789 to the pur-
chase of Louisiana in 1808, a period of fourteen years, four new States were
admitted into the Union, as follows: Vermont, with slavery inhibited,
March 4, 1791; Kentucky, as a slave State, June 1, 1792; Tennessee, as a
slave State, June 1, 1796; and Ohio, the first free State from the territory
ceded by Virginia, November 29, 1802.

The territory from which to form new slave States was at that time
restricted to the Georgia cession (afterward Alabama and Mississippi),
while the vast territory free under the ordinance of ’87, capable of form-
ing six States as large, gave assurance to the advocates of, and believers in,
the doctrine of the gradual extinction of slavery that its limits were de-
fined, beyond which it could not pass, and that, thus hedged in, with the
coming addition of free States, it would gradually be inhibited, and finally
become extinct by local enactments in the States where it had a legal ex-
istence.

The purchase of Louisiana in 1803 brought an accession of unorganized
slave territory, which at once changed the preponderance, in a greater de-
gree, to the other side. The general sentiment, however, was that of sat-

isfaction with the acquisition, as the free navigation of the Mississippi, and
the right of eminent domain over the whole territory drained by it and its
tributaries, gave such commercial advantages, and so increased the secur-
.ty, importance and power of the young Republic, as to render the general
sentiment oblivious to possible and remote evils, and indifferent to the
warnings of the conscientious and far-seeing few, who did not fail to give
the alarm at that time. The abolition societies of the North entered
earnest protests against the consummation of the purchase, except, like
the Northwestern Territory, slavery should be inhibited therein. The
Louisiana purchase was divided by act of Congress into two Territories,
the dividing line being the thirty-third parallel of latitude. AJI south of
that line was called Orleans; that part lying north, Louisiana. With a
tacit belief, if not understanding, that Louisiana Territory would ultimate-
ly, like the adjoining territory north of the Ohio, become free States, little
attention was given the slavery question. It was believed to be in the wa
of self-adjustment, and was not, till 1819, a disturbing element in the poli-
tics of the country.

From 1803 to 1819, there were admitted as States, Louisiana (Orleans
Territory), as a slave State, April 30, 1811; Indiana (Northwestern Terri-
tory), as a free State, December 11, 1816; Mississippi (Georgia cession), as
a slave State, December 10, 1817; Illinois (Northwestern Territory), De-
cember 8, 1818; Alabama (Georgia cession), December 14, 1819.

With the admission of Alabama, the States were as follows:

Original—Free, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Cen-
necticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania—seven; slave, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia—six.

Admitted—Free, Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois—four; slave, Ken-
tucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama—five.

Total free, eleven; total slave, eleven.

The admission of States up to this time had not only kept the equilibri-
um in number and representation fairly established, but, what was more
essential to the peace of the country, the line of the ‘Ordinance of ’87” had
been kept inviolate. The States north of the Ohio, which enters the Missis-
sippi near the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude, had come in under the slav-
ery restriction, while those lying south of that line had been admitted asslave
States, under the sufferance and protection granted when the territory had
been ceded to the United States. This tacit compromise, as evinced in the
admission of the new States, had quieted the fearful apprehensions of
Northern Abolitionists, and others who viewed slavery as a sin of itself, to
be suffered only until it could be eradicated with safety. The Northern
conscience at that time had come to be subservient to worldly interests and
an intense love of the Union—threatened by the South whenever imag-

 

* Slavery was abolished in all States and parts of States then in rebellion, by proclamation
of Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863, and throughout the United States, by the passage of a
constitutional amendment, February 1, 1865,
76 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

re or real encroachments were made upon what it deemed its peculiar
rights.

‘Texas, a part of the Florida purchase, had been, in 1819, ceded to
Spain in exchange for the Floridas. Thus the only territory remaining of
the Louisiana purchase then capable of being offered as a slave State laid
north of the latitude of the line of prohibition of the Ordinance of ’87.
Accordingly, the inhabitants of the region along the banks of the Missouri,
on both sides, on the 16th of March, 1818, presented their first petition for
admission as a State, with essentially its present boundaries.

The North at once took alarm. It knew that under the law, the South
had a right to extend slavery if it chose, throughout the whole extent of
the Louisiana purchase. There remained of free territory only sufficient
for two more States (afterward Michigan and Wisconsin). The real de-
signs of the South became apparent. So long as necessary or politic, the
work of strengthening and consolidating the slave power had been car-
ried on within the limits of the territory guaranteed, lying south of the
Ohio. That territory secured, Missouri was offered as an opening wedge
for the further extension of slavery north and west of the Mississippi.
Slavery having become profitable, it was now to become national. ‘The
two leading political parties were not at that time sectional, nor was ad-
herence or opposition to slavery a party test. The question, therefore,
came into party politics as a discordant ‘and demoralizing element, divid-
ing them, for the first time, by a geographical line, instead of, as hereto-
fore, on matters of national policy.

THE MISSOURL CONTEST.

The first petition of Missouri for admission as a State, on its presenta-
tion, March 16, 1818, was referred to a select committee, who reported a
bill in accordance with the prayer of the petitioners, which was read twice
and committed, no further action being taken till the session of the same
Congress in the following fall. It came up for further consideration in
committee of the whole, November 16, and was discussed through that
day, and the next day but one. During the discussion, the awakened ap-
prehensions of those opposed to the further extension of slavery took tangi-
ble shape in the following amendment to the proposed bill, moved by
Gen. James Tallmadge, of ‘Dutchess County, N. Y.:

And provided, That the introduction of slavery, or involuntary servitude, be prohibited,
except for the punishment of crimes, whereof the party has been duly convicted; and that

all children born within the said State, after the admission thereof into the Union, shall be
declared free at the age of twenty-five years.

On the rising of the committee, the amendment was adopted by the
House, by the following vote: All preceding and including the word
“convicted,” by eighty-seven yeas to seventy-six nays; the residue of the
amendment, by eighty-two yeas to seventy-eight nays. Thus amended,
the bill was passed to a third reading by a vote of ninety-eight yeas to fifty-
six nays, and the next day passed and sent to the Senate, where the afore-
said amendment was stricken out by a vote of twenty-two to sixteen. On
the last day but one of the session, the bill, shorn of the restriction, was
passed by the Senate without a division. It was returned to the House,
which refused to concur in the Senate amendment, by a vote of seventy-
eight nays to seventy-six yeas. The Senate insisted on its adherence to its
amendment. and, on its second return, the House still adhering to its dis-
agreement, the bill failed for that session.

A bill organizing so much of the Territory of Missouri as was not in-
cluded within the boundaries of the proposed State into a Territory under
the name of Arkansas was, however, passed at this session. Attempts
were made to apply the slavery restriction, as in the case of Missouri, but
it failed in the House by the casting vote of the Speaker, Henry Clay, and
in the Senate by a majority of five votes. Arkansas thus became a slave
Territory, if not by positive legislation, yet through the defeat of all efforts
made to the contrary.

The determined spirit of the slavery propagandists, as evinced in the
discussion attending the territorial organization of Arkansas and the de-
feated Missouri bill, created intense interest and feeling throughout the
country, and, at the convening of the new Congress (Sixteenth, December 6,
1819), it was apparent that party lines could no longer prevent the slavery
question from becoming the vital issue of the time.

Early in the session, the House passed a Dill admitting Maine as a
State, and sent the same to the Senate for concurrence.

The memorials from Missouri, asking admission, were referred to a
committee, which reported a bill for its admission without restriction. It
came up as a special order January 24, 1820, and wax thereafter under con-
tinuous debate till February 19, at which time the Maine bill was returned
from the Senate, with a rider or amendment authorizing Missouri to form
a constitution, ete.

This attempt on the part of the Senate to coerce the Touse into legis-
lation opposed to its known convictions was deemed hy some members
favoring: the Missouri bill, a direct affront to the House, and a flagrant at-
tempt to tamper with its independent legislation, and the combined oppo-
sition to the bill with the Missouri amendments was overwhelming. The
House refused to concur in the amendment by a vote of ninety-three to
seventy-two, only four Northern votes being cast with the minority. In
the dead lock between the House and Senate which ensued, it became ap-
parent that the interests of slavery were in greater jeopardy than ever be-
fore. The anti-slavery sentiment in the Northern States was at length
fully aroused, and the people fast becoming united on that issue. North-
ern members were urged in earnest and often frantic appeal to stand firm
against the perpetration of this creat crime against humanity and posterity.

he popular feeling was thus portrayed by a historian of those times:*

Never before had the anti-slavery sentiment of the North been so quickened and
aroused. Popular meetings were holden, in which Federalists and Democrats enthusias-

 

*History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, Henry Wilson, Vol. I, pp. 150-1.

tically and cordially united. Public addresses were made, and petitions and memorials were
sent he Congress. The citizens of Boston assembled and voted to memorialize Congress to
restrain the increase of slavery in new States to be admitted to the Union. This memorial
drawn up by Daniel Webster, set forth that “the happiness of unborn millions was at issue ;
that the admission of slavery into a new country encouraged “rapacity, fraud and vio-~
lence,” tarnished “the proud fame of the country,” and rendered questionable: all “ pro-
fessions of regard for the rights of humanity or the liberties of mankind.” This calm and
dignified paper, in which the issues were put with great discrimination and emphasis, closed
with this manly and earnest appeal: “As inhabitants of a free country, as citizens of a
great and rising republic, as fer bare of a Christian community, as living in a liberal and
enlightened age, and as feeling ourselves called upon by the dictates of religion and hu-
manity, we have presumed to Gir our sentiments to Congress on this question with a solic-
itude tes the event far beyond what a common occasion could inspire.” _ ne

These sentiments so strongly and eloquently expressed, were entertained with singular
unanimity, not alone by the people of Massachusetts, but by the people of New England and
the entire North. The Legislatures of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Ohio and Indiana passed resolutions affirming the power and duty of Congress to prohibit
Slavery in the States to be carved out of Western Territory. These resolutions, adopted with
little op osition, were based upon the indestructible principles of humanity, justice and lib-
erty. ‘he Legislature of Pennsylvania, without a dissenting vote, supported the humane
and enlightened policy of prohibiting Slavery in Missouri. Their resolutions proclaimed
with emphasis that “they are persuaded that to open the fertile regions of the West to a
servile race would tend to increase their numbers beyond all past example, would open a
new and steady market for the lawless venders of human flesh, and render all schemes. for
obliterating this foul blot upon the American character useless and unavailing.” They de-
nounced the attempt to bring Missouri into the Union asa slaveholding State as a measure
“ty spread the crimes and cruelties of Slavery from the banks of, the Mississippi to the shores
of the Pacific.” And they invoked the several States, “by the duty they owe to the Deity,
by the veneration which they entertain for the memories of the founders of the Republic,
and by atender regard for posterity, to protest against its adoption, to refuse to covenan
with crime, and to Simntt the range of an evil that already hangs in awful boding over so
Jarge a portion of the Union.”

The House, having indignantly voted down the Senate Missouri amend-
ment to the Maine bill and returned it to the Senate, proceeded to the
further consideration of the bill for the admission of Missouri alone, which,
having passed, with slavery prohibited, followed the Maine-Missouri bill to
the Senate. At this stage, the measure afterward known as the Missouri
Compromise had its conception in the Senate.

THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.

February 17, 1820, the Maine-Missouri bill being under consideration
by the Senate, Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, a uniform opponent of slavery re-
striction, offered, in order to conciliate the opposition in the House, an
amendment to the Missouri rider, as follows:

And be it further enacted, That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States,
under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north
latitude, excepting only such part thereof as is included within the limits of the State con-
templated by this act, Slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment
of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby forever
prohibited. Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or
service is lawfully claimed in any State or Territory of the United States, such fugitive may
be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as
aforesaid.”

The bill was returned to the House, where Thomas’ amendment met
with a worse fate than had befallen the original bill, being rejected by the
overwhelming vote of 159 to eighteen. It was an insult repeated, and of
the double-headed bill, in any form, the House would have none of it. The
dead lock was complete. It was evidently impossible to force the admis-
sion of Missouri through the House as an amendment to the bill admitting
Maine, and it had become doubtful whether, with the intense feeling of
bitterness which had been engendered during the long-continued contest,
its admission under any form of legislation was possible during that ses-
sion. At this juncture, the House, in response to the request of the Senate,
agreed to a committee of conference. The said committee reported that
the Senate should forego the attempt to couple the admission of Maine and
Missouri, that the House should abandon its efforts to restrict slavery in
Missouri, and that both the Senate and House should concur in passing
the bill to admit Missouri as a State, with the Thomas proviso before
quoted, prohibiting slavery in all territory north of 86° 30’.

Weariness of the long-continued strugele: a desire to-preserve unim-
paired the strength of the two dominant parties (Federal and Democratic);
fears of the threats of the South, reiterated at every stage of the debate,
that a dissolution of the Union was imminent except the question be finally
setUed—all these, combined with the assurance of Southern members,
whose measure it was, that the compromise was a finality, removing the
dangerous question forever from the arena of national politics, resulted in
the acceptance of the terms proposed by the committee. In accordance
therewith, under a joint resolution, Missouri was admitted March 2, 1820,
and the bill admitting Maine was passed by the Senate the same day.

The South was not only satistied, but elated, at the result of the con-
test, while the belief that the settlement had fixed final metes and bounds
to the encroachments of slavery gained for the compromise the general but
reluctant acquiescence of the Morthens people.

The debates showed a radical change of opinion on the part of the
South in regard to the institution itself. The profits accruing from servile
labor, with the arrogance sprung from the unnatural relations of master
and slave, had, ina generation, remolded the character of the Southern
whites. Conscience no longer told them of the inhumanity of the traffic.
Apology had given place to justification. Tt was no longer an acknowl-
edged evil, only to be endured until it could be safely eradicated, but an
essential and indispensable clement in the structure of Southern civilization,
to be fostered and perpetuated as such. The abolition of slavery, even at
any remote or indefinite time, had no advocates except among the radical
and somewhat unpractical abolitionists, who, though meager in numbers,
continued to “cry aloud” against the enormity. The conservative North
sought only its restriction; the solid South, forgetful of the traditions of
the fathers, boldly championed it as a heaven-sanctioned institution, to be
protected and defended under the constitution so long as possible, with
disunion as the alternative.

The first contest between the opposing forces resulted in gaining for
the South the immediate fruits of victory—Missouri, a slaveholding State,
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 77

and Arkansas, a slaveholding Territory. The remote future might bring
recompense to the North, in States yet to be settled in the unknown wilds
west of the Mississippi and north of 36° 30’. With that hope, based on the
pledged faith of the nation,.in the interests of peace and harmony, and to
insure the perpetuation of the threatened Union, the compromise was ac-
cepted by the North.

There was, however, one most important advantage gained—the resi-
due of the Louisiana purchase was, for the first time, by positive enact-
ment, freed-:from the chances of the establishment of slavery within its
borders, and its claims under old laws and treaties were gone henceforth.
Kansas, so much as was a part of Louisiana, was a part of the territory
thus solemnly pledged to freedom.

FROM 1820 To 1852.

The changes of the next thirty years, though such as to gradually in-
crease and intensify the antagonism of sentiment between the North and
South, resulted in no flagrant violation of the Missouri compact. June 30,
1884, Congress enacted that all that part of the United States lying west of
the Mississippi, and not within the States of Missouri and Louisiana or the
Territory of Arkansas, should be taken for the purpose of the act to be In-
dian country. The territory thus set apart extended as far north as the
present northern boundary of Kansas. June 7, 1836, a small triangular
tract, designated. as the “Platte Purchase,” was, by act of Congress, de-
tached from Indian Territory and annexed to Missouri. From the mouth
of the Kansas River, the line followed the course of the Missouri north to
the north line of the State. This was done in direct violation of. the Mis-
souri compromise. The tract thus taken from free territory and given to
the slaveholding State of Missouri, was, at its northern extremity, sixty
miles wide; its — was about ninety miles, and its area not far from
twenty-five hundred square miles. As the area was small, and it was de-
sired by Missouri for the purpose of adjusting her boundary to the course
of the river, through courtesy to the State, the personal favor was granted
with little opposition from any quarter.

By the simultaneous admission of Michigan and Arkansas in 1886, and
Towa and Florida in 1845, the numerical equality of the free and slave
States continued. At that time, the material from which to manufacture
more slaveholding States had become exhausted. Quite opportunely for
the South, Texas was then admitted to the Union, not, however, without a
determined and earnest opposition on the part of the North.

THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.

The annexation of Texas brought the embers of Northern discontent,
which had smoldered since the days of the Missouri contest, again to a
white heat. The circumstances attending and preceding it were to the
Northern mind exasperating in the extreme. Its boundaries were still in
dispute with the Mexican Republic, Texas claiming a country over which
she had never established jurisdiction, far exceeding in area her unques-
tioned domain. It was well understood that to annex Texas, with her
boundaries thus in dispute, was to espouse, on the part of the United States,
her territorial claims, and that to establish them, war with Mexico was in-
evitable. No secret was made of the fact that the whole project was in the
interest of slavery aggrandizement. It was boldly announced by the South-
ern press, in Congress, and even in diplomatic correspondence.*

Nevertheless, the annexation was consummated by the approval of the
bill March 2, 1845. The only redeeming feature in the transaction was in
the recognition of the compromise line of 36° 30’, north of which slavery
was prohibited. The article containing the inhibition was gall and bitter-
ness to the Northern people, as it also provided for the formation of more
slave States, and for the first time embodied in law the doctrine of “squat-
ter sovereignty.” It was as follows: =

Third. New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to
the said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of
said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under
the provisions of the Federal Constitution, and such States as may be formed out of that

ortion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north
Tatitude. commonly known as the Missouri Compromise line, shall be admitted into the
Union with or aEOUt Slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire; and
in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory north of said Missouri Com-
promise line, Slavery or involuntary servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibited.

In the war which followed, the North was subjected to the deeper hu-
miliation of fighting to win free territory from Mexico to increase the do-
main of slaveholding Texas. War with Mexico was declared “to exist
May 12, 1845. Uninterrupted and continued victories followed the Amer-
ican armies, and it soon became evident that, however unjust the Ameri-
can cause, the United States would speedily force Mexico to terms of capit-
ulation and submission. Accordingly, President Polk sent a special mes-
sage to Congress, August 8, asking that a considerable sum of money be
appropriated for the purpose of bringing about a peace, in connection bes
the acquisition of a large tract of Mexican territory. A bill was re nA A
making appropriations of $30,000 for expenses of negotiation, and $2,000,-
000 to be used at the discretion of the President in making the proposed
treaty. Sones

sed accession of territory forced the slavery question into
siiee e e form. Hitherto, in all legislation, the principle had not
been subject to question that the prior laws concerning slavery inhered
and were perpetual unless modified or changed by special enactment. In
the case of eit ereiiney hitherto acquired, except in the Virginia cession, it
had been plausibly and successfully contended that, slavery being estab-

 

t» to Hon.

- e . Calhi , Secretary of State, under date of August 12, 1844, wro

Williaa, % King United States Minister at Paris, eee chim to pe ah
: n tages and the necessity of Aynexation on mi nds, 3 f

cially Onna or tates to uphold Slavery, primarily in Texas itself, but “ultimately oe

United States and throughout the whole of this ccntinent. '—Greeley's American Conflict, vol. 1,

pp. 169-70.

lished and legalized already, it must be upheld until those immediately in-
terested should see fit to abolish it. Under this consideration in the case
of Texas, all concessions were refused by the South, since, on the basis of
this doctrine, slavery was already in full possession, and cared not to gra-
tuitously part with what was already hers.
The case was now for the first time-changed.
Conflict, p. 188—thus details the changed conditions:
Mexico had utterly abolished slavery some twenty years before, and every acre that
she should cede to us beyond the Rio Grande would come to us free soil. Should it.so re-
main or be surrendered to the domination and uses of Slavery? It was well known that
Mr. Calhoun had elaborated a new dogma adapted to the exigency, whereby the Federal
Constitution was held to carry Slavery into every rood of Federal territory whence it was not
excluded by positive law. In other words, every citizen of any State had a constitutional
right to migrate into any territory of the Union, carrying with him whatever the law of his
own State recognizes as property, and this must, therefore, be guarded and defended as his
property by the Federal authorities of and within said territory. Should this view not be
presluied by some decided protest, some positive action, it was morally certain that Presi-
ent Polk, with every successor of like faith, would adopt it, and that the vast, and as yet
nearly unpeopled region about to be acquired from Mexico, would thus be added to the
already spacious dominions of the Slave Power.

To avert the threatened application of Calboun's new doctrine to such
free territory as might be obtained from Mexico, the Northern Democrats,
after a hasty consultation, decided on a proviso, which was offered as an
amendment to the bill by Hon. David Wilmot, of Pennsylvania.

Greeley—American

THE WILMOT PROVISO.

It was as follows:

Provided, That, as'an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any ter-
ritory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty that may
be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appro-
priated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said terri-
tory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.

The above was at first adopted in committee of the whole, by vote of
eighty yeas to sixty-four nays. It passed the House by a vote of ninety-
ae yeas to seventy-nine nays. The bill and proviso were lost in the

enate.

On the assembling of Congress in December, 1846, a new bill, appropri-
ating $3,000,000 for negotiations, was introduced in the House. An attempt
was made to adopt the ‘‘Wilmot Proviso,’’ which, after a long, earnest and
bitter debate, was defeated. The proviso met with like disaster in the Sen-
ate, and the $3,000,000 appropriation bill, after being the subject of con-
tinued and acrimonious discussion in both Houses during the entire ses-
sion, passed without any conditions attached. On the Ba of February,
1848, Mr. Triest, the Peace Commissioner of the United States, negotiated
a peace with Mexico. By the terms of the treaty, Upper California, New
Mexico, and the disputed Texan territory between fie Neues and the Rio
Grande, were acquired, and all American claims relinquished, for which
Mexico was to receive the sum of $15,000,000. The territory thus acquired
came to the United States with no positive slavery restriction, and brought
with it a renewed discussion of the whole question, which was character-
ized by an intensity of feeling far exceeding that which preceded the ad-
mission of Maine and Missouri.

The bold and arrogant tone assumed by the South since the admission
of Texas, the uncompromising effrontery with which it pushed every meas-
ure calculated to strengthen slavery, and the unanimity it displayed in for-
cing through each Southern measure, regardless of all party affiliations,
had brought widespread discontent into the Northern ranks of both the
Whig and Democratic parties. In the Presidential canvass of 1848, ft re-
sulted in a complete rupture of the Democratic party, and the nomination
of two Presidential candidates—Lewis Cass, by the Pro-slavery Democrats;
and Martin Van Buren, by the Anti-slavery or “ Free-Soil” party. They
were opposed by Zachary Taylor, who commanded the undivided support
of the conservative Whigs both North and South. The triangular con-
test resulted in the defeat of the Democratic party and the election of Gen.
Taylor as President. ,

Pending the Presidential election, an attempt was made to organize
the Territories of Oregon, California and New Mexico, which proved in-
effectual.

The struggle for the organizatiop, of the Territories was resumed dur-
ing the last session of the Thirtieth Congress, during the winter precedin
the inauguration of President Taylor. The result of the election ha
wrought a marked change of feeling in the minds of many Northern mem-
bers, who, wavering before or subservient to party discipline, had come
out of the canvass Inspired with the anti-slavery zeal of their Northern
constituents, and determined to resist to the bitter end the further encroach-
ments of the slave power. Their roused sensibilities were evinced early
in the session, by the passage, December 13, 1848, by a vote of one hun-
dred and eight to eighty, of the following:

Resolved, That the Committee on Territories be instructed to report to this House, with

as little delay as practicable, a bill or bills providing a Territorial government for each of
the Territories of New Mexico and California, and excluding Slavery therefrom.

A few days thereafter, the anti-slavery spirit was still further evinced
by the passage of the following: :

Wuereas, The traffic now prosecuted in this metropolis of the Republic in human
beings, as chattels, is contrary:to natural justice and the fundamental principles of our
political system, is notoriously-a reproach to our country throughout Christendom and a
aa hindrance to the progress of republican liberty among the nations of the earth;
therefore. d ‘

Resolved, That the Committee on the District of Columbia be instructed to report a bill,
as soon as practicable, prohibiting the Slave Trade in said District.

Territorial bills for the organization of both California and New Mex-
ico were reported, with slavery prohibited, and passed, after a most acri-
monious debate, running from January 3, 1849, to the 26th of February,
by a vote in the House of 126 yeas to 87 nays. On reaching the Sen-
ate, the bill was amended by striking out the restriction on slavery,
and attached to the general appropriation bill as arider. In that form it
78 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

was returned to the House, with the belief that it would accept the amend-
ment rather than risk the odium of crippling the Government, and com-
pelling the calling of an extra session. The House, equal to the emergency,
amended the Senate amendments by providing that, “until July 4, 1850,
unless Congress shall sooner provide for the government of said Territo-
ries, the existing laws thereof shall be retained and observed.” Thus
amended by the House, the bill was returned to the Senate. Thus thwart-
ed, and the responsibility shifted, the Senate, after a heated debate, ex-
tending far into the last night of the session, passed the appropriation bill,
after striking off the much-amended rider, thereby defeating the Territo-
rial bill at the last hour of the session.

Never before in the history of the country had such popular excite-
ment on any political question prevailed. The North and South alike
were stirred to their very depths. The spirit of uncompromising opposi-
tion was aroused on either side. The press of the North decried all fur-
ther submission or yielding to the arrogant and avowed purpose to national-
ize and extend the domain of the accursed institution; the Southern press,
with a unanimity and simultaneousness that showed a concerted and well-
conceived plan to intimidate the North and thereby weaken the determined
anti-slavery sentiment and power in the coming Congress, as with one
voice, threatened disunion as the result of slavery restriction in the Terri-
tories. These threats were repeated in every Southern stump speech, and
reiterated in published letters from Southern statesmen, The country was
in a tremor of excitement at the inauguration of President Taylor, March
4, 1849, which increased with increased discussion of the issue up to the
time of the opening of the first session of the Thirty-first Congress, Decem-
ber 3, 1849.

The new President had no extreme personal prejudice in favor of slav-
ery. At any rate, he had no well-defined and determined political policy
for its protection and perpetuation. He was, however, the choice of the
slave propagandists, as against either of the Democratic candidates; was
himself a slaveholder, and, although a fair-minded man of upright inten-
tions, indicated his Southern proclivities in the selection of his immediate
advisers. Henry Wilson, in “Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America,”
gives the following sketch of President Taylor’s first Cabinet officers:

John M. Clayton, of Delaware, his Secretary of State, was able, and was regarded, too»
as among the most liberal of Southern public men. Mr. Crawford, of Georgia, Secretary of
War, was aman of moderate abilities and extreme opinions, whose connection with the
Galphin claims had strengthened suspicions in regard to his integrity entertained by
some. Mr. Preston, of Virginia, had early been an advocate of gradual emancipation, for
which he eloquently and earnestly pleaded in her legislature in 1832. But the Southern

ressure had been too strong, and, like other ambitious statesmen of that commonwealth,

e had been compelled to succumb, and become the advocate of the peculiar institution.
Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, his Attorney General, one of the ablest lawyers of the
country, was fully committed to the slaveholding side of the great issue. The Secretary of
the Interior, Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, had long been in public life, and was a leading mem-
ber of his party. He was a Virginian by birth. Born and nurtured in poverty, he was,
nevertheless, aristocratic in his tendencies. ane representing a free State, the friends
of freedom expected and received little from him. illiam M. Meredith, of Pennsylvania,
Secretary of the Treasury, was a geculemen of high character, a lawyer of distinction, but
with little experience in public affairs. Jacob Collamer, of Vermont, was Postmaster Gen-
eral. He was a statesman of recognized ability and firmness, and was unquestionably the
most decided of any ember of the Cabinet in his opposition to the increasing encroach-
ments of the Slave Power. Thus constituted, the administration was called ‘at once to
grapple with the engrossing questions then forced with such pertinacity upon the country.

The South, elated with its continued success, as shown in the admis-
sion of Texas, the prevention of slavery inhibition in the newly acquired
Mexican territory, the late triumph in the Presidential election, entered
with renewed assurance and earnestness upon the labor of securing and
preserving the fruits of its former victories. In this interest, the President,
with due promptness, began the work of organizing, or encouraging the
organization, of State Governments in the newly acquired territory. ith
the intention on the part of the South of gaining a slave State. the Presi-
dent was induced, as early as May, 1849, to send to California, Thomas
Butler King, a Whig member of Congress from Georgia, to express to the
inhabitants the desire of the administration that they would at once form
a constitution and ask admission as a State. The recent discovery of gold
had brought in a large population of gold-seekers and adventurers, a ma-
jority of whom were from the North. It thus happened that the mission of

r. King, from a Southern point of view, was not an eminent success.
The urgent need of an established government, Congress as yet having
given them no Territorial organization, resulted in a prompt response to
the wishes of the administration, as expressed by Mr. King, that they at
once frame a State constitution. A proclamation was issued June 3,
1850, by Gen. Riley, Military Governor, calling a convention to form a
constitution. The convention assembled, framed a constitution and sub-
mitted it to the people, by whom it was adopted, and promptly transmitted
to Washington. It contained a clause expressly prohibiting slavery.

Prior to this unexpected denouement, and while the final results of Mr.
King’s mission were yet undeveloped, the agitation was renewed. The
Thirty-first Congress, which began its first session December 38, 1849, was
remarkable alike for its length, the heat of its debates on the all-absorbin,
question, its ultimate submission to the demands of the slave power, an
the forced acceptance on the part of the North of a new compromise meas-
ure, known in history as

THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.

The House was the arena to which all eyes were turned. The results
of the late election had insured the anti-slavery party in that House a large
and, in the onset, a reliable and carnest working majority. It was made
up, however, of members subject to different extraneous influences—North-
ern Whigs and Northern Democrats, combined with eight members of the
newly fledged Free-Soil party. Outside of their apeosion to the encroach-
ments of the slave power. there was no cohesive force to warrant unity of
action. In the attempt to organize the House, neither the Whigs nor
Democrats could elect a partisan Speaker under the majority rule, and,
after fifty-nine ineffectual ballots, extending over nearly three weeks, from

mere exhaustion it was decided that, after three more ballots, should they
result in no choice, the candidate receiving the largest number of votes
should be declared elected as Speaker. nder this compromise, Hon.
Howell Cobb, of Georgia, a pronounced pro-slavery Democrat, received
the solid vote of the South—102 votes, against 99 votes for Robert C.
Winthrop, of Massachusetts, and twenty votes for other candidates. Thus,
by a division of the Northern vote, though payne a majority of nineteen
when combined, the first victory was won by the South, and the organiza-
tion of the House completed in its interest by the appointment of commit-
tees prejudiced in its favor. :

The President, in his first annual message, informed Congress of the
fact that the people of California, no civil government having been pro-
vided for them, and impelled by the necessities of their political condition,
had already met in convention, for the purpose of forming a State Govern-
ment, which purpose he believed would be accomplished, and that they
would shortly apply for admission as a sovereign State. The people of
New Mexico would, he believed, at no distant period, also present them-
selves for admission into the Union. The message further said:

Preparatory to the admission of California and New Mexico, the people of each will
have instituted for themselves a republican form of government, laying its foundations in
such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness. : .

By awaiting their action, all causes of uneasiness may be avoided and confidence and
kind feeling preserved. With a view of maintaining the harmony and tranquillity so dear
to all, we should refrain from the introduction of those topics of a sectional character
which have hitherto produced painful apprehensions in the public mind; and I repeat the
solemn warning of the first aaa most illustrious of my predecessors against furnishing any
ground for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations.

The programme of pacification offered by President Taylor would
doubtless have found favor and support but for the jealousy entertained
by the North to any proposition emanating from a Southern administra-
tion. The Southern members, moreover, were intent, at that time, on the
securing of more positive safeguards than were vouchsafed in “Popular
Sovereignty,” as recommended in the message. It insisted on the exten-
sion of the Missouri Compromise line of 36° 30’ to the Pacific, thereby se-
curing to slavery Lower California and New Mexico. The varied phases
under which the slave question was forced upon the attention of Congress,
demanding definite decision by positive enactment, rendered any peace-
ful solution in accordance with the views of extremists on either side im-
possible. An angry and turbulent discussion of eight weeks had only
served to intensify the antagonism of the opposing parties and increase the
difficulties and obstructions in the way of a harmonious settlement. At
the expiration of that time (January 29, 1850), Hon. Henry Clay presented,
in the Senate, as a basis of compromise, a series of eight resolutions, as fol-
lows:

(1) Resolved, That California, with suitable boundaries, ought, upon her application, to
be admitted as one of the States of this Union, without the imposition by Congress of any
restrictions in respect to the exclusion or introduction of Slavery within those boundaries.

(2) Resolved, That as Slavery does not exist by law and is not likely to be introduced
into any of the territory acquired by the United States from the Republic of Mexico, it is
inexpedient for Congress to provide by law either for its introduction into or exclusion
from any part of the said territory; and that appropriate territorial governments ought to
be established by Congress in all the said territory not assigned as within the boundaries of
the proposed State of California, witheut the adoption of any restriction or condition on the
subject of Slavery.

The third and fourth resolutions related to fixing the boundaries of
Texas, and the payment of a sum of money to her on relinquishment of
her claims to any part of New Mexico.

(5) Resolved, That it is inexpedient to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,
whilst the institution continues to exist in the State of Maryland, without the consent of
that State, without the consent of the people of the District, and without just compensation
to the owners of slaves within the District.

Od But, Resolved, That it is expedient to prohibit, within the District, the trade in
slaves brought into it from States or places beyond the limits of the District, either to be
ae eel as merchandise or to be transported to other markets without the District of

‘olumbia.

(7) Resolved, That more effectual pos ought to be made by law, according to the
requirement of the Constitution, for the restitution or delivery of persons bound to service
or labor in any State or Territory in the Union. And

(8) Resolved, That Congress has no power to prohibit or obstruct the trade in slaves
between the slaveholding States, but the admission or exclusion of slaves brought from one
into another of them depends exclusively upon their own particular laws.

The Senate debate on these resolutions continued almost uninterrupt-
edly for twelve weeks, lasting till beyond the middle of April. It was
participated in by every member of the Senate, and was the most impor-
tant and able presentation of the merits and demerits of the question, in
every conccivable phase, ever made in a deliberative or legislative body.
Among those who participated in the debate were many of the ablest
American statesmen, as well as others, who, from their participation in
and connection with the later struggles, have become prominent in Amer-
ican history. : Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Thomas H.
Benton, Lewis Cass, Salmon P. Chase, Hannibal Hamlin, John P. Hale,
William H. Seward, Daniel S. Dickinson, Stephen A. Douglas, William
L. Dayton, Jefferson Davis, James M. Mason, and others of scarcely less
ability, vied with each other in the brilliancy of their forensic argument
and eloquent appeal. The debate was watched with intense interest
throughout the country, and effected more in molding the opinions of the
people than all that had preceded. The scope of this work admits only of
such brief mention of transpiring events as to show their influence in shap-
ing the destiny of Kansas, and in molding the characters and establishing
the convictions of the men and women who, in the critical times that fol-
lowed, with unswerving faith and unflinching integrity of purpose, laid
the foundations of the State upon the bed-rock of freedom, broad, and
firm, and deep.

The resolutions, after a long debate, were referred (April 19, 1850), to
a committee of thirteen, of which Mr. Clay was Chairman. May 8, he re-
ported from the committee, as a basis of final compromise, the followin,
recommendations, embodying essentially the terms of his resolutions, wit
HISTORY OF KANSAS. Ao

the addition of a propos’tion for the organization of Utah as a distinct
Territory:
BASES OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.
(1) The admission of any new State or States formed out of Texas to be post poned until

they shall hereafter present themselves to be received into the Union, when it will be the

duty of Congress fairly and faithfully to execute the compact with Texas, by admitting such
new State or States. :

2) The admission forthwith of California,* with the boundarics which she has proposed.
3) The establishment of Territorial Governments, without the Wilmot Proviso, for
New Mexico and Utah, embracing all the territory recently acquired from Mexico, not con-
tained in the boundaries of California. ;

{3 The combination of these last two measures in one bill.

: 5) The establishment of the western and northern boundaries of Texas, and the exclu-
sion from her jurisdiction of all New Mexico, with a grant to Texas of a pecuniary equiva-
lent; and the section for that purpose to be incorporated in the bill admitting California and
establishing Territorial Governments for Utah and New Mexico.

(6) More effectual enactments of law to secure the prompt delivery of persons bound
to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, who escape into another State; and

m ee abolishing Slavery, but, under a heavy penalty, prohibiting the
Slave Trade in the District of Columbia.

On the offering of the report, the debate was renewed, and continued,
with a slight interruption, occasioned by the death of President Taylor
(July 10), and the accession of his successor, Vice President Fillmore, till
late in the summer. Repeated efforts were made to cut off from California
the territory lying south of 36° 30’, to send her constitution back for revis-
ion, and otherwise to hinder her admission, with her defined limits, asa free
State. They were all defeated, and on August 18, the bill for her admis-
sion passed the Senate by a vote of twenty-seven yeas to ten nays. Two
days thereafter, the bill organizing the Territories of Utah and New Mex-
ico were passed, followed successively by the other measures embraced in
the proposed compromise, including the fugitive slave law, all of which
passed with little opposition. The compromise measures met with a spir-
ited resistance in the House, but were passed successively, the last and
most obnoxious to the North becoming a law September 9, 1850. Again,
for a-‘short season, the country rested under the shadow of a compromise,
having the popular approval of no section of the country, though com-
manding the reluctant acquiescence of the conservatives both North and
South. It was, however, virtually a pro-slavery victory, and gave the
South renewed courage and determination to push their advantage with-
out delay. They saw the way opened in the principle of “Popular Sov-
ereignty,” as established and recognized in the late territorial acts, and in
the somewhat specious pretext that the compromise of 1850 had superseded
and annulled the binding force of that of 1820, rendering its yet unfulfilled
conditions void, thereby repealing the slavery inhibition north of 36° 30’,
which, through all the turmoil and discussion, had remained unquestioned
for thirty years. This forced construction of the late compromises was not
promulgated, but held in abeyance by the South and her Northern allies
until the times might be propitious for its practical application. Mean-
time, the North, chagrined at the failure of her attempts to prohibit slav-
ery in New Mexico and Utah, and exasperated daily by the enforcement
of the fugitive slave law in the Northern States, became more intensely
anti-slavery in sentiment than ever before.

The conditions were certainly not favorable for the further immediate
prosecution of the Southern work. The constant agitation of thirty years
had thoroughly educated the people, and, notwithstanding the compro-
mises, had resulted in such positive antagonism of sentiment and belief,
as to render further compromise impossible. The question had already es-
tablished its line of sectional demarkation, and the terms “ North” and
“South” had come to define not only the sections of country, but the sen-
timent of the people on the issue. All New England was ripe for the dis-
integration of the old political parties, neither of which had dared take is-
sue on the slavery question. The moral alienation of the two sections had
become so complete as to make them incapable of understanding each
other. Mr. Clay, in advocating the compromise measures of 1850, had
said: “I think the North should be willing to make greater sacrifices than
could be required of the South. And why? With you, gentlemen, Sen-
ators of the free States, what is it? An abstraction, a sentiment—a senti-
ment, if you please, of humanity and philanthropy, but a sentiment with-
out danger, hazard or loss. Howis it onthe other side? In the first place,
there is an incalculable amount of property to be sacrificed. And besides,
the social intercourse, habits, safety, life, everything is at hazard.” This
was the view of one of the purest and most far-seeing Southern statesmen
of the time. With the North, opposition to slavery was a sentiment; with
the South, its protection was a fundamental principle. At the time he
spoke, Mr. Clay’s conception was correct, as to the Southern sentiment,
but he failed to appreciate the radical change that had been going on in
the North, whereby the anti-slavery sentiment was fast becoming a princi-
ple, in defense of which its adherents would be found as strenuous and
self-sacrificing as their Southern brethren. Ignorant of this change, and
believing that the anti-slavery agitation was confined to a noisy but small
minority, the hitherto successful slave power pushed its advantage all too
promptly. The next attempt proved the beginning of the end, and saw
the birth-throes of the commonwealth of Kansas. .

There was on the part of the managers in both the Whig and Demo-
cratic parties a eenoral acquiescence in the compromises of 1850, and a de-
termination to accept them as a final settlement of the question which had,
during its discussion, threatened their disruption. As a compromise be-
tween politicians for the common desire of perpetuating the two old par-
ties, it was deemed a success, and so heralded by both the Whig and Dem-
ocratic journals throughout the land. To. their readers and believers it
appeared that the great panacea for the nation’s ills had at last been dis-
covered. They earnestly vied in enjoining on every citizen the patriotic
duty of upholding the faith of the Government by espousing the doctrines
and accepting the conditions of the late compromise, and alike execrated,

a free constitution, applied for admission February 13, 1850, during the

Pia tently and greatly intensified the heat of the discussion then going on.

debate on Clay’s resolutions,

as factious agitators and inciters of revolution and disunion, all persons
who offered opposition to any of the obnoxious laws passed, or any further
protests against the continued aggressions of the slave power.

The opposition to the enforcement of the fugitive slave power was in-
tense and widespread. In Massachusetts it resulted, in 1851, in a coalition
of all its opponents, and a complete political revolution in the State, where-
by Robert Rantoul, Jr., a Free-soil Democrat, and Charles Sumner, a
Free-soil Whig, were elected to the United States Senate—Rantoul for the
unexpired term of Daniel Webster, deceased, and Charles Sumner for the
full term of six years. This coalition also aided in sending to the next
Congress, as Representatives, Horace Mann, Orrin Fowler, Charles Allen
and Robert Rantoul, Jr., all stanch Free-soilers and haters of the fugitive
slave act. Indignation meetings were held throughout the North, at which
open resistance to the capture of fugitive slaves was urged as a moral duty,
while the clergy of the North was nearly unanimous in its condemnation of
this latest and most inhuman enactment. Altogether, the compromise, so
called, spite of the complacent view of the situation taken by the old po-
litical stagers, had increased the agitation and intensified the anti-slavery
sentiment in the North. It was, however, considered only as the noisy
demonstration of an insignificant but ardent clique of Northern sentiment-
alists, and old parties proceeded to annihilate it by resolutions.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION—1852.

In the early summer of 1852, the national conventions were held for
the nomination of Presidential candidates, for the election of the follow-
ing November.

The Democratic Convention met in Baltimore, June 1. The defection
of 1848 had stimulated the disturbing element. The Free-soil Democrats,
who had followed the fortunes of Van Buren at that time, had not returned
to the Democratic fold. Consequently, the proceedings of the convention
were quite harmonious in the interests of slavery as protected by the late
compromise measures.

The early contest for a nominee for President was between Cass, Bu-
chanan and Douglas, all pro-slavery men, but having a personal support
that prevented the nomination of either. Franklin Pierce, of New Hamp-
shire, whose orthodoxy on the only question at issue was unquestioned, |
was nominated on the forty-ninth ballot, only six votes being thrown
against him. The resolutions having reference to slavery were as follows:

Resolved, That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or con-
trol the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and
proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, and not prohibited by the
Constitution ; that all efforts of Abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere
with questions of Slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to
lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an
inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people,and to endanger the stability
and permanancy of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our
political institutions.

Resolved, That the foregoing proposition covers, and is intended to embrace, the whole
subject of Slavery agitation in Cungress; and therefore, the Democratic party of the Union,
standing on this national platform, will abide by, and adhere to, a faithful execution of the
acts known as the Compromise Measures settled by the last Congress—the act for reclaiming
fugitives from service or labor included; which act, being designed to carry out an express
provision of the Constitution, cannot, with fidelity therefore be repealed, nor so changed as
to destroy or impair its efficiency.

Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress or
out of it, the agitation of the Slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt
may be made.

The Whig National Convention met in Baltimore June 16. Asa
whole, the party was less united in favor of the compromises than were
the Democrats. Hence, the sincerity of its motives in adopting a pro-
slavery platform were questioned, both North and South, although the
terms of enunciation were unequivocal. The slavery plank was adopted
by a vote of 164 yeas to 117 nays. It was as follows:

Eighth, That the series of acts of the Thirty-first Congress known as the Compromise
Measures of 1850—the act known,as the Fugitive Slave law included—are received and
acquiesced in by the Whig party of the United States as a settlement, in principle and sub-
stance, of the dangerous and exciting questions which they embrace; and so far as they are
concerned, we will maintain them, and insist on their strict enforcement, until time and
experience shall demonstrate the necessity of further legislation to guard against the evasion
of the laws on the one hand, and the abuse of their powers on the other—not impairing
their efficiency; and we deprecate all further agitation of the question thus settled as dan-
gerous to our peace, and will discountenance all efforts to continue or renew such agitation,
whenever, wherever or however the attempt may be made; and we will maintain this
system as essential to the nationality of the Whig party and the integrity of the Union.

Millard Fillmore was the first choice of the South, but was defeated
on the fifty-third ballot by Gen. Winfield Scott, who became the nominee.
He promptly and unequivocally accepted the Southern platform and the
nomination.

The Free-soil party, embracing the renegade Democrats, the Anti-slav-
ery Whigs, and the other discordant and yet unorganized anti-slavery ele-
ments of the North, met at Pittsburgh, Penn., August 11. John P. Hale,
of New Hampshire, was nominated by a nearly unanimous vote. The
platform was radically opposed to slavery, and to the compromises framed
to perpetuate it. It affirmed that “no settlement of the slavery question
can be looked for except in practical recognition of the truth that slavery
is sectional and freedom national,” declared slavery “a sin against God
and a crime against man,” that “the fugitive slave act of 1850 is repugnant
to the constitution, to the principles of common law, to the spirit of Chris-
tianity and the sentiments of the civilized world;” that “the doctrine that
any human law is a finality is dangerous to the liberties of our people;”
and that “the Whig and Democratic parties were hopelessly corrupt and
unworthy of confidence.” The motto inscribed on the Free-soil banner
was “Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, Free Men.”

The election resulted in complete victory for the Pro-slavery Democ-
racy, the defeat, but not discouragement, of the new and aa iee Free-
soil party, and in the total and final disintegration of the National Whig
party. Mr. Pierce received the electoral votes of all but four of thirty-one
States—254 electoral votes, against forty-two given Scott by the States of
80 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Massachusetts, Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee. The Free-soilers car-
ried not a single State. The popular vote was as follows: Pierce, 1,601,-
274; Scott, 1, 86,580; Hale, 155,825—mostly in New England, New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio. It is no matter of surprise that the result of this
election should have led to the belief that, in spite of the noisy and contin-
ued agitation at the North, the compromises of 1850 were safely enshrined
in the hearts of the people. The platforms of the two great parties de-
clared it. and a popular vote of three million Union-loving citizens against
one hundred and fifty-five thousand fanatics confirmed it. Thus believ-
ing, the South sought, with courage and confidence, new fields of aggrand-
izement and victory.

TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OF KANSAS, 1853-54.

At the inauguration of Franklin Pierce, March 4, 1853, all visible in-
dications were auspicious for a period of political calm and national pros-
perity. Despite the continued i onunclations of, and occasional resistance
to, the fugitive slave law in the North, and the secret plottings of Southern
disunionists, which went unceasingly on, the great majority in either sec-
tion of the country were hopeful eat, on the basis of the compromises of
1850, the Union at last rested on a firm foundation. The country was in
the enjoyment of unexampled business prosperity, with public credit un-
impaired, and at peace with all the world.

Petitions were presented at the first session of the Thirty-second Con-
poe for a territorial organization of the region lying west of Missouri and

owa. No action was at that time taken. During the next session, De-
cember 18, 1852, Mr. Willard P. Hall, of Missouri, submitted to the House
a bill organizing the Territory of Platte, comprising that region. His bill
was referred to the Committee on Territories, which reported February 2,
1858, through the Chairman, Mr. William A. Richardson, of Illinois, a bill
organizing the Territory of Nebraska, which covered the same area of ter-
ritory as the bill of Mr. Hall, viz.: Al the tract lying west of Iowa and
Missouri, and extending west to the Rocky Mountains, generally known as
the Platte country. The bill, on reaching the consideration of the Com-
mittee of the Whole, was met by an unexpected and formidable opposition
from the Southern members, and was reported with a recommendation that
it be rejected. The House, however, did not adopt the recommendation,
but, on the contrary, passed the bill and sent it to the Senate, where it was
defeated at the close of the session, March 3, 1858. by a vote of twenty-
three to seventeen. This incipient and futile effort to organize the Terri-
tory disclosed the uncompromising opposition of a Southern cabal to the
organization of any free Territories until some counterpoise might be pre-
sented by a division of the slave State of Texas or otherwise. Dada the
discussion of the bill, the validity of the Missouri compromise, or the slav-
ery prohibition, thereby established over the Territory, was not once
brought in question. It was apparently accepted as a foregone conclusion
that, whenever it should be organized into States or Territories, it was to
be, under an unalterable law, free territory, and from that belief sprang
the Southern opposition. They were not yet ready to open up to settle-
ment more territory, which, it was acknowledged, would eventually in-
crease the number of free States.

THE REPUDIATION OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.

The Thirty-second Congress met December 5, 1853. Both branches
had a stron, emocratic majority, pledged to the Southern compromises,
and balieved to be reliable on any pro-slavery emergency that might arise.
The President also reiterated his fealty to the power that made him. In
his inaugural address, he said:

Notwithstanding differences of opinion and sentiment which then existed in relation
to details and specific provisions, the acquiescence of distinguished citizens, whose devotion
to the Union can never be doubted, has given renewed vigor to our institutions, and re-
stored a sense of ae and security to the public mind throughout the confederacy. That
this repose is to suffer no shock during my official term, if I have power to avert it, hose who
placed me here may be assured.

December 14, 1853, Senator Dodge, of Iowa, submitted to the Senate a
new bill for the organization of the Territory of Nebraska, embracing the
same region as the defeated bill of the preceding session. It was referred
to the Committee on Territorics, of which Stephen A. Douglas was Chair-
man, January 4, 1854. Mr. Douglas reported the bill with amendments
which called in question the validity of the slavery prohibition, and fore-
shadowed the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise.
set forth in the report, were as follows:

A question has arisen in negate to the right to hold slaves in the Territory of Ne-
braska, when the Indian laws shall be withdrawn and the country thrown open to emigra-
tion and settlement. By the eighth section of “an act to authorize the people of Missouri
Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such Stato
into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit Slavery in cor-
tain territories,” approved March 6, 1820, it was provided, “That in all that territory ceded
by France to the United States under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 36 degrees
30 minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this
act, Slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in punishment for crimes whereof
the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and are, hereby prohibited: Provided
always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully
claimed in any State or Territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully
reclaimed, and conveyed to the persons re ane his or her labor or services as aforesaid.”

Under this section, as in the case of the Mexican law in New Mexico and Utah, it isa
disputed point whether Slavery is prohibited in the Nebraska country by valid enactment.
The decision of this question involves the constitutional power of Congress to pass laws pre-
scribing and ee the domestic institutions of the various Territories of the Union. In
the opinion of those eminent statesmen who hold that Congress is invested with no rightful
authority to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the territories, the eighffi section of the
act preparatory to the admission of Missouri is null and void; while the prevailing senti-
ment in large portions of the Union sustains the doctrine that the Constitution of the United

States secures to every citizen an inalienable right to move into any of the Territories with
his property, of whatever kind and description, and to hold and enjoy the same under the
sanction of law. Your committee do not feel themselves called upon to enter upon the dis-
cussion of these controverted questions. They involve the same grave issues which pro-
duced the agitation, the sectional strife and the fearful struggle of 1850. As Congress
deemed it wise and prudent to refrain from deciding the matters in controversy then, either
by affirming or repealing the Mexican laws, or by an_act declaratory of the true intent of

the Constitution, and the extent of the protection afforded by it to Slave property in the

The arguments, as

Territories, so your committee are not prepared to recommend a departure from the course
pursued on that memorable occasion, either by affirming or repealing the eighth section of
the Missouri act, or by any act declaratory of the meaning of the Constitution in respect to
the legal points in dispute.

Near the conclusion of the report, attention was called to the doctrine
of popular sovereignty as set forth in the compromise measures of 1850, as
follows:

From these provisions, it is apparent that the compromise measures of 1850 affirm and
rest upon the following propositions:

‘irst, That all questions pertaining to Slavery in the Territories, and the new States
to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, by their
appropriate representatives, to be chosen by them for that purpose.

At that time, Mr. Douglas, although a Senator from the great free
State of Illinois, was deemed one of the most able, unscrupulous and ear-
nest pro-slavery men from the North. It will be remembered that he was
one of the three Northern Democrats that voted against the Wilmot _Pro-
viso, and had been acandidate for the Presidential nomination in the Dem-
ocratic National Convention of 1852. His abilities as a statesman were
acknowledged even by his opponents, and as a shrewd politician he had
no superior then in public life. His personal tendencies were pro-slavery,
but his views were unswerved by sentiment; indeed, he had no feeling in
the matter, but discussed it with a coolness alike exasperating to the ex-
tremists on either side. From the beginning, he treated the question as a
thing extraneous to himself, and concerning which he had not the remot-
est personal interest or desire. He dealt with the logic of events, and, in
drawing his conclusions, denied all intention or desire to direct their course,
except so far as to keep them in the channel already marked out. He was
ambitious, and the goal of his aspirations was the Presidency, to be reached
through the support of the great Democratic party, which was now in the
ascendant. The bill and report presented had been shrewdly drawn to ex-
press grave doubts as to the validity of the slave prohibition in the proposed
Territory, yet so leaving the question in abeyance as to avoid a renewal of
the slavery agitation during the stages of its discussion. The South was not
thus easily satisfied, and at once threw off all dissimulation. Mr. Archi-
bald Dixon, of Kentucky, January 16, 1854, gave notice that, whenever the
bill should be brought up, he would move the following amendment:

SEc. 22. And be it further enacted, That so much of the eighth section of an act approved
March 6, 1820, entitled ‘“‘ An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri Territory to form a
constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on
an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit Slavery in certain territories,” as
declares “that in all that territory ceded by France to the United States under the name of
Louisiana which lies north of 36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, Slavery and involuntary
servitude otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted, shall be forever prohibited,” shall not be so construed as to apply to the Terri-
tory contemplated in this act, or to any other Territory of the United States; but that the citizens
of the several States or Territories shall be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within

any of the Territories or States to he formed therefrom, as if the said act, entitled aforesaid,
had never been passed.

To avoid the open rupture which would result from an attempt to pass
this amendment, and with a desire to reframe the bill, if possible, so as to
rain the hearty support of both the Northern and Southern wings of the

emocratic party, and thereby insure his own future advancement, Mr.
Douglas moved and obtained its recommitment for amendment. He
again, January 23, 1854, reported the bill, so amended as to resemble the
original in no important particulars except as to the region contemplated.

The amended bill proposed the organization of two Territories, one to
comprise the territory lying directly west of Missouri, and extending west
to the crest of the Rocky Mountains, to be known as Kansas; the residue
of the territory embraced in the original bill, lying north of Kansas and
west of Iowa, to be known as Nebraska. The south line of Kansas was
moved north from 36° 30’ to 87° north latitude, to conform to the bound-
ary line between the Cherokees and Osages.

The provisions concerning slavery were fraught with deeper meaning
and more far-reaching results than were conceived at that time. It was
woe and tribulation to the American people. It foreshadowed the last
victory and the final destruction of the slive power it was designed to up-
hold in its aggressions. It meant civil strife, murder and rapine as the
price of freedom in Kansas. It meant two million men in arms, and half
a million sleeping in soldiers’ graves. And it meant, at last, four million
emancipated slaves and a redeemed nation. In the happy issue, Douglas
“builded better than he knew.” The provisions were as follows:

Sio. 21, And be it further enacted, That, in order to avoid all misconstruction, it is here-
by declared to be the true intent and meaning of this act, so far as the question of Slavery is
concerned, to carry info practica! operation the following proposition and principles, established
by tho Compromise measures of one thousand eight mended and fifty, to wit:

First. That all questions pertaining to Slavery in the Territories, and in the new
States to be formed theretrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein,
through their approrsatn representatives.

Second. That all cases involving title to ‘slaves’ and ‘questions of personal freedom’ are

referred to the adjudication of the local tribunals, wi he ri S
fa hae unals, with the right of appeal to the Supreme

“Third. That the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States, in re-
spect to fugitives from service, are to be carried into faithful execution in all the ‘ Organized
erritories’ the same as in the States.”

In the original bill was the following stipulation:

The Constitution and all laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable,
shel here the same force and effect within the said Territory as elsewhere in the United
i '

In the amended Dill, it was Sqpplonienied by a reservation, which
peony and positively annulled the Missouri Compromise. It read as fol-
ows:

, Except the section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the
Union, approved March 6, 1820, which was superseded by the principles of the legislation of
1850, commonly called the Compromise measures, and is declared inoperative.

Mr. Dixon, who proposed the pro-slavery amendment before quoted,
expressed entire satisfaction with the amended bill, and pledged it his cor-
dial support. In reply, Mr. Douglas gave his own construction of the
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doctrines enunciated, from which he never swerved thereafter. It con-

tains the gist of all the arguments ever offered in extenuation or justifica-
tion of the measure, and was as follows.

As this discussion has begun, I feel it to be my duty to say a word in explanation. I
am glad to hear the Senator from Kentucky say that the bill, oa now stands, TH cGuMpHehes
all that he desired to accomplish by his amendment, because his amendment seemed to my-
self, and to some with whom I have consulted, to mean more than what be now explains it
to mean, and what I am glad he did not intend it should mean.

We supposed that it not only wiped out the legislation which Congress has heretofore
adopted, exc. uetng Slnnery, but that it affirmatively legislated Slavery into the Territories.
The object of the mmittee was neither to legislate Slavery in nor out of the Territories ; neither
to introduce nor exclude it, but to remove whatever obstacles Congress had put there, and
apply the doctrine of Congressional non-intervention in accordance with the principles of

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ompromise measures of 1850, and allow the people to do as they pleased upon this as
well as all other matters affecting their interests.

The provisions of the bill, as last presented, were known to be in ac-
cordance with the wishes and designs of nearly all of the Southern mem-
bers, to have been accepted, before being presented, by President Pierce
and a majority of the members of his Cabinet, and to have the assured
support of a sufficient number of Northern Administration Democrats to
insure its passage beyond a doubt. The minority, however, hot with in-
dignation, fought the bill at every stage, and for four months prolonged
the discussion, which was more exciting and bitter than at any time dur-
ing the memorable session of 1850. The contest ended May 27, 1854, by
the passage of the bill, which was approved, May 380, by the President.
The analysis of the vote on the final passage is interesting as showing the

sectional and political divisions, and the elements favoring and opposing it
at the time of its passage.

The final vote on the bill in House was 113 yeas to 100 nays. The
slave States gave seventy-nine yeas—fifty-seven Democrats and twelve
Whigs—to nine nays—two Democrats and seven Whigs. The free States
gave forty-four yeas—all Democrats—to ninety-one nays—forty-four Dem-
ocrats, forty-four Whigs and three straight Free-soilers. The solidity of
the Southern vote left no room for doubt at the North as to their intention
to nationalize slavery at all hazards. The day of compromises was passed.
The abrogation of one had destroyed the sacredness of all. The North
was at last fairly aroused, and Congress, having relegated the question to
the people, they accepted the issue thus forced upon them. It is unneces-
sary to repeat the story of the excitement which followed the consumma-
tion of the crime. The indignation at the North knew no bounds. It was
no longer confined to fanatics and sentimentalists, but permeated all classes
and parties wherever dishonesty was despised or repudiation abhorred. It
promptly took practical form. The territory thus wrongfully opened to
slavery was yet to be settled before its final destiny was sealed. ‘The con-
flict was thus transferred from the halls of Congress to the yet unsettled
Territories. It was determined to accept the new doctrine of popular sov-
ereignty as avowed in the act, and, under the guarantees it gave, in place
= the compact it repudiated, to settle the Territories and vote them free

orever.

 

 

TERRITORIAL HISTORY.

THE ORGANIC ACT.

ee act organizing Nebraska and Kansas contained thirty-seven sec-
tions. The provisions relating to Kansas were embodied in the last
eighteen sections, of which the following is a summary:

Section 19.—Defines the boundaries of the Territory, gives it the name
of Kansas, and prescribes that “when admitted as a State or States, the
said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union
with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of
their admission.” It further provides for its future division into two or
more Territories, and the attaching of any portion thereof to any other
State or Territory; and for the holding inviolable the rights of all Indian
tribes till such time as they shall be extinguished by treaty.

Section 20.—The executive power and authority vested in a Governor,
appointed by the. President, to hold his office for the term of four years, or
till his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the
President of the United States. Duties, not unlike those of other Territo-
rial Governors. Must reside within the Territory.

Section 21.—Secretary of State appointed and subject to removal by
the President of the United States; term of office, tive years, unless sooner
removed; his ordinary clerical duties prescribed; to be Acting Governor,
with full gubernatorial powers and functions, in case of the absence of the
Governor from the Territory, or a vacancy eee ; .

Section 22.—Legislative power and authority of Territory vested in the
Governor and a Legislative Assembly, consisting of two branches—a Coun-
cil and a House of A anneal! trek : . :

The Council to consist of thirteen members, having the qualifications
of voters as elsewhere prescribed, and holding the office for two years.
The House of Representatives, at its first session, to consist of twenty-six
members, having the same qualifications as members of the Council; the
term of service to continue one year. The number of Representatives may
be increased by the Legislative Assembly from time to time, in proportion
to the increase of qualified voters, to the maximum number of thirty-nine.
An apportionment to be made, as nearly equal as practicable, among the
several counties or districts, for the election of the Council and Represent-
atives, so as to give to each section of the Territory a representation in the
ratio of its qualified voters, as nearly as possible.

Previous to the first election, the Governor to cause a census or enum-
eration to be taken of the inhabitants and qualified voters of the several
counties and districts of the Territory, by such persons and in such mode
as he may designate. The Governor to appoint time and place of holding
the first election, and declare the number of members of the Council and
House to which each of the counties and districts is entitled. The per-
son having the highest number of legal votes, as members of either branch,
to be declared by the Governor duly elected. In case of a tie vote, or
vacancy from other cause, the Governor to order a new election in the
county or district where the vacancy occurs. :

The Governor to appoint the time and place of holding the first meet-
ing of the Legislative Assembly ; ‘‘ but, thereafter, the time, place and man-
ner of holding and conducting all elections by the Becris and the apportion-
ing of the representation in the several counties or districts to the Council
and House of Representatives, according to the number of qualified voters,
shall be prescribed by law, as well as the day of the commencement of the
regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly.” The sessions of any one

ear not to exceed the term of forty days, except the first, which was

imited to sixty days.

Section 23 prescribes the qualifications of voters as follows:

Every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall be an
actual resident of said Territory, and the qualifications hereinafter prescribed, shall be
entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Terri-
tory; but the qualifications of voters and for holding office at all subsequent elections shall
be such as shall be prescribed by the Legislative Assembly; Provided, that the right of
suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States and
those who have declared, on oath, their intention to become such, and shall have taken an
oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act; And
provided further, that no officer, soldier, seaman or marine, or others attached to troops in
the service of the United States, shall be allowed to vote or hold office in said Territory by
reason of being on service therein.

Section 24 limits the scope of Territorial legislation, and defines the
veto power of the Governor.

_ Section 25 prescribes the manner of appointing and electing officers
not otherwise provided for.

Section 26 precludes members from holding any office created, or the
emoluments of which are increased during any session of the Legislature,
of which they are a member, and declares all persons holding offices or
commissions under the United States Government, except Postmasters,
ineligible, as members of the Legislative Assembly.

Section 27 vests the judicial power in a Supreme Court, District Courts,
Probate Courts and in Justices of the Peace. The Supreme Court to con-
sist of a Chief Justice and two Associate Justices, who shall hold a term
at.the seat of government of the Territory annually. Their term of office
to be four years. Jt also provides for the organization of the lower courts,
and defines their jurisdiction. :

Section 28 declares the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 to be in full force
in the Territory.

Section 29 provides for the appointment of an Attorney and Marshal
for the Territory—to hold for the term of four years—unless sooner removed
by the President of the United States.

Section 30 treats of the nominations by the President of Chief Justice,
Associate Justices, Attorney and Marshal, and their confirmation by the
Senate, prior to their appointment, and further prescribes the duties of
said officers, and fixes their salaries.

Section 31 locates the seat of government of the Territory, temporarily
at Fort Leavenworth, and authorizes the use for public purposes of the
government buildings.

Section 82 provides for the election of a delegate to Congress, and abro-
gates the Missouri Compromise. It reads as follows:

And be it further enacted, That a Delegate to the House of Representatives of the United
States, to serve for the term of two years, who shall be a citizen of the United States, may
be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly, who shall
be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised by the delegates from the
several other Territories of the United States to the said House of Representatives; but the
TENS first elected shall hold his seat only during the term of Congress to which he shall
be elected. The first election shall be held at such times and places and be conducted in
such manner as the Governor shall appoint and direct; and at all subsequent elections the
times, places and manner of holding the election shall be prescribed. by law. The person
having the greatest number of votes shall be declared, by the Governor, to be duly elected,
and a certificate thereof shall be given accordingly. That the Constitution and all laws of
the United States which are not locally spape neat shall have the same force and effect
within the said Territory of Kansas as elsewhere within the United States, except the eighth
section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March
sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which being inconsistent with the principle of non-
intervention by Congress with Slavery in the States and Territories, as recognized by the
legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, is
hereby declared inoperative and void, it being the true intent and meaning of this act not
to legislate Slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the
penale thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own

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way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States; Provided, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to revive or put in force any law or regulation which may
have existed prior to the act of the sixth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty, either
protecting, establishing, prohibiting or abolishing slavery.

Section 33 prescribes the manner and amount of appropriations for
the erection of public buildings and other Territorial purposes.

Section 34 reserves, for the benefit of schools in the Territory, and States
and Territories hereafter to be erected, out of the same, sections numbered
sixteen and thirty-six in each township, as they are surveyed.

Section 35 prescribes the mode of defining the judicial districts of the
emery and appointing the times and places of holding the various
courts.

Section 36 requires officers to give official bonds in such manner as the
Secretary of the rTreasnry may prescribe.

Section 87 declares all treaties, laws and other engagements made by the
United States Government, with the Indian tribes inhabiting the Territory,
to remain inviolate, notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions
of this act.

_ Under the provisions of the foregoing act, Kansas was to be settled ;
ie com established, and its institutions decided by the incoming
settlers. :

Hale, in his “ History of Kansius and Nebraska,” published in 1854,
says: ‘Up to the summer of 1854, Kanzas and Nebraska have had no
civilized residents, except the soldiers sent to keep the Indian tribes in
order ; the missionaries sent to convert them ; the traders who bought furs
of them, and those of the natives who may be considered to have attained
some measure of civilization from their connection with the whites.” - To
which should be added, the persons sent out by the Government to teach
agriculture, and the arts of handicraft to the Indians. There were on
several reservations, Government farmers, blacksmiths, carpenters, etc.,
whose descendants, still living, justly claim to be sprung from the first
families of Kansas.

POPULATION OF KANSAS—1854.

The white inhabitants of Kansas Territory, at the time of its organi-
zation, consisted of nearly 700 soldiers and army attaches, and perhaps
nearly as many more civilians, living at the missions and trading posts in
the Territory.

The soldiers, with some few families of the officers and others, were
stationed at three points, viz.: Fort Leavenworth, 2 companies, 18 officers
and 158 men, with perhaps 70 others, families, servants, etc. ; Fort Riley
(then building), 4 companies, 16 officers and 228 men, with laborers, num-
ber unknown ; and at Walnut Creek P. O. the troops, formerly garrisoned
at, and recently removed from, Fort Atkinson, on the Arkansas River, 1
company, 2 officers and 75 men.

The remaining whites were settled at the following points :

Elm Grove, a transient dwelling place for traders.

Council Grove, the rendezvous of the Santa Fé traders, where were
five or six trading posts, two blacksmiths’ shops, and the Kau Indian Mis-
sion, with a permanent population of perhaps thirty whites.

Delaware Post Office, ten miles above the mouth of the Kansas River,
where were three trading posts, a blacksmith’s shop, etc., with a white
population not exceeding a dozen.

The Wyandot Nation had living with them on their reservation,
several families of whites with their descendants. They had come in with
the tribe when they occupied their land in 1843. Some of them had inter-
married with the tribe, and altogether made a white and half-breed com-
munity of perhaps a hundred. The names of thirty-five voters appear on
a poll-list kept at an election held October 12, 1852.

Shawnee Mission, three miles from Westport, Mo., one mile from the
State line, and about cight miles from the mouth of the Kansas River, was
under the superintendence of Rev. Thomas Johnson, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church (South.) The white population consisted of his family
and assistants—say ten persons.

Shawnee Baptist Mission, two miles northwest of Johnson’s, was the
home of Francis Barker and family. .

The Friends’ Shawnee Labor School, three miles west of Johnson’s
mission, had two or three Quaker families. The school had some thirty
Indian pupils, who were instructed in agriculture and the mechanical and
domestic arts. The farm connected with the school contained over two
hundred acres of land fenced and under cultivation.

The American Baptist Mission, at Briggsvale, near Delaware P. O.,
where the Rev. John G. Pratt, aided by Miss. E. 8. Moore and three other
female assistants, taught an Indian school of some thirty children of the
Delaware tribe and carried on a small farm of twenty acres. There was
here a dwelling house, church and schoolhouse and a few sheds and out-
buildings.

Saint Mary’s Mission, near the bank of the Kansas River, in what is
now Mission Township, Shawnee County, where was Right Reverend J.
B. Meige, D. D., Bishop of the Apostolic Vicarate of the Indian Territor
east of the Rocky Mountains—‘“‘ Bishop of Messenia, in partibus infidel-
tum.’’ There were three stations connected with the mission within a
radius of twenty miles—on Soldier, Mission and Shunganon Creeks. The
Catholic population (mostly Indians) reported from the mission in 1854
was 1,600. There were employed here four priests and seven women, of
the order of ‘‘ Ladies of the Sacred Heart.”’

The Baptist Mission and Labor School, also in Mission pene
Shawnee County, was under the charge of Rev. John Jackson. Dr. D. L.
Croysland was there as a Government physician, also Jonas Lykins, who
had a farm in the vicinity, and others whose names are not remembered.
Probably fifteen or twenty whites (men, women and children) were con-
nected with or lived near this mission.

The Catholic Osage Mission, in what is now Neosho County, on the
Neosho River, was under the charge of Rev. John Schoenmaker, assisted

by two cee of the ‘‘Society of Jesus” and several laymen. The
girls’ school was in charge of eight ‘Sisters of Loretto,” Mother Concordia
being Superior. The boys’ school was in charge of Rev. Theodore Hein-
man and eight lay brothers. Connected with this mission were ten mis-
sionary stations, at as many Indian villages, within a radius of sixty miles,
where monthly Catholic services were held by some of the priests. The
Indian Catholic population was reported as between six and seven hundred.
The whites numbered not far from thirty. ; :

The Iowa and Sac and Fox Mission, in Iowa Township, in what is
now Doniphan County, was in charge of Rev. Samuel M. Irvin, who had
as school assistants Miss Sarah Rea and Mr. James Waterman. There was
a farm of 115 acres under cultivation, run by a farmer named Harvey W.
Forman. At the Indian agency (Great Nemaha), near by, were several
white families. At the mission and in the vicinity were perhaps forty
whites.

Several trading posts were scattered over the Territory, which boasted
of quite a population at certain seasons of the year, while at others they
would be nearly or quite deserted. One of the most considerable of these
was in what is . ow DOVEr Township, Shawnee County. It was in 1852 a
place of importance, being on the California trail, near the only rocky ford
on the river. The Indian annuities were disbursed there, and eight or ten
Indian traders had buildings there. It is stated that at one time there
were as many as fifty buildings there. It was known as Uniontown, and
although in 1854 it had fallen into the sear and yellow leaf, there were still
some inhabitants remaining. There were also at least a dozen families,
mostly connected with Indian traders, who had settled and were living
near the Kansas River, in the neighborhood of Uniontown, at that time.
Indeed, counting the whites connected with the neighboring missions, it
came nearer being the nucleus of a civilized white community than any
other point in the Territory. ;

The soldiers stationed in the Territory could, in no wise, be counted
as an element in the organization, since they had no vote and were for-
bidden by army regulations from taking any part in civil affairs.

The residue of the white population did not probably comprise more
than a hundred voters. Many of those connected with the Catholic Mis-
sions were of foreign birth and were absorbed, to the exclusion of all
political and civil affairs, in proselyting the Indians and in planting firmly
in their minds the tenets and principles of what they deemed the true faith.

Of the Protestant missionaries, nearly all were educators, human-
itarians and philanthropists, who had, with a commendable self-sacrifice,
put behind them long ago-all interest in political questions, and were labor-
ing, with singleness of purpose, to bring the dusky children of their adop-
tion into the light of Christian civilization. They had little interest in
the question of slavery until it was forced upon their notice, and revived
into activity their old-time convictions and prejudices, which had ceased
to be living or dominant elements in their remote and isolated fields of
labor. One or two exceptions will be noted further on.

The traders and a majority of the settlers were educated in the pro-
slavery school of the neighboring State of Missouri, and their lots in tem-
poral affairs seemed to be cast with those of that State. At that time, the
predominance of sentiment, if there was sufficient to rise above indiffer-
ence, was favorable to slavery. Certain it is, that it could have been
established without any local hindrance or opposition. In its existing
conditions, Kansas was a most promising, unoccupied field, with its east-
ern portals set wide open by the recent enactments, through which the
Bees were invited to enter in, without let or hindrance, and occupy
the land.

Along the western border of Missouri, in the counties adjoining Kan-
sas, was a population of nearly 80,000 whites, who held 12,000 slaves.
They represented, in the coming contest, the great slave-holding State of
Missouri, having, according to the Federal census of 1850, 592,004 whites,
87,442 slaves, and 2,618 free-colored inhabitants, and which had a more
direct interest in the formation of the new Territory, with institutions in
accordance with its own, than all others combined.

FIRST POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.

The Territorial organization of Kansas and Nebraska had its inception
in the brains of a few Missourians, who believed the times and conditions
were favorable for the work. The first move for a Territorial government,
made within the limits of Kansas, was at the trading post of Uniontown,
before mentioned. At that point was held, in the spring of 1852, what
pinned to be a mass meeting of the American citizens of the Indian
erritory. The meeting and the proceedings are alluded to in a sketch of
the early days of Pottawatomie County, by Hon. L. R. Palmer, who was
present at the meeting. His version of the affair reads as follows:

About half a dozen persons, residents of the State of Missouri, assembled together in a
shed. One of them took from his hat a paper, on which had been written a set of resolutions,
brought all the way from the State of Missouri, and asked the assembled multitude to vote on
them. One individual said aye. Noes were not called for. Two or three of these persons
were sporting gentlemen, and the others were merchants, who had furnished goods for the
{ne ane 2nd always came at such times to collect. These resolutions recited that there were
hundreds of families in that vicinity in the interior of the Territory, who were bona Jude
settlers, whose lives and property were in constant jeopardy, for want of civil protection,
and memorialized Congress to organize a Territorial government. They Durnatied to be the
unanimous expression of a large number of citizens, assembled together for the purpose of
calling the attention of Congress to thv perils that threatened them.

Hon. James S. Merritt, in his manuscript history of Pottawatomie
County, written in 1879, and now in the manuscript collections of the Kan-
sas State Historical Society, says :

From the most authentic reports I can gather of this meeting, there were present not
more than five or six persons, pnly one of whom took an active pare He was S Peciiaut of
Missouri (a merchant of W estport), who had come to Uniontown for the ostensible purpose
of collecting some debts owing to him by the traders. This gentleman was doubtless carry-
ing out a prearranged programme, concocted in Missouri, among those chivalrous gentlemen,
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

who, at that early day, were casting covetous glances upon the fair prairies and valleys of
our eastern border, and were already commencing to lay their plans to add to the Union

another slave State.

The petitions passed at this meeting were presented at the first session
of the hirty-second Congress, by Hon. William P. Hall, a Missouri
member, who, in the following session, presented the first bill in Congress
providing for the organization of the Territory, in accordance with the
prayers of his Uniontown constituency.

_ In the fall of 1852 (October 12), an election was held at Wyandotte, at
which thirty-five votes were polled for Abelard Guthrie as Territorial Dele-
gate to Congress. So far as the vote of the Wyandot Nation went, Mr.
Guthrie’s calling and election was sure beyond contest; but, as there was
no Territorial bill passed for more than two years thereafter, it proved an
empty honor. A manuscript copy of the returns of this election is among
the collections of the Kansas Historical Society. .

July 28, 1853, 4 convention was held at Wyandotte,* a Territorial
Poe organized, and Abelard Guthrie nominated for delegate to

ongress. He was put forward asa Benton man. His competitor for the
nomination—a friend of Atchison, and a stanch pro-slavery man—was
Rev. Thomas Johnson. A bolting convention was held at Kickapoo Vil-
lage September 20, 1853, at which Johnson was placed in nomination as an
Opposition candidate. He was elected over Guthrie, as was claimed, by
Indian votes. He went to Washington, but owing to the delay in passing
the Territorial bill, was not toecieal as a delegate.

COUNTRY OPENED T0 WHITE SETTLERS. +

, All movements in the Territory or elsewhere, made for its organiza-
tion, were provisional, being subject to the proprictary rights of the various
Indian tribes whose reservations covered by defined boundaries, every
acre of the eastern third of Kansas, except such small tracts as were re-
served by the United States about the military stations and forts. The
missionaries and Government employes had also some ill-defined rights
and protection, but entirely subject to the provisions of the treaties with
the Indians among whom they lived. The right of all white residents to a
home, and all guarantees of personal safety or peaceable possession of
lands, were derived from them. With the move for the organization of
the Territory came a simultaneous effort to extinguish the Indian title to
the lands, and to thus open them to white settlers. The treaties with the
various tribes were stealthily effected, and attracted little attention out-
side the Missouri ring through whose management they were brought
about. Greeley’s Conflict, Vol. I, p. 285, gives the following statement
concerning the situation at that time:

When the bill, organizing Kansas and Nebraska, was first submitted to Congress, in
1858, all that portion of Kansas, which adjoins the State of. Missouri, and, in fact, nearly all
the accessible portion of both Territories, was covered by Indian reservations, on which set-
tlement by whites was strictly forbidden. The only exception was in favor of Government
agents and religious missionaries; and these, especially the former, were nearly all Demo-
crats and violent partisans of Slavery. Among the missionaries located directly on the bor-
der, was the Rev. Thomas Johnson, of the Methodist Church South, who was among the few
who had already introduced, and then held slaves in the territory which is now Kansas, in
defiance of the Missouri Restriction. He was a violent politician of the Missouri border
pattern, and in due time became President of the Council in the first Territorial Legislature
of Kansas—elected almost wholly by non-resident and fraudulent votes. Within the three
months immediately preceding the passage of the Kansas bill aforesaid, treaties were quictly
made at Washington with the Delawares, Otoes, Kickapoos, Kaskaskias, Shawnees, Sacs,
Foxes and other tribes, whereby the greater part of the soil of Kansas, lying within one or
two hundred miles of the Missouri border, was suddenly opened to white appropriation and
settlement.{ These simultaneous purchases of Indian lands by the Government, though
little was known of them elsewhere, were thoroughly understood and appreciated by the
Missourians of the Western border, who had for some time been organizing “ Blue Lodges,”
“Social Bands,” “Sons of the South,” and other societies, with intent to take possession of
Kansas in behalf of Slavery. They were well assured, and they fully believed, that the
object contemplated and desired, in lifting, by the terms of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, the
interdict of ser from Kansas, was to authorize and facilitate the legal extension of
Slavery into that region. Within a few days after ePaper of the Kansas-Nebraska act,
hundreds of leading Missourians crossed into the adjacent Territory, selected each his
quarter-section, or larger area of land, put some sort of mark on it, and then united with his
fellow-adventurers in a meeting or meetings, intended to establish a sort of Missouri pre-
emption upon all this region.

LAND CLAIMED BY MISSOURI SQUATTERS.

The influx of Missourians into Kansas occurred immediately after the
passage of the Territorial act; indeed, prior to its final passage, the best
of the lands ceded by the tribes had been spotted and marked for pre-
emption by residents of Missouri. This occupation was made with undue
haste, and against the protests of the Indians whose time of occupancy
under the treaties was yet unexpired. This precipitate and irregular
pseudo settlement of the Territory was doubtless stimulated by the knowl-
edge that organizations were being formed in New England and other
sections of the North, with the object of sending in, as soon as practicable,
alarge emigration from the Free States. Of these, further accounts will
be given. The ubiquitous citizens, having homes in Missouri, and squat-
ters’ claims in the adjoining Territory, promptly organized defensively
against the possible encroachments of the expected and hated emigrants
from the North. As early as June 10, 1854, they held a meeting at Salt
Creek Valley, a trading post three miles west from Fort Leavenworth, at
which a Squatter’s Claim Association was organized, and the following
preamble and resolutions adopted:

ERE e the citizens of Kansas Territory, and many other citizens of the adjoining
State UP pene: comteunplaine a squatter’s home "on the plains of said Territory, are

* Wilder's Annals, p. 31. = ;

+The extinction of the Indian title to the lands, the work of the missionaries, etc., are
detailed fully elsewhere. Bente a nec thai a

1854, Otoe and Missouri Indians cede to the Unite es al eir lands we

of ia See except a small strip on the Big Blue River. May 6, Delawares cede lands,
except a reservation defined in the treaty. May 10, the Shawnees cede 1,600,000 acres, except
200,000 acres reserved for homes. May 17, the Iowas cede their lands, except a reservation. — May
18, ‘the Kickapoos cede their lands, except 150,000 acres in the western part of the Territory.
Lands were also ceded by the Kaskaskias, Peorias, Piankeshaws and Weas March 30, and by the Sacs
and Foxes May 18. Nearly all the tribes in the eastern part of the Territory ceded the greater
part of their lands prior to the passage of the Territorial act. Full accounts of the various treaties

appear elsewhere.

83

assembled at Salt Creek Valley for the purpose of taking such steps as will secure safety and
fairness in the location and preservation of claims; therefore be it

Resolved (1) That we are in favor of a bona fide bere Soverei;
the right of any citizens ot the United States to make a claim in
mately with the view of occupying it. .

_ (2) That such claim, when made, shall be held inviolate so long as a bona fide inten-
tion of occupying is apparent, and for the punpore of defending and protecting such claim,
we agree to act in concert, if necessary, to expel intruders.

(3) That every person of lawful age who may be at the head of a family, who shall
mark out his claim of 160 acres, so that it may be apparent how the same lies, and proceed
with reasonable diligence to erect thereon a cabin or tent, shall be deemed to have made a
proper claim.

(4) That any person marking out his claim shall be deemed to have forfeited it unless
he commences his cabin, or pitches his tent within two weeks thereafter, unless the same be
on lands which pen it by military or Indian reservations.

(5) That all persons now holding claims shall have two weeks from this day, in which
to make the improvements contemplated by the foregoing resolutions.

(6) No person shall be protected by the Sauatter’s Association who shall hold in his own
right more than one claim.

(7) That a citizen of the Territory be appointed as register of claims, who shall keep a
book in which he shall register the name and description of all squatters, and their claims,
and the dates of making the same, for which registration he shall ie allowed the sum of fifty
cents, to be paid by the claimant.

(8) That we recognize the institution of slavery as always existing in this Territory,
and recommend slaveholders to introduce their property as early as possible.

3} That we will afford protection to no Abolitionists as settlers of Kansas Territory.

10) That a “Vigilance Committee” of thirteen be appointed by the Chairman to de-
cide upon all disputes in relation to claims, and to protect the rightful party; and for that
purpose shall have power to call together the entire “Squatter’s Association.”

(11) That all persons who wish to becomemembers of the Squatter’s Association shall
subscribe to the foregoing preamble and resolutions.

(12) That the Secretary of this meeting be instructed to hand these proceedings to E. S.
Wilkinson and 8. J. Finch, or either of them, for immediate publication and reference.

LEwIs Burnes, President.

nty, and acknowledge
ansas Territory, ulti-

J. H. R. Cunprrr, Secretary.

A few extracts from the journals of that time are given, indicative of
the sentiment prevailing on the Missouri border, and the bitter intensity
with which the early squatters prosecuted their plans.

The Democratic Platform, tipert, Mo., June 8, 1854, says:

We learn from a gentleman lately from the Territory of Kansas that a great many
Missourians have already set their meg in that country, and are making arrangements to
“darken the atmosphere” with their negroes. This is right. Let every man that owns a
vegre go there and settle, and our northern brethren will be compelled to hunt further north
‘or a location.

Under date of June 27, 1854, it says:

We are in favor of making Kansas a “Slave State” if it should require half the citizens
of Missouri, musket in hand, to emigrate there, and even sacrifice their lives in accomplish-
ing so desirable an end. ;

To which the Western Chronicle responds: ‘‘ Them’s our sentiments.”
The Liberty Platform says:

Shall we allow such cut-throats and murderers, as the people of Massachusetts are, to
settle in the territory adjoining our own State? No! If popular opinion will not keep them
back, we should see what virtue there is in the force of arms.

The Platte Argus, Missouri, has the following:

tay MorMons.—We are advised that the abolition societies of New England are
shipping their tools, at the public expense as Mormons, ostensibly for Salt Lake, but that it
is the real design of these worthies to stop in Kansas Territory for the purpose of voting to
establish a free State and an underground railroad. We say, let the Mormons go their way in
peace to Utah, but if they remain in Kansas to inflict the blighting curse of their principles
upon the future policy of the country—let a Mormon war be declared forthwith.

Citizens of the West, of the South and Illinois! stake out your claims, and woe be to
the abolitionist or Mormon who shall intrude upon it, or come within reach of your long
and true rifles, or within Poin blank shot of your revolvers. Keep a sharp lookout, lest some
dark night you shall see the flames curling from your houses or the midnight philanthropist
hurrying off your faithful servant.

In another issue of the same paper, it gives Eastern emigrants warn-
ing as follows:

The abolitionists will probably not be interrupted if they settle north of the fortieth
parallel of north latitude, but south of that line, and within Kansas Territory they need
not set foot. It is decreed by the people who live adjacent that their institutions are to be
established, and candor compels us to advise accordingly.

At a meeting held in Westport, Mo., early in June, the following was
adopted:

Resowed, That we will carry with us into the new Territory of Kansas every species
of property, eee Poe and that we will hold and enjoy the same. That we desire to
do so peacefully, and deprecate any necessity for resorting to violence in support of our just
and lawful rights. Yet (in no spirit of bravado and with the strongest wish for peace), ap-
prehensive of interference with our private and domestic concerns by certain organized
bands, who are to be precipitated upon us, we notify all such that our purpose is firm to en-
joy all Our rights, and to meet with the last argument all who shall in any way infringe
upon them.

At a meeting held at Independence, Mo., the sentiment of the people
was expressed as follows:

Resolved, That we, without distinction of party, desire to act in accordance with what
is right and due, not only to interests of the South, but likewise to interests of the North,
and though knowing that the North, through certain fanatics, has endeavored to dictate to
the South, we yet wish to meet them as brothers and friends, and only ask our rights as
compromise, viz:

“That we, the South, be permitted peaceably to possess Kansas, while the North, on
same privilege, be permitted to possess Nebraska Territory.”

The Industrial Luminary, Parksville, Mo., June 20, thus comments
on the above resolutions and those of the Salt Creek Valley meeting
heretofore given:

We give to-day, in another column, the resolutions passed at the meeting held in
Kansas Territory on fast Saturday week. They are more temperate than the Independence
and Westport resolves. The claim-makers are right in organizing themselves, but they
should avoid everything that savors of sectionalism. We hope fanatico-political combina-
tions will be kept out of the new country, especially such as we read of being formed in
some of the Eastern States. American freemen are wanted—not mercenary tools of furious
demagogues either from the South or North.

A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, under date of June 28, 1854,
from ‘Salt Creek’’ gives a synopsis of the resolutions adopted at the
recent Squatter’s Convention, and states the situation at that time thus:

According to these resolutions abolitionists or free-soilers would do well not to stop in
Kansas Territory, but keep on up the Missouri River until they reach Nebraska Territory,
where they can peacefully make claims and establish their abolition and free-soil notions
for if they do, they will be respectfully notified that but one day’s grace will be allowed for
them to take up their bed and baggage and walk.

It is estimated that some two thousand claims have already been made within fifteen
alles of the military reserve, and, in another week’s time, double that number will be
made.
84 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

_. Under the manipulation and management of leading politicians and cit-
izens of Western Missouri, intent on fastening the institution of slavery on
the new Territory, ‘‘squatter’s meetings” of like import as that held at Salt
Creek Valley were held at all convenient localities along the border, at
which similar claim associations were organized, and by-laws adopted.
Before the first arrival of Free State emigrants from the Northern and
Eastern States, nearly every gentleman in Western Missouri had a claim
staked out, and, by virtue of the claim laws established had become a
landed proprietor and ‘‘Squatter Sovereign’’ of Kansas Territory. Their
claims covered nearly all the most desirable tracts open to settlement, and,
on every hand, confronted the bona fide settlers on their arrival.

EASTERN EMIGRATION.

During the long and existing debate which preceded the passage of
tne Kansas-Nebraska bill, it had become the settled opinion at the North
that the only remaining means whereby the Territory might yet be res-
cued from the grasp of the slave power, was in its immediate occupancy
and settlement by anti-slavery emigrants from the Free States in sufficient
numbers to establish free institutions within its borders. The obstavles
to individual success in that direction seemed well nigh insurmountable.
The remoteness of the Territory; the avowed and well understood object
and intention to make it a Slave Territory, and ultimately a Slave State ;
the open hostility and dire threats of the Missourians against all whom
they termed Abolitionists, combined to render Kansas a most uninviting
field for Northern emigration. ;

As counteracting influences, the Northern press teemed with most
glowing accounts of the beauty and fertility of the country, aroused the
indignation of the whole people at the enurmity of the attempt to give it
over to the vile uses of servile labor, and urged on them the duty to emi-
grate thither at once in such numbers as to give the region back to free-
dom, and thus thwart the designs of those who had so ruthlessly violated
the Nation’s plighted faith.

The desire to facilitate the colonization of the Territory took practi-
cal shape while the bill was still under debate in Congress, in the organi-
zation of numerous Emigrant Aid Societies, and co-operative associations
having a more or less extended scope. Some were regularly incorporated
with ample capital; others, only private associations of families from a
neighborhood, combined in a communistic way for mutual aid and pro-
tection in establishing themselves in their new homes. Differing much in
name, strength, means and methods, they all had a common end in view,
viz., to direct and facilitate emigration to Kansas, and to aid in its speedy
settlement by a slavery hating population. Whatever other objects might
be avowed, whether to establish a community, a sect, or a religion, it was
well known to the South as well as the North, that if successful, this co-
operative movement would result in making Kansas a Free State. Hence
came the sudden and precipitate movement of the Missourians into the
Territory, and their intolerant spirit toward the expected emigration as
shown in the extracts before quoted. ;

THE MASSACHUSETTS EMIGRANT AID COMPANY.

This was the parent aid association, and with possibly one exception,
was the most efficient agency of its kind in influencing and aiding a Free-
soil emigration to the Territory. An account of its organization, laws
and modes of operation will give the reader a definite idea of the practical
workings of the emigrant aid system.

Hon. Eli Thayer, of Worcester, Mass., then a member of the Massa-
chusetts House of Representatives, in March, 1854, presented a petition for
the incorporation of the ‘‘Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company.” A
charter in accordance with the petition was given by the Legislature with-
out delay. It was signed by the Governor, April 26, and was to take effect
immediately. The act of incorporation reads as follows:

AN ACT

To incorporate the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company.

Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:

Section 1. Benjamin C. Clark, Isaac Livermore, Charles Allen, Isaac Davis, William
G. Bates, Stephen C. eee Charles C. Hazewell, Alexander H. Bullock, 1fenry Wilson,
James S. Whitney, Samuel I’. Sewall, Samuel G. Howe, James [Iolland, Moses Kimball, James
D. Green, Francis W. Bird, Otis Clapp, Anson Burlingame, Eli Thayer and Otis Rich, their
associates, successors and assigns, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Massa-
chusetts Emigrant Aid Company, for the purpose of assisting emigrants to settle in the
West; and, for this purpose, they shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to
all the duties, restrictions and liabilities, set forth in the thirty-eighth and forty-fourth
chapters of the Revised Statutes.

Sec. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed five millions of dollars.
Said capital stock may be invested in real and personal estate: Provided, the said corpora-
tion shall not hold real estate in this Commonwealth to an amount exceeding twenty thou-
sand dollars.

Suc. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall be divided into shares of $100 each ;
but no more than #4 on the share shall be assessed during the year 1854, and no more
than $10 on the share shall be assessed in any one year thereatter.

Sec. 4. At all meetings of the stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to cast
one vote for each share held by him; Provided, that no stockholder shall be entitled 10 cast
more than fifty votes on shares held by himself, nor more than fifty votes by proxy.

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

The incorporators and others interested met at the State House, in
Boston, May 4, accepted the charter and chose a committee to report a
lan of operation and to devise and recommend a system of operation.
he committee consisted of Eli Thayer, Alexander H. Bullock and E. E.
Hale, of Worcester, and Richard Hildreth and Otis Clapp, of Boston. On
May 12, the committee made its report, which detailed essentially the
objects and plans of work afterward carried out. It was as follows:

REPORT.

I. The objects of this porgoration are apparent in its name. The immense emigration to
America from Europe introduces into our ports a very large'number of persons eager to

ass westward. The fertility of our Western regions, and the cheapness of the public lands,
induce many of the native-born citizens of the old States also to emigrate thither. At the
present time, public and social considerations of the gravest character render it desirable to
settle the territories west of Missouri and Iowa; and these considerations are largely in-
creasing the amount of Westward emigration,

The foreign arrivals in America last year were 400,777. Inthe same year, the emigra-
tion to the Western States, of Americans and foreigners, must have amounted to much more
than 200,000 persons. The emigration thither this year will be larger still. And from
the older Western States large numbers are removing into new territory.

Persons who are familiar with the course of the movement of this large annual throng
of emigrants know that, under the arrangements now existing, they sulfer at every turn.
The frauds practiced on them by “runners,” and other agents of transporting lines in the
State of New York, amount to a stupendous eon of knavery, which has not been broken
up even by the patient labor of the State officers, and by very stringent legislation. The
complete ignorance as to our customs in which the foreign emigant finds himself, and, in
more than half the foreign emigration, his complete ignorance ot our language, subject him
to every fraud, and to constant accident. It is in the face of every conceivable inconven-
ience that the country receives every year 400,000 foreigners into its seaports, and sends the
larger portion of them to its Western country. 7 : A :

‘the inconveniences and dangers to health to which the pioneer is subject who goes out
alone or with his family only, in making a new settlement, are familiar to every American.

The Emigrant Aid Company has been incorporated to protect a ner as far as may
be, from such inconveniences. Its duty is 4o organize emigration to the West and bring it into
a system. This duty, which should have been attempted long ago, is particularly essen-
tial now, in the critical position of the Western Territories. _ :

The Legislature has granted a charter, with a capital sufficient for these purposes. This
capital is not to exceed $5,000,000. In no single year, are assessments to a larger amount
than 10 per cent to be called for. ‘The corporators believe that if the company be organized
at once, as soon as the subscription to the stock amounts to $1,000,000, the annual income to
be derived from that amount, and the subsequent subscriptions may be so appropriated as
to render most essential service to the emigrant, to plant a free State in Kansas, to the last-
ing advantage of the country, and to return a very handsome profit to stockholders upon
their investment. :

(L.) The emigrant suffers whenever he goes alone into his new home. He suffers from
the fraud of others; from his own ignorance of the system of travel, and of the country
where he settles; and, again, from his want of support from neighbors, which results in the
impossibility of any combined assistance, or of any division of labor. ,

The Emigrant Aid Company will relieve him from all such embarrassments, by pending
out emigrants in companies, and establishing them in considerable numbers. They will
locate these where they please on arrival in their new home, and receive from government
their titles. The company propose to carry them to their homes more cheaply than they
could otherwise go; to enable them to establish themselves with the least inconvenience,
and to provide the most important prime necessities of a new colony. It will provide shelter
and food at the lowest prices, after the arrival of emigrants, while they make the arrange-
ments necessary for their new homes. It will render all the assistance which the informa-
tion of its agents can give. And, by establishing emigrants in large numbers in the Terri-
tories, it will give them the power of using at once those social influences which radiate
from the church, the school and the press, in the organization and development of a com-
munity. c

Tee these purposes, it is recommended, first, that the Directors contract immediately
with some one of the competing lines of travel, for the conveyance of 20,000 oe from
Massachusetts to that place in the West, which the Directors shall select for their first
settlement.

It is believed that passage may be obtained, in so large a contract, at half the price

aid by individuals. We recommend that emigrants receive the full advantage of this
Tominuion in price, and that they be forwarded in companies of 200, as they apply, at these
reduced rates of travel.

(2.) It is recommended that, at such points as the Directors select for places of settle-
ment, they shall at once construct a boarding house, or pene house, in which 300 persons
may receive temporary accommodation on their arrival; and that the number of such
houses be enlarged as necessity may dictate. The new comers, or their families, may thus
be provided for in the necessary interval which elapses while they are making their Selection
of a location.

(3.) It is recommended that the Directors procure and send forward steam saw-mills,
grist-mills, and such other machines as shall be of constant service in a new settlement,
which cannot, however, be purchased or carried out conveniently by individual settlers.
These machines may be leased, or run by the company’s agents. At the same time, it is
desirable that a printing press be sent out, and_a weekly newspaper established. This
would be the organ of the company’s agents; would extend information regarding its settle-
ment, and be, from the very first, an index of that love of freedom and of good morals
which it is hoped may characterize the State now to be formed. ;

4.) It is recommended that the company’s agents locate, and take up for the company’s
benefit, the sections in which the‘boarding-house and mills are located, and no others.
And, further, that whenever the territory slall be organized as a free State, the directors
shall dispose of all its interests there; replace by the sales the money laid out; declare a
dividend to the stock-holders, and

(5.) That they then select a new field, and make similar arrangements for the settle-
ment and organization of another free State of this Union.

Il. With the advantages attained by such a system of effort, the territory selected as
the scene of operations would, it is believed, at once fill up with free inhabitants. There is
reason to suppose that several thousand men of New England origin propose to emigrate
under the auspices of some such arrangement this very summer. Of the whole emigration
from Europe, amounting to some 400,000 thousand persons, there can be no difficulty in
inducing 30,000 or 40,000 to take the same direction. Applications from German agents
have already been made to members of this company. We have also intimations, in corre-
spondence from the free states of the West, of a wide-spread desire there, among those
who know what it is to settle a new country, to pass on, if such an organization can be
made, into that now thrown open. An emigrant company of those intending to go has
been formed in Worcester County, and others in other States,

_ In view of the establishment by such agencies of a new free State in that magnificent
region, it is unnecessary to dwell in detail on the advantages which this enterprise holds
out to the country at large.

It determines in the right way the institutions of the unsettled territories in less time
than the discussion of them has required in Congress. It opens to those who are in want
in the Mastern States a home and a competence without the suffering hitherto incident to
emigration. For the company is the pioneer, and provides, before the settler arrives, the
conveniences which he first requires. Such a removal of an overcrowded population is one
of the greatest advantages to Eastern cities. Again, the enterprise opens commercial
advantages to the commercial States, just in proportion to the population which it creates,
of free men who furnish a market to our manufactures and imports. Whether the new
line of States shall be Free States or Slave States is a question deeply interesting to those
who are to provide the manufactures for their consumption. Especially will it prove an
advantage to Massachusetts if she create the new State by her foresight, supply the first
necessities to itsinhabitants, and open in the outset communications between their homes
and her ports and factories,

In return for these advantages, which the company’s rapid and simple effort affords to
the emigrant and to the country, its stockholders receive that satisfaction, ranked by Lord
Bacon among the very highest “of becoming founders of States,” and, more than this,
States which are prosperous and free. They secure satisfaction by an investment which
promises large returns at no distant day.

Under the plan proposed, it will be but two or three years before the company can dis-
pose of its property in the territory first occupied and reimburse. At that time, in a State of
70,000 inhabitants, it will pores several reservations of 640 acres each, on which its board-
ing-houses and mills stand, and the churches and schoolhouses which it has rendered neces-
sary. From these centers will the settlements of the State have radiated. In other words,
these points will then be the large commercial positions of the new States. If there were
gulp one quate value, id ie fee should’ be so far peopled, would make a very large

mpany which sold it, besides restoring its origina i i i
ORR it 8 ee Bi ae adventure elsewhere, . EPA SESE AER EE

,_it is to be remembered that all accounts agree that the region of Kansas is the most
desirable part of America now open to the enagretih It is becesibie in five days tiveen:
ous travel from Boston. Its crops are very bountiful, its soil being well adapted to the sta-
ples of Virginia and Kentucky, and especially to the growth of hemp. In its eastern sec-
tion the woodland and prairie land intermix’ in proportions very well adapted for the pur-
poses of the settler. Its mineral resources expecially its coal, in the central and western
parts, are inexhaustible. A steamboat is already plying on the Kansas River and the Ter-
ritory has uninterrupted steamboat communication with New Orleans and all the tributa-
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 85

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ries of the Mississippi River.* All the overland emigration to California and Oregon b
any of the easier routes passes of necessity through its limits. Whatever roads are built
westward must begin in this territory. For it is here that the emigrant leaves the Missouri
River. Of late years, the demand for provisions and breddstuffs made by emigrants pro-
ceeding to California has given to the inhabitants of the neighboring parts of Missouri a
market at as good rates as they could have found in the Union.

It is impossible that such a region should not fill up rapidly. The Massachusetts Emi-
rant Aid Company proposes to give confidence to settlers by giving system to emigration.
y dispelling the fears that Kansas will be a slave State, the company will remove the only

bar which now hinders its occupation by free settlers. It is to be ues ed that similar compa-
nies will be formed in other free States. The enterprise is of that ch aeseter that, for those
who first enter it, the more competition the better.

It is recommended that the first settlement made by the Directors shall receive the

name of the city in this commonwealth which shall have subscribed most liberally to the
stock of the company in peroien to its last decennial valuation; and that the second set-
tlement be named from the city next in order in so subscribing.

; It is recommended that a meeting of the stockholders be called on the first Wednesday
in June to organize the company for one year, and that the corporators at this time make a
temporary epee with power to obtain subscriptions to the stock, and make any
necessary preliminary arrangements. Et THaYeEr, for the Committee.

The foregoing report was immediately published in all the leadin
papers in the Northern States, with such favorable comments as showe

that the plan was enthusiastically adopted by the people. The New York.

Tribune, in a manner characteristic of the intellectual giant who was its
founder and editor, christened it ‘A Plan for Freedom,” and under that
heading published a continuous stream of editorial articles calculated to
awaken the enthusiasm and enlist the support of its readers in the scheme.
Other papers of all shades of politics, gave the project a most cordial sup-
port. The following extracts show the prevailing feeling at the North.

SPIRIT OF THE NORTHERN PRESS.

_ May 20, 1854, the New York 7ridwne published the report, and closed
its editorial comments as follows:

It is expected that after the permanent organization of the eae is effected, on the
7th of June, public meetin s will be held in Boston and this city and elsewhere, to further
the objects of the undertaking. The spirit which has been aroused throughout the free
States by the perfidy of our rulers, is such that we cannot entertain a doubt that, under
proper auspices, the society in question will not only enlist the co-operation of our principal
oueeey oa that of the innumerable flourishing towns and villages scattered throughout the

‘ree States.

But we cannot too earnestly impress upon the minds of the movers in this work, the
absolute necessity of such an organization, in point of character, as will raise the association
entirely above every shadow of a suspicion of improper management, or of its having
any object in view but those of the most disinterested, fiowest and lofty character. Such a
taint would be fatal. But, totally freed from everything of the sort, and under the control
of energetic men, it is difficult to set bounds to the amount of usefulness it may be instru-
mental in conferring upon our common country.

In the same issue Mr. Greeley says: ‘‘Examine the ‘Plan for Free-
dom’ put forth in this day’s paper, and enter upon the labors there sug-
gested. We here present ample scope for the activity of every man, and
suggest fields of operation in which all may profitably engage.”

A week later, May 31, the Tribune says:

The “Plan for Freedom” which we put forth in Monday’s paper already awakens an
echo in the public mind. In addition to further active steps of the gentlemen in the city
who have taken hold of the subject, we have received voluntary offers of subscription by
letter, together with the most fervent expressions of zeal and determination from all quar-
ters to rally in defense of freedom, and in opposition to the gigantic schemes of aggression
started by the slave power. The contest already takes the form of the People against
Tyranny and Slavery. The whole crowd of slave-drivers and traitors, backed by a party
organization, a corrupt majority in Congress, a soulless partisan press, an administration
with its law officers armed with revolvers, and sustained by the bayonets of a mercenary
soldiery, will altogether prove totally insufficient to cope with an aroused people.

June 1, the Tribune says:

We are in receipt of additional letters, making inquiries and tendering further sub-
scriptions. The plan is received by all with pre-eminent favor, and enlists the warmest
sympathies of freedom. We hope to be able to give to-morrow the names of the gentlemen
who will stand sponsors for the New York subscriptions, and, after that, we hope-to see the
subscription go on with a vigor and heartiness worthy of the great cause it is designed to

romote. The plan is no Jess than one to found free cities and extemporize free States. Let it
be made the great enterprise of the age.

The ra, the Worcester Spy, the Boston Journal, the Atlas (Boston),
the Commonwealth (Boston), the Providence’ Journal, the Cincinnati Ga-
zette, the Milwaukee Sentinel, the Hvening Transcript (Boston) and scores
of other influential Northern journals promptly followed the Tribune in a
cordial and enthusiastic endorsement of the plan embodied in the report.
The emigration fever was not slow in development among the Northern

eople. :
® The provisions of the charter granted the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid
Company not proving satisfactory to many interested in the movement, the
company finally organized under private articles of association June 13.
The objects and plan of operation remained the same as expressed in the
report before given. The management of affairs was intrusted to three
trustees. The first trustees were Eli Thayer, Worcester; Amos A. Law-
rence, Boston; Moses H. Grinnell, New York. Subsequently, Mr. J. M.
S. Williams, of Cambridge, became a Trustee, Mr. Grinnell being Treas-
urer of the New York Company. . .
The company subsequently organized under a new charter obtained
from the Massachusetts Legislature, under the title of ‘‘The New England
Emigrant Aid Company,”’ with a capital stock of $1,000,000. Under this
charter it worked, and by the new name it is known in history.

THE EMIGRANT AID COMPANY OF NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT.

The Emigrant Aid Company of New York and Connecticut was organ-
ized July 18, 1854, under a charter granted by the Legislature of Connec-
ticut during the session of the same summer. Its objects were of the same
general character as those of the Massachusetts Company, but designed
to facilitate the work by a division of the vast field of operations to be
covered. The first officers of this company were: Eli Thayer, President;
R. N. Havens, Vice President; Moses H. Grinnell, Treasurer.

* The navigation of the Kansas River, contrary to the belief of the committee, did not
prove a very great aid to the colonists, and bas never been a valuable or important element in
the development of the State. The many natural inducements to emigration put forth in the
report have been greatly modified by more exact information,

Other societies and associations were formed at various points, either
as auxiliary to these two corporations or acting independently in the work
of co-operative Kansas emigration.

The Union Emigration Society was organized in the city of Washing-
ton ‘‘by such members of Congress and citizens generally as were opposed
to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and to the opening of Nebraska
and Kansas to the introduction of slavery.’ It appointed agents in sev-
eral States for the purpose of calling public attention to its movements
and organizing auxiliary societies.

The three associations before mentioned were the most important
organizations in the North, and of them the New England society took
the lead in the work. Under its auspices, auxiliary societies were formed
in various communities, known as Kansas Leagues, with a constitution
and by laws, whereby companies of emigrants were made up and arrange-
ments made for their emigration and settlement on lands adjacent on their
arrival in Kansas. The articles from the constitution of the ‘‘ Worcester
County Kansas League,” below quoted, show the design of these co-opera-
tive associations:

ARTICLE 4, It shall be the duty of the Master of Bron to receive and keep the
names of all persons desiring to emigrate from Worcester County; to agree upon the time
and conveniences for their departure, and to confer with the Emigrant Aid Company, so as
to make the best arrangements fortheir conveyance to Kansas, und their location there.

ARTICLE 5. The moneys of the Society shall be appropriated to promote such emigra-~
tion into the above-named Territory as shall be opposed to the introduction of slavery into
the same; or, if slavery shall be introduced, as shall be in favor of repealing all laws toler-
ating thesame; and also for such means for promoting free emigration as the Directors may
select. Provided that nothing shall be done, in virtue hereof, in contravention of the Con-
stitution, nor in conflict with the existing laws of the land.

ARTICLE 7. It is the design of this Society to co-operate with the Emigrant Aid Com-
pany, in the colonization of Kansas with freemen.

Under the inspiration and through the instrumentalities of these vari-
ous organizations, the great flow of Northern emigration began to set
toward Kansas by midsummer, and thenceforth her fields became the
theater of the most momentous struggle in the history of nations. It
was the beginning of the final contest in America between freedom and its
deadliest foe, and in it were the issues of life and death to the great Re-
pane For the weary years that followed the world looked on with bated

reath.

The summer and fall of 1854 witnessed the beginning of the settlement
of Kansas and the first attempts of the people to exercise the republican
rights of citizenship under the provisions of the Territorial act and in
accordance with the principles of ‘‘squatter sovereignty.” As has already
been shown, during the early summer much of the valuable land in the
eastern part of the Goce. along the Missouri River and up the Kansas
as far as where Lawrence now stands, had been claimed by citizens of
Missouri, and not a few had made bona fide settlements with their families
and (in a few instances) their slaves. Up to August, there were not prob-
ably fifty free State families within the boundaries of the organized Ter-
ritory who had come in since the passage of the act.

The first notable arrival of Northern emigrants was a party number-
ing twenty-nine men, mostly from Massachusetts and Vermont. They were
the first who came under the auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid
Society. They were accompanied and directed by Charles H. Branscomb,
of Boston, who, as agent of the company, had, during the early summer,
visited Kansas, and selected the site for a New England settlement on the
spot where Lawrence* now stands. This party left Massachusetts July 17,
1834, arrived at Kansas City July 28, and at Lawrence August 1.

September 6, the second New England party arrived, under the direc-
tion of Hon. Samuel C. Pomeroy and Gov. Charles Robinson. It num-
bered in men, women and children nearly two hundred, and _ the city
of Lawrence may be said at that time to have been fairly founded. Later
in the fall, two other parties of New England emigrants arrived, and,
with many other free State emigrants from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Iowa, who located at Lawrence and in the vicinity, made up the most
important settlement in the Territory. It was, in fact, the only point
where the anti-slavery sentiment was predominant in the fall of 1854, and
thus became the earliest point of attack for the combined energies of the
pro-slavery settlers, land claimants, politicians and ruffians from over the
Missouri border.

CLAIM ASSOCIATIONS.

During September and October, the emigration from the free States
continued to flow into the Territory, and settlements were made at various
points, too scattered and remote from each other to attract either the atten-
tion or the enmity of the pro-slavery partisans, as at Lawrence.

There were several free State men in the vicinity of Lawrence, who
had come in from Iowa and the Northwestern States prior to the arrival
of the first party from New England. John A. Wakefield, Briar W. Miller,
Samuel N. Wood and perhaps half a dozen others had taken claims, and
were trying to hold them against the browbeating threats of Missourians,
who were constantly making counter-claims and warning them out of the
Territory. To protect themselves against the encroachments of non-
residents, the ‘‘Actual Settlers’ Association of Kansas Territory’? was
formed. eyes ta previous notice, this association held a meeting at
the house of Briar W. Miller, at Millersburg, on August 12, 1854, the object
being the adoption of some regulations that should afford protection to the
bona. fide settlers, under laws not unlike those adopted by the pro-slavery
squatters in the border region east, save in their restrictions against anti-
slavery settlers. The meeting was, at its opening, disturbed by a band of
non-residents from Missouri, who insisted, as land claimants and members
of another association, in taking a part in its proceedings. They were led
by one Dunham, who, as their spokesman, presented their claims in such
boisterous and defiant terms that the meeting came near breaking up ina

 

*For a detailed account of the settlement of Lawrence and all other cities and villages of
Kansas, the reader is referred to the county histories, where the minor occurrences, individual
experiences and other historical matters of local interest are fully noted. The accounts givenin
the State history are only sufficiently full to insure the completeness of the narration of events
of general interest.—Ep.
86

uarrel. A compromise. was effected, however, and a committee chosen
Tom each association to agree upon a plan of union. This committee
submitted a report, which was adopted, and proved effective in settling
many of the claims disputed thereafter, until titles could be obtained from
the Government. A full account of this meeting, with the code of laws as
adopted, is given in the History of Douglas County.

TOWN ASSOCIATIONS.

Early in September, soon after the arrival of the second New England
party at Lawrence, the Lawrence Association was formed, and certain
municipal laws adopted to insure order in the village. Like local co-oper-
ative associations, for the preservation of peace, and for the protection of
titles to land, were made at various points where communities had settled.

Until the advent of the Governor, and the establishment of the courts,
these crude provisional codes constituted the only protection or security,
either for personal safety or property rights. Rudimentary as they were,
and constituted by no authority except the common desire and necessity
for mutual defense and protection against the lawless, they served imper-
fectly the purposes intended, till the laws and machinery of a civil govern-
ment were put in effect and motion.

THE FIRST TERRITORIAL AP-
POINTMENTS.

The first territorial appoint-
ments, looking to the inaugura-
tion of a local government, under
the provisions of the organic law,
were made in June and July,
1854. The officers appointed by
President Pierce, whose appoint-
ments were confirmed by the
Senate, and who entered upon
the duties of their office, were:

Governor, Andrew H. Reeder,
of Easton, Penn., appointed June
29, 1854. He took the oath of
office before Peter V. Daniel, one
of the Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States, at
Washington, July 7. He arrived
in Kansas, at Fort Leavenworth,
on Saturday, October 7, at which
time he became the executive
head of the Kansas government,
and personally assumed the func-
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per annum.

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THE BEGINNING OF GOVERNMENT.

Gov. Reeder arrived on the boundaries of his appointed dominion, at
Fort Leavenworth, Saturday, October 7, 1854. He was a stranger to the
land and his subjects. Except Senator Atchison, and perhaps a score of
other acquaintances, he knew nobody in or near Kansas. He was born in
Easton, Northampton Co., Penn., July 12, 1807. He received a thorough
academic education at Lawrenceville Seminary ; studied law in the office
of Peter Iksie, Esq., of Northampton, Penn., for three years, and was
admitted to practice at the Northampton bar, then the ablest in the State,
in the year 1828. By strict application to the duties of his profession, he
became one of the leading lawyers, not only of his circuit, but of the State.
He had, from early manhood, been a most ardent and loyal Democrat, and
had adopted and defended, with enthusiasm, the principle of ‘ Squatter
Sovereignty,” and the Kansas-Nebraska bill. He had never been a poli-
tician in the sense of seeking or holding public office, but was, at the time
of his appointment, considered one of the most honest, able, well-balanced,
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was, at the time of his arrival at Leavenworth, a little past forty-seven
years of age, iron gray, with a somewhat ruddy complexion, and full blue
eyes. He was slightly corpulent, and somewhat deliberate, both in his
walk and his speech. He was of medium stature, and perpendicularly
erect. He wore a gray moustache, severely cut over the lip, and curled or
twisted out—a la Napoleon—on either side. Both in appearance and in
fact, he was the beaw ideal of a man fit to rule and govern an intelligent
nd free community.

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Saturday, October 7, 1854. At that time, there was but one newspaper in
the Tcrritory—the Kansas Weekly Herald—published at Leavenworth.

satisfaction to the friends of t

From the paper issued October 18, 1854, the following report of the Gover-
nor’s reception is copied : ; Seon

On Saturday last, Gov. Reeder, with Mr. C. A. Williams, his puree secretary, and
Andrew J. Isack, Esq., United States Attorney for Kansas, arrive: at Fort Leavenworth
by the Polar Star, is landing was greeted by the officers of the fort with the national
salute, and he became the guest of the commandant, Capt. F. E, Hunt.

At 3 o'clock in the evening, the citizens of Kansas, from Leavenworth, Salt Creek and
the country for miles around, eee at the fort to pay their respects to Gov. Reeder. The
concourse was large and high y respectable, and most enthusiastic in their gratification at
his arrival. Our citizens in a*body called upon the Governor at the quarters of Capt. Hunt,

: and a general introduction took place,
during which many kindly expressions
of welesme were indulged on the part of
the people, and reciprocated by the Gov-
ernor with the republican frankness and
honest cordiality so agreeable toWestern

men. After a general interchange of
courtesies, Dr. Chatles Leib addressed

the Governor as follows:
Gov. REEDER:

In behalf of my fellow-citizens,
permit me to welcome you to the West
and to the young and beautiful Terri-
tory whose Executive you are. |

It is but a few months since the
passage of the Kansas and Nebraska bill;
it is but a few months since the people
of the West were told by one of their
distinguished Senators, “the Indians
have retreated; go over and possess the
goodly land,” and to-day Kansas is teem-
ing with hardy, industrious, enterpris-
ing, strong armed men, with noble hearts
and. willing hands, who have come here
to till the soil and to enjoy the fruits of
their industry, to pursue their different
callings and to assist in building up a
State which will ere long be knocking at
the door of Congress for admission into
the confederacy, and which I trust will
be recognized as the thirty-second in
the bright constellation which graces
the flag of our Union.

Gov. Reeder, we are rejoiced at
your coming; rejoiced that you_are
among us, because we believe it will be
your pride and pleasure, not only as the
Executive, but as a citizen, to assist in
giving Kansas a place in the front rank
of the Territories.

You will, sir, find men here from

- every section of this Union, who have
come to find homes, to assist in fillin
up our broad and beautiful prairies an
our valleys, rich as that of the Nile. In
your own language, they know that this
is “the pathway to the Pacific;” they
know that the vast frontier, New Mexico
and California trade, which now flows
into the lap of Missouri, legitimately
belongs to Kansas; they know and feel
that they have the energy to build up a
State which will command the trade, and
it will not be long until they will have
neoomplished their object.

e doubt not that in coming here
you have sacrificed much ; that you have
left behind those to whom you are bound
by the ties of consanguinity, affection
and love; that you have left tried friends,
personal and pos in whose hearts
you have a place; that you have left a
community to which you were attached
hy a residence of long years among
them, but when duty called, like Cincin-
natus, you obeyed.

As a Pennsylvanian, one who loves
the hills and valleys, the rivers and
plains of the noble old Keystone State,
but who, in heart and interest, is a

Western man, I, in common with my fellow-citizens, am rejoiced at your appointment,
because we believe you will administer the affairs of this government upon strictly repub-
lican principles, because we know your antccedents; because we know shat enneylyanis,
the home of Rittonhouse, of Fulton, of Franklin and of the able and accomplis ed Bu-
chanan, ‘who has graced our annals abroad and done us honor in Kings’ courts,” and who is
a statesman of the school of the fathers, would not send us a son unworthy of hersclf,
because we believe that under your administration Kansas will grow and flourish ; that her
resources, agricultural and mineral, will be developed; that her commercial importance
will be sek howleceel by the whole nation; that her hardy sons will prosper, and will
make this the garden spot of the Mississippi Valley.

We, sir, meet here on common ground. The men of Maine and Mississippi, of Massa-
chusetts and Missouri, aye, and those who cross the blue waters of the broad Atlantic, who
turn their backs upon the tyrants of the old world and place themselves under the protec-
tion of the flag of our Union, may enjoy the blessed privileges of free speech, dare think,
do and act for themselves. This is true SepESee et and cannot fail to meet the approval
of all who are truly American at heart. But a few months since the red man alone occu-
pied this Serer they roamed undisputed masters of the soil; but to-day in all parts of
it, the hum of in ustry is heard, the progress of the age demanded its settlement and, by
the hearths and firesides of our hardy pales is to be joy, peace and happiness, and a deter-
mination to maintain, at all hazards, the supremacy of the law.

In conclusion, Gov. Reeder, let me again welcome se to Kansas, and express the hope,
nay, the sincere wish, that our relation as Governor and governed may be of such a charac-
ter that when it shall be severed, we can always revert to it as the happiest
lives, though it commenced when trampling down the nettles and thistles of
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To which Gov. Reeder replied :

i thank you, sir, and those whom you sig nal on this occasion, for the cordial man-
ner in which you have welcomed me to your Territory, and for the encomiums which you
have so eloquently bestowed—encomiums which I must be allowed to say are attributable
more to your own courtesy and partiality than to any merit of mine. Coming, as I do come,
into a position of high and solemn responsibibility in a strange land, to exercise most im-
portant functions among men who as pg know me not, you may well imagine that I am
cheered and encouraged by the foreshadowing of confidence and kindness exhibited in this
our first interview. am sensible of the difficulties that may beset my official career, and I

_ taust rely on the friendship and kindly feeling which you have professed, for indulgence to
my deficiencies. But, whilst I shall now claim in advance your leniency for my inexperi-
ence of your country and your people, for my shortcomings in wisdom and ability, I claim
no margin, and ask for no indulgence, in respect to the earnestness and sincerity of my
efforts, to make the great good of the Territory and the advancement of its substantial
prosperity and welfare, the chief end of my official action.

._,_Itshall be my pride and pleasure, always to keep in view that single end, despite all
sinister considerations or adverse circumstances. Our Territory is indeed a land of great
interest and of glorious promise, and, although now a frontier country demanding at our

hands strong continued effort and no small privations, Bets we are cheered on by the con-

viction that another frontier is approaching us from the Pacific, and that when the inevita-
ble destiny of this Union shall have filled up its limits with civilized population and thrifty
‘enterprise, Kansas will be territorially the very heart of the Republic, and in the highway
of its trade. Much of its progress, its prosperity and its future destiny will denen upon
the impress that we shall make upon its early developments. That we shall have difficulties
to meet and overcome, varied in their character and formidable in their number and ex-
tent, it were worse than folly todeny and conceal. Whatever they may be, however, there is
no fear that they cannot all be solved by prudent care—by tolerance and charity for difference
of opinion among ourselves—by calm but unquailing moral courage in asserting our own
rights of action or opinion—and by the most scrupulous care to avoid encroachment on the
rights of others. First of all, Kansas must, and with God’s help it shall be, a country of law
and order. No man must be allowed to cast contempt upon the law—to unsettle the founda-

tions of society, to mar our future destinies—to cause us to be shunned and avoided by good -

citizens—and to turn us upon the retrograde path toward barbarism, by substituting his
own unbridled passions for the administration of justice, and by redressing his real and
imaginary wrongs by the red and cowardly hand of assassination or the ruffianism of the
outlaw. So far as it shall come within my province to deal with this spirit, I pledge you
that I will crush it out or sacrifice myself in the effort. Every one of our millions of fellow-
citizens who may choose to exercise his unquestionable right to plant himself, his family
and his property on our soil, to swell its strength and develop its resources, must feel that
the broad egis of the law shelters him and his from outrage, and that its sword is keen and
ready to punish him summarily and unfailingly, for outrage of the rights of others. We
must, too, do our duty in ey and preserving our glorious Union, by the strictest ad-
herence to our constitutional and legal obligations, and a constant readiness to aid our fel-
low-citizens of other States, in securing to them all the rights which that constitution and
those laws have sacredly guaranteed to them for the management of their own affairs, whilst
at the same time, we must, with the most vigorous and determined firmness, preserve unim-

aired and unquestioned, to every citizen of our Territory, freedom of cle in the regu-
Truon of ourown. The ge of the bill for erecting our Territory, I need scarcely tell
you, has my hearty approval. Fiercely as it has been assailed, it has its foundation deep jn
the doctrine of true republicanism. Under these doctrines the whole Union, North, Sout.
East and West, has invited us to come here and mold our own institution, as to us it shal
seem good. We have accepted the invitation, and with “ Poputi VocE Narva” on our ban-
ner, we are prepared to give one more proof of the ability of our people for self-gov-
ernment, by going to the ballot-box—there conceding to each other the right of free dis-
cussion and opinion which we claim for ourselves, and sacrificing to the all-powerful will
of the majority, all our interests and fenllnes and prejudices, whatever question may be in-
volved in the decision. Thus and thus only can we discharge our duty to ourselves—show
our appreciation of the principle of our Territorial bill, and contribute to its permanency
as a means of easy solution, for all future time, of a dangerous and exciting question in
our National Councils. : .

Thus, with law and order reigning in our midst, mutual tolerance strengthening our
hands and accelerating our progress—fanaticism disarmed and the Union. sustained by a
cheerful and determined observance of the constitution that binds it together—by presery-
ing unimpaired the purity of the ballot-box and deciding there as freemen should, the
questions which the nation has properly referred to it, each man calmly, fearlessly and dis-
passionately expressing his opinion and casting his vote in conformity to the dictates of his
conscience and understanding and by bowing submissively to the will of the majority when
properly ascertained, we shall have done our whole duty and may expect to reap its pleas-
ant fruits. : 7

These remarks, the Herald states, were received = with earnest atten-
tion and marked approbation and applause.” The editorial account of the
reception closes with a flattering encomium of the Governor, which, read
in the light of the events which followed, shows a vein of blarney not

then discoverable. It was as follows: ;

‘After half an hour's social intercourse, in which courtesy and abso-
lute freedom from restraint were alike combined, the company withdrew
bearing with them the impression that the first Governor of Kansas is one
of Nature’s noblemen, and just the man for the post.” ; oy

From the early numbers of the Herald,* the following excerpts are
given, deemed of interest, as they are a contemporaneous record of events

then transpiring.
October 18, these paragraphs appeared: _

. W. on, of Ohio, and Hon. Rush Elmore, of Alabama, Associate Judges of
the ae Denes, arrived at Fort, Leavenworth on Tuesday qventag leat Octo-
ber 10, 1854), by the HX. Aubr Hon. Madison Brown, of Maryland, Chief ustice, has
not yet arrived. The Territory has not been districted, so that the destination of each is as
yet unknown. No courts will be needed until early in the spring, and holding them. would
be almost impracticable until after the ineeting of the Territorial Legislature.

% * * * * * * * * *

he gentlemen who have come into our Territory, we have the high gratification
to joeeee he aoe, R. P. Flenniken, of Fayette County, Penn., who enjoys at home an
extensive practice as a lawyer, and an exalted and enviable position socially, politically and
professionally, and whose reputation for gentlemanly and dignified deportment, high moral
worth, sound democracy and admitted talents, is well known to the public. He was formerly
Charge @ Affaires to the Court of Denmark, under the Administration of President Polk, and
discharged the duties of his station with honor to himself and satisfaction to the govern-
ment. Desirous to make himself a Western man, and bring his family of sons into a new
country, he relinquishes the advantages which he enjoys at home, and has taken up, we
hope. his permanent residence in Kansas. Such men are an accession to any community,
and our citizens will welcome him among us.
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inati f Samuel H. Burgess, Weslie and John Davidson, charged with
gg niece s. Thompson and William Borden, with intent to kill, occurred on
Friday, at Fort Leavenworth, before His Excellency, Gov. Reeder. _ eae
‘The parties lived about seven miles southwest of Salt Creek, pau e claims there
and erected houses. Some dispute about the title to a claim had arisen between one of the
defendants and Mr. Borden. On Monday, the 9th instant, a party of about fifteen men, in
company with Borden and Thompson, some of whom were armed with guns, went to the
house of Burgess to have the matter settled. The defendants and a son of Mr. Burgess were
the only ones present when they came. After they had been ordered to leave, an affray

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commenced, which terminated in a wound rather severe upon the forehead of Borden, and
two stabs upon the body of Thompson. The evidence as to which struck the first blow was
rather conflicting. Medical testimony was introduced to show that the wounds of Thomp-
son were critical; but it nepeate he is not in a dangerous condition.

After a protracted and impartial examination, the Governor admitted the defendants
to bail, in the sum of $20,000 for Burgess, and $10,000 for each of the others. We are happy
to bereeive that the case is not so serious, and does not involve so much guilt as was at first
reported.

A. J. Isaacs, District Attorney ; J. Doniphan, C. I’. Burnes, Esqrs., for the prosecution ;
Cc. C. Andrews and Amos Reese, Esqrs., for the defendants.

October 20, 1854, the following appeared, noting the arrival of Terri-
torial officers : ‘

Daniel Woodson, Esq., of Lynchburg, Va., Secretary of Kansas, arrived on the Edinburg
on Wednesday last (October 18). Mr. W. comes among us a young man, yet with the prestige
of a long and brilliant career among the leading Democratic journalists of the Old Dominion.
We have for some time known him as the Editor of the Lynchburg Republican, a Democratic
journal of long standing among the ablest and most reliable in the country. Mr. W. was
early in life a resident of Boone County, Mo., and is connected with some of the most influ-
ential families there. The people in Kansas will find in him an able and accomplished

ublic servant. J.B. Donaldson, Esq., United States Marshal for Kansas, arrived on Mon-
ay last (October 16, 1854).

The issue of October 27 announced the arrival, Thursday, October 26,
of Hon. John Calhoun, Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska.

GOV. REEDER BEGINS WORK.

The Governor, after his arrival, set promptly to work to inaugurate
his government. His own account of his early labors appears in his testi-
mony before the special Congressional Committee, appointed by Congress
to investigate the troubles in Kansas in 1856. From it the following is

quoted:

I landed at Fort, Leavenworth on Saturday, the 7th day of October (1854), and made it
my first business to obtain information of the geography, settlements, population and gen-
eral condition of the Territory, with a view to its division into districts; the defining of
their boundaries; the ascertainment of suitable and central places for elections, and the full
names of men in each district for election officers, persons to take the census, Justices of the
Peace, and Constables. In avery few days, I discovered that the procurement of this knowl-
edge, in consequence of the newness of the population, was utterly impossible, by any other
means than by .atour through the Territory. I found that, unlike most new Territories,
the settlements of which cluster along a single line, the small population of Kansas was
sparsely distributed over a surface of about 20,000 square miles. With some trouble, arising
from the want of traveling facilities, I made the necessary arrangements, and, on the 14th
of October, I left, with two of the Territorial Ji udises Messrs. Elinore and Johnson, the Dis-
trict Attorney, Mr. Isaacs, the United States Marshal, Mr. Donaldson, and my private Secre-
tary, Mr. Williams, for a trip into the interior, to procure the requisite information. The
Secretary and Chief Justice had not then arrived in the Territory. Itook in the route the
payments of the Pottawatomie and Kansas Indians, where a large number of whites as well
as Indians were assembled; and, having made full notes of all the information procured
from Indians and whites, I completed my trip, and arrived at Fort Leavenworth on the 7th
of November.’ I then saw that if the election for delegate to Congress nich required no
previous census), should be postponed till an election could be had for legislature, with its
preliminary census and'apportionments the greater part of the session, which would termi-
nate on the 4th of March, would expire before our congressional delegate could reach Wash-
ington; and I deemed it best to order an election for a delegate to pees as early as
possible, and to postpone the taking of the census till after that election. I was more con-
vinced of the propriety of this course, by the fact that the common law and many of the
United States Statutes were in force over the Territory, and could well be administered
through the courts established by Congress, and the Justices whom I was authorized to
appoint; and by the additional fact that whilst the citizens of Missouri were vehemently
urging an immediate election of the legislature, the citizens of the Territory were generally
of the opinion that no immediate necessity for it existed. I prepared, without delay, a
division of the Territory into election districts, defined by natural boundaries, easily under-
stood and known, fixed a place of election in each, appointed election officers for each poll,
and ordered an election for congressional delegate, to take place on the 29th of November,
1854, and by the 15th of November my proclamations were issued, containing a description
of the districts, with all the necessary information and forms.

The tour of observation took in the most important and most remote
settlements in the eastern part of the Territory. It extended as far west
as Fort Riley and Council Grove. The reception at Lawrence was enthu-
siastic, and the speeches of welcome and response were not, in professions
of mutual regard or enunciations of policy, unlike those at Leavenworth
on the first reception of the Governor in the Territory. The proclama-
tion for the first election in Kansas, bearing date November 10, 1854, was
issued November 15, and appeared in the Kansas Weekly Herald of Friday,
November 17. It was as follows:

% ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
U. Srares OF AMERICA, } ..

TERRITORY OF KANSAS,

SEAL.
To ind cna and ified voters of said Territory: — -

Greeting: I, ANDREW H. REEDER, Governor of said Territory, by virtue of the pro-
visions of the act of Congress approved the 30th day of May, A. D. 1854, entitled “An act to
organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas,” do, by these presents, order and direct
that an Election shall be held in the said Territory on Wednesday, the 29th day of November,
inst., for the election of a citizen of the United States, to serve until the fourth day of
March next; and the qualified voters of said Territory are requested to assemble on said
day within each Election District, at the place of holding elections in such District, according
to the schedule to this proclamation annexed, within the hours therein specified, and vote
by ballot for such Delegate. And the Judges who shall be appointed to open and conduct
the said election will assemble in their respective Districts, at the places for holding said
election, and having made the necessary preparation and taken the oaths which shall be
prescribed, will open the polls for the reception of votes between the hours of eight and ten
A. M., and keep the same open until six o’clock P. M., and will conduct the same and make
returns of said election according to the instructions hereto annexed.

Given under my hand and seal of said Territory, this 10th day of November, A. D, 1854,

. H, REEDER.

SCHEDULE.
LIST OF ELECTION DISTRICTS AND PLACES OF HOLDING ELECTIONS.

First Districc—Commencing at the Missouri State line, on the south bank of the Kansas
River; thence along the south bank of said river to the first tributary or watered ravine
running into the Kansas above the Town of Lawrence, thence up that tributary to the head
thereof; thence in a direct line to the west side of — Rolf’s house; and thence, by a due
south line, to the Santa Fé road; thence by the middle of said road to the Missouri State
line; and thence by said State line to the place of beginning.

Place of election, the office of Dr. Charles Robinson, in the Town of Lawrence.

Judges, Nathaniel T. Johnson, Oliver A. Hanscome, William Miller.

 

 

* hich these quotations are made is believed to be the only one now,in exist-

Tee an ie only paper pablo’ in the Territory at that time, its historical value can:
not be computed. It is owned by the Kansas Historical Society, and to F.G. Adama, the Secre-
tary of the Society, we are indebted for its perusal, and many other favors not otherwise, nor

elsewhere, obtainable.—Ep.

ence,

Second District.—Commencing at the mouth of Big Spring Branch, on the south bank
of the Kansas River; thence up said branch to its farthest source; thence by a southerly
line, crossing the Wakarusa River on the east side of the house of Charles Mattingly, to the
middle of the Santa Fé road; thence along the middle of said road to the line of the First
District; thence by the same along the west side of the house of Rolf to the head of
the first tributary of the Kansas. above the Town of Lawrence; and thence by the said

 
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tributary to the Kansas River, and up the south bank of said river to th i
Spring Branch, the place of beginning, a ee
lace of election, house of Paris Ellison, in Douglas City.

Judges, Jonathan Cranmer, O. H. Browne, Andrew McDonald.

Third District—Commencing at the mouth of Big Spring Branch, on the south side of
the Kansas iver) thence up the same to its furthest source; thence by a southerly line to
the north bank of the Wakarusa River, on the east side of the house of Charles Mattingly ;
thence up said river and its main branch to the line of the Pottawatomie reservation 3. and
thence by the southern and western line of said reservation to the Kansas River, and down
the said river to the place of beginning: :

Place of election, house of Thomas Stinson, in the Town of Tecumseh.

Judges, John Horner, L. D. Stateler, Anthony Wood.

Fourth District—Commencing at the Missouri State line, in the middle of the Santa Fé
road; thence along the middle of said road to Rock Creek, near the sixty-fifth mile of said
road; thence south to the line of the late Shawnee reservation ceded by the treaty of 1854;
thence due east along the south line of said reservation and the north line of the existing
reservations of the Sacs and Foxes, the existing reservations of the Chippewas and Ottawas
and the late reservations of the Piankesaws, Weas, Peorias and Kaskaskias to the Missouri
State line; thence up the Missouri State line to the place of beginning.

Place of election, house of Dr. Chapman.

Judges, Dr. Chapman, James J. Powell, Joseph Barnard.

Fifth District-—Commencing at the Missouri State line, at the southern boundary of the
Fourth District; thence east along the same to the northwest corner of the Sac and Fox
reservation ; thence due south along the western line thereof and due south to the south
branch of the Neosho River, about seventy miles above the Catholic Osage Mission; thence
down the said river to the north line of the reserve for New York Indians, and east along
said line to the head waters of Little Osage River, or the nearest point thereto; and thence
down said river to the Missouri State line, and up said line to the place of beginning.

Place of Election, house of Hy. Sherman, on the old John Jones improvement, on Pot-
tawatomie Creek.

Judges, James Moore, John Van Horn, Thomas Polk.

Siath District—Commencing on the Missouri State line, in Little Osage River; thence
up the same to the line of the reserve for the New York Indians, or the nearest point
thereto; thence to and by the north line of said reserve to the Neosho River, and up said
river and the south branch thereof to the head, and thence by a due south line to the
southern line of the Territory; thence by the southern and eastern lines of said Territory
to the pee of beginning.

Place of election, house of H. T. Wilson, at Fort Scott.

Judges, Thomas B. Arnott, H. T. Wilson, William Godefrey.

Seventh District—Commencing at the east side of the house of Charles Mattingly, on the
Wakarusa River; thence due south to the middle of the Santa I6 road; thence west-
wardly along the middle of said road to Rock Creek, near the 65th mile of said road;
thence due south to the north line of the Sac and Fox reservation; thence along the north
and west lines thereof, and due south to the Neosho River; thence up said river to a point
due south of the mouth of Elm Creek; thence due north to the mouth of Elm Creek, and
up said creek to the Santa Fé road, and thence by a direct line in a northerly direction to
the southwest corner of the Pottawatomie reservation; thence along the southern line of
said reservation to the head-waters of the Wakarusa River, or the point nearest thereto;
thence to and down the said river to the place of beginning. ‘

Place of election, house of Fry McGee at One Hundred and Ten-Mile Creek, on the
Santa Fé road. :

Judges, Fry McGee, S. W. Boughton, David Burge.

Highth District—Commencing at the mouth of Elm Creek, one of the branches of
Osage River; thence up the same to the Santa Fé road; thence by a direct northerly line to
the southwest corner of the Pottawatomie reservation; thence up the western line thereof
to the Kansas River; thence up said river and the Smoky Hill Fork, beyond the most
westerly settlements; thence due south to the line of the Territory; thence by the same
to the line of the Sixth District; thence due north to the head of the south branch of the
Neosho River; thence down said river to the line of the Seventh District; thence due
north to the vo pe of beginning.

Place of election, house of Ingraham Baker, on the Santa Fé road.

Judges, Thomas Hoffaker, Charles Withington, Ingraham Baker.

Ninth District—_Commencing on the Smoky Hill Fork, beyond the most westerly settle-
ments; thence down the same and to the Kansas River to the mouth of Wild Cat Creek;
thence up said creek to the head-waters thereof; thence due north to the Independence emi-
grant road; thence up saidroad to the north line of the Territory; thence west along the
same to the most westerly settlements; and thence due south to the place of beginning.

Place of election, house of Mr. Reynolds, near the crossing of Seven-Mile Creek.

Judges, Robert Wilson, Hannibal A. Low, Thaddeus K. Mills.

Tenth District—Commencing at the mouth of Wild Cat Creek, thence up the Same to
the head waters thereof; thence due north to the Independence emigrant road; thence down
said road, crossing the Big Blue by the old route below Marysville to the Vermillion River ;
thence down said river to the mouth thereof; thence up the Kansas River to the place of
beginning. f

° Place of election, house of 8. D. Dyer, at the crossing of the Big Blue River.

Judges, S. D. Houston, Francis Burgereau, 8. D. Dyer.

Eleventh District—Commencing at Vermillion River in the middle of the Independence
emigrant road; thence up said river to the head of the main branch; thence due north to

 

 

the northern line of the Territory; thence by the same to the middle of the Independence .

emigrant road; thence down said road, crossing the Big Blue by the old route below Marys-
- ville to the place of beginning. .

Place of election, Trading house of Marshall and Woodward at Marysville.

Judges, William Givens, R. C. Bishop, S. M. B. Holmes. .

Twelfth Distric—Commencing at the mouth of Soldier's Creek ; thence up said creek to
the head of the main branch; thence due north tothe northern line of the Territory;
thence by the same west to the eastern line of the Eleventh District ; thence south along
the same to the head of the Vermillion River and down said river to the mouth thereof;
thence down the north bank of the Kansas River to the place of beginning.

Place of election, house of R. C. Miller.

Judges, R. C. Miller, E.G. Booth, R.C. Wanton. ;

Thirteenth District—Commencing in the Kansas River, three miles above the mouth of
Stranger Creek ; thence in a northwardly direction by a line three miles west of said creek,
and corresponding to the courses thereof until it shall strike the southern line of the late
Kickapoo reservation; thence along the southern and western line of said reservation, and
the western line of the late Sac and Fox reservation to the north line of the Territory ;
thence west along said line to the line of the Twelfth District; thence by the same and
down Soldier's Creek to the mouth thereof, and down the Kansas River to the place of begin-
ning.

tna of election, house of G. M. Dyer, at the town of Ozawkee.

Judges, W. H. Tibbs, G. M. Dyer, D. M. Railey. :

Fourteenth Distric_—Commencing at the mouth of Independence Creek; thence up said
ereek to the head of the main branch, and thence due west to the line of the late Kickapoo
reservation; thence north along said line and the line of the late Sac and Fox reservation

to the north line of the Territory, a along said line eastwardly to the Missouri River,
and down said river to the place of beginning. , Rees

Fifteenth Disrise--Cormencing a the mouth of Salt Creek on the Missouri River ;
thence up said creek to the Military road, and along the middle of said road to the lower
crossing of Stranger Creek; thence up said creek to the line of the Jate Kickapoo reserva-
tion, and thence along the southern and western line thereof to the line of the Fourteenth
District; thence by the same, and down Independence Creek to the mouth thereof, and
thence down the Missouri River to the place of beginning.

Place of election, house of Paschal Pensaneau, on the Fort Leavenworth and Oregon
road.

H. B. Jolly, James Frazier, A. G. Boyd. .

et Se tienen at the mouth of Salt Creek; thence up said creek to
the Military road; thence along the middle of said road to the lower crossing of Stranger
Greek ; thence up said creek to the line of the late Kickapoo reservation, and thence along
the said line to the Thirteenth District, and thence by the same along a line correspond-
ing to the courses of Stranger Creek, and keeping three miles west thereof, to the Kansas
River; thence down the Kansas River to the Missouri River to the place of beginning.

Place of election, house of Keller & Kyle, in Leavenworth City.

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Judges, D. Z. Smith, B. H. Twombly, J. M. Alexander.*

INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES OF ELECTIONS.

The three judges will provide for each poll a ballot box, with a slit for the insertion of
the ticket. Before entering upon their duties, they will make and subscribe duplicate copies
of a following oath:

Besta ataeennne

 
  

    

   

p du , to be h ay
Im the...cecsercceseereeceee asisssicsvie District, of the Territory of Kansas, to the best of our judgment
and ability; that we will keep a true, correct and faithful record or list of persons who shall
vote at said election; that we will poll no ticket from any person who is not an actual bona
fide resident and inhabitant of said Territory on the day of election, and whom we
shall not honestly believe to be a qualified voter according to the provisions of the act
of Congress organizing said Territory, that we will reject the votes of all and every
non-resident who we believe has come into the Territory for the mere purpose of voting,
that in all cases where we are ignorant of the voter's (right, we will require legal evidence
thoreof, by his own oath or otherwise—and that we will make a true and faithful return to
the Governor of said Territory of the votes which shall be polled.

The poll will be opened for the eae of votes between 8 and 10 A. M., and _ will be
ne open continuously until 6 P. M., and then closed, unless voters are then at the polls
offering vote, and in that case, as soon as votes cease to be constantly offered. The judges
will keep two corresponding lists of persons who shall vote, numbering each name. _

When a dispute arises as to the qualification of the voter, the judges may examine the
voter or any other person under oath upon the subject, and a decision of a majority of the
board will be conclusive. When the poll is closed, the judges will proceed to open and
count the votes, and will keep two corresponding tally lists, on which phey will simultane-
ously tally the votes as they are given by the judge who shall open and call out the tickets,
and without interference or handling by any other person. When the votes are thus
counted off, and the tally lists shall agree, the judges shall then publicly proclaim the result
and shall draw up and sign duplicate certificates, in the following form:

We, the undersigned judges of an election held on the 29th day of November, A. D.
1854, at the house OF............csescsseececenstaasesseeeterteneeereee TM CG setpxaio is cuca cic vasea sees District of
the Territory of Kansas, for the election of a delegate to the House of Representatives of
the United States, do certify upon our oaths, to the best of our knowledge and belief, that
the following is a true and correct return of the votes polled by lawful resident voters, viz. :

TOCOLV ED wessevessassessavesnssenesere so VOLES) cs isnesennscizeesooe neSeseic ssicaseee received
... votes, etc., etc. Witness our hands this 29th day of November, 1854.

They will then carefully replace the said counted tickets in the box, with one copy of the
oaths, one list of voters, one tally list, and one certificate of return, and having sealed up
the said box, will carefully preserve the same until called for by the Governor, in case the
election shall be contested. The remainin copies of oath, list of voters, tally list and
return, will be taken by one of the judges who will deliver the same in person to the Gov—
ernor, on or before Monday, the 4th day of December next, at his office at the house of
‘Fhomas Johnson in the First District. 7

The judges of election will be sworn by a judge or Justice of the Peace, or in the
absence of such officer, they may be sworn by one of their number, who shall in his turn be
sworn by one of those thus qualified, noting at the foot of the oath by whom it is admin-
istered. And the several judges of election, are by these presents invested with full power
and authority to administer the oath to each other, and to voters, and others, touching the
right of any person to vote, under all the pains and penalties of perjury attaching to
oaths administered by judicial officers. ‘

If one or more of the judges appointed should fail to attend or refuse to serve, their
places may be supplied by voters on tbe ground at 9 o’clock A. M., and vacancies occurring
in the board thereafter, may be filled by the remaining judges.

 

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS.

By the Territorial Bill it is provided as follows:

That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall be
an actual resident of said Territory, and shall possess the qualifications hereinafter pre-
scribed, shall be entitled to vote at the first election ; Provided, that the right of suffrage and
of holding office, shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States, and those who shall
have declared on oath their intention to become such, and shall have taken an oath to sup-
port the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act; And Provided
further ; That no officer, soldier, seaman or marine, or other person in the army or navy of
the United States, or attached to troops in the service of the United States, shall be allowed
to vote or hold office in said Territory, by reason of being on service therein.

The requisites of age and color are easily understood. That of residence is well defined
in the law, and means the actual dwelling or inhabiting in the Territory, to the exclusion
of any other present domicile or home, coupled with the present bona fide intention of per-
manently remaining for the same purpose.

When a voter is not a native of the United States, the proof of his right to vote must
be the production of his certificate of his naturalization; or of his declaration of intention
under the seal of the court, and the want of it cannot be supplied by his oath.

In case he has only declared his intention to become a citizen, he must then be sworn
by the judges or a Justice of the Peace to support the Constitution of the United States and
the provisions of the “ Act of Congress, approved May 30, 1854, to organize the Territories
of Nebraska and Kansas.” When this latter oath is administered, the word “oath” should
be marked opposite his name on the list.

The meaning of the last proviso, relative to the army and navy is, that the persons
designated in it shall not vote if their presence in the Territory is referable only to the per-
formance of their duties, and the obedience of orders. The officer or soldier who would vote
here, must have a residence here (the meaning of which is already explained) irrespective
and independent of his presence here under orders.

It is perhaps unnecessary to say that every voter can vote only in his own district.

CONTESTED ELECTION.

In case any person or Perscce shall dispute the fairness or correctness of the return ot
any election district, they shall make a written statement directed to the Governor and set-
ting forth the specific causes of complaint, or errors in the conducting or returning of the
election in said district, signed by not less than ten qualified voters of the Territory, and
with an affidavit of one or more qualified voters to the truth of the facts therein stated; and
the said complaint and affidavit shall be presented to the Governor on or before the 4th day
of December next, when the proceedings will be taken to hear and decide such complaint.
A. H. REEDER, Governor, ete.

Prior to the issuing of the proclamation, and, in fact, ever since the
first arrival of Eastern emigrants at Lawrence, there had been increased
and continued excitement all along the Missouri border. Public meetings
were held in every considerable village, at which resolutions more or less
intemperate in tone were passed against the Eastern Abolitionists, as all
were indiscriminately classed, who came out under the auspices of or
identified with the now numerous Kansas emigrant leagues, that had spfung
up in nearly every free State, and whose ‘‘Ho! for Kansas” advertise-
ments filled the columns of the Northern papers.

The Platte County Argus reflected the general sentiment of its patrons
in the following, published soon after the arrival of the first party at

Lawrence. It sounded the tocsin thus :

It is now time to sound the alarm. We know we speak the sentiments of some of the
most distinguished statesmen of Missouri when we advise that counter organizations be
made both in Kansas and Missouri to thwart the reckless course of the Abolitionists. We
must meet them at their very threshold, and scourge them back to their covers of darkness.
They have made the issue, and it is for us to meet and repel them.

 

* The Seventeenth District was subsequently erected. Its limits were not defined in any
proclamation discovered by the compilers. It embraced a small section near ‘“ Westport,”
then the Shawnee reservation and the Methodist Mission, the temporary seat of Jgovern-
ment chosen by Gov. Reeder on removing from Fort Leavenworth.

Place of election, Shawnee agency.—Ed.
on HISTORY OF KANSAS.

; The same paper also advertised a reward of $200 for the detection and
ae of Eli Thayer, President of the New England Emigrant Aid
ociety. ;
_ _ The Democratic Platform hoped, when found, that “‘ he might meet with
just such a course of treatment as one of his sort deserves—hanging !” and
mildly suggested that A. Guthrie, who had written letters East to induce
emigration, should find his just deserts by drowning.

PLATTE COUNTY SELF-DEFENSIVE ASSOCIATION.

Organizations were formed along the line, and pains taken to thor-
oughly advertise their existence and ita intentions toward Abolitionists ;
doubtless as much to intimidate the emigrants as to injure them. The
most remarkable and formidable was the Platte County Self-Defensive
Association, which was formed at Weston, Mo., July 29. The doctrines
and objects of the Association, as set forth in Constitution and preamble,
were: (1) Expulsion of all free negroes from the country. &) Traffic
between whites and slaves forbidden. (3) Slaves not allowed to hire their
own time. (4) Themselves, their honor and their purses, mutually pledged
to bring to immediate punishment all Adolitionists.

On motion of Dr. George Bayliss, the following resolutions were
adopted :

Resolved, That this association will, whenever called upon by any of the citizens of
Kansas Territory, hold itself in readiness together to assist and remove any and all emi-
grants who go there under the auspices of the Northern Emigrant Aid Societies,

Resolved, That we recommend to the citizens of other counties, particularly those

bordering on Kansas Territory, to adopt regulations similar to those of this association, and
to indicate their readiness to co-operate in the objects of this first resolution.

Dr. Bayless, in advocating his resolutions, said: ‘I cannot fight
much ; but I pledge you I will go with you, and you shall have all my skill
as a surgeon for your wounded and dying.” Col. Peter T. Abell was at
the time no less intolerant to the Abolitionists. He was ‘‘ ready to go. the
first hour it shall be announced that the emigrants have come, and with
my own hand help hang every one of them on the first tree!’ Gen. B.
F. Stringfellow also spoke strongly in favor of the Pro-slavery party.

Six presidents were appointed, who were to act on any cases brought
before them, and their judgment, in concurrence with two members of the
Association, was to be final, and to be defended by the entire membership.
Nearly 1,000 pro-slavery men enrolled themselves as members of this club,
pledged to the violation of all law, save the lynch law they had set up.

The proceedings of this meeting were subsequently indorsed at a pub-
lic meeting held at Platte City, August 9, at which time further resolutions
were adopted, declaring ‘‘ That those who are not for us are against us;
that those who hate slaveholders have no right to slaveholders’ money ;
that the purpose of the association is to trade with friends and to let
enemies alone so long as they let alone the Association;’’ also reeommend-
ing that merchants make their purchases in the cities of the slaveholding
States, and that they purchase foreign products from those who import
directly from Europe. At a still later meeting held at Weston, Mo., Aug-
ust 12, resolutions were adopted declaring slavery as it existed to be neither
a moral nor a political evil to the white race, and that the condition of
the negro, in slavery, was better than it had ever been in freedom: and
further declaring in favor of the extension of negro slavery into Kansas.

The members of this association were not, as a whole, a savory lot.
The rank and file were not even what would be called the best society, even
in Western Missouri. They were of that most pitiable, despicable and
often desperate class known in all the Slave States as ‘‘ poor white trash,”
and in Missouri as ‘‘pukes.” They were filthy, shiftless, debauched and
lawless. Too poor to own a slave or a farm, they were the most strenuous
advocates of proprietary rights, and the most blatant defenders of the
‘peculiar institution.” They had, from natural instinct, gravitated along
the Missouri frontier, then the limit of law’s dominion, and within a half
day’s ride of the barbarous freedom, where brute force and prowess, or
savage craft and cunning were the only laws recognized. In this school,
the virtue, amenity, refinement and intelligence of civilized life had given
place to the combined vice and brutality of the three races with which they
mingled; beneath, and mutually despised by all. As a class, they were
cowardly; merciless to the defenseless or helpless, whether man or brute;
yet, rivalling the very slaves they despised in servility to those they feared,
or from whom they hoped reward; venal to the extent of any crime, pro-
vided the recompense was sufficient to insure immunity from punishment.
They were, without doubt, the most desperate and depraved specimens of
humanity within the borders of the Republic—the very jackals of the
human race. Among them were grades of exccllence and depravity. Some
were brutal heroes, who knew not physical fear, and would do and dare
what others planned and boasted; reckless of life, murder and assassina-
tion, with all its concomitant crimes and horrors, was to them no more
than sowing and reaping to the husbandman. These were the ‘‘ Border
Ruffians”’ of Territorial days, the red-handed followers of Quantrell dur-
ing the war, and the Jameses,and Youngs who, with inherited murderous
instincts, still haunt the homes of their predecessors, rebellious even to
death, against the wholesome restraints of law.

The farmers, large landholders, capitalists, merchants and industrious
artisans living in Western Missouri, or emigrated to the new Territory,
largely outnumbered the class above described. They were many of them
slaveholders, and nearly all conscientiously, or from personal interest,
favored the extension of slavery into the new Territory. Yet, they were
high minded, despised meanness, believed in fair play and law and order,
and in living up to all contracts to the letter. Like Benton, they had had
no hand nor heart in the recent abrogation of the oll compromise, took no
pride or satisfaction in it, and gave but lukewarm support to any lawless
efforts to forestall the settlement of the Territory, or otherwise push hastily
the advantages of the faithless abrogation. ; ee

The politicians were thus left with no immediate allies in the proposed
work of forcing slavery into the new Territory, except the mob element

before mentioned. They believed, or professed to believe, that, under the
auspices of the Emigrant Aid Societies of the East, the lowest and most
degraded classes were being shipped to the Territory in numbers sufficient
to vote it a free State, and thus thwart, under the principles of Squatter
Sovereignty which they had evoked, the very ends they were intended to
subserve. With scruples grown lax through hard use in the political
school of ethics, and believing that the righteous end justified the ques-
tionable means, they decided, legally if possible, but by force if they must,
to establish slavery in the Territory—pitting in the lawless strife that was
inevitable, the Missouri Pukes against what they were pleased to term the
“pauper scum” of the Eastern cities. So they rallied their forces,
descending in their oratory, methods, means and morals toethe debauched
understanding of the ignorant rabble they intended to use.

The Platte County Association was the earliest development of the
revolutionary designs of the pro-slavery propagandists. It was prema-
turely formed, and managed to bring about its own dissolution before it
had even reached the proposed field of its destiny. Having no call as yet
to regulate matters in Kansas, the members set up a court of inquisition in
Missouri. No stranger could enter Weston or any town in the vicinity,
whose steps were not dogged by members of this self-constituted police,
until it was ascertained from whence he came, whither he was going and
what were his opinions as to slavery. If net “‘sound on the goose,” as it
was termed, warning to leave was peremptorily served on the hapless
stranger, who, seeing no legal redress, generally deemed it prudent to go
at once. A citizen of Iowa, Thomas A. Minnard, who was temporarily
sojourning in Weston, with his family, while having a house erected on
his claim in Kansas, had the temerity to declare he would vote for Kansas
to be a free State. He was tried, condemned as an Abolitionist and ordered
to leave the country in twenty-four hours, or receive fifty lashes on the
bare back. He had been a Democrat and an advocate of the Kansas-
Nebraska bill, and was still a Democrat; all of which did not palliate the
offense in the eyes of the court, and he accordingly fled with his sick wife
to the wilds of Kansas. Another, an old citizen (which aggravated the
offense) was condemned as an Abolitionist on the uncorroborated testimony
of one negro, and, with half his head shaved, ordered to leave the country
within forty-eight hours or receive 150 lashes. He managed to get off
within the allotted time. Rev. Frederick Starr, an educated clergyman of
irreproachable character and a resident of the county for seven years, was
arraigned for the offense of teaching negroes to read and riding in a buggy
with a ‘“‘negro wench.” He plead guilty, but, in extenuation, showed
that he had the consent of the negro’s owners and that it was the custom
of the country for whites to ride in the same vehicle with their colored
servants. He was acquitted, yet the spirit of espionage that prompted the
arraignment was none the less reprehensible. Further, the organization
attempted to dictate to the merchants as to their modes of doing business—
where they should purchase their goods and to whom they might or might
not sell them. Under this regime, the travel was diverted and the trade
of Weston lanquished. The outraged community became aroused to a
sense of the indignity and disgrace of the situation, and determined to put
an end to mob rule in Weston and set themselves right in the eyes of the
public without delay.

Accordingly, a mass meeting of all the best citizens of the place was
held September 1, at which the following were adopted:

_ WHEREAS, Our rights and privileges as citizens of Weston, Platte Co., Mo., have been
disregarded, infringed upon and grievously violated within the last few weeks by certain
members of the Platte County Self-Defensive Association; and,

Wuernas, The domestic quiet of our families, the sacred honor of our sons and daugh-
ters, the safety of our property, the security of our livings and persons, the good name our
fathers left us, the good name of us all and the city of our adoption, are each and all disre-
spected and vilely aspersed, and contemptuously threatened with mob violence; wherefore
it is imperatively demanded that we, in mass meeting assembled, on this the 1st day of Sep-
tember, 1854, do make Fremet, honorable, effective und immediate defense of our rights and
privileges as citizens of this glorious Union. Therefore,

_, Lesolved (1), That we, whose names are hereunto affixed, are order-loving and law-
abiding citizens,

(2) That we are Union men; we love the South much, but we love the Union betler; our
motto is, “The Union first, Union second, and Union forever.”

_ 8) That we disapprove Bayliss’ resolution as eontaining nullification, disunion and
aad te sentiments,

4) That we as consumers, invite and solicit our merehants to purchase their goods
wherever il is most udvantageous to the buyer and the consumer.

(6) That. we hold every man as entitled to equal respect and confidence until his conduct
proves him unworthy of the same.

(6) That we understand the Douglas bill as giving all the citizens of the Confederacy
equal rights and equal immunities in the ‘Territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

(7) That we beliove in the dignity of labor. It does not necessarily detract from the
moral or intellectual character of man,

(8) ‘That we aro competent to judge who shall be expelled from our community, and
who shall make laws for our corporation.

(9) That mere suspicion is not ground of guilt. Mob law can only be tolerated when
all other laws fail, and then only on proof of guilt.

(10) And, lastly, that certain members, the leaders of the Platte County Self-Defensive
Association, have proclaimed aud advocated and attempted to force measures upon us con-
trary to the foregoing principles, which measures we do solemnly disavow and disapprove
and utterly disclaim as being diametrically opposed to common and constitutional law, and
as having greatly disturbed and well-nigh destroyed the order, the peace and harmony of
our community ; and as being too well calculated to injure us in our property and character
at home and abroad, we will thus ever disavow and disclaim, 5
G. W. Gist, Chairman.

J. B. Evans, Secretary.

This very determined and patriotic manifesto was signed by 170 of the
most staid and reliable citizens of the place, and was backed by sufficient

physical force to effectually end the meddlesome functions of the associa-
tion thereafter.

\

BLUE LODGES.

The dissolution of the open organization being accomplished, the ele
ments were re-organized under conditions more fitted for the work. Secret
lodges were organized under various names—‘‘Social Band,” ‘ Friends’
Society,” ‘Sons of the South,” “Blue Lodge,” ete. Their objects, under
whatever name adopted, were identical, and long after were plainly stated,

on elicited and ample proof, by the Congressional investicati i
of 1855, as follewe: p 'y gress nvestigating committee
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 91

Its members were bound together by secret oaths, and they had ass-words, signs
‘. . and
grips by which they were known to each other; penalties wore fmapyeed for Tilating the
rules and secrets of the order; written minutes were kept of the proceedings of the lodges,
and the different lodges were connected together by an effective organization. It embraced

reat numbers of the citizens of Missouri, and was extended into other slave States and into
the Territory. Its avowed purpose was, not only to extend slavery into Kansas, but also into
other Territories of the United States, and to form a union of all the friends of that institu-
tion, Its plan of operating was to organize and send men to vote at the elections in the Ter-
ritory, to collect money to pay their expenses, and, if necessary, to protect them in voting.
It also proposed to induce pro-slavery men to emigrate into the Territory, to aid and sustain
them while there, and to elect none to office but those friendly to their views. This danger-
ous society was controlled by men who avowed their purpose to extend slavery into the Ter-
ritory at all hazards, and was altogether the most effective instrument in organizing the sub-
sequent armed invasions and forays. In its lodges in Missouri the affairs of Kansas were dis-
cussed, the force necessary to control the election was divided into bands and leaders selected.
Means were collected, and signs and badges were agreed upon. While the great body of the
actual settlers of the Territory were relying upon fhe rights secured to them by the organic
law, and had formed no or; anization or combination whatever, even of a party character,
this conspiracy against their rights was gathering strength in a neighboring State, and would
ae ce sufficient at the first election to have overpowered them, even if they had been
united to a man.

_ The existence of this secret organization was an ‘open secret” in
Missouri, and was not unknown to the reading public of the North, at the
time of Gov. Reeder’s arrival. As early as Moreiber 16, the St. Louis
Democrat announced: ‘Senator Atchison is at present engaged in the
upper country, banding a secret society of 5,000 persons. These, accord-
ing torumor, are pledged to move. into Kansas on the day of the first
election, to vote slavery into that Territory.”

Knowing the state of affairs along the Missouri border, and having
ascertained by personal investigation the needs and wishes of the actual
settlers in the Territory, Gov. Reeder decided that their rights should not
be put in jeopardy by the hasty ordering of the Territorial election of a
Legislature. His proclamation for the election of a Congressional Dele-
gate only, coupled with the provisions therein contained, defining the
qualifications of legal voters, and providing against fraud, was received
with ill-concealed chagrin by the leaders of the slavery democracy, who
had, up to that time, cherished the hope that the Administration had sent
Las a tool, if not an ally. They were not long in discovering that he was
neither.

November 14, a meeting was held at Leavenworth, at which, after
much talking, a memorial was drawn up, and a committee chosen to
present the same to Gov. Reeder. The meeting, its objects, its leaders
and its results are all-shown in the following, which is copied and con-
densed from the Kansas Weekly Herald of November 24, 1854.

INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.

The subjoined interesting correspondence, together with the letter from the committee
of the Leavenworth meeting, to which the Governor’s last letter below is a reply, have been
furnished us for publication. In giving insertion to this correspondence, on a subject in
which the people feel a lively interest, we are compelled, in consequence of the press of mat-
ter upon our columns, to omit at present, the letter of the committee to the Governor, but we
will publish that document in our next.* We would have preferred inserting the whole cor-
respondence at once, but not being able to do so, we pie the Governor’s reply.

The Governor is plain, frank and courteous in his reply, and it is such a one under the
circumstances, in which he will be justified by the citizens of Kansas.

Following this unequivocal editorial approval of the course of Gov.
Reeder is a letter addressed to him by J. C. Thompson, Robert H. Higgins
and M. F. Conway, asking a copy of the correspondence between him and
the committee, to which he replied by furnishing the following letter:

y Fort LEAVENWORTH, Kansas Territory, November 21, 1854.
To F. Gwinner, D. A. N. Grover, Robert C. Miller, William F. Dyer and Alfred Jones, Esqrs.,
Committee:

GENTLEMEN :—On the 16th inst. you called on me in the capacity of acommittee claim-
ing to represent and speak for a meeting of citizens of Kansas Territory, held the preced-
ing day at Leavenworth City, and presenting me your memorial in behalf of that meeting.
The memorial commences with the statement that you are acting under a resolution of such
meeting and ends by “urgently pressing” me to “comply with the wishes of those by
whom we were appointed.” BY :

Finding that you did not come as individual citizens, acting for yourselves, but as the
representatives of others, I took the ground that it was necessary and proper for me to know
whom you represented, and that I must have a eupy of the proceedings of the meetin:
which appointed you. Your chairman seemed at first to think that was unnecessary.
replied that it was very obviously necessary I should know by the only authentic evidence,
that you had been appointed and by whom; and I further stated that unless the proceed-
ings were furnished I should not consider myself bound to notice your memorial. You then
agreed to furnish them. I waited their coming until last evening, when I received from the
post office a communication from you, dated the 17th inst., but with no post-mark to inform
me when it was mailed. This communication declines to furnish the proceedings of the
meeting—professes to give the reasons for the refusal—contains the very deliberate enun-
ciation of some inherent rights of the people of Kansas, which no one would ever think of
questioning, and some other propositions which must, in a confusion of correspondence
have got into that letter by mistake, as I have been utterly unable to discover how they
were connected with the subject of discussion; and again requests that my answer to your
memorial be made known to you and those “ whose organ you have the honor tobe.” The
reasons you give may be briefly stated. First, you say, that some of you at least are “recog-
nized inhabitants” of Kansas, and asserting your own character as honorable men, you
claim that I should have endorsed your own opinion on that head by taking your allega-
tion of the facts instead of asking for the usual and natural evidence of them. Second) >
That the people of Kansas have a right to make known their wishes to the executive with-
out putting them in writing, or organizing any meeting for that purpose. To the latter, I
have only tosay, that I admit cheerfully the proposition it contains, but Iam at a loss to under-
stand what possible bearing it has upon the question whether Iam entitled to have a copy
of the proceedings of this meeting which has been held, and an extract from which you pro-
fess to give. As to the first reason, passing over the indelicacy of gentlemen putting their
personal character unnecessarily and improperly in issue, and demanding of me who never
impugned or impeached it, that I should dispense with the forms and vouchers which the
occasion demanded, by adopting in lieu thereof, any estimate of that character whatever,
and especially one made by yourselves, as the basis of my official action, I beg leave to
remind you that you are requiring more than this, and with signal modesty, demand that I
should surrender my judgment to yours, and if you should be of opinion that the meeting
who sent you was composed of “citizens of Kansas,” I should take for granted that you are
infallible, adopt your conclusions, and consider it unnecessary to judge for myself. Doubt-
less this would save a vast deal of trouble, and, if I could take your infallibility for granted,
it would leave me but little to do, but to register your decrees. That, however, is not my
mode of doing business, and although I seek the opinions and suggestions of others, I pre-
fer to judge for myself. There is another very singular aspect of this reason of yours.
Without inquiring of me what I intended to do in relation to an election of members of the
Legislature, you attract public attention by assembling a meeting, and after a speech appro-

*The docnment alluded to was not published as promised, but its import is plainly shown
in Gov. Reeder’s letter.

priate to the design of the meeting, a committee is formally sponnied to prepare a grave
and diplomatic memorial to quicken me in the performance of my official duty, and when
you have made the affair thus public, precise and ceremonious, so far as it is calculated to
cast censure on my judgment and fidelity, you modestly insist that all the residue of the
proceedings shall be as informal as you choose to make them, and whilst you by your
actions are censuring me, I shall be required in the same transaction, to recognize you as
men who cannot possibly err in motive or in judgment. These rules of logic and equity I
have never learned ; and I think, gentlemen, that to you belongs the merit of their discovery.

Your reasons being thus disposed of, allow me to repeat, you come to me as the agent of
others, whom you allege are citizens of Kansas, and therefore entitled to a reply. I ask for
a copy of the proceedings, in order that I may be satisfied as to that fact. You peremptorily
refuse to give them. By all the rules of common sense, common courtesy and common jus-
tice, I would be justified in refusing to notice your communication, as I had once resolved to
do. I have, however, changed my mind, and will proceed to state some facts within the
knowledge of the whole public in this vicinity (who will decide between us if we disagree),
and which I should have pence almost entirely by your own evidence had you not, from
the pinching exigencies of the case, been compelled to refuse a copy of the proceedings.

The meeting was not of the citizens of Kansas, as your proceedings will show if you will
produce them. It was a meeting composed mainly of the citizens of Missouri and a few of
the citizens of Kansas. Your own body, whom I am now addressing, contains two un-
doubted residents of Missouri, one of whom is your Chairman, who resides with his family
in the town of Liberty, Mo., as he has done for years, and whose only attempt at a residence
in Kansas consists of a card nailed to a tree, upon ground long since occupied by other set-
tlers, who have built and lived upon the claim. The President of your meeting was Maj.
John Doughearty, a resident and large land-holder in Clay County, Mo., as he has stated to
me since the meeting, and will not hesitate to state again, as he is a highminded, honora-
ble man, above all concealment or disguise.

The gentlemen principally composing your meeting came from across the river, sen
ing the road from the ferry to the town, on horseback and in wagons, in numbers variously
estimated by different persons at two hundred to three hundred, and after the meeting was
over they returned to their homes in the State of Missouri. These are facts notorious here,
as any public occurrence can be, and every man who had eyes to see and ears to hear is cog-
nizant of them.

They were the subject of much remark and the cause of deep dissatisfaction, and even
on the ground in the meeting and in reply to the speech of your Chairman, who was chief
spokesman of the occasion, this invasion of our Territory was loudly complained of by some
of the outnumbered citizens of Kansas, and has frequently since been made the subject of
indignant complaint to me. Such is the meeting from which you derive authority, and such
the title by which you assume to interfere in the regulation of our affairs. Few men, with
all the facts before them, would be hardy enough to say that the assumption is en titled to
any respect. The law guarantees to us the right to manage our own affairs. It is the great,
much discussed feature of our Territorial Government, and one which our people highly
prize, under the pledges of which the inhabitants of the Territory have come and staked
their future fortunes on our soil. .

The pea of that law must be redeemed, and it is a poor and pitiless boon to have
escaped from the domination of Congress if we are only to pass under the hands of another
set of self-constituted rulers, foreign to our soil and sharing none of our burdens, no matter
what may be their virtues or their worth as men and citizens at home. It may be very desir-
able for gentlemen to live among the comforts of the States, with all the accumulated con-
veniences and luxuries of an old home, and make an occasional expedition into our Terri-
tory to arrange our affairs—instruct our people and public officers and control our govern-
ment—but it does not suit us, and I much mistake the people of this Territory if they sub-
mit to it. One thing I am certain of, that, having sworn to perform the duties of the office
of Governor with fidelity, I shall denounce and resist it in friend or foe, and without tegard
to the locality, the faction or the “ism” from which it comes.

Thus much the citizens of Kansas have a right to demand at my hands, and to fail in
it would be the boldest dereliction of official duty. We believe that we are competent to
govern ourselves, and as we must bear the consequences of our own errors and reap the fruit
of our own decisions, we must decline any gratuitous help in making them.

We shall always be glad to see our neighbors across the river as friends and visitors
among us, and will endeavor to treat them with kindness and hospitality. We shall be still
more pleased if they will abandon their present homes and dot our beautiful country with
their residences to contribute to our wealth and progress, but until they do the latter we
must coepeetally but determinedly decline to allow them any participation in regulating
our aiairs.

When that is to be done, we insist that they shall stand aside and permit us to do the
work ourselves. :

This, gentlemen, with due respect for you Be is the only reply that I shall give
to the suggestion in behalf of your meeting relative to the time and manner of taking our
census and holding our election. Your obedient servant,

: A. H. REEDER.

From the publication of the foregoing letter dates the absolute es-
trangement and divorce, both in confidence and sympathy, between Gov.
Reeder and the revolutionary plotters over the Missouri border. He was
solemnly pledged to defend the bona fide settlers against all outside inter-
ference in their affairs. He had boldly announced that he was the Governor
of Kansas, and as such, deemed it his duty to throw around and over its
people the protection of the law. Thenceforth, the line was sharply
drawn, and avowed hostility and bitter enmity prevailed, whcre before
had been only the uncertainty of distrust.

THE FIRST POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

The interest in the coming election evinced by the actual settlers was of
an exceedingly mild type. They were all pre-occupied in the, to them, more
important business of building their cabins and otherwise providing them-
selves homes and shelter before the winter should set in. There was no
party organization in the Territory. The slavery question was not
generally understood to be an issue in the election of a Territorial Dele-

ate, as it was disavowed or ignored in most of the speeches of the candi-

ates, and it was well known that the Delegate elected could wield no
influence and would have no vote that could influence the future destinies
of the Territory, either toward freedom or slavery.

The candidates were many of them self-announced or self-nominated.
The first candidates were announced in the Kansas Herald of Novem-
ber 10, 1854, as follows: *

4ay-We are authorized to announce James N. Burnes, Esq., as a Democratic candidate
for Delegate to Congress for the Territory of Kansas. :

Aa-We are authorized to annaunce J. B. Chapman as candidate for Delegate in Con-
gress from Kansas Territory.

In the same issue, a synopsis is given of J. B. Chapman’s maiden
speech to his desired constituents, at the Leavenworth House. When he
came into the Territory he had no design of becoming-a candidate; having
had much experience in public affairs, and become interested in the wel-
fare of the Territory, he had decided to submit his claims. He favored
the Homestead Bill, and a liberal policy of internal improvements; be-
lieved in slack water navigation on the Kansas River, whereby it might be
made navigable for several months in the year; thought railroads to a
great extent would supersede water navigation, and favored putting one
across the Territory, first, north and south; aferward, east and west. He
opposed the secret manner in which the late Indian treaties had been con-
92 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

summated, and was particularly severe and sarcastic in the modes and
methods of the Indian Commissioner, Manypenny. :

On the slavery question he said he felt no particular interest; that he
was raised in a slave and had lived in a free State, and was satisfied with
the institutions of either.
in this matter, and he should follow in carrying out their will. He was a
Democrat, and advocated the principles of the Kansas Bill. He was for
the Constitution, and preserving the Union at all hazards and for main-
taining inviolate the laws of the country, and protecting every man in his
property, slaves as well as any other species.

James N. Burnes publicly withdrew from the canvass November 17,
stating, in a card, that he could not make a canvass on the platform con-
templated by his friends, but thanking them for their support, and with-
drawing his name as a candidate, ‘‘deferentially yielding his own views to
those of the squatters of Kansas.”

The Kansas Herald of November 17 shows an accession of candidates
and the campaign fairly begun. It reports the doings of the convention
at Leavenworth, which has been before mentioned as presenting its me-
morial to Gov. Reeder. It appears therefrom that, in addition to at-
tempting to dictate as to the gubernatorial management of affairs, it at-
tempted the nomination of a Congressional Delegate. The report is as
follows:

CONVENTION.

The convention advertised to take place on Wednesday last, proved to be what we said
last week, “love's labor lost’—an abortion—no one. being willing to father the call, or ac-
knowledge having anything to do with it. The meeting was prematurely called without the
consultation or approbation of the settlers of the Territory, and it turned out just as we ex-
pected. Ifa convention of the people—inhabitants of the Territory+could have been had,
and a fair expression of their will obtained, so as to concentrate aur strength upon some one
who would truly represent our interests, it would have been well.

A meeting was organized, however, and after some very appropriate remarks by Capt.
Jesse Morin, in opposition to the convention, a resolution was adopted that the call for a
convention was premature, when the meeting adjourned.

Mr. Grover then took the stand, and withdrew from the canvass in favor of Gen. Whit-
field, and at his suggestion and perhaps some others, another meeting was organized by call-
ing Maj. Doughearty, of Clay County, Mo., to the chair, and Robert C. Miller, of Kansas Ter-
ritory, as Secretary. This meeting was addressed by various persons on various subjects.
The discussion took a wide latitudinarian range, and though the avowed object of this sec-
ond meeting was to make a nomination, it turned out as the first. We believe there was a
resolution passed in reference to urging upon the Governor the propaey of convening the
Legislature at the earliest practical period. But this resolution, like the call fora conven-
tion, was premature. Because it is reasonable to Suppose the Governor will call the Legisla-
ture at the earliest practicable period ; but of course he must be the judge when it is practi-
cable. We cannot but believe that the Governor will act wisely and discreetly in this mat-
ter, and for the best interests of the Territo. He can have no ulterior object in view in
not ordering an election forthwith, further than what he deems for the public good. That
he desires to postpone an election that the abolition emigrating aid societies, may pourin
their hired paupers upon us next spring, no reasonable man can seriously for a moment
believe. The history of Gov. Reeder’s whole life stamps such an idea, as base coin, as un-
worthy of credit. That the Governor will call the Legislature at as early a day as the cir-
cumstances will admit, cannot admit of a reasonable doubt.

We think some of these gentlemen have been beaten at their own game—that they have
found when they want to win they must play high, that the highest number will always
peat the lowest—and that hereafter they will be content to let, the actual settlers take the
lead in all matters pertaining to the interests of the Territory.

The day of the convention was full of interest, and big with the fate of many an aspir-
ant for:Congressional honors—several of whom gave way for another. What the result will
be no one now can tell. Gen. Whitfield, Judge Flenneken, and J. B. Chapman are the
most prominent, one of whom will doubtless be elected.

It is certainly not strange that Gov. Reeder, having read the above
report of the convention in a pro-slavery paper, should have demanded of
the committee who presented the memorial, the minutes of the proceed-
ings of the convention, or that, being refused, he should have given them
the reply he did. Notwithstanding the known irregularity of the conven-
tion, the candidate then named concluded to run, and defined his position
to the citizens of Leavenworth on the day of this Missouri Convention.
The Herald report of his speech is as follows:

Gen. Whitfield, candidate for delegate to Congress from Kansas Territory, addressed
quite a large assemblage of the people from the stump, in this place on Wednesday last. He
was listened to with marked attention by the great crowd who had been brought thither
by the call for a convention to nominate a candidate. _

Gen. Whitfield said in becoming a candidate, he did-so upon his own hook, without the
urgent solicitation of friends, or the aid and authority of a convention. He was a candidate,
and should remain so until the evening of the day of election, independent of a convention
or nomination. He said he was a free man, and should submit only’to the will of the ma-
jority of the people as expressed at the ballot box. :

~@ He declared himself the firm and unwavering friend of the squatter, and in favor of
extending to every settler on the public lands a pre-emption. He was in favor of so modify-
ing the Delaware Treaty as to secure a pre-emption to every scttler on the Delaware lands.*
He would use all the influence in his power to make said change in the treaty; and he
thought his connection with the Indians and the Indian Department, fopouher with the per-
sonal relations existing between himself and heads of Departments, the Prosident, the c itor
of the Washington Union, and many members of Congress, would enable him to do as much
as any man to effect this desirable object. He said the treaty could and would be changed
that he had always opposed it, and had told Mr. Manypenny, when he was first informe
the Delaware Treaty was made, it could never be carried into effect. IHe condemned it then
and his opinions were not now manufactured for this race. Ile said he had encouraged
settlers to go upon the Delaware lands, and believed they would never be disturbed.

Among his other duties, if elected, he said, he should endeavor to have mail routes
established wherever they were needed. He was a railroad man, but did not believe that
anything. in that line could be accomplished, for Kansas Territory, at this short session of
Congress.

ae advocated the principles ef the Kansas bill, and believed that the people alone
should settle the question of slavery for themselves. The bill gave them this poets and
had taken the question from the halls of Congress, and placed it where it properly belongs.

Gen. W., in conclusion, said he had nothing to do with the convention, knew nothing
of its origin, believed it did not come from the settlers, and he should not abide the action
of the convention. He was before the sovereigns, and it was with them to do as they
pleased with him on the 29th of November.

The above is about the substance of the remarks of Gen. W.,as we remember them.
We took no notes of his speech at the time. His remarks, we believe, were generally well
received. It is said thathe will be a formidable competitor in the race.

The fotlowing also appears in the same issue from which the forego-
ing quotations are given :

We are authorized_to announce Hon. Robert P. Flenneken, of the Sixteenth
Election District (embracing Leavenworth and Salt Creek)’ as a candidate for Delegate to
Congress for Kansas Territory, at the approaching election on the 29th inst.

 

*At this time, the Missouri incursionists had already claimed all the valuable lands of the
Delawares, contrary to the terms of the treaty with the tribe who were the occupants, and whose
protests were already filed at Washington.

He was in favor of letting the people control ,

Mr. Flenneken had come into the Territory with Gov. Reeder. He
was attached to the Governor, if the Governor was not to him. It is stated
on the authority of a witness before the investigating committee, that he
admitted on his way to the Territory, in October, that he was, or was to
be, a candidate for Congressional honors. Be that as it may, he appeared
at this time as a candidate, and, having been defeated, returned to his
home in Pennsylvania, and ceased to be thereafter an elementary part of
the Territory or its history. His antecedents, qualifications and mode of
nomination are shown in the following, which appeared in the same paper
and at the same date of the announcement of his candidacy :

To the Qualified Voters of Kansas Territory :

In view of the election to be held in the Territory on the 29th instant, for delegates to
the House of Representatives of the United States, the undersigned, a committee of the
numerous friends of the Hon. Robert P. Flenneken, offer him as a candidate for the said
office, and announce some of the reasons why, in their opinion, he should be supported.

r. Flenneken has been, heretofore, a citizen of Fayette County, in the State of Penn-
sylvania, where he has been for many years a consistent, sound and National Democrat—a
citizen of the highest moral and social standing, and a lawyer of distinguished reputation
and successful practice. He was formerly a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania,
and, under the appointment of President Polk, a Representative of the United States at the
Court of Denmark, where he attained much reputation by the ability and fidelity with

‘ which he discharged his duties. He has settled in the Territory with the intention of

making it his future permanent residence, and his family are preparing to follow him,

His general intelligence—his sound and reliable prudence and good sense—his clear
and comprehensive intellect—his legal knowledge—his general and favorable acquaintance
with the members of Congress and the public men attached to the National Administration,

ive us the surest guarantee that he will make a most useful, efficient and valuable Delegate,
in whose hands the important interests of the Territory will be well taken care of, and to
whom we may confidently look for procuring the appropriations for military roads and
bridges, public buildings, geological survey, the modification of Indian treaties and for
adjusting the many post routes and post offices hes es the Territory. .
Some persons, we regret to say, are making an effort to introduce into this election the
uestion of free and slave labor, and to array the advocates of each against the other, and in
dror of different candidates, We cannot see the necessity or propriety of agitating this
question at this time. A Delegate in Congress will have no duties to perform connected
with it in any way, and should be elected only with an eye to his value, efficiency and in-
fluence in procuring the legislation which we so much need to advance the prosperity and
improvement of the Territory. The man who can best do this should be elected without
reference to his views on other questions. Mr. F. does not run as a candidate upon this
issue, and we do not place him before the people on that ground. The weakness of the
Territory requires that all citizens upon both sides of that question should stand side by
side and work in harmony, concert and good feeling, to advance the progress of our Terri-
tory, with the greatest possible rapidity . It will be time enough to make issue upon the
question of slavery, when it shall come up for decision; and it would inflict a deep injury
upon our interests to elect a Delegate to Congress upon this issue, no matter which party
should succeed, as it would immediately array against him the members of Congress who
should differ in opinion from the successful party—whereas if our Delegate is elected with-
out raising the question, we shall not excite in Congress the opposition of the other party,
and it will be comparatively easy to obtain what the wants of the Territory require.

We may add that the best evidence of our sincerity is, that we ourselves are divided in
opinion upon the question—some of us being anti-slavery men and some pro-slavery men,
whilst we are, nevertheless, united in the support of Mr. F. We believe him to be the man
whom the Territory needs for the office—the man who can best advance its interests in
Washington—and, from all the information we can receive, the man who will be strongest
before the people at the polls, and whom the majority of them desire, and we therefore
recommend him for your support.

B. H. TwoMBty, H. B. Jouuy,
Wm. A. HAMMOND, M. F. Conway,
ROBERT RIDDLE,

K. Coates,
R. H. Hieeins, Davin Z. SMITH,

NovEMBER 18, 1854. Committee.

One week after the publication of the foregoing, a flaming manifesto
appeared in the same paper from the followers of Gen. Whitfield, impugn-
ing the sincerity and questioning the soundness of both Mr. Flenneken and
the committee who had aed him in nomination. It was addressed
thus: ‘“‘To THE FREEMEN OF Kansas. VoTERS, BE ON YOUR GuaRD.” As
“citizens of Kansas,” the undersigned deemed it their duty to warn the
voters of the Territory against the insidious character of the circular put-
ting Mr. Flenneken in nomination. They charged that his chief reliance
for support. was upon the ‘Abolition Vote” in the Wakarusa settle-
ment, based on assurances that the inhabitants thereof would give him
1,000 votes; that his predilections were opposed to slave labor; that all of
the men whose names were signed to the circular were opposed to slavery
in Kansas, save one; and that he had “been in the Territory but a few
weeks, and if not elected, may remain but a few weeks longer.” It closed
as follows:

Of Gen. J. W. Whitfield we feel that we need not speak. Te has long been a resident
of the Territory, and is known to be thoroughly identified in all his interests, feelings and
sympathics with the squatters. Being emphatically a squatter himself, and intimately
acquainted with the entire Territory, he is peculiarly fitted to represent this important
interest in Congress, Tlis strong practical sensc, long legislative experience, extensive gen-
eral information and favorable acqitaintance with the Cabinet of President Pierce and the
members of Congress gonerally, peculiarly qualify him to advance our interests at this
particular juncture.

To the document were appended the names of F. Gwinner, A. Russell,
M. Pierce Rively, H. D. McMeekin, R. M Deavenport, D. A. N. Grover,
James N. Burnes, William F. Dyer, James Brooks, Robert C. Miller, M.
Clark, George H. Perain, C. H. Grover, A. Payne, James W. Rich, Thomas
8. Owens, E. G. Booth, A. H. Scott, N. T. Shaler and Thomas Johnson,
all avowed pro-slavery Democrats, and some of them of the extreme Mis-
souri border school.

_. Hon. John A. Wakefield also proclaimed himself an independent can-
didate, and canvassed the Territory. He was thus described by William
Phillips (Conquest of Kansas):

“As a Free-state man, the Judge was unquestionably reliable. He
was a Western man, and ‘no Abolitionist;’ but, as he explained in a speech
we once heard him make, ‘a Free-soiler up to the hub—hub and all.” The
Judge is a character in his way. His public speeches and private conver-
sation are characterized by a style anh enunciation decidedly provincial,
and his grammar sets up a standard somewhat independent of Lindley
Murray ; but he is sound and shrewd in his opinions and convictions, and
honest to the core. The old gentleman is somewhat ortly. He is a man
with a presence, and, had the choice been made, as Deidrich Knickerbocker
tells us they elected magistrates in his time (by weight), the worthy Judge
would have distanced both his competitors put together. Unfortunately,
the Free-state men were divided, and had no great faith in either of their
candidates. We honestly believe that the old Judge was the ‘smartest’

J. M. ALEXANDER,
CHARLES LEIB,
J. P. RICHARDSON.
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 93

of the three, the standard in neither case being very high. The worthy
Judge, moreover, was a specimen of that school, rapidly disappearing
under the blows of ‘Young America,’ the ‘fine old gentleman.’ With him
the amenities of life were facts, and worth considering.”

The Judge, like his two chief competitors (Chapman fell out early),
made a speech at Leavenworth, which the Herald (November 24) reported
and commented on as follows: ;

Mr. Wakefield arrived in our town yesterday, and, after a short notice, a respectable
number of our citizens assembled to hear him speak. He addressed them in a few remarks,
defining his position in favor of changing the Delaware treaty, so as to give every mana
pre-emption, and dwelt upon its injustice. He was in favor of liberal appropriations for
making roads, and for improving the navigation of the Kansas River, anh for creating a
liberal fund for education, and for granting a homestead to every settler. He was against
agitating the slavery question at this time, as the Delegate could have no vote upon the
question. He was born in South Carolina and raised in Kentucky; had lived in free
States and been a pioneer all his life; had held many offices of public trust; was acquainted
with many of the Western members of Congress, and believed he could exercise an influ-
ence with them; that he was in favor of this being a free State; was a free-soiler, and
opposed to abolitionism and free negroes settling in this Territory. He said he was an
actual resident of the Territory, with his wife and children around him, and doubted
whether either Gen. Whitfield or Mr. Flenneken could claim a bona Jide residence in
Kansas. He said he had canvassed a large portion of the Territory; was satisfied that the
race was between him and Gen. Whitfield, and that one or the other of them must be
BEE that no other person would be in the way. “Now,” said he, “choose whom you

ave.

‘This is the substance of the remarks. We have no room for comment. The people
now have the opinions of the candidate; they can judge for themselves.

The names of several other gentlemen were announced ; but, on the
day of election there were but three who had sufficient following to be
recognized as candidates. They were:

(1) Gen. John W. Whitfield, who, though ignoring the slavery issue
during the canvass, had been first named for the position by a revolution-
ary meeting of Afssourtans, and counted, with certainty, upon the full
slavery vote of the Territory, and also that of his Missouri constituents
to any number required to make his election sure.

(2) Robert P. Flenneken, a friend of Gov. Reeder, understood to be
an administration Democrat, with Free-soil proclivities. He was a stranger
—a mere sojourner in the land—and, had his talents far transcended those
he possessed, would have only commanded the divided support of his
friend’s friends against the unanimous and bitter opposition of Gov.
Reeder’s political enemies.

(8) Judge John A. Wakefield, an honest, frank, outspoken Free-soiler,
pone popular, could only expect to divide with Mr. Flenneken the

ree-state vote of the bona fide settlers of the Territory.

With the prevailing apathy of the inhabitants, and the other apparent
advantages of Gen. Whitfield over both his competitors, his election by an
honest ballot of legal voters was assured. The short-sighted and suicidal
policy of the slavery party, in vitiating their own assured success, and
overwhelming it with a needless avalanche of fraud, seemed to violate,
not only all principles of justice and right, but to set at nought the dictates
of prudence, shrewdness and common sense. It was a vile blunder, anda
needless crime.

THE FIRST TERRITORIAL ELECTION.

The proclamation of Gov. Reeder, calling and providing for an honest
election by the actual residents of the Territory, was vot deemed sufficiently
comprehensive to meet the desires or demands of ‘the Missouri sovereigns,
who, under the covert of the ‘‘ Blue Lodges,” had already formulated the
future laws of the Territory and foreurdained her destiny. The qualifica-
tions of voters as prescribed, not only ignored the Missouri element, but
barred it out entirely. To disappointment and humiliation was added indig-
nation, and, thus fired, the self-appointed arbiters of the destinies of the
new Territory, in contempt of the Governor and all over whom he was
appointed to rule, determined to boldly put to practical test the plans and
methods adopted already by the Pro-slavery junto.

The Pro-slavery movement was under the lead of Hon. David R.
Atchison, then a United States Senator, serving a second term. He had
been meritoriously honored by advancement from lower to higher positions
of public trust for nearly a generation. His reputation was national, and
so had won him the highest position in the National Senate, having been
chosen President pro tempore of that body, on the decease of Vice Presi-
dent King. His speeches in the Senate, pending the passage of the Ne-
braska bill, though uncompromisingly Pro-slavery, were models of par-
liamentary propriety. His known, though somewhat dilatory champion-
ship of the Douglas bill, together with his undoubted loyalty to the South-
ern views regarding slavery, made him the unquestioned leader of the party
who believed, as did Mr. Atchison himself, that the passage of the Kansas-
Nebraska bill would inevitably result in a slave State west of Missouri.
So, it becomes the duty of the historian to record him as the ruling spirit
of the slavery propagandists, to whom the Stringfellows, and the great
unwashed and unkempt multitude of ruffians who followed them, looked
for inspiration and direction. In the contemporaneous records of the
times, the historian looks in vain for an unbiased or truthful statement of
facts. The following report of aspeech from Gen. Atchison, made Novem-
ber 6, 1854, to his Western constituency, at’Weston, Mo., is copied from
the Platte Argus. It contains the context of garbled extracts, quite
familiar to the readers of those times, and is given in full, in order to show
the beliefs which impelled the reprehensible acts of Mr. Atchison and his
followers. The following is the report :

He would now pass to the settlement of Kansas, its destiny and the effect it was to

tate of Missouri. tne SSA

mer tere as ene the Territory vests in the people who reside in it the power to form

all its municipal regulations. They can either ea or exclude slavery; and this is the
ion that materially affects our interests. _ ; ;

one yen ais subject it would be unnecessary for him to say one word, if uenee had been

left to their ordinary and natural course. Men heretofore migrated and settled new Terri-

tories upon this continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, following the parallels of

latitude, and carryin; with them their habits, customs and institutions. But now new laws

are to govern; new fines, new habits, customs and institutions are to be substituted, and
f money and organization. hone .

ai The We eee te be inened to the South, and all the Territories of the United States to

be abolitionized ; colonies are to be planted in all places where slavery and slave institutions

can best be assailed; and Kansas is now a favorite position, from whence they can now assai
Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. Men are being sent from Massachusetts and elsewhere for
the avowed purpose of excluding slave-holders from Kansas, and, as a matter of course, to
seduce, steal and protect fugitive slaves. The first thing, however, they have to do is to
throw into Kansas a majority of votes to control the ballot boxes.

This is the fey of the abolitionists. These means are used by them. Their money
and all other influences they can bring to bear are to be exerted for this purpose.

Gen. Atchison said that his mission here to-day was, if possible, to awaken the people
of this county to the danger ahead, and to suggest the means to avoid it. The people of
Kansas, in their first elections, would decide the question, whether or not the slaveholder
was to be excluded, and it depended upon a majority of the votes cast at the polls. Now, if
a set of fanatics and dema; ogues, a thousand miles off, could afford to advance their money
and exert every nerve to abolitionize the Territory and exclude the slave-holder, when they
have not the least personal interest in the matter, what is your duty? When you reside
within one day’s journey of the territory, and when your peace, your quiet and your prop-
erty depend upon your action, you can, without an exertion, send 500 of your young men
who will vote in favor of your institutions. ,

Should each county in the State of Missouri only do its duty, the question will be
decided quietly and peaceably at the ballot box. If we are defeated, then Missouri and the
other Southern States will have shown themselves recreant to their interests, and will have
deserved their fate. The abolitionists will have nothing to gain or lose. It is an abstraction
with them. We have much to gain and much to lose.

Said he, “If you burn my barn, I sustain a great loss, but you gain nothing. So it is
with the colonizationist societies and the dupes they send to abolitionize Kansas.

“Tf these abolitionists steal your negroes, they gain nothing. The negroes are injured;
you are ruined. So much greater is the motive for activity on your part.

“Fellow citizens, we should not be apathetic when so much is involved. We should be
up and doing.” He was for meeting organization with organization. He was for meeting
those philanthropic knaves peaceably at the ballot-box and outvoting them.

If we cannot do this, it is an omen that the institution of slavery must fallin this and
the other Southern States, but it would fall after much strife, civil war and bloodshed.

If abolitionism, under its present auspices, is established in Kansas, there will be con-
stant strife and bloodshed between Kansas and Missouri. Negro stealing will be a pees
anda vocation. It will be the policy of philanthropic knaves, until they force the slave-
holder to abandon Missouri; nor will it be long until it is done. You cannot watch your
stables to prevent thieves from stealing your horses and mules; neither can you watch your
negro quar vets to prevent your neighbors from seducing away and stealing your negroes.

If Kansas is abolitionized, all men who love peace and quiet will leave us, and all emi-

ration to Missouri from the slave States will cease. We will go either to the North or to
the South. For himself, he could gather together his goods and depart as soon as the most
active among us. He had neither wife nor child to impede his flight. In a hybrid State we
cannot live; we cannot be in a constant quarrel—in a constant state of suspicion of our
neighbors. The feeling is entertained by a large portion of mankind everywhere.

Yet, he said, he was willing, ag byleskand ine his pacific views, to hang negro thieves;
he would not punish those who merely entertained abstract opinions; but negro thieves,
and persons who stirred up insubordination and insurrection among our slaves, he believed
it right to punish, and they could not be punished too severely ; he would not punish a man
who believed that rape, murder or larceny was abstractly right; yet he would punish the
man who committed either. 3

He said that there were a few men who entertained those opinions in the western part
of the State of Missouri, and who, no doubt, practiced upon them, and that when full evi-
dence was obtained, justice should be done them. Convincing evidence must be had. He
was opposed to violence—indiscriminate violence, but let the punishment fall on the guilty.

as it not strange to find, in a State so deeply interested in the question of slavery, a
portion of the press denouncing such men as Douglas, Cass, Bright and others, and exulting
over victories lately obtained by the Abolitionists in the Northern States? Yet, it was so.
As to slanders and abuse heaped upon himself, he cared but little. It was the fate of better
men. Buta oy of reckoning will come. There will be a reaction in the Northern States.
The people of the North cannot be in favor of dissolving the Union. ‘

The mad pistons upon which the recent fusion victories have been obtained, if car-
ried out would inevitably dissolve the Union.

He had always had great confidence in the intelligence and virtue of the people, but
he acknowledged that this confidence had been somewhat shaken in late years.

He again told the audience that, to succeed in making Kansas a slave Territory, it was
not sufficient for the South to talk, but to act; to go peaceably and inhabit the Territory,
out peaceably to vote and settle the question according to the principles of the Douglas

On the day preceding that appointed for the election (November 28), the
Blue Lodge voters began to cross over into Kansas. They came in organized.
companies, well armed, and carrying with them provisions and other equi-
page for a temporary stay in the Territory. They were organized into com-
panies, and their destination decided before leaving Missouri. They came
thus armed to vote, and for no other purpose, and in such overwhelming
force of numbers as to completely overawe and outnumber the legal voters
of the Territory at many of the precincts, where they took possession of
the polls, elected many of the Judges, intimidated others to resign, and,
refusing all oaths and regulations prescribed for the election, deposited
their votes for Gen. Whitfield, and returned to Missouri.

The returns of 'this diabolical outrage on free suffrage were made in
due form, and showed the following result:

Whole number of votes cast, 2,833, of which number Whitfield re-
ceived 2,258, Wakefield, 248; Flenneken, 305; with 22 scattering votes.
The frauds, though stoutly denied by many of the border papers, and, at
first, by the successful candidate himself, were not long in coming to the
knowledge of the people. It renewed the excitement throughout the
North, and exasperated the actual settlers against the Missouri raiders.
The enormity of the fraud perpetrated, and its extent, were fully set forth
in tlie majority report of the Congressional Committee of the following
year. It contains, without doubt, the most impartial and truthful
account of the shameless outrage ever given, and, as such, is liberally
quoted from: :

In the First, Third, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Seventeenth Dis-
tricts, there appears to have been but little fraudulent roe

The election in the Second District was held at the village of Douglas, near fifty miles
from the Missouri line. On the day before the election large companies of men came into
the district in wagons and on horseback, and declared they were from Missouri, and were
going to Douglas to vote. On the morning of the election they gathered around the house
where the election was to be held. Two of the vee ee by the Governor did not
appear, and other judges were selected by the crowd; all then voted. In order to make a
pretense of right to vote, some penne of the company kept a pretended register of squatter
claims, on which any one could enter his name, and then assert he had a claim in the Terri-
tory. A citizen of the District, who was himself a candidate for Delegate to Congress,
was told by one of the strangers that he would be abused, and probably killed if he chal-
Jenged a vote.* He was seized by the collar, called a d—d Abolitionist, and was com-
pelled to seek protection in the room of the judges. About the time the polls were closed,
the strangers mounted their horses and got into their wagons and cried out, “All aboard for
Westport and Kansas City.”’ A number were recognized as residents of Missouri, and
among them was Samuel H. Woodson, a leading lawyer of Independence. Of those whose
names are on the poll-books, thirty-five were resident settlers and 226 were non-residents.

Like frauds, only varying in particulars and persons were reported in seven other dis-
tricts, the most shameless ‘of which was the precinct designated as “110,” where 584 bogus
votes were thrown in a total vote of 604. Below is given the tabular statement of the fraud,
which accompanied the report:

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The conclusion of the committee, following the foregoing exhibit, was
as follows:

Thus your committee find that in this, the first election in the Territory, a very large
majority of the votes were cast by citizens of the State of Missouri, in Violation of the organic
law of the Territory. Of the legal votes cast, Gen. Whitfield received a plurality. The
settlers took but little interest in the election, not one-half of them voting. This may be
accounted for from the fact that the settlements were scattered over a great extent; that
the term of the delegate to be elected was short, and that the question of free or slave insti-

-tutions was not generally regarded by them as distinctly at issue. Under these circum-
stances, a systematic invasion from an adjoining State, by which large numbers of illegal
votes were cast, in remote and sparse settlements, for the avowed purpose of extending
slavery into the Territory, even though it did not change the result of the election, was a
erime of great magnitude. Its immediate effect was to further excite the people of the
Northern States, and exasperate the actual settlers against their neighbors in Missouri.

On the returns of this election, the above report of which was made
long after, the Governor, in the absence of any valid or general protest,
or effort to contest the election, declared Whitfield duly elected, who,
with his credentials, proceeded to Washington, as the first delegate from
the new Territory of Kansas.

There can be no doubt but at this time, had the election been con-
ducted legally, and the Missourians stayed at home, it would have resulted
in the election of Whitfield by an overwhelming majority. The bona fide
settlers of Kansas, prior to this election, had been largely from Missouri,
and, outside of Lawrence, there was nota Free-soil precinct in the Terri-
tory. The election of Whitfield therefore was expected by all, and the
unnecessary and unrequired frauds attending it, had less effect on
the residents of the Territory than might appear from the letters
written from Lawrence, and published in the onihen papers at the
time. It was quite generally understood that the election could have no
particular influence in molding the future status of the State on the
slavery question, and that, pending the election of a Territorial Legisla-
ture to frame the laws by which the people consented to be governed, a
census of actual residents would be taken, from which poll lists might be
formed, and a fair election held, the results of which would be, if not
satisfactory, acknowledged as binding, and acquiesed in by all bona fide
settlers of the new Territory.

The fall and winter were unusually mild, and the settlers, whatever they
might think, or however loud they might talk on either side of the ques-
tion, busied themselves in completing their cabins and making their new
homes habitable and comfortable for the season. They were more
interested in securing a title to their land, and a home thereon, than in
the future destiny of the yet unborn State.

In January and February, 1855, Gov. Reeder caused an enumeration
of the inhabitants of the Territory to be taken, which embraced a separate
count of the legal resident voters. An abstract of the census as completed,
with names of the persons by whom the enumeration was made and re-
turned, appears in the following table:

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4| 0. B. Donaldson . 106 | 71| 47]~97] 169) 2) 1] 14177
5 | William Barbee .. 824| 583} 442] 724] 1385} 22] 27) 96 |1401
6 | William Barbee .. 492 | 318] 253} 418] 791] 12} 11! 11 | s10
7| J.B. McClure.. 82} 36| 53] 50| 17) 1] 1] 1/118
8] J. B. McClure.. 56 27 39 28 16 7} 13} 10] 83
9 | M. F. Conway.. 61 25 36 31 66} 12) 14 3 | 86
10 | M. F. Conway..... 97 54 63 61] 108) 28 151
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12 | B. H. Twombly .. 104] 40] 78 | 109) 37) 1] 7 | 144
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14 | Albert Weed 655 | 512] 33d |... 301} 46] 1] 35 [1167
15 | H. B. Jolly. 492 | 38t| 308 | 448) 846} 16| 15] 15 | 873
16 | Charles Lei 708 | 475 | 385 | 514.) 1042 | 104] 48] 33 [1183
17 | Alexander 0. 91] 59| FO} 54) 143] 5] 4] 93 | 159
18 | B. H. Twombly .. 59} 40} 28) 51] 97] Tf. 99

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The proclamation of Gov. Reeder, calling an election of members of
the first Territorial Legislature, was made on March 8, as soon as prac-
ticable after the census enumeration was completed. The date appointed
was Friday, March 380.

The proclamation in its defining of election districts made eighteen
instead of sixteen, as in his first election proclamation for election of
Congressional Delegates, heretofore published in full. It appointed the
voting precincts, named the judges of election, and defined the duties of
judges and the qualifications of voters, and provided for contested elec-

* tions in the same terms as before.

The members to be elected were: ‘‘Thirteen members of the Council,
and twenty-six members of the House of Representatives, to constitute
the Legislative Assembly of the Territory.” The apportionment, based
on the census just completed, which showed 2,905 voters in the Territory
gave, as the ratio of representation, 223 in the Council, and 111 in the

ouse of Representatives. The Territory was divided into ten Council and
porrees Representative districts and number of members apportioned as
ollows:

COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

First District—First, Fourth and Seventeenth Election Districts; 466
voters; two Councilmen.

Second District—Second Election District, and so much of the Thir-
teenth as is embraced in the Kansas half-breed lands, the voters thus
detached from the Thirteenth to vote at the precinct of the Second Dis-
trict; 212 voters; one Councilman.

Third District—Third, Seventh and Eighth Election Districts; 193
voters; one Councilman.

Fourth District—Fifth Election District; 442 voters; two Councilmen.

Fifth District—Sixth Election District; 253 voters; one Councilman.

Sieth District—Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Election Dis-
tricts; 201 voters; one Councilman.

Seventh District—The Wolf River and the Doniphan Precincts of the
Fourteenth, the whole of the Eighteenth, and so much of the Fourteenth
Election District as lies north of Walnut Creek, and its main branch and
a due west line from its source, voters detached from the Fifteenth to vote
at the Doniphan Precincts; 247 voters; one Councilman.

Highth District—The Burr Oak Precinct of the Fourteenth District;
215 voters; one Councilman.

Ninth District—The residue of the Fifteenth Election District; 208
voters; one Councilman. :

_ Tenth District—Sixteenth and the residue of the Thirteenth Election
District; 468 voters; two Councilmen.

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

First District—Seventeenth and Fourth Election Districts; 97 voters;
one member.

Second District—First Election District; 369 voters; three members.

Third District—Third Council District; 193 voters; two members.

Fourth District—Third Election District; 101 voters; one member.

Fifth Distriet-—Seventh and Eighth Election Districts; 92 voters; one
member.

Sitth District—Sixth Election District; 253 voters; two members.

Seventh District—Fifth Election District; 442 voters; four members.

a District—Ninth and Tenth Election Districts; 99 voters; one
member.

Ninth District—Eleventh and Twelfth Election Districts; 102 voters;
one member.

Tenth Disirict—The residue of the Thirteenth Election District, not
embraced in the Second Council District; 83 voters; one member.

Eleventh District—The Seventh Council District; two members.

Twelfth District—The Eighth Council District; 215 voters; two mem-

rs.
. Thirteenth District—The Ninth Council District; 208 voters; two mem-
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Fourteenth District—The Sixteenth Election District; 885 voters;
three members.

THE NEW ELECTION DISTRICT.

_ _ Lhe Highteenth was defined by proclamation of the Governor, ‘to
include the settlements on the Nemaha,” portions of the Eleventh, Twelfth
and ‘Thirteenth Electoral Districts, bounded as follows: “ Commencing on
the Vermillion Branch of the Blue River, at the crossing of the military
road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney; thence due north to the
line of the Territory; thence along the same cast to the line of the Four-
teenth Klection District; thence south, along the line of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Election Districts to the aforesaid military road ; and thence,
a the middle of said road, to the place of beginning.” The place of
election to be at the house of W. W. Moore, where the St. Joseph road
crosses the Nemaha.

The Tenth and Eleventh Districts were changed by detaching from
the latter and adding to the former the following territory: ‘‘ Beginning
in the Vermillion Iver, at the crossing of the Independence Emigrant
road, thence up that river beyond the house of Josiah GQ. Adams; thence

due east along the nothern side of said ho to t i
the said road to the place of beginning.” eer

JUDICIAL DISTRICTS DEFINED.

February 26, 1855, the Governor, b proclamation, defined the limits
of the Judicial Districts, assigned the udges and appointed the tnd and
place of ee pos of court, as follows:

trst District.—Included the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Six-
teenth and Eighteenth Election Districts. Assigned to Chief Justice 8. D.
Lecompte. Courts to be held at Leavenworth.
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. Second District.—Included the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Seventeenth Election Districts. Assigned to Hon. Rush El-
more. Courts to be held at Tecumseh.

Third District.—Included the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth Election Districts. Assigned to Hon. Saunders W.
Johnson. Courts to be held at Pawnee.

The terms of court were to be held as follows:

At Leavenworth, on the third Monday of April, and the third Mon-
day of October.

At Tecumseh, on the second Monday after the third Monday of April,
and the second Monday after the third Monday of October.

At Pawnee, on the fourth Monday after the third Monday of April,
and fourth Monday after the third Monday of October.

To provide for present emergencies and to put the court machinery
promptly in motion, special terms were announced: At Leavenworth,
Monday, March 19; at Tecumseh, March 26; at Pawnee, April 2.

Thus, with the census completed, the districts defined, the apportion-
ment made, the courts established, the settlers under the egis of law, and
the guarantees of the organic act by which the Territory had been created,
might cherish reasonable expectations that the outrages attending the fall
election would not be again attempted, and that, without outside inter-
ference, the people would elect their legislators, and thus become the
sponsors of the laws they should enact, and amenable to their provisions.
So hoped Gov. Reeder, and to accomplish this end he labored to the
utmost; so hoped every dona fide settler of the Territory, whether slavery
ue anti-slavery; so hoped all men who looked upon Kansas as their future

ome.

Nevertheless, there were determined men controlling the National
Administration, who had ordained that Kansas should become a slave
Territory and ultimately a slave State. For that end, they had nominated
and elected Franklin Pierce, pushed to consummation the repudiation of
the Missouri Compromise and espoused the specious doctrines of Squatter
Sovereignty as the exponent of the people’s power to enact their own laws.
With the whole power of the Administration pledged to the iniquitous
cause, these conspirators shamelessly pursued their work, seeking to make
“assurance doubly sure.’’ The head conspirators were in the United
States Senate and the President’s Cabinet.

While the written instructions to the Territorial Governor, as well as
the provisions of the organic act itself, forbade outside interference with
the domestic affairs of the Territory, and while Gov. Reeder was intent on
carrying out in good faith the instructions he had received, Senator Atchi-
son, with the full knowledge of his co-conspirators in the Senate and
Cabinet, marshaled the Blue Lodges of Western Missouri to a renewed
raid upon the ballot-boxes of the Territory, and harangued them nightly
in phrase sufficiently profane and vulgar to reach the understanding and
fire the heart of the lowest border ‘‘Puke.” In addition to his efforts,
other orators of less ability were canvassing the border counties, giving
most exaggerated and false statements as to the number and character of
the emigrants passing into the Territory from the Northern and Eastern
States, calculated to inflame the prejudices of the people and incite them
to any act of lawlessness or violence necessary to thwart the ‘‘ Abolition-
ists.” The border papers vied with the speakers and each other in the in-
temperate abuse heaped upon the incoming settlers, and in their frantic
appeals to the Missourians to come over at the ensuing election and settle
the question at the ballot box. The following extract from the Kansas
Herald (Leavenworth) shows the spirit of the pro-slavery press. The
article was published a day or two before the election, addressed to ‘‘ Free-
men of the West.” It closes with the following lofty and earnest
peroration :

We hate a deceiver. And a party, like this ragged, miserly, nigger-stealing crew, who
skulk behind the name Free State, we hold in meaner contempt than we do the immediate
and avowed pupils of Lloyd Garrison. Their Janus-faced, double-dealing conduct must
make them abhorred by God as they are despised by honorable men, and their last end will
be down, like the dog, bereft of a soul to rise, but secure in earthly preservation, for no
“ereeping thing” of God's make will work in their accursed carcasses.

t cannot be that such wretches will triumph over all right and justice. We know the
spirit of the West too well to admit of it. We will to the rescue, with lead and steel if nec-
essary, for triumph our enemies shall not, unless God forsakes us, and this country is too
new to deserve the judgments of Sodom and Gomorrah. Missourians, remember the 30th
day of March, A. D. 1855, as Texans once remembered the Alamo.

THE ELECTION, Marcu 30, 1855.

Prior to the clection, under the influences named, the border Mis-
gouri counties, from Andrew County on the north to Jasper County on the
south, and as far east as Boone and Cole Counties, had been thoroughly
aroused and organized through the Blue Lodges for an incursion into the
Territory. Companies were thus sent into every Council District in the
Territory, and into every Representative District but one, being so distrib-
uted as to control the election ineach district. They came openly, in defi-
ance of law, with the avowed purpose of voting, and for no other purpose.
They were equally outspoken as to their determination to make Kansas a
slave State. ‘hey were armed, and came with provisions and tents. They
overpowered and intimidated the resident voters to that extent that only
1,410 legal votes were cast in the Territory, out of 2,905 enumerated in the
late census. . :

The details of this second shameless outrage are given in the report of
the Congressional Investigating Committee a year later. From it the fol-
lowing facts are gleaned, all of which are corroborated by the sworn testi-
mony of witnesses: ae

first District—Lawrence.—One thousand men came in, in wagons and
on horseback, on the evening preceding and the morning of the election.
They encamped in a ravine near the place of election. They were armed,
and under the command of Col. Samuel Eonng, of Boone County, Mo.,
and Claiborne F. Jackson, of Missouri. N. B. Blanton, one of the Judges
of Election appointed by Gov. Reeder, testified that, being first offered
bribes, and} afterward, threatened with hanging, he did not appear at the
-olis to act as Judge. Robert A. Cummings was appointed in his place,

Col. Young claiming that, “as the people of the Territory had two Judges,
it was nothing more than right that the Missourians should have the other
one to look after their interests.” Mr. Cummings was selected to repre-
sent the said Missouri interests, as he had stated that “every man had a
right to vote, if he had been in the Territory but an hour.” The Missou-
rians wore white ribbons in their button-holes as an emblem of innocence,
and to distinguish them from the hated “ Abolitionists”” who lived in Law-
rence. The mode of voting throughout the Territory is shown by the fol-
lowing: Mr. Page, one of the Missouri raiders, on offering his vote, was
required by J. B. Abbott, one of the Judges, to take the oath prescribed
by the Governor’s proclamation. Pending the dispute, Col. Young offered
his vote, refusing to take the prescribed oath, but swearing that he was a
resident of the Territory. He told Mr. Abbott that it was none of his bus-
iness whether or not he intended to make Kansas his future home. The
fact that he was a resident then was sufficient. His vote was received,
whereupon he announced to the Judges that it would be useless to swear
any other men from Missouri, as they would all swear as he did. Mr.
Abbott resigned on Mr. Young’s announcement, and a Mr. Benjamin being
elected in his place, the travesty of an election went on through the day.
Several residents were driven from the polls. Late in the day, the resi-
dents came up in a body and voted.

The Missourians, many of them, left for home as soon as they had vot-
ed, although some remained until the following day. The various excuses
given by the raiders in justification of the outrage are thus stated in the
report: i
a: They said they came to the Territory to elect a Legislature to suit
themselves, as the people of the Territory and persons from the East and
North wanted to elect a Legislature that would not suit them. They said
they had a right to make Kansas a slave State, because the people of the
North had sent persons out to make it a free State. Some claimed that they
had heard that the Emigrant Aid Society had sent men out to be at the
election, and they came to offset their votes; but the most of them made
no such claim.

“The Missourians said there would be no difficulty if the citizens did
not interfere with their voting; but they were determined to vote, peace-
ably if they could, but vote anyhow. They said each one of them was pre-
pared for eight rounds without loading, and would go to the ninth round
with the butcher knife.”

Of the army encamped at Lawrence, it was discovered that all were
not needed at that precinct, and several companies, of 150 to 200 each,
were sent off, on the morning of the election, to the lehbonit precincts
of Tecumseh, Hickory Point, Bloomington and other places. Enough re-
mained, however, to outnumber the lena voters at Lawrence three to one.
They had full control of the polls till late in the day, marching up to the
polls in companies of 100, and depositing their votes unchallenged, after
the Board of Judges had been reconstructed and Col. Young had paved the
way for them.

Second District—Boomington.—The Judges, Harrison Burson, Nathan-
ael Ramsay and Paris Ellison, opened the polls in due season, at the house
of Mr. Burson, as appointed. The Missourians appeared early in the
morning, numbering from 500 to 600, in wagons and on horseback, well
armed and with banners. They were under command of Samuel J. Jones,
then holding the Federal office of Postmaster at Westport, Mo.; a Mr.
Steeley, of Tndlecennence. Mo.; and Claiborne F. Jackson, who, with his
command, had come over from Lawrence, where he had encamped the
evening before with hismen. They at first held a mock election for Gov-
ernor of the Territory, a short distance from the polling place, which re-
sulted in the election of Rev. Thomas Johnson, of Shawnee Mission. Soon
after the polls were opened, Jones (afterward appointed Sheriff of Doug-
las County) marched his crowd up to the window and demanded that
they should be allowed to vote without swearing as to their residence.
Two of the Judges, Burson and Ramsay, declined to receive their votes.
The history of the ensuing election, as given in the committee’s report,
was as follows:

Claiborne F. Jackson addressed the crowd, saying that they had come there to vote;
that they had a right to vote, if they had been there but five minutes, and that he was un-
aie be go home without voting; which was received with cheers. Jackson then called
upon them to form into little bands of fifteen or twenty, which they did, and went to an ox
wagon filled with guns, which were distributed among them, and they proceeded to load
some of them on the ground.

In pursuance with Jackson’s request, they tied white tape or ribbons in their button-
holes to distinguish them from the “ Abolitionists.” They again demanded that the Judges
should resign j and oe their refusing to do so, smashed in the window, sash and all, and
presented their pistols and guns to them, threatening to shoot them. Some one on the out-
side cried out to them not to shoot, as there were Pro-slavery men in the house with the
Judges. They then put a pry under the corner of the house, which was a log house, lifted it
up a few inches and let it fall again, but desisted on being told there were Pro-slavery men
in the house. During this time the crowd repeatedly demanded to be allowed to vote with-
out being sworn, and Mr. Ellison, one of the Judges, expressed himself willing, but the
other two Judges refused ; thereupon a body of men headed by (Sheriff) Jones rushed into the
Judge’s room, with cocked pistols and drawn bowie-knives in their hands, and approached
Burson and Ramsay. Jones pulled out his watch and said he would give them five minutes
to resign in or die. When the five minutes had expired and the Judges did not resign,
Jones said he would give them another minute and nomore. Ellison told his associates that
if they did not resign, there would be 100 shots fired in the room in less than fifteen minutes
and then, snatching up the ballot box ran out into the crowd, holding up the ballot box an
hurrahing for Missouri. About that time, Burson and Ramsay were called out by their
friends, and not suffered to return. As Mr. Burson went out, he put the ballot poll-books
in his pocket and took them with him, and as he was going out, Jones snatched some papers
from him, and shortly afterward came out holding them up and crying, “ Hurrah for ‘Mis-
souri!” After he discovered they were not the poll-books, he took a party of men with him
and started off to take the poll-books from Burson. When Mr. Burson saw them coming, he

ave the books to Mr. Umberger and told him to start off in another direction so as/to mis-
ead Jones and his Pe Jones and his party caught Mr. Umberger, took the poll-books
away from him, and Jones took him up behind him on a horse and carried him back a pris-
oner. Afterward ‘they went to the house of Ramsay, and took Judge John A. Wakefield
(the Free-state candidate for Representative) prisoner, and carried him to the place of elec-
tion, and made him get up on a wagon and there make a speech; after which, they put a
white ribbon in his button-hole and let him go. They then chose two new Judges and pro-
ceeded with the election.

Most of the Missourians started for home in the afternoon, a few, some
forty, remaining until the next day “to guard the ballot box.” A protest
96 HISTORY OF KANSAS. |

against the election in this district was sent to the Governor. The
returns sent him were lost by the Committee of Elections of the Legisla-
ture. The report states that not over one in thirty of the votes cast were
byl voters.

hird District —Tecumseh.—Missourians from Clay, Jackson and
Howard Counties, began to arrive as early as March 28. They were armed,
had tents, and encamped near the village. They continued to arrive and
join the encampment until the morning of election day, when they num-
bered nearly four hundred. They swarmed about the house of Mr. Stin-
son, the voting place appointed. Samuel H. Woodson, of Independence,
Mo:, took possession of the Judges’ room before their arrival, and com-
menced preparing i anon and tally-lists. The Judges were Rev. L. D.
Stateler, Rev. H. B. Burgess and Rev. H. N. Watts. Woodson remained
in the room, with many of his followers, while the Judges made ineffect-
ual attempts to organize. The Judges disagreed as to the form of the
oath to be taken by themselves, as well as that to be administered to those
offering to vote. urgess, a Free-state man, stood out in favor of the oath
prescribed by the Governor, the others being willing to modify it to suit
the necessities of the occasion. Failing to organize, the crowd gave them
ten minutes to open the polls or leave. At the expiration of that time
they left. New Judges were appointed by the Missouri crowd, and the
election proceeded. The resident voters mostly left the ground without
voting. Although the report states that the settlers of the district were
Free-state, four to one, the election was carried ten to one by the Pro-
slavery voters. 4

Like outrages, varying only in detail, were perpetrated in every pre-
cinct where required to assure the desired result. In some districts, the
Judges were Missourians; in others, the candidates elected were residents
of that State, and in no district except the Seventeenth, in which the Pro-
slavery party had a majority, was the election conducted and the returns
made according to law.

Hon. David R. Atchison, who had done more than any other man to
organize the raid, went into the Eighteenth (Nemaha) District. The re-

port says:

Previous to the election, Gen. David R. Atchison, of Platte County, Missouri, got up a
company of Missourians, and pasing through Weston, Mo., went over into the Territory.
He remained all night at the house of Arnett Grooms, and there exhibited his arms, of
which he had an abundance. He proceeded to the Nemaha or Eighteenth District. On his
way, he and his party attended a nominating convention in the Fourteenth District, and

roposed and caused to be nominated a set of candidates in opposition to the wishes of the
Preclnenry residents of the district. At that convention, he said that there were 1,100 com-
ing over from Platte County, and if that was not enough, they could bring 5,000 more; that
they came to vote, and would kill every d——d Abolitionist in the Territory.

On the day of election, the Missourians under Atchison, who were encamped there,
came up to the polls in the Eighteenth District and voted, taking the oath that they were
residents of the District. The Missourians were all armed with pistols and bowie knives,
and said there were sixty in their company. But seventeen of the votes cast there were
given by citizens of the district.

The following tables show the full returns of the election, as well as
the number of fraudulent votes cast at each precinct, as shown in the re-
port of the Congressional Committee:

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The general facts concerning the Missouri invasion of the ballot boxes
at the election were known throughout Kansas from the day after the
election, and all through the country as soon as the mails could carry the
letters of indignant or exultant correspondents of the Northern and South-
ern newspapers. The Free-state men of Kansas were indignant to a de-
gree that found no expression in words. The Pro-slavery residents, with
their allies over the Missouri border, in their joy at the result, acknowl-
edged the outrages with an abandoned frankness which showed that they
considered it a fair victory, fairly won. There was no attempt to hide the
truth. The Missourians had gone over to the various precincts in Kansas in
overwhelming numbers, and elected a Pro-slavery Legislature—they were
proud of the achievement, gloried in it, and took great pains to boast of it.

The Leavenworth Herald, April 6, headed its election returns with the
following:

“ALL HAIL.”
Pro-slavery Party Victorious.
WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS.
Veni, Vidi, Vict!
FREE WSHITE STATE Party UsEepD UP.
The triumph of the Pro-slavery party is complete and overwhelming.

Come on, Southern men; bring your slaves and fill up the Territory. Kansas is saved!
Abolitionism is rebuked, her fortress stormed, her flag is draggling in the dust. The tri-
colored platform has fallen with a crash, the rotten timbers of its structure were not suffi-
cient to sustain the small fragments of the party.

Kansas has proved herself to be 8. G. Q. “ :

In commenting on the election at the Leavenworth Precinct, it says:

The election passed off quietly, without the slightest disturbance. There were on the
ground from twelve to fifteen hundred persons. No man can say he was crowded from the

olis. Our opponents are chop-fallen; they look most dolefully, talk most hopelessly, and
‘eel, no doubt, awfully bad.

The Platte Argus (Missouri), in its next issue following the elec-
tion, said:

It is to be admitted that they, the Missourians, have conquered Kansas. Our advice is
let them hold it, or die in the attempt.

The Parkville Luminary, published in Platte County, Mo., ventured, in
a mild way, to protest against the mode of carrying the election, and in fa-
vor of the rights of the Free-soil settlers. One week after, April 14, a
mob destroyed its office and press, and forced the editors, Messrs. Park &
Patterson, to flee for their lives.

The feeling throughout the Northern and Eastern States was that of
intense, indignant excitement. The following extract from a long editor-
jal in the New York Zribune of April 19, shows the general sentiment of
the press:

THE RISING CLOUD.

The great battle between Freedom and Slavery is gradually approaching. Yet the
country iacyergwitore quiet, and the public tranquillity undisturbed. Not even the distant
rumble of the tempest is heard. The little cloud that denotes it hovers only over a handful
of people in the far West. In Kansas alone exists the speck that foreshadows the coming
storm. Kansas has been invaded by-slavery. It is threatened with the bce ad curses of
that institution. A country large enough for a kingdom is there to be wrested from the
possession of the free States and blackened with African bondage. The impudence of this
attempt is only paralleled by its atrocity. If it is successful, and if a House of Representa-
tives can ever be found that will consent to consummate the deed, the people of the free
States will have fallen into a condition so degraded that earth might well open and
swallow the pretenders to manhood. They will stain the ground whereon they tread, and
deserve no better fate than the chains and fetters that bind the black race in the South. If
aian can be found in the free States to counsel a surrender of Kansas to the slave power
now, or at any period, he is a coward and a slave in soul. That power has entered upon a
career of subjugation and conquest. he free Territories of this Union are the possessions,
it covets, and it has marshaled its forces and armed its mercenary hosts to conquer them.
The battle is begun. : :

Gov. Reeder, no less than others, was fully cognizant of the extent of
the frauds committed, and it soon became rumored that he condemned the
whole procedure, and intended to set aside the election wherever the pre-
scribed steps were taken by the required number of citizens to contest it.
Whereupon the members made hot haste to demand their certificates of
election, before the protests and affidavits looking to a contest should be
filed in due and prescribed form. The Governor hesitated, and, with a

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full personal knowledge of the outrageous frauds perpetrated, declined to
render a prompt decision or sign the certificates of election, which would,
in form, give to them the executive approval and seal of validity.

Pending this period of uncertainty, Gov. Reeder was in receipt of many
letters threatening his life in case he should attempt to set aside the elec-
tion. Further, the Pro-slavery papers were filled with articles assailing his
official acts, and calculated to incite the mob to extreme acts of personal
violence and indignity, in case he should, by his official acts, throw hin-
drances in the way of a full consummation of the conspiracy. He might,
from his personal knowledge of the outrageous and general fraud, have set
aside the whole election under the provisions of the Territorial act, had he
been assured of support by the administration under whose appointment
and instruction he was acting. He knew too well already that the central
power at Washington was cognizant of the fraud from its inception; he
knew that the Judges had been appointed in view of their peculiar fitness,
by early training and personal prejudice, to carry out the great scheme of
making Kansas a slave State, and that from them he could expect only ad-
verse decisions in any questions in the remotest degree placing in jeopardy
the establishment of slavery in the Territory. The administration, the
courts, the majority of the people all along the border, were fixed and
well-nigh unauimous in their designs to make Kansas a slave State. Reed-
er himself had been selected in the belief that he would carry out the pro-

ramme, against which his manhood and his sense of justice now rebelled.

e stood, however, at this juncture, alone among the officials appointed,
with no support or countenance in the good work he desired to do, save
that of a most pitiable and brow-beaten minority of Free-state settlers,
themselves unorganized, divided, and so overwhelmed by numbers in the
late election as to be the unresisting recipients of every indignity which their
arrogant conquerors chose to put upon them, from a bawdy joke to name-
less outrages on their homes and families. Former historians have discov-
ered weakness and cowardice in Gov. Reeder’s course at this time. Few
men, under the circumstances, would have shown more strength or cour-
age. .
In the face of threats, and with no guarantee of support or individual
protection against the mob that had overrun the Territory, he proceeded,
April 6, to decide on the validity of the returns, and to grant certificates of
election to such persons as were elected by the returns wherever these
had not been formally contested. His own account of the affair, as de-
tailed to the Investigating Committee, under oath, was as follows:

About the time fixed as the return day for that election, a majority of the persons re-
turned as elected assembled at Shawnee Mission and Westport, holding private caucuses at
both places. I had frequent conversations with them, and they strenuously denied my
right to go behind the returns made by the judges of the election, or investigate in any way
the legality of the election. A committee called upon me and presented me a paper, signed
by twenty-three or twenty-four of them, to the same effect. Threats of violence against
my person and life were freely afloat in the community; and the same threats were re-
ported to me, as having been made by members elect, in their private caucuses. In conse-
quence of it being reported to me that a number of the members, in their caucuses, in their
speeches, had declared they would take my life if J persisted in taking cognizance of the
complaints made against the legality of the elections, I made arrangements to assemble a
small number of friends for defense, and, on the morning of the 6th of April I proceeded to
announce my decision upon the returns. Upon the one side of the room were arrayed the
members-elect, nearly, if not quite, all armed; and, on the other side, about fourteen of my
friends, who, with myself, were also well armed. ‘My official action upon those election re-
turns was entered on the executive minutes, and is already in the possession of the com-
mittee. I was not then aware of the frauds perpetrated in the other districts, which were
not set aside, as no complaints had been filed, and the facts had not been communicated to
me. Sufficient opportunity to contest the election had been given by the proclamation.
The form of complaint was very simple, and full five days, exclusive of the day of election,
were allowed for filing it. The most remote polls were within three days’ journey, or less,
of my office, which was kept open till midnight of the last day. The reasons why they were
not contested have been stated already by other witnesses.

The reasons given by the witnesses above alluded to were that they
were intimidated by threats from making protests against the frauds.

The Governor, under the circumstances and risks described by him,
showed both valor and discretion. He ignored the great wholesale in-
iquity of fraud, which would have vitiated the entire election, but set aside
such returns as, on their face, or by affidavit, were proven to be informal.
Under his rulings, and confronting death at the time, he declared void the
elections in precincts and districts below stated, and granted certificates of
election to such only as were returned without formal protest. He took
no note of apparent fraud in the returns, nor of information or knowledge
concerning them, except it was embodied and presented in due form, as
provided in his proclamation, for contesting the election.

The decision of the Governer was. as shown in the Executive Record,
as follows:

First Council District—Besides the protest filed against the election at Lawrence for im-
portation of voters, there is a defect in thereturn. The words, “lawtul resident voters” are
stricken out. The Lawrence election is therefore set aside, and a new election must be had
for representatives.

rth Election District.—Besides the protest filed in this, there are material omissions
in oaths and returns, purposely made. This must also be set aside.

Seventeenth Election District.—The form of return is correct as prescribed, and no pro-
test for illegal voting. The form of oath differs from that prescribed, but is a searching one
and nearly, if not quite, equivalent to that prescribed, and perhaps ought to be sanctioned.
If so, this district will elect Thomas Johnson and Edward Chapman to the Council, and A.

S. Johnson Representative. Their election, however, is not declared at present, but held
under advisement. :

Second Council District—The judges were sworn by G. W. Taylor, who had no authority
to administer the oath. In addition, there is a protest complaining of importation of voters
and violent expulsion of the original judges. For want of sufficient oath, the election is set
aside, and a new election for council and representative ordered.

Third Council District.—Besides the protest for violent expulsion of the judges at the
Tecumseh polls, and for illegal votes, there are material erasures in the oaths purposely
made; return in the form prescribed. This is held under advisement for the present, but
will probably be set aside; and if so, a new election will be ordered for representative.

Seventh Election Distriet—Besides the protest complaining of a large number of illegal
votes, the judges do not appear to have been sworn at all. This poll is therefore set aside.

Highth Election District.—No protest is filed, and the proceedings are in regular pre-
scribed form. A majority of votes for members of the House of Representatives are cast for
A. J. Baker, Esq., and he is declared elected in the Fifth Representative District. For coun-
cil the vote is a tie between H. J. Strickler and H. Rice, so that, as to council the result de-
pends upon the Tecumseh poll.

Fourth Council District—Of the four preeiers Bull Creek is the only one contested
that from Pottawatomie Creek being withdrawn. Suppose the complaint to be true, if suc-
cessful it cannot alter the result. The remaining three precincts are uncontested. and in

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form, and gave a majority to A. M. Coffee and David Lykens for council; W. A. Heiskell,
Allen Wilkinson, Henry Younger and Samuel Scott, for the House of Representatives, an
they are declared elected.

Fifth Council District—The returns are all in due form and no protest. William Barbee
for Council, and Joseph C. Anderson and 8, A. Williams for House of Representatives are
declared elected.

Stath Council District—The Ninth and Tenth Election Districts are in form as to their
en no protest §. D, Houston is declared elected in the Wighth Representative Dis-

T1ct.

In addition to the protest against the Eleventh Election District (being the poll at
Marysville), the returns show a fatal defect. Instead of conducting the election by ballot,
it must have been held viva voce, as the manner in which each person voted is recorded at
once opposite his name. As the proclamation required the election to be by ballot, and the
tickets to be counted after closing the polls, it is impossible to sustain this return. It is
accordingly set aside. The residue of the district gives M. I’. Conway a majority for Coun-
cil, and he is declared elected.

In the Ninth Representative District, the Marysville fol being sct aside, the returns of
St. Mary’s and Silver Lake give Solomon McCartney 19, IF’. J. Marshall 16, Palmer McCartne
7, and Solomon McCartney is declared to be elected. It is alleged there is no such man, an
that the votes for him were cast under mistake of the name for Palmer McCartney. A
slight difference in names should always be disregarded to carry out the will of the voter,
but the difference here is too great to be reconciled, If these facts are shown as alleged, the
aoe ea peomen McCartney is a nullity, and the certificate will be granted to Francis J.

arshall.

Seventh Council District—The returns in form, and no protest. Johu W. Foreman for
Seana, and J. H. Stringfellow and R. 8. Kirk for Ilouse of Representatives, are declared
elected.

Lighth Council District—The returns in form and no protest. William P. Richardson
for Council, and Joel P. Blair and Thomas W. Watterson for House of Representatives, are
declared elected.

Ninth Council District—Returns in form and no protest. D. A. N. Grover for the Coun-
cil, and H. B C. Harris and J. Weddel for the House of Representative, are declared elected.

Tenth Council District—Besides the protests tiled against the Leavenworth poll tor ille-
gal voting, it appears that the judges purposely struck out a material part of the prescribed
form of return, to wit, that the votes were polled “by lawful resident voters.” This poll is
set aside, and a new election for Representative becomes necessary.

In the Thirteenth Election District, the protest filed has been withdrawn, and the result
stands upon the return of the judges who conducted the election, and a counter statement
of the judges appointed by the proclamation, who after haying taken the oath and entered
upon the performance of their duties, abandoned the polls, and left the ground, because, as
they say, a large number of non-residents were on the ground demanding to vote, and
obstructing the polls, and because no lawful votes were presented This is not a protest as
provided for in the proclamation, and even if regarded asa report or return by them rela-
tive to the performance of their official duties, does not disclose sufficient reason for vacat-
ing their posts. They were not drawn away by force. If illegal votes were offered, it was
their duty to remain and reject them. If the polls were obstructed, it was their business, at
least, to endeavor to clear them, and, at all events to endeavor to remain at their posts, in
the performance of their duty, until the time for closing the polls, unless driven away by
violence. The place they left was filled by other jeder appointed according to the procla-
mation, and their returns, which are in form, and no protest before me, show a majority for
L. J. Eastin and R. R. Rees for Council, and W. H. Tibbs for House of Representatives, who
are accordingly declared elected.

In accordance with the eee g decision, the Governor, without
deciding upon his power to set aside elections for force and fraud, set aside
the elections in the First, Second, Third, Seventh, Eighth and Sixteenth
Districts, and, by proclamation, April 16, called an election in those dis-
tricts to fill vacancies, to be holden May 22. At the same date, he also
appointed the time and place for convening the Territorial Legislature—
ordering it to meet at the town of Pawnee, in the Ninth Election District,
on the first Monday in July, “in the building which will be provided for it.”

Notwithstanding the very conservative and considerate manner in
which Gov. Reeder disposed of the contested election cases, he failed there-
by to conciliate the Pro-slavery party; on the contrary, their rage knew no
bounds at the presumption shown by him in setting aside the returns for
any cause whatever. The feeling is fairly evinced in the following ex-
cerpts from the Pro-slavery newspapers along each side of the border.

The Brunswicker (Missouri), said:

We learn an as we go to press, that Reeder has refused to give certificates to four

Councilmen and thirteen members of the House. He has ordered an election to fill their
places on the 22d of May. This infernal scoundrel will have to be hemped yet.

L. J. Eastin, one of the Councilmen elected from the Tenth District,
was the editor-in-chief of the Kansas (Leavenworth) Herald. The follow-
ing excerpts from his paper show not only the prevailing sentiment in Pro-
slavery circles against Gov. Reeder, but something of the spirit of the leg-
islators who were to assist him in the arduous work of framing the law

for the new Territory. ; ;
Under the caption, “Kansas as a Slave State,” Mr. Eastin writes,

April 20:

The brilliant and glorious triumph achieved by the noble and unaided efforts of the
‘gallant and chivalrous sons of the South, over the combined forces of the abolitionists, free-
soilers and Emigrant Aid societies in our late Territorial election, furnishes a suitable occa-
sion to invite migration from the South to our fair and fertile Territory. [tis well known
that the seeming uncertainty of Kansas becoming a slave State, and the stupendous efforts
of the so-called Emigrant Aid societies to abolitionize our Territory by the importation of
hordes of paupers, hirelings and convicts, have served in a great measure to discourage and
impede emigration from the South. We have been assured, time and again, nor do we
doubt, that there are thousands of familics in many of the old Southern States, who have
been contemplating, for months past, a removal to Kansas, but have been deterred from
doing so through fear of slavery not becoming one of her institutions.

This obstruction is now obliterated, for the infernal machinations of the Emigrant Aid
societies have been defeated Abolitionisin has been rebuked and discomforted. J'rec-soilisi
has been crippled and overthrown, The Free White Stale party has been annihilated, and
Kansas has declared loudly and decisively in favor of slavery. That Kansas is to become
aslave State will adinit of no doubt. The question has been decided, Ilcr fate is sealed,
and what has long since been the hope and prediction of the pro-slayery party will soon
be history.

ver bol must admit that the popular vote at our late election is the most infallible
exponent of the squatters’ views in regard to the future introduction of slavery into Kansas,
If this be so, we ask, does the vox populi oppose or favor the introduction of slavery? We
pause for a reply. ee eo ee ee ee ee

By reference to our issue which contains ihe returns of the election, we learn that the
total number of votes polled in the Territory, is no Jess than 5,961, out of which 5,226 were
cast for the Pro-slavery party—in favor of making Kansas a slave State, against 1,068 for the
Free-soil party—in favor of making Kansas a free State. But why this great disparity? Of
what is it indicative? It shows conclusively that seven-cighths of our population are in
favor of making Kansas a slave State.

After reviewing the returns in the different districts, the article closes

with the following dogmatic statement:

We hope we will never again hear the oft-repeated question, “Will Kansas be a slave
State?” reiterated, for it would be idle, absurd and ridiculous for any one to entertain the
least doubt of Kansas becoming a slave State when the returns of the election present such
indisputable, incontestable evidence of slavery becoming one of her domestic institutions.

 

 

In the same paper appears the following:

We were not in the least surprised to see that the Squatter Sovereign, an able and zealous
Pro-slavery paper, should become exasperated at the Governor's having ee a certificate
of election to the infamous penny-a-liner Conway, when the returns of the election clear]
indicate a large majority of votes for Mr. Donaldson, but we are astonished that the intel-
ligent editor of the Sovereign should have made use of the low and debasing word “d—d” in
speaking in defense of Mr. Donaldson’s rights. ; .

He says: “Gov. Reeder has given that contemptible puppy, M. F. Conway, a certificate
of election as Councilman of the Pawnee District, when it is well known that Mr. Donaldson
received a majority of at least 250 votes. We can’t stand that, certainly ; d——d if we do!
If the Legislature don’t reconsider the action of the Governor and give Mr. Donaldson a cer-
tificate, the Squater Sovereign will take the matter in hand.”

e most cordially indorse the sentiments of the Squatter Sovereign; but we deprecate
the profanity of its language. Such words as “d——d” do not give that force to language
which many persons suppose. We trust that the Atchison press will henceforth refrain
from the repetition of a word so offensive to good breeding. It is crecotini ely unbecoming
for the editorials of a Pro-slavery paper to be interlarded with such low and vulgar
language.
ee “Maintain your rank; vulgarity despise ;

To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.”

Below is the account of the destruction of the Parkville Luminary,
before mentioned, with Mr. Eastin’s editorial comments, as published in
the same paper from which the foregoing extracts are taken:

Inasmuch as all manner of reports have been rife in our city of the destruction of the
office and material of the Parkville Luminary, alias Dog Star, by a number of Missourians, we
have taken especial pains to learn the facts of the case. The following telegraphic dispatch,
which has been kindly furnished by a friend of ours in Weston, we transfer to our columns
for the benetit of our readers: .

“ PARKVILLE, PLATTE Co., Mo., April 14, 1855.

“ A large number of the citizens of Platte County assembled here to-day; sent a com-
mittee to Messrs. Parks & Patterson, informing them that at 12 0’clock they would visit their
office. Precisely at 12, the crowd commenced pulling down the Luminary press, and form-
ing a line, with a man carrying a pole at the head, with the word ‘Luminary’ written on
the top, over which waved the hemp flag, they marched to the river, where the press was
deposited. Resolutions were read to the editors, Messrs. Parks & Patterson, requiring
them to leave the place immediately. Patterson required to leave in three days, and Parks
allowed three eee to wind up his business. Ifthey do not comply with the resolutions,
they were promised a coat of tar and feathers, and, after being rode through the place on a
rail, consigned to the Missouri River! Excitement great.” ;

The Luminary was destroyed by the Missourians in retribution for a vile, false and
unjust charge made against them through its columns—speaking of the result of the late
Territorial election. e quote from its obnoxious article:

“There is virtually no law in Kansas, and no security for life and property, save in the
sense of honor and justice cherished by every true pioneer. This may save the country
from bloodshed; but the Government is held up to ridicule and contempt, and its authority
disregarded—Judges of election have been displaced and others Spuetad the polls have,
in some instances, been guarded with pistols and bowie-knives, and some of those elected
are going to the Governor, swearing that, if he does not give a certificate of election imme-
diately they will ‘cut his throat from ear to ear.’ Is the flag of our country to be no longer
protected? or are individuals or companies to declare we will, and it must be so, without
cae to law? Is this what the authors of the Nebraska-Kansas bill meant by Squatter

overeignty ?

lever one knows that the polls in no district throughout our Territory were guarded
with pistols and bowie-knives, but, on the contrary, every one—Pro-slavery, Abolitionist and
Free-soiler—was allowed to vote without molestation. The returns of the election clearly
prove the Dog-Star’s charges to be unfounded. As to the threat that the Luminary says was
made the Governor, in case of his refusal to grant certificates of election, we have only to
say, it is a palpable lie, and we venture to say that Gov. Reeder would, if asked, give it his
most unqualified denial. We know of no language which will more fully describe the
iniquity, falsity and injustice of the charges embodied in the Luminary’s editorial, than a
passage in Lucy Stone’s denunciation of the Fugitive Slave Law—* An act so black that no

anguage can describe its blackness.”
ill you leave Parkville, gentlemen, or take the tar and feathers?

The gentlemen left.
The Herald of Freedom (Lawrence), April 7, thus reviewed the situa-
tion from the Free-state standpoint:

We asserted some time ago that Kansas would be a free State, let Missourians bluster as
much as they would, and we renew that assertion with more confidence than ever. At the
taking of the census in February last, every election district in the territory was found to
have a_ respectable majority of voters from the Free States. Had it been otherwise, does
anybody suppose our Pro-slavery neighbors on the other side of the line would have deemed
it necessary to have incurred so great an expense to import voters by the thousand to gain
a political ascendancy?

Another election will be held in due time, and those who purpose settling here perma-
nently, and desire to contribute their share toward making ese a free State, should
hurry forward as soon as possible. If, by any means, the slave power shall obtain an
ascendancy in the Legislature, laws the most revolting to freedom wilt be enacted. No per-
son will be allowed to participate in future elections unless he is the owner of slaves.

This was the reason so great an effort was recently made to make the Legislature a unit by
sending a large number of mercenaries into every election district in the Territory. If they
lacked a two-thirds vote, the executive veto might defeat their cherished plans. They were
conscious of this, and acted accordingly. Thanks to the intrepidity and firmness of Gov.
Reeder in saving us from the tyrannical misrule of those who have no earthly business
with the legislation of Kansas unless they come as actual settlers, with an INTENTION of
remaining mong us permanently,

Another editorial from the same paper read as follows:

Our news from the Governor at the Shawnee Mission is down to Friday noon. The
stute of matters there hud assumed a pacific aspect, and no apprehensions of violence to any
one were entertained, It is represented that a committee from Missouri waited upon the
Governor and told him he had the choice of one of three things: “To sign the certificates
of election in tiltcen minutes, to resign, or hang.” The response was ready: “Gentlemen,
my mind is made up without further advisement; I shall hang.” The fact that the Gov-
ernor is still living is conclusive evidence that it was deemed risky business to attempt mob
violence on the Executive of Kansas. He had friends in the crowd who would have been
at home in a practical enforcement of this threat.

___ The outrages of the election were also condemned in bold and aggres-
sive terms by John Speer, then publishing the Kansas Tribune at Law-
rence.

Outside of the two papers published at Lawrence, neither the Ex-
ecutive nor the Free-state party had any newspaper support in or near the
Territory, and to Gov. Reeder such supper only aggravated his difficul-
ties, as neither of the papers were in affiliation with the Democratic party
to which he belonged, and were, although not altogether harmonious at
home, both published in that hated hot-bed of Abolitionism—Lawrence.

The only paper outside of Lawrence near the field of operations that
had dared to protest against the outrages was the Parkville Luminary, and
its destruction was the penalty.

It is noticeable that, in all the articles published by the Pro-slavery
press at this time, there is to be found no word of apology for the out-
rages, and no attempt at extenuation. Such unanimity of shamelessness was
never known before, and forces the belief upon the unprejudiced reader
that, underlying this apparent abandonment of every principle of justice,
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 99

and the contempt of all established precedents of law, was a sincere con-
viction of right, which, although in no degree palliating the offense in the
mind of the reader, may enable him to Pad, the stury of unmitigated
wrong with something of the spirit of charity for the perpetrators.
: he Investigating Committee, in its report of the causes of the inva-
sion, says:
“The alleged causes of the invasion of March, 1855, are included in the following
charges, viz:
(1) That the New England Emigrant Aid Society of Boston was then importing into
the Territory large numbers of men merely for the purpose of controlling the elections;

that they came without women, children or baggage, went into the Territory, voted, and
returned again.

(2) Thatmen were hired in the Eastern and Northern States, or induced to go to the
Territory solely to vote and-not to settle, and by so doing to make it a free State.

(3) That the Governor of the Territory purposely postponed the day of election to
allow the emigration to arrive, and notified the Emigrant Aid Society, and persons of the

Eastern States, of the day of election before he gave notice to the people of Missouri and
the Territory. : :

That these charges were industriously circulated; that grossly exaggerated statements
were made in regard to them; that the newspaper press | leading men in public meet-
ings in Western Missouri (aided in one case by a chaplain of the United States Army) gave
currency and credit to them, and thus excited the people and induced many well-meaning
citizens of Missouri to march into the Territory to meet and repel the alleged Eastern pau-
pers and Abolitionists, is fully proven by many witnesses.”

_ The committee further states that “neither of these charges was sus-
tained by proof;” nevertheless, there was certainly corroboration of the
exaggerated statements sufficient to establish their truth in the minds of
the excited, and not exceedingly intelligent, inhabitants of Western Mis-
souri. :

_ The objects of the Emigrant Aid Society, as set forth in their report,

which has been given before, comprised that of “planting a free State in
Kansas, to the lasting advantage of the country,” and it was further rec-
ommended, in the same report, that, whenever the Territory should be or-
ganized as a free State, the Directors should dispose of all their interests
there, and “select a new field, and make similar arrangements for the set-
tlement and organization of another free State of this Union.” The Mis-
sourians had good reason to believe that this most dangerous agency for
the thwarting of their designs, wishes and expectations of making Kansas
a slave State, backed by abundant capital, and managed by outspoken en-
emies of their favored institution, was in successful operation. Every
astern paper heralded the forming or departure of new parties. The fol-
lowing notice is a sample of many. ;

From the Journal and Courier, Lowell, Mass., March 26, 1855: “Some thousands of
emigrants are now at St. Louis waiting for the opening of Kansas navigation ; 500 arrived
at Alton on their way on Friday, and as many more were expected on Saturday; 600 are
ready to start from Cincinnati; while from that city last week 130 Germans with their
families, household goods, stools, fruit-trees, etc., marched in true German style with their

- fine band of music on board the steamer and started. In Kentucky, an association of some
hundreds of temperance and anti-slavery men are to set forth soon to found a city on the
Kansas River with the beloved name of Kansas. A similar company of 500 families is
expected to start by detachments from Wayne County, Ind. The waves of emigration are
rolling mightily.

Dr. Robinson started with the first Kansas party in 1855, from Boston,
March 13. It consisted of nearly two hundred persons—men, women and
children. It was his laudable intention to get his party through before the
election came off, and he succeeded. They reached Kansas City on the
24th, and were all in the Territory on or before the 30th. The departure of
this party was noted in the Eastern papers, commenting on which the
Squatter Sovereign fired the heart of Missouri with the following:

We are credibly informed that quite a large number, probably several hundred, of
these purchased voters are now on their way up the Missouri River, consigned to Messrs.
Park & Patterson, Parkville, and other consignees at different points for distribution in lots
to suit, subject to the order of A. H. Reeder, Esq., President of the Underground Railroad,
in Kansas Territory. A still larger number are said to be in St. Louis, ready for shipment
on the first boat. We hope the quarantine officers along the borders will forbid the unload-
ing of that kind of cargo. : ‘ re

A cargo of rotten oranges once introduced death by thousands in Philadelphia (in the
shape of yellow fever). A more horrible disease, and one followed by many deaths, we fear,
may be the consequence if this mass of corruption, and worse than leprous loathsomeness,
is permitted to land and traverse our beautiful country.

It is charitable to believe that, ignorant of the facts, the majority of
the Missourians who overran Kansas at the election of March 30 were hon-
est in the belief that they were performing a duty they owed to their own
State, in defense of her vital interests, being put in jeopardy by unfair
methods on the part of the Emigrant Aid societies and kindred Free-state
organizations; and that, with the light they had, wel found full justifica-
tion in the words of a Missourian, who, being asked if, as such, he thought
he had a right to vote in Kansas, replied: “As much as a man from Mas-
sachusetts—why not?” : ; ;

It should, however, be remembered that the impressions on which
they acted were in the main false. Neither the New England Emigrant
Aid Society, nor any other Northern association, ever sent a pauper to
Kansas, or any other person for the mere purpose of voting. They assisted
Free-state emigrants, not only to go to Kansas, but to settle and live there,
as, under the laws of the land, they had aright todo. Gov. Reeder stat-
ed, under oath, that he neither postponed the election nor gave premature
information as to the appointed time to Eastern parties. His testimony on

‘that point is as follows: ae :

i of election was never fixed by me or communicated to any one else
at hone faa ntl about the 6th of March, when I was writing the proclamation.
* * * The first men to whom the precise day was made known, after I had deter-
mined it, were Daniel Woodson and John Halderman (both Pro-slavery,men), which was on
the 6th or 7th of March, and it was at once made public by them and myself. J did not hesi-
tate at any time to state to persons around me of both parties all that I could know myself
in relation to the day of dieation, and I did not communicate it to the Emigrant Aid Society
or their agents, or any one else, except perhaps to some persons in the State of Missouri.

ANARCHY ESTABLISHED.

The time that Gov. Reeder set aside a part of the fraudulent elections,
and ordered the new election to fill vacancies, marks the date when the
reign of anarchy began in Kansas. It was plain to every resident of the
Territory that, between the Executive, appointed by the President, and the
Legislature, elected by Missouri, there was no accord, and that a gulf was

fixed, which made any legislation having the approval-of both branches of
the prescribed Government impossible. The slavery question was surely
the cause of the trouble, but it struck questions of vastly more importance
to the actual settlers. There was never a true man who did not deem his
homestead and his family of more worth to him than all the slaves who
ever suffered in Kansas—else he was no true man.

The hundreds who had come in to secure homes saw no immediate
rospect of securing them through any of the agencies thus far developed.
he slavery question had forced itself between the settlers and their homes,

and made the prejudices on that question an element in securing them.
Thus it came to pass that every brawl or quarrel, whether it eventuated in
eviction from the premises or in murder, had a slavery or anti-slavery
background. The partisans on either side were not slow to magnify the
reports of the outrages, always ignoring the true cause of the quarrel, and
attributing it to a contest for principle, when only a contest for a valid
land title was involved. With no law which the whole community ac-
knowledged, it naturally came to pass that, in nearly all personal disagree-
ments, the parties to it either fought it out single-handed, or called on the
Squatters’ Court or their immediate neighbors to help them through.

On April 30, at a meeting of the “Delaware Squatters’ Association,”
held at Leavenworth, to perfect their rules and regulations, one McCrea,
not a squatter on the Delaware trust lands, interfered with the proceedings,
on the ground that they were running the association in such manner as to
preclude Free-state squatters from their rights. Malcolm Clark, a Pro-
slavery man, one of the proprietors of Leavenworth, was the Moderator of
the meeting. He was a man of violent temper, and, exasperated at Mc-
Crea’s interruption, he gave him the lie and approached him in a threat-
ening manner, whereupon McCrea shot him dead, as he claimed in self-
defense, and then barely escaped from the infuriated mob with his life.*
At the inquest, one witness testified that William Phillips, a young lawyer
who had already made himself obnoxious to the Pro-slavery party by giv-
ing his affidavit to the protest against the Leavenworth election, had given
McCrea the pistol with which he had committed the murder. The testi-
mony was undoubtedly false, but it found full credence with his Pro-slav-
ery enemies. He was accordingly waited upon by a committee and order-
ed to leave the Territory. Not leaving promptly, he was seized in Leaven-
worth, carried over to Weston, Mo., there stripped, half shaved, tarred and
feathered, ridden on a rail, and sold by auction to a negro.

Out of this murder, the result of a purely personal quarrel and the false
testimony of a witness at a Coroner’s inquest, began the manufacture of
slavery and anti-slavery versions of every disorder that occurred, calculated
to raise the temper of those ignorant of the facts to a frenzy of rage, and
render the anarchy complete. Below are given some contemporaneous ac-
counts of the affair, not as history, but as showing the difficulties of ascer-
taining the truth where passion and interest magnified and distorted
every occurrence until the facts ceased to be discernible. The following
is from the Leavenworth Herald, May 4, 1855:

A FOUL AND DIABOLICAL MURDER.
A USEFUL MAN HAS FALLEN BY THE HANDS OF A VILLAIN.

It becomes our sad and painful duty to record the death of one of our most respected citi-
zens, Malcolm Clark, who was killed on Monday last by the vile and infamous scoundrel known
as McCrea, the leader and mouthpiece of the Abolitionists. The facts of this fatal tragedy,
so far as we have been able to learn them, are as follows: During a meeting held on Mon-
day last, in pursuance to a call made through our columns, for the purpose of considering
the propriety of extending the time to all squatters holding claims on Delaware lands, the
order of the meeting was frequently disturbed and the speakers insulted and arrested in the
course of their remarks by certain vulgar and impertinent outbursts from this same despic-
able villain, McCrea. For his obtrusion and ungentlemanly conduct at a meeting in which
he was no way concerned, he was reprimanded, as he should have been, by Malcolm Clark,
and respectfully requested either to leave the meeting or desist in his unjust interference
with its proceedings. This he would not do, but continued in this same course, regardless
of all advice and admonition, until a resolution had been declared carried (some fifteen
minutes after the reprimand) by the vote of the meeting, which the perfidious villain pro-
nounced to have been effected by gross fraud although not affecting him or his interests.
To this assertion, Malcolm gave the ‘“d——4 lie,” which was followed up by McCrea in the
most violent and abusive language. At this stage of the controversy, Malcolm Clark became
exasperated, and offered to, strike McCrea, when he received a fatal shot from the villainous
hands of the dastardly Abolitionist. After the perpetration of the bloody deed, the cow-
ardly assassin took flight, during which he wheeled about and fired indiscriminately in the
crowd that was in hot pursuit after him, as we saw through the window of our office. He
was soon captured and brought back, when he feigned for a short time the most poignant
sorrow, no doubt with the view of exciting some commiseration in his behalf, ane thereby
preserving his life from the hands of an excited crowd. The deceased exercised, we are
told, the utmost forbearance with this vagabond of abolitionism, and evinced no disposition
to demean himself by aggravating a quarrel with him.

We were not present at the meeting, and consequently did not witness this sad and
horrible occurrence, but when we heard the report of pistols and saw the rapid flight of the
murderer, we hastened to the spot, and never shall we forget the scene there presented.
Our very heart sickens, our very blood chills in our veins, when we recall the scene to our
memory. We think we see before us the body of the dying man struggling and writhing
in the see of death. We think we hear his dying ery ringing in our ears. We think
we behold the ruthless monster McCrea standing up confronting us with that same hideous
and malignant scowl which his countenance bore after the perpetration of this hellish deed.
The murderer is now incarcerated at Fort Leavenworth, and God grant that the fiend whose
murderous hands committed the foul and atrocious crime—the wretch whose hands are
steeped in blood—be made to suffer condign retribution. The vile monster McCrea shall
meet the just penalty of the law. He shall be hung by a rope of HEMP. This shall be his
reward; but no, we leave his fate unpredicted, for it needs no sibyl’s prescience to divine
that it must be, and will be, as dark as his foul crime.

The malignant ingenuity with which it is attempted to connect the
murder and the murderer with his “abolitionism” is apparent.

The Herald of Freedom (Lawrence) gives the following mild account
of the same affair:

We mentioned last week the rumor of a shooting affair at Leavenworth, and that great
excitement had grown out of the transaction. It appears that on the 30th ult., a dispute
arose between Malcolm Clark and Mr. McCrea, during which the former felt himself in-
sulted, when he assaulted the latter and gave him a severe blow over the head with a club.
Mr. McCrea, feeling that his life was endangered, drew a revolver and shot Clark dead upon
thespot. In acountry where law and order predominate, no court or jury could’be found
which would not decide that it was a case of justifiable homicide, and McCrea would be lib-
erated at once; but, as matters are in Kansas, we presume it will be magnified intu a great
outrage, and every means will be resorted to to convict him of murder.

 

* For fuller account of the affair, see history of Leavenworth.
100

It will thus be seen that readers on either side might find an account
to suit their tastes.

The murder was followed by a meeting of the indignant Pro-slavery
citizens, who made it a pretext for expelling or putting under surveillance
such citizens as were suspected of abolitionism.

LYNCH LAW ORGANIZED.

Immediately following the murder of Clark, his friends, who, in num-
ber, comprised a large majority of the citizens of Leavenworth, and were
to a man violently pro-slavery in sentiment, held a meeting of “the citi-
zens.” The accounts of this and subsequent meetings growing out of the
murder are taken from the Leavenworth Herald. The first meeting is re-
ported by that paper as follows:

Ata meeting of the citizens of Leavenworth and vicinity, held on the evening of the

30th of April, for the purpose of taking some action in regard to one William Phillips, who

. is reported to have been accessory to the murder of Malcolm Clark, D. J. Johnson was called
to the chair, and Joseph L. McAleer chosen Secretary,

On motion, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :

Wuergas, By the facts elicited on the Coroner’s inquest, held over the body of Mal-
colm Clark, as well as from other circumstances that have come to our knowledge, it appears
that William Phillips was accessory to the murder of one of our most respected citizens ;
and, whereas, the conduct of said Phillips heretofore* has fully demonstrated his unworthi-
ness, as a citizen or a gentleman; therefore,

Resolved, That in accordance with the expressed desire of the indignation meeting to-
night, William Phillips, of Leavenworth, be ordered to leave this Territory by 2 o’clock
Thursday evening next; and that a committee of ten be appointed to notify him instanter
of the requisition of this mecting.

Resolved, That the notice be written and signed by the committee, who shall proceed
immediately after adjournment to the residence of William Phillips and deliver it to him-
self in person. 2

Resolved, That the course to be pursued in regard to other Abolitionists, and to the
other matters of importance be left to the decision of the meeting of citizens to be held
next Thursday.

The committee appointed to wait on Mr. Phillips were Jarrett Todd,
John C. Posey, N. B. Brooks, William C. Berry, Thomas C. Hughes, H.
pages Pollard, Joseph L. McAleer, John H. McBride, James M. Lyle and

. Payne.

The meeting adjourned to Thursday, May 3. The proceedings were
signed by D. J. Johnson, Chairman, and James M. Lyle, Secretary.

The notice was forthwith served on Mr. Phillips, signed by every
member of the committee above named. It read as follows:

LEAVENWORTH, April 30, 1855.
WILiiaM PHILLIPS:

Sir—At a meeting of the citizens of Leavenworth and vicinity, we, the undersigned
were appointed a committee to inform you that they have unanimously determined that
you must leave the Territory by 2 o’clock Thursday next. Take due notice thereof and ac
accordingly. (Signed by the Committee.)

The adjourned meeting was held as appointed, at which a more elabo-
rate set of resolutions were adopted, which fairly inaugurated lynch law in
the vicinity of Leavenworth. The resolves adopted were as follows:

(1) Resolved, That we regret the death of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Malcolm Clark,
and most bitterly condemn the cowardly act by which he was murdered; but we would
deprecate any violation of the laws of the land by way of revenge, and stand ready to de-
fend the laws from any violation by mob violence; that we do not deem the time has ar-
rived when it is necessary for men to maintain their inalienable rights, by setting at defi-
ance the constituted authorities of the country.

(2) Resolved, That we deeply and sincerely sympathize with the family of Malcolm
Clark, deceased, in their sad and irreparable bereavement, which has deprived them of an
affectionate and doting father, and the community of one of her most useful, enterprising
and esteemed citizens.

(3) Resolved, That the interests of our young and lovely Territory have lost in the

erson of Mr. Clark an energetic and praiseworthy friend ; one who was ever ready to put
orward his best. energies to advance the public weal, and whose sentiments were liberal and
at all times expressed with a bold and fearless defiance of the errors of the day.

(4) Resolved, That no man bas a right to go into any community and disturb its peace
and quiet by doing incendiary acts or circulating incendiary sentiments ; we, therefore, ad-
vise such as are unwilling to submit to the institutions of this country, to leave for some
climate more congenial to their feelings, as abolition sentiments cannot, nor will not be tol-
erated here; and while we do not say what may be the consequences, for the peace and quiet
of the community we urge all entertaining and expressing such sentiments, to leave imme-
diately, claiming the right to expel such as persist in such a course,

(>) Resolved, That in the present state of public excitement, there is no such thing as
controlling the ebullition of fee ge material remains in the country on which to give
it vent. To the peculiar friends of Northern fanatics we say: “This is not your country; go
home and vent your treason where you may find sympathy.” *

(6) Resolved, That we invite the inhabitants of every State, North, South, Mast and
West, to come among us, and to cultivate the beautiful prairic lands of our Territory, but
leave behind you the fanaticisms of higher law and all kindred doctrines; come only to
maintain the laws as they cxist, and not to preach your higher duties of setting them at
naught; for we warn you in advance, that our institutions are sacred ty us, and must and
shall be respected.

(7) Resolwed, That the institution of slavery is known and recognized in this Territory,
that we repel the doctrine that it is a moral or political evil, and we hurl back with scorn
upon its slanderous authors the charge of inhumanity, and we warn all porsons not to come
to our peaceful firesides to slander us and sow the seeds of discord between master and sery-
ant, for, much as we may deprecate the necessity to which we may be driven, we cannot be
1esponsible for the consequences.

(8) Resolved, That we recognize the right of ouery man to entertain his own sentiments
on all questions, and to act them out so long as they interfere with neither public nor private
rights; but when the acts of men strike at the peace of our social relations, and tend to
suuuert the known and recognized rights of others, such acts are in violation of morals, of
natural law, and systems of jurisprudence, to which we are accustomed to submit.

(9) Resolved, That a vigilance committee, consisting of thirty members, shall now be
appointed, who shall observe and report all such persons as shall openly act in violation of
law and order, and by the expression of abolition sentiments, produce disturbance to the

uiet of citizens, or danger to their domestic relations, and all such persons so offending
shal] be notified and made to leave the Territory.

The Vigilance Committee appointed consisted of the following gentle-

men: ;
Hiram Rich, A. Payne, 8. D. Pitcher, A. J. Scott, Thomas C. Hughes,

William W. Corum, Jarrett Todd, R. E. Stallard, G. D. Todd, M. P. Rive- .

ly, H. Rives Pollard, James M. Lyle, James Surrett, Joel Hiatt, John C.
Bou , G. W. Walker, D. Scott Boyle, E. A. Long, W. G. Mathias, H. D.
McMeekin, John Miller, Alexander Russel, Lewis N. Rees, W. L. Blair, D.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

J. Johnson, L. P. Styles, Nathanael Henderson, Samuel Burgess, H. Long.

C. C. Harrison.
The report of the above meeting in the Leavenworth Herald of May 4

ays:
WN The meeting was ably and eloquently addressed by Judge Lecompte,
Col. J. N. Burnes, of Weston, and D. J. Johnson.”

This statement conveyed the idea that the above-named gentlemen
were in accord with the sentiment of the meeting as expressed in the reso-
lutions, which, in the case of Judge Lecompte, was false. Nevertheless.
taking advantage of the blunder of the reporter, over-zealous to identify
the Chief Justice with the reprehensible proceedings, the anti-slavery
press, except the Lawrence Heruld of Freedom, which doubted and denied
it, took up the lie and. circulated it without contradiction, until it came to
be so established as a historic fact that it has been recorded as such in his-
tories of the Territory written long years after the occurrence.*

Holloway’s History of Kansas, p. 157, says: “The meeting was elo-
quently addressed by the Chief Justice of the Territory.” :

Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the extreme Southern prej-
udice which characterized the early judicial career of Judge Lecompte, it is
certain that his presence at and participation in the proceedings of the meet-
ing were in no wise derogatory to the high position he held, but were
prompted by motives of humanity and patriotism. Seventeen years after
the occurrence, H. Miles Moore, of Leavenworth, published in alocal pa-
per an account of the meeting, which, although considerately refraining
from calling his name, left unchanged the prevailing impression concern-
ing the Tuege’e connection with the affair. An open letter from Judge
Lecompte to Mr. Moore was written at that time, and the following ex-
tracts from it are given in vindication of the truth of history. The letter
was dated Leavenworth, July 21, 1873. It commences by allusion to the
fact that Mr. Moore had kindly omitted the mention of his name among the
list of speakers at the meeting, and follows with the following ingenuous
statement:

The facts are simply these. I was residing at the time with my family at the Shawnee
Mission, with Gov. Reeder and other officials of the Territory. A short time before the
coming along of the stage to Fort Leavenworth, on the 2d, I was informed of the intended
indignation meeting, to be held at Leavenworth the next day, the leading object of which
was to inflame the popular mind to taking into its own control the vindication of the law,
and then to promptly vindicate it by the summary execution of the Siege culprit.

Short.as was the notice, I determined to come up to Leavenworth, and resist, to the
utmost, and stop, at all risks, any such movement.

Accordingly, I came up to the ort, remained there over night, and was at Leavenworth,
at an early hour next morning, and saw and conversed with, as far as practicable, every
man supposed to be influential in fomenting or suppressing a spirit of misrule, and, by the
time the meeting was called, had succeeded, as I believed, in thwarting the purpose of those
inclined to a course of violence. r

When the meeting was assembled, I mounted, I think an old wagon, and made the
most earnest speech within my capacity, in favor of the resolution deprecating ‘any viola-
tion of the laws of the land,” defending “the laws from any violation from mob violence.”
A most violent effort was made, in opposition, to defeat the resolution, but, as I then believed,
and now think, it was mainly through my exertion triumphantly carried. I spoke to no
other point, and do not recollect that I heard of any other subject of discussion, and most
assuredly had no more to do with any other part of the proceedings at the meeting than
yourself or any other absent person. * * # * * % * *

This explanation I had occasion to make, and did make through the St. Louis Repub-
lican, when my name was afterward published by the Congressional Committee sent out to
inquire into the disturbances in Kansas.

That committee, seeing the same report (Leavenworth Herald), very naturally pre-
sumed from it that I had advocated the rancorous resolutions of the second meeting, and
denounced such conduct as utterly unworthy of one in my then position.

Such denunciations I most. heartily indorse, upon the note of facts as they regarded it.
Ishould have felt myself unfit to exercise the slightest functions of a judicial’ position, had
I participated in any such proceedings. * * * * = * * *

(Signed), yours truly,
SaMUEL D. Lecompre.

It is sufficient to state that, with the murder of Clark, the establish-
ment of the code of lynch law by the Leavenworth meeting, the conse-
quent lynching of Phillips, and the many other reprehensible acts done by
this committee, together with the insane state of the public mind on both
sides of the question, which rendered every story of the simplest occurrence
but an exaggerated and one-sided statement, entitled to no credence by any
except those whose prejudices rendered them credulous, the reign of an-
archy in Kansas was fairly begun.

GOV. REEDER TAKES A VACATION.

On April 17, the day succeeding his decision on the elections and his
proclamation convening the Territorial Legislature at Pawnee, Gov. Reed-
cr left, the Territory for a short respite from the local troubles and labors
that beset him. The reasons given by himself for the visit were “for the
purpose of taking out my family, and attending to private business, as well
as for the purpose of consulting with the President in regard to the state of
things in the Territory.”

he Governor, in his testimony, did not state the full facts in the case,
although what he did state was strictly true.

iver since his refusal to order an election of Territorial officers in the
fall, before a census could be taken, the Pro-slavery faction, headed by
Atchison, had been clamoring for his removal.

They early discovered that he was not in accord with them in forcing
slavery into the Territory by irregular or illegal means. Their machina.
tions for his removal were begun as early as December, 1854, and had re-
sulted in an entire lack of confidence in him on the part of the Pro-slav-
ery junta at Washington, who had been diligently seeking a pretext for
his removal ever since. It could not be found so long as he kept himself
strictly within the purview of the organic law in his official acts, except
some extraneous and non-official conduct could be proven as inconsistent
with his official position and derogatory thereto.

_ The Governor, unfortunately, had become vulnerable to the shafts of
his enemies by becoming interested, like many other citizens, in the lots of

 

* Phillips bad “heretofore” been an outspoken Free-state man, and had had the courage to
protest against the election at Leavenworth. This was his offense. The testimony before the
Coroner's jury was of the weakest, and was only a pretext for lynching or otherwise getting rid
of him,

* Tuttle's History of Kansas, p. 163, says: ‘‘ The Chief Justice of the Territor: f
the ue ote are x the meeting that made the appointment in question ike sieHlance
committee), and no other fact need be mentioned to prove the utter d izati
engaged in ‘that shameful procedure.” : ERE Sen EEN SCT
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

various embryo cities. He owned lots in Leavenworth, intLawrenee, in
Tecumseh, in Topeka, in Pawnee, and many other paper cities of the Ter-
ritory. He had got them at cheaper rates than possible except in consid-
eration of his official position. The proprietors of those various towns
had each hopes ‘that their town might be selected as the seat of Govern-
ment. Of the many towns in which the Governor owned lots, but one
could be designated by him as the place of meeting of the Legislature.
Pawnee was the place selected. As early as December, 1854, or January,
1855, he communicated to the Pawnee Town Association his intention to
convene the Legislature at that place, provided they would erect a suitable
building for its accommodation. His decision became known before his
proclamation to that effect was issued, and many of the members elect re-
quested that they should be assembled at Shawnee Mission instead. He
refused this request, inasmuch as the Pawnee Town Association (in which
he had certainly an occult interest at the time) had already expended con-
siderable money in the erection of a building for the use of the egislature,
and, moreover, because he did not consider the Shawnee Mission, lying
near the Missouri border and subject to the incursions of a Missouri mob
at any time, a proper or safe place. They declared their intention to ad-
journ the Legislature to Shawnee Mission, and authorized Mr. Thomas
Johnson to prepare for them by the purchase of bedding, etc.

All these matters were known in Washington, and had been pressed
by Atchison as cause for Reeder’s removal. It is not a matter of record
that Mr. Reeder ever paid much money for the various land interests he
acquired. Although there is no proof that he did anything which would
have been deemed out of the ordinary business course of an honest pri-
vate citizen, yet, as a Governor, subject to removal, he should have beep
more careful if he cared to retain his official position. The fact that his
largest landed interests were at Pawnee, and that there they were erecting
buildings for a Legislature to be convened by him, contrary to the protests
of the members elect, gave his enemies the long-sought-for pretext for
pressing his removal without reference to the true reason, found in his de-
termined opposition to the lawless outrages they had perpetrated, and to
which they had tried in vain to obtain his official sanction. The scheme
was to remove Andrew J. Reeder, the official land-speculator, and thus be
rid of an honest Governor, whom neither threats could intimidate nor
bribes induce to countenance the outrages on law and decency which
they had committed.:

So Gov. Reeder went East to justify himself as an honest official,
against the secret and unscrupulous representations of those who were
plotting, not only for his removal, but for his disgrace and ruin. He did
not return until the last week in June. The result of his visit will be de-
tailed hereafter. ~

THE ELECTION OF MAY 22, 1855.

The supplementary election called by Gov. Reeder before his depart-
ure proved quite as.much a one-sided affair as that of March, except in the
single precinct of Leavenworth, which, being adjacent to Missouri, was
overrun by citizens of that State, who did the voting and ran the election
as before.

The Pro-slavery plan was that of non-intervention—to ignore the con-
tested election cases, and the consequent election, trusting to the mem-
bers declared elected to seat. those less fortunate on the convening of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  
  

 

 

 

 

Legislature. The abstract of the returns, with names of persons elected,
are shown in the table following:
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1 \Lawrence hskews Philip P. Fowler... House ........ 288)...... 18 | 306
John Hutchinson... House
Erastus D. Ladd...... House
2 |Dougias... ......John A. Wakefield... Council ......) 127]}.....]-.cceeee 127
Augustus Wattles... House ........
William Jessee........ . |House ........
3 Stinson’s........ Cyrus K. Holliday... House .......! 148)...... 1 | 149
(Tecumseh)....|Jesse D. Wood......... Council... |
7 | 410” [Jesse D. Wood......... Council ......
8 |Couneil GrovelC. H. Washington... |Council :
16 |Leavenworth W. G. Mathias. \House ....
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I. D. McMeekin. ...|House ........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The May election resulted in the selection, to fill the vacancies, of six
Free-state members of the House and two of the Council, viz.: House—
Philip P. Fowler, John Hutchinson, Erastus D. Ladd, Augustus Wattles,
William Jessee and Cyrus K. Holliday. Council—John A. Wakefield and
Jesse D. Wood. 2

These, with Councilman M. F. Conway, and Representatives A. J.
Baker and 8. D. Houston, constituted the Free-soil members elected to the
first Territorial Legislature, which assembled, in accordance with Gov.
Reeder’s appointment, at Pawnee, July 2, 1855.

FIRST TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.
The members of the Legislature holding certificates of election from
the Governor were as below stated—Pro-slavery members in Roman, Free-

state in Italics:
: HOUSE.

‘rst District.—A.38. Johnson.
One District, Philip P. Fowler, John Hutchinson, Erastus D. Ladd.

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Third District.—Augustus Wattles, William Jessee.

Fourth District.—Cyrus K. Holliday.

Fifth District —A. J. Baker.

Sixth District.—Joseph C. Anderson, 8. A. Williams.

Seventh District —W. A. Heiskell, Allen Wilkinson, Henry Younger,
Samuel Scott.

Bighth District.—S. D. Houston.

Ninth District.—F. J. Marshall.

Tenth District.—William H. Tebbs.

Hleventh District.—John H. Stringfellow, R. L. Kirk.

Twelfth District.—Joe] P. Blair, Thomas W. Watterson.

Thirteenth District.—H. B. C. Harris, J. Weddell.

Fourteenth District.—William G. Mathias, H. B. McMeeken, Archibald
Payne.

COUNCIL.

First District.—Thomas Johnson, Edward Chapman.

Second District.—John A. Wakefield.

Third District.—Jesse D. Wood.

Fourth District.—A. M. Coffey, David Lykins.

Fifth District.—William Barbee.

Sixth District.—M. F. Conway.

Seventh District.—John W. Ferman.

Highth District.—William P. Richardson.

Ninth District.—D. A. N. Grover.

Tenth District.—Lucien J. Eastin, Richard R. Rees.

The Legislature assembled at Pawnee Monday, July 2, 1855. The pro-
visions for their convenience, according to the testimony of Gov. Reeder,
were ample, after they had reached the spot, which was quite remote from
the residences of a majority of the Legislators, some of whom were citizens
of Missouri, and most of whom lived near the eastern border of the Terri-
tory.

 

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FIRST TERRITORIAL CAPITOL, at Pawnee, in which the first Territorial Legislature
met, July 2, 1855. Adjourned to Shawnee Mission July 6.

The Pawnee Association had built a “capitol” of stone, two stories in
height and 40x80 feet-in size, “well provided with seats and writing ta-
bles.” Maj. Klotz had established a boarding house capable of accommo-
dating forty boarders. Mr. Teeples had room for twenty boarders, and
Mr. Knapp for as many more. Mr. Lowe, at Fort Riley, two miles distant,
could accommodate fifteen more, and had arranged to run a “bus” to and
from Pawnee for the convenience of his boarders. These arrangements
were entirely ignored by the members of the Legislature. They came in
with tents and all the paraphernalia of travelers in an unsettled and inhos-
pitable country. The preparations made by the Pawnee Town Association
for the Legislature were totally ignored, except that it occupied the build-
ing provided for the first convening of the Legislature, until it could
effect a removal to Shawnee. Many of the delegates came in with similar
camp equipage to that of their Missouri constituents who had come in to
elect them a few weeks before. They had no idea of remaining in the en-
emy’s country long, more than had the amateur settlers who elected them.
It was too far from their base of supplies, and the early adjournment to
the Shawnee Mission on the Missouri border was a foregone conclusion.

The two Houses met in the building provided at Pawnee, Monday,
July 2, 1855.

othe House of Representatives was called to order, and the roll of
members called by Hon. Daniel Woodson, Secretary of the Territory. The
following members, holding certificates of election, answered to their
names: Johnson, Hutchinson, Ladd, Wattles, Jessee, Baker, Anderson,
Williams, Heiskell, Wilkinson, Younger, Scott, Houston, Marshall, Tebbs,
Stringfellow, Kirk, Blair, Watterson, Harris, Weddell, Mathias, Payne,
McMecken; absent, Fowler and Holliday. The temporary organization of
the House was effected by the election and appointment of the following
officers, pro tem.: Chairman, Joseph T. Anderson; Chief Clerk, J. M.
Lyle; Assistant Clerk, John Martin, Sergeant-at-Arms, T. J. B. Cramer;
Doorkeeper, Benjamin P. Campbell.

Members holding certificates of election were sworn by Hon. Sanders
W. Johnson, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

The House being thus temporarily organized, the deliberations were
opened by prayer by Rev. Mr. Stateler.

Permanent officers were then chosen as follows: Speaker of the
House, John H. Stringfellow; Chief Clerk, James M. Lyle; Assistant Clerk,
John Martin; Sergeant-at-Arms, T. J. B. Cramer; Doorkeeper, Benjamin
P. Campbell; Speaker pro tem., Joseph C. Anderson.

The first business of the organized body was the appointment of a
committee of five to inquire into the credentials of sitting members. The
committee appointed consisted of the following: Messrs. Heiskell, Hous-
ton, Mathias, Watterson and Johnson. The committee was instructed to
report by 8 o’clock on Tuesday (to-morrow) morning.

The Council showed, on the calling of the roll by Secretary Woodson,
the following-named gentlemen as present, holding certificates of election
from the Governor, to wit:

Thomas Johnson, Edward Chapman, John A. Wakefield, Jesse D. Wood,
A. M. Coffey, David Lykins, William Barbee, John W. Forman, William
P. Richardson, D. A. N. Grover, L. J. Eastin, R. R. Rees; absent, M. F.
Conway.
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The proceedings were opened by prayer by Rev. Thomas Johnson.

Officers pro tem. were chosen as follows: President, R. R. Rees; Chief
Clerk, John A. Halderman; Assistant Clerk, Charles H. Grover; Sergeant-
at-Arms, Carey B. Whitehead; Doorkeeper, William J. Godfroy.

Messrs. Coffey, Johnson and Richardson were appointed a Committee
on Credentials.

The committee reported forthwith favorably on all except members
from the Second, Third and Sixth Council Districts, on which they asked
further time for consideration, which was granted.

The permanent organization was then completed by the choice of the
following officers:

: President, Rev. Thomas Johnson; President pro tem., R. R. Rees;
Chief Clerk, John A. Halderman; Assistant Clerk, Charles H. Grover;
Sergeant-at-Arms, C. B. Whitehead; Doorkeeper, W. J. Godfroy.

The organization of both branches being thus completed, and His Ex-
cency the Governor informed that they awaited his message, the two
Houses adjourned.

During the following four days, the Legislature received the message
of the Governor and referred it to the appropriate committees, purged it-
self of all obnoxious Free-soil members, and voted to remove the seat of
Government, temporarily, to the Shawnee Manual Labor School, over the
veto of the Governor.

The message was received July 3. Its discussion of the slavery ques-
tion was as follows:

Claiming as we do the same capacity for self-government as our fellow-citizens of the
States, with a far greater, if not an exclusive interest in the institutions and laws which are
to exist among us; compelled alone to bear their burdens, and entitled alone to claim their
benefits; wisdom, justice and fairness would dictate that those laws and ‘institutions inside
of the Constitution of the United States, should be molded by ourselves, stimulated by the
absorbing interest we must feel in them, rather than by the representatives and citizens of
other States, who are no more competent to the task than we—who have no stake with us
in the results, and who would most indignantly repel any offer of reciprocity from us in
assisting to manage their affairs. The provisions of our Territorial organic act secures us
this right, and is founded in the true doctrines of Republicanism. It may be exercised in
various degrees and in various ways, and whenever it is called into action it cannot be legit-
imately attended with that excitement, which is incident to the agitation of the slavery
question in the direction of an attack upon constitutional rights. An agitation of that kind,
such as we have seen industriously prosecuted in the past history of our country by the de-
structive spirit of abolitionism, can never be productive of aught but evil, and is calculated
in an eminent degree to obscure the glories of the past, to evoke the foulest spirit of discord
among the citizens of our common country, and also to mar our brilliant future, if not en-
danger the existence of our cherished Union. A want of fidelity to the solemn compacts of
the constitution, and an attack upon the rights of the States which are guaranteed by it,
ean have no justification or excuse. This view of the case is not, however, to be confounded
with the discussion and settlement. of the slavery question in our Territory, with its bear-
ings upon the formation of our institutions. That has been referred to us as an open ques-
tion by the legitimate action of the nation, and here it is not only the privilege, but the
duty of every man to speak his opinions freely, and enforce them peaceably and fairly. Ad-
vocate and opponent stand on the same ground, and must mutually concede to each other
the identical measure of right which they claim for themselves. Freedom of opinion and
freedom of discussion without license, are of the very essence of republicanism at all times,
and are to be peculiarly respected here. The permanent character and high authority of a
State constitution, and the fact of its submission to a direct. vote of the people of the
Territory indicate that event as a signal occasion for the decision of that peculiar question.
In the meantime, however, a Territorial Legislature may undoubtedly act upon the ques-
tion to a limited and partial extent, and may temporarily prohibit, tolerate or regulate
slavery in the Territory, and in an absolute or modified form, with all the force and effect
of any other legislative act, binding until repealed by the same power that enacted it.

The message further pointed out the objects for which the Legislature
was convened, defined its duties and recommended legislation. The
boundaries of counties were to be defined; the terms of court in the differ-
ent districts decided upon; County and Probate Courts established; the
levying of taxes considered; schools established, and a Territorial militia
organized. The selection of a permanent seat of Government was also
one of the duties devolving upon the Legislature. The passing of an effi-
cient law regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors, and prohibiting its
sale to Indians, was recommended.

The message was referred to committees, and 1,000 copies ordered to
be printed.

THE UNSEATING OF THE FREE-S0IL MEMBERS.

It was well known, before the assembling of the Legislature, that no
member elected at the May election would be allowed to hold his seat.
With the members elect and their constituents, their expulsion was deemed
inevitable. Whether they should take their seats, thus recognizing the legis-
lative body by becoming a part of it, or whether they should absent them-
selves entirely, was a question earnestly discussed. The course finally
adopted, to take their seats and go through the form of a contest, was not de-
cided upon until after long and earnest discussion. Jesse D. Wood, from
the beginning, advocated a square contest that should put the iniquity fully
on record, and, as appears, succeeded in bringing the whole Free-state dele-
gation to alike view. So, as has been seen, at the opening of the session,
all the Free-state members were in their seats, with the exception of Cyrus
K. Holliday, elected to the House from the Tecumseh District, who was
unavoidably absent in Pennsylvania, attendant on a sick wife; and M. F.
Conway, of the Council, who resigned before taking his seat. The first
business in order, as preconcerted, was the purging of both branches of the
objectionable members. No legislation was attempted until it was done.
The Committee on Credentials appointed by the House did their work
thoroughly and give their reasons to the House, their constituents and
the country. in an elaborate report, as follows :

To THE HONORABLE THE SPEAKER OF THE House or REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TER-

RITORY OF KANSAS:

The Badenian a majority of the committee appointed by this House as a special
committee on credentials, whose duty it was to inquire into and examine the evidence of
membership of gentlemen who claim their seats as members of this House of Representa-
tives of the Territory of Kansas, most respectfully beg leave to make the following report:

Having heard and examined all the evidence touching the matter of inquiry before
them, and taking the organic law of Congress passed on the 20th day of May, in the year
1854, organizing the Territorial ease of the Territories of Sabie and Kansas as
their guiding star, the only bright and shining light to the port of a true and correct con-
clusion in the premises, believe and declare, in the first place, that the Governor of Kansas
had not the exclusive right or power to prescribe the manner and form by which the first
election for members of the first Territorial Legislative Assembly of the said Territory of
Kansas should be conducted and passed upon, but that a fair construction of the 22d sec-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

tion of the said organic act leads a drives a majority of your said committee to
the conclusion that no particular form of the oath which the judges of said election took
was necessary, and that no particular form of the return of said election by the said judges
was necessary in order to legalize the said election, but that such oaths and such returns as
are usual for judges of election in the several States to take, perform and return, is all that
the organic act requires. And a majority of your committee believe, and are of the opin-
ion, from the original papers filed in the office of the Secretary of the Territory, and other
papers and evidence which was before them, that the oaths and returns and all other acts
taken, done and performed by the judges appointed by His Excellency, A. H. Reeder, Gov-
ernor of the Territory of Kansas, to hold and conduct the election for members of the first
Territorial Legislative Assembly were in the usual form, at all events as effectual and as
legal and binding as if the said oaths and returns had been in the form prescribed by the
Governor in his proclamation, verbatim et literatim. Indeed, any other construction might
lead to usurpation of power, never-ending confusion and wrong. And besides, it is not to
be expected, nor is it required by any tule of law or courts of justice in the United States or
Great Britain, that oaths or affidavits taken and made promiscuously throughout the coun-
try shall be uniform; but that any oath or affidavit taken or made by any officer of any
branch of the Government, clearly showing the intention of the party taking or making
the same to the point at issue, or matter-of-fact to be established or procured, is all that the
law requires. eg ; :

In the second place, the undersigned, a majority of your said committee, are of the
opinion and declare that the said organic act, establishing the Territorial governments of
the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, docs not give to the Governor of the Territory of
Kansas power generally to set aside elections, nor does it confer upon him the right or
power to set aside the election held on Friday, the 30th of March last, in any one or all of
the election precincts, unless (in the language of the bill itself), that in case two or
more persons voted for shall have fan equal number of votes, and in case a vacancy shall
otherwise occur in either branch of the Legislative Assembly. In these events, and these
events alone, has he power to order a new election, * * * (Next paragraphs assert that
neither of the above contingencies occurred.) :

Upon what ground then were these elections set aside, and certificates refused? A
majority of your committee, and they apprehend a majority of the members of this House,
are at a loss to know. , 4

It is pretended, however, that these elections were set aside and certificates refused
upon the ground of a non-compliance on the part of some of the judges of the election, with
the manner and form prescribed in the proclamation of the Governor of the Territory.
This, as it has already been shown, was not a legitimate reason for thus setting aside these elec-
tions; but, nevertheless, new elections were ordered to be held on the 22d of May last,
and a number of gentlemen are now holding their seats in this House by virtue thereof.
Can it be that Congress in its wisdom, having great experience and the history of the past
before them, desipeee to delegate to one man the power to create a vacancy in the
popular branch of this Legislature, for his own purposes, on any pretense whatever?
Certainly not. But a majority of your committee emphatically deny that any vacancy in
this branch had occurred at the time of the issuing of the Governor’s proclamation, order-
ing a new election in the several districts of this Territory where new elections were held
and conducted, under and by virtue of that proclamation, or at the time such elections were
held and conducted, or at any time subsequent, until the organization of both branches of
the first Territorial Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, and certainly none
since; for every seat has been occupied from that moment until the present, whether right-
fully or not, is for this House to decide.

Now, sir, if this be a correct view of the subject, by what authority have the elections
in the said several Representative Districts been set aside? By what authority have certain
gentlemen been refused certificates of election? and by what authority has a new election
been ordered and held on the 22d day of May last? Verily none; at least none that a
majority of your committee can see; and the election held in the several districts of the
Territory on the 22d day of May last, is therefore, in the opinion of a majority of your com-
mittee wholly and entirely illegal, unwarrantable and not authorized by the organic act
establishing the Territorial governments of the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, and
they have therefore disregarded the said election.

Upon the subject of certificates this committee would only remark that a certificate of
election in the hands of a party claiming a seat in this or any other House of a similar char-
acter, is only prima facie evidence of his right to sit until the House shall have passed upon
the fact, and nothing more; and that a certified copy of the return of the Judges of an
election, or the original return filed in the office of the Secretary of State, is also prima facie
evidence of his right to sit until otherwise ordered by the House of which he claims to be
a member; and that it is competent and legal, and in accordance with the best parliament-
ary law and regulation, for this House, or any similar body constituted as this is, to oust, or
in other words to turn out, and refuse to any person the privilege to sit as a member, not-
withstanding he may have a certificate of election with the broad seal of a State or Terri-
tory, as the case may be. The precedents on this branch of our report are so numerous, and
so well and generally understood, that to say more would be but taxing sounds and words
wholly unnecessary now.

In regard to those gentlemen who are now sitting members of this House, and whose
seats are not contested in this place, these are passed without further comment.

But with regard to those whose seats are contested, the majority of your committee,
having already declared that the election held on the 22d of May was void ab initio, cannot
entertain either the certificate of the Governor of this Territory, or a certified copy of the
return of the Judges of the said election, nor even the original return filed in the office of
the Secretary of the Territory, and must, therefore, be governed entirely by the return ofthe
Judges who held and conducted the election held on the 30th of March last, in pursuance to
and compliance with the just proclamation of the Governor of this Territory, ordering an
election for members of the Territorial Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas.

[The gentlemen holding scats, not. contested, are here enumerated.]

And it appears that Messrs. John Iutchinson, Philip P. Fowler and Erastus D. Ladd,
from the Second Representative District; Messrs. Augustus Wattles and William Jessee, from
the Third Hepresentavive District; and Mr, Cyrus K. Holliday, from the Fourth Representa-
tive District, have received cortificates of their election from the Governor, declaring them
duly clected as members of this House, on the 22d of May last. But inasmuch as a majority
of your committee have declared that this election was void from beginning to end, and that
the Governor was not authorized or empowered to order that election by the organic act
ercpoTiahing this Territorial Government, they are not entitled to their seats as members of

8 House.

[Horo follow tho names of the candidates receiving a majority of votes in the Second,
Third and Fourth Representative Districts on the 30th of March, all of whom the committee
report cntitled to their seats: These gentlemen were Messrs. James Whitlock, A. B. Wade
and John M., Banks, in the Second; G. W. Ward and 0. H. Brown, in the Third, and D. L.
Croysdale, in the Fourth District.]

In regard to the Fifth Representative District, the committee report:

In the Fifth Representative District, it appears that A. J. Baker received a certificate
of election from the Governor of this Territory, declaring that the said A. J. Baker was duly
elected a member of this House, said certificate bearing date the 6th day of April, 1855.

It appears from all the facts in this case of Mr. A. J. Baker, that in his (the Fifth) Repre-
sentative District, there are two precincts. A.J. Baker received 25 votes, and M. W. McGee,
the contestant in this case, received 12 votes at one precinct, and at the other precinct A. J.
Baker received 1 vote, and M. W. McGee received 210 votes. The returns of the judges of
election, from both these precincts, are equally effective and equally legal in our judgment,
and we therefore declare that A. J. Baker, from the Fifth Representative District, is not entitled
to his seat in this House; but that M. W. McGee, from the Fifth Representative District,
having received a majority of all the votes polled, in that Representative District, on the
30th day of March, 1855, is entitled to his seat. asa member of this House. The foregoing,
your committee know is very imperfect; but thé shortness of the time allowed to investigate

we subject referred to them, did not admit of a more thorough and comprehensive report
ereon.

All of which is most respectfully submitted. .
Wruitam B. Maruras, Chairman.
A. 8. Jonson.

Winiiam A. HEISKELL.

Tuomas W. WATTERSON.

_ 3. D. Houston, the only Free-state member of the committee, sub-
mitted a minority report, in which he said:
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

I cannot agree that this body has the right to go behind the decision of the Governor,
who, by virtue of his office, is the organizing Federal arm of. the General Government to
evolve and manage a new government for this Territory, for the obvious reason that Con-
gress makes him the sole judge of qualifications of membership.

It makes him the channel to, and the organized means of the existence of this body.

: To assume the contrary proposition, is to assert that this legislative body exists before
it can have a legal existence.

Mr. John Hutchinson spoke for nearly two hours against the report,
and at the end was complacently informed by Speaker Stringfellow that,
“although the House had no objections to indulging the members in free
epeech it might, perhaps, shorten their remarks in some degree to know
that their speeches would not change a single vote.”

The majority report was accepted, whereby Messrs. Hutchinson, Fow-
ler, Ladd, Wattles, Jessee, Holliday and Baker ceased to be members of
the House.

The following protest was made by four of the retiring members:

_ We, the undersigned members of the House of Representatives of Kansas Territory,
believing the organic act gives this House no power to oust an member from this House,
who has a certificate of election from the Governor, that this House cannot go behind an
election called by the Governor, and consider any claims based on a prior election, we
would, therefore, protest against such a proceeding, and ask this protest to be spread upon
the journal of this House.

Joun Hutcuinson.
WILLIAM JESSE,
AuGuUSTUS WATTLES.
E, D. Lapp.

In the Council, the committee made a report equally elaborate on the
cases of Jesse D. Wood and John A. Wakefield, depriving them of their
seats and assigning these to Andrew McDonald and Hiram J. Strickler,
who had been elected according to the returns of the Marchelection. The
ousted members retired, leaving their protest spread upon the journal. It
was the Fourth of July, 1855, and Judge Wakefield, as he rose to leave,
gave vent to his indignation in the following prophetic speech: “Gentle-
men, this is a memorable day, and may become more so. Your acts will
be the means of ene the watch-fires of war in our land.”

Thus the two Houses were purified of all members having the taint of
Abolitionism in their garments, except S. D. Houston, who resigned July

M. F. Conway never took his seat in the Council. He sent in a
lengthy letter of resignation July 8, while the contested cases of Wood,
Wakefield and himself were pending.

THE LEGISLATURE AT SHAWNEE MISSION.

Having now an undivided and unanimously Pro-slavery membership,
the Legislature proceeded to carry out its pre-arranged programme. Both
Houses passed a bill-on July 4, entitled “ An act to remove the seat of Gov-
ernment temporarily:to the Shawnee Manual Labor School, in the Terri-
tory of Kansas.”

The bill was promptly vetoed by Gov. Reeder, and as promptly passed
over his veto,and the Legislature adjourned thereby tothe Shawnee Mission,
where it was to meet on July 16. The veto message read as follows:

To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS:

I return to your House, in which it originated, the bill entitled “ An act to remove the
seat of Government temporarily to the Shawnee Manual Labor School in the Territory of
Kansas,” with my objections. I cannot give the bill my official sanction for several reasons.
It provides “that until the seat of government is located by law, the Governor and Secre-
tary of State (by which is doubtless meant the Secretary of the Territory), shall respectively
keep their offices at the Shawnee Manual Labor School.” ie ;

This permission seems to me peculiarly objectionable. The Legislative and Executive
departments, here as elsewhere, are entirely independent of each other in the performance
of their respective duties within their separate spheres, and must each be left to the dis-
charge of their own proper functions, independent of the control of the other, in any way
that would interfere with the exercise of that discretion, which is properly confided to them.
Under our organic law there is even yet another consideration bearing upon this well-known
doctrine, which forces itself upon our attention. ce

The Executive department is an emanation of the power of the Federal Government,
represents the authority of that Government, and the incumbent is cel lara by it. His
duties are defined by Congress, who may at any time restrict or enlarge them, and prescribe
the mode in which they shall be performed, and to the Federal Government alone, from
which his power is derived, and by which his movements are directed, is he responsible for
the manner in which his official fanctions are performed. This controlling power over the
Territorial Executive can neither be taken away from a by the Territorial Legisla-
ture, nor can it be exercised by the latter, concurrently with the former, because this would
involve the possibility of an irreconcilable conflict between the two. The control of the
Executive is not parted with by Congress, under the 24th section of the organic law, because,
as already shown, such control by others would be inconsistent with the spirit of the act.
The General Government have legislated in various portions of the act, as to the general
duties of the Executive, and in reference to this point particularly, now involved, have gone
as far as they then deemed expedient, by providing that the Governor and Secretary shall
reside in the Territory. They may at any time go further and provide at what point of the
Territory the offices shall remain; but we must await their action in the matter, as that of
the only power which can prescribe it; so ene as they see proper to leave to the Incumbent
of the Executive Department the privilege of locating his office anywhere within the Terri-
tory, that privilege cannot be taken away by the Territorial Legislature.

When the actual seat of government is fixed by competent authority, it would cer-
tainly become the duty of the I:xecutive to locate his office there, and this pee us to the
inquiry whether the bill which I now return is within the righttul powers of the Legisla-
ture, as conferred by Congress. ‘ odes

"It professes to focate the seat of government temporarily, as contradistinguished from
a permanent location. This distinction is well founded and well understood, and is recog-
nized as well in the organic law as in the act of Congress of March 3, 1855, and a temporary
seat of government is recognized as one upon which none of the public money appropriated
by Congress, shall be expended in the erection of public buildings.

By the organic law, the Governor was veste with the power to fix the place for the
meeting of the first Legislative Assembly. ye the same law, Congress themselves fixed the
temporary seat of Government, and by act of March 3, 1855, they conferred upon the Legis-
lature the right to fix a permanent seat of government. The power of the Legislature is
thus clearly defined. Congress has chosen to confine one branch of this Buujent to the Goy-
ernor, to retain another to themselves, and to commit the third to the Legislature.

The temporary seat of government may or may not be used, and this will depend upon
whether the Legislature shail Jeave the place fixed for their meeting by the Governor, before
they shall fix upon a permanent seat of overnment. Congress having already fixed atem-
porary seat of Government for the Territory, the only effect of the bill which I now return
pe rf if b d the functi of the Legislature

r eyond the functions "

S ee Tho Teginlatne may undoubtedly, by virtue of the act of Congress, passed March 30,
1855, entirely supersede the temporary seat of government by a ie a aoe location, upon
which the public appropriation is to be expended for buildings; but in no other mode can
the object be attained. Had Congress abstained: from fixing a somporaty seat of government,
the Legislature might, perhaps, by implication, have had the power to do so; but when they
exercise it themselves, and, in the same law, prohibit the Legislature from any legislation

ld be to repeal the 31st section of the Kansas bill, which involves the exercise of ©

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inconsistent with the provisions of the act, it would seem that the door is closed for any
such legislation as contemplated by the bill which has heen submitted tome.

It follows then that the Legislative Assembly has no right to prescribe where the office
of the Executive shall be held, except by means of the establishment of a seat of government,
and that they are confined to the fixing of a permanent and not a temporary one, and it
would seem equally clear that as Congress has provided for the place of their first meeting
for the temporary seat of government, and also for the permanent scat of government, that
it was their intention that the Legislature should sit only at one place of the three.

Conclusive as this view of the case appears, I may add that I cannot perceive the
expediency of the bill. The effect will be at once to adjourn your present session to the
place mentioned, and whilst I am prepared to admit that the Legislative Assembly are satis-
fied of the existence of sufficient reasons for this step, their reasons are not apparent or
convincing to me; and on the other hand, it is the loss of the time (more valuable because
limited) which our organic law allots to the Legislative session, and hecause it will involve
a pecuniary loss in view of the arrangements which have been made at this place for our
accommodation. :

A. H. Reeprr, Governor.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, July 6, 1855.

 

SECOND TERRITORIAL CAPITOL, SHAWNEE.
Shawnee Mission School Building, in which the First Territorial Legislature met July 16,
1855. Adjourned, Aug. 30.

The Legislative body, without a head, met at the Shawnee Manual La-
bor School on the 16th of July, according to adjournment. It had already,
by its acts, dethroned the Governor, and left him only the symbol of ina-
bility and helplessness, with no executive function except to follow them
in their travels from place to place. His authority as the Executive head
of the Territorial Government had been entirely ignored. He was virtu-
ally deposed—not by the President, who had appointed him, but by the
lawless and arrogant behest of a body of men responsible only to their
Missouri constituents and the Pro-slavery junta which ruled the National
Government at Washington, headed by 8. q Douglas and Jefferson Davis,
directed in the Kansas Department by Hon. David Atchison, with Frank-
lin Pierce, President of the United States, as a figure-head, who wielded
scarcely more influence with the national conspirators, seeking to fasten
slavery upon the nation, than did ‘his subordinate, Reeder, with those who
held the Territory of Kansas by the throat.

The legislators were by no means easy in mind at the situation.
Nothing except a revolution could render the laws they might pass valid
or of any moral force, if the Executive ignored them and took the ground.
of Gov. Reeder, that they were not a legally constituted body, and that
therefore all laws they might pass were void.

The dead-lock between the Governor and the Legislature was deter-
mined on the presentation of the first act passed after ‘ts assembling at
Shawnee. It was unimportant in itself, being only to incorporate a Ferry
Company at the town of Kickapoo. The Governor returned the bill, how-
ever, without his approval. He states at the beginning of his message:

I see nothing in the bill itself to oo my sanction of it, and my reasons for disap-
proval have been doubtless anticipated by you as necessarily resulting from the opinions ex-
pressed in my message of the 6th instant.

Following, the Governor discussed the powers of the Legislature,
quoting from the organic act and other authorities to show that, by the
illegal temporary removal of the Legislature to a place other than that ap-
pointed by the Governor, who only had the power to designate its place of
meeting, it had destroyed its own existence as a law-making body. The
veto message closed as follows:

It seems, then, to be plain, that the Legislature now in session, so far as the place is
concerned, is in contravention of the act of Congress, and where they have no right to sit,
and can make no valid legislation. Entertaining these views, I can give no sanction to any
bill that is passed; and if my views are not satisfactory, it follows that we must act inde-
pendently of each other. # * * = i * * - . &

If I am right in these opinions, and our Territory shall derive no fruits from the meet-
ing of the present Legislative Assembly, I shall, at least, have the satisfaction of recollecting
that I called the attention of the Assembly to the point before they removed, and that the
responsibility, therefore, rests not on the Executive.

A. H. REEDER, Governor.

SHAWNEE MetHopist Mission, July 21, 1855.

The Legislature was quite prompt, after the receipt of this veto mes-
sage, in doing what it could to purge itself of an unpleasant Governor. as
it had already of its unpleasant members. It could not vote him out, as it
had the obnoxious members, but it had good reason to believe that, hav-
ing, so far as its powers allowed, proved its loyalty to the slave power, it
would have no trouble in removing the slight obstacle remaining in the
person of Gov. Reeder, by appeal to the central power at Washington. Ac-
cordingly, July 27, six days after the veto of the Kickapoo Ferry bill, the
following memorial was adopted in joint sessions of the two Houses:

To His EXcELLENCY, FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED SraTEs:

The undersigned, your memorialists, members of the Council and House of Representa-
tives of the Territory of Kansas, respectively represent that a crisis has at length arrived in
the affairs of this Territory which makes it imperative that you should interpose, so that
our Government (the wheels of which have been dragging so-heavily heretofore, and which
have at last come to a stand) may be relieved of the clog which has been attached to it, and
be enabled to move once more in its regular course. <A brief history of our Territory writ-
ten and unwritten, since its organization, will enable you to see the causes which have con-
duced to this end; and the remedy being in your own hands, we trust and believe you will
not hesitate immediately to apply it.

On the 30th of May, 1854, more than one year since, the bill opening the Territory for
settlement, west of Missouri and Iowa, was passed. The public, excited by the glowing
descriptions of those who had been in the Territory, and by the debates in Congress regard-
ing the future political destiny of this newly-opened country, immediately rushed in by
thousands from every quarter of our widespread Union. No Territory, ever organized by
this Government, has been peopled with half the rapidity of this, save California, owing to
the unnatural stimulus above alluded to. A people thus numerous—thus diversified from
birth, education, previous associations, and present intention and object required, it seems
to us, for their government, the most prompt action on the part of those called on to preside
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over them. From the month of May until October, there were no officers here; the Goy-
ernor appointed to organize the Territory under the provisions of the bill, arriving in the
latter month. So soon as it was ascertained, by rumor, that he had arrived (for he never in
any way made it public), it was presumed that he would immediately order the census of
the Territory to be taken, an election for members of the Legislative Assembly to be held,
and call them together at once, so that laws might be enacted for the preservation of the
public peace and weal. But what was the course pursued by that official? The citizens of
our Territory received him with open arms, and even in Missouri, the State bordering on
our line, he was tendered a supper on the day of his arrival, to enable him to meet with the
Slab gees gentleman of that section of Missouri, together with the private citizens of
e vicinity.

Received thus frankly and cordially, both in Kansas and on the border, urged time
and again to provide for the election of a Legislature—the people knowing of no laws in
force, and the Governor, having no settled opinion upon the subject, appointing Justices of
the Peace in various sections of the Territory, some of whom enforced the Pennsylvania,
some the Ohio and some the Missouri code, acting, as a matter of course, under his instruc-
tions—still, with all these various imperative necessities urging his compliance, he heeded
them not, but assumed himself to act as the law-making power, by prescribing the various
codes above, and usurping the powers of the judiciary in issuing the writs, and sitting as an
examining court upon a charge of “assault with intent to kill,” the prisoner Penne at the
time incarcerated within the walls of a prison, and before discharging him demanding his
recognizance, which was taken however by a Judge whose district had, as yet, not been
assigned him. In the midst of all this confusion, turning coolly from those who had thus
warmly welcomed him, associating with those only from one particular section of the Union,
persisting in not adopting that course which alone could produce order from this chaos, it is
not singular that loud complainings should be heard, and that sinister motives should be
attributed to him for his conduct.

The Governor then commences his course of speculation, beginning by arraying him-
self directly in opposition to the opinions of the General Government, as expressed by the
Attorney General in relation to Delaware lands, by purchasing property on those lands,
and stating that the opinions of the law officer of the General Government were incorrect,
and of no force if correct, thus setting an example of insubordination to those less informed,
and which may end in a conflict between the people of this Territory and the General Gov-
ernment, unless the rights of the squatters on those lands are recognized in conducting the
sales of them. He then commences a tour of observation through the Territory for the os-
tensible purpose of preparing for a census, etc., but which from his sitbsequent conduct,
proved to be only one of speculation, for he was known to be a large shareholder in many of

he various town companies throughout the Territory. Finally, in the month of February,
when the snow was some two feet in depth, he ordered a census to be taken (the herculean
task which had so much alarmed him), and it was so taken in about three weeks, under the
unfavorable circumstances above stated.

A proclamation was then issued for an election of members to the Legislative Assembly
to be held on the 30th of March, 1855, said pee containing a section claiming by the
Governor the right to decide contested elections, thereby virtually claiming the right to
override the will of the people, as expressed through the ballot box, and to fill the Legisla-
ture with whomsoever he chose—virtually disfranchising every man in Kansas Territory,
and also enacting a Maine Liquor Law, by providing for the destruction of liquor under cer-
tain circumstances. After the contest was over, and the result known, he delayed the
assembling of the body until the 2d day of July, more than three months afterward, and
that, too, when the whole Union was convulsed on account of alleged outrages in Kansas
Territory, and yet no law for the punishment or prevention of them. When at last they
did meet upon the call of the Governor, at a point where they had previously in an informal
manner protested against being called, with an avowal of their intention to adjourn to the
point at which they are now assembled, for the reasons that the requisite accommodations
could not be had; where there were no facilities for communicating with their families or
constituents; where they could not even find the common food to eat, unless at an enor-
mons expense, there being no gardens yet made by the squatters; where the house in which
we were expected to assemble, had no roof or floor on the Saturday preceding the Monday
of our assembling, and for the completion of which the entire Sabbath, day and night, was
desecrated by the continued labor of the mechanics; where at least one-half of the members,
eroployes and almost all others who had assembled there for business or otherwise, had to
camp out in wagons and tents during a rainy, hot season, and where cholera broke out as a
consequence of the inadequate food andshelter, and where under all these circumstances of
annoyance, they finally passed an act adjourning to this point, where ample accommoda-
tions are provided, and where the Governor himself had previously made it the seat of gov-
ernment, they were met by his veto, which is herewith transmitted. The bill was recon-
sidered by the House in which it originated, and passed by the majority prescribed by the
organic act, then acted upon by the other House, and also passed by the same prescribed
majority—a copy of which proceedings is herewith transmitted. Upon our ee at
this point, in accordance with a concurrent resolution passed as contemplated by the law,
transmitted to you, we passed various bills, which were sent to the Governor for his ap-
proval. On the 21st of July, he returned the bills with his objections to signing them (all of
which we herewith transmit), addressed to the “ House of Representatives of Kansas Terri-
tory,” and “to the Council of the Territory of Kansas,” respectively—by which he assumes
that we are not the “ House of Representatives of Kansas Territory,” nor the “Council of
the Territory of Kansas,” which, to say the least of it, isa glaring inconsistency, yet not
more so than the rest of the document, which you will perceive by reading the points made
by him. We will briefly state them, without an argument to show their utter fallacy, so
shown by himself as we are confident that you will perceive them at a glance. One point is
that Fort Leavenworth is the seat of government, made so by the organic act, that a law
passed anywhere else than at the seat of government would be illegal.

That he had the right to call the Legislature to meet at a point not the seat of govern-
ment (that is, Pawnee), and that laws enacted there (though not the seat of government) would
be legal, thereby destroying the preceding proposition.

That we could have passed an act at Pawnee, though not the seat of government, and
therefore illegal, establishing a permanent seat of government, and by an ILLEGAL ADJOURN-
MENT—because passed at a point not the seat of government—have met at. such permanent.
seat of government, and there have made legal and binding statutes; or, hy the same ILLEGAT,

rocess, have adjourned to Fort Leavenworth, the scat of government, and there have made
Tera and binding statutes.

We would respectfully represent that if the above are the honest opinions of Governor
Reeder, you must admit his utter incompetency to discharge the high duties imposed upon
him, and he should be removed, If they be not his honest opinions, then he is acting with
the sinister design of defeating the whole object for which we are assembled,

If he believes that Fort Leavenworth is the seat of government, and that laws passed
anywhere else than at that point would be illegal and void, then to call us to Pawnee to
legislate is a willful, deliberate and base attempt to render all our acts, of whatever character,
wholly illegal and void, because, by his own showing, Pawnee is not the seat of govornment,
and acts passed anywhere else than at the seat of government are of necessity void, and for
which he should be removed.

We will not proceed further with this, but will simply aver that, from the action of
Congress, Fort Leavenworth is not now the temporary seat of government. The bill pro-
vides, in the 31st section, that Fort Leavenworth shall be the temporary seat of government,
and that such buildings as may not be needed for the usc of the military shall be used b
the Governor and Legislative Assembly. A subsequent clause of an appropriation bill
provides for the appropriation of $25,000, to be expended upon the contingency, or rather
the appropriation made upon the contingency, that the requisite buildings could not be
obtained from the military or War Department. au

That appropriation having been made and paid over, proved conclusively that the
contingency mentioned has arisen, and that the buildings are refused. A subsequent appro-
priation, made on the 3d of March, 1855, provides that the sum of $25,000 be appropriated,
and that, in addition to the amount already appropriated, shall be expended in making
suitable buildings at the permanent seat of government. Now, if Fort Leavenworth is the seat
of government and the place for the Legislature to meet and transact business, then this

absurd consequence follows: That they must meet and transact business at Fort Leaven- .

worth; that they shall not use any of the buildings already erected there; and that they
shall not have any of the money to erect other buildings which could be occupied.

"Now, as the law never contemplated an absurdity such as this, forcing a Legislative
Assembly, even though composed of squatters, to meet out of doors, and forbid their erect-
ing houses, we infer that the 31st section of the bill is virtually repealed; and having no
seat of government created by competent authority, the selection of the point for the tem-
porary seat of government legitimately belongs to the Legislative Assembly whenever and

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wherever convened. And we further submit that, according to the spirit and letter of the
law, we have that right, even if Fort Leavenworth be the seat of government. We submit
that as all government is for the good of the governed, and as this is one of the legitimate
subjects af levislation vested in the people of every State in the Union, and as there could
have been no intention on the part of the wise and good men who framed this bill, when
they fixed the seat of government temporarily, to have done so other than for the comfort
and convenience of the sovereigns; that they never intended to fix an arbitrary rule which
the people could not alter, if found convenient; that it was more a permission granted by
Congress that we might have the use of those buildings or sit at that point than a command
that we should not select another point, if more desirable. i

We will and do further represent that the position assumed by the Governor is a des-
potic and tyrannical one, calculated to lead to the worst consequences if he is not forthwith

removed. :
Already threats in advance have been made that no respect will be shown to any act
passed by this Legislative Assembly, whensoever and wheresoever such act or acts may be
assed, Several papers in the Territory boldly advocate this position. A man professing to
fave been elected to this Legislature (M. I. Conway), who afterward tendered his resigna-
tion, advocates this doctrine of resistance. The Governor is, and has been, on terms of inti-
macy with these very persons; and with him as their leader, they may be led to the
commission of acts which will inevitably result in widespread strife and bloodshed.

Now, we submit that the course pursued by the Governor is unwarrantable and fac-
tious, even if he be right in the opinions advanced, that our acts are illegal and void. The
courts are the tribunals to decide this issue, and no man, Governor or private citizen, has a
right to set the laws at defiance, even if unconstitutional and void, until so decided by the
proper courts. 7 5

This principle is so well understood that we are not prepared to imagine that Gov.
Reeder is ignorant of it, even taking his own arguments as an index of his intelligence;
and there must be a willful and base design to lead the less informed into the conamission of
treasonable acts, for which he should be removed. ‘ 4 ;

In conclusion, we charge the Governor, A. H. Reeder, with willful neglect of the inter-
ests of the Territory; with endeavoring by all the means in his power to subvert the ends
and objects intended to be accomplished by the “ Kansas and Nebraska Bill;” by neglectin,
the public interests and making them subservient to private speculation; by aiding an
encouraging persons in factious and treasonable opposition to the wishes of the majority of
the citizens of the Territory and the laws of the United States in force in said Territory;
by encouraging persons to violate the laws of the United States, and set at defiance the
commands of fie General Government; by inciting persons to resist the laws which may
be passed by the present Legislative Assembly of this Territory; and, finally, by a virtual
dissolution of all connection with the present Legislative Assembly of this Territory.

For these, and many other reasons, we respectfully pray Your Excellency to remove
the said A. H. Reeder from the exercise of the functions now held by him in said Terri-
tory; and represent that a continuance of the same will be prejudicial to the best interests
of the said Territory. And as in duty bound, we will ever pray, etc., etc.

Tuos. JOHNSON, President of the Council.

Joun H. STRINGFELLOW, Speaker of the House. ;

Members of the Council—William Barbee, A. M. Coffey, D. A. N. Grover, Richard R.
Rees, H. J. Strickler, E. Chapman, John W. Forman, A. McDonald. :

WILiias P. RICHARDSON, Secretary of Council.

J. A. HALDERMAN (Attest). .

Members of the House—Joseph C. Anderson, O. H. Brown, A. S. Johnson, M. W. McGee,
Samuel Scott, George W. Ward, James Whitlock, H. W. a Ounger, John M. Banks, D. L.
Croysdale, R. L. Kirk, H.D. MeMeekin, W. H. Tebbs, Thomas W. Watterson, Samuel A.
Williams, F. J. Marshall, Joel P. Blair, H. B. ©. Harris, William G. Mathias, A. Payne, A. B,
Wade, Jonah Weddell. A, WILKINSON, Clerk of the House.

James M. Kyte (Attest).

Meantime, the Legislature had, by letter, requested, through the Unit-
ed States Attorney, a decision from the United States Court as to “ whether
the adjournment of the Assembly to the place (Shawnee Manual Labor
School) was legal.” The court rendered a prompt opinion, signed by 8S.
D. Lecompte, Chief Justice, and Rush Elmore, Associate Justice, concurred
in by A. J. Isacks, United States District Attorney, that the whole thing
was regular, and that “the want of concurrence of the Governor presents
no objection to the efficacy of the acts of the Legislative Assembly, two-
thirds of the members of each of its constituent bodies concurring therein.”

The judicial branch of the Territorial Government, by this extra-ju-
dicial decision, gave assurance to the Legislature of a support, lacking
which it would have feared to go further. Its authority as a-law-making
body thus confirmed, so long asits members were undivided, could enact what-
ever laws it deemed fit, the veto of the Governor notwithstanding. Indeed,
a Governor, in the light of this decision, ceased to be an element in the
Government, or even a hindrance to legislation.

It was voted to forward this memorial to Washington by a special mes-
senger. J. H. Stringfellow was chosen as the fittest bearer of dispatches.
He declined, and Andrew McDonald was selected. Armed with the for-
midable document, and fortified with a certificate of election from the
Legislature, he departed for Washington.

REMOVAL OF!GOV. REEDER.

Neither McDonald nor the memorial had anything to do with the re-
moval of the Governor. He was removed before McDonald arrived in
Washington.
During the late visit of Gov. Reeder to Washington, he had, in fre-
uent interviews with the President, informed him fully of the disor-
ersprevailingin the Territory. The President professed entire satisfaction
with his administration. He stated that Kansas matters had given him
more harassing anxiety than anything that had happened since the loss of
his son ; that it haunted him day and night and was the great overshad-
owing trouble of his administration. e confidentially informed Gov.
Reeder that most pertinacious complaints had been made of him, and
that his removal was being urgently demanded upon every ground that
could be got up; that Gen. Atchison had pressed it in the most excited
manner, and would listen to no reasoning at all. He professed himself as
entirely satisfied as to the charges of speculation in Indian lands and town
lots, but was sorry that any such pretext existed on which his enemies
could press his removal. In the interests of peace and harmony the Pres-
ident urged him to resign, offering him a foreign mission, and other
inducements, which were considered, but finally declined. At the end of
the series of interviews, Gov. Reeder left the Presidentin no friendly mood,
and returned to Kansas, having no reasonable expectation that his tenure
of office would last longer than until some pretext for his removal might
be found, outside his official acts. which the President did not deem it

rudent to openly condemn. The President’s parting words to Gov.

eeder gave him premonition of what was to come. He said: ‘ Well, I
shall not remove you on account of your political action ; if [remove you
at all, it will be on account of your speculation in the lands of the Terri-
tory.” That Gov, Reeder, at the time of his visit to Washington, could
 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

have made Inost advantageous terms for himself, had he been recre-
ant to principle, and regardless of the rights of the inhabitants of the
Territory, there can be little doubt. It is to his credit that he did not

resign, but returned to his post of danger and duty, where he remained-

President.

The letter of dismissal was dated at Washington, July 28, 1858. It
removed Gov. Reeder from office on the ground that his explanation
of his connection with the purchase of Kansas half-breed lands, and other
grave matters of the same class, were not such as to remove the impres-
sions which the President had previously entertained of the character of
those transactions. His removal was officially announced July 31, and on
August 16 Gov. Reeder notified the Legislature of his removal in the fol-
lowing message :

To THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE Houst or REPRESENTATIVES OF

THE TERRITORY OF Kansas:

Genilemen—Although in my message to your bodies, under date of the 2ist instant,
I stated that I was unable to convince myself of the legality of your session at this place,
for reasons then given, and, although that opinion still remains unchanged, yet, inasmuch
as my reasons were not satisfactory to you, and the bills passed by your houses have been,
sajon this time, sent to me for approval, it is proper that I should inform you that after your
adjournment of yesterday, I received official notification that my functions as Governor of
the Territory of Kansas were terminated. No successor having arrived, Secretary Woodson
will of course perform the duties of the office as Acting Governor.

A. H. REEDER.

Thus closed the administration of Andrew H. Reeder, the first Terri-
torial Governor of Kansas.

Hon. Daniel Woodson, who thus unexpectedly to himself and those
who appointed him, became the Acting Governor, and remained such until
after the adjournment of the Legislature, was a Virginian by birth, stron
in his Pro-slavery convictions, both by birth and education. He was bre
a printer, at Lexington, Va., and, at the time of his appointment as Secre-
tary. was a half-owner and the editor of the Lynchburg Republican, a
Southern Democratic journal, showing undoubted merit as an advocate of
the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, from a Southern view. He had the full con-
fidence of the Pro-slavery Legislature, and, having no moral scruples, as to
the iniquities of its birth, signed all bills passed, without hesitation or
consideration. The fact that out of all the venom engendered in the con-
test, no attack on his private character or his honesty and probity was
ever made by his political enemies, justly establishes his character for
personal honesty and purity as above reproach. Such characters, at that
time, did not bring lasting distinction to their possessors. Mr. Woodson,
Governor of Kansas during the most exciting period of her existence,
afterward served faithfully as Receiver of Public Moneys for the Delaware
Land District ; then, for twelve years, was a farmer in Leavenworth County,
and later became a resident of Montgomery County, where he worked at
his trade as a printer, and as Deputy Clerk of the County Board and
Court of that county. :

until the responsibility of his removal was reluctantly assumed , by. the
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THE LEGISLATURE DOES ITS WORK.

The work of the Legislature, rid of all its Free-state members, un-
trammeled by any restrictive power from the Executive, and supported
by the Judiciary, was easy. It had but to pass such laws as it saw fit.
Tis work will ever stand as a monument of the worst that unanimity and
unrestricted license is capable of perpetrating.

The work was finished and the Legislature adjourned August 30.
Every act passed, except one illegally appropriating money, was promptly
signed by Acting Gov. Woodson. It consisted in forming a complete code
of laws for the government of the Territory; the defining of county
boundaries, and the establishment of county governments; besides the
passage of innumerable special bills for the establishment of roads and
ferries, the chartering of railroads, and the establishment of town com-
panies at nearly every point ‘where two or three squatters had gathered
together. A full staff of military and civil officers was appointed, even
down to the local officers of the counties established, all of whom were
known to hold unequivocal opinions in favor of establishing slavery in
Kansas, at all hazards. : : .

The general code of laws was after that of Missouri, which had been
patterned after that of New York and other Eastern States, and was as
unobjectionable and as free from imperfections as human experience could
make it, except on points pertaining especially to the interests evolved
from the peculiar institution of slavery. On those points the Legislature
found the code of Missouri entirely inadequate to the requirements of the
times or the situation in Kansas, and proceeded to frame a code of black
laws which, in devilish and heartless barbarity, was never before equaled
by a legislative body sufficiently civilized to make a written record of
its transactions. ; : ; s

The peculiar laws passed by this Legislature, which, from their
atrocity rendered the whole body infamous, are given in full, or carefully
digested below:

THE BLACK LAWS.

“An act to punish offenses against slave property,’’ was passed by
the Legislature, prescribing the penalty of death to any who should decoy
slaves or incite insurrection among them, The bill, prior to its passage by
the Council, was considered by the Judiciary Committee and reported upon
oe hi ferred a bill entitled “ A t ti ish

i iciar om was referred a bill entitled ‘“ An act to punis.
aauarine SoS Oe eee rataen,* rexpestfully report that they have had the as for
some time under advisement, and, recognizing the correctness of the provisions of the act,
but one question has occupied the attention of the committee, and that is, the character of the
punishment prescribed in the bill. At first presentation of the subject, there was an appar-
ent severity which seemed not to be in consonance with the crime, and viewing the offense
in the light of grand larceny alone, the genius of our institutions, and the prejudices of
the day in which we live, at once discard so extreme 4 punishment. But when we view the
offense in its peculiar bearing upon our institutions at this particular time, it assumes more
the character of treason against the laws than an ordinary crime, which but affects the

arties immediately interested, or the immediate community in which the offense may
have been committed once, may, in its incendiary tendency,.lead to consequences of the

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most fearful character, as well upon our political as social institutions; it is an offense, the
frequent recurrence of which we may well imagine might light the bonfires of civil war,
and result in bloodshed more fearful than a thousand murders. We are, therefore, in view
of this, prepared to sanction the penalty of death, and respectfully recommend the passage
of this act. R.R. Rees, Chairman.

_ The act thus favorably reported was passed by both Houses, and
signed by Acting Gov. Woodson. It reads thus:
Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows :

Srecrion 1. If any person shall entice, decoy or carry away out of this Territory any
slave belonging to another, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of the services of such
slave, or with intent to effect or procure the freedom of such slave, he shall be adjudged
guilty of grand larceny, and on conviction thereof shall a death.

Sec. 2. Ifany person shall aid or assist in enticing, decoying or persuading or carrying
out of any State or Territory, any slave belonging to another, with intent to effect or pro-
cure the freedom of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, and, on con-
viction thereof, suffer death.

Src. 3. If any person shall entice, decoy, or carry away, out of any State or Territory
of the United States, any slave belonging to another, with intent to procure or effect the free-
dom of such slave, or to deprive the owner thereof of the services of such slave, and shall
bring such slave into this Territory, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, in
the same manner as if such slave had been enticed, decoyed, or carried away out of this
Territory; and in such case the larceny may be charged to have been committed in an:
county of this Territory, into or through which such slave shall have been brought by suc
person and, on conviction thereof, the person offending shall sugfer death.

This act was never enforced. Its features were so at variance with the
spirit of Republican institutions, and so abhorrent to every principle of
right or justice as to disarm it of all force. Its enforcement was never
attempted. It did not have the effect intended—to overawe the Free-
state settlers or check emigration ; on the contrary, its publication only
gave a fresh impetus to the tide of emigration to Kansas. In the Territory
it was well understood to be the blatant threat of the Pro-slavery element,
let loose on paper, and served the salutary end of rousing the people to the
importance of organizing in opposition to the continuance of this bur-
lesque on law and order and decency.

The prescribing of the death penalty was by no means confined to
the heinous crime of grand larceny of negroes. It was spread over the
pages of the black code so profusely as to rob it of its terrors. For incit-
ing a rebellion among slaves, or participating in the same—death; for any
free person to speak, write, print, advise, persuade or induce any slaves to
rebel, conspire against or murder any citizen of the Territory—death; or
to bring into print, write, publish, or circulate any book, paper, magazine,
pamphlet or circular for the purpose of exciting insurrection, rebellion,
revolt or conspiracy on the part of the slaves, free negroes or mulattoes,
against the citizens of the Territory, or any part of them, or knowingly
aiding or assisting the same to be done—death.

Other laws were passed, which were, if acknowledged and enforced,
fraught with more vital evil to the settlers.

The counties had been organized, their boundaries established, the
county seats located, provisions made for the levying of county taxes, and
county officials appointed. Excepting the Justices of the Peace and Con-
stables, the officers thus appointed were to hold office for the term of two
years, or until after the general election of 1857. Under the laws enacted,
every officer in the Territory, executive and judicial; was to be appointed
by the Legislature or some officer appointed by it.

Every officer, whether elected or appointed, was compelled to take an
oath to support the Organic Act and the Fugitive Slave Law. Thus all,
except Pro-slavery men, were disqualified from holding office.

By the following—Section 18, Chapter 92, page 445—all Anti-slavery
citizens were disqualified as jurors:

No person who is conscientiously opposed to the holding of slaves, or who does not
admit the right to hold slaves in this Territory, shall be a jurorin any cause in which the
right to hold any person in slavery is involved, nor in any cause in which any injury done
to or committed by any slave is in issue, nor in any criminal proceeding for the violation of
any law enacted for the protection of slave property, and for the punishment of crimes com -
mitted against the right to such property.

There was to be no session of the Legislature during 1856, but the
members of the next House were to be elected in October of that year.
A candidate to be eligible, and a voter, if challenged, was required to
swear to support the Fugitive Slave Law.

The permanent seat of government was located at Lecompton, a place
lying some six miles west of Lawrence, where every rood of land
within three miles of the town site had been pre-empted or otherwise
secured by undoubted Pro-slavery men.

The qualifications of voters were defined in the following:

AN ACT TO REGULATE ELECTIONS.

Secrion 1. Every free white male citizen of the United States, and every free male
Indian who is made a citizen by treaty or otherwise, and over the age of twenty-one years,
who shall be an inhabitant of this Territory, and’of the county or district in which he offers
to vote, and shall have paid a Territorial tax, shall be a qualified elector for all elective offi-
ces; and all Indians who are inhabitants of this Territory, and who may have adopted the
customs of the white man, and who are liable to pay taxes, shall be ‘deemed citizens ; Pro-
vided, That no soldier, seaman, or mariner in the regular army of the United States shall
be entitled to vote by reason of being on service therein; and Provided further, that no
person who shall have been convicted of any violation of any of the provisions of an act of
Congress entitled, “An Act respecting Tugitives from justice and persons escaping from
the service of their masters,” approved February 12, 1793, or of an act to amend and supple-
mentary to said act, approved September 18, 1850; whether such conviction were by erimi-
nal proceeding or by civil action for the recovery of any penalty prescribed by either of said
acts in any courts of the United States, or of any State or Territory, of any offense deenied
infamous, shall be entitled to vote at any election, or to hold any office in this Territory ;
and Provided further, That if any person offering to vote shall be challenged, and be re-

uired to take an oath or affirmation, to be administered by one of the Judges of the elec-
tion, that he will sustain the provisions of the above recited acts of Congress, and of the act
entitled, “An Act to organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas,” approved May 30,
1854, poe shall refuse to take such oath-or affirmation, the vote of such person shall be re-
jected.
An ac! supplemental to an act to provide for the collection of the Revenue:

Section 1. That, in addition to the provisions of an act entitled, “ An act for the col-
lection of the Revenue,” the Sheriff of each and every county shall, on or before the first
Monday of October, A. D. 1853, collect the sum of $1 asa poll tax from each person in the
said Territory of Kansas, who is or may be entitled to vote in said Territory, as provided in
said act, to which this is supplementary.

The Territorial militia was organized, and a staff of officers appointed
as follows:
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Major Generals—A. M. Coffey, William P. Richardson.

Brigadier Generals—William A. Heiskell, William Barbee, F. J. Mar-
shall, Lucien J. Eastin.

. Colonels—William C. Yager, George W. Johnson, 8. A. Williams,
Skilsman Fleming, Robert Clark, James E. Thompson, David M. Johnson,
Archibald Payne.

Adjutant General—Hiram J. Strickler.

Inspector General—Thomas J. B. Cramer.

The above were all intense Pro-slavery partisans, good and true for
any emergency which might arise.

-Want of space precludes further digest of the work of this Legisla-
ture. It was done for the object for which it was convened most thor-
oughly—too thoroughly to be effective.

The inhabitants were disfranchised, or their rights limited to the test
of their individual opinions. They were taxed without representation
and officers and Judges appointed without their consent. Every right of
a free citizen of the United States was ruthlessly trampled upon except
that of holding slaves. It is unnecessary to indulge in comments on the
barbarity of the code adopted. The rebellion against it was inevitable.

On the last day of the session, the following concurrent resolution
was offered by the Speaker, J. H. Stringfellow—Mr. Anderson in the
chair—and adopted:

Wuereas, The sigus of the times indicate that a measure is now on foot fraught with
more danger to the interests of the Pro-slavery party and to the Union than any which has
yet been agitated, to wit: To organize a national Democratic party ; and

WHEREAS, Some of our friends have already been aieled by it; and

_ Wuereas, The result will be to divide Pro-slavery Whigs from Democrats, thus weak-
ening our party one-half; and

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_ WHEREAS, We believe that on the success of our party depends the perpetuity of the
Union ; therefore,

Be tt Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Council concurring therein, That it is
the duty of the Pro-slavery party, the Union men of Kansas Territory, to know but one
issue, Slavery ; and that any party making or attempting to make any other is, and should
be held, as an ally of abolitionism and disunion,

Thus the Legislature, not content with the intensely partisan laws it
had passed, closed its execrable work by defining the political status of
the citizens, and drawing, ea cathedra, the party lines. The people
accepted the alternative thus unfairly forced upon them, and henceforth
fought the battle strictly in accordance with the arrogant test prescribed.
The Anti-slavery and Free-state party received unexpected and most val-
uable re-inforcements as soon as this manifesto was published.

THE FREE-STATE MOVEMENT.

Excepting the various nominating conventions held prior to the
March election, the first Free-state convention was held in Lawrence on
the evening of June 8, 1855, in response to a call signed ‘“‘ Sundry Citi-
zens,” ‘‘for the purpose of considering matters of general interest to the
Territory.”’” The meeting held until a late hour. and, after an animated
and earnest discussion, participated in by nearly all present, a committee
was appointed to invite the several Representative districts in the Terri-
tory to send five delegates from each to an adjourned convention to be
held at Lawrence on the 25th of June, ‘‘to take into consideration the
relation the people of this Territory bear to the Legislature about to con-
vene at Pawnee, etc.”’

In pursuance to the call, the adjourned meeting convened June 25
at the schoolhouse in Lawrence, and organized at 11 A.M. The tempo-
rary officers chosen were:

President—John A. Wakefield.

Secretary—William Partridge.

Delegates were in attendance from the First, Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth and Ninth Districts.

The permanent officers were:

President—J. A. Wakefield

Vice Presidents—John Brown, Jr., J. E. Curtis and John Speer.

Secretaries—R. G. Elliot, Charles Foster.

Committee on Resolutions—S. N. Wood, John Brown, Jr., James P.
Fox, A. Wattles and A. F. Powell.

The full list of delegates is not to be found, but in addition to those
above named, 8. F. Shore and William Jessee are known to have been
members.

The following preamble and resolutions were adopted:

Wuerras, Certain persons from the nese NbOCT State of Missouri have, from time to
time, made irruptions into this Territory, and have by fraud and force driven from and
overpowered our people at the ballot-box, and have forced upon us a Legislature which
does not represent the opinions of the legal voters of this Territory, many of its members
not being even residents of this Territory, but having their homes in the Stale of Missouri;
and

WueErFaS, Said persons have used violence toward the persons and property of the
inhabitants of the Territory; therefore,

Resolwed, That we are in favor of making Kansas a free Territory, and as a conse-
quence, a free State. ; .

Resolved, That we urge upon the people of Kansas to throw away all minor differ-
ences and issues, and make the freedom of Kansas the only issue.

Resolved, That we claim no right to meddle with the affairs of the people of Missouri
or any other State, but that we claim the right to regulate our own domestic affairs, and,
with the help of God, we will do it.

Resolved, That we look upon the conduct of a portion of the people of Missouri in
the late Kansas clection as a gross outrage on the elective franchise and our rights as free~
men, and a violation of the principles of popular sovereignty; and, inasmuch as many
of the members of the present Legislature are men who owe their election to a combined
system of force and fraud, we do not feel bound to obcy any law of their enacting.

Resolwed, That the legally elected members of the present Legislature be requested,
as good and patriotic citizens of Kansas, to resign and repudiate the fraud. ‘

Resolved, That in reply to the threats of war so frequently made in our neighboring
State, our answer is, WE ARE READY. : i

Resolved, That the people of Kansas are opposed to the establishment of slavery here,
and if established it will be contrary to the wishes of three-fourths of our people.

Resolved, That Kansas has a right to, and docs hereby, invoke the aid of the General
Government against the lawless course of the slavery propaganda with reference to this
Territory. ’

‘Peivioall That a FREE State CENTRAL COMMIITER be tame and that each elec-
tion district shall be entitled to one member, and each district having two Councilmen shall
be entitled to two members,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The first Free-state Committee, appointed by resolution of this con-
vention, was not announced at the meeting. :

The Free-state members elect did not see fit to resign without a con-
test, thanks to the most vigorous efforts of Dr. Wood. They chose rather
to stand face to the foe, in answer to another resolution which had put
forth the more essential and practical statement, ‘“‘ We are ready.”

FIRST DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN KANSAS.

As early as April, a most remarkable man had, unheralded and com-
aratively unknown to his neighbors, come to Kansas and settled near
eee. He had been a brave soldier in Mexico, and won renown for
bravery and rank for merit in the war with that country. He had been
honored in his native State as Lieutenant Governor and as a Member of
Congress, having served in the latter position during the Kansas-Nebraska
struggle of 1852-54, where he was an ardent supporter of the Douglas
bill and the doctrines of squatter sovereignty, and had voted for the bill
as finally passed. The indignant Free-soil excitement in his district so
ut in jeopardy his chances of a re-election that he decided to leave his
Btate and cast his lot with the new Territory he had helped to create. He
left little behind that he valued or cared to remember. _ ;
sas untrammeled by the interests of property, reputation or family left
behind. He brought with him an unbounded but as yet undefined per-
sonal ambition, and an unquestioned reputation for personal bravery.
He left behind him a family which he did not love, and a Democratic con-
stituency too weak to serve his purposes. He was poor in purse, lax in
morals, but not uncontrollably demoralized in his habits, and was pos-
sessed of a genius that neither poverty nor moral defects could conquer.
He had directed his steps to Kansas, and he came bearing quite lightly
the burdens that, but for the overpowering force of his genius, would have
crushed him before his remarkable Kansas career had begun. He did not
come to till the soil. His purposes were known only to himself, and in
his own wild dreams it did not appear to him that he was to become one
of the leading forces in making Kansas a free State. He rather looked to
the task of organizing the National Democratic party within the borders
of the Territory, and there, as its leader, vindicator and champion, reap-
ing his reward in the highest honors that the party could bestow. He
reached the goal of his ambition, but by a path he would have scorned
when he first set foot in Kansas.

James H. Lane, the subject of the foregoing sketch, together with a
few National Democrats, met in Lawrence and made the first attempt to
organize the National Democracy in Kansas on Wednesday, July 27, 1855,
two days after the Free-state convention before reported.

The meeting assembled in the office of Dr. J. N. O. P. Wood at 7
o’clock P. M., July 27. On motion of C. W. Babcock, the meeting was
organized by the election of James H. Lane, President, and J. N. O. P.
‘Wood, Secretary.

On motion of Hugh Cameron, a committee of five members was ap-
pointed to draft and present resolutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting. The committee appointed by the Chair was E. Chapman, C.
W. Babcock, Dr. James Garvin, J. 8. Emory and Hugh Cameron.

The resolutions reported and unanimously adopted were as follows:

e came to Kan-

Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the best interests of Kansas require an
early organization of the Democratic party upon truly national ground, and that we
pledge ourselves to use all honorable exertions to secure snch a result.

Resolved, That we fully indorse and reaffirm the Democratic platform as laid down at
the National Democratic Convention held at Baltimore in 1852.

Resolved, That we indorse the dn of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and claim the
rahi, unmolested, of exercising all the powers granted to us under the provisions of that

ill,

Resolved, That we cordially invite the citizens of all the States of this Union who
desire to participate in the management of our affairs to come and settle among us.

Resolved, That as true American citizens, we can appreciate the rights of the citizens
of the different States of this Union, both of the North and South, and that by no act of
ue will we trample upon those rights or interfere in anywise with their domestic insti-

utions,

Resolved, That, while we observe the rights of the citizens of the different States, we
will expect them to reciprocate. That we feel we are fully capable of managing our own
affairs, and kindly request the citizens of Northern, Southern, distant and adjoining States
to let us alone,

Resolwed, That while making this request, we wish it distinctly understood that we
appreciate the right of suifrage as the most important privilege guaranteed to us by the
founders of our institutions, and that we regard the ballot-box as the palladium of our lib-
erty, and will not, if in our power to prevent, permit the privilege to be wrested from us, or
permit.the batlot-box to be polluted by outsiders or illegal voting from any quarter.

Resolved, That we will use our best exertions to procure the nomination of National
DPomocrats to oflico, and will zealously support such candidates.

Resolved, That we cordially invite the co-operation of all National men of either party
who preter principle to faction and union to disunion,

The movement touched no responsive chord in the hearts of the peo-
le, and was strongly opposed by the Missouri Democrats who were seek-
ing to fix the destinies of Kansas by means mildly condemned in the gen-
eral terms of the resolutions. The whole movement fell still-born. ith
the failure of this effort to organize his party on a national basis, in the
Territory, melted into thin air the last hope or expectation of James H.
Lane for further honors from the party he had served so long, so faith-
fully and so well. Thenceforth he remembered only its iniquities, and its
errors, and fought it with the untiring strength inspired by the hatred of
an apostate, the zeal of a fanatic, and the ardor of lofty genius in a good
cause.

ANOTHER FREE-STATE MEETING AT LAWRENCE.

July 11, a meeting of the lately expelled Free-state members of the
Legislature and others, convened at Lawrence, not so much to vent indig-
nation for the consummation of an outrage long expected as to consider
what ought to be done next.

John A. Wakefield was Chairman, and E. D. Ladd, Secretary.

‘i ‘The objects of the meeting, as stated by Mr. Wakefield on taking the
chair, were:

‘To consider the present exivency in nnrnolitiaal_and wav-. 2. -
oo

_ of said Legislature, thus, to all intents and purposes, divesting the lawfu

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ernmental affairs, and to take the necessary preliminary steps for the calling
of a mass convention of the Free-state men of the Territory to deliber-
ate in eee to our poet J uHalties and future action.”

€ meeting was addressed by Judge Wakefield, George W. Smith,
John Hutchinson, J.N. O. P. Wood, Ree. Mr. Nute, Dr. Cherie Robinson,
C. Stearnes, William J essee and others. The expression as to the illegality
of the Legislature, and in favor of repudiating its enactments, was unani-
mous. On the proper means to be adopted to legally establish and pro-
tect the rights of the people, there was much earnest discussion, and not a
little disagreement.

Robinson, Smith, Hutchinson and others, for the first time, at this
meeting recommended and advocated earnestly the choosing of dele-
gates for the forming of a State Constitution. Ge. Wood, although quite
in accord with others as to the main issue, opposed, as such, any move
looking to a State organization. He saw taxation which could not be
borne by the incoming settlers and a consequent check of immigration.
He advocated armed resistance at the polls, in case of a repetition of the
outrages. It was urged, in reply to Dr. Wood, that the taxation would be
cheerfully borne by the Free-state men, and that they might confidently
count on extraneous help from the free states in the impending conflict.
The deliberations of this convention resulted in the adoption of the fol-
lowing resolutions:

Resolved, That a mass meeting of the Free-state citizens of the Territory of Kan-
sas be held in Lawrence on the second Tuesday of August next, to take into consideration
the situation of the Territory in reference to its government, and for the transaction of
such other business as may come before the meeting.

Resolved, That the Free-state papers of the Territory be requested to publish the pro-

eee of this meeting, and that the Secretary send notices of the same to the several
districts of the Territory. 3

THE FIRST FREE-STATE CONVENTION.

In accordance with the resolutions passed by the meeting at Lawrence
held on July 11, a convention, representing nearly every district in the
Tee assembled in Lawrence on Tuesday, at 10 o’clock A. M., August

The permanent officers of the convention chosen were: President,
Philip C. Schuyler, of Council City; Vice Presidents, G. W. Smith, M. F.
Conway, J. 3 A. Wakefield, R. Mendenhall, A. F. Powell and others, whom
the very inefficient reporter of the Herald of Freedom was too lazy to
name; Secretaries, G. Ww. Brown, John Speer; Committee on Resolutions,
C. Robinson, G. W. Deitzler. John Hutchinson, G. W. Smith, First Dis-
trict; William Jessee, S. Walker, Second District; F. W. Giles, CO. K.
Holliday, Third District: 5. F. Shore, Fourth District; C. A. Foster, W.
K. Vail, W. A. Ely, W. Partridge, Fifth District; I. T. Goodenough,
Sixth District; M. F. Conway, Rev. — Jones, Ninth District; George F.
Warren, Fourteenth District; R. Mendenhall, Seventeenth District.

Mr. Samuel D. Houston, a Free-state member of the House, who re-
signed, sent in a letter which was read and entered on the record of the
proceedings.

At the afternoon session, business was opened by an ‘address to the
Throne of Grace,” by Rev. Mr. Stewart. Waiting the report of the Com-
mittee on Resolutions, speeches were made by Mr. Emery, Rev. Mr.

ovejoy, a relative of the early abolition martyr who had been murdered
at Alton, Mr. Patterson and others, all strong and uncompromising in their
Free-state utterances.

Following them came Col. James H. Lane, who there first met in
Council with the Free-state men, and made there the first Free-state speech
of his life. As reported in the Herald of Freedom, Lawrence, August 18,
it was as follows:

Mr. PRESIDENT:

If I believed a prayer from me would do any good, it would be that you might be
imbued with the wisdom of Solomon, the caution of Washington, and the justice of Frank-
lin. Iam glad to see so many here this inclement day. It requires wisdom, it requires
manhood to restrain passion. I say it as a citizen of Kansas, I wish we had wisdom to-day.
There is the existence of a union hanging upon the action of the citizens of Kansas. Mod-
eration, moderation, moderation, gentlemen! I believe it is the duty of each of us to define
our position. I am here as anxious as any of you to secure a free constitution for Kansas. A
lesson I received from childhood was never to speak of man or woman unless I could speak
well of them. It is represented that I came to Kansas to retrieve my political fortunes, but
you, gentlemen, should know that I was urgently solicited to be a candidate for another term of
Congress, but I positively declined. I would vote for the Kansas-Nebraska bill again. I
desire Kansas to be a free State. I desire to act with my brethren, but notin a manner to
arouse the passions of the people of the other States. I would not repudiate the Legislature,
but the acts of that Legislature which contravene the rights of popular sovereignty.

The speech of Col. Lane was not received with full favor by the
members of the convention, who, from his previous record, his late
attempts to organize the Democratic party, and from the guarded, cau-
tious and somewhat ambiguous terms of his speech, were inclined to
distrust the sincerity of his motives. The report of the meeting, which
has been preserved in the Herald of Freedom, says: ‘‘The President was
loudly called for, and replied to the remarks of Col. Lane. _ rhe sheet
containing his, and perhaps other remarks, was mislaid or lost,” Follow-
ing the remarks of President Schuyler. Mr. Bronson, Rev. Mr. Lum, Rev.
Mr. Clark, of New Hampshire, and Dr. Webb made speeches until Dr.
Robinson-reported the preamble and resolutions, as follows:

Wuerras, By act of Congress, approved May 30, 1854, organizing a government for
the Territory of Kansas, a grant of legislative power was made to the lawful inhabitants
of said Territory to enable them to make such laws and establish such institutions as would
be most suitable to themselves; and, in order to accomplish this the said inhabitants were
by said act empowered and directed to elect, according to a prescribed mode, a Territorial
Legislature, with competent jurisdiction and capacity to act, under certain specific restric-
tions, over all rightful subjects of legislation; and, whereas, while exercising the authority
thus conferred to elect members of a Territorial Legislature, the Territory was invaded and
the inhabitants overwhelmed by large and numerous bands of armed men from a foreign
State, who violently took possession of nearly all places through the Territory, at which
said election was being held; who ruthlessly abolished the legally established mode of con-
ducting the same, and who, according to their own mode, and by virtue of their own rights,
in utter disregard of the act of Congress, organizing a government fdr the Territory, held

an election for members of the Kansas Legislature, and elected certain persons een

enti rant of legislative power which had been made to them by the Congressional char-
ter ae, pneren, the Legislature thus elected is now in session on the borders of the

‘state party to take the initiative.

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State of Missouri, making laws for the governance of the inhabitants and citizens of Kan-
sas; having re-composed its two bodies after its assemblage and organization, the majority
expelling the minority, and authorizing and admitting other persons to fill the places of
those expelled; having filled a vacancy, arising in consequence of a resignation (S. D.
Houston) by their own self act, without regard to the rights of the people to elect; having
fixed a temporary seat of government at the Shawnee Mission; and in pursuance of this,
abandoned the place of mecting to which they had been convened by executive auvhorty 5
having now before them a bill which they will probably enact-into a law, making the right
of suffrage in the Territory dependent upon the payment of the sum of $1, without refer-
ence to the matter of inhabitancy, thus attempting to give up the ballot-box by law for all
future time to persons from foreign States; having now before them a bill which they will
probably enact into a law for the election by themselves of a buard of permanent overseers,
to be sent out in all the districts of the Territory with power to levy taxes to any amount,
and otherwise exact from, drive and oppress the people; all, over and above, and in direct
and meditated violation and open defiance of the act of Congress organizing a government
for the Territory of Kansas, and an act supplementary thereto; therefore,
Resolved, by those of the people of the Kunsas Territory now here in mass meeting assembled :
(). That we regard the invasion of our Territory on the 30th of March last, as
one of the greatest outrages upon the laws of the land and the rights of free citizens,
ever attempted in this country, and the Legislature now in session on the borders of Mis-
souri, the offspring of that invasion, and the inheritor of allits qualities of insolence, vio-
lence and tyranny—as a living insult to the judgment and ee of the American people,
and derogatory to the integrity and respectability of the Federal authority.

(2). That we indignantly repel the pretensions of that Legislature to make laws for the
people of Kansas, that we regard it as acting entirely without the authority of law, not only
in consideration of its having been elected against law, and in violation of the rights and
will of the people, by armed men from a foreign State, but, because its course, since its meet-
ing and organization, has been utterly regardless of those conditions and requirements of
the organic act, essential to a valid discharge of legislative functions, and such as has effected
a ore forfeiture of any technicality of law by which, at first,it may have been sup-
ported.

(3). That, as men, born in a land of liberty, trained to precepts of freedom, and alive
to those tuepurrg sentiments which have prompted in all ages heroic resistance to tyrants;
as descendants of those, who, in 1776 braved the power of the mightiest monarchy on earth,
rather than submit to foreign thraldom, we repudiate this insolent attempt to impose upon
us a government by foreign arms, and pledge to each other, as our fathers did of old, “our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honors,” to a resistance of its authority.

(. That we regard it, in this crisis, as incumbent upon the people of Kansas to set
aside all differences of political opinion, to cultivate a comprehensive and intimate inter-
course with each other, effect a thorough union, and otherwise prepare for the common
defense.

(5). That we consider the attempts to establish a Territorial form of government in
this Territory, as, thus far, an utter failure; and that the people of the Territory should,
at some convenient period, assemble at the several places of holding elections in the various
districts in the Territory, and clect delegates to a convention to forma State constitution
for the State of Kansas, with the view to an immediate State organization and application,
at the next session of Congress, for admission into the American Union, as one of the States
of the American Confederacy.

(6). That the people of Kansas can never be unmindful of the deep debt of gratitude
they owe to Andrew H. Reeder for the firmness, ability and integrity shown in the dis-
charge of his duty as Executive officer of this Territory.

The above preamble and resolutions are given as finally adopted. As
reported from the committee, they varied somewhat from the form above
presented. The original report contained only the first five resolutions.
The sixth was added on the day following on motion of Mr. Conway.

Mr. J. Hutchinson presented a minority report which, it is regretted,
was not printed in any of the reports of the convention. It appears from
the reported discussions pending the adoption of the resolutions that
the minority indorsed the first four resolutions, but differed as to the
calling of a Free-state convention—not as to the advisability of the
movement so much as.to the primary source from which the call should
emanate. Some thought it should be called by the people in mass
convention; others that it was competent for a convention of the Free-
The elements were diverse. There
were Free-state Democrats, Free-state Whigs, straight Abolitionists,
moderate Free-soilers, all determined to make Kansas afree State; there
were also many Pro-slavery settlers who, in the interest of law and order,
condemned the outrages and despised the assumed authority of the Legis-
lature, but, nevertheless, could not conscientiously take an open, avowed
stand on the single issue of a free State. All these conflicting elements
were represented in the convention. The first resolution was unanimously
adopted. Pending the adoption of the second resolution, an animated dis-
cussion ensued, interspersed with motions from Col. Lane and Mr. Holli-
day to refer back to the committee or a new committee. Without
finishing the business, the meeting adjourned with such diverse and
apparently irreconcilable views as to presage a failure.

During the night much efficient work was done, and on the reconven-
ing of the convention Wednesday morning, it was found that the consul-
tations of the night had brought harmony out of the conflicting elements
of the previous day. Mr. Holliday, who opposed the resolutions when
first presented on account of their inefficiency, intimated that a plan had
been agreed upon which would remedy all defects. Mr. Hutchinson
found himself in happy accord with his friend Holliday. Mr. Smith was
in the same conciliatory frame of mind. Dr. Robinson saw in a ‘‘conven-
tion shortly to be held”’ that which had overcome his scruples. Col. Lane
was still opposed to the resolutions; he desired to oppose the acts of the
Legislature in a legal way. Foster, Jessee, Smith and Ladd, all were
ready to adopt the resolutions. So they were adopted unanimously—the
first five—Col. Lane moving the adoption of the fifth.

At the afternoon session, the unanimity was still further confirmed by
the adoption of the sixth resolution, the approval of the organization of
the Free-state party of Kansas as effected by the convention of June 25,
and by the passage of the following resolution offered by John Spear:

Resolved, That, in conformity to past recommendations, the Territorial Free State Exec-
utive Committee be requested to call a convention of five delegates to each representative
to be appointed in the several districts of Kansas on the 25th day of August, to meet at Big
Springs on the 5th day of September next, for the purposes recommended in a call previously
issued, and to take such other action as the exigencies of the time may demand.

This convention, important as it was, made no definite proposition
looking to the immediate framing of a constitution or the forming of a
State government. The fifth resolution recommended it in strong terms,
but made no provisions for bringing it about It looked more to the
elaborate enunciation of a platform of principles than efficient and im-
mediate action. It was conservative in all things looking to action,
although most radical in its utterances. It, however, was instrumental in
concentrating the thoughts and efforts of all upon the grievances it so
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pauhieny pee and so boldly condemned, and left the way open
or continued and more efficient work at the coming delegate convention
at Big Springs.

Another convention at Lawrence was held on August 15, having a
specific object in view. It had been called by ‘‘ many citizens,’’ and
being appointed for the day succeeding that just reported, was in the
minds of many in conflict with it. The wonderful harmony which char-
acterized the closing hours of the mass convention on the second day is
attributable to the fact that the Free-state men of the convention then in
session, and those who had called the one to come, fixed a harmonious
programme that should avoid any conflict of authority or diversity in final
results. Many citizens participated in the proceedings of both conven-
tions. The report of this last is copied from the Herald of Freedom, and
reads as follows:

Lawrerncr, K. T,, Avausr 15, 1855.

Pursuant to a published call, signed “Many Citizens,” ‘to take into consideration the
propriety of calling a Territorial Convention, preliminary to the formation of a State Gov-
ernment, and other subjects of public interest,” a convention of the citizens of Kansas Ter-
ritory, irrespective of Bee met, and aber motion of C. K. Holliday, Dr, A. Hunting was
ealled to the chair; G. W. Brown, E. D add, C. E. Blood, L. P. Lincoln, James Christian*
and Dr. J. D. Barnes, elected Vice Presidents, and J. K. Goodin and J. P. Fox, Secretaries.

On motion of J. Hutchinson, Esq., a committee of five were appointed to prepare busi-
ness for the convention, and Messrs. G. W. Smith, C. K. Holliday, C. Robinson, John Brown,
Jr., and A. F, Powell were chosen that committee.

. pare the absence of the committee the convention was addressed by Rev. Mr. Love-
joy, G. W. Brown, J. Hutchinson and M. IF. Conway, after which Mr. G. W. Smith, Chair-
man, submitted the following as the report of the committee:

“Wuergas, The people of Kansas Territory have been, since its settlement, and now
are, without any law-making power ; therefore, be it

“Resolved, That we, the people of Kansas Territory, in mass meeting assembled, irre-
spective of ages distinctions, influenced by a common necessity, and greatly desirous of

romoting the common good, do hereby call upon and request all Bont, fide citizens of Kansas

erritory, of whatever political views or predilections, to consult together in their respective
election districts, and, in mass convention or otherwise, elect three delegates for each rep-
resentative to which such district is entitled in the House of Representatives of the Legis-
lative Assembly, by proclamation of Gov. Reeder, of date 10th of March, 1855, said delegates
to assemble in convention at the town of topes on the 19th day of September, 1855, then
and there to consider and determine ie all subjects of public interest, and particularly
upon that having reference to the speedy formation of a State Constitution, with an inten-
tion of an immediate application to be admitted as a State into the Union of the ‘United
States of America.’ ” e

After the discussion of the resolution by Mr. Stearns and‘ others, the report of the
committee was adopted, with but one dissenting voice.

On motion, it was ordered that the proceedings of this convention be published in the
newspapers of the Territory, and Messrs. J. Speer, R. G: Elliott and G. W. Brown were ap-
ene a committee to publish and circulate the call for the convention to be holden at

‘opeka.

On motion the convention adjourned sine die.

A. HUNTING,
Preside’

G. W. Brown, —
JAMES CHRISTIAN,
E. D. Lapp,
J. D. BARNES,
C. E. BLoop,
L. P. Lincoty,
Vice Presidents,

Out of these two conventions, entirely distinct, yet most mysteriously
one, came the inception of the movements which resulted in the organi-
zation of the Free-state party and the framing of a Free-state Constitu-
tion. The first looked to the Big Springs Convention, to be holden Sep-
tember 5, to consummate the work of creel the Free-state party ;
the last, more aggressive and revolutionary, Jooked to the Topeka Conven-
tion of September 19 to take steps for the establishment of a government.

J. K. Goopr,
J. P. Fox,
Secretaries.

THE RATIFICATION MEETING.

The work of the two conventions being done, there was held in the
public hall in Lawrence, on the evening of the 15th, a ‘‘ Ratification Con-
vention.”” It was a regular ‘‘love feast.’? Few specific allusions were
made in the speeches to the two conventions which had been held. It was
a general ratification of al/ that had been done by everybody during the
past two days, and showed most conclusively that thereafter there was a
united force in Kansas pledged to freedom which no opposing powers
could intimidate, nor inward dissensions divide. The report of this con-
ae is given as it was published in the Herald of Freedom of August
18, 1855 :

Agreeably to notice, a meeting of the friends of freedom assembled at tho public hall
in Lawrence on Wednesday evening, the 15th inst., and organized by appointing C. K. Ifol-
liday, Esq., President, and G. W. Brown, Secretary.

. The President introduced the business of the meeting by referring to the action of the

eople of Kansas during the last two days, and the prospects before us. He referred to the

ivision of sentiment which had existed when the convention was called together on ‘lues-
day morning, and the perfect out. which now existed. “There is not,” said he, “a
dissatisfied mind in all this assembly with the results of the recent delilerations.”

Frederick Brown, of Mill Creek, one of the five Browns alluded to at the late conven-
tion of radical Abolitionists at Syracuse, N. Y., was in favor of military organizations for
the purpose of resisting invasion and ression.

Dr. Barnes, Judge Curtiss, Rev. Mr. Blood, Gen, Pomeroy, Judge Schulyer, Messrs,
Fitch, Conway, Smith, of Wakarusa, Dr. Hunting, Emery, Warren, Robinson, Hutchinson,
Powell, Bacon and Lincoln were severally called upon and addressed the convention in five-
minute speeches in the order in which their names are given above. But one sentiment.
prevailed, and that was a determination to act together harmoniously. The necessities of
the times showed that all must work together; that division was defeat. By common con-
sent it appeared to be understood that those matters which had divided us in the past
should be ignored in the future, until the other great issues are disposed of. One thing ata
time seemed to be the general expression.

The convention adjourned about half-past 10 o’clock, with three hearty cheers for Kan-
sas and three cheers for freedom. C. K. HoLuipay, President.

G. W. Brown, Secretary. ; i

MINUTES OF THE BIG SPRINGS CONVENTION.

The Big Springs Convention convened at the time appointed, Wednes-
day, September 5, at 110’clock A. M., and temporarily organized by calling
W. T. Roberts to the chair, and appointing D. Dodge, Secretary.

Committee on Credentials was appointed and instructed to report imme-
diately. It consisted of the following-named gentlemen: John Hutchin-
son, R. Riddle, A. Hunting, P. C. Schuyler, P. Laughlin, W. Pennock,

* Mr. Christian declined to serve.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

John Fee, A. G. Adams, John Hamilton, J. M. Tuton, R. Gillpatrick, J.
M. Arthur and Isaac Wollard.

Committee on Permanent Organization—S. D. Houston, G. F. Warren,
J. D. Barnes, William Jessee, A. G. Adams, E. Fish, John Hamilton, Will-
iam Jordan, B. Harding, Isaac Wollard and 8. Mewhinney. Recess until

half-past two.
AFTERNOON SESSION,

After a short speech from J udae Curtiss, the Committee on Creden-
tials reported the following list of delegates : :

First District.—G. W. Smith, J. H. Lane, John Curtiss, J. Emery,
John Hutchinson, Turner Sampson, M. Hunt, R. G. Elliott, J. D. Barnes,
William Yates, A. Still, H. Barricklow, B. W. Miller, W. Duncan, James
McGee. - ;

Second District.--J. M. Tuton, J. A. Wakefield, A. Curtiss, H. Y.
Baldwin, H. Burson, William Jessee, Samuel Walker, T. Wolverston, J.
C. Archibold, Charles Wright. a3

Third District.—William Y. Roberts, William Jordan, A. G. Adams,
James Cowles. :

Fourth District.—S. Mewhinney, J. F. Javins, E. G. Scott, A. J.
Miller, W. Moore. 4

Fifth District.—A. P. Wyckoff, James Osborne, James M. Arthur,
D. F. Park, William G. Nichols, Dr. R. Gillpatrick, G. W. Partridge,
Isaac Wollard, Charles A. Foster, James Todd, Robert H. Brown, Enos
Show, William R. Vail, Enos Strawn, Hamilton Smith. ;

Siath District.—John Hamilton, James Johnson, F. M. Morris.

Seventh District.—P. C. Schuyler, George Braton, Dr. J. D. Wood,
Dr. A. Bowen, E. Fisk. : ;

Eighth District.—J. E. Hohenick, Daniel H. Hiatt. ;

Ninth District.—S. D. Houston, William 8. Arnold, James P. Wilson,
Luke P. Lincoln, Dr. A. Hunting.

Tenth District.—William Pennock, J. B. Pennock, J. H. Byrd, George
F. Warren, P. Dowlin, R. H. Phelan, D. Dodge, H. M. Hook, James Salis-
bury, E. Castle, J. Parrott, John Wright, A. Guthrie, R. Riddle.

Hleventh District.—M. F. Conway, C. Junkens.

Twelfth District.—James Wilson, John Anesworth, Nathan Adams.

Fourteenth District.—S. Collins, John Fee, P. Laughlin, N. Carter,
George W. Bryan, Benjamin H. Brock, William Poepges, B. Harding, A.
Grooms, C. W. Stewart.

Fifteenth District*.—William Crosby, H. J. Stout, J. C. Ridgeway,
Elijah Pierce.

Seventeenth District.—R. Mendenhall, D. W. Mendenhall, G. P.
Lowrey.

The Committee on Permanent Organization reported : For President,
G. W. Smith ; Vice Presidents, J. A. Wakefield, John Fee, Dr. A. Hunt-
ing, James Salsbury ; Secretaries, R. G. Elliott, D. Dodge, A. G Adams,

Report adopted, and officers took their seats.

The following committees were appointed on recommendation of the
various district delegations: ~

Committee on Platform.—P. Laughlin, 8. Collins, J. A. Wakefield,
James H. Lane, A. Still, D. Dodge, J. H. Byrd, J. Hamilton, W. Crosby,
W. Y. Roberts, M. F. Conway, C. A. Foster, R. Gillpatrick.

Committee on State Organization.—B. H. Brock, A. Grooms, J. M.
Tuton, R. C. Elliott, R. Mendenhall, H. M. Hook, E. Castle, J. Hamilton,
H. J. Stout, A. Bowen, S. D. Houston, J. M. Arthur, Isaac Wollard.

Committee on Late Legislature.—John Fee, N. Carter, W. Jessee, J. 8.
Emery, H. Barricklow, W. Pennock, J. Wright, M. Duncan, P. C. Schuy-
ler, E. Pierce, Dr. A. Hunting, W. G. Nichols, G. W. Partridge.

Committee on Congressional Election.—G. W. Bryan, B. Harding, H.
Burson, W. Yates, G. P. Lowrey. G. F. Warren, R. A. Phelan, J. John-
son, J. C. Ridgeway, J. Cowles, W. 8. Arnold, J. P. Wyckoff, I. Osborne.

Committee on Miscellaneous Duties.—C. W. Stewart, W. Poepges, C.
Curtiss, 8. Mewhinney, J. Curtiss. J. Parrott, R. Riddle, W. Jordan, J. P.
Wilson, J. Todd, D. F. Park, F. M. Morris.

Business ruies were reported for the government of the convention.
After a discussion on their adoption, the convention adjourned to Thursday
morning.

SECOND DAY.

Convention convened at 9 o'clock A. M. Minutes read and approved.
Some unimportant discussion, participated in by Col. Lane, Mr. Conway,
Mr. Foster and others, ensued on the rules. :

Col. Lane, as Chairman of the Committee on Platform, reported. The
report was adopted unanimously with enthusiastic cheers. The following
as adopted is

TUE FIRST FREE-STATE PLATFORM.

Wirrnas, The Free-state party of the Territory of Kansas are about to originate an
organization tor concert of political action in electing our officers and molding our insti-
tutions; and whereas, it is expedient and necessary that a platform of principles be
adopted and proclaimed to make known the character of our organization and to test the
qualifications of candidates and the fidelity of our members; and whereas, we find our-
selves in an unparalleled and critical condition, deprived by superior force of the rights
guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and
the Kansas Bill; and whereas, the great and overshadowing question whether Kansas shall
become a free or a slave Statue must inevitably absorb all other issues except those insep-
arably connected with it; and whereas, the crisis demands the concerted and harmonious
action of all those who from principle or interest prefer free labor to slave labor, as well as
of those who value the preservation of the Union and the guarantee of republican insti-
tutions by the Constitution ; therefore,

(1) Resolved, That, setting aside all minor issues of partisan polities, it is incumbent
upon us to proficr an organization calculated to recover our dearest rights, and into which
Democrats and Whigs, native and naturalized citizens, may freely come without any sacrifice
of their respective political creeds, but without forcing as a test ‘upon others, And that when
we shall have achieved our political freedom, vindicated our rights of self-government, and
come as an independent State upon the arena of the Union, where those issues may become
vital where they are now dormant, it will be time enough to divide our organization by
those tests, the importance of which we fully recognize in their appropriate sphere.

(2) Resolved, That we will oppose and resist all non-resident voters at our polls,
whether from Missouri or elsewhere, as a gross violation of our rights and a virtual distran-
chisement of our citizens,

*One,report has this the Sixteenth.

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

(8) Resolved, That our true interests, socially, morally and pecuniarily, require that
Kansas should be a free State; that free labor will’ best promote the happiness, the rapid
population, the prosperity and the wealth of our people; that slave labor is a curse to the
master and the community, if not the slave; that our country is unsuited to it, and that we
will devote our energies as a party to exclude the institution and to secure for Kansas the
constitution of a free State.

) (4) Resolwed, That in so doing, we will consent to any fair and reasonable provision
ay mopar to the slaves already in the Territory, which shall protcct the masters against
otal loss.

(5) Resolved, That the best interests of Kansas require a population of free white
men, and that in our State organization we are in favor of stringent laws excluding all
negroes, bond and free, from the Territory, but that, nevertheless, such measure shall not
be regarded as a test of party orthodoxy.

6) Resolved, That we will discountenance and denounce any attempt to encroach

upon the constitutional rights of the people of any State, or to interfere with their slaves
sonceae to their citizens the right to regulate their own institutions, and to hold and
recover their slaves without any molestation or obstruction from the people of Kansas.
; (7) Resolwed, That the stale and ridiculous charge of abolitionism, so industriously
imputed to the Free-state party, and so pertinaciously adhered to in spite of all the evi-
dence to the contrary, is without a shadow of truth to support it; and that it is not more
apparent to ourselves than it is to our opponents, who use it as a term of reproach to bring
odium upon us, pretending to believe in its truth, and hoping to frighten from our ranks
the weak and timid who are more willing to desert their principles than they are to stand
up under persecution and abuse with a consciousness of right.

Mr. J. S. Emery presented the report of the ‘‘Committee on the late
Legislature.”” The resolutions reported were as follows:

Resolved, That the body of men who, for the last two months have been passing laws
for the people of our Territory, moved, counseled and dictated to by the demagogues of
Missouri, are to us a foreign body, representing only the lawless invaders who elected them,
and not the people of the Territory—that we repudiate their actions as the monstrous con-
summation of an act of violence, usurpation and fraud, unparalleled in the history of the
Union, and worthy only of men unfitted for the duties and regardless of the responsibilities
of Republicans,

’ Resolved, That having, by numerical inferiority and want of preparation, been com-
pelled to succumb to the cule? and oppression of armed and organized bands of the
citizens of a powerful State of the Union—having been robbed by force of the right of suf-
frage and self-government, and subjected to a foreign despotism, the more odious and in-
famous because it involves a violation of compacts with sister States more sacred than
solemn treaties, we disown and disavow with scorn and indignation the contemptible and
hypocritical mockery of a representative government into hol this infamous despotism
has been converted.

Resolved, That this miscalled Legislature, by their reckless disregard of the Organic
Territorial Act, and other Territorial legislation, in expelling members whose title to seats
was beyond thgir power to annul, in admitting members who were not elected, in alterin
the pre-emption laws and the naturalization laws, and in legislating at an wuomiedzed
place—by their refusal to allow the people to elect any of their officers—by imposing upon
us their own appointees, down to the most insignificant officers, many of whom were un-
questionably residents of Missouri at the time—by leaving us no elections save those pre-
scribed by Congress, and therefore beyond their power to abrogate, and even at these, selling
the right of suffrage at our ballot-boxes to any non-resident who chooses to buy and pay for
it, and compelling us to take an oath to support a United States law, invidiously pointed out,
by stifling the freedom of speech and of the press, thus usurping a power forbidden to
Congress, have trampled under foot the Kansas Bill, have defied the power of Congress,
libeled the Declaration of Independence, violated the Constitutional Bill of Rights, an
brought contempt and disgrace upon our republican institutions at home and abroad.

Resolved, That we owe no allegiance or obedience to the tyrannical enactments of this
spurious Legislature—that their laws have no validity or binding force upon the people of
Kansas, and that every freeman amongst us is at full liberty, consistently with all his obli-
gations as a citizen and a map, to defy and resist them if he chooses so to do.

Resolved, That we will resist them primarily by every peaceable and legal means within
our power, until we can elect our own Representatives, and sweep them from the Statute-
book, and, as the majority of the pupreme Court have so far forgotten their official duty—
have so far cast off the honor of the lawyer and the dignity of the judge as to enter, clothed
with the judicial ermine, into a partisan contest, and by an extra-judicial decision givin;
opinions in violation of all propriety, have pre-judged our case before we could be heard,
and have pledged themselves to these outlaws in advance, to decide in their favor, we will
therefore take measures to carry the question of the validity of these laws to a higher tribunal
where judges are unpledged and dispassionate—where the law will be administered in its
purity, and where we can at least have the hearing before the decision. .

Resolved, That we will endure and submit to these laws no longer than the best inter-
ests of the Territory require, as the least of two evils, and will resist them to a bloody issue
as soon as we ascertain that peaceable remedies shall fail, and forcible resistance shall fur-
nish any reasonable prospect of success ; and that, in the meantime, we recommend to our
friends throughout ine Territory, the organization and discipline of volunteer companies
and the procurement and preparation of arms. : ;

Resolved, That we cannot and will not quietly submit to surrender our “ Great American
Birthright”—the elective franchise ; which, first by violence, and then by chicanery, artifice
and weak and wicked legislation, they have so effectually accomplished to deprive us of, and
that with scorn we repudiate the “Election Law”—so called—and will not meet with them
onthe day they have appointed for the election, but will ourselves fix upon a day for the
purpose of electing a Delegate to Congress.

Col. Lane objected to the resolution impeaching the action of the
Territorial Court, and moved that it be stricken from the report. His mo-
tion did not prevail. : .

The report was accepted and the resolutions adopted, with but one
dissenting voice. ar

The Committee on State Organization reported as follows:

The Committee, after considering the propriety of taking preliminary steps to framing
aConstitution and applying for admission as a State into the Union, beg leave to report that,
under the present circumstances, they deem the movement untimely and inexpedient.

This report was the first really discordant element in the convention.
Tt was the same that disturbed the harmony of the convention held in
Lawrence three weeks before. The same men were there to advocate the
formation of a State government, and they persistently pleaded and argued
until the desired point was gained. The discussion on the adoption of the
report elicited speeches, pro and con, from Messrs. Lane, Houston, Wake-
field, Vaill, Curtiss and Schuyler. After a recess of one hour, the discus-
sion was continued by Messrs. Tuton, Hutchinson, Guthrie and Smith.
The report was not accepted, but in its place, the following resolution,
offered by Mr. Hutchinson, was adopted:

Resolved, That this Convention, in view of its recent repudiation of the acts of the so-
called Kansas Legislative Assembly, respond most heartily to the call made by the People’s
Convention of the 15th ult., for a Delegate Convention of the people of Kansas Territory,
to be held at Topeka on the 19th inst., to consider the propriety of the formation of a State
Constitution, and such other matters as may legitimately come before it.

The Committee on Congressional Election offered the following re-
port, which was accepted, and the resolution adopted: ;

Wuereas, The citizens of Kansas Territory were prevented from electing members to
a Territorial Legislature, in pursuance of the proclamation of the Executive on the 30th of
March last, by armed mobs who came into the Territory and forced upon the people the votes
of non-residents and others inimical to the interests of the resident voters of Kansas Terri-

t by defeating the objects of the Organic Act, which, among other things, provided
tha) when tite first election the Legislature should provide for the election of a D legate to

Congress. And, :

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WHEREAS, The ee body lately sitting at Shawnee Mission were not at a place
where valid laws could be made, and consequently where no valid provisions for the coming
election could be made, the people are driven to the necessity of meeting in their sovereign
capacity to provide for said election. Therefore,

Resolved, By the citizens of Kansas in convention assembled, that an election shall be
held in the several Election Districts in this Territory on the second Tuesday of October
next, under the regulations prescribed for the election of the 30th of March last in reference
to the places and manner of holding the same and the manner of making the returns, as well
as all matters relating to the formula of the election, excepting the appointment of officers
and the persons to whom returns shall be made, which shall be determined by this conven-
tion, for the poe of electing a Delegate to represent this Territory in the Thirty-fourth
Congress of the United States.

The reasons given by the committee for recommending a separate
election were several, and were stated in their report, which was adopted,
with the resolution above quoted, as follows:

First, To vote upon the same day at the same polls would be an acknowledgment of the
right of the late Legislature to callan election. This objection might be obviated, should
we go to the polls in obedience to the decision of this convention only, but then another
difficulty arises: From evidence going before us, we are convinced that a large portion of
the Free-state party will decline to vote at the expense of an oath to support special named
laws; nor is this sentiment confined to the opposers of the Fugitive Slave Law and others
mentioned, but extends to the believers in the justice and propriety of that enactment,
oe whom are some members of your committee. ;

econd, Should we be disposed to vote on the day appointed by the Legislature, past
experience tells us that we shall by force be prevented from exercising that right of free-
men, while, by the adoption of a second day, we avoid unnecessary disturbance, and may
send our Delegate to claim his seat, taken with the various legal grounds why the Legisla-
ture was incapacitated from making binding laws, will claim the favorable attention of
Congress. : ;
eWe would also recommend the Apeomimnen of a committee to draft a memorial to Con-
gress, setting forth more elaborately the reasons which have induced this course, and which
may be placed at each poll on the day of election finally appointed by the convention, so it
may be signed by every voter. We also recommend that ae copies of the returns be
made, one that one copy be presented to the Governor of the Territory for his signature and
the seal of the Territory, and, if he refuses, the other duplicate copy may be sent to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The committee further recommended that the convention, in nomi-
nating a candidate for Delegate to Congress, vote viva voce. After objec-
tions, and an ineffectual effort to have the nomination made by ballot, the
recommendation was adopted, and the nomination made in accordance
therewith.

Prior to the nomination of Congressional Delegate, the Committee on
Miscellaneous Business, through the Chairman, Mr. Parrott, reported a
series of resolutions reciting the alleged cause of the removal of Gov.
Reeder, showing the specious character of the charges on which he was
removed, condemning the means employed, and recommending that a
copy of the proceedings of the meeting be presented to the Governor.

Col. Lane opposed the adoption of the resolutions on the common-
sense ground that he had not the slightest knowledge of the facts recited
in the resolutions, was unwilling to express an opinion thereon, or to enter
into a quarrel between ex-Gov. Reeder and the Administration. The res-
olutions were adopted, nevertheless.

NOMINATION OF A CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATE.

The nomination of a Free-State Delegate to Congress being in order,
M. F. Conway, with a short but forcible speech, nominated Hon. Andrew
H. Reeder. There was no opposing candidate. His name was received
with an outburst of applause, which meant more than an ordinary nomi-
nation by acclamation. It meant a condemnation of the Territorial Leg-
islature and the National Administration. It meant a vindication of Gov.
Reeder, and an unconquerable determination to fight to the bitter end the
powers that had usurped the government of the Territory and removed
him without cause. It meant the extreme challenge of an outraged peo-
ple against every power, high or low, that stood opposed to their guaran-
teed constitutional rights.

In response to calls for Reeder, Reeder! Reeder!! the ex-Governor
appeared on the stand, and made the speech which irrevocably severed
him from the Administration and the Democratic party, and placed him
where he ever after stood, among the foremost champions of free speech,
free labor and free men. He spoke substantially as follows:

Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN:

I thank you for the friendship and support which your applause evinces. Such

applause and approval well repays any man for all the injustice that can be heaped upon

im. Youall will do methe justice to say that your nomination has been given entirely
without solicitation from me or my friends. To accept it will seriously interfere with my
private engagements, and on that pe I have continually refused it when urged until
told by men from all parts of the Territory that my name was essential to success. I now
accept the nomination, on the condition that it shall not be required or expected of me to
canvass the Territory in person. To do so would not be consonant with my feelings, as, in
case of an election, I desire to enter the halls of Congress able to say, “I come here with
clean hands—the spontaneous choice of the squatters of Kansas.” In giving me this nomi-
nation, in this manner, you have strengthened my arms to do your work, and in return, I
now pledge to you a steady, unflinching Mae ed of purpose, never-tiring industry,
dogged perseverance and all the abilities with which God has endowed me to the righting of
your wrongs, and the final triumph of your cause. I believe, from the circumstances which
have for the last eight months surrounded me, and which have at the same time placed in
my possession many facts, and bound me, heart and soul, to the oppressed voters of Kansas,
that I can do much toward obtaining redress for your grievances.

Day by day a crisis approaches us. In after times posterity will view this as a turning
point—a marked period—such as to us now are the Pees of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and the era of the alien and sedition laws. We should take each step carefully, so that
each shall be a step in the way of progress, and so that no violence be done to the tie that
binds the American people together. If any one sUpROn that any institutions or laws can
be imposed by force upon a free and enlightened people, he never knew, or has forgotten, the
history of our forefathers. American citizens bear in their breasts too much of the spirit of
other and trying days, and have lived too long amid the blessings of liberty to submit to
oppression from any quarter, and the man who, having once been free, can tamely submit
to tyranny is only fit to be a slave.

I_ urge the Free-state men of Kansas to forget all minor issues and pursue with deter-
mination the one great object, never swerving, but ever pressing on, as did the wise men
who followed the star to the manger, looking back only for fresh encouragement.

I counsel first, that peaceful resistance be made to the tyrannical and unjust laws of the
spurious Legislature; that appeal be had to the courts, to the ballot-box and to Congress for
relief from this oppressive load—that violence be deprecated so long as a single hope of
peaceable redress remains; and, at last, should all peaceful efforts fail—if, in the proper
tribunals, there is no hope for our dearest rights, outraged and profaned—it we are still to
suffer that corrupt men may reap harvests watered by our tears, then there is one more
chance for justice. God has provided in the eternal frame of things, redress for every
wrong, and there still remains to us the steady eye and the strong arm—and we must con-
quer, or mingle the bodies of the oppressors with those of the oppressed upon the soil which
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the Declaration of ladeperidenoe no longer protects. I am not apprehensive that such a
crisis will ever arrive. I believe that justice may be found far short of so dreadful an ex-
tremity, and, even should an appeal to arms come, if we are prepared, that moment the
victory is won. Our invaders will never strike a blow in so unjust a cause.
“Thrice armed is he who hath his quarrel just.”

Let the Proclamation from the people calling the election be signed by every voter; let
the legal requirements of an election be strictly absaried, Our position should be only that
of asking that the law be carried out.

When Ethan Allen was asked at Ticonderoga * whose authority he demanded the
fort, he replied: “In the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.” I
expect that you will so prepare me, that, to a similar question I may boldly answer: “The
great Jehovah and the Kansas-Nebraska-Bill Congress.” * # # # # #° Let no rashness
endanger-the Union which we all love, and to which we all cleave.

_, Lam reluctant to believe that the correct. public sentiment of the South indorses the
violent wrongs which have been perpetrated by Missourians upon the people of this Terri-
tory, and I wait to hear its rebuke. Should it not come, and all hope of moral influence to
correct these evils be cut off, and the tribunals of our country fail us, while our wrongs still
continue, what then? Will they have grown easier to bear from long custom? God forbid
that any lapse of time should accustom freemen to the duties of slaves, and, when such fatal
danger as that menaces, then is the time to

“Strike for our altars and our fires,
Strike for the green graves of our sires,
God and our native land.”

At the close of the speech, a moment of dead silence ensued, broken
with a simultaneous burst of applause, shouts, and defiant ejaculations—
“Yes, we will strike!’’ ‘‘ Freemen can never be slaves!’’ ‘‘ Three cheers
for Reeder, Reeder! Reeder!!”” “‘Nine cheers for Reeder and Right!”
Thus the work of the convention closed in an enthusiastic furor of cheers,
hand-shaking, swearing and tears.

8. C. Pomeroy, James H. Lane and G. W. Brown were appointed a
committee to wait upon Gov. Shannon, lately arrived in the Territory, and
communicate to him the proceedings of the convention.

The work of this convention organized the Free-state party of Kan-
sas, put forth its platform, nominated a Delegate to Congress, appointed a
day for his election, and indorsed the constitutional convention called to
be held at Topeka on the coming 19th.

. Prior to the convention held at Big Springs, the Free-state movement
had been conducted somewhat cautiously. Meetings had been called by
“many citizens,” ‘‘sundry citizens,” etc., and were clandestinely feeling
their way, doubtful of what strength might really be developed. Execu-
tive committees had been appointed at the Lawrence mass meetings, and
had done their work faithfully and well. The persons composing them
were not publicly announced for obvious reasons. ;

The first Kansas Free-state Executive Committee, deriving its power
from a delegate convention, was appointed by the Big Springs Convention.
The members constituting it were Charles Robinson, Chairman; Joel K.
Goodin, Secretary; George W. Smith, John A. Wakefield, L. Macy, Fry
W. Giles, William Phillips, Charles A. Foster, J. P. Fox, J. D. Stockton,
W. K. Vaill, John Brown, Jr., W. A. Ely, George F. Warren, John Hamil-
ton, Hamilton Smith, Lotan Smith, Martin F. Conway, Samuel D. Hous-
ton, L. R. Adams, Luther R. Palmer, John E. Gould, Abelard Guthrie.

The Big Springs Convention inspired the Free-state people through-
out the Territory with hope and courage, where before had been despond-
ency and apathy. Free-State meetings were held at nearly every settle-
ment in the Territory, where resolutions indorsing the ‘‘ Big Springs
platform’’ were passed, and delegates chosen for the Constitutional Con-
vention.

THE DELEGATE CONVENTION.

The delegate convention called for the purpose of considering the
expediency of the formation of a State government with a view_to appli-
cation to Congress during the next session for admission as a State, met
agreeably to call, at Topeka, on the 19th of September. It continued in
session two days. The work accomplished appears in the following min-
utes of proceedings:

FIRST DAY.

Wednesday, met at 11 A. M. Convention called to order by G. W.
Smith, Esq., of the First District. Temporary officers chosen were:
Chairman, Erastus D. Ladd, of Lawrence; Secretary, Cyrus K. Holliday,
of Topeka.

Chose as Committee on Permanent Organization, G. W. Smith, A.
Curtiss, W. Y. Roberts, J. F. Brannan, Joseph Hayes.

Chose as Committee on Credentials, Joel K. Goodin, J. A. Wake-
field, A. M. Jordan, S. Mewhinney, Hamilton Smith, Thomas J. Addis, P.
C. Schuyler, J. H. Nesbit, L. P. Lincoln.

James Redpath was given a seat as reporter for the Missourd Demo-
erat; William A. Phillips, for New York Tribune; Joseph L. Speer, for
Chicago Tribune. James Redpath was elected reporter of the convention.

Adjourned to half-past 1 o’clock P. M.

Re-assembled at 2 o’clock P. M.

Committee on Delegates reported the following members of the con-
vention:

First District—G. W. Smith, E. D. Ladd, G. W. Deitzler, S. C. Smith,
J. K. Goodin, John Speer, M. Hunt, J. H. Lane.

Seeond District—Robert Buffam, J. A. Wakefield, David Buffam, D.
Vancil, A. Curtiss, N. Alguyor.

Third District—W. Y. Roberts, OC. K. Holliday, A. M. Jordan.

Fourth District—Samuel Workman, Amos Hanna, Samuel Mewhin-
ney.

Y pipth and Siath Districts—Hamilton Smith, James F. Brannan,
Thomas J. Addis.

Seventh District—P. C. Schuyler, J. D. Wood.

Eighth District—J. H. Nesbitt, 8. R. Junkens.

Tenth District—L. P. Lincoln, Joseph Hayes.

Thirteenth District—J. B. Chapman, T. Jenner, Richard Murphy.

Sixteenth District—Marcus J. Parrott, H. Miles Moore, R. H. Phelan,
M. W. Delahay, 8. N. Latta. se ;

The Committee on Permanent Organization reported the following
list of permanent officers:

President—W. Y. Roberts.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Vice Presidents—J. A. Wakefield, P. C. Schuyler, L. P. Lincoln, J.
K. Goodin, 8. N. Latta, R. H. Phelan.

Secretaries—E. D. Ladd, J. H. Nesbitt, M. W. Delahay.

Report adopted, and officers took their seats.

Parliamentary rules adopted.

A Business Committee of fifteen members appointed, as follows: G.
W. Smith, Samuel Mewhinney, J. A. Wakefield, C. K. Holliday, L. P.
Lincoln, Hamilton Smith, J.H. Nesbitt, T. J. Addis, Thomas Jenner, J. B.
Chapman, H. Miles Moore, Marcus J. Parrott, G. W. Deitzler, P. C.
Schuyler, J. D. Wood. , .

ommittee reported, and convention adjourned to Thursday morning,

9 A.M.

SECOND. DAY.

The report of the Business Committee, on motion of Col. Lane, was
recommitted, with instructions to report blanks instead of specified time
for election of delegates and holding a constitutional convention, and
blank as to the number of delegates. The committee subsequently
reported with blanks to be filled by the convention, in accordance with
instructions. : : :

On motion of Col. Lane, a committee of eighteen was appointed, one
from each district, ‘‘with full powers to write, print and circulate an
address to the people of this Territory and to the civilized world, settin
forth our grievances and the policy we have been compelled to adopt, an
which we have determined at all hazards to carry out.”

The Committee on Address appointed was J. H. Lane, W. Y. Rob-
erts, Hamilton Smith, P. C. Schuyler, H. Miles Moore, J. 8. Emery, A.
M. Jordan, M. W. Delahay, Erastus D. Ladd, G. W. Deitzler, J. A. Wake-
field, Samuel C. Smith, Thomas J. Addis, J. H. Nesbitt, L. P. Lincoln,
John Speer, G. W. Brown, S. N. Latta, James Pierce.

Convention adjourned for dinner, and at 2 o’clock P. M. reconvened.

The Committee on Business reported, and their report was adopted.
It was voluminous. It repeated in its preamble the grievances which had
forced the citizens to the course they had adopted, and offered the follow-
ing resolutions:

(1) Resolved, By the people of Kansas Territory, in Delegate Convention assembled, that
an election shall be held in the several election precincts of this Territory on the second
Tuesday of October next, under the regulations and restrictions hereinafter imposed, for
members of a convention to form a constitution, adopt a Bill of Rights for the people of
Kansas, and take all needful measures for organizing a State Government preparatory to the
admission of Kansas into the Union as a State.

(2) Resolwed, That the ap. ortionment of Delegates to said convention shall be as fol-
lows: Two Delegates for eac presentative to which the people were entitled in the Leg-
islative Assembly by proclamation of Gov. Reeder, of date of March 10, 1855.

(3) Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed by the Chair, who shall organize
by the appointment of a Chairman and Secretary. They shall keep a record of their pro-
ceedings, and shall have a general superintendence of the affairs uf the Territory so far as
regards the organization of a State Government, which committee shall be styled the Ex-
ecutive Comusittee of Kansas Territory.

(4) Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Executive Committee of Kansas Terri-
tory to advertise said election, at least fifteen days before the second Tuesday of October
next, and to appoint three judges thereof for each precinct ; and the said judges of each pre-
cinct shall appoint two clerks, all of whom shall be duly sworn or affirmed to discharge the
duties of their respective offices impartially and with fidelity ; and they shall have power to
administer the oath or affirmation to each other; and the said judges shall open said elec-
tion, at 10 o’clock, A. M., at the place designated in each precinct by the said Executive Com-
mittee, and close the same at 4 o’clock P. And, in case any of the officers appointed fail
to attend, the officer or officers in attendance shall supply the vacancy or vacancies ; and, in
case of all of them failing to attend, ten qualified voters shall supply their places. And the
said judges shall make out duplicate returns of said election, seal up, and transmit one copy
of the same within five days, to the Chairman of the Executive Committee, to be laid before
the Convention, and they shall, within ten days, seal up and hand the other to some mem-
ber of the Executive Committee.

(5) Resolved, That the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Kansas Territory
shall announce by Proclamation the names of the persons elected as Delegates to said
Convention; and in case the returns from any precinct should not be completed by
that day, as soon thereafter as practicable, and in case of a tie, a new election shall be or-
dered by the Executive Committee, giving five days’ notice thereof, by the same officers who
officiated at the first election,

6) Resolved, That all white male inhabitants, citizens of the United States, above the
age of twenty-one years, who have had a bona fide residence in the Territory of Kansas for
the space of thirty days immediately preceding the day of said election, shall be entitled to
yote for a Delegate to said Convention; and all white male inhabitants, citizens of the
United States, above the age of twenty-one years, who have resided in the Territory of
Kansas for the space of threv months immediately preceding the day of election, shall be
eligible as Delegates to said Convention.

(7) Resolved, That if, at the time of holding said clection, it shall be inconvenient on
account of Indian hostilities or any other cause whatever, that would disturb or prevent the
voters of any eleet ion precinct in the Territory from the free and peaceable exercise of the
elective franchise, the officers are hereby authorized to adjourn said election into any other
precinet in the Territory, and to any other day they may sce proper, of the necessity of which
ey shal be the exclusive judges, at which tine and place the qualified voters may cast

neLY Votes,

(8) Hesolved, That said Couvention shall be held at Topeka, on th
Octobor next, ut 12 o'clock M., of that day. ere

(9) Hesofved, That d majority of said Convention shall constitute a uorum, and that
the said convention shall determine upon the returns and qualifications of its members, and
shill have, and exercise all the rights, privileges and immunities incident to such bodies,
and may adopt such rales and regulations {ur its government as a majority thereof may
direct, If a majority of said convention do not assemble on the day appointed therefor, a
less number is hereby authorized to adjourn from day to day.

(10) Aesolved, That in case of the death, resignation, or non-attendance of any Dele-

ate chosen from any district of the Territory, the President of the Convention shall issue
ey ordering a new election, on five days’ notice, to be conducted as heretofore di-
_ ,, (11) Resolved, That no person shall be entitled to a seat in the convention at its organ-
ization except the Members whose names are contained in the proclamation of the Chairman
of the Executive Committee. But, after the convention is organized, seats may be contested
in the usual way,

_ (12) Resolved, That the members of the convention shall receive as a compensation for
their services, the sum of three dollars per day, and three dollars for every twenty miles’
travel to and from the same, and that Congress be respectfully requested to appropriate a
sufficient sum to defray the necessary expenses of said Convention.

(13) Resolved, That on the adoption of a Constitution for the State of Kansas, the
President of the Convention shall transmit an authenticated copy thereof, to the President
of the United States, to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives; to each member of Congress and to the Governor of each of the several States
of the Union, and adopt such other measures as will secure to the people of Kansas the rights

and privileges of a sovereign State.
Territorial Committee appointed was: James H. Lane, Cyrus K. Hol-

day, Marcus J. Parrott, Philip C. Schuyler, George W. Smith, Joel K.
oodin.

 
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

With a vote of thanks to the President and other officers and three
enthusiastic cheers for the new Government, the convention adjourned.

The work of the Executive Committee and the Free-state residents
of the Territory was most vigorously prosecuted in accordance with the
plan laid out by the Topeka convention. The Executive Committee issued
a proclamation “‘ to the legal voters”’ with a most stirring preamble, calling
for the election of delegates to the constitutional convention to be holden
in Topeka on the fourth Tuesday in November, designating the polling
BiG instructing the judges of election and otherwise providing for an
election.

The election of a Free-state Delegate to Congress, in accordance with
the action of the Big Springs convention, was, by proclamation, ordered
to be holden on the same day. The date of this most important election
was October 9, 1855.

ELECTIONS OF OCTOBER, 1855.

As the reader already knows, the elections were no index of the voting
strength of the Territory. The Big Springs convention, for reasons set
forth in its published resolutions, had appointed a different day from that
designated by the Territorial Legislature for the election of a Delegate to
Congress. The latter had appointed October 1, on which day it was quite
sure that the Pro-slavery voters of the Territory, re-enforced by their Mis-
souri allies, would possess and control every ballot-box in the Territory.
The Free-state voters had appointed October 9, at which time it was
equally certain that the Free-state voters would rally to a man, and that,
except in a few precincts bordering on Missouri, there would be no attempt
made to interfere with the elections. The semi-revolutionary condition of
affairs was presented of two elections for the same office, both claiming the
suffrages of the voters of Kansas. ,

trst Election.—The Free-state men took no part in this election, as
theirs had been appointed at a later date. Nevertheless the Missourians
came over as before, in large numbers, some paying the $1 poll-tax
required by the Territorial statute, others voting without being required so
to do. The precincts in which illegal voting occurred, as shown by the
Investigation Committee, were reported as follows: ‘‘ They (the Missouri-
ans) were present und voted at the voting places of Atchison and Doni-
phan, in Atchison County; at Green Springs, Johnson County; at Willow
Springs, Franklin County; Lecompton, Douglas County; Fort Scott,
Bourbon County; Baptiste Paola’s, Lykins County, where some Indians
voted, whites paying the dollar tax for them; Leavenworth City and
Kickapoo City, Leavenworth County. At the latter place, under the lead
of Gen. B. F. Stringfellow and Col. Louis Burns, of Missouri.’’ The ab-
stract of the poll-book showed that 2,788 votes were cast in the Territory,
f which number J. W. Whitfield, the Pro-slavery candidate, received
2,721. Of this number the committee reported 857 as illegal, and several
precincts where illegal voting was alleged not counted, as no witnesses
were examined. The returns being made according to law, the Territorial
Governor granted the certificate of election to Whitfield.

ELECTION OF OCTOBER 9. (FREE-STATE.)

For Territorial Delegate to Congress Andrew H. Reeder received 2,849
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ise PLACE OF VOTING. ee vous | “prek PLACE OF VOTING. Reva:
Lawrence. 557 11 |Black Vermillion.. 14
1< |Blanton. 77 12 St. Mary’s..... 19
Palmyra 16 Silver Lake 28
9 § Bloomin; 116 Pleasant Hill 43
24 lBenicia.. 27 18< |Falls Precinct.. 45
‘Brownvil 24 Hickory Point. il
Topeka.... 1381 Burr Oak... 33
34 |Tecumseh. 31 14 43
Bi i 35 32
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Camp ae A a
illow Springs.
bes aca B 33 at Crosby’s Store.. 39.
Neosho . 16. Jackson Crane’s.. 30
Stanton... 44 Leavenworth .. 503
54 |Osawatomie 74 Wyandotte. 38
Pottawatomie. 56 16 Delaware 22
Big Sugar Creek 28 Easton... 63
Little Sugar Creek 41 Ridge Point.. 48
Scott Town... 27 17 Wakarusa.. 7
6< |Columbia 20 Mission .... 13
Fuqua’s. 12 18 Iowa Point. 40
7 |Council a : Moorstown.... 16
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The election held the same day for Dejareie® ip the oe pe
i ve a total vote in the various districts as follows: furs

Die ee Mise eeronal District, 148; Third District, 214; Fourth District, 55;
Fifth District, 282; Sixth District, 59; Seventh District, 62; Highth District,
27; Ninth District, 76; Tenth District, 110; Eleventh District, 14; Twelfth
District, 40; Thirteenth District, 86; Fourteenth District, 183; Fifteenth Dis-
trict, 59; Sixteenth District, 684; Seventeenth District, 18—Total, 2,710.

These two elections, although held the same day, and having the
countenance and support of the Free-state voters, were for purposes widely
distinct, and were held under the call of different bodies, and the returns
made to different committees. Those for Delegate to Congress were re-
turned to the Free-state Executive Committee of Kansas, ap ointed by the
Big Springs Convention; those for Delegates to the Topeka onstitutional
Convention to the Territorial Committee appointed by the Topeka Con-

ntion of the 19th September. " .

os The Territorial oeeutive Committee (Big Springs) gave to Andrew H.
Reeder his certificate of election as Delegate to Congress.

The Territorial Executive Committee (Topeka) announced the names __ :

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of Delegates duly elected to the Topeka Constitutional Convention, by
proclamation, as follows: _

By authority vested in me by the people of Kansas Territory on the 19th ult., and pur-
suant to the instructions of the Convention held at Topeka September 19,1855, * * *
ao as chairman of the Executive Committee of Kansas Territory, I do hereby
make public and proclaim, that from the returns received and on file in this office it doth
appear that the following persons have, by the legal voters of Kansas Territory, been
elected delegates to a convention to be assembled in Topeka on the 23d day of October, 1855.
at 12 M., from the several districts set opposite their names, to form a constitution, adopt a
Bill of Rights for the people of Kansas, and take all measures needful for organizing a State
government, preparatory to the admission of Kansas into the Union.

First Representative District, Samuel Mewhinney, William Graham.

Second Representative District, G. W. Smith, J. H. Lane, J. K. Goodin, C. Robinson, J
S. Emery, Morris Hunt.

Third Representative District, J. A. Wakefield, A. Curtiss, J. M. Tuton, H. Burson,

Fourth Representative District, C. K. Holliday, W. Y. Roberts,

Fifth Representative District, P. C. Schuyler, IW. Pillsbury.

Sixth Representative District, James Phenis, Dr. —— Burgess, N. Vandever. In this
district W. R. Griffith, John Hamilton, A. W. J. Brown, and W. Sanders have each a tie vote.
The returns from Fort Scott have not yet come in.

Seventh Representative District, W.T. Turner, James M. Arthur, W. T. Morris, 0. C.
Brown, Richard Knight, F. Brown, H. Smith, W. G. Nichols.

Fighth Representative District, Robert Klotz, A. Hunting.

Ninth Representative District, M. F. Conway, J. G. Thompson.

Tenth Representative District, George Hillyer, J. Whitney.

Eleventh Representative District, G. A. Cutler, John Landis.

+ Twelfth Representative District, composed of Burr Oak Precinct, Fourteenth Election
District, the whole of the Eighteenth and a small part of the Fifteenth Election District
which voted at Doniphan. (This district is entitled to four Delegates. Returns have been
received from Burr Oak Precinct, but the votes were cast for Delegates in the Eleventh Dis-
trict above. As no Delegates have been elected from this District, an immediate election
will be called for that purpose.)
a5 aurea Representative District, R. H. Crosby, Caleb May, Sanford McDaniel, James

. Sayle.

Fourteenth Representative District, Robert Riddle, M. J. Parrott, Matt. France, S. N.
Latta, D. Dodge, M. H. Delahay.

Done at the office of the Executive Committee of Kansas Territory, this 16th day of
October, 1855. JaMES H. LANE, Chairman.

J. K. Goovrn, Secretary.

 

CONSTITUTION HALL, TOPEKA,

In which were held the sessions of the Free-state Constitutional Convention—Octo-
ber 23 to November 11, 1855. Subsequently the sessions of the Topeka Legislature were
held therein. The structure, remodeled into a business block, is still standing on Kansas
avenue,

THE TOPEKA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

This convention met at Topeka October 23, 1855. The following
statistical list of members of the convention was compiled for the Missourz
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NAME, & Ligne Nativity. Residence. Politics. What State.

Arthur, James M Farmer ...... Indiana...|Sugar Creek........./ Democrat ...|Indiana.
Brown, Orville C Farmer ...... New York|Osawatomie... Free-soil...../New York.
Burson, H...... Farmer ...... Virginia .|Bloomington. Mlinois.
Crosby, R. H (Merchant .../Maine......|Oceana. ...... Minn. Ter.
Curtiss, A.... Lawyer..... New York|Bloomington........JNone ......... ‘Kentucky.
Cutler, G. A. Physician.../Tenn ...... Doniphan...... Free-soil.....|Missouri.
Delahay, M. W. .|Leavenwort. Democrat ...;Alabama.
Dodge, D...... Doniphan... Democrat.../New York.
Emery, J. 8. .|Lawrence .|Democrat...|New York.
Goodin, J. kK ..|Clear Lake.. -|Demoerat ...|Ohio,
Holliday, ©. Kaien 28 (LAWYED acon nn. ....../Topeka, .{Penn,
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Knight, Richa: Clergyman..|England ..|Lawrence .|Free-state ...|Mass,
Lane, James H Lawyer Kentucky|Lawrence | Indiana.
Latta, 8.N... Lawyer Ohio......../Leavenworth....... Towa.
Landis, John.. . Farmer y|Doniphan... ..|Missouri.
McDaniel, Sanford... Farmer ... ...(Round Prairie....../Democrat ...|Missouri.
Mewhinney, Sam’l... Farmer ..(Prairie City -|Democrat ...|I]linois.
Parrott, M. J... -| 26 |Lawyer -|Democrat ...|Ohio.
Roberts, W. Y. .| 41 |Farmer ... a -|Demoerat .../Penn.
Robinson, C.............| 37 {Physician Lawrence .. .|Indep’dent ./Mass.
Sayle, James L 37 |Farmer ... Kickapoo... .|Republican.|Iowa.
Schnyler, P. C......- 50 |Farmer Council City......../Republican.|New York.
Smith, G. W.... .| 50 [Lawyer Franklin ... .\Whig.......... Penn.
Thompson, J, G........] 55 |Saddler....... .. (Topeka ..... -|/Democrat .../Penn.
Tuton, J. M.... .| 33 |Clergyman. ..(Bloomington Democrat ...|Missouri.
Waketield, J. A........] 59 |Lawyer..... S Bloomington Whig... Iowa.
Stewart, C.W..... 42 |Farmer...... ITYOY ...eseeee Democrat an] siewessas
Graham, William......| 39 |Physician.../Ireland....|Prairie City.. -\Democrat..../Tenn.
May, Caleb... -| 40 |Farmer...... Kentucky|Oceana... -|Democrat ...|Missouri.
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S. C. Smith.....| 27 |Secretary..../Farmer ...... Mass........ Lawrence ...|Republican./Mass.
C. A. Foster....| 28 |Asst. Sec’y...JLawyer ..... ...|Osawatoniie|Republican.|Mass,
§. F. Tappan...) 24 |Clerk........../Mechanic ... .|Lawrence ...|Abolitionist|Mass.
John Dailey...| 24 |Clerk..........|Farmer ...... Topeka ...... Democrat ...|Indiana.
Jas. Redpath...| 22 |Reporter.....|Journalist ..|England... St. Louis...../D. & Eman-|Louisiana.
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2 HISTORY

The members elect, reported absent, were: Messrs. Brown, Burgess,
Conway, Field, France, Morris, Nichols, Phenis, Riddle, Hamden, Smith,
Turner, Vandever.

J. H. Nesbitt appeared as member elect from the Eighth District, No-
vember 5, in place of Josiah Pillsbury who resigned on account of ill
health. W. R. Griffith was admitted as a delegate from the Sixth District,
November 6.

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION. 3

First day—Tuesday, October 28.—Convention called to order by J. A.
Wakefield; prayer by Rev. Richard Knight; roll called by Joel K. Goodin,
Secretary of Executive Committee. Twenty-one members answered to
their names. There being less than a quorum present, the Convention

adjourned till Wednesday morning at nine o’clock.

Second day—Wednesday, October 24.—Met according to adjournment.
The roll-call showed thirty members—a quorum—present. The Conven-
tion organized by the choice of G. C. Smith, of Lawrence, Secretary, and,
_on motion of Col. Delahay, of Hon. James H. Lane as President, receiv-
ing fifteen votes to five for W. Y. Roberts, and four for John A. Wake-
field. Lane made a short and characteristic speech on taking the chair.
The names of the remaining officers chosen appear in the list heretofore
riven. Newspaper correspondents present were: Samuel F. Tappan,

erald of Freedom; John Speer, Kansas Tribune; James Redpath, Mis-
sourt Democrat; William A. Phillips, New York Zribune; Joseph L.
Speer, Chicago Tribune.

The subsequent work of the Convention consisted largely of the busi-
ness routine of all deliberative bodies, and is not of sufficient interest or
importance to be recorded in daily detail.

The session lasted until November 11, at which date it adjourned.
The result of the deliberations were:

1. The framing of a State Constitution, to be presented to the people
for ratification on December 15.

2. Also a submission at the same time by separate ballot of the ques-
tions—favoring a General Banking Law—Yes or No. Exclusion of Ne-
groes and Mulattoes from the State—Yes or No.

3. A memorial to Congress was prepared, praying the admission of
Kansas as a State under the Constitution.

4. It was decided, in case the Constitution should be ratified, to or-
ganize a State government under its provisions, by the election of State
officers and members of the General Assembly of the State; and the Ex-
ecutive Committee were authorized to call such election and perform such
other acts as should complete the State organization and convene the
State Legislature.

The validity of the proposed work was thoroughly understood, alike
by the friends and opposers of the “‘ Topeka” movement, to be contingent
on the admission of Kansas as a State under the Constitution. So long as
Congress failed to admit, so long would these efforts prove futile, and the
enactments remain void.

THE TOPEKA CONSTITUTION.

The Constitution thus framed and presented to the people for adop-
tion, was framed essentially after the model of other Free States. The
exceptions will be noted hereafter,

The preamble described the boundaries of the proposed State, being
the same as the then established boundaries of the Territory, and cove-
nanted ‘‘in order to secure to ourselves and posterity the enjoyment of all
the rights of life, liberty and property, and the free pursuit of happiness,
to form ourselves into an independent State by the name and style of the
State of Kansas,’’ etc.

ArtTIcLE I. Birt or Rieuts.—Contained twenty-two sections enu-
merating in the familiar phrase of such documents the various rights
inalienable and otherwise, which a free and enlightened government is
hound to guarantee to its subjects. The sections touching on the slavery
question were as follows:

F SEcTION 6. There shall be no slavery in this State, nor involuntary servitude, except
or crime.

Srction 21. No indenture of any negro or mulatto, made and executed out of the
bounds of the State, shall be valid within the State.

Art. II. Exzcrive Francuise.—Thirteen sections.

SEcTIoN 2. Every white male person, and every civilized male Indian who has adopted
the habits of the white man, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, who shall be a
citizen of the United States; who shall have resided and had his habitation, domicile, home
and place of poe an abode in the State of Kansas for six months next preceding the
election at which he offers his vote; who, at such time, and for thirty days immediately
preceding such time, shall have had his actual habitation, domicile, home, and place of
abode in the county in which he offers to vote; and who shall have resided in the precinct
or election district for at least ten days immediately preceding the election, shall be deemed
a qualified elector at all elections under this Constitution, except at elections by general
ticket prescribed by law, in which case the elector must have the aforesaid qualifications,
put a residence in said district of ten days will entitle him to vote: Provided, That no soldier,
seaman, or marine of the regular army of the United States shall be considered a resident
of the State in consequence of being stationed within the same.

The oath required of officers of the State was prescribed as follows:

Section 9, All officers, civiland military, in this State, before they enter upon the
duties of their respective offices, shall take the following oath, or affirmation :

“J, —_————__, do swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United
States, and of the State of Kansas; that I am duly qualified, according to the Constitution, to
exercise the office to which I have been elected (or appointed), and will, to the best of my.
abilities, discharge the duties thereof faithfully and impartially, according to law.”

Art. III. DisrrrutTion or PowErs.—One section.

Art. lV. LecisLativE.—Twenty-seven sections.

Art. V. Exercurtve.—Names officers and defines their duties and
powers. Twenty-one sections. . ou

Art. VI. Jupictau.—Courts designated, officers named, jurisdiction
defined. Eighteen sections. ;

Arr. VIL. Epucarion.—Four sections. |

Arr, VUI. Pusiic Institurions.—Provided for State asylums for
idiots, the blind, deaf, insane, etc. Five sections. __ ;

Art. IX. Puxsiic Desr anp PuBLic Works.—Five sections,

OF KANSAS.

Arr, X. Mriirra.—Seven sections. ;
Art. XI. Frvance anp Taxatron—Four sections. ;
Art, XII. Country anp TowNnsHIP OFFICERS.—Four sections.

ART. XIII. CorporatTions.—Two sections.

Art. XIV. JuRIspRUDENCE.—Two sections.

Art. XV. MisceELLANEous.—Five sections.

Art. XVI. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.—Four sections.
Arr. XVII. *Banks aND CurrENcy.—Eleven sections.

The schedule following the Constitution, offered as a part of that docu-
ment for adoption by the people, contained fourteen sections. Besides
describing the boundaries of the election, Senatorial and Representative
districts, and defining the duties of the judges of election, it proclaimed
the future policy and plans of the convention, as shown in the following
articles:

Third—That each qualified elector shall express his assent or dissent to the Constitu-
tion by voting a written or printed ticket labeled “Constitution,” or “No Constitution,”
which election shall be held by the same Judges and conducted under the same regulations
and restrictions as are hereinafter provided for the election of members of the General
Assembly ; and the Judges thercin named shall, within ten days after said election, seal u
and transmit to the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Kansas Territory the result
of said election, who shall forthwith make proclamation of the same. And, in case thé Con-
stitution be ratified by the people, the Chairman of the Executive Committce shall cause
publication to be made by proclamation that an election will be held on the third Tuesday
of January, 1856, for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor,
Judges of Supreme Court, Clerk of the Supreme Court, State Printer, Attorney General.
Reporter of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the Supiene Court, and Members of the Genera!
Assembly, which said election shall be held by the same Judges, under the same restrictions,
and conducted in the same manner as is hereinafter provided for the election of Members
of the General Assembly; and the Judges herein named are hereby required within ten
days after said election, to seal up and transmit duplicate copies of the returns of said
election to the Chairman of the Executive Committee, one of which shall be laid before the
General Assembly at its first meeting.

Fourth—At the same time and place, the qualified voters shall, under the same regula-
tions and restrictions, elect a Member of Congress, to represent the State of Kansas in the
Thirty-fourth Congress of the United States; the returns of said election to be made to the
Chairman of the Executive Committee, who shall deposit the same in the office of the Secre-
tary of State as soon as he shall enter oe the discharge of the duties of his office.

Fifth—The General Assembly shall meet on the 4th day of March, A. D. 1856, at the
city of Topeka, at 12 M., at which time and place the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secre-
tary of State, J udge of the Supreme Court, Treasurer, Auditor, State Printer, Reporter and
Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Attorney General shall appear, take the oath of office, and
enter upon the discharge of their respective offices under this Constitution, and shall con-
tinue in office in the same manner and during the same period that they would have done
had they been elected on the first Monday of August, 1856.

~  §xcrion 14. The first Legislature shall provide by law for the enforcement of the
provisions of the Sixth Section of the Bill of Rights, on or before the 4th day of July, 1857
as to all persons in the Territory before the adoption of the Constitution; and as to all
others, the provisions of said section shall operate from and after the ratification of this

Constitution by the people.
i feigned] Robert Klotz, M. J. Parrott, M. W. Delahay, W. R. Griffith, G. S. Hillyer, Will-
iam Hic

s, S. N. Latta, John Landis, H. Burson, Ci Ws Stewart, J. M. Arthur, J. L. Sayle,
Caleb May, S. Mewhinney, A. Curtiss, A. Hunting, R. Knight, O. C. Brown, W. Graham,
Morris Hunt, J. H. Nesbitt, C. K. Holliday, David Dodge, J. A. Wakefield, W. Y. Roberts, G.
W. Smith, J. G. Thompson, G. A. Cutler, J. K. Goodin, I. M. Tuton, Thomas Bell, R. H.
Crosby, P. C. Schuyler, C. Robinson, M. F. Conway, J. 8. Emery; James H. Lane, President;
Samuel 6. Smith, Secretary ; Charles A. Foster, Assistant Secretary.

The vote on the adoption or rejection of the Topeka Constitution and
other questions submitted, was held as appointed, December 15. The
poll-book at Leavenworth was destroyed by a Pro-slavery mob. Leaving
out the probable vote at that place—say 500, and the returns were: ‘‘ For
the Constitution,” 1,731, ‘‘ Against the Constitution,’ 46; ‘‘ For a General
Banking Law,’ 1,120, against it, 564; for ‘‘exclusion of negroes and
mulattoes from the State,” 1,287, against their exclusion, 4538. Total
number of votes cast, exclusive of Leavenworth, 1,778.

The Constitution being adopted, the Free-state men met in convention
at Lawrence, on Saturday, December 22, and nominated the following
Free-state ticket :

For Governor, Charles Robinson ; for Lieutenant Governor, W. Y.
‘Roberts ; for Secretary of the State, P. C. Schuyler ; for Treasurer of the
State, J. A. Wakefield; for Judges of Supreme Court, S. N. Latta, M.
F. Conway, Morris Hunt; for Attorney General, H. Miles Moore ; for
Auditor, G. A. Cutler; for State Printer, John Speer; for Clerk of
Supreme Court, 8. B. Floyd; for Reporter of Supreme Court, E. M.
Thurston ; for Representative to Congress, Mark W. Delahay.

A few malcontents attempted a bolt on the ground that the personnel
of the ticket showed that the ‘‘ abolition” wing of the Free-state party
had captured the convention. They attempted to reconstruct the ticket
by ee from his position at its head, substituting W. Y.
Roberts in his place and by other changes in the nominees. The whole
movement was publicly disowned by Mr. Roberts and others whom they
placed in nomination, as well as by Col. Lane and other leading men of the
party. The bolt was inopportune, and was hastily buried in oblivion by
its friends, almost as soon as it was born.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

The executive force which inspired life and impelled and directed the
work of the movement for a State Government, lay in the Executive Com-
mittee of Kansas Territory, which had been appointed by the Topeka
primary convention of September 19. It continued to issue its proclama-
tions through its Chairman, James H. Lane, and to do in a most wonder-
fully efficient manner the work of a provisional and semi-revolutionary
government, through the darkest_and most disordered and dangerous
period of the Territorial history. It is known from whence it derived its
first existence, but beyond that, it seemed to have had within itself the
combination of qualities required to plan and execute whatever the
exigencies of the times demanded in the interest of the Free-state party.

The names of the persons constituting this nucleus of an unborn gov-
erment are repeated :

James H. Lane, President; J. K. Goodin, Secretary; Cyrus K. Holliday,
on J. Parrott, Philip C. Schuyler, George W. Smith, George W.

rown.

From his official acts as the executive head of this committee, and the

*The question as to the adoption of this article was submitted ci
the people at the polls. It was adopted by a large majority, nt a tr SORE

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

frequent occurrence of proclamations bearing his signature James H. Lane

came to be early recognized as the leader of the Free-state party in
Kansas. ”

__ The following proclamations were issued by the Chairman of the Com-
mittee during the fall of 1855 :

_ (1) Address and call for the election of delegates to the constitu-
tional convention to be holden at Topeka October 28.
(2) Proclamation for supplementary election in Burr Oak District.
(3), Proclamation calling election for ratification of constitution, and

for voting on the Banking Law and the exclusion of blacks from the Ter-
ritory, on December 15.

(4) Proclamation for a day of ‘Public Thanksgiving and Praise’ to
be holden December 25, which read as follows:

PROCLAMATION
FOR A DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE,

In pursuance of a long established usage, which has always found a cheerful acquies-
cence in the hearts of a grateful people, and by the direction of the Executive Committee of
Kansas Territory, Ido hereby set apart and appoint Tuesday, the 25th day of December
next, to be observed by the people of Kansas as a day of public Thanksgiving and Praise.

While insult, outrage and death have been inflicted upon many of our unoffending citi-
zens by those whom we desire to recognize as brothers; while the attempt is being made to
inflict upon us the most galling and debasing slavery, our lives have been spared and a way
ee out by which, without imbruing our hands in blood, we can secure the blessings of

iberty and a good government.

The fields of the husbandman have yielded abundantly, and industry in allits channels
has been apparently rewarded. For these and the innumerable blessings we are enjoy-
ing, let our hearts be devoutly thankful. From every
altar let Thanksgiving and songs of Praise ascend
to that God from whom all these blessings flow. Let
the occasion be improved by the people of Kansas
for the advancement of Freedom, Virtue and Chris-
tianity—let the poor be remembered and relieved,
and the day be wholly spent as wisdom shall direct,
and God approve and bless.

_ Given under my hand at the office of the Exec-
utive Committee of Kansas Territory, in the city of
Topeka, this 27th day of November, ‘ALD. 1855

(5) Proclamation announcing the reé-
sult of the election of December 15, where-
by the constitution was adopted by the

eople, a general bankng law adopted and
ree negroes excluded— December 27.

(6) Proclamation calling an election
of State officers and Member of Congress,
to be holden January 15, 1856. .

The early meetings of the committee
were held at divers places. September 20,

the records show the first meeting to have \\\
been held at the house of E. C. K. Gar- A

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vey, in Topeka. September 21, another
meeting was held at the house of Charles
Robinson, in Lawrence. November 10,
permanent headquarters were established
at Topeka. ‘‘The front room” of E. OC.
K. Garvey’s “new brick building was
rented at $100 per annum,”’ the said Gar-
vey to “make a solid partition through
the same and furnish the office with car-
pet, desk, stove and fuel.” The meetings.
thereafter to be held in the room rented,
semi-monthly, on the second and fourth
Saturdays of each month.

The records *show that, on October 1,
Dr. Charles Robinson was elected Treas-
urer of the committee.

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THE WOOF OF THE WEB.

The foregoing history of the evolution
of the Free-state party at Big Springs;
the framing of a State constitution at
Topeka; the call for an election of State
offiders; the work of the Territorial Legis-
lature, show something of the political
history of the Territory during the summer
and autumn of 1855, but give no adequate portrayal of the labors performed,
the dangers incurred, the popular excitement, the bitter personal feuds
engendered; nor of the murders, robberies and other disorders consequent
upon the want of recognized law in the Territory; nor of the absolute
blindness and criminal heedlessness of the national Government to every
phase of the local tribulation which militated against the establishment of
slavery in Kansas. These constituted the infernal woof of Kansas history,
of which the strong warp had been already laid.

GOV. SHANNON.

Andrew H. Reeder was removed from office July 28, 1855, received offi-
cial notice of his removal and ceased to act as Governor August 15. The
Secretary, Hon. Daniel Woodson, became acting Governor during the
remaining part of the session of the Territorial Legislature. On the
removal of Gov. Reeder, the vacant office was tendered to Hon. John
L. Dawson, who declined the appointment. August 10, Hon. Wilson
Shannon was commissioned as Governor of Kansas Territory. He did not
see fit to assume the duties of the office until after the adjournment of the
Territorial Legislature. Thus the honor of signing the laws of that delec-
table body was allowed by the not over-selfish Shannon to go down to
history as inseparably connected with the executive career of Woodson.

 

* Tho original records are in the collection of the Kansas Historical Society. Further ex-
tracts from them will appear in their proper chronological connection with transpiring events.

 

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113

The Governor arrived at Westport, Mo., on the borders of his
appointed dominion, September 1, 1855—the second day after the adjourn-
ment of the Territorial Legislature. He was a native of the Territory of
‘Ohio, where he was born February, 1802. He was the youngest of a fam-
ay of nine children, seven boys and two girls, the oldest being, at the time
of his birth, nineteen years old. In the winter of 1803, his father was
frozen to death while on a hunting expedition, and the widowed mother,
with her family, left to struggle alone with the world as best she could.

John, the eldest son, took upon himself the cares of the farm, and
aided his younger brothers in gaining a livelihood and establishing them-
selves in life. Wilson Shannon worked on the farm until nineteen years
of age, at which time his older brothers sent him to the Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio, two years; thence he went to the Transylvania University,
Lexington, where he completed his collegiate education, studied law in the
office of his brothers, George and James, and in 1826 returned to St. Clairs-
ville, his old home, and commenced the practice of his chosen profession.
He soon took rank as one of the ablest young lawyers of the State. While
at St. Clairsville he married one of five daughters of E. Ellis, Esq., Clerk
of the Courts, thus Degen es to strong and influential friends—the
elder sister being the wife of William Kennon, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Ohio; another the wife of George W. Manypenny, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs; the fourth, the wife of Hugh J. Jewett. a leading lawyer,
a Member of Congress, and later President of the New York & Erie Rail-
road; and fifth, the wife of Isaac E. Eaton, Esq., a leading lawyer, who
settled in Leavenworth, Kan.

S

He early engaged in politics, being a

strong and reliable Democrat from the
beginning. As such, by election and ap-
pointment, he filled the following offices:
County Attorney, 18382 to 1836; Governor
of Ohio, 1838-40, and again 1842-44: Min-
ister to Mexico, 1844: Member of Con-
gress, 1852-54. ; ;

He entered upon the duties of his office
as Governor of Kansas Territory in the
prime of life, fortified by large experience
in public life as a legislator, a diplomatist,
and as Governor of the State of Ohio for
four years. He was, withal, an eminent
lawyer, a trustworthy Democrat, had sup-
ported and voted for the Kansas-Nebraska
Bill in Congress, and had the full confi-
dence of the administration from whom
he had received his appointment.

In person, he was tall, spare, with
brown hair plentifully sprinkled with grey,
light blue eyes, and a severe cast of coun-
tenance.. He was leisurely in his move-

\ We ments, deliberate in his speech, and spoke
SS" with great effect to a jury or any small
SARK assembly. He had none of the magnetism’
SQ or eloquence which carries the crowd, and,
as a popular orator, was scarcely above

mediocrity.

On his arrival at Westport September
1, he was received by the Pro-slavery
residents of the town, to whom, it was re-
ported, he made his inaugural speech, in
which he affirmed the legality of the acts
of the Pawnee Legislature, and avowed
himself as in favor of ‘‘slavery in Kansas.”
As he publicly denied the utterances as
reported, and as the reports were not origi-
nally from a source worthy of full cred-
ence, it is sufficient to record the fact that
he addressed the Westport crowd in such
terms as to give no offense or cause for
distrusting his soundness on the slavery
question.

_ Gov. Shannon arrived at Shawnee

Mission on Monday, September 3. He

came escorted from Westport by several of the late Representatives

and some of the leading citizens of that place. He arrived at9 A. M., and

repaired to the Governor’s room, where his first reception was held, and

his first speech in Kansas was made. Hon. O. H. Brown delivered the
following somewhat florid address of welcome :

_ Gov. Suannon—In the name of the people of Kansas, I am proud to welcome you to our
prairie home, Coming from every State in the Union—from almost every civilized country
on the globe, the people of Kansas have mingled their sympathies, and combined their ener-
gies to protect our infant Republic. Kansas, the offspring of Missouri, the hope and pride
of America, will ever imitate the excellence, and rival the beauty of her illustrious parents.
When you grasp the hand of our pioneers, you may trust your honor in their custody.
With them, the gentle pressure of the hand attests the cordial welcome of the heart. We
have no Catalines here, no lank and hungry Italians with their treacherous smiles—no
cowards with their stillettos—no assassins of reputation. Here man walks abroad in the
majesty of his Maker. He breathes the pure air, surveys the beauty, and reaps the products
of nature. His heart expands with gratitude and devotion. The morning prayer is heard
on every hill; the evening orison is chanted by the glad tenants of every valley and glen.
What earthly power can retard the progress of such a people? They must be great—great
in all the attributes of sovereign power. In the name of such a people, welcome, Gov.
Shannon.

To which Gov. Shannon replied:

Sir—For the very friendly reception I have met with on the present occasion, I beg
leave to tender you, and through you, to the citizens of Kansas (whom you represent), my
thanks. In entering upon the duties of the responsible office to which I have been ap-

ointed, it is highly gratifying to me to find so much good feeling prevailing among the cit-
izens of the Territory. Coming, as you do, from almost every part of the civilized globe,
with different manners, customs and modes of thinking, it must be expected that there will
be some conflict of opinion, in settling the policy which is to control the destinies of this
8
114 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Territory. But while we may differ in opinion on questions of public policy, the object of
all, it is to be hoped, is the same—the advancement of the best interests of the Territory.
By respecting the opinions and even prejudices of each other, and cultivating a social feel-
ing, we will soon harmonize, and learn to act together for the benefit and advancement of
our highly favored country.

Looking at many of the public papers in the States, one would be led to believe that
Kansas was the scene of lawless confusion and discord—no greater error could be committed.
I will not criticise the motives that have induced these unfounded representations, but I
will’say, because I believe it to be true, that there is not a more law-abiding people in the
United States than the great mass of the citizens of Kansas. There is no State in the Union
where person and property are more secure than in this Territory. That some irregulari-
ties may have taken place in the heat and excitement of a first election is true; but they
sink into utter insignificance when compared with the bloody riots that have characterized.
the elections in some of the States, and the lawless mobs that have disgraced some of our
large cities. While the latter have received but a passing notice from the public press, the
former have been held up to the world as enormities without a parallel. This is all wrong
and calculated to prejudice the best interest of the Territory, by deterring a large and re-
spectable class of emigrants from coming amongst us.

I duly appreciate the warm and generous feelings that have ever characterized our
hardy, piecligent and enterprising pioneers in the West. It has been my lot to have
mingled much with them in the course of my life, and I have always found them true and
warm-hearted friends and patriotic citizens. I come amongst you, not as a new adventurer
seeking to better his fortune and then return home, but as one desiring for himself and
family a permanent location; and it shall be my highest ambition to devote my humble
efforts to the promotion of the interest apo pness and prosperity of this Territory. To ac-

complish these objects, we will all admit that a government of law and order is absolutely

necessary. We al feel the importance of this, and, I trust, will all unite in securing so de-
sirable an object. We have no security for person or property, except by the maintenance
of law and order, and interest and duty—both uniting in enforcing on us the obligation to
maintain each. Your Legislative Assembly that has just adjourned, has provided a code of
laws for the Territory. It is my duty as an executive officer, and the duty of every good
citizen, to abide by those laws so long as they remain in force. To maintain the Constitu-
tion of the United States, the organic laws of the Territory, and the laws passed by the
Legislative Assembly in conformity thereto, is an obligation imposed upon me by my
oath of office, as well as the duty I owe to the Territory as a citizen, invcommon with others.
With the law for our guide, and the best interests of the Territory for our object, all
uniting and harmonizing together, we cannot fail, under Providence, to build up a great
State, furnishing happy homes to thousands of our people, adding additional strength to our
Union, and opening the way for the advancement of civilization and refinement over our
vast territorial possessions in the West.

The above addresses were published in the Leavenworth Herald with

the following suggestive comments from its correspondent :

‘« After the delivery of the speeches, a committee consisting of Messrs.

B. F. Simmons, J. Martin and J. T. Brady, previously appointed for that

urpose, waited upon His Excellency, Gov. Shannon, and Hon O. H.
Brow, and requested a copy of their respective addresses for publication,
which, being granted, the Secretary of the meeting was instructed to place
the addresses (herein inclosed by me) in the hands of Messrs. Eastin &
Adams for publication in their excellent Pro-slavery paper.”

This speech of the newly-arrived Governor was not calculated to allay
the excitement of the Free-state citizens of Kansas, who had three weeks
before his arrival met in Lawrence and prepared the way for the coming
conventions at Big Springs and Topeka. It was not to be supposed for a
moment that he was personally ignorant or oblivious of the meetings
held, nor of the outrages that incited them, nor of the well-organized
plans for resistance to the acts of the Legislature which had been begotten
in fraud, and fostered into life by the support of Missouri politicians and
the decisions of a subservient court. The people had a right to judge of
the policy of the new Governor from the authoritative enunciations of
this first speech. It meant to them only this :

(1) He viewed the Pro-slavery inhabitants of Missouri, their friends
about Shawnee Mission, and the lawless squatters on the Delaware reserve
as the only people in Kansas.

(2) He ignored, or professed to disbelieve all the reports concerning
the violation of the right of franchise at the ballot-box, or treated it as an
unimportant element not worthy the attention of himself, and made an
extra-official apology for the irregularities, which showed plainly that he
was fully cognizant of them.

(2) He approved the reign of ‘‘law and order’’ inaugurated in Mis-
souri, which resulted in the lynching of any Free-soiler on whom the “‘law
and order” Pro-slavery party might choose to exert their power.
~ (4) He announced himself as the sincere and ardent champion of the
laws passed by the late Territorial Legislature, and defined his own duties
to be to enforce them.

The Free-state inhabitants were totally ignored by Gov. Shannon, as
an important element to be considered in his administration of affairs. All,
from his view of the situation, taken from the place of his first landing
at Westport, and from the ‘‘ Governor’s Room”? at. Shawnee Mission, sur-
rounded by the men who had followed him over from Missouri, was peace-
ful and serene. The Missouri squatters on the Delaware lands, with homes
in Missouri, were the only people of Kansas—industrious, intelligent and
devout, peacefully tilling the soil and tending their flocks and herds, with
Abrahamic faith in the God to whom they paid their morning devotions,
and sang their vesper hymns of praise. So Hon. O. I. Brown put the
case to the Governor, and in a like spirit the Governor responded.

The Governor held court at the Shawnee Mission, and saw little of
the Free-state rebels until circumstances quite beyond his own control,
which will be recounted further on, brought about a forced acquaintance
with them. He visited Lecompton, and was present at the sale of city lots
held there on October 28. On his return, he passed through Lawrence,
making but a temporary halt, declining a reception and all other civilities
tendered him by the inhabitants, receiving such as called on him with
coolness, and leaving the town as soon as possible. On his departure, the
crowd of boys gathered to gaze on the Governor, gave him a farewell
greeting of groans and hisses, in return for what they deemed his unhand-
some behavior in declining the proffered civilities of the citizens, and he
drove away, more than ever impressed with the inherent vileness of the
“Abolition ” town.

The Governor was not reluctant, nor equivocal, in publicly eae
his position. He attended the political meeting at which Gen. Whitfiel
opened his canvass for re-election as Territorial Delegate to Congress. It
was held at Wyandotte. Whitfield in his speech frankly defined the issue
as slavery or no slavery, and announced himself as the candidate of the

Pro-slavery party in the pending struggle. Gov. Shannon, following him
in a speech fraught with earnest precepts, inculcating observance of the
laws, recommended him as a “ suitable person ’’ for the position.

THE LAW AND ORDER PARTY ORGANIZED.

The Blue Lodges of Missouri had, as already recounted, organized to
enforce law and order under the rule of the Legislature they had elected.
The Free-state Convention, which had been held openly at Big Springs,
and the Constitutional Convention, held openly at Topeka, showed to
them quite plainly that, as against the people, acting openly, they could
no longer do clandestine work successfully, with their small membership
in the Tortory It was accordingly decided to come out into the light,
and a sortie was made from the lodges of the border. :

October 8, a meeting was held at Leavenworth of a few citizens of
that place, all members of the secret Pro-slavery leagues, known under the
various names of ‘‘Sons of the South,” ‘‘ Social Band,” or ‘‘ Blue Lodge.”
At this meeting the situation was fully discussed, and it was decided that
a committee should be appointed to issue an address to the people, and
call a mass meeting of the citizens at some future time, to further consider
and devise proper means for allaying the unnatural and insane excitement
then existing against the legal enactments of the late Territorial Legis-
lature.

The committee chosen consisted of the following-named pes
Andrew J. Isacks, D. J. Johnson, W. G. Mathias, R. R. Rees, L. F. Hol-
lingsworth and D. A. N. Grover.

The address was an elaborate statement of no facts, followed by an
appeal to ‘‘the lovers of law and order,” urging all such to oppose all at-
tempts to resist the code of laws recently enacted by the Territorial Leg-
islature, and declaring it treason to oppose them. It closed with a call for
all ‘‘lovers of law and order” to convene in mass meeting at Leavenworth
on November 14. The convention assembled in answer tothe call. It was
made up almost entirely of Pro-slavery residents of the vicinity and their
invited friends from the border towns of Missouri. Its object was to
check, if possible, the Free-state mover ent, which was daily and hourly
gathering strength in all parts of the Territory.

_ Gov. Shannon countenanced the movement by his presence. He was
reported as a delegate from Douglas County, was elected Chairman of the
convention, which position he accepted in a speech, showing that he was
in full accord with the professed objects of the assembly, and, it is char-
itable to believe, in entire ignorance of the actual designs of those who
had called the meeting. He thus, unwittingly perhaps, accepted the lead-
ership of this mock convention, and gave to it the high recommendation
of his public semi-official endorsement.

The officers were:

President, Gov. Wilson Shannon.

Vice Presidents, Chief Justice S. D. Lecompte, Gen. G. W. Clark, T.
C. Slocum, I. B. Donaldson, Col. G. W. Purkins, Hon. A. McDonald, Gen.

‘William Barbee, Gen. A. J. Isacks, Judge Rush Elmore, Judge John A.

Halenaha, Gen. W. P. Richardson, Col. J. C. Burge, Col. B. H. Twom-

Secretaries, Dr. J. H. Stringfellow, L. J. Eastin, James H. Eastin,
James H. Thompson, 8. A. Williams, George N. Propper, H. A. Halsey.

; Committee on Resolutions, John A. Halderman, G. W. Perkins, J. H.
Stringfellow, J. C. Thompson, L. J. Eastin, W. G. Mathias, G. W. Clark,
Thomas .T. Slocum, 8. A. Williams, D. M. Johnson, A. Payne, Amos
Rees, W. P. Richardson.

Conimittee to prepare an address to the people of the United States—
Gov. Wilson Shannon, Chairman; John Calhoun, from Illinois; James

_ Christian, from Kentucky; Thomas T. Slocum, of Pennsylvania; George

W. Clark, from Arkansas; A. J. Isacks, of Louisiana; George W. Purkins,
of Virginia; I. B. Donaldson, of Illinois; G. W. Johnson, of Virginia;
John A. Halderman, of Kentucky; A. Rodrigue, of Pennsylvania; Ira
Norris, of New Hampshire; 0. B. Dickinson, of New York, and W. H.
Marvin, of Iowa.

The resolutions adopted are worthy of preservation, showing, as they
do, the pretenses under which the ‘‘ Law and Order Party ” was organized.
In the light of to-day and with a full knowledge of the facts, and with
slavery drowned out with the blood of a million men, the resolutions send
the hot blood of indignation to the face of every lover of liberty. They
were as follows:

_ (1) Resolved, That we, the Beppe here assembled, believing the Constitution of the
United States, and the laws passed in pursuance thereof, are sufficient for the protection of
our rights, both of person and property, and that in the observance of the same are vested our
one spp of sccurily for liberty and the Union, and that we will maintain the same at all
hazards,

(2) Resolved, That in every government, whether Monarchical, Aristocratic, Democratic
or Re ublican, the liberty, the life and the property of no individual is safe unless the laws
passed by the properly constituted authorities are strictly and freely obeyed.

(3) Resolved, That we hold the doctrine to be strictly true, that no man or set of men
are at liberty to resist a law passed by a legislative body, legally organized, unless they
choose by their actions to constitute themselves rebels and traitors, and take all the con-
sequences that legitimately follow the failure of a revolution,

‘ (4) Resolved, That the course pursued under this Territory by certain persons profess-
ing to be the peculiar friends of human freedom is at variance with all law, and entirely
subversive of good order, and is practical nullification, rebellion and treason, and should be
{owned upon and denounced by every lover of civil liberty and of the perpetuity of the
; 5) Resolved, That the repudiation of the laws and properly constituted authorities of
this Territory, by the agents and servants of the Aasendhuactts Aid Society, and the armed
eee of a agents and get ites A resist the execution of the laws of Kansas, are
2 e and revolutionary in their character, and should b
Se a ut of lovers of law and order, ” epee eee
) Resolved, That the admission of Andrew H. Reeder, to a seat in the next Congress of
ee eee ela be in Einchaeie all law and precedent, and would here’ W ten-
urage treason agains’ ood government, a
ae epon thenitivonne tees g g nt, and that the same would be an

L ‘olved; That the convention lately assembled at Topeka, to form a constit tion for
a State Government, called and elected by and composed of Hen ers of one political party
the so-called Free-state Party,” and neither called nor elected by THE PEOPLE oF KANSAS,
would have been a farce if its purposes had not been treasonable; and any constitution pre-
sented by such a convention is unworthy the serious consideration of freemen, and if pre.

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sented to Congress, as the Constitution of Kansas, should be scuuted from its halls ax an
insult to its intelligence and an vutrage upon our sovereign rights.

(8) Resolved, That we cordially indorse the Kansas-Nebraska act, and more especially
that part of it which repeals the Missouri Compromise and enunciates the principle that the
people of every Territory, in framing their organic law, have a right to decide for them-
selves what domestic institutions they will or will not have.

____ (9) Resolved, That the Kansas-Nebraska bill recognizes the true principles of Repub-
lican Government, and that we feel that we areas fit for, and as capable of, self-government
as we were when citizens of the States, and that we denounce any attempt on the part of
Congress or the citizens of other States to interfere with or control our domestic affairs.

(10) Resolved, That, as citizens of a Territory, not having any right to the expression of
our voice in the election of the Chief’ Magistrate of the nation, yet we cannot refrain
from the expression of our gratitude to the Democrats of the Northern States for their

undeviating support of the true principles of government, contained in the organic law of
this Territory. :

(11) Resolved, That we condemn and scorn the acts and falsehoods of the Abolition and
Free-soil prints throughout the country, in misrepresenting the facts growing out of the
organization of this Territory, all of which are calculated to nidialeall public sentiment
abroad, and retard the growth, settlement and prosperity of the Territory.

(12) Resolved, That we, the members of this Convention, the Law and Order party, the
State Rights party of Kansas, the opponents of Abolitionism, Free-soilism and all the other
isms of the day, feel ourselves fully able to sustain the organic law of the Territory and the
acts of the Territorial Legislature passed in pursuance thereof, and we hereby pledge our-
selves to support and sustain Gov. Shannon in the execution of all laws, and that we
have the utmost confidence in the disposition and determination of the Executive to fully

-and faithfully discharge his duties.

Addresses were made favoring the resolutions by John C. Calhoun,
Surveyor General; 8. D. Lecompte, Chief Justice of the Territory; D. J.
Johnson, G. W. Purkins and others. Marcus J. Parrott, fresh from the
Topeka Convention, attempted as a lover of ‘‘ Law and Order” to speak,
but was hooted and hissed down. Without doing further business, the
Convention met the next morning, passed resolutions of thanks to the
officers, provided for printing the proceedings of the Convention and the
forthcoming ‘‘ Address,” and adjourned.

The address was promulgated November 30th. It was addressed to
“The Citizens of the United States and of the Territory of Kansas. It
contains some three thousand words. It was ahistory of the whole con-
test from a purely Pro-slavery view. It condemned Reeder, the Frce-
state movement, the Topeka Convention, and the Abolitionists without
stint. It ignored entirely all the outrages which had been perpetrated by
the Missourians upon the people. It discussed the merits of the political
situation from every standpoint favorable to the establishment of slavery
in the Territory, and concluded with the following formal announcement
of the organization of the ‘‘Law and Order Party of Kansas:”

In conclusion we have to say, that Whig and Democrat, Pro-slavery and Free-state
men, making a sacrifice of all party names and organizations upon the altar of the public
good, have resolved to be known hereafter as the Law and Order party, or “State Rights”
party of Kansas, and have given to the world, and have pledged their united faith in sup-
port of a platform of principles laid down in the resolutions which follow.* Upon that
platform they will stand, insisting upon the execution of the laws; the maintenance of
the principles of the organic act of the Territory, affirming for the. citizens of Kansas the
right to frame their own institutions in their own way, and resisting and repelling all in-
terference from abroad, let it come from what quarter it may, claiming for ourselves the
capacity of self-government, to be the friends of the Union, and of the rights of the States.

e ask of our friends abroad only the benefit of their advice, sympathy and prayers for
our success, and hope to merit their approving judgment.

[Signed] Wilson Shannon, John Calhoun, George W. Purkins, G. W. Johnson, A. Rod-
rigue, G. W. Clark, A. J. Isacks, I. B. Donaldson, John A. Halderman, Ira Norris.

This address and the accompanying resolutions fully organized the
opposition to the Free-statemovement. Ignoring all previous party affili-
ations, it was pledged to the establishment of slavery in Kansas, and the
enforcement of the laws of the Shawnee Legislature. It was the party
organized by the membersof the Pro-slavery Legislature to enforce the laws
they had made. It had the countenance and support of the Governor, the
Chief Justice, the Attorney General, and the Surveyor General of the Ter-
ritory. It was sure of the unquestioned support of the President of the
United States and his Cabinet, and a majority of the United States Senate.
Surely, no party ever started with more brilliant prospects, or solid guar-
antees of success, and none ever came to such despicable failure. The
reader will understand the significance of the adopted terms ‘‘Law and
Order” as applied to the organized Pro-slavery party in the continued
narrative, and indulge in such contempt or indignation as he sees fit at the
misnomer. Hereafter, the two contending political parties will be des-
ignated as ‘‘ Law and Order,” and ‘‘ Free-state.” ‘The platforms of the two
parties have been given, and whatever of specious pretense appears in
either will be easily discernable. : =

The resident population, comprising men with families who had actually
settled on the land with a view to apermanent homesettlement, was largely
Free-state in sentiment. The voting strength of the Territory, however,
showed quite reversely. Referring to the tables heretofore given of the
fall elections, it appears that Reeder received 2,849 votes, of which num-
ber nearly one-half were thrown in the two districts comprising Lawrence
and Leavenworth. Leavenworth was so near Missouri, that the Free-state
vote, large as it was, could be at any time overcome by an invasion from
over the border. Jawrence, therefore, became the citadel of ‘‘ Abolition-
ism.” There the meetings were held which inaugurated the Free-state
movements at Big Springs and Topeka, both locations being sufficiently
near to that point to render them safe from the incursions of the “Law
and Order” men from Missouri. It is not strange that the Missourians
and their allies looked to its destruction as an absolute war necessity. It
was the only place in the. Territory where the Free-soil element prevailed
to the extent of making free speech and a free press possible, and for that
reason, and no other, it drew upon itself the concentrated hate of the Law
and Order party. The Pro-slavery population resided mostly on the Del-
aware lands, and in the counties along the Missouri border. The exact
number can never be known. The returns of the election of October 1,
lead to the belief that there were not far from 2,000 Pro-slavery legal voters
in the Territory at that time, many of whom still had their families in
Missouri.

 

*The resolutions referred to as a platform are those of the convention already given. They
were attached to the address. The reader will recur to them with interest, knowing them to
embody the only principles ever enunciated by the Law and Order party of Kansas.

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Party lines were strictly drawn on the slavery issue and no other. A
part were pledged to obedience of the laws passed by the Territorial Legis-
lature and viewed all opposition to them as infamous, and all men who
opposed them as traitors; so it had been stated in the Law and Order plat-
form and in the address of the party, signed by the Governor, the Chief
Justice, and other officials in the employ and confidence of the Federal
Government. The remaining population abhorred the means whereby the
Legislature had been elected, despised its conduct of business and openly
repudiated its laws and the authority of every official it had appointed.

The condition was that of absolute anarchy, only mitigated by the
intelligence of the inhabitants, who, having been educated under the laws
of a republic, knew how to be a law unto themselves until such time as
the higher law could be vindicated. <

The Free-state party was, from all outside standpoints, revolutionary.
It ignored every written law of the Territory passed since the Organic Act
which created it.

The Jaw and Order party were determined to bring the revolutionists to
swift punishment so soon as overt acts could bring themsubject to the pen-
alties prescribed for violation of the laws. ‘This was no easy matter, as
they kept, so far as possible, aloof from the legal machinery devised for
the government of the Territory. They brought no suits into its courts, they
attended no elections called by its authority, they paid no attention to its
county organizations, they offered no estates to its Probate Judges, they
tried no causes and made no complaints before its Justices of the Peace,
they paid no tax levies made by authority of the late Legislature; yet they
were careful to do no act which could lay them liable to the laws they
contemned. They settled their disputes through arbitration or by other
means that might avoid litigation; they had town organizations and police
regulations for the preservation of order; courts to settle squatters’ claims,
and all other appliances necessary for the regulation of small communities,
peacefully inclined. They could build, manufacture, buy, sell, establish
schools and churches, but they would not be guilty of the crime of making
Kansas a Slave State before its time. [t is truth to state that many of them
came to Kansas with designs quite averse to such a consummation. Where
the inhabitants were mostly Free-state, as at Lawrence and Topeka, things
went smoothly, but in the localities where the Law and Order party pre-
dominated, the Free-state inhabitants were forced to suffer indignities and
insults or appeal for redress to the established laws of the Territory. No
dispute could occur, whatever its grounds, which was not embittered and
intensified by the known sentiments of the parties on the slavery question
and the validity of the Territorial laws. A disputed land claim, which,
under other circumstances might have been easily adjusted, ended often in
a personal rencounter, in which the disputants were assisted by their Anti-
slavery or Pro-slavery friends, and the merits of the political question
fought even to desperation, leaving the original dispute unsettled as before.

Secret Societies.—The Law and Order party had its allies in secret
organizations all through Western Missouri and throughout the Territory.
Its members were sworn to make Kansas a Slave State, and to expel from
all places, where practicable, all persons who, in their opinion, were inimi-
cal to its objects. The work of these societies was brutal and lawless
always, and so relentless against any Free-state man who dared to openly
proclaim his sentiments as to stop at nothing short of murder. Under
their sanction, mobs were readily organized in Leavenworth, Atchison, and
at other towns, to intimidate, insult, or otherwise maltreat any person who
should dare speak in opposition to the prevailing sentiment of those locali-
ties on the slavery question. No Free-state man’s life or property was
safe in any of the border towns of Kansas at that time, unless he kepf his
mouth shut.

Some time in August, one J. W. B. Kelley, a quite rabid anti-slavery
man from Cincinnati, not having the fear of the Pro-slavery mob of Atch-
ison in his eyes, made some pointed remarks in the streets of that city, not
in accordance with Pro-slavery tastes, nor complimentary to the peculiar
institution; whereupon he was set upon by a bully named Thomason, twice
his size, and nearly beaten to death. The citizens of Atchison in public
meeting commended the act in the following resolutions:

(1.) Resolved, That one J. W. B. Kelley, hailing from Cincinnati, having upon sundry
occasions denounced our institutions and declared all erate hid men ruffians, we deem it
an act of kindness to rid him of such company, and hereby command him to leave the
town of Atchison one hour after being informed of the passage of this resolution, never
more to show himself in this vicinity.

(2) Resolved, That in case he fails to obey this reasonable command, we inflict upon
him such punishment as the nature of the case may require.

__, (3) Resolved, That other emissaries of this “ Aid Society” now in our midst, tampering
with our slaves, are warned to leave, else they, too, will meet the reward which their
nefarious designs so justly merit—h:mp.

(4) Resolved, That we approve an peleud our fellow-townsman, Grafton Thomason, for
the castigation administered to said J. W. B. Kelley, whose presence among us is a libel upon
our good standing and a disgrace to our community.

(5) Resolved, That we recommend the good work of purging our town of all resident
abolitionists, and after cleansing our town of such nuisances, shall do the same for the
settlers on Walnut and Independence Creeks, whose propensities for cattle stealing are well
known to many. -

(6) Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a committee of three to wait upon said
Kelley, and acquaint him with the actions of this meeting.

Gh Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published, that the world may
know our determination.

It was voted that the resolutions be circulated and all citizens be
required to sign the same, and that any person refusing should be deemed
and treated as an ‘‘ abolitionist.”

It. happened that a few days after, Rev. Pardee Butler, a minister of
the Christian Church (Campbellite, perhaps) who had a claim on which he
was living, some twelve miles out of the city, came into the town of
Atchison. He was an uncompromising Anti-slavery man, and had neither
the craft nor desire to hide his sentiments. He spread them broadcast
with a tongue not to be bridled, and a spirit that brooked and received no
denial. He did not seek a controversy, but he showed no desire to avoid
one if forced upon him. Consequently he was well known before he came
into Atchison on the morning of August 16, asa Free-state man, if not
an abolitionist, who proposed to say what he had to say at all times and in all
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places. It did not take long to get him into a controversy, and to his
credit, itis written, he condemned in strong terms the outrage upon Kelley
and the resolutions passed by the meeting before mentioned. His conver-
sation was with Robert S. Kelley, Postmaster of Atchison, and assistant
editor of the Squatter Sovereign. On the following morning Kelley ap-
peared at the hotel where Butler had spent the night, accompanied by a
mob of accomplices, and demanded that he should sign the resolutions, to
do which, after the conversation of the previous day, would have stamped
him as a cowardly hypocrite, and a poltroon of the most despicable kind.
As he was neither, he declined, whereupon he was seized by the mob under
the command of Kelley, treated with every indignity that cowardly strength
against a powerless individual could devise,—threatened, buffeted,
insulted, for two hours, and, at last, with his face painted black, placed
upon a raft and suffered to float down the Missouri River. He got ashore
somé six miles below Atchison and returned to his claim.

The above shows something of the sentiment prevailing in the Terri-
tory at the Pro-slavery centers of population along the border. There was
little chance for Free-state settlers to avoid trouble except by silence or
dissimulation.

The Free-state men had also their secret organizations. The ‘‘ Kansas
Legion” was a military organization, purely defensive in its character. Its
members were organized into companies, battalions and regiments. They
were officered, and imperfectly armed with rifles and pistols sent from the
East by individuals and societies, and not as was averred, by the Emigrant
Aid Society. It was the resultant of the secret Pro-slavery organizations
of Missouri, pledged to place slavery in Kansas at all hazards. It was
organized long after they were known to exist, to protectthe Free-state
settlers against the insidious and merciless ravages of the ‘‘ Blue Lodges,’’
“Sons of the South,” ‘‘ Social Bands,’”’ and other like organizations scat-
tered all along the Missouri border.

One Pat. Laughlin became a member, and did considerable work in
organizing companies of the Legions at different points in the Territory.
He subsequently divulged-what he knew of the organization, and thereby
became justly execrable in the eyes of his friends whom he had betrayed.
A fierce altercation occurred between him anda member of the Legion,
named Samuel Collins, near Doniphan. Friends of both parties to the dis-
pute were present and nearly all armed. In the affray Laughlin shot
Collins dead on the spot, and was himself slightly wounded. This occurred
October 25.

No attempt was made by the appointed peace officers of the Territory
to bring the guilty parties participating in the Atchison outrages, or
in the murder of Collins, to justice. Laughlin, so soon as-his wound
would allow, obtained a situation in a store in Atchison and there lived
unindicted, and apparently protected and respected for his red-handed
crime.

With these and like outrages all over the Territory, no appeal was
made by Free-state men to-the Territorial courts for redress or protection.

A COLLISION.

The state of affairs above described could not long exist without an
open rupture between the antagonistic elements thus daily brought in con-
flict, involving more widespread and serious troubles than the innumera-
ble personal and local difficulties which were everywhere rife, similar in
character to those above mentioned. It came at last out of a personal
quarrel between Charles W. Dow and Franklin M. Coleman, which re-
sulted in the shooting and death of Dow by Coleman. They had taken
adjoining claims some ten miles south of Lawrence, at a place known as
Hickory Point. Dow was a Free-state man, Coleman, a Pro-slavery Mis-
sourian. Much bad blood had been stirred up in the neighborhood among
the settlers in establishing their boundaries, and other squatter rights to
their several claims, the parties to the various disputes generally taking
sides in accordance with their political affiliations. The particulars of
the dispute which led to the death of Dow hold no important relation to
the history which follows. On the 21st of November, the disputes
were ended so far as Dow was concerned by his being shot dead in the
road by Coleman, while walking away from Coleman’shouse. The murder
was cold-blooded and deliberate, whatever might have been the previous
provocation. It occurred at 1 o’clock P.M. The body was suffered to
yemain until after sunsét, uncare: for by~Coleman or any of his friends,
many of whom knew of the murder. It was removed by Jacob Branson,
a friend of Dow, with whom he was living at the time bis death occurred.
Coleman fled during the night to Westport, Mo., and subsequently
surrendered himself to Governor Shannon for trial.

On the Monday following the funeral of Dow, nearly a hundred indig-
nant Free-state settlers held a meeting at the place of the murder. Among
those who participated in the proceedings were 8. F. Tappan and 8. N.
Wood, of Lawrence, and J. B. Abbott, of Wakarusa. Resolutions of con-
dclence with the friends of the deceased were adopted, and a committce
appointed to ferret out the murderer and his accomplices (it being gener-
ally believed that the murder had been preconcerted) and bring them to
justice. Violent speeches were indulged in, and a proposition made b
some to burn Coleman's house, which was voted down by the meeting. It
was burned, nevertheless, during the following night, as was the house of
Buckley, his intimate friend. It is quite certain that Coleman would have
met the death penalty could he have been found while the excitement was
&t its height. Jacob Branson and others breathed dire threats against him
and his accomplices. The blood of the Free-state men was fairly up, and
gave just cause for apprehension on the part of some of Coleman’s friends,
who, perhaps, had their fears unnaturally excited from their own knowl-
edge that they were not entirely guiltless, and were under the suspicion
and surveillance of the vigilance committee appointed. Among those who
had most cause for fear was one Harrison Buckley, an intimate friend of
Coleman, who had, on the morning of the murder, threatened Dow’s life
to the extreme of aiming his loaded gun at him. He had fled with Cole-
man, but returned. His conscience told him that his life was not safe, with

Dow dead and his friend Branson free to avenge his death. He accord-
ingly swore out a warrant before a Justice of the Peace named Cameron,
for the arrest of Branson, on the grounds that he believed his life in dan-
ger at his hands, he having made threats against him.*

SHERIFF JONES.

The Sheriff of Douglas County, appointed by the Territorial Legisla-
ture, was Samuel J. Jones, Postmaster of Westport, Mo. He had no
interest in Kansas beyond that of other border rutfians who were attempt-
ing to force slavery into the Territory. He was a Democratic office holder
of Missouri and a resident of that State. The reader will remember how
he had already identified himself with Kansas affairs by leading the raid of
Missourians on the ballot-box at the Bloomington precinct in the Second
District, at the election of March 30. .He was perhaps as well
known and universally despised by the settlers of Douglas County as any
man in the country. [Had he been selected by the Legislature for the office
to which he was appointed with special reference to his obnoxiousness to
the inhabitants, and with the intent to humiliate and exasperate them to
the utmost, a better selection could not have been made. It is passing
strange that the historians of the times, in enumerating the numerous out-
rages perpetrated upon the Free-state inhabitants,-have given so little
prominence to the crowning insult of appointing Jones as Sheriff of Doug-
las County. :

Among the lowest classes of Western Missouri, he was rated as an ora-
cle of political wisdom, and a model of physical prowess and invincible
courage. He was a most subservient tool of the Democratic party, which,
to him, was the champion and protector of slavery, and the source of
his own income. He had been one of the foremost men in Missouri to in-
termeddle with Kansas affairs, and was the accepted bondsman of some
of the worst men indicted for crime in the Territory. He was a courageous
bully, and braved dangers for his reprehensible principles, from which
many fled who now pronounce him a coward.

To this man, with hands red with the blood of the murdered Dow,
Coleman fled. Jones,took him into his custody and under his protection,
and, after taking him to Shawnee Mission to consult with Gov. Shannon,
started with his prisoner and friend for Lecompton, where he was to be
examined for his confessed crime before a friendly court. On the way he
was met by friends who warned him of danger, and he retreated to Shaw-
nee, returning shortly after to Lecompton by a way to avoid the men who
were said tu be hunting for Coleman. He had his prisoner safely en-
sconced at Lecompton at the time of the Hickory Point indignation meet-
ing of Monday, and was in the vicinity at that time ready to assist by all
legal means in shielding the murderers and annoying the Free-state men,
who, ignoring his authority, were bent on justice through more direct and
efficient measures.

THE ARREST AND RESCUE OF BRANSON.

Armed with the warrant-issued by Squire Cameron, and accompanied
by Buckley and some twelve or fifteen other Pro-slavery men, Jones pro-
ceeded to Branson’s house, and, late in the evening of November 26, there
arrested him.

The friends of Branson were informed of the writ in the hands of
Jones for his arrest before it had been served. They had well-grounded
fears that Branson, once in the hands of his sworn enemies, whose lives
he had threatened, and who had already murdered his friend, would never
get away alive. They lost no time in giving the alarm, and planning his
rescue. Maj. J. B. Abbott was a brave, cool and determined friend of
Branson, and took the lead in planning and directing the rescuing party.
He was seconded by Col. Samuel N. Wood, who remained in the vicinity
to see the fight out, as he was a fighting man. Miner B. Hupp rode
through the darkness to the houses of the Free-state men and rallied
them to the rescue. The place of mecting was Maj. Abbott’s house, and
the time ‘‘as quick as the men could get there.” The men came in hot
and angry haste. At11P. M., 2 dozen men were at Abbott’s house. He
was away “‘over to Estabrook’s to sce if he could see or hear anything of
the party gone to arrest Branson,” as it was about time for them to pass
along the road on their return with their prisoner. Mrs. Abbott
did duty as a cheerful hostess should. She took charge of the boys’
guns, and otherwise showed the codperation of a brave and deter-
mined wife of « brave and determined man. Abbott came in soon
after with no tidings. While they were discussing the chances of their
taking the prisoner to Lecompton by some other route, or hanging
him summarily without the benefit of even a mock trial, Kennedy,
one of the party, who had been out on the watch, came in with the
announcement that ‘they were coming up the road toward Blanton’s
Bridge.”’ Below is given Maj. J. R. Kennedy’s account of the rescue
from a letter read_at the Old Settlers’ mecting held at Bismarck Grove,
near Lawrence, September 15 and 16, 1879, in commemoration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the State.

Mrs, Abbott handed the boys their guns, and they did ith a '
going et by Philip edie then came Capt. Taneienenn Pee iain cae ae

e turned to the left around the corner of the house into the road, a few rods in front of
the horsemen. Phil. fume was the first man to cross the road. He said afterward he was
watching the man with the gray horse, Sheriff Jones, and he did watch him sure enough,
Next to Hupp was Paul Jones, and both armed with squirrel rifles. Next came Capt.
Hutchinson, armed with two large stones; next were Holloway and myself, 1 thinking Capt.
H. a good man to stay with, as he had been three years in the Mexican war, The rest of
the boys ranged along the side of the road near the house. This was about the order we
occupied when the party approached close to these in the road and very close to those by
the side of the road. Mr. up being in front, and seeing the boys scattered along from
where he was to the house, called out, “What the h—] are you doing there? Here is the
place for you?” They then all crowded up rapidly in front of the other party, when one
of them said, “ What’s up?” Maj. Abbott replied, “That is what we want to know,” which
remark was followed by a shot from our side, The Major had a self-cocking revolver, and

 

* Phillips, in his “Conquest of Kansas,” p. 155, gives the positive impression that Cameron
a eee ts Justice ar the Peace by Sheriff Jones, in order to ak man in the county
who would grant the warrant required, If true, it but adds to the infi f ;
if false, it does not detract from the interest of the story. Te ROE EG
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

he had, in the excitement, pullea it a little too hard, causing it to go off. Then the question
was asked him again by the other side, “What’s up?” Thinking of what Mr. Hupp had
said in the house (‘that they might hang Branson at once before returning”), I remarked to
Maj. Abbott: “Ask them if Branson is there.” He did so, and the answer was, “ Yes, I am
here, a prisoner.” Three or four of our men spoke at once, Maj. Abbott, Col. Wood and
others whom I do not remember, saying, “Come out of that,” or “Come over to your
friends,” or perhaps both were said. Branson replied, “They say they will shoot me if I
do.” Col, Sam. Wood answered quickly, “ Let them shoot and be d——4d; we can shoot, too.”
Branson then said, “TI will come, if they do shoot,” starting his mule. The man who was
leading it let the halter strap slip through his hands very quietly. The rest of the Pro-
slavery party raised their shot-guns and cocked them. Our littlé crowd raised their guns,
and were ready in as good time as the others. Sam. Wood and two or three others helped
Branson. Wood asked Branson, “Is this your mule?” ‘‘No,” was the reply; whereupon
Wood kicked the mule and said, “Go back to your masters, d——n you.” In the meantime,
Branson had disappeared and was seen no more by these brave shot-gun men.

_,_ About this time, some one of them said, “Why, Sam. Wood, you are very brave to-
night; you must want to fight.” Col. Wood replied that he was “always ready for a fight.”
Just at this moment, Sheriff Jones interposed, saying, “There is no use to shed blood in this
affair, but it will be settled soon in a way that will not be pleasant to Abolitionists,” and
started to ride through those standing in the road. He did not then know old Philip Hupp,
but soon made his acquaintance, and I do not think he will be stopped by death any
quer than Philip Hupp stopped him that night. Just as soon as he started, old Philip set
the trigger and cocked his old squirrel rifle quicker than he or any other person ever did
it before, and said to Sheriff Jones, “Halt, or I will blow your d—d brains out in a
moment.” He stopped and stayed right there, saying quietly to Mr. Hupp, “ Don’t shoot.”
There was then a general talk among all hands, and we were told about “the Kansas militia,
3,000 strong, that in three days time would wipe the d——d Abolition town of Lawrence out
and corral all the Abolitionists and make pets of them.’ However, Col. Sam. Wood and
others out-talked them so bad they were glad to get away on any terms.

Miner Hupp, who wanted to square accounts with his two men, was prevented by his
father from doing so. It was not his fault, as he had a “bead” on them several times, but
his father was watching him all the time after he got Sheriff Jones in shape. ae eee

_ According to my recollection, the names of the men who took part in the rescue were
Maj. J. B. Abbott, Capt. Philip Hutchinson, Paul Jones, Philip Hupp, Miner B. Hupp, Col-
lins Holloway, Edmund Curless, Lafayette Curless, Isaac Shappet, John Smith, William
Hughes, Elmore Allen, Col. S. N. Wood, —— Smith* and the writer, J. R. Kennedy.

The numerical strength of the parties to this bloodless encounter was
about equal—some fifteen on each side.

Sheriff Jones and his party, after a long parley, rode off in the bright
moonlight toward Franklin, breathing threats of quick and terrible retri-
bution on the ‘‘Abolitionists ’’ of Lawrence.

The rescuing party, with Branson, held a jubilant consultation, as to
future proceedings, at Abbott’s house, and decided to enter Lawrence with
their rescued prisoner in the true military style of conquering heroes.
Abbott had a drum, a sword, and, perhaps, some other military parapher-
nalia. None of the party but himself could beat a drum as it should be
beaten on such an occasion, so he gave the sword, the insignia of author-
ity, to Col. Wood, and assigned to himself, with becoming modesty, the
more humble and laborious duty of beating the drum, as the noisy herald
of their victory. Thus officered and accoutered, the exultant party set out
for Lawrence, and early on the summer morning aroused the sleepy and
harmiess denizens of the abolition city by their shouts and din-as they
marched up the main street.

The murder, the indignation meeting, the arrest of Branson and his
rescue, had all occurred miles from Lawrence, and, excepting Wood and
Smith, no persons living within miles of the town had taken any part in
the affair. Wood was known to be a man who fought on his own hook,
and assumed the personal responsibility of his own acts.

The party reached the residence of Charles Robinson about daybreak,
and stopped for a few moments to consult with him. He told them that
it was a matter of their own, and that they should not expect him or the
citizens of Lawrence to have anything to do with it. From there they
marched down into the village, and were not long in gathering an excited
crowd of eager listeners, to whom they narrated _the events of the night
and the parting threats against Lawrence which Jones had made when he
left, bereft of his prisoner. : . : :

A meeting of citizens was called, for the consideration of the situation,
at which Col. 8S. N. Wood presided. He told the story of the rescue, the
threats which Jones had made, and enlisted the full sympathy of his audi-
ence. He was followed by old Jacob Branson, the rescued prisoner, who,
in broken and ungrammatical phrase, and with tears coursing down his
wrinkled and bronzed face, told the story of his friend’s taking off, his own
arrest and rescue, alluding to his anxious wife, now alone in his cabin, not
knowing whether he was dead or alive. He offered to leave the town if
the citizens desired, rather than compromise and bring upon them the
vengeance of Jones and his army for his and his neighbors’ misfortunes
and quarrels, in which they had taken no part, and for which they were in
no way responsible. Nobody in that assembly suggested that Branson
should go. The meeting organized for defense, by, on the motion of
G. P. Lowery, Esq., appointing a committee of safety, consisting of ten
of the leading citizens. The committee reported, as the sense of the
meeting, the following :

We, the citizens of Kansas Territory, find ourselves in a condition of confusion and
defencelessness so great, that open outrage and mid-day murders are becoming the rule, and
quiet and security the exception. “And, whereas, the law, the only authoritative engine to
correct and regulate the excesses and wrongs of society, has never yet been extended to
our Territory—thus leaving us with no fixed or definite rules of action, or source of re-

~ dress—we are reduced to the necessity of organizing ourselves together on the basis of first
principles, and providing for the common defense and general security. And here we
pledge ourselves to the resistance of lawlessness and outrage at all times, when required by
the officers who may from time to time be chosen to superintend the movements of the
organization. :

The report was adopted, and the meeting adjourned to await further
developments. Thus far, Lawrence had not been identified with the affair.
At the meeting above reported, a resolution approving the rescue of Bran-
son was rejected. :

On the loss of his prisoner, whom he had suffered to walk away from
him without firing a gun, Sheriff Jones went to Franklin. There he wrote
and dispatched by special messenger a letter to Col. Boone, of Westport,
Mo., calling for help. The contents of the letter are not known. As his
messenger drove off with it, he himself divulged its character in the follow-
ing emphatic remarks: ‘‘ That man is taking my dispatch to Missouri,

* Samuel C. Smith, of Lawrence. Other authorities name, in addition to those given by Mr.
Kennedy as members of the party, T. Nichols, Rev. Julius Eliot, William Ears and A. Rowley.

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and by —— I will have revenge before I see Missouri!’ Some of his Pro-
slavery friends protested, in Jones’ presence, against the irregularity of
calling on Missouri instead of the Governor of the Territory, whereupon
he wrote and sent by another messenger the following message to Gov.
Shannon :

Doveias County, K. T., November 27, 1855.

Srr—Last night I, with a posse of ten men, arrested one Jacob Branson, by virtue of a
peace warrant, regularly issued, who, on our return, was rescued by a party of forty armed
men, who rushed upon us suddenly from behind a house by the roadside, all armed to the
teeth with Sharpe’s rifles.

You may consider an open rebellion as having already commenced; and I call upon
you for THREE THOUSAND men to carry out the laws. Mr. Hargus (the bearer of this letter)
will give you more particularly the circumstances. Most respectfully, '

To His Excellency, SaMUEL J. JONES,

WILSON SHANNON, Sheriff of Douglas County.
Governor of Kansas Territory.

THE WAKARUSA WAR.

Nobody knew better than Gov. Shannon that Sheriff Jones’ call for
3,000 troops meant an armed invasion of the Territory by Missourians.
He knew full well that there was no organized militia in the Territory,
nevertheless, he promptly responded to Jones’ call by the following :

HEADQUARTERS SIIAWNEE Mission, K. T., November 27, 1855.
Mas. GEN. WILLIAM P. RICHARDSON:

Sir—Reliable information has reached me.that an armed military force is now in Law-
rence and that vicinity, in open rebellion against the laws of this Territory, and that they
have determined that no process in the hands of the Sheriff of that county shall be
executed. I have received a letter from S. J. Jones, Sheriff of Douglas County, informing
me that he had arrested a man under a warrant placed in his hands, and, while conveying
him to Lecompton, he was met by an armed force of some forty men, and that the prisoner
was taken out of his custody, and defiance bid to the laws. I am also duly advised that an
armed band of men have burnt a number of houses, destroyed personal property, and
turned whole families out of doors in Danele County. Warrants will be issued against
those men, and placed in the hands of the Sheriff of Douglas County for execution. He has
isla to me, demanding three thousand men to aid him in the execution of the process of
aw.

You are, therefore, hereby ordered to collect together as large a force as you can in your
division, and repair without delay to Lecompton, and report yourself to 8. J. Jones,
Sheriff of Douglas County, together with the number of your forces, and render him all the
aid and assistance in your power in the execution of any lefal process in his hands. The
forces under your command are to be used for the sole purpose of aiding the Sheriff in

executing the law, and for no other purpose.
I have the honor to be your obedient servant, WILSON SHANNON.

A like order was sent to Maj. Gen. H J. Strickler, at Tecumseh. It
was left for the Generals to get their soldiers where they were to be had,
and they knew quite well that they were to come mostly from Missouri.
Dispatches were sent in hot haste to all the border towns. Independence
and Westport were the recruiting points, and, under the inflammable and
exaggerated reports circulated, hundreds were promptly armed and sent
to the seat of war. The first company of Kansas Militia—to appear on
the scene of expected conflict—came from Westport, Mo. It numbered
upward of fifty men, and went into camp in an irregular way, near Frank-
lin, as early as November 29, where, unofficered, they passed the time
‘“in target practice, drunken brawls, and intimidation and insult to passers
by,” while awaiting re-enforcements and commands to move on the enemy,
intrenched at Lawrence.

Among other documents circulated among Missourians to induce them
to enlist, was a forged letter, purporting to be from Secretary Woodson.
It was directed to Gen. Atchison ; bore the signature of Daniel Woodson ;
was read at a large public meeting held in Platte City, and induced the
Platte County Riflemen—and many camp followers—under the command
of Senator Atchison, to start for Lecompton forthwith. The letter read
as follows :

Dar GENERAL—The Governor having called out the militia, this is to inform you to
order out your division and proceed forthwith to Lecompton. The Governor not having
the power, you can call out the Platte County Rifle Company, as our neighbors are always
ready to help us. Do not implicate the Governor, whatever you do.

a DANIEL Woopson.

It is truth to say, that the troops raised ‘‘to help Jones,” came mostly
from Missouri. The whole of the western part of the State was stirred to
itsdepths. The Blue Lodges put in their most vigorous work. At Liberty,
Mo., 200 men and $1,000 were raised in a single day ‘‘to help Jones !”

Brig. Gen. Eastin, editor of the Leavenworth Herald, and Commander
of the Second Brigade of Kansas Militia, ordered his command to rendez-
vous at Leavenworth, on Saturday, December 1, and sent the following
appeal through the Missouri Border Counties :

TO ARMS! TO ARMS!!

It is expected that every lover of Law and Order will rally at Leavenworth, on Satua
day, December 1, 1855, prepared to march at once to the scene of the rebellion, to put down
the outlaws of Douglas County, who are committing depredations upon persons and pro
perty, burning down houses and declaring open hostility to the laws, and have forcibly
rescued a prisoner from the Sheriff. Come one, comeall! The laws must be executed. The
outlaws, it is said, are armed to the teeth, and number 1,000 men. Every man should bring
his rifle and ammunition, and it would be well to bring two or three days’ provisions.
Every man to his post, and do his duty. MANY CITIZENS.

Under the influences and appliances above illustrated, all Western
Missouri was stirred to its very depths, and vomited forth an army for the
subjugation of the Abolitionists of Lawrence. :

Gov. Shannon, ignorant of the situation, supplemented his call for
troops with the ordinary functionary proclamation, stating the disorders
prevailing according to ‘‘reliable information,” and calling on all well-
disposed citizens to rally to the support of the laws defied, and for the
restoration of peace and order in the disturbed region of his domains..
The proclamation was disseminated throughout the eastern counties and
in Missouri. It was published in the Leavenworth Herald and the Atchi-
son Sguatier Sovereign, but no copy was sent to Lawrence or Topeka,
although papers were published in both towns. It was issued November
29, and did not come to the knowledge of the citizens of Lawrence until
December 3. ;

The Governor of Kansas at this time was worse to the Free-state set-
tlers of Douglas County than a sworn enemy. He was the ignorant
dupe of their sworn enemies, armed with the executive power of the Ter-
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titory, and through Woodson, Atchison and others who knew how to use
him, planning for their extermination without trial or hearing before any
legitimate tribunal of justice.

It was quite unfortunate for Lawrence and the Free-state cause that
the local fracas at Blanton’s Bridge, which resulted in the rescue of Bran-
son, should have been carried to Lawrence, and its identity and responsi-
bility fastened upon the town by the appearance of the party there, and
the subsequent public meeting, presided over by Wood, addressed b
Branson, and throughout inspired by the victorious rescuing party. It
was a mistake not now involving the condemnation or even reproof of the
ardent, brave and reckless men who precipitated the trouble and fastened
the responsibility upon that town. It had enough of assumed responsi-
bility, without championing the quarrels of a distinct community miles
away, albeit they were in common working to the same end and pitted
against the same common enemy.

The Beleaguered City.—The Committee of Safety appointed at the
meeting of November 27 had little interest in the matter until the 30th.
At that time, news came to Lawrence of the encampment of troops at
Franklin, the rendezvous of Eastin’s brigade at Leavenworth, and of gen-
eral hostile preparations and movements all along the eastern line. The
information did not lead to the belief that preparations were being made
to merely arrest individuals who had violated the law, but to besiege and
destroy Lawrence. To defend the city against invasion the Committee of
Safety then prepared. ‘

The first move made was to get out of the town all persons subject to
arrest by Jones. Wood, Branson, Tappan, 8. C. Smith, the Wakarusa
rescuers—all disappeared. There was not on December 1 a single man in
the city who had ever overtly defied Jones or the Territorial laws under
which he had been appointed and by virtue of which he claimed
authority.

Being purged of the pretext for invasion, the citizens were enrulled
into guard companies of twenty, who were subject to call at any moment.
There were, perhaps, two hundred and fifty, not including women and
children. Thus enrolled, on November 30, the Kansas Legion at Law-
rence was well armed, and lacked only men for a formidable defense.

The Committee of Safety appointed Charles Robinson, Command-
er-in-Chicf of all the forces, and Col. James H. Lane as second in
command. So soon as it was known that troops were coming from Mis-
souri to ‘“‘help Jones,” the Free-state men rallied to ‘‘help Lawrence.”’
They came in singly and in squads and small companies, arriving at all
hours of the day and night, on foot, on horseback, in wagons, armed and
unarmed, from Bloomington, Wakarusa, Ottawa Creek, Palmyra, To-
peka and Osawatomie. As fast as they arrived they were organized, and
spent their time in drill practice and in working on the fortifications.
Five redoubts were constructed, which when finished commanded every
approach to the city.

The largest, which constituted the citadel and place of refuge for the
women and children in case of an assault, was erected on Massachusetts
street near the Pinckney street crossing. It was built of hewn timber,
strongly embanked with earth, surrounded with a deep intrenchment. It
was about five feet in height, and was in command of Judge J. G. Smith,
a Colonel in rank by authority of the Committee of Defense.

The second, on Massachusetts street, near Henry, was under the
direction of J. A. Wakefield. It had bastions, and was designed for the
cannon. Judge Wakefield was also a Colonel.

Col. Morris Hunt also commanded a circular redoubt on a little knoll
north of Henry street, between Massachusetts and New Hampshire
streets. A few rods south of Col. Wakefield, Col. Holliday had erected
another, which commanded any approach from Mt. Oread, and a fifth was
thrown up on Kentucky street, which commanded any approach by the
ravine on the west.

The cannon for which Col. Wakefield’s bastion fort was prepared, was
a contribution from the Hast, and was at Kansas City when the war broke
out. Thomas Bickerton, —— Sumner, David Buffum and —— Buffum
brought it up from there while the siege was progressing.

The siege was fairly commenced on Saturday, December 1, and lasted
one week. The main body of the invaders were encamped on the Waka-
rusa bottoms, a little southeast of Franklin, some six miles from Law-
rence. They had come in on the Westport road and held the Wakarusa
crossing, encamped all along up the stream, and had _ their scouts and
foragers ranging across the country as farnorth as Blanton’s Bridge.
Another wing was statiohed near Lecompton, under the command of Maj.
Gens. Strickler and Richardson. They were mostly from Platte and Bu-
chanan Counties, Mo., with some fifty Pro-slavery residents—the Kicka-
poo Rangers—in the command. Col. Atchison, with a hundred or more
riflemen from Platte County, Mo., was stationed on the north side of the
Kansas River, opposite Lawrence. The invading army numbered at its
highest not far from 1,500 men. They were indifferently armed as a whole,
although they had broken into the United States Arsenal at Liberty, Clay
Co., Mo., and stolen guns, cutlasses and cannon, and such munitions of
war as they required.

Thus the forces were rallied for war, the defenders of Lawrence vig-
orously drilling and strengthening their position; while the invading army
waited the command from Jones to move on the enemy’s works. It soon
became apparent that Jones was hampered in his operations. The orders
under which the troops had been furnished were explicit, and forbade the
use of armed force for any other purpose than for the serving of writs in
his hands. Many of the officers, as well as himself, had visited Lawrence
daily during the preparations. They had reasons to believe that the citi-
zens would make no resistance to any personal arrests Jones might choose
to make, in case he showed writs, legally issued, as authority; and they were
fully assured that if it should be undertaken to go further, demand the
surrender of their arms, or to attempt to “‘ sack the town,’’ as Jones had
threatened, there would certainly be a fair sprinkling of dead and wound-
ed Missourians before the job was done. urther, Gov. Shannon, who

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

had up to this time proved himself a most efficient tool in the hands of
Jones, began to move in such a manner as to become a stumbling block.

On a close view of the situation, the cooler and more discreet officers
discerned more danger and less glory in “helping Jones” than had been
discernible at a distance, especially as Jones seemed to have no writs to
serve on any of the citizens of Lawrence. Their sentiments of discretion
were conycyed to the Governor in a letter, penned by the doughty editor
of the Leavenworth Herald, as follows:

GovEeRNoR SHANNON—Information has been received here direct ‘from Lawrence,

which I consider reliable, that the outlaws are well fortified at Lawrence with cannon and
Sharpe's rifles, and number at least 1,000 men. It will therefore be difficult to dispossess

em. : 6

The militia in this portion of the State are entirely unorganized, and mostly with-
out arms. : De

I suggest the propriety of calling upon the military at Fort Leavenworth. If you have
the power to call out the (overnment troops, I think it would be best to doso at once. It
might overawe these outlaws and prevent bloodshed.

L. J. EASTIN,
Brigadier General Northern Brigade, i. M.

The Governor telegraphed immediately to Washington, stating the
condition of affairs, as he understood them, and asking authority to call
on the United States troops stationed at Leavenworth. He also sent a dis-
patch to Col. Sumner, in command at Fort Leavenworth, to hold himself
in readiness to march immediately on receipt of orders. The following
judicious reply seems to have first directed the action of the Governor in
a channel to thwart Jones. It read:

HEADQUARTERS First CAVALRY,

Fort LEAVENWoRTH, December 1, 1855.

Govrrnor—I have just received your letter of this day. I do not feel that it would be
right in me to act in this important matter until orders are received from the Government.
T shall be ready to move instantly when I receive them. I would respectfully suggest that
you make your application eee known at once, and I would countermand any
orders that may have been given for the movement of the militia until you receive the
answer. With much respect, your obedient servant,

E. V. SumNER, Colonel First Cavairy.

Adopting the very wise suggestion of Col. Summer, Governor Shannon
immediately wrote and dispatched letters to Gen. Richardson and Sheriff
Jones, ordering them to refrain from any attempt to serve writs until he
should hear from Washington in reply to his request for troops. The
following forcible argument, calculated to hold in check the turbulent
spirit of Jones, is given in the Governor's own words :

“The known deficiency in arms and all the accoutrements of war,
which must necessarily characterize the law-abiding citizens who have rushed
to your assistance in the maintenance of order, will invite resistance from
your opponents who are well supplied with arms. It would be wrong
therefore to place your men in a position where their lives would be endan-
gered when we shall, in all probability, have an ample force from Leaven-
worth in a few days.”

Jones respectfully protested to the Governor thus :

Camp ar Wakarvsa, December 3, 1867.
His EXceuLency, Gov. WILSON SHANNON:

Sir—In reply to your communication of yesterday, I have to inform you that the
volunteer forces now at this place and Lecompton, are getting weary of inaction. ‘They will
not, I presume, remain but a short time longer, unless a demand for the prisoner is made.
I think I shall have a sufficient force to protect me by to-morrow morning. The force at
Lawrence is not half so strong as reported. I have this from a reliable source. If I am to
wait for Government troops, more than two-thirds of the men now here will go away very
much dissatisfied. They are leaving hourly as it is. Ido not, by any means, wish to violate

your orders, but I really believe that if I have a sufficient force, it would be better to make
the demand.

It is reported that the people of Lawrence have run off those offenders from that town,

and, indeed, it is said they are now all out of the way. I have writs for sixteen persons who
were with the party that rescued my prisoner. S. N. Wood, P. R. Brooks and Samuel Tap-
pau are of Lawrence, the balance from the country around. Warrants will be placedin my

ands to-day for the arrest of G. W. Brown, and probably others in Lecompton. They say
that they are willing to obey the laws, but no confidence can be placed in any statements
they may make.

No evidence sufficient to cause a warrant to be issued has, as yet, been brought against
those lawless men who fired the houses.

I would give you the names of the defendants, but the writs are in my office at Lecomp-
ton. Most respectfully yours, SAMUEL J. JoNEs,

Sheriff of Douglas County.

Gov. Shannon received a reply from the Government that orders
would be made out without delay at the War Department, placing the
United States troops at his disposal. Col. Sumner, however, refused to
move until the orders were actually received.

_ Meantime, the Committee of Safety determined to open communica-
tion with Gov. Shannon. A letter was written and dispatched to the
Governor by a select committee consisting of G. P. Lowery and C. W.
Babcock, who, after repeated interruption by Missouri patrols, reached
Shawnee Mission, delivered their letter to, and obtained an interview with,
Shannon—the first communication he had had with Free-state men since
he entered the Territory. The letter they bore was as follows:

To Is ExceLLency, WILSON SHANNON, GOVERNOR OF KANSAS TERRITORY: -

Sir—As citizens of Kansas Territory, we desire to call your attention to the fac!
that a large force of armed ‘men from a foreign State have assembled in the vicinity of
Lawrence, are now committing depredations upon our citizens, stopping wagons, opening
and appropriating their loading, arresting, detaining and threatening travelers upon the
public road, and that they claim to do this by your authority. e desire to know if
they do appear by your authority, and if you will secure the peace and quiet of the com-

munity by ordering their instant removal, or compel us to resort to some other means
and to higher authority.

SIGNED BY COMMITTEE.
The statement of the situation as given to Gov. Shannon by
Messrs. Lowery and Babcock, in the ensuing interview with Gov.
Shannon, together with the letter they delivered him, opened his eyes to
truths of which he had before been ignorant. He had believed that the
Free-state men in and about Lawrence were insignificant both in numbers,
influence and courage, and that they were, as Stringfellow, Eastin, Jones,
and Atchison had taught him to believe, a set of mischievous, loud-
mouthed fanatics with neither principle nor courage, who could be
brought into subjection by a show of force, without danger to anybody
engaged in the work of their subjection.
; short interview with the Lawrence delegation tore the scales from
his eyes, He saw a beleaguered town, filled with men well armed and

 
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

desperate in the defense of their homes and rights, about to be invaded by
a horde of foreign desperadoes who had appeared at his summons, and for
whose acts as well as safety he was in a measure responsible. In his plans
thus far, he had looked to successful’ intimidation as the result of the
military demonstration. He found it meant murder and blood, and much
of it, on both sides. He professed to have been deceived. He had been
informed that sixteen houses of Pro-slavery men had been burned, and the
families fled the country along the Wakarusa, to save their lives. He
referred to the revolutionary conventions which had been held at
Lawrence, and the incendiary resolutions which had been passed. He
ended the interview by promising to repair immediately to the camp of
the invaders on the Wakarusa, there, if possible to allay the excitement
and avoid bloodshed. Chroniclers, mindful of the virtues and talents of
the Governor, which shone out brightly in the evening of his life, have
portrayed his unselfish efforts thereafter made to save Lawrence from sack
and slaughter. The reader can judge whether it was the Missourians or
the Kansans that most enlisted his solicitude. He shrank from blood, at
any rate, and betook himself to the Wakarusa camp, in great trepidation,
on the evening of December 5, to prevent its flow, if possible.

_ On his arrival, he found the officers sober and fully cognizant of the
serious aspect of affairs. The rank and file consisted of Mibsouriane of all
ages, who had come over to ‘‘help Jones wipe out Lawrence.” They had
waited three days already, during which time they had subsisted on what
they could steal and rob from the inhabitants, and the whisky they had
brought along. They were as ignorant of the danger attending the attack
on Lawrence as was Shannon two days before. They were under lax dis-
cipline, bordering on insubordination, and in the delirium coming from
exposure, lack of food, and plentiful supplies of strong drink, the force
was well-nigh on the verge of mania a potu. The Governor discovered at
once the insane determination of the men to march on Lawrence at all
hazards and set about, with the full co-operation of all the officers except
Jones, the task of getting them out of the Territory alive. He was not at
the time quite mentally self-poised. Fear too much predominated. His
ya move was to send to Col. Sumner for help. His letter read as fol-

ows :
Wakarusa, December 6, 1855.

Cou. SuMNER, First Cavaury U, S.:

: Sir—I send you this special dispatch to ask you to come to Lawrence as soon as you
possibly can. My object is to secure the citizens of that place, as well as others, from a
warfare which, if once commenced, there is no telling where it will end. I doubt not you
have received orders from Washington, but, if you have not, the absolute pressure of this
Ap tte as to justify you with the President and the world in moving to the scene

It is hard to restrain the men here (they are beyond my power, or at least, soon will
be) from making an attack on Lawrence, which, if once made, there is no telling where
it will terminate. The presence of a portion of the U. 8. troops at Lawrence would pre-
vent an attack, save bloodshed and enable us to get matters arranged in a satisfactory way,
and at the same time secure an execution of the laws. It is peace, not war, that we want,
ae eae Rave the power to secure peace. Time is precious—fear not but that you will be

ned.
poner With great respect, WILSON SHANNON.

The Missourians, wild with frenzy at being thus thwarted, attempted to
intercept the courier who bore the letter. Their plot was foiled by Gen.
Strickler, who managed to have him sent out by an unusual route at 2 A.
M. Col. Sumner had received no orders from Washington to move, on
the receipt of Shannon’s summons, and consequently declined to act, but
sent another good letter of advice to the agitated Governor.

It is doubtful if, after Wednesday, December 5, at which time the
force and determination of the defenders of Lawrence was known in the
camp of the invaders—a corporal’s guard of sober men could have been
found willing to attack the place. Shannon’s positive orders not to do so,
and the expectation of the arrival of United States troops, gave them an
opportunity to show cheap courage without great risk, and they continued
to rage and swear and threaten. J. C. Anderson, a member of the Ter-
ritorial Legislature, and other Pro-slavery non-combatants who, as camp
followers, were watching the turn of events, saw plainly that with the en-
lightenment of Shannon and the presence of United States troops on the
ground, the extinction of Lawrence, and the humiliation of the law-abid-
ing Free-state men would be averted, and made strenuous efforts on paper
to avert the threatened catastrophe to the border ruffian plans.. Here is
Anderson’s contribution to law and order, written on the 6th of Decem-
ber, from Lecompton:

Mags. Gen. WILLIAM P. RICHARDSON: . 2

Sir—I have reason to believe, from rumors in camp, that before to-morrow morning
the black flag will be hoisted, when nine out of ten will rally around it, and march without
orders upon Lawrence. The forces at Lecompton camp fully understand the plot, and will

fight er the same banner. .
. If Gov. Shannon will pledge himself not to allow any United States officer to interfere

wate arms belonging to the United States now in their possession,* and, in case there is
no battle, order the United States forces off at once, and retain the militia, provided any
force is retained, all will be well, and all will obey to the end, and commit no depreda-

ti ‘ivate property in Lawrence. _. :
me I fears collision eee the United States soldiers and the volunteers, which would

be dreadful. * ,
‘Speedy measures should be taken. Let me know at once—to-night—and TI fear that it

i late to stay the rashness of our people.
ae " poe ony your obedient servant,
J. C. ANDERSON.

Gov. Shannon, in spite of the warnings and protestations of Jones
and his friends, saw plainly that the opposing party were too strong to be
wiped out by the mongrel crew that were encamped at Wakarusa and their
allies who were straggling up and down the country. He saw that the
citizens of Kansas, intrenched at Lawrence, could no longer be ignored.
They did not come out to meet him, he determined to go to them. He,
accordingly, on the evening of the 6th of December, notified them of his
desire to visit the place with the peaceful and laudable intent of negotiat-
ing a peace, and asked an escort from the Wakarusa camp to the city. It
was granted. The escort sent down consisted of ten of the leading Free-
state men of Lawrence, led by G. P. Lowery. Guarded and protected by
this deputation, the Governor, accompanied by Col. Boone, of Westport,

* The arms had been stolen irom the U. 8. Arsenal at Liberty, Mo.

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Mo., Col. Kearney, of Independence, Mo., and Gen. Strickler, also from
Missouri, entered Lawrence on Friday, December 7, and repaired to the
room of the Committee of Safety, in the Free State Hotel. The interview
lasted an hour or more, being conducted on the part of the Committee by
Charles Robinson and James H. Lane. The Governor was still further
enlightened, and admitted that he had misunderstood the conduct and
sentiments of the Lawrence people, and had been entirely misled by the
false representations of Jones and others. He desired that a memorandum
of a treaty be drawn up, to be submitted to the invaders as a basis of settle-
ment, and strenuously urged that they should give up their arms as a condi-
tion of peace, which was peremptorily refused. The Governor returned
to his friends, somewhat disheartened, but with his heart more firmly set
than before on negotiating peace. He found the Pro-slavery camp in
a state bordering on mutiny, threatening to raise the black flag, and
march on Lawrence with or without orders. Heimmediately issued orders
to Gens. Richardson and Strickler to repress all movements of a disor-
derly character, to take no step except by his special order, and, in case of
any unauthorized demonstration on Lawrence, to use all their force to re-
press it, as, “in the present state of negotiations an attack upon Lawrence
would be wholly unjustifiable.” ra

Through the day the Governor worked unremittingly among the offi-
cers in the interest of peace and reconciliation, and so successfully, that in
the evening he again repaired to Lawrence with fresh hopes of adjusting a
settlement. He had drawn up a paper as a basis of treaty, as had the Free-
state men during his absence. They were compared, and, withsome slight
modifications, that of the Free-state men was accepted by Gov. Shannon
in behalf of himself and the leaders of the invading army, and by Charles
Robinson and James H. Lane on the part of the Committee of Safety and
the citizens of Lawrence. ;

The result of the negotiations was announced by Dr. Robinson from
the steps of the Free State Hotel, to the excited crowd gathered there in
waiting, amid much di3order and cries for the reading of the treaty. Its
reading quelled the disorder, and its provisions were generally accepted.
It was as follews:

TREATY OF PEACE.

WHEREAS, There is a MISUNDERSTANDING between the people of Kansas, or a portion
of them, and the Governor thereof, arising out of the rescue at Hickory Point of a citizen
under arrest and other matters; and,

WHEREAS, A strong apprehension exists that said misunderstanding may lead to civil
strife and bloodshed ; and, te

Wuereas, As it is desired by both Gov. Shannon and the citizens of Lawrence and its
vicinity to avoid a calamity so disastrous to the interests of the Territory and the Union,
and to place all parties in a correct position before the world; now, therefore, it is agreed
by the said Gov. Shannon and the mndersigned. citizens of the Territory in Lawrence now
assembled, that the matter is settled as follows, to wit:

We, the said citizens of said Territory, protest that the said rescue was made without
our knowledge or consent, but that if any of our citizens were engaged in said rescue, we
pledge ourselves to aid in the execution of any legal process against them; that we have
no knowledge of the previous, present or prospective existence of any organization in the
said Territory for the resistance of the laws; and we have not designed, and do not design,
to resist the execution of any legal service of any criminal process therein, but pledge our-
selves to aid in the execution of the laws when called upon by the proper authority in the
town of Lawrence, and that we will use our influence in preserving order therein, and de-
clare that we are now, as we have ever been, ready to aid the Governor in securing a posse
in the execution of such a process, provided, that any person thus arrested in Lawrence and
vicinity while a foreign foe shall remain in the Territory, shall be examined only before a
District Judge of said Territory in said town, and admitted to bail; and provided further,
that all persons arrested without legal process shall be set at liberty 5 and provided further,
that Gov, Shannon agrees to use his influence to secure the citizens of Kansas Territory
remuneration for any damage suffered in any unlawful depredations, if any such have been
committed by the Sheriff’s posse in Douglas County; and further, Gov. Shannon states that
he has not called wpon persons, residents of any other States, to aid in the execution of the laws,
that such as are here, are here of their own choice, and that he does not consider that he has
any authority to do so, and that he will not call upon any citizen of any other State who
may be here.

We wish it understood that we do not herein eapress any opinion as to the validity of the enact-
ments of the Territorial Legislature.

WILson SHANNON,
CHARLES ROBINSON,
J. H. Lane.

Done in Lawrence, K. T., December 8, 1855.

Satisfactory evidence being apparent that the beleaguered citizens of
Lawrence would accept the terms of the treaty, Messrs. Robinson and
Lane, at the request of Gov. Shannon, accompanied him to Franklin, to
lay before the commanders of the invading forces, for their approval, the
terms agreed upon. Thirteen of the Pro-slavery leaders there met them
in council, listened to speeches from Gov. Shannon, Robinson and Lane,
and, after full discussion, agreed upon the terms of the treaty, and
promised to aid the Governor in quietly and peaceably withdrawing the
Missouri crowd to their homes. :

Jones, Stringfellow, Atchison and their motley gang of followers
were disappointed at the denouement, and, while submitting, swore
roundly for relief to their feelings, most ungratefully cursing Gov. Shan-
non, who had already given them relief from danger. Stringfellow
announced to his followers that “‘the thing was settled’”’—‘‘they were
sold”’—‘‘ Shannon had sold himself, and disgraced himself and the whole
Pro-slavery party’’—and accepted the terms of the treaty. Atchison ac-
cepted the terms, saying to his followers, ‘‘ Boys, we cannot fight now.
The position the Lawrence people have taken is such that it would not do
to make an attack upon them ; it would ruin the Democratic cause, too.
But, boys, we will fight some time, by ——!” Jones was not heard from
that night, but afterward declared that, ‘‘had not Shannon been a d——d
fool, he would have wiped out Lawrence.”

On the same evening, Gov. Shannon formally disbanded the forces, in
the following ‘‘General Order,” addressed to Commanders Richardson,
Strickler and Jones :

: Camp Wakarusa, December 8, 1855.

Srr: Being fully satisfied that there will be no further resistance to the execution of
the laws of this Territory, or to the service of any legal process in the county of Douglas,
you are hereby ordered to crossthe Kansas River to the north side, as near Lecompton as
you may find it practicable, with your command, and disband the same at such time and place
as you think most convenient.

Yours with great respect,
WILson SHANNON.
120 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Many of the soldiers left caring the night, although broken squads
remained for several days, foraging for subsistence on the country round
about. The war, however, was ended, and with peace came congratulatory
jollification in Lawrence. :
Love Feast.—On the evening of December 9, the trouble being
virtually over, and the troops on both sides disbanded, although not dis-
persed, Gov. Shannon was again in Lawrence, the guest of the city. An
informal gathering was held at the Free State Hotel. There was more
hilarity in the committee rooms than was consonant with a Sabbath even-
ing in that puritanical town. The Governor felt, and stated, that ‘“‘it was
the happiest time of his life,’ and Robinson and Lane, although not so ex-
pressive, felt likewise. In the midst of the hilarity, word was brought
that detached bands of Missouri stragglers, who had not, and would not,
disperse at the order of the Governor, were threatening an attack on the
city. The Governor, justly indignant that his orders were thus contemned,
gave a carte blanche commission to Robinson and Lane on th® spot. It
read as follows :
To C. Rosinson anv J. H. Lanz, COMMANDERS OF THE ENROLLED CITIZENS OF KANSAS:
You are hereby authorized and directed to take such measures, and use the enrolled
forces under your command in such manner for the preservation of the peace, and the pro-

tection of the persons and property of the people in Lawrence and its vicinity, as in your
judgment will best secure that end. :

WILSON SHANNON.

LAWRENCE, December 9, 1855.

The Closing Festivities.—On Monday evening, December 10, there
was a grand peace party, held under the auspices of the ladies of Law-
rence, at the Free State Hotel. The hotel was illuminated, a big table
spread, the band pea speeches were made by Robinson, Lane, James
Christian, S. C. Smith and many others. Many of the invaders were
there—among them Jones, as an invited guest.
up until the ‘“‘ wee sma’ hours” of Tuesday.

At 10 o’clock A. M., on Tuesday, the soldiers passed in review and
were dismissed, after exultant, laudatory and patriotic speeches from
Gens. Lane and Robinson. The various companies, as they marched
for home—to Topeka, Bloomington and other points—were escorted out
of town by the ‘“‘Lawrence Guards,” and sent on their way with the en-
thusiastic cheers of the citizens whom they had helped defend and protect
in the danger now passed.

Incidental Occurrences.—During the progress of the siege, the roads
in all directions from Lawrence were auaviied, with the ostensible object
of preventing the escape of Jones’ prisoner, and such persons as he desired
to arrest, who were assumed to be harbored in the doomed city of Law-
rence. Thus, every person going in any direction from Lawrence, or
found upon any road leading thereto, was subject to arrest, and many
persons were thus arrested without any process of law.

On December 6 S. C. Pomeroy was dispatched to the East with im-
portant details of the situation, for help. He was taken, and held as a
prisoner in the Wakarusa camp until liberated under the provisions of the
treaty. George F. Warren and Dr. G. A. Cutler, the latter an invalid
just recovering from a severe sickness, were taken, on suspicion, at Atch-
ison, and conveyed to Lecompton, where Cutler was subject to such
inhuman cruelty, indignity and intimidation at the hands of Jones as to
render him for the time delirious, and to nearly cost him his life. Several
other Free-state men were prisoners in the camp of the enemy at the time
the treaty, by one of its positive provisions, gave them an unconditional
release.

The only fatal casualty occurring during the siege resulted in the death
of one of the Free-state men who had come up to the defense of Law-
rence. It is difficult now and will grow more difficult as the years go by, to
get.at the truth of the story. Making due allowances for misrepresenta-
tions of exasperated Free-state newspaper correspondents and analyzing
what sworn testimony was elicited by the Congressional Investigating
Committee, the facts as gathered were as follows:

Thomas W. Barber, with his young wife, had taken a claim on the
northwest quarter of Section 13, Township 18, Range 18, just north of the
Wakarusa, seven miles above Blanton’s Bridge, and about eight miles
southwest from Lawrence, and perhaps a mile on the road between the
Bloomington settlement and that town. He had gone up to the defense
with the rest of the Bloomington Free-state men contrary to the wishes
of his wife, who had strong premonitions which she expressed to him that
he would never return alive. On Thursday noon, December 6, all being
quiet, but the town stillin astate of siege, he started to visit his wife in com-
pany with his brother, Robert, and his brother-in-law, Thomas M. Pearson,
both members of the same company, and having claims near his. He was
unarmed. His companions had revolvers. hey were all mounted and
had ridden some three miles out of Lawrence when they discovered a party
of horsemen numbering ten or twelve men, approaching them from the
direction of Lecompton. It proved afterward to be a party from the
camp at that place, on their way to the Wakarusa camp.* _ Two of the
party, George W. Clark, Indian Government Agent for the Pottawatomie
Indians, and James Burnes, known as Col. Burnes, a merchant of
Westport, Mo., left the main party, rode across so as to confront them
in their road, and ordered them to halt. Angry words were’ bandied, the
Barbers refused to turn back at the command of the highwaymen who ob-
structed their way, pistols were drawn on both sides and shots fired.
Thomas Barber, the only unarmed man, received a shot in his side, rode a
hundred yards, told his brother with a faint, sickly smile that ‘that fel-
low had hit him,”’ rode swaying in his saddle supported by his brother a
little further, then slipped off into the dust and died soon after in the road.
His brother and Pearson, fearing further violence, fled, leaving the body in
the highway.

he party did not break

*Phillips in his “Conqnost of Kansas,” p. 211, states that the party was led by Maj.
Gen. Richardson, and that Judge Cato was one of the party. The positive proof of the statement
is wanting. Dr.John P. Wood, of Lawrence, was of the party, but had no part in the murder,

The credit of the murder was claimed by both Clark and Burnes.*
Neither of them ever knew who fired’ the fatal shot. Clark said to an

acquaintance three days after, ‘I tried to kill him, and if it was not me I,

wish it had been.”

The man who fired the fatal shot rode a gray horse, had on a cap and
a light-colored overcoat. He was a short, stott man. Neither Clark nor
Burnes in years after, sought to solve the uncertainty or claimed the honor
attached to “shooting an Abolitionist.” History willrank them as a brace
of murderers, it matters not who gave the coup de grace. — :

The body of Barber was brought into Lawrence during the evening
and lay in one of the rooms of the Free State Hotel while Gov. Shannon
and his Missouri friends were consulting as to terms of peace in an upper
room of the same building. It was temporarily interred in Lawrence and
subsequently removed to the ‘‘cemetery on the hill” and buried with
military honors. : ; ;

The excitement attending the murder, increased by the stricken wife
who came in the next morning after Barber’s death, threatened to break out
in ungovernable and immediate vengeance. _ Only the constant watchful-
ness, cool counsel and determined orders of Robinson, Lane, and others in
command, prevented a wild sortie of the infuriated friends bent on ven-
geance and indiscriminate slaughter of every armed man found in the in-
vading camps. One bloody page in Kansas history thus remains unwritten.

OLD JOHN BROWN.

As late as Friday noon, December 7, a wagon load of men, five in
number, came in armed and equipped for battle. A father and four sons.
The father was tall, spare, at that time close shaved, hair sprinkled with
gray, gray eyes, thin, compressed lips, distended nostrils, and armed with a
rifle and two revolvers in his belt. His four sons were all armed in like
manner. The wagon was loaded with provisions, and an American flag
floated from a staff fastened to the front of the wagon. It was oLD JOHN
Brown. This was his first appearance among the Free-state men, although
he had been in the Territory with his boys for several weeks. The Herald
of Freedom noticed his arrival as follows:

About noon (December 7), Mr. John Brown, an aged gentleman from Essex County, N.
Y., who has been a resident of the Territory for several months, arrived with four of his
sons—leaving several others at home sick—bringing a quantity of arms with him, which
were placed in his hands by Eastern friends for the defense of the cause of freedom. Hav-
ing more than he could use to advantage, a portion of them were placed in the hands of
those more destitute. A company was-organized and the command given to Mr. Brown for
the zeal he had exhibited in the cause of freedom both before and since his arrival in the
Territory. : Z

A letter written soon after the close of the war by John Brown, to his
wife and children, a his own truthful account of the affair, the part
he took in it, the information on which he acted, the final result, and his
opinions concerning it. It reflectssomewhat severely on the habits and
characters of some of the actors,-and robs the old hero himself of. some
tawdry plumes in which small men have decked him out. It is, without
doubt, entirely truthful in so far as the knowledge of the writer could so
render it. The original letter is deposited in the collection of the Kansas
State Historical Society. It reads as follows:

OsAWATOMIE, K. T., 16th December, 1855. Sabbath evening.
DEAR WIFE AND CHILDREN, EVERY ONE:

Limprove the first moment since my feturn from the camp of volunteers who lately
turned out for the defense of the townof Lawrence, in this Territory, and notwithstanding,
I suppose you have learned the result before this (possibly), will give a brief accouit of the
invasion in my own way.

About three or four weeks ago, news came that a Free-state man by the name of
Dow had been murdered by a Pro-slavery man named Coleman, who had gone and
given himself up for trial to Pro-slavery Gov. Shannon. This was svon followed by further
news that a Free-state man who was the only reliable witness ayainst the murderer had
been seized by a Missourian, appointed Sheriff by the bogus Legislature of Kansas, upon
false pretenses, examined, and held to bail under such heavy bonds to answer the false
charges, as he could not give; and, that, while on his way to jail, in charge of the bogus
Sheriff, he was rescued by some men belonging to a company near Lawrence; and that, in
consequence of the rescue, Gov. Shannon had ordered out all the Pro-slavery foree he
could muster in the Territory, and called on Missouri for further help; that about two
thousand had collected, demanding a surrender of the rescued witness and the rescuers, the
destruction of several buildings and printing presses, and a giving up of the Sharpe’s rifles
by the Free-state man, threatening to destroy the town with cannon with which they were
provided, etc; that about an equal number of Free-state men had turned out to resist them,
and that a battle was hourly expected, or supposed to have bevn already fought.

These reports seemed to be well authenticated, but we could get uo further account of
mattors, and I loft this for the place whore the boys were settled at evening, intending to go
to Lawrence to learn the facts tho next day. John was, however, started on horseback,
but before he had gone many rods word came that our help was immediately wanted.

On getiing this news, it was at onco agreed to break up at John’s camp, and take
Wealthy and Johnny to Jason's camp (some two miles off), and that all the men but Henry,
Jason and Oliver should at once set off for Lawrence under arms, those three being wholly
unfit for duty, We then set about providing a little corn bread and meat, blankets, cooking
utensils, running bullots, loading all our guns, pistols, ete. The five set off in the afternoon,
and after a short rest inthe night (which was quite dark) continued our march until after
daylight next morning, when we got our breakfast, started again, and reached Lawrence in
the forenoon, all of us more or less lamed by our tramp. On reaching the place, we found
that negotiations had commenced between Goy, Shannon (having a force of some fifteen or
sixteen hundred en and the principal leaders of the Free-state en, they having a force
of some five hundred men at that time. These were busy night and day fortifying the
town with embankments and circular earthworks up to the time of the treaty with the
Governor, as an attack was constantly looked for, notwithstanding the negotiations then
Poe This state of things continued from Friday until Sunday evening. On the even-
ing we left, a company of the invaders of from fifteen to twenty-five attacked some three
or four Free-state men, mostly unarmed, killing a Mr. Barber, from Ohio, wholly warmed.
His body was afterward brought in and lay for some days in the room afterward occupied
by the company to which I belonged (it being organized after we reached Le:

The building was a large, unfinished stone hotel, in which a great part of the volunteers
were quartered, and who witnessed the scene of bringing in the wife and friends of the
murdered man. I will only say of this scene that it was heart-rending, and calculated to
exasperate the men exceedingly, and one of the sure results of civil war.

_ _ After frequently calling on the leaders of the Free-state men to come and have an inter-
view with him by Gov. Shannon; and after, as often getting for an answer that if he had any
business to transact with any one in Lawrence to come and attend to it, he signified Ais
wish to come into the town, and an escort was sent to the invaders’ camp to conduct him in.

When there, the leading Free-state men, finding out his weakness, frailty and con-

of the awkward circumstances into which he had really got himself, took advan-

*§oo testimony of Harrison Nichols, Report of Kausas Committee, p. 1126; also testi
of William Phillips, p. 1127, vasep » BP ; also testimony
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

age of his cowardice and folly, and by means of that and the free use of whisky and some
trickery succeeded in getting a written arrangement with him, much to their own liking.
He stipulated with them to order the Pro-slavery men of Kansas home, and to proclaim

. to the Missouri invaders that they must quit the Territory without delay, and also give up

Gen. Pomeroy, a prisoner in their camp, which was all done; he also recognized the volun-
teers as the militia of Kansas, and empowered their officers to call them out whenever, in
qe Gisoretion, the safety of Lawfence or other portions of the Territory might require it

He, Gov. Shannon, gave up all pretension of further attempt to enforce the enactments
of the bogus Legislature and retired, subject to the derision and scoffs of the Free-state
men (into whose hands he had committed the welfare and protection of Kansas), and to the
pity of some and the curses of others of the invading force.

: So ended this last Kansas invasion, the Missourians returning with flying colors after
incurring heavy expenses, suffering great exposure, hardships nd privations, not having
fought any battles, burned or destroyed any infant towns or Abolition presses, leaving the
Free-state men organized and armed, and in full possession of the Territory, not having fulfilled
any of all their dreadful threatenings, except to murder one wnarmed man, and to commit
oe and waste: of property upon defenseless families unfortunately in their

We learn by their papers that they boast of a great victory over the Abolitionists, and
wellthey may. Free-state men have only to hereafter retain the footing they have gained,
and KANSAS Is FREE. Yesterday the people passed upon the Free-state Constitution. The
result, though not yet known, no one doubts.

i One little circumstance connected with our own number showiug the true character of
the invader: On our way, about three miles from Lawrence, we had to pass a bridge (with
our arms and ammunition), of which the invaders held possession ; but as the five had each
a gun, with two large revolvers in a belt ‘(exposed to view) witha third in his pocket, and
as we moved directly on the bridge without making any halt, they, for some reason, suf-
fered _us to pass without interruption, notwithstanding there were some fifteen to twenty-
five (variously reported) stationed in a log house at one end of the bridge. We could not
count them. A boy, on our approach, ran and gave them notice. Five others of our com-
pany, well armed, who followed us some miles behind, met with equally civil treatment
thesame day. After we left to go to Lawrence until we returned when disbanded, I did
not see the least sign of cowardice or want of self-possession exhibited, by any volunteer o1
the eleven companies who constituted the Free-state force, and I never expect again to see
an equal number of such well behaved, cool, determined men, fully as I believe, sustainin,
the high character ofthe Revolutionary Fathers. But enough of this, as we intend to sen
you a paper giving a fuller account of the affair. We have cause for gratitude that we all
returned safe and well, with the exception of hard colds, and found those left behind rather
improving. We have received $50 from father, and learn from him that he has sent you the
same amount, for which we ought to be grateful, as we are much relieved, both as respects
ourselves and you. The mails have been kept back during the invasion, but we hope to hear
from you again soon. Mr. Adair’s folks are well, or nearly so. Weather most pleasant, but
commetnes most severe. No snow of any account as yet; can think of but little moreto
write.

Monday morning—17th. The ground for the first time is fairly whitened with snow
and itis quite cold, but we have had before a good deal of cold weather with heavy rains.
Henry and Oliver, and I may say, Jason, were disappointed in not being able to go to the
war. The disposition of both our camps to turn out was uniform. Se ee .

May God abundantly bless you all and make you faithful. :

Your affectionate husband and father,
JouHn Brown.

THE COMPANIES.

The whole force enrolled for the defense of Lawrence numbered not
far from seven hundred. They consisted of eleven companies. The ros-
ters, with officers commanding, are the property of I. R. Blackman, a
resident of Lawrence. Copies are in the possession of the Kansas State
Historical Society. Capt. Lyman Allen commanded the company
known as the Lawrence Stubbs; Samuel Walker commanded the Bloom-
ington Company; J. B. Abbott. the Wakarusa Company; Samuel T. Shore,
the boys from Ottawa Creek; McWhinney, the Palmyra Company.

John Brown was appointed Captain of the boys who came up from his
neighborhood. They did not arrive, nor was the roll completed until as
late as December 7. They, however, got credit for service for sixteen full
days, 4nd the credit was all the pay they ever received. The muster roll
reads as follows:

Muster roll of Capt. John Brown's company in the Fifth Regiment of the First Bri
gade of Kansas Volunteers, commanded by Col George W. Smith, called into the service of
the people of Kansas to defend the city of Lawrence, in the Territory of Kansas, from
threatened demolition by foreign invaders, enrolled at Osawatomie, K. T., called into serv-
ice from the 27th day of November, A. D. 1855, when mustered, to the 12th day of Decem-
ber, when discharged. Service sixteen days.

Name and Rank.
John Brown, Sen., Captain
Wm. W. Updegraff, Ist Lieutenant.
Henry H. Williams, 2d Lieutenant
James J. Holbrook, 3d Lieutenant.
Ephraim Reynolds, 1st Sergeant.
R.N. Wood, 2d Sergeant.........
Frederick Brown, 3d Sergeant.

  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 

John Yetton, 4th Sergeant... - 26
Henry Alderman, 1st Corporal..... « 55
H. Harrison Updegraff. 2d Corporal. « 23

Daniel W. Collis, 3d Corporal..
William Partridge, 4th Corpo
Amos D. Alderman...
Owen Brown......
Salmon Brown
John Brown, Jr..
Francis Brennen..
William W. Caine..
Benjamin Ll. Cochran..
Jeremiah Harrison

 

    

(Endorsed.)

Muster roll of Capt. John Brown’s company, Kansas Volunteers: ;

I certify on honor, that this Muster Roll exhibits the true state of Capt. John Brown’s
Company of the Fifth Regiment of Kansas Volunteers for the period herein mentioned ;
that each man answers to his own proper name in person; that the remarks set opposite

each man’s name, officer and soldier, are accurate and just.
GEORGE W. SMITH,

Colonel commanding the Fifth Regiment Kansas Volunteers.
DECEMBER 12, A. D. 1855, Lawrence, K. T.

MINOR MATTERS.

The Indians took little interest in the disturbance. A few Pottawat-
omies were in camp at Lecompton to aid the invaders. They had been
induced to enlist by the Indian Agent Clarke, knowing little, and caring
less, about the merits of the question, so long as the employment was not
dangerous nor laborious, and brought them plenty of whisky. The chiefs
of the Delawares and Shawnees offered their services to the Lawrence

at sixty cents; also eight pounds of lead at fif-

= dar, twenty-three pounds,
cea a re W y the Quartermaster, and was used in the

teen cents, was furnished by William Partridge to
service,

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Committee of Safety, which were thankfully declined until it should be
ascertained that the enemy was employing Indian allies.

Up to December 8, the weather had been that of mild Indian summer.
On the evening of that day, at the time Robinson and Lane went down to
Franklin to close the peace negotiations, a cold and tempestuous rain-
storm set in, which lasted through the night. It doubtless had much to
do with cooling the fierce passions of the disappointed soldiers, and induc-
ing them to accept the terms of the treaty and return -home, instead of
marching under the black flag to the destruction of Lawrence, which,
under a brighter sky, they might have attempted. The storm was a not
unimportant element in the final consummation of peace.

The closing weeks of the year 1855 were filled with disorder and ex-
citement which showed that the end of the Wakarusa war was but the
beginning of the great struggle. An immediate and bloody collision of the
opposing orces had been averted by diplomacy, but the cause of the
trouble had not been removed. The opposing parties had made no com-
promise which could bring lasting peace. It was but a truce,to be followed
ey sues contests, intensified in bitterness as the struggle was pro-

onged.

The Free-state Constitution, as has been recorded, was ratified at an
election held December 15, less than one week after the close of the Waka-
rusa war, at which time, spite of the treaty, there were found to be scat-
tered at thirty-nine different precincts 1,781 voters for the revolutionary
document, and the organization of a provisional State government under
its provisions. Disorders occurred in the border counties where the Mis-
souri mob could be brought into requisition. At Leavenworth* the ballot-
box was destroyed, the office of the Territorial Register, a Free-state
paper, edited by Mark Delahay, destroyed, and the city generally given
over to the mob who represented, at that place, the ‘‘Law and Order
Party,” organized a few weeks before at the convention over which Gov.
Shannon had presided.

The persistent opposition to the bogus government set up by the Ter-
ritorial Legislature, seemed to have gathered strength and courage from the
results of the recent ‘‘ war,’’ and Lawrence was still the unconquered and
defiant citadel of the Free-state men. There, on the 22d, they met and
nominated a full Free-state ticket for officers under the accepted
constitution.

In fact, the movement went on, each meeting being held, and each
forward step being taken as heretofore appointed with the precision and
punctuality of fate. Even during the excitement of the war itself the
Thanksgiving proclamation of the Executive Free State Committee,
signed by James H. Lane, had been duly promulgated.

The slavery propaganda, desperate and exasperated at the defeats of
the year, yet still undismayed and confident of ultimate victory, were
plotting in Washington, and sullenly planning in the secret lodges of
‘Western Missouri for’a renewal of the conflict, out of which, through
outrages innumerable—murder, robbery, arson, and the other nameless
curses of oppression, which only a ruthless foe under the authority of
law could impose— the people were to come unconquered, bearing as their
sheaf of victory the Free State of Kansas, wherein are now bound up all
the ties of a hundred thousand free homes, the hopes of a million free
people, and the glory of a great commonwealth of freemen.

Despite the constant and varied political excitement and disorder
which prevailed during the summer and fall of 1855, the close of the year
found hundreds of families fairly established in their new homes, their
cabins built, and ‘their first crops, more bounteous than they had ever
known before, safely garnered. They were the dona fide settlers of the
Territory. They were scattered throughout the eastern portion of the -
Territory, and, unvexed by outside influences, would have lived peaceably
with their Pro-slavery neighbors, many of whom like them had come in to
peacefully till the soil and establish themselves and families in better
homes than they had left. They were largely anti-slavery in sentiment,
and had come with all their worldly possessions from New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Northwestern Free States, all so far
distant that a return was not among the possibilities thought of. They
had not, as had the Missouri squatters, a place of covert near, to which
they could flee for safety, nor from which they could carry on desultory
or predatory warfare with safety. They were, therefore, from considera-
tions of prudence, the most peaceably inclined settlers in the Territory,
avoiding conflict wherever possible. Such men, when fairly brought to
bay, proved most desperate foes. They could neither be driven from the
Territory, crushed into submission, nor deprived of their homes.

Neither the General Government nor the Pro-slavery junta which con-
trolled it, nor Gov. Shannon, Judge Lecompte, Sheriff Jones, Senator
Atchison, nor any of the local workers, seeking to fasten slavery upon
Kansas, had any adequate conception of the power of these men when
fairly aroused, not of the desperate resistance to be encountered in
attempting to drive them from the homes they had come so far and risked
so much to secure, nor of the uncompromising opposition to be confronted
in the effort to force upon them an institution which their early education,
their life-long principles and their deep-rooted prejudices alike taught
them would render their homes valueless and their lives a reproach to
themselves. They had not emigrated from their free homes to the Terri-
tory of Kansas intending to make of it a Slave State; quite the contrary.
The desperate contest which was forced upon them reached the culmi-
nating point during the year 1856, and marks the most interesting epoch
in American history.

OUTSIDE INFLUENCES.

The Thirty-fourth Congress convened December 3, 1855. In the
House the Free-soilers, although not united under a single and well
organized party organization, held the balance of power on a test vote.
The Senate was still overwhelmingly Pro-slavery. The administration

 

*The details of the outrages at Leavenworth are given fully in the history of Leavenworth
County.
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was unanimously bent on establishing slavery in Kansas at all hazards.
The popular uprising against the iniquities attending the passage of the
Kansas bill and the succeeding outrages had yet only had time, through the
election of new members, to reach the Lower House The first conflict was
on its organization. The contest for Speaker lasted nine weeks, and
resulted in the election of Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachusetts, by a

lurality of votes cast. It was a Free-soil victory, and was so viewed by

ro-slavery meneverywhere. It showed that their power was broken, and
rendered them desperate to secure Kansas quickly, and before the accumu-
lating force of the aroused people should make it impossible.

The House being organized on February 4, 1856, J. W. Whitfield
appeared with his credentials, and was sworn in as the delegate from Kan-
sas Territory. A. H. Reeder appeared with his certificate of election,
signed by the Territorial Executive Committee, and there contested Whit-
field’s right to a seat on the ground of fraud in the election, denying that
he was the choice of the people, and claiming himself to be the only dele-
gate chosen through their votes.

AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED.

Pending the contest, the House, against the strenuous opposition of
the Pro-slavery members, on March 19, 1856, appointed, through the
Speaker, a committee, consisting of three members, authorized to “ in-
quire into and collect evidence in regard to the troubles in Kansas general-
ly, and particularly in regard to any fraud or force attempted, or practiced,
in reference to any elections which had taken place in said Territory, or
under any pretended law which may be alleged to have taken effect there-
in.” They were to have full power to send for, examine, and copy all
papers; to examine persons on oath, etc. They were authorized to hold
investigations at such times and places as they should deem advisable, to
employ clerks and other assistants to facilitate their investigations; were
granted leave of absence until their investigations should be completed.
Provisions were made to prevent any obstruction or hindrance of the com-
mittee in its investigation, and the President requested to furnish to said
committee adequate military force for its protection in case of opposition
by lawless bands of men; $10,000 was appropriated for the expenses of
the committee, which was to report to the House, with all the evidence
collected, at the completion of the proposed investigation.

The following named gentlemen, appointed by the Speaker, consti-
tuted the committee: :

John Sherman, of Ohio, Free-soil; William A. Howard, of Michigan,
Free-soil; Mordecai Oliver, of Missouri, Pro-slavery Democrat.

The committee, accompanied by four clerks, one reporter and three
sergeants at-arms, arrived at Lecompton April 18, and there commenced
the work. The records were thoroughly examined, and copies of all
papers taken having any bearing on the investigation. The committee
adjourned from place to place for safety, and to facilitate the procuring of
evidence and the examination of witnesses. In order, the places of ses-
sion, as the investigation proceeded, were as follows: Lecompton, Law-
rence, Tecumseh, Lawrenee, Leavenworth, steamboat ‘‘ Polar Star,” De-
troit, New York, Washington.

The labors of the committee were completed, and the majority report
(signed by Sherman and Howard) submitted July 2. Subsequently a
minority report was submitted by Mr. Oliver. Twenty thousand copies of
the two reports, with copy of its journal and evidence taken, were printed.
The volume comprised 1,206 octavo pages. It gave an exhaustive history
of the political affairs and disorders of the Territory from the time of its
organization to March 19, 1856. The testimony was conclusive as to the

‘frauds and outrages perpetrated, and confirmed the reports, which had
before been distrusted as exaggerations, or believed to be entirely
fictitious. Two hundred thousand additional copies of the two reports
(without the journal and evidence) were printed and sent broadcast over
the land by members of the House. Thus the truth was established, and
thereafter the execrable motives of the Administration were fully under-
stood by the whole American people. It tore the mask off completely,
and the Battle was waged openly on either side.

The reports were accompanied by most voluminous testimony. Much
of the matter has been given in the preceding pages.

The summaries of the reports were as follows:

MAJORITY REPORT.

Your committee report the following facts and conclusions as ostablished by the

testimony:

First—That each election in the Territory, held under the organic or alleged Territorial
law, has been carried by organized invasion from the State of Missouri, by which the people
of the Territory have been prevented from exercising the rights secured to them by the
organic law.

Second—That the vleged Territorial Legislature was an illegally constituted body, and
had no power to pass valid laws, and their enactments are therefore null and void.

Third—That these alleged laws have not, ws a sonen thing, been used to protect per-
sons and property, and to punish wrong, but for unlawful purposes.

Fourth—That the election under which the sitting Delegate, John W. Whittield, holds
his seat, was not held in pursuance of any valid law, and that it should ouly be regarded as
the expression of the choice of those residents who voted for him,

Fifth—That the election under which the contesting Delegate, Andrew HH. Reeder,
claims his seat, was not held in pursuance of law, and that it should be regarded only as the
expression of the resident citizens who voted for him.

Sixth—That Andrew H, Reeder received a greater number of votes of resident citizens
than John W. Whitfield for Delegate.

Seventh—That in the present condition of the Territory a fair election cannot be held
without a new census, a stringent and well guarded election law, the selection of impartial
Judges, and the presence of United States troops at every place of election,

Eighth—That the various elections hel by the people of the Territory preliminary to
the formation of the State (roverumeut, have been as regular as the. disturbed condition of
the Territory would allow; and that the constitution passed by the convention, held in pur-
suance of said elections, embodies the will of a majority of the people.

As it is not the ptovinee of your committee to suggest remedies for the existing
troubles in the Territory of Kansas, they coutent themselves with the foregoing statement
of facts.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

Wn. A. Howarp,
JOHN SHERMAN,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

MINORITY REPORT.

In conclusion, the undersigned begs to report the following facts and conclusions, as he
believes, established by the Veron and sanctioned by law: :

. First—That the first election held in the Territory under the organic act, for Delegate.-
to Congress, Gen. John W. Whitfield received a plurality of the legal votes cast, and was duly
elected as such Delegate, as stated in the:majority report. |

Second—That the Territorial Legislature was a legally constituted body, and had power
to pass valid laws, and their enactments were therefore valid. : i

Third—That these laws when appealed to, have been used for the protection of life,
liberty and property, and for the maintenance of law and order in the Territory. —~

Jvurth—That the election under which the sitting Delegate, John W. Whitfield, was
held in pursuance of valid law, and should be regarded as a valid election

Fifih—That as said Whitfield, at said election, received a large number of legal votes
without opposition, he was duly elected as a Delegate to this body, and is entitled to a seat
on this floor as such.

Sixth—That the election under which the contesting Delegate, Andrew H. Reeder,
claims his seat, was not held under any law, but in contemptuous disregard of all law; and
that it should only be regarded as the expression of a band of malcontents and revolution-
ists, and consequently should be wholly disregarded by the House.

Seventh—As to whether or not Andrew H. Reeder received a greater number of votes
of resident citizens on the 9th than J. W. Whitfield did on the lst of October, 1855, no testi-
mony was taken by the committee, so far as the undersigned knows, nor is it material to
the issue.

hich is respectfully submitted.
All of which is respe' y ah tee.

Pending the investigation and the subsequent discussions on the re-
port, Whitfield held his seat until August 4, at which time he was declared
disqualified and his seat vacant by a vote of 110 yeas to 92 nays. On the
same day, the resolution admitting Mr. Reeder to the vacant seat was lost
by a vote of 113 nays to 88 yeas. The vacancy thus established was made
known to the Kansas authorities in due time and a new election ordered.

THE TOPEKA CONSTITUTION IN CONGRESS.

The Topeka constitution was presented to Congress with memorial,
asking admission as a State under its provisions, early in March. On the
24th of that month it was presented in the Senate in due form by Hon.
Lewis Cass, of Michigan, and referred to the proper committee. On April
7, it was presented to the House by Hon. Daniel Mace, of Indiana. r.
Grow reported a bill from the committee to the House May 29, for the
admission of Kansas under the Topeka State Constitution.

On July 3, the House passed Grow’s bill by a vote of 99 to97. It was,
of course, defeated in the Senate, where Mr. Douglas, as the leader and
Chairman of the Committee on Territories, reported a bill which provided
for the taking of a new census in the Territory and for a convention for
the framing of a State constitution, the said convention to be holden in
December. It ignored entirely the Topeka constitution. The recalcitrant
House treated this bill with the same contempt that its own bill, providing
for the admission of Kansas under the Topeka constitution, had been
treated by the Senate.

July 8, Douglas reported a bill as a substitute for the House bill ad-
mitting Kansas, authorizing the people of Kansas to frame a new consti-
tution, etc., which was passed by a vote of 30 to 13 in the Senate. The
House refused to recede from its previous action or to concur in the amend-
ment, but passed a bill for the re-organization of the Territory of Kansas,
which, on reaching the Senate, was promptly voted down, and the House
and the Senate came to a dead-lock on the Kansas question.

The army-appropriation bill coming up for passage in the House, failed
to pass, except with a proviso that the United States Army should not be
used for the enforcement of the Territorial laws in Kansas.

Congress adjourned with the appropriation bill unpassed on July 18.
It was convened by the President on the 21st, and on the 30th the
army bill was passed without the proviso, by a vote of 101 yeas to 98
nays. The time of the entire session was taken up with the discussion of
Kansas affairs, and with no praotical results further than have been stated.
The sentiments of the House were quite clearly set forth in regard to Kan-
sas matters in the summary report of the Investigating Committee, which
has been before quoted; that of the Pro-slavery Senate and the Adminis-
tration in the minority report of Mr. Oliver. The House was powerless to
pass any acts for the relief of Kansas, and could only show its sympathy
in loud sounding resolutions, melting into nothing, instead of crystallizing
into laws, as they passed through the crucible of the Senate.

ASSAULT ON SUMNER.

During the debates, May 22, Charles Sumner, having delivered a most
elaborate speech in the Senate on the “Crime against Kansas,” was as-
saulted while quiets, writing at his desk in the Senate chamber, by Preston
8. Brooks, of South Carolina, and nearly beaten to death. This occurred
May 22. On the next day, in the Senate, on motion of William H. Sew-
ard, a committee of five was chosen by the Senate (all Democrats) to report
what, if any, action should be taken by the Senate on this assault upon one
of its members. The committee reported ‘want of jurisdiction.” The
Senate took no further action. The House, through its committee, made
two reports; the majority recommending the expulsion of Brooks; the mi-
nority, like the Senate, pleading ‘‘want of jurisdiction.” The rules of the
House required a two-thirds vote to expel a member. On the vote to expel
Brooks 121 members voted aye and 95 nay. A vote of censure was, how-
ever, adopted by a large majority, whereupon he resigned, returned to
South Carolina, was re-elected by nearly a unanimous vote, and re-appeared
in the House in two weeks, boasting, arrogant and insolent, bringing his
certificate of election as proof of the approval of his constituency.

The prolonged and bitter discussion of Kansas affairs in Congress; the
report of the investigation committee confirming the worst that had been
told; the assault on Sumner; gathering rumors of new outrages perpe-
trated and plots devised for the extermination of the Free-state settlers in
Kansas; the continued rush of Free-state Kansas emigrants, now armed
and going to fight; the counter-movement of bands of armed men from
South Carolina, Georgia and other Southern States, to the scene of ex-

pected strife—all combined to make the Presidential campaign of 1856
memorable.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

: Kansas, as a Territory, had no vote, yet it was the point of interest to
which all eyes were turned. In it seemed bound up all the issues of the
strife ; the destinies of the contending parties ; the perpetuation or ulti-
mate extinction of slavery, and, in the not far distant years, the issues of
life or death to the nation itself.

THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

The Democratic Convention was held at Cincinnati, June 2, 1856,
and nominated: For President, James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania ; for
Vice President, John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky.

The platform declared :

(1) Against internal improvements by the General Government, the
assumption of State debts, the establishment of a national bank, and all
political secret societies, and in favor of religious and political freedom—
naming especially the Catholics and the foreign-born residents of the coun-
try as entitled to protection under the laws.

(2) As to slavery, the convention resolved that Congress had no
power to interfere with it in the States. That ‘all efforts to induce Con-
gress to interfere with the question of slavery ought to be discountenanced,
as they lead to dangerous consequences. That the Democratic party will
abide by a faithful execution of the compromise nieasures of 1850, includ-
ing the fugitive slave law, which act cannot, with fidelity to the Constitu-
tion, be repealed or so amended as to destroy its efficiency. That the
Democratic party will resist all slavery agitation, in or out of Congress.
That it will uphold the resolutions of 1798! That, repudiating all section-
alism, they adopt the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska bill—that is, the
non-interference of the General Government with slavery, which was the
basis of the compromise measures. That they recognize the right of new
States to regulate their domestic institutions, with or without slavery, as
they please. That the party is in favor of State rights, and against mo-
nopolies and special legislation for sectional benefit.”

The foreign policy enunciated declared for free seas and progressive
free trade thoughout the world, sympathy with the Central Americans
and a desire to insure ‘‘our ascendancy”’ in the Gulf of Mexico (which
meant the annexation of Cuba), and every other measure calculated to
strengthen the Pro-slavery party in the United States.

It closed with an unqualified indorsement of the administration of
Franklin Pierce.

It was an open declaration of war against all who opposed the further
extension of slavery, and a bold championship of the slavery cause against
all comers. ;

The National Republican Convention, held in Philadelphia, June 17,
nominated: For Presiden, John C. Fremont, of California; for Vice
President, William L. Dayton, of New Jersey.

The platform declared :

(1) In favor of the preservation of the rights of the States and the
Union of States under the constitution.

(2) It denied, alike, ‘‘the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legis-
lature, of any individual or association of individuals to give legal existence
to slavery in any Territory in the United States, while the present consti-
tution shall be maintained.”

(8) It was ‘‘ Resolved, That the constitution confers upon Congress
sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their govern-
ment, and that, in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the
duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of bar-
barism—polygamy and slavery. ”’

(4) On the Kansas question, the resolutions were as follows :

Resolved, That while the Constitution of the United States was ordained and estab-
lished by the people in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domes-
tic tranquillity, provide for the common defense and secure the blessings of liberty, and
contains ample provisions for the protection of the life, liberty and property of eyery cit-
izen, the dearest constitutional rights of the poe of Kansas have been fradulently
taken from them—their territory has been invaded by an armed force—spurious and pre-
tended legislative, judicial, and executive officers have been set over them, by whose usurped
authority, sustained by the military power of the Government, tyrannical and unconstitu-

tional laws have been enacted and entorced—the rights of the people to keep and bear arms
have been infringed—test oaths, of an extraordinary and entsaenne nature, have been im-
posed, as a condition of exercising the right of suffrage and holding office—the right of an
accused person to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury has been denied—the right
of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable
searches and seizures has been violated. They have been deprived of lite, liberty and prop-
erty without due process of law—that the freedom of the press has been abridged. The right
to choose their own representatives has been made of no effect—murders, robberies, and arsons
have been instigated and encouraged, and the offenders have been allowed to go unpunished
—that all these things have been done with the knowledge, sanction and procurement of the
present Administration, and that for this high crime against the Constitution, the Union and
Humanity, we arraign the Administration, the President, his advisers, agents, supporters,
apologists and accessories, either before or after the facts, before the country and: before the
world, and that it is our fixed purpose to bring the actual perpetrators and their accom-
plices to a sure and condign punishment hereafter. i “ Re Mgt cs

Resolved, That Kansas should be immediately admitted as a State of the Union, with
her present free constitution, as at once the most effectual way of securing to her citizens
the enjoyment of the aghts and privileges to which they are entitled,and of ending the
civil strife now raging in her territory.

(5) The foreign policy of the Government, as indorsed by the Dem-
ocratic platform, and put forth by the Administration in the ‘‘Ostend man-
ifesto,” was condemned as the ‘‘highwayman’s plea, that might makes

right.” . ; ;
(6) The Pacific Railway, then projected, and internal improvement
of rivers and harbors—condemned in the Democratic platform—were ap-
proved. . ;

(7) The platform closed with the following:

Resolved, That we invite the affiliation and co-operation of freemen of all parties,
however differing from us in other respects, in support of the principles herein declared ;
and, believing that the spirit of our institutions, as well as the Constitution of our country,
guarantee liberty of conscience and equality of rights among citizens, we oppose all legisla-
tion impairing their security. . si

The reader will easily discern that the Republican party found its
first life in its open opposition to slavery, in its frank declaration to defend
Kansas in its rights, guaranteed by the constitution, and in its bold ar-

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raignment of the Administration for prostituting its power tothe base
uses of the slave oligarchy in its attempts to subjugate the Free-state set-
tlers of that Territory. Without the spirit aroused in the defense of
Republican rights trampled upon by the Democratic Administration of
1855, there would have been no Republican party in 1856. It is not strange
that, since Kansas has become a State, she has, through evil and good
repute, been true to the only party that openly espoused her cause in the
days of her tribulation. The Republican party came into existence to
defend and protect her, and, through the blood and carnage of many
weary years, fought for the principles which made the existence of Free
Kansas possible. The State will be the last to desert the party that gave
it its existence.

Besides the two contending parties, whose conventions have been re-
corded, there was a third, representing the remnants of the conservative
wing of the effete Whig party, under the quite acceptable and inoffensive
name of the ‘‘American Party.” It met early—before either of the oth-
ers—in convention at Philadelphia, February 22, 1856. It was too con-
servative for the times, and the convention proved only a respectable
funeral ceremony for one of the grand old parties of the past.

The nominees were: for President, Millard Fillmore, of New York;
for Vice President, Andrew J. Donaldson, of Tennessee.

The platform was all] that a people seeking quiet at any cost could ask.
It embodied the following enunciation of principles:

(1) ‘It acknowledged the dependence on a Supreme Being ; (2) the
necessity of the perpetuation of the Union as the only bulwark of liberty;
(8) ‘Americans must rule America;’ (4) (5) No persons who recognize
allegiance of any sort to a foreign power ought to be put in office; (6) the
reserved rights of the States are recognized, harmony inculcated, and non-
interference with slavery expressly commended ; (7) the people of the
Territories, who are citizens, ought to regulate their own domestic institu-
tions, with the right of admission as soon as population will warrant; (8)
that no State or Territory can admit to suffrage any except native citizens,
unless previously naturalized under United States laws; (9) twenty-one
years indispensable to naturalization ; but no interference with present
rights; (10) no union of Church and State; no interference in religion; no
test oaths, except to foreswear foreign allegiance ; (11) free investigation
and strict economy in expenses; (12) enforce all laws while they exist; (13)
opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, the removal of Americans
from office, and the corruption of the Government; (14) members of the
party to subscribe to this platform; (15) free and open discussion of polit-
ical principles.”’

The platform was a model, and enunciated sound American principles,
which, if accepted and practically carried out, would have proved a pana-
cea for all national troubles. It lacked, however, the grand ingredient of
courage ; it took no specific or well-defined ground on the all-absorbing
topic of the time; it enlisted the sympathies of no earnest men on either
side, and, at that time, all men were earnest. So the grand contest was
fought between the Democratic party, pledged to the Administration,
plotting to make.Kansas a Slave State, and to perpetuate its policy, if suc-
cessful; and the Republican party, the avowed champion of Free Kansas,
free speech and free men.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (1856).

The election resulted in the last triumph of slavery in the United
States, and the choice of James Buchanan as President. The popular vote
was as follows:

 

 

 

Buchanan. Fremont. Fillmore.

Free States... 1,340,618 393,590
Slave States... 1,194 479,465
1,834,337 1,341,812 873,055

Total vote, 4,049,204. Buchanan over Fremont, 492,525.

Fremont received 30 per cent of the popular vote, and 39 per cent of
the electoral vote; Fillmore 25 per cent of the popular vote and only 2 per
cent of the electoral vote; Buchanan peed 45 per cent of the popular
vote, and 59 per cent of the electoral vote. The analysis of the vote shows
that the party lines had been drawn geographically on the issue of slavery.
Out of 1,090,246 votes cast in the Slave States, only 1,194 were ‘given to
Fremont, and in favor of Free Kansas. Of this small number, Delaware
gave 308; Kentucky, 314; Maryland, 281; Virginia, 291. In the remaining
Slave States, including Missouri, not a single vote for Fremont was
reported. No clearer evidence of the terrorism established over half the
Republic at that time by the slave power, can be adduced than appears
in the election returns above given.

THE PRESIDENT’S UTTERANCES.

January 24, President Pierce, in a special message to Congress,
declared his belief in the legality of the Territorial Legislature, and the
validity and binding force of its enactments upon all residents of the
Territory. He further denounced the Topeka constitutional movement
and the provisional poreng els established under it, as insurrectionary
and revolutionary. Concerning it, he said : :

No principle of public law, no practice or precedent under the Constitution of the
United States, no rule of reason, right or common sense, confers any such power as that
now claimed by a mere party in the Territory. In fact, what has been done has been of a
revolutionary character. It is avowedly so in motive and in aim as respects the local law of
the Territory. It will become treasonable insurrection if it reach the length of organized
resistance by force to the fundamental, or any gther, law, and to the authority of the Gen-
eral Government. * * *

Entertaining these views, it will be my imperative duty to support public order in the
Territory; to vindicate its laws, whether federal or local, against all attempts of organized
resistance; and to protect its people in the establishment of their own institutions, undis-
turbed by encroachments from without, and in the full enjoyment.of ‘the rights of self-goy-
ernment assured to them by the Constitution and the organic act of Congress.*

 

*J. W. Whitfield, writing to George W. Clark, who was of the party who murdered Barber,
from Washington, March 1, said: “Mr. Pierce comes up to the scratch nobly. Your humble
servant is charged with figuring in getting up the message.”
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January 21, 1856, the following letter was dispatched to the President:

Lawrency, K. T., January 21, 1856.
Hon. FRANKLIN Prerce, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

__Sir—We have authentic information that an overwhelming force of the citizens ot
Missouri are organized on the Border, amply supplied with artillery, for the avowed pur-
pene of invading the Territory, demolishing our towns and butchering our unoffending
Hree-state citizens, We respectfully demand, on behalf of the citizens of Kansas, that the
Commandant of the U. 8. troops in this vicinity be instructed to interfere to prevent such
an inhuman outrage.

Respectfully,
J. H. Lane, Chairman of Executive Committee of Kansas Territory.
C. Rosinson, Chairman of Executive Committee of Safety.
J. K. Goopry, Seeretary of Executive Committee of Kansas Territory.
G0. W. DEITZLER, Secretary of Executive Committee of Safety.

Two days after, the same officers addressed to the President a supple-
mentary letter asking him to issue a proclamation forbidding the antici-
pated invasion.

After due deliberation, and consultation with Atchison and Whitfield,
and full examination of the letters from Stringfellow, Lecompton, and
others of his ilk, he put forth, in answer to the calls of the helpless people
of Kansas, a heartless proclamation, which covertly approved the outrages
already perpetrated, by not condemning them, thus encouraging a repeti-
tion of the outrages. Tbe proclamation was as follows:

Whereas, Indications exist that public tranquillity and the supremacy of law in the
Territory of Kansas, are endangered by the reprehonsible acts or purposes of persons, both
within and without the same, who propose to control and direct its political organizations by
force; it appearing that combinations have been formed therein éo resist the execution of the
Territorial laws, and thus, in effect, subvert by violence all present constitutional and legal
authority; it also appearing that persons residing without this Territory, but near its bor-
ders, contemplate armed intervention in. the affairs thereof ; it also appearing that other persons,
inhabitants of remote States, are collecting money and providing arms for the same pur-
pose; and it further appearing that combinations in the Territory are endeavoring, by the
agencies of emissaries and otherwise, to induce individual States of the Union to inter-
fere in the affairs thereof in violation of the Constitution of the United States ;* and where-
as, all such plans for the determination of the future institutions of the Territory, if carried
into execution from or within the same, will constitute the fact of insurrection, and from
without that of invasive aggression, and will in either case justify and require the forcible
interposition of the whole power of the General Government, as well to maintain the laws of
the Territory as those of the Union.

Now, therefore, I, FRAN«kitin Prerce, President of the United States, do issue this, my
proclamation, to command all persons engaged in unlawful combinations against the con-
stituted authority of the Territory of Kansas,} or of the United States, to disperse and retire
peaceably to their respective abodes, and to warn all such persons that an attempted insur-
rection in said Territory, or aggressive intrusion into the same, will be resisted, not omly by
the employment of the local militia, but also by that of any available forces of the United
States; to the end of emp eet immunity from violence and full protection to the persons,
property and civil rights of all peaceful and law-abiding inhabitants of the Territory.

If, in any part of the Union, the fury of faction or fanaticism, inflamed into disregard
of the great principles of Popular Sovereignty, which, under the Constitution, are funda-
mental in the whole structure of our institutions, is to bring on the country the dire
calamity of an arbitrament of arms in that Territory, it shall be between lawless violence
on one side and conservative furce on the other, wielded by legal authority of the General
Government.

I call on the citizens, both of adjoining and of distant States, to abstain from unauthor-
ized intermeddling in the local concerns of the Territory, admonishing them that its organic
law is to be executed with impartial justice; that all individual acts of illegal interference,
will incur condign punishment, and that any endeavor to interfere by organized force, will
be firmly withstood.

Linyoke all good citizens to promote order by rendering obedience to the law; to seek
remedy for temporary evils by peaceful means; to cdiscountenance and repulse the counsels
and the instigations of agitators and disorganizers, and to testify their attachment to their
pride in its greatness, their appreciation of the blessings they enjoy and their determina-
tion that republican institutions shall not fail in their hands, by co-operating to uphold the
majesty of the laws and to vindicate the sanctity of the Constitution.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed to these presents.

Done at the city of Washington, eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hun-
dred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the United States, the eightieth.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President,
W. L. Marey, Secretary of State.

This proclamation was entirely acceptable to the Missourians. Ata
meeting held in Independence, Mo., for the consideration of the proc-
lamation, resolutions were passe, denying that Missourians had cver
sought to obstruct the Territorial Laws, and pledging to the President,
their aid in enforcing them.

On February 16, the proclamation was supplemented by a letter to
Gov. Shannon from Secretary Marcy, authorizing him “to make requisitions
upon the officers commanding the United States military forces at Fort
Leavenworth and Fort Riley for such assistance as may be needed” “ for
the suppression of insurrectionary combinations, or armed resistance to
the (Territorial) laws.”

On the adjournment of Congress without passing the army appropri-
ation bill, President Pierce reconvened that body by the following proc-
lamation :

Whereas, Whilst hostilities existwith various Indian tribes on the remote frontiers of
the United States,and whilst in other respects the public peace is seriously threatened,
Congress has adjourned without granting necessary supplics for, the army, depriving the
Executive of the power to perform his duty in relation to the common defense and security
and an extraordinary occasion has thus arisen for assembling the two Houses of Congress, t
do therefore, by this, my proclamation, convene said ITouses to mect at the Capitol, in the
City of Washington, on Thursday, the 2ist day of August, instant, hereby requiring the
respective Senators and Representatives then and there to assemble, to consult and determine
on such measures as the state of the Union may seem to require.

Done, ete., August 18, 1856,

With the foregoing imperfect sketch of the relations of Kansas to
Congress, the administration and national politics, and of the absorbing
popular interest taken in its impending. but yet contingent, destiny, the
reader will read with increased interest the local history of the time.

*On January 16, the Executive Cominittee of the Territory appointed James A. Lane,
Turner Sampson M. (. Dickey, Morris Hunt, J. 8. Emery, C. K. Holliday and J. K. Goodin as
agents ‘ to visit the several States of the Union, to ask appropriations of munitions of war, and
means for the defense of the citizens of Kan-as.” The Legislatures of several Southern States
made appropriations for carrying the war jnto Kansas, Alabama appropriated $25,000 “to
equip and transport emigrants to Kansas.”

f The “constituted authority of the Territory of Kansas,” was that of the Territorial laws,
and the officers appointed thereby, Sheriff Jones was'the only “constituted authority in Doug-
as Co unty recognized by this proclamation.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

THE HOME STRUGGLE IN KANSAS.

The winter was colder than had been known in Kansas before. As
early as December 22, the cold weather set in, and snow fell. It was ter-
ribly severe, and caused untold suffering among the pioneer settlers who
were hot generally prepared for the unexpected and sudden winter. It
continued to snow on the 23d and 24th. On the latter day, the thermometer
marked 17° below zero, and on the 25th it fell as low as 80°. With more
or less severity the cold weather lasted until February 22, after which
time genial spring weather set in and the winter was at an end.

he severity of the winter prevented an immediate renewal of field
operations on the part of the Missourians, who, baffled by the elements
and Gov. Shannon, had reluctantly retired at the close of the Wakarusa
war. Sheriff Jones still had his writs in his possession, unserved, while
his prisoners were at large. All through the cold days of January, he was
working with his friends, in the Blue Lodges of Missouri, organizing and
preparing for another invasion, so soon as the weather should be propitious
for a new campaign. The preparations were openly made, and the object
of the military organizations was openly avowed in the public meetings
held along the border, and in the Pro-slavery papers of the day. It was
neither more nor less than to wipe out Lawrence, and drive every Free-state
man from the Territory, or force them to openly recognize the validity of
the Territorial laws. The preparations were made in the sacred name of
‘‘Law and Order,’’ and for the ostensible purpose of assisting the Governor
and the legally constituted officers of the Territory in the performance of
their duties, and for the suppression of insurrection and rebellion against
the laws.

Information of formidable preparations for another invasion came to
the people of Lawrence and vicinity daily. The time when it was to occu,
and the exact pretext under which the raid would be made was unknown,
the place of attack only seemed certain—Lawrence.

From the time of the treaty, the citizens had not for a moment felt
secure against an attack. The fortifications had been strengthened and
sentinels were constantly on duty to guard against sudden surprise.

The election of officers and members of the Free-state Legislature
occurred January 15. The severe weather prevented any systematic raid
on the Free-state ballot boxes remote from the border. At Leavenworth
the Pro-slavery Mayor forbade the holding of the election, and the election
was held clandestinely, and finally adjourned to the house of T. A. Minard,
in Easton, where it was held January 17. There aserious row occurred in
which the Free-state men were at first successful. The final and bloody
outcome of the encounter was the inhuman butchery of Capt. R. P. Brown,
he being overpowered by a company, and disarmed before the deed was
accomplished.* The murderers were known, but no efforts were ever made
by the Territorial authorities to bring them to account. There were 1,628
votes thrown at the election, and the entire ticket was elected, as nomi-
nated at the convention held at Lawrence, December 22.

The holding of this election was immediately charged by the Pro-
slavery press as a direct violation of the Shannon treaty on the part of all
those participating in it. Out of the whole number of votes cast, 365—
nearly one-fourth—were cast in Lawrence, which marked her as still the
incorrigible and uncompromising foe of ‘“‘Law and Order.”

On the date of the election, Sheriff Jones addressed to Messrs. Robin-

son and Lane a letter of inquiry, as follows: 3
Lawrence, K. T., January 15, 1856.
GENERALS RoBiInson aND LANE.

Genilemen—Did you or did you not pledge yourselves, at a council held in Franklin
on the — day of December, to assist me, as Sheriff, in the arrest of any person in Lawrence
against whom I might have a writ, and to furnish me with a posse to enable me to do su?

SAMUEL J. Jones, Sherif’, Douglas County, H. T.

_ To which it would have seemed a sufficient answer to have referred
him to the treaty sigued by Shannon and themselves at that time. ee
however, chose to give him the very answer he expected and desired. It
read as follows:

Samurn J. Jones, Ese:

_  Sir—In reference to your note of yesterday, we state that at the time and place men-
tioned, we miy have said wo would assist any proper officer in the service o any legal
process in this city, and also no further resistance to the arrest by you of one of the res-
cuers of Branson would be made, as we desire to test the validity of the enactments of the
body that met at the Mission, calling themselves the Kansas Legislature, by an appeal to the
Supreme Court of the United States. .

Yours respectfully, C. Ropinson,
J. HW. Lane.

The treaty, by the exposition of its meaning given in the above letter,
by the election held by the Free-state men, and by the stanch resistance
made by them at Easton, was assumed to have been ruthlessly violated,
and consequently no longer binding upon the men who had accepted it six
weeks before as a pretext for extricating themselves from an unpleasant
and dangerous position.

y < ‘A fl ‘

The truce was over. Jones, armed with the letter of Robinson and
Lane and his yet unserved writs, called on the Blue Lodges to again rally
to his standard. David Atchison, who, by the somewhat fussy and nerv-
ous manner in which he had sought to patch up a compromise during the
late Wakarusa war, had laid himself liable to the imputation of cowardice
among his followers, again grew valiant. His voice was again for war.
He canvassed all Western Missouri, urging the people thereof in his peculiar
ae to join in the new invasion. At Platte City, Mo., February 4, he
said: 7

_,. was a prominent agent in repealing the Missouri Compromise and opening tho Ter-
ritory for settlement. The Abolition traitors drummed up their forces and whistled them
onto the cars and whistled them off again at Kansas City ; some of them had “Kansas and
Liberty” on their hats. 7 saw this with my own eyes. These men came with the avowed
purpose of driving or expelling you from the Territory. What did I advise you todo? Why
to meet them at their own game. When the first election came off, I told you to go over
and vote. You did so, and beat them. Well, what next? Why, an election of members of
the Legislature to organize the Territory must be held. What did I advise you todo then?
Why, meet them on their own ground and at their own game again; and, cold and inclem-

 

*The full dotaila of the bloody affair and other local disord i
idavnanen Goons ocal disorders appear in the history of
‘ HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ent as the weather was, I went over with a company of men. The Abolitionists of the North
said, and published it abroad, that Atchison was there with bowie knives, and by —, it was
true. I never did go into that Territory—I never intend to go into that Territory without
being Pe for all such kinds of cattle.

They held an election on the 15th of last month, and they intend to put the ma-
chinery of a State in motion on the 4th of March Now, you are entitled to my advice, and
you shall have it. I say, prepare yourselves. Go over there. Send your young men, and if
they attempt to drive you out, then, d—— them, drive them out. ‘Fifty of you, with your
shotguns, are worth two hundred and fifty of them with their Sharpe's rifles. Get ready—
arm yourselves; for, if they abolitionize Kansas, you lose $100,000,000 of your property. I
am satisfied I can justify every act of yours before God and a jury.

The Pro-slavery papers were open advocates of an immediate war of
extermination. The Squatter Sovereign, in its next issue succeeding the
election of January 15, commenting on the disturbances at Easton and the
consequent murder of Brown, had no word in condemnation of the out-
rages, nor of pity for the victim. On the contrary, it.upheld the murder-
ers, and gave them encouragement to go on in the laudable business of kill-
ing Abolitionists wherever they could be found. ‘The editor, Stringfellow,
gave vent to his sentiments in most extravagant and exciting rhetoric. The
opening paragraph of his leader was as follows:

WAR! WAR!!
It seems now to be certain that we shall have to give the Abolitionists at least one
ood thrashing before political matters are settled in this Territory. To do so, we must

ave arms; we have the men. I propose to raise funds to furnish Colt’s revolvers for those
who are without them.

In another article he says:

We say, if the Abolitionists are able to whip us, and overturn the Government that has
been set up here, the sooner it is known the better; and we want to see it settled.

The Kansas Pioneer, Kickapoo, on the morning of the day Brown was
murdered, gave the Kickapoo Rangers who murdered him the following
encouraging send-off:

Rally! Rally! # * ci # 3 Kansas must be immediately rescued
from the tyrannical dogs. The Kickapoo Rangers are at this moment beating to arms. A
large number of the Pro-slavery men will leave this place for Easton in twenty minutes.
The war has again commenced, and the Abolitionists have again commenced it. Pro-slavery
men, Law and Order men, strike for your altars! strike for your firesides! strike for your
rights! Avenge the blood of your brethren who have been cowardly assailed, but who have
bravely fallen in defense of Southern institutions.* Sound the bugle of war over the length and
breadth of the land, and leave not an Abolitionist in the Territory to relate their treacher-
ous and contaminating deeds. Strike your piercing rifle balls and your glittering steel to
their black and poisonous hearts! Let the war cry never cease in Kansas again, until our
Territory is wrested from the last vestige of abolitionism.

With preparations for attack and counter-preparation for defense, the
winter passed. The heavy anxiety being only broken by rumors of com-
panies organizing and drilling all along the border, and news of armed
bands in the Southern States being equipped and prepared to go to Kansas
to defend Southern rights. Contrary to expectation, the spring came
without an outbreak.

THE TOPEKA LEGISLATURE.

March 4, 1856, the Legislature chosen under the provisions of the
Free-state constitution, convened at Topeka, and the provisional forms of
a State Government were fully established.

The session was short. It organized; received the inaugural address
of the Governor; accepted the report of the Territorial Executive Com-
mittee, whose functions ceased with the establishment of the State gov-
ernment; prepared a memorial to Congress, asking admission under the
adopted constitution; chose two United States Senators (contingent on the
admission of Kansas as a State), elected a committee of three to prepare a
code of laws, and adjourned March 8, to meet on the 4th of July next.

' The officers, National and State, and members of the State Legislature
were as follows: ? ‘

Governor—Charles Robinson, Lawrence.

Lieutenant Governor—William Y. Roberts, Big Springs.

Secretary of State—Philip C. Schuyler, Council City.

State Treasurer—John W. Wakefield, then living six miles west of Lawrence, on the
California road—on the N. W. 14 of Sec. 31, T. 12, R. 19.

Auditor of State—Dr. George A. Cutler, Doniphan County.

Attorney General—H. Miles Moore, Leavenworth. . ‘

Judges of Supreme Court—S. N. Latta, Leavenworth; Morris Hunt, Lawrence; Martin
F. Conway, Pawnee.

Reporter of Supreme Court—E. M. Thurston.

Clerk of Supreme Court—Spencer B. Floyd, Neosho Valley.

State Printer—John Speer, Lawrence. _ ee)

Representative to Congress (elected, contingent on the recognition of the State Govern-
ment)—Mark W. Delahay, Leavenworth. ‘:

nited States Senators (elected by the Legislature)—James H. Lane and Andrew H.
Reeder. - : Ft 3G
Members of the State Senate—Henry J. Adams, J. M. Cole, John Curtis, J. Dailey, W.
Dunn, L. Fish, Perry Fuller, J. C. Green, Ben. Harding, George S. Hillger, H. M. Hook, J.
M. Irvin, D. E. Jones, S. B. McKenzie, B. W. Miller, Josiah H. Pillsbury, J. R. Rhaum, T. G.
Thornton, W. W. Updegraff.

Officers of Senne Presideat M. Y. Roberts; Chief Clerk, Asaph Allen; Assistant
Clerk, W. L. Bridgdon; Sergeant-at-Arms—J. M. Fuller; Assistant Bergeane dave, Harris
Stratton ; Transcribing ee suing: F. Cummings and J. C. Dunn; Chaplain, Paul Shep-
herd; President, pro tem., John Curtis.

State epreesatalives J ames B. Abbott, 5. N. Hartwell, John Hutchinson, H. F.
Saunders, James Blood, C. Hornsbury, E. B. Purdum, J. McGee, Milton C. Dickey, W. R.
Frost, W. A. Simmerwell, S. Mewhinney, Samuel 'T, Shore, S. R. Baldwin, David Rees, D.
W. Cannon, Isaac Landers, James M. Arthur, Henry H. Williams, H. W. Tabor, A. B. Mar-
shall, J. D. Adams, T. W. Platt, Rees Furby, B. H. Brock, John Landis, E. R. Zimmerman,
W. D. Barnett, L. P, Patty, T. A. Minard, Isaac Cody, Thomas Bowman, John Brown, Jr.,
Henry Todd, J. Hornby, Abraham Barry, Richard Murphy, William Hicks, B. R. Martin,
William Bayless, J. W. Stevens, J. K. Edsaul, T. J. Campbell, George Goslin, H. B. Standie-
ford, Isaac B, Higgins, Thomas J. Addis, D. Toothman, William McClure, J. B. Watson,
William B. Wade, A. Jameson, A. D. Jones, William Crosby, S. Sparks, Rees P. Brown,
Adam Fisher—57. 7 S des <i

Officers of the House of Representatives—J. H. Lane, Chairman of the Territorial Com-
mittee, called the House to order—Speaker, T. A. Minard; Clerk, Joel K.Goodin; Assistant
Clerk, Samuel F. Tappan; Transcribing Clerks, J. Snodgrass, G. T. Gordon ; Sergeant-at-
Arms, J. Mitchell; Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, J. Swain; Chaplain, C. H. Lovejoy.

DEATH OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

The Territorial Executive Committee which, up to the organization of
the Legislature, had been the moving and directing forcein controlling and

 

#In the first affray at Easton, a drunken Missourian was shot, but not killed. The news
was carried to Kickapoo, the company mustered into service, and the above editorial was writ-
ten under the inspiration occasioned by that event.

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directing the Free-state movement, paring eatneleted its work, made its
final report, through its Chairman, James H. Lane, and, its authority hav-
ing passed to the executive of the new government, ceased to exist.

Its wonderful efficiency and tireless activity has been before adverted
to. Through its labors, the objects for, which it has been appointed had
been, regardless of every obstacle, fully attained. As stated in the final
report, and as shown by the records of the committee, the cost of estab-
lishing the State government was $15,265.90, for which some scrip had
been issued from time to time as required, and sold in quantities and de-
nominations to suit purchasers, or paid out for expenses incurred. Much
of it found a market at par value, among friends of the movement in East-

 

ern States. The form of the obligation was as follows:
WOnétenetcesicnabaests Pra Sere ehaee iat
OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,----------------.-- 1856.
DELLS! 1800 COPS) CAG ooo oe ns eae ceed oo or Bearer,

is entitled on presentation to receive from the Treasury of the

STATE OF KANSAS,

soe pte scadecend ences saassdceaceuspenceasenneceeaiemeeanoeeeeess DOLLARS,
with interest at ten per cent per annum, for account, as per bill
on file ; for the payment of which, the faith of the State is pledged,

ATTesT: J. K. GOODIN, J. H. LANE,
Secty. Chm. Ex. Com.

 

‘Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land to all

| the inhahirancs thereof.

 

 

 

f

The payment of this scrip was assumed by the State Government which
owed its life to its issue. The issue of like bonds was continued by the
Free-state government, and was its only source of income. It was current
at above par, among its friends, so long as the Topeka Constitution stood a
chance of being accepted as the organic law of the new State, and brought
to all commissaries and agents sent to the East, ready money at its face.
When new acts were passed by Congress, providing for a new Free-state
Constitution, and the Topeka Constitution, with its provisional government,
lost its vitality, the scrip went down with the Government. It was
never redeemed. There was no Government having the authority to
levy taxes and the power to collect them, ever established under the Topeka
Constitution; so the scrip passed out into the realm of financial insolvency.
It is held now in hundreds of families in New England, as a relic of old
times, and a testimonial of money paid for the establishment of freedom in
Kansas. It is as worthless as the Continental money of the old Revolution,
or the Confederate money of later times. Its value to-day lies in the object
for which it was issued, and the motive which brought it into the hands of
its present possessors.

The Legislature adjourned with a thorough provisional State organi-
zation established, having passed no laws, nor any act contravening the
authority of the General Government or the organic Territorial act.
Nevertheless, the fact of its convening and perfecting ina systematic
manner a provisional State organization, in spite of all threats and intimi-
dation from the General Government, the Territorial officials, and the
Blue Lodges of Missouri, ratified and confirmed the fact of “ open rebellion
against the laws of the Territory,” and gave the Missourians ample pre-
text for open and immediate war. They were prepared, and lacked only
the authority of the Governor to commence an active campaign.

GOV. SHANNON AGAIN.

Gov. Shannon had never been at ease since the treaty he made with
Robinson and Lane. By it he had lost caste with all the Pro-slavery patri-
ots of Kansas and Missouri, and brought himself under a cloud of dis-
trust at Washington. As his appointment as Governor of Kansas Territory
had not yet been confirmed by the Senate, on January 5, he started for
Washington, where he arrived five days after, and endeavored to set him-
self right with the Pro-slavery junta, President Pierce and his Cabinet.
During the time he was in Washington he interpreted into the Pro-slavery
language, and perverted to Pro-slavery ends every protest, letter and ap-
peal sent by the suffering Free-state settlers of Kansas to the General
Government at Washington. He returned March 5, having been con-
firmed in his appointment by the Senate, and invested with all the power
of the United States Army to enforce the laws of the Territory.

While Shannon remained in Washington, and under his advice, the
President issued his proclamation, already given, declaring the Topeka
Government treasonable. The announcement of his return March 8, by ~
the Kansas Weekly Heraid, Leavenworth, was made as follows:

4s7Goy. Shannon _has returned to the Territory. He has all the troops at Fort
Leavenworth and Fort Riley, about 1,200, subject to his call. The laws of the Territory will
be sustained at all hazards, and good order maintained, despite the efforts of fanatics to
agitate and keep upstrife. Col. Sunmer has received his instructions to keep his troops in
readiness, subject to the call of Gov. Shannon. .

In another column will be found the proclamation of the President, also the instruc-
tions to the Governor.

The instructions with which the Governor returned were as follows:

DEPARTMENT OF STaTE, WasHINcToN, February 15, 1856,

Str—I herewith inclose to you a proclamation by the President, dated the 11th inst..
duly authenticated, and also a copy of orders issued from the Department of War to Col.
Sumner and Brevet Col. Cook, of the United States Army.

The President is unwilling to believe that in executing your duties as Governor of the
Territory there will be any occasion to call in the aid of the United States troops for that
purpose, and it is enjoined upon you to do all that can possibly be done before resorting to
that measure, yet, if it becomes indispensably necessary to do so in order to execute the
laws and preserve the peace, you are hereby authorized by the President to make requisi-
tion upon the officer commanding the United States military forces at Forts Leavenworth
and Riley for such assistance as you may need for the above specified purpose.

While coniidhigg in the respect of our citizens for the laws, and the efliciency of ordi-
nary means provided for protecting their rights and property, he dcems it, however, not im-
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proper, considering the peculiar situation of affairs in the Territory of Kansas, that you
Should be authorized to have the power herein conferred, with a view to meet any ex-
traordinary emergency that may arise, trusting that it will be used until you find a resort to
it unavoidable, in order to insure the due execution of the laws, and to preserve the
public peace. : :

Before actual interposition of the military force on any occasion, you will cause the
Proclamation of the President, which you are herewith furnished, to be publicly read.

Tam your very respectful and obedient servant. i

W. L. Marcy.

To Hon. WILSON SHANNON, Governor of Kansas Territory.

The objects which induced the Governor to visit Washington, as well
as the spirit which he cherished toward the’Free-state settlers, are more
fully evinced in the following letter, written to his intimate friend and
adviser, George W. Clark, who was one of the two who killed Barber, and
who, it will be remembered, boasted of it after the deed was done. The
letter was written on the eve of his departure, and reads as follows:

EXECUTIVE OFYICcE, SHAWNEE Mission, K. T., January 4, 1856.
My Drar Sir:

__ Your two last favors are received, and I regret exceedingly to hear of your unpleasant
situation. I hope things will prove better. The evidence you speak of must satisfy every
one that you did not kill Barber. This difficulty out of the way hope you will have noth-
ing to fear. I think that all organizations to take the lawwinto the hands of self-constituted
judges or conservators of the peace will only lead to bad consequences. The other party
‘will do the same by way of retaliation, and no one will know when he is safe. Iam glad to
hear that you discourage all such movements,

» J will leave in the morning for Washington City, stopping some days at home on my
way. I shall urge on the President the policy of stationing a company of U. §. troops in

ecompton, or such other place in that region as you all may Stink best, I shall also urge
on him the policy of quietly stationing a company at Topeka about the middle of February
next. The Free-state Governnient, you know, is to be inaugurated on the 4th of March,
and the Legislature at that time will commence its session. The President has the power
to station the troops at any place he sees proper, and there will be n@ necessity of his say-
ing for what purpose he stations a company at Topeka, It will be looked upon by the Free-
state men as a significant sign, and may induce them to pause in their mad career of
folly and treason.

I would be glad if you would write to your friends in Congress, and get them to
back me up in what I may seek to accomplish for the Territory. Moreover, I desire to see
and talk with the leading men of the South in relation to matters inthe Territory. I wish
to post them apo the real state of things out here, and what the South must do the coming
year, or lose all dominion in a few years in the affairs of the Republic.

Write to me frequently at Washington, to the care of Gen. Whitfield. Post me at least
once or twice a week as to all that is going on out here. I shall feel great solicitude as to
the state of things in Kansas while I am gone.

Yours, with great respect,

Gro. W. CLARK, Esq.

A letter from Gen. Whitfield to Clark, written at about the time of
Gov. Shannon’s return, in connection with the one above given, will suf-
fice to show the general character of the influences at work to direct the
administration of Kansas affairs in Washington, during the winter. The
letter reads as follows:

WILSON SHANNON.

WASHINGTON, Ist. March, 1856.
My Dear CLarkK:

LT assure you I have not forgotten our mutual friend Dr. Rodrigue. I have sent him
seeds, documents, etc. One thing you are perhaps not aware of, that two-thirds of the seeds
are stolen, and, having to pass through that. Hell Hole (Lawrence), it is reasonable to sup-
pose that nearly all are stolen. ‘Say to the Doctor that his name is on my special list.

Clark, you have no idea of the work I have to do in addition to my labors as Delegate.
I must contess, that Reeder and his army of Abs. give me some trouble. I have thrown him
twice, and think I will give him another top. I feel certain they have despaired of his get-
ting a seat, and only hope to send the election back. The last move is to send for persons
and papers; one object is to pay his army of Abolitionists that he has here. I think,
though, he will be defeated, and a Commissioner will be sent out. If so, I will get S. F.
Woodson and others to take depositions.

Ihave labored hard every day since I left Kansas to induce Southern men to go to
Kansas, and I have strong hopes that we shall have a large emigration. Our friends
should meet and appoint committecs in every town to attend to them on their arrival.

Shannon is with you, I hope, before this, with full and ample power to put down the
Abolitionists in the Territory. We think here that Mr. Pierce comes up to the scratch
nobly. Your humble servant is charged with figuring in getting up the message. One
thing certain, Clark, if they attempt to fight Uncle Sam’s boys, the ball is open, and civil
war is inevitable. If so, you will see me in Kansas. You can command me here at any
and all times. Yours truly, J. W. WiultFIELD.

For several weeks after Shannon’s return, there was no disturbance
which warranted him in calling on the United States troops, or otherwise
putting forth the extraordinary powers with which he had been invested.

On April 18, the Congressional Investigation Committee arrived in
Lawrence and commenced its work. Simultaneously, Sheriff Jones made
his appearance, with the object of arresting the rescuers of Branson and
other Free-state men. It was the beginning of a thoroughly matured plan
of operations intended to be unrelentingly carried out for the intimidation
of witnesses before the committee, for the overthrow of the Free-state gov-
ernment, for the destruction of Lawrence, for the utter crushing out of all
anti-slavery sentiment in the Territory, and for the establishment of the
Territorial enactments as the supreme and unquestioned law of the Ter-
ritory.

te will be remembered that on the commencement of the Wakarusa
troubles, 8. N. Wood and others engaged in the Branson rescue had ab-
sented thefuselves, in order that Lawrence should not become implicated
by harboring them. Wood had visited the Eastern States, where, by his
telling speeches, he had done much to increase the interest in Kansas
affairs and stimulate a furor of emigration to the scene of conflict, of
ardent men, who, informed of the danger, were coming prepared to take
the chances. He had thus, during his absence, rendered himself more ob-
noxious than ever to Jones and his gang. Soon after his return, April 19,
Jones arrested him in the streets of Lawrence on the charge of rescuing
Branson. The crowd gathered around and managed, without doing any
personal violence, to hustle Jones away from his prisoner, or Wood away
from his captor—at any rate they became separated, and Jones departed
without his prisoner, amidst the jeers of the good-natured mob. He spent
the night at Lecompton, and re-appeared in Lawrence the following
(Sunday) morning just as the citizens were assembling for worship in the
various churches. He had four additional warrants for persons who had
indirectly aided him in losing his prisoner on the previous evening. Wood
was nowhere to be found. Jones summoned some of the church-goers to
his assistance. None of them responded. Théir faces and their steps were
set toward the sanctuary and they would not turn aside. A crowd less

HISTORY OF KANSAS. j

piously inclined gathered in the street and bandied epithets with the irate
and frustrated Sheriff. In it Jones discovered Samuel F. Tappan, another
of the Branson rescuers, who had already been once arrested for the offense,
and had vainly sought atrial. The Sheriff promptly, and with perhaps undue
earnestness, seized him by the collar, whereupon Tappan, with like prompt-
ness and undue earnestness, struck him asmart blow in the face. This was
sufficient—violence had been used—and Jones again left, declaring that he
would return with troops sufficient to make the arrests. He claimed that
he had at that time forty names on his paper, against whom warrants
should be served. He returned to Lecompton, and immediately informed
the Governor that he had been resisted by the citizens of Lawrence in the

-performance of his official duties, his prisoners rescued from him, and him-

self assaulted, and called on him for sufficient military force to enable him
to serve his warrants. ;

Gov. Shannon promptly answered the call, by requesting Col. Sumner
to furnish an officer and six soldiers as a posse for the Sheriff.- Accord-
ingly, Lieut. McIntosh, with ten men, was detailed and sent to the assist-
ance of the Sheriff, and a courteous letter sent to the Mayor of Lawrence,
by Col. Sumner, notifying him of the sending of the detachment, disown-
ing any knowlédge of the merits of the case, or personal interest in them,
and counseling obedience to the laws. ;

Jones appeared, with his posse of United States troops, in Lawrence,
April 23, and arrested without resistance, John Hutchinson, E. D. Lyman,
G. F. Warren, J. G. Fuller, F. Hunt, A. F. Smith, and others, all respect-
able citizens of the town, on the specious charge, made by him to obtain
warrants for their arrest, of ‘‘contempt of court,’’ inasmuch as they had
not, on the previous Sabbath, answered his demand to aid him in the serv-
ice of his writs. His prisoners were not, as they should have been,
brought immediately before a Justice of the Peace or other local magis-
trate for examination, but held as prisoners in a tent, under the charge of
the soldiers constituting the Sheriff’s posse, until he might decide what
disposition should be made of them. Nevertheless, no attempt was made
to rescue them. The bait thus set by Jones to lure the citizens of Law-
rence to destruction was too apparent, and nobody in that orderly town
walked into the trap.

Jones decided to remain in the camp of Lieut. McIntosh for the night.
He had a new warrant for the arrest of 8S. N. Wood, for larceny; and
as Wood was not to be found, he tarried.

Late in the evening, Jones was fired at, from the darkness without, three
times. The third shot took effect between his shoulders, in a place to bring
him down. He was immediately carried to the Free State Hotel, and care-
fully attended by the citizens, and Dr. Stringfellow, his particular friend,
who, with Whitfield, was attending the sessions of the investigating com-
mittee.

The shooting of Jones was unfortunate for the citizens of Lawrence.
obey knew then, nor has it ever been proven to this day, who fired the
shot.

The citizens did all possible to alleviate the suffering of Jones and to
preserve his life. They also promptly assembled and publicly condemned
the outrage, of which they were entirely innocent. The meeting was ad-
dressed by A. H. Reeder, Charles Robinson, and other leading Free-state
men, all denouncing without stint the dastardly act. he resolutions
passed condemned the act, disavowed any sympathy with the assassin,
and pledged the citizens to do what lay in their power to apprehend and
punish him.

George W. Dietzler, as Secretary of the Committee of Safety of Law-
rence, offered a reward of $500 for the apprehension of the assassin, and
undue sympathy was showered upon the wounded Sheriff by the citizens.

Notwithstanding the prompt and well-known disavowal of the act by
the citizens of Lawrence, the unscrupulous Pro slavery press seized upon
the circumstance to still further inflame the Pro-slavery mob of western
Missouri. The Squatter Sovereign, the Leavenworth Herald, and all the
smaller papers over the border, announced the murder of Jones, aud called
on his friends to immediately come over and avenge his death. Not one
of them ever published the proceedings of the indignation meeting held
in Lawrence, nor the fact that he was alive, not dangerously hurt, was ten-
derly cared for by the citizens of Lawrence, and able to be removed to
Franklin on the next day after the assault.

; Col. Sumner, in response to information from Lieut. McIntosh, had,
with his command, reached Lecompton. He was there informed that his
further presence was unnecessary, as the persons against whom writs were
issued had all fled from Lawrence. He accordingly returned to Fort Leav-
enworth with the main body of his troops, leaving a small detachment at
Lecompton, subject to the order of the Governor. Just previous to his
return, the following correspondence passed between him and Gov. Rob-
inson:

HEapquartmrs First CAVALRY, CAMP NEAR LAWRENCE,
i April 27, 1856,

Str—As there are no municipal officers in the town of Lawrence, I think proper to
address you before returning to my post. The recent attempt made upon the life of Sheriff
Jones will produce great excitement throughout the Territory and on the Missouri frontier,
and I consider it of the utmost importance that every effort should be made by your people
to ferret out and bring to justice the cowardly assassin. It is not too much to say that the
peace of the country may depend on it, for, if he is not arrested, the act will be charged by
the opposite party upon your whole community. This affair has been reported to Washington,
and whatever orders may he received will be instantly carried into effect. The proclama-
tion, which requires obedience to the laws of the Territory as they now stand until legally
abrogated, will certainly be maintained, and it is very unsafe to give heed to people at a

distance who counsel resistance. If they were here to participat: Y
probably take a different view of this Weaker iain a Si

Tam, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

E. V. SumNE: { irs i
GEM Rs SEARLES Rontseow: MNER, Colonel First Cavalry Commanding.

 

* Charley Lenhart, a young printer, is believed to have been the man who fired the shot.
He subsequently led a wild life asa Free-state guerrilla, and died during the war in Arkansas,
being at the time a member of an Indian regiment and holding the rank of Lieutenant. He
died in hospital, of consumption. Jones himself, conscience-stricken, thought his would-be

assassin was 8 man who, in jealousy, sought his death i y) i
oc ae a j yy, soug! on account of his (Jones’) interference
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

REPLY.

5 : _. Lawrence, K. T., April 27, 1856.

Sir—Your note of this morning is received, and in answer permit me to say that the
cowardly attack upon Mr. Jones receives no countenance whatever from the citizens of
Lawrence, but, on the contrary, meets with universal condenination, and if the guilty party
ean be found, he will most certainly be given over to justice. It is and has been the policy
of the people of Lawrence to yield prompt obedience to the laws and officers of the Federal
Government, and as Mr. Jones was acting with the authority of that Government on the
day of the assault, the guilty party was an enemy to the citizens of Lawrence, no less than
a violator of the laws. The people of Lawrence are without any organized municipal gov-
ernment, and consequently no person or persons can speak or act officially for them, but,
from what I know of their feelings and disposition, I have no hesitation in saying that they
will ever be found loyal citizens of the Government and ready to do all in their power to
maintain the laws of their country.

_As an evidence of the public sentiment of this community, I inclose a copy of the pro-
ceedings of a public meeting held on the morning after the unfortunate affair occurred.

Very respectfully your obedient servant,

CHARLES ROBINSON.
Cox. E. V. SumNER.

The Law and Order men took immediate advantage of the event, to not
only precipitate a conflict, but to break up if possible the work of the in-
vestigating committee then in session at Lawrence. Whitfield affected
to be panic stricken, averred that no man’s life was safe in Lawrence, and
that it was impossible to induce the attendance of witnesses there. He
urged the committee to adjourn, and went so far as t6 state his belief
‘that the commission was at an end; they might as well return to Wash-
ington.”’ He betook himself to Franklin for safety, then to Lecompton,
and, finally, as the committee continued its work without interruption,
again returned to Lawrence to attend its sessions. |

On the disabling of Jones, his warrants were turned over to one Sam-
uel Salters, who, as Deputy Sheriff, scoured the country in search of per-
sons whom he desired to arrest, with a posse of United States Dragoons at
his heels, who, it is truth to state, had no heart in the work they were
ordered to perform, nor respect for the officer they were ordered to assist.
His efforts resulted only in terrifying the families of the Free-state set-
tlers, and in forcing the men he sought to leave the county or otherwise
avoid him. He made few arrests.

Along the border, there was only such lynch law for the Free-state
men as the ‘‘ Law and Order” party chose to dispense. Pardee Butler
was again seized in the streets of Atchison,* threatened, buffeted, and
otherwise shamefully abused, then stripped, served with a coat of tar and
cotton, and sent out of town. No Abolitionist was allowed to peaceably
walk the streets of that town.

On April 28, J. N. Mace gave his testimony before the committee, con-
cerning the outrages at the March election of 1855, at Bloomington, near
where he lived. On that night he was attacked at his own house, wounded,
and left by his assailants. No writs were issued for the apprehension of
the perpetrators of these. nor the numberless other like crimes committed
on the Free-state people, nor did Gov. Shannon or any other official see
fit to telegraph, or write concerning them, to Washington. United States
troops were not brought into requisition to quell the disorders rife all over
the Territory, except where they might be used to humiliate the citizens
of Lawrence, or to exasperate them to disloyal acts, which, from the
beginning, they had studiously avoided.

Up to May 1, all efforts to break up the investigation or to bring the
Free-State men into collision with the United States forces had signally
failed, and new tactics were at that time adopted.

CHIEF JUSTICE LECOMPTE.

On the second week in May, the United States District Court was held
in Lecompton, Chief Justice Samuel D. Lecompte presiding. The Grand
Jury of Douglas County was empaneled, and before entering upon its
duties was charged strongly by the Judge to find bills of indictment for
treason against certain prominent Free-state men of the county. The
following extracts cover the principal points made by the prejudiced court
in its remarkable charge, as given in Phillips’ Conquest of Kansas, pages
268 and 269:

GunriEMen :--You are assembled to consider whatever: infringements of law may come
under your notice, and bring in such bills as your judgment dictates against those whom
you may find to have been guilty of such infringement. Your attention will naturally be
turned toward an unlawful, and before unheard-of, organization that_has been formed in
our midst, for the purpose of resisting the laws of the United States. The exciting state of
affairs makes it important that you should deliberate calmly, and above all have respect to
the oaths you have taken, and without fear or favor of any party of men, whether high or low,
to mete to all the justice which is their due. You will take into consideration the cases of
men who are dubbed Governors, men who are dubbed Lieutenant Governors, men who are
dubbed Secretaries and Treasurers, and men who are dubbed all the various other dubbs
with which this Territory is filling. * I = * * Re ae eR *

(I give below his exact words:)t ; ies)

This Territory was organized by an act of Congress, and so far its authority is from
the United States. It has a Legislature elected in pursuance of that organic act. This
Legislature, being an instrument of Congress, by which it governs the Territory, has passed
laws. These laws, therefore, are of United States authority and making, and all who resist
these laws resist the power and authority of the United States, and are therefore guilty of
high treason. ‘ .

Now, gentlemen, if you find that any person has resisted these laws, then you must,
under your oaths, find bills against them for high treason. If you find that no such resist-
ance has been made, but that combinations have been formed for the purpose of resisting
them, and individuals of notoriety have been aiding and abetting in such combinations,
then must you find bills for constructive treason.

Thus enlightened as to its sworn duties, the “jury had only to find
true bills of indictment’’ for treason or constructive treason against such
Free-state citizens as the U. S. Attorney might choose to present. James
F. Legate, then a citizen of Lawrence, now living in Leavenworth, was a
member of the jury. He so far allowed his sense of fair play and his true
manhood to assert themselves over the forms of law which involved the
duty of secresy upon him as a grand juror as to make a nocturnal visit on
foot to Judge Wakefield’s, thence on horseback to Tecumseh, where he

 

#See History of Atchison County.
William A. Phillips, then correspondent of the New York Tribune, professes to give the
Seiuep eta dt the Shaiedin what follows, from which it is inferred that what has been betore
quoted is not a verbatim report.

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saw John Sherman and William A. Howard, of the Investigating Com-
mittee, then in session there, and Gov. Robinson, to whom he said “he
intimated what was going on in the jury room.” He returned late in the
morning, was arrested for contempt of court, gave an accepted excuse to
the Judge for his absence, and went on with the jury in finding indict-
ments against the Free-state men.

Quite soon after Legate’s visit, while ex-Gov. Reeder was in attend-
ance on the Congressional Committee, Deputy Marshal Fain presented to
him a summons from the court, requiring his attendance as a witness be-
fore the Grand Jury at Lecompton. He declined, pleading his privilege as
as a member of Congress elect, and on other grounds not necessary to
mention, and the Marshal returned to Lecompton. On the next day he
re-appeared with a writ of arrest to be served on Reeder for ‘‘ contempt of
court.” He declined to answer it by submitting to arrest, stating as his
reasons for resistance to the summons: Informalty in the writ of attach-
ment; his privileges as a Member of Congress; and his belief in the
insecurity of his person and life in case he submitted. The committee
heard his statement, and declined to exert its authority for his protection ;
he thereupon announced to the Marshal, who was waiting his decision in
the presence of, the committee, that he should personally ignore the
service of the writ, and that any further steps the Marshal should choose
to take would be taken at his peril. The Marshal did not further attempt
his arrest at that time. Gov. Reeder also sent a letter to Judge Lecompte,
in which he offered to appear before the jury to give testimony, in case his
personal safety could be guaranteed, to which the Chief Justice replied
that ‘‘the matter had gone out of his hands.”

It did not require any superior discernment to establish the fact
in the minds of Reeder and other leading Free-state men that their imme-
diate absence was essential to their own safety and the ultimate well-being
of the cause they had at heart. Reeder did not tarry longer with the
committee. On their removal to Leavenworth, he did not accompany
them. It was deemed best by the committee and himself that he should
no longer remain in the Territory or with them. He accordingly disap-
peared, fled from the imminent danger of imprisonment or assassination.
He was for a few days secreted in the house of a friend near Lawrence,
then, under the escort of Gaius Jenkins, he passed through the hostile
Territory of Kansas to Kansas City. His escape was known all along the
border, and the ‘‘ Law and Order’ men watched every landing and boarded
every boat to accomplish his arrest. He remained secreted for several
days in the American Hotel, kept by a true friend of his and of the Free-
state cause—Edward Eldridye—and at last, in the guise of a laborer, made
his escape from the realm of squatter sovereignty in a skiff by night. He
rowed down the Missouri twenty-eight miles to “Liberty Landing,” where
he took deck passage to St. Charles, and thence landing, proceeded across
the country to Illinois, then the nearest land of safety for such men as he.

Gov. Robinson had, before the grand jury commenced its session, made
arrangements to visit the Eastern States, to lay before Free-state friends
there the facts of the Kansas situation, and to provide for such assistance
as might be required by the Provisional State Government, of which he
was the head, to keep it in existence until Congress should pass upon its
work. The information concerning the secret work of the jury, which
Legate had by some means allowed to escape from him, doubtless some-
what hastened his departure. The Committee of Investigation had reason
to believe that a plan was matured for the destroying of the records of
testimony taken, and for the breaking-up of its work by violence or intim-
idation. They accordingly desired Mr. Robinson to take with him for safe
preservation the records thus far complete, and urged his immediate
departure. He left on his double mission on May 8, and had proceeded,
with his wife, as far as Lexington, Mo., where he was seized by a Missouri
mob, taken from the steamboat on which they had embarked, and held in
durance until the indictment was granted by the jury, and a requisition
obtained from Gov. Shannon for his return. Following is the account of
the affair, written by his wife, Sara T. D. Robinson.

sr. Louis, Tuesday, May 12, 1856,

As Gov. Robinson and myself were passing down the Missouri River, on our way to
St. Louis, and further East, upon business, we were taken vif the boat at Lexington, at the
instigation of lawless men, they pretending that Gov, Robinson was fleeing from an indict-
ment. He assured the gentlemen, some eight or ten in number, who gathered about our
state-room door, opening upon the guard, that such was not the case; that he had heard of
no indictment; that his whereabouts, whether in Lawrence or elsewhere, were at all times
known; that if the Marshal had desired to serve such a process upun him he could have
easily done so, and he should have suffered no resistance. He told them, also, that he would
never think to escape from an indictment for any political offense ; and, had he been doing
so, of all places, he would have avoided the Missouri River and Lexington. Upon the state-
ment of a gentleman, that the delay in consenting to leave the boat, as the crowd had found
the bar, and were drinking freely, only added to Gov. Robinson’s danger of personal vio-
lence, he said, “Let me see the crowd, and I can shortly convince them that Iam not run-
ning from an arrest; then I can continue my journey.” To which the reply was given to
the effect that he would be in immediate danger of mob violence. It was also insisted on,
as a means of safety, that we pass out on the guard, in leaving the boat, while the exasper-
ated people, a cabin full of them, should be unaware of our departure. A carriage was in
readiness to take us to the town. We were quartered at the house of a Mr. Sawyer, who
kindly offered his house as a place of safety, the night guard about the house alone remind-
ing us of the fact that Gov. Robinson was a prisoner. I omitted to mention, in its proper
place, that the gentlemen upon first coming to the state-room said they had heen talking to
the crowd for fifteen minutes, ome to persuade them to leave the boat but that none
would be satisfied unless he remained in Lexington until they could learn whether an in-
dictment was out against him; while others cried: “Drag him out.” To Gov. Robinson’s
suggestion that, if he was running away from an arrest he could see no grounds for another
State to interfere, one of the gentlemen replied: “He did not wish to get into an argu-
ment,” ete. Gov. Robinson is retained a prisoner, while I am allowed to pass on.

I make this statement that the true state of the case may be known.

Sara T. D. RoBinson.

The indictment from which it was alleged that Gov. Robinson was
fleeing, was not reported by the jury for several days after his detention.
He remained thus an illegal prisoner at Lexington one week, when, having
been indicted, and a requisition received from Gov. Shannon, he was con-
veyed first to Independence, Mo., thence to Westport, thence to Franklin,
four miles south of Lawrence; thence, by order of Gov. Shannon, he was
returned to Leavenworth for safety, where he arrived May 24, was placed
under the charge of Capt. Martin, of the Kickapoo Rangers, under whose
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piotietion he remained until June 1, at which time he was conveyed to
ecompton, where he remained with other prisoners under guard until
September 10, at which time he was released on bail of $5,000.

Col. James H. Lane had gone into the States to plead the cause of the

Free-state men, to organize parties of emigrants on a war footing, and to
rocure assistance in the coming struggle, and was, at the time of Gov.
eeder’s flight and Robinson’s capture, beyond the reach of arrest.

The jury found indictments for treason against Andrew H. Reeder,
Charles Robinson, James H. Lane, George W. Brown, George W. Deitzler,
George W. Smith, Samuel N. Wood and Gaius Jenkins. It also indicted
as nuisances, and recommended their removal, the offices of the two Free-
state newspapers at Lawrence—the Herald of Freedom and the Kansas
Free State—and the Free State Hotel in Lawrence; the former as seditious
publications, ‘demoralizing the popular mind, and rendering life and
property unsafe,” the latter because, being constructed for military occu-
pation, parapeted and port-holed, it could only be designed as a strong-
hold of resistance to law, thereby endangering the public safety and
encouraging rebellion and sedition in the country.”

Thus, in accordance with the charge. of Chief Justice Lecompte, the
jury completed the work given it todo. It only remained for the plotters
to execute the outrage which the court had legalioed in advance.

SOUTHERN EMIGRANTS.

In addition to the mustering of the Missourians and the commission-
ing and arming of the Kickapoo Rangers and other companies of Law and
Order men, several parties had arrived from the Southern States, armed
and equipped, with the avowed purpose of enforcing what they termed
Southern rights in Kansas. They were unencumbered with families, and
brought no implements of husbandry or other property characteristic of
the emigrant peacefully inclined. They came to invade Kansas, not to
till its soil. They hung about the Missouri border towns, and haunted
the Pro-slavery villages of Leavenworth, Atchison and Kickapoo, appar-
ently waiting to be called into service. It is not recorded that any of
them performed any honest labor or took any interest in the industrial or
civil affairs of the Territory, further than to be blatant, and insulting and
threatening in defense of Southern opinions, wherever they might meet
defenseless settlers who cherished or advocated adverse opinions on the
slavery question. They had been promised a year’s sustenance and a
quarter-Section of land (from which the Abolitionists would be dispos-
sessed) at the end of their term of enlistment. They represented some of
the best familics of the South—sons of Southern chivalry—taught for
generations that labor was a disgrace, and arrogant, alike to the slave,
whose labor they owned, and the free Northern white laborer, whose prin-
ciples they held in loathing contempt. They came under the leadership of
Southern men of local influence and fortune. Maj. Jefferson Buford, of
South Carolina, raised a company of 350 men ‘‘capable of bearing arms,’’ to

‘o with him to Kansas. He pledged to the enterprise $20,000 of his own
ortune, and remuneration ‘‘in lands’ to others who furnished funds for the
expedition. He arrived with his company at Westport, Mo., quite late in
April. The Westport ZYimes announced their arrival, and detailed the
reception accorded him as follows:

We have had the pleasure of an acquaintance with a large number of those belonging
to the company, and find them all gallant and accomplished gentlemen, and we predict a
prosperous future for those chivalrous men who have enrolled themselves under the South-
ern banner.

On Thursday of this week, azter an address by Mr. Baker, of Alabama, to the company
of Maj. Buford, the latter was presented with a fine horse, saddle and bridle, in a public
manner. The presentation was made through Mr. H. Clay Pate, who, in the presence of a
large crowd, addressed Maj. Buford as follows: : ‘

“Maj. Buford, in the name of the people of Westport, I present you with this horse,
bridle and saddle. ‘The horse is ann by Mr, Samuel McKinney, a gentleman of this place ;
the rigging was purchased by subscription of the citizens. They are presented as a testi-
fpr of your noble services in behalf of the South and the cause of slavery for Kansas.”

When the bridle was placed in the hands of the Major, deafening shouts arose from the
multitude assembled. 2 ‘

The horse is a large sorrel, well made and spirited. Mr. McKinney purchased him afew
weeks since for $150. The saddle, which is Mexican, of elegant workmanship, cost $40, The
bridle was given by Mr. Dillon, of Westport. Maj. Buford acknowledged the receipt of the
present in a beautiful speech.

One more extract from the Leavenworth Herald of April 26 will show
the reader the welcome given the Southern immigrants by their Pro-slavery

friends :
PRO-SLAVERY MEMTING,

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Pro-slavery citizens of Leavenworth was called
to extend a cordial welcome to about one hundred Southern e ae just landed in our
city, all of whom assembled at Harrison’s. On motion, W. E. Murphy was ealled to the
chair, and L, J. Eastin acted as Secretary. Mr. Murphy then welcomed our Southern
friends in the following appropriate address:

“ FELLOW-CITIZENS OF LEAVENWORTH CITY : ;

“It is with feelings of the most profound gratification that I see you assembled here
this evening for the purpose of a friendly interchange of feeling and sentiment with-our
gallant Southern fellow-citizens, who have to-day landed in our young and growing city. _

“And, fellow-citizens from the patriotic States of Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia
and Mississippi, permit me, as Mayor of the metropolis of Kansas Territory, to extend to
you, in behalf of a majority of its citizens, most hearty welcome. To you, gentlemen, we
can extend the right hand of fclowship. Weare able to appreciate your motives in coming
to our beautiful Territory. We feel assured that each and every one of you are in favor of
sustaining law and order, of supporting the Constitution of our common country, and that
the Southern fire and chivalric spirit which animates your breasts is 1 sure guarantee that
you will do nothing that is wrong, or calculated to reflect discredit upon the Democratic
States from which you emanate. And now, as fellow-citizens of Aansas, allow me to greet
you, and once more-extend to you, in behalf ofa majority of my fellow-citizens of Leaven-
worth City, a most cordial and hearty welcome.” : ‘

Mr. Bowlin, of Mississippi, being called for, responded in behalf of the Southerners, in
a few well-timed remarks. He said: “ We come as pioneers to live in Kansas fairly and hon-
estly if we can, and out of it if we must.”

Mr. Halderman, in response to a call, said he was glad to welcome Southerners to Kan-
sas. The South had at last aroused, and were responding to the calls of duty in a gallant
manner. ans tea

Maj. Wilkes, of South Carolina, addressed the meeting in a few soul-stirring and elo-
quent remarks. Je had heard of border rufians, and in certain quarters the name was used
as a reproach, but in the South, it was synonymous with the name of gentleman, We have
left our hearthstunes and the ties that bind us to our homes to rally around you and sus-

tain law aud order. lle then went on to argue the great principles for which his party con-
tended—equality in the Wnion, with equal rights and efual privileges. He contended that

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

slavery was a common and economical blessing. “This country,” said he, “was bought by
the common blood and treasure of the whole country, and, as such, every man has a right to
bring slaves here, as well as any other property, and to claim its protection.” He concluded
with this sentiment:

“ Kansas—her equal rights—nothing more, nothing less.”

Mr. Goode, of Alabama, was proud to meet with such a cordial welcome, and equally
proud to see so many gallant spirits here, both from the South and the Territory.

Mr. Goode, of Kansas, said he came here, not to wage war upon peaceable men, but to
sustain the laws of Kansas... He gave a severe rebuke to the outlaws. He was for the Union
and the Constitution ; advocated the true States’ Rights doctrine that slaves were property,
and could not be forced out of the Territory. He showed that twelve out of thirteen of the
original States owned slaves, and that slavery was recognized in the Constitution.

" ie Moore, of Georgia, was loudly called for, when the following sentiment was
offered :

“ This is too ee) Good ; let us have a little Moore.”

Mr. Moore, of Georgia, said he had heard the anecdote of the ferryman, and he could
assure them all that he and his friends could say “cow.” They did not come to engage in in-
surrection, or to incite it, but had come as actual settlers, to place our shoulders with yours,
to aid in sustaining this Government. He alluded to the efforts of the hypocritical Abolition-
ists of the North to send Sharpe’s rifles here. They had no terror for men of principle.
“Let us,” said he, “keep the laws and Constitution on our side, and we will have the Gov-
erument to protect us. Being in the right, and in a good cause, we can put to flight a host
of Abolitionists with their Sharpe's rifles.”

Dr. Henry made a few cutting and thrilling remarks upon Lawrence—“the foul blot
upon the soil of Kansas.”

Mr. Dodge, one of the Southern emigrants, said our cause is a holy one. We are with
the Border Ruffians, as they are called. He regretted he was not born on the borders of Kan-
sas, ‘‘ The border ruffians,” said he, “ are a clever people. They had the fattest horses, the
finest children, the prettiest women and the noblest men he had.seen. <A lady could not
be a border ruftian, ut, being a bachelor, he hoped to unite himself to one who was born
among the border ruffians.”

Mr. McLain gave an account of his trip South, the emigration that was coming, and
told that he was taken for Col. Lane, of Lawrence, his narrow escape, ete. It was rich.

Mr. Bowlin, of Mississippi, tendered his heartfelt thanks to the citizens of this place in
behalf of his State. :

Mr. Pelote, of the South, made a few well-timed and appropriate remarks. Spoke of
the feeling in the South, and what Southern States would do. That the people of the South
were not fully apprised of the real state of facts. [Let them take the Kansas Herald, say we,
and they will find out.—Ep.]. He said he found here a fine country,.good climate, as gen-
erous, hospitable men, and as good society as in the old Palmetto State.

L. J. Eastin, being called upon, extended a cordial welcome to our Southern friends.
He reviewed the course of Reeder, ete., and gave a short history of the treasonable and revo-
lutionary course of the outlaws of the Territory.

Several other gentlemen spoke, and a number of sentiments were offered, which were
heartily cheered.

_,, Altogether, it was a joyful meeting—a union of hearts and sentiments—all inspired
with a fervent zeal for the one great cause—the rights of the South, and the equal rights of
the whole country.

The meeting adjourned with the best of feelings.

Wa. E. Murpuy, President.
L. J. Eastin, Secretary.

The verbal resistance offered by Gov. Reeder to his attempted arrest
by Deputy Marshal Fain, occurred in Lawrence, the committee havin
returned to that place from Tecumseh, where they had been for severa
days, on the very day the arrest was attempted. On the report of failure
to the United States Marshal of the Territory, he issued a proclamation,
which was sent to Leavenworth, Atchison, and all the border towns of
Missouri. Nothing was generally known of its issuing at any interior
points in the Territory, until the posse of armed men thereby summoned
bad begun to appear about Lawrence. It read as follows:

PROCLAMATION.
TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS TERRITORY.

WHEREAS, Certain judicial arrests have been directed to me by the First District Court
of the United States, ete. to be executed within the county of Douglas, and whereas an
attempt to execute them by the United States Deputy Marshal was evidently resisted by a large
number of the people of Lawrence, and as there is every reason to believe that any attempt
to execute these writs will be resisted by a large body of armed men; now, therefore, the
law-abiding citizens of the Territory are commanded to be and appear at Lecompton, as
soon as practicable, and in numbers suflicient for the execution of the law.

Given under my hand this 1ith day of May, 1836.

sy we = Dox ALpson,
‘lade nited States Marshal of the Ivrritory of Kansas.
. P.8. No liability for expenses will be incurred by the United States wail its consent
is obtained. :

The call was a part of the preconcerted and deeply laid plot for the
crushing out of the Free-state movement, and the subjugation or extermi-
nation of all who opposed the Territorial laws. The charge of Judge
Lecompte, the subsequent findings of the jury, the armed bands waiting
on the border, the dismissal of Col. Sumner with his main command by
Gov. Shannon, and his return to his post at Fort Leavenworth, and the
final call by Marshal Donaldson to the waiting army to come to his aid,
were now seen to be but parts of one infamous whole.

The answer to the proclamation was so prompt as to prove it to be,
beyond doubt, only the consummation of a well-planned conspiracy, every
step of which had been carefully planned before. The van of the army
appeared in the vicinity of Lawrence two days before the proclamation
was duted, and commenced hostile demonstrations. Travelers were stopped
on the highways, their loads confiscated, houses were robbed, horses and
cattle stolen, and a general system of lawless brigandage begun.

At a meeting, held by the citizens of Lawrence, on the evening of
May 10, the following preamble and resolution was adopted :

Wirrnas, We have most reliable information from various parts of the Territory, and

the adjoining State of Missouri, of the organization of guerrilla ba
destruction of our town and its citizens; Cieeetare, = Pane ee ner eee

Resolved, That Messrs, Topliff, Tutchingson and Roberts, constitute a committee to in-
form His Excellency of these facts, and to call neta him in the name of the people of Law-
rence, for protection against such bands, by the United States troops at his disposal.

The gentlemen ,named communicated to Gov. Shannon the above
appeal. He replied in a letter, which evinced his full knowledge and com-
plicity in the fast-maturing plans of the Law and Order party for the
destruction of the city. The reply was as follows :

Executive OFFIcr, Ma: 856.
GENTLEMEN—Your note of the 11th inst, is received, and in reply I have m4 care that
there is no force around or approaching Lawrence, except the largely constituted posse of
the United States Marshal and Sheriff of Douglas County, each of whom I am informed
have a number of writs in their hands for execution against persons in Lawrence. I shall

in no cL interfere with either of these officers in the discharge of their oilicial duties.
__if the citizens of Lawrence submit themselves to the Territorial laws, and aid and
assist the Marshal and Sheriff in the execution of processes in their hands, as all good
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

citizens are bound to do when called Tepe, they, or all such, will entitle themselves to the
protection of the law. But, so long as they keep up a military or armed organization to
resist the Territorial laws and the officers charged with their execution, I shall not interpose
to save them:from the legitimate consequences of their illegal acts.
I have the honor to-be yours, with great respect,
WILSON SHANNON,

The situation at this time was entirely dissimilar to that obtaining at
the invasion of December, 1855. At that time, the conflict had been pre-
cipitated by Jones, for the redress of personal grievances, and, the tatter-

demalions, who gathered around Lawrence “to help Jones,” came without
authority of law, and found the city not only impregnable against their
attacks, but able to wipe them out, if allowed to do it, before they could
reach their base of supplies in Missouri. Hence came the treaty made by
Gov. Shannon, in the interests of peace, and to avoid bloodshed. Now,
the movement against the city had the sanction of law. It had been so
planned. The United States Court had inaugurated the onslaught; the
United States Marshal was to execute the orders of the court; the Presi-
dent had, by public proclamation, sanctioned the proceeding, and put the
United States troops undey the command of the Governor to execute the
Territorial laws. Hence, the craven and panic-stricken Governor of De-
cember, 1855, became the bold and implacable conservator of law in May,
1856, and wrote the letter before quoted.

The condition in Lawrence was entirely changed. Robinson was a
prisoner, and Gen. Lane was absent from the Territory. Other brave and
reliable Free-state men were being hunted by Samuel Salters, and were in
hiding to avoid arrest. What true men were left were divided in council,
as to whether resistance or abject submission to the United States authori-
ties, acting under the Territorial laws, was the true policy. The non-resist-
ants were in a large majority, as they doubtless would have been; had
their old leader, Robinson; been with them. Lane might have counseled
resistance ; but his discretion—despite his pugnacious temperament—ever
marked him as the disciple of wisdom rather than impulse, and he too
would most likely have accepted the situation, with its present bitter
humiliations, as stepping stones to a more complete revenge in the near
hereafter.

On the receipt of Gov. Shannon’s letter, another meeting was held by
the citizens, with a view to averting the impending catastrophe. The
subjoined report of that meeting, and what followed, is taken from
Phillips’ ‘‘ Conquest of Kansas: ”’

This harsh and partisan letter from the Governor, under such circumstances, could not
be regarded as anything short of a declaration of war.

As the citizens of Lawrence were anxious to avert troubles, if possible, a meeting was
held and the following action taken:

WHEREAS, by a proclamation to the people of Kansas Territory, by J. B. Donaldson,
United States Marshal for said Territory, issued on the 11th day of May, 1856, it is alleged that
certain judicial writs of arrest have been directed to him by the First District Court of the
United States, etc., to be executed within the county of Douglas, and that an attempt to
execute them by the Deputy United States Marshal was violently resisted by a large number
of the citizens of Lawrence, and that there is every reason to believe that an attempt to
execute said writs will be resisted by a large body of armed men, therefore,

Resolved, By this public meeting of the citizens of Lawrence, held this 13th day of May,
1856, that the allegations and charges against us, contained in the aforesaid proclamation,
are wholly untrue in fact, and in the conclusion which is drawn from them, The aforesaid
Marshal was resisted in no manner whatever, nor by any person whatever, in the execution
of said writs, except by him whose arrest the said Deputy Marshal was seeking to make.
And that we now, as we have done heretofore, declare our willingness and determination,
without resistance, to acquiesce in the service upon us, of any judicial writs against us, by
the United States Marshal for Kansas Territory, and will furnish him with a posse for that
purpose, if so requested; but that we are ready to resist, if need be, unto death, the ravages
and desolation of an invading mob. .

J. A. WAKEFIELD, President.

These resolutions were forwarded to the Marshal and to Gov. Shannon.

As I have said, the Marshal never sent a copy of his proclamation to Lawrence. The copy
that reached Lawrence was sent to me from Jemma by one of my agents, and was received
a few hours after its issue. I carried it into the chamber of the Committee of Safety, which
held a meeting that night. Its meetings were private. Several proposals were made, but the
majority were unwilling to do anything.’ Lieut. Gov. Roberts and Col. Holliday were op-
posed to any defense being made. Holliday urged that it was a busy season, and the farmers
could not be taken from their farms to sustain another siege at that season without great loss.
Others urged that the merchants and business men had advanced provisions, stores and

goods, during the Wakarusa war, and had got pay for only a small part of it, and could not

advance anything more to defend the place. ; ; :

Dietzlér, and several other members of the committee, were in favor of defending the
place against the Marshal’s posse. The discussion was vague, pointless, and unsatisfactory.
There was no one to take the lead. One proposal was that efforts be made to see that three
or four hundred men, armed only with pistols and other side-arms, should go to Lecompton,
and offer themselves to Donaldson as his pees in obedience to his proclamation, and de-
mand from the Governor a share of the public arms then at Lecompton.

The committee determined that matters should go on as they were. Roberts declared
that he did not mean to go out of the Territory, but should stay and be arrested.

J mention these things because they show reasons why the impending stroke ‘was per-
mitted. Several of those who had advocated warlike measures left in disgust. The people,
who, as a general thing, wanted the town to be defended, dispensed with the old committee,
and elected a new one. The following are their names, composed in part of the first: Will-
iam Y. Roberts, G. W. Deitzler, Lyman Allen, John A. Perry, C. W. abcock, 8. B. Prentiss,
A. H. Mallory, Joel Grover. A few days after this selection, Mr. 8. C. Pomeroy arrived from
the East, where he had been on the business of the Emigrant Aid Society, and was admitted

as a member. . She .

A change of rulers does not always bring a oe of policy; this second committee
was more pacific than the first, although selected by the people withthe expectation that
resistance might be made. In fact, it was the Federal authority employed that acted as a

dead weight against them. oes

In response to Donaldson’s proclamation, the waiting army moved to
the scene of published rebellion and resistance. Two encampments were
formed within two days after the issuing of the call. : ee

Near Lecompton were Gen. David R. Atchison, of Missouri, in com-
mand of the Platte County Riflemen, of Missouri, with two pieces of
artillery ; Capt. Dunn, in command of the Kickapoo Rangers, and recruits
from Leavenworth and Weston, Mo.; the two Stringfellows, Robert
Kelly and Peter Abell, having in charge the Law and Order recruits
from Atchison and vicinity ; Col. Wilkes, of South Carolina ; Col. Titus,
of Florida, with such followers as they could command.

At Franklin, Col. Boone, of Westport, Mo., and Col. Buford, of
South Carolina, had command of a force of some four hundred men, nine-
tenths of whom were not residents of the Territory. Three-fourths of
these were from South Carolina and other Southern States, who had but
recently arrived with Col. Buford, and were thus making their first visit to

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the Territory in which they designed to settle. The men in both camps,
lacking arms, were furnished by Gov. Shannon from the United States
supply then under his control at Lecompton.

The investing army were wellin camp on the evening of May 18, and
foraged constantly on the inoffensive and defenseless settlers for subsist-
ence from that time until they left the county.

The citizens of Lawrence and the Committee of Safety continued
their efforts for pacification and to avert the impending evils. Another
mecting of the citizens was held May 18, at which G. W. Deitzler presided,
and J. H. Green acted as Secretary. The resolutions passed at this meet-
ing were not unlike those of the previous meeting, at which Judge Wake-
field had presided. They were sent to Lecompton, together with a letter
to Marshal Donaldson,the messenger being Mr. Cox, a Pro-slavery resi-
dent of Lawrence, who had before done what he could for the protection
of the town by an attempted negotiation with Donaldson in its behalf.
ee letter and the insulting and implacable answer returned were as fol-
ows :

LAWRENCE, May 14, 1856.
I. B. DonaLpson, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR Kansas TERRITORY:

Dear Sir—We have seen a proclamation issued by yourself, dated 11th of May inst.,
and also have reliable information this morning that large bodies of armed men, in pur-
suance of your proclamation, have assembled in the vicinity of Lawrence.

That there be no misunderstanding, we beg leave to ask respectfully, that we may be
reliably informed what are the demands against us. We desire to state most truthfully and
earnestly, that no opposition will, now or at any future time, be offered to the execution of
any legal process by yourself or any person acting for you. We also pledge ourselves to
assist you, if called upon, in the execution of any legal process.

We declare ourselves to be order-loving and law-abiding citizens, and only await an
opportunity to test our fidelity to the laws of the country, the Constitution and the Union.

We are informed also, that these men collected about Lawrence, openly declare that
their intention is to destroy the town, and drive off the citizens. Of course, we do not
believe that you would give any countenance to such threats; but, in view of the excited
state of the public mind, we ask protection of the constitited authorities of the Government,
declaring ourselves in readiness to co-operate with them for the maintenance of the peace,
order and quiet of the community in which we live.

Very respectfully,
RoseERT Morrow,
LYMAN ‘ALLEN,
JouN HUTCHINGSON,
(Reply.)
OFFICE OF THE UNITED Srares MARSHAL,
Lecompton, K. T., May 15, 1856.

Messrs. G. W. DerrzLeR AND J. H. GREEN, LAWRENCE, Kansas TERRITORY:

On yesterday, I received a communication addressed to me, signed by one of you as
President, and the other as Secretary, purporting to have been adopted by a meeting of the
citizens of Lawrence, held on yesterday morning. After speaking of a proclamation, issued
by myself, you state, “That there may be no misunderstanding, we beg leave to ask
respectfully, that we may be reliably informed what are the demands against us. We desire
most truthfully and earnestly to declare that no opposition whatever, will now, or at any
future time, be offered to the execution of any legal process, etc.”

From your professed ignorance of the demands against you, I must conclude that you
are strangers, ane not citizens, of Lawrence, or of recent date, or been absent for some time;
more particularly when an attempt was made by my deputy to execute the process of the
First District Court of the United States for Kansas Territory, against ex-Gov. Reeder,
when he made a speech in the room and in the presence of the Congressional Committee, and
denied the power and authority of said court, and threatened the life of said deputy, if he
attempted to execute said process, which speech and defiant threats were loudly applauded
by some one or two hundred of the citizens of Lawrence, who had assembled at the room on
learning the kusiness of the Marshal, and made such hostile demonstrations that the deputy
thought he and his small posse would endanger their lives in executing said process,

our declaration that you will truthfully and earnestly offer now, or at any future
time, no opposition to any legal process, etc., is indeed difficult to understand. May I ask,
gentlemen, what has produced this wonderful change in the minds of the people of Law-
rence? Have their eyes been suddenly opened, so that they are now able to see that there
are laws in Kansas Territory which should be obeyed? Or, is it that just now, those for
whom I have writs, have sought refuge elsewhere? Or, it may possibly be that you now, as
heretofore, expect to screen yourselves behind the word “legal,” so signiticantly used by
you. How am I to rely on your pledges, when I aim well aware that the whole population
of Lawrence is armed and drilled, and the town fortified—when, too, I recollect the meetings
and resolutions adopted in Lawrence and elsewhere in the Territory—openly defying the
laws and the officers thereof, and threatening to resist the same to a bloody issue, as reeently
verified in the attempted assassination of Sheritf Jones, while in the discharge of his official
duties in Lawrence? Are you strangers to all these things? Surely you must. be strangers
in Lawrence. If no outrages have been committed by the citizens of Lawrence against the
laws of the land, they need not fear any posse of mine. But I must take the liberty of
executing all processes in my hands as United States Marshal, in my own time and manner,
and shall only use such power as is authorized by law. You say you call upon the consti-
tuted authorities for protection. This indeed sounds strange, coming froma large body of
men, armed with Sharpe’s rifles, and other implements of war, bound together by oaths and
pledges, to resist the Government they call on for protection. All persons in Kansas Terri-
tory—without regard to locatiun—who honestly submit to the constituted authorities, will
ever find me ready to aid in protecting them; and who seek to resist the laws of the land,
and turn traitors to their country, will find me aiding in enforcing the laws, if not as an
officer, as a citizen.

Respectfully yours,
I. B. Donatpson, U. S. Marshal Kansas Territory.

Further letters were sent the Marshal and the Governor, informing
them of the depredations daily committed by the posse encamped around
the city, and asking for protection, but no written answer was returned.
Several urgent messages were sent to Leavenworth, invoking the aid of the
Congressional Committee, then in session at Leavenworth, and imploring
Col. Sumner to come to the rescue with the United States troops under his
command. The committee was powerless. Col. Sumner, mindful of the
inviolable duty of the soldier to obey no orders except from those having
unquestioned authority, declined to move, except by command from Gov.
Shannon or from the General Government. Shannon did not, ason a
former occasion, implore his assistance. On the contrary, he had sent
him and his command back to the fort about the time the posse was called
out, and there he intended he should remain. A last effort for a peaceful
settlement was made May 18, and for a few hours inspired hope. Messrs.
8S. W. and T. B. Eldridge, the lessees of the lately finished Free State
Hotel, themselves having just moved to Lawrence from Kansas City, and

- not subject to the opposition or distrust cherished toward the old residents,

proceeded to the camp of the invaders, and there pees in behalf of

the citizens that if Gov. Shannon would order Col. Sumner to encamp

with his force near Lawrence that the arms within the city should be sur-

rendered to him, to be held until all writs in the hands of the Marshal had

been served, the said arms to be returned on the departure of the United
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States troops. Hopes were held out that thé proposition would be
accepted, and the gentlemen were required to wait on Gov. Shannon on
the following morning for a final answer. On their way to Lecompton,
they were arrested and detained several hours in Stringfellow’s camp, and,
on reaching the Governor’s headquarters, were told by him that the South
Carolinians would be satisfied with nothing except the surrender of the
arms either to him (the Governor) or the Marshal, and declined to order
Col. Sumner to appear with his troops. The gentlemen expostulated and
expressed fears that the citizens would fight rather than submit to the
humiliation. Gov. Shannon replied, ‘‘ War, then, by ——,” and brought
the interview to an end by leaving the room.

Murder was this day added to the robberies which had formed the
pastime of the waiting posse. A young man named Jones, returning
home from Lawrence with a bag of flour, was met by a party near Blan-
ton’s bridge, robbed, disarmed, and then shot dead. Some indignant
young men from Lawrence started for the scene of the murder. One mile
out they were met by two men from the Franklin camp, who, after a wordy
and abusive wrangle, ended the interview by firing into the party. One of
the boys—-Stewart—-fell dead, and the two Law and Order men rode back to
their camp. The return of the party to Lawrence with the dead body of
Stewart was the first intimation received of the foolhardy expedition
which the boys had undertaken. It was with difficulty that the exasper-
ated citizens could be held within the conservative bounds of non-resist-
ance which had been determined upon by the Committee of Safety. The
pertinacity and steadfastness with which, against insult, robbery and mur-
der, they held fast to the only policy that could save the cause they had
at heart, evinced a moral bravery which entitles them to the highest place
among the heroes of those days. Self-imposed restraint and forbearance
under extreme provocation, though bearing the outward signs of timidity
and weakness, when excited for a principle, mark the highest type of
human courage and endurance.

THE SACK OF LAWRENCE.

On Wednesday, May 21, all was ready for the grand consummation to
which all previous work had tended, and for which the Administration,
the United States Senate, the Court, the Territorial Governor, the South-
ern States, and the Law and Order party of Western Missouri and Eastern
Kansas had wrought unitedly, to wit, the silencing of the Free-state
press, the destruction of the Free-state organization, and the vindictive
chastening of Lawrence, as the citadel of insubordination against the laws
they sought to force upon an unwilling people.

The story has been oftener told than any other in the history of Kan-
sas, and with less of contradiction as to the details. It would be but the
repetition of a household tale to elaborate.

Early in the morning, the hostile forces gathered closer about the
doomed town. A large force was stationed on Mount Oread, and cannon
planted so as to cover and command the place.
was taken as headquarters for the Marshal and the officers of his army.
On every road leading to the town and on the opposite side of the river
detachments of troops were posted to prevent the escape of fugitives‘from
such justice as the Marshal and Sheritf Jones were now prepared to mete
out. The forces mustered under two flags. The blood-red tlag, on which
was inscribed “Southern rights,” floated side by side that day with the
“stars and stripes.” It was not soa few years later. There was no flag
floating in Lawrence save an American flag, which fluttered lonesomely
from its staff over the Free State Hotel.

The streets were unusually quiet. Nearly half the able-bodied men
were absent—some were prisoners, some were hiding from arrest, and
many ardent citizens, who had opposed the non-resistance policy of the
Committee of Safety, had left in bitter disgust, scorning to witness, unre-
sistingly, the humiliation that their enemies had prepared for them. The
arms were hidden away, and the remaining citizens were quietly in pur-
suit of their daily avocations. The Committee of Safety were in session
in their room on the second floor of the Free State Hotel, which had for
the first time since its completion been open to guests on that day.

At 11 o'clock A. M., Deputy Marshal Fain, who had made two arrests
in town the evening previous without resistance, again appeared with an
unarmed guard of ten men. He drove directly to the hotel, where he
summoned to act as his posse in serving his writs: Dr. Garvin, John A.
Perry, C. W. Topliff, 8. W. Eldridge and T. B. Eldridge. They readily,
if not cheerfully, obeyed the summons. He arrested G. W. Deitzler, G.
W. Smith and Gaius Jenkins, three of the Free-state men indicted by the
grand jury for treason. No disturbance occurred and no resistance was
made. Fain and his guard dincd at the Free State Hotel, and shortly
after departed with his prisoners without paying his bill. While in Law-
rence, he was presented with a letter from the Committce of Safety, direct-
ed to his superior, which should have convinced him and all others who
had doubt, that the Pro-slavery victory was complete. It read as follows:

LAWRENCE, K. T., May 21, 1856,
I. B. DonaLpson, UNITED States MarsuAL Kansas TERRITORY:

We, the Committee of Public Safety for the citizens of Lawrence, make this statement
and declaration to you, as Marshal of Kansas Territory, a

That we represent the citizens of the United States and of Kansas, who acknowledge
the constituted authorities of the Government, that we make no resistance to the execution
of the law—National or Territorial—and claim it as law-abiding American citizens,

For the private property already taken by your posse, we ask indemnification, and
what remains to us and our citizens we throw upon you for protection, trusting that under
he flag of the Union, and within the folds of the Constitution, we may obtain safety.

SAMUEL C. PomERoy, C. W. Bascock,*
W. Y. Roserts, 8. B, PRENTIss,
LyMAN ALLEN, A. H. Matory,
JOHN PERRY, 9 JOEL GROVER.

On the return of Marshal Fain, with his prisoners, to headquarters, at
Mount Oread, he announced to the soldiers the peaceful and successful

 

* Messrs, Babcock, Prentiss, Mallory and Grover repudiate the letter, and are reported as
denying their signatures thereto attached.

Gov. Robinson's house .

issue of his work, that he had made his arrests, ard that, as a posse in his
service, their duties were at an end; but, he added, “Sheriff Jones has
writs yet to be served, and you are at liberty to organize as his posse, if
you desire.to do so.” one :

Sheriff Jones, quite recovered from his fright and his wound, now
rode forward, greeted by cordial congratulations and loud cheers, which
assured him without further formality that the posse had cheerfully trans-
ferred its allegiance to him, and were ready and impatient to do his bid-
ding. Leaving the main body at Mount Oread, Jones, at the head of
twenty armed men, entered Lawrence at 8 o’clock inthe afternoon. At
the hotel he halted, called for Gen. Pomeroy, who speedily presented lim-
self and shook hands with him. Recognizing him as a leading citizen,
and as one who could act for the people of Lawrence, he demanded that

the arms be given up. Five minutes were given to decide upon_the prop-

osition, and thirty minutes to stack the arms in the street. Failing to
comply with the demand, he threatened to at once bombard the town.
After a hurried consultation with members of the committee, still in ses-
sion, Pomeroy offcred in their name to surrendey the cannon, but declined
to give up the rifles, as they were private property, in the hands of indi-
vidual owners, and in no manner under the control of the committee.
Jones thereupon, under the direction of Mr. Pomeroy and others of the
committee, was led to the spot where the cannon had been secreted (buried
under the foundation of a house). It was unearthed and surrendered, to-
gether with a few muskets not in possession of individual owners. With
these Jones left the town. Meantime the soldiers had marched down
toward the village to the foot of the hill, and being furmed in a hollow
square, were listening to a drunken, maudlin harangue from ex-Senator
Atchison, which began: “Boys, to-day Iam a Kickapoo Ranger, by——.”

‘Following this remarkable exordium, Atchison proceeded to inspire the

boys with a just idea of the importance of the work they had in hand. As
the ideas floated through his muddled brain he delivered them to his appre-
ciative hearers, without order or coherence. He inculcated gallantry to
the ladies, but, in case one should be found with arms in her hands, “tram-
ple her under foot as you would a snake.” As the people of Lawrence had
shown no resistance, it would not do to attack them, but should there be
the least show of resistance, “show them no quarter.” His speech was in-
terrupted by the return of Jones, who, on the announcement that the can-
non had been surrendered and the city was defenseless, was received with
enthusiastic cheers. Atchison resumed: “And now, we will go in with our
highly honorable Jones, and test the strength of that d——d Free-State
Hotel. Be brave, be orderly, and if any man or woman stand in your
way, blow them to —— with a chunk of.cold lead.”

The motley force then formed in line, and marched, under the lead of
Jones, into the city, and commenced abating the indicted nuisances, by
virtue of, and in obedience to, an order of the United States Court, issued
by Chief Justice Samuel D. Lecompte. The two printing offices were first
gutted, the presses destroyed, and the types thrown in the river. The
semi-legal work was finished by destroying the Free State Hotel. The
first shot fired at it from a cannon planted on the opposite side of Marsa-
chusetts street, was aimed by the tipsy Atchison, but failed to hit the
building. About fifty shots were afterwards fired, with but little effect,
upon the solid walls. Next it was attempted to blow it up. Several kegs
of gunpowder were exploded within, with no appreciable damage to
the walls. Its destruction was finally effected by the torch of the
incendiary, and in the early evening it stood a roofless and smold-
ering ruin. The legal work was done. It was followed by petty robber-
ies all through the defenseless and half-deserted town. Late in the even-
ing the curtain fell. the last act being the burning of Gov. Robinson’s
private dwelling on Mount Oread, by the now irresponsible and lawless
marauders, who had heen released from all restraint when dismissed by
the Sheriff.

Jones’ revenge was complete. As the work of destruction went on,
he was in ecstasy. “This,” said he, “is the happiest moment of my life. I
determined to make the fanatics bow before me in the dust and ‘kiss the
Territorial laws.” As the walls of the burning hotel fell, he ejaculated,
“T have done it, by ——, I have done it.” Turning to the soldiers, he said,
“You are dismissed, the writs have been executed.”

The loss to the citizens of Lawrence and the Emigrant Aid Company,
who owned the Free State Hotel, was estimated at $150,000. The loss of
the outside settlers in the vicinity of the invaders from the forced requisi
tions made upon them for subsistence of the army, and the robberies com-
mitted, was In some cascs well-nigh ruinous. The aggregate loss to the
citizens of Douglas County could not have fallen short of $200,000.

The loss of life was summed up in the murder of two Free-state men,
Brown and Stewart, and in the death of one Law and Order man,who was
accidentally killed by a brick or,stone which fell from the burning hotel.
Two other members of the posse were wounded; one, by the accidental
discharge of his own gun; the other, by being thrown from his horse while
in pursuit of a Free-state man whom he had mistaken for Gov. Reeder.

On the following day, the main body of troops began to disperse.
Some companies marched to Leavenworth and Atchison; a part of the
force returned to Westport and the Missouri towns from whence it had
come. Many stragglers, who had been attached to no particular organ-
ization, hovered about the vicinity, stealing from the farmers horses, cat-
tle, and whatever else was required to satisfy their not over frugal wants.
A small force remained at Lecompton for the ostensible purpose of guard-
ne o prisoners against any possible attempt at rescue on the part of their

riends.

That the non-resistant attitude of Lawrence during the trying season
was voluntary, and not incited by abject fear or actual defenselessness, is
evinced by the fact that there were ready to march to her assistance, from
Topeka and many other towns, well-organized and well-armed companies
of Free-state men, in sufficient numbers to be formidable to the invading
force in the open field, and to have successfully defended Lawrence from
within. All such proffered aid was refused, and, at the close of the siege,
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

despite the loss of property and the humiliation, a moral victory had been
won. Lawrence had offered no resistance to the laws, and had thus robbed
the outrageous affair of all possible justification in the eyes of a civilized
and liberty-loving people. She had not been conquered, for she had not
resisted. Her people were not subdued, but oppressed and outraged for
opinion’s sake. They bided patiently their time. Would that others with
burdens less grievous might have shown like patient restraint. The anti-
slavery press was silenced; the Free-state leaders imprisoned; and Law-
rence humbled and unresistingly subservient to all behests of the Territo-
rial authorities. Nevertheless, those conditions, so ardently desired by the
Law and Order party, brought not even momentary peace to the distracted
country; on the contrary, it proved the beginning of aggressive warfare
on the part of the Free-state settlers, who, up to that time, while boldly
denying the validity or binding force of the Territorial laws, had studious-
ly avoided open conflict with the authorities by passively ignoring them.
Asa means of # hing peace, the determined efforts of those in author-
ity to force the citizens of Lawrence into a position of abject allegiance,
although a seeming success, proved a dismal failure.

__ Besides those who remained at Lecompton, and straggling parties not
identified by any known commander, Capt. H. Clay Pate, and Coleman,
the murderer of Dow, with quite a numerous force of Westport rowdies,
known as the Shannon Sharp-shooters, remained encamped on the Waka-
rusa, between Franklin and Fish’s store. Fish was a Free-state man, and
it was believed he kept gunpowder to sell or give to his friends. Al-
though the war was over, the company camped near by, prowled about
the vicinity threatening to destroy the store, stopping and insulting Free-
state men, supplying their wants by theft or forced contributions from
the inhabitants. On the second day after their encampment, they were
somewhat astonished and disgusted at a raid made into their camp by
some parties, evidently not entirely friendly to them, who succeeded in
capturing and making off with three valuable horses ; on the next night a
party from the camp going up the California road were fired into from a
thicket and several wounded. They retreated precipitately to camp, leav-
ing several horses and some arms as booty for their unseen assailants. On
the same or the succeeding night a Pro-slavery man who kept a store in a
log house’on the California road, was robbed by a party of Free-state men
of his goods and horses. It was evident that reprisals were being made on
the Pro-slavery men, and that a regular guerrilla war had begun. A party
attacked a house in Lecompton where some of the arms taken at Lawrence
had been stored, together with some powder and other articles belonging
to the Pro-slavery men. The occupants made no resistance, and the raiders
made off with their booty. In three days after the great Law and Order
victory at Lawrence, the whole surrounding country seemed infested with
Free-state guerrillas who robbed and plundered the Pro-slavery settlers,
and harassed the Law and Order troops without mercy. Between the
two sets of marauders, the unarmed inhabitants, whether Pro-slavery or
otherwise, stood equal chances of being plundered.

Even Gov. Shannon did not escape. Two valuable horses were stolen
from him, and pressed into the Free-state service, whereupon His Excel-
lency waxed wroth, and ordered the United States Dragoons, then sta-
tioned at Lecompton and at Lawrence, to patrol duty in the surrounding
country. They rode the country up and down, but made no captures. He
took the field himself, and, in company with his friend, Col. Titus, and
members of his force, made a reconnoissance. He visited the residences of
both Free-state and Pro-slavery settlers on the line of his march, threat-
ening the one and reassuring the other in his official capacity. His efforts
only served to show to both his friends and enemies his utter demoraliza-
tion and incompetency as Governor of the Territory at that time. Hence-
forth, until the time of his removal, he was entirely under control of the
Pro-slavery element, making the prevailing confusion worse confounded
by the imbecility of his administration.

THE CROWNING HORROR.

The news of the trouble at Lawrence, and her threatened destruction
by the Southern soldiery, came to Osawatomie on the evening of June 21.
Immediately, on receipt of the information, the Pottawatomie Rifles, a
Free-state company under the command of John Brown, Jr., set out for
the scene of disturbance. The Osawatomie company, Capt. Dayton,
joined them, and together they reached ‘‘Ottawa Jones’’’ on the morning
of the 22d. There they first heard of the sack of the town, and the arrest
of Deitzler, Brown and Jenkins. They, however, continued their march
toward Lawrence, not knowing but their assistance might still be needed,
and encamped at night ‘‘up the Ottawa Creek, near the residence of Capt.
Shore.” They remained in the vicinity until afternoon of the 28d, at
which time they decided to return home. About noon on the 28d, Old
John Brown, whose indignation was at fever heat, selected a party to go
with him on a private expedition. They separated from the main party,
ground their sabres, and, having completed their preparations, left the
camp together. Capt. John Brown, Jr., objected to their leaving his com-
pany, but, seeing his father was obdurate, silently acquiesced, with the
timely caution to him to ‘‘do nothing rash.” The company consisted of
Old John Brown, four of his sons—Frederick, Owen, Watson, Oliver—
Henry Thompson, his son-in-law, Thomas Winer and James Townsley,
whom Old John had induced to carry the party in his wagon to their pro-
posed field of operations.* ;

They left the camp at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon of the 23d
They were met toward sundown of that day between Pottawatomie Creek
and Middle Creek, and but a few miles from the Doyle settlement, by Col.
J. Blood, then on his way from Osawatomie to Lawrence.+ The party
halted on meeting Col. Blood, and a conversation ensued between him and

 

* For Townsley’s statement and a more detailed history of this expedition, see the history
of Franklin County, elsewhere in this volume. i

+The statements concerning this meeting are given on the uuthority of a letter from Col.
Blood to G. W. Brown, dated November 29, 1879. See “Reminiscences of Old John Brown,’"by
G. W. Brown, M, D., page 70.

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John Brown, none of the other members of the party speaking. Brown
gave him an account of the sacking of Lawrence, and the arrest of the
Free-state men, denounced the members of the non-resistant committee
as cowards, and seemed in a frenzied state of excitement. As they
parted, he requested Col. Blood not to mention the meeting, ‘‘as they were
on a secret expedition, and did not want any one to know that they were
in that neighborhood.”

They encamped that night between two deep ravines on the edge of
the timber, some distance to the right of the main traveled road, about one
mile above ‘‘Dutch Henry’s crossing.”” There they remained unobserved
until the following evening (Saturday, June 24). Some time after dark, the
party left their place of hiding and proceeded on their ‘‘secret expedi-
tion.”’ Late in the evening, they called at the house of James P. Doyle,
and ordered him and his two sons, William and Drury, to go with them as
prisoners. They followed their captors out into the darkness. They next
called at the house of Allen Wilkinson and ordered him out. He also
obeyed; thence, crossing the Pottawatomie, they came to the house of
Henry Sherman (Dutch Henry). He was not at home. They, however,
arrested and took along with them William, his brother. They returned
to the ravine where they had previously encamped, and there spent the
quiet Sabbath morning, then broke camp and rejoined the Osawatomie
company some time during Sunday night, it being at that time encamped
near Ottawa Jones’. The secret expedition was ended. Was it success-
ful? Where were the prisoners? Had they escaped ?

Old man Doyle and his sons were left in the road a short distance from
their house. They were cut, mangled, stabbed—some say shot—it didn’t
matter to the Doyles—they were dead.

Wilkinson was found about one hundred and fifty yards from his
house, in some dead brush. Witnesses who saw his remains swore that
“his throat was cut twice,” and that “he had a gash in his head ”—to Wil-
kinson, the establishment of the truth or falsity of this statement were
alike, immaterial—he was dead.

Sherman was left in the creek, near his brother’s house. He was
hacked upon the breast and hand, his skull split open, and, from the
wounds, the brains oozed out into the muddy water. It did not matter to
Sherman—he was dead.

Yes, the secret expedition had proved successful.

The persons who had thus suddenly gone to their long account were
all believed to be Pro-slavery men of the most violent and intolerant type,
of whom the Free-State settlers stood in constant dread.

The news of the horrid affair spread rapidly over the Territory, carry-
ing with it a thrill of horror, such as the people, used as they had become
to deeds of murder, had not felt before. Hitherto, in most cases ending
in homicide or murder, the Free-State man had proved the victim. The
crimes had been perpetrated in open day, and were often the outcome of
an angry encounter or brawl between men of equal nerve and determina-
tion, both armed, or in the company of armed companions. Under these
circumstances, these unavenged murders, numerous and atrocious as they
were, lacked the ghastly horror of this silent, stealthy, midnight massacre
of defenseless men. The news of the event had a deepersignificance than
appeared in the abstract atrocity of the act itself.

It meant that, when Gov. Shannon, to the committee, pleading for the
safety of Lawrence, replied, “War, by ——-,” there were men outside of
Lawrence, and beyond the control of the committee of public safety, who
had taken him at his word. It meant that the policy of extermination or
abject submission, so blatantly promulgated by the Pro-slavery press, and
proclaimed by Pro-slavery speakers, had been adopted by their ene-
mies, and was about to be enforced with appalling earnestness. It meant
that there was a power opposed to the Pro-slavery aggressors, as cruel and
unrelenting as themselves. It meant henceforth, swift retaliation—rob-
bery for robbery—murder for murder—that ‘‘he who taketh the sword
shall perish by the sword.” It meant that the merciless and implacable
spirit of retributive vengeance, hitherto held in restraint, had broken its
leash and begun its dreadful work.

The aggressive warfare thus begun, was not in accordance with the
plans or purposes of the leaders of the Free-State movement; on the con-
trary, it was in direct opposition to their counsel, and had been persist-
ently decried and successfully restrained up to thistime. For the disorders
that ensued, the Free-State organization was in no manner responsible,
The pagreaNS movement at that time begun, was an uncontrollable out-
burst of rage long pent up, under the stress of suffering, intimidation, in-
sult, humiliation, and unredressed outrage, such as, by hot-tempered men
of courage, could no longer be unresistingly endured.

Upon those high in authority and wielding powerful influence, who,
with deliberate purpose, counseled, planned, and executed the outrages,
which at last culminated in all the horrors of anarchy, the responsibility
rests for all time to come; to them, history accords the infamous distinc-
tion which their deeds merit.

WAR SOUTH OF THE KAW.

The murders struck terror to the hearts of the Pro-slavery settlers all
along the valley of the Pottawatomie. Many fled panic-stricken from the
region, to the borders of Missouri, carrying with them the news of the
massacre. What few remained, although unanimous in the belief that
“old Brown” and his sons were the murderers, were so completely un-
nerved and horrified that they made no effort for their arrest, nor attempt
at retaliation, but waited trembling for outside succor to arrive. From the
night of the terrible deed, the attempt of Pro-slavery residents to drive
Free-State settlers from their claims by dire threats of arson or murder, in
case they remained, ceased to be the common mode of harassing and in-
timidating them. It was plain that their own safety lay in not suggesting
to their aroused foes, any outrages planned for their destruction, since
they thus invited the danger of their prompt and premature execution
upon themselves. There is this much to be said in palliation of John
Brown’s bloody code of retaliation.
132 HISTORY

Pate's Campaign.—Capt. Henry Clay Pate, who, with his command,
was still in the vicinity of Franklin, had, in addition to his military rank,
the somewhat questionable authority vested in him by his commission as
Deputy United States Marshal, granted him during or just prior to the
sack of Lawrence. On hearing of the murders, he set out for Osawatomie
with his company, with the design of “capturing or killing old Brown,”
who was assumed to be the leader of the murderous gang. The old man
was in hiding on his arrival. Failing to find him, he took prisoners two
of his sons, John Brown, Jr., and Jason, whom he found at work upon
their claims, on suspicion of their being accessories to the crime.* They
were charged with murder, and put in irons. Other arrests of Free-State
men were made and a few cabins burned. A company of United States
dragoons, under Capt. Wood, joined Pate soon after the arrests were
made, to whom he turned over his prisoners. On May 81, the two com-
panies moved together as far as Middle Ottawa Creek. There they separ-
ated, Pate going into separate camp a few miles further on. The prisoners
were kept under guard of the dragoons, near Middle Ottawa Creek, for
several days, and were subsequently conveyed to Lecompton, where Gaius
Jenkins, G. 8. Brown, and other Free State prisoners were already in con-
finement. Agony, horror, anxiety and fatigue, unsettled the mind of John

Brown, Jr., to that extent that, while in camp as a prisoner, he was at
times violently insane.}

Battle of Black Jack.—Capt. Pate's company, once more in camp, be-
gan anew their system of marauding and plundering of Free-State settlers
His campaign came to a sudden
in an encounter with an armed party of
It is memorable, as the

on a more extensive scale than before.
and inglorious end on June 2,
Free-State men, much inferior to his in numbers.
first pitched battle in which the Frec-State
men were engaged. Many conflicting ac-
counts of the affair have been published,
varying so widely in detail as to throw
distrust on the entire accuracy of any of
them. The following, gathered from what
are deemed reliable sources of informa-
tion, is believed to be an essentially correct
account of the battle of Black Jack. This
battle occurred June 2, 1856. Old John
Brown came up from the Pottawatomie
the day before, Sunday, to Prairie City,
with twelve mounted men, including him-
self, three of his sons—Frederick, Owen
and Watson—and his son-in-law, Henry
Thompson (who was hanged at. Harper’s
Ferry), James Townsley, a Mr. Winner,
a German named Wininger, and Charles
Kaizer.

Six of Henry Clay Pate’s men had that
day made a raid on Palmyra, in retaliation
for the Pottawatomie massacre, and had
taken several prisoners, among them two
of the Barricklows and Dr. Graham. They
then concluded they would go over to
Prairie City and take that village also.
The people were in church when the de-
scent was made. Services were imme-
diately closed, without the formalities of
a benediction, and firing commenced.
After a round or two of firing, two of the
attacking party were wounded, All re-

    

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Brown and Shore, having collected their
men, started out again to find Pate’s men,
and about daylight next morning, dis-
covered them near a small rivulet, with
quite a little grove of Black Jack oaks,
amounting then to but underbrush, on
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from Prairie City.

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: * Both were guiltless. Townsley’s testimony, which is given in the history of Franklin
County, corroborated by other witnesses, proves conclusively that John Brown, Jr., discouraged
the expedition, and that on hearing of its murderous outcome ho resigned his command and, in
an excited condition bordering on insanity, left the camp and went home,

tIn a letter written by John Brown, Sr., to F, B. Sanborn, Concord, Mass., dated June
24, 1856, he says:

“John’s company soon after disbanded, and also the Osawatomie men. John tried to hide
for several days, but from the feclings of the ungrateful conduct of those who ought to have
stood by him, excessive fatigue, anxiety and loss ot sleep, became quite insane, and in that con-
dition gave up, or, as we are told, was betrayed at Osawatomie into the hands of the Bogus men.”

His allusion to the “ungrateful conduct of those’who ought to have stood by him” and his
‘suspicions of betrayal, and other allusions to “the cowardly, mean conduct of Osawatomie and
vicinity ” quite likely had reference to the proceedings of a public meeting held at Osawatomie
three days after the murders. The official report of the meeting was as follows:

“Ata meeting of the citizens of Pottawatomie Creek, without distinction of parties, held
at the branch between Messrs. Potter and Pertridges, on the 27th day of May, 1856, C. H. Price
was chosen Chairman and H. H. Williams Secretary.

“The Chairman then stated the object of the meeting, and a committee was appointed to
take the subject under consideration, The committee consisted of R. Goulding, R. Gilpatrick,
N.C. McDow, 8S. V. Vandaman, A. Castele and John Blunt. After consultation, the committee
reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted and a copy of
them ordered to be printed: .

“Waereas, An outrage of the darkest and foulest nature has been committed in our midst
by some midnight assassins unknown, who have taken five of our citizens at the hour of mid-
night from their homes and families, and murdered and mangled them in the most awful manner;
to prevent a repetition of these deeds, we deem it necessary to adopt some measures for our
mutual protection and to aid and assist in bringing these desperadoes to justice. Under these
circumstances, we propose to act up to the following resolutions:

  
   
   
   
  
    
    
  
   

 

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and drawn up behind their wagons, which they used for breastworks.
Capts. Brown and Shore’s men dismounted two or three hundred yards
from where the skirmish began, and leaving Wininger and Henricks in
charge of the horses, advanced upon the enemy in a curved line, wings
farthest advanced. Brown, armed with a revolver, was in the center, in
advance, in command. He repeatedly cautioned his men to aim low.
Brown’s men were armed with a variety of short range guns, while Shore’s
men had Sharpe’s rifles. When within supposed range of the latter, fire
was opened on Pate’s army, the whole thirty-one guns going off simulta-
neously. A second and a third volley were poured in, when Brown ordered
an advance, so that the short-range guns of his own men might be more
effective. Some of the men started forward on a run, and the line became
somewhat broken. When the line was again formed, the order was given
to lie down in the grass, then from one to two feet high. From this time,
until a flag of truce was raised by Pate’s command, firing was promiscuous
and continuous. In the meantime, Dr. Graham had escaped from his cap-
tors, by running directly across from them to Brown, falling down from
time to time in the ass, to escape the shots fired at him by the
Missourians. He told Capts. Brown and Shore that they could capture the
whole outfit if they persisted, so when the flag of truce appeared and Capt.
Pate proposed to capitulate, upon the condition of retaining their arms,
Capt. Brown informed him they were not taking prisoners on those terms,
and that the surrender must be unconditional. The flag was withdrawn
and the battle renewed.

It was soon discovered that Pate’s men were one by one falling back,
mounting their horses, and “skedaddling.” Orelius Carpenter, a crack
shot, was detailed to stop that kind of business by shooting their horses,
and in six shots brought down six horses,
himself having the end of his nose shot off,
and receiving the ball in his right arm,
near the shoulder. The flag of truce was
finally run up the second timc, and the
terms of unconditional surrender accepted
by Pate. Only twenty-eight of Pate’s
men were captured, the rest having
escaped during the fight.

The men of Capt. Shore’s command
actually engaged in the fight were the fol-
lowing: Capt. Samuel T. Shore; First
Lieut. Elkanah Timmons; Second Lieut.
Elizur Hill; Silas H. Moore, Elias Bas-
singer, Richard M. Pierson, Orelius A.
Carpenter, Sylvester Harris, Augustus
Shore, Montgomery Shore, Hiram McAl-
lister, —— Collins, William A. David, C.
L. Robbins, J. M. Robbins, John 8. Edie,
James P. Moore, Hugh McWhinney, John
McWhinney and Dr. Westfall.+

Battle of Franklin.—Two days after
the battle of Black Jack, a night attack
was made by a party of Free-State men
and boys, numbering fifteen or sixteen,
from Lawrence, upon a party of Law and
Order marauders who were at Franklin,
where they had stored considerable plun-
der. Theassailing party entered the town
at about 2 o’clock on the morning of June
5, and, after reconnoitering, marched to
the guard-house, where the enemy had
their headquarters, and demanded a sur-
render. The summons was answered by
a discharge of their cannon, the only piece

 

ee of artillery they had, which had been
Ree cramined to the muzzle with nails and
a other missiles calculated to scatter destruc-

tion. Owing to the darkness the aim was
not deadly, and the murderous charge
passed harmlessly over the heads of the
assailants. The cannon was not again
loaded. The assailants lay down and com-
tek menced firing with their Sharpe’s rifles,
their fire being sharply returned by the inmates of the house. The engagement
was thus kept up, without sortie from within or assault from without, until
near daybreak, when, as the coming light would render the firing more

“Resolved, That we will from this time lay aside all sectional and political feelings and ict
together as mon of reason and common sense, determined to oppose all men who are so ultra an
their views as to denounce men of opposite opinions,

“ Resolved, That we will repudiate and discountenance all organized bands of men who leave
their homes for the avowed purpose of exciting others to acts of violence, believing it to be the
duty of all good disposed citizens to stay at home during these exciting times and protect and, if
possible, restore the peace and harmony of the neighborhood; furthermore, we will discounte-
nance all armed bodies of men who may come amongst us from any other part of the Territory
or from the States, unless said parties shall come under the authority of the United States.

“Resolved, That we pledge ourselves, individually and collectively, to prevent a recurrence
of a similar tragedy and to ferret out and hand over tu the criminal authorities the porpetrators
for punishment,

“H. H. Wiuiiams, Secretary. C. H. Prick, President,

R. Gotpine, Chairman,
R, Ginpatrick,

W. C. McDow,

S. V. VANDAMAN,

A. CasTELE,

Joun Bunt,

} A li-t of those engaged in the battle or holding the horses, made out and subscribed to by
John Brown, now in the Kansas Historical Society's collection, gives the names as follows: Capt.
8. T. Shore, David Hendricks, Hiram McAllister, —— Parmely, Sylvester Harris, 0. A. Carpenter,
Augustus Shore, James Townsley, —— Hayden, John McWhiuney, Montgomery Shore, Elkanah
Timmons, Jacob Weincr, A. Bunda, Hugh McWhinney, Charles Keiser, Etizur Hill, William
David, B. L. Cockrain, Henry Thompson, Elias Baasinger, Owen Brown, Frederick Brown, Salmon
Brown, Oliver Brown, John Brown; all reported more or less severely wounded but nine.

Committee,”
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

deadly, the firing from within amd from without ceased almost simultanc-
ously. The Lawrence boys melted away with the darkness, and were in
Lawrence with the rising sun. None of themwere hurt. The Law and
Order men had suffered more during the siege. Six were wounded, one of
whom, Tischmaker, died the next day. Of the wounded, the Pro-slavery
papers report two from North Carolina, one from Georgia, and one from
Alabama. Tischmaker was a resident of Franklin. At the time the bat-
tle began there were in the guard-house twenty-three Georgians, Alabam-
ians and Missourians, Samuel Salters, the redoubtable Deputy Sheriff, and
several Pro-slavery residents of Franklin. This force, like that of the
besiegers, melted away with the rising sun, but it did not re-appear in
Lawrence—it fled to friendly camps elsewhere—all but Tischmaker, who
was too badly wounded—where they told the story of the dreadful siege
they had withstood, repulsing the enemy, whom they represented as two
hundred strong. The expedition was not an entire failure, although not
carried out as it had been planned. The Wakarusa Company, under the
lead of the gallant but modest Capt. Abbott, who had led the Een res-
cue, was to have come up to the attack of the town on one side, while the
Lawrence boys assailed the other. Owing to the intense darkness, the
Wakarusa boys missed their way, and instead of being at the appointed
place at the appointed time, were groping about in the ravines at the south
of the town. It was intended to have captured the cannon, arms and am-
munition, and bring them away with what provisions could be found, by
way of reprisal.

_ The Lawrence boys, unsupported and disappointed as they were, hav-
ing begun the battle, the Wakarusa force, guided by the noise of the mus-
ketry, found their bearings, and at last entered the town. To approach the
vicinity of the guard-house in the darkness, knowing neither friend from
foe, would have been foolhardy. They therefore proceeded to levy on the
Pro-slavery stores of Buford’s men. They loaded the only wagon they
could procure with powder, shot, caps, a few Sharpe’s rifles, some mus-
kets, making up their load with flour, bacon, coffee, sugar, and other pro-
visions, and, like their fighting allies, disappeared at break of day. The
cannon, the prize most coveted, although undefended at the close of the
battle, was reluctantly left behind, no means for its transportation havin
been provided. The grand object for which the expedition was planned
was, however, accomplished. Franklin ceased to be a base of supplies for
the invaders, or a place of rendezvous for the Southern soldiers, from
which they could constantly menace Lawrence and plunder the Wakarusa
settlers. If the assailants did not take Franklin to hold, they made it too
hot for the enemy, and compelled them to evacuate.

The Pro-slavery version of this affair, as it appeared in the Kansas
Weekly Herald, Leavenworth, was as follows:

On Wednesday morning last, about 2 o’clock, eighty Abolitionists attacked the town of
Franklin. There were but eight Pro-slavery men in the town at the time. They resisted
the attack. The firing was kept up for four hours. Mr. Tischmaker, a good citizen and a
Pro-slavery man, was shot through the lungs and died in a few hours. His house was rid-
dled with bullets. His child narrowly escaped being killed. The pillow on which it was
lying was shot to pieces, just missing the child’s head. Mr. Connelly and one other man
used a piece of cannon, and at about daylight drove back the Abolitionists, who were in
wagons. How many were killed of the outlaws is not known. They shot from behind
wagons, and thus kept themselves concealed. . :

7 Mr. MeGouldrick, a South Carolinian, was shot through the neck, supposed to be mor-
tally wounded. Mr.‘Carrol, a South Carolinian, was wounded in the hip. Capt. Chapman,

another South Carolinian, was in the fight and fought bravely. It is supposed that some
fifteen to twenty of the outlaws were killed.

As soon as the news of the Osawatomie murders reached the Missouri
border towns, the soldiers just returned from Lawrence were rallied fora
new invasion, not as before, under the call of the United States Marshal,
but, as the Pro-slavery papers put it, to protect the Pro-slavery settlers
who were being driven from their homes or slaughtered without mercy by
their abolition neighbors.

In addition to the command of Capt. Pate, whose career was tempor-
arily checked at Black Jack, a considerable force was raised at Westport,
Independence and other Missouri towns for a new invasion. The Com-
mander-in-chief was Gen. Whitfield, the Pro-slavery Delegate to
Congress, who had left the Investigating Committee, then in session at
Leavenworth, to engage in the more congenial work of organizing and
‘leading a force from Missouri into the Territory, to whale into submission
the abolition part of the constituency he claimed to represent. The force
with which he left Westport for the seat of war numbered something over
two hundred and fifty men, well armed and accoutered for a short campaign.
He entered the Territory on June 2, intending to be joined by Pate’scom-
pany and the other smaller bands that were still there. (Pate, for reasons
apparent, did not make a junction.) He marched as far as Bull Creek,
twelve mi'es east of the present site of Bildwin City, Douglas County,
where he encamped on June 3. His army was increased while there by
numerous small accessions, and now numbered 800men. Among his under
officers were: Capt. Reed, of Independence, Mo.; Capt. Jenigen, who had
shortly before been taken prisoner by Capt. Samuel Walker, while making
an unsuccessful night attack on his (Walker’s) house, and released by
Walker on parole; Capt. Bell and several prominent Southern officers of
Buford’s regiment.

As soon as it became known among the Free-State men that an armed
force had entered the Territory from Missouri, the Free-State companies
were called to arms, and began to muster defensively, within supporting
distance of each other, round about Prairie City. On the 5thof June, the
Free-State troops in the neighborhood were encamped as follows: At
Hickory Point, one mile from Palmyra, 115 men—fifteen from Franklin;
a few from Bloomington, under Capt. Walker; a small detachment of the
“Lawrence Stubbs,” under Capt. Cracklin; and the Wakarusa Company,
under Capt. Abbott; a little back of Prairie City, Capt. Shore, with
forty men; in the thick woods, near Middle Ottawa Creek, strongly in-
trenched and guarding Pate and his fellow-prisoners, Old John Brown,
with fifteen men. :

Not many miles away, his exact whereabouts known only to his

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friends, was Charley Lenhart, the wild young printer, who had been
strongly suspected of the attempt on Sheriff Tones! life in Lawrence, a
few weeks before. He was the leader of the Free-State guerrilla band
(numbering some twenty young men, quite as reckless and fearless as him-
self), who since the sack of Lawrence had been making reprisals on Pro-
slavery men wherever and whenever an opportunity offered. Cooke, after-
ward hung at Harper’s Ferry, was one of the party. All efforts to capt-
ure them or break up the gang had proved futile, and they were, at this
time, well armed and mouied acting as cavalry scouts to the determined
little army of Free-state infantry encamped about Prairie City.

At this time (June 5), Whitfield moved his army to the immediate vi-
cinity of the Free-State forces, and encamped in a ravine half a mile south
of Palmyra. He was within a short distance of the hiding place of Old
John Brown, of whom he was in search, and under the careful surveil-
lance of the Free-State troops encamped near by, who had come out to
fight most desperately in Brown’s defense, in case the invaders should at-
tempt his capture. A most bloody and desperate battle seemed im-
minent.

The efforts of Gov. Shannon to disarm the Free-State men, and thus
render them defenseless, and to break up “the d d guerrillas,” proved
alike ineffectual. Tidings of Pate’s disaster, the raid on Franklin, and
the continued depredations of Lenhart and his men, convinced the Gov-
ernor that his friends were being hard pressed, and that the advance of
Whitfield’s army would meet with desperate resistance. As on a former
occasion, he raised his reluctant voice in the interests of peace, and sum-
moned Col. Sumner to the task of quelling the disorders which had grown
out of his withdrawing him from Lawrence a few days before it was
sacked. On June 4, he issued the following proclamation:

 

Wuerzas, information has been received by us that armed bodies of men exist in dif-
ferent parts of the Territory, who have committed and threaten to commit acts of lawless
violence on peaceable and unoffending citizens—taking them prisoners, despoiling them of
their property and threatening great personal violence.

It appearing also that armed combinations have been formed for the avowed purpose
of resisting the execution of the Territorial laws and preventing the execution of any proc-
ess by the officers of this Territory.

It appearing further that individuals, as well as associated bodies of men, have assumed
to themselves the power of notifying citizens of the Territory to leave their abodes, and in
some cases to quit the country, under threats of inflicting severe penalties on those who do
not comply.

Now, therefore, I, Wilson Shannon, Governor of the Territory of Kansas, do issue
this, my proclamation, to command all persons within Lhis Territory, not authorized by the
laws thereof, to disperse an return peaceably to their respective abodes; and to warn all
such persons that these military organizations for such purposes are ille; al, and if necessary
will be dispersed by the military force placed by the President of the United States at my
disposal for the purpose of preserving the peace and enforcing the laws of the Territory.
That steps have been taken to disperse all unlawful military organizations, which are
threatening the peace of the country, and the good order of society, and to disarm them
should they assemble. All civil officers of the Government are required to be vigilant in
enforcing the laws against such offenders and in protecting the citizens, both in their
persons and property, against all violence and wrong.

I further declare that all notices given to citizens or persons found in the Territory to
leave the same or their houses or any particular locality are unauthorized by law and highly
reprehensible as tending to breeches of the peace and violence and disorder.

I further declare that all law-abiding citizens of the Territory, without regard to party,
names or distinctions, must be protected in their persons and property. And that all mil-
itary organizations to resist the execution of the laws of the Territory, or to disturb the
peace thereof, must be dispersed. All aggressive parties from without the Territory must be
repelled. That the military force placed under the contro: of the executive of this Territory
is my sufficient to enforce the laws and to protect the citizens in their rights.

further declare that in carrying out this proclamation, no distinction or inquiry is to
be madeasto party, but all persons of all parties are to be treated alike under like circumstan-
ces. ‘ Obedience to the laws, and consequent security to the citizens of Kansas are primary ob-
jects; and all lawless violence within the Territory, in whatever form it may manifest itself
must be repressed,” and the prnclamagion of the President of the United States of the 11th
of February last will be strictly enforced; and a requisition has been made upon Col. Sum-
ner for a sufficient military force to insure obedience to this proclamation.

I call on all good citizens to aid and assist in preserving peace, repressing violence and
bringing offenders to justice, and in maintaining the supremacy of the law.*

In response to the Governor’s orders, Col. Sumner with his command
moved promptly to the scene of disturbance. He was accompanied by
Deputy Marshal Fain, who was to make such arrests as should prove
necessary in dispersing the armed band on either side, and otherwise
effecting obedience to the proclamation. They arrived at Prairie City
June 5, in the neighborhood of which the opposing forces were disposed
as"before stated. Capt. Shore’s camp was first visited by Col. Sumner,
who commanded him to immediately disband. Without offering objection
or protest, he gave cheerful and prompt obedience to the command, coniing,
as it did, from a recognized and respected source of authority. Old John
Brown having been informed that Col. Sumner desired to see him, came
forthwith out of his lair, and appeared in camp. Contrary to his expecta-
tions, Sumner, without preliminary parley, informed him that he must
consider himself a prisoner, ‘‘as a civil functionary who accompanied the
troops had a warrant out for him which he was there to serve.” The
Marshal did not, however, serve any papers on him at that time, holdin,
Brown in wholesome dread, albeit he was then in military custody an

 

* The following dispatch, sent by President Pierce to Gov. Shannon, May 23, doubtless influ-
enced him in the somewhat tardy issue of the above proclamation:

WasuINGToN Ciry, May 23, 1856.
To Witson SHANNON, GOVERNOR OF Kansas TER.:

Since my telegraph of this morning was sent, the Secretary of War has laid before me»
Col. Sumner’s letter to you of the 12th inst. His suggestion strikes me as wise and prudent, and
I hope that before this reaches you decisive measures will have been taken, to have the process in
the hands of the Marshal quietly executed. My knowledge of facts is imperfect, but, with the
force of Col. Sumner at hand, I perceive no occasion for the posse, armed or unarmed, which the
Marshal is said to have assembled at Lecompton. The instructions issued to yourself and Col.
Sumner, during your last visit to this city, must be efficiently executed. Sufficient power was
committed to you, and you must use it.

Obedience to the laws and consequent security to the citizens of Kansas are primary objecta.
You must repress lawless violence within the Territory, in whatever form it may manifest itself.

(Signed.) FRANKLIN PIERCE.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Terri-

‘tory to be affixed this 4th day of June, 1856.
WILsoN SHANNON.
By the Governor.
DANIEL Woopson, Secretary.
134 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

urrounded by armed soldiers.* He was demanded to immediately surren-
der up Pate and his other prisoners, which he offered to do on condition
that they should be held for trial for robbery. An unconditional surrender
was insisted on by Col. Sumner, whereupon, without further discussion,
Brown conducted the soldiers, accompanied by Deputy Marshal Fain, to
his place of retreat, where, on a spot naturally adapted for defense, he had
intrenched himself so strongly that Col. Sumner is reported to have said
that a thousand men could not have dislodged him. Within the intrench-
ment were Pate and twenty-six of his men, prisoners, guarded by fifteen
of Brown’s party. The whole camp, including prisoners, were at once
taken in custody by the United States troops. Col. Sumner called upon
Fain to serve such writs as he had given him to understand he held
against Brown and his men. His reply that he saw no one there whom he
desired to arrest brought an indignant rebuke from the bluff soldier, who,
despising both cowardice and deceit, felt that he had been imposed upon
by both, the Marshal having declined to arrest any of the party. Col.
Sumner liberated the prisoners (Pate and his men), returned to them their
eee arms and equipage, and ordered them to leave the Territory forth-
with.

He then ordered Capt. Brown and his company to disperse. Brown
protested against the injustice and cruelty of dispersing his own and
other Free-State forces, while Whitfield, with an armed force of Missou-
rians, remained undisturbed in camp only two miles away. On the pledge
of Col. Sumner that he would immediately order them from the Terri-
tory, he urged no further objection, but broke camp and departed.

Col. Sumner, on reaching Whitfield’s camp, was received with the
polite and affable consideration due his rank and authority. He was told
by Whitfield that he had been misinformed both as to the character and
intention of himself and his men; that instead of being, as he had been
led to believe, a hostile force from Missouri, threatening to destroy or even
harass the Free-State men, they were mostly residents of the Territory,
armed for the defense of themselves and their Pro-slavery neighbors, and
for the rescue of their friends now in the hands of lawless bands of armed
men who, in defiance of law and order, were threatening destruction to all
Pro-slavery residents in that part of the Territory. The various creeks
and settlements in the Territory from which these immaculate defenders
of the innocent had come were given with a frankness calculated to
deceive one ignorant of the geographical catalogue of names of creeks
and settlements scattered over the Territory. With the assurance that the
Free-State companies had already been, or would be, immediately dis-
persed, and that Pate’s command had been already liberated from captivity,
“Whitfield declared that the warlike mission of his troops was at an end,
promised to immediately disperse them to their numerous homes, and
pledged them, on his word of honor, not-to again assemble in arms. Col.
Sumner, relying upon his promise, withdrew toward Prairie City, while
Whitfield broke camp and moved down the Santa Fé road to a point some
five miles below, and encamped on Black Jack for the night.

The other Free-State forces from Franklin, Wakarusa, etc., on the
order of Col. Sumner, disbanded sufficiently to be invisible if they did not

‘o home.

, Whitfield’s men, on their march to Black Jack on the evening of the
5th, took prisoner and carried along with them a Free-State man named
Cantrel. He was a Missourian, had rendered assistance at the battle of
Black Jack, although not one of those engaged, and had otherwise shown
himself a stanch Free-State man. Four other prisoners had fallen into
their hands on the march. On the 6th, with their prisoners, they moved
to Cedar Creek, some fifteen miles, where they encamped about noon.
Here the party divided, the actual Pro-slavery residents who had joined
the force after it entered the Territory, disbanded, leaving the Missouri
wing, now numbering with Pate’s men, who had joined them, not far from
two hundred men. At this place, Cantrel was tried for “treason to Missou-
ri,” by a mock court organized for the purpose, convicted, taken out into
a ravine, so near that his cries of terror and pain were distinctly heard in
camp by the other prisoners, and shot dead. Two of the remaining pris-
oners, having given satisfactory evidence that they were Pro-slavery men,
were liberated immediately after Cantrel’s execution. The fate of the
others is not known. The finding of dead bodies near the continued line
of march, which were never identified, led to the belicf that they met the
fate of Cantrel.

Meanwhile, Col. Sumner, with part of his command, having confidence
in Whitfield’s promises, returned to Fort Leavenworth, leaving a company
of dragoons, under command of Lieut. McIntosh, encamped in the vicin-
ity of Palmyra, and still another company near Osawatomie, under Maj.
‘Sedgwick. There was also a small force on Middle Ottawa Oreck, guard-
ing John Brown, Jr., Jason Brown, Mr. Williams, Mr. Partridge, and oth-
er prisoners taken by Pate at Osawatomie. Unfortunately, Sedgwick,
not apprehending further trouble from Whitficld’s men, moved his force
up toward Ottawa Creek, several miles away from Osawatomie, on the
morning of June 7, not many hours before the Missourians approached the
town. The assurance given that Sedgwick with his troops was still en-
camped near the town, and would therefore protect it, prevented the Free-
State men from rallying to its defense, as they were otherwise determined
to do, and had so re-assured the citizens thnt they/had nearly all gone out
upon their claims to work, leaving the women and children, with not over
a dozen men, in the village.

 

* Redpath, in his “ Life of Capt. John Brown,” page 138, says: “Capt. Brown answered
that if any Territorial official dared to serve a writ on him, he would shoot him dead on the
spot; and, fixing his stern glance on the Marshal, convinced that trembling official that the
presence of a company ofsoldiers would not save him from the fate the old man threatened.”

The same author, page 136, puts the strength of Whitfield's force “at twenty-one hundred
mounted men.” .

Mr. Redpath’s known exaggerations, added to the fact that he wrote under excitement and
strong prejudice, and always with a view to influence his readers to adopt his own line of
thought, detracts much from the historic value of his writings. ;

+ Phillips, in his ‘Conquest of Kansas,” page 362, tells how Col. Sumner, in terms more
emphatic than polite, upbraided Pate for prostituting the U.S. arms Guy, Shannon had given
him to such unauthorized and unsoldierly uses.

As the army approached the town,” their outriders ascertained that
Sedgwick’s force was gone, and that the town was defenseless. Thus re-
assured, the soldiers entered. No resistance was made by the inhabitants,
and a general pillage began, which did not end until every house had been
entered, the portable valuables taken, and other property destroyed. They
fired several buildings, which were, however, extinguished by the citizens.
Owing to the uncertain proximity of the United States Dragoons, the de-
struction of the town was averted, and at the end of an hour and a half,
the sack being complete, the raiders hurriedly departed, drunk with whisky
and brandy which they had found, and loaded with booty. Thus did Gen.
Whitfield* make good his “word of honor,” pledged to Col. Sumner two
days before. Murder and pillage marked his homeward march, done with
cowardly impunity, since the United States Dragoons unwittingly covered
his retreat and kept the Free-State men at a safe distance. :

A few days later, the force reached Westport, where it was disbanded.
Open hostilities for a time ceased south of the Kansas River, and affairs
relapsed into the less demonstrative and milder form of anarchy which had
hitherto prevailed. ;

While the war was progressing south of the Kaw, the Free-State set-
tlers living north of the river and in the border towns of Atchison, Leav-
enworth and other places of less note, made no aggressive demonstrations.
Being numerically weak, without organization, and thus at the mercy of
their foes, they sought safety in silent neutrality, allowing their friends on
the Pottawatomie and Wakarusa to fight their battles single-handed, in
their own way. They were, nevertheless, subject to every outrage which
their defenseless condition invited, or the vindictiveness of their foes could
devise. They were threatened, forcibly driven from the Territory, robbed,
imprisoned and murdered.t Every Free-State man in that region was
under surveillance of committees of vigilance, or put under the ban of
open proscription. No men displayed more unflinching courage, or suffered
more for the cause of freedom in Kansas, than did the Free-State men of
Leavenworth and Atchison Counties during the reign of terror that began
there in June, and continued, with slight intermission, until near the close
of the year.

The Free-State papers were suppressed, those at Lawrence being
destroyed. The only one remaining, the Kansas Tribune, Topeka, was
in a state of temporary suspension, its supply of paper having been
stopped in transit by the Law and Order men of Missouri. Thus, with no
means of contradicting any reports, however false or exaggerated they
might be, the Pro-slavery papers made the most of their advantage, and
their columns fairly overflowed with fictitious accounts of abolition out-
rages perpetrated daily upon Pro-slavery settlers. AJ] counter outrages on
Free-State men were either suppressed, given with ereerielg circum-
stances, or justified and commended. The history of American journal-
ism furnishes no such example of unmitigated falsification, systematic dis-
tortion of facts, and infamous libels of reputable citizens, as appeared in
the Pro-slavery journals of Kansas and the border counties of Missouri
during the summer and fall of 1856. The leading Kansas papers were
the Squatter Sovereign, Atchison, J. H. Stringfellow, editor; the Kansas
Herald, Leavenworth, L. J. Eastin, editor. Both editors were members of
the Territorial Legislature. They were supported largely by Government
advertising patronage, which gave to their reprehensible editorial effusions
a semi-official authority in the minds of their readers, which rendered
them doubly mischievous.

During the summer, these two papers vied with each other in inflam-
ing the already aroused passions of the Pro-slavery people along the
border, and inciting them to deeds of lawless violence against all persons
not openly in favor of making Kansas a Slave State. classing all such, in-
discriminately, as Abolitionists. They urged with vehemence the neces-
sity of exterminating all such as remained in the Territory, and the estab-
lishment of an effectual blockade against all Free-State emigrants on the
Missouri and along the northern frontier. Short extracts are civen below,
showing the pervading spirit of the Pro slavery press of Kansas and Mis-
souri at that time.

The Westport Border Times, of May 27, announced the Osawatomie
murders under the head ‘“ War! War!” as follows:

We learn from a dispatch just received from Col. A. G. Boone, dated at Paola, K. Ts
May 26, 1856, and signed by Gons. Teiskell and Barbeo, that the reported murder of eight
Pro-slavery men in Franklin County, K. T., is but too true. The dispatch says:

“Tt is my painful duty to inform you that Allen Wilkinson is no more. About 12
o'clock on Saturday night last, a party of some twenty men entered his house, and in spite of
the entreaties of his wife, dragved him out of his bed and brutally murdered him, They

then proceeded to the house of an old man named Doyle, and murdered the old man and
favo sons. Ther then went toa Mr. Sherman's where they murdered three more men. A

cae Whitman was also killed. The bodies of the murdered men weré terribly
mutilated.’ :
This dispatch says: “The only reason that could he assigned for this inhuman butchery

was that the Abolitionists (the court being in session) were afraid that these men woul
be called upon to give evidence against them, as many of them were charged with treason.”
An appeal is made to the South for men and money. Civil war, with all its horrors,
now rages in Kansas Territory. Where is Gov. Shannon? Where are the United States
troops? are the oft repeated questions. How they are to be answered, time alone will show.

The Kansas Herald (Leavenworth) announced Pate’s capture in an
extra, June 4, under the startling headlines, ‘More Abolition Outrages!”’
and enumerated in capital letters the following list of casualties in his
company:

“Supposed Murder of J. M. Bernard—I. W. Foreman, H. Hamilton
and J. Lux, who Went in Search of Bernard, Taken Prisoners—Deputy
U. 8. Marshal Attacked—Fiftcen of Capt Pate’s Company Killed—Capt.
Fale and Several of his Men Taken Prisoners—James Magee Badly

ounded.” ;

* Tt is stated by John H. Gihon—“ Geary and Kansas”—page 90, that Whitfield was not
present at the sacking of Osuwatomie; that he, with a partof his command, had taken the direct
route to Westport, while another division, under the command of Gen. Reid, with Capts. Pate,
Bell and Jenigen, took in Osawatomie on their march. The question of his personal participa-
tion in the affair is, perhaps, immaterial.—Eb.

+ For details concerning the disorders prevailing, and the outrages suffered at that time by
the Free-State men in the border counties north of the Kansas River, the reader is referred to
the histories of Atchison and Leavenworth Counties, which are a part of this work.
HISTORY OF

The account foots up Pate’s loss, after displayi
a 88, playing desperate valor, at
fifteen killed, many wounded. It says: “The Anolitionists numbered

between seventy and eighty strong.” ‘Pate’s men numbered only thirt
The abolition loss in killed is set a at nine. avec

The leading editorial, in the same issue containing the above, under the
caption, “‘ War in Kansas,” apprehensive that too great exa geration of
the frightful conditions of affairs may have a depressing effect on Pro-
slavery immigration, commences with this re-assuring paragraph:

ao Notwithstanding the earnest efforts of two widely circulating morning papers in this
city to make the pubhia believe that all Kansas is ae in arms and about pusLeES in a fierce
and bloody war, peace reigns throughout all her wide domain, save and except in one mis-
erable little town, where, under the auspices of a few New England fanatics, Nate assembled
a gang of Yankee-negro thieves, who, encouraged by political demagogues and ambitious
gle eet are acting out the evil propensities of their nature, setting the laws at defiance,
and declaring their independence o courts, penal statutes, governments and everything
but their own mad, ungovernable passions. ie A ea
A stranger, reading these papers, would never dream that Kansas was a large Terri-
tory, and that in all its broad domain, and all its territory, settled townships and villages,
save one, the people were pursuing their usual avocations in peacefulness and contentment.
But such is the fact.

Further on, it continues:

We have little respect for any of the psalm-singing button-makers and tin peddlers of
New En; land,and see enough of them about our own city whining and intermeddling with
everybody’s business, not to appreciate the feelings of contempt and abhorrence the people
of Kansas must feel for the nest of thieving paupers and tract distributers of Lawrence.
Here the better class of them come and “speculate” and “trade” and “dicker,” calling
themselves merchants, and assume to be respectable and law-abiding citizens, but once give
them a chance to cheat, or in any way act out their propensities, Bnet they will rob their best
benefactors.

* * * * * + * * * * * * Ed * * *

The people of Kansas have been sorely annoyed and plagued with these creatures, and
we trust they will now drive out, root out the whole gang, root and branch, and leave not
one of them in the whole Territory. It would be a pity to hang them, since some of them
are the dupes and tools of greater knaves than themselves.

If Beecher and Dutton and Greeley and Sumner could be made to suffer their deserts,
we would hold up both hands for their immediate punishment; but, as they have been too
cunning and too cowardly to do what they have urged others to do, justice must fall upon
the hea Is of weaker and less deserving creatures. e would, therefore, ask that it be sea-
soned with mercy, and that the poor creatures that infest Lawrence be driven out of the
Territory with stripes on their backs, and admonished never to show their faces west of the
Missouri River again.

The Squatter Sovereign, June 10, says:

Hundreds of the Free-State men who have committed no overt act, but have only given
countenance to those reckless murderers, assassins and thieves will of necessity share the
same fate of their brethren. If civil war is to be the result, in such a conflict there cannot
be and will not be any neutrals recognized. “He that is not for usis against us” will of
necessity be the motto; and those who are not willing to take either one side or the other
are the most unfortunate men in Kansas, and had better flee to other regions as expedi-
tiously as possible—they are not the men for Kansas.

In the same issue, under the heading: ‘Startling News !— More
Outrages by the Abolitionists!’? commencing with the outrage upon
Capt. Pate, at Black Jack, seven distinct outrages upon Pro-slavery
men_ are detailed, varying in atrocity from horse and negro stealing to
murder in a majority of instances. Many of the stories were pure fabri-
cations; but at that time there was no opposition paper in the Territory to
contradict any statement put forth, however false it might be. The
editorial comments on this column of atrocities read thus:

We also have rumors of the murder of Pro-slavery men in other portions of the Terri-
tory. The Abolitionists shoot down our men without provocation wherever they meet
them. Let us retaliate in the same manner. A free fight is all we desire. If murder and
assassination is the programme of the day, we are in favor of filling the bill. Let not the
knives of the Pro-slavery men be sheathed while there is one Abolitionist in the Territory.
As they have shown no quarters to our men, they deserve none from us. Let our motto be
written in blood upon our flags, ‘‘ Death to all Yankees and Traitors in Kansas !”

We have 150 men in Atchison ready to start at an hour’s notice. All we lack is horses
and provisions. Cannot our friends in Missouri, whose interests are identical with ours,
contribute something that will enable us to protect our lives and families from the outrages
of the cowardly assassins of the North? Ifthe South ever intends to act, now is the time!
Our murdered friends must be avenged! We again repeat, let not this war cease until Kan-
sas is purged of Abolitionists!

The Squatter Sovereign, May 27, gave what it entitled a ‘‘Summary of
events in Douglas County.’’ It denied the charge of robbery and theft on
the part of the invaders. The summary closed thus:

With a force of 750 men, the town disarmed and at our mercy, we simply executed to
the letter what the law decreed, and left, as though we had been to church—by the way, there
is no church in Lawrence, but several free love associations. .

We publish this statement without any embellishment, that the world may judge
between us and our opponents.

In the Leavenworth Herald, of June 14, on the first page, and in the
column adjoining Gov. Shannon’s proclamation ordering Col. Sumner
to disperse all armed bands throughout the Territory, appeared a circular,
signed by the Pro-slavery committees of Doniphan, Atchison and Leaven-
worth Counties, calling on friends in the South for material aid—arms,
ammunition, etc. It was afterward copied by nearly every paper through-
out the Slave States, and was there generally accepted as a true statement
of the condition of affairs in Kansas. It read as follows:.

To our friends throughout the United States—The sondérsigried having been appointed acom-
mittee by our fellow-cltizensof the counties of Leavenworth, Doniphan and Atchison,in Kan-
sas Territory, to consult together, and to adopt measures for mutual protection, and the ad-
vancement of the interests of the Pro-slavery party in Kansas Territory, this day assembled
at the town of Atchison, to undertake the responsible duties assigned us; and in our present
emergency deem it expedient to address this circular to our friends throughout the Union,
but more particularly in the slave-holding States. We would not officiously undertake to
represent the whole Pro-slavery party; but on this occasion, when every man is required at
his post to protect his family, friends and property from the attacks of bands of midnight
assassins, it is impossible to call a general meeting of our party. _ ; : .

The time has arrived when prompt action is required, and, in the interior of Kansas,
can easily be supplied from various points in the above named counties, they embracing our
whole front on the Missouri River. The Pro-slavery party is the only one in Kansas which

retends to uphold the Government, or abide by the laws. Our party, from the beginning,
fies sought to make Kansas a Slave State only by legal means. We have been slandered
and vilified almost beyond endurance, yet we have not resorted to violence, but steadily pur-
sued the law for the accomplishment of our objects, believing it the only proper course—and
the party is still of the same opinion. Twice have we been called out in large numbers
to aid the officers in the execution of the laws, and under very aggravating circumstances,
when, if our people had been willing to trample under foot the laws, as our enemies do, we
were in a condition to wage a war of extermination against all the enemies of the Pro-slayery

arty in Kansas. Yet we controlled ourselves, our enemies promising in future to obey the

aws. Notwithstanding the many falsehoods circulated by the Abolitionists, in and out of
Kansas Territory, the day never been that. we were not able, legally and fairly, to out-

‘legal authorities, and placed in the hands of a

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vote them; and to-day, if all restraints and obligations to support the Government and
abide by the laws were thrown off, and open war declared between the Pro-slavery and all
other parties in the Territory, we could, in less than a month, rid ourselves of our last enemy
without the help of a single outsider.

Let not these statements, however (although true to the letter), prevent any one from
coming to Kansas, who intends to become a citizen of Kansas, for we need all that will
come; and remember that in October next, our Representatives to the Legislature will be
elected, and our enemies will make a desperate struggle. Bring your aves with you.
They are safe here, Abolitionists cannot steal them and get them out of Kansas.

We have proclaimed to the world that we recognize the principles of the Kansas Bill as
just and right, and although we preferred Kansas being made a Negro Slave State, yet we
never dreamed of making it so by the aid of bowie-knives, revolvers and Sharpe rifles, un-
til we were threatened to be driven out of the Territory by a band of hired Abolitionists,
bought up and sent here to control our elections and steal our slaves and those of our friends
in pcieining. States. These threats made us prepare ourselves for whatever issue might be
presented.

We are still ready, and intend to continue so, if our friends abroad stand by and sus-
tain us. We are now in a condition that requires constant vigilance, day and night. Our
people are poor, and their labor is their capital, deprive them of that, which we are now
compelled to do, and they must be supported from abroad, or give up the cause of the South.
The Northern Abolitionists can raise millions of dollars, and station armed bands of fanatics
throughout the Territory, and support them in order to deprive Southern men of their con-
stitutional rights. We address this to our friends, only for the purpose of letting them
know our true condition and our wants. We know that our call will meet a ready, will-
ing and liberal response. Since we left Lawrence, on the day of its surrender and humil-
iation, the I'ree-State men, having learned, we suppose by the aid of Howard and Sherman
of the Congressional Committee of Investigation, that our iaws were all unconstitutional
and void, and would be so declared by Congress, have begun a regular system of midnight
assassinations, robberies and the whole catalogue of crimes, wherever they can find unpro-
tected men, women and children. Hence the absolute necessity of our people everywhere
being constantly ready for any emergency, and, in order to be thus, we need money, horses,
provisions and ammunition; but with the money we, perhaps, can purchase all we need
cheaper than our friends can supply us, except in Missouri. From twenty to thirty of our
people have recently fallen by the hands of fanatical Abolitionists, without any pretended
excuse, except that it was known they believed “Southern people had equal rights with
Northern in the Territories.” They are being hunted up and brought to justice, and the
blood of our slain people, and the tears of their widows and orphans will continue to ery
aloud for vengeance until the last assassin and traitor is brought to justice. Their cry will
not be in vain. We profess to be alaw-abiding people, and we practice what we profess, but
when the law|ceases to afford protection, and revolution, insurrection and rebellion are forced
upon us, we expect to be ready to meet that issue, too. Thus far we have sustained the prin-
ciples of the Pro-slavery party in Kansas, peacefully—we prefer thus to continue, but if our
party is to be put down, or civil war follows, we are ready to do our duty.

Heaven and earth are being moved in all the Free States to induce overwhelming ar-
mies to march here to drive us from the land. We are able to take care of those already
here, but let our brethren in the States take care of the outsiders—watch them, and if our
enemies march for Kansas, let our friends come along to take care of them, and if nothin,
but a fight can bring about a peace, let us have a fight that will amount to something. Sen
us the money and other articles mentioned as soon as practicable, and if the Abolitionists
find it convenient to bring their supplies, let our friends come with ours. Arrangements
have been made with Messrs. Majors, Russel & Co., Leavenworth, K.T.; J. W. Foreman & Co.,
Doniphan, K. T.; and C. E. Woolfolk & Co., Atchison, K. T., to receive any money or other
articles sent for our relief, and will report to the undersigned, and we pledge ourselves that
all will be distributed for the benefit of the cause. Horses we greatly need—footmen being
useless in running down midnight assassins and robbers.

Leavenworth County—W. I. Murphy, Chairman; J. J. Clarkson, C. B. Norris, D. A. N.
Grover, Hugh M. Moore.

Doniphan County—T. J. Key, Chairman ; J. F. Foreman, C. L. Newman, A. Heade, J. S.
Pemberton.

Atchison County—P. T. Abell, Chairman; J. A. Headley, A. J. Frederick, J. F. Green, Jr.,
E. C. Mason. :

ATcHIsON, K. T., June 6, 1856.
4@-All Pro-slavery papers will please copy.

THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE,

This committee arrived in Leavenworth from Lawrence, where it had
concluded its work, Tuesday, May 18, and held its first session there on
the following day. They were continued, without any serious interruption,
until the excitement which followed the sacking of Lawrence. and the con-
sequent disorders south of the Kansas River. Up to that time, the opposi-
tion to its work was confined to acrimonious newspaper strictures on its
proceedings, and bitter denunciation of the Free-soil members—Messrs.
Sherman and Howard. Almost as soon as the soldiers had returned from
the sack of Lawrence, and news had been received of the Osawatomie
tragedy, the opposition to the committee became bolder and the hindrances
more annoying, if not more dangerous to a majority of its members and
officers. Threatening letters were received by Mr. Sherman personally,
Some witnesses were arrested, and others so intimidated that they dared
not testify. The Free-soil members were openly execrated in a public
indignation meeting. On the morning of May 26, there was found posted
on the door of the committee room the following:

Ma: \.
Messrs. HowsRD AND SHERMAN: oe

Sir—With feelings of Surprise and Disgust we have been noticing the unjust man-
ner in which you have been Conducting this Investigation. %

We therefore request you to alter your Obnoxious course, in order to avoid the conse-
quences which may otherwise follow. :
Cart. Hemp—in behalf of the citizens.
LEAVENWORTH Crry, 1856.

At a meeting of Pro-slavery citizens, held in Leavenworth May 31,
the government of the city was taken entirely out of the hands of the
igilance Committee,* with
power to appoint a Chief of Police, who, with his posse, was to hold
himself subject to the direction and control of the committee, and “‘obey
strictly, to the letter, neither falling short of nor exceeding” its orders.
The appointment of this committee, as embodied in the resolutions, was:
‘‘To re-establish peace among us, and give security to persons and property;
and this in order that men may pursue their lawful avocations, without
being interrupted by lawless violence; without being subjected to such
fearful excitements, and without apprehension of depredations from such
outlaws as now infest our community.”

The avowed intention was to conquer a peace. The organization was
declared to be “not against opinions properly entertained and respectfully
expressed,” but against those ‘‘who openly strike at our peace and security,
or who clandestinely and treacherously give them aid and comfort.” ‘In
one word,” the resolution concludes, “we organize against treason, whether
open or secret; against outlaws, incendiaries, traitors, and all their aiders
and abettors.” All those who came “armed with Sharpe’s rifles, under the
patronage of Eastern Emigrant Aid Socicties,” were branded as suspicious

*See “History of Leavenworth.”

+
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characters, and commended especially to the attention of the Vigilance
Committee. Other counties and towns cherishing opinions expressed in
the resolutions adopted, were urged to organize in like manner, pledged
not to cease their united efforts until ‘‘outlaws be either expelled from the
Territory, or receive summary justice.” :

The “Capt. Hemp” placard already given, which had been placed on
the door of the committee’s room, was condemned as ‘‘ill-advised’’ and
“not in accordance with the views and feelings of the peaceable and law-
abiding people of this community,” but the resolutidn was “not to be con-
strued into an indorsement of the respectability of said committee, or the
propriety of their course and mission.”

The committee was appointed by the Mayor, and commenced its work
of proscription June 5, by serving notice on several prominent Free-State
citizens to leave on the next boat, on pain of serious consequences not
definitely described in the writ of ejectment. The work of this committee
was short-lived—Gov. Shannon’s proclamation was received in Leaven-
worth October 8, and thereupon the committee formally disbanded.

The effect of the meeting of May 31, although its committee did not
immediately get to work, was to so intimidate witnesses that further testi-
mony from Free-State men could not be procured, and the committee left
the Territory. A short stay was made at Westport, Mo. From there, the
majority—Howard and Sherman—proceeded to New York, and thence to
Washington. Mr. Oliver, the Pro-slavery member of the committee, did not
accompany them, but tarried to take ex-
parte testimony concerning the Osawato-
mie murders, and on other points calculated
to strengthen the Pro-slavery cause or
rebut the Free-State testimony taken,
which testimony accompanied the minor-
ity report presented to the House by him.*

RENEWED EXCITEMENT IN THE STATES.

The news of the sack of Lawrence
fanned anew the flame of excitement
throughout the Northern States. The tone
of the papers, the resolutions of the public
meetings held all over the North to con-
sider and discuss Kansas affairs, the voice
of the Northern pulpit—all were warlike.
Henry Ward Beecher, then in his glori-
ous prime, advocated sending Sharpe’s
rifles, instead of Bibles, to Kansas, and
pledged his Brooklyn parish to furnish a
definite number. The emigration fever
raged with increasing heat, complicated
with a fighting delirium which boded no
good to the Pro-slavery party, which had
thus far held Kansas by the throat. Every
party that set out came prepared for de-
fense; and many came eager for the fray.
There were fewer women and children,
less house-luggage, fewer agricultural im-
plements; more men, more arms, more
ammunition.

The peaceful organizations known as
Emigrant Aid Societies, working for the
legitimate end of assisting bona-fide set-
tlers in establishing themselves in thcir
Kansas homes, were overshadowed by
Kansas Aid Societies, whose avowed object
was, with men and money to aid them in
defending them. The movement took
full possession of the North. Monster
meetings were held in the large cities, im-
mense sums raised and companies of
emigrants organized to proceed forthwith
to the field of contest. Col. Lane, Col.
Wood, Gov. Reeder, 8. C. Pomeroy, Col.
Holliday and other Free-State men from
Kansas, many of whom were under indictment for treason, canvassed the
States, speaking nightly to excited crowds, and arousing the most intense
sympathy in behalf of the suffering Free-State settlers of the Territory.

One of the earliest and most enthusiastic Kansas meetings held was at
Chicago, Saturday evening, May 31, in court house square. The Kansas
speakers were Col. James H. Lane and Mr. Hinman, ‘‘fresh from the
smoking ruins of Lawrence.” The Chicago Daily Tribune, Junc 2, gave
a two-column report of the meeting under such head-lines as these: ‘Tlli-
nois Alive and Awake!”’ ‘‘ 10,000 Freemen in Council!” ‘*2,000 Old Hunk-
ers on Hand!” ‘$15,000 Subscribed for Kansas!!!"

Hon. Norman Judd presided, and made the opening speech. Ile was
followed by Francis A. Hoffman. J. C. Vaughn, in an eloquent speech,
presented the claims of Kansas for immediate relief, and offered the

following resolutions:

Resolved—That the people of Illinois will aid the Freedom of Kansas.

Resolved—That they will send a colony of 500 actual settlers to that Territory, and pro-
vision them for one year.t e

 

* Both the majority and minority reports of this committee have been quoted from exten _
sively in the preceding pages of this work.—Ep.

The plan, here adopted, of sending in emigrants, provisioned for one year, as well as that
subsequently adopted, of arming them for self-defense, did not originate at this meeting. It was
a Southern idea, first conceived early in March by Maj. Buford, of South Carolina, adopted by
most Southern Emigrant Aid Societies in the South, and practically carried out before a company
was ever raised, provisioned or armed by any Northern organization. Early in April Buford’s
“regiment,” as it was called, was in Kansas. Other parties, armed and “ provisioned for a year”
(nominally so—the promises were not fulfilled) came in during the first half of May from other
Southern States. More than half of the military posse organized for the sacking of Lawrence,
hid recently arrived from the South, armed and promised “ provision far a year,” on their
sworn allegiance to the slave powers.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Resolved—That these settlers will invade no man’s rights, but will maintain their own.

‘Resolved—That we recommend the adoption of a similar policy to the people of all the
States of the Union, ready and willing to aid; and also, a thorough concert and co-operation
among them, through committees of correspondence, on this subject. ;

Resowed—That an Executive Committtee of seven, viz., J. C. Vaughn, Mark Skinner
George W. Dale, I. N. Arnold, N. B. Judd and E£, I. Tinkham, be appointed with full powers

i ecution these resolutions. o 3 ;
i a Shed Tat Tuthill King, R. M. Hough, C. B. Waite, J. H. Dunham, Dr. Gibbs, J. T.
Ryerson and W. B. Egan, be a finance committee to raise and distribute material aid.

Following the reading of the resolutions, they were seconded by Peter
Page, Esq., and passed amidst the most enthusiastic and prolonged
ring. ‘ :
sas Hon. W. B. Egan, one of the most eloquent Irish orators of the
city, spoke to his Irish fellow-citizens, rousing them to the highest pitch
excitement.
a The President then introduced Col. James H. Lane, of Kansas.- As
he rose up and came forward, he was greeted with an outburst of applause
from the crowd that continued for some minutes, during which time he
stood statue-like, with mouth firm set, gazing with those wondrous eyes
down into the very heart of the excited throng. Before the applause had
subsided sufficiently for his voice to be heard, the fascinating spell of his
presence had already seized upon the whole vast audience, and for the
next hour he controlled its every emotion—moving to tears, to anger, to
laughter, to scorn, to the wildest enthusiasm, at his will. No man of his
, time possessed such magnetic power over
a vast miscellaneous assembly of men as
he. With two possible exceptions (Patrick
Henry and 8. 8. Prentiss), no American
orator ever equaled him in effective stump-
speaking, or in the irresistible power b;
which he held his audiences in absolute
control. On that night he was at his best.
It was doubtless the ablest and most effect-
« ive oratorical effort of his life. No full
report of it was given at the time. One
of the hundreds of young mén made
Kansas-crazy by the speech, and who
forthwith left all and followed him to
Kansas, thus wrote of it twenty years

after:*

He was fresh from the scenes of dispute in the
belligerent Territory. He made a characteristic
speech, teeming with invective extravagance, im-
petuosity, denuncjation and eloquence. The grass
on the prairie is swayed no more easily by the winds
than was this vast assemblage by the utterances of
this speaker. They saw the contending factions in
the Territory Heeugn Bees The Pro-slavery
party appeared like demons and assassins; the Free-
State party like heroes and martyrs. He infused
them with his warlike spirit and enthusiastic ardor
for the practical champions of freedom. Their re-
sponse to his appeals for succor for the struggling
freemen was immediate and decisive. .

It is doubtful if the writer of the
above. or any other of the ten thousand
hearers of that night, can recall a single
sentence of his speech. The emotions
aroused were so overwhelming as to en-
tirely obliterate from memory the spoken
words. A few broken extracts are pre-
served below. He began:

Thave been sent by the people of Kansas to
plead their cause before the people of the North,

ost persons have a very erroneous idea of the
people of Kansas. They think they are mostly
rom Massachusetts. They are really more than
nine-tenths from the Northwestern States. There
are more men from Ohio, Ilinois-and Indiana, than
from all New England and New York combined.

Speaking of the President, he said:

Of Franklin Pierce I havea right to talk as
IT please, having made more than one hundred
speeches advocating his election, and having also
as one of the electors of Indiana, cast the electoral
vote of that State for him. Frank was, in part, the

creature of my own hands; and a pretty job they made of it. The one pre-eminent wish
of mine now is that Frank may be hurled from the White House; and that the nine
memorials sent him from the outraged citizens of Kansas detailing their wrongs, may be

dragged ont of his iron box,
Of the climate of Kansas, he said:

Kansas is the Italy of America, ‘The corn and the vine grow there so gloriously that
they sec to be glad and to thank the farmers for planting them. It is a climate like that of
Tilinois, but milder, Invalids instead of going to Italy, when the country became known,
would go to Kansas, to gather new life beneath its fair sky and from its balmy-airs. The

wild grapes of Kansas are as large and i as thos i i H
SoaElune Beanie ‘gt luscious as those that grow in the vineyards of

He alluded to Col. W. H. Bissell, then the Republican candidate for
Governor of [linois, as follows:

.__, it is true I was side by side with your gallant and noble Bissell at Buena Vista and
in Congress. I wish I could describe to you the scene on the morning preceding that glo-
riouss battle. On a ridge stood Clay, Bissell, McKee, Hardin and myself. Before us were
twenty thousand armed enemies, It was a beautiful morning, and the sun shone bright
upon the polished lances and muskets of the enemy, and their banners waved proudly in the
breeze. In our rear the lofty mountains reached skyward, and their bases swarmed with
enemies ready to rob the dead and murder the wounded when the battle was over. Around
us stood five ragged regiments of volunteers, two from Illinois, two from Indiana, and one
from Kentucky ; they were bone of your bone, blood of your blood, and it was only when
you were near enough to look into their eyes that you could see the d——I was in them. It

did not then occur to me that I should be indi : i
chia slyioee f uld be indicted for treason because I loved liberty better

_ He then gave a warm and glowing tribute to Col. Bissell, his brother-
in-arms.

Then followed a most vivid and awful narrative of the outrages per-
* Col. S, 8S. Prouty.

Se
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

petrated upon the Free States’ men by the Missouri ruffians; so vivid that
the Osawatomie murders seemed but merited retaliation, and most sweet
revenge to his excited hearers.

; The Missourians [said he], poured over the border in thousands, with bowie knives
in their boots, their belts bristling with revolvers, their guns upon their shoulders, and three
gallons of whisky per vote in their wagons. When asked where they came from, their
re ly was, From Missouri;” when asked, “What are you here for?” their reply was,

ome to vote.” If any one should go there and attempt to deny these things, or apologize
for them, the Missourians would spit upon him. They claim to own Kansas, to have a right
to vote there and to make its laws, and to say what its institutions shall be.

Col. Lane held up the volume of the Statutes of Kansas, then proceeded
to read from it, commenting as he read:

_ The Legislature first passed acts virtually repealing the larger portion of the Consti-
tution of the United States, and then repealed, as coolly as one would take a chew of tobacco,
provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Of this bill I have a right to speak—God forgive
me for so enormous and dreadful a political sin—I voted for the bill. I thought the people
were to have the right to form their own institutions, and went to Kansas to organize the
Democratic party there, and make the State Democratic, but the Missouri invaders poured
in—the ballot boxes were desecrated—the bogus Legislature was-elected by armed mobs—
you know the rest.

‘The Pro-slavery fragment of the Democratic party talk much about Know-nothingism.
It is their song day and night. Well, these Kansas law-makers have gone to work and re-

ealed at once the clause in the Nebraska Bill, that gave the right to vote to foreigners in

ansas on declaring their intention to become citizens, and made it requisite for them to
have lived in the Territory five years, and to take the final oath; and at the same time, they
made all Indians who adopted the habits of white men, voters at once. And what was the
distinguishing habit of white men? Why, it was understood to be drinking whisky. All
that was necessary to naturalize a Kansas Indian was to get him drunk. What Know-noth-
ing lodge ever went so far in their nativism as this ?—made foreigners in the Territory wait
cee he to become citizens, and enfranchising the drunken, thieving Indians at once, one
and all!

The Pro-slavery fragment of the Democratic party also delights in the term “ nigger
worshiper,” to designate Free-State men. I willshow you that these Pro-slavery men are
of all nigger worshipers the most abject. According to the Kansas ¢ode (Col. Lane read
from the book, giving page and section), if a person kidnaped a white child, the utmost
penalty is six months in jail—if a nigger baby, the penalty is death. Who worships niggers,
and slave nigger babies at that? To kidnap a white child into slavery—six months in jail—
to kidnap a nigger into freedom—Death!” ic

He concluded his scathing review of the infamous code as follows:

_Is there an Tllinoisan who says enforce these monstrous iniquities called laws ?—show
me the man. The people of Kansas never will obey them. They are being butchered, and
one and all will die first! As for myself, I am going back to Kansas, where there is an in-
dictment pending against me for high treason. Were the rope about my neck, I would say
that as to the Kansas code it shall not be enforced—never!—NEVER!”’

Following, he argued, elaborately and conclusively, the right of Kansas
to come into the Union as a Free State “‘now.” Heclosed his speech with
a detailed account of the murders and outrages perpetrated upon the Free-
State settlers, given with a masterly power of tragic delineation which
brought each particular horror, blood-red and distinct, before the eyes of
the excited throng. He knew of fourteen cases of tar and feathering—
“the most awful and humiliating outrage ever inflicted on man.” He told
of Dow, shot dead while holding up his hands as a sign of his defenseless-
ness; lying, like a dead dog, in the road all the long day, until in the even-
ing his friends found his body, dabbled in his life blood; and bore it away;
Barber, unarmed, shot on the highway, brought dead to Lawrence, where
his frantic wife, a childless widow, ’mid shrieks of anguish, kissed the
pallid lips that to her were silent evermore—Brown, stabbed, pounded,
hacked with a hatchet, bleeding and dying, kicked into the presence of his
wife, where in agony he breathed out his life—she, now a maniac,——
A voice from the crowd called, ‘‘Who was Brown?’ Lane continued:

Brown was as gallant a spirit as ever went to his God! And a Democrat at that—not
one of the Pro-slavery fragment, though. Tor the blood of free men shed on the soil of Kan-
sas—for the blood now flowing in the streets of Lawrence—for every drop which has been
shed since the people asked to be admitted as a State, the Administration is responsible.
Before God and this people I arraign Frank Pierce as a murderer!

In conclusion I have only this to say: The people of Kansas have undying faith in
the justice of their cause—in the eternal life of the truths maintained—and they ask the
people of Illinois to do for them that which seems to them just.

The Chicago Tribune, in its report of the meeting, June 2, says:

We regret we can only give a meager outline of the eloquent and telling effort ‘of Col.
Lane. He was listened to with the deepest interest and attention by the vast throng, and as
he detailed the series of infamous outrages inflicted upon the freemen of Kansas, the people
were breathless with mortification and anger, or wild with enthusiasm to avenge those
wrongs. During Col. Lane’s addréss, he was often interrupted by the wildest applause, or
by deep groans for Pierce, Douglas, Atchison, and the dough-faces and ruffians who had op-
pressed Kansas, and by cheers for Sumner, Robinson, and other noble men who have dared
and suffered for liberty.

* * * a * OF * * * * * *

Language is inadequate to give the reader a conception of the effect of the recital of
that tale of woe which men from Kansas had to tell; the flashing eyes, the rigid muscles, and
the frowning brows told a story to the looker on that aa cannot repeat. From the fact that
the immense crowd kept their feet from 8 till 12 o’clock, that even then they were unwilling
the speakers should cease, or that the contributions should stop ; from the fact that working
men, who have only the wages of the day for the purchase of the day’s bread, emptied the
contents of their pockets into the general fund; that sailors threw in their earnings; that
widows sent up their savings; that boys contributed their pence; that those who had no
money gave what they had to spare; that those who had nothing to give offered to go as
settlers and do their duty to Freedom on that now consecrated soil; that every bold declara-
tion for liberty, every allusion to the revolution of ’76, and to the possibility that the battles
of that period were to be fought over again in Kansas were received as those things most to
be desired—something of the tone and temper of the meeting may be imagined.

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The effect of the mecting will be felt in deeds. Be the consequences what they may,

the men of Illinois are resolved to act, ;
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Take it with its attending cireumstances—the shortness of the notice, the character of
the assembled multitude, and the work which was accomplished—it was the most remarkable
meeting ever held in the State. We believe it will inaugurate a new era in Illinois. We be-
lieve it is the precursor of the liberation of Kansas from the hand of the oppressor, and of
an all-pervading political revolution at home. ' ie .

About half past 12, Sunday having come, the meeting unwillingly adjourned, and-
the crowd reluctantly went home. Ata later hour, the Star Spangled Banner and the Mart
saillaise, sung by bands of men whose hearts were full of the spirit of these magnificen
hymns, were the only evidences of the event that we have endeavored to describe.

The subscriptions in money, given by upward of two hundred different
persons and firms, in sums ranging in amount from $500 down to 10 cents
—the latter sam being given bya boy. all he had—amounted to over
$15,000... In addition were given the following utensils and supplies, for

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the use and comfort of the emigrants. The names of the donors and ex-
planatory notes are given, as reported:

F. R. Gardiner, six rifles, three with double barrels, sure at each pop.

Major Van Horn, one sixteen-shooter.

C. W. Davenport, one six-shooter, and ten pounds of balls.

An editor and a lawyer, four Sharpe’s rifles and themselves,

D. G. Park, one can of dry powder.

C. H. Whitney, one revolver.

J. M. Isaacks, one Sharpe’s rifle.

G. M. Jerome, Iowa City, one rifle.

A.S. Clarke, one Sharpe’s rifle.

J. A. Barney, one rifle.

H. A. Blakesley, one rifle.

W. Hi. Clark, one double-barreled rifle and $10.

J. A. Graves, one Sharpe’s rifle.

Frank Hanson, one double-barreled gun and $25.

A German, one pair of pistols.

J. H. Hughes, one Colt’s revolver.

F, M. Chapman, one horse.

Urhlaub & Sattler, three revolvers.

This meeting,* although not the first of alike character held in the
Northwest during that spring, was remarkable as being the first great out-
burst of enthusiasm, which, breaking local bounds, spread to every town
and hamlet from the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast. It was the “little
cloud no larger than a man’s hand” which forthwith spread over the whole
heavens, and out of it came money, and arms, and ammunition, and a
ceaseless tide of emigrants and troops of armed men—all setting Kansas-
ward. Out of it came “Lane’s Army of the North,” in the imagination of
the frightened Pro-slavery Kansans and Missourians, “a mighty host terrible
with banners,” coming, in uncertain but irresistible force, by a route indefi-
nitely defined asfrom the north, tosweep as with the besom of destruction,
the Territory clean of the Territorial laws and every man who had advo-
cated their enforcement. The army proved neither so numerous in num-
bers nor so terrible in its vengeful visitations on the Pro-slavery settlers, as
to justify their fearful apprehensions; nevertheless, its heralded approach
inspired the Free-State settlers with renewed courage, opened a new path
of immigration into the Territory, and proved one of the many great moral
forces which brought victory and peace at last. Cs

The tide of emigration, moving by the inspiration of the spirit born at
the Chicago meeting from all parts of the North, was met and temporarily
stayed on the Missouri River. A part, turning to the route of the “Army of
the North,” entered the Territory through Iowa and Nebraska, while many,
the numbers increasing from month to month, waited at different points
near the eastern border until the obstructions had disappeared, and then
eee into the Territory in such overwhelming numbers as to assure the

tate to freedom evermore.

THE KANSAS AID MOVEMENT OF 1856.

The committee appointed by the Chicago meeting completed the or-
ganization at once and went immediately to the work of arming and fitting
out a pioneer company of picked men, of whom more will appear further
on in the narrative. A party of emigrants from McLean County, having
been driven back by the Missourians, the citizens of that county had, un-
der the lead of W. F. Arney, raised a considerable sum of money, and an
armed company for the purpose of “removing the obstructions to the
peaceful emigration of Free-State men to the Territory.” Mr. Arney made
arrangements with the Chicago committee, whereby the work of the two socie-
ties having one common object and aim, became co-operative, and were
virtually merged into one organization. After this consolidation, the work
was rapidly extended throughout Ilinois and into neighboring States, the
Executive Committee having its headquarters at Chicago.

By July 1, the Kansas aid movement had become general throughout
the North, and at a meeting of the friands of Kansas, held at Buffalo,
N. Y., a general organization for more effectively carrying on the work of
aiding Kansas Free-State settlers, was effected, embracing all the Free
States except Massachusetts.

The National Kansas Committee appointed at that time was comprised
of one member from each Free State, excepting Illinois, which had three
representatives, and Massachusetts working independently under a sepa-
rate organization. The President of this committee was Hon. Thaddeus
Hyatt, of New York. ~

The Executive Committee, with headquarters at Chicago, was com-
posed of J. D. Webster, Chairman; George W. Dole, Treasurer, and H. B.
Hurd, Secretary. The duty of the committee was “to receive, forward
and distribute the contributions of the people, whether provisions, arms
or clothing, to the needy in Kansas.”

With this national organization the Chicago organization co-operated
ever after its formation. The committee continued the work until Janu-
ary, 1857, at which time the directors held their last meeting in New York.
The mission of the organization was decided to be virtually accomplished
and its further work suspended. During the six months of its existence,
the Executive Committee at Chicago received and distributed nearly $120, -
000, besides immense quantities of arms, provisions and clothing. In ad-
dition, large shipments were made direct to particular localities in Kansas,
from the auxiliary societies scattered throughout the Northern States;
$10,000 of the cash received by the Executive Committee was expended
for arms. The total value of the shipments made to Kansas and aid fur-

 

* A meeting was held in Milwaukee, Wis., as early as March 1, at which $3,000 in money
was raised, arms and provisions furnished, and a company consisting of several families and an
escort of single men, well armed, under E. G. Ross, were already on their way to the Territory
by the Iowa route, before the Chicago meeting was held.

A colony from New Haven, Conn.,had also been equipped with Sharpe,s rifles as early as the
middle of March (twenty-five rifles were pledged them by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and fur-
nished by members of his church). This company arrived in the Territory about the middle of
April, and settled in Wabaunsee County.

A party from McLean County, Ul., were on their way early in April, with arms sufficiently
numerous to cause them to be robbed and forbidden entrance into the Territory by the Mis-
sourians. :

Many other prrties from different parts of the country were on their way during the latter
part of April, all carrying more or less arms for defense, if necessary.
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nished aggregated nearly $200,000. Something over half of this value
probably reached its destination; the remainder, during the disordered
times of the summer and early fall, was intercepted and destroyed or ap-
propriated by the numerous bands of Pro-slavery regulators who infested
all the landings on the Upper Missouri, plundering Free-State emigrants
indiscriminately in the name of “law and order.” The exact value of the
propery thus destroyed or diverted from its destination cannot be ascer-
ained. ‘

The Boston Relief Committee was organized early in the spring, and
had, by June 1, collected about $20,000, a large part having been donated
by citizens of Boston and vicinity. Early in that month, the Kansas State
Committee was organized and the work of relief became general throughout
Massachusetts. The work of the Boston Committee was merged into that
of the State. George L. Stearns was the moving spirit, and Chairman of
the State Committee. This committee kept up its organization long after
the National Committee had ceased its work. It did not finally close its
labors until the spring of 1858. Besides large contributions of clothing,
the money furnished amounted to nearly $80,000, a large part of which
was contributed and expended during the summer and fall of 1856. Up to
August, 1856, no arms were sent to Kansas by this committee—only mon-
ey, provisions and clothing. Later, the navigation of the Missouri being
closed, not only to Free-State emigrants, but to all freight shipped to Free-
State residents, in response to earnest appeals from Kansas for arms, a
liberal quantity was shipped. Two hundred Sharpe’s rifles, with ammu-
nition, forwarded to the Territory via Iowa, were detained at Mt. Tabor,
Iowa, and never reached their destination. By some means they afterward
fell into the possession of Old John Brown, and were taRen by him, or un-
der his orders, to Harper’s Ferry, where they constituted a part of his
military outfit in his last and fatal effort in behalf of the slaves.

The influence of these associations in rescuing Kansas, in the time of
her direst extremity, and saving her from the well-nigh successful machi-
nations of the slave power, can scarcely be over-rated. The Pro-slavery
party had believed it an easy task (virtually accomplished when Lawrence
had been sacked) to force and intimidate into submission and allegiance
to the Territorial laws the Free-State settlers already in the Territory, and,
by ashow of overwhelming force and determination—rendered doubly for-
midable by the arrival of the fighting companies from South Carolina,
Georgia and other Southern States, and having the apparent countenance
of the National Government and the Territorial officials—to so show the
futility of past efforts to colonize the Territory with Free-State settlers, as
to discourage further emigration to Kansas from the Free States. ?

The unexpected outbreak of aggressive retaliation which immediately
followed the sack of Lawrence, the arrival and settlement of the New Ha-
ven (Sharpe’s rifle) party in the Territory; the knowledge that the Milwau-
kee Company was moving toward Kansas, through Iowa, receiving con-
stant accassions of Free-State emigrants as they moved; the announced
departure and near approach, via the Missouri River, of the McLean
County emigrants, and news of a hundred other small parties on the way
from nearly cunty Monae State, the accounts of whose departure and
progress toward Kansas filled the columns of every newspaper received,
gave evidence that the work of subjugation, instead of being accomplished,
was but just begun, and gave the Pro-slavery propagandists just cause for
serious apprehensions as to the final result, should this heralded swarm of
coming “ Abolitionists” be allowed to enter the Territory, to re-enforce
their suffering friends.

The accounts of the great Chicago meeting, and rumors of the forma-
tion of “Lane’s Army of the North,” reached Leavenworth and the other
Pro-slavery towns on either side of the Missouri, at nearly the same time
that Gov. Shannon’s proclamation was promulgated, and Col. Sumner was
dispersing the armed bands south of the Kansas, and forcing the invaders
to retire to Missouri. The proclamation, as has been before stated, had
caused a temporary suspension of proscription on the part of the self-con-
stituted vigilance committees within the Territory, and actual settlers
gained a short respite. The case was, however, becoming desperate, and
desperate means were adopted to meet the emergency--means in open de-
fiance of all law, and in direct violation of those inalienable human rights
indispensable to the existence of civilized life, and which constitute the
basis of all the codes of civilized men, viz., security of -person, freedom
of opinions and the inviolability of rightful proprietorship or possession.

In the name of law and order, a system of brigandage was adopted.
From Lexington, Mo., to Easton, the ferries were guarded, and at. every
landing were stationed bands of armed men who boarded the boats as they
came up the river, catechized the emigrants as to their destination and
their opinions on the slavery question, disarmed them, robbed them, and,
by intimidations or force, turned them back. The blockade was fairly be-
gun as early as June 10. At the beginning, the operations of the brigands
were confined to the seizing of arms and other articles deemed contraband,
and the forcible detention of all parties whose arms predominated over
their other baggage. Later, the blockade became absolute, Free-State
emigrants were plundered indiscriminately, and no goods consigned to
known Free-State residents could enter the Territory except by clandestine
shipment. This last embargo gave rise to new disorders within the Ter-
ritory, and reprisals were made upon the Pro-slavery residents without
mercy, about Topeka, Lawrence and other places where the Free-State
element predominated, and against which the embargo was most strictly
enforced.

One of the earliest armed parties absolutely prohibited from entering
the Territory by way of the Missouri River, was the first party, consisting
of seventy-five men sent out under the auspices of the committee, chosen
at the great Chicago meeting of May 31. They were well armed, had pro-
visions for a year and agricultural implements and supplies sufficient to
establish themselves as farmers, had they been allowed to enter the Terri-
tory. They were understood to be and were the vanguard of “Lane’s
Army of the North.” They embarked on the steamboat Star of the West
at Alton. On reaching Lexington, Mo.,-June 20, the steamer was boarded

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

by a motley throng of armed men, largely outnumbering them, who were
supported by a howling mob of uncertain proportions ashore. The party
was surprised, their arms not accessible for immediate use, being nearly
all stored together in one of the state-rooms. The leader of the boarding
party was Col. Joe Shelby. In a short speech which admitted of noreply,
they were informed that they must immediately give up their arms, and
that if they chose to accede to the demand without delay or resistance,
they would be permitted to proceed on their journey without further mo-
lestation; if not—not. A hasty consultation on the part of the surprised
emigrants resulted in the discreet and unanimous decision to accept the
terms, and, (lelivering up what of their arms were demanded, they contin-
ued their voyage up theriver. At Kansas City, the boat was again boarded
by a crowd. Conspicuous among them were David R. Atchison, B. F.
Stringfellow and Maj. Buford with a part of his command, who became
fellow-passengers as the boat proceeded up the river. As soon as the
steamer was again under way, Stringfellow, as spokesman, informed the
now disarmed and defenseless party that they were prisoners, that in no
suse would they be allowed to leave the boat until it returned to Alton,
to which place they would be re-conveyed if they desired, and protected
from outrage and insult, if they peacefully acquiesced in the arrangement;
if not, and they should attempt to enter the Territory, “they should be
hung—every mother’s son of them.” It is needless to say the proposition
was accepted. Notwithstanding Stringfellow’s promises. on arriving at
Leavenworth a fresh company boarded the boat and proceeded to rob the
prisoners of what they had left. At Weston they remained two days,
during which they were kept confined in the cabin under a strong guard,
then conveyed down the river and landed at the mouth of the Missouri,
five miles above Alton, in a drenching rain, to make their way as best
they could to Alton.

An account of this exploit appeared in the Squatter Sovereign of July
1, which magnified somewhat the valor of the brigands, and cast reflec-
tions (at a safe distance) on the courage of the disarmed company and
Abolitionists in general. It wys headed, “More Arms Captured! The
Flower of the Abolition Army Tuken! A Bloodless Victory!” and was as
follows:

The steamer, Star of the West, having on board seventy-eight Chicago Abolitionists,
said to be a picked company from the army of 800 men congregated there, was overhauled
at Lexington, Mo., and the company disarmed. A large number of rifles and pistols were
taken at Lexington, and a guard sent up on the boat to prevent them from landing in the
Territory. After leaving Lexington, it was ascertained that they had not given up all their
weapons, but still held possession of a great number of pistols and bowie knives, which were

robably secreted while the search for arms was going on at Lexington. At Leavenworth
Bity, Capt. Clarkson, with twenty-five men, went on board of the boat and demanded the
surrender of all the arms in possession of the Abolitionists. Like whipped dogs they sneaked
up to Clarkson, and laid down their weapons to him. We learn that about two bushels of
revolvers, pistols and bowie knifes were captured at Leavenworth. On the way up the river
they were boasting of what they would do, should any one attempt to molest them, and even
went so far as to load their guns, just before coming in sight of Lexington. When they ar-
rived at the Political Quarantine the whole party of seventy-eight, all of them “armed
to the teeth,” surrendered to a company of twenty “border ruffians.” Here is bravery dis-
played on the part of the Abolitionists unparalleled in the annals of history! The flower
of Lane’s army are now prisoners of war, and will be shipped back home disgraced and
cowed! If this is the material we have to encounter in Kansas, we have but little fear of
the result, Fifty thousand of such “cattle” could not subdue the Spartan band now in pos-
session of Kansas.

In the same issue, ‘“‘Another Capture” is announced, thus:

A party of about twenty-five Abolitionists from Indiana and Illinois, on their way to
this Territory, were recently captured in Platte County, Mo., disarmed and ordered back home.
We learn that they had two guns apicce, with pistols and bowie knives in proportion,
all of which fell into the hands of the “ border rufiians.” They were boasting on their way
that they intended to march through the fortress of the “ ruffians,” and land in Kansas
opposite Platte County—the hot-bed of “border ruffianism.” Their expectations were not
realized, however, and in Platte County they received the order to “’bout face” and march
for home, which they promptly did, just as all good soldiers should do. The Kansas road is
a hard route for some people te travel.

The steamer Sultan met the Star of the West on her return with the
Illinois company captives. Another party of Free-State men were aboard
this boat on their way up the river to the Territory. This boat was board-
ed at Waverly, Mo., by the officers of the “political quarantine,” as the
Squatter Sovereign facetiously styled the ruffians, and the party plundered
of their arms and turned back. This party was from Massachusetts and
under the leadership of Dr. Cutter. The Leavenworth Herald, July 5,
1856, reports the occurrence thus:

The Sultan ov Sunday last (Tune 29) brought up a company of bolitionists, about sev-
enty-five strong. They had been sent out, as they acknowledged, by the Aid Societies, and
theirarms were furnished from the same source. They, too, came prepared for civil war and to
aid the outlaws, At Waverly, Mo., a few men and boys went aboard the boat and demanded
a surrender of their arms. ".\fter a little parleying, about sixty rifles were given up. Sub-
sequently, alittle higher up the river, some fifteen or twenty more were discovered and
taken, Some ton or twelve of these fellows threw their arms in the river rather than sur-
render them into the hands of the “border ruffians.” :

. The Squaiter Sovereign, less guarded and cautious in its rhetoric than
its Pro-slavery cotemporary at Leavenworth, dished up the Sultan affair
in its columns thus:

The steamer Sultan, having on board contraband articles, was recently stopped at
Leavenworth City and lightened of forty-four rifles and a large quantity of pistols and
bowie knives, taken from a crowd of cowardly Yankees, shipped out here from Massachu-
setts, The boat was permitted to go up as far as Weston, where a guard was placed over the
prisoners, and none of them ee toland. They were shipped back from Weston on
the same boat, without even being insured by the shippers. e do not fully approve of
sending these criminals back to the East to be re-shipped to Kansas—if not t rough Mis-
souri, through Iowa and Nebraska. We think they sonttl meet a traitor’s death, and the
world could not censure us if we, in self-protection, have to resort. to such ultra measures.
We are of the opinion, if the citizens of Leavenworth City or Weston would hang one or two
boat loads of Abolitionists it would do more toward establishing peace in Kansas than all

the speeches that have been delivered in Congress during the present session. Lei the experi-
ment be tried.

Speaking of the company on the Star of the West, the Leavenworth
Herald said:

. These men, as the Springfield, Ill, Register well says, are from the dens of infamy
in Chicago, and styles them a “ piratical crew.” They came here to shriek for freedom, and
would destroy the character of our institutions. Conservative men every where frown upon
this movement of the Northern Aid Societies, and it should curse and politically damn
every man in this,Territory connected with the movement.

ed
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

_, The same paper has an account of the disarming of twenty-five Abo-
litionists from Ottawa, Il., who had landed in Leavenworth July 2.

The steamer Arabia, June 28, on its way up the Missouri, with a party
of Illinois emigrants, under the lead of Rev. Mr. Strawn, was boarded at
one of the Missouri landings by the Law and Order patrol, who robbed the
party and turned them back. Mr. Strawn succeeded in reaching the Ter-
ritory and applied to Gov. Shannon, Col. Sumner and Judge Lecompte
for assistance in the recovery of the property taken, in vain.

_, The blockade of the Missouri was complete as early as July 4. The
tide of immigration, however, did not cease; it was diverted and sought
the Territory by 4 northern route through the free Territory of Iowa and
Nebraska. The outrages seemed to have the unexpected result of stimu-
lating the North to greater activity in the work of populating the Terri-
tory. The arrogant, bold and insolent manner in which these outrages
were published in the Pro-slavery papers, examples of which appear in the
foregoing pages, enraged the Northern people more than the outrages
themselves, and engendered an aggressive spirit that had not before existed.
It is doubtful if any single agency was more potent in stimulating the
North and in increasing Northern emigration to Kansas during the sum-
mer of 1856, than the Sguatter Sovereign, of Atchison. Its editorials,
gloating over the outrages perpetrated on the Abolitionists, and_advo-
cating wholesale murder “by the boat load,” were read in every Kansas
meeting, and stirred the people to more intense indignation than the
speeches of even Lane himself. Many a Free-State settler of to-day dates
his determination to help make Kansas free from the time when he read
or heard read some editorial or extract from that paper, written to fire the
Southern heart.

No sooner was the blockade complete along the Missouri border than
ominous reports from the North. more frequent and more alarming each
day, came to_vex the already anxious and over-burdened souls of the Pro-
slavery patriots. Emigrants were flocking in by thousands armed to the
teeth; Lane’s Army was on the march, eight hundred strong, it would en-
ter the Territory, its objective point being Topeka, which it would reach
in time to guard the Topeka Free-State Legislature, which was to convene
on July 4; Lane had sworn his roundest oaths all through the North to
defend the Topeka Legislature to the last drop of blood, even against
United States troops; he had raised an army for the purpose, composed of
men as desperate as himself, from the slums of Chicago and other northern
cities—these and a thousand other dangers, exaggerated by their fear of
retribution, beset them before and behind. The days of brag were gone
and the days of fighting had come. The Pro-slavery papers began to take
on the tone of abused innocence. “No Pro-slavery man was safe o’ nights.
They were being murdered in cold blood all over the Territory by the
Abolitionists. Their Missouri friends when marching to their aid were
turned back by United States troaps.” These and other grievances were
set forth in the newspapers. An elaborate statement of the situation was
published and circulated throughout the South. It wasentitled, “An Ap-
peal by the Law and Order Party of Kansas Territory to their Friends in
the South,” and was issued over the signatures of the following named gen-
tlemen, members of the Law and Order party of Kansas: David R. Atchi-

son, Missouri; J. Buford, South Carolina; W. H. Russell, Joseph C.
Anderson, B. F. Stringfellow and A. G. Boone, of Weston, Mo. It began

thus:

That a state of insurrection and civil war exists among us, is abundantly evident.
The Law and Order party on the one side, opposed on the other by the Abolitionists, who
are backed up and sustained by the Emigrant Aid Societies of the North. A brief review
of the points at issue, and their controlling circumstances, may be useful, to justify this,
our appeal for aid. In Territorial politics, the question of Free or Slave State has swal-
lowed up every other. The Abolitionists on the one hand, in accordance with their early
teaching, regard slavery as the greatest possible evil. They deem it a monstrous national
evil, which their false theories of government impute equally to every portion of the con-

* federacy, and thus feeling themselves individually responsible for its existence, they feel
bound each to struggle for its overthrow ; to such extremes have wicked demagogues stimu-
lated their fanaticism, that their perverted consciences justify any mode of warfare against
slave-holders, however much in violation of law, however destructive of property or human
life, and however atrociously wicked it may seem to others; nay, many of them already go
so far as to oppose all religion, property, law, order and subordination among men as subver-
sive of what they are pleased to call man’s natural and inherent equality. And with them
itis no mere local question of whether slavery shall exist in Kansas or not, but one of far
wider significance; a question of whether it shall exist anywhere in the Union. Kansas,
they justly regard as the mere outpost in the war now bein| waged between the antagonis-
tic civilizations of the North and the South; and winning this great outpost and send poet
they rightly think their march will be open to an easy conquest of the whole field. Hence,
the extraordinary means the Abolition party has adopted to flood Kansas with the most
fanatical and lawiess portion of Northern society ; and hence, the large sums of money they
have expended to surround their brother Missourians with obnoxious and dangerous neigh-
bors. :

On the other hand, the Pro-slavery element of the Law and Order party in Kansas,
looking to the Bible, find slavery ordained of God; they find there, as by our law, slaves
made an “inheritance to them and their children forever.” Looking to our national census,
and to all statistics connected with the African race, and considering, too, their physical, in-
tellectual and moral nature, we see that slavery is the African’s normal and proper state;
since in that state the race multiplies faster, has more physical comforts, with less vice and
more moral and intellectual progress than in any other. We believe slavery the only school
in which the debased son of Ham, by attrition with a higher race, can be refined and ele-
vated; we believe it a trust given us of God for the good of both races.

Then followed a discussion of the economical phases of the question,
a portrayal of the evils that an Abolition triumph would bring upon the
white race, and a recital of the lawless and insurrectionary acts of the
Abolitionists:

While we, in good faith, sustain and uphold the laws, the Abolitionists, on the other
hand, in effect, repudiate and set them at defiance; with open disloyalty they assert the in-
validity of the Territorial laws, while they render our national insignia only the mockery
of a hollow respect; indeed, more than once, they have openly resisted the Marshal in the
service of processes, and in some places their or; anized armed resistance to the Territorial
laws is so overwhelming, that ministers of the law there never attempt the discharge of
their official duties; they have repudiated the payment of taxes, and have held and pub-
lished the proceedings of large public meetings, in which they resolved to resist, even to
blood, the Territorial laws, and especially the laws for the collection of public revenue.

Following were given accounts of many outrages committed upon Pro-
slavery settlers, among which the Osawatomie murders stood out in bold
relief as the crowning horror. The introduction of Federal troops to quell
the disturbance was decried, us it had “not only proved no protection to

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our friends, but (and perhaps without being so intended) on the contrary,
by preventing our armed organizations for self-defense, it has so worked
as to permit the lawless desperadoes that infest the country to separate
into little marauding parties and plunder and murder with impunity.”

The committee made an urgent appeal for immediate aid in men and
money, proposed the sending in of large parties well provisioned, to coun-
teract the influence of Eastern and Northern emigrants, who, as stated in
the appeal, were to be introduced in large numbers during the coming
SS “to put their treasonable pretended Government into operation by
orce.

The “ Army of the North” was put down in the long category of im-
pending dangers thus:

It is widely reported and generally believed, that the Northern Abolitionists are now
raising large bodies of armed men, under military organization and discipline, to be surrep-
titiously introduced into the Territory, for the objects of driving out the peaceable inhabi-
tants, setting the law at defiance by armed force, and overwhelming the Law and Order party
at the decisive election for a Territorial Legislature, to come off on the 1st Monday of October
next. It is not improbable they may pay succeed in their aim, their faculty for mis-
representation isso extraordinary, so fatally bent on mischief; their papers, for instance,
show up the Osawatomie massacre as an outrage of ourown. According to their account,
five Pro-slavery men were hanging an Abolitionist, when his five friends providentially came
up and shot them in the act.

This appeal bad an extensive circulation in the South, where it was
read. and implicitly relied on as a truthful statement of the condition of
affairs. Together with letters from Buford’s men and the personal ap-
peals of emissaries sent South in the interest of the Law and Order suffer-
ers, it aroused the sympathy of the South in bebalf of its friends, to a
point of intense earnestness only equaled by that which raged in the
North. The Southern people lacked, however, the migratory instincts
characteristic of those of the North; moreover, the safety of their slaves,
which alone gave value to the promised land, was not yet assured.
Hence, the excitement did not eventuate in such a general rush of emigra-
tion as in thé North; only a moderate number, entirely inadequate to
meet the emergency, came to Kansas in response to the call.

Gov. Shannon’s proclamation and the consequent expulsion of the
armed Missourians from Kansas, gave great dissatisfaction to his Pro-slav-
ery friends. His vacillation and general instability of purpose and ac-
tion enveloped in a haze of uncertainty their best-laid plans; professing
to be in full sympathy with them, he had encouraged them by word and
deed to the course they had pursued, only to lose nerve himself at the
critical point, where they most needed his support. He had thus twice
snatched victory from their grasp. and, if he had not gone over to their
enemies, had interposed his authority for their protection, at the supreme
moment when their annihilation seemed assured. He thus came to be
contemned by the one party ashe was despised by the other. None knew
better than Gov. Shannon himself that his career as Governor of Kansas
had proved a most contemptible failure, calculated to tarnish, rather than
increase the luster of his previous reputation. He appreciated keenly the
humiliating position. He knew that his power for good or evil in the Ter-
ritory had departed. He knew that his official days were numbered. To
avoid the added disgrace of a removal from office for incompctency, five
days after he issued his proclamation, he wrote to the President, tendering
his resignation. Pending its acceptance and the appointment of his suc-
cessor, he continued to act as Governor when in the Territory.

Among others who strongly protested to the Governor against the ex-
pulsion of his armed men from the Territory was Maj. Buford,’of South
Carolina, who, it will be remembered, had arrived in the Territory early
in the spring with a large party, had, with them, constituted a part of the
armed posse at the sack of Lawrence, and was still foraging on the settlers
a few miles south of Lawrence, when ordered by Sumner to leave the Ter-
ritory and disband his forces. He complained of the harshness of the
measure, claimed that his men were bona fide settlers. or immigrants seek-
ing to become such by peaceably locating claims in the Territory. Gov.
ree reply, in which he also informed him of his resignation, was as

ollows:
EX&cuTIvE OFrFricr, Junr 10, 1856, LecomprTon, K. T.

My Dear Sir—Your favor of the 8th is received. I wrote to you some days ago, which,
I presume, you had not received at the date of your last; you can have no difficulty in com-
ing into the Territory with bona fide settlers.

I have resigned my office, and leave for St. Louis, probably on to-morrow. Assoon as I
pass the line, Col. Woodson will be the Acting Governor, and, if you have any difficulty with
the troops you will address him on the subject. I repeat that my proclamation has no appli-
cation to bona fide emigrants coming into the Territory.

7 Yours with respect,
CoL. BUFORD. :

N. B.—I will probably see you as I pass down.*

The Governor was delayed nearly two weeks thereafter, but left the
Territory, as was announced, on official business June 23, writing Col.
Sumner on the day he left, that, “if this pretended legislative body (the
Topeka Legislature) should meet as proposed, you will disperse them, peave-
ably, if you can, forcibly, if necessary. Should they re-assemble at some
other place, or at the same place, you will take care that they again be
dispersed. The civil authorities will be instructed to co-operate
with you if it is found necessary in order to break up this il-
legal body and to institute proceedings against the several mem-
bers under the above statute” (the Territorial law). From St.
Louis, he wrote the President on the 27th, giving him detailed account
of the desperate condition in which he had left ‘affairs in the Territory.
He remained absent from the Territory some three weeks. during which
time Secretary Daniel Woodson was Acting Governor. His first official
act was to order Col. P. St. George Cooke, then in command at Fort Riley,
to “take the field” and “scour the country between Fort Riley, and the
Topeka Crossing for the purpose of repelling the expected armed invasion
from the North.”

*The fact of Shannon’s resignation was not known at the time. It was deemed politic to
keep it secret until his successor was appointed. Accordingly to allay rumor to that effect,
Gov. Shannon published a card while in St. Louis, denying the report. His offered resignation
was perhaps withdrawn by him.

WILSON SHANNON.

 
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As the time appointed for the convening of the Free-State Legislature
approached, there was renewed military activity along the border. Great
preparations were being made for a fresh invasion. Buford’s band of
emigrants, under his command, were armed and under drill, preparatory
to again entering the Territory. Numerous other companies were organ-
ized and ready to march. The combined force was to march on Topeka,
there disperse that disloyal and revolutionary body, and, in case of resist-
ance, destroy the town. The proposed invasion was not consummated.
The great issue of a Presidential election was pending in the States, and
another invasion from Missouri at this time might jeopardize the result.
The Pro-slavery leaders at Washington dared not risk the consequences.
Secret orders were sent from Washington to allow no armed bodies of men
from without the Territory to enter it, to use all the United States forces
for the purpose of ‘dispersing the Legislature. In case of another invasion,
the Territorial officials were also given to understand that their further
services and emoluments would be immediately cut off, by placing the
whole Territory under martial law. It was not difficult for the Acting
Governor to perceive, in the light of his instructions and information, that
neither his own personal prosperity nor the advancement of the Pro-
slavery cause, which he had so much at heart, required the presence
or immediate assistance of his Missouri friends who were waiting his com-
mands upon the border. On his statement of the obstructions which the
orders from Washington placed in the way of their proposed march, and
witb assurances that ample preparations had been made for the forcible
dispersion ofthe Legislature by United States troops against any force the
Free-State men could muster, the proposed invasion was reluctantly aban-
doned for the time being. The Free-State men, ignorant gf the fact that
the danger from Missouri had been averted, made preparations, in case of
any attempt at dispersion from that quarter, to defend themselves. They
did not, however, intend to resist the authority of the Government when
enforced by Federal troops. It was the Missourians they were prepared to
fight, and the Missourians did not, as was expected, appear.

DISPERSION OF THE LEGISLATURE,

The Free-State Legislature at the March session adjourned to July 4,
1856. As vhe time for meeting drew near, circulars were sent to the differ-
ent districts, calling a mass convention, to be held in Topeka on the 3d, and
also proposing that a delegate convention should assemble in the same
town as early as the 2d to arrange business and perfect plans for the ensu-
ing meetings. Although there was no necessary connection between this
popular mass meeting and the more formal one which was to follow, it
was generally believed that the safety of the city (if the Legislature as-
sembled) demanded the presence of a body of men who would not be easily
intimidated in case the Missqurians should attempt to put in execution
their threat of sacking and destroying it, if that was the only way to bring
the rebellious people to terms.

Whatever fears of “border ruffian” violence might have been enter
tained by the citizens, were allayed as the days went by, but they found
their prospect of peaceably assembling on the 4th menaced by a more se-
rious danger—the danger of arraying themselves in open hostility to Fed-
eral authority.

While the citizens were deliberating in mass convention, United States
troops were quietly taking up their stations around the city. Col. Sumner,
with his dragoons from Fort Leavenworth, on the prairie to the south, and
oo Cooke, with troops from Fort Riley, to the north, on the banks of the

ansas.

The Free-State men assembled at Topeka had much to discourage
them. Their leaders were dispersed—Gov. Robinson a prisoner; Gen.
Lane and Lieut. Gov. Roberts, absent from the Territory; Mr. Minard,
Speaker of the House, not present, their more prominent presses destroyed
and the operations of the others cramped and crippled for lack of paper.
Furthermore, there was a strong military force concentrated around
the city, and at headquarters were assembled many bitter and influential
enemies of the Free-State party, some who had shown themselves unscru-
pulous in their methods and weapons of hostility.

MASS CONVENTION.

A meeting of. delegates was held on the morning and evening of the
2d, committees appointed and business arranged for the ensuing day.
Among the committees appointed was one “to confer with Co]. Sumner
from time to time as occasion may require.”

The mass convention assembled on the morning of the 3d, and, after
electing a committee on permanent organization, adjourned until after-
noon.

The afternoon session was chiefly occupied in the discussion of the fol-
lowing resolution, which was offered by Mr. William Ifutchinson, of
Lawrence: :

Resolved, That it is the imperative duty of the Kansas Legislature to meet according
to adjournment on the 4th instant, and proceed at once to the work of their office, and per-
severe on until our State Code is complete, ever recognizing the eminent danger of putting
in force any statute that will produce a collision with the Federal authoritics, and that no
sacrifice less than life itself, should deter them from this duty, for which they will ever be
held responsible by their constituents.

Public sentiment was greatly at variance in regard to the proper and
wise course to be pursued. The extreme radicals urged that the town
should be placed in an attitude of defense, and that Col. Sumner should be
resisted in any attempt he might make to disperse the Legislature; the
very conservative urged the propriety of an adjournment, to avoid any
possibility of collision with United States troops and authority, while a
third and larger class were resolutely determined to meet. according to ad-
journment on the 4th, and, without arraying themselves in any hostile at-
titude, unless threatened by a mob, be dispersed only by United States
troops, under actual orders from the Federal Government. The following
letter from Col. Sumner was presented to the meeting through the com-
mittee appointed to confer with him:

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

HEADQUARTERS First CAVALRY, Camp aT Topeka, K. T., JuLy 3, 1856.

Gentlemen—In elption to the assembling ‘of the Topeka Legislature (the subject of
our conversation last night), the more I reflect on it, the more I am convinced that ie pease
of the country will be greatly endangered by your persistence in this measure. Under these
circumstances I would ask you and your friends to take the matter into grave consideration.
It will certainly be much better that you should act voluntarily in this matter, from a sense
of prudence and patriotism at this moment of high excitement throughout the country, than
that the authority of the Genera] Government should be compelled to use coéreive measures
to prevent the assembling of that Legislature

T am, gentlemen, very respectfu ly, your obedient ae, Re SepateR,

Colonel First Cavalry Commanding.

The convention was addressed during the afternoon by Judtre Schuy-
ler, who deprecated any extreme measures, saying: We are not ready
to fire on the troops of the United States; no! no! the time jhhas not come
for this; do not let any act of rashness mark us at this crisis.

Mr. John Hutchinson thought the Legislature should meet on the 4th
and transact its appropriate business, irrespective of existing circumstances.
He would resist Col. Sumner’s authority to the last, unless he acts
under express orders from President Pierce to arrest the Legislature—if
he has such orders he would submit. ae

Col. Holliday believed the Legislature should have regard to existing
circumstances, and await action of Congress on the several propositions in
regard to Kansas affairs already before that body. He deemed Mr. Hutch-
inson’s resolution unwise. The Republican party should take no step that
would interfere with their success in the coming Fremont campaign.

Mr. Allen, of Lawrence, would go on with business until driven out
of the hall by the United States Dragoons, but would not advise 500 men
to throw themselves on to United States bayonets. :

The convention adjourned until the morning of the 4th, without com-
ing to any agreement in regard to the proper course to be pursued on that
day. a ;

On the morning of the 4th, the citizens and strangers assembled in To-
peka were reminded of an older time and-an older struggle than their own,
by the booming of the guns to the south of the city. Although it was un-
certain what the “day might bring forth,” there was probably little fear
that any serious collision would occur between the troops of an officer
acting under the authority of the United States and the Free-State citi-
zens of Kansas. So the city put on its gala day attire, and the streets were
filled with ladies and children, awaiting the progress of events in appar-
ently gay and happy unconcern. Flags were floating from the public
buildings, military companies were parading, patriotic mottoes and | em-
blems were conspicuously displayed, and the “People’s Convention” as-
sembled round the “Topeka House” was in the midst of business, when
United States Marshal Donaldson, accompanied by Judge Elmore, arrived
in town, and it was announced to the convention that the Marshal had
proclamations which must there be read. :

On motion of Judge Schuyler, business was suspended, while the two
gentlemen took the stand, and Judge Elmore read for Donaldson the proc-
lamation of President Pierce, bearing date February 11, Gov. Shannon's
of June 4and Acting Governor Woodson’s of July 4, ending with the read-
ing of a note from Col. Sumner. Secretary Woodson's proclamation read
thus:

Wuerras, We have been reliably informed that a number of persons claiming legislative
ower are about to assemble in the town of Topeka, for the purpose of adopting a code of
aws, or of executing other legislative functions in violation of the act of Congress organizing

the Territory, and of the laws adopted in pursuance thereof, and it appears that a military
organization exists in this Territory for the purpose of sustaining this unlawful legislative
movement, and thus, in effect, to subvert by violence all present constitutional and legal
authority; and :

- Wutrgas, The President of the United States has, by proclamation bearing date eleventh
February, 1856, declared that any such plan for the determination of the future institutions
of the Territory, if carried into action, will constitute insurrection, and therein commanded
all persons engaged in such unlawful combinations against the constituted authority of the
corey of Honan, or of the United States, to disperse and retire to their respective places
of abode; an

WIIbREAS, Satisfactory evidence exists that said proclamation of the President has been,
and is about to be disregarded: Now, therefore,

- I, Daniel Woodson, Acting Governor of the Territory of Kansas, by virtue of the author-
7 vested in me by law, and in pursuance of the aforesaid proclamation of the President
of the United States, and to the end of upholding the /ega? and _ constituted authorities of the
Territory, and of preserving the peace cast public tranquillity, do issue this my proclamation,
forbidding all persons claiming legislative power and authority as aforesaid, from assem-
bling, organizing or attempting to organize, or acting in any legislative capacity whatever,
under the penalties attached to all un awful violation of thé law of the land and disturbers
of the peace and tranquillity of the country.

Tn testimony whereof, | have hereunto subscribed my hand, and caused to be affixed

the socal of the Territory, this 4th day of July, 1856, and of the Independence of the United
States the eightieth.

([SFAt.] DaxieL Woopson, .teting Governor of Kansas Territory.

Col. Sumner’s appended note was as follows:

The proclamation of the President, and the orders under it require me to sustain the
Executive of the Territory in executing the laws and preserving the peace. I, therefore,
hereby announce that I shall maintain the proclamation at all hazards.

LE. V. SUMNER,
Colonel First Cavalry Commanding.

After the reading of the proclamation, business of the convention was
resumed and continued until the approach of the United States troops.
Mr. Butler then moved that the convention express their determination
not to resist the United States troops, which motion was carried and a
commilice appointed to acquaint Col. Sumner of the vote. It was just
about mid-day, with the hot July sun pouring down upon the excited mul-
titude when Col. Sumner, with his dragoons and artillery appeared in
sight. A description of the scene given by an cye-witness,* is copied from
Mrs. Robinson’s “ Kansas:”

At the moment of his approach the two Topeka companies F and G were drawn up be-
fore the legislative hall building. They had just marched up the street preceded by martial
music, and had formed in front of the State Ifouset to receive a banner the ladies had made
for Company G. The street was filled with a crowd, among whom were many ladies and
children, when Col, Sumner appeared with his forecs rapidly debouching into Kansas avenue.
With great rapidity and consi lerable military skill he threw his men forward, and by rapid
orders shouted in a stern, shrill voice, formed his companies into the strongest form they

*Col, Wim. A. Phillips, then correspondent for the New York Tribune.
f Constitution Hall, on Kansas Avenue.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

could cccupy for their service. Perhaps many hearts beat faster when they thought that a
scene of carnage might in the next few minutes blot out the startling and brilliant pano-
rama. On the one hand the armed and uniformed dragoons with flashing sabres; on the
other only two Topeka companies, with their two banners, one of them just received, bear-
ing the inscription ‘‘Our lives for our rights.” Nobly they stood. While the dragoons ap-
proached the band was playing, but the drummers continued to drum until the drum-sticks
nearly touched the noses of the advancing horses of the dragoons, and only at
when Sumner requested them. One little boy was beating the kettle-drum, and rattled it
manfully, never turning to look at the dragoons. In the rapid movements of the dragoons
in forming into position, they pressed on the Topeka companies, but those men kept their
position, and only stepped out of their ranks when the horses were ridden up to them, and
only then far enough not to be trampled on. Thesharp, shrill voice of Sumner rang through
Kansas avenue, and all around the State House, as he gave orders, and the dragoons wheeled
into form. The two pieces of artillery were planted about a hundred yards up the street.
They were said to be loaded with grape. The slow match was lighted. After the dragoons
were placed so as to suit Col. Sumner’s taste, he dismounted, and walked toward the As-
sembly rooms. Both Senate and House stood adjourned to meet at 12 o'clock ; a fact of which
Col. Sumner appeared to bé aware. The Lower House was just assembling when Col. Sum-
ner appeared in the hall where the mee ae met. Mr.8. J .Tappen, Clerk (the Speaker,
Mr. Minard being absent), called the Legislature to order by rapping with the gavel on the
Speaker's desk. He then called the roll and there not bein uorum, sent the Sergeant-at-
arms after the absentees. When Sumner had first entered and had been invited forward,
and offered a chair at the desk, he jocularly asked if they wanted to make him Speaker.
This was received by a hearty shout and laughter. The rooms were crowded by the citizens
to witness the spectacle, and some ladies got into the room. The roll was again called by
Mr. C. 8. Pratt, recording Clerk, and the absentees marked, when Col. Sumner rose and said:

“Gentlemen, I am called upon this day to perform the most painful duty of my whole
life. Under the authority of the President’s proclamation, I am here to disperse this Legis-
lature, and therefore inform you that you cannot meet. [ therefore order you to disperse,
God knows that I have no party feeling in-this matter, and will hold none so long as I oceu-
py my present position in Kansas. I have just returned from the borders where I have

een sending home companies of Missourians, and now I am ordered here to disperse you,
Such are my orders, and you must disperse. I now command you to disperse. I repeat that
it is the most painful duty of my whole life.”

Judge Schuyler asked, ‘Col. Sumner, are we to understand that the Legislature is
driven out at the point of the bayonet?”

Col. Sumner: “I shall use all the forces in my command to carry out my orders.”

The Assembly dispersed. Some of the members in town did not appear at the hall;
but the immortal number who responded to their names occupy a proud position. Some
pleasant interchange of civilities occurred between Col. Sumner and persons in the hall—
members and others. He left the hall and mounted his horse when he was reminded that
he had not dispersed the Senate. He dismounted and returned to the Senate chamber,
Marshal Donaldson going with him; Donaldson having also been present at the dispersion
of the House. The Senate had not yet been convened, as it was but little past the ap-

ointed hour; but Col. Sumner, addressing them in their collective capacity, proceeded to
dispense them in terms somewhat similar to those used in the hall below. When he concluded,
there was a pause, the Senators standing in a circle silently, but respectfully. No one was
in the hall but the Senators, the Senate officials, Col. Sumner, Donaldson and your corre-
spondent. Col. Sumner broke the pause by asking if they intended to disperse. With calm-
ness and dignity, Mr. Thornton, President of the Senate, replied that the Senate had not
yet convened, and could not make any reply. He asked Col. Sumner if he could convene
the Senate so that they could make a reply to him. Col.Sumner replied that his orders were
to prevent thera from meeting, and that they could not convene, but must disperse.

Here Donaldson stepped forward, and made the outrageous demand that the Senators
should promise not to assemble again or he would arrest every member. Monstrous usurp-
ing villainy for a Federal officer. If he had writs from a court to serve on either of these
gies it was his duty to serve them independent of any contingency ; if he had none he
had no right to arrest or molest a man, and as little to insult popular representatives thus
assembled. Several Senators told Col. Sumner that when thus dispersed by him, they would
of course disperse. Mr. Pillsbury said that they were in no condition to resist the United
States troops, and must of course disperse. Thus was the Senate dispersed. ne

When Col. Sumner first entered the town, a committee from the mass convention im-
mediately waited on him to ask if he intended to disperse the convention, or disband the
military companies on parade. He replied that he did not; he merely intended to disperse
the Legislature. While the dragoons were thus drawn up; and while Col. Sumner made this
reply, three cheers were given for Col. Sumner. Mr. Redpath cried, “Three cheers for Gov.
Robinson!” which were given very heartily, and then three cheers for liberty. After Col.
Sumner had dispersed both branches of the Assembly, and just as he proceeded to march off
with his forces, in order to show that they respected him for his gentlemanly conduct, and
did not hold him responsible for the grievous outrage, three cheers were given for Col. Sum-
ner, again three cheers for the national flag, three cheers for Fremont, followed by three cheers
for the Topeka convention and the State Legislature, and three groans for President Pierce,
as the dragoons rode away.

With the dispersion of the Topeka Legislature the victory of the Law
and Order party was apparently complete and its supremacy throughout
the Territory established. - The leading Free-State men were still prisoners
or absent from the Territory; Lane’s Army of the North had not appeared,
as expected, to defend the Legislature, and fears of its coming abated, or
gave place to doubts as to its existence; the Free-state guerrillas, believ-
ing that Col. Sumner’s troops having expelled the Missourians, would hold
them at bay, had disbanded and the peace which follows subjugation and
exhaustion seemed assured. Appearances were never more delusive. It
was but the calm which precedes the coming storm. The congratulations
of the victorious party were not ended before fresh troubles arose to dis-
turb the serenity. :

The foreifile dispersion of the Legislature by the order of Acting Gov-
ernor Woodson exasperated into fresh activity the more impulsive and un-
compromising Free-State spirits; furthermore, the inconveniences of the
Missouri blockade were beginning to be felt ina way not calculated to
produce quiet or contented acquiescence in the situation. | The Free-State
guerrillas began again to put in their work, making reprisals on the Pro-
slavery settlers for provisions and other comforts, of which they were
short, owing to the blockade. There was at first a sort of rude justice in
this new phase of predatory warfare. Supplies and shipments of every
sort, if directed to Lawrence or Topeka, were stopped on the border or
confiscated entirely. Thus the merchants of the two towns saw their stores
depleted of goods and their Free-State customers, depending on them for
supplies, in a state of actual privation. At the same time they saw the
shipments to the Pro-slavery merchants of Tecumseh, Lecompton, Frank-
lin and other favored points, passing the outposts and moving without
hindrance to their various places of destination. It was the evident inten-
tion of their enemies, not only to subjugate them, but, if possible, to starve
them out of the Territory. It was not within the natural bounds of hu-
man forbearance to quietly submit to these forced privations, while their
enemies near by were well supplied. So predatory parties began
the work of reprisal. They took, where practicable, from Pro-
slavery merchants and_ Pro-slavery settlers, whatever they wanted,
deemins it lawful plunder. Protests against the robbery or demands
for payment for goods taken, brought no further satisfaction than
bogus receipts from bogus committees, or orders on the “Political
Quarantine Department” of Missouri. Emboldened by the pervading iaw-

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lessness, unscrupulous men saw a favorable field for lucrative employment,
and, as champions for either cause, as individual cases might demand,
robbed indiscriminatcly. South of the Kansas, where the Free-State set-
tlers were most numerous, the Pro-slavery men suffered heavily; indeed,
many of them were completely impoverished by the oft-repeated visits of
their hungry and rapacious neighbors.

To insure the safety of Pro-slavery settlers, as well as for retaliatory
purposes, small squads of armed men came in from Missouri and fortitied
themselves at various points, where they could defend their outraged
friends, and, at the same time, harass the Free-State settlers and threaten
their towns. These points became bases of supplies, depositories for
plunder, and were chosen as strategic points, in case of another invasion,
the plans of which were then matured, the removal of Col. Sumner from
command at Fort Leavenworth having again opened, the way into the
Territory for the Missouri invaders.*

By August 1, these semi-military posts had been so generally estab-
lished, as to turn the tide of depredation again in favor of the Law and Order
party. The most important strongholds thus established were as follows:
Near Osawatomie was a camp of Georgians, menacing the town, and prey-
ing on the Free-State inhabitants for subsistence and plunder; on Wash-
ington Creek, on the claim of J. P. Saunders,{| some twelve miles south-
westerly from Lawrence, was a larger fortified camp, known as Fort
Saunders; at Franklin, five miles east of Lawrence, the block-house, which
had stood the night siege of the Lawrence Stubbs early in June, was the
fortified citadel, while the town was a general depository for the ammuni-
tion, supplies and plunder of the marauders, who made that town their
headquarters; and near Lecompton (about two miles west of the town),
Col. iL T. Titus had fortified his house and made it the headquarters of
quite a force. His place was known as Fort Titus.

About this time (August 1), Lane’s Army of the North entered the
Territory. It consisted of a part of the company that had been turned
back on the Star of the West, and the Massachusetts Company that had
been similarly treated on the Sultan, a few days later. When driven back,
they had been sent up the Mississippi River as far as lowa City, where they
established a rendezvous for the Army of the North. Joined by many
emigrants, who were glad to avail themselves of the protection thus af-
forded, the trains which constituted the first division of the “grand army”
moved through Iowa and Nebraska in July, and reached the northern
border of Kansas Territory as early as the 5th of August. It opened what
was known as the Iowa route. The party consisted of several hundred
bona fide settlers, men, women and children, besides some 125 single men,
partially armed, who might properly be considered Lane’s men, as thirty
of them were of the Chicago party, and, under his inspiration, had come
into the Territory after being once forcibly turned back, with a confirmed
determination to fight, if needs be, under his leadership, for the cause of
freedom. Lane had accompanied them well on their way through Iowa
and into Nebraska, and then, with six companions, left the slow-moving
train and entered the Territory in disguise several days in advance of it.
‘When the main body crossed the northern border, Lane, with his North-
ern army of half a dozen men, was in Lawrence.| The emigrants, many
of them, took up claims, as the train advanced through the northern coun-
ties; some came through and settled in, and in the vicinity of, Topeka and
Lawrence. The armed force joined strength with those who had waited
their coming, and continued with renewed energy the now less unequal
struggle. Lane remained incognito for some days after his arrival, took
no immediate command, and was known to all except his intimate friends
as Capt. Joe Cook, a recently arrived friend of the Free-State cause, and
a fighting man of military experience.$

 

*Col. Sumner was superseded in his command by the arrival of Gen. Persifer F. Smith at
Fort Leavenworth, July 18, Smith outranking him, The known sympathy of Col. Sumner for
the Free-State men was believed to be the cause of his removal from command. Col. Sumner
remained at Fort Leavenworth in a subordinate pozition for some time after his supersedure. He
was a Major General of Volunteers during the first two years of the rebellion, and served with
distinction in several important battles of those years. He died at Syracuse, N. Y., early in
1863. He was a true friend to Kansas, and as such may his memory be cherished by all who on
either side took part in the struggles of those troublous years,

Gen. Sinith was an invalid, confined to his quarters most of the time while in command.
His sentiments were Pro-slavery, but he took no leading part in affairs.

} Fort Saunders was in the northeast corner of what is now the town of Marion—north-
west quarter ot Section 12, Township 14, Range 16.

TF. G, Adams, Secretary of the Kansas Historical Society, the most thoroughly informed man
concerning the details or Kansas history now living, in common with many other early Free-State
settlers, states that the strongholds above enumerated were established before the troubles of the
early summer began, and had not been evacuated or broken up by Sumner’s troops or from any
other cause, but had been held continuously by a larger or smaller number of Pro-slavery incur-
sionists during the whole summer.

The presence of the dragoons, had, during July, however, so lessened their depredations as
to lead to the prevalent belief that all, save the house of Col. Titus, had ceased to be occupied for
defensive or offenfive purposes. ;

|| It is stated in Redpath’s life of Capt. John Brown, page 145, that Lane, “with a few friends
—among them Capt. Browo—reached Topeka on the night of the 10th of August,” and that
without delay he went on to Lawrence.

The main body of armed men under Harvey, Cutler and Shombre, reached Topeka on the
183th, with the emigrant train.

2 The report of S. G. Howe and Thaddeus Hyatt to the National Committee for aid of Kan-
sas, dated August 11, 1856, gives an elaborate account of this first band of emigrauts over the
Nebraska route. It can be found in the ‘‘ Webb-Scrap Books,” Vol. XVI, now in the Kansas
Historical Collections. From it the following is gleaned:

The committee deemed it unfortunate that “the party was joined in Iowa by the men
raised by Col. Lane, for though his immediate followers were only a fourth of the whole number,
yet, as he was a man of some notoriety—as he had made his preparations with considerable flour-
ish—as he was moreover very active and zealous, and is considered a brave and skilliul military
leader—he naturally obtained considerable influence over the whole, and the congregated party
came to be known to the country as Lane’s Expedition. This placed jt in a false position in the
North, where men were not prepared for armed and organized emigration, and gave to its enemies
a pretext for calling it a military or filibustering expedition.”

The report further states that fears were entertained that if Lane continued to remain with
the party, that some armed posse of Missourians with a United States Marshal, might attempt
Lanv’s arrest on the route for treason, and at the same time break up the whole party; that
Lane was earnestly solicited for this reason to remain behind in the States, and finally reluctantly
consented to leave the party, and the emigrants entered Nebraska under the guidance of Mr.
Dickey, of Topeka, who had been chosen Jeader by general consent. This perhaps shows a reason
for Lane's mysterious departure from the train, and his entrance into the Territory apart from it.

The different parties making up the train were, according to the report, as follows: Mil-
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A SUDDEN TURN IN AFFAIRS.

On the 5th of August, a party of Free-State men made a feint to at-
tack the Osawatomie fort, whereupon the Georgians evacuated in haste,
leaving some arms and provisions behind. The fort was destroyed, and
the recent garrison retreated to Fort Saunders, on Washington Creek.

On August 12, Maj. D. 8. Hoyt, an esteemed citizen of Lawrence,
volunteered, against the protests of his friends, to visit Fort Saunders and
confer with Col. Treadwell, who commanded the encampment, as to the
adoption of some means whereby peace might be restored and the general
pillage on both sides be stopped. He went without arms into the camp,
where he was cordially received. On his return he was accompanied by
two men, who, on reaching a piece of woods not far from the camp, mur-
dered him in cold blood. ‘They fired two balls into his body, and shot him
through the head after he had fallen. They put some corrosive substance
on his face to disfigure him, and, leaving his body half buried by the way-
side, returned with his horse and effects to the camp. This brutal murder
so exasperated the Free-State men, that a party of the more impetuous de-
termined to take summary and quick vengeance by attacking the strong-
holds of the Pro-slavery bands that infested the county, and destroy or
drive them out.

SECOND BATTLE OF FRANKLIN.

On the evening of the 12th, the day of Hoyt’s murder, a party of
twenty-five horsemen and fifty-six footmen left Lawrence, for the purpose
of attacking Franklin, recapturing the cannon, then in possession of the
enemy at that place, and breaking up the marauding gang that had their
headquarters there. Below are accounts of the affair, as on by credible
witnesses, who were themselves present and participated in the battle.*
Capt. Thomas Bickerton’s account is as follows:

As I was saying, I was half-way home after selling my corn, when Grover rode out on
the California road after me. My artillery company was in existence, but we had no can-
non. Grover said there was a six-pounder up at Franklin, and we must have it to operate
on Titus’ house. Robert Barber and Thomas Parvin were with me; or rather, I was with
them, as I had no team of my own, so I left them and came back on foot to Lawrence, with
Grover. I met William Hutchinson when I came into town,. who told me to come up stairs
with him, and he would show me aman from the States named “Cook.” I went up, and
whom should I see but Lane. This was on the 11th of August. The Franklin affair was kept
secret from the people. They thought when they saw us going, that we were going out by
the church to drill by moonlight. hen we got up near to Franklin who should come
along but this “ Joe Cook,” on horseback, and make himself known to the boys. They were
very much elated with seeing Lane, and seemed now to think that everything would go
right.

+We were there firing away, for several hours uselessly. Lane occasionally sent-to
know what we were doing, and told us to blaze away. Finally I got tired of lying there,
especially as I had nothing but a pistol; so I went over to Cracklin, behind the stable, and
told him something must be done, as it was useless to waste ammunition any longer. [
proposed getting some hay and setting fire to them. Caleb Pratt and Fuller volunteered to
go with me, each with a bundle of hay. So we went around to the end of the hotel, on the
road, thinking there were no windows there, where they could see us. But, just as we got
within reach of their guns, they vat to fire on us; so we got a wagon from a neighbor’s,
and filled it, and dragged it to the front of the postofiice, and set fire to it. We had to draw
the wagon up instead of pushing it ahead of us.
heard a great cry from within of “ Quarter, quarter!” I called out to our men to stop firing.
Iasked for some one to go with me, and stave in the door. Fuller told me to lead and he
would follow. When we burst in the door, we found the soldiers had run through the hotel,
and escaped, mostly. Mrs. Crane, whose husband kept the postoffice begged: “Oh, don’t
shoot my husband—don’t shoot him!” One of our men exclaimed: “ He deserves to die;
he is a great villain!” She said: “I know it—that’s just the reason I don’t want him shot.”
we did am intend to do any violence to him, as that kind of work was always done by the
other side.

Our men, I am ashamed to say, were so eager over the way in getting Crane’s store,
that Icould hardly get any of them to help me in taking the cannon out of the block
house, which was the first thing I espied. The postoflice was not disturbed. The post-
master opened it for me, and watched, by my request, to see that nothing was disturbed. I
went in jonly to see if any arms or powder were there. Found no cartridges and only five
balls. Got the gun onto its carriage and brought it to Lawrence. Placed it in a cellar in
the face of the hill, at Mr. Rice’s. Mrs. Rice, her husband, and two or three others, I made
hold up their right hand, and swear not to divulge what they had seen that morning. I
then went to work and made a pattern for a ball, as there was no lead in the place, and we
had no way of making them of iron, we had to take Brown’s type of the Herald of Freedom.

Richard B. Foster, another participant, gave an account of the affair

Pretty soon after the fire got agoing, we

 

waukee Company, Wisconsin, Ross, Conductor; Fremont Independent Company, organized at
Iowa City, Dean, Conductor; Tilinois Company, organized at Iowa City, Hawkins, Conductor;
Davenport Company, Davenport, Maxhan, Conductor; Wisconsin Pioneer Company, Janesville,
Wis., reinforced at Iowa City, Hildreth, Conductor; Bloomington Company, Bloomington, IIl.,
Weed, Conductor; Ohio Company, Eaton, Preble dounty, Obio, Walker, Conductor; Fremont
Company, organized at Iowa City (branch of Independent Company), Eberhart, Conductor;
Richmond Company, Richmond, Ind., Shombre, Conductor; Massachusetts Company, Worcester,
Mass., Stowell, Conductor; Moline Company, Moline, Ill., Bell, Conductor.—271 individuals in
all.

There were in addition the Massachusetts Company of Dr. Cutter, and the Chicago Company,
not, strictly of the before-named train, although within a day’s march of them, together number-
ing 110, and a company of fifteen from Rockford, 111.—125 in all, Grand total, 396. There were
thirty-eight women and children. The comp ny had twenty-five tents, twenty-three covered
wagons, twenty-five or thirty yoke of cattle, and a few horses and cows.

* Capt. Thomas Bickerton’s account of this battle and the subsequent capture of Fort Titus,
is among the, Hyatt manscripts now in the collection of the Kansas Historical Socicty. See
printed copy of entire accvunt in biennial report of sociaty, 1875-80, pp. 214-19. Rev. Richard B,
Foster’s statement of the same appears on pages 227-28, and that of N. W. Spicer on pp. 230-32,
ib, They were all written soon after the events transpired: Bickerton’s, December 12, 1856;
Foster’s, August 19, 1856; Spicer’s, December 6, 1856.

The diagram below was annexed to Capt. Bickerton’s statement.
ensconced in the block. house, against which the firing was directed.

The enemy were

 

(a). Block house. i
(b). Post office. ————— ape

 

(c). Hotel. WwW
(d). Stable.

(e). Wagon with hay.

(f). Assgiling party.

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in a letter to his brother, Rev. Daniel Foster, of Lowell, Mass., under date
of August 19. His account corroborates Capt. Bickerton’s statement in
all essential particulars. He makes no mention of the presence of Col.
Lane (nor of Capt. Joe Cook), either on the road or at Franklin. He
sums up the result as follows : ‘They left in our hands. the cannon and
upward of fifty muskets. We took our arms again, emptied upon the
ground several barrels of whisky, and went on our way. The citizens of
Franklin took no part in this attack.” Capt. Joseph Cracklin, of Law-
rence, ably supported by Capt. Bickerton, seems to have had the direction
of the affair. The soldiers who had escaped fled to Fort Saunders.

On Wednesday and Thursday following, Capt. Bickerton was engaged
in running balls out of Brown’s type, for his recently acquired cannon,
and otherwise getting his ordnance and company ready to lay siege to
Forts Saunders and Titus. Meantime, the Free-State men gathered in
large numbers (variously stated at from 400 to 500), at the head of a small
creek some three miles from Fort Saunders, with a view to attacking that
stronghold. There were there, besides the men who had stormed Frank-
lin, Capt. Samuel Walker with quite a company, and detachments or
squads from nearly every Free-State neighborhood up and down the

akarusa Valley. The Chicago Company, thirty in number, had arrived
in Topeka on the 18th, and, in response to a message sent them by Col.
Lane who was in the camp, by a forced march reached the Free-State ren-
dezvous at 2 o’clock in the morning of the 14th. During that day the
main force remained in camp, waiting the arrival of Capt. Bickerton’s
artillery, which came into camp on Friday. How the interval was spent,
and how the subsequent movement on Fort Saunders resulted, are told
by N. W. Spicer,* one of the Chicago Company, as follows:

During the day a scouting party under Capt. Shombre started from camp to recon-
noitre the ground of the enemy, and also find and bring in the murdered remains of Hoyt,
who, we had been informed, had been assassinated by the pang in the fort the day before.
They returned late in the afternoon, bringing in the mutilated remains of the murdered
man, When the corpse was exposed, the men were very aie and swore revenge.

Next morning the men wished to be led to the fort, but Lane deemed it imprudent (or
rather I should say, Capt. Cook, who had not yet undisguised himself). He sent the same
scouts out again, who returned about 11 0’clock. Cook wished to poston’ the attack until
next morning, but the men becoming so enraged at the suggestion, he changed the pro-
gramme that be had made, and arranged that the attack should be made that afternoon.

At 2 0’clock, the whole number of about five hundred, accordingly set out for the fort.
Before they had got in sight, the enemy had fled, leaving forty guns, the horse of the mur-
dered Hoyt,and much other plunder in our possession. We returned to our encampment,
and after dispatching a hasty supper started for Lawrence. Before all had left the camp, in-
telligence reached us of new difficulties at Lecompton. We immediately changed our
course, and steered for that place.

Richard B. Foster’s account places the number of men at 400 and
gives the result as follows: ‘‘ We found their flag in the bushes, with the
motto : “Enforce the Laws.” Some arms, ammunition, and tents fell into
our hands here. We reduced the forts to ashes.’’

THE SIEGE AND CAPITULATION OF FORT TITUS.

The Free-State forces, after the destroying of Fort Saunders, on their
way to Lawrence, were informed that some of Titus’ gang were raiding the
country south and east of Lecompton, stealing horses and robbing the
Free-State settlers. The force turned toward Lecompton. On the march,
Titus and some of his men were encountered by the advance scouts in the
vicinity of Judge Wakefield’s house, some five miles southeast of Titus’
fort. A sharp skirmish ensued; in which two of the raiders were wounded.
Finding themselves hard pressed, they fled to the fort, leaving two horses,
and one prisoner in the hands of their assailants, where Titus rallied his
men for the expected siege. The Free-State army encamped for the night
ata point about one mile in advance of where the skirmish occurred.
Early the next morning (Saturday, August 16), Capt. Henry J. Shombre
started for the fort in advance of the main body, with a company of cav-
alry, with the object of surprising the garrison and taking them prisoners.
On reaching the fort they charged upon some tents near by, and the in-
mates ran for Titus’ house. The assailants, in their attempt to cut them
off, came within casy range of the fort, a volley from which wounded four
of them—Capt. Shombre} mortally. They then retired and waited for
the main force to come up. On its arrival, the cannon was placed in posi-
tion, some fifty rods from the house. and the infantry and cavalry disposed
in military order to prevent the escape of prisoners. On the first shot being
fired the Lawrence boys shouted that it was a new issue of the Herald of
Freedom, and continued to indulge in like facetious sallies while the bom-
bardment lasted. The cabin was not capable of sustaining a prolonged
siege. Thirty-six pounds of Merald of Freedom type, as Capt. Bickerton
set them, had the desired eifect. At the firing of the sixth round, the
white flag appeared, the fort surrendered. The inmates, seventeen in
number, were prisoncrs. Titus was quite seriously wounded in the head
and shoulder. Onc of his menu was slightly wounded, and two of them
killed, The casualties on the Free-State side were seven wounded, includ-
ing Capt. Shombre.t Some twenty-five stand of arms were taken and

* See oxporionces of N. W. Spicer in Kansas—printed in Kansas Historical Collections, 1875
-80, prges 230-31,—Hyatt manscripts.

_ flenry J Shombre had been in the Territory less than three weeks at the time of his death,
which occurred August 18, two days after receiving his wound. He was from Indiana, and had,
in Wayne County, by his eloquence and example, raised acompany of eighteen young men, who,
with him, joined Lane's party at Iowa City, and had come into the Territory with them.

He arrived in Topeka August 13, started with others of the party for the scene of strife on
that evening, and on the 16th received his death wound 8 has been recounted. He was young,
brave chivalrous, and died thus early for the cause hecame to Kansas to defend.

{The following was given by a Lawrence correspondent (Potter) asa correct list of those
wounded on the Free-State side at the battles of Franklin and Titus Camp:

G. W. Smith, formerly of Butler, Penn., slightly in head and leg.

Arthur Gunter, Boston, Mass., in breast and chin—dangerously.

A. W. White, formerly of Missouri, severely in arm and breast—arm amputated.

George Henry, formerly of Hartford, Conn., in breast—slightly.

James N, Velsor, formerly of New York City, shot severely through the arm.

John Brook, formerly of Mansfield, Ohio, in the head—severely.

—Wells, in hand—slightly. .

D, A. Clayton, formerly of Union, N. Y., in the ankle—severcly.

George Leonard, formerly of Massachusetts, in back—slightly.

Charles Jordon, formerly of Maine, in back—slightly.

Samuel Shepherd, formerly of Ohio, in the thigh—fiesh wound.

John Crocker, formerly of Massachusetts, in the head—slight,

 
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

quite a quantity of provisions. Titus’ house was burned, and the victori-
ous army returned to Lawrence with their prisoners, not attempting to
attack the village of Lecompton, guarded as it was by United States
troops, which for political as well as prudential reasons it was not deemed
wise to encounter. They were satisfied, having been permitted to clean
out Titus’ gang without interference, to consider the campaign finished,
and await further developments. Capt. Samuel Walker and Jocl Grover
were the conspicuous and acknowledged leaders. The Chicago Company
under Capt. J. A. Harvey, also Dr. Cutter’s Company, who had come
through with them via Lane’s northern route, were present. It was their
first active participation in Kansas affairs. -

The firing was distinctly heard at the camp of the United States troops
then stationed near Lecompton, and under the command of Maj. John
Sedgwick. He immediately sent a company into town with orders to re-
port to Gov. Shannon. They found the inhabitants in a high state of
trepidation in fear that the Free-State men would sack the town. The
Territorial officials had already left the town or hidden from sight. Gov.
Shannon was reported to have been found on the river bank in the act of
embarking on a scow, to cross the river. The Captain reported to him,
and asked his orders. He declined to give any commands, further than
that he wished the town protected. They accordingly marched out and
took position on the road between Lecompton and the Free-State forces,
where they stood guard until they were fairly on the march for Lawrence.

CLOSING ACT OF SHANNON’S RULE.

On Sunday morning, the day following, Gov. Shannon, accompanied
by Dr. Rodrigue, Postmaster at Lecompton, and Maj. Sedgwick, repaired
to Lawrence for the indefinite purpose of coming to some understanding
with the victors which might result in the liberation of Titus and his men.
An account of the visit, the negotiation with the Free-State leaders and its
results, appeared in the correspondence of the New York Times, dated
Lawrence, Sunday, August 17, 1856. Its general accuracy is attested by
Samuel Kimball, Esq., and Capt. Walker.* It read as follows :

Another Sunday morning treaty with Gov. Shannon: Gov. Shannon, Dr. A. Rodrigue
Postmaster, and Maj. Sedgwick have just arrived from Lecompton. Itis supposed they have
come to demand the prisoners. They are now closeted with the officers of the Free-State
forces. They cannot have the prisoners without giving the F'ree-State party an equivalent.

Later: ‘A treaty has been made, and Gov. Shannon, after some opposition, has been
eee to state what it is, and to make a short speech. He said he should leave us, and

e wanted to leave the Territory with the people feeling better toward him, and in a quiet
state to his successor. He glorified the Union and thought we hada glorious country, and
then concluded.

The terms of the treaty are substantially as follows:

1. That they shall give up to the charge of Maj. Sedgwick, and in good condition, sub-
ject to the order of Capt. Walker, the howitzer, so valiantly surrendered to Sheriff Jones on
the 2]st of May.

That the prisoners then held in custody, at Lecompton—those arrested by Squire
Crane for being connected with the battle of Franklin—should be released and brought
safely to Lawrence.

3. That all arms taken from these and other prisoners should be delivered up.

4. That the Territorial authorities should use their power to break up these bands of
plunderers, and drive them from the Territory.

In consideration of this, the Free-State party were to deliver up their prisoners. They
never demanded the cannon taken at Franklin. Maj. Sedgwick had nothing to do with the
negotiations, any further than to say to Shannon that it was his duty to make an uncon-
ditional demand for the fa The Franklin prisoners held in Lecompton were arrested
under legal process, as they term it, yet they agreed to deliver them up. What right Gov.
Shannon and Dr. Aristides Rodrigue, Postmaster, had to do this, perhaps a Philadelphia
lawyer can tell—we can’t.

LATER.—} The prisoners exchanged: Capt. Newby and his company of dragoons have
just arrived in town with the Franklin prisoners, who this morning were examined before a
Justice of the Peace, and released according to contract. Capt. Newby brings a request from
Maj. Sedgwick to Capt. Walker, asking him to come for the howitzer, which had been placed
according to agreement, in his ane The various military companies are under arms.
The prisoners express themselves thankful for the kindness shown them, and make loud
promises of the same treatment to Free-State men, should the fortune of war ever place
them in their hands.

The prisoners are now in wagons and under escort of the dragoons, guarded also by the
Free-State forces, on the move for Lecompton. Capt. Walker, with a detachment of men,
has gone for the howitzer. : :

For months past the papers of the North have been mourning over a Kansas subjugated
to Slavery. To-day, they may cheer for a Kansas conquered to Freedom. Next week we
may need powder, ball,and men. The towns on the border are alive with excitement.
Already the Missourians are coming in at Leavenworth. They may have to go out.

The scene at the conclusion of the negotiations and Gov. Shannon's

speech on the occasion, were described by a New York Tribune corre- °

spondent over the signature ‘‘Potter,” as follows:

At length, about 6 o’clock in the evening, Col. Walker, ove of the Free-State leaders,
came out in front of the hotel, and stated that a peace agreement had been made, the terms
of which will more properly appear in Goy. Shannon’s speech. ,

After Col. Walker got through with his remarks, Gov. Shannon came out in front of
the piazza and addressed the crowd. He looks very thin and apparently careworn, far more
so than the last time I saw him, about a week after the sack of Lawrence; but he has been
so often described, it would be out of place to say a word here, only that he was sober.

SPEECH OF GOVERNOR SHANNON.

Fellow Citizens: I appear before you under very extraordinary circumstances, and I
ask your attention for a fev moments to afew remarks in relation to them. I came down
here to-day for the purpose of adjusting these difficulties, if possible, and I regret as much
as any man can—as much as any man within the sound of my voice, the existence of these
difficulties. I wish, too, tq set myself right before the people of Lawrence I have been tra-
duced and misapprehended through the press, my motives—those which heretofore have act-
uated me—have either been misunderstood, or purposely aspersed, and things have been
said of me which never happened. I desire now to say, while I remain in office, that I have
never done asingle act but what I believed would best subserve the interests of the whole
people. God knows I have no ee aentnee any man in this Territory.

I am sorry that blood has been shed here. In the war of the Revolution, our fathers
from both the North and the South fought and bled together for the same common cause,
the cause of liberty; and the result was a glorious triumph of arms, and the security to
themselves and to posterity of their inalienable rights. So in the war of 1812; so it was
in the war with Mexico; the North fought side by side with the South, and the stars and the
stripes floated each time over a conquered nation. And shall we steep our hands in a
brother’s blood here? (A yoice—‘Give us back Barber, and others that were murdered.”
Cries of “ Order,” “Order,” “ Law and order.” Another voice—“ Don’t insult the Governor,
“Go on.” : 4 :

I ine here for purposes of peace, to try and adjust a serious difficulty between the

 

*Webb Scrap Books, Kansas Historical Collection. See printed volume of transactions
1875-80, pages’ 229-30: The letter is attributed to Col. Sam F. Tappan.
+ Monday, August 18,

-which you hold, and set them at liberty.

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people now in this Territory. In afew days my successor will be among the people of this
Territory, and I desire now to say that the few days which remain of my continuance in of-
fice will be devoted to further peace and harmony, and to the carrying out, as far as in me
lies, the terms of agreement which will be the final settlement of all strife and difficulty,
that these will be succeeded by peace and prosperity and happiness to all. Only let the
people have these invaluable blessings, and the bones, and muscles and brains of contented
citizens will develop the rich natural resources of the Territory—a Territory far surpassing
in richness and beauty any other on God’s broad earth. (A voice—“* Let us hear the terms
of the agreement, I did not understand them thoroughly.” Several voices—“ What are
the terms? Let us hear them.”) Capt. Walker has stated the terms, and the few days I
remain in office will be devoted, so help me heaven, in carrying out faithfully my part of
them, and in preserving order. (Cries of “let us hear the terms,” “order,” “order,” “law
and order.”) The terms are simply these: I agree to release the prisoners held at Le-
compton, five in number, and to use the nulitary force under the command of Maj. Sedg-
wick, to repel any armed body of men who shall be found in the Territory for any other
than peaceful purposes, I also agree to deliver over to Maj. Sedgwick the cannon taken from
Lawrence on the 2ist day of May last, said cannon to be subject to the order of Capt.
Walker. On the othcr hand you agree to deliver up the nineteen or twenty prisoners
(Here he was interrupted by a great many ques-
tions, explanations, ete. When order was restored he proceeded.) Fellow-citizens of Law-
rence, before leaving you I desire to express my earnest desire for your health, happiness,
and prosperity. Farewell.

The treaty made as above stated, was the last important official act
of Gov. Shannon. In his speech to the citizens of Lawrence, he publicly
stated his intention of speedily relinquishing the authority which he had
wielded with so uncertain and vacillating purpose as to have bereft him of
any respectable following on either side. He had proved himself alike
incapable as a ruler, and of too yielding and soft material to be a reliable
tool. His better nature had, in every crisis, asserted itself too late to gain
the approval or confidence of the Free-State party; yet soon enough to
thwart the consummation of the best laid plans of the Pro-slavery part
who needed and expected his unreserved and constant support. He said,
after announcing his intended departure, “and the few days I remain in
office shall be devoted, so help me heaven, to carrying out faithfully my
part of the agreement, and in preserving order.” He kept his last pledge.
He immediately sent to Ft. Leavenworth, ordering out all the United
States troops to preserve the peace of the Territory, and although impor-
tuned to call out the militia by his Pro-slavery advisers, persistently refused
to invite another Missouri invasion by that means. On the following
Thursday, August 21, he forwarded his formal and unconditional resigna-
tion, and on the same day received official notice of his removal and the
appointment of Hon. John W. Geary as his successor. From that day,
and until the arrival of the newly appointed Governor in the Territory,
Secretary Woodson was again Acting Governor.

GOV. SHANNON’S SUBSEQUENT LIFE.

The last acts of Gov. Shannon so embittered the more violent Pro-
slavery partisans against him as to render it unsafe for him to openly leave
the Territory, and he was forced to run, on the border, the gantlet of his
former friends, many of whom now openly threatened his life. He followed
the example of Gov. Reeder, and as Gov. Robinson states, left the Terri-
tory, in fear of assassination. He remained in the States until the days of
violence and danger to life were over. He subsequently returned to Kan-
sas, lived for some years in Lecompton, then settled in Lawrence, where
he spent the last years of his life. Hedied there in 1878. After his return
to Kansas, although holding tenaciously to his Democratic faith, he was
never actively identified with the political affairs of the Territory or State.
He applied himself most assiduously to the duties of his profession, and
took merited rank as one of the foremost lawyers of Kansas and the West.
Old prejudices were softened as the years rolled on, and under the charm
of his courtly mien, the amiability of his temper, his acknowledged ability
and the nameless traits that made him the polished gentleman, the affec-
tionate husband and father, and obliging neighbor he naturally was, his
political sins, born more of weakness than malice, were blotted from many
hearts, and, at the time of his death, he numbered among his host of
friends, not a few of those who, in the days of his executive power, had
been his bitterest foes. Gov. Charles Robinson, the head and front of the
Free-State movement which Gov. Shannon abhorred, in summing up the
closing years of his former antagonist, wrote thus kindly of him: “His
unofiicial life in Kansas endeared him to all with whom he came in con-
tact. He was a most estimable citizen, and respected by all who knew
him.” With testimony of his worth from such a source, the reader will
not find it hard to cover with the veil of oblivious charity his faults and
short-comings, and with his thousands of friends all over Kansas, unite in
cherishing in affectionate remembrance, the memory of Wilson Shannon.

TROUBLES NORTH OF THE KANSAS.

The sudden and unexpected reverses of the Pro-slavery bands about
Lawrence, the treaty made with them by Gov. Shannon, his absolute re-
fusal to call the Missouri militia into the Territory, and his ordering out
of the whole garrison from Ft. Leavenworth to restore order and prevent
their taking revenge, exasperated the Pro-slavery men both in Western
Missouri and Kansas, to the extreme of taking summary vengeance into
their own hands wherever Free-State settlers could be found in isolated
places, or in insufficient number to offer effectual or formidable defense.
So, as on former occasions, the subsidence of disorder south of the Kan-
sas was the beginning of a fresh chapter of horrors in Leavenworth, Atch-
ison and at all other points near the border where the Free-State settlers
were fewer in number, less efficiently organized, and at the mercy of their
merciless foes. To the intensity of hate was added the wild delirium of
fear, and under the combined influence of these two most potent incentives
to violence, murder, arson, rapine and the whole hoard of minor terrors were
let loose to run riot among the defenseless Free-State settlers wherever they
were in a helpless minority. In the reign of terror and the rule of anarchy
which ensued, culminated the woes and horrors of Kansas’ early
struggles.

On August 16, the rally of the Pro-slavery forces was begun along the
border. On that day a call was issued at Westport, Mo., signed by D. R.
Atchison, W. H. Russell, A. G. Boone and B. BE. Stringfellow. It began
thus:
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Wrstrort, Aug. 16, 1856.
TO THE PUBLIC.
It has been our duty to keep correctly and fully advised of the movements of the Abo-

litionists. We know thatsince Lane commenced his march, the \bolitionists in the Territory |

were engaged in stealing horses to mount his men, organizing and preparing immediately
on their arrival to carry out their avowed purpose of expelling or exterminating every Pro-
slavery settler. We have seen them daily becoming more daring as Lane’s party advanced.
We have endeavored to prepare our friends to the end, which was foreseen, and which we
now have to announce—Lanr’s MEN HAVE ARRIVED!—Civit War Is Braun!

Then follows an account of the driving out, on the 7th inst., by
“Brown, the notorious assassin and robber,” with a party of three hundred
Abolitionists, of Cook, and a party of Georgians, who had settled near
Osawatomie. The account says: “This colony was unarmed, and num-
bered in all—men, women, children and slaves—about two hundred! Their
houses were burned, all their property (even to the clothes of the children)
taken and destroyed.” Following, was an account of the expulsion of Mr.
White from Lykins County, “although a Free-State man,” for his efforts
to procure the arrest of the murderers of Wilkinson. The taking of
Franklin, where it was stated that the assault of three hundred Abolition-
ists, many of them Lane’s men, but headed by Brown, was withstood. until
their house was fired by fourteen Pro-slavery men—the subsequent evacu-
ation and pillage; the destruction of ‘Treadwell’s Settlement” (Fort
Saunders), by a force of four hundred men, all well mounted, under Brown
and Walker, were all described. Friends were constantly coming in,
robbed and plundered. Hourly expresses arrive, announcing the progress
of the traitors. The closing appeal was as follows:

We believe that ere this Lecompton is taken. In ten days not one Pro-slavery settle:
will be left on the south side of Kansas River, unless instant aid be given them. Our friends
on the north side, scattered and unprepared, will then be exterminated and expelled.

We give you no mere rumors, but a simple statement of undoubtedafacts. We say to
you that war, organized, matured, is now being waged by the Abolitionists. And we call on
all who are not prepared to see their friends butchered, to be themselves driven from their
homes, to rally instantly to the rescue. '

Abolitionists proclaim that ‘no quarter will be given!’ “Every Pro-slayery man
must be exterminated!” What will be your reply?

The response to this appeal was immediate, and troops began to gather
on the border awaiting the expected call of the Governor on the Territorial
militia, as a pretext for advancing into the Territory in force. But
Shannon was deaf to their frantic appeals to be called into action, and
they remained upon the border, increasing, as the days went by, like the
black and swelling clouds of the coming storm. Meantime the excitement
and panic in the border counties of Kansas increased. Fresh news of
more outrages came daily, and were given, with all the exaggeration of
fear and hate, to the excited people. The following are given as samples
of the style in which the news was served up to the citizens of Leaven-
worth, Atchison, and the border towns:

[From the Leavenworth Journal—Extra.|
MORE OUTRAGES.
COL. TITUS MURDERED.
NINE HUNDRED ABOLITIONISTS WITH FIVE PIECES OF ARTILLERY AT LECOMPTON!!
THE CITY SURROUNDED.

Mr. Rodrigue’s Express has just arrived, bringing intelligence of the attack on Col
Titus’ house, and the probable murder of the entire party. There were thirty men in the
house, and it was surrounded by at least 400. There is no possibility of an escape for a sin-
gle man.

Another portion of the Abolition forces attacked the house of George W. Clark, Indian
Agent. About two hours after the destruction of Col. Titus’ house, and while the express
was leaving, the roar of cannon, was distinctly heard. Lane is in the a / Andrew Preston,
Esq., wounded, Mr. Sisterre killed. Mr. Clowes killed. Editor of Southern Advocate killed.
Lecompton is hourly expected to be attacked. 5

Up, citizens of Kansas, and come to the rescue. All the women and children of Le-
compton are driven from thecity,andarenow comingtothiscity. Action! Action!! Action!!!

Still later. To all true Pro-slavery men in Missouri, Gen. Clark, agent of the Potta-
watomies, with his family, brings the news, as stated by himself, herewith inclosed.

“An army of Lane’s men have demolished Franklin, six to eight hundred men strong,
attacked Col. Titus near Lecompton, who had about thirty men, battered down his house
with cannon, his family having just left, killed a number of his men, and took him and the
remainder of his men prisoners.

“They attacked the guard of the United States troops who had in charge Robinson and
the other prisoners, who surrendered without orig a gun, and are now in the hands of
Lane’s men. It is impossible to state in a letter all the outrages committed by these marau-
ders. We have had five expresses from different parts of the Territory since this morning
from Iowa Point to. Lecompton. They are driving all the Pro-slavery mon out of Douglas
County and destroying their property. The fugitives are arriving every hour. :

“We call upon our friends in Missouri, in the name of humanity, to come to the rescue,
with men and provisions to support them. We have determined to clean the Territory or
fall in the attempt. We send expresses to-night to St. Joseph, Liberty, Platte City and to
Westport. To arms! at once and come to the rescue, We are all under arms here to-night,
and will be ready to-morrow.

“fe. C. McCarty, President Law and Order party.
, “C. T. Harrison, H. R. POLLARD, Serretaries. CG. W.CnARK,”

The Kansas Herald Extra, giving the same or equally panic-stricken
accounts of the devastation of Lane’s army, opened with the following
startling headlines: “ War and Desolation!—Lecoinpton Taken by Lane’s
Men!—Col. Titus’ Company Held as Prisoners!—-Sheriff Jones’ Flouse
Threatened by the Outlaws!—Murder and Butchery!”’

An account of the storming and taking of Titus’ house, and the general
devastation of Lane’s men, closed as follows:

Js there a heart in the breast of any Law and Order man in Kansas that will not re-
spond to the following earnest and touching appeal. Let the ery be—To arms! To arms!!

Near Lecompron, August 16, 1856.
To Cot, PAYNE AND OTHERS:

Friends of Law and Order—The Abdolitionists have come on us this morning about day-
light, whipped and taken prisoners our men, Lecompton is taken, and deserted by the
women and children. These are Lane’s men, about eight hundred strong. The United
States troops are also whipped and beaten. Will you come to our rescue before we are all
murdered? We are out of powder and lead and every kind of ammunition. Our friends
are now stationed in Sheriff Jones’ house, as many as can and will fight to the last. Will
you help us? If so, come at once. Unless we get help we will all be murdered.

‘Yours, L. J. WAMILTON,

P. 8. Col. Titus and his men are all taken prisoners.

Under the excitement of such reports and appeals as these, the Law
and Order men of Leavenworth and Atchison Counties at once began the
counter work of exterminating what Abolitionists or Free-State men could
be found in their midst. . Murders became too common to cause more than
passing notice, except accompanied with some peculiar atrocity. .One

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Fuget, under the inspiration of whisky and the call of Atchison, String-
fellow & Co., before quoted, on the day following its issue, made a wager
of a pair of boots that he would have the scalp of an Abolitionist within
two hours. He won his bet—witbin the time he had secured the reeking
scalp of Hoppe, a German, whom he had murdered. A German, who
expressed horror of the deed, was shot dead. The murderer fled, wearing
the boots he had so fairly won. No Free-State man’s life was safe,
except under the protection of Fort Leavenworth, to which many fled for
safety. As the panic-stricken Pro-slavery settlers were flocking to the
Missouri border, south of the river, through fear of “Lane’s men,” a like
exodus of Free-State families was going on north of the Kansas, all along
the Missouri River. The down boats were loaded with Free-State refugees,
driven out by their relentless foes, or willing fugitives from the bloody
horrors of the time. Gov. Shannon is reported to have stated that, at the
time he left the Territory, the roads about Leavenworth “ were literally
strewn with dead bodies.” The concentration of horrors about Leaven-
worth was attributed to a band of desperadoes under one Emory, a United
States mail agent, who, in response to the appeals put forth for help, had
recruited them in Platte County, Mo. They styled themselves the ‘‘ Regu-
lators,” and declared their intention to kill every Abolitionist who did not
leave the Territory.*

THE ADMINISTRATION OF ACTING GOVERNOR WOODSON.

Secretary Woodson entered upon the duties of Acting Governor on the
eyening of August 21. On the preceding day, Maj. Gen. William P.
Richardson wrote Gov. Shannon that, having received information of the
approach of Lane, with his army, from the north, he had deemed it his
duty to call out the Territorial militia of his division to repel or intercept
him. What reply Gov. Shannon might have given to this extra-official
military precaution can never be known, as he had ceased _ to be Governor
of the Territory before Richardson's letter reached him. ‘Woodson,
however, approved it, and also immediately ordered Maj. Gen. Coffey,
commanding the Southern Division of Kansas Militia, to call out his
troops and take the field. This, with a proclamation issued by Woodson, on
the 25th, declaring the Territory in a state of insurrection, and calling out
the militia, opened wide the eastern gates of Pro-slavery invasion, through
which the waiting Missourians poured into the Territory, to mingle in the
general carnival of disorder, and, perhance, if victorious, to close the
northern ee against the threatened Free-State invasion. _

The Pro-slavery press, now assured, until the arrival of Gov.
Geary, of the full, heart-felt and unscrupulous co-operation of the Acting
Governor, put on anew its war paint, and urged a sharp, quick campaign
of extermination. The Squatter Sovereign, under the head of ‘‘ Thirc and
Last Time,’’ urged the Missourians to the work of extermination thus;

Our friends have been collecting on the Border during the past week, and in a few days
will have a well-organized force in the field, ae to any emergency. e again reiterate:
acrisis has arrived in the affairs of Kansas, and another week will tell a tale that will have
an important bearing on the future fateof Kansas. It behooves every citizen to shoulder
arms without any further delay. We have been slow to believe that anything like serious
fighting would occur, but we are now fully convinced that a deadly struggle must ensue,
and one or more hard battles transpire before the Abolitionists can be subdued. Already
the smouldering ruins of numerous dwellings, and the reeking blood of many a victum, cries
aloud for vengeance. The cry is heard and will be answered with tenfold retaliation. If
there is one breast still unpenetrated by this call, we urge that it instantly become alive to
the importance of the emergency. The want of afew men may turn the fortunes of war
against us. Then let every man who can bear arms “be off to the war again.” Let it be the
third and last time. Let the watchword be, “extermination, total and complete.”

_, The Pro-slavery men keenly appreciated the importance of quick, de-
cisive work. The work to be effectual must be done, to avoid risks of gov-
ernmental interference, while Woodson remained in power, and that so
thoroughly that his successor could not undo it, if he would. With no
Free-State men left in the Territory, Gov. Geary would find none to pro-
tect. With their extermination would vanish all their violated rights and
importunate claims for redress and justice; ‘it was a consummation de-
voutly to be wished,” and ‘‘if it were done, when ’tis done, then ’twere
well it were done quickly.” To quicken to renewed and prompt action
the Pro-slavery men of the border, another manifesto was issued on the
26th of August, signed by Atchison, Stringfellow and all the acknowledged
Pro-slavery leaders of Leavenworth and Atchison. It received the
indorsement of their Missouri allies as follows:

“We, the citizens of Missouri, urge our fellow citizens and the citizens
of other States to respond to the above call of the citizens of Kansas.
Signed by A. W. Doniphan, Oliver Anderson, B. J. Brown, Henry L.
Rouett, A. G. Boone, Jesse Morin, John W. Reid, B. F. Stringfellow.”

_ The manifesto recounted fully the past history of fhe struggle, as
viewed from a purely Pro-slavery standpoint, and announced in terms of
carncstness and sincerity the imminent danger of irretrievable failure un-
less immediate response, in overwhelming numbers, was made to their
call The spirit of the whole document is evinced in the excerpts which

ollow:

We have asked the appointment of a suecessor who was acquainted with our condition;
wii citizen of our Territory, identified with its interests, familiar with its history, would
not be prejudiced or misled by the falsehoods which have been so systematically fabricated
against us—one who, heretofore a resident, as he is a native of a non-slave-holding State, is
yet not a slave-holder, but has the capacity to appreciate, and the boldness and integrity re-
quisite faithfully to discharge, his duty, regardless of the possible effect it might have upon
the election of some petty politician in a distant State.

In his stead we have one appointed who is ignorant of our condition, a stranger to our
people; who, we havé too much cause to fear, will, if no worse, prove no more efficient to
protect us than his predecessors.

With, then, a government which has proved imbecile—has failed to enforce the laws

- au protection—with an army of lawless banditti overrunning our country—what shall
. Though we have full confidence in the integrity and fidelity of Mx. Woodson, now act-
ing as Governor, we know not at what queria ais authority will be superseded. We can
not await the convenience, in coming, of our newly appointed Governor. We cannot hazard
a second edition of imbecility or corruption. We must act at once and effectively. These
ee pesnenine and robbers must be punished ; must now be taught a lesson they will
remember.

*For detailed nccounts of the various outrages, murders, battles and other exciting incidents
of that period, tha reader is referred to the histories of Atchison, Leavenworth, Jefferson and
other counties within the limits of which the occurrences took place.

 
ciety yp) any

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

We — no war upon these men for their opinions; have never attempted to exclude

erson irom settling among us; we have demanded only that all should alike submit to

*! the aw. To all such we will afford proreotion, whatever be their political opinions. But
Lane's army and its allies must be expelled from the Territory. Thusalonecan we make safe
our persons and property—thus alone can we bring peace to our Territory.

To do this we will need assistance. Our citizens unorganized, many of them unarmed,
for they came not as soldiers—though able heretofore to assemble a foree sufficient to com-
pel the obedience of the rebels, now that they have been strengthened by this invading
army, thoroughly drilled, perfectly equipped, mounted, and ready to march at a moment’s
notice to attack our defenseless settlements—may be overpowered. Should we be able even
to vanquish this additional force, we are threatened with a further invasion of like charac-
ters through Iowa and Nebraska.

This is no mere local quarrel; no mere riot; but it is war! a war waged by an army!
a war professedly for our extermination. It is no mere resistance to the laws; no simple

rebellion of our citizens, but a war of invasion—the i =
Coie mtey re he army a foreign army—properly named

It is then not only the right but the duty of all good citizens of Missouri and every
other State to come to our assistance, and enable us to expel the invaders.

Mr. Woodson, since the resignation of Gov. Shannon, in the absence of Gov. Geary, has
fearlessly met the responsibilities of the trust forced upon him, has proclaimed the existence
of the rebellion, and called on the militia of the Territory to assemble for its suppression.

We call on you to come! to furnish us assistance in men, provisions and munitions,
that we may drive out the “ Army of the North” who would subvert our government and
expel us from our homes.

Our people, though poor, many of them stripped of their all, others harassed by these
fiends so that they have been unable to pa for their families, are yet true men; will
stand with you shoulder to shoulder in defense of rights, of principles in which you have a
common if not deeper interest than they.

By the issue of this struggle is to be decided whether law or lawlessness shall reign in
our country. If weare vanquished, you, too, will be victims. Let our appeal be not in vain.

At'the time of the issue of the above manifesto, Atchison and String-
fellow had already, at Little Santa Fé, a force variously estimated to num-
ber from five to eleven hundred men. They organized under the name -of
“THe ARMY.oFr Law AND ORDER IN Kansas.” David R. Atchison was
elected Commander-in-chief of the forces in the field. The army was or-
ganized into two regiments. The first foray into the Territory was made on
the 25th, at which time the Quaker Mission was robbed of all its cattle,
horses, and such provisions and valuables as could be carried off. The
occupants who were traditionally hostile to slavery, were termed nigger-
stealers, and as such, treated most barbarously. The Mission was for the
time broken up.

The Free-State men were frankly informed of the proposed intentions
of Acting Gov. Woodson. The mustering of armed bands all along the
border, and the proclamation calling them into service meant to them an-
other invasion, continued war, and perhaps the driving out of all Free-
State men. Every avenue to sources of supplies had been cut off, and
already the citizens of Lawrence were short of provisions; attempts to
obtain them from Leavenworth or. Kansas City, proved unavailing. Team-
sters sent thither for supplies were taken prisoners, murdered on the road,
or if suffered to obtain supplies, were waylaid on the return, robbed, and
sent to Lawrence as empty as when they set out.

On August 24, the citizens determined to appeal to Woodson, the Act-
ing Governor, for relief. A committee of five citizens, of whom C. W.
Babcock was chairman, waited on Gov. Woodson, whom they found in the
quarters of the officers in command of the United States troops, then sta-
tioned at Lecompton. The committee stated to Woodson that Lawrence
was out of provisions; that their roads were blockaded by armed mobs;
that two of their teamsters had been murdered, and that they desired to
know whether he would grant them a guard to their teams to Westport
and Leavenworth, or leave them to guard their own teams and open the
roads. They wished further to be informed whether he intended to inter-
pose troops to prevent this overwhelming mob from murdering, burning,
and pillaging, or were the people of Lawrence to be left to take care of
themselves? In reply, Gov. Woodson is reported to have said that if the
people of Lawrence would obey the laws (the Territorial laws), and if he
could have assurances to that effect, ‘‘this thing” (meaning the invasion)
could be settled in five hours—that under those conditions he would bring
the troops, of which he was Commander-in-chief, to bear upon these mobs
and disperse them. In reply, Mr. Babeock said: ‘‘ Governor, are we to
understand that your position is this: That if we obey the bogus laws you
will protect us with the whole force under yourcommand; andif not, you
will allow us to be murdered? Is that your position?” Gov. Woodson
protested that he had no desire to see them murdered, but the laws must
be obeyed and the writs must be executed. The committee returned to
Lawrence without the protection, and fully convinced that the fight must
be continued. The old redoubts of the town were ae put in a state of
defense, and the temporary lull which had followed Shannon’s late treaty
and exchange of prisoners, gave way to a fresh rally of Free-State troops
who, concentrating rapidly in Lawrence, prepared for renewing the con-
test. Three days later, on the 27th, while preparations for defense were
still going on in the city, another call was made on Woodson for protec-
tion and redress; this time by private citizens: G. W. Hutchinson, a Law-
rence merchant, whose teams had been stolen on the way to Leavenworth,
and his teamsters taken prisoners; and Mr. Sutherlan n the mail-carrier
between Lawrence and Leavenworth, whose hack and driver had met the
same fate. They first appealed to Col. Phillip St. George Cooke, who was
in command of the United States troops at Lecompton, having come in
from Ft. Riley two days before. He referred them to Woodson. - While
in his presence telling their story, they were seized as prisoners by the Ter-
ritorial militia. Col. Cooke was indignant at the outrage, and made re-
peated demands on the Governor for their release, to no purpose. ‘Wood-
son’s reply being that they were seized as ‘‘spies in the enemy’s camp, and
were held as prisoners of war.” . ;

So well prepared were the Missourians for the fray, that the evening
of-the first day after the call of Gov. Woodson was made saw the Quaker
Mission sacked, and a detachment of the Missouri army, numbering some
150 men, under Capt. John E. Brown, encamped on Middle or Mound
Creek, some eight miles in the enemy’s country, not far from the present
site of New Lancaster, Miami County. The encampment was discovered
by some companies of Free-State men, who, with equal alertness, had re-

sponded to Gov. Woodson’s call, and were in watch for the advance of

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the invaders. These companies were in command of Capts. Cline, Ander-
son and Shore, the latter being one of the heroes of the battle of “ Black
Jack.” The combined force numbered 118 men. On the following day,
about noon, they attacked the camp. After a sharp firing of some ten
minutes, the Missourians fled, leaving their baggage, horses, coats, and a
well-prepared dinner in the hands of the assailants. They retreated to the
border, and joined the main army. Eleven prisoners taken were paroled
the next day, and permitted to follow their friends over the border. Lieut.
Cline, the only one of the Free-State men wounded, subsequently died
from the effects of his wound.

On the 29th, the grand army moved into the Territory in full force,
and encamped in the evening on the head-waters of Bull Creek, some fif-
teen miles north and four miles west of Osawatomie. From this point, a
detachment, numbering three hundred or more men, under the command
of Capt. John W. Reid, made a forced march to the village of Osawato-
mie, which they reached early the following morning.

BATTLE OF OSAWATOMIE.

The troops were guided by Rev. Martin White, who was one of the
most bitter Pro-slavery partisans in the Territory, and had himself fled
from the country about the time of the Pottawatomie murders, and claimed
to have been driven out. He was with the advance scouting party, which,
as it approached the town, fell in with David Garrison and Frederick
Brown, ason of old John Brown. Both were, without warning or prov-
ocation, shot dead. White boasted afterward that he gave Fred his qui-
etus, asserting in justification of the act, that Brown, when shot, was
known to him as one of the pestiferous gang of Abolitionists, and was riding
at the time a horse stolen from him; and that, it being a time of war, it
was no murder.

The village was reached shortly after the double murder, by the whole
force. They were there confronted by a party of about forty Free-State
men, under command of that grim, mysterious, unrelenting old hero, John
Brown. The town was hotly defended by the little party for a time, but
at length, overpowered by numbers, they were forced to retreat and leave
it to pillage and destruction. After the sacking of the stores and dwell-
ings of all valuables that could be transported, the soldiers set fire to the
town and destroyed it. When the conflagration ceased, but four buildings
remained among the smouldering ruins of what had been the thriving vil-
lage of Osawatomie.* :

" The following was Capt. Reids’ report of the affair:
Camp BULL CREEK, August 31.

Gentlemen—I moved with 250 men on the Abolition fort and town of Osawatomie—the
head-quarters of Old Brown—on night before last; marched forty miles and attacked the
town without dismounting the men, about sunrise yesterday. We had five men wounded,
none dangerously—Capt. Boyce, William Gordon, and three others. We killed about thirty
of them, among the number, certain, a son of old Brown, and almost certain Brown himself;
ae all their ammunition and provisions, and the boys would birn the town. I cowld
not help it.

e must be supported by our friends. We will want more men and ammunition—am-
munition of all sorts. Powder, muskets, ball and caps is the constant cry.

I write in great haste, as I have been in the saddle, rode 100 miles, and fought a battle
without rest. Your friend,

. REID.

Old John Brown, in his modest account of the battle, states that his
force consisted of “some twelve or fifteen recruits,” which he brought into
the town in the morning, together with ten or fifteen mounted men, under
Capt. Cline, whom he met just before the battle began, and who joined
forces with him in the defense. The whole defensive force did not num-
ber over thirty men. Capt. Cline’s men got out of ammunition, and were
forced to retire across the river. The remaining force kept up the fire
until but six or seven remained. Capt. Brown summed up the losses as
follows:

We had one man killed—a Mr. Powers, from Capt. Cline’s company—in the fight.
One of my men—a Mr. Partridge—was shot in crossing the river. Two or three of the party,
who took part in the fight, are yet missing, and may be lost or taken prisoners. Two were
wounded, viz., Dr. Updegraff and a Mr. Collis. * * *

The loss of the enemy, as we learn by the different statements of our own, as well as
their peor; was some thirty-one or two killed, and from forty to fifty wounded. After
burning the town to ashes, and killing a Mr. Williams they had taken, whom neither party
datned, they took a hasty leave, carrying their dead_and wounded with them. They did
not attempt to cross the river, nor to search for us, and have not since returned to look over
their work. I give this in great haste, in the midst of constant interruptions. My second
son was with me in the fight and escaped unharmed. This I mention for the benefit of his
friends.

Old preacher White, I hear, boasts of having killed my son. Of course he is a lion.

JOHN Brown,
LAWRENCE, Kan., September 7, 1856.

Reid, with his command, having destroyed the village, returned with
his plunder to the encampment on Bull Creek. News reached Lawrence
and Topeka of the burning of Osawatomie on Saturday evening, and a
force of nearly 300 men was rallied, and on the following morning set out
in pursuit of the enemy. Col. Lane, still known as Joe Cook, controlled
by his advice the movements of the force, although having no open com-
mand. The march was during one of the hottest of Kansas’ hottest days.
The boys had made no preparations for sustenance during the hastily
planned campaign: In spite of terrible suffering from hunger. thirst and
heat, they made the forced march (the Topeka Company, over forty miles),
and appeared in sight of the enemy, still encamped at Bull Creek, before
sunset on the evening of the 31st. The cavalry came in sight of the camp
while the infantry were some miles in the rear. While waiting for them
to come up, they, in reconnoitering, exchanged a few shots with the
pickets of theenemy. The boys, in spite of fatigue, were ready and eager
to fight it out without rest. Before the infantry had come up sufficiently
near to co-operate with the cavalry in an attack on the’ enemy, Col. Lane
(Cook) advised a halt and subsequently had them retire some miles and go
into camp, or rather take what rest they could in the open air, with the
intention, as was supposed, of attacking the enemy on the following morn-
ing. During the night the enemy broke camp and retreated to the Mis-

 

* A more detailed account of the battle appears in the history of Miami County.
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souri border, ‘and, ‘on the following day the footsore and hungry company,
disappointed of a fight, and in no amtable mood, commenced the return
march, slowly and with laggard steps, until met by rumors of fresh danger
and renewed outrages at home.

On its becoming known.at Lecompton that a force had set out to meet

the invaders, or intercept them in their retreat to Missouri, it was deter-
mined by Woodson and his advisers to make a diversion in favor of their
friends, by subjecting the Free-State settlers to fresh outrages in the ab-
sence of the Free-State forces who had held them thus far under yestraint.
Col. P. St. George Cooke was ordered by Woodson ‘‘to proceéd at the
earliest moment to invest Topeka, disarm the insurrectionists, or aggres-
‘sive invaders against the organized government of the Territory, to be
found at or near that point, leveling to the ground their breastworks, forts
and fortifications, keep the head men or leaders in close confinement, and
call persons found in arms against the Government as prisoners, subject to
‘the orders of the Marshal.” He was also informed that it was very de-
sirable to intercept the invaders on the road known as “ Lane’s Trail,’’*
leading from Nebraska to Topeka. In the opinion of Col. Cooke, Wood-
son had transcended his instructions in the orders he had given. He did
not: believe it a part of his military duty to take the field for the purposes
indicated in the Governor's letter, nor to further his well-known design to
bring on a collision between the Free-State forces and the Govern-
ment troops; nor did he propose to do the totally illegal and disgrace-
ful work of making indiscriminate and wholesale arrests of aclass of per-
sons not individually charged with crime, and holding them subject to
charges not yet preferred, and to writs not yet in existence. He was too
much of a man and too high-minded a soldier to thus prostitute his high
calling. He declined to obey such orders, except they came to him direct
from the War Department.

At the same time, Marshal Donaldson and his Deputies, Newsem and
Cramer, armed with writs for the arrest of the leading Free-State men, and
accompanied by bands of the Territorial militia, were scouring the country
with the ostensible purpose of securing their arrest. Some prisoners were
taken, but in most cases the persons sought were not found at their homes,
whereupon the deserted houses were burued. The business of arson and
pillage was thus carried on through Sunday and Monday in all the country
within retreating distance of Lecompton, until the return of the men of
the Bull Creek expedition made it unsafe to continue field operations.
Seven houses were burned, among them those of Judge Wakefield and
Capt. Sam Walker, large quantities of provisions seized, .and several
arrests made. With the booty and prisoners, the raiders had sought covert
at Lecompton when the companies arrived at Lawrence. It was imme-
diately decided to make an armed demonstration on Lecompton, and
demand the liberation of the prisoners, among whom were Hutchinson
and Sutherland, of Lawrence, who were held as spies, as has been before
recounted. :

The forces were to march in two divisions. One, under Col. Harvey,
was to proceed up the north bank of the Kansas to a point north of the
town; the other, under the direction of Gen. Lane,} to march on the south
bank and occupy the heights which overlooked the village. On the after-
noon of September 4, Col. Harvey with 150 men moved up the north bank,
and in the evening arrived at the place appointed, which cut off completely
all chances of escape from Lecompton across the river. Lane’s forces did
not, as had been planned, appear on his arrival. He remained in wait all
through the cold and rainy night which followed, when, hearing nothing
from the other division, he concluded that for some reason to him unknown,
the attack had been given up, and accordingly himself abandoned the post
where he had waited through the stormy night, and returned with his
command, to Lawrence, where he arrived in the evening to learn that
Lane’s division had, after unexpected delay, marched as agreed, and were
then at Lecompton.

The expedition of Harvey, though unsatisfactory to both him and his
command, was not barren of good results. Their presence the night be-
fore on the opposite side of the river, where they could successfully cut off
retreat from the town in case of an attack, became known soon after their
arrival, and threw the Territorial militia encamped there into panic and
confusion. Moreover disagreements had arisen among the leaders them-
selves, a part rebelling against the work of ee and pillaging which
Woodson had assigned them to do. A respectable minority absolutely
refused to further pursue that mode of warfare. On the appearance of
Harvey’s troops, and in anticipation of the coming of another force from
the other side, several officers having already left the camp and returned
home in disgust, Gen. Richardson, having no confidence in his disordered

 

*The route designated as ‘Lane’s Trail,” had been traveled by him as well as by his firat
party who had reached Topeka on August 13. The trail was not laid out by him but by the
“conductors” of the train, To them, in a greater measure than to any others, is due the credit of
establishing and locating the northern road over the route Lane’s men were forced to tako when
turned back on the Missouri River. The following, published two days after the arrival of the
firat party in Topeka, explains itself:

A OARD.
Topeka, Kansas, August 15, 1856.

We, the undersigned, conductors of a company of emigrants into Kunsar, would hereby in-
form the public that we have succeed: d in achieving a sate and peaceful passuge through Iowa
and Nebraska, and on a new road which we and our company have opened, have arrived and are
now encamped in Topeka, the seat of Government of Kansas,

Along the road we have established colonies and towns for greater convenience to emigra-
tion, viz.: Plymouth, situated three miles from the line between Kansas and Nebraska, which
will be important to immigrants in crossing the frontier, as a post for supplies; Lexington, about
twelve miles from Plymouth, and ata convenient distance therefrom for protective purposes
and the remission of supplies for immigrants; and Holton, on EJk Creek, three miles trom Skin-
nersville.

The roads between Nebraska City and Topeka are generally excellent, and where not £0, a
small expense now in process of incurrence, will render them sate aud easy; and we would here-
by invite all emigrants to Kansas to adopt it in the transmission hither of their families and
effects.

M.C. Dickey,
CaLvin Currer,

+ Authorities differ as to the exact time when Gen. Lane threw off all disguise and ceased
to be known as Capt. Cook. If not at this time, cvrtainly two days later, Joe Cook, alias James
H. Lane, disappears from the war annals of Kansas.

Conductors of emigrant train.

H STORY OF KANSAS.

and inharmonious command, decided to resign, which he did on the morr-
ing of the 5th. During the day, Woodson dismissed the forces, as of no
further use to him either for offensive or defensive purposes, and also ar-
ranged to return the prisoners to Lawrence. All this was unknown to
Lane’s force, then on its way from Lawrence, and had been brought about
by the appearance of Harvey’s troops and the dissensions within. |

About 4 o’clock P. M., the force from Lawrence took possession of the
hill overlooking the town and’commanding the foundations of the capitol
then in process of construction, which had been utilized by the Territorial
troops as a fortress. The disbanded militia made no sign of defense, but
messengers were sent by Gov. Woodson in hot haste, to the camp of Col.
Cooke, calling on him to protect the town against the threatening enemy,
who were reported “one thousand strong,” and about to bombard and
destroy the town. 4 ;

Mr. Branscomb and Capt. Cline were sent into the town under a fla,
of truce, and on demanding of Gen. Marshall, the only officer who woul
acknowledge that he had any command, the unconditional surrender of
the Free-State prisoners, were, after a short parley, informed that all the
prisoners demanded had been released that morning, that provisions had
been made for their escort to Lawrence on the following day by a company
of dragoons, concluding by making a counter demand on Gen. Lane for
all prisoners in the hands of the Free-State men. The messengers returned
to the Free-State camp, which they reached just as Col. Cooke arrived. He
(Cooke), addressing Lane and other officers, said: Gentlemen, you hav
made a great mistake in coming here to-day. The Territorial militia was
dismissed this morning; some of them have left, some are leaving now,
and the rest will leave and go to their homes as soon as they can.” Hon.
Marcus J. Parrott, who had been driven from Leavenworth, had come to
Lawrence for safety, and was with the party of besiegers, replied: “Col.
Cooke, when we send a man, or two men, or a dozen men, to speak with
the Territorial authorities, they are arrested and held like felons. How,
then, are we to know what is going on in Lecompton? Why, we have to
come here with an army to find out what is going on. How else could we
know?” To this Col. Cooke made noreply. The prisoners* came over
to the camp of their friends, and returned with them to Lawrence the fol-
lowing day. There was:on Saturday a slight lullin the excitement at
Lawrence, and a feeling of satisfaction pervaded the town in contempla-
tion of a good week’swork done. During the day, Gen. Richardson passed
through Lawrence, where he was courteously received by Gen. Lane, who
escorted him a short distance on his way to Franklin. Richardson pro-
fessed to be on his way to Missouri to disband the border forces.

There were at this time many refugees from Leavenworth and vicin-
ity in the city, who had fled from the fresh outburst of murder and rapine
which had as usual burst upon the heads of the Free-State settlers of that
part of the Territory, in retaliation for the victories of their better organ-
ized brothers south of the Kaw.

Marcus J. Parrott, H. Miles Moore, F. G. Adams, and scores besides,
had come to Lawrence, no less for personal safety than to raise a force
sufficiently strong to turn the tide against their relentless foes, and to re-
instate them in their homes, from which they had fled for their lives, many
of them leaving defenseless families behind. A momentary peace having
been conquered south of the Kaw, they appealed to the boys still in arms,
to march at once upon Leavenworth. They detailed, as only living wit-
nesses could, the horrors from which they had fled—the murders on the
road, the shooting of Phillips in his own house, the driving of defenseless
women and children, by scores and hundreds, like sheep aboard the steam-
ers, and out of Leavenworth City, by Emery and his Missouri gang, the
expulsion from the county of every man who was suspected of “Abolition-
ism,” the defenseless condition of the women and children, who, unable to
flee, remained subject to all the outrages which their defenseless condi-
es ene invite—all these were told in a way to make the appeal irre-
sistible.

On Sunday, a council of war was held, at which Lane, Harvey and all
the other officers, and many of the soldiers, discussed the situation, and it
was then decided to “carry the war into Africa,” or what was the same
thing, to cross the river and disperse the bands then prowling through
Jefferson and Leavenworth Counties, and march on Leavenworth City.
While the consultation was going on, old John Brown, who had not been
seen or heard from since the morning when he retreated into the woods
after his defense of Osawatomie, rode into Lawrence. His arrival was
hailed with shouts by the knot of soldiers and others that gathered around
him. A majority of the boys chose Brown as their commander in the
proposed march on Leavenworth. He declined the proffered honor, on
the ground that to supersede Col. Harvey, who was, under the existin
ae organization, entitled to the position, would be in ill taste, an
might lead to dissatisfaction. So the plans for the campaign were perfect-
cd with Capt. Brown left out. ;

ae the following week, under the command of Col. Harvey, with
Capts. Hull, of Jefferson County, and Wright, of Leavenworth County,
offensive Free-State operations north of the Kansas were begun. The first
encounter was at Slough Creek, near the site of the present town of Oska-
loosa, Jefferson County, on September 11. It was a complete surprise to
the enemy there encamped, and resulted in the capture of nearly the en-
tire force, arms, equipments and baggage.t Two: days before this occur-
rence, not known at that time to Harvey and his men, Gov. Geary had
arrived at Fort Leavenworth, and Woodson’s administration was at an

* The prisoners here alluded to were those who had been taken for participation in the
Franklin affair, and such others as had been, under various pretexts, taken by Woodson’s militia
and the Marshals, and should not be confounded with the Free-State prisoners—Robinson, Jen-
kins and others—who were all this time in the custody of the United States troops near Lecomp-
ton, waiting their trial for high treason.

{The account of Brown's appearance in Lawrence at that date was obtained from Hon. F.
G. Adama, Secretary of the Kansa» State Historical Society, who at that time was in the city,a
refugee from Leavenworth, and witnessed his arrival.

{See history of Jefferson County.

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

end. A message from Lane was received by Harvey after the Slough

Creek affair was over, which, as recalled by a reliable witness* present’

when it came, was essentially as follows: “ Geary has come in—I advise
pone roku He returned accordingly, reaching Lawrence at noon of

The. close of Woodson’s short rule left the whole Territory in a state
of absolute anarchy. There was not a place outside Lawrence, Topeka,
and the region roundabout, where life or roperty was safe, and even there,
where the Free-State men had forced Weousiay to terms, it is the truth of
history to state that the Pro-slavery settlers were subject nightly to unfriend-
ly visits from irresponsible parties of Free-State guerrillas, who rendered
their tenure to personal property, especially horses and store supplies,
quite uncertain, and their lives a horrid nightmare of fearful anticipa-
tions. North of the river, forces on both sides were in a state of open war
in Jefferson County, while further to the east, in Leavenworth, there was
no law except that of indiscriminate murder, robbery, or proscription of
all Free-State residents. Beyond the border, was encamped the army of
Atchison, which had retreatedfrom Bull Creek, receiving re-enforcements
from all the Western Missouri counties, preparatory to a fresh and more
formidable invasion of the Territory. Thus, in the few days of his rule,
did Woodson so manage affairs as, by comparison, to throw a tinge of
decency and respectability over the administration of his predecessor, that
had otherwise been wanting.

LIBERATION OF FREE-STATE PRISONERS.

The last notable occurrence before the arrival of Gov. Geary was the
examination and release on bail of Gov.
Robinson and his companions, who had
been held on indictment for treason for
the past four months. The counsel for
the government was C. H. Grover; for
the prisoners, Charles H. Branscomb and
Marcus J. Parrott. The day set down for
trial was September 8, but on that day
neither judge, jury, clerk nor marshal ap-
peared, although the prisoners were ready
for trial. On the next day they appeared,
and the prisoners were arraigned. Stren-
uous efforts were made by the counsel for
the prisoners for an immediate trial, which
were opposed by motions and arguments for
postponement on the part of the prosecut-
ing counsel, based first upon the grounds
that, owing to the Territory’s being in
insurrection, a jury could not be obtained,
and that important witnesses were absent.
The arguments, pro and con, lasted during
the day, and resulted in a denial of all
motions for postponement, and on the
morning of the 10th Charles Robinson was
arraigned for trial, separately, on the charge
of usurpation of office. Judge Lecompte,
at this stage of the proceedings, decided to
continue the case, not on any grounds be-
fore urged by Mr. Grover, but upon the
ground that “the great excitement prevail-
ing in the country was such as to prevent
a fair trial of the prisoners.” The prisoner
was thereupon admitted to bail in the sum
of $500. He was again arraigned with
the other prisoners for treason, the case be-
ing “United States against Charles Robin-
son and others.” The prisoners under this
indictment. were admitted to bail in the
sum of $5,000 each, and the cases contin-
ued. John Brown, Jr.; and H. H. Will-
iams, who had been held prisoners for JOHN
some months, though not under indict-
ment, were released on bail of $1,000 each. ; a

Judge Lecompte, apparently anxious to get the prisoners off his hands
and out of confinement before the arrival of Gov. Geary, accepted the bail
offered without hesitancy, and the last of the political prisoners were thus
released September 10. ‘They left the tents where they had been held in
confinement for four months, and in company with friends and under
military escort departed for Lawrence that afternoon. They were met
and welcomed one mile out of town by the ‘‘ Lawrence Stubbs,” Gen. Lane
and staff, and many of their friends, and escorted to Massachusetts street,
where crowds of their fellow-townsmen were assembled to greet them.
Speeches of congratulation on the happy issue were made by Gov. Robin-
son and others. The rejoicing was continued in the evening, increased by
the arrival of Mr. Nute and other citizens, who had been captured by the
Leavenworth brigands under Emery’s men, and who had been released
the day previous. The treason cases were subsequently nolle prossed.
Gov. Robinson was tried on the charge of usurpation of office, before J udge
Cato, in August, 1857. The Judge charged strongly against the prisoner,
but the jury, believing, as ably argued by his counsel, that there could be
no usurpation of an office which did not exist, gave a verdict of acquittal
August 20, and the farce thus ended.

ADMINISTRATION OF GEARY.

John W. Geary was born {n Westmoreland County, Penn. He served
throughout the Mexican war—being in the advance army from Vera Cruz

*F, G. Adams.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  

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to City of Mexico. Under Gen. Scott, he participated in the battles of La
Hoga, Chapultepec, and the capture of the City of Mexico, immediately
after which latter event he was appointed Colonel of his regiment and as-
signed to the command of the citadel of the city. In 1848, he was ap-
pointed, by President Polk, Postmaster of San Francisco with large dis-
cretionary powers to establish mail-routes, offices, etc. Soon after being
superseded in this station by the new administration, he was elected Alcalde,

and first Judge of San Francisco; was afterward re-elected to the same
office, and when the city was incorporated, was elected its first Mayor.
In all these difficult stations he proved a wise, able and efficient officer.
During his entire administration, no riot occurred, and no vigilance com-
mittee was organized. While in California, he was selected by the Legis-
lature to aid in funding the public debt. He returned to Pennsylvania in
1858, and remained in private life until appointed Governor of Kansas.
He remained and accepted the office of Governor of Kansas Territory late
in the month of July. He spent the month of August in setting in order
his private affairs, and in consulting with and receiving instructions from
the President and Cabinet as to the policy and action to be pursued in
Kansas on his arrival. Like his predecessors, his loyalty to the Demo-
cratic party, and to the doctrines of squatter sovereignty were unquestioned.
His administrative ability was known to be of the highest order, and his
nerve and courage had been proven beyond question. He was chosen as
the fittest man to quell the disorders of the Territory, and thus rescue his
party from national defeat in the pending Presidential election, which de-
feat seemed almost certain, unless the civil war and consequent outrages
in Kansas—accounts of which were daily increasing popular indignation
throughout the North against the-Demo-
cratic party, viewed as the source and head
of all Kansas’ woes—could be brought to
a sudden end. He came to Kansas less
trammeled by specific instructions than his
predecessors. is paramount duty was to

bring order out of the confusion, and that,

too, with such suddenness and by such
means as should leave no cause for com-

plaint from fair-minded men of either
party, within or without the Territory.

Thus it was hoped to quell the popular in-

dignation, and so reinstate the doctrines

of the party in popular favor as to give it

a continued lease of power.

Gov. Geary set about this arduous task
with all the ardor inspired by a high sense
of justice, intense desire for party success,
and personal ambition to succeed where his
predecessors had failed of success. With
courage unimpaired by a knowledge of the
unscrupulous elements within the pale of
his own party, which would meet him at
every turn to thwart his every endeavor to
administer justice or bring peace to the
distracted country, he started for the field
of his labors early in September, and
reached Jefferson, Mo., on the 5th of that
, Here he remained for a day in
. consultation with Gov. Sterling Price.
The result of the interview was the adop-
tion of measures, to the carrying out of
which both were pledged, which resulted.
in the immediate raising of the blockade
on the Missouri River. In no instance
thereafter were emigrants interfered with
upon the steamboats on the river. Gov.
Geary took passage on the night of Sep-
tember 6, on the steam packet Keystone,
for Fort Leavenworth. At noon on the
next day he arrived at Glasgow, Mo.
2 Here the boat stopped for an hour to
embark a company of Missouri volunteers for the Kansas militia, who,
with a piece of artillery, were bound for the seat of war in Kansas. They
were in command of one Jackson, and numbered sixty men. While the
embarkation was going on, a downward bound steamer came alongside on
which was ex-Governor Shannon fleeing from the Territory. He sought
an interview with Gov. Geary, which is reported by Dr. John H. Gihon,
who was present as the Governor’s private secretary, as follows:

He (Shannon) had fied in haste and terror from the Territory, and seemed still to be
laboring under an apprehension for his personal safety. His description of Kansas was sug-
gestive of everything that is frightful and horrible. Its.condition was deplorable in the ex-
treme. The whole Territory was in a state of insurrection, and a destructive civil war was
devastating the country. Murder ran rampant, and the roads were everywhere strewn with
the bodies of slaughtered men. No language can exaggerate the awful picture that was
drawn; and a man of less nerve than Gov. Geary, believing it not too highly colored, would
instantly have taken the backward track, rather than rush upon dangers so eloquently and
fearfully portrayed.

The Governor thus enlightened, if not encouraged, as to the state of
affairs in his realm, proceeded up the river in company with this first com-
pany of ‘‘Kansas militia,” whom he had encountered. They were not over
cbseqious to their Commander-in-chief, and plied him constantly with
questions as to ‘‘what he was going to do when he got there?” and other
questions calculated to enlighten them as to his ‘‘soundness on the goose.”
Their own ideas of their present mission to Kansas, as given in their con-
versation, were summed up by Dr. Gihon as follows:

The most they seemed to understand about the matter, was, that they were to receive so
much per diem for going to Kansas to hunt and kill Abolitionists. They had been informed
that Abolitionists were enemies to Missourians, some of whom had been killed, and they
were hired to revenge their deaths. More than this they neither knew nor cared to know.
A vague notion prevailed among them that, whatever an Abolitionist was, it was a virtue to
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kill him and take possession of his property. They seemed to apprehend no danger to them-
selves, as they had been told that, ehontonaats would not tight, hat being overawed by the
numbers and warlike appearance of their adversaries, would escape as rapidly as possible
out of the Territory, leaving behind them any quantity of land, horses, clothing, arms,
goods, and chattels, all of which was to be divided among the victors.

At every landing were apparent more or less military preparations.
At Kansas City, Jackson disembarked his command, and marched them to
‘Westport, one of the border rendezvous for troops destined for Kansas.
At Leavenworth, business was at a stand-still. Pounees were idling in
knots about the landing, armed horsemen were dashing hither and thither,
and armed companies were drilling and parading the streets. With ideas
as to the difficulties and responsibilities of his position already enlarged
and modified by his voyage up the Missouri, Gov. Geary landed on Kansas
soil at Ft. Leavenworth, at 8 o’clock on the morning of September 9, and
assumed the duties of his office as-Governor of Kansas Territory.

Gov. Geary spent but a single day at Ft. Leavenworth before setting
out for Lecompton, but ane that day circumstances occurred to throw
still further light upon the difficulties of his position, and to show the ab-
solute contempt of all legal authority existing even among ‘‘ Law and
Order” men. On his arrival he found many Free-State refugees at the
fort, who had fled thither for safety. They all had their tales of robbery,
arson and murder to relate. He saw men ride by his quarters unmolested
and unarrested, who openly boasted that the horses on which they rode
had been stolen (pressed, they termed it) from the Free-State men, some of
whom were at that time refugees at the fort, and pointed out the horses
belonging to them. During the day aSergeant of the United States troops
came in with a complaint that while acting as an escort to Samuel Suther-
land, E. B. Whitman and Abraham Wilder, from Lawrence to Leaven-
worth. who had come out under his protection to ascertain the where-
abouts of some missing Free-State prisoners, he had been arrested on the
public highway by some men belonging to Emery's gang of “regulators,”
his safeguard violated, and the men under his protection taken prisoners,
and carried with their horses, wagons and other property into Leaven-
worth City. The commandant of the fort, Gen. Smith, affected indigna-
tion at the outrage, and granted, on Gov. Geary’s requisition, a company
of troops who were sent to Leavenworth with orders to arrest and bring to
the fort, the marauders and the prisoners they had taken. They soon re-
turned with them, accompanied by Emery, their leader, who, although not
present when the Lawrence men had been taken, approved the act and
held himself responsible. Gen. Smith mildly reprimanded him, told him
to consider himself under arrest, and permitted both him and his men to
return to Leavenworth. The men taken remained at the fort, their prop-
erty not having been yet returned. This bold robbery, the mild form of
Gen. Smith’s reprimand, his failure to restore to the robbed men their prop-
erty, or to take any measures for the punishment of the robbers, or to
resent the insult offered his own authority, plainly showed that the com-
mander, if he did not connive at the robberies and murders perpetrated by
these men, was but an indifferent spectator of the outrages. Gov. Geary
himself wrote a severe letter of reprimand to Col. Clarkson, then in com-
mand of the Territorial militia at Leavenworth City, cautioning him
against a repetition of such offenses, and ordering him to at once see that
the property taken was restored to its owners. On the evening of the first
day, Gov. Geary made his first report in a letter to William L. Marcy, Sec-
retary of War. He did not pronounce it good. Below are extracts suffi
cient to show that the experiences of one day had wrought a change in his
opinions as to the actual state of Kansas affairs:

It is no exaggeration to say that the existing difficulties are of a far more complicated
character than I had anticipated. I find I have not simply to contend against bands of
armed ruffiansand brigands, whose sole aim and end is assassination and robbery—infatuated
adherents and advocates of conflicting political sentiments and local institutions—and evil
disposed persons, actuated by a desire to obtain elevated positions; but worst of all, against
the influence of men who have been placed in authority, and have employed all the de-
structive agents around them to promote their own personal interests, at the sacrifice of
every just and lawful consideration.

Here follows a statement of the lamentable state of affairs throughout
the Territory, the atrocious outrages of the enrolled Territorial militia
about Leavenworth, the robberies, the murders, the seizing of unoffending
citizens and forcibly driving them from the Territory—all these things
were reported as though they were newly discovered facts hitherto un-
known or doubted in Washington and by himself. Ile had scen sufficient
in one short day to convince him that half the horrors had never been
told, and that panic-stricken Shannon’s account was no cxaggeration.
Would they believe him? or believing, would they uphold his hands in
the work he had been appointed to do’ The sequel will show. Continu-
ing, the Governor wrote :

The actual Pro-slavery settlers of the Territory are gencrally as well-disposed persons
as are to be found in most communities, But there arc among them a few troublesome agi-
tators, chiefly from distant districts, who labor assiduously to kevp alive the prevailing senti-

ent.
pe It is also true that among the Free-soil residents are inany peaceable and useful citizens ;
and, if uninfluenced by aspiring demagogues, would commit no unlawful act. But many of
these, too, have been rendered turbulent by, officious meddlers from abroad. ‘The chief of
these is Lane, now encamped and fortified at Lawrence, with a force, it is said, of 1,500 men.
They are suffering for provisions to cut off the supplies of which the opposing faction is ex-
tremely watchful and active. te ;

In isolated country places no man’s life is safe. The roads are filled with armed rob-
bers, and murders, for mere plunder are of daily occurrence. Almost every farmhouse is
deserted, and no traveler has the temerity to venture upon the highway without an escort.
Such is the condition of Kansas, faintly pictured. It can be no worse. YetI feel assured
that I shall be able erelong to restore it to peace and quiet.

His plan, as briefly detailed in the remainder of the letter, was to dis-
band as rapidly as possible the present militia, to make a fresh enrollment
of as many of the bona fide settlers as might be required, and, meantime,
to have the force of United States troops at his disposal in the Territory
increased. At10o’clock A. M., August 11, the Governor left Fort Leav-
enworth on his journey to Lecompton. He was accompanied by his pri-
vate Secretary, Dr. Gihon, and three other friends, their conveyance being
an army ambulance drawn by four horses. Their escort consisted of a
mounted Sergeant of dragoons, six infantry, who rode in a covered wagon,
and Lieut. Drum, who had command of the escort. All along the route

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

were melancholy evidences of the anarchy and desolation that prevailed.
Houses deserted, the blackened chimneys of destroyed homes, the ruins of
some still smoking; armed bands of horsemen fleeing, as-if guilty, at their
approach, were the scenes along their path that told unmistakably of the
misrule and ruin that had fallen upon the land. They arrived at the ferry
opposite Lecompton at nearly midnight of the 10th, and after being chal-
lenged by a military patrol were permitted to cross and enter the city.
The first to give formal welcome to the newly arrived Governor was
Secretary Woodson, followed by the other Territorial officers who made
Lecompton their official place of abode, the soldiers encamped there, and
the motley throng who had congregated there as the only safe retreat so
far in the enemy’s country. Here the Governor had no advisers except
those of the extreme Pro-slavery type, who gave him such information
only as suited their purposes, suppressing such as might interfere with
their further designs. The present lamentable state of affairs they attrib-
uted entirely to the unprovoked aggressions of the Abolitionists, and
urged with an earnestness that would take no denial the necessity of the
continuance of the policy adopted under Woodson’s short reign, until the
Free-State element should be thoroughly subdued or exterminated within
the Territory. It does not appear that he was influenced in any great
degree by their statements, advice or importunities. The prompt issuance
on the day succeeding his arrival of his address to the people of the Ter-
ritory, in which his chosen course was plainly marked out, shows that he
had decided upon his policy before reaching Lecompton, which, as will be
seen, was unswervingly carried out except so far as the development of
facts hitherto unknown demanded a change in order to bring about the
object desired by him, to wit, the bringing of the whole people under the
rule and protection of law, and the suppression of all attempts to subju-
ate any portion thereof by outside or foreign interference. He issued on
the 11th his first address to the people, and, at the same time, proclama-
tions disbanding the militia then under arms, and providing for the enroll-
ment of the resident citizens capable of bearing arms. As foreshadowing
the adopted policy of the new Governor, they are deemed of sufficient
importance to be given entire :

GOV. GEARY’s FIRST ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS.

Fellow Citizens—I appear among you astranger to most of you, and for the first time
have the honor to address you as the Governor of the Territory of Kansas. The position
was not sought by me; but vas voluntarily tendered by the present Chief Magistrate of the
nation. Asan American citizen deeply conscious of the blessings which ever flow from our
beloved Union, I did not consider myself at liberty to shrink from any duties, however deli-
cate and onerous, required of me by my country.

With a full knowledge of all the circumstances surrounding the executive office, I have

“deliberately accepted it, and as God may give me strength and ability, I will endeavor to

discharge its varied requirements. When I received my commission, I was solemnly sworn
to support the Constitution of the United States, and to discharge my duties, as Governor of
Kansas, with fidelity. By reference to the act for the organization of this Territory, passed
by Congress on the 30th day of March, 1854, I find my duties more particularly defined.
Among other things, I am “to take care that. the laws be faithfully executed.”

The Constitution of the United States and the organic law of the Territory, will be the
lights by which I will be guided in my executive career. :

A careful and dispassionate examination of our organic act will satisfy any reasonable
person that its provisions are eminently just and beneficial. If this act has been distorted
it is not the fault of its provisions; the great leading feature of this act, is the right therein
conferred upon the actual and bone fide inhabitants of this Territory “in the exercise of
self-government, to determine for themselves what shall be their own domestic institutions,
subject only to the constitution and the laws duly enacted by Congress under it. The peo-
ple, accustomed to self-government in the States from whence they came, and having re-
moved to this Territory with the bona fide intention of making it their future, residence,
were supposed to be capable of creating their own municipal government, and to be the
best judges of their own local necessities and institutions. This is what is termed popular
swereignty. By this phrase we simply mean the right of the majority of the people of the
several States and Territories, being qualified electors, to regulate their own domestie con-
cerns, and to make their own municipal laws. ‘Thus understood, this doctrine underlies the
yn ee of Republican Government. It is the great right of self-government, for the
establishment of which our ancestors, in the stormy days of the Revolution, pledged “ their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.” A doctrine so eminently just should receive
the willing ee of every .\merican citizen. When legitimately expressed, and duly as-
certained, the will of the majority must be the imperative rule of civil action for every law-
abiding citizen. This simple, just rule of action, has brought order out of chaos, and by a
progress unparalleled in the history of the world, has made a few feeble infant colonies, a
giant Confederated Republic. No man conversant with the state of affairs now in Kansas,
can close his eyes to the fact that much civil disturbance has, for a long time past, existed in
this Territory. Various reasons have been assigned for this unfortunate condition of af-
fairs, and numerous remedies have been proposed. The House of Representatives of the
United States have ignored the claims of both gentlemen claiming the legal right to repre-
sent the prepa of this Territory in that body. he Topeka Constitution, recognized by the
ITvuse, has been repudiated by the Senate ; various measures, each in the opinion of its re-
spective advocates, siggestive of peace to Kansas, have been alternately proposed and re-
jected. Mon outside of the{Territory, in various sections of the Union, influenced by reasons
best known to themselves, have endcavored to stir up internal strife, and to array brother
against brother.

In this conflict of opinion, and for the promotion of the most unworthy purposes,
Kansas is left to suffer, her people to mourn, ee her prosperity is endangered.

Is there no remedy for these evils? Cannot the wounds of Kansas be healed, and
peace be restored to all her borders?

Men of the north—men of the south—of the east and of the west, én Kansas, you, and
you alone, have the remedy in your own hands. Will you not suspend fratricidal strife?
Will you not cease to regard one another as enemies, and look upon one another as the chil-
dren of a common mother, and come and reason together ?

Let us banish all outside influences from our deliberations, and assemble around our
Council Board with the Constitution of our country, and the organic law of this Territory,
as the great charts for our guidance and direction. The bona side inhabitants of the Terri-
tory alone are charged with the solemn duty of enacting her laws, upholding her Govern-
ment, maintaining peace, and laying the foundation for a future commonwealth.

On this point, let there be a perfect unity of sentiment; it is the first great step toward
the attainment of peace; it will ae confidence amongst ourselves, and insure the re-
spect of the whole country. Let us show ourselves worthy and capable of self-government.

Do not the inhabitants of this Territory better understand wal domestic institutions
are suited to their condition—what laws will be most conducive to their prosperity and hap-

iness, thin the citizens of distant, or even neighboring States? This great right of regu-
ating our own affairs, and attending to our own business, without any interference from
others, has been guaranteed to us by the law which Congress has made for the organization
of this Territory. This ight of self-government, this privilege guaranteed to us by the
organic law of our Territory, I will uphold with all my might, and with the entire power
committed to me.

In relation to any changes of the laws of the Territory, which I may deem desirable,
Ihave no occasion now to speak; but these are subjects to which I shall direct public at-
tention at the proper time.

The Territory of the United States is the common property of the several States, or of
the people thereof; this being so, no obstacle should be interposed to the free settlement of
this common property, while in a Territorial condition.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

I cheerfully admit that the people of this Territory, under the organic a
€ t a c , ct, have the
absolute right of making their own municipal laws. Aha from dfieers who deem them-
selves aggrieved by recent legislation, I would invoke the utmost forbearance, and point out
to them a sure an peaceable remedy. You have the right to ask the next Legislature to re-
vise any and all laws; and in the meantime, as you value the peace of the Territory and the
HEADIERGNOS of future laws, I would ask you to refrain from violations of the present stat-
Iam sure that there is patriotism sufficient in the people of Kansas to induce them to
lend a willing obedience to law; all the ge namie of the Constitution of the United States
must be sacredly observed; all the acts 0 conetes having reference to this Territory, must
be unhesitatingly obeyed, and the decisions of our courts respected. It will be my ampera-
tive duty to see that these suggestions are carried into effect; in my official action here, I
will do justice at all hazards. Influenced by no other considerations than the welfare of the
whole people of this Territory, I desire to know no party, no section, no north, no south, no
east, no west, nothing but Kansas and my country.

rf Fully conscious of my great responsibilities in the present condition of Kansas, I must
invoke your aid, and solicit your generous forbearance. Your executive officer can do little
without the aid of the people. With a firm reliance upon Divine Providence, to the
best of my ability, I shall promote the interests of the citizens of this Territory, not mere-
ly collectively but individually, and I shall expect from them, in return, that cordial aid
and support, without which the Government of no State or Territory can be administered
with beneficent effect.

Let us all begin anew. Let the past be buried in oblivion. Let all strife and bitter-
ness cease. Let us all honestly devote ourselves to the true interests of Kansas; develop
her rich Serlculitral and mineral resources; build up manufacturing enterprises; make
public roads and highways; prepare amply for the education of our children ; devote our-
selves to all the arts of eace; and make our Territory the sanctuary of those cherished
principles which protect the inalienable rights of the individual, and elevate States in their
sovereign capacities.

vhen shall peaceful industry soon be restored; population and wealth will flow upon
us; “the desert will blossom as the rose,” and the State of Kansas will soon be admitted
into the Union,.the peer and pride of her elder sisters.

PROCLAMATION.

_, WHEREAS, A large number of volunteer militia have been called into the service of the
Territory of Kansas, by authority of the late Acting Governor, for the maintenance of order,
many of whom have been taken from occupations or business, and deprived of their ordi-
nary means of support, and of their domestic enjoyments ; and

WHEREAS, The employment of militia is not authorized by any instructions from the
General Government, except upon requisition of the commander of the military department
in which Kansas is embraced; and

WHEREAS, An authorized regular force has been placed at my disposal, sufficient to in-
sure the execution of the laws that may be obstructed by combinations too powerful to
be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial procedings; now

THEREFORE, I, John W. Geary, Governor of the Territory of Kansas, do issue this,
my proclamation, declaring that the services of such volunteer militia are no longer re-
quired, and hereby order that they be immediately discharged.

The Secretary and the Adjutant General of the Territory will muster out of service
each command at its place of rendezvous.

And I command all bodies of men, combined, armed and equipped with munitions of
war, without authority of the Government, instantly to disband or quit the Territory, as
they will answer the contrary at their peril.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Terri-
tory of Kansas.

Done at Lecompton, this eleventh day September, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-six.

Joun W. GEARY, Governor of Kansas Territory.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, It is the true policy of every State or Territory to be prepared for any
emergency that may arise from internal dissension or foreign invasion;

THEREFORE, I, John W. Geary, Governor of the Territory of Kansas, do issue this,
my proclamation, ordering all free male citizens, qualified to bear arms, between the ages

. eighteen and forty-five years, to enroll themselves, in accordance with the act to organize

the militia of the Territory, that they may be completely organized by companies, regiments,
brigades or divisions, and hold themselves in readiness to be mustered, by my order, into
the service of the United States, upon requisition of the commander of the military depart-
ment in which Kansas is embraced, for the suppression of all combinations to resist the laws,
and for the maintenance of public order and civil government. .

In testimony whereof, I have set my hand, and the seal of the Territory of Kansas.

Done at Lecompton, this eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JouHN W. GEARY, Governor of Kansas Territory.

END OF THE FREE-STATE RAIDS.

Gen. Lane, on the arrival of Gov. Geary, decided to at once leave the-

Territory. He left Lawrence before the arrival of Geary at Lecompton,
or the appearance of his address and accompanying proclamations. On
the 11th, he was at Osawkie, in company with some thirty companions
who accompanied him in his flight. There he was informed that a gang
of Pro-slavery men had burned the village of Grasshopper Falls, and were
committing continued outrages upon the defenseless Free-State settlers in
the vicinity. He wasurgently pressed by the settlers to assist them in driv-
ing out the marauders. He sent a messenger to Topeka for help, and in
response to his call, a company of about fifty men under the command of
Capt. Whipple, * joined him on the morning of the 18th, and during the
forenoon of that day marched to Hickory Point, where they found the
enemy so strongly fortified in the log houses of the town that Lane deemed
it impracticable to dislodge them without the aid of artillery. He accord-
ingly sent arunner to Lawrence, asking for further re-enforcements to
come up immediately with ‘‘Bickerton’s cannon.” ‘The messenger ar-
rived in Lawrence only afew hours after the arrival of Harvey and his
men from their successful raid on Slough Creek. Col. Harvey, with such
of his men as were not exhausted, several new recruits, and the cannon,
immediately started across the country by the most direct route to Hick-
ory Point, where he arrived in thé forenoon of the next day (Sunday,
September 14). .
Meantime Gen. Lane had heard of or read Gov. Geary’s proclamation,
raised the siege, saw Whipple and his men a short way on their journey,
and then with his own party renewed his journey toward Nebraska. Cul.
* Alias Aaron D. Stevens—hung with John Brown at Harper's Ferry.

+The course of Col. Lane in this affair, which resulted in leaving Harvey thus unsupported,
has been the subject of severe criticism on the part of his opponents, who attributed to him cow-
ardice, selfishness, and the baser motive of treachery in thus, without notice, abandoning his
friend, Col. Lane's friends show ample vindication for his apparent dereliction, and explain it
substantially as follows: The dispatch sent by Lane to Lawrence also directed them to come
by way of the Topeka road. When he (Lane) learned of the proclamation and determined to
cease hostilities, the withdrawal was made by wey of the route by which it was expected the
Lawrence men would come, and it was expected that Whipple would meet them on the way and
4urn them back. By marching by the direct route they missed both Whipple and Lane and ap-
peared on the ground alone, a few hours after they had left.

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Harvey, although finding himself unsupported, and not having the fear
either of the enemy or the Governor’s proclamations before his eyes, plant-
ed his cannon within easy range of the enemy’s retreat and immediately
opened fire upon it.*

The battle lasted several hours and resulted in the surrender of the
whole Pro-slavery force. The casualties were: Pro-slavery—one killed,
four wounded ; Free-State—five wounded. The prisoners were released
on parole, and the victors started on their return to Lawrence. The
further consequences of this last Free-State raid will be detailed further on.

ANOTHER ATTEMPTED INVASION.

Gov. Geary had on his voyage up the Missouri seen the Missouri
troops moving toward Kansas, and become cognizant of the warlike prep-
arations at Leavenworth, and all along the Missouri border.t Desirous at
the earliest moment to be rid of these unwelcome and unmanageable Gov-
ernmental auxiliaries who had been called into action by Secretary Wood-
son, he took early measures to disband them.

On September 12, he issued the following orders :

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT LEcompTon, K. T., September. 12, 1856.
ADJUTANT GENERAL H. J. SrRICKLER : ;

Dear Sir—You will proceed without a moment’s delay to disarm and disband the pres-
ent. geen militia of the Territory, in accordance with the proclamation of the President
and the proclamation I have issued, copies of which you will find enclosed. You will also
take care to have the arms belonging to the Territory deposited in a place of safety, and un-
der proper accountability.

. Yours, etc.,
Jno. W. GEARY, Governor of Kansas Territory.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, LecomPron, K. T., September 12, 1856.
InsPEcTOR GENERAL THos. J. B. CRAMER:

Sir—You will take charge of the arms of the Territory of Kansas, now in the hands
of the militia about to be disbanded and mustered out of the service by the Adjutant Gen-
eral. You will also carefully preserve the same agreeably to the 15th section of the act of
Assembly to organize, discipline ue govern the militia of the Territory.

ours, etc.
* Jno. W.Grary, Governor of Kansas Territory.

Gibon states that notwithstanding the positive character of these or-
ders, the officials to whom they were addressed took no immediate meas-
ures for their execution, but remained at Lecompton with an air of com-
placency and indifference which could but be deemed insulting to the
dignity and defiant of the authority of the Governor. Geary severely re-
buked them, and suspecting treachery, dispatched confidential messengers
out upon the road toward Westport to ascertain what was going on. He
learned before their return, from unquestionable authority, what he had
not known before: that military preparations had gone on with energy
unremitted after his arrival, on the call of Secretary Woodson, it being
assumed that a specific order to disband had not been given. Early on the
morning of the 13th, a messenger arrived at the Governor’s headquarters,
and delivered to him the following :

HEADQUARTERS, MISSION CREEK, K. T., 11th September, 1856.
To His ExceLitency, J. W. GEARY, GOVERNOR OF KANSAS TERRITORY:

Sir—In obedience to the call of Acting Governor Woodson, I ‘have organized a militia
force of about eight hundred men, who are now in the field, ready for duty, and impatient
to act. Hearing of your arrival I beg leave to report them to you for orders. Any commu-
nication forwarded to us will find us encamped at or near this point.

Wm. A. HEISKELL, Brigadier General
Commanding First Brigade, Southern Division Kansas Militia.
By order L. A. McLran, Adjutant:

Half an hour later another letter from Gen. Heiskell was received,
dated September 12, informing the Governor that his force had been ane
mented to 1,000 men, subject to his orders. To these he dictated the fol-
lowing reply :

ExxEcutivre Orricr, Lecompron, K. T., September { 13, 1856, 14 o’clock A. M.
Bric. Gen. WM. A. HEISKELL*

Sir—Your first and second dispatches have been received. I will communicate with
you through the person of either the Secretary of the Territory or the Adjutant General, as
soon as he can reach your camp, he starting from this place at an early hour this morning.

Very respectfully yours,
JOHN W. GEARY,
Governor of Kansas Territory.

Thus far neither the Adjutant General nor Secretary Woodson had
taken any measures to communicate to the troops the order to disband
which had been given them the day before. While the above was being
written, a dispatch was received by the Governor from Theodore Adams,
one of his special agents sent to Lawrence, in which he says:§

Iarrived here a few moments ago, and distributed the address and proclamations,
and found the people prepared to repel a contemplated attack from the forces coming from .
Missouri. Reports are well authenticated, in the opinion of the best men here, that there
are within six miles of the place a large number of men—three hundred have been seen.
At this moment one of the scouts came in, and reports the forces marching against them at
Franklin, three miles off, and all have flown to their arms to meet them.

The Governor immediately sent this dispatch to Col. Cooke, then en-
camped near Lecompton, with a letter from himself, suggesting that he
immediately send to Lawrence a force sufficient to prevent bloodshed, as
it was his orders from the President ‘‘to use every possible means to pre-
vent collisions between belligerent troops. In response to this letter, Col.
Cooke, with three hundred mounted soldiers, and four pieces of artillery,
set out for Lawrence at 24 o’clock A. M., accompanied by the Governor
himself. They reached Lawrence at daybreak. They found the town
well fortified, and about three hundred citizens under arms for its defense.

 

* For detailed account of the battle of Hickory Point, see history of Jefferson County.

} Dr. Gihon, in his “ Geary and Kansas ””—see pages 134 and 136—gives the impression that -
Gov. Geary was deceived as to Woodson’s designs, was ignorant of the strength, movements and
designs of the Missouri army, and positively asserts that he (Geary) had not, at this time, seen
Woodson’s proclamation, which, the reader will remember, had been issued nearly three weeks
before. It seems more probable that he was at this time quite well informed as to the designs of
Woodson, Atchison and their friends, and took measures to thwart them. If deceived or surprised
at all, it was by their bold attempt, by overwhelming force and celerity oF action, to carry out
their programme before the interposition of his authority should prevent it. He was also, quite
likely, ignorant that they were at that time invading the Territory in force.

{The letter as given by Gihon bears date September 12, but was evidently written on the
morning of the 13th. :

@See Gihon’s ‘ Geary and Kansas,” page 137,
150

The Governor was received cordially, and addressed the citizens. He cau-
tioned them against the commission of any unlawful acts, assured them
that he had, and should keep at his command, an ample forceto repel any
attack upon them, and pledged them his protection, in case they were as-
sailed by the threatened force which he had already taken measures to dis-
band and send out of the Territory. His speech was received with gen-
eral satisfaction, and at its close was appeared. Confidence was in a
measure restored, and it became the general belief that, with the efforts of
the Governor to prevent it, the danger was over. Accordingly, in the after-
noon the Governor returned to Lecompton with Cooke and his command.

ARREST OF COL. HARVEY’S MEN.

On returning to Lecompton, the town was found in commotion. Sev-
eral Pro-slavery settlers had come in, panic stricken, from the neighbor-
hoods of Hickory Point, Osawkie and vicinity. They gave reports some-
what exaggerated by their fears, of the robbery of stores at Slough Creek
and other places, and the danger that threatened Hickory Point from
Lane’s men, then prowling about in the neighborhood from which they had
fled. The appeals of the fugitives to the Governor for protection were
formulated and eee formally to his notice on Sunday morning (Sep-
tember 14), by an affidavit from one of the fugitives, W. FE. Dyer, sworn to
before R. R. Nelson, Justice of the Peace, which read as follows:

Personally appeared before a Justice in Douglas County, K. T., William F. Dyer, and
being duly sworn, says, that Col. Whipple, at the head of a hundred men or more, among
whom were J. Ritchie, Ephraim Bainter, J. 0. B. Dunning, Capt. Jamison and others not
known to him, did, on Monday, September 8, 1856, rob him of six head of mules and horses,
and various articles of merchandise, amounting in value to more than a thousand dollars;
and on Tuesday following, it being the 9th of September, 1856, the same men robbed him of
various articles of merchandise, amounting in value to over three thousand dollars; and that
this day, it being September 13, 1856, the same men were assembled at Osawkee, at about 8
o'clock A. M., as he Televed for the purpose of robbing and burning the town and country
roundabout, and attacking the town of Hardtville (Hickory Point) this evening.

Upon the receipt of this affidavit, the statements contained therein be-
ing corroborated by other witnesses deemed reliable, the Governor made a
requisition upon Col. Cooke, as follows:

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, LEcomPton, K. T., September 14, 1856.
Cot. P. St. GEoreE CooxKe:

Dear Sir—You will perceive by the accompanying affidavit, and from verbal statements
that will be made to you by Dr. Tebbs, that a desperate state of affairs is existing at Osawkee
and in its vicinity, which seems to require some action at our hands. I strongly recommend
that you send a force, such as you can conveniently spare, to visit that neighborhood at the
earliest moment. Ifsuch a force cannot succeed in arresting the perpetrators of the out-
rages already committed, and of which complaint has been made in due form, it may at
least tend to disperse or drive off the band or bands of marauders who are threatening the
lives and property of peaceable citizens. The Deputy Marshal will accompany such troops
as you may judge expedient to detail on this service.

Very respectfully and truly yours,
JoHN W. GEARY, Governor of Kansas Territory.

In answer to the above, a squadron of eighty-one men under Capt.
Wood, were detailed, and with a Deputy Marshal, late in the afternoon,
crossed the river and took up their line of march to the scene of disturb-
ance. They did not meet or capture Whipple or any of his men—they
had returned to Topeka ; nor did they meet Col. Lane and his immediate
followers—they were pursuing their way north to Nebraska. About 11
o’clock in the evening, they fell in with an advance party of Harvey’s men
who had been engaged in the morning in the Hickory Point affair, and
were on their return to Lawrence, whom they made prisoners without
resistance. Continuing their march, they came upon the main body en-
camped some four miles from Hickory Point. They were also surprised
and taken prisoners. At the time of their capture, Capt. Bickerton was in
command. Harvey, having left theparty, escaped. The squadron imme-
diately took up the return march for Lecompton, where they arrived on the
forenoon of the 15th. The prisoners captured nymbered 101; their outfit,
arms and munitions, also taken, consisted of ‘‘ one brass field-piece, seven
wagons, thirty-eight United States muskets, forty-seven Sharpe’s rifles, six
hunting rifles, two shot-guns, twenty revolvers, fourteen bowie-knives, four
swords, and a large supply of ammunition for artillery and small arms.”
The prisoners were carried to the United States Encampment, where they
were detained, without proper shelter or adequate rations, awaiting their

reliminary examination. After unreasonable delay, it took place before

udge Cato ; Joseph C. Anderson, a most bitter Pro-slavery partisan and
author of the Black Code of the Territorial Legislature, acting as Prose-
cuting Attorney. The examination resulted in the committal of every
prisoner for trial on the charge of murder in the first degree. Neither
Judge Cato nor Chief Justice Lecompte would consider any extenuating
circumstances, or allow any one of them to be discharged from custody on
bail offered, however large in amount or undoubted in character.

CLOSE OF THE ATCIIISON-STRINGFELLOW CAMPAIGN.

Before the return of the detachment sent out to Hickory Point, mes-
sengers came from Lawrence bringing the intelligence that a large force
of Missourians were encamped on the Wakarusa, and that an attack on the
town was hourly expected. They were the Territorial militia called into
action by the proclamation of Acting Gov. Woodson, and their plan, ap-

arently known to both Secretary Woodson and Adjutant General Strick.
er, was to destroy Lawrence at all hazards, before receiving counter-
manding instructions from the Governor. Woodson and Strickler were
peremptorily ordered by Geary to repair at once to the camp of the invad-
ing army and disband them, in accordance with his proclamation and
with the specific order given Strickler two days before. Under the cir-
cumstances, those emissaries were not deemed entirely trustworthy to
carry out promptly and in good faith the delicate work intrusted to them.
Theodore Adams, a confidential agent of the Governor, accordingly ac-
companied them to report truthfully and without delay the result of their
mission. The party set out from Lecompton in the afternoon (Sunday,
September 14), and reached the camp of the Missourians early in the
evening. Their arrival seemed to have no immediate effect further than
to excite the soldiers and impel many of them to make an immediate night
assault on the hated town. Their disappointment and rage knew no

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

bounds. Copies of the Governor’s proclamation were distributed, but the
officers would not hear it read nor assemble to hear the order to disband.
The more rabid leaders—Clarke, Maclean, Stringfellow and Jones, de-
nounced Geary without measure, and the camp resounded with the threats
of the infuriated soldiery against his life should he persist in his interfer-
ence. Adams left the camp, and at midnight sent the following dispatch
to the Governor :
LAWRENCE, 12 o’clock, Midnight, September 14, 1856,

His Exce,iEency, Gov. GEARY:

Sir—I went, as directed, to the camp of the militia,and found it at the town of Franklin,
three miles from this place, encamped, with four yuu of artillery. One mile to the right,
ou the Wakarusa, I found a Jarge encampment of three hundred tents and wagons. They
claim to have two thousand five hundred men; and from the eee of the camp I have
no doubt they have that number. Gen. Reid isin command. I saw and was introduced to
Gen. Atchison, Col. Titus, Sheriff Jones, Gen. Richardson, ete. The proclamations were
OE Ey Woodson and Gen. Strickler had not, up to the time I left, delivered their
orders, but were about doing so, as soon as they could get the officers together. The outposts
of both parties were fighting about an hour before sunset. One man killed of the militia
and one house burned at Franklin.

There were but few people at Lawrence, most of them having gone to their homes
after your visit here. I reported these facts to the officer in command here, and your
pn action has undoubtedly been the means of preventing the loss of blood and saving
valuable property. Lent

Secretary Woodson thought you had better come to the camp of the militia as soon as
you can. I think a prompt visit would have a good effect. I will see you as you come this
way, and communicate more fully.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THEODORE ADAMS,

The messenger bearing this dispatch did not reach Lecompton until
several hours after Geary, accompanied by Col. Cooke and his entire
command, had left for the scene of danger. Soon after the departure of
Woodson and his party for the Missouri camp, they had set out, and, late
in the evening of the 14th, unknown to the inhabitants, had encamped a
short distance outside the town, in a position favorable for defense in case
of an attack. The Governor then entered the city alone, which he found
prepared for desperate defense. The defenders numbered scarcely three
hundred all told, and, unaware of the succor that was at hand, were sleep-
lessly watching and defiantly waiting the expected assault of the morrow.
Had it come, it would have marked the bloodiest day in the annals of the
Territory. Happily for the defenders, thrice happily for the invaders, the
threatened conflict was averted.

In Lawrence the day had been passed in untold anxiety by the inhab-
itants. arly in the morning, an excited messenger came riding furiously
into the town, bearing the news that the Missourians were advancing in
overwhelming force, and were then within a few miles of Lawrence.
Scouts continued to arrive, each confirming the dreadful news, and givin,
fresh details of the approach of the enemy to the excited listeners.
messenger was immediately sent to Lecompton, to carry the news to the
Governor, and call on the United States troops for assistance and protec-
tion. The advance was unexpected, and found the citizens in a compara-
tively defenseless condition. The force in and about the town, which
could have effectually defended it a week before, numbered then at least
a thousand men, well organized, officered, armed and equipped. During
the week it had become seriously depleted and disorganized. Lane, the
acknowledged leader, had disappeared, and, at his call, Harvey with a
force of good fighting men, and Bickerton with his artillery company,
were away. The Topeka company had gone home, and, after the recent
visit of Gov. Geary, many others, believing the danger passed, had departed.
Only a few remained, except the actual residents of the place.* Such forces
as were available were hastily mustered, under the command of Col. J. B.
Abbott, who, besides being the ranking officer of the recent Free-State militia
(in the absence of Lane and Harvey), was. from his known coolness and
bravery, by common consent the acknowledged leader of the defensive
forces. Capt. Cracklin, with about forty of the Stubbs, reported for
duty. The remaining force was distributed in small detachments at the
various fortifications and other defensive points, and as pickets outside
the town in the direction from which the attack was expected, and had no
acknowledged commanders, except as the most experienced or coolest
naturally took the leadership and advised the squad or party of which he
was a member.

Old John Brown was among the defenders. He held no command,
but did all in his power, advising, and, by his words of counsel, inspiring
the little squads he visited at their various posts, with something of his
own iron dctermination and contempt of danger.+

The anxicty increased as the day wore on. There were no tidings
yet from Gov. Geary, nor signs of the anxiously expected relief from
that quarter. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon, the enemy had crossed the
Wakarusa, and were within two miles of the town. The exact number of

; *It is stated that the news of the defenseless condition of the town was conveyed to the
Missouri camp, on Mission Creek, by Pro-slavery spies, as soon as possible after Harvey left
Lawrence; and that it was then determined to march immediately upon the town, and destroy it
before any orders for their disbandment could reach them. This, if true, would account for their
sudden and unexpected forward movement, and ia consistent with the letter of the 12th to
Governor Geary, asking bis orders, which may have been written before the defenseless condition
of Lawrence was known to Gen. Heiskell,

+¥. G. Adams, Esq., now Secretary of the Kansas Historical Society, was at that time in
Lawrence, and one of the volunteers for defense. ~He states that he, with others, was on that
Sunday afternoon, stationed in a redoubt, as he remembers it, quite well out on Massachusetts
street, probably as far as Henry street. Old John Brown came among them, and in an earuest
conversational tone, gave the boys his counsel and advice. He began by saying he had no
command, but if they would listen to him he would advise them. He told them something of
his own experience in fightine, and impressed them quite strongly with the fact that the
Missourians were cowards and would not stand up before equal numbers, or a brave and deter-
mined fue. He urged them to show a determined an aggressive front, and advised such of them
as had long range rifles, and were mounted, to go out immediately onto the elevation toward
Franklin and commence fire upon the enemy, then in sight,and within long range. He cautioned
then: to fire low and take good aim. In accordance with his advice, and inspired with renewed
courage by his words, such as wei » properly armed immediately rode out, as he had directed, and
were the first to take part in the skirmish with the advancing enemy which ensued. Mr. Brown
according to the recollection of Mr. Adams, did not, at that time, go out with the party, having

no arms. Mr. Adams himself remained in the redoubt, being armed only with a shotgun of short
range.

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the approaching enemy was not known, but skirmishers were sent out to.
check their advance and save time, until Cooke should arrive, or in case
(as many began to fear) they had been abandoned to their fate, to fight.
alone, in defense of their homes, so long as a single man remained. It is.
not believed that a single man or woman in the city, at that time, harbored
the thought of surrender. Either the enemy were to be repulsed, or the
defenders perish with the doomed city. The terrible alternative seemed
all that was left them. It detracts nothing from the courage of this little
band, that help, unknown to them, was near at hand, as they nerved
themselves for the desperate and unequal encounter. The parties sent out.
to check the advance of the enemy, consisted of the “Stubbs,” numbering:
some forty, under Capt. Cracklin, and another party sent out by Jobn
Brown; their leader, if they had any, as well as their exact number, being:
unknown. These men took a position upon an elevated ridge of land,

which commanded the road from Franklin, and, as the enemy came within
range, opened fire upon them. A running fire was continued for a short.
time, when the Missourians, who proved to be a force of three hundred,
sent forward to feel the enemy, finding that their further advance would
be hotly contested, retired to Franklin for the night. The repulsing:
party lay on their arms, watching against surprise, at’the time of Gov.
Geary’s arrival. The gray light of the morning showed to the anxious
watchers the Stars and Stripes flaunting from Mount Oread; cannon were
frowning upon its heights, and the white tents of Cooke’s squadrons dotted
itssummit. The danger was over. Lawrence was saved!

Early on the morning of the 15th, Gov. Geary set out from Lawrence
for the Missouri camp. Before reaching Franklin, he was met by an ad-
vance guard already on the march to renew the conflict which had been
begun on the evening before. To his inquiry as to who they were and
what were their objects, they answered that they were “the Territorial
militia, called into service by the Governor of Kansas, and that they were
marching to wipe out Lawrence and every d—d Abolitionist in the coun-
try.” Geary replied that he was the Governor of the Territory, and their
Commander-in-chief, and ordered the officer in command to escort him to
the main line and conduct him to the center, that being his proper posi-
tion. The order was reluctantly obeyed. He found the whole army in
line of battle three miles from Lawrence, and apparently prepared for an
immediate advance on Lawrence, although his proclamation had been de-
livered and his instructions to disband had been known to them hours.
before. Among the leaders who received him were Gen. John W. Reid,
Ex Senator David R. Atchison, Gen. B. F. Stringfellow, Gen. L. A. Mac-
lean, Gen. J. W. Whitfield, Gen. George W. Clark, Gen. William A.
Heiskell, Gen. William H. Richardson, I. A. Marshall, Col. H. T. Titus,
Capt. Frederick Emery and Sheriff Jones. The officers were assembled
and addressed at length by Gov. Geary. In the course of his speech he
severely reprimanded Atchison, who, “from his high estate as Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, had fallen so low as to be the leader of an army
of men with uncontrollable passions, determined upon wholesale slaugh-
ter and destruction.” At the close of his speech, his proclamation, to-
gether with his order for the immediate disbanding of the army was read.
The more judicious and all the principal leaders obeyed the command with
apparent cheerfulness. A few, though offering no resistance to the Gov-
ernor’s mandate, found relief to their chagrin and disappointment in words.
Notable among the grumblers were Gens. Clark and Maclean, who were
ready to pitch into the United States troops if they stood between them
and the Abolitionists, whom they were bound to whip. The piping voice
of Sheriff Jones was still for war. They found themselves unsupported
by any considerable following, and at length subsided into a state of sul-
lén acquiescence in the inevitahle. The troops thus disbanded, took up
their march immediately for their various homes. The Missourians, who
comprised the larger part, returned to Westport, while those enlisted about
Leavenworth, Atchison and Kickapoo, started on their return by way of
Lecompton, crossing the river at that point. As this was the last organ-
ized military invasion from Missouri, and, with the dispersion of this army,
ended the Pro-slavery attempts to rule Kansas by martial law, it seems but
just to the gallant but discomfited band, that an account written from
their own unprejudiced standpoint, should stand in history with other ac-
counts written by those not altogether friendly either to their modes or
methods of conducting the affairs of the Territory. The following account
of this last inglorious Kansas campaign was written by a soldier of the
Missouri Legion, its truthfulness being vouched for by the Platte Argus,
in which it appeared under the following headlines:

THE WAR ENDED!

Ninety of Lane’s men prisoners by Gov. Geary. Lane retreating. Conference between Gov. Geary,
we Oh. Cooke, and the Officers of the Militia, ete. he
under Gen. Heiskell’s command, consisting of one regiment of foot and two
of santos eee, numbering in all between twenty-four and twenty-five hundred, with four
ieces of artillery, moved from their camp near estport, on the 13th inst. On that and the
Following day they marched between thirty-five and forty miles, and reached the town of
Franklin, three miles from Lawrence. When about four miles from Franklin, an express
came back at full speed and told the General that the enemy had engaged his advanced
guard, and that they were then fighting. The column was put in rapid motion, the footmen,
already very much fatigued and their feet blistered, going at a half trot. They kept up els
pace, except a few minutes at the Wakarusa for water, until they got nearly to Franklin.
where, as it turned out, a large picket guard of the Yankees had killed one of our men and
pushed off to Lawrence. By the time the main body of the troops reached Franklin, it was
5 o’clock, and they were eager to go on immediately to Lawrence; but considering the late-
ness of the hour, the exhausted condition of the footmen, and the total ignorance of Lane’s
strength, and the position of his fortifications, it was decided to be better to rest the men
and make the attack at day-light in the morning. They accordingly encamped for the night
near Franklin. s rs fs ‘
idni an express arrived, giving information that Col. Cooke, with the United
Seats ene nner Die command, had inen a position in front of Lawrence for its protec-
tion, and early in the morning Col. Cooke sent a note to Gen. Heiskell to that effect. Great
disappointment was felt on all hands at the lost opportunity to engage and crush the hired
thieves and murderers under Lane ; and universal regret was expressed that the movement
was not continued into Lawrence the evening before. It turned out that as soon as the ap-
proach of Gen. Heiskell was learned in Lawrence, couriers were cuspiiched to Lecompton
imploring Gov. Geary for protection by the United States troops; and he, as must be admit-
ton in the plain discharge of his duty, ordered Col. Cooke’s command immediately to
Lawrence, where they arrived about 11 0 clockfat_ night.

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About 10 o’clock in the morning, Gov. Geary and Col. Cooke arrived at 'ranklin, where
ithe troops were assembled, and a conference was arranged and held between them and the
‘field officers and captains of companies of Gen. Heiskell’s command, The conference was
opened by Gov, Geary, who addressed the meeting at some length. He expressed his great
pleasure at, meeting with the gentlemen present.

He told them that he hoped and believed that their interposition for the vindication of
ithe laws, and protection of the suffering citizens against the cruelties and inhuman outrages
committed against them by the organized banditti roving through the Territory was no
donger necessary. He said that his mission was to bring peace to its borders; that he was
‘armed with power sufficient for that purpose, and he was determined to accomplish it. He
was glad to inform them that, having arrived in the Territory only three days ago, he had
‘already conquered and captured a large body, having taken between 90 and 100 prisoners.
[The Governor, very properly, refrained from telling (what was true)* that in the
conflict between the United Statcs troops and the party above referred to, one of the
United States dragoons was killed, and fourteen of the party under Harvey.] He said
that if he had not had to come here to meet them, he would now have been at the
head of Col. Cooke’s command, in pursuit of the rest of the banditti. He impressed upon
them the importance and solemnity of the occasion; referred to the consequences that might
follow to the country, to the Union, and to our children and our children’s children, as the
result of the conference now held in this humble place, and closed by appealing to them to
dissolve their present organization and co-operate with him, under the laws and instructions
poverning him, for the restoration of peace and the due execution of the laws of the Terri-
tory.

Gen. Atchison, Gen. Reid, Col. Cooke and others addressed the meeting, responding
fully and cordially to views and feelings expressed by the Governor, and urged a compli-
ance With his wishes. Col. Titus also addressed the meeting, urging with much feeling the
outrages and infamies that he had suffered at the hands of the marauders, He told the
‘Governor of the ner of his house, of its burning, of the $5,000 to $10,000 of which
they had robbed him, and held up his mutilated arm as proof of their desperate efforts to
destroy him. He said that his heart beat tumultuously for revenge; but he was willing to
await the result of the efforts-about to be made to bring the outlaws to justice.

The conference closed by the Governor’s retiring, and requesting the continuance of
ithe meeting, with full consultation among themselves, and that they would give him the
result of their deliberations.

The meeting was then organized by calling Gen. D. R. Atchison to the chair, who on
takin g it said:

“As was well known to all present, the gentlemen composing this meeting had just been
in conference with Gov. Geary, who in the strongest language had deprecated the inhuman
‘outrages perpetrated by those whom he characterized as bandits, now roving through the
‘Territory, and pledged himself,in the most solemn manner, to employ actively all the
forces at bis command, in gunned the laws of the Territory, and giving protection
to-its bleeding citizens, and who had also appealed to us to dissolve our present
organization and stand by and co-operate with him in holding up the hands of
his power against all evil-doers, and who had also retired from the meeting with
the request that it would consult and determine what course should be taken. Now the ob-
ject of the meeting was thus to consult and determine what should be done.” Gen, Atchison
further, as Gov. Geary had also done, impressed the meeting with the solemnity and impor-
tance of the occasion, and that it was a time for men to exercise their reason and not yield
to their passions, and alsoto keepon the side of the law, which alone constitutes our
strength and protection. A committee was appointed to prepare resolutions, expressive of
the sense of the meeting; which, after retiring for a short time, reported the following pre-
amble and resolutions, that were unanimously adopted:

WHEREAS, under the proclamation of Acting Gov. Woodson, we have reached the
town of Franklin, three miles from Lawrence, on our way to the latter place, in search of
an organized band of murderers and robbers, said to be under the command of Lane, who
have plundered and butchered large numbers of our fellow-citizens, with the intention of
overpowering and driving that band from the Territory; and, whereas, we have here met
cand conferred with Gov. Geary,who has arrived in the Territory since we were here called, and
who has given us satisfactory evidence of his intention and power to execute the laws of the
‘Territory, and called on us to dissolve our present organization, and to leave the preserva-
tion of the peace of the Territory to his hands; and, whereas Gov. Geary has assured us of
hhis intention to muster into service a portion of the militia of the Territory, for the purpose
of giving the strongest assurance of protection to its citizens; therefore,

Resolved, 1. That relying upon the assurance of Gov. Geary to give protection to our
peace, in the spirit of order-loving and law-abiding citizens, we cordially conform to his
wishes by dissolving our organization, and will disperse to our homes as speedily as the cir-
cumstances under which we are placed will admit of. :

2d. That the Governor be requested to organize and place in the field immediately, one

battalion (part mounted and part footmen) of Kansas militia, and distribute them over the
‘Territory in such a manner as will best protect the settlers in their homes, persons and
property.
». 8d. That in view of the condition of things in Southern Kansas, we respectfully rec-
ommend to the Governor that he station a eoupeny of one hundred mounted men at Potta-
watomie Creek, in Franklin, Anderson and Lykins Counties, to give protection to the law-
abiding citizens of that section of country.

4th. That we respectfully recommend Col. H. Titus (Colonel of the Douglas County
Militia), as Commander of the Territorial militia, now to be mustered into the service.

(Signed) G. W. CLARK,
SAMUEL J. JONES, Commitiee.
H. T. Titus, and others,
D, R. ATCHISON,
: - 7 irman,

The disbanded soldiers returned home, but did not, on the way, evince
that cheerful acquiescence in the Governor’s policy which was professed
in the foregoing report. They burned the saw mill near Franklin, and on
their march to Westport stole and drove away what horses and cattle came
in their way. A detachment, known as the Kickapoo Rangers, belonging
in Atchison and vicinity, returned via Lecompton. On the march, within
six miles of that place, a squad, leaving the main party for purposes of
plunder, came upon a lame man, David C. Buffum, plowing in the field.
They robbed him of his horse, and in answer to his protests, shot him in
the abdomen, from which wound he died shortly afterward. With his
horse and a pony, also stolen, they rejoined the main party and con-
tinued on their journey. This occurred on the afternoon of the 15th.
Gov. Geary, in company with Judge Cato, passing that way on the road to
Lecompton soon after, saw the dying man lying where he was shot, and
listened to his story of the outrage, told in short, sharp utterance with all
the emphasis of writhing agony. The Governor had the testimony of the
murdered man in extremis, properly attested and sworn to in due form of
law before Judge Cato, and on reaching Lecompton, immediately had a
warrant placed in the hands of the United Marshal for the arrest of the
murderer. The Governor, in alluding to the outrage, said: “I never wit-
nessed a scene that filled my mind with so much horror. There was a pe-
culiar significance in the looks and words of that poor, dying man, that I
can never forget; for they seemed to tell me that I could have no rest until
I brought his murderer to justice; and I resolved that no means in my
power should be spared to discover, arrest, and punish the author of that
most villainous butchery.” The outcome of the Governor's attempts to
brin g the murderer tu justice will appear in its proper connection.

n the 16th, Gov. Geary sent to Gen. Marcy, Secretary of War, a full
report of events as they had transpired, closing as follows:

 

*It was not true.—Ep.
152

The occurrences, thus related, are already exerting a beneficent influence; and, al-
though the work is not yet accomplished, I do not copy of success in my efforts to satisfy
the Government that I am worthy of the high trust which hasbeen reposedin me. As soon
as circumstances will permit, I shall visit, in person, every section of the Territory, where I
feel assured that my presence will tend to give confidence and security to the people.

__,, ln closing, I have merely to add that unless I am more fully sustained hereafter by the
civil authorities, and serious difficulties and disturbances continue to agitate the Territory,
my only recourse will be to martial law, which I must needs ee and enforce.

(Signed) Joun W. Grary, Governor of Kansas Territory.

_ The salutary effects of Gov. Geary’s policy were already apparent.
With'the disbanding of the Missouri forces, open war between the con-
tending factions ceased. Military escorts were granted to travelers and
teamsters desiring safe escort to and from the eastern border towns, and,
so soon as safety to life and security of property in transit to interior
points was established, and goods and supplies became more plentiful, the
great incentive to general plunder was gone, midnight raids and robberies
became infrequent, and the sleep of security brought grateful rest to the
long-harassed settlers. The range of lawless depredations became restricted
to those who, naturally vicious, live in constant antagonism with all laws.

THE JUDICIARY.

The inefficiency of the courts, and the lax and apparently partial execu-
tion of the laws by the civil authorities, together with the contempt in
which the officials were held by a portion of the inhabitants, had rendered
the laws of Kansas for the prevention or punishment of crime, a dead let-
ter, and their attempted execution a mere travesty. While this condition
of affairs continued, Kansas still remained the chosen field of operations
of many lawless desperadoes who, unrestrained by fear of punishment,
could, with comparative safety, continue a life of brigandage and crime,
after the general disorders which had first drawn them to the Territory
had ceased to exist.

Gov. Geary was not unmindful of the importance of a prompt and
impartial administration of justice through the established courts, and
knew that except this could be effected, all other efforts to bring about a
permanent peace would prove unavailing. The open disorders being
quelled, and the dangers of armed conflict averted, he at once set about
what proved to be the more difficult task of binging the courts into their
legitimate position as conservators of order and peace, and as dispensers
of equal justice to all the inhabitants of the Territory.

The United States District Judges were: Chief Justice, Samuel D.
Lecompte; Associate Justices, Sterling G. Cato and J. M. Burrell. Judge
Burrell* was absent from the Territory, and the highest judicial duties
were vested in the two remaining Judges—Lecompte and his associate,
Cato. Geary’s first interview with Cato was in the Missouri camp, at Frank-
lin, on the 15th, where he found him doing duty as a soldier, and brought
him with him on his return to Lecompton. He held an interview with
Lecompte and Cato on the 16th, at which he urged upon them the urgent
necessity of their opening and holding court, for the purpose of issuing
processes on the many complaints being made, that a prompt and sure ar-
rest of criminals might follow the commission of their crimes. He also
dwelt on the importance of giving to every citizen held in custody, what
was his right, viz.. a just and speedy trial. He tried to impress upon
them a full sense of the great responsibilities which rested upon them as
the upholders of the law and dispensers of justice, and assured them that
unless they took measures immediately for the hearing of the grievances
of the people, and the granting of relief through the courts established for
that purpose, he should be constrained to proclaim and adopt the more
potent remedy of military law, whereby the functions of the courts over
which they presided would be suspended. The judges seemingly con-
curred in his views, and agreed to act in accordance with his expressed
wishes. The interview ended with the understanding, or, at least, belief
on the part of the Governor, that a court would immediately be held for
the examination of the Hickory Point prisoners and others, as well as for
the dispatch of other important legal business. On the next day the Gov-
ernor, with a detachment of troops, and accompanied by a Deputy Mar-
shal, went up to Topeka to arrest such of Whipple’s men as could be found
there, as participants in the armed raid into the Hickory Point neighbor-
hood the previous week. The arrest of quite a number was effected and,
with the prisoners, the arresting party returned to Lecompton in the even-
ing. What was his surprise to learn that Lecompte had returned to his
home at Leavenworth, having appointed a court to be held at that place,
fifty miles distant, three weeks subsequently. The prisoners awaiting ex-
amination or trial, now numbered upward of one hundred _and twenty.
Lecompte had left directions to have them all conveyed to Leavenworth
for trial at the time appointed.

The whole procedure was not only an unprovoked insult to Gov.
Geary, but seemed a deliberate plan on the part of Lecompte to prevent a
speedy or fair trial of the prisoners and to vindictively increase their pun-
ishment and suffering by increasing their term of imprisonment to the
longest period possible before a hearing was granted. Furthermore, it
was certain that, at that great distance from the place where the alleged
offenses had been committed, the road to which no witness favoring the
prisoners could travel except at the risk of his life, no fair or just trial was
possible. Incensed at the outrage on justice no less than at the open in-
sult thus gratuitously offered him, Gov. Geary addressed to Judge Cato

the following note : .
ExecuTivi DEPARTMENT, K. T., Lecompton, Sept. 20, 1856.
JupcE STERLING G. CaTO: ,

Dear Sir—You will oblige me by fixing an early day for the examination of the pris-
oners now held at the encampment of the United States troops in this district, and give
proper and official notice of the same. It is essential to the peace of the community and
the due execution of the ‘law, that this be effected at the earliest possible moment.
Some of these men have been already detained as prisoners six days without a preliminary
hearing. If, at the time appointed and legally notified, no prosecutor appears, the alleged
criminals are permitted to repair to their homes and lawful pursuits.

Truly yours, Joun W. Geary, Governor of Kansas Territory.

 

*Judge Burrell received his appointment in December, 1854. He was in ill health, and re-
mained but a few weeks in the Territory, when he returned to his home, Greensburg, Penn.,
where he died in October. 1856.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Judge Cato acceded to the request, and a court was opened for the
examination of the prisoners. The examination was interrupted, and
prolonged by an accident to the Judge which occurred while the exami-
nation was'going on. After considerable delay, it resulted in the committal
of the most of them, bail being refused, to be held on the charge of murder
in the first degree, as had been previously recounted in a different con-
nection.

The Governor was now quite fully convinced that the troubles of the
Territory had been greatly increased and complicated by the unfairness,
prejudice, or incompetency of the Territorial officers and Judges of the
court, and with a view to ascertaining where the culpability rested before
attempting a reform, addressed to the various territorial officers a letter of
inquiry similar in import to the following :

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, K T., September 23, 1856.
To rae Hon. SAmMuEL D, Lecomprr, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME CouRT oF Kan-
sas TERRITORY:

Sir—Upon my arrival here I found this Territory in a state of insurrection, business
paralyzed, operation of the courts suspended, and the civil administration of the govern-
ment inoperative and seemingly useless. ,

Much complaint has been made to me against the Territorial officers, for alleged neg-
lect of duty, party bias, and criminal complicity with a state of affairs which resulted in a
contempt of all authority. : Seeks) i

I have therefore deemed it proper to address circulars to all Territorial officers, in order
that, being informed of the complaints against them, they may have an opportunity to vin-
dicate themselves through my department. ’

The efticiency of the executive will be much impaired or strengthened by the manner
in which his subordinates in office discharge their respective duties.

As it is my sworn duty to see that the laws are faithfully executed, I need offer no
apology for requesting categorical answers to the following interrogatories:

Ist, When did you assume the discharge of the duties of your judicial office?

2d. What counties compose your judicial district? . .

3d. How many bills have been presented—how many ignored in your courts—how
many indictments have been tried before you, and how many convictions had, and for what
offenses ? —

With a brief statement of other facts and circumstances, showing the manner in which
you have discharged your duties, which you may be pleased to communicate.
Very truly your obedient servant,
Jounx W. Geary, Governor of Kansas Territory.

The answer of Judge Lecompte was extremely long, chiefly made up
of excuses and explanations of apparent derelictions of duty, and in re-
futing various charges, some of which were self-preferred. The categor-
ical answers to the interrogatories of the Governor showed that he had
assumed the functions of his office in November, 1854; that he had been
assigned to the First Judicial District, comprising the counties of Doniphan,
Atchison, Leavenworth, Jefferson, Calhoun(now Jackson), and Douglas ;
that the statutes prescribed a term of one week in each year, to be held in
each of these counties ; and, that, in accordance therewith, such terms had
been held by him, with the exception of the term of 1855 in Doniphan
County, passed on account of his inability to reach the place appointed by
boat; and the last terms of Jeffersan and Calhoun Counties where the
existing disorders in his opinion rendered it “‘ utterly useless to hold court
at the time appointed.” The result of His judicial labors were thus
summed up :

In almost all the criminal cases presented anterior to the publication of the statute,
nolle prosequies were entered by direction of the District Attorney of the United States for
the Territory, upon the ground taken by him, that there was no law in force in the Terri-
tory to punish them. The consequence was that few trials arose. * * * The only con-
victions I remember were: one for horse stealing in Doniphan, and some three or four for
assuming office; one for maliciously killing a horse in Atchison County; one in Jefferson
County for selling liquor to Indians; and, perhaps some eight or ten in different counties,
for selling liquor without license.

__ Relating to the release of Robinson and the other treason prisoners on
bail, he says : 7

The cases of Robinson and others, indicted for treason, were called. They tendered
themselves ready for trial. A motion was made by a gentleman deputed for that purpose,
simply to continue the causes.* I saw no alternative but a trial, which, without readiness
on the part of the Government, under the most peculiar circumstances, would have
amounted to an acquittance, almost to a farce, and, on the other hand, a continuance.

_. The latter ultimatum was adopted. The question then remained, what was to be done
with the prisoners? As they tendered themselves ready fortrial, I believed that to continue
them in confinement would be oppression. 1 therefore discharged them on bail.

_ The reply of Judge Cato to like interrogatories showed that he had held
his position on the bench for about one year, and had been appointed to the
Second Judicial District, embracing eight counties. He had held court in
cach of the counties, except Linn, ‘‘during last spring and summer, be-
ginning at. Franklin on the third Monday of April, and ending at Shawnee
on the second Monday of June last.’’ “The only criminal cases tried by
him were in Bourbon County ; one for murder, and two for assault with
intent to kill, The murder case resulted in an acquittal, and the others,
one in acquittal, and the other ina mis-trial. Thus, it appeared that,
although murders of the most atrocious character had been committed
almost. daily, and, in many cases the murderers were well known, and
boasted openly of their achievements, there had not been during the whole
time since the courts were established, a single conviction, and in only a
single case had an alleged murderer been brought to trial. History records
but few instances where either through a corrupt, prejudiced, vindictive,
or imbecile judicature, the court so utterly failed in the performance of its
legitimate functions. The minor officials gave like unsatisfactory though
less important reports in answer to the circular addressed them. Asa
whole, they disclosed to the Governor arottenness in the whole adminis-
tration of civil law in the Territory, far exceeding his worst apprehensions
or suspicions. His further experience convinced him that the root of the
evil sprang more from the perversions of the Judge than from the perverse-
ness of the people. A case in point soon brought the Governor and the
Chief Justice to an open rupture. :

The warrant for the arrest of Buffum’s murderer was, as has been re-
counted, placed in the hands of the Marshal on the evening of September
15, with authority to call on the United States troops for such aid as might
be required. Hearing nothing further concerning it, he, on the 18th, ad-

*The United States Attorney was absent with the Missouri arm: :
Lawrence. Y, preparing to march on
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

dressed a note to Marshal Donaldson, inquiring whether the warrant had
been executed, and the result of the efforts to arrest the murderer, if any
such had been made. He replied, that diligent inquiry on the part of
Peay Marshal Cramer had failed to discover the murderer, and that he
had consequently failed to identify or arrest him. Geary became satisfied
that, with the warrant in the hands of Cramer, one of the most intense
and unscrupulous Pro-slavery men in the Territory, the murderer, if
known, would never be apprehended. He accordingly sent secret agents
to Atchison omy to ferret out the perpetrators of the deed, and publicly
offered a reward of $500 for their apprehension. Although unsupported in
these efforts by any Territorial officer, he found them at the same time
over-zealous in obtaining the arrest of Free State men on every possible pre-
text. Old charges were renewed and new ones made, and the Marshals,
with posses of United States troops, were constantly hunting them down.
Geary was powerless to prevent this mode of petty persecution, which se-
riously hindered his efforts to establish peace, since it was carried on
primarily under the forms of law, the warrants being issued by regularly
constituted officers, and the offenses sworn to in due form, whether false
or true. Requisitions were made for troops, to assist in the serving
of processes, which the Governor granted, in the belief and on the repre-
sentation of the officers that without such help the legal processes in their
warrants could not be served. As soon as he became convinced that the
soldiers were required for the protection of the officers, rather than for the
arrest of the prisoners, he denied all further aid for the purpose. The mur-
der of Buffum, the failure to arrest the murderer, or any other Pro-slavery
man, although many warrants had been issued against them, and the con-
tinued harassing and arrest of the Free-State settlers, aroused anew mur-
murings of discontent, impaired confidence in the sincerity of Geary’s pro-
fessions and promises, and brought grave danger of a fresh outbreak of
violence on the part of the exasperated citizens.

Early in November, the murderer of Buffum was discovered to be one
Charles Hays, a member of the Kickapoo Rangers, then living in appar-
ent security in Atchison. A new warrant for his arrest was issued, and a
few days thereafter he was brought to Lecompton a prisoner. He was in-
dicted by the grand jury, composed entirely of Pro-slavery men, and com-
mitted for trial, on the charge of murder in the first degree. It seemed
certain that at length one murderer was to be brought to trial, if not to
justice.

November 10, a committee of Free-State men appeared before the
Governor to protest against the partiality shown in the conduct of the
Government, and the continued severity with which the officials were pur-
suing and persecuting them. The Governor assured them that he had it
in his heart to do equal justice to all, and referred to his earnest and suc-
tesSful efforts to bring Hays, although a Pro-slavery man, to justice.
While the interview was still being continued, a person entered the room
and announced that Lecompte hadpon the bond of Sheriff Jones, a man
notoriously worthless, admitted Huys to bail, and that he was then at large.
With his only argument thus ruthlessly annihilated by Lecompte, Gov.
Geary no longer attempted any other than a personal defense. The com-

_ mittee closed with the ominous declaration that “as the Free-State men can
no longer expect even-handed justice, their only hope must be in physical
force.” In reply, the Governor asserted in the strongest terms, his own
conscientious determination to see equal justice dispensed to every inhabi-
tant of the Territory, whatever their personal opinions might be. “He
was instructed to preserve the peace of the Territory, and to exercise his
discretion as to the means to be employed, and was sworn to, and would
at all hazards, discharge his duty as he understood it.” He pronounced
the release of Hays, not only a studied insult to him, but a judicial out-
rage, without precedent, and “as calculated to endanger the public peace,
to destroy the entire influence of the policy he was laboring day and oe
to inaugurate; and to bring the court and judiciary into contempt.” He
assured the committee that he should immediately issue an order for Hays’
re-arrest, and submit the matter ta the President, who, he felt assured,
“would permit no judicial officer to forget his duty and trifle with the
peace of the Territory by making decisions abhorrent to public justice, and
grossly steeped in partiality.”

The interview resulted in convincing the committee that the Governor
was earnestly endeavoring to promote even-handed justice; that he was
not in complicity with the gang of conspirators that was goading them to
fresh deeds of violence; and that he was being thwarted in his every en-
deavor by the court, its officers, and others, from whom he had a right to
expect assistance and co-operation. :

Gov. Geary immediately issued the following warrant:

Execurive DEPARTMENT, K. T., Lecompron,.Nov. 10, 1856.

I. B. DonaLpson, Esq., MARSHAL OF KANSAS TERRITORY:

Sir—An indictment for murder in the first degree, having-been duly found by the Grand
Jury of the Territory against Charles Hays, for the murder of a certain David C, Buffum,
in the county of Deuales, in this Territory, and the said Charles Hays having been dis-
charged upon bail, as I consider in violation of law, and greatly to the endangering of the

eace of this Territory: ; s
: This is jherefore to authorize and command you to re-arrest the said Charles Hays, if

he be found within the limits of this Territory, and safely to keep him until he is duly dis-

charged by a jury of his country, according to law.
Given aide my hand and seal at the city of Lecompton, the day and year above

seaiinos Jno. W, GEARY, Governor of Kansas Territory.

Marshal Donaldson declined to execute the foregoing warrant, stat-
ing that after taking time for consideration he would give a written an-
swer. A duplicate warrant was at once placed in the hands of his special
aid-de-camp, Col. H. T. Titus, who promptly re-arrested the murderer
and notified the Governor that he held the prisoner subject to his further
order. Donaldson, after due consideration, declined to serve the warrant
and tendered his resignation as Marshal of the Territory. _

The prisoner remained in the custody of Titus until December
18, at which time, Governor Geary being at Leavenworth, he was
again brought before Lecompte on a writ of habeas corpus, and again set
at liberty. The Governor stood vindicated in the eyes of all men as to his

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complicity in this judicial outrage, and chose to no longer continue the
vexatious contest with the contumacious Judge. He sent to the President
a full history of the case and urged his removal, on the ground of his
known partiality to one faction, ‘which rendered him a serious obstacle in
the way of pacifying the Territory or otherwise carrying out his instruc-
tions. Mr. C. O. Harrison, of Kentucky, was immediately nominated as
Lecompte’s successor. It happened, either by accident, or design, that no
writ of supersedeas was issued, and the Senate consequently withdrew
their confirmation of Harrison’s appointment. There the matter rested
and Geary went on with his work as best he could, with Lecompte and his
friends exultantly pitted against him.

MORE FEAR OF LANE’S ARMY.

During the last week of September, rumors again became rife of the
movement of a large army through Nebraska toward Kansas, and it came
to be currently believed by the Pro-slavery settlers that Lane was return-
ing, at the bead of an army estimated to number not less than a thousand
men, well armed and equipped, and having with them several pieces of
artillery. So specific were the reports as to numbers and equipments that
Gov. Geary, determined to prevent the entrance of any armed force
into the Territory, dispatched Deputy Marshal Preston, accompanied by
a detachment of United States troops, to the Northern frontier, with or-
ders to arrest any illegally armed body found within the boundaries of
Kansas. They had scarcely reached the border when they met a party of
130 men, well armed and equipped, and to outward appearance more pre-
pared for war than to engage in peaceful avocations. They were under
the leadership of James Redpath. The whole party was arrested, and con-
ducted to the vicinity of Lecompton, north of the Kansas River, where the
Governor met them and held an interview with Redpath as to their objects
in entering the Territory thus armed and in violation of his proclamation.
Redpath pleaded ignorance of the improved change of affairs in the Terri-
tory, and gave his solemn pledge that his party was a peaceable party of
emigrants, having no hostile intentions, and only seeking homes in the
Territory. On these assurances, the party wasreleased from arrest and
permitted to go their way.

Scarcely had the a been effected when more alarming reports
came. Redpath’s party was but the advance of Lane’s main army, which,
only a few days behind, was now rapidly nearing the Territory. Desirous
of taking all necessary precautions, Gov. Geary at once ordered Marshal
Preston to return to the frontier. He was accompanied by 300 dragoons
under the command of Cols. Cooke and Johnson, who were ordered to
intercept the march of any hostile force they might meet.

On October 1, Maj. Morrow, Col. Winchell, William Hutchinson and
Col. J. Jenkins, called upon the Governor. They came as a deputation

‘from a large train of emigrants now about to enter the Territory from Ne-

braska, under the leadership of Col. Eldridge, Gen. Pomeroy, Col. Perry
and others.. They represented them as a party of emigrants seeking homes
and a peaceful settlement in the Territory, and that they were coming for
no other purpose : that the party had arms to protect themselves and for
hunting game on the route ; that they had no desire to enter the Territory
under suspicious circumstances ; and that they had been sent forward to
acquaint the Governor as to the designs of the party before their arrival.
On their positive denial of any connection with Lane or his army, the
Governor informed them of his intention to prevent by all means at his
command, the entrance of any armed force into the Territory, but at the
same time welcomed the party as peaceful citizens. ‘‘He then gave the
deputation a letter directing all military commanders to give Col. El-
dridge’s party a safe escort-should it prove as represented, a party of emi-
grants coming into the Territory to prosecute peaceful and lawful occupa-
tions.” With this letter the deputation departed. What subsequently oc-
curred is given as stated in a letter of Gov. Geary to Secretary Marcy, un-
der date of October 15, as follows:

Col. William J. Preston, a Deputy United States Marshal, who had accompanied Col. P.
St. George Cooke and his command to the Northern frontier, to look after a large party of
proposed immigrants, who were reported to be about invading the Territory in that quarter, in
warlike array and for hostile purposes, returned to Lecompton on the 12th instant. He
informed me that he had caused to be arrested an organized band, consisting of about two
hundred and forty persons, among whom were a few women and children, comprising some
seven families.

This party was regularly formed in military order, and was under the command of
Gen. Pomeroy, Cols. Eldridge, Perry, and others. They had with them twenty wagons, in
which were a supply of new arms—mostly muskets, with bayonets and sabres—and a lot of
saddles, etc., sufficient to equip a battalion, consisting of one-fourth cavalry and the
remainder infantry. Besides these arms, which were evidently intended for military
purposes and none other, which were in the wagons, a search of which was strongly objected
to, the immigrants were provided with shotguns, rifles, pistols, knives, etc., sufficient for the

“ordinary uses of persons traveling in Kansas, as in any other of the Western Territories. From

the reports of the officers, I learn that they had with them neither oxen, household furniture,
Paired tools, agricultural implements, nor any of the necessary appurtenances of peace-
ul settlers.

These persons entered the Territory on the morning of the 10th instant, and met Col.
Cooke’s command a few miles south of the Territorial line. Here the Deputy Marshal
questioned them as to their intentions, the contents of their wagons, and such other matters
as he considered necessary in the exercise of his official duties. Not satisfied with their
answers, and being refused the privilege of searching their effects, he felt justified in con-
sidering them a party organized and armed in opposition to my proclamation of the 11th of
September. After consultation with Col. Cooke and other officers of the army, who agreed
with him in regard to the character of the emigrants, he directed the search to be made,
which resulted in the discovery of the arms already mentioned.

An escort was then offered them to Lecompton, in order that I might examine them in
person and decide as to their intentions, which they refused to accept. Their superfluous
arms were then taken in charge of by the troops, and the entire party put under arrest, the
families, and all others individually, being permitted to retire from the organization, if so
disposed. Few, however, availed themselves of this privilege. But little delay, and less
annoyance, were occasioned them by these proceedings. Everything that circumstances
required or permitted was done for the comfort and convenience of the prisoners. Their
journey was facilitated, rather than retarded. They were accompanied by a squadron of

nited States dragoons, in command of Maj. H. H. Sibley. One day’s rations were dealt out
to them, and they were allowed to pursue the route they themselves had chosen.

Being apprised of the time at which they would probably arrive at Topeka, I forwarded
orders for their detention on the northern side of the river, near that place, where, as I

romised, I met them upon the morning of the 14th instant. I found them pee ey as they
bad been represented to me in official reports; and while I felt disposed and anxious to
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extend to them all the leniency I could, consistent with propriety, duty and justice.

Idetermined at the same time to enforce in their case, as well as that of every similar organ-

ization, the spirit and intent of my proclamation of the 11th ultimo—which commands “all
bodies of men, combined, armed and equipped with munitions of war, without the authority
of the Government, instantly to disband or quit the Territory, as they will answer the
contrary at their peril.” This I had done but a short time previous with a smaller body, who
entered Kansas as this had done, from an entirely different quarter, and who, upon learning
my purpose, not only submitted willingly to be searched, but by my order, without a murmur
and even with cheerfulness, disbanded and dispersed.

, J addressed these people, in their encampment, in regard to the present condition of the
Territory, the suspicious position they occupied, and the reprehensible attitude they had
assumed. I reminded them that there was no possible necessity or excuse for the existence
of Jorge armed organizations at present in the Territory. Everything was quiet and peaceful,
and the very appearance of such an unauthorized and injudicious array as they presented,
while it could do no possible good, was calculated, if not intended, to spread anew distrust
and consternation throughout the Territory, and rekindle the fires of discord and strife that
had arent over the land, ravaging and desolating everything that lay in their destructive
path. Their apology for this evident and undeniable disregard of my proclamation, though
somewhat plausible, was far from being satisfactory. They had made their arrangements,
they said, to emigrate to Kansas at a time when the Territory was not only disturbed by
antagonistic political parties, armed for each other’s destruction, but when numerous bands
of marauders—whose business was plunder and assassination—infested all the highways,
rendering travel extremely hazardous, even though every possible means of self-protection
were employed.

This excuse loses all its pertinency when it is understood that, before the party crossed
the Territorial line they were an venee a deputation that had visited me, that the
condition of things above described had ceased to exist, and that such was the true state of
affairs that any person could travel the route they proposed taking without molestation or
the slightest cause for apprehension. I informed them, through their messengers, that I
heartily welcomed all immigrants, from every section of the Union, who came with peaceful
attitude and apparently good intentions; and that to all such I would afford ample protec-
tion. While, on the other hand, I assured them that I would positively enforce my
proclamation, and suffer no party of men, no maticr whence they came or what their
political bias, to enter and travel through the Territory with hostile and warlike appearance,
to the terror of peaceable citizens, and the dangers of renewing the disgracéful and alarmin:
scenes through which we had so recently passed. It was quite evident that this party di
thus enter the Territory in defiance, not only of my proclamation, but my own verbal
cautions; and I, therefore, fully approve of the action taken by Col. Cooke, Maj. Sibley and
Deputy Marshal Preston, as well as all the officers of the army who assisted in their deten-
tion, search and guard.

After showing the necessity of so doing, I insisted upon the immediate disbandment of
this combination, which was agreed to with great alacrity. The majority of the men were
evidently gratified to learn that they had been deceived in relation to Kansas affairs, and
that peace and quiet, instead of strife and contention, were reigning here. My remarks
were received with frequent demonstrations of approbation, and at their close the organiza-
tion was broken up, its members dispersing in various directions. After they had been
dismissed from custody, and the fact was announced to them by Maj. Sibley, their thank-
fulness for his kind treatment toward them, during the time he held them under arrest, was
expressed by three hearty and enthusiastic cheers.

In coneluding this hastily written letter, I must express my sincere regrets that
societies exist, in some of the States, whose object is to fit out such parties as the one herein
described, and send them to this Territory, to their own injury and the destruction of
the general welfare of the country. Very many persons are induced to come out here under
flattering promises, which are never fulfilled; and having neither money to purchase food
and clothing, nor trades or occupations at which to earn an honest livelihood, are driven to
the necessity of becoming either paupers or thieves. And such are the unfortunate men
who have aided materially in filling up the measure of crimes that have so seriously affected.
the prosperity of Kansas. It is high time that this fact should be clearly and generally
understood. This Territory, at the present season of the year, and especially under existing
circumstances, offers no inducement for the immigration of the poor tradesman or laborer.
The country is overrun with hundreds who are unable to obtain employment, who live upon
charity, and who are exposed to all the evils of privation, destitution and wart, # * *

(Signed.) JouN W. GEARY, Governor of Kansas Territory.

W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State.

The following protest from leading members of the party reteived by
Gov. Geary after the dispatch of the letter from which the foregoing
quotations are made, seems more supplementary than contradictory of the
preceding account.

Toreka, KANSAS TERRITORY, October 14, 1856.
His ExcELLENcy, JoHN W. GEARY, GOVERNOR OF KANSAS TERRITORY:

Dear Sir—We, the undersigned, conductors of an emigrant train, who entered the
Territory on the 10th instant, beg leave to make the following statement of facts, which, if
required, we will attest upon our oaths.

1. Our party numbered from two hundred to three hundred persons; the rear com-

any, which has not yet arrived, being principally composed of families with children, who
eft Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, three days after this train which has arrived to-day.

2. Weare all actual bona fide settlers, intending, so far as we know, to become perma-
nent inhabitants.

3. The blockading of the Missouri River to Free-State emigrants, and the reports which
reached us in the early part of September, to the effect that armed men were infesting and
marauding the northern portions of Kansas, were the sole reasons why we came in a com-
pany and were armed.

We were stopped near the northern line of the Territory by the United States
troops, acting, as we understood, under the orders of one Preston, Deputy United States
Marshal, and after stating to the officers who we were and what we had, they commenced
searching our wagons (in some instances breaking open trunks, and throwing bedding and
wearing apparel upon the ground in the rain), taking arms from the wagons, wresting some
private arms from the hands of men, carrying away a lot of sabres belonging to a gentleman
in the Territory, as also one and a half kegs of powder, percussion caps, and some cartridges;
in consequence of which we were detained about two-thirds of a day, taken prisoners, and
are now presented to you.

All we have to say is that our mission to this Territory is entirely ye Wo have
no organization, save a police organization for our own regulation and defense on the way.
And coming in that spirit to this Territory we claim the rights of American citizens 10 bear
arms, and to be exempt from unlawful search and seizure.

Trusting to your integrity and impartiality, we have confidence to believe that our
property will be restored to us, and that all that has been wrong will be righted.

We here subscribe ourselves, cordially and truly, your friends and fellow-citizens.

8. W. ELpringr, Conductor.
SAMUEL C, PoMERoY.
Joun A, PERRY.

RoBerT Morrow.
Epwarps DANIELS.
RIcHARD REALF.

This was the last interference by civil authority or otherwise, with
free entrance into the Territory, and hindrances to free immigration, by
any chosen route, thereafter ceased.

TERRITORIAL ELECTION.

The Territorial election for choosing a Delegate to Congress and
members of the Legislature. and also to vote on the question of calling a
convention to form a State Constitution, was held October 6. As is known,
the Free-State party had already formed a State Constitution which had
been presented in Congress, and the adoption of which was now pending.
Furthermore, it was the established policy of that party to recognize in no
manner, where consistent with their allegiance to the General Govern-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ment, the validity or binding force of any of the laws or proceedings of
the first Legislature. As this election was held in accordance with the
provisions of laws and rules established by it, and a participation in the
election would be a quasi receniion of its authority, the Free-State men
took no partin the election. It was an entirely one-sided affair. Although
the illegal voting by Missourians at accessible points was as scandalously
and openly carried on as at previous elections, there was little disorder,
there being no attempted opposition on the part of the Free-State men to
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A full Pro-slavery delegation to the Territorial Legislature was chosen
by a vote aggregating in the counties nearly the same as for the Congres-
sional Delegate. No protest was offered to the returns of the votes polled
for Whitfield. Gov. Geary granted him a certificate of election. On his
arrival in Washington in February, A. H. Reeder again unsuccessfully
contested his seat.

THE FREE-STATE PRISONERS.

The Free-State prisoners taken near Hickory Point and at Topeka,
who had endured severe hardships and uncalled-for cruelty from their
keeper, Col. H. T. Titus and their guards, were tried at the October term
of court. The majority were acquitted or their trial postponed. Several
were convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to terms of confinement,
at hard labor, for terms varying from five to ten years, and to wear a ball
and chain. Among the convicts were Frank Swift, from Maine, after-
ward a Captain in First Kansas Cavalry; Alfred Payne, from Ohio; Sam-
uel Stewart, from Michigan; L. Soley, from Massachusetts, —— Crawford
and Jeremiah Jordan, from Pennsylvania; and John Laurie, from
Indiana.

Sheriff Jones made prompt application to the Governor for balls and
chains, volunteering the information that they could be obtained from
Fort Leavenworth. To the application Gov. Geary returned the follow-
ing answer :

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, LECOMPTON, Kan. Ter., Nov, 21, 1856.
SAMUEL J. Jones, Esq., SHERIFF OF DoucLas CouNnTY:

Sir—In reply to yours of the 17th instant, received by me while at Fort Leavenworth,
I have to remark that the master of convicts—a just and humane man—vith the aid of.such
guard as he may require, will dispose of the prisoners, who are, or may be, placed under bis
charge, in such manner as may be deemed most advisable for the public interest.

Gen. Smith has no balls and chains for the purpose indicated in your request, nor is it

deemed advisable to procure any while the trial of the remainder of the Hickory Point pris-
oners remains unfinished,

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Joun W. GEaRy, Governor of Kansas.

On the following day, he took the prisoners out of the charge of Sher-
iff Jones, and thereby proved himself, as well as the “keeper of convicts,”
a just and, humane man. The following letter shows how Jones lost his
hold on the prisoners :

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, LEcoMPTON, Kan. Ter., Nov. 22, 1856.
L. J. Wampron, sq, Master oF Convicts:

Sir—I_ have been pene be Sheriff Jones to procure balls and chains, in accord-
ance with 2d Section, 22d Chapter, Kansas Statutes, for the safety of the prisoners recently
convicted of manslaughter for participating in the Hickory Point fight.

Reposing especial trust in your integrity, humanity and discretion, I have, in pursu-

ance of the statutes, appointed you Master of Convicts, and placed them under your
supervision.

By the organic act, Iam authorized to grant pardons and reprieves for “all offenses
against the laws of the Territory 3?” and esteeming the punishment, as described in the said
section, as cruel and unusual, and especially inappropriate to the prisoners alluded to, I
hereby remit that portion of their sentence requiring the use of “balls and chains,” and de-
sire you to treat the prisoners with every humanity consistent with their safe keeping.
Your obedient servant,
; é JoHN W.GEARY, Governor of Kansas Territory.
The prisoners, while under the charge of Keeper Hampton, were treat-
ed as humanely as the necessary restraint would admit. e soon allowed
them to go about within prescribed limits, on their pee and during the
last months of their confinement they were quite frequent attendants on
the sessions of the Territorial Legislature, as one of them facetiously re-
marked, “to protect Gov. Geary against. violence from the members.”
Under this mild surveillance, they remained until March 2, 1857, at which
time those who had not already escaped, seventeen in number, were par-
doned by Geary, in compliance with numerous petitions received from cit-
izens.* The lenity shown by the keeper and Governor, was deemed by

* In Wilder’s Annals, p. 118, it is stated that Geary, on leaving the Territory Merch 10, for-
got to pardon the prisoners. Gihon, in ‘Geary and Kaneas,” p. 147, states positively that they
were pardoned March 2, ~* ;
 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Lecompte, Cato, the members of the Legisl i

, , the m gislature and all their Pro-slaver,
followers, proof positive that Geary had treacherously gone over to the
enemy, and served not a little to embitter them toward him and his policy
and to irreparably widen the breach between them.

A TOUR OF OBSERVATION.

The first month of Gov. Geary’s administration brought a gratifyin
change in affairs, although local complaints of disorder, robbery and theft
were still numerous, and the courts and other means of satisfying justice
remained in a disordered and unsatisfactory state. The open war between
opposing factions had ceased, the invasion was at an end, and life and
property had again some slight tenure of safety. Under these improved
conditions, the Governor could turn his attention somewhat to the minor
matters pertaining to the good government of the Territory, indispensable
to the complete establishment of peace and prosperity within its borders.
To gain a personal knowledge of the actual condition, wants and griev-
ances of the people, he made an extended tour through the Territory dur-
ing the latter part of October. He was escorted by a squadron of United
States dragoons, under the command of Maj. H. H. Sibley, and accompa-
nied by his staff. From the notes of his Private Secretary, Mr. John H.
Gihon, the following account of his journey is drawn:

_ The party left Lecompton early on the morning of the 17th of October,
visited several families on the way to Lawrence, where they arrived in the
afternoon, and encamped. Here he was entertained by the citizens, and
reviewed the new company of Territorial militia recently enrolled, of which
Samuel Walker had been commissioned Captain by the Governor. The
following day the escort passed through the Wakarusa Valley, via Blan-
ton’s bridge, to Hickory Point (Douglas County); the Governor with his
Orderly going round by way of Franklin, where he had recently disbanded
the Missouri forces, and where he had been informed bad feeling still ex-
isted. After making a speech to the people at Franklin, the Governor
joined the troops at Hickory Point, and proceeded, via Prairie City, to
Ottawa Creek, where he visited Ottawa Jones, at his residence, and the
Baptist Mission, and thence crossing the Marais des Cygnes River, reached
Osawatomie on the 20th. The Secretary states that many of the inhab-
itants were driven from the town at this time, in consequence of the troub-
les of the year, and that those who remained were fearful and anxious,
and welcomed the Governor’s arrival as a guarantee of safety. He alludes
particularly to the case of one family, living near Osawatomie, consisting
of man, wife and five children, all sick in bed. while their oldest son and
sole support had been forced to fly from the Territory, in consequence of
the threats of Pro-slavery agitators.

Leaving Osawatomie, the party again crossed the Marais des Cyynes
and Bull’s Creek, and encamped at Paola, the Government seat of Lykins
(Miami) County, which is described as consisting of thirteen houses and a
good hotel—the latter on the land’of Baptiste Peoria. Here the Governor
made a speech which was favorably received, and afterward commissioned
a Justice of the Peace and other officers. After leaving “Paoli, the party
returned to Osawatomie, passed up the valley of Pottawatomie Creek to
the scene of the Pottawatomie murders, and on to Little Sugar Creek,
three miles south of Sugar Mound, where news was received of outrages
committed on the neighborhood the previous night (24th), and measures
were taken by the Governor to bring the perpetrators to justice. At this

oint the party turned toward Fort Riley, the western limit of the route.
Rneanning at Centropolis, at the head-waters of the Wakarusa and the
Neosho, they crossed the Kansas River on the 28th, at Riley City, then con-
taining eight houses, and arrived the same evening at Fort Riley, where
they remained until the 31st, the visit being enlivened by a ball, review of
the troops, etc. Pawnee City—the first Territorial seat_of Government
contained at this time two houses. On his return trip to Lecompton, Gov.
Geary encamped Sunday, November 2, on the south bank of the Kansas
opposite Manhattan. . The citizens of that town had assembled to hear
preaching by Rev. Charles E. Blood, who, on learning that the Governor
was in the neighborhood, adjourned the meeting, and crossing the river
with several other gentlemen in a small boat, visited his camp, and pre-
vailed upon him to speak to the congregation on the exciting topics of the
time. Manhattan is described as “located in a valley of great fertility,
and containing about one hundred and fifty inhabitants, generally moral,
intelligent and industrious, and who took no part in the recent disturb-
ances.” It contained a steam saw and grist mill, three stores, and a hotel.
The party remained in camp opposite Manhattan until the 4th—asnow-storm
occurring on the 3d, with cold and windy weather. They reached the
Baptist Mission in the Pottawatomie Reserve, then under the superintend-
ence of Mr. Fox, on the 5th, and the following day—the 6th of November,
1856—Gov. Geary issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation, the
first issued by a Governor in the Territory.

“PROCLAMATION.

IvE DEPARTMENT, CAMP “GRACIAS A Dros,” Baprist MIssIon,
ree , PoOTTAWATOMIE RESERVE, D. T.
Having reached this point, after an extended tour of observation through this Terri-
tory, and baing now satisfied that the benign influences of peace reign throughout all its
borders, in consonance with general custom and my own feelings, I have specially set apart
tbe 20th day of November, instant, to be observed by all the good citizens of the Territory as
a day of general thanksgiving and praise to Alnighty God for the blessings vouchsafed to us
e ‘

, a3 a people. eh
The Governor passed through Topeka where “eighty new buildings
were being erected; business was in a healthy condition, and all the citi-
zens were attending to their proper avocations;”’ thence through Tecumseh
and Big Springs to Lecompton, where he arrived on the evening of the
6th, having been absent twenty days. He sums up the results of his ob-
servations in a letter to Secretary Marcy, dated November 7, thus:

i is tour I have obtained much valuable information relative to affairs in
idee ie myseld familiar with the wants and grievances of the people, which will
enable me to make such representations to the next Legislature and the’ Government at
Washington, as will be most conducive to the public interests.

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The general peace of the Territory remains unimpaired ; confidence is being gradually
and surely restored ; business is resuming its ordinary channels; citizens are preparing for
pies and there is a readiness among the good people of all parties to sustain: my adminis-

ration. :

The close of the year saw the end of all attempts by organized force
or systematic intimidation to force slavery into the Territory. In spite of
the continued prevalence of lawlessness, discontent, intense political ex-
citement, occasional disorderly outbreaks, and serious disturbances in some
sections of the Territory, during subsequent time, never after was the Ter-
ritory given over to anarchy. The efforts of Geary to establish order, un-
opposed, if not at first cordially sustained, by the better portion of the
inhabitants irrespective of party, together with the large accession of Free-
State immigrants during the last four months of the year, had convinced
the Pro-slavery zealots that further efforts to fasten slavery upon the Ter-
ritory by force, would prove futile, and henceforth they sought the attain-
ment of their ends through the less demonstrative, if not less reprehensible,
means of political management, legislative craft and low cunning. The
reign of violence was over. On the last day of the year Gov. Geary wrote
Secretary Marcy as follows:

In reviewing on this, the last evening of the year, the events of the past fourmonths
and contrasting the disturbed condition of affairs upon my advent with the present tranquil
and Bapoy state of things, which has held its sway for the past three months, I must congrat-
ulate the administration and the country upon the auspicious result. Crime, so rife and
daring at the period of my arrival, is almost banished. I can truthfully assure you that in
proportion to her population and extent, less crime is now being committed in Kansas than
in any other portion of the United States.

Although it is a matter of serious doubt whether the Governor’s hope-
ful view would have found a full response from all the inhabitants of the
Territory, it is sure that at no previous time had peace and order prevailed
in such great measure, nor could such bright hopes be cherished for a
happy new year.

TOPEKA LEGISLATURE OF 1857.

On January 6, the day appointed for the convening of the Topeka
Legislature, a few of its members met. Both Gov. Robinson and Lieut.
Gov. Roberts were absent. There was no quorum present. The minority
adjourned to the following day when, a quorum being present, an organi-
zation was effected, and a committee appointed to draw up a memorial to
Congress. On the adjournment, Deputy Marshal Pardee served writs of
arrest upon about a dozen of the prominent members, including the pre-
siding officers of each house. The arrests were effected without resistance,
and the prisoners carried to Tecumseh for examination. The following
morning, a quorum not being present in either house, and the officers be-
ing prisoners, no further business could be transacted. A recess was
accordingly taken to June 9. <

The arrests were made at the instance of Sheriff Jones and with the
connivance of Judge Cato, who had, on the oath of Jones, issued the writs.
Jones was present to see them served. His expectation was that resistance
would be made to the arrests, and a conflict be precipitated between the
Free-State men and the officers of the law, which should force the Gover-
nor into a position of positive antagonism with them, and give a new pre-
text for renewing hostilities. The scheme was not known to Gov. Geary,
who, assured by the Free-State leaders that no action should be taken at
the proposed session in conflict with his authority or inconsistent with the
organic law of the Territory, had taken no official notice of the assemblage
further than to have trustworthy men present to observe and report to him
the proceedings. The whole scheme was frustrated by the non-resistance
of the prisoners, who, on the day following their arrest, were liberated by
Judge Cato on bail, in the sum of $500 each, taking their personal recog-
nizance. The District Attorney subsequently entered nolle prosequies, and
Jones’ last plot thus dissolved into thin air.

The absence of Robinson and Roberts was, until explanations were
made, the subject of severe animadversions in the part of such as were
uninformed as to the cause of their apparent abandonment, and fears were
entertained and quite openly expressed that Robinson, then in Washing-
ton, had sold out and abandoned the cause.

A letter from Gov. Robinson fully explaining his course soon appeared,
which resulted in his full restoration to the confidence and esteem of his
friends and co-laborers. It appeared that Gov. Robinson, having become
convinced that under the new Territorial Governor the Free-State men
were to have fair play, and that home necessity for a State organization
for defense was at an end, and believing that, with the large influx of
Free-State emigrants, the first free and honest vote would place them in
control, felt that his influence in the further promotion of the cause he
had at heart, would best he exerted where the the danger still lurked—at
Washington. There the final decision was to be made as to the adoption
of the Topeka constitution, and it was desirable that it should be adopt-
ed, if possible, before another could be framed by the opposing faction,
and be presented to Congress, where a prolonged and bitter contest, long
delay, and perhaps ultimate defeat might ensue. That no suspicion of
personal interest or ambition might detract from his influence, he chose
to appear simply as a Free-State citizen of Kansas, unprejudiced by any
official connection with the constitution, the adoption of which he so
earnestly desired. He accordingly placed his letter of resignation as Gov-
ernor, in the hands of Lieut. Gov. Roberts, with the understanding that
it should be presented to the Legislature when assembled, with such ex-
planations as his friend Roberts might see fit to make. Through the
failure of the latter gentleman to appear, for reasons afterward satisfac-~
torially explained, the letter of resignation was not presented, Robinson
continued the provisional Governor, and for a time was subject to the
distrust and censure of many of his friends. The following extract
from an address of ex-Gov. Robinson, delivered January 18, 1881, on re-
tiring from the Presidency of the Kansas Historical Society, is of historic
value in this connection:

Gov. Geary called to his aid several companies of bona fide residents of the Territory,
one of them commanded by Capt. Samuel Walker, and the war of extermination came to

an end, but not so the contest for a slave or a free State. The scene only was changed, and
it was oow a game of politics rather than arms. The Slave-State men had in view a con-
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stitution of their own that should establish slavery forever in the new State, while the
FreeState men, shut out from all fair elections under Territorial auspices, adhered to the
Topeka constitution. The vital question was, which constitution shall be recognized by
Congress and made a law ofthe land? Gov. Geary was satisfied the Free-State men were
largely in the majority, and was desirous that the majority should rule. Thatanend might
be put to this conflict, he sent to the Governor under the Topeka constitution, and desired
an interview at his 0 ice. The interview was held in the attic of the log cabin now stand-
ing, with its stone addition, on the bank of the river, near the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé
station at Lecompton. At that interview Gov. Geary was ready to favor the admission un-
der the Topeka constitution, and was ready to use his influence with the President and his
party in Congress. It was thought, if there could be a vacancy in the position of Governor,

that he or some other Democrat might be elected to fill it, the Administration would more ’

readily indorse it. Accordingly, the Topeka Governor resigned, and went to Washington
for the purpose of procuring admission into the Union. He soon found that the Democratic
party at Washington had no sympathy for any such movement or for Gov. Geary.

THE TERRITORAL LEGISLATURE.

On the 12th of January, 1857, a Pro-slavery convention was held at Le-
compton, when the Law and Order party rechristened itself; resolving
‘henceforth to be known as the National Democracy of Kansas.” The
principles of the National Democracy, ‘‘ as enunciated in the Cincinnati
Convention’’ were adopted, and it was resolved to ‘‘conduct their deliber-
ations, and base their party actions on high national, conservative and
patriotic grounds.”

On the same day, and at the same place, the Territorial Legislature
assembled.

 

THIRD TERRITORIAL CAPITOL, LECOMPTON.
In which the Second Territorial Legislature met, January 12, 1857.

The Senate organized under the following officers: Thomas Johnson,
President; Richard R. Rees, President, pro tem.; Thomas C. Hughes,
Chief Clerk; C. H. Grover, Assistant Clerk ; D. Scott Boyle, Engrossing
Clerk. The House organized by electing William G. Mathias, Speaker ;
W. H. Webbs, Speaker, pro tem.; and Robert C. Bishop, Chief Clerk.

Following the eee eu the Governor’s message was read and or-
dered to be printed. There was nothing notable in its utterances or recom-
mendations, as coming from a fair-minded Executive, honestly laboring
for the public good. It reviewed the history of his administration, the
dispersion of all armed bands of either faction, and was congratulatory
on the restoration of peace. It pointed out many defects in the Territorial
statutes which called for amendment, among which were the manner of
appointing jurymen, probate judges and county officers by the Legislature
or officers appointed by it, instead of allowing the people a voice ; the test
oaths prescribed as prerequisites to the right of suffrage, etc. It dwelt
on the evils arising from the fact that there was not a single officer in
the Territory amenable to the people or the Governor, all having been ap-
pointed by the Legislature, and holding their offices until 1857.

In regard to the “peculiar institution,” he said:

The Territorial government should abstain from the exercise of authority not clearly
delegated to it, and should permit all doubtful questions to remain in abeyance until the
formation of a State constitution. * * * Justice to the country, and the dictates of sound

olicy, require that the Legislature should confine itself to such subjects as will preserve the
ee of entire equality; and when a sufficient population is here, and they choose to adopt
a State Government, that they shall be “ perfectly free,” without let or hindrance, to form
all their domestic institutions “in their own way,” and to dictate that form of government
which, in their deliberate judgment, may be deemed proper.
* * % % # * te

Chapter 151, relating to slaves, attacks the equality which underlies the theory of our
Territorial government, and destroys the freedom of speech and the privileges of public
discussion, so essential to uncloak error and enable the people properly to mold their
institutions in their own way. The freedom of speech and the press, and the right of public
discussion upon all matters affecting the interests of the people, are the great constitutional
safeguards of popular rights, liberty and happiness.

The message was not well reccived by the Legislature, and none of its
wise recommendations received legislative indorsement during the session.
On the contrary, from first to last, that body stood as a unit ayainst Gov.
Geary and his policy. In caucus, its members pledged themselves to pass
all laws over his veto; and in session, passed, as one of its first legislative
acts, a bill authorizing the Judges of the District Courts to admit persons
to bail in all cases, either in court or vacation, and for any “crime or
offense whatever, whether such crime or offense shall have been heretofore
bailable or not.” It was returned with the Governor’s veto—the act, in the
words of his message, making it “ comparatively easy for the most notorious
criminal to escape the punishment his crimes may have merited. * * Were
the bill passed for the express purpose of tampering with and corrupting
the Judiciary, it could not have been more effectual.” - This bill, which
was adopted over the Governor’s veto, passed the Council by a vote of ten
to one—Mr. Thomas Johnson voting against the bill—and the House,
twenty-eight to one. . :

The bill was intended ‘as an indorsement of Lecompte’s discharge of
the murderer Hays, and was further calculated to act as an amnesty act
for the many Pro-slavery men at large, against whom writs were issued
but unserved. It also placed the Legislature, unequivocally, on the side of
the Judge, in the serious difference which had arisen between him and the
Governor. : 4

On the last day of January, George W. Clark, charged with the murder
of Barber, appeared, with others against whom unserved warrants \were
in the hands of the Marshal, before Judge Cato, all of whom were dis-

‘charged on giving bail. Sheriff Jones and Dr. Wood gave security for

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Clark in the sum of $10,000, ex-Governor Shannon and D. J. Johnson
appearing as his counsel.-

On the 19th of February, an act was passed cs for the ener
a census and an election of delegates to form a State Constitution. The
provisions of the act required that a census of the whole number of inhabi-
tants, and of the qualified voters, should be taken by the Sheriffs of the
several counties, between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of April,
1857, the returns to be made to the office of the Probate Court, and
inspected and corrected under the supervision of the Probate Judge for
the district; the Governor to make an apportionment of delegates as soon
as the corrected lists were returned to him. The time of election to be the
third Monday in June; number of delegates, sixty. No person except a
a resident of the county ninety days, and registered as such, to be allowed
to vote.

The delegates elected were to assemble in convention at Lecompton,
on the first Monday in September, 1857, and ‘‘proceed to form a Constitu-
tion and State government, which shall be republican in its form, for ad-
mission into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all
respects whatever, by the name of the State of Kansas.”

The Governor, on learning the provisions of the proposed bill, had an
interview with the chairman of the committees of the two Houses, Gen.
Coffey of the Council and Col. Anderson of the House, and sought to have
such amendments to the bill before it was reported as would obviate his
objections and insure his signature to the bill when passed. He pointed
out the evident unfairness of the provisions which debarred all citizens
from voting who were not in the Territory on or before the 15th of March,
as it povetien the incoming spring emigrants from taking any part in
the election, while it held out strong inducements for the Pro-slavery men
from the Missouri border to come over to be registered, and thus become
legal voters at the election to be held three months later. He offered, how-
ever, to waive all minor objections if they would have inserted a clause
providing for a submission of the Constitution when framed, to the people,
and regarded the absence of this provision a fatal defect. The chairman
replied that this had already been considered, and decided upon adversely
“as it would defeat the only object of the act, which was to secure, beyond
any possibility of failure, the Territory of Kansas to the South as a Slave
State.” The bill was passed without the desired modifications, vetoed by
the Governor on the ground of the objections previously urged upon the
Phelan of the committee, and on its return passed, his veto notwith-
standing.

The attempts of Gov. Geary to do justice to the whole people, es-
tranged him completely from the unscrupulous Pro-slavery managers who
had hitherto controlled and directed the political affairs of the Territory.
Judge Lecompte was his open and avowed enemy, and studiously sought
every opportunity to thwart him. His example was followed by all the
inferior officials. The Legislature was, as a body, solidly arrayed against
him. Letters were sent to Washington making charges seriously reflect-
ing on his integrity, and calculated to cast doubt upon his fealty to his
party and his faithfulness to the administration. It became the sole ob-
ject of his enemies to render his position which, at the best, was beset with
the sternest difficulties, intolerable.

_ Soon after the arrest of the Topeka legislators, Samuel J. Jones re-
signed his Office as Sheriff of Douglas County, and the county tribunal
appointed in his place one William T. Sherrard, on the recommendation
of the retiring Sheriff. He was a man totally unfit for the position, illiter-
ate, debauched, and otherwise incompetent. His only recommendation to
offset his many disqualifications was that he was a blatant bully of the
most brutal Pro-slavery typc. The Governor delayed granting him his
commission, whereupon he insolently demanded it with oaths and threats
which only prolonged the delay. Meantime, his violent temper and the
frequent brawls in which he was daily enzaged had so established the fact
of his unfitness for the position that the members of the County Board
who had epnoltied him severally visited the Governor and requested him
to withhold the commission until such time as they could hold a meeting
for revoking the appointment. . In compliance with their request and that
of many reputable citizens of both parties, and influenced by the scandal-
ous behavior of Sherrard himself, Geary was still holding the appoint-
ment in abeyance at the time the Legislature convened, to whom Sherrard
preferred his complaint. On January 19, the House passed a resolution,
inquiring of the Governor his reasons for withholding the commission.
Ilis reply was that he regarded the matter as a subject of inquiry only
from the 7T erritorial Courts; that he had been informed and believed
Sherrard, from his habits and passions, to be entirely unfit for the perform-
ance of the duties of the office, and cited as proof of his unfitness his sev-
eral recent fights and brawls in which he had shot at several persons with
pistols, and threatened others. The Governor also stated that he wished
it distinctly understood that he should appoint no person to office who was
n his ju gment untit for the position, or who might endanger the peace
of the Territory. The House immediately espoused Sherrard’s cause, and
after furious harangues by several members, both abusive and insultin
to the Governor, passed a resolution appointing Sherrard as Sheriff o
Douglas County, and legalizing his acts. To the credit of the Council, it
refused to concur in the resolution. This failure of the Council to concur
rendered Sherrard more furious than ever. He assaulted the Governor's
Clerk and threatened the Governor’s life, often and publicly. Soon after’
this, a ard met Mr. Geary at the Capitol building. The ruffian was
thoroughly armed and attempted to provoke a quarrel by spitting in the
ae 8 face, and showering upon him the most vulgar and opprobrious
epithets.

Mr. Geary passed on without resenting the insult, and doubtless, thus
saved his own life. The House, on having the matter brought to their at-
tention, refused to entertain a mild resolution condemnatory of the out-
aie Judge Cato reluctantly issued a writ for Sherrard’s arrest, but no
ofticer

could be found to serve it. The Governor sent to Gen. Smith,
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 167

then in command at Fort Leavenworth, a letter stating the provocation,
the insult, and his belief that Sherrard had made up his mind to assas-
sinate him, and asking that two additional companies of dragoons be sent
to him immediately to insure his protection and keep the peace, which he
stated, he was convinced there was a conspiracy on foot to disturb. He
was very coolly informed by Gen. Smith, in reply, that ‘insults and
probable breaches of the peace did not authorize the em loyment of
troops.” He further informed him that all the forces at Fort Laecanarorth
had been recently designated by the Secretary of War for more distant
service, and that the companies then near him would have to be reealled.
He declined to furnish any troops except by the order of the President.
It is needless to follow the continued correspondence, which only con-
firmed the disheartening fact that Gov. Geary had no longer the support
of the powers at Washington, and stood absolutely alone.

Although thus abandoned by his party friends to whom he had looked
for support, the popular sympathies of the order-loving people of the
Territory became warmly enlisted in his favor. Mass meetings were held
at various points, at which the course of Gov. Geary was warmly ap-
Browed, and that of his enemies as strongly condemned. The assault by

herrard was the subject of universal execration outside the extreme Pro-
slavery politicians of the Territory. On Wednesday afternoon, February
18, in answer to a citizen’s call, an indignation meeting was held at Le-
compton at which a strong set of resolutions were offered condemning
Sherrard and all who upheld him, and offering sympathy and support to
Gov. Geary. The reading of the resolutions exasperated Sherrard, who
was present, to madness. He interrupted the proceedings, and in a loud
voice declared any man who should indorse the resolutions, ‘‘a liar, a
scoundrel, and a coward.” One Sheppard took exceptions, whereupon
Sherrard commenced firing his pistol at him, emptying six balls in quick
succession. Sheppard returned the shots without effect, but was himself
seriously wounded in the affray. The two combatants being separated,
Sherrard, now furious with rage, advanced toward John A. W. Jones, the
Secretary of the Governor, whom he had previously assaulted, with his
finger on the trigger of his pistol. Jones was prepared, as were some of
his friends. Several shots were fired simultaneously, and Sherrard fell
mortally wounded, one shot having entered his forehead. There was a
genend feeling of relief in the community at his death, but his immediate
riends and abettors would not be comforted. They held a public meet-
ing on Saturday, February 21, at which the excellences of his character
were thus portrayed :

Resolved, That we, to whom he has endeared himself by the exhibition and universal
display of all those ennobling traits that induce us to esteem and love our fellow-man, do
hereby express our heartfelt sorrow at his untimely death, and that we now extend to the
friends and relations he has left behind, our heartfelt sympathy.

Resolved, That we but faintly express the appreciation of his character when we pro-
nounce him to have been a good citizen, a noble patriot, a true friend, and a man “ without
tear and without reproach.”

Among the prominent participators in this affectionate tribute to de-
parted worth appear the names of Samuel J. Cramer, Capt. John Donald-
son, Samuel J. Jones, J. C. Thompson, Gen. F. Marshall, L. A. Maclean,
and Robert H. Bennett.

RESIGNATION OF GOV. GEARY.

It is not strange that Gov. Geary at length grew sick of the thankless
task which devolved upon him in his conscientious efforts to perform his
duties. He had done what he was sent todo. He had promptly quelled
the disorders of the Territory, and brought a consequent abatement of the
swelling indignation at the North which had threatened to sweep the De-
mocracy from power. The danger had been averted, Buchanan was
elected, four years more of rule was assured, and the further exercise of
his administrative virtues was not in accord with the designs on Kansas
still hopefully cherished by the re-assured Pro-slavery Democracy. He at
length saw plainly his position, and without reluctance resigned an office
which ceased to offer him opportunities to serve with honor to himself,
either his party or the people of the Territory. His letter of resignation

was as follows:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, K. T., Lucompron, March 4, 1857.

His EXCELLENCY JAMES BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
ir— ignation as Governor of Kansas Territory, to take effect
on fe Mook ae ie which time you will be enabled to pele and appoint
li “With big h respect, your friend and obedient servant,
; = eae : JoHn W. GrEaRy.

On March 10, Gov. Geary left Lecompton, writing Secretary Woodson
at the time : “‘ For several weeks my health has been gradually sinking, and
I have had several hemorrhages of the lungs ; Iam convinced my life will
not be long, if not promptly cared for. I will be absent a few days from
Lecompton.” He did not return. He feared other dangers than those of
impaired health. Sherrard was dead, but the men who set him on still
lurked about the capital. He had been repeatedly warned and he heeded
the warning. Like his predecessors, he fied from the Territory by night,
to avoid assassination at the hands of members of his own party. He
reached Washington on March 21, at which time his political and official
connection with the affairs of Kansas was terminated. His subsequent
brilliant career as a Union soldier, and as the Republican Governor of his
native State, were consistent with the general uprightness of his rule in
Kansas, and won for him a National renown. He died in Harrisburg,
Penn., February 8, 1878. : :

Secretary Woodson again became Acting Governor, serving as such
from April 16;when Geary’s permanent departure became known, to May 27,
when his successor arrived. His reign was too short to result in any seri-
ous disorder or change in affairs. He apparently did what he could to stir
up fresh commotions, but had little support in his efforts. On March 26,
he called on Gen. Smith for troops, for the purpose of suppressing “a preda-
tory band, or ‘bands, of assassins and-robbers,” then infesting the counties of
Franklin and Anderson. He was refused. On the 26th, he protested against

the withdrawal of the troops from Lecompton, “as a number of writs for the
arrest of notorious outlaws are now in the hands.of United States Deputy
Marshals,” and the services of the troops would be necessary in effecting
their arrest. Col. Sumner wrote him in reply, suggesting respectfully
“whether it would not be safer to pause a little in military matters, until
we know the policy of the new Administration.” March 31, Woodson
wrote to Lewis Cass, then Secretary of State, giving him information as to
the “depredations of an organized banditti.” His efforts to renew disorders
in the Territory were ineffectual, and he was shortly after appointed re-
ceiver of the Delaware Land District, a lucrative and responsible position,
which might well satisfy him that he had not lost favor at Washington,
however desirable it might be to supersede him in the position he had so
long held.

The successors of both Geary and Woodson were appointed by Presi-
dent Buchanan March 10, Hon. Robert J. Walker receiving the appoint-
ment of Governor, and Hon. Frederick P. Stanton as Secretary of the
Territory.

Robert James Walker was born in Northumberland, Penn., July 19,
1801. He was the sonof Judge Walker, of the Supreme Court of the United
States, under whose guidance his early law studies were conducted. He
graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1819, and was admitted to
the bar at Pittsburgh in 1821, where he practiced his profession for several
years, and where he was married to Miss Bache, of Philadelphia, a grand-
daughter of Benjamin Franklin.

n 1826, he removed to Natchez, Miss., and there joined the Democrat-
ic party. From 1837 to 1845, he wasa member of the United States Senate,
being first elected as opponent to aoe Poindexter, formerly Governor
of Mississippi, and at this time a bitter disunionist, In. 1845, Mr. Walker
was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Polk; was the prin-
cipal author of the revenue tariff of 1846, and remained. a member of the
Cabinet until 1849. , s

April 10, 1857, he was appointed Governor of Kansas Territory. The
history of his administration in Kansas appears in its proper connection.

On the outbreak of the civil war in 1861, he declared himself strongly
and unreservedly for the Union, and was a devoted and valuable friend of
President Lincoln throughout the long struggle, being financial agent of
the United States in Europe in 1863-64, where he effected the sale of $250,-
000,000 of United States bonds. He died in Washington, D. C., Novem-
ber 11, 1869.

Hon. Frederick P. Stanton, the new Secretary, and for a time Acting
Governor of Kansas Territory, was born at Alexandria, D. C., on the 22d
of December, 1814. He was a graduate of Columbia College, and had been
teacher, lawyer and editor, while yet a very young man. In 1845, he was
elected to Congress from the Memphis district, which he represented for
ten consecutive years. In 1855, he voluntarily retired from Congress, and
again commenced the practice of his profession at Washington, to which
city he returned at the close of his residence in Kansas.

'
ACTING GOVERNOR STANTON.

Secretary Stanton arrived in Leavenworth on Monday, the 13th of April,
and made his first address to the citizens of Kansas at the Planters’ House
in that city. He stated that, although a Southern man, he should be

uided in his official career by a principle of strict impartiality, laboring
for the benefit of the citizens of Kansas, and endeavoring to carry out the
equitable policy laid down by the Administration. He believed that a
constitution framed and referred to the people would serve to adjust the
difficulties pending, and that the peaceable admission of Kansas into the
Union depended more upon her course as a State than upon the institu-
tions he might choose to adopt. He evidently pleased his hearers—they
being impressed, not only with his “prepossessing appearance and gen-
tlemanly deportment,” but with his “integrity and ability to perform the
duties of his office.”

Secretary Stanton arrived at Lecompton on the 15th, and on the 17th is-
sued an address to the people of the Territory, stating that, in consequence of
the unavoidable detention of Gov. Walker in Washington until the middle
of May, the duties and responsibilities of the Executive devolved upon
himself, by virtue of his commission as Secretary, and he therefore should
indicate the course he should feel it his duty to pursue. The first point
enunciated was the authority of the Territorial government. He says: “I
hold that there can be no other rightful authority exercised within the
limits of Kansas, and I shall proceed to the faithful and impartial execu-
tion of the laws of the Territory, by the use of all the means placed in my
power, and which may be necessary to that end. -

“The government especially recognizes the Territorial act which pro-
vides for assembling a convention to form a constitution with a view to
making application to Congress for admission as a State into the Union.
That act is regarded as presenting the only test of the qualification of vot-
ers for delegates to the convention, and all preceding repugnant restric-
tions are thereby repealed. In this light the act must be allowed to have
provided for a full and fair expression of the will of the people, through
the delegates who may be chosen to represent them in the Constitutional
Convention. I do not doubt, however, that in order to avoid all pretexts
for resistance to the peaceful operation of this law, the Convention itself
will, in some form, provide for submitting the great distracting question
regarding their social institution, which has so long agitated the people of
Kansas, to a fair vote of all the actual bona fide residents of the Territory,
with every possible security against fraud and violence. If the constitu-
tion be thus framed, and the question of difference thus submitted to the
decision of the people, I believe that Kansas will be admitted by Congress
without delay, as one of the sovereign States of the American Union, and
the Territorial authorities will be immediately withdrawn.” Secretary
Stanton further says: “ All the power of the Territorial Executive will be
exerted, with entire impartiality, to prevent fraud, to suppress violence,
and to secure to every citizen a fair opportunity for the safe and peaceful
158

exercise of his elective privilege.” The address closes by suggesting a
general amnesty in reference to all acts on both sides “‘ which grew out of
the political contest, and were not corruptly and feloniously committed
for personal gain, and to gratify individual malignity.”

Stanton, in his inaugural address, as well as by his acts during the
few weeks of his administration, foreshadowed the policy to be carried
out by the coming Governor. His prejudices and sympathies were known
to be intensely enlisted with the Pro-slavery Democracy, but, as the plan
of forcing slavery upon the Territory by violence, regardless of all forms of
law, had been abandoned, there was increasing hope that the rights of the
majority would at last prove triumphant. The dangers yet to be averted
were those of subtle chicanery and trickery on the part of those still con-
trolling the legislative and judicial power of the Territory, supported and
advised as they would be by the National Administration, and the best
skill and wisdom of the leading Pro-slavery men of the nation, all still la-
boring unitedly to the single aim of enslaving the Territory. Little aid
could be hoped from any officer appointed for this purpose, except so far
as his moral sense might compel him to go counter to the known wishes of
those he had been sent to serve. Hence, every new incumbent was viewed
with a suspicion that words, however assuring, could not dispel. The in-
tense excitement was not abated; its quality only was changed. It had
been a struggle to establish free homes; henceforth it was continued for
the establishment of free laws.

The following diagram, taken from ‘‘ Wilder’s Annals,”’ shows the part
of the Territory under this incomplete census, which would be represented
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The census was completed ducing the month of April, and May 20,
Acting Governor Stanton issued the following proclamation:
Wuereas, The following returns of the census, taken under the act of the Legislative

Assembly, entitled “An Act to provide for the taking of a Census, and election of Delegates
to Convention,” passed the 19th February, have been made to me, to wit:

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS

Now, therefore, I, Frederick P. Stanton, Secretary, and Acting Governor, do hereby
proclaim, that, according to the provisions of said act, and the-census returns made in pur-
suance thereof, and upon a proper apportionment: among the legal voters of the several dis-
tricts aforesaid, they are respectively entitled to elect to the Convention, provided for in
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The proper officers will hold the election for delegates to said Convention, on the third
Monday of June next, as directed by the law aforesaid, and in accordance with the appor-
tionment herein made and declared.

The census on which the above apportionment was made was taken in
only fifteen out of thirty-four counties. The remaining nineteen, there-
after known as ‘‘disfranchised counties,” were largely settled by Free-
State men, and too remote from the border for convenient control of the
ballot-boxes. In every county bordering on Missouri, and in every Pro-
slavery county the census returns were made. By this unfair and partial
apportionment the Free-State men never would not have had a shadow of a
chance, even had they been assured of a fair election. They did not, as
will be seen, enter the trap which had been so bunglingly set for them.

In justice to Secretary Stanton, it may be said that his own com-
plicity with this new attempt at fraud, was largely due to his recent arrival
in the Territory, his consequent lack of knowledge as to the population of
that part of the Territory where no census was taken, and too great reli-
ance on the representations of his immediate friends and advisers, all of
whom were of the Pro-slavery type, and most of whom were shamelessly
instrumental in the attempted fraud. His vindication of himself, as given
in a speech made subsequently in New York, was as follows:

If I had then known what I have since ascertained, and what I now believe and know
to be true, I should have hesitated before I made an apportionment which should brin
about the state of things which now exists. I should have suffered the whole law to fail.
But, under the circumstances, supposing as I did then, thatthe people wha had refused to go
into the election, or to go into the process of registration, were in a measure factious, and
not justified in what they were doing, and not knowing the character of the population in
the other counties, or whether they had any pope lean at all, or any considerable popula-
tion, and being under the necessity of acting by a particular time—for the returns were to
be made in my office by the 1st of May, and the election to take place on the 15th of June
—I say, under the pressure of these circumstances, I could do nothing but what I did.

. On a an open letter was addressed to Secretary Stanton, signed
by Charles Robinson, William Hutchinson, Edward Clark, Ephraim Nute,
Jr., John Hutchinson, G. C. Brackett, E. D. Ladd, C. W. Babcock, G. W.
Smith, epee F. Earle, Joseph Cracklin, Gaius Jenkins, G. Emory, John
A. Wakefield and J. A. Finley, in which they averred their willingness, if
concurred in by a convention of the people of Kansas, ‘to overlook the
past,” and take part in the election of delegates to the Constitutional Con-
vention, should a convention of the people of Kansas concur,” under cer-
tain conditions—one of which was, that a new census should be taken, and
the registry lists corrected by the Probate Judges, the appointment of
delegates being made according to the returns thus made. .

_ The second was the appointment of four judges of election for each
voting precinct—two Pro-slavery, and two Free-State, the names of three
being required to a certificate of election to entitle a person to a seat in
the convention. Mr. Stanton’s reply to this letter was decisive : ‘It will
be impossible for me to consent to any new proceeding in opposition to
that which has been sanctioned by the legislative authorities.” Thereafter
the majority of Free-State voters became nearly unanimous in their decision
to take no part in the election.

ADMINISTRATION OF GOV. WALKER.

Gov. Walker arrived in Kansas May 25, 1857. He came up the Mis-
souri on the New Lucy, from which he disembarked at Leavenworth,
accompanied by Mr. Patrick H. Carey (his stenographer and private secre-
tary), Mr. Perrin and Mr. McClelland. He was courteously received by
citizens of both parties, a large number gathering in front of the Planters’
Hotel, in expectation of Heerne the almost inevitable speech; but this
time the sovereign people were disappointed, Gov. Walker excusing him-
self on the plea of fatigue. Not willing entirely to forego their pet privi-
lege and pleasure, the citizens moved to the Shawnee ouse, and heard
speeches from James Lane and Mr. Perrin. Gov. Walker, with his com-
panions, left the following day for Lecompton, where he delivered his
inaugural speech on the 27th. It was cautious and studied in its phrase-
ology, and had been through the crucible of careful revision at Washing-
ton. It might therefore be taken as the full exposition of the roposed
Kansas policy of the new administration, as well as his own. Extracts
are given below sufficient to show that the extremists of neither party could
receive it with unalloyed satisfaction or confidence.

Ignoring the Topeka Free-State Constitution, Gov. Walker proceeded
to the discussion of the law providing for the framing of a State Constitu-
tion, which had recently been passed by the Legislature, and under which
the census and apportionment for delegates had been already made. He
assumed that the authority of the Legislature to call such conventions was
beyond question, as it had been called into being by the Congress of 1854,
was recognized by the very latest Congressional legislation, and by the
\

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

present Chief Magistrate, just chosen by the Anierican people, many of its
acts being then in operation in the Territory by general consent. Opposi-
tion to it was resistance to the authority of the Federal Government.

_ _ He next urged the necessity of a free participation by all legal voters
in the coming election of delegates. The law had performed its legitimate
function by extending to the people the right of suffrage, but cannot com-
pel them to vote. If they choose to abstain, they thereby authorize those
who do vote to act for them, and, in the absence of fraud and violence,
they are, under the constitution and laws, bound by their acts. “ Other-
wise, as voting must be voluntary, self-government would be impracti-
cable, and monarchy or despotism would remain as the only alternative.”
He warned them against the uncertainty of relying on a subsequent oppor-
tunity to defeat the proposed constitution by refusing to ratify it. No
provision now existed for such submission. “He was anxious to secure to
the people “that great constitutional right ”—he believed the convention
was “the servant of the people,” but had no power to dictate the proceed-
ings of that body.

He closed the discussion of the subject as follows:

_, J cannot doubt that the convention, after having framed a State constitution, will sub-
ee for ratification or rejection, by a majority of the then actual bona-fide resident settlers
of Kansas.
With these views well known to the President and cabinet, and approved by them, I
accepted the appointment of Governor of Kansas. My instructions from the President,
through the Secretary of State, under date of the 30th of March last, sustain “the regular
legislature of the Territory” in “ ling a ion to form a constitution,” and they
express the opinion of the President that “when such a consiitution shall be submitted to the
people of the Territory, they must be protected in the exercise of their right of voting for or against
de instrument 3 and the Jair expression of the popular will must not be interrupted by fraud or
violence.

Following are further verbatim extracts:

There is a law more powerful than the legislation of man—more potent than passion
or prejudice—that must ultimately determine the location of slavery in this country ; it is
the isothermal line; it is the law of the thermometer, of latitude or altitude, regulating cli-
mate labor and productions, and, as a consequence, profit and loss. Thus, even upon the
mountain heights of the tropics, slavery can no more exist than in Northern latitudes, be-
cause it is unprofitable, being unsuited to the constitution of that sable race transplanted
here from the equatorial heats of Africa. Why is it, that in the Union slavery recedes from
the North and progresses South? It is this same great climatic law now operating for or
against slavery in Kansas. * i me If, from the operation of these causes,
slavery should not exist here, I trust it by no means follows that Kansas should
become a State controlled by the treason and fanaticism of abolition. She has,
in any event, certain constitutional duties to perform to her sister States, and especially
to her immediate neighbor—the slave-holding State of Missouri. Through that

reat State, by rivers and railroads, must flow, to a great extent, our trade and
intercourse, our imports and exports. Our entire Eastern front it upon her border;
from Missouri come a great number of her citizens; even the farms of the two States
are cut up by the line of State boundary, part in Kansas, part in Missouri; her
citizens meet us in daily intercourse; and that Kansas should become hostile to Missouri,
an asylum for her fugitive slaves, or a propagandist of abolition treason, would be alike in-
expedient and unjust, and fatal to the continuance of the American Union. In any event,
then, I trust that the constitution of Kansas will contain such clauses as will forever secure
to the State of Missouri the faithful performance of all constitutional guarantees, not only
by Federal but by State authority, and the supremacy within our limits of the authority of
the Supreme Court of the United States on all constitutional questions be firmly estab-
Tished.. * * * * * * * *

Our country and the world are regarding with profound interest, the struggle now
impending in Kansas. Whether we are competent to self-government—whether we can de-
cide this controversy peacefully for ourselves, by our own votes without fraud or violence—
whether the great principles of self-government and State sovereignty can be carried here
into successful operation—are the questions now to be determined, and upon the plains of
Kansas may now be fought the last great and decisive battle, involving the fate of the
Union, of State sovereignty, of self-government and the liberties of the world. If, my fel-
low-citizens, you could, even for a brief yes soften or extinguish sectional passions or
prejudice, and lift yourselves to the full realization of the momentous issues intrusted to
your decision, you would feel that no greater responsibility was ever devolved upon any
people. It is not merely shall slavery exist in or disappear from Kansas; but shall the great
principles of self-government and State sovereignty be maintained or subverted. State sov-
‘ereignty is mainly a practical principle, in so far as it is illustrated by the great sovereign
right of the majority of the people in forming a State government to adopt their own social

institutions; and this principle is disregarded whenever such decision is subverted by Con-
gress, or overthrown by external intrusion, or by domestic fraud or violence. All those who
oppose this principle are the enemies of State rights, of self-government, of the constitu-
tion and of the Union. Do you love slavery so much, or hate it so intensely, that you would
endeavor to establish or exclude it by frand or violence ee the will of a majority of the
people? What is Kansas, with or without slavery if she should destroy the rights and union
of the States? Where would be her schools, her free academies, her colleges and university,
her towns and cities, her railroads, farms and villages, without the Union and the principles
of self-government? Where would be her peace and prosperity, and what the value of her
lands and property? Who can decide this question for Kansas, if not the people them-
selves? And if they cannot, nothing but the sword can become the arbiter.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * -

Is it not infinitely better that slavery should be abolished or established in Kansas,
rather than that we should become slaves, and not permitted to govern ourselves? Is the
absence or existence of slavery in Kansas paramount to the great question of State sover-
eignty, of self-government, and of the Union? Is the sable African alone entitled to your
‘sympathy and consideration, even if he were happier as a freeman than as a slave, either
here or in St. Domingo, or the British West Indies, or Spanish America, where the emanci-
pated slave has receded to barbarism and approaches the lowest point in the descending
seale of moral, physical and intellectual degradation? Have our white brethren of the
great American and European race no claims upon our attention? Have they no rights or
interests entitled to regard and protection? Shall the destiny of the African in Kansas ex-
clude all considerations connected with our own happiness and prosperity? And is it for
the handful of that race now in Kansas, or that may be hereafter introduced, that we should
subvert the Union and the great principles of self-government and State sovereignty, and
imbrue our handsin the blood of our countrymen? Important as this African question may
be in Kansas, and which it is your solemn right to determine, it sinks into insignificance
compared with the perpetuity of the Union, and the final successful establishment of the
principles of free government and State sovereignty. If patriotism, if devotion to the con-
stitution and love of the Union, should not induce the minority to yield to the majority on
this question, let them reflect that in no event can the minority successfully determine the
question permanently, and that in no contingency will Congress admit Kansas as a Slave or
a Frée State, unless a majority of the people of Kansas shall first have fairly and freely decided
this question for themselves by a direct vote on the adoption of the constitution, excluding
all fraud or violence. The minority, in resisting the will of the majority, may involve Kan-
sas again in civil war; they may bring upon her approach and obloquy, and destroy her
progress and prosperity ; they may keep her for years out of the Union, and, in the whirl-
wind of agitation, sweep away the Government itself; but Kansas never can be brought
into the Union with or without slavery, except by a previous-solemn decision, fully, freely
and fairly made by a majority of her people in voting for or against the adoption of her
State constitution: Why, then, should this just, pence it and constitutional mode of settle-
ment meet with opposition from any eerie _ 1s Kansas willing to destroy her own hopes

of prosperity, merely that she may afford political capital to any party, and perpetuate the
agitation of slavery throughout the Union? Is she to become a mere theme for agitators in
other States, the theater on which they shall perform the bloody drama of treason and dis-

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union? Does she want to see the solemn acts of Congress, the decision of the people of the
Union in the recent election, the legislative, executive and judicial authorities of the coun-
try all overthrown, and revolution and civil war inaugurated throughout her limits? Does
she want to be “ bleeding Kansas” for the benefit of political agitators within or out of her
limits; or does she prefer the peaceful and quiet arbitrament of this question for herself?
What benefit will the great body of the people of Kansas derive from these agitations?
They may, for a brief period, pee consequence and power to political leaders and ae
tors, but it is at the expense of the happiness and welfare of the great body of the people of
this Territory.

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I have endeavored, heretofore, faintly to foreshadow the wonderful prosperity which
would follow at once in Kansas the peaceful and final settlement of this question. But, if
it should be in the power of agitators to prevent such a result, nothing but ruin will per-
vade our cee Confidence will expire, and law and order will be subverted. Anarchy
and civil war will be re-inaugurated among us. All property will greatly depreciate in
value. Iven the best farms will become almost worthless. Our towns and cities will sink
into decay. Immigration into our Territory will cease. A mournful train of returning
settlers, with ruined hopes and blasted fortunes, will leave our borders. All who have pur-
chased property at present prices will be sacrificed, and Kansas will be marked by universal
ruin and desolation.

Nor will the mischief be arrested here. It will extend into every other State. Despots

* will exult over the failure here of the great pene of self-government, and the approach-

ing downfall of our confederacy. The pillars of the Union will rock upon their base, and
we may close the next Presidential conflict amid the scattered fragments of the constitution
of our once happy and united people. The banner of the stars and stripes, the emblem of
our country’s glory, will be rent by contending factions. We shall no longer have a
country. The tiends of human liberty in other realms will shrink departing from the
conflict. Despotic power will resume its sway throughout the world, and man will have
tried in vain the last experiment of self-government. The architects of our country’s ruin,
the assassins of her peace and prosperity will share the same common ruin of all our race.
They will meet whilst living the bitter curses of a ruined people, whilst history will record
as their only epitaph: These were the destroyers of the American Union, of the liberties of their
country and of the world.

As early as March 10, the Free-state men had held a convention at
Topeka, at which it had been resolved ‘‘that the people of Kansas Terri-
tory cannot participate in any election under such regulation, without
compromising their rights as American citizens, sacrificing the best in-
terests of Kansas, and jeopardizing the public peace.”’ Still later, as has
been told, an ineffectual effort had been made to induce Secretary Stanton
to modify the conditions under which the election was to be holden, so as
to allow the Free-staté men to participate. Nevertheless, after the new
presentation of the case made by Gov. Walker in his inaugural address,
opinions upon the question again became diverse, and to put the matter at
rest a mass convention convened at Topeka, on June 9, the day also ap-
pointed for the meeting of the Topeka Legislature.

TOPEKA MASS CONVENTION.

On Wednesday, June 9, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, the convention
assembled. Officers and committees chosen and appointed were : President,
James H. Lane ;* Vice Presidents, J. W. Morris, F. Johnson, W. C.
Laribee, W. W. Ross, Lyman Allen; Secretaries, W. F. M. Arny, T.
Dwight Thacher; Committee on Resolutions, Martin F. Conway, M. W.
Delahay, Walter Oakley, Charles Robinson, Morris Hunt, G. W. Deitzler,
Alexander A. Jamieson, Cyrus K. Holliday, J. P. Root, G. W. Smith.

While the Committee on Resolutions were preparing a report, Col.
Lane indulged in one of his characteristic speeches. He was still uncom-
promising in his defiance of the Territorial laws, and the Territorial rule
set up under them ; not more so, perhaps, than were other Free-state men,
but more forcible in his expression. He asserted with great vehemence :
“We will not obey the laws (territorial), we will not pay the taxes.’ If
the bogus authorities served an indictment against him, he would bear it
patiently; after having had an indictment over his head for more than a
year, he was not afraid. ‘‘Gov. Walker said, vote next week. What
for? Have we not made our constitution? And do not the people of
freedom like it? Is there any one of the Free-state party opposed to it ?
Can’t we submit this to the people, and who wants another ?”

The speech of Lane was not the unanimous reflex of the sentiments
of the convention, although loudly applauded by that class of earnest, un-
compromising and excitable men, who, impressed by his rough eloquence
and inspired by a heartfelt and all-absorbing hatred of slavery and all its
minions, were ever his enthusiastic admirers and willing followers.

The more moderate expressions of the resolutions passed by the con-
vention expressed authoritatively its sentiments. They were reported by
Judge Conway, signed by the entire committee. They were as follows:

Resolved, (1) That the people of Kansas, now as ever, disown as invalid and of no force
and effect, the authority of the Territorial government as embodied in the enactments of
the so-called Legislature of Kansas.

(2) That it is made incumbent on the people of Kansas, by the highest considerations
of justice and expediency, to look forward now as ever to their admission into the Union
under the constitution which they have already formed, as the only method of adjusting
existing difficulties to which they will assent.

(8) That the people of Kansas will pursue with unfaltering steadiness of purpose the
application now pending before the Congress of the United States, for their admission into
the Union under their own constitution and with their own oe resting their
hopes for the success thereof upon the profound confidence they feel that a measure so emi-
nently just, and so accordant to the principles of past legislation in our country, will eventu-
ally be conceded, and sanctioned to them by the representatives of the American people.

(4) That the constitution framed and adopted at Topeka had its origin in a public neces-
sity, was the offspring of the popular will, and experience has proved the wisdom of those
who framed it, and it is the duty of the Legislature and officers elected under it, to com-
plete the State organization, and keep its machinery in readiness for use so soon as the
necessities of the people shall require.

The following preamble and resolutions were adopted :

WHEREAS, By unfair legislation by the Lenomaton “Legislative Assembly,” and the
manner of registration under the act providing for the call of a convention to form a con-
stitution, has excluded a large majority of the voters of Kansas from a participation in the
election of delegates to said convention ; therefore,

Resolved, (1) That this convention respectfully and earnestly recommend to the Free-
State party of Kansas, that the election for delegates, in pursuance of the law enacted by
the Lecompton bogus Legislature, be disregarded, and permitted to pass without any par-
ticipation therein by the Free-State party of Kansas.

On motion, it was also unanimously

Resolved, That since the issues of the past have been sufficient to develop the sterling
principles of every man in Kansas. Therefore we regard any man who sympathizes with

 

*Lane returned to the Territory about Aprill. He remained for several weeks incognito,
except to his particular friends. This was his first public participation in affairs after his
return,
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our oppressors to the extent that he consents to become a delegate to the Lecompton Con-
vention, or a candidate to the same, as unworthy the fellowship or confidence of Free-State
men, and one to be regarded with suspicion everywhere.

Visible signs of smoldering dissensions in the Free-State ranks were
evinced at this meeting. There was a growing disagreement between the
more turbulent and less cautious element and the no less practical nor
reliable conservatives, as to the best means and methods of serving the
highest interests of freedom. It developed ultimately into a bitter feud.
Happily, the increasing aggregate preponderance of the Free-State popu-
lation and defection in the ranks of the opposition prevented disastrous
results therefrom, and thus detracted from its historic prominence. At
the convention above reported, resolutions were offered harshly condemna-
tory of the course of the Herald of Freedom* in approving the adminis-
tration of Geary. They were not received, but evinced the fact that the
inner councils were not altogether harmonious. The Herald of Freedom
summed up its satisfaction as to the result thus:

This convention, which has so long been talked of, has produced an effect which the
more conservative men of Kansas want. It has proved that although there are, as there
always have been, a few persons who delight to engage in war (but when the conflict comes
they are among the missing), the majority want peace.

THE TOPEKA LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature met, in pursuance to call, on the same day as the
convention (June 9), and adjourned June 18. At no time during the session
was there a quorum of members-elect present in both branches. On the
11th, a quorum was manufactured by declaring the seats of thirteen ab-
sent members vacant. Henry J. Adams was President of the Senate and
John Hutchinson Speaker of the House. Gov. Robinson read his message
on the 11th. It reviewed pointedly the late inaugural speech of Gov.
Walker, and recommended such action as might be deemed necessary to
pee the State organization until such time as the people’s voice could

e heard.

The legislative acts passed were: For taking the census; for a State
election, in August, to fill vacancies; for locating the capital at Topeka;
for establishing a State University at Lawrence. A joint resolution was
passed, asking Congress to admit Kansas under the Topeka constitution.

During the sessions, Gov. Walker was at Topeka, but no inter-

ference with that body was attempted. In response to the request of the.

citizens he addressed them at length on the issues of the day. His
principal arguments were those embodied in.his inaugural. As an ad-
ditional argument to induce Free-state men to voteat the coming election
he said: ‘‘In October next, not under the act of the late Territorial Legis-
lature, but under the laws of Congress, you, the whole people of Kansas,
have the right to elect a delegate: to Congress and to elect a Territorial
Legislature.’’ This statement on due consideration had no small influence
on the minds of many Free-state men in deciding them to participate in
the election. His whole speech was listened to with good natured civil-
ity, and the above utterance was greeted with considerable enthusiasm.

THE ELECTION OF DELEGATES,

Whatever dissension had manifested itself among the Free-state men,
the day of election found them united in the policy of giving no possible
countenance to the organized fraud by participating in it. Had they
decided otherwise, it seems quite probable that they could have carried
the election against the Pro-slavery vote cast, it aggregating only 2,200
votes. Itis, however, quite likely that, had a contest been expected, the
Territory would, as in former elections, have been subjected to another in-
flux of illegal voters sufficient to overcome any Free-state vote that might
have been polled. It is, therefore, by no means certain that the Free-
state voters declined a sure victory in declining to vote. The vote by
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From the above it appears that the delegates to the Lecompton Con-
stitutional Convention were elected by a vote comprising less than one-
fourth those shown by the census.

* The Herald, destroyed May 15, 1855, was re-Issued November 1, 1856.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Among the events of minor historical importance occurring during
the early summer, were the following : ;

June 18, Gov. Walker wrote to William G. Mathias, Speaker of the
Territorial House, and Thomas Johnson, President of the Council, request-
ing them to make a new apportionment, preparatory to the pending Terri-
torial election, to be holden October 5. .

July 2-8, the National Democratic Territorial Convention met at Le-
compton, and nominated for Delegate to Congress, Epaphroditus Ransom,
ex-Governor of Michigan.

July 10, Joseph Williams qualified before Secretary Stanton as Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court. Associate Justice Jeremiah Burrell
died in October, 1856. Thomas Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, was ap-
pointed his successor, but resigned before entering upon the duties of the
office. Mr. Williams was appointed to the vacancy thus occurring. His
residence was at Fort Scott. :

July 18 to 16, a difficulty occurred between the Governor and the in-
dependent Free-State corporation of Lawrence, on the occasion of its hold-
ing a city election (see history of Douglas County).

TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE.

Hon. Henry Wilson visited Kansas in May, arriving on the 27th of
that month at Lawrence. It had become the conviction of many of the
most ardent and truest friends of Kansas, that the time had arrived when
the Free-State settlers could safely and with the assurance of victory par-
ticipate in the coming Territorial election, and thus by peaceful means
gain control of the Legislature, and bring the long period of disorder
and misrule to an end. ‘To influence the leaders to adopt this course of
action was the mission of Senator Wilson. The following account is as
given by himself:*

Mr. Wilson visited Kansas in May, 1856, passing up the Missouri River on the steamer
that bore Gov. Walker to the Territory. He came to the conclusion that the Free-State set-
tlers had little to hope from the new executive. While the Governor had been making
large promises in the Kast, the officials in Kansas had been neglecting the registration of
the voters, and an apportionment had been made which disfranchised whole counties and
thousands of Free-State men. As there was no hope of securing the convention, Mr. Wil-
son expressed the opinion to Mr. Parrott and Gov. Robinson that the only hope of saving
Kansas to freedom was to take possession of the Territorial government by electing a Free-
State legislature in October. A conference was held, at his suggestion, at Gov. Robinson’s
house in Lawrence, at which were present Gov. Robinson, Mr. Conway—afterward the first
Representative of the State of Kansas in Congress—Mr. Foster—late a chaplain of the Mas-
sachusetts Legislature—Rev. Mr. Nute, Mayor Adams, S. C. Smith, Mr. Phillips—then corre-
spondent of the New York Tribune, and afterward Member of Congress from that State—
Mr. Hinton, J. H. Kagi, who fell at Harper’s Ferry, and some others. Mr. Wilson urged the
policy of voting at the October election. Much feeling was elicited, Mr. Conway and others
opposing such action, They said that they had always refused to acknowledge the validity of
the Territorial laws; that to do so now would be inconsistent ; that they were agreed in the
support of the Topeka constitution ; and that any attempt to change their policy would dis-
tract, if not divide, the Free-State men, and put their cause in peril. They said, too, that
they were without organization and without means; that the polls were in the control of
the Slave-State men; that they would be cheated, and, in the end, must fail.

To these objections, Mr. Wilson suggested that the friends of free Kansas had lost the
President; that both houses of Congress were against them; that the Topeka constitutiou
would not be accepted by Congress or recognized by the President; that if Kansas was
made a free State they must do it, and to accomplish that end they must take the power from
the Slave-State men by voting at the October election for a new legislature, even if they
voted under protest, He promised them, if they would thus decide, he would go home and
raise a few thousand dollars to aid them in organizing the Free-State men of the Territory.
No action was taken by the meeting; but Gov. Robinson, Mr. Nute and a few others con-
curred in the proposed plan. Mr. Wilson returned to the East to carry it into effect. At
New York, he developed this plan of action to Edward D, Morgan, Chairman of the Nation-
al Republican Committee, Charles A. Dana, then connected with the Zribune, and a few
others, and they promised that the friends of free Kansas would aid in the movement. A
meeting was called in Boston, at which were present Charles Francis Adams, Dr. Samuel G.
Howe, Amos A. Lawrence, J. M.S. Williams, George L. Stearns, William Claflin, John B.
Alley, F. W. Bird, and other working ‘friends of free Kansas. Mn Wilson proposed that
$3,000 or $4,000 should be raised, and that an agent should be sent to the Territory to see
that the funds were properly expended in the work of organization. The plan was indorsed.
It was voted to raise $2,500 in Massachusetts, and a committee was appointed for that pur-
pose. Mr. Wilson then went to Worcester, and laid the plan before Mr. Chapin and other
active men of that city; to New Haven, were he conferred with Prof. Silliman and others;
and again to New York, receiving in each city promises of co-operation and aid. In a few
days, more than $3,000 was pledged by the friends of free Kansas.

Thomas J. Marsh, a gentleman of integrity and organizing ability, was selected as
agent, and he left for Kansas on the 2d of July, where he remained till after the October
election. Arriving at Lawrence, he attended a conference of leading men, met to consider
the question of voting at the October election. The situation was not hopeful, nor were the
men assembled confident of success. Mr. Marsh stated to them that he had been sent by the
friends of free Kansas in the East, with from three to four thousand dollars to aid in organ-
izing the ‘Territory, to carry, if possible, both branches of the legislature in October. n-
couraged Ly this proffered assistunce, the conference agreed to press upon the Free-State
convention, soon to be held, the importance of securing, if attainable, the legislature. Mr.
Marsh attended the convention; but he found the delegates much disheartened. The eople
were poor, many had been murdered, others had been despoiled, a malignant typhoid fever
was provailing, and many were sick and dying. It was certain, too, that there would be a
large failure of their crops. They felt that political power was wholly in the hands of their
cuemies, whose plans were matured, and who were confident, boastful and insolent. ‘ But
for all that,” said Mr. Marsh in a letter to Mr. Wilson, “It was one of the grandest conven-
tions Lever attended. An influence went out from it which was felt in every part of the
Territory. Irom that time tho work went steadily on; conventions and neighborhood
mectings were held everywhere, until the day of the election. Under the circumstances,
no political contest in this country will compare with it. I shall never forget how they
leporet and what sacrifices they made. But they triumphed, and saved the Territory to
'reedom.

MORE FREE-STATE CONVENTIONS.

The convention alluded to in the foregoing extract, which was attended
by Mr. Marsh, was held at Topeka July 15 and 16. The officers and mem-
bers of committee on resolutions were: President, James H. Lane; Vice
Presidents, J . A. Wakefield, Bloomington; H. Miles Moore, Leavenworth;
T. J. Addis, Sugar Creek; A. A. Griffin, Manhattan; Harris Stratton,
Doniphan; Secretaries, R. J. Hinton and A. D. Richardson; Committee on
Resolutions—T. Dwight Thacher, J. M. Dunn, W. Oakley, William
Graham, James McArthur, J. Fletcher, A. Hunting, G. S. Hillyer, A. A.
Jamison, F. G. Adams, 0. B. Hollman, W. G. Nichols, G. P. Buell, T. R.
Newton. During the session, the convention was addressed by many of
the leaders of all shades of opinion concerning the issues it had convened
to discuss and act upon. Senn He speakers were Gov. Robinson, Lieut.
Gov. Schuyler, Judge Conway, H. Miles Moore, T. Dwight Thacher, 0.

* Seo “* Rise and Fall of the Slave Power "—Vol, II, pp. 587-39.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

B. Hollman and Gen. James H. Lane. Gen. Lane, in the course of his
remarks, thanked his friends for the honor they proposed to confer upon
him by tendering to him the nomination for Congress, but utterly refused
the nomination, as he had determined never again to leave Kansas until
her Missouri chains were broken and her people free under her own gov-
ernment. :

__ The resolutions re-affirmed unwavering adherence to the Topeka Con-
stitution, as embodying the basis of the State government desired by the
people; asked Congress to admit Kansas as a State under it; denied anew
the validity of the Territorial Legislature and its laws; denounced it as the
creature of fraud and violence; affirmed that the Free-State party was
emphatically a peace party; urged the necessity of thorough organization
for the August election, and recommended to the Governor the propriety
of submitting the Topeka Constitution to a full vote of all the bona fide
residents of the Territory. Concerning the question of participation in
the coming Territorial election, it was recommended “to the people of
Kansas that they assemble in mass convention at Grasshopper Falls, on the
last Wednesday in August, to take such action as may be necessary in re-
gard to that election.” It was also recommended that a delegate conven-
tion be held on the same day and at the same place, to-carry out the decis-
ions of the mass convention, whatever they might be. It was further
resolved that, having reliable information that in,some parts of Missouri
preparations were being made to control the Kansas election by another
raid upon the ballot boxes, Gen. James H. Lane be appointed and author-
ized to organize the people in the several districts, to protect the ballot
boxes at the approaching election. : ee

_ The Free-State nominations made were as follows: For Representa-
tive to Congress, Marcus J. Parrott ; Secretary of State, P. C. Schuyler ;
State Auditor, Dr. G. A. Cutler; Judges of the Supreme Court,:M. F. Con-
way, S. N. Latta. oe :

The following were selected by the delegates from the several districts
as members of the State Central Committee: -First District, J. Blood; Sec-
ond District, A. Curtis; Third District, 8. E. Martin; Fourth District,
Ralph Mayfield; Fifth District, W. F. M. Arny; Sixth District, W. R.
Griffiths; Seventh District, Henry Harvey; Eighth District, Dr. J. P. Root;
Ninth District, G. 8. Hillyer; Tenth District, A. A. Griffin; Eleventh Dis-

trict, F. G. Adams ; Twelfth District, H. Miles Moore; Fourteenth Dis-’

trict, A. Larzelere; Seventeenth District, E. 8. Nash.

LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT.
July 18, Gov. Walker received the apportionment for the Legislature,
It was as follows:
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7 | Shawnee, Richardson, Davis, Wise and Breckinridg
8 | Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dorn and McGeF.......-..esseeeeee i 2
9 | Butler, Hunter, Greenwood, Madison, Weller, Coffey, Woodson and Allen.....
10 Anderson, Lykins, Linn and Franklin, and all that part of the Territory of;
Kansas west of Wise, Butler and Hunter Counties........scscsscsceerceeens il
TOGA scaacissssnisvncereiaai as saasicuslavsh suepmesebsn wan relive ie erseceseseaus res venessauaauavenedveiens 13
Tuomas JOHNSON,
President of the Council.
WIttiam G, MATHIAS,
Speaker of House of Representatives at Session of 1857.
FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Se ‘Sa
sf ae
‘38 COUNTIES COMPRISING EACH DISTRICT, ag
n
: A aA
a A
“1 | Leavenworth. ..... 8
2 | Atchison... 3
3 | Doniphan 5
4 | Brown... 1
5 | Nemaha..
6 7] Marshall. 1
7 | Jefferson. 2
8 Serpe :
9 ottawato
10 Douglas and Johnson, all that 2 of the Territory of Kansas west of
if the counties of Wise, Butler and Hunter........... 8
11 | Shawnee.......... ccs secseessseseerees seeeee ees sienesssbers 1
12 | Richardson, Davis, Wise and Breckinridge...
18 | Weller, Madison, Butler, Hunter and Greenwood..
14 | Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dorn and McGee. . 3
15 | Woodson, Coffey and Allen........
16 | Anderson and Franklin.
17 | Linn 2
18 | Lykins....
EDO GAL vswais uv uesbscwsbincesnee wie avs saiet nase ama anaes sade seciniva datiessed Renieunncesiidenacentests 39

 

 

 

THOMAS JOHNSON,
President of the Council.

WILLIAM G. MATHIAS,
Speaker of House of Representatives at Session of 1857.

161

This unfair apportionment was no more attributable to the apportion-
ing officers than to the law, and the imperfect census which it prescribed
as the only basis on which it could be made. The following diagram
illustrates the defects of the apportionment as made:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3p DISTRICT.
r Sy
6TH DISTRICT. 4TH AND 5TH DISTRICTS. DONTEEN:
(5 members.)
MARSHALL. NEMAIIA. BROWN. .
2p DISTRICT.
(1 member.) (1 | member.)
ATCHISON,
(3 members.)
gti DIS|/TRICT. sri DISTRICT.
77H DISTRICT.}isr DISTRICT.
RILEY. POTTAWATOMIE] CALHOUN.
JEFFERSON. [ LEAVENWORTH.
(1 mem|ber. (2 members.) (2 members.) (8 members.)
12Tu|DISTRICT. ita DISTRICT 10re |DISTRICT.
DAVIS. RICHARDSON. SITAWNEE. DOUGLAS. JOHNSON.
(1 member.) (8 mem|bers.
16TH
13ra DISTRICT] DISTRICT. | 181u DISTRICT.
WISE. BRECKENRIDGE| §=WELLER. FRANKLIN. LYKINS.
(2 members.)
13rm |DISTRICT. 177TH DISTRICT.
BUTLER. MADISON. COFFEY. ANDERSON. LINN.
(2 members.) ©
15rH |DISTRICT.
WOODSON. ALLEN. BOURBON.
GREENWOOD.
HUNTER.
147TH |DISTRICT.
GODFREY. WILSON, DORN. MWGER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notr.—The nineteen counties in the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Districts were
apportioned three members out of 39.

: The preparations thus far made could not have been better adjusted
for fraudulent voting if they had been designed especially for that purpose.
Ten of the thirteen Councilmen and twenty-nine of the thirty-nine Repre-
sentatives were apportioned to the Missouri border counties, and Shawnee
and Douglas Counties attached to Pro-slavery counties that might coun-
teract their heavy Free-State vote. The Lawrence district was also handi-
capped by the addition of a vast district lying west of Wise, Butler and
Hunter Counties, sparsely settled by Indian traders and isolated families,
of which so little was known that the returns from there, however much
they might be questioned, could not be successfully contested. It would
have been strange, indeed, had there not been most serious misgivings on
the part of the Free-State men. The conflict was waged with intense
earnestness, until the contest was finally decided by the convention ap-
pointed to meet for that purpose at Grasshopper Falls.

FREE-STATE ELECTION (August 9).

The Free-State election showed the strength of the vote to be over-
whelming, in case of a fair election. The full vote is shown in the follow-
ing returns; For Judges of the Supreme Court—Samuel N. Latta, 7,200 ;
Martin F. Conway, 7,178; Secretary of State—Philip C. Schuyler, 7,167;
Auditor—George A. Cutler, 7,177; Reporter of Supreme Court—E. M.
Thurston, 7,187; Clerk of Supreme Court—A. G. Patrick, 7,200; Repre-
sentative to Congress—Marcus J. Parrott, 7,267 ; vote on the Topeka Con-
stitution—for, 7,257; against, 24.

Members of the Senate elected were: Henry J. Adams, J. P. Root,
Caleb May, David Dodge, Benjamin Harding, Alfred Larzelere, J. B.
Smith, George 8. Hillyer, §. D. Houston, Samuel L. Adair, William A.
Phillips, James B. Abbott, John A. Beam, Walter Oakley, C. F. W.
Leonhardt, J. M. Hendry, Hamilton Smith, W. F. M. Arny, James Mont-

gomery.
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162

Members of the House of. Representatives elected were: J. C. Green,
J. P. Hatterscheidt, George H. Keller, John C. Douglass, Stephen Sparks,
William Pennock, Patrick Orr, R. G. Elliott, J. M. Funk, J. M. Walden,
A. Elliott, 8. J. H. Snyder, H. Martin, W. A. Woodworth, J. H. Gilbert,
Harris Stratton; J. B. Wheeler, Alexander A. Jamieson, Benjamin H.
Brock, Thomas Stevenson, Matthew Iles, Ira H. Smith, W. W. Guthrie,
C..Beary, Stephen C. Cooper, Edward Lynde, George W. Brassbridge,
Albert uller, Dr. Adams, Charles.Mayo, Edwin 8. Nash, Leander Mar-
tin, Robert Morrow, George W. Deitzler, William Hutchinson, George W.
Crocker, E. P. Vaughn, Thaddeus Prentice, George. F. Warren, P. H.
Townsend, Philip T. Hupp, Henry Harvey, Jeremiah Sabin, John D.
Deleman, D. E. Adams, Christopher Columbia, J. W. Stewart, E. W. Rob-
inson, David B. Jackman, R. Austin, George Kellogg, Samuel Stewart,
8. F. Stone, R. R. Newton, James M. Arthur, E. L. Taylor.

THE GRASSHOPPER FALLS CONVENTIONS.

The Mass and Delegate Free-State Conventions met at Grasshopper
Falls on the 26th of August, to decide the important question of partici-
pating in the election. During the summer it had been the all-absorbing
‘topic of conversation; many local meetings had been held, at which the
subject had been thoroughly considered in all its phases, and the minds of
the people were so thoroughly made up that the conventions had little to
do except to ascertain the will of the majority, and pass resolutions em-
bodying good and sufficient reasons for their decisions.

The officers and committees of the mass convention were as follows:
President, George W. Smith; Vice Presidents, Dr. James Davis, of Leav-
enworth, and -—— Foster, of Mapleton; Secretaries, R. G. “Elliott, Dr. C.
T. Knobb, —— Miller and E. G. Ross; Business Committee: A. A. Griffith,
Manhattan ; J. M. Duffie, Delaware ; Stephen A. Sparks, Easton; G. S.
Hillyer, Grasshopper; John B. Hatterscheidt, James Davis and F. A.
Adams, Leavenworth ; Col. James H. Lane, Doniphan; W. T. Roberts,
Wyandotte; Col. —- Owens, C. W. Babcock and Robert Morrow, Law-
rence ; William Jessee, Bloomington ; Cyrus K. Holliday, Topeka ; ——
Russell, Council City; H. M. Selden, Wabaunsee ; W. Austin, Centropo-
lis; Dr. —— Still, Blanton ; Capt. Bell, Pacific City; D. Jackman,
Hyatt; Dr. H. Smith, Ottumwa; G. A. Cutler, Leroy; Anderson Johnson,
Indianapolis; Samuel Stewart, Cofachique; P. P. Elder, Ohio City.

The following were the resolutions as finally adopted:

. WHEREAS, It is of the most vital importance to the people of Kansas that the Terri-
torial Government should be controlled by the bona-fide citizens thereof; and

WHEREAS, Gov. Walker has repeatedly pledged himself that the people of Kansas
should haye a fair and full vote before impartial judges, at the election to be held the first
souiey in October, for Delegate to Congress, members of the Legislature, and other officers;
therefore.

‘Resolved, That we, the people of Kansas, in mass convention assembled, agree to par-
ticipate in said election. 4 ;

Resolved, That in thus voting we rely upon the faithful fulfillment of the pledge of Gov.
Walker; and that we, as heretofore, protest against the enactments forced upon us by the
voters of Missouri.

Resolved, That this mass-meeting recommend the appointment of a committee to wait
upon the Territorial authorities, and urgently insist upon a review and correction of the
wicked apportionment endeavored to be forced upon the people of Kansas, for the selection of
members of the Territorial Legislature. ,

Fesolved, That Gen. J. H. Lane be authorized and empowered to tender to Gov. Walker,
the force organized by him under the resolution passed by the convention held at Topeka,
on the 15th of July last, to be used for the protection of the ballot-box.

At a subsequent stage of the proceedings, the following, presented by
Col. Lane, was adopted:

Resolved, That a Territorial Executive Committee, consisting of twenty persons, be ap-

ointed by the chair, any five of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of

Fasin ons, who shall hold continual sessions at some central point in the Territory, from this
time until after the October election.

The committee appointed was as follows: James H. Lane, Doniphan
C. K. Holliday, Topeka; James Davis and H. Miles Moore, Leavenworth;
O. E. Learnard, Burlington; Anderson Johnson, Indianapolis; G. W.
Hutchinson, G. W, Brown and C. W. Babcock, Lawrence; W. F. M. Arny,
Hyatt; G. Gillpatrick, Pottawatomie; J. P. Root, Wyandotte; Alexander
Jamieson and Robert Riddle, Grasshopper: W. R. Frost and G. W. Smith,
Franklin; J. K. Goodin, Centropolis; P. C. Schuyler, Burlingame; Dr.
Robertson and Edward Lines, Wabaunsee.

The discussion pending the passage of the resolutions was carnest and
somewhat acrimonious on the part of those Bpoaee: Among those who
most earnestly opposed them were Martin F. Conway, James Redpath,
and William A. Phillips. They were supported by Charles Robinson, G.
W. Brown, Cyrus K. Holliday, and many other stanch leaders.

Col. Lane, who at the Topeka convention, held in May, had declared
his radical opposition to any participation in the election, had gradually
grown reticent and considerate, and now came fully over to the other sicle,
making a most ingenious and, to his followers, telling speech in favor of
the resolutions. e said this was a convention of the people and not of
the Free-State party—he was in favor of the Topeka Constitution, had
planted himself upon it, and would go all lengths to set it in motion when
the party said so. The party was not responsible for what we (the people),
may do in this convention. ‘‘There are prudent men in this Territory—
men with wives and children and property, and here are their homes and
their all. They are confident they can regain their lost liberties by another
effort at the ballot-box. They wish to try their hand at this peaceful rem-
edy, and we must concede to them the right to do so. If they fail they
will join us in sustaining the Topeka Constitution.”

. Philli 3 offered the following resolution, which was referred to the
Business Committee, from whose hands it did not re-appear in a recogniz-
able condition: }

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Resolved, That should any power, legislative or otherwise, be obtained by any force of
Free-State men, or Free-State votes, at the proceeding called an election in Octo er next,
that this convention resolves that such powse shall only be used for the destruction of usur-
pation, that a Territorial Government shall not be perpetuated, but that the Government
under the Topeka Constitution is the only legitimate government.

Gov. Robinson defined his position, which had doubtless come to be
that of a large majority. of the Free-State party. In his speech favoring
the resolutions, he said:

We started out on the Topeka Constitution, and I shall work under it; but here is a
battery all the time at Lecompton, playing upon us. Let us take the battery and use it for
our own benefit, without defining the use we shall put it to, and thus avoid side issues in
every county in the Territory. If we get the battery and spike it so it cannot be used
against us, we shall have accomplished a purpose. I do not feel that there will be any back-
ing down in doing so. Iam more hopeful than some, and not quite so hopeful as others;
but I have no doubt we shall be triumphant. From the census returns I am satisfied there
is not a district in the Territory in which we have not a large majority of voters. If we are
defeated by fraud, we shall be in position to show up the fraud. It has been said that I was
always opposed to this movement. Such is not the case. I have always been in favor of
voting with the least show of success in our favor.

The Delegate Convention met on the adjournment of the mass con-
vention. It organized by the election of the following officers: Chairman,
W. Y. Roberts; Secretaries, A. D. Richardson and E. G. Ross.

Marcus J. Parrott was unanimously nominated for Delegate to Congress.

The Executive Committee appointed was as follows: J. H. Lane, C. K.
Holliday, Dr. James Davis, 0. E. Learnard, Anderson Johnson, George W.
Hutchinson. W. F. M. Arny, H. Miles Moore, J. P. Root, A. E. Jamieson,
George W. Brown, Robert Riddle, W. R. Frost, George W. Smith, J. K.
Goodin, Dr. J. H. Gillpatrick, P. C. Schuyler, Dr. Robertson, Edward
Lynde and C. W. Babcock. .

An eloquent address from Marcus J. Parrott closed the proceedings.
The acquiescence in the result was general throughout the Free-state party,
the opposition thereafter being confined to afew Eastern newspaper corre-
spondents, and a class small but most terribly earnest and conscientious
in their opposition to slavery, not as a political evil to be controlled, but as
asin against God, to be destroyed root and branch. A most radical man
of that class was Richard Realf, an admirer and follower of J ohn Brown,
then a resident of the Territory. Concerning the opposition which
emanated from them, he wrote under date of January 30, 1860: --

Nor was Brown himself, nor any of his coadjutors, committed to the Republican creed.
Henry Wilson, in 1857, advised that party to secure the Legislature by voting under the laws
of the Territorial Legislature. Not one of Brown’s original party voted. Some of us were at
that time correspondents of the Eastern press, and in the interim between the Grasshop-
per Falls convention, at which it was decided to vote, and the day of the election, we opposed
the action of the party in every possible way, by letters, speeches and in every available
manner, for which we were denounced as abolitionists by the leading Republican journal of
the Territory. 5

LECOMPTON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (FIRST SESSION).

The Constitutional Convention met at Lecompton on September 7.
On the 8th, a permanent organization was effected by choice of the follow-
ing officers: President, John Calhoun; Secretary, Thomas C. Hughes;
Assistant Secretary, James H. Norman; Reporter, P. H. Cary; Sergeant-
at-arms, Samuel Cramer.

There were present forty-five members of the sixty elected, and also
two delegates, each from the counties of Anderson and Franklin. The
committee reported in favor of granting seats to the gentlemen from An-
derson (Dr. . Gillpatrick and J. T. Campbell), as the census taken showed
that the county would have been entitled to two delegates; and rejected
the claims of the Franklin men, on the ground that no census was taken,
and the certificates were not in accordance with the law. The reports
were laid on the table. Subsequently, Mr. Elmon, Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Credentials, at the request of the gentlemen claiming seats from
Anderson County, withdrew their certificates of election, which took with
them a withdrawal of their claims.

It being deemed neither practical nor politic to enter upon the work
of framing a constitution until after the approaching election, the conven-
tion adjourned on the 11th to meet at Lecompton on the 19th of October.

GOV. WALKER'S PROCLAMATION.

To re-assure the people and hold them steadfast to their decision to
participate in the coming election, Gov. Walker issued a proclamation
to the people renewing his pledges of a fair election in such unqualified
terms as left little doubt of the sincerity of his intentions. Its conclusion
was as follows:

Tnasmuch as our ensuing election on the first Monday in October next, is of momen-
tous consequence to this ‘Territory and to our whole country, as the two parties of Kansas,
it is hoped, will first measure their strength now, not as in former elections, at different
times and places, or upon the field of battle, but at the same times and places, in giving in
their votes as in other States and Territories; and as it is of the utmost importance that this
election should be free from everything which would lead to excitement or commotion, I
most carnostly request the chief officers of our different towns, cities and municipalities to
resort tu (hose means, whivh have so often in similar cases proved eflicacious, by removing
for that day all causes which would interfere with a calm and dispassionate election.

And now, may that overruling Providence, who has crowned our beloved country with
so many blessings and benetits, including the inestimable privilege of self-government, and
without whose aid we cannot look for suecess in any enterprise, enable us so to conduct this
contest as (0 secure His sanction, and the approval of our own conscience, is the fervent
hope of your fellow-citizen,

R. J. WALKER, Governor of Kansas Territory.

ELECTION OF OCTOBER 5, 1857.

The result of the election showed a preponderance of Free-State voters
far greater than the most sanguine had been led to expect. Arrant frauds
had again been perpetrated at several precincts, but they did not, as here-
tofore, overwhelm the resident vote of the entire Territory, nor appall or
intimidate the Governor into recognition of them. The returns by coun-
ties were as given below:
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MEMBERS OF LEG. |DEL.TO CONGRESS

COUNTIES. AS RETURNED. AS ALLOWED,
Free-State Democratic,| Parrott./Ransom.
Leavenworth.................. seeeeees{ 1,083] 1,870 [1,046 | 1,297
ARCHIGON scars sar ssiiee dion need ds edu: 315° 366 315 366
Doniphan........... siitaceicnastteatecaPavaseiiated 574 497 574 497
BYOW Nee suit gicias esssuleantia vba comico ocanraiae 138 72 136 . 72
Nemaha.......... Se er aseekar as 145 30 f 145 30
Marshall.............. sodas p baaerucmmncnra tan 1 160 Ls 160
‘Pottawatomie........ Jans winteredeeh bodes 2 151 16 148 16
Riley........... ihe SEG De REMERON ani 251 108 | 251 106
Jefferson....... Sissy Se alan seals 344 189 344. 189
Calo wipes asses oranda veaccainaracns sieaaeies 200 389 205 39
DOU BID ssa i si8d dois’ sie rare esecacnrgarsicrw eid 1,688 187 ) | 1,682 187
DORMS OM 76 arses cae asnacwce # arash ecovern abardarsrcrasorsns 33 1,604 96° 212
Shawnee... ...... cece cece eee eees 749 61 749 61
Richardson .......... 00... cece cece eeeas 127 sa} | 12% =
Davis...... Corda basi RU aie) auinnisFearaun a eee neal 126 30 126 30
Wise and Breckenridge................ 266 7 266 i
Madison and Butler...... sects: melee 69 7 69 7
Bourbon tee 96 175 96 175
OTT huis iain wercrnteans, oad 18 8s 18
Coffey .......... sate ac hvanudea 265 48 265 48
McGee. i . . 24} 1,202 \ ae si
Woodson be Se &
Weller. . an si ae he
Godfrey .. “3 : a8 res
WAISOM) ce crucial sont atest ous. curtoataagneresiash oi see es i
Greenwood .............00000 0s espe ceda See 14 13 14 18
Allen ...... eupeete Cle fetoiets ocacobioys ade eee 65 20 65 20
Anderson.......... scehigics Fohcieit Aresab sesh ah inte 261 2 261 2
Franklin causa szsccinci airs valivienineass aneesene 345 10) | 345 10
DVIS bs osaccrerrnuceaues om saediroavstesuanaas 348 59 348 - 69
PANY Se chsnteenineanaco nae bvasseaye <Sloaiane aie 214 178 214 178
Total wie aun vais sate er enealeemienece 7,887 | 6,466 |'7,888 8,799

 

 

 

 

 

The returns, although giving, with all fraudulent votes included, a
Free-State majority in the Territory, had been subject to the required
manipulation and fraud to give a Pro-slavery majority in each branch of
the Legislature. Johnson County, which, with Douglas County, consti-
tuted a single District, had returned 1,791 Democratic votes—suflicient to
elect eight Representatives and three Councilmen. Of this vote, the re-
turns showed that 1,628 Democratic votes had been polled at Oxford pre-
cinct, a place containing not over a dozen houses. On the 19th, Gov.
Walker and Secretary Stanton issued a proclamation throwing out the en-
tire vote of the Oxford precinct on the ground of irregularity in the returns
—it not appearing that the judges of election took the required oath, nor
that the paper presented was one of the original poll books as required by
law; and on the further ground of fraud—it being a physical impossibility
that the number of votes purported to have been cast on the second day
(1,500) could have been written, containing twenty-two candidates each,
within that time. ‘‘ The further extraordinary fact tending to throw dis-
trust on the whole proceeding was that, out of the 1,628 votes cast, but one
was thrown for the successful candidate, and only 124 for the local candi-
dates of the township.”” On these grounds, the vote was thrown out and
the certificate of election given to ‘‘ those who appear to have becn elected
by virtue of the other regular returns.” Thus did Gov. Walker fulfill to the
letter the pledges he had given for a fair election. Xs

McGee County was, at that time, a part of the Cherokee Reservation,
not yet open to settlement, where no white men lived, save a few mission-
aries and traders. From that stronghuld of Democracy came up the extraor-
dinary return of 1,200 Pro-slavery votes. The whole vote was rejected
as too flagrant a fraud to be entertained. It did not, however, have the
effect to unseat the three Democrats chosen from the district, and was
therefore viewed by the Pro-slavery men with comparative complacency,
as the 1,200 fraudulent votes were not needed.

The unseating of the Johnson County Democrats by the Governor was
too serious 2 matter to be acquiesced in without resort to the never-failing
source of sympathy and redress for Kansas—Democratic wrongs—the
court. Judge Cato was induced to try his hand on Gov. Walker. On the
20th, he issued the following:

. TERRITORY OF KansAs.
To Rosert J. WALKER, GOVERNOR OF KANSAS TERRITORY, AND FREDERICK P. STANTON,

SECRETARY OF THE SAME, GREETING: ie ad eee ci

TERE 1 J. Jones, William Hall, Hiram Bledsoe, J. H. Danforth, John T,

Beton 1, 8 Boling, A: P- Walker, William S. Wells, J.P. Thompson, Thomas B. Sykes and
U. B, Winsor have been duly elected members of the Legislativé Assembly of Kansas Ter-
ritory to wit: The above first three named as members of the Council, the remainder as
members of the House of Representatives of the said Assembly, apportioned by law to meet
on the first Monday in January, 1858, from the counties of Johnson and Douglas, of the
said Territory, to wit: On the 5th and 6th days of October, 1857, and ought to be commis-
sioned as Councilmen and Representatives by you, nevertheless you, not being ignorant of
the premises, but disregarding your duty therein, have not only refused, though thereto re-
uired by the said members alec, to grant them their certificates of election, but- you refuse
» to do in contempt of us, and to the great damage of the said members elect, as by their
complaint we have understood. We, therefore, being willing that speedy justice should be
done in their behalf, do command and enjoin you that immediately after the receipt of this
writ, you do cause the said members elect to be granted their certificates of election, and do
signify the cause to us Why you cannot or will not grant the certificates as aforesaid, but in
default complaint should come to us, and how you have executed this writ, make known to
us at Lecompton on the 20th day of October, A. D. 1857, and have you then and there this

writ.
i 1 this 20th day of October, A. D. 1857.
Witness my hand and seal this a Wy SG, Ga, fadige Sa puittetal oie
This remarkable judicial mandate did not have the desired effect.
Gov. Walker good-naturedly replied to it, refusing to obey the order of the

court, offering to yield himself unresistingly to arrest for contempt, if the
Judge might -please to order his arrest, and tendering him a posse of United
States troops should he apprehend any disturbance of the peace by such
proceeding. Cato dropped the case; as did his most noisy client, ex-Sher-
iff Jones, after a slight season of vaporing and swearing around Lecomp-
ton, during which time he tried hard to pick a personal quarrel with
Secretary Stanton. :

The glory of the whole Pro-slavery gang had departed, and the days
of-intimidation had gone with it. ‘he disappointed politicians vented

their final indignation at a meeting held at Lecompton, on the évening of

the 20th, at which, after much fiery speech, seventeen resolutions ¢on-
demning and denouncing Gov. Walker and his Secretary were passed.

At the same time the occurrences concerning the election returns above
recounted were transpiring, Lecompton was the scene of great excitement
and tumult from other causes. October 19 was the day to which the con-
stitutional convention adjourned. Lane and his followers, exasperated at
the frauds in Johnson and McGee Counties, had called a meeting, to be
held at Lecompton on that day, and it was openly threatened that the
convention would not be allowed to meet. Accordingly, a large number
of the most restless, turbulent and indignant Free-State men of the vicin-
ity appeared at Lecompton at the appointed time, and organized by the
election of Philip C. Schuyler, President, and Richurd Realf and OU. E.
Learnard, Secretaries. Resolutions were passed, exposing the frauds at the
recent election, and affirming that the members of the convention about
to assemble in no way represented the people, and must adjourn sine die.
A committee was appointed, of which Lane was chairman, to acquaint'the
members of the decision. James H. Lane was the leading speaker, and,
as usual, aroused the crowd to the highest pitch of noisy enthusiasm. The
demonstration resulted in no violence, as it became known that the Gov-
ernor, true to his promises, had thrown out the fraudulent vote. It had,
however, the effect to intimidate many members of the convention from
taking their seats, and for three days thereafter no quorum was in attend-
ance. Gov. Walker, to re-assure the timid members and protect the con-
vention against any possible outbreak during its deliberations, had some
United States troops stationed at Lecompton, and on the 22d, a quorum
being for the first time present, the work was begun.

THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

The convention met, pursuant to adjournment, on the’19th.. It con-
tinued in session until November 3. The debates on the submission of
the constitution, when framed, to the ratification or rejection of the peo-
ple, were prolonged and earnest, a very respectable minority being in
favor of submission. The question was finally compromised by agreeing
to a mock submission, whereby the people were allowed to vote for it
“with slavery” or “without slavery,” but no provisions were made whereby
any vote could be had on the question of rejecting it altogether. Below is
given a summary of the constitution, with the unabridged text of the more
important articles:

Article I, defines the boundaries of the State; Article II, boundaries of the counties;
Article LL, distribution of powers; Article [V, executive department; Article V, jegisla-
tive department and election districts; Article V1, judiciary. .

Article VL, relating tu slavery, reads as follows: ‘ ee ;

Section 1. ‘Che right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction,
and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave aud its increase, is the same and as in-
vivlable as the right of the owner ol any property whatever. :

Section 2. ‘Lhe Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of
slaves without the consent of the owuers, or without paying the owners previous to their
emancipation a lull equivalent in money tor the slaves so emancipated. ‘They shall have no
power Lo prevent imuiugrants to the State trom bringing with them to the state such per~
sous as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United states or ‘Lerritories, so long
as any person ot the same age or description shall be continued in slavery by the laws of
this State; provided, that such peisun or slave be the Lona fide property ol such muwnigrants ;
and, provided also, that laws may be passed to prohibit the introduction into this State of
slaves who have committed high crimes iv vlaer States or Territories. They shall have
power to pass laws to permit the owners of slaves to emancipate them, saving the rights of
creditors, aud preventing them trom becuming‘a public churge.. ‘Chey shall Lave power to
oblige the owners of slaves Lo treat them with humanity, to provide for them necessary
food and clothing, to abstain from all injuries to them extending to life or Luub, aud, in
case oF their neglect or retusal to comply with the direction ot such laws, to have such slave
or slaves suld lur the benefit of the owner ur owners. a Hey

Section 3. In the prosecution of staves lor crimes of higher grade than petit larceny,
the Legislature shall have uo power to deprive them of an impartial trial by a petit jury.

Section 4. Any person who shall maliciously dismember, or deprive a slave 01 life,
shall suiter such punishment as wuuld be inflicted in case the like ouense had been com-
Se on a tree white person, and on the like proof, except in case of insurrectiow of said
slave. ase * :

Article VIII, relates to elections and rights of suffrage; Article IX, to finance; Article
X, to revenue; Article XI, to publicdomainu and internal umprovements; Article XE, to cor-
porations ; Article XILI, to militia; Article X1V, to education; Article XV, miscellaueous.

The Bill of Rights established, varies little from that of the Lopeka Constitution, save
Section 23, which reads: “Free negroes shall not be permitted to live in this State under
any circunistances.” fs Z

Provisiuns fur submitting the Constitution to Congress, and to the voters of the Terri-
tory, were made as follows: “ Chis Cunstitution shall be submitted to the Congress of the
United States.at its next ensuing session, aud, as soon a» otticial information has been re-

ceived that it 1s approved by the same, by the adiission of the state uf Kansas as one of the

sovereign States of the United States, the President of this Convention shall issue his proc-
lamation to cunvene the State Legislature at the seat of government within thirty-one days
after publication, * # *°  * & #*  # ye

Before this constitution shall he sent to Congress, asking for admission into the Union
as a State, it shall be submitted to all the white male inhabitants of this ‘erritory, for ap-
proval or disapproval, as follows: The President of this convention shall, by proclamation,
declare that on the twenty-first day of December, one thousaud eight hundred and fitty-
seven, at the different election preciucts now established by law; or which may be established
as herein provided, in the Territory of Kansas, an election shall be held, over which shall
preside three judges, or a majority of them, to be appointed as follows: * *
‘The voting shall be by ballut. The judges of said eléction shall cause to be kept two poll-
books, by two clerks by them appuinted.’ The ballots cast at said election shall be indorsed
“ Constitution with Slavery,” aud “Constitution with no Slavery.” One of said poll-books
shall be returned within eight days to the President of this convention, and the other shall
be retained by the judges of election, and kept open for inspection. ‘Che President, with
two or more members of this Convention, shall examine said poll-books, and if it shall ap-
pear that a majority of the legal votes cast at said election be in favor of the “Constitution
with no Slavery,” then the article providing for slavery shall be stricken trom this Consti-
tution by the President of this Convention, and slavery shall no longer exist in the State
of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in this Territory shallin no man-
ner be interfered with, and shall have transmitted the Constitution, so ratified, to the Con-
gress of the United States, as hereinbefore provided.”
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_ The slavery clause gave the Legislature power to provide for emanci-
pating (by compensation to the owner) all slaves ; but denied the power
to prevent the introduction of more slaves. A vote “for the Constitution
with Slavery,” was a vote to establish and forever maintain the institution,
with the power to emancipate vested solely in the Legislature. A vote ‘for
the Constitution with no Slavery,” was a vote to recognize the existence of
slavery now there, to keep those slaves now in the Territory, and the natural
increase of slaves during their lives, and was a vote to ‘‘strike out” the power
of the Legislature to emancipate. The Constitution ‘‘without Slavery,”
meant that slavery in the Territory shall be confined to slaves now there,
and their increase from generation to generation, with no power on the
part of the Legislature to emancipate by compensation, or in any other
way. The Constitution ‘‘ with Slavery,” allowed more slaves to be brought
to Kansas, but gave the Legislature power to provide for their emancipa-

jon.

From the character of the convention and the known opinions of its
members, it was certain that any Constitution framed by or receiving the
sanction of that body, would be thoroughly Pro-slavery; on that point
there had been no previous doubt, and there could be no subsequent dis-
appointment; on its failure to submit it to the vote of the people for ac-
ceptance or rejection, the case was quite reverse. Gov. Walker had
in every speech he had made, and in every proclamation he had is-
sued, urged its submission as the only basis on which it could become the
-constitution of the people of the Territory, or receive the sanction of him-
self or the administration. The leading members of the convention were
also publicly pledged prior to the election, as appears by the following,
which was published in the papers of the time: 3
To tar Democratic VorEers oF DoveLas County:

It having been stated by that Abolition newspaper, the Herald of Freedom, and by some
disaffected bogus Democrats, who have got up an independent ticket for the purpose of se-
curing the vote of the Black Republicans, that the regular’ nominees of the Democratic
convention were opposed to submitting the constitution to the people, we, the candidates
of the Democratic party, submit the following resolutions, which were adopted by the Dem-
ocratic convention which placed us in nomination, and which we fully and heartily indorse,
as a complete refutation of the slander above alluded to.

JoHN CALHOUN.

A. W. Jonrs.

W. 8. WELLs.

H. BurcuEr.

L. 8. Bourne.
Wiuiiam T. SPICELY.
L. A. PRATHER.

LecoMpTon, Kan. Ter., June 13, 1857.
The resolve referred to above read as follows:

Resolved, That we will support no man as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention,
whose duties,it will be to frame the constitution of the future State of Kansas and mold
the political institutions under which we, as a people, are to live, unless™he pledge himself
fully, freely, and without mental reservation, to use every honorable means to submit the
same to every bona fide actual citizen of Kansas, at the proper time for the vote being taken
upon the adoption by the people, in order that the said constitution may be adopted or re-
jected by the actual settlers in this Territory, as a majority of the voters may decide.

Under such pledges and assurances as these, the Free-State men had
been led, first, to allow the election of delegates to go by default, and
later, to defer setting the Topeka government in motion, believing that
the power still lay in the future to reject the constitution at the ballot box,
which, being done, the way would seem clear for the adoption of the
Topeka constitution and the inauguration of the Free-State government,
peacefully, and without the conflict which seemed inevitable in any inde-
pendent proceedings while the Lecompton movement still had vitality
under the authority of the organic law, and the sanction of the Federal
Government. The result of the October election proved that the accept-
ance of any Pro-slavery State constitution by the votes of the people of
Kansas was no longer possible, and hope grew brighter in the hearts of
the freedom-loving people. There seemed but one last chance for
the Pro-slavery faction to thwart the known will of the people.
It involved the open violation of all the pledges made, and the
attempt to foist the constitution upon an unwilling people by means
ot the sham submission provided, which, however it should result,
could but modify the constitution, but could not defeat it. The
vote, as proposed, must result in its acceptance in some form, and the
consequent repudiation of the Topeka constitution and every Free-State
movement thus far made by the people of the Territory. The nefarious
scheme was planned in Washington by Jefferson Davis and other Pro-
slavery leaders, accepted by President Buchanan,* and executed as planned
by the members of the convention. History records few attempts to over-
ride the will of a free people involving so much of infamy and treachery
in both high and Jow places. In this Gov. Walker had no part. The plot
was never divulged to him. He was most shamelessly deccived by the
Administration, and openly expressed his indignation and mortification.
He left the Territory on he 16th of November, intending, as he stated,
“to be absent on business three or four weeks.” He never returned as
Governor of the Territory. He, like Geary, had been too faithful to his
trust to be available in a position where only treachery and falsehood
could win.

The indignation of the people knew no bounds, and, as usual, found
vent through mass meetings and conventions, at which various plans for
resisting this outrage on free government were proposed and discussed.

A convention was held at Topeka November 238, presided ‘over by C.
K. Holliday, assisted by Walter Oakley, John Ritchie and Dr. G. E. Mar-
tin, Vice Presidents. The resolutions reported looked to the immediate
inauguration of a State government under the Topeka constitution, and

 

* The complicity of President Buchanan before the act is open to question. Calhoun told
Gov. Walker that it (the device for a sham submission) came from the President and the Admin-
istration, and urged him to support, inasmuch as he had been appointed by him. Gov. Walker
stated before the “Covode Committee,” that it was his belief that Buchanan knew nothing about it,
but he knew nothing about it. He placed no reliance on Calhoun’s statement, having ceased to have
the slightest confidence in his veracity, from the infamous manner in which he behaved, torfeit-
ing all his pledges, and from the fact that he must have been privy to the forgeries of the returns
from Oxford, and also many other forgeries.—See Walker's testimony, pp. 104 to 115, Report of
Covode Investigation, 1860,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

earnestly requested Gov. Robinson to convene the Legislature in extra
session at the earliest practical moment. A vigilance committee was ap-
pointed, to whose call the members of the convention pledged themselves
to answer at all times. CO. K. Holliday, Walter Oakley and John Ritchie
were chosen delegates to a convention to be held at Lawrence December
2, and were instructed to urge upon that convention the establishment of
the Topeka government. ; ;

A mass convention was held in Leavenworth on Friday, November
27. The officers of the convention were: President, Judge 5. N. Latta;
Vice Presidents, Blacklidge, of Tecumseh; Smith, of Topeka; Atwood, of
Lawrence; and Sparks, Gardner, Whitney, Woolman, Richardson, Harsh,
McCauslin and Engleman, of Leavenworth; Secretary, John McGee; Com-
mittee on Resolutions, Messrs. Kob, Lane (J. H.), Davis, Fisher, Johnston,
Atwood, Blacklidge, Hathaway and Green. :

The resolutions, following a preamble stating the grievances of the
people, repudiated the constitution and called upon the members elect of
the Territorial Legislature ‘‘to meet at Lecompton on the 3d day of De-
cember next, to suggest such measures and adopt such action as the crisis
demands.’’ Acting Gov. Stanton was also requested to convene the Legis-
lature forthwith to avert eivil war, which was believed to be imminent.
At asubsequent stage of the proceedings, the following resolution embody-
ing a threat was adopted on.motion of Col. Lane:

Resolved, That the people of Kansas, in mass convention assembled, assert, that in case
his excellency, Acting Gov. Stanton, declines to convene the Territorial Legislature—that

no other course will be open to the peop’ but putting the Topeka Government in motion,
and that we pledge ourselves to adopt that course and to stand or fall by it.

Delegates were also chosen to the Lawrence Convention.

Besides the resolutions which were forwarded to the Acting Governor,
a petition was drawn up and signed by a majority of the members of the
Assembly, in which they stated their belief that the peace of the Territory
was in imminent danger, and that violence and bloodshed could only be
averted by the immediate assembling of the Territorial Legislature, inas-
much as it will have legal authority to provide for the unjust and extraor-
dinary emergency forced upon them by the action of the late so-called
Constitutional Convention. They furthermore pledged themselves, in case
their petition was granted, to engage in no legislative business except such
as was necessary to meet the exigencies which had moved them to make
the request. .

The petition, signed by G. W. Deitzler, John Speer, Lyman Allen and
a large majority of the members besides, was placed in the hands of Gov.
Stanton by Capt. Samuel Walker. It was accompanied by a letter of con-
currence, signed by G. W. Brown, G. W. Smith, Charles Robinson and
James H. Lane. In response, the following proclamation was issued:

To THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS:

An extraordinary occasion having occurred ia the affairs of the Territory, within the
meaning of the 30th Section of the organic act, which authorizes the Legislature to be called
together upon such occasions :

I, Frederick P. Stanton, Secretary and Acting Governor, do hereby summon the mem-
bers of the Council and House of Representatives of the said Territory, to assemble in their
respective houses at, Lecompton, on Monday next, the 7th inst., then and there to consider
matters of great moment, pertaining to the public welfare.

Given under the seal of the Territory, at Lecompton, this, the first day of De-
[Seal.] cember, A. D. 1857.
FREDERICK P. STANTON.

“The above proclamation averted the direst calamity that had thus far
threatened the Territory, viz., open and organized rebellion against the Fed-
eral Government, which, if once begun, would have deluged the Territory
in blood, and perhaps involved the whole country in a general conflict;
such as came upon it four years after. It was the most important official
proclamation ever issued by a Territorial Governor.

Concerning the critical and dangerous state of affairs at that time, the
Herald of Freedom, of December 5, says:

_ _,Never have we seen the time since our residence in Kansas, when the undercurrent in-
dicated so strongly the Po ofa hee lag collision of the people with usurped authority,
and yet the surface appcars as calm as during the last week. To detail the information in our
possession, would be to betray important secrets intrusted to us, therefore we merely passingly ~
remark the fact for what it is worth. A powerful party had resolved to set in motion
the Topeka Government, and every instrumentality had hcen employed to induce the Gov-
Sent that instrument, to convene an extra session of the Topeka Legislature to

provide for the eet ys with a view of matching the Lecompton Constitution with the
‘onstitution of the people. It was then designed to employ force to crush out the Lecomp-
ton Constitution ; but thanks for once to the good sense of Dr. Robinson, he has boldly re-
sisted the movement, holding off, ns was alleged, with the hope that the Acting Governor
would come to the relief of the ie le, and thus prevent a renewal of the strife. The Mass
Convention at Leavenworth on lriday last, as will be seen by reference to the proceedings
in another column, took active measures on this question, and by well-expressed resolutions
resented the question to his Excellency in tangible form. The following instrument (be-
‘ore mentioned) was then drawn up, and the signatures of a majority of the members of the
Territorial Legislature, with great difficulty, were proeured to it, and on Tuesday morning
was sent to him by the hand of Capt. Samuel Walker,
The Legislature having been convened, the great anxiety abated and
the Lawrence Convention convened on the 2d of December to find its pro-
osed work less exciting and arduous than it would otherwise have been.
he revolutionary project of putting the Topeka Government in motion
was abandoned or held in abeyance waiting the action of the Legislature.
A report of its proceedings is given, sufficiently full to show the modifica-
tion in the popular feeling which had taken place.

FREE-STATE CONVENTION AT LAWRENCE.

A Free-State Delegate Convention was held in Lawrence, December
2, 1857. It was composed of delegates from all parts of the Territory,
fairly elected by the people, and was the largest yet assembled in Kansas,
representing fifteen thousand legal voters. Charles Robinson was Presi-
dent of the Convention ; Secretaries, William A. Phillips, A. Wattles and
E. G. Macy; Committee on Resolutions, James H. Dane, Champion
Vaughn, Wm. V. Barr, J. Rymal, Charles F. Kob, H. Evans, $. Westover,
Charles A. Foster, T. pene Thacher, G. W. Gilmore, C. K. Holliday, J.
K. Goodwin, P. B. Plumb, L. F. Carver, G. A. Cutler. Its resolutions de-
nounced the Lecompton Constitution as ‘a fraud upon the people, which
it utterly repudiated,” the s6-called election of December 21 as a “swindle,”
HISTORY OF KANSAS. .

and “the election of January 4, 1858, as a crime and a misdemcanor
against the peace of this Territory, and the will of the majority.”

It maintained that the Legislature elected on the 5th of October, 1857,
was the only legitimate law-making body ever elected in the Territory,
and that its functions should not be superseded by any Constitution or
State government, without a fair and impartial vote of the people. It
re-indorsed the Topeka Constitution, declaring it to represent the wishes
of the majority of the people of Kansas, and asked the extra session of the
Territorial Legislature, about to convene, to submit the two Constitutions
—the People’s Constitution framed at Topeka, and the Constitution framed
at Lecompton—toa fair and impartial vote of the people, and to provide that
the Constitution receiving a majority of legal votes should become the
fundamental law of the State.

EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.

December 7, in compliance with the Governor's proclamation, a Free-
State Territorial Legislature convened for the first time. The day will
long be remembered as one of general rejoicing among the Free-State men.
On that day there also came up to the capital a great multitude from all
parts of the State. The people had become go accustomed to conven-
tions, mass meetings and other popular assemblages during the long period
of trouble, that it seemed fitting they should now gather gregariously to
bask in the gleam of sunshine that had at last broken through the clouds.
So they came with music and banners and shouts of joy up to the old
stronghold of the Pro-slavery Democracy, partly to uphold the hands of
their chosen rulers, but more to have for once a good time.

There was more than the usual amount of speaking and more unity of
purpose shown than at any previous time since the Lecompton Constitu-
tion had been framed. Cheers for Stanton, the Legislature, Lane, Robin-
son and nearly every other person or thing that had the Free-State mark
upon it, made any report of the numerous speeches impossible. The reso-
lutions were short, but showed reserved force and determination to fight
lonEse if necessary to defeat the Lecompton Constitution. They were as

ollows:

Resolved, That we, the people of Kansas, in mass convention assembled at Lecompton,
this seventh day of December, 1857, do fully and earnestly indorse the proceedings of the
Delegate Convention held at Lawrence on the 2d inst.

Resolved, That we do heartily enroll our names in the league and covenant formed by
that convention, and pledge ourselves, individually and collectively, to oppose to the utter-
most, the Constitution adopted at Lecompton, and will resist every attempt which may be
made to put into operation a government under the same.

Resolved, That we reiterate our adherence and devotion to the Topeka Constitution
and government, and express our unalterable determination, whenever the proper time
shall have arrived, to give it force and effect in pursuance of the principles upon which it
was originated.

In spite of the indorsement of the Lawrence Convention, the general
tone of the speeches was averse to the submission of the Topeka Consti-
tution, as had then been recommended. Lane argued strongly against it,
stating that any legislation providing for such submission would involve a
breach of faith with Secretary Stanton, as it would be in violation of the
pledges made him by the petitioners that they would confine themselves to
legislation on the submission of the Lecompton Constitution in case they
were assembled. It was plain that it was no longer the prevailing desire
that the Topeka Constitution should become a disturbing element in the
decision of the all-important question as to whether the people would ac-
cept the Lecompton Constitution or not. The people having thus relieved
themselves of all responsibility, returned to their homes, leaving the Legis-
lature to do the important work for which it had been convened. The
extracts from the minutes inserted below give all important proceedings.

December 7. The message of Acting Governor Stanton was read. It stated the emer-
gency which had induced him to call the session, stated clearly the laws having a bearing
on the election of delegates and on the Lecompton Convention, and recommended that such
legislation should be had as should provide for a submission of the Constitution framed to a
fair vote of the people for acceptance or rejection.

December 8, the following officers were chosen: : ; :

Councrir—President, ©. W. Babcock; Secretary, Joel K. Goodin; Assistant Secretary,
G. A. Colton; Sergeant-at-Arms, A, Cutler. Engrossing Clark, D.H. Weir; Enrolling Clerk, B.
{. Hutchins; Chaplain, 8. Y. Lum; President, pro tem.,C. K. Holliday. Housre—Speaker,
G. W. Deitzler; Clerk, C. F. Currier; Assistant Clerk, W. B. Parsons; Sergeant-at-arms, G. F.
Warren; Door-keeper, T. A. Blake; ae Clerk, Henry C. aoe Engrossing Clerk,
Guilford Dudley; Messenger, Robert Speer; Chaplain, Rev. Charles H. Lovejoy.

December 10, the seats of the Pro-slavery Representatives from Leavenworth County
being contested, and it appearing that they had been elected by fraudulent votes, the Free-
State delegates from that county, eight in number, were declared duly elected, and admitted

to seats. 2 é :
December 11, in joint session, W. W. Ross was elected Public Printer, and R. G. Elliott

Superintendent of printing. A joint resolution was adopted re-affirming the “People’s Con-
stitution,” framed Be Toneke October 23, 1855. The Council admitted to seats three Free-
State members from Leavenworth County, in place of three Pro-slavery claimants fraudu-

lently elected. eat ‘
z ‘December 17, an act was passed providing for the submission of the Lecompton Consti-

tution to a vote of the people on January 4, 1858. The Legislature adjourned.

REMOVAL OF STANTON AND RESIGNATION OF GOV. WALKER.

On the day preceding the adjournment, Seeretary Stanton received
notice of his aval ae office, aud the appointment of John W. Den-
' verin his place. The sole cause of his removal was that he had called the
extra session of the Legislature, contrary to the expectations of, and with-
out consultation with, the Pro-slavery junta that still held supreme con-
trol of the national administration. te Aes ats

On December 17, Gov. Walker, still in Washington, finding it
impossible to obtain such instructions as he could carry out consistently
with his pledges to the people of Kansas, or in accordance with his own
convictions of right and justice, resigned his office.

On December 21, John W. Denver, took the oath of office before
Judge Cato, at Lecompton, and became Acting Governor of the Territory.

- The following are the important facts of his biography:

James William Denver was born in Frederick County, Va., Octo-
ber 28, 1817. He lived at the home farm until he became of age, in the
meantime acquiring a better than ordinary common school education, and
a thorough knowledge of theoretical and practical civil engineering. In

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the spring of 1841, he went to Missouri to try and obtain a contract for
surveying public lands; but not succeeding, he taught school for a time,
and the following year went to Ohio and commenced the study of law,
graduating at the Cincinnati Law School in the spring of 1844. In the
spring of 1847, he was appointed a Captain in the Twelfth Regiment U. 8.
Infantry, and served to the end of the Mexican war, under Gen. Scott.
He then returned to Platte City, Mo., where he had previously practiced
law, and in 1850 crossed the plains to California, and located in Trinity
County in that State. He was elected to the Senate of California in 1851,
appointed a State Commissioner in 1852, and Secretary of State in 1853.
In 1854, he was elected Representative to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and
took his seat December, 1855. In the spring of 1856, he was appointed
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and while occupying that position was
sent to Kansas to make treaties with the Indians, and subsequently was
appointed the successor of Gov. Walker. After serving a brief term
as Governor of Kansas Territory, he resigned the office October, 1858, re-
turned to Washington, and the following spring went again to California,
where he was once more appointed a State Commissioner to adjust Indian
claims. In August, 1861, he was appointed by President Lincoln, Briga-
dier General of Volunteers, and remained in active service about a year.
He afterward engaged in the practice of law at Washington, D. C

THE VOTE ON THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION.

Unmoved by any of the popular demonstrations or by the convening
of the Legislature, the Pro-slavery leaders went steadily on with the work
they had planned, by a strict observance of all the formalities prescribed
in the Lecompton constitution. In accordance therewith, John Calhoun,
President of the Constitutional Convention, issued his proclamations
November 21, notifying the people of Kansas of the time of holding the
required elections, viz.: The election to vote on the constitution, w7zth or
without the clause permitting slavery, on the 21st of December; that for
the election of State officers, members of the State Legislature and a
Member of Congress, on the first Monday in January, 1858

The Democratic Territorial Convention met at Lecompton December
7, 1857, and nominated the following State ticket, to be voted for on the
4th of January, 1858: For Governor, Gen. F. J. Marshall; Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, William G. Mathias; Secretary of State, W. T. Spicely;. Auditor,
Be Blake Little; Treasurer, T. J. B. Cramer; for Congress, Joseph P.

arr. ,

The party represented at this convention, deeming it “expedient to
give some expression of opinion in regard to the duty and interest of the
people in the present crisis,” performed that duty through a set of resolu-
tions, the first of which fully indorsed the Lecompton Constitution, as
“adapted to the wants and securing the rights of the people of
Kansas,” and exhorted all ‘‘sound Democrats” to rally to the polls on
the 21st inst. Resolution second reads as follows: ‘“That though a Reeder,
a Geary and a Walker have sought to reduce and prostitute the Democ-
racy to the unholy ends of the Abolitionists ; yet, we rejoice that their
careers have closed in Kansas in contempt and infamy to themselves,
and without injury to the Democratic party.”

After affirming the confidence of the party in the integrity of the ad-
ministration of James Buchanan, it is resolved, ‘‘ That, prior to the advent
of Walker and Stanton into our midst, the Democracy of the Territory
were united and harmonizing; that since their arrival, all their efforts
have been directed to sowing disunion in our ranks, with a view to further
their own ambitious schemes.”’

The conduct of Secretary Stanton, in calling the extra session of the
Legislature on the 7th inst., “meets with the repudiation and reprobation”
of the convention, and it looks upon the ‘“‘whole movement as a high-
handed outrage, deserving the execration of all honest men and true
Democrats.”

The Free-State party took no part in the election on the Lecompton
Constitution, which occurred December 21, at which time another of the
old time one-sided elections took place. C. W. Babcock and G. W. Deitz-
ler were invited by John Calhoun to be present at the opening of the re-
turns of the votes cast at both elections. They reported the vote cast on
December 21 as follows: “For the constitution, with slavery,” 6,148; “for
the constitution, without slavery,” 569. Of the Pro-slavery vote, the fol-
lowing were reported as fraudulent: At Oxford Precinct, Johnson County,
1,266; at Shawnee, Johnson County, 729; at Kickapoo, Leavenworth
County, 1,017; total fraudulent vote, 3,012. The bona fide vote, given in
favor of making Kansas a Slave State, was 3,121.

It now became aquestion of great importance, whether the Free-State
voters should put in nomination a State ticket and contest the comin
election at the polls under the provisions of the many times repudiate
Lecompton Constitution. On that question the party was divided. Those

- opposed urged that it would be inconsistent with their every act and res-

olution heretofore ; would be a practical abandonment of the Topeka
government; and a recognition of the Lecompton Constitution itself, in-
asmuch as the election had been called by Calhoun under its provisions.

The force of these arguments was acknowledged by all, yet a large
and influential portion favored participation, as they believed the ultimate
safety of the Free-State cause could be assured only by keeping the legis-
lative control, whether Territorial or State, in the hands of Free-State
men. They had reason to fear the future action of Congress, which they
believed, in case a Pro-slavery Legislature were elected, would, if possible,
admit the State under the Lecompton Constitution, and thus not only se-
cure Democratic control, but, at the same time, insure the State to slavery,
or force it into a bloody revolution.

To decide the momentous question, the Free-State Delegate Con-
yeaa which had met at Lawrence on December 2, was re-assembled on
the ;

The convention remained in session two days, Thomas Ewing, Judge
Conway, Gov. Robinson and others advocating the expediency of voting,
and T. D. Thacher, R. J. Hinton, J. F. Legate and others opposing the
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movement. On the afternoon of the second day, a vote was taken on the
question of voting or not voting, when forty-five recorded their names in
favor and forty-four against the issue. The vote was afterward counted
by districts, by which arrangement one or more delegates: cast the entire
vote of his district. The result by this method, was sixty-four yeas to
seventy-five nays, the convention by this result pledging itself not to
engage in the election. :

The result was not acquiesced in by the conservative members of the
party. They felt that the more impetuous element had triumphed ‘by
unfair means, and did not feel bound by its action. Immediately after the
adjournment of the delegate convention a mass convention was organized,
at which the decisions were reversed, and it-was decided to put in nomina-
tion a State ticket, and to vote at the coming election. The meeting was
addressed by Gov.:Robinson, Judge Conway, Thomas Ewing, Jr., Robert
Morrow, P. C. Schuyler, S..C. Pomeroy and many other stanch and tried
Free-State men, all advocating the policy of voting. The result of the
deliberations, which were continued on the 24th, was the nomination of a
full State ticket, a general though not full participation in the election, at
which the ticket was elected and revolution again averted. Following is
a condensed report of the proceedings : .

The Committee on Resolutions, Thomas Ewing, P. C. Schuyler, E.
8. Lowman, W. Y. Roberts and J. K. Goodin, reported in favor of vot-
ing at the 4th of January election, and nominated a State ticket as fol-
lows : For Governor—George W. Smith,.of Lawrence ; Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, William Y. Roberts, of Wyandotte; Secretary of State—P. C. Schuy-
Ter, of. Burlingame ; Treasurer—Andrew J. Mead, of Manhattan ; Auditor
—Joel K. Goodin, of Centropolis ; for Congress—Marcus J. Parrott.

The following was the platform adopted :

WuHereas, The late Constitutional ‘Convention ‘assembled at Lecompton framed a
Constitution and attempted to force it on the eople unsubmitted, in violation of the rights
and known wishes of an overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of Kansas; and, _

Wuereas, An election for State officers and members of the Legislature as provided
for in the schedule of said constitution takes place on the 4th of January next; and,

WHEREAS, it is possible Congress may admit Kansas as a State under that constitution
so unsubmitted for acceptance or rejection by the people ; therefore, :

Resolved, That we, the people of Kansas, in favor of voting for State officers and mem-
bers of the Legislature on the 4th of January next, in convention assembled at Lawrence
on this 24th of December, 1857, conceive it to be the duty of the residents of the Territory
who are opposed to this attempted usurpation to throw aside for the present all party affili-
ations, and merge all party interests in the one absorbing issue, and to unite with us in
the support of a State ticket to be nominated by this convention.

Resolved, That we call on the people of the several districts, as designated by that con-
stitution, to nominate and vote for Senators and Representatives under it.

. Resolved, That the candidates nominated by this convention, on accepting such nom-
ination, will be considered as pledged, should the constitution be aj proved by Congress, to
adopt and execute immediate measures for enabling the people, through a new constitu-
tional convention, to obtain such a constitution'as the majority shall approve,

Resolved, That should Congress admit Kansas as a State.-under that unsubmitted consti-
tution, it will commit a gross infraction of the organic law, and of the rights of the people.*

The Central Committee appointed consisted of the following: 8. N.
Wood, G. W. Brown, E..S. Lowman, Robert Morrow, E. Heath, William
Austin, O. F. Short, Judge Passmore, A. Danford, James Davis, C. F.
Currier, Judge McKay, Dr.; Gillpatrick, C. V. Eskridge, James Rodgers,
8. D. Houston, D. H. Weir.

THE ELECTION.

Two distinct elections occurred on January 4, 1858: The election of
State officers, members of a State Legislature, and one member of Con-
gress, under the provisions of the Lecompton Constitution; and the sub-
mission of the Constitution itself to the vote of the people for acceptance
or rejection, in accordance with the act passed at the late special session
of the Territorial Legislature. The State election was participated in by
the entire Pro-slavery party of the Territory, and thousands of its allies
from Missouri; and by such portion of the Free-State party as were in ac-
cord with the decisions of the Lawrence Mass meeting of December 23
and 24. A quite numerous minority of irreconcilable Free-State men took
no part. The Pro-slavery party took no part in the voting for or against
the Constitution, while the Free-State party threw a solid united vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

against it. The returns were as follows:
STATE ELECTION—JANUARY 4, 1858.

NAME OF CANDIDATE. NO. OF VOTES. | prise
OFFICE. ate | STATE
Free State. | Democratic. gee aa ae
Governor... .... scroriecdienaned Smith.....| Marshall ..! 6875 | 6545 | 330
Lieutenant Governor....... Roberts...) Mathias ...| 6947 | 6446 | 501
Secretary of State.......... Schuyler ..| Spicely..../ 6867 | 6566 | 801
Treasurer......... Gidtaerenonask Ce Cramer ...| 6885 | 6514 | 3811
Anditor ...................| Goodin . Little ..... 6818 | 6509 | 3804
Representative in Congress.|’ Parrott... ‘| CARR sa ars 7260 | 6574 | 696

 

A subsequent investigation by a Logie Committee proved that,
of the above Democratic vote returned, 2,458 votes were cast illegally.
Deducting this from the vote for Governor would leave 4,097 as the total
Pro-slavery vote of the Territory at the beginning of 1858.

C. W. Babcock, President of the Council, and G. W. Deitzler, Speaker
of the House, who witnessed the counting of the votes, in reporting the re-
sult said: “This triumph was accomplished by a party greatly distracted
on the subject of voting under a Constitution that they hate, and loathe,
and abhor, to the centre of their hearts; with a short and imperfect notice
that failed to reach many of the more distant districts.”

 

*Seriovs troubles arising lurgaly from disputed land claims and the contiguity of Missouri
occurred in the southaastera counties during Oecembar, 1856,and January, 1858. Gen. Lane
visited the scene of disturbance, and’ small bodies of both Territorial and United States troops
were brought into requisition at various times while the troubles continued. Having no imme-
diate connection with the general history, they are detailed in the histories of the counties in-
volved. 3

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

By proclamation issued January 14, signed by J. W. Denver, Acting
Governor; C. W. Babcock, President of the Council, and George W. Deitz-
ler, Speaker of the House, the restlt of the election on the Lecompton
Constitution was announced as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Total é * Nias -|10226 | 138 23

 

By comparison of the Free-State vote for Governor (6,875), with that
cast against the Constitution (10,226), it is apparent that 3,351 Free-State
men who visited the polls took no part in the State election; how many
refrained from voting entirely is not capable of proof; the number was
variously estimated at from 2,000 to 5,000.

It is probable that there were. of resident voters in the Territory on
January 1, 1858, not far from 17,000, of which number 4,000 were Pro-
slavery and 13,000 Free-State. The population was not far from 55,000.

The Free-State officers elected immediately prepared a memorial to
Congress, disavowing all intention or desire to serve under the Constitu-
tion through the provisions of which they had been chosen, and urging
that body not to admit Kansas into the Union under it.

THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, AND LAST
SESSION OF THE TOPEKA LEGISLATURE.

The Third Territorial Legislature met at Lecompton January 4, 1858,
and organized by the election of the following officers:

Council—Carmi W. Babcock, President: Cyrus K. Holliday, Presi-
dent pro tem.; Joel K. Goodin, Secretary; Gustavus A. Colton, Assistant
Secretary; Abram Cutler, Sergeant-at-Arms; Jacob Branson, Door-keeper;

. H. Weir, Engrossing Clerk; Benj. T. Hutchings, Enrolling Clerk; 8.
Y Lum, Chaplain.

House—George W. Deitzler, Speaker; Cyrus F. Currier, Chief Clerk;
Wm. B. Parsons, Assistant Clerk: Geo. F. Warren, Sergeant-at-Arms; T. A.
Blake, Door-keeper; Robert Specr, Messenger; C. H. Lovejoy, Chaplain.

On the 6th the Legislature adjourned to Lawrence.

On January 5, the Topeka Legislature convened at Topeka, and or-
ee by the election of J. P. Root, President of the Senate, and Harry

tratton, Speaker of the House. Gov. Robinson delivered his message,
urging the importance of still keeping up the Free-State organization
pending the uncertain action of Congress, but in no manner countenanc-
ing the idea of putting the government in motion or otherwise obstructing
the course of events, so long as they should tend to the ultimate triumph
of the principles in defense of which the Topeka Constitution had been
framed and the Free-State government organized.

January 7, the Legislature adjourned to Lawrence, and there pre-
sented to the Territorial Legislature the following concurrent resolutions:

Wurrnras, The people of Kansas, in the absence of any legitimate government, origi-
nated at Topeka, on the 23d day of October, 1855, a State government, and subsequently
elected officers under the samc; and

_ _ Wiernas, the people have, on certain occasions, affirmed and re-affirmed'said constitu-
tion and government, and have elected the present State officers and Legislature, in order to
maintain said State organization as the government for the State of Kansas ; therefore,

_ Resolved, By the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas the Senate concur-
ring), that we at once proceed to complete the organization of the State overnment under
the Constitution, and enact such laws as the necessities of the people seem to demand. And,

Resolved, Now, as heretofore, the Federal authority represented in the Territorial laws
and Territorial Legislature, is an obstacle to the successful execution of the will of the peo-
ple through the State Government, under the State Constitution; therefore,

Resolved, That we respectfully urge the General Assembly of the Territory of Kansas,
now in session at Lawrence, to take immediate steps to remove the forms of a Territorial
government, so that it shall not obstruct and embarrass the State Government. ,

Resolved, That the Speaker ol the House cause a copy of this preamble and resolutions,
properly authenticated, to be laid before the Council and House of Representatives of the
‘ enera ERS ey ee of ee and “e respectfully request them to give it

elr earliest Consideration, and that they send a re to the respecti
branches of the State Legislature, , sl eee nse

 
HISTORY OF

The memorial was referred to special committees in both branches
who reported as below stated; the reports being accepted and adopted.
The Council Committee reported:

,_ The committee to whom was referred the memorial of the State Legislature, now in
session in Lawrence,-having had the subject-matter therein contained under consideration,
beg leave to submit the following report: That we will manifest our readiness to accede to
their wishes, so far as we can do so consistently with the views which we entertain of our
duty to our constituents and to our country, by adopting such measures, as soon as practi-
sable as, in our judgment, may meet with the hearty concurrence and support of the peo-
ple of Kansas. But, under the enbarrassing circumstances in which we are placed by the
complicated condition of: political affairs in Kansas, and the relation in which we stand to
the Federal Government; the uncertainty existing with regard to the policy indicated by
the Congress of the United States toward us; in view of the understanding which we have of
the wishes of our constituents, and regarding, as we do, the peace, well-being and general
welfare of Kansas, as of ogee importance; and in view of the fact that the Territorial
Legislature is the only legal law-making power in Kansas, acknowledged by the General
Government, we cannot consent to set aside the form of the Territorial government until
further development may seem to render it necessary.

B. Harpine.
C. K. Houuipay.

; Andrew J. Mead, from the same committee, presented the following
minority report:
: The committee to whom was referred the petition in the form of concurrent resolutions
from the State Legislature, now in session in Lawrence, ask leave, respectfully, to state that
they have had the same under consideration, and cannot concur in the views of the petitions
and said concurrent resolutions, respecting the position of the present Territorial Legisla-
ture, declaring it to be an obstruction to the successful execution of the will of the people;
and, in view of the complex character of the various questions which are now before the
people of this Territory, your committee feel that there is great necessity for wise and just
egislation; and further state, that it is the opinion of your committee, any action at the
present time favoring the policy embodied in said resolutions would be unwise, and in con-
flict with the legitimate purposes of this Legislature.
The majority of the House committee reported as follows:

The select committee, to whom was referred the concurrent resolutions of the Free-
State Legislature, under the Topeka Constitution, would, in accordance with the instruc-
tions of the House, respectfully report the following resolution:

Resolved, That we have every ees in the wisdom, patriotism and prudence of the

Free State Legislature; that we believe the movement it represents originated in a public

necessity, and that it is their province to take such action in their own capacity as they
may think legitimate and proper, they being responsible for their own action and we not
for them, and as the Territorial Legislature is not, legitimately, in a position to dictate or
concur in their acts, we have only respectfully to reiterate to them the course of action
which we shall pursue, as clearly indicated in the resolution passed by this body, to the ef-
fect that we would proceed to the enactment of an entire code of laws which shall super-
— all laws or pretended laws passed prior to the special session of this present Legisla-
ure.

8. 5S. CooPpER,

Toun SPEER,

E. N. Morri1,

H. MILes Moore.

A minority report was submitted through W. P. Badger, which con-
cluded as follows: “Resolved, That the Clerk of this House is hereby
instructed to return the ‘concurrent resolutions’ sent here by an assem-
blage of people styling themselves the Topeka State Legislature, and
inform that honorable body that the Governor and Legislative Assembly
of the Territory of Kansas are the only legally authorized body possessing
power to enact such or any laws that the necessities of the people seem to
demand.” :

Neither the majority nor minority reports on the memorial recom-
mended granting the request of the memorialists ; those adopted virtually
said : “Things are too precarious to allow the only government recognized
by the National Government as valid to voluntarily abdicate without legal
authority in favor of a government which, however clearly it may repre-
sent the will of the people, has no authority under the law, therefore wait
until further developments may seem to render such astep necessary.” The
minority report went still further and said: “The Territorial Legislature
is the only legal law-making body possible until the Territory is admitted
asa State. The members of the present Legislature were duly elected,
and are duly bound to perform the legislative functions whereto they were
chosen. They will do it.” The minority report doubtless reflected the
sentiments of a large majority of the Free-State party at that time, much
more nearly than did the majority report, which was adopted.

The Topeka Legislature waited some ten days for further develop-
ments, and then adjourned to meet at Topeka on the 4th day of the com-
ing March. At that time no quorum appeared. The leading minds had
turned their attention to newer plans more in accord with the changed
condition of affairs, and vitality had gone out of the Topeka movement.
Ardent men still persistently clung to the old Free-State organization, not
because it was the best that could be devised so much as because it had
been the first. In spite of their efforts to further continue it, it was evi-
dent that the stanch and tried leaders who had originated it, and stood
by it through evil and good repute, no longer viewed it as indispensable to
success; and not a few believed that its persistent advocacy, in season and
out of season, had become a serious obstacle to the success of the Free-
State movement. The times had outgrown it and it fell, not into disre-
pute, but disuse. There was, after March 4, 1858, no further attempt to
resuscitate or continue it. ; ; /

It had for three years been the shrine at which the whole Free-State
party had worshiped, and the citadel of liberty that had never been sur-
rendered to the foe. No truer nor braver band of freemen ever fought the
desperate fight for freedom against such appalling: odds as did those who
defended it. Their names will go down the ages in imperishable renown
as the unconquerable defenders of free institutions under the egis of the
Topeka Free-State Constitution. : :

The Territorial Legislature adjourned February 13 after a session of
forty days. Early in the session, it passed the following :

Resolved, By the Territorial Legislature (the Council concurring), that we at once
proceed to the enactment of an entire code of laws for the people of the Territory which
shall supersede all laws, or pretended laws, passed prior to the special session of this Legis-
lature securing all vested rights acquired in good faith. .

Outside the routine proceedings and the passage of many private
bills, the Legislature considered and acted upon matters of general interest

noted below.

KANSAS. : 167

The militia of Kansas was divided into eight brigade divisions: Gen.
I. G. Losee being appointed Brigadier General of the First Brigade ; Gen.
8. V. Jamison, of the Second ; Gen. George Hillyer, of the Third ; Gen.
Asa Hall, of the Fourth; Gen. L. G. Cleveland, Fifth ; Gen. Sam. Walker,
Sixth ; Gen. John H. Whistler, Seventh ; Gen. Calvin McDaniel, Eighth.
This was done under. the provisions of the military bill passed at the extra
session of December, 1857, over the veto of Secretary Stanton. The bill
created one Major General, eight Brigadiers and many Captains—the
Commander-in-Chief (which was the Governor), the Major General and
staff to constitute a military board with full power to call out the militia
when a majority should think proper, provided the Legislature was not in
session. When in session, that body to decide.

A bill making Minneola the seat of government passed by a two-thirds
vote over the Governor’s veto.* A bill passed for an election for delegates
to a Constitutional Convention, election to be held March 2; convention
to meet at Minneola on the fourth Tuesday in March. Bill abolishing
slavery was passed over the veto of Acting Governor Denver.

During the session, a committee was appointed to investigate the
frauds of the last two elections. The members were: Henry J. Adams,
E. L. Taylor, Thomas Ewing, J. B. Abbott, Ely Moore and Dillon Pick-
ering. The report, made February 12, shows that the illegal votes cast
were: On the acceptance of the Lecompton Constitution, December 21,
1857—at Kickapoo, 700; Delaware City, 145; Oxford, 1,200; Shawnee,
675 ; total, 2,720. At the election of officers under said Constitution, Jan-
uary 4, 1858—at Kickapoo, 600; Delaware City, 5; Delaware Agency,
836; Oxford, 696; Shawnee, 821; total, 2,458. The Commissioners
reported that the Oxford returns were honestly made out by the
officers of election, and subsequently 836 names were forged upon
them, with the knowledge of John D. Henderson ; and that John Cal-
houn was particeps criminis, after the fact.

LEAVENWORTH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

The act providing for a Constitutional Convention was passed and
sent to the Governor for his signature on Wednesday, February 10. The
law provided that “if any bill shall not be returned by the Governor
within three days—Sundays excepted—after it shall have been presented
to him, the same shall be alaw in like manner as if he had signed it, un-
less the Assembly, by adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it
shall not be a law.’’ The law also limited the length of sessions, except
the first (this was the third) to forty days. Counting January 4, the day
on which the Legislature convened, as a whole day, the Legislature stood
adjourned by the provisions of the organic act on February 12. The
Governor withheld his signature from the bill, whereupon, on the 13th
the Assembly passed it notwithstanding, and then adjourned. This threw
grave doubts, which were never entirely dispelled, upon the legality of the
act. a

The election of delegates, under the act as passed, arr pe March 9.
The aggregate vote in the Territory was not far from 9,000, a respect-
able majority of the Free-State party participating in the election. oe

The convention met at Minneola March 23. Seventy-two delegates
were present. Both the radical:and conservative factions were repre-
sented. The radicals favored the formation of a Constitution on the basis
of the Topeka Constitution, and the extreme radicals were for putting it
in operation as soon as practicable, with or without the sanction of Jaw ;
the conservatives were for simply framing the Constitution, and organiz-
ing a State government only in strict conformity with the prescribed forms
of law. The officers elected were: President, James H. Lane; Clerk,
Samuel F. Tappan; Assistant Clerk, B. T. Hutchings ; Sergeant-at-Arms,
George F. Warren; Reporter, R. J. Hinton. :

‘On the 24th, the convention adjourned, tomeet at Leavenworth on the
25th. . :

The convention assembled at Melodeon Hall, Leavenworth, on the
evening of March 25, and upon the presentation of a report by. W. F. M.
Arny, to take, so far as practicable, the Topeka Constitution for their basis. .
Gen. Lane tendered his resignation as President of the Convention, mak-
ing a strong speech in favor of the Topeka Constitution, and giving as
reason for his resignation that he ‘‘ did not wish to hinder a vote in Con-
gress by his acting as President of the Convention.”

Martin F. Conway was then elected President.

The convention finished its labors and adjourned, April 3. The ques-
tions of negro suffrage and separate schools for whites and blacks elicited
a long and earnest discussion. It‘was finally decided to let the Constitu-
tion go to the people with the elective franchise extended to ike male
citizen,” the discrimination as ane in the word white in the Topeka
Constitution being stricken out. It was, however, provided that the suf-
frage question should besubmitted for final decision to a direct vote of the
people with the Constitution as framed. In its general features, the Con-
stitution was framed after the model of the Topeka Constitution. . The
vete on its adoption was appointed to be held on the 3d Tuesday of May,
1858, at which time was also to be holden a general election for the pur-
pose of choosing State officers, Members of Assembly, Member of Con-

Tess, etc.
a The members elected to the convention were as follows :

Jefferson County—Edward Lynde, James Monroe, J. C. Todd, A. W. McCauslin.

: Shawnee—A. L. Winans, Lucian Fish, R. M. Fish, H. W. Curtis, William W. Ross, John
TN isin Jaa G. Adams, Caleb May, G. M. Fuller, C. A. Woodworth, H. S. Baker.

Breckinridge—P. B. Plumb, William McCulloch, John R. Swallow.

Butler anteater oaciuel Stewart.

Madison—G. D. Humphrey.

Linn—A. Danford, Thomas H. Butler, Robert B. Mitchell, Robert Ewing.
Brown—A. B. Anderson, Orville Root, A. W. Williams.

4

 

*The removal of the capital to Minneola was subject to the suspicion of being a specula-
tive movement, in which a working majority of the members had more or less interest. The
vote passing the bill over the veto was 28 to 9. Many of the members owned lots in the embryo
city. The removal was subsequently declared illegal by J eremiah 8. Black, United States Attor-
ney Geueral.
168

Richardson—James Fletcher, Henry Warvy.

Anderson—W, F. M. Arny, William Spriggs, W. L. Webster.

Coffey—R. A. Kinzie, D. A, Hawkins, r M. Elliott.

Calhoun—W. E. Bowker, Adam Fuller.

Lykins—G. A. Colton, Thomas Roberts, Charles A, Foster, A. Knapp.

Franklin—Joel F. Goodin, J. C. Rees.

Wells—A. H. Shurtleff.

. a and Bourbon—W. R. Griffith, M. H. Hudson, G. A. Nuller, A. G. Carpenter, G. W
ampbell. .

Douglas and Johnson—M. IF’. Conway. E. 8. Scudder, Charles H. Branscomb, A. Soule,
W.R. Monteith, J.M.Shepherd, John L. Brown, D. Pickering, Charles Mayo, James D.
Allen, T. Dwight Thacher, James S. Emery, Samuel N. Wood.

Doniphan, etc.—James H. Lane, William V. Barr, A. Larzelere, W. Fleming, Hugh Rob-
ertson, Charles E. Perham, W. D. Beeler, J. F. Hampson.

Riley—Isaac T. Goodnow, F. N. Blake, George W. Higinbotham.

Pottawatomie—U. Cook, J.D. Adams.

Davis—J. H. Pillsbury.

Nemaha—s. 8. Wright, R. U. Torrey.

Woodson—R. Austin.

Greenwood—M. L. Ashmore.

Wise—H. J. et ,

Leavenworth—Henry J. Adams, Thomas Ewing, Jr., John P. Hatterscheidt, John ©.
Douglass, James Davis, W. Y. Roberts, J. M. Walden, William H. Coflin, Thomas Trower,
H. P. Johnson.

~  Richardson—James H. Winchell.

Not assigned—B. B, Newton, James Telfer, G. W. K. Twombly.

The platform adopted was as follows:

Resolved, That we, the representatives of the Free-State party, do heartily accept the
sero Constitution, and do pledge ourselves to favor its adoption and ratification by

e people.

Resolved, That should Congress accept the application accompanying the Lecompton
Constitution, and admit Kansas as a sovereign State into the Union, without the condition
precedent that said constitution, at a fair election, shall receive the ratification of the people
of Kansas, then we will put the Leavenworth Constitution, ratified by the people and the
government under it, into immediate and active operation, as the organic law and living
government of the State of Kansas, and that we will support and defend the same against
any opposition, come from whatever quarter it may.

Resolved, That at the election upon the constitution, the voters of Kansas be requested
to vote for or against negro suffrage, and for or against separate schools for white and negro
children; and if a majority of the votes cast be against negro suffrage, it shall operate as
instructions to the first Legislature to submit to the people at once an amendment to the
constitution, prohibiting negro suffrage; and if a majority of the votes cast be in favor of
separate schools, it shall operate in like manner, as instructions to the first Legislature to
submit an amendment, providing for separate schools for white and negro children, except
in districts where the people, by general consent, shall allow the school to be in common.

On April 28 and 29, a convention was held at Topeka, at which the
following ticket, under the Leavenworth Constitution, was nominated:

Governor, Henry J. Adams, Leavenworth; Lieutenant Governor, Cyrus K. Holliday,
Topeka; Secretary of State, E. P. Bancroft, Emporia; Treasurer, J. B. Wheeler, Doniphan ;
Auditor, George S. Hillyer, Grasshopper Falls; Attorney General, Charles A. Foster, Osawa-
tomie; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. M. Walden, Quindaro; Commissioner of
School Lands, J. W. Robinson, Manhattan; Representative in Congress, M. F. Conway, Law-
rence; Supreme Judges, William A. Phillips, Lawrence, two years; Lorenzo Dow, Topeka,
four years; William McKay, Wyandotte, six years; Reporter of Supreme Court, Albert D.
Richardson, Sumner; Clerk of Supreme Court, W. F. M. Arny, Hyatt.

May 18, the election on the Leavenworth Constitution and for the
choice of officers under its provisions was held. Owing to the doubts as to
the legality of the convention, jealousy of the Free-State Democrats, many
of whom had been prominent in the movement, and other causes, which
may become apparent further on, the vote was so small as to show unmis-
takably that the movement had not the support of even a respectable
minority of the Free-State party, and that it had further fallen into dis-
repute sivce its inauguration. The election of delegates in March had
brought out a Free-State vote of 9,000; at the submission of their work ten
weeks after, the whole vote polled numbered not far from 4,000, of which
number 1,000 were against it, leaving but 3,000 out of an aggregate Free-
State vote of not less than 12,000 in its favor. The indifferent vote
showed plainly that it was viewed with no great favor at home, and con-
sequently it did not meet a cordial reception, by even the Republican
Members of Congress when presented. It was finally presented to the
Senate of the United States, with a petition praying that Kansas be ad-
mitted into the Union under it, on January 6, 1859, and found its final
zh iA the bosom of the Committee on Territories, to whom it was re-

erred.

THE STORY RETOLD.

Hon. T. Dwight Thacher, a member of the Leavenworth Convention,
on retiring from the Presidency of the Kansas State Historical Society,
January 16, 1883, gave the following historical account of the Leaven-
worth Convention, its objects, the scope of its work, with recollections of
itsmembers. It is here preserved, entire, as the best sketch yet published.

I purpose to speak in this address upon that movement in the history of tho Territory
of Kansas which resulted in the formation and adoption of what is known as the Leaven-
worth Constitution.

Four constitutions were framed as the organic law before this State was admitted to
the Union. The Topeka Constitution, which was the first in order, was adopted by the Con-
vention which framed it on the 11th day of November, 1855, and by the people of the Ter-
ritory, at an election held December 15, 1855.

The Lecompton Constitution was adopted by the Convention which framed it on the
7th day of November, 1857. It was submitted to a vote of the people by the Convention on
the 21st of December, 1857, the form of the vote prescribed, being, “ For the Constitution
with slavery,” and “ For the Constitution without slavery.”

.No opportunity was afforded at this election to vote against the Constitution, and the
Free-State people of the Territory refrained from taking part in it. The Territorial Legisla-
ture having been summoned in extra session by Acting Gov. F. P, Stanton, passed an act
submitting the Lecompton Constitution to a vote of the people at an election to be held on
the 4th of January, 1858. At that election, 138 votes were cast for the Constitution and
10,226 votes against it. Notwithstanding this overwhelming vote against the constitution
it was sent to Washington by its partisans; President Buchanan transmitted it to the Senate,
urging the admission of the State under it, thus inaugurating the great contest. which re-
sulted in the division of the Democratic party, the election of Abraham Lincln and the
final overthrow of the slave power. The bill to admit Kansas asa State under the Lecomp-
ton constitution failed, and the English bill finally passed Congress, under the provisions of
which the constitution was again submitted to a vote of the people on the 4th of August,
1858, with the result of 1,788 votes in its favor and 11,300 against it.

The constitutional convention, which framed the Leavenworth constitution, was pro-
vided for by an act of the Territorial Legislature passed in February, 1858, during the pend-
ency of the Lecompton constitution in Congress, The constitution was pie by the con-
vention at Leavenworth April 3, 1858, and by the people at an election held May 18, 1858,

The Wyandotte constitution was adopted by the convention which framed it on the
29th day of July, 1859, and was adopted by the people at an election held October 4, 1859.
The State was admitted into the Union under this constitution January 29, 1861.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The question is frequently asked, even by those of considerable information regardin,
our history, what did the Leavenworth constitutional convention movement mean? Whai
relation did it hold to the great struggle through which our infant community passed in its
long and perilous journey to the safe retreat of the bosom of the Union?

The Topeka constitutional movement was the instinctive effort of the rree-State people
for unity about some recognized center. They must have something around which they
could rally, and their leaders were sagacious enough to institute a movement which, while
it served to consolidate the Free-State settlers into a compact organization, afforded.a rea-
sonable prospect of a safe and constitutional exit from their troubles. A recent precedent
had been afforded by California for the spontaneous action of the penple in the organization
ofa State Government, without an enabling act from Congress. Some of the most con-
spicuous leaders of the Topeka constitutional movement had participated in the California
movement, and were enthusiastic in the conviction that a similar success would attend the
effort here. The Topeka movement did come very near success. The House of Representa-
tives, on the 3d of July, 1856, passed a bill for the admission of Kansas into the Union under
that constitution. Had the bill become a law, Kansas would have been saved the five years
of turmoil and strife which elapsed before she was admitted into the Union, and the subse-
quent course of the great stream of our national history might have been diverted fora time
at least from the bloody and fratricidal era to which it was then so rapidly and inevitably
hastening. _

Theo eka constitutional movement served to hold the Free-State people together
until after the great wave of immigration in the spring of 1857 had virtually settled the
question of the future status of the Territory. The first fruits of that emigration were the
restoration of the Territorial Legislature in the fall election to the hands of the people from
whom it had been rapaciously seized by fraud and violence in March, 1855. This gave the
Free-State party a standpoint and leverage of undoubted legality for further ae
Heretofore their movements had been outside the pale of recognized authority. Butt
Territorial Legislature was recognized as valid by friends and foes alike. One ofthe first
achievements of this new weapon in the hands of the people was the passage of an act, at
the extra session called for that purpose by Secretary Stanton, submitting the Lecompton
constitution to an honest and fair vote, for acceptance or rejection at an election to be held
January 4, 1858, The result of this election was the rejection of the constitution by an over-
whelming vote of unquestioned legality and authority, thus furnishing an argument
against the admission of the State under that constitution, which the friends of free Kansas
in Congress used with tremendous power and unanswerable effect. The population of the
Territory during 1856 and 1857 had increased very largely. The total vote cast for State
officers under the Topeka constitution January 15, 1856, was 1,706; the vote on the Lecomp-
ton constitution January 4, 1858, was 10,427, showing an increase of more than sixfold.
The old movement had lost much of its hold upon the popular mind. Admission into the
Union under that constitution had ceased to be regarded as probable. While the officers
who had been elected to the various positions under it were still recognized, more or less,
as leaders in the Free-State organization, it was nevertheless felt that the fifty thousand
new settlers who had come into the Territory during the two years which had elapsed since
their election ought to have some voice in choosing the future rulers of the State. In short,
there was a general clamor for a new deal. Besides, it was argued with considerable force
that the Free-State cause would be at a disadvantage should the battle in Congress and be-
fore the country against the Lecompton constitution be fought upon the basis of the Topeka
constitution. That constitution had been framed by a convention elected without any au-
thority of law; the total vote upon its adoption had been only 1,778, while two years had
elapsed since it was framed and adopted, and meantime a large increase in the Population
ha taken place. Its enemies might and probably would (and in fact did) claim that it no
longer represented a majority of the people. The Lecompton constitution, on the other
hand, could claim a quasi legality and regularity, the convention which framed it having
been elected in conformity to an act passed by the Territorial Legislature. Having the
Legislature now in their own hands, the Free-State people felt that it would be the part of
wisdom to call a new convention which would have at least as good standing for regularity
and legality as the Lecompton convention, and whose constitution would receive an over-
whelming indorsement at the hands of the peas The Lecompton constitution would
thus be confronted by a constitution of equal legality, of amore recent date and of un-.
doubted popular support.

These considerations were undoubtedly the dominant onesin determining the call of a
new constitutional convention. There were minor influences which contributed to the
same result. One of these, which assumed considerable importance before the Legislature
et the act calling the convention, was the question of the location of the capital. The

‘opeka constitution had located the capital temporarily in Topeka, and the very name of
the constitution served to keep the city prominently before the public. Other towns were
ambitious of becoming the seat of Government. A new constitution bearing some other
name would at least divert attention from Topeka. Before the act calling the convention
was passed, a scheme for locating the capital at Minneola—a town existing only on paper,
and created for the purpose—was broached, and successfully carried through the Legisla-
ture. The billlocating the seat of government of the Territory at Minneola was passed
over the Governor's veto, and two days thereafter the bill calling a constitutional conven-
tion and fixing Minneola as the place where it should assemble, was also passed.

The “Minneola swindle,” as it was called in those days, created a great sensation in
Kansas, so great asto seem almost extravagant as we look back upon it now. The grava-
men was that the location of the capital at Minneola was a scheme to further the personal
fortunes of members of the Legislature who were interested in the new town. In vain did
they reply that the location was a good one, central, and well adapted tobe the future capi-
tal of the State; that the capital was bound to be removed from zecompton in any event,
and that wherever located somebody’s private fortunes would be enhanced thereby. The
prllig agement was severe, and condemned the thing to such a degree that many of the

elegates elected to the constitutional convention were instructed by their constituents to
vote for an immediate adjournment of that body to some other point in the Territory. It
thus came about that the convention had no sooner completed its organization at Minneola
than a motion was made to adjourn to some other place. This gave rise to a long and acri-
monious debate. The session was prolonged during the whole night, and toward morning
the motion to adjourn and fixing the city of Leavenworth as the place of re-assembling was
passed. On the morning of the 24th of March, 1858, the members took their departure for
Leavenworth, Ties this capital of a day to revert to its pristine condition of a quarter
section of Franklin County prairie. nd thus the constitution which the body afterward
framed became known in our history as the Leavenworth constitution, and not as the Min-
neola constitution, as its original projectors had expected.

The convention re-assembled in Leavenworth on the evening of the 25th of March.
The constitution was adopted and signed on the 3d of April. The work had been done
with hrevity and dispatch. Indeed there was no great amount of work to be done. Aside
from the aa features to be hereafter noted, the. draft of the Topeka constitution was
closcly followed. There were few questions which gave rise to debate, and they were
speedily settled, It was the aim of the convention to do its work as speedily as possible,
make a good constitution and adjourn. The constitution was adopted by the people on the
18th day of May, 1858, and on the same day the following State officers were also elected under
it, viz.:_ Governor, Henry J. Adams, of Leavenworth; Lieutenant Governor, Cyrus K. Hol-
liday, of Topeka; Secretary of State, Il. P. Bancroft, of Emporia; Treasurer, J. B. Wheeler,
of Doniphan; Auditor, Geo. S. Hillyer, of Grasshopper Falls; Attorney General, Chas. A.
Foster, of Osawatomie; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. M. Walden, of Quindaro;
Commissioner of School Lands, J. W. Robinson, of Manhattan; Representative in Congress,
M. F. Conway, of Lawrence; Supreme J udges, Wm. A. Phillips, of Lawrence; Lorene Por,
of Topeka, and Wm. McKay, of Wyandotte; Reporter of the Supreme Court, Albert D. Rich-
ardson, ot Sumner; Clerk of the Supreme Court, W. F. M. Arny, of Hyatt. Of these, Messrs,
en el away Tol been, Scie 1 peone in the State government under the

; r. Holliday havin re é
the Judges of the Subeamnd count iY ig been Secretary of State and Mr. Conway one of

The State officers under the Leavenworth Constitution were nominated upon a plat-
form whose chief resolve was, “ That should Congress accept the application accompanying
the Lecompton Constitution, and admit Kansas as a sovereign State in the Union, without the
condition precedent that said constitution, at a fair election, shall receive the ratification of
the people of Kansas, then we will put the Leavenworth Constitution, ratified ‘by the people.
and the government under it, into immediate and active operation as the organic law and
living government of the State of Kansas, and that we will support and defend the same
against any opposition, come from whatever quarter it may.” Before the election took
Bee jee ence ee bill” had Duset Desk, ee of Congress and become a law, so

Tuggle was over, an @ long a itter
Kansas a Slave State came to a close,” Sand hittoraud Bloody contest to make
‘ HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The movement for admission under the Leavenworth Constitution was prosecuted no
further, and the convention and its work survives only upon the pages of our chequered
history as one of the positions temporarily occupied by the great Free-Staie host in its on-
ward march to final victory.

It would be an interesting study, had we time to do so, to compare the provisions of
the four constitutions which were successively framed as the fundamental law of this State.
Outside of the stormy and convulsed domain of the slavery question, the differences in the
constitutions are not remarkable. In this domain, however, the ‘differences are distinct
and antipodal. The Lecompton instrument voiced the extremest doctrines of the slave
POMEL n the article on “Slavery,” for slavery was the subject of a separate article, it is

eclared that “the right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction,
and the right of the owner of the slave to such slave and its increase is the same and as in-
violable as the right of the owner of any property whatever.” The Legislature was declared
to have no power to pass laws for the emancipation’ of slaves, without the consent of their
owners, nor without paying to their owners before emancipation a full equivalent in money
forthem. The framers of this instrument seem to have labored to emphasize the degrada-
tion of manhood on the one hand and the elevation and sanctification of chattelhood on
.the other. Instead of the usual declaration that all men are equal in rights, they declare
i that all freemen, when they form a social compact, are equal in rights,” and they add that
no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges
or deprived of his life, liberty, etc., but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.”
In the schedule to the constitution, they provide that, even though the vote should be for
the constitution without slavery, still, “the right of property in slaves now in the Territory
shall in no manner be interfered with;” and in the section relating to amendments to the
Sees it is expressly and carefully rovided “that no alteration shall be made to affect
the rights o: property in the ownership of slaves.” Under these provisions, Kansas would
in any event have been a Slave State, and remained such as long as any of the slaves then
living in the Territory, or any of their descendants to the remotest generations, should have
remained amongst us.

These extreme and almost frantic provisions for the erpetuity and sanctity of prop-
erty in slaves, viewed from our present standpoint, and with the light of the past twenty-
five years of eventful and startling history bearing full upon them, seem chimerical and
almost childish ; but we are to remember that at that time these monstrous doctrines domi-
nated this country, controlled the utterances of the Supreme Court, were backed by the
army and navy, and commanded the hearty support or the unprotesting acquiescence of a
majority of the people. It was the merest margin and verge of chance. that prevented these
doctrines from ,being incorporated in the organic law of our State. The motion which
finally resulted in what is known as the English bill, and saved us from admission under
ue Lecompton Constitution, passed the House of Representatives by a majority of only one
vote.

The framers of the Leavenworth Constitution studied to antagonize these peculiar and
abhorrent, though characteristic, Pro-slavery doctrines of the Lecompton instrument.
Thus the first section of the bill of rights follows, almost the exact lan uage of the Topeka
Constitution, in saying that “all men are by nature equally free and Anion eat, and Rae
certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liber-
ty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and seeking and obtaining happiness and
safety,” and then goes on to add, “and the right of all men to the control of their persons,
exists prior to law and is inalienable,” a clause which is certainly somewhat pleonastic, and
is not to be found in the corresponding section of the Wyandotte Constitution (which sec-
tion, by the way, is more tersely and comprehensively expressed in the Wyandotte Consti-
tution than in either of the others), but was added for the specific purpose of antagonizing
the declaration of the Lecompton instrument that the right of property is before and higher
than any constitutional sanction. Our idea was to antagonize the dogma of the right of
man to property in man-by the doctrine of the right of man to himself. It was liberty set
over against slavery. So, too, the section of the Lecompton Constitution that no freeman
shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, except by the judgment of his peers, and the
law of the land, is repeated, almost word for word, with the word “ person” substituted for
the word “ freeman.” : 7

The section forbidding slavery is the same in the Leavenworth and Wyandotte Consti-
tutions, and is a repetition of the section in the Topeka Constitution that “there shall be

no.slavery in this‘State, nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crime, and
adding the clause, “ whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.” ,

The Leavenworth Constitution contains nowhere the word “white.” There is not a
word in it which refers to color. The expression “white male citizen” or “white male,”
which might probably then have been found in the constitution of every State in the Union,
is not to befound init. “No change would have been required in its provisions or language to
have made it in perfect harmony with the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the
constitution of the United States. This was not the result of accident, but was achieved as
we have related elsewhere, by the determined and persevering efforts of some of the most
brave and far-seeing spirits of the convention, who meant, if possible, that the invidious and
un-republican distinction of color as in any way affecting men’s rights, should have neither
place nor countenance in the constitution. This result was not achieved without a struggle.
The question was debated in some form and upon some clause or section of the constitution
nearly every day of the session, but always with the same result.

‘Strange as it may appear, the Lecompton constitution does not contain the word
“white” in its article on elections and the right of suffrage. Section one begins: “Every
male citizen of the United States, etc., etc., shall be entitled to vote.’ The Leavenworth
constitution adopts in its article on the elective franchise the identical expression, “every
male citizen of the United States.” The correspondence was not accidental; it was inten-
tional. The framers of the Lecompton instrument meant to emphasize the extreme doctrine
of the slave power, that none but white men could be citizens of the United States; the
framers of the Leavenworth constitution, on the other hand, meant to emphasize the doc-
trine that every man born upon the soil and under the flag of the Union was a citizen of the
United States. Indeed, the careful reader of the two constitutions will not fail to note how
radically antagonistic they are. The one was intended to offset the other. The one
embodied the most radical doctrines of the slave power; the other anticipated the advanced
and humane doctrines of republican equality which remain as the most precious legacy of
the great war of the rebellion. ;

The convention consisted of: eighty-four members. Of these, Caleb May and William
R. Griffith had been members of the Topeka constitutional convention, and were afterward.
members of the Wyandotte constitutional convention, the only individuals who were mem-
bers of all of them. Five others, namely, James H. Lane, M. F. Conway, W. Y. Roberts,
James S. Emery and Joel K. Goodin had also been members of the Topeka constitutional
convention. C, A. Foster had been Assistant Secretary of the Topeka convention, James M.
Winchell was afterward President of the Wyandotte constitutional convention, and John
Ritchie and William McCulloch were also members of both. James H. Lane was elected
President of the convention when organized at Minneola, but resigned at Leavenworth, and
Martin F. Conway was elected his successor. Samuel F, Tappan was Secretary. = i

Of the eighty-four members, many have since made men of mark. Winchell, as I have

ust said, was President of the Wyandotte constitutional convention; Lane was one of our
first United States Senators; Conway was our first Member of the House of Representatives ;
Thomas Ewing, Jr., was first Chief Justice of the State, and has“since been eminent in
the field and forum and at the bar; H. P. Johnson died at the head of his pepnent during
the war; William Spriggs was second State Treasurer; A. Larzelere was Speaker of the
Territorial House of Representatives in 1859; W. Y. Roberts served with distinction as
Colonel during the war; P. B. Plumb is our present efficient and popular junior United
States Senator; J. R. Swallow was elected State Auditor in 1864; Henry J. Adams was
nominated for Governor under the Leavenworth constitutional convention; F.G. Adams
is the present able and excellent Secretary of the State Historical Society; W. F. M. Arny
was Secretary of New Mexico for years, and has but recently passed away; C. H. Branscomb
was United States Consul at Manchester, England; James 8. Emery has been United
States District Attorney for Kansas, and a Regent of the State University ; Samuel N. Wood
has been repeatedly a Member, and once Speaker, of the House of Representatives; John
Ritchie was a Colonel during the war; William R. Griffith was our first. and Isaac T. Good-
now our second Superintendent of Public Instruction; A. Danford was elected Attorney
General in 1868 ; Robert B. Mitchell rose to distinction in the war, and was Governor of New
Mexico; Edward Lynde was Colonel of the Ninth Kansas Regiment; F. N. Blake was
United States Consul to Quebec; J. M. Walden has become an eminent clergyman in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. .There are others, I doubt not, worthy of mention, but these
occur to me upon hastily reading over the list. Taking them as a whole, I doubt whether
an abler body of men was ever assembled in the State. Lane, of course, was the chief
figure. He lived in Lawrence, but he appeared in the convention as a delegate from Doni-

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phan County. He took little interest in the proceedings of the convention, but spent much
of his time during the sessions in pacing up and down the area in the rear of the mem-
bers’ seats, running his hands through his hair, from the base of the brain forward over the
top of the skull, as his habit was. He looked merely at the political aspects of the move-
ment. For the constitution, as a constitution, he seemed to care but little. Perhaps he
foresaw the remote probability of the admission of the State under it. He wanted to be
elected President of the convention because, first, he had been President of the Topeka con-
vention, and, secondly, he had had a quarrel with Gov. Denver and wanted his favorite
“indorsement” from the representatives of the people. When Conway remonstrated with
him at Minneola, for wanting to accumulate honors upon himself unduly, he promised to
resign in Conway’s favor when the convention should get to Leavenworth, and he kept his

romise. He was inclined to side with the radical members of the convention, but he ren-

ered them little assistance on the floor. He was not a leader. In the most exciting debate
of the convention, namely, that over the question whether, in case the State were admitted
under the Lecompton constitution, the government under the Leavenworth constitution
should be put in operation, he took no,part whatever. At Minneola, upon the night of ad-
journment, he made a powerful and dramatic speech. The night was far spent. The
candles had burned down in their sockets. The debate had been long, and at times angry.
Some of the members were deeply interested in Minneola, and in their excitement they
threatened that if the convention should adjourn from ‘Minneola they would abandon the
Free-State party and break it up._ This threat aroused the sleeping lion in Lane. He came
down from the chair where he ta presided with great fairness during the long debate, and
took the floor, All eyes were upon him. The drowsy member sat upright. As he pro-
ceeded with his speech the interest intensified, and members began to gather around him,
sitting upon the desks and standing in the aisles. I shall never forget the scene—the dimly
lighted room; the darkness without; the excited men within; little Warren, the Sergeant-
at-arms, standing unconscious upon the floor, with partly outstretched arms and wholly
carried away by the speech, and Lane himself aroused to a pitch of excitement which I
never saw him manifest on any other occasion during his whole career.

As he drew near his peroration, he painted a picture of the Free-State party of Kansas,
of what it had done and suffered for the great cause of human liberty, of the crisis that was
then upon it, and of the responsibilities resting upon its members. He then alluded to the
threats that these men interested in Minneola had made of abandoning and breaking up
the party, and said that if in the momentous and supreme hour of the party’s struggle, they
were bound to leave it on account of a few paltry shares in Minneola, then let them go—
and go to hell! ‘ i

Conway followed Lane in the same strain, and in a speech which at any other time
would have been a powerful one, but its effect was lost in the storm which Lane's outburst
had aroused and it passed almost unnoticed. The vote was taken and the convention ad-
journed to Leavenworth. . e

Martin F. Conway was an active participant in all the proceedings of the convention.
He was an excellent presiding officer, and his speeches when he took the floor, were earnest,
impassioned and logical. He had read and studied, more deeply perhaps, than any other
member of the convention, the theory of our governmental system, and was positive and
well fortified in his convictions. a

Coming from a Slave State himself, and a great student of the writings and speeches of
leading statesmen of the South, he more thoroughly comprehended the nature, the designs
and the ambitions of the slave-power, and seemed to more intensely hate it, than any other
man amongst us. His subsequent life, with its single brief success and its numerous and
prolonged misfortunes, down to his confinement and death in an asylum in Washington,
made up a strange career even in this country of surprises and contradictions. (

One of the most marked members of the convention was Thomas Ewing, Jr. This
gentleman added to the graces of a youthful and engaging person the charm of attractive
manners and a brilliant mind. He took an intelligent interest in the work of the conven-
tion, and was ready and effective in debate. His speeches wore the air of preparation,
while his manner had an appearance of dignity and restrained enthusiasm, which left the
impression of reserved force and an unexpended power upon the mind of the hearer. He
always seemed like a man who had not done his best, but who upon proper occasion could
rise to still more masterful heights of argument and eloquence. He was the easy leader of
the conservative wing of the convention and championed their views with conspicuous,
though ineffectual, ability.

t would be easy to indulge in personal reminiscences of many other members of the
convention, but the limits of the present occasion will not allow me that pleasure.

The most exciting debate in the convention over any part of the Constitution occurred,
as I have previously mentioned, in connection with Section 5 of the schedule, which pro-
vided that in case the Constitution should be adopted by the people, then upon the admission
of Kansas into the Union as a State, the Constitution should be in full force, the State offi-
cers should immediately enter upon the discharge of their duties, and the Governor should
immediately, by proclamation, convene the General Assembly. As we have already seen,
this Leavenworth constitutional movement was going on at the very time that the bill for
the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution was pending in Congress, and
was intended as the counter movement of the Free-State people against that measure. The
contingency of the admission of the State under the Lecompton Constitution had to be
contemplated. The Free-State people had full control of the Territorial Legislature. A
portion of them had taken part in the election of officers under the Lecompton Constitu-
tion, and had really carried that election, electing the entire set of State officers under it,
but on the face of the returns, including the fraudulent returns from Oxford, Shawnee and
Kickapoo, the Pro-slavery officers were elected, and Calhoun, the President of the Lecomp-
ton Constitutional Convention, had the granting of certificates both to the State officers and
to the Legislature. There was no sufficient or reasonable doubt that Calhoun would carry
out the Pro-slavery programme to the end. Hehad already declared the constitution “ with
slavery” adopted, and he would doubtless give certificates to the Pro-slavery officers under
it. The plain qucstion which confronted the Free-State people was, what would they do
under these circumstances? Their answer was contained in the 5th Section of the schedule,
which we have above quoted. The debate over this section was fierce and prolonged. It
lasted the whole day. Members felt that it involved what might become very practical and
serious issues. The one side maintained that it was the only logical, consistent and cour-
ageous position for the Free-State people to take. The other contended that it looked toa
conflict with the General Government, which could only result in disaster and defeat. Ewing

led off on the conservative side in opposition to the section in a magnificent speech. Con-

way came down from the chair and spoke in its defense. Others followed, on either side,
until the day wore away. When the vote was finally reached, the section was adopted by a
decided majority. Ido not recollect that Lane said a single word on either side of this de-
‘bate. As to which side was right it is unnecessary now to discuss. The progress of events
fortunately prevented the question at issue from ever becoming a practical one. Had it
become so, however, I am strong in the belief-that the Free-State people would have been
victorious in the struggle which must have ensued.

The events which we have been contemplating occurred a quarter of a century ago.
The men who were then in middle or later life have now become aged men or have passed
away. Those who were then inthe bloom and vigor of early manhood are now carrying
gray hairs and looking upon the afternoon sun. Of the members of that convention, Lane
and Conway, and Winchell, and Larzelere, and H. P. Johnson, and W. Y. Roberts, and
Josiah Pillsbury, and Henry J. Adams, and Henry Harvey, and Robert B. Mitchell, and
Amasa Soule, and E. 8, Seudder, and Swallow, and Griffith, and Arny, and I know not how
many others, have passed over to the other side. Many are still left in active life, and some
are occupying. positions of trust and responsibility. The cause which they and so many
others labored for has gloriously triumphed. The State, whose infancy they watched over
with such solicitude, and the tides of whose life they so earnestly sought to turn into the
channels of freedom, has become a free, prosperous and mighty commonwealth

Ad astra per aspera. They saw the trials—we see the stars. It is the glory of the pio-
neers of Kansas, that, when called to fill a gap for freedom, they filled it; when summoned
to meet a crisis for human rights, they met it; when appointed by God to resist and beat
bee ine onward march of slavery and save a future State for civilization and liberty, they

1d it.
DENVER APPOINTED GOVERNOR.

Secretary Denver received the appointment of Governor from the

President on March 15. As no Secretary had as yet been appointed, he

did not immediately qualify for the office, but continued as Secretary and
Acting Governor until May 12, at which time he took the oath of office.
170. HISTORY

Hugh 8. Walsh, having been appointed ‘Secretary of the Territory, also
took the official oath at the same.time. :

KANSAS AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.

Soon after the Territorial election, Gov. Walker left the Territory and
repaired to Washington, where he hoped, by a plain statement of.the con-
dition of affairs in the Territory and an exposure of the duplicity and
fraud bound up in the _Lecompton Constitution, to arouse indignant
opposition to the low device, and to return with fresh instructions to sub-
mit‘it to the people prior to its presentation to Congress. His expecta-
tions were justified by his former instructions, and the often and positively
expressed opinions of the President, as appears from the following extracts
from a letter written by him to Gov. Walker June 12, 1857 «*

__. The point on which your and our sitccess depends is the submission of the constitu-
tion to the people of Kansas. And by the people mean, and I have no doubt you-mean,
the actual bona fide residents who have been long enough in the Territory to identify them-
selves with its fate. The Legislature determined three months as the period of residence
to entitle individuals to vote for members of the convention ; and if the convention should
think proper to adopt the same period to entitle individuals to vote for or against the con-
‘stitution, it appears to me this would be reasonable. é j

Qn the question of submitting the constitution to the bona fide residents of Kansas, I
am willing to stand or fall. In sustaining such a principle we cannot fall. ‘It is the princi-
ple of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, the principle of popular sovereignty, and the principle at
the foundation of all popular ‘government.: The more it is discussed the stronger ‘it will
become. Should the convention of Kansas adopt this principle all will be settled harmoni-
ously, and, with the blessing of Providence, you will return triumphantly from your ardu-
ous, important and responsible mission.

Having carried out in good faith the spirit of the above, Gov. Walker
had come to Washington to consult with the President as to the best
means to destroy the force of the contemptible tricks that had been
‘attempted in violation of his often and earnestly expressed opinions and
convictions. Mr. Walker was received by the President with his accus-
tomed urbanity, He distinctly disavowe having authorized anybody to

say he approved of the Lecompton programme of submission, but, at the .

same time, would suggest no means for averting the mischief, since it had

been planned. It further came to the positive knowledge of Walker that |

the plan had been concocted by members of Buchanan’s Cabinet, if he
himself was not privy to it, and that it was sure of their support, and
safe against any serious opposition from the President.
repeated interviews with the President and members of his Cabinet, that
the Lecompton swindle had the countenance of the administration, and
that, if he returned to his duties, it must be to repudiate all the pledges he
had made and/uphold the instrument he had so boldly denounced, he ten-
dered his resignation, which was most complacently accepted, December
13., His letter of resignation was an elaborate disclosure of the frauds and
wrongs perpetrated upon the people of Kansas. He expressed grave
apprehensions that the forcing of the Lecompton Constitution upon the
people would result in civil war, and avowed that, not only had he been
in favor of submission to a vote of the people, but that his views were
well known and approved by the President and the members of his Cabi-
net, and that the Secretary of State had instructed him “that the people
in voting upon the constitution must be protected against violence and
fraud.” Gov. Walker’s letter, while setting himself right before the peo-
ple, convicted the President and his Cabinet of ‘treachery and duplicity
toward himself, if not complicity in the attempted fraud. The indigna-
tion which it aroused was not confined to the Republicans. It permeated
the Democracy and proved the entering wedge that later disrupted the
party and hurled it from power. Could the Pro-slavery leaders who
devised the iniquity have foreseen that out of it would come the utter
destruction of their power, and the defeat of every end it was devised to
subserve, they might have hesitated at the desperate chances of loss it
involved. :

The Thirty-fifth Congress assembled on the 7th of December. Both
Houses were strongly Democratic. The President, in his message, referred
to the action of the Lecompton Convention in approving terms, favored
the constitution it had framed, and declared that the question had been
“fairly and explicitly referred to the people of Kansas whether they will
have a constitution with or without slavery.”

The discussion which ensued showed that the opposition was no
longer confined to strict party limits. Douglas spoke strongly against it
in the opening debate in the Senate. His opposition was not based on any
change in his views on the slavery question. He professed to: be still
indifferent as to whether “it was voted up or voted down,” but was
justly indignant at the open violation of the principles of popular sover-
eignty by refusing to submit the constitution to the people, and. further-
more violated the pledges of the Democratic party and the promises of.
the administration.- The Democrats who at the various periods of the
debates opposed the constitution, became known as Anti-Lecompton
Democrats, and, although not sufficiently numerous in the Senate to
defeat it, they added sufficient strength to the opposition in the House to
prevent its acceptance by that body.

February 2, the President sent the Lecompton Constitution to Con-
gress with a special message, in which, throwing off all dissimulation, he
urged its acceptance, taking extreme Southern ground. He expressed bitter
hostility to the Free-State men of Kansas, whom he denounced as disloyal,
and whose resistance to the enactments of the Territorial Legislature he
characterized as ‘‘revolutionary.”. .Their non-participation in the election
he declared to be ‘'a refusal to submit to lawful authority.” He averred
that “Kansas at this time is as much a Slave State as Georgia and South
Carolina,” and urged the acceptance of the Lecompton Constitution since
its rejection would be “keenly felt-by the Southern State’, where slavery
is recognized.”

Mr. Fessenden said of the message:
“The President has deliberately chosen to omit the most important facts in the case, as

well known to him, or which should have been as well known to him as to any man, for he.

cannot plead ignorance. They are facts apparent on the record; palpable, plain, unmis-

 

- See Report of Covode Investigation Committee, pp. 112,118. - os wie

Finding, after

OF KANSAS. ‘

takable. He has omitted to state them, and he has stated others which are disploved by
the record accompanying the message.

The discussion was long and bitter. It took a wide range, and is more
properly a part of the. history of the nation than of Kansas. . What’ per-
tains definitely to the history of Kansas appears in the following sum-
mary : oa

February 2, against the strong opporition.of Senator Douglas, the
Senate passed a bill-accepting the Constitution, by a vote of 32 yeas to 25
nays. .
Parekh 23; the House adopted a substitute prepared by Senator Crit-
tenden, of Kentucky, and offered by Mr. Montgomery of Pennsylvania.
The substitute required a re-submission of the Constitution to the pedple
of Kansas, under such provisions and precautions as should insure a fair
vote thereon. The bill passed as a substitute for the Senate bill by the fol-
lowing vote: Yeas, 92 Republicans, 22 Anti-Lecompton Democrats, €
Americans—total, 120; nays, 104 Democrats, 8 Americans—total, 112.

The Senate refused to accept the substitute and asked a Committee of
Conference, which was granted by the House by a vote of 109 yeas to 108
nays. A bill was reported by the chairman, Mr. English, of Indiana,and
finally passed, April 80, by both Houses. Its provisions were as follows:

(1) Kansas should be admitted into the Union under the Lecompton Constitution if on
daeauieimeee to a vote of the people for acceptance or rejection, the said Constitution
received a majority of the votes cast. oe Se

(2) With the submission of the Constitution to the people was offered what were termed
in the bill, “propositions offered to the said people of Kansas for their free acceptance or
rejection, which if accepted shall be obligatory upon the United States and upon the said
State of Kansas.” The said propositions aed sections 16 and 36 in each township for the
‘use of schools, seventy-two sections for a State University, and ten sections for public build-
ings, amounting in all to 5,500,000 acres of land, also all the salt springs within the Territory,
-not exceeding twelve in number, and six sections of land with each spring; also 5 per cent |
of all the Eble lands for the construction of State roads.

The realization of this munificent grant was contingent on the acceptance of the Pro
slavery Constitution.

) In case the Constitution should be rejected by the people, the Pearle should not
elect delegates to form a new Constitution until “it should be ascertained by a census, duly
and legally taken, that the population of said Territory equals the ratio of representation
required for a member of the House of Representatives (93,560), and whenever thereafter
such delegates shall assemble in convention, they shall first determine by a vote whether it
is the rie of the proposed State to be admitted into the Union at that time, and if so, shall
proceed to form a Constitution.”

Thus the Constitution was returned to the people of Kansas with the
infamous proposition to sell their principles for a-most munificent bribe,
or, scorning the proposition, to be debarred from further efforts for a State
Government until the lapse of years might bring relief.

The extent of. the corruption and bribe: attending the efforts, first to
force the.Constitution through Congress, and failing in that, to secure the
passage of the not less reprehensible and shameless English bill, were not
known at the time of its passage. The Congressional investigations of
1860 brought them to light. The summary of the Covode Investigating
Committee, confirmed by abundant and unimpeachable testimony, was as
follows : :

Your Committee first direct the attention of the House to that portion of the testimony
which relates to the Kansas policy of the present administration of the Government. The
patriot will mourn, the historian will pause with astonishment, over this shameless record.
Accustomed as the American people are to the errors and crimes of those in power, they will
read this exposure with feelings of unmingled indignation. The facts revealed by the tes-
timony prove conclusively, . :

(i) The emphatic and unmistakable Lee of the President, as well before as after his
election, and the pledges of all his cabinet to the doctrine of leaving the people of Kansas
“perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in theirown way.” __

(2) The deliberate violation of this pledge, and the attempt to convert Kansas into a
Slave State by means of forgeries, frauds and force. x .

(3) The removal of and attempt to disgrace sworn agents of the administration, who
refused to violate their pledge. J

(4) The open employment of money in the passage of the Lecompton and English bills
through the Congress of the United States.

5) The admission of the parties engaged in the work of electioneering those schemes,
that they received enormous sums for this purpose, and proof in the checks upon.which they
were paid by an agent of the administration.

() The offer to purchase newspapers and newspaper editors by extravagant sums of
money.

(7) And finally, the proscription of Democrats of high standing, who would not sup-
port the Lecompton and English bills.

The English bill was viewed by. the people of Kansas in its true light.
It did not require mass mectings to express the general indignation of the
people at the insult offered their intelligence.and honesty. The proposi-
tion was simply an offer combining a bribe and a threat tendered to a free
people in barter for their principles, and was met with the execration and
repudiation it deserved. ‘The election was appointed by Gov. Denver June
3, to be held August 2. On that day the Lecompton Constitution and the
English bill were buried forever under an avalanche of popular indigna-
tion and contempt. The returns were as follows:

FINAL VOTE ON LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION, AUGUST 2, 1858.

 

 

, Proposition | Proposition i ition

COUNTIES. | “Rejected. | Accepied. || COUNTIES. | Fipnostiion | rope.
Douglas..... 1785 40 | ¥Franklin..... 376 6
Shawnee..... 748 41 Jobnson...... 424 154
Leavenworth. 2208 456 | Breckenridge 194 4
Atchison..... 616 260 Madison..... 158 sais
Doniphan.... 927 421 Wise......... 65 6
Brown....... 243 35 Hunter...... 23 sites
Nemaha..... 227 12 Riley ........ 258 22
Lykins....... 440 99 Jefferson..... 441 151
McGee....... 14 6 Calhoun...... 250 82
Bourbon ...: 429 37 Richardson .. 144 dregs
Allen........ 268 23 (|, Woodson.... 121 2
Dorn........ wae 9 Davis.. ...... 123 27
Anderson 313 14 | Coffey .. 364 18
TET wo ecissiecestsee 422 43 Pottawatomie 236 8

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The above table shows the total vote asreturned. Someof the returns
were not counted. The result as proclaimed by the canvassing board was:
For the proposition—1,788; against it—11,300; majority against it—9,512.

_No further movements were made for the framing of a Constitution
until the following year. :

RESIGNATION OF GOV. DENVER.-

“Gov, Denver ‘resigned on October 10, and Hugh §. Walsh became
Acting Governor. Gov. Robinson states that before entering upon the
duties of Secretary, he had pledged himself to undo nothing done by either
Walker or Stanton, and to continue to carry out their policy’and recom-
mendations. He also testified to his good faith as follows:

“It is enough to say of Secretary, and afterward Governor, Denver,
that he proved to be as good as his word, and the: Territory under his ad-
ministration prospered politically as well as ‘materially. In the disturb-
ances of Southern Kansas, and in every position, he acted with impartial-
ity, and gained the confidence of the bona fide residents of the Territory of
all parties.” This high praise, coming as it did from one of his leading
political opponents, did not exceed the acknowledged deserts of the up-
right and faithful official upon whom it was bestowed.* :

GOV. MEDARY.

Samuel Medary was appointed Governor“of Kansas Territory Novem-
ber 19, and arrived in the Territory and entered upon the duties of his of-
fice December 20. He was born in Montgomery County, Penn.,
February 15, 1801. He learned the trade of a printer, and subsequent-
ly became the editor of the Ohio Statesman, published at Columbus, Ohio.

e held the position for many years, during which his paper ranked as
one of the ablest Democratic journals of the State. In politics, he was a
stanch Democrat of the Jacksonian school during his whole life. He
‘was an ardent admirer and follower of Douglas up to the division which
grew out of the discussion of the Lecompton Constitution in Congress, at
which time he supported the administration and favored its policy. He
was appointed Governor of Minnesota in March, 1857. On its admission
as a State, he again made his home in Columbus, Ohio. He was appoint-
ed Governor of Kansas, November 19, 1858, took the oath of office Decem-
ber 1 and entered upon his duties December 20. Compared with the ad-
ministrations of his predecessors, his was uneventful. The country was
in a comparatively peaceful condition, and little opportunity was offered
him to show either the administrative faults or virtues which he may have
possessed. He resigned the office December 20, 1860, and returned to
Columbus, Ohio, where he remained until the time of his death, which oc-

 

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FOURTH TERRITORIAL CAPITOL, LAWRENCE.
In this building the Third Territorial Legislature met January 8, 1858.

curred November 7, 1864. The acts of his administration as Governor of
Kansas are detailed in the history of the period it embraced.

With the exception of serious and continued troubles in the south-
eastern counties, the times were uneventful after the arrival of Governor
Medary until the beginning of the following year.t

FOURTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE—1859.

The Fourth Territorial Legislature met at Lecompton January 3, and
after organizing adjourned on the following day to Lawrence, where its
session was continued until its adjournment, which took place on the 11th
of February. There was less excitement and confusion than at the previ-
ous sessions, and more efficient and lasting work done. Its most impor-
tant proceedings are given in the subjoined summary.

The officers chosen were as follows:

Council—President, C. W. Babcock; Vice President, C. K. Holliday;
Secretary, A. Smith Devenney; Sergeant-at-arms, P. Wiley; Door-keeper,
Asaph Allen; Assistant Secretary, G. A. Colton; Docket Clerk, E. P.
Herberton; Engrossing Clerk, J. J. Ingalls; Chaplain, Rev. Charles Rey-
nolds. .

House—Speaker, A. Larzelere; Chief Clerk, Byron P. Ayres; Assist-
ant Clerk, P. B. Elder; Sergeant-at- arms, George F. Warren; Door-keeper,
George W. Smith, Jr.; Journal Clerk, A. D. Richardson; Engrossing
Clerk, A. C. Soley; Docket Clerk, John M. Funk; Enrolling Clerk, 8. C.
Smith; Chaplain, Rev. E. Mute. 7

The message of Gov. Medary was a business document, notably
free from allusions or recommendations calculated to rekindle excitement
or revive old enmities. / :

The most important legislative action and enactments related to sub-
jects, and was of the character below stated :

*The resignation of Gov. Denver, as in the case of Gov. Walker, was forced upon
him by the Pro-slavery administration., He had made a treaty with Montgomery, the Free state
chief, whereby it was sought to restore peace. As this involved concessions to the Free-state
men, it.as a mutter of course, met the disapproval of the President and his advisers, and would
have resulted in the removal of Denver, had he not resigned. .

+ The disturbances in Southeastern Kansas, although of a serious nature, never threatened
the peace of the entire Territory, and are therefore treated as local occurrences in the histories
of the counties embracing the scene of disorder. See histories of Linn and Bourbon Counties,
and biography of James Montgomery. .

171

Codifying the Laws, ete.—January 12, William McKay, Edward S.
Lowman and James McCahon were chosen codifying commissioners, and
proceeded to the work. Frequent reports were made by them during the
session, and in their final report summarized the work completed as fol-
lows: ‘‘The enactments of 1855, known as the ‘Bogus Statutes,’ have been
supplied, and are ready for repeal, a consummation long looked for and
earnestly desired by a large portion of the people of the Territory. The
general laws of 1857 are ready for the same fate. The laws of 1858. to
which we were confined as a basis, have been revised and supplied: The
code of civil procedure remains substantially the same.” The Bogus

_ Statutes on their repeal, were publicly burned in the streets of Lawrence

amid great rejoicing. . ise

Providing for a State Government.— An act pains for the forma-
tion of a Constitution and State Government for the State of Kansas
was passed and approved by Gov. Medary February 9, 1859. It pro-
vided for the holding of an election on the fourth Monday of March, 1859, for
determining for or against the formation of a constitution and State gov-
ernment for Kansas; and in case the vote should be in favor of 80 doing,
it further provided for an election of fifty-two delegates to a Constitutional
Convention, the said election to be held on the first Tuesday of June, 1859.
It was appointed that the delegates elected should assemble at Wyandotte,
on the first Tuesday in July, and there proceed to frame a constitution,
and provide for the organization of a State government, in accordance
with rules and regulations prescribed in the act. And the constitution
there framed was to be submitted to a direct vote of the people for ratifi-
cation-or rejection, on the first Tuesday of October, and in case of its rati-
fication, an election for the choice of State officers, members of the State
Legislature, Judges and all other officers provided for by said constitution,’
was to be holden on the first Tuesday of December, 1859. .

New Counties.—An act was passed and approved by the Governor,
February 7, establishing and defining the boundaries of the: counties of
Montana, El Paso. Vro, Broderick and Fremont. A supplementary act
was passed which destroyed these embryo countiesin the throes of birth, as
it ordained that no expense of the commissioners provided for in the first
act for locating county seats, etc., ‘‘should be defrayed or paid by the
Territory of Kansas, in any respect whatever.”’

Adjustment of Claims.—An act was approved by the Governor, pro-
viding for the appointment of three Commissioners, as follows: “One by
the Legislative Council; one by the House of Representatives: and one
by the Governor of the Territory, whose duty it shall be to audit and cer-
tify all claims for the loss of property taken or destroyed, and damages
resulting therefrom, during the disorder which prevailed in the Territory
from November 1, 1855, to December 1, 1856. The Commissioners were
to have power to appoint clerks and other officers, could fill vacancies oc-
curring in their board, were to receive compensation of $5 per day, and
were to complete their work and file the claims with the proper’ Territo-
rial officers on or before September 1, 1859. It was also prescribed as the
duty of the Constitutional Convention, expected to assemble at Wyan-
dotte, “to make suitable provision for securing the payment of said claims
by the Federal Government, by incorporating in the ordinance, to be sub-
mitted with the constitution formed, a provision to that effect.”

To Establish Peace.—An act of amnesty was passed, and approved
February 11. It was intended to put an end to the feuds growing out of
the numerous quarrels and disputes which were still a source of disorder
in Southeastern Kansas. The act and the proclamation putting the act in
force were as follows:

PROCLAMATION.
To THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS: / "i

In compliance with the following resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Terri-
tory of Kansas, passed February 11, 1859, to wit: Ye

Resolved, By the Council and Representatives of Kansas Territory: :

Section 1. That.the Governor of this Territory be requested to issue his proclamation.
¥0 ee people of this Territory, publishing the act this day passed to provide for the peace
0. ansas,, - ee

Sec. 2. That his Excellency be requested to cause his proclamation to be published.
in every paper in this Territory. ae “ : a

I, Samuel Medary, Governor of Kansas Territory, do hereby proclaim to the people of
the Territory the act entitled . ;

“An Act To EsTaBLISH PEACE IN KANSAs.”
Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas :

Section 1. That no criminal offense heretofore committed in the counties of Lykins,
Linn, Bourbon, Me(ee, Allen and Anderson, growing out of any political differences of
opinion, shall be subject to any prosecution on any complaint or indictment in any court.
whatsoever in this Territory.

Sec. 2, That all criminal actions now commenced, growing out of political differ-
ences of opinion, shall be dismissed. : fs

Szc. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and afterits passage. *
A. LARZELERE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. .
C. W. Bancock, President of the Council. ee as

Approved, February 11, 1859. -  §. MEpary.

_ While this is an act of. amnesty for the past, it is intended to secure the more certain
punishment of crime for the future. . 7 g

Given under my hand this 12th day of February, 1859.

S. Mepary, Governor of Kansas Territory.

SMOKING THE CALUMET. |

_, The adjournment of the Legislature saw the Territory in a happier con-
dition than at any previous time in its history. There was peace through-
out its borders. The’last struggle with 'the slave power had brought vic-
tory to the long suffering and long waiting people. The grand and final
triumph of a free constitution was believed to be near, foreshadowed in
the coming Wyandotte Convention, to which the people looked forward
with bright hopes, as the happy issue of all their struggles. The. turbu-
lent patriots still kept up a harmless warfare of words, but the bitterness
of the strife in the Territory was over, and henceforth the great majority,
tired of the burdens of continued turmoil, had gladly laid: them down, and
further sought their ends through the more-peaceful and certain agencies

provided in the written law.
The time had not yet come when the “lion and the lamb should lie
down together,” but the approach of millennial days was heralded. The
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citizens of Lawrence and the members of the Legislature tendered to Gov.
Medary a public dinner, “as an expression of their appreciation and
approbation of his dignity, firmness and impartiality in the discharge of
his important and trying official duties, during his brief residence in Kan-
sas.” The great event came off at the Eldridge House, on Saturday even:
ing, January 5. Hon. William Y. Roberts presided. The attendance was
large, and, in the matter of the political faith or antecedents of the guests,
by no means exclusive. The following were the regular toasts :

(1) His Excellency, Gov. Medary: May he remain long enough in Kansas to learn that
we know how to appreciate, honor and reward a faithful oiioen, :

The Governor responded in a long, florid and most good-natured speech, in which he
covered the whole Territory and its inhabitants with praise, and prophesied a future that
any State might feel proud of. The Territory, its climate, neither too hot nor too cold, its
soil, the most productive on the globe, its inhabitants, ‘the most enterprising, Lawrence,
whose enterprise was so fully manifested, and the ladies, all received due notice in the Gov-
ernor’s FESPOnRG, .

(2) The President of the United States, was responded to by Attorney General Davis,
who, as reported by the Herald of Freedom, apparently aware of the delicate ground upon
which he would have to tread, surrounded as he was by a Legislature whose Peet opin-
ions were known to be antagonistic to those of the-President, acquitted himself in a pleasant
and popular speech of fifteen or twenty ne in which he very skillfully divested the
popular picture of James Buchanan of tle horns and hoofs with which the efforts of parti-
sans had, as he said, disfigured it.

(3) The union of the States; Kansas sends greeting to her futuresisterhood. Response
by H. P. Johnson, Esq. i

(4) The Territory of Kansas, the Eden and the Ophir of the “Far West.”
to by Dr. Danford.

() The Judiciary of Kansas, Response by Chief Justice S. D, Lecompte, Although
somewhat embarrassed, the Judge got through felicitously, and, on taking his seat, was
greeted with the applause due an invited guest, tempered somewhat by the antipathies still
cherished in Free-State breasts for the man.

6 The Army and Navy of the United States. Response by William Perry, Esq.
7) The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of enna. Responded to by Dr. J. P.

Responded

ot.

8) The Bar. Response by William McDowell, Esq.

9) The Press, as it is the pioneer of civilization, so may it ever be the pioneer of
truth. Responded to by John C. Vaughn, Esq.

(10) The Women of Kansas; without them our Eden would be a desert, our Ophir
valueless, Response by Hon. W. Y. Roberts.

(11) The new Territories, Colorado, Arizona, Dakota and Oregon. Responded to by
Hon. Joseph Williams.

A band discoursed sweet music. The Herald of Freedom expressed its supreme satis-
faction at the propitious auguries of the occasion thus:
. “Nothing occurred during the evening to mar the festivities of the occasion, which
inaugurated, we believe, a new era in Kansas—the era of union and harmony between the
Executive and the people—the era of forgetfulness of all that is unpleasant in the past, and
of mutual concession for the sake of the bright and dawning future. This meeting is,
indeed, an anomaly in the history of Kansas, and will be greeted throughout the country
by the true friends of the Territory as a glad omen of peace and good will.”

DISINTEGRATION OF OLD PARTIES.

The people of the Territory during the past three years of political
struggle had owned no allegiance to either of the great national political
parties. Their political affiliations had been molded entirely on the all-
absorbing local issue which confronted them, viz.: The establishment or
prohibition of slavery in the Territory and future State of Kansas. Until
that question was settled, all efforts to bring the people of either side to
allegiance to either party proved unavailing. All, whether formerly
Whigs, Democrats, Free-Soilers or Abolitionists, if opposed to the efforts
to fasten slavery upon the Territory, rallied upon the platform of the Big
Springs Convention September 5, 1855, and were uni ed under the organi-
zation then effected, known as the Free-State party of Kansas. Their
antagonists also ignored all affiliation with outside parties as calculated to
divide their forces. They boldly proclaimed the issue to be ‘slavery or
no slavery in Kansas,” chose to be recognized as the Pro-slavery party,
pure and simple, and adopted for specious reasons the misnomer of the
“Law and Order Party.”

The battle for a fair ballot and just laws made by the people was
fought for three years by the contestants under these Territorial party
organizations. On the advent of Gov. Walker, and the inauguration of
his policy, which promised to put an end to the border ruffian control of
the polls, and enable the will of the people to be fairly expressed through
their suffrages, signs of disintegration began to be apparent in serious dis-
sensions as to the future policy to be pursued. A majority favored the
policy of a suspension of hostilities until the experiment of voting had
been tried; a minority were for a continuance of the old semi-revolu-
tionary methods.

In the Pro-slavery ranks there were like disagreements. The better
class were willing and anxious to accept the policy of the new Governor,
to inaugurate thereby an cra of peace, and, under the prestige of a volun-
tary acquiescence in an upright Democratic administration, to make
Kansas a Democratic Free State, if must be. It was the intention of Gov.
Walker to save Kansas to the Democracy, if not to Freedom. Among
those who were not still desperately bent on making Kansas a Slave State,
Walker found a respectable following of members of his own party, who,
like himself, were anxious to perfect the organization of the Democratic
party in the Territory before the Free-State party should become re-organ-
ized as an integral part of the great National Anti-slavery opposition. It
was hoped to thus draw to a common center of political action many
Democrats who had heretofore, on the local issue, joined hands with the
other Free-State men. In accordance with this plan, the Pro-slavery
Territorial Convention, held at Lecompton, July 8, 1857, was called as the
National Democratic Convention, and in its platform indorsed Walker’s
policy ; a resolution to sustain the Lecompton Constitution, whether sub-
mitted or not, being sustained but by a single vote in that body. Walker’s
plans were entirely frustrated in the house of his Democratic friends in
Washington. The development of the Lecompton iniquity, which gave
the lie to the public professions of the party and the promises of Walker,
caused divisions among the Democrats of Kansas that time could not
heal. Under the popular indignation which followed, the Pro-slavery
party found it impossible to rally even a respectable number in support
of the infamous scheme, and with its final repudiation at the polls, came
the:end of Democratic hopes of ascendancy in Kansas. The local Pro-
slavery organization was buried beyond hope of resurrection, and its suc-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

cessor, the Democratic Party, although retaining its organization, relapsed
into a state of hopeless minerity, from which it did not rally for a quarter
of a century thereafter.

ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN KANSAS.

On November 11, 1857, under a call from the Chairman of the Central
Committee, a Free-State Delegate Convention was held at Lawrence, “to
discuss various questions connected with the present political organization
of the Territory, and to determine the true policy of the party ;”’ also
“to consider the question of a speedy admission of Kansas into the Union
asa State.” The question of discarding the old Free-State organization
and substituting therefor the National Republican organization was an
exciting theme of discussion. The opposition to the proposition developed
showed plainly that the times were not ripe for the change, and it was
quietly abandoned for the time being. . .

In May, 1859, Horace Greeley visited Kansas. The object of his com-
ing was known, before his arrival, to be to effect, if possible, an organ-
ization of the Republican party in tte Territory. The members of
the Free-State party who, for divers reasons, desired to continue the
battle under the glorious old Free-State banner until the State was ad-
mitted free, made a vigorous effort to thwart the movement, and revivify
the old party for fresh contests and fresh victories.

THE LAST FREE 8TATE CONVENTION.

On May 12, 1859, a Free-State Delegate Convention met at Big
Springs. It was composed of such persons as, in the language of the call,
“sustained the platform of the party adopted in 1855, and who were in
favor of redeeming their pledges and perpetuating the organization until
its ends were fully accomplished, and we were admitted a State into the
Union, with a Free Constitution.” The meeting was not fully attended,
there being not more than seventy-five delegates present. They were all
stanch, uncompromising Free-State men, mostly comers of 1855, and
some of them the original fathers of the party, who had been members of
the Convention held there three years before, at which time the party was
organized. ; :

The officers of the Convention were : President, Robert Riddle ; Vice
Presidents, G. W. Smith and I. N. Roberts; Secretaries, M. S. Bonnifield
and G. W. Brown. - ;

The Committee on Resolutions was F. P. Stanton, M. 8. Bonnifield,
H. Hiatt, W. Y. Roberts, William M. Jourdan, C. B. Clements, J. D.

Cody.

The resolutions reported by the Chairman, Mr. Stanton, were entirely
in accord with the known desires of every Free-State man in the Terri-
tory, except in so far as they designated the Free-State party as the only
means whereby the desired ends, so long contended for, could be attained.
On that point it soon became apparent that the little band of patriots
were in asad minority. All forms necessary to put the Free-State party
in effective motion were observed, but the spirit had departed from the
party. New men had come in, having no overweening love for the old
organization ; new, and, as was believed, more effectual means for attain-
ing the desired ends found favor; a broader and more extended affiliation
with the friends of freedom throughout the nation was desired, and so Big
Springs, the cradle of the Kansas Free-State party, proved its grave.
This convention witnessed its last throes of dissolution.

THE FIRST REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

On May 18, 1859, the first Republican Convention convened in Kansas
at Osawatomie. It was called to order by T. Dwight Thacher, of Law-
rence. Henry Fox, of Shawnee County, was chosen temporary chairman,
and T. Dwight Thacher, Secrctary.

The permanent officers and principal committees were as follows:

Officers.—President, Oscar E. Learnard, Coffey County. Vice Presi-
dents, Nathan Price, Doniphan County ; Samuel C. Pomeroy, Atchison
County; Thomas Ewing, Jr., Leavenworth County ; Joseph Speck, Wyan-
dotte County; Erastus Heath, Douglas County; Henry Fox, Shawnee
County; D. W. Houston, Anderson County ; E. G. Jewell, Bourbon Coun-
ty. Secretaries, Daniel W. Wilber, Doniphan County, T. Dwight Thach-
er, Douglas County; J. F. Cummings, Shawnee County; John A. Mar-
tin, Atchison Conny

Committee on Platform.—A. Larzelere, John A. Martin, Thomas
Ewing, Jr.. James McCahon, Charles F. de Vivaldi, W. H. Smythe, C. K.
Holliday, T. Dwight Thacher, D. W. Houston, W. Y. Roberts, A. J.
Shannon, T. R. Roberts, Silas Fearl, and William A. Phillips.

Central Territorial Committee.~—James Blood, W. W. Lawrence, Doug-
las County ; A. C. Wilder, William Tholen, Leavenworth County; A.
Larzelere, Doniphan County; B. Gray, "Wyandotte County ; H. H. Will-
iams, Lykins County ; John Ritchie, Shawnee County ; George Graham,
Nemaha County ; 8. D. Houston, Riley County ; J. C. Burnett, Bourbon
County; 8. C. Pomeroy, Atchison County: William A. Phillips, Arapahoe
County; John Chip, Johnson County; A. D. Richardson, Mining District.
Chairman, 8. C. Pomeroy ; Secretary, A. C. Wilder.

Horace Greeley addressed the meeting in an elaborate and lengthy
speech, defining the great National issues at stake, foreshadowing the fut-
ure dangers that threatened the Republic, and forcibly urging the impor-
tance of a thorouzh organization in every State and Territory, of the
Republican party, which was to be: the party of Freedom in the conflict
now begun.

Following his speech. a Republican platform, embracing some planks
required by the state of affairs peculiar to the Territory, wastadopted, and
the organization of the National Republican party in Kansas was fully
consummated. It held undisputed control of the political destinies of Kan-
sas for twenty-five years thereafter, and under its sway the marvelous prog-
ress has been attained which places it in the foremost rank in the sister-
hood of States.
‘

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

THE WYANDOTTE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

The elections preliminary to the forming of a State Constitution were
re at the dates and under the provisions of the act passed by the Legis-

ature.

At the first, held March 28, 1859, the total vote was 6,731, of which
number 5,306 were ‘For a Constitution,” and 1,425 “Against a Constitu-
tion.”’ Majority in favor, 3,881 ; 502 votes from detached townships not
cont by the Canvassing Board were 483 for, and 69 against a Consti-

ution.

The election of delegates occurred Tuesday, June 7. It was the first
contest at the’polls between the recently organized Republican and Demo-
cratic parties in the Territory. Many of the old Free-State men refrained
from voting, and many who had been life-long Democrats until coming to
Kansas, returned to their former party. The Kansas Democracy at that
time proclaimed itself as an Anti-Lecompton Free-State party, and thus
brought to its support the entire Democratic Free-State vote of the Terri-
tory. The result was the election of seventeen Democrats—ten from
Leavenworth County, four from Doniphan County, and one each from
Jefferson, Jackson, and Johnson. The remaining thirty-five were elected
by the Republicans.

The names of Delegates, with place of nativity, residence at the time
of election, age, and vocation, appear in the following table, copied from

Wilder's Annals of Kansas—Democrats in italics :

MEMBERS OF THE WYANDOTTE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

 

 

    

   
 
  
 
    
   
   
   
  

       

 

 

   

    
  
 
  
 
 
 

 
  
   
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
 
  
    
   
   
   
  

NAMES. COUNTY. PLACE OF NATIVITY. |AGE] AVOCATION.
J. M. Arthur... .| Linn. i | 42 | Farmer.
i Linn.... i -| 42 | Mechanic.
.| Atchison. . | Kentucky... 44 | Farmer.
Brown M husetts. 38 | Lawyer.
.| Atchison... .| Massachusetts... .| 84 | Lawyer.
Shawnee Di0.....000e s 38 | Lawyer.
Douglas... Kentucky... 42 | Merchant.
Marshall. Pennsylvania 25 | Lawyer.
Lykins... ap ODIOE divavwsigies 23 | Lawyer.
.| Douglas... ...| New Hampshire . 33 | Lawyer.
.| Shawnee ...| New Hampshire . 28 | Farmer.
.| Bourbon ...| Vermont... 34 | Farmer.
.| Bourbon .| Indiana... 39 | Farmer.

 

 

 

    
 
  
   

 

.| Douglas... Vermont. 42 | Merchant.

.| Nemaha Pennsylvania 50 | Lawyer.

.| Madison HO seecssecenene 35 | Lawyer.
Woodson Pennsylvania. 25 | Lawyer.

.| Coffey .... Indiana... 34 | Farmer.

. .| Pottawat New York . 40 | Physician.
James G. Blunt.. .| Anderson... Maine .... 33 | Physician.
James Hanway.. .| Franklin .. England. 49 | Farmer.

W. Hutchinson.. -| Douglas . Vermont. 35 | Farmer.
James Blood... .| Douglas. Vermont. 39 | Merchant.
8. O. Thacher. .| Douglas . New York. ...| 28 | Lawyer.
Ed. Stokes. -... Douglas . Pennsylvania.. .| 35 | Manufacturer.
8. D. Houston. .| Riley Ohio .... 40 | Farmer.
J. P. Slough .... .| Ohio... 30 | Lawyer.
W. McCulloch. Scotland . 44) Farmer,
C. B. McClelland .. 3 Ohio ....... 30 | Merchant.
.| Doniphan.. Kentucky. 40 | Merchant.
.| Doniphan.. 10 wees 45 | Farmer.
.| Doniphan..... Kentucky. 30 | Merchant.
.| Leavenworth .....| Indiana... 26 | Lawyer.
.| Leavenworth .. 33 | Manufacturer.
Leavenworth .. «| 28 | Land Agent.
Leavenworth .. ...| 26 | Lawyer.
.| Leavenworth .| 31 | Lawyer.

.| Leavenworth 31 | Farmer.

.| Leavenworth .. 33 | Farmer.
.| Leavenworth .. 28 | Lawyer.
.| Leavenworth .. 24 | Lawyer.

 
   
    

 

 
 
  

 

 

 

 

.| Atchison... 55 | Merchant.

.| Johnson Virginia. .| 28 | Physician.

.| Jackson.. .| Ohio... 38 | Manufacturer.

.| Doniphan. Ohio... 29 | Lawyer.

.| Lykins... .| New Hampshire 42 | Farmer.

.| Shawnee hio.... 41 | Farmer,
Wabaunsee . .| Ohio .... 382 | Printer.

.| Allen ....... .| New York 25 | Surveyor.

.| Doniphan... .| Pennsylvania.. 28 | Merchant.

.| Osage..... .| New York 35 | Farmer.
JohDsON ........40| O10 receceerneerees 28 | Lawyer.

 

 

The convention met at Wyandotte July 5, with the following tempo-
rary officers: President, S. A. Kingman ; Secretary, Jobn A. Martin.
The permanent officers subsequently elected, were : President, James M.
Winchell; President pro tem., 8. O. Thacher; Secretary, John A. Martin;
Assistant Secretary, J. L. Blanchard ; es George F. War-
ren; Doorkeeper, J. M. Funk ; Chaplain, Werter R. Davis. |

The following personal sketches are from the Recollections of Hon.

B. F. Simpson, a member of the convention :*

Winchell came to the Territory as the accredited correspondent of the New York
Times; was about thirty-five years of age, rather under the medium height, of delicate
frame and slight build; ‘was an accomplished parliamentarian, of quick perception, great
decision, and remarkably clear statement ; his manners were genial, he was a fluent speaker,
and possessed the average impartiality of a presiding officer. He ,had the first and most
essential qualifications of a successful man, for he fully recognized the fact that absolute
fidelity to friends was the basis of all political action, and he gave to those who had cham-
pioned his cause for the Presidency the chairmanship of the most important committees.

Ed * * * * * * * * * * *”

S. O. Thacher, of Douglas County, was made President pro tem. with great unanimity,
a large minority havin, iaeored his election as President instead of Winchell. The applic
cants for the position of Secretary of the convention were numerous and untiring in their
solicitation of members for their votes and influence, -but no one of them seemed to be re-
garded with the degree of favor that created reasonable probabilities of success, and doubts
were entertained of their fitness for the place. | \ nee

John A. Martin, of Atchison, was there to witness the opening ceremonies, and to re-
port them for his paper. He was a most devoted crusader in the cause of freedom ; was
young, enthusiastic, hopeful, and withal, of practical methods. Two years before he had
invaded a strong Pro-slavery neighborhood, bought what had been their own newspaper,
and thus employed one of their most formidable batteries against them, and had been large-

* For sketch entire, see Kansas Historical Collections, 1875-80, pp. 326-247.

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ly instrumental in working up a Free-State sentiment that was then strong enough to con
trol that locality. He had been one of the warmest advocates of the organization of the
Republican party in the Territory, and was one of the Secretaries of the Osawatomie Con-
vention. His generous treatment of the public men of the Territory, his freedom from
local or personal prejudice, was in such marked contrast to the action of many of his con-
temporaries as to create a most friendly fecling in his behalf, and the delegates generally
had confidence in his judgment and discretion ; so that the suggestion of his name as Sec-
retary, at a consultation of delegates held to consider that and other questions, was accepted
at once, and with great unanimity, as the proper solution of the difficulty of selection. The
first intimation he had of the action of that caucus was when its committee waited on him
and urged him to accept the place. It is perhaps useless to add that he discharged the
duties of Secretary to the entire satisfaction of the body, and his bearing and conduct were
such that he endeared himself to the delegates; and, to-day, whenever you find a member
of that body, you find a warm friend and ardent admirer of John A. Martin.

My record of him might stop here; but it is so pleasant to say kind words of a friend,
with the consciousness that no one can truthfully say aught else, that I add his subsequent
well-known history. He was one of the first State Senators from Atchison County, and
then Postmaster of the city; led one of our best infantry regiments as a Colonel during
most of its term of service—a Elttoead soldier, without stain or blemish; has represented
the Republicans in all but one National Convention since 1860; is now serving the fourth
term as a member of the National Committee; and has fostered and improved his paper,
until to-day it is the most influential of all our dailies. 5 i Ms i

Of Samuel A. Stinson, Mr. Simpson says :

He was born in the good oldState of Maine, and, if I mistake not, was a graduate of
Bowdoin, the oldest and best endowed collegein the State. He was tall, well formed, with
a bright fresh face—indeed his complexion was delicate as that of a woman—with hair
stunggling between shades of brown and light; ajoyous disposition, pleasant smile, and most
affable manner. Hedevoured beoks, rather than read them; his tenacious memory ena-
bling him to call up their contents at will. His voice was clear and flute like, with the most
persuasive accents, and his wit sparkling and contagious. It was impossible to be in his
pr and listen to his bright sallies without having all your brighter and better facul-
ties started into action. He was a most graceful and fluent speaker, with a wealth of words
and great power of oratorical amplification. His poise was perfect, and his gestures the most
appropriate and graceful, with no “smell of the lamp,” or strained effort about his produc-
tions, and yet they were exuberant, fervid and rich. He wasthe Rufus Choate of the Kansas
bar. He wasthe Democratig candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, under
the Constitution, to the formation of which he contributed so much, but which he was final-
ly prevailed on not to sign; was subsequently elected Attorney General of the State, and as
such conducted the impeachment cases against Secretary of State Robinson, and Auditor of
State Hillyer, being pitted against Governor Shannon and Hon. Fred P.Stanton, both emi-

- nent lawyers, with long years of experience to aid them, and established national reputa-

tions to sustain them; and whatever may be the opinion of the men of these days as to the
motives, merits and results of the impeachment cases, all must admit that the professional
triumph of the trial was with Stinson. He was only twenty-six years old when a member
ofthe Convention. The gods loved him, and he died at his old home in Wiscasset, Maine,
on the 20th of February, 1866, aged thirty-three years.

Anentirely different type of man was his colleague from Leavenworth County, Will-
iam C. McDowell. He was the son of a prominent lawyer and politician of Ohio, and was
born at Hillsboro in that State, andeducated tothe bar. He was a strong, logical talker,
trying always to submit every question to the purifying process of reason, but without the
captivating erates of oratory thatso distinguished Stinson. His speeches were studied ef-
forts, carefully arranged with copious citations and numerous authorities. He was conviv-
ial and very. po in social intercourse,:and told stories and repeated witticisms with
great effect. Butthe stories and wit were not of his own creation, for he was not an electric
motor like Stinson, who generated the most sparkling gems of thought and expression by
both repulsion and attraction. * * * * * a

Parrott was the most splendid declaimer in the Territory. He strung adjectives to
adverbs and attached them to nouns with a fertility of arrangement, and a variety of mean-
ing and expression that was wonderful. He was to all intents and purposes a disciple of
Buckle, and most of his public addresses were an amplification or a paraphrase of some texts
of that most ingenious writer. Before an audience, he was bright, captivating, and earnest.
He had been prominently associated with the Free-State cause, and had great personal pop-
ularity, but McDowell had an indescribable way of “ putting things” to a crowd that was
irresistible, and I thought his closing speech at that meeting was a most extraordinary ef-
fort; and I recollect well that he took the house by storm, although two-thirds of the audi-
ance were ardent supporters of Parrott. McDowell was elected Judge of the First District.
at the election under the Constitution, and died in 1867.

ES * * * co * * * * & * * * *

Thomas Ewing, Jr., did not possess the social qualities of either Stinson, McDowell
or Parrott—he was more reserved and dignified; neither had he the ever-bubbling wit and
the ready learning of Stinson, nor the eloquent recitative powers of Parrott; but he did
possess the most sturdy, massive and comprehensive mind of any man that ever lived in the
Territory. But it required great occasions and intense excitement to develop his qualities.

The great speech of that Convention was delivered by Judge Solon O. Thacher, of
Douglas, in opposition to a resolution offered by Mr. McCune, of Leavenworth County, ask-
ing that “free negroes” be excluded from a residence in the State. From the circumstances
attending the delivery, I do not believe that the effort was a premeditated one; for the
cruel proposition was offered in the midst of the consideration of other questions, and with-
out notice. After several others had spoken, and notably Gen. John Ritchie, who had
made a most earnest protest against it, Judge Thacher took the floor and delivered the
most scholastic, eloquent and unanswerable argument in opposition to it. That speech
settled the question in favor of the absolute freedom of the Kansas soil to all colors and con-
ditions in life. .

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- John J. Ingalls, of Atchison, is now the senior Senator from Kansas. He was the
recognized scholar of the Convention, and authority on all questions connected with the
arrangement and phraseology of the instrument. Whenever he suggested a verbal amend-
ment, it was adopted by consent. He was then in his twenty-sixth year, and was a comely
youth to look upon. But I will venture the assertion that he would not wear, at his daily
attendance in the Senate, such a hat as he wore during the sittings of that Convention! It
was a cheap, broad-brimmed chip, with the crown shoved up until it assumed the shape of a
cone, and then straws were taken out until there were more holes in the top than plaits of
straw; and while time has effaced the other peculiar features of that wonderful tile, I do
recollect that it was an ever-recurring subject of comment.

CoL. JOHN A MARTIN’S ACCOUNT.

Twenty-three years after the session of the Convention (July 29,
1882), a re-union of its members and officers.was held.in Wyandotte. On
the occasion, Hon. John A. Martin delivered the address which follows.
It is, doubtless, the most interesting, reliable and able account of the pro-
ceedings of that body which has been, or ever will be, written, and as such
is given entire, as a history of the Convention :

Mr. Presivent: It is often charged that participants in assemblages of this character

-are apt to exaggerate the importance of the occasion they commemorate, and, after the man-

ner of one of our poets, sing in chorus, “I celebrate myself.” Perhaps I can speak of the
Wyandotte Convention and its work without being accused of this self-gratulation ; for I
was more of an observer of its proceedings than a participant in them. I recorded what was
done, but I had no pe or lot in the doing: If its work had been crude or weak, I could not
fairly have been held responsible for the failure. As it was strong, efficient and enduring, I
can felicitate you, the survivors of those who wraught this great service for Kansas, without
a suspicion of seld-praise.

Four conventions framed Constitutions for this State. The first assembled at Topeka,
on the 23d of October, 1855, and adjourned on the 11th of November, after a session of twenty
days. It was composed of forty-seven members, of whom thirty-one signed the Constitu-
tion. On the 15th of December this instrument was submitted to the people for ratification
or rejection. Only 1,777 ballots were cast, all but 46 being favorable. One of its sections,
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' provision excluding negroes and mulattoes from the State, was submitted as an independent
proposition, and adopted by an affirmative vote of 1,287 to 453 against it. . :
é The second Convention was that held at Lecompton, which met on the 7th of June,
1857, and, after a session of four days, aalournee until the 19th of October, a final adjourn-
ment being reached on the 3d of November. It was composed of sixty-four members, forty-
five of whom signed the organic law it framed, and its session continued twenty days. No

direct vote on this constitution was provided for. The schedule ordered two forms of .

ballot, one, the “Constitution with Slavery,” the other, “Constitution with no Slavery.” It
was the old turkey and buzzard choice. ‘The Free-State men refused to vote at the election,
held on the 21st of December, and only 6,885 ballots were cast, 6,226 being forslavery and 569
against slavéry. The Free-State men had, however, elected -a majority of the Territorial
Legislature in October, and at a special session of that body, held in ecember, a law was
passed providing for a direct vote on the Constitution. ‘This etection:was held on the 14th of
January, 1858, resulting: Against the Constitution, 10,266; for, 164—the Pro-slavery men not
voting. A third vote on the Lecompton instrument was takem August 2, 1858, Congress
having ordered its re-submission under the terms of the English bill. Again it was rejected,
the ballots in its favor being only 1,785, and those against it, 11,300. se

The Leavenworth Convention met at Minneola, March 28, 1858, and at once adjourned
to Leavenworth, where it re-assembled March 25. It was composed of ninety-five members,
was in session only eleven days, and the Constitution it framed was signed by eighty-three
persons, This instrument was adopted at an election held May 11, by a very small vote,
the Pro-slavery men taking no part in the contest. It was never a popular organic law,
and many Free-State men who supported it did so under protest. An earnest effort was

‘made, by the Republicans, to secure the 4dmission of Kansas under the Topeka Constitu-

tion, and by the Democrats, with a few exceptions, to bring the Territory in under the
Lecompton Constitution. But no serious or determined contest was waged, in Congress, for
admission under the Leavenworth Constitution,and in less than eight months the move-
ment in its behalf was formally abandoned. _- :

Early in February, 1859, the Territorial Legislature passed an act, submitting to the
people the question of calling a Constitutional Convention. This vote was taken March 28,
and resulted: For, 5,306; against, 1,425. On the 10th of May; 1859, the Republican party of
Kansas was organized, at Osawatomie, and at the election held on the 7th of June, for dele-
gates to the Wyandotte Convention, the Republican and Democratic parties confronted each
other in Kausas for the first time. The Democrats carried the counties of Leavenworth,
Doniphan, Jetferson and Jackson, and elected one of the two delegates trom Johnson. The
Republicans were successful in all the other counties voting. The total vote polled was
14,000. The Republican membership was thirty-five; Democratic, seventeen.

The Convention then chosen assembled on the 5th day of. July, 1859. In its composition
it-was an unusual, not to say remarkable, Kansas assemblage. Apparently the chiefs of the
contending parties had grown weary of Constitution. making, or regarded this fourth
‘endeavor in that line as a predestined failure, for they were conspicuous by their absence.
In the Topeka Convention nearly every prominent man ‘of the Free-State party had a seat.
Gen. Lane was President, and Charles Conway, Marcus J. Parrott, William Y. Roberts,
George W. Smith, Phillip C. Schuyler, C.-K. Holliday, Mark W. Delahay, and many other
prominent.Free-State leaders were members. In the Leavenworth Convention there was a
similar gathering of widely known Free-State men.” Conway. was its President, and Lane,
Roberts, Thomas Ewing, Jr., Henry J. Adams, H.P. Johnson, S.N. Wood, T. Dwight
Thacher, P. B. Plum, Joel K, Goodin, A. Larzelere, W. F. M. Arny, Charles H. Branscomb,

3 gate Hsusls, and many other influential Free-State chiefs or partisans, were among its
members, 2
4 In the W: andotte Convention all the noted Free-State leaders were conspicuously

’ absent. Its roll-call was made up of names. generally new in Kansas affairs, and largely
unknown in either the Free-State or Pro-slavery councils. Its President, James M. Win-
chell, and his colleagues, William McCullough and John Ritchie, of Shawnee, had been mem-
bers of the Leavenworth Convention; Col. Caleb May, of Atchison, and W. R. Griffith, of
Bourbon, had been members of both the Topeka and Leavenworth Conventions; and
James M. Arthur, of Linn, had been a member of the Topeka Convention. But their prom-
inence was largely local. On the Democratic side, too, appeared men before unnoted in the

annals of the stirring and tremendous conflict that had for years made the young Territory.

the cynosure of a continent’s interest. None of the Pro-slavery men who-_sat in the
Lecompton Convention or the Pro-slavery Legislatures—Calhoun, Stringfellow, Henderson,
Elmore, Wilson, Carr and 6thers—appeared in this body.

A Perhaps the absence of these party leaders was a fortunate thing for the convention
and the incipient State. For in discriminating intelligence, in considerate zeal for the wel-
fare of the people, in catholic grasp of principles, and iu capacity for defining theories
elearly and compactly, the members of this body were not wanting. Qn the other hand,
there were fewer jealousies and far less wrangling than would have been possible had the
envious and aspiring party leaders been present. I think it is certain that the work was
‘better done—done with more sobriety, sincerity, prudence and real ability than would have
resulted had the recognized chiefs of the rival parties been on the floor of the convention.
The pioneers—the John Baptists—of the Free-State cause were all at Topeka, and the con-
stitution they framed is distigured by some blotches and much useless verbiage. ‘The leaders
were all at Leavenworth, where they schemed for preeedence, and spread traps to catch one
another, and quarreled over non-essentials, and did everything but make a popular consti-
tution. Lecompton was the last expression of a beaten, desperate and wrong-headed, but
intellectually vigorous faction, and was really, barring the method of its submission and its
attempt to perpetuate slavery, an admirable organic law.

‘The younger men of the Territory constituted the convention at Wyandotte. They
came upon the tield fresh, enthusiastic, and with a place in the world of thought and action
to conguer. They recognized the fact that they must do extremely well to secure popular

favor, and they set about their task with industry, intelligence and prudence. They were
not martyrs or reformers, as niany of those at Topeka were; nor jealous politicians or fac-
tionists, as most of those at Leavenworth were. They had no old battles to fight over again,
no personal feuds to distract them, no recollections of former defeats or victories to reverse
or maintain. They were their own prophets. They had no experience in constitution
making, aud hence did not Jook backward. They were not specialists. A few had hobbies,
but the vast majority had no bees buZzing in their bonnets. A few were doginatic, but the
many were anxious to discuss and willing to be convinced, A few were loquacious, but the
majority were thinkers and workers. Some were accomplished scholars, but the majority
were men of ordinary education, whose faculties had been sharpened and trained ee the
hard experience of an active and earnest life. Many were BOOMs, direct, intelligent
speakers; several were really eloquent; and a few may justly be ranked with the most
' versatile and brilliant men Kansas has ever numbered among her citizens,

Very few were oldmen. Only fifteen of the fifty-Lwo members were over forty. Over
one-third were under thirty, and nearly two-thirds under thirty-five. Very few, as I have
said, had previously appeared as representatives of the people in any ‘Territorial assemblage,
and this was especially true of the men whose talents, industry and férce soon approved
them leaders. Samuel A. Kingman had been in the Territory only about eighteen months,
and was unknown outside of Brown County until be appeared at Wyandotte. Solon O.
Thacher was a young lawyer of Lawrence, never before prominent in public affairs. John
J. Ingalls had served, the previous winter, as Engrossing Clerk of the Territorial Council.
Samuel A. Stinson was a young attorney, recently from Maine. ‘William C. McDowell had
never been heard outside of Leavenworth. Benjamin I°, Simpson was a boyish-looking
lawyer from Miami County, and John T. Burris had been practicing, for a year or two, before
Justices’ courts in Johnson County. John P. Slough had been a member of the Ohio Legis-
lature, but was a new-comer in Kansas; and E. G. Ross was the publisher of a weekly
newspaper at Topeka.

One-half of the members had been in the Territory less than two years. Six came in

1854, four in 1855, and twelve in 1856, while Mr. Forman, of Doniphan, dated his residence
from 1853; Mr. Palmer, of Pottawatomie, from 1854, and Mr. Houston, of Riley, from 1853.
Forty-one were from Northern States, seven from the South, and four were of foreign birth,
England, Scotland, Ireland and Germany each contributing one. It appears singular that
only one of the Western States, Indiana, was represented in the membership, that State fur-
nishing six delegates. Twelve hailed from New England, Ohio contributed twelve, Penn-
sylvania six, and New York four. Only sigh ieet belonged to the legal profession—an
unusually small number of lawyers in such a body. Sixteen were farmers, eight merchants
three physicians, three manufacturers, one a mechanic, one a printer, one a land agent, and
one asurvéyor. The oldest member was Robert Graham, of Atchison, who was fifty-five; the
youngest, Benjamin F. Simpson, of Lykins County (now Miami), who was twenty-three,

t was a workifig body from the first hour of its session until the last. There is a tra-

dition that the Continental Congress which promaleet the Declaration of Independence
was materially hastened in its deliberations over that immortal document by swarms of

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flies that invaded the hall where it sat, and made the life of its members a burden. Perhaps
the intense heat of’the,rough-plastered room where the convention met, or the knowledge
that-‘Territorial scrip would be received by importunate landlords only at a usurious dis-
count, had something to do, with urging dispatch in business. But certainly the convention
went to work with an energy and industry I have never seen paralleled in a Kansas delib-
erative body since that time. It perfected its organization, adopted rules for its govern-
ment, discussed the best mode of procedure’ in framing a constitution, and appointed a
committee to report upon that subject during the first day’s session ; all the standing com-
mittees were announced on the third day; and by the close of the fifth day it had disposed
of two very troublesome contested election cases, decided that the Ohio constitution should
be the model for that of Kansas, perfected arrangements for oe and: printing. its
debates, and instructed its committees upon a number of disputed questions. The vote on
selecting a model for the constitution was, on the second ballot: For the Ohio constitution,
25 votes; Indiana, 23, 4nd Kentucky, 1. So our Kansas constitution was modeled after that.
of Ohio—something, I think, as the farmer’s new house was designed after his old one; it
was built upon the old site. ’ z i ;

. The chairmanships of the different committees were assigned as follows: Preamble and
Bill of Rights—William Hutchinson, of Lawrence. Executive Department—John P. Greer,
of Shawnee, Legislative Department—Solon O. Thacher, of Lawrence. Judicial Depart-
ment—Samuel A. Kingman, of Brown County: Military—James G, Blunt, of Anderson
County. Electors and Klections—P. H. Townsend, of Douglas. Schedule—John T. Burris,
of Johnson. Apportionment—H. D. Preston, of Shawnee. Corporations and Banking—
Robert Graham, of Atchison. Education and Public Institutions—W. R. Griffith, of Bour-
bon County. County and-Township Organizations—John Ritchie, of Topeka, Ordinance
and Public Debt—James Blood, of Lawrence. Finance and Taxation—Benjamin F. Sim
son, of Lykins. Amendments and Miscellaneous—S. D. Houston, of Riley County. Fed-
eral Relations—T. 8. Wright, of Nemaha County. Phraseology and Arrangements—John
J. Ingalls, of Atchison. - . i

f have studied the composition of these committees with some interest, reviewing the
work of their members in the convention, and recalling their subsequent eareers. And it
appears to me that in making them up, President Winchell exhibited phenomenally quick
and accurate judgment of men. He was, indeed, one of the best meee officers I have
ever known, His imperturbable coolness, never for an instant ruffed by the most sudden
and passionate ontbreaks of excitement in the convention; his mastery of all the niceties
of parliamentary law; his uniform courtesy and tact; his promptness and clearness in
stating his decisions ; and above all, the mingled grace and kindness with which he an-
nounced to an indignant member an adverse decision, was really wonderful. But what shall
be said of that still more wonderful prescience with which he made up the committees?

~ What induced this calm, gray-eyed, observing little man, whose brass-buttoned blue coat

was first seen by two-thirds of the convention on the morning of the 5th of July—what im-
pelled -him within twenty-four hours, to select an obscure, dull looking, shock-headed
country doctor as Chairman of the Military Committee, and thus name in connection wi
military affairs, for the first time, the only Kansas soldier who reached a full Major-General-
ship? How did he happen to pass by half adozen more widely known lawyers, and Speen
as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, a man who, during more than fitteen years there-
after, occupied a place on the Supreme Bench of the State, tor the greater portion of this
time as the Chief Justice? How came he to recognize so oe g in the Engrossing Clerk
of the Territorial Legislature, the ripest scholar and the fittest man in the body for the
chairmanship of the committee to which every article of the Constitution was reterred for
final revision and amendment? In the youngest and most boyish looking member he found
the man who was to form, for this State, acode.of finance and taxation whose clear direc-
tions and wholesome restrictions have guarded Kansas against the wasteful extravagance of
Legislatures and thé curse of a burdensome public debt, during all the tempting and perilous
affairs of its first quarter century. And he named, as head of the Committee on Education,
the first State Superintendent of Public Instruction. All of his appointments were made,
with rare judgment, but those mentioned appear notably discerning.

_ On the-sixth day, a resolution favoring biennial sessions of the Legislature—adopted
sixteen years afterward—was submitted and referred. The first of a long series of resolu-

- tions or proposcd sections of the Constitution, prohibiting the settlement of negroes or mu-
lattoes within the limits of the State, was also introduced. This question, with others of a
kindred nature; such as propositions to prohibit colored children attending the schools, or
to exclude them from the university, or to forbid the appropriation of any funds for their
education, and last, and meanest of all, to deny to negroes the shelter of county poor houses
when poor and helpless, was voted upon again and again, first in one form and then in
another, and to the enduring honor of the majority, always defeated. It seems singular, in
this day and generation, that such theories found persistent and earnest advocates. But it
should be remembered that all this happened belore the war, when slavery was still an “ in-
stitution” in nearly half the States ut the Union. The Pro-slavery party was, of course,
solidly in favor of excluding free negroes trom the State, and less thas tour years prior to
the meeting of the convention, the I‘ree-State party, in voting on the ‘opeka Constitution,

ad given a decided majority in javor of such exclusion. It therefore required genuine
courage and principle to go upon record against each and every proposition of this character.
For very few members who so voted felt absolutely certain of the indorsement of their
constituents.

_, The first article of the Constitution reported, that on corporations and banks, was sub-
mitted on the sixth day and considered. 1t was stated, by the President, that many other
committees had their reports in the hands of the priuter, and during the next few days they
began to come in very rapidly The cunvention, to expedite work, adopted a resolution re-
quiring all committees to report on or before Saturday, the eleventh day of the session.

On the seventh day, the annexation of that portion of Nebraska lying south of the
Platte River, was fully considered. The then organized Nebraska Counties included in that
section of our sister State had elected delegates to the convention who were present, earnest-
ly advocating annexation. This proposition was discussed during several days, and the de-
bates took a wide range. The Nebruska delegates were admitted to seats as honorary mem-
bers, with the privilege of speaking on this subject. The final determination, however, was
to preserve the original northern line. ‘Two intluences induced this decision, one political,
the other local and material. Many Republicans feared that the South Platte country was,
or would be likely to become, Democratic. Lawrence and Topeka both aspired to be the
State Capital, an thelr influence was against annexation, because they 1eared it would
throw the conter of population far north of the Kaw.

Lhe preamblo and bill of rights was reported on the tenth, and opened the whole ques-
tion of the States’ boundaries, The committee proposed the twenty-third meridian as the
western line, and the forticth parallel as the line on the north. This would have excluded
about ninety miles of territory within paces limits of the State. The committee's rec-
ommendation was, however, adopted, and stood as the determination of the convention
until the day betore the tinal adjournment, when Col. May, of Atchison, secured a re-
consideration, and on his motion the twenty-fifth meridian was substituted for the twenty-
third. ‘The northern boundary question was finally settled on the fifteenth day, when, by a
vote of nineteen ayes to twenty-nine nays, the convention refused to memorialize Congress
to include the South Platte country within the limits of Kansas.

On the seventh day, the Legislatine and Judicial Committees reported. The Legisla-
tive article was considered next day. The committee proposed that bills might originate in
otther House, but Mr. Winchell submitted a novel amendment, which required all laws to
originate in. the House of Representatives. This was adopted, notwithstanding the vigor-
ous opposition of Mr, ‘Thacher, the chairman of the committee, by a vote of thirty-seven to
thirteen. It survived the admission of the State only three years, being amended in 1964.

On the eighth day the militia article was adopted; on the ninth day the judicialarticle
was perfected, and the article on education and public institutions reported and discussed;
and on the tenth day the committees on county and township organizations, and schedule,
pe The deathless pertinacity of a “claim,” is illustrated by a petition presented that

ay, from one Samuel A. Lowe, a clerk of the so-called “Bogus Legislature,” who wanted
pay for certain work he alleged he had performed. Only a year ago Mr. Lowe presented the
same claim to Congress, and it was, I believe, allowed by the House. But the Kansas Sena-
tors made such determined war on it that Mr. Lowe can still sing, “A claim to keep. I have.”

Lhave mentioned the fact that Mr. Winchell was the author of the section providing
that all bills should originate in the House. Itshould be stated that Mr. Ingalls was the
author of the provision that “in actions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the
jury, andif it shall appear that the alleged libelous matter was published for justifiable
ends, the accused shall be acquitted.” Another original provision of the Constitution is the
Homestead section. This was first proposed by Mr. Foster, of Leavenworth County, on the
ioe ay oF he On, and reported by the committee on miscellaneous and’ amendments

rteenth day. Noother feature of the Constitution, perhaps, elicited more-animat
"Tel ete

.on the 29th of the same month President Bue:

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ed and earnest debate. It was discussed for several;days, amended, referred and again sub-
mitted, As priginally reported, it provided for the exemption of “a homestead of 160 acres
of land, or ® house and lot not exceeding $2,000 in value, or-real, personal and mixed prop-
erty not exceeding $2,000, to any family,” -“Lhis was adopted by a vote of twent; -eight.ayes
to sixteen nays. Two days later the vote. was reconsidered, and President Winchell pro-
posed the wording finally adopted: “A homestead of:160 acres of farming land, or of ong acre
within the limits ofan incorporated town or city, occupied as a residence by the family of
the owner, together with all the faprovenients on the same, shall be exempted from forced
sale under any process of law, and shall not be alienated without the joint consent of hus-
band and wife, where the relation exists.”
Shinty-shree to seven. :
thought at the time, however, and a review of the proceedings and debates has con-
firmed my impression, that favorable action on this provision owen aga to the earnest and
eloquent advocacy of Judge Kingman, who was its most zealous, logical and courageous sup-
orter. The homestead clause of the Kansas Constitution has been severely criticised, but I
elieve the people of the State generally regard it as a most beneficent provision of their
organic law. For nearly a quarter of a century it has been maintained, and it still stands,
as Judge Kingman said it would, guarding “the home, the hearthstone, the fireside around
which a man may gather his family with the certainty of assurance that neither the hand of
the law, nor any, nor all of the uncertainties of life, can eject them from the possession of it.”

The finance and taxation and the executive articles were adopted on the fourteenth
day, and the miscellaneous articles considered. This originally provided for the election of
a public ante but that section was stricken out, after a vigorous protest by Messrs. Ross
and Ingalls, Nine years later their idea was indorsed by the adoption of an amendment
creating the office of State Printer. .

On the seventeenth day the temporary capital was located at Topeka, the second ballot
resulting: for Topeka, 29; for Lawrence, 14; for Atchison, 6. .

On the same day a proposition was made by Mr. Preston, of Shawnee County, to amend
the miscellaneous article by adding the following section: -

“The Legislature shall have power to results or prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors,
except for mechanical and medicinal purposes.”

A motion made to lay this amendment on the table was defeated by a vote of eighteen
ayes to thirty-nine nays. But the anxiety of the members to exclude from the constitution
any provision that might render its adoption doubtful or prevent the admission of the State,
finally prevailed, and after a full interchange of views, Mr. Preston withdrew his amend-
ment. There is, it is said, nothing new under the sun. Those who imagine that the pro-
hibition amendment adopted in 1880 was a new departure in constitution making, have
never examined the records of the Wyandotte convention.

On the nineteenth day occurred the last struggle over the slavery question in Kansas.
Section 6 of the bill of rights, prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude, came up for
adoption, and it was resolved to add a proviso suspending the operation of this section for
the period of twelve months after the admission of the State. This proviso received eleven
votes, and twenty-eight were recorded against it. A most exciting discussion: occurred on
the eam day over the apportionment article, which the Democrats denounced as a “gerry-
mander. <

The work of the convention was practically oe piatee on the twenty-first day. The
various articles had each been considered and adopted, first in committ¢e of the whole, then
in convention, then referred to the committee on Phraseology and Arrangement, and, after
report of the committee, again considered by sections and adopted. But so anxious were
the members that.every word used should be the right word, expressing the idea intended
most clearly and directly, that when the reading of the completed constitution was finished,
on the morning of the twenty-first day, it was decided to refer it to a special committee,
consisting of Messrs. Ingalls, Winchell, Ross and eee for further revision and veritica-
tion. This committee reported the same afternoon, and again the constitution was read by
sections, for final revision, with the same painstaking carefulness and attention to the mi-
nutest details. All that afternoon, and all the next day, with brief interruptions for action
on the closing work, this revision went on, and it was 5 o’clock in the afternoon of the 29th,
before the last section was pees Then occurred one of the most dramatic scenes of
the convention. Mr. Hutchinson submitted a resolution declaring that “ we do now adopt
and proceed to sign the constitution.”

At once Mr. Slough addressed the chair, and after warmly eulogizing the general feat-
ures of the constitution, pronouncing it ‘a model instrument,” he formally announced that
political objections impelled himself and his Democratic associates to decline attaching their
signatures to it. These objections hestated at length. They were, briefly: The curtail-
ment of the boundaries of the State; the large Legislative body provided for; the exclusion
of Indians made citizens of the United States from the privilege of voting; the registry of
voters at the-election on the constitution; the refusal to exclude free negroes from the State,
and the apportionment. 4

Thisaction of the Democratic members had been foreshadowed for several days, but
it was, nevertheless, something of a surprise. The Republicans understood that several of
the Democrats had earnestly opposed such a course, and hoped that some of them would be
governed by their own convictions, rather than by the mandate of their caucus. For a few
moments after Mr. Slough concluded, the convention sat, hushed and expectant. But no
other Democratic member rose. It wasevident thatthe caucusruled. Then Judge Thacher,
the President pro ¢em., addressed the chair, and in a speech of remarkable vigor and elo-
quence, accepted the gauge of battle thrown down. “Upon this constitution,” he declared,
“we will meet our opponents in the popular arena. It is a better, a nobler issue than ever
the old Free-State issue. They have thrown down the gauntlet; we joyfully take it up.”
He then proceeded to defend, with great earnestness and power, the features of the consti-
tution objected to by Mr. Slough. “The members of the convention,” he asserted, “ have
perfected a work that will be enduring.” The constitution, he affirmed, would “commend
itself to the true and good everywhere, because through every line and syllable there
glows the generous sunshine of liberty.” It was and should be, he declared:

“Like some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form,
Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm;
Though round its breast, the Lae clouds shall spread
Eternal sunshine settles on its head.”

Read in the light of subsequent history these declarations appear almost prophetic.

The twilight shuaawe were gathering about Wyandotte when this debate closed, and
the convention proceeded to vote on Mr. Hutchinson's resolution, which was adopted by
thirty-four ayes to thirteen nays—one Republican and four Democrats being absent. The
roll was then called, and the constitution was signed by all the Republican members except
one, Mr. Wright, of Nemaba, who was absent, sick, The work of the convention was com-
pleted, and after voting thanks to its officers, it adjourned without date.

Each party, I think, was guilty of one blunder it afterward seriously regretted—the
Republicans in refusing to include the South Platte country within the boundaries of Kan-
sas; the Democrats in refusing to sign the constitution they had labored diligently to per-
fect. Ispeak of whatI consider the great mistake of the Republicans with all the more
frankness because I was, at the time, in hearty sympathy with their action; but I feel con-
fident that, no Republican member is living to-day who does not deplore that decision. And
I am equally confident that within a brief time after the convention adjourned, there were
few Democratic members who did not seriously regret their refusal to sign the constitution.

On the 4th of October, 1859, the constitution was submitted to the people for ratification
or rejection, and, for the first time in the history of Kansas, all parties cast a full, free and
unintimidated vote. The Republicans favored, and the Democrats generally opposed its
adoption. . Nearly 16,000 votes were polled, of which 10,421 were. for, and 5,530 against the
constitution. The homestead clause, submitted as an independent proposition, was ratified
by a vote of 8,788 for, to 4,772 against it. Every county in the Territory except two, John-
son:and Morris, gave a majority for the constitution. ‘

Two months later, December 6, State and county officersand members of the Legis-
lature were elected, and the people of Kansas, having exhausted. their authority in State
building, patiently awaited the action of Congress. Qnthe 1ith of April, 1860, the House
of Representatives voted, 134 to 73, to admit Kansas as a State, under the Wyandotte Consti-
tution. Twice, during the next eight months, the Senate defeated motions to consider the
Kansas bill, but on the 2ist of January, 1861, several Southern Senators having seceded, Mr.
Seward “took a pinch of snuff” and called it up sees It passed by a vote of 36 to 16, and

anan approved. it. Thus young Kansas,

through many difficulties and turmoils, was “added to the stars.” ; a
. uring nearly twenty-two of the most eventful and exciting years of American his-
tory, the Constitution thus framed and ratified, has defined the porrens and regulated the
duties of the government of Kansas. Three Legislatures have voted down propositions to call

Thus perfected, it was adopted by a vote of

175

a new Constitutional Conventiom, Twelve or fifteen amendments have been submitted,. but
only eight have been approved by the people. Finally, in 1880, the Legislature voted to
submit a proposal for a new convention, and at the regular election held in November of that
year, this ballot was taken. The result was an indorsement of the old Wyandotte Constitu-
tion by a, are Ocey far more emphatic and overwhelming than that by which-it was origi-
nally adopted, the vote standing 22,870 for, and 146,279 against the proposed convention, or
nea seven to one. ;
t is doubtful whether the organic law of any other State in the Union has more suc-
. cessfully survived the mutations of time and inconstant public sentiment, and the no less fuct-
uating necessities ofa swiftly developing commonwealth. Of its seventeen articles, only four,
and of its one hundred and seventy-eight sections, only eight, have been amended. And of
the eight amendments adopted, only tive have revoked or modified: the principles of policy
originally formulated, the others being changes demanded by the growth of the State, or by
the events of the civil war, .The first amendment, ratified in 1861, provides that no banking
institution shall issue circulating notes of a less denomination than $1—the original limita-
tion being $5. In1864, the provision requiring all bills to originate in.the House of Repre-
sentatives was repealed;: and a section intended to prevent United States soldiers from yot-
ing, but which was so worded that it deprived our volunteers of that right, was also repealed.
In 1867, an amendment was adopted disfranchising all persons who aided the “Lost
Gause,” or who were dishonorably discharged from the army of the United States, or who
had defrauded the United States, or any State during the war. In 1868, the State Printer
amendment was ratified. In 187s, the number of Senators and Representatives, originally
limited to 33 and 100 respectively, was increased to 40 and 125. In. 1875, three proposi-
tions, each having in view biennial, instead of annual sessions. of the Legislature, were
adopted, And in 1880 the prohibition amendment was ratified. These are all the
changes that have been madein our organic law during nearly a quarter of a century.
it would violate the proprieties of such an occasion to comment on the personal feuds
or partisan broils which once or twice marred the general harmony and orderly progress of
the proceedings. These were very few, indeed,and none of them, I think, outlasted the
convention. ‘The members parted, when the final adjournment came, with mutnal respect
and good will, and the friendships formed during the session have been unusually warm and
enduring, © ‘ .

It Senn fitting that, in concluding this sketch of the convention and its labors, I should
briefly narrate the subsequent history of its members. It was asmall company, that which
parted here twenty-three years ago to-day, and it was made up, as I have said, largely of
young and vigorous men. But when this re-union was first suggested, andI caine te look
over the familiar nameg | had so often called during the long, hot days of that far away
July, it was painful to: note the havoc death had made. It.impressed me something as did
aroll-eall I once witnessed, in the red glare of bivouac fires after one of the great battles of
the war; when surviving comrades answered “killed,” or “wounded,” to one-half the
names of a regiment. ‘en of the fifty-two members composing the convention, I have
not heard of for many years. Of theremaining forty-two, twenty rest quietly in

—* The reconciling grave,
Where all alike lie down in peace together.”

_. ‘The largest delegation was that from Leavenworth County, and only one of the ten
gentlemen comprising it, R. C. Foster, certainly survives. Rare Sam Stinson, whose genial
wit and brilliant accomplishments won all hearts, was elected Attorney General in 1861, by
a unanimous vote, and died in his old Maine home in February, 1856. William C, McDowell
was chosen Judge of the First Judicial District, at the first election under the Constitution;
served four years; was killed by a tall from an omnibus in St. Louis, July 16,1866. John P.
Slough removed to Colorado, was Colonel of a regiment raised in that State, and later a Brig-
dier General; was appointed, after the war, Chief Justice of New Mexico, and was killed, at.

~ Santa Ié. Samuel fHipple removed to Atchison County; served aS Quartermaster during
the war; was elected State Senator in 1867; and died in January, 1876. illiam Perry ‘re-
moved to Colorado, where he died. P.S. Parks returned to Indiana, and engaged in jour-
nalism and the law, until his death, three yearsago. Fred Brown died in St. Joseph, Mo.,
and John Wright at his home in Leavenworth County. Robert Graham, of Atchison Coun-
ty, the oldest member, died in 1868. Three of the members from Doniphan County, Robert J.
Porter, Benjamin. Wrigley, John Stairwalt, are dead. The membersfrom Linn, James M.
Arthur and Josiah Lamb, are both dead, as are also N. C. Blood, of douglas, and T. 8S. Wright,
of Nemaha. W. R. Gritlith, of Bourbon, was elected the first State Superisatendent of Public
Instruction, and died February 12, 1862, before the completion. of his term. James G.
Blunt, of Anderson, who became a Major General during the war, and won renown asa
brave and skillful soldier, died in Washington a year or more ago. James Hanway, of
Franklin, after a long life of usefulness, died at his old home, only a brief while ago. Presi-
dent James M. Winchell returned to New York shortly after the outbreak of the rebellion,
and resumed his connection with the Zines, first as war correspondent and afterward as an
ree writer. Until his death, a few years since, he was employed upon that great

journal.
: . Of the surviving members, many have attained the highest distinctions of the State;
and all, I believe, are useful and honored citizens. At the first election under the Consti-
tution, Samuel A. Kingman was chosen as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1866,
he was elected Chief Justice, and re-elected in 1872. |.

Benjamin F, Simpson was elegted tne first Attorney General of the State; but resigned
the position to enter the army, in which he served throughout the war. He has since been
Speaker of the House of Representatives; several times a State Senator, and is now serving
his second term as United States Marshal. ae :

Solon O. Thacher was chosen District Judge at the first election under the Constitution,
and has since occupied many positions of honor and responsibility, and is a member of the
present State Senate.

J.C. Burnett, S.
and George H. Lillie was a member of the first House of Representatives.

i G. Ross was appointed United States Senator in 1866, and elected in 1867, serving
until 1871. ;

’ John J. Ingalls was chosen as State Senator in 1861; was elected as United States Sena-

“> forli'1873, and re-elected in 1879, and is.still occupying that distinguished place.

Johu-T. Burris was Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and
subsequently, District Judge.

Williaimde,. Du James Blood, L. R. Palmer, John P. Greer and John Ritchie, have
filled many positionsraftocal trust and prominence, with credit and usefulness. é

R. C. Foster and: “W. l’orman are residing in Texas; William Hutchinson liyes in
Washington, and (. B. McClellan, E, Moore and I. M. Hubbard are still-_prominent and hon-
ored citizens of the counties they represented, ;

My old friend, Col. Calét, May, Sole surviving member of the three Free-State Consti-
tutional Conventions, lives in Mouty@inery County. If Dean Swift was right in saying, that
“ Whoever could make two ears of ;,0x two blades of grass, to grow on a spot of ground
where one grew before, would deserve bettér.o/ mankind, and do more essential service to
his country than the whole race of pol ra what honor is due this sturdy Kansas

D. Houston and 8. E. Hoffman were members of the first State Senate,

  

farmer, who, during a residence of twenty-eifbyears inthe State, has never, not even in
the disastrous seasons of 1860 and 1874, failed’to raise a good crop? Even the heroic service
he rendered the cause of Freedom—during the dar days of the struggle in Kansas—was
less valuable to the State than this practical and trittmphant vindication of its soil and
climate. S : . ‘

Stalwart, quiet William McCullough, I have not heard. btfor maany years.

John A. Middleton, of Marshall County, was a soldier in the Seventh Kansas Volunteer
Infantry ; removed to Montana in 1864, and I have learned nothing of him since.

H. D. Preston, of Shawnee; R. L. Williams, P. H. Townsend and Ed. Stokes, of Douglas;
Allen Crocker, of Woodson; A. D. McCune, of Leavenworth; J. H. Signor, of Allen, and J.
T. Barton, of Johnson, have all disappeared, and left no sign. I know not whether they aré
living or dead. :

‘Of the officers of the Convention—queer old George Warren, Sergeant-at-Arms of nearly
all the early Kansas Legislatures and Conventions—died many years ago. i

Edward S$. Nash—the Journal Clerk—was Adjutant of the First Kansas Volunteer
Infantry, and died some years.since in Chicago,

Robert.St. Clair Graham, one of the Enrolling Clerks, was elected Judge of the Second
Judicial District in 1866, and died in 188v. et .

Richard J. Hinton, also an Enrolling Clerk, is the editor of the Washington (D. C.)
Gazette, and a widely. known journalist. ‘ : :

Werter R. Davis—the Chaplain—was a member of the first State Legislature; was Chap-
lain of the Twelfth, and Colonel of the Sixteenth Kansas Regiments during the war, and is
one of the most prominent clergymen of his denomination in the State.

 
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S. D. McDonald, printer to the Convention, is still engaged in journalisin.

J. M. Funk—the Doorkeeper—and J. L. Bitachani—ite Assistant Secretary—I have not
heard from or of for many years.

I wish I could sketch more in detail, the work and history of the members of the Con-
vention; but this Paper is, I know, already too long. I have tried to tell how our Consti-
tution was made. I could not narrate, within reasonable limits—

“ What workman wrought its ribs of steel;
Who made each mast, and sail, and rope;
What anvils rang—what hammers beat—
In what a forge, and what a heat,

Were shaped the anchors of its Hope.”

At is enough to say, that the work has proved strong and enduring. Through the
groping inexperience of our State’s childhood, and the still more perilous ambitions of its
youth; through the storm of civil war, and the calm of prosperous peace, the Wyandotte
Convention has justified the confident hopes of its early friends. The most marvelous
changes have been wrought in this country since it was framed. The huge brick building,
in which the Convention held its sessions, long ago crumbled and fell. The distracted,
dependent and turbulent Territory, has grown to be a peaceful, powerful and prosperous
State.. Its hundred thousand people have multiplied to a million, Upon its vast and soli-
tary prairies, where then bloomed a wild and unprofitable vegetation, ‘“ wherewith the
mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom,” miles of green meadows
now glisten with the morning dew, and thousands of golden wheat-fields shimmer in the
noonday sun, and millions of acres of tasseling corn, rustling in the swect, twilight air, tell
of harvests so bountiful that they would feed a continent. Every quiet valley and prairie
swell is dotted with pleasant homes,-where happy children laugh and play, and men and
women go their busy ways in prosperous content. Eager learners throng 8,000 schoolhouses.
Church bells ring in nearly every county, from the Missouri to the Colorado line. More
than 4,000 miles of railway bind town and country, factory, and farm, and store, into one
community. And over all the institutions and activities of this great, intelligent and orderly
Commonwealth broods the genius and the spirit of the Wyandotte Constitution. Under its
ample authority and direction, just and generous laws have maintained the rights of citizen-
ship; pret protection to labor and property; stimulated enterprise; multiplied industries ;
opened to every child and youth the door of school and college; encouraged morality ;
fostered temperance; protected the weak ; restrained the strong, and sternly punished out-
breaking crime. And still the sunshine of popular confidence and favor falls upon the
Constitution. It has outlived half of its framers; and when, a quarter of a century hence,
the last surviving member of the Convention awaits the inevitable hour, the Wyandotte
Constitution may yet be the chart and compass ordering and guiding the destinies of a State,
whose imperial manhood is foreshadowed by its stalwart and stately youth.*

THE CLAIM COMMISSION.

The first Territorial Legislature, at its second session, passed an act
February 23, 1857, “to provide for the auditing of claims, the taking of
testimony in support of all such claims, collections, and certification of
vouchers, and making a true and correct statement in duplicate of all such
accounts, to be laid before the next Legislative Assembly of Kansas Terri-
tory, to the end that proper and united efforts may be made to obtain
from Congress compensation and indemnity for the losses, expenses and
damages incurred by the citizens of this Territory, without distinction of

arty.’

Hon. Wilson Shannon was first appointed Commissioner, but declin-
ing to serve, Hon. H. J. Strickler was chosen to fill his place, “to audit
and certify all claims of all and every person or persons who should pre-
sent the same for consideration,” for

1, (Public) moneys actually and necessarily expended for the purpose of maintaining
and carrying into gffect the-laws of this Territory, or for the purpose of suppressing any
rebellion or insurrection, whether in sustaining the militia or any posse of the Marshal or
any Sheriff of any county of the Territory.

2. (Private) claims of all persons who may have sustained any loss or damage in con-
sequence of, or growing out of, the difficulties in this Territory, by way of loss of property
or consequent expenses at any time since the passage of the act to organize this Territory,
viz., May 31, 1854.

Mr. Strickler, after giving proper notice to claimants, held sessions to
hear and receive testimony and audit claims, at Lecompton, Fort Scott,
Paoli, Osawatomie, Leavenworth, Atchison, Lawrence, Tecumseh, Osaw-
kie and other places, during the months of September, October, Novem-
ber and a part of December. According to the report of the Commission-
ers, three hundred and fifty-seven claims were presented “under oath,
with the corroborating testimony of two or more witnesses.” The whole
amount claimed was $301,225.11. The amount awarded, $258,254.28 ; of
ee $38,942.90 was of the public class, and $215,311.38 of the private
class.

In January, 1858, Gen. Strickler reported his proceedings to the Ter-
ritorial Legislature, then in session. No action was taken upon the report
at that time, as the antagonism between the “ Free-State’’ and “Pro-slav-
ery” parties was still bitter, and it was known that a large majority of
Free-State sufferers had not presented their claims, which would mostly
come under the head of ‘‘ private,” while at the same time many of the
“public”? claims in the Commissioners’ report they were unwilling to
allow.

During the session of Congress in March, 1858, Gen. Strickler for-
warded his report, and the testimony taken to Washington for presenta-
tion, according to the provisions of the claim act of February 28, 1857.

Hon. M. i Parrott, the Free-State Territorial Delegate, fad the mat-
ter referred, and at the same session presented a bill relating to the losses
sustained by settlers in Kansas during the previous years, and asking for
indemnification, but which practically amounted to nothing, affairs being
still unsettled in the southeastern part of the Territory.

At the legislative session of 1859, Gov. Medary again presented Gen.
Strickler’s report to that body, which had then been printed, with the tes-
timony taken in each case. By this time, hundreds of additional claim-
ants had reported losses, and the incompleteness of the report, although
impartially and thoroughly made, so far as it lay in the power of the Com-
missioner, determined the Legislature to provide for ascertaining and
presenting to Congress a more correct and full account of the losses sus-
tained in the Territory. An act was accordingly passed February 7, 1859,
providing for the payment of claims of sufferers by the Kansas difficulties.
The act provided for the appointment of three Commissioners, one by the
Governor, one by the Council, and the third by the House of Representa-
tives of the Territorial Legislature, whose duty should be “‘to audit and
certify all claims for the loss of property taken or destroyed, and damages
resulting therefrom, during the disorder which prevailed in this Territory

*The Wyandotte Constitution, with the amendments theretv since adopted, appears in
the Appendix to the State History.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

from November 1, 1855, to December 1, 1856. By a supplementary act,
an attorney was to be elected by joint ballot of both branches of the Legis-
lature, to attend the Commissioners, with power to subpoena witnesses and
assist in the investigation of the claims. The Governor apo Edward
Hoagland, the Council elected Henry J. Adams, and the House Samuel A.
Kingman, as the three Commissioners. On the recommendation of Gov.
Medary, Hon. William McKay was elected Territorial Attorney, and the
board organized at Leavenworth City February 21, 1859. The first public
session was held at the Johnson House in Lawrence, commencing March
1. Sessions were afterward held at Leavenworth, Osawatomie, Tecumseh
and Fort Scott. The report of the Commissioners, dated July 11, 1859,
shows that petitions were received, testimony taken and judgment ren-
dered upon 487 claims. Losses were claimed by the settlers amounting to
$479,973.92, and the Commissioners awarded and issued certificates for
$454,001.70. Out of $412,978.03 allowed for property destroyed, which in-
cluded $87,349.71 for crops destroyed, 78 buildings burned or torn down,
368 horses and 533 cattle taken or killed; $335,779.04 belonged to Free-
State and $77,198.99 to Pro-slavery men. The amount of property taken
or destroyed by Free-State men was $94,529.40; by Pro-slavery men,
$318,718.63. Of the 357 claims audited by Gen. Strickler, 196 were pre-
sented to this board for adjustment, the remainder having been abandoned
by the parties or presented by those who had subsequently moved out of
the Territory. The Commissioners state that $50,000, in addition to the
awards made, making an aggregate of about $500,000, would probably dis-
charge all demands that would be presented by actual settlers of Kansas.
The report further says:

From all our investigations we are confident that the entire loss and destruction of
property during the warfare from November 1, 1855, till December 1, 1856, including the
fitting out of the several armed expeditions, and the private losses incurred on both sides,
could not have been less than two millions of dollars (2 000,000). We believe that at least
one-half of that amount was directly sustained by, and fel. upon, actual citizens of Kansas—
the bona settlers. This opinion is formed: 1st. From the amount of losses claimed be-
fore us (and which we have no doubt were actual losses and expenses to the individuals,
but a large proportion of which we could not allow under the act of February 7, 1859). 2d.
From the amounts proven up before the former commissioner, and which have not been
presented to us for adjustment, 3d. From the number of settlers who were driven away

‘rom the Territory and have never returned, being spirit-broken and discouraged by the
scenes of 1856.

Although not within our province, we may be excused for stating that from the most
reliable information that we have been able to gather, by the secret warfare of the guerrilla
system, and in well-known encounters, the number of lives saerificed in Kansas during the
period mentioned probably exceeded rather than fell short of two hundred. Many affairs,
in which life was sacrificed (on either side) were kept secret, and the particulars are only
known to the participants. The guerrillas, from motives of policy, seldom made known the
results oftheir operations. But the number of missing persons, and the letters of inquiry for
individuals, addressed so frequently from all parts of the Union to citizens of Kansas, have a
meaning and significance not to-be mistaken.

By the provisions of the act the Commissioners were required, upon
demand of the claimant, to deliver to him a certificate of award, and on or
before the Ist day of September, 1859, to close their proceedings, and file in
duplicate, in the offices of the Secretary and Auditor of the Territory a
statement of all claims made, and amounts allowed, and also to file all
testimony, vouchers, etc., in the office of the Secretary. It then “became
the duty of the Auditor upon the delivery to him of any certificate of
award given by said Commissioners, to draw his warrants on the Treas-
urer of the Territory, in such sums as may be required, for the amount

‘therein named, in favor of the party to whom such award has been made,

or to his order, and deliver the same on demand.” Also, it was made “ the
duty of any constitutional convention, hereafter to assemble, to make
suitable provisions for securing the payment of said warrants by the Fed-
eral Government, by incorporating in the ordinance to be submitted with
the constitution formed a provision to that effect.” The warrants issued
were not to be paid before the 1st day of January, 1865, unless provision
should be made for funding them with: the other indebtedness of the Ter-
ritory, or unless Congress should sooner make provision for their payment,
but were to bear interest at six per cent per annum.

The report of the Commissioners was forwarded with the Wyandotte
Constitution to Congress, with the request that Congress “ appropriate
$500,000, or in lieu thereof 500,000 acres of land, for the payment of the
claims awarded the settlers of Kansas by the Claim Commissioners.” The
report was referred to the Committce on Claims, and, by their instruc-
tions, examined by the Clerk of the Committee, B. B. French, who allowed
$449,498.11 of the $454,001.70, the award of the Commissioners.

_ _ Congress refused to make any appropriation for the purpose of pay-
ing these claims.

The Auditor of Kansas Territory, according to the provisions of the
act providing for the payment of these claims, issued warrants on the
Treasurer of the Territory to the amount of $349,933.63. The Treasurer
issued Territorial bonds on the face of the warrants to the amount of
$95,700, to bear interest, payable annually, the principal to be paid in 1864
in New York, thus pledging the faith of the Territory for the payment of
nearly $100,000 of the claims. No action relative to the payment was
taken by the Legislature of 1860. The last Territorial Legislature passed
an act adverse to the payment of the bonds, which, by the action of the
State Legislature, became a law in the following March.

TERRITORIAL ELECTION.

The adoption of the Wyandotte Constitution was accepted by the
people of both sides as a final settlement of the exciting question which
had hitherto kept the Territory in turmoil, and henceforth the excite-
ment and frauds at the polls gave way to the quiet and honest contest for
party supremacy which prevailed elsewhere in the country. The period
of civil strife was at an end.

The Territorial clection took place November 8, at which time were
chosen a Delegate to Congress and members of the Territorial Legislature.
It was a party contest for local supremacy, in which, for the first time in
ae Byline history of the Territory, the Free-State question was not in-
volved.

The candidates for Delegate to Congress were: Saunders W. Johnston,
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Democrat; Marcus J. Parrott, Republican. ‘The returns, showing the
relative strength of the two parties at the first full ballot thrown, were as
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Arapahoe... aid 38 22 60
Atchison .. 654 531 1185
Anderson .... 8 veces 05 238 343
Allen (Wilson attached) . wef 207 208 410
Brown .... a 25 272 297
Breckinridge (Hunter attached) 145 3871 516
Butler (Dorn attached)............ 1. 47 48
Bourbon (McGee attached) 251 368 619
Coffey (Godfrey attached) 170 285 455
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Davis.. 127 94 221
Douglas 303 993 1346
Franklin . 172 265 437
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Jackson .... 179 222 401
Jefferson .. 335 367 722
Johnson... 482 408 890
Leavenworth 1391 1109 2592
Lykins. 355, 453 808
Linn .. 373 563 936
Madison 6 81 87
Morris .... 114 41 155
Marshall and Washington. 179 146 325
Nemaha... 41 228 270
Osage ...... 1 31 32
Pottawatomie .. ..... 33 121 154
Riley (Clay attached) .. 97 298 395
Shawnee ... 167 535 702
Wabaunsee. 121 129
Wyandotte . 321 289 610
Woodson.... 77 87 164
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The election of members of the Territorial Legislature, resulted in the
choice of nine Republicans and four Democrats to the Council, and twenty-
three Republicans and sixteen Democrats to the House of Representatives.
The members elected were as in the list below, Democrats in dtalies:

Council.—First District, George M. Beebe; Second District, W. J. Marion; Third Dis-
trict, W. G. Mathias ; Fourth District, J. M. Christison; Fifth District, L. R. Palmer; sixth
District, J. B. Woodward; Seventh District, Chester Thomas; Lighth- District, James M.
Hendry; Ninth District, P. P. Elder; Tenth District, C.G. Keeler; Eleventh District, W. W.
Updegraff, Twelfth District, Watson Stewart; Thirteenth District, John C. Lambdin.

opresentatives.—First District, C. B. Whitehead, Thomas Vunderstice, Hugh Robert-
son; Second District, # Lomburd, William Noel; Third District, Paschal S. Parks, Fred.
Brown, John Wright, John Murphy; Fourth District, Edward Lynde, T. A. Blake; Fifth Dis-
trict, A. Bartlett; Sixth District, Byron Stewart; Seventh District, William L. McMath ;
Eighth District, H. R. Dutton; Ninth District, Morton Cave; Tenth District, ZS.
Magill; Eleventh District, Dan. L. Chandler; Twelfth District, Robert Reynolds ;
Thirteenth District, Stephen G. Elliott; Fourteenth District, W. H. Fitzpatrick,
S. BR. Caniff; Fifteenth District, Paul R. Brooks, William A. Rankin, Erastus Heath; Six-
teenth District, Charles Sims, L. 8. Cornwall; Seventeenth District, G. A. Colton; Eighteenth
District, J. H. Jones; Nineteenth District, Wiliam R. Wagstag’; Twentieth District, Thomas
Lindsay; Twenty-first District, Henry Shively; T'wenty-second District, O. H. Sheldon, G.
W. Nelson; Twenty-third District, Samuel N. Wood ; Twenty-fourth District, P. G. D. Mor-
ton; Twenty-fifth District, John W. Scott; Twenty-sixth District, Horatio Knowles; Twenty=
seventh District (Pike’s Peak), R. Sopris.

December 6, the election was held for the chvice of State officers,
members of the State Legislature and Representative to Congress, under
the Wyandotte Constitution. The entire Republican ticket _was elected,
the vote being for the several candidates as given below, Democrats in
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‘ Charles Robinson 7908
GOVELTION wuceecesseeseccsccessceeeecenenaen saan rreeers iste { Saanuet Medary... 5395 | 18303 | 2513
Joseph P. Root .. 7893
Lieutenant Governor .. ..... crcsesctereteeeretetens ‘John P. Slough ... 5392 | 13285 | 2501
a John W. Robinson 7864
Secretary of State. A. P. Walker... 5396 | 18260 | 2468
William Tholen. 7937
TYeAaSUre?r ......cecee01++° RB. L. Pease ..... 5348 | 13885 | 2589
George 8. Hillyer. 78356
AUGILON csc cess concerns eaeetenetens on Joel K. Goodin...... 5365 | 13221 | 2491
3 William R. Gritlith . 7598
Superintendent of Public Instruction... J. S. MCGill uses 5287 | 12885 | 2311
Thomas Ewing, Jr 8010
Chief Justice .......ccsceeccceseeeereecesananrenuane aresseg Joseph Williams ..... 5301 | 13311 | 2709
Samuel A. Kingman 7895
Associate Justice (four years) «.--+-+++ssree Samuel A. Stinson..... 5396 | 13291 | 2499
Lawrence D. Bailey
Associate Justice (tWo Years)... nee Robert B. Mitchelt... 13213 | 2229
Benjamin F. Simpson.
Attorney General.......0-+ Ssbucemee Sceviguweanstee Orlin Thurston secon 5372 | 13252 | 2508
Martin F, Conway -| 7674
Representative in Congress.....-...-- senses aaseee {John A. Halderman.........| 6567 { 13241 | 2097
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THE FIFTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.

i itorial, Legislature assembled at Lecompton January 2,
Ge ee the ive branches chosen were as follows :
Council—President, W. W. Updegraff ; Clerk, John J. Ingalls; As-
sistant Clerk, A. Cutler ; Sergeant-at-Arms, H. M. Selden; Doorkeeper,
J. K. Rankin. ;
— , G A. Colton; Clerk, M. W. Delahay; Assistant
Ole N rT man | Sergeant-at-Arms, G. F. Warren ; Doorkeeper,
William House; Docket Clerk, John W. Day; Engrossing Clerk, J. L.

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Wilson ; Enrolling Clerk, Andrew Stark; Journal Clerk, H. C. Chase;
Second Assistant Clerk, Samuel F. Tappan.

January 4, the Legislature voted, by joint resolution, to adjourn to
Lawrence. The preamble and resolution were as follows :

Wuertas, the Legislature of Kansas Territory is required by law to meet at the Capital
of said Territory, and whereas, there is, at said Capital, such a deticiency of suitable rooms,
hotel accommodations, and other inconveniences as to seriously interfere with the progress
of legislative business; and whereas, suitable accommodations can be readily obtained else-
where, free of charge to the Territory ; therefore, be it

Kesolved, By the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, that
we do adjourn at 12 M., on January 4, 1860, to meet in the city of Lawrence, Kansas Terri-
tory, on the 5th day of January, A. D. 1860, at 12 M., to hold the remainder of the session;
and that the Secretary of the Territory be requested to procure suitable rooms for the ac-
commodation of said Legislative Assembly, in said city of Lawrence.

The guarantee of free accommodation at Lawrence was spread upon
the journal, and bore the following signatures: C. W. Babcock, B. F.
Dalton, L. L. Jones, 8. W. Eldridge, P. R. Brooks, G. W. [utchinson,
E. 8. Lowman, 8. O. Thacher and G. W. Deitzler.

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FIFTH TERRITORIAL CAPITOL, LAWRENCE,
In this building the Fourth Territorial Legislature met, January 4, 1859,

The session of the preceding winter had been held at Lawrence, with-

out any serious objection on the part of the Governor. He, however,
vetoed the present resolution, on the ground, as stated in his message, that
no extraordinary reasons now existed for the removal, as, with the new
and large hotel which had been built during the past year at Lecompton,
there were ‘‘four very good hotels; not as elegantly kept as the St.
Nicholas, but as well kept as Western hotels generally, and amply suf-
ficient for a new country.” He further stated that the rooms in Lecomp-
ton, furnished free of expense to the Territory out of the Congressional
fund, were much superior to any accommodations they were able to obtain
in Lawrence the previous winter, although it had cost the Territory over
$1,300. In closing, he said: “This story of no expense is not new, but
the end has proved most conclusively that the bills presented and paid, of
all characters, by these removals, cost the taxpayers many hundreds, if
not thousands, of dollars.”’

So, for economical reasons and to save valuable time, he sent in his
message vetoing the attempted adjournment. The resolution was passed
over the veto by a vote of 22% to 7in the House and 9 to 4 in the Council, and
on the 7th both bodies re-convened at Lawrence. The Governor and Secre-
tary of the Territory remained at Lecompton, and, awaiting the decision of
the United States Attorney General as to the legality of the removal, did not
recognize the acts of the adjourned body. As, under the existing circum-
stances, legislative business was impracticable, the two Houses, on the
18th, passed the following concurrent resolution of adjournment :_

WueEREAS, The Secretary of the Territory has obstinately refused to co-operate with
the Legislative Assembly, now in session at Lawrence; has refused to supply the books,
documents, stationery, printing, etc., which are absolutely necessary to the progress of legis-
lation; and has, by such means, rendered it impossible to conduct the legitimate business of
this body, without throwing additional and unnecessary expense upon the people of the
‘Yerritory; therefore,

Resolved, By the House of Representatives, the Council concurring, That the Legis-
lative Assembly of Kansas Territory do, at 12 o0’clock M., this 18th day of January, A. D.
1860, adjourn sine die, and that a committee, of one on the part of the Council, and two on

the part of the House, be appointed to inform His Excellency the Governor of the passage of
the foregoing resolution.*

AN EXTRA SESSION.

The Governor immediately issued a proclamation re-convening the
Legislature at Lecompton on the 19th, ‘‘then and there to consider and
perform such duties as are demanded by the interests and necessities of the
people.” The Legislature met at Lecompton as ordered, re-elected the
same officers, again adjourned to Lawrence, which last proceeding was
again vetoed by the Governor, and again passed, the veto notwithstand-
ing. It does not appear that the Governor made further resistance to the
Dail touk determination of the Legislature to sit in Lawrence or not to sit
at all.

The genéral legislation was of that routine character common to like

“bodies. The most important matters appearing on the journals as receiving

consideration were as below stated.

A bill abolishing slavery in the Territory was passed February 11, in
the House, and subsequently passed the Council by a vote of nine to four.
It was returned without the signature of the Governor with a long and
elaborate message vetoing the bill. Quoting from the organic act he said:
‘You claim, under this declaration in the organic act, the right to prohibit
slavery in the Territory of Kansas. By so doing, you mistake both the
words and meaning, and misconceive the true spirit of the text.” The
members were not unmindful of the fact that their construction was the
same accepted by the Pro-slavery Legislature of 1855, when they attempt-
ed to legislate slavery into the Territory and saw a logical consistency in
legislating slavery out of the Territory under the same construction. The
law was therefore passed, over the veto of the Governor by a vote of
twenty-nine to eight in the House, and nine to four in the Council, the
minority votes being all cast by Democrats.

The census report to the Governor gave a total population of 71,770 in
the Territory: The enumeration was known to be imperfect, and, as delay

 

*During the time Gov. Medary was confined to his room in Lecompton, with an attack of
inflammatory rheumatism, and could not liave followed the Legislature to Lawrence, if he had
desired. ‘

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might arise in the admission of the State under the Wyandotte Consti-
tution should the population reported appear less than the ratio of repre-
sentation required for a member of the National House of Representatives
(93,560), a legislative committee on census was chosen, which, in due time,
reported the population at 97,570. This was probably not far from the
actual number of inhabitants. The Marshal’s return of the Federal
census, taken June 1, showed a population of 109,401,* within the limits
of the State as defined in the Wyandotte Constitution.

. §&. W. Greer, the first Superintendent of Common Schools for Kansas
Territory, made his first report, the system having been in operation at
that time a little over six months. It was necessarily imperfect, many of

 

 

 

 

 

 

the County Superintendents not having made full reports. The abstract of
county reports was as follows :
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Franklin ..... 10 226 ee 7 seas || Age 6
Jackson......{ 11 896 | ax | wee | ae saune | hace wen
Jefferson......| 18 447 | 185) 383 12 456 | 787 16 7
Johnson..... | 25 543 | 274 | 36 16 | 1808; ... 8 18
Leavenworth .| 22 | 1486 | 730; 60 24 | 3368 | 4816 8; 12
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Nemaha...... 6 180 | 180] 20 8 Saas aee
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Pottawatomie.; 6 182 5 DF | asset 30 38
Shawnee ..... 14 a ease Waateee | lwo a aves seat lt Seas
Brown........ 4 204 95 | 15_ 2 980 4 aah 2
Atchison...... 24 591 | 3896) 33 |... 700 . | 8675 5...
Doniphan.....; 38 165 44 3 7 oe ES nen | tes
Total.......| 222 | 7001 | 2183 | 350 | 143 [$8052 |$6857 |$4301 | 89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the session, names of counties were changed and several new
counties established as follows: The name of McGee County was changed

to Cherokee; Dickinson, Clay, Greenwood, Irving, Marion, Otoe, Pekaton,

tye phe, Shirley, Ottawa, Saline and Washington Counties were estab-
lished.

The special session adjourned February 27.

April 11, a Republican convention: was held in Lawrence, at which
delegates to the py See convention were chosen; also three
Presidential Electors. ‘he delegates chosen were A. C. Wilder, John A.
Martin, W. W. Ross, John P. Hatterscheidt, William A. Phillips and A.
G. Proctor. The Presidential Electors were T. Dwight Thacher, R. Gil-
patrick and C. B. Lines.

The delegates were instructed to vote in the National Convention for
William H. Seward, as the first choice of the Republicans of Kansas for
the Presidency in 1860. The admission of Kansas as a State was deferred
too long for the Territory to participate in the Presidential election of
that year.

Little political excitement prevailed in the Territory during the year,
and few political events worthy of note occurred. The Kansas question
had been transferred to Congress for final adjudication, and the people
bided their time. But with political quiet and peace did not come the
concomitant of plenty; a new tribulation came upon the long-suffering
people. ‘‘A great famine fell upon the land.”

DROUTH AND FAMINE.

The drouth of 1860, and the ‘‘ Kansas famine’’ resultant, were more
powerful agents in depopulating the Territory than the troubles of the
preceding years. The people could fight border ruffians with better cour-
age than they could endure starvation. Through all their tribulations,
until now they had confidently hoped and believed that with the settle-
ment of their political difficulties, prosperity and relief would come to
them. Although the years of 1855-56 and ’57 might have brought boun-
tiful harvests, many of the citizens of the Territory were unable to take
advantage of the favorable weather to do more than raise a few summer
vegetables for immediate consumption, and those who succeeded in rais-
ing crops for winter use, often had them destroyed by the marauding
bands that infested the Territory. Any surplus grain that farmers had on
hand brought high prices, and was so readily disposed of that each year
found the granaries of Kansas utterly exhausted, and the people entirely
dependent upon the future crops. During 1858, immigration to Kansas
was large, and the new-comers, of course, could produce little more than
enough to supply their present needs; their fime and labor and means
being necessarily employed in providing a shelter for the winter and get-
ting things in readiness for the spring. So the early summer of 1859
found Kansas with barely enough grain to last until the fall harvest. The
drouth commenced in June. From the 19th of that month, until Novem-
ber, 1860—over sixteen months—not a shower of rain fell, to wet the
earth at any one time, two inches in depth. Before the close of the sum-
mer the ground was so parched that 1t broke open in huge cracks, the
winds blew from the south like a blast from a furnace, vegetation was de-
stroyed, crops were a total failure, and wells and springs were dry.

 

*The census of 1860 gave 143,643.as the total population, of which number 34,242 were in
the vicinity of Pike’s Peak.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

During the early and mid-summer, prairie grass flourished along the
ravines and creeks, furnishing feed for cattle, and when the hot winds
came on they dried it up so suddenly that the nutritive qualities remained
rendering it fit for winter feed, thereby saving from starvation some stock
which otherwise would have perished. Summer and winter vegetables
were entirely destroyed. Occasional localities on bottom lands, and the
region along the Missouri River and in the northeastern portion of the
State, raised sufficient to supply the immediate population, but sixty
thousand people in Kansas heard the howling of the ‘‘ wolf at their door”
in the fall of 1860. Nothing but charity stood between them and starva-
tion. Thirty thousand settlers left the Territory for the old homes from
whence they came, abandoning claims, improvements, and all hope of
success in the West. The long procession crossed the border day after
day, and the disheartened, disappointed emigrants returned to their
friends, bearing ill reports of ‘‘God-forsaken Kansas.’’ About seventy
thousand remained,—of whom perhaps, forty thousand were able to
weather the stress of the times, but unable to aid the thirty thousand, too
destitute even to get away. These were the settlers who had made them-
selves little homes on the prairies of Kansas, depending for their daily
bread upon their daily toil, and for their winter supplies upon what was
garnered during the summer.

As soon as news of the situation of affairs reached the East, a move-
ment was immediately inaugurated for the relief of the sufferers. Thaddeus

~ Hyatt, of New York, was the first who responded to the appeal for aid.

He came to the Territory himself, visited the afflicted counties, acquainted
himself with the state of affairs, gathered statistics, organized the counties,
appointed relief committees, and after appointing 8. C. Pomeroy General
Agent of Northern Kansas, and W.F. M. Arny, of Southern Kansas, he re-
turned East, published the result of his observations and work, and made
av effective appeal to the President and the Northern people for help.
The response was hearty and cordial. New York, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Illinois and Ohio made especially liberal contributions. The movement
was continued until the spring of 1861. The contributions were sent to
Atchison, whence they were distributed to the different counties. Accord-
ing to the report of the committee, the total receipts of provisions for
distribution-up to March 15, 1861, were 8,090,951 pounds. Total distribu-
tion at Atchison, exclusive of branch depots, 6,736,424 pounds. At
Wyandotte and Leavenworth, the committee distributed 487,190 pounds
of: provisions of various kinds ; 2,500 bushels of seed wheat were distributed,
and agreat quantity of garments of various kinds. Cash received by the
committee, $83,869.52, which it was claimed was chiefly expended in
freight, and the expenses incident to forwarding the supplies ; but little
money was distributed among the settlers. Besides these contributions,
many and various others flowed in from communities, churches and indi-
viduals—much being designed for certain persons or localities, all of which,
generous as it was, while it relieved a great amount of suffering, did not
prevent many of the people of Kansas from suffering privation well-nigh
bordering on starvation.

RESIGNATION OF GOV. MEDARY.

On December 17, 1860, Gov. Medary resigned, and George M. Beebe,
then Secretary of the Territory, became Acting Governor, in which capac-
ity he continued until the inauguration of the State government, February

The long-continued struggle in Kansas had wrought a complete revo-
lution in the political thought of the whole country. Kansas had been
indeed the battle-ground of -freedom during the past five years, toward
which the attention of the whole nation had been turned with an anxiety
only to be measured by the importance of the great issues involved in the
struggle.

The South, grown arrogant by an unbroken series of Pro-slavery
triumphs in national legislation, were unprepared for the sudden and
positive resistance to further aggrandizement which confronted them on the
fields of Kansas as they went in to take possession of their latest and most
faithlessly acquired domain. It meant to them more than a mere local
struggle for supremacy within the boundaries of the Territory. By the
repudiation of all compromises the two opposing systems, the one based
on free labor, the other on involuntary servitude, were, for the first time,
left free to battle under the law for victory, and Kansas had been by Con-
gressional legislation marked as the battle-field. The enemy had chosen
its own vantage-ground, adjacent to its own boundaries, and so remote
from the expected course of Northern emigration as to seemingly assure
an easy conquest. The North accepted the challenge with the time and
place already chosen by the enemy. The whole nation took sides in the
struggle, and watched with intense interest for the final outcome. Its
progress developed, on the part of the Pro-slavery party, an earnestness
for victory that blushed at no political subterfuge al paused at no crime,
and, on that of the northern settlers, a fortitude and bravery against
which their antagonists strove with ever decreasing strength through the
devious paths of lawlessness, crime, treachery and fraud, to utter defeat.

The end of the struggle in Kansas saw also the end of the su remacy
of the National-Democratic party. The seed it had sown brought forth
the fruitage of its own dissolution. The North had at last become united
for freedom as had been the South for slavery from the beginning to then,
and as it continued from then on, even to the bitter end. Thus united
under the name of Republicans it had, in the Presidential election of 1860,
defeated the Democrats, now hopelessly divided on the slavery issues
which had grown out of the Kansas struggle. Abraham Lincoln was
chosen President, and almost the entire Northern delegation in the Lower
House were also Republicans. The Senate, owing to the long terms of
office, had not yet been rescued by the popular uprising from Democratic.
tule. Though deprived, through the restrictive power of the House, of
the ability to breed fresh mischief, it still stood the only remaining fort-
ie ae and an obstacle to all national legislation in the interests
of freedom.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The Wyandotte Constitution having been ratified by the people of
Kansas was laid before the House of Representatives February 10, 1860,
and on the 15th, Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill
for the admission of Kansas into the Union, which was read a first and
second time and referred to the Committee on Territories. The Com-
mittee reported the bill to the House, and, on the 11th of April, it passed,
under the previous question, the vote being: Yeas, 134; nays, 78.

, On February 29, Hon. William H. Steward introduced in the Senate a
bill for the admission of Kansas. It was violently opposed by Douglas
and other leading Democrats. The House bill as passed was reported in
the Senate on May 16, by Mr. Green, the Chairman of the Committee on
Territories, without recommendation. He accompanied the report with
a speech opposing its passage. A long and acrimonious debate ensued,
participated in by all the leading members. Pending the Presidential
election, the Democratic majority persistently refused to put the bill on
its passage. The last effort, previous to the summer adjouranrent, to
bring the matter up in the Senate was on the 7th of June, when Mr. Wade
moved to take up the bill. His motion was defeated by a vote of thirty-
two to twenty-six, Mr. Pugh, of Ohio, being the only Democrat who voted
in its favor. Thus, at the adjournment, Kansas still stood waiting with-
out the gates of the Federal fold, her entrance sullenly forbidden by the
Pro slavery junta whose power she had vanquished, and whose allurements
ghe had spurned.

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RUINS OF THE TERRITORIAL CAPITOL, LECOMPTON.

This structure was begun on an appropriation of $50,000, made by Congress in 1855. The
money was squandered, further appropriatsons were withheld, and the work suspended.
The foundation was utilized as barracks and a fortress by the Pro-slavery soldiers in 1856.
Lane University now occupies the old site. :

THE END OF THE BEGINNING.

The Thirty-sixth Congress began its second session, December 6, 1860.
The memorable political contests of the year had resulted in the overthrow
of the slave power, by a vote so large as to leave no hope of its ever re-
gaining its supremacy in the councils of the government, by peaceful
means. Already the movements for open revolt were rife throughout the
South, and the Pro-slavery members, when convened, swore allegiance to
the Constitution ofthe United States, with a mental reservation more
binding than the oaths they took; a mental reservation which pledged

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them to open revolt and foul treason to the country they had sworn to serve
and defend. Still plotting, they held to the last the entrance to the Union
barred to Kansas. The last secret preparation being completed, there stole
away from the Senate a sufficient number of traitors to destroy the Demo-
cratic majority in the Senate, and the last obstacle to the admission of
the State of Kansas into the Union. On January 21, 1861, Jefferson Davis,
Clement C. Clay, Stephen R. Mallory, Fitzpatrick, and other Southern
Senators left the Senate, and on that day the bill for the admission of
Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution, was called up by William H.
Seward, and passed the Senate by a vote of 36 yeas to 16 nays; one week
later the bill came up in the House on motion of Mr.Grow, out of the regular
order, and passed by a vote of 119 yeas to 42 nays. On January 29, the
bill was signed by President Buchanan, and Free Kansas, held back
beyond her time, Minerva-like, sprang forth full-armed, to join her sister
Statesin the great final conflict which still lay between her and lasting peace.
She had fought single-handed to the end of the Sg cae ; and now, un-
dismayed took her place in the ranks of the loyal States at the beginning
of the end.

THE LAST SESSION OF THE TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.

The last Territorial Legislature met at Lecompton January 7, 1861.
The officers elected were as follows:

Council.—President, W. W. Updegraff; Secretary, John J. Ingalls ;
Assistant Secretary, Jacob Stotler ; Sergeant-at-arms, Jj. Y. Hewitt ; Door-
keeper, C. L. Caldwell; Chaplain, Rev. C. Reynolds.

House.—Speaker, John W. Stott ; Chief Clerk, Alfred Gray ; Assistant
Clerk, George W. Still; Sergeant-at-arms, F. D. Sawin ; Door-keeper, H.

. Gibbs ; Docket Clerk, Edwin 8. Nash ; Journal Clerk, Arthur Gunther ;
: Enrollin

Clerk, John L. Wilson.

The Legislature adjourned on the 8th to Lawrence, where it remained
n session until its final adjournment, February 2, 1861.

No important legislation was had except what pertained to the turning
over by the Territorial government, of all claims and indebtedness to the
new State government, daily expected to supersede it.

Acting Governor Beebe, being a follower of Buchanan, in his message,
harmlessly expressed his own sentiments as to the position which Kansas
should occupy in the coming conflict as follows :

If God in His wrath shall tolerate the worst portent of this tempest of passion, now so
fiercely raging, Kansas ought, and I trust will, declining identification with either branch of a
contending family, tendering to each alike the olive offering of good neighborship, establish,
under a constitution of her own creation, a government to be separate and independent
among the-nations.

How this peculiar proposition to secede from the Union before she
had fairly crossed the threshold, was received by the people who had
fought the slave power alone for six weary years, is told in the bloody
record of their deeds in the years that followed.

Twenty days after the foregoing message was delivered, the news
reached the Territory that Kansas was admitted, and, amid rejoicing such
as had not ruled before, the people celebrated the event throughout the
limits of the. new-born State. The pealsof canngn, bonfires, speeches,
resolutions—all told loyalty to the long-sought Union.

 

 

STATEH HISTORY.

MILITARY RECORD.

‘eee admission of Kansas as a State brought no surcease to her strife.
It proved but a landmark in the continued struggle which, begun upon
her soil seven years before, had culminated in advantage gained but not in
victory won. Compelled through the very instrumentalities it had sum-
moned to its aid, to loosen itsclutch upon Kansas, the slave power had now
thrown off disguise and challenged the nation to open battle for its life.
In the renewed contest the infant State put on the strength of years, took
her place in the foremost rank, and fought with unswerving fidelity and
bravery to win again, for all, the battle she had already won for herself.
The citizens of a country which, after twenty years of peace, can boast
that among them are numbered a million warriors who have done honora-
ble service in the field, know too well the story of war, and what consti-
tutes the true soldier, to look for invidious accounts of individual acts of
heroism. Bravery during the war became the well-earned heritage of all
American citizens both North and South. The simple story of the honor-
able part Kansas bore in this great struggle is best told in a plain recital
of services performed, without futile attempt to enhance its interest by
florid figures of speech or rhetorical display. The eloquence of suffering
and privation and death is in each name and every line. .

t-was but three months from the time that Kansas was admitted as a
State, when she was called upon to furnish her quota toward suppress-
ing the rebellion. During the years 1859-60, the military organizations,
formed for the protection of the people during the turbulent years preced-
ing, had fallen into disuse, or been entirely broken up. The citizens of
Kansas, tired of strife, had gladly turned their thoughts and energies to-
ward forwarding the arts of peace, and swords had been cheerfully ex-
changed for plowshares. At the breaking-out of the civil war, the State
government had no well-organized militia, no arms, accouterments or sup-
plies—nothing with which to meet the new demand to be made upon her,
except the united will of officials and citizens to be equal to the emergency.

The first call of the President for 75,000 militia was made April 15, 1861.
Kansas furnished 650 men, and the Legislature immediately took measures
to amend the military condition of the State.. April 22, 1861, an act was
passed providing ‘‘ for the organization and discipline of the militia,” un-
der which, during Gov. Robinson’s administration, that branch of the serv-
ice was very generally organized throughout the State—180 companies be-
ing formed, and organized into two divisions, four brigades and eleven
regiments. Many of these companies entered the volunteer service, en-
tire, under the various calls thereafter made, and, of the remainder, the
number was very much diminished from the same cause. Under the: sec-
ond call of President Lincoln, May, 1861, for 400,000 volunteers, the First
and Second Regiments were recruited, many whole companies marching to
the place of rendezvous and offering their services, besides those accepted.
At each succeeding demand of the Government, the response of Kansas
was cordial and earnest ; and this in the face of the stern fact that no ex-
tra pecuniary recompense could be offered by the young and by no means
wealthy State, for their services, it being all she could do to meet the or-
dinary expenses of the situation. Kansas, neither asa State, nor by coun-
ties or cities, was obliged to resort to the system of offering bounties, extra
pay to families of soldiers, or any of the other expedients commonly
employed to encourage recruiting. Her soldiers, particularly after the
first years of the war, made terrible sacrifices in leaving their families
whose sole support they were, and nothing but a-most devoted patriotism
could have induced them to do what they did. From the oft repeated
testimony of their own lips, it is certain that no struggle was so cruel, no
hardships so severe, as the pang of leaving home and family unprovided
for. Nevertheless it was heroically done—the heroism being equally as great
on the part of those who stayed to bear, as those who went to do and dare.

Statistics show that the losses of Kansas regiments in killed in battle
and from disease are greater per thousand than those of any other State.
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The peculiarly unhealthy localities in which a large part of their service
was performed, with tne laborious nature of the service itself—long
marches through a wild and unsettled country; outpost and scout duty;
poor hospital accommodations when ill—all combined to produce this re-
sult. It is noticeable that in the Northern regiments doing duty in like
localities the mortality was also very great. The first Kansas regiment
was mustered in June 3, 1861, and the seventeenth, the last raised during
the civil war, July 28, 1864.

The entire quota assigned to the State was 16,654, and the number
raised was 20,097, leaving a surplus of 3,448 to the credit of Kansas.

FIRST REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

This regiment was raised under the call of President Lincoln, May 8,
1861, rendezvoused at Camp Lincoln, near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and
on the 3d of June, 1861, was mustered into the service of the United States
under the following officers, commissioned by His Excellency, Gov. Charles
Robinson: ;

Field and Staff Officers.—George W. Deitzler, of Lawrence, Colonel ;
Oscar E. Learnard, of Burlington, (ientensnt-colenel John A. Halder-
man, of Leavenworth, Major; Edwin 8. Nash, of Olathe, Adjutant;
George H. Chapin, of Quindaro, Quartermaster ; George E. Buddington,
of Quindaro, Surgeon ; Ephraim Nute, of Lawrence, Chaplain.

Line Officers.—Company A, Captain, B. P. Chenoweth, Elwood ;
First Lieutenant, Peter A. Josephs, Elwood ; Second Lieutenant, Charles
O. Smith, Elwood. Company B, Captain, William Y. Roberts, Wyan-
dotte ; First Lieutenant, John P. Aldin, Wyandotte ; Second Lieutenant,
John W. Dyer, Wyandotte. Company C, Captain, Peter McFarland,
Leavenworth; First Lieutenant, James Phillips, Leavenworth ; Second
Lieutenant, Mathew Malone, Leavenworth. Company D, Captain, Frank
B. Swift, Lawrence ; First Lieutenant, Newell W. Spicer, Lawrence; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Caleb 8. Pratt, Lawrence. Company E, Captain, Powell
Clayton, Leavenworth ; First Lieutenant, Lewis Stafford, Grasshopper
Falls ; Second Lieutenant, Azel W. Spaulding, Grasshopper Falls Com-
pe F, Captain, Samuel Walker, Lawrence; First Lieutenant, Levant

. Jones, Ol ; Second Lieutenant, Edwin 8. Nash, Olathe. Company
G, Captain, Job. B. Stockton, Leavenworth; First Lieutenant, James Ket-
ner, Leavenworth ; Second Lieutenant, Hugh D. McCarty, Leavenworth.
Company H, Captain, Daniel McCook, Leavenworth; First Lieutenant,
James A. McGonigle, Leavenworth ; Second Lieutenant, Michael Brans-
tield, Leavenworth. CompanyI, Captain, Gustavus Zesch, Leavenworth;
First Lieutenant, Henry Sarstedt, Leavenworth; Second Lieutenant, Emil
Umfried, Leavenworth. Company K, Captain, George H. Fairchild,
Atchison ; First Lieutenant, Camille Aguiel, Atchison ; Second Lieuten-
ant, Rinaldo A. Barker, Atchison.

_ The veteran companies were organized under the following officers:
New Company B, Captain, Michael H. Mack, Kansas City; First Lieuten-
ant, John A. Henry, Leavenworth ; Second Lieutenant, Joseph W. Martin,
Atchison. New Company D, Captain, Milton Kennedy, Ohio City; First
Lieutenant, William H. Earl, Lawrence ; Second Lieutenant, John A.
Henry, Leavenworth.

Tbe companies composing this regiment were recruited, organized,
drilled, and mustered.into service within the short space of two months,
and in little more than a week from the time the untried soldiers first re-
sponded to their names on the muster roll, they were ordered into active
service.

Their martial spirit could not quite find vent in the ordinary regi-
mental and company military routine of camp life, even while at Camp
Lincoln, and a rebel) flag exasperatingly floating in the breeze at Iatan,
Mo., only a few miles from Leavenworth, and the knowledge that a force
of rebel cavalry was organized and armed in the same town, ready to de-
fend the obnoxious emblem, did not tend to abate the fervor of their glow-
ing but indignant patriotism. A little band of twelve of the Elwood
Guards (Company A), and the Leavenworth Steuben Guards (Company I),
“true,” and eager to be “tried,’”’ resolved that flag should be their own, by
right of conquest, and execution quickly followed resolve

Tuesday morning, June 4, the enthusiastic young soldiers, led by Ser-
geant Frank H. Drenning, demanded the lowering of the stars and bars,
“fin the name of Abraham Lincoln, the Congress of the United States, and
the American Union,” and without waiting to have the demand questioned,
lowered the flag themselves by the aid of a butcher knife, and retreated
with their prize to the Kansas shore of the Missouri. Three of the party

were wounded, for the rebels did not yield their treasure without resist- .

ance. Sergeant Drenning received two wounds, but was not disabled
from duty. Lieut. Emil Umfried, Steuben Guards, and Private Voeth of
the same company, were more seriously injured. The adventure created
intense local excitement, and although the legality of the exploit was ques-
tioned or denied by many prominent men, the act was very generally in-
dorsed by public sentiment.

On the 13th of June, seven companies of the First Kansas left Leav-
enworth for Kansas City. On the 20th, the remainder of the regiment fol-
lowed, and on the 24th were joined by a battalion of United States Infan-
try and two companies of cavalry, under command of Maj. Samuel D.
Sturgis, U.S. A. The united forces left Kansas City on the 84th of June,
for Springfield, Mo., to join the army of Gen. Lyon, then in command of
the Military Department of the West. Reaching Clinton, Mo., on the 3d
of July, the regiment remained long enough to allow their patriotic fervor
to find vent on the 4th in the old loyal, enthusiastic way, seasoned with
the novel proceeding of issuing from a deserted rebel printing office in the
city, a Union paper called the “First Kansas,” and filled with earnest ex-
pressions of devotion to the old flag.

At this time the confederate forces, under Gen. Jackson, after their
defeat at Booneville, had fallen back toward the southwest of Missouri,
pursued by the little army of Gen. Lyon. At various points in his retreat
Jackson received re-enforcements, Price joining him in Vernon County,
and McCulloch and Pearce, with several thousand Arkansas and Texas

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

troops, near Carthage. The First Kansas joined the army of Gen. Lyon at
Grand River, and on the 10th of July the united command arrived at
Springfield, which place was already occupied by the forces of Gen. Sigel.
Aware of the great superiority of the enemy in numbers, and in intimate
knowledge of the country, Gen. Lyon waited several weeks for re-enforce-
ments, but received none, and his supplies becoming nearly exhausted, the
First Kansas and a company under command of Col. Deitzler, were de-
tached to take possession of some mills, situated. about forty miles north
of Springfield. A large quantity of wheat was obtained, the owners suit-
ably remunerated, and the flour, together with a quantity of supplies, for-
warded from St. Louis, served for the temporary necessities of the army.
While at Springfield, Maj. Halderman, of the First Kansas, was appointed
one of Gen. Lyon’s staff officers, and Provost Marshal General of the

army.

emeittig that the enemy were advancing in two columns, from Cass-
ville, on the south, and Sarcoxie on the west, Gen. Lyon determined to
avoid the united attack, by leaving Springfield and meeting the former
column before it could effect a junction with the latter. This plan being
carried into effect, a detachment of McCulloch’s column was encountered
at Dug Springs, and was speedily dispersed. Gen. Lyon’s forces, after
destroying a depot of forage, returned to Springfield. As a safe retreat
was now impossible, and the strength of the opposing force was being
constantly increased by re-enforcements, while the sympathizing States of
Arkansas and Texas, in the rear, stood ready to furnish any needed sup-
plies, Gen. Lyon resolved to end the uncertainty, and extricate himself
from his perilous position, daily growing more critical.

The united force of rebels, under McCulloch and Price, was concen-

trated at Wilson’s Creck, twelve miles southwest of Springfield. The posi-
tion was a good one, and the army was strongly intrenched. On the
7th of August, Gen. Lyon moved his army six miles southwest from
Springfield, but the enemy would risk an engagement only on their own
chosen ground, and the Union army returned again to Springfield. Find-
ing that the decisive blow must be struck, and that it must inevitably be
struck at a disadvantage, sooner or later, it was determined to attack the
rebels in their camp. The little army was divided into two columns—
the main body, 3,000 strong, led’ by Gen. Lyon, to attack the enemy by
their left, and Gen. Sigel’s force of about 1,500, to move by the Fayette-
ville road and gain a position in their rear by their right. Early on the
morning of August 10, the column of Gen. Lyon, rounding the sharp
curve of Wilson’s Creek, gained its destination, drove in the outposts of
the enemy, placed batteries in position, and opened fire almost simulta-
neously with Sigel, who also had gained the position he desired. The
First Kansas arrived on the battle-field in rear of the First Missouri and
First Iowa. Dubois’ battery and the First Iowa took position on the ex-
treme left ; the Second Missouri formed on the right, and the First Kan-
sas and First Missouri occupied the center, with Capt. Totten’s battery in
their rear. The Second Kansas was held in reserve during the early part
of the battle, and the cavalry were posted on the high ground to the north.
The First Kansas and First Missouri, from their central and advanced
position, contended from the moment of entering the fight with the most
fearful odds. The rebels led battalion after battalion against the deter-
mined little band, only to be repeatedly driven back in confusion, and
from the beginning to the close of the struggle, in the language of the
official report, “all the officers and men of this command fought with a
courage and heroism rarely, if ever, equaled.”
. The disastrous result of Sigel’s assault on the enemy's right was only
counterbalanced by the almost superhuman efforts of the column‘led by
Gen. Lyon. Long after Sigel’s demoralized troops had fled in all diree-
tions, the hard pressed, bleeding, but undaunted regiments in front were
anxiously listening to hear the sound of his victorious guns, and too ready
to believe that the old flag which they saw waving in the distance was
upborne by the stout arms of friends, who were hurrying to their relief.

During the hard stress of the conflict, Companies A, C and E, of the
First, under command of Capts. Chenoweth, Clayton, and Lieut. Malone,
respectively, were ordered to charge. Led by Col. Deitzler, the command
rushed down the hill before them, drove the enemy inside their encamp-
ment lines, and regained their position, but leaving fallen comrades behind
them, and returning with their brave leader- severely wounded. After
Col. Deitzler was disabled, Maj. Halderman took command of the regi-
ment, and where the bullets fell the thickest, never failed to be “at the
head of the column, or galloping up and down the lines, waving his hat
and calling to his men to remember Kansas and stand by the old flag.”

After the Second Kansas was ordered to the front, and Gen. Lyon fell,
there was a respite of about twenty minutes in the firing, when the
struggle recommenced. A heavy column of infantry with the stars and
stripes floating at its head, advanced from the hill, where Sigel’s guns had
been heard in the morning. A line was formed ready to advance and
effect a junction, with the longed-hoped-for re-enforcement. The column
moved down the hill, in range of Dubois’ guns, which were silent, while
the disguised enemy in safety gained his desired position. Then, from the
battery on the hill in front was poured into the Union ranks, charge after.
charge of shrapnel and canister, and along the whole line the conflict
grew more desperate, until it ended in the most bluody engagement of the
day. When the struggle was the fiercest, and the combatants were lit-
erally fighting muzzle to muzzle, three companies of the First Kansas,
with a remnant of the First Missouri and First Iowa, took possession of
an eminence on the right tlank of the enemy, which commanded the po-
sition they were endeavoring to gain, and as the rebels charged up the
bluff, they encountered such a fearful storm of lead, both from the front
and right, that they fell back appalled, nor even attempted to rally their
flying, disorganized forces. This rout practically ended the battle. For
six consecutive hours it had raged almost without respite. The troops.
many of them hardly long enough in service to have grown familiar with
their own names on the muster-roll, passed the ordeal of their first battle
in « manuer that no veteran need have scorned. The first gun broke the
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

stillness of the early morning at about 5 o’clock. The. last was fired at
half past eleven. Then the order was given by Gen. Sturgis to retire, and
the exhausted and broken column preceded by the ambulances containing
their wounded, left the field, and fell back to Springfield.

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Company D—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, Second Lieut. Caleb 8. Pratt,
Lawrence; First Sergt. Lewis T. Litchfield, Lawrence; Privates Robert
Harper, Minneola; Silas Pratt, Lawrence; Doctor W. Winters, Minneola;
Isaac Baldwin, Leavenworth. Killed in action May 10, 1868, at Caledonia,

The First Kansas went into the enaagement with six hundred and  La., Manley Knowlton, Lawrence.
forty-four men and officers, and left it with seventy-seven of the number“ Company E—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, Sergt. poe ae Jolley;

killed, and three hundred and thirty-three wounded—more than one-half,
and this regiment had seen only two months’ service. Maj. Sturgis might
justly say of them, during the battle: ‘These Kansas boys are doing the
best fighting I ever witnessed,”

The forces engaged in this battle are variously estimated. McCulloch
allows his effective force to have been 5,300 infantry, 15 pieces of artillery
and 6,000 horsemen, and admits a loss of 265 killed, 721 wounded, and 29
missing. In his official report he claims, in view of the Union forces fall-
ing back to Springfield, that ‘‘they have met with a signal repulse.” The
commanders of the Union forces in their official reports place the Con-
federate forces at about 20,000, with loss of 8,000, and the Union force at
about 5,000, in the early part of the engagement, and after the repulse of
Gen. Sigel, less than 4,000. Maj. Sturgis, in his official report says :

That 3,700 men, after a fatiguing night march attacked the enemy, numbering 23,000.

on their own ground, and, after a bloody conflict of six hours, withdrew at their pleasure, is
the best eulogium I can pass on their conduct that day. ~

As Springfield was in no condition for defense, and the rebel cavalry
were able to cut off supplies in every direction, it was determined to fall
back to Rolla. The little army, with its baggage-train five miles long,
and having in its possession the funds of the Springfield Bank, accom-
plished its laborious march of ten miles entirely unmolested ; a very sure
evidence that the-rebel Generals had no belief in the victory which they
claimed in their official reports.

From the time of its departure from Rolla, until January, 1862, the
First Kansas was employed in guarding different posts on the Hannibal &
St. Joseph, and Missouri Pacific Railroads. It was stationed during the
month of January at Lexington, Mo., and was then ordered to Fort
Leavenworth and granted ten days’ furlough.

At the expiration of the furlough, the regiment joined the forces of
Gen. Curtis, then concentrating for the contemplated “ New Mexico ex-
pedition,” and was ordered to Fort Riley, where it remained during the
winter. Gen. Sibley having evacuated New Mexico, the expedition was
abandoned, and in May the regiment was ordered to Pittsburg Land-
‘ing, Tenn. Its destination was again changed to Columbus, Ky.,
which place it reached in June, and until the last of September was em-
ployed in guarding the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, with headquarters at
Trenton, Tenn. The regiment, forming a part of McPherson’s brigade,
was ordered, October 3, by Gen. Grant, to re-enforce Gen. Rosecrans at
Corinth, and arrived there October 4, just before sunset. Gen. Rosecrans
had then ordered his utterly exhausted soldiers to lie down, and start in
pursuit of the enemy in the morning. The fresh troops were given the ad-
vance, and followed the flying forces of Van Dorn as far as Ripley, Miss.,
rebuilding the bridge over the Hatchie River, which the enemy burned
behind them. The pursuit not being continued farther, the forces returned
to’Corinth. The regiment was transferred to Col. Deitzler’s brigade, and
with the forces of Gen. Grant, destined for Jackson and Vicksburg, had
advanced as far south as Oxford, Miss., when the order was received for the
brigade to return and occupy Holly Springs, which place Van Dorn had
attacked, destroyed an immense amount of stores and munitions, and cut
off Grant’s communication with his base of supplies at Columbus. From
Holly Springs the regiment was ordered to Salem, Miss., if possible, to
intercept the retreat of Van Dorn, and after returning to Holly Springs, to
Collierville, on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. During December,
the regiment was in Memphis, and from January, 1863, until the following
July, was an active participant in the operations before Vicksburg ; serv-
ing’as mounted infantry, and employed chiefly in scout and picket duty,
until the fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, The regiment formed part of an
expedition sent to Natches, which, white stationed at that place, crossed
the Mississippi and routed a rebel force of about 2,000. During the winter
of 1868-64. the First Kansas was stationed at Black River Bridge, twelve
miles south of Vicksburg, taking part in Gen. McArthur’s expedition up
the Yazoo River. In the spring, it was still engaged in picket and scout
duty near Vicksburg, and on the 1st of June, under command of Lieut.
Col. Spicer, it embarked on the “ Arthur,” to be mustered out at Fort
Leavenworth, its term of service having expired. The following day the
boat was fired upon by an Arkansas battery, and one man of the regiment
was killed and another mortally wounded. :

On the 17th of June, the First Kansas (except two companies of
veterans) was mustered out of service. The veteran companies continued
in service until the close of the war, and were honorably discharged at
Little Rock, Ark., August 30, 1865. 3

FATAL CASUALTIES.* ;

Company A—Killed at the battle of Wilson’s Creek, Mo., August 10,
1861, Prvates, James poe George N. Devine, Thomas Fox, John
‘Longworth, Eli Reed, all of Elwood. :
su Canes B—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, Second Lieut. John W. Dyer;
Private Martin Lawler, both of Wyandotte. Died at Vicksburg, Miss., of
wounds, John Fairall, Quindaro.

Company C—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, Sergeant James Rogers,
Leavenworth; Privates, Philip Ahern, Patrick Gulline, Max Dickens,
James Hamilton, Edward E. Livingston, Elargannen L. Marshall, Henry
Swartz, George Soule and Terence Tiernan, all of Leavenworth. Died of
wounds received in same battle, Privates William _Canovan, William
Ellis, Patrick Kearns, Robert McKeeon and Hugh O'Neill, all of Leaven-
worth.

* No attempt has been made in this instance, or in the regimental sketches following, to

ive a complete list of the casualties of the regiment. Only those killed in action, or who died
Fran ena received in ba-tle, are included. The list has been taken trom the Adjutant Gen-

eral’s report,

’ Paris.

Privates, Ernst: Benedict, Joseph Cott and Henry Griffin, o
Falls ; Edward Donohoe, Cornelius Murphy, David Nagles, William West
and Herman Hawk, of Leavenworth. ied of wounds received in same
battle, Privates William Boggs, Nicholas Boiloin, William Donovan,
Frank Gunther, all of Leavenworth. Killed at Cross Bayou, La., Septem-.
ber 14, 1863, James Sullivan, Leavenworth.

Company F—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, First Lieut. Levant L. Jones,
Olathe ; Corp. Sidney Dudley, Topeka ; Corp. Gilmer Young, Lawrence ;
Privates, Joel Armes, Wyandotte; George W. Cardnell, Jesse Dollarhide,
Newton P. Fairbanks, Marshall B. Lucas, James Mahoney, T. C. F. Papil-
ousky and William Winston, of Lawrence; Frederick Daub, Westport, Mo.
Died of wounds received in same battle, Louis B. Rinehart, Lawrence ;
Adam Reinochl, Wyandotte. Killed at Old River, La., Daniel H. Dow,
Lawrence. «

Company G—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, Corp. Charles T. Harrison,
Leavenworth. Died of wounds received in same battle, Benson Boyles
and Charles Wilson, both of Leavenworth.

Company H—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, Sergt. Michael Flood and
Corps. Peter Redmond, Dewitt C. Johnson, James B. Young and Morris
Murphy, all of Leavenworth; Privates Thomas Dunn, Edward Hogan,
Cornelius McGuire, Michael McGowan, William Mullery, Patrick Norton,
Andrew Ramsey, Daniel G. Sullivan and Michael Tonay, also of Leaven-
worth. Died of wounds received in same battle, Corp. Lawrence McCar-
ty, and Privates James Kelly, John Mills and Lewis G. Sherman, all of
Leavenworth. Killed at Pinhook, La., May 10, 1863, First Lieut. George
M. Dillworth, of Leavenworth.

Company I—Kilied at Wilson’s Creek, Corp. Alexander Forstner, and
Privates Thomas Behne,-Cesar Brandt, Charles Fillweber, Peter Killian,
Herman Labann, Edward Weigert, Charles Walter and Conrad Schiiech-
ler, all of Leavenworth. Died of wounds received in same battle, Joseph
Natale and Frederick Boehme, Leavenworth. Killed in action June 9,
1868, at Lake Providence, La., Second Lieut. Francis Becker, Leaven-
worth.

Company K—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, First Lieut. Camille Aguiel,
Atchison; Private William Hunt, Weston, Mo. Died of wounds received
in same battle, Privates Henry W. Totten and Casper Broggs, Atchison.
Killed in action near Corinth, Miss., October 5, 1862, First Lieut. Jerome
G. Miner, Atchison. Died of wounds received in action June 9, 1868, at
Baxter’s Bayou, La., Corp. William F. Parker, Atchison.

Killed in action at Atchafalaya Bayou, La., October 4, 1864, Veteran
James Perry, New Company~D, Leavenworth.

Grasshopper

SECOND REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

The Second Kansas was raised in conformity to the first call of Presi-
dent Lincoln, April 15, 1861, for 75,000 men to serve for a period of three
months. The regiment was recruited during May and the early part of
June, rendezvoused at Lawrence, Kan., was organized at that - place
June 11, and was mustered into the service of the United States June
20, 1861, under the following officers :

Field and Staff.—Robert B. Mitchell, of Mansfield, Colonel ; Charles
W. Bilair,. of. Fort Scott, Lieutenant Colonel; William F. Cloud, of Em-
poria, Major; Edward Thompson, of Lawrence, Adjutant; Shaler W.
Eldridge, of Lawrence, Quartermaster ; Aquila B. Massey, of Lawrence,
Surgeon ; Randolph C. Brant, of Lawrence, Chaplain. .

Line Offcers.—Company A, Captain, Leonard W. Horne; First
Lieutenant, Thomas Fulton ; Second Lieutenant, Luther H. Wentworth ;
all of Topeka. Company B, Captain, James R. McClure, Junction City ;
First Lieutenant, Anson R. Spenner, Manhattan; Second Lieutenant,
James P. Downer, Junction City. Company C, Captain, Simeon F. Hill ;
First Lieutenant, James W. Parmeter, both of Olathe ; Second Lieutenant,
Warren Kimball, Lawrence. Company D, Captain, Joseph Cracklin :
First Lieutenant, Thomas J. Sternbergh ; Second Lieutenant, Lucius J.
Shaw, all of Lawrence. Company E, Captain, Samuel J. Crawford ; First
Lieutenant, John G. Lindsay, both of Garnett ; Second Lieutenant, A. R.
Morton, Ohio City. Company F, Captain, Byron P. Ayres; First Lieut-
enant, Ezekiel Bunn; Second Lieutenant, Barnett B. Mitchell, all of
Company G, Captain, Avra P. Russell ; First Lieutenant, Charles
P. Wiggins ; Second Lieutenant, Jacob A. Graham. CompanyH, Captain,
William F. Cloud ; First Lieutenant, Charles §. Hills ; Second Lieutenant,
Joseph A. Fuller, all of Emporia. Company I, Captain, Samuel N.
Wood, Cottonwood Falls; First Lieutenant, Charles Dimon, Fort Scott;
Second Lieutenant, Edward G. Pierce, Grasshopper Falls. Company K,
Captain, William Tholen, Leavenworth; First Lieutenant, Gustavus
Schroyer ; Second Licutenant, Ferdinand Jaedicke.

The regiment, after being mustered into service at Kansas City, left on
the 26th of June to join the brigade of Maj. Sturgis at Clinton, Mo. Re-
maining in that city over the 4th of July, the command joined Gen.
Lyon’s Division near the Osage River, and thence marched to Springfield,
and went into camp. The First and Second Kansas were formed into one
brigade under commandjof Col. George W. Deitzler, of the First Kansas.
The circumstances which determined Gen. Lyon to bring about the en-
gagement at Wilson’s Creek, as related inthe sketch of the First Kansas
regiment, were’substantially these :

The forces of Price, McCulloch and Jackson were concentrated ready
to annihilate“ the little army of Gen. Lyon, remote as it was, from any
base of supplies, and in the midst of a hostile country. The cavalry of
the enemy were scouring the country, and the ranks of the confederate
Generals were daily growing stronger. Gen. Lyon believed his only chance
was to strike a blow that would put the enemy on the defensive long
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enough to allow him to retreat with safety. It appeared to be the only
alternative, and on the night of the 9th of August the march to Wilson’s
Creek was accomplished, and the hotly contestéd struggle commenced.

During the early part of the battle, the Second Kansas served as sup-
port to a section of Totten’s Battery, which, with Col. Plummer’s bat-
talion of infantry (Eleventh Missouri) was stationed on the extreme left
of the line, in the bend of the creek. This point was early attacked by
the rebels; a field of corn, with its solitary log house, was the battle-
ground ; every inch was hotly contested, and when at length the battalion
was forced back with its Colonel badly wounded, the Second covered its
retreat, and with the help of the battery forced the rebels to seek refuge
in the woods beyond the field. When the fighting ceased at this point,
Lieut. Col. Blair was dispatched by Col. Mitchell for orders in regard to
disposition of the regiment. Before he reached either of the commanding
officers, he found that no time was to be lost in bringing the Second to the
aid of the hard-pressed regiments in front. He accordingly turned back,
and requested Col. Mitchell to move the regiment to a point where it could
serve as a support both to the center and right wing. This movement was
quickly accomplished, and directly afterward the regiment was ordered
to the right front, to occupy a position on the crest of the hill, at which
point it seemed probable the rebels would make a desperate attack. As
the regiment was moving to its position, Gen. Lyon, already bleeding
from two wounds, joined Col. Mitchell at the head of the column, and
swinging his hatin the air, called upon the soldiers to prepare for a bayonet
charge on the enemy. The Second had scarcely time to rally around
him, when their own brave leader, Col. Mitchell, fell, severely wounded,
exclaiming as he was borne from the field ; ‘‘For God’s sake, support my
regiment.” His soldiers, deprived of their commander, cried out: ‘‘We
are ready to follow—who will lead us?” ‘‘I will lead you,” answered
Gen. Lyon; “come on, bravemen.”” The words were hardly uttered, before
he fell, mortally wounded by a bullet which struck him in the breaat.

The command of the Second now devolved upon Lieut. Col. Blair.
The men sprang forward, the charge was made, the enemy driven quite
over the hill, and the command brought back to the brow of the hill and
re-formed. All along the front the assaults of the enemy had been re-
pelled. Maj. Sturgis in his official report of the battle, says of it, at this
crisis :

4 After the death of Gen. Lyon, when the enemy fled, and left the field clear so far as we
could see, an almost total silence reigned for a space of twenty minutes. * a %

Our brave little army was scattered and broken; over 20,000 foes were stillin our front,
and our men had had no water since 5 o’clock the evening before, and could hope for none
short of Springfield, twelve miles distant. If we should go forward, our own success would
prove our certain ruin in the end; if we retreated, disaster stared us in the face ; our ammu-
nition was well-nigh exhausted, aud should the enemy make this discovery, through a
slackening of our fire, total annihilation was all we could expect.

For atime, Lieut. Col. Blair held his position, with but eight compa-
nies of his regiment, and with no field or staff officer to assist him. After-
ward, a section of a battery, and four companies of the First Kansas,
were sent to his aid. Three of these companies were soon ordered to
another position, ‘and the battery withdrawn, but Col. Blair having been
rejoined by his own Company, B, and the other regimental officers, held
his ground, although totally unsupported, and his ammunition nearly
spent. Before the rebels had been fairly repulsed, after their last and
deadliest assault on the whole line, Maj. Sturgis, believing the ammuni-
tion of the Second exhausted, ordered its withdrawal, but it remained in
its old position for an hour and a half, with unbroken line, and only with-
drew when the rebels had fled from the field, and their guns were utterly
silenced. It was the last regiment to leave the field and from the begin-
ning of the battle to the close, its line and organization remained un-
broken.

The Second returned to Springfield on the afternoon of the 10th of
August, and the next day with the army, fell back to Rolla, Mo. Arriv-
ing at Hannibal, en route for Kansas, a part of the regiment accompanied
Col. Williams, with a portion of the Third Iowa, to Paris, Mo., and as-
sisted in driving from that place the rebel troops that occupied it, and in
removing to a place of safety money that was in the bank. The com-
mand returned to Shelbina, meeting at that place Col. Green with 8,500
men, and a battery. The rebels made an attempt to destroy the railroad
connection west, but were preverted from accomplishing their object.
The Union force was so small (only about six hundred) that it was deter-
mined the most prudent course was to escape from the neighborhood by
means of the locomotive and some freight cars. The undertaking proved
successful, and the regiment, after remaining at Bloomfield a few days to
guard some supplies, arrived at St. Joseph, Mo., in the night, surprised
and routed the rebels who held the post, and occupied it. until sufficient,
United States troops arrived to permanently garrison the place. AtTIatan,
on the way to Leavenworth, a small rebel force was routed. After being
sent to Wyandotte to defend the town against a threatened invasion by
Price, the regiment returned to Leavenworth, and_was honorably dis-
charged. with instructions to re-organize. Col. R. B. Mitchell, Lieut. Col.
Clair, Maj. W. F. Cloud and Capt. 8. J. Crawford being retained in the
service.
* FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company A—Killed at the battle of Wilson’s Creek, August 10, 1861,
Privates Erie B. Morley and James Roberts, Topeka.

Company D—Died of wounds received at Wilson’s Creek, Corp. Hor-
ace Dyke and Private Mennassee Glathart, both of Lawrence.

Company E~—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, Private Theodore Harrald,
Prairie City.

Company F—Died of wounds received at Wilson’s Creek, Sergt. Wil-
son Betts, Paris. . :

Company G—Killed at Wilson’s Creek. Third Lieut. Robert Newell.

Company H—Killed at Wilson’s Creek, Private Hiram Burt, Empo-
ria. Died of wounds received in same battle, Corp. Thomas Miller and
Private Samuel Hammel, both of Emporia. .

Company K—Died of wounds received at Wilson’s Creek, Henry
Newkampf.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

-8ECOND REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

The Second Kansas Cavalry was evolved through several regimental
changes, the military history of its formation being somewhat compli-
cated.

The organization which proved to be the germ of the Second Kansas
Cavalry was effected through the labors of Alson C. Davis, of Wyandotte
County, Kan., who, in October, 1861, obtained authority from Maj. Gen.
Fremont, then Commander of the Western Department, to raise a regi-
ment of cavalry in the State of Kansas, such regiment to be designated
the Twelfth Kansas Volunteers, with place of rendezvous at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan. The organization, as commenced, consisted of the following
officers: C. L. Gorton, Adjutant ; Julius G. Fisk, Quartermaster; J. B.
Welborne, Surgeon. The dates of the organization of the several com-
panies were as follows: Company A, Captain Samuel A. Williams, Novem-
ber 22, 1861; Company B, Captain Henry Hopkins, December 9, 1861 ;
Company C, Captain Daniel S. Whittenhall, December 11, 1861; Com-
pany D, Captain Amaziah Moore, December 11, 1861; Company E,
Captain John Gardner, December 15, 1861. F

December 26, by order of the Governor, Companies F,-G, H and I, of
Nugent’s Regiment of Missouri Home Guards, were attached to the organ-
ization, and its designation was changed to “Ninth Kansas Volunteers.”
December 31, 1861, Joseph P. Root was mustered in as Surgeon, vice J. B.
Welborne. January 4, 1862, Owen A. Bassett was mustered in as Lieuten-
ant Colonel, Julius G. Fisk as Major, and Luther H. Wood as Quarter-
master. January 7, Thomas B. Eldridge‘was mustered in as Major and
Rev. Charles Reynolds as Chaplain. On the same day, Company K, Cap-
tain Austin W. Mathews, was organized. January 9, Alson C. Davis was
mustered in as Colonel and Dr. George B. Wood as Assistant Surgeon,
completing the organization of the Ninth Kansas Volunteers, as follows:
Colonel, Alson C. Davis, of Wyandotte County; Lieutenant Colonel, Owen
A. Bassett, Douglas County; Major, Julius G. Fisk, Wyandotte County;
Major, Thomas B. Eldridge, Douglas County; Adjutant, C. L. Gorton,
Leavenworth County; Quartermaster, Luther H. Wood, Wyandotte Coun-
ty; Surgeon, Dr. Joseph P. Root, Wyandotte County; Chaplain, Rev.
Charles Reynolds, Douglas County. The foilowing were the company
officers: Company A, Captain, 8. A. Williams, Bourbon County; Com-
pany B, Captain, Henry Hopkins, Leavenworth County; Company C,
Captain, D. 8. Whittenhall, Doniphan County; Company D, Captain,
Amaziah Moore, Atchison County; Company E, Captain, John Gardner,
Leavenworth County; Company F,* Captain, A. Thomas ; Company G,*
Captain, C. Lovejoy; Company H,* Captain, B. F. Simpson; Company
I,* Captain, C. Hill ; Company K, Captain, Austin W. Mathews, Leaven-
worth County.

The regiment left Fort Leavenworth on the 20th of January, 1862,
with orders to establish winter quarters at Quindaro.

On the 4th of February, the four companies formerly attached to
Nugent’s Regiment were mustered out, their enlistment being for home
service, thus reducing the regiment to six companies. The Ninth now
being below regulation size, Col. Davis resigned, and Maj. Eldridge was,
at his own request, mustered out. Company K, from this time was desig-
nated Company F.

On the 28th of February, 1862, Maj. Gen. Hunter, commanding De-
partment of Kansas, assigned to the Ninth Kansas Volunteers the follow-
ing officers and companies, formerly belonging to the Second Kansas
Volunteer Infantry: Col. Robert B. ‘Mitchell, Maj. Charles W. Blair and
Maj. William F. Cloud. John Pratt was appointed Adjutant; Cyrus L.
Gorton, Quartermaster ; Luther H. Wood, First Battalion Quartermaster,
and David C. Coleman, First Battalion Adjutant.

On the 11th of March, Col. Mitchell assumed command of the Ninth
Kansas, and on the 12th the regiment left winter quarters at Quindaro,
and, pursuant to orders, moved to Shawneetown.

On March 15 the name of the regiment was changed to Second Kansas
Volunteers, and again changed, on the 27th of the same month, to the
name by which it was thereafter known—Second Kansas Cavalry. The
officers of the regiment were the following :

Field and Staf’—Robert B. Mitchell, Colonel, Mansfield ; Owen A.
Bassett, Lieutenant Colonel, Lawrence; Charles W. Blair, Major, Fort
Scott ; John Pratt, Adjutant, Lawrence; David R. Coleman, Battalion
Adjutant, Paris; Cyrus L. Gorton, Quartermaster, Leavenworth: Joseph
P. Root, Surgeon, Wyandotte ; Charles Reynolds, Chaplain, Fort Riley.

Line Officers. —-Company A, Samuel J. Crawford, Captain, Garnett ;
John Johnson, First Lieutenant, Garnett ; Samuel K. Cross, Second Lieu-
tenant, Topeka, Company B, Elias S. Stover, Captain, Junction City ;
William P. Phillips, First Lieutenant, Topeka; Robert D. Watts, Second
Lieutenant, Ottawa. Company C, Daniel 8. Whittenhall, Captain, St.
Louis ; Samuel C. Harrison, First Lieutenant, Leavenworth County ; Will-
iam M. Hook, Second Lieutenant; Leavenworth County. Company D,
Amaziah Moore, Captain, Lawrence; Robert White, First Lieutenant,
Eden; Horace L. Moore, Second Lieutenant, Lawrence. Company E,
John Gardner, Captain, Leavenworth; Elias S. Stover, First Lieutenant,
Junction City; Augustus T. Lovelette, Second Lieutenant, Leavenworth
County. Company F, Hugh Cameron, Captain, Leavenworth ; James C.
French, First Lieutenant, Leavenworth; Albert Schroder, Second Lieut-
enant, Leavenworth. Company G, Austin Matthews, Captain, Browns-
ville, Neb. ; Patrick Cosgrove, First Lieutenant, Olathe; Gideon M.
Waugh, Second Lieutenant, Olathe. Company H, Arthur Gunther,
Captain, Lawrence ; David BE. Ballard, First Lieutenant, Marysville ;
John K. Rankin, Second Lieutenant, Lawrence. Company I, Samuel A.
Williams, Captain, Bourbon County ; Robert H. Hunt, First Lieutenant,
Davis County; Harvey A. Smith, Second Lieutenant, Linn County. Com-

any K, Avra P. Russell, Captain. Leavenworth ; Parnett B. Mitchell, First

ae Lawrence ; John M. Mentzer, Second Lieutenant, Leaven-
worth.

* Of Nugent's Regiment.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The veteran companies of the Second Kansas Cavalry were organized
under the following officers :

New Company C, Edgar A. Barker, Captain, Junction City ; George
W. Stabler, First Lieutenant, Monrovia; Edward Ross, Second Lieut:
enant, Leavenworth. New Company D, John A. Lee, Captain, Topeka;
George W. Morgan, First Lieutenant, Leavenworth ; Philander W. Straw,

‘Second Lieutenant, Brownsville, Neb.

The regiment was ordered to Fort Riley, to join the New Mexico ex-
pedition then orgie, and left Shawneetown on the 20th of April.

Col. Robert B. Mitchell having been promoted to Brigadier General,
April 8, 1862, with command of the New Mexico expedition, on the 1st of
June Col. William F. Cloud, of the Tenth Kansas Infantry, was assigned
to the command of the Second Kansas Cavalry.

On May 16, Capt. Henry Hopkins, First Lieut. Robert H. Hunt,
Second Lieut. John K. Rankin and Second Lieut. Joseph Cracklin, with a
detail of privates, were assigned to Hopkins’ (formerly Hollister’s) Battery,
and were ordered, with the brigade of Gen. Mitchell, to Tennessee. Maj.
Julius G. Fisk, with Squadrons A and D, was ordered, on the same day, to
New Mexico. :

On the 11th of June, the regiment leaving Squadrons B and C for
garrison duty at Fort Riley, moved to Emporia under orders to join
the Indian expedition then concentrating at Humboldt. On the 15th,,the
Second reached Fort Scott, the men were armed with Whitney rifles? and
on the 20th, near Baxter Springs, met the Indian expedition, with the com-
manding officer under arrest. On the 26th, Col. Cloud was assigned to
the command of the First Brigade, Indian expedition, and Lieut. Col.
Bassett took command of the regiment, then consisting of six squadrons,
about 825 men fit for duty. On the ist of August, the expedition left Baxter
Springs, reached Park Hill, Indian Territory, on the 3d, secured the
archives, treasure, chief and principal families of the Cherokee nation,
and returned to camp on the 6th, marching 210 miles. During the latter
part of August, the regiment was engaged in pursuing a party of raiders
under Col. Coffey, near the western frontier of Missouri.

Orders were received October 1, at the camp on Cox’s Creek, for the
regiment to re-enforce Brig. Gen. Soloman, at Sarcoxie, Mo. Arriving at
that place on the 3d, it left for Newtonia at 1 o’clock in the morning,
where a rebel force was threatening Gen. Soloman. The regiment was to
halt at a certain distance from the place, for signals which were to be
given at daylight by the other advancing Union forces. The Second, hav-
ing no knowledge of the country, and marching in the night, did not halt
until it met the enemy’s pickets.

The pickets fled, and at ceyuene and for two hours after, the rain fell
in torrents. The regiment waited until 10 o’clock for the expected signal,
and on hearing it, hurried forward and entered the town, which the enemy
had deserted. After various short marches and counternmiarches, the Second
was ordered to the front to ascertain the strength and position of the
enemy, preparatory to the advance of the brigade. It succeeded, without
loss, in penetrating sufficiently near the enemy’s tamp at Holcomb Springs,
to gain all the information desired, and after an absence of four days,
‘returned to the army, which had in the meantime moved forward to Pea
Ridge, Ark. The same evening the division moved from Pea Ridge toward
Marysville, via Bentonville, the Second having theadvance. About sunrise
on the 22d, a halt of an hour was ordered eight miles east of Marysville, and
at the expiration of that time Gen. Blunt ordered the column to move
forward. Through some misunderstanding or negligence, the order was
not properly transmitted to the rear, and on arriving at the point (two
miles from Marysville) where the first step was to be taken toward sur-
prising and capturing the rebel camp, it was discovered that the whole
division, save its commanding officers, and the Sccond Kansas, was still
six miles in the rear. The delay occasioned by this unfortunate occurrence
allowed the enemy’s pickets to escape to the camp, four miles beyond
Marysville, and give information of the approach of the Union forces.
Without waiting for the arrival of the remainder of the column, the
Second advanced in the early morning about three miles out on the prairie,
beyond Marysville, when it was found that the rebels had selected an
advantageous position, planted a battery, and were ready to contest their
ground. Two fields extending across the prairie, and about 200 yards
wide, divided by a fence, and partially filled with a low growth of bushes,
were between the advancing regiment and the road on which the enemy
approached. Their first line was formed at the division fence, with their
battery in the field behind them. , : ;

- The Union soldiers, dismounting, speedily cleared the first field of
rebel skirmishers, and broke the line beyond the next fence. A charge was
then ordered, under Capt. Hopkins, on the rebel battery. The men rushed
forward, and soon their cheers announced their victory. The prize con-
sisted of four pieces—three six pounder field pieces, and one twelve pounder
howitzer. The enemy made no attempt to recapture their battery, and
before the rear of the division arrived, they were in full retreat, leaving the
Second masters of the field. a

The confederate force was about four thousand, with a battery of
four pieces, and a well-selected position. The Union force was 497,
aud one section of mountain howitzers. Its loss was four killed, and
three wounded. The names of those killed were : at

Company E, William Landers, Manhattan; Company F, William M.
Mitchell, Lawrence; Company G, William F. Ball, Peru, Neb.; Eli
Lanker, Brownsville, Neb. . : :

Through November the regiment was employed in holding posts, pro-
tecting supplies, and scouting the country in pursuit of bands of raiders.
On the 28th, a force of the enemy was encountered near Boonesboro,
Ark. The Second was under the command of Maj. Fisk in this engage-
ment; two of the companies served as support to abb’s Second In jana
Battery, and the others were stationed on hills at the right of the line.
‘The opposing force, under command of Gen. Marmaduke, and consisting
of about 3,000 men, with three pieces of artillery, had formed on a
wooded hill, opposite the right front of Maj. Fisk’s line. Stover’s how-

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itzers, and Rabb’s battery soon dislodged them, and they retreated down
the Cove Creek road, pursued by a portion of the regiment. Maj. Fisk
having been severely wounded, was relieved from command; the compa-
nies left in pum of Rabb’s Battery were ordered forward to support
that of Capt. Hopkins, which had been sent to the aid of the companies
in pursuit of the enemy. The companies that were stationed on the hills
to the right of the line, at-the beginning of the engagement, rejoined the
regiment, which was ordered by Gen. Blunt to pursue the rebels to the
town of Newburg. Arriving at that point, the pursuit was continued,
forcing the enemy from their position whenever a stand was made, quite
to the foot of the mountains toward Van Buren, five miles from their first
position. The regiment bivouacked that night in the open field, and the
following day returned to Boonesboro, and went into camp.

During the first week of December, 1862, the scouting parties of the
Second penetrated the country in the vicinity of Van Buren, and gained
much valuable information in regard to the strength and situation of the
enemy. It was ascertained that a movement under Gen. Hindman was
about to be made; but the uncertainty of its destination rendered the
special duty which was assigned the regiment (picket and outpost duty)
extremely arduous, and one involving great responsibility. The most ad-
vanced outpost was situated on Cove Creek, where the Fayetteville and
Cane Hill roads converge. This, if held, would prevent the enemy from
advancing to attack the Union force in front, or by flanking to gain its
rear, and separate it from Gen. Herron, who was on his march from the
northeast with re-enforcements. It was insufficiently guarded, and Capt.
Gardner, with his little band of one hundred, was unable to hold it against
the attack of the rebels. Representations had been made at headquarters
of the inadequacy of his force, and a detail of one hundred men and
Lieut. Stover’s howitzers were ordered to itsre-enforcement, but they were
ordered too late to be of service. Before the outpost was reached, Capt.
Gardner had fallen back two miles, and the enemy were enabled to flank
a division on the left and move on to the northeast to attack Gen.

erron.

On the morning of the 7th of December, 1862, the Second, consisting
of eight companies, with twelve line and six regimental officers, joined the
First Division near Rhea’s Mills, and hurried forward on the Fayetteville
road to re-enforce Gen. Herron. Passing the infantry and batteries, it
reached the battle-field and formed line. After dismounting, the regiment
separated, two companies under Capt. Crawford being on the left and the
remaining companies on the right of the Eleventh and Thirteenth Kansas
Infantry. About half an hour before sunset, the battalion of Capt. Craw-
ford was forced back, after fighting bravely, and losing heavily. The re-

.mainder of the regiment afterward gave way with the rest of the line, but

after falling back remounted and supported the artillery until dark.

-In this battle, Capt. Avra P. Russell, of Company K, was mortally
wounded. He died on the 12th of December, 1862.

During the remainder of the winter and through the spring months,
the regiment was employed in scouting, picket duty, and in performing
various services that required pluck and nerve, but which brought little
compensation in the way of fame or renown.

n August, 1863, Capt. Crawford was sent toward the West from the
Canadian ‘River, Choctaw, Indian Territory, by order of Gen Blunt, to
destroy the supplies and capture the train of Gen. Cooper at Perryville.
At North Fork Town he burned the depot of ordnance supplies, destroyed
the warehouse, took all the clothing his soldiers needed, and the next
morning arrived at the junction of the roads on his way to Perryville.
Here he found that the rebels had retreated, having already passed beyond
the junction. Joining Gen. Blunt's forces at this point, the enemy was
driven through and beyond Perryville, and the command returned to Fort
Smith. On the route from Fort Smith to Backbone Mountain, a rebel
force was encountered, and Capt. E. C. D. Lines, who was in the advance,
was killed, with a number of his men.

’ The regiment moved to Waldron, Ark., on the 1st of December, 1863,
and during the month Lieut. Col. Bassett was assigned to the command
of the Third Brigade and Maj. Fisk to the command of the regiment. The
duties of the soldiers were laborious and disagreeable, as well as dangerous.
The weather was cold, the ground was covered with snow, they were on
short rations, aud being stationed at outposts and engaged in scouting and
picket duty in a hostile country, it required all the coolness and resolution
they bad acquired in their three years’ hard discipline to enable them suc-
cessfully to fulfill the trusts committed to them.

The Second was assigned to Lieut. Col. Bassett’s cavalry brigade in
March, 1864, and leaving Waldron on the 22d, arrived on the 10th of April
at Sulphur Springs, and reported to Gen. Steele, then running his famous
race with Gen. Price to gain possession of Camden, Ark. While the two
Generals were hurrying their columns forward. an attack was made on the
rear of Gen. Steele’s army by Marmaduke. The cavalry brigade guarded
the rear. Gen. Thayer, commanding the frontier division, formed his
line, with the Second Kansas Cavalry on his right, under Maj. Fisk, and
the Sixth and Fourteenth, under Lieut. Col. Campbell, on his left. On
advancing into the prairie, four squadrons of the Second were thrown out
to the front, and for a mile to the right, as skirmishers. Marmaduke was
completely deceived, supposing the entire army to be covered by the
skirmish line. He accordingly declined to attack, and the army passed on
without being delayed, loss of time being the one thing most dreaded at
that particular juncture. On the 16th, Gen. Steele reached Camden and
took possession of the town, being only about four miles ahead of Price.
The news of Gen. Banks’ reverses on the Red River had given the enemy
fresh courage, and the country around Camden was swarming with rebel
troops, ready to attack any and every supply train or detached expedition
that should be sent out from that place. A train sent out sixteen miles
for forage was attacked and captured on the 18th, with heavy loss. A
detachment of the Second, under Lieut. Mitchell, formed a part of the
escort accompanying the train. Among those captured in this expedition
was Henry W. Selig, of Lawrence. Becoming so weakened by his wounds
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as to be unable to march, he was murdered by his captors before reaching
the destined prison at Fort Tyler.

Gen. Steele finding his position at Camden untenable, evacuated the
town on the 27th and retreated across the Washita. The cavalry regiments
were sent forward to Little Rock, and the remainder of the army suc-
ceeded, after a terrible struggle at Jenkins’ Ferry (crossing of the Saline)
also, in reaching that place on May 2. Immediately after the arrival of
the main body of the army, the Second was ordered again to Fort Smith,
where it was rejoined by Capt. Gardner, with Squadrons E and D, and
Tater by the remainder of Frontier Division under Brig. Gen. Thayer.
The different companies of the regiment were detailed for escort, and other
duties through the summer—Licut. Mitchell and Maj. Hopkins to Fort
Scott, Capts. Cosgrove, Matthews and Barker to Fort Gibson.

September 19, on his return from Fort Scott, to Fort Gibson, C. N.,
with a supply train of 800 wagons, Capt. Hopkins had an encounter with
the forces of Gen. Gano, at Cabin Creek. Capt. Hopkins had under his
command about 600 men, nearly two-thirds being Cherokees. He was at-
tacked in the night by 2,000 rebels, with artillery, two pieces of which
were posted in his front, and two opposite his right flank. Guarding his
train as well as he was able, Capt. Hopkins defended his position six
hours, when the enemy made an advance, and planting their artillery
within one hundred yards of his lines, forced him to abandon his train,
and fall back to Grand River.

During September, Col. Cloud was assigned to the staff of Maj. Gen.
Curtis, and Maj. Fisk resumed command of the regiment. In January,
1865, the Second was ordered to report to regimental headquarters at Clarks-
ville, and then proceed to Little Rock. On the passage down the river,
the ‘‘ Annie Jacobs,” on which the regiment embarked, was, with two other
transports, fired upon from a rebel battery, and all were forced to run
ashore. After two days, the boats were enabled to proceed to Little
Rock. During February and March the Second was at Clarksville and
Lewisburg. ‘

March 18, Company H was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., and
April 14, Company A, at the same place. April 17, Company K was
mustered out at Fort Leavenworth. June 22, Companies B, C, D and L
were mustered out at Fort Gibson. The men left Fort Gibson on the 2d
of July, reached Lawrence on the 14th, and were paid and discharged on
the 17th of August.

7 FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company B—Killed by guerrillas, Lorenzo Pearce, Springfield, Mo.;
James Reeves, Fort Smith, Ark.

Company C—Killed at Backbone Mountain, Ark., Sept. 1, 1863,
William Staatz, Junction City ; at Fort Gibson, OC. N., Sept. 16, 1864,
Robert Hampton and Bailey Duval; at Pineville, Mo., Nov. 19, 1862,
John Davis, Fort Riley. Died of wounds received at Backbone Moun-
tain, Frank Falkner, Junction City.

Company D—Killed at Little Santa Fé, Mo., March 26, 1862, William
z Wills, Muscotah ; at Roseville, Ark., April 4, 1864, Thomas J. Rhoe,

den.

Company E—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7, 1862, Sergt. John
S. Rosa, Junction City, and LeviH. Stout, Louisville ; at Old Fort Wayne,
C. N., Oct. 22, 1862, William Sanders.

Prairie Grove, John M. Thompson, and John A. Miller, both of Manhat-
tan. Of wounds received at easel. Neal C. Robinson, Baldwin City.

Company F—Killed at battle of Old Fort Wayne, Ark., October 22,
1862, William N. Mitchell, Lawrence; at Scullyville, C. N., October 381,
1863, William Nelson, Leavenworth ; while on escort duty August 11,
1864, George Potter, Lawrence ; killed by captors en route for Fort Tyler,
Tex., as prisoner, Henry W. Selig, Lawrence.

Company G—Killed at Old Fort Wayne, Corporal William F. Ball,
Peru, Neb.; at Boonesboro, Ark., December 6, 1862, Corporal John
Dower, Olathe; at Scullyville, C. N., Daniel Flint, Shawnee; at Fort
Smith, Ark.. July 29, 1864, William Crossman, Shawnee ; at Cabin Creek,
C. N., September 19. 1864, Henry L. Hall, Brownsville ; killed at Scully-
ville while prisoner, William T. Carpenter, Leavenworth ; died of wounds,
John Roberts, Shawnee. i

Company H—Killed at Van Buren, Ark., December 29, 1862, Henry
H. Hiatt, Marysville; in Crawford County, Ark., August 11, 1864, Edward
H. Nauman, Washington; at Poison Spring, Ark., Apri] 18, 1864, John C.
Blackford, Lawrence ; at Fort Smith, Ark., September 1, 1864, Henry
Hirch, Topeka; died of wounds, William Root, Fort Smith; Arnold Wit-
tenberg, Marysville, Kan. ; Jesse Howard, Marysville, Kan.

Company I—Killed at Prairie Grove,f Ark., December 7, 1862, Ser-
eant Joseph Henderson, McGregor, Iowa, and Thomas Lawrence, John
Guna uti Leroy ; at Baxter Springs, January 20, 1864, John Acker-
man, McGregor ; at Poison Springs, Ark., Francis M. Sullivan, Blooming
Grove; killed on picket, near Waldron, Kan., William H. Walker,
McGregor.

Company K—Died, December 12, 1862, of wounds received‘at battle
of Prairie Grove, Capt. Avra P. Russell, Leavenworth; killed in action
at Cane Hill November 28, 1862, Cyremus M. Adams, Emporia; killed by
guerrillas—Scott Maberry and John Clayton, both of Lawrence.

Company L—Killed at Scullyville, C. N., Absalom Gyves, Fort Smith,
Ark. —

FIFTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

The Fifth Kansas was organized July 1861, under the fotlowing
officers :

Fiedd and Staff.—Colonel, Hampton P. Johnson, Leavenworth; Lieu-
tenant Colonel, John Ritchie, Topeka: Major, James H. Summers; Adju-
tant, Stephen R. Harrington, Washington, D. C.; Quartermaster, James
Davis, Leavenworth ; Surgeon, E. B. Johnson, Leavenworth ; Chaplain,
Hugh D. Fisher, Lawrence. . mle: j

Line Officers. —Company A, Captain, John Ritchie, Topeka; First
Lieutenant, William ‘F. Creitz, Holton; Second Lieutenant, Reuben A.

HISTORY OF KANSAS. A

Died of wounds. received at.

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Randlett, Topeka. Company B/Captain, John R. Clark ; First Lieu-
tenant, John McIntosh ; Second Lieutenant, Hadley J. Alley. Company.
C, Captain, Garret Gibson ; First Lieutenant, James H. Summers ; Second
Lieutenant, Charles G. Bridges, all of Decatur, lowa. Company D,
Captain, Henry C. Seaman; First Lieutenant, Joseph H. Trego; Second
Lieutenant, Orlin E. Morse, all of Mound City. Company E, Captain,
James 8. Hunt; First Lieutenant, John F. Young, Winchester; Second -
Lieutenant, James M. Heddens, Burlington. Company F, Captain, James
M. Williams; First Lieutenant, Henry Moore, Leavenworth; Second Lieu--
tenant, Ansel D. Brown, Burlington. Company G, Captain, Wilton A.
Jenkins, Leroy ; First Lieutenant, Joseph E. McComas, Kansas City, Mo. ;
Second Lieutenant, Harrison Kelly, Ottumwa. Company H, Captain,
Samuel C. Thomas, Leon; First Licutenant, William E. Rowe; Second
Lieutenant, George R. Huston. Company I, Captain, John Lockhart,
Lanesfield ; First Lieutenant, James B. Harvey ; and Second Lieutenant,
James L. Stewart, both of Spring Hill. Company K, Captain, Adoniram
J. Miller, Ohio City; First Lieutenant, William E. McGinnis; Second
Lieutenant, Alexander Rush. Company L, Captain, James H. Young,
Olathe ; First Lieutenant, Tobias J. Hadley, Monticello ; Second Lieuten-
ant, William F. Goble, Leavenworth. Company M, Captain, William H.
Lindsay ; First Lieutenant, Livingston G. Parker; Second Lieutenant,
Henry N. Dunlap, all of Leavenworth.

Col. H. P. Johnson assumed command of the Fifth at Fort Scott in
August, 1861. Before leaving Kansas, the regiment had a skirmish with a
detachment of Gen. Price’s army at the crossing of a little stream called
Drywood, in which several of the men were wounded. Gen. Price moved
northeast to Lexington, and the Fifth followed to Morristown, where, on
the 17th of September, an attack was made on a rebel force. Col.
Johnson was shot while leading the charge, at the head.of his regiment.
He was a brave and accomplished officer, beloved by his soldiers, and it
was long before the regiment recovered from the effects of the loss of its
leader, while yet comparatively undisciplined, and unaccustomed to ihe
reality of war. In the engagement at Morristown, James M. Copeland, of
Fort Scott, was killed, and several of the regiment were wounded. The
confederates retreated, and the Union force, after taking possession of
their horses, camp equipage, etc., moved to West Point, Mo., thence, with
the Third and Fourth Kansas, to Osceola, at which point the rear of the
rebel force, then occupying Lexington, was attacked, and large quantities .
of stores destroyed. Gen. Price, making a feint of advancing on Kansas
City, before evacuating Lexington for his retreat to the southwest of Mis-
souri, the Fifth was ordered to that city. In October it joined Gen. Fre-
mont’s forces at Springfield. Mo., and, on his removal in November, and
the dispersal of the Union forces by Gen. Hunter, returned again to Fort
Scott. After several expeditions to places in the vicinity, the regiment
went into winter quarters at Camp. Denver, near Barnesville, Kan.

In the spring of 1862, the Fifth, under the command of Lieut. Col.
Powell Clayton, was thoroughly re-organized, drilled and disciplined.
From the camp near Fort Scott the regiment moved to Carthage, where a
party of rebels were captured by Company A, under Capt. Creitz. From
the early part of April until May 25, the Fifth was in camp at Springfield,
again subjected to that thorough system of regimental drill, which after-
ward carried it successfully through encounters with many times its own
number of the enemy. From Springfield the regiment moved to Rolla,
Mo., from which point it marched to join the Army of the Southwest,
leaving the regimental train in charge of adetachment under command of
Capt. Creitz. A week later, Capt. Creitz, with Company A, and a portion
of Companies D and K (as escort to the train, in all, about one hundred
and fifty men), left Houston to join the regiment in Arkansas. At Salem,
just over the border of Arkansas, the escort met and routed an Arkansas
cavalry regiment, killing seven, and taking several prisoners with no loss
of their own. Following up their advantage, the next day a band of
guerrillas, consisting of a Captain and seventeen men, were captured, and
the booty which they had stolen from the army in advance was re taken.
On July 8 (the following day), the trusty little band, while crossing Black
River, near Jacksonport, Ark., was attacked by a regiment of Texan Ran-
gers under Col. Smith. For a time it seemed ‘as though the train must be
lost;"but, after fighting for an hour, the far-famed ‘ Rangers” were com-
pletely routed, Capt. Creitz, with his Kansas ‘‘boys,” driving them several
miles, killing eightecn of their men, and capturing valuable supplies. One
of the escort was drowned while crossing the river, two were wounded,
and two were taken prisoners. After putting the enemy to flight, the de-
tachment pursued its way unmolested, down White River, taking the train
safely through a hostile country, and on the 14th of July joined the regi-
ment, fifty miles from Helena.

: Through the remainder of the summer, and until mid-winter, the
Fifth was stationed in the vicinity of Helena, making such frequent and
successful sortées upon the bands of guerrillas that invested the country
that the name of the regiment and its determined leaders carried whole-
some terror to the hearts of the marauders. During the winter of 1863-64,
the regiment was ordered to St. Charles to take part in McClernand’s ex-
pedition against Little Rock. The floods rendering it impossible for the
regiment to strike the river at that point, Col. Clayton proceeded twenty-
five"miles higher up, to the town of Clarendon.

_In order to establish communication with the force at St. Charles,
Maj. T. W. Scudder, with two men from Company D, set out at night in
a little skiff, and after rowing nine hours in a sform of sleet and snow,
reached the fleet nearly frozen, only to find the city evacuated and their
aber thrown away, the regiment being-obliged to return immediately to

elena.

_In May, a force consisting of the Fifth Kansas, Fifth Illinois and a
regiment of Indiana cavalry, under command of Col. Clayton, left Hel-
ena under orders to destroy any supplies that might otherwise fall into
rebel hands. Moving out on the Little Rock road, the command moved
north until the La Aquille River was reached. Here the force was sepa-
rated ; the Fifth Kansas and Fifth Illinois, under command of Lieut,

 
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Col. W. A. Jenkins, crossed the river, while Col. Clayton, with the Indi-
ana cavalry, remained to guard the bridge until their return.

_ _ Lieut. Col. Jenkins moved with his command toward the south, hop-
ing to overtake the rebels under Col. Dobbins. He failed in this, and
when about twenty-eight miles from Col. Clayton, found that Marmaduke
was in his rear, and between himself and his way of retreat across the La
Aquille. The Fifth Illinois had halted five miles back and Col. Jenkins
with the Fifth Kansas turned back, hoping to cut his way through the
rebel force. Col. Carter, with a brigade of Texas Rangers, was in their
path—four regiments numbering 1,600 men with two pieces of artillery.
Three times they charged the Kansas regiment, and three times were met
and repulsed, the fourth attempt being abandoned before the Union line
was reached. Having been driven about half a mile, they reached a
strong position, where their artillery could be used to good advantage,
and made a stand. Col. Jenkins held his ground, but deemed it fool-
hardy to assail them. The Fifth I|inois coming up about dark, the two
regiments withdrew to the La Aquille, where a bridge was constructed
from boards. taken from neighboring houses, and the command crossed
without accident. The enemy made their appearance on the opposite
bank about 9 o’clock in the morning, but withdrew after exchanging a
few shots.

On arriving at Helena, it was found that Col. Clayton had also met
the rebels, and successfully repulsed them. The loss of the regiment was
one killed and several wounded.

After the return of Marmaduke’s forces from their unsuccessful raid
into Southeastern Missouri, and Coffey’s repulse at Pineville, in the
southwestern portion of the same State, the rebels concentrating their
western forces at Little Rock, sent out bands of guerrillas to scour the
country toward the east in the vicinity of Helena, and toward the north-
west in Missouri and Kansas. In May, a portion of the Fifth Kansas,
under Maj. Walker, was attacked near Helena, by a strong band of these
guerrillas, overpowered and driven back to headquarters with quite a se-
vere loss. The encounter took place at a point called Polk’s Plantation,
about seven miles from Helena. When Marmaduke attacked Helena,
July 4, 1863, the Fifth, with the First Indiana Battery and a portion of
the Dubuque, held the extreme right, from sunrise until 2 0’clock. The posi-
tion was ably and bravely defended, and the enemy driven back, with heavy
loss. Four of the regiment were killed, and several wounded, among the
latter, Capt. Creitz and Lieut. Jennings.

After the surrender of Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Steele was sent to Helena,
to organize an expedition to move against Little Rock. The Fifth left
Helena on the 15th of August, and after leaving the sick of the army at
Duvall’s Bluff, proceeded west to Brownsville, which place Marmaduke had
evacuated on the arrival of Gen. Davidson’s forces, retreating to his
intrenchments at Bayou Meteaon September 4. He wasdriven from this
point by Col. Clayton’s cavalry brigade, and a brigade of infantry under
command of Gen. Rice, and again retreating over the bayou, burned the
bridge behind him, and checked further pursuit. Itbeing found impracticable
for the army to pass the bayou, it was decided to gain Little Rock by the
Arkansas, and the Fifth with the other troops reached Ashley’s Mills,

-twelve miles below the enemy, on September 8. A portion of the army
under Gen. Davidson, crossed the river, and fought their-way up on the
south bank; the Fifth, with the remainder of the troops, under Gen. Steele,
advanced simultaneously on the north bank, occasionally assisting David-
son with their batteries. Gen. Steele, with his command, was opposite the
city when it was surrendered, and before night had the pleasure of occupy-
ing it, with the United States flag once more floating from its arsenal. On
September 14, Col. Jenkins, with a portion of the regiment, was ordered
to Pine Bluff, on the south bank of the Arkansas, fifty miles below Little
Rock. Soon after, the remainder of the Fifth, with the other regiment of
the brigade (First Indiana) arrived, and Col. Clayton assumed command of
the post. During the early part of October, Col. Clayton, with three
hundred men and four pieces of light artillery, marched ninety miles, and
gaining the rear of the rebel outpost at Tulip, attacked their camp, routing
the entire force of six hundred, and captured their arms, supplies, camp
equipage, and one battle flag, without the lossof aman. _The charge upon
the camp was made by the Fifth, commanded by Col. Jenkins, and sup-
ported by the artillery. :

The rebels, having been forced to evacuate Pine Bluff, Marmaduke
advanced from Princetown, forty-five miles south, determined to retake it.
It was now occupied by Col. Clayton, with the Fifth Kansas and First
Indiana, six hundred men and nine light guns. :

On the morning of the 25th of Octvber, the rebel General, with twelve
guns and a force estimated at three thousand, advanced in three columns,
and poured shot and shell into the town for five hours, setting fire to the
place, and destroying some of its best buildings, but not succeeding in his
attempt to retake it. The action commenced at 9 in the morning, and
the rebels, utterly beaten, drew off about 8 o’clock in the afternoon,
with a loss of one hundred and fifty killed and wounded, and thirty
prisoners. The brigade lost thirty-seven, of which twenty-seven was from
the Fifth Kansas. During the winter of 1863-64, the regiment remained at
Pine Bluff, making occasional expeditions thence against the rebels when
they approached too near. After Gen. Steele moved southward from Little
Rock toward Camden, Col. Clayton, with a portion of his force, advanced
to the crossing of the Saline River at Mount Elba, for the purpose of
driving the rebel Gen. Dockery from the adjacent country. On the morn-
ing of the 29th of March, the cavalry crossed the river, and, proceeding
a few miles, watched the approaches from the north and west, while the
infantry, with a portion of the artillery, remained at the ford to guard the
crossing. The next morning guns were heard from the direction of Mount
Elba. Gol. Jenkins, with the Fifth, immediately moved back to the Saline,
and arrived just as the enemy were driving in the pickets. Col. Jenkins
formed his line immediately. The Fifth Kansas (dismounted) in the center,
Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, with two guns, on the right, and Twenty-
eighth Wisconsin on the left, A detachment of the Fifth, with one gun,

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supported the right. The force of Gen. Dockery advanced bravely, but
were even more bravely met, and after a sharp struggle they broke and
fled, pursued by the Fifth, until about ten miles from the scene of the
combat it was joined by Col. Clayton with other additional forces.

The Fifth, under Col. Clayton, then charged the enemy and the rout
was complete.

Lieuts. Young of the Fifth Kansas, and Greathouse of the First
Indiana, who were detailed the day previous with one hundred men to
destroy the Long View Bridge, forty miles down the river, returned suc-
cessful, having, in addition to the destruction of the bridge, captured Gen.
Dockery’s wagon train, two hundred and sixty prisoners and two battle
flags, with no loss to themselves. The following day, Col. Clayton’s force
returned to Pine Bluff, taking with it, as trophies of its success, three
hundred and eighteen prisoners, three hundred horses and mules, and
between one and two hundred wagons. The entire Union loss was two
killed, two wounded, and eight taken prisoners.

In April, asupply train of 240 wagons was sent from Pine Bluff to the
army of Gen. Steele in Camden. After being unloaded, it was dispatched
on its return, guarded by Lieut. Col. Drake, Thirty-sixth Iowa, with sev-
eral regiments of infantry and cavalry, among the latter a small portion
of the Fifth, with one gun, under command of Lieuts. Jennings and Mc-
Carty. While making its way through a swamp four miles long, the
advance was attacked by Gen. Fagan’s rebel division, as it debouched at
Marks’ Mill, while most of the command were struggling through. the
swamp with the wagons. The enemy also succeeded in throwing a large
force between the advance and the Seventy-seventh Ohio, which guarded
the rear, and assailing the several portions of the Union force in turn.
forced them each to surrender; but not until the heroic Drake was mor-
tally wounded, and one-quarter of the whole command killed or disabled.
Lieuts. Jennings and McCarty, with their commands, were taken prisoners
with the rest. The latter succeeded in making his escape. The prisoners
were compelled to march fifty-two miles without food or rest within the
next twenty-four hours. They reached their destination, at Tyler, Texas,
on the 15th of May, where they were placed in the prison camp, and held
until exchanged.

In September the regiment participated in an engagement near Mount
Elba, Ark., in which Sergt. Maj. J. W. Denton was killed, and several
severely wounded.

During September, 1864, several companies of the regiment, their
term of service having expired, were mustered out at Fort Leavenworth.
During the year, members of the remaining companies were mustered out
at Leavenworth, Pine Bluff and Little Rock. June 22, 1865, the re-enlisted
veterans of the Fifth Kansas were mustered out at Duvall's Bluff, Ark.

FATAL CASUALTIES,

Killed at Morristown, -Mo., September 17. 1861—Col. Hampton P.
Johnson, Leavenworth; at Mount Elba, Ark., September 11, 1864, Sergt.
Maj. Joseph W. Denton.

Company A—Killed at Mount Vernon, Mo., May 11, 1863, Wesley A.
Hurd, Holton; at Morristown, Mo., September 17, 1861, James M. Cope-
land, Fort Scott ; in action at Mark’s Mills, Ark., April 25, 1864, Thomas
L. Lillard. Died of wounds received at Mark’s Mills, John Furnish, To-
peka, and Miles W. Thompson, Auburn. Killed on picket at Trenton,
Ark., January 12, 1863, John Rose, Holton.

Company B—Killed at Pope’s Plantation, Ark., May 25, 1863, Corp.
James H. Fairley, and Privates Isaac V. Herriford and Columbus Sperry ;
at Mark’s Mills, Greenberry Rose ; at Pine Bluff, Ark., October 25, 1863,
Abraham Campbell.

Company O—Killed at Pope’s Plantation, Ark., Corp. William Camp-
bell, Modina, Mo. ; at Brownsville, September 14, 1863, Willis Cox, (Far-
rier) Leavenworth; at Pine Bluff, Ark., October 25, 1863. George W. Lucas,
Modina, Mo. Died of wounds received at Pine Bluff, George W. Smith,
Decatur, Iowa.

Company D—Killed at Pine Bluff, Ark., October 25, 1863—George 8S.
Carlrecht, and Vachel Hinton, both of Mound City.

Company -E—Killed at Mark’s Mills, Ark., April 25, 1864, Corp.
ey A Creighton ; at West Point, Mo., September 24, 1861, Thomas
Stanfield.

Company F—Killed at Butler, Mo., July 25, 1861, Sergt. William H.
Hill ; at Tumback Creek, April 26, 1862, Francis G. Picket ; at West Point,
Mo., October, 1861, Francis Miller, Fort Scott ; at Swan Lake, Ark., April
28, 1864, William King; at Helena, Ark., July 4, 1863, Philip M. Rhoads,
ae Scott; at Pine Bluff, Ark., October 25, 1863, Charles E. Wait, Cold

prings.
a Company G—TKilled at Helena, Ark., April 3, 1863, Corp. Alexander
oore.

Company H—Died from wounds received at Pope’s Plantation—Sergt.
ne J. Richardson ; from wounds received at Trenton, Ark., Graves

ot.

Company I—Killed at Helena, Ark., Sebastian Webber, Black Jack;
died of wounds received at Helena, Pleasant Neil, William Swartz and
Marion Albert ; killed at Black River, Ark., John D. Collins.

Company K—Killed at Mark’s Mills, Ark., John Gerth; at Pine Bluff,
Ark., Patrick McMahan ; at Eminence, Mo., Jacob F. M. Frank, Greeley.
Died of wounds received at Mark’s Mills, Sergt. George W. Hendrix, Ohio
City, and Sergt James F. Williams.

s 5 ORL SOY L—Killed at Newtonia, Mo., October 28, 1864, Edward P.
mith.

ean M—Killed, August 1, 1863, James D. Morrison, Leaven-
worth.

SIXTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

In July, 1861, the confederate army, under Gens. Price, Jackson and
McCulloch, overran all Southern Missouri, and constantly threatened the
southeast portion of Kansas. Bordering on Missouri, and the hostile In-
dian Territory, easily reached by raiding parties from Arkansas, especially
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obnoxious to the surrounding ee nals States, and with its frontier
almost entirely unprotected, it seemed only a measure of ordinary pru-
dence that a part of the troops raised in the State should be organized for
home defense. Accordingly, at the request of W. C. Ranson, and other
citizens of Fort Scott, permission was granted by Gen. Lyon for the or-
ganization of three companies of infantry to be stationed at that place,
and designated ‘‘Home Guards.’’ These companies were soon raised, but
being insufficient for the pressing needs of the time, five additional com-
panties, four being cavalry, were organized by authority of Major Prince,
commanding at Fort Leavenworth. A regimental organization was effect-
ed on the 9th of September, there being at that time eight companies—
four cavalry, and four infantry. The organization at that date was as fol-
lows : Colonel, William R. Judson; Lieut. Colonel, Lewis R. Jewell ;
Major, W. T. Campbell; Adjutant, George G. Clark; Quartermaster,
John S. Redfield.

The three original companies of the regiment performed garrison
duty at Fort Scott, until after the battle of Drywood, in which Company
E, Capt. Greeno, had the advance, and was the first engaged. After the
repulse at this point, and the occupation of Fort Scott by a detachment
of Gen. Price’s army,'the Sixth marched, with the command of Gen. Lane,
to Fort Lincoln, remaining there unti) Lane entered Missouriin pursuit of
the retreating rebels, when it was sent back, under command of Col. Jud-
son, to re-occupy Fort Scott, the infantry companies performing garrison
duty and the calvary: being almost constantly engaged in scouting expedi-
tions into the adjoining country. .

In the spring of 1862, the ‘‘Home Guard” companies were mustered
out of service ; various changes and transfers were made,‘ and the Sixth
was finally organized as a cavalry regiment, as follows :

Field and Staff.—Colonel, William R. Judson ; Lieutenant Colonel,
Lewis R. Jewell ; Major, William T. Campbell ; Adjutant, Isaac Stadden;
Quartermaster, Simeon B. Gordon ; Surgeon, John8. Redfield ; Chaplain,
Richard Duvall; all of Fort Scott.

Line Oficers.—Company A, Captain, George W. Veale, Topeka ;
First Lieutenant, Matthew Clary, and Second Lieutenant, John A John-
son, both of Wyandotte. Company B, Captain, Elijah E. Harvey, and
First Lieutenant, Jacob Morehead, both of Bellair, lowa; Second Lieu-
tenant, Reason R. McGuire. Company C, Captain, Harris 8. Greeno,
Topeka; First Lieutenant, Reese J. Lewis, and Second Lieutenant, David
Mefford, both of Fort Scott. Company D, Captain, John W. Orabood ;
First Lieutenant, Joseph Hall; Second Lieutenant, John S. Lane, all of
Trading Post. Company E, Captain, Henry M. Dobyns, and First Lieu-
tenant, Brainard D. Benedict, both of Paris; Second Lieutenant, Herbert
Robinson, Centerville. Company F, Captain, Charles F. Clarke, and
First Lieutenant, Frederick W. Schuarte, both of Fort Riley; Second
Lieutenant, William Gordon, Gatesville. Company G, Captain, Nathaniel

- B. Lucas, Wyandotte; First Lieutenant, John M. Laing; Second Lieu-
tenant, John M. Dunn, Junction City. Company H, Captain, David Mef-
ford; First Lieutenant, George J. Clark, and Second Lieutenant, Albert
H. Campbell, all of Fort Scott. Company I, Captain, John T. Blake,
Independence, Mo.; First Lieutenant, Silas D. Harris, Belair, Iowa ;
Second Lieutenant, Levi T. Stewart, Kansas City, Mo. Company K,
Captain, John Rodgers, Neutral Lands; First Lieutenant, Charles H.
Hayes, Fort Scott; Second Lieutenant, Levi Hatch, Neutral Lands.
Company L, Captain, Henry P. Ledger, St. Louis, Mo. ; First Lieutenant,
Jefferson Denton, Fort Scott: Second Lieutenant, Leonard J. pwingley:
Topeka. Company M, Captain, John W. Duff, Kansas City ; First Lieu-
tenant, James Brook, Clinton; Second Lieutenant, John C. Anderson,
Leavenworth. t

The consolidated company of the Sixth was organized under the fol-
lowing officers: New Company A, Captain, Charles T. Judson, Fort
Scott; First Lieutenant, Thomas G. Howell, Leavenworth ; Second Lieut-
enant, William H. Shattuck, Trading Post.

Soon after the re-organization of the regiment, its various companies
were stationed at different points along the eastern line of the State, with
headquarters at Paola, and were employed in breaking up and scattering
the numerous bands of raiders that infested Southwestern Missouri, under
the leadership of Quantrell, Gordon and other notorious guerrilla chiefs.

Capt. Veale, with Company A, penetrated into the Sni Hills, and,
dividing his company into two detachments, broke up eight camps of the
rebe] marauders, iciling thirty-seven, wounding as many more, capturing
arms and horses, and restoring order, for a time at least, to the surround-

ing country.

In June, Companies C, H and K. Capt. Greeno commanding, accom-
panied the expedition of Col. Doubleday to the Indian country, took part
in the battle of Cowskin Prairie, and returned to camp at Baxter Springs,
Kan., where they were joined by the rest of the regiment.

At this time the enemy held possession of the Indian country ; the
battle between the loyal and rebel Indians on Bushy Creek resulting so far
in favor of the latter, that the forces of Opothleyolo were forced to remove
soon after to Kansas, a treaty of alliance being negotiated on the Ist of
February, 1862, at Fort Leavenworth, between the loyal chief and his fol-
lowers on one side, and Col. Dole, United States Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, on the other. ‘

In this state of affairs, the rebel leaders were constantly inciting the
Cherokees and Creeks to open acts of hostility, and co-operating with
them in raids over the unprotected border.

An expedition under command of Col. Weer was sent into the Chero-
kee country in July, of which the Sixth formed a part. On the 4th, Col.
Clarkson was captured, with alarge part of his command and all his camp
equipage, and the same day Col. Stand-Waitie was attacked in his camp at
Stand-Waitie’s mills, by Capt. Greeno, with two companies of the Sixth,
and routed, with the loss of his supplies. The following day, the troops
went into camp at Wolf Creek, whence on the 10th they moved to Grand
River. encamping at Flat Rock, eighteen miles from Fort Gibson.

While the command was in camp at Flat Rock, the Sixth was em-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ployed in scouting and foraging expeditions in the vicinity, and as far
south as Fort Gibson. About the middle of July a detachment of the reg-
iment under Col. Greeno was sent to Tallequah, which captured and
brought back to camp, John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee nation, several
of the principal officers in the rebel Indian army, besides two hundred
Indian deserters. , .

Early in August, Gen. Coffey, with a large rebel force, invaded South-
western Missouri,and moved toward the north. Gen. Blunt, command-
ing in Arkansas, was requested to send a force from Fort Scott to cut off
his retreat, other troops being sent into Missouri to prevent his joining
Col. Hughes, who had just captured Independence. Col. Solomon, then
in command of the Indian expedition, accordingly moved toward Fort
Scott, sending a detachment of the Sixth, under command of Lieut. John-
son, to Northwest Arkansas, to ascertain the movements of the various
small guerrilla bands that made that section their headquarters. From

risoners captured by the party at Marysville, it was learned that Eastern
Teak and Western Missouri were to be the objects of the intended raids,
and if left. unprotected would be at the mercy of the invaders. The de-
tachment rejoined the command at Cowskin Prairie, and returned with
it to Fort Scott,where Gen. Blunt took command of all the forces.

Coffey and Hughes, having succeeded in uniting their forces, and de-
feating Maj. Foster at Lone Jack, advanced toward Lexington, to which

lace Maj. Foster had fallen back. Gen. Blunt left Fort Scott with the

ixth and Second Kansas, under Col. Cloud, in advance, and pursued the
rebel forces, attempting to cut off their retreat. The advance detachment
overtook their rear, at the crossing of the Osage River, but during the
night they escaped, and gained Arkansas without any serious loss. While
returning to Fort Scott, the Sixth hdd a skirmish with a rebel force at
Coon Creek, in which Capt. Greeno was wounded, and two of his men
killed. Being attached to the Second Brigade, Col. Weer commanding,
First Division, Army of the Frontier, the regiment moved with the com-
mand in August, 1862, to Coxie’s Creek, Missouri, where forces were con-
centrating to resist the threatened invasion of Gen. Hindman from
Arkansas.

The enemy having communicated with, and receiving re-enforcements
from, Northern Missouri, through the counties adjacent to the position of
our troops, a close watch had to be kept to counteract their movements,
and foil their designs so far as possible. The Sixth, being the only cav-
alry regiment in the brigade, performed much laborious and responsible
duty, through the agency of its scouts, and the information it gained of
the strength and position of the rebels was of great service to the com-
mand.

On the 30th of September, detachments from the different regiments,
that from the Sixth being under command of Capt. Mefford, and all under
Lieut. Col. Jacobbi. were sent to reconnoiter the enemy’s position at
Newtonia. The rebel pickets were driven in, but the detachment pressin
forward too eagerly, was met so vigorously that it fell back, Capt. Mef-
ford’s command rallying and covering the retreat until the artillery was
safe, but being itself surrounded by the enemy. Gen. Blunt advanced
toward Newtonia with his entire force the same morning, and on arriving
near the place met the retreating companies and learned the perilous situa-
tion of Capt. Mefford’s company. Col. Jewell and Capt. Veale, with sev-
eral companies, pressed forward and attacked the rebels, forced them back,
and held them in check until re-enforcements arrived. On the Sarcoxie
road, where the rebels formed line of battle, Lieut. Benedict brought up
his battery, threw a few shells into their ranks, when they fell back and
re-formed, and were then driven into the town of Newtonia, where they
were in too strong force to be attacked. On the 4th, when our forces
were ready to attack the town, it was found that the rebels had sent their
baggage to the rear and were preparing to retreat. They were chased in-
to Arkansas, the pursuit not being ended until men and horses were quite
exhausted.

On the return of the regiment from the pursuit, with the rest of the
command it went into camp near Keetsville, Mo., and while there Capt.
Gordon, of Company F, with a detachment of forty men, surprised a party
of rebels who were guarding a mill on White River, killing ten and capt-
uring twenty-five, together with their horses, camp equipage and a quan-
tity of arms.

Gen. Cooper having moved toward Marysville, thereby threatening
communication with Fort Scott, Gen. Blunt marched to Bentonville, Ark.,
and thence to Old Fort Wayne, C. N., to attack and dislodge him from
his position. The Sixth and Second Kansas Cavalry succeeded in routing
the rebels before the infantry came up—the Second capturing’ a battery
and the Sixth a battle flag. Before the enemy had time to rally, the
infantry and Rabb’s Second Indiana Battery came up and completed the
victory.

Gen. Blunt’s forces remained in camp at Old Fort Wayne about two
weeks, and from there removed to Camp Babcock, near the Arkansas line.
From this point, Lieut. Col. Jewell, of the Sixth, with the entire effective
force of the regiment and detachments from the Indiana brigade, was de-
tailed on a reconnoissance to Cane Hill, Ark. On his arrival at that
place, he found that the rebel forces had retreated across the Boston
Mountains to the Cove Creek Valley. Following over the mountains and
learning what he could of their position, he returned with the information
to camp, and preparations were at once made for a movement toward
Cane Hill. The Sui merehes on the 27th, and on the morning of the
28th arrived at Cane Hill, when the cavalry and artillery were ordered to
open the attack. The engagement commenced about 9'o’clock, and after
fighting two hours, Marmaduke’s cavalry gave way and retreated toward
the Boston Mountains. Here it rallied and made sinother attempt to re-
pulse its pursuers. The Sixth and Second Kansas led the advance, and
with their howitzers and Hopkin’s Battery soon drove them from their
position, the infantry following up the advantage gained by a charge,
which sent them still further back. The Sixth, still pressing forward, was
met by a destructive and fatal fire, which resulted in heavy loss. Lieut
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Col. Jewell fell mortally wounded, while leading a saber charge through
a narrow pass in the mountains; Lieuts. Johnson and Haines were severely
wounded ; seven enlisted men killed and twenty wounded; and Lieut.
Campbell taken prisoner.

Just as the attack was about to be renewed, the enemy sent a messen-
ger with a flag of truce, and an armistice of an hour was agreed to. It
being nearly night, Gen. Blunt fell back a few miles, and. the enemy re-
tiring in the morning, fell back again to.Cane Hill, sending Gen. Solomon’s
_ brigade, to which the Sixth was attached, to Rhea’s Mills, eight miles

‘north, to protect his trains. Gen. Blunt, determined to hold his position
in Arkansas against the advances of Gen.-Hindman, had telegraphed in
various directions for Gen. Herron to hasten from Missouri to his assist-
ance, and that energetic leader using every endeavor to do so, had reached
Fayetteville, before Blunt could warn him that his own command had
been flanked by Hindman, and that 25,000 rebels lay between the two
Union forces. Information of the whereabouts of Gen. Hindman, so neces-
sary to the preservation of the forces of both Gens. Blunt and Herron, was
communicated to the former by Col. Judson, who, on the morning of the
7th, moved with the Sixth toward the Fayettville road, and ascertaining
that Hindman had passed up the road toward Rhea’s Mills, where the en-
tive army train was stationed, immediately sent messengers to Gen. Blunt,
informing him that he was flanked, and his trains in danger ; then follow-
ing the enemy, and engaging the rear guard, succeeeded in delaying the
advance of Hindman several hours.

On receiving Col. Judson’s dispatch, Gen. Blunt moved as rapidly as
possible to the relief of Gen. Herron. Leaving Solomon’s brigade at

hea’s Mills to guard the train, he arrived about 1:30 on the field, in front
of the enemy’s left. His arrival turned in our favor the desperately con-
tested and still undecided battle, and saved the brave little army of Gen
Herron, that had been so long struggling against almost hopeless odds.
Gen. Hindman withdrew his forces during the night, and by taking advan-
tage of the time afforded by a truce granted for the purpose of burying
his dead the next morning, evaded the pursuit he so much dreaded.

The Sixth remairied in camp at Rhea’s Mills until December 27, when
it formed a part of Gen. Blunt’s Van Buren expedition, routing, in con-
junction with the Second Kansas, a body of Texan troops at Dripping
Springs, and capturing their camp equipage and train. This was the clos-
ing campaign for the winter. Gen. Schofield soon assumed command of
the Army of the Frontier, and ordered it to Missouri.

The Sixth having, at this time, but nine companies, permission was
obtained, February 23, from Gov. Carney, to recruit it to the standard re-

uired by general orders of the War Department, provided no special ef-

orts should be made to obtain recruits from the agricultural classes of
the State. Recruiting headquarters were established at Fort Scott, and
Capt. Greeno and several others detailed as recruiting officers. Company
L, H. P. Ledger, Captain, was recruited and mustered in at Fort Scott ;
Company I, J. T. Blake, Captain, at Westport, Mo.; Company M (prin-
cipally half-breed Delawares), J. W. Duff, Captain, was not mustered in
until July 30. 1863.

On the 2ist of June, the regiment joined Gen. Blunt’s forces at Fort
Scott, and‘on the 4th of July marched with the command for Cherokee
Nation. The rebels had been driven from the immediate vicinity of Fort
Blunt, the most advanced Union post, which was held by Col. William A.
Phillips, but a force of 6,000 men, under Gen. Cooper, occupied Honey
Springs, on Elk Creek, about twenty-five miles south, where they were
waiting for re-enforcements from Texas. Gen. Blunt, with his command,
made a forced march of 175 miles in five days, arriving at Fort Blunt on
the 10th. The rebel re-enforcements weré expected on the 17th, and Gen.
Blunt determined to have the battle decided before their arrival. He ac-
cordingly, on the night of the 16th, crossed the Arkansas at a ford about
eighteen miles southwest of Fort Gibson, with a small body of cavalry
and four guns, and marching down on the south side of the river to a
point opposite the mouth of the Grand River, drove in the enemy’s out-
posts, and before night of the 16th, had his entire force ferried over the
Arkansas. He then started on his march south, toward Elk Creek, where
Gen. Cooper was posted with 6,000 Indians and Texans. Gen. Blunt’s
force was about thirty-five hundred. . :

Gen. Blunt arrived at Elk Creek at sunrise. His forces were formed
in two columns, Col. Judson leading the right and Col. Phillips the left,
with cavalry dismounted on either flank, armed with carbines, and fighting
as infantry. The batteries were brought into position so as to shell the
woods in which the enemy were concealed, and after a sharp contest of
about two hours, they were driven through the woods onto the prairie be-
yond, where they fled in confusion, just before the Texan re-enforcement
arrived. The following is the official report of the part taken by the
Sixth Kansas in the engagement: ;

HEADQUARTERS S1xTH Kansas CAVALRY Aaa al
a CAMP NEAR He Gipson, C.N., July 19, 1863.
b. W. R. COMMANDING TROOPS IN THE FIELD: te

ie Hinde the honor to report the part taken by my command, consisting of com-
anies A, C, F and H, commanded respectively by First Lieut. T. J. Darling, Second
ieut. R. L. Phillips, Capt. William Gordon and Capt. David Mefford; also section of

mountain howitzers, under command of Lieut. J. P. Grassberger. eoteetas
My command left camp at4 o’clock A.M.,on the 16th inst., crossing the Verdigris River
andthe Arkansas River in face of the enemy, our crossing being covered by a section of
Smith’s Second Kansas Battery. The crossing was effected without loss, the enemy retiring
on our approach without firing a shot. Aftera halt of a short time, I was ordered with my
command to the advance, detailing Capt. Gordon with his company, F, to the extreme ad-
vanee. About daylight, he came up with the enemy in considerable force, posted on a rise
of ground near timber. The Captain immediately formed his men, and opened a brisk fire
on the enemy, but was compelled to fall back. I at once pou the rest of the command up
at a gallop to the support of the advance, and, after a sharp skirmish, drove the enemy from
his position, with a loss to him of one killed andthree wounded, who were left on the
ground. Privates Banks, of Company | C,and Allington, of Company F, of my command,
were wounded; also had one horse killed, and several wounded. I immediately followed
the enemy, coming up with him at Elk.Creek. Here I came to a halt, sending a company to
reconnoiter; found the enemy strongly posted in the timber, with artillery, their line ex-
tending to the right and left ofthe road. I immediately dismounted a portion of my com-
mand, and moved up cautiously, opening fire upon them. They, however, kept under cover.
Private White, Company A, was at this time severely wounded. On the arrival of the main

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force, I was transferred from Col. Judson’s command to that of Col. Phillips({Col. Judson
retaining the section of howitzers), and ordered to the left of our line of battle. Shortly
after the engagement commenced, I discovered the enemy endeavoring to flank us under
cover of timber. I immediately dismounted Companies C, F and H, and sent them into the
timber. They engaged the enemy immediately, and after sharp work of about an hour and
a half, succeeded in driving the enemy back, with considerable loss. About this time the
First Indiana Regiment charged the enemy on the left, relieving my men. I at once re-
called my men from the timber, and after obtaining a supply of ammunition, mounted and
started in pursuit. After crossing the creek, I charged into a large body of rebels, whom
I ane to be Stanwaitie’s Indians, and a regiment of Texans. They fell back to the
woods, and made a stand. My men dismounted, and opened a vigorous fire on them, which
together with the effective fire of the howitzers, soon drove them in confusion. I followe
them until ordered to cease pursuit. :

The conduct of the officers and men under my commana was excellent, they being cool
and self-possessed during the entire pageeement, particularly the detachment on duty with
the howitzers; they advanced almost as fast as the cavalry, unlimbering their guns, and de-
livering their fire with remarkable celerity and correctness.

My loss was light, considering the heavy fire under which we were, and consists of
those whose names appeat in the report.

have the honor to be your obedient servant,
Wm, 8. CAMPBELL.
Commanding Sizth Kansas Cavatry.

The rebel force retreated across the Canadian River, and the Sixth
returned to Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, where it was joined by the
second battalion of the regiment. In August, the regiment, with Gen.
Blunt’s command, was in pursuit of the forces of Cooper, commanded by
Caball and Stand-Waitie, Lieut. Phillips. with Company C, having the
advance, and constantly skirmishing with the rebels, until they were
driven beyond Fort Smith. The Sixth then returned to Fort Gibson,
moved with-the First Brigade to Northfork Town, fell back again to the
Arkansas, and on the 18th of November, 1863, arrived at Fort Smith,
where the winter was spent in scouting and escort duty. In the spring, it
went into camp at Roseville, Ark., and, on the 26th of March, was
attached to the Third Brigade (Col. Cloud commanding), First Division,
Army of the Frontier, and Companies A, C, G, K and M participated in
the Camden expedition. This battalion had a part in the skirmish at
Prairie d’Anne, and during the march to Camden lost nine men, killed,
wounded or captured, while on a foraging expedition. It also lost several
while serving as escort to a train which was sent out from Camden to pro-
cure forage. On the 17th the train was attacked at Poison Springs;
Lieut. Robert Henderson wounded and captured ; Private C. C. Goodman
killed, and Private H. Gable captured. 3

On the march to Little Rock, Companies C and K, serving as rear
guard, had a skirmish with the rebels at the crossing of the Ouchita River,
and after leaving that place, while on the march to Fort Smith, meta party
of the enemy near Dardanelle, and in the fight which ensued Sergt. G. P.
Freeman was mortally wounded. This detachment arrived at Fort Smith
on the 16th of May, and rejoined the other companies of the regiment,
which had, during its absence, been employed in scouting the country,
along the line of the Arkansas River, from Fort Gibson, C. N., to Darda-.
nelle, Ark. The duties of this portion of the regiment had been arduous
and dangerous. Capt. Goss, with Company D, stationed at Roseville,
had been attacked by a large force, which he repulsed with a loss to him-
self of five killed and several wounded ; and a scouting party of twenty-
one, while escorting Surgeon 8. A. Fairchilds to Roseville, had been fired
upon from an ambush, and thirteen of the number killed, among whom
was Dr. Fairchilds. Through June and until the latter part of July, the
duties of the regiment continued to be about the same—continual expedi-
tions against small bands of rebels that were hovering about the country,
ready to attack any weak or insufficiently guarded outpost, train or camp.

On the morning of the 27th of July, a part of the regiment, while in
camp on Muzzard Prairie, Ark., was surprised and uttacked by a rebel
force of about 2,000. Forming as quickly and well as possible, the bat-
talion made a stout resistance, driving back the assailants several times.
It was, however, overpowered, and Maj. Mefford, Lieut. De Friese and
one hundred and fourteen men taken prisoners.

Two companies of the Sixth, L and M, under command of Capt. Led-
ger, in all fifty men, formed part of the escort of the supply train, which,
under the command of Maj. Henry Hopkins, left Fort Scott on the 12th
of September, 1864. After the capture of the train at Cabin Creek, by
Gen. Gano’s forces, the two companies retreated through the woods
toward the Osage Mission, arriving on the 22d, nearly starved, and having
lost all their effects, including their records.

On the 23d of October, 1864, a detachment of the regiment, on its way
to be mustered out at Leavenworth, its term of service having already ex-
pired, was attacked at Cow Creek, Mo., and Capt. Dobyns, of Company
E, and several privates were killed. :

Companies A, B, C.D, E, F and K were mustered out at Leaven-
worth in December, 1864, the remainder of the regiment marching the
same month from Fort Smith to Clarksville, Ark., and thence, on the 16th
of February, 1865, to Little Rock, at which place the remnant of the regi-
ment was consolidated and re-organized. : :

The following June, the battalion proceeded to Duvall’s Bluff, Ark.,
where it was joined by the prisoners of war, who were immediately mus-
tered out of service, the battalion being mustered out at the same place
on the 18th of July. Leaving Duvall’s Bluff on the 27th, it arrived at
ene yenh August 11, and received final payment and discharge August
21, 1865. :

The duties required of the Sixth were not such as call forth the impet-
uous daring and unyielding bravery that come to men in brilliant and
desperate engagements; but rather those that test a soldier’s endurance and
strength of nerve—weary, harassing pursuits of an enemy over a country
of which he knows every by-way and hidden path; scouting through for-
ests and mountain passes ; wearily watching the slow-moving train over

the hot and treeless prairie; guarding the lonely outpost or camp, exposed

to the bullet of the secret and stealthy foe: and all without the excitement
of any brilliant victory or expectation of great renown. The list of killed
and wounded of the regiment tells a faithful story of the perils and dan-
gers it encountered and endured.
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FATAL CASUALTIES.

Lieut. Col. Lewis R. Jewell, of Fort Scott, died November 30, 1862, of
wounds received in action November 28, 1862, at Cane Hill, Ark.; Assistant
Surgeon Stephen A. Fairchilds, of Burlingame, killed by guerrillas April
5,1 364, at Roseville, Ark.; Sergt. Pleasant Fountain, of Fort Scott, died
April 7, 1863, near Fidelity, Mo., of wounds received in action.

Company A—Killed at Cane Hill, Ark., November 28, 1862, Private
Eugene Steohr, Parkville, Mo. Dicd of wounds received therein,
Andrew Stillwagon, Parkville, Mo. Killed at Drywood, Mo., September
22, 1861, Simeon Pennington. Died May 11, 1864, of wounds received at
Dardanelle, Ark., Granville P. Freeman, Quindaro. Killed at Marysville,
C. N., October 25, 1862, George Armstrong. Killed by guerrillas, John H.
Cotter, Quindaro; David W. Stillwagon, Parkville, Mo.; Lewis A. McGuire,
Leavenworth; Henry B. Nichols, at Tobias Strappanis.

Company B—Killed at Muzzard Prairie, Ark., July 27, 1864, Corp.
Thomas L. McCauley, Icomium, Iowa; and Privates John Parker, Joshua
B. Zents and George W. Rinker. Diced of wounds, Benjamin C. Wallace.
Killed in Jackson County, Mo., May 15, 1868, Eli H. Davis; May 12, 1862,
Andrew J. Wilson, at Hickory Grove, Mo.; September 19, 1862, William
T. Owens, Centerville, Iowa.

Company C—Killed in action at Boone County, Mo., August 24, 1862.
Died of wounds received therein, Sergt. Caleb C. Baker, Humboldt.

Killed at Newtonia, Mo., November 10, 1862, Edward M. Joy, Cherokee.

Nation; at Cane Creek, Mo., August 24, 1862, Jesse B. Combs, Fort Scott;
ue Casper County, Mo., November 12, 1861, William Wallace, Sherwood,
oO

Company D—Killed at Roseville, Ark., April 4, 1864, Privates Albert
H. Lane and William P. Boyd, Trading Post, Kan., and John Davis,
Pleasant Grove. Died of wounds. Peter Tetrick, Cane Hill, Ark. Killed
at Poison Springs, Ark., Columbus Goodman, Trading Post; at Lee’s
Creek, Ark., William Holt, Trading Post; at Muzzard Prairie, July 27,
1864, Albert H. Richley, Trading Post. Died of wounds received: Thomas
Francis, Trading Post; died December 6, 1862, of wounds received at Cane
Hill, Ark., William Speeks, Trading Post.

Company E—Killed at Cow Creek, Mo., October 28, 1864, Capt. Henry
M. Dobyns, Paris: at Roseville, Ark., April 5, 1864, Corp. Henry L. Bar-
ber, Paris: Corp. John Cowen, Twin Springs ; Burton H. Johnson, (bugler)
Paris; James A. Dunn, Twin Springs; Terry Mullins, Fort Scott; David
Newton, Paris; at Muzzard Prairie, Ark., July 27, 1864, Thomas B.
Landers, Fort Scott; Joel G. Hutchin, Trading Post; David Vanwormer,
Fort Scott; James Weldon. At Webber’s Falls, C. N., October 12, 1863,
Stephen Lambert. Died of wounds received at Clear Creck, Mo., April
18, 1862, David Ard. :

Company F—Killed at Coon Creek, Mo., August 24, 1862, Frederic
Cease, Davis County; by guerrillas while on escort duty, May 19, 1864, Henry
Thompson, Davis County.

Company H—Killed at Muzzard Prairie, Ark., July 27, 1864, Daniel
Jennings (saddler), Neutral Lands; in action June 19, 1864, near Iron
Bridge, C. N., Henry C. Baker. Died of wounds received July 27, 1864,
at Muzzard’s Prairie, Thomas R. Griffin.

Company I—Killed at Muzzard Prairie, Ark.. July 27, 1864, Corp.
George L. Harris. Kansas City. Mo.; at Roseville, Ark., April 5, 1864,
John See at Harrisonville. Mo., July 22, 1863, Richard Carter, West-
port, Mo.

eee K—Killed at Neosho, Mo., Dec. 27, 1862, Sergt. Zaccheus
Hudson.

Company L—Killed at Grand Prairie, Ark., June 26, 1864, Sergt.
Sharp McKibben, Fort Scott; at Stone’s Farm, Ark., April 5, 1864, Will-
iam Anthony, and George W. Long, both of Fort Scott; at Muzzard’s
Prairie, William M. Rice, St. Mary’s Mission.

Company M—Killed at Van Buren, Ark., August 12, 1864, Richard
Broome, Del. Died, April 15, 1864, of wounds reccived in action at Rose-
ville, Ark., David M. Worley, Leavenworth.

SEVENTH REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

The Seventh Kansas Cavalry was organized on the 28th day of Octo-
ber, 1861, and mustered into the service of the United States under the
following officers :

Field and Staff—Colonel, Charles R. Jennison, Leavenworth ; Lieu-
tenant Colonel, Daniel R. Anthony, Leavenworth ; Major, ‘Thomas P.
Herrick, Highland; Adjutant, John T. Snoddy, Mound City ; Quarter-
master, Robert W. Hamer, Leavenworth; Surgeon, Joseph L. Weaver,
Leavenworth ; Chaplain, Samuel Ayers, Leavenworth.

Line Officers—Company A, Captain, Levi H. Utt, White Cloud ; First
Lieutenant, Aaron M. Pitts, and Second Lieutenant, Thomas EH. Lohnes,
both of Highland. Company B, Captain, Fred Swoyer, Leavenworth ;
First Lieutenant, Isaac Gannett, Chicago, Il].; Second Licutenant, William
8. Moorhouse, Atchison. Company C, Captain, William 8. Jenkins;
First Lieutenant, Francis M. Ray, and Second Lieutenant, James Smith,
all of Leavenworth. Company D, Captain, Olark 8. Merriman; First
Lieutenant, Andrew Downing, and Second Lieutenant, Isaiah J. Hughes,
all of Wyanet, Ill. Company E, Captain, George I. Yeager, Chicago,
Ill.; First Lieutenant, Charles H. Gregory, and Second Lieutenant, John
Noyes, Jr., ‘both of St. Louis, Mo. Company F, Captain, Francis M.
Malone, Moweaqua, IIl.; First Lieutenant, Amos Hodgman, Leavenworth ;
Second Lieutenant, John A. Tanner, Taylorsville, Ill. Samnany i Cap-
tain, Edward Thornton, Mound City ; First Lieutenant, David W. Hous-
ton, Garnett; Second Lieutenant, Christ. C. Tomkins, Leavenworth.
Company H, Captain, Marshall Cleaveland ; First Lieutenant, James L.
Rafety, and Second Lieutenant, Charles E. Gordon, both of Leavenworth.
Company I, Captain, John L. Merrick, Elwood; First Lieutenant, Robert
Hayes, Columbus; Second Lieutenant, Edwin Miller, Sabetha. Company
K, Captain, John Brown, Jr., Dorset, Ohio; First Lieutenant, Burr H.
Bostick, Hart’s Grove, Ohio; Second Lieytenant, George H, Hoyt, Boston,
Mass,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The Seventh was ordered into active service directly after its organi-
zation. The rebels, under Col. Up. Hayes, were encamped in Western
Missouri, on the Little Blue River. They were here attacked, November
11, 1861, by Companies A, B and H of Seventh, Lieut. Col. Anthony com-
manding, and driven from their camp,-when they gained a strong position
on the hills which border the river, and made a stand. After a furious
struggle, in which nine of his little force were killed and thirty-two
wounded, Col. Anthony, after burning the rebels’ camp and capturing all
their horses, withdrew from the field. The regiment subsequently par-
ticipated in the engagement at Little Santa Fé, and on November 26, in
that at Independence. : ‘

January 31, 1862, the Seventh went into camp at Humboldt, Kan.,
remaining in that place until it was ordered to Lawrence, on March 25.
While af Lancrentic, Col. Jennison resigned, the command of the regiment
devolving upon Lieut. Col. D. R. Anthony. ; ne

On the 22d of April, the regiment was ordered to Fort Riley to join the
New Mexico expedition, and on the abandonment of that project, ordered
to Fort Leavenworth, to join the forces moving toward the south and east.
From Leavenworth, via Columbus, it proceeded to Corinth, Miss., and
thence to Rienzi, Miss., arriving July 28, 1862. . ane

At Rienzi, the regiment was assigned to the First Cavalry, Brigade,
Philip H. Sheridan, commander, and during the two months it remained
at that post was engaged in skirmishing with the enemy in the vicinity,
losing in one engagement cleven men killed and wounded. :

teu. Col. D. R. Anthony, was arrested and deprived of his command
in Tennessee, June 18, 1862, for issuing the following order :

The impadence and impertinence of the open and armed rebels, traitors, secessionists,
and Southern-rights men of this section of the State of Tennessee, in arrogantly demanding
the right to search our camp for fugitive slaves, has become a nuisance, and will no longer
be tolerated. Officers will see that this class of men, who visit our camp for this purpose, are
excluded from our lines. ‘ ,

Should any such person be found within our lines he will be arrested and sent to head-

uarters, s
# Any officer or soldier of this command, who shall arrest and deliver to his master a
fugitive slave, shall be summarily and severely punished, according to the laws relating to
such crimes. . 3

On the 17th day of July, 1862, Maj. Albert L. Lee was promoted to
Colonel, and assumed command of the regiment. Companies B and E
participated in the battle of Iuka, and in the disastrous retreat of the rebels
to Mississippi, the Seventh was constantly in the saddle, engaged in har-

assing or pursuing them. The pursuit was continued to Ripley, Miss.,

_the Seventh having the advance, and being engaged in frequent skirmishes

in which many prisoners were captured. On its return to Corinth, the
regiment was attached to an expedition which proceeded as far as Buzzard
Roost Station, from which it drove Gen. Roddy’s command; thence return-
ing to Corinth, it moved to Grand Junction, Tenn., and joined Gen. Grant's
army, then concentrating for the Missiscippi expedition. Gen. Grant, on
November 4, transferred his headquarters to La Grange, and on the 8th,
1,500 cavalry under Col. Lee were sent forward to Lamar for a recon-
noissance. The. Seventh having the advance, met near Lamar a column
of rebel cavalry, about six thousand strong, under command of Gen.
Jackson. A portion of the regiment gained the flank of the approaching
column, and Company E, commanded by Capt. Charles Gregory, makin
a vigorous charge in front at the same lime, the rebel command broke an
fled, leaving 20 dead, and 300 wounded and prisoners.

The cavalry force of Col. Lee occupied the advance of the army dur-
ing its progress through Holly Springs to Oxford, the Seventh being in
the extreme advance a large portion of the distance. At Coffeeville the
cavalry was suddenly attacked by Van Dorn, with 10,000 infantry, and af-
ter a stubborn resistance forced back about three miles, bringing off its ar-
tillery but losing about one hundred and twenty dead and wounded.
The regiment remained at Water Valley until December 15, when the
cavalry was ordered to the relief of Holly Springs, which Van Dorn was
threatening. Before the town could be reached, it had been sacrificed
through the cowardice of its commander, and Gen. Grant was compelled
to fall back to Grand Junction.

Van Dorn’s forces were pursued into Tennessee, whence the com-
mand returned to Holly Springs. moving thence, on the 31st of December,
to Tennessee, being employed during the remainder of the winter in guard-
ing a portion of the line of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, with
headquarters at Germantown.

Col. A. L. Lee having been promoted to Brigadier General November
29, 1862, took leave of the regiment at this place, the command devolving
upon Lieut. Col. T. P. Herrick.

On the 17th of April, 1863, the regiment returned to Corinth, and the
following morning left to join the forces of Gen. G. M. Dodge, at Bear
Creck, Ala. On the 24th, Gen. Roddy was attacked at Tuscumbia, Ala.,
and driven from the town, when, the remainder of the cavalry coming up,
he was pursued and overtaken at Leighton, a few miles beyond Tuscum-
bia. In the engagement which followed, and which resulted in a com-
plete victory for the Union cavalry, Capt. Utt, of Company A, lost a leg
while charging a rebel battery at the head of his men. After the pursuit
was over the command returned to camp, and after a few days advanced
on Town Creek, crossing the stream and driving the enemy back. The
infantry then marched to Corinth, and the cavalry moved south, to Tupelo,
Miss., arriving on the 5th of May, driving the rebels out, and occupying
the town. While in Tupelo, the cavalry met and successfully resisted sev-
aral attempts of the enemy to retake the place.

Later in the month the regiment returned to Corinth, and with head-
quarters in that town made expeditions into the adjoining States, often
meeting the rebels, and usually whipping them. Corny’s Brigade, to
which the Seventh was attached, was constantly on the move, now at
Florence, Ala., now at Hamburg, on the Tennessee, at Iuka, at Swallow’s
Bluffs, bis squadrons dashed from one place to another, and when they
came, the enemy left. .

In the battle of Byhalia and Wyatt, Miss., our cavalry drove Forrest’s
forces, with heavy Joss, across the Tallahatchee, Thisengagement was 3
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severe one. Capt. Amasa Hodgman, of Company H, was mortally wound-
ed while leading his company to a charge, and died, a prisoner, a few
days after, October 16, 1863. °

The regiment ane encountered Forrest, December Ist at Ripley,
Miss., at which time Lieut. Col, W. 8. Jenkins was severely wounded.

While in camp near La Grange, Tenn., on the 1st of January, 1864,
although suffering from cold and exposure, many of the men having
frozen their feet during the cold, sleety storms of the season, four-fifths
of the regiment re-enlisted as veteran volunteers. These were mustered in
at Memphis, January 21, 1864, and the regiment proceeded to Leavenworth
on thirty days’ furlough.

At the expiration of the furlough the Seventh was re-equipped at St.
Louis, and returned to Memphis, being, soon after its arrival, stationed
on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, as escort to laborers engaged in
repairing that road. Early in July, it moved in advance of Gen. A. J.
Smith’s infantry force, to Pontotoc, Miss., and then to Tupelo, Miss., as
rear guard of the same force. During the march from Pontotoc to Tupelo,
Forrest’s cavalry was closely pursuing our forces, and the Seventh was
constantly engaged in holding it back until the advance arrived at Tupelo.
The enemy, estimated at 14,000, had concentrated here, and Gen. Smith’s
force was charged twice by Forrest’s infantry, but repulsed with heavy
loss, and driven from the field. ‘

During August, the regiment participated in the various actions that
occurred during Gen. Smith’s expedition to the Tallahatchee, returning at
the close of the expedition to Memphis, and thence to St. Louis, report-
ing to Gen. Rosecrans at the latter place-on the 17th of September, 1864,
and under command of Lieut. Col. F. M. Malone, taking an active part in
the Missouri campaign of that year.

During the winter of 1864, and into the summer of 1865, the Seventh
was stationed in the St. Louis District, the several squadrons being em-
ployed in scouting expeditions against guerrillas. On the 18th of July,
1865, the regiment was ordered to Omaha City, Neb., from thence to Fort
Kearney, and again to Fort Leavenworth. It arrived at the latter place
September 14, 1865, and was mustered out and received its discharge on
the 29th of the same month.

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company A—Killed at Tupelo, Miss., May 6, 1863, Edwin Vaughn,
Hiawatha; at Clinton, Miss., July 9, 1863, George Rosalieu, St. Louis,
Mo.; at Little Blue, Mo., November 11, 1861, Stephen Stillwell, Highland;
at La Fayette, Tenn., June 9, 1863, James W. Abram, Leavenworth. Died
of wounds received at Little Blue, Robert Henderson, Barrett.

Company B—Killed at Somerville, Tenn., January 3, 1864, Capt.
Fred Swoyer, Leavenworth, and Private Timothy Mullen; at Wyatt,
Miss., October 12, 1862, Walter F. Hadley; at Little Blue, Mo., William
Popeges and Israel G. Wyrick, Leavenworth. Died of wounds received
at Little Blue, November 11, 1861, George W. Farnham and Robert Berry.
Killed at Ellistown, Miss., John O’ Neil, Gardner. .

Company C—Killed at Columbus, Mo., Jan. 9, 1862, Joseph Morrison,
Leavenworth ; at Leighton, Ala., April 24, 1863, Corp. Joshua T. Stout,
Holt County, Mo.; at Swallow Bluff, Tenn., September 30, 1863, Thomas
Graham, Leavenworth; at Coffeeville, Miss., December 5, 1862, Joln
Howard.

Company D—Killed at Columbus, Mo., January 8, 1862, Sergt. Daniel
Holmes and Private Milton C. Triplett, both of Wyanet, Ill.; at Coffee-
ville, Miss., December 5, 1862, Sergt. Nathan B. Hinsdale, of same place;
at Somerville, Tenn., January 8, 1863, Corp. Edwin N. Butts, also of
Wyanet, Ill.

Company E—Killed at Independence, Mo., November 26, 1861, Jacob
C. Myers, Bushville, Ill.; at Germantown, Tenn., January 27, 1863, Mich-
ael Dinning, Chicago, Il. an of wounds: John McCabe and Charles A.

regory, both of Chicago, Ill. .
" Tena any P_Killed at Kossuth, Miss., August 27, 1862, Frederick
Keyser, Moweaqua, Ill.; Zachariah Price, John Wilt and George B.
Smith. Died of wounds received in same action, Robert Allen, Macon
County, Il. .

Company ce ie wounds: Noah V. Ness, Humboldt, and Daniel
H. Newman, Mound City. ;

acaba H—Died of wounds received at Wyatt, Miss., October 10,
1863: Capt. Amos Hodgman, Leavenworth.
October 13, 1863, Philip Sennet, Liberty, Mo., and John McAdams, Paola;
at Little Blue, November 11, 1861, Sergt. Jesse A. Reese and Private Hen-
ry Dillon, both of Leavenworth ; Wallace Holmes, Mound City, and
Charles Johnson, Leavenworth ; at Hurricane Creek, Miss., August 28,
1864, Sergt. Alonzo Dickson, Stanton; at Florence, Ala., May 28, 1863,

es M. Perry, Leavenworth. i
ne —Killed at Coffeeville, Miss., December 5, 1862, William
H. Collins, Doniphan; Albert Hubbard, Topeka; and Francis Schilling,
La Fayette, Ind. Died of wounds received at Coffeeville, Corp. Jesse H.

. Columbus.
Se ee K—Killed at Coffeeville, Miss., December 5, 1862, Second
Lieut. Thomas J. Woodburn, Leavenworth, and Sergt. Morris J. Thomp-
son, Monroe, Ohio; at Jackson, Tenn., August 18, 1863, Wellington N.
Bowman, Salem, Ohio; at Columbus, Mo., January 8, 1862, Alfred L.
Blanchard, W. Andover, Ohio.

EIGHTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

The Eighth Infantry was originally recruited and intended for home
and frontier service.- Hostile Indians on the west and armed rebels on
the east, rendering Kansas at any moment liable to invasion, a double
duty devolved on the young State, and at that period of the war, while
furnishing liberally of her “ bone and sinew” to repel the enemy abroad,
her own homes and families had also to be considered and protected.

As organized in November, 1861, the regiment consisted of six infan-
try and two cavalry companies, with the following regimental officers:

Killed at Wyatt, Miss.,

Colonel, Henry W. Wessels, U. 8. A.; Lieutenant Colonel, John A. Mar-
tin; Major, Edward F. Schneider; Adjutant, 8. C. Russell; Quartermaster,
E. P. Bancroft.

During the three months following this organization, various changes
were made in the regiment. Some companies were added, some were
transferred to other regiments, and some were consolidated. February 7,
1862, Col. Wessels was ordered to Washington to assume command of his
regiment in the regular army, and Lieut. Col. Martin succeeded to his
place. Later in the month, the Kighth was consolidated with a battalion
raised for New Mexican service, the cavalry companies, D and H, were
transferred to the Ninth Kansas, and the Eighth, now an entire infantry
regiment, was placed under command of Col. R. H. Graham.

The organization of the regiment after these changes was as follows:

Field and Staff.—Colonel, Robert H. Graham, Leavenworth ; Lieu-
tenant Colonel, John A. Martin, Atchison; Major, Edward F. Schneider,
Leavenworth; Adjutant, Shelden C. Russell, Lawrence; Quartermaster,
E. P. Bancroft, Emporia; Surgeon, J. B. Woodward, Riley County; Chap-
Jain, John Paulson, Topeka.

“Line Officers.—Company A, Captain, James L. Abernathy, First
Lieutenant, Samuel Laighton, Second Lieutenant, John Conover, all of
Leavenworth. Company B, Captain, David Block, Leavenworth; First
Lieutenant, Charles Alten, Kansas City, Mo.; Second Lieutenant, Martin
Mauerhan, Leavenworth. Company C, Captain, James H. Graham, First
Lieutenant, John G. Bechtold, and Second Lieutenant, Richard R. Bridg-
land, all of Atchison. Company D, Captain, Arthur W. Williams, Sa-
betha; First Lieutenant, Stephen B. Todd, Marshall County; Second
Lieutenant, John L. Graham, Albany. Company E, Captain, John Gree-
lish, Wilmington; First Lieutenant, Milton Rose, Indianola; Second Lieu-
tenant, Daniel D. Rooks, Burlingame. Company F, Captain, A. W. J.
Brown, Allen County; First Licutenant, William 8. Newbery, Iola; Sec-
ond Lieutenent, J. Milton Hadley, Olathe. Company G, Captain, Nich-
olas Harrington, Palermo; First Lieutenant, Robert Flickenger, weey
City; Second Lieutenant, Joseph Randolph, Palermo. Company H,
Captain, Edgar P. Trego, Pre-emption, Ill.; First Lieutenant, Frank Cur-
tis, Geneseo, Ill.; Second Lieutenant, Harvey C. Blackman, Nebraska
City, Neb. Company I, Captain, Henry C. Austin, St. Louis, Mo.; First
Lieutenant, Marion Brooks, Spring Hill, IIL; Second Lieutenant, Lewis B.
Graham. Company K, Captain, William 8. Hurd, First Lieutenant,
James E. Love, and Second Lieutenant, Fred R. Neat, all of St. Louis,

Mo.

On the 28th of May, five companies of the regiment, B, E, H, I and K,
after being reviewed at Fort Leavenworth, embarked on a Missouri
steamer, under orders from Gen. Blunt, then Commander of Western De-
partment, to report at Corinth, Miss. At St. Louis, Col. Graham was
obliged to resign his command, in consequence of sickness, and it again
devolved upon Lieut. Col. Martin. On reaching Cairo, tlié Eighth, with the
other troops forming Gen. Mitchell’s brigade, were ordered to rendezvous at
Columbus, Ky., and thence move southward to Corinth. Onthe 8th of June,
they left Columbus, and at Union City, Tenn., the battalion of the Eighth,
with the Second Kansas Battery, under command of Lieut. Col. Martin, was
detailed to Trenton, Tenn., to support a small force of cavalry, which con-
stituted the only garrison of that post. Starting at daylight, the detach-
ment reached Trenton at3 o’clock in the afternoon, marching twenty-four
miles, and crossing two tributaries of the Ohio on their way. Leaving
Trenton on the 26th, the regiment moved to Humboldt, Tenn., and reach-
ing Corinth by rail from that point, July 2, reported to Gen. Halleck, and
was assigned to Gen. Jeff. C. Davis’ Division, Army of the Mississippi,
with orders to report to Maj. Gen. Rosecrans for further instructions. By

“Gen. Rosecrans it was attached to Col. Fuller’s brigade, until the arrival

of Gen. Mitchell’s troops, when, with the remainder of the brigade, it went
into camp, and for a few weeks had the advantage and profit of a thorough
and systematic drilling in company with troops which, from their longer
service, had more perfectly acquired the minutize of military tactics. - On
the 22d of July, withGen. Mitchell’s brigade, the Eighth was attached to
the Ninth Division, Army of the Mississippi, Gen. Davis commanding.
The first service required of the regiment, after its assignment to its place,
was to go up the Tennessee River to the relief of asingle cavalry company,
which constituted the garrison of the town of Eastport, an important base
of supplies, at the time containing valuable stores. On arriving, Col.
Martin posted four companies of the battalion on a hill commanding the
town and surrounding country, one being stationed in the village near the
river, under command of Capt. Black. Guerrillas had been hovering
around the place for some time, and had succeeded in capturing stores
from the Commissary Department, and applying them to uses very dis-
tasteful to the Federal troops.

During the fourteen days that the Eighth remained in Eastport, it did
its utmost to restore all stolen property to the rightful owners, and always
sought to capture the plunderers with the plunder where it was possible.

On the 18th of August, Col. Martin received orders to be in readiness
to march, and the Ninth Division, Col. Mitchell commanding, arriving at
Eastport in the evening, the Highth crossed the Tennessee the following
day. On arriving at Florence, Ala., the division first learned that it was
one of the two selected from the ‘‘Army of the Mississippi” to re-enforce
the ‘‘Army of the Ohio,” which, under command of Gen. Buell, had been
leisurely re-organized and disciplined in the neighborhood of Huntsville,
while the confederate leaders were burning bridges, capturing towns and
gaining recruits all over Tennessee and Kentucky. he Union General
waked at last, to find that Bragg from Chattanooga, and Kirby Smith from
Knoxville, were both pressing hurriedly northward to Louisville, draining
the country of supplies as they went, exultingly proclaiming that they
had ‘‘come to stay,’’ and animating the courage of their needy soldiers by
promises of rich reward when they reached the piled-up stores at Louis-
ville, and maybe at Cincinnati. At Florence, the long-disheartening march
to Louisville commenced. Through sultry days of August, drinking the
stagnant water of the wayside pools, half fed, sleeping on the ground,
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warding off guerrillas, marching by night, until the men staggered from
weariness and loss of sleep, the exhausted column reached Nashville—the
beginning of the end—on the 8d of September, and went into camp for a
week. From Nashville the long march of one hundred and seventy miles
to Louisville was commenced. In forty-three hours, the regiment marched
forty-seven miles, and encamped near Bowling Green, Ky. The army of
Gen. Buell was concentrated at this place, and in anticipation of soon
meeting Gen. Bragg’s forces, who were reported just ahead, the troops
went forward, leaving all supplies and clothing, except enough for immedi-
ate use, behind at Bowling Green. The Ninth Division, to which the
Eighth was attached, moved out on the Louisville pike, and turning to the
right toward the town of Glasgow, marched eighteen miles in a drenching
rain, only to find that the rebel force reported at that place had retreated.
Scattering a little straw on the soaked ground, with the rain still pouring,
the men wrapped themselves in the few blankets they had, and laid down,
cold and hungry, to start at 4 o’clock in the morning, colder, wetter and
hungrier still, on the return march. After rejoining their corps, getting
a regulation meal and resting for a night, the battalion moved toward the
north, and when within seventeen miles of Munfordsvillc, met a part of
Col. Wilder’s paroled troops, which had been surrendered to Bragg two
days previous. Bragg, after taking Munfordsville, had continued his ad-
vance unresisted, toward Bardstown, a portion of his army and the greater
part of his artillery and train being, however, still south of Green River,
and within easy and sure reach of our army, had Gen. Buell been ready to
attack. Delay after delay occurred, and the division was finally “‘ formed
in line of battle,” only to see the rear of Bragg’s force safely disappearing
across the river. When it was too late to harm him, the division was
ordered to advance to Munfordsville. The Ohio River was reached
three days after leaving Munfordsville, at West Point, about twenty-five
miles southwest from Louisville, and the latter place two days later, on
the 26th of September; the battalion having marched four hundred and
fourteen miles since the 23d day of August, under conditions peculiarly
hard and wearisome, as well as vexatious and humiliating. Gen. Buell
remained at Louisville several days for re-enforcement, supplies and re-or-
ganization. moving thence on the ist of October. The army had been

ivided into three corps—right, centre and left commanded respectively
by Maj. Gens. McCook, Gilbert and Crittenden. The Eighth formed a
part of the Thirty-second Brigade, Ninth Division, Center Corps. Mov-
ing from Louisville, Gen. Gilbert’s corps passed through Bardstown and
thence to Springfield, a distance of sixty-two miles, the enemy retreating
slowly, burning his bridges behind him, and skirmishing with the advance
of our army just sufficiently to harass and delay its forward movement and
allow Bragg to fall back with his immense trains to a strong position at
Perryville. At 9 o'clock on the morning of the 7th, the Ninth Division,
having the advance, moved forward, and in the afternoon encountered a
rebel force which had been sent out to repel the brigade of Col. Dan Mc-
Cook in its attempt to cover a small supply of water in the bedof Doctor’s
Creek. During the night of the 7th, Gen. A. D. McCook was ordered to
advance with the right corps on the left, and in the morning his batteries
were engaged with the enemy, followed, in the afternoon, by the defeat of
his left division under Gen. J. S. Jackson, and Rousseau’s gallant defense
of the right.

A part of Gen. Phil Sheridan’s division of the Center Corps was en-
gaged in the morning, and after a sharp contest drove the enemy back,
and, repelling successive attacks, held its position until Gen. Mitchell

ushed forward Col. Carlin’s brigade of the Ninth Division, which, charg-
ing impetuously, drove the enemy into and through Perryville. As onthe
march to Louisville, so in the battle of Perryville, the troops were held
back by the commanding General, while eager to be led tothe front. Gen.
Gilbert’s corps advanced on the 9th to assail the enemy, but found no ene-
my to assail. Bragg had retreated during the night, marching southward,
forming a junction with Kirby Smith, and then still south to Danville.

In the pursuit which followed the battle of Perryville, the Eighth,
with its division in the advance, met a force of rebels near Lancaster.
Rapidly forming, the batteries opened fire, the line advanced to within
half a mile of the town, when, as the enemy seemed, and afterward
proved to be, just within his grasp, Gen. Mitchell received an order to
retire, and ‘not to bring on a general engagement.” During the suc-
ceeding night, the rebels had ample time to secure their train, batteries and
prisoners, although guarded by an insignificant force.

In passing through the town the following morning, the troops had a
slight skirmish with the rebel rear guard, and on the road to Crab Orchard
several prisoners were captured. The Eighth remained four days in camp
at Crab Orchard. Gen. Mitchell while there received leave of absence, and
Gen. Woodruff assumed command of the brigade. On the 1st of Novem-
ber, on its arrival at Bowling Green, Lieut. Col. Martin received a commis-
sion as Colonel of the Eighth, and Capt. J. L. Abernathy, of Company A,
was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

October 30, Gen. Rosecrans was appointed to the command. of the
Army of the Ohio in place of Gen. Buell. The command of the center
corps had been assigned to Gen. A D. McCook, and the several subordi-
nate officers, and all the soldiers of the corps took courage and drew a
long breath of relief.

In December, Col. Martin was assigned to the command of the brigade,
and Maj. Schneider to that of the regiment.

Gen. Mitchell having command of the post of Nashville, the Eighth
was ordered on the 19th to report to him in that city. On its arrival, it
was assigned to provost duty, with quarters near the State House, Col.
Martin being appointed Provost Marshal of the city. The regiment
remained in Nashville six months, faithfully and conscientiously perform-
ing the difficult duties that daily devolved upon it, and doing its full part
in restoring to the semi-rebellious city the wholesome restraints of law
and order. In February, 1863, Companies A, C, D, F, and, in March,
Company G, rejoined the regiment. These companies had been stationed
at different posts in Kansas, chiefly employed in repelling the incursions

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of rebel bands from Missouri, and guarding the frontier of their own State.

June 8, orders were received-at Nashville requiring the Eighth to
rejoin the division.at Murfreesboro. Notwithstanding the protest of its
commanding officer and the Mayor of the city, the order was not remanded,
and on the next morning the regiment left for “the front ;’’ the demon-
strations of respect and approval that greeted its march through the
streets on its departure, attesting the good and loyal work it had per-
formed during its stay.

On its arrival at Murfreesboro, the regiment was attached to the Third
Brigade, Col. Hans C. Heg, commanding First Division, Twentieth Corps.

On the 24th of June, Gen. Rosecrans’ army moved from Murfreesboro.
Bragg was strongly intrenched at three different points to the southeast.
Gen. Polk was at Shelbyville with 18,000 men, his position strengthened
by five miles of earthworks. Eighteen miles distant, in his rear, was a
strongly intrenched camp at Tullahoma, which was only accessible by
narrow roads through the gorges of the mountains. This was i
headquarters, with a force of 15,000. Wartrace on the right of Shelby-
ville, and covering the railroad, was held by Hardee’s corps, 12,000 strong.

Rosecrans’ plan was to concentrate enough force at Manchester to
flank the enemy on the right, and, by threatening his communications
below Tullahoma, force an engagement on more equal terms. A move-
ment on Shelbyville, on Bragg’s left, was to be the first step in the pro-
gramme, in order to bring about a concentration of his forces at that
point, thereby uncovering the difficult mountain passes on his right, the
only path by which our army could advance. The Twentieth Corps, of
which the Eighth formed a part, moved directly on Shelbyville, and the
Fourteenth Corps, under Gen. Thomas, toward Manchester. The road to
Shelbyville led over a range of high hills or mountains, the town being
approached through a narrow pass called Liberty Gap.

The Eighth, with the First Division, moved out with their corps on
the Shelbyville road about six miles, thence turning to the left marched
across the country to the Wartrace road. The advance division of the
corps (Johnson’s) carried Liberty Gap by a vigorous attack, -holding and
securing the position. Wilder’s cavalry in the advance of Gen. Thomas’
corps, surprised the enemy at Hoover’s Gap, holding the place and secur-
ing the road to Manchester.

The Eighth Kansas and Thirty-fifth Illinois, having been detailed as
guard for the train, were obliged to wait forty-eight hours until it could be
fairly started. The rain which commenced about the time the army
moved the preceding day, and continued to fall at intervals for seventeen
consecutive days, had even now softened the clayey soil, so that it was a
difficult task to move artillery or heavy wagons, and long before the
march was finished the mountain streams were swollen to torrents, and
the narrow roads gullied until they were almost impassable. After getting
the train fairly on the road, the regiments that had been left as guard
rejoined the brigade in camp, and after resting long enough to get a meal,
marched again through mud and rain toward Manchester, going into camp
near that place at 2 o’clock on the night of the 28th. That march was
terrible. One who shared it says :

The route for several miles ran up a narrow, muddy ravine, then into a dense forest,
where the road led through holes knee deep, with slushy, dirty water, and crossed every
mile or so a running stream, which generally had to be forded. The light of the moon was
obscured by clouds and the overhanging trees, and in the dense darkness we blindly groped
our way, stumbling over fallen trees, rocks and stumps, wading through creeks and crossin
tumble-down bridges until we reached camp. Regiments and companies were jumble
together in Pee confusion ; officers sought in vain for their men, and, at last, gather-
ing together what they could find, were shown a camping place, dense with an under-
growth of brush, in the bend of a creek; and, tired, hungry, soaked with rain, and chilled
to the very bones, all sank on the wet ground and slept the sleep that follows perfect
exhaustion.

The rations had given out at noon, and the welcome hard bread and
salt pork did not gladden the hearts and stomachs of the hungry soldiers
until the next afternoon. The regiment remained in this so-called ‘‘camp”
until the afternoon of the 1st of July, when it marched to Tullahoma. fa
the meantime, Stanley's cavalry, forming Gen. Granger’s advance, had
routed the rebels at Guy's Gap, the approach to Shelbyville on the extreme
right, chased them to and through the town, and captured a large number
of prisoners, three guns, and valuable supplies. Gen. Bragg decamped
from Tullahoma, on the approach of Rosecrans, and, trans orting his
heavy guns and supplies by railroad, retreated over the Cumberland
Mountains, crossing the Tennessee at Bridgeport, destroying the railroad
bridge behind him.

eaving Tullahoma on the 2d, the troops pressed on to Elk River in
pursuit. Sheridan’s division in the advance had a skirmish with the rebel
rear-guard, but the river was so swollen that before his troops could cross,
the enemy was beyond pursuit. The Eighth, with its division, crossed
the next morning, the water being waist asap: and after a march of four
miles, went into camp at Winchester, five miles from the Cumberland
Mountains. While at this place, the regiment was sent on a scouting expe-
dition, in search of a guerrilla band, that, from its retreat in the ravines of
the mountains, ravaged the neighboring country. Reaching the top of
the mountain and marching two miles to the opposite descent, the camp
of the premise was discovered part_way down the precipitous declivity,
almost hidden by an overhanging ledge. The contents of the camp, with
the horses and mules, were secured, but the men escaped.

The regiment remained in camp at Winchester until the 17th of
August, when the railroads were eee repaired to allow the army to
move forward again. During the rest at Winchester, the Eighth was not
idle, and, before the time of its departure, completely regained its former
fine soldierly appearance and discipline, necessarily somewhat deteriorated
during the march through the rain and mud of the last two weeks. The
Inspector of the Division reported of the regiment as follows: ‘The
drill, military appearance and dress of the Eighth Kansas Infantry is the
best observed in the division.” The division broke camp at Win-
chester on the 17th of August, and in three days was on the south
side of the mountains at Stevenson, whence the Tennessee must be crossed
before the army cotild concentrate in the valley of Lookout Creck.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

_ _McCook’s corps was the first to cross, at Caperton’s Ferry, and the
Eighth Kansas and Fifteenth Wisconsin were selected to crossin advance.
No one could know what force might be hidden on: the opposite shore, or
in what way the passage might be contested, but the boats were launched,
and after a few moments of suspense safely touched the other bank. The
enemy had fled; the remnants of their last meal strewing the ground
around the still blazing fire. The two regiments pushed forward two
miles, until the foot of Sand Mountain was reached, where the Wisconsin
regiment halted. The Eighth did not stop until the top of the mountain
was reached, and the old flag was waving in the Southern breeze. The
regiment was visited and congratulated in the afternoon by Gens. Rose-
crans, Garfield and McCook.

The passage of the Tennessee River, commenced by McCook’s Corps,
at Caperton’s Ferry, was completed within ten days at other points—
Sheridan crossing at Bridgeport, ten miles above, and Reynolds at Shell
Mound, still higher up.

The division moved toward Chattanooga on the 2d of September ;
on the 4th, arrived at the foot of the Lookout Range ; on the 9th, ascended
and marched across it thirteen miles to Lafourche Gap, but finding this
Rasa obstructed, marched south and descended into the valley through

tandifer’s Gap, near the town of Alpine, Ga., where the remainder of the
corps arrived on the 11th. In the meantime, Crittenden, with a part of
his corps, had moved directly to Chattanooga and established himself on
the height of Lookout Mountain, and Thomas had pushed forward across
Mission Ridge into the valley of the Chickamauga Creek, known as
McLemore’s Cove.

_ Bragg, finding himself in danger, had fallen back to La Fayette, and
was there concentrating a powerful army, and Crittenden, leaving one
brigade to garrison Chattanooga, had advanced in pursuit of Bragg as far
as Ringgold, Ga. When it became apparent that Bragg, instead of. retreat-
ing, was gathering his strength to strike a heavy blow, the various scat-
tered portions of our army made haste to concentrate at the Chickamauga.
Crittenden made a rapid Hank march, reaching the Chickamauga at Gor-
don’s Mill, and McCook made haste to connect with Thomas at the same
place. Accordingly, leaving his position at Alpine, he moved back to the
top of the ridge, ‘across it, and descended into Will’s Valley through
Muston’s Gap ; again ascended on the 16th, and on the 17th moved down
into McLemore’s Cove through Stévens’ Gap. The enemy was now near,
and the skirmishers on both sides were busy. Through the next day, the
men were momentarily expecting an attack, but did not reach the battle-
field until the 19th, when the brigade of Col. Heg was immediately formed
in line; the Eighth Kansas, Fifteenth Wisconsin and Thirty-fifth Illinois
in front, and Fifth Illinois in rear. Gen. Carlin’s brigade, also of Davis’
division, formed some distance in the rear of Col. Heg’s. The latter was
advanced through the woods a few hundred yards, when it was met by a
steady fire from the opposing line, in the face of which it moved forward,
and formed along the brow of a small hill, with the. Twenty-fifth Illinois
also in the front line. This position was held against successive charges
until over a third of the brigade were killed or wounded; of the Eighth
alone, five Captains, three Lieutenants and 150 men. The situation grow-
ing more and more desperate, the position being exposed on both the right
and left, Col. Heg gave the order to retire. The men fell back about fifty
yards, loading and firing as they did so. They then re-formed, and in
turn charged the rebels, gaining a position nearly as advanced as the first,
which was held until the division was ordered to fall back to a point where,
with the aid of the artillery, it held the enemy back, until late in the after-
noon it was relieved by Col. Bradley’s brigade. After a brief rest, the
division was again brought up to support Bradley’s force, where it
remained until the arrival of fresh troops about dusk allowed it to with-
draw. The two brigades had lost, in killed and wounded, over forty per
cent of all engaged. Col. Heg was mortally wounded about the middle of
the afternoon, the command of the brigade devolving upon Col. Martin,
of the Eighth Kansas. When the division withdrew from the field at
night, two-thirds of its field officers, and more than half its line officers,
were either. killed or wounded. It had been opposed to no raw troops.
Its position, far to the right, toward Gordon’s Mill, somewhat isolated
from the main body, and holding the road which ran directly up the west’
bank of the Chickamauga Creek, had been assailed by Hood, who held the
rebel left in the morning. Finding that his batteries made no impression,
he threw against it, in the afternoon, two of his divisions, his own, under
command of Gen. Law, and that of Gen. Bushrod Johnson. The brigades
that held their ground so long and bravely against such troops as those,
well earned the thanks which Gen. Rosecrans gratefully awarded them.

Early on the morning of the 17th, the division was moved to the left,
and at noon again to the extreme right, forming, with Gen. Wood’s division
on its left, and Gen. Sheridan’s in its rear, the latter at the time moving
to the support of Thomas at the left. Gen. Rosecrans’ order to Gen. Wood
to close up to the division on his left being unfortunately understood as
an order to support it, he undertook to do so by withdrawing his troops,
and attempting to gain the required position. The gap thus formed must
be filled, and three of Gen. Davis’ brigades were ordered to close up, Col.
Martin’s brigade on Carlin’s left. It had scarcely reached its position,
when Hood’s charging columns poured over the ascent in front, but were
met so firmly that their front line broke, and fell back to the rear. - Their
second line was also partially broken ; but to the left of the division Long-
street’s forces had rushed into the fatal gap, and succeeded in cutting off
five brigades from the rest of the army. The division was forced to fall
back, with that of Sheridan, to Rossville, when the remnants of the two
commands having been re-formed, it was decided to move to the support of
Gen. Thomas, who was hard pressed on the left. Before reaching him, an
order was received to fall back again to Rossville, and on reaching that
place at midnight, nearly all the army were found concentrated there.

On the 22d of September, the army reached Chattanooga and was at
once set to work throwing up fortifications. The lines formed a half-
circle, Gen. Davis’ division being on the extreme left, fronting south,

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toward Lookout Mountain. Col. Martin's brigade was detailed for picket
duty along Chattanooga Creek. After being relieved from this, the men
returned to the line and labored at the fortifications until midnight ; from
which time until morning, half could sleep, while the rest kept watch and
guard, For about two weeks, the weary army scarcely rested night or

ay. Cooped up in that little hollow, with an eager and vengeful énemy
looking down from the mountains on every side, communication from an
adequate source of supply completely cut off, provisions nearly exhausted,
cold winds and drenching autumn rains chilling them to the marrow, still
they worked bravely and cheerfully on, never losing faith in the final tri-
umph of the good cause.

Early in October, the fortifications around the town were far enough
advanced to allow a partial rest to the troops, and a re-organization of the
army. The three corps were consolidated into two—the Fourth and
Fourteenth—under command of Gens. Granger and Thomas, respect-

‘ively. Col. Martin’s brigade, consolidated with Gen. Willich’s, was

designated the First Brigade, Third Division (Brig. Gen. Wood), Fourth
Army Corps, and stationed on the extreme left of the line, resting against
Fort Wood, and fronting Orchard Knob and Mission Ridge.

On the 20th, Gen. Rosecrans was superseded in command of Army of
the Cumberland by Gen. Thomas, and on the 28d, Gen. Grant arrived at
Chattanooga and assumed command of the department. Gen. Sherman’s
army reached Chattanooga on the 21st of November, and on the 23d the
first aggressive movement of our army was initiated by Wood’s and Sheri-
dan’s divisions. The point of attack was Orchard Knob, a low, fortified
hill, about three-fourths of a mile beyond the intrenchments. About 2
o’clock the two divisions formed in front of the breastworks ; the Eighth
Kansas advanced as a skirmish line, and dashing across the open field that
separated it from the prize, drove back the pickets to their intrenchments.
With a cheer anda rush and a volley, the rebels were driven from and
beyond them to their second line of breastworks. The divisions came up,
the position was secured and one step gained toward raising the siege of
Chattanooga. That night the position was strengthened by strong
breastworks, and a larger force thrown forward to its support. In the
morning, Gens. Grant and Thomas established headquarters there, with
a signal station, by means of which they could communicate with their sub-
ordinate officers.

The Highth, with the brigade to which it was attached, remained ia
its position on Orchard Knob, while Sherman laid his pontoons, crossed
the Tennessee, and floating silently past the rebel pickets fought his way
to Mission Ridge ; while Hooker climbed the rocks and ledges of Lookout
Mountain, and until Gen. Thomas had improved and strengthened his
position.

At 2 o’clock, November 25, Gen. Thomas received the order from
Gen. Grant to advance and attack. Gen. Wood’s division was directly in
front of Orchard Knob, the First Brigade occupying the center of the
division. In front of the lines was, first, a broken country covered with
dense woods, then an abrupt rise of ground edged by earthworks, behind
which the enemy had located his camp. From the plateau beyond this,
Mission Ridge rose, nearly parallel with our lines, rugged, broken and
steep, to a height of nearly five hundred feet, its summit bristling with
rebel batteries and strengthened by a line of intrenchments.

The line moved forward through the woods, gained the open field, gave
one long, loud cheer, set their teeth, and looking straight ahead, without
firing a shot, swept forward right into the enemy’s rifle pits at the base of the
ridge, driving some of the rebels before them to its summit, and sending
others to the rear. Hardly stopping to re-form, or for an order, they slowly
and grimly charged up the steep and rocky. ascent, never halting or waver-
ing on the steady advance, until the summit was gained, the last rebel
resistance overcome, and Chattanooga had avenged Chickamauga. ‘

Gen. Willich’s brigade climbed the ridge between Hazen’s to the right,
and Beatty’s to the left, and, on gaining the summit, the flags of the
Eighth Kansas and the forward regiments of Hazen’s brigade were the first
planted on the enemy’s works.

On gaining the summit, the brigade was once more formed to repel
the resistance on the left of the line, which was soon overcome, and the
enemy, abandoning his whole position, was in full retreat, pursued by
our exultant, triumphant forces. The following is from Col. Martin’s
official report of the part taken by the Eighth Kansas in this engage-
ment:

Shortly after noon on the 25th, we were ordered to advance on the enemy’s position at
the foot of Mission a and moved out of our works, forming in the sécond line of battle.
We then advanced steadily in line through the woods, and across the open field, in-front of
the enemy’s intrenchments at the foot of the hill, subjected during the whole time toa
heavy artillery fire from the enemy’s batteries, and as soon as we reached the open field, to
a destructive musketry fire. Reaching the first line of works, we halted to rest our men for
a few moments, and then advanced through a terrible storm of artillery and musketry to
the foot of the hill and up it as rapidly as possible. The crest of the ridge at the point
where we moved up was formed like a horseshoe, we advancing in the interior, while the
enemy’s batteries and infantry on the right and left, as well as in the center, poured upon
us a most terrific fire. But the men never faltered or wavered, although from the nature of
the ground, regiments were mingled one with another, and company organizations could
not possibly be preserved. Each man struggled to be first on top, and officers and men ot
the regiment, without a single exception, exhibited the highest courage, and the most de-
voted gallantry in this fearful charge. The enemy held their ground until we were less
than a dozen yards from their breastworks, when they broke in wild confusion, and fled in
panic down the hill on the opposite side. A portion of our men pursued them for nearly a

mile, capturing and hauling back several pieces of artillery and caissons, which the enemy
were trying to run off.

We occupied the summit of Mission Ridge until the night of the 26th, when we were
ordered to return to camp at this place (Chattanooga).

Our loss was one commissioned officer wounded, and three enlisted men killed and
thirty-one wounded. The regiment went into the battle with an aggregate effective force
of 217 men and officers.

Where all behaved with such conspicuous courage, it is difficult to make distinctions,
but I cannot forbear mentioning my Adjutant, Lieut. ol. R. Washer. Wounded at Chicka-
mauga, and not yet recovered from the effects of his wound, and suffering from a severe
speein of the ankle which prevented his walking, he mounted ‘his horse and rode through
the whole battle, always foremost in danger. Maj. Ed. F. Schneider, also, left a sick bed to

‘o to the battle-field. The line officers present, Capt. James M. Graham, Company C; Capt.
Tok Conover, Company F; Capt. Robert Flickinger, Company G; Capt. Samuel Laighton,
Company A; Lieut. Marion Brooks,“ commanding Company I; Lieut. William 8. Babcock ,
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commanding Company K; Lieut. William 5. Newbery, commanding Company H; all be-
haved with marked gallantry and courage, Sergt. William Melchert commanding Com-
pany B, and Sergt. Thomas Adamson, commanding Company D, should also be mentioned
for conspicuous gallantry and courage.

The Highth remained in camp at Chattanooga until with Gen. Granger’s
corps it moved to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville, which city was
reached after a hard march, on the 7th of December. Sherman’s corps
arriving at about the same time, Longstreet was compelled to raise the
siege and decamp.

The winter of 1868, was spent in East Tennessee, the camp being at
the junction of the Holston and French Broad Rivers. The regiment was
employed in scouting and foraging expeditions, and in the construction of
a bridge over the Holston. On the 4th of January, 1864, four-fifths of all
the members of the Eighth, then present in camp, re-enlisted as veteran
volunteers. On the 9th, Gen. Willich assumed command of the Third
Division, the command of the First Brigade devolving upon Col. Martin,
and that of the regiment upon Maj. James M. Graham.

‘When the army fell back from Dandridge to Knoxville, Col. Martin's
and Gen. Hazen’s brigades, as rear guard, covered the retreat, as far as
Strawberry Plains. Soon after it reached Knoxville, the regiment re-
ceived the supplies of clothing and camp equipage it so much needed, and
received an order to proceed to Chattanooga, to be mustered in as veterans
and thence return to Kansas on furlough. At Kingston, the Eighth. em-
barked on the steamer *‘ Lookout,” reached Chattanooga the followin,
day, and, on the 8th of February, 205 men of the regiment were mustere
in as veteran volunteers.

Leaving on the 14th, passing through Nashville and St..Louis, pleas-
antly entertained in each, the regiment reached Atchison, Kan., on the
25th, and Fort Leavenworth the next day. At both these places the
people ‘‘delighted to do them honor.” The cities put on their gala day
attire ; banners waved, bells rang, cannon boomed, banquets were spread
and speeches made, to testify to the returned veterans that’ at home their
labors and sacrifices were remembered and appreciated.

Early in April, their furlough having expired, the men te-assembled
at Fort Leavenworth, and, on the 12th, the regiment, was ord:red toreport
at Chattanooga. On reaching Nashville, under orders from Maj. Gen.
Sherman, it was detailed as escort to a pontoon train, taking it with much
difficulty over the steep and slippery ascent and descent of the Cumber-
land Mountains. The foot of the mountains was reached on the 14th of
May, and Chattanooga on the 21st, where a delay of about two weeks was
necessary, in order to repair the train. After leaving Chattanooga the
train was taken to the top of Altoona Mountain, when the regiment was
ordered to return to Etowah, the bridge at that place being threatened.
After throwing up breastworks, and making several scouts into the sur-
rounding country, the Eighth left Etowah and rejoined its brigade in front
of Kenesaw Mountain. It was employed on picket duty a few days,
when the army moved southward. At Peach Tree Creek, the First Brigade,
with that of Gen. Beatty, was ordered to support the skirmishers in their
endeavor to cross the creek in the face of the enemy’s fire. In the engage-
ment, two men of the Eighth were wounded, and three others while pur-
suing the rebels toward Atlanta the following day. Atlanta was reached
on the 21st of July. The regiment was advanced to within five hundred
yards of the enemy’s breastworks ; a breastwork was quickly constructed,
and this position was occupied for thirty-three days—until the order was
given for the movement on Atlanta, which culminated on the night of the

, Ist of September, when Hood withdrew from the city, escaping with what
little he could take, after blowing up his magazines, and burning his
stores, machine shops, and cars. At the termination of the siege, the
brigade went into camp about four miles from the city, where it remained
until October. It left camp with Col. Martin as brigade commander,
and Maj. John Conover, regimental commander.

The army moved north on the 2d of October, to meet Hood, who had
crossed the Chattahoochee and was moving rapidly north and west. The
brigade reached Kenesaw Mountain just in time to see the smoke of the
conflict at Allatoona, and the rebels destroying the railroad in its rear.

Passing over the mountains toward the northwest, Kingston, Rome,
and Resaca were passed, the enemy moving toward Tennessee, destroying
the railroad as he went and capturing our garrisons at Tilton and Dalton.

On the 15th, the gap through Rocky Face Ridge was surprised and
forced by the Fourth and Fourteenth Corps, the artillery and wagons of
the Fourth being sent back to Resaca, under escort of Col. Martin’s
brigade, which rejoined the corps, after a march of twenty miles, at
Villanow. On the 30th, the regiment marched once more into Chatta-
nooga, from whence it moved by rail to Athens, Ala., and again marched
north to Pulaski, Tenn., where it went into camp und was employed on
the fortifications of the town.

Col. Martin was mustered out at Pulaski, on the 17th of Novem-
ber, his term of service having expired. The following day he said good-
bye to the brigade and regiment and left for the North, Lieut. Col.
Conover taking command of the regiment. The army marched toward
Nashville on the 23d, reaching Columbus about an hour in advance of
Hood’s forces, which were hurrying toward the same point, on a parallel
road. On the 27th, the army crossed the Duck River, occupying the
northern bank until the 29th. Hood crossed the river, six miles above the
city, on the night of the 28th, and sent a body of cavalrymen to attack
our: trains at Spring Hill. This movement was thwarted by Gen.
Stanley, who arrived just in time to save the trains and hold the road to
Nashville. During the night the army resumed its forward movement,
Wood’s division covering the rear, Hood’s forces were,encamped only a

mile from Spring Hill, and their bivouac fires lighted the road along which
our army was silently moving to Franklin. The next day Hood threw
his whole force against the hastily-thrown-up defenses before Franklin,
shouting to his men, ‘‘ Break those lines, and there is nothing more to
withstand you this side the Ohio River ;” and they were broken ; and
nothing but the almost superhuman courage and skill of Gen. Opdycke

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checked the mad advance, turned the assault into a repulse, and saved
the army. Es

December 1, Gen. Schofield’s army reached Nashville, and joined
the forces of Gen. Thomas. At night, the troops were assigned: their
positions, that of the Eighth Kansas being on the grounds known as
the Acklin place, the Second Regiment to the left of the Hillsboro pike,
where strong defenses were at once erected. Hood established his lines
south of the city on the 4th of December, but the ensuing week was so in-
tensely cold that neither army could do aught but wait, and watch ‘he ene-
my. December 14, orders were given for a general advance. The next
morning the brigade moved into line with the Eighth Kansas on the right,
Fifty-first Indiana in the center and Fifteenth Ohio on the left; the two
remaining regiments in reserve. The brigade, in conjunction with the
Second, was ordered to make an assault on Montgomery Hill, a strong
position, about three hundred yards distant from our advanced lines. In
relation to the charge, Col. Straight, brigade commander, says in his re-
port: ‘‘Our advance was sharply contested, at first, but the impetuosity
of the men seemed almost uncontrollable, and soon all firing ceased on our
side, and the only unsettled question for the time seemed to be who,
among our officers and men, should reach the works first, which, I be-
lieve, was settled in favor of the Kansas boys.” The Eighth pressing
on a few hundred yards, with very small loss to itself, captured about
forty prisoners. Temporary works were constructed on the hill, and an-
other charge, on the second line of the enemy, was made in the afternoon,
Here, again, the regiment was in the advance, and again the first to enter
the works. Ninety prisoners and a battery were captured, and the rebels
were pursued about half a mile. The Eighth lost one killed and nine
wounded. An advance on the main works of the enemy, situated on a
range of hills south of Nashville, was ordered the next morning. The bri-
gade arrived on the ground about noon. At 3 in the afternoon, Col. Post’s
brigade, supported by Col. Straight’s, was ordered to charge Overton Hill,
which was strongly fortfied by high breastworks, and a thick abatis.
The column, seven lines deep, two regiments front, led by Col. Pust,
Eighth Kansas on the right of the fourth line, advanced to the attack. As
it charged over the abatis, up the hill, it was received with aconcentrated
fire of grape, canister and musketry. Col. Post was severely wounded
and the first line broken; the second, third, and fourth advanced, and in
turn were driven back with severe loss. The command was re-formed in
the rear, and advanced again on the right, when the enemy gave way, and
fled through the pass toward Brentwood.

The Kighth lost in the assault on Overton Hill two commissioned
officers, wounded, ten enlisted men killed, and twenty-eight wounded, out
of a force of 140 engaged. 3

After Hood’s army crossed the Tennessee, the Northern army went
into camp near Huntsville, Ala., remaining there until! February, 1865,
when it moved north to Nashville, thence back again to Huntsville; thence
to Knoxville, Bull’s Gap, Greenville, where it rejoiced over the surrender
of Richmond, and mourned over the untimely death of Lincoln; then
back again to Nashville and into camp. | .

On the 13th of June, the Fourth Cons, Army of the Cumberlanag, was
ordered to Texas. The Eighth obeyed this order while feeling its injus-
tice, as the war was virtually over, and the other corps of that de-
partment had been disbanded. The brigade left Nashville on the 15th,
and disembarked from the steamer on which they arrived at Indianola, on
Metagorda Bay, on the 9th of July. From Indianola it marched that
night to Green Lake, twenty-three miles distant, over a poisonuus malari-
ous route, men dropping exhausted and fainting on the road, from thirst
and fatigue. The brigade moved to San Antonio in August, the Eighth
being assigned to provost duty, with Col. Conover as Provost Marshal.
This position was occupied until the 29th of November, when the regi-
wien was mustered out of service, with orders to report to Leavenworth

or final discharge.

The regiment arrived at Atchison, January 5, 1866, received a most
enthusiastic welcome, and the following day was formally discharged at
Leavenworth, having served four years, four months and eleven days.

The Kighth was one of the earliest regiments in the field, and its
‘term of service did not close until after the echo of the last rebel gun had
died away. If he was not an incapable General, who observed that he
chose to win battles with his soldiers’ legs, rather than their muskets, the
history of the 10,750 miles, over which the Highth had to tramp, tramp,
tramp, through sultry days of summer, and stormy nights of winter,
would demonstrate that it was made of the material that can ‘do and en-
ane even if all other record of its faithful service was lost and for-
gotten,

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Com ay A—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., September 19, 1863, Corp.

Justin . Wilson and Jacob Rose, both of Leavenworth. Died of wounds

ee at Chickamauga, Jacob Ridder and John Jerrow, both of Leav-
nworth.

Company B—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Charles Weyel and John
Schneider, both of Leavenworth. Died of wounds received at Chicka-
mauga, Ga., Lieut. Zacharias Burkhardt, Leavenworth ; Sergt. William
Haak; Weston, Mo.

Company C—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Corp. Samuel W. Dougan,
Atchison County; Oliver Barrett, Daniel Murphy and James M. William-
son; at Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863, Adam Kentzler, Atchi-
son; at Nashville, Tenn., December 16, 1864, William Haney, Atchison,
and William H. Mize; at Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1864, Stokely R. Gibbons,
Atchison County. Died of wounds, Gill M. Judah, of wound received at
ae Ridge; Frank M. Martin, Atchison, of wounds received at Chick-

a.

Company D—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Capt. John L. Graham,
Albany; Sergt. Robert M. Hale, Sabetha; Sergt. Thomas L. Randall; Corp.
James Sherman, Sony Creek; William G. Clampett, Turkey Creek; George
Howland; James K. Burns, Holton; at Mission Ridge, Tenn., John
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Thompson; at Atlanta, Ga., Sergt. Charles F. Lyman, Lafayette. Dicd
of wounds: William Miller, Sabetha, of wounds necalved at Chick wndaiyee
Daniel Cox, Vermillion, of wounds received at Atlanta; Hugh 8. Sawyer,
Guittard, of wounds received at Nashville, Tenn.

_, Company E—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Sergt. Richard M. Kendall,
Wilmington; Corp. William L. Kendall, Indianola; Lucas P. Cawkins,
Wilmington; Woodward Hindman and Thomas Stamp, both of Indianola.
Died of wounds received at Chickamauga, John Sailor, Wilmington, and
David Harden, Council Grove.

_ ae F—Killed at Nashville, Tenn., December 16, 1864, Corp.
Simeon Shafer, Monticello; at Atlanta, Ga., August 3, 1864, William M.
Deever, Mount Florence.

_ Company G—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Corp. Benjamin Sprouse,
Doniphan County; Knud Knudson and Enoch R. Perry, Sumner; at Nash-
ville, Tenn., Thomas L. Wood, Leavenworth. Died of wounds: William
Miller, of wounds received at Nashville; Henry Dreselmier, of wounds
received at Chickamauga.

Company H—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Capt. Edgar P. Trego,
Pre-emption, Ill. ;, Corp. Charles Morgan, Leavenworth; Thomas H. Gilli-
land, Nebraska City;-George W. Veazey, Leavenworth. Died of wounds:
James G. Ashenhurst, Pre-emption, Ill., of wounds received at Lovejoy,
Ga.; William McCardy, Geneseo, III.; of wounds received at Chickamauga;
John M. Lappens, Quincy, Ill., of wounds received at Chickamauga.

Company I—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga.,; Corp. Robert E. Adams,
Spring Hill, [ll.; Corp. Charles O. Robohl, White Cloud; Fred Kiser, St.
Louis; John A. Robinson and Andrew J. Williams, both of Moline, IIL;
and Patrick Powers, Nashville, Tenn.; at Mission Ridge, Tenn., Hum-
phrey Spurlock, Spring Hill, Ill.; Walter Bangs, Moline, Ill.; at Atlanta,
Ga., Peter Cadell; at Nashville, Tenn., aa John W. Long, Geneseo,
Ill.; Rollin Brewer, St. Louis, Mo.; James English, Louisiana, Mo., and
Seth E. Langdon, Spring Hill, Ill. : :

Company K—Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Sergt. Philip McDonald
and Edmund Ford, both of New Haven, Mo.; John McMullen, California,
es Fred Neiderbroker, New Haven, Mo.; Jonathan Teasley, Camden,

0.

NINTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

‘ This regiment was organized March 27, 1862, under the following
officers: ee

Field and Staf’.—Colonel, Edward cee, Grasshopper Falls; Lieu-
tenant Colonel, Charles 8. Clarke, Iola; Major, James M. Pomeroy; Adju-
tant, Luin K. Thacher, Kansas City; Quartermaster, William Rosenthal,
Lawrence; Surgeon, Henry C. Bostick, Iola; Chaplain, Gilbert S. North-
rup.

Line Officers.—Company A, Captain, George F. Earl, and First Lieu-
tenant, Joshua A. Pike, both of Lawrence; Second Lieutenant, Albert D.
Searle, Bloomington. Company B, Captain, Asaph Allen, Lawrence;
First Lieutenant, Lemuel T. Heritage, and Second Lieutenant, Robert
Madden, both of Emporia. Company C, Captain, John E. Stewart, First
Lieutenant, John Bowles, and Second Lieutenant, Washington J. Buchan-
an, all of Lawrence. Company D, Captain, Charles F. Coleman, First
Lieutenant, Anderson C. Smith, and Second Lieutenant, Avery T. Spen-
cer, all of Geneva. Company E, Captain, Henry Flesher, First Lieuten-
ant, Claudius M. Meck, and Second Lieutenant, Jesse Parsons, all of Iola.
Company F, Captain, Benjamin F. Goss, and First Lieutenant, Isaac W.
Dow, both of Neosho Falls; Second Lieutenant, Henry H. Opdyke, Leroy.

Company G, Captain, Willoughby Doudna, Humboldt; First Lieutenant, .

Lewis C. Thomson, Verdigris; Second Lieutenant, John N. Walkup,
Humboldt. - Company H, Captain, Thomas P. Killen, and First Lieuten-
ant, James W. Christian, both of Carlyle; Second -Lieutenant, Horatio N.
F. Reed, Central City. Company I, Captain, Horatio N. F. Reed, Cen-
tral City; First Lieutenant, Mathew Cowley; Second Lieutenant, Albert
S. W. Knapper, Leavenworth. Company K, Captain, Thomas M. Bowen,
and First Lieutenant, John D. Wells, both of Marysville; Second Lieuten-
ant, Francis N. Sales, Louisville. Company L, Captain, John I. De Lash-
mutt, Council Grove; First Lieutenant, James L. Arnold, Iola; Second
Lieutenant, Charles C. Southard, Geneva. Company M, Captain, William
W. P. McConnell, Neosho Falls; First Lieutenant, Stephen L. Kenyon,
Cottonwood; Second Lieutenant, John L. Price, Auburn.

The four new companies of the Ninth were organized under the fol-
lowing officers: New Company A, Captain, Amzi J. Steele, Bloomington;
First Teena Lorendus B. Conant, Prairie City; Second Lieutenant,
Robert C. Philbrick, Delaware. New Company B, Captain, Henry
Brandley, Bazaar; First Lieutenant, Joseph L. Dennison, Iola; Second
Lieutenant, Lewis McHone, Emporia. New Company C, Captain, J.
Milton Hadley, Monticello; First Lieutenant, David M. Hester, ‘Centralia;
Second Lieutenant, Henry B. Hall, Humboldt. New Company D, Cap-
tain, Jeremiah R. Sencenich, Geneva; First Lieutenant, Lewis Edmunson,
Iola; Second Lieutenant, Aaron M. Thomas, Lancaster. ee

The final organization of the Ninth was effected by consolidating and
organizing the Iola Battalion, raised in Southern Kansas, with detachments
of the First Battalion Kansas Cavalry, the Third Kansas and the Eighth
Kansas Volunteers. The place of rendezvous for these companies was
Fort Leavenworth, where, also, the regiment was organized, and from
whence the companies were detached to various posts of duty. Company

A was ordered on escort duty, to Fort Union, New Mexico ; Company B ~

was sent into the mountains of Northern Colorado, to build Fort Hal-
leck ; Company C was sent to Fort Riley ; Company G to Fort Lyon, Colo.;
and Company I to Fort Laramie, Kan. The detachments-on the plains
were, for a long time, engaged in the defense of the overland mail routes,
and the protection of the parties of immigrants to the more remote Terri-
tories, one detachment proceeding northwest as far as Montana Territory,
and the other having its station along the Santa Fé route. The four com-
‘panies, D, E, F and FL under Maj. Bancroft, formed a part of the expedition
into the Indian country, and under Col. Lynde, were engaged during a

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part of August, 1862, in pursuing the force of Gen. Coffey through West-
ern Missouri.

On the morning of the 30th of September, Col. Lynde, with his com-
mand. participated in the attack on the rebel force, under Gens. Cooper
and Rains, near Newtonia, Mo. The attack was unsuccessful—a part of
our force being obliged to retreat, leaving the remainder surrounded by
the enemy. The cavalry covered the retreat as far as possible, and a por-
tion of the Sixth Kansas coming up, the rebels were driven from their
position.

During November, the Ninth was engaged in escort duty between Fort
Scott and Cane Hill, and in the advance of Gen. Hindman toward Fayette-
ville, was sent with the rest of the cavalry to guard Gen. Blunt’s supply
train at Rhea’s Mills. It joined in the pursuit of the rebe's to Van Buren,
and on the return of the army to Rhea’s Mills, was ordered to escort the
supply train to Fort Scott. ;

On the 17th of June, 18638, Maj. L. K. Thacher, then in command at
Paola, was ordered by Gen. Thomas Ewing, to move with three companies
of the Ninth to Kansas City, which place was threatened with a guerrilla
raid, under Todd and Parker. Capt. Flesher, with Company E and a por-
tion of Company K, being absent on a scout, Maj. Thacher proceeded to
Kansas City with Company A and the remaining portion of Comin K,
sending orders to Capt. Flesher to join him at that point.

Capt. Flesher, in obedience to command, marched toward Kansas City,
but on arriving near Westport, was surprised by a large force of guerrillas,
who were concealed behind the stone fences, which, half hidden in thick
underbrush and dense foliage, lined either side of the road. The attack was
so sudden, and the first volley so rapidly followed by a charge of mounted
guerrillas, that the command of Capt. Flesher was forced back the narrow,
hemmed-in road, until an open space was reached where it could be
re-formed, and make a successful resistance. The guerrillas were finally
repulsed, but with very serious loss to Capt. Flesher’s command. A courier
had carried the news of the attack to Kansas City, and Maj. Thacher with
his command arrived at the scene of the ambuscade in season to pursue
the rebels, and capture their camp equipage and horses, but too late to be
of assistance to their own comrades.

During the remainder of the summer, the Ninth was stationed along
the border, engaged in almost incessant encounters with bushwhackers
and guerrillas, some of the companies becoming such adepts in that species
of warfare that they could rival the enemy in daring, endurance and skill,
even if they willingly fell behindin ferocity and cruelty.

In August, 1863, the Ninth participated in the pursuit of Quantrell,
after his raid on Lawrence, Capts. Coleman and Pike with their com-
panies following and fighting portions of the band, until they were securely
concealed in the forests and ravines of Missouri.

On the retreat of Gens. Shelby and Coffey through Western Mis-
souri toward Warrensburg in the fall of 1863, they were pursued by Gen.
Ewing’s force, to which a part of the Ninth was attached. The rebels
were overtaken between Warrensburg and Carthage, and after some
resistance, their rear guard was dislodged from its position by Lieut. Col.
Clarke and Maj. Thacher of the Ninth, and the pursuit continued to
Carthage, where a feeble resistance was again made, Capt. Earle, with
Company A, captured the outposts and charging into the town took a large
number of prisoners, continuing the pursuit through Neosho, and into
Arkansas, until.the enemy had retreated to the south of the Boston
Mountains. Gen. Ewing’s main command returned from Neosho to Fort
Scott, and were rejoined at that point by the detachment of the Ninth,
when the pursuit was abandoned.

In the spring of 1864, the Ninth, numbering 1,200 men at the time,
was assigned to the army of Gen. Steele, and ordered to march for Little
Rock, Ark. On reaching Springfield, Mo., the destination of the regiment
was changed to Fort Smith on the Arkansas River, and the march proved
asevere one from extreme scarcity of both food and water, the horses and
mules suffering even more than the men. Arriving at Fort Smith, orders
were found directing the regiment to report immediately to Little Rock,

. which were again countermanded when it reached Clarksville and once

more it was ordered to Fort Smith to repel a threatened attack on the
post. After the anticipated danger was past, the Ninth went into camp
on Hazzard Prairie, and during the summer months was engaged in scout-
ing and reconnoissance duty. Maj. Thacher, Maj. Doudna and Lieut. Col.
Clarke, with portions of the regiment, made expeditions into the surround-
ing country to a distance sometimes of one hundred miles, and by their
energy and determination generally succeeded in accomplishing the ob-
jects for which the enterprise was undertaken.

In July, the regiment was ordered to Little Rock, where it arrived on
the 14th, and went into camp, béing immediately engaged in active service
against the numerous bands that, under Shelby, Marmaduke and other
noted rebel leaders, constantly threatened the railroads leading to Little
Rock from the north. The Ninth formed a part of the command, that under
Lieut. Col. Clarke, met Shelby’s force at Bull Bayou, Ark. The rebels

~ made a stand on the bank of the stream, and were charged by two dis-

mounted battalions of the Ninth—the right, led by Maj. Pomeroy, rush-
ing across the stream and charging impetuously up the bank, and the left,
led by Maj. Thacher, crossing the bridge and attacking the rebel right.
All resistance was soon overcome and the enemy were pursued until their
forces were thoroughly scattered and demoralized, and, for a time at least,
communication with the other Union posts in Arkansas rendered safe:

The regiment remained on duty at Little Rock and Duvall’s Bluff
until its term of service expired, some of the companies returning to
Leavenworth in the fall of 1864, to be mustered out of service, and some
remaining at Duvall’s Bluff until the summer of 1865, when they were
mustered out at that place.

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company A—Killed while on detached service, Oliver P. Willett,
Prairie City.
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Company B—Killed by guerrillas, December 9, 1863, while on de-
tached service, Corp. Peter Shafer.

* Company C—Killed at Drywood,; Mo:, September 2, 1861, William
Henry (bugler), Lawrence, at Cabin Creek, C. N.; David Burhle, Big
Stranger, Maple Creek, Mo.; Peter Wyland, DeSoto, Fayetteville, Ark., and
Joseph Lee, Elmendaro.

ompany D—Killed at Spring River, Mo., February 19,1863, Second
Lieutenant Avery T. Spencer, Geneva, and John W. Borror; at Newtonia,
Mo., September 30, 1862, William H. Wray, Geneva.

Company E—Killed at Westport, Mo., June 17, 1868, Corporal John
S. Kirkpatrick, Carlyle ; Corporal Alexander EK. Needham and Privates
Charles Beauvois, William Grimes, Joseph Jackson, Isaac 8. Brubaker,
and Andrew M. Deal, all of Iola; Josiah Hayes, Kansas City: Henry
Masters, Leavenworth, and Edward Walters, killed at Bull Bayou, Ark.,
August 26, 1864; Peter Clemor, Osage Mission. Died of wounds: Marion
Brown, Iola; and Anthony Lambert, of wounds received near Westport,
Mo.; James R. Dohoney, fola, of wounds received at Sarcoxie, Mo.

Company F—Killed at Frog Bayou, Ark., July 1, 1864, Sergeant John
P. Harrington.

Company G—Killed at Fayetteville, Ark., June 24, 1864, Branden W.
Cowden, Humboldt.

Company H—Killed at Locust Grove, C. N., July 3, 1862, Corporal
Joseph McClintock, Ottumwa ; at Baxter’s Springs, Kan., January 8, 1862,
George A. Ela, Iola; at Newtonia, Mo., September 30, 1862, William Skin-
ner, Elizabethtown. ace

Company J—Killed at Whitten’s Mills, Ark., October 8, 1864, Cor-
poral James B. Perry; killed by guerrillas tiear Clarksville, Ark., Francis
Doregas, Santa Fé, N. M.

Company K—Killed at Westport, Mo., June 17, 1863, Corporal John
N. Cosner, Mount Vernon, Neb.; Alva J. Cosner, Mount Vernon, Neb.;
William H. Musson, Mole Hill, Va.; James McCormack, Blue Rapids.
Killed by guerrillas, Corporal Thomas J. Bell, Centralia; Casper H.
Schroeder, Barrett’s P. O.; John Lunn, Barrett's P.O. Died of wounds
received in action, George W. Phillips, Manhattan.

Company M—Killed at Bull Bayou, Ark., August 29, 1864, John L.
Empson, Woodson County; Isaac Wilson, Humboldt; and William Mc-

’Elhany, Fort Smith, Ark.

TENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

On the 3d day of April, 1862, the Third and Fourth Kansas Regiments,
together with a small portion of the Fifth, were, by order of the War De-
partment, consolidated at Paola, Kan. The regiment formed by such
consolidation was designated the Tenth Kansas Infantry, and was at that
time organized under the following officers:

Fied and Staff—Colonel, William F. Cloud, Emporia; Lieutenant
Colonel, Henry H. Williams, Osawatomie; Major, Otis B. Gunn, —;
Adjutant Casimio B. Zulaoski, Boston, Mass.; Surgeon, Mahlon Bailey, —;
Chaplain, John H. Drummond, Marysville.

Line Officers—Company A, Captain, Josiah E. Hayes; First Lieu-
tenant, Thomas E. Milhoan, and Second Lieutenant, Fernando H. Burris,
all of Olathe. Company B, Captain, Mathew Quigg; First Lieutenant,
Seth M. Tucker, and Second Lieutenant, David Whittaker, all of Atchi-
son. Company C, Captain, Jobn A. Foreman, Lawrence; First Lieuten-
ant, Joseph K. Hudson, Salem, Ohio; Second Lieutenant, Isaac M. Ruth,
Lawrence.. Company D, Captain, Eli Snyder, Osawatomie; First Lieu-
tenant, George D. Brooke,, Kansas City, Mo.; Second Lieutenant, Freder-
ick A. Smalley, Osawatomie. Company E, Captain, John F. Broadhead,
Mound City; First Lieutenant, David Schoen, Marmaton, and Second
Lieutenant, Wm. B. Keith,——. Company F, Captain, John J. Boyd,
Troy; First Lieutenant, Nathan Price, Geary; Second Lieutenant, Cyrus
Leland, Jr., Troy. Company G, Captain, James M. Harvey, Fort Riley;
First Lieutenant, James H. Harris, Wyandotte; Second Lieutenant, Jo-
sephus D. Warner, Ogden. Company H, Captain, Napoleon B. Blanton,
and First Lieutenant, Samuel J. Stewart, both of Humboldt; Second Lieu-
tenant, James H. Signor, Mound City. Company IJ, Captain, Charles P.
Twiss, and First Lieutenant, William C. Jones, both of Iola; Second Lieu-
tenant, John F. Hill, Topeka. Company K, Captain, Greenville Watson,
Pleasant Plains; First Lieutenant, Jerome T. Kelley, ——; Second Lieu-
tenant, Horace G. Loring, —.

The consolidated companies of the Tenth were organized under the fol-
lowing officers: New Company A, py wee Charles 8. Hills, Emporia; First
Lieutenant, Cyrus W. Leland, ——; Second Lieutenant, Robert W. Wood,
Osawatomie. New Company B, Captain, Wm. C. Jones, and First Lieu-
tenant, John E. Thorp, both of Iola; Second Lieutenant, John Bryan,
Troy. New Company C, Captain, George Brooke, Kansas City; First
Lieutenant, William B. Stone, Olathe; Second Lieutenant, George W.
May. Pleasant Plains. New Company D, First Lieutenant, Fred A.
Smalley, Osawatomie; Second Lieutenant, George W. May, Pleasant
Plains.

The regiment-was ordered from Paola to Fort Scott, soon after this
organization was effected. and, with the exception of four companies,
which were attached to Col. Doubleday’s expedition into the Cherokee Na-
tion, remained at that post until the 1st of June” It having been decided
by the War Department that Col. Weer, Lieut. Col. Burris, Adjt. Phillips
and Surgeon Scott, all formerly of the Fourth, were entitled to retain
their respective offices in the Tenth, they assumed their commands early
in June. Col. Cloud was transferred to the Second Kansas Cavalry, Lieut.
Col. Williams resumed his position as Major (O. B. Gunn having resigned),
and Adjt. Zulaoski was removed per order of War Department.

The Indian expedition, now ready to march, was plaged in command
of Col. Weer, Adjt. James A. Phillips serving on his staff as Acting Assist-
ant Adjutant General. Lieut. Col. Burris was assigned to the command
at Fort Leavenworth, and Maj. Williams to the command of the regiment,

Lieut. Leland serving as Adjutant.

The regiment marched on the expedition under command of Capt.

HISTORY ‘OF KANSAS.

Mathew- Quigg, Company B, Maj. Williams having leave of absence.
Leaving Fort Scott June 18, 1862, it marched to Osage Mission, and thence
to Humboldt. After remaining there a few days, it marched with four
companies of the Ninth Kansas, the Indian regiments and First, Kansas
Battery, down the Neosho River, and thence across the country to Baxter's
Springs, where it was attached to Col. Solomon’s brigade. The regiment
moved with the command to Cowskin Prairie, the Indians, under Stand-
Waitie retreating south on the approach of the cavalry. The division con-
tinued its march toward the south, with the hope of surprising ahd capt-
uring Col. Clarkson and his command in camp, for which purpose Col.
Weer detailed one Indian regiment, and a detachment composed of com.
panies from several Kansas regiments, including one hundred meh of the
Tenth, under Capt. Quigg, and marching all night, arrived at the rebel
camp about sunrise on the morning of July 3, 1862. The hill upon which
the camp was situated was steep and rocky, a narrow path leading up the
southern assent. Two companies of the Ninth (mounted) were stationed
to the northeast, the Indians (also mounted) to the southeast.

The detachment of the Tenth charged the camp from the west, the
cavalry driving in the pickets, and charging up the hill from their respect-
ive stations. The rebels, after making one feeble attempt at defense,
broke and fled over the rocks, and into the dense woods that covered two
sides of the hill. A large number were killed, and 155, including Col.
Clarkson, taken prisoners—also a large amount of camp equipage. The
loss of the Tenth was small—a few wounded.

The detachment rejoined the command at Wolf Creek, and after a
few days marched to Flat Rock Creek, where Capt. Foreman, of Company
C, was promoted to Major of Third Indian Regiment. _

The regiment returned to Fort Scott in August, arriving on the 15th,
Gen. Blunt was assigned to the command of the frontier division, and Col.
Weer to the command of the Second Brigade, to which the Tenth was
now attached. te :

The regiment formed a part of the force that marched into Missouri
in pursuit of Cols. Coffey and Cockrell, and afterward participated in the
engagement at Newtonia, and in the pursuit that followed. Sa
Camp Babcock on the 27th of November, it marched, with the Second an
Third Beene. to Cane Hill, meeting at that place the advanced cavalry
of Gen. Hindman’s army, which was speedily put to flight. Gen. Hind-
man, instead of giving battle at Cane Hill, moved to the right, flanked
Gen. Blunt, and gaining the Fayetteville road, attacked Gen. Herron at
Prairie Grove. The First Division marched to his relief, arriving on the
field about-3 o’clock on the afternoon of the 7th of December, 1862.

The following is from Maj. William’s report of the part performed by
the Tenth Kansas in the engagement at Prairie Grove :

The regiment entered the Grove on the enemy’s left, by order of Col. William Weer,
comm anding the Second Brigade, about 3 o’clock P. M Upon entering the timber, which
was very dense, I ordered Company B, oa Quigg, to deploy as skirmishers, to find the
enemy. They had but just formed, and the skirmishers advanced thirty yards, before the
enemy opened on us, and the regiment was engaged under a terrific fire, which lasted for
half an hour, when, by order of Gen. Blunt, I withdrew the regiment to the open ground
adjoining the timber; but after a few moments’ respite, we moved again to the front, about
thirty yards in advance of our former position, obliquing our line of battle to the right, as
the rebels had moved a large force to their left,-extending far beyond our right. Our line,
at this time, was in a hollow or depression in the Freund, and the command, by lying down,
escaped most of the leaden hail which was hurled at them, by more than three times th®ir
number, for one hour and a half, exposed.to a deadly fire, during that time, from the front
and both flanks. It seems almost a miracle that the command was not annihilated.

About sunset the rebels charged with two regiments upon and turned our right flank,
and I ordered the regiment to retreat, which they did in good style, to the open ground in
our rear. In the meantime, the First Kansas Battery, Lieut. Tenney commanding, which
was in our rear, opened upon the rebels obliquely across our right with canister, which
checked the force of rebels extending beyond our right, and sent them in disorder to the
brush. The Tenth then formed on the right of the battery, when the rebels commenced
playing upon us with a battery of artillery which they had planted on their extreme right,

ut it was quickly silenced by a few well-directed shots from ‘Yenney’s First Kansas Battery.
By this time, it being quite dark, both parties ceased firing, and the engagement ended.

The Tenth joined in the pursuit of Hindman’s army to Van Buren,

-which took place in the last week of December, and finished the winter’s

campaign in Arkansas. After marching to Elm Springs, and remaining a
short time in camp, the Tenth, with a brigade of cavalry, was ordered to
the relief of the small garrison at Springfield, Mo., then threatened by
Marmaduke. On the re-enforcement of the garrison, the rebel force re-
treated, followed by the brigade as far as Sand Springs, when the com-
mand returned and went into camp at Springfield, remaining until the 27th
of February, 1863, when it moved to another camp near Mount Vernon,
whence it marched on the 15th of March toward White River, and thence
to camp near Fort Scott, where a part of the regiment was granted a
furlough of twenty days.
During the summer and fall of 1868, the Tenth was at Rolla, Mo., on
proroe duty; in Indiana, to join the forces gathering there to repel Gen.
organ; in the Sni Hills in pursuit of Quantrell ; on duty in the vicinity
of Kansas City, and in January, 1864, was ordered to Alton, IIl., to take
charge of the military prison at that place. From-May until August, 1864,
the regiment was at St. Louis, serving as provost guard of the city, when
it was ordered to Fort Leavenworth to be mustered out of service.

_ The Tenth Kansas Veteran Regiment was composed of four compa-
nies, the Veterans, with the recruits of Companies F and I forming the
New Companies A and B. The regiment was comnianded by Maj. Henry
H. Williams, from its organization until the last of August, 1864, when he
was placed in charge of Schofield Barracks, St. Louis. The Tenth left
St. Louis for Pilot Knob, Mo., under command of Lieut. F. A. Smiley,
Company D, and on its arrival the command was transferred to Capt.
George D. Brooke, Company C. On the 7th of November, the regiment
embarked at St. Louis for Paducah, ae and on its arrival at that place
Capt. William C. Jones, of Company 'B, took command. November 28,
it arrived at Nashville, and the next day at Columbia, Tenn., being at the
latter place assigned to the Fourth Army Corps, Gen. Stanley command-
ing. The regiment fell back with the army of Gen. Schofield after the
battle of Franklin, and on reaching Nashville was employed on the de-
fenses of the city until December 16, having been in the meantime trans-
- their last disc!

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ferred to_ the Seventeenth, afterward Nixteenth, Army Corps, Second
Brigade, Second Division. In the assault of the 15th, on Hood’s works,
before Nashville, the Tenth was deployed as ‘skirmishers in advance of
the Second Brigade, and succeeded in driving back the rebel skirmish line,
silencing the battery at the first line of works, and holding a position
about two hundred yards from their front until the main line came up.
The regiment participated in the actions of the 16th and 17th and in the
pursuit which followed the victory.

On the 21st of. December, 1864, Capt. Charles S. Hills assumed com-
mand of the regiment, which marched for Clinton, on the Tennessee
River, the following day, arriving on the 2d of January, 1865, a distance
of 120 miles, in mid-winter, without tents or blankets, and many of the
men without shoes or overcoats. On the 4th of January, the regiment
went up the Tennessee River on transports as far as Eastport, Miss., where
it went into camp. During January,,it made an expedition into the sur-
rounding country to learn the strength and position of the enemy, and
the latter part of the month marched to Waterloo, Ala., remaining at that
place on outpost duty until February 8, when it embarked for Vicksburg,
arriving February 14. On the 19th, it re-embarked, and arrived at New
Orleans on the 2ist, remaining in camp at Chalmette, six miles below the
city, until March 7. While at this camp, Capt. Charles 8. Hills was mus-
tered in as Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth, the battalion being. now of
sufficient size to warrant it, and Maj. Williams having been mustered out
ou the expiration of his term of office, a short time before. Lieut. Robert
W. Wood was mustered in as Captain of Company A, in place.of Capt.
Hills. On the 7th, the command again embarked on the Mobile expedi-
tion, passed down the Mississippi to the Gulf, and disembarking at Fort
Gaines, went into camp on Dauphin Island, at the foot of Mobile Bay.
On the 20th, with the fleet, it proceeded up the bay to the mouth of Fish
River, which empties into Mobile Bay from the east. Proceeding up the
river to Donnelly’s Mills, the regiment went into camp and awaited the
arrival of Gen. Granger’s Corps to commence the joint advance on the
fortifications around Mobile. The army moved from Fish River on the
25th, the Tenth being deployed as skirmishers. On the 27th, the Second
Division was thrown to the right toward Fort Blakely, Gen. Granger’s
Corps investing Spanish Fort to the left. On arriving within eight miles of
Fort Blakely, the Second Division selected a position, which it intrenched
and held until April 2, when it joined the forces of Gen. Steele before Fort
Blakely, and on the following day threw up works and commenced the
siege. The position was a very strong one; its front extending nearly
three miles, fortified at every point, its cannon sweeping every approach;
a wide, deep ditch at the base of the fort; rifle pits and lines of abatis to
be cleared before the heavy walls could be reached and the final struggle
made. The Tenth Kansas was deployed as skirmishers in front of the
entire brigade, the line being formed in the following order: Right wing.
detachment Company B, Twenty-seventh Iowa, and Company 3, Tenth
Kansas, under Capt. W. C. Jones, of the latter. Left wing, Companies C

and D, Tenth Kansas, under Capt. George D. Brooke. Centre, Company.

D, Tenth Kansas, under Capt. R. W. Wood. ;

Lieut. Col. C. H. Hills, commanding the regiment, in his report, tells
the story of the part borne by his command in the following words:

At 4.0’clock P. M., Gen. Gilbert notified me that the advance on the rebel works would

w be made at 5 o’clock, Gnu reas on the left and continuing through the line, each man

following the one on his left, my left immediately following the right of the Third Brigade
skirmishers; that I should advance my line with my right retired, and drive the enemy’s
ickets from their pits, draw the fire of his main line, and ascertain his strength as well as
Bis weak points, and in the event that he should open on the line with spirit and expose it
to too hot a fire, I should take advantage of whatever cover the fallen timber and irregular
ground offered, and lie down and awiit the arrival of the main line. ; :
At 5.30 P. M., the movement commenced as directed. The men, leaping over our in-
trenchments, advanced on a run to the enemy’s first line of rifle pits, which were abandoned
without much resistance, as also was the second line. While descending the slope to the
ravine which lay in my front, the enemy opened with a galling fire of artillery and musket-
ry, using shell, spherical case, canister and grape, which induced me to look for shelter in
the ravine, in accordance with previous instructions, but which, on reaching, I found to be
enfiladed, and affording no shelter whatever. For this reason, no halt was ordered, our
safety depending on breaking through the main works on my left if possible; if not, then
at any point, take him-on the flank and double him up. On gaining the high ground be-
‘ond the ravine, the firing became more rapid, and had it been well directed would have
recs very destructive. Noone inthe line returned the fire, but each devoted his whole
energy to reach the works as soon as possible. Climbing over fallen trees, with scarce an
effort they cleared each line of abatis at a single leap, ee noticing the ditch,
mounted the parapets, or poured through the embrasures at the recoil of the guns, which
har e had opened for them, and their line was broken. Turning the left of
my line (which after entering the fort had become a omar) te the right, and being joined
by those who had climbed the parapets, it swept down on their flank with. fixed bayonets
with scarcely any opposition, the men throwing down their guns and surrendering, and
officers waiving white handkerchiefs and-delivering up their swords. Here, for the first
time, I discovered that the left of the skirmishers.of the Thirteenth Corps did not connect
with my right, but had made an interval of some eighty yards, and having a greater dis-
tance to pass over than my line, had not yet reached the works. Fearing that the enemy’s
line in their front, with those who had escaped from my column might discover our’ weak-
ness and give us trouble if allowed to concentrate, I pushed on down the line, so that he
might not have time to recover from his panic, when I found that my right had already
captured the men and guns at the center fort and the infantry support on the right; most
of the left having been down the ravine to the rear for the time escaped capture. A por-
tion of the Thirteenth Corps having now arrived and all resistance being at an end and
prisoners secure, I halted my command, re-formed it, and rested the men until I received
orders to rejoin the brigade. The distance from my right, where it left the picket line to
where it struck the enemy’s works, was five hundred and fifty yards, and the length of
works captured five hundred and sixty yards. I am unable to give the exact number or
rapk of the prisoners. captured by my command, as the success of the assault depended upon
its being rapidly followed up after the line was broken, and leaving the prisoners and
trophies in other hands, which was done. I cannot, however, do justice to my command in
fixing the number of prisoners captured by them at less than 800, being one entire brigade,
and two batteries, 800 stand of small arms, and accouterments, and nine pieces of artillery,
as follows: One thirty-pounder Parrott gun, carriage and limber, with chest} two seven-

+: inch siege guns with carriages, and six field pieces with limbers.

At night, the army’had quarters in the captured fort; on the next day
the evacuation of Mobile commenced; on the 11th it was completed, and
on the 12th the Union flag was waving over the last important sea-

ort hitherto held by the confederates. On the 18th, the Tenth marched
or Montgomery, Ala., arriving on the 25th, and remaining at that place
on provost duty, with headquarters at Greenville, until the following Au-
gust, at which time the Sixteenth Corps was disbanded and many of the

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troops mustered out. The Tenth remained on duty until the last of the
month, when it was also- mustered out at Montgomery, Ala., and on Sep-
tember 20, 1865, received payment and final discharge at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. The Tenth at its tirst organization was composed of men who had
seen service, and who understood fully what a soldier’s life meant.. They
knew that it was no holiday parade, but a long, hard, stern struggle that
lay before them, and looking the situation squarely in the face, they went

straight on, doing the duty that came. nearest, whether it might be to

guard their own fair State from the violent bands of marauders that so long
threatened it, or to assail the rebel stronghold of Fort Blakely. Perhaps
the best eulogium that can be awarded the regiment is the testimonial of
Gen. Gilbert, their brigade commander at the siege of Fort Blakely; he
says’

“The Tenth Kansas, a little band of heroes, rushed forward as.into
the jaws of death, with a determination to conquer or todie. * * * *
Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon them. I am at aloss for words
to express my admiration of them and their gallant officers, and when I
say that Lieut. Col. Hills is worthy to command such men, language is
exhausted in his praise.’’

FATAL CASUALTIES,

New Company A—Killed at Fort Blakely, Ala., April 9, 1865, Sergt.
George Daller, Paola; Corp. John L. Buxton, William Agnew and Andrew
F. Witten, all of Humboldt. Died of wounds received at Fort Blakely,
William I. Brooks, Lewistown.

Company B—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Joshua Taylor, Lawrence.

New Company B—Killed at Fort Blakely, Ala., Corp. John W. Thomp-
son, Spring Hill and William A. Priddy, New Lancaster. Died of wounds
received at Fort Blakely, Second Lieut. John Bryan, Troy, and Privates
Whitfield Pritchett and Simeon B. Plummer, Osawatomie.

Company C—Killed by guerrillas in Bates County, Mo., Christopher
Jupton and William Vance, Papinsville, Mo.

New Company C—Died of wounds received at Nashville, Tenn., De-
cember 16, 1864, John J. Morgan.

Company D—Killed at Butler, Mo., December 14, 1861, William W.
Durno, Osawatomie. Died of wounds received at Prairie Grove, Ark.,
William Butner, Blooming Grove.

Company E—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Charles D. Rice, Fort
Scott. Died of wounds received at Prairie Grove, First Lieut. David
Schorn, Marmaton.

~ Company G—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Charles Kyer, Fort Riley.

Company H—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., John M. Beck, Humboldt.

Company K—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., William C. Calvin, and
William C. Wilson, both of Columbus.

ELEVENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER-CAVALRY.

. The quota assigned to Kansas, under the call of President Lincoln of
July 2, 1862, was three regiments of infantry. Hon. J. H. Lane being
authorized by the War Department to recruit these troops, empowered
Hon. Thomas Ewing, Jr.. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
State, to raise one regiment, with authority to organize and officer the same.
The Eleventh Kansas Infantry (afterward cavalry) was the result of his
energetic, systematic and patriotic efforts, at a time when the State felt
hardly able to spare even the men it had already sent into the field. The
first recruit enlisted on the 8th of August, and on the 14th of September
the last company was mustered in; the line officers were chosen by the
respective companies, the field officers were chosen by the line officers, and
the organization of the regiment was completed, as follows:

Field and Staff.—Colonel, Thomas Ewing, Jr., Leavenworth ; Lieuten-
ant Colonel, Thomas Moonlight, Leavenworth ; Major, Preston B. Plumb,
Emporia; Adjutant, John Williams, Leavenworth ; Quartermaster, James
R. McClure, Junction City ; Surgeon, George W. Hogeboom, Leavenworth ;
Chaplain, James S. Cline, Tecumseh.

Line Officers — Company A, Captain, Lyman Scott, Leavenworth;
First Lieutenant, John Owens, Easton; Second Lieutenant, Henry E. Pal-
mer, Leavenworth. Company B, Captain, Martin Anderson, Circleville;
First Lieutenant, Amos C. Smith, Leavenworth; Second Lieutenant, Louis
F. Green, Baldwin City. Company C, Captain, Preston B. Plumb, First
Lieutenant, Henry Pearce, and Second Lieutenant, William Y. Phillips, all
of Emporia. Company D, Captain, Jerome Kunkel, Rising Sun; First
Lieutenant, Elias Gibbs, Oskaloosa; Second Lieutenant, Peleg Thomas,
Leavenworth. Company E, Captain, Edmond G. Ross, Topeka; First
Lieutenant, Charles Drake, Emporia; Second Lieutenant, Nathan P.
Gregg, Topeka. Company F, Captain, Jacob G. Rees, Mount Gilead;
First Lieutenant, John G. Lindsay, and Second Lieutenant, George W.
Simons, both of Garnett. Company G, Captain, Nathaniel A. Adams,
and First Lieutenant, Greenville L. Gove, both of Manhattan; Second
Lieutenant, Alfred C. Pierce, Junction City. Company H, Captain, Joel
Huntoon, Topeka; First Lieutenant, Harrison Hannahs, Rome, N. Y.;
Second Lieutenant, John W. Ridgeway, Tecumseh. Company I. Captain,
Louis D. Joy, Burlingame; First Lieutenant, Josiah B. McAfee, Grass-
hopper; Second Lieutenant, William J. Drew, Burlingame. Company K,
Captain, John M. Allen, Zeandale; First Lieutenant, Josiah M. Hubbard,
Wabaunsee; Second Lieutenant, Henry C. Haas, Leavenworth Company
L, Captain, Henry Booth, Manhattan: First Lieutenant, Jacob Van <Ant-
werp, Zeandale; Second Lieutenant, William Booth, Manhattan. Com-
pany M, oe Nathan P. Gregg, First Lieutenant, Joseph D. Geer,
and Second Lieutenant, Henry C. Lindsay, all of Topeka.

While the regiment was in camp at Fort Lyon, near Fort Leavenworth,
waiting for arms and the advanced pay which had been promised, and
which was.a necessity to the families of many of the enlisted men, orders
were received from Gen. Blunt for the command to break camp and pro-
ceed immediately by forced marches to join the “ Army of the Frontier,”
then in pursuit of the forces of Gens. Cooper and Rains, after the engage-
ment at Newtonia.
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Making arrangements at Leavenworth for the payment of the men,
and arming them with some heavy antiquated Prussian muskets, the best
that could be procured at Fort Leavenworth, Col. Ewing started with his
regiment “for the front,” on the 4th of October, 1862, just twenty days

after its organization. In five days, the march to Fort Scott was com-
pleted, and as soon as the supplies and ammunition designed for Gen.
Blunt’s army were ready, the regiment marched, in company with a sec-
tion of Blair’s battery, as escort to the train. On arriving at Pea Ridge,
-Ark., on the 19th, it was reviewed by Gen. Schofield, and assigned to the
‘First Division, Gen. Blunt commanding; Third Brigade, Col. Cloud
commanding. The following night, the First Division marched to
‘Bentonville, andthe night succeeding to the vicinity of Old Fort
Wayne, from whence the command moved to Little Osage and went
into camp, detailing foraging expeditions into the surrounding country
in quest of provisions for the division. Supplies arriving from Fort
Scott on the 27th of November, the command marched the next morn-

> ing for Cane Hill, forty miles south, the Eleventh leading the infantry in

' the attack on Marmaduke’s advanced force on the morning of the 29th. On
the retreat of Marmaduke, the regiment, with Gen. Blunt’s forces, re-
turned to Cane Hill. On December 6, Company H, of the Eleventh, had a
sharp skirmish with the cavalry advance of the enemy on the Fayetteville
road, in which it won an enviable name and well-merited praise. The
regiment was with the troops with which Blunt hurried to the support of
Gen. Herron’s gallant but sorely pressed little army at Prairie Grove, and
was, on his arrival, thrown at once into the fight, on the right of Gen.
Herron’s line, and where the rebels had mtaneell a large force with intent.
to flank and crush the weary but resolute force that had’ so long and
bravely withstood their attacks. The rebels found an enemy they were
not looking for, and Gen. Blunt’s division had to take the brunt of the
battle after its arrival.

The right of the Eleventh was formed in the woods at the foot of the
ridge on which the enemy were posted, and was under the direct command
of Col. Ewing. The left, under Lieut. Col. Moonlight, was in the open
field, and formed the chief support of Rabb’s and Hopkin’s batteries. Col.
Weer’s command, to which the right wing of the Eleventh was attached,
advanced part of the distance up the ridge in their front, when the rebels
pouring over its crest charged with the greatest fury, and after a fearful
fight succeeded in gradually forcing the Union line back, which was, how-
ever, soon re-formed, and with the help of the batteries, which were most
efficiently served, the position was held until night came on, the firing
ceased and the enemy withdrew over the crest of the hill into the woods
beyond. Several attempts were made by the enemy to capture the bat-
teries which were thinning their ranks so steadily, but they were fruitless,
only resulting in terrible loss to themselves.

The morning found our forces ready, but no foe to fight.

The Eleventh participated in the pursuit of the army of Gen. Hind-
man to Van Buren, Ark., returned with the command to Bhew’s Mills, and
thence, the division now under command of Gen. Schofield, proceeded to
Elm Springs, and went into camp for two weeks. During the winter months
of 1863, the Eleventh wasengagedin marching and countermarching through
Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, over horrible roads, and in the
most terribly cold weather, the occasional seasons of rest in camp being
more dangerous in those unhealthy localities than even the severe exposure
and fatigue of the march.

On the 13th of March, Col. Ewing was promoted Brigadier General,
and on his recommendation, Lieut. Williams was appointed Captain and
A. A.G. Soon after these appointments, the Kansas troops marched to
the vicinity of Fort Scott, and were granted thirty days’ furlough.

On the expiration of the furlough, the Eleventh marched from Fort Scott
to Rolla, Mo.,and there joined the First Division of the Army of the Frontier,
Gen. Ewing commanding. Gen. Ewing was placed in command of the
district of the border, including Southwestern Missouri and most of Kansas.
The Eleventh joined him at Kansas City (his headquarters) about the 20th
of April, and soon after its arrival was mounted by order of Gen. Schofield,
and in August the regiment was changed to cavalry with authority to
recruit two new companies.

On the promotion of Col. ae Lieut. Col, Moonlight had been pro-
méted to Colonel, Maj. Plumb, to Lieutenant Colonel, and Capt. Ander-
son of Company B, to Major, but the regiment baving lost over 300 men,
its number was below minimum, and they could not muster at that time.
On changing the regiment to ae it was again below regulation size,
and Maj. Anderson was the only field officer mustered in until the follow-
ing spun: .

uring the latter part of the summer, and through the fal] and winter
of 1868, the Eleventh was engaged in guerrilla warfare in Southwestern
Missouri, a detachment being sent to the southern border of Kansas, in
December, to check a threatened raid by Stand-Waitie. This detachment
remained on duty between Fort Scott and Fort Gibson until August, 1864,
when it was recalled for duty on the eastern line of Kansas.

During the spring of 1864, two additional companies having been re-
cruited and mustered in, the organization of the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry
was completed by the commission and muster of Lieut. Col. Moonlight, as
Colonel, Maj. Plumb, as Lieutenant Colonel, and Capts. E. G. Ross, of
Company E, and N. A. Adams, of Company G, as Majors.

Through the summer, the regiment was stationed in Kansas—Com-

any L, at Fort Riley ; Company G, at Fort Leavenworth ; Companies C and
ir on the southern border, and the remainder, under Col. Moonlight, along
the eastern border, with headquarters at Paola. :

In the campaign against Price, October, 1864, the Eleventh, with the
Second Brigade, to the command of which Col. Moonlight was assigned,
bore a conspicuous and honorable part, but as the history of that cele-
brated raid involves the history of so many Kansas military organizations,
no one of which can be consistently detached from the whole, the events

of those autumn days so fraught with danger to the State, form a separate
chapter.

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ,

On the return of the Eleventh from the pursuit of the demoralized
remnant of Price’s army, Col. Moonlight was assigned to the command of
the District of Colorado; Lieut. Col. Plumb succeeding him in the com-
mand of the sub-district of Paola. The regiment was soon ordered to
concentrate at Fort Riley to prepare for a campaign against the Indians
on the Smoky Hill, and in pursuance of that design Companies C and E
were ordered to Fort Larned early in February, 1865. Before the last of
the month, the plan was changed and the remaining companies were or-
dered to Fort Kearney, Neb., under orders to report to Brig. Gen. Mitchell.
The march from Fort Riley to Fort Kearney—two hundred miles—was
accomplished in twelve days. Heavy storms of snow and sleet rendered
the roads hardly discernible ; the bitter cold March winds, sweeping over
the prairie, penetrated to the very marrow of the shivering, poorly clad
soldiers, many of whom were on foot and unable to keep up with the
command, in the face of the driving storms ; the bridges over the swollen
streams were swept away, and must be rebuilt, but the order was to report
at Fort Kearney, and in obedience thereto, the regiment reported at that
post on the 4th of March, and passed inspection the following day, receiv-
ing the encomiums of both Gen. Mitchell and the District Inspector. Fort
Laramie was the next point to be reached, and on the 7th, the march was
commenced, the experience of the last two weeks on the plains of Kansas
being repeated in Nebraska, aggravated by the extreme scarcity of fuel.
After marching 370 miles northwest, the Sioux Agency, thirty miles below
Fort Laramie, was reached, and an order received to wait for further in-
structions. While waiting, the men amused themselves and at the same time
made themselves more comfortable, by building asod ‘‘city,” which was com-
menced and finished with the celerity and energy that distinguishes all
genuine Western enterprises. Sharing the fate, too, of a host of hardy
pioneers, the builders of the city did not long enjoy the fruit of their la-
bor, but soon pressed on to Fort Laramie and thence toward Platte Bridge,
180 miles ‘‘further west,” where headquarters were to be established, and
the Sioux prevented from destroying telegraphic communication with
South Pass, or committing other depredations, and also prevented from
crossing the Platte and raiding the country to the south. H.

This important service, which required ceaseless and tireless vigilance,
quiet nerves, firm muscles, cool heads, and that peculiar bravery which as
unflinchingly faces the unknown and unseen as the open and apparent
danger, was to be performed by a little band of men so scantily supplied
with food and ammunition, that twenty days’ rations of corn, which could
only be drawn at Fort Laramie, over a hundred miles away, constituted
the total supply for the summer ; and not a cartridge suitable for the car-
bines of the Eleventh could be procured nearer than Fort Leavenworth,
1,000 miles away. The mountains were covered with snow, which was
still falling ; vegetation had not started ; the horses were dying or becom-
ing worthless, and the great length of the line to be covered and protected,
by breaking up the command into small, detached squads, stationed at dis-
tances so far apart as to be beyond the reach of help in emergency,
rendered the Indian service on the plains one of the most dangerous,
responsible and certainly most illy-requited branches in the military de-
partment.

Encounters with the Indians were frequent. Maj. Adams, with about
thirty men from Companies D and L, was attacked at night in his camp
while on a scout, but succeeded in driving them off without loss; the
telegraph stations were constantly menaced, and it being necessary to
station troops along the overland stage line from Camp Collins, Colo., to
Green River, nearly 400 miles, to insure the safe transmission of the mails,
Companies A, B, F, L and M, under Col. Plumb, were ordered to perform
thatservice. The dangers of the route had become so appalling that passen-
gers had abandoned it, and even the drivers refused longer to jeopardize
their lives in traversing it, so that it had now become a question whether
overland communication should entirely cease between the important sta-
tions ne this great emigrant route, or whether the pluck and muskets
of the ‘Kansas boys” were equal to the task of re-opening the route and
protecting the mail. The event proved that the men were equal to the
occasion. The coaches were driven through at the appointed time, the
regiment furnishing drivers. horses and escort, until the detachment was
ordered to Fort Leavenworth on the 13th of August to be mustered out of
service.

While a part of the regiment were thus keeping mail communication
open along the stage line, a part of the remaining companies, under Maj.
Anderson, were cngiged in the same duty on the telegraph line, with
headquarters at Platte Bridge. During the latter part of July, while
Company I, under Capt. Greer, was encamped near the telegraph station,
the Indians made their appearance in considerable numbers, and succeeded
in cutting the wires both sides the station, and in running off some of the
horses. This party wax pursued and whipped by Capt. Greer with a part
of his men ; but the party under Lieut. G. M. Walker, sent to repair the
line in the direction of Fort Laramie, was attacked by a force too large to
fight his way through, and he fell back to the station, with a loss of one
man killed and several wounded.

The garrison at Platte River Bridge consisted in all of about one hundred
and ten men, including the non-commissioned staff and band of the Eleventh.
About eighty of the number were armed with carbines, but were now re-
duced to less than twenty rounds of cartridges per man. Of the remain-
ing thirty, about half had revolvers, and the others no arms.

__ _ The recent demonstrations caused Maj. Anderson grave apprehensions
in regard to Sergt. Custard of Company H, who, with twenty-four men of
Com panies D and H, had been to South Pass, as escort to a train with
supplies for the various stations, and was now within about twenty-five
miles of the station on his return. On the morning of the 22d, the party
came in view on a high hill about. six miles west, apparently unconscious
of the presence of Indians in their vicinity.

___ The howitzer was fired to warn them of their danger, and Lieut. Col-
lins, with about thirty of the best mounted and armed men of the Eleventh,
sent to their assistance. The Indians remained in ambush until the party
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

from the station had moved out about half a mile to the first range of
bluffs, when suddenly from the ravines, and woods, and every conceivable
hiding place, 2,000 Indians sprang into view and charged upon the little
band from every direction. There was no hope of going forward, and
seemingly no chance of escape ; but after once discharging their carbines,
which they had no time to reload, with no weapons but their revolvers,
they fought their way back toward the station. The party was com-
pletely surrounded on every side, and friend and foe so intermingled in
the confused mass of combatants, that Maj. Anderson was unable to use
_the howitzer, but all the remaining available force of his already weak
garrison, was sent to the relief of the sorely pressed party. The Indians
now turning a portion of. their force against the new enemy, Lieut. Col-
lins’ party succeeded in cutting their way through the hest that still beset
them, when just as escape seemed possible, and the worst was apparently
over, ‘Lieut. Collins’ horse, maddened by the terrible confusion, broke
from the control of his rider, carrying him straight into the surging crowd
of eager, vengeful savages, to share the fate that befalls every unfortunate
foe that falls into their cruel hands. Of the party, four others were killed,
and one wounded. The rest, as by a-miracle, escaped. Sergt. Custard had,
in the meantime, nearly gained the river, and saw the Indians for the first

time, when the whole host rushed upon him, after their encounter with .

Lieut. Collins’ party. The men sheltered themselves as best they could
behind their horses until they were shot, and then taking advantage of
every knoll and hillock, for six hours fought with the desperate courage
of men who feared the death of a soldier far less than the horrible fate of
aprisoner. Every one was slain ; only three men of the party who were
cut off before the fight began, and who escaped by swimming the Platte,
lived to carry the tale to their sorrowing comrades at the station. The
next day, when the mutilated bodies were recovered, and buried, with
military honors in one grave, every Indian had disappeared from the vi-
cinity, and was beyond the reach of any punishment which the garrison
might be able to inflict.

Soon after this, the companies of the Eleventh still on duty on the
telegraph line, were relieved and ordered to Fort Leavenworth for muster
out. A portion of Company G had been mustered out and discharged in
June; also, under the same order, Col. Moonlight and Adjt. Taber. The
order was then suspended, and the vacancies in the regiment filled by the
commission of Lieut. Col. Plumb, as Colonel ; Maj. Anderson, as Lieuten-
ant Colonel ; Capt. Allen of Company K, as Major, and Sergt. Maj. I. H.
Isbell, as Adjutant. The renewal of the order for muster out, which took
effect on the 20th of September, just as the companies reached Fort Leav-
enworth,. prevented the officers above named from being mustered into the
service. .

The Eleventh Kansas was composed in an especial manner, of the
working men of the counties in which it was recruited, men who left the
farm, the shop, the bench, and left them knowing that they were giving
up the main reliance of the families dependent upon them. One who
shared with the regiment its triumphs and reverses, its days of relaxation,
and its toilsome marches, and weary, dragging days of har@ship and dan-
ger, writes of them ‘‘as one who knows whereof he speaketh,’ when he
says: “No history will record the heroic struggles of the men at the re-
cruiting stations on the prairies when they resolved to leave their ill-pro-
vided families for the hazards of three years of distant service. No
exposure on picket, no‘toil on march, no danger in battle ever tried their
manhood like the first struggle of enlistment.” Having once made this
sacrifice, and made it simply because the call of duty and country was
louder than aught beside, they were not the men to murmur or rebel, even
at the extreme hardships of a soldier’s life ; but, as they thoughtfully and
intelligently offered their services at first, so they intelligently, quietly
and soberly continued them, even to the end.

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company A—Killed at Westport, Mo., October 23, 1864, James F.
Gordon, Leavenworth; at Little Blue, October 21, 1864, George W. Ed-
wards, Easton. Killed by the Indians in Dacota Territory, George W.
Gliddon and Henry G. Gale, both of Easton, and Silas Hinshaw, Leaven-
worth. ,

Company B—Killed at Little Blue, Mo., Sergt. James B. Kyle, Holton,
and William P. Cole, Leavenworth. }

Company C—Killed at Lexington, Mo., October 18, 1864, Sergt.
Charles V. Hyde, Emporia. Died of wounds received at Prairie Grove,
Ark., Charles Stotler, Emporia. Died of wounds received near Scott's
Ford, Mo., Isaac Cox, Emporia. : ;

Company D—Killed oe Platte River Bridge, D. T., July 26, 1865, Corp.
William H. Miller, Mount Florence; Thomas owell. Oskaloosa ; William
D. Gray; Leavenworth ; Samuel Tull, Aubrey ;- Martin Green, Edwin
Summers and Jacob Zinn, all of Rising Sun, and John R. Zinn, Lawrence.
Killed at Lexington, Mo., James H. Long, Rising Sun ; killed by guerrillas,
John Poor, Rising Sun, and Jonathan N. Myers, Oskaloosa. Died of
wounds received at Little Blue, Mo., William C. Todd, Oskaloosa.

Company E—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Matthias 8. Judge,
Topeka. .

Eo mips F—Killed at Little Blue, Mo., Frederick Lochterman, Gar-
nett. Killed by Indians at Platte Bridge, D. T., William T. Bonwell,
Lyon County. Died of wounds received at Prairie Grove, John H. Smith,

£.
Ge Tien H—Killed at Red Buttes, D. T., July 26, 1865, Sergt. Amos
J. Custard, Big Springs ; Jesse E. Antram, Moses Brown, William Brown,
all of Kaw; George Heil, August Hoppe, Ferdinand -Shaffer, Samuel
Sproul, all of Tecumseh ; William B. Long, Monmouth; William West,
Burlingame; Thomas W. Young, Osage County ; James Ballen, Leaven-
worth; John Horton, Delaware. | sae ;

Company I—Killed at Prairie Grove, William Eckenkamp, Burlin-
game; Platte Bridge, D. T., Adam Culp, Mt. Florence ; George W. Mc-
Donald, Burlingame ; James A. Porter, Lyon County. Died of wounds

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received at Prairie Grove, William Grigsby, Grasshopper ; John C. Rooks
and Isaac F. Thiers, Burlingame. illed at Westport, Mo., William
Abnot, Shawnee.

Company K—Killed at Platte River Bridge, Sebastian Nehring, Alma,
and George Camp, Pleasant Grove. Killed by guerrillas, George N. Sabin,
Louisville.

Company L—Killed at Little Blue, Mo., William H. Lapham, Wa-
baunsee ; Moses L. Thomas, Chelsea ; Frederic Whaley, Lawrence. Died
of wounds received at Little Blue, William Evans, Lawrence.

TWELFTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

The Twelfth Infantry was one of the three regiments that were raised
in Kansas, under the call of July 2, 1862, for 300,000 volunteers, to serve
for three years or during the war. It was recruited by Charles W. Adams,
of Lawrence, in the counties of Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas, Miami,
Franklin, Coffey, Allen, Linn and Bourbon. The regiment, which was
recruited and organized under authority, delegated Hon. James H. Lane,
by the War Department, rendezvoused, and was mustered intu service at
Paola, Miami County, September 25, 1862, under the following officers’:

Field and Staff.—Colonel, Charles W. Adams, Lawrence ; Lieutenant
Colonel, Josiah EH. Hayes, Olathe ; Major, Thomas H. Kennedy, Lawrence;
Adjutant, Charles J. Lovejoy, Baldwin City ; Quartermaster. Andrew J.
Shannon, Paola; Surgeon, Thomas Lindsay, Garnett; Chaplain, Werter
R. Davis, Baldwin City.

Line Officers.—Company A, Captain, James D. Chestnut, Wyandotte;
First Lieutenant, John H. Tullis, Olathe ; Second Lieutenant, Nathan R.
Stone Company B, Captain, George W. Umberger, Clinton ; First Lieu-
tenant, Lewis W. Hoover, Lawrence; Second Lieutenant, Martin L.
Towne, Lawrence. Company C, Captain, Nick L. Benter, Osage ; First
Lieutenant, William O. Hubbell, Paola; Second Lieutenant, William B.
Nichols, Stanton. Company D, Captain, George W. Ashby, Prairie City ;
First Lieutenant, Henry Shively, Stanton ; Second Lieutenant, Alfred
Johnson, Peoria. Company E, Captain, James M. Steele, Lawrence ; First
Lieutenant, A. Jackson Jennings, Eudora; Second Lieutenant, James H.
Pleasants, Franklin. Company F, Captain, Clark McKay, Le Roy; First
Lieutenant, George W. S. Bell, Ottumwa; Second Lieutenant, Allen
Crocker, Burlington. Company G, Captain, Ezekiel Bunn, Mansfield ;
First Lieutenant, Alexander McArthur, Hyatt; Second Lieutenant,
Franklin Newell, Mansfield. Company H, Captain, James W. Parmeter,
Olathe ; First Lieutenant, Augustus W. Burton, Fort Lincoln ; Second
Lieutenant, William Pellett, Olathe. Compan
Gordon, Lanesfield ; First Lieutenant, George Ellis ; Second Lieutenant,
Demas M. Alexander. Company K, Captain, John J. Sears; First Lieu-
tenant, Peter J. Miserez, both of Mound City ; Second Lieutenant, William-
Barrett, Marmiton.

Soon after its organization, the various companies of the regiment
were detached for border service. being stationed, mainly, along the east-
ern line of Kansas. Company H, however, being at Fort Larned, and a
company at Fort Riley. The duty of the Twelfth was almost identical
with that of many Kansas regiments—hunting guerrillas and bushwhackers,
scouting, foraging and protecting the State from the predatory bands that
infested Southern and Western Missouri. -

In the winter of 1863, all the companies composing the regiment, ex-
cept Company H, which still remained at Fort Larned, concentrated at
Fort Smith, ies Companies B, E and F, escorting a supply train to that
place in the fall, and the other companies following in December. Com-
pany H arrived at Fort Smith in February, 1864, and the re-united regiment
remained at that post until the following spring, performing escort and
other duties.

On the 23d of March, with the Frontier Division under Gen. Thayer,
the regiment marched from Fort Smith, and on the 9th of April joined
Gen. Steele’s command at Little Missouri River, whence the united army
continued its march toward Camden, Ark., arriving on the 16th, and
evacuating the town on the 26th of April. The Twelfth formed a part of
the Second Brigade on the hurried march to the Saline, at the battle of

I, Captain, Joseph T.

Jenkins’ Ferry, and during the still more hurried march from that point to

Little Rock, where the troops arrived on the morning of May 8, almost
exhausted, from lack of food and rest. After remaining a short time at
Little Rock, the Frontier Division was ordered back to Fort Smith, which
was threatened by the rebel forces that had gathered in the vicinity since
the evacuation of Camden. The march from Fort Smith via amen to
Little Rock, and return to the same point was one of the hardest that was
performed by the army of the Frontier, and one that told most heavily on
the strength and health of the men. The country was unhealthy, and
peculiarly hard to traverse; swamps, torrents, mountains, had to be crossed,
and that in the early spring, when every feature of the country was at its
worst. The regiment reached Fort Smith on the 17th of May, having
marched 550 miles since it left on the 23d of March. .

During the summer, the regiment was employed on the fortifications
that were in process of construction, which, extending from the Poteau
River to the Arkansas, protected the place from assault on the south.
During the winter of 1864, the Twelfth was engaged in escorting the
forage trains, that were sent out from the fort. In February, 1865, it was
ordered to Little Rock, performing garrison duty of various kinds, until it
was mustered out of service at the same place, June 3, 1865.

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company B—Killed at Baxter’s Springs, Ark., October 8, 1868, John
T. Moore, Lawrence; at Jenkin’s Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864, William
Zimm, Lawrence.

Company F—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., April 18, 1864, Sergt.
B. Samuels, Ottumwa.

Company H—Killed at Olathe, Kan., by guerrillas, September 7,
1862, Benjamin F. Cook, James B. Judy, John J. Judy, Isaiah Skinner,
Philip F. Wiggins, all of Olathe.

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Company I—Killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Ark., April 80, 1864, First Lieut.
George Ellis and Ellis Lowers, Spring Hill. Died of wounds received at
Jenkin’s Ferry, William Johnson Wyandotte.

_ Company K—Killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Ark., Rufus B. Burley, Mound
' City ; at Cabin Creek, Ark., November 19, 1864, by guerrillas, John Har-
bin, Fort Lincoln.

THIRTEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

_ Like the Eleventh and Twelfth, the Thirteenth was raised in conformity
to the quota assigned Kansas, under President Lincoln’s call of July,
~~ 1862, and was recruited by Cyrus Leland, Sr., by virtue of authority dele-
gated to him by Hon. James H. Lane. in the counties of Atchison, Brown,
Doniphan, Marshall and Nemaha. The rendezvous was established at
Camp Stanton, city of Atchison, the regiment organized on the 10th of
September, 1862, and mustered into the service of the United States Sep-
> tember 20, of the same year, under the following officers :

Field and Staff.—Colonel, Thomas M. Bowen, Marysville; Lieutenant
Colonel, John B. Wheeler, Troy ; Major, Caleb A. Woodworth, Atchison ;
Adjutant, William P. Badger, ——; Quartermaster, Cyrus Leland, —;
Surgeon, William M. Grimes, Atchison; Chaplain, Daniel A. Murdock,

Line Officers.—Company A, Captain, Samuel Flickinger, Geary City ;
First Lieutenant, Joseph A. Nixon, Troy ; Second Lieutenant, Alfred A.
Clutter, Geary City ; Company B, Captain, Henry Haverkorst, Atchison ;
First Lieutenant, Marion N. Beeler, Troy; Second Lieutenant, August
Langehemeken, Atchison ; Company C, Captain, Hugh Robertson, Troy ;
First Lieutenant, Jeremiah Frankhouse, and Second Lieutenant, Alfred C.
Dow, both of Doniphan County. - Company D, Captain, Henry R. Neal
Atchison ; First Lieutenant, John Batsell, ——; Second Lieutenant, Rob-
ert Manville, Atchison. Company E, Captain, Perry Hutchinson, and
First Lieutenant, James H. McDougall, both of Marysville ; Second Lieu-
tenant, John N. Cline, Centralia. Company F, Captain, John E. Hayes,
Locust Grove ; First Lieutenant, Archimedes 8. Speck, Atchison County ;
Second Lieutenant, William J. May, Monrovia. Company G, Captain,
William §. Blackburn, Vermillion; First Lieutenant, Levi Hensel,
Seneca ; Second Lieutenant, Daniel C. Auld, Vermillion. Company H,
Captain, Orlando H. McCauley, Robinson ; First Lieutenant, James C.
McElroy, Highland; Second Lieutenant, Theodore Collins, Fall City,
Neb. Company I, Captain, John Shilling, Hiawatha; First Lieutenant,
Alonzo Bradner, Elwood ; Second Lieutenant, code M. Risley, Hia-
watha. SOO K, Captain, Patrick McNamara, Locust Grove ; First
Lieutenant, Daniel C. O’Keefe, Atchison; Second Lieutenant, Hugh
Dougherty, Atchison.

n October, the regiment was ordered to join the division of Gen.
Blunt, which it accomplished on the 29th, soon after the battle of Old
Fort Wayne. It-was attached to the Second Brigade, Col. Weer command-
ing, and as a part of the First Division, Army of the Frontier, participated
in the various engagements with Gen. Hindman’s forces in Arkansas, end-
ing with his flight over the Arkansas River at Van Buren. It was present
and took an active and honorable part in the engagement at Cane Hill;
the struggle for the occupation of the crest of the Boston Mountains; and
the pursuit which followed the repulse of Marmaduke’s cavalry.

At the battle of Prairie Grove, the Thirteenth was onc of the first
regiments of Gen. Blunt’s division that became engaged, and its record,
although it was a new regiment, was equally honorable with the older
organizations. Every attempt to capture the battery, of which it formed
the support, was successfully repulsed with heavy loss to the rebels, and
the Thirteenth, with the command, occupied the field at night, ready to
renew the struggle in the morning. Gen. Hindman preferring not to so
renew it, withdrew his forces before daylight, and the result of the battle
was the pursuit of the retreating enemy to Van Buren. and the final dis-
persion of Gen. Hindman’s command. The battle at Prairie Grove virtu-
ally finished the campaign for the winter. ; 5 ;

_ After returning to Rhea’s Mills, where the army train had been left,
Gen. Blunt was relieved by Gen. Schofield, and the army marched to Elm
_Springs, Ark., remaining in camp at that place until January 7, 1863,
when the regiment was ordered to Springfield, Mo., where it remained
performing garrison and escort duty until spring. On the 19th of May, it
marched to Fort Scott, and for the next two months performed outpost
duty at Drywood, a part of the regiment being absent on furlough.

In August, the regiment was again attached to the force of Gen. Blunt,
and in pursuit of the rebel Gens. Cooper, Cabell and Stand-Waitie, in
Missouri and Arkansas, marched during the month over 400 miles. After
the pursuit was abandoned, the brigade to which the Thirteenth was at-
tached moved to Webber’s Falls, C. N., on the Arkansas River, remaining
about two weeks. It then marched to Scullyville, also in the Cherokee
Nation, performing outpost and scout duty until the 6th of November,
when it marched to Van Buren, Ark., and went into winter quarters. In
March, 1864, Companies A, C, D, G, H and I were ordered to Fort Smith
for garrison duty during the absence of Gen. Thayer’s command on the
Camden expedition, leaving Companies B, E and F to garrison Van Buren.
After the evacuation of Camden, the depredations of the guerrillas on the
western line of Arkansas became more frequent and daring. The failure
of the Seventh Corps to hold the place, after running such a race to gain
it, and the success of the rebel leaders in capturing valuable trains, almost
within hearing of Gen. Steele’s guns, had given the marauding bands fresh
courage, and our outposts and advanced stations were held at peril of life
and liberty. Capt. Marion N. Beeler, of Company B, received a mortal
wound in a night attack on a band of guerrillas, and Col. Bowen was sur-
prised and taken prisoner by another band within rifle shot of his own

ickets. He was, however, soon released. The regiment remained on
ty at Fort Smith until the 3d of March, 1865, when it was ordered to
Little Rock, Ark., and on the 26th of June was mustered out of service.
It then proceeded to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and on the 18th day of July;
1865, received final payment and discharge.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Chaplain Ozem B. Gardner, killed in action November 25, 1864, at
Timber Hill, Cherokee Nation.

Company C—Killed at Van Buren, Ark., November 8, 1864, Harry O.
Stratton; at Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7, 1862, Eli T. Vickery, Doni-
phan County. / ..

Company D—Died of wounds received at Prairie Grove, John Rhodes,
Monrovia. Died of wounds received at Jenkins’ Ferry, Sergt. John P.
Mosley, Atchison. :

Company E—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Sergt. Cornelius B. Horn-
beck, Marysville.

Company F—Killed at Harre Head, Ark., August 4, 1864, James L.
Parnell, Mount Pleasant.

Company G—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., John H. Clapp, Ver-
million.

Company H—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Sergt. John Neal, Troy.

Company I—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Corp. John Jones, Elwood,
Newton Sevier, Brown County. Died of wounds received at Prairie Grove,
Second Lieut. Langden M. Risley, Hiawatha; Private John Cole. Died of
wounds received at Roseville, Ark., John T. Spencer, Granada. Killed by
guerrillas at Greenfield, Mo., Thomas B. Cummings, Hiawatha.

. Company K—Killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., John Collins and Lorenzo
Richardson, both of Atchison.

FOURTEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

The nucleus of this organization was four companies of cavalry,
which were recruited as personal escort of Maj. Gen. Blunt, in the spring
of 1863. The necessity of raising an additional force for frontier service
was so imperative, that the recruiting of a whole regiment was authorized,
and the work performed during the summer and fall, Maj. T. J. Anderson
serving as recruiting officer. The organization of the regiment was partial-
ly completed in November, as follows.

Field and Staf’.—Colonel, Charles W. Blair, Fort Scott; Majors, Dan-

iel H. David, Charles Willetts and John G. Brown, Leavenworth ; Adju-
tant, William O. Gould, Leavenworth; Assistant Surgeon, Albert W. Chen-
owith, Lecompton.
_ Line Officers.—Company A, Captain, William Larimer, Jr., Leavenworth;
First Lieutenant, Collin C. Whitman; Second Lieutenant, Robert H.
Pierce, Leavenworth. Company B, Captain, Charles H. Haynes, First
Lieutenant, James Morris, and Second Lieutenant, Andrew M. Anderson,
all of Fort Scott. Company C, Captain, Charles Willetts ; First Lieuten-
ant, John G. Brown ; Second Lieutenant, J. F. Dalton, all of Leavenworth.
Company D, Captain, William M. Bixby; First Lieutenant, Samuel L.
Jennings ; Second Lieutenant, James S. tecy. all of White Cloud. Com-
pany E, Captain, George J. Clark ; First Lieutenant, Benjamin F. Jos-
ling, both of Fort Scott ; Second Lieutenant, William B. Clark, Leaven-
worth. Company F, Captain, Albert J. Briggs ; First Lieutenant, John
A. Huff, and Second Lieutenant, William D. Parish, all of Paola. Com-
pany G, Captain, Albert H. Campbell, Fort Scott; First Lieutenant,
Count S. Steel, Marion ; Second Lieutenant, James M. Kilgore, Delaware.
pamipany H, Captain, Thomas Stephenson, Highland ; First Lieutenant,
James A. Ogan, Troy; Second Lieutenant, Dudley Sawyer, Hiawatha.
Company I, Captain, Merimoth O. Teeple, Paola; First Lieutenant,
George L. Bowen, Fort Scott; Second Lieutenant, Joseph Rickabaugh,
Emporia. Company K. Captain, Godfrey B. Nuzum, White Cloud; First
Lieutenant. Josephus Utt, Troy; Second Lieutenant, Henry Minton,
White Cloud. Company L, Captain, Charles Harris, ——; First Lieuten-
ant, Joseph Pratt, ——; Second Lieutenant, William Writtenberry, Ash-
boro, N. C.

Previous to the organization of the regiment, Gen. Blunt, with his
escort, was attacked while on his way to Fort Smith, by Quantrell, with
a band of six hundred guerrillas. The encounter took place October 6,
1863, at Baxter's Springs, near the little post then called Fort Blair. A
A number of the escort were killed or disabled; among the former,

fteen men of Company A, afterward of the Fourteenth Regiment. Many
were killed after they were captured, among whom was Maj. H. Z. Cur-
tis, son of Maj. Gen. 8. R. Curtis. The train was sacked and burned, but
Gen. Blunt, with a small portion of his guard, succeeded, by extraordinary
courage and nerve, in escaping with their lives.*

Immediately after the organization of the regiment, it marched, under
command of Licut. Col. Moonlight, Eleventh Kansas, for Fort Smith, ar-
riving on the 8d of December, when its organization was completed, and
Col. Charles W. Blair took command.

The Fourteenth remained at Fort Smith, engaged in picket, scout and
escort duty, until the latter part of February, 1864. when, under command
of Maj. J. G, Brown, it was ordered on an expedition into the Choctaw
country, which was originally designed to effect a junction at North Fork -.
Town, with a force from Fort Gibson under Col. Philips, and thence
march to make a united attack on the enemy in the vicinity of Boggy
Depot, Cherokee Nation. On reaching North Fork Town, orders
were received from headquarters at. Fort Smith, for six companies to re-
turn to that post under Maj. Brown, Companies B, K, L and M accom-
panying the force of Col. Phillips. The latter companies being the only
cavalry battalion with his command, served as vanguard on the advance,
and rear-guard on the retreat of Col Phillip’s force. The battalion that
returned to Fort Smith was immediately ordered to proceed fifty miles
down the Arkansas River, and garrison a temporar post at Ozark, Ark.
While at this place, on the 5th of March, 1864, Maj. J. G. Brown was pro-
moted Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourteenth. On the 6th of April, the regi-
ment marched on the Camden expedition, joining the Army of the Frontier
at Danville, Ark. It took part in the contest at Prairie de Anne, and as a
part of the brigade which formed the rear guard of the army, received and

 

 

“For a full account of this massacre, see history of Cherokee County:
.

“HISTORY OF KANSAS.

repelled the furious charge which was made by Gen. Dockery on the 14th.

_ A detachment of seventy men of the regiment, under command of

Lieut. Utt, afterward increased by a re-enforcement of twenty, under
Lieut. Smith, formed part of the train escort, which, under command of
Col. Phillips, was attacked at Poison Springs, Ark., by a rebel force of
several thousand, and after a gallant resistance forced to. retreat to Cam-
den. The detachment from the Fourteenth lost twelve in killed and
prisoners, the latter being taken to the rebel prison at Tyler, Texas.
_ Companies F and G were the only cavalry squadrons that participated
in the famous infantry battle at the crossing of the Saline, the whole force,
with this exception having been thrown forward to repel Fagan’s threat-
ened attack on Little Rock, and save the depots of supplies in that city.
In May the regiment returned from Little Rock to Fort Smith, and re-
mained at that place through the summer, engaged in guard, picket, scout
and escort duty.

On the ist day of January, 1865, under command of Maj. Charles Wil-
letts, it was ordered to Clarksville, Ark., to protect the navigation of the
Arkansas River, and clear the vicinity of the desperate bands of guerrillas
that were constantly on the alert to discover and take advantage of every
weak spot in our line of defense.

On the 17th, the steamers Chippewa and Annie Jacobs having on
board several companies of soldiers and a large number of refugees, were
intercepted by a large rebel force near Roseville, between Fort Smith and
Clarksville. The former was captured and destroyed, being run ashore
on the south bank of the river. The latter was disabled, but succeeded in
gaining the north shore, with but one man wounded. A. third boat, which
followed the Annie Jacobs, was also run on to the north shore, but with a
loss of seven killed and several wounded. All the wounded were conveyed
to Clarksville, and a battalion of the Fourteenth remained with the Annie
Jacobs until she was repaired, and ready to proceed down the river.

, On the return of the regiment from a scout into Cearcy County, orders
were received transferring it to the Second Brigade, Seventh Army Corps,
to report at Pine Bluff. Embarking on the 25th of February, 1865, it ar-
rived on the 27th, and was armed with Spencer carbines, which had been

rocured through the efforts of Lieut. Col. J. Finn Hill, who was promoted

ovember 22, 1864, Lieut. Col. Brown having resigned. Lieut. Col. Hill
was absent at the time the regiment arrived at_ Pine Bluff, and never re-
joined his command, dying of consumption at St. Louis, May 11, 1865.

In the-early part of May the Fourteenth was ordered to Fort Gibson,
at which place Capt. A. J. Briggs, of Company F, was elected to the com-
wane OF the regiment, and was mustered in as Lieutenant Colonel, June

On the 25th of June, the regiment was ordered to Lawrence, Kan., for
muster out. It arrived at that place on the 11th of July, and on the 20th
of August, 1865, was mustered out of service, and received its final pay-
ment and discharge. g

The part performed by the officers and men of the Fourteenth, who
served under Gen. Curtis in the campaign against Price*in the fall of 1864,
is recorded in a separate chapter.

FATAL CASUALTIES.

. Company A—Killed at Baxter’s Springs, C. N., October 6, 1863, Sergt.
Theodore Wade, Com. Sergt. George Keith and Corp. William G. Martin,
all of Leavenworth ; also privates John T. Cardwell, Owen Donnelly,
Thomas Kelly, Alexander Miller, Zimri Pierce, Henry Stulte, Daniel
Sullivan, John A. Baker, Jesse i Thomas Martin, Lawrence Roach,
John Welsh, all of Leavenworth. illed near Fort Smith September 26,
1864, Charles Volumby, Leavenworth.

Company B—Killed at Ozark, Ark., July 17, 1864. Benjamin S. Carlisle,
Fort Scott; at Fort Smith, Ark., September 20, 1864, John R. Graham,
‘Fort Scott ; killed by guerrillas, October 9, 1868, Thomas B. Long, Hutch-
inson Murphy, Fort Scott. :

Company C—Killed at Baxter Springs, C. N., D. 8. Elliott, Elwood ; at
Fort Smith, Ark., James M. Anderson, Fort Smith, Ark.; Corp. Simpson
Speaks, Elwood. :

Company D—Killed at Ozark, Ark., Corp. James L. Day, White Cloud.

Company E—Killed at Ozark, Ark., Samuel J. Knight, Fort Scott..

Company G—Killed at Ozark, Ark., Sergt. James D. Alsup, Delaware;
at Fort Smith, Peter J. Stith, Timber Hills. : os

Company I—Killed at Fort Smith, Ark., Christopher C. Joiner, Fort
Scott. ,

Company K—Killed at Fort Smith, Ark., Sergt. John T. Pain, Canton,
Tex.; Reuben 8. Ware, Salem, Neb.; David W. Howdenbill. Killed in
action, place unknown, William T. Collins. | : eae

Unassigned volunteers for the Fourteenth regiment—Killed at the
massacre at Lawrence, August 21. 1863: Charles R. Allen, Lawrence ;
Charles Anderson, Clinton ; James F'. Cooper, Philadelphia, Penn.; Isaac
J. Parker, Johnson County ; Charles T. Riggs, Richland ; John R. Green,
Walter B. 8. Griswold, Aaron Halderman, David Markle, Samuel Markle,
Lewis Markle, Robert Speer, William A. Waugh and John Watson, all of
Lawrence.

FIFTEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

After the numerous guerrilla raids of 1863, under Coffey and Rains
and Quantrell, culminated in the terrible massacre at Lawrence, Gov.
Carney immediately commissioned Col. C. R. Jennison to recruit a
regiment of cavalry for the express purpose of protecting the eastern border
of Kansas. Rendezvous was established at Leavenworth, and in a month
the required companies were raised, and the regiment organized under the
following officers : ' . .

Fied and Staff.—Colonel, Charles R. Jennison, Leavenworth ; Lieu-
tenant Colonel, George H. Hoyt, Boston, Mass.; Major, Robert H: Hunt,
Leavenworth ; Adjutant, Joseph Mackle ; Quartermaster, George W. Car-
penter; Surgeon, Augustus E. Denning, Topeka ; Chaplain, Benjamin L.
Read, Leavenworth. ; : :

Line-Oficers.—Company A, Captain, John A. Wanless, Shawnee ; First

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Lieutenant, James Wilson, Johnson County; Second Lieutenant, David
W. Wallingford, Leavenworth. Company B, Captain, John L. Thomp-
son ; First Lieutenant, John Murphy; Second Lieutenant, David J. M.
Wood. Company OC, Captain, B: F. Simpson; First Lieutenant, J. H.
Phillips ; Second Lieutenant, Jason Smith. Company D, Captain, Tyrus
J. Hurd, Allen County ; First Lieutenant, Abraham Ellis, New Lancaster ;
Second Lieutenant, Leroy J. Beam, Clinton. Company E, Captain, Cur-
tiss Johnson ; First Lieutenant, John T. Smith. Quindaro ; Second Lieu-
tenant, William H. Bisbey. Company F, Captain, Orren A. Curtis,
Topeka; First Lieutenant, Thomas J. Bragg; and Second Lieutenant,
Robert F. Bowman, both of Kickapoo. Company G, Captain, Charles O.
Smith, Topeka; First Lieutenant, Francis M. Hall; Second Lieutenant,
Henry L. Barker, Emporia. Company H, Captain, Oscar F. Dunlap,
Topeka ; First Lieutenant, Reeder td Fish; Second Lieutenant, Francis
E. Smith, Cottonwood Falls. Company I, Captain, Samuel W. Greer ;
First Lieutenant, Stutely 8. Nichols ; and Second Lieutenant, William H.
Morris, all of Leavenworth. Company K, Captain, Joseph B. Swain ;
First Lieutenant, George W. Roberts, Olathe ; Second Lieutenant, John
H. Roberts. Company L, Captain, Dick D. Rooks, Burlingame ; First
Lieutenant, Alonzo Donovan, DeSoto; Second Lieutenant, Orloff Norton,
Leroy. Company M, Captain, Edward B. Metz, Mound City ; First Lieu: ©
tenant, Emmett Goss, Kansas City ; Second Lieutenant, William A. John-
son, Garnett.

The consolidated Company B, of the Fifteenth was organized as fol-
lows: New,.Company B, Captain, Livingston G. Parker, Livingston, Iowa;
First Lieutenant, Henry N. Dunlap ; and Second Lieutenant, William F.
Goble, both of Leavenworth.

Company C was assigned to duty near Independence, Mo., and the
remainder of the regiment went into camp near Fort Leavenworth, where
it remained until November, when two companies were assigned to duty
in Leavenworth City ; one company was sent to Paola, another to Fort
Scott, and the remainder were finally distributed along the posts on the
east line of the State.

Col. Jennison was placed in command at Fort Leavenworth, soon after
the organization of the regiment and remained at that post until August,
1864, when he was ordered to Mound City to take charge of the first sub:
district of Southern Kansas ; his regiment not being concentrated at any
one point until the invasion of Missouri by Gen. Price in October, 1864,
when it formed a part of the First Brigade, Col. Jennison commanding,
First Division of the Army of the Border. Its record during the “‘ Price
raid,” is given in the history of that important military movement.

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company B—John E. Mitchell, Leavenworth, died of wounds received
at Little Blue, Mo., October 22, 1864.

Company D—Killed at Westport, Mo., October 28, 1864, Sergt. Robert
C. Campbell, Big Springs.

Company E—Died of wounds received at Big Blue, Mo., October 22,
1864, James W. Cobine, John Longbone and Joseph Shorter, of Wyan-
dotte ; at Westport, October 23, 1864, Sergt. John Kannally, Wyandotte.

Company G—Killed at Westport, Franklin Farguson, Little Stranger ;
at Little Blue, John M. Campbell, Greenwood.

Company K—Killed at Little Blue, Thomas Forley, Olathe.

Company L—Killed at Little Blue, George Thompson, Leavenworth ;
by guerrillas, Capt. Orloff Norton, LeRoy ; at Cane Hill, Ark., Nov. 11,
1864, Corp. William J. Wallace, Topeka.

Company M—Killed by guerrillas, November 12, 1864, near Cane
Hill, Ark., Lieut. Emmett Goss, Kansas City ; George A. Ashmore, Law-
rence. é
SIXTEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

This regiment was also organized during the later period of the war ;
and, except an expedition to the plains, in pursuit of hostile Indians, and
the active and honorable part which it performed during-the so-called
“Price raid,’’ it had during its term of service, no opportunity to perform
other than the ordinary routine military duty, which, however well and
conscientiously done, gives little for the historian to recount. The follow-
ing were the officers of the Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry : ;

Field and Staff.—Colonel, Werter R. Davis, Baldwin City ; Lieutenant
Colonel, Samuel Walker, Lawrence ; Major, James A. Price, and Adju-
tant, Phillip Doppler, both of Weston, Mo.; Quartermaster, William
B. Halyard; Surgeon, James P. Erickson; Chaplain, Thomas J. Ferril,
Baldwin City. ;

Line Officers.—Company A, Captain, Nathan Ames, Ottawa; First
Lieutenant, Alexander Montgomery, Leavenworth: Second Lieutenant,
Alfred Thornburgh, Ottawa ; Company B, Captain, Albert 8. W. Knapper,
Leavenworth; First Lieutenant, McGinly M. Neely, Topeka; Second
Lieutenant, John K. Wright, Leavenworth ; Company C, Captain, Shubial
P. Thompson, Topeka, First Lieutenant, James W. Hendrix, Ohid City ;
Second Lieutenant, William R. Lamdin; Company D, Captain, John
Kendall, and First Lieutenant, Henry T. Smith, both of Leavenworth ;
Second Lieutenant, Silas Dexter, Junction City. Company E, Captain,
William J. Fitzgerald, Ridgely, Mo ; First Lieutenant, Charles Guenther,
Weston, Mo.; Second Lieutenant, Esculapius Buckmaster, Leavenworth.
Company F, Captain, Adoniram J. Miller, Ohio City ; First Lieutenant,
Hiram Malotte, Parkville, Mo. ; Seeond Lieutenant, Jeremiah H. Malcomb,
Grant, Davis County. Company G, Captain, John W. Hail, Baldwin City;
First Lieutenant, Jacob H. Cassidy, Stranger ; Second Lieutenant, Eu-
phratus Shepherd, Baldwin City. Company H, Captain, H. W. Stubble-
field, Elizabethtown ; First Lieutenant, Wesley T. Smith, Mound City ;
Second Lieutenant, David J. Keller, Leavenworth County. Company I,
Captain, Absalom Hyde; First Lieutenant, George Barricklow ; Second
Lieutenant, Charles Byer, Leavenworth. Company K, Captain, Nathaniel
C. Credit, Prairie City ; First Lieutenant, Michael C. Clary, Wyandotte ;
Second Lieutenant, John S. Edie, Prairie City. Company L, Captain,
William B. Tompkins, Ohio City ; First Lieutenant, George Wolf, Clinton ;
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Second Lieutenant, Ira G. Robertson, Leavenworth. Company M, Cap-
tain, Thomas Hughes ; First Lieutenant, Thomas Flanagan ; Second Lieu-
tenant, Samuel P. Curtis, all of Leavenworth.

FATAL CASUALTIES.
Company D—Killed at Lexington, Mo., October 19, 1864, Meipsis Kil-
lough, Leavenworth. 2
Company E—Killed by guerrillas, Thomas H. Bailey, Ridgely, Mo.
A, Indians at Powder River, M..T., William P. Long, Gentry County,
0.

_Company F—Killed at Newtonia, Mo., October 28, 1864, Winfield S.
Smith, Fontana; by guerrillas in Missouri, Corp. William McKinley, Ne-
osho Rapids and Isaac Brink, Parkville, Mo.

SEVENTEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

In response to the President’s call of April 23, 1864, for troops to serve
for one hundred days, five companies were recruited in Kansas and organ-
ized into a battalion, which, on the 28th of J uly, was mustered into service
at Fort Leavenworth, under the following officers:

Field and Staff.—Lieutenant Colonel, Samuel A. Drake, Adjutant, D.
C. Strandridge,, Quartermaster, B. D. Evans, and Assistant Surgeon,
George E. Buddington, all of Le avenworth.

Line Offcers.—Company A, Captain, John W. Murphy, First Lieuten-
ant, George De Lanno; Second Lieutenant, James Kelsey, all of Leaven-
worth. Company B, Captain, William C. Barnes, First Lieutenant, Isaac
W. Houts, Second Lieutenant, Thomas G. Peppard, all of Oskaloosa.
Company C, First Lieutenant, Asa R. Bancroft, Emporia; Second Lieu-
tenant, Mincher Condray, Manhattan. Company D, Captain, Richard D.
Mobley, Junction City; First Lieutenant. Mason M. Hovey, Topeka; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Albion H. Whitcomb, Atchison. Company E, Captain,
Herbert Robinson, First Lieutenant, Perry G. Noel, Second Lieutenant,
John T. McKown, all of Leavenworth.

The Seventeenth was for a short time employed in garrison duty at
Fort Leavenworth, but was soon divided, detachments being ordered to
Fort Riley, Cottonwood Falls, and Lawrence. In September, the battal-
ion was ordered to Paola, Lieut. Col. Drake being placed in command of
the post. The subsequent movements of the battalion were in connection
with the invasion of Gen. Price in October, 1864.

FIRST KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

It having been determined to recruit and organize a regiment of in-
fantry from the African citizens of Kansas, Hon. J. S. Lane, in August,
1862, appointed Capt. James 8. Williams, of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry,
Recruiting Commissioner for that part of the State lying north of the
Kansas River, and Capt. H. C. Seaman for the portion lying south of the
same river. ¢

The call for recruits met with a ready response, and within sixty days
500 men were ready to be organized into a battalion. After some opposi-
tion, a battalion of six companies, composed of the recruits raised both
north and south of the Kansas, was mustered into the United States’ sery-
ice January 13, 1863. Previous to this organization, a portion of these
troops, under Capt. Seaman, had been attacked while in camp at Butler,
by about 500 rebels, led by Col. Cockrell. The new troops fought bravely,
and in-this, the first trial of colored soldiers in the Union army, proved
their reliability and courage. The rebels were repulsed, but with a loss to
. Capt. Seaman’s command of the brave young officer, Capt. A. J. Crew, and
quite a number of men killed and wounded.

During the winter of 1863, four companies were formed and added to
the battalion; the regimental organization being completed May 2, 1863,
under the following officers:

Field and Staff.—Colonel, James M. Williams; Lieutenant Colonel,
John Bowles ; Major, Richard G. Ward; Adjutant, Richard J.:Hinton ;
Quartermaster, Elijah Hughes; Surgeon, Samuel C. Harrington; Chaplain,

George W. Hutchingson.

Lane Officers.—Company A, Captain, Richard G. Ward, Richmond,
Ind.; First Lieutenant, Elkanah Huddleson, Clinton; Second Lieutenant,
Ezekiel A. Coleman. Company B, Captain, George J. Martin, Atchison;
First Lieutenant, William ¢ White; Benondl Lieutenant, Luther Dickin-
son, Atchison. Company C, Captain, John R. Grafton, Leavenworth;
First Lieutenant, Augustus T. Sholes, Wyandotte ; Second Lieutenant,
Benjamin W. Welch, Fort Scott. Company D, Captain, Andrew J. Arm-
strong, Emporia; First Lieutenant, Daniel D. McFarland, Minncola; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Granville M. Lewis, Elwood. Company E, Captain,
Luther A. Thrasher, Iola; First Lieutenant, John Overdcau, Trading Post;
Second Lieutenant, William C. Gibbons, Mound City. Company F, Cap-
tain, Ethan Earle, Parkville, Mo.; First Lieutenant, Joseph Gardner; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Asa Reynard. Company G, Captain, William H. Small-
wood,:Wathena; First Lieutenant, Bethuel H. Hitchcock, Lawrence; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Andrew J. Smith, Clinton. Company H, Captain, Ran-
som Ward; First Lieutenant, Charles J. Coleman; Second Lieutenant,
William T. Edgerton, Topeka. Company I, Captain, Benjamin F. Van
Horn; First Lieutenant, Ransom L. Harris; Second Lieutenant, Horace
H. Johnson, Baldwin City. Company K, Captain, Eee W. Welch,
Fort Scott ; First Lieutenant, David M. Sutherland, Lawrence; Second
Lieutenant. Albert E. Saviers, Leavenworth.

Gen. Blunt having determined to establish a post at Baxter Springs,
the regiment, together with a section of the Second Kansas Battery, under
command of Lieut. Knowles, was sent to that point early in May, 1868.
On the 18th of the same month, a foraging party of about fifty men of the
First Kansas Colored and the Second Kansas Battery, led by Maj. R. G.
Ward, were attacked near Sherwood, Mo., by a large party of guerrillas,
under Maj. Livingston. Our soldiers were defeated with a loss of sixteen
killed and five taken prisoners; three of the former and two of the latter
belonging to the battery. The white prisoners were soon after exchanged
by Livingston for a like number of his own men, but the colored soldiers

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were retained in his possession, under the plea that they must be held sub-
ject to orders of the Rebel War Department, and one was soon after mur-
‘dered. In answer to his demand for the body of the murderer, Col. Will-
iams received a reply so insulting that he decided to show Maj. Livingston,
by the execution of one of the rebel prisoners, that the rules of honorable
warfare must in future be applied without discrimination in regard to
color, and so far as that leader was concerned, the lesson“proved an effect-
ual one.

This inhuman treatment of our colored prisoners, notwithstanding all
remonstrance was met by the plea of want of power to surrender blacks
taken in arms, because of the resolve passed by the Confederate Congress,
as follows: ‘‘Section 7. All negroes and mulattoes who shall be engaged
in war, or be taken in arms against the Confederate States, shall, when
captured in the Confederate States, be delivered to the authorities of the
State or States in which they shall be captured, to be dealt with accordin
to the present or future laws of such State or States.” This resolve stoo
as an excuse for the most atrocious acts of cruelty, and a colored prisoner
was utterly beyond the bounds of civilized warfare until President Lincoln
issued his order of July 30, 1863, of which the following are the opening
and closing clauses: ;

It is the duty of every government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class,
color or condition, and epecielly to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public
service. The law of nations and the usages and customs of war as carried on by civilized
powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public

enemies.
* * * % * * * * Ed *

It is therefore ordered that for every soldier of the United States killed in violation
of the rules of war, a rebel soldier shall be executed; and for every one enslaved by the
enemy or sold into slavery, a rebel soldier shall be placed at hard labor on public works, and
continued at such labor until the other shall be released and receive the treatment due a
prisoner of war. -

On the 27th of June, Col. Williams, with his regiment, joined at Bax-
ter Springs, the force of Lieut. Col. Dodd, of the Second Colorado Infantry,
forming the escort to a large and valuable supply train, en route from Fort
Scott to Fort Gibson. The following day, Maj. Foreman, of the Indian
brigade, joined the escort with 300 men ; the force then consisting of six
companies of the Second Colorado Infantry, a detachment of three com-

anies of cavalry from the Sixth and Ninth Kansas, one section of the
Beoand Kansas Battery, the First Kansas Colored Infantry, and Maj.
Foreman’s Indian detachment. On arriving at the crossing of Cabin
Creek, July 1, 1863, if was found that the rebels, under Gen. Cooper and
Col. Stand-Waitie, occupied a strong position on the south bank of the creek,
which was, that day, too much swollen for the passage of the- infantry.
On the following morning, leaving the train guarded by three of the
Colorado companies, and a detachment of 100 men of the First Kansas
Colored, the remainder of the force moved under command of Col. Will-
iams, to attempt the passage of the stream.

Protected by the artillery, which from the right and left swept the
opposite bank, the troops moved into the stream, with Maj. Foreman at
the head of the column, with his Indian troops, followed by Col. Williams
with the First Colored. The enemy opened from the opposite shore
just as the cavalry entered the ford, and when they had reached the mid-
dle of the stream, another volley was fired when Maj. Foreman was so
severely wounded as to be obliged to he carried to the rear. Capt. Steward,
of the Ninth Kansas, then took the front and soon gained the south bank,
followed by the other forces. After a sharp fight the enemy were driven
from their temporary defenses. The Texans fought desperately, but the
rebel Indians in this engagement proved almost worthless. The loss of
the rebels was estimated at 100 killed and wounded and 8 prisoners. The
loss on our side was 8 killed and 25 wounded. Among our wounded were
Maj. Foreman, of the Indian, and Capt. Ethan Earl, of the First Colored
Regiment. This was the first battle in which the whole regiment partici-
pated, and the first of the war, in which white and colored troops were
unitedly engaged, and the conduct of the whole command plainly evinced
the fact, that in the face of a common enemy and a common danger, no
pie ae ae was sought or given, save that awarded to bravery and fidelity
to duty.

After the engagement at Cabin Creek, the escort proceeded with the
train without further trouble to Fort Gibson, arriving on the evening of
the 5th of July.

On the 17th of the same month, the regiment took an honorable part
in the battle at Honey Springs, twenty miles south of Fort Gibson. The
rebels. numbering about 6,000, under command of Gen. Cooper, were
posted on Elm Creek, their numbers and position partially concealed by a
growth of timber. Col. Williams was ordered to charge with his regiment
a battery supported by Texan troops, and moved his men forward to make
the assault. After one volley had been delivered, he was unfortunately
struck by a bullet and rendered insensible. The loss of their leader at this
critical moment, briefly delayed the farther execution of the order, and in
the meantime the enemy had an opportunity to rally, and finally by gain-
ing the prairie to make his escape. The regiment, at the conclusion of the
battle, held 40 prisoners and 1 battle flag.

In September, 1863, the regiment again moved with the division of
Gen.[Blunt, against the rebel horde, under Cooper, Stand-Waitie and Cabell,
and after a pursuit of 100 miles, nearly brought them to a stand, at Perry-
ville, Choctaw Nation, but they again escaped, and the command returned
to Fort Smith in October,where the regiment remained until December 1,
during which month it went into winter quarters at Roseville, Ark., fifty
miles east of Fort Smith, on the Arkansas River. It remained at this
point until it marched, March, 1864, to join Gen. Steele’s forces at the.

ittle Missouri River, with which command it participated in the various
engagements that occurred during the march to Camden.

n the day following the occupation of Camden by the army of Gen.
Steele, April 17, 1864, Col. Williams, with a detachment of his own regi-
ment, 200 cavalry, and a section of the Second Indiana Battery, was detailed
as escort to a train of two hundred wagons, which was to be taken twenty
miles west from Camden, for forage. The place was reached, about two-
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thirds of the wagons loaded that night, and the remainder early the fol-
_, lowing morning. Col. Williams’ command was re-enforced after proceed-

ing a few miles toward Camden, by 375 Iowa Infantry and 200 cavalry,
commanded by Capt. Duncan of the Eighteenth Iowa.

Col. Williams’ command now consisted of the following forces :

' _Five hundred of the First Kansas Colored Infantry, commanded by
Maj. Ward ; 50 of*the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, commanded by Lieut. Hen-
derson ; 75 of the Second Kansas Cavalry, commanded by Lieut. Mitchell ;
70 of the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, commanded by Lieut. Utt; one section
of the Second Indiana Battery, under Lieut. Hayes; 375 of the Eighteenth
lowa Infantry, and detachments of cavalry amounting to about 200 men,
commanded by Capt. Duncan; 2 mountain howitzers from Sixth Kansas
Cavalry, Lieut. Walker commanding.

This force, from the excessive fatigue of the preceding day, the
Wagons not coming into camp with their loads until midnight, was reduced
to about 1,000 men ready and fit for duty.

When within fourteen miles of Camden, a small party of rebels were
met, whose movements led.Col. Williams to conclude that a larger force
was in the near vicinity, and he accordingly made such disposition of his
command as circumstances allowed, and, in his judgment the exigencies
of the situation demanded. All detachments that were still out were
called in, and leading the advance himself, with the Iowa troops under
Capt. Duncan guarding the rear, the command cautiously advanced along
the road to the point commonly called Poison Springs. Here the rebel
forces, commanded by Gen. Price, had selected a favorable position, shel-
tered by thick brush, and were making ready to attack the right. The
cavalry under Lieut. Henderson of the Sixth, and Mitchell of the Second
were ordered forward-to repel the thréatened attack, but were obliged to
fall back, Lieut. Henderson being wounded and afterward captured. The
attack now became general—right flank, front and rear, being almost
simultaneously pressed ; six pieces of artillery in front, three on the right,
and the remainder directed against the command of Capt. Duncan in the
rear, ‘‘all pouring in an incessant and well-directed cross-fire of shot and
shell.”” Col. Williams says of the contest, at this time, while he was
stubbornly defending the train laden with the supplies so much needed by
his comrades at Camden, and hoping vainly for re-inforcements :

I suffered them to approach within 100 yards of my line, when I opened upon them
with musketry charged with buck and ball, and after a contest of fifteen minutes’ duration,

compelled them to fall back. Two fresh regiments coming up, they again rallied, and ad-

vanced upon my line, this time with colors flying, and continuous cheering, so loud as to
drown even the roar of the musketry. Again I suffered them to approach even nearer than
before, and oe upon them with buck and ball, their artillery still pouring in a cross-fire
of shot and shell over the heads of their infantry, and mine re iene vigor and effect.
And thus, for another quarter of an hour the battle was waged with desperate fury. The
noise and din of this almost hand-to-hand conflict was the loudest and most terrific it has
ever been my lot to listen to. Again, they were forced to fall back, and twice during this
contest were their colors brought to the ground, but as often raised,

During these engagements fully one-half of my infantry engaged were either killed or
wounded. Three companies were left without any officers, and seeing the enemy again re-
enforced with fresh troops, it became evident that I could hold my line but little longer. I
now directed Maj. Ward to hold the line until I could ride back and form the Eighteenth
Iowa in proper shape to support the retreat of the advanced line. ~

Meanwhile so many of the gunners having been shot from around their pieces, as to
leave too few men to serve the guns, I ordered them to retire to the rear of the train and
report to the cavalry officer there. Just.as I was starting for the line of the Eighteenth
Iowa, my horse was shot, which delayed me until another could be procured, when I rode
to the rear, and formed a line of battle facing in the direction the enemy was advancing.

Again did the enemy hurl his columns against the remnant of men that formed my
front and right flank, and again were they met as. gallantly as before. But my decimated
ranks were unable to resist the overpowering force hurled against them, and after their ad-
vance had been checked, seeing that our lines were completely flanked on both sides, Maj.
Ward gave the order to retire, which was done in good order, forming and charging the
enemy twice before reaching the rear of the train.

By repeatedly forming and resisting the advance of the rebels, nearly
all the remaining troops, except the badly wounded, succeeded in reach-
ing Camden by 11 o’clock P. M. The wounded belonging to the colored

-- regiment received no mercy at the hands of their captors. Many were
murdered on the spot, and others on the road to prison. Col. Williams
saved his guns, but the entire train fell into the hands of the enemy. The
action: commenced at 10 o’clock A. M., and continued four hours. Our
loss was 92 killed; 97 wounded and 106 missing. The commanding
officer, in his official report, says: “‘The conduct of all the troops
under my command, officers and men, was characterized by true

’soldierly bearing, and in no case was a line broken, except when assaulted

‘.*\* by an overwhelming force, and then falling back only when so ordered.

The officers and men all evinced the most herwic spirit, and those who fell
died the death of the true soldier.”

The regiment, with Gen. Steele’s command, marched from Camden
for Little Rock, on the 26th of April, arriving on the 2d of May. After
the engagement at the crossing of the Saline, at Jenkins’ Ferry, Col. Will-
iams was assigned to the command of the Second Brigade, Frontier Divis-
ion, the First Colored forming a part of the brigade. ;

After the evacuation of Camden by Gen. Steele, the rebel cavalry
and guerrillas turned their attention to the various feebly garrisoned Union
posts toward the frontier of the State, Shelby, and Cooper, and Gano
and Fagan with their bands, roamed over Arkansas, striking a railroad, a
river-crossing, an outpost, foraging on the already needy country, and
causing our weary soldiers chetouraging marches, and_countermarches,
which accomplished little, except to dishearten them. The First Colored
Regiment had hardly entered Little Rock, when it was ordered with other
troops to make a forced march to Fort Smith, which was threatened by a
large rebel force. The regiment, commanded by Maj. Ward, arrived at
Fort Smith May 17, 1864, and was immediately employed in the various
duties appertaining to a soldier’s life in a country swarming with both
open and secret foes. On the 16th of September, 1864, a detachment of
Company K. Lieut. Sutherland commanding, was attacked at Flat Rock,
near Fort Gibson, C. N., by a large force of rebels commanded by Gen.
Gano. The little detachment of forty-two, was serving as guard to a
party of haymakers, and resisted the attack until over half its number
were killed, and ten, including its leader, in the hands of the rebels. Only
ten escaped.

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On the 16th of January, 1865, the regiment moved for Little Rock,
arriving on the 31st, and remaining on duty at that place until the follow-
ing July, when it was ordered to Pine Bluff, where it remained until it was
mustered out of service, October 1, 1865. -

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company A—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., April 16, 1864, Sergt.
Jordon Smithering,Corp. Jacob Edwards, James Erving, John Erving,John
Henry, Henry Jackson, Robert Wilkinson, Joseph Fyans. At Sherwood,
Mo., May 8, 1863, Riley Young, Fort Scott. At Baxter Springs, C. N., Oc-
tober 6, 1868, Corp. Bedford es At Roseville, Ark., March 25, 1865,
Sergt.George Smith.

. Company B—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., Second Lieut. John Top-
ping; Sergt. Peter Holden, and Benjamin Bowman, both of Fort Scott;
Denis Williams, Simeon Johnson, Fort Gibson, C. N.; Samuel Walker,
Fort Smith, Ark. Died of wounds received at Poison Springs, Edward
Adams, Fort Scott. :

Company C—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., Sergt. George Williams,
Corp. John Young, Privates John Banks and Robert Crenshaw, all of Wyan-
dotte; Silas’ Newberry, Fort Scott; Patrick Henry, Lawrence; Enos
Elliott, Brutus Green aud John Reynolds, all of Wyandotte. Timber
Hills, C. N., November 19, 1864, Second Lieut. Eberle Q. Macey, Clinton.

Company D—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., Jackson Briggs, Jeff
Cloud, Lewis Linn, Milton Parks, Calvin Simpson, Thomas Young, Gray-
son McMurtry. At Sherwood, Mo., May 18, 1863, George Webb, William
Grisby.

Compan E—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., Sergt. Hamlin Gale,
Sergt. Isaac Jackson and Private David Sanders, all of Mound City; also,
Privates George Anderson, Lafayette Merrill and George Young, all of
Fort Scott. Sherwood, Mo., Peter White, William Smith, Dennis Lyons
and Edward Cockerell, Fort Scott. i

Company F—Killéd at Poison Springs, Ark., Wesley Brown, Daniel
Clemens, John Mockner, Alfred Pointer, Leavenworth; Edward Deane,
Adam Hill, David Thompson, Topeka; Joseph Pasta ps oni Fort Scott. At
Sherwood, Mo., Henry AepelesOn, Milton Johnson, William Knight, George.
Mitchell, Minor Porter, Leavenworth; Frank Haze, Wyandotte. Honey
Springs, C.N., July 15, 1863, Thomas Mitchell, Leavenworth. Died of
wounds received at Cabin Creek, C.N., Alexander Pulham, Leavenworth.

Company G—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., Sergt. Charles Gray, and
Corp. Robert Donaldson, both of Fort Scott; Privates James Brewer,
Jack Barclay, Joseph Grosshart, Edmund Hill, Fort Scott; Edmond Clark,
Lawrence; Asa Alexander, Fort Smith, Ark. 5

Company H—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., Lieut. Charles J. Cole-
man, Corp. Lewis Norman, Fort Scott; Privates Fred Helm, David Por-
ter, Benjamin Taylor, Charles White, Fort Scott; Alexander Adams, Rose-
ville, Ark. Sherwood, Mo., Greene Allen, Wyandotte; John Booth, Fort
Scott.

Company I—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., Sergt. Alfred N. Berry,
Fort Smith, Ark.; Corp. Gaddis Colburn, Sac and Fox Agency; Charles
Buckner, Wyandotte; Benjamin Coffee, Sac and Fox Agency; Jordon Mc-
Adoo, Leavenworth; Manuel Pickens, Simon Noble, Sacand Fox Agency;
George London, Fort Scott; Randell Wood, Leavenworth.

Company K—Killed at Poison Springs, Ark., Sergt. Joseph Mitchell,
Leavenworth; Corp. Mathew Sweeney, and Corp. John Dixon, both of
Wyandotte; Privates William Archy, David Ford, Henry Grandson, Ed-
ward Hill, Granville Kelly, Hall Link, Reuben Picket, William Smith,
John Walker, Wyandotte. Flat Rock, C. N., September 16, 1864, Sergt.
Samuel Wilson, Corp. John Hayes and Corp. James Lee, all of Wyan-
dotte; Privates Henry Adams, Horace Butler, Amos Cussick, Hugh Curry,
Gabriel Clark, Alfred Collins, Washington Ervin, Lewis Edwards, Spen-
cer Gifford, Thomas Hamilton, Martin Irvin, Richard Johnson, Newton
Johnson, Frank Lindsey, Elias Myers, George Nelson, Stephen Pinket,
Jacob Perkins, James K. Polk, Colman Richardson, Charles Straus,
George Tibb, Jesse Vaughn, all of Wyandotte.

SECOND KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

In June, 1863, Gen. Blunt was appointed by the War Department
Commissioner for recruiting the Second Colored Regiment in Kansas. The
companies were raised during the summer by the several recruiting officers,
under the superintendence of Maj. T. J. Anderson, and-in the latter part.
of October were organized as a regiment at Fort Smith, Ark., under the
following officers:

Field and Staff.—Colonel, Samuel J. Crawford, Garnett; Lieutenant
Colonel, Horatio Knowles; Major, James H. Gillpatrick, Junction City;
Adjutant, John R. Montgomery, Little Rock, Ark.; Quartermaster, Edwin
Stokes, Clinton; Surgeon, George W. Walgamott, Lawrence ; Chaplain,
Josiah B. McAffee, Topeka.

Line Officers—Company A, Captain, Samuel Sanders, and -First Lieu-
tenant, Ralph E. Cook. both of Olathe; Second Lieutenant, Charles Sco-
field, Paola. Company B, Captain, Richard J. Hinton, Washington, D.
C.; First Lieutenant, John M. Cain, Atchison; Second Lieutenant, James
M. Trant, Troy. Company C, Captain, James A. Soward, First Lieuten-
ant, John E. Hays, Second Lieutenant, Thomas Adair, all of Olathe.
Company D, Captain, Frank Kister, Marysville; First Lieutenant, Reuben
F. Playford, Burlingame; Second Lieutenant, William M. Mercer, Wash-
ington. Company E, Captain, George W. Sands, Hartford; First Lieu-
tenant, Henry De Villiers, Nevada City, Mo.; Second Lieutenant, William
J. Brewer. Company F, Captain, James Adams, Lawrence; First Licu-
tenant, Samuel Kaiserman; Second Lieutenant, Isaiah Nichols, Stanton.
Company G, Captain, Ebenezer H. Curtiss ; First Lieutenant, David E
Westervelt; Second Lieutenant, George E. Hutchingson, Lawrence. Com-
pany H, Captain, Alexander Rush; First Lieutenant, Orlando S. Bartlett,
Wyandotte; Second Lieutenant, Danicl K. Hardin. Company I, Captain,
James L. Rafety, Leavenworth; First Lieutenant, Marcus F. Gillpatrick,
Auburn; Second Lieutenant, Harry C. Chase, Paola. Company K, Cap
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tain, John Branson, La (‘lede, Mo.; First Lieutenant, William G. White,
Leavenworth; Second Lieutenant, Jesse Buckman, Linneus, Mo.

The regiment went into camp on the Poteau River, near Fort Smith,
and, after the requisite amount of military drill and discipline, was em-
ployed in the ordinary duties required of the troops that wére engaged in
frontier service—escorting trains from one post to another; scouting
through the forests and among the mountain passes ; guarding outposts ;
performing garrison duty; doing anything and everything that would se-
cure the safety of home and the loved ones left there.

With the Army of the Frontier, the Second Colored bore its part faith-
fully and honorably in the hardships of the march and the perils of the
engagements that made up the experience of the Union troops, from the
time of leaving Fort Smith on the Camden expedition, until they arrived
at that place on the 16th of April. During the brief occupation of Cam-
den by Gen. Steele’s forces, the regiment was employed on picket and
forage duty, and when that commander, warned by the massacres at
Poison Springs and Mark’s Mills, hastily evacuated the city on the morn-
ing ¢f the 27th, and, crossing the Washita, commenced the fearful retreat
to Little Rock, with the rest, it struggled over the miry roads, through the
drenching rains, and on the morning of the 30th arrived at the crossing of
the Saline. All night the hungry men had been working to get the pon-
toons laid, and part of the army was already across the river when the
rebels, led by Kirby Smith in person, attacked the rear brigades, com-
manded by Cols. Engelman and 8. A. Rice, Brig. Gen. Rice being in im-
mediate command. Col. Crawford, of the Second Colored, had just
arrived at the bank of the Saline when the assault was made on the rear,
and immediately hastened with his regiment to the support of the sorely

ressed troops. The Thirty-third Iowa had given way, and the Fifteenth
diana, which had been brought up to support it, was likely to share its
fate, when Gen. Rice, convinced of the reliability of the colored troops
by the unswerving faith of their own commander, ordered them to its re-
lief. When the last and most desperate attack of the enemy was made on
our left, held by the Thirty-third Iowa, and the regiment, with ammuni-
tion nearly exhausted, had fallen back, the colored regiment made its gal-
lant charge upon the rebel battery. The only battery our troops had on
the field was useless, and when the rebels planted their own in the face of
his regiment, Col. Crawford gairied a reluctant consent from the com-
manding General that his regiment might charge the battery, when heavy
cheering on the left should indicate that victory was ours. Wild cheers
were indeed soon heard, but they came from the exultant rebels, who had
turned the left and driven it back, until their own victory seemed assured.
At this crisis, the colored regiment moved with fixed bayonets straight
over the open field for 300 yards, and with the determination of veterans,
the enthusiasm of patriots, and their blood boiling with the remembrance
of the wrongs and outrages their comrades had so lately suffered, they
never wavered until the battery was won. Seventy of the regiment were
killed in the charge; among the number, Capt. Alexander Rush, of Com-
pany H, whose men seized the battery and dragged it from the field.
About the same time that the First Kansas Galored: turned the tide of bat-
tle on the right, other troops were brought up on the left to support the
Thirty-third Iowa, when the whole line being re-formed, a steady advance
ae made, the enemy being driven slowly back until the repulse was com-
plete.

The captured guns were drawn across the sodden-miry bottom of the -

Saline, and before night all our army had crossed and encamped on the
north side. The rebel loss in this engagement was reported at 2,300, in-
cluding three Generals. Our loss, which nearly all fell on the few regi-
ments mentioned, was about 700, killed and wounded. The struggle was
a desperate one, and the gallant little force engaged, by their courage and
determination, saved the divided army of Steele from destruction.

Notwithstanding Col. Crawford’s honorable and soldierly treatment of
the rebel prisoners taken by his colored soldiers, several of the wounded
of his own regiment, whom he was obliged to leave in Field Hospital at
Jenkins’ Ferry, were inhumanly murdered by the Texan soldiery.

On the morning of May 1, the half-famished army pressed forward
over the horrible roads, without food, without transportation—all the
wagons except one to each brigade having been destroyed—heavily drag-
ging their guns and bridging the swollen streams as they proceeded, eating
the corn taken from the starving mules, drenched by the frequent showers,
and worst and hardest of all, feeling that the labor and terrible suffering
and sacrifice was all for nought and less than nought. <A few miles before
reaching Little Rock, our army was met by a supply train, and everything
in the shape of food which was furnished the soldiers was devoured with
the appetites of starving men.

The army entered Little Rock on the 2d of May, and the Second Col-
ored, with the brigade of Col. J. M. Williams, was immediately ordered
to march to Fort Smith to repel a threatened rebel attack. Another long,
hard march succeeded, when the regiment reached Fort Smith and again
went into camp, the expected attack not taking place.

While at Little Rock, Lieut. Col. Knowles resigned his command on
account of ill health, which was accepted, to date May 24, 1864. He re-
turned to his home in Marmaton, Kan., and on the 23d of October. 1864,

‘was murdered by a band of guerrillas, who, under command of Maj. S.
Piercy, attacked the town. After the resignation of Lieut. Col. Knowles,
Col. Crawford was detached on special duty to Fort Smith, and the com-
mand of the regiment devolved upon Maj. J. H. Gillpatrick. During the
summer and fall of 1864, it was mainly employed in garrison duty at Fort
Smith, or in escort and scout duty in the surrounding country. Maj. Gill-
patrick was promoted Lieutenant Colonel November 9, 1864, and under
his command the regiment marched in December to Hudson’s Crossing on
the Neosho, 150 miles, serving on its return as escort to a large supply
train. It was soon afterward ordered to Little Rock, where it arrived on
the 4th of February, 1865, after a severe march in the dead of winter with
insufficient food, clothing or shelter. The soldiers suffered terribly. The

regiment had been without a surgeon for several months, but on its arrival,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

at Little Rock was joined by Asst. Surgeon Wood, who had been on duty
in the general hoapivel at Fert Smith. hile at Little Rock, the soldiers
snterert much from the uuhealthy locality, and although their quarters
were made as comfortable.as circumstances would admit, and much
efficiency in discipline and drill was acquired during the comparatively
leisure months that they remained in camp, still it was at the expense of
much sickness and mortality. During the spring of 1865, the regiment
took part in an expedition against the guerrillas $n the Saline River, which
was in every way successful. On the 1st of August, the regiment left Lit-
tle Rock, with orders to report at Camden, which place was reached on the
10th. Here it remained until October 9, 1865, when it was mustered out
of service, still under the command of Lieut. Col. Gillpatrick—Col. Craw-
ford having only briefly rejoined the regiment since his detachment on
special service in June, 1864. . :

The Second Kansas Colored was finally discharged from the service
at Leavenworth on the 27th of November, 1865, having nobly performed
its duty, and by its faithful service proved the capability and efficiency of
colored soldiers. : i

The records of the regiment being nearly all lost at Jenkins’ Ferry, the
official list of losses is very incomplete.

FATAL CASUALTIES.

Company A—Killed at Baxter Springs, C. N., October 6, 1863. Lieut.
Ralph Ee. oe Olathe ; Private, Charles Allen, Leavenworth. | At Jenk-
ins’ Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864, Thomas Smith, Paola; Harrison Carrel
and Jobn Welsh, both of Atchison. i

Company B—Killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Corp. William Campbell,
Atchison. ied of wounds received at Jenkins’ Ferry, William Cum-
mings, Leavenworth ; murdered Py the enemy, while in field hospital, of
wounds received at Jenkins’ Ferry, Joseph Washington, Atchison ; Thomas
H. Jackson, Leavenworth. : ie ;

Company C—Died of wounds received at Jenkins’ Ferry, Fzekiel
Biggins, Leavenworth. ; : :

Company D—KiHed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Arthur Bailey and Wellington
Paden, Wyandotte. .

Company F—Killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Robert Miller, Fort Scott.

Company G—Killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, George Boyd, Isaac Marshall,
James MeGilbert, Fort Scott. .

Company H—Killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Capt. Alexander Rush ; Pri-
vate, Jacob Spencer, Lawrence. Killed in field hospital by the enemy,
Albert Warren, Wyandotte. ;

Company I—Killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Sergt. David Turner, Leaven-
worth.

Company K—Killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Sergt. George McCowan and
Corp. George Brown, both of Elwood; Privates Michael Reed, Adam
Ware, Elwood. Died of wounds received at Jenkins’ Ferry, Tobias Mid-
dleton, Elwood.

‘FIRST KANSAS VOLUNTEER BATTERY.

The official records of this organization are very meager. Its first
officers were mustered. into service July 24, 1861, about fifty artillerymen
enlisting during the same month. . ;

The organization was as follows: Captain, Thomas Bickerton, First
Lieutenant, Norman Allen, both of Lawrence ; Second Lieutenant, Hart-
son R. Brown; First Sergeant, John B. Cook, Auburn ; Second Sergeant,
Shelby Sprague, Prairie City ; Corporal, John 8. Gray, Mound City.

Many recruits were added to the battery during the early part of 1862,
and the records show that it participated in the battle at Prairie Grove.
The Battery left Rolla, Mo., July 9, 1863, for St. Louis. In consequence

of the death of Capt. Norman Allen, who was promoted February 25, 1862,

and who died of pneumonia at St. Louis July 10, 1863, the command de-
volved on Lieut. Thomas Taylor, Lieut. H.R. Brown having been mus-
tered out February 15, 1862. In regard to its subsequent movements, the
Adjutant General’s report says: ‘‘ Directly succeeding this (the death of
Capt. Allen), they were ordered to Indiana, and took an active part in
capturing Morgan’s guerrilla band, then on their celebrated raid through
that State. After this, they were ordered to St. Louis, and subsequently
to Columbus, Ky. They served with distinction in all the principal actions
in which the armies of the Tennessee and Mississippi were engaged, and’
en numbers were greatly reduced by the casualties of war, and by ’
isease.”’

The First Kansas Battery was mustered out of service at Leavenworth,

Kansas, July 17, 1865.
FATAL CASUALTIES,

Killed at Prairie Grove, Dec. 7, 1862, John Deshane. At Waverly,
Tenn., by guerrillas, December 18, 1863, Fletcher A. Willey; January 27,
1864, James A. Leonard. Died of wounds received at Prairie Grove, De
Witt C. Huff.

SECOND KANSAS VOLUNTEER BATTERY.

The work of organizing this battery was commenced in August, 1862,
under the supervision of Maj. C. W. Blair, of the Second Kansas Cavalry.
Its organization was completed on the 19th of September following, its
officers being as follows :

‘Charles W. Blair, Fort Scott, commanding ; First Lieutenant, Edward
A. Smith; First Lieutenant, David C. Knowles; Second Lieutenant,
Andrew G. Clark, all of Fort Scott ;Second Lieutenant, Aristarchus Wilson,
Mapleton ; First Sergeant, William Requa, Mount Gilead ; Quartermaster
Sergeant, William H. Boyd, Mansfield.

At the time the battery was mustered into the United States service at
Fort Scott, its entire force was 123 officers and men, 2 twelve pounder field
howitzers, and 4 six pounder guns. The battery was assigned to First
Brigade, Gen. Soloman, First Division, Gen. Blunt, of the Army of the
Frontier, then consolidated under Gen. Schofield at Pea Ridge, the locality
of the celebrated battle fought by Gen. Curtis the preceding March.

: On the 13th of September, one section of the battery, under command of
Lieut, Clark, accompanied the brigade of Gen. Soloman into Missouri,

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

moved east as far as Greenfield, returned to Sarcoxie the 1st of October,
and when the rebels, under Gen. Hindman, hastily evacuated Newtonia
on the 4th of October, took part in the pursuit, arriving, by way of Keet-
ville, Mo., at Pea Ridge on the 18th of October. This detachment was
joined the following day by another section, under Lieut. Smith, who,
after a short expedition to Monticello, Mo., left Fort Smith on the 12th of
October and arrived at Pea Ridge in company with the Eleventh Kansas,
having in charge an ammunition train. The command of the battery
then devolved on Lieut. Smith, the sections being commanded by Lieuts.
Clark and Wilson. :

On the 29th of October, the brigade to which the Second Battery was
attached, marched from Pea Ridge, and via Bentonville, Maysville and
Spavinaw, Ark., arrived at Lindsay’s Prairie, Ark., on the 18th of Novem-
ber, and there formed a camp known as Camp Babcock.

Gen, Blunt's Division left camp at this place on the 27th- to meet the
enemy at Cane Hill, leaving the battery to guard the supply trains, which
were left at Lindsay’s Prairie, but, two days afterward, were ordered for-
ward to Rhea’s Mills, a few miles from Cane Hill. The battery was ordered
back to Fort Scott for payment and re-organization, and marching from
Rhea’s Mills on the 3d_of December it arrived at the post on the 10th,
where it remained until May, 1863.

When the post of Baxter Springs was established in May, a section of
the battery, under Lieut. Knowles, together with the First Kansas, Colored,
was stationed at that point. A detachment of the battery, accompanying
a forage party into Missouri, was attacked by a party of guerrillas, under
Livingston, near Sherwood, and after resisting the vastly superior force as
long as possible, was driven back to Spring River with a loss of 8 killed and
2 prisoners. The same day, Livingston -captured the herd belonging to
the battery, killing 1 of the guards and taking 2 prisoners, both oF ator
were afterward murdered.

On the 24th of June, the section of the Second Battery, then at Baxter
Springs, was transferred to Capt. Armstrong, Company D, First Kansas
Colored, and Lieut. Smith, with his detachment, returned to Fort Smith.

Lieut. Wilson, with his section, accompanied Lieut. Col. Dodd, Second
Colorado Infantry, as escort to a supply train from Fort Scott to Fort
Gibson, in the latter part of June, 1863, participated in the action at the
crossing of Cabin Creek, on July 1, and arriving at Fort Gibson on the 4th.
On the same day, Lieut. Smith was mustered in as Captain at Fort Scott,
Maj. Blair having been assigned to the command of that post.

The threatening aspect of affairs in the vicinity of Fort Blunt, our

. advanced post, made it necessary that a larger force than that of Col.

Phillips, which formed the garrison at that point, should be speedily con-
centrated to. put an end to the harassing attacks of Cooper, Coffey and.
Stand-Waitie on tfains, herds and outposts. Gen. Bluntleft Fort Scott on
the 5th of July, with a detachment of cavalry, accompanied by Capt.
Smith, with his section of the Second Kansas battery, and, after a forced
mavch of 165 miles, arrived on the 12th, and immediately commenced his
preparations for attacking the enemy under Cooper, at Honey Springs.

- About midnight of the 16th, the Sixth Kansas Cavalry and Lieut.
Wilson’s section of the battery, under command of Gen. Blunt, set out
from Fort Gibson, and arriving at the ford of the Arkansas, about 13
miles farther up, toward daylight crossed without opposition, and came
down the south bank to the point opposite the mouth of Grand River, and
about 5 miles from Elm Creek. Here he was met by his entire force, about
8,000 men, with 12 light guns. The command commenced to cross imme-
diately, partly by fording and partly in boats; but the passage, owing to the
depth and rapidity of the current, was not accomplished until evening.

The next morning, the enemy’s pickets were driven in, and, advancing
five miles, Cooper’s main force was encountered at Elm Creek, near Honey
Springs. The battery took aprominent part in the engagement which
followed, and escaped with the slight loss of one man wounded and eleven
horses disabled. The return march was accomplished during the night of
ae 18th, and the battery remainédin camp at Fort Gibson until the 22d
of August.

Dedae the pursuit of the rebels into the Choctaw Nation, the brigade,
to which the battery was attached, marched over one hundred and sixty
miles, returning to Fort Davis, opposite Fort Gibson, on the 31st of August.

The battery was ordered to Fort Smith, Ark., in Novémber, and in
December was rejoined by Capt. Smith, who had been absent to procure
new guns. He obtained four ten-pounder Parrotts at St. Louis. The bat-
tery remained at Fort Smith until June, 1864, when Lieut. Clark’s section
was ordered to Clarksville, Ark., where it remained about amonth. , With
the exception of an occasional brief absence, Capt. Smith’s command re-
mained at Fort Smith until it was joined, in the summer of 1865, by the
section under Lieut. Knowles, which had been left, July, 1863, at Fort
Scott, and which had in the meantime been employed as escort to_ trains,
and to strengthen points threatened by the rebels. It also, in October,
1864, ‘formed a part of Col. Blair’s brigade, taking part with that com-
mand in the various engagements during the so-called Price raid.

On the 21st of July, the battery, having transferred all Government
property to proper officers, embarked at Fort Smith under orders to report
at Leavenworth for final muster out and discharge. After a passage of
seventeen days, it arrived at its destination, was mustered out on the 11th

_ of August, and received pay and final discharge on the 15th, just three

years from the date of the first enlistment. :

The following are the names of officers and men of the battery, given
in the official report as killed in action :

Sherwood; Mo., May 18, 1863—Corp. Van Rensselaer Hancock, Fort
Scott; Garrett Cameron, Mount Gilead; Joseph Endecott, Fort Scott.
Baxter Springs, July, 1, 1863, killed, Arthur W. Gaines. Taken prisoners
and murdered, Corp. Thomas Larkin and private James Martin.

THIRD KANSAS VOLUNTEER BATTERY.
This military organization, afterward known as the Third Kansas
Battery, was originally recruited as a cavalry company, by Henry Hop-

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kins and John F. Aduddell, in the latter part of 1861, and on the formation
of the Second Kansas Cavalry, February 28, 1862, was assigned to that reg-
iment as Company B, -its officers being as follows: Captain, Henry Hop-
kins; and First Lieutenant, John F. Aduddell, both of Albion, IIl.; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Oscar F. Dunlap, Topeka.

In April, the regiment was ordered to Fort Riley, where troops were
concentrating for the contemplated ‘“‘New Mexico expedition.” ,

May 15, 1862, Bradford S. Bassett, of Galesburg, IIl., was mustered in
as Second Lieutenant, in place of Oscar F. Dunlap, resigned.

The New Mexico expedition having been abandoned, the company,
under command of Lieut. Aduddell (Capt. Hopkins having been ordered
to the command of a battery of light artillery, then known as Hollister’s
battery), marched to Fort Larned, Kan., and on the return of Maj. Fisk, of
the Second Kansas, from Fort Union, Colo., with the other squadrons un-
der his command, marched to rejoin the regiment at Drywood Creek, arriv-
ing at that point September 23, 1862, having marched. since leaving the
regiment, 536 miles. The company, having participated in the various
movements of the regiment to which it was attached, arrived at Newtonia
in time to re-enforce Gen. Soloman and take part in the engagement at
that place and in the pursuit which followed. After the capture of the
rebel battery at Old Fort Wayne, October 20, 1862, Company B was de-
tached from the Second Kansas Cavalry and ordered to man the prize,
which was thenceforward known as ‘‘ Hopkins’ Kansas Battery,” and con-
sisted, at the time it was taken, of four guns—three six-pounders, and
one twelve pounder howitzer.

-The command moved from camp at Old Fort Wayne, November 27,
1862, and marching south about thirty miles, participated in the engage-
ment at Cane Hill, Ark., the battery being employed to shell the woods in
front of the town until the rebel cavalry were driven to the Boston Mount-
ains beyond, and also in dislodging a rebel-battery from its position on a
commanding hill to the left of the town. ‘The men proved themselves
adepts in the art of managing the guns, and their efficiency elicited hearty
encomiums from their superior officers. Ena

At the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862,.the battery was or-
dered into position in an open field on the left of Gen. Blunt’s division,
and was at first supported only by a small detachment of dismounted cav-
alry, under command of Lieut. Mitchell of Second Kansas, afterward _re-
enforced, as the contest grew hotter, by a regiment of Jowa troops. The.
battery did splendid service, and in conjunction with Rabb’s Indiana, was
largely instrumental in wringing victory out of threatened defeat.

Lieut. Bassett was taken prisoner in this action, released on parole,
and exchanged about two weeks later, in accordance with regulations of
war.

Soon after its return from the pursuit of Gen. Hindman’s army to
Van Buren, Ark., the First Division, Army of the Frontier, was re-organ-
ized, and Hopkins’ battery was transferred from the Third Brigade, Col.
Cloud commanding, to the Indian Brigade, Col. William A. Phillips, com-
manding, and consisting besides of the three Indian regiments and a bat-

.talion of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry.

The brigade remained on the Arkansas frontier until spring, movihg
to Fort Gibson, C. N., early in March, 1863, the battery soon forming part

-of the command sent against a force of rebels at Weber’s Falls on the

Arkansas, April 27.

On May 14, Gen. Cooper made an attack on the troops that were
employed in guarding the Government herds that were grazing on the
prairies surrounding Fort Gibson, hoping to surprise and capture the val-
uable prize. Lieut. Bassett received orders to make his battery immedi-
ately ready for action, and he accordingly assembled his men, placed guns
in position, and awaited further orders. He soori was directed to move
with all possible haste to the front, with one section of artillery, which he
did, and adding the fire of his guns to the other force already employed,
the rebels soon retreated.

The battery took part in the engagements at Cabin Creek, C. N., May
26, and Honey Springs, July 17, 1863, after which it was assigned to the
brigade of Col. Thomas Bowen, and after several weeks went into camp
September 2, 1863, at Van Buren, Ark.

October 1, 1863, the battery, by order of the War Department, was
organized into a permanent battery of light artillery, to be thereafter
known as the ‘‘ Third Kansas Battery.’ At the same date, Capt. Henry
Hopkins was mustered as Major of the Second Kansas Cavalry, and on
the 26th of the following January, First and Second Lieuts. Aduddell and
Bassett were promoted respectively to the rank of Captain and First Lieu-
tenant.

In June, 1864, Lieut. Bassett, with a detachment of sixty men was
sent to Little Kock, Ark., for the purpose of obtaining a new and com-
plete battery. Remaining at Little Rock until September, Lieut. Bassett
was accidently disabled, and the detachment was assigned to duty with bat-
tery K, First Missouri Artillery. January 1, 1865, the commissioned offi-
cers, and that portion of the enlisted men whose term of office had expired,
were ordered to Fort Leavenworth, and on the 19th of January, 1865, were
mustered out of service. The remainder, about fifty, still in service, were
assigned to duty with the Second Kansas Battery, but were kept at Little
Rock on detached service until on the 21st of July, 1865, that organization
was also ordered home for muster out. The Second was mustered out at
Leavenworth on the 11th of August, 1865.

FATAL CASUALTIES.
Killed in action at Honey Springs, C. N., July 17, 1868, Sergts. Daniel
Sayre and Joel Booth. Killed in action with guerrillas, September 26,
1863, William H. Lee.

HOLLISTER'S, AFTERWARD HOPKINS’ BATTERY.
On the 22d May, 1862, orders were received directing the detail of 150 non-
commissioned officers and privates from the Second Kansas Cavalry, to man
abattery of six-pounder Parrott guns at Fort Leavenworth. The following
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officers were assigned to duty with’ the battery: From Company B, Cap-
tain, Henry Hopkins ; from Company I, First Lieutenant, R. H. Hunt;
from Company H, Second Lieutenant, J. R. Rankin. Second Battalion
Adjutant, Second Lieutenant, Joseph Cracklin. After the assignment of
officers, the name of the battery was changed from Hollister’s to Hopkins’
Battery, and on the 28th of May, the command embarked on a steamer at
Leavenworth, and proceeded to Columbus, Ky., arriving the 6th of June,
and remaining several days at that place. After several marches and
countermarches in Tennessee and Kentucky, the battery was ordered to
Humboldt, Tenn., for pay, June 30. In July, the command marched to
Jackson, thence to Corinth, where it was assigned to Rosecrans’ army, and
remained until the last of July.

In August, by order of Gen Grant, Capt. Hopkins, First Lieut. [unt
and Second Lieut. Cracklin re-joined their regiment in Kansas, and the
men were mounted and assigned to Gen. Philip Sheridan’s brigade, where
they remained three days on provost guard duty, and were then transferred
ig en. Mitchell’s command, joining him at Iuka, Miss., on the 17th of

ugust.

On the 18th, the troops moved to join Gen. Buell, crossing the Tennes-
see at Eastport, passing through Florence, Ala., and thence north through
Columbia, Franklin and Triune to Murfreesboro, from which place, with
the army of Buell, they moved to Nashville. The detachment again
moved with the army of Gen. Buell from Louisville, Ky., September 28,
through Bardstown to Perryville, taking part in the battle at that place,
First Lieut. Rankin acting as aid-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Mitchell, and
Sergeant Hugh Quinn, of Company A, commanding the detachment.

On the retreat of Morgan to Lancaster, after the battle the detachment
of the Second Kansas held the advance in the pursuit, and at the engage-
ment at that place secured two pieces of a battery which were just about
to fall into the hands of the rebels. It was the first to enter Lancaster,
capturing there a rebel flag and 24 prisoners. The detachment, with the
division of Gen. Mitchell, joined the main army of Gen. Buell, at Crab
Orchard ; from thence marched to Bardstown as escort to prisoners, and
thence proceeded, per order of Secretary of War, directing all detachments
to report to their respective organizations to Fort Leavenworth, arriving
October 26, 1862.

THE PRICE RAID.

In the early part of September, 1864, Gen. Sterling Price commenced
the famous march through Arkansas and Missouri, which eventuated a
month later in his attempted invasion of Kansas, his defeat on the border
by the United States forces, aided by the Kansas State Militia, and his
final retreat with his disorganized and demoralized army to the south of
the Arkansas.

At the time Gen. Price started on his northward march, Maj. Gen.
Samuel R. Curtis commanded the Department of Kansas, comprising Kan-
sas, Nebraska and Colorado and the Indian Territory. . His force
amounted to about 4,500 men, consisting of portions of Colorado, Ne-
braska, Iowa and Wisconsin regiments (all employed in protecting the
frontier Kansas and Colorado settlements and the overland mail routes),
the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Col. Thomas Moonlight; Fifteenth Kansas
Cavalry, Colt. C. R. Jennison; a battalion of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry,

with a section of the Second Kansas Battery at Fort Scott; Fourteenth.

Kansas Cavalry, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, Seventeenth Kansas Infantry,
McLain’s Independent Colorado Battery, and Capt. Dodge’s Ninth Wis-
consin Battery.

Gen. Curtis, at the time mentioned, was on the plains, in the vicinity
of Fort Kearney, operating against the Cheyennes and Arapahoes; Gen.
Blunt was out beyond Fort Larned, also fighting Indians; and Gen. Sykes
was in command of the district of Southern Kansas, with headquarters at

-Lawrence. This district was divided into three subdistricts, under com-
mand of Cols. Jennison, Moonlight and Blair. ~

On the receipt of the dispatch from Gen. Rosecrans, announcing the
northward movement of Price’s army, Gen. Curtis was recalled from the
plains, returning on the 17th of September. On the 21st, Gen. Sykes tele-
graphed the report of 3,000 rebels marching on Fort Scott, and advising
that Gov. Carney call out the militia in the border counties, and concen-
trate the companies of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry at Fort Scott. The
border militia was called into service, and two companies of the Seven-
teenth Regiment were stationed at Paola, under Lieut. Col. Drake.

September 24, Gen. Curtis notified Gov. Carney of the approach of.

Gen. Price through Missouri, and requested him to have the militia in
readiness to co-operate with the United States troops for the defense of
the State.

George W. Deitzler, at this time, was Major General of the State mili-
tia, with the following staff: John T. Norton, Assistant Adjutant General;
R. A. Randlett, Assistant Quartermaster; Samuel 8. Atwood, Assistant
Quartermaster; Charles Chadwick, George T. Robinson, Lewis T. Wil-
marth, John J. Ingalls, Thomas White, Elisha (1. Moore, H. Stein and
John A. Leffker, Majors. ‘

Contradictory telegrams were received from day to day, in regard to
the movements of Price, even after he had advanced to within ninety
miles of St. Louis, and was ready to attack Pilot Knob.

This point was stoutly defended hy Gen. Ewing, the battle commenc-
ing at daylight on the 27th of September and continuing all day. Fort
Davidson, where the defense was made, was on the plain south of the
village, and some 600 yards from the Knob. Gen. Ewing had there a force
of about 1,000 men, 4 thirty-two pounder siege guns, 3 twenty-four pounder
howitzers, and six pieces of field artillery.

Two divisions of Price’s army were engaged in the attack at this point,
which was defended until night, when Gen. Ewing determined to evacuate
the works, as he found himself unable to hold the lines of retreat. Before
daybreak, his command was moving north on the Potosi road. Finding
the enemy in possession of this road, Gen. Ewing turned to the west and
marched toward Harrison via Webster. On the morning of the 29th, the
command was overtaken by the-enemy,. the remainder of the retreat to

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Harrison being covered by the troops of Maj. Williams of the Tenth
Kansas. Harrison was reached about dark, and the night was spent in
fortifying the position. The rebels remained in force before the place
until the afternoon of the 1st of October, making every effort to capture
the command, but finally withdrew, thwarted at every point. The delay
of the northward march of Gen. Price, caused by the gallant defense of
Pilot Knob and Harrison, enabled the military commanders in Missouri
and Kansas to make preparations for still further arresting and foiling
his movements.

On the 2d of October, Gen. Curtis received information by telegram
from Gen. Rosecrans that the rebel army was seventy miles west of St.
Louis, having reached the Missouri River at Washington, and being now
between the forces concentrated at St. Louis and the capital ofthe State.
Federal troops were concentrated in Jefferson City as speedily as possible,
and placed in command of Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, his force on the
6th of October numbering 6,000, of which 4,000 was cavalry.

In the meantime Gen. Curtis, who was in constant communication
with Gen. Fisk at Jefferson City, was making preparations for the defense
of Kansas.

On the 4th of October, a written demand was made on the Governor
for the calling out of the State militia, and the,same day an_ order was
issued forbidding the transit of boats below Kansas City. When Gen.
Curtis found the rebels were not checked in their westward march at the
Gasconade or Osage Rivers, and that there was little hope of their being
immediately overtaken by any Union force in their rear, he decided that
action must be taken at once in Kansas. His letters to Gov. Carney on
the urgency of the crisis called forth on the 8th, a proclamation commencing

thus :
STaTE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
: Topexa, October 8, 1864.
The State is in peril! Price and his rebel hosts threaten it withinvasion. Kansas must
be ready to hurl them back at any cost. ran
The necessity is urgent. The extent of that necessity the subjoined communications
‘from Maj. Gen. Curtis to me will establish.

Letters of Gen. Curtis were subjoined, Nene ne steady advance of
Price’s army westward, the burning of Syracuse, La Mine and Otterville
depots, the cutting of telegraph wires west of Sedalia, the prospect of a
fight at that point, and calling earnestly on the Governor for the immedi-
ate calling out of “the entire militia force, with their best arms and am-
munition, for a period of thirty days.” The force to be assembled on the
border—mainly at Olathe. :

The Governor concludes his proclamation thus:

N. B.—Mgj. Gen. Deitzler will lead the brave men of Kansas, and issue the necessary
orders. Commanding officers of brigades and battalions will see that. their respective com-
mands are in readiness for immediate service.

The next day, October 9, the following order from George W. Deitz-
ler, Major General of Kansas State Militia, was issued.

HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT Kansas STATE MILITIA.
TopeKa, Kan., October 9, 1864.
. GENERAL ORDER, No. 54. =
In pursuance of the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the 8th inst., the militia of
Kansas will turn out and rendezvous immediately at the points indicated below:
gpeniphan, Brown, Nemaha and Marshall Counties, at Atchison, under Brig. Gen. By-
ron Sherry.
“Atchison, Leavenworth, Jefferson, Jackson, Pottawatomic, Riley, Davis, Wabaunsee,
Shawnee, Douglas and Johnson Counties, at. Olathe, under Brig. Gen. M. 8. Grant.

Wyanidotte, at Wyandotte, under Maj. E. 8. Hubbard. -

i eet, Franklin, Osage, Morris and Lyon Counties, at Paola, under Brig. Gen.S. N.
ood.
Bourbon, Allen and Woodson Counties at Fort Scott.
* * * * z * 2

* * te

Until further orders, the headquarters of the militia will he at Olathe, to which point
all returns and communications will be sent.” . “

Under date of October 9, the following dispatch was sent to Gen.
Sykes and all commanding officers in the State:

The Governor has called out the entire militia of the State. I want this given the
widest circulation and the most prompt action.

8S. R. Curtis, Major General.

On the 10th, Maj. Gen. Blunt, who had been re-called from the plains,
was placed in charge of the District of Southern Kansas, relieving Gen.
Sykes. j

On the same day the work of fortifying Leavenworth was commenced,
a telegram from Gen. Rosecrans being received that day, stating that Price
had avowed his intention to strike that point.

In regard to the response of the militia to the call of the Governor,
Col. ©. K. Holliday, State Adjutant General, says in his report:

Never was appeal for help answered so promptly. In mostinstances on the next day,
or the second after the receipt of the proclamation at regimental headquarters, the regi-
ment itself, in full force, was on the march for the rendezvous designated by the command-
ing general, and it was only in exceptional cases—where the regimental district embraces

several counties in extent—that the third or fourth day was required before the command
could take up its line of march.

: on Sollening regiments reported for active services at the places
designated :
lathe, command of Brig. Gen. M. 8. Grant—First Regiment, Col.

C. H. Robinson, Leavenworth, 503 men; Second Regiment, Cul. G. W.
Veale, Shawnee, 561 men; Third Regiment, Col. Charles Williamson,
Douglas, 643 men; Fourth Regiment, Col. W. D. McCain, Jefferson, 777
men; Seventh Regiment, Col. Peter McFarland. Leavenworth, 705 men;
Twelfth Regiment, Col, L. 8. Treat, Atchison, 460 men ; Thirteenth Regi-
ment, Col. J. A. Keeler, Johnson, 400 men ; Fourteenth Regiment, Col. J. M.
Harvey, Riley and Wabaunsee, 560 men ; Eighteenth Regiment, Col. Mat-
thew Quigg, Atchison, 400 men ; Nineteenth Regiment, Col. A. C. Hogan,
Leavenworth, 548 men; Twentieth Regiment, Col. J.B. Hubbell, Jackson,
340 men ; Twenty-first Regiment, Col, Sandy Lowe, Douglas, 519 men.
: The Fifteenth Regiment, Col. J. T. Price, Davis, Dickinson and Sa-
line Counties, militia, was, by order of Col. Holliday, retained at Fort
Riley to guard against Ludian raids on the frontier.

Atchison. command of Brig. Gen. Sherry — Ninth Regiment, Col
Frank M. Tracy, Doniphan, 554 men; Twenty-second Regiment, Col.
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 205

James P. Taylor, Nemaha, 400 men; Independent Battalion, Col. J. A.
Pope, Brown, 200 men.

The Seventeenth Regiment, Col. E. C. Manning, Marshall, Washing-
ton, Republic and Clay Counties, remained at home to guard its own ex-
posed border counties. == ~

' Paola and Mound City, command of Brig. Gen. Fishbeck ~ Fifth
Pane Col. G._A. Colton, Miami, 471 men; Tenth Regiment, Col.
William Pennock, Franklin and Anderson, 751 men; Eleventh Regiment,
Col. A. J. Mitchell, Lyon, 300 men; Independent Battalion, Lieut. Col.
M. M. Murdock, One 250 men; Sixth Regiment, Lieut. Col. J. L. Snod-
ay. Linn, 530 men; Sixteenth Regiment, Col. F. W. Potter, Coffey and

* Woodson, 560 men. +

Fort Scott, command of Brig. Gen. J. B. Scott—Twenty-fourth
Regiment, Col. J. Stadden, Bourbon, 500 men; Battalion, Lieut. Col.
Eves, Bourbon, 350 men ; Battalion, Col. C. P. Twiss, Allen, 200 men.

The Twenty-third Regiment (Wyandotte County), Col. William Weer,
rendezvoused at Wyandotte City. :

The total number of militia enrolled was 12,622, of which about 10,-
000 were concentrated south of the Kansas River, in the section of the
State most exposed to danger of invasion. Of the remainder of the force,
portions were detailed for special duty at important points in the State.

From the 11th until the 16th, the forces *gathered rapidly at the ap-
pointed rendezvous, and were organized and equipped. A depot for ord-
nance, subsistence and quartermaster’s stores was established at Wyandotte,
Maj. Hubbard in command of the post, which-was garrisoned by the
Twenty-third Regiment under Col. William Weer. Gen. Curtis, with
Gen. J, H. Lane, his Aide, and the other members of his staff, was at Olathe,
and, as the command was moved farther east, at Shawneetown, directing
the movements and assignments of the troops. Gen. Deitzler and Gen.
Blunt were at their respective posts, trying to bring order and system out
of the earnest and courageous but inexperienced and undisciplined body
of men around them. :

The staff of Gen. Deitzler was composed as follows: Chief, Lieut. Col.
O. E. Leonard; Chief. of Cav’y., Lieut. Col. A. W. Spicer ; Adjutant, Maj.
John T. Morton; Quartermaster, Lieut. Col. William Rosenthal ; Engi-
neer, Maj. L. E. Wilmarth ; Judge Advocate, Maj. John J. Ingalls; Pay-
rhaster, Maj. Charles Chadwick; Aides, Lieut. Col. William Crawford,
Majs. E. G. Moore, A. R. Banks and A. S. Hughes.

The force assembled on the border was arranged by Gen. Curtis in
two divisions—the volunteer cavalry and southern border militia under
Maj. Gen. Blunt, constituting the right wing or First Division, and the
main body of the militia, antler Maj. Gen. Deitzler, constituting the left
wing, or Second Division. —

On the 14th, Gen. Blunt moved with his. command to Hickman’s
Mills in Missouri, and on the following day organized it into three brigades,
of which the First was under command of Col. C. R. Jennison ; the Second,
of Col. Thomas Moonlight ; the.Third, of Col. C. W. Blair

On the 16th, Gen. Blunt, with the First and Second Brigades, 2,000
men (all cavalry), with eight howitzers, moved toward Lexington, to meet
Price. Col. Blair, with the Third Brigade, moved to the west side of the
Big Blue, and encamped. Col. Ford and Maj. Pritchard, of the Second
Colne: weré in command, respectively, of the posts of Independence and
Kansas City. Lieut. Col. Drake, Seventeenth Kansas, with a small force,
garrisoned Paola; Capt. Greer, Fifteenth Kansas, was in command at Mound
City ; and Capt. Viltum, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, at Fort Scott.

-Gen. Blunt, with the First and Second Brigades, moved from Hick-
man’s Mills, by the Warrensburg road, toward Lexington. On the 18th,
Gen. Curtis received dispatches at Kansas City, announcing his arrival at
that point, and on the 2Uth, the tidings of his engagement with Price and
his falling back toward Independence.

BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.

When Gen. Blunt arrived at Lexington, he found that Price was near
Waverly, twenty-two miles east, concentrating his army to resist the
approach of Rosecrans from the east. On the morning of the 19th, Gen.
Blunt, assisted by his Aides, Hon. J. H. Lane and Lieut. Col. Burris, dis-
posed the troops so as best to meet the enemy, reported as advancing in
three columns by the Dover, Camden & Warrensburg roads. Line of
battle was formed to the southeast of the city with open country in front,
and the Independence road as line of retreat, inthe rear. The small com-
mand of Gen. Blunt succeeded, by persistent resistance, falling back inch
by inch, in obstructing and retarding the advance of Price, for some
twenty-four hours, and in obtaining accurate and reliable information of
his strength and location. The command fell back in good order on the
Independence road, the movement being covered by the Eleyenth Kansas
Cavalry, Col. Moonlight, with 500 men and 4 -howitzers. This small
force fought and fell back for over six miles, forming four successive lines
of battle. The command bivouacked a few miles from the Little Blue, on
the night of the 19th, and the sollowing morning moved to Independence,
leaving Col: Moonlight with a part of the Eleventh Kansas, and 4 twelve-
pounder howitzers to guard the bridge crossing the Little Blue on the Lex-
ington road. ‘ . .

Col. Moonlight stationed Maj. Anderson, with two companies, at the
bridge, with orders to burn it when he could hold it no longer ; Capt.
Green, with Company I, ata ford two miles south of the bridge, and
Capt. Huntoon, with Company H, at a ford four miles distant.

The advance division of the rebels, under Gen. Shelby, appeared on
the Lexington road about 7 in the morning. Ay ;

They soon forced our troops from the positions held on the Little
Blue, the rebel cavalry finding no difficulty in fording the shallow stream.
They succeeded also in pare uisning the fire at the bridge, so as to move
over it a portion of their artillery. :

"At 10 o’clock, Col. Moonlight had been forced back two miles on the
Independence road, fighting bravely with his little force against the
tremendous odds.

At about 10 o'clock, Gen. Blunt arrived from Independence, with
fresh troops, and assumed command. In the new line of battle, Col.
Jennison, with the Sixteenth Kansas, was assigned the right ; Col. Moon-
light, with the Eleventh, the left; McLain’s Battery, with the Second Col-
orado, Third Wisconsin and Fifteenth Kansas, the center. Maj. R. H.
Hunt had command of the battery, which was placed in position to check
the rebel advance across a deep ravine to the front. Gen. Curtis, Gen.
Lane, and other prominent officers were on the field.

The whole line was soon engaged, the men fighting on foot. Every

_ position was gallantly defended, but the rebel force outnumbered the small

command of Gen. Blunt, ten to one, and he was obliged to fall back,
fighting as he went, and taking advantage of every commanding position
to make a fresh stand and resist the advance of the rebel division.
Throughout the engagement, Maj Hunt, with his battery, was atthe front,.
holding back the enemy from pressing too closely on our troops, the last
position taken being within two miles of Independence. From this point
the Fourth Brigade, Col. Ford, covered the retreat, allowing the battery
and the other troops to pass to the rear and form again on the outskirts of
the town, protected by walls and buildings. In the meantime, everything
in the shape of military supplies, was, by order of Gen. Curtis, withdrawn
from Independence, toward the Big Blue, where another stand was to be
made, and, as the rebels suspended operations for a time, the troops also
were withdrawn through the town, save the Sixteenth, Eleventh and
Second Colorado, which covered the retreat through Independence. In
this engagement, which lasted eight hours—the fighting being continuous
from the time the rebels gained the bridge at the Little Blue,. until the
pursuit was ended for the night at Independence—the Union lossin killed,
wounded and missing, was about 200, of which the Second Brigade lost one-
half. The Fourth lost about 60. Fifteen horsesof Maj. Hunt’s battery
were killed. The loss of the enemy was reported at 500.

BATTLE OF THE BIG BLUE.

Gen. Deitzler moved from Independence to the west bank ofthe Big
Blue on the morning of the 21st, to forward preparations for the defense
of the position. Gen. Blunt, with his troops, reached the place during the
aigut and on the morning of the 22d the entire force of Gen. Curtis was
in line of battle along the banks of that stream, the principal positions
being occupied as follows :

Main crossing on the Independence and Kansas City road—Col. Blair,
with Nineteenth Regiment, Sixth Regiment, Kansas State Militia, Ninth
Wisconsin Battery, and a section of Second Kansas Battery, supported by
Fifth Regiment Kansas State Militia, Col. Colton; and Lieut. Col. Eves’
battalion from Bourbon County. This force was north of the road.
South of the road was McLain’s Colorado Battery, with the Fourth Brigade,
Col. Ford, and Twelfth Regiment Kansas State Militia, Col. Treat, for
support. .

Simmons’ Ford, two miles south—Col. Moonlight, with Eleventh Kan-
sas, Tenth Regiment Kansas State Militia, Col. William Pennock, and
section of Second Kansas Battery.

Byrom’s Ford, three miles above Simmons’ (main point of attack)—
Col. Jennison, with First Brigade and Fourth Regiment Kansas State Mi-
litia, Col. McCain.

Russell’s or Hickman’s Mills crossing (above Byrom’s) was occupied
on the night of the 21st, by the Second Kansas State Militia, Col. Veale ;
and Twenty-first Kansas State Militia, Col. Lowe. This force consisted of
the cavalry of the Second and Third Regiments, consolidated under Col.
Veale, numbering about seven hundred men; the Twenty-first” cavalry
regiment, numbering abaut five hundred; and a twenty-four pounder brass
howitzer belonging to Company A, Second Regiment, under Capt. Ross
Burnes. On the morning of the 22d, Col. Veale received a dispatch from
Gen. Grant, his commanding officer, stating his inability to join him early
with balance of brigade, and directing him to move in the direction of
Westport, so as to support the forces at Byrom’s Ford; which order Col.
Veale obeyed. : é

In the forenoon it became evident that the main attack of the rebels
would be at Byrom’s Ford, and Col. Moonlight, with the Second Brigade,
and the Sixteenth Kansas, Lieut. Col. Walker, were sent to re-enforce Col.
Jennison, but failed to reach him before the attack.

On the approach of Shelby’s division, Col. Jennison, who had already
fortified the west bank of the stream, placed his howitzers in the road
commanding the east bank, and with their aid held his position until he
was flanked’ by the rebels crossing above and below at cattle fords. He
then fell back toward Westport, at which point our troops were now con-
centrating to prevent the enemy from entering the State. 1

When the First Brigade (Col. Jennison) reached the open prairie
below Westport, it was joined by Col. Moonlight with the Eleventh Kan-
sas Cavalry, the Twelfth Regiment Kansas State Militia, two Parrott
guus and four howitzers. Maj. Hunt also joined the force and assumed
eommand of the skirmish line. Col. Jennison formed on the right and
Col. Moonlight on the left, and the troops moved forward to meet Shelby,
who was then almost at the State line. The fight resulted in our forces
ae Shelby back to the Big Blue, where he encamped the night of
the 5 ;

While the ene eet near Westport resulted in the rebels being
driven back to the Big Blue, a serious disaster had befallen the Shawnee
County Militia a few miles away. The story is best toldfin the simple
words of Col. Veale in his official report, which is given in full, as this
was the only engagement on the border in which the militia suffered very
serious loss :

HEADQUARTERS SECOND REGIMENT, K. 8. M., TOPEKA, October 30, 1864,
To Mas, GEN. GEORGE W. DEITZLER, COMMANDING KANSAS STATE MILITIA:

Sir— * * Onthe morning of the 21st October, I received orders from Gen, Grant to
move with my command to the crossing of the “Blue” on the Kansas City & Hickman’s
Mills road, about four miles from the Kansas State line, which order I complied with—
camping on the Blue that night.
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SG “sx,

The next morning, the 22d, at sunrise, I received an order from Gen. (zrant, suena
ine that he could not reach me very early in the day with the remainder of his command,
on account of necessary delay in issuing arms; and directing me to fall back and join the
forces at Bysom’s Ford. I accordingly withdrew from the crossing to the prairie, some two
miles distant, where I left Lieut. Col. Green in command, and took twelve men and went.
down through the timber to Bysom’s Ford. I went myself, because | knew the country
well. I found Col. Jennison with his regiment—the Fifteenth Volunteers—and also the
Jefferson County Regiment, K.S. M., and several pieces of artillery. This was about three
’ miles from where I left my command.

Iwent immediately back to move my command down, but on my arrival, I found (en,
Grant with his other forces had come up. I told him what I knew of the country, and
where our troops were. He said we should remain there for the present.

Very soon a messenger arrived from Gen. Curtis with a dispatch, stating that the enemy
was moving in strong column up the “Blue,” and directing him (Gen. Grant) to send scouts
to Hickman’s Mills to see if the enemy was moving south on the Pleasant Hill road, and
report to him every thirty minutes,

Iwas asked by Gen. Grant to take the battalion of my own regiment, the Second, and
make the reconnoissance. I moved off immediately and met some troops coming from there
as I went over, but saw nothing of the enemy.

About one mile south of the “Blue,” at a point where I could overlook the whole
country, I ordered a halt and fed my horses. In a few minutes the General and his staff
rode up. Here we were immediately joined by Col. Lowe of our brigade, and then by Maj.
Laing of the Fifteenth Volunteers with four companies. -

A few moments were spent in consultation, when Col. Lowe and Maj.-Laing moved
south and east on the road to look for the euery

Gen. Grant directed me to move hack to the north side of the “ Blue,” which I did—
the General and staff riding in advance.

Soon after crossing the stream, we met a eee who told us that fighting was ons
on up the prairie. The General pushed forward rapidly for about a mile, to where he foun
my artillery in the lane unsupported, with the enemy in his front. The battalion of the
Douglas County Third, under command of Capt. Hindman, had fled. The Wyandotte
eee Battalion, and the battalion of the Thirteenth K. 8. M. had been driven from the

eld.

Gen. Grant ordered me to forin a line of battle, which I did, and as soon as this was
done, commenced the fight. Capt. Burnes opened on the enemy at the same time with the
battery, and, after obtaining the proper range, did fearful execution—opening the enemy’s
ranks and hurling them from their haees in great numbers.

Capt. Burnes is deserving of special praise for coolness and gallantry—standing as he did
‘by his gun until taken prisoner himself, and every man in his command either wounded,
killed or taken prisoner. ie

My first line of cavalry broke when fired on, and some of the men fled in confusion,
but with the aid of my brave and gallant officers it was soon restored, and maintained its
ground with stubborn and unfaltering courage.

We fought’ Jackman’s brigade of Shelby’s division—six times our number—for three-
quarters of an hour, actually driving at one time his whole center in confusion from our
front. But it was soon doubly strengthened and charged upon us in double column, flank-
ing us at the same time both on the right and on the left, forcing us back in disorder to the
south side of the Blue, where we found Col. Lowe and Maj. Laing with their commands,
who should have supported us in the fight, as should the commands of Johnson, Guilford and
Hindman. Had they done so the result would have been different. As it was, my command
was sacrificed, being ordered to fight six times my numbers of Price’s veterans and btsh-
.whackers with raw militia. :

It is not for me to say-upon whom rests the responsibility of scattering our forces in
such a manner as to preclude the possibility of concert of unity of action. can only say
that I acted under orders, and by so doing lost twenty-four brave Kansans killed, about the
same number wounded, and sixty-eight taken prisoners, among them four officers ; also,one
twenty-four-pounder howitzer and 100 horses.

The enemy’s loss in killed and wounded in this engagement was very heavy, as our
prisoners posing over a portion of the field a few moments after the battle, counted forty-
three dead rebels. : -

While my loss is very severe, I have to thank God that the bold stand taken by my
brave men gave the enemy an‘afternoon job which detained them from marching into Kan-
sas; and the next morning they were confronted by an army that neither yielded them

round nor spared their ammunition, but put them on a hasty retreat southward ; and thus
.Kansas was saved. ol

On the morning of the 24th, we pera together our dead (our wounded having been
already cared for) and took them to Kansas City, where we obtained coffins for them, and
on the morning of the 25th we buried them in Wyandotte—on Kansas soil. From there we
marched home to meet our mourning friends and tell the sad story of the fallen.

The following is the list of killed, wounded and prisoners of the Sec-
ond Regiment, K. 8. M. (Shawnee County), at the battle of the Big Blue,
October 22, 1864:

Lieut. Col. H. M. Greer, severely wounded in hip and shoulder.

Company B (Topeka)—Killed, Privates H. C. Covill, Harvey G.
Young, J. B. Alverson. Wounded, Privates John P. Greer, John A. Ward,
Dr. Neely, Brock Crawford. Prisoners, G. H. Woods, Frank Dawson, C.
G. Howard, William Flanders, Oscar McConnel, F. M. Fletcher, Nelson
Young, Simon Shaefer, J. 8. Stansfield, E. B. Williams, Levi Williams,
James Warren.

Jompany C (Tecumseh)—Killed, Privates Albert Chapman, Elias Rob-
erts. Wounded, John Keiser. . Prisoners, Lieut. Hiram Ward (died from
effects of ill-treatment while prisoner), Privates John Reed, Osborn Nay-
lor, J. T. Gage, Alfred Guise John Keiser, R. B. Hoeback, William Marx,
James B. Taylor, A. G. Miller, G. B. McKee.

Company D (Indianola)—Killed, Privates Robert McKown, Dennis
Ray, Moses Banks (colored). Wounded, Capt. 8. B. Miles, Private Isaac
Bickel. Prisoners, Privates John Kempt, Kobert Kempt, 8. J. Reader, J.
W. Clark, Eph. Johnson, John P. Majors, Isaac Bickel, David Vaughn,
James Hudgins, T. Fleshman.

Company F (Big Springs)—Killed, Privates David Rake, James Eagle,

Robert Campbell. ounded, John Prater. Prisoners, Second Lieut. P.
H. Gilland, Sergt. George Duncan, Corp. Jonathan H. Glenn, Privates
George Fix, Henry Fix, Wallace True.
‘ ompany G (Auburn)—Killed, Privates W. P. Roberts, Samuel Allen.
Wounded, Capt. H. E. Bush, Lieut. William A. De Long (afterward died
of wounds), Privates Peter Fleck, Allen Blandon, John Thompson. Pris-
oners, Lieut John W. Brown, Privates H. Cunningham, L. T. Cook, Sam-
uel Blandon, Granger Wood, David Stevens, Jerome Stahl, Eli Snyder,
James Russell, Baxter Ingrund, W. 8. Hibbard, H. M. Deming, John Rob-
inson, John 8. Markham.

Company I (Monmouth)—Killed, William Wann, Robert Rolls, David
Fults. Wounded, H. M. Howard, Martin Dreck, James Norris. Prison-
ers, Samuel Kosier, Horace Linn, Elias Williams.

Topeka Battery—Killed, Corporal George Ginnold; Privates Daniel
‘Handley, Nicholas Brown, D. M. Race, McClure Martin, C. H. Budd,
Lear Selkin, Ben Hughes (colored). Wounded, Capt. Ross Burnes: Pri-
vates William T. Thompson, John Branner, John Ward. Prisoners,
Privates G. G. Gage, C. G. Fallansbie, John Link, R. Fitzgerald, Fred
Mackey, James Anderson, A. H. Holman, E. Pope, Jacob Klein.

When Col. Veale with his command fell back to the Big Blue, he

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there met Col. Lowe, and another stand was made by the militia. This
position was held, the rebels withdrawing after about half an hour’s
fighting. ; .

Among the prisoners taken in this engagement on the 22d were
twenty men of the Fourth Regiment, and some belonging to the Nine-
teenth and Twenty-third. No official list is given of the names. Portions
of the trains of the Nineteenth and Twenty-third were captured, and
the Brigade Quartermaster, Lieut. Marsh, of Leavenworth, was taken

risoner.

While the right wing of our army was thus engaged with Shelby’s
men, the left an center had, by order of Gen. Blunt, fallen back to
Kansas City, where the militia were placed in the intrenchments, the
guns placed in position, and everything made ready for the threatened
attack on the city. The Second Kansas Battery commanded the Inde-
endence road; the Ninth Wisconsin, the roads to the north and east; and
McLain's, the Westport road. The cavalry remained at Westport, the
Sixteenth Kansas holding the picket-lines. News was received, before
the troops reached Kansas City, of Gen. Pleasanton’s victory at Inde-
pendence. :

BATTLE OF WESTPORT, OCTOBER 28.

On the morning of October 23, the advance of Gen. Curtis’ army, com-
rising the First, Second and Fourth Brigades, under Gen. Blunt, was at
Wiesinarh the main body of the militia at Kansas City; Gen. Pleasanton,
with three brigades of cavalry, on the road from Independence to Byrom’s
Ford, and Gen. McNeil with one brigade on the road to Hickman’s Mill.
The rebel army was encamped on the west bank of the Big Blue,
their line extending southwest from Byrom’s Ford.

Early in the morning the brigade of Col. Blair, consisting of the
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth and Nineteenth Regiments K. 8. M. (cavalry),
with the Ninth Wisconsin Battery, a section belonging to the Colored
Battery under Lieut. Minor, and McLain’s Battery moved from Kansas
City to Westport.

About 5 o’clock in the morning, the First, Second and Fourth
Brigades, with McLain’s Battery, moved out from Westport to meet the
enemy, the line, when formed, consisting of the First Brigade on the
right, the Second Colorado and Sixteenth Kansas on the left resting on
the road, McLain’s Battery at the edge of the timber, half a mile to the
rear. The Second Brigade was soon brought up on the right. Col.
Jennison describes the progress of the battle, in his official report, thus:

‘‘Our skirmish lines soon encountered the enemy swarming through
the corn-fields and in the timber southwest of Warnell’s, and the battle of
Westport was speedily opened. Meanwhile the thunders of artillery to the
left told that our lines were engaged along the entire front. After a con-
test of varying fortunes for some minutes on our right, the First Brigade
was withdrawn to the timber, in the rear of Bent’s house, perhaps an
eighth of a mile from its former position, while the Second Brigade took
the road to the right leading to Shawnee Mission, and passed down through
Kansas on the rebel flank. After this our entire line was pressed back to
the north bank of Brush Creek, while the whole available force was rallied
for a general advance. Pushing forward rapidly through the valley, we
soon regained our original position, driving the rebels at all points, until
our entire line was fairly out of the timber and occupied the open country,
our skirmishers swarming along the fences and stone walls, with which
the position was so thickly intersected. In spite of the determined resist-
ance of the enemy, our forces moved steadily forward until, about a mile
to the east and south, a heavy body of cavalry was visible emerging from
the timber, when a general charge wasordered. Swinging into a trot and then
a gallop, six companies of the Fifteenth, under Lieut. Col. Hoyt, took the
left of the road and myself the right, with the Third Wisconsin Battalion,
two companies of the Second Colorado and one of the Fifteenth. The
Fourth Brigade, under Col. Ford, was also led by “fighting Jim” in a dash-
ing charge well up to the front. Then, when both armies were in plain
sight upon the prairie, the rebels broke, and in thorough disorder began
a precipitous retreat, which was hastened by the well-served artillery and
dashing onscts of Pleasanton’s forces, on their right and rear. This,
briefly told, is how the battle of Westport was fought and won.” :

rens. Pleasanton and Blunt, with the other principal officers of the
army, followed the retreating rebels down the State line road as far as
Indian Creek. The pursuit was maintained by Col: Jennison, with the
First Brigade, and'a battalion of the Second Colorado, Capt. Green, to the
crossing of the Bluc, four miles below Little Santa Fé, where they were
confronted by Gen. Fagan’s division and the pursuit was discontinued.

At Indian Creck the following order was issued :

HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELp oN INDIAN CREEK.
GENERAL FIELD ORDER:

So much of General Order No. 54, headquarters Department of Kansas, as proclaims
martial law in Northern Kansas, is hereby revoked.
The enemy are repelled and driven south. Our success is Depend all anticipation, The

General commanding delights to relieve the people north of th of th %
By order of Maj. Gen, Cantia ee geo

; C. S. CHartot, Major and Chief of Stajf’
. Under this order, the militia of Northern Kansas were relieved, return-
ing to’ Kansas City, and thence home.
The brigade of militia from Southern Kansas, under Gen. Fishbeck and
Col. Blair, continued with the pursuing army.

PURSUIT OF PRICE.

The force employed in the pursuit of Price's army down the State line
consisted of the First Division, under Gen. Blunt, comprising the First,
Third and Fourth Brigades ; the Second Division, under Gen. Pleasanton,
comprising four brigades, under Gens. McNeil, Sanborn and Brown and
Lieut, Col. Benteen ; and the brigade of Col. Moonlight, which was march-
ing down the Kansas border. This force numbered about 10,000 men (all
cavalry), with 8 field batteries and 2 mountain howitzers. The First division
took the advance, the rear of the rebel army being about eight or ten miles
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ahead. All through the day the two armies marched through the desolate
border of Missouri, the Union troops halting at sun down, at Westport, on
the State line, and about forty miles north of Fort Scott.

Near Westport the rebels left the State Line road, and passed west
into Linn County, Kan., encamping the night of the 24th, at the trading
post on the Marais des Cygnes, a small village about two miles west of the
line, on the south bank of the river. In the vicinity of this little hamlet,
the most dreadful atrocities were committed by the retreating army. Old,
and unarmed men were murdered. Women, and even children, were
robbed of food and clothing, everything valuable taken away, and what
was not taken was rendered worthless.

Early on the morning of the 25th, the rebels were dislodged from their
position at the trading post and driven over the ford, leaving behind them
their sick and wounded. At this crossing, Gen. Curtis was joined by
Gen. Blunt, Col. 8. J. Crawford, and Col. C. W. Blair, their anxiety bring-
ing them to the front in advance of their commands,

On the north bank of Mine Creek, the rebels formed another line of
battle, the two divisions of Fagan and Marmaduke, some 15,000 strong,
forming the two wings, the whole under the personal command of Gen.
Price. Ten pieces of artillery were stationed to the left of their line.
Beyond the stream could be seen the long rebel train extending for miles,
moving in the direction of Fort Scott, and accompanied by Shelby’s and
Tyler’s divisions.

The victory of the Union forces at Mine Creek was overwhelming.
Cols. Benteen and Phillips on the left ; Cols. Crawford and Cloud in the
center ; Col. Blair with Majs. Weed and Hunt on the eG swept forward
with their brave men, and the field was won. - The rebels fell back in wild
disorder, to the south of the creek, re-forming, only to be again driven to
the south.

Among the prisoners taken at the crossing of Mine Creek, were Maj.

Gen. Marmaduke and Brig. Gens. Cabell, Slemmon and Graham, besides.

a large number of other field officers and about 800 soldiers.
were captured. The Federal loss was about 150 men killed.

In the engagement at the crossing of thé Osage, which was another
triumph to the Federal arms, Gen. McNeil had the advance, and with
about 2,000 troopers put the enemy to flight, who now, for the first time,
turned the direction of his march toward the east, showing his desire to
escape from the State, and relieving the anxiety felt for the safety of Fort
Scott.

In the march from the Osage toward the Marmaton, and at the ap-
proach to the crossing of the latter-river, Gen. McNeil still held the ad-
vance, and with the aid of Col. Benteen’s brigade which came up to his
assistance, forced the enemy back and held the crossing.

The remainder of the army passed on to Fort Scott for rest and food.

The pursuit was re-commenced on the morning of the 26th, Gen.
Curtis, with the brigade of Col. Moonlight, and Gen. Blunt. with the
brigades of Cols. Jennison and Ford, leaving Fort Scott at an early hour.
The Colorado and Ninth Wisconsin Batteries accompanied the commands.
Gen. McNeil effected a junction with Gen. Curtis at Shanghai in the even-
ing. At this point, Gen. Lane, Col. Crawford, Col. Cloud, Col. Ritchie
and others were relieved and returned to Kansas. Col. Blair had resumed
command at Fort Scott. .

On the 28thethe army of Price was encountered at Newtonia, Mo.,
where hé had halted and gone into camp, believing the pursuit ended. _

Gen. Blunt, with Ford’s and Jennison’s brigades, arrived at Newtonia
at 8 o’clock P. M., after marching all of the previous day and night. On
discovering the advance of Gen. Blunt, Price formed‘one line of battle in
the edge of the timber and another on the prairie, his force being about
10,000 men. Blunt attacked him vigorously, and after several hours’ hard
fighting the rebels retreated on the Cassville road. Gen. Blunt says, this
was the “warmest contested field we have had in the campaign.” He had
only the two brigades until about sundown, when Gen. Sanborn arrived to
his support. On the following day an order arrived from Gen. Rosecrans
for ali the forces of Gen. Pleasanton to abandon the pursuit and return to
their respective headquarters. At Neosho, Mo., to which place Gen. Cur-
tis removed for rest and forage, 100 of the Shawnee County Militia came
into camp paroled. An order was received from Lieut. Gen. Grant on the
morning of the 30th, desiring the pursuit of Price to be continued to the
Arkansas River, or until he encountered Gen. Steele or Gen. Reynolds,
acting on which Gen. Curtis immediately issued orders for a continuance
of the march, sending dispatches to the officers of Gen. Pleasanton’s com-
mand, ordering their return. : .

The pursuit was accordingly followed until the army of Price was
driven to the south of the Arkansas, being abandoned on the 8th of Novem-
ber, 1864.

On the morning of the 9th, the return march was commenced.

Gen. Curtis, with his staff, escort and the Second Colorado marched
to Fort Gibson and thence to Fort Scott, arriving on the 15th. ;

Gen. Blunt, with the brigade of Col. Moonlight, moved to Fort Smith,
and thence, via Fort Gibson, to Fort Scott, Col. Moonlight returning
from Neosho to Cabin Creek as escort to a supply train on its way to Fort
ae Jennison, with the First Brigade, and the brigade of Col. Ben-
teen, moved north, by way of Cane Hill, Fayetteville and Bentonville.

With the return of these troops the famous Price campaign was

closed.

Nine guns

THE COST.

The Price raid and Curtis expedition cost the citizens of Kansas, be-
sides the labor, loss of life, and such incidental losses as could not be com-
puted, not less than half a million dollars. The Government was of course
bound to reimburse them, so far as the losses could be established as valid
claims, growing out of the war in which the country was then engaged.
The Legislature of 1865 made provision for the assumption and payment
of the claims by the State, looking to the General Government for re-
imbursement. A commission was appointed to examine and audit such

claims as might be presented.

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In addition to the just claims which came
before the committee, came an avalanche of bogus claims. The aggregate
amount of claims presented was upward of $2,000,000. One half of them
required little consideration to be rejected. The Commissioners allowed,
as appears by the report of T. J. Anderson, Adjutant General, November
30, 1866, the following: ~
Services rendered...
Materials, supplies a:
Damage sustained...
Miscell aneousclainis

$197,327 34
152,530 54
106,806 05
36,290 90

   
 

 

TOtAL....ssssssessesssssssseecssnecsssssanacnsnanseteconsestsnnnsoustenae serseerersetens $492,644 83

The Commissioners further reported several claims received subse-
quent to November 1, on which no action had been taken.

The Legislature of 1867 assumed the payment of the awards, and again
referred them to a special committee to be re-audited and corrected.

This Examining Board of Commissioners was appointed by Gov.
Crawford March 26. The members were: D. E. Ballard, W. H. Fitzpatrick
and William N. Hamby. It entered upon the work of re-examination
ava 1, and reported to the Governor July 1. The awards made were as

ollows:

 
 
 

 

Amount allowed for services wee $218,398 75
Allowed for supplies and transportation... 81,682 32
Allowed for damages sustained.........0scc08s 131,698 83
Allowed for property lost, and miscellaneous 5,018 47

Total awards......00-+ oo serssesseense $467,293 37

The amount allowed for “services” by the above report exceeded the

awards of the first auditing commission $21,061.41; on the items of sup-

lies, transportation, damages, property lost, etc., the committee made
arge deductions. The Governor, in his message, January, 1868, says:

A portion of this discrepancy can doubtless be accounted for by an honest difference
of opinion between the two boards in regard to the prices of material, etc.; while another
portion, I regret to say,can only be accounted for by a package of forged or fabricated
vouchers, amounting to some $18,000, which were placed in my possession by the Examin-
ing Commission when they made their report, in compliance with the law. These forged or
fabricated claims purport to have been sworn to before the Secretary of the Price Raid Com-
mission. Whether he has been imposed upon by unknown parties is not for me to deter-
mine; but I respectfully refer the whole subject to the Legislature, with the earnest recom-
mendation that a thorough and searching investigation be made of the-entire affair, so as to

prevent undue suspicion from attaching to those who might be farthest from the commis-
‘sion of sucha crime. Besides, if the Commissioners should have been mistaken in judging

these claims to be forged, when in fact they were genuine, then an investigation is due, in
order that the innocent may not suffer.

An investigating committee reviewed the original Price raid awards,
and, in January, 1868, reported that it found many claims dishonestly al-
lowed. The Legislature, March 8, passed a new Price raid bill.

The Legislature of 1869 provided for a third Board of Commissioners,
to audit the Price raid and Curtis expedition claims. The new Com-.
missioners were Levi Woodward, David Whittaker and T. J. Taylor. The
awards of the committee, as reported to Adjt. Gen. Whittaker, Sep-
tember 1, 1869,"were as follows:

Services rendered

Materials, supplies and transportation furnished

Damages sustained.......

Miscellaneous. claims...

$233,345 47
. 114,352 58
159,191 34
36,627 64

   

 

: $540,516 98

The Adjutant General further reported, January 12, 1870, that, in ad-
dition to the above, there had been allowed by various committees of the
Legislature, and by the State Auditor and Treasurer, $6,701.18, making
the total amount of the debt accruing from the Price raid and the Indian
expedition of Gen. Curtis, $547,218.11. The State had previously assumed
$500,000 of this debt, and the Adjutant General, in his report, suggested
to the Governor that he recommend the assumption of the balance.
($47,218.11).

_. The amount of the claims being thus finally settled by the State, the
claim was pressed upon the Government for settlement. February 2, 1871,
Congress passed a bill providing for the auditing of the claims. Under
its provisions, a commission was appointed by the Secretary of War to
audit the Price raid claims. Its members were: James A. Hardee, Inspec-
tor General U. 8. A.; J. D. Bingham, Quartermaster U.S. A. and T. H.
Stanton, Paymaster U. 8. A. The members of the commission met at
Topeka March 17, and having duly investigated the claims ‘in detail, re-
pend to Washington late in the month, and reported their award to the

ecretary of War, as the basis of an appropriation for the settlement of the
claims. On their report, the House Committee on Claims reported to ap-
propriate the sum of $337,054.00 for the payment of the Price raid claims.
June 8, 1872, Congress appropriated that sum as recommended, and on
August 138, Gov. Harvey, in behalf of the State, received the amount
awarded. The amount was received by State Treasurer Hayes, and dis-
bursed, as stated in his report of December 30, 1872, as follows:

On the seventeenth of August, I received the sum of $336,817.37, which had been appro-
priated by act of Congress to the State of Kansas, in payment for a‘certain class of military
claims; while for the interest on the debt thus paid, and for other classes of claims contracted
at the same time, and for which Union Military Scrip had been issued, no provision was
made. There being no law governing my action in case of partial payment, and believing
it would be wrroueing the claimants, either to wait action by the Legislature or to pay those
first presented in full, I decided to pay without interest that class of scrip only which had
oe allowed by Congress, and to issue certificates showing the amount of interest then due
on e same.

The scrip issued for the Curtis expedition against the Indians, and for the services of
certain irregular companies in the Price raid, although not allowed by Congress, has been
paid, as it was found impossible to distinguish by the warrants for what kind of service
they had been issued, There will therefore be a deficiency in the funds for the payment of
scrip issued for services, transportation, supplies and miscellaneous, including the Curtis
expedition, to the amount of $94,348.48, exclusive of interest: in addition to which there still
remains outstanding interest certificates issued on scrip paid to the amount of $124,000, and

scrip given for damages, $151,191.34—to all of which I would ze pee y call your attention,
and recommend that some early and final disposal be made of the same.

The manner in which Treasurer Hayes disbursed the funds and other
suspected misdemeanors led to articles of impeachment being found against
him. He resigned, and the impeachment was not prosecuted.*

#See “ Legielative and Political Annals,” in this work.
208

The Legislature of 1873 created another Price Raid Commission, to
audit the outstanding claims, after deducting what.had already been paid
out of the Congressional appropriation. The final report, made Febru-
ary 25, 1874, shows the following outstanding claims:

  
 
 

(DAM ARO SCL p csse ceca ss cecegise es gt ibaa ovasievvsr esegauid sds dbesaad enenint as ieeedBoesaett $159,191 34
Estimated interest on same.. wes 78,000 00
Service and other scrip......... see 94,848 48
Estimated interest on same... , 46,000 00
Additional claims of 1872 1,018 16
Additional claims of 1873... 236 50

ee
Total: outstanding Scrip... peecesererseeavereiies coonamacsaccassmnnenncersueaneoarre $378,794 48

Adding the Congressional appropriation of $386,817.37, the total cost
of the Price raid and Curtis expedition was $715,611.85, of which sum
$378,794.48 fell upon the State.

In 1879, a new Price Raid Committee was appointed, which reported
February 17, 1881, claims still outstanding, amounting to $75,047.71, be-
sides certificates of interest issued for $67,561, by Treasurer Hayes in 1872,
on military scrip, the principal of which was paid by him. The additional
claims audited by the last committee and reported by them as still out-
standing will largly increase the amount of expense to the State over
that above stated. To the future historian is left the task of making a
final summary,

INDIAN REGIMENTS.

Three Indian regiments were actively engaged in the United States
service during the war of the rebellion, which were officered and almost
entirely recruited in Kansas. The recruits were chiefly from the loyal
refugee Seminole and Creek Indians, who had taken refuge from the en-
croachments of hostile Indians under Stand-Waitie, in the southern border
of the State. A few were resident Indians, having homes and families in
Kansas.

The officers of the regiments were:

First Indian Regiment.—Majors, William A. Phillips and James A.
Phillips ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant, J. H. Gillpatrick; First Lieu-
tenants and Regimental Quartermasters, Salmon 8. Prouty and John T.
Cox; First Lieutenant and Adjutant, John Chess; First Lieutenants, Alfred
F. Bicking, Ferdinand R. Jacobs, Robert T. Thompson, Francis J. Fox,
Albert Flanders, Benjamin F. Ayres, Milford J. Burlingame, Frederick
els, Eli C. Lowe; Second Lientenants, William Roberts and John D.

oung.

Bid Indian Regiment.—Colonel, John Ritchie; Lieutenant Colonel,
Fred W. Schuarte: First Lieutenants and Adjutants, E. W. Robinson and
John C. Palmer; First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, George
Huston; Surgeon, A. J. Ritchie ; Assistant Surgeon, M. A. Campdorus;
Captains, James H. Bruce and Joel Moody; First Lieutenants, Charles
Lenhart, John M. Hunter, James H. Bruce, William H. Kendall, John
Moffit, E. P. Gillpatrick, A. J. Waterhouse, Silas Hunter, David A.
Painter, —— Scott. 4

Third Indian Regiment.—Colonel, William A. Phillips; Major, John
A. Foreman ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant, William Galliher; First
Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, Alfred Larzelere ; Captains,
A. C. Spillman, Henry 8S. Anderson, Maxwell Phillips and Solomon Kauf-
man; First Lieutenants, Luke F. Parsons, John 8. Hanway, Andrew- W.
Robb, Harmon Scott, Benjamin Whitlow and Charles Brown; Second
Lieutenants, William McCullock, Basil G. McCrea and Jule C. Cayott.

Until the re-organization of the “Army of the Frontier,” January, 1863,
the history of the Indian regiments is intermixed and interwoven with
that of other portions of the command of Gen. Blunt.

In July, 1862, Col. Weer, commanding the Indian expedition, sent a
detachment of sixty men of the Sixth Kansas and 100 loyal Indians, under
command of Capt. Greeno, of Company C of the Sixth Kansas, to Tahle-
quah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, which was entirely under rebel
influence; the Indians having organized under command of Stand-Waitie,
one of their chiefs, and joined the forces of Col. Clarkson and other rebel
leaders. Capt. Greeno succeeded in capturing John Ross, the principal
chief, and several of the leading Indian officers. When the Union forces
withdrew from the Indian Territory after this capture, thousands of loyal
Indians—Cherokees, Creeks and Seminoles followed the army as far north
as Baxter Springs, seeking the protection of the Government. While here,
they were clothed and fed by the Government, and a post was afterward
established for their benefit at Neosho, Mo., called Refugee Camp, which
was placed under the charge of Maj. John A. Foreman, of the Third In-
dian Regiment.

When the Army of the Frontier was re-organized in January, (863,
Col. W. A. Phillips, of the Third Indian Regiment, was placed in charge
of the ‘Indian Division,” which embraced all of the Indian troops, one
battalion of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, and Capt. Hopkins’ Battery. With
this force, he was ordered by Gen. Schofield, then in command of the
Army of the Frontier, 19 proceed to the line of the Cherokee Nation, and
take up his position near Maysville, Ark. He arrived at the designated
point, which was about 125 miles from Fort Scott, on the 11th of January,
and went into camp. He was obliged to send to Fort Scott for his sup-
plies, and with the guerrillas, the cold, snowy weather, and the extreme
scarcity of forage, Camp Curtis proved an uncomfortable location. .He
goon removed twenty-two miles north, and encamped on the bank of Cow-
skin or Elk River, for the purpose of procuring forage, and the advantage
of a flouring mill which was there. Col. Phillips’ department at this time
embraced Southwest Missouri, Northwest. Arkansas, and the entire Chero-
kee Nation,

On the 21st of February the camp was changed to a location near
Pineville, McDonald County, Mo., and.again on the 27th to Bentonville,
Ark. During this month, Lieut. Maxwell Phillips, brother of the Colonel,
was wounded in a'skirmish with bushwhackers.

At Bentonville the small-pox broke out in the Indian camp, but did
not spread very much among the whites, The discipline of the camp was

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

wonderfully good—the Indian troops, from-the necessity of the case, were
comparatively ignorant of the details of military rules, and perhaps could
hardly comprehend them if instructed ; but they soon learned, under the
skillful but strict discipline of Col. Phillips, that the one important duty
for them was obedience to the simple orders they did comprehend. On
the 17th of March the command moved fifteen miles southwest to Big
Springs, where Camp Moonlight was established, so named in honor of
Col. Moonlight of the Eleventh Kansas. While stationed here, Capt.
David Mefford, of the Sixth Kansas, had a skirmish with Livingstone’s
band of guerrillas at Neosho, sixteen miles north; seven of the rebels
were killed and the rest put to flight. ; .

On the 24th, Col. Phillips moved twelve miles south, and again went
into camp for about two weeks, and on the 6th of April he entered the
Indian Territory. Two days later, he encamped at*Park Hill, near the
residence of John Ross, and about seven miles southeast of Tahlequah,
where he awaited the arrival of a refugee train from Neosho. On the
Yth the train arrived, bringing nearly a thousand families back to their
homes. The division remained at this point until a reconnoissance could
be made, preparatory to moving to Fort Gibson, by a company of the «
Sixth Kansas, and a part of the Second Indian Regiment under command .
of Col. D. B. Corwin.

Maj. Foreman, who was sent on the 8th, with 300 men to the south-
east, had a skirmish with the enemy near the mouth of Illinois River,
killing six, taking several prisoners, and capturing about 300 head of
cattle. Three or four of his men were wounded.

On the 18th, the command marched to Fort Gibson, about eighteen miles
west, and three miles north of the Arkansas river, on the east side of the
Grand. Fort Gibson, at this time, consisted of wooden barracks for officers
and soldiers, and two stone buildings, large enough to contain one month’s
supplies for the division. The post was situated on a bluff, about two
miles east of Grand River. When Col. Phillips arrived at Fort Gibson, his
force consisted of about 2,000 men. He immediately strengthened the post
as much as possible by throwing up a line of breastworks, and, as soon as
his preparations were complete, on the 24th crossed the Arkansas, with a
detachment, and made an attack on a portion of Gen. Cooper’s force,
which was stationed at Webber’s Falls. The camp was taken completely °
by surprise, and the rebels retreated toward Fort Smith and North Fork-
town, to the main force of Cooper, with a loss of 15 killed and as many
wounded. Gen. Phillips lost 1 Indian killed and 10 men wounded, during
the engagement. Dr. Gillpatrick was here killed while dressing the
wound of a rebel soldier on the field.

The camp of the enemy was destroyed, and a large quantity of sup-
plies taken. :

During the early part of May, Gen. Cooper moved his force of Texans
and Indians, estimated at 5,000 to 7,000, to the heights, south of the Arkansas
River, and about five or six miles south of Fort Gibson. On the 20th, a
force of rebels crossed the river and attacked the Union pickets, who were
stationed to the south of Fort Gibson. Several were killed at the outer
stations, and others were driven in. The herders were also killed and
many animals driven off. The enemy were subsequently driven, but not
until they had inflicted quite a severe loss.

On the 24th of the same month, a large supply train was due at Fort
Gibson from Fort Scott. Learning this fact, Gen. Cooper senta force of cavalry
north to intercept, and if possible, capture the prize. Col. Phillips also sent
out all his available cavalry to the relicf of the train, which he met the same
day. He was attacked on the morning of the 25th, but succeeded in driving
the rebels, who left 26 dead on the field. He arrived with the train at Fort
Gibson the next morning—not too soon—for the men had only one day’s
full rations left. :

Early in June, Gen. Cooper moved his foree south about twenty miles
to Elk Creek, and there intrenched himself in a strong position on the south
bank of that stream.

An account of the engagement at Cabin Creek, in which Maj. Fore-
man, with his Indian troops, participated, is given in the sketch of the
“ First Kansas Colored Infantry.”

In the battle of Honey Springs on the 17th of July, the Indian regi-
ments, under Col. Phillips, did faithful service. The division participated
in the, attack on Gen, Cooper's force in August, and subsequently returned
to. Fort Gibson, which remained headquarters thereafter, detachments
being detailed on various expeditions into the enemy’s country. The post
was attacked by a force, under Stand-Waitie, in December, who was repulsed
hy Col. Phillips.

_No official report of the Indian regiments being made, the record of
their service is necessarily meager, the special part they took in the various
engagements while connected with the “army of the Frontier” not being
mentioned in the histories of the other regiments.

STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF MEN CALLED FOR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND THE NUMBER FURNISHED BY THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM APRIL 15,
1861, ro JUNE, 30, 1865. :

 

 

 
 
   
  
 
  

 
 
  
     

 

 

 

 

DATE OW CALL, MEY
CALL, FOR WHAT PERIOD. | QUOTA. layp,

April 15, 1861, for 15,000 militia... i.e eesceeeese/Dhree m 0
May 3, July 22 and 25, 1861, for 500,000 men. Three en 3385. | 008s
July 2, 1862, for 800,000 men.......... Three years.. 1771 2936
August 4, 1862, for 300,000 militia... .../Nine months. tak, i sexs:
Oct. 17, 1863, and Feb. 1, 1864, for 500,000 men ..../Three years.. 3523 5374
March 14, 1864, for 200,000 m .../Three years...... .| 1409 2563
April 23, 1864, ‘militia......... One hundred days...c} sss. 441
July 18, 1864, for 500,000 me: One, two and three years) 3729 351
December 19, 1864, for 300,000 me One, two and three years| 1222 829
Oba saute vacuves seuss cxessrssvewcoans sis aseuiyseedeennuanyeatinesethascscsts siedecasterecccc 16654 | 20097
16654

 

 

Nore.—Surplus, 3,443,
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

CASUALTIES IN KANSAS REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR.

 

 

 

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DIED | DEATHS DISCH’D |DISHON- 8 a|a NAMES. Pes REMARKS.
KILLED,| OF BY |DES’I’D.| FOR | OR’BLY % a z MIS’NG. COMMISRION:
WOUNDS| DISEASE ? q i a
| PISABE DIESE A 4 g Robert B. Mitchell..j/April 8, 1862......\.Honorably mustered out January 15, 1866.
recmments | )¢/ jal 1a\ le\ 1a! 14 ie ae Eee
3 3 3 3 g g &  G. W. Deitzler........, Nov. 29, 1862.....{Resigned August 27, 1863. ; ;
sls lelstlets |elel els 2 Nes ‘ adh she Thomas Ewing, Jr...|March 13, 1863...|Brevetted Major General, March 13; resigned Feb. 23,’65.
B |. £ a g a g g 3 £\3 g 2 g g a 4 2 Powell Clayton........,August 1, 1864... Honorably mustered out August 24, 1865.
S'A/S) 4/5 )/4/5)/4)/8)/4)/5/4)8)/8)/8)/5)4
; elelelelelaje sie \elelalelelela la
JA LOJA JOA SORA SOIBlO;/AlSO;o]o;o]A p BREVET BRIGADIER GENERALS.
First Infantry.| 11] 86)... | 34{ ... os
Second Inft.....) 1 4) 1 ae : a “ . A “1 oe fd NAMES, DATE: OF COM: REMARKS.
Second Cavalry, 1| 50 1} 12) i gp Pa) TY] I] aap | 8 : MISSION: "

Fifth Cavalry... 1} 40) 1| i1| 2 1/113}... ) 2) 2] 0] 27 ee > 2
Se as f x ‘ 4 ‘ ‘ 117 146} 1}... | 1... | 5 Thomas M. Bowen..|Feb. 13, 1865..... eolonel ae Bip. ve inh cine ane 28, °65; re-
e sou 160 95 | 31.4. | 24) x 2 instated Nov. ; hon. dis’d to date June 28, ’65.
Senha ed el - 2 a 1/180\...]/ 41 1 | 28 3 James M. Williams.|Feb. 13, 1865..... Rene fe Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry; mus-

“ : . | 158] . Bl sae: | ace ae ered out October 1, 1865.
Pent at enCy “ise i 2 a 4 84) . G | as.) ax ie Charles W. Blair...... Feb. 13, 1865..... colonel Bonsante ane Volunteer Cavalry; mus-
p oa : we 1 | 106 1) 1{ 2 2 ered out Augus 865.
as : if % A : , | gal. 1/2). 1 Thomas Moonlight../Feb. 13, 1865..... a Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; mustered
+ 156} .. DP esas" saad oe out July -
See i ica z 2 49) 1)... ]) 7] 1 8 Charles W. Adams...|Feb. 13, 1865..... ee Twellth Kansas Volunteer Infantry ; mustered
: Vid ase | 144}. | 25 [14] 0. ae | A Ou ane :
Sixteenth Cav..| ... | 10) 1 BI as 50} .. 2] 6) 1 2 “| 2 John Ritchie..........|Feb. 21, 1865.....|Colonel Second Regiment Indian Home Guards.
First Col. Inft..| 4 ) 156)... | 10| 1 i] ee. | 4] 1]. | 45] uc |... Samuel J. Crawford.|March 13, 1865./Colonel Second Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry.
Second Col.Inft| 2/| 21)... | 16) ... 1} a8). j.. | 2 15| | 2 John A. Martin......|March 13, 1865..|Colonel Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
pea re tae nie : vee 2) 1 20 saris | ces: | ose James Ketner.........|March 13, 1865.. piace ee Volunteer Cavalry; mustered
» Secc attery.| .. sas | agp eos oh Bl seer’ sess: [ss ial so : out December .
ne ieee 2% 5] we as Tl eae || aw bese lt eee 1]... | 1 George H. Hoyt...... ‘March 13, 1865.. tee erent Colonel Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cav-
. Col. Bat.) we | wee sey | ea] UG) see") aie cose |] wee: || aoe vex | sae eat y
William R. Judson..|March 13, 1865..\Colonel Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
Total ........40) 84 | 762| 12 | 192| 26 l20g0| 2 |1988| 8 |1s49| 1 | 94 4 .. |35  Edw’d. F, Schneider|March 13, 1865..)Lieutenant Colonel Eighth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
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GOVERNOR'S MILITARY sTAFF— 1861-1863.
(Appointed under act May 7, 1861.)

HIS EXCELLENCY CHARLES ROBINSON, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
February 9, 1861, to January 12, 1863. .

OFFICE. NAMES. RANK, APPOINTED. REMARKS.

Samuel Walker....... March 13, 1365. Lieutenant Colonel Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cay.
Charles Mundee......|April 2, 1865.....|Major and Assistant Adjutant General U.S. Volunteers.

 

 

 

GOVERNOR’S MILITARY STAFF, 1865.

HIS EXCELLENCY SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF INAU-
GURATED, JANUARY 9, 1865.

 

OFFICE. NAME, RANK. |APPOINTMENT. REMARKS.

 

Robt B. Mitchell|Brig. Gen./May 2, 1861...... Ap’d Col. 2d K. 1. 20,61
Adjutant General... : ie ay 93 ae eae

  

Inspector General....
Judge Advocate
Chief Engineer.

{uyman Allen..../Brig. Gen.|July 23, 1861..../Resigned. (Feb, 26, ’63.
Chas. Chadwick|Brig. Gen.|March 22, 1862.\(Vice Allen resigned.) Res.
Quartermaster Gen G. W. Collamore|Brig. Gen.|May 4, 1861....../Removed March 20, 1862.

a ee eae Pele. nea ee 1862.)Appointed Vice Collamore.

Shas. wick|Colonel....|Mare 1862. ae
Asst. Quarter Gen.. Colonel....| August 13,1862.
Paymaster enone Colonel....|May 8, 1861......
J.

 

Colonel.,..,April 19, 1861...

«.|May 8, 1861......
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April 22, 186
May 2, 1861..
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John A. Martin
E. P. Bancroft...

 

: J. Montgomery |Colonel....|May 3, 1861......
Aides-de-Camp........ Wm.H.sSmythe|Colonel....|May 8, 1861.

: E. 8. Lowmian...|Colonel. ..|Sept. 1, 1861.....

= Forbes Menson|Colonel....|Oct. 15, 186L.....

Wm. Tholen ...|Colonel....

Aug. 15, 1862...
J. F. Cummings|Colonel....

Oct. 2, 1862......

 

 

 

 

 

GOVERNOR’S MILITARY sTAFF— 1863-1865.
HIS EXCELLENCY THOMAS CARNEY, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
January 12, 1863, to January 9, 1865.

 

 

OFFICE. NAMES. RANK. APPOINTED. REMARKS,

 

Guilford Dudley|Brig. Gen.|Feb. 27, 1863.) |Re-d with rank of Col. Mar.
2,64, under act of Feb. 24,
1864; resigned May 2, ’64.

Resigned March 31, 1065.

Re-d with rank of Col. May

2,64, underact Feb. 24,64

Adj utant General...

C. K. Holliday ..|Colonel...:|May 2, 1864...
Quartermaster Gen..|dward Russell.../Brig. Gen.|March 3, 1863

..{Colonel....|Feb. 19, 1863..
..|Feb. 19, 1863...
..|Feb, 19, 1863..
..|Feb. 19, 1863..
«i|Peb. 19, 1863..
Feb. 19, 1863..

Paymaster General..|John G. Otis ..
Judge Advocate .....|D. P. Lowe ..-
( Cas. G. Foster...
A.W. Spaulding}C
S. M. Strickler.
C. V. Eskridge..
Josiah Miller... ..[Feb. 19, 1863..
J C Hemingray ..|Aug. 24, 1863
Thos. H. Butler|Colonel....\Sept. 12, 1863
D. Brock way:..|Colonel....|Nov. 10, 1863.
J.A.McGonigle|Lieut.Col.'!Mar. 2, 1864.
F. H. Drenning| Lieut. Col.|Mar, 2, 1864..
Jno. R. Swallow|Lieut. Col.|Mar, 2, 1864..
8. F. Atwood.../Lieut. Col.|April 29, 1864
Wun. Shepherd..|Lieut. Col.!July 5, 1864..
W. Burlingame] Lieut. Col.|July 12, 1864.
W. C. Crawford) Lieut. Col.'Oct. 10, 1864..
A, S. Hughes...|Lieut. Col.|Oct. 10, 1864.>| |S’laide ap. ser. d’g Price raid
W. Rosenthall..|Licut. Col.'Oct. 10, 1864.. | |S’laide ap. ser. d’g Price raid
John W. Brown|Licut. Gl Ose 10, 1864.. J |S’l aide ap. ser. d’g Price raid

 

 

|| Ap’d under act of May 7,’61.

 

Aides-de-Camp........

tAp’d under act Feb. 24, 1864
S’1 aide ap. ser. d’g Price raid

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFFICERS FROM KANSAS, ABOVE THE RANK OF COLONEL, COMMISSIONED
BY THE PRESIDENT.
MAJOR GENERAL.

 

 

NAME. DATE OF

REMARKS.
COMMISSION.

 

 

James G. Blunt....... Nov. 29, 1862...... Honorably mustered out July 29, 1865.

 

April 11, 1865...|App’d under act Feb. 13 ’65
Feb’ry 18, 1865,|App'd under act Feb. 13 ’65

Adjutant General ...|T. J. Anderson...../Volonel ...
Quartermaster Gen../D. E. Ballard........ ‘Colonel ...
Paymaster General.|John K. Rankin...|Colonel .../Feb’ry 18, 1865.) App’d under aet Feb. 13 65
Surgeon General ......N. T..Winans . Colonel ,..|Feb’ry 18, 1865.)App’d under act Feb. 13 ’65

s g Charles Dimond|Lieut. Col.jApril 10, 1865..|App’d under act Feb. 13 65
Aides-de-Camp........ Cyrus Leland,Jr|Lieut. Col.jApril 10, 1865...,App’d under act Feb. 13°65
Asst. Adjt. General..|H. T. Beman..

 

 

(EG. Ross..........,Lieut. Col.|April 10, 1865....App’d under act Feb. 13 '65
..\Major ......|April 10, 1865..|App’d under act Feb. 13 65

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDIAN TROUBLES IN KANSAS (1864-1870.)

The time of the discovery of the precious metals in the mountains of
Colorado, and the consequent crowding of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes
toward the valleys of the Republican and Smoky Hill, may be considered
the commencement of a series of aggressions and counter-aggressions be-
tween the Indians and the miners and military of Colorado, which event-
uated in April, 1864, in a cruel war kept up for many months by the In-

. dians upon frontier settlers in Kansas and Nebraska, upon travelers, ranche

men and train men, culminating in November of the same year, in a
wholesale slaughter of a band of Indians—mostly friendly Indians—who
were encamped on Sand Creek near Fort Lyon, on their own reservation,
to which they had been ordered as a place of safety.

The camp was surrounded on the morning of the 29th of November,
1864, by a force ‘of Colorado militia under Col. Chivington, and men,
women and children were indiscriminately slaughtered. om that time
there was no safety on the frontier of Kansas, until the Indians were
thoroughly subdued.

During the troubles of the summer of 1864, Gen. Curtis, with a force
of Kansas militia, made a campaign against the hostile Indians, but was
called back to suppress the Price raid in the early fall.

During 1865 and 1866, wandering bands of hostile Indians—partly
Pawnees and Omahas—entered Kansas at various times and committed
depredations on the northwestern frontier. During the summer of 1866,
the settlements on White Rock River, and at Lake Sibley, on the Repub-
lican, were attacked—several settlers killed while at work on their claims,
and much property destroyed. The outrages committed were in some
cases most inhuman, and the settlers being few in number, poorly armed,
and totally unprotected by any established troops, were in constant terror
of Indian incursions with all their attendant horrors.

In the summer of 1866, Gen. Hancock assumed command of the De-
partment and ordered troops from Fort Ellsworth to the Solomon. A
company of State militia was also sent to the frontier, and until the spring
of 1867, the settlers enjoyed comparative quiet and safety.

In April, 1867, Gen. Hancock, who had now taken the field in person,
totally destroyed an Indian village of 300 l-dges on Pawnee Fork. Open
war upon settlers, trains, emigrants and property ensued. The Indians
were determined upon revenge, and murders and robberies were committed
all along the border. The whole fronticr was assailed. Through the Re-
publican, Solomon and Smoky Hill Valleys, and in Marion, Butler and
Greenwood Counties, the settlers were constantly exposed to Indian raids
of the most shocking character. The overland routes between Kansas,
Colorado and New Mexico were almost entirely abandoned, and the line
of frontier settlements was pushed back many miles. The troubles culmi-
nated in June, in a simultaneous attack by the Cheyennes, Arapahoes and
Kiowas upon the border settlements, and upon the engineering parties on
the Kansas Pacific Railroad west of Fort Harker. It was seen that the
continuation of this road, together with the other routes of travel over the

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plains, and also the frontier settlements must be abandoned unless prompt
action was taken by the State. Under authority of Lieut. Gen. Sherman,
the following proclamation was issued by Gov. Crawford on the Ist of
July, 1867.

WHEREAS, the central and western portions of the State of Kansas are now, and have
been for some time, overrun with roving bands of hostile Indians; and, whereas, these In-
diins, though claiming protection from the United States Government, and regularly re-
ceiving their annuities in due form, have, without cause, declared war upon the people of
this State ; they have indiscriminately murdered, scalped, mutilated and robbed hundreds
of bur frontier settlers, and other parties in Western Kansas who were quietly attending to
their own legitimate affairs; they have almost entirely cut off all communication between
Kansas and_other Western States and Territories; the men employed in the construction of
the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division, have been driven back, leaving many of their
number butchered and scalped upon the ground. Gen. Sherman and other United States
officers are doing all in their power to suppress hostilities, but they have not a sufficient
force of United States troops to execute their design, and have called upon me for a battalion
of cavalry to aid.in the work. I shall, therefore, as speedily as possible, organize eight com-
panies ot volunteer cavalry to be mustered into the United States service for a period of six
months, unless sooner discharged. Said companies will be armed, equipped and paid by the
General Government the same as other troops in the Unitéd States service.

j Recruiting officers will be appointed as soon as the names of suitable persons can be
forwarded to this office. :

"TL appeal to all good citizens of this State to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to protect
the lives and property of our frontier settlers. :

: 8. J. CRAWFORD, Governor of Itunsas,

These companies were to be raised, and sent forward to Fort Harker
to be mustered in, if possible, by the end of the first week in July. Arms
and supplies were forwarded from Leavenworth for their use.

Recruiting officers were immediately appointed and the battalion was
mustered into the United States service for a period of four months.

THE EIGHTEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER BATTALION.

This battalion was commanded by Maj. H. L. Moore, of Lawrence,
formerly Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry. The line
officers were as follows: Company A, Captain, Henry Lindsay, Topeka,
Kan.; First Lieutenant, Thomas Hughes; Second Lieutenant, John H.
Wellman. Company B, Captain, Edgar A. Barker; First Lieutenant,
John W. Price; Second Lieutenant, Samuel L. Hybarger. Company C,
Captain, George B. Jenness; First Lieutenant, Peleg Thomas ; Second
Lieutenant, James Reynolds. Company D, Captain, David L. Payne ; First
Lieutenant, John M. Cain; Second Lieutenant, Henry Hepwer.

This battalion, which numbered 358, including officers and enlisted
A part of the command of Capt.
Arns, Tenth Cavalry, was attacked on the 21st of August, on the Repub-
lican River, by a large force of Indians—reported from 800 to 1,000. Capt.
Arns had only about 150 men, and after fighting until the evening of the
22d, was forced to fall back to the vicinity of Fort'Harker, Three men
were killed and thirty-five wounded. About forty horses were lost. Some
150 Indians were killed.

On the 30th of August, Maj. Moore, with the Eighteenth Kansas, had
an engagement with a portion of the same Indians and_ defeated them.
Maj. Eliott, with a detachment of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, met the
other portion, and drove them toward the head-waters of the Republican.

_ While the allied Indians—Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas, Sioux and

Comanches—were operating in Northwestern Kansas, roving bands of
Ogage, Wichita and other tribes were raiding the southern and western
Cavalry was stationed at Fort Larned and on the
Little Arkansas,-in the spring of 1867, to patrol these sections of the
country and, if possible, secure its safety. :

On the 28th of October, 1867, a treaty of peace was concluded with
the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, at Medicine Lodge Creek, seventy miles
south of Fort Larned. Gens. Sherman, Harney and Terry were Commis-
‘sioners on the part of the Government, to conclude the terms of this
treaty, which provided for the removal of the tribes to a reservation in the
Indian Territory, with privilege of hunting in Kansas as far north as the
Arkansas River, and also provided them with arms.

The treaty made in October, 1868, was only observed by the Indians
until they were by its provisions well supplied with everything necessary
for the renewal of hostilities. Early in the spring, about 400 Cheyennes
and Arapahoes attacked the settlements of Southwestern Kansas, raiding
the State as far into the intcrior as Council Grove, murdering and robbing
the inhabitants and capturing a large amount of stock and other property.
In August, at the very time that a portion of the tribe were receiving
their arms at Fort Larned, according to the terms of the October treaty, a
party of Cheyennes were engaged in one of their most cruel raids in the
Northwest, attacking the settlements in Mitchell, Ottawa and Rupublic
Counties, sweeping down through the valleys, murdering men, women and
children as they advanced. The main body of these Indians then went
to the north. Gov. Crawford, on receiving news of the disaster, went in
person by special train to Salina, where he orgunized a voluntcer company
and moved to the relief of the settlers. He found that over forty had
been killed, many of them scalped and_their bodies mutilated. omen
had suffered a fate worse than death. Houses were burned and stock was
stolen. From the Saline to the Republican—sixty miles—the settlements
were destroyed and the country utterly laid waste. The few surviving
settlers in Mitchell County had taken refuge in a stone corral on Asher
Creek.

On hig return to Topeka, Gov. Crawford sent a dispatch to the Presi-
dent, proposing to raise volunteers to meet the exigency. He concludes
his dispatch thus: ‘‘ The savage devils have become intolerable, and must
and shall be driven out of the State. Gen. Sheridan is doing and has done
all in his power to protect our people, but he is powerless for want of
troops. If volunteers are needed, [ will, if desired, furnish the Government
all that may be necessary to insure a permanent and lasting peace.”

A few days after sending this dispatch, the Governor received assur-
ance from Gen. Sheridan, then at Fort Harker, that the Indians would
be compelled by force to retire to their reservations, and that to protect
the line of settlements, small block-houses would be erected on the Saline,

Solomon and Republican, which would be garrisoned with a small infantry °

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ;

force, while a cavalry force would be employed in scouting between the
exposed points, _ : :

Gov. Crawford had more faith in a battalion of Kansas Volunteers
than in any service which could be otherwise rendered, and on the 14th of
September, 1868, issued his proclamation, calling into service for a period
of three months, five companies of cavalry to be organized from the militia
of the State. Each man to furnish his own horse ; arms, accouterments,
and rations to be furnished by Gen. Sheridan. One company was to be
recruited in the Republican Valley, to rendezvous at Lake Sibley; one
company in the Solomon Valley, to rendezvous at Ayersburg ; one company
to rendezvous at Salina; one at Topeka, and the fifth at Marion Center.
The Governor concludes his proclamation thus: ‘As the State has no
fund at present from which the men hereby called into service can be paid,
it. is expressly understood that all claims for service must await the action
of the Legislature.” The five companies of militia called for were soon
organized and stationed at different points on the frontier, protecting it
from the Nebraska line to Wichita, thus relieving a sufficient force of
United States troops to prosecute the war with some degree of vigor.
These companics of militia endured much hardship, and performed valu-
able service.

On the 7th of September, Gen. Sully was dispatched by Gen. Sheridan
south of the Arkansas River with nine companies of cavalry to make war
on the families and stock of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, in order to draw
to their own reservation the raiding bands in the northwest of the State.
On the 21st of September, Gen. Sully met a war party and killed 17. He
then proceeded toward the Wichita Mountains.

Gen. Sheridan, failing to secure peace with the Kiowas and Coman-

ches, became convinced that a general Indian war was inevitable, and that

with the limited number of troops at his command he could not success-
fully wage a defensive, much less an offensive war. He was accordingly
authorized by Lieut. Gen. W. T. Sherman, to call on the Governor of
Kansas for a regiment of cavalry, to be mustered in for six. months, to
serve against the Indians on the plains. Gov. Crawford’s proclamation
calling for this regiment, was issued October 10, 1868, and was answered
promptly by the organization of a regiment of cavalry.

NINETEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

This regiment was mustered into service October 20, 1868, under the
following officers :

Field and Staff.—Colonel, Samuel J. Crawford ; Lieutenant Colonel, ,
Horace L. Moore ; Major, William C. Jones; Adjutant, James M. Steele;
pureron, Mahlon Bailey; Quartermaster, Luther A. Thresher, all of

opeka. i

Line Oficers—Company A, Captain, Allison J. Pliley; First Lieutenant,
B. D. Wilson ; Second Lieutenant, Raleigh C. Powell. (Company A, raised
in Topeka.) Company B, Captain, Charles E. Resk; First Lieutenant,
Henry H. McCollister; Second Lieutenant, Charles H. Champney. (Com-

any B, raised in Atchison.) Company C, Captain, Charles P. Twiss ;
First Lieutenant, Walter J. Dallas; Second Lieutenant, Jesse E. Parsons.
(Company C, raised in Iola.) Company D, Captain, John Q. A. Norton;
First Lieutenant, John 8. Edie; Second Lieutenant, Charles H. Hoyt.
(Company D, raised in Lawrence.) Company E, Captain, Thomas J. Dar-
pe First Lieutenant, William B. Bidwell; Second Lieutenant, Charles
T Brady. (Company E, raised in Leavenworth.) Company F, Captain,
George B. Jenness; First Lieutenant, De Witt C. Jenness; Second Lieu-
tenant, John Fellows. (Company F, raised in Ottawa.) Company G,
Captain, Charles Dimon ; First Lieutenant, Richard D. Lender; Second
Lieutenant, Myron &. Wood. (Company G, raised in Fort Scott.) Com-
pany H, Captain, David L. Payne; First Lieutenant, Mount A. Gordon ;
Second Lieutenant, Robert M. Steele. (Company H, raised in Troy and
Burlington.) Company I, Captain, Roger A. Elsworth ; First Lieutenant,
James J. Clancy; Second Lieutenant, James M. May. (Company I,
raised in Jackson and Jefferson Counties.) Company K, Captain, Milton
Stewart; First Lieutenant, Emmet -Ryas ; Second Lieutenant, Charles H.
llallett. (Company K, raised in Wyandotte and Junction City.) Com-
pany L, Captain, Charles H. Finch ; First Lieutenant, Henry E. Stoddard ;
Second Licutcnant, Wintield $. Tilton. (Company L, raised in Johnson
and Miami Counties.) Company M, Captain, Sergt. Moody ; First Lieu-
tenant, James Graham ; Second Lieutenant, James P. Hurst. (Company
M, raised in‘ Lyon, Riley und Pottawatomie Counties. )

The Ninetcenth Kansas numbered 1,200 men, and was commanded by
Gov. Crawford in person, he resigning his position as Governor, for tle
purpose. The regiment was mustered into the service at Topeka, and left
camp at that place on the 5th of November for the Indian country. On
the 14th the command crossed the Arkansas, and on the 28th joined Gen.
Sheridan on the North Canadian. On the 27th of the same month, the
Indians had been attacked in their camp on the Washita by. Gen. George
A. Custer with a strong force of cavalry. The attack was made about
midnight, and the camp was taken completely by surprise, the Indians
being unconscious of~the presence of the troops until the cavalry rushed
upon them. The Indians made a desperate resistance, but the lodges were
soon in possession of the Federal troops. The fight lasted several hours
before the band could be dislodged trom the positions they took in the
ravines and other places of concealment in the vicinity, but they were all
tinally killed, captured or dispersed ; 103 warriors, including Black Kettle
and White Rock, were killed. Fifty-one lodges, mostly Cheyenne, were
captured, besides a great number of horses and mules. Gen. Custer lost
two officers and nineteen men killed, and three officers and eleven men
wounded. The Indians did not recover from this severe blow, but fell
back as the troops of Sheridan’s command advanced, and on the 24th of
December made an entire surrender, submitting to all the terms proposed
by the Government, and agreeing forever after to keep the peace. Twenty
of the leading chiefs were arrested by Gen. Sheridan and held as hostages
until the white captives were brought into the Federal camp and restored
HISTORY OF KANSAS. zit

to their friends. Several captives had been killed before the surrender to
prevent theix recapture. The Nineteenth Kansas returned to Fort Hays
in March, 1869, after the Indians were quietly settled on their reservation,
and was mustered out at that place on the 18th of April. But one soldier
was killed in the service during the entire campaign, according to the
Adjutant General’s report. ;

John Vonwell, of Manhattan, was killed on duty near Fort Dodge,
Kansas, December 28, 1868. ;

There were four deaths from disease—Joseph Larimer, of Company
A, at Camp Supply, I. T., February 23, 1869; John J. Rogers, of Com-
pany G, at Camp Supply, I. T., February 25, 1869 ; William Mills, of Com-
pany L, at Fort Hays, Kan., April 9, 1869, and William Libbitt, of Com-
pany-L, at Medicine Bluff Creek, I. T., January 81, 1869. :

In May of 1869, the northern Sioux and Cheyennes from the Depart-
ment of the Platte, made a raid on the settlements of Northwestern Kan-
sas. The Upper Saline, the Solomon and the vicinity of White Rock
Creek being the localities that suffered most. :

The first attack was made on the settlements of the Republican River
on the 21st of May; the settlers on White Rock Creek, Republic County,
and on the Republican River as far down as Lake Sibley being driven from
their homes, killed, plundered or taken prisoners. ‘he settlers around
Lake Sibley, by the aid of Capt. B. C. Landers, succeeded in driving the
Indians from that locality. Thirteen men, women and children were
killed on the Saline, and two women anda child taken captive. Three
companies of Gen. Custer’s command were sent from Fort Hays to that
locality, and nothing that officer could do was left undone to afford pro-
tection to the settlers.

_- The Indians continuing their hostile demonstrations, Gov. Harvey
ordered, in July, a battalion of State militia to the frontier, which did
faithful service for a period of four months.

This battalion, as originally mustered in, consisted of four companies,
officered as follows :

Company A—Captain, A. J. Pliley ; First Lieutenant, C. B. Whitney ;
Second Lieutenant, John Marshall. The company consisted of fifty-four
men, and was stationed at the Block House on Spillman Creek, a trib-
utary of the Saline.

Company B—Captain, W. A. Winsell; First Lieutenant, Joseph Be-
cock ; Second Lieutenant, B. C. Lawrence. Company B consisted of sixty-

one men, and was stationed on Plum Creek, the outpost of the settlements. ,

Company C—Captain, I. N. Dalrymple; First Lieutenant, H. H.’
Tucker. Capt. Dalrymple was stationed with a detachment of his com-
pany, which in all numbered seventy men, on the line from Minneapolis
to Fisher Creek. A detachment of this company was sent up the Solomon to
drive the Indians from that vicinity. They succeeded in driving them
and recapturing nearly all the stolen stock. Lieut. Tucker, of this com-
pany, with a detachment, was stationed near the junction of Spillman
Creek with the Saline River. . : .

Company D—Captain, Richard Stanfield; First Lieutenant, Herod
Johnson. This company, consisting of sixty-five men, was stationed near
the forks of Beaver Creek and the Republican River, with a detachment
of fifteen men at the salt marsh in Republic County.

~ Lieut Stinson, with a detachment of thirty men, was stationed at Tur-
key Creek, about ten miles from where it empties into the Little Ar-
kansas. ;

These troops occupied their posts during the summer and fall of 1869,
patrolling the frontier line and doing efficient duty. They were mustered
out November 20, 1869. Since the disbandment of this battalion of militia,
no call has been made upon the State for troops to guard the frontier.
United States troops were stationed through 1870 in the Republican, Sol-
omon and Saline Valleys, scouting parties patrolling the line of exposure.
The settlers soon acquired a feeling of security, and immigration flowed
rapidly into that portion of the State. The Indians have made no united

i

LEGISLATIVE AND

1861.

The First State Legislature, Charles Robinson, Governor, met March
26, adjourned June 4. - Speaker of the House, W. W. Updegraff ; Presi-
dent of the Senate, J. P. Root; April 4, the first! United States Senators
were elected, to wit: James H. Lane and Samuel C. Pomeroy. The voting
continued for two hours, during which time members were constantly
changing their votes. During the interval of balloting the votes for the
candidates fluctuated—for Lane, from 45 to 64; for Pomeroy, from 49 to.
57; for Parrott, from 47 to 60. The final vote, as declared. stood as fol-
lows:

James H. Lane, 55; Samuel C. Pomeroy, 52 ; Marcus J. Parrott, 49;
Fred P. Buuton. 21; Mark W. Delahay, 2; 8. D. Houston, 1; 8. A.
‘Kingman, 3; A. J. Isacks, 11; Martin F. Conway, 1. . f

The breaking-out of the war, and the first call of President Lincoln
for troops, April 15, only three weeks after the State Government was put in
motion, gave little time to. attend to the peaceful legislation which would
have otherwise characterized its first legislative deliberations and acts. It
was essentially a war session, busy in providing ways and means for the
coming conflict. With supplies exhausted by the famine of the previous
year, and the currency of neighboring States, which constituted the only
circulating medium, depreciated to a point that had destroyed all credit

 

= als have been, up to the close of 1874, chiefly compiled from Wilder's “Annals
of Kansas” cn merle for local historic reference, it is the most thorough and comprehen-
sive of its kind ever published in this country. The editor here, as elsewhere, acknowledges
* the invaluable aid he has derived from it in the conipilation of this history.

hostile demonstration since that time. This long and cruel contest, cov cr-
ing a period of six years, cost the State of Kansas the lives of more tlan
a thousand citizens, the retardation of frontier settlement for many years,
and a loss of property to individual settlers aggregating more than a mil-
lion of dollars.

In May, 1874, the Indians on the southwestern fronticr of Kansas
manifested some hostility toward the settlers in Barbour County, their
depredations being confined for a time to stealing cattle and horses. In
an attempt to recover some of the plunder, a detachment of United States
Cavalry fatally wounded a son of Little Robe, one of the Cheyenne chiefs.
The behavior of the Indians became more menacing after this, and in
June five murders were committed—one in Ford County, three in Bar-
bour, and one in Comanche. These outrages alarmed the whole south-
west border, and action was at once taken to put the more exposed points
in as good a condition of defense as possible. Companies were organized
and armed in readiness for an emergency, and stockades were constructed
by the settlers at Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Sun City, and at a point mid-
way between the two latter-named places. Although these preparations
somewhat allayed the alarm of the people, still hundreds deserted their
isolated homes and sought protection in the larger towns. In July, other
murders were committed, and evidence now seemed to fix the guilt of the
murders committed in June upon the Osage Indians. Early in August,
a party of about twenty-five Osages appeared near the town of Kiowa.,
They claimed to be on a buffalo hunt, and were ordered to return to their
reservation, which they refused todo. Their refusal was communicated
by Lieut. Smith to Capt. Ricker, who was in command of a company of
Barbour County mounted militia, who made a scout in the direction in
which the Indians were reported to be, and discovered them about fifteen
miles northeast of Medicine Lodge. A skirmish took place, and four Indians
were killed. By the 1st of September, sixteen citizens had been murdered
by the Indians, six of whom were citizens of Lawrence, engaged in survey-
ing public lands forty miles south and twenty miles west of Dodge-City.
Gov. Osborne was obliged to keep the volunteer militia companies on the
border in active service in order to afford the necessary protection to the
exposed settlements, ‘and this force was not entirely relieved from duty at
the close of 1874—the Barbour County Mounted Guards being still on duty
at that time. :

From June 16 to the close of the year, twenty-seven persons were
murdered within the State by Indians, nearly all being in the southwest-
ern counties, and the settlers were still threatened with a renewal of hos-

tile incursions.

On September 10, 1878, a band of Cheyennes escaped from their reser-
vation at Fort Reno, Indian Territory, and marched north across the State

- of Kansas, murdering and plundering as they went. Barbourand Comanche ~- -:

counties suffered greatly in the loss of lifeand property. Dispatches were
received by Gov. Anthony from Dodge City, Hutchinson, Medicine Lodge,
Kinsley,’ Ellis, Wa Keeney and Buffalo, showing that the whole western
border of the State was in a state of excitement and alarm. The citizens
being in no condition for defense, arms were issued to them at the most
exposed points. : :

Gen. Pope did-not believe in any serious danger, and United States
troops, under his charge, failed to capture any portion of these marauding
savages during the long period of nearly a month, in which they were in
the State. About forty persons were killed during the raid. The Cheyennes
were captured farther north, and those of the band identified. as the
criminals who committed the outrages in Kansas, were turned over to the
civil authorities of the State, for trial and punishment.

Fort Reno and Camp Supply were re-inforced, so as to protect the
southern line of Kansas to some extent ; but at the close of the year, the
protection was still insufficient, Gen. Pope, having at that time, no cavalry
force at his command which could be spared for the strengthening of those
points.

POLITICAL ANNALS-~#

and financial stability, the Legislature went sturdily to the work of supply-
ing the men and means to fill the quota required of the State.

The most important legislation was an act authorizing the issue of
bonds of the State to the amount of $150,000, to defray the current
expenses of the State ; acts changing names of counties—Lykins to Miami,
Dorn to Neosho, and Godfrey to Seward ; an act providing for an election
of a District Attorney in each judicial district ; an act calling an election
for the permanent location of the State capital. ‘

A Bogus Hlection.—In October, 1861, the following petition, quite
numerously signed by respectable and loyal citizens of the State, was pre-
sented to the Republican State Committee :

“ We, the undersigned citizens, suffering in common with others from the impotency or
malice of the present State Executive, and earnestly desiring a State government that will,
in a patriotic and energetic manner defend our people from invasion—knowing that by the
plain and emphatic provisions of the State Constitution, the term of our State officers ex-
pires on the ist day of January, and that the Legislative enactment continuing the State
officers beyond that time is null and void, and that there is not sufficient time, before the
election, to hold a nominating convention, do respectfully pray your honorable body to
nominate a full State ticket of efficient Union men, without reference to their political an-
tecedents—men who will conduct the State government with reference to the good of the
whole country, and not upon mere personal grounds.

The State Committee, in response to the above petition, met in Topeka,
October 16, and nominated the following ticket: ‘

For Governor, George A. Crawford, of Bourbon County; for Lieuten-
ant Governor, Joseph L. Speer, Jefferson County; for Secretary of State,
J. W. Robinson, Riley County; for Attorney General, Samuel A. Stinson,
of Leavenworth County; for Treasurer, H. R. Dutton, of Brown County;

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for Auditor, James R. McClure, of Davis County; for Superintendent of
Public Instruction, H. D. Preston, of Osage County.

The Committee, during the session at which the above nominations
were made, adopted the following:

Resolved, That the vigorous prosecution of the present war, the earnest and hearty
support of the Administratign in its efforts to crush out the rebellion, the maintenance of
the Constitution, the enforcement of the laws, and the preservation of the Union, are the
issues upon which these nominations are, made.

The election of the officers nominated occurred November 5, the day
of the legal election of Representatives, State Senators, State officers,
Judges—to fill vacancies—and District Attorneys, as provided by law.
The canvassers in the counties of Atchison, Douglas, Leavenworth,
Butler and Jefferson, refused to recognize or return the vote cast.
In the remaining twenty-nine counties, 5,486 votes were returned for
Crawford as Governor. The State Board of Canvassers did not canvass
Crawford’s vote. The case was carried to the Supreme Court, for adjudi-
cation, and, on January 21, 1862, the court overruled the motion of George
A. Crawford, and declared the election of Governor in 1861 illegal. “The
Opinion was rendered by Chief Justice Ewing—(See State of Kansas, ex
rel.; Crawford vs. Robinson, 1 Kan., 17).

At the State election, held November 5, the vote on the permanent
location of the capital resultedin favor of Topeka. The vote was: Topeka,
7,996; Lawrence, 5,291; all others, 1,184. “The vote for or against a bank-
ing law was: In. favor, “4,655; against, 2,807. An amendment, whereby
banking institutions were prohibited to issue notes of a less denomination
than $1, was adopted by avote of 3,733
in favor, to 3,348 against.

The State seal was adopted by the
first Legislature. The history of its
adoption was given in January, 1883,
in the Topeka Capital. It read as fol-
lows:

On the 3d of April the State Senate, consid-
the Governor’s message, referred that part
which mentioned the great seal to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means. Five days after, Mon-
day, April 8, the following resolution was sub-
mitted to the Senate: ‘‘ Resolved, That a commit-
tee of three be appointed on behalf of the Senate
to act with a like committee on the part of the
House to draw and recommend a design for the -
great,seal of the State of Kansas.” This resolu-
tion was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means. Similar resolutions were considered
by. the House, and the two committees got to
work.

But they did not produce a seal very soon.
There were designs and designs, mottoes and
mottoes. Scholars suggested and Western men
insisted. Mr. McDowell, of the State Library
Committee, suggested a design with a landscape
something like that afterward adopted, and the’
emphatic motto “We will.” Mr. Denman pro-
posed to change the motto to “We won't.”
Backward and forward the thing was bandied
about. The House journal for Friday, May 17,
records the tact that the Senate sent a message
on “House joint resolution State Seal,” saying
they had amended and desired concurrence.
This message was discussed next day by the
House, which did not concur. Then a committee a
was appointed for conference. The Senate ap- A Ss SS
pointed a conference committee on Monday and YSSRORES SSS.
at the meeting of the two committees the same . SERS \
day the matter was substantially settled.

Of that date, May 20, a letter in the Leaven-
worth Conservative contains the following pas-
sage: “The vexed question of a State seal has at
last received its quietus at the hands of the con-
‘ference conmittee. ‘The new design embraces a
prairie landscape with buffalo pursued by Indian
hunters, a settler’s cabin, a river with a steam-
boat, a cluster of thirty-four stars surrounding
the legend ‘ Ad astra per aspera,’ the whole en-
circled by the words ‘Great seal of the State of
Kansas, 1861.’ The Senate accepted the report
of the conference conimittee on Wednesday the
22d of May, 1861, and the House concurred on
the same day, and so the “design” for a seal was
decided. |

Mr. Wilder, in his “ Annals of Kansas,” says the writer of the letter in the Conserrative,
‘was John J. Ingalls, and as Wilder was editor of that paper he ought to know. The same
J. J. Ingalls was Secretary of the State Senate and had therefore means of accurate infor-
mation. John A. Martin, of Atchison, was amember of that conference committee referred
to above, and a letter of inquiry addressed to him by the present writer brought back the
statement that J. J. Ingalls had submitted to the committee the design that was finally
adopted. Why then did not the letter in the Conservative state that fact? Undoubtedl!
mainly because Mr. Ingalls was‘too modest to claim the honor of having settled “the vexe
question,” for modesty Belongs to youth and J, J, wasa young man then, Besides being too
modest, Mr. Ingalls had another motive for not claiming it. The design as finally adopted
is not his alone, and though he may fairly claim credit for some of it, yet of other parts he
is by no means proud. _ , . ;

The design as submitted to the committee by Mr. Ingalls consisted “of a blue shield at
the base of a cloud out of which was emerging one silver star to join the constellation in the
firmament comprising the thirty-four then in the Union, with the motto ‘ad as‘ra per aspera.’
The cloud symbolized the struggles through which we had passed, the star the State, the
constellation the Union. The motto was both descriptive and suggestive and the entire de-
sign simple, unique and satisfactory.” It was so satisfactory to the committee that they
pdaated itentire. But after that, some of the “ wild heralds of the frontier” altered it by
mixing a steamboat and plowing, with buffalo hunting, ete., till really nothing but the
motto is Mr. Ingalls’, and the landscape is probably substantially the one submitted by Mr.
McDowell. The historic part of the seal is the motto, the date, and the bison hunt and the
log cabin. But the motto is not only historic, but suggestive of a fact that will be true for
ever, that the conquest of difficulties is the way to moral as well as political success. John
J. Ingalls 1s now United States Senator from Kansas, and his life has not been unmarked by
usefulness, but in years to come he will be most proud of the fact that he gave our prosper~
ous State its noble motto which has been the text of many a sermon and the starting point
of many acareer. Ad astra per uspera. So be it.

We have seea that it is constitutional to have a great seal for our State, and yet months
elapsed in which the State government was administered without aseal. We saw a few
days ago a commission issued by Gov. Robinson in that same month of May, 1861, which
has merely a blank where the seal ought to be. The old legal definition of a seal was a cake

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of wax marked by the proper impression, but later judicial decisions say that a document is
properly sealed if only there is a rough impression made with the pen of ihe place of the
Saal The fact that King James threw the great seal of England into the Thames, or that
Charles Robinson went on for many months without a seal in Kansas shows that this thing
is not an indispensable symbol of authority, though its use is a great convenience.

The report of John W. Robinson, Secretary of State, for the year 1861, says that “the
State seal and seals for some of the State officers were procured early after the adjournment
of the Legislature.” That adjournment took place in June, 1861. In the Auditor's report
for 1862, dated January, 1863, there is this item of money paid: “ Estate of O’Shawnessy,
seals, $120,” which we suppose is the payment for the seals mentioned by Secretary Robin-
son.the previous year. ‘e :

Thus, then, we have given the origin of the great seal of Kansas. We have only to
add that the first seal was in a screw-press like tho8e used for copying, and that since then
there have been two others made, the present one being used like an ordinary Notary’s
seal, and giving a very clear and definite impression. ROBERT Hay.

1862.

The Second State Legislature, Charles Robinson, Governor, met
January 14, adjourned, March 6. President of the Senate, J. P. Root ;
Speaker of the House, M.S. Adams. During the session the laws were
compiled, and the following acts and laws were passed : Accepting the
terms prescribed by Congress on the admission of the State ; apportionin
the State for Senators and Representatives; establishing codes of civi
and criminal procedure ; establishing a Criminal Court in Leavenworth
County ; organizing the County of Greenwood; changing the name of
Breckenridge County to Lyon; ereating a State Board of Equalization ;
Homestead exemption law ; providing for the management of the School
fund, and the University fund; fixing
the salaries of State officers, etc.

January 23, the Legislature ~ac-
cepted a gift of twenty acres of land
from the Topeka Town Company, as a
site for the Capitol.

Impeachment of Staté Officials.—
Soon after the meeting of the Legis-
lature, it was openly charged that in
the sale of the State bonds, authorized
by the preceding Legislature, the lead-
ing State officials had, in collusion with
one Robert 8. Stevens, astock and bond
broker, sold the said bonds; or the ma-
jor part of them, at a much higher

rice than had been reported to the
Btate, and, that thereby the State had
been defrauded of a large sum of
money. It was reported and generally
believed that the difference between
the price at-which the bonds had been
sold by Stevens, and the amount paid
into the State Treasury as net proceeds,
was not less than $40,000. A commit-
tee of the House, after investigation,
reported, February 14, which report
concluded with a resolution impeach-
ing Charles Robinson, Governor, John
W. Robinson, Secretary of State, and
George 8. Hillyer, Auditor of State, for
high misdemeanors in oftice. The re-
port was signed by Martin Anderson,
H. L. Jones, B. W. Hartley, Sidney
Clarke and Thomas Carney. The reso-
lution of impeachment was adopted
unanimously by the House, the vote
being sixty-tive votes in the affirmative
and none in the negative. The im-
es gia ee on the part of the

ouse, were: P. B. Plumb, Lyon Coun-
ty; F. W. Potter, Coffey; Azel Spauld-
ing, Jefferson; W. R. Wagstaff, Miami;
Davies Wilson, Riley ; and S. A. Stin-
son, Attorney General. Z

The Senate met asa Court of Impeachment, June 2. Wilson Shannon,
Fred P. Stanton and N. P. Case appeared as counsel for the defense.
Thomas A Osborn was elected President pro tem., on June 3, on the
fourteenth ballot, John J. Ingalls being his competitor for the office. Byron
Sherry was elected journal clerk, and Richard J. Hinton and Robert
Parham, reporters.

The articles of impeachment against John W. Robinson were eight in
number. The first contained the vital arrai gnment, and, in the three cases,
varied only in the names and offices held by the parties on trial. In the
case of John W. Robinson, Secretary of State, who was first brought to
trial, the first article of impeachment was as follows :

ARTICLE 1. That the said John W. Robinson was, prior to the third day of June,
A. D. 1861, ever since has been, and still is, Secretary of State of said State of Kansas.
That on the fifth day of June, A, D. 1861, the said John W. Robinson, as Secretary of State,
together with Governor and Auditor of said State, was authorized and empowered to
negotiate and sell the bonds of the State, the issuance of which was provided for in the act
authorizing the negotiation of onc hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the bonds of the
State of Kansas, to defray the current expenses of the State, approved, May 1, 1861.

That bonds of the State of Kansas. to defray the current expenses of the State, were
prepared, executed, and issued according to law.

_. That the said John W. Robinson, being so empowered to sell and negotiate said bonds,
did authorize and empower one Robert 8. Stevens to negotiate and sell said bonds, to the
amount of eighty-seven thousand two hundred dollars, at any price over sixty per centum
upon the amount of said bonds, he, the said Stevens, paying to the State no more than sixty
per centum of said amount; that under said agreement, and with the full knowledge and
consent of said Robinson, said Stevens proceeded to sell and deliver a large amount of said

bonds, to wit, the amount of fifty-six thousand dollars of said bonds, at the rate of eighty-
five per centum on said amount of fifty-six thousand dollars, all of which was well known

 
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Governor was: For Crawford, home vote, 10,196; soldier’s vote, 2,191—
total, 13,387; Thacher, home vote, 7,840; soldier’s vote, 608—total, 8,448.
Crawford’s majority was 4,939. For Congressman, Clark, Republican,
received, home vote, 9,156; soldier’s vote, 1,674—total, 10,880; Lee, Union,
received, home vote, 8,668; soldier’s vote, 1,042—total, 9,710.

The cost to the State of visiting the regiments and defending the
border for.the year was reported at $11,800.

1865.

The Fifth State Legislature, Samuel J. Crawford, Governor, met
January 10; adjourned February 22. President of the Senate, James
McGrew; Speaker of the House, Jacob Stotler. The most important legis-
lation was as follows: Laws passed for the incorporation and regulation
of railroad companies; authorizing counties and cities to issue bonds to
railroad companies; providing for the payment of claims arising from the
“Price raid,” and from Gen. Curtis’ expedition against the Indians in July
and August, 1864. The era of railroad building in Kansas was fully in-
augurated during the year, and much of the time of the Legislature was
employed in the consideration of the subject. The Legislature adjourned
from January 19 to 28, to participate in a railroad excursion from Law-
rence to Wyandotte. Laws were passed authorizing a geological survey
of the State, and to encourage the growth of forest trees.

~ James H. Lane was re-elected United States Senator on January 12,
for the term beginning March 4, 1865. The vote was as follows: Lane,
82; William A. Phillips, 7; William C. McDowell, 4; C. B. Brace, 2; W.
Y. Roberts, 2; B. M. Hughes, 1. e

A draft was begun February 15, full credits not having been given the
State for troops furnished; the difference was adjusted and the draft sus-
pended in Kansas March 15. -

April 8. there were great demonstrations of joy in Leavenworth, Law-

rence, Atchison, Topeka, and elsewhere throughout the State, over the
Union victories and the close of the war. April 15, Lincoln was assassi-
nated, and Gov. Crawford appointed April 23 as a day of fasting and
prayer, in observance of the great national calamity. The day was kept
all over the State with a solemnity never before-observed.

The annual election was held November 2. Six State Senators, to fill
vacancies, and members of the House of Representatives were chosen.

1866.

The Sixth State Legislature, Samuel J. Crawford, Governor, met
January 9, adjourned February 27. President of the Senate, James
McGrew ; Speaker of the House, John T. Burris. _ Among the acts passed
were the following: An act apportioning the State for Senators and Rep-.

resentatives ; an act defining the boundaries of Neosho County ; provid--

ing for temporary buildings for Deaf and Dumb asylum at Olathe ; en-
couraging the planting and growth of forest trees ; seventeen acts relat-
ing to the granting of bonds by counties, in aid of projected railroads,
and for other purposes; an act for the protection of State and County
treasuries ; issuing bonds to build the State Penitentiary ; for erecting a
State House, and for the sale of public lands; providing for the sale of
the lands of the Normal School, University and Agricultural College.
An act was passed giving 500,000 acres of land which had been previously
granted the State by General Government, to the following railroad com-
panies: The Northern Kansas. the Kansas & Neosho Valley, the Union
Pacific—Southern Branch; and the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson.

A United States Senator. Hon. Edmund G. Ross, was appointed by
Gov. Crawford, July 20, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon.
James H. Lane, who died at Fort Leavenworth, July 11.

The Republican State Convention met at Topeka, September 5. State
officers and Congressman nominated were as follows: For Governor, Sam-
uel J. Crawford ; for Lieutenant Governor, Nehemiah Green ; for Secre-
tary of State, R. A. Barker; for State Auditor, J. R. Swallow ; for State
Treasurer, M. Anderson; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, P.
McVicar; for Attorney General, George H. Hoyt: for Chief Justice, 8.
A. Kingman; for Congressman, Sidney Clarke.

The National Union State Convention met at Lawrence, September 20.
The following nominations were made: For Governor, J. L. McDowell ;
for Lieutenant Governor, J. R. McClure; for Secretary of State, Mathew
Quigg; for State Treasurer, J. Walker} for State Auditor, N. 8. Goss ;
for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Joseph Bond; for Attorney
General, Ross Burns; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Nelson Cobb ;
for Member of Convress, C. W. Blair.

The General State election was held November 6, and resulted as usual
in the success of the entire Republican ticket. For Governor, the vote
was: Crawford. 19,370; McDowell, 8,152. Republican majority, 11,218.
For Member of Congress, Sidney Clarke, the Republican nominee, re-
ceived 19,201 votes ; C. W. Blair, National Unionist, 8,106.

"1867.

The Seventh Kansas Tegislature, Samuel J. Crawford, Governor, met
January 8, adjourned March 8. President of the Senate, Nehemiah
Green ; Speaker of the House, Preston B. Plumb. i

January 22, the election of two United States Senators being the order
of the day, the vote of the Senate was taken, the result_being as follows :
For the long term, 8. C. Pomeroy, 16; A. L. Lee, 8; D. R. Anthony, 1.
For the short term, Thomas Carney, 9: 8. O. Thacher, 5; E. G. Ross,
5; I. 8. Kalloch, 3; George A. Crawford, 1; J. P. Root, 1; 8. D. Hous-
ton, 1. In the House there was a vote taken on Senator for the short
term. ‘The vote wasas follows: Thomas Carney, 32; E. G. Ross, 24; 8. 0.
Thacher, 14; I. 8. Kalloch, 8; W. lt. Davis, 3; Charles Robinson, 2;
George A. Crawford, 1. i :

January 23, two United States Senators were elected, there being but
a single ballot for cach Senator. The ballot was as follows : For the long

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

term, beginning March 4, 1867, 8. C. Pomeroy, 84; A. L. Lee, 25; for the
short term, Edmund G. Ross, 68; Thomas Carney, 40 ; Samuel A. Riggs,

§. C. Pomeroy was elected for the long term, and E.G. Ross, for the
short term. = : aah

The following important acts were passed: Ratifying the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the United States; for building a
blind asylum at Wyandotte; issuing bonds, $100,000, for the State Peniten-
tiary; $15,000, for the Deaf and Dumb Asylum; and $100,000 for the State
House ; changing or defining boundaries of the following counties : Wil-
son, Labette, Dickinson, Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee ; defining the
boundaries of Montgomery, Greenwood, Howard, Butler, Cowley, Marion,
McPherson, Sedgwick, Sumner, Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln, Ellsworth,
Rice, Reno, Harper, Smith, Osborne, Russell, Barton, Stafford, Pratt,
Barbour (spelling changed to Barber in 1883), Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, Rush,
Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Norton, Graham, Trego, Ness, Hodgeman,
Ford and Clark Counties ; changing name of Shirley County to Cloud.
Three propositions to amend the Constitution were submitted to the peo-
ple; one for or against negro suffrage; one for or against woman suf-
frage ; one for or against restricting the franchise in the case of certain
soldiers.

The interest in the political canvass was upon the proposed suffrage
amendments to the Constitution. During’ the summer and fall the State
was thoroughly canvassed by the ablest advocates of equal suffrage in the
‘country, among whom were Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell, Henry B. Black-
well, Mrs. CO. I. H. Nichols, George Francis Train, Rev. Olympia Brown,
Miss Bessie Bisbee, Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. On the proposed -amendments, the Republicans were divided.
The Democrats at their State Convention, held at Leavenworth, Septem-
ber 18, passed the following:

(8.) That we are opposed to all the proposed amendments to our State Constitution, and
to all unjust, intolerant and proscriptive legislation, whereby a portion of our fellow-citi-
zens are deprived of their social rights and religious privileges.

The Annual State election occurred November 5, for the election of
State Senators to fill vacancies, members of the House, and District Judges
for the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Judicial Districts, and for voting
on the proposed suffrage amendments to the State Constitution.

The vote on the amendments was as follows: Striking out the word
“white:” For, 10,488; against, 19,421. Striking out the word “male:”
For, 9,070; against, 19,857. Restricting the elective franchise*: For, 16,-
860; against, 12,165.

1868.

The Highth Kansas Legislature, Samuel J. Crawford, Governor, met
January 14; adjourned March 4. President of the Senate, Nehemiah
Green; Speaker of the House, George W. Smith. The codifying of the
laws was completed during the session, and published, as revised by
Messrs. Price, Riggs and McCahon. State bonds were voted as follows:
For Penitentiary, $50,000; for State Capitol, $150,000; for Insane Asylum,
$20,000. Boundaries of Gove and Wallace Counties were defined. A
Fe aan was passed for the protection of settlers on the Cherokee neutral

ands. ‘ :

A Democratic State Convention was held at Topeka, February 16, at
which delegates to the Democratic National Convention were chosen as
follows: Wilson Shannon, Jr., Thomas P. Fenlon, Charles W. Blair,
George W. Glick, A. J. Mead and Isaac Sharp.

A Republican State Convention, held at Topeka, March 25, nominated
as delegates to the Republican National Convention: C. W. Babcock, B.
F. Simpson, 8. S. Prouty, John A. Martin. N. A. Adams and Louis Weil.
The alternates chosen were: A. Danford, C. P. Twiss, F. P. Baker,
Cyrus Leland, Jr., J. W. McMillan and Jacob Weisbach.

The Democratic State Convention, for the nomination of State officers,
Members of Congress and Presidential Electors, was held at Topeka July
29. The nominces were: For Governor. George W. Glick; for Lieuten-
ant Governor, Maxwell McCaslin; Secretary of State, Wilson Shannon,
Jr.; State Auditor, Gottlicb Schauble; State Treasurer, Allen McCartney;
Attorney General, Ross Burns; Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Archibald Beatty; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, William R.
Wagstaff: Member of Congress, Charles W. Blair; Presidential. Electors,
Leonard T. Smith, P. Z. Taylor, Orlin Thurston.

The convention adopted resolutions indorsing the National Demo-
cratic platform, the nomination of Seymour and Blair for President and
Vice President; also strong resolutions in favor of retiring the circulation
of the National Banks, and substituting therefore “lawful money of the
United States” (greenbacks). The platform also favored separate schools.
for white and colored children. :

The Republican State Convention met at Topeka, September 9. The
following nominations were made: For Governor, James M. Harvey (on
the fifth ballot); Lieutenant Governor, Charles V. Eskridge (on the sec-
ond ballot); Secretary of State, Thomas Moonlight; State Auditor, Alois
Thoman; State Treasurer, George Graham; Attorney General, Addison
Danford (third ballot): Superintendent of Public Instruction, Peter
McVicar: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, David M. Valentine
(third ballot); Member of Congress, Sidney Clarke; Presidential Electors,
I. 8. Kallock, D R. Anthony and A. H. Harton.

_ The platform accepted the platform adopted by the National Repub-
lican Convention; pledged the support of the party to Grant and Colfax,
and arraigned the Democratic party for its past shortcomings. It was
silent on the financial question.

The Annual and Presidential election occurred November 3. _ The
vote was overwhelmingly Republican. The Republican Presidential vote
was 30,028, against 13,620 votes as the highest given for a Democratic
elector. For Governor, Harvey, Republican, received 29,795 votes against
18,809 polled for George W. Glick, the Democratic candidate. For Mem-
ber of Congress, Clarke received 29,324 votes against 18,969 polled for Blair.

*See amendment to Article V, Section 2, in Appendix. .

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Gov. Crawford resigned his office November 4, to take command of
the Nineteenth Regiment, raised to fight the Indians on the frontier, who
. had become exceedingly troublesome during the year. Lieut. Gov. Green

ope the Governor by virtue of his office, and took the oath on Novem-
er 4,

November 5, the Nineteenth Regiment, under the command of Col.

Crawford, left camp at Topeka for its Indian campaign.

1869,

The Ninth Kansas Legislature, J. M. Harvey, Governor, met Jan-
uary 12; adjourned March 4. President of the Senate, C. V. Eskridge;
Speaker of the House, M.S. Adams. 8. 8. Prouty was, on the fourth bal-
lot, elected State Printer. The issuance of bonds was authorized ; for
military expenses of 1868 (Indian war), $75,000; to provide a military con-
tingent fund for the protection of the frontier of the State against Indian
depredations, $100,000; for aid in completing the west wing of the State
Capitol, $70,000; to defray the expenses of raising the Nineteenth Regi-
ment, $14,000 ; $15,000 was appropriated to buy seed wheat for destitute
farmers on the frontier. ' :

‘The annual election occurred November 2, at which time Hiram Stev-
ens was elected Judge of the Tenth Judicial District; also members of the
House of Representatives. The election was uninteresting; a light vote
was polled, but the Republicans showed the same preponderance as in
former, elections.

The Auditor’s report for the fiscal year, made November 30, shows a
total expenditure for State purposes of $471,270.99. Of this amount the
State institutions received: Blind Asylum, $10,092.80; Insane Asylum,
$28,707.37; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, $12,815.28; State University, $11,-
993.60; Agricultural College, $9,394.22; Normal School, $9,930.62. The

expenditure on the Capitol building was $117,005.01; on the Penitentiary,
$106,644.83 ; for printing,* $54,012.25; and for seed wheat for destitute
farmers, $14,117.10.

 

EAST WING OF NEW STATE CAPITOL, AT TOPEKA.
- Completed and first occupied by State officers, December 25, 1869.

The east wing of the new Capitol* was so far completed as to be occu-
pied by the State officers December 25. At that date, there had been ex-
pended on the wing completed and on the west wing, on which work was
progressing, $417,588.29. 4an *

The Tenth Kansas Legislature, J. M. Harvey, Governor, met January
11; adjourned, March8: President of the Senate, C. V. Eskridge, Speaker
of the House, Jacob Stotler. .

From statement of Auditor Thoman it appears that the State had
expended on her State institutions as follows: State Penitentiary, from
1868 to 1869, inclusive, $442,502.72; Insane Asylum, from 1867 to 1869,
inclusive, $67,423.50; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, from 1862 to 1869, inclu-
sive, $44,457.49 ; Blind Asylum, from 1867 to 1869, inclusive, $31,814.91 ;
total, $586,198.62. ’ s.

. The Legislature, by its acts, provided a room in the capitol building for
the State Agricultural Society ; authorized the city of Lawrence to issue
bonds for $100,000, to aid in the erection of a building for the State Uni-
versity. The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States was ratified. Eighteen acts relating to or authorizing the issue or

urchase of bonds were passed. A Normal School was established at
Teerenwortl. The office of State Librarian was established, and a Board
of Directors of the State Library instituted. ,

Conventions.—The Republican State Convention was held at Topeka
September 8 and 9. The following nominations were made: For Member
of Congress, D. P. Lowe; Governor, James M. Harvey ; Lieutenant ‘Gov-
ernor, P, P. Elder; Secretary of State, William H. Smallwood; State
Auditor, A. Thoman; State Treasurer, J. E. Hayes; Attorney General,
A. L. Williams; Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. D. McCarty ;
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, D. J. Brewer.

The Democratic State Convention met at Topeka September 15. The
nominations were as follows: For Member of Congress, R. Cole Foster ;
Governor, Isaac Sharp ; Lieutenant Governor, A. J. Allen ; Secretary of
State, CG. C. Duncan ; State Auditor, Hardin McMahon; State Treasurer,
Ԥ. C. Gephart; Attorney General, A. W. Rucker; Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Thomas 8. Murray; Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, R. M. Ruggles. The platform was again opposed to National
Banks, and in favor of the issue of greenbacks in the place of the National
Bank currency. ;

The Workingmen’s State Convention was held at Lawrence Septem-
ber 22. The following nominations were made: For Congressman, Amos
Sanford ; Governor, W. R. Laughlin ; Lieutenant Governor, T. Moore ;
Secretary of State, G. T. Pierce; State Auditor, W. C. Fowler ; State

* The rooms occupied by the State Lezislature prior to the completion of the east wing of
the new capitol, were in the upper stories of buildings on the west side of Kansas avenue,
between Fourth and Fifth streets. The House of Representatives occupied a hall about where
the office of Peck, Ryan & Johnson now (1883) is. The other hall. was north of it. The site of
the temporary capitol was between the building now occupied by the First National Bank and
the storé of Taft, Stephenson & Emery. a ik eat

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Treasurer, T. 8. Slaughter ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. D.
McCarty ; Attorney General, George H. Hoyt; Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, G. M. Harrison. October 8, the candidates withdrew from
the canvass, Mr. Sanford supporting R. C. Foster, the Democratic nominee
for Congressman.

The annual election occurred November 8. The vote for Governor
was: Harvey, Republican, 40,666; Sharp, Democrat, 20,469; Laughlin,
Workingmen’s ticket, 108. The highest vote polled for the Workingmen’s
candidates was for T. Moore, for Lieutenant Governor, who received 1,052
votes. The vote for Member of Congress was; For D. P. Lowe, Repub-
lican, 40,368 ; for R. C. Foster, Democrat, 20,950.

1871.

-The Eleventh Kansas Legislature, James M. Harvey, Governor, met
January 11; adjourned March 8. President of the Senate, P. P. Elder;
Speaker of the House,'B. F. Simpson. S. 8. Prouty was re-elected State
Printer on athird ballot. January 25, a United States Senator was elected
for the term beginning March 4, 1871. Alexander Caldwell of Leaven-
worth County was elected, the joint ballot being: Alexander Caldwell,
87; Samuel J. Crawford, 34; Wilson Shannon, 2. The State was newly
apportioned into Senatorial and Representative Districts. The Twelfth
Judicial District was created, and Andrew 8. Wilson appointed Judge of
the new district. An Insurance Department was established; $6,000
was appropriated for seed wheat; nineteen acts were passed, authorizin
the issuance of municipal bonds; the election of a Board of Railroa
Assessors was provided for, and the usual number of private bills passed. -

The annual State election. occurred in November, at which members of
the House of Representatives, Railroad Assessors, and a State Senator
from the Leavenworth District, were chosen. It was a quiet and unexcited
election. The votes thrown in the State aggregated, 70,153.

The expenditures of the State for the fiscal year ending November 30,
amounted to $329,293.42. Of this sum, $41,692.01 was paid for pres
Other items weré: Penitentiary, $35,072; Insane Asylum, $53,931;
State University, $16,915 ;; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, $14,800; Blind
Asylum, $76,633 ; Normal School, Emporia, $8,424.85 ; Normal School,
Leavenworth; $6,377.80 ; Protestant and Catholic Asylums, Leavenworth,
$5,000 ; seed wheat, $6,000.

1872.

The Twelfth Kansas Legislature, James M. Harvey, Governor, met
January 9, adjourned March 2. President of the Senate, P. P. Elder;
Speaker of the House, S. A: Cobb.

January 17, the Lawrence Standard openly charged that United States
Senator Caldwell had been elected through bribery at the session of 1871,
and gave the names of nineteen members of the Legislature who had re-
ceived or been offered bribes to influence their votes in his favor. A joint
committee, consisting of three members of the Senate and five members
of the House, was appointed January 24, to investigate charges of briber
and corruption connected with the Senatorial elections of 1867 and 1871.
The members were: From the Senate, J. D. Snoddy, Chairman; E. S.
Stover, and H. C. Whitnev. From the House, William Hi. Clark, Chair-
man; G. W. Clark, J. J. Wood, J. Boynton, and D. H. Johnson.

*The committee reported unanimously, February 26, that from the tes-

‘timony taken it found that at the Senatorial election of 1867 a large sum

of money was used and attempted to be used in bribing and in attempting -
to bribe and influence the members of the Legislature to secure the elec-
tion of §. C. Pomeroy, E. G. Ross and Thomas Carney.

During the session of the Legislature, thirty-eight laws were passed .
authorizing or legalizing the issuance of municipal bonds; the State
Board of Agriculture was created ; $3,000 was appropriated for the relief
of Western settlers and $2,500 forthe Freedman’s University of Quindaro;
the boundaries of Kingman and Harvey Counties were defined ; two new
Judicial Districts were created—the Thirteenth and Fourteenth ; the sal-
aries of State officers and Judges of the Supreme Court and District Courts
were increased; and an act passed providing for the sale of Normal
School lands. David Kelso, F. P. Baker and Henry Brandley were ap-
pointed Commissioners to provide for the settlement of losses from Indian
depredations between 1860 and 1871. The Commissioners reported the
full amount of claims audited $191,917.06 ; allowed, $119,807.66. The re-
port and records of the commission were, by vote of the Legislature, sent
to the Secretary of the Interior. :

Conventions.—A State Republican Convention met at Lawrence, Feb-
ruary 21-to choose delegates to the National Republican Convention to be
held in Philadelphia for the nomination of President and Vice President of
the United States. Delegates chosen were: Henry Buckingham, Benjamin
F. Simpson, John A. Martin, William Baldwin, H. C. Cross, Charles A.
Morris, George Noble, John C. Carpenter, Josiah Kellogg and John M.
Haeberlein. Alternates chosen were: 8. F. Ayres, E. 8. Niccolls, J. V.
Fairbanks, Frederic Close, A. A. Thomas, Percy Daniels, R. E. Stephen-
son, Thomas Newton, 8. J. Smith and M. 8. Thomas; 174 delegates at-
tended the convention. i

The following resolution, offered by A. A. Carnahan, was adopted :

 

*For full report and testimony, see Report of House Committee, House Journal 1867,
pp._957 to 971 inclusive ; also Report of Joint Committee, Senate Journal 1872, pp. 561 to 569,
and in the election of Caldwell in 1871. The report gives many specifications of the paying
out of large sums of money; to whom, and by whom paid, and alludes to the fact that the
most important witnesses (giving their names) had failed to appear before the committee
when summoned, or were “fugitives who hadsought refuge beyond the limits of the State.”
The impression left on the public mind by the report was, that money had been used ina
shameless and corrupt manner to influence the elections. May 11, the United States Senate
took cognizance of the case by adopting the following:

“ Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections be authorized to investigate
the election of Senator S. C. Pomeroy, by the Legislature of Kansas, in -1867, and the elec-
tion of Senator Alexander Caldwell in 1871; that the committee have power to send for
persons and papers; that the Chairman or acting Chairman of said committee or any sub-
committee thereof have power to administer oaths; and that the Committee be authorized
to sivin Washington or elsewhere, during the session of Congress and in vacation.” :

 
216 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

sue a ee i Bees ane public ie wie will die ie emaloy Charles Robinson presided over the deliberations of the Liberal Republican
, , the Republicans of Kansas, will set our faces steal fans Goes i e emocrati
against all such, and yall endeavor to maak the future of Kansas puré and good. r es oe Kee Eat ete Gn tae
The Philadelphia Republican Convention met June 6, andnominated were: Liberal Republican—L. A. Potter, Joslina Wheeler, B. F. Kelley,
U. 8. Grant for President, and Henry Wilson for Vice President. P. H. Peters, J. W. Beck, J. Critchfield, Byron Sherry, A. Robinson, A. 8.
On February 28, a caucus of Liberal Republicans opposed to the re- Deming, H. 8. Campbell, Joel Moody, L. G. Palmer, 8. J. Langdon. J. F.
nomination of Gen. Grant was held at Topeka, On February 28, an ad- eDowell, J. M. Mabr, Thomas H. Butler, George P. Smith, M. E.
dress to the people was issued signed by M. J. Parrott, 8. A. Riggs, N. A. Chaney, Robert Morrow, F. W. Giles, John Meigs, Silas Burrell, C. J.
Adams, Samuel N. Wood and E. G. Ross, all formerly acting with the Re- Peckham, 8. J. Crawford, H. Craik, N. A. Adams, E. A. Eaton, J. H.
publicans, opposing the re-nomination of Gen. Grant, severely criticising Sneed and M. J. Ennessey Democratic—B. §. Cash. T. J. Dolan, J. P.
his administration, and calling for a convention of Liberal Republicans Taylor, A Sims, A. M. Crockett, W. N. Allen, T. P. Fenlon, T. J. Lane
opposed to absolutism, imperialism, personalism, and favoring civil D.G. Campbell T HElis P. tohtieced, ak Williams, J, B. Gath:
service and revenue reform. : : right, J. D. O’Conner, J. J. Brown, G. W. McMillen, M. Neal, J. Deskins,
A Liberal Republican Convention was held at Topeka April 10. The N. Cree, J. Martin, J. Merr berry, A. M. Van Slyke, G. W. Houston, H.
leaders in the schismatic movement were, many of them, Republicans B. Norton, A. A. Jackson L Sharp G. W. Murphy, T. T. Curtis and J.
who had been deservedly honored by the party in times past, and whose Procter, | t ia
sincerity and purity of motive were beyond question. The meeting was Joint committees agreed upon a platform and a State ticket, which
called to order by Marcus J. Parrott. The officers of the convention were: wore reported to the two conventions and adopted. The platform
President, Samuel J. Crawford; Vice Presidents, Eynen Sherry, H. B. accepted and endorsed the platforms of principles adopted by the National
ee A. Thoman, C. Willemsen, H. E. Shepherd, W. H. Morris, T. 8. Conventions held at Cincinnati and Baltimore, and_ratified the nomina-
loyd, E. L, Buesche, F. R. Russell, J. E. Martin and J. F. Clark; Secre- tion of Horace Greeley for President, and B. Gratz Brown as Vice Presi-
taries, M. Benas, W. S. Smith, Joseph G. Waters. The committee to gent of the United States
select delegates to the Cincinnati National Convention proposed over one In the matter of nominatin g State officers and Members of Congress,
pues names, among whom were: Marcus J. Parrott, Samuel J. Craw- it was agreed that the Liberal Republicans should nominate the Governor,
aa - Thoman, T. H. Walker, ©. C. McDowell, 8. J. Langdon, E. G. two Members of Congress, three Presidential Electors, the State Auditor,
oss, A. R. Bancroft, 8. A. Rigas, F. W. Giles, S. N. Wood, C. B. Butler, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction; the Democrats should nom:
Byron Sherry, G. T. Pierce, J. F. Cottrell, C. F. Hutchings, W. L. Park- inate one eriee of Congress, the Secretary of State, Judge of the Su-
inson, J. F. McDowell and J. G. Waters, A State Central Committee preme Court, Lieutenant Governor and two Presidential Electors.
was appointed: A. Thoman, Chairman; 8. N. Wood, Secretary; C. A. The coalition candidates jointly accepted and nominated were: For
Birnie J. Butler, J. Walruff, A. R. pape L. G. Palmer, Alfred Taylor, Governor, Thaddeus H. Walker; Lieutenant Governor, John Walruff; Sec-
Marti: Homilies, a E. Deitze, F. R. Russell, G. H. Hollenberg, J. E.  yetary of State, J. F. Waskey; State Auditor, V. B. Osborne; State Treas-
artin and R. H. 3ishop. C 5 j urer, Charles H. Pratt; Attorney General, B. P. Waggener; Superintend-
The Cincinnati National Convention met May 8, and nominated  on¢ of Public Instruction, L. G. Sawyer; Chief Justice of the Supreme
Horace Greeley for President, and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, as Vice Court, H. C. McComas; Presidential Electors, Pardee Butler, William H.
President of the United States. . : Larimer, Fry W. Giles. N. A. English and A. W. Rucker; Members of
The Democratic State Convention met at Topeka, June 11. Ex-Gov. Congress at Large, Samuel A. Riggs, W. R. Laughlin and Robert B
Wilson Shannon presided. He advocated a coalition of all friends of Mitchell, Taskine ut the Supreme Court, H. C. McComas f
reform, and all opponents of centralization and plunder. The third and The ’Greeley State Tenia Committee was as follows: Isaac E.

fourth plank in the platform adopted read as follows: Eaton, Samuel A. Riggs, Wilson Shannon, Jr., Byron Sherry, M.§. Beach,

3. Believing, as we do, that the chief executive of the nation, and the nominee of the -
Republican party for re-election, is utterly unfitted for the high position he holds; that his dea e Sree T. : Scum eae Pan at lene tober 3
administration of the Government stands alone in the history of the nation for shameless raight Democratic Presidentia ectors were appointed October 9.
ignorance, nepotism and gift-taking ; for reckless disregard of law and forgetfulness of the They were as follows: W. H. Peckham, S. W. Brooks, G. E. Williams, R.
honor of the Republic; for utter want of that dignity and statesmanship which should i, Cae and J. C. Cannon.

characterize the Executive Government of the first Republic of the earth; and that his ‘ : * .

continuance in power would degrade the nation and be dangerous to the Hberties of the ‘The Presidential election and the annual State election occurred
people; so believing, we are willing to join with all good citizens in the pending campaign, November 5. The Presidential election resulted as follows: Republican
in the effort to drive him from place. Electors—Grant and Wilson—highest vote for John Guthrie, 67,048; Lib-

ing the platférm and candidate of the Cincinnalt Convention, the delegates thie aay etal Electors—Greeley and Brown—highest vote for Pardee Butler, 32,970;
accredited to the National Convention at Baltimore are hereby instructed that itis the Straight Democratic—O’Conner and Adams—highest vote thrown for W.
desire of the Democracy that the National Council of the party shall not place a ticket in H. Peckham and 8. W. Brooks, 156.
the field, but that it shall, in the interests of the country, and to the end that a shameless ; The vote for Congressman at Large was: Highest Republican, for D.
Foe ame etc er gig eatin fond moves aie, Lowe, 67,400; highest Liberal, for Samuel A. Riggs, 81400.”
directed to vote in accordance with these resolutions. For Governor, Thomas A. Osborn, Republican, received 66,715 votes;
The delegates to the Baltimore Convention elected were: Wilson Thaddeus H. Walker, Liberal, 34,608 votes. .
Shannon, Thomas P. Fenlon, E. M. Hulett, K. B. Morris, George B. The aggregate vote of the State was upward of 101,000. The approxi-
Wood, W. R. Wagstaff, John Martin, Isaac Sharp, B. F. Devore and T. ™ate Republican majority was 32,500. ;
W. Watterson. The aggregate State expenditures for the fiscal year ending November
The National Democratic Convention met at Baltimore, July 10, 30, amounted to $544,192.83. Among the items were the following: Nor-
adopted the Liberal Republican platform of the Cincinnati Convention, ™41 School, Emporia, $61,522.66; Normal School Leavenworth, $7,567.53;
and accepted Greeley and Brown as the Presidential candidates. * State University, $68,290; Penitentiary, $104,040.09; State House and
A straight Democratic National Convention having been called to pronnds, $30,486.67; Insane Asylum, $22,713; Blind Asylum, $10,088.96;
meet at Louisville, Ky., September 3, the ae Democrats of Kansas eat and Dumb Asylum, 914,200 ; Agricultural College, $15,032.28 ;
met in convention at Topeka, August 27. The delegates chosen to attend Freedmen’s University, $1,372; seed wheat, $2,476.25.
the Louisville Convention were: W. H. Peckham, J, H. Oliver, 8S. W.

Brooks, J. a ferertce out Eres Aarne ae Hole 1873.
| George E. Williams, J. V. Holt, H. H. Stafford and J. T, Curran. The ‘ ‘ 5
reeolusione endorsed the call for a National Democratic Convention to be The Thirteenth Kansas Legislature, Thomas A. Osborn, Governor,

held at Louisville, Ky., on September 23, and instructed the delegates to met January 14, adjourned March 7. President of the Senate, E. S.
“cast the vote of Tinase for that pure and incorruptible atateamian, Stover, Speaker of the House, Josiah Kellogg. : :
Charles O’Conor, for President of the United States.” : January 21, George W. Martin was elected State Printer, on the third
The Louisville Convention nominated: For President, Charles O’Con- _Pallot, the vote being, for Martin, 68; for S. 8. Prouty, 58.
or; for Vice President, John Q. Adams. J The voting for a United States Senator was begun January 28. On
The Republican State Convention, for the nomination of State officers, that day a vote was taken in each branch with the following result: Senate
was held at Topeka September 4. The nominations were as follows: ara Epmerey, 10; D. M. Valentine, 1; J. M. Harvey, 6; William A.
For Governor (on the tenth ballot), Thomas A. Osborn; for Lieutenant a a. ae Lowe, 5; C. A. Logan, 2; John M. Price, 8; Thomas A.
Governor, E. 8. Stover: for Secretary of State, William H. Smallwood; SED n ; John T. Morton, 1; Charles Robinson, 1. House—S. C. Pom-
for State Auditor, D. W. Wilder; for State Treasurcr, J. 1. Hayes; At- STO, ee J Harvey, 19; D. P. Lowe, 18; ©. A. Logan, 11; John M,
torney General, A. L. Williams; Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. John’ J ee # Falenting, 2; John T. Morton, 4; Charles Robinson, 3;
D. McCarty; Chief Justice, Samuel A. Kingman. 0 mM ‘ nge. s, 1; Todt Walker, 1. . J
Under the apportionment based on the Federal census of 1870, Congress vod Wee in High Places.—The election of United States Senator
increased the number of Congressmen to 292, and gave Kansasthree mem- CCulTe foll ednesday, January 29. The joint ballot of the two Houses
bers, instead of one as before. Pending the division of the State into Wis nates MY John J. Ingalls, 115; D. P. Lowe, 6; Sidney Clarke, 2;
Congressional districts, three members were, in 1872, nominated and Opel Ee ih oe 2; Charles Robinson, 1; 8. A. Kingman, 1.
elected as Congressmen at Large. a efore the balloting began, Col. Alexander M. York, Senator from
The Republican State Congressional Convention was held at Lawrence Me County, addressed the joint convention. He stated that on
September 4. The nominees for Congressmen at Large * were: David P. onday night he had visited Senator Pomeroy’s room, in the dark and
Lowe, William. A. Phillips and Stephen A. Cobb. Presidential Electors S8¢cTet recesses of the Tefft House, and there, in an interview with the
were nominated as follows: Charles H. Langston, John Guthrie, William ee on bargained his vote for the said Pomeroy, in consideration of
W. Smith, James 9. Merritt and Louis Weil. $ 000, of pe sum promised, $2,000 was paid him at the time of the
The Liberal Republican and Democratic State Conventions met at Enea ie 00 oo him on the following day, and $1,000 promised
Topeka September 11. Committees of conference wore appelnied by the eeaielocuee Oo Te ee nee or Gee ae the astound:
i r iti ¥ X- ee » : e erk’s desk, an ace
two assemblies, through whom a coalition was effected Ex-Governor upon. it two paroels of Tener which ie desired SLO E. dees: aor
") si i r Federal Census of 1870, increased the number e erealter for the expenses 0 prosecuting .C. Pomeroy for briber
of Pine ASU La ge ye aly oni ars cata. Ponding the apportionment of the State @Nd-corruption. The packages were found to contain, one $2,000 and the
into Congressional districts, the candidates were nominated “at Latge,”- other $5,000—$7,000 in all. “Following this disclosure, Senator Pomeroy

 
‘ HISTORY OF KANSAS.

did not receive a single vote, and John J. Ingalls was electe
Mn Us vote of the Legislature. = : Dery
suit was immediately instituted against Se 0 i
State courts, for pce ae = RE SOT
February 4, the ouse, by a vote of 64 to 8, requested Senator
Pomeroy to resign. On the same day, the Senate passed a resolution
requesting the United States Senate to appdint a committee to investigate
the charges of bribery against S. OC. Pomeroy. February 5, the
Senate requested Pomeroy to resign by a vote of 21 t0 9. On the same
ays wae House asked United States Senator Caldwell to. resign by a vote
_ A joint committee, appointed by the two branches of the Legislature,
to investigate the charges of bribery against S. C. Pomeroy, reported March
6, as follows : .
e committee appointed to i tigate ch f bri i i
8. C. Pomeroy, United : Rtates Beacon doses the’ Rut eee eee ot Rann

in January, A.D, 1873, to whom w: i i i
ae flowing id . as referred the foregoing resolution, beg leave to submit

WHEREAS, in pursuance to said resolution, the said committee have carefully examined
a large number of witnesses, and from said evidence have adduced the following facts:

(1). That S.C. Pomeroy, while a United States Senator, and during his candidacy for
re-election to said position, did attempt to use money, both himself and by those professing
to be his authorized agents, to corrupt members of the present Legislature in influencing
and attempting to influence them to vote for said S. C. Pomeroy for United States Senator.

(2), That the said S.C. Pomeroy did, on the 28th and 29th days of January, 1873, pay to
one A. M. York, a member of the Senate, of the State of Kansas, the sum of $7,000, to
influence his vote for the said S. C. Pomeroy for United States Senator. :

(3). That Richard Stephens, rofessing to be a friend to the said S. C. Pomeroy, did
attempt to bribe with money, one William Bateman, a member of the House of Represent-
atives of the State of Kansas, to vote for S.C Pomeroy for United States Senator.

Therefore, we, the committee, do find that the said S.C. Pomeroy is guilty of the crime
of bebere ang attempting to corrupt, by offers of money, members of the Legislature of the

Therefore your committee request to be discharged from further consideration of this

subject.
W. E. GUERIN,
E. N. Morritt,
Committee on part of the Senate.
-S. K. Cross,
E. J. NUGENT, :
Committee on part of the House.

February. 9, Senator Pomeroy, inthe United States Senate, denied the
charges of bribery and corruption, and asked that a committee of investi-
gation be appointed. A committee was appointed, consisting of Senators

relinghuysen, Buckingham, Alcorn, Vickers and Thurman. The Com-
mittee commenced its investigation February 17, and made its final report
March 3. The arguments before the Committee were made, in. behalf of
A. M. York, by B.-F. Simpson ; in behalf of Senator Pomeroy, by Caleb
Cushing and Albert H. Horton.

The witnesses examined-were : Alexander M. York, William A. John-
son, James C. Horton, Frank Bacon, William H. Bond, B. O’Driscoll,
William Simpson, William Matheny, Edward Searcy, William E.. Guerin,
David L. Payne, C. J. Hanks, D. W. Houston, Asa Low, J. P. Brown, J.
8. Hoke, John A. Martin, George T. Anthony, Daniel H. Horne, R. W.
Wright, J. L. Sharp, Thomas Murphy, J. Z. Sexton, W. R. Langhlin,
Sidney Clarke, John J. Murphy, C. A. Rohrabacher, I. 8S. Kallock, Asa
Hairgrove, John M. Holmes, P. B. Maxon, John Q. Page, J. D. Liggett,
Robert McBratney, F. M. Shaw, John McDonald, John A. Joyce,Chester
Thomas, A. H. Horton, Samuel C. Pomeroy, Stephen A. Cobb. :

The following is the statement of Senator Pomeroy, made under oath,
before the committee, February 25 :

GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE: I submit herewith a true statement of the facts ag

they relate to my action in the cases of bribery and corruption now pending before this.

committee.

It is a gratification to me that all the material facts are well established by competent
testimony, so that very little is at issue upon my own individual statement.

- And first, I deny that I gave at any time authority or permission to any man to use
any money or other valuable thing to control or influence Hae e the votes of any mem-
bers of the Legislature in the State of Kansas, and specifically deny that I ever gave such
authority to.the gentlemen named or designated by the witnesses upon this trial, to wit:
Mr. A. H. Horton, C. A. Rohrabacher, J. 8. York, J. T. Brown, J. J. Murphy, A. Low, or to
either one of them. And, secondly, that while I never delegated such authority to others, I
positively never exercised it in any instance myself. Bad

Senator Simpson, from the Neutral Lands, often spoke to me of the condition of the
settlers there, and as often I spoke of my desire to relieve them, not only by the passage
of the bill pending before the Senate, but by every means in my power. When he spoke
of a letter he had received from Mr. Laughlin, stating that his means of support in Wash-
ington had become reduced to “ $2.50,” and they had no means of continuing him here save
by voluntary contribution, I told him I was a friend of those poor settlers, and would, in any
event, contribute to his support. And soon after reaching Washington I met Mr. Laughlin,
and although his friends did not support me, and did not promise me any support, still did
what I said I would, and gave him, as he testified, $50; and hence it is certain that my con-
tribution had no relation to any man’s vote'who represented those people, for I never even
had the promise of a vote, or expected a vote from that locality.

And if one well-established fact of bribery, outside of the charge of Mr. York, has been
proved by witnesses testifying either here or at Topeka (where I have not pretended to have
a man to defend or represent me), I do not know it, and do not believe it. .

And now as to the charge of this Mr. York, and his associate conspirators, I will say
the true facts-have been already stated by witnesses, and the transaction already seen to be
a purely business one, having no relation whatever to his vote, which, on several occasions,
T had learned of his pledging to me. About the last of the week before the Tuesday set for
the first ballot, Mr. T. B. Eldridge, M. W. Reynolds, Mr. De Long, and others, all from his
own county, assured me with more or less positiveness of York’s support. :

But some days hefore I learned that, I had, after much deliberation, agreed to aid Mr.
J. Q. Page and associates to start a National Bank at Independence, where Page had a private
bank, and having satisfied myself of his ability, capacity and fitness for the management of
such an institution, I agreed to furnish him with money sufficient, which when put with his
$25,000, would make a sum sufficient to purchase thirty United States bonds, of the denom-
ination of $1,000 each.

Mr. ee ‘urged and was anxious to procure the money before he left Topeka, and I
told him it was inconvenient for me to furnish erat $2,000 aust but would get it soon, and

i upon it, and make his arrangements accordingly.
= er eine Tonel at the Tefft House, Mr. W. P. Borland, of the Second National Bank

of Leavenworth, who inquired of me if I should not need some currency before leaving To-.

* The case of the State of Kansas against S. C. Pomeroy, for the bribery of A. M. York,
came hefore Judge John T. Morton, at Topeka, June 16, 1873, and, on motion of Pomeroy’s
counsel, was continued to the next term. June 8, 1874, the case was again brought before
Judge Morton at Top*ka. It was agreed that the care should go to trial July 27, July 27, the
motion on the part of Pomeroy’s connsel to gnash the information. being overruled by Judge
Morton, a change of venue was taken and the cause sent to Osage County. For the end of the
case, see aunals of 1875. ~

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eS as he thought from appearances my hotel bills would be large, At first I told him no.
he next day I met him, and said I should like to get $5,000, for forty or sixty days, as I
had agreed to help a friend organize a National Bank, and he would reiund it as soon as he.
got his currency from the Government.

He then brought me a package, said to contain $5,000, which I never opened or counted,
or even gave a note or receipt for at the time, and I put the same in my valise.

Upon Monday night, the 27th, Mr. York came to my room, having seen me, or sent me
word several times that he would, and at once began to report what had been going on at
the anti-Pomeroy caucus, and J heard him through. Before leaving, he spoke of the favorI
had granted his friend Page, and said Page had requested him to get the money and forward
¢ to him at Independence, and that he, York, should leave soon after the election, for

ome. e °
I told him I was not prepared at that time to furnish it, although I had promised it to
Page before I left the city. Mr. York spoke: Said that perhaps I had no confidence in him.
Iassured him of my confidence, and told him I could furnish $2,000 at that time, and thought
I should be able to furnish $5,000 more the next day. The amount necessary, I had calcu-
lated would be, from $5,000 to $8,000, topay for the bonds and their premium, in addition to
the $25,000 Mr. Page and his associates could furnish.

I then paid him the first installment of $2,000, and the next day I paid the package of
$5,000, just as I had received the same from Mr. Borland, and neither gave Mr, Borland nor
took a receipt. But during that day I had sent Mr. ie at one time, and Mr. Lemuel
Pomeroy at another time, to find Mr. Page, if he had not left the city, to inform him of the
whole transaction. But these gentlemen both returned, saying thatthey were unable to find
Mr. Page, and I rested in the belief that the transaction was all right until I heard of the
misrepresentation of the facts by Mr. York, upon the floor of the Joint Convention. I then
denounced it as a conspiracy, a plot, and told my counsel here, Judge Horton, the whole
story, and within a few days, left Kansas for Washington.

This, in brief, is the history of that charge of bribery for which I asked of the Senate
a committee to investigate, and this one act (the transaction with Page and York), I now sol-
emniy declare had no reference whatever to the vote of York, and was made and executed
entirely independent of it.

I make this statement upon my honor as a Senator, and upon my oath, and I further
“specifically deny,” as I stated in the Senate when I demanded this investigation, that I ever
entered into any contract or agreement, directly or indirectly, with any man, a member of -
the Kansas Legislature or not, for a vote in my favor, or that I ever, directly or indirectly,
paid or promised to pay any individual one dollar, or any other sum, for his vote for me in
the late Senatorial election in Kansas. 8. C. PomEroy.

The majority report, signed by Frelinghuysen, Buckingham and
Alcorn states : ‘

The committee, bearing in mind, while examining the evidence, that the whole trans-
action, whatever view be taken of it, is the result of a concerted plot to defeat Mr. Pomeroy,
and remembering that the burden of proof is on the party making the accusation, have
come to the conclusion that Mr. York has not sustained his charge by sufficient proof, con-
tradicted as it is by the evidence of Mr, Page and Mr. Pomeroy,

Senator Thurman reported : :

I also believe that the testimony convicts Mr. Pomeroy of having attempted to bribe
Senator York of that Legislature, to vote for him; that Pomeroy delivered to York $7,000 is
not denied. z

Senator Vickers reported :

I cannot decide that the guilt of Mr. Pomeroy is established beyond a reasonable doubt

Senator Pomeroy’s term expired on the day following the report of
the committee, March 4. :

In the case of Senator Caldwell, the committee ordered by the United
States Senate by the resolution of May 11, 1872, before quoted, commenced
the investigation January 10, 1878. The examination of witnesses closed
February 5. : ;

The following witnesses were examined : Sidney Clarke, J. M. Luce,
Jonathan Hammond, William Spriggs, William H. Carson, Thomas J.
Anderson, Leonard T. Smith, Ira C. Buzick, Joel. Thomas, James L.
McDowell, Jacob Smith, Daniel R. Anthony, William H. Peckham, John
Fletcher, Fred. K. Hunt, J. M. Steele, Thomas L. Bond, George W. Wood.
James Phinney, Thomas Carney, William 8. Burke, James H. Snead, C.
H. Stilwell, Edwin C. Manning, Henry Foote, Claudius B. Brace, J. G.
Reaser, George 8. Smith, John L. Pendery, Thomas P. Fenlon, Jeremiah
Clark, S. J. Langdon, G. G. Gage, Frank H. Drenning, Chester Thomas,
Sol. Miller, O. J. Hopkins, G. M. Simcock, M. H. Insley, L. J. Worden,
James F. Legate, Charles Columbia, David A. Comstock, Robert Crozier,
Theodore C. Sears, Isaac D. Clapp, William Williams, D. W. Thomas,
George B. Sherwood, and A. C. Van Duyn. Attorneys for Senator Cald-
well were, Caleb Cushing and Robert Crozier.

The committee reported, through the Chairman, Senator Morton,
February 17. The conclusion of the report was as follows :*

It has been a subject of discussion in the Committee whether the offenses of which
they believe Mr. Caldwell to have been guilty should be punished by expulsion or go to the
validity of his election, and a majority are of the opinion that they go to the validity of his
election, and had the effect to make it void. Wherefore the Committee recommend to the
Senate the adoption of the following resolution :

Resolved, That Alexander Caldwell was not duly and legally elected to a seat in the
Senate of the United States by the Legislature of the State of Kansas.

In conclusion, the committee remark that, while Mr. Caldwell did things to procure
his election which cannot be tolerated by the Senate, they believe he was as much sinned
against as sinning. He was a novice in politics, and evidently in the hands of men who
encouraged him in the belief that Senatorial elections in Kansas were carried by the use of
money.

March 6, Senator Morton introduced the resolution recommended in
the foregoing report.
March 24, Senator Caldwell tendered his resignation, and, through the
Vice President, notified the United States Senate, as follows:
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24, 1873.

_Sir—I do hereby very respectfully notify you, and through you the Senate of the
United States, that I have resigned, and do resign my seat in that body asa Senator from the
State of Kansas; and that I have forwarded by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Chiet
ee Officer of that State, at Topeka, Kansas, a resignation in the following form,

O wit:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, March 24, 1873.
Sir—I hereby respectfully tender you my resignation as a Senator of the United States
from the State of Kansas, to take effect immediately.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
3 ALEXANDER CALDWELL.
His Excellency, the Governor of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas.

Hon.. Robert Crozier was appointed United States Senator, to fill the
vacancy made by the resignation of Senator Caldwell, November 22.

During the session of the Legislature, twenty acts were passed author-
izing the issuance of municipal bonds ; the boundaries of the counties of
Decatur, Rawlins, Cheyenne, Sheridan, Thomas, Sherman, Clark, Ford,

 

'* For full report, see Senate Report, No. 451—Forty-second Congress, third session.
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Hodgeman, Ness, Lane, Buffalo, Foote, Meade, Scott, Sequoyah, Arapahoe,
Seward, Wichita, Kearney, Grant, Stevens, Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton,
Kansas, Pawnee, Rush and Stafford were defined ; a State oe Edu-
cation was created ; the Fifteenth Judicial District was created ; an act
passed providing for an amendment to the Constitution, increasing the
number of members of the Legislature.
The annual State election was held November 4, at which time an
endment to the Constitution was submitted to the people, Railroad
Assessors, Judges for the Tenth, Eleventh and Fifteenth Judicial Districts,
Senator for Douglas County (to fill vacancy), and members of the House
of Representatives were elected. The total vote thrown for Represen-
tatives was 89,443. It was an “off year,” and a light vote was polled.
The expenditures of the State, for the fiscal year ending November
80, were $444,902.94. Among the items were : Normal School, Emporia,
$16,976.03; Normal School, Leavenworth, $5,988.65; Blind Asylum,
$11,586.01 ; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, $35,078.17; Insane Asylum, $25,-
575; State University, $24,531.53; Penitentiary, $71,200; Printing,
Tear? Agricultural College, $23,225.96 ; State House and Grounds,

1874,

The Fourteenth Kansas Legislature, Thomas A. Osborn, Governor, :

met January 18, adjourned March 10.- President of the Senate, E. 8. Sto-
ver ; Speaker of the House, B. H. McEckron. ;

January 15, Albert H. Horton offers a resolution for the appointment
of a committee to investigate the charges made by Daniel W. Wilder,
State Auditor, against J. E. Hayes, State Treasurer, In accordance with
the resolution, a committee of investigation was appointed. Their report
made February 23, asked the impeachment of the Treasurer. The fol-
lowing managers of the impeachment were appointed March 8, by the
House: A. H. Horton, C..B. Mason, F. William Potter, Thomas 8. inn
William P. Hackney, John Martin and T. P. Fenlon. 5

_ March 6, the majority of the committee exhibited articles of impeach-
ment against Josiah E. Hayes, State Treasurer of Kansas. April 30,
Treasurer Hayes resigned and John Francis, of Iola, Allen County, was
appointed State Treasurer. The Senate met as a Court of Impeachment,
May 12. Treasurer Hayes having resigned, the House’ Committee of Im-

eachment declined to prosecute, and the Court of Impeachment adjourned

ay 13. The answer to the articles of impeachment was presented by
Wilson Shannon, B. F. Simpson and A. Smith Devenney, attorneys for
the Treasurer.*

The balloting for United States Senator, to serve the unexpired term of
Caldwell, commenced January 27, and was continued on the 28th, 29th
and 31st, no candidate receiving the required seventy votes necessary to a
choice. On February 2, J. M. Harvey was elected on a joint vote of sev-
enty-six votes as against fifty-eight votes thrown for all other candidates.

The most important acts passed were as follows: Apportioning the
State into three Congressional Districts ; providing for the appointment
of State Centennial Managers; defining the boundaries of the counties
of Edwards, Kiowa, Stafford and Pawnee; establishing a Fiscal Agency
in New York; exempting Mennonites and Friends from military service;
requiring the education of all healthy children; repealing the act exempt-
ing mortgages from taxation. &

The summer of 1874 is memorable on account of the visitation of
locusts in such numbers as to nearly destroy the crops of the State and
impoverish to absolute destitution a large portion of the farming popula-
tion in some counties. The destitution was so wide-spread that Gov. Os-
born, August 28, called an extra session of the Legislature, to be holden
September 15, to consider the destitution of the citizens and to pass such
laws as should be required for the relief of the sufferers. +

The Legislature met in special session September 15, and adjourned
September 22. It passed a law requiring every corporation created by or
existing under the laws of the State to keep a general office within the
State, and a few other general acts. Inthe matter for which the body was
specially called to meet, an act was passed authorizing counties to issue

-bonds for relief purposes, and an act authorizing the issuance of State
bonds for the relief of destitute people living on the frontier.

‘Conventions.—An Independent Reform Convention met at Topeka,
May 27, issued a call for a full State Convention, and adjourned to August
5. On that date the Convention re-assembled at Topeka. A lengthy plat-
form was adopted, somewhat ambiguous in its phraseology, but reforma-
tory in every plank. It condemned the ‘wasteful extravagance,” ‘‘in-
numerable frauds,” and “ prodigality ”” perpetrated by the administration;
asserted that the National debt should be ‘ paid in strict accordance with
the law under which it was contracted;”’ favored the reduction or aboli-
tion of the tariff ‘on the necessities of common life,” and pledged the
party to vote for no man not possessing the “Jeffersonian standard of fit-
ness, honesty, capacity and fidelity to the Constitution.”

The following nominations were made: For Governor, James C, Cusey;
Lieutenant Governor, E. Harrington; Seeretary of State, Nelson Abbott;
State Auditor, G. P. Smith; State Treasurer, Charles F. Koester;{ Attor-
ney General, J. R. Hallowell; Superintendent of Public Instruction, H.
B. Norton;§ Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, W. P. Douthitt;
Member of Congress for the First District, Marcus J. Parrott.

The Republican State Convention met at Topeka August 26. The
following nominations for State officers were made: For Governor (on the
second ballot), Thomas A. Osborn; Lieutenant Governor (on the third

 

#For full details of the case, see book entitled “ Proceedings of the Court of Impeach-
ment sitting for the trial of Josiah E. Hayes, Treasurer, together with the testimony taken
in New York, and a detailed statement of Price Raid Scrip paid.” Published July 20, 1874.

+For further details of the grasshopper scourge, see agricultural report in general his-
tory, and special mention in county histories. ©

{Charles F. Koester declined the nomination and James E. Watson became the candi-
date for State Treasurer.

?Professor Norton declined the nomination and W. B. Christepher was substituted.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ballot), M. J. Salter; Secretary of State (on the third ballot), Thomas
H. Cavanaugh; State Auditor (by acclamation), Daniel W. Wilder ;
State Treasurer, Samuel Lappin; Attorney General, A. M. F. Ran-
dolph ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, John Fraser; Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, D. M. Valentine.

The State Temperance Convention was held at Leavenworth Septem-
ber 10 and 11. At this convention was fairly inaugurated the movement
for prohibitory legislation, which ultimately resulted in an amendment to

_the State constitution, prohibiting the sale or manufacture of intoxicating

liquors in the State. The platform adopted was as follows:

The temperance men and women in the State of Kansas, believing that the time has
come when they ought to present a State ticket, composed of honest, temperate and capable
men, hereby unite in the following declaration of principles:

We are in favor of—

1. The civil and political equality of all men and women.

2. An economical administration of all departments of the Government.

3. Political reform, by selecting for office none but honest and capable men.

4. The legal prohibition of the manufacture, importation and sale, for beverage use,
of all intoxicating liquors,

The fostering and improvement of our system of common schools. “

6. The speedy and exemplary punishment of all public officers guilty of embezzle-
ment, the misappropriation of the public funds, or neglect to perform sworn duties.

7. The immediate and complete protection of our exposed frontier from Indian out-
rages.

8. The public assistance, b
hoppers and drought in the newly settle

But we are inflexibly opposed— 3 aad

1. To all forms of ‘repui iation, cither State, National, or municipal.

2. To the appropriation of the public domain to the building of railroads,

The following nominations for State officers were made: For Gov-
ernor, Dudley C. Haskell ; Lieutenant Governor, P. B. Maxon; Secretary
of State, W. H. Robinson; State Treasurer, William Fairchild ; State
Auditor, C. B. Lines; Attorney General, A. A. Foote; Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Mrs. M. J. Sharon; Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, D. M. Valentine. aes. ‘

Many of. the nominees declined the nominations, and other candidates
were substituted. The Temperance ticket, as voted for, was as follows:
Governor, W. K. Marshall; Lieutenant Governor, L. Brown; Secretary of
State, W. H. Robinson; State Treasurer, William Fairchild, State Auditor,
David C. Beach; Attorney General, A. M. F. Randolph; Superintendent
of Public Instruction, Mrs. M. J. Sharon; Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, D. M. Valentine. i

The annual State election occurred November 3. The Republican
majority was reduced at this election to about 20,000, on a total vote of
86,000. For Governor, the vote was: Osborn, Republican, 48,594;
Cusey, Independent, 35,301; Marshall, Temperance, 2,277. For Lieuten-
ant Governor, the vote was: Salter, Republican, 52,637; Harrington, Inde-
pendent, 32,937; Brown, Temperance, 1,207. : 2 ne,

Republican Congressmen were elected in the First and Third Districts,
and an Independent in the Second District, by the following vote:

First District—William A. Phillips, Republican, 20,087; Marcus J.
Parrott, Independent, 11,223; Nehemiah Green, Temperance, 2,074—Re-
publican majority, 6,777.

Second District—John R. Goodin, Independent, 14,965; S. A. Cobb,
Republican, 14,240—Independent majority, 725.

Third District—W. R. Brown, Republican, 14,581; J. K. Hudson,
Independent, 9,932—Republican majority, 4,645.

The drought and locusts nearly destroyed the crops in Kansas, and
much suffering and destitution resulted among the settlers who had re-
cently come into the State. Legislation, looking to the alleviation of the
sufferers, was had at the special session of the Legislature; large amounts
of money, provisions and clothing were sent to Kansas from the Eastern
States, and a widespread movement was inaugurated for relief. A State
Relief Committee was appointed November 12, consisting of the following-
named gentlemen: E. 8. Stover, F. S. McCabe, O. T. Welch, F. W. Giles,
Henry King, William Sims, 8. T. Kelsey, A. L. Vorhees, William C. Ten-
ney, John Fraser, J. C. Cusey, C. H. Lebold, John Geisy, B. H. McEck-
ron, J. H. Edwards, Rev. Mr. McCobas, John A. Martin, George W. Glick,
M. J. Morse, G. A. Thompson. Preston B. Plumb, M. M. Murdock, J. H.
Crichton, William Martindale, Horace Cooper, E. N. Morrell, M. E. Hud-
son, Charles W. Blair, Theodore C. Sears, D. J. Brewer, W. A. Johnson
and Alfred Gray.

The committee was organized November 19, with the following officers:
President, E. 8S. Stover; Secretary, Henry King; Treasurer, F. W. Giles;
Executive Committec—E. §. Stover, Henry King, F. W. Giles, O. T. Welch,
F. 8. McCabe, M. M. Murdock, William GC. Tenney, D. J. Brewer and
Thomas Murphy. An address was issued by Rev. F. 8. McCabe, John
Fraser and M. M. Murdock. The address was issued November 20, and
was as follows:

Rooms or Kansas Cenrrat Revier Commirrer, Topeka, November 20, 1874.
To the Citizens of Kansas and People of the Eastern States :

The Kansas Central Relief Committee is organized chiefly to secure aid within our
own State for those of our citizens who are victims of the grasshopper plague. In order to
the more successful discharge of their duty, the Committce issue this address, directed
specially to the residents of Eastern Kansas, and also to our friends in the Eastern States,
epee bor communications are daily received requesting authentic information as to our

The calamitous destruction of our crops, which will make the year 1874 memorable in
the history of the Northwest, has not spared the State of ‘Kane, Although the reports
which have been widely circulated over the country, grossly exaggerate the amount of des-
titution in Kansas, yet information received through the State Board of Agriculture and
from other reliable sources, clearly shows that the winter which has now fair ry set in, finds
many people in our State, especially newly-arrived pioneers in the frontier counties, desti-
tute, not only of fuel and suitable clothing for winter use, but also of adequate means of
antag ence of man and beast. :

.,, Appreciating the extent of the disaster which had befallen our people, and having full
faith in the ability of the State to provide for its own destitute, the Goremer Mougenes the
‘Legislature in extra session in September, The Legislature held that under the Constitu-
tion it had not the power to make appropriations adequate to the emergency, directly from
the treasury. It did, however, authorize certain frontier counties to issue their own bonds
in aid of the necessities of their citizens, For various reasons not necessary here to enu-
merate, the legislative action has failed to relieve the wants of the people.

_ The destitution is not general, but limited. It is mainly confined to the frontier coun-
ties, in which the growing crops were destroyed by the grasshoppers in the months of July

all proper and legal means, of the sufferers from the grass-
q counties of the State.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and August. In the older counties there is abundance to meet the wants of the people,
but if there are deficiencies as to some crops, the people have means to procure needed sup-
plies from abroad. _ With the exception of the frontier counties, into which the last two or
three years has poured’ an unprecedented tide of enterprising and worthy settlers of very
limited means, the proportion of people not able to provide for themselves is as small in
Kansas as in any State in the Union, |

The limits assigned to this address do not allow us to go into details. It is sufficient to
say that many persons in the frontier counties are greatly in need of grain, provisions and
clothing, and this need will continue throughout the winter and until May or June of next
year, including the demand for grain, for seed and for support of work animals in putting
in crops. :

Even in these frontier counties, the lack of supplies exists chiefly among the immi-
grants who have come into the State within the last year or so, and who had no dependence
for a living but the sod crops which the grasshoppers destroyed. Strictly speaking, a large
number of she destitute are hardly citizens of Kansas at all. They have just arrived with
very slight resources, from States east of Kansas. In our judgment, it is the duty of those
who live in the older portions of the State to see to it that even the immigrant of yester-

day, having pushed on to the border with the honest purpose of making a home for himself.

and his family, shall not, lack the necessaries of life. Such a course is dictated equally by
justice, by charity and by sound policy.

Weare sure that the people of the older and wealthier portions of the State are both
able and willing to render assistance to needy neighbors. Our main purpose to the estab-

_ lishment of this committee is to furnish a channel through which churches and other local

organizations and societies in this State may send their contributions to those who are en-
titled to receive them. We earnestly appeal to our own people totake immediate and
efficient measures to furnish help to their fellow-citizens who are sufferers, not from any
fault of theirs, but through unavoidable calamity. The needs of the sufferers are pressing,
and the early arrival of winter forbids delay in efforts for their relief. A

We learn that in various parts of the East individuals are soliciting aid for sufferers
in this State. We have sufficient proof that in some cases these solicitors are unprincipled
rae that they are actuated by selfish motives, and that they are entirely unworthy of
confidence. A o

|» But we discharge an important duty devolving upon us by our appointment when we

warn our friends in the East against placing their benefactions in the hands of unauthor-
ized, irresponsible and mercenary parties.

Tf there are those outside of this State who desire to aid us in supplying the wants of
our hardy, industrious, but now unfortunate pioneers (and generous, voluntary proffers of
such aid are being constantly sent to us), this committee affords them a medium through

which their contributions may be judiciously applied to the end proposed by the donors and >

fully accounted for. be ot ;

All persons now engaged or proposing to engage in soliciting contributions in this
State or bevond it, upon satisfying this committee of their fitness for said service, will be
recommended to the Executive Department of the State for indorsement. Such indorse-
ment, made by the Governor of the State, will be a guarantee of the responsibility of the
party to whom it is granted and the lack of said indorsement in any case should not be
overlooked by those to whom application may be made. :

* Whatever contributions of money or supplies may be sent to this committee will be
promptly and judiciously distributed among the needy.
; Railroads, probably without exception, will forward relief, freight free of charge, if
such freight is shipped to the care of this committee.

Individuals, or local committees, desiring more specific information concerning matters
connected with the relief of our people, should address directly the Secretary of the com-
mittee, and remittances of funds should be made to the Treasurer, at Topeka. :

With emphasis we assert that our suffering people are not wanting in enterprise nor
courage, nor in any of the elements of true manhood. The uncomplaining patience with
which even women and children are,enduring the misfortunes that have fallen upon them,
is nothing short of heroic. Our people have not lost faith in themselves, nor in the resources
and prospects of the State in which they live, nor in Him without whom not a sparrow falls
to the ground.

th their behalf we confidently appeal to the liberality of those who countit a privilege
to minister to the wants of the suffering, especially among their own countrymen and
kindred. 3

(Signed) E. S. Stover, Lientenant Governor, Chairman. f
Henry Kina, Editor of the Commonwealth; Secretary. .
F. W. Gines, President Topeka National Bank, Treasurer.
M. E. Hupson, Master State Grange.
D. J. Brewer, Justice Supreme Court. —
Joun Fraser, Superintendent Publie Schools.
WILLIAM Sims, Overseer State Grange.
ALFRED GRAY, Secretary State Board of Agriculture,
F. 8. McCasz, D. D., Pastor Presbyterian Church, Topeka.
0. T. Wrtcn, President Topeka Board of Trade,
S.T. Krrsry, State Board of Agriculture. .
A. L. Voru&eEs, Russell County. §
Rev. W. C. Tenney, Douglas County.
C. H. Lesorp, Banker, Dickinson County.
E. N. Morrrut, Brown County.
J. H. Epwarps, Ellis County.
- Tuomas Murpuy, Mayor of Atchison.
G. A. THompson, Harvey County. -
M. M. Murpock, Sedgwick County. ;
\ Gen, C. W. BLarr, Bourbon County.
Pp. B. PLump, Lyon County.
: Kansas Central Relief Committee.
During the period of its operation, the committee received, disbursed
and distributed $73,863.47 in money, 265 car-loads and 11,049 packages of
clothing and supplies. The total value of the disbursements was estimated

at $235,108.47. ; ‘

The total expenditures of the State for the fiscal vear ending November
30, was $482,212.84. Among the items of expenditure were: Normal
School, Emporia, $12.595.55 ; Normal School, Leavenworth, $5,990.40 ;
Blind Asylum, $8,889.36 ; Deaf and Dumb Asvlum, $16,413.54 ; Tnsane
Asylum, $41,527.49; State University, $29,244.81; Printing. $37,866.01 ;
Penitentiary, $74,436.26 - Agricultural College, ‘$28,012.08 ; Court of Im-
peachment, $10,166.31. 1875

“The Fifteenth State Legislature, Thomas’A. Osborn, Governor, met
January 18, adjourned March 10. President of the Senate, Melville J.
Salter; Speaker of the House, Edward H. Funston. Among the acts
passed were those making appropriations of $5,000 for the use of the
.Kansas State Grange Executive Committee, and of $6.000 for the use of

the State Central Relief Committee for the payment of railroad freights-

on “grain in bulk destined for general distribution to the people of the
State.” and #1,000 was appropriated to each of the counties of Decatur
and Rush: $500 to Ness, for the purpose of furnishing the citizens of said
counties with “food and clothing, and with grain and seeds for spring sow-
‘ing in 1875.” Boards of County Commissioners were-authorized to furnish
necessaries for the destitute of their respective counties to put in crops in
the counties of Anderson. Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Jackson,
Johnson, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Morris, Miami, Nemaha,
Pawtce, Riley, Saline, Sedgwick and Woodson. An appropriation of
$1,900 was made for the purpose of defraying the expenses of taking the
census of 1875; which census was to be taken by the Township and City

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Assessors, the service of the same to be $3 per day, to be paid out of tlie
county treasuries, and schedules to be made under the heads of ‘“‘ Pop-
ulation, Occupations, Agriculture, Manufactures, the Blind, Deaf and
Dumb, Insane and Idiotic, Libraries, Newspapers. Churches and School-
houses, Pauperism and Crime.”’ an

The State Centennial Managers, appointed in 1874, were “ authorized
and directed during the year 1875 to collect, preserve and prepare for ex-
hibition at Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1876, in such man-
ner as in their judgment shall be for the best interest of the State, and
will best effect the object of their appointment, materials, including se-
lections and specimens of nature, art and industry in Kansas, so as to
represent as far as possible, and to the best advantage, the natural and
artificial resources of the State; the rocks, mines and quarries, the
prairies, hills and forests, the fields, gardens and orchards, the grain and
grasses, fruits and vegetables, the trees, shrubs and flowers, the soil, its
productions, quality and capacity, shall all be represented in such selec-
tions, with such other things as can be secured and preserved, to the end
that a complete, thorough and fair exhibition may be had of the actual
and possible productions of the State.” An appropriation for this purpose
was made of $5,000.

The Criminal Court of Leavenworth County was abolished: all its
criminal matters were turned over to the District Court of the county.
Howard County was divided, the southern half with Sedan as county
seat, became Chautauqua; the northern half with Howard City as county
seat, became Elk County. The original records of the county of Howard
were retained by and remained records of and for the county of Chau-
tauqua. ‘ 7
_ The Topeka Insane Asylum was located ‘‘ within two miles of the
capitol building in the city of Topeka,”’ and an appropriation of $25,000
was made for its erection. Provision was made for the military indebted-
ness on account of ‘‘Indian raids,” by the issuance of State bonds to the
amount of $36,500. .

An act was passed providing for the appointment of three Commis-
sioners, whose duty it was to examine, audit and certifv to the amount,
of losses sustained by citizens of this State by the invasion of guerrilla
bands led by Quantrell and others during the vears 1861-62-63-64 and 1865.

Amendments to the State Constitution.—The proposition for. biennial
sessions of the Legislature, commencing with the session of 1877,.and reg-.
ular sessions each alternate year thereafter, commencing on the second
‘Tuesday of January, was submitted to the voters at the election in 1875.
At the general election in 1876 and thereafter, members of the House of
Représentatives would be elected for two years; members of the Senate,
for four years, and a provision for the Legislature to raise sufficient rev-
enue at each regular session to defray the current expenses of the State
for two years, were also submitted.

Anact was passed abolishing ‘‘the appointment of Regents and Trustees
for the control of the public institutions of the State, and defining certain
powers thereof,’’ and providing for the election of a State Printer on the
third Tuesday of January, 1875, whose- term of office would commence
July 1, 1875. and continue for two years. In case the office should become
vacant by death,” resignation, or from any other cause, provision was
made for the Governor to appoint.

Senate concurrent resolutions were passed asking Congress to appro-

’ priate $400,000 for the improvement of the harbor at Galveston. Texas ;

to create and establish a United States District Court in the Indian Terri-
tory; to grant to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway, the right of
way through the Indian Territory, to construct within two years, a con-.
tinuous line of railroad from a point in the southeast corner of Sumner
County, down the Arkansas River, by the way of Muskogee, to Fort
Smith in’ Arkansas; to appropriate $150,000 ‘“‘to be applied in relieving
the immediate necessities of the destitute people on the western frontier.”
House concurrent resolutions were passed asking Congress to grant sixty-. -
nine sections of public Jands to the State of Kansas for school purposes,
in lieu of Sections 16 and 36 of the Cherokee Neutral Lands, which had
not been reserved; to enact a law providing for the taxation of the lands
of the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific Railway located in the west-
ern counties of Kansas; for an appraisement of the Cherokee Neutral
Lands, and for deepening the mouth of the Mississippi River by way of
the Southwest Pass, according to the plans of James B. Eads. ;

End of the Pomeroy Suit.—In the Kansas House of Representatives,
Hon. George W. Brown, of Crawford County. offered a concurrent resolu-
tion, concerning certain moneys in the State Treasury, known as the Pom-
eroy-York bribe which. under the rules; was laid over. It was introduced
January 21, and was taken up the following day, on motion of Hon. P. P.
Elder; its consideration was indefinitelv postponed. The matter was re-
introducedon the 26th in the following language:

Whereas, A package, said to contain $7,000, which said $7,000 is the money given by S. ..
C. Pomeroy to Senator A. M. York, is now in the possession of Hon. E. S. Stover; and

Whereas, The Hon. F.S. Stover is desirous of being relieved from the custody of said
package, but claims to he the trustee of the State by reason of said money having been given

him as such trustee, while he was an officer of the State, thus leaving upon his mind the im-
pression that the State has some right therein; therefore,

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, That the State dis- ~

claim any ownership, or claim, or interest.in said package of money, and it is the sense of
this Legislature that said package of money shall be turned over to said Samuel C. Pomeroy.

Hon. James F. Legate offered the following amendment:

Strike out all after the word “resolved,” and insert as follows: “That the State of
Kansas disclaims any right, title or interest in said money,” and moved its adoption.

The amendment was adopted by- a vote of 72 to 27.

Mr. Buchan moved to amend by striking out the second “whereas”
in the original -resolution, and all after the word ‘‘money ” in the resolu-
tion as amended, so that the resolution shall read as follows: \

Whereas, A package said to contain $7,000, which $7,000 is the money given by 8. C.
Pomeroy to Senator A. M. York, is now in the posséssion of Hon. E. S. Stover; therefore,

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, That the State of
Kansas disclaims any right, title or interest in said money. ne ne Hi
The question recurring on the adoption of the resolution as amended,
the yeas and nays were demanded, and the roll was called with the follow-
ing result: Yeas, 67; nays, 31.

On January 27, the resolutions were acted upon by the Senate; Senator
W. W. Melty, of Johnson, moving to amend by inserting after the name
of “York,” “‘ bribe money.” a

Senator Simon moved an indefinite postponement of the resolution,
which motion prevailed by a vote of 25 to 7.

Opinion of the State Law Oficer.—The following correspondence ex-
plains itself.

STATE oF Kansas, OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, TOPEKA, March 5, 1875.
Hon. E.S. Stover, Topeka, Kan.:
Dear Sir—I have this morning received from you a letter of which the following is a

copy, to wit:
: ToprKkaA, Kan., March 3, 1875.
Hon. A. M. F. Ranpoupu, ATTORNEY GENERAL or THE STATE oF Kansas:

Dear Sir—Will you please inform me what right, title or interest the State of Kansas
has in the package of money now in my possession, known as the Pomeroy $7,000, which
was placed in my possession by Senator A. M. York, January 29, 1873, during the joint scs-
sign of the Legislature for the purpose of electing a United States Senator?

Very truly, E. 8. Stover.
| And in reply thereto, I give it as my opinion that the State of Kansas has no right,
title or interest. whatsoever in that famous historical package known as the Pomeroy $7,000,
which was placed in your hands, by Senator A. M. York, as is above stated.
A. M. F, RANDOLPH, Attorney General.

The case of the State of Kansas vs. S. C. Pomeroy, would have been
called in the District Court in and for Osage County, April 5, 1875, but for
a certain series of events. :

Ex-Lieut. Gov. Stover, being the custodian of the $7,000 in question,
felt morally obliged to control it,*until the criminal suit against ex-Senator
Pomeroy was disposed of. He had been made defendant in four civil suits,
the plaintiffs, respectively, being John Q. Page, 8. C. Pomeroy, Edwards,
Mathews & Co., and E. A. Smith & Co.

After the opinion of Attorney General Randolph was published, Mr.
Stover, hearing that A. H. Vance, Esq., the County Attorney of Shawnee
County, where the action against Mr. Pomeroy was commenced, had
come to a determination to enter a nolle prosequt in the criminal suit, he
wrote him in relation thereto, and received the following reply:

TopeKs, KAn.,March 10, 1875.
Hon. E. 8. STOVER:

Dear Sir—After fully investigating the matter, and believing it to be for the public
interest, as well as for the best interests of the county of Shawnee, I have concluded to
dismiss the case of the State of Kansas vs. S. C. Pomeroy, now pending in the District Court
for Osage County, Kan., and I shall do so on the first day of the next term of said court.
Under these circumstances, and in order to avoid further costs or expenses in the matter, I
hereby notify you that you and all others, witnesses in the case, are hereby finally dis-
charged from all further attention or liability of any kind respecting the above-named
case. Very respectfully,

A. H. Vancu, County Attorney, Shawnee County, Kan.

Mr. Stover had resolved that the costs of the prosecution as far as they
had gone, should be defrayed from the historic package, and that the balance
should go to Mr. York from whom it had been received.

County Attorney Vance, took counsel of his predecessor, Hon. Thomas
Ryan, and Hon. A. L. Williams, former Attorney General, who had been
connected with the prosecution, as to the condition of affairs, and they
freely gave their opinion that it would be difficult for the prosecution to
convict, for want of material evidence, not then accessible ; and. in conver-
sation with Hon. John Martin, Counsel for Mr. Pomeroy, he learned that the
defense were willing to pay the costs, were a nolle prosegut entered.

On March 8, Mr. Vance entered into the agreement, and Arthur B.
McCabe, the District Clerk, of Shawnee County, found the costs to be
$1,231.36 in Shawnee County, and $500 was made the approximate costs in
the County of Osage. :

On March 12, in the office of Martin & Case, there were assembled
Hon. John Martin and Hon. Albert H. Horton, representing Mr. Pomeroy;
Mr. Vance, representing the State ; A. M. York, the leading witness for the
State ; ex-State Treasurer John Francis, who was the original keeper of
of the package, and who, in consequence, had been sued ; A. L. Williams,
E. 8. Stover and Hon. James F. Legate. District Clerk McCabe came at
the instance of Mr. Vance. Mr. Francis counted the money in the $7,000
package ; Mr. Stover counted out $1, 735, and handed it to Mr. McCabe,
who, as Clerk, receipted for the costs in the case in full, in the counties of
Shawnee and Osage.

Mr. York received from Mr. Stover, $5,265, and gave therefor the fol-
lowing receipt :

: TorrKxa, KAN., March 12, 1875,

Received of the Hon. E. 8. Stover the sum of $5,265, being the original package of saey
(less the costs in the State of Kansas against S. C. Pomeroy, now pending in the District Court,
in and for Denes County), received by me of Senator 8, C. Pomeroy, during the session of the
Kansas State ue in 1873, and by me placed in the custody of said Stover, as the pre-
siding officer of the Joint Convention of the two Houses of said egislature, on January 29,

s . M. Yorx.

Mr. York then and there turned the money over to. Judge Horton,

receiving a receipt, reading as follows :
“ Topeka, KAn., March 12, 1875.
Received of A.M. York the sum of $7,000, less the amount of costsin the case of the
State of Kansas against S. C. Pomeroy, now pending in the District Court, in and for Osage
County, Kan., in full of amount paid by me to said A.M, York, during the session of the
Kansas State Legislature, in the year 1873.
S. C. Pomeroy.
By ALBERT H. Horton, his Attorney.
The following is the District Court entry :

ee i suawnet, | ss. In THE DIstRIcT CouRT, IN AND FOR SAID COUNTY.
The State of Kansas ogates’ S.C. Pomeroy. Motion.
And now comes the plaintiff, by A. H. Vance, County Attorney of Shawnee County,
and moves the court, for leave to enter a nolle prosequi in the above entitled cause.
i A. H. Vance, County Attorney for Shawnee County.
March 11, 1875.

As supplementary to the foregoing, the following stipulation was
made : :
TorrexKa, Kan., March 12, 1875,
It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between James I’. Legate, of the first part,
and A.B. McCabe, Clerk of the District Court, of the second part, that, whereas, $1,735 has

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

been paid into court, to discharge the costs in the case of the State of Kansas vs, S. C.
Pomeroy ; now it is agreed that if the said sum above stated is not sufficient to pay the costs
for which Shawnee County is liable, then the said Legate agrees to pay whatever deficiency
there may be to satisfy said costs; and the said A. B. McCabe, Clerk of the District Court,
agrees to pay the said Legate whatever excess there may be in said sum above stated, after
said costs have been fully satisfied. oes Pee aete,

The documentary end of the case was as follows :
A. B. McCaBn, CLERK OF District Court, SHAWNEE County, Kan: :

Please pay to A. H. Horton, or his order, the fees not needed to pay the costs in the case
of the State of Kansas vs. 8. C. Pomeroy. Yours,

JamMEs F. Lecate,

Bogus School Bonds.—During the autumn of 1875, the School Fund
Commissioners found themselves in possession of nearly $20,000 in bonds
on school districts located in the counties of Jewell. Mitchell, Osborne and
Republic. Gov. Osborn, in December, notified State Treasurer Lappin
that his resignation would be accepted, and it was promptly tendered,
and suits were brought against Mr. Lappin and his sureties for the recovery
of the money expended for forged bonds, and criminal proceedings were
instituted against him for participation in the forgeries, action having
been brought in the District Court of Shawnee County. Mr. Lappin was
arrested in Chicago in January, 1876, and broke jail in the same year,
fleeing to South America. :

Hon, John Francis, who had succeeded Treasurer Hayes in 1874, was
again appointed by Gov. Osborn as the successor of Mr. Lappin. A

The annual election was held November 2. Judges for the Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Judicial Districts were elected. In the Seventh,
there was also an election to fill avacancy. Stephen M. Wood was elected
in the Twenty-sixth Senatorial District to fill a vacancy; and members of
the House of Representatives were chosen. The State Board of Canvass-
ers declined to issue certificates to the following-named persons elected as
Representatives, to wit: H. 8. Cochran, Barber County; Taylor Flick,
Edwards: D. M. Frost, Ford; 8. L. Green, Norton; Moses Adamson,
Rooks ; William 8. Wood, Rush ; ——Brown, Kingman. The House of
Representatives, however, admitted Messrs. Cochran, Frost and Green.
The three propositions for Constitutional amendments were adopted by
majorities of upward of 27,000 each.

1876.

The Sixteenth Annual Session of the Legislature, Governor, Thomas
A. Osborn; Melville J. Salter, President of the Senate; Dudley C. Hask-
ell, Speaker of the House, met January 11, adjourned March 4. ‘

Among the acts of the Legislature was a legislative apportionmert
bill increasing the number of Senators from thirty-three to forty; and pro-
viding for 123 members of the House, making the limitation 125. The
changes in representation were about as follows: Atchison, Wyandotte,
Miami, Bourbon, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery, Wilson, Coffey, Jack-
son, Brown, Marshall, Riley, Greenwood, Cowley, Sedgwick, Chautauqua,
Cloud, Washington, Republic and Jewell, each had an increase of one
member of the House; Jefferson lost one; Leavenworth lost a Senator.
The counties of Barber, Edwards, Kingman, Rooks and Rush electing
Representatives in 1876, were not districted.

An appropriation of $8,625 was made for a second condensed edition
of 25,000 copies of the fourth annual report of the State Board of Agricult-
ure, which was to consist of 280 pages of the “Industries by Counties” of
said report, which edition was at the disposal of the State Board of Cen-
tennial managers. An act to enlarge and further define the duties of this
Board, and to provide for defraying the expenses of a Kansas exposition
at Philadelphia was passed, for which an appropriation of $25,000 was
made, and the board was “authorized to erect a Kansas State Exposition
building in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, at a cost not exceeding $10,000.
There was a revision of the Assessment and Taxation Laws, of the School
Laws, and legislation giving school districts, townships, cities and coun-
ties power to fund their indebtedness; in regard to the organization of
counties, it was provided that there must be at least 250 householders,
and an affidavit of at least three freeholders of the county seeking organ-
ization, who had been residents six months prior to the taking of the cen-
sus, that they believed the county to contain 1,500 inhabitants. It was
provided that County Commissioners should give bonds for the faithful
performance of the duties of their office ina penal sum of not less than one-
fifth of one per cent of the total value of taxable property upon the tax-
rolls of his county, for the year prior to the date of his taking office, the
bond not to exceed $5,000.
isi Constitutional Amendments.—A proposition was submitted, reading as

ollows:

No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in pursuance of aspecific appropri-
ation by law, and no appropriation shall be for a longer term than two years.

_A proposition was submitted that County Commissioners should hold
their office for three years—one being elected in District No. 1, of a county
in 1877, for one year; in District No. 2, for two years; in District No. 3,
for three years.

Congress was memorialized to secure the passage of a law directing
the Secretary of the Interior to appoint another Commissioner to appraise
the Osage lands which had been patented to James F. Joy, representing
the L. L. & G. and the M. K. & Texas Railroad Companies, so that the
former settlers on the same can be protected in their rights; to secure from
the General Governmeng permission for any company to build or construct
dykes to_protect_the river banks from being cut away from Belmont,

an., to Elwood, Kan.; to re-survey the line between the States of Mis-
souri and Kansas. from its intersection with the Missouri River, south; to
pass an act ceding and donating the Fort Harker Military Reservation,
situated in Ellsworth County, containing 10,240 acres, to the State of
Kansas for educational purposes.

Conventions and Candide: —The Prohibitionists were early in the
field, resolving that they would support the nominees of the National Pro-
hibition Convention held at Cleveland May 17, and that they werein favor
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of “the legal prohibition of the manufacture, importation and sale as a
beverage of all intoxicating liquors.” John Paulson was their nominee for
Governor; William Fairchild, for Lieutenant Governor; William Crosby,
for Secretary of State; P. I. Bonebrake, for Auditor; W. S. Hendrick, for
Treasurer; A. M. F. Randolph, for Attorney Géneral; Cyrus W. Harvey;
for Superintendent of Public Instruction. “They polled’110 votes on the
Presidential ticket; their vote on Governor was 893.

The National Greenback Labor Party put in nomination a full State
ticket. They supported M. E. Hudson for Governor; John A. Beal for
Lieutenant Governor; W. M. Allison for Secretary of State; H. E. Sheldon
for Auditor; Amos McLouth for Treasurer; D. B. Hadley for Attorney
General; H. G. Reynolds for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court;
Thomas Bartlett for Superintendent of Public Instruction.

A Democratic State Convention met May 18, and, asa part of their
platform declared an opposition to all banks.of issue, whether chartered
by Congress or the State Legislature, and desired that banking on the part
of corporations or private individuals should be confined, by law, exclu-
sively to exchange, discount and deposit; demanded that the national bank
notes be withdrawn from circulation, and in lieu thereof, the paper of the
Government of the United States be substituted; declared that, as Con-
gress had the sole power to coin money and regulate the value thereof, it
should also have the sole power to provide a paper currency for the peo-
ple, and that such paper currency should be made a legal tender in the
payment of debts, public and private, and that the same be received on all
demands on the Government, including duties on imports. As delegates
to the National Convention, they selected the following-named persons:
Wilson Shannon, Isaac E. Eaton, Charles W. Blair, Joseph W. Taylor, S.
N. Palmer, Joseph G. Lowe, M. V. B. Bennett, George W. Burchard, T.
‘L. Davis and Samuel Donaldson. The- alternates were: L. M. Goddard,
J. W. Powers, Frank Sanford, E. Strosnider, C. G. Cox, R. B. Morris, E.
L. Bartlett, Peter Rager, T. W. Peacock and W. E. Timmons. .

The Democratic State Convention was held August 23. John Martin
was nominated for Governor; 8. N. Palmer for Secretary of State; W. L.
McConnell for Attorney General; James Humphrey for Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court; for the other places on the State ticket, the Green-
back candidates were adopted. The candidates for Presidential Electors
were Henry Clay Park, G. H. English, George A. Reynolds, Edmund G.
Ross and Gustave Schaubel. _ ; :

At the State Convention, held May 24, for the purpose of select-
ing delegates to the Cincinnati Convention, delegates were chosen as
follows: A. J. Banta, Cyrus Leland, Jr., D. P. Lowe, F. M. Shaw, A. L.
Redden, O. H. Sheldon, Albert H. Horton, William Martindale, T. C.
Sears and T. Dwight Thacher. The alternates were H. D. Baker,
George W. Shriner, John T. Lanter, E. A. Wasser, James Burgess,
Charles L. Hubbs, George W. Higginbotham, R. P. W. Muse, R. B.
Taylor and John K. Wright. At the convention held to nominate a State
ticket, August 16, George T. Anthony was nominated on the seventh bal-
lot for Governor; Melville J. Salter, for Lieutenant Governor; Thomas H.
Cavanaugh, for Secretary of State; P. I. Bonebrake, for Auditor; John
Franeis, for Treasurer; Willard Davis, for Attorney General; Allen B.
Lemmon, for Superintendent of Public Instruction; David J. Brewer, for
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Thomas Hughes, J. B. Johnson,
W. A. Johnson, R. W. P. Muse and Walter L. Simons were the candi-
dates on the Hayes and Wheeler clectoral ticket. tt
"Result of the Election.—The highest vote on the Hayes ticket was
78,354; on the Tilden ticket, 37,902; on the Cooper ticket, 6,876; on the
Smith ticket, 110. For Governor, Anthony had 69,173 votes; Martin, 46,-
204; Hudson, 6,020; Paulson, 398; scattering, 37. For Congressmen, in
the First District William A. Phillips was elected, having 29,352 votes;
Dudley C. Haskell, in the Second, having 22,088; Thomas Ryan in the
Third, having 25,171. The united Republican vote for Congress was 76,-
611. Of the Legislature. elected, in the Senate, Angell Mathewson, of
Labette, and A. J. Pyburn, of Cowley, were Democrats; Charles Robinson,
of Douglas, was-a National; the other thirty-seven Senators were Repub-
licans. In the House, in addition to the 123 Representatives chosen by
districts. H. §. Cochran, of Barber, Taylor Flick, of Edwards, Samuel 8.
Boggs, of Rooks, and William P. Tomlinson, of Rush, were admitted by
‘the House. They were classified politically as follows: Republicans, 110;
Democrats. 14; National Greenbackers, 3; total, 127. _ ‘

Hon. D. W. Wilder, Auditor of State, resigned his office in Septem-
ber, 1876, and P. I. Bonebrake was appointed by Gov. Osborn as his _suc-
cessor. Auditor Bonebrake and Treasurer Francis were respectively
elected to fill the unexpired terms of Auditor Wilder and Treasurer Lap-
pin. District Judges were elected in the First, Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Judicial Districts.
Chief Justice Kingman having resigned in December, 1876, Albert H. Hor-
ton, Senator-elect from Atchison County, was appointed as his successor
by. Gov. Osborn. Warren W. Guthrie was elected at a special election
held January 12, 1877, as successor to Mr. Horton. ;

The constitutional amendments were adopted by a nearly unanimous
vote, the vote cast on the same exceeding 95,000 votes.

The Electoral College.—The Electors met at the office of the Secretary
of State. at 12 M., December 6, and were sworn in by Chief Justice King-
man. R. W. P. Muse was elected President, Thomas Hughes, Secretary
of the College, The vote was unanimously cast for Hayes, for President,
for Wheeler, for Vice President, and their action was duly signed, sealed
and delivered: one copy to the Judge of the United States District Court;
one copy mailed to the President of the United States Senate; one copy
delivered to the messenger-elect to take the returns to Washington. John
B. Johnson was selected as the messenger.

1877.

The First Biennial Session of the State Legislature, George T. Anthony,
Governor, convened on January 9, and adjourned March 7. Melville J.

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Salter was President of the Senate; Peter P. Elder, Speaker of the House,
was elected on the fifth ballot: George W. Hogeboom, Speaker, pro tem.
Speaker Elder presided over the House, January 9 and 10, and was there-
after prevented from so doing on account of bodily sickness. On the 6th
of February, the House was in possession of the following communica-
tion :
OTtawa, Kansas, February 2, 1877
To THE MEMBERS OF THE HovusE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TOPEKA, KANSAS: eee
_ Gentlemen: Isee no probability of being able to resume my duties as presiding officer
within any reasonable length of time; therefore, acknowledging the lively interest mani-
fested by the members in my sad affliction, I deem it just for me to tender the House my
resignation. Respectfully,
P. P, ELDER.

The House accepted Speaker Elder’s resignation, and on February 7
elected Samuel N. Wood, Speaker, who served during the remainder of
the session. A joint convention of the two Houses was held January 11
for the purpose of hearing Gov. Anthony read his annual message.

Representative Mohler offered a protest against this procedure, which
was spread upon the journal, and which read as follows :

We protest against the passage of the resolution for a joint convention to hear the
Governor read his message—
First, Because it is not authorized by the constitution.

xe Second, Because such a gathering does not constitute the Legislature of the State of
ansas. $ :

Third, Because it is a departure from precedent, for which no reason has been given,
except that given by the mover ofthe resolution. [This was Senator D. W. Finney]. :

This was signed by Messrs. Biddle, of Linn, Bohrer, of Rice, Ellison
and Humes, of Wastin clon, Hamilton, of Norton, Hewins, of Chautauqua, ,
Humphrey, of Montgomery, Gabriel, of Labette, Geffs, of Bourbon, Gilke-
son, of Ellis, Lozier, of Phillips, Palmer, of Jewell, Smith, of Smith,
Stillings and Wheat, of Leavenworth.

George W. Martin, who, on the third ballot, was elected State Printer,
January 21, 1873, again elected January 19, 1875, was for the third time
elected January 16, 1877.

. The balloting in each body commenced Tuesday, January 23, and the
contest in joint convention ended only with the month; twenty-two
different persons having been voted for, though there were not half as many
candidates. In fact, the only candidates having expectations were Pres-
ton B. Plumb, ex-Congressman David P. Lowe, ex-Gov. Thomas A.
Osborn, Senator Harvey, Walter L. Simons and Theodore C. Sears. Senator
Harvey was withdrawn on the 30th, and the friends of Judge Lowe ex-
pected a triumph for him on the final ballot. The history of the ballots
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The names of the straggling candidates were John Martin, leader of
the Kansas Democracy ; Charles W Blair, Thomas P. Fenlon, Wilson
Shannon, Isaac E. Eaton, ex-Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy, ex-Gov. Charles
Robinson, ex-Lieut. Gov. Joseph P. Root, George A. Crawford, William
A. Phillips, and Kansas legislators Benjamin F. Simpson, Edward Stillings,
John P. St. John, Edwin Tucker and Lewis Hendrickson. :

Among the acts of the Legislature of importance, was one providing
for a uniform system of County Normal Institutes ; one authorizing the
appointment of a Commissioner of Fisheries, and. for the protection of
fish in the waters of the State, and D. B. Long was appointed Fish Com-
missioner ; an act to enable counties, townships and cities to loan their

-credit to aid in constructing narrow-guage railroads; one providing for

County Commissioners to order an election for voting bonds to railroad
companies, upon the prayer of two-fifths of the resident tax-payers of a
county ; one providing for the County Clerk, to transfer real estate in the
name of the proper owner ; one providing for a commission of three per-
sons learned in the law, to revise the general statutes of the State, receiv-
ing their appointment from the Justices of the Supreme Court, which
Commissioners were to have a clerk. For this, an appropriation of $5,500
was made, and the persons appointed under it were Benjamin F. Simpson,
Edward Stillings and William C. Webb, Commissioners, and Channing J.
Brown, Clerk, but the State has had no revision of its statutes. There
‘was an appropriation of $2,000 made for the erection of a State Armory,
which was built on the State House grounds, southeast of the east wing of
the capitol. An act was passed authorizing the Topeka Land and Water
Power Company to erect and maintain a dam across the Kansas River;
one providing for all State officers, and the Regents and Trustees of all the
State institutions to make out their biennial reports and deliver them to
the Governor on or before the 1st day of September preceding the regular
session of the Législature, which ‘‘in addition to reports of receipts and
*

_ January 1, 1869—An act to provide for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State

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expenditures, shall mention all the apparent defects, inconsistencies, omis-
sions, unequal or oppressive laws which they shall have severally discov-
ered, for the purpose of enabling the Legislature to make such amendments
as will tend to perfect the statute laws of the State ;” an act ‘providing
for the appointment of a State Agent to prosecute the claims of the State
of Kansas against the United States, and to, procure payment of moneys
due said State, from the United States on account of public lands disposed
of by the United States in the said State of Kansas; also to present and
prosecute the claims of the State of Kansas for school lands due the said
State from the United States ; also to prosecute the claims of the State of
Kansas against the United States for moneys due the said State on account
of expenses incurred in organizing troops for the military service of the
United States, and for material and supplies furnished the same, and on
account of Indian depredations.’? Lx-Gov..Samuel J. Crawford re-
ceived the appointment of State Agent. The act relating to State statistics
was so amended as to require the Assessors annually to report upon ‘‘ag-
riculture,’’ ‘‘ manufactures,’ and ‘‘blind, deaf and dumb, insane and
idiotic.” Congress was memorialized to promote the speedy construction
of a Southern Pacific railroad; to take immediate steps to procure an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, providing for the
election of United States Senators by the people; and to secure a law
allowing the settlers. on the ‘‘Osage ‘Trust Lands” to pay for their lands
by four annual installments. :

Hlections of 1877.—A special election was held in Atchison County to
fill a vacancy in the Second Senatorial District, caused by the resignation
of Hon. Albert H. Horton, appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
by Gov. Thomas A. Osborn, and Warren W. Guthrie was elected.

On November 6, A. Mott was elected a member of the House of Rep-
resentatives from Rush County, to fill a vacancy caused by the removal of
Hon. William P. Tomlinson from the county. Hiram Stevens, of Paola,
Miami County, was again elected Judge of the Tenth Judicial District, and
Joel Holt, of Beloit, Mitchell County, was again elected Judge of the
Fifteenth Judicial District.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.—The unexpired term of Samuel
A. Kingman as Chief Justice was filled at the State election by the choice
of its incumbent, Albert H. Horton. He. received 68,850 votes ; William

R. Wagstaff, Democrat, 25,378 votes; Samuel A. Riggs, National, 9,880 ; ’

there were 1,016scattering votes. Melville J. Salter eg pra aposition in
the Land Office at Independence, resigned his office of Lieutenant Gover-
nor, and Lyman U. Humphrey, of Montgomery County, was elected. He
had a vote of 62,750; Thomas W. Waterson, Democrat, 24,740; D. B.
Hadley, National, 9,590 ; scattering votes, 1,039. :

John Brown’ s Monument.—August 30 marks the date of the dedication
at Osawatomie of a monument erected to the memory of John Brown,
the hero-martyr, and Frederick Brown, David R. Garrison, George Par-
tridge, Theron P. Powers and Charles Keyser, who were killed at the
battle of Osawatomie August 30, 1856. Ex-Gov. Charles Robinson
was President of the day; W. W. Updegraff was Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Arrangements, and Hon. Jobn J. Ingalls was the Orator of the
day. In his;commendation of John Brown, the orator said :

In any age, or country, or under any system where abuses existed that needed correc-
tion, he would have been a reformer in politics and a Puritan in religion. He would have
gone with Huss to the stake, or with Sidney to the scaffold. i
_ Referring to the National Administration of which the Senator was a
part, he said: ;

‘ A-school of political pigmies whom Providence for some inscrutable purpose has placed.
in power, are endeavoring to pacify the country by debauching its convictions; by assert-
ing that those who sought to overthrow and destroy the Government are more entitled to its
favor than those who sacrificed all to uphold it, by attempting to obliterate the distinction
between right aud wrong, and repeal the laws of God. They are seeking to put the new

wine of 1877 into the old bottles of 1860, with the probability of the ultimate loss of both .

receptacles and contents. .

State Bonds and Certificates.—The amount of bonds issued and lia-
bilities incurred for war purposes, by the State, on account of the General
Government, for which reimbursement was claimed, as shown by state-
ment prepared by the State Auditor, is as follows:

“STATEMENT OF BONDS ISSUED BY THE STATE OF KANSAS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.

July 1, 1864—An act to provide for the expenses of the militia, incurred in the
protection of the State, in the years 1861, 1862, 1863 and 1864, and payment

of the same, approved February 28, 1964.........-scssorssssresseestanensenseserrssves cree 100,000 00

July 1, 1866—An act supplemental to “ ‘An act to provide for the expenses of the

militia, incurred in the protection of the State, in the ycars 1861, 1862, 1863

and 1864, and payment of the same,” approved February 23, 1864, approved

© February 26, 1866..csccscssseccoseevcasertarsccssneeascescessoons A betseeeees Libipenshes brensauarmne eed

July 1, 1868—An act to ewido for the issuance and sale of the bonds of the State

forthe purpose of defraying the expenses of the Kansas militia, approved

. March 3d, 1868... giiatereanteN stenesessssneetegsan aecgensaaescersooonaens

January 1, 1669—An ance and sale of bonds of the State

of’ Kansas, for the purpose of liquidating the indebtedness of the Stato in-

curred for milltary purposes, during the year 1868, in defending the cilizens

of the State against the ravages of hostile Indians on the frontiers of Kansas,

approved February 9, 1869.......0essrres eeeaaecaras i ssbbwas sueais esses Ven nadusicades <syasewssvenh

January 1, 1869—An act to provide for the issuance and sale of bonds, for defray-

ing the expenses in raising the Ninteenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cay-

alry, approved March 8, 1869.........:scseesseseeensssene sepeseesennene avssteedies

40,000 00

 

30,000 00

    

75,000 00

uve 12,000 00
» of Kansas, to provide a military contingent fund for the protection of the
frontier against hostile Indians, approved February 26, 1869.......... wegeosgasasca
March 15, 1875—Aun act to provide for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State
of Kansas, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness of the State incurred
in repelling Indian invasions during the year 1874, and the month of Jan-
uary in the year 1875, approved March 6, 1875 ....... aa aS Tea Biees aaavsPetes as asaans

89,000 00

36,500 00

Total amount issued .........ssersscsssssrsesesseesoseesesstessessesonss panesneeseereoee ooeneees $882,500 00

The following amount was paid directly from the State Treasury, and for which
no bonds were issued, to wit: :
Under the provisions of an act appropriating money to refund to the Governor,
, Lhomas Carney, expenses incurred by him in protecting the State, approv d
February 26, 1864. ...ccecceescscsescrsencerererseasancrerscamertssssesctsecsersermsecsres $10,800 00

In addition to the foregoing exhibit, the State of Kansas has issued iis interest-
bearing certificates in pursuance of law, for the services of the State militia,
material and supplies furnished, property lost in action, etc., in defense of
the State, during the year 1864, to the amount Of... sceseneneeeessereress 77,426 15
Making the total amount paid and assumed by the State, and for which the State——
has not been reimbursed by the United States .....ssssssssssnssesrenenenersseee $470,726 15

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Throughythe courtesy of Hon. J, A. Williamson, Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Washington, D. C., a special force of clerks was
employed to ascertain what was due the State from the General Govern-
ment by virtue of the following provision of the organic act:

Fifth—That five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of all public lands lying within
said State, which shall be sold by Congréss aiter the admission of said State into the Union,
after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State for the pur-
pose of making public roads and internal improvements, or for other purposes, as the Legis-
lature shall direct. (12Stat., 127.) ~ :

December 381, 1877, it was ascertained to be $190,800, and demand was
made upon the Secretary of the Treasury for its payment.

1878. -
The Railroad Strike.—In April, 1878, there was a disturbance at Tope-
ka and along the line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, as
may be seen from the following correspondence: -

Gov. ANrHoNY: here isa large mob about our depot, threatening violence, I have
called on the Sheriff, and he is trying to raise a posse, but we may need help from the State.
Will you protect this company and its property? ‘ \ 5

C.T. MorsE, General Superintendent.

TopeKa, April 5.

To which a response was made as follows:

EXECUTIVE OFFicr, Topeka, April 5, 1878,

Sir: Referring to your note of this date, in relation to disturbances upon your road, I
would respectfully refer you to Article 8, Chapter 31, Revised Statutes 1864, which provides
the mode of procedure for the suppression of such irregular and riotous conduct. In this
connection I have to assure you of my full sympathy, and that the power of the State shall
be brought to bear to suppress any effort to drive peaceable laborers from their work upon
your road or elsewhere. -

Proceedings should be strictly in conformity to law, with great care, and, above all,
conducted in such a manner as not to PEeciniiits a conflict witbout abundant means to mas~
ter all opposition. After your appeal to local authorities, or before, I shall be pleased to
confer with you in relation to the means required. I urge caution and forbearance:

Very respectfully, GEORGE T, ANTHONY, Governor. -

To C. F. Morse, Supt. A. 1. & 8. FR. RB.

General Manager W. B. Strong telegraphed Gov. Anthony from Pueblo,
Colo., the same day: “Most of our engineers refused to work yester-
day. You _will favor us by suggesting to the authorities at Topeka, .
Atchison, Emporia, Newton and Dodge City, by wire, to be ready to meet
any emergency.” 2

Gov. Anthony replied as follows:

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, ToPEKA, April 5, 1878,
‘To W. B. StRonc, GENERAL MANAGER ATCHISON, TopEKa & Santa Fe RAtLRoaD,
PUEBLO, CoLo.: The following telegram has been sent to the authorities of the principal cities
on the line of your road: :
“TopreKa, April 5, 1878.

“T am informed that a class of employés on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad
have organized to offend against the public peace by conspiring to prevent the operation of
trains on said road, without their consent. It is expected that the civil authorities will
protect peaceable laborers and arrest offenders, under authority of Article 8, Chapter 31, Gen-
eral Statutes of Kansas, 1868. Ample preparations should-be made to check disturbances
and arrest offenders the moment such organized resistance to the laws is developed. To
this end the full power of the State will be brought into requisition for the preservation of
law and order. GEORGE T. ANTHONY, Governor.”

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__On April 8, Gov. Anthony ordered Capt. J. C. Walkinshaw to proceed .
with his company, the Third Independent Company Volunteer Guards,
K. 8. M., Leavenworth, and a detachment.of ten men and non-commis-
sioned officers from Capt. Ziegler’s Company, of Independence, to_pro-
ceed to Emporia by special train, and report to H. Conner, Sheriff of Lyon
County. The feeling of theEmporians may be imagined by the following:
ro Emporia, Kan., April 8, 1878.
Gov. GzorcEe T. ANTHONY: We have now in our midst a band of fifty armed men, who

profess to come here under your orders, for the protection of the property of the Atchison,
‘Yopeka & Santa Fé Railroad. We simply consider this an insult to our civil officers and citi-
zens. We have been and are still able and willing to protect all the property of the road and
all the employés who are willing to work, We can’t make men work; but there has not
been a time since this strike commenced that it required more than six men to do all the
police duty that was necessary. We hope that you will at once recall these troops, and we
will take care of our own affairs; and if you do not, we will not answer for the consequences.

T. N. Sepewick, County Attorney.

> H. Conner, Sheriff.

J.S. Watson, Mayor,

D. 8. GILMORE, Ch'n Board Co. Comm'rs.

A, WarD, County Commissioner.

Thereupon a correspondence between the Governor and Sheriff Con-
ner ensued. is

On the evening of the 8th, the following messages came from and went
to Emporia:

. 7 Emporia, April 8, 1878.

_ To Goy. ANTIONY: We insist again to state that in sending those armed men to our
city you have acted without warrant of law, and that our citizens and peace officers feel,
justly indignant, Our Sheriff is amply able to quell any disturbance that is likely to arise.
We therefore beg of you, in the name of peace and good order, to recall your armed men.

T. N. SeDGwick, County Atlorney.
: ; J.S. Watson, Mayor.
To which the following answer was sent :
ee: Torexa, April 8, 1878.

_ T.N, SEp@wicx, Emporia, Kan.: Your second demand for withdrawal of troops re-
ceived. I am responsible to the law for my action. Troops will in no manner interfere
with your local authorities, nor atttempt the enforcement of law, unless you continue to fail
in so doing. They will not be withdrawn until the possibility of their need at any point is
past. GuorGE T, ANTHONY, Governor.

Emporia, April 8, 1878.

C. F. Morse: We understand the Governor, by your request, has pent filty armed
men here to protect your property and men. Wé consider this an insult to our civil officers
and citizens, and entirely unwarranted and without precedent or warrant, Our civil officers
are amply able and willing to protect your property and employés. There have been no
riots or disturbances of any kind, and if any such disturbance should oceur, we are abund-
antly able to take care of it. These troops must be recalled from here at once. If they are
not, we will not answer for the consequences.

H, Conner, Sherif.
T. N. SEpGwicK, County Attorney.
D. 8. Ginmore, Ch’n Co. Board Commissioners,

Capt. Charles E. Wheeler, in charge of the depot and shops at Topeka,
received the following :

Starr Hous, April 8, 1878.
Capt. WHEELER, TOPEKA: Keep all your men, and make arrangement to have every
man for duty at a moment's notice, through the night. Have good picket line out, and ex-
act absolute vigilance. More danger to-night than ever again.

f GroRGE T, ANTHONY.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

On the 9th, a fatal accident occurred, which the following explains:

° : Emporia, April 9, 1878.

Gov. ANTHONY: One of your militia just accidentally killed Rev. 0. J. Shannon, Pas-
tor of Congregational-Church. Tremendous excitement.’ No possible use of troops here,
and I advise you to immediately withdraw them. Jacos STOTLER.

Gov. Anthony expressed deep regrets at the occurrence, and ordered
Capt. Walkinshaw to move the troops out of the county, and Super-
intendent Morse furnished transportation for them to Reading, in Osage
County. Soon after, order was restored.

Turee members of the State Senate resigned their positions to accept
Federal positions: John C. Carpenter, of Neosho, Collector of Internal
Revenue, with office at Leavenworth; Harlan P. Dow, of Riley, Deputy
Collector, office at Manhattan ; Benjamin F. Simpson, United States Mar-
shal, with office at Topeka. Senatgr O. H. Sheldon, of Osage, died; John
Kelley, of Sedgwick, resigned, which left five vacancies to be filled at the
election in November. :

Management of the State Institutions.—Gov. Anthony on July 15, ad-
dressed a letter to the Attorney General, Willard Davis, having reference,
to the Board of Trustees for the management of the State Institutions, say-
ing:

Under the act of 1876, Chapter 130, providing for a board of trustees for the manage-
ment of these institutions, in number five, J. T. Lanter, of Garnett; J. H. Smith, of Columbus;
T. T. Taylor, of Hutchinson; W. B. Slosson, of Sabethaand J. P. Bauserman, of Leavenworth,
were appointed trustees, and entered upon their duties April 1, 1876. It now appears from
the records of the State Auditor, that they drew compensation as provided by the Statute
for the year ending March 31, 1877, $2,260.30; that in addition to this they drew by warrant
from their own Treasurer, J. T. Lanter, from funds appropriated by the Legislature for the
current expenses of the Insane Asylum at Osawatomie, the sum of $1,649.46, and from the
fund appropriated for buildings—same asylum—the sum of $1,260.30, making a total of

~ Durin the same time, they drew from the funds appropriated for the maintenance of
the blind, the sum of $227.30, making a total of $6,027.50 compensation for the year, $3.767.21
of which was without warrant of law, as I believe, and. misappropriated to their own use. “

Believing this use of their money to be a violation of law, and a dangerous
I have to request that you give it a careful and exhaustive examination. Should you re-
quite any further details, you can have access to the books and vouchers, or I shall be
pleased to answer any questions you may ask in relation thereto.

Attorney General Davis made a response to this the following day,
“but a thorough examination of the charges above instituted, caused an
abandonment of the contemplated suit in a civil action.

Conventions.—The Kansas State Temperance Convention met at

Olathe May 14, and made choice of John P. St. John, President ; Albert —

Griffin, Vice President; B. F. Flenniken, Secretary. The largest element
in the convention was the “Murphy movement,” which, as originated by
Francis Murphy, is mainly based on the following pledge:

With malice toward none, with charity for all; I, the undersigned, do pledge my word
and honor We helping me) to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and that
I will by all honorable means encourage others to abstain, ;

, TheState Central Committee of the National Greenback party issued a
call April 29 for a State convention, to be held July 3, at Emporia. Upon
meeting, the convention put in nomination the following State ticket: Gov-
ernor, D. P. Mitchell, of Lyon; Lieutenant Governor, Alfred’ Taylor, of

Johnson; Secretary of State, T. P. Leach, of Neosho; State Auditor, A.,

B. Cornell, of Russell ; State Treasurer, A. G. Wolcott, of Wyandotte;
Attorney General, Frank Doster, of Marion; Chief Justice, i. P. Vroo-
man, of Greenwood; State Superintendent, I. T. Foot, of Linn. Frank
Doster was transferred from the place of Attorney General to that of
candidate for Member of Congress for the Third Congressional District,
and the National vote was mostly given to the Democratic candidate for
Attorney General. From the platform the following is extracted:

-Money is a creation of law, a convenience of trade and commerce, and it is the duty of
the Government to provide all the money needed by the people—a full legal tender paper
money, based on the power; perpetuity and credit of the Government, needing no other re-
demption than that it be received by the Government for all débts and taxes, including
duties on imports. _ , : 2

The claims of humanity should be considered first, and the claims of mere property
second; that labor is the active and productive capital of the country, and should be pro-
tected and fostered rather than idle money. That each sex shall receive equal pay for equal
work. That an income tax be established on all incomes exceeding $1,000 per year. That
the present movement in favor of temperance in this State has been productive of great
soed, and meets with our unqualified approval. : ed

The Republican State Convention met August 28, and after a protract-
ed struggle, nominated on the 17th ballot, John P. St. John for Governor.
The first ballot stood 119 votes for John A. Martin of the Atchison Cham-
pion; 116 for Gov. Anthony; 56 for St. John. The sixteenth was 123 for
Martin; 107 for Anthony; 59 for St. John. On the seventeenth ballot,
Martin had 128; St. John, 156 votes. Lyman U. Humphrey, of Montgom-
ery, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor; Albert H. Horton, of Atchi-
son, for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; J ames Smith, of Marshall, for
Secretary of State. Attorney General Davis, Auditor Bonebrake, Treas-
urer Francis, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Lemmon, were
re-nominated.

The platform declared: To the end that there may be but one class of paper currency,
we favor the withdrawal of the National bank notes, substituting therefor greenback cur-
rency issued directly by the Government as the sole paper currency of the country. Weare
in favor of placing the coinage of gold and silver on an equality, giving to neither an advan-
tage or prelerence. : : «lott

H That yailways are the creatures of ¢he people, and exist by the breath of legislative en-
actment; that, as servant of the people, they should be compelled to do their bidding, and
obey the whole regulations and restrictions of law, aud we demand of the Legislature the
establishment of such passenger and freight tarifls as shall advance the interests and pro-
tect the industries of the people. We condemn the policy of granting subsidies at the pub-
lic expense to either individuals or corporations for their private use.

The Democratic State Convention met at Leavenworth September 4,
and put in nomination the following ticket: Ex-Congressman Goodin, of
Allen, for Governor; George Ummethun, of Leavenworth, for Lieutenant
Governor; L. W. Borton, of Cloud, for Secretary of State; Osbun Shan-
non, of Douglas, for State.Auditor; Charles C. Black, of Cowley, for State
Treasurer; J.T. Cox, of Coffey, for Attorney General, Robert M. Ruggles,
of Lyon, for Chief Justice; O. F. McKim, of Sedgwick, for Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction. In their platform, they declare themselves in
favor of the full remonetization of silver and the removal of all restrictions
on its coinage; a retirement of national bank notes, and a substitution of

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treasury notes, commonly called greenbacks, in their place, and for a tariff
for revenue only.

Election.—At the annual election, Bishop W. Perkins was again elect-
ed Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District; Leonard Bradbury was elected
Senator from Miami County, to fill vacancy ; L. E. Finch, of Burlingame,
from the Twenty-first District; T. C. Henry, of Abilene, from the Thir-
tieth; Henry C. Sluss, of Wichita, from the Thirty-eighth; George W.
Spurgeon (National) was elected from Neosho County. /

John A. Anderson succeeded William A. Phillips in the First District.
His vote was 30,457; J. R. McClure’s, Democrat, 14,919; Elbridge Gale’s,
National, 5,716. There were 18 scattering votes. Dudley C. Haskell was
re-elected in the Second District. His vote was 19,029; Charles W. Blair’s,
Democrat, 138,827; Peter P. Elder’s, National, 9,962. There were 2 scatter-
ing votes. Thomas Ryan was re-elected in the Third District. His vote
was 25,228; Joseph B. Fugate’s, Democrat, 8,109; Frank Doster’s, National,
11,055; scattering, one. -

Ex-Goyv. Samuel J. Crawford was nominated by the Democrats and
Nationals for ‘‘Congressman-at-large,” an office which had no existence
in fact or in reasonable expectation; the Republicans furnished James
R. Hallowell as his opponent. The, vote for Hallowell was 73,978; for
Crawford, 60,158; scattering, 8.

The-vote for Governor was as follows: John P. St. John’s vote was
74,020; John R. Goodin’s, 37,208; D. P. Mitchell’s, 27,057; there were 11
scattering. Gov. St. John’s majority was 9,744. He had majorities in all
the counties except Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee,
Coffey, Crawford, Davis, Elk, Ford, Franklin, Johnson, Labette, Leaven-
worth, Linn, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Osage, Pottawatomie, Sum-
ner and Wyandotte. °

Of the 129 members of the House of Representatives, 90 were Repub-
licans; 21 Democrats; 18 Nationals. Atchison, Miami, Montgomery,
Neosho, Allen, Pottawatomie, Sedgwick, Barton and Barber counties
each sent a Democrat; Jefferson, Wyandotte, Bourbon and Brown, each
two; Leavenworth, four; Douglas, Linn, Labette and Chautauqua, each
sent two Nationals; Crawford, Cherokee, Montgomery, Marshall, Lyon,
Cowley, Elk, McPherson, Jewell and Smith each one.

indian Raid.—A rumor came to Gov. Anthony, September 8, that a
band of Northern Cheyenne Indians had left their reservation near Fort
Reno, and were moving toward Kansas. He communicated his report to
Gen. John Pope, commanding the Department, who assured the Governor
there was no danger. He spoke in positive terms of his disposition and
ability to protect the settlers from harm, should the Indians’ come to the
State. Soon after Gov. Anthony received at Leavenworth the following

message: :

DopcE Crry, September 18, 1878.
GEORGE T. ANTHONY, GOVERNOR: Three hundred Indians are driving off stock and
killing herders. They are now within six miles of our city. Weare withoutarms, having
equipped numbers who have gone south. Can you send us arms and ammuuition? Situa-
tion alarming. We are powerless without arms and ammunition.
JAMES KELLY, Mayor.
W. WILLErT.
H. E. GReypen.
. D. SHEELY. .
s Gov. Anthony dispatched this and the following telegram to Gen.
ope:
sf SEPTEMBER 18, 1878.
Mags. GEN. JOHN Pope, Forr LeavenworrH: Following just received from Dodge
City: “Three hundred Indians are driving off stock and killing herders. ‘They are now
within six miles of our city. Situation alarming. We are powerless and unprotected.
Can you send us arms arid ammunition?” Are these reports true, and is State intervention
necessary to protect life and property? Answer here. GEORGE T, ANTHONY.

The following reply was received :

Forr LEAVENWORTH, Kan., September 18, 1878.

Gov. ANTHONY: Gen. Pope in town. Telegram just received from commanding officer
Fort Dodge, who has for a week had his orders about the Indians, makes no mention of
their being in the vicinity. ‘ Puatt, A. A. G.

The following telegrams were dispatched :

[Dispatch to Mayor Kelly, Dodge City.]
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., September 18, 1878.

To JamMEs KELLY AND OTHERS, DoDGE City, Kas.: I have your demand for arms.
Have you called on commanding officer at Fort Dodge for protection? He does not report
trouble to Gen. Pope. Will send on special train arms in charge of Adjt. Gen. Noble.

GrorGE T. ANTHONY.
[Dispatch to Gen. Pope.]
SEPTEMBER 18, 1878. _

GEN. JoHN PopE, Fort LEAVENWORTH: Have referred parties calling for aid to
commanding officer, Fort Dodge, and promising arms if United States forces could not pro-
tect them. Special to Kansas City press reports murders by Indians near Dodge City.

GxrorGE T. ANTHONY, Governor.

More urgent demands came from Mayor Kelly, of Dodge City, who
dispatched the Governor that there was no United States troops at Dodge
City, and no arms at the post. The country was filled with Indians and
he wanted arms immediately, breech loaders. ;

~ The following dispatches give their history :

[Dispatch from Dodge City.]
Dovce Ciry, Kan., September 18, 1878.
Gov. Grorcr T. AnrHony: Indians are murdering and burning houses within three
miles of town. All the arms we have have been sent out; cam you send.us arms and am-
munition immediately? H. Sunn fi T. S. McCartuy,
R. W. Evans. JAMES C. CONNOR.
C. W. WILLETT.
[Dispatch to Gen. Pope.]
LEAVENWORTH, KaN., September 18, i878.
Gren. JOHN Pope, Fort LEAVENWORTH, KaN.: Mayor and citizens say Indians are
murdering and burning houses within three miles of Dodge City. I must send arms and
ammunition if you have not an adequate force there to protect citizens. Answer.
GEORGE T. ANTHONY.
[Dispatch to General Manager Strong.]

: SEPTEMBER 18, 1878.

W. B. Stronc, GENERAL Manacer A. T. & 8S. F. R. R., Topeka: Can you send
special with arms and ammunition in charge of Adjt. Gen. Noble, to-night?
GEORGE T, ANTHONY.
(Mr. Strong’s reply.]

TOPEKA, Kan., September 18, 1878.
GrorGE ‘I. ANTHONY: Yes, sir. Name the hour you wish to have the train start, and

the place you wish to reach, W. B. Srrone,
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Adjt. Gen. Noble went down on the passenger train to Dodge City,
on September 19, with arms, and reported to the Governor on the 20th
that he had issued to the Mayor of Dodge 100 stand of arms and 7,000
rounds of ammunition; 40 stand and ammunition, to citizens of Cimar-
ron; sixty stand and ammunition to Capt. Friedley, of Medicine Lodge.
Gov. Anthony was at Iuka, Pratt County, September 24, and found much
excitement. It was ascertained that three persons had been killed and
three wounded, and that the views of Gen. Pope were sustained, that the
Indians were only in quest of food, ponies and arms, and were not in-
clined to attack any one until resisted in taking such property. The In-
dians departed from this section and went into Northern Kansas in Oc-
tober and Gov. Anthony was dispatched as follows:

: 7 Exuis, October 2, 1878.

Gov. ANTHONY: Reliable information has just been received that eighteen white
men were killed this morning by Indians near Buffalo. Please send immediately one hun-
dred guns and ammunition to Ellis, together with such other assistance as you can afford,
We can furnish a number of volunteers. Davip RATHBONE.

2 Evuis, October 2, 1878.

GrorcE T. ANTHONY: Cheyennes depredating Western Kansas; troops have scat-
tered them and made matters worse. Our men need arms badly ; help us.

J. C. Henry,
. . Secretary Western Kansas Stock Association.

These parties were notified that the
Adjutant General would be sent up the
Kansas Pacific with arms and ammuni-

Other telegrams were received as
follows:
[Telegram from Mr. Keeny.]

WaKEENY, Kan., October 3, 1878.
GrorcEe T, ANrHoNy: Three Indians seen
this morning eleven miles north from here by
Clark, whose word is as good as Gen. Pope's.
J. F. Keeny,

[Telegram from Mr. Henry.]

BUFFALO, KAN., October 2, 1878.

GrorcE T. ANTHONY, GOVERNOR: Seven-
teen men known to be killed, on Sappa; one
wounded on Solomon, night before last; settlers
in Southern Nebraska in great danger. Surgeons
from here with citizens’ guard to go north will
meet Adjutant.

” J. C. HENRY.

The Adjutant General submitted

the following report:
Topeka, KAN., October 15, 1878.

To His EXcELLENCY GEORGE T. ANTHONY,
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: Accord-
ing to orders received from you, I proceeded to
distribute arms along the line of the Kansas
Pacifie Railway, taking such security therefor as
I could get, in consideration of the exigencies of
the case and demand of the parties. The follow-
ing are the places and names of parties to whom
arms were issued under the above orders: -

J. F. Keeny, Wakeeny, Kan., 50 Sharp’s
carbines and 1,30 rounds of ammunition.

SANE
O. B. Richards, at Carlyle, Kan., 10 carbines WS AWN SSS
and 300 rounds of ammunition. ‘ Wo

G. W. Kimball and others, Ellis, Kan., 50
carbines and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

J. R. Hamilton, 20 carbines and 700 rounds
of ammunition.

Kansas Pacific Railway Company, at Buf-
falo, 30 Sharp’s carbines aud 1,000 rounds of
ammunition. :

J. M. Gravelly, 2 Sharp’s carbines.

J.C. Henry, Lillis, Kan., 50 Sharp's carbines,
with 4,000 rounds of ammunition.

J. H. Edwards, 20 Sharp's carbines and 2,000
rounds of ammunition.

J. H. Marr and others, and J. L. Worley
and others, of Norton and Decatur Counties,
100 carbines, with 2,000 rounds of ammunition.

LT arrived at Ellis, made the properdistribu-
tion, and then telegraphed for special train to
take me along the line at the different points.
Left Ellis, accompanied by Hon. J. H. Edwards,
at 7 o'clock; reached. the last station, Carlyle,
at 12 midnight, and returned as far as Wakeeny,
where I found great excitement in regard toa
rumor that Indians had stampeded the ranch of
Mr. Henry. The rwnor proved false, and quiet
reigned to acertain degree. In fact, the whole
country is alarmed, and the demand for arms is
tenfold that which can be supplied by the State.’

I wish to say right here, that in the mat-
ter of bonds, I was compelled to violate the
provisions of the statutes as to the issue of such arms, and took the responsibility of letting
citizens have them where in my opinion there was danger of attack.

T trust my action in the matter will be justified; and I know it would have been con-
demned had I lived up to the strict letter of instructions and the law, and refused such aid.
I shall take the opportunity, in making my report, to call the attention of the Legislature
to this matter, suggesting that discretionary power be given the Adjutant General in such
cases, thereby relieving him of the responsibility imposed by the present law.

7 Tam, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
P. S. Nosin, Adjutant General.

Gov. Anthony had quite a correspondence with Gen. Pope and the
‘Secretary of the War Department, which terminated with a letter from
Gen. Pope at the end of the year ; that relating to the Cheyenne Indians,

is as follows :
~ HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MIssouRI,
Fort LEAVENWORTH, KaNn., December 31, 1878.
Hon. Grorce T. ANtuoNY, GoveRNoR or Kansas, TOPEKA, Kan.: GOVERNOR—I
have the honor to inform you that I have received orders from the War Department to turn
over to the civil authorities of Kansas, such of the uepeune prisoners en route to this place,
from the north, as can be identified as the criminals w ocommitted murder or other crimes
’ during the raid of the Indians through Kansas in September last. As it is desirable not to
keep these Indians here longer than necessary, I have to request that such persons as may
be needed for the-identification of the criminals be sent to meet the Indians on their arrival
here. Icannot yet'tell exactly when they will reach here, but I will notify you by tele-
graph as long as possible in advance—perhaps a week,

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

A considerable force of infantry will be sent within a few days to Camp Supply, and to
a point on the Canadian, half way between that post and Fort Reno, to cover the southern
line of Kansas as far as is practicable for the present. : =
Of course you know as I do, that infantry is not a very effective force to head off or
ursue parties of mounted Indians. You know also that until parties of Indians from the
ndian Territory break away we have no right to act against them except on application of
the Indian agent, or until they have passed out of the limits of their reservation; and that
we have no power to inquire into their condition or wants, orto remedy either, nor can we
use any precautionary measures of repression, whatever may be the indications of their
purpose to break away, unless first asked to do so by the agent. Thus tied up, there is noth-
in Toft to the military except to wait until the Indians are gone or until the agent asks the
maecy to act, which for obvious reasons he is very reluctant to do until it is too late for
effective measures to prevent trouble. -

1879.

The Second Biennial Session of the Kansas Legislature, John P. &t.
John, Governor; David A. Finney, Président of the Senate; Sidney Clarke,
Speaker of the House, met January 14, adjourned March 12, 1879.

January 15, a select committee of the Senate, consisting of Senators
Morrill, Giilett and Greene submitted the following resolutions, relating to
the late Senator Sheldon:

Resolved, That this Senate receives the sad intelligence of the death of the Hon. 0. H.
Sheldon, late a member of this body, with deep and abiding grief.

: Resolved, That in the death of Senator Shel-
don we feel that the State of Kansas has suffered
the loss of one of its most honest and efficient
public servants, whose sound judgment, untiring
energy and sterling integrity commanded the
respect of all who knew him. In the discharge
of duty he was always prompt and faithful, ever
watchful of the interests of his constituents and
of the people of his State. In his intercourse
with his associates, he was at all timesa true and
courteous gentleman. As a body, we feel that we
have sustained a great loss in being deprived of
his able and wise counsel in the affairs of our
State. We sincerely deplore his death, and will
ever hold in grateful remembrance his many
high and enduring qualities.

Resolved, That we tender to the family of
our deceased friend and colleague our heartfelt
sympathies.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate
be directed to transmit to tbe family of the de-
ceased a copy of these resolutions.

They were adopted on the 22d, and
Senators E. N. Morrill, Almerin Gillett,
P. I. B. Ping, H. M. Greene, Charles
Robinson, I. O. Savage and L. E. Finch
—the successor of Senator Sheldon—
offered appropriate remarks on the
occasion.

The following is an extract from
Senator Morrill’s remarks: -

In the death of Senator Sheldon, this Senate
has lost one of its ablest and purest members,
and the state one of its worthiest citizens. But
he is not dead!

“There is no death!
transition.
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portals we call death.”

The following is from Senator Gil-

What seems so is

SELES Oe
iso’
Looe

AT Ada

lett: -
From A. D. 1856 to A. D. 1876, through

twenty years of hard and bitter struggles, he

saw Kansas acknowledged at last as one of the.
most 2 sige and promising of the States of

our Union. Many of us well remember with

what glowing enthusiasm Mr. Sheldon was wont

to speak of his Kansas home.

And so they are dropping away from us,
those who made their homes here and cast their
fortunes with struggling Kansas when her nights
were dark and her days were stormy, and the
clouds hid her stars. “Strong wen of the prair-
ies,” we can ill afford to spare them ; but we will
keep their memory green. We will not forget
our old friends—old in energy and experience,
if not old in years, who, like’ Mr. Sheldon, have
helped to make our State what it is, who for
her have borne the burden and heat of the da: ‘i
and have buried many a comrade who fell beside
them in the struggle, Z

“Qn the lintels of Kansas
That blood shall not dry;
Henceforth the bad angel
Shall harmless go by;
Henceforth to the sunset,
Unchecked in her way,
Shall Liberty follow
The march of the day.”

Senator Greene, in his tribute to his worth, said:

_ _ Always an earnest, untiring and consistent partisan, he was easily elected to represent
his uy in the Territorial Legislature of 1860, asa member of the House. That body
numbered thirty-seven Representatives. Of these, but few remain to-day. I recognize onl
the names of S. N. Wood, W. A. Rankin, and Paul R. Brooks, as now at all connected wit
public life. One of the most important measures of the session was the passage of an act
prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude in Kansas. Vetoed by Gov. Medary, in a
uleeeee exhaustively and apologetically treating the whole question, our friend voted to

ass the bill, the Governor’s objections to the contrary notwithstanding, being thus privi-

leged to stand at one of the turning-points of our history, and assist in directing the rising
tie 6 bet ee along the unimpeded channels of free government, on to the haven of State
vereignty.

_ _ But our late associate not only participated in the closing scenes of Territorial legisla-
tion; he was also a member of the first State Tepisiatire, a body of men as deserving of the

rateful remembrance of every true Kansan as the first Congress is of every true American.
‘hey found themselves intrusted with legislative powers for a people just arising in almost
utter exhaustion from a frightful famine, having only just been relieved from the horrors of
a hostile invasion and the insult of an alien coe In addition to the weighty re-
sponsibilities which thus rested upon them, a burden infinitely outweighing them all was
cast upon them. If before all the patience, patriotism and wisdom they could summon were
required to mect the mighty problems before them, we cannot too much admire the forti_

,
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

tude which sustained unmoved this. tremendous emergency. Scarcely had the -speaker’s
gavel for the first time fallen. ere a heavier blow resounded through the country. Rebell-
jon, defeated in Kansas, had arisen in South Carolina. The war-drums were beating all

over the continent. The young State, just emerging from.one war, was to be flung into the
very heart of another.

Ex-Gov. Senator Robinson said:

._,,iu the infancy of Kansas, when the foundations of our State were being laid, and her
institutions established, the name of O. H. Sheldon was a tower of strength, and he was ever
true, and most eflicient in the cause of free Kansas. Not only that, but when the wave of
corruption swept over our young State, more blighting in its effects, if possible, than the
curse of human slavery, against which successful war had been waged, no smell of fire was
found upon his garments, | He lived the life of a pure patriot, and his memory will ever be
held sacred by his early and late associates. :

Senator Savage said:

My acquaintance with him commenced on this floor, and during all our intercourse. I
remember him only as an earnest and devoted patriot, a kind and genial companion, a man
of noble and generous impulses, one to whom even the suspicion of dishonesty never at-
tached. Of him it can in truth be said, he was an honest man. He was also a man entirely

free from vanity. .He never wearied this body with long speeches; never spoke for mere
show, but always for a purpose. i

_ Senator Ping, in an elaborate tribute, makes use of the following quo-
tations: ,
‘ He shaped his own future, and was the architect of his own fortune. Listen to the
poet: ~ g
“ There is the marble, there is the chisel!
Take them, work them to “hy will;
Thou alone must shape thy future—
Heaven give thee strength and skill.”

The elegance, the diction, and the sublime thought contained in this beautiful little

verse are worthy of more than a passing notice from those that desire to drink from the '

great fountain of all human excellence.

Senator Finch, in concluding his remarks, said: “I shall attempt
to so discharge my duties as to leave the position of Senator to my succes-
sor’as pure and unsullied as it was bequeathed to me.” This is his tribute:

_ In many respects O. H. Sheldon was a remarkable man, and his life was to a large ex-
tent not only a lite of great usefulness, but a life of a series of modest successes. :

On the 13th day of August, A. D. 1878, he died, at his residence in Burlingame, Kan.
At that time he was in the forty-fifth year of his age. His illness was severe, and covered
the space of many months. And what, no doubt, added greatly to the intensity of his suf-
ferings, was the fact that his whole life had been one of great energy and activity.

Notwithstanding bis-long illness, hisdeath was sudden, and, except by his intimate
friends, unexpeeted. pane lived so long in one locality, known by everybody, and re-
spected by all, enemies as well as friends, it seemed incredible that he should die. .

Senator Sheldon wag intimately identified with the history of Osage County from its
first settlement, long prior to its organization as acounty. Its history has been, in a large
measure, shaped by him. ‘To its prosperity he has contributed the lion’s share.

Senator Sheldon was anative of the little town of Victor, Ontario County, N. Y., where,
in 1833, he was born. - His education was meager, consisting only of that which he obtained
from a brief enjoyment of the limited facilities aiforded by the common schools of his native
village. In 1856, he left New York, and started to the Territory of Kansas. At Kansas City,
Mo., he became acquainted with John Drew, and accompanied him and his family to Osage,
then called Weller County. He lived for three years upon a‘‘claim,” on “the Dragoon,”
not far from a trading-post known as Superior City—at that time a.formidable rival of Bur-
lingame. - For his activity in behalf of this place, he was elected to the Territorial Legisla-
ture. And this was his first political victory. Twice after the organization of Osage County,
Senator Sheldon served as County Treasurer. For six years under President Grant, and
until his election to a seat in this body, he was Postmaster of Burlingame.

In 1872, Senator Sheldon laid out and organized the town of Scranton, which at pres-
ent is orle of the most flourishing towns on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad.

In church matters, he was characterized by his usual energy. He was an active mem-

per of the Methodist Church, and the success of this society in Burlingame is greatly due to”

his perseverence and indomitable will. ees de
Senator Sheldon was pre-eminently a self-made man; and the history of his life is an-

other evidence of the fact that “man is the architect of his own fortune.”

January 16, the Legislature met in joint session to hear Gov. St. John
orally deliver his first biennial‘message. In referring to the 265,000 acres
of school lands secured to the State from the United States on account of
Indian reservations through the State Agent, Hon. Samuel J. Crawford,
he mentions the Commissioners appointed to select them: J. C. McQuary,
of Saline County; O. E. Morse, of Linn; L. B. Snow, of Butler; J. i.
Stone, of Montgomery; L. A. Thrasher, of Allen, and G. C. West, of La-
bette, and reports the cost of making the selection, $3,098.29, which
amount had been borrowed by the State officers on their personal respon-
sibility: ” E : ( .

In relation to the Price Raid Claims, the Governor said:

I can make no recommendation that if adopted by the Legislature would in my judg-
‘ment reflect more credit upon the State, and mete out greater justice to the citizens directly
interested in this matter, than to ask that a committee be appointed to ascertain as nearly
as possible the amount of scrip connected with this matter outstanding and unpaid; and the
adoption of such measures during the present session, as will provide the necessary means
for the prompt payment of whatever balance may be so ascertained, remembering that noth-
ing inspires greater confidence in respect for, and devotion to, a State, than the prompt, dis-
charge of every just obligation to its citizens.

On railroad fares and freights, he said:

There are about 2,300'miles of railroads in operation in Kansas, the assessed value of
which, as shown by the report of the Auditor of State, is $15,525,033.25. While it is true that
these railroads have contributed largely to the wealth, prosperity and progress of our State,
it is also equally true that not only our people, but the State and General Government, have
contributed liberally toward their construction and support. bane

The railway corporations of .Kansas derive their powers from, and the capital invested
therein is entitled to, and receives protection at the hands of the State. Their income aris-
ing from earnings, is derived mainly from the patronage of the people of Kansas, and the
people in return have the right to demand that such imitations, restrictions and regula-
tions touching fares and freights be ieeponet as will fully protect their interests, and at the
same time do no injustice to these corporations, é .

Our present law, in my Audlaredt: it wholly inadequate. Section 56 of Chapter 23 of
the General Statutes of Kansas prohibits railway corporations from charging over six cents
per mile for transporting passengers. Such a limitation affords no just protection to the
traveling public. Nor is it practically any restriction on the corporation, for but few ifany
railroads now in this country charge six cents per mile, even where there is no limitation.
Sections 57, 58 and 59 of same chapter, relating to the classification of and. charges for carry-
ing freight, are less restrictive, if possible, than said Section 56. Besides, by these sections,
the classification of freights being left entirely at the discretion of the railroad companies,
the restrictions and limitations therein attempted to be imposed are ineffective. __

I therefore suggest that this law be so amended as to clearly define the limitations, re-
strictions and regulations relating to charges for fares and freights, and that such limitations,
restrictions and regulations be made to do, as nearly as possible, equal justice to the railroads
and the people, and thus have the rights of both parties touching this question definitely
settled. .

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State Printer, having received 87 votes in the Joint Convention, out of
168; 64 in the House, 23 in the Senate.

Senatorial Hlection.—Each House balloted for Senator January 28.
The political complexion of the Senate was 36 Republicans, 2 Democrats,
2 Nationals; of the House of Representatives, 89 Republicans, 21 Demo-
crats, 19 Nationals. The vote in the Senate was as follows: Senator In-
galls, Republican, 17 votes; Chief Justice Horton, Republican, 2; Ex-Gov.
Anthony, Republican, 6; Congressman Phillips, Republican, 4; Marshal B.
F. Simpson, Republican, 8; Judge W. P. Campbell, Republican, 38; Ex-
Congressmen, Goodin, Democrat, 2; D. P. Mitchell, National, 2. The
House vote was as follows; Ingalls, 47; Horton, 1; Anthony, 20; Phillips,
is SIAC 10; Campbell, 3; Goodin, 20; Mitchell, 18; Ex-Senator Pom-
eroy,

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On the final ballot, Senator Ingalls’ vote received in the Senate was
19 Republican, 2 Democrat, 1 National; in the House, 53 Republican, 5
Democrat, 6 National—in all, 72 Republicans, 7 Democrats and 7 Nation-
als gave him their votes.

J nase Horton’s vote in the Senate was made up of 17 Republicans, 1
National; in the House, 86 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 12 Nationals, hav-
ing a support of 58 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 13 Nationals.

On the 6th of February, Hon. Dexter E. Clapp, of Woodson, arose to
a ae en of privilege, offered the following resolution, and moved its
adoption:

Le It is charged that during the progress of the late Senatorial election, acts of

bribery and corruption were resorted to, to influence the votes of members of this House for
United States Senator; and
Whereas, It is also charged that offers were made to pay large sums of money for votes

for Senator, and that in some cases these corrupt offers were made by members of this House;
and

Whereas, The honor of the State, the integrity of this House, and the character of the
Senate of the United States, demand that a full and impartial investigation should be had of
all the facts and circumstances connected with the aforesaid charges; therefore,

~ Resolved, That a committee of five members be appointed, whose duty it shall be to in-
vestigate all charges of bribery and corruption connected with the late Senatorial election,
and all charges 0 ee in office made against the recently-elected Senator, to the end
that the innocent may be vindicated, and all acts of bribery and corruption, if any shall be
found, exposed and punished; and said committee shall have power to employ a clerk to ad-
minister oaths, and to send for persons and papers.
Hon. Jobn Seaton, of Atchison, offered the following as a substitute:

Whereas, It.is becoming a chronic disease of the American people, in connection with
all elections, forthe defeated parties to cry fraud, and clamor for investigations against the
successful ones ; and
4 . ae Our people are suffering from such unwise and expensive legislation; there-

‘ore, be i
: Resolved, That it is the sense of this House that there has been nothing wrong in the
election of United States Senator, just past. ?

Resolved, That we look upon a desire to engage in an investigation as being inimical to
the welfare of our State.

Speaker Clarke ruled that the substitute was not in order, not being
germane to Mr. Clapp’s resolution.

Hon. W. R. Biddle, of Linn, offered the following as an amendment:

After the word “ Resolved,” add “by the House of: Representatives, the Senate concur-
ring therein.” Also strike out the following words: “A committee of five members be ap-

ointed,” and insert ‘‘the Committee on State Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on
State Affairs of the House, as a joint committee.”

This was lost by a vote of 61 to 63, and the preamble and resolutions
offered by Mr. Clapp were adopted by a vote of 68 to 56.

Speaker Clarke on February 7, announced the committee. It con-
sisted of Hon. A. M. F. Randolph, of Coffey; A. W. Callen, of Davis: John
“Hall, of Neosho; R. D. Hartshorne, of Neosho; and J. H. Keller, of Jack-
son.

February 12, the House adopted the following resolution: ;

Resolved, That the Committee on Investigation be and it is hereby authorized and in-
structed as follows: That whenever in the progress of its investigation,'any testimony shall
have been offered and taken by said Committee, affecting the honor and integrity of any
member of this House, or any of the late Senatorial candidates, such members (or Senato-
rial candidates) shall be notified, and shall be permitted to appear in person and defend
against the same, tothe end that the facts may be known, and justice be done in the premise

February 18, the committee met, organized and issued subpenas for
witnesses. The following-named persons were examined, and their testi-
mony was reduced to writing: .

G. L. White, J. 8. Danford, W. 8. Wait, H. T. Anderson, C. J. Brown,
“T, J. Raybell, J. B. Clogston, H. C. Fisler, Frank Playter, E. W. Majors,
F. M. Shaw, E. H. Brown, J. A. Hossack, John Francis, J. 8S. Merritt, P.
J. B. Ping, J. R. Hallowell, J. C. Wilson, C. H. Miller, T. P. Gable, J. G:
Pangborn, George A. Eddy, George T. Bevins, W. R. Henderson, John M.
Hutchison, John Puterbaugh, William M. Congdon, N. H. Coates, S. F.
Tolle, George W. McClintick, R. B. Shadduck, Charles Collins, John D.
Knox, C. E. Faulkner, 8. E. Sheldon, A. A. Thomas, 8. N. Wood, Joseph
Donahue, George F. Sharitt, T. B. Ellison, R. B. Armstrong, John Bissell,
L. M, Briggs and 8. M. Strickler. ;

Of this list two were State Senators, 22 were members of the House of
Representatives. The committee ceased to take testimony March 6. Not
all the witnesses summoned were examined for want of time.

Committee’ s Report.—There was a report from Mr. Randolph, one from
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Mr. Hall and one signed by Messrs. Callen, Keller and Mr. Hartshorne.
Mr. Randolph found:

_, 1. That the charge that ees the progress of the Senatorial election, acts of bribery
and corruption were resorted to with intent to influence the votes of members of this House
for United States Senator is sustained, as fully appears from the testimony of G. L. White,
J. B. Clogston, T. J. Raybell, George W. McClintick, W.S. Wait, H. T. Anderson, J. A. Hos-
sack, Frank Playter, E. H. Brown, E. W. Majors, H. C. Fisler and other witnesses.

_,, 2- In view of the partial and incomplete condition of such oe before the com-
mittee as appears to affect the honor and integrity of Hon. John J. Ingalls, and in view of
the fact that he has had no opportunity to be heard before the committee, either in person, or
by his attorney, to defend against such testimony, I find: That no acts of bribery and cor-
ruption connected with the late Senatorial election, nor any charges of corruption in office,

» are proven against him.

_ 3. Concerning each and all the other late Senatorial candidates, I find nothing in the
testimony taken which touches the honor or integrity of any one of them.

Mr. Hall was of the opinion that a further investigation should be
had, in & proper tribunal, coneerning all of said transactions, together
with all the various charges that have been made to the committee con-
cerning the subjects intrusted to them for investigation, and which, for
want of time, have been wholly neglected or only partially considered.
He deemed Hon. J. A. Hossack, a member from Crawford, unworthy to
sit as a member of the House. :

Messrs. Callen, Keller and Hartshorne said :

We find, from the testimony taken, that Hon. John J. Ingalls, the recently-elected
United States Senator, used no corrupt means to sccure his election to the United States Nen-

ate, and that none of the late Senatorial candidates was guilty of bribery or corruption in
the late Senatorial election. .

In a paper submitted by Mr. Hartshorne, he said:

The trust reposed by our National constitution in the Legislatures of the several State

1o elect, by their sovereign franchise, worthy persons to represent the honor and sovereignty
of the great Commonwealth in the National ‘ongress, is one of the highest and most sacred
trusts known to our system of government, and around its administration the highest and
strongest legislative safeguards should be placed. The Senatorial elector should live in an
atmosphere of purity; his person should be unapproachable, and his conclusions and judg-
ment should be held as sacred: as the deliberations of the juror in the box, or of the Judge
upon the bench.

The following, submitted by Messrs. Callen, Keller and Hartshorne
of the investigating committee, was adopted:

Resolved, That the Committee on Investigation be directed to forthwith furnish the State
Printer a full and complete copy of all testimony by it taken under House resolution
adopted February 6, 1879, and its reports thereon, and that said committee deposit all the
original testimony subscribed to by the witnesses with the Secretary of State, for preserva-
tion in his office, -

Resolved further, That the State Printer be directed to publish one thousand copies of
said testimony and reports, for distribution.

March 8, Mr. Wait, of Linn, offered the following resolution, which
was adopted:

Resolved, That when the reports of the investigating committee, and the testimony
taken by said committee in the progress of the investigation be published, that the Secretary
of State be and hereby is instructed to send by mail to each member of the Senate and
House of Representatives four copies thereof. .

The following resolution, offered by Mr. Randolph, was adopted :

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of this Mouse forthwith furnish a certified copy of all the
testimony taken before the Investigating Committee, and its reports thereon, to the State
Printer for publication ; and that the committee be relieved from further duty, under and in
pursuance of the resolution, adopted March 7, in reference to the same subject.

A memorial, signed by thirty-six members of the Kansas House of
Representatives, divided politically, 21 Republicans, 10 Democrats and 5
Nationals, was sent to the Senate of the United States, and referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections, March 19. Its introductory para-

graph reads as follows: x

The undersigned, members of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, respectfully rep-
resent that they have good reason to believe that Hon. John J. Ingalls, who has received a
certificate of election as United States Senator from said State of Kansas, for six years from
the 4th of March, 1879, secured his election by acts of bribery and corruption, and that by
himself and by his agents, acts of bribery and corruption were resorted to to induce a large
number of members of the Legislature to vote for said Ingalls.

The Committee on Privileges and Elections in the United States Sen

_ ate consisted of Senators James E. Bailey, of Tennessee, Benjamin H. Hill

of Georgia, Francis Kernan, of New York, Eli Saulsbury, of Delaware
(Chairman), Zebulon B. Vance, of North Carolina, Democrats; Angus Cam--
eron, of Wisconsin, George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, John A. Logan, of
Illinois, Republicans. Senator Logan succeeded Senator Ingalls on the com-
mittee, the latter resigning the position after this investigation commenced.
A sub-committee, consisting of Chairman Saulsbury, Scnators Bailey,
Vance, Cameron and Logan, commenced an investigation of the charges
made by the memorialists, at the Shawnee County Court Ilouse in Topeka,
September 22, and adjourned October 8, to meet at Washington December
15. The memorialists were represented by L. F. Eggers, of Ellis County,
F. S. Strumbaugh, of Rush, Samuel A. Riggs, of Lawrence, and William
C. Webb, of Topeka; the counsel for respondent consisted of Aaron 8.
Everest, of Atchison, Thomas P. Fenlon, of Leavenworth, John Martin,
George R. Peck and A. L. Williams, of Topeka.
t the date of adjournment, the investigation was re-opened at Wash-
ington. John L. Thompson, of Chicago, appeared as counsel for the
estern Union Telegraph Company. Eugene L. Smith, of Topeka, man-
ager of the telegraph compahy, having refused to furnish the telegrams
bearing upon the Senatorial election, a subpeena duces tecwm had been is-
sued to him, and the committee required the production of the telegrams
sent to and received by the parties named in the subpeena, between the Ist
day of January, 1879, and the 1st day of March,.1879. The examination
of witnesses terminated January 27, 1880, and the time for filing the briefs
‘of counsel was extended to February 9. The proceedings in the case were
ordered to be printed, February 17, 1880, and Senator Saulsbury, from the
Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred memorials
relating to the election of Senator Ingalls, having had the same under con-
sideration, submitted the following report:
The committee, under the authority of a resolution adopted by the Senate, appointed a
sub-committee of its members, with instructions to investigate the charges and statements
contained in said memorials. In discharge of the duty assigned them, the members of the

sub-committee met during the recess of the Senate, in the city of Topeka, in said State, and
examined a large number of witnesses, whose testimony, together with the testimony of

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witnesses examined before the whole committee during the present session, is herewith sub
mitted to the Senate. “

The conclusions of the committee are expressed in the following reso-
lution: od

Resolved, That the testimony taken by the committee proves that bribery and other
corrupt means were employed by persons favoring the election of Hon. John J. Ingalls to
the Senate, to obtain for him the votes of members of the Legislature of Kansas in the Sen-
atorial election in that State. But it is not proved by the testimony that enough votes were
secured by such means to determine the result of the election in his favor. Nor is it shown
that Senator Ingalls authorized acts of bribery to secure his election.

A minority report was submitted by Angus Cameron, George F. Hoar
and John A. Logan, of the committee, as follows: °

The undersigned, a minority of the Committee of Privileges and Elections, who were
directed to investigate certain statements and charges concerning the recent election of a

Senator in the State of Kansas, respectfully submit our views as follows:
We concur in part of the report. We exonerate Mr. Ingalls from any complicity with
improper practices. We also find that the result of the election was not accomplished by
such practices, We think that when the report goes further and finds that persons favoring
Mr. Ingalls’ election were guilty of such practices, it should in justice state what was clearly
and unquestionably proved, that such means were employed in opposition to his election,*
Among the acts passed by the Legislature was one relating to losses
sustained by citizens of Kansas by the invasion of the Indians during the
year 1878, which provided for an appointment of three Commissioners by
the Governor, who should begin their investigations on the first Tuesday of
May, and should have their sessions at Dodge City, at Hays City and at
Norton Center, their report to be made to the Governor within sixty days,
and the claims audited by said committee, with the name of the tribe of
Indians committing the depredations, if known, should be transmitted to
the Secretary of the Interior Department by the Governor, making a
demand of the payment of the same by the United States ; one regulating
the inspection and sale of oils for illuminating purposes ; conferring the
appointment of inspector by the Mayor and council of any city, or Trustee
ot any township ; changing township elections from the act of 1875, pro-
viding for holding them at the general election in November, to the tirst
Tuesday in February ; a ‘‘ Price Raid Auditing Commission” was created,
consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer
of State and Attorney General ; uniformity of text books in the public
schools of the State for a period of five years ; making the State Historical
Society the Trustee of the State ;one, providing that all books, papersand
effects in the possession of the State House Commissioners, and the
architect and superintendent belonging to the State, shall be placed in the
custody of the Secretary of the State; one, authorizing and providing for
the erection and completion of the west wing of the State House, making
appropriation therefor and providing for a special levy of one-half mill;
one, repealing the one mill levy of State school tax, which had been levied
from the year 1861, to date; one, in relation to State departments, the
powers and duties of State officers, the official State paper, and the great
seal of the State, the creation-of an executive council, consisting of the
Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General and
Superintendent of Public Instruction, establishing the political year of
the State, commencing the second Monday of January: the fiscal year,
commencing on the first day of July ; one, providing for the establishment
of the State Reform School; one, authorizing the Secretary of State to

‘ purchase 3,000 copies of a compilation of the statutes of Kansas, by C. F.

W. Dassler; one, creating the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Judicial Districts
and changing the boundaries of the First, Third and Eighth Judicial Dis-
tricts.

Propositions for a Constitutional Convention; for striking out the
clause exempting $200 personal property from taxation ; for the “ prohibi-
ee amendment,” were submitted to be voted on at the general election of

W. R. Adams, A. W. Mann and R. E. Stephenson, were appointed the
eso eneleo to examine and audit claims caused by the Indian raids of

New Counties.—Hodgeman County was organized March 29; Trego,
June 21 ; Stafford, July 2; Pratt, July 25 ; Decatur, December 11, 1879.

Elections of 1879.—The State Board of Canvassers made return of C.
M. Johnson, as member of the House of Representatives, from Stafford
County ; of Eugene F. Ware, of Fort Scott, Senator from the Twelfth Dis-
trict to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator W. R. Griffin; of D.
P. Lowe, as ie of the Sixth Judicial District; H. W. Talcott, of the
Seventh ; James H. Austin, of the Eighth ; Samuel R. Peters, of the Ninth.

. 1880.

_ _ January 8, the conveyance of the northwest quarter, and three acres
in the dere sh cd of Section 18, of Township 11, in Range 16 east,
was made to the State of Kansas as a site for the State Reform School. °

January 23, Alfred Gray, the honored Secretary of the State Board
of Agriculture, died.

Conventions.—A Republican State Convention met at Topeka on
March 31, and made selection of delegates and alternates to the Chicago
National Republican Convention. Taken in the aggregate, the convention
was for James G. Blaine for President ; though a considerable majority of
the delegates from the Second Congressional District, and a small majority
of the delegates from the Third were for ex-President Grant. The con-
vention selected for delegates John A. Martin, Benjamin F. Simpson,
Preston B. Plumb, George H. Case, Bishop W. Perkins, 8. 8. Benedict,
Perry Hutchinson, William Thompson and Simon Motz. The supporters
of Grant, conceded the four delegates at large, and, those from the First
Congressional District for Blaine, but claimed that those.from the other
two districts should be friends of Grant. They accordingly made choice
of Theodore C. Sears and Silas A. Day as delegates from the Second, and
Thomas J. Anderson and J. M. Steele, as delegates from the Third District.
The contest was settled at Chicago by admitting the Grant delegates, and

*The Forty-seventh Congress made an appropriation to reimburse Senator Ingalls for ex-
penses incurred by him in defending his right to his seat in the United States Barats commbne-
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iving theten Blaine delegates six votes. Kansas, in the Republican
ational Convention, gave six votes for Blaine, four for Grant. On the
thirty-sixth ballot, the Blaine element supported Garfield.
‘The Republicans on the matter of human rights resolved as follows:
That the unprecedented cause of the migrati
to the North is the oppression, persecution sat sonhere ine the wei ects
former masters and present owners of the soil, and it is the duty of the Government of the

United States to extend.to the colored people of the South such i i
removal from their native land shall Gens te be a@ necessity. : i ress

The Republicans by a resolution selected R. P. W. Muse, W. A. Pet-

fer, Henderson Ritchie, John Schilling and James D. Snoddy for Presiden-
tial Electors. :
3 A Democratic State Convention met May 26, and selected the follow-
ing-named persons as delegates to the Cincinnati Convention: Charles W.
Blair, Edward Carroll, M. V. B. Bennett, John Martin, J. B. Chapman,
John R. Goodin, Thomas George, Richard B. Morris, Thomas M. Carroll
and George C. Rogers.

The National Greenback Labor party selected their delegates at Man-
hattan, Garnett and Newton for-the First, Second and Third ongressional
Districts respectively to attend their National Convention at Chicago June

; P. B. Maxson, J. N. Limbocker, P. P. Elder, H. P. Vrooman, M. A.
Arnott, H. L. Phillips, D. J. Cole, Jesse Piggott, W. W. Woodring and T.
B. Webster were chosen.

The National State Convention met at Topeka August 4, and put in
nomination Hiram P. Vrooman for Governor ; a L. Phillips for Lieuten-
ant Governor ; A. B. Cornell for Secretary of State; D. J. Cole for Au-
ditor of State; 8. A. Marshall for Treasurer of State; D. B. Hadley for
Attorney General; L. D. Bailey for Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court ; Charles Smith for Superintendent of Public Instruction. John
Davis was candidate for Congress in the First District ; Lewis F. Green in
the Second; D. P. Mitchell in the Third. For Presidential Electors were
James G. Bayne, Henry Bronson, J. J. McFeeley, Barney O’Driscoll and
Samuel N. Wood. In their platform they declare :

That the act of the last Legislature in abolishing the one mill State school tax, which
has been levied from the-beginning of our State’s existence, merits our unqualified con-
demnation from the fact that it was a blow struck at the people’s college—the common
schools of our State.

That we are in favor of the sepalation of common carriers so as to prevent extortion
and discrimination in rates of freight.

The Democratic State Convention met August 26, and nominated
Edmund G. Ross for Governor; Thomas George for Lieutenant Governor ;
John M. Giffen for Secretary of State ; H. J. G. Neumuller for Auditor of
State ; Theodore Weichselbaum for Treasurer of State; A. L. Hereford
for Attorney General; William R. Wagstaff for Associate Justice of the
Supreme, Court; Miss Sarah A. Brown for Superintendent of Public
Instruction- A.A. Harris, Thomas P. Fenlon, Thomas Moonlight, George
C. Rogers and John B. Scroggs were candidates for Presidential Electors.
For Congress, the Democrats supported C. C. Burnes in the First Dis-
trict ; Lewis F. Green in the Second ; J. Wade McDonald in the Third.

On the amendment to the constitution to exempt $200 personal prop-
erty from taxation, the following resolution was adopted :

Resolved, That the proposition made and submitted by the last Republican Legislature
to the people to amend the constitution of the’ State, affecting the repeal of the constitu-
tional exemption of $200, is not in the best interests of the State, and an outrage upon the
poor people of the commonwealth.

The Republican State Convention met September 1. Gov. St. John,
Secretary Smith, Auditor Bonebrake, Treasurer Francis and Associate
Justice Valentine were again nominated ; David W. Finney was nomin-
ated for Lieutenant Governor; William A. Johnston for Attorney Gen-
eral; Henry C. Speer for popenbendent of Public Instruction. John A.
Anderson was re-nominated for Congressman from the First District ; Dud-
ley C. Haskell of the Second District, and Thomas Ryan of the Third Dis-
trict were each nominated for the third time for Congress.

~ The State Republican platform adopted was brief, and, in regard to
caucus rule, resolved as follows : | :

We declare that inasmuch as the Republican party of this State is justly held respon-
sible for the officers whom it or its representatives elect, and inasmuch as experience has
shown the grave evils resulting from purely personal canvasses, it is the duty of the
Republican members of the Legislature in the election of the various offices within their
choice to act in concert and in accordance with the determination of the fairly expressed
majority of the Republican members in caucus or convention assembled.

Three counties were organized during the year—Graham, April 1
Ness, April 14; Sheridan, June.2.

Supervisors of Census..—C. M. Kellogg, of Clay Center, had super-
vision of. the census in the First Congressional District, Trego, Gove and
Wallace Counties included ; T. Dwight Thacher, of Lawrence, the Second
District ; D. J. Evans, of Great Bend, the Third, excepting the counties
of Trego, Gove and Wallace. In Mr. Kellogg’s district, there were thirty-
three organized counties; in Mr. Evans’, thirty-two; in Mr. Thacher’s,
fifteen. - i
The Election of 1880.—Though the census returns of 1880 showed the
number of males, over twenty-one years of age, to be 265,654, yet the vote
of that year was some 64,000 less. The highest vote on Garfield Elector
was for W. A. Peffer, 121,549; John B. Scroggs, had 59,801, the leading
Hancock Elector; James G. Bayne, led the Weaver Electoral ticket, his
vote being 19,851; the Anti-Mason Electors had twenty-five, and the
Neal-Dow Electors, ten votes.

For Governor, St. John’s vote was 115,204; Edmund G. Ross’, 63,557;
H. P. Vrooman’s, 19,477; John P. Culver’s, 485; F. M. Stringfield’s, 219;
scattering, forty-eight. 5 eek

For Sicuasore GE State, James Smith, incumbent, received 122,198
votes; John M. Giffen, 59,650; A. B. Cornell, 19,567; there were three
scattering. :

The sleetion for Members of Congress, resulted as follows: In the
First District, John A. Anderson received 48,599 votes; C. C. Burnes, 22,-
727. John Davis, 7,318; scattering, 20. In the Second District, D. C.
Haskell, had 30,758 votes; Lewis F. Green, 23,787; scattering, 20. In

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the Third District, Thomas Ryan had 41,094 votes; J. Wade McDonald,
16,976; D. P. Mitchell, 9,396; scattering, one vote.
‘ Judges of the District Court were elected in the First, Second, Third,
Lome Fifth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Judicial
istricts.

The “ Prohibition ’’ Amendment to the Constitution had 92,302 votes
for it; 84,304 votes against it. On the proposition to strike out the clause
exempting $200 personal property from taxation, there was 38,442 votes
for it; 140,020 against it.

On the proposition for a Constitutional Convention, the vote was 22,-
870 in its favor; 146,279 against it. Pawnee County was the only one that
gave it a majority. Its vote was 755; majority, 57.

The. State Legislature elected consisted of forty Senators and 137
Representatives. Its political complexion was as follows:

Senate.—Republican, 87; Democrat, 2; National, 1.

House of Representatives.—Republican, 120; Democrat, 13; National, 4.

1881.

The Third Biennial Session of the Legistature, John P. St. John,
Governor; David W. Finney, Président of the Senate; John B. Johnson,
Speaker of the House, met at the Capitol, January 11; adjourned, March
5. _The Senate was in session in the Hall formerly occupied by the House
of Representatives; the House occupied the new hall in the west wing of
the State House.

January 18, the Private Secretary of the Governor, delivered the fol-
lowing:

STaTE oF Kansas, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, TOPEKA, January 13, 1881.
To THE SENATE:

Desiring to read my biennial message to the Legislature, I have the honor to request a

joint session of the House and Senate for that purpose. Joun P. Sr. JOUN, Governor.”

Senator-Metsker offered a resolution, providing for a joint session, to
receive the Governor’s message; the resolution was not adopted.
The following shows the action of the House on the same matter:

Mr. Houston, by consent, offered the following House concurrent resolution, and
moved its adoption:

Resolved by the-House, the Senate concurring, That a joint convention of the House and
Senate be held in the hall ot the House of Representatives this day at 11 o’clock A. M., to
hear the message of the Governor. .

Mr. Ady offered the following as an amendment: :

Resolved, That a committee of five from this House be appointed to act with a like
committee from the Senate (the Senate concurring herein), to invite the Governor to read
his message to the joint convention ordered.

Mr. Snoddy moved to indefinitely postpone the further considetation of the matter,
which motion prevailed.

The message was read in each body on that day; an exhibit of the
progress of the State was presented as follows:

From 1870 to 1880, the revenue of the State increased from four hundred and ninety-
six thousand four hundred and five dollars, to seven hundred and one thousand one hun-
dred and ten dollars, showing a gain of forty-one per cent; while the assessed valuation of
taxable property was $92,000,000 in 1870, it reached $160,570,761.43 in 1880—an increase of
$68,570,761.43, During this period our State debt was reduced $160,100, and our school-
houses increased in number from 1,501 to 5,242. :

Instead of 1,283 miles of railway, as in 1870, we now have 3,104 miles in sviccessful
operation.

These are some of the legitimate fruits of a policy that protects the life, property and
yaantal ballot of all citizens, and makes ample provision for the education of every child in
our State. .

Regarding the State Historical Society, he said:

The collections of the State Historical Society are the property of the State, and are
well worthy ofits care. Kansas has made a history of which its citizens may well be proud;
and the society is faithfully gathering up the books, files, manuscripts, portraits and relics
which exhibit and illustrate that history so necessary for the information and instruction
of not only the present, but of future generations. The library which the society is making
up is attracting much attention, and is receiving valuable donations, and I respectfully
eas that the miscellaneous portion of the State library be placed with the historical
collection.

The Governor was of the opinion that a comprehensive and thorough
geological survey of the State should be instituted, so as to secure all the
information possible touching the coal deposits throughout the State, and
‘obtain all the facts bearing on the coal, salt, gypsum and other mineral
resources of the Western part of the State.

The following is communicated in regard to frontier settlers:

Under the act of March 12, 1879, twenty thousand dollars was appropriated to be used
for the purpose of protecting settlers on the frontier against Indian fenreaaitons, In April,
1879, by virtue of this act, I organized and thoroughly equipped a Patrol Guard of about
forty men, and kept them on the southwestern border patrolling a line from Barbour
County west about one hundréd miles, thus rendering it impossible for any considerable
number of hostile Indians to invade the State without notice thereof being promptly con-
veyed to not only the settlers exposed to such dangers, but to both State and National
authorities, so that a sufficient additional force might be quickly added to the Patrol Guard.
to successfully resist any such invasion,.and furnish ample protection to the lives and prop-
erty of the citizens. This guard was kept on the frontier until the 15th of November, when
the men were relieved from duty and paid off.

In order to establish permanent means of protection where it seemed to be needed, I
caused independent companies of both cavalry and infantry to be organized all alon the
line of our western frontier settlements, from the southern to the northern line of the Binte,
and furnished them with arms and ammunition for defense. I also completed the organiza-
tion of two regiments of infantry in the interior of the State, to be ready for active service
promptly should they be required. I have also, except during the winter months, em-
ployed special scouts, who, being furnished with Government passports through the
Territory, have, by remaining a greater portion of the time in the Territory, and being on
the Indian Reservations and in their camps, been in a position to obtain reliable informa-
tion in relation to the Indians, thus making a hostile movement on their part impossible
without our full knowledge,
It is gratifying to be able to state that during the past two years the people on our
exposed borders have not in a single instance been molested by hostile Indians, but on the
a uae been permitted to remain quietly at their homes, feeling secure in their lives
and property.

_ With the existing means for the defense of the frontier, and a small appropriation, say
of $1,000 a year for the next two years, to secure, if deemed necessary, the services of an
efficient and reliable detective to remain in the Territory among the Indians to give warn-
ing he any indications of danger from that direction, we may feel secure from Indian raids
in the future.

On the subject of apportionment, the Governor said:

It will be well to bear in mind that it is very probable that ten more counties will be
organized and entitled to representation in the Legislature before the time for the appor-
tionment in 1886,
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Among the acts passed by the Legislature was the creation of the Six-
teenth and Seventeenth Judicial Districts; an act to authorize and pro-
vide for the erection of the State House, and to complete the west wing
thereof; one authorizing the Topeka Library Association to erect a free
library building on the north side of the capitol square ; one perfecting
the law of 1879, attaching all unorganized counties in the State now or
hereafter attached to organized counties for judicial purposes, to the same
counties for school purposes, and to provide for schools in unorganized
counties; one providing for the maintenance of at least a four-months
school each year in every organized school district of the State; one to
authorize County Surveyors or their deputies to enter mining shafts for
the purpose of making surveys of drifts and establish the lines of the same;
one, to establish an asylum for the education of the feeble-minded and im-
pecile youth; one to provide for condemning lands for State uses; one
making appropriation for the erection of additional buildings, at the Kan-
sas Institution for the Education of the Blind; one to provide for the organ-
ization and management of the State Reform School; one to provide for
the registration of electors at elections for the permanent location or re-
location of county seats; one to cede jurisdiction to the United States over
the Territory of the Fort Dodge Military reservation; one creating the
counties of St. John and Gray, and obliterating Buffalo; one to protect
‘cattle from contagious diseases; one to appropriate $25,000 for the relief
of the destitute in Western Kansas; one making appropriations for the
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duty, of certain goods donated by English philanthropists, for the relief of -
colored refugees, No. 17, to secure the passage of a bill, incorporating the
Cherokee and Arkansas Railroad Company, giving it the right of way from
Arkansas City, in Cowley County, through the Indian Territory to Fort
Smith, Ark. House Concurrent Resolution No. 18 asked Congress
to pass an act directing the Attorney General of the United States, to be
instituted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kan-
gas, against the railway companies of the M. K. & T. and L. L. &: G. now
known as the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern to test the questions in-
volved in the controversy between it and settlers in Allen County; No.
98, to tax railroad lands in Central and Western Kansas; No. 28, to endow a

‘school and experimental station for the promotion of agriculture, forestry:

and horticulture on the Fort Hayes military reserve.

Legislative Apportionment.—The Legislature of 1881 passed an act to
apportion the State for Senators and Representatives. The Senators un-
der that act are to be elected in 1884; the Representatives were elected in
1882. It is the most equitable and symmetrical Legislative Apportionment
Act ever had in the history of the State. The general system of appor-
tionment has been to have a Senate contain about one-third as many
members as the House. In the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, 28
counties were represented; in the first State Legislature, which met March
26 and adjourned June 4, 1861, there were 25 Senators and 75 Representa-
tives, representing 29 copnties. ; ;

The apportionment of 1862 embraced 88 counties, and the Legisla-

 

 

 

 

: KANSAS STATE CAPITOL—1883,
East and West Wings. The West Wing was occupied for the first time by the Legislature during the session of 1881-82, but was not finished until the summer of 1882.

ings now in use, and for the purchase of additional land at the State In-
sane Asylum at Topeka.
_ _The House and Senate met in the hall of the House of Representatives
in Joint Convention January 18, for the purpose of electing a State Printer
to succeed Hon. George W. Martin, July 1, 1881. Hon. T. Dwight Thach-
er was the causus nominee of the Republicans. He was elected by a vote
of 160 to 11.
Hon. James F. Legate; a member of the House from Leavenworth,
submitted the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That George W. Martin, the retiring State Printer, is entitled to, and we
tender him, the warmest commendations of the Legislature of the State of Kansas in joint
convention assembled, for the high standard to which he has raised the State printing ; for
his integrity of character as State Printer, being ever watchful for the aa of the people
even to his own expense. He commenced his career eight years ago with an untarnis ed
character, and leaves it to-day with a character unblemished, even by the severest critic,
* Resolved, That an enrolled copy of the foregoing ig lee ted certified by the
officers of the two Houses, shall be presented to the Hon. George W. Martin, and it shall also
be spread upon the journal of each House.

Among the memorials to Congress and Executive Departments at
Washington, were the following:

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10 asked Congress to have the
name of James Christian, the law partner of the late James H. Lane—now
wholly blind and in destitute circumstances—placed upon the pension rolls
of the United States; No. 13, to provide for building a Government rail-
road from the Atlantic seaboard to the Missouri River, to be a double
track government freight road; No. 15, to permit the importation, free of

he ee 1868 had the same number of Senators and Representatives as that
oO OL.

The apportionment of 1866 embraced 40 counties, and the Legislature
of 1867 comprised 25 Senators and 84 Representatives. The apportion-
ment of 1871, embraced 55 counties, and the House of 1872 had 98 mem-
hers. In the Legislature of 1878, there were 64 countiesrepresented; there
were 38 members of the Senate and 100 of the House. The apportion-
ment of 1876 embraced 72 counties; there were 40 members of the Senate
and 128 Representative Districts, and 127 Representatives in the Legisla-
ture of 1877. There was a return of 338 votes from Edwards County; 192
from Barber; 172 from Rooks; 141 from Rush. In the Legislature of
1881, there were 80 counties represented; 40 Senators; 137 Representatives.
There were 129 Re resentatives in the Legislature of 1879, Harper having
polled 366 votes, Kingman 319. The additional counties represented in
the House of 1881 were Graham, casting 815 votes; Stafford, 769; Ness,
587; Decatur, 500; Trego, 462; Pratt, 326; Hodgeman, 267; Sheridan, 208.

On a matter coming up on the legality of an appropriation made to D.
B. Long, State Fish Commissioner, the Supreme Court, on their decision
rendered, adjudged that the counties of Rooks and Rush, represented in
the House in the years 1877-79-81; the counties of Harper and Kingman,
represented in the years 1879-81; thé counties of Decatur, Graham, Hodge-
man, Ness, Pratt, Sheridan, Stafford and Trego, represented in the year
1881, were not legally entitled to representation in the House during those
years. The counties of Barber and Edwards were decreed as the two which
should exhaust the limit of 125, as provided in the letter of the State con-
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

stitution, The apportionment act of 1881 provided for 88 Senatorial dis-
tricts, with 40 Senators; for 125 Representative districts, the presumption
being that organized counties thereafter voting should each have a Repre-
ee as provided in Section 1, Article X, of the constitution, which
reads:

Each organized county shall have at least one Representative.

_ Rawlins County, organized May 25, 1881, was refused representation
ie ie stoee of 18883; its Representative, elected November 7, 1882, being
. T. Lloyd. :
, The changes in the House representation of 1881 and of 1883 were
aus marked. The losses in the representation of counties are reported as
ollows: Allen, Atchison, Chautauqua, Coffey, Crawford, Doniphan,
Douglas, Greenwood, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Montgomery, Riley and
Wyandotte, each lost one; Bourbon lost two; Leavenworth, three. The
* gains were: Cowley, Dickinson, McPherson, Mitchell, Reno, Saline, Smith
and Sumner, each on. The Senate of 1885, to be elected in 1884, will
‘show, as compared with that of 1888, a diminution of representation in
the eastern, with a corresponding increase in the western part of the State.
The counties of Atchison and Douglas are each reduced from two Senators
to one; Leavenworth, having two, will, with Jefferson County, have two;
Johnson, Miami and Linn, each having one, will unitedly have two; Neo-
sho and ‘Wilson, each having one, will together have one; Doniphan,
having one, will have Brown with it as a district: Marshall, having one,
will have Nemaha with it as a district. =

Report of the Price Raid Commission.—The Governor, on March 1,

submitted from Secretary Smith the following report:
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
TopEKa, Kan., February 17, 1881.

To His EXcELLENcy, JOHN P. St. JouN, GOVERNOR:

. ..,. J have the honor to transmit herewith, by direction of the Price Raid Auditing Com-
mission, the following report: es

_ The Price Raid Auditing Commission, in pursuance of the provisions of the act of the

Legislature of 1879, creating said commission, met on-the 2d day of April, 1879, and directed
the Secretary, under provisions of Section 2 of said act, to give notice in ten newspapers of
the time and place of meetingof the board. ‘

In accordance with said notice, the commission proceeded on the:17th day of July to
examine claims, and the following is a statement of the aggregate amount of claims allowed,
and also a statement of the aggregate amount of claims filed for the action of the commis-
s100 : _ -

AMOUNT OF CLAIMS AUDITED. AND ALLOWED,

- For services as militia, or employés in the militia service
For materials, supplies and transportation furnished... seesaccese
For property lost in action, or property lost by-the militia or employés

in ‘the line Of QuUby sess ccssssrsaxncorviscigenssiiadeaeesstsceeecesev scarce 23,461 00

TD Ot seisecsscnsccunccassasigian sedan nea cent at ete giaane ass asmineazinadiaaernerst 42060 00
In addition to the above amount of claims audited by this commission, there are orig-
inal claims (for’which it is alleged: “ Union military scrip ” has never been issued) on file,
which have not been acted upon by the commission, as follows: 4
For services as militia, or employés in the militia service.. $11,483 63

«++ $10,481 00
8,721 00

 

 

   
 

For materials, supplies and transportation furnished... - 14,018 79
For property lost in action, or property lost by the m: S -
while in the line of duty......... WevivvlocsssCeussveaesiziCeren - 49,545 29

 

 

Ota | swiawesadsssissrieed counien vanicahseslsuei\ancuavsobensitslennsuassebactvaaesscaessseen $75,047 71
There are also on file certificates (not yet acted upon by the commission) signed by
° Hon. J. E. Hayes, former State Treasurer, showing the.amount of interest due and unpaid
on “Union military scrip,” the principal of which was paid by him, to the amount of
$67,561. . ; . ; :
"In addition to the foregoing, a large amount of claims in thé shape of “Union military
scrip,” issued for damages, a portion of which it is claimed by parties presenting the same
was erroneously issued as damage scrip, instead of as property lost or supplies furnished,

is on file for action of the commission, the total amount of the same being $82,945.

: Very respectfully, >
JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State.

The Election in 1881 resulted as follows: J. A. Venard was elected as
Representative to the Legislature, to fill a vacancy from Ness County,
occasioned by the resignation of Horatio Gates; Simon Motz, of Ellis
County, was elected Senator from the Thirty-seventh Senatorial District,

. to fill a vacancy, occasioned by the appointment of Senator Strang to the
position of Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District. District Judges were

_. elected as follows: William R. Wagstaff, from the Tenth District; Clark

A. Smith, from the Fifteenth District; J. C. Strang; from the Sixteenth
~ District; W. H.- Pratt, from the Seventeenth District. ;
December 10, Gov. St. John issued a proclamation intended to bring
about an observance of the prohibitory liquor law. It commences with
preambles as follows : *

_ WueErras, there exists in the cities of Atchison, Leavenworth, Topeka, Kansas City,
Kan., Wyandotte and Dodge City, in this State, a combination of evil caepoced ‘persons, who
are notoriously and defiantly violating the provisions of Section 10, of Article 15, of the
Constitution of the State of Kansas, and Chapter 128 of the laws of 1881, passed in pursuance
thereof, being an act entitled, “ An act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors, except for medical, scientific ane mechanical purposes, and to regulate the sale
thereof for such excepted purposes”—an , . .

WHEREAS, Section 3h of Article 1, of said Constitution, provides that “the executive
power of the State shall be vested in a Governor, who shall see that the laws are faithfully
executed ;” now, therefore, I, John P. St. John, Governor of the State of Kansas, by the
authority vested in me, prompted by not only a sense of duty, but a desire and determina-
tion to use all lawful means at my command to suppress lawlessness, and-bring to just pun-
ishment all persons who so defiantly trample under foot the will-of the people as expressed
through the Constitution and laws of our State, do hereby offer the following rewards:

(A summary of rewards offered is as follows :)

For the arrest and conviction of every person guilty of selling intoxicating liquors in
violation of law in either of the above named cities ; for those maintaining a common nuisance;
for the arrest, conviction and removal from office of each and every policeman in either of
said cities for a failure to perform duties under said prohibitory liquor law; for the arrest,
conviction and removal from office of each and every Under Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or Con-
stable in either of said counties, for failure to perform duties imposed on such officers, under
said law ; each, $100. i Wag i“ : ’

For the arrest and conviction of each and every person guilty of perjury in connection

with any evidence given as a witness, on the trial of any person convicted for violating the -

isi ibitory, liquor law, $200. : i ;
Ta nthe vere voice Gnd removal from office of the City Marshal of either of the
above named cities, for a failure to perform the duties imposed upon such officer; the same
for the Sheriff of the County in which either of said cities is situate ; the same for the County
Attorney ofthe county in which either of said cities is situate, for each, $300,
For the arrest and conviction of any person or pereene engaged in the manufacture of
intoxicating liquors at any distillery or brewery in this State, in violation of the provisions
of said prohibitory liquor law, and the abatement of such, as a nuisance, $500. :

‘Legislature with a recommendation that an appropriation be made to pay ti

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Claims for reward must be verified by affidavit, accompanied by a certified copy of the

“ judgment of conviction.

All claims found to be correct and in due form, will be approved and po to the
e same,

1882.

Political Conventions and Hlection.—Governor St. John, declining to
call the State Legislature together, so that the State could be divided into
seven Congressional districts, the Republican Congressional Conventions
were held in May, in the districts, and Congressman Anderson, for the
third time, and Congressmen Haskell and Ryan, for the fourth time, were
nominated.

On June 29, ata State Convention held at Topeka, the Republicans
nominated Edmund N. Morrill, of Brown County ; Bishop W. Perkins, of
Labette ; Samuel R. Peters, of Harvey ; and Lewis Hanback, of Saline, for
Congressmen-at-Large.

Lhe Republican State Convention met at Topeka to nominate a State
ticket, August 9, and for the third time nominated Gov. St. John and
Secretary Smith; re-nominated Lieut. Gov. Finney; Attorney General
Johnston ; Associate Justice Brewer and Superintendent Speer; nominated
Samuel T. Howe, of Marion County, for State Treasurer ; E. P. McCabe, of
Graham, for Auditor.’ Mr.-Howe and Mr. McCabe were each nominated
on the fifth ballot Though Gov. St. John received 79 per cent of, the
delegate vote, yet there was an earnest protest made by the minority element
against his nomination for the third time ; something unprecedented in the
history of the party in Kansas. ~ :

’ At the St.. John caucus, over which ex-Lieut. Gov. Joseph P. Root
presided, Gov. St. John said : es /

We are on the eve of a great revolution that shall test to the utmost the strength of all’
political parties in conteststo come. The Republican party in Kansas is the party of prog-
ress, which takes the lead in everything calculated to advance the interests of-the people. _
Let there be nothing ambiguous in the platform and we can go to the polls prepared to win
the grandest victory which has ever crowned the Republican party in Kansas.

Anti-St. John Caucus.—B. 8. McFarland, of Johnson County, was
Secretary ; Senator Harrison Kelley, of Coffey, President of the Anti-St.
John caucus. ‘Senator Ira F. Collins, of Nemaha, suggested a roll-call of
delegates—79 delegates representing 22 different counties, responded.
Remarks were made by Senator Solon O. Thacher, of Douglas ; Speaker
John B. Johnson, of Shawnee; John A. Martin, of the Atchison Cham-
pion, and others. yee |

Senator Thacher regarded the Republican party of more importance
than the history or destiny of any man. Gov. St. John’s strength does
not represent more than half of the Republican party. His nomination
would be injurious to the party because its idea is against a third term,
and it will bring disaster to the party in the Lower House of the Legisla-
ture. He requested manly action on the part of Republicans. Speaker
Johnson said he would like to call the Convention to order ; retire first
from the race ; let a written protest be filed against the nomination of Gov.
St. John as over-riding the precedent of the party established. against the
third term, and let the solid-vote be cast for Senator Thacher. Editor
Martin, the Kansas member of the National Republican Committee, said
he expected to do everything he could to put upon record this contem-
plated evasion of the precedent of the party. at :

A committee consisting of Messrs. John A» Martin, ex-Senator Will-
iam Martindale, of Greenwood; Senator R. W. Blue, of Linn; A. D.
Brown,’ of the Burlington (Coffey County) Patriot; Cyrus Leland, of
Doniphan, former Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee ;
Dr. H. C. Linn, Pottawatomie Indian Agent, and J. H. Shimmon, of Law-
rence, were appointed to report a plan of action for the Anti-St. John,
Anti-Third Term protestants. The committee submitted a report which
embodied the following protest : ;

The minority of this Convention, opposed to the third nomination of Gov. St. John,
through their Chairman and Secretary, desire to put upon record their formal protest
against a violation of the precedents and customs of the party of the State, which have
been uniformly against the nomination of a Governor for a third term. They also put upon
record their protest against this nomination for a third term, it being personally obnoxious
to a large majority of the Republican voters of the State; it will endanger Republican suc-
cess in a number of counties, and it threatens to alienate the support of a large number of
Republican voters, The party, even in Kansas, cannot, we believe, afford to force upon
such a body of Republican voters a candidate who is obnoxious to them.

Organization of the Convention.—Senator Henry C. Sluss, of Sedg-
wick, was elected Chairman of the Convention, receiving 284 votes ; Sen-
ator Kelley, of Coffey, the Anti-St. John candidate, had 85 votes.

Ballot for Governor.—John P. St. John received 287 votes; Solon O.
Thacher, 62; John B. Johnson, 12; John A. Martin, 2. Total, 365.

Platform—Making a declaration of faith in the principles of the

arty, and having confidence in the present administration, as to the
Nation and State, it declared in favor of the following: .

First—That we declare ourselves unqualifiedly in favor of the prohibition of the manu-
facture-and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and pledge ourselves to such additional
legislation as shall secure the rigid enforcement of the constitutional provision on this sub-
ject in all parts of the State.

Second—That we request our delegation in Congress to secure such an amendment to
the revenue laws, as will prevent the issuing of receipts or stamps to sell intoxicating
liquors to any persons other than those entitled so to do under State laws.

Third—That we demand the enactment of such laws as will prevent unjust discrimina-
tion by railroad companies. That will provide for such freight and passenger tariff as shall
fully protect the interests of the people. ;

Fourth—That we request the next Legislature to submit such an amendment to the
constitution of the State as will secure to women the right of suffrage.

Governor St. John Before the Convention.— A committee appointed
to wait upon the Governor and inform him of. the action of the Conven-
tion returned with him, and the Governor expressed himself in the follow-
ing language:

I am here simply to tender to you my heartfelt thanks for this, the third indorsement
given to me by'a Republican Convention of Kansas. I am not vain enough, I think, to
claim this a victory for myself. It is not. It is a victory for principle, and principle is
everything. Men are nothing except as they have at heart an honest defense of the prin-
ciples at stake. The Republican party is a party of the whole people. It extendsa helping
hand to suffering humanity everywhere. It believes in morality and sobriety; a paper cur-
rency worth one hundred cents on the dollarin gold in every State; a tariff, not for revenue
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only, but one that gives protection to American industry ; such a tariff as shall afford a fair
compensation to the laborer for his service faithfully rendered. It claims protection for all
against monopolies or corporations, that every man shall have are at the polls in shaping
the laws. Itmeans in Kansas that our State shall be kept in the very front ranks of the
highest civilization. To my friends, I tender Seale my most sincere thanks. For those
who have conscientiously opposed me, I have no hard words, no unkind feelings. At heart
we have the same interests—the prosperity and be of the homes of our people.
Then as Republicans, now that por bak eamong ourselves, so far as Iam concerned, is over,
let us go forward to a victory that shall redound to the honor and benefit of the whole peo-
ple. Finally, I trust that my conduct shall never cause a regret to the members of this con-
vention. Again I thank you. I will leave you to attend to the business before you.

The National Labor Greenback State Convention met at Topeka,
August 23, and nominated the following State ticket: Governor, Charles
Robinson; Lieutenant Governor, James G. Bayne; Secretary of State, A
P. Elder; Auditor of State, W. A. Garretson; Treasurer, J. H. Ludlow;
Attorney General, J. D. McBrian; Associate Justice, L. C. Uhl; State
Superintendent, Jacob 8. Whitman.

In their declaration of principles, they say:

We are opposed to railroad and telegraph monopolies regulating the charges for trans-
ferring persons and property, and the use of telegraphs, and hold that all the corporations
created by law, should be governed by law, in the interests of the people.

: We demand that the Legislature enact laws providing for the health and safety of
those ee in mining, manufacturing
and building pursuits.

We pledge the party to the enforce-
ment of all laws upon the statute book of
the State. -

Candidates for Congress on this ticket
were, First District, Charles H. Moody;
Second,Alfred Taylor; Third, Daniel J.
Cole. At large, John Davis, H.L, Phil-
HPs, Allen Williams (colored) and Samuel

Wood. .

Democratic State Convention
met at Emporia, August 30, and
the following ticket was put in
nomination:

Governor, George W. Glick;
Lieutenant Governor, Frank Ba-
con; Secretary of State, Samuel L.
Gilbert; Auditor, W. L. Brown;
_Treasurer, Charles E. Gifford ;
Attorney General, ene es
Associate Justice, James W. Green;
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, D. E. Lantz. Mr. Hayden
declined to run, and H. Miles
Moore was nominated by the State
Committee. Cyrus A. Leland,
John O’Flanagan and Martin V.
B. Bennett, were nominated for
Congressmen-at-Large; Leonard
T. Smith, for the First District ;
Nelson F. Acers for the Second ;
John C. Cannon, for the Third.
Messrs. Bennett and Smith de-
clined to run.

The platform adopted tontain-
ed nineteen planks and declared
unmistakably in favor of temper-
ance, sobriety and morality, but
favored a resubmission of the
amendment to the Constitution
of the State, at the general election
of 1884; it favored the election of
President, Vice President, United
States Senators and Postmasters
by the people ; making one term
oF six years for President and Vice
President; four years for Con-
gressmen.

The State Hlection occurred in
November. Cyrus O. French was
elected Judge of the Tenth Judicial
District, to fill vacancy occasioned
by the death of Hon. D. P. Lowe;
George Chandler was elected fora full term commencing January 8, 1883,
from the Eleventh Judicial District.

John Z. Sexton was elected from the ee ee Senatorial
District, as successor to Hon. Samuel 8. Benedict, of Wilson; Jobn Johntz
a elected to succeed Hon. F. H. Burris, of Dickinson, from the Thirticth

istrict.

The House of Representatives was elected under the Apportionment
Act of 1881, and eighty counties returned 125 Representatives; Rawlins
County organized May 25, 1881, elected 8S. T. Lloyd, but he was not admit-
ted as a member, though he was allowed mileage and per diem from Jan-

_ uary 9 to 25, 1883, inclusive. ,

The question of liquor prohibition, and regulating railroad fares and
freights, entered into the election of members of the Legislature, and up-
wards of fifty regular Republican candidates for the House were defeated
at the polls.

The vote on Governor was, for Glick, 83,237; Gov. St. John, 75,158;
Robinson, 20,933; scattering, 56; Glick’s plurality, 8,079. The vote on
Secretary of State was for Smith, 99,282; Gilbert, 60,471; Elder, 23,422;
scattering, 6; Smith’s majority, 15,383. The vote on Auditor was for Mc-

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Cabe (colored) 86,160; Brown, 66,130; Garretson, 24,603; scattering, 215;
McCabe’s plurality, 20,030.

John A. Anderson’s majority for Congress was 22,089; Dudley C.
Haskell’s plurality was 4,485; Mr. Taylor’s vote was 5,710; there was 18
scattering votes. Thomas Ryan’s majority was 9,076. _

For Congressmen-at-Large, Peters had 99,866 votes; Morrill, 98,349;
Perkins, 98,328; Hanback, 97,354, Wood, 83,364; O’Flanigan, 59,872;
Leland, 58,079; Davis, 26,701; Phillips, 25,644; Williams, 22,248; Bennett,
1,417; Cannon, 588; scattering, 354.

Mr. Wood received most of the Democratic votes, there being but two
Democratic candidates; Peters and other Republican candidates received
Democratic votes. :

1883.

The Fourth Biennial Session of the Legislature, George W. Glick,
Governor; D. W. Finney, President of the Senate ; James D. Snoddy,
Speaker of the House ; convened January 9, adjourned March 8, 1883.

The Legislature met in joint convention January 16 and re-elected T.
Dwight Thacher, State Printer.

The Senate was unanimous for him, and
he received all but four of the
‘votes that were cast in the House.

Election of United States
Senator.—On January 23. Senator
Plumb was re-elected. The vote
in the Senate was, Plumb, 38;
James G. Bayne, 1; John A.
Anderson, 1. In the House,
Plumb, 89; Bayne, 11; Anderson,
2; John Martin, 20; George W.
Glick, 1. Representative Wilson,
of Linn County, was absent on ac-
count of sickness. Representative
Bishop, of Smith, absent on the
23d, was present at the Joint Con-
vention on the 24th, and was ac-
corded the opposinnile of votin
for Senator Plumb. The unite
vote of both Houses was as fol-
lows: Plumb, 128; Martin, 20;
Bayne, 12; Anderson, 8 ; Glick, 1;
absent, 1. Senator Plumb’s ma
jority was 91.

Congressional Apportionment.
—TIn 1882, Kansas elected Members
of Congress in the First, Second
and Third Congressional Districts
as created by legislative enactment
of March 2, 1874, and four on a
general ticket.

March 5, an act was passed
apportioning the State into seven
Congressional Districts, the num-
ber it is entitled to have by the
Congressional Apportionment act,
under the tenth census, made in
March, 1882. The division of the
State may be characterized‘as fol-
lows: Northeast Congressional
District, East Central, Southeast,
Central, North Central, Southwest
and Northwest Districts.

The Northeast District con-
tains 8 counties; the East Central
and Southeast District, each, 9; the
North Central, 10; the Central, 11;
the Northwest, 16 organized, 6
unorganized ; the Southwest, 18
organized, 8 unorganized counties.

Below is a table giving the
location and numbers of the Con-
. ies gressional and the Senatorial and
Representative Districts, naming the counties comprising each :

CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT OF 1883.*
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT—NORTHEASTERN.

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Doniphan.... oe 1, 2 1 1 2 14,257 | 3,571
Brown... ae 50, 51 2 12,817 | 3,405
Atchison 3,4, 5 2 1 3 | 26,668 | 3,163
Jefferson.. 6, 7 3 2 2 15,563 | 3,808
Leavenwort. 8,9, 10, 11 4 32,355 | 8,921
Jackson....... 49, 17 1 10,718 | 2,690
Pottawatomie. 56, 57 1 | 2 | 16350 | 4/193.
Nemaha 52, 53 | Part of 18 2 12,462 | 3,158
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Wyandotte... 12, 13 4 1 2 | 19,143] 5,394 = McPherson. 86, 87_ | Part of 31 |........ 2 | 17,143) 4,718
Johnson 14, 15 2 | 16,853 | 4,289 Harvey. 88, 32 1 1 11,451 | 3,104
Miami. 21, 22 5 2 | 2 | 17,802] 4582 Reno. 97, 98 2 | 121826 | 3/292
Linn... 93) 24 3 2 | 15,298 | 3,677 Kingm 94, 33 1 1 3,713 | 1,154
Bourbon. 27, 28 6 1 | 2 | 19,591) 4,737 Sedgwick 89; 90 2 | 18,753 | 57310
Anderson 251! part of 12 1 9,057 | 2,305 Sumner 91, 92 34 1 2 20,812 | 6,264
Allen..... a 26f| 7Orh° 1 | 11,303] 2.887 Harper 98 1 | 4,138 | 1/273
Franklin 19, 20° | Part of 13 |... 2 | 16,797 388 Barbe 95 1 2,661 145
Douglas.. 16,17, 18 13. 3 | 21,700) 5,615 Pratt. 96 1 1,890 | 513
Staffor 99 1 4,755 | 1,273
Total.. tela cee Sere wecidliveaaag Becbsteses se 5. | 17 | 147,544 | 37,874 Pawnee. 116 1 5,396 | 1,439
Edwards 117 1 2,409 | "704
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT—SOUTIIEASTERN. Ford... 118 35 1 1 3,685 | 1,515
_— Hodgeman.,. 119 1 1.846 542
5 4. eles . |os Ness... 120 1 3,722 | 1,152
ga A og |og a qa Lane and Se Unorganized 644 237
8A Alas inBal 2B 1S Wichita and Greeley.. | Unorganized 17 15
COUNTIES. Bes eei3 Siege] 3 ak Hamilton and Finney .| Unorganized 1,076 457
Bed Sa | go |gon = Vor Seward-and Comanch .| Unorganized | 594 202
% SS | gs | 5m see) st | gho  Barton.. ; 1 | 10,318 | 2,724
es a |A ja au | A Rice.. 101, 36 1 1 9,292 | 2.457
Crawriord : 20 . 7 Sie 16851 4.94 Rush. 115, ns 1 5.490 | 1,435
‘herokee . 5 1 1 : 9
oT anette: a ne i : 50735 Por Total sweeney <toreustvaies 5 | 22 | 142,626 | 40,525
nantes Le a me eee The division of the State into seven Congressional districts, located
Wilson . 4041s; 14 1 2 | 13'775| 3'347 the Congressmen of Kansas for the Forty-eighth Congress in the districts
Elk,. 641] 94 1 1-|, 10,623 | 2,604 created March 5, in the following manner: Representative Morrill is
ae 85 1 | 11,072} 2,658  Jocated in the north central county of the First District; Haskell, in the
owley 66,,/67,.08 ae d hee 21.538 | 5,701 northwest county of the Second; Perkins, in the county next west of the
Total ccasscvsveaeiiyees 7 | 18 | 151,833| 98,477 southeast county of the State of the Third; Ryan, in the northeast county
sede Ao eal PA E of the Fourth; Anderson, in the.southeast part of the Fifth; Hanback, in
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT—NORTH CENTRAL. the southwest county of the Fifth; Peters, in the northeastern part of the
= = Seventh, the Sixth having no Representative.
Bh b Si ss 8 d xe Comparison of the Old with the New.—The late First District com-
8A. A wSlnful 2 |3& prised thirty-three organized and three unorganized counties; the late
COUNTIES. B08 28 SS |Sa2| 8 ake Second, fifteen; the late Third, thirty-three organized and eleven unorgan
ans a3 82 \|22¢| & |385 ized counties. The First District, as now existing, contains eight counties
io a Za Ia a be of the old First; the Fifth. ten counties; the Sixth, fifteen organized, three
Pe 3% unorganized counties of,the old First, and one organized and three unor-
as ‘ 42 | Bart of 2 fem] 1 | S08 | Jeor ganized counties of the old Third. The Second contains nine counties of
Osage ... 44, 45 14: 1 2 | 19'642| 51436 the old Second; the Third, three counties of the old Third and six coun-
See 46, 47, 5 - Peas 1 : ae oe ties of the old Second. The Fourth contains eleven counties of the old
abaunsee. ALT OL LD jasecesere j : j a i j ani j
ne. 61, 62 \ - : 2.| 17326 | 4640 eee ain Een eighteen organized and eight unorganized counties of
Greenwood. 6: . 1 10,548 2,812 eae 7
Butler ... 69, 70 23 1 2 | 18,586 | 5,009 An act was passed by the Legislature, and approved by the Governor,
hase. 71 : zat 6,081 | 1,726 February 21, changing the boundaries of the unorganized counties in the
peat i \ 2B) og. i ae wee southwestern part of the State, and defining the boundaries of Hamilton,
One a Sy kane ey : : z Finney, Ford, Seward and Lane Counties. By the act, the new county of
otal: civcsssvsvsciscorveas diidioorecedtaeaclleey cones ona das «| 5 | 16 | 149,723] 40,679 Finney was created—named in honor of Lieut. Gov. David A. Finney.
The former counties of Arapahoe, Clark, Grant, Gray, Kansas, Kearney,
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT—NORTH CENTRAL. Meade, Stanton and Stevens were absorbed in the newly-defined bounda-
ries of the five counties first named. The four south townships of Lane
&, ; op aes . | ag County were attached to Hodgeman County, and the two west townships
$2 a sa /es } € lus were made a part of Finney County. The unorganized counties were
COUNTIES. Bh A 82 | 588] 8 | 42 thus reduced in number to fourteen.
EEG ae ag j/see| 2 | Bes A Contested Hlection.—The seat of Judge Samuel R. Peters, one of the
a ae Be a a 2 S Members-at-Large for the Forty-eighth Congress, is contested by Samuel
. ez rs i N. Wood. It is declared in Section 13, Article [II of the State Constitu-
Marshall ..... Part of 18 }.. 2 | 16136 | 4,234 tion, that “the Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the District
Riley. 1 | 10,480] 2,685 Courts shall not hold any other office of profit or trust under the authority
pee sa oe Part of 19 J........... 4 | 9994) 183 — of the State or the United States during the term of office for which said
OLE g 25 1 + | 10307 Sun Justices and Judges shall be elected.”
; 1 | 12320 | — 3)239 The instances in which the constitution has been disregarded or vio-
20 1 2 | 14910! 3711 ated are in the following: d cases:
Part of 27 |. | Teg1e | Re eee ee eee ca Miccck F ;
Part of 29 2 | 35°343| #003, . David P. Lowe, appointed March 4, 1867, as Judge of the Sixth Judi-
Part of 31 |......... 2 | 13808] 31741 cial District, just then created, consisting of the counties of Miami, Linn,
| Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee, was elected in November, 1867, for a
STO bali sescsssccissaiatees davstatnei dee lavenieneers abatesichataizens 2 16 1130,412 | 34,322 full term, which would have ended in January, 1872. In 1870, he was
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT—NORTHWESTERN. elected the last Congressman fram the State, while the whole territory
; : . was one district. :
, , a Sy, (38 § jas John R. Goodin, elected in November, 1867, from the Seventh Judi-
34. A. feeige.] & |3s cial District, created at the same time the Sixth was, and which com-
COUNTIES: ged! 22 | gs ig z’| <3 |g prised the counties of Anderson, Allen, Labette, Woodson and Wilson,
S55. Se | 22 \2a8| & |S was re-elected in 1871, for a term ending tn January, 1876. In 1874, he
me ae [AS ey mA was elected eo Coane. fom Fhe Sopond iegrict, ines
evel 2 | 17,475 William R. Brown, Judge of the Ninth Judicial District, created in
_ Jerre. Lier it kart a 2° | 13/583 350 1867, was re-elected in 1872, for a term padiae to January, 1877. In 1874,
Osborne 407 1 | 12,517 3,265 he was elected Congressman from the Third District.
Mitchell re of 29 eee | eee Samuel R. Peters, succeeding Congressman Brown as Judge, had been
Tape 102 30 1 1 | s49a| 318 last elected in November, 1879, for a term ending in January, 1884. He
Russell 103 1 7,851 1,992 was elected Congressman-at-Large in November, 1882.
Rooks 113 1 | 8112! 2,182 Bishop W. Perkins, Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District, composed
oe tat ; pee 16m of the counties of Crawford, Cherokee, Labette and Montgomery, whose
Graken 123 Bisons 1 | 4258] 1,282 term expired in January, 1883, was elected Congressman-at-Large in No-
“Sheridan .. .. (125 1 1,567 509 vember, 1882. ‘
Gove, St. Joh Tao) a eee Andrew S. Wilson, Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District, whose term
Se aed Homer cea 12,014 | 3,202 of office expires in January, 1885, was a candidate for Congress before
Heke a 123 6,998} 1,921 the convention of June 28, 1882.
Decatur 124 38 4,180 1,243 Albert H. Horton, elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in No-
Rawlins... Copan anes be vember, 1878, for a term of six years, ending in January, 1885, received 80
Cheyenne ne ere out of 165 votes cast for United States Senator, in the joint convention of
Total..s.esceecee sicavveasia sieved ts eceseavaseset euesseece 4 lssoed 18 [182,772 | 35,763 the Legislature that re-elected Senator Ingalls, January 31, 1879.

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Judges as Aspiranis for Office.—The Legislature of 1883 enacted a law
to preserve the purity of the Judiciary, making it a penal offense for any
canvassing board to count votes for and issue a certificate to a person
holding a judicial position running for any other than a judicial office.
Gov. Glick signed the bill March 8, being the last report from the Execu-
tive Department. Its text is as follows:

SecTIon 1, That all ballots or votes cast at any election for any person holding the
office of wg of a District Court or of Justice of the Supreme Court, except for a judicial
office, shall be deemed and held to be void, and shall not be counted by the Judges and
non at any election, nor by any canvassing board, nor any certificate of election issued

ereon.

_, SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed and held to be
guilty of a misdemeanor, that on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the county jail
not less than three nor more than six months.

Src. 3. This act shall take effect on its publication in the statute book.

, Legislative Acts.—Of the 167 bills passed by the Legislature, Gov.
Glick approved 162, vetoed 4, allowed 1 to die in his hands. This one
was making an attorney’s fee a lien upon property in foreclosing a mechan-
ic’s lien. One of the vetoed bills, regulating the salaries of the County
Clerk, Treasurer and Superintendent of Rush County, became a law by
receiving the necessary number of votes.

_ The act took effect. from its publication in the official State paper, and
it provided for a salary for each, of not less than $800, nor more than
$600 per annum, which salary should be in full for all the services by
law required to be performed in their respective offices. ;

In the miscellaneous appropriation bill was an item appropriating
$100 per month for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1884 and 1889, to the
Samariton Mission, a charitable institution located at Kansas City, Kan.,
and one of $1,000 to John H. Carter, Deputy Sheriff of Ford County, for
the arrest of criminals McCullum and Wooteen, in accordance with the
-Governor’s proclamation for the arrest and conviction of the criminals.
No conviction was made. ;

The Governor entered his protest in the following language :

If it were not so near the close of the session (ten minutes), I would not sign this bill
but return the same for further consideration. As to all such donations I enter my protest
as being wrong in principle and disastrous in practice. I only sign this bill now on account
of the wrong it would do to deprive the other parties who have claims provided for by
this bill. G. W. Guick, Governor.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, TOPEKA, March 8, 1883.

Railroad Legislation.—The finality of law-making with reference to
the railroads is found in the following act, which, after many verbal and
written protests on the part of Senators and Representatives, was ap-
proved by Gov. Glick March 6, 1883 :

AN ACT CONCERNING RAILROADS AND OTHER COMMON CARRIERS.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas :

Section 1. No railroad company shall charge or receive a rate in excess of three cents
per mile for the transportation of any passenger who is over twelve years of age, upon any
railroad in this State, nor in excess of half that sum per mile for the transportation of any
passenger of the age of twelve years or under. Each passenger over twelve-years of age
paying fare shall be entitled to have transported without any additional charge, baggage not

' exceeding one hundred pounds in weight, and each passenger of twelve years of age and
under, paying fare, shall be entitled to have transported without additional charge, baggage
not exceeding fifty pounds in weight.

Sec. 2. The Executive Council shall, before the first day of April next, elect three
competent persons, who shall constitute a Board of Railroad Commissioners, and who shall
hold their offices from the dates of their respective elections for the terms of one, two and
three years from the first day of April next. The Executive Council shall, in like manner,
before the first day of April in each year thereafter elect a Commissioner, to continue in
office for the term of three years from said date; and in case any vacancy occurs in said
Board, by resignation or otherwise, shall in the same manner elect a Commissioner to serve
for the residue of the term. The Executive Council may, at any time, remove such Com-
missioners, or any of them, and elec* others to fill the vacancy ; and all votes cast by each
member of the Executive Council for the election of any person to the office of Railroad
Commissioner, or removal from the same, shall be recorded in a journal kept by them for
that purpose, which journal shall be kept open at all times to public inspection. Thesaid
Board of Commissioners shall have authority to appoint a RecreLeny and remove him at

leasure. No person owning any bonds, stock, or property in any railroad company, or who
is in the eae oyment of, or who is in any way or manner pecuniarily interested in, any
railroad, shall be eligible to the office of Railroad Commissioner or secretary of said Board.
Said Railroad Commissioners and secretary shall be qualified electors of the State, provided,
that not more than two of the Commissioners shall belong to the same pone party. Said
Commissioners and secretary shall be sworn to the due and faithful performance of the
duties of their respective offices before entering upon the discharge of the same. Each of
said Commissioners shall enter into bonds, with security to be approved by the State Treas-
ey in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his

uties.

Sec. 3. Said Commissioners shall keep their office in the State house or at some other
suitable place in the city of Topeka, and they or either of them may act officially
in any part of the State. They shall each receive a salary of three thousand dollars per
annum, and the secretary shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to he
paid as the salaries of other State officers are paid, and said Board shal] be provided, at the
expense of the State, with necessary office furniture and stationery.

Src. 4. To provide a fund for the payment of the salaries and current expenses of the
Board of Commissioners and Secretary the Board shall certify to the Auditor of State on or
before the 20th of May, in each year, the amount necessary to defray the same, which
amount shall be divided pro rata among the several railroad companies, according to the
assessed valuation of their property in the State, and the Auditor shall thereupon certify to
the County Clerk of each county the amount due from the several railroad corporations
located and operated in said county, and the County Clerk shall place the same on the tax
rolls of his county to be collected the same as other faxes upon railroad pro erty and tho
County Treasurer shall account to the State for the same the same as provided by law for
other State funds, provided that in unorganized counties the amount so found due from rail-
road companies therein shall be included in and levied and collected with such taxes as are
levied and collected by the State from railroad companies located in said unorganized

counties.

Sec. 5. Said Commissioners shall have the general supervision of all railroads in the
State operated by steam, and all express companies, sleeping car companies, and all other

persons, companies or corporations doing business as common carriers in this State, and
shall inquire into any neglect or violation of the laws of this State by any person, company
or corporation engaged in the business'of transportation of persons or property therein, or
by the officers, agents or employes thereof, and shall also from time to time carefully exam-
ine and inspect the condition of each railroad in the State, and of its equipment and the
manner of its conduct and Bauer ul with reference to the public safety and conven-
ience. Whenever in the judgment of the Railroad Commissioners it shall appear that any
railroad corporation or other transportation company fails, in any respect or particular, to
compiy with the terms of its charter or the laws of. the State, or whenever in their judg-
ment any repairs are necessary upon its road, or any addition to its rolling stock, or any
addition to or change of its stations or station houses, or any change in its rates for trans-
porting freight, or any change in the mode of operating its road, and conducting its business
is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the security, convenience, and accommoda-
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and changes which they adjudge to be proper, by a notice thereof in writing, to be served

py leaving a copy thereof, certified by the Commissioners’ secretary with any station agent, |
sleck, treasurer, or any director of said corporation; and a repgrt of the proceedings shall

be included in the annual report of the Commissioners to the Legislature. Nothing in this

section shall be construed as relieving any railroad company, or other transportation cor-

poration, from their responsibility or liability for damage to persons or property.

Src. 6. Said Commissioners shall, on or before the first Monday in December in each
year, make a report to the Governor of their doings for the preceding year, containing such
facts, statements and explanations as will disclose the workings of the system of railroad
transportation in this State, and its relation to the general business and prosperity of the
citizens of the State, and such suggestions and recommendations in respect thereto as may
to them seem appropriate. Said report shall also contain as to every railroad corporation
doing business in this State: :

First—The amount of its capital stock. : oe ;

Second—The amount of its preferred stock, if any, and the condition of its prefer-
ment, F

Third—The amount of its funded debt, an@the rate of interest.

Fourth—The amount of its floating debt. ; ; . ,

Fifth—The cost and actual present cash value of its road and equipment, including
permanent way buildings and rolling stock, all real estate used exclusively in operating the
road, and all fixtures and conveniences for transacting its business. : :

Sizth—The estimated value of all other property owned by such corporation, with a
schedule of the same, not including lands granted in aid of its construction. .

‘Seventh—The number of acres originally granted in aid of construction of its road by
the United States, or by this State. hh es

Fighth—Number of acres of such land remaining unsold. d f

‘Ninth—A list of all its officers and directors, with their respective places of residence.

Tenth—Such statistics of the road and of its business for the year, as may, in the
judgment of the Commissioners, be necessary and proper, for the information of the Legis-
lature, or as may be required by the Governor. Such report shall exhibit and refer to the
condition of such corporation on the first day of July of each year, and the details of its
transportation business transacted during the year ending June 30. 3

Eleventh—The average amount of tonnage that can be carried over each road in the
State with an engine of given power. 4 :

Src. 7. To enable said Commissioners to make such a report, the President or Sie
ing officer of each railroad or transportation company doing business in this State, shall
annually make to the said Commissioners, on the 15th day of September, each year, such
returns, in the form which they may prescribe, as will afford the information required for
their said official report; such returns shall be verified by.the oath of the officer making
them; and any corporation herein named whose return shall not be made as herein pre-
scribed, by the 15th day of September, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars
for each and every day after the 16th day of September that such return shall be wilfully
delayed or refused. . ‘ 7

Src. 8. The said Commissioners shall have power, in the discharge of the duties of
their office, to examine any of the books, papers, or documents of any sucb corporation, or
to examine under oath or otherwise any officer, director, agent or employe thereof, of any
such corporation, or any other person. The Commissioners or either of them are empowered to
issue subpeenas and administer oaths in the same manner and with the same power to en-
force obedience thereto in the performance of their said duties as belong and pertain to

‘ourts of Record in this State, and any person who may wilfully obstruct said Commission-
ers in the performance of their duties, or who may refuse to give any information within
his possession that may be required by said Commissioners within the line of their duty
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable on conviction thereof, to a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court; the cost of such sub-
penas and investigation to be first paid by the State, on the certificate of said Commis-
sioners. -

Src. 9. Itshall be the duty of any railroad company when within their power to do
so, and upon reasonable notice, to furnish suitable cars to any and all persons who may
apply therefor for the transportation of any and all kinds of freight, and to receive and
transport such freight with all reasonable dispatch, and to provide and keep suitable facil-
ities for the receiving and handling of the same at any depot on the line of its road; and,
also, to receive and transport in like manner, the empty or loaded cars furnished by any
connecting road, to be delivered at any station or stations on the line of its road, to be
loaded or discharged, or re-loaded and returned to the road so connecting; and for compen-
sation it shall not demand or receive any greater sum than is accepted by it from any other
connecting railroad for a similar service.

Src. 10. No railroad company shall charge, demand, or receive from any person, com-
pany or corporation, for the transportation of any property or for any other service, a
greater sum than it shall at the same time charge, demand, or receive from any other per-
sop, company or corporation, for a like service from the same place, or upon like condition
and under similar circumstances, and all concessions of rates, drawbacks, and contracts for
special rates shall be open to and allowed all persons, companies and corporations alike; nor
shall it charge more for transporting freight from any point on its line than a fair and just
proeetrat of the price it charges for the same kind of freight transported from any other
point. <

Src. 11. No railroad company shall charge, demand, or receive from any person, com-

pany, or corporation, an unreasonable price for the transportation of persons or property,
or for the hauling or storing.of freight, or for the use of its cars, or for any privilege or
service afforded by it in the transaction of its business as a railroad company. And upon
complaint in writing made to the Board of Railroad Commissioners that an unreasonable
price has been charged, such Board shall investigate said complaint, and if sustained shall
make a certificate, under their seal, setting forth what is a reasonable charge for the service
rendered, which shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated.
. Src. 12, Tt shall be unlawful for any railroad company to make any contract or enter
into any stipulation with any other railroad company running in the same general direc-
tion by which either company shall directly or indirectly agree to divide in any manner, or
proportion, the joint oarnings upon the whole, or any part of the freight transported over
such roads, and any violation of this provision shall render the railway company violating
the samo, liable to a penalty of $5,000 for each month for which such earnings are divided,
to be recovered for the use of the common school fund in the name of the State.

Src. 13. No railrond company shall be permitted, except as otherwise provided by
regulation or order of the Board to change or Vimit its common law lability as a common
carrier, All railroad companies shall, on demand, issue duplicate freight receipts to ship-
pers, in which shall be stated the class, or classes of freight shipped, the freight charges
over tho road, giving the receipt, and so far as practicable shall state the freight charges
over other roads that carry such freight. When the consignee presents the railroad re-
ceipt to the agent of the railroad that delivers such freight, such agent shall deliver the
ara shipped on payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the
receipt, .

Src. 14. In all cases where complaint shall be made in accordance with the provisions
of Section 18, hereinafter provided, that an unreasonable charge is made or that the rates
charged for freight are unjust, unreasonable or extortionate, and the Board shall find such.
complaint to be true, they shall require a modified charge, for the service rendered, such as
they shall deem to be reasonable, and shall certify their finding to the managing officer of
the road, against which such complaint is made, and the rates so determined by the Board
to be reasonable shall be by the railroad company accepted thereby, and posted up in a con-
spicuous place in each depot on the line of its road that may be designated by said Board;
and such rates so found, shall, in all actions arising in any court in this State, be taken to
be reasonable compensation for the services for which they are provided, until the contrary
is proven, and all compensation demanded or received by any such railway company in ex-
cess of the rates so determined by the Board, shall in any such action be taken to be unjust,
unreasonable and extortionate until the contrary is proved. All cases ofa failure to comply
with the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners shal] be embodied in the report of
the Board of Commissioners to the Governor, and the same shall apply to any unjust
discrimination, extortion or over-charge by said company, or any other violation of this act
by such company.

Sec. 15. Any person, partnership or corporation, engaged in business, other than that
of a common carrier, may own or lease railroad cars, and may load and bill the same to an
railroad point, and all railroad companies and connecting lines to whom any such car is
delivered, shall receive and transport the same, with all reasonable dispatch, toward its
destination: Provided, That such cars shall be constructed in conformity to the rules and
regulations of the.company to which such application is made, and for such compensation
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

as nay be fixed by the commissioners; and having arrived at its destination it shall be
unloaded and shall be, unless otherwise ordered by such shipper, returned to its starting
pee with like dispatch, and shall not be deviated from its route, and shall bein all respects
andled the same as a car belonging to any railroad company: Provided, That it may be by
said railroad company reasonably loaded upon its return trip, and the owner be allowed a
reasonable sum for its use; and such owner shall be responsible for all necessary repairs.

Suc. 16. Neither said Board of Railroad Commissioners nor any railroad company
shall raise the charge for transportation of freight on any railroad without first giving
sixty days public notice of such change in such manner as the commissioners may deter-
mine.

Sec. 17. Any eae upon written permission, given by the Board, may exercise in
the same manner and to the same extent as is now enjoyed byrailroad companies, the right of
condemning and appropriating land, and laying out and constructing any spur, switch or
railroad track thereover and connecting the same with any railroad already constructed ;
and the right to use such spur, switch or track shall be public at rates and on terms-and
conditions such as the Board shall prescribe, if the parties interested cannot agree.

Suc. 18. Itshall be the duty of said commissioners, upon the complaint and application
of the Mayor and council of any city, or the Trustee of any township, to make an examina-
tion of the rate of the freight tariff charged by any such company, and of the condition or
operation of any railroad, any part of whose location lies within the limits of such city or
township ; and if twenty-five or more legal voters in any city or township shall, by petition
in writing, request the Mayor and council of such city, or the Trustee of such township, to
make the said complaint and application, and the Mayor and council or the Trustee, refuse
or decline to comply with the prayer of the petition, they shall state the reason for such
non-compliance in writing upon the petition, and return the same to the petitioners, and
the petitioners may thereupon, within ten days from the date of such refusal and return,
present such petition to said commissioners, and said commissioners shall, if upon due
inquiry and hearing of the petitioners they think that the public good demands the examin-

. ation, proceed to make it in the same manner as if called upon by the Mayor and council of
any city or the Trustee ofany township. Before proceeding to make such examination
in accordance with such application or petition, said commissioners shall give to the peti-
tioners and railroad company reasonable notice in writing of the time and place of entering
upon the same. If upon such an examination it shall appear to said commissioners that
the complaint alleged by the applicants or petitioners be wel founded, they shall so adjudge.
and they shall then and there decide what is a reasonable charge for such freights an shall
inform the corporations operating such railroad company, of their adjudication within ten
days, and shall also report their doings to the Governor, as provided in Section 6 of this
act, and shall certify to such complainants the result of such adjudication, and such adjudi-
cation shall be prima facie evidence of what is a reasonable charge in all actions for such
service. “

Src. 19. Any railroad company which shall violate any of the provisions of this act,
shall forfeit for every such offense to the person, company or corporation aggrieved thereby,
three times the actual damage sustained by the said party Le thereby together with
the costs of suit, and a reasonable attorney’s fee to be fixed
be taken from the judgment or any part thereof, it shall be the duty of the Appellate Court
to includein the judgment an additional reasonable attorney’s fee-for services in Appellate
Court or courts. =

Sec. 20. Any railroad company or individual wilfully violating or evading any of the
provisions of this act, not otherwise herein provided for, shall for each offense forfeit and
pay a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000. All penalties provided for in this
act shall be recovered by a civil action, to be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the
State, by the county attorney of the county in which the offense has been committed, upon
the direction of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. If upon the trial of such action the
jury shall find for the plaintiff they shall assess and return with their verdict the amount
of the fine to be imposed upon the defendant, and the court shall render judgment accord-
ingly. All such penalties so recovered shall be paid into the school fund of the county in
which such offense has been committed, and the Board of Railroad Commissioners may re-

-quire the Attorney General to assist such county attorney in the pooseeutton of any such
action. No bond for costs shall be required of the State in any such action. es

Sec. 21. In any action against any railroad company for violations of the provisions of
this act the plaintiff may join in the same petition as many different causes of action as he
may have against such company arising under this act. Ped a3

Src. 22, Any person who shall willfully and corruptly swear, testify or affirm falsely to
any material matter, upon any oath or affirmation or declaration legally administered in
any. cause, matter or proceeding before said Board, or any member thereof, or in any return,
answer or report required by this act to be made, shall be deemed guilty of willful and corrupt
perjury, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor for a term
not exceeding seven years. ; . :

Src. 23. Said Board of Commissioners shall keep an accurate record of all its official
acts, and shall also provide a seal, on which shall be the impression “ Board of Railroad Com-
missioners, State of Kansas, Seal.” All process or certificates issued or given by the Board
shall be attested by said seal. Copies of the record of the Board, certified by the Sec-
retary and attested with the seal of the Board, shall be received in evidence with the
like effect as copies of other public records. ons ; :

Sxc. 24. Any member of said Board while acting in the performance of his duties as
such, together with such clérk accountant or expert or other agent, whose services he
deems to be important in the discharge of said duties, shall have the right of passing at all
times over all railroads and on all railroad trains on any part thereof in this State, free of

harge.. 3 ‘
a ‘ Bae. 25. Nothing in this act shall be construed to estop or hinder any persons or cor-
porations from bringing suit against any such railroad company for any violation of any of
the laws of this State for the government of railroads. :

Src. 26. In construing this act, unless such meaning be repugnant to the context or
to the manifest intention of the Legislature, the term railroad company shall include and
be construed to mean avy incorporated railroad company, or any express or transportation
company, or any railroad bridge company, or any persons or persons, lessee, assignee, trustee,
receiver, partnership, joint stock company, or corporation, engaged wholly, partially, jointly,
or severally in laying out, constructing, owning, operating, wee Oe maintaining any rail-
road operated by steam, or any portion or part of such railroad line. -The word “ person
shall include persons, partnerships, joint stock companies and corporations. ;

Src. 27. Sections 56, 57,58 and 59, of Chapter 23; of the general statutes, are hereby
repealed.

SEc.
official State paper.

On March 31, the Executive Council made choice of the following-
named persons for Commissioners: Henry Hopkins, of Lansing, for three
years; James Humphrey, of Junction City, for two years; L. L. Turner,
of Sedan, for one year. ;

” "The Kansas State Temperance Union, incorporated October 30, 1879,
held a meeting at Topeka, January 10 and 11, 1883, and made choice of the
following-named persons as officers: .

“aA. B. Carlet, President, Topeka; L. R. Elliott, Vice President,
‘Manhattan; James A. Troutman, Secretary, Topeka; George M. Stearns,
Treasurer, Topeka. :

eveuthes Comminitae—Sfawb Mulvane, Chairman, Topeka; R. Wake,
Centralia; T. E. Sewell, Abilene; M. V. B. Bennett, Columbus; H. A.

ythe court; and if an eon

98. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the .

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Canfield, Lawrence; H. C. Finch, Burlingame; William Fairchild, Leaven-
worth; Phillip Krohn, Atchison; E. D. Hewett, Wichita.
The following Constitution was adopted:

7 . ARTICLE I, This organization shall be known as The Kansas State Temperance
nion. #

Art. II, The object of this Union shall be to combine the various temperance
organizations in the State in order to secure concentration of effort in promoting the cause
of temperance, and in obtaining the enactment and enforcement of laws for the prohibition
of the traffic in intoxicating liquors.

Art, III. Any temperance organization, church or Sabbath school in the State con-
tributing annually to the funds of the Union shall be regarded as auxiliary to the Union
and entitled to representation by three delegates in its meetings. Any individual in
sympathy with the objects of the Union may become.a member by paying one dollar an-
nually, or a life member on payment of ten dollars.

Art. IV. The officers of this Union shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer, whose duties shall be such as usually devolve on such officers. The Treasurer
shall give such bond and security as sliall be satisfactory to the Executive Committee.

T. V. The management of the affairs of this Union shall be entrusted to an
Executive Committee consisting of thirteen members, of which committee the Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer shall be ex officio members.

Art. VI. The duties of the Executive Committee shall be to hold meetings, employ a
State lecturer and other public speakers, organize local Unions, circulate temperance
literature and use all proper means to create a temperance sentiment and to secure the
enforcement of prohibitory laws throughout the State.

Art, VII. In the meetings of the Executive Committee, five shall constitute a quorum.

ArT. VIII. The election of officers, and members of the Executive Committee, shall
take place at the annual meeting of the Union in August or September of each year; the
date and place of meeting to be determined to the executive committee.

ArT. IX. This constitution may be altered or amended at any annual ineeting, pro-
vided such alteration shall have been previously submitted to the executive committee.

The following plan of work was adopted: '

Your committee on plan of work beg leave to report:

1st. That we recommend the appointment by the Executive Committee of this Union
of one person in each county, to be jeabwa as county organizer, whose duty it shall be to
superintend the organization of temperance societies in each city, township and school
district, and to hold public meetings in each township in his county, at least once every
three months.

2d. We recommend the appointment by the Executive Committee of a sub-committee,
consisting of three or more, whose duty it shall be to collect statistics bearing on the sub-
ject of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor, and its effects, and report the same
to the Executive Committee. :

3d, We recommend that no itinerant lecturers be recognized by local organizations
unless duly authorized, and having in their possession credentials duly authenticated by the
State Executive Committee.

The following preamble and resolution were adopted:

Wuereas, Gov. John P. St. John has been for six years President of the Kansas State
Temperance Union and now to our regret at his own earnest request retires from that
position to enter upon a wider field, therefore ~ .

Resolved, That our hearts go with him wherever he may go to plead our cause, and
while we regret the necessity which takes him from us as our President we believe that the
cause of temperance throughout the United States needs the services of our gallant leader,
and we consent for this reason only to his retirement from the chief office of our organiza-
tion.

The foHowing resolution submitted by C. E. Wheeler, and offered by
ex-Gov. St. John was adopted: :

Resolved, That our Representatives in Congress be hereby requested to secure an
amendment to the revenue laws, so that no permits shall be issued except to persons author-
ized under the laws of the State to sell intoxicating liquors.

Col. David W. Houston, of Garnett, offered the following, which was
adopted:

Resolved, That we are in favor of an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States forever prohibiting the manufacturing, importation and sale of intoxicating drink as
a beverage, and that our Senators and Representatives in Congress be earnestly requested to
favor such an amendment.

Albert Griffin, of the Manhattan Nationalist, offered the following,
which was adopted:

Resolved, That the Legislature is requested to add to the prohibitory Hgaor law a pro-
vision that the possession of a United States liquor dealer’s tax stamp shall be prima facie
evidence that the person to whom it is issued is engaged in the business.

The following is the platform adopted by the. Union:

We, the temperance people of the State of Kansas in convention assembled, trusting in
God for the rectitude of our intention, declare as the sense of this meeting:

1st. That the effect of the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage is drunkenness, and
is a public and private wrong, injurious alike to the citizen and the State; the great cause
of pauperism and crime, and to aid to rid the people of this curse is the duty of every philan-
thropie, patriotic citizen in the land. é

2d. That the State has no moral or legal right to license any wrong, but should enact
only such laws as will promote what is right and prohibit what is wrong. *

3d. That the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage is a great.
moral question, and is right in principle and in practice, and it is the duty of all good
citizens to foster, aid and encourage the vigorous enforcement of all laws of the State
enacted for this purpose.

4th. That the will of the people, expressed in the constitution and laws, is the sovereign
and supreme power of the State, to which all citizens owe unconditional obedience. To
refuse such obedience in the citizen, or a failure of any law officer to execute the law in
good faith, is treason to the State, and should receive the condemnation of all good citizens.

5th. That we are not only in favor of the enforcement of the prohibition law as against
the liquor-seller, but we favor an active, vigorous campaign for the purpose of inducing
men, by appeals to their higher nature, to cease the babit of drinking.

6th. That we are opposed to and protest against any attempt by the Legislature to
strike prohibition from the constitution, by submitting an amendment for the purpose
af oe thereof, or the emasculation of the law already enacted for the enforcement
of the same, , :

7th. That we are opposed to the calling of a constitutional convention.

8th. That we are opposed to the organization of a new party. i

9th. That we invite the co-operation of all lovers of Jaw and order, regardless of
politics or religion, in support of the principles herein announced.

The following additional plank, offered by Gov. S&t.
adopted:

That we, hereby pledge ourselves to vote for no man nor support any party that
favors licensed dram shops.

John, was
234 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

GUBERNATORIAL VOTE OF KANSAS.

 

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1864—Kansas voted first for President in 1864, and the vote by counties on Governor is not here presented; on President, the vote by counties is shown. Samuel J. Crawford and
Solon O. Thacher—both Republicans—were the candidates. Crawford had a majority in 28 of the 35 counties then voting. His h : ti : ier's vo hing
His total vote was 13,387. Thacher’s home vote was 7,840; Soldiers’, 608; total, 8,448. : : ° SES Se 1 TSB jcaGle aS rke, aston debt meme AIM
oe R. ae ee ee ee SOV SEN On Tne me ie Montgomery, 97; in Neosho, 11 votes.
_ 187 omas A, Osborn, Republican, an eus H. Walker, Liberal Republican, were the*candidates, Of the 64 counties th i i i
Cherokee and Crawford: Walker’s whole vote was 34,608; Osborn’s was 66,715. : Mate Ren Nannie: Welkee warded cule Die Bommneea
1876—J. Pauleon, p eniperwiey oe ee received 393 ee pope ee 37 ae votes. ; 7
1880—Gov. St. John was re-elected, receiving majorities in all of the 80 counties then voting, except those of Atchison, Chase, Cherok i i
Montene Out of 198,940 votes then cast, St. John received 115,204; Edmund G, Ross, Democrat, had 63,557; H. P. Vrooman, National, 19,477 a LP ee ab; FAL Stringheld, 315
scattering, 48. Sie y Ge

1882—Out of 179,384 votes cast for Governor, St. John received 75,158; George Ww. Glick, 83,237; Charles Robinson, 20,933, There were 56 scattering votes.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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In 1864, Kansas soldiers cast their votes for President, giving an aver-
age vote for the Republican Presidential Electors of 2,789; for the Demo-
cratic electors of 85. Nelson McCracken, of Leavenworth, and Ellsworth
Cheesebrough of Atchison, Republican candidates for Electors, died just
ee to the election, and the Republican vote was mainly cast for Robert

cBratney, William F. Cloud and Thomas Moonlight, though there was
a vote for Marcus J. Parrott of 6,208; for Mr. Cheesebrough, 655. Includ-
ing the soldier vote of Kansas, the result-might be declared as follows:
Lincoln, 17,041; McClellan, 3,839.

_ In 1872, the O'Connor and Adams cievioral ticket received 156 votes,
Han County giving 48 votes; Wilson, 27; Nemaha, 23, und Bourbon, 15
votes.

~ In 1876, Green Clay Smith, the Temperance candidate for President,
received 110 votes for President. Douglas County gave him 84 votes; La-
bette, 17; Bourbon, 16; Marion, 12 votes. There were 23 votes for the
Anti-Secret Society candidate, of which Rice cast 9 votes, Chase, 6 votes.

In 1876, six counties in the aggregate gave 25 scattering votcs. Four
counties’ gave Neal Dow, the Temperance candidate for President, 10
votes; Crawford giving 7 votes.

KANSAS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

In 1864 and in 1868, Kansas had threé votes in the Electoral College;
in 1872, 1876 and in 1880, five; in 1884 and in 188, there will be nine votes.
The following is the list of Presidential Electors:

Lincoln Electors, 1864—William F. Cloud, Robert McBratney,
Thomas Moonlight.

Grant Electors, 1868—Daniel R. Anthony, Albert H. Horton, Isaac
8. Kalloch. :

Grant Electors, 1872—John Guthrie, Charles H. Langston, James 8.
Merritt, William W. Smith, Louis Weil.

Hayes Electors, 1876—Thomas Hughes, John B. Johnson, William A.

_ Johnson, Robert W. P. Muse, Walter L. Simons.

Garfield Electors, 1880—Robert W. P. Muse, William A. Peffer,

Henderson Ritchie, John Schilling, James D. Snoddy.

REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.

From the Thirty-seventh to the Forty-second Congress, inclusive,
Kansas had one Member of Congress; from the Forty-third to the Forty-
seventh, there were three; from the Forty-eighth to the Fifty-second,
inclusive, there will be seven. The whole State was a Congressional
District, until the Legislature of 1878 made a Congressional Apportion-
ment of three districts: A northern one embracing thirty-seven counties; a
southeastern one, containing fifteen; a south, central and southwestern
one of fifty counties. At the election in 1872, three Congressmen-
at-Large were elected; in 1882, four were elected. The following is a list
of the Kansas Congressmen, from the Thirty-seventh to the Forty-eighth
Congress, inclusive:

irty-seventh Congress, Martin F. Conway, of Lawrence.

Thirty-eighth Congress, A. Carter Wilder, of Leavenworth.

Thirty-ninth Congress, Sidney Clarke, of Lawrehce.

Fortieth Congress, Sidney Clarke, of Lawrence.

Forty-first Congress, Sidney Clarke, of Lawrence.

Forty-second Congress, David P. Lowe, of Fort Scott.

Forty-third Congress—at Large, David P. Lowe, of Fort Scott,
Stephen A. Cobb, of Wyandotte; William A. Phillips, of Salina.

Forty-fourth Congress—First District, William A. Phillips, Salina;
Second District, John R. Goodin, Humboldt; Third District, William R.
Brown, Hutchinson.

Forty-fifth Congress—First District, William A. Phillips, Salina;
Second District, Dudley C. Haskell, Lawrence; Third District, Thomas
Ryan, Topeka. ;

Forty-sixth Congress—First District, John A. Anderson, Manhattan;
Second District, Dudley C. Haskell, Lawrence; Third District, Thomas
Ryan, Topeka.

Forty-seventh Congress—First District, John A. Anderson, Manhat-
tan; Second District, Dudley C. Haskell, Lawrence; Third District, Thomas
Ryan, Topeka.

' Forty eighth Congress—First District, John A. Anderson, Manhat-
tan; Second District, Dudley C. Haskell, Lawrence; Third District,
Thomas Ryan, Topeka. At Large, Lewis Hanback of Salina; Edmund
N. Morrill, of Hiawatha; Bishop W. Perkins, of Oswezo; Samuel R. Peters,
of Newton.

UNITED STATES SENATORS.

The first election in Kansas for United States Senators occurred April 4,
1861. James H. Lane drew for the term ending March 4, 1865; Samuel C.
emery for the term ending March 3, 1867, A joint convention of the
Kansas House and Senate was had February 9, 1865, for the purpose of
electing a successor to Senator Lane, which resulted in sixty-eight votes
for Thomas Carney; twenty-seven Legislators were excused and declined
to vote; two voted blank, and one voted “Against a fraud.” Toa
Republican State Convention, held at Topeka, April 21, 1864, for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to attend the National Republican Convention
at Baltimore, Gov. Carney sent a letter, in which he resigned all claim to
the office, and Senator Lane was re-elected January 12, 1865, for a term of
six years. July 1, 1866, Senator Lane shot himself through the head at the
Government Farm at Fort Leavenworth. He lingered for several days,
dying from the effects of the wound July 11. Gov. Crawford appointed
Edmund G. Ross, July 20, as his successor and on January 23, 1867,
Senator Ross was elected to fill out the unexpired term, ending March 4,
1871. January 25, 1871, Alexander Caldwell was elected as the successor,
to Senator Ross. March 10, 1873; Senator Morton, of Indiana, Chairman
of the Committee on Privileges and Elections in the United States
Senate, recommended to the Senate the adoption of the following resolu-
tion: :

_jons of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Resolved, That Alexander Caldwell was not duly and legally elected to a seat in the
Senate of the United States by the Legislature of the State of Kansas.

March 11, 1872, the Senate had authorized an investigation of this
election by the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and, as a culmina-
tion of the matter, the following notification of the resignation of Senator
Caldwell was submitted to the United States Senate; March 24, 1878:

UNITED STATES SENATE CIIAMBER, March 24, 1873.
Sir—I hereby respectfully tender you my resignation as a Senator of the United
States from the State of Kansas, to take effect immediately.
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
ALEXANDER CALDWELL.

Tis Excellency, the Governor of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas.

Gov. Osborn appointed Robert Crozier, November 22, to fill
the vacancy, and on Rehmiay 2,°-1874, ex-Gov. James M. Harvey, was
elected to fill out the unexpired term, ending March 4, 1877. Preston
B. Plumb was clected as the successor to Gov. Harvey, January 31, 1877,
for the term cnding March 4, 1888.

Senator Pomeroy was re-elected January 23, 1867, and on January. 29,
1878, in the joint convention of the two Houses of the Legislature he
received no votes, though on the previous day he received forty votes in
the House; ten in the Senate. John J. Ingalls was elected, receiving 115
votes out of 127 that were cast. January 31, 1879, Senator Ingalls was re-
elected, recciving 86 votes out of 169. Senator Pomeroy was charged with
bribery, and in the legislative report of the Committee on the Pomeroy
bribery charges, appears the following:

2. That the said S, C. Pomeroy did, on the 28th and 29th days of January, 1873, pay to
one A. M. York, a member of the Senate of the State of Kansas, the sum of $7,000, to influ-
ence his vote for the said 8. C. Pomeroy for United States Senator.

The following shows the representation of Kansas in the United
States Senate: 1861-1866, James H. Lane; 1866-1871, Edmund G. Ross;
1871-1878, Alexander Caldwell; 1873-1874, Robert Crozier; 1874-1877, James
M. Harvey; 1877-1889, Preston B. Plumb (present incumbent); 1861-1873,
Samuel C. Pomeroy; 1883-1885, John James Ingalls, (present incumbent).

THE JUDICIARY OF THE TERRITORIAL PERIOD.

President Pierce, as early as June, 1854, made judicial appointments
for the Territory of Kansas. During the Territorial period, Samuel D.
Lecompte, of Maryland, and John Pettit, of Indiana, held the position of

Chief Justice of the Territorial. Courts; Saunders W. Johnston, of Ohio,
Rush Elmore, of Alabama, Jeremiah M. Burrill, of Pennsylvania, Sterling
G. Cato, of Alabama, Thomas Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, aid Joseph
Williams, of Iowa, were Associate Justices. When Kansas became a State,
the court consisted of Judges Pettit, Elmore and Williams. Israel B.
Donalson, of Dlinois, was the first United States Marshal; Andrew Jackson
Isacks, of Louisiana, was the first United States District Attorney, and
James Findlay, of Pennsylvania, was appointed Clerk. February 26, 1855,
Gov. Reeder divided the Territory into three Judicial Districts ;the First
was assigned to Chief Justice Lecompte, the courts to be held at Leaven- ,
worth ; the Second to Judge Elmore, with courts at Tecumseh ; the Third
to Judge Johnston, with courts at Pawnee. August 31, 1855, Charles H.
Grover, H. A. Hutchinson and John T. Brady, were commissioned as Dis-
trict Attorneys respectively, for the First, Second and Third Districts. In
1858, Alson C. Davis became United States District Attorney; E. 8. Dennis,
Isaac Winston, Philip T. Colby and William P. Fain were United States
Marshals. Andrew J. Rodigue, E. Nocl Eccleston, James R. Whitehead
aM Laomi McArthur were among the last of the Clerks of the Territorial

ourts.

_ Marcus J. Parrott, Thomas B. Sykes and John Martin held the posi-
tion of Reporters of the Court. The first attorneys admitted to practice
in the Territorial Court were, Edmund Byerly, James Christian, Marcus
J. Parrott and Richard R. Rees.

P. Sidney Post, of Wyandotte, and Richard Henry Weightman, of
Atchison, were appointed United States Commissioners under the provis-

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TERRITORIAL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

By an act of the Territorial Legislature, approved February 27, 1860,
there were three judicial districts defined,. with the times and places for
holding therein the several courts. The division of the Territory into
districts and the Judges for the courts are presented in the following:

First District. —The counties of Doniphan, Atchison, Jefferson,
Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Arapahoe constituted this district, to
which Chief Justice John Pettit was assigned. Section 10 of said act
reads as follows:

_, Tho whole of the Delaware Indian reservation is hereby attached to the First Judicial
District for guctetnl purposes, as well as all the Indian Territory lying and being within the
boundary of Arapahoe County.

‘The county of Arapahoe was attached to the county of Leavenworth
for judicial purposes, except that in the county of Arapahoe the process
of subpoena issuing from Leavenworth County shall have no force or effect
if served in said Arapahoe County. (This county embraced the Pike's
Peak region, which became the prominent portion of Colorado with Den-
ver as an objective point.)

_Second District.—Excepting nine counties in the eastern tiers the re-
maining portion of the Territory was in the Second District, to which
Rush Elmore, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was assigned.

Provisions were made for holding courts at Burlington, Emporia,
Council Grove, Junction City, Marysville, Hiawatha, Holton, Topeka and
Lawrence. The counties of Osage, Woodson, Wilson, Greenwood, God-
frey (now Elk and Chautauqua), Butler, Hunter (now Cowley), Chase,
Marion, Saline, Dickinson, Clay, Washington, Riley, Wabaunsce, Potta-
watomie and Nemaha were attached to their adjoining most contiguous
counties for judicial purposes. The Pottawatomie, Kaw, Otoe, Chippewa
and Ottawa, and Sac and Fox and Kickapoo Indian reservations were at«
tached to this judicial district.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Third District.—The counties of Johnson, Lykins(now Miami), Linn,
Bourbon, Cherokee, Dorn (now Neosho,) Allen, Anderson and Franklin
constituted the Third District, and Associate Justice Joseph Williams was
assigned to it. s

For judicial purposes Cherokee County was attached to Bourbon;
Dorn to Allen, and the New York Indian reservation was attached to this
district for judicial purposes. 3

In Section 9 of this act, it was provided ‘‘ where a county is at-
tached to another for judicial purposes, the jurisdiction of the county to
which it is attached shall be the same as if it formed part thereof, unless
the county attached has an organization and officers of its own.”

COURTS UNDER THE STATE REGIME.

At the election of the State officers, held December 6, 1859, under the
Wyandotte Constitution, the Supreme Judges chosen were as follows :
Thomas Ewing, Jr., Chief Justice, term six years; Samuel A. Kingman,
Associate Justice. four years ; Lawrence D. Bailey, Associate Justice, two
years. Judge Ewing resigned his position as Chief Justice, September 13,
1862, having command of the Kansas Eleventh ; and Gov. Robinson ap-
pointed Nelson Cobb, to fill the vacancy. Robert Crozier was elected
November 3, 1863, the term expiring January, 1867. Samuel A. Kingman
was elected as his successor. He was re-elected November 5, 1872, and
resigned his position in December, 1876, to take effect on the 31st. Gov.
Osborn appointed Albert H. Horton; he was elected in November, 1877,

for the unexpired term, and for a full term of six years, in November, .

1878. The Supreme Court has been made up as follows:

Chief Justices.—1861-62, Thomas Ewing, Jr.; 1863, Nelson Cobb;
ee Robert Crozier ; 1867-76, Samuel A. Kingman ; 1877-88, Albert H.

orton.

Associate Justices.—1861-64, Samuel A. Kingman; 1865-70, Jacob
Safford’; 1871-87, David J. Brewer ; 1861-68, Lawrence D. Bailey ; 1869-85,
Daniel M. Valentine.

‘Judges Bailey and Horton have been twice elected ; Judges Kingman,
Valentine and Brewer, have been thrice elected. The Clerks of the Court
have been Andrew Stark, E. B. Fowler, A. Hammatt and Channing J.
Brown. Its Reporters have been Preston B. Plumb, Louis Carpenter,
Elliott V. Banks, William C. Webb and A. M. F. Randolph. The Supreme
Court first convened October 28, 1861.

DISTRICT COURTS.

Under the Wyandotte Constitution, five Judicial Districts were formed,
and, at the first election underit, December 6, 1859, Judges were chosen :

First District.—Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Jefferson and Jackson
Counties, constituted this district, and William C. McDowell was elected
Judge. Jefferson and Jackson Counties became a part of the Third Judi-
cial District in 1864, and David J. Brewer was elected Judge; in 1868 and
in 1872, Harvey W. Ide; in 1876 and in 1880, Robert Crozier. In 1869,
Wyandotte County became a part of the Tenth Judicial District. In 1862,
a Criminal Court was established for Leavenworth County, and David J.
Brewer was appointed Judge. Peter McFarland succeeded Judge Brewer;
Barzillai Gray followed Judge McFarland, and Byron Sherry was the suc-
cessor of Judge Gray. This Court terminated its existence in 1875, its
docket having been transferred to the First District Court. Leavenworth,
Jefferson and Jackson Counties constituted tbe First Judicial District in
1881, and it so remains in 1883.

Second District.—The counties of this judicial. district were Atchison,
Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Marshall and Washington. The counties of
Washington, Republic and Shirley (now Cloud) were attached to Marshall
for judicial purposes. In 1872, Marshall and Washington were made a part
of the Twelfth Judicial District. Albert L. Lee, the Judge, elected Decem-
ber 6, 1859, receiving a commission in the Kansas Seventh in 1861, he
resigned, and Albert H. Horton was appointed his successor. He wa
elected in 1862 and in 1864. He resigned in 1866, and Robert St. Clai
Graham was appointed, who also was elected in 1866. Nathan Price,
elected in 1868, resigned in 1872. Perry L. Hubbard was appointed to
succeed him, and he was elected in 1872. Alfred G. Otis was elected in
°1876, and David Martin, in 1880. =

Third District—The countics of Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Pottawatomie,
Riley, Davis, Dickinson and Clay constituted this district. Clay, Dickin
gon, Ottawa and Saline were attached to Davis for judicial purposes.
Jacob Safford was its first Judge. In February, 1865, Ottawa and Saline
Counties were a part of the district. Jackson and Jefferson Counties
became a part of the district, in 1864, and in 1881, they were transferred to
the First. In.1867, Riley, Davis, Dickinson, Clay, Ottawa and Saline
Counties became a part of the Eighth District, and in 1881 Riley became
again a part-of the Third. Charles K. Gilchrist was elected Judge in
1864; John T. Morton, in 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1880. Judge Morton hav-
ing resigned February 1, 1883, John Martin was appointed. There will
be an election in November, 1883, to fill the vacancy. is f

Fourth District.—Douglas, Johnson, Lykins (now Miami), Franklin,
Anderson, Linn, Bourbon and Allen Counties, made the original territory
of this district. Solon O. Thacher was the first Judge of the district.
Judge Thacher resigned, and David P. Lowe was appointed September
12, 1864. In 1864, Daniel M. Valentine was elected, and Neosho County
then was a part of the district; Owen A. Bassett was elected in 1868 and
in 1872: N. T. Stephens, in 1876and in 1880. In 1867, Miami, Linn and
Bourbon became a part of the Sixth District; Allen, Anderson and N e0-
sho, a part of the Seventh; in 1869, Johnson a part of the Tenth Dis-
trict. Anderson was made a part of the Fourth in 1869, and Douglas,
Franklin and Anderson in 1883 constitute the Fourth District.

_Fifth District.—The original territory of this district was the coun-
ties of Osage, Breckenridge, Morris, Chase, Madison, Coffey, ‘Woodson,
Greenwood, Butler and Hunter Counties, and the unorganized counties
in the “southwest.” In 1862, Madison was blotted out; the south part

_vey, Reno and Rice were a part of the Ninth.

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became the north part Greenwood, the north part became the south

art of Breckenridge, and the name of Lyon was given to Breckenridge.

he name of Hunter was changed to Cowley. O. E. Learnard, its first
Judge, resigned July 21, 1861, and Robert M. Ruggles was appointed as
his successor. Judge Ruggles was elected in November, 1861; John H.
Watson in 1864 and in 1868; E. B. Peyton in 1872 and in 1876; Charles
B. Graves in 1880. Wilson, which had been attached to Allen, was in
this district in 1864. In 1867, Morris, Chase and Butler became a part of
the Ninth Judicial District ; Woodson and Wilson became a part of the
Seventh. In 1872, Morris was a part of the Eighth District ; Greenwood
was in the Thirteenth. Since then it has become a part of the Fifth, and
the counties of the district in 1883 are Osage, Coffey, Lyon and Green-
wood.

Sieth District.—This district was created in 1867, comprising the
counties of Miami, Linn, Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee. In 1869,
Miami became a part of the Tenth District ; in 1870, Crawford and Chero-
kee, a part of the Eleventh. David P. Lowe was appointed Judge, March
4, 1867, and was elected in November, 1867. In 1870, he was elected to
Congress, and J. F. Broadhead was appointed as his successor. In 1871,
M. Vine was elected; died while in office; W. J. Bowden was appointed
as his successor on November 7, 1874; in 1872, James D. Snoddy was
elected but did not serve; W. C.°Stewart was_elected in 1874 and in 1875;
in 1879, Judge Lowe was again elected, and, dying in 1882, Cyrus O.
French was appointed as his successor, and was elected in November,
1882.

Seventh District.—This district was created in 1867, composed of the
counties of Allen, Anderson, Woodson, Wilson, Neosho and Labette, and
William Spriggs was appointed Judge. John R. Goodin was elected in
1867 and in 1871. He was elected to Congress in 1874, and was succeeded as
Judge by Peter Bell, who was elected November 2, 1875, to fill the
vacancy. Henry W. Talcott was elected in 1875 and in 1879, to fill
regular terms. Anderson County was restored to the Fourth District in
1869; Labette became a part of the Eleventh in 1870.

Highth District.—Originally composed of the counties of Riley, Da-
vis, Dickinson, Clay, Cloud, Ottawa and Saline ; James Humphrey was
appointed Judge, March 4, 1867, and elected in November, 1867. He re-
signed in 1870, and was succeeded by William H. Canfield, who was
elected to fill the vacancy in 1870, and for a full term in 1871. James H.
Austin was elected in 1875 and in 1879. In 1870, McPherson, Ellsworth,
Mitchell, Jewell and Republic Counties were included in this district ; in
1871, Lincoln, Rice, Ellis and Wallace. In 1871, Clay, Cloud, Republic,
Jewell and Mitchell were made a part of the Twelfth District. In 1872,
Rice became a part of the Ninth; McPherson, Saline, Ellsworth, Lincoln,
Russell, Ellis and Wallace, a part of the Fourteenth.

Ninth District.—Chase, Marion and Butler—organized—Counties
constituted this district in 1867. Howard (Elk and Chautauqua), Cow-
ley, Sumner, Sedgwick, Reno, Harvey, McPherson, Rice and the whole
country southwest was in this district. Samuel N. Wood was appointed
Judge ; William R. Brown was elected in 1867 and in 1872; in 1874, Judge
Brown was elected to Congress, who was succeeded as Judge in 1875 by
Samuel R. Peters, who has ever since been Judges and who was elected
as one of the four Congressmen-at-Large in 1882. In December, 1882,
Judge Peters resigned his Judgeship, and L. Houk was appointed January
1, 1888. In 1872, Butler made a part of the Thirteenth District, and Har-
In 1879, Kingman, Barber, -
Pratt, Stafford, Edwards, Ford, Pawnee, Ness, Rush and Barton were a
part of the district which was abridged in 1881, and the district in 1883
contains the counties of Chase, Marion, Harvey, Rice, Reno and Harper.

Tenth District.—Wyandotte, Johnson and Miami form the counties
of this district. It was created in 1869, and John T. Burris was appointed
Judge. Hiram Stevens was elected Judge in 1869, 1873 andin 1877. Will-
iam R. Wagstaff was elected in 1881 for a term of four years. Linn
County became a part of the Tenth District in 1874; in. 1876, it was
restored to the Sixth.

Lleventh District.—This district was created by the Legislat ure of
1870, and William C. Webb was appointed Judge. Henry G. Webb was
elected in November, 1870; resigned February, 1873. Bishop W. Perkins
was appointed Judge March 5, 1878, and so remained until January, 1888.
George Chandler was elected Judge in November, 1882. Judge Perkins
was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress in November, 1882, as one of the
four Members of Congress-at-Large. The district contained Crawford,
Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery and Howard Counties. In 1871, Howard

(now Elk), and Chautauqua Counties, became a part of the Thirteenth Dis-

trict.

Twelfth District.—The Legislature of 1871 created this district and
on March 19, 1871, Andrew 8. Wilson was appointed its Judge, and has
remained as such since that time. The counties in the district were Mar-
shall, Washington, Clay, Cloud, Republic, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne,
Smith, Phillips and Norton. The six last named counties are a part of
the Fifteenth District, organized in 1873.

Thirteenth District. The counties of Butler, Greenwood, Howard
(now Elk and Chautauqua), (Cowley, Sumner and Sedgwick) were formed
into the Thirteenth District March 6, 1872, and W. P. Campbell was
elected Judge in 1872 and in 1876 ; E. 8. Torrance in 1880. In 1876, Green-
wood became a part of the Fifth District. In 1883, Sedgwick and Sumner
became a part of the Highteenth District.

Fourteenth District.—March 6, 1872, the counties of McPherson, Sa-
line, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell. Barton, Ellis and Wallace, were made
into the Fourteenth District. Since its existence, J. H. Prescott has been
its Judge. Ellis, Trego, Gove, St. John and Wallace Counties in 1881,
became-a part of the Seventeenth District.

Fifteenth District.—The Legislature of 1873 organized this district
from the counties of Mitchell, Jewell, Smith, Osborne, Rooks, Phillips
and Billings (now Norton), Graham, and the counties west, March 18,
1873. A. J. Banta was appointed Judge, and in November, 1873 and 1877,
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Joel Holt was elected. In 1881, Clark A. Smjth was chosen. Rooks,
Phillips, Graham and Norton Counties, and the western counties, became
a part of the Seventeenth District in 1881.

Siateenth District.—This, the southwestern Judicial District of Kan-
sas, was created by the Legislature of 1881. J. C. Strang was appointed
Judge and was also elected in November, 1881. The organized counties
of the district in 1888, are Barton, Stafford, Pratt, Edwards, Pawnee,
Rush, Ness, Hodgeman and Ford. Lane, Scott, Wichita and Greeley
are attached to. Ness; Hamilton, Finney and Seward, for judicial pur-
poses, to Ford. ~

Seventeenth District.—This Northwestern Judicial District was formed
March 5, 1881, comprising, of organized counties, Ellis, Rooks, Phillips,
Norton, Graham, Trego, Sheridan, Decatur and Rawlins. For Judicial
purposes, Gove, St. John and Wallace Counties are attached to Trego ;
Thomas and Sherman to Sheridan and Cheyenne to Rawlins, for judicial
purposes. DeWitt C. Nellis was appointed Judge, and in November,
1881, W. H. Pratt was elected.

Highteenth District.—This district was created by the Legislature of
1883. It embraces the counties of Sedgwick, Sumner, Kingman, Harper,
Barber and Comanche. The county of Comanche is attached to Barber
for judicial purposes. Hon. Amos Harris was appointed Judge of the
pewise created district, February 12, 1883. His term will expire in January,

During the first ten years of the existence of Kansas as a State eleven
judicial districts had been formed; in the following ten years seven had
been created.

‘ The following table presents the names of the Judges in the several
judicial districts in January, 1883.

 

 

 

 
   
 
  
 
  
   
 
 
  

DISTRICT. Names of Judges. Term Expires. per ting
BPs raccusseesinienwereirenerevecetisvs Robert Crozier. January, 1885. | Leavenworth.
Second David Martin. January, 1885. | Atchison,
Third John T. Morton. January, 1885. | Topeka.
Fourt! N. T. Stephens. January, 1885. | Lawrence.
Fifth. .| Charles B, Graves. January, 1885. | Burlington.
Sixth. «| Cyrus O. French. January, 1884. | Fort Scott.
Seventh ..| Henry W. Talcott. January, 1884. | Iola. :
Eighth James H. Austin. January, 1884, | Junction City.
Ninth Samuel R. Peters, January, 1884. | Newton.
Tenth William R. Wagstaff. | January, 1886. | Paola.
Eleventh.. George Chandler. January, 1887. | Independence.
Twelfth.... Andrew 8. Wilson. January, 1885. | Washington.
Thirteenth... E. 8. Torrance. January, 1885. | Winfield.
Fourteenth.. .| J. H. Prescott. January, 1885. | Salina.
Fifteenth.. .| Clark A. Smith. January, 1886. | Beloit.
Sixteenth. .| J. C. Strang. January, 1886. | Pawnee.
Seventeenth. W. H. Pratt. January, 1886. | Phillipsburg.
Eighteenth Amos Harris. January, 1884.

 

 

 

 

 

Other Court Officers, since Kansas became a State, have been as follows:

Attorney Generals.—1861, Benjamin F. Simpson, Charles Chadwick;
1862, Samuel A. Stinson; 1863-1864, Warren W. Guthric; 1865-1866, Je-
rome D. Brumbaugh; 1867-1868, George H. Hoyt; 1869-1870, Addison
Danford; 1871-1874, Archibald L. Williams; 1875-1876, A. M. F. Randolph;
1877-1880, Willard Davis; 1881-1885, William A. Johnston. ~

Clerks Supreme Court.—1861-1867, Andrew Stark; 1868-1870, E. B.
Fowler; July, 1870 to July, 1879, A. Hammatt; 1879, Channing J. Brown.

‘Reporters.—1861-1862, Preston B. Plumb; 1863, Louis Carpenter;
1864-1871, Elliot V. Banks; 1871-1878, William C. Webb; 1879, A. M: F.
Randolph.

UNITED STATES COURTS.

District Court.—March 8, 1861, Archibald Williams, of Illinois, was
appointed United States District Judge for Kansas. He died in Septem-
ber, 1863, and was succeeded by Mark W. Delahay. He resigned his posi-
tion March 8, 1878. Cassius G. Foster was appointed March 10, 1878, and
is still the incumbent... John F. Dillon and Gtorge W. McCrary, United
States Circuit Judges, and Samuel F. Miller, Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, have had Kansas assigned to them, as
apart of their circuits. The Clerks of the United States, District and

 

   

KANSAS STATE CAPITOL.

HISTORY OF KANSAS

Circuit Courts, the United States District Attorneys and United States
Marshals for Kansas have been as follows, beginning with 1861: -

United States District Attorney.—John T. Burris, Robert Crozier,
James §. Emery, Samuel A. Riggs, Albert H. Horton, Cyrus I. Scofield,
George R. Peck, James R. Hallowell. /

mited States: Marshal.—James L. McDowell, Thomas A. Osborn,

Charles C. Whiting, David W. Houston, William 8. Tough, Charles H.
Miller, Benjamin F. Simpson.

United States District Clerk.—John T. Morton, F. G. Adams, Clark
J. Hanks, Adolphus S. Thomas, Joseph C. Wilson.

United States Circuit Clerk.—John T. Morton, F. G. Adams, Clark J.
Hanks, Adolphus 8. Thomas.

STATE OFFICERS.

The following statistics show the number of men, and the time when
they held the positions of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Treasurer, Auditor and Superintendent of Public Instruction for
the period from J ee 1861, to January, 1885:

Governors.—1861-1862, Charles Robinson; 1868-1864, Thomas Carney;
1865-1866, Samuel J. Crawford; 1867-1868, Samuel J. Crawford, Nehemiah
Green; 1869-1872, James M. Harvey; 18738-1874, Thomas A. Osborn;
1875-1876, Thomas A. Osborn; 1877-1878, George T. Anthony; 1879-1880,
John P. St. John; 1881-1882, John P. St. John; 1883-1884, George W.
Glick;

Lieutenant Governors.—1861-1862, Joseph P. Root; 1863-1864, Thomas
A. Osborn; 1865-1866, James McGrew; 1867-1868, Nehemiah Green; 1869-
1870, Charles V. Eskridge; 1871-1872, Peter P. Elder; 1878-1874, Elias S.
Stover; 1875-1876, Melville J. Salter; 1877, Melville J. Salter; 1878, Lyman
U. Humphrey; 1879-1880, Lyman U. Humphrey; 1881-1882, D. W. Finney;
1883-1884, D. W. Finney.

Secretaries of State.—1861, John W. Robinson; 1862, 8. R. Shepherd;
1863-1864, W. H. H. Lawrence; 1865-1866, Rinaldo A. Barker; 1867-1868,
Rinaldo A. Barker; 1869-1870, Thomas Moonlight; 1871-1872, William H.
Smallwood; 1878-1874, William H. Smallwood; 1875-1876, Thomas H.
Cavanaugh; 1877-1878, Thomas H. Cavanaugh; 1879-1880, James Smith;
1881-1882, James Smith; 1883-1884, James Smith. ,

In June, 1862, John W. Robinson—Secretary of ‘State—was im-
peached by the State Senate on a vote of eighteen to three, on a charge of
a high misdemeanor in his office, in the sale of State Bonds.

ovember 4, 1868, Gov. Crawford resigned to take command of the
Nineteenth Kansas Regiment, and Lieut. Gov. Green took the oath of
office of Governor, and performed its duties. In 1877, Lieut. Gov. Salter -
resigned to accept a position in the land office at Independence, and in
November, 1877, Lyman U. Humphrey was elected to fill the vacancy.
_> Treasurers. — 1861-1862, Hartwin R. Dutton; 1863-1864, William
Spriggs; 1865-1866, William Spriggs; 1867-1868, Martin Anderson; 1869-
1870,, George Graham; 1871-1872, Josiah E. Hayes; 1873-1874, Josiah E.
Hayes; John Francis; 1875-1876, Samuel Lappin, John Francis; 1877-1882,
John Francis, 1883-1884, Samuel T. Howe.

Auditors.—1861, George S. Hillyer: 1862, David L. Lakin; 1863-1864,
Asa Hairgrove; 1865-1868, John R. Swallow; 1869-1872, Alois Thoman;
1873-1876, D. W. Wilder; 1877-1882, P. I. Bonebrake; 18838-1884, E. P.

-McCabe.

Superintendents of Public Instruction.—1861, William R. Griffith;
1862, 5S. M. Thorp; 1863-1866, Isaac T. Goodnow; 1867-1870, Peter Mc-
Vicar; 1871-1874, H. D. McCarty; 1875-1876, John Frazer; 1877-1880, Allen
B. Lemmon; 1881-1884, Henry C. Speer.

William Tholen, elected as first State Treasurer, entering the volunteer
service, did not qualify, and H. R. Dutton was appointed, and in Novem-
ber, 1861, was elected. George S. Hillyer, Auditor, was impeached in
June, 1862, and D. L. Lakin was appointed. W.R. Griffith, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, died February 12, 1862, and 8. M. Thorp was
appointed March 28, 1862, as his successor in the office.

Josiah E, Hayes, State Treasurer, having had articles of impeachment
preferred against him, March 6, 1874, resigned before the time set for
trial, and John Francis was appointed as his successor, May 1, 1874. Mr.
eng also succeeded Samuel Lappin, who resigned his office December.

Now (1883) is process of construction. East and West Wings finished, and the foundations laid for the transept. Its cost thus far, not including interest, |

has been not far from $925,000. Estimated cost, completed, $2,000,000.

Date of completion, January 1, 1888.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

THE GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.

1.' Charles Robinson, inaugurated February 9, 1861; term of office ex-,
pired January 12, 1863.

2. Thomas Carney, inaugurated January 12, 1863.
in 1865, and served until January 9, 1867.

3. Samuel’ J. Crawford, inaugurated January 9, 1865, was re-elected
and served until November 4, 1868, when he resigned to take command of
the Nineteenth Regiment of Kansas Cavalry, in active service against the
Indians on the plains. %

4. Nehemiah Green, serving as Lieutenant Governor at the time of
Gov. Crawford’s resignation, became Governor November 4, 1868, and
served until January 11, 1869.

5. James M. Harvey was inaugurated January 11, 1869; was re-elected,
and served until January 18, 1873.

6. Thomas A. Osborn entered upon the duties of Governor January
18, 1878, and served two terms, his second term closing January 8, 1877.

7. George T. Anthony was inaugurated Governor on January 8, and
sérved one term, until January 8, 1879. :

8. John P. St. John became Governor January 8, 1879; served two
terms, until January 9, 1883.

9. George W. Glick was inaugurated January 9, 1888, and is the
present incumbent, and first Democratic Governor of the State of Kansas.

The biographical histories of these officers are given in their order in
the following pages:

He was re-elected

I.—CHARLES ROBINSON.

Charles Robinson, the first Governor of the State of Kansas, was born at Hardwick,
Worcester Co., Mass., July 21, 1818. He was bred to habits of frugality and industry by
parents who were themselves possessed of those New England cardinal virtues. His early
educational advantages were such as the schools in the vicinity of his home afforded. He
was an ambitious young scholar, and at the age of eighteen had acquired sufficient classical
education to enter upon a collegiate course at Amherst College. There he remained two
years, when a severe inflammation of the eyes, which threatened blindness, compelled him
to relinquish his studies and leave college with his course partially completed. e did not
return to college, but on his recovery commenced the study of medicine, which he pursued
at Woodstock, Vt., and Pittsfield, Mass., graduating at the medical school at the latter place
with honor. He first commenced the practice of his chosen profession in Belchertown,
Hampshire Co., Mass. He removed to Springfield, Mass., in 1845, where he continued in the
practice of his profession, winning a widespread Teputabion as a specialist in the treatment
of chronic diseases. While a resident of Springfield, he became a partner of Dr. Holland

Timothy Titcomb), who had been his former friend and classmate in the medical school
from which he had been graduated. In 1847, he removed to Fitchburg, where he continued
successfully his medical practice for two years. In 1849, soon after the gold discoveries in
California, he set out for the newly-discovered El Dorado, kheing surgeon of one of the early
pioneer parties of California emigrants. The party traveled by the then long, weary and

angerous overland route, which led them across the unsettled Indian Territory of what
is now Kansas, and the long stretches of arid plains beyond. On this journey he first saw
the fertile bottoms of the Kaw, and encamping near the present site of Lawrence, climbed
the hill afterward christened Mount Oread, and on which he built-his first: Kansas home,

and from its height viewed the theater on which he was to payaue subordinate part in the ©

coming contest for free homes, free ballots, and free speech. On his arrival in California,

after a short time spent in prospecting and mining, he settled, as much as the times and the _

surroundings would permit, at Sacramento, and there opened an eating-house. Trouble
soon broke out between the squatters and a set of later speculative comers who coveted
their claims. The former held their claims under the United States pré-emption laws then
in force, and ‘elsewhere in the country universally observed; the speculators claimed title
to the entire site of the embryo city by virtue of purchase from Capt. Sutter, who held a
Mexican-Spanish title to 99,000 square miles of California land, the boundaries or location
of which had never been surveyed or defined. The contest for possession, after vain
endeavors on the part of the squatters to await the decision of the courts, culminated in an
open war for possession on the one side and ejectment on the other. Dr. Robinson became
the adviser and acknowledged leader of the squatters in their contest’ for their rights. The
“ squatter riots,” as they were termed, resulted in several serious encgunters, in which many
were wounded and a few lost their lives. The most serious conflict resulted in the death of
the Mayor of Sacramento on the one side and the dangerous wounding of Robinson on the
other. “Robinson, while still suffering trom his wounds, was indicted for murder, assault
with intent to kill, and conspiracy, and held a prisoner, pending his trial, for ten weeks
aboard a prison-ship. He was tried before the District Court at Sacramento and acquitted.
During his imprisonment he was nominated and elected to the California Legislature from
the Sacramento district. He took a leading part in the legislative proceedings of the
succeeding session, and was one of the prominent eaepatre of John C. Fremont, who was
elected as United States Senator during the session. On his return to Sacramento, he pub-
lished a daily Free-soil paper a short time. July 1, 1851, he left California and set sail for
“the States.” On the voyage he suffered shipwreck on the Mexican coast. From Panama
to Cuba he was employed as a surgeon on board a steamer filled with sick workmen, who
had been engaged in the construction of the Panama Railroad, then being built. He was
stopping at Havana at the time of the end of the ill-fated expedition of Lopez, which
culminated
who fight against tyranny, and fail. The lesson sank deep into his heart, and taught him
the full vatiie of that caution, foresight, and cool modération which alone can restrain
enthusiastic impulse within the bounds of possible success. He reached his home in Fitch-
burg late in the fall of 1851, and there resumed the practice of medicine, which he con-
tinued until 1854 with great success. About the time of the organization of the Emigrant
Aid Society, he published a series of letters concerning the Kansas country through which
he had passed in 1849, which awakened a widespread interest in the unknown land, and
drew the attention of the managers of the organization to the writer as an ee
agent for the practical execution of the proposed work of selecting homes for Free-state
emigrants, and otherwise carrying out the openly-avowed object of the society to make
Kansas a, tree State under the conditions which the Kansas-Nebraska bill had prescribed. 7
_ He thus became one of the first heralds of free State emigration to Kansas, and desig-
nated to the society as the best objective point fora Free-State settlement in the Territory
the land that lay along the bottoms of the Kansas River, at the foot of the bill he had
climbed in 1849. ‘There the first party pitched their tents, and there Robinson made his
own home, September 6, 1854, at which time he with his family arrived ; he being, with S.
C. Pomeroy, the conductor of the second party of New England emigrants—it being the
first made up of families who came for bona fide settlement. He chose his home on Mount
Oread, west of the site of Lawrence, from which he had viewed the promised land tive
years before. The history of thd Territory from the time of his arrival to the admission of
Kansas as a free State, is fraught with more interest to the student of American history
than that of any former period in the annals of the country, and through. it all runs the
uiet life of Charles Robinson, who, himself the originator, organizer and leader of, the
free State movement, stood through evil and good repute as the bulwark against which the
assaults of foes from without and within beat with unceasing but unavailing force until the
final victory was won. The story is told, all too ape in the accompanying BAEC
He was the first Governor chosen under the Topeka Constitution, and the first Commander-
in-Chief of the Free-State Militia. He held the organization with a skill and wisdom
peculiarly his own, as a final place of refuge for the Free-State men of Kansas, until, with
growing strength, they could transform it into a valid form of government under the forms
of law. The Wyandotte Constitution, under the forced ee of Congress, having’
been adopted, he was, under its provisions, chosen the first Governor of the free State of
Kansas, and, in that position, organized under the laws the military forces upon a war
basis, for the final struggle in which Kansas troops won fresh laurels and_ imperishable
renown. For the cause of freedom in Kansas he Suffered imprisonment, destruction of
property, defamation of character, and’ all the minor annoyances which hatred of merit,
political ambition, or internecine party strife could engender. He has outlived it all, and,

in his death, and there learned, in witnessing his execution, the sure fate of all -

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*, a conqueror among the world’s true heroes, lives the quiet and unassuming life befitting the
oe which, in the yet unwritten history of Kansas and his country, will be accorded
im.

After the destruction of his home on Mount Oread, at the time of the’sack of Law-
rence in 1856, he did not rebuild. His present home is on a beautiful farm, some three
miles north of the city of Lawrence. Since the close of his gubernatorial term in 1863, he
has taken no leading part in the politics of the State or nation, and has ceased to be in
accord or rene with either of the dominant political parties. He was never a party
pe and still holds sturdily to the course of independent thought and action which

as characterized him through life, and which only men of the highest type have the °
courage or Bre to consistently follow.

G. Douglass Brewerton, a phere pendent of the New York Herald, gave the following
sketch of Gov. Robinson in 1856: ‘“ He may be regarded as the real head—the thinking one
we mean—and main-spring of the Free-State party; or, to speak more correctly, of all that
party who are worth anything. We believe him to be a keen, shrewd, far-seeing man, who
would permit nothing to stand in the way of the end he desired to gain. He is, moreover.
cool and determined, and appears to be endowed with immense firmness; we should call
him a conservative man now; but conservative rather from policy than from principle. He
seems to have strong common sense and a gas ordinary brain, but no brilliancy of talent.
In fact, to sum Gov. Robinson up in a single sentence, we consider him the most dangerous
enemy which the Pro-slavery party has to encounter in Kansas. In person, he is tall, well
made, and more than ordinarily handsome; gentlemanly, but by no means winning in his “
manners, with one of those cold, keen blue eyes that seem to look you through.” The above
sketch was not overdrawn. ;

The following very just analysis of his character appears in an address delivered by
Col. 8. 8. Prouty, before the Kansas State Historical Society, on January 27, 1881:

“One of the most conspicuous and influential leaders of the Free-State party was
Charles Robinson, the first Governor of the State of Kansas. He was noted for his sterling
common sense, firmness, courage and coolness. Though an uncompromising anti-slavery
man, there was no sentiment or gush in his composition. He was regarded as a conserva-
tive man, and too business-like and practical by the idealists. He fancied fighting as well as
any other man when it was absolutely necessary, or when it would benefit the Free-State
cause. But he did not believe in sanguinary strife simply for the love of it, or for ends but
remotely associated with the Kansas contest Such men as Gov. Robinson were needed to
ape in check the reckless and imprudent, to bring order out of chaos, and secure the fruits
of victory. -

tg Ta lntior days, Gov. Robinson has ably pleaded for the political rights of women,

eee the cause of the working men, and, to-day, he joins hands with the great Radi-
eal, Wendell Phillips, in the advocacy of financial theories.” :

Mr. Robinson was married in November, 1843, to Miss Sarah Adams, daughter of Will-
iam Adams, of* West Brookfield, Mass. Two children were born to them, both of whom died
in infancy. Mrs. Robinson died January 17, 1846. October 30, 1851, he married Miss Sara
T. L. Lawrence, daughter of Hon. Myron Lawrence, an eminent lawyer and statesman of
Massachusetts. Her mother was Clarissa (Dwight) Lawrence. She was of the New England
family of Dwights, of Western Massachusetts, of which President Dwight of Yale College is
aworthy scion She is the author of “ Kansas; its Interior and Exterior Life,” a book which,

' in its time, was a not unworthy rival of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and did scarccly less, in its
sphere, to rouse the Northern heart in the early years of the Kansas struggle. Her history
and character, so far as identified with the history of the commonwealth, appears elsewhere.
Gov. Robinson has no living children.

II.—THOMAS CARNEY.

The second Governor of the State of Kansas, Thomas Carney, was born in Kensto
Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, August 20, 1827. His father, James Carney, a farmer, died
when Thomas was but four years of age, leaving his widow in straitened circumstances,
and with a family of four little children. Thomas remained -on the farm, attending the
district school when farm work allowed, until he was nineteen years of age, when, with
about $3.50 in his pocket, he left the old home and attended school six months in Berkshire,
Ohio, working for his board. His desire was to prepare himself for the practice of law, but
pecuniary circumstances forced him to abandon that purpose, and turn his attention to
mercantile pursuits. In September, 1844, he obtained a situation in a dry goods house in
Columbus, Ohio, on a salary of $50 per year and board, removing with the firm to Kenston,

‘Ohio, and remaining in their employ two years—his salary doubled the second year. He’
then removed to Cincinnati, and remained in a mercantile house in that city five years as
clerk, being adinitted as partner in 1852, under the firm name of Carney, Swift & Co. In
the spring of 1857, failing health forced him to sever his connection with the house and
engage in more active pursuits. He accordingly purchased a farm in Dlinois and engaged
for a time in stock business, and a year later removed to Leavenworth, and, with Thomas
C. Stephens, Esq., opened the first exclusively wholesale house in the city, and one which
for many years was of immense value to Leavenworth. In the fall of 1861, Mr. Carney was
elected to the Legislature from Leavenworth County, and in the fall of 1862 was élected
Governor of Kansas. A cotemporary, writing of his official career, says: “Upon assuming
the duties of his office, he withdrew his personal attention from the business of his house, for
the purpose of devoting his entire time to his official duties. As Governor, his energy and
financial skill have secured great advantages to the State. Entering upon the duties of the
office at a time when the State was without credit, without means to carry on its govern-
ment, or to protect its citizens from lawless guerrillas and the calamities incident to war, his
labors have been great; but he has conquered all difficulties, however overwhelming they
may have seemed; he has established the credit of the State on a firm foundation; he has
advanced his private means to pay the interest on the public debt, and to support the troops
called into service for the protection of the homes and lives of the people, and in all things
has sacrificed private ease and personal considerations for the interests of the State.”

III.—SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD.

Samuel J. Crawford, third Governor of the State of Kansas, was born in Lawrence
County, Ind., April 15, 1835. His early life was spent on a farm, and his early education
acquired in the district schools of the neighborhood. By application and unwearied indus-
try, young Crawford had studied law sufficiently to gain an admission to the Indiana bar at
the age of twenty-one years. Continuing his studies, he entered the Law School of Cincin-
nati College in 1858, and directly after graduating from that institution, came to Kansas, and
commenced practice at Garnett City, Anderson County. Mr. Crawford was elected a mem-
ber of the first Kansas State Legislature, which convened at Topeka, March, 1861, but re-
signed his seat in May, and returned to Garnett to organize acompany of volunteers for the

ending war. He was ¢hosen Captain of the company, and a few days later assigned to the

Second Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Col. Robert B. Mitchell. In July, the Second went into
active service in Missouri, participated in the campaign under Gen. Lyon, and won enviable
distinction in the hard-fought battle of Wilson’s Creek, August 10,1861. The Second was mus-
tered out in October, 1861, Capt. Crawford being retained in the service. On the re-organiza-
tion of the Second, as cavalry, he was assigned to the command of a battalion, and took
part in the battles fought by the “ Army of the Frontier,” in 1862-63, having command of
the regiment from May, 1863, until November of the same year, when he took command of
the Second Kansas Colored Regiment, and with his command participated in the Caniden
expedition under Gen. Steele. He led the expedition from Fort Smith through the Indian
country, in July, 1864, and in October of the same year took part in the campaign against

_Gen. Price in Missouri. He was elected Governor of Kansas, November, 1864, resigned
his commission in December, and was inaugurated January 9, 1865. He was re-elected in
the fall of 1866 and served until November 4,868, when he resigned to take command of the
Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry Regiment, which was raised to fight the Indians on the plains.
At the close of the campaign, Gov. Crawford resumed the practice of his profession, locating
in Emporia, Lyon County. He was afterward State Claim Agent, with headquarters at

- Washington, D. C., where he attended to the interests of Kansas in the matter of the’
pera of the State for expenses, incurred in repelling invasion and Indian hostilities on its

order,

IV.—NEHEMIAH GREEN.

. Nehemiah Green, fourth Governor of the State of Kansas, was born in Hardin County,
Ohio, March 8, 1837. He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, and, after his
graduation, taught school in Logan and. chanpalgn: Counties, Ohio. In March, 1855, he first
camé to Kansas, and took a claim in Douglas County. There he remained two or three
years, being, during the time, admitted to the bar. He returned to Ohio, and, in 1859, having
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entered the Methodist ministry, joined the Cincinnati Conference
pel at Aberdeen and Willismsbete until the breaking-out of the rebellion.

In 1862, he enlisted in the Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry, as Lieutenant of Company B,
and served honorably with his regiment in West bait Hecke and in the Army of the Cumber-
land. Over-exertion in the Atlanta een brought on hemorrhage of the lungs, and he
was compelled to resign. Subsequently he was appointed Major of the One Hundred and
ae Ohio, and took part in what was known as the hundred-day campaign in West

irginia,

In 1865, he returned to Kansas, joined the Kansas Conference, and was stationed at
Manhattan, Riley County, for two years. In 1866, he was elected Lieutenant Governor, and,
by the resignation of Gov. Crawford, became Governor of the State of Kansas, November 4,
1868, and served until the expiration of the term, January 11, 1869.

During 1870-71, he was Presiding Elder of the Manhattan District, but, in consequence
of his wife’s ill health, he “located” and retired to his farm, until 1878, when he again en-
tered fhe conference, and was stationed at Holton during 1873-74, and at Waterville during
1875. After his ae in the army, Mr. Green was never again as strong as he had been,
and was in such danger of returning attacks that he was finally compelled to locate perma-
nently; but, nevertheless, he continues to preach occasionally, especially when churches are
to be dedicated and debts paid off, as he is peculiarly fitted for such work, His last danger-
ous hemorrhage (which nearly ended his earthly career) resulted from overwork and heat
at one of these meetings.

In November, 1880, Mr. Green was prevailed upon by his neighbors to allow them to
oS his name as a candidate for the Legislature. He was elected and served faithfully his

erm.

Mr. Green owns one of the finest farms on Mill Creek. It contains 320 acres, the
larger part of which is splendid bottom land, under a high state of cultivation. It also has
an abundance of timber, stone, water, etc. He has some thoroughbred animals and a aye
herd of grade cattle. He was among the first men in the county to adopt the plan of push-
ing his cattle from the start and feeding them until they were ready for the batches; and
his were the furst Riley County animals known to have been bought in the Kansas City
market for shipment to England.

In 1860, Mr$Green married Miss Ida pealngn et, of Williamsburg, Ohio, who died in
1870, leaving three children—Glenzen S., Effie and Alice. In 1873, he married Miss Mary
Sturdevant, of Rushville, N. Y., by whom he has two children—Burtis U. and Ned M.,

V.—JAMES M. HARVEY.

James M. Harvey, fifth Governor of the State of Kansas, was born September 21, 1833,
in Monroe County, Va. His father, Thomas Harvey, and his mother, Margaret Walker,
were both natives of Virginia, but removed from that State when the subject of this sketch
was young. His education was received in the public and select schools of Indiana, Illinois
and lowa. On leaving school, he became a practical surveyor and civil engineer, both his
tastes and talents inclining him to that profession.

In 1859, just. before Kansas was freed from Territorial enthrallment, and when she
was struggling to become one of the sisterhood of States, Mr. Harvey removed thither, set-
tling in Riley County, and soon became widely known for his ability, intelligence, and en-

thusiastic support of the measure which was to make the Territory a member in full fellow- .

ship of the American Union. He at once pier in agriculture, in which he has ever since
been employed ; but the seclusion of the farm did not conceal his eminent ability and culti-
vated talents from the public. :

In 1861, he enlisted as a soldier. under the Union banner, and became Captain of a
company in the Fourth and Tenth (consolidated) Regiments. He served with honor in the
campaign his command took part in, and was mustered out in 1864, _ In 1865, and again in
1866, he was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, where he displayed such
power as to attract the attention of the leading men of the commonwealth, and to give earn-
est of that distinction he was so soon to achieve. In 1867-68, he served as State Senator. In
1869-70, and again in 1870-71, he was Governor of Kansas. The dnties of these various offices
he discharged with such fidelity and ability as justly to entitle him to still higher distinc-
tion. Accordingly, on the assembling of the State Legislature in 1874, he was elected to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Alexander Caldwell, as United States Senator.
This vacancy had been temporarily filled by the appointment of Robert Crozier, but the
Legislature promptly recognized Mr. Warvey’s claims and gave him the merited compliment
of an election to that position. He took his seat February 12, 1874, and filled the place with
eredit to himself and honor to his State until March 4, 1877, when his term expired.

On retiring from public life, Gov. Harvey returned to his farm at Vinton, Riley County,
where he has continued to reside,

He was married October 4, 1854, to Miss Charlotte Cutter, of Adams County, Ill. They
have six children—Clara, Emma, Lillian, Martha, James N. and John A.

VIL.—THOMAS A. OSBORN.

Thomas A. Osborn, sixth Governor of the State of Kansas, was born at Meadville
Penn,, on the 26th of October, 1836. He attended the common schools of the neighborhoo
during his early years, and at the age of fifteen entered a compositor's office to earn his
livelihood, starting at the foot of the ladder, by carrying newspapers for the office. He
served a full apprenticeship in this penne office; and having during the time acquired
sufficient education, entered Allegheny College, paying his way by his labors at the case
during vacations. In 1856, he commenced the Study of law with Judge Derrickson, of Mead-
ville, and the following year removed to Michigan and was there admitted to the bar. In
November, 1857, he migrated to Kansas, and began his carcer in the Territory as a com-
positor in the office of the Herald of freedom, Lawrence. He was soon promoted to foreman,
and in March, 1853, the editor of the paper, after a two weeks’ absence, expressed his thanks
“to his worthy foreman, T. A. Osborn, Isq., for the very satisfactory manner he has con-
ducted its columns.” Ife commenced the practice of law at Elwood, Doniphan County, in
the spring of 1858, and soon acquired a fine reputation in his chosen profession. Politically,
he was a strong Republican and I*rce-State man, and -was elected, in 1859, Senator from
Doniphan County to the first State Legislature, taking bis seat in 1861,

{n 1862, he was chosen President pro tem. of the Senate during the absence of the
Lieutenant Governor, and served in that position during the impeachment trial of Gov.
Robinson and others. ‘In the fall of the same year, he was elected Lieutenant Governor
his competitor being Hon. J. J. Ingalls. In 1864, he was appointed United States Marshal
in Kansas by President Lincoln, and oceupicd that, position until 1867, residing during and
after his term of office at Leavenworth, In the fall of 1872, he accepted the nomination as
Governor of Kansas, and was elected by a majority of 34,000. He was inaugurated January
13, 1873, and served two terms, the second ending January 8, 1877. Ie was commissioned
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Chili, May 31, 1877, by President
‘Hayes. His residence was Santiago. In 1881, he was promoted to the Brazilian Mission,
his residence being Rio de Janeiro. He has visited Kansas twice since engaged in foreign
service, the last time in December, 1882.

VIJ.—GEORGE T. ANTHONY.

George T. Anthony, seventh Governor of the State of Kansas, was born in Mayfield,
Fulton Co., N. Y.,on June 9, 1824, of Orthodox Quaker parents. He received a limited
school education, working on the farm in summers and attending school winters, from the
age of twelve to eighteen years. Apprenticed to the tin and coppersnsith trade at Union
Springs, Cayuga Co., N. Y., at the age of nineteen years, he followed that trade as a work-

. man five years, then served two years as a clerk in a hardware store at Ballston Spa, N. Y.,
and removed to Medina, N. Y., in 1850. :

He was married to Rosa A. Lyon, at Medina, N. Y., December 14, 1852, and engaged in
the business of hardware, tin and stoves at that place, and in the manufacture of stoves and

icultural implements for nine years, and subsequently in the commission business in
ew York City; also three years aloan commissioner for Orleans County, N. Y.

He was selected as one of a committee of seven, by request of Gov. Morgan, of New
York, to raise and organize troops under the call of July 2, 1862, in the Twenty-eighth Dis-
trict of that State, embracing the counties of Orleans, Niagara and Genesee. He was au-
thorized August 18, 1862, to recruit an independent battery of light artillery of six guns,
subsequently known as the Seventeenth New York Independet Battery, filling the ranks
to the maximum number in four days, and was mustered intnthe service as Captain with~
the battery August 26, 1862, and proceeded at once to Washington, He served with this
battery til the close of the war, between Washington and Richmond, and in front of
eerste and Richmond, being with the Eighteenth Army Corps, during the last year of
the war. He was brevetted Major for services inthe last campaign to Appomattox Court

‘and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and preached the Gos-.' . House, an was mustered out of the service at Richmond, Va., June 12, 1865. He removed

from Rochester, N. Y.,to Kansas in November, 1865, and was editor of the Leavenworth
Daily Bulletin and of the Leavenworth Daily Conservative two years and a half, and editor
ublisher of the Xansas Farmer for six years. He was appointed United States Inter-
nal Revenue Assistant Assessor in December, 1867, and Collector of Internal Revenue July
11, 1868. He was President of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for three years, and
of the Board of Centennial Managers for the State of Kansas for two years, holding the
three last named positions at the time of his election to the office of Governor, on Novem-
ber 7, 1876. Gov. Anthony, since the expiration of his term of office in 1879, has continued
to reside at Leavenworth, being employed much of the time in a res; onsible position in
connection with the extension of the great Santa Fé Railroad system through New Mexico
and into old Mexico. t

VIII.—JOHN P. 8ST. JOHN.

John P. St. John, eighth Governor of the State of Kansas, was born in the town of Brook-
field, Franklin Co., Ind., February 25, 1833, The family are of Huguenot descent. His grand-
father, Daniel St. John, was a native of Luzerne County, Penn. Heentered the ministry in
his early manhood, and for sixty years was one of the foremost ministers of the Universal-
ist denomination, preaching with unfaltering courage and unswerving faith the doctrines
he had espoused, and illustrating their purity by a guileless and untarnished reputation.
He was the contemperary and friend of Murray, Ballou, Streeter and Thomas, and is affec-
tionately and reverently numbered with them as one of the American fathers of the denom-
ination. He was also a Freemason, and, at the time of his death, which occurred in Broad
Ripple, Ind., was the oldest member of the order in the State. ‘

Samuel St. John, the father of the subject _of the present sketch, was born in Orange
County, N.Y. Je subsequently removed to Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., and en-
gaged in farming. He was aman of more than ordinary natural ability, and of sterling
worth. His wife, Sophia Snell, was of English extraction, possessed of rare intelligence, a
thorough education, and a character, tempered and adorned by the daily pr4ctice of all the
Christian virtues. 7 . Ge 2s

The early educational advantages of the farmer’s children, in the rural districts of _
Indiana forty years ago, were certainly not encouraging tothe ambitious student, being
confined to two short terms each year, taught by such instructors as the limited means of the
inhabitants could command, The early education of the subject of this sketch was acquired
under these circumstances, not exceptional or unknown to the great majority of eminent
men of America. He soon mastered the elementary branches taught in the district schools,
and, while yet a youth, entered a store with the purpose of acquiring the means for the fur-
ther prosecution of his studies. While there he continued the study of such praetical
branches of knowledge as seemed to him desirable to fit him for a business life. In 1852,
he removed to California, and engaged, on his arrival, in anything that might offer—wood-
chopping, steam-boating, mining, merchandising, etc. He remained on the Pacific Slope
some eight years—years of adventure, hardship, danger and toil, if not of profit. During that
time he made voyages to Central America, South America, Mexico, Oregon, and the Sand-
wich Islands. He was engaged in the Indian wars of Northern California and Southern
Oregon, in 1852-53, in which he suffered all the hardships and perils of Indian warfare, be-
ing several times wounded while in that service. 7 eS ad S

During his mining-life in California, his long-cherished predilection for the legal pro-
fession ripened into a definite purpose. He accordingly procured afew elementary law
books, as under conditions calculated to daunt the ardor of one less determined, he com-
menced his law studies in his mining camp, reading each evening after the close of the day’s
labor, by the light of a burning,pine knot or the camp fire. Thus he pursued his studies
assiduously for two years. |

In 1860, he returned, rich in the inestimable knowledge which such a varied experi-
ence could not fail to give, quite well read in the elementary branches of jurisprudence,
with but little more of this world’s goods than when he set out eight years before, but fully
armed and equipped with the manly weapons of success—honesty, ambition and earnest en-
deavor. He immediately entered the office of the law firm of Starkweather & McLain,
Charleston, Il., as a law student, and at the expiration of one year, was admitted to prac-
tice at the bar, and became a member of the firm above mentioned. Soon after, at the
breaking-out of the war, he enlisted as aprivate in Company C, Sixty-eighth Regiment Mlinois
Infantry. The regiment was, on being mustered into service, sent to Alexandria, Va.
where St. John was assigned to detached duty as Assistant Adjutant General. He remained
at Alexandria in this capacity till the term of his regiment expired (November, 1862), when
he returned with it, and was mustered out of service at Camp Butler, Ulinois. At Camp
Mattoon, Illinois, he was placed in command of troops being rendezvoused there, with the
rank of Captain, and, on the completion of the orgauization of the One Hundred and Forty-
third Llinois—Dudley C. Smith, Colonel commanding—was elected Lieutenant Colonel of
that regiment. The regiment’s whole term of service was spent in the Mississippi Valley.
Col. St. John continued in the service till 1864, when he returned to private life ana. resumed
the practice of law in connection with Judge McLain, the surviving partner of the old
firm of which he had been a member before entering the military service.

In February, 1865, he removed with his family to Independence, Mo., where he first be-
came prominent as a politician, and as a most effective aud popular orator. During his res-
idence of four years at that point, he took an active part in the political campaign of 1868,
making an effective and vigorous canvass of Western Missouri, in behalf of the nominees
of the Republican party, of which he has ever been an unswerving and ardent member.

In May, 1869, Mr. St. John removed to Olathe, Kan., and established a law firm in con-
nection with M. V. B, Parker, under the name of St. John & Parker. He continued practice
as a member of this firm till 1875, at which time it was dissolved by mutual consent. Some
time afterward he formed a copartnership with Hon. I. O. Pickering, of Olathe, Kan., which
still exists, and continued in the practice of his profession till pressing public duties forced
its relinquishment.

ILis prominence as a man of affairs in pablus life seems to have come to him unsought,
and as the result of circumstances entirely outside his individual purposes or designs.
Up to 1872, he had devoted himself strictly to the duties of his profession, giving only such
attention to political atfairs as is common with all intelligent and patriotic voters. He had
held unsought various local minor offices which fall to the lot of respected citizens, in the
administration of town affairs, As au ardent Republican, he had done gratuitous but
acceptable work on the sae tas the canvass of 1808, In 1872, he filled his first posi-
tion asa ee being at that time elected as State Senator from Johnson County. He
at once took a leading rank, both ou the floor, as a debater, and in the committee rooms, as
an eflicient business member. He served at different times on the Committees on Appro-
priation and the Judiciary, and filled many other important positions,

, At the expiration of his term he was tendered a re-nomination, which he declined, and
again gave his undivided attention to the practice of his profession.

Asa reformer and a moralist, Mr. St. John has always cherished positive convictions,
in the advocacy of which he early became identified with the temperance movement, and ~
was, from the beginning, a sturdy and fearless advocate of the principle of prohibitive leg-
islation as the only practical remedy for the evil of intemperance. So, when the question
came to be an issue in the politics of Kansas, he was early recognized as the fit exponent
and defender of the then unpopular doctrine. The Kansas State Temperance Convention
accordingly nominated him as its candidate for Governor of the State in 1876. He declined
the nomination, although in full accord with the convention on the issue it presented, The
same fall, he was on the first ballot in the Republican Convention the leadin: gubernatorial
candidate. On the seventh ballot he withdrew his name,‘which resulted in the nomination
and subsequent election of Hon. George ‘I. Anthony as Governor of Kansas.

Two years later, at the Republican State Convention, held at Topeka August 28, 1878,
Mr. St. John received the Republican nomination for Governor. The campaign was brill-
iant and effective, and, considering the distracting element of a third party, which drew
ey rat oe eae ca 8, as one 4 ; e most decisive political victories ever
a ved in the State. € popular vote was: St. John, Republican, 74,020; in, Demo-
erat, ons Mitchell, Greenback, 27,057. eee shi le ation

; n 1880, in a total vote of 198,238, St. John was re-elected by a majority over the next
highest candidate of 51,647, and a majority over all of 32,170, a tok whieh ata how satis-
ce to the people had been the manner in which he had discharged the duties of his
office during his first term.

In 1879 began the great exodus of colored people from the Southern States to Kansas.
Gov. St, John at once took an active interest in their behalf, and, through his influence,
personal and official, the necessities of thousands of these destitute and suffering people
were relieved and themselves placed in a position to become self-sustaining,

In 1882, his friends, contrary to the traditions of the arty, nominated him as Governor
fora third term. Like Grant, and many others whom the country delights to honor, hi
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

great name and good deeds did not weigh against the prejudices of the time, and he failed
of a re-election.

_ He stands to-day in his unofficial position foremost among his countrymen, as the
national exponent and defender of the prohibitive principle, as applied to the sale of in-
toxicating drinks. His career seems just begun.

IX.—GEORGE W. GLICK.

The ninth Governor of the State of Kansas, Hon. George W. Glick, of Atchison, was in-
augurated on the 8th of January, 1883,the 68th anniversary of the battle of New Orleans.
Gov. Glick was the first Democratic Governor ever elected in Kansas. He was born at Green-
castle, Fairfield County, Ohio, July 4, 1827. On the paternal side, he is of German descent.
Henry Glick, his great-grandfather, was one of five brothers who left their beautiful Rhine
in the ante-revolutionary war period, and settled in Pennsylvania, all of them being soldiers
in the war of the Revolution. George Glick, the grandfather of the Governor, was a soldier
in the war of 1812, and was severely wounded in the battle af Fort Meigs. Isaac Glick, Gov.
Glick’s father, resides at 'remont, Sandusky County, Ohio; he has been a prominent farmer
and stock raiser, and for three consecutive terms held the office of Treasurer of Sandusky
County, having the reputation ofa man of excellent business qualifications, and of the high-
est integrity. George Sanders, his grandfather on the maternal side, was of Scotch origin.
He was a Captain in the war of 1812, and bore the marks of his bravery in bodily wounds of
a serious nature. Mary (Sanders) Glick, his mother, is a lady of high culture, and in her
Christian charities an observer of the command ofthe Great Teacher, “ Let not thy left hand
know what thy right hand doeth.” . -

George W. Glick was a studious boy; acquiring a good English education. His scholastic
attainments embraced a good knowledge of the higher mathematics, and of the languages,
which substantial superstructure has enabled him to become a “man of affairs,” and to suc-
ceed in his general undertakings.

The=family- removed to Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), when George was five years
of age, and after completing his school education, he entered the law office of the firm of
Buckland (Ralph P.) and Hayes (Rutherford B.), studying there two years. He was ad-
mitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at Cincinnati, Ohio, having passed a thorough ex-
amination in connection with the Cincinnati Law School students.

He commenced the practice of law at Fremont, and soon acquired the fame of a con-
scientious, painstaking, industrious lawyer, which secured him a large practice at Fremont,
and later at Sandusky City, where his residence was prior to coming to Kansas. The Con-
gressional Convention of the Democratic party of his Bistrict placed him in nomination for
Congress in 1858, but he declined the honor in presence of the Convention, but later, accept-
ed the nomination for State Senator, his preceptor, Mr. Buckland, being his opponent.
Though defeated, he ran nearly 2,000 votes ahead of his party ticket. He was elected Judge
Advocate General of the Second Regiment of the Seventeenth Division of the Ohio Militia,
with the rank of Colonel, and commissioned by Gov. Salmon P. Chase.

He came to Kansas late in 1858, located in Atchison, and entered upon the practice of
law, associating himself with Hon. Alfred G, Otis, who was aman well versedin human ju-
risprudence, and who, as Judge of the Second Judicial District from January, 1877 to January,
1881, wqn golden opinions as an administrator of justice. The firm of Otis & Glick lasted for
fifteen years, Mr. Glick abandoning his lucrative practice in 1874, in consequence of athroat
affection. - The firm settled up their affairs annually, never a dispute occurring, their last
settlement having been effected within an hour.

Mr. Glick was the Democratic candidate for Judge of the Second Judicial District at
the first election held under the Wyandotte Constitution, December 6, 1859. His vote was
larger than that of any candidate on his ticket. He was elected a member of the Kansas
House of Representatives from the City of Atchison in 1862, ’63, 64, ’65, 67, 75 and_ 1880.
In the Legislative sessions of 1863, ’64, ’65, ’66, 68 and 1881, he was a member of the Judiciary
Committee, and. was made the chairman of the same in 1865, 1866 and _1868, by the Republi-
can Speakers of the House, Hon. Jacob Stotler, Hon. John T. Burris and Hon. Preston B. Plumb.
He was on the Ways and Means Committee in the session of 1864; on the State Library Com-
mittee in 1868; on the Committees on Assessment and Taxation, and on Federal Relations,
and Chairman of the Railroad Committee in the session of 1876, and on Banks and Banking
in the session of 1881. In the session of 1876, Mr. Glick was Speaker pro tem. of the House.
In“May, 1874, Mr. Glick served as a member of the State Senate, having been elected to fill a
vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Joseph C, Wilson. i

July 28, 1866, he was one of the delegates elected by the Democrats to attend the Union
Convention at Philadelphia, August 14, 1866; was a member of the Demo aeaa State Central
Committee appointed September 15, 1870; was appointed a member of the State Central Re-
lief Committee, November 12, 1874; Gov. ‘Thomas A. Osborn commissioned him a Centennial
Manager, March 3, 1876, and he was elected Treasurer of the Board of Managers, and he was

resent at the first meeting of the Board at Philadelphia, at their office in the Kansas Build-
ing, June 4, 1876, when the arranging of the display was completed. July 29, 1868, he was
made, by acclamation, the Democratic candidate for Governor, and at the election received
some support outside of his political party.

THE ERA

The sweet assuring smile of peace fell on Kansas for the first time in
her existence when the war of the rebellion ended. Twelve years of tur-
moil and bloody strife—twelve years of constant effort where danger was
ever rife, had trained the inhabitants to know no rest save in motion and
no safety save in incessant vigilance. Under such discipline the character
of the whole people had become as peculiar as the experiences through
which they had passed. A restless energy was the controlling characteris-
tic—to take one’s'ease had ceased to be a thing to be desired; obstacles to
be overcome were the desired objects, and to overcome them the grand aim
of a typical Kansan’s life. Pluck, independent of hope and defiant of
despair, was the ruling passion of the people. The war being ended,
they turned to the most vigorous pursuit of the peaceful arts; they had
conquered the right to the free soil they trod; henceforth their energies
should be devoted to the development of its highest possibilities through
every means which ingenuity could devise, patience endure, or energy
execute. S

What costs dearest lies closest to the heart; so the intensest love of
the strange people who, impelled by diverse motives, from remote points
had.come to Kansas, and suffered and endured to hold possession, became
centered in the commonwealth which had cost them so much, and, forget-
ful of old divisions and feuds, the combined energies of the whole people,
trained to an intensity of action which brooked no restraint, turned with
irresistible force to the development of the resources of their beloved State.

Mines were opened and railroads built. Husbandry and manufact-
ures brought wealth and plenty in abundant measure to the land, and
with it came churches, schools, charitable institutions, happy homes and
villages and cities and all else which marks the highest ethical develop-
ment of acivilized, free and unconquerable people. The marvelous prog-
ress made by Kansas during the era of peace, is the natural result of her
early training and is as anomalous in its magnificent results as was its
early history. 7 .

The history of the development and growth of acommonwealth under
the benign influences of peace, abounds in no startling or thrilling events

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He has been one of the County Commissioners of Atchison County, and, upon his ac-
cession to the office of Governor, was holding the position of Auditor of his county. Of the
votes cast for Governor of Kansas, in 1882, George W. Glick received 83,237; Gov. John P. St.
John, 75,158 ; Ex-(iov. Charles Robinson, 20,933; scattering, 56. Mr. Glick received about
46 per cent of the vote cast. The highest vote ever before cast for a Democratic candidate
for office in Kansas was polled for Hon. Edmund G. Ross, for Governor, in 1880, At that
election Gov, St. John’s vote was 115,204; Mr. Ross’, 63,557; H. P. Vrooman’s, 19,477; scatter-
ing, 702. The per cent of the vote received by Mr. Ross was nearly 32; Gov. St. John’s in
1880, about 58 per cent; in 1882, about 44. The Democratic candidate for Secretary of State,
in 1882, received a little over 33 per cent of the vote cast; James Smith, Republican, for the
third time elected, had 5314 per cent. Gov. Glick, a man of temperate habits of life, does not
entertain the idea that “ Prohibition” is a sovereign remedy for the evils arising from the
use of and traffic in intoxicating drinks. February 22, 1876, while a member of.the House,
during the pendency of the proposed amendment to the dram shop act in the General Statutes
of 1868, he asked to have the following protest to it spread upon the House journal, which
appears on pages 933 and 934 of the journal of 1876. It reads as follows:

“Mr. SPEAKER: I enter my protest against the passage of House Bill No. 216, an act to
amend Section 1 of Chapter 35 of the General Statutes of 1868, relating to dram-shops, for the
following reasons:

“1, A prohibitory liquor law, wherever tried, has been a failure, and has not accom-
plished its purposes. This proposition is conceded by all those who have given the subject a
careful consideration, and were not controlled by fanaticism. eae

“9. This bill, if passed into a law, will result in the increased use of intoxicating liquors,
as no one will attempt to enforce such a law. .

“3. The regulation and control over the traffic in intoxicating liquors in cities is an
absolute necessity for the preservation of the peaceand good order of society, and that con-
trol over it is taken away by this bill. :

“4, The revenue derived from the sale of intoxicating liquors aids in paying the bur-
densome expenses following in the. wake of such sales, but by this law the burdens on the
public are increased, while the ability of the public, and more especially the cities, to pre-
vent them is decreased.

“5, The liquor traffic will, by this bill, if it becomes a law, greatly increase the number
of places wherein liquor is sold, and asa necessary result the evils of the traffic will be

_ greatly increased, the expenses of protecting life and property and preserving the peace of
sae public in cities greatly increased, with no resulting benefit from this bill if it becomes a
aw.

“6, The evils resulting from abolishing the license system will result in turning the
politics of cities over to those who will secure the election of officers who will not prosecute
or aid in enforcing the law, by which the moral character of all cities will suffer and crime
will be greatly increased with inadequate power to prevent it.

“Tam satisfied that my constituents do not desire any change in the present liquor law.
I believe they are satisfied with its provisions, and under its operation they have been able
to control its traffic, prevent the evils and abuses incident thereto, and preserve the peace
and quietude of the city, and prevent increased immorality and law-breaking without being
compelled to submit to increased taxation that would be needed if re ue a law.

. W. GLIcK.

Gov. Glick has been prominently connected with the early Kansas railroads, especially
those running into and out of Atchison. He was one of the first directors. of. the Central
Branch of the Union Pacific, running west from Atchison, now extended nearly through to
the Colorado line, and a part of the Missouri Pacific system; he was a director of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa ¥6, the important railroad of the State and of the country west of the
Mississippi; he was President of the Atchison & Nebraska Railroad from its organization
until its completion, having spent four years of earnest labor in sacrificing efforts to accom-
plish its construction from Atchison to the capital city of Nebraska. Having organized the
Atchison Gas Company, he secured the building of the gas works. He has erected many
business and several dwelling houses in Atchison. He has a fine farm of about 600 acres in
Shannon Township, about six miles west from the city of Atchison. About 200 acres are
under cultivation, the remainder in pasture and woodland, there being some of the finest
blue grass range here that can be found in the State. Nine miles of osage orange Retlere
mark the sub-divisions of the farm. As a tiller of the soil and a patron of husbandry, he
has much to show for his labor of hand and brain. He conducts

is business upon a scien-
tific basis, and makes are een of matters relating to stock and crops, knowing as a
matter of debt and credit

ow every interest of his stands. He was the first master of the
Shannon Hill Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. He has been a Freemason for over
thirty years, and aided in organizing the Royal Arch Chapter and Commandery of Atchison.

The wife of Gov. Glick was Miss Elizabeth Ryder, daughter of Dr. A. Ryder, of Fre-
mont, Ohio. They were married at Massillon, Ohio, Senteniber 17, 1857. Frederick, their
only son, just attaining his majority, is the Private Secretary of the Governor. Jennie, their
only daughter, is eighteen years of age.

OF PEACE.

from which to frame a narrative. The silent forces noiselessly perform
their work—“first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear’’—
there can be no further history written of it; only marks to show the vari-
ous stages of development and growth. Hence it is deemed impracticable
to follow in consecutive narrative or exact chronological sequence the de-
velopment which has marked the peaceful era of Kansas history. The
various agencies and departments of labor and thought, which combined
have made Kansas the pride not only of her citizens but of the whole
Union, are treated under topical headings, as appears on the succeeding

pages.
RAILROADS.

On the 20th of March, 1860, the first iron rail for a railroad on Kansas
soil, was laid at Elwood, Doniphan County, opposite St. Joseph, Mo.
This rail was laid on the Elwood & Marysville Railroad, now the St.
Joseph & Western Division of the Union Pacific Railway. On the 28th of
the following April, the track on this road had been completed to Elwood, five
miles distant, and on that day the locomotive “ Albany,’’ an engine which had
been used from Boston to the Missouri, as railroads had successively wended
their way toward the occident, was brought over the river from St. Joseph
on a ferry boat and placed on the new railroad track. This was the first
iron horse that ever touched Kansas soil. The next day several cars were
brought over, and a grand jubilation was held at Elwood over the comple-
tion of what was claimed to be the first section of the Great Pacific Rail-
road. Addresses were made by Col: M. Jeff Thompson, President of the
Elwood & Marysville Railroad; Williard P. Hall, President of the St.
Joseph & Topeka Railroad; Robert M. Stewart, Governor of Missouri, and
others. April 29, 1882, twenty-two years after the date of the first rail-
ee celebration in Kansas, there were 8,718 miles of railroad in this

ate.
: The early pioneers of Kansas had a correct estimate of the value and
importance of railroads, both as agents in the stimulation of industrial en-
terprises and the promotion of civilization. They also realized that the
natural means of transportation in the great extent of country in the then
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Territory, stretching from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains,
were in no wise adequate to the demands of the people that were soon
inevitably to occupy this soil. The only known navigable stream was the
Missouri River, which touched only a portion of the border of the eastern
portion of the Territory. The Kansas River, it was hoped, was navigable
as far west as Fort Riley. The site forthe town of Pawnee, the first Ter-
ritorial Capital, was located near Fort Riley, mainly from the belief that it
was at the head of navigation on the Kansas River.

At that time the mineral wealth of the Rocky Mountains had not been
discovered. None then ever dreamed that the.day’ would come when
the commercial relations between pastoral Kansas and dwellers in the
mountains on its western border would be of such magnitude as to require
the services of a railroad for their maintenance. The Kansas pioneers
were firm in the faith that a railroad from the Missouri River to the Pacific
Coast would soon traverse the entire length of the State, from east to west,
and some indulged in the hope that a railroad might at some time in the
Santa Fé, N. M. The
great wagon trail through the heart of the Territory, commencing at Inde-
pendence, Mo., and ending at Santa Fé., doubtless gave origin to the lat-
ter speculation. The great trunk line to the Pacific Ocean has been con-
structed tae the Territory of Kansas, and within reasonable time, as
was anticipated by the early pioneers, but not by the route they expected.
The great trunk line has followed the old Santa Fé trail, and though a
railroad has been constructed through Kansas to the Rocky Mountains,
and thence northward to a point on another trunk line to the Pacific, this
road, which was anticipated by the early pioneers, and which they believed
would constitute a trunk line to the Pacific, is only a‘branch road. This
branch was first constructed asa trunk line to the Rocky Mountains, a
locality that the early Kansas pioneer never conceived would be suitable
for a railway terminus.

The Atchison & Nebraska Railroad, now a branch of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, commences at Atchison andruns northward through
the northeast corner of Atchison ee thence through the center of
Doniphan County, entering the State of Nebraska at the northwest corner
of the latter county. The number of miles in Kansas is 37.24, and the en-
tire length of the,road from Atchison to Lincoln, Neb., is 146.60.

The Central Branch, Union Pacific Railway, commences at Atchison,
and runs westerly, through the counties of Atchison, Jackson, Nemaha,
Marshall, Washington, Cloud, Mitchell, Smith and Phillips, to Lenora,
Norton County, a distance of 293 miles. It has the following branches:
From Greenleaf, Washington County, to Washington, the county seat of
said county, distance 7 miles; Yuma, Cloud County, to Talmage, Repub-
lic County, distance 29.8 miles; Jamestown, Cloud County, to Burr Oak,
Jewell County, distance 33.8 miles; Downs, Osborne County, to Bull’s City,
Osborne County, distance 24 miles. Total length of road and branches,
887.6 miles. Operated by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company.

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad commences at Atchison,
and runs southwesterly, through the counties of Atchison, Jefferson, Shaw-
nee, Osage, Lyon, Chase, Marion, Harvey, Reno, Rice, Barton, Pawnee,
Edwards, Ford, Gray, Sequoyah, Kearney, striking the Colorado State
line at Sargent, Hamilton County. Distance from Atchison to Sargent,
470.58 miles. The’road strikes the Arkansas River at Hutchinson, Reno
County, 218 miles from Atchison, and follows that stream to the Colorado
line. “The Kansas branches of this road are as follows: Kansas City,
Topeka & Western Railroad, Kansas City, Mo., to Topeka, Kan., 66.32
miles; Pleasant Hill & De Soto Railroad, State line to Cedar Junction,
Johnson County, Kan., 28 miles; Kansas City, Emporia & Southern Rail-
road, Emporia, to the south line of Greenwood County, 64.21 miles; Elk
& Chautauqua Railroad, south line of Greenwood County to Howard, Kan.,
11.84 miles; Florence, El Dorado & Walnut Valley Railroad, Florence,
Kan., to Douglas, Kan., 53.59 miles; Marion & McPherson Railroad, Flor-
ence, Kan., to Lyons, Kan., 78.77 miles; Marion & McPherson Extension
Railroad, Lyons, Kan., to Ellinwood, Kan., 19.84 miles; Wichita & South-
western Railroad, Newton, Kan., to Wichita, Kan., 27.28 miles; Cowley,
Sumner & Fort Smith Railroad, Wichita, Kan., to Arkansas City, Kan.,
52 miles; Mulvane, Kan., to Caldwell, Kan., 38 miles; Harvey Count.
Railroad, Sedgwick, Kan., to Halstead, Kan., 8.89 miles; Kansas City
Olathe Railroad, Olathe to Waseca Junction, 12 miles. Total number of
miles on main line and branches, in Kansas, 904.17. In addition, the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad ey owns and operates the
Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad and branches, con-
sisting of 384.48 miles. This company also owns and, operates jointly with
the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame
Railroad (56.62 miles), and also the Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern
Railroad, from Leavenworth to Meriden, Jefferson County (45 miles).
The total number of miles of road owned and operated exclusively by this
company in Kansas is 1,288.65, and the total number of miles of road in
this State in which it is interested is 1,390.27. :

The main line of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad com-
mences at Kansas City, Mo., and runs south through the counties of John-
son, Miami, Linn, Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee, in the State of Kan-
sas, and terminates at Baxter Springs, Cherokee County. Distance from
Kansas City to Baxter Springs, 159.92 miles—in Kansas, 157.70. The
branches are as follows: Rich Hill Railroad, Rich Hill Junction, Linn
Co., Kan., to Carbon Center, Mo., 24 miles ; distance in Kansas, 4.46 miles.
Fort Scott, Southwestern & Memphis Railroad, Southeast Junction,
Bourbon Co., Kan., to Ash Grove, Mo., 80.52 miles; distance in Kansas,

46.51 miles. Short Creek & Joplin Railroad, Baxter Springs, Kan., to
Joplin, Mo., 15.46 miles; distance in Kansas, 9.31 miles; branch from Ar-
cadia, Crawford County, to Morerad,’ Barton Co., Mo., 8.29 miles.
Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Railroad, Weir City, Kan., to Cherry Vale,
Kan., 49.79 miles. Total number of miles operated in Kansas, 244.02.
Total number of miles of road in operation, 365.45. The Memphis Branch
is in operation to Springfield, Mo.

The main line of the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

4

Railroad commences at Lawrence and runs south through the counties of
Douglas, Franklin, Anderson, Allen, Neosho to Coffeyville, Montgomery
Co., distance, 143.33 miles. The extensions are as follows: Ottawa Junc-
tion to Olathe, 31.77 miles; Cherry Vale to Harper, westerly, through the
counties of Montgomery, Elk, Cowley, Sumner and Harper, 148.82 miles;
Wellington, Sumner Co., to Hunnewell, Sumner Co., 18.85. The Ottawa
& Burlington Railroad, from Ottawa, Kan., to Burlington, Kan., 42.21
miles, is a leased line. Total number of miles, 384.48. Operated by the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company.

The main line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway enters Kan-
sas about four miles east of Fort’ Scott and runs southwesterly through
the counties of Bourbon, Neosho and Labette, entering the Indian Terri-
tory two miles south of Chetopa, distance from Missouri State line’to In-
dian Territory, 78 miles. The Neosho section runs from Parsons north-
westerly, to Junction City, distance 157 miles, through the counties of
Labette, Neosho, Allen, Woodson, Coffey, Lyon, Morris and Davis. Total
number of miles in Kansas, 235. The main line commences at Hannibal
Mo., and terminates at Dennison, Texas, a distance of 576 miles. The
road is operated by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company. .

The main line of the Missouri Pacific Railway enters Kansas at Kan
sas City, Kan., and terminates at Atchison, a distance of 47 miles. The
Nebraska extension commences at Atchison and terminates at Omaha, 50
miles of which are in Kansas. The branches in Kansas are as follows:
From Holden, Mo., to Leroy Junction, Coffey Co., Kan., entering Kansas
in Miami County and running southwesterly through the counties of Mi-
ami, Franklin, Anderson and Coffey. Total length of division (Kansas &
Arizona), 115 miles. Distance in Kansas 78 miles; from Osawatomie to
Ottawa, 21 miles; from Atchison, Kan., to St. Joseph, Mo., 21 miles.
Total number of miles in Kansas, 217. The leased lines are the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway (235 miles in Kansas), and the Central Branch
Union Pacific (888 miles in Kansas). Total number of miles of railroad
in Kansas operated by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, 840.

The Kansas Division of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway enters
Kansas in Cherokee County and runs westerly through the counties of
Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery, Wilson, Elk (northeast corner), Green-
wood and Butler, to Wichita, Sedgwick County, distance 171 miles. The
branches in Kansas are from Joplin, Mo., to Girard, Kan. (thirty-eight
miles—twenty in Kansas); from Oronogo, Mo., to Galena, Kansas (twenty
miles—two miles in Kansas); and from Litchfield Junction to Litchfield,
Crawford County, 2.50 miles. Total number of miles in Kansas, 195.50.

The St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad commences at Fort
Scott, Kansas, and runs westerly through the counties of Bourbon, Allen
and Woodson to Eureka, Greenwood County, distance 100 miles. The
track has been laid to El Dorado, Butler County (133 miles), and doubtless
the road will be completed to Wichita early in 1883.

The Kansas Division of the Union Pacific Railway enters Kansas at
Kansas City, Kan., and runs westerly through the counties of Wyandotte,
Leavenworth, a small portion of the northern part of Douglas, Jefferson,
Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Riley, Davis, Dickinson, Saline, Ellsworth,
Russell, Ellis, Trego, Gove, St. John and enters Colorado on the western
border of Wallace County. Distance from Missouri to Colorado, 446
miles. The branches in Kansas are as follows: Leavenworth, from
Leavenworth to Lawrence, 84 miles; Carbondale, Lawrence to
Carbondale, 32.1 miles; Junction City & Fort Kearney, from Junction
City to Concordia, northwesterly through the counties of Davis, Clay, the
southwest corner of Washington and Cloud, 70.5 miles; Solomon, from’
Solomon City, northwesterly, through the northeast corner of Saline
County, through Ottawa County, the southwest corner of Cloud County,
and to Beloit, Mitchell County, 56.9 miles; Salina & Southwestern, from
Salina southward to McPherson, 35.4 miles. Total number of miles of
road in Kansas operated by the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific
Railway Company, 674.9.

RECAPITULATION.

Statement showing the mileage of railroads in Kansas, by whom
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Missouri, Kansas « Texas, . 235 1 MKT, Mo. P. 840
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Atchison, T’p’ka & Santa I°6 & Branches] 904.17 | A. T.& 8. EF A. T, & SP. wee ax
Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kan.) 384.48 | A. T.& 8. F. A.T. &8. Ff | 1288.6
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf . 23 |K. C.Pts. &GJK.C.F.8. &G. ‘
Memphis, Kansas & Colorado (X 49.79 |K. CFLS &GIK CRS &G. | 2402
Junction City & Fort Kearney 70.5 | Union Pacific. {Union Pacifie,
SOLOMON o....-0sessseeeee coon 56.9 | Union Pacific. [Union Pacific.
Salina & Southwestern, 35.4 | Union Pacific. /Union Pacific. | |.
Lawrence & Emporia... 31.1 | Union Pacific. |Union Pacific, 993.90
St. Joseph & Western ... 151 Union Pacific. [Union Pacific.
Kansas Central (N. G.). 169 Union Pacific. {Union Pacific.
Union Pacific............... 480 Union Pacific. |Union Pacific.
St. Louis & San Francisco.... 7195.50 | St. L&s.F. | St. L. & 8. F. 195.50
St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita... eo! 183 St. L. Ft.S.& W/St. L. Ft. S. & W| 133,00
Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame..............] 56.62 AT.&S8. FP A. T. &8. F.
Uz. P. Union Pacific. 101.62
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3 U.P. Union Pacific.
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Nebraska, Topeka, Iola & Memphis ......... 20 N.T.I.&M. |N.T.1& M. 20
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The St. Joseph & Western Railroad commences at St. Joseph, Mo.,
and enters Kansas in the county of Doniphan and runs westerly through

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha and Marshall Counties, and enters Nebraska
from the northeast corner of Washington County. Distance in Kansas,
138 miles. The Marysville & Blue Valley Railroad from Marysville, Kan.,
to Beatrice, Neb., is a branch. Distance thirty-eight miles, (thirteen in
Kansas). Total number of miles in Kansas, 151. Owned and operated by
the Union Pacific. ‘

The Kansas Central Railroad (N. G.) commences at Leavenworth City
and runs westerly through the counties of Leavenworth, Jefferson, Atchi-
son (southwest corner), Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley and Clay, to
Miltonvale, Cloud County. Distance 169 miles. Owned and operated by
the Union Pacific.

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway (Leavenworth Branch),
runs from the west end of the Kansas & Missouri Bridge, at Fort Leaven-
worth, to Leavenworth City. Distance two miles.

_ The Nebraska, Topeka, Iola & Memphis Railroad commences at
Girard, Crawford County, and runs northwesterly to the northwest corner
of Crawford County. Distance twenty miles.

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD.

The history of the Santa Fé Trail and the development and progress
of the New Mexican trade, up to 1848, has been given ina former chapter.
For seven years thereafter, during the Mexican war, and until the ques-
tion of the Texan boundary was finally settled, the trade languished, al-
though the “‘ Trail” held its identity and pre-eminence as the great trans-.
continental thoroughfare. In 1850, under new and more auspicious con-
ditions the traffic and travel over the route was again renewed... New
Mexico and California had become a part of the vast domain of the United
States, and the tide of emigration, together with the increasing and now
unrestricted trade with the Santa Fé region, increased in volume and im-
portance from year to year, till caravans of emigrants and traders moved
along the trail in almost as continuous a line as the trains of the Santa Fé
railroad of to-day.

This line of traffic already marked by the experience of thirty years as
the natural route of travel and traffic to the Southwest and the regions be-
yond the mountains on the Pacific coast, early suggested to the enterpris-
ing and far-seeing men of Kansas the feasibility of establishing a grand
trunk. railway, essentially over the route which the instincts of pioneer
trade had already selected. As soon as the political disturbances incident
to the organization of the Territorial government were dispelled, the proj-
ect took practical form. It is notable that among the inceptors of this
magnificent undertaking were those who had been most earnest and bitter
antagonists in the political conflicts of the preceding years. No stronger
proof of the conservative virtues of commercial interests, in the promotion
of the peace and prosperity of communities and nations, can be adduced
than that shown in the personnel of those by whom this great project was
conceived, and the unity of purpose with which they persevered to its
completion.

The Beginning.—The first move for the construction of a railroad
from the Missouri, across the Territory to the Southwest, resulted in the
charter, by the Territorial Legislature, of the St. Joseph & Topeka Rail-
road Company, February 20, 1857. The road, as projected, was to start
from St. Joseph, Mo., opposite Elwood, Doniphan County, thence cross-
_ing the Missouri, through Doniphan, Atchison and Jefferson Counties to
Topeka, as its first terminal point. By supplemental legislation, the char-
ter was amended, permitting the extension of the road in the direction of
Santa Fé, to the southern or western line of the Territory, thus authoriz-
ing its location over essentially the present route of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fé Railroad. hats ;

The anxiety for an early and direct railroad communication with the
Missouri River led the citizens of Topeka and other inhabitants of the
Territory along the line of the proposed route, to look with favor upon it,
although its eastern terminus was outside the limits of the Territory. To-
peka had already -voted it a subsidy. ae :

The citizens of Atchison, were at that time ambitious to make their
thriving town the terminal point and future railway center of the great
transcontinental system, the plans of which were then just taking form, and
were strongly averse to the project which would make Atchison but a way
station on the great road at best, or might leave it out in the cold altogether.
With a view to avert the threatened hindrance to its oer it was deter-
mined, if possible, to make Atchison the easternterminuso the proposed road.
The city accordingly raised or loaned its credit to the amount of $150,000,
by the aid of which subsidy a direct road was built on the Missouri side
of the river, from St. Joseph to that place, and thenceforth under another
charter, with Atchison, Kan., instead of St. Joseph, Mo., as the eastern
terminus, the enterprise was carried on; the sympathy and interest of the
inhabitants of the Territory being transferred to the new project which
promised the same advantages, with the added prestige of its being wholly
a Kansas corporation. ; 7
_— The Atchison & Topeka Railroad Company was incorporated by act
of the Territorial Legislature, February 11, 1859. The persons named as
incorporators in the act were: S. C. Pomeroy, Atchison; C. K. Holliday,
Topeka; Luther C. Challiss, Atchison; Peter T. Abell, Atchison; Milton C.

Dickey, Topeka; Asaph Allen, Topeka; Samuel Dickson, Atchison; Wil- |

son L: Gordon, Topeka; George 8. Hillyer, Grasshopper Falls; Lorenzo
D. Bird, Atchison , jerewiah. Murphy, Topeka; George H. Fairchild, At-
chison, and F. L. Crane, Topeka.

The charter authorized the company “‘to survey, locate, construct,
complete, alter, maintain and operate a railroad with one or more tracks,
from or near Atchison in Kansas Territory to the town of Topeka in Kan-
sas Territory, and to such point on the southern or western boundary of
said-Territory, in the direction of Santa Fé, as may be convenient and
suitable for the construction of said road, and also to construct a branch
to any point on the southern line of said Territory in the direction of the
Gulf of Mexico.”

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The authorized stock was $1,500,000, with permission to increase to
such amount as should be required in the construction of the road.

The first meeting for organization under the charter was held at the
office of Luther C. Challiss, in Atchison, September 15, 1859. At this meet-
ing $52,000 of the first subscription was pall, to enable a preliminary sur-
vey of the proposed route to be made and the first Board of Directors and
officers chosen were as follows:

Directors.—L. C. Challiss, George H. Fairchild, P. T. Abell, 8. C. Pom-
eroy, L. D. Bird, C. K. Holliday, F. L. Crane, E. G. Ross, Joel Huntoon,
M. C. Dickey, Jacob Safford, R. H. Weightman and J. H. Stringfellow.

Officers—C. K. Holliday, President; P. T. Abell, Secretary; M. C.
Dickey, Treasurer.

The terrible drought of 1860 totally paralyzed every business enter-
prise of the Territory, and with the organization completed as above
stated, the work on the road was held in abeyance till more propitious
times should warrant a beginning that might promise success. The famine
was so complete and general as to completely impoverish the whole farm-
ing community. In the natural course of events, should no further disas-
ters befall them, it seemed unlikely that the settlers could so far recuperate
as to render any adequate aid to the project for years to come.

At this juncture, the directors determined to press the claims of Kan-
sas for a national subsidy, and, as early as the session of 1859-60, C. K.
Holliday and his associates were in Washington, urging the claims of
their enterprise. Every session of Congress thereafter saw an efficient
delegation of lobby members from Kansas, working with discretionary
zeal for a land grant for the great trans-continental railway, till the de-
sired aid was obtained. March 3,.1863, by act of Congress, a grant of land
was made to the State of Kansas, giving alternate sections, one mile
square, ten in width, on either side of the proposed road, amounting to
6,400 acres per mile, on condition that it should be finished within, or at
the expiration of, ten years from the approval of the act. The grant was
accepted by the State, and transferred to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fé Railroad,* February 9, 1864. :

The war of the rebellion was then at white heat, especially in Kan-
sas, and little could be done further than to keep up the organization and
hold secure the land grants conferred upon the road as a basis of credit for
the ultimate completion of the road. February 17, 1864, eight days after
the land grant was legally in the possession of the corporation, a meeting
of stockholders was holden for the purpose of electing officers, and such
other business as the new order of things required.

The first officers under the land grant were as follows:

Directors—S8. C. Pomeroy, L. C. Challiss, B. F. Stringfellow, Atchi-
son; D. L. Lakin, Jefferson County; C. K. Holliday, F. L. Crane, Jacob
Safford, Topeka; H. W. Farnsworth, Kaw Agency; S. N. Wood, Council
Grove; Joseph Frost, Lyon County; W. R. Saunders, Coffey County; W.
F. M. Arny, Santa Fé.

Officers—S. C. Pomeroy, President ; 8. N. Wood, Vice President; C.
K. Holliday, Secretary; D. L. Lakin, Treasurer.

A committee was appointed to open books and procure subscriptions
for the stock. They were to offer the stock first to citizens of the State,
and failing in thus procuring the desired support, were to operate in the
Eastern monetary centers. The committee consisted of S. C. Pomeroy,
8. N. Wood, Jacob Safford and C. K. Holliday. ’

A committee, consisting of Jacob Safford, C. K. Holliday and D. L.
Lakin, was appointed to draft an act and work it through the Kansas
Legislature, authorizing the counties along the proposed line to loan their
credit to the proposed road. This committee had the honor of framing
and presenting the first bill which inaugurated the granting of local sub-
sidies to railroads in Kansas. Their labors resulted successfully in the
passage of a bill, March 1, 1864, authorizing the counties of Atchison, Jef-
ferson, Shawnee and other counties, through and near which the proposed
line was to pass, to issue their corporate bonds to the road for a like
amount of stock, the limited maximum of such issue being $200,000 for
any single county, and such issue not to be made except after the proposal
had been submitted to, and accepted by, the voters and tax-payers of each
county, Under the provisions of this act, subsidies were voted by the
counties along the line of the proposed road, as follows: Atchison County,
$150,000; Jefferson County, $200,000; Shawnee County, $250,000; Osage
County, $150,000; Lyon County, $200,000.

C. K. Holliday, as one of the stock committee before mentioned, went
to New York during the spring of 1864, and there first presented the mer-
its of the project to the attention of Eastern capitalists, with a view to
negotiating the stock and contracting or otherwise providing for the
building of the road. He returned without consummating any definite
arrangement, and reported progress. §. C. Pomeroy, taking up the work
where Mr. Holliday had left it, repaired to New York, and, early in 1865,
effected a negotiation with Willis Gaylord, whereby sufficient stock was
disposed of and means otherwise secured to warrant the construction of
the road. The first contract was made with George W. Beach and his asso-
ciates—A. P. Balch, of Hanover, N. H., and Messrs. Dodge, Lord & Co.,
Cincinnati. ' Beach came to Topeka in the summer of 1865, with a view to
beginning the work. He seems to have been a man of good intentions,
great pretensions, and of more than ordinary executive ability. He lacked,
however, the money required to start the undertaking, and could not in-
spire his associates with sufficient confidence to induce them to invest
under his management. It is unnecessary to recount the various and ever-
futile attempts made by him to even begin the work. Months and even
years went by, during which, in the words of a chronicler of the times,
Beach endured an “Iliad of woes”—no less, perhaps, than the impatient
directors, who were powerless, till the expiration of the time of his con-
tract, to help themselves—but the road remained unbuilt and unbegun.

 

* A new charter was granted by the Kansas State Legislature, March 3, 1863, under the
above name, absorbing the rights and franchises of the A, & T.
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In the spring of 1868, C. K. Holliday, D. L. Lakin and Jacob Safford,
being in New York, met Thomas J. Peter, then a civil engineer of acknowl-
edged ability, who had been for years successfully engaged in railroad
building in the Western States. They prevailed on him to visit Kansas
and look into the merits of their project, then quietly reposing under the
terms of Beach’s unfulfilled contract. His visit resulted in the purchase
of Mr. Beach’s interest, or rather in his withdrawal, and the organization
of anew construction company. The new organization, with Mr. Peter
as Chief Engineer and General Manager, combined all the elements to in-
sure success, viz.: the best engineering skill, practical energy, and the
command of ample credit and ready means.

The members were: T. J. Peter, Charles W. Pierce, Carlos Pierce,
Henry Keyes, C. K. Holliday, D. L. Lakin, M. L. Sargent, Jacob Safford,
Emmonds Raymond, Boston; A. P. Balch, Hanover, N. H.; Thomas Sher-
lock, George A. Hill, H. C. Lord, N. Lord, Jr., F. Dodge and H. Stearnes,
Cincinnati; C. J. Broadwell, Willis Gaylord, G. Opdyke, Dr. Caswell, J.
W. Ellis, Perkins, Livingstone & Post, New York; A. X Burnside, Rhode
Island; B. M. Smith and W. Dennison, Columbus, Ohio.

In October, 1868, nearly ten years after the granting of the first char-
ter, the work of building the road was begun at. Topeka, by the construc-
tion company, under the direction of Thomas J. Peter. The road was
first: built southward in order to reach, as soon as possible, the coal region
of Osage County. The work was pushed with an energy and rapidity
hitherto unparalleled in the history of railroad construction. The prog-
ress and completion of the work is shown below.

Road commenced at Topeka in October, 1868; opened to Carbondale,
18 miles from Topeka, July, 1869; to Burlingame, 27 miles, September,
1869; to Osage City, 35 miles, May, 1870; to Reading, 45 miles, June, 1870;
to Emporia, 62 miles, July, 1870; to Cottonwood, 82 miles, March, 1871;
to Florence, 107 miles, May, 1871; to Peabody, 119 miles, June, 1871; to
Newton, 186 miles, July, 1871; to Sedgwick, 147 miles, April, 1872; to
Wichita, 163 miles, May, 1872 ; Atchison to Topeka, 49 miles, May, 1872;
Newton to Hutchinson, 217 miles from Atchison, June, 1872; to Great
Bend, 269 miles, July, 1872; to Larned, 291 miles, August, 1872; to Dodge
City, 351 miles, September, 1872; to the western State line, 470 miles, De-
cember 23, 1872. Time of building, four years and three months.

The road was completed as far as Burlingame by the “ construction
eompany,” at which point the contract was canceled by the company, as
such, nearly all the members being also stockholders in the road, and the
building was thenceforward carried on to its completion under the direc-
tion of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Co., Mr. Peter remain-
ing as the General Manager until the road was finished

It is not within the scope of this work to follow this road in detail

through the vicissitudes of its growth to the colossal proportions it has.

attained, further than to note its extensions and acquisitions from year to
year until the trunk road with its various branch connections owned or con-
trolled by the company, comprises of itself one of the most important
railway systems of the nation.

The trunk line as now (1882) completed, extends through the south-
western part of Colorado, thence in a southerly direction as far as Deming,
New Mexico, having a continuous trunk line of 1,133 miles. The New
Mexico Division was opened to Santa Fé February 16, 1880; to Alber-
querque, April 15, 1880; to San Marcial, October 1, 1880; and to Deming,
where the line connects with the Southern Pacific Railroad of California,
March 10, 1881. The extension of the trunk line through New Mexico in
1880 to its present terminus was 400 miles in length.

At the time the grant was made (1864) there could not have been along
the whole proposed line in the counties above named to exceed 5,000 in-
habitants. During the period of its construction (1868 to 1873) emigration
set strongly to the counties along the road, and at the time of its comple-
tion the population aggregated not far from 40,000. During the succeed-
ing seven years it increased to 125,000, and is now estimated at the close
of the first decade (1883) at 140,000.

BRANCH CONNECTIONS IN KANSAS.

The road ha® acquired by purchase, lease or construction, tributary
and branch roads, aggregating more miles in length than the trunk road
\ itself. The following statement gives a description of the branch connec-
tions, going South from Atchison, with the date of each acquisition, etc.
Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad was incorporated and was
leased in perpetuity by the A., T.& Sta. F. Co., October 1, 1875. The route
extends from Kansas City, Mo., to Topeka, Kan., 66.32 miles, at which
point it joins the trunk line. It was the successor of ,the Lawrence &
Topeka and Kansas Midland Railroads, and, under the perpetual lease, the
A., T. &Sta. F. Co., owning all the stock and contracting to pay all interest
on the funded debt of those corporations, is now virtually owned by and
a part of the property of that company. It has become the most important
section of the main traffic of the road, superseding the Atchison & Topeka
Division in importance as the avenue of Eastern travel and transcontinental
transportation.

Pleasant Hill & De Soto Railroad (Pleasant Hill Branch), extends from
Pleasant Hill, Mo., through Johnson County, by way of Olathe, to Cedar
Junction, on the Kansas City Branch of the main road, a distance of 44.9
miles. This road was formerly a part of-the Lawrence & Western Rail-
road, which was sold under foreclosure, in 1877, the eastern section being
purchased by the P. H. & D. 8. Co., by whom it was leased in perpetuity
to the A., T. & Sta. Fé Co., September 1, 1877. The stock is now all owned
by the lessee.

Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame Railroad, extends from Manhattan,
Riley County, in a southeasterly direction through Wabaunsee and Osage
Counties, making a junction with the A., T. & Sta. F. R. R., at Burlingame.
The length of the road is 56.62 miles. It isowned jointly by the A., T. &
Sta. Fé Co., and the Union Pacific which connects with its northern ter-
minus at Manhattan.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Kansas City, Emporia & Southern Ratlroad (Howard Branch), joins
the trunk line at Emporia and extends south, through Lyon and Green-
wood Counties, 64,2 miles, to the north line of Elk County. It was com-
pleted October 10, 1879. An extension of 11.8 miles to Howard, Elk
County, was built the same year, under the name of the Elk & Chautauqua,
Railroad. The entire line was leased on its completion to the A. T. & Sta.
Fé Co., which also owns a controlling portion of the stock.

Florence, Hl Dorado & Walnut Valley Railroad (El Dorado Branch),
extends south from Florence to Douglas, Butler County, 53.9 miles. It
was begun under the auspices of the A., T. & Sta. Fé Ca, in 1877, and has
been operated under a perpetual lease by that company, since August 1,
of that year.

Mepie & McPherson R. R. (McPherson Branch) extends from
Florence westerly, and north of the main road, through Marion, McPherson
and Rice Counties, to Lyons, a distance of 78.77 miles. It was opened to
McPherson, September 29, 1879, and to Lyons June 1, 1880. An extension,
under the name of the Marion & McPherson Extension Railroad, was
completed in 1881, from Lyons to Ellinwood, 20 miles, where a junction
isagain made with the Trunk road. This deflection, is under perpetual
lease to the A., T. & Sta. Fé Co., that company owning also a controllin
part of the stock. It is virtually owned by the company. =

Wichita & Southwestern Railroad (Caldwell and Arkansas City
Branches), leaves Newton and extends southward to Wichita, Sedgwick
County, 27.28 miles. It was chartered March 2, 1868, and completed under
the building management of the A., T. & Sta. Fé Co., May 13, 1872. It is
leased perpetually to that company, who also own all the stock.

Cowley, Sumner & Fort Smith Railroad, is an extension of the road
last mentioned. It extends from Wichita, south, through Sedgwick and
Cowley Counties to Arkansas City, a distance of 68.61 miles, with branch
deflection at Mulvane to Caldwell, Sumner County, 37.8 miles. This road
was opened to Arkansas City, December 31, 1879, and. to Caldwell. June
18, 1880. Itis entirely under the control of the A., T. & Sta. Fé Co. It
was built under its auspices, is leased to it perpetually, and, of its capital
stock of $1,500,000, $1,200,000 is owned by that corporation.

The total length of branch and tributary roads in Kansas is 530 miles.
The length of the trunk line from Atchison to the western State line is
470 miles ; total in the State of Kansas, 1,000 miles.

LAND GRANTS.

The Government Land Grant, before mentioned as made to the com-
pany March 3, 1863, comprised very nearly 3,000,000 acres in alternate
sections, extending ten miles on either side of the road, when built,
through its entire length in the State of Kansas, except where before
nettled and occupied; in such cases, other lands to be designated and con-
veyed in their stead. At the time of the grant the eastern portion of the
State had become generally occupied by settlers, and the grant was made
to lands beyond and west of the line of settlement at that time, the width
on either side of the road being twenty miles for a sufficient distance to
compensate for the already settled territory along the extreme eastern
section of the road. Under this arrangement the grant was located as
follows: The eastern line of the grant crossed the road at Elinor, Chase
County, extending northwesterly twenty miles to near the center of Morris
County, and southeasterly from the same point, twenty miles, to near the
southeast corner of Chase County. West from this point, the grant em-
braced alternate sections, twenty miles on each side of the road, for
a distance of 187 miles to Nettleton on the dividing line of Pawnee and
Edwards Counties; thence to the western boundary of the State, the grant
covered. alternate sections, ten miles in width on both sides of the road.

Their lands, as fast as surveyed and patented to the company by the
Government, have been offered for sale to actual settlers in such quantities,
on such liberal terms of payment, and at such prices as to result in their
rapid disposal and settlement. :

The following table of population shows the rapid development
along the line of the road in the land grant counties :

 

 

POPULATION,

COUNTIES, When Organ-
ized.

 

1860. 1875, 1878,

 

5,656
3°798

   

Unorganized.
-| Unorganized.
Unorganized.
-| Unorganized.

  

DORE sutesiauaitbisincrce: w cvamsdcvees

alae aaeadanene 2,327 87,235

9,854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_ The grant lands were located in counties along the route of the road,
going west, as below stated: . :
wenty miles, on either side: Morris, south of Council Grove; Chase,
nearly entire; Marion, nearly entire; Butler, northwest corner; Harvey,
entire; McPherson, south half; Reno, all, except southwest corner; Rice,
all, except northeast corner; Stafford, north three-fourths; Barton, south
seven-eighths; Pawnee, nearly entire; and southeast corner of Rush.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Ten miles, on either side: Edwards, north half; Ford, north half;
Hodgeman, south quarter; Gray, middle half; Sequoyah, middle half;
Kearney, south two-thirds; Hamilton, north two-thirds.

Up to the close of 1882, nearly one half of these lands have-been dis-
posed of to actual settlers.

Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the Governmental policy

‘of granting aid to railroads, either in land or otherwise, it is certain that in

this case it has proved one of the prime factors in populating the State and

. developing its resources and. industries to a point otherwise impossible.

Without the grant, which placed the region under the animating spell of
individual enterprise, it is hardly probable that the road would have been
built, and quite certain that the region thus opened up to settlement
would yet remain as an undeveloped, inaccessible and uninhabited part of
the public domain.

The following table shows the annual increase of business and the extension of the lines operated for eight years:

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THE POTTAWATOMIE LAND PURCHASE.

In addition to the land grant along the line of the road, the company
purchased under the provisions of a treaty with the Pottawatomie tribe a
large tract of their reservation in August, 1868. It comprised a tract of
nearly twenty-three miles square, and embraced 338,766 acres. The Leav-
enworth, Pawnee & Western Railway Company, in whom the right of
purchase was first vested, having declined to purchase it, the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fé Company bought the tract in August, 1868, for the
pee of $1 per acre, payable in gold. It was located in the counties of

ottawatomie, Jackson, Shawnee and Jackson; the southeast corner of
the tract being contiguous to the road at Pauline Station, a few miles south
of Topeka. It was hypothecated for $800,000, and thus aided in the carly
construction of the road. It was afterward sold to actual settlers.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

1874, 1875, 1876. | 1877. 1878, 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882.
Average miles operated 509 540 m1 738.50 807.50 996.95 |. 1,371.91 1,695.43 | “1,815.40
Freight Tonnage 186,312 | 252,383 | _ 325,629 | 372,084 | 611,086 | 802,121 | 953,701) 1,166,483 | 1,399,805
Gross Earnings. $1,250,805 | $1,520,358 | $2,486,582 | $2,679,106 | $8,950,868 | $6,381,443 | $8,556,976 | $12,584,509 |'$14,773,305
Gross Expenses 557,641 | 698,750 | 1,175,489 | 1,322,685 | 2.041.472 | 2'996,475 | 4,343'205 | 8,037,826 |" 8,637,255
Net Earnings... 693, 164] 821,608 | 1,311,093 | 1,356,421 | 1,909,396 | 3,454,968 | 4,213,771 | 4,546,783 | 6,136,048
Net do. per mile 1,361.82 | 1,421.49 | 1,844.01 | 1,836.72 | 2,520.97 | 2,935.41} 3,071.46 | 2,681.73 | _ 3,380.00

 

 

 

 

UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY (KANSAS DIVISION.)

In the summer of 1855, the Territorial Legislature of Kansas chartered
the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company, for the construc-
tion of a railroad from the west bank of the Missouri River, in the town
of Leavenworth, Kan, to the western boundary of the Territory, via
Pawnee, near Fort Riley. The western boundary of the Territory was
then in the Rocky Mountains. The directors as provided by the charter,
were as follows: W. H. Russell, J. Marion Alexander, 8. D. Lecompte,
Amos Rees, James Davies, W. F, Dyer, Robert Wilson, James Findlay, E.
§. Wilhoit, Edward H. Dennis, C. H. Grover, Wilburn Christison, M. P.
Rively, Charles Hayes and Cornelius M. Burgess. The company was
organized in January, 1857, at Leavenworth, by a subscription o $156, 700
of stock. The construction of the road was commenced in May, 1857, and
in that year surveys and profiles of the main line were made, and the
location completed from Leavenworth to Fort Riley. :

On the 5th of November, 1861, a treaty was concluded at the Potta-
watomie Agency in Kansas, between William W. Ross, commissioner on
the part of the ‘Dnited States, and the chiefs, braves and head men of the
Pottawatomie Nation, which provided for a disposal of a portion of the
reservation of that tribe to the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railway
Company, and the granting of the right of way through the reservation of
the railroad of said company. The reservation consisted of five hundred
and seventy-six thousand acres. According to.that treaty the whole tract
was to be surveyed in the same manner as the public lands were surveyed,
and all those members of the tribe who desired to hold lands in severalty,
were to be assigned, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, lands as follows: To each chief, one section; to each head man,
one half section; to each other head of a family, one quarter section; and
to each other person, eighty acres. To those members of the tribe who
desired to hold their lands in common, there was set apart an undivided
quantity sufficient to allow one section to each chief, one half section to
each head man, one quarter section to each other head of a family, and
eighty acres to’ each other person. After the assignments of the lands
thus provided, the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company
had the privilege of purchasing the remainder at the rate of $1.25 per
acre. This treaty was confirmed by President Lincoln, April 19, 1862.

On the ist of July, 1862, President Lincoln approved the act of Con-
gress “to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the
‘Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.’”’ Section 3of said act provided “that
there be, and is hereby granted to the said company a ee *
every, alternate section of public land, designated by odd numbers, to the
amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on

~ the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side of said

road, not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States,
and to which a pre-emption or homestead claim may not have attached,
at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed. Mineral lands were
exempted, and all lands not sold or disposed of by said company within
three years after the completion of the entire road were to be subject to

settlement and pre-emption, like other lands at‘a price not exceeding $1.25 -

per acre, to be paid to said company.

Section 4 provided that whenever said oe completed forty con-
secutive miles of any portion of said railroad, the resident of the United
States should appoint three commissioners | to examine the same, and
report to him in relation thereto ; and upon satisfactory information to him
of the completion of forty miles, patents should be issued conveying the
right and title to said lands to said company, on each side of the road, as
far as the same was completed, to the amount aforementioned ; and
patents were: in like manner to be issued on the completion of each forty
miles. Section 5 provided that in addition to the issuance of patents to
lands to the company upon the completion of each forty miles, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury was also to issue to said company, bonds of the United
States of $1,000 each, payable in thirty years after date, bearing six per
cent per annum interest, to the amount of sixteen of said bonds per mile
for such section of forty miles ; and to secure the repayment to the United
States of the amount of said bonds, together with all interest thereon which
may have been paid by the United States, the issue of said bonds and
delivery to the company were to constitute a first mortgage on the whole
line of the railroad, together with the rolling stock, fixtures and property
of every kind and description. Section .9 provided ‘‘ That the Leaven-

 

worth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company of Kansas, are hereby
authorized to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri
River, at the mouth of the Kansas River, on the south side thereof, so as
to connect with the Pacific Railroad of Missouri, to the aforesaid point,
on the one-hundredth meridian of longitude, west from Greenwich, as
herein provided, upon the same terms and conditions in all respects as are
provided in this act for the construction of the railroad and telegraph:
line first mentioned, and to meet and connect with the same at the meridian
of longitude aforesaid ; and in case the general route or line of road from
the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains should be so located_as to
require a departure northwardly from the proposed line of said Kansas
Railroad before it reaches the meridian of longitude aforesaid, the location
of said Kansas road shall be made so as to conform thereto; and said
railroad through Kansas shall be so located between the mouth of the
Kansas River, as aforesaid, and the aforesaid point, on the one-hundredth
meridian of longitude, that the several roads from Missouri and Iowa,
herein authorized to connect with the same, can-make connection within
the limits prescribed by this act, provided the same can be done without
deviating from the general direction of the whole line to the Pacific coast.
The route in Kansas, west of the meridian of Fort Riley, to the aforesaid
point, onthe one-hundredth meridian of longitude, to be subject to the
approval of the President of the United States, and to be determined by
him on actual survey. And said Kansas company may proceed to build
said railroad to the aforesaid point, on the one-hundredth meridian of
longitude, west from Greenwich, in the Territory of Nebraska.”

In 1868, the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, was
organized. It purchased the franchises of the Leavenworth, Pawnee &
Western Railroad Company when the latter retired. Among the promi-
nent men connected with the new company were Thomas C. Durant and
John D. Perry. Samuel Hallett, of Steuben County, N. Y., was the con-
tractor. Work on the road was commenced in November, 1863. The first
shovelful of dirt was thrown at the State line, between Kansas and Mis-
souri, near Wyandotte. The locality was then a dense forest. During
the summer of 1864, the visitor to the work found a graded road bed be-
ginning at the State line and stretching westward up the valley of the
Kansas River. There was no railway connecting it with the east. It had
practically, neither beginning nor end. Missouri was still a Slave State.
A large stake was planted on the line between the two States, having on
its eastern face, toward Missouri, the inscription, ‘‘Slave State,’’ and on
its western face toward Kansas, and the line to the new path of Empire,
the words, “ Free State.”” To Mr. Hallett belongs the credit of doing the
first substantial work in the construction of a railroad from the Missouri
River to the Pacific Ocean. Theline from Omaha westward was not com-
menced until some time after. My. Hallett was cruelly assassinated in the
streets of Wyandotte, July 27, 1864. The construction of the road then
passed into the hands of its owners, with John D. Perry, of St. Louis, at
the head. The company consisted of John D. Perry (President), Robert
E. Carr, Carlos 8S. Greeley, S. M. Edgerton, Giles F. Filley, Adolphus
Meier, Thomas L. Price, O. D. Filley and James Archer. This company
was relieved from the obligation to connect at the one hundredth merid-
ian. They were authorized to construct the route by the Smoky Hill
River Valley, to any point west within a meridian of fifty miles west of
Denver, where, at the farthest, they were compelled to unite with the
Union Pacific. By this change the company saved one hundred and thir-
ty-five miles in the distance from Fort Riley to Denver. An amendatory
act of Congress doubled the land grant, which entitled the company to re-
ceive, for every mile of road, 12,800 acres of land. In addition to the
$16,000 per mile of United States six per cent thirty-year bonds, which it

-was to receive from the Government, the company was also authorized to

issue its own bonds, similar in amount and considerations with those of
the Government, which, however, should be a first lien, prior even to that
of the Government on the road. The Delaware Indians ceded to this com-
pany 233,966 acres of their reserve, at $1.25jper acre, and 425,000 acres
were obtained, at the same price,-of the Pottawatomie Indians, in pur-
suance of the treaty made in 1861 between the Pottawatomies and the
Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company. : .

The work, as it progressed on. this road, was examined in sections by
Commissioners appointed by the Government, and, upon its acceptance by
the President, bonds were issued and lands ordered to be approved to the
246 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

company. The following table, showing the dates of the acceptance of
sections by the President, will also show the progress of the work, from
the date of its commencement, in November, 1863:

 

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SECTION. Miles..Date of Acceptance by the President.

 

 

Section October 28, 1865.

December 20, 1865.

.| May 8, 1866.
July 7, 1866.

|.October 15, 1866"
January 22, 1867.
May 4, 1867.
June 10, 1867.
August 12, 1867.
September 19, 1867.
October 25, 1867.
December 2, 1867.
January 9, 1868.
April 27, 1868.
May 30, 1868.
October 31, 1868.
October 19, 1872. =

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Whole number of miles, 644. No Government bonds were issued or
lands given for the construction of the Leavenworth branch.

The total cost of the main line of the road, from Kansas City to Den-
ver, was about $34,000,000. The grant of public lands to the extent of
12,800 acres per mile, and the subsidy bonds of the Government to the
amount of $16,000 per mile, was only for a distance of 394 miles west from
the Missouri River. The amount of Government lands received was
6,000,000 acres, and the amount of Government bonds issued was $6,303,-
000. The road was completed to Denver September 1, 1870. In 1878, the
company made default in the payment of interest on its bonds and it was
placed in the hands of a receiver. Its affairs were re-organized in 1879,
and the receiver discharged. Asa part of the proceedings of re-organiza-
tion, the company created a mortgage to receive bonds to the amount of
$30,000,000, a portion of them being used to discharge the matured in-
debtedness of the company, an amount being reserved sufficient to dis-
charge all its unmatured indebtedness. May 31, 1868, the name of the
road was changed to Kansas Pacitic. The Denver Pacific, connecting the
Kansas with the Union Pacific, was constructed by the Kansas Pacific,
under a charter dated November 19. 1867, and was open to Cheyenne Jan-
uary 1, 1871.

January 24, 1880, the Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific and Denver

Pacific Railroad Companies were consolidated, under the name of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company. By the terms of consolidation, the
shareholders in each company were to receive shares in the new company
corresponding in number to those held in the old, the number of shares in
the Union Pacific being 367,623, of the Kansas Pacific, 100,000, and the

_ Denver Pacific, 40,000; the stock of the consolidated company being 507,-
628 shares, or $50,762,300.

The General Superintendents of the Kansas Division of the Union
Pacific Railway have been as follows, in the order named: John Hallett,
E. M. Bartholow, R. H. Shoemaker, W. W. Wright, A. Anderson, E. S.
Bowen, O. 8. Lyford, T. F. Oakes, 8S. T. Smith.

BRANCHES OF KANSAS DIVISION.

Lawrence & Southwestern.—Lawrence, Kan., to Carbondale, Kan., 31
miles. This was a portion of the former St. Louis, Lawrence & Western
Railroad, which was bought on sale of the latter company by the Union
Pacific Company, who wholly own it.

Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame.— Manhattan, Riley County, via
Alma, Wabaunsee County, to Burlingame, Osage County, 57 miles.
Owned jointly by the Union Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fé Railroad Companies. Completed in 1879.

Junction City & Fort Kearney.—Junction City, Davis County, to Con:
cordia, Cloud County, through the counties of Davis, Clay, Washington
(southeast corner) and Cloud, 70 miles. Opened to Clay Center, February 13,
1873 ; to Clifton, February 1, 1878; to Clyde, August 31, 1878 ; to Con-
cordia, 1879. Controlled by the Union Pacific Company, Lew T. Smith,
President ; P. E. Havens, Treasurer.

Salina & Southwestern.—Salina, Saline County, to McPherson, Mc-
Phenee County, 36 miles. Built in 1879. Operated by the Union Pacific

ompany.
olomon Railroad.—Solomon, Dickinson County, to Beloit, Mitchell,
through the counties of Saline (northeast corner),
west corner), and partially through Mitchell, 57.8 miles. Organized Au-
gust 18, 1877. Opened July 1, 1879. Operated by the Union Pacific Com-
any, which owns $2,001,000. of the capital stock of the company, and
$575,000 the whole of the funded debt. D. M. Edgerton, President, St.

Louis, Mo.

KANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION.

This is a narrow-gauge (3 feet) road. The company was chartered as
the Kansas Central Railway, April 14, 1871. The first directors were as
follows: L. T. Smith, Levi Wilson, H. W. Gillett, J. C. Stone, Alex.
Caldwell, Lucien Scott, Paul E. Havens, Thomas A. Scott, Matthew
Baird and John McManus. President, L. T. Smith ; Vice President. Lu-
cien Scott ; Secretary and Treasurer, Paul E. Havens; General Superin-
tendent, A. E. Buchanan; Chief Engineer, George W. Vaughan. The
work was commenced at Leavenworth in the fall of 1871 and completed
to Holton, Jackson County, 56 miles, in October, 1872; to Onaga, Potta-
watomie County, 28 miles, in 1877; to Garrison, Pottawatomie County, 35
miles, April 1, 1880; to Clay Center, Clay County, 31 miles, December 25,
1881; to Miltonvale, Cloud County, 18.5 miles, April 1, 1882. The road
received municipal aid as follows: Five thousand shares of stock in the
Kansas Pacific Raileeny Company, voted to the Kansas Central Railway

ttawa, Cloud (south- .

Company by Leavenworth County ; bonds of Jefferson Township, Jef-
erson County, $20,000 ; bonds of Grasshopper Township, Jefferson County,
$20,000; bonds of Jackson County, $60,000 ; bonds of Jefferson Township,
Jackson County, $18,000; bonds of Soldier Township, Jackson County,
#18,000; Mill Creek Township, Pottawatomie County, $13,000. April 14,
1879, the road was sold under foreclosure, for $252,000, and the company
was re-organized April 15, 1879, as the Kansas Central Railway. January
1, 1882, the road was absorbed by the Union Pacific Company, which is
now operating it. a
sf. JOSEPH & WESTERN DIVISION. ;

The charter for this road, as originally granted by the Legisiature of
the Territory of Kansas, was approved, February 17, 1857, It created a
corporation by the name of the Marysville or Palmetto & Roseport Rail-
road Company, with power to construct a railroad from Marysville or
Palmetto bity to Roseport, in the Territory of Kansas, so as to connect
with the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. March 20, 1860, the first rail
was laid on this road, and the track was completed to Wathena, five miles.
On the 28th of April following, the pioneer locomotive ‘‘ Albany” was
placed upon the track, and the next day a grand celebration was held in
honor of the first appearance of the iron hyrse west of the Missouri River.
No more work was done on this road for the next six years.

The corporate name of this company was changed April 17, 1862, hy
a vote of the stockholders, to the “St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad Com-
pany.” Under the general railroad law of the State of Nebraska, the
company obtained authority to construct aud maintain a railroad running
from the border line of Kansas to Fort Kearney, in Nebraska, the then
proposed western terminus‘of the line. By the terms of an agreement
duly signed and executed on the 11th of August, 1866, a corporation
organized under the name of the ‘‘ Northern Kansas Railroad Company,”
was consolidated with the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad Company,
and by virtue of such an agreement vested in the latter company, the right
to certain lands granted by the United States, under an act of Congress,
approved July 23, 1866, and under the authority of an act of the Legislature
of the State of Kansas, approved February 13, 1865. These acts gave the
company 378,162 acres of land in Nebraska, and 64,672 acres in Kansas,
and also the proceeds of the sale of 125,000 acres of land in Kansas granted
to the State for purposes of internal improvement, which amounted to
$164,528.05, and for which there was issued full paid capital stock, to the
amount of $127,500, to the counties of Doniphan, Brown and Marshall.
Further, by the terms of this agreement the capital stock of the St. Joseph
& Denver City Railroad Company was increased to $10,000,000 in shares
of $100 each.

After the organization, fhe individuals controlling the company sub-
scribed and paid in cash for capital stock to the amount of $1,400, and
obtained corporate subscriptions to the capital stock for $1,025,000, pay-
able in corporate bonds, these subscriptions béing as follows: City of St.
Joseph, Mo., $500,000; Doniphan County, Kan., $200,000; Brown County,
Kan., $100,000; Nemaha County, Kan., $125,000; Marshall County, Kan.,
$100,000. Nemaha County never paid its subscription, and an attempt to
collect it by legal measures failed.

The construction commenced in 1867. In 1870, the company were
operating eighty miles of road westerly from Elwood, which had cost about
$1,500,000. During the year ending October, 1871, fifty-two miles of new
road were laid, making 132 miles of completed road westward from
Elwood, and the company were operating the same to Hanover, Washing-
ton County, a distance of 128 miles. In 1872, it was completed to
Hastings, Neb., 227 miles from the Missouri River.

_ , The cost_of constructing the road from Elwood to Marysville, first
division, 118.5 miles, $2,471,281.85, being at the rate of $21,772.96 per mile.
The cost of the construction of the western division, from Marysville to
Hastings, 1134 miles, was $2,693,512.02, being at the rate of $23,731.38 per
mile. The cost of equipping the road was $357,947.57, Total cost of con-
struction and equipment, from Elwood to Hastings, 227 miles, $5,522, 691.44.

The road was placed in the hands of a receiver in 1874, and sold on
foreclosure in. November, 1875. Of the land grant, 300,000 acres were
placed in the hands of trustees for the benefit of the holders of land scrip
issued to the extent of $2,250,000. In 1879, the road came under control of
the Union Pacific Railway Company, and it is now operated as the St
Joseph & Western Division of the Union Pacific Railway.

arysville & Blue Valley.—From Marysville, Marshall Co., Kan.,

to Beatrice, Neb., thirty-eight miles. This isa branch of the St. Joseph
& Western Railroad. It is owned wholly by the Union Pacific Railway
Company.
CENTRAL BRANCH UNION PACIFIC, RAILROAD.

The main line of this road extends from Atchison to Waterville, Kan.,
100 miles. The Atchison, Colorado & Pacific Branch runs from Water-
ville to Lenora, (191.9 miles; Greenleaf to Washington, 7 miles;
Downs _to Bull’s City, 28.6 miles; Yuma to Talmage, 29.8 miles; total
252.3 miles. The Atchison, Jewell County & Western road extends from
Jamestown to Burr Oak, 38.8 miles. The total length of lines operated by
the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad, June 1, 1882, amounted to
386.1 miles.

The original company was organized as the Atchison & Pike’s Peak
Railroad Company, February 11, 1859; opened to Waterville January 20,
1868. It was provided for as one of the branches in the acts incorporating
the Union Pacific Railway Company, and received from the Government
187,608 acres of land, and bonds at the rate of $16,000 per mile for the 100
miles. The road practically belongs to the Union Pacific Railway Com-
pany. It is operated by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, which
accounts to the Union Pacific Company for the earnings of the road.

Atchison, Colorado & Pacifiec.—This company was formed by the
consolidation, in 1879, of the Waterville & Washington Railroad, Atchison,
Republican Valley & Pacific Railroad, Atchison, Solomon Valley & Den-
ver Railroad, and Republican Valley Railroad. It was leased to the Cen-

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ral Beane Union Pacific Railroad Company for interest on its funded
ebt.

Atchison, Jewell County & Western Railroad.—Leased to the Central
Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company, the rental being the interest
on the funded debt.

_,, Fhe general officers.of the Union Pacific Railroad Company are Sidney
Dillon, President, of New York City; Elisha Atkins, Vice President, Bos-
ton, Mass.; Henry McFarland, Secretary and Treasurer, Boston, Mass.; S
H. H. Clark, General Manager, Omaha, Neb.; Thomas L. Kimball, Assist-
ant General Manager, Omaha, Neb.; S. T. Smith, Superintendent, Kansas
Division, Kansas City, Mo.; W. T. Kelley, Superintendent Kansas Cen-
tral Division, Leavenworth, Kan.; L. 3. Tuthill, Superintendent St.
Joseph & Western Division, St. Joseph, Mo.; J. W. Morse, General Pas:
senger Agent, Omaha, Neb.; C. S. Stebbins, General Ticket Agent, Omaha,
Neb.; E. P. Vining, General Freight Agent, Omaha, Neb.; Joseph W.
Gannett, Auditor, Omaha, Neb.; D. E. Cornell, General Agent Passenger
and Ticket Department, Kansas City, Mo.

KANSAS CITY, FORT SCOTT & GULF RAILROAD.

This company was incorporated under a general incorporation law of.

the State of ansas, March 8, 1865, under the name of the “Kansas &
Neosho Valley Railroad Company,” which name was changed to ‘ Mis-
souri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company,’’ August 10, 1868, and

_subsequently to “‘ Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company.”

The corporators were as follows : John A. J. Chapman, Charles G. Keeler,
and Samuel Beattie, of Wyandotte County, Kan.; William Holmes, B. L.
Riggins, Alfred J. Lloyd and Milton J. Payne, of Kansas City, Mo., and
Jonn T. Weaver, J.B. Mahafie and A. L. Williamson, of Johnson County,
an. .
The company was organized by the election of eleven directors, Au-
ee 1865. Among the directors were Kersey Coates, of Kansas City,
resident ; William Roy, of Olathe, Secretary; Benjamin L. Riggins,
Treasurer; William Holmes, Attorney ; Hiero T. Wilson, B. P. McDon-
ald and John R. Balis. ;

S In the spring of 1866, work was commenced on the road at Kansas
City, and during that year the grading and bridging was completed to
Olathe, 21 miles. On the 25th of July, 1866, President Johnson approved
an act of Congress, entitled ‘An act granting lands to the State of Kan-
sas to aid in the construction of the Kansas & Neosho Valley Railroad

-and its extension to Red River,” which provided for the extension of the

road through the Indian Territory to the northern line of Texas, with the
right of way through said territory, together with a grant of ten sections
of land per mile through the State of Kansas, and also through the In-
dian Territory, so soon as the Indian titles in the same shall become ex-
tinguished, with also Renant to negotiate with the Indian tribes for the
purchase of additional lands.’’ The State of Kansas also granted to the
company the proceeds of the sale of 125,000 acres of land. The endow-
ment of the company was as follows: In seven per cent coupon bonds,
with thirty years to run from date of maturity ; Kansas City, Mo., #200,-
000; Johnson County, Kan., $100,000; Miami County, Kan., $150,000;
Bourbon County, Kan., $150,000 ; Baxter Springs, Kan., $150,000 ; Chero-
kee Neutral Lands, 639,000 acres ; lands petal by the State of Kansas,
125,000 acres ; other lands given by town companies and private individ-
uals, 1,500 acres ; lands obtained under the Congressional grant, 17,500
acres.
The principal endowment was the Cherokee Neutral Lands, acquired
by purchase from the Secretary of the Interior, under authority vested in
him by a treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Nation; pro-
claimed August 11, 1866, and by a treaty supplemental thereto, ratified
June 6, 1868. The history of this neutral land transaction is interesting.
During the administration of General Jackson, the Cherokee Indian Na-
tion was removed from Georgia to what is now known as the Indian Terri-
tory
possyselons in Georgia to the Government, and though a large portion of
the nation alleged that they were not fairly made, a treaty at that time
was binding enough upon ‘the Indians to be enforced by the Government,
and the whole nation was compelled, in accordance with the stipulations
in the treaties, to exchange their possessions in Georgia for the lands
ceded them by the same treaties, in the Indian Territory, and which, by
the terms of the treaties, were to be deeded to the nation by patent, in
fee simple. Finding that there was no alternative, and fearing that the
land provided in the first treaties might not be enough for the whole na-
tion, a new treaty was made in 1835, by which additional safeguards were
provided for the protection of the Indians, and by which also, they agreed
to buy, and the Government agreed to sell and convey to the nation, by
patent, in fee simple, 800,000 acres of land in addition, for the sum of
$500,000 in money, to be paid by them. This tract of land was described
by metes and bounds, and was afterward known as the Cherokee Neutral
Lands, and constituted what are now Crawford and Cherokee Counties and
a strip six miles in width off of the south end of Bourbon County, in Kan-
sas. This sale, by treaty and patent, by the Government to the Cherokees,
was approved by Congress, and the money was paid by the Cherokees to
the Government, as is stated in the acts of Congress in the next year, 1836,
recognizing both the sale and the payment of the money, Subsequently
there were many acts of Congress approving and appropriating money to
carry out these treaties, and they were recognized as binding, both upon
the Cherokees and the United States, by all the branches of the Govern-
ment, courts included, in every possible form.

These devs being thus the recognized and undoubted property of the
Cherokees, irf fee simple, and settlements having come into the vicinity,
and sometimes having overreached upon them, they were several times re-
minded by orders of the Government, by the military forces stationed upon
the Indian Territory, to enforce the provisions of these treaties, and pre-
vent the encroachment of the whites upon their lands. During’ the late
civil war, however, the Government was unable to give care to this matter,

Treaties had been made.with that nation by which they sold their:

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and some settlers encroached upon the Neutral Lands. This fact was
thought to be the moving cause of their sale by the Cherokees, and in
1866 the treaty was made by which they ceded this tract of land to the’
United States in trust, to be sold for their benefit, after being surveyed
and appraised at their expense; provided, however, that the settlers, at the
date of the treaty, should have the lands occupied by them at the ap-
praised value, and the rest should be sold in abody, at not less than $1 an
acre, the money realized from the sale to be invested for the benefit of the
Cherokees. It was by virtue of these treaties, recognized and approved in
many ways for nearly forty years by the Government, on payment of
$500,000, that the title passed to the Cherokees, and by both the authority
of the Cherokees and their guardian, the United States, that the title
passed by patent, to the railroad company.

Under the reservation in the treaty, there was awarded by the Secre-
tary of the Interior to settlers, 154,474.21 acres, and to resident Indians,
6,058.78 acres ; in all, 160,532.94 acres. After the session by the Cherokees,
and before the purchase by the railroad company, a large number of
persons had settled upon these lands, and ngany of them had made valuable
improvements, in the expectation that they would be allowed to purchase
from the Government at tlie minimunprice of the public lands, or secure the
lands as homesteads. To meet the éXpectations of this class of persons the
railroad company proposed, in a published letter dated November 17, 1868,
that upon making proof of their settlement and occupancy prior to June
10, 1868, they should each be permitted to purchase 160 acres at from $2 to
$5 per acre and upon a credit satisfactory to them. Toenable the settlers,
with little expense to make this proof, the railroad company caused an
office to be opened in Fort Scott on the 28th of November, 1868, and a notice
published in the local papers inviting them to make the proof as above,
and to purchase the lands occupied upon the terms proposed. The office
was kept open at considerable expense until the following June, and
the greater part of those entitled accepted the proposition and filed the
proofs required. A large number, however, refused to accept the
terms of the railroad company, and they formed a “land league”’ to resist
the company’s title. They maintained that the sale of the neutral lands
to the railroad company was invalid ; that the lands belonged to the Gov-
ernment and were subject to settlement the same as any public land. They
bitterly denounced those settlers who accepted the terms of the railroad
company, and for months, and even years, a state of anarchy prevailed
on these lands. The land office of the railroad company was mobbed, the
railroad engineers and contractors were driven off and the office of the
Girard Press was destroyed by fire by the leaguers, because the paper
opposed their organization and policy. te was only restored there by
the stationing of United States troops upon the lands, by request of Gov.
Harvey. These neutral land troubles assumed a State, and even a national,
character. A resolution censuring Gov. Harvey for requesting the presence
of troops upon these lands was defeated in the Kansas House of Repre-
sentatives only by a small majority. Order was finally restored there, by
a decision of the United States Supreme Court, recognizing the validity
of the sale of the lands to the railroad company. The price paid by the
railroad company for these lands Was $1 per acre, and the number of
ae Joccined after providing for the reservation in the treaty were

. In41868, the railroad company, which had previously been of a local
character, became the property of some Boston capitalists, prominent
among whom were Nathaniel Thayer, William F. Wells and Sidney
Bartlett. They were represented Py ames F. Joy, of Detroit. The work
was then pushed vigorously and did not cease until the road was completed
to the Indian Territory, in 1870. The road opened for business to Olathe, 21
miles, December 16, 1868 ; to Fort Scott, 100 miles, December 6, 1869 ; to the
south State line, 3 miles south of Baxter Springs, 162 miles, May 2, 1870.
The total cost of the road from Kansas City to the south State line, was
$5, 249,716.68. The reason why this road did not enter the Indian Territory
and proceed to Texas, in accordance with a certain privilege granted by
Congress, referred to previously in this sketch, is explained in the history
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway.

BRANCHES OF THIS ROAD.

Rich Hill Ratlroad.—From Rich Hill Junction, Linn County, Kan.,
to Rich Hill, Bates County, Mo., 19 miles; and Carbon Center, Vernon
County, Mo., 24 miles. This road deflects 3.54 miles from Rich Hill, one
branch running to Rich Hill and the other to Carbon Center. Number of
miles in Kansas, 4.46; in Missouri, 23.08. Total number miles, 27.54. The
company was organized under the laws of Kansas, May 11, 1880, the work
was commenced in June, 1880, and opened September 12, 1880. The road

’ will be extended eastward to Osceola, St. Clair County, Mo., 25 miles.

Fort Scott, Southeastern & Memphis Ratlroad.—From Southeast
Junction, four miles south of Fort Scott, to Springfield, Mo., 99
and from Fort Scott, 103.17 miles. Organized under the laws of Kansas,
April 29, 1880. Leased the Fort Scott, Southeastern & Memphis Railway,
June i, 1880. The road of the latter was opened in 1874, 6.5 miles, and to
Arcadia, 12.8 miles in 1877. The road was completed to the west line of
Dade County, Mo., November 28, 1880, and to Ash Grove, Greene Co., Mo.,
May 25, 1881. At that point, it joined the track of the Springfield &
Western Missouri Railroad (leased), making a through line to Springfield,
Mo., which was finally opened for business June 6, 1881. In July, 1881,
it was determined to extend this road from Springfield to a point on the
Mississippi River opposite Memphis, Tenn., the distance being about 275
miles. For that purpose two corporations have been formed under the
laws of Missouri and Arkansas respectively—the two to be ultimately
merged into one corporation, to be known as the Kansas City, Springfield
& Memphis Railroad Company. It is expected that the whole line will be
completed and opened for business during the year 1883. ;

Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Railway (N. G.)—From Weir City,
Cherokee Co., Kan., to Cherryvale, Montgomery Co., Kan., 49.79 miles.
Organized December 4, 1877; work commenced in 1878 and completed
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February 3, 1881. The gauge of the road has recently been changed to
the standard.

Short Creek & Joplin Railroad.—From Baxter Springs, Cherokee Co.,
Kan., to Joplin, Jasper Co., Mo., 15.46 miles. Of this line, 9.31 miles are
in Kansas, 6.15 in Missouri. Organized June 8, 1879, and road opened
October 18, 1879.

Fort Scott & Carthage Railroad.—Organized under the laws of
Kansas, August 2, 1881, for the purpose of building a road from Arcadia,
on the Fort Scott, Southeastern & Memphis Railroad, through Crawford
County, Kansas, thence in a southeasterly direction through the counties
of Barton and Jasper in the State of Missouri, to the city of Carthage; the
estimated length of the proposed road being forty-two miles. For the
purpose of reaching extensive and valuable coal fields in Missouri, 8.29
miles were constructed in 1881, Morerad, Barton Co., Mo.. being the
terminus. Of this road, 6.25 miles are in Kansas, and 2.04 in Missouri.

The miles operated by the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railway
‘Company, at the close of the year 1882, were as follows:

ansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, from Kansas City to Baxter
Springs, 159.92; Rich Hill Railroad, 27.54; Fort Scott, Southeastern &
Memphis Railroad, 103.17; Fort Scott & Carthage Railroad, 8.29; Short
Creek & Joplin Railroad, 15.46; Union Transit Railroad (Kansas City),
1.28; total standard-gauge road, 315.66; Memphis, Kansas & Colorado
Railway (narrow-gauge), 49.79; Total miles in operation, 365.45.

The general officers of the road are H. H. Hunnewell, President,
Boston, Mass.; Charles Merriam, Secretary and Treasurer, Boston, Mass. ;
George H. Nettleton, General Manager, Kansas City, Mo.; L. W. Towne,
General Superintendent, Kansas City, Mo.; J. 8. Ford Auditor, Kansas
City, Mo.; J. E. Lockwood, General i caenies Agent, Kansas City, Mo.;
J. N. Watkins, General Freight Agent, Kansas City, Mo.

_ KANSAS CITY, LAWRENCE & SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILROAD.

On the evening of the 8th of December, 1857, a public meeting was
held in the Union Church, Leavenworth, to take steps for the organiza-
tion of a company to construct a railroad from Leavenworth to Fort Gib-
son, Indian Territory. Of this meeting, Rev. M. M. Haun. of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, was President, and H. Allen, of Leavenworth,
Secretary. A committee, consisting of Dr. J. B. Chapman, John C. Mc-
Carthy and H. C. Justice, was appointed to prepare and draft articles of
association, with request to report at an adjourned meeting to be held on
the following evening. The committee submitted areport at the adjourned
meeting on the evening of December 9, and articles of association were
adopted. In pursuance to the article providing for the election of a Pres-
ident and a Board of seven’ Directors, an election for those officers was
held at this meeting, resulting as follows: President, Dr. J. B. Chapman ;
Directors, J. C. Green, H. ©. Justice, Adam Fisher, Hudson Burris,
James Darrah, F. P. Whitcher and M. M. Haun. At this meeting John
C. McCarthy was appointed Chief Engineer for the company, and Dr. J.
B. Chapman and Rev. M. M. Haun were appointed a committee to visit
the several tribes of Indians thread whose reservations it was proposed
the road should pass, with a view of treating for the right of way through
said reservations and securing grants of lands from the Indians for the
company, and also to procure a charter for the company from the Chero-
kee Nation. A committee, consisting of Dr. J. B. Chapman and J. C.
Green, was also appointed to prepare a charter for the company and urge
its adoption by the Kansas Territorial Legislature.

Messrs. Chapman and Haun immediately visited the Indian tribes,
in pursuance to instructions, and made a satisfactory treaty with the
Osages. During their journey, they went to Tahlequah, the capital of the
Cherokee Nation, and received encouragement from the Cherokees.

A charter was granted by the Legislature, approved February 12, 1858,
which legalized all previous acts of the company and designated the name
of the corporation as the ‘‘ Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson Rail-
road Company.” The corporators were as follows: John B. Chapman,
Hudson Burris, H. C. Justice, F. P. Whitcher, Joel C. Green, Adam
Fisher, Milton Mars Haun, Henry J. Adams, George A. Reynolds, E. D.
Ladd, John Speer, L. F. Hollingsworth, 8. B. Prentiss, G. W. Deitzler,
H. G. Blake, Robert B. Mitchell, John Mathias, Darius Rogers, J. M.
Black, R. B. Jourdan and W. Doran. Section 8 of the charter pro-
vided that “the said company are hereby authorized and empowered to
survey lands, locate, construct, alter and maintain, and operate a railroad,
with one or more tracks, from Leavenworth City, onthe Missouri River, on
the most practicable and convenient route, by Delaware, Lawrence, Min-
neola, Osage City, and down the Neosho River, through the Osage Nation,
in conformity to a treaty stipulation made by said company with said
Osage Nation, at Littleton, on the 7th day of January, 1858, and to Fort
Gibson, on the highest steamboat navigation of the Grand River, and also
one branch of said road from a convenient poling at the crossing of Deer
Creek, in a northwesterly direction up the valley of the Neosho River and
across from a convenient point to Fort Riley on the Kansas River.”

During the year 1858, meetings of the directors were held at Law-
rence, Prairie City, Ohio City, Garnett and Leavenworth, no particular
town having been designated as the official headquarters of the company.
At a meeting held at Prairie City, Douglas County, on the 23d of June,
1858, the road was divided into four grand divisions, and a Commissioner
appointed for each division, “whose duty it shall be to superintend the
running and location of said line of the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort
Gibson Railroad; to open books for the subscription of stock; to employ
engineers and all necessary assistants; to procure relinquishment of the
right of way; to procure the necessary funds for defraying the expenses of
the same, by subscription of stock, by contributions in cash, labor, or nec-
essary supplies, or by any other laudable means to have the same com-
pleted as soon as possible.” y z ape

At a meeting held at Garnett on the 18th of August, 1868, Prairie City
was unanimously selected as the point for locating the general offices. At
a special meeting held at Garnett on the 27th of September, 1858, it was

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

decided to locate the western branch of the road (from the crossing of
Deer Creek, Allen County, to Fort Riley) via Burlington and Emporia.
On the 18th of October, 1858, a sealed proposal from John Graham for
building the road from Prairie City to Ohio City was accepted. In an edi-
torial in the Freemen’s Champion, published at Prairie City, dated August
12, 1858, is the following: “This road, when completed, will be a very im-
portant one for Kansas, Commencing at Leavenworth City, the commer-
cial metropolis of Kansas, it is to run through Delaware, Lawrence,
Prairie City, and directly south to some point in Anderson County, where
it will cross the Jefferson City & Neosho Valley Railroad, now being con-
structed; thence still southward into the Indian Territory to Fort .Gibson,
at the head of navigation on the Arkansas River. Thus Southern and
Central Kansas will have direct steam communication with the cotton-
growing and sugar-producing States, and will also be placed within a few
hours’ Histanes of our commercial towns of the North. Cotton, sugar,
molasses—all the staples of Southern production will flow in here in abund-
ance, and the best of pine lumber, which is said to be worth only $5 or $6
per thousand in Arkansas, will then be supplied to us at as low figures as
the walnut and oak lumber of native production is now held at. As Fort
Gibson is only about 500 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, the next move
will be to run a road through to the Gulf, which will be done within the
next ten years at the farthest.”

At a meeting held at Prairie City on the 3d of July, 1859, N. 8. Goss,
J. W. Meyers, O. E. Leonard, John i. Whistler, P. B. Plumb, W. J. Huff
and J. B. Chapman were appointed Commissioners to locate the Fort
Riley branch on the most practicable route south of the Neosho River.
On the 8d of August, 1859, the general offices were located. at Lawrence.
On the same day a resolution was adopted providing for the appointment
of a comniittee of three to confer with the directors of the Leavenworth,
Pawnee & Western Railroad Company, to the end of consolidating the two
roads between Leavenworth and Lawrence. In the winter of 1859-60, Dr.
J. B. Chapman, President, and W. W. H. Lawrence, represented the com-
pany at Washington, endeavoring to secure a land grant to the company,
but without avail. April 10, 1860, S. O. Thacher was elected President of
the company to fill vacancy. At the next annual meeting held at Law-
rence, October 26, 1860, George W. Deitzler was elected President. Nov-
ember 15, 1860, Dr. H. J. Canniff was appointed Secretary, and held this
position for nine consecutive years. From November, 1860, until June 6,
1864, no business of consequence was done by the company, save the an-
nual election of officers. t the election of officers on the 6th of June,
1864, there was a quarrel among the stockholders which resulted in the
election of two sets of directors. A contest for the legitimate succession
ensued, which culminated in the undisputed acknowledgment of the elec-
tion of the following gentlemen as directors: John Speer, A. N. Black-
lidge, William Spriggs, 8. N. Simpson, G. H. Field, Harvey Allen, R. E.
Watson, E. D. Ladd, Sidney Clarke, J. C. Burnett, W. M. Haseltine, W.
W. H. Lawrence and H. J. Canniff. At the same election, James H. Lane
was chosen President. The opposition elected 8. O. Thacher, President.
Evidently Laneism, which entered so much in the political, commercial
and social matters of those times in Kansas, was the cause of the rupture,
and Laneism, asusual, triumphed. On the 10th of November, 1865, JohnB.
Veit was appointed Chief Engineer of the company. July 14, 1866, B. 8.
Henning was elected Vice President and appointed General and Financial
Agent of the company, with authority to proceed east for the purpose of
completing negotiations for the speedy building of the road.
_ The tollowing extract from the report of a committee appointed to
investigate the affairs of the company, submitted July 30, 1866, contains
historical matter of interest:

The Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson Railroad Company, was chartered by the
Territorial Legislature of Kansas, the act being passed on the 12th day of February, 1858,
and its charter amended by act of the State Legislature, approved February 29, 1864, * *
* *  * This company is authorized to build a railroad from Leavenworth to the
south boundary of the State, and from Lawrence to Emporia. * By an act
of the Legislature of Kansas, passed at the last session, the name of the company is changed
to the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company. At the same session of the
Legislature, the company was authorized to commence the construction of its road at the
junction of the Leavenworth branch of the Union Pacific Railway. The earlier efforts of
the company were directed to the securing of such endowments, in the way of congressional
and other land grants, stock subscriptions, and county and city aid, as was necessary to
secure the investment of eee in the enterprise. The result of these efforts thus far has
been as follows: By act of Congress, approved March 3, 1863, the United States grants to the
State of Kansas, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad and telegraph
from the city of Leavenworth, by the way of the town of Lawrence, and via the Ohio City
crossing of the Osage River, to the southern line of the State of Kansas, in the direction of
Galveston Bay, in the State of Texas, with a branch from Lawrence, by the valley of the
Wakarusa River to Emporia, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers, for
ten sections in width on each side of said roads; with a provision that any deficiencies of
land resulting from previous sales or reserves of any part of said lands by the United States,
or their being occupied by pre-emptors, or as homesteads under the laws of the United
States, in such cases may be made up by other selections of lands within twenty miles of the
line of the road. These lands are to be conveyed in sections of twenty milcs in length, on
the completion of each corresponding twenty miles of road. By act of the Legislature of
Kansas, approved February 9, 1864, the lands herein named are set over to the Leavenworth,
Lawrence & Fort Gibson Railroad Company, on the same terms as they are granted by Con-
gress to the State. By recent examinations, certified by the Register of the several land
offices, it-was ascertained that the following quantities of land would accrue to the company
under the foregoing act of Congress, and of the Legislature of Kansas, under the completion
of their road, to wit: In the Shawnee Land District, 27,000 acres; in the Humboldt Land
District, 135,000 acres ; lands included in the recent treaty with the Osages, 613,000 acres;
total, 775,000 acres. In addition to the ee the fT eieislstinns of Kansas, at its last
session granted to this company, one-fourth of the 500,000 acres given by Congress to the
State for internal improvements, under an act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of
public lands, and grant pre-emption rights, apErored. September 4, 1841, amounting to $125,-
000 acres. ‘his land is to be sold by the State, and the proceeds accrue to the company on
the completion of ten miles of road. The counties of ouglas, Allen and Anderson have

each voted to aid the company with county bonds to th in th
aerate eae pany y bonds to the amount of $125,000 each, or in the

On the 4th of June, 1866, James H. Lane was elected President, and

,Thomas Carney, H. Allen, S. N. Simpson, J. C. Burnett, W. W. H.

Lawrence, J. B. Vlict, 1. J. Canniff, William Spri , Orlin Thurston, P.
DP. Elder, J. K. Goodin, Josiah Miller and Tah Sper, Directors of the
Company. _December 20, 1866, W. W. H. Lawrence and P. P. Elder
resigned their directorships, and their places were immediately filled by the
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election of B. 8. Henning and William Sturges, respectively. H. J. Canniff
resigned his directorship on the same day, which place was filled on the
following day by,the election of Charles Robinson. December 21, Orlin
Thurston, J. B. Vliet, 8. N. Simpson and.J. K. Goodin, resigned their
directorships, whose places were immediately filled by the election,
respectively, of Shelton Sturges, of Chicago ; Cyrus H. McCormick, of
New York; G. W. Deitzler, of Lawrence ; and J. "W. Foster, of Chicago.
These changes were made in pursuance of a mutual agreement, previously
made. The board as reconstructed, was as follows: Thomas Carney, H.
Allen, J. C. Burnett, William Spriggs, Josiah Miller, John Speer, ¥. 8.
Henning, William Sturges, Charles Robinson, Shelton Sturges, Cyrus H.
McCormick, George W. Deitzler and J. W. Foster. Owing to the death of
Gen. Lane, which occurred in the previous July, there was a vacancy of
President, which position was filled by the election of William Sturges, on
the 2ist of December, 1866. .

On the 6th of February, 1867, Douglas County voted to issue bonds to
the amount of $300,000, as a subscription to the capital stock of the com-
pany, and Franklin County also made a like subscription to the amount
of $200,000. Early that year work commenced in earnest on the road at
Lawrence, and on the Ist of January, 1868, it was completed to Ottawa.
Col. J. B. Vliet was Superintendent. ,

During the year 1868, William Sturges, President of the Company,
made a treaty with the Osage Indians, for the sale of theirreservation in
Kansas, consisting of 8,000,000 acres to the railroad company, at 19 cents
an acre, but the attempt at its ratification in the United States Senate, was
defeated through the efforts of Hon. Sidney Clarke, Representative of
Kansas, in the House, who caused resolutions unfriendly to the ratification
to be passed in his branch of Congress. November 5, 1868, I. 8. Kalloch
was appointed Superintendent of the road.

After tarrying at Ottawa for several months, work on the road was
resumed and continued steadily until the road was completed to Coffey-
ville, Montgomery County, 143.83 miles from Lawrence. A branch was
also constructed at an early day, from Ottawa to Olathe, 31.77 miles. The
road was completed to Coffeyville in 1871. Nothing was ever done on
either the Emporia or Fort Riley branches.

The Southern Kansas & Western Railroad Company was organized in
1879 ; opened to Harper, 148.82 miles from Cherryvale, October 1, 1880.

The Sumner County Railroad, from Wellington to Hunnewell, 18.35
miles, was built in 1880.

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southern line of the State, and to receive the ae of land upon the pre-
scribed terms and conditions. Its authorized route passed through the
Osage lands whereof mention is made in the first article of the treaty of
1865, and a map of the definite location of the road was filed in the Gen-
eral Land Office, January 2, 1868. The Commissioners of the General
Land Office, by letter bearing date January 21, 1868, directed the Register
and Receiver of the proper office to withdraw from sale the odd numbered
sections within ten miles of the line of the road. :

The fourth section of the law making appropriations for the Indian
Department, approved March 3, 1863, is as follows: .

“That the President of the United States be, and is hereby authorized
to enter into treaties with the several tribes of Indians, respectively, now
residing in the State of Kansas, for the extinction of their titles to lands
held in common within said State, and for the removal of such Indians of
said tribes as hold their lands in common to suitable localities elsewhere
within the territorial limits of the United States, and outside the limits of
any State.’’ : .

The treaty with the Great and Little Osage tribes of Indians of June 2,
1825, contains the following provision:

ARTICLE II. Within the limits of the county above ceded and relinquished, there
shall be reserved to and for the Great and Little Osage tribe or nation aforesaid, so long as:
they may choose to occupy the same, the following described tract of land.

The land embraces, with other tracts, that mentioned in the first arti-
cle of a treaty with these Indians, which was concluded September 29,
1865. That article is as follows: : :

The tribe of the Great and Little Osage Indians, having now more lands than are nec-
essary for their occupancy, and all payments from the Government to them under former
treaties having ceased, leaving them greatly impoverished, and being desirous of improv-
ing their condition by disposing of their surplus lands, do hereby grant and sell to the
United States the lands contained within the following boundaries. * * * And, in con-
sideration of the grant and sale to them of the above described lands, the United States
agree to pay the sum of $300,000, which sum shall be placed to the credit of said tribe of
Indians in the treasury of the United States; and interest thereon at the rate of five per
centum per annum shall be paid to said tribe semi-annually, in money, clothing, provisions,
or such articles of utility as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time direct.
Said lands shall be surveyed and sold under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior,
under the most advantageous terms, for cash, as public lands are surveyed and sold under
existing laws, including any act granting lands tothe State of Kansas, in aid of the construction of
a railroad through said lands, but no pre-emption claim or homestead settlement shall be rec-
ognized, etc.

The words in italics are an amendment adopted by the Senate, June
26, 1866, which the Indians accepted September 21 of that year. The

In April, 1879, the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston, the epee was proclaimed January 21, 1867.

City & Santa Fé and the Southern Kansas Railroad Companies were con-
solidated, under the name of-the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Rail-
road Company. December 16, 1880, the Kansas City, Lawrence & South-
ern, the Southern Kansas & Western and the Sumner County Railroad
Companies were consolidated, under the name of the Kansas City, Law-
rence & Southern Kansas Railroad Company. In November, 1880, the
stock of this company passed into the hands of the ‘Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fé Railroad Company, and since the 1st of May, 1882, the road has
been operated by the latter company.

Ottawa & Busltngion Railroad.—From Burlington Junction, 3.79
miles south of Ottawa, to Burlington, Coffey County, 42.21 miles. Char-
tered February 4, 1870, as the Kansas City, Burlington & Santa Fé Rail-
road Company; opened March 28, 1878. Sold under foreclosure February,
1881, and re-organized under present title. Leased to the Kansas City,
Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad Company, which guaranteed prin-
cipal and interest of its bonds.

CONTEST OVER THE OSAGE CEDED LANDS.

On the 3d of March, 1863, Congress passed “an act for a grant of lands
to the State of Kansas, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of
certain railroads and telegraphs in said State,” the first section of which is
as follows:

That there be and is hereby granted to the State of Kansas, for the purpose of
aiding in the construction: First, of a railroad and telegraph from the city of Leavenworth,
by way of the town of Lawrence, and via the Ohio City crossing of the Osage River to the
Southern line of the State, in the direction of Galveston Bay, in Texas; with a branch from

_ Lawrence, by the valley of the Wakarusa River, to the point on the Atchison, Topeka «&
Santa F'6 Railroad where said road intersects the Neosho River. Second, of a railroad from,
the city of Atchison, via Topeka, the capital of said State, to the Western line of the State,
in the direction of Fort Union and Santa Fé, New Mexico; with a branch from where this
last-named road crosses the Neosho, down*said Neosho Valley to the point where the said
first-named road enters the said Neosho Valley; every alternate section of land, designated
by odd numbers, for two sections in width on each side of said road and each of its branches.
But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said road
and branches are definitely fixed, sold any section, or any part thereof, granted as aforesaid,
or that the right of pre-emption or homestead settlement has attached to the same, or that
the same has been reserved by the United States for any purpose whatever, then it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to cause to be selected, for the purpose aforesaid,
from the public lands of the United States nearest to tiers of sections above specified, so
much land, in alternate sections, or parts of sections, designated by odd numbers, as shall
be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, reserved, or otherwise appropriated,
or to which the right of pre-emption or homestead settlements have attached, as aforesaid f
which lands thus indicated by odd numbers and selected by the direction of the Secretary
of the Interior, as aforesaid, shall be held by the State of Kansas for the use and purpose
aforesaid ; provided, that the land to be so selected shall in no case be located further than
twenty miles from the line of said road and branches; provided further, that the lands here-

by granted for and on account of said road and branches, severally, shall be exclusively
applied in the construction of the same, and for no other purpose whatever; and shall be
disposed of ouly as the work progresses through the same, as in this act hereinafter pro-
vided ; provided, also, that no part of the land granted by this act shall be applied to aid in
-the construction of any railroad or part thereof for the construction of which any previous
grant of land or bonds may have been made by Congress; and provided further, that any and
all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any other
manner by competent. authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improve-
ment, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the

United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to

locate the route of said road and branches throug such reserved lands; in which case the
right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of the President of the United
States. :

The Legislature of Kansas, on the 9th of January, 1864, passed an act
accepting the grant, and designated the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Gal-

veston Railroad Company to build the road from Leavenworth to the

- thirty-sixth sections in each towns

n the 10th of April, 1869, Congress passed the following joint resolu-
tion:

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That any bona fide settler residing upon any portion of the lands sold to
the United States by virtue of the first and second articles of the treaty concluded between
the United States and the Great and Little Osage tribe of Indians, September 29, 1865,
and proclaimed January 21, 1867, who is a citizen of the United States, or shall have de-
clared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, shall be and hereby is entitled
to purchase the same in quantity not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, at the price
of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, within two years from the passage of this act,
under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior;

rovided, however, that both the odd and even numbered sections of said Jands shall be sub-
ject to settlement and sale as above aoe And provided further, that the sixteenth and

ip of said lands shall be reserved for State school pur-
poses in accordance with the provisions of the act of admission of the State of Kansas;
rovided, however, that nothing in this act shall be construed in any manner affecting any
egal rights heretofore vested in any other party or parties.

The railroad company having constructed its road from Lawrence to
Thayer, within the ceded territory, and about twenty miles south of its
northern boundary, and desiring to change its previously located route
south of that town, the Legislature of Kansas in January, 1871, asked
Congress to allow a relocation of the road. Congress passed an act, ap-
proved April 19, 1871, as follows :

An act to enable the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company to relo-
cate a portion of its road. :

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America,
in Congress assembled, That the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company, for
the purpose of improving its route and accommodating the country, may relocate any por-
tion of its road south of the town of Thayer, within the limits of its grant, as prescribed by
the act of Congress, entitled “‘ An act fora grant of lands to the State of Kansas, in alternate
sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads and telegraphs in said State, ap-
proved March 3, 1863; but not thereby to change, enlarge or diminish said land grant.”

On the 25th of July, 1866, was approved by the President, an act
granting lands in the same manner and to the same extent and on the
same conditions as those granted to the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Gal-
veston Railroad Company through the Osage ceded lands to the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, and upon the completion of its
road through the lands in 1871, the Secretary of the Interior in due time
issued to that company patents to the lands it was entitled to receive under
the act of July 25, 1866.

The acts of Congress granting lands to these railroad companies
through the Osage ceded lands, were ignored by a large number of peo-
ple, who settled upon the railroad lands, claiming that they belonged to-
the United States. They effected an organization called ‘Settlers’ Pro-
tective Association of the Osage ceded lands,” through which a contest
was made in the federal courts with the railroad companies for the owner-
ship of the lands. The suits were first instituted in the Circuit Court of
the United States for the District of Kansas, by George R. Peck, United
States District Attorney, who filed bills therein against the railroad com-
panies to establish the title of the United States to the Osage ceded lands,
amounting to nine hundred and sixty thousand acres. The case was ar-

ued in this court in June, 1874. The attorneys for the Government. were
Heorze R. Peck, United States District Attorney; Wilson Shannon, H. C.
McComas andJ. E. McKeighan. The attorneys for the railroad companies
were Solon O. Thacher, for the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Rail-
road Company and T. C. Sears for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Company. The prayer of the bill was granted by the Circuit Court. An
appeal was taken to the United States Supreme Court, before which body
the case was argued in October, 1875. In the Supreme Court the Govern-
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ment was represented by United States District Attorney Peck, Jeremiah
8. Black, Solicitor General Phillips and William Lawrence. The rail-
road companies were represented by George F. Edmunds and Philip Phil-
lips. The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the Circuit Court and the
settlers were victorious. As the syllabus in the case against the Leaven-
worth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company covers all the points in
this controversy, it is here given:

SYLLABus.—1l. Where ee claimed against the United States are set up against it,
they must be so clearly defined that there can be no question of the purpose of Congress to
confer them.

., 2, ‘The rule announced in the former decisions of this court, that a grant by the
United States is strictly construed against the grantee, applies as well to grants to a State to
aid in building railroads, as to one ee g special privileges to a private corporation.

3. The doctrine in Wileor v. Jackson, 13 Pet. 498, that a tract lawfully appropriated to
any purpose thereafter severed from the mass of public lands, and that no eleaauent law
or proclamation will be construed to embrace it or to operate mpon it, although no exception
be made of it, re-affirmed and held to apply with more force to Indian than to military reser-
vations, inasmuch as the latter are the absolute property of the Government, whilst in the
former other rights are vested.

4. Where Congress enacts “ That there be and is hereby granted” to a State, to aid in
the construction of a specified railroad, “every alternate section of land, designated by odd
numbers,” within certain limits of each side of the road, the State takes an immediate in-
terest in land so situate, whereto the complete title is in the United States at the date of
the act, although a survey of the land and a location of the road are epee to give pre-
‘cision to the title and attach it to any particular tract. Such a grant is applicable only to
public land owned absolutely by the United States. No other is subject to survey and divis-
ions into such sections.

5. Where the right of an Indian tribe to the possession and use of certain lands as
long as it may choose to occupy the same is assured by treaty, a grant of them, absolutely or
cum onere,by Congress, to aid in building a railroad, violates an express stipulation, and a
grant in general terms of“ land” cannot be construed to embrace them.

6. proviso, that any and all lands heretofore reserved to the @nited States, for any
purpose whatever, are reserved from the operation of the grant to which it is annexed, ap-
plies to lands set apart for the use of an Indian tribe under a treaty. They are reserved to
the United States for that specific use; and, if so reserved at the date of the grant, are ex-
cluded from its operation. It is immaterial whether they subsequently become a part of the
public lands of the country.

7, The act of March 38, 1863 (12 Stat. 772), to aid in the construction of certain rail-
roads in Kansas, embraces no part of the lands reserved to the Great and Little Osages by
the treaty of June 2, 1825 (7 Stat. 240); and the treaty concluded June 29, 1865, and pro-
claimed January 21, 1867 (14 Stat. 687), neither makes nor recognizes a grant of such lands.
The effect of the treaty is simply to provide that any rights of the companies designated by
the State to build the roads should not be barred or impaired by reason of the general terms
of the treaty, but not to declare that such rights existed.

8. The act of Congress of even date with said act (12 Stat. 793), authorizing treaties for
the removal of the several tribes of Indians from the State of Kansas, and for the extinction
of their title, and a subsequent act for relocating a portion of the road of the appellant (17
Stat. 5), neither recognize nor confer a right to the lands within the Osage country.

Mr. Justice Field, with whom concurred Mr. Justice Swayne and Mr.
Justice Strong, in giving a dissenting opinion, said:

Ido not agree with a majority of the court in this case.. In my judgment, the land
in controversy passed by the grant of Congress to the State of Kansas, and by the patents
of the State to the defendant. In reliance upon the title conferred, a large portion of the
money was raised with which the road of the company was built. I cannot think that the
Legislation of Congress, and the subsequent action in conformity to it of the Department of
the Interior, and of the State of Kansas, deceived both company and creditors. * # # #
The conclusion reached by the court appears to me to work great injustice. The Govern-
ment of the United States, through one set of its officers, after mature deliberation and argu-

-ment of Counsel, has issued its certificates or lists, that the lands in controversy were cov-
ered by the grant, and has thus encouraged the expenditure of millions of money in the
construction of a public highway, by which the wilderness has been opened to civilization
and settlement; and then, on the other hand, after the work has been done and the money
expended, has, with another set of officers and all the machinery of the judiciary, attempted
to render and has succeeded in rendering utterly worthless the titles it aided to create and
put forth upon the world. Such proceedings are not calculated, in my judgment, to enhance
our ideas of the wisdom with which the law is administered, or of the justice of the govern-
ment. i

The mileage of this road is as follows: Lawrence to Coffeyville, 148.38
miles; Ottawa Junction to Olathe, 31.77 miles; Cherryvale to Harper,
148.82 miles; Wellington to Hunnewell, 18.35 miles; Burlington Junction
to Burlington, 42.21 miles; total number of miles, 384.48.

The officers are: General Superintendent, J. L. Barnes, Lawrence,
Kan.; Directors—T. J. Coolidge, W. B. Strong, Alden Speare, I. T. Burr,
H. H. Hunnewell, Charles Merriam, W. P. Mason, Boston, Mass.;°O. E.
Learnard, Lawrence, Kan.; C. C. Wheeler, Topeka, Kan.;, John W. Scott,
Tola, Kan. .

MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY.

On the 3d of November, 1865, the Union Pacific Railway Company,
Southern Branch, was organized at Emporia. The corporators were as
follows: Robert McBratney, James R. McClure, T. S. Huffaker, S. M.
Strickler, G. M. Simcock, R. B. Lockwood, KE. Goddard, R. H. Abraham,
P. B. Maxson, J. H. Watson, G. R. Harper, Peter Harvey, M. M. Baker,
John T. Cox, Harrison Kelley, 8. 8. Prouty, F. W. Potter, John B. Scott,
A. V. Coffin, N. 8. Goss, I. W. Dow and James Crane. The charter for
this company was filed with the Secretary of State, September 25, 1865.
At the meeting at Emporia on the 8d of November, 1865, officers of the
company were elected as follows: J. H. Watson, President; N.S. Goss,
Vice President; 5. 8. Prouty, Secretary; Robert McBratney, Correspond-
ing Secretary; P. B. Maxson, Treasurer.

December 12, 1865, Hon. 8. C. Pomeroy, one of the Senators from
Kansas, introduced a bill in the United States Senate, providing for a
grant of Government land to this company, consisting of alternate sections
on each side of the proposed road, within a distance of ten miles there-
from, and also for a Government bond subsidy, to the amount of $16,000
per mile, for the whole distance of the road. The bill specified that the
road should commence at, or near, Fort Riley, Kan., and run down the
valley of the Neosho River to Fort Smith, Ark., via Fort Gibson, Indian
Territory. January 2, 1866, O. B. Gunn, an engineer, made a preliminary
survey of the route for the road, from Junction City to Burlington. On
the 10th of January, 1866, Hon. C. V. Eskridge, State Senator, introduced
a concurrent resolution in the Senate of the State of Kansas, requesting
Congress to pass the Pomeroy railroad bill, which resolution was adopted.
January 13, 1866, the first board of directors of this company was elected
at Emporia as follows: Robert McBratney, T. 8. Huffaker, P. B. Maxson,
P. B. Plumb, Harrison Kelley, I. W. Dow, J. R. McClure, William Down-
ing, G. R. Harper, S. 8. Prouty and N. 8. Goss. February 21, 1866, Hon.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Sidney Clarke, Representative in Congress from Kansas, introduced a bill
in the House of Representatives, providing for a Government land grant
to the company, and a guaranty by the United States of the payment of
interest on construction bonds, to be issued by the company, to the amount
of $20,000 per mile. During the winter of 1865-66, Robert McBratney, N.
S. Goss and 8. 8. Prouty visited Washington, as agents of the railroad
company, to assist Messrs. Pomeroy and Clarke, in their efforts to procure
Government aid for this enterprise. .

Neither bill of Senator Pomeroy or Representative Clarke became alaw,
but on the 26th of July, 1866, the President of the United States approved
an act granting to this railroad company lands embracing the odd sections
of the first ten miles on either side of the proposed road, and the odd and
even sections of the second ten miles as indemnity. On the 9th of the
following August, this land grant was accepted by the directors of the
company, at a meeting at Emporia, and a preliminary survey of the road
from Junction City to the southern boundary of the State, was ordered at
that meeting. sels

On the Soth of March, 1866, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Rail-
road Company transferred and assigned to the Union Pacific Railway
Company, Southern Branch, all its rights, title, interests, authority for
construction, etc., of arailroad from a point on the Union Pacific Railway,
Eastern Division, at or near Fort Riley, down the Neosho River to where
the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad may intersect the Ne-
osho Valley. The projected road embraced in this transfer was known as
the Neosho Branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad. On
the 5th of February, 1866, an act of the Kansas Legislature providing for
the sale of 500,000 acres of land granted to the State for purposes of inter-
nal improvement, was approved. By this act, the proceeds of the sales of
these lands were divided between four railroad companies, viz.: St. Joseph
& Denver; Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch; Missouri River, Fort
Scott and Gulf; Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston. The number of
acres of land that came into the possession of the Union Pacific Railway
Company, Southern Branch, by the transfer from the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fé Railroad Company of the 19th of March, 1866, was 130,176.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the company, held at
Emporia, May 16, 1866, Robert McBratney, J. R. McClure, A. I. Akin, T
8. Huffaker, P. B. Plumb, P. B. Maxson, John T. Cox,S.8. Prouty, John
B. Scott, N. 8. Goss and I. W. Dow, were elected Directors; N. 8. Goss,
President; A. I. Akin, Vice President; P. B. Maxson, Secretary; S. 8.
Prouty, Corresponding Secretary; P. B. Plumb, Treasurer. October 31,
1866, President Goss and Secretary Maxson made a treaty at Tahlequah,
with the Cherokee Nation, wherein the right-of-way to the railroad through
the Cherokee Territory was granted, and a donation made to the company
to aid in the construction of the road through the Indian country, consist-
ing of the proceeds of the sales to be made of 250,000 acres of land. Ata
meeting of the directors at Emporia, December 5, 1866, this treaty was
ratified, and it was also voted to extend the line of the road from Fort
Riley, up the valley of the Republican River, to Fort Kearney, Nebraska.
During that same month, President Goss, at his own expense, visited Lit-
tle Rock, Ark., Memphis and Nashville, Tenn., and New Orleans,
La., for the purpose of enlisting the co-operation of the commercial in-
terests of the South in the advancement of this railroad enterprise. He
was cordially received by the: boards of trade of those cities, and all prom-
ised to memorialize Congress for bonded aid. Gov. Brownlow, of Tennes-
see, manifested a warm interest in the project, and gave it a hearty en-
dorsement. Unfortunately for the company, most of the Southern States
were not represented in Congress at that time, and projects for Southern
Pacific Railroads were not then especially popular among a large majority
of Congressmen. Senator Pomeroy made repeated efforts to obtain sub-
sidies in Government bonds for the company, but his efforts were unavail-
ing.

In the summer of 1867, counties voted bonds, to exchange for capital
stock of the company as follows: Davis. $165,000; Morris, $165,000; Lyon,
$200,000; Coffey, $200,000; total, $730,000. The people of Woodson
County voted twice on the proposition to issue $70,000 of its bonds as a
subscription to the capital stock of the company, but both efforts failed.

August 27, 1867, A. F. Beach entered into a contract at Emporia, with
the railway company for the construction of the railroad from Junction
City to the north line of the Osage lands, in Allen County. The work
was to commence on or before October+15, 1867, and to be completed Jan-
uary 1, 1872. The contracting party represented by Mr. Beach, consisted
of Richard McMichael, of Saratoga Springs. N. Y.; Robert C. Dunn, of
Schenectady, N. Y., J. J. Dull ae James Gowan; of Harrisburg, Penn., I.
V. Baker, of Troy, N. Y.; L. M. Crane and A. F. Beach, of Ballston, N.
Y. In consideration of the performance of the work stipulated in the con-
tract, the railway company agreed to transfer all of its franchises to the
contracting party. These franchises were supposed to consist of 1,300,-
000,000 acres of land, $730,000 in county bonds, and the proceeds of the sales
of 125,000 acres of land, worth at least a quarter of a million dollars in
money. On the 15th of October, 1867, ground was broken for the road
bed at Junction City, with imposing ceremonies. The first shovelful of
dirt was cast by A. F. Beach. In the evening, a banquet was given at the
Hale House, in the city, by the citizens, to the railway company and in-
vited guests, when addresses were made by ex-Gov. Carney, George T.
Anthony, Gen. Grierson, of the U. 8. Army, R. M. Shoemaker, Rev. Dr.
Reynolds of the U. 8. Army, N. 8. Goss, Orson Kent, P. B. Plumb and
others. A little grading was done on the road at Junction City at that
time, enough to comply with the terms of the contract requiring such. to
commence on or before October 15. No more work was done on the road
by this contracting party. Within a year, they sold their interest in the
contract to the Land Grant Railway & Trust Company of New York
City, a corporation chartered by the State of Pennsylvania, and authorized
to transact business in any State in the Union excepting Pennsylvania.
Prominent in this company were Levi Parsons, George Dennison, David
Crawford, Jr., J. B. Dickinson and Francis Skiddy. In the fall of
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1868, Levi Parsons and others of this company, accompanied by Monsieur
Frignet, of Paris, France, financial agent of the Rothschilds, visited Kan-
sas and met the Directors of the railway company at Emporia. They
went to Emporia via Junction City, leaving the railroad at the latter place,
and accomplishing the balance of the journey, distance sixty miles, in car-
riages, following the valley of the Neosho, the route of the proposed road,
The franchises of the company were inspected by Judge Parsons and Mon-
sieur Frignet, but no new contract was made at that time. In November,
1868, the directors were requested to meet the members of the Land Grant
Railway & Trust Company in New York City, which request was com-
plied with by a majority of the board. Six of the directors, viz., Thaddeus
H. Walker. P. B. Plumb, 8. 8. Prouty, T. 8. Huffaker, Hiram F. Hale
and P. Z. Taylor, went to New York and entered into anew contract with
the Land Grant Railway & Trust Company, for the construction of
the railroad. By the terms of this contract, the work was to be com-
menced at Junction City in December, 1868, and to be completed to the
southern boundary of the State by the 1st of January, 1873. All of the in-
terests of the company in the franchises were immediately transferred to
the new contracting company, who, on the 14th of November, 1868, mort-
gaged them to the Rothschilds as security for a loan of $2,960,000. Work
was now commenced on this road in earnest and was pushed with extraor-
dinary vigor. By the fall of 1869, the road was completed to Council
Grove, 37 miles from Junction City; January, 1870, to Emporia, 62 miles;
February, 1870, to Burlington, 90 miles; June 1, 1870, to the southern
boundary of the State, 185 miles. The work under the contract was com-
pleted two and a half years ahead of time; an event doubtless unprece-
dented in the annals of railroad building. On the first of J anuary, 1878,
the contracting company had not only completed the road to the southern
boundary of Kansas, which was required to be completed to that point by
that time, but they had also extended the road to Dennison, Texas, 238
miles farther, and had also constructed a branch from Hannibal, Mo., to
Parsons, Kan., 3801 miles. Total number of miles constructed within the
four years, the limit of the original contract, 773; number of miles con-
tracted for November, 1868, 135.

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company was organized April
7, 1870, by the consolidation of the Union Pacific, Southern Branch, char-
tered November 20, 1865; the Tabo & Neosho, of Missouri, chartered
June 18, 1870; the Labette & Sedalia, chartered May 7, 1870, and the
Neosho Valley & Holden, opened in 1871. The St. Louis & Santa Fé Rail-
road, Holden, Mo., to Paola, Kan., chartered December 1, 1870, was pur-
chased at foreclosure sale April 29, 1872, and the Hannibal & Central Mis-
souri, Hannibal to Moberly, 72.5 miles, chartered February 13, 1865, was
purchased in the year 1874. ;

_ In the spring of 1870, an exciting race occurred between the Missouri
River, Fort Scott & Gulf and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Companies, in the effort to reach the Indian Territory. Section 8 of the
act of Congress, approved July 25, 1866, says :

That said Kansas & Neosho Valley [Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf] Railroad Com-
pany, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized and empowered to extend and con-
struct its railroad from the southern boundary of Kansas south, through the Indian Terri-
tory to Red River, at or near Preston in the State of Texas, so as to connect with the rail-
way now being constructed from Galveston to a point at or near Preston, in said State; and
the Tight of way through the Indian Territory, wherever such right is now reserved or may
hereafter ‘be reserved to the United States by treaty with the Indian tribes, is hereby
granted to said company, ‘etc. ,

Section 11 of the same act says:

That any railroad company chartered under any law of the United States, or of the
State of Kansas, which may have been heretofore or shall hereafter be recognized. and sub-
sidized by any act of the Congress of the United States, may connect, unite and consolidate
with this railroad company, after the same shall be located to the valley of the Neosho
River, upon just, fair and equitable terms, to be agreed upon between the parties, and shall
not be against the public interest or the interest of the United States; nor shall any road
authorized to connect as aforesaid, charge the road so connecting a greater tariff per mile for
a or passengers than is charged for the same per mile by its own road; And provided
futther, that should the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson Railroad Company, or the

Union Pacific Railway Company, Southern Branch, construct and complete its road to that
point on the southern boundary of the State of Kansas where the line of said Kansas &
Neosho Valley Railroad Company shall have constructed and completed its said road to
said point, then and in that event the company so first reaching in gorepinae the said point
on the southern boundary of the State of Kansas shall be authorized, upon obtaining the
written approval of the President of the United States, to construct and operate its line of
railroad from said point toa point at or near Preston, in the State of Texas, with grants of
land according to the provisions of this act, but upon the further special condition, never-
theless, that said railroad company shall have commenced in good faith the construction
thereof before thesaid Kansas & Neosho Valley Railroad Company shall have completed its
said railroad to said point, etc.

The Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad reached the Indian
Territory first, but the point of entrance was in the Spring River Valley,
about sixteen miles west of the Neosho River. The Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railroad struck the Indian Territory in the Neosho Valley, and the

. President of the United States decided that this road having been the first
to reach the Indian Territory at the point provided by law for the en-
trance of a railroad therein, was entitled to the exclusive right of con-
structing its road through that territory to Texas. Thereupon, the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas Railway proceeded expeditiously upon its march to
Red River, while its disappointed and chagrined competitor, the Missonri
River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad tarried on the border of the promised
land and regarded with envy the march of its triumphant rival.

This company met with serious financial reverses in the loss of
franchises, during the progress of the work on the road. It lost the bonds
of Davis County, amounting to $165,000, owing to the failure of complet-
ing the road to the south line of the county within the prescribed time.
The delay was only a few days, and was caused by a flood in the Smoky
Hill River, washing away the railway bridge crossing it and doing other
damage to the road. The bonds were refused by the County Commis-
sioners, and their position was sustained by the Supreme Court of the
State. The Commissioners of Coffey County also refused to issue the
bonds voted to the company by that county, amounting to $200,000, on the
ground that the Land Grant Railway & Trust Company, the contractin
party, had no legal right to transact business in the State of Kansas, an

~ and address, Parsons, Kan.

their position was also sustained by the Supreme Court. The next and
most serious misfortune was the loss of the Osage ceded lands, the par-
ticulars of which are given fully in the sketch of the Kansas City,
Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad.

The mileage of the road is as follows: Hannibal, Mo., to Dennison,
Texas, 576 miles; Dennison, Texas, to Gainesville, Texas, 41 miles;
Dennison, Texas, to Minneola, Texas, 103 miles; Fort Worth, Texas, to
Hillsboro, Texas, 55 miles; Jefferson, Texas, to Greenville, Texas, 124
miles; Dallas, Texas, to Denton, Texas, 87 miles; Hillsboro, Texas, to
Temple, Texas, 68 miles; Whitesboro, Texas, to Fort Worth, Texas, 71
miles; Junction City, Kansas, to Parsons, Kansas, 157 miles; Holden, Mo.,
to Paola, Kansas, 54 miles; total number of miles 1,286. Number of
miles in Kansas, 285. %

The cost of the road was over $50,000,000. On the 1st of December,
1880, the road was leased to the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, the
rental paid being the net earnings of the road.

The officers are Jay Gould, President, New York; R. 8. Hayes, First
Vice President, St. Louis, Mo.; N. L. McCready, Second Vice President,
St. Louis, Mo.; H. B. Henson, Secretary and Treasurer, New York; A. A.
Talmage, General Manager, St. Louis, Mo.; Directors: Jay Gould, Sidney
Dillon, A. G. Dulman, Samuel Sloan, Thomas W. Pearsall, Russell Sage,
William Bond, George J. Forrest, N. L. McCready, Thomas T. Eckert,
New York City: David Kelso, Parsons, Kan.; C. H. Pratt, Humboldt,
Kan.; H. C. Cross, Emporia, Kan.; F. 8. Bond, Philadelphia, Penn.;
F. L. Ames, Boston, Mass.; R. S. Hayes, St. Louis, Mo. Principal office

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.

The total mileage of the Missouri Pacific Railway is as follows:
Missouri Division, 904 miles; Kansas & Texas Division, 1,232 miles;
Central Branch Division, 388 miles; St. Louis Division, 291 miles;
Arkansas Division, 482 miles; Gulf Division, 351 miles; San Antonio
Division, 425 miles; total number of miles, 4,028. The total number of
miles operated in Kansas by this company is 840, of which 235 are of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas; 888 of the Central Branch Union Pacific; 78 of
the Kansas & Arizona Division; 21 of the Ottawa Branch of the Kansas &
Arizona Division; 21 of the St. Joseph Branch of the main line; and 97
miles of the main line of the Missouri Division.

The work on the main line of this road in Kansas was commenced at
the State line between Missouri and Kansas, near Kansas City, Mo., in
1865, and the road was completed to Leavenworth July 1, 1866. Theroad
was constructed by the Missouri River Railroad Company, which was
chartered February 17, 1865, the corporators pee A.M. Clark, John Wil-
son, C. M. Palmer, Charles 8. Stettauer. Josiah Kellogg, G. J. Park, E. H.
Marsh, W. C. Lobenstein, John F. Richards and James B. Laing. L. T.
Smith was the first President, and John F. Richards the first Secretary.
The Atchison extension, called the Leavenworth, Atchison & Northwestern
Railroad, was commenced at Leavenworth, in March, 1869, and completed
to Atchison in September of that year. These roads were operated by the
Missouri Pacific. In 1880, they were purchased by Jay Gould, who con-
solidated them under the name of the Kansas City, Leavenworth & Atchi-
son Railroad, and soon afterward combined it with the Missouri Pacific
system. ,

e Leavenworth County subscribed $250,000 in bonds to the capital stock
of the Missouri River Railroad Company, and the city subscribed a like
amount of bonds. This company purchased of the Delaware Indians
110,000 acres of land, at $2; per acre, from which was realized upward
of $1,000,000. The stock held in the company by Leavenworth County
and city, aggregating $400,000, was donated to the Leavenworth, Atchison
& Northwestern Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of its
roat: to Atehison. ok ;

The Nebraska extension: of the main line of the Missouri Division was,
completed in 1881. The Kansas & Arizona Division was completed to
rerey in the latter part of 1878. The Ottawa Branch was completed in

 

Officers are: Jay Gould, President, New York City; R. S. Hayes,
First Vice President, St. Louis, Mo.; A. L. Hopkins, Second Vice Presi-
dent, New York City; A. F. Calef, Secretary and Treasurer, New York
City; A. A. Talmage, General Manager, St. Louis, Mo.; F. Chandler, Gen-
eral Passenger and Ticket Agent, St. Louis, Mo.; Warder Cumming, Su-
perintendent Missouri Division, Sedalia, Mo.; T. M. Eddy, Superintend-
ent Kansas & Texas Division, Sedalia, Mo.; W. W. Fagan, Seperintend-
ent Central Branch Division, Atchison, Kan. Directors: Jay Gould,
Russell Sage, Sidney Dillon, W. F. Buckley, Thomas T. Eckert, George
J. Forrest, ea Gould, A. L. Boe H. G. Marquand, Samuel Sloan,
New York, N. Y.; F. L. Ames, South Easton, Mass.; 8S. H. H: Clark,
Omaha, Neb.; R. 8. Hayes, St. Louis, Mo.

ST. LOUIS, FORT SCOTT & WICHITA RAILROAD.

On the ist of January, 1883, this road was completed to El Dorado,
Butler County, Kan., 183 miles west of Fort Scott.- The railroad com-
pany was organized in 1880, the charter having been filed February 23,
1880. The first board of directors were as follows: Ira D. Bronson, O.
W. Fox, Topeka, Kan.; Moses Neal, Humboldt, Kan.; A. W. Ayers,
Quinton Campbell, Indianapolis, Ind.; F. Tiernan, J. D. Hill, A. Popkis,
A. M. Ayers, Urbana, Ill. Officers: Francis Tiernan, President; A. M.
Ayers, Vice President; Ira D. Bronson, Secretary and Treasurer. A con-
struction company, consisting of Messrs. Bronson, Tiernan. Hill and Ayers,
built eighty miles of the road during the year ending in March, 1882.
March 10, 1882, Messrs. Bronson, Hill and Ayers sold their interest in the
company to L. M. Bates, when the company was re-organized as follows:
Directors—F. Tiernan, D. S. McKay, W. H. Stout, Isaac Stadden, J. P.
Roberts, Moses Neal, A. Popkis, Daniel C. Moran and L. M. Bates. Offi-
cers: F. Tiernan, President and General Manager; W. H. Stout, Vice
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President; M. Chenault, Treasurer; Q. Campbell, Secretary; J. D. Hill,
General Superintendent.
Principal office and address, Fort Scott, Kan.

ST. LOUIS, WICHITA & WESTERN RAILROAD.

This road is now known as the Kansas Division of the St.Louis & San
Francisco Railroad, it having been purchased and being now operated by
the company owning the latter road. The number of miles of road in
Kansas of this division and branches is 195.50.

The St. Louis, Wichita & Western Railroad Company was chartered
March 21, 1879, and the first directors were B. F. Hobart, C. O. Perkins,
H. S. Coley, C. M. Condon, Oswego, Kan.; and Charles W. Davis, Coro-
nado, Kan. The charter authorizes the construction of a railroad and
telegraph “from some point at or near the city of Oswego, in Labette
County, in the State of Kansas, westwardly, through the counties of La-
bette, Montgomery, Wilson, Elk, Greenwood, Butler and Sedgwick, to or
near the city of Wichita, in said State,” etc. The road was completed to
Wichita in 1881. : '

Officers of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company: Leland
Stanford, San Francisco, Cal.; Edward F. Winslow, Jay Gould, A. 8S.
Hatch, C. P. Huntington, W. L. Frost, James D. Fish, William F. Buck-
ley, New York, N. Y.; Albert W. Nickerson, Boston, Mass.; Charles W.
Rogers, R. S. Hayes, St. Louis, Mo., Directors. Edward F. Winslow,
President, New York City; C. W. Rogers, First Vice President and Gen-
eral Manager, St. Louis, Mo.

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NEBRASKA, IOLA, TOPEKA & MEMPHIS RAILROAD.

This road was chartered June 17, 1881, with a board of directors as
follows: F. W. Giles, P. G. Noel, T. B. Sweet, L. L. Northrup, J. H. Rich-
ards, George A. Bowlus, J. D. Hill, Caleb H. Malin, B. F. Hobart, John
J. Voss. The charter authorizes the construction of a railroad and tele-
graph “from some point at or near the city of Topeka, Kan.; thence in a
southerly direction through the following counties, to wit: Shawnee, Osage,
Franklin, Coffey, Anderson, Allen, Neosho and Crawford, to some point
on the east line of said Crawford County; thence through the States of
Missouri and Arkansas to the city of Memphis, in the State of Tennessee;
also from some point at or near the city of Topeka, Kan., in a northerly di-
rection, through the following counties, to wit: Shawnee, Jackson, Potta-
bs anti Marshall and Nemaha, to the northern boundary of said State of

ansas.”

Work was commenced on this road at Girard, Crawford County, Octo-
ber 1, 1881, and twenty miles were speedily completed in a northwesterly
direction. In July, 1882, the road was being operated to Walnut, Craw-
ford County, a station of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. The
first President of the company was F. W. Giles, of Topeka. The present
officers are as follows: S. G. Clark, President; H. M. Clark, Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager; George A. Bowlus, Secretary and Treasurer;
J. H. Richards, Attorney. General offices, Topeka. The road is under
contract to be completed to Topeka by November 1, 1883. The municipal
subscriptions in bonds to the capital stock of this company are as follows:
Girard Township, Crawford County, $25,000 ; alnut Township,
Crawford County, $20,000; Grant Township, Neosho County,
$20,000 ;* Elsmore Township, Allen County, $15,000; Humboldt
City and Township, Allen County, $35,000; Iola Township, Allen County,
$8,000; also bridge, shops and seventeen acres of land, the whole subscrip-
tion aggregating $20,000; Neosho Falls Township, Woodson County, $20,-
000; Cottey County, $125,000; Olivet Township, Osage County, $20,000;
Ridgeway Township, Osage County, $20,000; Shawnee County, $60,000;
total municipal subscriptions, $380,000.

ATCHISON & NEBRASKA RAILROAD.

On the 5th of May, 1867, a charter was filed in the office of the Secre-
tary of State of Kansas, for the Atchison & Nebraska City Railroad Com-
any, with corporators as follows: Peter B. Abell, George W. Glick, Al-
red G. Otis, John M. Price, Will W. Cochran, Albert H. Horton, Samuel
A. Kingman, Junius T. Herriford and Augustus Byram. The charter
authorized the construction of a railroad ‘‘ from some point in the City of
Atchison, to some point on the northern line of the State of Kansas, not
farther west than twenty-five miles from the Missouri River, and the
length of the proposed railroad will not exceed forty-five miles.”

Upon the organization of the pompamy, ie name was changed to “ At-
chison & Nebraska Railroad Company.’’ unicipal subscriptions in bonds
to the capital stock of the company were made as follows: Atchison
County, $150,000; Doniphan County, $200,000. Individual subscriptions
amounting to $80,000 were made in Atchison County, and $10,000 in Don-
iphan County. Work was commenced on the road at Atchison in the
summer of 1869, and in the summer of 1871 it was completed to the north-
ern boundary line of the State, three miles north of White Cloud, Doni-
phan County. The Atchison stockholders graded the road bed. to the
State line, constructed the bridges and furnished the ties for that-distunce,
when the entire property was donated to a Boston syndicate, represented
by James F. Joy, in consideration of the completion and operation of the
road by said syndicate. On the 3d of November, 1871, this company was
consolidated with the Atchison, Lincoln & Columbus Railroad Company,
of Nebraska, which had been authorized to construct a road from the ter-
minal point at the State line, of the Atchison & Nebraska Railroad to
Columbus, on the Unioh Pacific Railway, by the way of Lincoln. From
the State line the work was prosecuted vigorously and the road was com-
pleted and in operation to Lincoln in the fall of 1872. In January, 1880,
the road was purchased by the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Comn-
pany, and since the consolidation of that company, in 1880, with the Chi-
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, it has been officially des-
ignated as the Atchison & Nebraska Division of the Burlington & Missouri

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

River Railroad in Nebraska. Distance from Atchison, Kan., to Lincoln,
Neb., 146.6 miles. Number of miles in Kansas, 37.24.

RAILROAD LANDS. '

tables show the amount of railroad lands unsold Jan-
ansas:

The followin
uary 1, 1883, in

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ie " Number of Number of
COUNTIES. Neves: COUNTIES. | ‘AGreS,
Osage 120.00 || Barton. 30,566.54
Lyon, 115.87 || Stafford 168,256.29
Wabaunsee 2,323.74 || Pawnee... 137,086.48
Morris. 17,425.58 || Edwards . 101,491.86
Butler 27,758.70 || Rush... 56,497.80
Greenwood... 640.00 || Ford... 94,733.39
Chase ....... 100,762.64 || Hodgeman . 72,574.91
Marion ..... 65,136.90 || Gray........... 302,013.41
McPherson ... 9,472.62 || Sequoyah 222,470.14
Harvey... 25,751.29 || Hamilton 180,092.93
Sedgwick 4,688,15 || Kearney . 167,258.90
Reno 174,709.78 —_—_—____.
Rice 66,415.55 Total 2,028,463.47
Nore.,—Average price per acre, about $3.25.
UNION, PACIFIC RAILWAY—KANSAS DIVISION.
a Number of Number of
COUNTIES. ‘Koves COUNTIES. Roves,
Pottawatomie .. 11,802.94 |} Ellsworth 99,709.75
Wabau 35,220.30 |} Ri 82,102.06
Riley . 22,748.38 23,167.72
Davis . 48,393.39 152,589.34
Morris 17,946.52 41,951.72 -
Clay ... 11,075.72 37,876.71 ~
Dickinson. 13,083.56 182,686.76
Ottawa .. 22,005.13 -| 69,161.42
Saline... 40,106.30 118,349.49
McPherson. 14,685.92 186,330.96
Thomas . 207,360.00 9,738.06
St..John 345,000.00 ~ 173,326.03
Sherman 320,000.00
Wallace 420,000.00 |_——
Greeley . Totals co scsessevavenansoerssncanesecs 2,710,941.27
Lincoln ......sssecsee 54,523.09
Notr.—Average price per acre, about $3.50.
MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY.
COUNTIES Number of COUNTIES Number of
ie Acres. Acres,
Allen .... 1,284.06 19,832.43
Anders 2,404.48 7,829.86
Butler. 1,485.82 15,801.16
Clay ... 640.00 320.00
Cloud . 638.04 1,424.48
Chase . 10,506.62 || Wabaunsee 10,392.02
Coffey . 3838.80 || Woodson ....... 22,190.19
Davis .... 10,925.63 |____—____
Dickinson..........06 : 1,680.00 Total s:ssseussasscancescversresesessvseas 114,203.59
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Norr.—Average price per acre, about $2.75. The total cost of the railroads in Kansas

was about $125,000,000.
HUSBANDRY.

The white men who had trading-posts established in Kansas at a very
early date may have cultivated the soil to a limited extent, but no
account appears that any of them ever had even a respectable garden
patch about their posts.

The earliest farmers of Kansas were the Kansas Indians. Dr. Say,
who visited them in 1819, described their food as consisting of “bison
meat and various preparations of Indian corn or maize, one of which was
called ‘lyed corn,’ known among the whites as hulled corn.” He also
stated that they used pumpkins, muskmelons and watermelons, and a
soup made of sweet corn and beans, seasoned with buffalo meat, (succotash).
By, the treaty made with these Indians in 1825, it was, among other stipu-
lations on the part of the Government, agreed to supply them with cattle,
hogs and agricultural implements, and to employ persons to teach them
agriculture. The Agency of the Kansas Indians was established at the
mouth of Grasshopper Creek in 1829. Daniel Boone, the farmer appointed
by the Government, commenced farming at this point in 1829 or 1830.
Land was broken for farming purposes at what is now Fort Leavenworth,
in 1828. At “Fool Chief’s” village, three miles west of where North
Topeka now stands, Rev. Isaac McCoy reported in 1885, that the Govern-
ment had at that time fenced twenty acres of land, and had plowed ten
acres. In the spring of 1835 the Government selected three hundred acres
near what is now Silver Lake Township, Shawnee County, and about
three hundred acres south of the Kansas River, in the valley of Mission
Creck, and carried on farming on quite an extensive scale.

The Osages were farmers as well as hunters, and were farming on the
Marais des Cygnes River, fifteen miles east of the Kansas line, as early as
1820. Mr. Sibley, the Government Agent, in his report of that year, in
describing their mode of living, says:

In age or March, the spring hunt commences—first the bear and then the

beaver hunt. This they pursue until planting time, when they agai t to their -

villages, plant their crops, and in May set. out f 8 7, theing with the

a ee any oben Ps = Ly ut for the summer hunt, taking with them the
aa a * 1 4 * 4 * * * 4 *

; ey raise annually small crops of corn, beans and pumpkins. These they cultivate en-

tirely with the hoe, in the simplest manner. Their crops ae usually planted in April and

receive one dressing before they leave their villages for the summer hunt in May. :
mate se ee

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The Padoucas were not inclined to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture.
In 1724 M. De Bourgmont visited them and in his journal remarks, that
“they sow no maize, they as little plant citriels, never any tobacco.”

The emigrant tribes of Indians who came into Kansas from 1825 to
1882 from the East were so far civilized as to have a fair knowledge of
husbandry and were really tribes of farmers as well as hunters.
their advent began the dawn of husbandry in Kansas. Good farms were
cultivated in Kansas by the members of the various tribes and by the white
missionaries who settled among them ever after their arrival.* The
earliest cultivation of the soil by white men, to any extent worthy to be
called farming, was at Fort Leavenworth, in 1829; at the mouth of Grass-
hopper Creek, by Daniel Boone, in 1829 or 1830; at the Shawnee Mission
in Johnson County as early as 1880, by Rev. Thomas Johnson. At the
time of the passage of the bill by Congress creating Kansas Territory,
farms were quite common on the Indian reservations, and at the various
Indian missions—some of them of large extent. The wonderful fertility
of the soil of Kansas, and its peculiar fitness for-all the purposes of hus-
bandry, had been experimentally proven, and were well known before the
Kansas Territorial bill was passed by Congress.
ical motives which turned the tide of emigration to Kansas in 1854, 1855
and 1856, the predominant incentive was the wonderfut natural excellen-
ces of the Territory as a farming country. A large majority of the early
settlers of Kansas were farmers who came to till its broad acres and make
it what it has become, the foremost agricultural State in the Union.

During the Territorial period, the political disorders prevented any
progress in the peacefularts. The settlers’ claims were made and defended,
but the crops sown and garnered were never more than sufficient to sustain
the settlers from one harvest to another, leaving no surplus for the inevit-
able contingency of a failure of crops, which is in all countries and in all
climes likely to occur. In 1860, a great drought prevailed throughout the
middle belt of farming country in the United States. It was perhaps no

ith,

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Mountuins, where the insect has its original habitat, as far east as the
western counties of Missouri. The devastation was most general in Col-
orado, in the northern part of the Indian Territory, the western part of
Kansas, Western and Northwestern Nebraska, in the southeastern part of
Wyoming and the southern half of Dakota.

The swarms came from the mountains, flying from northwest to
southeast, completely destroying vegetation in the terrritory above de-
scribed, and doing immense damage farther east. In 1875, they appeared
in such numbers as to create serious apprehensions of a repetition of the
calamity. Their ravages were, however, confined to detached localities,
and since that year they have not appeared in sufficient numbers to be con-
sidered asa depleting element in the general volume of the Kansas harvest.

The locality and extent of the disaster and the destitution arising
therefrom was shown in the report of the State Board of Agriculture to
Gov. Osborn, made January 28, 1875. The report divided the State into
five groups of counties, the first group being comprised of the extreme
eastern and oldest counties; the second, lying west and adjacent thereto;
and so, numbering westward to the fifth group which comprised the
counties, organized and unorganized, along the western frontier. The
classification was as follows:

First group—Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Cherokee, Coffey, Craw-
ford, Doniphan, Ford, Franklin, Greenwood, Johnson, Labette, Leaven-
worth, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Shawnee, Wallace,
Wilson, Woodson, Wyandotte.

Second group—Allen, Anderson, Chase, Clay, Davis, Dickinson,
Douglas, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Marion, Marshall, Nemaha, Osage,
Pottawatomie, Riley, Saline, Wabaunsee, Washington.

Third group—Butler, Cloud, Cowley, McPherson, Morris, Ottawa,
Republic, Sedgwick, Sumner.

Fourth group—Elsworth, Harvey, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne,

Pawnee, Reno, Rice.

 

 

THE DUG-OUT.—The primitive residence of many of the first families of Kansas.

more severe in Kansas than in many other States;. certainly not confined
to that State. But the newness of the country and the lack of any reserve
from former crops caused the disaster to fall with eculiar severity upon
the settlers. Thousands of them returned to the East impoverished and
discouraged, bearing with them tales of want and woe calculated to stop
all future emigration and confirm the early popular.belief that the country
was to be, for all time, the Great American Desert; fit only for the abiding-
place of Indians and the homes of buffaloes, prairie dogs, snakes, owls
and horned toads. Of those who remained, many were supported by sup-
plies sent from the East, until a new and bounteous crop brought relief
cand restored the confidence of the disheartened settlers. + ;

The war of the rebellion, having its beginning simultaneously with the
admission of the State, until its close continued to absorb the entire ener-
gies of the settlers. Nearly every able-bodied man was forced into the
service in defense of family and home against the ravages of the war,
which fell with most crushing force upon Kansas, open as she was to the
relentless and merciless raids of their former enemies over the border,
who, with few exceptions, were now in the rebel ranks and seeking re-
venge for their early humiliations and defeats in a system of guerrilla
warfare more uncivilized and atrocious than that of their Indian allies,
whom they had enlisted in the murderous work.

Tt was not until the close of the war that-husbandry could be called
the vocation of Kazisas, or could be prosecuted in such a manner as to
test or prove. the wonderful adaptability and reliability of Kansas as an
Agricultural State. The era of modern husbandry did not fairly begin
until the harvest of 1865.. Since then, in 1874, a visitation of locusts has
once destroyed the growing crops of the State. The ravages were not
confined to Kansas, but extended over a vast area, from the Rocky

*See Indian History. ;
+Further accounts of the drought appear elsewhere in the general history and in the various

county sketches.
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Fifth group—Barber, Barton, Comanche, Ellis and_ unorganized
counties of Ness and Rush, Harper, Kingman, Norton, Phillips, Pratt,
Rooks, Russell, Smith.

The summary of destitution reported, and the etimated relief required
for the succeeding four months, until a new harvest, was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

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S |Saeul ¢ | oe8|) 282) 8° Bae
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a Baal Raz a ads! ase
5 Shad Saas agos Aa 2 42g &
& |Shze|sne5|8n25/8768| Ske ae
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..| 261,534 | 1,805 300 300 729 | $ 30,324 00
159,481 | 7,927 | 2,201) 3,217| 6,103) 133,173 60
60,089 | 8,015! 3,164| 3,976 | 5,308! 134,652 00
35,703 | 9,026} 1,890] 1,642 | 3,430] 150,636 80
13,038 | 5,841 522 623 902 | 99,128 80
Ta falicicvooscsstsatsasevcssesccueernee-s 529,845 | 32,614] 8,077| 9,758 | 16,472 | $547,915 20

 

 

 

 

From the foregoing summary it appears that the absolute destitution
in Kansas was confined to the western part of the State, where the incom-
ing settlers, generally poor on their arrival and dependent on their first
crop, had met disaster before they were prepared for it. In the older
counties, although the crops were depleted, the destitution resulting did
not increase the poor list materially above that of ordinary years. The
percentage of impoverished citizens to the whole population, in the several
groups was as follows: First group, .0069; second group, .049; third group,
-183; fourth group, .252; fifth group, .449. The aggregate percentage of
destitute to population of the entire State was .061.

It would thus appear that the destitution and suffering should be at-
tributed no more to the grasshoppers than to the peculiarly helpless and
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their first crops, on which they had counted for subsistence. A repetition
of a like calamity in Kansas is not now reckoned among the possibilities.
Kansas has become self-supporting, should an entire crop be cut off
throughout the State, something which, within the memory or traditions
of white men, has never occurred.

The history of husbandry is barren of events wherefrom to weave a
narrative. Its growth and development is as-silent as the growth of the
wheat or corn, and as gradual as the increase of the herds and flocks. It
can only be measured by comparative results and returns from year to year,
and can only be embodied in statistical reports. No reliable reports are
preserved prior to 1865, and it was not until that and subsequent years that
statistics of the aggregate crops of the State were kept approximating

2 ee to accuracy to be of value. :

The following tables show the ou of husbandry in Kansas from

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eb me a 218252 | 24,002 | 16,714 | 897,444 5.084 | 1,549 | 745,214 | 31,627
E 19,109 | 10,267 | 557,199 | 10,211 600 | 596,495 | 16,965
40,318 | 19,337 | 741,763 4202 | 1,445 | 553,717 | 21,299
641554 | 24229 | 986,963 8320 | 3.770 | 701,421 | 27,877
86,885 | 257823 | 943,653 | 14,212 | 7,007 | 955,826 | 36,167
76,684 | 26,796 | | 798,707 14145 | - 51927 | 901,125 | 38,259
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compiled.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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TARLE SHOWING THE CROP OF CEREALS FROM 1860 To 1882, INCLUSIVE.}

 

 

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YEAR| 33378
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2 85 3 g Wheat. Corn. Rye. Oats. Barley. oe
271,668 | 194,173 | 6,150,727 :
223°575 |.
258,031 262,953 | 6,487,000
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"569/190 | 1,537,000 | 6,487,000
1,360,003 | 28007000 | 24,500,000
1)322;734|"""9,301,198 | 17,025)525 [oii vscccsesccoeee a
3,735,095 | 2,694,000 | 24,693,000 86,000 | 4,056,000 | 101,000 | 32,000
3,062,941 | 46,667,451 |.. sarblieinivenerncte
5,994,044 | 29,683,843 |... 9,337,581 | 508,002 76,929
9,881,383 | 15,699,078 421,261 | 7,700,586 | 414,188 | 113,664
13°209'403 | 80,098-769 | 1,645,497 | 9,794,051 | 900,550 | 262,661
14,620,225 | 82,308,176 | 3,441,109 | 12,386,216 | 1,966,921 88,480
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207550936 | 108,704,927 | 660,409 | 13,326,637
25,279,884 | 101,421,718 676,507 | 11,483/796
20,479,689 | 80,760,542 | - 986,508 | 9,900,768
9,038,654 | 35,734,846 | 157,005,722 | 4,456,400 | 21,946,284

 

 

# Estimated. . $ Grasshoppers impaired the erop.
t The returns prior to 1872 are imperfect, being gathered from early agricultural reports.

 

TABLE SHOWING THE AMOUNT, ACREAGE SOWN, AND YIELD PER ACRE OF
WINIER WHEAT, SPRING WHEAT AND CORN, FOR TEN SUCCESSIVE
YEARS, FROM 1878 To: 1882, INCLUSIVE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ber) gg &2 BE
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of Acres. | pushels. | & 3 | Acres-| Bushels.| =  f Acres-! Bushels. | =H
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251,709| 4,548,384! 1,805 148,628, 1,445,660 9.83} 1,055,236, 29,683,843) 28.14
438°179| 61870,606| 15.68) 278,026 3,010'777| 10.82|1,525,421| 15,699,078| 10.29
505,682] 10,046,116 19.86) 237,524] “3,163,287 13.29| 1,932,861| 80,798,769] 41.79
758,600} 11,738'408| 15.48) 2647583) 9'881,817/ 10.92! 1,884,454| 82,308,176| 43.68
857°125| 10/8007295| 12.60/ 206/868) 3,516,410| 16.98] 2,563,112/103,497,8381| 40.38
1,2973555| 26,518,955] 20.44, 433.957] 5,796,403| 13.43| 2,405,482| 84,324,971) 37.99
13520'659| 17/560-259| 11.55; 412/139| 2/990,677) —_7.26| 2,995,0701108,704,927| 36.29
2,215,937| 25,507,223) 11.51) 228,497) 1,772,661 7.77| 3,554,396;101,421,718} 28.53
119747693] 19,164,896) 9.70 208,179| 1'314,793| _6.31| 4,171,554] 80,760,542| 19.35
17465°745| 33,943'398| 23.16] ; 137°522| 1791,448| 13.02] 4,441,836/157,005,722| 35.34
10 yrs.| 11285,884/166,6987540| 14.78). 2,555,523) 97,683,933] 10.83] 26,529,432/849,205,577| 32.04

 

 

 

 

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TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK IN KANSAS FOR ELEVEN
SUCCESSIVE YEARS, FROM 1872 TO 1882, INCLUSIVE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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YEAR. HORSES. eee MILCH cows. | NEAT | SHEEP. | SWINE.
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9,138 | ( Reportea | 319,068 | 39,773 | 196,980
17,816 with 634,021 51,166 380,701
22,084 neat cattle. | 749,959 | 81,838 556,916
24,964 225,028 78,295 | 106,224 292,658
26,421 | 97974 | 4731850 | 143,962 | 330,355
32,628 | 261642 —-| 519/346 | 205°770 | 704,862
40,564 286,241 586,002 | 243,760 | 1,195,044
51,981} 322020 —‘| 654/443 | 311’862 | 1/264,494
58,303 366,640 748,672 | 426,492 | 1,281,630
58,780 |  406'706 —| 39,751 | 806323 | 1,173,099
56,754 433,372 971,116 | 980,767 | 1,228,583

 

TABLE, SHOWING PROGRESS OF SHEEP-HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING FOR
EIGHT SUCCESSIVE YEARS—FROM 1875 To 1882 INCLUSIVE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MEARS 9 | a

NUMBER OF | POUNDS OF | POUNDS OF | NUMBER OF | POUNDS OF

MILCH COWS,.| BUTTER. CHEESE. SHEEP, WOOL.
225,028 | 8,827,810 | 1,240,610 | 106,224 | 510,661
227,274 | 9,804,219 | "644,176 | 143'962 | 450,775
261,642 | 11,710,296 | 1,700,073 | 205.770 | 661/298
286,241 | 13,790,374 | 1,500,958 | 243,760 | 829,644
322,022 | 14'506,494 | 11059\640 | 311/862 | 1,194,453
366,640 | 16,678,039 061447 | 426'492 | 1,535;371*
406,706 | 20,349,575 | 786,269) 806,323 | 27491494
433,372 | 19,686,886 | 723,264 | 9807767 | 3,530,781"

 

 

 

 

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KANSAS CROP OF CEREALS BY COUNTIES FOR 1882. ,
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Allen 3,389 | 25.00 4,725 | 120 | 10.00 1,200 2,596,410 53 | 18.00 954} 5,985 | 35.00 | 208,775 | 5 140
Anderson 3/803 23.00 80583 45 | 10.00 450 23,037,210 136 | 17.00 2.312 7181 | 40.00 | 2877240 42 1,176
‘Atchison 231832 | 22.00 | 524304 | 1,800 | 12.00 15,600 2,063,074 | 2,669 | 25.00 | 66,725 | 12,252 | 40.00 | 49,80 | 859 | 24,052
Barbour 191 | 20.00 3,8 sidoii| covatcerese sonst 5,090 68 | 25.00 1,700 162 | 35.00 5,870 Jevveeersoes sssasesxe
Barton 55,494 | 23.00 | 1,285,562 | 4,695 | 10.00 46,950 1,051,520 | 4,779 | 20.00 | 95,980) 3,818 | 20.00] 76,250,274 7,672
Bourbon . ve] 826] 22.00 | "150,172 |... ccroeesene cosseeseed secceesveceoseee 2)877,920 | "466 | 22.00 | 10,252 | 10,241 | 40.00 | 409/680 nrarie eer
- Brown. --| 17,300 | 21.00 | 3637300 |""16,226 | 14.00 |” 997,164 443,885 | 5,761 | 24.00 | 138,264 | 12,122 | 4000 | gei.es0 | 1,986 [55,608
Butler «| 21,142 | 26.00 | 549,692 171 | 15.00 2,565 3,656,730 546 } 15.00 8,19 11,085 | 34,00 3,400 levwses seeseel satsstessess
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Chase ..... sa 2,825 | 24.00 67,800 112 | 16.00 1,792 1,189,200 425 | 18.00 7,650 1,875 | 45.00 84,375 2 784
Chautauqua. | 1,796 | 22.00 39,512 12 | 14.00 168 1,532,190 44 | 20.00 880 698 | 40.00 27,920 6 168
: | og! 562, 10 | 1200 1 2354/4490 | 463 | 15.00 6,945 | 14,702 | 40.0] 5es’0g0 30 340
Cherokee. 28,804 | 23.00 662,492 0 20 ‘
| + 953531 | 25.00 | 638,275 468 | 17.00 7,956 3,853,170 | 8,176 | 20.00 | 168,520 | 10,276 | 45.00} 462,490 20 560
10,006 | 23.00 | 230,138 | 1,987 | 15.00 29,805 Sather ae anon teas poe cae ee oH —
7,060 | 24.00 | 169,440 |....crcssare[ececceoste scesessrsesseunes 120, ; ; , X 30,240
"E60 2 4441,480 | 661) 25.00] 16,525} 5,142} 50.00) 7100) 2 56
PATA | 25.00 | G18'690 [ocsecccelore el seesms ot saraosn | 625 | 1g00 | inens | 14548 | 4000] sei.z0 | a as
9,187 | 28.00 ) 21,308 470°) 13.00 5,640 979,834 1,307 20.00 i
Decatur... 1,116 | 20.00 | 223390 | 41 | 140 8,9 bepetsens cecal ly 2,
Dickinson. 78,909 | 26.00 | 2,051,634 | 3,390 | 12.00 40,680 2,765,792 | 7,849 | 24.00
Doniphan. 32,544 | 23.00 | '748°512 | 4/666 | 10.00 46,660 2,521,008 | 3,541 | 27.00
Douglas L 846 | 23.00 | 571,458 26 | 15.00 "390 1,788,010 | 1,264 | 20.00
Edwards | $465 | 21.00) 93-765 312 | 18.00 5,616 reas av an
Ik... 1 8849 | 25.00 | 83;725 |. cesssensu[onesessseu| cocsccsesecensses 547, .
' 29°13 | 21.00 | 474873 | 521 | 15.00 7,815 123,880 | 1,320 | 22.00
‘70,220 | 23.00 | 1,615,060 | 2,306 | 8.00 18,448 884,775 | 19,742 | 24
Ford ...... | 7,080 | 20.00 | 141,600 | 9,800 | 10.00 98,000 | 5,865 re-set ss esessnenessoens 74 | 18.00
Franklin : ‘ 4} 15, 36 / 2,705,290 | 138 | 1.00
Gove... i “ 64,400 oe Le
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Fae a i 1,095 20.00
Hodgem i essa
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Neferan “i : 70,860 | 35.00 | 2'480;100 | 1,570 | 20.00
Jewell | ; 136,065 | 30.00 | 4'081,950 | 13,298 | 24.00
Johnson. | fl 62,156 | 35.00 | 231751460 | 720 | 18.00
Kingmat i 5 21,360 | 25.00 |. 534,000 292 | 18.00
Labeite.. ! ; 83/125 40.00 | 3,825,000 | 566 | 19.00
vor “| ; 50,424 | 40. 2,016,960 83 | 20.
fete i : 33,272 | 18.00 | “598,896 | 6,363 | 20.00
laa ' 87,673 | 35.00) 3,068555 | 137 | 20.00
in. al ; 75,806 | $0.00 | So52240 1 lot | 25.00
bt " i jl 8.117 | 25.00
McPherson 2,018 | 22.00
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«Montgomery "i ! 732 | 17.00
noe : , 1,377 | 21.00
h 471 | 30.00
Neosso ; 143 | 15.00
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Ottawa... zl ; 1,643 | 18.00
Pawnee . if f i 6/070 | 25.00
Potana | : 76207 | 45. 2121 | 25.00
Pane ; ‘ 7500 | 30.00 | ~"225,000 | ‘117 | 23.00
poh e i : ABEL | evvencorr|sevessunsvnsessee 591 | 25.00
Rawlins. 1 : 65°708 | 22.00 | 1,445,576 | 2,640 | 20.00
Hen ee 4 S 103263 | 45.00 | 4,646,835 | 9,382 | 22.00
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Rooks i : 167485 |o--ee0v 868 | 16.00
Hush el ; 25,441 | 15.00 381,615 | 3,623 | 18.00
Bussel! | ; 55.47 | 30.00 | 1,657410 | 3'995 | 22.00
galing. i 132/187 | 30.00 | 3,665,610 | 1,313 | 20.00
awe! i 68,370 | 35.00 | 2392950 1,829 20.00
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Beat ae ; 17641 | 20.00 | "352'820 | ‘680 | 20.00
Stafford .. : 116’788 | 40.00 | 4,671520 | 1,772 | 23.00
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Wabaunsee ai | ene 10590 ‘ 36 | 71,610 | 40.00 | 2)864,400 | 8,656 | 18.00
Washington . ae peep) aes ee | eee 691836 | 45.00 | 3,142,620 | "265 | 20.00 is
weet 1349 | 23:00 | 31027 8 |12.00 96 | 33,641 | 40.00 | 13345;640 106 | 22°00 : 5 nee
Wyandotte 107132 | 25:00 | 259,300 |o.essssssnn| scsscesn|ecssessesseeees | 16-756 | 40.00 670,240 233 | 30.00 6,990 | 4,841} 50.00 | 217,050 | 14 302
"16 [88,943,98 | 137,522 | 13.02 | 1,791,448 | 4,441,836 | 35.34 | 157,005,722 | 204,062 | 21.77 | 4,456,400 | 529,234 | 41.46 | 21,946,284 | 8,746 | 244,888
iin oe 770 19°164'806 |208'179 | 6.31 | 1/314°793 | 4)171,554 | 19.85 | 80,760,542 | 66,446 | 14:84 | "986,508 | 338,130 | 29:28 | 9'900;768 | 6361 | 110°125
, 1881.

 

 

 

 
 

ae HISTORY OF KANSAS.

KANSAS CROP OF MISCELLANEOUS FIELD PRODUCTS—BY COUNTIES—FOR 1882.

 

: : SWEET MILLET AN D TIMOTHY CLOVER

IRISH POTATOES. POTATOES. SORGIIUM. CASTOR BEANS. FLAX. BROOM CORN. HUNGARIAN. MEADOW. MEADOW. PRAIRIE MEADOW.

 

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57,280 1,800 | 374 33,660 | 1,594 | 14,346 | 4,990 | 49,000 | 4,963 | 2,481,500 | 4,086 | 12,258 | 85 | 170] 63) 157) 88,829] 50,748
45,680 | 11 25 | 349] 31,410] ' 92] ‘82 57,500 | 6,790 , 20,370 | 460| 920) 243] 486 | 36,597|  54'896
s 151,360 | 20 | 1,500} 171) 15,390 |. 64000 | 2110 | 57275 | 4,628 | 9,246 | 2,087 | 4,174 | 20,330 | 30,495
2,000 | 25 | 1,875 | 738 | 66,420 |..0 ecsteacarcanre | 25190 | 8,208 Ieccscssoes|iavmnsesnes 97 "145
511360 | 81 | 2,265 | 1,576 | 141.840 |. 1,591,000 | 9,077 | 13,615 | 12 18 7) 41] 2,644 3,961

70,240 | 19 | 1,425} 895] 35,550 478,500 | 6,268 | 18,804} 782| 1,564) 373} 560} 36,758 55,137 ge

25 5500 3,116 | 7,790 | 5,300 | 10,600 | 1,305 | 3,262 23,797 35,695
1,180" oe 20,807 | 41,614 210 420 55 82 21,955 | - 32,982

  
   
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
   
   
  
 
  
   
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
   
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
  
   

 

hase 18,720 1 825 164 14,760 5 2,011 | 4,022 112 224 99 198 18,867 20,800
Chautauqua 366 29,280 64 | 4,800 665 59,850 95500 6,936 | 20,808 42 84 5 10 20,154 23.
Cherokee. 699 55,920 | 106 | 7,950 360 32,400 825,000 | 3,536 | 10,608 854; 1,708 136 272 31,564 42,346

Cloud 940 75,200 24) 1,800 375 33,750
Coffey 630 50,400 21) 1,575 413 37,170
Cowley 1,275 | 102,000 98 | 7,850 | 1,345 | 121,050
Crawford 74,240 24 | 1,800 536 48,240
Davis.... 395 31,600 40 | 3,000 181 16,290
Decatur ... 73 5,840 8 600 | 453 40,770

 

 

 

 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
  

  

 

Dickinson 1,623 | 129,840 | 112] 8,400] 270| 24,300
Doniphan 1,372 | 109,760 9 675 | 579} 62,110
-Douglas ... 1,510 | 120;800 | 150 | 11,250} 148] 13,820
Bawards .. 78 | 6,240] 20} 1,500 | 2,450 | 220,500
Elk.. 547| 43,760| 34 | 2,550| '512| 46,080
Ellis... 245 | 19,600| 96 7,200 | 1,580 | 142,200
Ellsworth 469 | 37,520| 49 | 3,675 | 2,092 | 188,280
Ford ..... 150 | 12,000 |.......seleecenseeese 193 | 17,370
: Franklin 936 74,880 11 825 | 237 21,330
Gove... 6 A80 | ..eesese cessesen| 373 | 33,570
Graham 120! 9,600! 72} 5,400 | 1,527) 137/430
Greenwo 603 | 48,2401 43} 3,225 | °327] 291430
_ ‘Harper 118] 9,440| 56 | 4,000 | 1,059| 95,310
Harvey . 629 | “50/320 61] 4,575 | 7218 | 19,620
-  -Hodgeman.. 34} 9790 | 33] 2/475 | 5,067 | 456,030
- > Jackson ... 857| 68,560) 38], 225) “205 450 ‘484
ae Jefferson .. 1,311 | 1047880 | 22] 1,650 | 276) 241840 1,616 | 3,232 ;
i Jewell... 1/354 | 108'320} 40! 3,000} 773 | 69,570 "66 | 132] 3,736 5,604
‘’- Johnson 980 | 78,400} 31] 2,325; 91 8,190 2,941 | 5,882] 10/264 15,396
Kingman 68 5y 44} 3,300 | 243] 21,870 we € 1/661 2/491
v8 Labette ...... 1,030 | 82,400 | 94] 7,050 | 709 | 63,810 224 560 | 25/058 37'587
Leavenworth . 2,276 | 182,080 83 | 6,225 359 32,31 2,506 | 6,265 | 14/211 21'316
Lincoln ... 582 | 42’560| 20| 1;500| 347] 31,230 el 10 153 999

 

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624 | 1,248 33,850 50,775
241 482 43,667 65,500
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1,266 | 101280 19! 17495| 602] 547180 7 328
McPherson . 921 | 73,080 | 60 | 4,500] 508} 45,720 ws ee 2020 Be a3n
Miami...... 778 | 62,240} 10 750 | 187} 16:830 1,246 | 3,115 | 48/405 72,607
Mitchell ... 739 | 59,120 | 36 | 2,700] 602} 54,180 "321 " 64 6'G51 91976
Montgomery .. .| 1,022) 81,760 | 96) 7,200) 734) 66,060 iss! 376) 14,997 22°590
Morris...... .| _722| 57,760) 41} 3,075 | 656 | 59,040 156; 312 4,953 7,429
Nemaha 1,058 | 84,640} 24] 1,800] 291) 26,190 763 : 3
Neosho . 652 52,160} 49 | 3,675| 408 | 36,720 11,821

Ness... 50 4,000] 81] 6,075 | 4,988 | 448,920

 

 

 

 

‘Nort 239 937190} 25) 1/875 | 1,397 | 1257730
Osage 1,012 | 80,960} 37/ 2.775 | °328} 29°520
Osborn 779 | 62,320 | 67 | 5,025 | 1,252) 1125680
Ottawa . 470 | 37,600} 25| 1,875 | ‘371 | | 33,300
Pawnee 147; 113760} 42) 3,150 | 5,195 | 467,550
: ‘Phillips -. 908 | 79/840] 74 | 5,550 | 1,457 | 131,180
, Pottawatomie 985} 78,800| 33| 2,475 | ‘464! 41,760
Pratt vec 71| 5,680] 75) 5,625} 787| 70,830
Rawlins 33| 2640; 2] 150] 102; 9,180
Reno.. 564| 45,120 | 135 | 10,125 | 985 88,650

 

Republic ..
Rice...

 

- Riley. 424 33,920 71 | 5,825 258 DB, 220 |..esesesesiececcesenees
Rooks 392 31,360 71 | 65,325 | 1,199 | 107,910
c Rush. 187 14,960 53 | 3,975 | 2,083 | 187,470
« Russell . 246 19,680 13 975 | 1,689 | 152,010 |....serecseererees
bi Saline .. 657 52,560 28 | 2,100} 914 82, 260
Sedgwick : 1,208 96,640 57 | 4,275 805 27, 450

Shawnee ..
Sheridan ..
Smith ...

 

Stafford 103 8,240 43 | 8,225 | 2,495 | 224,550 |ecvarseccs|earancsonsseler coevee sre
Sumner 1,025 82,000 | 149 | 11,175 692 62,280
Trego. 30 |. 2,400 15 | 1,125 | 1,265 | 113,850

 

   
   

Wabau 735 58,800 80 | 6,000 | 225} 20,250
_ Washington 1,089 | 83,120} 34| 2,260] 647} 49,230 oa7| aes
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heey 647 ae 2 ate a aa 13,644 | 220 440 | 496! 992) 32'920 49,380

246/400 | 289 | 11,675 | 34| ' 3,060 |. 7,482 | 66] 132] 8 | 20 | 28,922) 42,488

: 1,719 | 1,563 | 3,126 | 2,210 | 5,525 "410 615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-/4,777,440 |4,059 |294,165 (68,678 6,181,020 52,056 499,790 |152,744 |1,657,462 |107,608 (56,716,820 |402,410 974,055 |59,776 117,282 |29,097 164,758 |1,314,188 | 2,095,779

Total oe 1,854,140 [3,650 /201,062 |45,628 |3,899,440 45,960 /392,549 260,906 [1,184,445 | 50,675 32,961,160 [354,249 \752'478 |53°130 | 89/997 |17°560 |33°296 | '957°529 | 1:216'316

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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TABLE SHOWING THE DAIRY, HORTICULTURAL AND GARDEN PRODUCTS, AND VALUE OF ANIMALS SOLD FOR SLAUGHTER, BY COUNTIES, FOR 1882,

 

 

 

 

Allen...
Anderson...

q'
Cherokee .
Clay...
Cloud .
Coffey.
Cowley..
Crawford...
Davis...

Ellsworth
Ford ..

Harper..... ;
Harvey....
-Hodgeman..

Jefferson..
Jewell..
Johnson ..
Kingman.
Labette....
Leavenworth.
Lincoln ...
Linn..
Lyon.
Marion.
Marshall..

Mitchell .....
‘Montgomery .
Morris........
Nemaha..

Neosho.
Norton.
Osage ...
Osborne
Ottawa.

Sheridan.
Smith...

Washington..
Wilson.
Woodson.

 

     
  
 

 

  
 
 
  

 

 

 

DAIRY PRODUCTS. ANIMALS
zt VALUE OF PRODUCE
HORTICULTURAL OF POULTRY, | SUAVGHTEERD) 4 MULES MILCH OTIIER
SROBUCTS AND oR HORSES.| AND SHEEP, | SWINE.
BUTTER, | CHEESE,| VALUE OF MARKET | pas. | SOLD FoR assee:, || CONE | CATTLE:
POUNDS. |POUNDS.|MILK soLD.| MARKETED. | GARDENS. SLAUGHTER, :
219,555 | 15,700 |. 265 $ 1,393] 8 6695|% 7,946) $ 222,042! 5,435] 773) 6,596 | 13,510] 4,769| 10,988
275,670 | 3,680 4,256 4028 | 4,279 7,098 264,428 | 5,156 | 672 | 6,611) 14,747] 9,089 | 13,104
308,001 10,800 434,572 | 5,977 | 1,121 | 6718 | 12,143] 1,060] 21,428
18,865 510 19,417 | 3,588 186 947 | 26,977 | 20,979 116
211,292 17,781 61,832 | 3.273] 714] 3,361 | 7744 | 4,034 6,998
432,045 12;063 367,845 | 7.715 | 1,085 | 10,085 | 21,123] 5,787 | 18,758
353,085 19,951 877.977 | 8,085 | 1,126 | 9,537 | 19,880 88 | 46,428
448,198 98,049 582,998 } 8,133 | 1,636 | 8,067 | 21,911 | 39,542) 31,251
69,866 4553 242887 | 3419 | "229 | 11955 | 17,504 | _ 7,697 5,047
246,865 113155 928,308 | 4434 | 8921 7,888 | 17,081 | 10,413] 12,216
343,898 13,095 202,510 | 6,113} 1,925] 5,880) 11,707 | 5,459] 18,899
983,141 16,192 930727 | 6750 | 505) 4364] 7525 | 3,732| 20,811
339,174 51,041 239,335 | 9.218] 664] 9161) 11,621] 12,462| 24,281
341,306 8i713 419,609 | 5,680} 841] 8,836) 20,600 | 33,142] 16,719
421,799 27,830 339,306 | 7/873 | 1,478 | 6,862 | 14,300] 51,654 | 62,240
340,202 18972 580,956 | 6,768} 1,604 | 7,000] 14,238] 4,350] 20,576
118,007 7,503 134,496 | 3,385] '190| 3260| 8,150] 6,414 7,768
36,024 709 10,792 | 1485 | 149| 937] 1,882) 3,186 561
400,176 24,597 256,087 | 7'501 | 1,007 | 5,329 | 13,076 | “26,760 | 24,547
166,701 7,850 414515 | 4669 | 1/617| 4,163] 7, 846 | 28,260
310,570 16,780 989,102 | 77386 | 576 | 7,867 | 12,094! 2,187| 18,087
38,702 oad 6749 | ‘736| 131 | ‘867 | 3,872 | 21,350
584,588 9,416 186,699 | 4,034] 563) 6,868 | 14,484 | 26,264] 11,919
54,708 3,697 20,746 | 1588 | 239] 1,673 | 7,732 | 16,878 13562
198,252 8,303 138,765 | 3,098 | 445 | 2946 | 8,768 | 16,880 6,268
47,785 3,420 26110 | '343| 119| ‘942| 4009! 13,494 139
282}673 14.992 542/039 | 7,288] 667} 7,966 | 17,947| 4,219| 22,980
BS cos cae 1904 | “164 36| "311 | 2594) 4,760
61,576 1,234 7741 | 986 | 213] 1,305] 1,534 | 5,891 1,136
172,494 7731 363,147 | 5,930 | 744} 8,498 | 30,918 | 20,553] 13,037
68,330 93891 15158 | 1290 | 385 | 1/414] 4,089 | 27,143 23904
937,856 15,555 139/750 | 4,461 | 751 | 4,367 | , 9,902 | 14,769 | 14,856
39,616 23307 587 96| 754] ' 3818] 14,529 1
356,578 133356 340,852 | 6,403] 598] 8,551 | 19,522} 4,138 | 16,403
282,869 20,067 4611629 | 6,840 | 1,002 | 8.498] 18,728 | 4,070] 25,680
431,617 18,795 497,558 | ' 7,890 99 | 6307 | 13,273} 4131 | 35,887
364,925 18°739 434'501 | 6316 | 999 | 5,369| 9,876 897 | 20,507
60,750 1,942 31368 | '977| 346] 1,883 | 5,155 | 22,107 23854
412,448 19}355 256,228 | 6,697 | 1,635 | 6,689 | 14,760) 7, 24,333
280,800 19,075 451717 | 7512 | 1,447 | 7,755 | 12,319 | 6,715 | 19,845
2095691 8,690 se6s1 | 31409 | ‘413 | 3,092) 6,712 | 5,279 23
349,248 14397 471,763'| 7,620 | 1,054 | 9,607 | 19,948 | 8,352 | 22,202
359,612 16,825 368,968 | 8111 | 555 | 12,441 | 28915 | 29,179] 18,808
939,441 17,788 170,799 | 5607 | 308} 4,444] 10,245 | 12709| 11,354
477,083 16,160 4457860 | 81553 | 592} 9,605 | 20,059} 7,150] 33,387
290,999 14/860 218/328 | 8421] 1,135] 5,108| 8,787 | 5,035] 17,738
331,171 17,621 778\674| 8,674 | 1/087 | 8,357] 18816 | 2,884 | 35,042
310,281 18)178 195,358 | 5.777 | 518} 4,792 | 9,537 | 28,521 | — 19,208
°818)401 22/774 305,045 | 51458) 1,155 | 6,440 | 10,199 | 10,981 | 30,376
174,188 5771 145,963 | 4,046 19 | 41154 | 8,787 | 7,977 9,150
517,061 11,479 613/203 | 8521 | 507 | 14,557 | 27,157 | 2388] 31,523
945,731 14/478 219,845 | 51567 | 1,107] 5,668) 9,537| 4,761 | 14,204
91,852 1988 5,207 | 1,947 51] 1966 | 3,317 | 6,752 595
123,959 2966 31,299 | 2131 | 280) 2020) 2,684] 2,916 2,565
307,981 19,858 539,056 | 7'358| 867] 9/368 | 23,987 | 6,591 | 19,901
9487566 18,306 97,378 | 4316 | 581 | 4.298] 7,811 | 16,223) 10,120
172,918 23,039 186,533 | 5,752) 719) 3,689 | 8460; 15,182| 19,992
131,029 6,802 34790 | 1473 | 391] 1,919 | 3,819 | 28,482 1,430
902}414 6,993 105,899 | 3'317| 418! 3,139] 6,408) 4,214 8/006
427,967 15,946 484406 | 9171} 629 | 13,410 | 29,187) 12,453} 24,499
nu el ay) ae] | ee
8 8 46 | 1 266
384,972 20,971 39,385 | 3,754; 991 | 6,214] 15,279 | 25,258 — 10,850
353,862 17,913 656,979 | 7:703} 651 | 5,925 | 10,185 | 9,983] 41,915
253/298 19,254 87,631 | 3)332| 632] 2947] 51626 | 9,890 7,694
173,458 113632 248,095 | 5,401 | 373] 7,786] 16,464] 2192] 12,319
174,160 5,708 43,798 | 2401) 443) 2,664 | 4,283! 8,663 4,893
92,683 4634 20;371 | 1602) 298] 1:729} 3,260) 2,839 3,297
133,053 Tou 50,260 | 2364 | 411 | 2412 | 6,638 | 22,708 5,590
282/926 93,937 1637836 | 5,905 |  766| 4285| $494] 9522} 14,090
505,174 45,922 510,728 | 7,785 | 1,996 | 7,066 | 15,966 | 22,944 | 32,780
387,295 23,638 83,808 | 8,375 | “861 | 10,038 22,472 | 12,553 | 19,902
207842 ; 1] 5 “879 | 21418. 199
353,076 16,677 164512 | 5,046 | 558} 3,982] 6,113) 2,659] 20,286
113°003 123630 40,492 | 1125 | 354) 2954 | 6,241 | 81,061 1,891
379115 18,567 1,084,264 | 7/256 | 1,770 | 5,870 | 15,634 | 28,025] 32,640
30,872 1,074 3173 | 51s | '123 | ’se9 | 2,389 | 20,491 ;
956458 9,769 248,018 | 5,535 | 361 | 8,908 | -18,009 | 5,937 9,078
987,026 167328 331875 | 6,263] 584} 7,005 | 12744 | 11,239] 18,612
300,473 18,944 459,198 | 5/810 | 967 | 7,244) 13,814 | 4,395) 19,548
141,79 2,8 ; ; 437 | 5,604 | 18,522 ) 213513 6,444
867334 9,162 128951 | 2/095 |  5¥2} 13840 | 2,444 | "962 7,398
Ade Rnbeieuay 19,586,886 |723,264 | . $211,172. $338,153 | $487,644 |$1,065,144 | $20,689,649 [398,678 | 56,754 |433,372 | 971,116 | 980,767 | 1,228,583

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* No returns.

The yields of garden, or f ansas
passed by any State in the Union. All fruits grow to their highest grade
of excellence which are fitted to the climate and latitude. Apples, pears,
peaches, plums, grapes and berries of every variety give to the intelligent
horticulturist a bounteous return for his labor. The attention thus far has
been most profitably and extensively turned to orchard fruits and grapes;
@ld abundantly wherever cultivated. The horticultural

strawberries yi
statistics are less com

HORTICULTURE. .
orchard and vineyard in Kansas are unsur-

plete than on farming products. From such as are

accessible-the following facts are gleaned: ;
In 1860, the value of orchard products was $656; in 1870, $158,046;

in 1860, 583 gallons of wine

were made; in 1870, 14,899 gallons.

The summary of the report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture

for 1873 was as follows:  ~ are! .
‘Nurseries.—In 1860 and 1870, no report; in 1872, $227,980 invested. '
Orchards.—In 1860, the value of orchard products was $656; in 1870, $158,046; in 1872

713,954 bushels, estimated a
Capital invested in orchards

. Vineyards.—There were 583 &
e

“34,595 in 1872. Assuming that tw

+50 cents per bushel, gives $356,977 as the value of the product.
jn 1873, $1,614,984.

‘allons of wine manufactured in 1860; 14,889 in 1870;
ve pounds of grapes will make one gallon of wine, and

that one-half of thé grape crop was marketed as grapes and one-half manufactured into
wine, we have the product of 1872 as follows: Grapes manufactured into wine, 414,060 pounds;
number of pounds sold, 414,060; making 828,120 pounds in the aggregate.

 

 

414,060 pounds of grapes, at 4 cents........... $16,562 40
_ 84,505 gallons wine, at 75 cents...... - 25,878 75
Total value Of Crop Of 1872....csssssseeeesesssssessossssueessessesssesssuuesessarssaverseeses $42,441 15

 

Capital invested in vineyards in 1872, $181,689. The average yield per acre, according
to the returns of assessors, is 2,307.2 pounds. As many of the vineyardsare young and not
in full bearing, this average is too low. The average throughout the State for vineyards in
full bearing is about 4,000 pounds per acre. Miami County is credited with the maximum
and Davis County the minimum average yield—the former 8,462 pounds, and the latter 100
pounds. While the great difference is owing in part to the age of the vines. in the respec-
tive counties, the yield in Miami County indicates the adaptibility of Kansas soil and cli-
mate for grape culture. The returns from all parts of the State are most cheering—no seri-
ous complaint of health of either wood or fruit.

In 1874, the Agricultural report showed as follows: In nurseries, 5,071
acres ; in orchards, 100,889 acres; in vineyards, 18,561 acres. The prod-
ucts of vineyards were reported—13,561 gallons of wine, and 2,345,318
pounds of grapes.

In 1875, the reports of the State Board of Agriculture show such wide
discrepancies as to acreage of orchards and vineyards, as to be hardly cred-

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258

ible. The report was as follows: Nurseries, 5,072 acres; orchards, 100,-
839 acres; vineyards, 5,558 acres. The number of pounds of grapes pro-
duced was reported at 2,345,318. There is no summarized horticultural

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

report in 1876. In the first biennial report of the Kansas State Board of
Agriculture for 1877-78 appears the following table showing the orchards
by counties in the State in 1878.

 

 

Allen
Anderson ..
Atchison
Barber ...
Barton.
Bourbon .
Brown.
Butler ....
-Chautauqua
Chase

 

  
   
   
  
 
  
  
  

» Cherokee ..

Dickinson
Doniphan,

 

‘Esworth..
Ford......

Franklin ..
Greenwood ..
Harvey ....
Jackson
Jefferson.
Jewell...
Johnson

 

 

Leavenworth .
Lineoln..
Linn....
Lyon ..

 

 

Morris .....
Nemaha ...
Neosho ..
Norton ..
Osage .....
Osborne
Ottawa...
Pawnee..
Phillips..
Pottawatomie

Wyandotte .
Totals ......

 

 

 

 

KANSAS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

The Kansas State Agricultural Society was organized in the open air,
‘in front of the old a ee House, July 16, 1857, in pursuance of a pub-
lished notice, and an Executive Board was chosen. From this board,
Hon. Alfred Larzalere, of Doniphan County, was chosen President. Hon.
C. C. Hutchinson, of Franklin County, Secretary. The Executive Board
held but two meetings, but the society collected complete sets of the Agri-
cultural Reports of New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and the newer
Western States. Owing to the political troubles and the poverty of the
settlers, it was impossible to hold a State Fair, and the society came to a
natural death. The library was placed by the Secretary in the hands of
Hon. E. D. Ladd, of Lawrence, and subsequently was placed in the Kan-
sas State Library by Hon. Lawrence D. Bailey.

‘March 5, 1862, a meeting was held in the hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives, at Topeka, for the purpose of organizing a society for the pro-
motion and encouragement of agriculture and the mechanic, arts of the
State. Hon. F. P. Baker, of Nemaha County, was called to the Chair,
and J. D. Church of Atchison, was chosen Secretary. A committee ap-
pointed to draft a constitution consisted of Golden Silvers, of Jackson; R.
A. Yan Winkle, of Atchison; James Medill, of Leavenworth; William R.
Wagstaff, of Miami; F. G. Adams, of Shawnee. The committee reported
a constitution of fourteen articles which was adopted. The name of the
association was ‘‘The Kansas State Agricultural Society;” its ob-
ject ‘“‘to promote the improvement of agriculture and its kindred arts,
throughout the State of Kansas.’’ Its officers were a President, a Secre-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF TREES IN BEARING. NUMBER OF TREES NOT IN BEARING.

APPLE. | PEAR. PEACH. PLUM. Letra APPLE. PEAR. PEACH. PLUM. | CHERRY
21,592 | 736 100,817 841 | 10,610 64,357 | 2,455 15,147

37,050 925 | 77,613 | 3,468 | 11,118 61,133 | 2,067 i
65,986 | 1,622! 72,853 | 2,099 | 15,705 87,344 | 1,659 6,157
asesieenstne’ bsudvasndiotledineuscrentedsa 6 24 515] - 8 B
115 qi 967 51 54 16,564 595 2,399
$3,048 | 1,881} 135,828 | 2,100] 24,689 | 130,415 | 5,247 15,985
34,799 871 | 158,352 | 1,854 | 13,986 | 103,858 | 1,794 10,462
9,050 189 286,743 | 7,512 i 70,077 | 2,947 19,523
8,550 140/! 114,671 | 1,578 | 2,068 | 46,716 | 1,344 8,548
3,994 | 119 34,780 | 1,343 | 1,874 18,079 | 1,070 , 2,460
67,988 | 2,885 | 131,306 | 2,086 | 17,508 | 178,622] 9,837 22,976
1,475 270 58,952 | 3,029 988 12,671 376 5,790
2.488 70 77,320 | 2,390 834 12,717 633 3,220
37,127 974} 97,423 | 6,023 | 13,057 78,638 | 2,409 11,236
5,754} 1,425} 196,554 | 7,582 | 3,846 68,566 | 2,795 14,629
34,725 | 1,179 79,176 | 1,263 9,998 | 113,900] 6,943 15,912
3,325 591 | 47,900} 1,955} 1,719 9,391 | 1,270 7,703
3,908 | 250 | 135,549, 7,671 | - 1,815 31,060 | 3,331 11,623
54,790 | 1,389 | 99,753 | 1,257 | 10,777 82,918 | 1,853 6,514
82,412 | 1,654 | 23,944 | 95,424 | 4,214 7,019
20 2,265 321 209
793 | 2,616) 49,330] 1,058 7,443
2,199 833 910
29 106 3,173 451 657
sattpecit 90. | wuenveentss 360 195 50
70,145 | 1,614 | 99,344] 1,567 | 20,216 68,699 | 3,126 10,645
12,766 | 407 | 102,208 916 | 6,238} 52,766} _ 1,520 11,009
1,839" 65| 74,792| 1,575 | 1,481 45,958 | ~ 1,931 143
30,074 | 961 59,381 478 | 10,508 73,942 | 1,267 7,699
59,724 | 1,067| 88,814 657 i 76,124 | 2,197 18,834
944 380 32,457 | 5,824 680 14,313 | 3,278 5,456
70,657 | 1,710 $1,782 | 2,567 | 28,087 82,841 | 3,876 24,437
67,505 | 2,218 | 170,055) 3,187 | 11,247 | 188,202) 8,757 20,739
109,443 | 3,942 86,113 | 2061 | 19,975 | 114,758 | 2,493 9,419
45 3 4,506 11 13 2,658 182 600
59,465 |- 1,450 | 113,104 | 2,862 | 25,728 | 106,543} 2,218 11,260
33,833 | 3,090 129,637 | 2,142 | 13,311 95,800 | 5,885 2,248
2,185 | 385 | 46,292 574 | 1,129 30,649 | 1,546 9,056
8,170 | 1,149 | 93,295 492 | 4,218] 46,904 890 9,065
696 | 1,366 47,169 | 1,763 Pe 34,758 | 2,136 8,024
72,885 | 2,654) 91,807 | 1,718 | 22,306 72,054 | 3,219 7,219
493 | 1,403 | 40,548 | 7,697 | 3,077 17,678 } 1,053 3,298
45,503. 467 | 205,766 | 2,167| 7,008 | 145,304 2,916 16,380
3,133 149 | 41,053 | 1,620} 2,479 M177 | 1,135 5,183
14,941 | 2,496 | 68,570 728 | 4892) 52,741 | 1,178 8,725
30,959 | 813 | 169,879} 1,370 | 10,124 | 120,308 2,255 24,599
sdussotevesand le vee 200 53 58 V5
32,931 312 | 128,283} 1,877| 11,434 82,042 | 2,976 12,118
417 151 2,599 63 42 6,253 803 1,013
1,061 | 1,296 | 32,256} 1,129 917 10,094, 1,131 2,792
2 340 102 8,573 330 1,786
13 26 228 50 17 1,553 39 150
10,573 | 632 69,858 | 1,597 | 4,033 | 39,897 | 1,083 7,627
305 18 15,076 356 670 25,463 | 1,728 5,637
1,521} 1,275 | 42,006} 1,461! 3,042! 23,452 647 5,487
164 8,887 | 1,542 382 14,285 918 4,574
10,703 | 406 34,556 | 1,670 2,723 ' 17,655 | 1,815 4,946
438 837 2 30 | stad :
20 68 TOU aise eveseoen ; 45196 | 102 125
285 2 8,919 69 | 143 | 3,948 386 864
2,664 97 43,274 | 3,428 1,106 = 3,577 | 1,026 3,174
5,845 278 | 164,282 | 3136 2,934 74,342 | 4,014 13,369
45,063 | 2,149 62,612 | 1,949 18,480 91,079 | 4,683 14,509
127 1 7,240 342) 141 5024 | 138 765

5,045 530 | 115,148 | 1,448 1,326 48443 | 2,020 9,
10,189 325 46,281 | 1,295 4,054 31,630 1,682 4,712
3,469 160 86,916 898 1,951 28,396 1,176 8,044
34,646 600 | 173,761) 1,847 8645 115,580, 2156 16,708
10,836 348 81,696 687 «5,816 43,027 781 8,872
51,932 | 1,247 18,895 940 6456 57,395 | 1,440 5,080
1,530,275 | 57,829 | 5,069,579 | 123,479 461,287 | 3,546,200 | 138,795 | 3,238,361 | 195,811 | 571,562

 

 

 

 

 

tary, a Treasurer and an Executive Committee consisting of these officers
and ten other members chosen for that purpose. The Brenident of each
County Agricultural Society was ex officio Vice President of the society;
the Secretary of each County Agricultural Society was ex officio Corre-
enone Secretary for that county of this society. Annual elections were
provided for, occurring in January of each year, and the lay members of
the Executive Committee were to hold, after the first election for a term of
two years, five of whom were to be chosen each year. The Executive
‘Committee were empowered to determine the place and time for holdin
each State Fair; to direct the money appropriations of the society an
have control of its property; to prepare the necessary by-laws for the so-
ciety, and ‘“‘annually regulate and award premiums on such articles of
production and improvement as they may deem best calculated to pro-
mote the agricultural and household manufacturing interests of the State,
having special reference to the most economical or popular mode of com-
pevitiene raising the crops or stock, or in the fabrication of the articles
_ Provision was made for preparing a report of the transactions of the
society during the preceding year, which should embrace valuable reports
from committees, statements of experiments, cultivation and improve-
ment, proceedings of county societies, correspondence, statistics, and
other matters, the publications of which will exhibit the condition of the
eo peagcaiot interests of Kansas, and a diffused knowledge of which will
add to the productiveness of agricultural and honsehold labor, and, there-
fore, promote the general prosperity of the State, and transmit such report

aa kine a

2 hae
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and abstract to the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the use of
the Legislature. The Secretary was the only officer to whom compensa-
tion was allowed, the Executive Committee to fix the amount. Every
member of the society is such by virtue of paying an annual fee of $1;
life membership, $10. The several present and prospective County Agri-
cultural societies were deemed auxiliaries of the State Society, and it was
made the duty of the Secretary to invite and receive reports and abstracts

' of the county societies, to be used in preparing the annual report to the
Legislature. %

The following named persons were elected officers for 1862: President,
Lyman Scott, of Leavenworth; Secretary, F. G. Adams, of Shawnee;
Treasurer, Isaac Garrison, of Shawnee; Executive Committee, F. P.
Baker, of Shawnee ; Martin Anderson, of Jackson; R. A. Van Winkle, of
Atchison ; E. B. Whitman, of Douglas; J. W. Sponable, of Johnson; J.
C. Marshall, of Linn; Thomas Arnold, of Coffey; W: A. Shannon, of
Lyon ; Charles B. Lines, of Wabaunsee; Welcome Wells, of Riley.

In June, 1862, the Executive Committee held a meeting, and decided
it inexpedient to hold a fair during the year. F. G. Adams, F. P. Baker
and E. B. Whitman were appointed a committee to prepare a series of
questions in relation to agricultural matters, and have them printed and
forwarded to the Trustees of each township of the State, with a request to
answer them as far as is practicable, and return to the Secretary by the
ist of Deeember, 1862. ; e :

First Annual Meeting.—This was held January 18, 1862, and the offi-
‘cers then elected determined to publish a ‘‘ Journal of the State Agricult-
ural Society,” and christened it the Kansas Farmer, the publication of
which commenced May 1, 1868. It was a monthly, at 50 cents a year; in
clubs of 10 or more, 40 cents.

James L. McDowell, of Leavenworth, was chosen General Superin-
tendent of the First State Fair held at Leavenworth, October 6-9, 1868.

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Brown resigned his position as Secretary, and H. J. Strickler was
appointed. The people of Lawrence subscribed $2,006 to have the Second
Annual State Fair held there, and it came off there October 2-5, 1866.
Horace Greeley had been invited to deliver the opening address, but he was
unable to be present. Hon. Solon O. Thacher, of Lawrence, delivered the
annual address, followed by Hon. I. 8. Kalloch. James IL. McDowell was
the General Superintendent. The recéipts of the fair were $4,459; the dis-
bursements, including cost of building, were $4,458. :

Fifth Annual Meeting.—President Bailey, at this meeting held
January 16, 1867, delivered the annual address and reviewed the rise and
growth of the society, predicting its greatness and usefulness. Having
acted as President of the society four years, he declined another election,
thinking he had done his part of the pioneer work. The officers elected
were as follows: President, Robert G. Elliot; Secretary, Hiram J.
Strickler; Treasurer, Charles B. Lines. The Executive Committee was
composed of M. C. Cloyce, of Atchison; M. K. Dalton, of Jefferson; W.
G. Coffin, of Leavenworth; M. J. Alkire, of Shawnee; Henry C. Cross, of
Lyons; William A. Phillips, of Saline. Ata meeting of the society held
January 30, 1867, Messrs. Lines, McDowell and Strickler were appointed a
committee to memorialize the Legislature, asking “for an appropriation of
$5,000 per annum to the State Board of Agriculture, to aid them in hold-
ing annual fairs.’

Siath Annual Meeting.—The President, Secretary and Treasurer
were re-elected at the meeting held January 15, 1868. The members of the
Executive Committee elected were: Josiah Miller, of Douglas; W. L.
Harrison, of Franklin; John W. Scott, of Allen; A. B. Whiting, of Riley.
The State Fair was held at Leavenworth; Peter G. Lowe was General
Superintendent; Prof. J.8. Hougham of the State Agricultural College
delivered the annual address, and was followed by addresses from Dr.
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AN ARISTOCRATIC KANSAS CABIN—1855.

: total receipts of the fair were $5,189.12; the total disbursements, $5,-
Brie, The Lemistative appropriation for 1863 was $1,000; Life Member-
ip fund, $495. ;
SP ne net of the society for 1863 were as follows: President, L. D.
Bailey; Secretary, F. G. Adams; Treasurer, F. P. Baker. Messrs. Lines
and Marshall were again chosen members of the Executive Committee;
the new members were J. P. Johnson, of Doniphan; John 8. Hidden, of
Nemaha; Samuel M. Strickler, of Davis; David L. Lakin, of Jefferson;
Charles Starns, of Leavenworth; Abn of !Miami; George W. Col-
uglas; John R. Swallow, of Lyon.
ue ‘Meeting.—At the meeting held January 12, 1864, the Sec-
retary reported the available funds of the society at $1,721.35. Of the
deceased life-members, five of the nine were ‘Killed in the Lawrence mas-
sacre; three died in the service of their country- The following named
persons were elected officers for the coming year: Messrs. Bailey and Ad-
ams were re-elected President and Secretary; William Spriggs, of Ander-
son, Treasurer; Robert G. Elliott, of Douglas; J. W. Sponable, of John-
son; 8. 8. Tipton, of Anderson; Fey ee of Lyon; James L.
members of the Executive Committee.
Mobo Ane Meeting.—At the meeting held January 12, 1865,
President Bailey and Treasurer Spriggs were re-elected; John 8. Brown,
of Douglas, was chosen Secretary; members of the Executive Committee
—James B. Maynard, of Doniphan; Henry B. Keller, of Leavenworth; E.
8. Hubbard, of Wyandotte; A. J. W. Brown, of Allen; Charles B. Lines,
of Wabaunsee. The society had decided to hold a fair in October, 1864,
and Gov. Richard Yates, of Illinois, was designated to deliver the address,
but owing to the unsettled coreenae of the country, no fair was held;
i eld in ;
ae pees wecting.—‘The officers of 1865 were re-elected,
January 3, 1866, and the new members of the Executive Committee were
Hiram J. Strickler, of Shawnee; George W. Dietzler, of Douglas; Alfred
Gray, of Wyandotte; S. 8. Tipton, of Anderson. June 3, 1866, John 8.

Seventh Annual Meeting.—At the election of officers chosen January
18, 1869, the President, Secretary and Treasurer were again elected. The
new members of the Executive Committee were: Boaz W. Williams, of
Atchison; James I. Larimer, of Leavenworth; John N. Insley, of Jeffer-
son; Alfred Gray, of Wyandotte; 8S. T. Kelsey, of Franklin. The State
Fair was held at Lawrence, and Alfred Gray was General Superin-
tendent. Gov. James M. Harvey delivered the opening address.

Eighth Annual Meeting.—At a meeting held January 25, 1870, the
constitution of the society was amended so as to provide for a Vice
President, and Hon. Oscar E. Learnard, of Douglas, was elected. The
sixth annual exhibition of the society was held at Fort Scott, September
27-30, 1870. Alfred Gray acted as General Superintendent. George A.
Crawford delivered the opening address, and extended the hospitalities of
the city. President Kalloch replied, and Gov. Harvey and Hon. E. G.
Ross delivered addresses. The election for officers occurred October 30,
1870, and the following named persons were chosen: President, Isaac 8.
Kalloch; Vice President, O. E. Learnard; Secretary, Alfred Gray;
Treasurer, Thomas Murphy, of Atchison. The new members of the
Executive Committee were Joseph K. Hudson, of Wyandotte; John
Inlow, of Johnson; E. 8. Niccols, of Anderson; George A. Crawford, of
Bourbon; Andrew Wilson, of Shawnee; N. A. Adams, of Riley. ‘

Ninth Annual Meeting.—At this meeting held January 11, 1871, J. K.
Hudson was chosen Secretary pro tem.; Secretary Gray being absent in
consequence of sickness. President Kalloch in his address, J anuary 18,
1871, in Representative Hall, triumphantly said: :

For the first time in history, the State Agricultural Society is not a pauper beseeching
alms, but is on a basis of such honorable independence that, with a little longer continuance
of the same generous treatment from the State which it has heretofore received, it will be able
to accomplish the high mission with which it is charged.

A State Fair was held at Topeka September 11-15, 1871. The officers
elected September 15, were: President, H. J. Strickler; Vice President,
George W. Veale; Secretary, Alfred Gray; Treasurer, Thomas Murphy;
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members of the Executive Committee, Martin Anderson, of Jackson; E.
8. Niccols, of Anderson; George L. Young, of Shawnee; Jamcs Rogers, of
Osage; William Martindale, of Greenwood; Malcomer Conn, of Morris.

Tenth Annual Meeting.—At the meeting held January 10, 1872, it-was
resolved that the annual fair of 1872 be held September 16-20, 1872. The
fair was held at Topeka; Hiram T. Beman, of Shawnee, was chosen
Superintendent. Shawnee County donated the use of her county fair-
oe and buildings, and the citizens of Topeka contributed $2,000.

anuary 11, the board adopted the following resolutions, the first relat-
ing to representation of the society, the second to memorializing the
Legislature:

Resolved, That President Strickler and Secretary Gray be appointed delegates to
represent the society at the National Agricultural Convention, to be held at Washington, D.
C., commencing February 13, 1872, under the auspices of the Commissioner of Agriculture.

Resolved, That 1 committee, consisting of the President, Vice President, Secretary,
Treasurer and Mr. Rogers, be appointed to memorialize the Legislature for an appropriation
for premiums, and also to ask for the publication of the reports of the society.

The Legislature made a response to this in “an act for the encourage-
ment of agriculture,” which was approved February 19, 1872, which pro-
vided that

- The present officers and Executive Committee of the Kansas State Agricultural Socicty
shall be and are hereby constituted the State Board of Agriculture, who shall continue to hold
office during the terms for which they have been respectively elected, to wit: The President,
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and one-half or five of the Executive Committee, unti
the second Wednesday of January, 1874; Provided, said society alter or amend their consti-
tution in such a mamner as not to conflict with the provisions of this act. The Governor
and Secretary of State shall be ex-officio members of the State Board of Agriculture,

Section 2 of the act provides that every county or district agricult-
ural society, composed of one or more counties, whether now organized or
hereafter to be organized under the laws of the State of Kansas, shall be
entitled to send the President of such society or other delegate therefrom,
duly authorized in writing, to the annual meeting of the State Board of

_ Agriculture, to be held on the second Wednesday of January of each year,

and who shall, for the time being, be ex officio members of the State
Board of Agriculture.

Provided, That each county or district society herein mentioned, shall have held a fair
the current year, offered and awarded premiums for the improvement of stock, tillage, crops,
implements, mechanical fabrics and articles of domestic industry and such other articles and
improvements as they may deem proper, and grade the said premiums so that it will be
competent for small as well as large farmers and artisans to compete for the same, make out
astatement containing a synopsis of the awards, and an abstract of the Treasurer’s account
and report on the conditions of epraulturs in their county to the State Board, which state-
ments shall be forwarded by mail or otherwise to the Secretary of the State Board on or be-
fore the 15th of November of each year.

Sec. 3 provided that the State Board of Agriculture, together with so
many of the Presidents or authorized delegates of the county societies as
may be in attendance, to meet at Topeka on the second Wednesday of
January, 1878, and annually thereafter, and proceed to elect by ballot a
President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and’ five members of the
State Board of Agriculture, who, when seewlat convened, shall consti-
tute the State Board of Agriculture. The President, Vice President and
Treasurer shall be elected to serve for one year, and the Secretary and
members shall serve for two years from the time of their election.

Sec. 4 makes it the duty of the State Board of Agriculture to make an
annual report of its proceedings for the preceding year to the Legislature,
embracing a report of the State Horticultural Society, and an abstract of
the proceedings of the county societies, as well as a general view of the
condition of agriculture throughout the State, accompanied by such essays,

, Statements and recommendations as they shall deem interesting and use-
ful, which reports shall be printed by the State. The transactions of the
State Agricultural Society, and the State Horticultural Society, shall be
published in one volume, from the respective organizations of said soci-
eties, until the close of the last year of the said societies. The reports
shall be bound in cloth, and shall not cost to exceed $1 per copy.

Sec. 5 limits the number of copies of the report to 3,500. The Secre-
tary of State shall distribute 275 copies to the State officers; 1,270 to the
Legislature; 500 to the State Horticultural Socicty; 1,450 copies to the
State Board of Agriculture for distribution among the agricultural and
horticultural societies, mechanical associations and farmers’ clubs of the
State, and for distribution and exchange with other State Societies, and as
may seem best for the interest of the State; five copies to the Staté Library
and five copies to the State Agricultural College.

Sec. 6 located the office of the State Board of Agriculture in the cap-
itol building, in the rooms occupied by the State Agricultural Society.
In 1883, the office was located in the northeast part of the lasement of the
west wing.

Sec. 7 provided for an appropriation of $35,000 for the benefit of the
Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the year 1872; this amount to be
used in paying the premiums awarded ut the fairs or industrial exhibitions
to be held under the auspices and control of the said State Board of Agri-
culture.

. At a meeting of the State Agricultural Society held at their rooms
March 12, 1872, Bresident Strickler stated that it would be necessary to
amend the Constitution of the society to conform to the legislative act
above recited. E. 8. Niccols, James Repers and A. J. Ryan were appoint-
ed a committee to consider and report what amendments are necessary to
conform to the provisions of said act. Mr. Niccols, Chairman of the
Committee, reported an amended Constitution, which was accepted, and
on motion of Mr. Rogers the Executive Committee of the Kansas State
Agricultural Society were instructed to accept of the provisions of said
ueh. *

Thereupon the Kansas State Agricultural Society adjourned sine die,
and the Kansas State Board of Agriculture came into a condition of or-
ganized vitality.

CONSTITUTION OF THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, ADOPTED MARCII 12, 1872.

ARrticLE I—The name of this association shall be known as the Kansas State Board of
Agriculture. Its object shall be to promote the improvement of agriculture, stock-raising,
horticulture, manufacturing and household arts in the State of Kansas.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Art. II.—The present officers and Executive Committee of the Kansas State Agricult-
ural Society shall be and are hereby constituted the State Board of Agriculture, who shall
continue to hold their otfices the terms for which they have been respectively elected, to wit:
The President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and one-half or five of the Executive
Committee until the second Wednesday of January, 1873, and five of the Executive Com-
mittee until the second Wednesday of January, 1874. The Governor and Secretary of State

" shall be ez officio members of the State Board of Agriculture.

Arr. I11.—That every county or district agricultural society composed of one or more
counties, whether now organized or hereafter to be organized under the laws of the State of
Kansas, shall be entitled to send the President of such society or other delegate therefrom,
duly authorized in writing to the annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, to be
held on the second Wednesday of January of each year, and who shall, forthe time being,
be ex officio membersof the State Board ot Agriculture, provided that each county or district
society herein mentioned shall have held a fair the current year, offered and awarded pre-
miums for the improvement of stock, tillage, crops, implements, mechanical fabrics and arti-
cles of domestic industry, and such other articles and improvements as they may deem
proper, and grade the said premiums so that it will be competent for small, as well as large
farmers and artisans, to compete for the same, make out a statement containing a synopsis
ofthe awards, and an abstract of the Treasurer’s account and report on the conditions of
agriculture in their county to the State Board. Said statement to be forwarded by mail or
otherwise to the Secretary of the State Board on or before the fifteenth day of November in
each year.

ek IV.—It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture, together with so many of
the Presidents or authorized delegates of the county societies as may be in attendance, to
meet at the Capital of the State, on the second Wednesday of January, 1873, and annually
thereafter, and proceed to eluct by ballot, a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
and five members of the State Board of Agriculture, who, when regularly elected, shall
constitute the State Board of Agriculture. The President, Vice President and Treasurer
shall be elected to serve for one year, and the Secretary and members shall serve for two
years from the time of their election. 2 x

Art, V.—It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture to make an annual re-
port of the proceedings for the precedjng year to the Legislature, and an abstract of the pro-
ceedings of the county societies, as well as a general view of the condition of agriculture
throughout the State, accompanied by such essays, statements and recommendations as they
shall deem interesting and useful. i

Art. VI.—The office of the State Board of Agriculture shall be in the Capitol building.

Art, VII.—The premium list and regulations, together with the time set and location
determined upon for holding the annual fair, shall be published by the State Board of Agri-
culture on or before the first day of April of each year. ;

Art. VIIJ.—Any member of the State Board who shall fail to attend three consecutive
meetings, shall be considered to have resigned, and it shall be the duty of the State Board

-to fill the vacancy.

Art. IX.—A majority of the Board, with the President or Secretary, shall constitute a
quorum at any called meeting.

ArT. X.—The duties of the President and Secretary shall be such as pertain to their
respective offices.

Art. XJ.—The Treasurer shall receive and keep an accurate account of all moneys be-
longing to the society. He shall pay out its moneys only on the order of the President and
Secretary, and at each annual meeting of the board he shall make a full report, in writing,
of its financial transactions and condition. He shall give a bond to the satisfaction of the
Board for the faithful performance of his duties. The said bond shall be renewed as often
as the same person is elected to the office.

Art. XII.—That the privilege of life and_annual membership admitting persons free
to the exhibitions of the State Agricultural Society, are hereby continued by the State
Board of Agriculture.

ART. XIII.—That the provisions of “an act for the encouragement of agriculture,” ap-
proved February 19, 1872, be and the same are hereby accepted by this society.

ART. XIV.—This Constitution may be altered or amended by a two-thirds vote of mem-
bers present at any annual meeting of the State Board.

The first meeting of the State Board of Agriculture was held March
12, 1872, and George W. Veale and Martin Anderson were appointed a
committee to wait on Gov. James M. Harvey and Secretary of Biate Will-
iam H. Smallwood, ez officio members of the board, and inform them that
the State Board of Agriculture was in session. These members appeared,
and the first business transacted was to open and examine the bids for the
location for the fair of 1872, which emanated from the Shawnee County
Agricultural Society, and was to tender the use of their fair grounds and
buildings which cost Shawnee County nearly $30,000, and the sum of
$2,000 from the citizens of Topeka.

Eleventh Annual Meeting.—The first annual meeting of the State

‘Board of Agriculture, or the eleventh of the Kansas State Agricultural

Society, was held at Topeka, January 8, 1873, and the following named per-
sons were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, E. S. Niccols;
Vice President, Thomas Murphy; Secretary, Alfred Gray; Treasurer,
George W. Veale. Thomas H. Osborn, Governor; William H. Small-
wood, Secretary of State; George T, Anthony, of Leavenworth; J. K.
Hudson, of Wyandotte; 8. T. Kelsey, of Franklin; George Noble, of
Douglas; R. P. Edgington, of Butler (Mr. Noble was elected in the place
of John N. Insley, resigned), were the Executive Committee.

Mr. Gray offered the following amendment to the constitution, which
was adopted:

At each annual meeting the Board shall clect a Geologist, Entomologist and Botanist,
who shall hold their offices for one year.

The Levislature of 1878, in Section 1 of Chapter 137 of its Session
Laws, approved March 6, 1878; made the following provisions:

It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture to publish as part of their an-
nual transactions a detailed statement, by counties, of the various industries of the Stace
and other statistics which shall be collected from the County Clerks and from such other
reliable sources as the said Board may deem best; also to collect, arrange and publish from
time to time, in such manner and form as the said Board may deem to be for the interest
of the State, such statistical and other information as those seeking homes in the West may
a and they shall deliver a synopsis of it to such immigrant aid societies, railroad
companies, real estate agencies and others interested, as may apply for the same; also to ar-
range in suitable packages and cases, and place the same in the agricultural rooms for pub-
lic inspection, samples of agricultural products, geological and other specimens provided

for in this act.

Meeting of the Bourd in 1614.—At the annual election for officers,
held J anuary 14, 1874, the following-named persons were selected for the
offices: President, George T. Anthony; Vice President, John Davis, of
Davis; Treasurer, Joseph C. Wilson, of Atchison; Secretary, Alfred
Gray. Members of the Executive Committee: Joshua Wheeler, of Atchi-
sqn; Levi Wilson, of Leavenworth ; H. R. Crowell, of Cherokee; C. 8.
Broadbent, of Sumner; M. D. Ellis, of Butler; S. J. Carter, of Coffey;
I. O. Savage, of Republic. Hon. J. K. Hudson resigned, and W. p
Popenoe was chosen as his successor. George Noble removed to Texas,
and John H. Edwards, of Ellis, was chosen his successor. Mr. Noble
was tendered a vote of thanks for his efficient services as a member of the
Board and as General Superintendent of the fair, which was held on the
ground of the Shawnee County Agricultural Society, September 22-26,
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

1873. The following- named gentlemen were elected to fill the positions
for which they are respectively named: Botanist, Prof. James H. Carruth,
Lawrence; Chemist, Prof. W. K. Kedzie, Manhattan ; Entomologist, Prof.
Edward A. Popenoe, Topeka; Geologist, Prof. Benjamin F. Mudge, Man-
hattan; Meteorologist, Prof. Frank H. Snow, Lawrence. Signal Service
Committee: J. H. Carruth, B. F. Mudge, Frank H. Snow.

The opening address at the State Fair of 1873 was made by Gov.
Thomas A. Osborn. During the fair addresses were made by William C.
Flagg, President of the State Farmers’ Association of Ilinois, and John
Davis, the President of the Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Kansas.

The first meeting of the Board of 1874 was held on February 3, 1874,
Hon. E. H. Funston, of Allen, serving as Vice President in place of
John Davis. :

Plans for the Year.—The Secretary made a compilation and publica-
tion monthly, by counties, of the condition of crops and domestic ani-
mals and other interesting and valuable information to the producers of
the State, relating to agricultural and other industries. It was decided to
hold a fair in September at Leavenworth, but in July and August so great
was the depression consequent upon the advent of the chinch bug, dry
weather and locusts, that to hold a State Fair seemed an insult, and many
of the producers of the State who were prominent exhibitors of their
products at the fair, advised an abandonment of the undertaking. The
Board, in an appeal to the people of Kansas, issued August 18, 1874, refer-
ring to the calamities, said:

The first sight of disaster is always the worst view we get of it. If every county in
the State is represented by the best of its herds, its flocks and its fields; if you make sucha
showing as we know you can make and believe it your duty to make, then our annual fair
for the year 1874 will be to the State its proudest and its most profitable vindication.

On the matter of Statistics and Immigration, they say:

The queues of thrift and civilization is always important to those seeking new
homes, and the best evidences of these are our manufacturing and mercantile interests, our
excellent system of common schools, universities and colleges, together with the efforts of
Christian organization whose churches spring into existence in every pioneer settlement.

It was determined to collect and arrange for preservation and inspec”
tion, in the agricultural rooms, specimens of gypsum, building stone, coals,
fossils, etc.; commence a collection of Kansas birds; noxious and in-
noxious insects; collect and arrange, by counties, agricultural and other
products; specimens of timber growth, etc., which could in any manner
indicate or demonstrate the capabilities of the several counties thus
represented.

The publication of an annual report was provided for, to embrace
substantially the following:

First, A synopsis of the proceedings of the Board.

Second, A review of the year, including the substance of the monthly
reports, by seasons, and the story of the annual exhibition, with a con-
densed statement of awards.

Vhird, A succinct reference to the history of the State, so far as the
same has a bearing upon its industrial progress, followed by a statistical
and industrial exhibit, by counties, of enumeration of population, products
of the farm, the orchard and the vineyard, live stock, apiaculture,
manufactories, mercantile interests, schools and churches.

It was also determined to publish in said annual report an outline
map of the State, to show the relative size and location of the several
counties, railroad system, principal water-courses, ctc.; a complete sec-
tional map, in colors, of each organized county, to accompany the
industries thereof, and to contain, among other things, civil townships,
ratlroads, location of cities, town and villages, name and location of cach
post office, location of each utilized water-power, relative amount of
timber and prairie, bottom and upland, coal, lead and other mines, gypsum,
salt springs, etc. : ‘

A diagram showing the average rainfall in the State, in three belts,
running north and south. ;

A summary of the productions of the year, and other statistical
matter, together with comparative statements with the progress of other
years, and with that of other Stites. ‘

A statement of government, school, agricultural college, railroad and
other vacant lands, by counties, with maximum, minimum and average
prices of the same, accompanied with such other information and data as
would meet the public wants. .

A report of the industrial operations of the year at the State Agricult-
ural College. : .

Proceedings of the Academy of Science. :

Reports of auxiliary district and county agricultural organizations.

APPROPRIATIONS.

For the purpose of carrying out the plan thus marked out, the Board

asked the Legislature for the following appropriations, which were

ranted: .

. Salary of Secretary, $1,500; clerk hire in the office of the State Board
of Agriculture, $1,000; postage and expenses $350; expenses of members
in altending meetings of the board, $500; taxidermic and botanical col-
lections for the cabinets in the agricultural department, $100; outstanding
indebtedness for the years 1871, 1872 and 1878, $6,585.42; printing and bind-
ing three thousand five hundred copies of the annual transactions of
the board, ‘$5,000; statistical blanks, rolls and miscellaneous printing,
$1,200; and printing the annual premium list, $500.

In 1875, the officers and members of the board were as follows:
President, George T. Anthony; Vice President, George W. Glick;
Treasurer, Joseph C. Wilson; Secretary, Alfred Gray. The new members
of the board were: Thomas H. Cavanaugh, Secretary of State; R. W.
Jenkins, of Pottawatomie; O. D. Harmon, of Linn; John Kelley, Sedg-
wick. The members of the scientific corps were continued, and in
addition thereto O. 8. George. of Topeka, was appointed Taxidermist.

State Board of Centennial Munagers.—President, George T. Anthony;
Vice_President. W. L. Parkinson; Secretary, Alfred Gray: Treasurer,

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George W. Glick. Managers, E. P. Bancroft, of Lyon; George A. Craw-
ford, cf Bourbon; T. C. Henry, of Dickinson; Charles F. Koester, of
Marshall; John A. Martin, of Atchison; R. W. Wright, of Labectte; W. E.
Barnes, of Franklin.

In 1876, the new members of the State Board were, Joshua Whecler,
of Atchison; Charles Robinson, of Douglas; Henry C. St. Clair, of
sumner; George F. Gaumer, of Lawrence, was added to the scientific
corps as Entomologist; the officers were continued in their respective
positions.

Kunsas at the Centennial.—Some 300 pages of the Centennial Report
is incorporated in the Agricultural report of 1876. The State Board of
Centennial Managers organized a Department of History. D. W. Wilder,
State Auditor, was assigned General History; F. H. Snow, Professor of
Natural History, at the State University, had Natural History; John
Fraser, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, had Education; John
A. Anderson, President of the State Agricultural College was given Agri-
culture; T. Dwight Thacher, editor of the Lawrence Journal, was assigned
Transportation; Prof. Benjamin F. Mudge, Geology. E. T. Carr was
appointed Architect; W. W. Wright, Superintending Engineer; Henry
Worrall, Artist. There were seven assistants at Philadelphia and a chief
clerk. J. H. Cofrode & Co., were the builders of the Kansas and Colorado
State Building at the Philadelphia Exposition.

The Kansas Legislature of 1875, appropriated $5,000 for the collection
of products; March 2, 1876, a further sum of $25,000; March 9, 1876,
$8,625 for the publication of a condensed edition of the report of the Board
of Agriculture.

In 1876, George T. Anthony was elected Governor, and in 1877 John
Kelly was chosen President; Levi Wilson, Vice President; Alfred Gray,
Secretary; William Sims, of Shawnee, Treasurer. The new members of
the Executive Board were, J. W. Johnson, of Greenwood; 8. M. Palmer,
of Saline; Martin Mohler, of Osborne.

First Biennial Report.—Owing to the change in Legislative sessions.

provision was made for the first Biennial Report of the State Board of
Agriculture for the years 1877 and 1878. The first annual report, issued in
1872, was mainly composed of essays, and a record of the proceedings of
the State Fair of that year. Inquiries came from all sections of the
country regarding the products, resources, possibilities and probabilities of
Kansas, which for want of requisite data, could not be intelligently
answered, and the Secretary in his first biennial report, says:
. The present report is the outgrowth of the daily work of this department. No statist-
ical information is herein presented which has not been called for almost daily, either by Kan-
sans, or those who have, or expect to have, an interest in Kansas. We have endeavored to
supply all requisitions, through our publications and a carefully conducted ba eae
for data relating to the vast resources of the State, both developed and undeveloped, climate,
soils, churches, schools, ete. If, therefore, we have included in the present volume that
which is unusual in “ Ayvricultural Reports,” or omitted that which usually finds a place
therein, it is because the wants of Kansas are different from those ‘of other States, thus,
while New England has a surplus of population, Kansas has millions of unoccupied lands
open for settlements.

Annual Meeting of 1878.—This meeting was held in the Senate
Chamber, January 9, 1878. The former officers were re-elected. J. O.
Savage, of Republic; R. W. Jenkins, of Pottawatomie; O. D. Harmon, of
Linn; 8. J. Carter, of Coffey; H. C. St. Clair, of Sumner, were elected as
Directors for the two years next ensuing. George T. Anthony, Governor;
Thomas H. Cavanaugh, Secretary of State, were members, ex officio. ~

Hon. Alfred Gray was appointed by President Hayes as one of the
United States Commissioners to the International Exposition held at Paris,
commencing May 1, 1878. But he declined the appointment, as the
statistical year had not commenced, and plans for the yearly work were
not sufficiently matured or developed to be intrusted to others. He con-
sidered this work to be of paramount importance to Kansas, and he
deemed it impossible for him to continue the same here, and also devote
sufficient time and thought to the duties of such Commissioner. Hon. F.
P. Baker of the Commonwealth, received the appointment. :

State Fair for 1878.—The State Board of Agriculture had several
conferences upon this matter, but they regarded the people of the State as
apathetic upon the matter, and they did not fecl justified in providing any
means for one; but Secretary Gray referring to it, graphically said:

The fair commenced with the year 1878, by a field exhibition of 1,730,812 acres of beauti-
ful lands, carpeted in green with growing wheat. The fair lasted the year round. It did
not interfere with local exhibitions. Admittance was free, and competition open to the
world. There was a full attendance from within and without the State. No dividing of
time nor pooling of earnings with horse associations. Eight hundred thousand of our
people have been constantly in attendance together with representative men from all parts
of the world upon the fair grounds containing 52,043,520 acres, of which 6,538.72 acres have
been charmingly improved. They were well pleased with the grounds 1n all their appoint-
ments, as well as with the wonderful display on every hand. No subscriptions have been
asked for with which to conduct this exhibition. None were needed. As for dates for sub-
sequent exhibitions, the “State” claims each successive year as its own for the renewal of

these annual displays. These lands have been divided into beautiful landscapes by various.
rivers and their innumerable tributaries, skirted with groves of forest trees, and set with

springs and wells of pure water.

Proceedings of the Board for 1879.—At a meeting held January 15,
1879, R. W. Jenkins was elected President; Levi Wilson, Vice President;
William Sims, Treasurer; Alfred Gray, Secretary. Joshua Wheeler, M.
Mohler, W. P. Popenoe, G. Y. Johnson and J. W. Johnson were chosen
Directors; I. B. Edwards, of Dickinson, in place of R. W. Jenkins, elected
President. Gov. John P. St. John and Secretary of State James Smith,
were ex officio members.

W. P. Popenoe was appointed Auditor; Prof. B. F. Mudge, Geologist;
Prof. E. A. Popenoe, Entomologist; Prof. F. H. Snow, Meteorologist;
Prof. W. K. Kedzie, Chemist; Professors J. H. Carruth and J. W. Robson,
Botanists.

Annual Meeting of 1880.—The meeting was held January 14, 1880.
Secretary Gray was absent on account of ill health and Treasurer Sims
acted as Secretary pro tem. R. W. Jenkins was again chosen President;
H. C. St. Clair was elected Vice President; William Sims, Treasurer; O.
D. Harmon, 8. J. Carter and I: O. Savage were again elected Directors, and
ex-Gov. James M. Harvey, of Riley, and Jumes F. Keeney, of Trego, were
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chosen as new members. Prof. B. F. Mudge, Geologist of the board, hav-
ing died November 21, 1879, suitable resolutions were adopted. Prof. F.
H. Snow was chosen as his successor; Prof. F. Hawn, of Leavenworth,
Meteorologist; Prof. E. A. Popenoe, Entomologist; Prof. George H.
Failyer, of Manhattan, Chemist; Professors Carruth and Robson, of
Cheever, Botanists.

Death of Alfred Gray.—January 28, 1880, marks the date of the
departure of Mr. Gray from his labors so faithfully rendered. At an in-
formal meeting of the State Board held at their rooms, January 26, 1880,
the following preamble and resolutions were »dopted:

3 Wuereas, By the death of Hon. Alfred Gray, Secretary of the State Board of Agricultures
it becomes necessary for some temporary directions to be given for the forwarding of the
work of the department; therefore be it

Resolved, That Miss Emma R. Bristol, Chief Clerk in the department, be directed to
continue the business of said board, receive and answer all communications, proceed to com-
plete and place in the hands of the printer the fourth quarterly report for 1879, and do all
other business as Chief Clerk of said Board that may legally come before it, as the late
Secretary contemplated prior to his death.

Resolved further, That Miss Emma R. Bristol, Chief Clerk of said board, correspond with
the President of the board, and inform him that it is the wish of the undersigned members
present that he call a meeting of the board on Thursday, Pebraty 5, 1880, at the State
capitol, for the purpose of electing a Secretary of said board to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Hon. Alfred Gray, late Secretary, and to transact any other business that may
come before the board,

(Signed) Vice Pres. H. C. Sr. CLAIR.
Joun P. St. JOHN,
Ww. SIMs.
JOSHUA WHEELER,
JAMES SMITH,
W. P. Poprnor,
Gro. Y. JOHNSON,
Members present.
Ata special meeting of the board, held February 5, 1880, there were
adopted the following preambles and resolutions:
Wuereas, It seemed meet to Him who holdeth the destiny of all mankind in His hand,
. to remove from earthly labor, and from our midst, our faithful, untiring and efficient
Secretary, the Hon. Alfred Gray, freeing him from disease and pain, and transferring him
to mage and nobler fields of usefulness ; and
HEREAS, We have but to point to the work he has performed for the interests of our
State, as his most enduring monument; and we realize that no words of ours can add any-
thing to his fame, yet as co-laborers, associates and friends it is fitting that we bear witness
to his many good qualities of mind and heart, among which we would speak of his great
energy, industry, exactness, courage, and unflinching integrity, his singleness of heart, and
never-varying purpose to advance the interests of Kansas; therefore, :
Resolved, That in the death of Alfred Gray, we realize that each of us has lost a warm
personal friend, the State one of its greatest benefactors, the community a useful citizen, and
agriculture an able and earnest advocate.
Resolved, That a page of the next Biennial Report be set apart and heavily draped, and
dedicated to his memory, bearing date of birth and death.
Resolved, That a full-page steel-plate engraving of Mr. Alfred Gray be inserted in the
peo Biennial Report of 1879 and 1880, together with a complete biographical sketch of his
ife.
Resolved, That thé Secretary be instructed to poe a life-size portrait of Hon. Alfred
Gray, late Secretary, to be placed in the rooms of the State Board of Agriculture.

J. K. Hudson, of the Capital, was chosen asthe successor of Mr. Gray.
Prof. George E. Patrick, of the State University at Lawrence, was made
an additional Chemist to the State Board of Agriculture.

Annual Meeting of 1881.—At the meeting held January 12, 1881, the
Directors chosen were J. F. True, of Jefferson; Joshua Wheeler, M.
Mohler, W. P. Popenoe and J. W. Johnson. September 13, 1881,
Secretary Hudson resigned his position, to take effect September 30. F. D.
Coburn, of Franklin, was appointed his successor, and he held the position
from October 1, 1881, to January 11, 1882. R. W. Jenkins was President;
John Kelly, Vice President; William Sims, Treasurer. The clerks under
the regime of Secretary Hudson were F. D. Coburn, James M. McFarland,
E. W. Longshore and Dana C. Pearson.

Annual Meeting of 1882.—On January 11, 1882, William Sims was
elected Secretary; John Francis, Treasurer. The office of Assistant
Secretary was created and James M. McFarland was appointed to that
office. The Directors chosen were O, D. Harmon, 8. J. Carter, James M.
Harvey, I. O. Savage and T. E. Scott, of Lincoln. R. W. Jenkins was
continued as President; H. C. St. Clair was Vice President.

Annual Meeting of 1883.—The meeting for 1883 was held in the new
office in the northeast part of the west wing of the State House, Januar
10, 1883. The following is a list of officers elected: President, R. Ww.
Jenkins; H. C. St. Clair, Vice President; John Francis, Treasurer;
Secretary Sims holdsover. Joshua Wheeler, J. F. True, M. Mobler, W. P.
Popenoe and J. W. Johnson were elected members of the board for two
years. Gov. George W. Glick and Secretary of State James Smith were
ex officio members. The board made appointments as follows: ;

Auditor, W. P. Popenoe, Topeka,

Meteorologists, Prof. Lovewell, Washburn College, and Prof. ¥. Hawn, Leavenworth.

Botanists, Prof. E. A. Popenoe of the Agricultural College, Manhattan; Prof. J. If.
Carruth, Lawrence; Prof. John W. Robson, Cheever.

Chemist, Prof. G. H. Failyer, Agricultural College, Manhattan.

Geologist, Prof. 0. St. John, Topeka.
Entomologist, Prof. F. H. Snow, Lawrence.

Secretary Sims suggested that a brief apnoper of reports printed in
all the European languages should be placed in the hands of those
foreigners who contemplate coming to the United States for homes for
themselves and their children. He therefore recommends a pamphlet not
to exceed sixty pages to be printed annually at the expense of the State in
such foreign languages as the board may deem best. A committee to
whom this was referred recommended 10,000 copies each, in the English,
German and Swedish languages; 5,000 each, in the Bohemian, Danish and
‘French languages.

The salary of the Secretary is $2,000 per year, and there is an allow-
ance for three clerks.

At the annual meeting in 1883, fourteen agricultural societies were
represented and sixteen members of the Board of Agriculture were present.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The following is a list of the officers of the Kansas State Agricultural
Society and the State Board of Agriculture : | :

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YEAR PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENT. SECRETARY. TREASURER.
.| Lyman Scott .... .| F. G. Adams .. -| Isaac Garrison.
.| Lawrence D. F. G. Adams I. P. Baker.

 

.| Lawrence D. Bailey F. G. Adams .. William Spriggs.
Lawrence D, Bailey, John S. Brown.. William Spriggs.
Lawrence D. Bailey.|. {Honey stelexion William Spriggs.

.| Hiram J. Strickler ..
Hiram J. Strickler ..
Hiram J. Strickler ..
«| Hiram J. Strickler ..
..| Alfred Gray... Ay
.| Alfred Gray.
«| Alfred Gray.
.., Alfred Gray.
..| Alfred Gray.
«| Alfred Gray.
.| Alfred Gray.
Alfred Gray
Alfred Gray.
Alfred Gray.

Charles B. Lines,
Charles B, Lines,
Charles B. Lines,
Charles B. Lines.
Thomas Murphy.
Thomas Murphy.
...| Thomas Murphy.
.| George W. Veale.
Joseph C. Wilson
Joseph C. Wilson.
Joseph C, Wilson,
William Sims.
William Sims.
William Sims.

Robert G, Elliott.....|....
Robert G, Elliott.
Robert G, Elliott.
..| Robert G. Elliott. si
«| Isaac S. Kalloch...... 5
.| Isaac 8. Kalloch...... O. FE. Learnard....
Hiram J. Strickler ..| George W. Veale.
E. &. Niccols, ..........| Thomas Murphy:
George T. Anthony.| E. H. Funston...
George T, Anthony.| George W. Glick
George T, Anthony.) George W. Glick.
John Kelly............| Levi Wilson..
John Kelly. .| Levi Wilson..
R. W. Jenk -| Levi Wilson

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1881....| R. W. Jenkins.......| John Kelly... ee eee seen) SEU
1882... R. W. Jenkins........ .| H.C. St, Clair..........) William Sinns.. John Francis.
1883...... R, W. Jenkins........ | H.C. St. Clair... William Sims...........| John Francis.

 

 

KANSAS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The organization of a State Pomological Society was suggested by a
correspondent of the Kansas Farmer, in January, 1867, who signed him-
self ‘‘Pomologist.” John 8. Brown was then editor of the Farmer, and
consequent upon the publication of this letter, Mr. Brown recommended
all who favored this organization to make an immediate response, upon
which twenty-five persons forwarded their names and post office address,
accompanied by 25 cents each, to the editor, for assisting to organize the
society. and the names of these persons appeared in the April number of
the Farmer. The organization was effected, and the following-named per-
sons were chosen as officers for 1867: President, William Tanner, Leaven-
worth; Vice President, William Maxwell, Lanesfield; Treasurer, William
KE. Barnes, Vinland; Recording Secretary, John 8. Brown, Lawrence;
Corresponding Secretary, 8. T. Kelsey, Ottawa.

In the May number of the Farmer, the President’s address appeared,
in which he proposed that_communicatious be sent to the Corresponding
Secretary, bearing upon Fruit Culture, as then developed in the counties
of the State from whence the correspondence would emanate, which
should be submitted at the first meeting of the State Pomological Society.

Charter Members of the Kansas State Horticultural Society.—At Ot-
tawa, Franklin County, December 15, 1869, this society became a corpor-
ate body, under the provisions of the charter and the laws of the State of
Kansas, for the term of 999 years, and George T- Anthony, William M.
Housley, J. Stayman and William Tanner, of Leavenwortty G. C. Brack-
ett, of Lawrence, 8. T. Kelsey, of Pomona, and Charles B. Lines, of Wa-
baunsee, were the charter members.

The object of the society is the advancement of the art and science of
horticulture; its membership consists of annual members, who pay an
annual fee of $1; of life members, who pay a fee of $10 at one time; of
honorary members, who shall only be persons of distinguished merit in
horticulture. Annual meetings are held in the month of December, semi-
annual meetings in the month of June, at such time and place as the soci-
ety or Board of Trustees may direct. The following table shows the place
of annual meeting, the names of the Presidents, Secretaries and Treasur-
ers, from the beginning of the organization:

 

 

 

 
  

 

 

  

   
  
  

        
  
 

   

  

 

 

 

YEAR. |ANNUAL MEETING, PRESIDENT, SECRETARY. TREASURER.
-| Lawrence. «| William Tanner .... . T. Kelsey..... W. E. Barnes.
Leavenworth .....{ William Tanner. %. C Brackett..| 5S. T. Kelsey.
| Ottawa. woe | William Tanner. .| GC. Brackett..] S. T. Kelsey.
-| Manhattan «| William Tanner. .| G. C. Brackett.) §. T. Kelsey.
- Lawrence , :| William M. Howsley.:.| G. C, Brackett..| S. T. Kelsey.
2 .| Topeka wien! William M. Howsley...) G. C. Brackett..| S. T. Kelsey.
Rossin Osage Mission .., William M. Howsley...) G. C. Brackett..| S. T. Kelsey.
187-4... Emporia .-| William M. Howsley...{ G. C. Brackett..| 8. T. Kelsey.
1875 ws... Manhattan .| E. Gale a8 ..| GC. Brackett..| F. Wellhouse.
ie Sta Emporia .| G. C. Brackett.) FP. Wellhouse.
77 ws) Parsons . «| G. C. Brackett..| F. Wellhouse.
aa ..| GC, Brackett..| F. Wellhouse.
no ton ..; G. C. Brackett..| F. Wellhouse.
i yandotte «|G. C Brackett.) George C, Wellhouse.
. popes G. C. Brackett.) George C. Wellhouse,
aoneka a G. C. Brackett..| George C. Wellhouse.
‘opeka ... .| G. C. Brackett.) George C. Wellhouse.

 

The annual meeting of 1882, was more fully attended than any of its
predecessors. Horticulture, floriculture, entomology, botany, vegetable
physiology, irrigation, forestry and game laws, were subjects treated of
during the sessions of the society.

_Prof. Elbridge Gale, for the ninth time was -elected President of the
society for the ensuing year; the almost indispensable Secretary, G. C.
Brackett, had his sixteenth election as Secretary. The Treasury has been
in good hands, those of Kelsey and Wellhouse. M. B. Newman was

elected Vice President; Dr. Willi 7 yas
mons, Trustees. Williamson, G. Y. Johnson and L. A. Sim
HISTORY OF KANSAS. 263

-On motion of Dr. George Bohrer, of Chase, Rice County, a committee
was appointed to memorialize the Legislature, and prepare 4 bill to make
an appropriation to encourage fruit and forestries. Bills for such pur-

poses were introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives in January,

William Sims, Esq., Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, es-
timated the amount of spontaneous growth in Kansas to be 20 per cent of
the number of acres set out in treés, which estimate would make about
28,000 acres. Hon. John Martin, of Topeka, delivered a welcoming ad-
dress, in which he referred to the Great Jehovah as the first horticulturist,
commencing his labors on the planet earth in the beautiful Garden of
Eden. His address closed as follows:

What a wonderfully interesting history Kansas has. She does nothing by halves, but
excels in all things. Thirty years ago not a garden or a fruit tree could be found in that
vast region of country now called Kansas, except a few about Indian missions, and they
scarcely worth the name. To-day we number our gardens by the hundred thousand and
our fruit trees by the million, and from them the wants of more than a million of people are
supplied ; and you are annually increasing the extent of your gardens and the numbers of
your fruit trees, and what is more important, you are intelligently increasing the quality of
your products and thus adding to your profits.

KANSAS STATE GRANGE.

On August 5, 1867, William Saunders, a clerk in the Agricultural De-
partment, formerly a farmer, and O. H. Kelley, a farmer from Minnesota,
who was a clerk in the Post Office Department, were the first to perfect a
plan of organization for the National Grange, and on December 4, 1867,
at the office of Mr. Saunders, in Washington, the first Grange was organ-
ized. Mr. Saunders was chosen Master; J. R. Thompson, Lecturer; Rev.
A. B. Grosh, Chaplain; O. H. Kelley, Secretary.

A subordinate Grange was soon after established at Washington to
establish the efficiency of the ritual. It numbered about sixty members.
Mr. Kelley accepted the position of traveling agent April 1, 1868, and
issued the first dispensation for a Grange at Harrisburg, Penn.; the second
at Fredonia, N. Y.; the third at Columbus, Ohio; the fourth at Chicago e
andin Minnesota he organized six Granges, making ten during the
year. In’ 1869, there were 39 dispensations granted; in 1870 only 38; in
1871, there were 125; but in 1872 there were 800 dispensations granted.

First Grange in Kansas.—In April, 1872, the Hiawatha Grange,
Brown County, was organized, the first one in the State. Osage Grange,
Crawford County, was the first one organized in Southern Kansas. There
were only nine Granges in the State up to December, 1872. William
Duane Wilson came from Iowa in December, 1872, into Kansas, and in
connection with a few Granges in the south part of the State, effected a
temporary organization of the State Grange, with the following-named
persons as officers: Master, F. H. Dumbauld ; Overseer, J. Bell; Lecturer,
J. A. Cramer; Secretary, G. W. Spurgeon; Treasurer, H. H. Angell.

- Farmers’ State Convention.—On April 26 and 27, 1878, a State Con-
vention of Farmers was assembled at Topeka, representing forty counties,
under the following call of the State Board of Agriculture :

OrricE Kansas STATE BOARD OF car ae aaa
= Capirou. BuintpineG, ToPEKA, February 27, 1873.
To the Farmers of Kansas: en .

On the 10th inst., the following call for a “ Farmers’ State Convention ” was issued :

The Farmers’ Institute, held at Manhattan on the 23d of January, 1873, adopted the
following resolutions, to wit : 7 .

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting that the farmers of Kansas should or-
ganize themselves into district clubs and at once place themselves in correspondence with
the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, at Topeka, Furthermore, be it

Resolved, That whenever a sufficient number of clubs have reported to represent the

ublic opinion of the State, the Secretary of the State Board be requested to call a delegate
‘armers’ State Convention, so that said farmers may meet to devise ways and means for
their present relief and future protection. . .

n obedience to the request contained in the above resolutions, a delegate Farmers’
Convention will be held in the. hall of the House of Representatives, Topeka, on Wednes-
day, the 26th day of March, 1873, at 2o’clock P.M.

Each County Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and the farmers’ clubs of each
township in the State, will be entitled to one delegate. Application will be made to the dif-
ferent railroad corporations of the State for half fare rates to the Conveation and return.
If granted, notice will be duly given.

- . ALFRED GRAY, Secretary.

Subsequently the call was enlarged as follows:

Since issuing the above, applications have been received from the “ Farmers’ Union”
of Douglas County, and from farmers of various parts of the State, requesting that Farm-
ers’ Unions; Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry, and all other farmers’ organizations,
as well as townships and counties having no such organizations, each have a representation
in said Convention. ‘ a Ne Adee

In view of the lively interest thus manifested, a cordial invitation is extended to the
farmers of the whole State to send delegatcs to said Convention in pursuance of said re-
quest. But it is carnestly recommended te ees or, ane hae ae other agricult-

ieti send delegates therefrom wherever it is practicable to do so.
peel Ra ees, UAE Aen ALFRED GRAY, Secretary State Board of Agriculture.

Hon. J. K. Hudson was temporary Chairman, and the permanent or-
anization was as follows: Hon. John Davis, of Davis County, for Pres-
ident; Jonathan’ Weaver, of Saline, and Alfred Taylor, of Johnson, for
Vice Presidents ; J. K. Hudson, of Wyandvtte, for Secretary, and J. T.
Stevens, of Douglas, Assistant Secretary. _ :
The Farmers’ Platform.—The convention resolved that the Farmers
Co-operative Association of the State of Kansas, co-operate with the State
Board of Agriculture and the State organization of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, and adopted the following platform: ; ;
Wurreas, Agriculture in its various departments is the basis of all material prosper-
ity, and aye wo Suciina ‘ :
ERE he burdens and imposition under which it lies having become intolerable,
fiiestore the eae of Kansas, in Gaveatinn assembled, do put forth this declaration of
i tate : : coe
eve img ee ee ae in the form of clubs, unions or stock associations, for the
purpose of showing that they can come together and co-operate like other folks for a com-
mon good, and for the moral effect it will have upon themselves and the rest of mankind.
; 2. They desire association for the purpose of controlling the prices of their products
through their own boards of trade, or their own appointed agents, so that nothing need be
thrown upon the market for less than the cost of production, and a reasonable profit.
3, They desire to unite for the purpose of getting their supplies at cost, with a reason-
able per cent, added, to pay for collecting and distributing, and the use of capital.
4, They desire to co-operate for the purpose of securing a reduction in freights and
breaking the blockade between different parts of the country, by argument, by legislative
enactmentand hy means of the courts, —_____

5. They desire tax reforni—the abolition of sinecure offices—the reduction of salaries—

reid economy in public expenditures, and the repeal of our present iniquitous tax penal-
‘ies,

6. ‘They desire home manufactures, so that the money paid for implements may be kept
in the State, and our populations increased by industrious operatives, engaged in creating
wealth, rather than in speculation.

. They desire that the balance of our public domain should be kept forever sacred to
actual settlement, and in no contingency be allowed to fall into the hands of railroad mo-
nopolies and land sharks; therefore, be it

Resolwed, That organization is the great want of the producing classes at the present
time, and we recommend every farmer in the State to become a member of some Farmers’
Club, Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, or other local organization.

Resolved, That the taxes assessed and charged upon the people, both by national, State
and local governments, are oppressive and unjust, and vast sums of money are collected, far
beyond the needs of an economical administration of government.

Resolved, That we respectfully request our Senators and Members of Congress to -vote
for and secure an amendment to the tariff laws of the United States, so that salt and lumber
shall be placed on the free list, and that there shall be made a material reduction on the
ee ae iron, and that such articles as do not pay the cost of collection be also placed on the

ree list.

Resolved, That we earnestly request the Legislature of our State at its next session, to
enact a law regulating freights and fares on our railroads, upon a basis of justice, and that’ ~
we further request our members of Congress to urge the favorable action of that body, where
the full power exists beyond all doubt, to the same end, and, if need be, to construct national
highways at the expense of the government.

Resolved, That’ the act passed by the Legislature, exempting bonds, notes, mortgages
and judgments from taxation is unjust, oppressive, and a palpable violation of our State Con-
stitution, and we call upon all assessors and the county boards to see that said securities are
taxed at their fair value.

Resolved, That the practice of voting municipal bonds is pernicious in its effect, and will
inevitably bring bankruptcy and ruin on the people, and we, therefore, are opposed to all
laws allowihg the issuance of such bonds.

Resolved, That giving banks a monopoly of the nation’s currency, thereby compelling
the people to pay them such interest therefor as they may choose to impose, seven-tenths of
which interest we believe is collected from the farmers, is but little less than legalized rob-
bery of the agricultural classes.

Resolved, That for the speedy and thorough accomplishment, of all this, we pledge each
other to ignore all political preferences and prejudices that have swayed us hitherto to our
hurt, and support only such men for office as are known to be true to our interests, and in
whose integrity and honesty we have the most implicit confidence.

Among the delegates present may be named D. W. Foster, of Allen
County; Thomas Goudy and R. H. Cunningham, of Anderson; George W.
Glick and R. A. Van Winkle, of Atchison; A. J. Buckland, of Barton; J.
F.. Babbitt, of Brown; H. W. Beck, of Butler; W. 8. Romigh, of Chase;
J. B. Quimby, of Clay; John Giesey, of Coffey; G. W. Shoel, of Crawford;
John Davis, John © Wright, of Davis; V. P. Wilson, of Dickinson; G.
Brenner, of Doniphan; Henry Bronson, J. A. Cramer, George Cutler,
Charles H. Langston and Charles Robinson, of Lawrence; J. N. Foster,
of Franklin; B. H. Bradshaw, William Cline and J. 8. T. Milligan, of
Jackson; Walter N. Allen, Valentine Brown, J. N. Insley and Edwin Sny-
der, of Jefferson; A. G. Chase, A. F. Evans and J. 8. Van Winkle, of
Leavenworth; C. M. Monroe, of Labette; R. B. McMillan, of Linn; M. J.
Fiery, of Lyon; T. C. Thoburn, of Marion; Frank Leach, of Marshall; C.
L. Pullman, of Miami; A. H. Grass, of Montgomery: 8. J. Willes, of Mor-
ris; T. H. Butler, of Neosho; G. H. Nicolay, of Osage; John A. Beal, of
Pottawatomie; C. W. Clapp, of Reno: William F. Allen, O. W. Bill and
Washington Marlatt, of Riley; W. B. Christopher, of Russell; T. H. Cav-
anaugh, of Saline, Thomas Buckman, M. A. Campdoras, C. G. Gardiner,
Alfred Gray, Samuel Kosier, John G. Otis, W. P. Popenoe, A. A. Ripley
and George L. Young, of Shawnee; C. 8. Brodbent, of Sumner; J. M.
Bisbey, C. B. Lines and E. N. Morehouse, of Wabaunsee; G. M. Parks
and Charles Williamson, of Washington; J. H. McKelvy, of Woodson,
and J. K. Hudson, of Wyandotte.

“The Gist of the Speeches.—There was a large number of earnest,
cheuenel men in this body, and considerable speaking talent. Mr. Bron-
son sai?:

Want of organization has kept farmers from accomplishing reforms, and we desire all
to work with the means that accomplished these ends, whether by Farmers’ Unions or by
the Patrons of Husbandry. 2

Mr. Allen hoped the farmers’ organization would be a legal body
corporate, as it could compel officers to a stricter account than could any
political organization. Mr. Glick was of the opinion that the tariff and
the banking laws were the principal causes of the oppression of the agri-
cultural interests. The people pay for the use of our currency $30,000,000
a year; tribute is paid to two or three salt rings, who receive some eight
to ten millions from the people, the Government receiving from the same
$200,000. Lumber and iron received consideration. Mr. Hudson said the
farmers throughout the State needed organization and co-operation. The
key of the difficulty lay in the ballot box. Gov. Robinson advocated
county and State organizations, auxiliary to a national one, andall should
be in_ correspondence with headquarters. While he did not advise any
political action, his advice was to vote for the known friends of the farm-
er, and the farmers would soon find they had plenty of friends.

Address to the Farmers of Kansas.—In the published pamphlet of the
proceedings of the Convention, the following is extracted:

The origin of the Convention is well stated in the proceedings. Its objects were well
and plainly developed during the sittings, and finally took definite and satisfactory shape in
the Constitution of the Farmers’ Co-operative Association of the State of Kansas. @ ex-
pect this association to be the organized medium of communication between ‘its members
and the outside world, making known our thoughts, deeds and aspirations. The farmer of
Awericais no longer the serf or boor of the middle ages. He has, by contact with culture
and enlightenment, become a man of thought and judgment. He wishes to make his influ-
ence known and recognized in the markets of the world, in the counting-rooms of business
and in the halls of legislation, by other means than mere pounds avordupois. He wishes to
unite with all virtuous men in teaching, by word and example, the importance of public

bones and integrity. These things cannot be done while farmers remain in an isolated
condition. :

The learned professions and most. of the industries have their organizations for self-
protection and for public purposes. By these means, immense benefits have accrued to
themselves, and have exerted a ue influence on society. Shall not the most numerous
and the most needy class of all follow such ste examples? Surely the times demand it, as
is shown by the bold conuptey in our legislative halls. When the most important positions
of honor and trust in the State are openly trafficked in with unblushing impunity ; when
American Congressmen, with the solemn oaths of office resting upon their consciences, be-
neath the sacred dome of the national Capitol and surrounded by all the mementoes of his- ,
toric purity, can unblushingly vote into their own pockets the precious millions garnered by
the hands of frugal industry to preserve the national credit, and which should have been
sacredly applied to ease the burdens of a debt-ridden people—surely these acts should re-‘
ceive their well-merited censure, lest the morrow should drop into our laps still more bitter
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fruits. And shall not the friends of agriculture organize for public action, as well as their
fellow-citizens of other professions and pursuits ?

Through our association we expect to rub off that cold. prejudice too likely to exist
among men who live in isolation, and seldom meet for social intercourse. It isthe division
of our forces and influence which has enabled designing sharpers and politicians to manage
us indetail. It was the tactics of the first Napoleon, by celerity of movement, to beat his
enemies in detail before they had time to act in concert. Too long have the farmers of
America been thus beaten while in a state of separation. But like the Great Peter of Rus-
sia, we are learning from our conquerors the art of victory Very soon we expect to meet
them, not as loose bands, or detached parties of Cossacks, but as organized veterans. It is
then we hope to repeat to them discomfiture as complete as thatdealt out by Peter to Charles
XII at Pultowa; or by Wellington and his allies to Napoleon at Waterloo. Too long have
our halls of legislation, and other pacts of honor and trust, been monopolized and dominat-
ed by irresponsible speculators and politicians.

1 __ Lhe present state of agricultural progress is transitionary. For aed years it has been the
‘ chief aim to increase our products, both in quantity and quality to the utmost limit. For
this purpose we have held fairs and discussions, have published papers and books. Crops
have been increased and animals have been perfected, until the markets of the country,
from time to time, are glutted to repletion ; and stock men are able to export breeding ani-
mals to the farthest limits of the world, with credit to themselves and to the, country.
Agricultural books and papers have been published and scattered broadcast over the land,
- until they are piled up by the cord and by the ton in every library. Machinery for cheap
culture and speedy harvesting has been built with maniac energy. Fair grounds have been
covered with it by the acre and by theten acres. At times itis the principal freight on the
railroads, and crowds every depot and warehouse. Our ends in view have been most thor-
oughly p coum plished. Taken as a whole, the Western farmer has demonstrated beyond a
doubt his ability not only to supply, but to replete and overflow the markets of the land
with the products of his labor. So true is this, that often the price in market is too small
to pay the cost of transportation, allowing nothing for the cost of production, Surely then,
this first lesson in agriculture is well learned.

Too much care cannot be exercised in the support of the local home markets of the
country, This is done by fostering and increasing home manufactures. Yet, with all their
importance, these local centers of trade cannot meet all the necessitiesof the Kansas farmer.
Many of his produets must seek a market in other States, and many of his supplies must
come from other parts of the country. Hence arises the demand for cheap and speedy trans-
portation on the various lines of commerce. Other States recognize the importance of this
fact, and though enjoying much lower rates than we in transportation and _ travel, the
farmers have thought themselves aggrieved, and are now engaged in what has been styled
afarious “railroad war.” The farmers of Illinois are evident! ly on the side of right, and
since their cause is ours, we should be closely observant of all the facts as they transpire in
our sister State, and by kind words and cordial sympathy encourage our brothers in IIli-
nois in their struggles with those giant monopolies that claim the ability to defy sovereign
States, and secruple not to buy up Legislatures, to ‘(invest in Congressmen,” or to corrupt
the courts. Sooner or later this Illinois a neee must reach our State, unless, happily, the
whole internal commerce among the States shall be well and timely regulated by the Gen-
eral Government. 5

It was wisein the Farmers’ Convention, therefore, to take steps preparatory to this por-
tending conflict. The Committee of five, appointed for the collection of railroad statistics,
must perform well its duties. The association and the State expect it at their hands.

Questions of tariffwere discussed, and while some doubted the wisdom of reducing the
tax on iron and salt, there was no voice in opposition to placing lumber on the free list, or
to the entire abolition of duties on such articles as do not pay the cost of collection.

The national banking laws were exhaustively discussed, showing conclusively that
farmers understand this matter quite as well as the politicians. It isthe unanimous voice
of the Convention that the people are tired of paying the present enormous bonuses to the
banks for the little aid they may render in circulating the greenbacks, Why shall we pay
corporations largely for the use of money which we must guarantee to give it value, when
we can just as well.use our own money (greenbacks) without charge? The farmers of Kan-
sas place much emphasis on this question, and desire our national law-makers to respond.

Attention is called to the resolution on the injustice of the recent State law, exempt-
ing all evidences of debt which are secured by mortgage on real estate from taxation. Why
this State enactment, unjustly discriminating in favor of the moneyed Shylocks, who would
cut the last pound of living flesh from the very vitals of our people? Let equal and just
taxation, like the dews of heaven, fall on all alike, and the farmers of Kansas are content.

Meeting of the State Grange.—There were 409 organized Grangers at
the first meeting of the State Grange at Lawrence, July 30, 1873. Dudley
W. Adams, of Iowa, Master of the National Grange, and T. A. Thomp-
son, of Minnesota, Lecturer of the National Grange, were present and
largely aided in forming and shaping the State Grange, and in giving the
secret work of the Order to the delegates.

The following-named persons were elected as the first officers of the
State Grange:

Master, T. G. Boling, Leavenworth County; Overseer, M. E. Hudson,
Bourbon County; Lecturer, John Boyd, Montgomery County; Steward,
E. D. Smith, Jewell County; Assistant Steward, J. B. Richie, Franklin
County; Chaplain, W. 8. Hanna, Franklin County; Treasurer, H. H.
Angell, Cherokee County; Secretary, G. W. Spurgeon, Neosho County;
Gate keeper, C. W. Lawrence, Leayenworth County; Ceres, Mrs. Mattie
Morris; Flora, Mrs. M. H. Charles; Pomona, Mrs. Amanda C. Rippey;
Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. Jennie D. Richic; Executive Committee, F.
H. Dumbauld, Neosho County, W. P. Popenoe, Shawnee County; J. B.
Shaeffer, Jefferson County.

‘ Sixty counties were represented at the meeting of the State Grange
held at Topeka, in February, 1874, at which the Secretary reported 975
organized granges, representing an actual membership of over 27,000,
which, by April.1, was increased to 1,200 granges, with a membership cx-
ceeding 30,000.

Master Boling having resigned, M. E. Hudson_succccded him, and
William Sims, of Shawnee County, succeeded Mr. Hudson. W. P. Pop-
enoe was re-elected a member of the Executive Committee; W. H. Flet-
cher, of Clay County, was elected Gatekeeper, Mr. Lawrence having failed
to accept and qualify. John G. Otis, of Topeka, was chosen State Agent.
There were about 30 deputy agents; about 40 county agents.

Constitution of Kansas State Grange.—The first article of the Consti-
tution is as follows:

“This Grangeshall be knowfi as the Kansas State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry,
and in all its acts shall be subject to the Constitution of the National Grange.

Article 2 related to Members; Article 3 defined Legislative Powers;
Articles 4 and 5 related to Meetings; Article 6 defined the duties of the
Master; Article 7, of the Overseer; Article 8, of the Lecturer; Articles 9 and
10, of the Steward and Assistant Steward; Article 11, of the Secretary;
Article 12, of the Treasurer; Article 13, of the Gatekeeper; Article 14, of
the Chaplain; Article 15 relates to Electors; Article 16, to the appoint-
ment of Committees ; Article 17, to a Committee of Finance; Article 18,
to the Executive Committee; Articles 19 and 20, to the Fiscal Year and to
Quarterly Dues; Articles 21 and 22, to Appeals and Withdrawals; Article
28, to Councils; Article 24, to Deputies; Article 25, to Jurisdiction; Article
26, to Applications; Article 27, to traveling expenses of Delegates; Arti-

. Brown, of Nemaha; H. H. Angell, of Cherokee ; R. C. Bates, of

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

cle 28, to powers of the Master and the Executive Committee, with refer
ence to suspensions; Article 29, to Amendments to the Constitution.

By-laws of the Grange.—The rules of order established were thirteen in
number, and the order of business was blocked out for a four days’ ses-
sion.

Constitution and by-laws for County and Subordinate Granges were
given as ‘recommended; Rules of Order, Manual of Practice, Parliamen-
tary Practice and How to Organize a Grange with general recommenda-
tions, by W. P. Popenoe. Our business agencies were explained by John
G. Otis; A Patrons’ Mutual Insurance Association, by 8. H. Downs, and
the funeral ceremony to be performed at the last sad rites over deceased
members.

Address of Worthy Master M. #. Hudson.—At the second annual
meeting, held at Topeka, February 19-21, 1874, Master Hudson said :

To be a Patron of Husbandry is not of doubtful propriety, but the proudest of our
Jand are knocking at our doors. We are substantially a unit in the opinion that the order
should in no sense become a political party ; at. the same time there are questions funda-
mentally affecting our material interests which can only be reached through legislation.
The questions of transportation, taxation, finance and corruption in public places, are such
as come home to the pockets of our members, and it seems imperative that they be discussed
in the Grange. i 4 : ‘

The interests of the farmer demand that upon the simple but suggestive trio of agri-
culture, commerce and manufactories, the future prosperity of the country depends. Let us
be patient, cirgumspect, firm and just, so that we may place our order on an enduring basis.

Patrons’ Hund Book.—April 1, 1874, J. K. Hudson, then publisher of
the Kansas Farmer, in publishing a book of the above named title for the
use and benefit of the order of the Patrons of Husbandry, said :

The Grange, recognizing woman as man’s equal in all things, gives an influence in its
educational and social working of very great value. New social ties are formed; old neigh-
borhood feuds are bridged over, and in the discussion of subjects pertaining to the social
and educational welfare of farmers, 2 higher and broader culture will ensue. Libraries are
being formed ; more reading and thinking will be the result, the influence of which will a
thousand-fold repay the cost of the organization, not only upon the present members, but
upon future generations. The Grange recognizes that education, good morals and a higher
culture, are essential to its permanent success and highest usefulness. In all the delibera-
tions of the National Grange, the State Grange and subordinate organizations, the most
advanced and progressive reforms in education, temperance and good morals have received
full sympathy and support.

Annual Gathering of the Patrons.—In the autumn of 1874, the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Grange adopted the following resolution:

Resolved, That for the purpose of advancing our business interests, promoting general
acquaintance and good fellowship among the Patrons of our State, we would recommend an
annual gathering or re-union of all our membership, so far as possible, at the annual State
Fair in each year; and would further recommend the State Board of Agriculture to per-
manently locate the State Fair at some central point within the State; and that our State
Grange, from year to year, make arrangements whereby ee numbers of our membership
could be provided with cheap and comfortable board and lodging, and all needed facilities
for holding business meetings, Grange meetings and social gatherings. And we would most
earnestly request that Patrons take hold of these annual exhibitions, and make them the

‘rand exponent of productive labor and material wealth within our State, and the gather-
ing together of our people from every part of the country for mutual consultation, com-
parison and profit. ‘ WixiraMm Sims, Chairman.

Joun G. OTIS, Secretary.

Destitution from the Grasshopper Raid.— On the fair grounds at
Leavenworth, at the meeting of the State Fair in 1874, the following res-
olutions were adopted by the Executive Committee of the State Grange
and the business agents of the Grange for twenty-seven counties:

Resolved, That whatever aid may be given by the State of Kansas for the relief of its
citizens, be in the shape of direct relief, and the relief thus appropriated by the Legislature
be placed under the control of the county and township officers of the county in which the
aid is to be used—first, in the employment of those needing relief in some useful occupa-
tion for the public benefit; and, secondly, directly to those in need, in the shape of provis-
ions, clothing, or money, as the County Board and Trustees may deem most expedient and
safe in securing the object in view, and in preventing misapplication of the public money.

Resolved, That the Legislature be respectfully requested to pass no law that will un-
necessarily encumber the counties thus reduced to the condition so deplorable, but to make
this calamity a State affair and not a local one. JonyN G. OTIS, Secretary.

Political Influence of the Granges.—In the elections of 1878, 1874 and
1875, the Grange influence was something of a potent factor in the politics
of the State. Among the Grangers elected in November, 1878, were
Henry Bronson, of Douglas County, to the State Senate ; to the House of
Representatives, Samuel Stoner, of Atchison ; W. W. Maltby, of Johnson;
J ous C. Cusey, of Miami; John Boyd, of Montgomery, and M. J. Fiery,
0 on.

n 1874, J. B. Schaeffer, of Jefferson ; William Sims, of Shawnee, and
W. W. Maltby, of Johnson, were elected to the Senate. George W.
0 . larion;
8S. M. Wirt, of Rice, and W. B. Spurlock, of Jefferson, were elected to the
House. In 1875, John P. Davis was clected from Brown; W. H. Toothaker,
from Johnson ; Eli Davis, from Miami, and John Kelley, of Sedgwick, as
members of the House.

_At the State Independent Reform Convention of August 5, 1874, at
which James C. Cusey was nominated for Governor, the following were
sample planks in the State platform:

We favor the repeal of the tariff on lumber, and that the tariff on the necessities of

common life be abolished or reduced to the lowest possible figure, and that the tax on in-
comes be restored.

The railroad corporations should be made sudservient to the public good; that while
we shall discountenance any action calculated to retard the progress of railroad enterprises,
or work injustice to these invaluable auxiliaries to commerce and civilization, yet we de-
mand such constitutional legislation upon this subject, both State and Federal, as will
effectually secure the industrial and producing interests of the country against all forms of

corporate monopoly and extortion.

_ John R. Goodin had 725 majority: for Congressman in the Second Dis-
trict, carrying ten of the fifteen counties. In 1872, Hon. Stephen A. Cobb
—who was Mr. Goodin’s opponent in 1874—carried all but two of the
fifteen counties.

__J; K. Hudson was the Reform candidate for Congress in the Third
District, receiving 9,932; Judge Brown, his successful opponent, had
14,581. Butler County which ae Hudson 20 majority, gave a Republi-
can majority in 1872, of 947; Chase, which gave him 232 majority, gave
293 majority in 1872. ; :
_ , The Kansas State Grange has been steadil
in its range through the years.

 

educating the people with-
In January, 1881, the Kansas Putron and
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Furmer, issued at Olathe, by the Johnson County Publishing Association,
was adopted by the Executive Committee of the Grange, as the official
aper of the order in the State. The President of the association was W.
I. Brady; J. D. Walker, Treasurer; G. B. Little, Secretary. Its Directors
were, G. J. Lightfoot, Henry Rhoades and William Zimmerman. The
editor and business manager was R. E. G. Huntington. Its consulting
editors were George Black, Secretary of the State Grange. and H. C. Liv-
ermore, ee of the Olathe Co-operative Store. Its corresponding
editors were William Sims, Master State Grange, and J. 8. Barnard, Lec-
turer State Grange.

The manager of the Patron, in its issue of January 5, 1882, speaking
of the work of the paper, said:

It has done a good work during three years or more of its existence, as the condition
sae prespents of the Order, within the sphere of its circulation and influence, sufficiently
ALtest,

In 1862, the officers of the Kansas State Grange were as follows: Mas-
ter, William Sims, Topeka; Secretary, George Black, Olathe; Lecturer,
8. J. Barnard, Humboldt.

The Executive Committee is composed of William H. Jones, Holton,
Jackson County; W. H. Toothaker, Cedar Junction, Johnson County;
William Rowe, Vineland, Douglas County.

Present Board of Officers.—At the eleventh annual meeting of the
State Grange of Kansas ‘Patrons of Husbandry, held at Olathe, December
12, 1882, the following named persons were chosen as officers: Master,
William Sims, Topeka, Shawnee County; Overseer, J. F. Willits, Grove
City, Jefferson County; Lecturer, W. Toothaker, Cedar Junction,
Johnson County; Steward, A. P. Reardon, McLouth, Jefferson County;
Assistant Steward, John Rehrig, Fairfax, Osage County; Treasurer,
Thomas White, Topeka, Shawnee. County; Secretary, George Black,
Olathe, Johnson County; Chaplain, Arthur Sharp, Girard, Crawford
County; Gate Keeper, Samuel McPherson, Olathe, Johnson County.

Ceres, Mrs. J. O. Henry, Olathe, Johnson County; Pomona, Mrs. M.
H. Black, Olathe, Johnson County; Flora, Mrs. 8. A. Hovey, Belleville,
Republic County; Lady Assistant Steward, Miss C. V. Willets, Grove
City, Jefferson County. /

The following form the Executive Committee: W. H. Jones, Holton,
Jackson County; W. B. Scott, Oakwood, Linn County; Henry Rhoades,
Gardner, Johnson County. The counties of Allen, Barton, Brown,
Bourbon, Chase, Cloud, Coffey, Crawford, Douglas, Greenwood, Jackson,
Jefferson, Johnson, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Osage, Pottawatomie, Republic
and Riley were represented in this Eleventh Annual Session of the State
Grange. ;

resent Management of the Patron.—D. L. Hoffman became editor
and manager, November 1, 1882, and on the 1st of February, Henry M.
Rochester, formerly of the Olathe Mirror, became one of the Patron staff.
The officers of the Johnson County eee ne for 1883, are as
follows: President, W. H. Brady; Secretary, W. R. Walker; Treasurer, J.
D. Walker; Directors,Henry Rhoades, J. C. Lovett, G. J. Lightfoot.

The Patron has a department for the Master of the State Grange, for
the State Lecturer, and one for the Knights of Labor. . : é
Annual Address of the. Master.—Hon. William Sims in his address
said: : ‘

The order. in whose interest we have assembled to-day is based upon well known
principles of equality, equity and fairness. It is founded upon the necessity of husbandry,
and was called into existence by a well formed general demand on the part of those in whose
interest it was instituted. The great purpose of our organization is to unite farming in one
grand fraternal association, through which, by the popular and intelligent application of the
underlying principle of our order—co-operation—we may advocate and elevate our class,
secure to agriculture its just rewards, and to labor employed and capital invested therein
compensation equal to that accorded to like investments in other legitimate industries.

n the absence of organization no co-operation can be secured, and the people are
powerless to redress wrongs and advance in any proper direction. Indifference or neglect
of duty on the part of the masses, or stronger party, often enables minorities to control, and
well-organized combinations having interests in conflict with the rights of those whom they
serve to oppress the people. I especially urge upon all the Patrons and farmers generally,
the importance of organization and earnest co-operation, not only in buying and selling, but
in educating for the more important duties devolving upon us as citizens, and in giving that
general direction to public affairs which the importance of agriculture and the signs of the
fimes seem to require. The people should hold their representatives to a strict: accounta-
bility for their actions and votes upon the question of transportation. In concluding this,
my last address, as your presiding officer, permit me to return to you, worthy Patrons, and
through you to the membership throughout the State, my heartfelt thanks for the many
fraternal greetings, uniform kindness and hearty support extended tome in my every
effort to promote the welfare of our Order, and advance the interests of the industry we

represent,
Report of the Committee on EHducation.—¥. G. Adams, E. M. Shelton
and S. A. Felter, members of this committce in their report, say:

Patrons of Husbandry cannot too greatly magnify the importance of attention to the
improvement of the schools for the education of the children of the farming class.

Co-operation in some form or other is so universal ; its power so steak and its effect so
apparent as to need no argument to prove its efficacy when pee applied. If the farmers
and laborers will cordially and harmoniously unite and adopt co-operative principles, no
party or power can prevent their success. We would teach to the creators of wealth, the
toilers of our land, the practice of principles of co-operation in our civil affairs.

The official paper of the Patrons of Husbandry, the Kansas Patron

and Farmer, $1.00 a year, says:

B di er, at the end of the year 1883 your Grange will be so permanently
estaijlithea. that all fear of dormancy will have disappeared, and you and your families and
your community will be found advancing socially, intellectually, morally and financially.

The Kansas State Grange is, in 1888, having a fresh impetus, and the
tillers of the soil will be more and more banded together in the future in
this State. The farmers are asking for the passage of a bill by Congress
that will solve the problem of Inter-State commerce, and create a new
Cabinet officer among the President’s advisers, to be known as “The
Secretary of Agriculture.” : ? : :

The Tariff—The Granges are discussing which of the two tariffs the
American people shall have: the one to raise revenue for the expenses of
the general Government, or the one to protect certain industries from
foreign competition. They demand that the tariff law be explained to our

peonle from_a scientific standpoint, unbiased by party politics.

STATE FAIRS.

Under the auspices of the State Board of Agriculture a State Fair was
held at Leavenworth in September, 1874. There had for some time
existed in the minds of a majority of the board, a feeling that it was not
the mission of the board to hold public shows, their public statement con-
cerning the same, closing as follows:

We are convinced that the business of holding fairs legitimately belongs to associations
organized for that specific purpose, and the duty of a State Board of Agriculture to foster and
encourage, and of the State Legislature to aid by wise legistation, these local industrial or-
ganizations. Then there will be a relation of confidence, a systematic co-operation, which
will enable the State Board to gather, collate and send back to the people an annual harvest
of facts and experiences of immeasurable valuc to the State.

Western National Faiv Assoctation.—An organization of the above
name was formed early in 1880, with James F. Keeney, of Trego, President;
Joseph E. Riggs, of Douglas, Secretary, and a successful fair was held at
Bismarck Grove, one mile northeast of Lawrence, on the Union Pacific
Railway, September 13-18, 1880.

The association was re-organized in 1881, with the following named
ersons as a Board of Directors: From Leavenworth County, H. M. Aller,
evi Wilson; Wyandotte, W. W. Dickinson; Johnson, L. W. Breyfogle;

Linn, O. E. Morse; Bourbon, J. H. Rice; Allen, J. W. Scott; Coffey, 8.
J: Carter;.Franklin, L. C. Wasson; Douglas, O. E. Learnard, William
Evatt, George Leis, Samuel A. Riggs, Charles Robinson; Shawnee,
George W. Veale; Greenwood, William Martindale; Riley, N. A. Adams;
Saline, Thomas H. Cavanaugh; Trego, F. H. Collier, James F. Keeney.
Its President was O. E. Learnard; its Secretary, Thomas H. Cavanaugh. .
There was $25,000 offered in premiums, and a Second Annual Fair was
held at Bismarck Grove, September 5-10, 1881. The fair was in every
way a great success.’

The Kansas Stute Fuir Association.—In 1880, this association was
cee and it held its first Annual Fair at Topeka, September 12-17,
1881, on the Shawnee County Fair Grounds, increased by twenty-four
acres that were owned by the association. Its Board of Directors was as
follows: Matthew Quigg, of Atchison; G. H. Rushmore, Jefferson; P. I.
Bonebrake, M. Bosworth, A. S. Johnson, Joab Mulvane, William Sims, of
Shawnee; L. Severy, Lyon; William Griffenstein, Sedgwick; W. H. Gill,
Pawnee; E. B. Purcell, Riley; Perry: Hutchinson, Marshall; T. C. Henry,
Dickinson.. Mr. Henry was President; Joab Mulvane, Treasurer; George
Y. Johnson, Secretary.

Coeval with this was the first annual exhibition of the Kansas Wool
Growers’ and Sheep Breeders” Association; the first-annual exhibition of
the Kansas State Horticultural Society; County Agricultural Society dis-
plays; County and Subordinate Grange displays; Farmers’ Alliance
displays; re-unions of veterans of the late civil war. The special exhibit
made by the Land Department of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road attracted universal attention.

COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES.

An act authorizing the appointment of a Commissioner of Fisheries,
and for the protection of fish in the waters of the State of Kansas, and
making an appropriation for the salary of the Commissioner, took effect
March 10, 1877.

By its provisions the Governor was empowered to appoint a Commis-
sioner to hold office for two years, and whose salary should be $3 per day,
for a time not exceeding fifty days ina year, and 10 cents a mile for
travel actually made. Appropriations of $500 were made for the years
1877, 1878 and 1880; $485 for the year 1879.

D. B. Long, of Ellsworth, who was a member of the House in 1877,
was commissioned for this office, March 10, 1877, and on the 8th of Febru-
ary, 1883, Gov. Glick appointed W. 8. Gile, of Ellsworth, as his successor.

Commissioner Long, in his report for the year, ending June 30, 1878,
referring to the vast resources of Kansas, said:

The large territory comprising the State of Kansas, larger than all the New England
States, with itslong streams and numerous branches, gives to the fish culturist a vast field
for labor. If requires time, patience, perseverence and money—with which there is no
doubt of ultimate success in stocking our streams with a better variety of fish. Although
an experinient to the people of Kansas, it is a reality to the people of the Old World. Fish
farming has been in practice for over 2,000 years in China, hile I have endeavored to
make my investigations as thorough as pose and to gather such facts as will be of inter-
est and use to the State, the time allowed has been far too short to meet all the requirements
and demands made upon the Commissioner.

Kansas Rivers and Creeks.—Passing somewhat into detail, the Com-
missioner says:

Our waters in Kansas are bountifully supplied with food, both vegetable and animal,
to sustain life and the growth of millions of fishes, native and migratory. There can be no
just reason why our numerous streams may not be made as productive of wealth to our State
as the fertile valleys through which they flow. It is estimated by good authority, that every
acre of living water is capable of being made far more profitable and productive, and to con-~
tribute more to the support of mankind, than an acre of the best lac in the world.

Our waters in Kansas, like our plains, are undergoing a change. Twelve years ago the
country west of Manhattan was considered by many as fit for nothing but the buffalo and
Indian. But how is it to-day? We find for a distance of 250 miles west of Manhattan the
finest wheat country in the world—and in other cereal productions equal to any State in the
pee Many of the streams contained little or no water, and but few springs could be

‘ound. :

But a change, grand and sublime, as if the Ruler of the Universe had said: ‘Let this
barren desert be made the garden of the world; let these streams with poison waters be
made pure; let the dry streams be supplied with running, pure water; let living streams
come forth from rocks and hills”—and it was done. This may appear strange, but it is
nevertheless true, that our land, said to be once sterile, is now productive; in our waters,
once said to contain alkali, none is now found; streams once dry now contain running, pure
water; and to my own personal knowledge, springs of living water, where there were none
to be found before, now exist. These are facts that cannot be contradicted, and are argu-
ments in favor of stocking our streams with a better variety of fish. Our people, when once
convinced that “the fish business” is no humbug, will take hold of it with their accustomed.
persevering energy, which knows no failure.

Fish-ways.—The Commissioncr, with the close observation of a pisci-
culturist in descanting upon the importance of viving the fish freedom to
go to their natural spawning grounds, the head-waters of streams, says
this concerning fish-ways:

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Upon the proper construction of fish-ways, more than anything else, depends the in-
crease of the fish now eae our streams, and will materially aid in stocking our waters
with a better class of fish. The high waters of 1877 prevented many owners of water power
from placing fish-ways in their dams, while others without the necessary faith, and in the
absence of any plan adopted by law, have constructed fish-ways, many of which will be wash-
aways, The fact of there being no plan adopted by the Legislature, and the Commissioner
not having authority to furnish a plan, and desiring to have a fish-way in reality—not in
name—is my excuse for not prosecuting parties making expense and trouble, and in the end
doing an injury to the “ cherished cause.” I decided to wait, with the hope that the Legis-
lature would take an interest in the helping and perfecting of the art of fish culture in our
great State, the cost of which is very small compared to the benefits arising therefrom.

The Native Varieties of Fish.—It has been ascertained that of the
fish families in the State are the varieties of cat-fish, the eel, herring, the
perch, the sucker and black bass. The Commissioner regards the last
named fish, “the King of the finny tribes of fresh water—the noblest, the
gamiest of them all.” Judge John T. Morton, of Topeka, has caught this
variety in the Wakarusa, twelve miles south of Topeka. Ina letter to the
Commissioner, June 19, 1878, he says:

They first appeared there about 1868, evidently coming up the Missouri and Kansas
and Tocating in the clear water. I have the authority of Uncle Joe Irwin, an enthusiastic
fisherman of Leavenworth, that they appeared in the Stranger, in Leavenworth County a

- year or two before. They do not seem to have reached any tributary of the Kansas above
the mouth of the Wakarusa. That they are the genuine “black bass” there is no doubt.
They bite only at ‘live bait,” minnows. There are plenty of black bass in the Marais des
Cygnes, and even in Dragoon Creek, in Osage County, and I believe also in the Neosho. I
think the Lawrence dam will prevent their coming up the Kansas, and indeed they never
will stay in the Kansas River. ‘They prefer clear and still water. But they will undoubtedly
flourish if put in the Delaware, the Soldier, the Vermillion, and the Blue.

Another fish, the “ crappie,” has made its appearance within three or four years in the
Wakarusa. This fish is very prolific, and is a fine pan fish, but rarely exceeds a pound or a
pound and a halfin weight. Its slang name in the West used to be the “ Campbellite,” be-
cause it made its first appearance in the tributaries of the Ohio about*the time Alexander
eae first began to achieve a reputation. It has been moving steadily-north since,
reaching Quincy, IIl., about 1848, I think. This fish only bites dt minnows, and small min-
nows are the best bait. Last Fourth of July, Col. Holliday and I caught about a dozen fine
black bass in the Wakarusa, and about sixty “crappies.” 5 7

Shad.—The general opinion, when the shad was introduced into the
Kansas waters, in June, 1877, was that the scheme might be a failure, on
account of their great distance from the sea. But the Commissioner,
referring to their migratory habits, said:

When planted in a stream when young, they remain for a time, until they grow to be
four or five inches in length, when they go to the sea, and remain in salt water until ma-
tured (four or five years) when they return to the place of birth,to deposit their spawn, and
again return to the sea, making annual visits to the place of birth. The Arkansas and its
tributaries (the Neosho, Fall River and the Walnut) are streams that can be successfully
stocked with shad and salmon, as they are in more direct communication with the Gulf of
Mexico than the Kaw and its tributaries, although I do not doubt the success in either case.

German Carp.—In his last report, the Commissioner says of the carp:

There is a growing demand for them. One hundred and twenty-five applications were
received hy the State Commission during the month of December, and the applications for
January will reach that number or more. Of the ponds stocked in Kansas two years ago
and one year ago,a number have reported that the carp have made from two to three
pounds’ growth in one year and a number of them had spawned. They will spawn the
second year if located in a proper pond. A fish weighing five pounds will produce 500,000
spawns. They spawn from April to August, the eggs being small and of aglutinous nature,
adhering to plants, twigs and grass, with which carp ponds should be supplied. The eggs
hatch in from five to twenty days, according to temperature.

I expect to commence stocking the public streams with carp next year. The carp is
el adapted to the waters of Kansas, and I predict a very favorable result from this intro-

uction.

Through the United States Fish Commissioner, 8. F. Baird, 100,000
young shad arrived at Topeka, June 5, 1877, for distribution, in charge of
Mr. Quinn, an agent, who neglected to give Commissioner Long notice in
time to receive them on their arrival. Tothe great disappointment of Mr.
Long, who had made several promises for their destribution, they were all
deposited in the Kaw at Topeka. Mr. Quinn claimed they were too un-
healthy to bear further shipment.

There was received by Commissioner Long, October 10, 1877, a crate
containing 100,000 California salmon eggs, which were shipped from Red-
ding, Cal., in a refrigerator car, to Chicago, Ill., and from Chicago to
Ellsworth by express. They were put in hatching boxes in the Kaw
River, and were carefully tended for two weeks, but a sudden rise of the
river washed the eggs away.

Fish Hatchery.—On this the Commissioner submitted the fallen

I would recommend and urge that an are of not less than $2,000 be made for
the purpose of erecting a fish hatchery. The necessity of such a building is apparent to
every person who will give the subject any notice.

I would recommend that the Commission be increased to three members, one of whom
to be Superintendent and to have a fixed salary, and that his whole time be devoted to the
fish interest of the State. ‘

I would further recommend an appropriation of $3,000 for the year 1880, and $3,000 for
the year 1881, to be used by the Commission in paying the necessary expenses in collecting
lish, spawn, etc., for the State.

SCHOOLS OF KANSAS.
THE COMMON SCIIOOL SYSTEM.

Kansas Territory having been organized May 30, 1854, its first Terri-
torial Legislature passed a school law August 30, 1855, and from that date
the history of the public school system of Kansas properly began.

The Territorial System.—Its object is indicated by the statutes of 1855,
Chapter 144, Article 1, Section 1, which reads as follows:

There shall be established a common school, or schools, in each of the counties of this
Territory, which shall be open and free for every class of white citizens between the ages of

. five and twenty-one years, provided that persons over the age of twenty-one years may be
admitted into such schools on such terms as the Trustees of such district may direct.

No Heclusion Because of Color.—Section 71 of Chapter 8 of the
laws of 1858, declares:

All school districts established under the authority of this act shall be free and with-
out charge for tuition to all children between the age of five and twenty-one years, and no
sectarian instruction shall be allowed therein 3

This section continued in force during the remaining period of the
Territorial existence of Kansas.

The law of February 12, 1858, provided that the Governor should ap-
point during that session of the Legislative Assembly, by and with the
advice of the Council, a Territorial Superintendent, whose term of office
should commence March 1, 1858. This was amended by the law of 1859,

which provided that at the general election in the year 1860 and every one,

year thereafter, there should be a territorial Superintendent of common
schools elected.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The following-named gentlemen served as Superintendents: James H.
Noteware served from March 5 to December 2, 1858 ; Samuel W. Greer
from December 2, 1858, to Jenna 1861 ; John C. Douglas from Jan-
uary 7, 1861, until April 10, 1861, Kansas then having completed the or-
ganization of her State government. : ;

Superintendent Greer presented a report to the Legislature January 4,
1860, which embraced returns from sixteen counties and 222 school dis-
tricts. The county of Douglas led, having thirty-six organized School
districts, Osage ten. There were 7,029 persons of school age ranging be-
tween the years of five and twenty-one. The amount of money raised to

build school houses was $7,045.23 ; amount of money raised yy, private

subscriptions, $6,883.50 ; amount of public money for schools, $6,283.50.

Colunly Spe andnt of Common Schools.—Section 13 of Chapter
8 of the laws of 1858, provided for the appointment of a County Superin--
tendent by the tribunal transacting county business, and the same law
provided for an election of a County Superintendent to be elected at the
same time, place, and manner that county officers are chosen, the term to
commence on the first day of October and continue one year. . :

The duties of Territorial Superintendents and County Superintend-
ents were defined under the Territorial laws. Township ‘Trustees during
the latter period of the Territorial regime, performed sundry duties that
before had come within the domain of the Superintendent’s office.

Formation of School Districts.—The Board of County Commission-
ers, by the law of 1855, formed the districts in accordance with petitions
presented, that were signed by a majority of the voters residing within
the limits of any contemplated district. By the law of 1858, this duty
was relegated to the County Superintendents. The law of 1859 provided
that ‘each organized township in the county shall be an original school
district, until the same shall be divided into separate districts by the
County Superintendent.” : .

The School District Board.—By the school law of 1855, the affairs of
each district were managed by three trustees and one inspector. Under
the law of 1858, the Board consisted of a director, clerk and treasurer.

Qualifications of Teachers.—The law of 1855 provided that every
teacher, before being employed, shall produce a certificate of his qualifi-
catious and morality from the Inspector. Section 2 of Chapter 144, laws
of 1855, reads:

All teachers employed under this act shaJ] use their best endeavors to impress upon
the minds of the scholars the principles of morality, justice, and sacred regard for truth.

Course of Study.—Under the act of 1855, it was made the duty of the
Inspector to examine candidates for teaching in spelling, reading, writing,
English grammar, geography, history, arithmetic, and all branches
usually taught in public schools. In 1858, the law required that there
should be taught in every school district, orthography, reading, writing,
English grammar, geography and arithmetic, and such other branches as
may be determined by the board.

Oniformity of Text-Books.—By the school law of 1858, it was made
the duty of the Territorial Superintendent ‘‘to recommend the introduc-
tion of the most approved text-books, and, as far as practicable, to secure
a uniformity in the use of text-bodks in the common schools throughout
the Territory ;” but it was provided ‘‘that the Board in each school dis-
trict shall have power to determine what school and text-books shall be
used in the several branches taught in the school of such district.”

Public Schools in Cities.—In accordance with the provisions of their
charters, were the common schools in cities organized, governed and main-
tained. Ordinarily the City Council was empowered to divide the city
into wards or districts for school purposes; to levy a limited tax for
school sites and buildings, and it was authorized to appoint a certain num-
ber of suitable persons to examine into qualifications of teachers, and to
inspect city schools.

Revenues for School Purposes.—The first Territorial Legislature made
provisions for the Suppers of schools as follows:

The lands and lots which may be granted by the United States to this Territory for
the use of schools shall remain a continual fund, the interest and income of which shall
be inviolably appropriated to the support of common schools in the said Territory. Second
—Halfof all the fines or penalties incurred by breaches of the peace, shall be paid into the
county treasury of the county in which the offense is committed, to form a portion of the
school fund of said county. Third—All shall be held and accounted for as county school
moneys. Fourth—The proceeds of the 16th and 36th sections, or other land which may be
donated or selected, the interest of such proceeds, the rent and profit of such lands, and all
fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and damages for waste, trespass or injury thereto, constitute
& townsiiD school fund for the township to which it belongs, and any Territorial school

moneys which may be apportioncd to any township which shall not be organized, are to be
added and become part of the township school fund for such township.

By the law of 1857, ‘The Board of County Commissioners in each
county shall appoint a school treasurer. who shall receive and keep the
school fund of the county and of the several townships.” It was provided
that the commissioners should at their October term of each year, appor-
tion the income of the school fund of the several townships among the
school districts in proportion to the number of children in each district.

The law of 1858 made quite ample provisions for the maintenance of
common schools, a part of which law is as follows:

For the purpose of raising a revenue to assist in the support of common schools, until
there shall be a distribution from the income of the school fund, the Board of Supervisors
in each county, may, in each year, until such distribution is made, raise a tax of two and a
half mills on the dollar, to be appointed by them upon the taxable property of the scveral
towns and wards in their county, and the same shall be collected as other taxes, and ap-
plied to the support of common schools in such towns and wards respectively.

Annual Reports.—The law of 1855 made it the duty of each board of
trustees to make out and deliver to the Secretary of the Territory, a report
in writing, showing the whole number of white children in their district
between the ages of five and twenty-one years, the number taught during
the year last past, the length of time a school was taught, and whether by
a male or female teacher, the amount paid for teacher’s wages, what por-
tion thereof from public moneys, and such information as may be neces-
sary for the Secretary of the Territory to enable him to make a satisfac-
tory report to the Legislature of the Territory.

__ The law of 1857 provided that the trustees of each of the school dis-
tricts of the several counties, should make out and deliver to the clerk of
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the Board of County Commissioners, in their respective counties, on or
before the first Monday of September, in each year, a report of their
school districts. The clerk was directed to submit a summary of these re-
ports in a general report made out te the Secretary of the Territory, to be
forwarded on or before the first Monday in December of each year.

The laws of '1858 and of 1859 made it the duty of County Superintend-
ents to submit their reports from the 1st to the 15th days of October in
each year, to the Territorial Superintendent, and he to furnish a report to
the Legislature, bearing date the 31st day of December of each year.

. SCHOOL SYSTEM UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

Section 2, Article 6. of the Wyandotte Constitution, reads:

The Legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, moral, scientific and
agricultural improvement, by establishing a uniform system of common schools and schools
of higher grade, embracing normal, preparatory, collegiate and university departments.

Section 23 of Article 2, of the Constitution reads:

The Legislature in providing for the formation and regulation of schools, shall make
no distinction between the rights of males and females.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction.—This officer is elected in
the even years for aterm of two years. In the occurrence of a vacancy,
the Governor appoints and the appointee holds until the next general
election, and until his successor is qualified.

Under the Constitution, the Superintendent has general supervision
of the common school funds and educational interests of the State, and
performs such other duties as may be prescribed by law. :

His duties are defined by the statutes of 1861, 1864, 1867, 1869 and 1879.

There have been eight incumbents of this office since the State was or-
ganized, as follows:

William R. Griffith, from April 10 to February 12, 1862; 8. M, Thorp,
from March, 1862, to January, 1868; Isaac.T. Goodnow, from January,
1863, to January, 1867; Peter McVicar, from January, 1867, to January,
1871; H. D. McCarty, from January, 1871, to January, 1875; John Fraser,
from January, 1875, to January, 1877; Allen B. Lemmon, from January,
tee to January, 1881; Henry C. Speer, from January, 1881, to January,

“Mr. Speer’s second term of office commenced in January, 18838. Mr.
Lemmon is a newspaper man at Newton: Mr. McCarty is engaged in
educational work; Mr. McVicar is President of Washburn College; Mr.
Goodnow is farming at his homenear the Agricultural College: Mr. Thorp
was killed at the Quantrell massacre at Lawrence, August, 1863; Mr. Grif-
fith died while in office, andjMr.’ Fraser died in Pennsylvania.

REPORTS OF STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

William R. Griffith, first State Superintendent, submitted a report to
the State Legislature, December 31, 1861. The County Superintendents
of Public Instruction then reporting, were from the counties of Atchison,
Breckinridge (now Lyon), Brown, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Linn,
Nemaha, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee and Washington. The Superintend-
ent reported this state of things:

In some of the counties the district organizations that were created under the
Territorial Government had gone down for want of attention, a result to be attributed, in

art, to the change in the law in the winter of 1859 and 1860, transferring an important part
of the duties of the County Superintendent to the Township Trustee. In some instances
this produced confusion, and in others, neglect. In such cases the work of organization has
to be gone over. a: : , ;

Another cause which has contributed much to divert the attention of the people of the
-State from the interests of education is the intense excitement which has existed in conse-
quence of our National.troubles. In some of the border counties no effort has been made to
organize school districts, and very few schools of any kind have been taught. In other
counties-the work of organization has been begun, but not completed. :

The report shows that Baker University, at Batavia, in Douglas
County, had sixty students; the Topeka Female Seminary had thirty-

seven. ‘
The State University.—Referring to the Congressional Land Grant for

the support of a State University, he spoke as follows: : “
The State has no pressing need of a State University at the present time. Sound
policy would dictate, it seems to me, that the State first provide the means of a common
school education for the children of the State. When this has been done, and our children
are fitted for pursuing the higher branches of learning, let the State, in accordance with the
provisions of the Constitution, and the spirit of the grant made the State, proceed to
establish and put in successful operation, a State University. It should be an institution of
learning, in which the young men and the young women of the State might pursue the
branches of learning belonging to any one or all of these departments, to their farthest ad-
vancement in development and discovery. ; .
Superintendent Thorp.—The successor of Superintendent Griffith, Mr.
Thorp, in referring to the necessities of our progressive school system, said:
We need a permanent school fund, which is the main spring of power in a free school
system like ours. Without money we cannot build schoolhouses, furnish apparatus or em-
ploy the services of competent teachers. We should work for the future as well as the
present. Our object should be to render the common school—which must be-the poor boy’s

 college—more thorough in discipline and more comprehensive in range of studies.

Superintendent Goodnow:—In his report, December 31, 1863, Prof.
Goodnow in instituting a review of educational progress, said:

To retard the cause of education, we had first the border troubles of
1855.and 1856, the financial crisis of 1857, the drouth of 1860, and lastly,
the rebellion of 1861. sates ; .

If, with one-seventh of our population in the army, with the excite-
ment and dangers from guerrilla raids, we can show continual progress in
the work of education, no higher compliment can be paid to the virtue,
intelligence and heroism of our citizens; and truly we can “thank God and
take courage.’’ : iia :

Sale of School Lands.—Superintendents Griffin, Thorp and Goodnow
had recommended the expediency of the Legislature submitting to a vote
of the people the question of selling a portion of the school lands. In
reasoning upon the matter, Prof. Goodnow makes the following line of
argument: : i. ; . 5

Tt is right and proper to provide educational privileges for the neat generation, so far as
this can be done without jeopardizing the interests of the present. The pioneer children of
Kansas deserve special advantages, as they constitute the future rulers of the State, and

every consideration urges that they have every means possible to prepare them for life’s
responsibilities. With the present generation properly educated, the means will be forth-

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State Institutions of Learning.—The Legislature of 1863 made provi-
sions for the establishment of the State Normal School at Emporia; the
State Agricultural College at Manhattan, the State University at Lawrence.

The vote on the sale of the school lands, November 8, 1864, resulted
in a majority for the sale of nearly 1,200. ;

Superintendent Goodnow in his report submitted December 15, 1866,
reported the existence in the State of 88 select schools, with 113 teachers;
three academies and institutes; seven colleges and universities; two
commercial colleges.

The State Normal School had three professors and 90 scholars; the
State Agricultural College, five professors and 150 students; the State
University, in operation one term, three professors and 55 students,

_ Superintendent Mc Vicar.—During the four years’ administration of
educational affairs of Rev. Mr. McVicar, he said nothing better than the
following on United States history and Constitution:

If our Republican form of government and free institutions are to be perpetuated to
succeeding generations, the youth of the State and Nation must understand the history and
beauty of tue structure of our Republic. To secure this desirable result, the Constitution
one Peony of the Nation must be introduced as a distinct branch of study in our public
scnools,

To study the history of our Nation, its trials, its struggles for liberty, its triumphs and
achievements, is one of the most effective means of inspiring the young with a love of
country, and personal devotion to its welfare.

Superintendent McCarty.—On the matter of compulsory education,
Prof. McCarty in his first annual report, December, 1871, said: _,

: A law compelling the daily attendance at school of every healthy boy and girl, for at
least four months in the year, between the ages of seven and sixteen years, would have a
most salutary effect. It is not only the imperative duty of the State to provide a full and
eee education, but to see that every son and daughter receive the benefit of that edu-
cation. 7

Compulsory Hducation.—August 1, 1874, an act took effect, requiring
every parent, guardian, or other person in the State of Kansas, having
control of any child or children, between the ages of eight and fourteen
years, shall be required to send such child or children to a public school or
private school, taught by a competent instructor, for a period of at least
twelve weeks in each year, six weeks of which time shall be consecutive,
unless proper excuses be furnished by parent or guardian of such child or
children. A failure to comply with these provisions, upon conviction,
makes one guilty of a misdemeanor, and subjects one to a fine of not less
than $5 nor more than $10 for the first offense. :

Superintendent Fraser.—This officer held the position one term, and
among his valuable recommendations was this one:

To improve the study of the peeemphy of Kansas in the public schools of the State, I
would recommend that the State Board of Agriculture be empowered to print an edition of
the “plot maps” of the several counties of the State, to be furnished to the schools at cost.

‘Much good can thus be done, at no expense to the State.

Superintendent Lemmon.—Prof. Lemmon had a central system which
met with his favor that regarded the municipal township as the unit in the
division of the territory for school purposes, the schools of each township
to be under the control of a board of three members elected by the people.

At least one-half the revenues for the support of the schools should be
derived from the interest of the permanent fund and annual State tax, the
remainder from a township tax levied by a direct vote of the people.

The County Superintendent should be chosen by a convention of
school officers of the county; should be a practical and successful educator;
chairman of the board for examining teachers, and should devote most of
his time to the visitation of the schools and attendance upon Teachers’ In-
situtes and Associations.

The State Superintendent might be elected by a convention of County
Superintendents, or appointed by the Governor with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, for a term of about four years.

Under Superintendent Lemmon’s administration a uniform system of
county normal institutes was inaugurated, which provided that the Coun-
ty Superintendents of Public Instruction should hold annually in their re-
spective counties, for a term of not less than four weeks, a normal insti-
tute for the instruction of teachers. 3

Superintendent Speer.—The Third Biennial Report of Superintendent
Speer is an able and exhaustive exhibit of the entire school system of
Kansas at the close of 1882. From its many and elaborate tabular exhib-
its the following are given as showing the progress of popular education
in Kansas, and its status at the present time:

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GENERAL SUMMARY. 1881. 1882.

School population 348,300 357,920
Enrollment in public schools 247,819 269,945
Average daily attendance.... 139,853 162,017
Number organized districts....... 6,325 6,436
Number different teachers employed.. 8,241 8,250
Average salary of teachers... $31.19 ~ $28.19
Average length of school yea: 22 03 22.81
Amount of school bonds issued $338,742 | $378,766.40
Total bonded debt..............05 tersseresesseeee] $1,706,480
Nuwber of districts sustaining schoo. 5,714 6,00

Number districts not sustaining school three months. 8 411
Estimated value of buildings and grounds on $4,796,368
Number school buildings an 5,555
Number school rooms.... aoe aca 6,789
Number of applicants for teachers’ certificates 9,16: 8,845
Number certificates granted...........cccccsesnes 7,434 7,201
Number of inexperienced teachers certificated. 1,246 1,546
Number of employed teachers holding normal diplomas.. 185 214
Number of employed teachers holding State certificates...... a 50 79
Number of employed teachers that attended the Normal Institute. 4,192 3,953
Expenditures for cominon schools «| $1,996,335 $2,194,174
Enrollment in normal institutes.. 6,303 6,218
Disbursements for normal institutes.. $21,127 $20,636
Apportionment of the State school fun $268,832.26 | $271,542.24
Number of County Superintendents’ visits. 3,39! 6,893
Superintendents’ conferences with district boar 6,835
Examinations of District Clerks’ records serie 2,454,

 

 

 

 
 

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12 2U7 | ALA | 4,901 | 2,810 |.reersce sres}eossseees ssleeeeeresreseees fee eeeesescsnsenenes a[ecedeansecssererse 2° Si
28 | 5 304 | 13,976 3.2 $14,009 67 | $1,747 23 $10,381 81 |. $10,432 50) $14,530 26 3
33 | 705 | 506| 24574 3.8 QAjB45 27 |aseeen wu| $19,918 14] . 12/300 59 32,972 60 | 26,722 13 ©
33 | 823] 640| 37,979 3.5 16,361 67 | 10,625 ‘61 24,193 01 | ” 58,343 29 76,500 71 | 112/373 85
35 | 847 | 721 | 45,441 34 86,898 92 28,814.11 | 107,293 47 [CT] rozeee 64. | 134847 71
37 | 986 | 871 | 54,725 4.3 1157924 11 fT) aijo54 24 | 199,620 17 318,897 81 | 2537996 56” :
42 | 1,172 | 1,056 | 62,833 44 | 1,205 170,046 39 |” 42,824'42'] 49,961 36 | 273,058 18 | 703 | 573,690 08 | 273'057 18
43 | 1,372 |, 1,282 | 76,150 5 1601 | 39 56| 29 08| 203,878 54| 47,319 87 | 55,989 90 | 342/421 70| 953 813,062 75 | 349/971 99
43 | 1,707 | 1621 | 993517 5 214 | 3707 | 2898] 292,719 94 | 79,343 76 | 116,235 80 | 428,983 98 | 1,218 | 1,031,892 00 | 429/15 58.
47 | 2,068 | 1,950 | 119,244 5.2 | 2240| 39 60] 3110] 318,596 31 | 98,644 33 | 139,957 87 | "518,332 85 | 1,501 | 1;520,041 40 | 799/318 51° 2
53. | 2,647 | 2,438 | 142/358 58 | 3078} 4154] 3175 | 449,273 05 | 44,690 58 | 182,377 20 | 534,261 69 | 1,820 | 2,024,504 33 | 1,074'046 09
— 60 | 3,419 | 3,170 | 165,982 . 61, 5.4 | 3'795] 40 20] 3150 | 596,611 94 | 58,886 08 | 217,810 80 | 822,644 94 | 2,437 | 2) 845,262 58 | 1,701/950 44».
: 64 | 4,004 | 3,847 | 184,957 | 121,690 |" 71,062 | 5.34 | 4975 | 38 43) 30 64 | 716,056 08 | 51,504 06 | 231,917 28 | 931,958 69 | 3,134 | 3,408,956 00 | 1,657/318 27
68 | 4,395 | 4181 | 199,010 | 135,598 | 77,386 | 55 | 5/043 | 37 24 | 28 69) 723,578 63 | 51,263 70 | 261,952 62 | 805,095 35 | 3,543 | 3,989,085 67 | 1,638'977 99
71 | 4560 | 4:80 | 199,986 | 142'606 | 85,580 5.1 | 5,383 | 33 98 | 27 25 | 689,906 64 | 113,208 41 | 264,683 30 | 685,162 27 | 3,715 | 4,096,527 00 | 1:478°908 64
70 | 4,658 | 4,442 | 212,977 | 147,224 | 89,896 | 5.2 | 5576 | 33 66] 27 03 | 743,578 08 | 206,519 84 | 289,978 70 | 716,833 75 | 3881 4,600,259 00 | 1,378,283 08°
71 | 4)865 | 4,536 | 232)874 | 158,075 | 94,009 | 5.3 | 6083] 3212) 25 85 | 909,656 65 | 221,699 85 | 311,320 18 | 815,842 23 | 4,157 | 4,277,004 00 | 13597'391 35
m1 | 5,136 | 5,002 | 266\575 | 177,806 | 106,932 | 5.6 | 6359 | 33 68| 27 10 | 980,435 07 | 220,791 56 | 314,379 90 | 947,079 24 | 4/520 4,527,227 00 | 11803,308 33
77 | 5.622 | 5,471 | 312,231 | 208434 | 123,715 | 6.1 | 6922 | 31 65 | 25 30 | 1,012,699 16 | 274,260 50 | 362,506 50 | 918,835 24 | 4,932 | 4,407,136 00 | 1'878'563 02
84 | 6,134 | 5,997 | 340,647 | 231,434 | 137,667 | 6 7,780 | 32 47| 25 98 | 1,088,504 39 | 306,278 06 | 302,864 07 | 1,120,197 72 | 5,315 | 4,633,044 00 | 2,160,508 73
85 | 6,325 | 6,133 | 348/300 | 247’819 | 139,853 | 5.5 | 87241 | 38 88] 23 49 | 1/192'784 94 | 299,969 75 | 268,832 26 | 1,233,634 70 |...recreee[osures 2,310,001 09
84 | 6,436 | 6,217 | 357,920 | 260,978 | 162,017 | 5.7 | 8.250 | 31 42] 24 95 | 1,296,255 68 | 381,945 54 | 271,542 24 | 1,442,088 86 | 5,328 | 4,381,749 00 | 25477764 04

 

SCHOOL CENSUS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS FOR 1882, BY COUNTIES.

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NUMBER OF SCHOLARS BE} ype gNnoLLED iN | BH | BUILDINGS AND z ai & |wusper oF TEACHERS EM-SALARY OF TEACH-| & Be 28 gai
\ YEE) AND: 21 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 3% | scuoor roons, ae ba of PLOYED, ERS PER MONTH.| 22"
COUNTIES. TERRE ERD aa 1882. as | 25 ze. aga”
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MALE. |FEMALE.| TOTAL, | MALE. |PEMALE.| TOTAL. z a BUILDG’s| ROOMS, EG 6 MALE, |FEMALE.| TOTAL. | MALE. |FEMALE.| © a 3 a < *
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Allen.. 2,312 | 2,176] 4,488) ‘1,779 | 1,718 | 3,497] 2,053 68 80 $47,250 74 34 64 98 | $33 50 | $26 00 $16,262 | $2,331,576 72
Anderson 2,024 | 1/896] 3,920) 2,024.) 1,896 | 3,920 | 1,895 75 82 50,000 76 37 57 94} 36 65 | 26 42 15,150 2,305,267 08
a Atchison. 4326 | 4'164| 8,490 | 3,066] 2,960] 6,026] 3,851 74 101 148,000 71 57 65 122} 4000 | 34 00 6,470 5,291,581 58
Barbour.. 434] "497 | "861 192 208 400 297 7 7 2,850 31 5 17 22; 3060] 19 80 6,614 606,259 00
Barton... 1,848 | 1,717] 3,565 | 1,299) 1,159 | 2,458 | 1,566 60 67 39,724 88 24 60 84) 3312) 23 71 26,477 1,537,051 68
Bourbon. 3,995 | 3,871 | 7,866 | 2,921 | 3,088) 6,009} 3,620 100 124 89,672 | 98 61 89 150 | 34 27] 30 86 4,300 4,324,920 60
Brown. 2,748 | 2,445] 5,193 | - 2,145] 1,937] 4,082 | 2,165 78 89 78,185 17 62 63} 125 | 38 20] 31 63 21,900 3,865,843 79
‘Butler .. 3,623 | 3,249 | 6,872 | 2,699] 2,604] 5,303 | 3,296 140 161 130,400 143 69 103 172} 30 21] 25 52 32,366 38,605,054 97 |
Chase... 1,102 | 1,038) 2,140 914 865 | 1,779 890 45 53 41,073 44 31 34 .65 | 3466] 29 53 18,250 | 1,822,930 90,
Chautauqua.. 2,451 | 2,213 | 4,664 | 2,123] 1,788] 3,911 | 2,670 88, 94 50,410 | 88 55 45 100 | 3215 | 25 52 16,980 1,265,154 15
Cherokee... 4,217 | 3,937 | 8,154 | 2,374] 2,139} 4,513] 1,992] 98) * 118 | 34,792 100 74 85 159 | 27 32} 18 02 43,325 3,816,241 63
2,464 | 2,977] 4,741 1,626 | 3,611 | 2,246 91 100 69,600 | 98 53 85 188 | 3082] 2414 43,362 | 1,985,386 09 ~
2,849 | 2,885-| 5,734 2,213 | 4,489 | 2,684 98 110 | = 75,000 101 71 16 147 | 2718} 23 37 28,241 2,276,672 51
2,380 | 2,195-} - 4,575 1,784 | 3,760 | 2,447 78 87 65,000 80 51 76 127 | 3500 | 28 43 27,805 | ~ 2,625,363 66
3,936 | 3,589 | 7,475 2,967 | 6,190 | 3,870 124 141 19,756 185 74 85 159; 3312] 25 43 36,912 | | 3,236,355 23
3,697 | 3,558 | 7,255 | 2,607 | 5,496 | 2,999, 113 128}, , 50,650) .111| ~ 60 93 153 | 3575 | 28 75 27,081 2,635,742 99
1,312 | 1,188 |. 2,500 962 | 2,082 | 1,281 43 |. 51 45,000 | = 41 18 35 53 | 35.00 [ 30 85 3,800 |. 1,541,388 44
A55 426 881 349°} 695 508 Ti}. aa 1,700 -38 12 21 33} 20 41} 18 18 150 . 226,252 00
2,833 | 2,670 | 5,503 2,304 | 4,701 | 2,757 114 130} | 95,000} 112) » 65 _ 68 133 | 3600] 3L 50 24,500 3,227,798 74
2,600 |. 2,503 | 5,103 1,870 |. 3,908 | - 2,740 72|' 84 90,200 67 45 51 96} 4290] 29 25 18,100 8,412,299 02
3,999 | 3,826.) 7,825 . 2,798 | 5,792 | 3,819 9 114 200;800. 85 32 100 132 | 41 48 | 31 23 11,200 4,303,215 87
306 309 615 224 401 984} 18 21 | ssusscssasee 21 6 19 25 | 3500) 25 73 13,815 670,839 90
2,185 | 2,043 | 4,228 1,326 | 2,641 | 1,016 76 81 42,375 79| 48 46 94/ 2875 | 2310} , 22,203 1,369,578 54
1,376 | 1,247 | 2,628 529 | 1,061 738 | - 22), 28 81,500 | . 39 7 25 32] 4400} 2600! 25,800 953,302 19
1,491 | “1,353 | 2,844 1,077 | 2,193 | 1,465] ~ 66 71 | 39,760 68 | 28 59 92} 273] 1971} . 33,296 1,076,154 36
549 483 | 1,082 B64 672 BBE |! cxieso | Senate és 23) 9 5 20 25) 4465) 3240] 14,776 _ 764,769 08
2,482 | 2,326 | 4,758 1,879 | 3,732 | 2,232] 90 95 “61,200 90 52 92 144) 37.85 | 3054] 38,475 8,703,875 01
572 507 | 1,079 252 520 TBS: [ sivas]! asedene| « denssasaese 48 9 28 87) 2675) 12344) - — 300 98,455 31
2,231 | 1,988 |. 4,219 1446] 2,987 | > 1,775 93 97 77,000 90 36 86} - 122) 3813] 3212 25,384 3,126,783 14
626 | 1,805 370 763 BAB |. gesuiet | Seeds || 'saaceanreees AS | wasevenay | svaeivaze seeneanee | ceeseenee | seeeeeees 8,212 "392535 52 °
7 2,181 | 1,959} 4,140 1,516} 3,209) 1,981 66]. 86 72,100 67 45 50 95 | 3659} 31 09 34,539 2,268,398 99
ns Hodgeman.. 210 178 383 80 200 154 5 5 800 18 3 16 19} 23 33] 16 69 Ss» 800 278,048 84
= Jackson... 2,266 | - 2,050 | 4,316 1,698 | 3,566 2,090 76 89 62,135 77 45 43 93} 3706] 29 427 > 16725 2,621,165 77
Jefferson. 3,188 | 2,951] 6,139 2,296 | 4,857 | 2,650 89 104 62,300 92 54 85 139 | 36 47 | 93 98 20,685 3,354,429 86 .
Jewell. 3,094 |. 2,967 | 6,061 2,532-| 5,261 | 3,420 148 187 -74,500 148 81 132 23} 215} 18 26 35,725 2,166,666 79 “
3,224 | 3'034| 6,258 2,399 | 4,786 | - 2,731 92 108 73,600 |. , 92 61 76 137 | 4100] 30 00 11,400 4,000,089 02
496 430 | 926 364. | 772 B48. |) secresel| “seuses!|> aus Sstsseirs 37 13 22 33 2506 | 2115 9,365 617,529 30
4,436 | 4,225 | 8,661 3,406 | 7,062} 4,045 103 123 120,000 105 64 99 163° 33.90 | 29 50 51,772 3,021,847 44
6,135 | 5,884 | 12,019 3,569 | 7,205 | 4,519 77 _ 84 287,000 78 55 87 142) 4100] 34 00 6,666 7,129,425 69
1,475 | 1,416] 2,891 1,108 | 2,267 | 1,510 66 67 19,250 78 36 42 78 | 25 00] 29 00 13,272 770,462 00
3,151 | 3,030 | 6,181 2,597 | 5,271 | 2,895 98 108° 94,500 98 68 85 153 | 38 60} 27 65 14,625 2,999,363 61
*s 3,188 | 2,838 | 6,026 2,139 | 4,859] 3,184 104 124 108,990 97 62 90 152 | 35 721 30 70 53,481 5,164,971 53
2,361 | 2,068 | 4,429 1,629 | 3,359 | 1,924 77 97 67,075 - 81 42 BA 96 | 3673 | 32 43 19,790 2,333,981 35
t 3,362 | 3.010 | 6,872 2,517 | 4,991 | 2,869 110 D254] sessaicasss : 106 82 77 159 | 34.00} 27 00 33,800 3,209,422 69
3,036 | 2,684 | 5,720 1000 | 3,852 | 2,473 100 106 75,000 106 61 a5 116 | 33 40] 98 80 42,286 2,817,520 24
iami 3,242 | 3,194 | 6,436 45004.) 4,298 | 1,860. |. ¢ sisicy | assese, | seeetegees 5 57 86 143 32.36] 24 36 2,350 4,438,967 56
Mitchell.. 2,884 | 2,240 | 4,574 Lgio | 3,734 | 2,461 YR 107 50,500 | ° 109 4G 86 182 | 26 60] 21 26 33,021 1,990,509 96
Montgomery..........| 3,781 | 3,595 | 7,376 2,943 | 6,007 | 8,638 1038 126 101,250 103 83 78 161 | 3707] 28 00 22,955 2,745,244 09
Morris... .| 1,765 | 1,704 | 3,469 1240 | 2,658 | 1,585 56 60 30,000 62 31 4s 76 | 3215 | 28 75 24,280 1,769,479 28
Nemaha. 2,874 | 2,640 | 5,514 2,261 | 4,717 | 2,615 97 116 96,704 100 62 78 140 | 83 241 95 60 22,890 3,434,025 43
Neosho. 2,904 | 2,675 | 5,579 2,262 | 4,628 | 2,106 97 $06 | wicccesseree 97 58 69 127 | 34201] 97 44 21,985 | 2,434,752 09
Ness 546 462 | 1,008 269 580 358 16 16 2,990 40 7 19 26} 18 80| 15 78 1,365 204,597 86
Norton 1,137 985 | 2,122 676 | 1,480 965 80 84 8,500 92 18 51 69 | 1750] 15 90 4,000 484,534 39
Osage . 3,905 | 3,623 | 7,528 2924 | 6,022 3,753 112 153 116,800 99 73 80 153 | 37001] 3050 34,514 3,575,291 62
Osborne 2,040 | 1,761 | 3,801 9207 | 2,599 | 1,655 91 97 3851 14 38 83 121 | 21 42) 15 42 17,467 1,137,906 71
: Ottawa 1,910 | 1,796 | 3,706 1,405 | 2,861] 1,257 77 83 40,000 88 37 61 98 | 2797] 21 58 19,458 1,568,228 21.
Pawnee 992 884 | 1,876 829 | 1,665 | 1,045 51 Dhl) dehsaevinses BW | eotestesas | eeeeren 62} 2613} 22 00 277993 10927869 23
Phillips. 1,655 | 1,512 | 3,167 1,232 | 2,537 | 1,677 1 80 14,597 118 34 71 105 | 2275 | 17 75 16,758 983,670 05
Pottawatomie 2,928 | 2,765 | 5,693 2,162 | 4,554 | 2,517 98 106 80,735 97 61 82 143 | 34 37] 28 81 35,840 3,854,712 05
Pratt ccs eo 249 257 506 “0 371 220 8 8 2,416 QL 5 13 18 | 2200} 15 53 1,591 135,680 44
' Rawlins .. | 267 | 243] 510 192 128 5 5 7 6 5 VW} 2000 | 14 83 | wees 49,378 73
Reno.... 2,152 | 2,093 | 4,245 L705 3,406 | 2,264 98 118 108 44 66 110 | 35 35] 29 00 43,089 2,123,800 98
Republi 2,565 | 2,389 | 4,954 2,138 | 5,410 | 2,481 103 105 106 56 108 164} 30 84] 25 59 24,254 1,694,537 74
Rice . 1,842 | 1,646 | 3,488 1,357 | 2,879 | 1,764 87 95 72 34 58 92 | 3333] 27 54 34,732 |. 1,540,678 44
1,975 | 1,803 | 3,778 1,203 | 2,561] 1,347 72 80 67 37 |. 58 95 | 3470] 29 19 15,470 2,315,139 99
1,209 | 1,175 | 2,884 770 | 1,515 | 1,391 49 52 83 19 46 65 | 1848] 14 74 7,120 "35,150 53
805 803 | 1,608 434 928 521 40 41 46 17 31 48} 2310] 19 87 11,071 329,301 30
: 1,106 | 1,026 | 2,182 560 | 1,186 680.) came | asses 62 24 40 64 | 2045] 15 50 15,369 $89,225 34
Saline... 2,895 | 2,413 | 4,808 1,724 | 8,563 | 2,248 90 76 40 61 101 | 33.75 | 25 40 63,845 3,094,974 37
Sedgwick. 2,883 | 2,745 | 5,628 2,091 | 4,271 2,342 131 183 52 105 157 | 34 08 | 28 17 54,725 4,937,254 94
Shawnee........ 5,901 | 11,496 9624 | 7,298 | 4,805 133 81 54 89 143 | 4133] 40 95 12,140 7,840,862 13
Sheridan.. 174 360 77 162 10 1 94. 9 2 6 8 | 2000} 16 75 - 42,185 76
Smith... 2,171] 4,474 1,872 | 3,835 | 2,555 128 25,085 128 46 55 101 | 2175] 19 38 16, 1,343,118 92
Stattord. 604 | 1,309 390 $32 6 BU | gesssccicice 50 19 20 39 | 25 27] 22 34 2,451 ~- 344,492 00
Sumner. 3,048 | 6,451 2,462 | 5,433 | 3,769 163 84,600 164 96 89 185 | 29 35 | 24 62-| 68,402 8,907,289 68 °
TYCZO 000+. 317 | | 719 79] | 188 s 2 22 8 19 27) 2787 | 2861] cee ~ "510,056 38
Waubaunsee 1,612 | 3,418 1,166 | 2,528 1,331 64. 36 41 77 | 85 27] 29 89 5,000 2,134,962 24
Washington 2,871 | 6,012 2,467 | 4,011 | 2,830 121 64 83 147 | 3250) 26 45 25,775 2,697,516 74
/ Wilson... 2,618 | 5,395 2,133 | 4,494) 2,354 100 64 67 131} 3104] 24 47 15,025 2,121,418 01
Woodson 1,282 | 2,624 1,089 | 2,128 | 2,528 64 26 53 79 | 33 67 | 24 45 6,100 1,649,744 32
Wyandotte. 4,198 | 4,212] 8,410 2,421 | 4,835 | 2,600 40]. 40 41 81 | 46 43] 35 16- 30,500 3,731,005 79
Unorganized... 176 156 332 |... 10 | csesevees | ccasssess, | wevescee | sssdteces | 16 66 | covseace aaa, see annegenneneaene
Potal sevens api 184,774 | 178,146 | 857,920 | 139,484 | 130,461 | 269,945 | 162,017 | 5,328 | 6,468 | $4,381,749 | 6,436 | 3,312 | 4,808 | 8,250 hRS1 42 |*B94 95 | B1,706,480 $186,128,188 85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS. °

The higher institutions of learning in the State are: The State Agyri-
cultural College at Manhattan ; the Normal School at Emporia; the State
University at Lawrence, are under the fostering care and protection of
the State.

STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

This institution was permanently located by legislative enactment
Februrary 16, 1863, and its Board of Regents held their first meeting
July 28, 1863, and educational work commenced September 2, 1863. Its
four departments were, Agriculture, Mechanic Arts, Military Science and
Tactics, Literature and Science. In the report of the Regents for 1873,
they state that after they took the oath of office, April 1, 1873: “In the
very outset we endeavored to obtain a clear idea of the object sought to be
accomplished by the creation and maintenance of agricultural colleges.”
September 3, 1873, they presented the following as a basis of action:

That the object of this institution is to impart a liberal and practical education to
those who desire to qualify themselves for the actual practice of agriculture, the mechanic
trades or industrial arts.

Prominence shall be given to agriculture and these arts in the proportion that they
are severally followed in the State of Kansas. .

Prominence shall be given to the several branches of learning which relate to agricult-
ure and the mechanic arts, according to the directness and value of the relation.

Upon this system there was a course of study especially designed for
farmers ; one for mechanics, and a ‘“‘woman’s course” calculated to pre-
pare young females to earn an honorable self-support, and likewise adorn

the highest stations known to true womanly life. There were also special |

courses for bookkeepers, telegraph operators, printers, druggists and the
several trades, instruction being somewhat shaped to meet individual cases.

The Design of Congress.—The act of Congress endowing agricultural
colleges declared it to be a leading object ‘‘to teach such branches of
learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in order to

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D. Coburn, Kansas City, Kan., President; Charles E. Gifford, Clay Center,
Vice President; Joseph T. Ellicott, Manhattan, Treasurer; H. C. Keller-
man, Burlington; Rev. Philip Krohn, Atchison; Cyrus A. Leland, Eldo-
rado; George T. Fairchild, ex officio, Secretary; L. R. Elliott, Manhattan,
Land Agent; M. L. Ward, Manhattan, Loan Commissioner.

Legislation on the Hndowment Fund.—An act regulating the invest-
eet of the endowment fund was approved March 6, 1883; it reads as fol-

ows: ; :

Section 1. All moneys, bonds, mortgages, promissory notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness due or belonging to the endowment fund of the
State Agricultural College, wow in the hands of the Treasurer, Loan Agent
or Land Agent of said State Agricultural College, are hereby ordered turned
over to the Treasurer of the State of Kansas, on or before April 1, A. D.
1883. The officer or officers delivering such securities shall take receipts
therefor in triplicate. One of said receipts shall be filed with the Auditor
of State, one with the Board of Regents, andone to be retained by the offi-
cer making such payment. The Treasurer of the State shall be responsi-
ble on his official bond for all sums of money, securities, bonds, or other
valuable things which may come into his hands by virtue of this act, and
shall at the close of each month make to the Secretary of the Board of Re-

ents a detailed statement of collections and disbursements, and the con-
dition of such funds belonging to said college.

Src. 2. The Board ar Regents shall appoint a Loan Commissioner,
whose duty it shall be to make investments of the funds belonging to the
said Agricultural College. The Board of Regents shall adopt rules and reg-
ulations under the provisions of this act, prescribing the kind and manner
in which all bonds and investments shall be made by said Loan Commis-
sioner. He shall keep an accurate account in a book kept for that purpose
of all loans and investments. He shall draw his warrant upon the Treas-

 

STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, MANHATTAN, KANSAS. :

promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the
several pursuits and professions of life.” |

Liberal education comprehends such as is extended beyond the prac-
‘tical ‘necessities of life; practical education is considered as something
capable of being turned to use or account, and at this college the design
has been to so develop a system that neither should interfere with nor be
overshadowed by the other, but that walking hand in hand, they should
harmoniously work to a single end—the benefit of the student.

Government of the College.—By an act of the Legislature which took
effect March 11, 1868, the control of the institution was vested in a Board
of Regents, nine of whom should be appointed by the Governor and con-
firmed by the Senate, and the Governor, Secretary of State, Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction and the President of the College should be ew
officio members. Under the regime of September, 1873, the Board of Re-
gents proper consisted of six members, and an ex-officio member, the Presi-
dent of the college, who under a later dispensation is made the Secretary
of the Board. The present officers of the Board of Regents are a Presi-
dent, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Attorney.

Board of Regents.—The a in September, 1878, were Nathan A.
Adams, Josiah Copley, Rev. Nehemiah Green, Joseph K. Hudson, Rev.
Charles Reynolds and President John A. Anderson. The successor of
President Henderson is George T. Fairchild,-formerly President of the
Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing. The Regents succeeding
those first named have been Charles A. Bates, Burton L. Kingsbury, Rev.
James Lawrence, Albert H. Horton, James R. Hallowell, John H. Folks,
Melville J.-Salter, Stephen M. Wood, William L. Challis, E. B. Purcell,
D.C. McKay, Alfred L.-Redden, A. J. Hoisington, V. V. Adamson, John
Elliott, F. D. Coburn, Joséph F, Ellicott, Charles E. Gifford, H. C. Keller-
man, Rev. Philip Krohn, Cyrus A. Leland. The terms of Messrs. Co-
burn and Ellicott expire March 16, 1884; of Messrs. Gifford and Krohn,
March 16, 1885; of Messrs. Kellerman and Leland, March 16, 1866.

The Board of Regents was reconstructed April 1, 1883, as follows: F.

urer of State for such sums as he may loan or invest, specifying in the
warrant to whom the same is payable. The President of the college and

Secretary of the Board of Regents of the Agricultural College shall approve

all loans and investments made, and with the Loan Commissioner shall sign

all warrants on the State Treasurer. The Loan Commissioner shall draw no

warrant except for loans and investments, and separate warrants shall be

drawn for each loan or investment. All loans or investments shall be

made in the name of the Kansas State Agricultural College, and all princi-

pal and interest shall be payable at the office of the State Treasurer.

Sec. 8. The interest accruing on the investments of the State Agri-
cultural College funds and the interest paid upon sales of Agriculture Col-
lege lands shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the State Agricultural
College by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the President of the
Board of Regents, attested by the Secretary.

Src. 4. The Agent for the sale of State Agricultural College lands
shall on or before the 5th day of each month pay over to the State
Treasurer all money received by him on account of sales of said lands or
collections on prior sales for the month preceding. At the time of making
such payment said Land Agent shall deliver to the Auditor of the State, and
also to the Secretary of the Board of Regents, a detailed statement, duly
certified under his hand, showing the number of acres and descriptions of
the lands sold, by whom purchased and the price per acre, and all collec-
tions on prior sales for the month upon which payments are made to the
State Treasurer.

Sec. 5. Section three (8) section four (4) section nine (9) of chapter
thirteen (18), session laws of 1871, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act, are hereby repealed.

Src. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the official State paper.

On March 30, Mr. L. R. Elliott, representing the land department of
the college, deposited with State Treasurer Howe, bonds, securities and
cash, aggregating $93,599.05. Mr. Edward B. Purcell, a former Treasurer
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of the College Board, deposited $300,322, making a total deposit of the en-
dowment fund, $393,921.05.

Students.—At the close of the school year, June 380, 1882, there were
312 students. Fifty-four counties of Kansas were represented, and thir-
teen other States. In the first term of the year 1882-83, 296 students
have been enrolled—some forty more than in any previous year at the
same date.
_ The Faculty as now organized is as follows, the salaries paid each be-
ing annexed :

_ George T. Fairchild, A. M., President, Professor of Logic and Political Economy, $2,200 ;
Milan L. Ward, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Engineering, $1,600; Edward M. Shel-
ton, M.&., Professor of Practical Agriculture and Superintendent of Farm, $1,800 ; George
H. Failyer, M.S., Professor of Chemistry and Physics, $1,400; Edwin A. Popenoe, A. M.,
Professor of Botany and Zoology, Superintendent of Orchards and Gardens, $1,400; Jere-
miah E. Platt, A. M., Professor of Elementary English and Mathematics, $1,000; Albert
Todd, A. M., Lieutenant Virst U. 8. Artillery, Professor of Military Science and_Tactics—;
William H. Cowles, A. B., Instructor in English-and History, $1,000; John D, Walters, In-
structor in Industrial Drawing, $1,000; Ira D. Graham, Secretary, Superintendent
of Telegraphy, $1,000; aeeree Fr. Thompson, Superintendent of Printing, $800; Mrs.
Nellie S. Kedzie, B. S., Teacher of Household Economy and Hygiene, Superintendent of
Sewing, $600; Mark A, Reeve, Acting Su erintendent of the Work-shops, $600; William L.
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Board of Regents.—The Regents whose commissions bear date March
16, 1877, are as follows: James H. Crichton, Charles D. Lawrence, Abra-
ham Sellers, two years; M. M. Murdock, Edwin Tucker, J.J. Wright, four
years. Mr. Crichton was re-appointed March 16, 1879, and on February 1,
1883, was appointed to succeed Mr. Tucker, who was re-appointed March
16, 1881, but was never confirmed by the Senate. Dexter E. Clapp and
William Goss succeeded Messrs. Lawrence and Sellers. Mr. Clapp died in
1882, and he was succeeded by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Clapp. She is
succeeded by H. D. Dickson, March 16, 1883. His term expires March 16,
1887; Mr. Crichton’s, March,16, 1885. William Goss is succeeded by Sam-
uel Thauhausen, whose term expires March 16, 1887. Isaac Sharp suc-
ceeds Mr. Crichton, and his term expires March 16, 1887. M. M. Mur-
dock was succeeded by George D. Orner, whose term commenced March
16, 1881, and he has been re-appointed by Gov. Glick, and holds till March
16, 1885. J. J. Wright was succeeded by John W. Loy, whose term of
office commenced March 16, 1881; lacking a confirmation by the Senate,

he has been succeeded by James Haller, whose term of office expires
March, 16, 1885.

Progress of the §chool.—The school was opened February 15, 1865.
L. B. Kellogg and H.

B. Norton were the teachers. The number of pupils

 
   

        
      
     
 
 

  

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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

An act to establish, locate and endow a State normal school, took
effect March 7, 1863. Its location, purposes and objects are stated in the
following :

SEcTION 1. That there be, and is hereby, established and permanently located, at
the town of Emporia, in Lyon County, a State normal school, the exclusive purpose of
which shall be the instruction of persons, both male and female, in the art of teaching ; and
in all the various branches that pertain to a food common school education, and in the me-
chanic arts, and in the arts of husbandry and agricultural chemisty, and in the fundamental
laws of the United States, and in what regards the rights and duties of citizens: Provided,
That a tract of land not less than twenty acres, adjacent to said town of papas be donat-
ed and secured to.the State, in fee simple, as a site for said normal school, within twelve
months from the taking effect of this act.

The Legislature of 1863 granted out of lands reccived from the Gen-
eral Government through the organic act, forty-eight sections of land,
and that of 1869 gave an additional twelve sections, which made an aggre-
gate of 38,400 acres, and by an act which took effect March 19, 1872, the

aminimum price of these lands was fixed at $5 per acre.

Organization of the School.—By an enactment of the Legislature
which took effect July 1, 1864, it was provided : 3

The Board of Directors shall consist of nine members, six of whom shall be a
by the Governor, and the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer and State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, shall, by virtue of their office, be members of said Board.

An enactment which took effect March 18, 1rd for a re-or-
ganization of the school, and for the sale of the Normal School lands.
The section relating to its government reads as follows :

That the State Normal School at Emporia shall be governed be a Board of Regents,
hereby created, consisting of six persons, who shall be appointed by the Governor and con-
firmed by the Senate. Three of the Regents first appointed, shall hold office for two years,
and three for four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. All subse-

quent appointments shall be for four years.

was eighteen. The graduating class of 1881, numbered 21; that of 1882,
44 members.

Faculty for the year 1882—1883.—A. R. Taylor, A. M., President,
$1,800; George Fowler, B. A. Mathematics, $1,200; B. T. Davis, Princi-
pal Training Department, $1,200; H. E. Saddler, B. A., Natural Science,
$1,200; Lillian . Hoxie, Drawing and Penmanship, $700; Viola V. Price,
Ph. B., English, $700; Susan E. Crichton, Model Department, $700; Emilie’
Kuhlman, Kindergarten oe time), $800; Annie M. Bissell,” Assistant
Preparatory Department, $350; J. T. Rees, Music (part time), $95.

Attendance.—The enrollment during the past two years is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

1880-81. 1881-82.
DEPARTMENTS.
Male. |Female.| Total. | Male. |Female.|Total.
Normal 164 i ~~ 900
Preparatory and Model = 85 167
Kindergarten 5 30 35
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__ __The enrollment during 1881-82 represents forty-four different counties
in Kansas, and eight different States.

Training Department.—This department’ organized from what was
the “ Model chool,”’ in January, 1880. In 1883, it embraces a complete
course of work in Outlines, Teaching, Professional Criticism, Methods,
School Economy, Principles and Laws. This work absorbs much of the
eo i students during the last or “ Professional year” of each course
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The Model. or Practice Department.—This is a complete graded school
that presents the kindergarten, primary, intermediate and grammar school
grades. Here children are received at three years of age and provided
with a full course of study which prepares for admission to the Normal
department. :

STATE UNIVERSITY.

The Congressional Enactment, making Kansas a State January 29,
1861, provided for the establishment of a university in words as follows

Secrion 8 (subdivision second). That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart
for the use and support of a State university, to be selected_by the Governor of said tate,
subject to the approval of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and to be appropri-
ated and applied in such manner as the Legislature of said State may prescribe for the pur-
pose aforesaid, but for no other purpose.

Section 7, Article VI of the Wyandotte Constitution, réads:

__ Provision shall be made by law for the establishment, at some eligible and central
point, of a State university, for the promotion of literature and the arts and sciences, includ-
ing a normal and agricultural Sepee ment All funds arising from the sale or rents of land
granted by the United States to the State for the support of a State university, and all other

onations or bequests, either by the State or by individuals, for such purpose, shall remain
a perpetual fund, to be called the “University Fund,” the interest of which shall be appro-
priated to the support of the State University.

Legislation on Locality.—The substance of an act passed by the Legis-
lature of 1863, was the naming of Lawrence as the spot for a State Uni-
versity, provided that the city should give to the State forty acres of land
and $15,000 to the State, to be deposited with the State Treasurer as an
endowment fund; should Lawrence fail to comply with said provisions,
and should Emporia donate eighty acres of land adjacent to said town, to
the State, then the State University should be located there; but by the
act of 1864, the location was made at Lawrence on a prescribed mode of
government, described as follows:

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Right Rev. Bishop.Thomas H. Vail, George A. Crawford, F. W. Giles,
John A. Halderman, J. G. Reaser, Archibald Beatty, William Fairchild,
Rev. F. T. Ingalls, N. C. McFarland, V. P. Wilson (John A. Anderson,
James C. Horton, Rev. F. H. Houts, E. Nisbet and Samuel A. Kingman,
appointed, resigned), Milton W. Reynolds, R. N. Hershfield, B. W.

- Woodward, John W. Scott, T. Dwight Thacher, Mrs. Cora M. Downs,

George R. Peck, Samuel 8. Benedict, James Fitzpatrick, James Humph-
rey, Alfred G. Otis, W. 8. White.

Rev. Dr. James Marvin, of Meadville, Penn., was elected the Chan-
cellor of the University, November 19, 1874.

The Departments.—Section 10 of Chapter 115, Laws 1866, reads:

The University shall consist of six departments: First, the department of science, lit-
erature and thearts. Second, the department of law. Third, the department of medicine.
Fourth, the department of theory and practice of elementary instruction. Fifth, the de-
partment of agriculture. Sixth, the normal department. The immediate government of
the several departments shall be intrusted to their respective faculties, but the Regents
shall have the power to regulate the course of instruction, and prescribe, under the advice
of the professorships, the books and authorities to be used in the several de artments, and
also to confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usually conferred and granted
by other universities.

Frequency of Meetings of the Board of Regents.—In the last report of
the Regents submitted by James Marvin, President, and T. D: Thacher,
Secretary, appears the following:

To His Excellency, the Governor of Kansas: The Board of Regents of the University of
Kansas would respectfully report, that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, the Board
met in full session ‘as follows: September 12, 1880; November 22, 1880; April 6, 1881; June
6, 1881. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, the Board met: September 12, 1881;
November 21, 1881; February 7, 1882; April 4, 1882, and June 5, 1882.

Normal. Department.—In the act_ making appropriations for the State
University for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1876, is this proviso:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATE UNIVERSITY BUILDING, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
DesteereKa, Dene th 246 ft.; width in] center, 98 ft.; width of wings, 62 ft.; height of observatories, 95 ft. Total number of rooms, 54, including a hall which is 94 ft. long, 56 ft.

wide, and 35 ft. high. A

the rooms are devoted to the work of instruction. The departments of Chemistry and Natural History have each a suite of rooms, viz., a lecture room 23x45 ft.;

a laboratory room for beginners, 19x52 ft.; a laboratory room for advanced students, 21x45 ft.; and a room for apparatus and consulting library, 11x35,

SECTION 9. There shall be two branches of the university, viz., amale and female branch.
The female branch may be taught exclusively by women, and buildings for that branch
shall be entirely separate from the buildings of the male branch. And to establish and
maintain the said female branch, the Regents shall annually appropriate a sufficient
amount of the funds of the university.

The'act of the Legislature that organized the University of the State
of Kansas took effect March 1, 1866. : ‘

Object of the University.—The act states the object to be to provide
the inhabitants of this State: with the means of acquiring a thorough
knowledge of the various branches of literature, science and the arts.

Tis Government.—Its Board of Regents, in which its Government was
vested, was to consist of a President and twelve members to be appointed
by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Regents shall appoint a Secretary, a Treasurer and a Librarian, who shall
hold their respective offices aan the pleasure of the board. The Re-
gents elect a Chancellor who shall be ex officio President of the board. It
was provided that the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and
Secretary of State'should be ez officio members of the board. The Regents
held their first meeting March 21, 1865, and elected R. W. Oliver, Chan-
cellor; G. W. Paddock, Secretary; G. W. Deitzler, Treasurer; James S.
Emery, Librarian. These officers with Charles Robinson and Solon O.
Thacher were made an Executive Committee. :

The first session of the University opened September 12, 1866, with
forty students and three professors. E. J. Rice was President of the Uni-
versity Faculty. :
oard of ‘Regents.—The first board was made up as follows: E. M.
Bartholow, James 8. Emery, Cyrus K. Hons Rev. James D, Liggett,
Charles B. Lines, Rev. David P: Mitchell, G. W. Paddock, Charles Robin-
son, Theodore C. Sears, William A. Starrett, Solon O. Thacher, Joseph
S. Wever. Since then there have been on the ,board, Rev. John Ekin,

Provided, That the Regents of the University shall immediately organize a Normal de-
partment in said University, and open the same for the reception of normal students, and
detail one or more instructors to conduct the same.

P. J. Williams, Dean of this department, reported September 11, 1882,
fifty-three pupils in attendance ; thirty-eight of the first year, eight of the
second, seven of the third. Referring to his work, he said:

I gave instruction to the middle class in the “science of teaching” during the entire
year, discussing: School organization; educational instrumentalities ; school government ;
curricula mop Ene principles of teaching ; the educational power of truth applied to the
different faculties of the mind; connection between the world of thought and the world
of things; conditions and methods of study and recitations; professional relations of
teachers, with a general survey of the branches of study and their peculiar difficulties ;
also, the most approved methods of teenae these studies, with many sentient illustrations
to impress them upon the mind and make them thoroughly emphatic.

The class of the third year recited entirely to the other members of the Faculty.
Their conduct and recitations have been uniformly proper, and suchas to reflect credit upon
the members of this department.

A normalschool means a school where the principles of téaching are clearly.and sys-
tematically laid down, where opportunity is given to observe the practical application of
these principles, and to practice under the scrutiny of skilled teachers. When we consider
the nature of the material which the teacher works upon—the undying mind—and the
amazing susceptibilities of that mind for good and evil influences, and when we know the
different results of training and the multitude and variety of influences that may be
brought to bear upon it from the most elevating to the most debasing—from those blessed
tendencies which will carry it upward along the ascending scale of virtue and purity, or to
all those downward proclivities through which, one after another, it passes on its road to
ruin—do we not discover urgent reasons why this guide and counselor of this mind, and
why the trainer and educator of these powers and susceptibilities, should be “a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed,” and for this purpose that he should possess all the informa-
tion relative to his art possible to be attained ?

During the summer vacation of 1882; Dean Williams visited nineteen
Normal Institutes, addressed over 2,000 teachers, presented the advantages
of the State University in its various departments, and especially for our
teachers. His report closes as follows:
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Our graduates and students are cverywhere working for “ Alma Mater,” and this is
one of the elements of our responsibility and reward as instructors, that all through this
vast commonwealth, as large as an empire, young men and women are remembering grate-
fully their instructors, and reproducing the words and actions of their teachers—becoming
strong factors in every department of usefulness in our young State.

Value of the University Property.—The Regents report on this as
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North College campus, ten acres. .. # 10,000 00
North College building........... 30,000 00
University Park, forty acres 40,000 00
University Hall (new building).. 185,000 00
Library, 6,000 volumes...........s00. 85 10,000 00
“Apparatus—physics, chemistry and astronomy 2,500 00
Cabinets of natural history, ete....... 8,000 00
Endowment, Amos Lawrence fund.. 10,300 00
Endowment invested by State from land sales to June 30, 1882 38,127 77
Unsold land, 1,120 acres (estimated) ........eseeeeee asinine 2,700 00
Land contracts, to run twenty years from date es 104,154 09

 

Suluries, ete., for the Year Hnding June 30, 1882.—These appear as
follows: Chancellor, James Marvin, $2,500; Professor Natural History,
F. H. Snow, $2,000; Professor Latin Language and Literature, D. H.
Robinson, $1,800; Professor Mathematics, E. Miller, $1,800 ; Professor
History and Political Science, James H. Canfield, $1,700 ; Professor Chem-
istry, Metallurgy and Mineralogy, George E. Patrick, $1,700; Professor
Astronomy, Civil Engineering, fice Hand Drawing and Physics, H. 8. 8.
Smith, $1,250; Professor Greek Language and Literature, Kate Stephens,
$1,250 ; Professor German and French, Frances Schlegel, $1,200 ; Profes-
sor English Literature, Rhetoric and Belles-Letters, Low Spring, $1,500 ;
Dean N ormal Department, P. J. Williams, $1,500 ; Deafi Law Department,
Joseph W. Green and assistant, $1,000. Assistant Professors, F. O. Mar-
vin, $1,200; J. W. Gleed, $800; W. H. Carruth, $800. Total, $2,800.
Clerk, W. C. Spangler, $500; Tréasurer, B. A. Ambler, $100; Superin-
tendent, T. A. Brennan, $800. Janitors, Sterling & Co., $323; Brown
and a $133.67. Total, $456.67. Assistant Librarian, Carrie M. Wat-
son, ; .

The Regents submit the following estimates for 1883-84, and duplicated
for 1884-85: For salary of Chancellor, $2,500; salary of Professor of Nat-
ural History, $2,000; salaries of ten professors, $13,650; salary of Dean
of Normal Department, $1,650; salary of Dean of Law Department,
$1,000 ; salary of three assistants, $3,000 ; salary of clerk and book-keeper,

600; salary of Assistant Librarian, $300; salary for superintendent of -
. J te $ a ‘ ' tended through two years, each year having three terms.

buildings, and for janitors, $1,500; labor in laboratories, $250; work in
improving grounds, $200; fuel, lights and firemen, $1,500 ; additions to
library, $1,000 ; additions to cabinets, $300 ;- philosophical apparatus,
a promicals, $250 ; museum cases, $500; advertising, $250. Total,

The Department of Theory and Practice of Elementary Instruction
was opened in College Hall, September 12, 1866, with four instructors. In
the catalogue of that year were fifty-five students. In the Department of
Science, Literature and the Arts, the first class graduated in 1873. From
this department cighty-six have graduated since the existence of the Uni-
versity ; thirty-six from the Normal Department, opened in 1876 ; seven-
teen from the Law Department, opened in 1879. Since the opening of the
University, 2,881 students have been enrolled, and less than six per cent
of the pupils have graduated. 3

The following table shows the number of students in the different de-
partments during the college years 1880-81, 1881-82:

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
    
 

 
 
 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    
  
 

 

 

 

 

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MetaphySics....-sscecsscsersesersssssccrepeensvsrseccsesen cer sceseeesenns 3 51} 1 22) 3) 61! 1 19
Natural history 5 | 111 110} 5 | 85] 3} 124
Latin..% ccs. 8 | 167] 6 | 130) 8 | 193) 6 | 165
Mathematic: 4} 174) 4 | 181)| 4 | 200) 4] 1st
* Chemistry...... 3) 66 3] 16) 8] 62) 8] 12
‘German and French. 6 | 108) 8) 102) 6] 117) 7 | 124
History and political science. 4] 164) 3] GI] 41) 167) 8] GF
GUNG OK cesssiincaihe ainsi sanmamaaenes pr 42) 4 aol] 4 45) b2
Astronomy, physics, ete 6} 108} 7 | (24) 5 | 105) 7 | 159
NOrMial oo. .c.ceceseeecceepeneeseanecnscerssseseeer esses eonntsntsecesersa| ereete| ersses|reeees[eeeees 3] ba) 38 66
English literature 3} 252) 8 | 260)] 5} 889) 4 | eat
The classification was as follows:
1880-81. 1881-82,
DEPARTMENTS. , aI .| 4 :
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collegiate... 9s | 58] 156]] 100] 61] 181
Sana sini 16 22 38 20 33 538
166 1141 277 141 96 237
15 |. see 15 |] 7 | ceceeeene 7
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Aggregate of all... 297 | 221) 518 270 | 201 471
Names counted twice. 21 31 52 20 28
Total enrollment... cesses saagaouserisuswvees 276 | 190 | 466 |/° 262] 181] 443

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of counties in Kansas represented, 5% in 1881, 55 in 1882; number of other
States, 15 by 48 students in 1881; 15 by 39 students in 1882.

HISTORY OF KANSAS

Dean Green, in his report to the Regents, made September 11, 1882, in
referring to the examinations on jurisprudence, says:

We are convinced that it would be of great benefit to the spite uated if the diploma of
the University would entitle the holder thereof to admission to the bar of the State without
further examination. We see no reason why this should not be granted by the Legislature

as our examinations are more severe and impartial, and take a wider range, than the usual

par examinations. The bar examinations are usually held in an hour or two, while the
final examination in this department takes from three to four days. We would therefore
request that in your next report to the Governor of the State, you make such recommenda-
tion in regard to this matter as may seem best.

LEAVENWORTH NORMAL SCHOOL.

Section 1 of an act to provide for State Normal Schools, which too
effect March 10, 1870, reads as follows: .

Suction 1, That there shall be established in Northern Kansas one Normal School;
Provided, That in any town or city of said district. there shall be established and in success-
ful uperation a thoroughly graded system of schools: And provided further, That such town
or city shall give to the State the use of suitable rooms and apparatus for the successful
working of said Normal School free of charge. The exclusive purpose of said schoo] shall be
the instruction of persons in the art of teaching and in all the various branches of educa-
tion that pertain to the qualification of teachers in the public schools of the State.

Proposals having been received in conformity to the usages of the
State, the location was made at Leavenworth ! May 4, 1870. This institu-
tion was in existence from 1870 to 1876, opening September 7, 1870, clos-
ing in March, 1876. ;

its Government.—The Governor, by the statute, appointed a Board of
Directors, consisting of six members, which were confirmed by the-Senate,
and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Secretary of State
and Auditor were ex officio members. . ‘

P. J. Williams, M. A., was the first Superintendent of the school;
Prof. John Wherrell was its last President. The Legislature of 1876, fail-
ing to make for it appropriations, it was abandoned as a State institu:
tion.

CONCORDIA NORMAL SCHOOL.

This school was located March 10, 1874. Prof. E. F. Robinson, Prin-
cipal, commenced work September 16. H. E. Smith was President of its
Board of Directors; W. E. Reid, Secretary; ex-State Superintendent H.
D. McCarty, LL. D., was its President in 1875. The State made an ap-
propriation for it for 1875, amounting to $5,297.11. In 1874, sixty-six stu-
dents were in attendance; in 1875, 171 students. Its course of study ex-

Depending upon State aid, its career closed March 18, 1878, a little be-
fore that of the Leavenworth Normal School.

Below is a table showing the appropriations the State has annually
made for its Normal Schools, its Agricultural College, the State Univer-
sity, and the State Penitentiary, from 1861 to 1882, inclusive.

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YEAR. URAL coL- | NorMAL |worTH NoR-| NorMaL | STATE UNIV STATE BENE

LEGE, SCHOOL. MAL SCHOOL. SCHOOL. VERSIEY: TENTIART:
$ 3,728 88 | $ 1,013 00 ; .| $ 31,693 06
.| 3,816 50 | 2,000 00 |... : 21,506 22
5,673 00 | 13,000 00 |... 2,885 98 | 68,926 66
12,138 90 | 13,997 97 }.. 9,780 26 | 155,946 49
8,275 00 6,966 00 | 116,906 72
$ 11,993 60 | 106,644 83
14,570 33 | 35,999 32
16,915 00 | 35,072 00
68,290 GO | 104,040 09
: 24,531 53 | 71,200 00
13,292 96 29,244°81 | 74,453 26
12,630 76 18,301 33 | 84,543 78
Siac 22,510 04 | 51,587 88
11,337 94 | 42,357 95
29,747 86 | 100,673 09
885 ¥6 |.. 165 00 | 99,841 70
we} 24,779 61 28,016 67 | 147,406 00
20,729, 09 |..... 33,100 00 | 138,593 97
16,000 60 30,726 79 | 120,045 99

 

 

 

 

 

* The followin “appropriations for the enitentia ior to 1864; 1861
$1,537.80; 1862, $1,075.75 1863, $7,279.74. % Se ee ee eens Pal :

COUNTY NORMAL INSTITUTES.

The school law of 1864, provided that there should be held in each
Senatorial District in the State a teachers’ institute, conducted by the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction. There were then twenty Sen-
atorial Districts.

In 1868, the law was so amended as to require him to hold only one in
each judicial district, which made about one-half as many places.

At the meeting of the Kansas State Teachers’ Association, held at
Humboldt, in December, 1872, Allen B. Lemmon, afterward State Super-
intendent, ot Public Instruction from 1877 to 1881, offered a resolution that
was unanimously adopted, which declared that “provision should be made
by law for the holding of a Teachers’ Institute in each county of the State
for a term of not less than four weeks annually, said institute to be con-
ducted by the County Superintendent, assisted by capable professional
teachers.”

Continuous attention to this matter served to secure a legislative en-
actment of this kind in 1877. The first county institute opened in Nemaha
County, June 5, 1877, and had during its twenty days’ session, seventy-two
members in attendance; Smith. County’s Institute opened October 8; its
attendance was twenty-four; Miami County had 181 members in attend-
ance upon its institute; Montgomery, 165.

The following table shows statisti i insti
1877 to 1882, Pe tistics relating to the institutes from
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1878 ..... 63 3,000 00 | 1,411 U0 5,256 19,827 00 17,421 00 459 00 85 U0
1879 .. 66 3,300 00 | 1,256 00 6,050 22,128 00 | 18,347 00 435 U0 90 00
1880 ..... 6T 3,300 00 | 1,127 00 5,574 19,373 00 17,325 U0 450 00 8 00
1881 .....! 72 i owe 6,303 23,248 00 21,127 CO 560 00 80 00
1882 ..... 75 6,218 22,977 00 | 20,637 00 605 00 104 00

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Superintendents Circular.—State Superintendent Lemmon, in his
preface to the first course of study for the institutes, had this to say con-
cerning the success attendant upon them:

The success of these institutes will depend in a great measure upon the zeal and en-
ergy of the County Superintendent. He should determine upon a time for holding his in-
stitute, and secure a conductor and instructors as soon as possible. The institute should be
so thoroughly advertised that not only every teacher, but every intelligent person in the
county, should know of it. Too much care cannot be exercised in securing institute con-
ductors, First-rate men are cheaper at large salaries than second-rate men who are willing
to work for nothing. There is a large number of very excellent teachers in almost every
county who are able to render good service as assistants; but there are not many who are
qualified to take charge of institutes and manage them successfully.

_In his first biennial report he says:

Our Normal Institutes have revived discussion of educational questions. Throughout
the State the people have. been thinking and talking about our common schools and plans
for their improvement. With an intelligent and progressive people, good results must come
from such discussion. 2 z

In his second biennial report, the Superintendent has this to say of
the institutes: rs

. The idea that Normal Institutes should be carefully graded, and the work of each sec-
tion adapted to the needs of the eae, was heartily indorsed by all the members of the State
Board ot Education. In their discussions in State meetings our leading teachers have ut-
tered the same sentiment. It has been generally held that these institutes should be in
every sense brief training schools for teachers, It will be noticed that quite a number

of the members of these institutes, like the unsophisticated, youth who attempted to eat all.

the dishes on the bill of fare at his hotel, endeavored to carry most of the studies outlined
in the course. Itis not reasonable to suppose that the work done by such. persons in any
-branch of study was satisfactory. Whoshould be held responsible for such institute organi-
zation and management if not the conductor and County Superintendent? Should con-
ees aay have failed to grade and manage their institutes properly be continued in that
ane si iis anne ate at

Superintendent. Speer, in his third biennial report, referring to ‘the
certificates granted by the State Board of Education to the conductors,
provisional conductors of and instructors in the Normal Institutes, says:

‘The importance of the work done in Normal Institutes, together with the difficulty of
testing the ability of applicants for this special and distinctly professional teaching, has
added much to the anxiety of the board in issuing these licenses. The important inquiries
which must be satisfied as the basis for granting them are considered to be—(1.) Is the ap-

licant of good moral character, a vigorous and skillful teacher, and of sufficient scholarship?

BD Has he such a Enovieiae of approved methods of instruction as will fit him to teach
teachers how to teach? (3.) Has hesuch knowledge of the object, scope and system of our
common-school work as will enable him to determine wisely the subject-matter, order of
Se and limits of study for the institute; in other words, to devise a course of study
well adapted to our teachers, and meeting the needs of our schools? To avoid laborious ex-
aminations, the Board, in December, 1881, adopted the plan of requiring satisfactory evi-
dence of scholarship and character, without examination, to cover the first inquiry ; asking
personal conference on the second; and requiring a distinct agreement on the part of the
applicant, in lieu of examination on the third, to follow the course of study prepared by the
State Board of Education.

. Certificates and Life Diplomas.—There are five educators in Kansas
holding life diplomas from the State Board of Education; eighteen havin
five-year certificates; forty-one with three-year certificates. The Norma:
Institute certificates extend to July 1, 1885. Of conductors’ certificates,
‘there are fifty-three; of instructors, 108. Twenty-one females hold State
certificates; there are twenty-nine having Normal Institute certificates, two
of which are conductors’ certificates.

Quite a good many of the counties of the State have had female
County Superintendents; for the term of two years, commencing January
-8, 1878, the counties of Chase, Greenwood, Labette, Pawnee and Woodson
have females holding the office. ; ae : Ee
Length of Term of County Institutes.—The minimum time for.the ses-
_sion of the Normal Institutes is 20 days. In 1877, Cowley and Sumner
Counties occupied 21 days in institute work; Osage, 213 days. In 1878,
Montgomery and Sumner, each 21 days; Osage, 25 days; Jackson and Jet-
ferson, each 30; Harvey, 40 days. In 1879, Hillis, 21 days; Osage, 23;
Miami, 29; Ottawa, 30 days. In 1880, Clay and Reno, each 24 days; Mc-
Pherson, 28 days; Chautauqua and Ottawa, each 30 days. In 1881, Har-
vey and Pottawatomie, each 24 days; Wyandotte, 25 days; Ottawa, 39
days; Cowley, 40 days. In 1882, Crawford, 23 days; Harvey, 25 days;
Ottawa, 30 days; Clay and Cowley, each 39 days; Graham, 40 days.

CITY SCHOOLS. P

First Class.—Topeka, with a school population, in 1882, of 5,561, and
an enrollment of 3,917, employed 47 teachers; Leavenworth, with a school
population of 6,641, and an enrollment of 3,317, had 39 teachers; Atchison,
with a school population of 4,550, and an enrollment of 2,310, had 28
teachers. |

Cities of the Second Class.—In 1882, Lawrence employed 25 teachers;
Emporia and Wyandotte, each 20; Wichita, 17; Ottawa, 16; Independence
and Salina; each 18; Winfield, 12; Junction City, 10; Beloit and Manhat-
tan, each 8; Clay Center, 7; Chetopa, 5. ;

Cities of the Third Class.—The return for 1882 shows Beloit to have
9 teachers; Garnett, 8; Holton, 7; aguas Burlingame, Great Bend,
Humboldt, Sabetha and Seneca, each 6; Cherryvale, Clyde, Ellsworth,
Girard and Valley Falls, each 5; Blue Rapids, Brookville, Carbondale,
LeRoy, Neosho Falls, Peabody, Pleasanton, Russell and Sterling, each 4.

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.
Reports for the year ending September 1, 1882, made to the State

Superintendent of Public Instruction, from sundry educational institutions,
possess considerable interest, and an abstract of the same is submitted.

Atchison Institute.—This institution was founded at Atchison in 1870;
Mrs. H. E. Monroe, Principal. It isa private co-operative enterprise of
the teachers engaged. It has 75 male, 200 female students in attendance.
Its whole number of graduates—male, 15; female, 36; total, 51. The cash
value of the site, buildings, library and erp enHie is $15,000. Its tuition
‘Sed te the past school year, $10,000. .There are seven members of the

aculty.

Baker University._This institution, under the auspices of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, is located at Baldwin, Douglas County, and
was chartered in February, 1858. Its President is W. H. Sweet, and there
are seven other members of the faculty. It has 266 students in attendance,
and has graduated 28 males; 8 females. The site occupies fourteen acres.
Its total amount of property is valued at_ $29,000.

College of the Sisters of Bethany.—Under the auspices of the Protest-
ant Episcopal Church, this institution was founded at Topeka in 1861;
re-organized in 1870. Bishop Thomas H. Vail is ex officio President. Its
site is twenty acres; the total value of its whole property is about $175,00u.
Its total number of students is 259. Its whole number of graduates, 39.

Gould College.—This institution, located at Harlem, Smith County,
founded in 1881, is under the auspices of the United Brethren Church. Its
President is A. W. Bishop; be is a member of the Kansas House of Repre-
sentatives for 1883; there are four other members of the faculty. The site

of the institution contains six acres; the institution also owns 160 acres.”

The total value of the property is estimated at about $17,000. It has 43
male and 26 female students. Its graduates are one male and one female.
Kansas Normal College.—This is a private enterprise, started at Fort
Scott in 1878; D. E. Sanders is President. There are seven members ofthe
faculty. It has 172 male students in attendance; 95 female. It has
graduated 75 male, 34 female students; the institution ‘has a site of three
acres; the total value of its property is $12,600. : .

Kansas Normal School and Business Institute.—This institution was
founded at Paola, Miami County, in 1878, by citizens of Paola and its Princi-
pal, Prof. John Wherrell. By the terms of its contract, allof the city children
in the different grades form the training schools, which bear relatively the
game position to the Normal Department as a hospital to a medical college.
The school is neither a college nor a university.

The institution has a three-story school building, and two large board-
ing halls. . The cost of the structures was $10,400.

The institution has a supply of charts, maps, chemical and philosoph-
ical apparatus and cabinets in botany, entomology and geology. It-has
four departments of instruction— Academic, Business, Normal and
Training. Its library contains over 2,000 volumes. Hsfgraduates number
84. The attendance for 1882 was as follows; Academic Department, 40;
Normal Department, 228; Business Department, 126; Preparatory Depart-
ment, 46; total, 440.

Highland University.—Under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church,
this institution was founded at Highland, Doniphan County, in 1858. Its
pupilsin attendance in 1882 were: 44 males; 68 females; total, 107. Its
graduates were 17 males; 12 females. ‘The site of the institution is ten
acres, valued at $3,000; its buildings, $20,000; library, $8,000; endowment
fund, $5,000; Rea $2,000; total, $38,000. Robert Cruikshank is its
President; H. D. McCarty, LL. D., Acting President. There are three
other members of the faculty.

Washburn College.—This institution was incorporated in February,
1865, the school opened in the autumn of that year, and its first class
graduated from the collegiate course in 1867.

In 1865, a tract of 160 acres, one-half mile south of the southwest
corner of the city limits of Topeka, was donated and deeded in fee simple
by Gen. John Ritchie. Forty acres of this tract is inclosed with an Osage
orange fence, and set out with over 1,000 forest trees, chiefly elms, some
of which are already nearly a foot'in diameter. Another portion of the
quarter-section is laid off as separate grounds for the Ladies’ Department.
In addition to the 160 acres above mentioned, the Trustees recently pur-
chased 185 acres lying between the college and the city. A portion of
this recent purchase has been platted as building sites, with a view of
securing a college community contiguous to the institution. Quite a com-
munity has already been attracted.

In July, 1872, the corner-stone of the main college building, one
and one-half miles southwest of the State House, was laid. This edifice,
181x54 feet, four stories, of stone, massive and pleasing in architectural
style, is now complete, at a cost of over $60,000. Three other build-
ings have been erected, at a cost of about $5,000 each.

It has the Academic, Business, Collegiate and Scientific courses, either
of which may be optional with the student. It also has a ladies’ course,
which considers the practical rather than the ornamental. Its well
arranged library is a collection of over 4,000 volumes, and a vested fund,
the interest of which is applied annually to the purchase of books. It
has an excellent cabinet and a laboratory equipped with choice apparatus.

The influence and work of the institution is of a broad and catholic spirit, |

though it was founded in special affiliation with the Congregational
Churches of the State. :

Its assets are nearly a quarter of a million of dollars’ It has nine
regular professors and instructors. Rev. Peter McVicar, President. The
enrollment of students last year was over 200.

STATE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION.

A teachers’ association was formed at Leavenworth March 14, 1868.
The State Teachers’ Association was organized at Leavenworth Septem-
ber 29, 1868.

The Kansas Hducational Journal commenced its publication J: cua
1864, H. D. McCarty, editor. Its corps of associate editors were B. L.
Baldridge and D. P. Mitchell, of Leavenworth; Richard Cordlay and Miss
Lois Reynolds, of Lawrence; Peter McVicar and Mrs. E. H. Mabie, of

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Topeka; R. K. McCartney, of Valley Falls; Miss H. A. Earhart, of Em-
oria; Isaac T. Goodnow, of Manhattan; James Rogers, of Burlingame;
Miss Mary J. Watson, of Emporia; Miss A. J. Ellinwood, of Chicago, IIL.
The second annual meeting of the association was held at Atchison,
July 26, 1865. The association meeting. for 1866 was held at Lawrence
July 38. . Its officers were as follows: President, Peter McVicar; Record-
ing Secretary, L. B. Kellogg; Corresponding Secretary, John 8. Brown;
Treasurer, Miss Carrie Collins. ;

July 4, 1867, the association mct at Topeka. Its President was B. F.
Mudge; Recording Secretary, Miss M. J. Watson; Corresponding Secre-
tary, D. T. Bradford; Treasurer, H. D. McCarty. July 2, 1868, the asso-
ciation meeting was held at Emporia. Its officers were: President, David
J. Brewer; Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Gorham; Corresponding Sec-
retary, Joseph Denison; Treasurer, Miss E. D. Copley.

Peter McVicar succeeded Prof. McCarty as editor of the journal; L.
B. Kellogg and H. B. Norton succeeded Superintendent McVicar.

June 29, 1869, the association met at Manhattan. Its officers were:
I. J. Bannister, President; Miss Alice L. Norton, Recording Secretary;
Thomas C. Dick, Corresponding Secretary; Miss Lizzie Ela, Treasurer.

_ Peter McVicar was President; Elbridge Gale, Secretary of an associa-
tion of County and City School Superintendents. —

June 28, 1870, the association held their meeting at Wyandotte. Its
President was Jeremiah Evarts Platt; Recording Secretary, Miss E. M.
Dickinson; Corresponding Secretary, D. J. Evans; Treasurer, Miss
Matilda J. Upton.

In August, 1871, the Hducational Journal was removed from Emporia
to Topeka, and the teachers’ association met there December 29, 1871. Its
President was John Fraser; Recording Sceretary, C. B. Isham; Corre-
sponding Secretary, Joseph Denison. e

December 25, 1872, the association met at Humboldt.” Its officers were
as follows: President, John W. Horner; Recording Secretary, A. B.
Lemmon; Corresponding Secretary, 8. M. Gaston; Treasurer, Mrs. H. A.
Monroe.

State Superintendent McCarty, in his annual report of 1873, submits
the second annual report signed by Eben Blackly, President of the Board
of Directors of the Quindaro State Normal School. This is a colored in-
stitution, and in the report is found the following:

The antecedents of the colored population preclude the idea of an advanced standard
of admission at present, but we are gradually raising it; and yet, by the way, we may re-
mark that two of our scholars have received certificates from the County Superintendent,
and are engaged in teaching. 7

Spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic (mental and practical), geography, history, gram-
mar and algebra, are the branches as yet taught.

The number of pupils enrolled porite the year is eighty-two, most of them residing
within three miles of the school, one from the Indian Territory and two from Missouri.

The regularity of attendance is far from what is desirable, but unavoidable from the
limited means of parents. The average daily attendance for the year may be stated as
Bee Eero, The deportment and progress of the scholars, for the most part, is praise-
worthy.

To a limited extent employment was given last summer to two of the’advanced schol-
ars, enabling them in part to sustain themselves with Very See AICTy results. The mode
adopted was to pay them ten cents per hour out of school hours, and the average earnings
were to each $3 a week, without seriously impeding their studies.

The University owns eighty acres of land within five miles of Kansas City, adapted to
the cultivation of small fruits, and the University Board intend to make a strenuous effort to

give employment to a considerable number of students the coming season. Under existing
circumstances this seems to be almost a sine qua non of success.

§ aan Legislature of 1873 made an appropriation for this institution of
1,100.

In his report of 1874, Superintendent McCarty speaks of the great edu-
cational progress during twelve years, the comparisons being as follows:

 

 

 

   

 

 

Children! District Value of
YEAR. of School} School School
Age. Taxes, Buildings.
1862. ‘ 18,976 | $191,010 00 | $ 10,423 50
B74. .oscctersecconsenenen: ite 191,010 | 895,095 85 | 3,989,085 67

 

 

 

In 1875, Judicial District Institutes were held in the fifteen districts,
and the thirteenth annual meeting of the teachers was held at Topeka,
on the 24th, 25th and 26th of August. Superintendent Fraser says of it:

The ability and earnestness with which important practical questions relating to the
improvement of our common school system were discussed at the meeting, do credit to the
association and to the State.

The association held ‘its fourteenth annual meeting at Valle
June 20-22, 1876, and an adjourned meeting was held at Topeka
ber 26-28, 1876. ;

Among the resolutions adopted were the following:

= For the future welfare of the children, the State should adopt a uniform system of
normal instruction, and should make provision for the ultimate establishment of several
free normal schools. ‘

That we recommend the ses of a uniform system of normal institutes, to be con-
ducted by practical educators. and to continue in session not less than two wecks each year.
To defray the expenses of such institutes we recommend that each candidate for a teacher’s
certificate, and each member of the institute pay a fee of $1, and that the Board of County
Commissioners in every county be required to appropriate asum equal to that secured from
the two other sources.

The annual meeting for 1877 was held at Emporia June 26-28, 1877.
Its officers for 1876, 1877 and 1878 were as follows: 1876 and 1877, L. B-
Kellogg, Emporia, President; Mary A. Highbey, Oswego, Recording Sec-
retary; H. C. Speer, Junction City, PCr apy neine Pecruarys Peter Me,
Vicar, Topeka, Treasurer. 1877 and 1878, Allen B. Lemmon, Winfield,
President; William Wheeler, Ottawa, Secretary; Peter McVicar, Topeka.
Treasurer. There were ninety educators in attendance.

The meeting for 1878 was held at Atchison June 24-26. There were
about 150 persons in attendance. . ;

Death of Hx-Superintendent Fraser.—The following resolutions were
adopted relating to the deceased:

ecem-

land; J. H. Canfield, Lawrence; Ida A. Ahlborn, Atchison.

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Wuernas, The members of this association have learned with great sorrow of the re-
cent death of Gen. John Fraser, LL. D., formerly Chancellor of the University of Kansas,
and subsequently State Superintendent of Public Instruction, therefore be it

‘Resolved, that from his first introduction to the teachers of this State, Gen. Fraser
showed himself a most ardent and efficient co-worker in popular education. .
Resolved, That Gen. Fraser has left, both in the University of Kansas, over which he so
faithfully presided for six years, and in the Superintendency of Public Instruction so effl-
pots administered during his term of office, lasting monuments of his official integrity
and ability. .

Bemiovil That Gen. Fraser, as a public officer, a worthy citizen anda true patriot,
merits the profound respect due the memory of the world’s benefactors. b

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to his wife as an expression of our
sympathy with her in this the hour of bereavement and sorrow.

The meeting for 1879, was held at Lawrence, in the State University
Building, June 16-19, 1879.

Gen. John Eaton, United States Commissioner of Education, was in
attendance, and favored the association with valuable addresses. Among
the resolutians adopted were the following:

That this association desires to call special attention to the work of Hon. John Eaton
United States Commissioner of Education, and to express its appreciation of the results o:
the labors of the department under his control. A

That the Executive Committee be instructed to take such -preliminary steps as will
lead 10 the accommodation of an educational museum in the new capitol building at Topeka,
in asiniilar manner to that given to the collections of the State Agricultural and State His-
torical Societies.

The association meeting for 1880 was held at Topeka June 22-24.
The Legislature was by resolution to make provision for a thorough geo-
logical survey of the State. The meetings for 1881 were held at Manhat-
tan June 21-88, and at Topeka December 27-29. Its officers were: Will-
iam Wheeler, President; John McDonald, Vice President; F. W. Par-
sons, Secretary; Miss Sarah A. Brown, Treasurer. . ,

State Superintendent Speer in his biennial report, referring to it, says:

Its membership is made up of representative teachers of Kansas, and its exercises are
largely concerned with questions of public education. Through its instrumentality much

has been done toward unifying and systematizing the work of graded schools, rural schools
and county supervision.

The Hducationist.—This monthly journal, whose publication com-
menced January, 1879, is the organ of the Department of Public Instruc-
tion and of the State Teachers’ Association. Its editor and publisher is
MingnS W. Hoss, Topeka, a former President of the State Normal School.

ssociate Hditors.—At the twenty-third session of the State Teachers’
Association, held at Topeka December 26-28, 1882, the following-named
ersons were elected associate editors: Teachers, H. D. McCarty, High-.
n. Superintend-
ents, William Bishop, Salina; J. H. Lee, Manhattan; Lizzie J. Stepben-
son, Yates Center. ; : : .

At the County Superintendents’ Convention the following resolutions
were adopted:

Wuereas, The Educationist is the organ of the Department of Public Instruction
and of the State Teachers’ Association, and , ‘i

WueErxas, We believe the reading of this journal would aid Trustees in their official
duty, therefore,

Resolved, That we recommend the Legislature to provide that, so long as this journal
remains the organ of the Superintendents of Public Instruction, and of the State Teachers’

Association, each school board may take one copy for use of the office, and pay for the same
out of the incidental fund.

Officers for 1883.—President, F. A. Fitzpatrick, Superintendent Leaven-
worth Schools; Vice President, John Wherrell, Principal of Paola Nor-
mal School; Recordiag Secretary, D. E. Lantz, Superintendent Manhat-
tan Schools ; Corresponding Secretary, L. Lightfoot, Principal of Mulvane
Schools ; Treasurer, H. F. Ellis, Superintendent of Franklin County ; Ex-
ecutive Committee, H.C. Speer, State Superintendent Public Instruction ;
Bion 8. Hutchins, Principal of Beloit Schools; A. V. Jewett, Superin-
tendent of Abilene Schools.

Charter.—The charter of the association read as follows:

I, The name of this corporation is “ The State Teachers’ Association of Kansas.”

If. The purpose for which it is formed is the support and promotion of the general
educational interests of the State of Kansas, the collection and dissemination of educational
intelligence, and the mutual improvement of its members in all that pertains to the teach-
er’s vocation.

_, IL. The place where its business is to be transacted is the State of Kansas, at such
cities and towns thereof as may be designated trom time to time by the managing officers
of the corporation, as the piacrs of its annual and special meetings,

IV. The term for which it is to exist is ninety-nine years,

V. The number of its directors is five.

VI, This corporation has no capital stock.

Constitution.—The following is the full text of the constitution and
preamble:

Yor the purpose of elevating the profession of teaching and promoting the interests of
schools in Kansas, we, whose names are ailixed, associate ourselves together under the fol-
lonng constitution : — ;

TICLE I, This association shall be styled the Kansas State Teachers’ Association.

ART. IL. The supreme power under this constitution shall be vested in a “ Board of
five Directors,” whose duty it shall be to elect, annually, a President; one Vice President
from each organized county in the State; a Recording Secretary; a Corresponding Secre-
tary; a Treasurer, and an Executive Committee consisting of three persons, and to select
the time and the place of annual meeting.

Arr, II. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the asso-
ciation. In case of vacancy or his absence, it shall be the duty of any one of the Vice Pres-
idents to perform the same du

ty.
Arr. IV. It shallbethe dak of the Recordi i

aseplnp upon tbat cin, y ding Secretary to perform the duties usually

_,, ART. V. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary to correspond with asso-
ciations of a similar character, and to correspond with individuals under the direction of
the Executive Committee. He shall further keep a full copy of all communications from
and to him in a book provided for that purpose; keep such correspondence in full and re-
port the same whenever called upon to do so at any regular meeting of the association.
___,Arg. VI. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and keep all funds belong-
ing to the association, and pay out the same only on the orders of the Chairman of the Ex-
eeutive Committee. He shall keep a faithful account of all moneys received and expended
and report the condition of the finances when called upon to do so at any regular meeting
of the association. He shall ie ea all balances, after the liabilities of the association
have been met, in some good bank within the borders of Kansas.

fi Art, VII. The Executive Committee shall carry into effect all orders and resolutions
of the association, and shall devise and put into operation such other measures not inconsistent

' with the object of this association, as it shall deem best. It shall secure speakers, and ar-

range business to come before the association. It shall keep a full record of i dings
and present an annual report of the same to the asmpaiations Hoe ee eee
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Art, VIII. The Executive Committee shall hold its first meeting as soon after elec-
tion as practicable.. Two members of said committee shall constitute a quorum for business,
and afterward may meet upon itsown adjournment or appointment.

Art. IX. The funds of this association shall consist of fees for membership; annual
dues for contributions, and shall be expended under the direction of the Executive Com-
mittee, through its Chairman.

_Art, X. Any teacher or active friend of education may become a member of this
me ooialion by subscribing to this constitution, and paying the Treasurer the sum of one
ollar.

Art, XI. The annual dues for this association shall be fifty cents for each member.

ArT. XII, The‘ Board of Directors” of this association shall be chosen by ballot at
the annual meeting of this association, and shall hold their office for one year or until their
successors are elected and qualified. . .

Art. XIII. This constitution may be altered or amended by a majority of the mem-
bers present at any regular meeting of this association.

THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOL FUND.

Asis known to the reader, the State School Fund has been derived
principally from the proceeds of the school sections, two in each town-
ship, set apart for school purposes in the act admitting Kansas as a State.
The present fund has been accumulated from the sale of school lands, and
the prospective increase of the fund is based on the value of school lands

et unsold, amounting to nearly 2,000,000 acres. The permanent fund is
oaned to school districts for the construction of schoolhouses and other
strictly educational purposes. The balance not thus used is invested in
approved securities, and the income apportioned to the several counties of
the State for current school expenses, constituting a part of the annual
source of income for educational purposes. The present condition and
prospective value of the school fund of Kansas are shown in the follow-
ing extracts from the report of the State School Fund Commissioners for
the two years ending June 30, 1882, with comments by State Superintend-
ent Speer ‘

e amounts of the securities held by the State Treasurer at this date, credited to these
funds, are as follows:

 

In State permanent school fund +++0e$2,508,644 23
In University permanent fund...... 35,755 00
In Normal School permanent fund....... 50,600 77

- Of the amount credited to the permanent school fund, $250, is in United States
bonds bearing three and a half per cent interest. These bonds have been called, and will
be paid before the first of February. The Commissioners instruct me to urge upon your
attention the importance of providing further means of investments for these funds. Table
IV, Abstract II, shows an uninvested balance in permanent school fund, as follows:

December 1, 1882, balance...... SainghcnenenidecunureassWadedan sevesserstesssevsseseeep 84,860 12
To this add— ¥
Called bonds, soon to be paid Off....cceseseces seccnesseonssseneccsss seenensene 250,000 00

School district bonds, due January 1, 1883, about......
Payment on school-land sales, January 1, 1883, about....

45,000 00
sesereee100,000 00

Total fund uninvested, January 1, 1883, abOUt......... .sss02seseeeeee479,860 12

The Commissioners have been diligent in keeping the funds under their care invested
as closely as possible in safe securities. School district bonds make up the large body of the
total investment of $2,500,000, very few of these running longer than fifteen years from date
ofissue. It is noticeable alzo that most of those now offered for sale by districts are for less
than ten years. * Large sums will be paid off next year, and the payment will grow each
year thereafter ; so that, without making account of the addition to the fund made semi-
annually from the sales of school lands, it cannot be kept invested in school bonds. The
total bonded debt on school districts in Kansas is not over $2,000,000. I do not believe it
will ever reach $3,000,000 at one time. The permanent fund in securities and cash is now
about $3,000,000, and rapidly increasing from school-land sales. It is probable that when
fully available, the sum will reach $15,000,000. Ifthe lands now unsold should be placed in
the market through a State Land Commissioner, to be sold for their full value, it is believed
that the total sum would be nearer $20,000,000.

    

KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.

In the Kansas Journal of Education for March, 1868, appeared the
following:

F A NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

EDITORS OF EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL: Allow me to call your attention to the impor-
tance of forming a Natural History Society in our State. The benefits flowing from such
an organization would be numerous, among which I will mention the following:

I. It would afford the means of associated effort.

2. It would give inspiration to naturalists.

3. It would afford opportunity for exchanges.

4, It would diffuse a spirit of scientific research. . ae ;

5. It would put the State in direct communication with the various scientific bodies
of our country. : : ‘ants

6; Large collections would ultimately be made by such a society, which would be per-
manently secured to the State. : F : ; ;

Has not the time arrived for the friends of natural science to move in this matter?
Some of the leading naturalists of the State are favorable to the organization of such a socie-
ty at an early day. The State authorities would doubtless aid such a society in publishing
valuable reports, and in storing their collections.

# 7 ‘ Yours very truly,
; _ JOHN D. PARKER.

‘Consequent upon the publication of the foregoing, in July, 1868, the

following call was issued:

We, the undersigned, desirous of securing the advantages arising from association in
scientific pursuits; and of giving a more systematic direction to scientific research in our
State, do hereby invite all persons in the State interested in natural science to meet at
Topeka on the first Tuesday of September next at 3 P. M., at the college building, for the
purpose of organizing a State Natural History Society:

2 JOHN FRASER,
D. H. RoBINson,
B. F. Muper,
J. A. BANFIELD,
J. 8. HoucHam,
J.D. PARKER,
R. A, BARKER,
D. BRock Way,

G._F, Carin,

J. H. CaRRuTH,

R. D. PARKER,

JEFF, ROBINSON,

PETER McVIcaR,

F. H. Snow.

J.S. WHITMAN,

RIcHARD CORDLEY,

: J, R. SWALLow.
The first annual meeting of the society was held in Lincoln College,

Topeka, Kan., September 1, 1868. After mature deliberation and thorough

discussion, the association was organized under the name of the Kansas

Natural History Society, and the following officers were elected for the

:: B. F. Mudge, President; J. S. Whitman, Vice President;
Sohn D. ce deurstary: Frank H. Snow, Treasurer; John A. Banfield,
Curator.

Objects of the Society.—The society aimed at a thorough scientific ex-
ploration of Kansas, and its constitution stated its object to be “to in-
crease and diffuse a knowledge of science particularly in its relation to the
State of Kansas.” :

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The Second Annual Meeting of the society was held in the Presbyteri-
an Church, Topeka, Kan., September 7, 1869.

The officers of the previous year were re-elected.

The Third Annual Meeting of the society was held in the University
building at Lawrence, on the 5th and 6th of September, 1870. The fol-
lowing-named persons were elected officers: President, John Fraser ;
Vice President, Benjamin F. Mudge; Treasurer, Frank H. Snow ; Secre-
tary and Librarian, John D. Barters Curators, B. F. Mudge and F. H.
Snow. James H. Carruth read a paper on the Plants of Kansas ; John H.
Barrows, on Hugh Miller, or the Workingman’s Education ; John Fraser,
on the Aims, Organization and Advantages of Scientific Associations ; |
F. Mudge, on the Moss Agate Formation, and on the Saurian Formation of
Kansas; John D. Parker, on the Internal Heat of the Earth ; William H.
Saunders, on the Comparison of the Coals of Kansas with other Western
Coals; Frank H. Snow, on the Fishes of the Kansas River, as observed at
Lawrence.

The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society was held at the rooms of
ue Bpaed of Education of Leavenworth, on the 25th and 26th of October,

The following public lectures were delivered: On the Claims of the
ae Sciences, by Frank H. Snow;.on the Geology of Kansas, by B.

. Mudge.

rhe oifiats for the current year were: John Fraser, President ; B.
F. Mudge and Robert J. Brown, Vice Presidents; John D. Parker, Secre-
tary; F. H. Snow, Tteasurer ; B. F. Mudge and F. H. Snow, Curators.

At the Third Annual Meeting of the Society, its President, John Fra-
ser, suggested that the scope of the society be enlarged to comprehend
the whole field of science within the borders of the State.

On motion, Messrs. John Fraser, F. H. Snow, D. H. Robinson, Fred-
erick W. Bardwell and John D. Parker, having been appointed a Commit-

‘tee on Enlargement of the Scope of the Society, made the following re-
port, which was adopted :

Wuergas, The unexpected success of this young society, as at present organized, has
awakened in many the desire to have its scope enlarged so as to embrace in its membership
observers and investigators in other lines of scientific inquiry ; and,

WHEREAS, It appears to us that such a change in our organization is calculated to pro-
mote the interests of science, and thereby the higher interests of our State; therefore,

Resolved, That the name and scope of our society be so changed as to include every
line of scientific exploration and observation conducted by residents within our State.

At the Fourth Annual Meeting, held in the rooms of the Board of
Education at Leavenworth, on the 25th and 26th of October, 1871, the
Constitution and By-laws were so amended as to embrace in the member-
ship of the society, observers and investigators in every line of scientific
inquiry, and the name of the society was changed from the Kansas Natu-
ral History Society to the Kansas Academy of Science.

The Fifth Annual Meeting of the society was held in the Congrega-
tional Church, at Manhattan, on the 8th and 9th of October, 1872.

-The following papers were read: On the Peculiarities of the Chero-
kee Language, by D. H. Robinson; on Ventilation, by Col. William
Tweeddale ; on the Plants of Kansas (continued from last year), by James
H. Carruth ; on Two Varieties of Limestone from Junction City, by Will-
iam H. Saunders; on Two Varieties of Coal from Colorado, by William
H. Saunders ; on the Birds of Kansas (continued from last year), by Frank
H. Snow ; on the Geology of the Arkansas Valley, by B. F. Mudge; on
the Relation of Light to the Quantity of Gas Consumed, by F. E. Stimp-
son; on the Remoteness of the Final Catastrophe, by John D. Parker ;
on What is Good for an Artist, and What an Artist is Good for, by Miss
Lizzie J. Williams; on the Sources of the English Language, by J. H.
‘Lee ; on the National Park, by Joseph Savage. A public lecture was de-
livered on the Agreement of the Bible with Geological Science, by Rev.
Charles Reynolds, D. D. The officers of the previous year were re-elect-
ed: The following commissions were confirmed for the current year: B.
F. Mudge, Geology; F. H. Snow and Edwin A. Popenoe, Entomology ;
D. H. Robinson and J. H. Lee, Language ; F. W. Bardwell, Engineering ;
F. E. Stimpson, Physics ; John Fraser, Astronomy ; J. H. Carruth, Bot-
any; John Wherrell, Mineralogy ; William H. Saunders, Chemistry ; John
D. Parker, Meteorology.

The Society Incorporated asa State Organization.—Section 2, Chap-
ter 137, of the Session Laws of 1878, reads:

The Academy of Science shall be a co-ordinate department of the State Board of
Agriculture, with their office in the agricultural room, where they shall place and keep for
pee inspection the geological, botanical and other specimens, the sanie to be under the

irection and control of the officers of the said Academy of Science, shall be made on
or before the 15th day of November of each year to the State Board of Agriculture for pub-
lication in the annual transactions of said Board, this section to be inoperative and void
unless accepted by the said Academy of Science in writing, signed by the President and
attested by the Secretary thereof.

The Sixth Annual Meeting of the society was held in the University
Building at Lawrence, on September 8 and 9, 1873, and was largely at-
tended by the scientific men of Kansas. The subjectof auxiliary societies

was introduced, discussed and approved, and the Topeka Scientific Insti--

tute was admitted as an auxiliary society. Peter McVicar, D. D., deliv-
ered a public lecture on Darwinism; Charles Reynolds, D. D., on John
Dalton, or the Quaker Man of Science. The following-named persons
were elected as officers: Frank H. Snow, President ; John A. Banfield,
~Jobn D. Parker, Vice Presidents; Robert J. Brown, Treasurer; John
Wherrell, Secretary; B. F. Mudge, Edwin A. Popenoe and Frank H.
Snow, Curators. The following Commissioners were confirmed: Astron-
omy, John Fraser ; Botany, J. H. Carruth, F. H. Snow, John Wherrell ;
Chemistry, William H. Saunders ; Engineering, F. W. Bardwell; Ento-
mology, EB. A. ropenes, F. H. Snow ; Geology, B. F. Mudge; Language,
J. H. Lee, D. H. Robinson ; Meteorology, John D. Parker; Mineralogy,
W. D. Kedzie ; Ornithology, F. H. Snow; Technology, F. E. Stimpson.
The Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society was held at the Hall of

the House of Representatives, October 5 and 6, 1874. The officers of the
previous year were mostly re-elected: B. F. Mudge was Vice President
in place of John A. Banfield ; W. K. Kedzie was added to the list of Cu-

 

 

 

 

 
 

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rators. Among the new commissioners was that of H. B. Norton, of Em-
poria, as Ethnologist ; M. V. B. Knox, of Baldwin City, had the Mamma-
lia Department. George E. Patrick succeeded William H. Saunders in
the Department of Chemistry ; H. C. Hovey, of Kansas City, was added
to the Geological Department, Prof. Mudge remaining as Associate.

The Eighth Annual Meeting of the society was held in the Senate
Chamber, October 12 and 13, 1875. The officers of the society elected for
the current year were :
Carruth, B. F. ate ; Treasurer, Robert J. Brown; Secretary, Joseph
Savage ; Curators, W. K. Kedzie, E. A. Popenoe, F. H. Snow. The fol-

lowing Commissioners were also appointed: Botany, J. H- Carruth, John

Wherrell ; Chemistry and Mineralogy, W. K. Kedzie, G. E. Patrick ; En-
ardwell, William Tweedale; Entomology, E. A.
Popenoe, Coleoptera; George F. Gamner, Deptera; William Osburn,
Hymenoptera; F. H. Snow, Lepidoptera ; Geology, M. V. B. Knox, B. F.
Mudge; Mammalogy, M. V. B. Knox; Metaoraleey, J. D. Parker ; Phi-
lology,'|D. H. Robinson ; Ornithology, F. H. Snow.

Among the proceedings, was the following resolution, which was
adopted:

Resolved, That the increasing popular demand for scientific information makes it a

duty of members of this association to embrace every appropriate occasion to aid the efforts
of those seeking the introduction of the natural sciences into the schools.

A committee was appointed to draft resolutions in regard to the
necessity for a geological survey of the State, to be presented to the
Legislature. It consisted of Professors W. K. Kedzie, M. V. B. Knox and
B. F. Mudge. Among the most interesting papers presented were: Ozone
in Kansas Atmosphere, by Prof. William ke Wedgie; Analysis ef Kansas
Soils—of chalk—of salt, by Prof. G. E. Patrick; Kansas Mammalia and
Calamites, by Prof. M. V. B. Knox; Rocky Mountain Locust and Meteor-
ological summary for 1875, by Prof. F. H. Snow. * .

The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society was held at Topeka,
November 14 and 15, 1876. The officers of the previous year were
re-elected.

The following changes were made in the Commissions of the Academy:
E. A. Popenoe was appointed to that of Botany; John B. Dunbar to that
of Philology; A. H. Thompson to that of Meteorology; C. K. Jones to that
of Geology; B. F. Mudge and J. D. Parker were appointed to the new
commission—that of Ethnology. Prof. C. V. Riley gave the opening
lecture—“ The Locust Problem.” Prof. F. W. Bardwell gave the last
lecture of the session; his subject was “Our Neighbor tue Moon.’’ Prof.
M. V. B. Knox read a paper on “Climate and Brains; Prof. George E.
Patrick on the “The Waconda Meteorite” and the “Iola Gas Well.”

The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society was held at Topeka, October
11 and 12, 1877. The old officers were elected, except that EH. A. Popenoe
succeeded Joseph Savage as Secretary. The lecture of the first evening
was on “ The Value of Beiands,” by Prof. B. F. Mudge; of the second even-
ing on “The Chemistry of the Sun.”” Twenty papers were read. F. G.
Adams had one on “How to Popularize Practical Science;” Prof. B. F.
Mudge on “ The Internal Heat of the Globe;” Dr. A. H. Thompson on
“Science Among the People;’’ Prof John D. Parker.on “River Bluffs.’’

The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society was held at Topeka,
October 8 and 9, 1878; the officers elected were: President, B. F. Mudge;
Vice Presidents, J. H. Carruth and Joseph Savage; Treasurer, R. J. Brown;
Soceianys E. A. Popenoe; Curators, E. A. Popenoe, B. F. Mudge, F. H.

now. :

The following Commissioners were appointed: Anthropology—F. G.
Adams, J. D. Parker, A. H. Thompson. Botany—J. H. Carruth, E. A.
Popenoe. Chemistry and Mineralogy—R. J. Brown, W. K. Kedzie, G. E.
Patrick. Engineering—William Tweeddale. Entomology-—T. B. Ashton,
George F. Gaumer, William Osborn, E. A. Popenoe, F. H. Snow. Geol-
ogy—M. V. B. Knox, B. F. Mudge. Meteorology—J. D. Parker, J. T.
Lovewell. Physics—J. T. Lovewell, J..D. Parker. Philology—D. H.
Robinson, George M. Stearns. Zoology—M. V. B. Knox, F. it Snow,
Annié E. Mozley.

The following resolutions in respect to the memory of John Fraser and
F. W. Bardwell were adopted:

Resolved, That in the deaths of Gen. John Frazer, one of our former Presidents, and
Prof. F. W. Bardwell, both active members, the academy has lost two ardent supporters,
and the country two men of talent, culture and scientific reputation.

Resowed, That we tender to the families of our departed brothers our warmest syin-
pathies in their great bereavement.

Twenty-five papers were read at this meeting. The nucleus for a
library and museum was formed during the summer of 1878. Prof. B. F.
Mudge gave a lecture upon “The Rocky Mountains and their Fossils;”
Prof. D. H. Robinson upon “The Historical Value of Linguistic Study.”’

The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Society was held at Topeka,
November 6 and 7, 1879. The officers of the preceding year, and the
members of the commissions were continued in office. Prof. B. F. Mudge

ave a lecture upon the “ Mound Builders of North America;” Prof. J. H.
Janfield upon “ The Relation of the State to Higher Education.”’ Fifteen
papers were read.

The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the society was held at Topeka,
November 11, 12 and 18, 1880. The old officers were again elected, except
a change in the office of President, J. T. Lovewell, of Topeka, having been
chosen. The Commissioners for the ensuing year were as follows: Board of
Curators—J. T. Lovewell, E. A. Popenoe, F. H. Snow, Orestes H. St.
John. Anthropology—F. G. Adams, G. H. Failyer, J. D. Parker, A. H.
Thompson, E. P. West. Astronomy and Mathematics—J. T. Lovewell, J.
Lee Knight, H. S. 8. Smith, iller. Botany—-J. H. Carruth, E. N.
Plank, B. B. Smyth. Chemistry—R. J. Brown, G. H. Failyer, J. T. Love-
well, G. E. Patrick, H. E. Sadler. Entomology—T. B. Ashton, E. A.
Popenoe, F. H. Snow. eg poe a Gillham, Joseph Savage, O. H.
St. John. Herpetology—F. W. ee F. H. Snow, Miss Annie E. Moz-
ley. * Ichthyology—D. B. Long, F. H. Snow. Meteorology—G. H.
Failyer, H. R. Hilton, J. T. Lovewell, J. D. Parker, F. H. Snow. Min-

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

eralogy—E. H. Chandler, George 8. Chase, J. C. Cooper, G. H. Failyer-
G. E. Patrick. Ornithology—C.:P. Blachly, N. 8. Goss, F. H. Snow
Philology—Geéorge T. Fairchild, D. H. Robinson, George M. Stearns.
Physics—I. D. Graham, J. T. Lovewell, L. A. Thomas. George T. Fair;
child, President of the State Agricultural College, gave a lecture on
“Science in Every-day Life;’ Prof..J. T. Lovewell, upon “Science in
Schools.” Thirty-two papers were read, ranging upon a great variety of
interesting and important subjects. : :

The following preamble and resolutions relating to deceased members
of the Academy of Science were adopted: ; ‘

Wuerras, The following members of this academy have been removed by death since
our last annual meeting: Prof. Benjamin F. Mudge, of Manhattan, for many years State
Geologist, and our honored President at the time of his death; Prof. William K. Kedzie,
formerly occupying the Chair of Chemistry at the State Agricultural College, for several
years Chemist to the State Board of Agriculture, and an active member of this academy,
even after his removal to Oberlin College, Ohio; and George P. Cooper, of Topeka, an en-
thusiastic and promising young entomologist, well known to Eastern specialists as a success-
ful collector of rare Western coleoptera; therefore . ry :

Resolved, That, by the death of these members, this academy has sustained an irrepara-
ble loss. : .

Resolved, That the sympathy of the members of this academy is hereby extended to the
families of the deaceased in their great bereavement. ; =

olved, That a copy of these resolutions be entered upon the minutes of this
academy.

The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the society was held November
9-11, 1881. The following named persons were elected officers for the
current year: :

President,’J. T. Lovewell; Vice Presidents, Joseph Savage, J. H. Car-
ruth; Treasurer, Robert J. Brown; Secretary, Edward A. Popenoe. .?

There was a great number of interesting papers read, and the promi-
nent lectures were from Prof. George E. Patrick, on Chemistry in the Arts;
Prof. E. N. Plank, of Independence, on ‘‘ Botany popularly considered; ”’
Prof. J. H. Carruth, on ‘‘ Genesis and Geology.” .

* In Memoriam.—Prof. L. A. Thomas, of Topeka, died November 11,
and the following resolution was adopted: ;

Resolwed, That the Kansas Academy of Science have heard with profound sorrow of the
sudden death of Prof. Linnwus A. Thomas, a member of this academy, well known and
honored through the State, as well as an earnest student of science and a successful teacher
of youth. We can only bow in humility at this visitation of Divine Providence, by which .
our beloved fellow-worker has been cut down in the midst of his usefulness, and we extend
our sympathy to his stricken family.

The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the society was held at Topeka No-
vember 17 and 18, 1882. The officers elected for the ensuing year were as
follows: President, A. H. Thompson; Vice Presidents, J. R. Mead, G. E.
Patrick; Secretary, E. A. Popenoe; Treasurer, R. J. Brown.

Among the interesting papers read were these: ‘‘Coal Fields of
Cherokee County, Kan.,” by Erasmus Haworth, of Empire City; ‘‘Kansas
Ethnography,’’ by A. H. Thompson; ‘‘ Observations on Comet B, 1882,”
by Prof. H. 8. 8. Smith, of Lawrence; ‘‘ Footprints in the “Pleistocene,”
by Maj. Henry Inman; ‘“‘ List of Lepidoptera Taken in Gallinas Cafion,”’
by Prof. F. H. Snow; ‘A Plea for our Little Birds,” by Col. N. 8. Goss.

CHURCHES.

The church and the school, twin hand-maids of civilization, came to
Kansas together, and began their work among the Indians. From the
time when the mission church and the mission school first gave hope and
knowledge to their dusky wards to the present, when they stand as the
proud foster-mothers of a rich, prosperous and powerful State, they have
dwelt side by side, and, hand in hand, carried on their silent but munifi-

-cent work.

The earliest churches were established among the Indian tribes set-
tled in Kansas long before it was organized as a Territory. For a detailed
account of the labors of the devoted missionaries, the reader is referred to
the Indian history in another part of this work.

In 1854, when Kansas became a Territory, and white emigrants began
to come in for settlements, the churches had already a habitation in the

nd.

The Methodists had a church at Shawnee Mission, under the charge
of Rev. Thomas Johnson, where he had been since 1829; also a thriving
church at Wyandotte, which was established soon after the settlement of
the Wyandotte tribe on their Kansas reservation, in 1848.

The Baptists had a mission church two miles northwest of the Shaw-
nee Mission, where Rev. Francis Barker and family lived. This mission
was established as early as 1831. It was the early Kansas home of Dr.
Johnston Lykins, Rev. Robert Simmerwell, Rev. Jotham Meeker (the first
Kansas editor) and others. In 1888, the church numbered sixteen mem-
bers. There was also a church near the Delaware Post Office, under the
charge of Rev. John G. Pratt. Still another Baptist Church was located
in what is now Mission Township, Shawnee County, under the charge of
Rev. Jobe Jackson. This church was first started by Rev. Robert Sim-
merwell.

The Friends had a school (and wherever three of them are gathered
together they have a church) three miles west of Johnson’s Mission.

The Presbyterians were established as a denomination at the Jowa and
Sac and Fox Mission, at what is now Highland, Doniphan County. Rev.
Pane M. Irvin, who had lived there since 1837, was the resident min-
ister.

The Roman Catholics had two missions. Saint Mary’s was located in
what is now Mission Township, Shawnee County, with three stations
within aradius of twenty miles, on Soldier, Mission and Shunganon
Creeks. The Catholic population (mostly Indians) connected with this
mission in 1854, was 1,600. Four priests officiated. There was also a
Catholic Mission on the Neosho River, in what is now Neosho County,
under the charge of Rev. John Schoenmaker.

‘The following early history of the leading churches of Kansas is
copied from the Fourth Annual Report of the Kansas State Board of Agri-
culture, 1875, pages 449, 450,451. It is doubtless reliable, but far too mea-
gre:
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

: Presbyterian.*—The date of first missionary work was about 1837, at
Highland, by Revs. William Hamilton and S. M. Irvin, and became very
general throughout the Territory. Of the whole number of churches now
in the State, all but the one at Junction City and the Westminster, of
Leavenworth, were organized under the auspices and by the material aid
of the missionary organization.

The first church organization (old school) was at or near where the
city of Ottawa now stands, about the year 1840; by whom founded does
not appear. .The second was in Doniphan County, October 21, 1848, un-
der the labor of Rev. William Hamilton and Rev. S. M. Irvin. The first,
after the Territorial organization of Kansas was at Leavenworth, January
1, 1856, by Rev. C. D.. Martin. The first ‘‘“New School” organizations
were effected under the labors of Rev. James Brownlee, in 1858, at Browns-
ville, Olathe, Gardner, Black Jack, De Soto, Centropolis and Spring Hill.

Mr. Hill does not give the date of the construction of the first church
edifice, but believes the first ‘‘ New School” church was erected at Auburn,
Shawnee County, and the first ‘Old School” at Leavenworth City.

The denomination now (1875) has 181 organizations, 6,826 members,
82 church edifices, and church property valued at $370,300.

Congregational.t—The first. missionary work of this church in Kansas
was done by Rev. S. Y. Lum, at Lawrence, in the year 1854, and the first
church organization was perfected at that place the same year, and with
the same pastor.

The first Congregational Church edifice erected in Kansas was also
at Lawrence, in the year 1857.

This denomination now (1875), embraces 121 organizations, with an
aggregate membership of 4,458; and has. fifty-three church edifices, with
church property valued at $256,550, ‘

Baptist.t—Baptist missionary work was inaugurated by Rev. Mr.
Meeker, among the Ottawa Indians, at the date of the first settlement of
the tribe within the Territory of Kansas. Mr. Meeker translated and
caused to be printed the New Testament Scriptures in the tongue of these
Indians. A church organization was perfected, and nine-tenths of the
.tribe became members thereof. It is a notable fact that at the time white
settlers made their appearance in the Territory, seven-eighths of the male
members of the Ottawa tribe were professors of religion, and members of
the Baptist Church. :

The first church of whites was organized in June, 1855, by-the Rev.
Mr. Hall, with seven members, one of whom was our informant, Mr. Em-
ery. The first church edifice was erected at Atchison, under the Rev. Mr.
Alderson—date not given.

The denomination now (1875) has in Kansas 286 organizations, em-
bracing 12,197 members, with sixty-three church edifices, valued at

,650.

United Presbyterian.$—The first missionary work of this church in
Kansas was by Rev. J. N. Smith, at Berea, Franklin County, in April,
1857. He represented the ‘‘ Associate Church”? or “Seceders.” In July
of the same year the General Assembly of the ‘‘ Associate Reformed Pres-
byterian Church” sent the Rev. B. L. Baldridge to missionate in Kansas.
His labors were divided between Leavenworth, Geary City, Quindaro and
Lawrence. oY :

Rev. J. N. Smith organized a church in Berea in 1857, and the Rev.
B. L. Baldridge one at Leavenworth in 1858. The former erected a church
edifice in August, 1858, and the latter one in Leavenworth in 1859. -

The organizations -represented by the two ministers above named,
united in May. 1858, and formed what is now known as the ‘‘ United Pres-
byterian: Church,” which has, in Kansas (1875) thirty-nine church organi-
zations, a membership of 1,313, pene fourteen church buildings, and
church property valued at $49,200. rile aoe

Methodist.{—Mrs. Armstrong says: ‘‘From reliable authority in my
possession, I find that the first missionary work done in the Territory of
Kansas was on the Kansas River, eight miles from its mouth, in the year
1831, by Rev. Thomas Johnson, then a missionary of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. ‘The first Methodist Episcopal Church organization was

erfected at the same place, and by the same pastor, in March, 1832, one
Bitawnes and one Delaware—a ‘head man ’—being the first converts. Ican-
not state the date of the erection of the first church edifice by this denom-
ination. I came to the Territory in 1848, and visited two old church build-
ings soon after—an old log one, near what is now known as ‘ White
Church,’ Wyandotte County, and a frame one, some four or five miles
west of the large Manual Tabor School, among the Shawnees. It is my
belief that the log church was the first Methodist Church built in Kansas,
and that it was built under the administration of the Rev. Thomas John-
son.”

Mr. Dennison claims the organization of the work with the Delawares,
Wyandots and Shawnees, at the date of the first settlement of the tribes
‘within the Territory of Kansas, without naming the workers. Further,
that Revs. William Goode, A. Still, James S. Griffing and A. L. Downey
were accredited as missionaries among the whites of Kansas in 1854, labor-
ing at Wyandotte, Delaware Mission, Shawnee, Leavenworth, Atchison,
Fort Riley, and other places, organizing congregations in that and the
following year at the several places of their location, church buildings be-
ing commenced at the same time in Leavenworth and Lawrence, the latter
being first completed. Ree

This denomination, now (4875) has-621 organizations, 22,696 members,
96 church buildings, and church property valued at $340,400.

Episcopal.**—First missionary work done in Leavenworth by the Rev.

*By Rey. T. Hill, D. D.

+By. Rev. P. McVickar, D. D.

By Hon. James 8. Emery.

By Rev. B. L. Baldridge. :

By Mrs. Lucy Armstrong and Rev. Joseph Dennison.
#8 By Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Vail.

 

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Hiram Stone, in 1856. The first parish was organized under the name of
St; Paul’s Church, at Leavenworth, by the Rev. Hiram Stone, December
10, 1856. The first edifice, St. Paul’s Church, at Leavenworth, was com-
pleted and consecrated by Bishop Kemper, December 7, 1858.

Present (1875) condition of the church in Kansas: 384 organizations,
1,136 members, 22 church edifices, and church property valued at $173,000.

Catholic.—The first missionary work of this church was performed by
Father Quickenborn, Superior of the Jesuit house of Florissant, among
the Osage Indians, in 1827, near the present site of Osage Mission in La-
bette County. Missionary work was commenced about the same date
among the Pottawatomie Indians. The first organized Catholic congrega-
tion of whites was in Leavenworth City, on the 15th of August, 1855. On
that occasion the Rt. Rev. Bishop Miege said mass and preached to a con-
gregation of only nine persons.

The first church buildings erected were by Father Odin, at the Osage
Mission, and Father Felix Verreydt, at the Pottawatomie Station, both in
1829. They were mere huts, and have long since gone out of existence.
The first church building for the use of a white congregation, was erected
in 1855, at Leavenworth City, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Miege.

Bishop Miege was consecrated Bishop March 25, 1851, and was a mis-
sionary bishop among the Indians. Under his ‘guidance and leadérship,
the church has grown and expanded to its present condition, embracing
(in 1875) 202 organizations, with an aggregate memberahip of 37,198,* and
possessing 165 church buildings, amounting in value to the sum of $408,-

In 1878, a summary of the church statistics of Kansas was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
  
 

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Baptist 334 | 16,083 69 |$252,700
Congregational... 157 | 5,620 59 | 271,800
Episcopal ... 36 | 1,389 2 | 132,690
Lutheran ... 58 | 4,569 33 | 74,600
‘Methodist. Epi 1,018 | 33,767 | 152 | 481,368
Presbyterian... 229 | 8,961 99 | 409,950
United Presby 43 | 1,469 15 | 59,100
Roman Catholic . .| 223 | 63,510*) 111 | 325,700
Universalist} .....:ss0+ thin dn st ONBORS dO AVE AeaaelunaeNaegenRs Lace TenoeETUee eye sos 16 354 4} 29,600

 

 

 

* The enumeration includes all children of Catholic parents.
+ The report is for 1876. No report was made in 1878,

In 1880, a summary of the church statistics of Kansas was as follows :

 

 

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Baptist ...cceeeeeee 328 | 21,027 | 118 | 290,125.
Ghriseian a3 270 | 18,579 4 8,400
Congregational .. 194 | 6,887 76 | 340,500
Episcopal ... 58 | 1,559 29 | 123,650
Lutheran ... 100 | 6,577 40 | 94,800
Methodist Ep: 968 | 39,633 | $33 | 587,625
Presbyterian .. 274 | 11,317 | 128 | 447,450
United Presbyterian 48 | 2,126 31 | 78,600
Roman Catholic... 233 | 68,200 | 124 | 410,400
Universalist 14 381 |... ees 1,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

The church summary of 1882, in the State census report of the State
Board of Agriculture, is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 
   
   
 
   
  

 

NO. OF
DENOMINATIONS. oneanr- | MONE leprrices.| VALUATION.
ZATIONS. ‘

49 2,518 46 $ 69,175 00

423 16,752 116 _ 290,075 00°

282 | 20,502 81 139,025 00

Congregational... 199 7,411 87 383,075 00
Episcopal... 63 1,658 34 164,050 00
Friends...... 43 4,774 26 43,700 00
German Methodist. 22 922 7 24,400 00
Hebrew ...-++ 2 85 1 8,000 00
Lutheran.......ceenscreee 85 6,179 45 173,300 00
Methodist Episcopal. 389 40,800 294 754,435 00
Presbyterian...... 300 12,354 140 490,300 00
Roman Catholic. 234 73,100 127 301,100 00
United Presbyte: 47 2,101- 28 48,400 00
Universalist 17 473 2 3,800 00
Total ....... deo etepeieces ss Wikaessterves lauvteten eres 2,155 189,629 1,034 $2,892,835 00

 

 

 

 

 

The histories of the various religious organizations of the State are
given fully and in detail in the county histories which form a part of this
work.

* By the usage of this church, all minor children of parents recognized as members are
counted as members of the church also, and are embraced in this enumeration.
 

278

KANSAS JOURNALISM.

The press is the great popular educator of the State. It,is also the
truest and most comprehensive index of the character and intelligence of
its people. The mental force, the intellectual culture, the religious, polit-
ical and ethical sentiments—are unerringly indicated in the number, char-
acter and ability of the literary publications supported. By this test Kan-
sas stands, and has ever stood, as the peer of the most intelligent States of
the Union. The detailed history of nearly every newspaper or other jour-
nal ever published in Kansas, appears in the histories of the various coun-
ties where they were issued. ‘

. _ The first Kansas paper—it could hardly be called a newspaper—was
’ published March 1, 1835. Its name was the Shau-wau-nowe Kesauthwau
(Shawanoe Sun). It was published by Rev. Jotham Meeker, in the Shaw-
nee language, and’printed on a hand-press which he brought into the Ter-
ritory in 1883. He had, prior to the issue of his paper, printed several
-books in the Shawnee language. The type used was such as to express
phonetically the sounds of the words. Under the system, the Indians
learned readily to read the books printed, and, before the issue of the pa-
per, had become quite areading community. Thus Mr. Meeker did what no
, Other Kansas publisher ever had OccaAton NG do. He taugiit his subscribers
to read, before he printed his paper. Dy. Johnston Lykins was the asso-
ciate editor, and the printing of the paper was done by Messrs. Meeker &
Lykins, until May, 1837, at which time Mr. J. G. Pratt arrived and took
charge of the printing office. How long the Shawanoe Sun continued to
be published is not known. The printing-press was removed to the Otta-
wa Mission farm some time during the summer of 1837. It was probably
not published later than that date.
ewspapers appeared in this Territory as soon after the advent of
white settlers as a press and type could be obtained. Some of the first
numbers of the carly papers were printed in the Eastern States, the edi-
torial matter being written, and the local news compiled in the Territory.

The first newspaper issued was the Kansas Weekly Herald.* The first
number was set up and printed under an elm tree, near what is now the
corner of Cherokee street, Leavenworth. The first number was issued
September 15, 1854. This paper was pro-slavery in sentiment. It was
projected by William H. Adams and William H. Osborn. They had not
sufficient funds to start the enterprise, so Lucian J. Eastin furnished the
necessary -capital, and, in connection with Mr. Adams, under the firm
name of Eastin & Adams, published the first newspaper issued in Kansas
Territory. Mr. Eastin was the editor.

The second paper published in the Territory was a vigorous Free-
State paper—the Kansas Pioneer. Iis first issue is dated October 15, 1854.
It hailed from Lawrence, Kan., although the first number was printed
in Ohio. Its projectors and editors were John Speer and Joseph L. Speer.
The second issue did not appear until the first week of January, 1855, at
which time the proprietorship was the same as above stated. The name,
however, was changed to the Kansas Tribune,} under which name it be-
came widely known as one of the boldest Free-State papers in the Territo-
ry during the troublous times of 1855 and 1856. 2

The change in the-name first adopted for their paper was occasioned
by the appearance, during the interval between the issue of the first and
second number, of the Kickapoo Pioneer. It was a pronounced Pro-
slavery Democratic paper. The first number ehpented in November, 1854.
It was published and edited by A. B. Hazzard, flourished as flourished the
cause it advocated, and went down with it, after a vigorous fight of three
years.

The Kansas Herald of Freedom first appeared under date of October
21, 1854. It was printed at Conneautville, Crawford Co.,Penn., where G.
W. Brown, its editor, had formerly published apaper. It wasissued from
Wakarusa, Kan. The second number was issued from Lawrence, Kan.,
January 6, 1855. The paper was unmistakably Free-state in its utterances,
but was more conservative than some of its contemporaries, :

The Squatter Sovereign, a most rabid Pro-slavery Pe er, was started in
Atchison, February 8, 1855, by Robert 8. Kelley and John H. Stringfel-
low. Kelley & Stringfellow were the publishers, and John I..Stringfellow
the editor. It remained the sturdy champion of border-ruffian rule up to
1857, when the office was sold to John A. Martin. Its name was changed
to. the Champion, and, under the editorial management of Robert Mc-
Bratney and Frank G. Adams, it became a Free-State paper of pro-
nounced type.

In January or February, 1855, the Free State was issued in Lawrence,
by Robert G. Elliott and Josiah Miller. It was, as its name implied, a

ree-State paper.

The six newspapers above named were the only papers published in
Kansas prior to the spring of 1855. The increase of journalism since then,
and up to the close of 1882, is shown below from statistics preserved in
Wilder’s Annals, and in the reports of the State Board of Agriculture and
the Secretary of the Kansas Historical Society.

The following is a list of the newspapers published in the Territory
December 1, 1857, with their political standing:

_ Pro-slavery—The Herald and the Journal, Leavenworth; Pioneer,
Kickapoo; Constitutionalist, Doniphan. Democratic—National Democrat,
Lecompton; Citizen, Wyandotte. Whig—Young America, Leavenworth.
Neutral—Advertiser, Elwood; Gazette, Sumner. Free-State—Herald of
Freedom and the Republican, Lawrence; Squatier Sovereign (formerly Pro-
slavery), Zeitung, Atchison; Tribune, Topeka; Times, Leavenworth;
Leader, Centropolis; Chindowan, Quindaro; ews, Emporia; Kansas
Chief, White Cloud; Hra, Geary City.

The following papers had suspended at that date:

Pro-slavery— Union, Lecompton; and Note Book, Tecumseh. Free-_

 

*For full history, see Leavenworth County. :

+See more detailed mention of this paper in the histories of Shawnee and DouglaS
Counties, :

Oh a”

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

State—the Freeman and the Journal, Topeka; Journal, Ottumwa; Free- -

State. Delaware; Freeman's Champion, Prairie City; Register, Wyandotte.

November 27, 1858, there were twenty newspapers in the Territory.
Lawrence had 2; Lecompton, 1; Topeka, 1; Emporia, 1; Junction City, 1;
Wyandotte, 2; Leavenworth, 5; Atchison, 2; Palermo, 1; Troy, 1; White
Cloud, 1; Elwood, 1; Fort Scott, 1.

February 1, 1868, there were eleven daily and fifty weekly papers in
the State. :

July, 1869, the following Hst of newspapers published in Kansas, ap-
peared in a Gazetteer and Directory of the State, published by Blackburn
& Co., Lawrence :

 

 

 

 

 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 

     
  

PLACE. NAME OF PAPER. ISSUE, |
Abilene a ew spabibitads Chronicle ......s0+ Be asa Weekly ......csecseeereee V. P. Wilson.
Alma... ..| Herald.. »| Weekly... ...| Sellers & Fairfield.
Altoona... .| Union..... Weekly ...... «| Bowser & Brown.

John A. Martin,
Nelson Abbott.

Atchison

"| Champion and Press.| Daily and Weekly...
Atchison.... se

2 Patriot...... Daily and Weekly.

  

 

 

Baxter Springs. Weekly J‘ Lyons & Coulter.
Burlingame. . Marshal] Murdock.
Burlington A. D. Brown.
Chetopa . Advance Horner & Fitch.

Columbus Workingman’s Jour.
Council Grove. AAVErtiSeL ......seveeeen
Cottonwood Falls..... BanneL. ....e0

Printing Company.
..| Wallace H. Jo.
..| Frank E. Smith,

 

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Detroit ..| Western News........ ‘ | A. W. Robinson,
TE-lDorado ..| Walnut Valley Times| «| Murdock & Danford.
Emporia. News..... ce Stotler & Williams. _
Emporia . Main & Nixon.
Erie...... Kimball & Benton.
Eureka... S. G. Mead.
Frankfort J. Anderson.
Fort Scott... George A. Crawford.
Fort Scott.. Schiller & Herrington.
- Fredonia J. R. Jennings,

Garnett .. D. E. Olney.
Girard.,... ..| Warner & Wasser.
Hiawatha... David Downer. .

A. W. Moore.

W. T. McElroy.

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Tving......-. Crowther & Smith,

Junction City gi yinekeee ‘ pees Yee, ss
| { Republican Journal och, Thacher y-

Lawrence... { Western Home Jour. nolds. _
Lawrence.. .| Kansas Tribune........ John Speer.
Leavenworth. Bulletin Daily and Weekly..... Wiliam S. Burke.
Leavenworth. Daily and Weekly.....) Prescott & Huine.
Leavenworth. Daily J. Clarke & Co.
Leavenworth. Daily J. M. Haeberlin.

   
 
       
       
  
 
 
  
  
    
  

Leavenworth. George T. Anthony.

   

 

  

 

 
   
  
 

 

 

 

 

 

Leavenworth. Times & Conservative) Daily and Weekly....| Wilder & Sleeper.
Louisville. wu) Gazette ws f Week l¥ sawscne .| P. McClosky.
Lyndon | Signal...... .-| Weekly... Leslie J. Perry & Co.
Manhattan ..| Standard . ..| Weekly ... L. R. Elliott.
edina...... .| New Era. .| Weekly... Solomon ‘Weaver.
Mound City... Sentinel .. Weekly Nat. G. Barter.
Neosho Falls Democrat. J. B. Boyle.
Netawaka Herald Frank H. Stout.
lathe Mirror. McKee & Dempsey.
Olathe News Lett J. A. & H. F, Canutt.
Osage Mission.........) Journal J. H. Scott.
Oskaloosa... Independent.. .| J. W. Roberts.
Oskaloosa... ..{ Statesman... ..| Ben, R, Wilson.
Oswego... -| Register... asst 1. Be Crash. «
Ottawa... Journal... .| Patterson & Hand,
Paola.. Advertiser., W. M. Mitchell.
Paola..... i Basil M. Simpson.
Pleasanto Lewis & Winfree.
Salina. B, J. F. Hanna,
Seneca... G, W. Collings.
Seneca..,. s John P. Cone.
Topeka... ++] Advertiser .. ae .| Mills & Smith.
Topeka... «| Commonwealth... Prouty, Davis & Crane.
Topeka... State Record.. Baker & King.
Troy... Republican.. ..| C. G. Bridges.
alley T. W. Lowe & Co.
Observer. J. J. Tallman.
Waterville Telegraph, Frank A. Root.
Wathena... Reporter.. Drenning & Holt.
White Cloud.. vo} Chief... Sol. Miller.
Wyandotte......0..{ Gazette .| F. A. Kessler.

 

January 1, 1874, there were 148 newspapers published in the State,
representing the following counties: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton,
Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chase, Cherokee, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Cowley,
Crawford, Davis, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Ellis, Ellsworth, Ford,
Franklin, Greenwood, Harvey, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, John-
son, Labette, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, Me-
Pherson, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Nemaha, Neosho, Osage,
Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Reno, Republic, Rice,
Riley, Russell, Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Smith, Sumner, Wabaunsee,
Washington, Wilson, Woodson and Wyandotte. ‘

J anuary 1, 1876, there were published in Kansas 194 newspapers and
periodicals: 12 daily and weekly, 174 weekly, 1 semi-monthly and 7 month-
ly. They were distributed by counties as follows: Allen, 8; Anderson,
2; Atchison, 3; Barton, 8; Bourbon, 5; Brown, 2; Butler, 3; Chautau-

ua, 2; Chase, 2; Cherokee, 4; Olay, 1; Cloud, 2; Coffey, 3; Cowley, 3;

rawford, 3; Davis, 2; Dickinson, 2; Doniphan, 1; Douglas, 5; Ed-
wards, 2; Elk, 8; Ellis, 8; Ellsworth, 1; Ford, 2; Franklin, 2; Green-
wood, 3; Harvey, 8; Jackson, 2; Jefferson, 4; Jewell, 2; Johnson, 3;
Labette, 7; Leavenworth, 6; Lincoln, 1; Linn, 8; Lyon, 4; Marion, 4;
Marshall, 5; McPherson, 1; Miami, 8; Mitchell, 3; Montgomery, 4 ; Mor-
ris, 2; Nemaha, 3; Neosho, 4; Norton, 1; Osage, 83; Osborne, 1; Otta-
wa, 5; Pawnee, 1; Phillips, 2; Pottawatomie, 4; Pratt, 1; Reno, 8; Re
a Rice, 2; Riley, 4; Rooks, 1; Rush, 1; Russell, 1; Saline, 3;
Sedgwick, 4; Shawnee, 8; Smith, 1; Sumner, 8; Wabaunsee, 2; Wash-
ington, 2; Wilson, 8; Woodson. 3... Wyandntie_ 2 d

PUBLISHER OR PROP’R,’ “
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

January 1, 1878, there were published in Kansas 237 newspapers and
periodicals: 15 daily and weekly, 210 weekly, 1 semi-monthly, 11 monthly.
They were-distributed in the various counties as follows: “Allen, 3; An-
derson, 2; Atchison, 6.; Barton,.5; Barber, 1; Bourbon, 6; Brown, 3;
Butler, 3; ake ep 3; Chase, 2;-Cherokee, 5; Clay, 1; Cloud, 3;
Coffey, 2; Cowley, 3; Crawford, 4; Davis, 8; Dickinson, 2; Doniphan,
3; .Douglas, 6; Edwards, 8; Elk, 8; Ellis, 3; Ellsworth, 2; Ford, 3;
Franklin, 3 ; Greenwood, 2; Harvey, 4; Harper, 2; Jackson, 2; Jeffer-
son, 4; Jewell, 2; Johnson, 5; Kingman, 1; Labette, 7; Leavenworth, 9;
Lincoln, 1; Linn, 4; Lyon, 5; drion, 3; Marshall, 5; McPherson, 2;

Miami, 3; Mitchell, 5; Montgomery, 4; Morris, 2; Nemaha, 3; Neosho, -

4; Norton, 2; Osage, 3; Osborne, 1; Ottawa, 3; Pawnee, 3; Phillips, 5;
Pottawatomie, 4; Pratt, 1; Reno, 3; Republic, 2; Rice, 3; Riley, 4;
Rooks, 1; Rush, 2; Russell, 1; Saline, 5; Sedgwick, 8; Shawnee, 11;
Smith, 1; Sumner, 2; Wabaunsee, 2; Washington, 4; Wilson, 3; Wood-
son, 38; Wyandotte, 3.

_ January 1, 1880, the number of newspapers and periodicals published
in the State was 327: one daily, 14 daily and weekly, 300 weekly, 1 semi-
monthly, 11 monthly. They were distributed in the counties as follows :
Allen, 3; Anderson, 8; Atchison, 8; Barbour, 2; Barton,4; Bourbon, 5;
Brown, 2; Butler, 7; Chase, 3; Chautauqua, 2; Cherokee, 8; Clay, 5; Cloud,
5; Coffey, 3; Cowley,-7; Crawford, 4; Davis, 2; Dickinson, 4; Doniphan,
3; Decatur, 1; Douglas, 7; Edwards, 2; Elk, 6; Ellis, 3; Ellsworth, 2;
Foote, 2; Ford, 2; Franklin, 4; Gove, 2; Graham, 3; Greenwood, 4;
Sag ae 3; Harvey, 5; Hodgeman, 1; Jackson, 2; Jefferson, 6; Jewell,
5; Johnson, 4; Kingman, 1; Labette, 6; Lane, 1; Leavenworth, 9; Lin-
coln, 2; Linn, 8; Lyon, 6; McPherson, 5; Marion, 5; Marshall, 5;
Meade, 1; Miami, 5; Mitchell, 6; Montgomery, 5; Morris, 8; Nemaha,
4; Neosho, 6; Ness, 1; Norton, 2; Osage, 4; Osborne, 4; Ottawa, 5;
Pawnee, 2; Phillips, 4; Pottawatomie, 5; Rawlins, 1; Reno, 4; Repub-
lic, 2; Rice, 8; Riley, 6; Rooks, 2; Rush, 2; Russell, 3 ; Saline, 5 ; Sedg-
wick, 4; Shawnee, 16; Smith, 3.; Stafford, 2; Sumner, 8; Trego, 2;
Wabaunsee, 2; Washington, 4; Wilson, 2; Woodson, 2; Wyandotte, 5.

January 1, 1882, 372 newspapers and periodicals were published in
Kansas—28 dailies, 318 weeklies, 20 monthlies, 4 semi-monthlies and 2
quarterlies. The list, with place of publication, names of proprietors,
and character, is as follows :

Allen County.—Humboldt Union, Republican, W. T. McElroy, pub-
lisher ; Inter-State, Democratic, B. F. Burd, publisher; Independent
Press, neutral, Henry D. Smith, editor, Walter E. Smith, publisher, Hum-
boldt. Iola Register, Republican, Scott Bros. & Rohrer, publishers,
Charles F. Scott, A. C. Scott and E. E. Rohrer, Iola. ;

Anderson County.—Garnett Plaindealer, Republican, Sol Kauffman
and Howard M. Brooke, proprietors; Garnett Weekly Journal, Green-
back, Dr. George W. Cooper, editor and proprietor, Garnett. Greeley
News, Independent, 8. W. & J. H. Gilkey, publishers and proprietors,
Greeley. Colony Free Press, Independent, J. J. Burke, editor and propri-
etor, Colony. __

Atchison County.—Atchison Champion (daily and weekly), Republi-
can, John A. Martin, editor and proprietor, Noble L. Prentis, associate
editor ; Atchison Patriot (daily and weekly) Democratic, H. Clay Park
and Thomas Stivers, editors and proprietors ; Atchison Globe (daily and
weekly), Independent, Howe & Co., publishers (Edgar W. Howe and
James Howe) ; Sunday Call, neutral, Herman J. Rodman, editor and pro-
prietor ; Kansas Staats-Anzciger (German), Republican, John Hoenscheidt,
editor, Atchison.

Barber County.—Medicine Lodge Cresset, Republican, T. A. M’Neal
and L. M. Axline, editors, publishers and proprietors ; Barber County In-
dex, Democratic, by the Index Printing Co., E. W. Payne, proprietor,
Medicine Lodge. : z

Barton County.—Great Bend Register, Republican, A. J. Hoisington,
editor and‘ proprietor ; Inland Tribune, Republican, C. P. Townsley, edi-
tor and proprietor, Great Bend. | Ellinwood Express, Republican, Thomas
L. Powers, editor and manager, Ellinwood.

Bourbon County.—Fort Scott Monitor (daily and weekly), Republi-
can, John H. Rice & Sons, publishers (John H., William M., R, P. and H.
V. Rice); Evening Herald (daily), and Herald and Record (weekly), Dem-

_ocratic, 8. A. Day, editor and proprietor ; Kansas Medical Index (month-

ly), medical, F. F. Dickman and W. C. Boteler, editors, Fort Scott.

Brown County.—Hiawatha World, Republican, D. Webster Wilder,
editor, John B. Campbell, manager, the World Printing Co., publishers ;
Weekly Kansas Herald, Republican, 8. L. Roberts, editor, T. L. Brun-
dage, business manager ; Weekly Messenger, Republican, Wharton Bros.,
publishers, (S. R. and J. M. Wharton), Hiawatha.

Butler County.—Walnut Valley Times, Republican, Alvah Shelden,
editor and proprietor ; El Dorado Press, Republican, J. M. Satterthwaite,
editor and publisher ; Butler County Democrat, Democratic, T. P. Gwinn
aud M. Fulton, editors, El! Dorado. Southern Kansas Gazette, Republi-
can, C. H. Kurtz, editor and publisher ; Augusta Republican, Republican,
U. A. Albin, editor and proprietor, Augusta. Douglas Index, Republican,
J. B. Ives, editor and proprietor, Douglas. Leon Indicator, Republican,
C. R. Noe, editor, publisher and proprietor, Leon.

Chase County.—Chase County Leader, Republican, William A. Mor-
gan, publisher ; Chase County Courant, Democratic, W. E. Timmons, ed-
itor and publisher, Cottonwood. Falls. Strong City Independent, Green-
back, R. M. Watson, editor and proprietor, Strong City. _

Chautauqua County.—Chautauqua Journal, Republican, Robert H.
Turner, publisher, R. 8. Turner, editor ; Sedan Times, Republican, R. G.
Ward, editor, Sedan. Chautauqua Springs Spy, Independent, L. G. B.
McPheron, editor, publisher and proprietor, Chautauqua Springs. .

Cherokee County.—Columbus Courier (daily and weekly), Republican,
S. O. McDowell, editor and proprietor; Times, Greenback, S. 8. Butler,
editor, Times Company, publishers ; Border Star, Democratic, Harry C.
Jones, publisher and proprietor; Kansas Bee-keeper (semi-monthly), H.
Scovell. editor ; Weekly News, Greenback, J. F. McDowell, editor and

 

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Baxter Springs News, neutral, M. I. Gardner,

proprietor, Columbus.
Short Creek Republican, Repub-

editor and publisher, Baxter Springs.
lican, L. C. Weldy, editor and proprietor, Galena. Western Friend
(monthly), religious, Cyrus W. Harvey, editor, Chilon H. Carter, pub-
lisher, Quakervale. Lea’s Columbus Advocate, Republican, A. T. Lea,
editor ; Refugees’ Star of Hope (monthly), educational, 8. W. Winn, edi-
tor, L. M. Pickering, assistant editor, Columbus.

‘Clay County.—Dispatch, Republican, Wirt W. Walton and D. A.
Valentine ; Times, Independent, the Times Pa Co., publishers, A.
L. Runyan, Secretary, and J. P. Campbell, printer and local editor ; Cres-
set, Greenback, J. A. Jordan & Co., editors and proprietors ; Kansas Bap-
a (monthly), religious, Rev. L. H. Holt, editor and proprietor, Clay

enter.

Cloud County.—Concordia Empire, Republican, Charles J. English,
editor, publisher and proprietor ; Concordia Weekly Republican, Repub-
lican, L. G. Hull & Co., editors and proprietors; Kansas Blade, Liberal,
J. M. Hagaman and J. E. Hagaman, editors and proprietors; Cloud
County Critic, Independent (prohibition), Thomas Owen and F. Prince,
editors, publishers and proprietors, Concordia. Clyde Herald, Republi-
can, J. 8. Paradis, editor and publisher, Clyde. Cloud County Kansan,
Republican, Asa P. Wilbur, editor and business manager, Jamestown.

Coffey County.—Burlington Patriot (daily and weekly), Republican,
A. D. Brown, editor ; Burlington Independent, Democratic, John E. Wat-
rous, publisher ; Burlington emiblican, Republican, W. 8. Hebron, edi-
tor, Burlington. LeRoy Reporter, Independent, Frank Fockele, publish-
er; District Emporia Herald (quarterly), religious, Rev. H. J. Walker,
editor and publisher, LeRoy.

Cowley County.—Winfield Courier, Republican, D. A. Millington, ed-
itor, Ed. P. Greer, local editor; Cowley County Telegram, Democratic,
C. C. Black and George C. Rembaugh, editors and publishers, Winfield.
Arkansas City Traveler, Republican, H. P. Standley, editor, H. P. Stand-
ley and C. L. Swartz, publishers ; Arkansas Valley Democrat, Democrat-
ic, C. M. McIntire, publisher, T. McIntire, editor, Arkansas City ; Bur-
den Enterprise, Republican, E. A. Henthorne and A. J. Henthorne, edi-
tors, publishers and proprietors, Burden. Cambridge News, Independent,
Sherman & Hicks, editors and proprietors, Cambridge.

Crawford County.—Kansas Workman (monthly), organ of A. O. U.
W., A. P. Riddle, editor ; Girard Press, Republican, E. A. Wasser and A.
P. Riddle, editors and proprietors; Girard Herald, Democratic, D. L.
Grace, editor and proprietor, Girard. Cherokee Sentinel, Republican,
Charles M. Lucas, editor and publisher, Cherokee. Smelter, Republican,
Fay G. Flint and Dudley C. Flint, publishers and proprictors, Pittsburg ;
Walnut Journal, Independent, E. O. Green and W. M. Holeman, pub-
lishers, Walnut. Arcadia Reporter, neutral, O. Dieffenbach, editor, pub-
lisher and proprietor, Arcadia. McCune Times, Republican, W. W. Lig-

ett, editor and publisher, McCune. Hepler Leader, Independent, W. D.
Wright, editor and publisher, Hepler. Walnut Herald, John Scurry, edi-
tor and proprietor, Walnut.

Davis County.—Junction City Union, Republican, George W. Martin,
editor and proprietor ; Junction City Tribune, Greenback, John Davis &
Sons, editors and proprietors ; Davis County Republican, Republican, J.
H. Franklin, editor and proprietor, Junction City.

Decatur County,—Oberlin Herald, Republican, W. D. Street, propri-
etor, Oberlin.

Dickinson County.—Abilene Gazette, Republican, V. P. Wilson &
Sons, editors, publishers and proprietors (V. P., John W. and T. B. Wil-
son); Dickinson County Chronicle, Republican, J. W. Hart, publisher,
Abilene. Solomon Sentinel, Independent, J. Claude Hill, editor and pub-
lisher, Solomon City. Enterprise Register, Republican, J. H. Brady, edi-
tor, Enterprise Publishing Co., proprietors, Enterprise.

Doniphan County.—Weekly Kansas Chief, Republican, Sol. Miller,
editor, publisher and proprietor, Troy.’ White Cloud Review,. Republican,
J. M. Beidelman, publisher, White Cloud. The Severance Enterprise, H.
H. Brookes, editor and proprietor, Severance. :

Douglas County.—Lawrence Daily Journcl, and the Western Home
Journal (weekly), Republican, William M. Thacher and Frank L. Web-
ster, publishers; Tribune, Republican, G. F. Kimball, publisher; The
Spirit of Kansas, agricultural, Hoffman Bros. (8. C. Hoffman and L. A.
Hoffman); Kansas Gazette, Democratic, Osbun Shannon, editor and pub-
lisher ;-Useful Worker (monthly), Hugh Cameron, editor, Grange Grove
Co., publishers; University Courier Comimneotie, collegiate, Edmond
Butler and B. K. Bruce, business managers; Kansas Review (monthly),
by the Review Company of Kansas University, F. D. Hutchings and E. F.
Caldwell, managers ; Die Germania (German), Gottlieb Oehrle, publisher,
Lawrence.

Edwards County.—Kinsley Republican-Graphic, Republican, C. C.
a editor, L. A. Lauber, local editor, C. C. Moore, business manager,

insley.

Elk County.—Howard Courant, Republican, Adrian Reynolds, editor,
Reynolds & Thompsons, publishers and proprietors; Howard Journal,
Democratic, J. R. Hall, editor and publisher, Howard. Cana Valley Her-
ald, Republican, A. M. Crotsley, publisher, Grenola. Longton Times, In-
dependent, Flory Bros., publishers (Frederick Flory and George M.
po Toe Longton. Moline Mercury, Independent, J. B. Cooper, publisher,

oline.

Ellis County.—Star-Sentinel, Republican, J. H. Downing, editor,
publisher and proprietor; German-American Advocate, Independent,
Charles Miller, publisher, Hays City. Ellis Headlight. Republican, W.
F. Jaques, editor, Thomas 8. Hain, business manager. Ellis.

Ellsworth County.—Ellsworth Reporter, Republican, W. A. Gebhardt
& George Huycke, publishers; Rural West, agricultural, W. E. Fosnot,
proprietor, Ellsworth. The Wilson Echo, Independent, 5. A. Coover, ed-
itor and proprietor, Wilson. Cain City News, Independent, Dr. B. Grant
Jefferis, editor, Henry Trump, publisher and proprictor, Cain City.

Ford County.—Dodge City Times, Republican, Nichelas B. Klaine,
 

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editor and publisher; Ford County Globe, Republican, D, M. Frost, edi-
tor and proprietor, Dodge City.

Franklin County.—Ottawa Republican (daily and weekly), Republi-
can, Amasa T. Sharpe, editor and ‘proprietor ; Ottawa Journal and Tri-
umph, Greenback, E. H. Snow, editor and publisher ; Queen City Herald,
Democratic, Kessler & McAllister, editors and proprietors ; Ottawa Lead-
er, Republican, J. W. Ozias, Ottawa. Weekly Gazette, neutral, Frank
Bennett, editor and publisher, Williamsburg. Lane Advance, Republi-
can, Horace J. Newberry, editor, publisher and proprietor, Lane. Wells-
ville Transcript, neutral, L. A. Sheward, proprietor, Wellsville.

Graham County.—Times, Greenback, Benjamin B. F. Graves, editor
and publisher ; Millbrook Herald, Republican, John H. Currie, editor, and
‘N.C. Terrell, proprietor, Millbrook. .

Greenwood County.—Eureka Herald, Republican, H. C. Rizer, editor,
publisher and proprietor; Greenwood County Republican, Republican,
Republican Publishing Co., publishers, W. E. Doud, editor ; Greenwood
County Democrat, Democratic, G. C. Rogers, editor, Eureka. Madison
News, Republican, W. O. Lunsford, editor and proprietor, Madison. Sev-
ery Pioneer, Republican, Millard F. Gibson, editor and publisher, Severy.
oo River Times, Independent, J. A. Somerby, editor and publisher, Fall

iver,

Harper County.—Anthony Journal, Republican, Fletcher Meridith,
proprietor; Anthony Republican, Republican, A. 8. Lindsay, Anthony.
Harper County Times, Republican, Graham Bros., proprietors (W. O. &
J. O. Graham); Harper Sentinel, Republican, O. O. Léabhart, editor and
proprietor, Harper. Danville Argus, Democratic, J. R. Horn, proprietor,
Danville.

‘Harvey County.—Newton Republican, Republican, Allen B. Lem-
mon, editor and proprietor; Newton Kansan, Republican, H. C. Ash-
baugh, editor and proprietor, Newton. Burrton Monitor, Republican,
Miles Taylor, editor and publisher, Burrton. Sedgwick Jayhawker, Inde-
pendent, Mark F. Hobson, editor and publisher, Sedgwick City. Hal-
Hitad Independent, Republican, M. V. Sweesy, editor and publisher, Hal-
stead. ¥ . 7

Hodgeman County.—Jetmore Reveille, Republican, W. S. Kenyon,
editor and proprietor, Jetmore.

Jackson County.—Holton Recorder, Republican, M. M. Beck, editor ;
Holton Signal, Democratic, W. W. Sargent, editor and proprietor; Nor-
mal Advocate (quarterly), in the interest of Campbell University, J. H.
Lambert, editor, Holton.

Jefferson County.—Oskaloosa Independent, Republican, F. H. Rob-
erts, editor ; Oskaloosa Weekly Sickle, Democratic, B. R. Wilson, editor
and proprietor, Oskaloosa. Valley Falls New. Era, Republican, G. D. In-
gersoll, editor and proprietor; Valley Falls Register, Democratic, T. W.
Gardiner; Kansas Liberal (semi-monthly), liberal, M. Harmon and E.'C.
Walker, editors and publishers, Valley Falls, Winchester Argus, Repub-
lican, Lon W. Robinson, editor and publisher, Winchester.

Jewell County.—Jewell County Monitor, Republican, Vaughn Bros.,
editors (R. F. Vaughn and C. 8. Vaughn) ; Jewell County Review, Green-
back, M. Winsor, editor and publisher; Kansas Jewellite, Republican,
E. P. Worcester, proprietor, Mankato. Jewell County Republican, Re-
publican, J. D. Woodward and Benjamin Musser, editors and proprietors,
Jewell City. Burr Oak Reveille, Greenback, William E. Bush and O. C.
Emery, editors ; Burr Oak Herald, Republican, J. K. McLain, editor and
proprietor, Burr Oak.

Johnson County.—Olathe Mirror-Gazette, Republican, J. 8. Soule, ed-
itor, publisher and proprietor ; Kansas Patron and Farmer, agricultural,
D. L. Hoffman, editor and manager, Johnson County Publishing Associa-
tion, publishers; Johnson County Democrat, Democratic, W. C. Paul,
publisher, Olathe.

ee County.—Lakin Herald, Republican, Joseph Dillon, publish-
er, Lakin.

Kingman County.—Kingman County Citizen, Republican, George E.
Filley and Frank A. Capps, editors and publishers ; Kingman County Re-
publican, Republican, E. H. Farnsworth, cditor and proprietor, King-
man.

Labette County.—Osweeo Independent (daily and weekly), Republi-
ean, J. 8. Waters and J. E. Bryan, editors, Mrs. Mary McGill, proprie-
tress ; Oswego Republican (daily and weekly), Republican, I. W. Patrick,
editor and proprietor ; Labette County Democrat, Democratic, George F.
King, publisher, Oswego. Parsons Eclipse (daily and weekly), indepen-
dent, J. B. Lamb & Son, editors and. proprietors; The Parsons Sun. Re-
publican, H. H. Lusk, Parsons. Chetopa Advance, Republican, J. M.
Cavaness, editor, Chetopa. Mound Valley Herald, independent, C. Len
Albin, editor, Mound Valley.

Leavenworth County.—Leavenworth Times (daily and weekly), Re-
publican, Col. D. R.. Anthony, editor and proprietor; Leavenworth Press
(daily and weekly), Republican, M. W. Reynolds, editor, H. M. Aller, pro-
prietor; Leavenworth Evening Standard (daily), and the Democratic
Standard (weekly), Democratic, Henry C. Burnett, editor, Charles Tillot-
son, business manager, Burnett and Tillotson, publishers and proprietors;
Kansas Freie Presse (daily and weekly, German), Republican, Chris. Schu-
bert, editor and proprietor; Workingman’s Friend, National Labor Party,
James W. Remington, publisher; Home Record (monthly), published by
board of managers of the ‘‘ Home for the Friendless,” Mrs. C. H. Cushing,
editor: Orphan’s Friend (monthlv), J. B. McCleery, editor, Mrs. DeFor-
est Fairchild, associate editor, Mrs. Thomas Carney, business manager;
G. A. R.' (monthly), by the G. A. R. Publishing Company, J. C. Walkin-
shaw, editor; Monthly Visitor, religious, by the Catholic Mutual Benevo-
lent Publishing Company, E. M.-Johnson, general manager, Leavenworth
and Olathe; Tonganoxie Mirror, Republican, George R. Broadbere, editor,
H. W. Rice, publisher and proprietor, Tonganoxie.

Lincoln County.—Saline Valley Register, independent, George W.
Anderson, editor and publisher; Beacon of Lincoln County, Republican,
W.S. and Anna CO. Wait, editors and publishers, Lincoln Center,

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Linn County.—LaCygne Weekly Journal; Republican, J. P. Kenea
& Ed. C. Lane, publishers, LaCygne. Pleasanton Observer, Republican,
D. 8. & H. L. Capell, editors and proprietors; Pleasanton Herald, Green-
back, W. 8. Platt, editor, Pleasanton. Linn County Clarion, Republican,
R. B. Bryan, editor and propre, Mound City. Blue Mound Independ-
ent, independent, A. C. Harding, editor, publisher and proprietor, Blue
Mound. ‘

Lyon County.—Emporia News (daily and weekly), Republican. pub-
lished by the News Company (Jacob Stotler, Alexander Butts and Frank
P. MacLennan); Emporia Republican (daily and weekly), Republican, C.
_V. Eskridge, editor and proprietor; Emporia Democrat, Democratic, J.
M. McCown, editor and proprietor; ormal Cabinet (monthly), by

pupils of State Normal School, pangs B. Gallagher, editor-in-chief, Em- .

poria. Hartford Call, Republican, J. Means, publisher, Hartford.

McPherson Caunty.—McPherson Republican, Republican, 8. G. Mead,
editor, Mead & Conklin, proprietors and publishers; McPherson Free-
man, Republican, H. B. Kelley, editor and proprietor; McPherson Inde-
pendent, independent, G. W. McClintick, editor and proprietor, McPher-
son. Lindsborg Localist, Republican, John McPhail, editor, Dursley Sar-

“gent, publisher; Smoky Valley News, Republican, A. Ringwald, editor
and proprietor; Kansas-Posten (Swedish), Republican, J. A. Udden, edi-
tor, Lindsborg. : ; S

Marion County.—Marion Record, Republican, E. W. Hoch, editor,
W. F. Hoch, business manager: Marion Graphic, Independent Liberal~
Republican, W. J. Groat, editor, J.T. Groat, proprietor, Marion. Peabody
Gazette, Republican, W.H. Morgan, editor and proprietor, Peabody.
Florence Herald, Republican, A. M. White, editor and proprietor, Flor-
ence.

Marshall County.—Marshall County News, Republican, George T.
Smith, editor and publisher; Marshall County Democrat, Democratic,
William Becker, editor; Marysville Post (German), William Becker, edi-
tor and publisher; Marysville Pickings (monthly), George H. Powers,
publisher, Marysville. Waterville Telegraph, Republican, Henry C. Wil-
son, editor, publisher and proprietor, Waterville. Blue Rapids Times,
Republican, E. M. Brice, editor and publisher, Blue Rapids. Frankfort
Bee, Republican, Lute P. Bowen, publisher, Frankfort.

Miami County.—Miami Republican, Republican, Leslie J. Perry, edi-
tor, William 'D. Greason, business manager; Western Spirit, Democratic,
B.’ J. Sheridan, editor, J. T. .Highley, business manager; Paola
Times, independent, W. B. Brayman, editor and proprietor, Paola. Lou-
isburg Herald, Greenback, E. F. Heisler, editor and proprietor, Louisburg..

, Mitchell County.—Beloit Gazette, Republican, S. H. Dodge, editor,
Brewster Cameron, publisher; Beloit Courier, Republican, W. H. Cald-
well, editor and proprietor; Western Nationalist, Greenback, A. C.
Pagett, editor, publisher and proprietor, Beloit. Cawker City Free Press,
Democratic, Stephen DeYoung, editor and proprietor; Cawker City Jour-
nal, Republican, J. W. McBride, editor and proprietor; Camp Fire
tverthly, in the interests of the G. A. R., L. L. Aldrich, publisher, Caw-
er City. ‘

Montgomery County.—Independence Kansan, Democratic, A. A.
Stewart, editor and proprietor; South Kansas Tribune, Republican, W.
T. and C. Yoe, publishers and proprietors; Daily Reporter, neutral, R. C.
Harper, proprietor; The Star, Democratic, H. W. Young, publisher, In-
dependence; Coffeyville Journal, Republican, W. A. Peffer & Sons, pub-
lishers, Coffeyville. Cherryvale Globe News, Republican, 8. P. Moore,
publisher and proprietor; Cherry Valley Torch, Republican, C. T. Ew-
ing, publisher, Cherryvale. Elk City Globe, independent, W. C. Gettys,
editor and publisher, Elk City. .

Morris County.—Council Grove Republican, 0. S. Munsell, editor, E.
A. Munsell. associate editor; Kansas Cosmos, Democratic, E. J. Dill, edi-
tor and publisher, Council Grove. .

Morris County Enterprise, Republican, V. C. Welch, editor and pro-
prietor, Parkerville.

_ Nemaha County.—Seneca Weekly Courier, Republican, West E. Wil-
kinson, publisher and proprietor; Seneca Weekly Tribune, Republican,
A. J. Felt, proprietor, Seneca. Nemaha County Republican, Republican,
J. F. Clough, editor and publisher, Sabetha. Wetmore Spectator, Repub-
lican, J. F. Clough and T. J. Wolfley, publishers, T. J. Wolfley, editor,
Wetmore.

_ Neosho County.—Neosho County Journal, Republican, J. H. Scott,
editor and publisher; Neosho County Republican, Republican, D. C. Am-
brose and T. F. Ross, editors; Neosho County Democrat, Democratic, A.
Conn and E. J. Kenney, editors and proprietors, Osage Mission. Neosho
County Record, Republican, Benjamin J. Smith, proprietor, Erie. Head-
Light, Republican, C. T. Ewing, publisher, Thayer. Chanute Times,
Republican, A. L. Rivers, editor and publisher; Chanute Chronicle, Re-
publican, J. R. Detwiler, editor and proprietor, Chanute.

Ness County.—Ness City Times, Republican, J. F. Wood, editor and
proprietor, Ness City. Advance, independent, Joseph Langellier, editor
and publisher, Sidney. Lenora Leader, Republican, J. H. Wright, editor
and proprietor, Lenora. Norton Courier, Republican, J. H. Simmons and
J. A. Littel editors and proprietors, Norton. ;

Osage County.—Osage County Chronicle, Republican, John E. Ras-
tall, editor and proprietor; Burlingame Herald, independent, Newton
M’Donald, editor, publisher and proprietor, Burlingame. Osage City Free
Press, Republican, J. V. Admire, editor and publisher; Osage City _Re-
a Republican, D. J. Roberts, editor and proprictor, Osage City.

yodon Journal, Republican, Journal Publishing Co., proprietors, Lyn-
don. Carbondale Independent, independent, E. G. Bush, editor, E. G. &
F. E. Bush, proprietors, Carbondale. Kansas Workman, neutral, Cyrus
Corning, editor and publisher, Scranton. Osage County Democrat, Dem-
ocratic, J. Mayberry, editor, Mayberry & Co., proprietors, Burlingame.

Osborne County.—Osborne County Farmer, Republican, F. H. Barn-
hart, editor, Osborne City. Downs Times, Republican, George E. Dough
erty, editor, publisher and proprietor, Downs. Portis Patriot, Republican,

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Martin H. Hoyt, publisher and proprietor, Portis. Western Empire, in-
dependent, F. J. Hulaniski, publisher, Bull’s City.

Ottawa County.—Sentinel, Republican, Charles Hoyt, editor and pro-
‘proprietor; Ottawa County Index, National Labor, C. M. Dunn, editor
and publisher, Minneapolis. Delphos Carrier, Republican, W. B. & C. M.
Davis, editors, W. B. Davis & Son, publishers and proprietors, Delphos.

Pawnee County.—Larned Chronoscope, Republican, R. H. Ballinger,
publisher; Larned Optic, Republican, Optic’ Steam Printing Company,
publishers, T. E. Leftwich, proprietor, Larned. ‘

Phillips County.—Kirwin Chief, Republican, T. J. and H. G. Pickett,
editors and publishers; dade ener Greenback, William A. Garretson
and C. J. Lamb, publishers, Kirwin. Logan Enterprise, Republican, .W.

W. Gray, editor and publisher, Logan; Phillipsburg Herald, Republican, :

ae Bissell, editor, Herald Publishing Association, publishers, Phil-
ipsburg.

Pottawatomie County.—Louisville Republican, Republican, John M.
Cotton and I. D. Anderson, publishers, John M. Cotton, editor and man-
ager, Louisville. Kansas Reporter, Republican, C. P. Jeffries, editor and
publisher; Kansas Agriculturist, agricultural, Clardy & Co. (J. E. Clardy
and J. A. Clardy), proprietors, Wamego. Onaga Journal, Republican, S.
A. Stauffer, editor and publisher, Onaga. St. Marys Express, Democratic,
John O’ Flanagan, editor and publisher, St. Marys. Westmoreland Week-
ly Period, Republican, J. Whims and W. 8. Anderson, editors and pub-
lishers, Westmoreland. _

Pratt County.—Pratt County Press, Republican, A. 8. Thompson,
editor and proprietor; Pratt County Times, Republican, by the Pratt County
Times Company, C. T. Warren, publisher, Iuka.

Rawlins County.—Republican Citizen, Republican, J. D. Greason,
editor and publisher, Atwood. ;

_ Reno County.—Hutchinson News, Republican, Ralph M. Easley, edi-
torand publisher; Interior, Republican, J.W. KanagaandJ. H. Lawson, edi-
tors and proprietors; Hutchinson Herald, Republican, Higley & Decker (A.
J. Higley and T. A. Decker), editors, publishers and proprietors; Sunday
Democrat, Democratic, Linus Ely, editor and publisher, Hutchinson.
Argosy, Republican, L. C. Brown, proprietor, Nickerson.

Republic County.—Belleville Telescope, Republican, J. C. Humphrey,
editor and publisher, Belleville. Scandia Journal, Republican, A. B.
Wilder, editor and publisher, Scandia.

Rice County.—Sterling Gazette, Republican, E. B. Cowgill, editor and
proprietor; Sterling Bulletin, Republican, Charles D. Ulmer, publisher
and proprietor, Sterling. Lyons Republican, Republican, Clark Conkling,

‘ publisher; Central Kansas Democrat, Democratic, stock company pub-
lishers, Wood & Fuller, editors, Lyons. .

Riley County.—Nationalist, Republican, Albert Griffin, editor and
proprietor; Manhattan Republic, Republican, G. A. Atwood, editor; Indus-
trialist, educational and_agricultural, edited by the Faculty of the State
Agricultural College, E. M. Shelton, managing editor; Independent,
Greenback, A. Southwick & Co., publishers; Kansas Telephone, religious,

(monthly), Rev. R. D. Parker, editor and publisher, Manhattan. Ran- .

dolph Echo, Republican, P. B. Lewis, editor and proprietor, Randolph.

Rooks County.—News, Republican, T. C. McBreen, publisher; Rooks
County Record, Republican, Chambers & Newell, editors, publishers and
proprietors (W. Ll. Chambers and J. W. Newell), Stockton. :

Rush County.—La Crosse Chieftain, Republican, H. 8. Fish, editor,
publisher and proprietor, La Crosse. a:

Russell County.—Russell Kansas Record, Rupublican, W. L. Evans,
editor and proprietor; Russell Hawkeye, Greenback, A. B. Cornell,
editor, Hawkeye Printing Company, publishers, Russell. . :

Saline County.—Salina Herald, Republican, Tom G. Nicklin, publisher,

Saline County Journal, Republican, M. D. Sampson, publisher; Salina
Independent, Independent, W. H. Johnson, publisher, Salina. Brook-
ville Transcript, Republican, Fred. J. Ulsh, editor and publisher, Brook-
ville. : : :
Sedgwick County. —Wichita Daily Times, Independent, I. N. Stoute-
myer, editor and proprietor; Wichita City Eagle, Republican, M. M. Mur-
dock, editor, M. M. and R. P. Murdock, publishers and_proprietors;
Wichita Weekly Beacon, Democratic, Frank B. Smith and W. 8S. White,
publishers and proprietors; Oklahoma War Chief, neutral, A. W. Harris,
editor, Harris, Watson & Co., publishers; Wichita Weekly Leader, Re-
publican, Field & McDonnell, editors, Wichita. :

Sequoyah County.—Irrigator, Republican, William E. Carr and Oliver
H. Knight, editors and proprietors. Garden City. : ‘ ;

Shawnee County.—Commonwealth (daily and weekly), Republican,
F. P. Baker and T. B. Murdock, editors, N. R. Baker, Secretary and Treas-
urer; Topeka Capital (daily and weekly), Republican, Henry King, ed-
itor, J. K. Hudson, business manager ; Kansas State Journal (daily and
weekly), Democratic, Reed & Allen (George W. Reed and Walter N.
Allen), editors and publishers; Kansas Farmer, agricultural, by Kansas
Farmer Oo., H. C. DeMotte, President, R. R. Brown, Treasurer and busi-
ness manager, H. A. Heath, general business agent, W. A. Peffer, editor.
Kansas Methodist, religious, by the Methodist Publishing Co., Rev. John
D. Knox, Rev. O. J. Cowles, D. D.; Kansas Telegraph (German), Dem-
ocrat, H. Von Langen, editor and publisher ; National Workman, Green-
back, W. H. T. Wakefield, editor, by the National Workman Publishing
Co.; Saturday Night, Democratic, F. W. Kroenke, editor; Kansas Church-
man (monthly), religious,’ Thomas H. Vail, publisher; Educationist
(monthly), educational, George W. Hoss, editor and publisher. Faithful
Witness (monthly), religious, J. M. Shepherd, editor and proprietor, A.
H. Mulkey, Medicine Lodge, and Benjamin H. Smith, Fort Scott, asso-
ciate editors, Topeka. North Topeka Times, Republican, Whiting &
Whiting, proprietors, A. B. Whiting and H. L. Whiting, editors and pub-
lishers; North Topeka Mail, Republican, C. G. Coutant and F. H. Collier,
editors, F. H. Collier and W. E. Coutant, publishers; Good Tidings, re-
ligious, C. A. Sexton, editor and publisher, North Topeka. :

Smith County._-Smith County Kansas Pioneer, Democratic, R. D.

_ Bros., editors and proprietors (A. Sellers and G. Sellers), Alma.

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Bowen, editor and publisher; Smith County Weekly Record, Republican,
F. F. Coolidge and G. L. Burr, editors, Smith Center. Gaylord Herald,
Republican, Webb MecNall, editor and proprietor, Gaylord.

Stafford County.—Stafford Herald, Republican, R. M. Blair, editor
and publisher, Stafford. St. John Advance, Republican, F. B. Gillmore,
editor, W. R. Hoole, proprietor, St. John. Stafford County Bee, neutral,
W. K. P. Dow, editor and publisher, Milwaukee.

Sumner County.—Sumner County Press, Republican, A. A. Rich-
ards, editor; Wellingtonian, Republican, W. M. Allison, editor and pro-
prietor; Sumner County Democrat, Democratic, Tom Richardson, editor
and proprietor, Wellington. Caldwell Post, Republican, Tell W. Walton,
editor and proprietor ; Caldwell Commercial, Republican, W. B. Hutchi-
son, publisher, Caldwell. Belle Plaine News, Independent, J. J. Burns,
editor and publisher; Kansas Odd Fellow (semi-monthly), J. J. Burns,
editor and publisher, Belle Plaine. Geuda Springs Herald, Republican,
Joe F. White, editor and proprietor, Geuda Springs. ..

Trego County.—Wa-Keeney Weekly World, Republican, W. 8. Til-
ton, editor and publisher, Wa-Keeney. Globe, neutral, Joseph Langellier,
editor and proprietor, Cyrus. ;

Wabaunsee County.—Wabaunsee County News, Republican, pe

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Weekly, Republican, W. W. Cone, editor and proprietor, Eskridge.

Washington County.—Washington Republican, Republican, Republi-
can Printing Co., publishers; Washington County Register, en
W. A. Clark and H. FE. Emmons, publishers and proprietors; Missionary
Worker (monthly), religious, Matthew Mays Eshelman, editor, J. A. Eshel-
man, proprietor, Washington. Hanover Democrat, Democratic, J. M.
Hood, editor, Hanover. Clifton Review, Republican, N. F. Hewitt, ed-
itor, Clifton. Greenleaf Journal, Democratic, Charles F. Barrett, editor
and proprietor; Greenleaf Independent, Republican, J. W. Bliss, editor
and publisher, Greenleaf. '
~ Wilson County.—Wilson County Citizen, Republican, John 8. Gil-
more, editor and proprietor; Fredonia Democrat, Democratic, Powell &
Hudson, proprietors (N. Powell and T. J. Hudson), T. J. Hudson, political
editor, Fredonia. Neodesha Free Press, Republican, George A.» McCarter,
editor and proprietor, Neodesha. .

Woodson County.—Woodson County Post, Republican, W. L. Chellis,
editor and proprietor, Neosho Falls. Yates Center News, Republican, *
George E. Faler, editor, publisher and proprietor; Yates Center Argus,
Independent, N. B. Buck, editor and proprietor, Yates Center: Toronto
Topic. Republican, W. H. Jones, editor and publisher, Toronto.

Wyandotte County.—Wyandotte Gazette, Republican, Armstrong &
Moyer, publishers, R. B. Armstrong and A. N. Moyer; Wyandotte Herald,
Democratic, V. J. Lane, publisher, Wyandotte. Equitable Aid Union Ad-
vocate (monthly), Dr. W. D. Gentry, editor and proprietor, Wyandotte,

- Kan., and Columbus, Penn. Iron City Press, neutral, F. T. Wyatt, editor,

J.B. Mullay & Co., publishers and proprietors, Rosedale.
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

By an act of the Legislature, approved March 6, 1878, Joseph C. Wil-
son, Charles Puffer and Charles 8. Brodbent ;were appointed by Gov. Os-
born a Board of Commissioners to visit and inspect the public institutions
of the State, in accordance with Section 12 of said act, which reads as

‘follows:

Srcrion 12. There shall be a commission of three citizens of the State of Kansas, ap-
pointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, who shall hold their office for the
term of three years, and who shall’be in no wise connected with the institutions herein
named, who shall be a visiting committee, to make at least two visits in each year to the
following State institutions: The State Penitentiary, the Insane, Deaf and Dumb and Blind
Asyluins, the State University, the State Agricultural College,-the State Normal Schools at
Emporia and Leavenworth. They shall each have power to administer-oaths, and send for
persons and papers to examine into the financial condition and the general conduct of said
institutions; and they shall make a report to the Governor in writing at the end of each fis-
cal year of the financial condition and the general conduct of each of said institutions, their
necessities and requirements, and such other recommendations as they may deem best for
the proper conduct of said institutions and for the public good. They shall receive for their
services the sum of three dollars per day, and ten cents for each mile traveled, by the most
direct and practical route.. ‘

_W. B. Barnett and P. P. Elder, appointed Commissioners under this
act, resigned. A report was submitted by this commission in 1878, and in,
1874 a more elaborate one was presented, W. W. Creighton succeeding Mr,
Wilson as Commissioner, Messrs. Brodbent and Puffer still remaining on
the board. These Commissioners performed a large amount of service in
compliance with the above statute, and they were allowed for the service
rendered in 1874 some $2,600, as Will be seen from the following : Charles
8. Brodbent, Secretary of the Board, $1,872.80; W. W. Creighton, $626.60;
Charles Puffer, $645. Allowed March 9, 1875.

State Charitable Institutions.—A. section of an act which took effect
March 10, 1876, reads as follows:

The Governor shall appoint, in the year 1876, five persons as Trustees of the asylums
for the blind, deaf and dumb, and insane; of whom two shall hold their offices for one year
ending April 1,1877; two for new vente ending April 1, 1878; one for three years end-
ing April 1, 1879; and their successors shall each and-all hold their positions for the term
of three-years, the terms ending April 1 of the succeeding years.

March 20, 1876, Gov. Osborn appointed J. P. Bauserman and William
B. Slosson Trustees for one year; John T. Lanter and John H. Smith for.
two years; Thomas T. Taylor for three years. i

February 16. 1877, Gov. Anthony appointed Edwin Knowles and Jo-
seph L. Wever as successors to Messrs. Bauserman and Slosson; April 1,
1878, Charles E. Faulkner and Amasa T. Sharpe stteceeded Messrs. Lanter
and Smith; J. M. Hogue succeeded Mr. Wever April 1, 1880, and Charles
R. Mitchell succeeded Mr. Taylor April 1, 1882. The present Trustees,
April, 1883, are James Martin, President; . Augustus Hohn, Treasurer;
Daniel O. McAllister, Secretary; Amasa T. Sharpe and Michael Maloney.

Location of the Charitable Institutions.—The Legislature of 1863 pro-
vided for an insane asylum at Osawatomie; that of 1864 located_the deaf
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and dumb asylum at Olathe and provided for the appointment of Commis-
sioners to locate a blind asylum in Wyandotte County; that of 1865, for
the government of the insane asylum; that of 1866, provided that the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction ‘should contract with Josiah E.
Hayes, of Olathe, Johnson County, for the erection of an asylum that
should cost not less than $10,000, and which should be leased of him for
a term of five years, with the privilege of renewing the lease for a second
term of five years, said building to be ready for occupancy by the 1st of
November, 1866, the annual rent of which should not exceed $1,000. The
Legislature of 1867 provided for building “the Kansas Institution for the
Education of the Blind” at Wyandotte; for issuing $15,500 in bonds for
“the Kansas Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb.” The
Legislature of 1868 provided for issuing bonds for the insane asylum to the
-amount of $20,000. An act of the Legislature, approved March 5, 1875,
“provided for the erection of an insane asylum at Topeka.” The Board
of Trustees of the State Insane Asylum met at Topeka March 17, 1875, for
the purpose of selecting a site for the same, in a “convenient, eligible and
healthy locality, within two miles of the capitol building in the city of
Topeka.” June 2, 1875, in accordance with Section 4 of said law, the
Trustees selected three of their number as a Board of Commissioners, con-
sisting of William H. Grimes, Levi Woodard and George Wyman,
whose duty it was to cause a building or buildings to be einen for asylum
Buena and the contracts for erecting the buildings were awarded July
28, 1875.

State Reform School.—An act to provide for the selection and purchase
of a site and the erection and equipment of State Reform School buildings,
and making an appropriation therefor, took effect March 14, 1879. It was
provided that the Board of Trustees of the State charitable institutions
should have supervision and control of the institution; that the said board,
together with the Governor, should select the site and adopt the plan for
the buildings suitable for a reform school, and it was provided that the
site should be selected within five miles of the capitol building in Topeka,
provided that the city of Topeka should donate to the State 160 acres of
suitable land for the purpose. The building was completed in 1881, and
Hon. J. G."Eckles was the first Superintendent of the school. The man-
agement in 1883 of the State charitable institutions in the matter of super-
intendency is as follows: Kansas State Insane Asylum, Osawatomie ;
Superintendent, A. H. Knapp, M. D. Topeka Insane Asylum, Topeka ;
Superintendent, B. D. Eastman, M. D. Kansas Institution for the Educa-
tion of the Deaf and Dumb, Olathe; Superinténdent, J. W. Parker. Kan-
sas Institution for the Education of the Blind, Wyandotte ; Superintend-
ent, George H. Miller. State Reform School; Superintendent, J. F. Buck,
North Topeka. Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth;
Superintendent, H. M. Greene, Lawrence.

The charitable institutions of the State are located as follows: Institu-
‘tion for the Blind, at Wyandotte, Wyandotte County; Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, Olathe, Johnson County; Insane Asylums (two), at Osawatomie,
Miami County, and Topeka, Shawnee County; Asylum for Idiotic and
Imbecile Youth, Lawrence, Douglas County; Orphan’s Asylum, Leaven-
worth, Leavenworth County. To the detailed accounts of these several
institutions, given in the histories of the several counties wherein the in-
stitutions are located, the reader is referred for fuller information con-
cerning them.

State Appropriations.—The following table shows the amount of ap-
propriations made by the State from 1862 to 1882, inclusive, for the erection
of buildings for, and care and maintenance of, the objects of charity :

 

 

 

 

 
     
    

 

   

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAINTE-
NANCE OF
YEAR DEAF AND INSANE, BLIND. REFORM IDIOTIC AND | INSANE PER-
e DUMB, SCILOOL. IMBECILE, SONS WIIO
ARE DESTI-
TITUTE,
| $ 294 26
913 85 |...
2,115 14
2041 11 |...
6,200 00 | $ 3,500 00 |... 3
9,930 90 | 7,759 00 | $ 10,034 00 |..
10,300 00 | 30,952 13 | 14,221 11 J..
12,815 23 | 28,707 87} 10,092 80 |..
13,198 38 | 13,067 00} — 8,900 00 |..
14}800 00 | 53/911 00} 7,633 43 |..
14/200 00 | 22,713 00} 10,088 96 |..
35,078 17 | 25,575 00 | 11,586 01 |..
16,413 54} 41,527 40 | 8,880 36 |..
13,618 45 | 102,370 35 | 8,987 74 |..
16,030 FL} 72,874 TB || 10509 72 Va cesseasssenaosonclonarsisonsecensnee|800500ab09souyes
12908 00 | 42,624 50 | —_7,130 60 |.
15,820 74 | 121,887 09 | 10,170 17 |..
17,091 41 | 99,524 85 | 11,827 17 ‘
31,460 17 | 166,180 68 | 17,166 26 | $ 6,078 52 10,000 90
20,299 26 | 205,165 04 | 12,921 79 | 36,858 65 |....... 18,104 17
25,000 00 | 192,589 79 | 38,974 44 | 120,045 99 | $ 9,890 00 | 16,894 83

 

STATE PENITENTIARY.

Section 2 of Article VII of the Constitution under the head of Public
Institutions, reads as follows:

A penitentiary shall be established, the directors of which shall be appointed or elected
as prescribed by law.

The Legislature of 1861 enacted a law to provide for the appointment
of Commissioners to locate a State Penitentiary, the fourth section of
which act is as follows:

Section 4. That said Commissioners shall immediately proceed to locate the State
Penitentiary at some eligible point within the county of Leavenworth ; and for that pur-

ose they shall select a tract of land of not less than forty nor more than 160 acres of
and, affording, if practicable, Building stone, water, and other facilities for the erection of
a State Prison, ane secure the title to the same in fee simple to the State, either by purchase,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

donation or otherwise, so that the land may be secured at the smallest possible expenditure
to the State, but in no event shall said Commissioners pay for land a sum exceeding fifteen
dollars per acre.

The Penitentiary Commissioners appointed were M. S. Adams, C. 8.
Lambdin and Charles Starns. They met at Leavenworth July 15, 1861,
took the oath of office, and on the 25th of November purchased forty
acres as a site for a penitentiary, for the sum of $600.

Gov. Charles Robinson failed to approve a bill that passed both
branches of the Legislature of 1861, that looked toward the ultimate erec-
tion of a penitentiary building and making the labor of the State convicts
of some profit to the State. a . .

The report of the Penitentiary Commissioners submitted in 1861, con-
tained a report from the Deputy Sheriff and Jailer of Leavenworth County
for the year 1861, which stated 21 State prisoners had been confined in the
Leavenworth County Jail during the year, and their report of 1862 showed
also a report of Jailer Mitchell, showing that he had had charge of 82
State prisoners during the year 1862. ’

Goy. Thomas Carney, in his message submitted January 18, 1864, in
referring to the report of the Commissioners, said:

The plans and specifications have been prepared for a penitentiary building and the
contract has been conditionally awarded. The necessity of having a penitentiary is admit-
ted. The want of jail-room and the increasing number of convicts make it a matter of
economy. There should be a building erected, and it should be in a suitable place. The
site was objected to because of being some four miles from Leavenworth, and because there
was not sufficient water near it, being illy chosen on sanitary grounds.

The Penitentiary Directors, Messrs. William Dunlap, 8. 8. Ludlam
and John Wilson, in their report submitted January 1, 1864, recommended
that the Legislature make an appropriation agreeably to the report of the
architect, E. T. Carr, of $75,000, so as to have buildings ample to accom-
modate all the officers connected with the penitentiary, their families and
150 prisoners. M. R. Dutton, Asa Low and Theodore C. Sears were Pen-
itentiary Directors when the act in reference to the State Penitentiary took
effect March 17, 1868.

In Section 1 of this act we find this:

For the general government and management of the State Penitentiary, three direct-
ors, one of whom shall be a practical mechanic and builder, shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall be biel
annually and shall hold his office for three years unless sooner removed by the Governor
for cause, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.

From 1869 the Directors have been as follows: Erastus Iensley, R. W.
Jenkins, Harrison Kelley, Andrew J. Angell, Homer C. Learned, H. W.
Gillette. O. J. Grover, H. D. Mackay, Samuel J. Crawford, William Mar-
tindale, Matthew Howell, Harry E. Richter, Warren W. Guthrie, John C.
Watt, H. H. Lowrey.

The appointment of Mr. Watt is in compliance with the legislative
act of 1868, he being a practical mechanic. .

Coal Shaft.—The Legislature of 1879 in its appropriations for the Pen-
itentiary embraced for the coal shaft, $7,000. :

From the biennial report of the Directors and Warden, for the fiscal
year 1881-82, the following is extracted:

In August there were 656 convicts and 55 guards and employes, and of which 114 con-

victs and 12 employes were employed in mining and handling coal, while about 325 convicts
were worked by contractors. The coal mine produced 4,650.08, and the contract labor

~ $5,353.30. To produce the coal receipts the employes were paid $725, and oils, ete., cost $260.

Allowing contract price for convicts employed, their labor would be worth $1,372, being a
total cost of $2,357, and leaving $2,293.08 net profit for the month. The convict miners pro-
duced $32.10 each, against $14.40 per contract convict. .

Were interest to be charged on the cash expended for the shaft and machinery, at six
per cent, the $2,293.08 would be reduced but $172.51. __

With all the estimated labor let under contract, which does not expire till June, 1884,
the coal mine has been made to produce, up to July 1, 1882, with such labor as was available,
over and above all operating expenses, about $32,000, or but little less than its cash cost;
and during the same time the coal used at the penitentiary, which the previous year cost
$10,232.66, has cost but $4,948.55, allowing seven cents for coal and four cents for slack.

Since coal demand for general use does not keep even during the year, and it cannot
be stored any length of time, and in order to keep the miners steadily employed, we have
favored contracting to mills and uses which would take so much each month during the
year, a

Should a reservoir or other work be authorized on which men could be employed in
summer, this plan could be changed.

From this showing, it will be seen that the penitentiary, heretofore an expense to the
State, can now with its coal mine easily sustain itself, and at the same time be furnished
with competent officers at fair compensation, and water and other needs. The above show-
ing will suggest other considerations. .

The contracts now in force were intended to require all estimated available convict
labor. Now a certain amount of labor is needed for coal mining, and the convict roll is on
the decrease.

__, The problem of management is, how to enforce the penalty of hard labor on the con-
vict, at tho same time not unnecessarily interfering with private enterprises, and so far as
possible preparing the man for self-support and thus to keep him from erime when he again
goes into the world. As short-term, old, and dull men cannot Jearn trades, they may be
employed in coal mining ; while as unl and long-term men may learn trades, such con-
victs might be let out for mechanical work, and thus the problem solved as fairly as possible.

, There has been expended—
In sinking the shaft to the coal, fitting it up, putting in hoisting machinery, buildings, and

opening the mine ready for taking out COAD........:ccssscssesseceecarereceeses : $35.
Operating the mine during the fiscal- year ending June 30, 1882...

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| 5 tO JUNE 30, 1882 sssessscssecsseseccssssenenseossvensnessasees $44,947 37
Cash earnings of the mine to June 30, 1882... -$27,808 45
Value of coal furnished State institutions, at 7 cents per bushel. 14,142 88
Value of product TAKEN OUb... cc scesssessonseeceevees BaakeNCsiadenaaesenre ie $41,951 33

This result has been attained in one
ployed in mining out coal and performing al
the taking out of coal, has earned $1.2324
have earned $1.7114 per day.

. Report of Warden Hopkins.—In the report submitted June 30, 1882,
appears the following :

On the 1st of July, 1880, there were confined in the Prison 691 convicts. On the Ist of
July, 1881, 660; and on the 30th day of June, 1882, 687—a decrease in the Prison population
intwo years of 4, and a decrease of those from our own State courts of 17. The number of
convicts received during 1881 was 230, and during 1882, 240. There were discharged during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, 261, and during the year ending June 30, 1882, 213.

The expenditures for the fiscal years to sustain the Prison during 188] were-$104,-
408.54, and during 1882, $104,416,92.*'The daily cost to keep each convict during 1881, was
41.48 cents, and during 1882, 43.68 The increase in cost of keeping during 1882, is due to an
increased price of nearly all articles of food over the year previous.

ear’s operating the mine. Each convict em-
other work about the mine, since commencing
per day. Those employed in mining coal proper

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2 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The earnings of the Prison from all sources (except from labor of convicts on build-
ange Toler ae a 1881 pro to or 8.46, and for 1882, $102,235.25—an increase
79, ie excess of expenditures over i i
and for 1882, only $2,181.67. e SE ae ence eer
The daily average earnings of each convict. confined during 1881, was nearly 27 cents,
and during 1882, 42.77 cents. In any calculation here made no account has been taken
of the earnings from the labor of convicts on State work, building cells, and repairs of build-
ings, To add that amount, would show the following result for 1882:

  
  

 

 

 

  

  

Total cash earnings.. +» $89,543 94
Coal furnished State is 2,691 31
Improvements and buildings only ... 18,467 25
Making a total earnings of...... seaevates ee $120,702 50 :
Total expenditures for all purposes. ate se 120,045 99
“Leaving a balance for 1882 in favor of the Prison over all ex-
penditures of........ sees $656 51

_ There is no doubt but that the long-looked-for time has arrived, when we can say the
Prison is on a self-sustaining basis, and will remain so if no unavoidable accident occurs,
and the Prison is properly managed in the future. In order to maintain this, the State must
retain control of its coal mine as at present.

With the close of the present year, we can report, with the exception of a few cells in
the south wing and solitary department, the Prison in all its compartments finished. For
the exception named, materials are secured necessary for their completion, and unless the
convicts increase beyond what was contemplated, no more appropriations will be required,
except to sustain and operate the Prison and keep up necessary repairs.

Idleness and Intemverance.—The Warden in response to inquiries con-
cerning the probable effects of “prohibition” in staying the commission of
crime, presents the following facts and conclusions:

In regard to the increase of our prison population, the records showa steady increase
from 83 convicts March 12, 1867, to 725 on December 3, 1880. From that date to the close of
this fiscal year (June 30, 1882), the number received has steadily decreased, and the number
at this date is 687. If the average increase had continued since December, 1880, to the pres-
ent time, the population would be near 800, The daily average of convicts during 1881 was
690, and. during 188?, 655. While it is not reasonable to expect that any very marked influ-
ence from prohibition can be anticipated at present, in reducing the prison population, yet
it will decrease the causes which lead to the commission of crimes of all kinds. My contact
with this class of men during a service as an official of this institution for the past fifteen years,
has proved to my satisfaction that idleness, together with intemperance as a result of the
former, are the direct causes of more crime than any other two that might be named. The
most potent influence will be felt in the future, from its effect on the younger classes, who
will have better influences thrown around them to deter and save them from the work-
house and the penitentiary if prohibition is reasonably enforced.* :

STATE REFORM SCHOOL.

This school was opened for the reception of boys June 6, 1881, under
the management of J. G. Eckles, Superintendent, and Mrs. Eckles as Ma-
tron, March 1, 1882. J. F. Buck succeeded him as Superintendent; Mrs.
L. A. Buck became Matron, and they are the present officers of the insti-
tution. The Board of Trustees asked of the Legislature of 1881, an
appropriation of $15,000 for the first fiscal year, ending June 30, 1881 ; $22, -
000 for the fiscal year of 1882, but the grants were $10,000 for 1881 ; $12,-
000 for 1882. The Trustees in their report submit the following reflections :

__No other institution of the State should receive so much consideration at the hands of
the Legislature as its Reform School. While the penitentiary provides for the punishment
of crime, and the asylum to alleviate, this institution reaches only after and seeks the refor-
mation of boys who have commenced a downward course of life; of others who are farther
advanced in vicious ways: and still others who have commenced. a life of crime, which, un-
less changed, can only end in utter destruction.

The Reform School will, in a large percentage of cases, turn the steps of the wayward
into paths of virtue and right—arrest the course of the criminal, and make useful, honor-
able and-prosperous citizens of those who would otherwise become tenants of our jails and
penitentiaries—a terror to society, and a constant charge upon the State.

So long as there is a natural tendency to do evil among a large proportion of our
youths, so Jong will it be important to us to study the best means of preventing the develop-
ment of this evil tendency, and of reclaiming those whagare already guilty of violating the
law. That parents and guardians look with indifference upon the course taken by those
“whom they should guide aright, is an obvious and painful fact. No matter how exemplary
the disposition of a boy may be. if he is allowed to run at will and associate with those
whose tendencies are evil, he will be gradually corrupted and soon be lost to society. It is
desirable to take such course with a boy thus corrunted as will not only prevent the com-
mission of crime, but remove from his mind the evil tendencies which lead to its commis-
sion. For this purpose the Reform School is established. Its object is not only to reclaim
boys, but to build up in them the elements of a useful and manly character—to instill into
their minds the principles of right.

Number of Inmates.—The school. when opened, admitted two boys;
when taken charge of by Superintendent Buck it had 41 inmates. The
following table explains the status of the institution’s inmates:

 

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Substitution of the Family Plan for the Prison System.—The Trust-
ees, in instituting a comparison between the systems, moralize thus:

The adjuncts of a prison are avoided, while wholesome discipline and proper restraint
are employed. Kind words, gentle treatment and home influences are found the better
means of redeeming the pupils. The better nature of the boy is addressed—his pride is cul-
tivated, and he is made to feel that life has something better in store for him than the poor-
house or prison. His mind is enlarged—his intellect improved by education, and his evil
tendencies restrained by habits of orler and industry. In fact, the foundations for useful
manhood are laid. The State cannot afford todo otherwise. It cannot afford to shoulder

* For description of buildings, grounds, etc., see history of Leavenworth County.

283

the ee pane of permitting several hundred children to run at large, to become crimi-
nals who will openly violate her laws, endanger the lives of her citizens, and be a source of
much trouble and expense.

Hapenses and Wants.—Superintendent Buck in his report submits the
following:

The expense of maintaining the institution during its first year has necessarily been
greater than it should be after becoming well organized and furnished in all its depart-
ments, The per capita expense will be much diminished as our numbers increase.

We are asked by the different courts of the State to receive boys many of whom are in
jails, and instead of preparing for usefulness they are only learning lessons in crime. Very

. soon our building will be filled to its utmost capacity. It seems to be very necessary that

the State Legislature should make an appropriation for the erection of a cottage with suffi-
cient capacity to accommodate fifty boys. A kitchen, steam laundry and bakery are also
very much needed. With the present facilities the labor of preparing food and oone the .
laundry work for the increased number that must soon be admitted, can be done only at
very great disadvantage. An ice-house should be erected also. Additional farming im-
plements, a few good cows and a team of horses should also be purchased.

Sixteen of the seventy-three committals, were natives of Kansas; 19
were charged with incorrigibility; 18 with grand larceny; 14 with petit
larceny;.10 with burglary, and 12 with miscellaneous offenses.

Thirty-one convictions were made in the District’ Court; 26 in the
Probate Court; 13 in the Justices’ Court; 3 in the Police Court.

STATE SOCIETIES.

KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

The first incorporated society in Kansas was a historical society.

At the first session of the Territorial Legislature an act was passed in-
corporating the “ Historical and Philosophical Society of IKansas.’’ Will-
iam Walker, of Wyandotte. was the founder of the society, which had for its
object ‘‘the collection and preservation of a library, mineralogical and
geological specimens, historical matter relating to the history of the Ter-
ritory, Indian curiosities and antiquities, and other matters connected
with and calculated to illustrate and perpetuate the history and settle-
ment of Kansas.’’ By the act, the incorporators were to organize by a
meeting at the capitol within one year from the passage of the act, which
time was afterward extended to three years. The incorporators were Will-
iam Walker, Chairman; D. A. N. Grover, David Lykins, John Donald-
son, James Kuydenhall, Thomas Johnson, William A. H. Vaughn, L. J.
Easton and A. J. Isacks. The times were not propitious for historic work.
Much history was to‘be made before it could be written.

At the annual meeting of the Editors and Publishers’ Association, held
at Manhattan, April 7, 1875, Hon. D. W. Wilder offered a resolution,
which was adopted, providing for 4 committee to organize a State Histori-
cal Society, ‘‘for the purpose of saving the present and past records of our
twenty-one years of eventful. history.” The following members were ap-
pointed as the committee: F. P. Baker, D. R. Anthony, John A. Martin,
Solomon Miller and George A. Crawford. A quorum of the committee,
with other gentlemen, met in Topeka, December 13, 1875, and organized
the society. The following directors were elected for the first year: Sam-
uel A. Kingman, Floyd P. Baker, John A. Martin, Daniel R. Anthony,
Solomon Miller, Daniel W. Wilder, R. B. Taylor, Milton W. Reynolds,
George A. Crawford and 8. 8. Prouty.

The following officers were chosen: President, Samuel A. Kingman;
Vice President, George A. Crawford; Treasurer, John A. Martin; Secre-
tary, F. P. Baker. At a meeting of the Board of Directors, February 4,
1876, Mr. Baker resigned the office of Secretary, and F. G. Adams was ap-
pointed in his place. The following have been the Directors and officers
since: '

Directors for 1877: F. P. Baker, John A. Martin, John Francis, Georgé
A. Crawford, Solomon Miller, T. D. Thacher and Thomas H. Cavanaugh.
Officers for 1877: President, George A. Crawford; Vice President, John
A. Martin; Treasurer, John Francis; Secretary, F. G. Adams.

Directors for 1878: George A. Crawford, John A. Martin, Charles
Robinson, F. P. Baker, John Francis, C. K. Holliday and F. G. Adams.
Officers for 1878: President, John A. Martin; Vice President, F. P. Baker;
Treasurer, John Francis; Secretary, F. G. Adams.

Directors elected at the annual meeting January 21, 1879, to hold their
office for one year: P. I. Bonebrake, P. B. Plumb, T. D. Thacher, George
Graham, C. K. Holliday, George A. Crawford, Samuel N. Wood, Jacob
Stotler, C. W. Leonhardt, M. W. Reynolds, A. G. Barrett, Robert Crozier,
3 ‘i i McDowell, John J. Ingalls, F.G. Adams, J. M. Harvey, J. C. Heb-

ard.

Directors elected for two years: D. W. Wilder, James F. Legate, Ben-
jamin F. Simpson, D. R. Anthony, John Speer, E. N. Morrill, D. E. Bal-
lard, F. P. Baker, Edward R. Smith, James Blood, Albert H. Horton,
Charles Robinson, Samuel A. Kingman, W. A. Phillips, J. P. St. John,
Solomon Miller, John Francis, John A. Martin.

Officers elected January 23, 1879, for a term of two years: President,
Charles Robinson; Vice Presidents, D. R.’ Anthony and C. K. Holliday;
Treasurer, John Francis; Secretary, F. G. Adams.

Directors elected January 21, 1880, for term of two vears: P: I. Bone-
brake, C. K. Holliday, George Graham, George A. Crawford, F.G. Adams,
J. C. Hebbard, T. D. Thacher, Thomas W. Waterson, Henry Booth, M.
M. Murdock, S. N. Wood, John S. Gilmore, J.S. Emery, B. F. String-
ilove J. M. Harvey, George W. Martin, John A. Halderman, Joseph P.

oot.

Directors elected January, 1882: P. I. Bonebrake, C. K. Holliday, J.8.
Waters, F. G. Adams, C. W. Blair, J. Slotter, T. D. Thacher, James
Smith, Henry Booth, M. M. Murdock, 8S. N. Wood, N. S. Goss, J. 8.
Emery, B. F. Simpson, J. M. Harvey, George W. Martin, E. G. Ross and
John C. McCoy.

CONSTITUTION.
(AS ADOPTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 21, 1879.) =

This association shall be styled the Kansas State Historical Society. The object of the
society shall be to collect, embody, arrange, and preserve books, pamphlets, maps, charts,
manuscripts, papers, paintings, statuary and other materials, illustrative of the history of
Kansas in particular, and of the country generally; to procure from the early pioneers
narratives of the events relative to the early settlement of Kansas, and of the early explora-
 

 

 

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tions, the Indian occupancy, overland travel and pel eration to the Territory and the West;

to gather all information calculated to exhibit faithfully the antiquities and the ee an

Ee resources and progress of the-State, and to take steps to promote the study of history
y lectures and other available means.

This society shall consist of active, life, honorary and corresponding members, who
may be chosen by the Board of Directors of the sdciety at any regular or special meeting,
except at their meeting next preceding the annual meeting of the society ; the active mem-
bers to consist of citizens of the State by the a of twodollars annually; the life mem-
bers by the payment at one time of twenty dollars; the honorary and corresponding members.
who shall be exempt from fee or taxation, shall be chosen from persons in any part of the
world distinguished for their literary or scientific attainments, and known especially as
friends and promoters of history. Editors and publishers of newspapers and periodicals,
who contribute the regular issues of the same to the collections of the society shall be con-
sidered as active members of the society during the continuance of such contribution.

There shall be a Board of Directors of the society, to consist of thirty-six members.
The Directors shall be chosen at a regularly called annual meeting of the society, and shall.
hold their offices for two years and until their successors shall be chosen—except that the
Directors shall be divided into two classes—one class to go out of office each year. And im-
inediately after the annual election in January, 1879, lots shall be drawn for the two classes,
to hold their respective offices one and two years; and at each subsequent annual election
those of the class chosen shall hold their offices for two years. Any number not less than
five shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, No member of the Board of
Directors or other officer, except the Secretary, shall receive pay for any of the ordinary
‘duties of his office.

The officers of the society shall consist of a President, two Vice Presidents and a Secre-
tary, to be chosen by the Board of Directors from their own members, and who shall hold
their offices for two years and until their successors shall be chosen ; the regular terms of
the same to begin with the election in January, 1879. And in addition to these elective offices,
all donations of money or property (if accepted by the Board of Directors) to the amount or
value of five hundred dollars, shall constitute the donors life Directors of the society during
their natural lives; but such life Directors shall never exceed in number the regularly
elected Directors; and all moneys from life-directorships, or from donations or bequests,
unless specifically directed otherwise by such life Directors, donors, or devisors, shall be
invested to the best advantage, and the accruing interest onl
unloved in such manner, for the benefit of the society, as the Board of Directors may

irect.

The annual meeting of the society shall be held at Topeka, on Tuesday after the third
Monday in January; and those members, not less than ten, who meet at any annual or
special meeting of the society, upon the call of the Board of Directors, shall be a quorum for
the transaction of business. ;

The President, or in his absence one of the Vice Presidents, or in their absence any
member of the society selected on the occasion, shall preside at the annual or any special
meeting of the society. Such presiding officer shall preserve order, reguiate the order of
procee Ings, and give a casting vote whenever the same is required. <

The Secretary shall preserve a full and correct record of the proceedings of all meetings
of the society and Board of Directors, to be entered on his book in chronological order.
These records shall always be open for the inspection of any member of the society. He
shall conduct the correspondence of the society, shall preserve for the society the official
communications-addressed to him, and keep copies of important official letters written by
him; he shall collect, or cause to be collected, money due to the society, and pay the same
to the Treasurer; he shall give notice of the meetings of the society and of the Board of
Directors; he shall edit and supervise, under the direction of the Publication Committee,
the publications of the society, direct the literary exchanges, and shall write out and cause
to be published in one or more of the To oly papers the proceedings, or a synopsis thereof,
of the meetings of the society and Board of Directors; he shall have charge of the books,

manuscripts and other collections of the society; he shall keep a catalogue of the same,
together with all additions made during his official term; in case of donation, he shall specify
in his record the name of the book, manuscript, or article donated, with the name of the donor
and date of the gift; he shall make an annual report of the condition of the Library, and
- respond to‘all calls which may be made upon him touching the same, at any annual or
- special meeting of the society.
The Treasurer shall receive and have charge of all dues, and donations and bequests
-of money, and all funds whatsoever of the society, and shall pay such sums as the Board of
Directors may from time to time direct on a warrant of the Chairman of said Board, counter-
signed by the Secretary; and he shall make an annual report of the pecuniary transactions
to the society, and also exhibit a statement of the funds and property of the society in his
hands, at any stated or special meeting, when thereto required,

The Secretary and Treasurer shall give satisfactory bonds in such sums as the Board of
Directors may deem proper for the faithful performance of their respective duties, and for
the faithful preservation of property of every kind belonging to the society ; and such bonds
shall be filed among the papers of the society.

The President, or in his absence one of the Vice Presidents, shall preside at the meet-
ings of the Board of Directors, and in their absence the members present may select a chair-
man from their number to preside, and to perform such duties as may be prescribed for him.
The Directors shall supervise and direct the financial and business concerns of the society ;
may augment the library, cabinet and gallery, by purchase or otherwise; may make arrange-
ments for a single lecture or a course of lectures, for promoting historical knowledge and
increasing the pecuniary resources of the association. They shall have power to fill any
vacancies occurring in their number. They shall audit and adjust all accounts of the
society. They may call special meetings when necessary; appoint the annual orator, make
suitable arrangements for the delivery of the annual address; use their discretion as to the
publication of any communications, collections, transactions, annual or other addresses, or
other written matters of the society; and they shall annually make a full report of their
transactions, accompanied by such suggestions as may seem to them appropriate and worthy
of attention. They may appoint an Ixecutive Committee from'their own number, to per-
form such duties as may be prescribed for such committee.

The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the bills for the annual dues
of active members to be made out and sent to the address of such members, on or before the
first day of June of each year, with a copy of this article, and if the amount of such duces is
not paid to the Treasurer of this society on or before the first day of December following of

‘said year, those members in arrears shall be deemed to have forfeited their membership and
their names be stricken from the roll of members; and no person, who may thus havo lost
his membership, shall be re-elected to the same without full payment of his arrears,

' The Board of Directors may adopt by-laws for their own government and guidance
not inconsistent with this constitution.

This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting of the socicty; Provided,
That the proposed amendment shall have been reduced to writing and entered on the min-
utes of the society at least three months previous to a vote being taken on the same, And
provided, also, That a majority of the members present shall concur in the adoption of the
amendment or amendments proposed.

The society has already in its work far surpassed the expectations of
its organizers, as expressed in the resolution which gave it birth. Its col-
lection is already the most valuable and voluminous in the West, and cov-
ers not only the period since the Territorial history of Kansas began, :but
comprises nearly everything accessible concerning the early history of the
vast domain of the Louisiana purchase, of which Kansas formed a part. It
comprises, also, the historic material, much of which is contained in man-
uscripts and letters of early Indian missionaries, sufficient for a more com-
plete history of the Indian tribes who formerly inhabited Kansas than has
ever been written. With relics and trophies of past times and men, in-
numerable manuscripts and complete files of nearly every paper ever
published in the Territory or State, it has come to be one of the most val-
uable sources of historic information in the country. | ;

These grand results, the inestimable value of which will come to be
appreciated more and more as the years go by, are attributable in full

measure to the rare ability and indefatigable labors of the present Secre- '

tary, Hon. F. G. Adams, who has, from small beginnings, brought,this,

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

one of the youngest societies of its kind in the country, to the first rank
in the estimation of all students or others who have had the ability or
opportunity to come to appreciate through examination the value of the
historic treasures which he has gathered and is still gathering, collating,
classifying and setting in order for the future use and benefit of the com-
monwealth and the country. :

The collection is now kept in ample and elegant rooms in the west
wing of the Capitol, just completed (1882). : . ;

tt has been, considering the uncertainty which pertains to the experi-
mental period of infancy, liberally endowed and cared for by the State.
An experiment no longer under its present management, the State owes

it to itself and sister States to still extend its fostering care, even to the.

bounds of munificence.
; STATE LIBRARY.

An act regulating the State Library took effect March 24, 1870. Its
Board of Directors consists of the Governor, and the Judges of the Su-
preme Court. The library was made up of the books, pee maps
and charts belonging to the State then in the State Library, or what
should be thereafter added to the same. This act made it the duty of the
Governor to appoint a State Librarian who should hold his office for four
years, unless sooner removed, at an annual salary of $500. By an act of
the Legislature, going into effect March 16, 1871, the librarian’ssalary was
raised to $1,000; two years later, it was raised to $1,500.

Annual Reports.—On or before the 20th of December of each year, a
report from the librarian is due to _fhe{Governor.
number of volumes contained in the library; the number purchased dur-
ing the year and the cost of the same; the number received by donation
and further information or suggestions that may be-deemed desirable.
There is an annual appropriation of $300 to the librarian to be expended
in the purchase of miscellaneous books for the library. :

By the act of 1878, the Justices of the Supréme Court, by virtue of
their office, shall be the directors of the library. The office hours are from
9 A. M. to 12 M., and from 2 to 5 P. M., and during the session of the Leg-
islature from 7 to 9 in the evening.

David Dickinson was the first State Librarian. December 27, 1870, he
reported 6,806 volumes in the library, 577 having been added during the
year. He recommended that the librarian have the whole matter of ex-
change of public documents with the several States committed to him.

December 138, 1871, the librarian reported: There are now 7,341 vol-
umes in the library, and some hundreds of small pamphlets and thirty vol-
umes of unbound newspapers. The library is in good condition. The
following exhibit was made of the receipts for the year ending December
15, 1871: :

Law books purchased by Justices Supreme Court..

Law books purchased by exchange of duplicates.
Regular exchanges and donations........

 
 
 
 
 

Whole number received...
Deduct duplicates exchang

Net increase.........pecseeeeenenee ac deaagats’ - 1035

December 12, 1872, the librarian reported 8,473 volumes in the library.
His report showed a perfect library set of Laws of Kansas, from the organ-
ization of the Territory. He stated:

Ihave sent our Documents, Laws and Supreme Court Reports to the librarians of all
the States and Territories, and to the library of Parliament in Canada. The number of
books sent from the library during the year is 246,

The report for 1873, stated that there were 9,241 volumes in the library;
that of 1874, shows 10,297 volumes; that of 1875, 11,717 volumes. The
librarian said:

,, Among the few donations, there is one of the Journals and Debates of the Kansas Con-
stitutional Convention at Wyandotte, which had been long sought for. It was presented by
Gen. John Ritchie, of Topeka, one of the members of the convention, and a life-long and un-
faltering advocate of freedom and equal rights, It has been durably bound, and will be
watchfully guarded, \

The report for 1876, of books received during the year is as follows:

By purchaso.......ccseceeseeesscneenees ceases en eeserd x
By exchange for Se and duplicates

By exchange with States and Territories.
By donation......000

     
 
  
  
 

Whole number received..
Deduct volumes uxchanged.....cscrceserece

1,284
Whole number at last reportsecss.ccccsceseeesesseeeeteeesees shacae serene cee 11,717
Whole smber at present cee scinnaictivsscnmeorsanrrnonerreaers ieeasena sees eee 3,001

A net increase of 1,281 volumes.

of Supreme Court Reports, there were 6,748 volumes, valued at $26,-
972. Dr. Dickinson’s first biennial report embraced a period of time ex-
tending from December 1, 1876, to June 80, 1878. He reported 14,574 vol-
umes in the library, 6,311 of Supreme Court Reports. This, the last re-
port of Dr. Dickinson, states: .

When the librarian took charge of the library, eight years ago, there was not a half-
dozen full sets of law reports, and a very meager assortment of text-books; the completion
of the law library was, therefore, an indispensable necessity. Since it has been completed,
or nearly so, more attention has been paid to the miscellaneous libraiy.

Changes in the Office.—Dr. Dickinson died October 5, 1879. His suc-
cessor was Hon. Samuel A. Kingman, former Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, who resigned both the offices of Chief Justice and librarian on ac-
count of ill-health.

Hamilton J. Dennis was commissioned as librarian February 5, 1881,
and he took charge of the office March 1, 1881.

August 10, 1882, Librarian Dennis submitted the second biennial report,

- in fact—Librarian Kingman having failed to make any—and Mr. Dennis

called it the third biennial report, to correspond with the reports of other
State officers covering the same period of time, so as to avoid confusion.

He makes the estimate 18,736 volumes in the library, as near as may be.
He says:

The report states the:
 

As [have no data of reports sold, or of additions to the library by purchase or exchange
between June 30, 1878, and March 1, 1881, the present report covers only transactions con-
cerning the library from March 1, 1881, to June 30, 1882.

On taking charge of the library, t found it in avery crowded condition—every shelf,
nook and corner being filled with books, the large case in the Supreme Court room fille
with Government documents, as well as the most of the shelving in the vault below the
library room ; and as purchases and exchanges have since come in, there has been a steady
overflow of the least-used books into the Judges’ rooms and into the vault below to make
room for them.

This of course breaks up anything like an orderly arrangement of the Government and
State public documents, which, though not often called for, are still, when wanted, as useful
and necessary as any other books.

Catalogue.—Under this heading, Librarian Dennis presents the follow-
ing:

The last catalogue of the law and miscellaneous books of the library was made and
printed in 1873. This did not include the Federal and State documents and pamphlets,
which in fact have never been catalogued at all. In 1876, there was a brief catalogue of the
law books of the library made and printed. The catalogue of 1873 was only by authors, gave
titles very briefly, and no attempt was made at classification or making cross-references.

Considering the fact that nearly ten years have elapsed since the publication of this
chtalonne little argument is required to show the necessity for a new catalogue-as speedily
as possible.

z To make a proper catalogue and keep it up is the most important work a librarian is
ae oe upon 4 do, requiring patience, care and vastly more labor than is generally thought
o be required. :

Occasionally a reader will know the author of a book he is in scarch of, in which case
the author-catalogue is sufficient, as from it can bé quickly ascertained whether the library
has the book or not.

But 75 per cent of the people consulting public libraries are in pursuit of a subject, and
the name of the author writing upon the subject is a matter of comparative indifference to.
them. The question is not who has written, but what is written. To all such the catalogue
should show at a glance all that the library contains on any given subject—that is, it should
be a dictionary catalogue, where all that the library contains on any subject can be found as
readily as a word, and its signification, in a dictionary. S

To make such a catalogue as this, I say, requires much time, care and labor.

During the past year, I have from time to time, as I could get opportunity, written
about 100 pages of catalogue of law books, covering the elementary works, with subject in-
dexes to same; law periodicals, digests (English, Irish and State), Federal Reports, and State

# supreme Court Reports, by reporters and series, with table of time covered by each series
or reporter.

This much I found it absolutely necessary to do to know what was really in the law
library, and render it readily available on call, and to enable me to make purchases under-
Senay and avoid duplicates. Of course the same necessity exists with reference to the
books of the general library—the session laws, Federal and State documents, pamphlets, etc.
After completing the catalogue, much work will be required in completing imperfect sets of
the more important public documents, such as the Congressional Globe and Record, Patent
Office Reports, specifications and drawings (daily called for) and Agricultural Reports.

As fast as possible, I shall continue work upon the manuscript catalogue, and leave the
question of its publication to be determined upon after I shall have it completed and ready
to submit for inspection.

Regard. for the Producers.—Though the matter of Herd Books was
considered by the Librarian, a novel subject to be mentioned in the report
of a State Librarian, yet having had frequent calls for the ‘‘ American
Herd Book,” which is the standard register of Short-horn pedigrees, and
for books giving pedigrees of horses and other stock, he learned from reli-
able sources that therb is not in the State a complete set of the ‘‘ Ameri-
can Herd Book.” - ,

Noticing that the value of cattle, horses, sheep and swine in Kansas
for the year 1881 aggregated $65,119,242, he concludes that much of the
profit of any investment will depend upon its being intelligently made,
and reasons upon the matter in the following manner:

To me there is as much food for thought in the above figures as could be found ina
complete set of Cooper’s novels, bound in full Russia with gilt tops.

When it is considered how much the value of the increase of the above amount of stock
may be enhanced or depreciated by proper or improper breeding, the value of such books,
and the importance of making them available for the use of the stock-growers of Kansas,
becomes apparent.

I made up a brief list of books I thought desirable on this subject, including the
“ American Herd Book,” and wrote East to publishers for prices. Our book fund was nearly
exhausted, and it was doubted whether the appropriation made contemplated the purchase
of such books from the book fund.

I therefore suggest that a special Ee be made for the purchase of the follow-
books, which can be obtained at the following prices: °

‘The American Herd Book—Vols. 1to 22, inclusive—and the “ Reprint of Eng-

“lish Bulls,” and “ History of Short-Horn Cattle;” taken together, 24 boun

 

  
  

WOU CS ss acdcsvcscacsesssvcecseccsooa se srseielvescialssude’ eeesnesuauaivs vexewepansas vewainassns vais $100 00
American Cattle. By L. F. Allen. 1 VOl.......ssesseseeerees 2 50
Breeders’ Trotting Stud Book. By J. H.Sanders. 1 vol.. 5 00
Bruce’s American Stud Book. 3 VOIS.....+.--seeseseeee seas 30 00
Percheron Norman Stud Book. By J. H.Sanders. 1 vol. 3 00
American Clydes Stud Book. By Col. C. F. Mills. 1 vol. 5 00
Randall’s Practical Shepherd. 1 vol 2 00

 

Total ssisccccesssesiinciiererogtentenes meen seves sosser es 147 50

It is immaterial whether the books (if purchased) be placed in the State Library or
with the Agricultural department; probably the latter would be the better place for them.

But let it be known that they are here as the property of the State, and subject to in-
spection by-any one desiring to consult them, and I believe they will be appreciated and
consulted by the stock-men of the State. I do not know of any way in which the State
could invest the above amount of money to its greater advantage.

During the autumn of 1882, the State Library was removed from the
central portion of the south part of the basement to more spacious apart-
ments.

Receipts from Reports and Statutes.—The following is a statement of
amounts collected for book sales and paid over to the Treasurer from
March 1, 1881, to June 30, 1882: ‘

March, 1881... Sy seve $449 50

 

   
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 

 

 

April, 1881.. 714 50
May, 1881. : 617 50
June, 1881. 521 50 ,
July, 1881... 336 50
. August, 1881... 211 00
September, 1881 354 50 .
~ October, 1881... 482 50
November, 188 482 00
December, 188 348 50
January, 1882 611 50
February, 188: 254 50
March, 1882 424 50
ADpril, 1882....ccccccecccsssescsseecencenserssscoseneenenensasennaes capseonenearers aes 306 50
May, 1882 190 00
TUDE, 1882,...15csesrecrerescnees dodsvecndiagt siden 400050
Total csscsceceniosvvvers beanie Beans 96,705 50

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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Abstract of volumes received from March, 1881, to June 30, 1882:

 

    
 
 

 

 

Law books purchased..........- mansaee ores 320
Law books from Schedule “ F” 43
Miscellaneous books purchased........ 113
Miscellaneous books from Schedule “ 49
Exchanges from States and Territories. 504
DOnations..........ccccsseeecnsersecnnerersessseseseees 83
Whole number received.........-++ parenenreniteaty 1,162
Whole number reported in library to June 30, 1878. + 14,574
Estimated number received from June 30, 1878, to March 1,
1881—two years and eight MODDS.....csssecrerscseereenee 3,000
Total ssccscesssevecas eoxaree alaaiasiaa ea nweseus aiid eevslgsbteedacdesiadeste 18,736

KANSAS MEDICAL SOCIETY.

By an act of the Territorial Legislature, approved February 10, 1859,
the Kansas Medical Society was incorporated. Its incorporators were
Amory Hunting, 8. B. Prentiss, J. P. Root, A. Fuller, C. F. Kobb, J. W.
Robinson, J. B. Wheeler, L. C. Tolles, 8. C. Harrington, A. Danford, C.
E. Miner, J. B. Woodward, W. Madison, J. H. Phelps, O. Brown, Charles
Robinson, M. F. Holaday, H. J. Carniff, A. J. Richey, M. Bailey, J. M.
Pelot, H. H. Beals, J. G. Blunt, T. Linsey, G. W. Beaumont, J. Leigh, A.
Newman, M. Hartman and William Graham.

This act provided that said society should issue certificates of member-
ship to all its members, under such regulations as its by-laws might
prescribe, and grant licenses to all respectable physicians, non-graduates,
who, on examination are found qualified for the practice of medicine and
surgery, and that any three members of said society might organize county
or auxiliary societies in any county in Kansas, and said auxiliary societies
when so organized should have all the powers and privileges, in the cor-
porate name which they might adopt, that are conferred by the act upon
the Kansas Medical Society.

Actual Organization.—In accordance with Section 8 of the act, a
part of the incorporators met at Lawrence February 10, 1859. Dr. Alonzo
Fuller was called to the Chair, Dr. 8. Harrington was appointed
Secretary, pro tem. A committee was appointed to draft a constitution
and by-laws, and one to prepare a Code of Ethics. Dr. 8. B. Prentiss
was elected President; Dr. J. B. Woodward, Recording Secretary.

February 23, 1860, the society met at the call of the President. It
adopted the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association, and
adopted rules for the government of the society, that the committee
reported. Dr. Joseph. P. Root was elected President; Dr. J. B. Wood-
ward, Recording Secretary. .

February 27, 1861, the third meeting was held at Lawretice. President
Root and Secretary Woodward were continued in office, and but little
business was transacted.

January 31, 1866, the next meeting was called by Dr. Root at Topeka.
No quorum being present, the members adjourned to meet at Lawrence
the first Tuesday of April, 1866. The President and Vice President being
absent, Dr. Alonzo Fuller was elected President pro tem. The member-
ship was increased by twenty-six. The session was pleasant and profitable
to its members. '

January 3, 1867, the meeting of the pnclsiy wae held at Leavenworth,

eports were read from all
the standing committees. Resolutions were adopted urging the formation
of county and city societies as auxiliary to the State society. For the
first time delegates were elected to the American Medical Association, and
200 copies of the transactions were ordered printed. Dr. N. Newman was
elected President; Dr. D..W. Stormont, Secretary.

Annual meetings have been held regularly, with a constantly increas-
ing attendance since 1867. In 1883, its membership is about 250. Aucxil-
jary societies have been formed known as the ‘‘ Northwestern Medical
Society of Kansas;” the ‘Southern Kansas Medical Society;” the {‘South
Kansas Medical Society;” the ‘‘Hastern Kansas Medical Society;” ‘‘ The
eerie Valley Medical Society;” ‘‘The Third Judicial District Medical

ociety.”” ° ‘

in act to regulate the practice of medicine in the State of Kansas
took effect June 1, 1879. Under Section 2 of this act, providing for the
appointment of a Board of Examiners, the Kansas Medical Society made
choice of the following members as a State Board of Examiners:. D. W.
Stormont, M. D., President; C. H. Guibor, M. D.; G. W. Halderman, M.
D.; W. W. Cochrane, M. D.; R. Morris, M. D.; C. C. Furley, M. D.; 8. F.
Neely, M. D., Secretary. ;

The duties of the examiners under this law were not generally deemed
to be of an agreeable nature, and the Supreme Court, in 24 Kansas, page
686, declared the act to be void. The Legislature of 1883 had before it
bills to create a State Board of Health; to regulate the practice of medi-
cine and surgery in the State of Kansas; to present incompetent or unau-
thorized persons from engaging in the practice of pharmacy; to regulate
the sale of poisons; to prevent and punish the adulteration of drugs, med-
icines, medicinal preparations and chemicals, and to create a Board of
Pharmacy for the regulation of the practice of pharmacy-in the State of
Kansas, but they faiied of enactment.

Sessions of the Society.—These are usually held in the month of May,
at the place the society selects. The constitution prescribes the qualifica-
tion for membership to be regular graduates in medicine, of good moral
character, etc.

Presidents of the Society.—The following is a list of the Presidents:
1858, Alonzo Fuller, M. D.; 1860, 8. B. Prentiss, M. D.; 1861, Joseph P.
Root, M. D.; 1866, Alonzo Fuller, M. D. pro tem.; 1867, Cornelius A. Lo-
gan, M. D.; 1868, A. Newman, M. D.; 1869, J. Parsons, M. D.; 1870, M.
Bailey, M. D.; 1871, M. 8S. Thomas, M. D.; 1872, D. C. Jones, M. D.;
1873, W. W. Cochrane, M. D.; 1874, H. K. Kennedy, M. D.; 1875, J. 8.
Redfield, M. D.; 1876, Tiffin Sinks, M. D.; 1877, H. 8. Roberts, M. D.;
1878, W. L. Schenck, M. D.; 1879, C. C. Furley, M. D.; 1880, B. E. Fryer, .
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M. D., U. 8. A.; 1881, J. H. Stewart, M. D.; 1882, G. W. Haldeman, M. D.

At the annual meeting held at_Emporia May 9-10, 1882, President
Haldeman in his inaugural address, presented the following:

Our profession had originated from necessity, and our duty was common advance-
ment. Let the bond of professional brotherhood be strengthened, and the standard of legiti-
mate medicine be exalted. 2

“Let this day’s good resolves prove fruitful seeds,
Thro’ life to blossom into goodly deeds ;
“With open hands and good advice still bless
The poor, afflicted, all who know distress ;
And be unfailing springs that e’er o’erflow
In streams to carry life where’er they go.”

The Kansas Medical Index, published monthly at Fort Scott, by F.
F. Dickman, M. D., a journal devoted to medicine, surgery and allied sci-
ences, the only journal devoted exclusively to medicine published west
of St. Louis and east of the Rocky Mountains, is the official organ of the
Medical Society.

KANSAS ECLECTIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

On the ist day of June, 1869, a number of eclectic physicians met at
Lawrence and eftected an organization, making choice of its officers as
follows:

President, 8. E. Martin, M. D., Topeka; Recording Secretary, N. Sim-
mons, M. D., Lawrence; Corresponding Secretary, M. Summerfield, M.
D., Lawrence; Treasurer, D. Surber, M. D., Perry.

The second and third annual meetings were held at Topeka. March
28, 1871, the association became an incorporated body; Daniel B. Crouse,
Ansel M. Eidson, George H. Field, Samuel E. Martin, David Surber and
Caleb D. Ward, were the incorporators; their charter having been filed in
the office of the Secretary of State, their organization was thereby per-
fected. ¢

The fourth annual meeting was held at Lawrence; all subsequent
meetings have been held at Topeka.

| Medical Examining Boards.—On the 27th day of February, 1879, the
Legislature passed an act to regulate the practice of medicine in Kansas,
which took effect and was in force from and after the 1st day of June, fol-
lowing. Accordingly, on the 14th day of April, 1879, a meeting was held
at the office of Drs. Eidson & Mulvane, of Topeka, for the purpose of or-
ganizing the Kansas Eclectic Medical Examining Board. Dr. Mulvane was
elected President of the Board, and Dr. Hidson, Secretary. Under the law
the board have issued over 580 certificates. :

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Resolved, By this association in convention assembled, that we have full confidence in
the principle of prohibition as incorporated in the constitution of our State, and that we re-
spectfully urge upon our Legislature now in session the importance of ‘holding fast to the
amendment as ike first great step toward that nobler civilization worthy of a free and in-
telligentpeople; |. ; sp fea ged ere

Resolved, That it is the sense of this association that the partial failure of prohibition
in our State is due to defects in the present prohibitory law, and to the persistent efforts of
the enemies of peers to make the provision odious to the people, and not to the im-
practical nature of the provision itself. : Wee fad

Resolved, That it is the judgment of this association, that the present prohibitory law
ought to be so modified as to permit the sale of intoxicating liquors tor medical as well as for
mechanical and scientific purposes, by authorized and qualified agents directly to the citi-
zens, Without the intervention of the physician's prescription, and for the law to hold such
citizen responsible for the abuse of such privilege. - : : :

Dr. J. A. Munk, of Topeka, read one of the most interesting papers
that was presented on “Physiological Action of Intoxicants.”” He said:

In the adulteration of liquors no greater poison was ever used than alcohol itself. The
way to prevent 100,000 deaths annually in England and the United States that were caused
by drunkenness was to prohibit its sale except for ‘‘ medical, scientific and mechanical pur-
poses.” : ‘

Medical College.—The committee on a Medical College reported that
a, joint-stock company had been formed, providing in its charter for $30,000
as its working capital. 2 - i"

The following-named persons were appointed trustees, and they were
ordered to file its charter: Drs. J. A. Munk, R. B. Mosher, E. L. Patee, .
D. W. Scott, J. M. Welch, W. H. Willhait and T. A. Wright. = _ >

Fifteen delegates were selected to attend the National Association. '

The association has amembership throughout the State of over 250.

Drs. J. A. Munk, 8. T. Dodd, N. Simmons, C. Williamson and M. V.
Yancey were appointed a committee to arrange for the immediate publi-
cation of a medical journal at Topeka.

The association meeting for 1874 was fixed at Topeka, to be held in
February.

Officers for the Ensuing Year.—Choice was made of the following-
named persons: Dr. T. A. Wright; of Americus, President; Dr. J. M.
Welch, of La Cygne, First Vice President; Dr. A. H. Vail, of Kansas
City, Second Vice President; Dr. J. A. Munk, of Topeka, Secretary; Dr.
8. &. Martin, of Topeka, Treasurer. a

Board of Censors, Drs. J. M. Welch, N. Simmons, P. I. Mulvane, D.
Surber, D. B. McKee, L. M. Foster and W. H. Wilhait. - <

Finance Committee, Drs. C. Williamson, B. R. Mosher and H. Kirby.

Trustees, Drs. H. Owens, J. L. Ginnell, T. A. Read, S. M. Ralph, 8.
D. F. Gurney and J. F. Lewis.

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KANSAS STATE INSANE ASYLUM, TOPEKA, KANSAS.

On the 25th day of March, 1880, Attorney General Davis having ex-
pressed doubts as to the legality of the Board of the Kansas Medical Soci-
ety (allopathic), a meeting was held at the office of Drs. Eidson & Mul-
vane, at which time a fee was appropriated to the law firm of Davis &
Jetmore, for their legal opinion on the status of the Allopathic Board;
and an additional fee paid them to test the question in the Supreme Court.
At the January term of the Supreme Court of 1881, the decision was ren-
dered by Chief Justice Horton, that the Kansas Medical Society, although
not incorporated, was yet a legal body, but that the law of 1879 was un-
constitutional, and therefore void. Upon this decision, the examining
boards of each of the medical societies were summarily deposed.

The fourteenth annual mecting of the association was held in the Sen-
ate Chamber, February 14 and 15, 1882, and the following officers were
chosen:

Officers.—N. Simmons, M. D., President; J. M. Welch, M. D., First
Vice President; T. A. Wright, M. D., Second Vice President; J. A. Munk,
M. D., Secretary; 8. E. Martin, M. D., Treasurer. :

Executive Committee.—N. Simmons, M. D., J. A. Munk, M. D., 8. E.
Martin, M. D.

Finance Committee.—J. F. Lewis, M. D., J. A. Willey, M.D., R. B.
Mosher, M. D.

Board of Censors.—P. I. Mulvane, M. D., J. M. Welsh, M.D., 1. LL.
Patee, M. D., William McMullen, M. D., R. C. Raymond, M. D., H. Owens,
M. D.,. J. F. Lewis, M. D.

The fifteenth annual session of the association was held at Topeka,
February 7-9, 1883, Dr. Noah Simmons, of Lawrence, President in the
chair. The committee on Medical Legislation adopted a preamble and
resolutions, the main ones of which are as follows:

Wuerras, There is an effort made by partisans to legislate in the interest of the medi-
cal profession, and : * e

WukrREAS, The citizens of Kansas have not asked for such legislation ; be it therefore

Resolved, \t'is the expression of the Kansas Eclectic Medical Association (representing
over five hundred educated physicians in the State) that it is willing to submit the merits
of Eclecticism to the intelligence of our grand commonwealth. 3

Resolved, In our judgment, class legislation in the interest of medicine will be timely
when the masses demand it.

The association on liquor prohibition expressed itself in the following
language:

Wnuereas, We, as members of the Kansas Eclectic Medical Association, having an in-
terest in all that concerns the improvement of mankind physically and mentally, and be-

lieving the use of intoxicating liquors as beverages to be degrading to goniety, and the saloon
system of trafficking therein, whether by license or otherwise, to be a foul blot upon civiliza-

tion, Therefore

THE HOMCZOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.

This society was organized in Leavenworth April 14, 1869, and the
following officers elected: President, Richard Huson, M. D., Lawrence ;
Vice President, James A. Rubicon, M. D., Atchison; Secretary and Treas-
urer, Martin Mayer, M. D., Leavenworth; Board of Censors, Lewis Gras-
muck, B. L. Davis, W. B. Bolton, R. M. Huntington, J. J. Edic.

It was chartered in 1871, with James A. Rubicon, 8. K. Huson, Rich-
ard Huson, H. F. Klemp and J. J. Edic as charter members.

The following is the list of Presidents of the society: i

Richard Huson, M. D., Lawrence, 1869-70; James A. Rubicon, M. D.,
Atchison, 1870-71; J. A. Rubicon, M. D.,* 8. K. Huson, M. D., Lawrence,
1871-72; S. K. Huson, M. D., Lawrence, 1872-73; G. H. T. Johnson, M. D.,
Atchison, 1873-74; L. Grasmuck, M. D.. Fort Scott, 1874-75; James Lillie,
M. D.,* Kansas City, 8. B. Anderson, M. D., Lawrence, 1875-76; J. Davis,
M.D., Ottawa, 1876-78; Hl. W. Westover, M. D., St. Joseph, Mo., 1878-79;
V. W. Sunderland, M. D., Fort Scott, 1879-80; J. J. Edic, M. D., Leaven-
worth, 1880-81; H. W. Roby. M. D., Topeka, 1881-82. :

The present officers ve are: President, H. W. Gilley, M. D., Ot-
tawa; Vice President, A. P. Forster, M. D., Fort Scott; Recording Secre-
tary, C. H. Hallowell, M. D., Topeka; Corresponding Secretary, S. A.
Newhall, M. D., Newton ; Treasurer, G. H. T. Johnson, M. D., Atchison ;
Censors, Drs. P. Dictrich, H. T. Klemp, J. J. Edic.  ~ iS

The present membership is about eighty. Its meetings are well at-
tended and interesting.

_ Fora part of the time since its organization, joint meetings with the
Missouri Valley physicians were held, and two of its annual meetings
were held out of the State. But it now holds them only within State lim-
its, and none but Kansas physicians are eligible to office in the society.

_ , The Homeeopathic Medical Society is growing rapidly in numbers and
in influence, and promises to be a power in that ereat future which Kan-
sas so evidently has before her. =

KANSAS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION,

January 10, 1888, the association adopted the following constitution :

1, The name of the association shall be the Bar Association of the State of Kansas.

2. The object of the association shall be the elevation of the standard of professional
learning and integrity, so as to inspire the greatest degree of respect for the efforts and in-
fluence of the bar in the administration of justice, and also to cultivate fraternal relations
among its members,

 

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. HISTORY OF KANSAS.

8. The officers of the association shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer, and an Executive Council of five members.

4, The President shall preside at all meetings of the association, The Vice President
shall preside in the absence of the President, and in the absence of both a President pro
tem. may be elected by the meeting. TheSecretary shall keep a record of all the proceed-
ings of the association and conduct the correspondence of the association.

_ 5, The Treasurer shall Keep and account for all funds of the association. The Execu-
uve Council shall manage the affairs of the association, subject to the constitution and by-
aws.

& - quorum for the transaction of business shall be twenty members.
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of the bar oF the Supreme Court and who has not been engaged in the regular practice of
the law for one ft next preceding his application for admission.

8. All applications for membership shall be referred to the Executive Council, who
shall report the same to the association, with their recommendation thereon, and no person
shall be admitted to membership except by a two-thirds vote of the members present. Each
member shall pay an admission fee of $5 and annual dues of $3.

9. The annual meeting of the association shall be held on the second Tuesday of Jan-
uary. Special meetings of the association may be called by the Executive Council, of which
notice shall be given the members by the Secretary thirty days prior thereto.

Officers of the Association.—The following-named persons were chos-
en at the meeting at Topeka January 10: President, Chief Justice Albert
H. Horton; Vice President, Judge N..T. Stephens, of Lawrence; Secre-
ay W. H. Rossington, Bods of Topeka; Treasurer, Associate Justice
D. M. Valentine; Executive Council, Justice Valentine, James Humphrey,
of Junction City, J. H. Gilpatrick, of Leavenworth, Frank Foster, of
Marion Center, Judge David Martin, of Atchison.

The association adjourned to ‘meet at Leavenworth on the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday in June, the Executive Council having been
instructed to oe a programme for the next annual meeting and secure
.the services of some eminent jurist to deliver an address on some topic re-
lating to jurisprudence to the association.

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PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.

. From the early Territorial times, there has becn a reasonably strong
temperance sentiment in Kansas. The Territorial Legislature of 1855 en-
acted a law entitled “An act to restrain dramshops and taverns, and to
regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors.’’ The act provided that a special
election should be held on the first Monday of October, 1855, and every
two years thereafter, in each municipal township in each county, and in
each incorporated city or town in the Territory, to take the vote of the
people upon the question whether dramshops and tavern licenses should

~ be issued for the two years thereafter. The vote on the same was to be
by ballot, which should either be “In favor of dramshop,” or, “Against
dramshop.”’ Before a license should be granted to dramshops, tavern
keepers and grocers, a majority vote:must be cast by each municipality
“In favor of dramshops,” and a majority of householders must petition
for the same. In acity authorized by its charter to grant licenses, the
county tribunal must first have granted it. The tax for such license
should be not less than $10, nor more than $500, for every twelve months,
the same to be applied for county purposes. *

Penaities.—For selling without a license, a fine of $100 should be as-
sessed against the offender, and for every second or subsequent offense
not less than the above named fine, and imprisonment in the county jail
not less than five nor more than thirty days. Selling to a slave without
the consent of his master, owner or overseer, or selling liquor on Sunday,
subjected one to the above-named penalties, and a conviction worked a
forfeiture of the license. The person obtaining the license must needs give
a bond in the sum of $2,000, not to keep a disorderly house, not to sell to
a slave, nor directly or indirectly to sell on Sundays, for’ which violations
of the law a suit could be instituted against the principal or sureties on
the bond.

Liquor License Act of 1859.—An act of the same title as that of 1855
was approved by Gov. Medary February 12, 1859; this act provided that
no license should be granted by a tribunal transacting county business, or
by a city council of an incorporated city, unless the petition requestin
that a dramshop, tavern or grocery license be granted the applicant shoul
have on said petition a majority of the householders in the township,
county or ward where the license was sought. All. corporated cities con-

‘taining one thousand or more inhabitants were entirely exempted from
the operations of this act, such cities possessing full power to regulate
licenses for all purposes and dispose of the proceeds thereof. .

Amount of Tax.—For every period of twelve months, the tax levied
upon the dramshop keeper should not be less than $50, nor more than
$500. This tax was to be paid into the treasury of the county or city
granting such license,.and used for the benefit of the township in which
such license should be granted. : ; .

Penalty for Selling Without License.—The fine for selling without
license was fixed at a sum not more than $100 for each offense; and for
second and subsequent offense, the fine should not be greater than the
above-named sum, or the offender might be indicted for a misdemeanor,
and fined for not less than $500, and imprisoned in the county jail not less
than six months.

It was made a misdemeanor to sell on Sunday, or on the Fourth of July,
or to any one known to be in the habit of gerne intoxicated, or to any
married man against the known wishes of his wife. All places where
liquor would be sold in violation of the act were declared nuisances; exem-
plary damages could be recovered by every wife, child, parent, guardian,
employer or other person who should be injured in person or property or
means of support, by any intoxicated person or in consequence of intoxi-
cation, and a married woman could sue as a single person. Giving away
liquor, to evade the law, was deemed selling, and, in prosecutions it was
not necessary to state kind of liquor sold, or to state to whom sold. For
all fines and costs assessed against violators of this law, no property was
exempted from execution under this act.

erson shall be admitted to membership of this association who is not amember

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ACTION OF THE WYANDOTTE CONVENTION.-

In the Constitutional Convention, Hon. John Ritchie, of Topeka, on
July 11, 1859, offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Constitution of the State of Kansas shall confer power on the
ee to prohibit the introduction, manufacture or sale of spirituous liquors within

July 23, 1859, Hon. H. D. Preston, from Burlingame, offered

Section —. The Legislature shall have power to regulate or probibit the sale of
alcoholic liquors, except for mechanical and medicinal purposes.

On a motion to lay this on the table, it was lost by a vote of 19 to 31.
fon. 8S. A. Stinson moved to insert after the word “medicinal,” the words
“and other,’’ which motion was laid on the table.

Hon. Solon O. Thacher, of Lawrence, hoped the convention would
pause a little before going into this special legislation. He did not doubt
that the Legislature had complete control over the question, but did not
wish to see the constitution enter into these details; it is unwise to incor-
porate a provision of this nature in the constitution. There is no gain in
it—there is loss. If the people demand a prohibitory law, he trusted we
will have a Legislature that will pass such a law; it is not wise to have ,
any special legislation in a constitution. We are framing the first consti-
tution of the State, and it is unwise to jeopardize it with so much legisla-
tion.

Hon. William Hutchinson, of Lawrence, thought there was some
necessity for the passage of this section; if we are looking for the future
mora] as well as political well-being of Kansas, let us throw a guard around
it while the power is in our hands. It can do no harm.

Dr. James G. Blunt, of Anderson, believed that the history of the tem-
perance cause in this country has proved that no good has ever resulted
from attempting to legislate upon it in this way.

Mr. Preston, in response to the arguments of Mr. Thacher, said if the
Legislature should ever want to enact a liquor law, I suggest that there
should not be anything in the way.

Hon. Samuel A. Stinson, of tT hawenmeentt, said that in Maine, where
there is no constitutional provision, a law has been declared constitutional
that is more stringent than any Kansas will ever have.

Mr. Preston thought that allowing the sale of intoxicating liquors in-
discriminately as against humanity is the worst thing that could hap-
pen, and he desired to see the State take a stand upon the side of temper-
ance, and if we have stringent laws upon our statute books, we certuinly
shall have a moral people.

’ Hon. James M. Winchell, the President of the convention, called Hon.
P. H. Townsend, of Big Springs, to the chair, and said if the decision of
the courts has rendered it competent for the Legislature to deal with this
question in its own way, it is folly, for different reasons, to incorporate it
in our organic law. Mr. Hutchinson adding that a similar section had
been incorporated into the constitution of Minnesota or California—which
lacked confirmation—Mr. Preston withdrew the section. :

Legislation of 1867.—An act, amendatory to the act of February 11,
1859, was approved February 21, 1867, which provided that before a dram-
shop, tavern or grocery license should be granted by a tribunal compe-
tent to issue the same, there should be a petition or recommendation
signed by a majority of the residents in the township or ward of the city
when -the license was prayed for, of those over twenty-one years of age,.
male and female. The tax granting such license must be paid into the
county or city treasury, as the case might be, and the amount should not
be less than $50, nor more than $500, per year. This act passed the
House by a vote of 71 to 6; the Senate, by a vote of 15 to 6. One of the
affirmative voters in the House, Dan. Killen, of Wyandotte, offered the
following, which was spread on the journal:

Mr. SPEAKER: Allow me to thank the members of this House for the vote on House

pill No. 157, in the name of the mothers, not only of the State of Kansas, but of the world, -
wherever this practice of using intoxicating liquors has wormed itself into the community

*—one of the practices (I think) cursed by God—all men who have not had a veil or fog of

the demons of hell spread over their thinking powers. Likewise to thank in the name of a
large number of men, who, to-day, are struggling with the accursed practice for thé mastery.

The votes cast against this law in the House were one from Doniphan
County, two from Leavenworth, one from Johnson, one from Jackson,
and one from Washington County. In the Senate, of the votes against it,
two were from Atchison County, three from Leavenworth, and one from
Morris County. .

The temperance sentiment of the State was never stronger then it was
in the year ending April 1, 1867. Earnest workers in the cause at home
and distinguished laborers from abroad, among whom were William Ross,
of Illinois, and Dr. Charles Jewett, of Connecticut, developed a sentiment
that made such legislation a certainty. _ Dr. Jewett lectured at Topeka
during the session of the Legislature, which stimulated the temperance
feeling to that extent that this recognition of the power of woman was so
utilized, that, without having the right of suffrage conferred upon her, in
this matter she was considered practically a voter.

All the Territorial and State laws of Kansas made in 1868, and prior
thereto, were revised, and the “General Statutes of 1868” was the result.
This liquor local option law of 1859, amended in 1867, underwent a
change, so that the so-called dramshop act, which went into effect October
31, 1868, had for its first section the following: :

Before a dramshop license, tavern license or grocery license shall be granted to any
person applying for the same, such person, if applying for a township license, shall present
to the tribunal transacting county business a petition or recommendation signed by a ma-
jority of the residents of the township, of twenty-one years of age and over, both male and
female, in which such dramshop, tavern or grocery is to be kept; or if the same is to be
kept in any incorporated city or town, then to the city council thereof, a petition signed by
a majority of the residents of the ward, of twenty-one years of age and over, both male and
female, in which said dramshop, tavern or grocery is to be kept, recommending such person
as a fit person to keep the same, and requesting that a license be granted to fin. for such
purpers Provided, That the corporate authorities of cities of the first and second class may

y ordinance dispense with petition mentioned in this section.
288

Under this act, prohibition of the liquor traffic was measurably ob-
tained in several of the cities of the third class and in many of the coun-
ties of the State, so ionoaee imbued with temperance principles were
so many communities in different parts of the State.

From 1868 to 1879 there had been no systematic effort made for
changes in the statute concerning the regulation and restriction of the liq-
uor traffic. But Gov. John P. St. John, in his message to the Legislature
January 14, 1879, on the subject of temperance, said: ;

The subject of temperance, in its relation to the use of intoxicating liquors as a bever-

-age, has occupied the attention of the people of Kansas to such an extent that I feel it my
duty, to call your attention to some of its evils, and suggest, if possible, a remedy therefor,
a % * * * * * * * *

: Could we but el up this one great evil that consumes annually so much wealth, and
destroys the physical, moral and mental usefulness ,of its victims, we would need no pris:
ons, poor houses or police. I fully realize that it is easier to talk about the evils flowing
from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, than it is to provide a remedy for them,
If it could be fully accomplished, I am clearly of the opinion that uo greater blessing could
be conferred by you upon the people of this State, than to absolutely and forever prohibit
the manufacture, importation and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. But many peo-
E insist that a prohibitory law could not, or at least would not, be enforced, and that any
aw that cannot be, or is not enforced, is worse than no law at all. :

I have too much faith in the people of Kansas to believe that any law intended to, and
the effect of which would be, to promote the moral, physical and mental condition of man-
kind would not be rigidly enforced. Yet, desiring the passage of no law in relation to the
enforcement of which there could be any doubt, and with a view to the adoption of such
measures only as will be backed up and enforced by the moral sentiment of our ae I
respectfully call your attention to the first section of what is commonly known asthe dram-
shop act, which reads as follows: (See foregoing section). And earnestly recommend that
said section be amended by striking out the proviso therein contained, and requiring the
party desiring a:license under said section to publish his petition, with the names of the
signers thereto, in some newspaper printed and of general circulation in the town, city or
township in which he desires to obtain such license; or in case no newspaper isso published,
then in some newspaper published in the county and of general circulation therein, at
least thirty days before making such eee and thus plac@ all the cities, towns and
townships in the State, irrespective of the particular class to which they belong, on an equal
footing, and let the people in each locality settle this question for themselves.

On the 23d of January, Hon. M. W. Moore, of Republic County, in-
troduced House Bill No. 86. An act to amend Section 11 of Chapter 35
of the Statutes of 1868, regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors, which
was on the following day read a second time and referred to the Standing
Committee on Temperance. February 8, House Bill No. 188, an act
amendatory of and supplemental to an act entitled ‘“‘An act to restrain
dramshops and taverns, and regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors,” ap-
proved March 3, 1858, was referred to the same committec, T. J. Calvin,
of Labette County, Chairman. Petitions asking for legislation on this
subject in general accord with the recommendations of the Governor,
from January 24 to March 4, inclusive, came in from some thirty counties
and were presented and referred to the Committee on Temperance. Op-
posed to this were petitions from 2,152 voters of Atchison County and
from 500 voters from Ford County.

The Committee on Temperance, on February 13, introduced a substi-
tute for House Bills Nos. 86 and 188, which in its provisions recognized

the features of an amended law as suggested by Gov. St. John, providing’

that the petition for a dramshop license should be published in some
newspaper in the county, or if there were none published in the same, then
in some newspaper of general circulation in the county where the said
petition prayed for a license, and that the said petition should be pub-
lished for four consecutive weeks; proof thereof to be made by the affida-
vit of the publisher of said newspaper. It was provided that when a peti-
tion should be presented to a Board of County Commissioners or a City
Council, if a remonstrance signed by a majority of the residents of a mu-
nicipal township, or of any ward of acity, should be presented, praying
that said license be not granted, then said license should not be granted ;
the remonstrance being signed by a greater number of the actual residents of
a township or ward would prevent a license being issued by either a Board
of County Commissioners or a City Council; those persons qualified to sign
either a petition or remonstrance must have resided in the State six months
and in the township or ward thirty days. ,

Aetion of the Legislature.—This bill came up for a third reading in the
House, March 5, 1879, and passed by a vote of 75 to 25; absentees, 29; 65
being a constitutional majority. The bill was acted upon in the Senate,
March 8, 11 votes being cast for it, 11 against it. A constitutional major-
-ity of the Senate was 21.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITORY AMENDMENT.

Hon. George F. Hamlin, Senator from Linn County, on February 8,
1879, by unaminous consent, introduced Senate Joint Resolution No. 8,
which read as follows:

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. ITI.

Proposing an amendment to Article Fifteen of the Constitution of the State of Kansas
relating to the manufacture and saleof intoxicating liquors, by adding Section Ten to sai
article. .

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of all the members elected to each
House voting therefor: te ;
Section 1. The following proposition to amend the Constitution of the Slate of Kan-

sas shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection, at the general
election to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, A. D. eigh-
teen hundred and eighty: Proposirion.—Article Fifteen shall be amended by adding Sec-
tion Ten thereto, which shall read as follows: “The manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors shall be forever prohibited in this State, except for medical, scientific and mechani-
eal purposes.”

: es 2. The following shall be the method of submitting said proposition to the elect-

ors: The ballots shall be either written or printed, or partly written and parly printed;

and those voting for the proposition shall vote, “ For the proposition to amend the Consti-
tution ;” and those voting against the proposition shall vote, “Against the proposition to
amend the Constitution.”

Src. 3. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication
in the statute books.

On this resolution the following action was had February 21:

Senate Joint Resolution No. 3, being on third reading, but not yet reported to the Sen-
ate by the Committee on Engrossed bills, Senator Guthrie moved that Senate Joint Resolu-
tion No. 3, proposing an amendment to Article Fifteen of the Constitution of the State of
Kansas, relating to the manufacture and sale or intoxicating liquors, be considered en-
grossed and read the third time now, which motion prevailed. :

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Thereupon Senate Joint Resolution No: 3 was read the third time, and the question be-
ing, Shall the bill pass? The roll was called, with the following result: Yeas, 37; nays, 0.

The Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Benedict, of Wilson;
Williams, of Doniphan, and Wells, of Pottawatomie. . :

This resolution came before the House at an evening session, March
5, and consequent upon a call of the House, a resolution was adopted by
a vote of 88 to 81; absent or not voting, 10. A constitutional majority was
86.

March 11, 1879, this action met with executive approval. The amend-
ment was voted upon November 2, 1880, and the vote upon it was as fol-~
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Allen ....06 1,305 951 2,337 877
Anderson. 909 870 | A 1,020 825
Atchison. 1,343 3,147 ||Marshall.. 1,428 | 1,853
Barbour .. 220 213 |McPherson. 2,134 912
Barton 490 1,058 |/Miami.... 1,488 1,751
Bourbon... 1,410 1,964 ||Mitchell. 1,348 1,178-
Brown.. 1,345 1,288 |;Montgomery.. 1,939 1,250
Butler. 2,211 1,141 ||Morris.... 895 885
Chase... 597 660 | 1,213 1,185
Chautauqua. 1,051 819 1,523 1,164
Cherokee.... 2,421 1,944 200 216
Clay 1,296 907 575 491
Cloud. 1,454 1,261 2,287 1,684
Coffey 1,025 1,209 1,035 873
Cowley . 3,243 870 1,168 835
Crawfor 1,655 1,469 | 504 218
Davis...... 628 607 | 978 708
Decatur... 146 251 | 1,549 1,475
Dickinson 1,477 1,222 | 151 142
Doniphan 821 2,150 | 1,006 932
Douglas 2711 1,602 1,330 919
Edwards 121 194 1,087 625
Elk... 1,232 564 1,178 828
Ellis, 355 463 503 696
Elsworth 611 781 315 305
Ford..... 125 488 443 655
Franklin. 1,967 1,293 | 1,410 1,207
Graham... 207 358 |\Sedgwick.... 1,868 1,716
Greenwood. 1,059 941° |Shawnee.. 3,159 2,518
Harper. 424 316 (Sheridan... 101 69
Harvey. 1,148 858 /Smith... 1,274 851
Hodegman.. 147 65 ‘Stafford 393 301
Jackson,.. 1,056 1,098 /Sumner 2,394 1,201
Jefferson.. 1,306 1,723 ‘|Trego... 220 120
Jewell... 1,557 1,256 || Wabaunsee. 622 990
Johnson 1,545 1,787 |Washington 1,112 1,610
Kingman. 265 Wilson 1,487 1,069
Labette.. 2,082 2,123 ||Woodson 748 530
Leavenw 1,486’ 3,882 |Wyandotte.. 1,222 |~ 2,481
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The whole vote cast on the amendment was 176,606; the Presidential
vote at the same election was some 24,600 greater. Gov. St. John in his
message to the Legislature, January 11, 1881, in referring to the prohibi-
tory amendment, said:

This amendment being now a part of the constitution ofour State, it devolves upon you
to enact such laws as are necessary for its rigid enforcement.

There are but few citizens to-day in Kansas who will not admit that “dramshops ” are
a curse to any people. More crime, poverty, misery and degredation flow from them than
from all other sources combined. The real difference of opinion existing in relation tothem,
is not so much as to whether they are an evil ora blessing, but rather as to what course
should be pursued toward them. Some have contended that they should be licensed, but it
seems to me that if they are an evil no government should give them the sanction of the law.
They should be prohibited as we prohibit all other acknowledged evils. It has been urged,
as an argument in favor of licensing dramshops, that under that system a large revenue is
derived. Granting this to be true, Tl insist that we have no right to consider the question of
revenue at a cost of the sacrifice of principle, All the revenue ever received from such a
source will not compensate for a single tear of a heart-broken mother at the sight of her
drunken son as he reels from the door of a licensed dramshop.

But viewing the question solely from a financial standpoint, all persons who take pains
to fe the matter a thorough and impartial investigation will be forced to admit that every
dollar of revenue derived from such license costs the people not less than $10 in loss of time
and TOperty, cost of courts, prisons and poor-houses, say nothing of the destruction of the
physical, mental and moral elements of mankind, which cannot be estimated. The people,
of Kansas have spoken upon the whole question in language that cannot be misunderstood.
By their verdict the license system, as it relates to the sale of intoxicating liquors as a bev-
erage, has been blotted from the statute books of the State. We now look to the future, not
forgetting that it was here on our soil where the first blow was given that finally resulted
in the eutarelboHon of a race from slavery. We have now determined upon a second eman-
cipation, which shall free not only the body but the soul of man. Now, as in the past, the
civilized world watches Kansas, and anxiously awaits the result. No step should be taken
Pane raeane it not be said that any evil existsin our midst, the power of which is greater

ple,

In the Senate, the standing committee on temperance consisted of
Senators Benson, of Franklin County; Broderick, of Jackson; Breyfoyle,
of Johnson; Thacher, of Douglas, and Strang, of Pawnee. On the 26th of

January, Senator Finch, of Osage, offered the following preambles and
resolution: ,

WueEreas The enforcement of the dramshop act in very many localities in this State
has been a failure, for the reason that in such localities the local authorities have no sy-
pathy for, or interest in, such enforcement; and ~

Wuereas Any similar enactment will in all probability be a failure in said localities
under the prohibitory amendment to eur constitution; and

_ WHEREAS Some principle or plan of action should be adopted, general in its application,
which should enforce said constitutional amendment; therefore, be it

Resolved, that in the judgment of the Senate of the State of Kansas, an act should be
framed giving the execution of the laws to State officials in such localities where the local
officials fail to perform their duties, to the end that the will of the majority of the people of
the State, expressed at the recent election, be carried out.

It was referred to the Committee on Temperance, and ‘its’ Chairman,
HISTORY

Senator Benson, submitted a report January 29, in which the committee
expressed their belief as follows:

‘Your committee are unwilling to believe that any laws of the State reasonable in their
provision, and sauctioued by the constitution, will long remain inoperative in any part of
the State. Of course the question of enforcing the laws regulating the sale of liquor in
communities where public sentiment is opposed to their provisions, is a matter of the
greatest concern; and that such laws, when passed, must be duly enforced, is a proposition
that most people will readily agree to, and the real point of inquiry should be, how best to
secure this result. Your committee have the utmost faith in the power, integrity and wis-
dom of the courts, and in the good faith and efficiency of the officers of the law. By placing
in the hands of courts and officers the most etiective methods for the detection and pupish-
ment of crimes, your comuittee believes that the liquor laws and all the penal laws may be
fairly enforced in all parts of the State. Believing that the restoration of the grand jury
system, simplified by reducing the number of jurors, and thus lessening expense, as proposed
in the accompanying bills, will most etfectually tend to the uniform and prompt execution
of the criminal Jaws, while saving to individuals the peril of malicious prosecution, and be-
lieving that experience has fully shown the wisdom and efficiency of that system, your com-
mittee beg leave to present the accompanying bills, and recommend their passage.

A. W. BENSON, Chairman.

There were séveral bills reported on the ‘‘ Prohibitory Liquor Law,”’
but the one enacted, which passed the Senate February 11, is a bill of
twenty-four sections, and is entitled, ‘‘ An act to prohibit the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal, scientific and me-
chanical purposes, and to regulate the manufacture thereof for such ex-
lt purposes, be deferred to some future time, which motion did not
prevail.’

The vote on the bill in the Senate was yeas, 32; nays, 7; absent one,
Senator Benedict, of Wilson. The Senators voting nay were: Messrs.
Aller and Boling, of Leavenworth; Briggs and Lverest, of Atchison;
Hutchinson, of Marshall; McLouth, of Jeiferson, and Williams, of Doni-

ban.

The Senators voting against the bill represented constituencies that
were adverse to ‘‘ Prohibition,’ as may be seen in the following: Leaven-
worth County gave 2,396 majority against the ‘‘Amendment;’ Atchison,
1,804 ; Marshall, 425; Jefferson, 417; Doniphan, 1,329; Wyandotte, 1,259;
aggregating 7,620, which, taken from the majority for the amendment,
7,998, leaves a margin of 378. Senator Buchanan, of Wyandotte, voted for
the bill, so as to move a reconsideration of the same, on the following day,

which was done, the vote standing on a reconsideration, yeas, 7; nays, 32;

absent or not voting, 8.

THE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW.

The text of the bill passed by the Senate, which went to the House,
and was passed there without amendment, on February 16, and was ap-
proved February 19, is as follows:

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas :

SECTION 1. Any person or persons who shall manufacture, sell or barter any spirituous
malt, vinous, fermented or other intoxicating liquors, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
punished as hereinaiter provided: Provided, however, That such liquors may be sold for
medical, scientific and mechanical purposes, as provided in this act. '

Suc. 2. It Shall be unlawful jor any person or persons to sell or barter, for medical,
scientific or mechanical purposes, any malt, vinous, spirituous, fermented or other intoxi-

- eating liquors, without first having procured a druggist’s permit therefor from the Probate

Judge of the county wherein such druggists may at the tine be doing business, and such
Probate Judge is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to grant a druggist’s permit for the
period of one year, to any person of good moral character, who is lawfully and in good faith
engaged in the business of druggist in his county, and who, in his judgment, can be intrusted
with the responsibility of selling said liquors for the purposes aforesaid, in the manner here-
inafter provided. In order to obtain a druggist’s permit under this act, the applicant there-
for shali present to the Probate Judge of the county wherein such person is engaged in
business, a petition, signed by at least twelve citizens of the township or city wherein such
business is located, certitying that the applicant is a person of good moral character and
lawfully engaged in the business of a druggist. He shall also tile with such petition a good
and sufficient bond to the State of Kansas in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, con-
ditioned that such applicant will neither use, sell, barter nor give away any of the liquors
mentioned in section one of this act in violation of any of the provisions of this act; and on
‘such violation, said bond shall thereby become forfeited. Such bond must be signed by the
applicant, and by at least two of the persons signing such petition as sureties, and such
sureties must jointly or severally justify in writing, under oath, in the sum of five thousand
dollars over and above all their debts, legal exemptions and liabilities; Provided, That in
cities, towns and places of less than five thousand population, said bond may be in the sum of
one thousand dollars, and the sureties shall justily as provided above in the sum of two
thousand dollars. ‘he Probate Judge shall consider such petition and bond, and if satisfied
that the petition is true, and that the bond is sutticient under this act, may in his discretion
grant a permit to the applicant to sell intoxicating liquors for medical, scientific and
mechanical purposes only, and thereupon, before delivering said permit, and before it shall
be of any validity, the Probate Judge shall record upon the journal of his court the said per-
mit, together with his order granting the same, and the bond filed therewith and justitica-
tion thereog, which said permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the store where
such business shall be carried on. ‘he Probate Judge shall receive for said service the sum
of five dollars, to be paid by the applicant. a : f ~

sec, 3. Any physician who is regularly engaged in the practice of his profession as a
business, and who in cases of actual sickness shall deem any ot the liquors mentioned in the
first section of this act necessary for the health of his patient, may give sucha patient a
written or printed prescription therefor. But no such prescription shall be made or given
except in case of actual sickness, and when, in the judgment of such physician, the use of
intoxicating liquor is necessary as a remedy, Whenever, in the treatment of a minor, it
shall be necessary to use intoxicating liquor as a remedy, the same shall be procured by his

. parent or guardian, or some other person of full age, to whom such physician may deliver a

prescription for that purpose. Every physician, before making a prescription for intoxi-
cating liquor, shall make and file with the Probate Judge of the county wherein he may prac-
tlee his profession, an affidavit before some officer of the county authorized to administer
oaths, in substance as follows : es

SraTre or Kansas, COUNTY oF , SS.

I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I am a practicing physician of the State of Kansas,
residing in the county of in said State, and I do further solemnly swear that 1 will
not prescribe intoxicating liquors of any kind for any person or persons whonsoever, unless
in case of actual sickness, and when the same is necessary for the health of the patient; that
I will in all things faithfully keep, observe and perform all the requirements and conditions
of the laws of Kansas regulating the sale and use of intoxicating HAT oo ep me God.

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Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence, this

And such affidavit shall be renewed and filed at the expiration of each five years of
said physician’s practice. Every physician, or person assuming to act as such, who shall
mnake a prescription for any intoxicating liquors without having made and filed the aflida-
vit in this section provided, or who shall, after making and filing such aifidavit, violate any
of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hun-
dred dollars; and for any second or subsequent offense shall, upon conviction, be subject to

OF KANSAS.

the same fine, and in addition thereto shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than
thirty days nor more than six months. No druggist shalll sell upon or fill any pre-
scription for intoxicating liquors until fhe physician making the same shall have made and
filed the affidavit in this section provided, and shall not contunue such sales for more than
five years after such affidavit is filed, unless a new affidavit is filed, as required by this sec-
tion. The Probate Judge shall forthwith deliver to each licensed druggist in his county a
certificate of the filing of each physician’s affidavit required by this act.

Sec. 4. Any coupes having a permit to sell intoxicating liquors under the provis-
ions of this act, may sel
tion of a practicing physician, duly signed by such physician, and who has made and filed
the affidavit mentioned in the pact section ; and for scientific and mechanical purposes
only upon a written or printed application, which shall be dated and shall set jorth the
name of the applicant, his residence and vccupation, the kind and quantity of liquor re-
quired, and the purpose for which it is required, and shall have appended thereto an affida-~
vit by the applicant made before some officer authorized to administer oaths in his county,
that the statements contained in such application are true; and all such applications sha!
be retained by the druggist selling thereon, and at the end of every thirty days, or sooner,
shall be by him filed in the Probate Court out of which bis permit issued, where they shall
be safely kept for the period of two years from the date of the filing of each. Every person
wilfully taking a false oath in making such application shall be guilty of perjury, and upon
conviction therefor in any court having jurisdiction shall be punished as provided by law
for perjury in other cases: Provided, however, That no sales of intoxicating liquors shall be
made by any such druggist, knowingly, to any minor in any case, except upon prescription
for medical purposes, as in this act provided. The said druggist shall file away and keep all
prescriptions for intoxicating liquors, and prescriptions partly for intoxicating liquors, by
him filed, and shall ‘also keep a book in which he shall make a record of all sales of intox-
icating liquors by him made, which record shall show the names and residence of all pur-
chasers of such liquors, the kind and quantity sold, the purpose for which sold, the date of
such sales, the prices received, and, if upon prescription, the name of the physician making
the same. The record so kept shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable
times during business hours; Provided, That any druggist having a permit to sell intoxi1cat-
ing liquors under this act may sell such liquors in quantities not less than one gallon to
any other druggist having a like permit.

Src. 5. No person shall manufacture or assist in the manufacture of intoxicating
liquors in this State except for medical, scientific and mechanical purposes. Any person or
persons desiring to manulacture any of the liquors mentioned in Section 1 of this act for
medical, scientific and mechanical purposes, shall present to the Probate Judge of the county
wherein such business is proposed 10 be carried on, a petition asking a permit for such pur-

ose, setting forth the name of the applicant, the place where it is desired to carry on such

usiness, and the kind of liquor to be manufactured. Such petition shall have appended
thereto a certificate signed by at least twelve citizens of the township or city where such
business is sought to be established, certifying that such applicant isa person of good moral
character, temperate in his habits and a proper person to manufacture and sell intoxicating
liquors. Such applicant will file with said petition a bond to the State of Kansas in the sum
of ten thousand dollars, conditioned that for any violation of the provisions of this act,
said bond shall be forfeited. Such bond shall be signed by said applicant or applicants as
principal or principals, and by at least three sureties, who shall justify under oath in the
sum of seven thousand dollars each, and who shall be of the number signing said petition.
The Probate Judge shall consider such petition and bond, and if satisfied that such petition
is true and that the bond is sufficient, may in his discretion grant a permit to manufacture
intoxicating liquors for medical, scientific and mechanical purposes. The said permit, the
order granting the same, and the bond and justification thereon, shall be forthwith recorded
by said Probate Judge in the same manner and with like efiect as in case of a permit to sell
such liquors as provided in Section 2 of this act ; and the Probate Judge shall be entitled to
the same fee for his services, to be paid by the applicant. Such manufacturer shall keep a
book, wherein shall be entered a complete record of the liquors manufactured by him, the
sales made, with the dates thereof, the name and residence of the purchaser, the kind and
quantity of liquors sold, and the price received or charged therefor. An abstract of such
record, verified by the affidavit of the manufacturer, shall be filed quarterly in said Probate
Court at the end of each quarter during the period covered by such permit. Such manufact-
urers shall sell the liquors so manutactured only for medical, scientific and mechanical pur-
poses, and only in pea packages. He shall not sell such liquors for medical purposes
except to druggists who, at the time of such sale, shall be duly authorized to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors as provided in this act; and he shall sell such liquors to no other person or per-
sons, associations or corporations, except for scientific and mechanical purposes, and then
only in quantities not less than five gallons.

Src. 6. All sales made by such manulacturer shall be upon a written or printed appli-
cation, setting forth the name, occupation and residence of the applicant, the quantity and
kind of liquors wanted, and for what purpose; and all such applications shall be verified by
the affidavit of the applicant, made before some officer in the county having authority to
administer oaths, that thé statements in said application are true. Such manufacturer shall
file all such applications in the Probate Court of the county wherein the applicant resides,
within thirty days after receiving the same, where they shall be kept on file for two years
from the date of such filing. Every person who shall wilfully swear falsely in making any
of the affidavits in this section and in Section 5 of this act provided, shall be deemed guilty
of perjury, and shall be prosecuted and punished theretor as in other cases arising under the
laws of this State relating to perjury. Any rectification or adulteration of intoxicating
liquors shall be considered manufacturing under this act. The record kept by such manu-
faclurer shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times during busi-
ness hours.

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Src. 7. Any person, without taking out and having a permit to sell intoxicating -

liquors as provided in this act, who shall directly or indirectly sell or barter any spirituous,
malt, vinous, fermented or other intoxicating liquor, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not Jess than
thirty days nor more than ninety days; and for a second offense shall be fined in any sum
not less than two hundred dollars and more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in
the county jail not less than sixty days nor more than six months; and for a third, and
every subsequent offense, shall be fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars, or be ituprisoned in the county jail not less than three months
nor more than one year, or shall suiter both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion
of the court.

Src. 8. Any person, without taking out and having a permit to manufacture intox-
icating liquors, as provided in this act, who shall manufacture, or aid, assist or abet in the
manutacture of any of the liquors mentioned in section one of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall suffer the same punishment as
provided in the last preceding section of this act for unlawfully selling such liquors.

Src. 9. Every person having a permit to sell intoxicating liquors, or to manufacture
and sell intoxicating liquors under the provisions of this act, who shall sell or barter
such liquor in any other manner or for any other purpose than in this act provided, or who
shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be.fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars,
nor more than three hundred dollars for the first offense, or be imprisoned in the county
jail not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, and in addition thereto shail
forfeit his permit to sell under this act; for a second offense he shall be fined in a sum
not less than‘ three hundred dollars nor more than .five hundred dollars, or shall be
imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, and
forfeit his permit, and for a period of five years his right to obtain a permit to sell intox-
icating liquors under this act; and for a third and every subsequent offense he shall be
fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or
shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year,
and shall forfeit bis permit and his right forever to obtain a permit to sell intoxicating
liquors in this State under the provisions of this act. In all cases where forfeitures are
provided in this act,the court, in rendering judgment in the action, shall declare such for-
teiture in fixing the punishment.

Src. 10. All liquors mentioned in section one of this act, and all other liquors or mixt-
ures thereof, by whatever name called, that will produce intoxication, shall be considered
and held to be intoxicating liquors within the meaning of this act.

Sec. 11. A permit to sell intoxicating liquor under this act shall continue in force
for one year from the date thereof unless sooner forfeited under Se pier er of this act;
and a permit to manufacture and sell intoxicating liquor under this act shall continue in

for medical purposes only, upon the written or printed prescrip-

 
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force for a period of five years from the date thereof, unless sooner forfeited under the
provisions of this act; Provided, That the Probate Judge may require a renewal of the
bond of said manutacturer at the end of any year by giving thirty days’ notice to the
principal in such bond, requiring him to renew such bond, and in default of his giving
a new bond with sureties, to the satisfaction of such Probate Judge, after having been so
notified, he shall forfeit his permit to manufacture and sell intoxicating liquors under this
act; such forfeiture shall be declared by such Probate Judge, and entered of record in said
Probate Court.

Src. 12. It shall be the duty. of all Sheriffs, Under Sheritls, Deputy Sheriffs, Constables,
Marshals and police officers of cities or towns, having any notice or knowledge of any
violation of the provisions of this act, to notify the County Attorney of the county of the fact
of such violation, with the name of any witnesses within his knowledge by whom such
violation can be proven. If any such officer sball fail in any case to comply with the pro-
visions of this section, he shall on conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor,
and fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and such conviction shall be
deemed a removal of such officer from office. Ifthe County Attorney of any county shall be
notified by any officer or other person of any violation of any of the provisions of this act,
it shall be his duty forthwith to diligently inquire into the facts of such violation, and if
there is reasonable ground for instituting a prosecution, it shall be the duty of such County
Attorney to file a complaint in writing before some court of competent jurisdiction, charging
the suspected person of such offense, and shall verify such complaint by aflidavit, but it
shall be sufficient to state in such affidavit that he believes the facts stated in such complaint
to be true. Ifany County Attorney shall fail or refuse to faithfully perform any duty im-
posed upon him by this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof in the District Court shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollhrs,
and on such conviction shall be deemed to be removed from office. If in any prosecution
begun by the County Attorney under the provisions of this section there shall be a failure to
convict, the proper costs of such prosecution shall be paid by the county in which such
prosecution was begun. It shall be the duty of the County Attorney; under penalty of for-
feiture of his office, to prosecute any and all persons guilty of any violations of the
ee of this act, and for each successful prosecution he shall be allowed a fee of fifteen

Ollars, which shall be taxed as costs in the case, but the county in no case shall be liable
therefor, The County Attorney shall bring suit on all bonds forfeited under the provisions
of this act, immediately upon the happening of such forfeiture, to recover the penalty
thereof; and all moneys collected thereon shall be paid into the school fund of the proper
county. The County Attorney shall be allowed a fee of ten per cent upon all money so col-
lected by him, to be paid out of the same.

Src. 13. All places where intoxicating liquors are manufactured, sold, bartered, or
given away, in violation of any of the provisions of this act, or where intoxicating liquors
are kept for sale, barter or use, in violation of this act, are hereby declared to be common
nuisances; and upon the judgment of any court having jurisdiction, finding such place to
be a nuisance under this section, the Sheritf, his Deputy, or Under Sheriff, or any Constable
of the proper county, or Marshal of any city where the same is located, shall be directed to
shut up and abate such place, and the owner or keeper thereof shall, upon conviction, be
adjudged guilty of maintaining a common nuisance, and shall be punished by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in
the county jail not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days, or both by-such fine and
imprisonment.

Sec. 14. Every person who shall, by the sale, barter, or gift of intoxicating liquors,
cause the intoxication of any other person or persons, shall be liable for, and compelled to
pay, a reasonable compensation to any person who may take charge of, and provide for,
such intoxicated person, and five dollars per day in addition thereto for every day such in-
toxicated person shall be kept in consequence of such intoxication, to be recovered by civil
action in any court having jurisdiction.

Sec. 15. Every wife, child, parent, guardian or employer, or other person, who shall
be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in
consequence of intoxication, habitual or otherwise, or of any person, such wife, child,
parent or guardian, shall have a right of action, in his or her own name, against any
person who shall, by selling, bartering or giving intoxicating liquors, have caused the
intoxication of such person, for all damages actually sustained, as well as for exemplary

damages; and a married woman shall have the right to bring suits, prosecute and
control the same, and the amount recovered, the same as if unmarried; and all damages
recovered by a minor under this act shall be paid either to such minor, or to his or her
parents, guardian or next friend, as the court shall direct; and all suits for damages
under this act shall be by civil action in any of the courts of this State having jurisdic-
tion thereof.

Sec, 16. Every person who shall,directly or indirectly, keep or maintain, by himself
or by associating or combining with others, or who shall, in any manner, aid, assist or abet
in keeping or maintaining any club room or other place in which intoxicating liquor is re-
ceived or kept for the purpose of use, gilt, barter or sale as a beverage or for distribution or
division among the members of any club or association by any means whatever, and every
person who shall use, barter, sell or give away, or assist or abet another in bartering, selling,
or giving away, any intoxicating liquors so received or kept, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail
not less than thirty days nor more than six months.

Sec. 17. The giving away of intoxicating liquor, or any shifts or device to evade the
provisions of this act, shall be deemed an unlawful selling within the provisions of this act.

Sec. 18. All fines and costs assessed against any person or persons for any violation
of this act shall be alien on the real estate of such person or persons until paid; and in
case any person or persons shall let or lease any building or premises, and shall knowingly
suffer the same to be used or occupied for the sale of intoxicating liquor, contrary to the
provisions of this act, the premises so leased and occupied shall be subject to a lien for and
may be sold to pay all fines and costs assessed against any such occupant for any violation
of this act ; sat sual liens may be enforced by civil action in any court having jurisdiction ;
Provided, That the person against whom such fines and costs are assessed shall be committed
to the jail of the county until such fines and costs are paid.

Sec. 19. It shall be unlawful for any person to get intoxicated, and every person
found ina state of intoxication shall, upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the
oe be fined in the sum of five dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding
ten days.

Bre. 20. Whenever application is made to the Probate Judge for a permit to manufact-
ure or to sell intoxicating liguors under the provisions of this act, he shall notify the
County Attorney thereof, and thereupon such County Attorncy shall appear and advise with
said Probate Judge with reference to the issuance of such permit, aid the approval of the
bond. No person who shall inform of offenses under this act, or make complaint therefor,
shall be liable for the costs incurred in such prosecution, unless the court or jury trying the
case shall find and determine that such prosecution was malicious and without probable
cause.

Sec. 21. In all prosecutions under this act, by indictment or otherwise, it shall not be
necessary to state the kind of liquor manufactured or sold, but shall be necessary to describe
the place where sold, and it shall not be necessary to state the name of the person to whom
sold; and in all cases the person or persons to whom such intoxicating liquors shall be sold
in violation of this act, shall be competent witnesses to prove such fact, or any other fact
tending thereto. And the members, shareholders or associates in any club or association
mentioned in section sixteen of this act shall be competent witnesses to prove any violation
of the provisions of said section, or of this act, or of any fact tending thereto,

Sec. 22. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of all courts of this State before
whom a grand jury is summoned, to charge such grand jury specially concerning this act,

“ and direct said jury to inquire particularly of all violations of any of its provisions.

Src. 23. Chapter 35 of the general statutes of 1868, and all acts and parts of acts in

conflict with this act, are hereby: repealed.
Src. 24. This act shall be immediately published in the official State paper, and take

effect and be in force from and after the 1st day of May, A. D. 1881.

The vote on the bill in the House was 100 yeas, 23 nays, 14 absent
or not voting. In the negative vote, Leavenworth County furnished
five votes; Atchison, three; Douglas, Doniphan and Marshall, each
two; Kingman, Wyandotte, Johnson, Montgomery, Clay, Ellsworth,
Ellis, Ford and Ness, each one. Leavenworth County gave two votes for
the bill, five against; Atchison, one for and three against; Doniphan, one

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for, two against; Wyandotte, two for, one against; Douglas, which gave
1,109 majority for the amendment, gave one vote for, two against; one, not
voting; Montgomery, which gave 689 majority for the amendment, gave
two votes for, one against; Clay, gave 389 majority for the amendment;
Johnson, 2483 against; one of its members voting for the bill; one against,
one not voting; Ellsworth, Ellis, Ford, Ness and Kingman Counties, all
voted against the amendment. The bill while pending in the House had
twelve sundry amendments offered to it, and seven other original sections
were proposed, additional to the bill, but they were all voted down, those
having the bill in management in the House, claiming to have a belief
that all legislation in the interest ‘of prohibition, must be confined to that
bill, and the introduction of any desirable amendment would place the
whole interest in most fearful jeopardy.

On the 18th of February, protests against the passage of the act were
entered by Hon. George W. Glick, of Atchison, and by Hon. A. B. Mont-
gomery, of Rooks County, which were spread upon the journal, and which
read as follows:

MR. GLICK’S PROTEST AGAINST THE PROHIBITQRY LIQUOR LAW.

Mr. Speaker: I enter my protest against the passage of the act entitled ‘‘ An act to
prohibit the manufacture of intoxicating liquors, except for medical, scientific and mechan-
ical purposes, and to regulate the manufacture and sale thereof tor such excepted purposes,”

I desire to say that I am not opposed to temperance or temperance laws, but am heart-
ily in favor of both, and it is only to the arbitrary and extraordinary provisions of this act
to which I object, and I submit the following as some of the reasons for my vote against it,
and why I claim its passage a calamity to the cause of temperance and a wrong to the people
of this State.

It makes the buying of wine for sacramental BURRS a crime; it is oppressive, inquis-
itorial and impertinent in the effects, and will engender and organize strifes and malicious
prosecutions in many communities. 3 ae
It is an open and palpable violation of several provisions of the constitution of this
State. i

It destroys private property without compensation.

It provides for the invasion of even private residences, and proposes to declare them
nuisances, for contemptible and impertinent purposes.

It destroys the confidential relations heretofore existing between the physician and
patient; it makes private medical prescriptions publie records, and thus degrades the medi-
cal profession and tends to expose to ee gaze the private diseases and complaints of the
female part of the community, which is simply cruel in its action and disreputable in its

purpose.

It repeals the exemption laws in certain cases, and for the acts of the husband the wife
and children are deprived of even the last bed or the last pound of flour to gratify this
vicarious punishment for a crime of which they are innocent.

It denies the farmer the use of his vineyard and orchard for purposes heretofore re-
garded as legal and honorable.

It destroys the breweries of the State, without compensation.

It deprives the school fund of part of its revenues, in violation of the constitution.

It offers bribes for its execution, fosters the vocation of the informer and blackmailer,
and uses the courts of justice for inquisitional and impertinent purposes.

It allows courts of justice to be used to gratify malice, and to encourage malicious pros-
ecutions.

It destroys the business of druggists, and makes the sale or purchase of common medi-
cines difficult or criminal, and their administration a crime unless a physician's prescrip-
tion is secured, at an unnecessary expense.

It makes the use of alcohol in cases of emergencies or accidents a crime if used with-
out Best penonting to difficult and expensive proceedings, when the delay might result in the

oss of life.

It provides for a change of the usual and ordinary rules of evidence, and the practice
and proceedings in the courts of justice in criminal cases, and violates by implication the
Constitution of the State, by denying to an accused person the right to know the nature and
cause of the prosecution against him.

It violates the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, that no
State shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor to de-
prive any person within its jurisdiction, of the equal protection of the laws.

For the foregoing reasons, with others not stated, [enter my protest against the pas-

sage of said act.
G. W. GuIck.

MR. MONTGOMERY'S PROTEST.

| The protest of Mr. Montgomery, was an approval ot Mr. Glick’s statements and opin-
ions. He was prevented by a receipt of a telegram, summoning him to North Topeka at the
hour of the third reading ofthe bill, from recording his vote against the passage of the bill,
He said: I therefore ask permission to join with Mr. Glick in the protest above referred to.
A.B. MONTGOMERY, 126/h District.

PASSAGE BY THE SENATE OF AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 10.

The Senate on the 26th of February, passed a bill which was a substi
tute for Section 10 of the prohibitory liquor law. The vote on its passage
was, yeas, 25; nays, 11; absent or not voting, 4.

_ Hon. Eugene F. Ware, of Fort Scott, Senator from the Twelfth Dis-
trict, presented the following protest:

I protest against the passage of Senate Bill No. 246, because it repeals sectien ten before
section ton goes into offect; and amends section ten, and the amendment goes into effect
prior to the act (o which it is amendatory.

E. F. WaRE, Senator Twelfth District.

This Senate bill was sent to the House, and was by that body referred
to the House Committee on Temperance, where, in the hands of Chairman
Calvin, it slept the sleep that knows no waking.

The text of this bill, intended to amend section ten, is as follows: All alcoholic, spirit-
uous, vinous, malt and fermented liquors, and all bitters, cordial and medical compounds,
by whatever name called, to be used as a beverage, shall be held to be intoxicating liquors
within the meaning of this act; nor shall it be construed so as to prevent any physician
from administering to a patient any medicine in his opinion needful for such patient with-
out making a prescription therefor, nor to interfere with the sale by druggists to physi-
cians of any medicines reco; nized by the different standard pharmacopias or dispensatories,
nor shall the provisions of this act prevent the making of wine and cider from grapes and
apples grown or raised by the person, making the same, provided that no such wine or cider,
alter such cider shall have fermented, shall be sold or bartered except to persons who are
duly authorized to sell intoxicating liquor under the provisions of this act.

, The Supreme Court of Kansas has decided that the amendment was
valid, and it has declared that the law is constitutional and has given the
scope of the liquor law. The exceptional instance of a Supreme Court
decision unfavorable to its constitutionality is on Section 19.

Attorney General W. A. Johnston, on March 16, 1881, gave an official
construction of Section 10,.and on June 1, 1881, he gave an opinion on the
use of wine at Sacrament under the Prohibitory Liquor Law, saying “that
there is nothing in the law which prohibits or makes such use unlawful.”

On Sunday, May 1, 1881, Kansas changed from a partial system of
local option as regarded the traffic in intoxicating drinks to that of pre-
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

sumptively absolute prohibition, with what success would be stated differ-
ently by different individuals.

Liquor prohibition was defended by the Republican party of Kansas
at their State Convention which convened August 9, 1882, having adopted
resolutions favoring more rigid prohibition as may be seen in the following
declarations:

Resolved, That we declare ourselves unqualifiedly in favor of the prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and pledge ourselves to such ad-
ditional legislation as shall secure the rigid enactment of the constitutional provision upon
this subject in all parts of the State.

Resolwed, That we request our delegation in Congress to secure such an amendment to
the revenue laws as will prevent the issuing of licenses or stamps to sell intoxicating liquors
to any person other than those authorized so to do under State laws.

The last resolution, savoring somewhat of ‘State Rights ’”’ doctrine,
was supplementary to rather than a part of the platform.

Gov. St. John on the 10th, received 287 out of 363 votes for the nomi-
nation for Governor, which was 79 per cent of the whole. In accepting
the nomination, he thanked the convention for a third endorsement, and
referring to the result, said:

lt is nota victory for myself, it isa victory for a principle that is everything. The
Republican party is a party of the whole people. It extends a Helping hand to suffering
humanity everywhere. It means-in Kansas, that our State shall be kept in the very front
rank ofthe highest civilization. 4

Hon. George W. Glick was made the standard-bearer of the Demo-
crats, on the 31st of August, on a platform which favored a re-submission
of the prohibition amendment to a vote of the people at the first general
election, the assumption being that a majority vote had not been intelli-
gently obtained for it. Their declaration is:

Weare unqualifiedly in favor of temperance, sobriety, morality and good order, and we
rely largely upon the wisdom, patriotism and honesty of the citizen to so order his life and
conduct individually as to accomplish these ends. We are in sympathy with the cause of
temperance in truth and in fact, not as a political hobby for the personal benefit of ambitious
demagogues, unprincipled adventurers, and sham reformers, and we demand the enactment
and entorcement of wise and just laws for-the purpose of ae the cause of temperance,
and we submit to the impartial judgment of every candid man, that the existing law on the
subject, by reason of its unwise oppression and tyrannical provisions, has not been enforced,
and that it now stands as a hindrance and obstruction to the growth of true temperance;
that it has been and still is the cause of neighborhood quarrels, contention and strife, of fraud,
corruption, perjury and violence, and because of these facts, we demand the enactment of
such amendments, changes and modifications of the law as will make the law effective and
useful for the purpose for which it was designed.

COMPARISON OF VOTE ON AMENDMENT WITH THAT ON GOVERNOR-IN 1882.
Of the 176,606 votes cast on the amendment, 92,302 were for ; 84,302,
against ; majority for it, 7,998. Gov. St. John, in 1882, received 75,158
votes; in 1880, he received 115,204. Gov. Glick’s vote was 83,237; Mr.
Ross’s vote in 1880, was 68,557. Democratic gain, in two years, 19,680;
Republican loss, 40,046. Gov. St. John’s majority in 1880 was 31,468 ;
Gov. Glick’s plurality in 1882 was 8,079. ;
Herewith is submitted a table showing in sundry counties the vote for
and against the amendment in 1880 ; two years later, for the champion an
opponent, respectively, of the cause of liquor-prohibition : ~

 

 

 

 

 

 
  
    
  
 
 
   
   
  
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

VOTE ON AMENDMENT. VOTE ON GOVERNOR.
1880. 1882,
COUNTIES.

vor. | acarnsr.| 7eP- | Dem. | Nat, Lab.
ST. JOHN.| GLICK. |ROBINSON.

1,305 951 1,035 1,014 80

2,211 1,141 Lee Tee 405

Cherokee . 2,421 1,944 3,51 A 1,061
fires 1,477 1,222 1,112 1,437 247
Franklin .. 1,967 1,293 1,404 782 1,143
Greenwood .. 1,059 941 904 809 275
* Harvey... 1,148 858 1,010 1,047 188
Jewell... 1,557 1,256 1,187 528 1,169
Kingman 265 346 392 268 83
Lyon...... 2,337 877 1,664 1,280 227
¢Pherson .. 2,134 912 1,285 1,127 392
Neosho.. 1,528 1,164 1,068 1,154 298
Osage.. 2,287 1,684 1,781 1,490 935
Phillips 978 708 596 347 | 463
iley .. 1,178 828 670 827 350
Sumner 2,394 1,201 1,433 1,517 304
Wilson 1,487 1,069 1,179 1,097 262
Woodson 748 530 604 542 111
Sheridan 101 69 22 50 33
Trego. 220 120 224 116 27
Sinith . 1,274 851 810 489 543
Republic 1,330 919 1,017 663 548
Pottawatomie 1,549 1,475 1,357 1,836 92
Ottawa ... 1,163 835 769 843 331
Nemaha. 1,213 1,185 949 1,749 127
Mitchell . 1,348 1,178 774 1,076 406
Linn .. 1494 1,292 1,148 805 769
Johnson .. 1,545 1,787 1,227 1,492 335
Douglas 2,711 1,602 1,861 1,455 322
Atchison 1,843 3,147 1,530 2,830 124
Cowley .. 3,248 870 1,995 1,627 280

 

Here are thirty counties, taken from different portions of the State,
which seemingly show that in Kansas the political sentiment for pro-
hibition has lost but little, and shows no signs of appreciable gains.

As a sequence to the election of 1882, the Executive Committee of the
Kansas State Temperance Union issued an address to the people calling a
Temperance State Convention for January 9 and 10, 1883, in which
.address they say : ; . - : Be eet

i ibiti i ar’ can, 1n ordinar; ‘ars, T
the aire ee BPRS nueien, he ‘probibition victory in the Re ablibes

State Convention was so overwhelming, and 80 easily won, that the victors generally could
see n0 necessity for special effort in the campaign, and did not realize that defeat was possi-
*

ble, until the returns came in. * *

‘Georgia, Indiana,

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When the amendment was adopted and the law enacted, too many considered the cam-
paign ended. Temperance societies were allowed to die, the circulation of temperance
ocuments ceased; churches paid less attention to the subject of creating and strengthening
a healthy temperance sentiment, irrespective of party, or purely partisan considerations;
and too often the law was left to enforce itself. * # *

It is useless for any one to deny the fact that the sentiment in favor of prohibition has
steadily strengthened in this State for years. Of the 183,167 votes cast at the last election,
fully 100,000 would vote for it, were it submitted as a separate question, disconnected from
the scramble for offices.

THE EXODUS—1879-1880,

In 1865, by an amendment of the constitution, slavery was forever
prohibited in any place within the jurisdiction of the United States. At
the close of the war the Freedman’s Bureau was instituted, and continued
in operation several years, to furnish some guidance and maintenance to
the waiting mass of blacks, and to organize and set in some sort of run-
ning order the new system of labor which was to prevail in the South.

After a trial of about a dozen years, the growing generation, growing up

in freedom, weary of the restrictions and disadvantages under which they
continually labored, and excited and in many cases deceived by the attract -
ive stories circulated by parties traveling through the South, who repre-
sented to them that by coming to Kansas they would obtain forty acres of
land, mule, and provisions to last a year, felt their condition unbearable
at home, and in some sections sacrificed everything in order to raise money
to migrate to the promised land of rest and plenty. This condition of
things prevailed most extensively in the States bordering on the Missis-
sippi. The scheme of migration was opposed by many of the leadin

Freedmen—notably by Frederick Douglass—but the desire of a home an

a ‘‘ better chance” to live was too strong to be turned aside by arguments.

On May 7, 1879, a colored convention assembled in the city of Nash-

ville, which was largely attended by dpicpakes from Alabama, Arkansas,

linois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and South Carolina. The report
set forth the various obstructions to the progress of the blacks, during the
fifteen years since emancipation, which were attributed to prejudices of
color and caste.’ It recounted the services of their people during the war,
and demanded social and political equality. The subject of migration to
the new States west of the Mississippi had already caused much excite-
ment among the blacks, particularly in the States bordering on the Missis-
sippi, many of the leaders, notably .Frederick Douglass, opposing the
movement. At the Nashville Convention, the following resolution was
adopted:

Resolved, ‘That it is the sense of this conference tliat the colored people should emi-
grate to those States and Territories where they can enjoy all the rights which are guaran-
teed by the laws and constitution of the United States, and enforced by the executive
departments of such States and Territories; and we ask of the United States an appropria-
tion of $500,000 to aid in the removal of our people from the South.

The excitement among the colored people at this time with the conse-
quent disorganization of labor, threatened disaster to the Southern crops,
and planters’ conventions were held, to devise means to induce the labor-
ers to ‘‘ sustain their reputation for honesty and fair dealing, by preserv-
ing intact until the completion of contracts for labor-leasing which have
already been made.”’ :

On May,5, there was a large attendance of planters and representative
colored men at a labor convention which met at Vicksburg “to adopt such
measures as will allay the excitement prevailing, or will enable them to
supply the places of those laborers who have gone, or who may hereafter
go to the Western States.’”’ Among others, the following resolution was
adopted:

Resolved, That this convention call upon the colored people here present, to contradict
the false reports circulated among, and impressed upon, the more ignorant and credulous,
and to instruct them that no lands, mules or money await them in Kansas or elsewhere,
without money or price, and report to the civil authorities all persons disseminating such
reports.

It is apparent from the above resolution, that many of the exodites
looked to Kansas with extravagant and baseless expectations, created often
by the exaggerated publications in the newspapers, and by the reports of
speculators. The first refugees to Kansas, reached Wyandotte in the be-
ginning of April. By the 1st of August, over seven thousand had arrived
in the State. A relief society was formed, with head-quarters at Topeka,
and temporary barracks were erected at North Topeka, for the shelter of
those who poured into the city. The- following appeal to the friends of
the colored people, shows the situation of affairs soon after the arrival of
the refugees at Topeka:

TorEKA, Kan., June 26, 1879.
To THE FRIENDS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE: :

The directors of the Kansas Freedman’s Relief Association, in view of the present situ-
ation, deem it proper to make public this address, and ask the friends of the colored people
for further aid in caring for the helpless and destitute refugees.

This is a matter not local to our State, but is one of national concern. It involves
the solution of a great question, important alike to the people of the whole country, and if
properly met will go very far to work a cure of the ills of the freedmen of the South. If we
prove equal to the occasion, and can assist these people who are seeking homesin the North,
and utilize their labor, thosé who remain behind will discover a kindlier feeling and better
treatment in the South. Jee

In organizing this association, we were moved by two centrolling motives. The first
was one of humanity. Many of them were old and decrepit, and many young and helpless,
and with few exceptions were destitute. They were landed on tbe river banksby hundreds,
in the chilly days of early apres after a long and tedious journey, fraught with hardships
and privations. Many were sick and dying from exposure, and many were suffering for
food, clothing and medical assistance. The simplest dictates of humanity demand immedi-
ate and organized effort for their relief.

Another incentive to meet this emergency was to maintain the honored traditions of
our State which had its conception and birthina etrigele for freedom and equal rights for
the colored man. She has shed too much blood for this causé to now turn back from her
soil these defenseless people fleeing from the land of oppression.

We have not sought to stimulate or encourage their migration hither. We have always
endeavored to place before the colored people of the South the plain facts, hoping thus to

roperly restrain an improvident hegira based upon delusive hopes and expectations. We
Rave also sought to impress upon them that other Western and Northern States possess
equal advantages for homes for the laboring man. In brief, we have undertaken, so far as
lies in our power, to provide for the destitute of these people, who come voluntarily among
us, the common necessities of life, and to assist them in obtaining situations where they can
earn a livelihood.
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We have made an effort to establish a colony about fifty miles west of this city in
Wabaunsee County. Finding that good land could be bought for $2.65 per acre, we are
locating about thirty families on forty acres each. ‘This is university land, one tenth to be

aid down, and the balance in nineteen years at seven per centinterest. We have furnished
or their use teams and some agricultural implements, built barracks to be used in common,
and furnished rations. We also agreed to make the first payment for them. Some ground
has been broken and planting done, but it was too late to realize much this season. This is
an experiment, and so far seems successful; but it requires more money than we anticipated.
The ultimate success of this colony must depend on future contributions. The refugees
have established three other colonies—one in Graham, one in Hodgeman, and one in Morris
QGounty. The association is not responsible for these, but they will need assistance.

This association has taken charge of, and aided wore or less, about three thousand of
these people, and there are still here and on the way from St. Louis about four hundred more.
We have received money from all sources, $5,819.70. We have expended and incurred obliga-
tions for the whole of this fund. A large quantity of clothing and blankets have been
received, and we have a large lot of clothing now on hand. What we need is money with
which to obtain shelter, medical assistance, and furnish transportation to such places as
will give them employment. This we must have, or else relinquish all further efforts at
organized assistance to these refugees.

The good people who have already so generously contributed to-the cause, have our
sincere thanks, -
All contributions should be sent to Gov. John P. St. John.
JouN P. Sr. Joun, President.
JOUN FRANCIS, Zreasurer.
P. I. BoNEBRAKE, Auditor.
ALBERT H. Horton, Chief Justice.
C.G. Foster, United States District Judge.
JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State.
J.C. HEBBARD, Séeretary.
WILLARD Davis, Allorney General.
N.C. McFaRLanp, T. W. HENDERSON and J. B. JETMORE, Board of Directors.

In spite of strenuous efforts on the part of the association the tempo-
rary barracks erected in North Topeka became over-crowded, the exodus
continuing unabated through the winter of 1879-80, and increasing in the
spring. During the winter and spring, about $25,000 were expended in
relieving them and in aiding them to tind employment. In March, from
250 to 300 landed in Topeka every week, and there had already immigrated
into the State between 20,000 and 23,000, increased during 1880 to 40,000.
A large number of these remained in Topeka, and have finally made them-
selves good and comfortable homes, but many were at first entirely incapa-
ble and unwilling to do anything for their own support, and had it not
been for the energetic and untiring efforts of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Comstock,
Mrs. Laura 8. Haviland, Mr. John M. Brown and other benevolent workers,
both white and black, their condition, notwithstanding all that had been
done, would have been deplorable. During the first year of their residence
in Kansas, about $150,000 were contributed to their support, and it was esti-
mated that their total surplus earnings during the same period amounted
to about $40,000, or $2.25 per capita. They bought and entered about
20,000 acres of land. The earlier refugees were from Mississippi, Texas,
Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama, nearly all field hands, and
incapable of any kind of skilled labor. Those who came in the winter
of 1879-89 and thes, were mainly’ from Texas, a portion of whom were
forwarded into other States. :

The Kansas Freedman’s Relief Association, which worked so faith-
fully for the interests of the refugees, was organized as a corporate body
at Topeka, May 8, 1879, and finally dissolved April 15, 1881. The Mission
House and Barracks fo be closed on and after May 1, 1881.

-Prior to the great exodus of 1879-80, colonies of colored people had
immigrated to Kansas and formed settlements. In 1873, Benjamin Sin-
gleton, President of the Tennessee Real-Estate and Homestead Associa-
tion, came to Kansas to make observations relative to the expediency of
forming a settlement of colored people. Being convinced that the condi-
tions were favorable, he returned to Tennessee and brought out his first
colony, which he located near Baxter Springs. A committee, of which
Columbus M. Johnson was a member, had visited Kansas soon after the
organization of the Tennessee association in 1869, but although they re-
ported favorably, the people were not yet ready to try their fortunes in a
new country. Th the fall of 1879 and spring of 1880, a larye number of
exodites from Tennessee located, under the direction of Messrs. Single-
ton and Jobnson, in Morris and Lyon Counties. These were a very good
class, nearly self-sustaining. Mr. Singleton traveled back and forward
between Kansas and Tennessee regularly every year from 1875 to 1880, and
has been instrumental in bringing to and finding homes for about 10,000 of
his people in Kansas. He is now a citizen of Topeka, was seventy-three
years of age on the 15th of August, 1882, and rejoices in the title of ‘‘ Old
Pap Singleton ” the ‘‘ father of the exodus.” Mr. Columbus M. Johnson
moved to Topeka in 1877 as agent of the Tennessee association and is now
General Agent of the Freedman’s Aid Association of Dunlap, Morris Co.,
Kan. Dunlap, which point was selected by Mr. Johnson as a suitable
location for a colony, is in the Neosho Valley on the line of the Missouri,
Kansas & Topeka Railway. There are at this colony two primary schools
of sixty pupils each, a school for adults, a business and literary academy,
and a sewing school.

The Nicodemus Colony, from Kentucky, located in Graham County
in 1877, but was unfortunate in getting settled so late in the season as to
be unable to make any provision for the first winter. The site was se-
lected by W. R. Hill, and every freedman, was promised a lot for $5. Six
hundred of the exodites of 1879-80 located at the place, which is about
eighteen miles west of Stockton.

The Little Coney Colony located in Chautauqua County in 1881. It
consisted of about fifty-six families, and was assisted to procure land and
the necessaries of life by the Relief Association.

The Kentucky Colony was formed in Lexington, September, 1877, with
the design of consolidating with the Nicodemus, but finally located in
Hodgeman County about twenty-five miles north of Dodge City. It con-
tained about 150 people.

NAVIGATION OF THE KAW.
The earliest boats that navigated the waters of the Kaw, aside from
the primitive canoes used by Indians, were the “keel boats’’ introduced
by the Choteaus. One of the brothers, Fred, established a trading-house

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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in 1830 among the Kaws at Mission Creek. He obtained his goods from
his brother’s establishments at the mouth of the Kaw, and brought them up
the river in these keel boats in August, returning the next spring loaded
with peltries, which he shipped from Kansas City to St. Louis by steam-
boat. The boats were rib-made, shaped like the hull of a steamboat and
decked over. The width across the deck was usually eight or ten feet and
the depth below five or six. They were rigged with one mast, a rudder and
four row-locks on each side. :

Mr. Choteau states that in going up the river they averaged about
fifteen miles a day, pulling all the time, and that on their return trips,
the water being generally low, they were sometimes a month from Mis-
sion Creek to the mouth of the river, but in favorable times had gone
down ina day. The boats were manufactured in St. Louis and used on
the Kaw only by the Choteaus. . ; i

The pioneers of steamboat navigation on the Kansas River were Capt.
Baker and CO. A. Perry, owners, and the former the captain of the little
steamer Excel, which made several trips to Fort Riley in the spring and
summer of 1854 to deliver Government freight. The June trips of the
steamer extended some forty miles up the Smoky Hill. The Excel was a
stern-wheel steamer and rather too long for river navigation. The return
June trip from Fort Riley to the mouth of the river was made in twenty-
four hours. :

The first steamer that made a landing at Lawrence and Topeka was
the Emma Harmon, Capt. J. M. Wing. This boat, which was a stern-
wheel steamer, with two engines of 180-horse power, left Lawrence on the
21st of. May for Fort Riley, but only ventured as far up as Topeka, which
place was reached six days after leaving Lawrence, Capt. Wing, after
this experiment, decided to extend his trips no further up the river than
Lawrence.

The Financier left Lawrence for Fort Riley about the same time with
the Emma Harmon. She was detained by sand-bars between Douglas and
Tecumseh, but finally passed up to Topeka, where she received some of
the freight of the Emma Harmon and continued up the river toward the
the fort. Capt. Morrison, of the Financier, also became discouraged in
consequence of the extreme difficulty o! navigating the Kansas.

The Hartford arrived from Cincinnati the same month (May, 1855)
with passengers and freight for Junction City. The boat grounded at
Manhattan, and after remaining there a week for a rise in the river, sold
out freight to the Manhattanites and started down the river. When oppo-
site St. Mary’s, the boat took fire from prairie fires and was destroyed.
The Hartford advertised rates between Kansas City and Lawrence at
75 cents per hundred for inelalis and $4 for passengers up, and $8 for
passengers down the river. part of the machinery of the Hartford
was recovered in 1869,and buried on the shore, it being impracticable in the
low stage of water to take it down the river.

The Minnie Bell, of Pittsburgh, made several trips up and down the

river in 1858.
' - In 1859, the steamer Silver Lake, Capt. Willoughby, made several trips,
once going as far up as Junction City. The Calona, Otis Webb and the
Col. Gus Linn, Capt. Beasly, also made trips to the same point, the two
latter unloading and taking on freight at Topeka.

In the fall of the same year, Capt. Nelson, of Wyandotte, made a trial
trip in his new steamer Star of the West, but unfortunately got aground
‘at Lecompton and was obliged to remain there all winter.

In June, 1860, the Kansas Valley, Capt. Nelson, landed freight at the
levee at Tecumseh. The boat drew only nine inches of water and could
navigate the Kaw if any steamboat could. In the sprimg of 1861 the Kan-
sas Valley entered the ‘relief service.’’ She started from Atchison on her
last trip of this nature, with a forty ton cargo, part of which was landed
at Topeka March, 1861, at the foot of Kansas avenue. This cargo was
stored in the storehouse at the corner of Sixth avenue and Jackson
strect, known to Topekans of that period as the “ Bean House.”’

The last steamboat on the river was run by Capt. E. Hensley, of
Leavenworth, for a short time between Lawrence and Topeka.

FLOOD oF 1844—(FROM WYANDOTTE “ HERALD.’’)

“The spring of 1844.was warm and dry until May, when it commenced
to rain, and continued for six weeks—rain falling every day. What is now
Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., was covered with fourteen
fect of water. The Missouri backed up to the mouth of Lime Creek, and
Jersey Creek was backed up to the crossing on the parallel road.”

Mr. Henry Harvey, in his *‘ History of the Shawnees,” says: ‘‘In the
year (844, they were visited by a great flood, which swept off their houses
und a large amount of grain; many of their farms were laid waste.”

W. W. Cone, in his Shawnee County History, says: “In the flood of
1844, all their houses and boats were washed away, (Papan Bros.) and they
all went back to Kansas City to live. * * During the flood, Maj.
Cummings, Paymaster of United States Army, wishing to cross from the
south to the north side of the Kaw River (at Topeka), stepped into a canoe
at about the corner of Topeka avenue and Second street, and was rowed
by an Indian from there to the bluffs, near the present residence of J. M.

arding, in Soldier Township, the water being twenty feet deep over the
ground were North Topeka now stands. One of the Papans lived in a
house on the island just above the bridge. This house stood the flood un-
til the water came above the eaves, and then was washed away. This
island at that time was part of the main Jand.”
7 The following on the same subject is from a paper prepared for the
State Historical Society by O. P. Hamilton, Esq., of Salina: ;

The great flood of 1844; of the Lower Mississippi and Upper Missouri

fell upon these plains, and evidences were seen as late as twenty years ago,
along the Kansas River and its tributaries. Eighteen years ago we were
shown by the Papans (French residents among the Kaw Indians livin
near Topeka), the high water mark of 1844 of the Kansas River, which ha
inundated the bottoms from eight to ten feet. We do not question the
above, as we found the same evidences on the upper tributaries.
: HISTORY OF KANSAS.

“On the Solomon River, driftwood, anda carcass (pretty well dried up)
were found lodged in trees at a height that would cover the highest bot-
toms several feet. Driftwood was found along the foot of the bluffs of the
Saline Valley, indicating the same high state of water. Evidences of great
floods were also found on the Smoky Hill, and the water must have

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flooded the present town site of Salina, Kan., four feet deep. This great
flood was seen by the Indian trader, Bent, located on the Upper Arkansas
River, who at the time was on his way to Missouri. He had to follow the
divides as best he could. Every river was full from bluff to bluff.’”’

 

PUBLIC LANDS.

1883.

There are four classes of public lands now open for settlement in Kan-
sas. These pelons first, to the General Government ; second, those owned
by institutions of earning ; third, the common-school lands; and fourth,
the lands belonging to railroad companies. The following statement has
been prepared for the information of those desiring to investigate the
question of where to select public lands:

GOVERNMENT LANDS.
The State is divided into nine land districts. The location of the land
office in each, the names of the registers and receivers, and the approxi-
mate number of acres yet undisposed of in each county, are as follows :

ARKANSAS VALLEY LAND DISTRICT.

Office at Larned, Pawnee County. ‘C. A. Morris,

Register ; Henr
Booth, Receiver. 8 y

 

 

COUNTIES. Public.

 

 

 
 
  
  
   
 
 

    

 

 

|
| Osage
i ea) 285896 Wise ncnadarse
Barton =| 9,540
Pawnee eat 4,160
Stafford 48,160 | oc eee
Pratt... | 7,040 23,840
| 23,840 | 250,880
1 84,890") acscctyese
31,360 322,560)
278,520 || o..eeceeseee
428,800} | ... eas
37,360 232,800,
220,000 |... in
306,080
391,680 }
302,560 |
Stevens.. 391,680
Stanton. 345,440
Hamilton.. 286,560
Kansas .. see an
Barber... -| 490,880
Comanche. 635,520 |
TOGA ssc vsevucirqtavaseweuanice vast eassssoesncanastosuvacetecaancues toes wep eltncsaesescetteseees| B)984j820. 2,556,480
& 3S

 

 

 

NORTHERN LAND DISTRICT.

Office at Oberlin, Decatur County. Thomas H. Cavanaugh, Register ;
C. E. Chandler, Receiver. :

This district has been created recently. It was taken from the north-
western district, and is composed of the counties of Decatur, Rawlins,
Cheyenne, Graham, Thomas and Sherman.

The district comprises 3,878,400 acres of land, and with the exception
of the small proportion (about one-tenth) already taken by settlers, and
that set aside for school purposes, ‘it is all subject to settlement.

XN
TOPEKA LAND DISTRICT.

Office at Topeka, Shawnee County. J. J. Fisher, Register; G. W.
Watson, Receiver. é

All Government lands worthy of mention have long since been selected
un this district. A few isolated tracts may remain, but they are undesira-

e.
NORTHWESTERN LAND DISTRICT.

Office at Kirwin, Phillips County. Thomas M. Helm, Register; R.
R. Hays, Receiver. . .

These lands are subject to entry under the pre-emption, timber culture,
cor homestead laws. —

     
 
 

 

Counties. Acres. Counties. Acres.
Jewell*.., . 160 Phillips. 6,000
Mitchell* + 1,900 Rooks*..

Lineoln* 80 || Graham

Smith .... ww 820 | Norton

Osborne «18,000

*Portions of these counties extend into other land districts.

OSAGE LAND DISTRICT.
Office at Independence, Montgomery County. M. J. Salter, Register;

  

H. M. Waters, Receiver. :

Counties, Acres. Counties. Acres.
Wilson
Greenwood.

    

 

 

Montgomery. 14,000 +

REPUBLICAN LAND DISTRICT. 2

Office at Concordia, Cloud County. - B. H. McEckron, Register; E. J.
Jenkins, Receiver.

The lands of this district have been nearly all taken up. There are
but about 3,000 acres undisposed of in the district, divided into the follow-
ing counties: Riley, 1,000, Lincoln, 1,200, the balance being in small
amounts in the other counties of the district.

 

SALINA LAND DISTRICT.

Office at Salina, Saline County. J. M. Hodge, Register ; Lewis Han-
back, Receiver. ,

Public Jands in the Salina Land District subject to entry under the
pre-emption, timber culture or homestead laws:

 
 
 
 

   
 

Counties, Acres. Counties. Acres.
Ottawa . «se 200
Saline .. 600 Dickinson...
McPherson . 500 Marion.
Ellsworth. 000 Davis

Lincoln

 

WESTERN LAND DISTRICT.

Office at Wakeeney, Trego County. B. J. F. Hanna, Register; W.
H. Pilkenton, Receiver.
Counties.

Counties.

Acres.

   
 

Wallace ..

Wichita 435,000
Greeley... . 330,000
MOUallssis. gover reacteravexiteniees aol 2,732,580

WICHITA LAND DISTRICT.

Office at Wichita, Sedgwick County. R. L. Walker, Register ; James
L. Dyer, Receiver.
ublic Lands.—These lands are subject to entry either under the
pre-emption, timber culture or homestead laws.

 

 

 

 

 
  
 
  

   

 

No. of acres ss
eaters "|e of acres
on, which | of vacant
COUNTIES. finalentries; lands.
have not
been made.*
1,830 14,420
Chase (Townships 21 and 22) 2,960 3,000
Greenwood (Range 8 east). 1,520 1,900
TAT CY ccsssignisnangexensricnmacrsassuesssnocgocercysentsaasneed eseueaiavessssaadaieswassanns@biel| — seesecenss 14,660
Marion (Townships 21 and 22) _ 80 7,360
MePherson (Township 21).......cccscersssssssessessecatessevsseatecnensoncoseanecesse| —— ceasneaee 4,800
Reno..... 34,810 133,240
SOA gg wick.......cascccccceerssersccerseperseseesesecsersensese seeereasmnasrerersesssseveseeans! — caseueane 2,56!
otal AL CAisscscssscisakisosed so sscussinarcivs ysvvekeiawcaseants ceouausnlsatedecnetanedbanntes 41,200 181,940

 

 

*A very small portion of these entries have been abandoned, and are, therefore, in
reality, vacant.

Cherokee Strip Lands.—These lands are sold at private sale for

cash only :

No. of acres No. of acres

 

  

Counties. of land unsold. Counties. of land unsold.
Barber (Range 10 west) .-. 80°} Harper «. 300
Chautauqua (Range 8 east).. . 2,600 | Summer....

Cowley +-11,000

 

 

Total ared..csce-sssccsssace csecccsestveesenes 14,180

Osage Indian Trust Lands—These lands are subject to entry under
the pre-emption laws only.

 

 

 

 

   
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

wee e nares
ed for
op|No- of acres
COUNTIES. upon which\ of vacant
tries have lands,
been made.* L
| Barber (Range 10 west) w.sssseeceseesseecssestsseeteeeeceseenensenens 7,200 77,420
tl Y ea 19,830 ‘73,440
' Chautauqua (Range 8 east 1,440 1,280
Cowley....seecsererescees 22,400 89,280
Elk (Range 8 east)... 2,480 21,440
Greenwood (Range 8 east) * 1,820 13,960
Harper..... 60,400 85,400
Kingman. 71,800 242,960
Reno..... 4,460 10,960
Sedgwick . 1,120 480
SUD DOL veces ecnenisvsservuseryssringucecorsnneztice 1,760 960
TO tal ALG ascsy cesses avoocmarecocemasauiets detanhecea dommaceccasestdsgedveessagectwass seemed 194,210 617,580
Grand..totals......sccssscsscesssoesseeeawcanss asad salar asiedspcabubioese aes tceecd 235,410 813,700

 

 

 

*A small per cent of these entries have been abandoned, and are, therefore, in reality
vacant.

The business of this office indicates a large immigration to this part of
the State. Since the 1st of January, 1882, over 1,600 entries have been
made, covering about 240,000 acres. A greater portion of these entries
have been made in Harper and Kingman Counties, there being a large
amount of vacant lands in these counties.
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SCHOOL LANDS.

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE LANDS.
The College lands are in counties as follows:

 

 

MINI- |AVER-

COUNTIES. ee

ACRES,

 

 

Rileyssinsscscrsin
Washington.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

a0 The total number of acres unsold is 12,489, counting the quarters each
acres.

Terms.—The law provides that these lands shall be sold at not less
than the appraised value, for one-eighth cash at time of purchase, balance
‘in seven equal annual installments, with annual interest at 10 per cent.
Patent from the State may be obtained at any time, on payment of the
full amount due, so that purchasers can stop their interest and obtain per-
fect title when so disposed.

More than 6,000 acres of these lands have been sold since last report,
and sales are being made very. rapidly. An advance in price of 20 per
cent was made in July, 1882, but sales continue to be made at the ad-
. vanced price and from present appearances all will soon be sold. L. R.
Elliott, State Agent, Manhattan, Riley County. *

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LANDS.
The following is a statement of unsold Normal School lands in the
State of Kansas:

Acres.
eee 1,120

Counties.
Lincoln.
Saline...

Counties.

  
  
    

. 13280 i
Minimum price per acre, $3; maximum, $7; average, $4.25.
These lands were withdrawn from market one year, but are now

offered for sale. Van R. Holmes, State Agent, Emporia, Lyon County.

COMMON SCHOOL LANDS.

These lands were granted to the State by the General Government for
educational purposes, and consist of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections
in each township in the State and about 300,000 acres recently granted to
the State by the General Government.as indemnity for lands lost in the
Indian reservations The method of sale is as follows: The lands are ap-
praised by three householders of the county, who are appointed by the
County Superintendent of Public Instruction. They are then placed in
the hands of the County Treasurer for sale at the appraised price, which
cannot be less than $3 per acre. At the time of sale the County Treasurer
exacts one-tenth of the amount of the purchase price; the remainder is
payable in twenty years from date of sale, with interest at the rate of 7 per
cent perannum. A failure to pay the interest when due subjects the land to
forfeiture; but the purchaser may stop interest and procure a patent at
any time by paying the interest and the balance of the principal due. The
lands become taxable as soon as purchased. About 400,000 acres of these
lands have been patented, at an average price of $4.09 per acre, leaving
more than 2,000,000 acres yet unsold. Lands can be purchased and in-
formation obtained of the County Treasurers and County Clerks of the
several counties.

RAILROAD LANDS.

MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY.

The following are the lands for sale in the State of Kansas by the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, situated in the counties given:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
  
 
   
    
    

 

 

PRIOES OF LAND,
4 a Nes NUMBER OF a
COUNTIES, ee
MINIMUM. | MAXIMUM. | AVERAGE,
Allen..... 1,284.06 |! $3 86 $4 83 $4.27
Anderson. 2,404.48 |: 3°77 472 419
Butler. 1,485.82 | 21 276° 2 46
Clay. 640.00. |! 3 50 438 411
Cloud 638.04 |! 3 00 3 75 3 00
Chase.. 10,506.62 |) 2 85 2 94 2 61
Coffey . 6,838.80 |) 2 5A 3 18 271
Davis.. 10,925.63 || 2 38 298 2 68
Dickinson 1,680.00 |! 2 64 3 30 2 87
Greenwood . 19,832.43 |: 2 58 3.17 2 65
7,829.46 | 2 68 3 35 2 88
15,801.16 |: 2 30 2 BT 2 59
320.00. |! 2 50 3 13 273
1,434.48 |: 1 35 1 69 1 43
| 10,392.02 | 1 87 2 34 212
Woodson..... 22,190.19 |; 2 63 3 28 297
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The terms on which these lands can be obtained will be made known
to any one desiring them by addressing the Land Commissioner at Parsons.’
Headquarters at Parsons, Kansas. David Kelso, Land Commissioner.

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD.

Terms of Sale.—The lands of the company are sold under four dif-
ferent terms. Terms No. 1: Eleven years’ time, 7 per cent. interest, ap-
praised price. Terms No. 2: Six years’ time, 7 per cent interest, 20 per
cent discount from appraised price. Terms No. 3: Two years’ time, 10
per cent interest, 30 per cent discount. Terms No. 4: Cash, 334 per cent
discount. Prices quoted below are for cash :

 

 

 

     
  
   
    
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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mora, ACRES SOLD] ACRES UN- peecoeies 4 aa

COUNTIES. acrEs, |f0.OCTOBER |SOLD OCTO~ | sar pRIcE ag

1, 1882. |pER 1, 1882,| MUM PRICE 5 ge

894.34 894,34 |. cccssscessrsneees ($2.66 to $4 00] $3 33

426.86 175.75 251.11 | 2 66 to 4 00 3 33

13,126.94 12,086.86 1,040.08 | 2 33 to 3 66 3 00

| 82,947.81 15,282.23 17,665.58 | L 66 to 4 33 350

5803945 | 38,764.42 | 19,275.03 | 3 33to 6.60} 5 00

| 640.00 ‘| sucdepasseudencie® 640.00 | ...... to 2 66 2 66
“ 433,843:16 | 38,650.04 | 95,183.92 | 1 66to 6 00| 3 60°

: | 910,862.20 . 178,674.44 | ‘32,187.76 | 2 Gt to 6 00 400.
McPherson . 103,019.25 98,633.03 4,386.22 | 3 33 to 5 00 45
Harvey..... ' 209,970.89 174,001.86 35,969.93 | 3 33 to 6 66 5
Sedgwick . w..| 104,701.02 88,883.00 15,818.02 3 33 to 6 66 5 25
Reno .. "")) 314;732/28 | 176,175.68 | 138,556.55 | 2 66 to 5 33] 3 60
Rice ... 169,459.35 | 116,075.64 53,383.71 | 2 00 to 5 33 3 75
Barton .. | 181,010.39 156,620.61 24,389.78 | 2 00 to 4 66 3 76
Stafford. ' 166,072.81 18,005.00 | 137,067.81 | 1 33 to 3 33 2 50
Pawnee.. | 220,121.02 | 110,726.45 | 109,394.57 | 2 00 to 4 66 3 50
Edwards { 144,119.00 66,513.06 77,605.94 | 2 00 to 4 00 3 26
Rush.. i *62,117.95 8,739.79 63,378.16 | 2 00 to 4 00 3 25
Ford ..... | 115,142.93 | 23,225.04 | 91,917.19 | 2 66 to 5.33 | 3 25
Hodgeman .. 119,399.62 8,074.88 | 111,324.74 | 2 66 to 5 33 3 25
Gray «0.2... : 163,904.12 1,079.65 | 162,824.47 95 to 6 00 3 25
Sequoyah.. 169,028.89 13,361.23 | 155,667.66 95 to 12 00 3 50
Kearney. 169,276.51 1,131.95 | 168,144.56 | 1 33 to 5 67 3 00
Hamilton 182,366.11 1,264.82 | 181,101.29 | 1 16 to 5 00 3 00
Ot lnesciessaresia asia eecsinnceckt 3,034,222,15 11,347,048.97 |1,687,173.18 |.sssreesseee

 

Headquarters, Topeka, Kansas. A. S. Johnson, Land Commissioner.

KANSAS DIVISION UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

The following is a statement of number of acres of land for sale b
the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific Railway Company, in the fol-
lowing counties in Kansas; also, maximum, minimum and average price -
per acre, based on eleven years’ credit :

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
 
  
 
  
  
 

 

   

PRICE PER ACRE.
NUMBER OF
COUNTIES. re
is " AVER-
MINIMUM.|MAXIMUM| “7
i

Pottawatomie. 11,802.94 $2 00 $7 50 | $4 00

Wabaunsee .. 35,220.30 2 00 6 00 310

Riley ... 22,748.38 2 50 7 50 400

Davis. 48,39 3.39 2 BV 7 BO 4 50

Morris, 17,946.52 2 60 7 60 4 50

Clay .... 11,075.72 2001. 800 450

Dickinson . 13,083.56 2 00 7 50 450

ttawa, 22,005.13 3 00 7 U0 400

Saline..... 40,106.30 2 00 8 00 5 00

McPherson 14,685.92 2 00 8 50 5 00

Thomas 207,360.00 |. .| 260

St. John 345.000.00 2 60
Sherman

Wallace . 420,000.00 |o..ccccscrefecreeceen| 2 80
Greeley..

Lincoln... 54,423.09 3 00 9 00 400

Ellsworth 99,709.75 3 00 8 00 4 25

32,102.06 3 50° 7 50 6 00

23,167.72 3 00 7 00 4 5

152,589.34 3 00 8 00 4 50

41,951.72 3 00 6 50 5 50

37,876.71 “2 00 4 50 3 50

187,686.76 2 00 7 00 3 60

69,161.42 2 05 6 00 3 50

118,349.49 2 00 4 00 2 50

186,340.96 175 5 00 3 v0

9,738.06 2 50 3 00 275

173,326.03 1 50 3 00 2 50

320,000.00 2 00 400} 300

 

 

 

 

Terms of Sale on Eleven Years’ Credit.—Under this plan one-tenth of
the purchase money, with interest at seven per cent on the deferred pay-
ments of principal is paid at time of sale, and for the first, second and
third years following no payment has to be made, except the interest
annually at seven per cent, so that it is four years from the date of pur-
chase until the second payment of principal is required.

_ Headquarters at Kansas City, Missouri. 8. J. Gilmore, Land Commis-
sioner.
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

APPENDIX.

THE ORGANIC ACT.

, AN ACT FOR THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS INTO THE UNION.

_ . WHEREAS, The people of the Territory of Kansas, by their Representatives in Conven-
tion assembled at Wyandotte, in said Territory, on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-nine, did form for themselves a Constitution and State Govern-
ment, Republican in form, which was ratified and adopted by the people at an election held
for that purpose, on Tuesday, the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-nine, and the said convention has, in their name and behalf, asked the Congress of the
United States to admit the said Territory into the Union as a State, on an equal footing
with the other States: therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled: z

_ SECTION 1. That the State of Kansas shall be, and is hereby declared to be, one of the
United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original
States in all respects whatever. And the said State shall consist of all the territory included
within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of
the State of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same ;
thence west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washing-
ton; thence north on said meridian to the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east on said
ees to the western boundary of the State or Missouri; thence south with the western

oundary of said State to the place of beginning: Provided, That nothing contained in the
said Constitution respecting the boundary of said State shall be construed to impair the
rights of persons or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as
such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such In-
dians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with such Indian tribe, is not, without
the consent of such tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any
State or Territory ; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries, and con-
stitute no part of the State of Kansas, until said tribes shall signify their assent to the Presi-
dent of the United States to be included within said State, or to affect the authority of the
Government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their
lands, property or other rights, by treaty, law or otherwise, which it would have been com-
petent to make if this act had never passed.

SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That until the next general apportionment of Repre-
sentatives, the State of Kansas shall be entitled to one Representative in the House of Rep-
resentatives of the United States.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shal] be construed as an
assent by Congress, to all or any of the propositions or claims contained in the ordinance of
said Constitution of the people of Kansas, or in the resolutions thereto attached; but the
following propositions are hereby offered to the said people of Kansas for their free accept-
ance or rejection, which, if accepted; shall be obligatory on the United States, and upon the
said State of Kansas, to wit: :

First: That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six, in every township of public
lands in said State, and where either of said sections or any part thereof has been sold or
otherwise been disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto and as contiguous as may be,
shall be granted to said State for the use of schools.

Second: That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the use
and suppor of a State University, to be selected by the Governor of said State, subject to the

‘ aia of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and to be appropriated and ap-
plied. in such manner as the Legislature of said State may prescribe for the purpose afore-
said, but for no other purpose.

Third: That ten entire sections of land, to be selected by the Governor of said State,
in legal subdivisions, shall be granted to the said State for the purpose of completing the
public buildings, or for the erection of others at the seat of government, under the direction
of the Legislature thereof.

Fourth: That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding twelve in number, with
six sections of land adjoining or as contignous as may be to each, shall be granted to said
State for its use, the same to be selected by the Governor thereof, within one year after the
admission of said State, and when so selected to be used or disposed of on such terms, condi-
tions and regulations as the Legislature shall direct: Provided, That no salt spring or land,
the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, shall, by this article, be
granted to said State.

Fifth: That five per centum of all sales of all public lands, lying within said State,
which shall be sold by Congress after the admission of said State, into the Union, after de-
ducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State for the purpose of
making public roads and internal improvements, or for other purposes as the Legislature
shall direct: Provided, That the foregoing propositions hereinbefore offered, are on the
condition that the people of Kansas shall provide by an ordinance, irrevocable without the
consent of the United States, that said State shall never interfere with the primary disposal
of the soil within the same by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find
necessary for securing the title in said soil to bona fide purchasers thereof. :

Sizth: And that the said, State shall never tax the lands or property of the United
States in said State: Provided, however, That in case any of the lands herein granted to the
State of Kansas have heretofore been confirmed to the Territory of Kansas for the purposes
ees ie this act, the amount so confirmed shall be deducted from the quantity specified
in this act.

Sec. 4, And be it further enacted, That from and after the admission of the State of
Kansas, as hereinbefore provided, all the Idws of the United States, which are not locally
inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within that State, as in other States in the
Union; and the said State is hereby constituted a Judicial District of the United States,
within which a District Court, with like powers and jurisdiction as the District Court for
the District of Minnesota, shall be established; the Judge, Attorney and Marshal of the
United States, for the said District of Kansas shall reside within the same, and shall be en-
titled to the same compensation as the Judge, Attorney and Marshal of the District of Min-
nesota; and in all cases of appeal or writ of error heretofore prosecuted and how pending in
the Supreme Court of the United States, upon any record from the Supreme Court of Kansas
Territory, the mandate of execution or order of further proceedings shall be directed by the
Supreme Court of the United States to the District of Kansas, or to the Supreme Court of
the State of Kansas, as the nature of such appeal or writ of error mayrequire; and each of
these courts shall be the successor of the Supreme Court of Kansas Territory as to all such
ose, with full power to hear and determine the same, and to award mesne or final process
thereon. 4 :

“ Src. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Judge of the District Court for the District of
Kansas, shall hold two regular terms of the said court annually, at the seat of government
of the said State, to commence on the second Mondays of April and October in each year
Approved 29th of January, 1861.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.
ADOPTED AT WYANDOTTE, JULY 29, 1859.

ORDINANCE.
WueEreas, The Government of the United States is the proprietor of a large portion of
the lands included in the limits of the State of Kansas, as defined by this Constitution; and
WueERrEAS, The State of Kansas will possess the right to tax said lands for the purpose

of government, and for other purposes; now, therefore,
Be it ordained by the people of Kansas: That the right of the State of Kansas to tax such
lands, is relinquished forever, and the State of Kansas will not interfere with the title of the

United States tosuch lands, nor with any regulation of Congress in relation thereto, nor tax
non-residents higher than residents: Provided always, that the following conditions be
agreed to by Congress:

SEcTION 1. Sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six, in each township in the State,
including Indian Reservations and Trust Lands, shall be granted to the State for the exclu-
sive use of common schools; and when either of said sections, or any part thereof, has
been disposed of, other lands of equal value, as nearly contiguous thereto as possible, shall
be substituted therefor.

Sec. 2. That seventy-two sections of land shall be granted to the State for the erection
and maintenance of a State University. :

s ade 3. That thirty-six sections shall be granted to the State for the erection of public
uildings.

sat That seventy-two sections shall be granted to the State for the erection and
maintenance of charitable and benevolent institutions.

Sec. 5. That all salt springs, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of
land adjacent to each, together with all mines, with the lands necessary for their full use,
shall be granted to the State for works of public improvement.

... Sec. 6. That five per centum of the proceeds of the public lands in Kansas, disposed
of after the admission of this State into the Union, shall be paid to the State for a fund, the
income of which shall be used for the support of the common schools. 5

Src. 7. That the five hundred thousand acres of land to which the State is entitled un-
der the act of Congress entitled ‘‘An act to Bppicnnote the proceeds of the sales of public
lands and grant pre-emption rights,” approved September 4, 1841, shall be granted to the
State for the support of common schools.

Src. 8. That the lands hegeinbefore mentioned, shall be selected in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law; such selections to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner
of the General Land Office of the United States.

PREAMBLE.

We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges,
in order to insure thé full enjoyment of our rights as American citizens, do ordain and es-
tablish this Constitution of the State of Kansas, with the following boundaries, to wit: Be-
ginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirty-
seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence running west on said parallel to
the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington ; thence north on said merid-
ian to the fortieth parallel of north latitude; thence east on said parallel:to the western
boundary of the State of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said State to
the place of beginning.

: BILL OF RIGHTS. :

SEcrion 1. All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights, among which
are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Sxc. 2. All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are
founded on their authority, and are instituted for thet eyual protection and benefit. No
special privileges or immunities shall ever be granted by the Legislature, which may not be

tered, revoked or repealed by the same body; and this power shall be exercised by no
other tribunal or agency. i

SxEc.3. The people have the right to assemble, in a peaceable manner, to consult for
their common good, to instruct their representatives and to petition the government, or any
department thereof, for the redress of grievances. $

Src. 4. The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security; but
standing armies in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be tolerated; and
the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power.

Sec. 5. The right of trial by jury shall be inviolate.

Sec. 6. There shall be no slavery in this State, and no involuntary servitude, except
for the punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.

Src. 7. The right to worship God according to the dictates of conscience shall never
be infringed ; nor shall any person be compelled to attend or support any form of worship ;
nor shall any control of, or interference with, the rights of conscience be permitted ; norany
preference be given by law, to any religious establishment or mode of worship. No relig-
ious test or property qualification shall be required for any office of public trust, nor for any
xo a any election, nor shall any person be incompetent to testify on account of religious

elief. a :

Src. 8. The right to the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless the public
safety requires it in case of invasion or rebellion.

Src. 9, All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses,
where proof is evident, or the pyesumption great. Excessive bail shall not he required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.

Sec. 10. In all prosecutions, the accused shall be allowed to appear, and defend in
person or by counsel ; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him; to
meet the witness face to face, and to have compulsory process to compel the attendance of
witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public cra by an impartial jury of the county or dis-
trict in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. No person shall be a witness
against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. i

Suc. 11.- The liberty of the press shall be inviolate; and all persons may freély speak,
write or publish their sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of such
right; and in.all civil.or criminal actions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to
the jury, and if it shall appear that the alleged libelous matter was published for justifiable
ends, the accused party shall be acquitted. :

Src. 12. No person shall be transported from the State for any offense committed
within the same, and no conviction in the State shall work a corruption of blood or for-
feiture of estate. .

Sec, 13. Treason shall consist only in levying war against the State, adhering to
its enemies, or giving them aid and comfort. No person shall he convicted of treason unless
on the evidence of two witnesses to the overt act, or confession in open court.

Src. 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the con-
sent of the occupant, nor in time of war, except as prescribed by law.

Src. 15. The right of the people to be securc in their persons and property against un-
reasonable searches and seizures, shall be inviolate, and no warrant shall issue but on
probable cause, supported by oath or aflirmation, particularly describing the place to be

 

searched and the person or property to be seized.
Src. 16. No person shall be imprisoned for debt except in cases of fraud. ‘
Src. 17. No distinction shall ever be made between citizens and aliens in reference to

the purchase, enjoyment or descent of property.

Src. 1s. All persons, for injuries suffered in person, reputation or property, shall have
remedy by due course of law, and justice administered without delay.

SEc.19. No hereditary emoluments, honors or privileges, shall ever be granted or con-
ferred by the State.

Src. 20, This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others
retained by the people; and all powers not herein delegated remain with the people.

ARTICLE I.—EXECUTIVE.

Sucrion 1. The executive department shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General and Superintendent of
Public Instruction ; who shall be chosen by the electors of the State at the time and place of
voting for members of the Legislature, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years,
from the second Monday in January, next after their election, and until their successors are
elected and qualified.

Sec. 2. Until otherwise provided by law, an abstract of the returns of every election,
for the offices named in the foregoing section, shall be sealed up and transmitted by the
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Clerk of the board of canvassers of the several counties, to the Secretary of State, who, with

the Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, shall constitute a Board of State Canvassers,

whose duty it shall be to meet at the State Capital on the second Tuesday of December suc-

ceeding each election for State officers, and canvass the vote for such officers, and proclaim

the result; but in case any two or more have an equal and the highest number of votes, the™
Legislature shall, by joint ballot, choose one of said persons so having an equal and the

highest number of votes for said office.

Src. 3. The supreme executive power of the State shall be vested in a Governor, who
shall see that the laws are faithfully executed. .

Src. 4. He may require information in writing from the officers of the executive de-
partment, upon any subject relating to their respective duties.

Src. 5. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature by proclamation,
and shall, at the commencement of every session, communicate, in writing, such informa-
tion as he may possess in reference to the condition of the State, and recommend such
measures as he may deem expedient.

; Src. 6. In case of disagreement between the two Houses in respect to the time of ad-
journment, he may adjourn the Legislature to such time as he may think proper, not be-
yond its regular meeting.

Sec. 7. The pardoning power shall be vested in the Governor, under regulations and
restrictions prescribed by law.

Src. 8. There shall be a seal of the State, which shall be kept by the Governor and
used by him officially, and which shall be the great seal of Kansas.

Sec. 9. All commissions shall be issued in the name of the State of Kansas, signed by
the Governor, countersigned by the Secretary of State, and sealed with the great seal.

Sxc. 10. No member of Congress, or officer of the State, or of the United States, shall
hold the office of Governor, except as herein provided.

Sec. 11. In case of the death, impeachment, resignation, removal, or other disability
of the Governor, the power and duties of the office for the residue of the term, or until the
disability shall be removed, shall devolve upon the President of the Senate.

Src. 12. The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, and shall vote
only when the Senate is equally divided. The Senate shall choose a President pro tempore
C preside in case of his absence or impeachment, or when he shall hold the office of

overnor, :

Sec. 13. If the Lieutenant Governor, while holding the office of Governor, shall be
impeached or displaced, or shall resign or die, or otherwise become incapable of performing
the duties of the office, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy
is filled or the disability removed; and if the President of the Senate, for any of the above
causes, shall be rendered incapable of performing the ditties pertatning to the office of
Governor, the same shall devalve upon the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Sec. 14. Should either the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General,
or Superintendent of Public Instruction become incapable of performing the duties of his
office for any of the causes specified in the thirteenth section of this article, the Governor
shall fill the vacancy until the disability is removed, or a successor is elected and qualified.
Every such vacancy shall be filled by election at the first general election that occurs more
than thirty days after it shall have happened; and the person chosen shall ‘hold the office
for the unexpired term. ’ ee

Sec. 15. The officers mentioned in this article shall, at stated times, receive for their
services a compensation to be established by law, which shall neither be increased nor
diminished during the period for which they shall have been elected.

Sec. 16. The officers of the executive department and of all pnblic State institutions
shall, at least ten days preceding each regular session of the Legislature, severally report to
the Governor, who shall transmit such reports to the Legislature.

ARTICLE II.—LEGISLATIVE,

SECTION 1. The legislative power of this State shall be vested in a House of Repre-
sentatives and a Senate.

Src. 2. The first House of Representatives under this constitution shall consist of
seventy-five members, who shall be chosen for one year. The first Senate shall consist of
twenty-five members, who shall be chosen for two years. After the first election, the num-
ber of Senators and members of the House of Representatives shall be regulated by law;
but.shall never exceed one hundred Representatives and thirty-three Senators.

Sec. 3. The Members of the Legislature shall receive as compensation for their
services the sum of three dollars for each day’s actual service at any regular or special
session, and fifteen cents for each mile traveled by the usual route in going to and return-
ing from the place of meeting; but such compensation shall not in the aggregate exceed the
sum of two hundred and forty dollars for each member, as per diem allowance for the first
session held under this constitution, nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars for each
session thereafter, nor more than ninety dollars for any special session. '

Sec. 4. No person shall be a member of the Legislature who is not, at the time of his
election, a qualified voter of, and resident in, the county or district for which he is elected.

SEC. 5. No Member of Congress or officer of the United States shall be eligible toa
seat in the Legislature. If any person, after his election to the Legislature, be decad to
Congress, or elected or appointed to any office under the United States, his acceptance
thereof shall vacate his seat.

Sec. 6. No person convicted of embezzlement or misuse of the public funds shall have
a seat in the Legislature. f 4

Sec. 7. All State officers, before entering upon their respective duties, shall take and
subscribe an oath or affirmation to puppore the Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of this State, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices.

+ Sec. 8. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum. Each House shall estab-
lish ie own rules, and shall be judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of-its own
members,

Src. 9. All vacancies occurring in either House shall be filled for the unexpired term
by election. : :

Sec. 10. Each House shall keep and publish a journal of its proceedings. The yeas
and nays shall be taken and entered immediately on the journal, upon the final passage of
every bill or joint resolution. Neither House, without the consent of the other, shall
adjourn for more than two days, Sundays excepted.

Src. 11. Any member of either House shall have the right to protest against any act
or resolution; and such protest shall, without delay or alteration, be entered on the journal.

Sec. 12. All bills shall originate in the House of Representatives, and be subject to
amendment or rejection by the Senate.

Src. 13. A majority of all the members elected to each House, voting in the affirma-
tive, shall be necessary to pass any bill or joint resolution.

Sec. 14. Every bill and joint resolution passed by the Tlouse of Representatives and
the Senate shall, within two days thereafter, be signed by the presiding officers, and pre-
sented to the Governor; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it to the
House of Representatives, which shall enter his objections at large upon its journal, and
proceed to reconsider the same. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members
elected shall agree to pass the bill or resolution, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the
Senate, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of all the
members elected, it shall become alaw. But in all such cases, the vote shall be taken by
yéas and nays, and entered upon the journals of each House. If any bill shall not be
returned within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to the
Governor, it shall become a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Legis-
lature, by its adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not become a law.

Src. 15. Every bill shall be read on three separate ane in each House, unless in caso
of emergency. Two-thirds of the House, where such bill is pending, may, if deemed
expedient, suspend the rules; but the reading of the bill by section, on its final passage,
shall in no case be dispensed with.

Sec. 16. No bill shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed
in its title; and no law shall be revived or amended, unless the new act contain the entire
act revived, or the section or sections amended, and the section or sections so amended shall
be repealed. :

Ec, 17, All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation throughout the
State; and in all cases where a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be
enacted. .

Sec. 18. All power to grant divorces is vested in the District Courts, subject to regula-
tion by law.

Bho. 19. The Legislature shall prescribe the time when its acts shall be in force, and
shall provide for the speedy publication of the same; and no law of a general nature shall
be in force until the same be published. It shall have the power to provide for the election

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

or appointment of all officers, and the filling of all vacancies not otherwise provided for in
this constitution. .

Src. 20. The enacting clause of all laws shall be, “Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Kansas ;” and no law shall be enacted except by bill.

Sec, 21. The Legislature may confer upon tribunals transacting the county business
of the several counties such powers of local legislation and administration as it shall deem
expedient.

. Sic. 22. For any speech or debate in either House, the members shall not be
uestioned elsewhere. No member of the Legislature shall be subject to arrest, except for
elony or breach of the peace, in going to or returning from the place of meeting, or during

the continuance of the sessions; neither shall he be subject to the service of any civil proc-
ess during the session, nor for fifteen days previous to its commencement.

Src. 28. The Legislature, in providing for the formation and regulation of schools, shall
make no distinction between the rights of males and females,

Sec. 24. No money shall be drawn from the treasury’ except in pursuance of a spe-
cific appropriation made by law; and no appropriation shall be for a longer term than one

ear.
. Src. 25. All sessions of the Legislature shall be held at the State Capital, and all regu-
lar sessions shall commence annually, on the second Tuesday in January.

Src. 26. The Legislature shall provide for taking an enumeration of the inhabitants of
the State, at least once in ten years. The first enumeration shall be taken in A. D. 1865.

Src. 27. The House of Representatives shalt have the sole power to impeach. All im-
peachments shall be tried by the Senate; and when sitting for that purpose the Senators
shall take an oath to do justice according to the law and the evidence. No person shall be
convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators elected.

Src. 28. ‘he Governor, and all other officers under this Constitution, shall be subject
to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office, ut judgment in all such cases shall not be
extended further than to removal from office, or disqualification to hold any office of profit,
honor or trust, under this Constitution; but the party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall
be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.

ARTICLE IfI.—JUDICIAL.

Secrion 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, District
Courts, Probate Courts, Justices of the Peace, and such other courts, inferior to the Supreme
Court, as may be provided by law; and all courts of record shall have a seal, to be used in the
authentication of all process.

Sec. 2. The Supreme Courtshall consist of one Chief Justice, and two Associate Jus-
tices (a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum), who shall be elected by the electors of
the State at large, and whose term of office, after the first, shall be six years. At the first
election, a Chief Justice shall be chosen for six years, one Associate Justice for four years,
and one for two years. ;

Src. 3. The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction in proceedings in guo war-
ranto, mandamus and habeas corpus; and such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by
Jaw. It shall hold one term each year, at the seat of government, and such other terms at
such other places as may be provided by law, and its jurisdiction shall be co-extensive with
the State.

: Sec. 4. There shall be appointed by the Justices of the Supreme Court, a reporter and
clerk of said court, who shall hold their offices two years, and whose duties shall be pre-,
scribed by law. ss

Sec. 5. The State shall be divided into five judicial districts, in each of which shall be
elected by the electors thereof a District Judge, who shall hold his office for the term of
four years. District Courts shall be held at such times and places as may be provided by
law. = -
Sec. 6. The District Courts shall have such’ jurisdiction in their respective districts as
may be provided by law. 2

Sec. 7. There shall be elected in each organized county, a Clerk of the District Court,
who shall hold his office two years, and whose duties shall be prescribed by law.

Sec. 8. There shall be a Probate Court in each county, which shall be a court of rec-
ord, and have such probatejurisdiction and care of estates of deceased persons, minors and
persons of unsound minds, as may be prescribed by law, and shall have jurisdiction in cases
of habeas corpus. This court shall consist of one Judge, who shall be elected by the quali-
fied voters of the county, and hold his office two years. He shall be his own clerk, and shall ,
hy court atsuch times and receive for compensation such fees as may be prescribed by

aw.

Src. 9. Two Justices of the Peace shall be elected in each township, whose term of
office shall be two years, and whose powers and duties shall be prescribed by law. The
number of the Justices of the Peace may be increased in any cownahip by law.

Sec. 10. All appeals from Probate Courts and Justices of the Peace shall be to the
District Court.

Src. 11. All the judicial officers provided for by this article shall be elected at the first
election under this Constitution, and shall reside in their respective townships, counties or
districts during their respective terms of office. In case of vacancy in any judicial office, it
shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, until the next regular election that shall
occur more than thirty days after such vacancy shall have happened. 7

Gee 12, All judicial officers shall hold their offices until their successors shall have
qualified.

Src. 13. The Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the District Court shall, at
stated times, receive for their services such compensation as may be provided by law, which
‘shall not be increased during their respective terms of office: Provided, such compensation
shall not be less than fifteen hundred dollars to each Justice or Judge each year, and such
Justices or Judges shall receive no fees or perquisites, nor hold any other office of profit or
trust under the authority of the State or the United States during the term of office for
which said Justices and Judges shall be elected, nor practice law in any of the courts of the
State during their continuance in office. ¢

Src, 14," Provision may be made by law for the increase of the number of judicial dis-
tricts whenever two-thirds of the members of each House shall concur. Such districts shall
be formed of compact territory and bounded by county lines, and such increase shall not
vacate the office of any Judge. 7

Src. 15. Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the District Courts may be re-
moved from office by resolution of both Houses, if two-thirds of the members of each House
concur; but no such removal shall be made except upon complaint, the substance of which
shall be entered aipon the journal, nor until the party charged shall have had notice and
opportunity to he heard.

Suc. 16. The several Justices and Judges of the courts of record in this State shall
havo such jurisdiction at chambers as may he provided by law.

Src. 17, The style of all process shall he, ‘The State of Kansas,” and all prosecutions
shall be carried on in the name of the State.

Src. 18, Until otherwise provided by law, the First District shall consist of the counties
of Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Jefferson and Jackson. The Second District shall consist of the
countics of Atehison, Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Marshall and Washington. The Third
District shall consist of the counties of Pottawatomie, Riley, Clay, Dickinson, Davis,
Wabaunsee and Shawnee. The Fourth District shall consist of the counties of Douglas, John-
son, Lykins, Franklin, Anderson, Linn, Bourbon and Allen. The Fifth District shall consist
of the counties of Osage, Coffey, Woodson, Greenwood, Madison, Breckinridge, Morris,
Chase, Butler and Hunter.

Src. 19. New or unorganized counties shall, by law, be attached, for judicial purposes,
to the most convenient judicial districts.

Sec. 20. Provision shall be made hy law for the selection by the bar, of a pro tempore
Judge of the District Court, when the Judge is absent or otherwise unable or disqualified to
sit in any case.

ARTICLE IV.—ELECTIONS.

Src, 1. All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by the Legis-
lature shall be viva voce. .

SEc. 2. General elections shall be held aunually, on the Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday in November. Township elections shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, until
otherwise provided by law. :

ARTICLE V.—SUFFRAGE.

.,, SECTION 1, Every white male person, of twenty-one years and upward, belonging to
either of the following classes—who-shall have resided in Kansas six months next preced-
ing any election, and in the township or ward in which he offers to vote, at least thirty days
next preceding such election—shall be deemed a qualified elector:
se Curescs of me United States. .
;, second.. Persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their intention to become
citizens conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization.

Src. 2, No person under guardianship, non compos mentis, or insane, shall be qualified
to vote, nor any person convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil rights.

,_ SEC. 3. No soldier, seaman or marine, inthe army or navy of the United Seat or of
their allies, shall be deemed to have acquired a residence in the State in consequence of be-
a SnOnES within the same; nor shall any soldier, seaman or marine have the right to

“SEC. 4. The Legislature shall pass such laws as may be necessary for ascertaining, b:
proper proofs, the citizens who anatl he entitled to the right of sutnnce | hereb established.

Sac. 5. Every person who shall give or accept a challenge to fight aduel, or who shall,
knowingly, carry to another person, such challenge, or shall go out of the State to fight a
duel, shall be ineligible to ang office of trust or profit.

Src. 6. Every person who shall have given or offered a ‘bribe to secure his election,
shall e disqualified from holding office during the term for which he may have been
elected.
. Sec. 7. Electors, during their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning
therefrom, shall be privileged from arrest in all cases except treason, felony or breach of the
peace.

ARTICLE VI.—EDUCATION.

Section 1. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have the general
supervision of the common school funds and educational interests of the State, and per-
form such other duties as may be prescribed by law A Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion shall be elected in each county, whose term of office shall be two years, and whose duty
and compensation shall be prescribed by law.

Sec. 2, The Legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, moral, scientific
and agricultural improvements, by establishing a uniform system of common schools, and
aE of higher grade, embracing normal, preparatory, collegiate and university depart-
ments. 2

Src. 3. The proceeds of all lands that have been or may be granted by the United
States to the State, for the support of schools, and the five hundred thousand acres of land
granted to the new States, under an act of Congress distributing the proceeds of public lands
among the several States of the Union, approved September 4, A. D. 1841, and all estates of
persons dying without heir or will, and such per cent as may be granted by Congress, on the
sale of lands in this State, shall be the common property of the State, and shall be a perpet-
ual school fund, which shall not be diminished, but the interest of which, together with all
the rents of the lands, and such other means as the Legislature may provide, by tax or oth-
erwise, shall be inviolably oe to the support of common schools.

Srec.4. The income of the State school fund shall be disbursed annually, by order of
the State Superintendent, to the several County. Treasurers, and thence to the Treasurers of
the several school districts, in equitable proportion to the number of children and youth
resident therein, between the ages of five and twenty-one years; Provided, that no school
district, in which a common school has not been maintained at least three months in each
year, shall be entitled to receive any portion of such funds.

Sec 5. The school lands shall not be sold unless such sale shall be authorized by a
vote of the people at a general election ; but, subject to re-valuation every five years, they
Le be leased for any number of years not exceeding twenty-five, at a rate established by
aw. ae

Sec. 6. All money which shall be paid by persons as an equivalent for exemption
from military duty; the clear proceeds from estrays, ownership of which shall rest in the
taker-up ; and the proceeds of fines for any breach of the penal laws, shall be exclusively
applied in the several counties in which the money is paid or fines collected, to the sup-
port of common schools. 5

Src. 7. Provision shall be made by law for the establishment, at some eligible and
central point, of a State University, for the promotion of literature, and the arts and
sciences, including a normal and an agricultural department. All funds arising from the
sale or rents of lands granted by the United States to the State for the support of a State
University, and all other grants, donations or bequests, either by the State or by individ-
uals, for such purpose, shall remain a perpetual fund, to be called the ‘University Fund,”
the interest of which shall be appropriated to the support of the State University.

Src. 8. No religious sect or sects shall ever control any part of the common school or
university funds of the State.

Src. 9. The State Superintendent.of Publi¢ Instruction, Secretary of State and Attor-
ney General shall constitute a Board of Commissioners for the management and investment
of the school funds. Any two of said Commissioners shall be a quorum.

ARTICLE VII.—PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

SEcTION 1. Institutions for the benefit of the insane, blind, and deaf and dumb and
such other benevolent institutions as the public good may require, shall be fostered and
supported by the State, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by law. Trustees
of such benevolent institutions, as may be hereafter created, shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and, upon all nominations
made by the Governor, the question shall be taken in yeas and nays, and entered upon the
journal.

, Src. 2. A penitentiary shall be established, the directors of which shall be appointed
or elected, as prescribed by law. = ;

Src. 3. The Governor shall fill any vacancy that may occur in the offices aforesaid,
until the next session of the Legislature, and until a successor to his appointee shall be
confirmed and qualified. 2

Src. 4. The respective counties of the State shall provide, as may be prescribed by
law, for those inhabitants who, by reason of age, infirmity or other misfortune, may have
claims upon the sympathy and aid of society. ' e

ARTICLE VIII.—MILITIA.

Section 1. The militia shall be composed of all able-bodied white male citizens be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years, except such as are exempted by the laws
of the United States or of this State; but all citizens of any religious denomination whatever,
who, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to bearing arms, shal! be exempted there-
from, upon such conditions as may be prescribed by law. bias iathte

Szc. 2. The Legislature shall provide for organizing, equipping and ns the
militia in such manner as it shall deem expedient, not incompatible with the laws of the
United States. : Me ‘

Src. 3. Officers of the militia shall be elected or appointed, and commissioned in such
manner as may be provided by law.

Src. 4. The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief, and shall have power to call out
the militia to execute the laws, to suppress insurrection, and to repel invasion.

ARTICLE IX.—COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.

Section 1. The Legislature shall provide for organizing new counties, locating
county seats, and changing county lines; but no county seat shall be changed without the
consent of a majority of the electors of the county, nor any county organized, nor the lines
of any county changed so as to include an area of less than four hundred and thirty-two
square miles. é

Sec. 2, The Legislature shall provide for such county and township officers as may be
necessary. ; .
eae 3. ‘All county officers shall hold their offices for the term of two years, and until
their successors shall be qualified; but no person shall hold the office of Sheriff or County
Treasurer for more than two consecutive terms. 7

Src. 4. Township officers, except Justices of the Peace, shall hold their offices one

year from the Monday next succeeding their election, and until their successors are
ualified. 7

4 AEE 5. All county and township officers may be removed from office, in such manner

and for such cause as shall be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE X.—APPORTIONMENTS.
SECTION 1. In the future apportionment of the State, each organized county shall
have at least one Representative; and each county shall be divided into as many districts

as it has Representatives. 2 :
Sc. 2. It shall be the duty of the first Legislature to make an apportionment, based

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upon the census ordered by the last Legislative Assembly of the Territory; and a new
qpeeronioens shall be made in the year 1866, and every five years thereafter, based upon
the census of the preceding year. : .
Sec. 3. Until there shall be a new apportionment, the State shall be divided into
election districts; and the Representatives and Senators shall be apportioned among the
several districts as follows, viz.:
First District—Doniphan County, four Representatives, two Senators.
Second District—Atchison and Brown Counties, six Representatives, two Senators.
Third District—Nemaha, Marshall and Washington Counties, two Representatives,
one Senator.
5 Fourth District—Clay, Riley and Pottowatomie Counties, four Representatives, one
enator.
. Fifth District—Dickinson, Davis and Wabaunsee Counties, three Representatives, one
enator.
6 Sixth District—Shawnee, Jackson and Jefferson Counties, eight Representatives, two
Senators.
Seventh District—Leavenworth County, nine Representatives, three Senators.
Highth District—Dougias, Johnson and Wyandotte Counties, thirteen Representa-
tives, four Senators. .
Ninth District—Lykins, Linn and Bourbon Counties, nine Representatives, three
Senators.
s Tenth District—Allen, Anderson and Franklin Counties, six Representatives, two
enators. :
Eleventh District—W oodson and Madison Counties, two Representatives, one Senator.
. aren District—Coffey, Osage and Breckinridge Counties, six Representatives, two
enators.
. Thirteenth District—Morris, Chase and Butler Counties, two Representatives, one
enator.
Fourteenth District—Arapahoe, Godfrey, “Greenwood, Hunter, Wilson, Dorn and
McGee Counties, one Representative.

ARTICLE XI.—FINANCE AND TAXATION.

Secrion 1. The Legislature shall provide for a uniform and equal rate of assessment
and taxation; but all property used exclusively for State, county, municipal, literary,
educational, scientific, religious, benevolent and charitable purposes, and personal property
to the amount of at least two hundred dollars for each family, shall be exempted from
taxation.

_  SEc. 2, The Legislature shall provide for taxing the notes and bills discounted or
et moneys loaned, and other property, effects, or dues of every description (without

eduction), of all banks now existing or hereafter to be created, and of all bankers; so that
all Deere employed in banking shall always bear a burden of taxation equal to that
imposed upon the property of individuals.

Src. 3. The Legislature shall provide, each year, for raising revenue sufficient to de-
fray the current expenses of the State.

Sec. 4. No tax shall be levied, except in pursuance of a law which shall distinctly
state the object of the same; to which object only such tax shall be applied.

Sec. 5. For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenses, and making public im-
provements, the State may contract public debts; but such debts shall never, in the aggre-
gate, exceed one million dollars, except as hereinafter provided. [very such debt shall be
authorized by law for some purpose specified therein, and a vote of the majority of all the
members elected to each House, to be taken by the yeas and nays, shall be necessary to the
passage of such law; and every such law shall provide for levying an annual tax sufficient
to pay the annual interest of such debt, and the principal thereof, when it shall become due;
and shall specifically appropriate the proceeds of such taxes to the payment of such princi-
Pal and interest; and such appropriation shall not be repealed, nor the taxes postponed or

iminished, until the interest and principal of such debt shall have been wholly paid.

SEc. 6. No debt shall be contracted by the State, except as herein provided, unless the
proposed law for creating such debt shall first be submitted to a direct vote of the electors of
the State, at some general election; and if such proposed law shall be ratified by a majority
of all the votes cast at such general election, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature next
after such election to enact such law and create such debt, subject to all the provisions and
restrictions provided in the preceding section of this article.

Src. 7. The State may borrow money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or de-
fend the State in time of war; but the money thus raised shall be applied exclusively to the
object for which the loan was authorized, or to the repayment of the debt thereby created.

Src. 8. The State shall never be a party in carrying on any works of internal improve-
ment.

ARTICLE XII.—CORPORATIONS.

SEectTion 1. The Legislature shall pass no special act conferring corporate powers.

ee ee may be created under general laws; but all such laws may be amended or re-
ealed.

® Sec. 2. Dues from coporations shall be secured by individual liability of the stockhold-
ers to an additional amount equal to the stock owned by each stockholder; and such other
means as shall be provided by law ; but such individual liabilities shall not apply to railroad
corporations, nor corporations for religious or charitable purposes.

Suc. 3._ The title to all property of religious corporations shall vest in trustees, whose
election shall be by the members of such corporations. - -

Src. 4. No right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation until full
compensation therefor be first made in money, or secured by a deposit of money, to the
owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation.

Src. 5. Provisions shall be made by general law for the organization of cities, towns
and villages; and their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts,
and loaning their credit, shall be so restricted as to prevent the abuse of such power.

Src. 6. The term corporation, as used in this article, shall include all associations and

joint-stock companies having powers and privileges not possessed by individuals or partner-
ships ; and all corporations may sue and be sued in their corporate name.

ARTICLE XIII.—BANKS AND CURRENCY.

‘ SEcTION 1. No bank shall be established otherwise than under a general banking
aw.

Src. 2. All banking laws shall require, as collateral security for the redemption of the
circulating notes of any banks authorized under their provisions, a deposit with the Auditor
of State of the interest-bearing bonds of the several States of the United States, at the cash
rates of the New York Stock Exchange, to an amount equal to the amount of circulating
notes which such bank shall be authorized to issue, and _a cash deposit in its vaults of ten
per cent of such amount of circulating notes; and the Auditor shall register and countersign
no more circulating bills of any bank than the cash value of such bonds when deposited.

Sec. 3. Whenever the bonds pledged as collateral security for the circulation of any
bank shall depreciate in value, the Auditor of State shall require additional security, or cur-
tail the circulation of such bank, to such extent as will continue the security unimpaired.

Src. 4. All circulating notesshall be redeemable in the money of the United States.
Holders of such notes shall be entitled, in case of the insolvency of such banks, to preference
of payment over all other creditors. ‘

Src. 5, The State shall not be a stockholder in any banking institution.

Src. 6. All banks shall be required to keép officers and offices for the issue and re-
demption of their circulation, at a convenient place within the State, to be named on the
circulating notes issued by such bank.

i aes 7. No banking institution shall issue circulating notes of a less denomination
an $5. i 3

Src. 8. No banking law shall be in force until the same shall have been snbmitted to
a vote of the electors of the State, at some general election, and approved by a majority of
all the votes cast at such election.

Src. 9. Any banking law may be amended or repealed.

ARTICLE XIV.—AMENDMENTS.

Section 1. Propositions for the amendment of the Constitution may be made by either
branch of the Legislature; and if two-thirds of all the members elected to each House shall
concur therein, such proposed amendments, together with the yeas and nays, shall be en-
tered on the journal, and the Secretary of State shall cause the same to be published in at
least one newspaper in each county of the State where a newspaper is published, for three
months preceding the next election for Representatives, at which time the same shall be
 

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submitted to the electors for their re or rejection, and if a majority of the electors
voting on said amendments at said election shall adopt the amendments, the same shall be-
come a part of the Constitution. When more than one amendment shall be submitted at
the same time, they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amend-
ment separately; and not more than three propositions to amend shall be submitted at the
same election.

Src. 2. Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature
shall think it necessary to call a convention to revise, amend or change this Constitution,
they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next election of members to the Legis-
lature for or against a Convention; and if a majority of all the electors voting at such elec-
tion shall have voted for a Convention, the Legislature shall, at the next session, provide for
calling the same. ‘

ARTICLE XV.—MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 1. All officers whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided for,
shall be chosen or appointed as may be prescribed by law.

Sec. 2. The tenure of any office not herein provided for may be declared by law; when
not so declared, such office shall be held during the pleasure of the authority making the
appointment; but the Legislature shall not create any office the tenure of which shall be
longer than four years.

Sec. 3. Lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are forever prohibited.

Src. 4. All public printing shall be let, on contract to the lowest responsible bidder, by
such executive officers and in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.

Suc. 5. An accurate and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the
poblie moneys, and the several amounts paid, to whom, and on what account, shall be pub-

ished, as prescribed by law.

Src. 6, The Legislature shall provide for the protection of the rights of women, in
acquiring and possessing property, real, personal and mixed, separate and apart from the
husband, and shall also provide for their equal rights in the possession of their children.

/ Sec. 7. The Legislature may reduce the salaries of officers who shall neglect the per-
formance of any legal duty.

Sec. 8. The ena seat of government is hereby located atthe city of Topeka,
county of Shawnee. The first Legislature under this Constitution shall provide by law for
submitting the question of the permanent location of the capital to a popular vote, and a
majority of all the votes cast at some general election shall be necessary for such location.

Sec. 9. A homestead, to the extent of 160 acres of farming land, or of one acre within
‘the limits of an incorporated town or city, occupied asa residence by the family of the
owner, together with all the improvements on the same, shall be exempted from forced sale
under any process of law, and shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband
and wife, when that relation exists; but no property shall be exempt from sale for taxes, or

- for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erec-
tion of improvements thereon; Provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to
any | process of law obtained by virtue of alien given by the consent of both husband and

1fe.
SCHEDULE.

SEcTion 1. That no inconvenience may arise from the change from a Territorial gov-
ernment to a permanent State government, it is declared by this Coustitation that all suits,
rights, actions, prosecutions, recognizances, contracts, judgments and claims, both as re-
spects individuals and bodies corporate shall continue as if no change had taken place.

SEc. 2. All fines, penalties and forfeitures, owing to the Territory of Kansas, or any
county, shall inure to the use of the State or county, all bonds executed to the Territory, or
any officer thereof, in his official capacity, shall pass over to the Governor or other officers of
the State or county, and their successors in office, for the use of the State or county, or by
ee or them to be respectively assigned over to the use of those concerned as the case may
7 Sec. 3. The Governor, Secretary and Judges, and all other officers, both civil and mil-
itary, under the Territorial government, shall continue in the exercise of the duties of their
respective departments until the said officers are superseded under the authority of this
Constitution.

Sec. 4. All laws and parts of laws in force in the Territory, at the time of the accept-
ance of this Constitution by Congress, not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall con-
tinue and remain in full force until they expire or shall be repealed.

Src. 5. The Governor shall use his private seal until a State seal is provided.

Src. 6. The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attor-
ney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall keep their respective offices
at the seat of government.

Sec. 7. All records, documents, books, papers, moneys and vouchers belonging and
pertaining to the several Territorial courts and offices, and to the several districts and coun-
ty offices, at the date of the admission of this State into the Union, shall be disposed of in
such manner as may be prescribed by law.

Sec. 8. All suits, pleas, plaintsand other proceedings pending in any court of record,
or Justice’s court, may be prosecuted to final judgment and execution; and all appeals, writs
of error, certiorari, injunctions or other proceedings whatever, may progress and be carried
on as if this Constitution had not been adopted; and the Legislature shall direct the mode
in which such suits, pleas, plaints, prosecutions and other proceedings, and all papers, rec-
ords, books and documents connected therewith, may be removed to the courts established
by this Constitution.

_, SEC. 9. For the purpose of taking the vote of the electors of this Territory, for the
ratification or rejection of this Constitution, an election shall be held in the several voting
precincts of this Territory, on the first Tuesday in October, A. D, 1859.

Src. 10. Each elector shall express his assent or dissent by voting a written or printed
ballot, labeled, “For the Constitution,” or “Against the Constitution.”

Sec. Al. If a majority of all the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the
Constitution, then there shall be an election held in the several voting precincts on the first

Tuesday in December, A, D, 1859, for the election of members of the first Legislature, of all
Bute: district and county officers provided for in this Constitution, and for a Representative
in Congress.

Sxc. 12. All persons having the qualifications of electors, according to the provisions
of this Constitution, at the date of each of said elections, and who shall have been duly reg-
istered according to the provisious of the registry law of this Territory, and none others,
shall be entitled to vote at each of said elections,

Sec. 13. The persons who may be judges of the several voting precincts of this Terri-
tory, at the date of the respective elections in this schedule provided for, shall be the judges
of the respective elections herein provided for.

Src. 14. The said judges of election, before entering on the duties of their office, shall
take and subscribe an oath, faithfully to discharge their duties as such. They shallappoint
two clerks of election, who shall be sworn by one of said judges, faithfully to discharge their
duties as such. In the event of a vacancy in the board of judges, the same shall be filled by
the electors present.

Sec. 15. At each of the elections provided for in this schedule, the polls shall be
opened between the hours of nine and ten o’clock A. M., and closed at sunset.

Sec. 16. The tribunals transacting county business of the several counties shall cause
to be furnished to the board of judges, in their respective counties, two poll books for each
election herein provided for, upon which the clerks shall inscribe the name of every person
who may vote at the said elections.

Src.17. After closing the polls at each of the elections provided for in this schedule,
the Judges shall proceed to count the votes cast, and designate the persons or objects for
which they were cast, and shall make two correct tally lists of the same.

Src. 18. Each.of the boards of judges shall safely keep one poll book and tally list, and
the ballots cast at each election, and shall, within ten days after such election, cause the
other poll book and tally list to be transmitted, by the hands of a sworn officer, to the clerk
of the board transacting county business in their respective counties, or to which the county
may be attached for municipal purposes.

Src. 19. The tribunals transacting county business shall assemble at the county seats
of their respective counties, on the second Tuesday after each of the elections provided for

in this schedule, and shall canvass the votes cast at the elections held in the several pre-

- eincts in their respective counties, and of the counties attached for munincipal purposes.
They shall hold in safe keeping the poll books and tally listsof said elections; and shall,
within ten days thereafter, transmit, by the hands of a sworn officer, to the President of this
convention, at the city of Topeka, a certified transcript of the same, showing the number of
votes cast for each person or object voted for at each of the several precincts in their
respective counties, and in the counties attached for municipal purposes, separately.

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ‘

Suc. 20. The Governor of the Territory, and the President and Secretary of this Con-
vention, shall constitute a Board of State Canvassers, any two of whom shall be a quorum,
and who shall, on the fourth Monday after each of the elections provided for in this schedule
assemble at said city of Topeka, and proces to open and canvass the votes cast at the several

recincts in the different counties of the Territory, and declare the result; and shall imme-
iately issue certificates of election to all persons i any) thus elected. :

Src. 21. Said board of State Canvassers shall issue their proclamation, not less than
twenty days next preceding each of the elections provided for inthis schedule. Said proc-
lamation shall contain an announcement of the several elections; the qualifications of elec-
tors; the manner of conducting said elections and of making the returns thereof, as in this
Constitution provided ; and shall publish said proclamation in one newspaper in each of
the counties of the Territory in which a newspaper may be then published. :

Src. 22, The Board of State Canvassers shall provide for the transmission of authenti-
cated copies of the Constitution to the President of the United States, the President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. : : vis

Src. 23. Upon official information having been by him received of the admission of
Kansas into the Union as a State, it shall be the duty of the Governor elect under the Con-
stitution to proclaim the same, and to convene the Legislature, -and do all things else neces-
sary to the complete and active organization of the State government. .

Sec. 24. The first Legislature shall have no power to make any changes in county
lines.

Src, 25. At the election to be held for the ratification or rejection of this Constitution,
each elector shall be permitted to vote on the homestead provision contained in the article
on “ Miscellaneous” by depositing a ballot inscribed, “ For the Homestead,” or “ Against
the Homestead,” and if a majority of all the votes cast at said election shall be against said
provision, then it shall be stricken from the Constitution.

RESOLUTIONS. 3

Resolved, That the Congress of the United States is hereby requested, upon the applica-
tion of Kansas for admission into the Union, to pass an act granting to the State forty-five
hundred thousand acres of land to aid in the construction of railroads and other internal
improvements. bs ats

Resolved, That Congress be further requested to pass an act appropriatin fifty thou-
sand acres of land for the improvement of the Kansas River from its mouth to Fort Riley.

Resolved, That Congress be further requested to pass an act granting all swamp lands
within the State for the benefit of common schools. Salas ?

Resolved, That Congress be further requested to ve an act appre pence five hundred
thousand dollars, or, in lieu thereof, five hundred thousand acres of land, for the pepuent
of the claims awarded to citizens of Kansas by the Claim Commissioners appointed by the
Governor and Legislature of Kansas, under an act of the Territorial Legislature, passed
February 7, 1859. :

Resolved, That the Legislature shall make provision for the sale or disposal of the lands
granted to the State in aid of internal improvements and for other purposes, subject to the
same rights of pre-emption to the settlers thereon as are now allowed by law to settlers on
the public landé: . x :

Resolved, That it is the desire of the people of Kansas to be admitted into the Union
with this Constitution. ?

Resolved, That Congress be further requested to assume the debt of this Territory.

Done in Convention at Wyandotte, this 29th day of July, A. D. 1859.

JaMES M. WINCHELL,

President of the Kansas Constitutional Convention, and Delegate from Osage County.

Joun A. MARTIN, Secretary.

Robert Graham, John James Ingalls, Caleb May, J. A. Middleton, 5. D. Houston, Luther
R. Palmer, John Taylor Burris, John P. Greer, John Ritchie, H. D. Preston, Benjamin F.
Simpson, James M. Arthur, Josiah Lamb, William McCulloch, James G. Blunt, J. C. Burnett,
William R. Griffith, Samuel A. Kingman, Robert J. Porter, James Blood, 8. 0. Thacher, Ed-
win Stokes, P. H. Townsend, William Hutchinson, N. C. Blood, Edmund G. Ross, James
Hanway, Allen Crocker, Samuel E. Hoffman, James A. Signor, George H. Lillie, R. L. Will-
iams, W. P. Dutton.

AMENDMENTS.

SECTION 2 OF ARTICLE 2 (LEGISLATIVE).

The number of Representatives and Senators shall be regulated by law, but shall never
exceed one hundred and twenty-five Representatives and forty Senators. From and after
the adoption of the amendment, the House of Representatives shall admit one member
from each county in which at least two hundred and fifty legal votes were cast at the next
preceding general election; and each organized county in which less than two hundred
egal votes were cast at the next preceding general election, shall be attached to and con-
Bie apart of the representative district of the county lying next adjacent to it on the
east.

[Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1873, and adopted by the people at the
general election held November 4, 1873.]

SECTION 12, ARTICLE 2 (LEGISLATIVE).
Bills may originate in either House, but may be amended or rejected by the other.
(Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1864, and adopted by the people at the _
general election held November 8, 1864.]

SECTION 24, ARTICLE 2 (LEGISLATIVE).
. , No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in pursuance of a specific appro-
priation made by law; and no appropriation shall be for a longer term than one year.
- [Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1876, and adopted by the people at the
general election held November 7, 1876.]

SECTION 25, ARTICLE 2 (LEGISLATIVE).

All sessions of the Legislature shall be held at the State Capital, and beginning with
the session of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, all regular sessions shall be held once
a years, commencing on the second Tuesday of January of each alternate year there-
after.

(Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1875, and adopted by the people at the
general election held November 2, 1875.]

SECTION 29, ARTICLE 2 (LEGISLATIVE).

At the genoral election held in eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and thereafter,
members of the House of Representatives shall be elected for two years, and members of
the Senate shall be elected for four years.

[This section is an additional section to Article 2; it was submitted by the Legislature
m vie img of 1875, and was adopted by the people at the general election held Novem-

er 2, ,
SECTION 2, ARTICLE 5 (SUFFRAGE).

No person under guardianship, non compos mentis, or insane; no person convicted of
felony, unless restored to civil rights; no person who has been dishonorably discharged
from the service of the United States, unless reinstated; no person guilty of defrauding the
Government of the United States, or any of the States thereot; no person guilty of giving or
receiving a bribe, or offering to give or receive a bribe ; and no person who has ever volun-
tarily aided or abetted in the attempted overthrow of said government, except all persons
who have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States since
the first day of April, A. D. 1861, provided that they have served one year or more therein,
shall be qualified to vote or hold office in this State, until such disability shall be removed
Py a law passed by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of both branches of the Legis-
ature. i a

(Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1867; adopted by the people at the
general election held November 5, 1867.]

SECTION 3, ARTICLE 5 (SUFFRAGE),
For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a resi-
dence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United
States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

States, or of the high seas, nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept
at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense, nor while confined in any public
peste; and the Legislature may make provision for taking the votes of electors who may
e absent from their Ee or wards, in the volunteer military service of the United
States, or the militia service of this State; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
mane baied es seaman or marine in the regular army or navy of the United States the
0 vote.
(Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1864, and adopted the-
general election held Noveniber 8, 1864.] d AE REBORN

SECTION 3, ARTICLE 9 (COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION).

All county officers shall hold their offices for the term of two years, and until their suc-
cessors shall be qualified, except County Commissioners, who shall hold their offices for the
term of three years; Provided, that at the general election in the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-seven, the Commissioner elected from district number one in each county, shall hold
his office for the term of one year; the Commissioner elected from. district number two in
each county, shall hold his office for the term of two years, and the Commissioner elected
from district number three in each county shall hold his office for the term of three years;
Pus ae person shall hold the office of sheriff or county treasurer for more than two consecu-

‘ive terms.

[Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1876, and adopted by the people at the

general election held Diaschiber 7,1876.] , " y es

SECTION 3, ARTICLE 11 (FINANCE AND TAXATION).

The Legislature shall provide, at each regular session, for raising sufficient revenue to
defray the current expenses of the State for two years.

Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1875, and adopted by the people at the
general election held November 2, 1875.] ‘.

_ SECTION 7, ARTICLE 13 (BANKS AND CURRENCY).
dni No banking institution shall issue circulating notes of a less denomination than one
ollar.
[Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1861, and adopted by the people at the
general election held November 5, 1861.] ” . sia

SECTION 4, ARTICLE 15 (MISCELLANEOUS).

All public printing shall be done My a State Printer, who shall be elected by the Legis-
lature in joint session, and shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor shall
be elected and qualified. The joint-session of the Legislature for the election of a State
Printer, shall be on the third Tuesday of January, A. D. 1869, and every two years thereafter.
iu ublic printing shall be done at the capital, and the prices for the same shall be regu-
ai y law. : :

(Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1868, and adopted by the people at the
general election held November 3, 1868.]

SECTION 10, ARTICLE 15 (MISCELLANEOUS).

The manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall be forever prohibited in this
except for medical, scientific and mechanical purposes.

[Submitted by the Legislature at the session of 1879, and adopted by the people at the

general election held November 2, 1880.]

State,

IN MEMORIAM.

BIOGRAPHIES OF CITIZENS OF KANSAS, DECEASED, WHO, WERE IDENTIFIED
WITH THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE STATE.

OLD JOHN BROWN.

- John Brown was of Puritan ancestry—being sixth in descent from Peter Brown, one
of the determined band “who came to New England in the Mayflower, and landed at
Plymouth Rock, December, 1620.” Fourthin descent from Peter Brown, and the grandfather
of John Brown, famous in Kansas history, was John Brown, of Connecticut, Captain of a
company in the; Continental army, and who died while in the service, Gideon Wells, the
grandfather of John Brown on the maternal side, also served in the Revolutionary war, and
attained the rank of Lieutenant. John Brown, theson of Owen and Ruth (Mills) Brown
was born in Torrington, Conn., May 9, 1800. When he was five years old, his father migrated
to Hudson, Ohio, and during the war of 1812 was engaged in furnishing beef to the Amer-
~ ican troops on the northern frontier, John sometimes accompanying him to Detroit, and
sometimes taking droves of cattle to their destination alone. At that early age even, he
looked at what he witnessed of military life, and of the inevitable misuse of irresponsible
authority, with keen, observing eyes, and the germ of the dominant principle and passion of
his life was planted. What he saw in the army so disgusted him that he never could be in-
duced to perform military service in time of peace, and he firmly resolved never to take part
in any war,.except it was one forliberty. What he saw of the “ peculiar institution,” and

the effect it produced on him, he relates in a short autobiographical sketch written in 1857.

Speaking of himself in the third person, he says: .

“During the war with England, a circumstance occurred that in the end made him a
most determined Abolitionist, and led him to declare or swear eternal war with slavery.
He was staying, for a short time, with a very gentlemanly landlord, once a United States
‘Marshal, who held a slave boy near his own age, active, intelligent and good feeling, and to
whom John was under considerable obligation for numerous little acts of kindness, The
master made great pet of John, brought him to table with his first ee, and friends,
called-their attention to every little smart thin g he said or did, and to the fact of his being more
than a hundred miles from home, with a drove of cattle, alone; while the negro boy (who was
fully, if not more than his equal,) was badly clothed, poorly fed and lodged in cold weather,
and beaten before his eyes with iron shovels or any other thing that came first to hand.
This brought John to reflect on the wretched, hopeless condition of fatherless and mother-
less slave children—for such children have neither fathers nor mothers to protect and pro-
vide forthem. He sometimes would raise the question, ‘Is God their Father?’ ”

John Brown’s early lifa of toil and privation in a new country gave him but little
leisure to acquire an elucaiion at school. As he quaintly says, “ He learned nothing of
grammar, nor did he get at school so much knowledge of common arithmetic as the four
ground rules.’ te, however, gradually acquired a fondness for books, and, having access to
the library of a friend, persistently availed himself of the privilege, and thereby gained the

rincipal part of his early education. At the age of sixteen, he joined the Congregational
Phurel: aa three years later went to Plainfield, Mass., to study for the Christian ministry.
He had partially fitted for college, under the instruction of Rev. Moses Hallock, when he
was attacked with inflammation of the eyes, which, becoming chronic, compelled him to
abandon his studies and return to Ohio, where he resumed the tanner’s trade (which he
had pteviously practiced in his father’s service), and carried it on for the next twenty
yeare, partly in Ohio and partly in Crawford County, Penn. : .

e returned to Ohio, and when about twenty years of age he married Dianthe Lusk,
who diedin 1832, and who was the mother of seven of his children. The year succeeding
her death, he married Mary A. Day (now eae California), by whom he had thirteen
children, of whom three sons were with him at Harper’s Ferry, two of whom lost their lives
there, and the third escaped. ae ; .

in Pennsylvania, Brown engaged in land speculation, and losing the greater part of his

roperty, returned to Ohio in 1840 andembarked in the wool trade. In 1846, he removed to
g ringfield, Mass., where he opened a wool warehouse, receiving stock from the wool growers
of Northern Ohio, to be sold af discretion. The firm name of the Springfield house was Per-
kins & Brown. He attempted, while here, to establish a system ofselling wool by valua-
tion, by grades and sorts, and thereby brought himself in collision with the New England
manufacturers, who chose to es wool direct from the producers. Thereupon Brown
shipped two hundred thousand pounds of woolto London, going himself to sell it. He was
obliged to dispose of it at half its value, and returned to America financially ruined.

In 1849, he removed with his family to North Elba, Essex County, N. Y., and settled
upon an unimproved farm given him by Gerrit Smith, who had previously planted a colony
of negroes in the same region. It was a rer ie snape location, high up the Adirondack
Mountains, and the negroes, for the sake of whom he had removed to the place, soon became

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discouraged, and relinquishing their mountain farms removed to a more congenial soil and
climate. Brown and his family, now including several sons grown to manhood, worked on
and ultimately secured comfortable homes for themselves. In 1851, the father returned with
his family to Ohio, and again engaged in the wool business. In 1854, his four elder sons—
John Brown, Jr., i ason, nee and Frederick—all the children of his first wife and residing
in Ohio, determined to migrate to Kansas.- John and Jason were married and had some
property. The others were unmarried. In preparation for their removal to Kansas in the
spring, Owen and Frederick took the teams and entire stock, cattle and horses to South west-
ern Illinois to winter, where they were joined by a younger brother, Salmon, early in 1855, and
in the spring, the brothers settled in Lykins County, on the Pottawatomie, about eight miles
from the site of Osawatomie. They came without arms, simply to make homes for, them~-
selves—I'rederick intending to return to Ohio to be married, and to bring his wife to Kansas.
They were harassed, plundered, threatened and insulted by bands of marauders from
Missouri, and could get no redress or protection. They accordingly wrote to their father
for arms, that they might protect themselves. The hour had come and the man was ready.
Since 1839, he had been waiting for an opportunity to begin in earnest the work which en-
grossed the deepest passions of his soul—war against slavery—and he believed that Kansas
was the chosen field, He immediately moved his family to the mountain home at North
Elba, and procuring arms for his sons, then in Kansas, and for Owen, Oliver, and his son-
in-law, Henry Thompson, all of whom desired to accompany him, he came with them to
fight for freedom in Kansas, and for freedom for the slave everywhere. His first appearance
as a military leader among the Free-State settlers of Kansas was at the siege of Lawrence,
November, 1855, when, accompanied by his four sons, all thoroughly armed, he entere
Lawrence, offered his services to the besieged town, and was placed in command of a com-
pany. After the difficulties at Lawrence had been peaceably terminated, Capt. Brown
returned to Osawatomie, not angry and disgusted at the result, or because other counsel than
his own prevailed, but happy and grateful, writing to his wife: ‘The Free-State men have
only to retain the footing they have gained and Kansas 1S FREE.” The prominent part he
took in the exciting events in Kansas ae the tempestuous year of 1856, at Black Jack,
at Osawatomie, his deeds both aggressive and defensive, good or ill, belong to the history of
the State, and find their proper place there. :

After the Missouri invasion of September, 1856, and the dispersion of the invaders by
order of Gov. Geary, John Brown, with four of his sons—one of whom was John, Jr., just
released from prison at Lecompton—started overland by way of Nebraska and Iowa for the
Eastern States. He passed through Northern Kansas in the disguise of a surveyor, escaped
capture, although in the company of the Marshal who held a writ for his arrest, and arrived
safely at Tabor in Iowa, a noted station on the underground railroad, where he rested with
his sons two weeks. He did not return to Kansas for over a year—not until November,
1857. The winter of 1856-57 was spent in the East, in devising plans and visiting places an
parties for the purpose of enlisting aid and sympathy for the purpose so near his heart. He
employed all his energies to secure, as he expressed it, “the means of arming and thor-
oughly equipping” his followers, who were ‘mixed up with the people of Kansas,” and his
failure to induce the extravagant, luxurious “heaven-exalted” people of the Last to con-
tribute to this purpose aroused the deepest indignation in the earnest, iron-willed old map.
In March or April, in anticipation of the Harper’s Ferry movement, he made arrangements
for the opening of a military school at Tabor, Iowa, to be under the instruction of Col.
Hugh Forbes. Capt. Brown was to meet Forbes and the designated pupils at Tabor in
June; but, although he started from the East in May, he did not reach Tabor until the 7th
of August, Col. Forbes being two days later. They remained at Tabor, inactive, for want of
funds, until the 2d of N8vember, when Capt. Brown, la two of his sons at Tabor, came
down to Kansas by the emigrant’s road, in a wagon driven by another of his sons. He vis-
ited Lawrence, and there met Luke F. Parsons and John E. Cook, whom he enlisted in his
enterprise. He then went to Topeka, and was there joined by A. D. Stevens, Charles I’.
Moffett, J. H. Kagi, and Cook, and the five left Topeka for Nebraska City. (Mr. Moffett, and
Mr. Kagi had seen John Brown at Tabor, to which place they had conducted some fugitive
slaves from Topeka a short time previous, and had then agreed to join his company.) Be-
fore they reached their destination, Cook was sent back to Lawrence to have a draft cashed,
and to get Luke F. Parsons, Richard Realf and Richard Hinton to return with him to Tabor.
Hinton could not go at the time, but the others joined Brown in the course of a few days,
and some of them first learned at this time that Capt. Brown’s,ultimate destination was Vir-
pe They had previously believed the fight was to be in Kansas and Missouri. Besides.
those mentioned, Owen Brown, C. P. Tidd, Richard Robertson and William Leeman were of
the party at Tabor. They stopped at Pedee, Iowa, during the winter of 1857-58, and pur—
sued a course of military studies under the instruction of A. D. Stevens (Capt. Whipple),
Forbes having gone East, where he subsequently revealed the secret of the organization. In
the early spring of 1858 (April), Capt. Brown returned from Ohio where he had been
making uusuccessful efforts to organize another school, rejoined his company in Iowa, and
the party left for Chatham, Canada West, via Chicago and Detroit.

On May 8, in a negro church at Chatham, a secret convention was called by Brown,
which was attended by followers both white and black who were fully in accord with his
views. At this convention, a “ Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the people of the
United States” was adopted. Under the new regime the offices of President and Command-
er-in-Chief were to be separate, and in no case to be held by the same person. John Brown
was chosen Commander-in-Chief; J. H. Kagi, Secretary of War; Owen Brown, Treasurer ;
Richard Realf, Secretary of State. je

During the session of the convention, a dispatch was received from a Congressman at
Washington, stating that Col. Forbes was there and making revelations in regard to the
Harper’s Ferry plan. Capt. Brown, in order to give a different impression in regard to the
matter, and disarm suspicion, decided that he must immediately disband his men and
return to the West “so that the world may know that John Brown is still in Kansas.”* The
men were accordingly disbanded, and scattered in various directions. Some went to their
homes, Mr. Parsons and Mr. Moffett to Ohio, to await the course of events, and be near the
final destination, and Capt. Brown, accompanied by Kagi and Stevens, returned to Kansas,
arriving at Lawrence, under the name of Capt. Morgan, June 25, 1858. The following day,
hestarted with Kagi for Southeastern Kansas, to visit Capt. Montgomery and also his half-
sister, the wife of Rev. Adair, then living near Osawatomie. This was just after the troubles
in Bourbon and Linn Counties had been quelled and peace established by arrangements and
stipulations made by Gov. Denver and agreed to by Montgomery. Montgomery had retired
to his farm ; the troops from Fort Scott had gone north; military eae for the protection
of settlers had been established along the border, and the policy of the Governor seemed to
be bringing peace and rest to the distracted country. a

Soon after the arrival of Capt. Brown and Kagi in Southern Kansas, they were joined
by Stevens, Leeman, Tidd and Anderson, of his Tabor military company, and after visiting
various parts of the country, the farm of Eli Snider, the blacksmith, the scene of the Marias des
Cygnes massacre, was fixed upon as a desirable position for a location—being near the State line,
and well adapted for defense. Negotiations were entered into with Snider and a title secured
“for military occupation.” A strong log house, which would serve as fort if necessary, was
built by Capt. Brown and his company; but for some reason, not explained, probably the
prevalence of peace at that time, was soon abandoned, the Captain and Kagi going to the
Rey. Adair’s, and the rest of the company remaining in Linn and Anderson Counties. At
the renewal of hostilities in October, Capt. Brown and his men took part iv the troubles,
living at this time in a strongly intrenched-cabin on Little Sugar Creek. This cabin was
attacked late in November, by a strong posse of armed men, but successfully defended by
Stevens, Kagi and Montgomery, the latter coming to their relief with a small party just
before the attack. Brown was absent at his sister’s in Osawatomie. In December, Capt.
Brown, with his company, went to Bourbon County and male their headquarters at “ Bain’s
Fort” or cabin, near the border line, so as to assist Montgomery in his operations, and be
conveniently situated for a contemplated invasion of Missouri, or whatever action cir-
cumstances might demand. While here, onSuaday, December 19,a azgro, named Jim, came
to the cabin where Brown and his men were stopping, and stated that he, together with his
wife, two children and another negro wan, were to be s9ld within a few days, and
appealed to the Captain for assistance to escape. The next day two parties were made up
to go into Missouri and forcibly liberate these and other slaves. John Brown commanded
one band of twelve men, Kagi another of eight. Capt. Brown’s party liberated ten slaves,
taking their masters along some distance into Kansas to prevent an alarm being given,
and then sending them back. Kagi’s party rescued one slave, killing the master. The
parties re-united and returned to their cabin—known as Bain’s Fort—whence the negroes
were taken to Franklin County and secreted, Brown remaining apart from them for greater
safety. The excitement caused by this invasion was intense. The President offered a
reward of $2,500 for the arrest of Brown, and the Governor of Missouri one of $:,000. The

 

 

*Charles W. Moffett, at John Brown’s meeting at Topeka, October 21, 1882.
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Free-State citizens of Linn and Bourbon Counties felt that this Sepreasive raid would only
bring fresh invasions from Missouri, and generally disapproved of the act. Capt. Montgom-
ery had refused to join in the expedition. Capt. Brown, in explanation or defense of
the act, and to exculpate Montgomery from the charge of being implicated in the inva-
sion, wrote his celebrated letter styled “John Brown’s Parallels,” dating it from the Trading
Post, Linn County. q

Leaving his fugitives with Kagi and Stevens, Capt Brown soon went to Lawrence to
make preparations for taking them through to Canada. When they were perfected, he left
Lawrence for the North, starting on the 20th of January, 1859. He stopped in the vicinity
of Topeka a short time, at the house of Mr. Sheridan, and while there his fugitives were
supplied by neighbors with food and articles of clothing, which they greatly needed. Capt.
Brown himself was insufficiently clothed, and shivered with cold when exposed to the keen
Kansas winds. He started from Topeka with four white companions and his wagons of
fugitives. When he reached Holton, he was intercepted by a band of armed men, and find-
ing it necessary to halt and make a defense, took possession of a log cabin in the woods

-near Cedar Creek, and remained on the defensive. Both parties sent for reénforcements.
Deputy Marshal Colby was sent by Gov. Medary, with a posse of men from Atchison, to
arrest Brown and bring him to Lawrence to trial, and some troops also were sent. John

’ Ritchie and a small force of cavalry from Topeka hurried to the relief of Brown, and on
joining him the horsemen were sent on ahead, Brown with the fugitives following. As
whey Advaneed, the opposing force, without offering any resistance, fled; James Green, of
Atchison, and Dr. Hereford, of Kansas City, being taken prisoners. Col. Ritchie with his
command accompanied Capt. Brown to the Nebraska line, and from that point he met with
on serious difficulty.

This was the last trip that John Brown made through Kansas—his last visit. He

reached Tabor the first week in February, continued his journey to Chicago, where he sent

is men in different directions, retaining Kagi and Stevens with himself. The party
reached Detroit on the 12th of March, and immediately crossed into Canada with the
rescued slaves. His subsequent movements are familiar to all. His preparations were
commenced immediately and continued persistently for the’ contemplated invasion of
Virginia. In the latter part of June, he made his appearance in Hagerstown, Md., and pass-
ing there as Mr. Smith, a farmer, hired for a few months an unoccupied farm about six
miles from Harper’s Ferry. He removed to this farm with’ several of his party early in
July, and was joined by others from time to time until the force numbered twenty-two per-
sons, seventeen of whom (including three of his sons) were white persons, the remainder
negroes. With this force the attack on Harper’s Ferry was made, on the 16th of October,
1859—nine months from the time he left Kansas. The attack, the defense, the defeat, the
trial, the sentence, the execution of John Brown, on December 2, 1860— he details of all
these, form a page in the history of the country, and cannot be given here.

But for what went before, and that which came after, John Brown’s connection with

Kansas affairs would not have been deemed prominent or worthy of especial note. He took
little part in the political affairs of the Territory during the short periods of his sojourn.
He never voted; he had not even the interest of a squatter’s claim. He cared little for the
plaus of his contemporaries for making Kansas a free State except so far as they might re-~
sult in making all States free. His hatred of slavery and slave-holders was the all-absorb-
ing passion of his life, and to its extermination he was not pledged but called. He was
viewed by the more conservative free-State men as too fanatical to be intrusted with their
confidence, as a leader, and too erratic to follow thelead of others. It is not known that he
ever took part in any concerted action where any except his immediate followers were con-
cerned, and many of them followed him even to death. .

In the annals of history, John Brown stands as a collossal figure, typical of the most
exalted heroism—that which cheerfully puts the seal of martyrdom upon the sincerity of
motive and act. ;

“Seven Grecian cities claimed the Homer dead.
Through which the living Homer begged his bread.”

So as in the grand prospective of the ages, John Brown stands forth as the friend of
friends to the oppressed of all nations and climes, remembered when the very names of his
calumniators are forgotten. Osawatomie and Lawrence in the West, may well contest with
Elba and Springfield in the East, the honor of having been even the temporary dwelling
place of the great hero and champion of a world’s emancipation. '

The biography of John Brown has yet to be written. His footprints on the soil of Kan-
sas have been traced in the pages of its history. They are. ephemeral, incidental, and like
wees other men, will fade away. In the hearts of a free people his memory is enshrined

forevermore.

HON. THOMAS JOHNSON.+

Thomas Johnson, whose history is so intimately connected with the introduction of
eivilization and Christianity among the Indian tribes lately inhabiting the territory now
included in the State of Kansas, was born in Virginia July 11, 1802. He died by assassina-
tion January 2,1865. Being one of a large family of children whose parents possessed lim-
ited means, he was thrown almost entirely upon himself for his own support and education.
He came, when comparatively young, to Missouri, where by economy and close study, he
Deported himself for the ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a
member.

His first labors as a minister, were in the Missouri Conference, where he filled a num-
ber of pastoral charges so successfully as to give bim considerable prominence among his
brother ministers,

After the Indian Tribes, i. e., the Shawnees, Delawares, Wyandots, Kaws, Kickapoos,
etc., were moved from their previous locations, into the territory lying immediately west of
the Missouri line, and intersected by the Kaw River, the Methodist Church—a church al-
ways ready and willing to do pioneer work—resolved to follow them with its Gospel agencies,
and establish missions among them. Some of these tribes, however, especially the Wyan-
dots, had been the subjects of Missionary labor in their old homes. The great body of those
Indians, however, except the Wyandots, were in a state of heathenism, :

The fact that Mr. Johnson was the first one selected to go as a missionary to the then
re pa of the Shawnees, is indicative of the high standing he occupied in the eyes of

is church. .

He entered the territory (now Kansas) in the year 1829,

Whatever Christian influences may have been brought to bear upon the Shawnees, pre-
vious to that time, must have been temporary in their effects. As a tribe they were em-
phatically heathen, from the chiefs down to their lowest subjects.

: Mr. Johnson’s heart was in the work, and being naturally a man of great-energy, he
entered this new field with that enthusiasm and hopefulness which churacterize every such
man entering upon a new and cherished enterprise.

But—as is so often the case—he met with disappointment.

It is said that Dr. Carey, the great missionary, labored seven years in India before he
made the first convert.

Mr. Johnson was not doomed to labor quite so long as Dr. Carey. Yet he did labor
long and hard, too, before he saw any adequate fruits of his labors.

Those stolid Indians seemed as impervious to all Gospel influence as is the granite rock
to the falling rain. A less determined man would have become discouraged and would

robably have quit the field. But Mr. Johnson was not the man to yield to any obstacles
less than insuperable. This seeming failure only drove him nearer to the cross, caused his
faith to lay hold more firmly upon the divine promises, and prompted him to put forth still
greater efforts in his work.

At length the Word so faithfully preached began to “prevail.” It not only began but it
continued to prevail, and to prevail mightily. The chief of the nation was among the first
converts. This effectually broke down the opposition. A great revival ensued, until there
was formed a large congregation of believers. From this beginning the good work con-
tinued to grow. r. Johnson early felt the importance of schools for the education of the
Indian youth. Indeed, he saw that without schools it would be an almost hopeless task to
bring up the tribe to even a medial state of civilization.

Accordingly he went to work in that direction, doing the best he could with his limited
means. He organized a few small schools in such localities as would best accommodate the

 

 

*See Linn County history.

{This biography of Hon. Thomas Johnson was received too late for insertion in its ap-
propriate place, in connection with his early work asa faithful missionary among the Shaw-
nees. It was written by Rev. Nathan Scarritt, now a resident. of Kansas City, Mo., and for
many years the intimate friend and co-worker of Mr. Johnson at the Shawnee Mission
‘School.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

children to be taught. But he soon found that schools on this plan were unsatisfactory.
Meantime he had Sonbeived the idea of a gréat central school, not only for the Shawnees,
but for such other tribes as might be willing to send their children to it.

About the same time, the U. S. Government, having to pay yearly large amounts to
these tribes in the way of annuities, was contemplating the project of devoting part of this
annuity fund to the establishing of schools amongst them. The result was that a contract
was entered into between the Government and the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which
provision was made for the~erection of suitable. buildings, and for the boarding, clothing
and education of a certain number of Indian children. : :

The church was todo a specified part, and the Government a specified part. The pro-
posed institution was to be a manual labor school, and it was projected on quite a large

Seales was located but alittle more than a mile from the State line of Missouri, and about

three miles southwest of the town of Westport, Mo., and seven miles from Kansas City.

Three large prick buildings were erected, sane scarcely a stone’s throw apart, and
so situated, relatively, that straight lines joining them to each other wouid form a triangle.
Near the center of this triangle was a large, never-failing spring of pure water, which yielded
a plentiful supply for the purposes of the whole mission. I mention these particulars to
show that the leaner of this large and unique establishment was a natural-born engineer.
Connected with the mission was a carpenter’s shop, a blacksmith shop, a shoemaker’s shop,
a steam grist mill, a saw mill, etc. Such of the boys as desired to learn trades were put into
these shops under the tuition of skilled workmen. There was also a large farm of several
hundred acres belonging to the mission, where such of the boys as did not care to learn a
trade were inducted into the mysteries of the agricultural arts.

The female department was in a separate building from the male. Much of the success
of this department (for it was very successful) was due'to the remarkable efficiency of the
matron whose services Mr. Johnson was fortunate in securing, viz., Mrs. Stateler, wife of the
venerable L, B. Stateler, now of Montana. So large a number o girls in one school were
never better managed. They were not only well drilled in the common school literature,
but they also were skillfully inducted into a knowledge of. all such domestic offices and du-
ties as pertain to the sex in the more refined circles of society. es

Aside from superintending this school, Mr. Johnson was constantly engaged in “labors
more abundant” in building up the other missions of which he had charge. :

After undergoing, for ten or twelve years, those hardships and exposures inseparable
from his work, Mr. Johnson’s health failed to such an extent that he was compelled to re-
sign his place. = ; ia

In order that he might be where he could have the care of the best physicians, he
moved with his family to Cincinnati. He there spent between one and two years under
medical treatment. Having by this time partially recovered his health, but still being un-
able to re-enter the mission work, he procured a quiet home for himself and family near the
town of Fayette, Howard County, Mo. x

It was there the present writer first made his acquaintance.

Meantime, the Indian Manual Labor School had been under the care of several Super-
intendents in suecession—all good men. But the friends of the school felt the great loss it
had all the while sustained, in being deprived of the superior administrative ability of its
first Superintendent. ' P :

Mr. Johnson’s health having now recovered, he was prevailed upon by his brethren to
re-enter the work. Accordingly, in the fall of 1847, he was re-appointed Superintendent of
the school and missions in the tribes before named. :

On his return to the school, he found many young men and women among the pupils
who, having grown up in the school, had advanced through the common school branches,
and who were desirous of obtaining a knowledge of the higher branches. This suggested to
Mr. Johnson the policy of organizing an academic department for the benefit of these ad-
vanced pupils. During a visit which he soon after made to Fayette, he persuaded the pres-
ent writer (it did not require much persuasion) to resign his place in Howard High School,
and go with him and take charge of his contemplated academy. This academy, or academ-
ical department, was opened simultaneously with the regular session of the school in Sep-
tember, 1848. This new departure in the history of the school—though undertaken rather
as an experiment—proved a decided success. Several scores of young gentlemen and young
ladies from “across the line,” and some even from the distant parts of Missouri, possessing
limited means, and yet desiring to enjoy the advantages of a classical school, were admitted
into this department. This brought whites and Indians into close competition in the race
for knowledge, and gave rise to an emulation both laudable and salutary. And I must say,
touching the capabilities of the two races, that those Indian scholars whose previous ad-
vantages had been equal to those of their white competitors, were not a whit behind them
in this contest for the laurals of scholarship. The success of this department, as well as that
of the whole school,,I attribute largely tothe able management of our Superintendent.
While at the head of that institution, he was the right man in the right place. In the first
place he pomenc’ strong, practical, common sense. He was a good judge of buman nature,
and quick to take in the situation in every emergency. .A man of deep and tender sympa-
thies, vet he was most firm in his adherence to principle. :

This combination of qualities gave him an administrative ability unsurpassed by that

‘of any man I ever knew.

He had taken care to haveall the departments of his school well manned, and to have
the whole establishment thoroughly organized and reduced to the most perfect system.
The result was that, though there were so many departments to claim his attention, and so
many different interests to be conserved, yet there was no friction or collision of parts in
the system.

The whole moved on so beautifully and harmoniously as to remind one (it often re-
minded me) of the facile movements of a thoroughly organized and well drilled army. Un-
der such management, the school could not have been otherwise than prosperous. Nor did
it cease to prosper until the tribal relations of the Indians began to be interrupted in regard
to their lands.

The Government first buying parts of their lands, and afterward giving them the priv-
ilege of disposing of their remaining “head rights,”—this soon threw the Indians into a
state of unrest and confusion which had a detrimental effect upon the school.

He kept his school open, however, as Jong as he could with any profit to the Indians.
But when they determined to dispose of their “head rights” and move South, he yielded
to the necessity and closed the school. a

He bought a home two miles east of the town of Westport, Mo.,to which he moved
in 1858, expecting to spend the rest of his days in retirement, and in such benevolent labors
as he might be able to bestow.

And while he lived there, and after what may be called the close of his public life,
there was no man in this Western country that possessed in a higher degree the confidence
and cateem of those who knew him.

As to his death, it is necessary that we premise a few particulars, in order properly to
understand the cause and “manner of his taking off.”

Mr. Johnson was a Southern man, born and reared in the South. His ancestors were
Southern, and most of his associates and associations were Southern.

_Under such circumstances, it was but natural that he should entertain'‘the prevailing
sentiments of his people, and sympathize with them in what was called their grievances.
Ifence it was that in the division of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1844, and in the
first Territorial Legislature of Kansas, of which he was a member, and in the United States
Congress where hehad a seat.as a Territorial delegate, and wherever else he was called upon
to act in a public capacity, he viewed the various questions tMat came before him from a
Southern standpoint. And he was sincere and conscientious in his positions.

, But when our national troubles culminated, and every man had to decide between
Union and secession, Mr. Johuson’s patriotism proved superiorto all sectional, social and even
penocn. ties, and he took his stand firmly on the side of the Union. I had opportunity to

now his real, heartfelt sentiments upon this subject, and Iam fully convinced that there
was no Union man in the country who was more sincere in the position he had taken, or
more conscious of the rectitude of his purpose, than was Thomas Johnson.

Yet the reader can easily conceive to what terrible hazards this position exposed him.
It was so in the case of hundreds of others, on both sides, in this bushwhacking country.

On the night of the 2d day of January—a bitter cold nicht—in 1865, after Mr. Johnson
and his family were all in their beds, and most of them asleep, a gang of armed men rode up
to the front gate and uttered several loud halloos. Myr. Johnson, hearing them, went into
the hall, opened the front door, and asked them what was wanted. They said they wanted
to be directed the way to Kansas City. He gave them the desired directions.

_ Meantime, some of them dismounted, passed through the gate and approached the house,
saying they wanted a drink of water. Mr. Johnson told them where the cistern was at the
side of the house where they would find conveniences for drinking, and invited them to
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help themselves, Just then he perceived their evil intent, for they were drawing their
pistols and advancing toward him rapidly.

: He immediately sprang back into the hall, closed the door, and was in the act of locking
it, when they fired at him. Their aim was so well taken that, although the closed door was
between him and them, one of the balls passing through the door, must have gone through
or very near his heart. He immediately began to nine down, still holding on the knob of
the door. His faithful wife, who had been all the while standing near him, caught him in
her arnis, and as he sank down, she sat upon the floor and placed his head in her lap. He
spoke not a word. He only uttered one on: two slight groans, and in a very few moments
ceased to breathe.

‘ The assassins continued to shoot into the house, not only in front but on every side.
For, by this time, nearly the whole gang had come in, and were taking part in the assault.
They were, as yet, uncertain whether they had accomplished their object in killing Mr.
Johnson ; for Mrs. Johnson had not allowed a lamp to be lit, or an audible word to be
spoken. The assassins, then changing their tactics, set fire to the house.

Assoon as Mrs. Johnson saw what they had done, she immediately ran out with a
bucket of water, right before them, and put out the fire; then she returned into the house
unmolested, except that the bullets from their guns and pistols were whizzing around her!
This was repeated. For it was not long before they again set the house on fire at_another
point ; and Mrs. Johnson, with her bucket of water, again faced the assassins, and put out
the fire. Worn out and exhausted almost to fainting, Mrs. Johnson finally told them they
had killed her husband, and, as they had accomplished what she supposed to be their object,

~she begged them to cease from their assault upon her defenseless house arid her heart-broken

family.

They soon after left the place. The body of Mr. Johnson was borne to the cemetery of
the Indian apa Sunday School, and was buried, not only beside the departed ones of
his own dear family, but in the midst ofa multitude of departed Christian Indians, who,
through his instrumentality had been brought into Christ’s Kingdom and made sons and
daughters of God.

Since then his noble wife has been called away, and now rests by his side. Of her it
may be said,, that, so far as cool self-possession and invincible courage are concerned, the
history of the sex furnishes few examples more signal and illustrious of genuine heroism.

Thomas Johnson possessed the elements of true greatness. Ido not mean the greatness
measured by a man’s fame which is too often made the standard. Many aman whose name
is scarcely known to the public, is more truly great than are many of those whose fame has
made the circuit of the world. The former is greatness after the Divine type—consisting in
purity of heart and in alife spent in good works. Its duration is eternal. The latter is greatness
after the human type. It is ephemeral and will have no existence beyond this fleeting life.
Of the former type was the character of the Hon. Thomas Johnson.

Mr. Johnson was married, in 1829, to Miss Sarah T. Davis, of Clarksville, Mo.
She was a woman of rare natural endowments, and possessed of the courage of which true
heroines as well as heroes are made. Yéars before her marriage, nearly her entire family
had been butchered at Ruttle’s stockade, during the Indian war, in which Tecumseh,
a Shawnee chief, was the leading spirit. The young bride went immediately after her mar-
riage to live among the wild aad savage tribe that had been the terror of her girlhood. She
became, by the hidden but conquering power of her Christian virtues, well-nigh a queen
among the descendants of the wild men who had slaughtered her ancestors.

The children of Thomas and Sarah T. (Davis) Johnson weré twelve in number, of whom
five died in infancy. Those who still survive, or lived to mature age, are: Alexander 5.,
Land Commissioner of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, Topeka, Kan.; Eliza 8.
(Mrs. John B. Wornall), Wesport, Jackson Co., Mo., deceased; Laura L. (Mrs. F. A. Water-
man, Chicago, Ill.); Andrew Monroe, Westport, Mo.; Cora E. (Mrs. H. W. Fuller, Richmond,
Va,); William M., Clay County, Mo., and Edna (Mrs. W. J. Anderson, Kansas City, Mo.).

GEN. JAMES H. LANE.

The date and place of the birth of this remarkable man-are to-day in doubt. G. Doug-
las Brewerton, in his book entitled ‘‘ The war in Kansas,” published in 1856, says: “James H.
Lane was born in Boone County, Ky., on the 22d of June, 1822. He is theson of Amos
Lane, a Western lawyerof considerable celebrity, who figured in the politics of his day as
Speaker of the first Legislature of Indiana, and Member of Congress during the Presidency
of Gen. Jackson, where he proved himself one-of the warmest supporters of ‘Old Hick-
ory’s' administration.” Mr. Brewerton claims to have obtained the information above from
‘Gen. Lane himself. In corroboration of its correctness, D. W. Wilder, in his “Annals of
Kansas,” page 94, states: ‘He was generally believed to have been older, and he sometimes
created the impression that he was born in Indiana; in fact, it was the prevailing opinion
of his friends that he was born in Indiana. Lane's affidavit is es on page 143 of pro-
ceedings in impeachment cases; he swears, April 29, 1862, that he is in his forty-third year.”
This agrees ‘vith his statement to Brewerton, and makes him twenty-four years old, when
in 1846, he became*Colonel of the Third Indiana Volunteers. In a biographical sketch of
him, written as late as 1878, by his friend, Hon. John’ Speer, Lawrence, it is stated that he
was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 22, 1814. Holloway’s History of Kansas disposes
of the question of his birth and parentage as follows: “Gen. James H. Lane was born June
22, 1814, on the banks of the Ohio, in Boone County, Ky. His father, Amos Lane,
cousin of Joseph Lane, of Oregon, was an eminent lawyer and a Member of Congress. James
mother, who was a woman of superior intellectual and moral qualifications, superintended
his early education. Alwaysrestive and unable to confine himself to books, he attained but
the rudiments of school learning, even under the excellent tutorship of his mother.” Little
is known of his early life. For a short time in his early manhood he engaged in mercantile
pursuits, and did a small business in pork-packing in Lawrenceburg, Ind. In 1843, he
commenced the study of law, and after a short course was admitted to practice. In 1846, on
the breaking-out of the Mexican war, he volunteered as a private and raised a company of
men of which he was elected Captain. The company rendezvoused at New Albany, and was
assigned to the Third Regiment Indiana Volunteers, of which he was made Colonel. His
regiment, under his leadership, did honorable and distinguished service throughout the
early and brilliant campaign of Gen. Taylor. At the expiration of its term of service,
one year, he returned with his regiment and was authorized to re-organize it for further
service in the field, which he did, and it was mustered again into the service as the Fifth
Regiment Indiana Volunteers. The speedy close of the war prevented it from winning fur-
ther laurels in the field after itsre-organization. Soon after the close of the war and his re-
turn home, he was elected Lieutenant Governor (1849), and before his term of office had ex-
pired (1852), he was elected as Member of Congress from the Fourth Congressional District
of Indiana. He was also chosen one of the electors at large for Franklin Pierce as Presi-
dent during thesame year, - :
Daring the excriag debates which préceded the passage of the Nebraska_ Bill, and
which developed the highest forensic and argumentative ability, Col. Lane did not rise
above mediocrity, although an ardent advocate of the bill which he supported by his votes
through all its stages to its final passage. The passage of the bill made sad havoc in the
Democratic Constituencies of the Northern States, and rendered the re-election of most
Northern Democrats who had_ voted for it extremely doubtful. Under the_ circumstances,
Lane did not choose to hazard defeat at the hands of his late constituents, but determined
at once to put inan early appearance in Kansas, there become one of the organizers of his
party, and its leader in the future State. He arrived in April, 1855, and settled on a claim
adjoining Lawrence, which continued to be his home up to the time of his death.* ;
For some three months after his arrival in the Territory, he took no prominent art in
olitics, but seemed waiting a favorable opportunify to act. With consummate tact, he felt
his way, taking no positive ground toward either faction beyond the point of safe retreat.
During the months of June and July, 1855, the preliminary conventions which foreshadowed
the organization of the Free-State party were held in Lawrence. Lane took no part in them,
but decided that the time had arrived for the organization of the Democratic party in order
to counteract the force of the growing movement which, if not checked, might draw to it a
multitude of Free State Democrats whom it was essential to retain in the National fold.

 

*His claim cost the life of Gaius Jenkins who contested it, and whom Lane shot dead June
3, 1858, while he was violently attempting to enforce his right, in common, to a well on the dis-
puted claim. Lane was acquitted before a Justice of the Peace, and as no indictment was found
against him, his case never came to trial ina court of record. Hence the actnal merits of the
case or the guilt which should justly attach to Lane for the homicide are still matters of _dis-
pute, and the traditionary versious so widely at variance as to agree in scarcely any of the minor
details. The fact that Lane shot Jenkins dead is well established; whether the act was justi-
fiable homicide, manslaughter, or “ murder most foul,” it is the part of a jury rather than of a
biographer to determine.

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With this end in view, a meeting was held in Lawrence on July 27, over which Col. Lane
ee and at which resolutions were passed favoring the immediate organization of the

emocratic party on “truly National ground, and pledging the participants in the meeting
to use all honorable exertions to secure such result.” The proceedings received no counte-
nance from the great majority of Kansas Democrats who were at that time more loyal to
slavery than to the National Democratic party whose counsels were divided on that issue.
The Democratic press, most intensely pro-slavery, decried the movement and warned its
readers against it, as calculated to divide and weaken the Pro-slavery forces in the arduous
and all-important local struggle in which they were engaged. Lane at once saw the futility
of further efforts in that direction. With a most wonderful discrimination as to the pre-
ponderance of popular sentiment, added to a tact and cunning which rendered his judg-
ment of future events well-nigh infallible, he decided to cast his lot with the Free-State
movement, and win there the distinction he coveted. All paths to the Senate seemed alike
to him until his choice was made; once made, he consistently and faithfully defended the
newly espoused cause through evil and Boot repute, only vascillating temporarily to catch
the ever-varying tide of popular favor that should waft him to the goal of his ambition.
His history thenceforth is inseparably interwoven with that of Kansas up to the time of his
death, and appears in its pages. He became the acknowledged leader of the most. radical
Free-State men, often rousing them by his rough eloquence to such a furor of excitement
as to lead to most serious apprehension that through over-zeal, without discretion, the cause
would fail. He was chosen President of the Free-State Territorial Committee before the
formation of the Topeka State Government, and, under it, when formed, he was elected
United States Senator. All through the years that followed, he was the recognized leader of
the aggressive fighting Free-State men, who, under his inspiration and the prestige of his
name, more than his deeds, met the korder-ruffians in their chosen mode of aggressive war-
fare of words and deeds, giving abuse for abuse, threat for threat, robbery for robbery, mur-
der for murder, and accepting the open wage of battle whenever offered. The State being,
after the long struggle, admitted as a Free State, James H. Lane was elected a member of the
United States Senate by the first State Legislature in 1861. The rebellion having broken
out, he took an active part in recruiting and organizing volunteers for the service. He
organized a brigade one commanded it for several months as a Brigadier General, before he
held such a commission. He was subsequently appointed to that rank. His somewhat |
irregular but quite characteristic methods of raising troops on his own responsibility, and
regardless of the prescribed modes and methods of the State Government, led to serious dis-
agreement, and an open rupture between him and Gov. Carney, which resulted in much ill-
feeling, the Governor refusing to appouit such officers to command as Lane and his troops
desired. In 1863, he received from the United States Government an independént recruit-
ing commission as Recruiting Commissioner for the Department of Kansas, and, under its
authority, raised five regiments of infantry, one of which was of blacks, and was claimed
to be the first colored regiment put in the field.

In 1864-65, he was re-elected to the United States Senate, and on taking his seat took
sides with President Johnson in the openrupture which occurred between him and the Re-
publicans on the Freedman’s Bureau pe Civil Rights Bill. Hethought he saw the popular
tide drifting that way, and with his «ccustomed alacrity he anticipated what he believed
would prove the popular sentiment of the people. For once he was deceived. He visited
his home in Kansas early in June, 1866. e was met coldly by nearly all his old friends
and followers who had, up to this ae fe him an unquestioning and unqualified sup-
side stopping little short of homage. esaw thescepter of his power irreparably broken.

e was no longer the autocrat of political affairs’ in Kansas. He could not brook the change,
and without delay, set out on his return to Washington. He was debilitated in physical
health and in the depths of despondeney. His mental condition rapidly grew worse, and, on
his arrival at St. Louis; it was deemed imprudent to continue the journey further, as his
delirium was such as presaged the worst form of insanity. On June 29, he returned, and
stopped with his brother-in-law, rene McCall, at the Government Farm, near Leavenworth,
where, it was hoped that undisturbed quiet and rest muebe bring restored health. On July 1,
he appeared much calmer, his delirium ‘had abated, and hopes were entertained of his
recovery. Ou that day he rode out with Capts. McCall and Adams. At one ofthe farm
gates he alighted, exclaimed, ‘Good-bye gentlemen,” and immediately discharged a revolver
in his mouth. The ell oaiselk through the brain and out near the center of the cranium.
He was carried to the house of Capt. McCall, where he lingered insensible, only once rally-
ing sufficiently to recognize friends, until July 11, when he expired.

The cause of the rash act was attributable, doubtless, in great measure, to the intense
disappointment, humiliation and grief consequent on the desertion of his friends. ‘fhis
alone, to a man of Lane’s temperament, was sufficient to dethrone reason. His ambition had
grown on its own gratification, to still loftier aspirations, only to be reached through his
wondrous sway over the affections and confidence of the common people, which hitherto
he had held undisputed. He awoke, as from a dream, to find his power gone and all his
future hopes melted into thin air. To him life had no further charms, and, with reason
shattered, he fled from the dark forms which disappointment conjured, to the oblivious rest
of the shadowy hereafter. All that was mortal of James H. Lane was laid to rest in Law-
rence, Kan. is faults, which were many, may well find sepulture with his molderin
dust; his virtues are enshrined in the hearts of the thousands all over Kansas, who still
revere his memory as their great leader, counselor and friend.

Col. Lane was married to Miss Baldridge, in Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1843. She is still
living (1882), spending a part of each year at Lawrence, her old home. Their children were
James H., a Lieutenant in the United States Army ; Mrs. Adams, deceased ; and Annie, Mrs.
Johnson, of Lawrence, Kan.

HON. ALFRED GRAY.

Alfred Gray, son of Isaiah and Mary Gtorean) Gray, was born December 5, 1830, at
Evans, Erie County, N.Y. While yet a child, his mother was left a widow with eight children,
of whom he was the third. Until the age of fourteen, he remained at home, working on the
farm in the summer and attending the district school in winter, and for the two succeedin,
years he worked for wages on a neighboring farm, earning enough to support himself, an
continue his winter studies. In 1847, he embarked as a sailor on Lake Erie, rising from his
osition before the mast to that of first mate, during his three summers’ experience on the
akes. At the age of nineteen, Mr. Gray (who had during the past three years persever-
ingly pursued his studies, when lake navigation was elosed was induced through the advice
and entreaties of his mother, who was stricken with a fatal illness, to abandon his sailor
life and devote himself exclusively to study. In accordance with her wishes, he entereé
Westfield Academy, N. Y., immediately alter her death, and at that institution, Girard
Academy, Penn., and Erie Academy, N. Y., he spent the next five years of his life in faith-
ful, conscientious labor, not only supporting himself, but partially providing for a younger
brother by teaching day and evening writing classes. Marly in 1853, he commenced the
study of law in Buffalo, N. Y., attending thelaw school at Albany during the winter of 1854-
55, and graduating from that institution in 1855. He commenced practice in Buffalo, N. Y.,
as a partner of Hon. N. K. Hopkins, his former preceptor in that city, and remained with him
two years. In the early spring of 1857, Mr. Gray decided to move to Kansas, and leaving a
large practice, brilliant prospects, a beautiful home and many friends in Buffalo, he cast in
his lot with the young Territory, to which so many eyes and hearts were turned. In March,
1857, he located in Quindaro, Wyandotte County, and opened a law office in that ambitious,
and then promising village. He also purchased a large farm in the county, which soon
absorbed his entire time and interest. The successful lawyer and business mau found that
he had discovered in the arts of agriculture and horticulture the vocation which just suited
his tastes and inclinations, and the uncultivated land he bought soon became a model farm;
rich with orchards and vineyards and harvest fields ; beautiful with trees and vines and
flowers, and home-like and comfortable, with its hospitable and commodious mansion, and
its ample well-built barns and granaries. This farm was the home of Mr. Gray and his
family until 1875. In 1858, Mr. Gray was elected one of the Commissioners of Wyandotte
County, was Chief Clerk of the last Territorial House of Representatives, and was a member
of the first State Legislature. From April, 1862, to March, 1864, he served as Regimental
Brigade and Division Quartermaster in the Union Army, but was obliged to resign the posi-~’
tion on account of ill health. :
In 1866, he was elected a director of the State Agricultural Society, was re-elected in
1868-69-70, and was a director of that society and of the State Board of Agriculture (into
which it was merged) until his death, eee also Secretary of the latter organization. From
1869 until 1872, he was General Superintendent of State Fairs held in Kansas, and, discover-
ing the difficulty of systematically and profitably managing such gatherings in a sparsely
settled country, he advised and inaugurated the system of biennial agricultural reports pub-
lished by the State Board, containing accurately compiled and thoroughly classified statis-
tics of the industries, resources and institutions of the State. These reports are now
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received as authority, not only in the United States and' Canada, but in Europe, and have
drawn the attention of scholars, business men and capitalists to Kansas, and caused a large
immigration of intelligent and desirable settlers. In the centennial year, Mr. Gray served
as Secretary of the State Board of Managers of the Kansas Exhibit, and had personal super-
vision of the Kansas and Colorado displays, which attracted most favorable notice and com-
ment during the exhibition. In 1878, he was appointed by the President to represent this
Government at the Paris Exposition, but was obliged, by reeson of home duties and failing
health, to decline the position. Besides the work mentioned above, which Mr. Gray has
performed in the agricultural interests of the State, he served, during two years of its early
struggles, as a Regent of the State Agricultural College at Manhattan, and was largely in-
strumental in shaping its after course of usefulness. In the summer and fall of 1878, he
‘sought relief from encroaching illness in journey ee with his wife, hoping that change and
rest might pee tue boon of strength and health. It was too late. Physical strenyth and
endurance had been overworked and tested beyond possibility of permanent repair, but the
brief time remaining to him on earth was spent, as the rest of his life had been spent, in
uietly attending to his public duties, and in ministering tothe comfort and happiness of
the dearly loved circle at home. He died on the morning of the 23d of January, 1880, being
able to give directions in regard to his business affairs until within a few hours of his de-
parture. In the address delivered by Rev. F. S. McCabe at his funeral, January 25, 1880, the
ominating qualities of his character are referred to, and emphasized as love of order and
system, exactness, industry, aptitude, ambition, honesty and:courage.
Mr. Gray was married at York, Livingston Co., N. Y., May 1, 1856, to Miss Sarah C.
Bryce, a former schoolmate at Westfield Academy. They were married about a year after
Mr, Gray was admitted to the bar, and while he was practicing law in Buffalo. His widow

‘and two children—Minnie and Alfred James—are now living in Topeka,the former born

in New York while the father was in Kansas, and the latter in the old log cabin on the
Wyandotte farm which the family occupied until their house could be completed. *

MAJ. GEN. JAMES G. BLUNT,

This illustrious General was born in Hancock County, in the State of Maine, July 21
1826. Until the age of fourteen, he remained at home, where he received a good common schoo!
“education. With anaturally energetic and restless disposition, he soon tired of the restraints
and routine of his every-day life, and while still young, ran away and went,to sea, shipping
at first before the mast, and remaining as asailor, serving in various capacities, for four years.
In Decembér, 1845, he abandoned the sea and emigrated to Ohio, where he studied medicine
with Dr. Rufus Gillpatrick. Was married in thesame State to Nancy G. Putnam, January 14,
1850, and resided and practiced his profession at New Madison, Ohio, until December, 1856.

He then immigrated to Kansas,.and settled near Greeley, in Anderson County, where he
continued to practice as a physician until the outbreak of the rebellion, having in the mean-
time served the county as its delegate in the Wyandvtte Constitutional Convention. At the
- commencement of the war, Dr. Blunt enlisted as a private, but was made Lieutenant Colonel
of the Third Kansas Volunteers at its organization, James Montgomery being the com-

< manding officer. He was ayes Brigadier General in April, 1862, and soon after was

ordered to the command of the Department of Kansas, During the year, under his personal
command, the First Division of the Army of the Frontier, after driving Coffee, Jackman
and other rebel leaders out of Missouri, and south of the Arkansas, fought and won at the
battles of Cane Hill, Old Fort Wayne and Prairie Grove, driving the enemy beyond Van
Buren, Ark., and virtually ending the war north of the Arkansas River. Gen. Blunt was

romoted to the rank of Major General in 1863, being the only officer of that rank from

ansas. At the close of the war, he located at Leavenworth, and afterward removed to
Washington, D. C., where he died, insane, in 1881. He was a brave and efficient man and
officer, whom Kansas should be proud to honor.

PROF. BENJAMIN F, MUDGE,

Benjamin Franklin Mudge, son of James and Ruth Mudge, was born in Orrington,
Maine, August 11,1817. In 1818, his parents removed to Lynn, Mass., and in the common
schools of that city Benjamin received his early education. From the age of fourteen until
he was twenty, he followed the trade of shoe-making. He taught school to procure the
means of acquiring a collegiate education, and graduated from the Wesleyan University
at Middletown, Conn., first in the scientific and afterward in the classical course in 1840.
After graduating, he returned to Lynn and commenced the study of law, being admitted to
the bar two years later, and immediately entering upon the practice of his profession. He
.remained a resident of Lynn until 1859, becoming during those years thoroughly identified
with all the reform movements in that city. e was epee active and earnest in the
anti-slavery and temperance movements, and was elected Mayor of the city on the latter
issue in 1852. In 1859—having spent eighteen years of his active business life in Lynn—he
accepted the office of chemist for the Breckinridge Coal & Oil Company in Kentucky:
On the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, he removed to Kansas, and settled at Quin-
daro, where he remained until he received an appointment as State Geologist for Kansas in
1863, from which time until his death, sixteen years later, his whole time and strength was

iven to scientific researches and investigations in the West—principally in Kansas and

ebraska. In 1865, he was elected Professor of “Geology and Associated Sciences,” in the
State Agricultural College at Manhattan, in which position he remained eight years. In
addition to the faithful and conscientious work performed by the Professor in the interest
of the institution, he presented to it his rare and valuable cabinet, including the collections
of more than thirty years, and many thousand choice specimens. Having some disagree-
ment with the college administration, which resulted in litigation, Prof. Mudge accepted
an appointment from Prof. Marsh of Yale College to gather geological specimens in the new
West tor the cabinet of that institution. He furnished various forms of vertibrate fossils,
the first specimen of birds with teeth (described by Prof. Marsh, American Journal of Science,
Volume IV, page 34), and also many of the original specimens for the engrayings in Govern-
ment publications. During a single year, he gathered and shipped three tons of rare speci-
mens of Western fossils to Eastern scientists. To accomplish such a work, his time for the
last five years of his life was necessarily spent principally in camp, exposed to the perils
and privations of frontier and oftentimes savage life. During the intervals between his
tours of exploration and investigation, his time was employed in writing and lecturing on
scientific subjects, mainly geology, he being a fine writer, and a most popular lecturer, In
1878, the year prior to his death, he was elected Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, and was father of the Kansas Academy of Sciences. He was mar-
ried, September 16, 1846, to Mary Eusebia Beckford. Six children were born to them, of
whom three survive—Melville R., Josiah B. and Eusebia Beckford. Prof. Mudge died of
apoplexy, at his home in Manhattan, Kan., November 21, 1879,

COL. JAMES MONTGOMERY.

The subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, December 22, 1814,
His family was respectable, some of them distinguished. He wasa cousin of Gen. Rich-
ard Montgomery, who fell at the storming of Quebec. Young James received an excellent
academical education, and in 1837 migrated to Kentucky with his parents, where for some
years he was engaged in the ennobling profession of teaching. He afterward became a
reacher in the Campbellite or “Christian” Church, He was married twice in Kentucky,
is first wife living but afew years. In 1852, hemoved with his second wife to Pike County,
Mo., living there one year. He then moved into Jackson County, Mo., to await the opening
up of the Territory of Kansas to settlement. Here he made the acquaintance of Dr. Thorn-
ton, a prominent citizen of the county, who advised him not to go to Kansas, as he would
certainly find trouble there, in case he should do so, for the Missourians did not intend that
Free-State men should settle in Kansas. He was advised by the Doctor to go to Bates
County, Mo., where he would find plenty of unoccupied land, equally as good as that in
Kansas. Acting upon this kindly advice, he went to Bates County inthe latter part of July,
1854, but remained only a few days, being dissatisfied with the land he found there. Be-
sides this, he was dissatisfied with the motives which led him into Bates County. The
thought that the Missourians proposed to prevent peaceable Free-State men from settling in
Kansas Territory, flavored too strongly of injustice, was too much like a usurpation of popu-
lar rights, and he determined for himself to test the question asto whether the Missourians
had the right or even the Pe to prevent such American citizens as desired to do so from
settling upon the public omain in Kansas. Having once resolved upon his course, he
marched inmediately upon the forbidden ground.
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rians dissatisfied with and leaving the Territory. Of one of these, he purchased his right to
aclaim lying about five miles west of Mound City, near the head of Little Sugar Creek, pay-
ing therefor $5 down, and promising to py the balance, $6, in the future. Having moved
his family to his Kansas home, he himself returned to Missouri to fulfill a contract previ-
ously made with Dr. Thornton to build for him a barn, receiving therefor, upon the com-
pletion of the barn, $300. rae

At the time of moving Into Kansas, he was forty years old. In person he was six feet
tall, lightly built, with high forehead, very thin, prominent Roman nose, and a clear, pene-
trating blue eye. He wore his hair parted in the middle, which gave hima certain re-
semblance to Gen. Fremont. His voice was low and musical. His memory was retentive,
his speech fluent, logical and persuasive, his convictions strong, and in the execution of his’
designs he was prompt and decisive; while he was cautious, yet he was in battle courageous,
and generous in victory. Like Old John Brown, he was a praying fighter, and hence a dan-
gerous enemy. ; . 4

From the time of his.settlement in Linn County, he was a leading Free-State man, and
on account of the difficulties between Pro-slavery and Free-State men, he organized a com-
pany for self-defense, called the “Self-Protective Company.” This was in 1857. He him-
self took command, and warned the Pro-slavery men to leave the Territory. This order
they obeyed, peace followed, and Montgomery returned to his home. In December of this
year, he again took the field to assist the Free-State men to regain possession of their homes
in Bourbon County on the Little Osage, from which the year previous they had been driven
by George W. Clarke. Aftera fight with the Deputy Marshal, he warned the Pro-slavery set-
lers on the Little Osage, and the Marmaton, who occupied Free-State claims, and drove
them off, then retired to Raysville.

About this time, Gov. Denver sent troops into Southeastern Kansas to quell the dis-
turbances. The presence of the troops gave the Pro-slavery men fresh encouragement to
again persecute the Free-State men. A raid was made onthe Little Osage, March 27, 1858,
in which Mr. Denton, a Free-State man, was assassinated, Mr. Davis seriously wounded, and
Mr. Hedrick killed while standing in hisown doorway. Mr. Denton lived two hours after
being wounded—long enough to charge his two sons to avenge his death. This they did by
killing four or five of the ruffians. These two gona men were a part of Montgomery’s
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Montgomery’s peculiarity in fighting was that he seldom, if ever, fought. upon a plan.
He developed and executed his plan simultaneously, at the moment of necessity, It was
partly on this account that Old John Brown, who set out with Montgomery to liberate Rice,
refused to ScOOAD A him any further after learning that he had laid ‘no plan of attack
upon the town. ontgomery proceeded alone and was successful, and afterward Brown
praised the plan which Montgomery adopted.

In 1859, Montgomery was a candidate for the Territorial House of Representatives,
and received 838 votes to 847 cast for W. R. Wagstaff, who was elected. Previous to the
execution at Charlestown, Va., of Aaron D. Stevens and Albert Hazlett, two of John
Brown’s men, Montgomery, with a few of his men, went from Kansas to rescue them from
prison, but on account of a deep snow falling when he had reached Harrisburg, Penn., it
was impossible to execute his a without being discovered.

Montgomery was the delegate from Linn County to the Republican Convention at
Lawrence, April 11, 1860, which elected delegates to the Chicago Convention which nomi-
nated Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency. ‘When the war of the rebellion broke out, he
answered the call of his country, and on July 24, 1861, entered the army of the Union as
Colonel of the Third gimeat Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He was transferred to the
Colonelcy of the Second South Carolina Negro Regiment, with which, in June, 1863, be
made a raid in Georgia. On the 20th of eer 1864, occurred the battle of Olustee, Fla.
Col, Montgomery with his regiment was in the battle. In reference to his part in it,
“Greeley’s Conflict” says:

“Our left column, Col. Montgomery, came last into the fight, just in time to stop arebel
charge. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts went in first, followed by the First North Carolina.
They were of course overpowered, but the latter left the Lieutenant, Colonel, Major and
Adjutant dead on the field. It was admitted that these two regiments had saved our little
army from being routed.”

After the war was over, Col. Montgomery retired to his home in Linn County, and
pene followed his occupation as farmer until December 6, 1871, when he died, and was

uried upon his farm.

Montgomery's religious views have been matter of some speculation. Originally a
Campbellite, or “ Christian,” after the war he became an Adventist, belonging to the “ First-
Day Adventists,” not to the “Seventh-Day Adventists.” He was known as a “Soul Sleeper,”

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because he believed in and advocated the doctrine that from death to the Judgment Day the
soul is unconscious or “sleeps.” He spent much timein thought upon religioussubjects, and
held discussions and preached in Mound City, Fort Scott and elsewhere from the close of
the war to the time of his death. It is at present impossible, and ever will be exceedingly
difticult, for any writer to present ap analysis of his character which shall satisfy all classes
of people. By his friends he ever has been and is now regarded as a brave, just, truthful, gen-
erous, honorabie, “square,” manly man; by his enemies he was and is regarded asa thief and
murderer. It seems clear that his friends come much the nearest to a correct estimate
ofthe man. They had better opportunities for seeing him and reading him as he was. The
truth seems to be that while he was the greatest leader of the Jayhawkers, yet he was not
himself a Jayhawker. He did not himself believe in nor practice plundering from the Pro-
slavery men, merely because they were Pro-slavery men, nor in plundering Missourians
merely because they were Missourians; but when engaged in guerrilla warfare, a necessity
of the times in which he lived, he believed in and practiced the dottrine of living upon the
enemy. Given the necessity of guerrilla warfare, then despoiling the enemy of his provi-
sions and prove becomes the most humane because the shortest, sharpest and most effect-
ive way of carrying it on.

It can neither be denied nor doubted that many of Montgomery’s men enjoyed the
opportunities for plundering that the exigencies of the times threw in their way; but Mont-
pee found at least two obstacles in the way when he attempted to restrain them; first,

e was not himself a great commander of men, and second, to forbid them to plunder would
have been to deprive himself of their assistance in time of need, and thus to render himself
unable to defend the rights of the Free-State men. Montgomery naturally chose the lesser
evil, and hence the odium which rightfully should attach to those who were  Jayhawkers”
in the odious sense of that term, wrongfully attaches to Montgomery’s name. This is cer-
tainly the view held universally by those who were Free-State men in the times of the
“ Border Troubles,” and for whose cause Montgomery fought, and it is also certain that
Montgomery never enriched himself either by robbing other people or by his own labor.
He was always poor. It is to be hoped that Gen. Leonhardt will succeed in his noble pur-
pose of erecting 2 monument to the memory of Montgomery.

HON. HENRY J. ADAMS,

The subject of this sketch was born in Rodman, Jefferson Co.,N. Y., on February 10,
1816. He was a son of Joseph and Azuba (Henry) Adams, natives of Cheshire County,
N. H., whoeremoved to the State of New York about the year 1815. The father after-
ward lived in Monroe County, and Henry J. was for atime a student under Prof. Dewey,
at the Rochester Academy. Subsequently, he was for a short time at Oberlin College,
Ohio, but-about 1840 went to Cincinnati and engaged as a teacher in the public schools,
residing there nearly fifteen years, and being for most of that period Principal of one of the
ublic schools. He read law as a student of Hon. Bellamy Storer, and graduated at the
‘incinnati Law School. :

In politics, he grew up there in the school which founded the Republican party. As
early as 1843, he was Secretary of the Cincinnati Liberty Club, of which Thomas Morris,
Gamaliel Bailey, Salmon P. Chase and Samuel Lewis were leading members. He never
knew any politics but that which went to build up a sentiment anda policy which should
aim at the overthrow of human slavery and the rule of injustice in the land.

He came to Kansas in March, 1855, and took up his residence in Leavenworth in the
summer of that year. The following winter he was elected a member of the Senate of the
first Free-State Legislature, under the organization formed by the Free-State men, through
which they sought to rid the Territory of Pro-slavery control and misrule.

Froni that time, Mr. Adams took a prominent part in public affairs. His devotion to
the principles involved in the Free-State cause, and his wise counsel in respect to measures
of policy, gained for him the confidence and esteem of all with whom he was associated. In
the spring of 1857, he was elected the first Free-State Mayor of Leavenworth City, and was
in the following spring elected to a second term. His administration was eminently
successful. The period was an eventful one in Kansas political agitation, and popular
tumult in Leavenworth more than once required a master hand to quell it. The executive
ability displayed by Mr. Adams in his management of the Leavenworth municipal affairs,
added to the discretion and zeal manifested by him in political matters, led to a wide popu-
larity in his party throughout the State. : :

‘At the Free-State Convention at Topeka, in July, 1857, he received eighty votes for the
nomination of Delegate to Congress, against eighty-three votes given Marcus J. Parrott,
who was nominated. In the session of 1858, the Territorial Legislature made him Chair-
jaan of the committee to investigate the Oxford, Kickapoo and other election frauds, by
which frauds it had been sought, by means of the Lecompton constitution, to perpetuate
the Pro-slavery rule in the Territory. Power was given the committee to send for persons
and papers, and that power was exercised with promptness and courage, and with entire
success. L. A. MacLean, the agent of John Calhoun, the custodian of the fraudulent

election returns, to avoid the summons of the committee, buried the papers at Lecompton. .

This committee procured an order from the Probate Judge of Douglas County for the search
of the returns. The execution of the order by Col. Samuel Walker and his associates led to
the celebrated candle-box discovery. The exposure of the frauds was complete, and the
attempt to fasten slavery uponKansas was never again tried. ‘ |

In the spring of 1858, under an act of the Legislature of the previous winter, a conven-
tion was assembled at Leavenworth to frame a State Constitution. Mr. Adams was a prom-
inent member of that convention, and under the constitution framed by it he was elected
Governor. But the constitution was not acted on by Congress. It met the fate which had
attended the constitution pee aon formed at Topeka. ‘

Under an act of the Legislature of 1859, Mr. Adams was appointed a member of a com-
mittee, with Judge S. A. Kingman,and Ed. 8. Hoogland, to audit the claims preferred against
the Federal Government by citizens of the State, for losses sustained through the plunder
and destruction of private property during the period of Pro-slavery misrule in the Terri-
tory. The investigation was a work of great labor, and it was thoroughly and faithfully
conducted. :

Next to Gov. Robinson, Mr. Adams was most popular before the Republican conven-
tion, which nominated the candidate for first Governor of the State. | :

Soon after the commencement of the war, Mr. Adams was appointed Paymaster in the
army, an office which he filled faithfully till near the close of the rebellion. - .

Mr. Adams possessed talents of a very high order, and his eo was extensive and
varied. He was gifted with rare conversational powers. Generous an confiding to a fault,
no man, woman or child, in any condition of life, ever appealed to him for sympathy with-
out receiving the kindest consideration and attention.

He died near Waterville, in Marshall County, on Jurte 2, 1870. F

His name was never associated with an ungenerous or ignoble deed; and he will not
soon be forgotten by any of the thousands who knew him well, as one of the purest and
noblest-of the men of Kansas. r : 7 : ;

Mr. Adams was married in 1841, at Cincinnati, to Miss Abby R. Gibson, who was a sis-
ter of Mrs. Elizabeth Powers, wife of Hiram Powers the sculptor. By this marriage he had
three daughters—Anna Gibson, wife of Capt. J ohn Kin sbury, now residing at Yakima, W.
T.; Elizabeth Powers, wife of Horatio Ww. J ohnson, of Willis, Kan.; Louisa Powers, wife of
M. T. Campbell, Esq., of Topeka. Mrs. Adams died at Leavenworth in December, 1855. In
1863, Mr. Adams was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Ward, of Leavenworth, by whom
he had a son and daughter—Frank Scott and Helen Ward—who reside with their mother at
Waterville, Kan. sends : ;

Franklin G. Adams, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, is a brother of the
subject of this sketch.

HON. MARCUS J. PARROTT.

Hon. Marcus J. Parrott, the second delegate to Congress from Kansas Territory, was
born at Hamburg, S. C., October 27, 1828. He received a classical education ; graduated at
Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, in 1849. He studied law at Cambridge, and after admis-
sion commenced practice at Dayton, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatives in 1853 and 1854, as a Democrat. He came to Kansas in 1855, and located at Leav-
enworth. At the first session of the Supreme Court of the Territory, held at the Shawnee
Manual Labor School, in Johnson County, commencin, July 30, 1855, he was 2; pointed: Re-

orter of the decisions of the court, Judges Samuel D. Lecompte, Saunders W. Johnston and
Rush Elmore, being present. He soon identified himself with the Free-State party, and at
the election held October 9, 1855, was elected_a delegate to the Constitutional Convention
which met at Topeka on the 23d of October. In that body, he classed himself as a Democrat,
ag did a majority of its members. He was active on the Free-State side during the troubles

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of the following year. On the 9th of September, 1856, at the trial of Gov. Robinson and the
other Free-State prisoners who had been kept in custody at Lecompton during the summer,
Mr. Parrott, with C. H. Branscome, appeared for the defense, demanding an immediate trial
on the merits, The cases were, however, continued, and the prisoners were released on bail.
In the Free-State Convention held at Topeka, July 15 and 16, 1857, he was nominated as a
candidate for Congress, under the Topeka Constitution, by eighty-three votes against eighty
votes for Henry J. Adams. Inaconvention held at Grasshopper Falls, August 26 follow-
ing, he was eae nominated as a candidate for Delegate to Congress. At the election,
October 5, he was elected, receiving 7,888 votes against 3,799 votes for Epaphroditus Ransom,
the National Democratic candidate. At the election held December 21, 1857, under the Le-
compton Constitution, he was elected to Congress by a vote of 7,260, against 6,574 votes for
Joseph P. Carr, the Pro-slavery candidate. At the Republican convention held at Law-
rence, August 3, 1859, he was a second time nominated as a Delegate to Congress, and at the
election, November 8, was elected, receiving 9,708 votes to 7,232 votes cast for Saunders W.
Johnston, the Democratic candidate. He served as a Delegate in Congress from December .
7, 1857, to March 3, 1861. 5

On the assembling of the first State Legislature, March 26, 1861, Mr. Parrott was a
prominent candidate for United States Senator. At the election, April 4, he received 49
votes: James H. Lane received 55 votes, and Samuel C. Pomeroy 52 votes, the two last
named being declared elected, and but one ballot being taken. At the Union State Con-
vention held at Lawrence, September 29, 1862, Mr. Parrott was nominated as a candidate for
Congress, At the election, November 4, he received 4,666 votes; A.C. Wilder, the Republican
candidate receiving 9,676 votes, and William C. Mathias, Democrat, receiving 930 votes. In
1874, he was the Democratic candidate for Member of Congress in the First Congressional’
District, receiving 11,223 votes; William A. Phillips, the Republican candidate, receiving
20,087 votes, and being elected.

Mr. Parrott possessed great ability, and rare power of eloquence. In the early days of
peer bs appeals in behalf of the Free-State cause earned for him the praise and admira-
tion of all.

aay his later years, he gave much attention to farming, with no little interest and
success, His farm was near Leavenworth City, where he resided with his family. His
health failing, he spent some months at Dayton, Ohio, where a brother resided, and died
there October 4, 1879.

HON. GEORGE GRAHAM. =

George Graham, of Seneca, Nemaha County, who died February 21, 1880, was born in the
town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, N.Y., on the 6th of February, 1819. It will be seen that
his earth-life reached the period of sixty-one years and fifteen days. Theoldest child of JohnS.
and Hannah Gee Graham, who were the parents of several sons and daughters, he descended
from a stock regarded as models for sturdiness of character and fidelity to principle. ‘There-
fore, receiving an excellent early training, “as a boy he was the father of the man ;” and all
through his early life he developed solidity of character and innate integrity, which caused
him to ‘be honored and respected wherever known. The family removing to Cortland
County, he became a student at Virgil Institute and Cortlandville Academy, where he pre-
pared himself to become a teacher, in which avocation his labors were marked by his accus-
tomed energy and enthusiasm, and in which he became eminently successful. Later, en-
tering upon active business life, after four years’ experience, he decided that the condition
of his health required out-of-door employment, and so he engaged in the lumber business at
Jasper, Steuben County, where he became acquainted with Ann Eliza Andrews, to whom he
was joined in marriage. Tothem was born a daughter, Helen, but mother and child were
soon removed hed the hand of death. - :

On the 19th of August, 1848, he was again married, to Miss Mary Jane Robinson, of
Virgil, Cortland County, who was a most faithful companion through all his subsequent life
in the State of New York and inthe Territory and State of Kansas.

Engaging in the mercantile business at Addison, Steuben County, he suffered severe
losses by fire, and partly because of this, with his enthusiastic love for freedom and the
rights of man, he ardently looked toward the setting sun, and determined to emigrate to
Kansas and help make her soil free. So, in 1857, he settled upon a quarter-section of land
in Township 1, Range 14, Rock Creek Township, Nemaha County.

From the first he was accorded honor by his fellow-pioneers. In the neighborhood
meetings, of whatever name and nature, he was called upon to take an active part, either as
president, speaker or worker.

Located just west of the head of Pony Creek, in Brown County, he stood intimately re-
lated to the old settlers of both Nemaha and Brown Counties, and that influence broadened
and strengthened to the day of his death.

In township affairs, he was Justice of the Peace and Supervisor, and in 1858 was Chair- .

man of the County Board of Supervisors of Nemaha County, and in that position exerted a
very potent-influence in the somewhat protracted struggle of county-seat contests, in secur-
ing the shire-town of the county at Seneca, to the final satisfaction of a large majority ofthe
people of the county.

In 1858, he was chosen Member of the Territorial House of Representatives, from the
counties of Brown and Nemaha. The Legislative session, opening at Lecompton, adjourned
to Lawrence, in January, 1859. A reference to the House journals of that session will show
how conspicuous a worker Mr. Graham was in that body. Without detailing his labor
reference is made to his forecast in promoting legislation that secured the amnesty act, and
that overthrew a projected wild-cat banking system, that if enacted would have been a seri-
ous public calamity. .

This, with his work consummated on the 2d of August previous, on which day the Le-
compton Constitution and human slavery on the soil of Kansas were consigned to a death
that could know no resurrection, put him in the frontrank in Northern Kansas, and made
his counsels valuable in forming the Republican party of Kansas in 1859. ,

In the autumn of 1858, he was quite prominent in the formation of one of the first
Congregational Churches in Northern Kansas, that at Albany, and his house for along time
was the most on place for the assembling of the congregation.

Through his efforts the organization of the first school districts was made in that sec-
tion; and here it may be said that he regarded the polling-place, the church and school-
heute a trinity, each to supplement and perféct the other, in our early-as well as later civil-
ization. =

Early in 1861, he volunteered his services to his country, and enlisted in the
Seventh Cavalry, where his varied martial efforts at Fort LeLvenvaclti, far South, ae
where, attest his fidelity to the cause and country he loved so well.

In 1865, he removed to Seneca, and prepared himself to engage in the mercantile busi-
ness, and in that autumn was elected to the State Legislature from the Northern District of
Nemaha County, and a year later was elected to the Senate from Brown and Nemaha Coun-
ties. In 1868, he was elected State Treasurer, and after his term of office expired he served
as Railroad Assessor for theSecond Judicial District. After this he held various local offices
the last being that of Probate Judge of Nemaha County, in November, 1879. :

In 1866, he was one of the principal founders of the Congregational Church, at Seneca,
and on through the remainder of his life he stood by and worked for it throu hall its days
of darkness, as well as through its periods of prosperity. Where duty pallet he knew no
ster, whether considered in relation to his political party, his church organization, the
public school, the social circle, his neighbor or friend. :

On the last day of the winter of 1882-83, in the beautiful Nemaha County Court House
public services were performed, and the court room was densely crowded with neighbors
and friends who came to pay tribute to the worth of him who, ten days previous, was per-
forming the functions of the office of Probate J udge in the same structure. Following the
apes services, appropriate resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted, referring to

is great worth as an officer and citizen, a Christian anda friend. The Congregational
Association of Northern Kansas, at their meeting at Hiawatha, April 15, 1880, and the State
Association, at their meeting at ena Rice County, in June, passed highly appropriate
resolutions embalming his memory, and expressing the warmest, sympathy toward the be-
reaved wife, who had so zealously supplemented his valuable work and jaithfully co-operated
with him through all the struggling years, emulating his life in manifesting a like fidelity’
to principle, and devotion to the right. It may be left for the builders in our and succeed-
ing generations to so shape their acts that his example shall prove a blessing for all time.

HON. MARTIN F. CONWAY.

Martin Franklin Conway, the son of Dr. W. D. Conway and Frances (Maulsby} Con-
way, was born in Harford County, Md., November 19, 1827. His father was an Exploring
Surveyor in the United States Navy, and a slave-owner. In his fourteenth year, Martin

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removed to Baltimore and learned the printer's trade. He took part in originating the Na-
tional Typographical Union. He studied law, and was in its practice several years. Mr.
Conway married Emily F. Dykes, June 19, 1851, and they came to Kansas in 1854. Their
two children were born in Lawrence, Kan.; one was buried at Leavenworth, the other in
Greenwood Cemetery.
. Mr. Conway's Public Life.—July 2, 1854, Mr. Conway met with the First Territorial Leg-
islature at Pawnee, near Fort Riley, and, on the following day, he resigned his seat in the
Council. At the Big Springs Free-State Convention in Dour as County, held September 5,
1855, Mr. Conway was chosen one of the Executive Committee. Gov. A. H. Reeder was
nominated for Delegate to Congress by acclamation, on-motion of Mr.Conway. On October
2 Mr. Conway was elected one of the delegates to the Topeka Constitutional Convention.
he convention met October 23, but Mr. Conway was prevented by sickness from meeting

_ With it until November 6. State officers were elected under this constitution January 15,

1856, and Mr. Conway was chosen one of the Supreme J ages:

Mr. Conway was one of the speakers at the printers’ festival, held at Lawrence Janu-
ary 17, 1856. Ata Free-State Convention, held at Topeka July 16, 1857, Mr. Conway was
again nominated for one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. At a mass convention, held
at Centropolis August 14, 1857, at which resolutions were adopted urging Free-State men to
take part in the October election, Mr. Conway was one of the speakers. At a Free-State

Convention, held at Lawrence, December 24, Mr. Conway was one of the ppeniers. The pol-

eee advocated of voting for State officers and members of the Legislature January 4,
On March 9, 1858, Mr. Conway was elected one of the delegates to the Leavenworth
Constitutional Convention, which met at Minneola March 23, and adjourned to Leavenworth
March 25. Mr. Conway was chosen President of the convention. It adjourned April 3.

At a Free-State Convention, held at Topeka April 29, Mr. Conway was nominated for
Representative-to Congress. i

Wyandotte Constitution —Consequent upon the adoption of the Wyandotte Constitution,
the Republicans held a State convention at Lawrence October 12, and put in nomination
Mr. Conway for Congressman, and he was elected, December 6, 1859. Kansas having been
admitted as a State January 29, 1861, Mr. Conway’s term of office expired March 4. He was
nominated at a Republican State Convention, held at Topeka May 22, 1861, and on June 11
was elected a member of the Thirty-seventh Congress.

Mr. Conway’s Public Ulterances.—December 5, 1861, Mr. Conway introduced a joint reso-
lution touching the subject of the treatment of slaves in the seceded States, which attracted
very considerable attention, and from which the following extracts are made, for the pur-
pose of showing the earnestness of the speaker as he made his utterances, December 12:

“The belgie object of the country was to put down a rebellion, not to inaugurate a
regular war. The authority to make war being not with the President, but with Congress,
it was in recognition of his right to foie insurrection, merely, that the volunteer sol-
diery of the country responded to his call when the Government was menaced with destruc-
tion. The intention of Congress in voting such extraordinary supplies of men and money
was the same. The spirit the lamented Gen. Lyon manifested in the vigorous and summar
manner with which he subdued the secession movements in Missouri, was that in whic
the whole nation impatiently sympathized. It wanted the authority of the Government
exerted with decision and effect, so that rebellion should be crushed in the shell, and not
permitted to hatch into revolution. But the course of the Government has not corresponded
with the ardor of the people. The conflict has now been progressing nine months, and has
eet its character from an attempt to destroy an insurrection into a deliberate and set-
tled war. * ‘ ;

“The work of the Government at its present ag 58 is not suppression of insurrection,
in any just sense; but the overthrow of a rebellious, belligerent power. Its success implies
their subjugation to the sovereignty of the United States, to be held as Territories, or mili-
tary dependencies, or States, or anything else we please. ,

“The evil of our system is the institution of slavery. Conflicting with the rights of
human nature, it is required to grasp, monopolize, and exercise power despotically,.in order
to Reroute its own existence. It has been to us a prolific source of national disaster. It
is the sustaining cause, the object and chief resource of this rebellion, at the same time that
it is the point at which the most fatal blow may be inflicted upon it.

“The abolition of slavery is no longer a ‘contraband’ proposition. It has been ele-
vated by events into a measure of widespread public importance, demanding the favorable
consideration of statesmen. -

“It is no longer the shibboleth of a sect or party; but the overruling necessity of a
nation. To retain slavery, under existing circumstances, in our body politic, would, in my
judgment, evince the very worst of folly or wickedness. To eliminate it forever should be
the unwavering determination of the Government. :

‘““ Nevertheless, the Administration refuses to heed such counsel, and persists in regard-
ing the institution as shielded by such constitutional sanction as it is not at liberty to in-
fract. The President, in his recent message to Congress, refers only incidentally to the
subject, and indicates no policy whatever for dealing with the momentous question,

“Phe object of government is the protection of the rights of persons and property,
which slavery contravenes. Slavery is a systematic violation of those rights. Government
is instituted for mutual protection—the protection of each through the union of all—and
presupposes no superiority of right in its subjects, one over another, but implies perfect
equality between them in respect to the end aimed at—the one object of justice between
man and man. It 1s an instrument of nature; and whatever transient influences may for a
time intervene to warp it from the appointed way, it will forever, like the magnetic needle,
revert back to the eternal current which God has set to bind it to its course. To dominate
government, and keep it from obeying the principle of its being, is therefore the chief task
of slavery. It must subvert government, with respect to itself, to have an existence. Thus
possessing the power of the State, it can confer upon itself a legal sanction which nature
denies it, and its existence necessarily involves its mastery of the Government in some form
or other. Hence, slaveholders are forever at work fortifying themselves in the Govern-
ment, by augmenting in every possible way their political control.” | ‘

in referring to the aggressions of the slavery propaganda, and their expectations and
demands from 1852-57, he went on to say: :

“But it so happened that Kansas was the key to the whole issue, and the North fixed
its eye upon Kansas and determined, cost what it might, to secure it. The acquisition of
Kansas by an intensely anti-slavery population dashed the fine scheme of the slaveholders,
and left them no other resort, if they would havé independence, thah an attempt to win it
by war against the Government, And this attempt we have in the present rebellion.

“Brave, devoted, magnanimous, heroic people of Kangas! Proudly do I bear your
honored name in these halls! Theirs is the glory of those eventful days; to them belongs
the credit of having first interposed a barrier to check the progress of despotic rule on this
continent. Kansas lost, we should now be hopelessly, irretrievably subjugated. No such
Republican patty as we have seen would have been organized; or, if organized, it would
have been speedily extinguished. Abraham Lincoln would not now be President; but
rather, some such slaveholder as Jefferson Davis. We should not now see a mighty host
marshaled beyond the Potomac, with the cheering ensign of the Republic full high ad-
vanced—the power of a legitimate Government—but on the contrary, we should sce our
Government transformed into a slave-holding despotism, as tyrannical as that of Nero, by
means so direct and insidious as hardly to be seen until the fatal work was finished. The
people of Kansas took it upon themselves to act as a breakwater, which had the effect to
stay the advancing tide of slavery and shield the continent froth its sway.

“When I recur to my own intercourse with this gallant people during the period of
their terrible struggle in their attempts to sybdue the wilderness—to make homes for them-
selves where no home, save that of the Indian, the elk or the buffalo had ever existed be-
fore; when I remember their determined purpose in behalf of the cause at stake; how men
and women alike surrendered with alacrity every personal interest and comfort and aspira-
tion, and, with a sublime self-sacrifice, consecrated themselves to the great service; the
perils they encountered, the suffering they individually endured, dnd yet the patience, the
constancy, the fortitude they displayed throughout; when I recall these things and my re-
lations with these people in those trying scenes; our mutual hopes, and fears, and efforts ;
the days we were together in the council and in the camp, at night on the broad, unshel-
tered prairie, or around rude and poor, but hospitable, firesides, consulting, deliberating,
arranging, resolving and executing; when I recall the glorious memory of those who passed
through the portals of death in t is august work, some by sickness, others by privation,
others again on the field of battle, bravely fighting for liberty, I am moved with a feeling
for which no expression would be appropriate: but the silent eloquence of tears. History
has no brighter page in all her long annals than this.

“Principles control events; to liberate the Government utterly and forever from slay-
ery should be its first and paramount object. To accomplish this, it is only necessary for it

to discard an attennated abstraction and avail itself of events which God has brought to
our very doors. The simple act of ones the relations of the Government and pursuin
the war according to the law and facts of the case, would, in a short time, make the Uni
States as completely free from slavery as Canada, and place the institution at our feet and
under our feet. To shape our policy to accord with events and enable us to fulfill a high
purpose is what we are imperatively called upon todo. The war must strike for freedom,
or its professions about Union are delusive, and its end will be naught. There cannot be
any permanent separation of the States of the South from those of the North, for they are
wedded by ties of nature, destined to triumph over all disintegrating and explosive forces,
Let us trust the cause of Union to God’s providence, rather than to man’s imbecility and
treachery. War is obnoxious on general principles; it is only sanctified as a means to an
end. In this case, there is wo little danger that it will turn into a thunderbolt to smite us
to the earth, burying beneath the ruins of our constitutional liberty the hopes of mankind.

“Tn an age of free thought and free expression, the brain and heart and conscience of
mankind are the lords who rule the rulers of the world, and no mean attribute of states-
manship is quickness to discern and promptness to interpret and improve the admonitions
of this august trinity. :

“ Let us not attempt to rebuild our Government on foundations of sand; let us rear it
on a basis of eternal granite, Let the order of justice, the harmony of God’s benignant
laws pervade it. And no internal commotions or outward assaults will afterward beset it
against which it may not rise triumphant and enduring. The report of the Secretary of
the Treasury tells us that nearly $2,000,000 per day will hardly more than suffice to cover
existing expenditures; if the war continues, our National debt in one year and a half will
amount to 900,000,000. In alae this immense sacrifice for freedom and Union, is it all to
be squandered on a subterfuge and a cheat? For one, I shall not vote another dollar or man
for the war until it assumes a different standing and tends directly to an anti-slavery result.
Millions for freedom, but not one cent for slavery.”

In the Republican State Convention, held at Topeka, September 17, 1862, the first ballot
for Congressman was as follows: A. Carter Wilder, 29; M. F. Conway, 25; T. Dwight
Thacher, 10; W. W. H. Lawrence, 10; William A. Phillips, 1. Mr. Conway gained two on
the second ballot, and on the seventh he came down to 20, Thacher having 14, Wilder 41, his
majority being 7. .

Acting President Johnson, June 10, 1866, appointed Mr. Conway Consul to Marseilles.
October 11, 1873, Mr. Conway fired three shots at ex-Senator Pomeroy in Washington, D. C.,
one of which slightly wounded him. When Mr. Conway was arrested, he said of the ex-
Senator: “He ruined myself and family.” His body and mind became to him great sources
of suffering, and he had a home at St. Elizabeth’s Insane Asylum at Washington, D. C.,
where he died on February 15, 1882. S

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REV. JOIN TECUMSEH JONES.—(OTTAWA JONES.)

The subject of this sketch was born in Canada in January, 1808. His father was an
Englishman, his mother an Indian woman of the Chippewa nation. He was taken when
ee young by a sister, living with her husband, a blacksmith, on the island of Mackinac.

hile yet a little boy, he was accustomed to board vessels stopping atthe island. A certain
Capt. Conner, taking a fancy to him, asked him to take a trip to Detroit on his vessel.
Young Jones failing to obtain the consent of his sister to this proposed voyage, apparently
gave up the project, but next day went down to the vessel and sailed away for Detroit.
hile in the family of his new-found friend, Jones learned the English and French
languages and forgot his own. After a few years, Mrs. Conner died, and, the Captain being
a great drunkard, young Jones was thrown out of a home. About this time his Baptists
were collecting together isolated Indians to go to Carey Station, Mich., to receive the bene-
fits of the mission there. In his destitute condition, Jones was found by them and taken
to this school, of which Rev, Isaac McCoy was at the time Superintendent. Here he re-
acquired his native language, and, being diligent in his studies, became thoroughly familiar
with the rudiments of an English education, and also became a convert to the Christian
aeligie. He remained here four or five years. At that time the Pottawatomies had a great
deal of money, and were educating a great many of their young men at Hamilton, Colum-
bia and other Eastern colleges. Rev. McCoy started East with ten or twelve of the boys
farthest advanced in their studies, and took them to Hamilton College, where Jones staid
cae years, pens owing to failing health, he was advised by the Paauliy to give up study in

rder to rest,

‘a He then went to Choctaw Academy, Kentucky, as a teacher, remaining about one year.
e

rT payin a visit to his sister, from whom he had run away, he went to the station at
Sault Ste. Marie, where he wus chosen interpreter. For some time, he served in the capac-
ity of interpreter for different tribes, and when the Pottawatomies were moved to Kansas
Territory he came with them, and was a member of their tribe until the two Pottawatomie
bands were consolidated on the tract of thirty miles square on the Kansas River. He was
‘hen invited to join, and joined the Ottawas, of which tribe he remained a member until
his death. The farm known as the John T. Jones ee was purchased by him of the trader
to the Ottawas for $1,000. In 1850, he built a dwelling and a store. His home, some four
miles northeast of the present city of Ottawa, was a distinguished landmark, and in the
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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early settlement of the Territory was the main stopping place between Lawrence and Fort
Scott. He had the main country hotel in Eastern Kansas, and many of the pioneers of
Kansas found temporary shelter under his hospitable roof. ‘The assistance rendered to the
cause of freedom by both John T. Jones and his estimable wife, during those early “times
that tried men’s souls,” was of inestimable value.

In 1856, his dwelling and store were burned down by border ruffians. On February
18, 1857, Capt. John Brown spoke before the Massachusetts Legislature in reference to this
act of vandalism, as follows: =

“I saw, while it was standing, and afterward saw the ruins of a most valuable house,
the property of a highly civilized, intelligent and exemplary Christian Indian, which was
burned to the ground by the Ruffians, because its owner was suspected of favoring the Free-
Statemen. He is known as “Ottawa” Jones, or John T. Jones.”

,_, Ou February 23, 1867, the United States Congress made an appropriation of $6,700, to be
pia to him as an indemnity for this loss. He afterward erected a large twostory stone resi-
dence, at a cost of $20,000, which still stands upon the farm. Mr. Jones was a man to lend a help-
ee to every good work. He was a prominent member of the Baptist Church-of Ottawa,
and rendered valuable assistance in founding the institution of learning knows as the “ Ot-
tawa University,” a history of which is elsewhere introduced.

Mr. Jones died in 1873, and in the Ottawa Journal of January 22, 1874, appeared the
following advertisement:

“The farm of the late John T. Jones, four and one-half miles northeast of Ottawa, is
for rent, This is without exception the best farm and improvements in the State, well
adapted for grain and stock. Terms easy. Arrangements can be made to retain all stock,
etc., on the place. Those wishing further information, can call on

: “iT. J. NUGENT, or
: “R, ATKINSON.”

Mr. Jones was married June 2, 1845, to Miss Jane Kelley, of North Yarmouth, Maine,
who, in 1843, had come to Kansas as a teacher and missionary to the Indians. After her hus-
band’s death, she remained on the farm until 1876, when it was sold to its present owner,
Mr. W. H. Woodlief, who has greatly improved it, and it is now generally recdgnized as the
finest farmin Franklin County. It is located on Ottawa Creek, four miles northeast of
Ottawa. The original farm consisted of 960 acres, but it has been increased by the pues
of eighty acres by Mr. Woodlief. It consists mainly of high bottom land, and is well adapted
to the production of grain as well as grass. There are upon it upward of one hundred acres
of timber, walnut, oak, elm, hackberry, ash and mulberry ; it is almost entirely fenced by
osage hedge, has 450 acres under cultivation, and has an abundance of berries and fruit.
sslvonethier it shows or rather indicates what the noble State of Kansas is capable of.

y the terms of Mr. Jones’ will, the whole of his estate, estimated at $20,000, was left in
trust to Ottawa University, so long as it remained under the control of the then board of
trustees or their successors. But if it pass out of the control of the Baptists, then the pro-
ceeds of the trust are to be given to any other Baptist college or university in Kansas; but
in case there is no Baptist college in Kansas, then they are to go to Madison University, Ham-
ilton, N.Y. Mrs. Jones still resides at Ottawa, and is highly respected by all who know her.

JUDGE JAMES HANWAY.

The subject of this brief sketch was born September 4, 1809, within fifteen miles of the
far-famed “ Bow Bells,’ London, England. His father was Jonas Hanway, the noted
English philanthropist, and his mother a Quaker lady. James Hanway was educated at
home by a governess, then at school, and upon finishing his collegiate education and attain-
ing his majority, becoming dissatisfied with the English form of goverment he emigrated
to America, settling in Darke County, Ohio. He was married, November 1, 1832, to Miss
Rebecca Stitt, of Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. While in Ohio, Judge Hanway wrote largely
for the papers, taking advanced ground on the subject of American Slavery. He also took
an active part in politics, acting consistently with the Republican party after its organiza-
tion at Columbus, Ohio, and was a delegate to the Convention at Columbus, which organized
it. He was also a delegate to the Convention, which at Pittsburgh nominated Hale and
Julian, respectively, for President and Vice President of the United States. :

In 1856, he moved to Kansas, settling in Pottawatomie Township, Franklin County.
Here he took an active part in the struggle to make Kansas a Free State; and was one of the
managers of the Underground Railroad. He was chosen to fill numerous positions of honor
and trust; being the first Superintendent of Public Instruction in Franklin County, a
member of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention in 1859; a member of the Senate in
1860, and of the House of Representatives in 1864, and again in 1869. . :

He wrote largely also during his residence in Kansas, on a great. variety of subjects,
and always with force and elegance of diction. eae those subjects were Agriculture,
Horticulture, Forestry, Temperance, Finance, Politics, Natural Science, Metaphysics and
Religion, bringing to bear upon all great learning as well as sturdy common sense; a rare
combination, especially with writers upon the latter subject. He believed in liberty, not
only of the body, but also of the mind, in freedom of thought, and was as much opposed to
the shackles of creeds as of chains. In character he was a pure, honest, upright man, loved
by his relatives and friends, honored by all. i . :

His death occurred on Tuesday, May 9, 1882, and his burial on Wednesday, May 10, in
Grove Hill Cemetery, four miles east of Lane, Rev. 8. L. Adair conducting the services.

Judge Hanway was the father of six children—William Henry Brougham Hanway,
born August 5, 1833; John S., born November 1, 1834; Martha B,, born November 3, 1836;
Samuel, born February 11, 1840; Sarah H., born May 11, 1842, and William Henry Brougham
born September27, 1844.

HON, D. P. LOWE.

Hon. D. P. Lowe was born August 22, 1823, in Oneida County, N.Y. His parents were
from Worcester County, Mass. While the subject of this sketch was young, they removed
to Ohio, where, for several years, he taught school. He entered the law office of N. C. Read,
at Cincinnati, then late Supreme Judge of the State, and graduated from the law department
of Cincinnati College in 1851. He was soon afterward to practice at the bar of the Supreme
Court, and for some years he was law partner of Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior,
under President Lincoln. Mr. Lowe was an actice Republican politician in Ohio for severa'
years. In 1861, came to Mound City, Linn Co., Kan., where he soon became a leading lawyer
of the county. | In 1863, he was elected to the State Senate, serving one term as Chairman a
the Judiciary Committee. In March, 1867, he was appointed Judge of the Sixth Joes
District, then recently created, and in November following he was elected to the same
position for four years. In this position he attained to the rank, and gained the reputation
of an able jurist. i 4 ae hi ies ee

In 1870, he moved to Fort Scott, and in 1871 resigned his J niece ip to take his bes
the United States Congress, to which he had been elected in the fal of 1870. In 1872, he was
re-elected to Congress, and served until March 4, 1875. In 1875, he was appointed by Sia
dent Grant Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah, which office he resigned eee
1 of the same year, and returned to Fort Scott. In the fall of 1879, he was again elected Ju Be
of the Sixth Judicial District, rerving in that capacity until his death in the early part o
1882, Mrs. Lowe died about the year 1871, and the Judge did not re-marry. He has two sons
and two daughters, one son living at La-Cygne, the other son and the two daughters living

at Fort Scott. LIST OF POST OFFICES.

The following post*offices were established, discontinued and names changed in Kansas
from December 1, 1881, to November 25, 1882:

POST OFFICES ESTABLISITED.

In county of Allen.—Hendricks, Wise.
Atchison.—Inver, May.

Barber.—Carietna.

Barton.—Bonewitz. 4
Bourbon.—Gilfillan, Marmaton, Porterville.
Brown.—Baker, Everest, Reserve, Willis,
Butler.—Durachen, Edgecomb, Leon, Nellans, Ovo.
Chautauqua.—Cascade, Hale, Mount Vernon.
Cherokee.—Cherry.

Clay.—Charity, Idana, Iwacura,
Cloud.—Graves, Multonvale, Yuma.
Coffey.—Section. ‘

Cowley —Akron, Grand Summit.
Crawford.—Brazilton. oe
Comanche.—(unorganized)—Gransville.
Davis.—Conroton.

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Dickinson.—New Basel.

Doniphan.—Darwin.

Douglas.—Alfred.

Edwards.—El Paso.

Elk.—Cave Springs, I'iat.

Ellis.—Mendota.

Ellsworth.—Cain, Carneiro, Masmer.

Franklin.—Ransomville.

Graham.—Elrick.

Greenwood.—Neal, Richeyville, Severy.

Gove.—(unorganized)—Hackberry.

Gray.—(unorganized)—Loyal.

Harper.—Danville,

Jefferson.—McLouth, Oregon.

Jewell.—Dentonia.

Johnson.—Meadow Brook, Waseca.

Kearney.—(unorganized.)—Deerfield.

Leavenworth.—Boling, Daisy.

Lincoln.—Nimrod.

Linn.—Grange.

Lyon.—Hortonburgh, Trail.

Lane.—(unorganized)—Juniata, Lucretia.

Mitchell.—Simpson.

Montgomery.—Ree, Ives.

Ness.—Buda, Leffel.

Norton.—Hedgewood, Reagle.

Osage.—Maxson, Swansea, Weaver.

Osborne.—Dudley, Handy.

Ottawa.—Wide Range. a

Pawnee.—George. -

Phillips.—Hillside, Powell, Wagnerville.

Pottawatomie.— Hanson.

Rawlins.—Enne.

Reno.—Ost, Turon.

Republic.—Tiago.

Rice.—Alden,-Mitchell.

Riley.—Leonardville, Magic.

Rooks.—Amboy, Earnest, Minety, Oyer.

Rush.—Howe, Oswell.

Shawnee.—Redpath.

Sheridan.—Museum, St. Paul.

Smwith.—Hardilee, Reamsville.

Sumner.—Geuda, Perth, Rex.

Thomas, (inprgsnised — Letitia.

Washington.—Cromwell.

Wilson.—Newark.

Woodson.—Piqua.

Wyandotte.—Armourville.
DISCONTINUED OFFICES:

Anderson.—Cherry Mound.

Barton.—Lott, Thomas.

Brown.—Claytonville, Emmet, Marak, Mount Roy.

Butler.—Edgecomb, Modena.

Chase.—Woodhull.

Cherokee.—Neutral City.

Clay.—Leopaa.

Cloud —Cloud, Princeville, Saint Joseph.

Coffey.—Bancroft.

Cowley.—New Canton.

Davis.—Way.

Dickinsou.—Haphazard, Mont Cenis.

Douglas.—Washington Creek.

Edwards.—Nettleton.

Elk.—Indian Creek, Oak Ridge.

Ellisworth.—Holyoke.

Ford.—Fort Dodge.

Graham.—Cortez, Shinn.

Gove.—(unorganized)—Lulie.

Jackson.—Lawndale.

Jetferson.—Boyle.

Jewell.—Aurora, Ezbon, Steuben.

_ Labette.—Sylvan Dale.
Lane.—(unorganized)—Rolling Prairie.
Mitchell.—Dalrymple, Labon.
Montgomery.—Parker.

» Morris.—Leland.

Nemaha.—Albany, Dorcas.
Ness.—Bed Rock, Clarinda, Dryden, Nevada,
Norton.—Brett, Cheeseman, Long Branch, Modell, Neighborville.
Ottawa.—Ailanthus.
Phillips.—Mound.
Pottawatomie.—Oak Grove,
Rawlins.—Boyer.
Republic.—Fenwick, Talmage, Trasey.
Rice.—New Cincinnati, Way Side.
Rooks.—Sugar Loaf,
Sedgwick.—Coronado, Ferris, Good River, Herald.
Sheridan.—Advance, Gallileo, Milligan, Musma.
St. John.—Fort Wallace, Groton.
Sumner.—Sumner.
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Bourbon... ..| Marmiton... «| Marmaton.
Brown... ..| Eyerton....... «| Everest.
Brown ..| Mission Center.. «| Willis.
Butler. ..| Little Walnut. ..| Leon.
“Butler .| White Water... -| Ovo.

Clay Chapmanville -.| Idana.
Cloud Brittsville.... «| Simpson.* |
Cloud Zahnsyille... -| Miltonvale.

Cowley .. Akron.

Dickinson. ..| New Basill...

‘ New Basel.
-| Montrose .

..| Cave Springs.
--| Mendota.

-.| Carneiro.
Cain.
Hackberry.
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«| Loyal.

-| Danville.

«| Boling.

..| Lueretia.

«| Buda.

--| Turon.

-| Leonardsville.
.-| Red Path.

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Ellsworth.

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_In the number of its post offices, November 25, 1882, Kansas ranks as the tenth State,
having 1,563. It has 74 offices whose Postmasters are appointed by the President; 1,489 of
the fourth class; 252 money order offices, Atchison, Leavenworth and Topeka have the
letter-carrier system. Topeka has five mail-carriers, each having a salary of #850; Atchison
and Leavenworth have each four. Leavenworth has three at a salary of $600 per year;
Atchison and Topeka, each two.

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COUNTIES. 1860. | 1865. | 1870. 1875. | 1880, | 1882. ii,
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Allen ! 3,082 | 2,737 7,022 6,638 11,098 | 10,952 351
Anderson 2,400 | 2,659 | 5,220 6,809 10,560 | 8,871 186
Atchison 7,72 8,929 | 15,507 | 20,187 | 28,798 | 23,237 } -3,431
Bourbon . 6,101 | 7,961 | 15,076 | 16,829 20,159 | 17,866
Breckenridge . | BLOT Jossee sree aaduscces |Sierecuaereds
Brown . I A 12,654

Butler 18,527

Chase 5,962

Clay . | 12,200

Coffey 11,004

Davis, 6,653
Dickinson.. i 15,170
Doniphan . 14,257 | 18,659 | 13,343
Dorn.... al aisilaacndiraa| sa aiied, 0] baiasiice oo
Douglas... 21,700 | 22,707 | 18,476
Franklin 15,847

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Jackson . 1,936 | 2,962 | 6,053 . 6,68L |.10,718 | 10,488

Jefferson 4,459 | 5,853 | 12,526 | 11,716 | 15,563 | 15,386

Johnson ... 4,364 | 6,093 , 13,684 14,580 | 16,853 | 15,081

Leavenworth . 12,606 | 24,256 | 32,444 27,698 | 32,355 | 31,068

Linn ... 6,336 | 6,543 : 12,174 | 11,546 | 15,298

Lykins. 4,980 |... eee

Madison _ 636 |... “ : :

Marion... z 74 162 | 768 | 5,907 | 12,453

Marshall 2,280 | 2,349 , 6,901 10. Z

McGee 1,501 596 |. sigs
Morris 770 | 1,141 3 59 , 533
Nemaha 2,436 | 2,638 7,339 7,104 | 12,462 12,387 75
Osage 1,113 | 1,169 7,648 | 10,268 | 19,642 18,905 137
Otoe .... DBR: |scecnaiss el fsossvevic|racvecces, x] cavesesve edb urseseccte| Peenseeee & Hoses
Pottawatomie. 1,529 | 2,119 17,848 , 10,344 | 16,350 15,894 456
Riley ..... 1,224 | 1,813 | 5,105 | 7,065 | 10,436 10,106 324
Shawnee 3,513 | 3,458 | 13,121 | 15,417 | 29,093 23,655 5,438
Wabaunsee . 1,023 | 1,081 | 3,362 | 4,649 | 8,756 8,074 682
Washington 383 |... «| 4,081 8,621 | 14,910 14,891 19
Wilson ... 6,694 | 9,749 | 13,775 13,698 qt
Woodson. 3,827 | 4,476 | 6,535 6,467 + 68
Wyandot 10,015 | 12,362 | 19,143 14,539 | - 4,604
Lyon 8,014 | 9,542 | 17,326 16,298 1,028
Miami 11,725 | 12,667 | 17,802 16,901 901
Neosho. 10,206 | 11,076 | 15,121 14,735 386
Ottawa. 2,127 | 4,429 | 10,307 10,239 68
Saline 4,246 | 6,360 | 13,808 13,528 280
Barton 2,099 | 10,318 10,022 296
Cherokee 11,038 | 12,223 | 21,905 20,031 | 1,874
Cloud .. 2,323 | 7,170 | 15,348 15,302 i 41
Cowley 1,175 | 8,965 | 21,538 21,316 222
Crawford 8,160 | 9,386 | 16,851 16,749 102
Ellis 1,336 940 | 6,179 6,111 68
Ellswor! 1,185 | 1,758 | 8,494 8,385 109
Ford....... 427 813 | 3,122 3,048 74
Howard | 2,794 | 13,632 |......00 6 axes Neaivanaee aves
Jewell.. | 207 | 7,651 | 17,475 17,457 18
Labette .. 9,973 | 14,671 | 22,735 20,517 2,218
Lincoln . 516 | - 2,493 | 8,582 8,517 65
McPherson. 738 | 6,205 | 17,143 17,091 52
Mitchell ... 485 | 6,370 | 14,911 14,870 41
Montgomery 7,564 | 13,017 | 18,213 17,528 685
Ness .... Di liiesecsemncl Oo, Tee 3,722

Qsborne . 33 | 3,467 | 12,617 12,456 61
Pawnee 179 1,006 | 5,396 5,364 32
Republic 1,281 8,048 | 14,913 14,898 15
Rice .... 2,453 | 9,292 9,235 57
Russell. 156 | 1,052 | 7,351 7,317 34
Sedgwick 1,095 | 8,310 | 18,753 18,649 294
Smith... 66 | 3,876 | 13,883 13,868 16
Sumner.. . a 22 | 4,926 | 20,812 20,698 | 114

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Grant (unorganized)
Greeley (unorganized)
Hamilton (unorganized)
Kansas (unorganized).

Kearney (unorganized).
Lane (unorganized).

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In the census returns for 1860, Breckenridge County, reported with a
population of 3,197, became Lyon in 1862. Dorn became Neosho June 3,
1861. Godfrey became Seward June 3, 1861; later it became Howard, and
the population of 1870 and 1875 is returned in its name; March 11, 1875,
the county was divided in its center, east and west ; the new county north
became Elk, the one south was Chautauqua, and they both appear in the
census returns of 1880 and 1882. Hunter became Cowley after the census
of 1860 was taken. Lykins became Miami June 3, 1861. Madison was di-
vided in 1862, the north part went into Lyon, changed from Breckenridge,
the south part to Greenwood. McGee, in the Government census returns
spelled McGhee, became Cherokee February 28, 1868. Otoe County was
created by the Territorial Legislature of 1860, on the 27thof February, and
it embraced Townships 21, 22, 23 and the north two-thirds of 24, in Ranges1,
2, 8 and 4, east of the Sixth Principal Meridian. The county was never
organized, and its territory isin the present limits of Marion, Butler and
Harvey Counties. (The population of what was Arapahoe County, classed
as Pike’s Peake, was returned at 34,242, but it was placed 34,277 in the
Government census returns for Colorado Territory.) With the counties
as at present constituted, in 1860, the census was taken in 40 counties ; in
1870, in 65 ; in 1880, in 104. Rawlins County was organized May 25, 1881,
and by the Act of the Legislature of 1881, ‘Buffalo was blotted out, and
the name of Foote was changed to Gray. That part of Buffalo that was
in Townships 20 and 21, became the south part of Lane; that part of it
that was in Townships 22 and 28, became the north part of the county of
Gray. St. John County was created from the east part of Wallace, tak-
ing from it Ranges 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 west. There were 105 counties
in Kansas when the census was taken in 1880; there were 80 organized
counties ; in 1870 there were 54 organized counties ; in 1860 there were 32.
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

“DOUGLAS COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

OUGLAS County is in the second tier west from Missouri. It is

bounded on the north by Jefferson and Leavenworth Counties; on
the east by Leavenworth and Johnson, on the south by Franklin, and on
the west by Osage and Shawnee. The Kansas River runs along the
northern boundary of Lecompton, a part of Wakarusa and Eudora Town-
ships. The boundaries of the county as organized by act of the First
Territorial Legislature, July, 1855, were defined as follows: ‘Beginning
at the main channel of the Kansas River, at the northwest corner of John-
son County; thence south to the southwest corner of said Johnson County ;
thence west twenty-four (24) miles, to a point equidistant between the
limits (embraced in the original plats) of the towns of Lecompton and
Tecumseh. ”’

The present boundary of Douglas County is as follows:
at the northwest corner of Johnson
County, in the middle of the main
channel of the Kansas River, thence
up the main channel of said Kansas
River to the southwest corner of
Leavenworth County; thence north
on the west boundary line of Leaven-
worth County to the north line of
Township 12; thence west on said
north line of Township 12 to the
middle of the main channel of the
Kansas River; thence up the main
channel of said river to the point
wher the line between thesecond and
third tiers of sections in Range 17
crosses said river ; thence south on the
section lines to the corner of Sec-
tions 14, 15, 22 and 23, in Township 15
south, of Range 17 east; thence east
on section lines to the southwest cor-
ner of Johnson County ; thence north
along the west line of Johnson
County to the place of beginning.

The Wakarusa River runs through
the central part of the county from
west to east, turns to the northeast in
Eudora Township, and empties into
the Kansas River. The county is
well supplied with springs, gqod well
water being obtained at a depth of
twenty-five feet.

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face is bottom land, and eighty per
cent upland, the general surface of
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the Pottawatomie trade mainly passed, one of the great crossings of the
Kansas River being at the trading post of Uniontown, in what is now
Shawnee County. These, however, were not the first white men in Doug-
las County. In 1842, Gen. John C. Fremont, on his first tour of explo-
ration to the Rocky Mountains, after leaving Cyprian Chouteau’s trading
house on the Kansas River, six miles west of the Missouri line, on June
10, which trading house was in latitude 39° 5’ 67”, longitude 94° 39’ 16”,
elevation above the sea, 700 feet—encamped near the present location of
Lawrence on the 12th, and describes the spring near the residence of the
late Bruce. He says of the location: ‘‘We encamped in a remarkably
beautiful situation on the Kansas bluffs, which commanded a fine view of
the river valley, here from four to five miles wide. The central portion
was occupied by a broad belt of heavy timber, and nearer the hills the prai-
ries were of the richest verdure.’’ Many other California emigrants
¥ passing over this route were par-
ticularly struck with the beauty‘ of
the scenery, and the magnificence of
the view in the vicinity of Lawrence
—among them Dr. Charles Robinson,
who afterward became one of her
pioneer settlers and most honored citi-
zens. Along the California road,
the first settlers located. This road
entered Douglas County at the eastern
line of whatis now Eudora Township,
at the crossing of the little stream
then called Captain’s Creek, and near
the Methodist Mission of Dr. Still.
Passing two miles west, Fish’s Hotel
was reached—a stopping place to
which the Free State settlers were
always cordially welcomed by the
Shawnee proprietor. The road crossed
the Wakarusa at the house of Blue
Jacket, a Shawnee chief, about a
mile east of the reserve line. Two
miles from the crossing of the Waka-
rusa, the town of Franklin was after-
ward laid out on the claim of Mr. L.
B. Wallace, formerly of Indiana.
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ginian—Mr. Church, a famous old-
time violinist. Mr. Wallace’s house
was one mile west of the site of
Franklin. About four miles further
west, the road wound up a sharp
prominence, and ‘‘ Hog Back Point”
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The principal varieties of native
timber are the ash, cottonwood, elm,
hackberry, oak and walnut. The
principal minerals found in the county
are an excellent quality of busing
stone in great abundance, and fire an
pottery clay. Coal is believed to
exist in fair quantity and quality at
moderate depth ; but little or none has
yet been mined. The area of the
county is 300,160 acres, and there is very little waste land. The soil iscx-
ceedingly fertile, and produces all the cereals, timothy, clover and prairic
grasses, and fruit and forest trees in great luxuriance.

Wakarusa Township

EARLY SETTLERS.

Previous to May 15, 1854, the county was not open to settlement by
white people, being held by the Shawnee Indians as a part of their reser-
vation under the treaty between them and the Government in 1825. On
the former date a new treaty went into effect, by the terms of which the
Shawnees reserved 200 acres to each member of the tribe, or 200,000 acres
in all, most of it in Johnson County. The most of that lying in Douglas
County selected by them under the treaty was embraced in Eudora Town-
ship, in the northeastern part of the county. As soon as the land was
thrown open to settlement, ‘‘squatters”’ came in from Missouri and from
the Western and Northwestern States to secure claims, the region, now
Douglas County, having been long known as a desirable location, from
the fact that one of the great highways of travel between the East and

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‘ spring and early summer of 1854, were

the following: J. W. Lunkins, of South Carolina, April 18; A. R. Hop-
per May 9; Clark Stearns and William H. R. Lykins, May 26; A. B. and

. E. Wade, June 5; J. A. Wakefield, June 8; Calvin and Martin Adams,
June 10; J. J. Eberhart, June 12; Brice ;W. Miller, June 6; J. H. Harri-
son, June 14; H.S. and Paul C. Eberhart, June 15; 8. N. Wood, June
24; Mr. Rolf, June 24;L. A. Lagerquest, July 4; James F. Legate,
July 5; William Lyon and Josiah Hutchinson in Sally.

On the Wakarusa, south of the road, Joel K. Goodwin settled in May,
and William Breyman, July 18.

_ T..W. and R. F. Barber settled near the site of Bloomington, in 1855, and
Oliver Barber, at the same place, June 1, 1857. During the same month, John
A. Bean, N. Alquine and M. Albin settled a little further west, where now
is the village of Clinton, and a store was opened by the latter. As early
as May, Napoleon N. Blanton was at Blanton’s Bridge, which crossed the
Wakarusa four miles directly south of Lawrence, and G. W. Zinn, A. W.
and A. G. Glenn, M. 8. Winter and William Shirley, were among the set-
tlers of 1854 on the site of Lecompton. In the southeast of ‘the county,

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on the present site of Vinland, Jacob Branson, Charles W. Dow, Frank-
lin N. Coleman, George Cutler, F. B. Varnum, William White, Josiah
Hargus and Harrison W. Buckley ,took claims during the year, and a lit-
tle further south, at Baldwin City, was Robert and Richard Pierson, Jacob
Cantrel and L. F. Green. Douglas, two miles southeast of Lecompton,
was laid out on the claim of Paris Ellison, G. W. Clarke and others being
associated with him as town proprietor; and, late in the year, William
Harper and John Chamberlain settled at the forks of the California road,
at Big Springs. :

The account of. the arrival of the Eastern emigrants and the settle-
ment of Lawrence is given in detail in the sketch of that city.

SQUATTER ASSOCIATIONS.

The early settlers, or “squatters,” as they were called, that came into
the Territory and selected claims, after the passage of the Nebraska bill,
so far as possible, before the ratification of the treaties with the Indians
throwing the land open to settlement, secured them by occupying or mak-
ing Improvements upon them. To still further protect themselves, asso-
ciations were formed for mutual protection and support. In what was af-
terward Douglas County, two of these associations were organized before
the first New England party arrived in the Territory. A call was issued
for a meeting of the settlers at Blue Jacket’s store on the Wakarusa, on
July 8, 1854. The Free State settlers, understanding this to be a meeting
of those friendly to making Kansas a Free State, attended the meeting so
far as possible, but found it to be a meeting of squatters and claimants to
adopt rules and regulations in regard to claims. A number of those pres-
ent were strong Pro-slavery nfen, and desired to introduce resolutions
against emigrants opposed to the institution, but the Free-soil element was
too strong, and the difficulty was smoothed over by a compromise resolu-
tion to the effect that any person had a right to bring his property into the
Territory, of whatever kind it might be; and that when the Territory
should have a population sufficient to form a State, the question of slavery
could be settled by the will of the majority. The author of the resolu-
tion, a young Pro-slavery lawyer, then made a speech welcoming men of
all classes into the Territory, and expressing his willingness to leave the
future character of the State to the decision of the people. One of the
morerabid Pro-slavery men present dissented from the resolution and speech,
declaring his determination to fight to the last against Eastern men, and
the Massachusetts Emigrant Movement in particular. Richard Menden-
hall, the honored teacher at the Quaker Mission, was present at the meet-
ing, and wrote the account from which these facts are taken. This was
the formation of the Wakarusa Association, which was organized with a
corps of officers, and had its own rules and regulations. Another associa-
tion was formed called the ‘‘ Actual Settlers’ Association,” composed, as
the name indicates, of those who actually dwelt on their claims.

Of this John A. Wakefield was President, and S. N. Wood, Register.
As settlers came into the Territory, they joined either association, accord-
ing to their preference. On the 12th of August, ‘a meeting of the settlers
was called, to meet at the house of Brice W. Miller, at ‘‘Miller’s Spring,” or
Millersburg. This was an important meeting. The ‘“‘ Yankees” had now
come into “ Wakarusa,’ and it was necessary that rules and regulations
should be made at once to suit the exigencies of the case. So, although
the call was for a meeting of ‘‘The Actual Settlers’ Association,” and al-
though it was well known that a clause in the constitution of that society
declared that “none but actual settlers should vote at its meetings,’’ still in
spite of this, or, perhaps, because of this,,the members of the other asso-
ciation were on the ground in full force. Settlers and claimants came in
from all directions—some from a distance of forty or fifty miles—on
mules, on horseback, in vehicles of all descriptions, bringing provisions
and plenty of whisky, and camping around in the vicinity of the house
until the time appointed for the meeting. The following account of the
meeting was written by one present, and published in the Boston Common-
wealth of August 28, 1854.* The letter is dated Kansas Territory, Monday
August 14, 1854, and is as follows:

According to previous notice, the Actual Settlers’ Association of Kansas Territory met
at the house of Mr. Miller, at Millersburg, in said Territory, August 12, 1854. The meeting
was called to order by John A. Wakefield, Esq., President of the Association, who also stated.
the object of the meeting to be a mutual’ conference of the actual settlers of Kansas Terri-
tory. Some confusion here ensued, as a majority of those present were from Missouri—not
actual settlers in the Territory, but claimed a right to vote as members of another associa-
tion, and as intended settlers of this Territory, having staked out claims. ; :
Mr. Dunham, of Missouri, made a long speech in favor (as he said) of the right of Mis-
sourians to make laws for the government of Kansas, on the ground that it was their inten-
tion to settle here at some future time. Mr. William Lyon, of this Territory, replied, and
much sparring here ensued between different parties. Suspicious-looking bottles occupied
a conspicuous position before the meeting. The contents were freely imbibed by the gen-
tlemen from Missouri, seeming to produce on their side of the house a disposition to blow off
acertain amount of bombast, with the innocent intention, no doubt, of frightening this
Meeting into the belief that Kansas was, and actually is, within the boundaries-of the State
of Missouri. Failing in this, they manifested a disposition to compromise the case, the bone
of contention being a provision in the constitution or by-laws of the Actual Settlers’ Asso-
ciation “that sonaluh actual settlers should be allowed to vote at the meetings of the asso-
ciation.” :
H. D. Woodworth, Esq., of New Orleans, came forward and asked the privilege “as a
stranger and looker-on in Venice,” to throw in the “calumet of peace.” He proposed the
appointment of a Committee-of Conference from each Association, to retire and agree upon
aplan of union. Mr. Cameron, of Kansas, here announced that the Wakaursa Association
had appointed Messrs. Dunham, Lykins and Hayes, such a committee on the part of their
association. The President appointed Dr. John Doy, Messrs. William Lyon and A. H. Mal-
lory as a Committee for the Actual Settlers’ Association, and the committee were directed
to retire and report forthwith. On motion of Mr. 8. N. Wood, the meeting took a recess of
halfan hour. At the expiration of that time, the associations were again called to order by
the President, both associations appearing and acting together. The Conference Committee
ae came forward and made a report (in which a majority agreed) which was adopted as
follows:

* W. H. T. Wakefield writes concerning this letter: “I was one of the secretaries and still
have the original manuscripts. There are many errors in above, but none of great importance.
The meeting held at Miller's Spring, one mile from Lawrence, was on August 26, 1854; the first
and only one held except a small preliminary meeting, one week previous, at which nothing was
done but to call this meeting.” Mr. Wakefield is a son of Judge Wakefield, and a witness enti-
tled to full credence; yet his recollection renders the above account anachronistic. The letter
appeared in the Boston Commonwealth August 28, and was dated, Kaneas Territory, August 14.

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WurErsEas, The laws of the United States confer upon citizens the privilege of settling
and holding lands by pre-emption rights; and, whereas, the Kansas Valley, in part, is now
open for the location of such claims; and, whereas, we, the people of this convention, have,
and are about to select homes in this valley, and in order to protect the public good, and to
secure equal justice to all, we solemnly agree and bind ourselves to be governed by the fol-
lowing ordinances:

1, We recognize the right of every citizen of the United States, of lawful age, or who
may be the head of a family, to select, mark and claim, 200 acres of land, viz.: 160 acres of
prairie, and forty acres of timber land, and who shall within sixty days after the treaty is
ratified, proceed to erect thereon a cabin, or such other improvements as he may deem best,
oe shall, within sixty days after the ratification of the treaties, enter thereon as a resi-

ent.

2. Acclaim thus marked and registered, shall be ot sixty days from the ratification
of the treaty, at which time the claimant, if the head of a family, shall move upon and make
his home on either the prairie or timber claim, which shall make them both good, and shall
be regarded so by the settlers. Single persons or females making claims shall be entitled to
hold them by becoming residents of the Territory, whether upon their claims or otherwise.
Any person making a claim as above shall be entitled to a day additional for every five
miles they have to travel to reach their families.

3. No person shall hold more than one claim, directly or indirectly. .

4, No one shall be allowed to enter upon any previously made or marked claim. _

_ 5. All persons failing to commence improving or entering thereupon within the time
specified, shall forfeit the same, and it shall be lawful for any other citizen to enter thereon.

6. Each claimant shall, at all reasonable times, hold himself in readiness to point out
the extent of his claim to any person who may wish to ascertain the fact.

7. It shall bethe duty of the register to put every BPE Ene upon proof, oath, or affir-
mation, that the claim offered for registry is free from the claim of any other person.

8. Every application for registry shall be made in the following form, viz.: “I apply
for certificate of registry for claim selected and marked, on this —— day of —, 1854, lying
and being in ——, containing 160 acres of prairie and_ forty acres of timber land, and declare
upon honor that said claim was selected and marked on the of , and that I am
claiming but the one in my own na, and that it was not claimed or selected by any other
person.” To be signed by the applicant. Any person failing to make this certificate shall
not be entitled to register.

9. We aeree, upon the esnyer of the Territory, to mutually deed and re-deed to each
other, so as to leave as near as possible as claimed.

._ The officers of this association shall be, one Chief Justice, one Register, one Mar-
shal and one Treasurer. :

11. The duty of the Chief Justice shall be to try and decide all disputes between set-
tlers in reference to claims or otherwise, and to try all criminals or persons guilty.of the
violation of the laws of the Territory. The said Chief Justice shall always take justice be-
tween man and man as his guide; and upon the demand of either party shall summon a jury
of six perons to try all disputes or violations of law, the jury to be selected as follows, viz. :
The Chief Justice to write down the names of Seueeet persons, and each party to mark al-
ternately until six names only are left, the defendant marking first. The Chief Justice shall
also act as President of all meetings of the association, and in his absence a President pro
tem. shall be appointed.

12. The duty of the Register shall be to register all claims and other necessary matter,
act as Secretary of all meetings of the association, and to act as Chief Justice in his absence,
or where he may be a party interested.

13. The Marshal shall execute all decisions of the Chief Justice or Juries, and shallsee
that the laws of the association are executed, and shall have power, if necessary, to call upon
all members of this association to assist in executing the same.

14. The limits of this association shall be the waters of the Wakarusa and Kansas
Rivers, and the Territory between the same, from the mouth of the Wakarusa up to the
Shawnee purchase.

15. It shall be the duty of the Marshal, on the complaint of any citizen, by himself or
Deputy, to summons and bring before the Chief Justice the parties for trial.

16. The officers of this association shall receive a suitable compensation for their serv-
ices, which sum shall be decided by the association. :

17, A Treasurer shall be appointed by the association, who shall give approved security
for the faithful disbursement of all moneys that shall be received into the treasury.

18, The Treasurer shall be authorized to pay all drafts for the expenses of the associa-
tion when presented to him, signed by the President and Secretary.

iP The officers shall be elected by the association, and, by a majority vote of the same,
removed.

20. Officers of the association shall be residents of Kansas Territory.

21. The Coon River, Wakarusa, and all other associations are dissolved from this date.

Dr. John Doy and Mr.. William Lyon also made a minority report, in favor of an addi-
tional article, confining voting to actual settlers. A motion was made and carried, that both
reports be received, and the committee discharged. Mr. Wood then remarked that he was
in favor of harmony and wanted to be on both sides, and moved the adoption of both reports,
which motion was unanimously carried, and the reports adopted.

On motion of Mr. Dunham, the association then assumed the name of “ The Mutual
Settlers’ Association of Kansas Territory.” The association then proceeded to the election
of permanent officers, with this result: Chief Justice, John A. Wakefield; Register, J. W.
Hayes; Marshal, William H. R. Lykins; Treasurer, William Lyon.

On motion of Dr. Doy, the money in the treasury of the Actual Settlers’ Association, was
ordered to be paid to 8, N. Wood for his services as Register.

On motion of H. Cameron, Esq., the association adjourned sine die. *

The result of this meeting, as is seen, was a fusion of the two conflict-
ing elements for purposes of mutual benefit. It broke up with the best
possible feeling on both sides, each party asserting and half believing that
they had gained a glorious victory, and yet, not quite sure but they might
have been outwitted after all. That the Missourians were somewhat
alarmed at the situation is evident from the fact that a meeting was called
at Westport the following Saturday night (August 19), which was addressed
by the same gentlemen who were the leaders at Millersburg (Messrs. Dun-
ham and Woodworth). The object of this meeting was stated to be:
“To protect this frontier from the threatened invasion of the ‘pioneers’
that have arrived and are still arriving through the agency of this Emi-
grant Aid Association, organized by the Abolition fanatics,’ etc. Messrs.
Dunham and Woodworth both made speeches urging upon the citizens of
Missouri the necessity of immediate action for the protection of their
homes and property, and picturing in vivid colors the dangers that threat-
ened their beloved ‘‘institution.” Mr. Woodworth “trusted that the cit-
izens of Missouri, true to their early zeal for the institutions they had in-
herited, and the love and sanctity of their homes, would not supinely rest
as they saw these institutions threatened, and their homes endangered by
a society.of members so brazen as to seek to shield their iniquity by a
‘higher law’ than overshadows the endearments of that enchanting word,
Home.” His flowery speech had the desired effect, as through the re-
marks at this meeting, a ‘‘sentiment was awakened’’ in Westport, and
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INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE.

The first Eastern correspondent was S. N. Wood, who wrote to the
National Hra from Independence, Mo., June 20, 1854: ‘‘A dozen Free-
soil families have commenced a settlement on Kansas River, and a meeting
of those friendly to making Kansas a Free State is called for July 8." On
the 27th of June, he writes: ‘‘ We arrived here about a week ago for the
purpose of settling in Kansas, and contributing our mite to prevent slay-
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ery cursing the fairest part of creation. We have made one short trip

into the Indian country, and satisfied ourselves that a man can get there

almost just,such a farm as he pleases.” In July, he says: ‘‘ Emigrants

are arriving in scores, tents are stretched all over the prairies, cabins are.

going up in all directions. Labor is plenty. A man, though poor, if he

can and will work, can do well here. A man with only a team is inde-
endent. But to those who have no means, who can’t, or won’t work,
ansas is no place for you.”

When Capt. Harvey’s men were taken prisoners after the battle of
Hickory Point, September 18, 1856, they were indicted for various crimes
and imprisoned at Lecompton. Capt. A. Cutler, of Lawrence, was made
principal in the indictment for manslaughter, and eighty-eight from Law-
rence were indicted for being present at Hickory Point, and under arms,
on Sunday, the 18th of January. Among Harvey’s men indicted for mur-
der in the first degree, was Thomas W. Porterfield, formerly of Preble
County, Ohio. He was charged as principal—others being accessory. Mr.
Porterfield had once been a soldier under Gen. Jackson. In the spring
of 1856, he left his home in Ohio, on hearing of outrages committed in the
family of his daughter in Kansas, and. shouldering his musket, came on
foot to the Territory, at the age of seventy-two vears, to take his part in
the struggle. At the time the trouble occurred at Lecompton, which re-
sulted in the death of Sherrard, the old gentleman was present, and the by-
standers had much difficulty in restraining his indignation within the
bounds of prudence, when Sherrard fired the first shot at Shepherd.

In January, 1859, Dr. John Doy, his son Charles, and Mr. Clough, all
of Lawrence, started from that city to conduct thirteen negroes by way of
the Underground Railroad, through Nebraska and Iowa to Canna: These
fugitives had fled from slavery in Missouri, and taken refuge in Lawrence.
The party was intercepted on the north bank of the Kaw, afew miles from
Lawrence, and fifty miles from the eastern boundary of the Territory, by a
party of Missourians and Pro-slavery Kansans, and taken across the Mis-
souri to St. Joseph, where, after a pretended examination before a Justice
of the Peace, in default of $5,000 bail, Doy and his son were committed
to prison in the Platte County Jail on a charge of stealing negroes from
Missouri—a crime punishable with death, according to the statutes of that
State. On Doy’s first trial, the jury failed to agree ; on the second trial,
which took place at St. Joseph, June, 1859, the jury brought in a verdict
of guilty, and Doy and his son were sentenced to the penitentiary for tive

ears. Gov. Shannon and Gen. A. C. Davis, of Kansas Territory, and
udge Spratt, of Platte County, Mo., had been employed as prisoners’
counsel, and, in accordance with a motion made by the defense, judgment
. in the case was arrested sixty days, and the prisoners were remanded to
the St. Joseph jail, from whence Charles Doy effected his escape. Doy’s
friends in Lawrence saw that the time had now arrived for them to at-
tempt his rescue—before he should be removed from the jail at St. Joseph.
A party for that purpose was pene formed, led by Maj. James B.
Abbott, now of De Soto, Johnson Co., Kan., and consisting, besides him-
self, of Silas Soule, Joshua A. Pike, 8. J. Willis, Joseph Gardner, John E.
Steward, Thomas Simmons, Charles Doy, Lenox and George W. Hays.
The party organized at Lawrence, and then dispersed to meet and arrange
their plan of operations at Elwood, opposite St. Joseph. The party crossed
the Missouri during the night of Saturday, July 28, a little below _the St.
Joseph ferry, and after remaining some little time in the city, under as-
sumed characters, familiarizing themselves with the streets and localities,
and establishing communication with the prisoner, they finally made their
way to the jail on a dark night, and in the midst of a driving storm, and on
pretence of securing a horse thief whom they had caught, and who could
not well be examined before morning, induced. the jailer to give them access
to the interior of the building. As soon as they: had accomplished this
purpose, they made their way to the cell of Dr. Doy, and prevailed upon
the jailer, by the unanswerable argument of aloaded revolver at his heart,
to offer no resistance to the consummation of their design. The prisoner
was released, and the party proceeded unmolested to the street, and by
mingling with the crowds just leaving the theaters, and aided by the alarm
and confusion occasioned by a fire alarm, succeeded in gaining the oppo-
site shore in safety, where they were met by friends and conducted to
Lawrence.

During the second week of February, 1859, a very exciting scenc oc-
curred in Lawrence. A general aan act had just been passed by the
Legislature, and od by Gov. Medary, exempting from prosecu-
tion all criminal offenses heretofore committed in the southeastern coun-
ties of Kansas, and dismissing all criminal actions already commenced.
Prior to the passage of this act, the jurisdiction of the District Court of
Douglas County had been’ extended over the counties of Linn, Bourbon
and Lykins for criminal purposes, and when the amnesty act took effect,
the grand jury then in session at Lawrence had issued a le number of
subpeenas to the citizens of those counties, with orders to appear at court
to give testimony in certain cases; while the Marshals of the respective
counties were instructed to bring all the criminals held or arrested to Law-
rence, for trial before the Grand Jury.

In accordance with orders, Deputy Marshal Campbell, of Bourbon
County, started for Lawrence with sixteen prisoners and thirty-two wit-
nesses. When he arrived at the Wakarusa he was met by a messenger
from Lawrence informing him of the passage of ‘the amnesty act,.and with
a copy of the same for him to read, but giving him no specific instructions
in regard to the prisonersin his charge. The Marshal accordingly halted
his posse and rode on to Lawrence to consult his superior, Marshal Colby,
but, finding he had left town, he visited Gov. Medary, and, in accordance
with his advice, returned to the Wakarusa, ordered the chains from his
prisoners, and dismissed his posse and witnesses. Some of the prisoners
refused to be thus treated; they had worn the chains so far, and they chose
to be taken into Lawrence with them on, and create as much sympathy as

was possible. In the meantime, the element in Lawrence that always de-
lighted in a sensation and an excitement, had been busy at work, and be-
fore the Marshal reached the city, the ‘‘boys” were fully convinced that

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

a ‘posse of Missourians” under the command of the notorious C. H.
Hamilton, of Marais des Cygnes notoriety, was bringing to Lawrence a
party of Free-state prisoners in chains. The inflammable portion of the
populace was soon at fever heat, and, as the rumor spread, crowds gath-
ered on the streets, boiling and almost hissing with indignation. The in-
nocent posse of the Deputy Marshal, headed by Capt. John Hamilton,
of Bourbon County, a stanch Free-state man, had decided that they would
go on to Lawrence as they were so near, and, not having any convenient
place to store their arms on the Wakarusa. rode up Massachusetts street
in a body, well armed and well mounted. The cry of “Hamilton, the mur-
derer of Choteau’s Trading Post,” was raised, and the excited throng
rushed pell-mell through the streets, down Massachusetts to Pinkney,
down Pinkney to New Hampshire, and along New Hampshire to the out-
skirts of the town. Several shots were fired, but no one hurt. The citi-
zens disarmed the posse, and the parties returned to town, where, the
mistake being made evident, the citizens, including “the boys,”’ quieted
down and listened to speeches from Gov. Medary and Jim Lane. All of
the posse except two were Free-state men, but they were generally op-
posed to the jayhawking movements in Southern Kansas.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND OFFICIAL ROSTER.

The county seat, by the first act organizing the county, was designated at Lecompton,
which was in the minds of leading Kansas politicians of that time, destined to be the capital
of the State. The town was incorporated by act of the Territorial Legislature of 1855, and
with the growing ideas of the importance of the town, it was also incorporated as a city
before the session closed. The corporators of the town were Aristides Rodrigues, Daniel
Woodson, J. C. Thompson, C. Donaldson and William Thompson. Lecompton remained the
county seat and the capital of the State so long as the people of Kansas had no voice in the
making of the laws. So soon as they could be heard, the bogus town wilted with the bogus
power that gave it birth. It may be unnecessary to say that the Lecompton of to-day has
nothing in common with the Lecompton of twenty-eight years a except its name. In
January, 1858, the Territorial Legislature passed an act, introduced by Mr. Owen, removing
and locating the county seat of Douglas County at Lawrence, where it is now. :

The first Territoral Legislature also established ferries at Douglas City, Paris Ellison
being the owner and corporate proprietor, and one at Lecompton, the corporators being
William K. Simmons, Wesley Garrett and others. Douglas was incorporated as a city, John
W. Reid, George W. Clarke, Charles E. Kearney, Edward C. McCarty, Paris Ellison and M.
W. McGee being the incorporators.

The town of Louisiana was also incorporated ; the corporators were F. M. Coleman (who
shot Dow), Daniel Jones, Horatio Owens, Richard Young and others. The corporation was
authorized to purchase and hold any quantity of land where the town of Salem now is, not
to exceed 480 acres. Louisiana was about two miles northwest of Baldwin City, and was the
scene of the murder of Dow, by Coleman, the head corporator and prospective Mayor of the
city of Louisiana, one of the aumerous paper cities, which never existed except in the
minds of their projectors and in the charter-granted. .

Quantrell’s raid into Lawrence, August 21, 1863, resulted in the burning of the county
puildings, the destruction of the records of the county, and the murder of the County Clerk,
George W. Bell, consequently it is impossible to present an authoritative corporative history
of the county prior to the date of the raid. The following is believed to be essentially com-
plete and correct. It has involved much labor, and patience and expense, to make even the
imperfect compilation presented. It is, however, as full and correct as was ever compiled
under like discouraging circumstances, and is certainly a valuable basis on which the
memories of old settlers can build a more perfect structure,

The first Commissioner's Court of Douglas County was held at Lecompton, September
24, 1855, it having been convened in accordance with the proclamation of Sheriff Sanuel J.
Jones, who had been appointed by the Territorial Legislature, at its adjourned session at the
Shawneo Manual Labor School in Johnson County. The Commissioners were Dr. John N.
O. P. Wood, Chairman and ez officio Probate Judge; John M. Banks, and George W. John-
ston. Judge Wood administered the oath of office to his Associate, Judge Banks, September
15, and to Juige Johnston, October 15, and on the 24th of September, Judge Wood appointed
James Christian Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. The record of these appoint-
ments and the oath of office sworn to by these officers, which among other things recognized
an allegiance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, was made by the County Clerk, January 26,
1856. The municipal townships of the county were named Lecompton, Lawrence, Franklin,
Washington and Louisiana, in the beginning. January 27, 1856, the townships were recon-
structed, and were established with Lecompton in the northwest with the city of Lecomptoa
as its voting place; Calhoun in the northeast, with Lawrence as a voting place; Washington
in the southeast with Palmyra as a voting place; Wakarusa in the southwest, with Bloom-
ington as a voting place,

By a map published July 4, 1857, it appears that the incorporated villages in the
ee as follows: “

In Lecompton were Lecompton, Douglas, Benicia and Marshall.

Washington had the villages of Bloomington, Willow Springs and Washington.

Wakarusa took in Lawrence, Franklin and Sebastian. .

Calhoun had within its borders, Pacific City, Louisiana, Palmyra and Prairie City.

The reader will look in vain on the map of to-day for Douglas, Benicia, Marshall,
Sebastian, Pacific City or Louisiana. They went out of existence quite early, Lawrence is
the only town then incorporated which has grown to be a leading city of the State. The
others, such as retain the names of their early christening, are quiet and small hamlets, in
accordance with their surroundings more than with the boundless hopes of their projectors.
Eastern Kansas was dotted all over with paper cities in 1855. The above are only those of
Douglas County.

August 18, 1856, Willow Springs Township was formed ; August 27, 185°, the townships
were ee Lawrence, Eudora, Palmyra—changed from Calhoun—Willow Springs,
Marion and Clinton, Jn 1859, Kanwaka Township was formed ; the City of Lawrence then
had three wards, and the town of North Lawrence was formed in 1865, from territory taken
out of Sarcoxie Township in Jefferson County. The Legislature of 1867 provided for the
formation of Grant Township out of Sarcoxie Township, and making the same a part of
Douglas Sorel In 1870, North Lawrence became a part of Lawrence, and the city proper
contained wards one, two, three and four; North Lawrence, wards five and six. As ashow-
ing of the growth of Lawrence and Douglas County, in the matter of population, from 1860 to
1882, and the vote cast in 1863, 1876 and 1880, the following is given:

 

 

 

 

 

  

  
 
  

 

 

NAME OF MUNICIPALITY. | 1860. | 1870. | 1880. | 1882, [Y= ©¥) 1876, | 1880.
1863,

Clinton.. 655 | 1,030 | 1,005 | 1,020 65 | 179] 288
Eudora .. 599 1,901 2,031 2,010 95 333 478
GAR tetensrastaevaitcoanccssnscasenwarn lesacessies | 583} B76. | B74 Jessseesneene] 107 | 121
Kanwaka. 673 913 919 743 73 160 215
Lawrence. rs 1,645 8,320 8,511 | 10,398 266 | 1,588 | 1,786
Lecompton 917] 971 | 1,004 | 1,907 57 | 168 | 242
Marion 416 879 1,417 1,295 23 184 2904
Palmyra 1,516 | 2,431 | 2,478 | 2,509 102 424 596
Wakarusa. 1,285 2,401 2,391 1,858 167 439 543
Willow Springs....... w| 931 | 1,163 | 1.374 | 1,293 | 33 | 208 | 253
Motta Gvzessvasssssdasscite secadegesess 8,637 | 20,592 [21,706 | 22,707 912 | 3,740 | 4,766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County Clerks—James Christian was succeeded in the office of County Clerk by Robert C.
Bishop, April 21, 1856. Salmon S. Prouty was appointed County Clerk October 24, 1857. The last
meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held at Lecompton, December 7, 1857;
the first one at Lawrence was on the 21st of December. James C. Horton was Mr. Prouty’s
DOUGLAS COUNTY.

Deputy, and at meetings of the Board, held at Lawrence, Mr, Horton officiated as the Cl

The Board of Supervisors, consisting of the Chairmen of each township Board, held thers
first mea April 26, 1858. S. W. Eldridge, was chosen Chairman, and Caleb S. Pratt,
Clerk, Mr. ratt was Clerk of the Commissioners’ Court until his death, which occurred at
Wilson’s Creek August 10, 1861, where he was killed in action, having been mustered in as
Second Lieutenant of Company D, of the First Regiment Kansas Infantry, June 3, 1861.
Ata meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, held August 26, 1861, Turner Samp-

ene siete’ H. Shanklin, Deputy County Clerk, the following Preamble and resolutions

“WHEREAS, The office of County Clerk of this county has been made vai
death of Caleb S, Pratt, who fell at the battle of Wilson’s Cheek, near Surimetela Mia: a the
10th day of August, while bravely defending the cause of our country, we deem it due to his
memory, to record the high opinion this board have entertained of hls honesty and ability,
both as a public officer and private citizen, and we feel that by his death the community
have lost an honored and worthy citizen, and the people of this county.an able and faithful
officer, who was well entitled to the public confidence so often bestowed upon him; and
WHEREAS, In consequence of the death of Caleb S. Pratt, ,

3 Resolved, That Pie Shana be appointed County Clerk, pro tem.
3 Resolved, That John Pratt, former Deputy County Clerk of this county, be and hereby
is apf ointed County Clerk, to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Caleb 8. Pratt, and that
the Clerk be instructed to notify him of his appointment.” 4

George W. Bell, elected November, 1861, was killed by the Quantrell band, who invaded
. Lawrence August oi, 1863, and burned the court house, and on the 22d of ‘August the fol-
lowing record was made on the Commissioners’ journal: 3

‘ _, | LAWRENCE, Doueras County, Kan., August 22, 1863.

_. ‘In consequence of a raid upon the county seat of the county, by a band of rebels, on
Friday morning, August 21, during which the County Clerk was killed, the county house
with most of the county records, sera ees a special meeting of the County Commissioners
was assembled at the office of E. D. Ladd, Esq. F. Gleeson and Charles Dickson were present
atthe meeting. It was ordered that Samuel C. Smith be appointed County Clerk, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of George W. Bell.” . }

The following is a copy of the notice to Mr. Smith of his appointment :

“LAWRENCE, Kan., August 22, 1863.
se oe & SmiTH -

‘ir—You are this day appointed County Clerk to fill the vacanc
of George W. Bell. Y app y Te accor: y cated: By the meas

CuariEs Dickson, f Commissioners:

se Paul R. Brooks was the successor of Mr. Smith, and was succeeded by Thomas B.
Smith, January 12,1874. On the 1st of May, 1876, Mr. Smith resigned the position, and B. F.
Diggs was appointed his successor. He was elected in November, 1876, for the remainder of
the term, and for a full term in November, 1877. Nelson O. Stevens was elected in 1879, and
re-elected in 1881. .
‘County Commissioners.—John Spicer succeeded George W. Johnston, as County Commis-
sioner, October 16, 1856; James M. Touton, succeeded John M. Banks, December 15, 1856.
In Octobér, 1857, Josiah Miller, as Probate Judge, was Chairman of the County Board, and
Mr. Touton and Henry Barricklow, were the other members of the Board. Marshall F,
Davis succeeded Mr. Touton November 14, 1857. The County Board of Supervisors, April
26, 1858, consisted of Shailer W. Eldredge, Chairman; Oliver Barber, John T. Stark, J. W.
Umbarger. August 20, H. L. Enos was one of the Supervisors. October 18, 1858, the Board
consisted of George Ford, Lawrence, Chairman; Oliver Barber, Clinton; Levi Woodard,
Eudora; Silas 0. Hemenway, Lecompton; John IF. Stark, Palmyra; E. L. Scudder, Willow
Springs. In April, 1859, George W. Umbarger, of Clinton Township, was Chairman of the
Board (he was succeeded by J ae A. Beam); the other members were Zeno Rogers, Eudora;
George Ford, Lawrence; IF. F. Bruner, Lecompton; Daniel G. Brown, Marion; Simeon Cole,
Palmyra; Samuel Hindman, Willow Springs. In March, 1860, Wakarusa Township was
formed out of Lawrence Township, embracing all of it excepting the City of Lowrence.
There was a return to County Commissioners in April, 1860, and they consisted of P. H.
Berkaw, Chairman, Turner Sampson and Levi Woodard. In January, 1871, the new Board
consisted of Turner Sampson, Chairman, Fortunatus Gleason and William B. Hayden. No-
vember 8, 1861, W. H. Duncan was appointed to succeed Mr. Sampson, who resigned. In
January, 1862, the Board consisted of Mr. Gleason, Chairman, John E. Cambell and Charles
Dickson. In January, 1864, there was the same Board, and Farrington Barricklow suc-
ceeded Mr. Dickson July 5. In January, 1866, the Board consisted of Messrs. Gleason, Cam-
bell and William M. Neal. Mr. Cambell resigned September 3, 1866,and C. M. Sears was
appointed. March 11, 1867, Grant Township embraced the territory north of the river
except North Lawrence, and its first township election was held on the fourth Monday of
Mareh, 1867. The Commissioners, in January, 1868, were George Cutler, Chairman, G. W. E.
Griffiths and Aaron E. Platts. In January, 1870, the Board consisted of Joel Grover, Chair-
man, Joseph L. Jones and Newton Hinshaw. In 1872, it was composed of O. Darling, Chair-
man, Mr. Grover and W.B. Disbrow. In 1874, John Deskins, Chairman, Samuel ti Clark
and 8, T. Zimmerman constituted the Board.
a Commissioner Districts—The county is divided into Commissioner Districts, as follows:
First District—Grant Township and City of Lawrence; Second—Eudora, Palmyra and
Wakarusa; Third—Lecompton, Kanwaka, Clinton, Marion and Willow Springs. In 1875,
Theodore Poehler was elected in the First District; Samuel L. Clark, in the Second ; John
Deskins, in the Third. Mr. Poehler was Chairman of this Board. He resigned, and Tur-
ner Sampson succeeded him. George W. Cady was elected from the First District in 1876,
and John Walton, on December 26, was appointed to succeed Samuel L. Clark, resigned. In
January, 1877, John Deskines was elected Chairman. John C, Walton succeeded George W.
Cady in January, 1878, and entered upon a second term in January, 1881, being Chairman
of the Board. John Walton was elected in the years of 1879 and 1882. 'P. A. Dolbee was
elected to succeed John Deskines in November, 1880. *y

County Treasurers.—Hugh Cameron was appointed Treasurer September 24, 1855; West-
ley Garrett, on the 19th of November, 1855; William Yates, August 14, 1858; Robert G.
Elliott succeeded him, and in January, 1864, James Blood became the successor of Robert G.
Elliott; four years later, M.S. Beach succeeded Mr. Blood. Theodore Poehler took possession
of the office in January, 1872, as successor to Mr. Beach, having been elected in November,
1878. Mr. Poehler resigned April 16, 1874, and James E. Watson was appointed. ‘Mr. Wat-
son was elected in November of the years 1874, 1875 and 1877. At his last election he received
2,048 votes; James C. Horton, 839 votes. A contest was commenced by Mr. Horton Novem-
ber 14, 1877, in the office of Probate Court, and Judge Norton selected as Associate Judges
Owen’ A. Bassett and Newton Hinshaw. ‘The counsel for Mr. Horton was Samuel A: Riggs,
Osbun Shannon and N. Hoysradt; for Treasurer Watson, Solon O. Thacher and George J.
Barker. The trial terminated January 29, 1878, the decision being in favor of Treasurer
Watson. Mr. Horton claimed the election, on the ground that Treasurer Watson had held
the office continuously for more than two consecutive terms, hence was ineligible, and there-
fore all the votes received by him were for naught. May 29, 1878, Mr. Watson resigned his
office, and on his suggestion Robert Young was employed to examine the affairs of the
County Treasury, and on October 3, 1878, William Roe, Theodore Poehler and John E.
McCoy, weré appointed as Trustees, to receive the property of Mr. Watson. Robert
Morrow was appointed as the successor of Mr. Watson, and he entered upon the duties
of the office June 4, 1878. Oliver Barber was elected to the office in Novem er, 1878, to fill
out the vacancy, and for a full term in November, 1879. Paul R. Brooks succeeded him in
the office in October, 1882.

Registers of Deeds—Salmon 8. Prouty was Recorder while County Clerk, and he was
succeeded in the office by. James C. Horton. Mr. Horton went out of the office in January,
1864, succeeded by his brother, Stephen S. Horton. He was succeeded by D. B. Denison in
January, 1872; D. W. Littell succeeded Mr. Denison in January, 1874; A. G. Honnold was
the successor of Mr. Littell in January, 1880.

Sherigfs—Samuel J. Jones, appointed by the Territorial Legislature of 1855, who is said
to have retained the office of Postmaster at Westport, Mo., until February 1, 1856. eee
the office of Sheriff December 5, 1856. William F. Sherrard* followed him in the office; ar-
rison Butcher, in July, 1857; William P. Fain, in August, 1857; Samuel Walker, in October
1857; Henry Brown was Sheriff in January, 1862. Stephen Ogden was Sheriff from Janu-
ary, 1864, to January, 1868; Satauel Walker, from January, 1868, to January, 1872; Samuel
H: Carmean, from January, 1872, to January, 1876; H. 8. Clarke, from January, 1878, to Janu-
ary, 1880, since which time H. B. Asher has been the occupant of the office, his term
expiring in January, 1884.

 

*Sherrard never qualified ner received hia commission. Pending the making out of his com-
mission by Gov, Geary, he was shot in an affray in Lecompton.

 

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Coroners.—Peter Crockett was appointed Coroner September 24, 1855; he was succeeded.
by Samuel Kramer, January 27, 1856. Wesley Garrett succeeded Kramer; Samuel B. Ford
succeeded Garrett April 6, 1857. Thaddeus Prentice had the office from January, 1864, to
January, 1866. A. W. Cheneweth held the office the following term; he was succeeded by
Marcus Summerfield; A. G. Abdella succeeded, followed by V.G. Miller. R. Morris is the
present Coroner, having gone into the office in January, 1878.

_ Probate Judges.—John N. O. P. Wood and Josiah Miller held the office during the Terri-
torial period, Ju ge Miller lapping over into the early State time; James M. Hendry held
the office from July, 1862, to January, 1874; and again from January, 1879, to January, 1881 ;
John Quincy Adams Norton, from January, 1875, to January, 1879. A, H. Foote weut into
the office on his second term in January, 1883.

Clerks of the District Court—Henry Shanklin, Wilson Shannon, Jr., and Samuel A.
Stonebraker, held this position prior to January, 1867; Barney D. Palmer was elected in
November, 1866, and held the office continuously until his death which occurred while he
was a candidate for the ninth time, in 1880. Marcus Summerfield succeeded him and is in
possession of the office in 1883.

County Atiorneys—A. C. W. Safford, Harvey Lowman and Louis Carpenter held this
office before the office of District Attorney was created. Samuel A. Riggs held this position.
D. T. Mitchell held the office from January, 1865; to January, 1867; Eugene L. Akin from
January, 1867, to January, 1871; John Hutchings, George J. Barker an William W. Nevi-
son, from January, 1871, to January, 1877. Salmon M. Allen held the office in 1877 and 1878 ;
Joseph W. Green in 1879 and in 1880; Albert Knittle in 1881 and in 1882; George J. Barker’s
term commenced in January, 1883. :

County Superintendents of Public Instruction—Samuel W. Greer, Tefritorial Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, in a report made January 4, 1860, of the educational status of
sixteen counties in the Territory, puts Douglas County then as it now remains in the fore-
front of the educational interests of the State. This report shows thirty-six organized
school districts; 1,805 persons of school age; schools taught in 33 districts, aggregating 92
months; $860.33, raised to build school houses in the county for the year 1859. Douglas
County Superintendents of Public Instruction since Kansas became a State, have been B. R.
Cunningham, Warner Craig, Rev. John 8. Brown, J. W. Horner, Rev. William A. Starrett,
Henry C. Speer, Shepherd M. Gaston, D. Shuck, Frank F. Dinsmoor, Miss Sarah A. Brown
and J.C. Banta. In January, 1883, Mr, Banta’s term of office commenced, Rev. Mr. Brown
and Miss Brown are father and daughter. In the State election of 1880, Miss Brown and
Prof. Speer were opposing candidates for the office of State Superintendent of Public In-
struction. Mr. Speer was re-elected to the positon in November, 1882. =

County Surveyors.—In the territorial period, T. een, Joseph P. Robinson, Daniel G.
Peabody and David Hubbard held the athe of Surveyor. olland Wheeler, T. C. Darling,
Thomas J. Sternbergh and Alva H. Pearson, have been the County Surveyors for the past
twenty years.

County Assessors.—O. H. Browne was appointed Assessor September 24, 1855; Edward
Chapman, February 19, 1856; William F. Fain, December 15, 1856; Daniel G. Peal ody was
appointed April 2, 1860, and was allowed three Deputy Assessors. After the Quantrell
raid of August, 1863, F. Gleason and Charles Dickson, ‘County Commissioners, met on the
day following and ordered a re-assessment of the townships of Wakarusa, Palmyra, Willow
Springs, Marion and Kanwaka, returns of the same to be made by the 30th of September.
John Pieratt was on the last of the line of County Assessors.

Territorial and State Representation Douglas County for a long timé was the political
center of Kansas. Its representation has been large in the Constitutional Conventions and
Legislatures of the Territory and State. In the Territorial Legislature of 1855, John M.
Banks, A. B. Wade and James Whitlock were its Representatives; Edward Chapman wasits
Councilman. In the Topeka Constitutional Convention, its delegates were: H. Burson; A.
Curtiss, James 8. Emery, Joel K. Goodin, Morris Hunt, Richard Knight, James H. Lane,
Samuel Mewhinney, Charles Robinson, George W. Smith, J. M. Turner and John A. Wake-
field. In the Legislature of 1857, Joseph C. Anderson, 0. H. Browne, Harrison Butcher,
James Garvin and J. C. Thompson were the Representatives. In the Lecompton Constitu-
tional Convention, its Delegates were L. 8. Boling, Harrison Butcher, John Calhoun, A. W.
Jones, W. T. Spicely, 0. C. Stewart, John M. Wallace and William S. Wells. In the Territo-
rial Legislature of 1858, in the Council, Lyman Allen, Carmi W. Babeock and Edwin S.
Nash represented ous and Johnson Counties; Hiram Appleman, Oliver Barber, George
W. Deitzler, John Lockhart, Gideon Seymour, John Speer, Andrew T. Still and George W.
Linn were the Representatives. ~

Leavenworth Constitutional Convention.—Douglas and Johnson Counties were represented
in this Convention by James D. Allen, Charles H. Branscomb, John L. Brown, Martin F.
Conway, James S, Emery, Charles Mayo, W. R. Monteith, D, Pickering, E. S. Scudder, J. M.
i ein a A. Soule, T. Dwight Thacher and Samuel N. Wood. The members of the House
in the Legislature of 1859, were C. H. Branscomb, H. J. Canniff, A. Curtis, J. B. Hovey, John
Lockhart, Robert Morrow, P. H. Townsend and Levi Woodard.

Wyandotte Constitutional Convention —Douglas County was represented in this Conven-
tion by James Blood, N.C. Blood, William Hutchinson, Edwin Stokes, Solon 0, Thacher, P.
H. Townsend and L. R. Williams.

Territorial Legislature of 1860.—Paul R. Brooks, Erastus Heath and William A. Rankin
were members of the House; Peter P. Elder, of Franklin County, was the Conncilman from
the district composed of the counties of Anderson, Douglas and Franklin. In the Legisla-
ture : 1861, John P. Cowles, George W. Deitzler and Alois Thoman were in the House from
Douglas. é :

Sale Legislature of 1861.—In the first State Legislature, the Senators from Douglas were
Josiah Miller and Robert Morrow; the Representatives were James B. Abbott, D. M. Alex-
ander, Oliver Barber, W. D. Blackford, W. R. Davis, Edward D. Thompson and Levi Woodard.

Legislature of 1862.—Robert S. Stevens succeeded to the vacancy in the Senate, vice
Josiah Miller; the menabers of the House from Douglas were Sidney Clarke, B. W. Hartley,
J. L. Jones, D. T. Mitchell, Chauncey L. Steel, Alois Thoman and R. 8. Williams. This Leg-
islature made the first State Legislative apportionment, and Douglas County was the nint!
Senatorial Dab with two Senators, and its Representative districts were numbered 35, 36,
37, 38, 39 and 40. :

* Since 1862, the number of its Senatorial District and its Senators have been as follows:

1863 and 1864.—Ninth District—Wilbur F. Woodworth, S.M. Thorp. Robert G. Elliott
succeeded Senator Thorp in 1864, he having been killed at the Quantrell massacre.

- 1865 and 1866.—Oliver Barber John Speer. In 1866, Eugene L. Atan filled the office of
John Speer, who apne the position.

1867 and 1868.—Lewis F. Green, Samuel A. Riggs. In 1868, Oscar E. Learnard succeeded
Senator Riggs, who filled the position of United States District Attorney.

1869 and 1870.—Oscar E. Learnard, Levi Woodard.

1871 and 1872.—Nineteenth District. J.C. Vincent, L. J. Worden.

1873 and 1874.—M. A. O’Neil, Samuel Walker. In 1874, Henry Bronson succeeded Sena-
tor Walker, resigned. J.C. Vincent was elected April 7, 1874, to fill vacancy. .

1875 and 1876.—James C. Horton, Charles Robinson.

1877-1880.—Charles Robinson, Henry M. Green.

1881-1884.—Solon O. Thacher, Albert R. Green.

At the election in 1884, Douglas County will bein the Fifteenth Senatorial District, and
will elect one Senator.

Its Representatives and Representative Districts have been as follows:

 

 

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1877-1878..| William Roe.. Alexander Love....{ E. A. Smith........... Moses Millan..
1879-1880..| Oscar G. Richa: Sidney Clarke.. Samuel A. Riggs....| Moses Millan.........
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.| Josiah Miller... T. H. Kennedy. Joel K. Goodin. .| Samuel Hindman T. H. Clark..... .| William Draper.
-| George W. Smith Joel Grover..... Joel K. Goodin. C. M. Sears........ ..| George W. Zinn. -| Horace Tucker.....
.| James Blood..... Joel Grover. Amos Walton. A. Brundage.. «| J. L. Jones...
-| William H. Sells... George W. Bi Elijah Sells A. J. Jennings .| W. A. Peckham.
.| W. G. Melville. George W. Benson. Elijah Sells.. .| C. W. Ingle...... W. A. Peckham

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..| Harvey, Rep... Glick, Dem 631 Clarke, Rep
..| Harvey, Rep. Sharp, Dem.... w 733 Lowe, Rep
.+| Osborn, Rep Walker, Dem 1,361 | ... «| Lowe, Rep.
..| Osborn, Rep Cusey, Ind... 1,618 | Marshall, Temp... -.| Cobb, Rep. . oo
..| Anthony, Rep Martin, Dem.. 1,171 | Hudson, Nat... ..| Haskell, Rep 1,518 | Knox, p- 28
-878...| St. John, Rep. Goodin, Dem.. 1,075 | Mitchell, Nat. «| Haskell, Rep. 1,937 | Blair, Dem... 1,269 | Elder, Nat.. . 571
1880...! St. John, Rep. Ross, Dem.... .-1,609 | Vrooman, Nat. | Haskell, Rep Green, Fusion. AIOE | secosvateassaes fase
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LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT OF 1881. The pioneer party, consisting of twenty-nine men, left Massachusetts
Tuesday, July17, 1854, arrived at St. Louis on the night of the following
YEARS. DISTRICT No. 16. DISTRICT No. 17. DISTRICT No. 18. Friday, a They were there met by Charles Robinson, who directed them
to the site of the chosen city, assisted them in procuring east D Ea
and himself returned East for the second party, while they moved on
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COUNTY BUILDINGS AND SOCIETIES.

County Jail—The first building used for the confinement of county and city prisoners
was a rough but substantial log structure 20x20 feet, located on the site of the old Meth-
odist Church. The jail was built by the city in 1857, and answered its purpose until 1859-
60, when the present building was completed.

At a meeting of the County Commissioners, December 18, 1858, the plans and specifica-
tions of J. G. Haskell, for a county jail, were adopted. The jail, which was the first iron jail
built in the State, was at that time considered the strongest structure of its kind in the
West. It was completed in 1859, at an estimated cost of $18,000, by E. Jacobs & Co., of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio.. Although its accommodations were limited to forty prisoners, it has during
times of “excitement,” held over sixty. Three executions have taken place within its walls.

ag Hall and Court House.—Prior to the erection of the City Hall in 1869, the city and
county business was transacted at different places in the city. The building, which isa
handsome two-story brick structure, was built by the city at a cost of $32,000. it is known
as the “ City Hall,” but in it are located all the county offices, city offices, court room, coun-
cil chamber, and is also used as the headquarters of the fire and police departments.

Western National Fair Association—At the annual meeting of the Old Settlers’ Associa-
tion, held in Bismarek Grove in 1879, preliminary steps were taken toward organizing an
association for the purpose of holding a series of annual fairs at that place.

A committee, consisting of J.S. Emery and G. Leis, was appointed to confer with the
Union Pacific Railroad Company for the pe ee of securing the Grove, and their co-opera-
tion in making improvements. A second committee was also appointed by the Chamber of
Commerce, for the same purpose. =

November 29, 1879, the society was incorporated under the name of the Western Na-
tional Fair Association, with a capital stock of $15,000. The first Board of Directors con-
sisted of the following named gentlemen: N. A. Adams, Riley County; J. I’. Keeney,
Trego Conn William Martindale, Greenwood County ; William Evalts, Douglas County ;
E. x. Morrill, Brown County; J. B. Anderson, Davis County; J. H. Rice, Miami County;
G. A. Crawford, Bourbon County; I. C. Wasson, Franklin County ; L. ery Lyon County ;
L. Wilson, Leavenworth County; George Leis, I. N. Van Hoesen, J. D. Bowersock, 8. A.
Riggs, Douglas County. First officers: J. F. Keeney, President; L. C. Wassen, Vice Presi-
dent; J. D. Bowersock, Treasurer; J. E. Riggs, Secretary. :

The grounds, consisting of 333 acres—seventy-five acres of. which are covered with natural
groves—are situated one and one-half miles northeast of the city of Lawrence, on the line
of the Union Pacific Railway. Upward of $100,000 have been spent in improvements by
the company, during the past three years, in the erection of magnificent buildings. Machin-
ery Hall, Agricultural Hall, Art Hall and the main building, stand as monuments to the
genius of the architect. With a one-mile race course, two thousand cattle stalls, pure water
and other advantages, the grounds controlled by this association are not surpassed by any
in the great West.

Under the management of its present officers—C. Robinson, President; M. J. Payne,
First Vice President; E. B. Purcell, Second Vice President; J. Barker, Third Vice Presi-
dent; J. H. House, Fourth Vice President; C. I. Morse, Fifth Vice President; E. A. Smith,
Secretary; J. D. Bowersock, Treasurer—the association is one of the strongest organizations
of its kind in the State. .

Old Settlers’ Association—An informal meeting of the old settlers of Lawrence and
vicinity was held at Lawrence September 15, 1870, the sixteenth anniversary of the found-
ing of Lawrence. An organization was formed, and the following officers elected: [x-Gov,
Charles Robinson, President; J. A. Wakefield, Vice President; Joseph Savage, Secretary.
Speeches were made by Senator S, E. Pomeroy, Gov. Robinson, Col. W. A, Phillips, Rey. C,
Lovejoy, Col. D. R. Anthony, Maj. J. B. Abbott, James I’. Legate and others.

At their seventh annual meeting September 15, 1854, was the date decided upon, as tho
founding of Lawrence.

LAWRENCE.

Early in July, 1854, Mr. Charles H. Branscomb, of Holyoke, Mass., and
Mr. Charles Robinson visited Kansas as agents of the New England Emi-
grant Aid Society, tomake an exploration of the country, and select a suita-
ble location for a settlement, preliminary to the starting of the first party of
emigrants. After examining various localities, the gentlemen selected the
present site of the city of Lawrence, as well adapted to the purpose required,
and on the 17th of the same month (July, 1854), the ‘‘ Pioneer Party” of
Eastern emigrants left Massachusetts for Kansas. :

It was the original design to send forward at that time a large party
who should arrive before the ratification of the Shawnee treaty, when the
lands would be thrown open for settlement, but on account of the preva-
lence of cholera in the valley of the Missouri, this plan was abandoned, and
a stinall number of men were sent ahead to secure claims and make prepara-
tions for the larger company which was to follow a little Jater.

on the steamer Polar Star, Capt. Blossom, for Kansas. They arrived
at Kansas City Friday evening, and left the steamer Saturday morn-
ing July 28. The aecount of the journey of the party from thence to
their destination is given in a letter written by B. R. Knapp, one of the
party, and published in the Boston News. The letter is dated August 9,
1854. Mr. Knapp says: :

We prepared at once for starting ; an ox team was purchased to transport the baggage,
and on Saturday evening at 10 o’clock we started on foot for our destination across the prai-
rie, We traveled as much as possible during the night as the weather was very hot in the
middle of the day, the mercury nearly 120° or thereabouts. We saw occasionally a log house
as we passed along, inhabited by farmers from whom we obtained milk, ete. On the even-
ing of Sunday we encamped on the lands of the Shawnee Indians. This tribe of Indians
are friendly, and are in possession of some of the finest lands in the country. * * * * #
On Monday morning we started early, made good progress during the day, and in the even-

 

FIRST CABIN BUILT IN LAWRENCE.

ing arrived at the Wakarusa River, within ten ‘miles of our place of destination ; here we
encamped and the next day reached our new home. Here we established our camp, an
itched our twenty-five tents, which made a fine appearance, although a little soiled. On
ednesday, the second day of August, we went to work setting up our claims to the lands,
and preparing for a permanent settlement. The proper and Tegal manner of making land
claims is as follows : After pacing off a half mile square, we drive down a stake at each of
the four corners; on one of the stakes we write: “I claim 160 acres of the lands within
the aforesaid bounds, from the date of claim.” This is then copied and taken to the
register and recorded. I have taken a claim to 160 acres of prairie on the California road,
and another claim to eighty acres of timber land—the latter a few miles distant from the
former, at a place called Mount Hope. This is five miles from the point of our new city.
Our location is in the immediate vicinity of one of the approved routes to California, * *
A part of our company have made their claims and gone to St, Louis, and some have re-
turned home to come back in the spring, It costs some $50 to build a log cabin, and thers .
DOUGLAS COUNTY.

is a good demand for carpenters and laboring men. I shall build a cabin for myself forth-
with, and have already commenced log-cutting for my cabin. : It is rather hard work for
a green hand, but I shall soon get used to it. Our company is all broken up, and every
man now works on his own hook, I am sorry to say that we have some trou le about the
establishment of our land claims—one of our party had his camp utensils, tent and all his
fixings removed into the California road a day or two since, because he had squatted on
the claim of Nancy Miller. Nancy and another Hoosier woman made quick work with
the intruder’s movables. * * # We killed a young rattlesnake a day or two since with
night we had a fine rain, the first of consequence for

five rattles. * * * Last Saturday
more than eight weeks. The thunder and lightning was tremendous,.some of our tents

were prostrated and the inmat ain, # * # i whi
love here the 10th for mec ee cain ena tie eae

Below are the names of those comprising the party,
Ferdinand Fuller, himself one of the company:

Davenport, lawyer, Massachusetts; N. Philbrick, mechanic,
Massachusetts; Ezra Conant, mechanic, Massachusetts; Benjamin
Mcriam, mechanic, Massachusetts; B. R. Knapp, Edwin hite,
_mechanic, Massachusetts; G. Hewes, Massachusetts; W. H.
Hewes, merchant, Massachusetts; George Thatcher, sportsman, Massachu-
setts; John Mailey, mechanic, Massachusetts; I. W. Russel, mechanic,
Massachusetts; A. Holman, mechanic, Massachusetts; J. D. Stevens,
mechanic, Massachusetts; F. Fuller, architect, Massachusetts; J. F. Morgan,
farmer, Massachusetts; A. H. Mallory, speculator, Massachusetts; 8. C.
Harrington, physician, Massachusetts; Samuel F. Tappan, reporter,
Massachusetts; J. C. Archibald, builder, Massachusetts; J. M. Jones,
farmer, Massachusetts; Edwin White, mechanic, Massachusetts; Augustus
Hilpath, laborer, New York; D. R. Anthony, banker, New York; John
Doy, physician, New York; Hugh Cameron, farmer, New York; A.
Fowler, farmer, Vermont; Oscar Harlow, merchant, Vermont; G. W.
pated bec speculator, Vermont; George W. Goss, farmer, Vermont;
Arthur Gunther, clerk, Wisconsin. This list embraces four or five who
joined the party en route for Kansas.

The party arrived at the site of the present city of Lawrence about
noon on Tuesday, August 1, and ate their first meal on the ridge, or “back
bone” of the high hill, upon which now stands the State University. A
meeting was held the same day of which Mr. Ferdinand Fuller, of Worces-
ter, was President, and Mr. Ed. Davenport, of Boston, Secretary, at which,
after a full discussion as to the advantages and capabilities of the selected
spot, it was voted to make a permanent location, and to proceed on the
next day to make claims, with the understanding that the Emigrant Aid
Company would make the site thus taken the base of its future opera-
tions, and forward men and means to carry out the enterprise. Mr. Fuller
had inscribed on his tent the name “Mount Oread,” in ee of Mount
Oread Seminary at Worcester, Mass., which was founded by Eli Thayer,
the benefactor of the Emigrant Aid Society, and the name was also very
appropriately given to the spot upon which the party. first encamped.
It was a fearfully hot day; a severe drought had parched the earth, and
prairie fires had destroyed the grass and encroached on the line of forest
trees bordering the river. The sun poured down with terrific fierceness,
and the hot wind swept over the prairies like a blast from afurnace. The
strangers were thankful for the shelter of their tents, and glad to defer
any special survey of the land they had “come to inhabit” until the fol-
lowing morning. After remaining encamped on the hill a day or two,
they went onto the proposed town site, and pitched their tents on the west
side of what is now Massachusetts street, and near the river. At the ex-
piration of five days, after claims had been secured, and matters arranged
for future operations, about half the party departed, some to the East to
make preparations for returning with their families in the fall or follow-
ing spring, and some to spend the winter in St. Louis. John Mailey, J.
C. Archibald, B. R. Knapp and J. D. Stevens took claims four miles out
on the California road. But fifteen of the original party remained on the
town site to greet the second party on their arrival. :

The second party under the direction of Dr. Charles Robinson and
Samuel C. Pomeroy, left Boston from the Boston & Worcester depot Au-
gust 29, 1854. The company numbered sixty-seven, eight or ten being la-
dies, and about a dozen children. Among the emigrants were a party
of three or four musicians from Hartford, Vt.; who had their musical in-
struments with them.* Before starting, the party assembled in the ladies’
room of the Lincoln street depot, and sang Whittier’s beautiful hymn,
commencing:

as given by Mr.

“ We cross the prairies as of old
The pilgrims crossed the sea,

To make the West, as they the East,
The homestead of the Free.”

Also another hymn, written for the occasion, one stanza of which was:

“We'll seek the rolling prairies,

In regions yet unseen,

Or stay our feet unweary
By Kansas flowing stream ;

And there with hands unfettered
Our altars we will raise,

With voices high uplifted _
We'll sing our Maker’s praise.”

The party received an accession of twenty-one on arriving at Worces-
ter, and was presented by Hon. William C. Bloss at the depot with a beau-
tifully bound Bible on the cover of which was inscribed: ‘‘TO ESTABLISH
CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN Kansas.” They reached Albany the
same evening, where they were joined by a company of twenty-five from
New York, and were tendered a public reception from the citizens of Al-
bany at the Delavan House. They arrived at St. Louis on Saturday,
September 2, at 4 P. M., and took passage immediately on board the steamer
New Lucy for Kansas City. They arrived at Kansas City September 6, at
8 o’clock in the morning, and pitched their tents—twenty-five in number—
just outside the town. The main body of this party afterward encamped
near the Quaker Mission, some of them boarding at the Mission, and
remained there some days. ee

On Saturday, the 9th, the first ladies and children—an advance party

“These gentlemen were Messrs, Joseph and F. Savage, N. Hazen and A, Hazen.

.

—reached “ Wakarusa.” On the 11th, Messrs. Robinson & Pomeroy, with
other members of the party, arrived, and the following day a meeting was
held to agree upon the terms of a union between the two parties, A.com-

mittee was appointed who drafted a plan which was unanimously agreed |

to, and was in substance as follows: The old party to throw up all claims
into the common association, and receive compensation for their time and
improvements. Then after reserving a city plot two and one half miles
on the river, and one and one half miles from the river south, to proceed
on the arrival of the second party to survey farm lots in number equal to
the number of claimants in both parties—the choice in these lots to be sold to
the highest bidder—sufficient time being given for payment to enable allto
bid, whether rich or poor; besides the farm lots, each person to receive an
equal share in the city property. The money from the sale of farm lots
to be invested as a city fund. After making these arrangements, Mr.
Pomeroy returned to Kansas City, which, for a time, he made headquar-
ters as financial agent of the company. Dr. Robinson remained at “ Wa-
karusa”’ as it was then called, and made himself useful in every way—
advising, assisting, working and doing everything and anything to help
the emigrants along in their new and strange way of life. The main
party of emigrants arrived from the Friends’ Mission September 15. The
whole party numbered 114. The names, as given to F. G. Adams, Secre-
pany of State Historical Society were: James F. Ayer, Joseph W. Ackley,
8. F. Atwood, L. H. Boscom, Ed. Bond, Mrs. Bond, F. A. Bailey, Will-
iam Bruce, Mrs. Bruce, H. N. Bent, Owen T. Bassett, Mrs. S. Bassett, H.
L. Crane, Joseph Crachlin, Jared Carter, Mrs. Carter, Willard Colburn,
Ed. Dennett, James 8. Emory, George F. Earle, Milon Grout, Mrs. Grout,
Leo Gates, Mrs. Gates, George Gilbert, Joel Grover, Azro Hazen, H. A.
Hancock, O. A. Hanscom, W. A. Hood, Franklin Haskell, Lewis Howell,
W. H. Hookey, R. J. Hooted, C. Hobert, S. N. Hartwell, Alfonso Jones,

Mrs. Jones, Mary K. Jones, H. W. Fick, Wilder Knight, Mrs. Knight, Ed.
alent Sally Knight, W. Ritcherman, D. B. Trask, E. D. Ladd, John A.
Ladd, L. P. Lincoln, Lewis T. Litchfield, Mrs. Litchfield, Lewis L. Litch-

field, Otis H. Lamb, Samuel Merrill, J.S. Mott, John Mack, J. N. Mace,
Mrs. Mace, J. H. Muzzy, Caleb 8. Pratt, L. J. Pratt, 8. C. Pomeroy, A.
J. Payne, Charles Robinson, T. F. Reynolds, E. E. Ropes, J. Sawyer, C.
W. Smith, Joseph Savage, Forrest Savage, Jacob Strout, Mrs. Strout, M.
H. Spittle, A. D. Searle, F. A. Tolles, J. B. Taft, Owen Taylor, Mrs. Tay-
lor, John Waiter, S. J. Willis, Mrs. Willis, Sol Willis, E. W. Winslow,
Silas Wayne, Mrs. Wayne, Ira W. Younglove.

On the 18th of September, the Lawrence association was formed, and
a constitution adopted. It provided for the usual form of city govern-
ment; the determining and registry of claims upon the public lands, in the
absence of laws of the United States; the conditions upon which persons
could become members, etc, On the following day the officers of the as-
sociation were elected as follows: President, Charles Robinson, Fitch-
burg, Mass.; Vice President, Ferdinand Fuller, Worcester, Mass.; Secre-
tary, C. 8. Pratt, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, L. Gates, Worcester: Register
of Deeds and Claims, and Clerk of Court, E. D. Ladd, Milwaukee, Wis.;
Surveyor, A. D. Searle, Brookfield, Mass.; Marshal, Joel Grover, Rich-
mond, N. Y.; Arbitrators, Messrs. John Mailey of Linn; Owen Taylor, of
Boston; John Bruce, of Worcester. Councilmen, Messrs. J. S. Emery,
J. F. Morgan, Franklin Haskell, S. C. Harrington, A. H. Mallory, Samuel
Tappen, L. P. Lincoln, 8. J. Willis, N. T. Johnson, Joseph Cracklin.

The farm claims, or the choice of them, were sold for the aggregate
sum of $5,040, fifty-six claims being sold. The highest bid, by J. A. Ladd,
was $327.* Lots were reserved for a college, schools, State buildings, etc.
By a subsequent arrangement, the city was divided into ordinary city lots—
every alternate lot to be drawn by members of the association, and of the bal-
ance half to be drawn alternately by Emigrant Aid Society, and half gratu-
itously distributed to such persons as would agree to build on the lots with-
ina year. This arrangement was made in October, after other companies
had arrived... The survey of the city was commenced September 25 by A.
D. Searle. - On the 3d of October, an amendment to the constitution, em-
bracing the principles of the Maine Law, was proposed to the association,
at its meeting on that date, and passed almost unanimously at the next
meeting. The immediate occasion of this clause was a drunken Indian
brawl in the vicinity of the town. The town which had been called
Wakarusa, New Boston and Yankee Town, was regularly christened on
the 6th, the name Lawrence City being given, as stated at the meeting,
“first to honor Amos A. Lawrence, of Boston, both as an individual and
officer of the company, and second, because the name sounded well, and
had no bad odor attached to it in any part of the Union.” :
- On the arrival of the advance members of the second party a ‘“‘board-
ing house” was established “‘ on the hill,” by Mrs. Levi Gates and Mrs.
William Bruce, who, with Mrs. Lewis-Litchfield, were for a short time the
only ladies in the Yankee town.

A book published late in 1854, of which Rev. Charles B. Boynton and
T. B. Mason were the authors, thus describes Lawrence, and this first
boarding-house: ‘‘A few tents were pitched on the high ground overlook-
ing the Kansas and Wakarusa Valleys, others were scattered over the level
bottoms below, but not a dwelling besides was to be seen. It was a city
of tents alone. We were cordially received by the intelligent and active
agent, Dr. Robinson, from whom we learned, with much satisfaction, the
plans and expectations of the company. * * * We hada comfortable
night’s rest in Dr. Robinson’s tent, and in the morning were introduced to
the only ‘boarding-house on the hill.’ Two very intelligent ladies from
Massachusetts had united their forces and interests, and had taken
‘boarders.’ In the open air, on some logs of wood, two rough boards
were laid across for a table, and on wash tubs, kegs and blocks, they and
their boarders were seated around it. This was the first boarding-house
in the new city of Lawrence. All were cheerful, hopeful and full of ener-
gy, and the scene reminded me of Plymouth Rock.” ;

The first ‘‘hotel’’ located on the bottom lands, and facetiously called

*None of this “bid money” was ever paid~the Association afterward voting not to col- |

Ject it,

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the ‘‘Astor House,” was opened on the 25th of September by Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis T. Litchfield. It was constructed of poles, or staves, the roof
thatched with prairie grass, and the sides and ends covered with cotton
cloth. It was fifty feet long, twenty-five feet wide, and about fifteen feet
high in the center. Price of board, “for members,” $2.50 per week. The
‘* Astor House” stood on the bank of the river, not far from where the
jail isnow located. Another hotel similar to this was constructed in prep-
aration for the third party which was to leave Boston on the 26th of Sep-
tember. This was called the ‘‘St. Nicholas.” During this month (Sep-
tember), the financial agent of the company purchased the ‘‘ Union Hotel,”
in Kansas City, for the sum of $10,000, and placed it under the proprie-
torship of Mr. Morgan, of Massachusetts, to serve as a place of reception
for the fast-coming emigrants, on their arrival at Kansas.

On the ist day of October occurred the first religious service, and
also the first death and burial in the new colony. The following extract
from a private letter, afterward published in the Puritan Recorder, Bos-
ton, gives a detailed account of these events. The letter is dated October
5, 1854. The writer says :

Last Sabbath was my first Prairie Sabbath; it was the first Sabbath our parties had
assembled for the “ hearing of the Word.” The Rev. Mr. Lum, sent us by the American
Home Missionary Society, preached very suoeptally- The place of worship was in our large
receiving and bosraing houses; we have two nearly adjoining each other, each of them about
20x48 feet, covered and thatched with prairie grass, very warm and very good. We had a
large and attentive audience. The Rev. Mr. Boynton, of Cincinnati, sent us two boxes of
books and pamphlets, which I distributed at the interval to a very eager crowd. All our

people as well as others, miss their home papers and books, and are anxious to get anything
to read. Those sent us were invaluable.

Though the Sabbatb wasdelightful as my first Prairie Sabbath, still there was one cloud
that settled dark upon us; we had to open our Jon eerie grave. The call now was for one of
our own party, a near neighbor of mine, Moses Pomeroy, a fine young man, an only son,
leaving parents and two sisters to grieve (when they learn it) for his loss. I have just
finished long and very minute letters to each of them. Mr. Pomeroy left the party at
Illinois and spent the Sabbath with some friends. He joined Dr. R. and myself upon the
following Tuesday at St. Louis, and came up the river with us. He said to me that all his
Tlinois friends were sick of a fever, and after he was taken sick, he sent for me to come and
see him, for “‘he had got an Illinois fever.” I went to see him on Thursday evening Septem-
ber 28, found Dr. R.* and Dr. H.f in attendance. I saw he was very sick, and at his request
Isat by him all night, and ministered to his wants. Friday I was very busy at our settle-
ment ; atevening he sent for me again. (He was boarding with Mr. Wood, whose name isto
a letter in the first number of the Herald of Freedom.) In company with Mr. Searle of our
Biace I stayed with him also Friday night. In the morning we were all fearful he would

ie. I was absent during the day ; at evening Dr. R. and myself went again to see him; we
both sat with him until 3 o’clock on Sabbath morning, when he quietly breathed his last.
He had his reason, and was very grateful for all our kindness to him. Mr. and Mrs. Wood
did everything in their power for him. He had fallen among the kindest of friends, but
they could not save him. :

Sabbath evening at 4 o’clock, his funeral was attended in our New England way
services, very solemn and impressive, at our grass church. All our large family followed in
solemn procession to the grave, and as the sun was setting in a golden west, and all nature
sinking to repose, we gently laid him down to the long sleep of the tomb.

There is something very pathetic in this simple story of the early
death of this young man—this only son, far from the waiting father and
mother and sisters.
sas, and in the wagon that carried his remains to the praiMe grave, tender-
q, shielding them from jar or injury rode a young maiden of seventeen,

arah Lyon, now Mrs. Mack, and then the only unmarried lady in Law-
rence. :

On this first Sunday in October, the first Bible class was also formed,
and for many weeks the citizens of Lawrence were called to the house of
worship by the ringing of a large dinner-bell. On Sabbath evening, Octo-
ber 15, a meeting was held at ‘‘Oread Hall” (a large tent for religious
services), for the purpose of forming the First Congregational Church in
Kansas Territory. Deacon Dickson, of Massachusetts, was Moderator,
and O. A. Hanscom (of Dr. Kirk’s Church, Boston), Clerk. After the ob-
ject of the meeting had been fully explained by Rev. 8. Y. Lum, and the
‘matter fully discussed, it was voted that Rev. §. Y. Lum, 8. C. Pomeroy,
Deacon Dickson, A. D. Ladd and M. H. Spittle be a Committee to draft
articles,of faith and a covenant as a basis for the formation of a church.
The meeting then adjourned to Wednesday evening, when they again as-
sembled, heard the report of the Committee read, and cordially accepted
it—then signed the articles thus drafted, and formed a church to be
known as the ‘‘ Plymouth Church of Lawrence City.” A religious society
or parish was also formed the same evening—Dr. Charles Robinson, 8. C.
Pomeroy and Mr. 8. J. Willis, trustees

Mr. Lum was an active and earnest young minister, who had been set-
tled as pastor of a church in Middletown, N. Y. His health failing, he
went to California and traveled through the State, working awhile in the
mines. His health being restored, he came to Kansas as the pioneer mis-
sionary of the American Home Missionary Society. He brought with
him his wife and two children. His expenses were, for the first year, paid
by one church alone—the old South Church in Worcester. Besides Mr.
Lum, there was another minister in Lawrence at this time—Rev. W. C.
Hall, sent out by the Baptist Association. 7

The Emigiant Aid Company purchased a steam saw mill in Rochester,
N. Y., as early as the ist of September, and shipped it immediately for
Lawrence. Owing to various causes, it was delayed in transit. After
waiting until out of patience for its arrival, another steam-mill was pur-
chased in Kansas City, and at great labor and expense, the entire works,
frame and everything, moved a distance of forty miles to the city. After
getting the mill on the ground, there was no brick for chimneys and
arches, and they had to be built of stone, cemented with lime made from
the stone in the neighborhood. When the mill was fairly in operation—
which was about the first of December—the Missourians offered the asso-
ciation $2,000 for it, which offer was refused, and the mill ran night and
day sawing out lumber for the buildings of the city, a contract having
been made with the Delaware Indians for lumber. In January, 1855, the
mill was leased to S. & F. Kimball, with a proviso that it should be run a
certain portion of the time in cutting lumber for the new hotel in process
of construction.

 

* Dr. Robinson. + Dr. Harrington.

He found kind friends during his brief life in Kan-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

CLAIM TROUBLES.

While the New England emigrants were thus arranging for homes and
churches, and making what preparations they could for safety and com-
fort during the approaching winter, they found themselves involved in
serious difficulty in regard to the title 1o a portion of the land upon which
they had laid out their city. Minor difficulties of the sort had been over-
come. In running their lines for farms, they had occasionally encroached
upon the claims of prior settlers, and, as in the case of Nancy Miller,
mentioned heretofore, the case of Mr. Robeson, a Missourian, and others,
had been obliged to vacate what they supposed they had honestly claimed.
One cabin was burned, and a Methodist missionary, Rev. T. J. Ferrill, of
Missouri, who had started a little store, was turned out of house and
home. These disturbances, however, caused no serious trouble, but were
taken as a part of the unavoidable ‘squatter quarrels,” and submitted to
peaceably, if not good-naturedly. The ‘‘ Yankees”’ often found they had
really transgressed, when they were molested. . But the difficulty in regard
to the claims on the city site was not so easily settled, and retarded materi-
ally the growth of the settlement for months. The circumstances, as
gathered ons the published letters of the pioneers, and from the files of
the local papers, in which the parties all had a hearing before the conflict-
ing interests were finally settled, and, from other sources, were substan-
tially as given below.

On the 26th of May, 1854, Mr. Clerk Stearns and Mr. John Baldwin se-
lected claims on what was afterward the town site of Lawrence; Mr. Stearns’
being the quarter section lying on the river, on which the business portion
of the town was afterward built, and Mr. Baldwin’s the adjoining claim
east. On the same day, Mr. William Lykins, a young man from Missouri,
squatted upon the same quarter section as Mr. Stearns—neither being
aware of the other’s presence. Mr. Stearns built a log cabin, and resided
continuously on his claim with his family. Lykins laid the foundation of
a cabin, went back to Missouri, and filed a pre-emption claim in the Gen-
eral Land Office at Washington. On‘ the 5th day of June, Mr. A. B. Wade
made a third claim, on a less valuable portion of the town site, and com-
menced living upon and improving it. On the 6th of June, Mr. J. Wilson
took a fourth claim, and, soon afterward, Mr. W. H. Oliver a fifth. When
Mr. Charles Branscome visited the place in July, and selected it as a loca-
tion for the New England town, only Mr. Stearns and Mr. Wade were liv-
ing on their claims. The others were absent, and Mr. Stearns believed
that Lykins, knowing himself (Stearns) in actual possession, had left
without intention of Da claim. Mr. Branscombe, accordingly, as
agent of the Emigrant Aid Company, purchased the claim of Mr. Stearns
for $500, to be paid within sixty days. and which was paid on the 29th of
September. r. Wade agreed to sell his claim for $100, to be paid at the
expiration of sixty days. No arrangement was made with Mr. Baldwin,
he not consenting to sell. On the arrival of the first or pioneer party, the
site was claimed for town purposes, and on the arrival of the second party
in September, the claims above mentioned were included within the limits
of the city site, as laid out soon afterward. Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Lykins
had, in the meantime, returned to Lawrence, prepared to contest their
claims, which were now held by the Lawrence Association on the ground
that the claim to the tract was made on the day the Indian title was extin-
guished, and the first day the land was legally open to settlement; and
that, being claimed as a town site, it was by law exempt from pre-emption.
Mr. James Blood was sent to Washington as agent for the association to
secure the claim, the boundary of the city including the contested claims.
In the meantime, Baldwin associated with himself Messrs. Babcock, Stone
and Freeman, men of some means and influence, and put his business into
the hands of a speculator named Starr, who immediately proceeded to lay
out a rival city, which he named £zecelsior, on the claim; Mr. Baldwin
and the Lawrence Association both occupying tents upon it, in proof of
ownership. The strife grew bitter, and.although purely one of conflicting
property rights—the parties being nearly all Free-state men—was repre-
sented, or misrepresented, to bea quarrel between the Pro-slavery men and
Abolitionists. Matters stood thus: Mr. Baldwin occupying his tent, and
the Yankees scowling defiantly at him across the ravine, until, on the 5th
of October, notice was given that open war was declared, by the appear-
ance of a wagon containing several armed men in the vicinity of the New
England tent. Hostilities were commenced by a woman, a sister of Mr.
Baldwin, it was stated, who speedily packed the obnoxious tent, with its
contents, into the wagon—the men with their rifies standing guard. As
soon as they were discovered by the Yankees, who were at work in the
neighborhood, the City Marshal, Joel Grover, not waiting for arms, rushed
to the rescue unarmed, followed by Edwin Bond with a revolver. The
latter seized the horse by the bridle, ordering the surrender of ‘the proper-
ty, and others coming up, the intruders allowed the tent to be replaced, at
the same time. threatening to have 200 Missourians on the spot in a short
time, when their designs would be accomplished. That night the Law-
rence ‘settlers organized what they called the ‘‘Regulating Band,” to be
ready for the next day’s fray. Soon after dinner on the 6th, the ‘“ Mis-
sourians,” by which name all Southerners opposed to the aims of the Em-
igrant Aid Society were called, began to assemble in the neighborhood of
Baldwin’s tent, but open hostilities did not commence until 4 o'clock

P. M., when the gage of battle was hurled at the Yankees in the shape of
the following note :

s

Kansas TERRITORY, October 6.
Dr. ROBINSON: Yourself and friends are hereby notified that you will have one-half
hour to move the tent which you have on my_undisputed claim, and from this date desist

from suireriae on said claim, If the-tent is not moved within one-half hour, we shall
take the trouble to move the same,~

(Signed) ae JouN BALDWIN AND FRIENDS.

The following pithy reply was instantly returned:
To Joun BaLp AND FRIENDS: ;
If youse*fest our property, you do it at your peril.
C, ROBINSON AND FRIENDS.

-~  E. D. Ladd, first Acting Postmaster of Lawrence, tells the remainder
DOUGLAS

of the story in a letter dated October 28, 1854, and published in the Mil-
waukee Sentinel. He says:

Prior to the notice, they had assembled to the number of eighteen, mounted and
armed, at Baldwin’s, the aggrieved man’s tent, on the claim and about twenty rods from our
camp. Upon the notice being served, our men—those who were at work about and in the
vicinity of the camp—to the number of about thirty, stationed themselves about ten rods
from the contested tent, the enemy being about the same distance from it, the three occu-
pying the angles of a right-angled triangle, the tent being at the right-angle. Subsequent
to the notice, a consultation was held at our position, between Dr. Robinson and a delega-
tion from the enemy’s post, which ended on our part with the proposition of Dr. Robinson,
which proposition he had prey Oey made, both to Baldwin and his legal adviser, or rather
speculator, who wished to make a“ heap of money,” as the Missourians say, out of him, to
submit the question in dispute to the arbitration of disinterested and unbiased men, to the
adjudication of the squatter courts now Sy here, or of the United States Courts, and
on the part of the enemy by the assurance that, at the termination of the notice they
should precet at all hazards, to remove the tent, and if they fell in the attempt, our fate
would be sealed, our extermination certain; for 3,000, and if necessary 30,000 men, would
immediately be raised in Missouri to sweep us and our enterprise from the face of the earth.
It was all-expressed, of course, in Southwestern phrases, which I will not attempt to give.
“The hour passed on,” or rather the half hour, and, in the mean time, our military com-
pany, formed the evening before, went through a variety of—I don’t want, out of respect for
military science, to call them “evolutions,” say we call them “manifestations,” marching
and counter-marching, in single fle and by platoons, in a manner not to be excelled in
greenness by any other greenhorns (in this business 1 mean) on the face of the globe, our
captain himself being as green as the greenest. General, I fear for your buttons could you
haveseen them. But there were strong arms and determined wills there. Had aman laid
fingers on that tent, he would have been sacrificed instantly, and had another single offen-
sive movement been made by one of them, there would not have been a man left to tell the
tale. Our company of thirty men had about 400 shots in hand, with their rifles and re-
volvers, and they would have used them to the last extremity. They had been annoyed by
every means possible, and even tauntingly told to their faces, a dozen of them together,
that no Yankee, except Cilley, ever dared to fire.

; Well, the half hour passed, and another quarter, the enemy in full view, in consulta-
tion, occasionally making a movement as if about to form in order for the execution of their
threat, then seating themselves upon the ground for further consultation, perhaps occasioned
by the “manifestations” of our military. While thus waiting, John Hutchinson asked
Dr. Robinson what he would do if they should attempt to remove the tent? Would he fire
to hit them or fire over them? Dr. R. replied that he should “ be ashamed to fire at a man
and not hit him.” Immediately after this reply, a man who had been with the Free-State
men, and till then supposed to be one of them, went over to the other party, which soon
after dispersed. It was supposed at the time that the report of this spy brought the “ war”
to an end for that day. “After the band had mounted and dispersed, the principals and
principal instigators avoided our neighborhood. Some of the more honest dupes, owner
seeing the absurdity of their position, and the reasonableness of our proposition, riding up
to us, had a social chat, cracking jokes, etc., and then rode off with the determination
formed, and more than half expressed, of never being caught in so ridiculous a farce
again. ¢

Several efforts were made, subsequent to that described above, to pro-
duce an open collision between the opposing parties. On the Monday fol-
lowing. a company of six armed men came into the neighborhood of Law-
rence, from Douglas, expecting to be joined by volunteers on the spot,
and be able to make a hostile demonstration. They were disappointed,
however, and retired in disgust. On Saturday, October 7, the day suc-
ceeding the outbreak at Lawrence, a convention for the nomination of
Delegates to Congress was held at Tecumseh, and the news of the affair
having reached that place, a committee was appointed to consider the case;
resolutions were passed and an address to the settlers issued, desiring them
to meet, the next Friday (the 13th), on Mr. Baldwin’s claim, for the pur-
pose of ‘‘restoring to the oppressed, and punishing the oppressor.” The
result of this circular was a small gathering of outsiders, who, instead of
punishing anybody, very good-naturedly sat down on the grass, under the
trees, in company with ‘‘the oppressors,’”’ and listened to speeches from
the self-constituted Congressional candidate, Squire J. B. Chapman, and
from Messrs. Samuel C. Pomeroy, 8. N. Wood, and A. H. Mallory.

In regard to Mr. Chapman’s speech there seemed to be a diversity of
opinion—one of his hearers says: ‘“‘I took paper and pencil to report his
speech, and the report is words, words, words, and not one of us can tell
what the gentleman has been aiming to impress on our minds, except
the single fact that he wants our votes, which he will not get very soon.”’
Mr. Chapman himself says (History of Kansas and Emigrant’s Guide—
1855): “‘The day of battle arrived, and much anxiety was manifested. A
large number of people assembled, and Mr. C. addressed them on the

olitical interests of Kansas and the necessity of peace and harmony.
They all became absorbed in politics and relinquished the contest for a
claim.’’ If, as Mr. Chapman flattered himself, he was the instrument
appointed to restore peace and harmony to the troubled town, subsequent
events did not prove it. Although the idea of settling the difficulty by
force was apparently abandoned, the trouble was far from being removed.
The matter was brought before Governor Reeder, Judge Lecompte and

United States Land Commissioner Wilson, a remonstrance being sent to
the latter, through Gen. Whitfield, and signed by Messrs. John Baldwin,
A. B. Wade, E. Chapman, Simon Hopper, W. H. Oliver, W. H. R. Lykins
and William M. Baldwin, protesting against their pre-emption claims being
“interfered with by town rights.” The opinions expressed by the Gov-
ernor and Commissioner being favorable to the claims of the first settlers,
a compromise was effected in the spring of 1855, which was in substance
that the city site should be one mile square, embracing the claims of
Messrs. J. and W. Baldwin, Lykins and Chapman, the lots to be divided
into 220 shares, 100 to be held equally by the four claimants, 110 by the
Association and ten by the Emigrant Aid Society, two of the latter in trust
for the benefit of a college to be erected in the vicinity. A Wyandot Float,
covering 640 acres, was located on the city site, and a title in fee simple
secured. Although this settlement failed to give satisfaction to a part of
the emigrants, it put an end to the bitter quarrel which had, according to
the Herald of Freedom, ‘hung like an incubus over the city for several
months,” prevented emigrants from settling there, and been a serious
drawback to the growth and prosperity of the city. Subsequent investi-
gation, however, led many to the belief that this compromise was not al-
together necessary, and it seems probable that, if Dr. Robinson had not
then been absent at the East, it would not have been made. The Emi-
grant Aid Society purchased their claim from the original settler, Stearns,
and the town site did not then include more than a few acres belonging to
the other claimants. F

The Third Party of New England emigrants, in charge of Mr. Charles

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Branscomb, arrived in Lawrence October 8 and 9, while the claim difficulty
was at its height, and the citizens were threatened. with further violence.
According to the published statements of some of the party, the path to
the promised land had been needlessly long and disagreeable, and they
arrived in a discouraged state of mind, which was not enlivened by the
state of affairs just then prevailing at Lawrence. They left Boston on the
26th of September, arrived at St. Louis on the 3d of October, and a part
reached Lawrence, as stated, on the 8th and 9th. Others came from St.
Louis on the Polar Star, in company with Gov. Reeder and suite, arriving
at Kansas City on the 9th, ‘when they met a part of those who had visited
Lawrence returning, disgusted, to home and good hotels. Complaints

“were made, through the press, of the ill-treatment received on their route to

Kansas, at the hands of the Emigrant Aid Society through its agent, who
accompanied them, of the ‘‘lack of system’’ generally prevailing; of the
difficulty of getting claims, ‘‘as the Emigrant Aid Society seizes the
choicest sites, and is the only party really a gainer by the enterprise;’’ of
the lack of religious privileges on the route, as ‘‘all day Saturday and Sun-
day straggling parties of men and women were wandering away into the
prairie, forbidden, by both purse and stomach to remain in Kansas City,
and deprived of the privilege of spending the Sabbath like their fore-
fathers of old, in thanksgiving for their safe arrival.”” The management
of the hotel for the emigrants at Kansas City was severely criticised.
About fifty of this party returned to the East. They came with extrava-
gant expectations, for which they were not altogether at fault; the ac-
counts of the growth and status of the place being also extravagant, and
calculated to create a false idea of its being at the time a desirable
home for any except those who were willing to endure the present for the
sake of the great good which was to come. Lawrence may be thankful
to-day, that many such came, and coming, staid; that through “great
tribulation,” they remained faithful to the trust they had taken upon
themselves, fought the good fight manfully and kept the faith even to
the vlorious end.

On the 9th of October, Charles Robinson, John Mailey, §. Y. Lum, A.
D. Searle and O. A. Hanscom were elected Trustees of the Lawrence As-
sociation, and on the 17th, the city lots were drawn, and the owners com-
menced building upon them. The first frame house erected was owned
and occupied by Rev. 8. Y. Lum. The delay in getting the saw mill in
operation, however, kept nearly all the settlers in log or shake houses
through the first winter. The first store was opened by Mr. Paul Brooks,
in a little cabin which was put up by one of the original squatters on the
city site. The second was kept by C. 8S. Pratt.

On the 19th, a great event for the young city occurred—the visit of
Gov. Reeder and party—who, on their way to Ft. Riley, stopped at the
pee and were received with all the ceremony due the occasion. Mayor

obinson was, unfortunately absent, but Gen. Pomeroy was equal to the
duty which devolved upon him. A platform “of four planks” was
erected for the speaker and in behalf of the citizens, the General welcomed
the distinguished guest “to their frugal board and tented homes,” ending
his speech as follows:

“Sir, in the name of all the interests we represent—in the name of our
absent wives, sons and daughters (soon I hope to be here)— in the name of
all the unshaven, weatherbeaten, yet noble countenances which new beam
upon you—having emigrated from every State in this glorious Union, as
well as from the mother-land, we give you a cordial, a hearty welcome.”’
(Loud cheering.) Gov. Reeder responded, thanking the General and citi-
zens for the welcome, and afterashort social interview, a dinner was served
at the Pioneer Boarding House, under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Litch-
field—Gen. Pomeroy presiding, with the Governor, heads of government,
ladies and members of Association on his right, and officers of city Gov-
ernment, strangers and settlers on his left. The toasts were started by Mr.
Lincoln, with “The Lawrence Association,” responded toby Gen. Pomeroy,
who closed with the sentiment: “Gov. Reeder—his administration, first
in time, first in importance, may it also be first in the hearts of the peo-
ple.’ Judge Elmore responded to the toast given by Gov. Reeder—“ The
judiciary of Kansas Territory.” Judge Elmore gave “Strong Arms and
True Hearts,’’ responded to by Mr. Willis. “The moral and religious in-
terests of Kansas,” by Mr. Emery, was responded to by Rev. 8. Y. Lum.
“The mechanics of Lawrence, cur comforts await your labors,”’ by Mr.-
Lum, drew forth a response from Mr. Mallory, who gave “The political
aspects of Kansas Territory,” replied to by Mr. Emery. “The merchant,
the pioneer of enterprise,’’ was responded to by C. 8S. Pratt, and the toast,
“The ladies of Lawrence, the land of beauty, the fit home of beauty,”
which was given by Judge Johnson, of Ohio, was responded to by Mrs.
S. N. Wood, “in an eloquent, earnest, interesting and womanly style,
which gave great satisfaction to all.’’ Her response closed in these words:
““Woman’s sphere is wherever there is a wrong to make right, a tear to
wipe away, a good work to carry forward. And ’tis here to guard our
beautiful State from the invasion of wrong, oppression, intemperance,
and all that tends to debase and demoralize mankind. Yes, Kansas must
and will feel that woman has an influence, and that influence on the side
of God and truth.” Other toasts were responded to—Mr. Hutchinson in
behalf of the bar; Dr. 8. C. Harrington, of the medical profession; Mr.
8. N. Wood, the ‘‘ Kansas pioneer;” Mr. Lincoln, ‘‘Agriculture;’ and Rev.
Mr. Ferril, to the closing sentiment: ‘‘Missouri, our border State.” Mr.
Ferril said, and time unfortunately did not prove him a true prophet:
“‘Fellow-citizens, being a Missourian by birth and education, I truly thank
you for the sentiment just expressed. It shows at once, that sectional
animosities are to be unknown among us; and that, coming together as we
do from all parts of the world, we are to unite heart and hand, making the
interests of Kansas, and cheerful homes for ourselves, our greatest objects;
forgetting that we are from Massachusetts, Ohio, Missouri, or any other
State, and remembering only that we are citizens of Kansas.”

Gov. Reeder closed the exercises with a complimentary speech, which
was received with repeated cheers, and then, accompanied by Gen. Pome-
roy and others, visited ‘‘ Capitol Hill,’”” which he had been especially in-
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vited to visit, being assured that it would be ‘‘cheerfully yielded up to him
for his official consecration.”’

EARLY NEWSPAPERS.

' During October, 1854, two Kansas Free-state newspapers were estab-
lished. John and J. L. Speer, the pioneer editors and publishers of Law-
rence, arrived in that place September 29, 1854. Mr. John Speer prepared
the copy for the first number of his paper, which was to be called the Kan-
sas Pioneer, and took it to the office of the Kansas City Enterprise (Judge
Story) to have it printed, according to previous arrangement. On finding
it a pronounced Free-state paper, Mr. Story refused to print it, and Mr.
Speer then took his copy to the office of the Leavenworth Herald, where
he met with a similar experience. He then returned to his old home at
-Medina, Ohio, and issued his paper dated October 15, 1854, from that
place, under the name he had selected. Following are a few extracts from
the paper:

“LAND FOR THE LANDLESS.—The general interests of the pioneer—
the industrious, frugal and honest emigrant who seeks here a home for his
family—shall not be neglected. Our aim shall be to advocate and urge
such treaties with the Indians as shall bring the lands of the Territory
within the reach of the poor as well as the rich; laboring to create a pub-
lic sentiment which shall demand of the General Government such a dis-
position of the public domain as shall open it to the free occupation of
actual settlers in preference to favoritism to speculators. The true inter-
ests of the Territory, its speedy settlement, its general intelligence, all
demand that its seil shall be subject to occupancy by the now landless and
homeless freemen of the entire Union.

“A Chief of the Delaware tribe presented the editors of the Pioneer
with an ear of oorn sixteen inches long. A gentleman from New Orleans

. says that judging from the appearance of the soil, it will produce cotton
ten feet high.

“The City of Lawrence has now about 200 inhabitants. :

“ * * *® We should act together as Freemen, having a common in-
terest and a common destiny, dropping all our local prejudices, and iden-
tifying ourselves emphatically as Kansans—knowing no such distinctions
as Missourians, Ohioans, or Eastern and Western men. With Kansas our
interest and our destiny are leagued, and it should be our pride to be iden-
tified also with her name, and be known only as Kansas men.”’

Mr. Speer then returned to Lawrence, and, finding a Pro-slavery pa-
per, called the Pioneer, had been established at Kickapoo, changed the
name of his own to the Kansas Tribune, the first number of which was
published at Lawrence January 5, 1855, an earlier issue being prevented
by the delay of his material on the Missouri River. 8. .N. Wood was asso-
ciated with Mr. Speer as editor of the Kansas Tribune.

The Herald of Freedom was established by G. W. Brown, the first
number bane dated Wakarusa, Kan. Ter., October 21, 1854. The fol-
lowing letter from Eli Thayer appeared in the first issue of the paper:

WORCESTER, Sept. 22, 1854.
G. W. Brown, Esq., s

Dear Sir—As our company have selected you as a suitable person to conduct a paper
in Kansas Territory which shall represent our interests there, I take the here of making
a few suggestions in regard to the great. work upon which you are now engaged.

Youg paper will not only be the “ Herald of Freedom,” but the herald of news from
Kansas to its numerous readers. We shall look to it for tidings from our pioneers in the
Territory, individuallyjand collectively. We expect it to be the chronicle of important inci-
dents, whether personal or public, of truthful and reliable information in regard to the re-
Bourees of the Territory and the moral, intellectual and physical progress of the people
there.

Our agents there are reliable men, who will present to you their credentials, and will
often furnish communications for the columns of your paper. They are all able writers,
and devoted heart and soul to the interests of Kansas. They will explore the country
minutely and give to you for publication the results of their labors. You may at all times
rely upon their truth and fidelity. ‘

Besides these aids in your enterprise, you will often be furnished with articles from
gentlemen of our emigrant parties, many of whom are liberally educated and professional
men. We hope, as far as your limits will allow, you will give them place in your columns,
and thus give each subscriber the pleasure of occasionally reading an article over the signa-
ture of a well-known friend of Kansas.

. We pledge to you our hearty good will and cheerful co-operation in the noble work to
which you have devoted yourself. Truly Yours,
Evi THAYER,
re President of the Emigrant Aid Company.

The Herald of Freedom was the first paper printed as a Kansas paper,
and the first paper printed at Lawrence, although the date of its second
issue, the first printed on Kansas soil, was later than that of the Tribune,
as the latter was antedated. ;

The office of the Herald of Freedom, in Lawrence, was completed the
1st of January, 1855. It was a frame structure 18x30 feet on the ground
and a story and a half in height. The boards were of green cottonwood
fifteen to twenty inches in width. Mr. Brown was delayed in issuing the
second number of his paper in consequence of the non-arrival of his stock
and material, which arrived on the last boat of the season. Hiven then his
office was unfinished, and he commenced distributing type on Christmas
evening, 1854, in a roofless building, but was happy in the knowledge that
he had four tons of paper on hand and a sufficient quantity of ink to work
it up. A job office was connected with the establishment. The press was
trom the establishment of A. B. Taylor & Company, New York, and is
still in use in Jefferson County. 7

The first number of the Kansas Free State, was published at Lawrence,
January 3, 1855, the first free-State paper actually issued from a press in
the Territory. Josiah Miller and R. G. Elliott were the editors and pro-
prietors. Mr. Miller was a South Carolinian, but he stated in his. initial
paper that the Free State was ‘‘uncompromisingly opposed to the intro-
duction of slavery into Kansas, as tending to impoverish the soil, to stifle
all energy and enterprise, to paralyze the hand of industry and to weaken

intellectual effort.”’ . aA. .
He further defines his position thus: “There are thousands of genuine
free-soilers at the South, men like ourselves, who hold opinions in com-
mon with the fathers of the Republic regarding slavery a great evil, and
are in no wise desirous of having it extended beyond its original limits.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

But we say as regards this question, that we establish our press here,
knowing no North, no South, no East, no West, but the very best interests
of the American people. * * We come not then as the peculiar advo-
cate of any section.. We disavow all connection with emigrant aid socie-
ties, have nothing to do with them, and have no confidence in them. We
stand here upon our own individual responsibility, claiming nothing more
than to be considered two of the humble titizens of Kansas Territory.” —

Mr. Miller visited {the Territory in the ape of 1854, and again in
August, with the design of establishing apaper, Mr. Elliott remaining near
Cincinnati, to purchase stock and material to bring to Kansas as soon as
Mr. Miller decided on a location. Owing.to imperfection of mail commu-
nication, Mr. Miller finally went back to Cincinnati, bought a part of his
office outfit, and was again detained at St. Louis waiting for type. He
finally arrived at Lawrence and started his paper in an office “having no
floor, ceiling or window sash.” Mr. Miller was afterward taken prisoner
between Lawrence and Lecompton, taken to the latter place and tried by
Buford on the charge of treason to South Carolina.

The Fourth Party left Boston October 17._ It numbered 2380—mostly
mechanics from the New England States and New York. Seventy of the
party were women and children. They were accompanied as far as De-
troit by Mr. John M. 8. Williams, of Cambridge, Mass.; were there met
by Mr. Branscomb, and arrived at Lawrence October 30. Many of this
party went to the Osage settlement. A party of fifty emigrants from Ohio
arrived at Lawrence two days before—mostly very young men or mere
boys—who came totally unprovided with any shelter, and utterly incapa-
ble of providing any for themselves. On finding they must actually build
cabins and live in them to secure a claim, they became discouraged and
nearly all left the Territory, some returning to Ohio, a few remaining in
Msssouri to be ready to return to Kansas in the spring, and avery few,
more courageous than the rest, remaining in Lawrence. Among others
who came to Lawrence with the fourth New England party, was Mrs. C.
I. H. Nichols, of Brattleboro,‘Vt., well known as an eloquent speaker and
writer in behalf of Kansas and reform. She came with her two sons, and
after they were settled at Lawrence, returned to Vermont to make prepa-
rations for a permanent removal in the spring. She wrote a graphic de-
scription of her experience in Lawrence in October and November, 1854,
which was published in the Brattleboro paper, and from which extracts
are given: ;

When I arrived here, like all the new comers, I was taken to a lodging-house, and
supplied with plenty of prairie hay for a bed, and having come without bedding, in my ig-
norance of the customs of the country, it was kindly loaned me by a member of the city asso-
ciation. This lodging house is made of poles, or small timbers, and in form and size reminds
one of the stray roof of a huge warehouse. This pole roof is thatched upon the outside
with prairie hay, and is all hay and poles to the view inside; cotton cloth covers the gable
ends, which have doors of the same material nailed to pole frames. Since the weather has
grown cooler, and the wind whistled uncomfortably through the hay roof, a laying of the
dry tough prairie sod has been put over the whole building, and windows introduced into
one end as a substitute for the darkened cloth gables. There is a large “city dining hall,
constructed in the same manner, where one hundred and more take their meals at $2.50 per
week. The first three days I ate at the public table with my sons ; then I commenced house-
keeping like my sister emigrants, and now comes the rich humor of my experience in Kan-
sas life—a specimen of pioneer life the country aver. f Ems ‘

The theater of our operations, or rather our cooking area was the city “ Levee,” on
which these temporary shelters or lodging houses are built; and now fancy break fast-get-
ting for some twenty families and companies which have kindled as many fires, some with
two or three stones to hold up kettles and pans, and a very few with “stick cranes.” The
cooks are prominent in the scene, and about as many of them are men as women. Yonder
is a grave middle-aged man without a crane or stones, toiling manfully to boil his tea kettle
or fry his Missouri-cured “side pork,” without upsetting the one or burning the other,
both of which he accomplishes in spite of his efforts to the contrary, and swallows his
breakfast and his chagrin, muttering something to the purpose of woman’s genius for cook-
ing.

There is a woman, her skirts burned full of holes by the model “ fire-place,” and what
remains of them converted into a sort of fringe by the prairie stubble; her breakfast is a
simple one—coffee or tea, and mush, which is eaten with molasses; but she has a tear in
either eye, for the smoke loiters near the earth. Yonder breakfast left to itself 2 moment,
for a crying baby hasdrawn the mother into the tent, as it is called—has tipped over, and
the beef’ soup is flowing from the camp kettle into the spattering flame. But you have not
time to linger here, so please follow me into the tents and see the eaters. Many of them, it
is true, eat sitting on the ground outside; but there are men and boys who have no “ woman
cook.” But as we are passing the various groups, we may as well stop at the cart near at
hand. The emigrants are buying beef of men who bring it in almost daily from the prairies
in the vicinity. It is the best beef I ever found outside a city stall, and has the advantage
of being fed in the open air, with a wide range and plenty of water. Five dollars the hun-
dred pounds, the whole creature, or five cents the fore, and six cents the hind quarter, is the
common price.

But we were going to look in upon the eaters in this huge tent, where between fifty
and one hundred are accommodated. Yonder is a man, his wife, three children, and his
father and mother—a venerable and excellent couple—eating from the top of a box. Two
or three cups and saucers serve for the whole tea drinking, ditto plates, ete. The salt and
the pepper are in papers, a tin cup is the teapot, and the little boxes and the ground their seats.
There is a group of men standing round a frying pan, each with a piece of bread in hand,
dipping in the gravy, and eating with slices of bacon. There is a company of men around
a plate of pancakes, which they raised with cream of tartar and soda. and spread with molas-
ses as they laid them on the plate. ‘here is no butter here, or only occasionally as a few
pounds are brought from Missouri. I have not tasted any in three weeks.

As the cold weather came on, it was evident that Lawrence had all
she could take care of and more; many of the cabins were still without a
floor, and the cloth doors were little protection against the chilly nights.
Urgent letters were written to the East, begging that no more emigrants
be sent forward until the following spring, when they would be able to
prepare for winter. Two more New England parties, however, arrived
before 1855; the fifth, of 100 members, under Jerome B. Taft, on Novem-
ber 20, and the sixth and last, of fifty members, December 1.

A petition for a tri-weekly mail was forwarded to the Department at
Washington in October, and Mr. E. D. Ladd was appointed by the citizens
to discharge the duties of Postmaster. Prior to this, the mail matter had
been stopped at Kansas City or Westport, and brought to Lawrence by

rivate individuals. Mr. C. W. Babcock was the first re ntanly apne ed

ostmaster, his commission being dated February 8, 1855 e held his
office at first in the house of Mr. Lykins “over the ravine,” and afterward
at an office which he built on Massachusetts street. A two-horse hack was
then used to carry the mail to Westport.

On the 11th of November, the first. snow-storm of the season occurred ;
about two inches fell, and remained on the ground a few days. It found
DOUGLAS

some of the emigrants in poor condition for such a visitor, as the following
letter, dated Lawrence, November 12, shows:

It is quite cold here for the 12th of November. Yesterday we were grected by a
pretty severe snow-storm, for which we were hardly prepared, our house being in no better
condition to receive such a guest than an orchard with the bars down. This morning I
crawled from under my buffalo skin, after havin Elen. as soundly as any one couldsuppose,
who could see the pile of snow I had for a bed. I kindled a fire in our roughstone fire place,
but the smoke rolled in upon us at such a rate, that we were compelled to remove the fire,
not to the middle of the floor, but where the middle of the floor would be if we only had a
floor. By doing this we could get to the windward of the fire and thus avoid the smoke. If

you could only see a true plete of us now, as we are seated upon a trunk beside the fire
with our feet extended to

eep them warm, and a large tool chest at our backs, with the lid
raised to break the wind, and a buffalo pelt drawn blosly about us, each taking good care to
get his share, you might be quite as good natured while looking at the picture as we are
enjoying the reality.

After this cold “snap,” the weather was again warm and pleasant un-
til January 21, when the second snow-storm occurred ; about four inches
fell, the weather was very cold, and the river froze over for the first time.
On the 26th of December, the thermometer stood at 64° in the shade, and
86° in the sun. January 19 at 55° in a northern exposure, the mean tem-
perature of the month being 36°, a most fortunate circumstance for the
emigrants, who were able to pursue their out-of-door avocations nearly all
winter.

On November 11, Mr. T. A. Ladd writes to the Milwaukee Sentinel:

Before my window is a tent with poles set over it in the same form and thatched. In
this place was the advent of the first little immortal to this world of sin and sorrow, which
has been made in this city. A committee was appointed at a public meeting of the citizens
to take the case into consideration, and propose to a subsequent meeting suitable action to
be taken by the city or association. It was proposed to donate the little visitor a city lot,
which will undoubtedly be done.

The “little visitor” thus alluded to was Lawrence Carter, born Octo-
ber 26, 1854. He was presented alot by the Association, which is now
about in the center of the city of Lawrence. By a notice of the same
Lawrence Carter which appeared in the Atchison Champion, of June,
1875, headed, “A Brave Lawrence Boy,” it appears that he was at that
time fireman on the yard engine of the A. & M. road, and that he had
just saved the life of alittle son of D. G. Lett, formerly of Lawrence, by
plunging into the swift current of the Missouri, and rescuing him as he
was about sinking for the third time.

After the election of November 29, when the Missourians made their
first raid on the ballot-box, many of the emigrants returned to the East to
prepare to bring out their families in the spring, the city having passed an
ordinance that all who left before the election should forfeit their city in-
terests. The election was for Delegate to Congress. At Lawrence, Judge
Wakefield received 188 votes; Flenniken, 51; Whitfield, 45; Chapman, 9;
Dr. Robinson, 2; Pomeroy, 2; William L. Garrison, 1. At Douglas,
where there were but 51 legal voters, but where the Missourians “most
did congregate,” 283 votes were returned for Whitfield, and 36 for all
others.

The day brought a great amount of. drunkenness and violence. At
Lawrence, a crowd of roughs collected around a barrel of whisky, one of
the most violent of the number, in threats and denunciations of the “Yan-
kees,’? being* Henry Davis, from “the Wakarusa.” After voting, at 2
o’clock, he, in company with John Collins, Edward Blyth, Alexander Se-
bastian and Napoleon B. Blanton started on foot for home. About three
miles from Lawrence, this party was passed by a wagon containing Lucius
Kibbey, of Iowa, a Free-state man, N. D. Johnson and a Mr. Dailey. Mr.
Kibbey believing that he discovered Collins in the act of setting fire to a
cabin on the road. made some remark which offended him. The quarrel
was taken up by Davis, who became very violent and abusive. attacking
Kibbey (who was still in the wagon) with his knife. The affair ended in
Kibbey’s shooting Davis, as he claimed, ;in self-defense. He gave himself
up to the authorities within a few days, and, after a hearing before Judge
Elmore, was committed for murder in the first degree, and brought before
Chief Justice Lecompte on a writ of habeas corpus December 27. His trial
took place at the Shawnee Mission. Messrs. H. A. Hutchinson and J. T.
Brady were counsel for the prosecution, and Messrs. 8. N. Wood, H. C.
Safford, C. Albright and Haldeman for defense. The prisoner was ac-
quitted. This was the first trial for murder in Kansas. On the same
day, John Lowrey, of Ohio, was shot through the leg by Dr. Doy, of New
York, in consequence of a claim difficulty. :

At the close of 1854, the city of Lawrence contained about fifty dwell-
ing houses, some of shakes, some grass-covered, some sod and log, some
of tarred canvas, and one or two covered with oak boards. There were
two boarding houses, Messrs. Litchfield & Burleigh and Fry & Kennedy,
a saw and planing-mill which had been running about three weeks, a
butcher’s shop and two stores. Four religious societies had been formed
—Congregationalist, Rev. 8. Y. Lum; Methodist, Rev. Hall; United Breth-
ren, Rev. G. W. Hutchinson; and Swedenborgian, for whom Mr. E. D
Ladd officiated as reader. The census of this town was taken in the fol-
lowing February by C. W. Babcock, the returns being : tae a 400 ;
foreigners, 41; females, 105. From Massachusetts, 90; New York, 59;
Pennsylvania, 38; balance from the Western States. :

e Kansas Atheneum was established late in 1854, with the following
officers: J. 8. Emery, President; A. H. Mallory, 8. C. Pratt, Vice Presi-
dents; John Hutchinson, Corresponding Secretary ; E. D. Ladd, Record-
ing Secretary and Treasurer; S. N. Wood, Librarian ; C. Robinson, 8. C.
Pomeroy, 8. Y. Lum, John Mailey, 8. J. Willis, Regents. The first dona-
tion of books from abroad was from Mr. Amos A. Lawrence and Mrs.
Mary Webb, of Boston. The introductory lecture of the course was de-
livered by the President, J. 8. Emery, at the “St. Nicholas Hall” Januar
9, 1855. “Subject, Eloquence and Oratory. The second address was by S.
C. Pomeroy, and the question for discussion at the meeting of January 30
was “Should the policy of non-intervention on the part of our Govern-
ment be departed from in the present contest in Europe?” Disputants:
Affirmative—J. Hutchinson, J. Mailey ; negative—J. Speer, E. Clarke.

* See State History for full account of political events of general interest.

 

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EVENTS OF 1855.

On the first day of the new year, steps were taken for founding a col-
lege, stakes being driven and stone hauled to the site of the Old Univer-
sity building by the agent and at the expense of the Emigrant Aid
Society. Socially, the citizens celebrated the day by a banquet a‘ the
boarding house of Litchficld & Burleigh. Before the close of the
month, this house was partially burned—the roof taking fire and the
flames spreading to and burning a portion of the interior. Mr. Litch-
field, wife and son and a daughter of Mr. Burleigh were lying very
sick at the time in the house. On the 16th, Mr. Edward P. Fitch opened a
free school—the first school in the city and county, in the rear end of Dr.
Robinson’s office, commencing his school with about twelve scholars. On
the 18th, a meeting of the citizens was held in the school-room, and Dr.
Robinson, Dr. Doy and J. 8. Emery appointed a School Committee for the
ensuing year. Mr. 8. F. Tappan was chosen Clerk, and money was raised
to carry on a school three and_a half months. The office was entirely
destroyed by fire on the 22d—Dr. Robinson saving his books, however, and
Mr. Fitch his school books and seats.

At the opening of the new year, the claim difficulties, which have been
alluded to, were still unsettled ; the citizens were divided into three par-
ties—the Lawrence Association, in connection with the Emigrant Aid So-
ciety ; the citizens who sympathized with the association, but were not
members of it, and those opposed to the policy and operations of the so-
ciety. The two former classes were called “insiders,” and the latter ‘‘out-
siders.’”’ All through the fall, the excitement was kept up by acts of ag-
gression committed by irresponsible members of both parties. Before the
New Englanders arrived, the timber claims were nearly all taken by the
squatters, and doubtless, in their need, the former sometimes helped them-
selves to that which did not grow exactly within their own bounds. On the
other hand, the emigrants who came in to actually settle and make a home,
looked with longing eyes on the vacant claims set aside in Lawrence for
the use of the ‘‘Society ” to be sold at some future time, as they believed,
at prices perhaps beyond their means—and the longing sometimes devel-
oped into appropriating. Claims were ‘‘ jumped” and rejumped until, in
some respects, Lawrence became a sort of gymnasium, the prizes being
secured by the most agile performers. In January, 1855, the troubles cul-
minated in a call by the ‘‘outsiders” for a general mass meeting in which
their grievances could be discussed.

At the opening of the Territory to settlement, people from Missouri
rushed over the line and staked out nearly all the timber and other desira-
ble claims, but did not occupy them, many of them being residents of Mis-
souri, even to this day; hence the claim difficulties chiefly arose in conse-
quence of non-residents appearing after the land had been selected and
occupied by Eastern settlers, and setting up claims, although no improve-
ments had been made as contemplated by law. It was evidently the pur-
pose of the Pro-slavery men to leave no room for an anti-slavery settler,
and they doubtless hoped by means of squatter difficulties to harass and
drive Eastern men from the Territory. It was really a political movement
rather than honest claim disputes.

The following is a verbatim copy of hand-bills announcing the meet-
ing, which were stuck up in every prominent place in the city and on
the cabin doors of the squatters for miles around :

TERRITORIAL INDIGNATION MEETING.

We, the sovereign people of Kansas Territory, are requested to meet at Lawrence
City on Thursday, January 11th, at 11 o’clock A. M., to adopt those measures that will pro-
tect us from all moneyed associations or influences, also the tyrannical encroachments daily
made by the Lawrence Association. On which occasion there will be speeches made to vin-
dicate the squatter’s right of pre-emption, and the protection of his claim until entered.

Many CITIZENS.

The meeting was held according to call, John A. Wakefield being ap-
pointed President, and Clark Stearns and T. 8. Garvin, Vice Presidents.
It was attended by about 250 persons, It was a very stormy meeting,
and withal must have partaken somewhat of the ludicrous, as may be
imagined when the effect of the following preamble and resolutions, as
read by a person unfortunately afflicted with an impediment in his speech,
is considered. The report is given as a literary curiosity worthy of pres-
ervation in the annals of early Lawrence history :

Fellow Citizens: The assemblage of the sovereign people on this day, by a spon-
taneous impulse, and for a common purpose, is a most glorious spectacle. And we, too,
friends and neighbors, are together. The toils and cares of our daily avocations are laid
aside; the disquietudes and strifes that vex our poor humanity shall be lost in the mutual
recognition of one grand sentiment; and the turbulent, selfish interests here manifested for
a period, under the overshadowing spell of sectional influences, which gloom pervades the
hearts of men, whose actors, upon the grand rostrum of the future, chose as their talisman
the sovereign ear whose compunction some slight affectionate caress of every victim of the
oppressor triumph as the idol of their vain madness, and of their midnight orgies, which
forever crush the rights of this people.

We have been weak—now, in justice, we are strong; more imposing than that of forty
centuries from the old pyramids—the intellectual and progressive years of self-goverment
of a free people. The fraternal influences—what are they ?—and why are we here this day ?
A handful of men on the western bank of the remotest tributary, whose waters pay homage
tothe Father of Waters, and yet only in the center of this immense confederacy, whose
shade is a refuge for all nations of the earth, and the free breezes that unceasingly sweep
through its branches, over the silent sepulchers of those who fought the good fight, and pro-
claimed to the world to be a free, independent and sovereign people. The seeds which they
planted with tremulous apprehension are here this day, commingling their patriotic rebukes
seatns that mercenary morbidness which characterizes the Lawrence Association as stock-
jobbers and money-getters—men of exchanges, and coteries and self-interest—covered from
head to foot with the Jepnony of materialism, until it shall submerge all opposition, by secret
and unjust invasions, which, from their first advent in Kansas Territory up to the present,
is opulence, title and despotism, with civil feuds, dissevering all fraternal affections. We,
the sovereign squatters, proclaim the manifesto of our absolute authority, and an inexorable
interdict to every despotic invader upon our rights, secured and sanctified by the Congress
of the United States. “Thus far shalt thou go, and no further.” We, the sovereign squatters,
stand forth boldly upon our commanding eminence—the highest law of the iad.

Compromising the plighted faith of the Government, that the land we now occupy shall
be our future homes, upon which eminence we this day invite, for the last time, the false
Belshazzar, who, with restless gaze, views the dauntless energy which guides us to this
grand consummation. :

After a recital of various causes of complaint, the occupancy of claim
belonging to “ sovereign squatters ” by the association, the cutting of tim®
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ber on their claims by members of the same, with the consent of the
‘talisman, C. Robinson, or in justice termed the false Belshazzar, ‘‘whose”
fell spirit no human meanscan reach with those fraternal affections un-
tarnished by former dishonorable acts, not obscure to us, the sovereign
squatters who are here this day. With one united voice, now and forever,
we spurn with indignation the course here taken by the Lawrence Associa-
tion who disregard and trample upon the laws that give us the right of
pre-emption, and secures to us our homes and those comforts which our
industry may accumulate; nor do we believe the Congress of the United
States will allow such lawless and tyrannical encroachments secured by a
heterogeneous mob to invalidate the right of our pre-emption.’”’ A set of
resolutions followed the above preamble, concurring in and sustaining the
sentiments expressed, two of them reading as follows:

_ Resolved, That we have in good faith settled upon Government lands belonging to the
United States, in view of pre-empting said lands according to the Act of September 4, 1841.
Further, we mutually pledge each other to defend by law, and by. force,if required, each
and every squatter from lawless intruders. who cut timber without permission or build
upon our claims.” .

_ Resolved, That while we condemn the encroachments and usw rpetlonsot all oligar-
chies and moneyed aristocracies, we regard alike the rights, and extend the hearty welcome
2 — desirous of settling in our beautiful Kansas, whether from the North, South, East or

est.

Many who attended this meeting, were diametrically opposed to the
proceedings, and to the resolutions adopted, and to make sure that their
position should not be misunderstood, a meeting of the citizens, not mem-
bers of the Lawrence Association was held at “the Church” on the 16th,
which denounced the proceedings of that on the 11th as being ‘‘held and
conducted in a one-sided, indecent, mob-like manner, and wholly in oppo-
sition to justice, right and honor,’’ and that as “the endeavor was made
to make us responsible for those proceedings, we therefore disavow all
complicity or assent thereto, and denounce the originators as demagogues.”’
The course pursued by the Lawrence Association was indorsed by the
meeting of which 8. J. Willis was President; Dr. J. F. Merriam, Vice
President; Messrs. Stewart, Burgess, Ladd, Pillsbury, Hartwell and Lowe,
Vice Presidents.

_The resolutions adopted were presented by Messrs. Ladd, Emery, Doy,
Mailey, Hutchinson, Mace, Searle, Simpson and Tappan, the third and
fourth of which were as follows:

3. Resolved, That the organization of the Emigrant Aid Society has been of exceeding
great benefit to the transmission of emigrants to this Territory; and their establishing an
agency in this city, and their investment of capital herein, has been of a decided advantage
to the place toward its zepid growth, providing for the wants and alleviating the trials of
the settlers, and believe that their efforts thus far have been entirely disinterested; and we
therefore most cordially invite them to remain and continue their operations among us, at
me eae time assuring them of our sincere approval of the past and of our co-operation in
the future.

4. Resolved, That we, as citizens of Lawrence, particularly approve of the course pursued
by the Lawrence Association toward the Emigrant Aid Society, in extending an invitation
to that come to invest their capital here, and the basis upon which they are allowed to
operate; and we shall duly respect their city rights, and support them in all lawful and
liberal movements.

_At the same meeting the Committee of the Lawrence Association, by
their Chairman, Mr. J. Hutchinson, reported the following resolutions,
which were accepted: :

Resolved, That while believing there is no legal redress for trespasses committed upon
unsurveyed lands, we have never as an association approved of cutting timber upon indi-
vidual claims, made in good faith; but we fully discountenance such acts, believing them to
be contrary to equity and good order.

Resolved, That as the law holds a man’s domicile no less sacred and inviolate than his
person, we regard al! persons who shall molest or destroy houses erected, or in process of
erection, as men guilty of a heinous offense and regardless of the law of the land.

Resolved, That while we uphold only justice and good order, we believe that neither
the Lawrence Association nor ieele officers are accountable for individual acts, civilly or
politically, and that the late attempts to bring this association into bad repute and to cast
upon us a stigma as undeserved as it is unjust, will bring down threefold odium upon the
heads of the vile perpetrators.

Dr. Robinson, toward the close of the meeting, made a short and sen-
sible speech, refuting some of the charges made against him, counseling
his hearers of the danger of quarrels among themselves, and impressing
upon them the duty and necessity of union; that they might, ‘“‘ with voice
and hand and means combined, defend these hills an
and broad prairies from the curse of human bondage, and the chains of
slavery.”

FIRST FREE STATE SOCIETY.

A preliminary meeting for the pupae of organizing a Free State
Society, ‘‘ which should use all its influence for the prohibition of slavery
in Kansas,” was held at the residence of Dr. Wood, in Lawrence, January
29, 1855. S. 8. Snyder, Chairman; John Speer, Secretary. The commit-
tee appointed to prepare a constitution, etc., consisted of the following
gentlemen: R. G. Elliott, W. Tacket, J. F. Wilson, 8S. Y. Lum, A. Fitch,
8. C. Safford, 8. C. Pomeroy, J. Speer, C. Stearns, E. D. Ladd, 8. J.
Willis, E. Chapman, 8. F. Tappan, J. Garvin. The society was fully or-
ganized on the 1st of February, at the Lawrence House, the officers elected
being R. G. Elliott, President; H. C. Safford, Vice President; John Speer,
Corresponding Secretary; E. D. Ladd, Recording Secretary; 8. N. Simp-
son, Treasurer; L. J. Ferril, Amos Finch, 8. Y. Lum, 8. N. Wood, Nor-
man Allen, Executive Committee. .

With the spring of 1855, the final settlement of the title to the land
upon which the city was located, and the commencement of the spring
immigration, came a new start in the growth of the place. On the 10th
of March, there was a meeting of the members of Union School District
when the committee previously appointed to select a site fora schoolhouse,
reported that they had chosen one on Mr. Frye’s claim, and that the ma-
terial to build the body of the same would be on the ground before the
31st; also, that enough had been subscribed to build the body of the house.
The Building Committee was Messrs. Adams, Yates and Waterman. This
meeting was supplemented by one held March 81. After the body of the
building had been erected, when officers were elected, and rules adopted
to govern school matters in the district during the succeeding year,
Martin Adams, William Yates and Robert Allen were elected Trustees;

valleys, these rivers

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Robert Hughes, Collector, and R. H. Waterman, Clerk. Among theregu-
lations of this, the first School District in Lawrence, was one making it
the duty of the Trustees to ‘‘make out the rate bill of each individual, and
in case such rate bill was not paid, to sue for thesame.”’ The trustees also
to have possession and control of the schoolhouse, which was to be open
for religious meetings and Sabbath schools, without regard to sects, except
in school hours. One provision reads: ‘‘ It shall be the duty of the trus-
tees to ascertain as near as may be, the amountof wood necessary for each
scholar, and give notice to those intending to send to school; and in case
any one neglects, or refuses to furnish his appropriation of wood, the trus-
tees shall furnish it and charge it in his rate bill.’”’ It was voted at this
meeting that the roof, doors and windows of the schoolhouse should be
completed on or before the 1st day of May.”

During this month, Dr. Robinson replaced the sod and thatch office
which was burned, with a two-story frame 25x35, on Massachusetts street.
He also commenced about this time his house on Mount Oread, whichS. N.
Wood and G.W. Deitzler preserved from destruction before its completion
by a party headed by Dr. Wood, and which was burned by Jones’ posse a year
later, when Lawrence was sacked. Rev. G. W. Hutchinson put up acon-
crete building for store and public hall, two stories high and fifty feet
square. Messrs. Hornsby and Ferril built a one-story frame building on
Hesaachuwein street, and put in astock of goods. Three mailroutes were
established connecting with Lawrence—a route from Westport to Whitfield

assing through Lawrence and Topeka; a route from Ft. Leavenworth via
‘ae au Osawatomie to Ft. Scott, and the third from Kansas City
to Lawrence. Blanton & Litchfield also established a semi-weekly line of
hacks between Lawrence and Kansas City. The frame hotel on Main
street, which was commenced in the fall, was boarded and ready for cus-
tomers; a clothing house was opened on Main street by woe & Ballou,
the ‘‘New Great Western Clothing House;” a barber, Mr. Leis, came to
town and saw a fine field for operations, and concluded to stay; the first brick
was made by Messrs. Hanmmon & Page; and to supplement the labors of
the barber, the ‘‘ Lawrence Hydropathic and Hygienic Society” was
formed, E. D. Ladd, President; G. W. Brown, Vice President; 8. N.
Wood, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Johnson, Recording Secretary; Miss
Gleason, Treasurer; Mrs. Wood, Librarian. It was proposed to found a
water cure establishment in the vicinity, but the troubles that soon came
thick and fast upon Lawrence, prevented the execution of this, with many
other good designs. ?

On the 30th of March occurred the election of Councilmen and Repre-
sentatives from the First District to the First Territorial Legislature.* Dur-

ing this month, the first party of Eastern emigrants arrived in the midst

of a bitter cold snow-storm. The want of lumber and saw mills was still
a great drawback, but concrete houses were commencing to take the place
of wood, and it was not long before two more saw mills were started—
one by Deitzler & Shimmons and the other by Hunt & Hunt. A great
number of houses were framed and waiting for boards to be sawed.

About sundown on the evening of the 20th of May, the citizens, who
had congregated in great numbers on the Levee, were delighted to see the
little steamer, “Emma Harmon,” arrive at the Levee, bringing a
number of passengers and considerable freight. The next day about noon,
the ‘‘ Financier” and ‘ Hartford’’ arrived. All the boats were bound for
Fort Riley. The ‘‘Emma Harmon” turned back at Topeka, and the other
two proceeded up the river. It was decided that the ‘‘Emma Harmon”
should make regular trips between the mouth of the river and Lawrence,
but on her second return trip she ran aground on a sand bar and was de-
serted by the captain and officers, leaving the owner, Mr. Knox, to dig her
out. The boat was extricated by him and made regular trips between
Kansas City and Lawrence during the summer of 1855.

During the year, the Methodists made efforts to build a house of wor-
ship on Vermont street ; Rev. Mr. Griffing working energetically for the
purpose of raising subscriptions for the same, but the effort was not a success
at that time. Rev. E. Nute was sent to Lawrence in the early spring
by the American Unitarian Association; and had been holding meetings
in the open air,.through the summer; mostly on Mount Oread, ‘‘in the
shade of Dr. Robinson’s house.” The Unitarians made an effort to erect
a church edifice in the fall; the building to be of composite, 40x60, with a
basement and gallery. The excavation was made for the basement and a
portion of the building material put on the ground, but this enterprise also
was delayed in consequence of the political troubles of the coming
months. The structure which was erectéd by the Emigrant Aid Society
in October, 1854, and which had served as eating-house and shelter for
hundreds during the succeeding winter, also as the ‘‘church’’ for the set-
tlement, was destroyed by fire, September 18, 1855. It was used as a habi-
tation up to the time of its destruction.

First 4TH OF JULY, (1855) IN LAWRENCE.

The citizens of Lawrence, and’ indeed of the whole district, were de-
termined that the first National holiday in Kansas should be celebrated
in a manner worthy the occasion. The ‘‘ boys” were busy all through the
preceding night, and the morning of the 4th was ushered in by the firing
of guns. There was no booming of cannon, for Lawrence had not yet
needed its “Abbot Howitzer,” but everything that could make a patriotic
noise was brought into service. Early in the morning, wagon-loads of In-
dians began to arrive, the Delawares and Shawnees having been invited to
participate in the festivities. Soon the ‘sovereign squatters”? began to
pour in from the surrounding country. Franklin sent its delegation in a
huge covered wagon, above which waved the stars and stripes. From the
neighborhood of the Wakarusa and Blue Mound came a long procession
over the rolling prairie, led by a party of ladies and. gentlemen on horse-
back, followed by large double wagons, ornamented with flowers and gay
with flags. The rear guard of this detachment was a jolly crowd in three
ox wagons, which were fastened together and drawn by eleven yoke of

* See County History.

 
DOUGLAS

oxen. Not to be out done in demonstrations of patriotic regard for the
day, handkerchiefs of bright colors were hoisted on poles, and waved in-
dependently in the free Kansas breezes.

The regular exercises of the day commenced by the presentation of a .
silken banner to the militia of Lawrence—the Lawrence Defensibles, and
the Kansas Sharpshooters—by the ladies of the place. The ceremonies took
place on Massachusetts street, Mrs. Levi Gates making the presentation
speech, which was responded.to by S. N. Wood. A procession was
then formed, composed of the two Lawrence Companies, the Rifle
Guards of Wakarusa, the Kansas Invincibles (from near Douglas), the
Committee of Arrangements, Indians, Citizens, etc., which marched along
Massachusetts, Hancock, Vermont and Winthrop streets, to the grove
northwest of the town, where a platform had been erected for
the speakers, and some seats po oied for the ladies. The new flag
was planted at theyight of the platform. Dr. J. N. O. P. Wood was Pres-
ident of the Day. The band played ‘‘Sweet Home,” prayer was offered
by Rev. Snyder, the Declaration of Independence read by C. W. Babcock,
Esq., and an oration given by Dr. Charles Robinson. After the oration, the.
audience marched to Pleasant Grove, where the tables were spread, and
enjoyed a regular Fourth of July picnic dinner. They then returned to
the park, and gathered around the stand to listen to toasts, music and-
volunteer speeches. Many toasts were given—among others, ‘‘Our Aborig-
inal neighbors; their presence and participation with us to-day is a
mutual recognition of unity and good-will. May we ever ‘smoke the pipe of
peace together.’ ”’ This was responded to by Mr. Fish, a Shawnee Chief, in
hisown language. He referred to the past troubles between the States and
Great Britain—rejoiced that peace again prevailed, and hoped that it
might continue, and we finally pass to our heavenly rest in peace. A
Delaware Indian, Mr. Pechalka, spoke in English. The festivities of this
long-to-be-remembered Fourth were prolonged until the last hour of the
anniversary had departed. Fire-works on Massachusetis street delighted
the pioneer boys and girls in the evening, and two social parties, one at
Union Hall, and the other in William Lykins’s new hall, ended the first
celebration of our National holiday in Lawrence.

The summer of 1855 passed quietly in Lawrence; the little hamlet
growing fast, and comparatively comfortable buildings taking the place of
some of the pioneer cabins. The emigrants, however, at the best, suffered -
greatly, particularly the women, from the lack of the ordinary conven-
iences of home life. There was much sickness and many deaths; in a ma-
jority of cases superinduced by the exposure and hardships incidental to
pioneer life. All through the early part of the summer it was impossible
to procure food that was suitable for any persons, except those whose
hardy constitutions, and out-of-door life would bear a diet of ham and
cheese, with mush and doughnuts as dessert. Delicate women and little
children, with many of the sterner and stronger sex, succumbed to the
united influence of bad food, miserable houses, excitement and perhaps
home sickness, notwithstanding, to offset these evils, they had the pure
and exhilarating air, and health giving sunshine of Kansas, with the hope
and expectation of future homes far better than those they had left be-
hind.

On the last of November commenced the ‘“‘ Wakarusa War,” a full
history of which, with all its attendant circumstances, is given elsewhere.

The men of Lawrence organized into military companies and drilled
daily, and the women worked at home to prepare food, or met to make car-
tridges for the soldiers. Four intrenchments were thrown up; one across
Massachusetts street, near its confluence with Pinkney, two of circular
form near Henry street, designed as a protection to those having charge
of Sharpe’s rifles, and so arranged as to command Mount Oread, where it
was presumed the enemy would plant their artillery, and one on Vermont
street. Every branch of business was suspended in the place, except prep-
arations for defense and collecting provisions for the army, which con-
sisted of about five hundred and fifty soldiers. A large national flag was
planted on a high staff, at the payee entrenchment, near the foot of
Massachusetts street, while others floated over the unfinished Free-State
Hotel and Hutchingon’s store. The hotel was the headquarters of Gens.
Robinson, Lane and staff, as also of the soldiers, and until the difficulty
was ended the little village was a regular military camp. The women of
Lawrence were not only busy at home, but were even daring ee to
venture “outside the lines”* to help on the work of defense. Mrs. 8. N.
Wood and Mrs. G. W. Brown passed successfully to the Santa Fé road,
and procured from a Free-State man who resided there, a liberal supply
of ammunition which they brought in safety to their friends in Lawrence.
After the final consummation of the treaty. the ladies proved as efficient
in the arts of peace, as of war, and the collation which they prepared for
‘the late belligerent forces, on the Monday night succeeding the close of
the siege, was a triumph of feminine pioneer skill, which went straight to
the hearts, and appealed to the feelings, of all fortunate enough to partake.

The winter of 1855-56 was a terribly severe one. The Kaw was
bridged with ice from the 20th of December until March. The thermom-
eter sunk as low as 17° or 20° below zero and severe storms of snow and
sleet were common. In January the snow was two feet on the level, and
it was with great difficulty that any communication could be kept up with
the surrounding country. Little cabins were built inside the forts in Law-
rence, and occupied by soldiers during the winter, in expectation of an
attack by the border ruffians. The hotel, too, was occupied by soldiers, and
sentinels were constantly at their posts. On the 22d of February, 1856,
Company A, the famous Lawrence ‘ Stubs,” gave a party to the citizens of
the town, which was the most notable merrymaking of the long, cold,
a pe f ing, immigration recommenced, and business

ith the opening of spring, immigrati 5 :
again revived. Fhe Dee aight of the Unitarian Church, the first built
in the county, was laid on the 26th of March. The New Haven Company
with their ““Beecher’s Sharpe’s rifles,” and numbering some 100, arrived in
Lawrence about the middle of Anil and were given a public and cordial
welcome, Mr. John Hutchinson addressing them in behalf of the citizens,

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and Mr.Charles B. Lines responding for the company. The “Stubbs” fur-

nished music. A large company from Ohio also arrived, and their white

“prairie schooners,” stood along the highways, reminding the citizens of
the tents of a little time ago. The Free-State hotel was finished, and the
committee of investigation were busy within its walls. There was a lull

in the storm, and the Free-State people hoped with trembling, that it .
oa i be permanent. Then followed the attempted arrest of S. N. Wood

and Samuel Tappan, by Sheriff Jones, his unresisted arrest of other citi-

zens when backed by United States authority—his being shot at and

wounded in his tent, which against their most earnest disavowal was laid

to the charge of the people of Lawrence; the indictment of the Herald of
Freedom and Free-State newspapers, and the Free-State Hotel as “ nui-

sances to be abated;’’ the gathering of Donaldson’s army to ‘‘ wipe out the

abolition rust,” andthe destruction of the newspaper offices, the Free-State

Hotel and Dr. Robinson’s house on Mount Oread, with a general pillage of

the town on May 21. All this is told in detail in its appropriate place—

the history of the State of Kansas, Lawrence at that day being the very

heart of the Free-State movement, from which the aggressors hoped to

drain the life blood. The Free-State Hotel, destroyed just as it was com-

pleted, is described as follows in the Herald of Freedom of April 12,

1856. The contract for building it was let to Messrs. Geo. W. Hunt, of

Fitchburg, Mass., and Benjamin Johnson, of Erie, Penn. The hotel and

grounds covered two lots, 50x125 feet each, on the corner of Massachusetts

and Winthrop streets: :

In April, 1855, the New England Emigrant Aid Society, through their agents, com-
menced excavating the foundation of a first class hotel in Lawrence. The cellar was dug, the
walls completed, the studding for inside partitions put up, and the roof put on during the
summer and fall. About the last of November, the war difficulties commencing, further
work on the building was suspended, it being used for the accommodation of the F'ree-State
volunteer army. The benefit it rendered our cause, even in its unfinished condition, at a
time when the city was surrounded, and the lives of the inhabitants threatened by the -
border ruffian mob, cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. It was into this struct-
ure the people intended to retreat if driven from every other position, gather around them
their household treasures, and make a last despera‘e effort in defense of their lives and
liberties. But fate ordered otherwise.

Immediately upon the opening of the present spring, additions were made to the force
of laborers, and the work resumed with increased vigor, and on this, the 12th of April, one
ee the day the first spade-full of earth was thrown up, the Free State Hotel is

nished.

The dimensions and particular description of the of the structure are as follows: The
building is on the corner of Massachusetts and Winthrop streets, fronting on Massachusetts
street; 50 feet front, 70 feet back; three stories above the basement; contains 50 separate
apartments, besides a hall in each story.

. The basement is divided into three rooms, each 18 feet square—two to be used as pastry
and meat kitchens; the other as store-house or cellar. The first story is 11 feet from floor to
«ceiling, and is divided into nine rooms; the dining hall, 18 wide and 47 feet long; hall, 9+
feet wide, entire length of building; gentlemen’s parlor, 18 feet square ; ladies’ parlor, 13x20;
reading room, 18 feet square; office, 16x14; side hall from office, with entrance on Winthro
street; main entrance on Massachusetts street ; two flights of stairs to second story. Secon
story 10 feet from floor to ceiling; 18 rooms—six of them 11x18, balance 10 feet square; hall
entire length of building. Third story 9 feet from floor to ceiling—same number of rooms,
same dimensions as second story ; stairs leading to the roof which is flat, and affords a fine
pe and a splendid view of the surrounding scenery. There are thirty or forty port
oles in the wall, which rises above the roof, plugged up now with stones, which can be
knocked out with a blow of the butt of 2 Sharpe’s rifle. The apartments are papered and
well ventilated. :

The entire cost of the hotel probably exceeds $20,000. The outhouses are of the
neatest kind. The stable in the rear, is not yet finished, though the walls are up. It is cal-
culated to accommodate fifty horses, and give shelter to vehicles.

The following schedule of losses sustained by individuals by the burn-
ing and pillage of the city, May 21, 1856, is taken from an estimate given
at the time. Whether absolutely reliable or not, it preserves at least the
names of many of the old citizens residing, or doing business, in Lawrence
at that time:

Mr. Stone, bank drafts, $2,050; promissory notes, $2,000; seven land warrants, $1,000;
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cash, clothing, gold watch and horse, $310: total...........:sccsssessseeee Usecbeaecegscie -$5,360
Mr. Johnson, in sundries oa a . 1,000
Capt. Lathrop, in sundries.. me i 200
P. R. Brooks, in sundries 150
Capt. Bertram, in sundries.. 200
Townsend, in sundries.. 100
Clark, in sundries a 100
C. W. Topliff, cash, clothing, etc 700
G, W. & W. Hutchinson & Co., dry goods, provisions, groceries, etc.. 4,600

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L. S. Dennis, sundries.......... 5
John Rice, sundries 15
Lyman Allen, sundries.:........... 50
Hornsby & Terrill, dry goods and groceries 375
John Penoyer, sundries 100
Charles Stearns, groceries and provisions.. 15
Dr. Doy, rails burnt, horses stolen, etc.. 500
Simpson & Hine, sundries........ 100
D. W. Palmer...eceeseccceceeceseenee 5
Miss E. Hunt, jewelry and clothing 100
George W. Hunt, sundries........ 25
August Whitney, sundries..... 50
John Brook, sundries............. 15
8. Kimball...... 45
8. C. Smith, rifles, books, etc.. 118
A. J. Payne, sundries...... 40
Mrs. S. E. Hoyt, SU DALIOS sascssiipssssinessnsedeossenad sabi wanneiies nesteaassses esa 30
8. C. Russell, rifle, ete 40
T. Sampson, sundries 50
N.E. Emigrant Aid Co., hotel, etc.. 0,000
8. & T. Eldridge, hotel furniture, pro 40,000 °
B. C. Galliday, rifle, etc 40
F, A. Bailey, sundries.. 225
C. J. Pease, sundries... 195
J. A, Keeler, revolvin; 65
L. Merchant, sundries 50
T. P. Brown, revolver, clothing, etc 100
James Cracklin, paints, brushes, etc.. 40
O. D. Smith, one horse 70
Joseph Kelley, table and stand. seogewsenses 18
H. Fogle, arms............ aestiade eveseasaneettescccsaseses 20
A. D, Searl, mathematical instruments, ete 1,000
J. Gordon, ATMS.....ccesscesesseesrees a 50
G. W. Brown, printing materials and books...... eseeee 30,000
J. H. Greene, books, et.......cecsereee 200
Miss A. W. Gleason; SUNGTIES.......ccceesereeeseeeeree 200
James G. Sands, saddles, bridles and harness.. 300
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320
Samuel Fry, provisions............ 30
William Crutchfield, sundries 10
J. Short, two boats.. . 60
A. C. Hinman, pro : - 400
James F. Legate, money, cl 1,500
D. Upham, arms and clothing. 150
J. Elliott, arms, ete..... seu 50
E. D. Lyman, clothing. 20
N. R. West, sundries...... .. 50
Franklin Conant, goods from store.. 300
Mrs. M. A. Mandell, clothing, etc.... 300
J. B. Cook, arms 15
F. Mitzler, jewelry, clothing, etc... 200
Malcher & Baitchling, clothing. 100
Rev. 8. Y. Lum, two: horses ... 300
R. G, Elliott, printing materials.. 6,000
James Redpath, books............048 50
J.S. Emery & S. E. Tappan, books, ete 600
Miss L. 8, Hall, cow, ete. 70
G. P. Lowry, books, ete. 500
J. A. Perry... evésen 250
J..L, Batem: 416
J. J. Boyer 100
E. Emerson... 300
Gov. Robinson, probably ee + 8,500
Notwithstanding the terrible state of affairs in Kansas, during the

summer of 1856, when the question of freedom or slavery was fought with
other than moral arguments, when both Pro-slavery and free-State men
went prepared for the worst, and every man one met, whether on the high-
way, or far away on the prairie, instinctively put his hand on his revolver
and at night slept with it under (his pillow; when one hardly knew whom
he could trust, and no man’s property was safe; when instead of quietly
wending their way of an evening to the Atheneum or the HygienicgSocie-
ty, the Lawrence boys stole silently through the darkness with their trusty
“Sharpe ” upon their shoulder, to some rendezvous from whence they were
to proceed to “‘regulate affairs in their own way’’—notwithstanding all
this, and the fact that many of her best citizens were in the prison camp
at Lecompton, and others out of the Territory not daring to return, still
Lawrence did not despair. Though the Missouri was blockaded, she
looked with hope to the North, and to the opening of the new route through
Iowa. The citizens would not array themselves against United States
authority, but suffered and “‘bided their time.” A few extracts. from let-
ters written by citizens of the town, andrelating to events especially local,
show the sufferings of the people, and the terrible state of affairs which.
prevailed. Rev. E. Nute, the Unitarian clergyman, writes to Rev. Mr.
Tiffany, of Springfield, Mass., August 22:

The horrors of ruffianism gather thicker and closer around us, My home has become
a house of mourning. A brother-in-law came out to us, and reached our house a week
since, with his wife, an own sister of mine. On Monday last, he started to return to Leav-
enworth, leaving his wife sick. That night he was shot through the head, within a few
miles of Leavensworth, and his scalp exhibited in fiendish exultation by his murderer in the
town, who ‘declared, “tr went out for the scalp of ad—d Abolitionist and I have got one.”*
This is only) one of ascore of such butcheries that have been perpetrated within a mile
of us during the last week. Three men have gone out of our door straight to their death
by the hand of murderers. In each instance the bodies have been horribly mutilated.+

I have tried in vain to raise a body of men to go for the recovery of our brother’s re-
mains, to give them a decent burial, and for the effécts about his person—all his money, etc.
I have taken a rifle and offered to be one of fifty men to go. A sufficient number responded,
and were pledged to-go the morning after the sad tidings reached us, but it was thought best
to delay until we should get an answer from the officer in command of the United States
dragoons encamped about ten miles from this, to whom we had applied for a force to go with
us. It came at night, referring us to the superior force then on the way with several com-
panies to protect Pierce’s bloody officials at Lecompton. Twice have we sent, making the
request of him for the protection of an escort to go with our teams to Leavenworth for pro-
visions, and twice we have been refused. There is not a single sack of flour or a bushel of
meal for sale in this vicinity, and we have at least 2,000 men, women and children to be fed.
What shall we do—what can we do but fight our way through, with the desperation of men
who know themselves surrounded by merciless a This we are determined to do. You
will have the report of bloody work before this reaches you. It may be that nothing short
of a massacre of the suffering people of Kansas will arouse this nation to a sense of the in-
conceivable wickedness of the men who are at the head of affairs. You may imagine the
feelings.with which I read the cold-blooded sneers, the diabolical sport which is made of our
sufferings in the Boston Post, which I have just received. Are all the feelings of humanity,
is all sense of decency dead in the souls of the men who uphold this infamous adminis-
tration?

Many of our number have ceased to hope for anything but the foulest injustice from
the Government. Al] that seems to be in store for us worth aspiring to is an heroic martyr-
dom. Plead for our cause with all the might you have. I send this, with as many more as
I can write, before the mail leaves, under cover to a friend in St. Louis. The chance that it
will reach you seems to me very small. The Missourians are coming over the border and
gathering at severa) points to the number of thousands, we hear. I dare not trust the partic-
ulars of our military condition and plans to this, for fear it will fall into the-hands of our

“enemies. . Only this, we are prepared and determined to strike terrible blows, ‘% # %

We are having war in earnest—four fights within the last five duys, in all of which the
Free-State men were the assailants and the victors; four lives lost on our side, and some
eight or ten badly wonnded, To-day the dragoons are-in town to effect a change of prison-
ers and deliver the Chicopee howitzer, taken from us at the sacking of Lawrence. The I’ree-
State army of about 400 men has passed our cabin twice—half a mile from us on one side
and a mile on the other. Twice have we heard the booming cannon and rattle of muskets
and rifles and ‘seen the flame and smoke of ae forts and cabins. Two nights ago my
nearest neighbor was visited by a scouting party of the enemy and two horses stolen. Every
night we bring ours (we have two fine ones, I and the man who works for me,) close to the
house, keep our Sharpe’s rifles in readiness and take turns in standing guard. One night we
had four men and a sick woman with us in our little cabin. We have got to the closest

lace, I hope, and I believe with God’s help we shall force our way through. The fiendish-
ishness of these wretches is a tax on credulity. Poor Hoyt went from our house but an
hour or two before he was murdered. On taking the stronghold of the ruffians, near which
be was killed, a little negro was found who said that the day before some men came in
from the guard and reported that a prisoner was taken, piving his name and asking, “What
shall be done with him?” The reply of the officer was, “Shoot him.” But not content with
that, they proceeded to pound his head with the breeches of their muskets. Another man,
by the name of Williams, from Massachusetts, was taken that day and also shot; both bodies
have been recovered. We have taken over thirty of them pHeonate and released all but the
nineteen who are to be given up to-day. Do you wonder that our men turned out en masse
to rout that fort,.and also the den of Col. Titus next day, and that some clamor to-day for
the hanging of this wretch Titus? oy,

We have gained great advantage within the last week; have now at least 500 men,
ready for the fight in and around Lawrence and two good howitzers. But this is horrible

* Mr. Hoppe, the brother-in-law of Mr. Nute, vas murdered and scalped by Fugert as
stated, but the report which reached his friends of the murderer exhibiting the horrible
trophy in the streets of Leavenworth, is denied by prominent Free-State citizens then resid-
ing there. (See history of Leavenworth). . ° J ats ;

+ Mr. David S. Hoyt, of. Deerfield, Mass.; Mr. Hoppe, of Illinois, and Mr. Jennison, of

Groton, Mass. os

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

business, and I feel the influence that makes fierce tigers of the mildest men. When I
looked on Titus and thought of his part in the proceedings last May and the murders of
Hoyt and Williams, I came very near joining in the ery “Hang him on the spot,” but, on
second thought, I gave my voice for mercy. The wretch cowered and pleaded for his life,
promising to leave the Territory. Some of his men say they have been engaged in indis-
criminate plunder, without any regard to ged in some cases, though under the lead of
Titus they were robbing and murdering only Free-State men; and yet this man is the com-
mander of the militia of Kansas Territory, and Gov. Shannon came down to Lawrence
yesterday to beg him off. “Cry aloud and spare not; raise thy voice like a trumpet and
show this people their sin.”

Mr. Jennison, alluded to above, had gone from Lawrence to Kansas
City, for aload of freight for Lawrence and Topeka, a part being furni-
ture for the Unitarian Church. On his return he was taken prisoner at
Westport, and barbarously murdered at McGee’s tavern. Mr. Nute, the
writer of the letter, in company with his sister, and a party of about fifteen
others, went on the 27th of August to Leavenworth to ascertain the facts in re-
gard to the murder of Mr. Hoppe, and take possession of his effects. When
the party arrived at the place of the murder, they were taken prisoners by a
band of ruffians under the notorious Capt. Emery. Mrs. Hoppe, with two
or three other ladies, and their escort of gentlemen were taken into Leaven-
worth, and held in custody through the day. Mrs. Hoppe, without being
even allowed to look upon the grave of her husband, was taken on board
a boat bound down the Missouri, where she went back to her friends in
Illinois. Mr. Nute, Mr. Wilder, a merchant of Lawrence; Dr. Avery, of
Richmond, Ind., who was with the brave and lamented Henry Shombre,
at the storming of Fort Titus, and was now taking his papers to his
friends; Mr. Houghton, of Indiana, and others, were imprisoned at Leav-
enworth—Mr. Nute and Mr. Wilder not returning until the 10th of Sep-
tember. A letter from Lawrence speaks of the bringing in of Titus and
fellow prisoners thus: ‘It was not our purpose to come in collision with
the Government, therefore we marched to Lawrence with the prisoners and
wounded upon wagons. Their entrance into town was to us, who were
here in May, particularly imposing. They came in by way of Mount Oread,
then took a winding path into town, following precisely the-trail of the
posse, who invaded us on the 21st of last May, when Marshal Titus rode
in the front column, and seemed bloated with the pride of his. position.
Yesterday how different. He came in a wounded prisoner, at the van of a
party nearly as large when the sentiment of the people seemed to execute

‘him forthwith. The excitement was intense, still not the least insult was

offered him, and he rode into town with his head resting in the lap of a
friend. * * * Our men remain in town to-day, and are cool-
ing off under a drenching rain. As it was not expected last night, most of
them were out in tents, and one of them says when he awoke this morning
he immediately sounded, and reported “four feet scant.” We want men
who will stand such hardships, and we have got them. To-day they have
all found comfortable quarters in our buildings. This afternoon, Gov.
Shannon, Maj. Sedgwick, and Dr. Roderick came to Lawrence to demand
the unconditional release of our prisoners. * * * — Brooks and
Gunther, who were wounded in Franklin, it is believed will recover. It is
now no small tax to attend to, and provide for, all the wounded in Law-
rence. With this and all the onerous burdens of the war upon us, we are
still comparatively bankrupt, and our courage is our support.’’ The story
of the exchange of prisoners, and the terms of Gov. Shannon’s peace agree-
‘ment is told elsewhere. A letter from Lawrence to the New York Daily
Times, dated August 27, says: ‘‘Lawrence is being fortified. The forts
which were erected during the war of last November, are being repaired;
around the spot where the Free-State Hotel stood, a wall of stone isin
process of erection, against which an embankment of earth is to be thrown.

.On Mount Oread, where Gov. Robinson’s house was, another fort is to be

built, one is nearly finished at Blanton’s Bridge, and one is already built
and occupied at the Wakarusa crossing at Blue Jacket. Volunteers are
continually coming in, anxious to-join in the defense. Messengers have
been sent to the different settlements, to warn the people of the threatened
invasion, and arouse them to a preparation for defense.” During this
time the State prisoners were still at Lecompton, made as comfortable as
circumstances would permit, by the kindness and attention of the citizens
of Lawrence. On the 10th of September they were released and returned
to Lawrence, arriving the same day that Mr. Nute and fellow-prisoners
returned from Leavenworth. The gallant little “Stubbs” were first to
welcome Gov. Robinson and his fellow:captives, marching out far on_ the
prairie to greet, them. Gen. Lane and staff then escorted them to Mas-
sachusetts street, where the Governor made a speech to the assembled
crowd. The rejoicings were renewed in the evening when Messrs. Nute
and Wilder, with the friends who had been to Leavenworth to attempt
their release, arrived in safety. The arrival of Gov. Geary in the Terri-
tory, and his dispersion of the troops both at Lawrence and of the ‘‘ army
of Invasion” virtually put an end to the ‘‘reign of terror” in Kansas.
No concerted hostile action was undertaken after that month. In the
spring of 1857, Gov. Geary resigned, and Robert J. Walker was appointed
his successor. Frederick P. Stanton, Secretary of the Territory, arrived
a few weeks before Gov. Walker, and proceeded to make speeches at
various places, indicative of the line of policy to be pursued. He vis-
ited Lawrence about the 20th of April, and reiterated the same senti-
ments in regard to enforcing the Territorial laws, which had keen so favor-
ably received at Lecompton. Lawrence did not take kindly to his re-
marks, as the following from the Herald of Freedom testifies:

_ _,You wish to know my position in regard to the Territorial laws. Congress has recog-
nized them as binding. A majority of that body gave Whittield a seat, and made appropri-
ations for carrying on the Government. The President has recognized them as valid, and
they must be received as such. (Never! from the multitude.) You must obey them, and
pay the taxes. eee no, never.) There is where Lam at war. with you. (Then let there

e war.) It shall be to the knife, and the knife to the hilt. I say it without excitement,
and wish you to receive it as such; the taxes must be collected, and it becomes the duty of
nly aaa ean to see that they are collected. (Then you bring the Government into
collision with the people.)

The summer of 1857 was one of unparalleled prosperity for Lawrence.
With thé removal of the Missouri River blockade, immigration poured in,
in an ever increasing tide. A local writer says: “ Ali the immigrants were
DOUGLAS

severely afflicted with the ‘Kansas fever,’ and anxious to ‘invest,’
_ Lawrence was the center of attraction. Here all visitors came who wished

to ‘see Kansas.’ Here all emigrants came to get supplies to start for

their destination. Here politicians met to discuss their plans.” The
Leavenworth Herald said one year later: “Every newly-arrived immigrant,
as he stepped upon the levee, shouldered his carpet sack and stopping long
enough to inquire the way to ‘Larance,’ set off toward the Mecca of his
abolition pilgrimage. Business was abundant, money plenty, and lots
on the "ise. Money loaned at 5 and 10 per cent per month, and considered-
cheap at that. It was no uncommon thing for a man to double his money
in a few days, in speculating in town property. Cautious men would come
here from the Hast, shake their wise heads at the folly of these Western
Berar and then in a few weeks be as crazy as the wildest among the
settlers.

In July, the citizens formed a charter and organized a city govern-
ment,* the regulations of which related chiefly to sanitary and kindred
affairs. It quietly attended to its own concerns, abated nuisances, looked
to the efficiency of the fire company, etc., while the United States dra-
goons patiently waited fora chance to arrest somebody. In the meantime,
the Eldridge House was commenced on the site of the old Free State
Hotel. It was 100 feet: front, 117 déep, and four stories high. Large
brick stores and numerous other buildings were erected, and all were
crowded, and everything was “booming.” .

The beginning of the autumn brought achange. The “panic” struck
Lawrence, in common with cities East and West, and the returning spring
did not bring the immigration of preceding ears. The winter had been
kept lively by the session of the Free-State Legislature, but spring with-
out “emigrants” was not worthy the name. May saw a party of emi-
grants—the first in Kansas—leaving Lawrence for Pike’s Peak. The place,
however, continued to grow steadily and permanently during the three
years preceding the war of the rebellion, its population in 1860 being about
twenty-five hundred. The construction of the State University in the
winter of 1862-63, and the starting of the bridge enterprise in the.gpring
of 1863, with the prospect of an extension of the telegraph and railroad
to the place, gave a fresh impetus to business, and during the year its
growth was rapid and substantial.

When Quantrell dealt the fated city the terrible blow of the 21st of
August, 1863, it was in every way prosperous. The history of this dark
deed as here given, is taken entire from a sketch written by Rev. Richard

‘Cordley, of Lawrence, a short time after it occurred, and published in the.

Kansas Annual Register of 1864.

THE LAWRENCE MASSACRE.

The destruction of Lawrence had no doubt been long contemplated
by the rebels of the border. Ever since the war was commenced, rumors
had been constantly circulating of the maturing of such a purpose. Each
rumor called forth efforts for defense. The people had become so accus-
tomed to alarms, as to be almost unaffected by them. At several times
the prospect had been absolutely threatening. This was especially the
case after the battle of Springfield, and again after the capture of Lexing-
ton by the rebels. The people had never felt more secure than for a few
months preceding the raid of last August. The power of the rebellion was
broken in Missouri and the Federal force on the border, while it could
prevent depredations by small gangs, seemed to be sufliciently vigilant
to prevent the gathering of any large force. No rumors of danger had
been received for several months. ,

Still many of the citizens did not feel that the place was entirely safe.
Mayor Collamore, early in the summer, prevailed upon the military au-
thorities to station a squad of soldiers in Lawrence. These soldiers were
under command of Lieut. Hadley, a very efficient officer. Lieut. Hadley
had a brother on Gen. Ewing’s staff. About the 1st of August, this bro-
ther wrote him that his spies had been in Quantrell’s camp, had mingled
freely with his men, and had learned from Quantrell’s clerk that they pro-
posed to make a raid on Lawrence about the full of the moon, which
would be three weeks before the actual raid. He told hisbrother to do all
he could for the defense of the town, to fight them to the last, and never

“be taken prisoner, for Quantrell killed all his prisoners. Lieut. Hadley
showed this ‘letter to Mayor Collamore, who at once set about the work of
putting the town in a state of defense. The militia wascalled out, pickets
detailed, the cannon got in readiness and the country warned. Had Quan-
trell’s gang come, according to promise, they would have been “‘ welcomed
with bloody hands to hospitable graves.” Someone asked Quantrell when
in Lawrence, why he did not come before, when he said he would. He
replied, “You were expecting me then, but I have caught you napping
now.”

It may be asked why the people of Lawrence relaxed their vigilance
so soon, after receiving such authentic evidence of Quantrell’s intention?
The city and military authorities made the fatal mistake of keeping the
grounds of their apprehension a profound secret. Nobody knew. the rea-
son of the preparation. Rumors were afloat, but they could not be traced
to any reliable source. Companies came in from the country, but could

‘not ascertain why they were sent for, and went home to be laughed at by

their neighbors. Unable to find any ground of alarm, people soon began
to think that the rumors were like the other false alarms by which they
had been periodically disturbed for the last two years. The course of the
military authorities tended to strengthen this view.

Mayor Collamore sent to Ft. Leavenworth for cannon and troops.
They were at once sent over, but were met at Lawrence by a dispatch from
headquarters at Kansas City, ordering them back. A few days after, the
squad of soldiers under Lieut. Hadley were ordered away. It was evident,
therefore, that the military authorities at Kansas City, who ought to know,
did not consider the place in danger. The usual sense of security soon re-
turned. Citizens were assured that Quantrell could not penetrate the mili-

 

* See Municipal Organization.

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tary line on the border without detection. They felt sure, too, that he
could not travel fifty miles through a loyal country without their being
informed of the approach of danger. ‘he people never felt more secure,
and never were less prepared than the night before the raid.

Quantrell assembled his gang about noon on the day before the raid,
and started toward Kansas about 2 0’clock. They crossed the border be-
tween 5 and 6 o’clock, and struck directly across the prairie toward Law-
rence. He passed through Gardner, on the Santa Fé road, about 11 o’clock
at night. Here they burned a few houses and killed one or two citizens.
They passed through Hesper, ten miles southeast of Lawrence, between 2
and 3 o’clock. The moon was now down and the night was very dark,
and the road doubtful. They took a little boy from a house on Captain
Creek, near by, and compelled him to guide them into Lawrence. They
kept the boy during their work in Lawrence, and then Quantrell dressed
him in a.new suit of clothes, gave him a horse and sent himhome. They
entered Franklin about the first glimmer of day. They passed quietly
through, lying upon their horses, so as to attract as little attention as pos-
sible. The command, however, was distinctly heard—‘‘ Rush on, boys, it
will be daylight before we are there. We ought to have been there an hour
ago.” From here it began to grow light, and they traveled faster. When
they first came in sight of the town they stopped. Many were inclined to
waver. They said ‘‘ they would be cut in pieces, and it was madness to go
on.’’ Quantrell finally declared that he was going in, and they might fol-
low who would. Two horsemen were sent in ahead to see that all was
quiet in town. These horsemen rode through the town and back without
attracting attention. They were seen going through the main street, but
their appearance there at that hour was nothing unusual. At the house of
Rev. 8. 8. Snyder, a gang turned aside from the main body, entered his

ard and shot him. r. Snyder was a prominent minister among the
nited Brethren. He held a commission as Lieutenantin the Second Col- °
ored Regiment, which, probably accounts for their malignity.

Their progress from here was quite rapid, but cautious. Every now
and then they checked up their horses, asif fearful to proceed. They were
seen approaching by several persons in the outskirts of the town, but in.
the dimness of the morning and the distance, they were supposed to be
Union troops. As they passed the house of Mr. Joseph Savage, half a
mile from town, one of them entered the yardand called at the dvor. Mr.
Savage was just up, and was washing himself. Having weak eyes, he was
longer washing them, and was delayed thereby in going to the door.
When he opened the door the rebel was just going out of the gate. His
weak eyes doubtless saved his life, as he did not suspect the character of
his Visitor. te ;

They passed on in a body till they came to the high ground facing
Main street, when the command was given—*‘ Rush on to the town!’ = In-
stantly ou rushed forward with the yells of demons. The attack was
perfectly planned. Every man knew his place. Detachments scattered
to-every section of the town, and it was done with such promptness and
speed that before people could gather the meaning of their first yell, every
part of the town was full of them. They flowed into every street and.
lane, like water dashed against arock. Eleven rushed up to Mt. Oread,”
from which all the roads leading into the town could be seen for several
miles out. These were to keep watch of the country round about, lest the

eople should gather and come in upon them unawares. Another and

arger squad struck.for the west part of the town, while the main body,
by two or three converging streets, made for the hotel. The first came
upon a camp of recruits for the Kansas Fourteenth. On these they fired
as they passed, killing seventeen out of twenty-two. This attack did not
in the least check the speed of the general advance. A few. turned aside
to run down and shoot fugitive soldiers, but the company rushed on at the
command, ‘‘To the hotel!’ which could be heard all over the town. In
all the bloody scenes which followed, nothing equaled, in wildness and
terror, that which now presented itself. The horsemanship of the guerril-
las was perfect. They rode with that ease and abandon which are acquired
only by a life spent in the saddle, amid desperate scenes. Their horses
scarcely seemed to touch the ground, and the riders sat with bodies and
arms perfectly free, with revolvers on full cock, shooting at every house
and man they passed, and yelling like demons at every bound. On each
side of this stream of fire, as it poured in toward the street, were men fall-
ing dead and wounded, and women and children half dressed, running
and screaming —some trying to escape from danger, and some rushing to
the side of their murdered Petes, 5

They dashed along the main street shooting at every straggler on the
sidewalk, and into almost every window. They halted in front of the
Elbridge House. The firing had ceased and all was silence for a few
minutes. They evidently expected resistance here, and sat gazing at the
rows of windows above them, apparently in fearful suspense. Ina few
moments, Capt. Banks, Provost Marshal of the State, opened a. window
and displayed a white flag and called for Quantrell. Quantrell rode for-
ward, and Banks, as Provost. Marshal, surrendered the house, stipulatin,
for the safety of the inmates. At this moment the big gong of the hote
began to sound gel the halls to arouse thesleepers. At this the whole
column fell back, evidently thinking this the signal for an attack from the
hotel. In a few moments, meeting with no resistance, they pressed for-
ward again, and commenced the work of plunder and destruction. They
ransacked the hotel, robbing the rooms and their inmates. These inmates
they gathered together at the head of the stairs, and when the plundering
was done, marched them across the street on to Winthrop street under a
guard. When they had proceeded a little distance, a ruffian rode up and
ordered a young man out the ranks, and fired two shots at him, but with
no effeet. One of the guards at once interposed, and threatened to kill the
ruffian if one of the prisoners was molested. Quantrell now rode up and
told them the City Hotel, on the river bank, would be protected, because
he had boarded there some years ago, and was well treated. He ordered
the prisoners to go in and stay in, and they would be safe. The prisoners
were as obedient to orders as any of Quantrell’s own men, and lost no
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ime in gaining the house of refuge. This treatment of the prisoners of
the Eldridge House shows that they expected resistance from that point,
and: were relieved by the offer of surrender. They not only promised pro-
tection, but were as good as their word. Other hotels received no such
favors, and had no such experience of rebel honor.

At the Johnson House, they shot at all that showed themselves, and
the prisoners that were finally taken and marched off were shot a few
rods from the house, some of them among the fires of the burning build-
ings. Such was the common fate of those who surrendered themselves as
prisoners. Mr. R. C. Dix was one of these. His house was next door to
the Johnson House, and being fired at in his own house, he escaped to the
Johnson House. Allthe men were ordered to surrender. ‘‘ All we want,”
said a rebel, ‘‘is for the men to give themselves up, and we will spare them
and burn the house.’’? Mr. Dix and others gave themselves up. They
marched them toward town, and when they had gone about 200 feet, the
guards shot them all, one after another. Mr. Hampson, one of the num-
ber, fell wounded, and lay as if dead till he could escape unseen. A
brother of Mr. Dix remained in the shop, and was shot four times through
the window, and fell, almost helpless. The building was burning over his
head, and he was compelled to drag himself out into the next building,
which fortunately was not burned. The air was so still that one building
did not catch fire from another.

After the Eldridge House surrendered, and all fears of resistance were
removed, the ruffians scattered in small gangs to all parts of the town in
search of plunder and blood. The order was ‘‘to burn every house and
kill every man.” Almost every house was visited and robbed, and the men
found in them killed or left, according to the whim or character of the
captors. Some of these seemed completely brutalized, while others
showed some signs of remaining humanity. One lady said, that as gang
after gang came to her house, she always met them herself, and tried to
get them to talking. If she only got them to talking, she could get at
what little humanity was left in them. Those ladies who faced them
boldly fared the best.

. It is doubtful whether the world has ever witnessed such a scene of
horror—certainly not outside the annals of savage warfare. History gives
no parallel. where an equal number of such desperate men, so heavily
armed, were let perfectly loose in an unsuspecting community. The car-
nage was much worse from the fact that the citizens could not believe that
men could be such fiends. Nv one expected an indiscriminate slaughter.
When it was known that the town was in their possession, everybody ex-
pected they would rob and burn the town, kill all military men they could
find, and a few marked characters. But few expected a wholesale mur-
der. Many who could have escaped, therefore remained, and were slain.
For this reason the colored people fared better than the whites. They
knew the men which slavery had made, and they ran to the brush at the
first alarm. A gentleman who was concealed where he could see the
whole, said the scene presented was the most perfect realization of the
slang phrase, “‘hell let loose,” that ever could be imagined. Most of the
men had the look of wild beasts; they were dressed roughly and swore
terribly. They were mostly armed with a carbine, and with from two to
six revolvers strapped around them. It is doubtful whether 300 such men
were ever let perfectly loose before.

The surprise was so complete that no organized resistance was possi-
ble. Before people could fully comprehend the real state of the case,
every part of the town was full of rebels, and there was no possibility of
rallying. Even the recruits in camp were so taken by surprise that they
were not in their places. The attack could scarcely have been made at a
worse hour. The soldiers had i taken in their camp guard, and people
were just waking from sleep. By some fatal mistake the authorities had
kept thearms of the city in the public armory, instead of in each man’s house.
There could be no general resistance therefore from the houses. When
the rebels gained possession of the main street. the armory was inaccessi-
ble to the citizens, and the judicious disposition of squads of rebels in other
parts of the town, prevented even a partial rally at any point. There
was no time nor opportunity for consultation, or ‘concert of action, and
every man had to do the best he could for himself. A large number, how-
ever, did actually start with what arms they had toward the street. Most
saw at once that the street could not be reached, and turned back. Some
went forward and perished. Mr. Levi Gates lived about a mile in the
country, in the opposite direction from that by which the rebels
entered. :

As soon as he heard the firing in town, he started with his rifle, supposing
that a stand would be made by the citizens. When he got to town, he
saw at once that the rebels had possession. He was an excellent marks-
man, and could not leave without trying his rifle. The first shot made the
rebel jump in the saddle but did not kill him. He loaded again and fired
one more shot, when the rebels came on him and killed him, and after he
was dead, brutally beat his head to pieces.

Mr. G. W. Bell, County Clerk, lived on the side hill, overlooking the
town. He saw the rebels before they made their charge. He seized his
musket and cartridge box, with the hope of reaching the main street be-
fore them. His family endeavored to dissuade him, telling him he would
certainly be killed. “They ay kill me, but they cannot kill the princi-
ples I fight for. If they take Lawrence, they must do it over my dead
body.”” With a prayer for courage and help he started. But he was too
late; the street was occupied before he could reach it. He endeavored
then to get around by a back way, and come to the ravine west of the
street. Here he met other citizens. He asked: “Where shall we meet?’
They assured him it was too late to meet anywhere, and urged him to
save himself. He turned back apparently intending to get home again.
The rebels were now scattered in all directions, and he was in the midst
of them. A friend urged him to throw his musket away, which he did.
Finding escape impossible, he went into an unfinished brick house and
got up on the joists above, together with another man. A rebel came. in
and began shooting at them. He interceded for his friend, and soon found

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

that the rebel was an old acquaintance who had often eaten at his table.
He appealed 1o him in such a way that he promised to save both their
lives for old acquaintance sake, if they would come down. They came
down, and the rebel took him out to about twenty of his companions out-
side. ‘Shoot him! shoot him!’ was the cry at once. He asked for a
moment to pray, which they granted, and then shot him with four balls.
His companion was wounded and lay for dead but afterward recovered.
The treacherous rebel who deceived and afterward murdered him, after-
ward went to his house and said to his wife, who was ignorant of her hus-
band’s fate: ‘‘We have killed your husband and we have come to burn
his house.” They fired it, but the family saved it. Mr. Bell was a man
of excellent character, and leaves a wife and six children to miss and
mourn him.

What little resigtance was offered to the rebels developed their cow-
ardice as much as the general license given them developed their brutal-
ity. On the opposite bank of the river, twelve soldiers were stationed.
When the rebels first came into town, they filled Massachusetts street clear
to the river bank, firing into ee house and robbing every stable. ‘They
even attempted to cut the rope of the ferry; but these brave boys on the
opposite side made free use of their rifles, firing at every Butternut that
came in sight. Their minie balls went screaming up the street, and it
was not many minutes before that section of the town was pretty much
deserted ; and if one of the ruffians by chance passed along that way, he
was very careful not to expose himself to the bullets from across the river.
The result was, all that section of the town which stretched along the river
bank was saved. In this section stood Gov. Robinson’s house, which
was the first inquired for; here.was the armory, which they took posses-
sion of early, but left it with the most of its guns unharmed.

Another evidence of their cowardice was shown in the fact that very.

few stone houses were molested. They shunned almost all houses which
were closed tightly, so that they could not see in, when the inmates did not
show themselves. There is a deep ravine, wooded, but narrow, whichruns
os through the center of the town. Into this many citizens
escaped.
They often chased men into this ravine, shooting at them all the way; but
they never followed one into the ravine itself, and seldom followed up to
the brink ; whenever they came near to it, they would shy off as if expect-
ing a stray shot. The corn-field west of the town was full of refugees; the
rebels rode up to the edge often, asif longing to go in and butcher those who
had escaped them, but a wholesome fear that it might be a double game
restrained them. A Mrs. Hindman lives on the edge of this corn-field;
they came repeatedly to her house for water; the gang insisted on knowing
what ‘‘wasinthatcorn-field?’’ The brave woman replied, ‘‘Go in and see.
You will find it the hottest place you have been in to-day.’’ Having been
to carry drink to the refugees, she could testify to the heat. The rebels
took her word and left. So every little ravine and thicket round the out-
skirts of the town was shunned as if a viper Lad been init. Thus scores
of lives were saved that would otherwise have been destroyed.

In almost every case where a determined resistance was offered, the
rebels withdrew. Mr. A. K. Allen lives ina large brick house. A gang
came to his door and ordered him out. ‘‘ No," replied the old gentleman;
“if you want anything of me, come where I am; I am good for five of
you.”” They took his word for it, and he and his house were thence-
forth unmolested. The two Messrs. Rankin were out in the street trying
to gain a certain house, when they were overtaken by six of the ruffians ;
they at once turned and faced their foes, drew their revolvers and began
to fire, when the whole six broke and fied. The cowards evidently did
not come to fight, but to murder and steal.

We can only give a few of the incidents of the massacre as specimens
of the whole. The scenes of horror we describe must -be multiplied till’
the amount reaches 180, the number of killed and wounded.

Gen. Collamore, Mayor of the city, was awakened by their shouts
around his house. His house was evidently well-known, and they struck
for it first to prevent his taking measures for defense. When he looked
out, the house was surrounded ; escape was impossible ; there was but one
hiding place, the well; he at once went into the well; the enemy entered
the house and searched for the owner, swearing and threatening all the
while ; failing to find him, they fired the house, and waited round to see
it burn. Mrs. Collamore went out and spoke to her husband while the fire
was burning; but the house was so near the well that when the flames
burst out they shot over the well and the fire fell in. When the flames
subsided, so that the well could be approached, nothing could be seen of
Mr. Collamore or the man who descended into the well with him. After
the rebels had gone, Mr. Lowe, an intimate friend of Gen. Collamore,
went at once down the well to seek for him; the rope supporting him
broke, and he also died in the well, and three bodies were drawn from its
cold water,

At Dr. Griswold’s, there were four families ; the Doctor and his lady
had just returned the evening before, from a visit East; Hon. 8. M.
Thorp, State Senator ; Mr. J. C. Trask, editor of the State Journal ; Mr.
G. W. Baker, grocer, with their ladies, were boarding with Dr. Griswold’s
family. The house was attacked about the same time as Gen. Collamore’s.
They called for the men to come out; when they did not obey very read-
ily, they assured them “they should not be harmed; if the citizens quietly
surrendered _it might save the town.” This idea brought them out at
once. Mr. Trask said, “If it will help to save the town, tet us go.” They
went down stairs and out of doors; the ruffians ordered them to get into
line and to march before them toward the town. They had scarcely gone
twenty feet from the yard, before the whole four were shot down. Dr.
Griswold and Mr. Trask were killed at once ; Mr. Thotp and Mr. Baker
wounded, but apparently dead. The ladies attempted to come to their
husbands from the house, but were driven back. A guard was stationed
just below, and every time any of the ladies attempted to go from the
house to their dying friends, this guard would dash up at full speed and,
with oaths and threats, drive them back. After the bodies had Tain about

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half an hour, a gang rode up, rolled them over and shot them again. Mr.
Baker received his only dangerous wound at this shot ; after shooting the
men, the ruffians went in and robbed the house ; they demanded even the
personal jewelry of the ladies. .Mrs. Trask begged for the privilege of
retaining her wedding ring, “‘ You have killed my husband; Jet me keep
his ring?” ‘‘No matter,” replied the heartless fiend, and snatched the
relic from her hand. Dr. Griswold was one of the principal druggists of
the, place; Mr. Thorp was State Senator; Mr. Trask, editor of the State
Journal, and Mr. Baker, one of the leading grocers of the place. Mr.
Thorp ltmgered in great pain till the next day, when he died. Mr. Baker,
after long suspense, recovered. He was shot through the neck, through
the arm and through the lungs. -

The most brutal murder was that of Judge Cagpenter. Several gangs
called at his house and robbed him of all he had, but his genial manner
was too much for them, and they all left him alive and his house standing.
Toward the last, another gang came, more brutal than the rest. They
asked_him where he was from. He replied, ‘New York.” ‘It is you
New York fellows that are doing the mischief in Missouri,” one replied,
and drew his revolver to shoot him. - Mr. Carpenter ran into the house,
up stairs, then down again, the ruffian after him, and firing at every turn.
He finally eluded them and slipped into the cellar. He was already badly
wounded, so that the blood lay in pools in the cellar, where he stood for a
few minutes. His hiding place was soon discovered, and he was driven
out of the cellar into the yard and shot again. He fell mortally wounded.
His wife threw herself onto him, and covered him with her person to
shield him from further violence. The ruffian deliberately walked around
her, to find a place to shoot under her, and finally raised her arm and put
his revolver under it, and fired so that she could see the ball enter his
head. They then fired the house, but through the energy of the wife’s
sister, the fire was extinguished. This sister is the wife of Rev. G. C.
Morse. of Emporia, who was making her first visit to her sister’s

couse.

The Judge had been married less than a year. He was a young man,but
had already won considerable distinction in his profession. He had held
the office of Probate Judge for Douglas County, and a year ago was can-
didate for Attorney General of the State. ;

Mr. Fitch was called down stairs and instantly shot. Although the second
ball was probably fatal, they continued to fire until they lodged six or
eight balls in his lifeless body. They then began to fire the house. Mrs.
Fitch endeavored to drag the remains of her husband from the house, but
was forbidden. She then endeavored to save his miniature, but was for-
bidden to do this. Stupified by the scene, and the brutality exhibited to-
ward her, she stood there gazing at the strange work going on around her,
utterly unconscious of her position or her danger. Finally one of the ruf-
fians compelled her to leave the house, or she would probably have been
consumed with the rest. Driven out, she went and sat down with her
three little ones in front, and watched the house consumed over the remains
of her husband. Mr. Fitch was a young man of excellent character and
spirit. He was one of the ‘‘first settlers” of Lawrence, and taught the
first school in the place.

James Perine and James Eldridge were clerks inthe ‘‘ Country Store.”
They were sleeping in the store when the attack was made, and could not
escape. ‘The rebels came into the store and ordered them to open the safe,
promising to spare their lives. The moment the safe door tlew open they
shot both of them dead, and left them on the floor. They were both very
promising young men, about seventeen years of age.

Mr. Burt was standing by a fence, when one of the rebels rode up to
him and demanded his money. He handed up his pocket-book, and as
the rebel took the pocket-book with one hand, he shot Mr. Burt with the
other. Mr. Murphy, a short distance up the same street, was asked for a
drink of water. He brought out the water, and as the fiend took the cup
with his left hand, he shot his benefactor with his right hand.: Mr. Mur-
phy was over sixty years of age. Mr. Ellis, a German blacksmith, ran
into the corn in the park, taking his little child with him. For some time
he remained concealed, but the child growing weary began to cry. The
rebels outside hearing the cries, ran in and killed the father, leaving the
child in its dead father’s arms. Mr. Allbranch, a German, was sick in bed.
They ordered the house cleared that they might burn it. The family car-
ried out the sick man on a mattress, and laid him in the yard, when the
rebels came out and killed him on his bed, unable to rise. This was a
species of cruelty, to which savages have never yet attained.

As the scene at their entrance was one of the wildest, the scene after
their departure was one of the saddest that ever met mortal gaze. Massa-
chusetts street was one bed of embers. On this one street, seventy-five
buildings, containing at least twice that number of places of business and
offices, were destroyed. The dead lay all along the sidewalk, many of
them so burned that they could not be recognized, and could scarcely be
taken up. Here and there among the embers, could be seen the bones of
those who had perished in the buildings and been consumed. On two
sides of another block lay seventeen bodies. Almost the first sight that
met. our gaze was a father, almost frantic, looking for the remains of his
son among the embers of his office. The work of gathering and burying
the dead soon began. From every quarter they were being brought in,
until the floor of the Methodist Church, which was taken as a sort of hos-
pital, was covered with dead and wounded. In almost every house could
be heard the wail of the widow and orphan. The work of burial was sad
and wearying. Coffins could not be procured. Many carpenters were
killed, and most of the living had lost their tools. But they rallied nobly,
and worked night and day, making pine and walnut boxes, fastening them

. together with the burnt nails gathered from the ruins ‘of the stores. It
sounded rather harsh to the ear of the owner, to have the lid natled over
over the bodies of their loved ones; but it was the best that could be
done. ‘

Thus the work went on for three days, till 122 were deposited in the cem-

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etery, and many others in their own yards. Fifty-three were buried in
one Jong grave. Early on the morning after the massacre, our attention
was attracted by loud wailings. We went in the direction of the sound,
and among the ashes of a large building, sat a woman, holding in her hands
the blackened skull of her husband, who was shot and burned in that place.
Her cries could be heard over the whole desolated town, and added much
to the feeling of sadness and horror which filled every heart.

The whole number of persons known to be killed, or who died from
wounds, was 143. It is probable that others were killed and burned and
never found. There were about twenty-five wounded, most of them se-
verely. Only two of the wounded have since died; the rest are recovering.
Several men are now walking the streets who had balls through their
heads or lungs.

The loss of property has been variously estimated; some putting it as
low as $750,000, and others as high as $2,500,000. We think it cannot fall
below $1,500,000.

The business of the place was mainly on Massachusetts street,
between Winthrop and Warren—a space of about 1,800 feet. This
was one continued line’ of stores on both sides. In this space,
about seventy-five buildings were destroyed. Only one block, con-
taining two stores, remained, and those two stores were robbed.
On the lower end of the street, there also remain two or three
small buildings and one grocery store. In other parts of the town
there were about seventy-five dwelling houses burned. As many
more were fired, but saved by the women. The loss in buildings and goods
‘could be very nearly estimated. But these by no means constitute the
whole. All the rooms over the stores were occupied as offices, or by fam-
ilies. The loss in the Eldridge House alone was beyond all the estimates

et made. The original cost of the house is said to have been $70,000.

n the lower story were five stores and a Jaw office. In these stores were
doubtless $60,000 in goods. There were sixty inmates in the hotel, with
their personal baggage. Many of these were families boarding perman-
ently, with all their personal and household goods there. Estimating the
building at its original cost, the loss in that house would not fall much
short of $150,000. Then almost every house in town was robbed, and
every man, woman and child that could be found. On their way out of
town, also, the rebels burned a large share of the farm houses along their
route for about ten miles, when they were overtaken by citizens in
pursuit.

In this narrative we have not pretended to give all the details, but only
a part of those that have come to our knowledge in the regular perform-
ance of duty. Every house was a story almost as thrilling as any to which
we have referred.

From the effects of the raid, Lawrence is recovering with unparalleled
rapidity. Before the fire was out, rebuilding commenced. Five large
brick stores, commenced before the raid, were pushed at once to comple-
tion. Every burnt store, whose walls were left standing, was at once re-
paired. A large number of new stores were commenced. Some one
hundred and fifty buildings* have been built, rebuilt, or moved in since
the raid. The building of the bridge was scarcely interrupted. Itis now
completed. The telegraph line has also been extended to this place, and
for some time has been in operation. Two of the newspapers existing
before the raid, have been resumed—one of them daily. The Union Pa-
cific Railroad has been graded to a point opposite the town. Churches
and schools have been kept up without interruption. One year will almost
obliterate the real marks of Quantrell’s steps—

“ Freedom’s battle once begun,

Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son,
Though bafiled oft, is always won.”

EARLY SCHOOLS OF LAWRENCE.

The first school taught in Lawrence, as before mentioned, was com-
menced January 16, 1855, by Edward P. Fitch, who came from Hopkin-
ton, Mass. The schoolroom was Dr. Robinson’s back office, in the Emi-
grant Aid Building, which stood on the lot north of the National Bank
building. The school term was three and one-half months; there were
about twenty scholars in attendance, and the teacher was paid by private
subscription. s

The second teacher was Miss Kate Kellogg, also from Massachusetts,
who opened a school in the same place about the 16th of the following
June. She was employed and paid by Dr. Robinson, and taught three
months. At the close of her term, she returned East and married a physi-
cian, who was afterward killed in the war for the Union.

On account of the election troubles in the spring of 1855, and the
Wakarusa war, there was no more school until the spring of 1856, when
the third term was opened, also in the Emigrant Aid Building, by Miss
Lucy M. Wilder. Her school was in session on the memorable 21st of
May, 1856, when “‘ Sheriff” Jones and United States Marshal Donaldson
entered Lawrence with the hordes of ‘‘ border ruffians.’’ The disturbance
caused by them scattered the school, but it re-assembled when quiet was
restored Miss Wilder had come from Massachusetts with her father,
Abram Wilder, in the spring of 1855.

During the spring or summer of 1856, Miss Henrietta Ross, also from
Massachusetts, taught a short time over Faxon’s meat market.

On March 30, 1857, the ‘‘ Quincy high school” was opened in the Emi-
grant Aid Building, but on the 2d of April, removed to the basement
rooms of the Unitarian Church, which was then approaching completion.
C. L. Edwards, from Massachusetts, was employed as Principal, and Miss
Lucy M. Wilder as assistant. During a portion of the summer, a school
for young pupils was taught in the vestry of the church by Miss Daven-

ort.
. In the winter of 1857-58, a public school was taught by C. L. Ed-
wards, principal, assisted by Misses Lucy M. Wilder, Sarah A. Brown,

 

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Mary Boughton and Isabella G. Oakley. The money was raised by popu-
lar subscription. .

In the spring of 1858, the schools were organized with Dr. A. New-
man and John M. Coe, Esq., as trustees. The teachers were C. L. Edwards
and Miss Lucy M. Wilder in the higher department; Misses Sarah A.
Brown and Lizzie Haskell, intermediate; and Miss Isabella G. Oakly, in
the primary department. The spring term opened April 5, and continued
thirteen weeks. The fall term opened September 6, and continued twelve
weeks. The winter term opened December 18, with Miss Haskell and Miss
H. M. Felt in the high school.

On February 7, 1859, C. L. Edwards, who had been elected County
Superintendent of Schools the preceding November, resigned his position
as Principal of the nie school, and was succeeded by C. W. Adams.

. During the year 1858, the question of the establishment of a Univer-
sity was agitated, and through the active exertions of Dr. Miner and Rev.
William Bishop, a Board of Trustees was organized and operations com-
menced. The majority of the Trustees were Presbyterians. In 1859,
work was commenced upon a building on Mount Oread, and the founda-
tion laid of what is now North College, and during the summer a pri-
mary department of Lawrence University was opened in connection with
Mr. Edward’s private school. Presbyterian friends in the East were to
have contributed $10,000, but failed to do so, and in consequence work
upon the building ceased, and a new organization was effected under the
auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1860, Simeon M. Thorp
became Principal of the schools, succeeeding C. W. Adams, who entered
the army, and ultimately became Colonel of the Tenth Kansas.

In 1861, the organization of the school system was improved, and a
new, unsalaried Board of Trustees elected, consisting of L. Bullene, John
Wilder and T. D. Thacher.
Council appointed B. W. Woodward to fill the vacancy, October 10, 1861.
Notwithstanding the poverty of the city, the schools were kept in opera-
tion through the years of the war up tothe time of the Quantrell raid,
which was in many ways such a terrible experience to the city. The city
then owned no school buildings, but used the basement of the Unitarian
Church, the Methodist Church on Vermont street, Turner’s Hall on New
York street, and any other rooms needed that could be obtained. The
city now owns ten substantial buildings conveniently located. Through
all her discouragements, difficulties aud dangers, Lawrence has maintained
a high rank in her educational advantages, and in this as in many other
respects, may justly be proud of her record.

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.

Soon after the settlement of Lawrence, Amos A. Lawrence instructed
Dr. Robinson, agent of the Emigrant Aid Company, located at Lawrence,
to commence the erection of a building to be used for a school, prepara-
tory to a college or university. Excavation was made and stone procured
for the foundation of such building, on the north end of Mt. Oread, where
now stands the old college building, but the question of title being raised,
work was discontinued. :

Before anything further was done, Mr. Lawrence gave Dr. Robinson
and §S. C. Pomeroy, as trustees, two promissory notes of $5,000 each,
against the Lawrence University of Appleton, Wis., to be used as an en-
dowment for a college or university at Lawrence, Kan.

He instructed the trustees to expend the interest of these notes, one-
half for the benefit of the Sunday School Union at Philadelphia, which had
an agent in Kansas, and the other half for the support of a model school
in Lawrence. The interest so long as paid was thus expended, that por-
tion for the model school being paid to C. L. Edwards, of the Quincy
School at Lawrence. Upon the location of the State University at Law-
rence, the trustees, with the approval of Mr. Lawrence, turned the notes
over to the State, for the bencilt of the university.

An institution of learning was opened April 11, 1859, under the aus-
pices of the Presbyterian Church. This institution was called ‘‘ The Uni-
versity of Lawrence.’’ Rev. William Bishop, A. M., was President; C. L.
Edwards, Principal of Academic and Normal departments; and Rev.
Charles Reynolds, Associate Instructor. The Presbyterian Board of Edu-
cation contributed $2,000 toward the erection of a callers building. Con-
tributions from citizens enabled the trustees to lay the foundation for the
building known as the North College, on Mt. Oread. At this point work
on the building was suspended, owing to lack of funds, and a new organi-
zation was effected, under the control of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
On the 9th of January, 1861, a new charter was granted by the Legisla-
ture to the university, and the name changed to the ‘‘ Lawrence Univer-
sity of Kansas.” Fresh contributions were received from various sources,
and the new trustees were enabled to proceed with and complete the con-
struction of the building. The edifice was fifty feet square, three stories
high, and contained eleven rooms.

On the 29th of January, 1861, the Act of Congress was approved
which set apart and reserved for the use and support of a State Universit
in Kansas, seventy-two Sections, or 46,080 acres of lahd. This liberal gift
was accepted by the State.

During the session of 1863, the question of the location of the uni-

_versity came up and occupied the attention of the Legislature, and also
the question of the location of the charitable institutions of the State.
Emporia and Lawrence were competitors for the university. The fact that
Lawrence had to offer to the university the $10,000, with accrued interest,
donated by Hon. Amos A. Lawrence, in connection with the fact that the
city would also donate a building site of forty acres, had great weight
with the Legislature when the question came up for final action. The
matter was pending in the Legislature until near the close of the session,
when, upon a test vote in Committee of the Whole, Lawrence won over
Emporia by a majority of one, in a vote of 101. In this contest, ex-Gov.
Eskridge led in the debate for Emporia, and Hon. James S. Emery for
his own home, Lawrence.

Immediately on the settlement of this question, the charitable insti-

The latter gentleman resigned, and the City °

HISTORY OF KANSAS

tutions were distributed around to different towns—the Normal School to
Emporia; the Asylum for the Insane to Osawatomie; the Asylum for the
Blind to Wyandotte, and the Asylum for the Deaf-Mutes to Olathe.

The question of the co-education of the sexes was discussed with great
interest and earnestness during the session of 1864, and upon the final vote
carried by asmall majority. ‘Thus the University of Kansas was the first
State institution in the United States to adopt this reform in education,
although private institutions further east had been the pioneers in this
direction. : noes

According to the charter of the university, the object in establishing
it was: ‘To provide the inhabitants of this State with the means of ac-
quiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science
and the arts.” Six departments of instruction were specified, viz., science,
literature and the arts; law; medicine; theory and practice of elementary
instruction; agriculture, and the normal department. By an act of the
Legislature, passed March 1, 1864, the general management of the uni-
versity was vested in a Board of Regents and twelve members, and the
State Superintendent of Instruction and the Secretary of State were ex
officio members of the board. Subsequently, by an act which took effect
March 13, 1873, the number of members of the Board of Regents was
changed to seven, six of them to be appointed by the Governor, by and
with the consent of the Senate, and the seventh to be elected by the six
appointed, and the latter to be Chancellor or President of the Board.

The Board of Regents has power to appoint a requisite number of
professors and tutors and such other officers as may be deemed expedient,
and to determine the amount of their respective salaries; to regulate the
course of instruction, and: to prescribe, under the advice of the professors,
the books and authorities to be used in the several departments, and also
to confer such degrees and to grant such diplomas as are usually conferred
and granted by other universities.

‘he following named gentlemen constituted the first Board of Regents-
Solon O. Thacher, Charles Robinson, James S. Emery, George Ww. Pad,
dock, Daniel P. Mitchell, Isaac T. Goodnow, R. A. Barker, J. D. Liggett:
C. B. Lines, C. K. Holliday, E. M. Bartholow, T. C. Sears, W. A. Starrett
and Joseph L. Wever. | 7

The first meeting of the Board was held in the City Council rooms
March 21, 1865. At this meeting, Rev. R. W. Oliver was elected Chancel-
lor of the University and arrangements were made for opening a prepara-
tory school as soon as the citizens of Lawrence should provide suitable
rooms for the same, free of charge to the State. .

As showing the non-sectarian character of the institution, the follow-
ing quotation is made from the law of March 1, 1864, above referred to:
Ny ot more than three of the regents shall be members of the same relig-
ious denomination, no sectarian tenets or opinions shall be required to en-
title any person to be admitted as a student in the University, and no such
tenets or opinions shall be required as a qualification for any person as
a tutor or professor of said University.”

The first Faculty of the University was elected July 19, 1866, as fol-
lows: Elial J. Rice, A. M., to the chair of Mental and Moral Science
and Belles Lettres; David H. Robinson, A. B., to the chair of Languages;
Frank H. Snow, A. M., to the chair of Mathematics and Natural Science.
The salaries of these Professors were fixed at $1,600 per annum. Albert
Newman, M. D., was appointed lecturer on Hygiene and Medical Science.
Chancellor Oliver formally presided in opening the school September 12,
and on December 5, 1866, Prof. Rice was elected President of the Faculty.
5 ae Cynthia A. Smith was electeda member of the Faculty August

Rev. Mr, Oliver resigned the Chancellorship, and was succeeded by Gen.
John Frazer, A. M., December 4, 1867. It was decided at this time that
the Chancellor is ex officio President of the Faculty, and the chair of Phil-
osophy and Belles Lettres was placed in his hands. The Chancellor met
with the Board of Regents August 5, 1868, at which time the Faculty was
re-organized, so as to conform to the above decisions.

he total number of students in the catalogue for the school year
1866-67, was 55; males, 26; females, 29—all in the Preparatory Depart-
ment. Thirty-nine students paid $331 tuition; the rest were admitted free
under the law providing for the admission free of orphans of deceased
soldiers, and those made orphans by the Quantrill raid.

It was not long before more room was needed than- was furnished by
the ‘North College.” The question of a new building was agitated by
the Board of Regents, and various plans proposed for procuring the neces-
sary means. The Chancellor's report, December 7, 1870, brought the sub-

ect very prominently before the public. A meeting of the eitizens of

awrence was held February 8, 1871, which was addressed, among others,
by Gen. Frazer, Chancellor of the University, with great force and elo-
quence, and as a result of the ae the citizens voted with great
unanimity bonds to the amount of $100,000 to be applied to the construction
of anew university building. The report of the Board of Regents for
1872 credits the city of Lawrence as follows:

 

 

 

Estimated value of first building and site....ssccsscssssccssccecescsssssssseessanseseeeesesseseeeses $ 30,000
Estimated value of site for second building 40,000
Amos Lawrence fund transferred............. 10,000
Amount voted by city for MEW DULGING........ce.sccsssecessessccsssscssesnasssreceessssesereeeaseess 100,000

$180,000

The above statement is not specifically correct. The first item of
$30,000, although in strictness it may be said to have been contributed by
the.city of Lawrence, yet it is but just to record the fact that about $13,-
000, with which the Dae was completed, was transferred to the city,
possibly to the university direct, by the contributors to the fund, raised
mainly in St. Louis, Chicago and Boston, for the relief of the sufferers by
the eagle raid.

he site for the second building was mainly a donation from Governor
and Mrs. Robinson; he giving nineteen acres, she twenty-one. The Gov-
ernor received in exchange for his nineteen acres a block of land 600x250
feet, immediately south of the east half of the site of North College.
DOUGLAS

Mrs. Robinson receivingin exchange for her twenty-one acres, ten acres of
land lying one-half mile west of the site of the’new building. The aggre-
gate value of the forty acres donated by them being about three times that
of the block and ten acres received in exchange.

The Amos Lawrence fund was not transferred by the city of Lawrence
but by the trustees of the fund, Gov. Robinson and 8. C. Pomeroy, with
the consent of Mr. Lawrence.

The $100,000 is properly credited to the city of Lawrence.

The Legislature of 1872 appropriated $50,000 toward the completion
of the building. This sum was suflicient to plaster all the rooms, and to
finish those in the north wing on the first and second floors. Apparatus
for heating the whole building by steam was put in, and in the fall of
1872, the new apartments were occupied. Fourteen additional rooms were
finished in the fall of 1876, at an outlay of $5,000, and in 1877, $10,000
was expended in finishing the audience room and principal corridors.
University Hall was formally opened on the 22d of November, 1877.

_ The University buildings are constructed of native limestone. The
dimensions of North College have been given. The new building is 246
feet long, 98 feet wide in the center, wings 62 feet each; main audience
room 94 feet long and 56 wide, observatories 95 feet high. There are fifty-
four rooms in the building. In the north dome, under the vane and ane-
mometer, there is a complete outfit of apparatus for taking weather obser-
vations. In the natural history rooms of the south wing, are the cabinets
of mineralogy and geology, and more than seventy-five thousand speci-
mens of plants, insects, birds and beasts.

The main endowment of the University is the 46,080 acres of land
granted by Congress. Of this, 29,597 acres had been sold prior to April 1,
1880, At the session of the Legislature of 1879, the prices previously fixed
upon these lands, ranging from $3 to $9 per acre, were reduced 25 per
cent, the rate of interest on deferred payments reduced from 10 to 7 per
cent, and the time extended from ten to twenty years, one-tenth to be paid
down and the balance in nineteen equal annual installments with interest.
Seven thousand two hundred acres were sold within six weeks after the
new conditions of sale were announced, and at the present writing (June,
1882), only 700 ‘acres remain unsold. The principal arising from the sale
of these lands is invested by the State Board of Education, the interest
only being available for the payment of the current expenses of the
institution.

Since the first opening of the University as a State institution, 2,381
students have been enrolled. They have been of both sexes, in about
equal numbers, no difference in the courses of study having been made on
account of sex. Since 1873, eighty-eight have graduated in the depart-
ment of science, literature and art; and since 1877, thirty-six in the Nor-
mal Department. The great majority of the students have spent but a
few months at the University.

The names of the Regents since 1865, have been as follows: Ex-Gov.
Charles Robinson, Rev. J. D. Liggett, E. M. Bartholow, Hon. Theodore
C. Sears, Hon. James §. Emery, Hon. Cyrus K. Holliday, Hon. C. B.
Lines, Hon. Solon O. Thacher, Rev. George W. Paddock, Rev. William
A. Starrett, Hon. R. G. Elliott, Hon. F. W. Giles, Hon. George A. Craw-
ford. Hon. John A. Halderman, Rev. J. G. Reaser, Hon. H. D. McCarty,
Hon. W. H. Smallwood, Hon. J. J. Woods, Rev. Daniel P. Mitchell, Dr.
Joseph L. Wever, Hon. Isaac Goodnow, Hon. R. A. Barker, Rev. H. D.
Fisher, Rev. Peter McVicar, Rev. William C. Tenney, Right Rev. Thomas
H. Vail, Hon. William Fairchild, Rev. Archibald Beatty, D. D., Rev.
John A. Anderson, Hon. V. P. Wilson, Rev. Francis T. Ingalls, Hon. N.
C. McFarland, Rev. T. F. Houts. Hon. Milton W. Reynolds, B. W. Wood-
ward, R. N. Hershfield, Dr. J. W. Scott, Hon. T. D. Thacher, Rev. E.
peel, Hon. 8. 8S. Benedict, Hon. George R. Peck and Mrs. Cora M.

owns.

The following named gentlemen have been Chancellors of the Uni-
versity: Rev. Robert W. Oliver, D. D., 1865-67; Gen. John Frazer, LL.
D., 1867-75; and Rev. James Marvin, D. D., 1875.

The following have been professors in the University: Rev. Elial J.
Rice, A. M., 1866-67; David H. Robinson, A. M., 1866; Frank H. Snow,
A. M., 1866; Cynthia A. Smith, 1867-69; John Horner, A. M., 1867-68;
Fred W. Bardwell, B. S., 1869-78; Elizabeth P. Leonard, 1869-74; Rev.
D. Otis Kellogg, D. D., 1870-74; Fred E. Stimpson, B. 8., 1871-74; A. J
8. Molinard, 1871-72; S. W. Y. Schimonsky, 1872-74; Byron C. Smith, A
M., 1872-75; George E. Patrick, M. 8., 1874; Ephraim Miller. A. M., 1874;
William T. Gage, A. M., 1874-75; James H. Canfield, A. M., 1877; Frances
Schlegel, 1874; Kate Stephens, A. M., 1878; H. S. S. Smith, C. E., 1879; P.
J. Williams, D. D., 1881; Rev. L. W. Spring, A. B., 1881; William H.
Carruth, A. B., 1882.

The instructors placed in charge of established chairs, or employed to
fill vacancies, have been as follows: Daniel P. English, Ph. D., 1875-76;
Frank O. Marvin, A. M., 1875-76-78; P. J. Williams, D. D.. 1876-77; J.S.
Shearer, A. M., 1876-77; J. A. Wickersham; B. 8., 1876-78; A. Gertrude
Boughton, A. B., 1876; Alcinda L. Morrow, 1877-80; J. W. Gleed, A. B.,
1879; William H. Carruth, A. B., 1879-82; G. W. F. Smith, A. B., 1880-81.

The following named gentlemen have been employed as special in
structors: Albert Newman, M. D., Lecturer on Physiology and Hygiene,
1866-75; William H. Saunders, M. D., Lecturer on Chemistry, 1870-72; T.
J. Cook, Vocal Music, 1867-69; S. M. Newhall, Vocal Music, 1869-70; J.
E. Bartlett, Vocal Music, 1870-78, and 1876-77; Clara L. Morris, Piano
Music, | 1877-82; Louis Bhrgott, Piano and Vocal Music, 1877-79; Mary
W. Grew, 1881-82; R. A. Lehman, 1882.

The University library contains 5,500 volumes, and 1,780 unbound
pamphlets. $1,000 per year is expended in the purchase of books. Great
care has been exercised in eoeeing fhe books for this library,-and it em-
braces some of the best works on Language and Literature, Philosophy,
History, Biography, Mathematics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Nat-
ural History, Art, Poetry, Metaphysics, Political Economy, Sociology, etc.

The post-graduate degrees are conferred_upon the completion of a
regular course of study preparatory thereto. Each candidate for a second

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degree is required to devote two hours daily, five days in each week of the
university year, for three years, to a certain course of study. There are
two courses of study, a general and a special one, either of which may be
pursued by the candidate for a post-graduate degree. The special course
comprises three years’ study in any one of seventeen different branches of
knowledge, and the general course may comprise any two or three of these
special courses, so combined as to make the aggregate amount of time the
same as that required to be devoted to a special course. Noscholastic de-
gree is conferred except upon a satisfactory examination of the candidate.

The present Board of Regents is as follows: Hon. J. W. Scott, Iola,
term expires 1888; Hon. T. D. Thacher, Lawrence, term expires 1883;
Hon. V. P. Wilson, Abilene, term expires 1884; Mrs. Cora M. Downs,
Wyandotte, term expires 1884; Hon. George R. Peck, Topeka, term expires
1885; Hon. S. S. Benedict, Guilford, term expires 1885; Rev. James Mar-
vin, D. D., Chancellor. it

The present professors and instructors are those in the list given above,
whose terms of service are not marked expired.

STATE ASYLUM FOR IMBECILES.

The sum of $16,080 was appropriated by the Legislature of 1881
for the purpose of establishing an asylum for the education of the feeble-
minded and imbecile youth of Kansas, and the first building that was oc-
cupied by the State University at Lawrence was set apart for the tempo-
rary use of the institution. In June, 1881, the Board of Trustees of the
State Charitable Institutions took possession of the building, and in mak-
ing the necessary repairs on the same expended of the appropriation $1,200.
On September 1, 1881, the institution was opened for the reception of pu-
pils, the officials in charge being H. M. Greene, Superintdndent; Mrs. M.
M. Greene, Matron; Mrs. Mate Stowe, Teacher. The total capacity of the
institution is thirty, and the number of pupils in the institution at the close
of the ea year ending June 30, 1882, was twenty. The Superintendent
reported: :

P The work accomplished during the initial year, through the commendable zeal and
patience of those in charge, has been of,an interesting and gratifying character, and al-
though the school is small in numbers, and the accommodations very imperfect, enough
has been demonstrated to justify the opinion that the institution is destined to take rank
as one of the noblest and most useful of the public charities of the State. But it will be
impossible to accomplish the best results in management until a new site is selected, and
appropriate Baldi accommodations provided. The amount required for the support of
the institution for the biennial period ending June 30, 1882, is $7,500 per annum.

There have been twenty-two pupils admitted into the institution; the
first admittance was on September 7, 1881—Belle Abbott, from Johnson
County. The causes of imbecility, as far as ascertained, had the follow-
ing classification:

: una, 10; severe sickness in infancy, 7; accident, 2; undeter-
mined, 3.

“The counties furnishing the pupils are as follows: Butler, 3; Chautau-
qua, 1; Davis, 1; Douglas, 2; Franklin, 1; Johnson, 1; Leavenworth, 1;
Miami, 1; Mitchell, 1; Nemaha, 1; Neosho, 1; Ottawa, 1; Riley, 1; Wa-
paunsee, 1; Woodson, 2; Wyandotte, 2. Five of the above have been dis-
charged—three as incapable of improvement, one insane and one epilep-
tic. In each of the instances, a full and thorough trial was given before
the discharge was made, und this course was taken because the best inter-
ests of the institution demanded it.

The Superintendent regards the institution as a school, in the view of
the law establishing it, and inmates who are devoid of even the rudiment-
ary means of acquiring the simplest ideas of education can scarcely be
classed as pupils, and they thus prevent by their presence the admittance
of children who could be benefited. There have been twenty-three re-
jected applicants. Says the Superintendent:

The large percentage ‘of cases in which imbecility may be clearly traced to effects
produced upon the mind of the mother at a critical period, furnishes another illustration
of the terrible ordeal through which the women of our pioneer and border history have

-passed, and a touching petition in behalf of these wards of the State, rendered helpless and

almost mindless by the horrors of the turmoil which have marked the settlement of Kansas.

Arrangements have been made for the construction of a dining room
adjoining the building on the south, 16x80 feet in size and one story in
height, which will be ready by August 1, 1883. There is still a want of
room in several departments. The Superintendent states it will probably
be below the fact to place the number of children within the State who
are eligible on account of age to admittance to the asylum at 100.

PIONEER TEMPERANCE MOVEMENTS.

When the Lawrence City Association was formed, an article was in-
serted in its constitution, providing that no intexicating drinks should be
sold within the city limits—lots being forfeited if the rule was disregarded.
In consequence of repeated violations of this agreement, mectings were
held in July, 1855, and a committee appointed to draft a prohibatory liquor
law, similar to the Maine law, which was submitted to the voters of Law-
rence, at an election held July 30, 1855. The act wasentitled ‘‘ An Act for
the PAD Eaesion of drinking houses and tippling shops in Lawrence. The
result of the election was seventy-four votes for the prohibitory law, and
one against. A board of arbitrators to investigate and decide upon alleged
violations of the law, was elected as follows: William Hutchinson, G.
W. Brown, M. M. Hammen, R. G. Elliott, John Speer. It was not long
before the excitement consequent upon the slavery agitation, and the gen-
eral demoralization of all the ordinary business interests of the town, gave
license to those inclined to transgress. The sale of liquor was commenced,
and once commenced, increased rapidly. Inthe winter and spring of 1856,
the citizens became alarmed, and a temperance society was organized,
spirited meetings held, and the people believed they were again in a fair
way to repress the evil, when the raid on the town in May, 1856, the de-
struction of property, and the general dismay and discouragement result-
ing, again put a stop for the time to any special efforts of the temperance

eople. .
The crusade was renewed during the summer by the ladies, who first
tried to buy out the stock on hand, exacting a promise that it should not
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be replenished. Failing in this, they took up the hatchet in defense of
their right to inhabit peaceful, quiet homes, and to destroy that which was
destroying their husbands and sons. The result was peace and quiet for
atime. In the winter of 1856-57, the evil—owing to Lawrence being a
rendezvous for all the wild and restless spirits in the Territory—had in-
creased to even greater proportions than ever before, seven saloons being
in full blast On the 24th of J anuary, 1857, the ladies again took the field,
about forty assembled, and visiting the different groggeries, ‘‘saw and
conquered.” The town was ina state of the greatest excitement, sympa-
thizers with each party formed in groups in the streets, and party spinit
ran high and low. The temperance party returned from their successful
crusade to the school room, and there OTN IAeS a Temperance Vigilance
Committee, to prevent the further sale of liquor in Lawrence, and mem-
bers of the opposite faction, determined to resist, visited Franklin, and re-
turned the same afternoon defiant and abusive, a half-barrel of whisky in
the wagon, a red flag flying and followed by a noisy rabble. With the
precious cargo they paraded the streets, threatening property and persons,
and making their cause more heartily despised by decent people than be-
fore. After this vigorous demonstration of the ladies, affairs were in a
better condition for some time. ‘

MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION.

_ Lawrence was incorporated in 1855, by the bogus Legislature, its
boundaries being defined as follows: ‘‘Beginning at a stone monument
in the mouth of a ravine entering the Kansas River in a northwesterly
direction from the town of Lawrence, and, between the dwelling houses of
William H. R. Lykins and Achilles B. Wade, and running, due west 1,250
feet, thence due south 6,720 feet, thence due east 5,280 feet, thence north
4,260 feet, to the Kansas River, thence along said river to the place of be-

< = ”
ginning. ; : .

The Board of Trustees appointed by the same act, were the pontine

entlemen: Samuel T. Snyder, John P. Wood, Joel Grover, William

. Lykins and George W. Hutchinson, ‘‘or a majority of them.”

his act gave Lawrence the same privilages as were granted to Leay-
enworth.

In the winter of 1856-57, by an amendment to the charter, the bound-
aries were changed, the town to be known as the ‘‘City of Lawrence,’’
and power given to elect a Mayor and Councilmen. H. R. Lykins,
Robert Morrow and James F. Legate were appointed Judges of an elec-
tion ordered to be held February 28, 1857. The officers elected were:
Mayor, James Blood; Clerk, Caleb 8. Pratt.

The city was never organized under this charter, was, of course, with-
out municipal regulations, and as it increased in size and population felt
the need of them more and more. Not recognizing the authority of the
Territorial Government, the city applied to the Topeka Legislature for a
charter, but that body not granting their request, the citizens of the city
in July, 1857, organized and formed a charter for themselves, and adopted
a form of municipal government; the following address being issued to the
people, in support of the course pursued:

To the People: In presenting the accompanying chapter, it may not be improper for
your committee to state a few of the reasons which seem to render the organization of a
city government not only proper but imperative. It will hardly be disputed that the peo-
ple are the only true and legitimate fountain of all human government. Political and social
rights are not dependent upon the gift of organizations, but are inherent in the people.

As all governments, whether state or municipal, depend primarily upon the will of the
people, and exist only for their protection and convenience, it follows that, in the absence
of constituted authorities and organized governments, the people are left to act in their pri-
mary and independent capa and form a government for themselves.

Such is the condition of the people of Lawrence with reference to their political affairs.
For more than two years we have lived without law. Owing to the orderly and peace-lov-
ing character of our citizens, we have happily been preserved, so far, from many of the evils
which would usually be incident to such a situation. As our population, however, increases
and the city fills up, the necessity for some municipal organization is every day becoming
more and more apparent.

Police regulations are necessary for the preservation of order and peace; sanitary meas-
ures are essential to the preservation of health; we are unprotected against the ravages of
fire; in short, all the varied necessities of a rapidly growing city demand a municipal gov-
ernment.

The only point of embarrassment in this movement arises from the unhappy condition
of political affairs in our Territory. Under ordinary circumstances, the more regular
‘method of proceeding would be to obtain a charter from the Territorial authorities. As the
Territorial government, however, in no sense represents the people of Kansas, was not

elected by them, and can have no right to lepialate for them, we cannot accept of a charter B

at itshands. And as the State government has not as yet deemed it advisable to proceed to

‘the organization of Jocal and municipal governments, we cannot obtain a charter from it.

_ There is, therefore, left us only the alternative of a charter springing directly from the peo-

ple, or a continuance in our present unorganized condition, Under these circumstances,

ou have seen fit to instruct us to present a charter, have discussed its provisions in a pro-

liminary assemblage, and now propose to submit it to a full vote of the people for approval
or rejection.

In the event of its adoption, it is believed that the beneficial effects of a city govern-
ment will be so apparent to all that no good citizen will feel inclined to dispute its authority
or resist its claims. As its action will be purely local, and have reference merely to our own
internal affairs, no collision is apprehended with any other organization claiming to exer-
cise general jurisdiction in the Territory.

(Signed) J. Buoop.
Cou. 8. W. ELDRIDGE,
G. W. HurcuHinson,
C. STEARNS.
GEORGE Forp. -

Gov. Walker answered this ‘‘treasonable act’’ of the rebellious citi-
zens of Lawrence by a long proclamation, dated “ Leavenworth, July 15,
1857,” and which was equally exasperating and absurd. After stating that
he finds essential differences in the charter adopted and the one granted
by the Territorial Legislature of 1856-57, and that the citizens have estab-
lished a government in direct defiance of the Territorial government;
have distributed an account of their proceedings in hand-bill form through-
out the Territory ‘‘with the view to incite the other cities, towns and coun-
ties of Kansas to establish insurrectionary governments,” with the ‘evi-
dent purpose to involve the whole Territory in insurrection, and to renew
the scenes of bloodshed and civil war,” he then warns the people that
upon their heads must rest all the guilt and responsibility of their ‘‘con-
templated revolution;” all the blood that may be shed in the contest, and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

upon them must fall the punishment. Assuring them that “a rebellion so
iniquitous, and necessarily involving such awful consequences, has never
before disgraced any age or country.” The Governor goes on, evidently
warming up with his theme:

Permit me to call your attention, as still claiming to be citizens of the United States,
to the results of your revolutionary proceedings. You are inaugurating rebellion and revo-
lution ; you are disregarding the laws of Congress, and of the Territorial government, and
defying their authority; you are conspiring to overthrow the Government of the United
States in this Territory. Your purpose, if carried into effect, in the mode designated by you,
by putting your laws forcibly into execution, would involve you in the guilt and crime of
treason. You stand now, fellow-citizens, upon the brink of an awful precipice, and it be-
comes my duty to warn you, ere you take the fatal leap into the gulf below. If your. pro-
ceedings are not arrested, you will necessarily destroy the peace of this Territory, and in-
volve it in all the horrors of civil war. I warn you then, before it is too late, to recede from
the perilous position in which you now stand.

Gov. Walker then announces that as all arguments hitherto addressed
by himself to the refractory citizens of Lawrence ‘‘ have failed to have
any effect,” he shall order an adequate force of troops into their immedi-
ate vicinity, ‘‘to perform the painful duty of arresting their revolutionary
proceedings,”’ adding, humanely, that ‘‘to spare all Bloodshed as far as
practicable,’’ he shall accompany the troops in person.

In accordance with his threat, Gov. Walker appeared before Lawrence
on the 17th of July, with 400 United States dragoons; declared the town
under raartial law, and all communication prohibited with the adjacent
country except in presence of escorts. The military force, thus arrayed
against the rebellious city, remained patiently at its post, their leader suc-
ceeding in preventing any ‘‘bloodshed,”’ and the treasonable citizens with
equal patience removed dead horses from their streets, cleaned out their
gutters, had chloride of lime sprinkled in all necessary places, and got
ready to attend to the temperance interests of the city. The Leavenworth
Herald (August 15) states that no one has been yet arrested, as no effort
has been made by the bogus officers to enforce the city regulations, but
prophesies trouble ‘‘ the moment the overt act is committed,” while the
Squatter Sovereign wisely sets the whole thing downas ‘‘simply farcical,”
and ventures the assertion that ‘the people of Lawrence are entirely too
sharp to do anything to give the Governor a pretext for employing the
army, which with a flourish of trumpets he has marched upon the city.”
It so proved, and after watching the city a few weeks the troops were with-
drawn by order of the President. In February, 1858, a bill was introduced
before the Territorial Legislature, legalizing the people’s charter. The
bill was vetoed by the Governor, but finally passed both Houses, and be-
came a law February 11, 1858.

NORTH LAWRENCE.

The first settlement that was made in what is now known as North
Lawrence occurred between 1860 and 1865. Among the first settlers were
G. J. Tallman, John Moorehead, —— Tibbetts, M. Berry, Th. McCage,
W. iH. H. Whitney, T. 8. Murray, T. Laptab and others. The first build.
ing was erected, prior to the settlement by the whites, by the Delaware
Indians. John Baldwin also erected a long log building, and occupied it
when he first established his ferry across the Kaw River at that point. A
store was built and operated by John Moorehead. Other buildings soon
followed. The post office was established in 1865, under the name of Jeffer-
son, G. J. Tallman being appointed first Postmaster.

North Lawrence was laid off as a town site in 1866, by S. N. Simpson,
the town site proposed consisting of 320 acres. At the first election of
town officers, the following were elected: Board of Trustees, G. J. Tall-
man, President; T. McCage, M. H. Berry, James Franklin, A. C. Miller,
and H. H. Howard, Attorney. In 1867, under act of State Legislature, it
became a city of the second class, and at the first election elected and ap-
pointed the following officers: G. J. Tallman, Mayor; N. Hoysradt, Clerk;
A. R. Smith, Treasurer; T. Beasler, Marshal; H. H. Howard, Police
Judge. The city was divided into wards and three Councilmen elected
from each. In 1869, an attempt was made to annex the city to Lawrence
proper, but failed. By an act of the State Legislature in 1870, it was con-
solidated with Lawrence proper and its charter surrendered.

CITY ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL ROSTER.

_ _At the first city election under the Lawrence City charter granted by the Free-State Ter-
ritorial Legislature of 1858, the ag, officers were elected: Mayor, C. W. Babcock ;
Councilmen, R. Morrow, P. R. Brooks, E, 8, Lowman, L. C. Tolles, John G. Haskell, M. Hart-
man, Henry Shanklin, A. J. Totten, 8. W. Eldridge, A. H. Mallory, L. Bullene, F. A. Bailey ;
City Marshal, J. Cracklin; Recorder, J. P. S, Otterson; City Attorney, William B. Parsons;
Treasurer, Wesley H. Duncan; Assessor, Silas Green; City Clerk, Caleb S. Pratt; City En-
gincor, A. Cutler; Street Commissioners, A. D. Sear], A. Cutler, C. A. Pease ; School Trustees,
John M. Coe, B. J ohnson, T. D, Thacher, Albert Newman.

In cnse the city accepted the charter of 1858, all previous laws on this subject were
Zeppuiel = an election held by the legal voters of Lawrence, February 26, 1858, the charter
was pted.

_,,_ All the laws passed by the State Legislature bearing upon the incorporation of the
cities of Kansas, have affected the organization of the city of Lawrence to a greater or less
lear Under an act passed by the State Legislature in 1872, dividing cities into first, second
and third classes, Lawrence legally became a city of the second class.

The following is the city’s official roster:

; ees A ae James Blood; 1850, C. W. Babcock; 1859, James Blood; 1860, G. W.
Deitzler; 1861, A. Fuller ; 1862, S. K. Huson; 1863, G. A. Collamore ; 1863 (from August 21, to
May, a A. Fuller; 1864, R. W. Ludington ; 1865, G. Grovener; 1866, W. H. R. Lykins;
1867, S. mball; 1868, T. J. piolaberen 1869, W. Hadley ; 1870-71, G. Grovenor; 1872, W.
Hadley; 1873, F. Gleason ; 1874-75, J. R. Rankin ; 1876-77, RW. Ludington ; 1878, I. N. Van
Hove eae om Eanes 1882, J. D, Bowersock.

erks—1857-61, Caleb S. Pratt ; 1862-67, H. 0. Sholes; 1868, G. 8. Ha ; -70,
J. 8. Brown ; 1871-83, F. Manet. , : “ i, ea aneey res
Treasurers—1859, John Gilmore ; 1860-61, A. Gunther; 1862-63, A. N. Blacklidge; 1864,

G. E, Holt ; 1865-67, James Blood ; 1868-71, M. S. Beach; 18 . Crew; — i -
ne isrs'd3 oe Daily, z , M.S. Beach; 1872, J.S. Crew; 1878-77, J. E. Wat.

BRIDGES AND WATER-POWER.

_ The first attempt made in crossing the Kansas or Kaw River at Lawrence in its Terri-
torial days was by means of a ferry, established in (he fall of 1855 by John Baldwin and C.
W. Babcock. Mr. Babcock, however, remained as a partner but two years. The ferry,
though answering its purpose in those days, was a primitive affair, being a flat-boat pro-
pelled by means of a rope strétched across the river and the aid of the current. ‘ It was run
under the management of John Baldwin until the erection of the bridge.
DOUGLAS

_ The Lawrence Bridge Company was chartered by an act of the Territorial Legislature,
prior to the admission of the Territory as a State, in 1859. The charter was subsequently
amended by the State Legislature. The company organized with a capital stock of $50,000,
and commenced operations under the following officers: C. W. Babcock, President; J.
Miller, Treasurer; E. D. Thompson, Secretary.
The initial step of the enterprise was the engagement of a competent engineer, who,
after mature deliberation, decided on the location of the bridge, at the foot of Massachusetts
street. Prior to this time, a general feeling was expressed by many that it would be impos-
sible to build a bridge at or near Lawrence, on account of the yielding banks and quick-
sands of which the bed of the river was supposed to be formed. Work on the bridge com-
menced, and was continued until 1863, when a sub-contractor and seven laborers were
killed in the Quantrill raid. In addition to this, many of the stockholders lost all of their
proper But the company soon rallied, and work was resumed until the comp‘etion of
the bridge in December, 1863. (
_, This bridge may be said to have been the first one built across the Kansas River. The
bridge, of the Howe Truss pattern, consists of five wooden spans resting on solid stone piers ;
is 690 feet long, and was built at an eenenke of $47,000. In 1879, by adecision of the State
Supreme Court, the charter was annulled and the entire property confiscated, and it became
the property of the State.
Little did the first settlers that crossed the Kaw River at what is now known as Law-
rence dream that in years to come its impetuous tide would be checked, and its mighty
strength utilized in being the motive power in propelling the massive machinery now in
operation. Lawrence was then in its infancy, destined to nae an important character in the
days of the Pro-slavery party, and their finally triumphant antagonists, the Free-State men.
The sacking of Lawrence, in 1856; the Quantrill raid, in 1863, passed, sapping its life-blood,
but not stopping its rapid growth. Mills and manufacturing enterprises were projected, and.
then the first preliminary steps were taken toward utilizing the water-power.
_ inthe autumn of 1872, O. Darling entered into a contract with the city authorities, by
which they agreed, een other considerations, to pay $6,000 each and every year after the
dam was completed, until the time of the contract had expired. Mr. Darling, on his part,
agreed to have the dam completed within a certain time. Work on the dam was com-
menced, and in order to give the enterprise a more substantial character, a stock company,
known asthe Lawrence Land & Water-Power Company, was incorporated early in 1873,
with the saan officers: W. Hadley, President; J. W. Johnson, Treasurer; and O. Dar-
ling, Secretary. ith $100,000 capital stock, and $60,000 paid-up capital, the company
ushed the work ahead until the winter of 1873, when the enterprise met with the first of a
ong series of disasters. During the month of December, 1873, an ice-gorge that had
formed on the river above the dam gave way and destroyed the flume on the north side,
carrying with it a portion of the north end of the dam. Mr. Darling, the contractor,
resigned, and the work was finally completed in the spring of 1874, by the company, at an
expense of $40,000.

On account of the peculiar formation of the river bottom, the dam was built in two
sections of 300 feet each. The south section, resting on solid rock bottom, is built of cnt
stone, laid in terraces. The north section was originally built on a “tree foundation,”
resting on what afterward proved to be a bed of “sinking sand,” the superstructure being
built of wood. eo

In the spring of 1876, the dam was again partially destroyed by a heavy freshet, which
also “took out” two spans of the bridge. During the summer of the same year, another

freshet.destroyed nearly all the repairs on the dam that wereZbeing made. The work was
finally completed in September, 1876. These various freshets, while not materially injuring
the “south section” of the dam, swept away entirely the “tree foundation,” and washed out
the sand on which it rested down to “bed rock,” at a depth of thirty feet. A new foun-
dation was formed by filling up with loose stone within ten feet of the water’s surface, and
building on them crib-work, with a wooden superstructure. The dam, taken as a whole, is
600 feet long, eight feet high, and has an estimated capacity of 2,000 horse-power.

Owing to the enormous expenses incurred in making the numerous repairs on the
dam, from year to year, and the failure of stockholders in responding to assessment calls,
the affairs of the company were placed in the hands of a Receiver in 1877. The Receiver
caused debentures to be issued to the amount of $23,000. In 1879, the property passed into
the hands of its present owner, J. D. Bowersock.

CHURCHES.

Plymouth Congregational Church.—In September, 1854, Rev.S. Y. Lum, of New York, was
sent out as a missionary to Kansas, by the Home Missionary Society. Arriving in Lawrence,
he immediately commenced his work, preaching his first sermon October 1, 1854. The services
were held in the “ Pioneer Boarding House”—the only available eee at that time.
After holding several meetings, an organization was perfected by him, including the follow-
ing members: S. Y. Lum, Charles Dickson, 0. A. Hanscom, 0. Harlow, L. Litchfield and
wife, S. C. Pomeroy, Carrie R. Lum, Anna Tappan. The organization was named the
“Plymouth Church,” from the fact that the circumstances and aims of its founders, who
were principally from New England, so nearly resembled those of the Plymouth Pilgrims.

ervices were held in the “ Pioneer Boarding House” for a short time, when the rough
board building, called “the ‘church,” was completed. During the winter, the building was
destroyed by fire. In March, 1855, the church commenced holding meetings in the St.
Nicholas Hotel. Services were held here until a room was provided in the upper story of a
frame building on Massachusetts street. In the autumn of 1855, they were compelled to
relinquish the room for the use of the citizen soldiery. In the summer of 1856, they moved
into the “Emigrant Aid Building,” which they occupied through the fall and winter,
and later, a few weeks, the Unitarian Church. In the spring of 1856, the erection of a
church edifice was commenced, and the building partially eet in the spring of the
year following, and services held in it. The building was finally completed in 1862. The
structure is 40x65 feet, and built of limestone. ‘

Rev. S. Y. Lum officiated as pastor till the sprin 1
December of the same year, by Rev. D. Cordley. For eighteen os Mr. Cordley had
charge of the church, and was succeeded in May, 1876, by Rev. L. W. Spring. Mr. Spring
remained till October, 1881, and was succeeded by the present incumbent, Rev. G. Hale

Scott. ;

In 1868, the church having progressed so rapidly, it was found necessary to erect a new
edifice. This structure, one the largest and finest buildings of its kind in the State, is
constructed of brick, and is 60x114 feet. The total cost, including a $4,000 pipe organ, was
$40,000. Present membership, 318. .

The Unitarian Church.—In the spring of 1855, E. B. Whitman, of Massachusetts, upon
coming to Lawrence found Rev. E. Nute, a missionary sent out by the American Unitarian
Association, holding religious meetings in the open air, no church edifice having as yet
been erected. ~ os ‘ . .

Through a personal appeal to Unitarians at the East, and with the aid of the American
Unitarian Association, Mr. Whitman and Mr. Nute, by their united efforts, raised the sum
of $5,400 to build a church in Kansas. One thousand dollars of this amount was devoted to
the purpose of establishing a free school, and the basement of the church, when ready, was
used for the school called the “Quincy School,” in honor of Josiah Quincy, of Boston.

The-church building was commenced in the spring of 1856, but, owing to the arduous
task of manufacturing the lumber, there being but one saw mill, of pioneer character and
capacity, progress was necessarily slow, and the church, though occupied during the spring
and summer of 1857, was not completed until the fall. ; ; .

The bell, given by Unitarian friends at the East, being partly of silver, is very sweet
toned, though somewhat damaged en route from Boston via New Orleans, by shipwreck. It
was at first temporarily suspended on a beam supported by two posts, and was used as a
dinner bell by the settlement on occasions of merry-making and for tolling the knell of the

departed dead upon all occasions, until permanently hung in its present lace. The clock
in the church tower has for many years served the purposes of a city clock. ;

The church never has had a formulated creed. It prefers unity of purpose to unity of
belief, that purpose being the sa bangs Se humanity, It takes for its watchword the motto
of Western Unitarianism, “Freedom, ene and Character in Reli; ion.” It has never
been a large society, and has had its periods of depression as well-as of hope. :

Its ministers have been as follows: Revs. Ephraim Nute, Jr., John 8. Brown, W. C.
Tenney, William Sherman, E. B. Sanborn and C. G. Howland. , ;

The First Baptist Church was organized June 25, 1855, by Rev. William W. Hall, with
the following-named persons as members: J. S. Emery, M. M. Hammond, S. Jones, Rebecca
W. W. Jones, W. F. Herrick, Lydia A. Herrick, Elizabeth Parks. Services were held for a
number of years at the residences of the members and at various ‘public halls until 1870,
when a house of worship was completed. Work on the church edifice was commenced in

of 1857, when he was succeeded in

“by Rev. Morris Officer, with nineteen members.

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1865, but, on account of various difficulties, was not dedicated until January 30, 1870. The
building was built of brick, and is 52x80 feet. The cost of church and lots amounted to
$31,300. During a tornado in 1879, the tower was destroyed.

From 1855 to 1861, the church was under the care of the Baptist Home Mission Society,
and the following pastors were appointed to the pastorate of the church by the society:
Rev. R. C. Brant, two years; Rev. W. ©. Thomas, one year; Rev. A. Perkins, four months;
Rev. W.S. Upham, one year nine months. From 186i to the present time, the following
patos have been appointed by the church: Rev. J. Sawyer, eleven months. Rey. 8. D.

entley, two years eight months; Rev. F. M. Ellis, three years one month; Rev. D. Reed,
one year one month; Rev. J. W. Worder, one year; Rev. A. C. Peck, six years six months.
Present membership, 281. . ‘

Methodist Episcopal Church.—The first religious services by the Methodist persuasion
were“held by Rev. W. H. Goode, in December, 1854. In the spring of 1855, a class was
organized by Rev. J. 8. Griffing, but not being strong enough to sustain itself, soon dis-
banded. In July, 1855, a permanent organization was perfected by Rev. L. B. Dennis, with
the following members: 8. Green, Mr. Atherton, F. Killam and wife, C. 8. Duncan, G. W.
Berry, Dr. Barnes. :

The church was organized in the open air under an oak tree that stood south of the
present Baptist Church. Services were then held for a short time in the “Union House”
on Massachusetts street. In the spring of 1856, a canvas tent on Kentucky street was occu-
pied until the winter of 1856-57, when they held services in the basement of the Unitarian
Church. In the fall of 1858, a frame building, 26x42 feet, was erected at a cost of $3,000.
This building was used for church purposes until the summer of 1865, when the church
edifice, now occupied by them, was completed. The structure, which is built of brick, is
40x100 feet, is located on the corner of Maneacliusetts and Berkley streets, and cost, includ-
ing ground and improvements, $21,000.

The following pastors in the order mentioned have had charge of the church since its
earliest organization to the present time: Revs. J. 8. Griffing, L. B. Dennis, C. H. Lovejoy,
I. Blackford, J. Dodge, H. H. Moore, H. D. Fisher, G. W. Paddocks, G. 8. Dearborn, W. K.
Marshall, R. L. Halford, S. Y. Lloyd, H. Phillips, G.W. Henning and Rev. Dr. W. Jones.
Present membership, 367.

English Lutheran Church.—An organization of this body was perfected in March, 1867,
Services were held for a short time
in the Presbyterian Church. The church edifice now occupied by them was erected in the
fall of 1872. The building, 30x50 feet, is built of limestone, and.cost when completed $10,000.

The first regular pastor was Rev. H. B. Belner, who remained in charge of the church
until the fall of 1872, when he resigned, andjwas succeeded in the spring of 1873 by Rev. A. A.
Trimper. Mr. Trimper remained as pastor until April, 1882, and was succeeded in the fall
of the same year by Rev. S. B..Snyder. Present membership, 100.

The; First Presbyterian Church (Old School) was organized, with twenty-five members,
in the summer of 1858, by the Rev. William Wilson. Services were held for some time in
the Congregational Church, Miller’s Hall and other places until 1869, when the pres-
ent church edifice was erected, at a cost of $10,000. Rev. William Bishop took charge of the
church November 18, 1858, and remained as its pastor two years. During his connection
with the church, the Lawrence University was established, under Presbyterian auspices,
but afterward was transferred to the State. Mr. Bishop was succeeded by Rev. M. Hum-
mer, “a very eccentric, possibly a partially insane man,” who remained six months. Dur-
ing that time, the membership of the church decreased over one-half. After the removal of |
Mr. Hummer, the church appears to have been re-organized under the name of Zhe Union
“Presbyterian Church. After a lapse of several years, the Rev. W. A. Starrett took charge and
remained as pastor until 1870.

The First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence* (New School) was organized June 8, 1864, by
Rey. Mr. Blakely, in the Unitarian Meeting-house, with twenty-eight members. Five
Elders were elected, as follows: J. C. Steele, Robert Irwin, H. Iserman, M. G. Carr and
W.P. Montgomery. Rev. Mr. Blakely remained until 1865, after which the paint was
temporarily supplied by Revs. George F. Chapin and James B. Shelden. Mr. Chapin sup-
plied the church until 1866, when he was succeeded by Rev. D. M. Moore, who remained
until the union of the two organizations was effected in 1870-71.

A building known as the Presbyterian Chapel was erected prior to 1863 and used by
the new school organization until the consolidation took place, when it was sold to the ed-
ucational authorities and used for school purposes. The proceeds were applied to the com-
pletion of the old school edifice, which has since been used by the present organization. _.

Early in 1872, Rev. T. G. Gardner became pastor. His pastorate terminating in 1874,
the church remained without a pastor until the autumn of the same year, when Rey. James
M. Corkims took charge up to 1878. A call was extended to the Rev. S. M. Osmand, D. D.,
the present pastor, of lowa City, Iowa, January 16, 1879, which was accepted. Present num-
ber of members, 218.

Trinity Episcopal Church,;—This church occupies a central location, being situated on
the corner of Vermont and Berkley streets. The lot is 240x112 feet, and near its southern
end is a comfortable brick rectory. The larger space between the church and the rectory is
open to the street in front, is closed on the rear by a picturesque stone chapel with a square
tower and roomy transept, used for school purposes. The church, with its beautiful grounds
and adjoining buildings, presents an attractive view, such as is rarely seen in the West.

The first Episcopal services were held in Lawrence, in the summer of 1857, by the Rev.
C. M. Callaway, then a missionary, residing at Topeka. He was succeeded by the Rev. C.
Reynolds, during the same year, and who afterward became Chaplain in the United States
Army. He remained until 1858, when a parish was organized, with its present appellation.
A charter was granted to this organization by the Territorial Legislature, February 8, 1859.
Asmall stone building was erected, which still remains as the chapel, and on the 29th day
of July, in the same year, it was solemnly consecrated to the worship and service of Almighty
God, by the Right Rev. J. Kemper, D. D. This was the first Episcopal church consecrated
in the State. Under the rectorship of Dr. Reynolds, a rectory was purchased on Tennessee
street, which was occupied until his resignation took place, November 26,1863. He was suc-
ceeded by the Rev. R. W. Oliver, D. D., who continued in charge until October, 1867.

Under the administration of Rev. Mr. Oliver, additional ground was purchased; the
chapel was enlarged and repaired; a transept was added to it for school purposes ; the old
vestry was sold and the one now existing was built. From October, 1867, to June, 1868,
when the Rev. J. K. Dunn took charge of the parish, the pulpit was temporarily supplied
by the Right Rev. Bishop Vail, D. D. It being found necessary to provide a larger build-
ing, subscriptions were raised for a new edifice. The ground was broken for the founda-
tions in May, 1870, and the corner stone laid November 10, 1870. The building, which is a
beautiful gothic edifice, with a tower and spire, was completed in April, 1873. It is built of
stone, the interior being handsomely finished in native woods, the total cost being $26,000.

In March, 1875, the Rev. J. K. Dunn resigned and the church was supplied with occa-
sional services b7 the Bishop and other clergymen until September of the same year, when
the Rev. Paul Zeigler entered upon his duties. In April, 1879, he resigned, and the parish
ee oenouk a rector until the following October, when the Rev. A. Beatty, D. D., took
charge of it.

In the erection of the church edifice, a debt of several thousand dollars was incurred,
but by various efforts was liquidated, and being free from all incumbrances, was consecrated
April [21, 1881, by the Right Rev. Thos. A. Vail, D. D. LL. D., Bishop of the Diocese. Under
the rectorship of its present pastor, Rev. A. Beatty, D. D., the membership of the parish,
which is steadily increasing, now numbers over 100.

Society of Friends.—In 1865, several families of the Quaker persuasion, settled in and
near Lawrence, and formed the nucleus of what is termed a “Quaker settlement.” In 1866,
achurch organization was formed with forty members, at the residence of W. Hadley.
Religious services were held for a short time in Miller’s Hall, and in 1867 what is now
known as the Park School Building was occupied. In 1872, a two-story stone building, 60x80
feet, with wings, 20x26 feet on each side, was erected at a cost of $32,000. This building was
erected for and 1s used as the yearly meeting house of the State, and is well adapted for the
purpose.

Mrs. M. Cox was the first preacher, and occupied the pulpit from 1867 to 1879, during
which time she was assisted by Mrs. Mary Cox and William Nickelson. W. Nickelson and
Dr. W. F. Harvey are the present occupants of the pulpit. State membership, 5,000. Law-
rence membership, 250.

The United Presbyterian Church was organized June 18, 1867, with twenty members, by
Rev. J. C. Herron, who remained in charge of the church until 1877, when he was succeeded
by Rev. J. 8. Nelson, who is the present pastor. Prior to the erection of a church edifice,
services were held, first at Miller’s Hall, second at court room, and third in the chapel of the

 

*Records of this church were destroyed in the Quantrill raid, 1863.
+Records of this church prior to 1863, were destroyed in Quantrill’s raid.
- September 4, 1862, when he sold it back to T. D. Thacher.

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Presbyterian Church. The present church edifice, a stone structure, 35x60 feet, was erected
in 1870, at a cost of $8,000. Present membership, 87.

St. John’s Catholic Church was oe lrg at the house of B. Donnelly, in October, 1857.

by Father Magee, with fifteen members. Services were held in private residences and

ublic halls until 1860, when a small stone church, 25x50 feet, was erected on Kentucky
street, at a cost of $1,600. This oe was occupied for church purposes till 1871, when a
new brick edifice, 45x80 feet, was completed at a cost of $10,000.

The following-named pastors have had charge of the organization, at different times:
Fathers Schatt, who remained until 1861, Brunner, Faver, Cunningham, Fitzgerald, Faver
and Rev. Father Elias, the present pastor. Present membership, 150. _ .

The Second Colored Baptist Church was organized in August, 1862, by Rev. Robert
Colwell, of Leavenworth, with nine members, as follows: A. Gregg, G. Grey, B. B. Drisdom,
J. Maddox, Delia Bradley, Hester Grey, Thomas Parker and wife, Delia Cogar.

Their first parlors Rev. G,. Simpson, remained three months, and was succeeded in the
order mentioned, by Revs. Barker, D. D. Jones, C. Bateman. These pastors occupied the
pulpit from 1862 to 1866, at which time Rev. D. Lee was ordained and took charge of the
church as its first regular pastor. Mr. Lee remained until 1874, and was succeeded by Rev.
L. Thompson, who remained three mouths; Revs. R. T. W. James, R. Martin and W.
Mercer, who is the present incumbent.

In consequence of some difficulty with Rev. D. Lee, the church building located on the
corner of Warren and Ohio streets, by virtue of a legal process, came into the hands of the
aforesaid Lee, who had previously resigned. Under the administration of Rev. R. T. W.
James, the erection of a frame edifice, 30x50 feet, on the corner of Connecticut and Berkle
streets, was commenced and completed at a cost of $1,200, actual value $1,800. Clerk’s esti-
mate of present membership, 350.

The Second Missionary Baptist Colored Church was organized in 1862, by Rev. Barker, of
the Caucasian Baptist Church, with nine members. Their present place of worship is in the
building formerly the property of the Second Colored Baptist Church, located on the corner
of Warren and Ohio streets. Present pastor, Rev. D. Lee, who exercises pastoral care over
100 members.

The Colored Congregational Church was eae in 1862, by Rev. D. Alecks, with ten
members. Mr. Alecks remained in charge of the church four years, and was succeeded b
Father Paine, who remained six years. After Mr. Paine’s labors had ceased, the chure
was without a pastor for several years, when Mr. Fullbright occupied the pulpit for one

ear, and was succeeded by Mr. Corporal, who remained two years. After which Revs. S.
. Barker, S, Fristo and H. R. Pinkham, the present pastor, had charge. Present place of
woe is located on Kentucky street: . Present membership, 30,

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1862, by Rev. J. M. Wilkenson,
with thirty-seven members. Services were held in various public halls until 1866, when astone
building, 20x40 feet, was erected and used until 1872. In 1872-73, a brick edifice, 40x70 feet,
was erected at a cost of $4,000, on the corner of Warren and New York streets. Pastors up
to date (1882), Rev. John M. Wilkenson,'two years; H. Greene, two years; R. Doan, one
year; I. N. Triplett, two years; T. W. Henderson, three years; R. Ricketts, two years; J.C.
Emery, six months; J. W. Wilson, eighteen months; W. L. Herod, two years; J. W. Brack-
eon ane year; R. Ricketts, two years; B. F. Bates, present incumbent. Present member-
ship, 207. ‘ * Fe :

* St. Paul's Church (Colored), a new organization of the Methodist persuasion, was organ-
ized August 6, 1882, yy Rey. Benjamin F. Talbert. with twenty-six members. House of
womtine located on Rhode Island, between Henry and Warren streets. Present pastor, Rev.

. F. Talbert. — :

The Methodist Episcopal Church of North Lawrence was organized :in. 1865, by Rev. W.
E. Money: Among the first members were Rev. Mr. McKee and wife, Mrs. Farner, Rev.
Mr. Mitchell and wife, Sarah Caton, and others. Services were held in an old frame building,
used for school purposes, until 1866, when the present stone edifice was commenced and was
completed under the pastorate of Revs. J: Brookway and G. H. Murch. The following pas-
tors have officiated, in the order mentioned: Revs. F. Walden, P.M. Buck, J. Brookway, G.
H. Murch, Mr. Trowbrid ets T. Hull, Mr. Parker, J. R. Madison, J. C. Reedisill, Mr. Conway,
Cc. H. Frank, W. T. Mitchell, J.S. Embree and G. W. Havermale, the present.incumbent.
Present membership, eighty-seven. ;

In North Lawrence are several colored church organizations, two of which, the Bap-
tist and Methodist, have houses of worship.

CITY CEMETERIES.

The resting places for the dead are unsurpassed for their location, natural su-roundings
and artificial improvements. The first cemetery was established soon after the first settle-
ment of Lawrence, on the high lands west of the city. In this cemetery were first buried the
victims of the Quantrill massacre. In 1865, the city authorities purchased a tract of forty
acres, southeast of the city, and named it Oak Hill Cemetery. Early ‘in 1872, the unfortu-
nate victims of the “raid” were re-interred in this cemetery, and a monument erected in
their memory. One of the actions of the city government of North Lawrence was to pur-
chase a tract of twenty acres, to be used for burial purposes, under the name of Maple Grove
Cemetery. Improvements have been made, from time to time by the city,on Oak Hill Cem-
etery, to the extent of several thousand dollars. a .

THE PRESS.

October 15, 1854, the first number of the Kansas Pioneer was ubehed in Ohio, by John
Speer, who had previously: visited Kansas and_ prepared his editorials in that ‘Territory.
Returning to Kansas with his material, he found that a Pro-slavery paper called the Pioneer
had been established at Kickapoo. He therefore changed the name of his paper to the Kan-
sas Tribune, and published the first number in Lawrence, January 5, 1855. g N. Wood be-
came a partner, and the paper was published until November, 1855, when it was removed to
Topeka. In July of that year, it was published asa daily for one week. The publication
of uae Tribune was continued at Topeka until February, 1857, when Speer sold out to Ross
Brothers.

The Herald of Freedom was established by G. W. Brown, the first number being
‘dated “Wakarusa, K.T., October 21, 1854,” and being printed in Conneautville, Craw-
ford County, Penn. Of this first number there were printed 21,000 copies, The second
number was dated “ Lawrence, January 6, 1855,” The paper was an eight-column folio,
almost entirely without advertisements, the subscription price being $2 per annum. Ma
21, 1856, the office was destroyed by the border ruflians, and the publication suspended.
It was ipeestabliened in the following November, and continued until 1859, when it finally
expired.

. The Kansas Free State. was started at Lawrence by J. Miller and R, G. Elliott, in Janu-
ary, 1855, and continued until May, 1856, when the office was destroyed by “ border ruffians,”
Its publication was continued at Delaware, Kan., for a short time, by R. G. Elliott.

The first number of the Lawrence Republican was issued May 28, 1857, by Norman Allen
andT.D.Thacher. Inthe summer of 1858, T. D. Thacher, 8.0. Thacher, S, M. Thacher, bought
Allen out. In 1859, S. O. Thacher retired. In 1860, John Speer purchased the entire estab-
lishment, and took as a partner V. Nicholas Smith, who married Ida, 4 daughter of Horace

Greeley. Smith identified himself with the paperthree months, and was succeeded by Rey.
H. M. Moore, who also remained three months. Mr. Speer continued the paper alone until

. During the last session of the
Territorial Legislature, in 1861, the paper was published as a daily by Speer & Smith, Mr.
Thacher continued to publish the paper in connection with S. M. Thacher until the Quan-
trill massacre, August 21, 1863, when the office, and everything pertaining thereto, were to-
tally consumed, February 1, 1868. The Republican was re-established by Mr. Thacher, and
continued until March 4, 1869, when it was consolidated with the State Journal and the Ot-
tawa Home Journal in the Republican Daily Journal and the Western Home Weekly.

The Kansas State Journal succeeded the Herald of Freedom. It was established by J.
-C. Trask and H. E. Lowman in February, 1861,0n the material of the Herald of Freedom.
Mr. Trask was killed in the Quantrill raid in 1863. Inthespring of 1864,Mr. Lowman
sold out to S. C. Smith and W.S. Rankin. In May, 1865, James Christian and M. W. Rey-
‘nolds purchased Smith’s interest, and the paper was published in the name of Christian,
Reynolds & Co. In the winter of 1866, Reynolds bought Christian’s interest, and in 1868
George‘A. Reynolds purchased the interest of Mr, Rankin. March 3, 1868, the paper was
consolidated with the Lawrence Republican and the Ottawa Home Journal, under the firm
name of Kalloch, Thacher & Reynolds, The Daily State Journal was started by Christian
& Reynolds, July 6, 1865. - ;

The Republican Daily Journal and Daily Kansas Tribune was started March 3, 1868. It
was a consolidation of the Daily Lawrence Republican, published by T. D. Thacher, the
Daily State Journal published by M. W. Reynolds, and the Western Home Journal, a weekly

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

paper published at Ottawa by I. 8. Kalloch. The firm was known as Kalloch, Thacher &
Reynolds In 1871, Mr. Thacher bought the interest of his partners and became the sole
proprietor. In 1874, F. E. Simpson became a pacer in the concern. In December, 1874,
Messrs. Thacher & Simpson purchased the good will, subscription list and franchises of the
Kansas Tribune, and consolidated it with the Journal, the name of the paper becoming the
Republican Daily Journal and Daily Kansas Tribune.

In 1876, Mr. Simpson retired, and Mr. Thacher became the sole proprietor.

Lawrence Journal.—In 1876, the Lawrence Journal Company was organized. The
Western Home Journal is the name of the weekly edition. The Lawrence Journal Company
had charge of the paper until September 1, 1882, when W. M. Thacher and F. Webster
leased, enlarged sail improved it, and are its present editors. :

The first number of the Eon pregnant Record was published in January, 1859, at Law-
rence, R. Cordley,S. ¥Y. Lum and H.M. Sen acominittee of the Congregational Asso-
ciation, having charge of its publication. Rev. R. Cordley had editorial charge. It was
published quarterly until January, 1862, after which it aopeset monthly. It was de-
stroyed by the Quantrill raid, a8 was the house of its editor, Mr. Cordley. The next num-
ber, September and October combined, was printed by T. D. Thacher at the office of the
Journal of Commerce, Kansas City, and contained a full account of the raid. It was printed
at Kansas City under the supervision of Mr. Parker as chief editor until December, 1864,
when it was suspended until June, 1865. It was then revived under the editorial care of
Rev. J. D. Liggott and Rev. F. McVicar, and was printed at Leavenworth one year. It was
then transferred to Topeka, with MeVicar and Cordley editors. In May, 1867, its publica-
tion was abandoned, hen published at Lawrence, it was printed at different times by T.
D. Thacher & Co., Speer & Smith, and Speer & Moore. k

The Kansas Weekly Tribune was re-established at Lawrence by John Speerin January,
1863. It was continaed till August 21, following, when the office and material were destroyed
by Quantrill, John M. and Robert Speer, sons of John Speer, and Charles Palmer, a
journeyman printer, were murdered at the same time. In November, 1863, the Tribune was
re-established as a daily and weekly, by John Speer, who continued its publication till
February 1, 1871, when it was sold to J. 8, Emery, John Hutchings and J. H. Shimmons,
Emery acting as editor for a short time, when he sold his interest to his partners, who con-
ducted the paper until August 30, 1873. At this date, I. S. Kalloch purchased the interest
of Shimmons, and edited the paper until April 6, 1874, when he sold out to Hutchings, the
latter being sole proprietor and editor from that time until July 7 of that year. be a
then sold the office to E. H. Snow, L. Meitus and John Bain. These parties continued the pu
lication of the paper, with Meitus as editor, until November 15, 1874, when the paper again
fell into the hands of Hutchings, and the publication was suspended December 6, following.
It was revived October 20, 1875, by John Speer, J. E. Covel & George M. Richards, wit)
John Speer as editor. Richards retired January 24,1876. Speer & Covel continued the
publication till March 16, 1877, when Speer withdrew, and Covel continued its publication
until October 20, 1879, when he retired and the paper was leased to N. Z. Strong, C. F.
Strong and N. W. Pinneo, who published under the name of the Tribune Company until
January 1, 1881. Mr. Hutchings then leased it to L. D. Bailey and E. Saveage. Saveage
remained butashorttime. Bailey was succeeded in October, 1881, by M. W. Avery, who con-
tinued as publisher until November 16, 1881, when Aue sold the paper to A. K. Jobn-
son. Johnson ran it a few days and leased it to P. Bell & Co., who ran it until April, 1882,
when John cree took charge, and is the present editor. -

The North Lawrence Courier was started July 28, 1866, by J.S. Broughton. In Septem-
ber following, the name was changed to the Kaw Valley Courier. February 9, 1867, George
N. Broughton became associated in the Pee etc and continued until June 8, following,
when he withdrew. H.C. Whitney took an interest in and became editor of the paper Sep-
tember 14, 1867, and the name was changed to the Utarion. In November following, Mr.
Whitney withdrew and Mr. Broughton sold the paper to John Speer, of the Lawrence
Tribune. Mr. Broughton’s paper was printed a part of the time at the Journal office and a
part of the time at the 7ribune office. After the suspension of the paper, Judge H. H.
Howard started and for some time published the North Lawrence Journal.

The Standard, Democratic, was established as a weekly, ee 18, 1870, by a cor-
poration, composed of 8. K. Huson, G. W. Sibert, D. T. Mitchell, E: Moore, W. 8. Rankin,

. Leis, G. A. Reynolds, and W. Shannon, Jr. It was continued by them till October, 1871,
when D. T. Mitchell took sole control and published it as an evening daily paper till Octo-
ber, 1875, when E. G. Ross and E, J. D. Skiff purchased it. They published it till August,
1876, when E. Moore was substituted for Skiff, and the paper was continued by Ross &
Moore till October 12, 1876, when Ross became sole proprietor and having admitted his son,
P. Ross, as a partner, October, 1877, they continued the publication up to 1880, when the
paper was moved to Leavenworth.

The Spirit of Kansas, a farm and family paper, was started at Lawrence, Februar 3,
1872, by I. S. Kalloch and J. T. Stevens, under the firm name of I. S. Kalloch & Co. In Feb-
ruary, 1873, Stevens became sole proprietor, and continued the Paper till May, 1873, when E.
G. Ross became a partner. In June, 1874, the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Stevens
again took charge of the paper until the fall of 1880, when he sold his interest to Moody &
Davis, who are the present proprietors. >

The Evening Paper was started January 8, 1873, by E. G. Ross, and published for three
weeks, when it suspended.

The State Sentinel, devoted to the temperance cause, was started in Leavenworth by
David C, Beach, who removed it to Lawrence July 9, 1875, and continued to publish it to
January 1, 1876, when it suspended. "

The Vox Populi, a week aper, was started at Lawrence in 1872, by H. Bronson and
J.C. Weybright. It was published a few months only and merged into the Standard.

_ ._ The Kansas Monthly, a monthly periodical devoted to the social, material and educa-
tional interests of the State, was established in July, 1878, by J.S. Broughton, In the sum-
mer of 1882, the size of the periodical was changed. Since the establishment of the Monthly,
it has been conducted by its founder, who is its present editor.

Kansas Weekly Gazette, a Democratic weekly paper, was established September, 1882, by _
Osbun Shannon, who is its present publisher. The Gazetle is a seven-column folio, and is
devoted to home and State news.

The Lawrence National, a seven-column folio, weekly paper, Greenback in politics, was
established Bepemtiey, 1882, by J. M. Voss, who is its present editor and publisher.

Kansas Review—The first number of the Review, a monthly publication, was issued
November, 1879. The magazine is published by a stock company composed of the students
of the State University, and with the full approval and approbation of the Faculty and
Board of Regents. Its first editors were: C. Timmons, in 1877, editor in chief; C. F. Scott,
1881; Florence E. Fitch, 1881; S. Hopkins, 1881, and H. J. Hendrick, 1881, as associate ed-
itors. Business manager, E. C. Little, 1883. Present editors, E. C. Little, 1883, editor in
chief; F. A. Stocks, 1883; G. B. Watson, 1883; Card A. Fellows, 1883, and P. B. Russell, 1883,
Aespeur 5 piltors. Able articles were furnished by members of the Faculty. Present circu-
ation, 600.

Lhe Kansas Progress was started June 1, 1882, by Rev. A. C. Peck, editor and proprie-
tor. It is devoted especially to the interests of temperance reform, taking strong round
in favor of the law which took effect May 1, 1881, prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating
liquors in the State. It is also devoted to the discussion of educational, social and literary
topics. It is an re page, four-column paper, and is believed to supply a want in the field
of journalism by furnishing an uncompromising prohibitionist periodical. :

University Courier, a semi-monthly publication published by a stock company composed
of the students of the State University. No.1, Vol. I, appeared September, 1882, under the
chief editorship of C. C. Dart, assisted by an able corps of writers. Present circulation 350.

., Lhe Germania is the only German Temepaper published in Lawrence, or within forty
miles. It was established September 1, 1877, by its present proprietor, Gottlieb Oehrle. It
is a seven-column folio; is issued every Thursday; is independent in politics; is devoted
in particular to the interests of the German population of the vicinity, and in general to
the interests of the State at large.

Gottlieb Oehrle, proprietor of the Germania, came to Kansas from Ohio in 1858. His
father was killed in the Quantrill raid August 21, 1863, He then entered the German Or-
pe Asylum at Berea, Ohio, where he remained until 1875. Returning then to Lawrence,

e commenced in 1577, and still continues, the publication of the Germanta.

SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

Lawrence Lodge, No.6, A., F. & A. M., was organized under dispensation from the Grand
ranks of Missouri, Septeiayer 24, 1855, with the totlonine members: James Christian, Co-
lumbus Hornsby, A. 8S. Gabbant, William Yates, E. D. Ladd, James 8. Cowan, Lyman Al-
len, Charles V. Eskridge and William K. R. Lykins, The petition for charter was recom-
mended by Golden Square Lodge, No. 117, Westport, Jackson Co., Mo., August 24, 1855,
DOUGLAS COUNTY.

A charter was granted by the Grand Legge of Kansas, July 14, 1856. First officers: James
Christian, W. M.; James S. Cowan, S.W.; Columbus Hornsby, J. W. Present officers: O.
W. McAlaster, W. M.; William Bedalt, S. W.; William Nadelhoffer, J. W.; E. W. Wood,
Treasurer; Alex. Shaw, Acting Secretary. Present number of members 137. Regular
meetings held second Monday in each month, at Masonic Hall.

Acacia Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M., was organized with twelve charter members, Oc-
tober 16, 1867. T'irst officers: Joseph Cracklin, W. M.; Richard A. Hayes, 8. W.; O. A. Bas-
sett, J. W.; John A, Dailey, Treasurer: Aquila J. Reed, Secretary. . Present officers: F. D.
hhee ete M.; J.M. ‘Turner, 8.W.; D W. March, J. W.; George March, Treasurer; A. L.
Selig, Secretary. Regular meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month. Pres-
ent membership seventy-five.

Lawrence Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M., was chartered by the Grand Chapter of Kansas,
October 18, 1866, The following were the charter members: Owen A. Bassett, Eugene L.
Akin, Samuel K. Huson, Robert W. Oliver, E. A. Smith, Moses Brinkerhoff, A. J. Heath, L.

~ Bullene and Marcus Summerfield. First officers were: O. A. Bassett, High Priest; E. L.
Akin, King; S. H. Huson, Scribe; R, W. Ludington, Treasurer; George H. Hunt, Secretary.
Present officers: W. F. March, High Priest; R. D. Mason, King; J. W. Beard, Scribe; I’.
Menet, Treasurer; A. L. Selig, Secretary. Regular Meetings are held the second Tuesday
of each month. Present membership forty-five.

_ Lawrence Council, No. 3, Royal and Select Masons, was chartered December 12, 1867.
First officers: T. J. Anderson, R.S.M; Jesse Brockway, P.C.W.; A. T. Darwin, Treas-
urer; A. J. Reed, Recorder. Present officers: Francis Manet, P. i M.; P. J. Sternburg, R.
I. M.; T. D. Morse, P. C. W.; R. W. Ludington, Treasurer; A. L. Selig, Recorder. Regular

~ meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month. Present membership twenty-six.

Tubal Lodge of Perfection, No. 5, of Kansas, A. & A., Scottish Rite, was chartered
March 2, 1881, with twelve charter members. At the first election of officers the following
were elected for aterm of three years: 'G. A. Hunt, V.M.; Charles S. Wilder, 8. W.; F. D.
Morse, J. W.; A. L. Selig, Secretary; John Tudhope, Treasurer; 0. A. Bassett, orator.
Reguiat meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month, Present membership

wenty.

De Molay Commandery, No. 4, K. of P., was organized under a charter, dated October 12,
1867, with the following charter members: A. A. Bassett, E. A. Smith, E. £ Darwin, R. Hays,
T. B. Mills, S. Morey, O. T. ee T. J. Anderson, L. P. Mason, E. B. Hayes, E. J. Akin,
Jos, Cracklin, J. Assman, A. J. Reed, and P.J.Sternburg. First officers: O. A. Bassett
Em. Com.; T. J. Anderson, Gen’o; L. T. Darwin, Capt. Gen. Present officers: Sir C. Ww.
Hunt, Em. Com.; W. F. March, Gen’o; W.L. Bullene, Capt. Gen.; O. A. Bassett, Prelate;
J. W. Beard, 8. W.; M.J. Blanchard, J. W.; R. D. Mason, Treas.; J. N. Roberts, R. Regular
meetings are held on third Friday of each month. Present membership, thirty-eight.

Valley Lodge, No. 30, A., F. & A. M., was organized as Valley Lodge, under dispensation,
June 27, 1867, A charter was granted October 16, 1867, with ten charter members. _Iis first
officers were: L. P. Mason, W. M.; J. Brockway,'S. W.; John Sanders, J. W.; P. M. York,
Treas.; H. H. Howard, Sec’y. The charter was surrendered September 11, 1875. Under the
name of Valley Lodge, No. 30, it was re-organized February 16, 1882, with twenty-six mem-
bers, under the following officers: H. B. Richards, W. M.; James R. Curtis, 8. W.; F.
McGrade, J. W.; Dr. C.S. Stapleton, Treas.; A. H. Buck, Sec’y. Regular communications
are held on Saturday evening, on or before full noon, at Odd Fellows Hall, North Lawrence.
Present membership, thirty-one. 8

Lawrence Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F., was organized under a charter dated August 14, 1859,
with six charter members. Following were the first officers: M. Shaw, N.G.; H. O. Shales,
V.G.; A. Moon, R.S.; A. Fuller,

held on Tuesday evening of each week in I. 0. 0.
Halcyon Lodge, No. 18, I. O.
sixteen charter members. First officers: E. D. Ladd, V. G.; H. J. Canniff, N.G.; J.

. Hall, on Henry, west of Vermont.

with all the funds in his possession. Present officers: J. N. Smith, N.G.; L.
V.G.; D. W. Littell, Sec’y; M. J. Clunclute, Perm. Sec’y; J. R. Good, Treas.
ings are held on Monday evenings of each week. Present number of members, eighty.

Oread Lodge, No. 798, K. of H., was organized under a charter dated November 14,
. First officers: F. D. Morse, P. Dic.; J.S. Crew, Dic. ;
. Mason, Vice Dic.; J. W. Beard, Asst. Dic.; George March, Treas.; A. L. Selig, Re-
orter; F. Manet, Fin. Reporter. Present officers: J. E. Riggs, P. Dic.; R. D. Mason, Dic. ;
. J. Ecke, Vice Die. ; E. R. Leonard, Asst. Dic.; J. M. Newlin, Treas. ; F. Menet, Reporter ;
E. Jones, Fin. Reporter. Regular meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays ot
each month, in K. of H. Hall, corner of Massachusetts and Henry streets. Present member-

% ute, with seventeen charter members.
R.

ship, ninety-six.

Luwrence Lodge, No.7, A. O. U. W., was organized under a charter September 21, 1878,
with twenty-four charter members. Following were the first officers: F. D. Morse, P. M. W.;
R. K. Tabor, M. W.; A. L. Selig, F.; J. H. Stewart, O.; M. Hase, R.; T.H. Rudiger, F.; G.W.
Moore, Rec.; G. F. Supple, G.; T. Cass, I. W.; E, F. Goodrich, 6. W.. Present officers: J. H.
Montgomery, P. M. W.; E. F. Goodrich, M. W.; T. Pheeler, F.; C. Setoris, O.; J. T. Richey,
R:; J. H. Boyd, F.; F. J. Eckie, Rec.; D. Kennedy, G. Regular meetings are held on second
and fourth Mondays of each month, at Leis’ Hall.
bers of this lodge since its organization. Present membership, eighty-six.

Washington Post, No. 12, G. A. R—This Post, organized to perpetuate the memory of

the “ Father of his
charter members.
8. V. C.; S. H. Andrews, J. V. C.; 8. Walker, 0. of D.;
Chap.; M. C. Barnes, O. M.; R. R. Tabor, Adjt.; T. H. Stanley, O. of G. Present Officers:
J. P. Crane; P. C.; S. H. Andrews, S. V.C.; H. Asher, J. V.C.; J B. Parnham, O. of D.; V.
G. Miller, Surg.; S. Hollister, Chap.; M. C. Barnes, Q. M.; A. H. Whitcomb, Adjt.; W.A.
Davidson, O. of G. Regular meetings are held on first Saturday of each month, in Odd
Fellows Hali. Present membership, ninety. : :

Equitable Aid Union, No. 193, was organized under a charter, December 9, 1880, with the
following charter members: Dr. J. H. Stewart, J. A. Bliss, G. Innes, J. M. Hester, Dr. R. Dob-
bins, H. J. Canniff, Mrs. R. Dobbins, C.B. Mustard and wife, F. M. McConnell, J.C. Rickett,
G. Leis. First officers: J. H. Stewart, Pres.; R. Dobbins, V. P.; F. M. McConnell, C.; J. M.
Hester, A.; J. C. Rickett, Acct.; J. A. Bliss, Treas.; G. Innes, Sec’y. Present officers: H. A.
Staughter, Pres. ; Mrs. E. J. Moys, V. P.; Mrs. J. M. Hester, G.; H. T. Ross, A.; R. Dobbins,
Acct.; J. R. Good, Treas.; H.C: Newby, Sec’y. Regular meetings, Thursday of each week,

at Miller's Hall, Massachusetts street. Present membership, one hundred and fifty. __

Young Men’s Social Club—A “ musculo-literary society,” was permanently organized
January 10, 1877, with a membership that embraced the’elite of the city. First officers: M.
Newmark, Pres.; W. H. Dildine, Vice Pres.; S. D. Moore, Sec’y; G. A. Hall, Treas. Board
of Directors: A.B. Warren, N. O. Stevens, HB. Shaffer, A. H. Murdock, J. T. Shanklin.
Present officers: J. Zerby, Pres. ; S. V. Hamilton, Vice Pres.; R. C. Johnson, Sec’y; G. A.
Lewis, Treas. Board of Directors: F. Clark, G. Leonard, J. W. Pratt, J. T. Shanklin, N. H.
Goslin, A. B, Warren. In January, 1881, the Lawrence Cornet Band became an im portant
feature of the organization, and has since been known as the“ Y.M.S.C.,8.C. Band.” Pres-
ent number of members in the club, sixty. h

Rechab Lodge, No. 250, I. 0. G. T., was instituted March 18, 1880, with twenty-one char-
ter members. Its first officers were W. P. Biggs, W. C. T.; E. B. Bruce, W. C. T.; C. Menden-
hall, W. S.; Roxie Miller, W. A. S.; E.S. Bruce, W. F.S.; Mary Wheaton, W. P.; F. B. Olds,
W,C.; E. B. Dicker, W. M, Clara I. Higby, W. D. M.; Addie Mendenhall, W.G. Present
officers, W. C. Frazier, W. é. T.; Belle Miller, W. V. T.; E. B. Dicker, W.S.; Etta Willay, W.
A.&.; J. Blevins, W. F. S.; E. Butler, W.P.; Allie Anderson, W. C.; Nellie McCage, W. F.; A.
Cravins, W. D. M.; and C. B. Pettibone, W.D. Regular meetings are held on Friday even-
ings of each week, in Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall, North Lawrence. Present number of
members, thirty-five. ve ss

Rebecca Lodge, No. h, I. O. O. F., was instituted under a charter foe October 10, 1870,
with twenty-three charter members. Its present officers are J. B. Parnham, N. G.; Mrs. H.
C. Doane, V. G.; Mrs. H. P. Anderson, Secretary; and Miss 0. Moore, Treasurer. Re; ular
meetings are held on second and fourth Friday evenings of each month, at Odd Fellows
‘Hall. Present number of members, seventy-five. :

Excelsior ‘Lodge, No. 61, I. 0. O. F., was instituted under a charter dated October 12, 1870
with seventeen charter members. Its first elected officers were J. W. Thompson, V. G.; G.
P, Taylor, V.G.; A.J. Dicker, R. 5. James Walker, P. 8S. C. Bruce, Treasurer. Present
officers: 6. ‘H. Richards, N. G.; C. Oliver, V.G.; R. J. Petty, Treasurer; and E. W. Houston,

‘Secretary. Regular meetings are held Thursday evening of each week, in J. 0. O. F. Hall,
North Lawrence. Present membership, forty. :

Mount Oread Encam; , No. 4, 1. O. O. F., was organized under a charter dated July

16, 1866, with the following charter members: H. I. Canniff, J. E. Kirkpatrick, C. Hidden,

‘ountry,” was organized under a charter, September, 1881, with thirty
The first officers were: J. N. Roberts, Post Com.; W. H. H. Whitney,

F.S.; G. H. Snyder, Treas. Present officers: H.S. Thralls,
N.G.; J. E. Brecher, V.G.; J. B. Panham, Sec’y; G. R. Gould, Treas, Regular meetings

O. F., was organized under a charter, aa ee sie
.3 J.C. Kirk-

patrick, Perm. Sec’y; D. Bailey, Rec. Sec’y ; Charles Hiddin, Treas., who absconded, in 1868,
i é D. 'L. Tosh

Regular meet-

No deaths have occurred among the mem-

. G. Miller, Surg.; S. Hollister,

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R. W. Cliver, William M, Hopstue, D. Bailey, J. Vleit, E. D, Ladd, E.S. Scudder, H. W. Fil-
ley, W. L. G. Soule, William Bergman, H. A. Cook, G. Leis, J. kK. Riggs and W. H. Camp-
bell, Present officers are: H. W. Spangler, C. P.; W. A. Montgomery, H. P.;'J. Watkins, S.
W.; L. E. L. E. R. Andrew, J. W.; E. W. Houston, Scribe; John Charlton, Treasurer, Reg-
ular communications are held on the first and third Friday evenings of each month in I. O.
O. F. hall. Present membership, thirty-eight.

Lawrence Turn-Verein.—A society composed of the Germans of Lawrence was organ-
ized and incorporated under the name of “'The Lawrence Turn-Verein,” January 28, 1868,
with fifteen members. The first Board of Trustees was composed of P. Preizach, J. Oesch and
HI. Mastin. A stone building 40x60 feet was erected in the summer of 1869, at a cost of $5,000.
In 1882, an addition, 25x50 feet, was made. A short time after the erection of the first build-
ing, a garden, comprising eight lots on Delaware street, was Jaid off and improvements
made. The organization, now numbering forty-three members, is in a prosperous con-
dition. Its present officers are F. W. Wieman, President; A. Fischer, Ree. Sec.; Jacob Lan-
ay Cor. Sec.; William Freiewmith, First Turnwart; P. Rinefkow, Cashier; F. Pulvermiller,

ibrarian.

Sociater Verein, organized;October 20, 1872. The following were its first officers: Charles
Wellemsen, President; Oscar Haberlein, Secretary; C. R. Wyler, Treasurer. The present
officers are M. Summerfield, President; Leo Steinberg, Secretary ; H. Hase, Trustee; F. H.
Rudiger, Treasurer; Orrin Wyler, Theatrical Director; and F. Schmidtmeyer, Assistant
Director. Business meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month. Social gath-
erings are held every other Thursday, at the hall of the club, on Massachusetts street.
This club is composed of Germans exclusively and is a purely social organization. There
are at present thirty members.

LITERARY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

Lawrence possesses educational culture and social refinement that is neues by
few Eastern cities, and is the Athens of Kansas, built up and settled as it has been by a class
of people largely composed of the best educated and highest cultured classes of New England
and New York, it = deserves its sobriquet, the “ City of Learning.” Its people, in order
to pursue social and literary advantages, have, as of yore, organized societies by which more
rapid progress could be made in the advancement of science, art and literature. 4 5
Lawrence Business College, an institution for the theory and practice of commercial
business, was established in Lawrence by H. W. McCully, in 1869. Mr. McCully was suc-
ceeded in 1878, by Bridge & Barringer, who remained in charge until the spring of 1882,

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when the present proprietors, Boor & MclIlravy, assumed control. Since the college was first
established, it has been in successful operation, and to-day ranks among.the best in the
country. The student can here become familiar with all the branches pertaining to a busi-
ness education. Faculty for 1882 are E. L. McIlravy, Superintendent of Actual Business
Department and Professor of Te miba ns hp V.F. Boor, Principal of Book-keeping Depart-
ment; W. H. Ames, Principal of Telegraphic Department and Professor of Commercial Law;
M. A. Rankin, Principal of English Training Department; W. Hoys, Principal of Phono-

raphic Department. Accommodations for 175 students may be found in thecollege. From
‘orty-five students in 1881, its membership isconstantly increasing, now numbering 125 mem-
bers. 5

Old and New Club.—In 1875, a company of gentlemen met and formed what was known
as the “Old and NewClub.” A peculiarity of the organization is that since its first meeting
no officers have been elected, the club at each meeting going in a “ committee of the whole.”
Meetings are held from October to April of each year. Average membership fourteen.
Social science, in all its phases, forms the principal subject of discussion.

Names of present members: Judge 8. O. Thacher, Col. W. A. Harris, Col. 0. E. Leon-
ard, B. W. Woodward, Prof. D. H. Robinson, Prof. G. E. Patrick, Prof. F. H. Snow, Hon. Ed-
ward Russell, Dr. F. D. Morse, A. Beattie, J.S. Emory, J. D. Bowersock. Among the hon-
orary members are Hon. D. C. Haskell and Hon. T. D. Thacher.

Friends and Council No. 2.—An organization composed of the ladies of Lawrence, was
organized in 1871, by Mrs. E. P. Leonard, a member of the Quincy, Ill., Society, No 1, as the
oldest literary organization in the city; it ranks second to none from a literary point of view.
The society is in possession of a fine library, which includes many of the best works on En-
glish literature.

Present officers: Mrs. S. A. Brown, President ; Mrs. J. G. Haskell, Vice President ; Mrs.
Dr. Marvin, Treasurer; Miss M. Thacher, Secretary; Mrs. P. R. Brooks, Librarian. Aver-
age membership, twenty-five.

Ladies’ Liberal Club.—A literary and social society composed of members of the Unita-
rian Church, was organized in 1877, with twenty members. Mrs. S. A. Brown, first Presi-
dent of the society. Present officers: Mrs. 5, A. Brown, President ; Mrs. M. Rice, Secretary ;
Mrs. F. Gleason, Vice President; Mrs. O. P. McAlaster, Treasurer.

The nucleus for a public library was formed in the summer of 1865, by J. S. Broughton,
who, with sixty volumes, opened and established what was then known as the Lawrence “ Cir-
culating Library.” It occupied a small back room on the second floor of the Hortman Block
and was opened to the public Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The books were loaned
out .at 15 cents per week, and such was the demand for them that frequently the supply
was inadequate to the demand. In the fall of the same year the library was moved and oc-
cupied rooms over Leis’ drug store. A free reading room supplied with the leading periodi-
cals of the day, was established in connection, and donations made to the library, to the ex-
tent of 1,000 volumes. During the winter of 1865-66, a society composed of some of the
leading citizens was formed, and called the ‘‘ Lawrence Library Association,” with a view
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of puheeis the library and fixtures, and extending its usefulness.
made in 1866, : ss

In the fall or winter of 1871, the association transferred it to the city, in consideration
of which the city agreed to liquidate a debt of $600, and keep the library in running order.
In 1876, elegant and commodious rooms were obtained on the first floor of the Wacenal
Bank building, corner of Massachusetts and Winthrop streets.

Additions have been made to the library from time to time until it now contains up-
ward of 6,000 volumes, embracing many works by the most eminent authors. The reading
room in connection is supplied with all the leading American magazines, and a large num-
ber of daily and weekly papers, and is largely patronized by students and others. Present
Librarian, Mrs, J. C. Trask.

Chamber of Commerce was organized under a charter,
the following-named gentlemen being its corporators: I. N. Hoesam, G. Leis, 8. Steinberg,
J. Walruff; J. D. Bowersock. First officers: J. N. Van Hosen, President; J. D. Bowersock,
Vice President; A. B. Warren, Secretary; G. Leis, Treasurer. Board of Directors: I. N.
Van Hosen, J.S. Crew, G. Hume, A. B. Warren, J. D. Bowersock, John Walruff, H, J. Rush-
man, G. Innes, George Hunt, S. Steinber , G, Leis, H. J. Canniff.

Present Officers : J. D. Bowersock, President ; G. Innes, Vice President; A. B. Warren,
Secretary ; G. Leis, Treasurer. The present membership includes sixty-five of the promi-
inent business men, who are always foremost in promoting the best interests of the city.

The purchase was

ranted December 12, 1878,

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

In pursuance toa call made by the Mayor, the Fire Department of Lawrence was in-
augurated by the organization of Republican Engine Company No. 1, February, 1859, with
forty-three applicant members. First officers were A. J. Sutten, Foreman ; A. Love, First
Assistant ; G. L. Chandler, Second Assistant; W. W. Woodruff, Third Assistant ; A. J. Miller,
‘Secretary ; M. D. Baldwin, Treasurer. :

Prior to the organization of the company, the city purchased in the winter of 1858 the
fire engine, “ Washington,” and a hose cart, “the Lady of the,Lake,” from the city of St.
Louis. The-engine and spperabus not giving satisfaction, was returned.

After an existence of a few years, the “ Republican” Company No. 1 was disbanded.
Hook, ladder and bucket companies were organized at different times and constituted the
fire Soyrspnen of the city until 1869, when the “Head Center Hose Company” was or-
ganized. During the year prior to 1869, the city purchased a “steamer,” hose cart and
other fire equipments at a cost of $6,625. a oy

“Head Center Hose Company” was ore nized in March, 1869, by E. B. Chadwick, twelve
members, under the following officers: E. B. Chadwick, Foreman ; H. Lonara, First Assist-
ant; G. Thomas, Second Assistant; H. D. Whitman, Secretary; R. Johnson, Treasurer.
Headquarters for the department were in what was then known as the “old engine room.”
In June, 1869, the station was moved to its raent quarters—City Hall.

_ The company is at present composed of sixteen members, who are under the leader-
ship of the following chief officer, E. Manter, Foreman.

Lawrence, in proportion to its size, has had but few serious conflagrations, the principal
one of which, was the destruction by fire of every building on Massachusetts street, with
one exception, in August, 1863.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

Owing to the peculiar facilities for transportation, combined with its close proximity to
the raw material, and its superior water-power, Lawrence is destined to become the leading
earch city in the Missouri Valley. The cable “system” of transfer power, is
largely used, it being claimed by competent authority that the power may be transferred
a distance of five miles with a loss of power not exceeding two per cent.

The total power approximates 1,500 horse-power, 350 of which being in daily use.
Three flouring mills, two elevators, four wire fence factories, one shirt factory, two machine
shops, one paper mill, and the chemical works, use the cable system, with the exception of
one flouring mill which receives its power direct. Power is now successfully carried more
than one-half mile, by means of the ‘cable system.” e

Douglas County Miils—The only mills using the water-power direct, were erected in
1878, by a company composed of J. H. Gower, J.Gower and J. W. Houghtellin. Owing to the
death of the three partners, the mill passed into the hands of J. D. Bowersock, its present
proprietor, in 1880, -The mill is a stone structure, 50x60 feet, four stories ey and with its
eleven run of buhrs, and five sets of rolls, has a capacity of four hundred barrels of flour
every twenty-four hours. In connection with the mill, a three-story warehouse, 40x50 feet,
and an elevator 30x100 feet, with a capacity of 50,000 bushels of grain, have been erected,
the total outlay exceeding $74,000. This mill is one of the largest in the West, and controls
a large per cent of the grain shipped into the city.

Pacific Mills—The Pacific Mills originally occupied the building now used by the

Kansas Basket Manufacturing Company, but in 1879 moved their machinery into the building _

now occupied by them, which was originally used as a box factory. This building, a three-
story stone structure, 40x40 feet, was erected in 1874 ata cost of $20,000. In September, 1880,
a stock company was incorporated, five names appearing on the charter. The mill has five
run of buhrs, and one set: of rolls, with a capacity of one hundred barrels every twenty-four
hours. Four grades of flour are manufactured, among which are several popular brands.
Under its present officers, H. Tisdale, President; W. F. March, Secretary, and J. D. Bower-
sock, Treasurer; the mill is one of the successful business enterprises of the city.

Pierson’s Roller Mills—These mills, comparatively a new venture, were erected in 1880-
1881 by S. P. Pierson, and started February, 1882, under the management of Pierson Bros.
The building, a four-story stone structure, 50x60 feet, is one of the most completely equipped
institutions of its kind in the State. Its machinery is of the most costly and latest design,
and embraces fourteen sets of rolls, and four run of buhrs, which give the mill a capacity
‘of two hundred and fifty barrels every twenty-four hours. Four grades of flour are man-
ufactured, each one of which is securing an enviable reputation. In the autumn of 1882, a
brick building, 34x50 feet, was erected, in which a 100 horse-power engine was placed, to be
used as a “reserve” moter.

Hamilion Straw Lumber Factory—The manufacture of lumber out of straw, was first
investigated and experimented upon, by 8. H. Hamilton, of Lawrence, who discovered that
by a peculiar process straw lumber could be manufactured successfully. After many dis-
couragements and difficulties, one of which was the burning of his building and new ma-
chinery, an incorporated stock company, with a capital of $150,000, was organized under
New York laws, in September, 1881 ; one-half the stock is owned by New York and Chicago
parties. The new building, which is a stone structure, 380x126 feet, was erected in 1881-82,
‘An addition 30x50 feet made of straw lumber, is used for storage purposes, The factory at
present, has a capacity of 10,000 feet of “ aes. » perday. The straw lumber is not sus-
ceptible to atmospherical influences, and can be treated the same as natural lumber. The
manufacture of this lumber, yet in its infancy, is constantly on the increase, and is becom-
ing a valued substitute for the natural woods. Present officers: 8, H. Hamilton, President,
and General Manager ; C. W. Hillard, Secretary and Treasurer.

Lawrence Paper Mill—An important industry to the list of the manufacturing insti-
tutions of the city, commenced operations under the management of Messrs. Idwards,
Gardner and Higley, in the summer of 1882. A brick and stone structure was erected, the
main building being 40x60 feet, with a wing 35x90 feet, at a cost of $5,000. In October, 1882,
a stock company wi incoxporated with a capital stock of $30,000, with the following offi-
cers: J. D. Bowersock, President; H. K. Edwards, Vice President; L. C. Gardner, Secretary
and Treasurer. Board of Directors: H. K. Edwards, W. F. March, L. C. Gardner, H. E.
Benson and J. D. Bowersock. The mill has peen supplied with the latest and most improved
machinery, at a cost of $20,000, and has a daily capacity of four tons of wrapping paper.

Lawrence Foundry and Machine Shops, were established in the summer of 1858, by the
Kimball Bros., consisting of Samuel, Frederic, Franklin and Edward Kimball. Prior to
1858, S. Kimball erected a saw mill and commenced preparations for establishing a machine
shop. A planing machine, an iron lathe, and some other machinery was purchased and put
in operation, but owing to the disturbances of the times the machine shops were not in full
operation until 1858. In 1870-72, the present buildings were erected and new machinery
purchased, causing an outlay of $30,000. The machine shops, or main building, is a two-
story brick structure 40x45 feet. The foundry, which is also built of brick, has an area of
2,300 square feet. A force of from fifteen to twenty-five men is constantly employed.

Douglas County Iron Works, was established in the spring of 1882, by Messrs. Savage &
Lightcap, two machinists of experience, who erected on the corner of, New Hampshire and
Pinekney streets, a two-story brick building, 30x84 feet, and fitted it with the latest im-
roved machinery, at an a of $12,000. A foundry is in Papocst of erection. All
inds of general machine work and repairing is done and special attention paid to boiler
work. Comparatively a new firm, it is rapidly building up an immense trade.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Lawrence Barb Wire Manufactory—This establishment was the first to manufacture
barb wire in the State. Seen e evenuene under a company i eeenane S capital of
$20,000, organized in 1878, it soon had the control of an extensive business. The company.
under the management of A. Henley, manufactures the celebrated Henley four-pointe
steel barb, and operates nine machines, which have a capacity of 10,000 pounds per day,
With its recent additions to buildings and machinery, the institution is becoming a success-
ful business enterprise. :

Southwestern Barb Wire Monufactory—The establishment now operated under this
name was first established by Messrs. Mackey & Warren, but in a short time an incorpo-
rated company was organized with a capital stock of $10,000. The names of M. W. War-
ren, A. D. Mackey, J. 5. Bowersock, Charles Chadwick and Mrs. C. M. Warren, appear on
the charter. The institution employs on an average fifteen hands, and is licensed to manu-
facture three hundred tons, or 300,000 pounds of plain or galvanized wire per year. The
wire manufactured by this company is widely known throughout the country and gives
satisfaction,

Western Steel Fence Factory.—In November, 1881, a partnership was formed by Messrs.
J. W. Harbaugh, J. N. Shimmons and D. G. Alford, for the purpose of manufacturing the
Harbaugh Steel Fence. The fence material is a Bessemer steel band one-half inch in
width, and contains three longitudinal ribs. The barbs are formed by cutting and bending
on either edge, and are cut in pairs, one each way every two and one-half inches. The ad-
vantages of this fence are appreciated by those who have it in use.

e Frye Combination Fence Works were established in June, 1882, by G. N. Denning
& Son, with a capacity of one hundred rods per day. The fence is composed of five two-
strand cables of steel wire, firmly interwoven with lath, at a uniform distance of three
inches apart. The laths are saturated with alkalies, making them equally durable with the
wire, which is supplied with 588 barbs to the rod. This fence, since the time it was intro-
duced, has met with remarkable success, and is rapidly growing into universal use.

Lawrence Canning Factory—A company known as the Lawrence Canning Company
was incorporated February 22, 1881, with a capital of $50,000, and purchasing the buildin,
owned by the Lawrence Packing Company, commenced canning all kinds of perishable
fruits and vegetables. Among the » principe stockholders are, 8. O. Thacher, 0. E, Leonard,
George Noble, A. Lewis and D. H. Robinson. The officers of the company are, O. E. Leon-
ard, President; Mr. Atkins, Vice President; A. Lewis, Secretary; J. M. Wood, Treas- ,
urer. They have every facility for doing as large a business as any factory in the United
States, their machinery having all the latest improvements. In the year 1882, twenty-five
thousand cases, or six hundred thousand cans of fruit and vegetables were put up. .

Kansas Fruit Vinegar Factory—A company was incorporated with a capital stock of
$15,000, May 10, 1882, for the pupae of manufacturing pure cider vinegar. Its board of
directors are, D. B. Hunnicutt, varpenter, J. E. Studebaker, F. H. Osborn, L. B. L. Tosh.
Officers, D. B. Hunnicutt, President ; F. H. Osborn, Secretary; R. Carpenter, Treasurer; M.
Flora, Superintendent. The company employ twenty men, and manufacture one hundred
barrels of cider vinegar per day. The building in use is a three-story frame structure,
40x100 feet, and was formerly used as a soap factory. Tanks have been built with a capacity
of two hundred thousand gallons, The latest improved machinery is used, with a Plummer
evaporator that has a capacity of one hundred bushels every twenty-four hours.

Kansas Basket Manufacturing Works—This immense manufacturing establishment isan
outgrowth of the efforts of J. N. Roberts, who in 1879 commenced the manufacture of
baskets from native cottonwood. In November, 1881, a stock somipany. was one nized with
a capital of $50,000, its incorporators were C. W. Babcock, G. W. E. Griffith, J. N. Roberts, 8.
‘A. Gillette and N. E. Russell. A three-story stone building, 50x100 feet, formerly occupied
by the Pacific Mills, and complete machinery was purchased at an outlay of $24,000. New-
machinery has been added with which three car loads of black walnut veneering is turned out
each week. From asmall beginning, the business has rapidly buiit up until now the company
manufactures 50,000 dozen baskets, and 2,000,000 berry boxes each year. The mill employs
fifty skilled hands, and consumes $30,000 worth of raw material every year, the greater part
of which is obtained in Douglas County. With constantly increased facilities, the mill is
turning out more wooden-ware each succeeding year. Its present officers are G. E. Griffith,
President; C. E. Tuthill, Treasurer, and C. W. Babcock, Secretary.

Lawrence Agricultural Works—In 1863, Messrs. Wilder and Palm established what is
now known as the Lawrence Agricultural Works. The motive power is a genuine Holland
wind mill, erected in the same year by mechanics brought over from Sweden by Mr. Palm.
This mill, which has to be seen to be appreciated, is an octagon-shaped building four stories
high, with stone basement and a frame superstructure, the wind mill proper having an
eighty foot sweep. At an outlay of $9,700, the mill was completed and put in Speeeian. as a
grist mill, with two run of buhrs, or a capacity of twenty bushels per hour. The mill proper
is still operated as a flouring mill, and does a general custom business. Additional buildings
were erected for the manufacture of agricultural implements. The building in which the
wood is prepared is a two-story stone, 40x60 feet ; a blacksmith shop, one-story stone, 30x70
feet, and an iron room, one-story frame, 26x40 feet.

An incorporated stock company with a capital of $100,000 was formed June 11, 1880, by
the following gentlemen: J. H. Wilder, A. Palm, P. J. Peterson, Mr. Reese and N. J. Sher-
wood. Its present officers are, A. Palm, President; J. H. Wilder, Treasurer; W. H.
Kemmerer, Secretary. ; *

The Holland wind mill, furnishing a power equal to eighty-horse-power, has proved a
success in every particular. The agricultural works employ a force of twenty-five men, and
turn out $50,000 worth of wagons and agricultural implements annually.

Carriage Works—The manufacture of carriages in Lawrence has been in operation since
the year 1866, when O. Carlson turned his attention in that direction. In 1867, he erected a
substantial two-story brick building, 45x60 feet, in which he carried on his business until
1878, when he enlarged his storage capacity by an addition, 25x50 feet. The works employ
ten He Snes skilled mechanics, and manufacture one hundred carriages of all grades
annually,

Shirt Factory—The manufacturing firm of J. E. & C. E. Wilder was established in the
spring of 1873, they then employing eight hands, Their present buildings were completed
in 1882, at a cost of $9,000. The main building is a massive stone structure, three stories and
basement, 50x80 feet, with a wing, 18x36 feet, two stories high. The machinery is run by water-
power, transferred from the dam by a wire cable. During the busy season, twenty-five machines
are in use, employing sixty-five hands. From asmall beginning this institution has grown to
be one of the most important manufacturing enterprises in the State. Their business ex--
tends all over Kansas and into Texas, Colorado and New Mexico, and is rapidly
increasing. .

Lawrence Coal, Coke and Gas Works—The introduction of gas into the city of Lawrence,
occurred in 1869-70, when on the 19th day of August, 1869, a stock company was incorporated
with a paid tg ae of $100,000, Its incorporators were, W. Hadley, J. W. McMillen, EB.
L, Aikins, G. W. Reynolds, S. O, Thacher, E. E. Gray and J.C. Horton. The buildings used
by this company wore completed in 1869-70, and consist of a retort room, 40x60 feet; puri-
fying room, 40x50 feet, and a gasometer, sixty feet in diameter, with a capacity of 60,000
cubic feet of gas, The company controls ten miles of pipe, and manufactures 500,000 cubic
feet of gas per month. Present officers of the company are G. W. E. Griffith, President; R.
©. Johnson, Secretary, Treasurer and Superintendent. Board of Directors: G. W. E.
eth, i. Russell, W. N. Bangs, B. W.. Woodward, E. Thompson, P. Faust and W. L.

ilbert.

Leis Chemical -Works.—This gigantic manufacturing establishment has grown to its
present proportions mainly through the efforts of George Leis, who, as a druggist, com-
menced the manufacture of chemical preparations, For several years, he continued their
manufacture, when, February 4, 1880, 2 stock company of the. prominent business men of
the place was organized with a capital of $50,000. Its first officers were, J. P. Usher, Presi-
dent; I. N. Van Hoesen, Vice President; George Leis, Secretary and Manager ; H. Ben-
son, Treasurer; W. J. Leis, Superintendent Manufacturing and Assistant Manager.

Patent Medicines—The manufacture of patent medicines was commenced, in a small way,
by Dr. 8S. 0. Himoe, in 1867, According to the demand, the business increased until the
sales amount to $15,000 annually. His medicines embrace ten different varieties of chem-
ical pee? for the manufacture of which the establishment employs eight experienced
hands, “Himoe’s Popular Medicines” are known throughout the great West for their
purity and efficacy. Directors: H.C. Smith, W. G. Hills, C. E. Wilmoth, and J. D. Bower-
sock. In the autumn of 1882, a brick laboratory, four stories high, 50x85 feet, was completed
at a cost of $18,000. Employing twenty-five skilled operatives, the “Leis Chemical Manufac-
turing Company” manufactures Leis's standard medicines, pharmaceutical preparations,
perfumery, fruit extracts, baking powder, etc. Three hundred thousand gross of different

reparations are manufactured annually. The establishment is one of the most successful
usiness enterprises in the State.
DOUGLAS

HOTELS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS.

Eldridge House.—After the destruction of the Free-State Hotel by Sheriff Jones and
posse, May 21, 1856. nothing was done toward the erection of a new bailing until the early
per of 1857. During this year, Col. S. W. Eldridge, with his brothers, Edward S., Thomas

. and James M., erected a brick structure, four stories high, 100x117 feet, at a cost of $80,000,
furnished. Col. Eldridge conducted the hotel until 1863, when it was destroyed by Quan-
trill. During its comparatively brief existence, it was the headquarters for the Free-State
men.

In 1865, a new building was erected on the site of the old one, by Col. Eldridge. The
new structure—the present Eldridge House—is a three story brick, 1o0xti7 feet, aad was
erected at a cost of $52,000. On its completion Col. Eldridge sold his interest to Gen. G. W.
Deitzler, who leased it fora term of ten years to'E. A.Smith. Mr. Smith, after managing the
hotel for a few years, sub-leased it to I.S. Kalloch, who remained its manager two years, and
was succeeded by M.S, Beach. H. H. Ludington then resumed charge for several years,
when J. R. Pearshall, the present manager, became its lessee.

The Merchants’ Bank was established March 4, 1878. Its first officers were, J.B. Watkins,
President; Theodore Poehler, Vice President; G. W. E. Griffith, Cashier; R. G. Jamison,
Assistant Cashier. G. W. E. Griffith succeeded to the Presidency of the bank March 1, 1881
and R. G. Jamison, to be Cashier. The business is that of legitimate private banking, an
has been profitable from the start. The bank has a good reputation, both at home and
abroad. Capital, $100,000; surplus, $18,000.

National Bank of Lawrence, certificate dated September 5, 1865; opened for business Janu-
ary 1, 1866; capital $100,000, privilege of $500,000; capital all paid in, April, 1866. The first
board of officers were: Washington Hadley, President ; G. Grovenor, Vice President ; E. A.
Smith, Cashier; A. Hadley, Assistant Cashier. The present board of officers is as follows:
8. 0. Thacher, President; J.S. Crew, Vice President; A. Hadley, Cashier; I. E. Newlin,
Assistant Cashier. The bank building is 110x50 feet, having four stories and basement,
with mansard roof, cut. stone front. This bank never suspended payment for an hour, and
always met demands in full. Its directors are: S. O. Thacher, J. 8. Crew, M. H. Newlin, W.
Hadley and L. J. Worden.

G. R. Gould & Co. (G. R. Gould, J. K. Hemphill), dealers in agricultural implements,
hardware, wagons, ete., are also agents for the “New American” sewing machine. They
represent W. A. Wood harvesting machinery, Moline Plow Company, J. I. Case Plow Com-

any, Mitchell farm and spring wagons. Are transfer agents for the State, for the J. I. Case

company. The business was established in 1867, by ne, Gould, dealing at that time in
wagons alone, The present firm was organized in 1879. They carry a very complete stock in
their line, sl an annual business of about $80,000. They sell about 150 farm and spring
wagons yearly. : 5

_ Theodore Poehler & Co., wholesale oe and proprietors of “Kaw Valley” elevator.
This firm is composed of Theodore Poehler, A. H. Whitcomb and 8.8. Whitcomb. The busi-
ness was established by Mr. Poehler in 1866. The present firm was organized in 1870. They
employ about twenty-two men in both departments; keep one man “on the road,” and do a
puntos of abene a Fromage

awrence Sugar a! Refinery, incorporated April, 1883, under State laws. Incor-
porators: J. H. Wilder, S. J. Churchill, ‘. Stan ey, W. W. Cockins, John Rohskopf. Officers:
J. H. Wilder, President; S. J. Churchill, vice President; E. Stanley, Secretary; W. W.
Cockins, Treasurer. Authorized capital, $100,000. Will erect mills in all parts of this and
adjoining States, the syrup produced being all gathered into Lawrence, and there reduced
to sugar, at the main works, the Superintendent being an expert in the process.

stern Farm Mortgage Company, F. M. Perkins, President; J. T. Warne, Vice Presi-
dent; N. F. Hart, Auditor; L. H. Perkins, Secretary; C. W. Gillette, Treasurer. Incorpo-
rated under the State laws, May, 1880. The company have sixty-three agencies in the State
-of Kansas; are also doing business in Towa, Missouri, Dakota and Nebraska. They have
now out about 1,705 loans, representing an investment of $500,000 to $600,000. They make a
apecially of ihe first mortgage bond on improved farms, guaranteeing payment of interest
and principal.

 

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(For biography of Dr. Cutler, see page 559.) «
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
DR. A. G. ABDELAL, physician and surgeon, was born in Lyons, France, February 7, 1822.

His father was a Surgeon General in the French Army. At the age of eight years, the subject of
our sketch entered the Hayat College at Marseilies, taking a full course of instruction in the

classics and philosophy. He graduated in 1841, with the degree of A.B. In 1846, he entered
the medical college at Montpelier, France, graduating August 15, 1852, with an M. D. degree.
Immediately afterward, entered the Veil De Grace School of Medicine and Surgery at Paris, tak-
ing studies then preparatory tgan army life. In 1854, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon
in the French Army. During the Crimean war, he was in hospital service at Galleopolis some
months, and was the commissioned Assistant Surgeon of an Algerian Regiment of Turkos. On
the close of the Crimean war, he went with his regiment to Algiers, Africa, where he remained
until the breaking-out of the war with Italy, in 1859. Hw was witb the army at Solferino, May-
enta and Monte Bello. On the close of the war, he returned to Algiers. In 1861, he left Algiers
te join the army of Gen. Forry, and with them entered upon the Mexican campaign. Was at-
tached to the French Army until the fall of 1863. He was the commissioned Surgeon in the Im-
perial army of Maximilian, with whom he remained until hiscapture. He was released after a
short detention and engaged in practice at St. Louis Potosi, afterward at Monterey and Matamoras.
In June, 1868, he came to the United States, remained in Baltimore, Md., a short time, and in
the same year settled in Lawrence, Kan., where he has since remained in practice. He was mar-
ried in Baltimore, Md., in June, 1868, to Miss Mary Le Febere, of Baltimore. They have two

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adopted children, Mary and Ellen. Dr. Abdelal was Coroner of Douglas County from 1870 to
1872. He isa member of the State Medical Society andthe A., F. & A. M. and I. 0.0. F.

 

D. $8. ALFORD, attorney at law, was born in Riverton, Conn., October 2, 1848; he pursued
his preparatory studies at Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. He then entered the Wes-
leyan University of Middletown, Conn., from which institution he graduated in 1871, with the
degree of A. B., his degree of A. M being conferred in 1874 by his Alma Mater. He read law with
Judge Goodwin, of Connecticut, and was admitted tu practice in the spring of 1873, in-Lawrence,
Kan., where he had settled the year previous. In addition to the practice of his profession, Mr.
Alford is also interested in the manufacturing interests of Lawrence. He is owner of the Perry
Flouring Mills, at Perry, Kan.; is also connected with the Western Stvel Fence Company; is
proprietor of the Kansas Daily Tribune, and was attorney for the Kansas Midland Railroad two
years. Mr, Alford was married in Lawrence, Kan., April 14, 1874, to Miss Susan D., daughter of
Joseph Savage, Esq.; they have three children—Alfred C., Anna M. and Donald J. Mr. Alford is
amember of the K. of H., and is also one of the trustees of Plymouth Church.

ALLISON & SON, dealers in staple and fancy groceries, provisions, etc. The business was
originally established about 1879 ; the present firm succeeded House & Searl in the spring of 1882.
Lewis Allison, senior member of the firm, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., April, 1823. He
moved to Lagrange County, Ind., about 1836, and a few years later to Ohio. In 1844, he moved
to Keokuk, Iowa, where he engaged in the mercantile business. In 1846, he enlisted in St.
Louis, in the Second Battalion of Artillery, under Maj. Clark, and took part in the famous march
under Doniphan to Santa Fe, Chihuahua, Buena Vista and Balize, having several engagements
with the Mexicans and Indiansen route. After serving some sixteen months, he was mustered
out. He then engaged in steamboating on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. ‘Four years later he
went to California, where he engaged in mining for one year; then. went to Australia in the same
business, remaining about two years. He then returned to California and Oregon, and shortly
afterward to St. Louis, Mo., by the Nicaragua route. He then moved to Kansas, landing in
Lawrence July 4, 1856, The same year he made a claim in Hays Township, Franklin County,
where he engaged in farming until the fall of 1882. He enlisted in 1863 in the Missouri 8. S.
M., under Col. Nugent; was taken prisoner at Independence, Mo.; was paroled and afterward ex-
changed. In1864, he enlisted in the Fifth Kansas, Company M, the company being consolidated
with the Sixteenth Regiment, and served until the close of the war. He was married in Douglas
County, in 1864, to Miss Louisa Morse, of Barry County, Mich. They have six children living—
Charles, Edgar, Andrew, Samuel, Stephen and Thomas. 5

H. AMES, principal of the telegraphic department, teacher of commercial law, and as-
sistant in book-keeping, Lawrence Business College, was born in Hancock County, IIl., Febru-
ary 21,1857. He was educated in Hancock and Adams Counties, finishing at a seminary at War-
saw, Ill. He then entered the Gein City Business College, graduating in 1882. He then made
a special study of telegraphy, and, after graduating, engaged at his profession in railroad offices
until September. 1882, when he settled in Lawrence, to take his present position. Mr. Ames isa
member of the I. 0. 0. F.

JOHN ANDERSON, proprietor of Dr. C. Newman’s European Nectar, for territory west of
the Mississippi River,was born in Swaland, Sweden, June 16, 1835. After completing his school-
ing, he learned the wagon-making trade, which he followed until 1864, when he emigrated to the
United States. He spent some time in Chicago, Arkansas, and other places, and finally decided to
settle in Lawrence, Kan.,in 1865. For about two years, he engaged in carpentering, and then
went into the grocery business, in which he coutinued about ten years. Then engaged in hotel
keeping, running the Central House until 1881, when he bought the control of the European
Nectar. Mr. Anderson was married in Lawrence, Kan., September 18, 1871, to Mrs. Jennie C.
Anderson, a native of Nora, Sweden; they have one child—George. Mr. A. is a member of the
Scandinavian Society.

S. B. ANDERSON, homeeopathic physician and surgeon, was born in Greenfield, Highland
Co., Ohio, January 27,1825, He was educated in his native county, and then commenced the
study of medicine in the office of a homceopathic physician. In 1850, he entered the Medical In-
stitute of Ciacinnati, taking the full course, and graduating in 1854. He immediately opened an
office in Greenfield, Ohio, where he did a large and successful practice until 1868, when he re-
moved to Kansas, settled in Lawrence and immediately commenced the practice of his profession,
in which he has since continued uninterruptedly. Dr. Anderson was married in Greenfield,
Ohio, August 9, 1849, to Miss N. L Davis, of Greenfield; they have six children—Samuel H., now
a practicing physician in Kansas City; Mary A., now Mrs. S. D. Coffin, of Kansas City; J. Frank,
Will J., James A., George D. Dr. A. is a member of the State Homceopathic Medical Association ;
has been both Vice President and President of the society. Is also amember of the A., F. & A.
M.and [.0.0.F.. and of Lawrence Union, No. 192, H. A. N

H. B. ASHER, Sheriff of Douglas County, was born in Hancock County, IIl., February 24,
1838 ; moved with his parents to Adair County, Mo., in 1845, and in 1848 to Lee County, Iowa-
where he received his education. In 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, be.
ing one of a party from Iowa, making a full company; be was mustered out December 8, 1864,
The following spring he came to Leavenworth, Kan., and engaged in the lightning-rod busivess
as agent tor Cole Bros.. of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. In 1868, he was admitted to partnership, the
new firm being Cole Bros. & Asher, and located at Lawrence, Kan., where he continued to ope-
rate that busiuess until 1879, when he was elected Sheriff, and re-elected in 1881. He was mar-
ried in Holton, Kan., May 15, 1872, to Miss Mary A. A. Parkhurst, who died in Lawrence. He
was married to his present wife in Lawrence, October 21, 1880. She was the second daughter of
J.D. Herrington, Mollie E.. born in Kansas, November 27, 1856. Mr. Asher is a member of Law-
rence Lodge, No. 4, I. 0.0. F., and Mount Oread Encampment, No.4. Also of Washington Post,
No. 12, G. A. RB. .
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_ _ J. Q. ASHTON &-CO., dealers in queensware, glassware, house-furnisbing goods, toys,

picture frames, etc. (a specialty made of the latter). The business was established by Mr. Ash-
ton in February, 1881. J.Q, Ashton was born near Newcastle, Penn., September 22, 1829. About
1845, his parents settled in Clermont County, Ohio. J. Q. learned the magon’s trade in Portsmouth,
Ohio, partially, and conpleted it in Louisville, Ky. In 1852, he went to California. He engaged
in the mercantile business in Sacramento, fora time, and then engaged in contracting and build-
ing. In 1856, he returned to Pennsylvania for a time, and then located in Portsmouth, Ohio.
He followed bis trade there and in Cincinnati, Ohio, until 1859, when he moved to Kansas. He
spent the winter in Anderson County, and in the following spring settled in Linn County, near
Osawatomie, his farm being the ecene of one of John Brown's battles, In 1861, he settled in
Douglas County, and continued his farming operations. In 1862, he enlisted in Company B,
Twelfth Kansas, He was attached to the Commissary Department, acting as Quartermaster of
the regiment some time. Was afterward connected with the Second Regiment Kansas Colored
Troops. In 1865, he moved to Lawrence and entered into partnership with O. P. Smith, in the
business of contracting and building, operating all over the State, one of their contracts being
the construction of the college or Normal School at Emporia. Mr. Ashton personally put up
most of the Government work at the numerous Indian Reservations in the State. He continued
in this business until 1881. Mr. Ashton was married in Allegheny City, Penn., December 24, 1857,
to Miss Priscilla Hamlin, of that city, They have one child living—Mary Louisa. Mr, Ashton
is a member of Halcyon Lodge, No. 18, I. 0. 0. F., and of Washington Post, No. 12, Grand Army of
the Republic.

HON. C. W. BABCOCK, Secretary of the Kansas Basket Manufacturing Company, was born
in Franklin County, Vt., April 21,1830. He was educated at Bakersfield Academy, and after
leaving engaged in teaching for atime. In 180, he moved to Minnesota, locating in St. Paul,
where he commenced reading law in the office of Babcock & Wilson. Was admitted to the bar
in 1853, and the following year moved to Kansas, settling in Lawrence in September. He en-
& ged in the practice of his profetsion for a year or two, and then abandoned it to engage in real
estate business. He was attorney for the plaintiffs when the town site was claimed for farm prop-
erty. The case was compromised, and Mr. Babcock acquired a large interest in the town site, He
also, at the time, had large property interests adjacent to the town. In 1857, he established a
bank under the firm name of Babcock & Lykens; this only continued a short time, the panic of
the same year closing up the establishment. Mr. Babcock was tho first Postmaster appointed to

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the Lawrence office. He was appointed in the winter of 1854-55, and held the office about four
years. He was also the first Mayor of the city, and has been a member of the City Council sev-
eral terms. In 1856, he was elected to the Free State Legislature In 1869, he was appointed by
President Grant Surveyor General for the State of Kansas, and was re-anpointed for # second
term in 1873. From 1877 up to the time be connected himself with the basket company, he was
engaged in contracting, one of his contracts being the east wing of the State capitol. Mr. Bab-
cock was married in La Crosse, Wis., January 17, 1866, to Miss Martha Gillette, a daughter of 8S.
H, Gillette, Esq., now of Douglas County, Kan. They have three children—Martha B., Clifford
G. and Frances Adelaide. Mr. Babcock is a member of Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, A., F. & A, M.*
BAILEY & SMITH dealers in furniture and undertukers’ goods of all kinds. This busi-
ness was originally established in 1867 by F, A. Bailey, in undertaking goods. Tho turniture de-
partment was added in 1864, when the present firm was organized. They now occupy a brick
building 25x117 feet in area, having three floors devoted to their business, and carry a stock of
from $12,000 to $15,000. I. A. Bailey, senior member of the firm, was born in Framingham,
Middlesex Co., Mass., October 21, 1827. He was educated in his native town, and after leaving
school Jearned the carpenter’s trade, under his father’s instruction. He followed his trade in
Massachusetts until 1854, when he moved to }Kanaas and settled in Lawrence, Here he engaged
in carpentering until he went into business in 1857. He wasa momber of the original town
company, and in the early troubles was connected with the different Free State organizations,
During the Quantrell raid his. stock of goods was completely destroyed, and he only escaped by
secreting himself. Mr. Bailey was married in Lawrence, December 10, 1857, to Miss Hattie
Haskins, of Lawrence. Mr. Bailey is a member of the Congregational Church. He has served
one term as a member of the City Council. ¢
W.N. BANGS, genenal manager of the Pacific MilJs, was born in Canada April 18, 1840.

About 1855, he went to Boston, Mass, where he learned the soap business, and continued in it
there until 1868, when he moved to Kansas. He settled in Lawrence and organized the firm of
Bangs Bros., manufacturers of soaps. This business continued until 1881, when the firm dissolved.
The same year 'W. N. was appointed to his present position, Mr. Bangs was married in Lawrence,
Kan, to Miss’ Fanny, daughter of John Ross, Eaq., one of the pioneers of Kansas. Mr. and Mra,
Bangs have two children—Herbert Ross and Grace L. Mr. Bangs is a Director in the Lawrence
Gas Light Company, aud is a stockholder in the Southwest Mining Company. He is a member
‘of Lawrence Lodge, No, 6, A., ¥. & A. M., and K. of H.

County, Kan., was named in his honor.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

GEORGE A. BANKS, real estate, law and insurance, complete sets of abstracts for Douglas
County. In insurance he represents the Aitna of Hartford, Imperial of London, and Northern
of London. Business was established in 1865, real estate and abstract added in 1869. George
A. Banks was ! orn in Dutchess County, N. Y., May 21, 1836. His parents moved to Waverly
Tioga County, about 1848. He received his education in both counties, After leaving school
he learned the carpenter’s trade, and followed contracting and building in Waverly and vi-
cinity until 1863, when he moved to Kansas and settled in Lawrence, with the intention of
entering the legal profession, Shortly afterward commenced readiug law with Thacher &
Banks, and was admitted to the bar in 1865. Was elected the first Police Judge of Lawrence,
and was re-elected for several successive terms, Mr, Banks was married in Winona, Minn.,
September 5, 1870, to Mrs. H. M. (Hewett) Griswold, of Lawrence, Kan. They have one child—
Frank E. Mrs, Banks has one daughter by her former marriage—Nellie F. Griswold.

J. C, BANTA, County Superintendent of Schools, Douglas County, was born in Linn
County, Kan., July 14, 1855, his parents having settled there from Morgan County, IIl., the
sume year. J, C. was educated at the common schools and at the Buker University. In 1878, he
entered the State University, where he took a select college course. During these latter years,
wae also engaged in teaching; was engaged in Normal Institute in Douglas and other counties
about five years. About 1879, was elected Principal of the Eudora Schools, Was elected to his
present position in the fall of 1882. Mr. Banta was married in Lawrence, October 2, 1880, to
Miss Maggie Morrison, of Leavenworth County. They have one son, Dennis Raymond. Mr. B.
is a member of the First Methodist Rpiscopal Church.

JOHN BARBER, of the firm of Barber Bros., was born in Preble County, Ohio, February 28,
1842, His parents moved to Kansas in 1857. He was educated partially ia his native county, and
finished his studies in private schools and the high school at Lawrence, In 1870, he was ap-
poiated Deputy Sheriff, and in the same year resigned to take a position in the Surveyor Gen-
eral’s office, where he continued until 1875. Then entered the firm of Barber Bros. Mr. Barber
was married in Lawrence, December 13, 1876, to Miss Belle P., daughter of Hugh Moore, Esq.,
formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he commanded steamers on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
for years. Mr. B. isa member of the Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, A., F. & A. M.; also of the Y. M, 8.

_Club of Lawrence.

HON. OLIVER BARBER, retired, was born in Franklin County, Penn., December 10, 1816.
Ho received hia education in his native county, and at the age of nineteen removed to Richmond,
Ind., where he entered into partnership with his brother, Thomas W, Barber, his senior by two
years, who was afterward murdered in the border troubles in Kanaas, December 6, 1855. Barber

Their b in Rich d was the facture of
woolen cloth, and the partnership was continued teu years, both in Indiana and Ohio, After
the dissolution of the firm, Oliver conducted business tor himself and carried on the business of
pork packing as well as the woolen manufactory for several years. In May, 1854, the brothers
visited Kansas with a view to settle, but Oliver did not decide to make his home in the Territory
until after the murder of his brother. Leaving his family behind him in Ohio, Mr. Barber im-
migrated to Kansas in 1856,and having prepared for their reception the family came to their
new home in Douglas County the following year. In 1858, he was elected one of the County
Commissioners of Douglas County, and was re-elected in 1859. In 1857, he was elected a mem-
ber of the Territorial House of Representatives, and upon the admission of Kansas into the
Union in 1861, was elected a member of the first State Legislature. In Jone, 1862, he was ap-
pointed Commissary by President Lincoln, commissioned Captain and served on the staff of Gen.
James G. Blunt, for a little over two years, and resigned on account of his health. In 1864, he
was elected to the Kansas Senate and served two years. In 1878, was elected County Treasurer
of Douglas County and was re-elected fora term of three years in 1879; served until October,
1882. During his residence in this State, Mr. Barber has been engaged in farming and stock-
raising, dealing extensively in cattle, horses and mules. Mr. Barber was married November 8,
1838, to Melinda, daughter of Samuel Burgess, a prominent member of the Society of Friends.
They have six children, of whom there survive—William F., John, Annie E.,now Mrs. J.C.
Vincent; Oliver P., Mary E. Mr. B. has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1851;
is now a member of the Lodge and Chapter.

BARBER BROS., dealers in drugs, druggists’ sundries, paints, oils, varnishes, glass, etc.,
etc. The business was established in 1872, by O. P. Barber, the present firm being organized in
1875. They carry a stock of $6,000, and do a large and increasing business, both parties being
Practical business men. Oliver P. Barber, senior member of the firm, was born in Preble County,
Ohio, December 23, 1846. His residence in Kansas dates from the family’s settlement in 1857,
He pursued his preparatory studiesin the district schools of Douglas County, finishing his
general education at the Kansas University. His business life commenced in 1368, a8 a4 clerk
in the drug business, following this several years. Then, after a course in the Pharmaceutical
College of Philadelphia, he returned home and established his present business, Mr. Barber was
married in Lawrence, Kan., October 24, 1872, to Miss Fannie, daughter of Benjamin D. and Mary
F. (Smith) Bigelow, of that city. They have three children—Perry B., Emma M. and Mabel
Hail. Mr. Barber iia member of Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, A., F. & A., M., of the Kansas State
Pharmaceutical Association and of the Kansas Benevolent Society of Salina, Kan.

MRS. MARY BARNES, dress-maker, born in Limerick, Ireland. Emigrated with her
parents, when nine years old, to Montreal, Lower Canada; seven years later she came into the
United States, and was married in the State of New York. Subsequently resided in St. Johns,
Mich., till 1865, when she came to Kansas with Mr. Terry, her firat husband, settled in Lawrence,
and engaged in business in which she has continued up to this time. Some time after the death
of Mr. Terry, she married Capt. W. OC. Barues, with whom she now lives, enjoying the comforts
of a pleasant, refined home. Mr. Barnes is an old settler, having come to Kans1s in 1858, Was
a soldier during the rebellion, as a Captian in the First Kansas Volunteers, also in the Seventeenth
Kansas Volunteers. Has since been City Marshal tor three years, and Deputy County Treasurer
three years. Isa member of the Masonic order and also of the Grand Army of the Republic,

HON. OWEN A. BASSETT was born in Troy, Bradtord County, Penn., July 16, 1834. His
father removed with his family to Hancock County, Ill, in 1837, and two years later settled in
Lee County, Iowa, first locating in Fort Madison, then settling in Denmark. The subject of this
sketch received the rudiments of his education at a school taught by his mother, and afterward
pursued his studies at Denmark Academy, After leaving this institution, he pursued his studies
with the intention of qualifying himself for a civil engineer, but soon afterward entered upon the
study of law. In 1855, he was employed foratime in United States Land Office, at Fort Des
Moines, Towa, but resigned to form a partnership with 8, H. Blood and G, O. Brockett, to engage
in business in Kansas. In the spring of 1856, started for Lecompton, Kan. He early became
connected with the Free-State cause. August 12, 1856, he joined the “ Stubbs,” a military com-
pany ut Lawrence ; was engaged at the battle of Franklin, also at the taking of Fort Saunders
August 15,1856. From this time, he was constantly engaged in the service of the Free-State army
in Kansas, holding the position of Engineer and Quartermaster, In December, 1856, he removed to
Leavenworth and engaged as engineer of the Quindaro Town Company. In the fallof 1857, was
elected to the Territorial Legislature, and served in the special session of 1857, and in the regular
sossion of 1858, In the spring of the latter year, he removed to Franklin County, and for a time
edited and published the Aanses Freeman, abandoned this enterprise the same year and removed
to Lawrence, whore he has since resided. In October, 1858, he was admitted to the bar aud at
once commenced practice, At the breaking-out of the war in 1861, he tendered his services to the
Governor and rendered assistance in organizing the First Kansas Regiment. Was appointed
bearer of dispatches from Col. Weer, at Fort Scott, to Gen. Lyon, at Springfield, Mo. Before
reaching his destination, he heard of the reault of the battle of Wilson’s Creek, and overtook the
rotreating Union forces at Rolla, where he delivered the dispatches to the commanding officer.
He returned to Kansas, and soon afterward received the appointment of First Lieutenant under
Col. Root, who was authorized to raise a regiment of cavalry. At the orgavization of Col. Davis’
regiment in November, 1861,as the Ninth Regiment of Kansas Cavalry, he was commissioned
Lieutenant Colonel. On the consolidation with the Second Regiment he still retained this com-
mand. He participated in all the engagements of the regiment, commanding in most of the
important engagements. At Prairie de Anne, he commanded a Cavalry Brigade covering the re-
treat of the Seventh Army Corps to Camden. During the winter of 1863-64, he commanded a
brigade at Waldron, Ark.,and in Gen. Steel's Camden expedition he commanded a cavalry bri-
gade, and from May, 1865, until January, 1866, he was Chief of Staff for the frontier division at
Fort Smith, Ark. At the close of the war, he returned to Lawrence and engaged in the business
of prosecuting claims against the Government. In 1868, was elected District Judge, was re-
elected in 1872, and declined a nomination in 1876, At the organization of the State Judicial
Association in January, 1876, he was chosen as the first presiding officer. Mr. Bassett was mar-
ried at New London, Iowa, November 19, 1857, to Miss Josephene E., only daughter of Richard
Butland, Esq. They have four children living—Mary Viele, Thomas B., Frederick L. and Jose-
phene E. Mr. Bassett is @ prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, was made a Mason at
Fort Smith, Ark., in December, 1864. Was appointed Custodian in 1867 by the Grand Master,
and in _1868 was elected by the Grand Lodge to the same office for six years, and was a pointed
Grand Lecturer, In 1873, was elected Grand Master; and re-elected in 1874. Agsisted fr orean
ization of the Grand Chapter in 1866, and was its first Grand Marshal. Was elected Grand
High Priest in 1869, and re-elected in 1870 and 1871, In 1878, was elected Moat Illustrious Grand
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Master of the Grand Council. Assisted in the organization of the Grand Commandery in 1868,
and was its first Grand Captain General. Elected Grand Generalissimo in 1869, Deputy Grand
Commander in 1874 and Grand Commander in 1877.

REV. B, F. BATES, minister, is the successful pastor of the A. M.E. Church in Lawrence.
Mr. Bates was born in Missouri, November 3, 1839, and at the age of eighteen he fled from
slavery to Canada, but settled in Chicago, in 1858, having been married to Miss Elizabeth
Furguson, just before his departure from Missouri. He was ordained in Hannibal, Mo., in
1868, by Bishop Wayman, of Baltimore, and came to Kansas settling in Topeka om 1868, He
has since been pit ane in Wyandotte, Atchison and Lawrence. Mr. Bates has two children,
viz., May and Melvina. He is a gentleman of fine personal appearance, ahd is a member of
a lodge of A. Y. M., located in Hannibal, Mo.

BATES & FIELD, wholesale and retail dealers in books, stationery, artist’s materials and
wall paper. The business was originally established about 1856, by O. Wilmoth. The business
passed into various hands until Mr. Bates took control in 1875, ‘lhe present firm wasestablished
September 7, 1881. They carry a stock of about $15,000, and employ two clerks. 8. T. Field, of the
above firm, was born in Rock Island, Ill., and spent his earlier years in Illinois, Tennessee and
Louisiana. At eight years of age, he was sent to Philadelphia to be educated. When sixteen
years old, he commenced business life in a wholesale importing house in Philadelphia. In 1879,
he took a position as aasistant book-keeper with Thomas Russell & Co., agents for Clark’s cotton, in
Philadelphia, He remained with this firm until 1881, at the time of his resignation holding the
position of assistant manager. In May, 1881, he settled in Lawrence, and was in the employ of
Mr, Bates until the firm organized. Mr. Field is Treasurer of Trinity Church, also Treasurer of
the Political Science Club.

STANFORD, BAYLESS & CO., wholesale and retail grocers, Business was established in
July, 1882. The firm is composed of A. A. Stanford, J. F. Bayless and R.Stavford. They carry a
general stock of staple and funcy groceries. James F. Bayless, of the firm, was born in Alamo,
Montgomery Co., Ind., April 1, 1847. He was educated at the Russellville College and Union
Christian College. In 1872, he became connected with the firm of Stanford, Bayless & Co., gen-
eral store at Alamo, at which he continued until he moved to Kansas in the spring of 1882 Mr.
Bayless was married in Alamo, Ind., March 8, 1871, to Miss Mary R. Stanford, of that place.
They have two children—Otis A. and Theodore A. Mr. Bayless was a member of the A., F. & A.
M.,, Alamo, Ind., butis now a member of Acacia Lodge, No. 9, Lawrence, Kan.

JOHN W. BEARD, dealer in heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, tinwara, etc. He is also
agent for the new Fairbanks sewing-machine. He is extensively engaged in the manufacture of
copper, iron and tinware, occupying two stories and basement in a building 110x25 feet. He has
control in hissection of the Charter Oak, Bismarck and Gem City cooking stoves; of the Ideal,
West Point and other heaters, He employs five men, and carries a stock uf about $5,000. ‘The
business was established in 1871. J. W. Beard was born in Midway, Davison Co., N. C., April 2,
1839. He received his education in his native county. In 1860, he engaged in the mercantile
business in Danbury, N, C., which he continued until the breaking-out uf the late war. In 1861,
he enlisted in the Eleventh Regiment North Carolina Volunteers, The regiment was afterward
re-organized asthe Twenty-first Regiment North Carolina Volunteers, in which command he held

the commission as Captain of Company F. He served during the entire war, participating in
most of the battles in Virginia, and receiving nine wounds, On the close of the war, he returned
to North Carolina, and in 1866 moved to Kansas. He settled in Lawrénce, where he engaged in
clorking until he established his present business, Mr, Beard was married in Randolph County,
N. C., in 1865, to Miss Henley, of that county. ‘they bave three children—Evalena, John H. and
an infant son. Mr. Beard is a member of Acacia Lodge, No.9, A., F. & A. M. He is Scribe in Law
Chapter, No.4, and S, W. in De Meloy Commandery, K. of F. He is also a member of Zerbel of
Perfection Lodge, A. A. S. R., and of Lawrence Lodge, No. 798, K. of H.

REV. W. W. BEARDSLERE, was born in Caneadea, N. Y., March 17, 1833; son of Augustus
Beardslee and Betsey Frisbie, where he grew up to manhood on a farm. He was educated at the
Rushford Academy and the Rochester Collegiate Institute. He was licensed by the Baptist
Church in Hume, N. Y., in July, 1852, and ordained by a council at Davisville, Penn.,. Oc-
tober 30, 1856, and subsequently became pistor in Solebury, Penn., Carthage, Ill, Monterey,
Portage, Clifton Park, Cincinnatus, N. Y., and Falls City, Neb., in all of which he was a suc-
cessful pastor, leaving all these churches stronger and better than he found them. He has
been twice married; in Centerville, N. Y., June 6, 1860, to Miss Martha E., daughter of Joseph
Bingham, Esq., by whom he had three children—Rozell A., born March 24, 1861; George K.,
born October 13, 1863; and Mary, born March 25, 1867. Some two years after losing his first
wife, he was married a second time at East Saginaw, Mich., September 15, 1881, to Mrs. Agnes
A. Colland, In 1882, Mr. Beardslee resigned his pastorate and united with the Christian
Church in Falls City, Neb., because of a change of views on same doctrinal points. On sev-
ering his connection with the denomination with which he had been identified for more than
thirty years, he spoke of the warm attachment he had for his brethren, and the sadness in
parting from them, but had no words of condemnation to offer. He expected to cherish the
warmest friendship for them, even though they in turn might say he was unwise in making
the change. Mr. Beardslee is 4 man of energy, and enters upon hie work with the determi-
nation to succeed. =

. N. BECKEY, Principal of Quincy Street School, was born in Adrian, Mich., March 27,
1851. After Paseing through the necessary preparatory studies, he entered Hillsdale College,
where he made special studies of the sciences and mathematics. After leaving college, he en-
gaged in the profession of teaching, which he followed about tive years in his native State. In
1877, he moved to Kansas, and settled in Saline County; here he eugaged in teaching for a time.
In 1878, he entered the State University at Lawrence, taking select studies; then returned to
Saline County and resumed teaching. In the fall of 1880,he removed to Lawrence to take his
present position, to which he had previously been elected. | Mr. Beckey was married in Law-
rence, Kan., June 10, 1880, to Miss Mary, daughter of A. Murphy, Esq., of Lawrence. They
have one son—Ear] D. Mr. Beckey is a member of the First Methodist Kpiscopal Church.
LIAM BEDALE, house-painter,. paper-hanger, etc.; business established in 1877; em-
ploys four menin the season. Mr. Bedale was born in Surrey County, England, December 20,
1828; attended school in his native county. At the age of fourteen years, he weut to sea and fol-
lowed his profession twenty years, through all the grades from boy to Captain, visiting in his voy-
ages @lmost all parts of the world. On one of his trips to the west coast of Africa, in 1854, he had
the honor of meeting Dr. David Livingstone. In 1857, he retired from active service and settled
in New York Gity, where he engaged in the transportation servicein the harbor, operating two
lighters. These he Jost in the great fire at the Erie Railroad depot. In 1870, he moved to Kansas,
and settled in Lawrence, where he hassince resided. He was married in London, England, to
Miss Elizabeth Curtis, who died in Brooklyn, N. Y., leaving one son—William. He wes married
in Brooklyn, N. Y., to Miss Sarah A. Watkins, of that city. Mr. B. is a member of the City Coun-
cil, now serving his second term, to which he was elected unanimously. He is W. M. of Lawrence
Lodge, No. 6, A., F, & A. M.

HON. PETER BELL, attorney at law, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, June 18, 1837.
He received an education in the common schools of his native county. In 1852, his parents
moved to Wood County, Ohio, where he continued his education in the sciences and languages
under a private tutor, Commenced his professional studies in 1859 with Judge Cook, at Perrys-
burg, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar April 8, 1861, at Toledo, then formed a partnership with
his precepter. Judge Cook, and engaged in practice at Perrysburg. In October, 1862, he enlisted
in the army and was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company H, Sixty-seventh Ohio In-
fantry. Afterward was changed to Company K, in the same regiment. He participated in the
engagements at Morris and Folly Island, July 9, 1863. OnJuly 18, 1863, he took part in the storm-
ing of Ft. Wagner. In the hand to hand contest inside the fort, he captured the Colonel of the
Fourth Georgia Infantry. In November, 1863, he resigned on account of sickness, and returned
to Perrysburg and resumed practice. In 1866, he removed to Saginaw, Mich., where he engaged
in the real estate business and the practice of law. In the fall of 1869, he removed to Kansas, and
settled in Woodson County, and engaged in practice. In 1878, he commenced the publication of
the Woodson County Advocate. While in this business,jthe death’of Chief Justice Chase occurred,
and Mr. Bell was one of the first to propose the name of Hon. M. R. Waite for Chief Justice. In
the spring of 1874, he moved to Burlington, Coffey County, where he published the Voice of the
People until December of that year, when he sold out and returned to Woodson County, and
again took up the practice of law. In the fall of 1875, he was elected Judge of the Seventh Judi-
cia] District, to fill vacancy occasioned by the resignation of J. R. Goodin. Inthe spring of 1876,
he removed to Iola, Allen County. In November of that year, he was elected County Attorney.
In January, 1881, he settled in Lawrence, where he engaged in practice. Mr. Bell was marriedin
‘Wood County, Ohio, July 8, 1859, to Miss Eliza J. Bell, of Lucas County. They have six children
—Asher C., Georgie L,, Lizzie, Anna S., Bertha and Carl. Mr. B. was Secretary of the convention
of County Attorneys that met at Topeka in 1877. He is a member of- Washington Post, G. A. R.,
and of Lawrence Lodge, No. 4, I. 0, O. F. c , a

H. E. BENSON, Treasurer of Leis Chemical Manufacturing Company, was born in Brook-
lyn, Mass., October 7, 1837. His parents moved to Northampton, Mass., about 1841, where he was
educated in the graded and high schools. In 1850, they moved to New York City, where he com-
menced his business life as a clerk in the mercantile establishments of that city. In 1858, on the
solicitation of S, W. Eldridge, an old friend of the family, he moved to Kansas and settled in
Lawrence. Here he took a position as clerk of the Eldridge House, continuing to hold this until
the house was destroyed in the Quantrell raid_in 1563. Shortly afterward, was appointed Chief
Clerk of.the Commissary Department of the Seventeenth Army Corps, and_in that position ac-
companied Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea up tothe grand review at Washington. He then
returned to Lawrence, and in 186 took a position in the banking house of W. H. Lykens. After
the bank closed in 1868, he accepted a position in the National Bank of Lawrence. Was shortly
afterward appointed assistant cashier of the Second National Bank, and still later, cashier of the

 

 

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Exchange Bank, all of Lawrence. In 1877, he became connected with the Douglas County Bank,
a position he still retains, in addition to performing the duties of the Treasuryship of the Leis
Chemical Manufacturing Company. : 8

C._A. BERGER, grocer, born in Saxony, Germany, April 19, 1834, son of Carl Berger and
Sarah Rentzh, came to the United States in 1856. Settled in New Orleans, La., and afterward
lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, Ind, Came to Kansas in 1807; settled in Lawrence;
established business in 1868. His store is well adapted for the business, and in a good location.
He carries first-class family groceries, and also butter, eggs, flour, vegetables, fruit, canned
goods and confectionery, Mr. B. has the reputation for honest dealing, and on that account has
a large patronage from the best citizens in Lawrence. Beside his store, he owns considerable
property in the city. Mr. B. was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 26, 1858, to Miss Caroline,
daughter of Henry Eichhorne and Fredrecka Weiderman. They have three children—Rosa T.,
born June 11, 1863; Lillie, born September 28, 1865, and William August, born September 24,

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W. BERGMAN, dealer in clothing, hats and caps, gents’ furnishing goods, trunks,etc. The
business was established in 1865, by Mr. Bergman. He employs one clerk, and carries a stock of
from $15,000 to $16,000. Mr. Bergman was born in Bavaria, Germany, January 28,1831. He was
educated there, and in 1848 immigrated to the United States, and located in Cumberland, Md.,
where he engaged in mercantile business. In 1851, he removed to Parkersburg, Va., where he
Yemained in business until 1857, In the latter year, he moved to Palmyra, Mo., and in 1862 moved
to St. Joseph, Mo., and three years later moved to Lawrence. Has been engaged in sale of cloth-
ing since 1848, as proprietor. r. Bergman was married in Lawrence in 1867 to Miss Fanny House,
of Lawrence. ‘They have two children—Louis and Ralph,

VY. F. BOOR, of Boor & MclIlravy, Bro rietors of the Lawrence Business College, was born
in Wayne County, Ill., June 26, 1861. e then received an education ut the common and graded
schools, and afterward entered the Gem City Business College, at Quincy, I1J., graduating in 1882.
He then engaged in teaching penmanship and book-keeping at that college, and alsu for aterm at
the Chaddock Business College. This continued until the present firm was organized.

PAUL R. BROOKS, County Treasurer of Douglas County, was born in York, Me.,-July 22
1884, His grandfather was Solomon Brooks, and his grandmother Lois Brooks, and he is one o;
the sixth generation on both sides; trom Thomas Brooks, of Concord, Mass. Thus: Thomas, of
Concord, father, Noah, Ebenezer, Peter, Solomon, mother, Daniel, Jov, John, Lois, Jeremiah,
Paul R. His father’s name is Jeremiah Brooks, and his mother’s was Eveline Parsons, They are
both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are still living (1883) at York, Me. aul
R. received a good common schoo! education, qualifying him for the ordinary avocations of life,
which has been vastly increased by a judicious and extensive course of reading. He has stored
his mind with valuable information on all the subjects that have agitated the public mind since he
became an actor on the stage of life. After leaving school, hespent abouttwo yearsin a country
store, followed Dy three months in a Boston printing office. The printing business was notsuited
to his tastes, and he returned to merchandising, and spent two years in a dry goods storein Bos-
ton. During these years of business activity, e has not been an idle spectator of the political
agitations that distracted the country, and his mind was directed to the great struggle in Kansas,
sympathizing with the Free-State men,as well as desiring toimprove his own fortunes. He
started for Kansas, arriving in Lawrence in September, 1854, He soon after embarked in mer-
cantile pursuits, and purchased of the lamented Caleb S. Pratt, who fell at Wilson’s Creek, a
small stock of goods which had just been opened, and really started the first store in Lawrence.
His store-house was 2 small, unchinked log cabin, which for a long time stood at the north end of
Massachusetts street. The house was without a floor, about 12x16 feet in size, and was the first
house of any description erected in Lawrence, He chinked and daubed the house, and occupied
it for the first winter, bringing his goods by team from Kansas City. In what was knownas the
Wakarusa war of 1855, he was an active Free-State participant. Like all other Free-State men,
he aroused and encountered the hostility of the Pro-slavery purty, and in the early part of 1856,
his goods were captured by the enemy, leaving him utterly bankrupt. His pluck and credit, both
of which were good, enabled him to revive his business in a short time, and up to 1862, he was
among the most reputable of the Boston merchants. He was a member of the City Council of
Lawrence, celebrated in the history of that place as the city organization against which Gov. Rob-
ert J. Walker marched 500 United States troops with the threat of annihilating it, The troops were
encamped on the west side of town for several weeks, and the Council held its regular meetings,
with no serious results, the latter expressing utter contempt for the military,in which he fully
concurred. In 1859, he was elected a member of the Territorial Legislature, in which he became
a useful, working member. In 1863, he was elected County Clerk of Douglas County, being then,
as now, the second in importance and population in the State. He conducted the business of the
office with such efficiency and satisfaction as to secure his re-election for five more terms; some-
times without opposition. He became a Mason, and has taken the degrees,up to Royal Arch. He
subscribes to the general principles of the Republican party, and has never changed his politics
since he attained his majority. He was married Octuber 8, 1858, to Miss Mary A. Boughton, whose
parents reside in Cayuga County, N. Y. Her father, Rev. Alanson Boughton, is a Baptist minister,
eminent in his profession. His religious views are what would be called very liberal], and he isin
no sense a sectarian. Mr. Brooksis a man of fine personal address, good social qualities, posi-
tive in his convictions, without being dogmatic, a useful citizen in all his relations in life, withan
extensive acquaintance in business and politics throughout the State. Removing to Lawrence
while in his minority, he has been so completely identified with every movement for the ad-
vancement of his town as to have made him prominent among the useful, enterprising business
and public men of the city and State. His name has become well-known throughout the State as
the synonym of integrity and efficiency in a public officer, while his character as a citizen is above
reproach. Mr. Brooks, after serving as Deputy County Treasurer, was elected in 1881 to the office
of County Treasurer, which he now holds.

S, A. BROWN & CO., 8S. Brown, manager, dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, paint, etc,
Business established in Lawrence, April, 1880. This is one ofseventy branches scattered through”
the Western States. The parent house is S.A. Brown & Co., 777 South Canal street, Chicago, Jum-
ber dealers and extensive manufacturers of sash, doors, blinds and mouldings, r. Brown first
commenced business in 1870 in copartnership with Mr. G. B. Shaw, under the firm name of S. A.
Brown & Co., and were located at Burlington, Kan. In the spring of 1881, Mr. Brown bought out
the interest of Mr. Shaw, and now owns the entire business, though the firm name remains un-
changed. He employs nearly 300 men, and manufactures large quantities of sash, doors and
blinds. He also sold about 75,000,000 feet of Jumber in 1881. This business is now one of the lead-
ing ones in its line in Chicago. ss

DAVID CHASE BUFFAM (deceased), son of Edward Buffam.of Salem,Mass., was born
November 11, 1822. He was among the early settlers of Kansas, coming to Lawrence with the second
party of emigrants. While guarding a fort in the night he was accidentally shot in the fleshy part
of the thigh, which crippled him for life. In this maimed condition he was overtaken between
Lawrence and Lecompton, September 17, 1856, by a large party of border ruffians who were re-
turning from one of their expeditions into Kansas; they shot Mr. Buffam, inflicting a mortal
wound, stole his horses, and left him to die. He sent to his father, as his last words, “‘I am wil-
ling to die for Kansas and liberty.” His younger brother, George Buffam, who was a deaf mute,
but an excellent carpenter, was living in Kansas, and doing a good business. His brother’s‘terri-
ble death mace him hopelessly insane, and he was taken back to his father’s home in Salem.

JAMES H. CANKIELD, A. M., Professor of History and Political Science, Kansas State
University, was born in Delaware, Ohio, March 18, 1847. His parents moved to New York City in
1851, and to Brooklyn in 1852, where his father the Rev, E. H. Canfield, D. D., held the Rector-
ship of Christ's Church for many years. The subject of this sketch graduated in the, Brooklyn
Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute 1n 1864, the same year entered Williams College, where he
took the full classical course, and graduated in 1868, with the degree A. B. In 1876,he had the
degree of A. M. conferred by his Alma Mater. From 1868 to 1871, he was engaged in the con-
struction of railroads in [owa and Minnesota, at the same time being engaged in reading law.
Was admitted to the bar in Michigan, in 1872, Immediately afterward, opened an office in St.
Joseph. He engaged here in general practice, until 1877, when he moved to Lawrence, to take
the chair of English Language and Literature and History in the State University. The chair was
divided in 1891, Prof. Spring taking English Language and Literature. Prof. Canfield taking

his presentchair. During his residence in St. Joseph, Mich., Prof. Canfield was requested to take
the superintendency of the city schools, they being at that time in a disorganized state. He held
the office long enough to thoruughly systemize the schools, and then resigned. Prof. Canfield
was married in Clear Lake, Iowa, June 24, 1873, to Miss Flavia A. Camp. They have two children
—James_ and Dorothea, The Professor is a member of the Episcopal Church; of the Douglas
County Bar Association and several literary societies.

OLOF CARLSON, proprietor of carriage works, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, July 25,
1840. After leaving school he was apprenticed tu the blacksmith trade. Graduating before the
Mechanical Association of Stockholm in 1858, receiving at the time a silver medal for skill dis-
played in the trade. In 1865 he emigrated to the United States, and settled in Lawrence, Kan.,
where he worked at his trade until he commenced his present business in 1866. Mr. Carlson was
married in Lawrence, November 4, 1865, to Mrs. Sophia Fritchel, anative of Sweden. They have
two children—Emma M, and Charles, Mr, Carlson is a member of the Scandinavian Society,
and of Lawrence Lodge No. 18, I. 0. 0. F.

ROBERT CARP NTER, Treasurer of the Kansas Fruit Vinegar Company, was born at
Portage, Wyoming County, N. Y., October 20, 1828. In 1831, his parents moved to Farmersville,
Cattaraugus County, N. Y., where he received his education, and afterward engaged in teaching
school. In 1854 he went to Sparta, Monroe County, Wis. There his business became varied. First
as contractor and builder, next as superintendent of a saw mill and its accompaniments, looking
after the logging parties engaged in cutting logs for said mill, as well as the sales of the lumber
after it was sawed. His health failing, he next engaged in the teaming business, hauling goods
for the merchants from the nearestshipping point,a distance of twenty-eight miles. This busi-
ness he followed during the summer months, teaching school during the winter months; after
this, he went to farming, and followed this fortwo years. Then, he, in company with two other
men, erected a tannery, having a large harness shop attached to it. This ‘business he followed up
to, about October 20, 1861. hen the war breaking out, or rather it becoming certain that we
were to havea Prolonged war, he enlisted as a suld.er, and assisted to raise a company in his town
and its surroundings. He was elected First Lieutenant of the company. He cleared out his stock
in his tannery, in contract with the Government for saddles and cavalry equipments. His
company was one known as Company A, Third Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry. In
1862, he was promoted to the Captaincy of same company, which he commanded until January,
1865, when his term of service having expired, he requested the Governor of Wisconsin to have

 
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himself and those of his men whose terms of service had expired mustered out of the service.
The Governor complied, and notified the Captain of said compliance, but when it became known
to the commander of the military district in which his command had been doing duty, while he
let the men go, he would not consent that the Captain should leave, contending that the service
could not afford to spare the Captain, that his services were of vital importance to the Govern-
ment. Hence, his retention. The Captain was offered commissions of Major or of Lieutenant
Colonel of his old regiment, many of its members having re-enlisted as veterans, and had been
re-organized as a veteran regiment, but he would not accept of promotion, when the war was
to all intents and purposes at a close, so the Governor of Wisconsin sent him another commission
of Captain, and in this capacity he served the balance of his time in the service. He reall
acted as Captain scarcely any of the last two years of his service, having never less than two and,
a greater part of thetime, five companies, under his immediate command, folng the duties of
Major and Lieutenant Colonel more than of Captain. In 1864 he was detailed to collect the Osage
Indians together, orso many of them as were friendly, and settle a difficulty with them that
threatened to cause them to desert our cause and go over to the enemy, and it was advised that a
jJarge sum of money should be paid them to settle the matter. Capt. Carpenter called the
chiefs together and the matter was discussed, and the Captain succeeded in making it apparent
to the Indians that the blame in the matter all rested with them, and not with the Government.
That instead of their receiving restitution as they demanded and fully expected, they might con-
sider themselves well off to be allowed to go quietly to their camps, and hereafter to be allowed
to do the duties of soldiers for the Government. is put a stop to further troubles from this
source. Prior to this, the Indians had habitually gained their demands upon almost any pretext,
whether fancied or real, that they saw fitto set up. In 1864, the war was fast drawing to a close,
and the entire country in the West having been so entirely under military rule for three suc-
cessive years—and especially in the State of Missouri had this been the case—that there were no
civil courts or officers to enforce civil law in some of the counties. The Captain having command
of territory comprising nearly all of Bates and Vernon Counties, in Missouri, re-organized the
courts in Vernon County, Mo. Headvised with the Governor of the State, and solicited and ob-
tained the appointment of all the officers requisite to re-establish civil law, and its enforcements
in said county. In 1865, he was appointed by the Military Commander of the District of Kansas,
Superintendent of ,the collection of Government Trains for the Plains, and furnishing them es-
corts to Furt Kearney, Nebraska. This was done to protect said trains from the predatory at-
tacks of the wild Indians. His headquarters were established at Marysville, Marshall County,
Kan.; he continued in this line of service up to August 15, 1865,when he came to Lawrence, Douglas
Co., Kan.,and up to 1870, was engaged 1n the cattle and grain trade. In 1870, he established the wool,
hide and fur business, which business he has followed up to the present time, In 1875, he added to
his business the wholesale trade of leather, snddlery, hardware and shoe findings. He was elected
Treasurer of the Kansas Fruit Vinegar Company (a joint stock company) at its organization in
June, 1882. Mr. Carpenter was married in Vernon County, Mo., in 1868, to Miss Mary E., grand-
daughter of the Rey. Mr. Dodge, « minister of the Presbyterian Church, and a missionary to the
Osage Indians, at an early day. They have two children—James and Waiter S. Mr. Carpenter is
a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of Washington Post, No. 12,G. A. R.

WILLIAM H. CARRUTH, A. B., Professor of French and German Languages and Literature,
Kansas State University, was born in Osawatomie Kan., April 5, 1859. His parents moved to
Lawrence in 1866, where he attended the Lawrence High School, in his preparatory studies, and
then entered the State University, graduating in 1880 with the degree of A. B. The Professor
was appointed assistant to the chair he now holds in 1879, and held that position until elected to
present one in 1882. Mr, Carruth was married in Lawrence, in June, 1882, to Miss Frances
Schlegel, who held the Professorship of Modern Languages in the University from 1874 until 1892.

MRS. M. CASEY, dealer in second-hand goods, was born in Bresen, South Wales, from
whence she emigrated with her husband in 1872 to the United States, and settled in Lawrence,
where she has since resided. Immediately on her arrival, she entered upon her present business,
which by the united help of her husband, has been established on a firm basis. In her store may
be found almost anything you may call for, at a reasonable price. So great has her business be-
come that she employs from four to ten hands the year round. Her maiden name was Crowley,
but before she came here she was married in Swanzey, Wales, to James Casey, who died in
April, 1882, leaving her in sole charge of her immense business. Mrs. Casey has two interesting
and lovely children, viz.: John and Lewis. But few women could so successfully conduct such
a business, but her native talent and natural suavity are sure indications of her genius and power
to prosecute her business to good advantage.

HON. CHARLES CHADWICK isa native of Tompkins County, N. Y. Was educated in
the common and select schools of thatcounty. In 1841, went to Westfield, Chautauqua County,
to write as a clerk in the Surrogate’s office of that county, and commenced the reading of law
with his uncle, the Hon. Austin Smith, who was then Surrogate of the county. In 1851, ata
general term of the Supreme Court of the Eighth Judicial District, he was admitted to the bar,
and commenced the practice with his old preceptor, whotook him in asa partner, continuing
this partnership until 1857, when he struck out for Kansas, and settled in Quindaro, then a prom-
ising point on the Missouri River. Here he opened a law and real estate office, where he re-
mained until] 1860. In the spring of 1859, was elected a Justice of the Peace for Quindaro Town-
ship, and filled the office, until July, 1860, when he went to Doniphan County, and in the fall of
1861 went to Topeka, having been appointed by Gov. Charles Rovinson, Attorney General, to
fill vacancy, and had the position of Private Secretary to Gov. Robinson, which position he held
during the balance of the term. In the spring of 1863, settled in Lawrence, and opened a law
office, entered into partnership with Hon. Nelson Cobb, which continued till Mr. Cobb moved to
Kansas City, in the fall of 1867. In 1864, he was appointed Paymaster General, with rank of
Major, by Gov. Thomas Carney, which position he filled during Gov. Carney’s term of office

in the fall of 1864, paid the State Militia for services in the spring of 1861. In 1865, was elected
a Justice of the Peace, for the city of Lawrence, and lias held the office continuously, except two
years—i872 and 1873. Was elected Police Judge in 1881, for a term of two years.

Ss. J. CHURCHILL, wholesale dealer in barb wire and staples, sells the Scutt cable laid wire
and the Lambert barb wire, both manufactured by H. B. Scutt & Co., Joliet, Ill. Healso handles
largely the Warne barb wire, manufactured by the Southeastern Barb Wire Compuany, of Law-
rence. The business was established by Mr. Churchill inji876. He kéeps in his stock at Lawrence
five to six cars of wire, his larger orders being sent from the factory direct. His sales will amount
this year to $150.000, representing about one hundred carsof material. Mr. Churchill was born
in Rutland County, Vt., November 1, 1842; he was educated in his native county. In 1861, he
moved West,and located im De Kalb County Ill., where he engaged ih farming until the break-
ing-out of the war. He enlisted August 6, 1861,in Company G, Second Regiment Illinois Light
Artillery. He re-enlisted in 1864, and was mustered out September 5, 1863. He took part in Ft.
Henry and Ft. Donelson campaigns under Gen. Grant; was in the same command at Vicksburg;
was in Nashville campaign under Gen. Thomas; afterward in the siege of Mobile and the attack
on the Spanish forts. Un his discharge from the service, he settled in Jackson County, Mo., where
he engaged in farming until the death of Mrs. Churchill, He then accepted a position as travel-
ing ealesman for H. B. Scutt & Co., engaging in this until 1876. Mr. Churchill was married in Rut-
land County, Vt,, to Miss Adelia A. Holmes, of that county. She died, leaving four children—
May A., Frank i., Winifred G., Lena B. e was married August 4, 1879, at Lawrence, to Mrs,
Low Grant Benham, of Lawrence, a former resident of New York State. Mr. Churchill is a
member of Washington Post, No. 12,G. A. R.,and Halcyon Lodge, No. 18, 1.0.0, F. The family
are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

N. CLARKE, livery, sale and feed stable. The business was established by Mr. C. in 1872.
The building is of frame, 50x117 feet insize. Insummer, he keeps about fourteen head of horses,

while in winter the stock increases to forty or fifty, sale and livery. Keeps on hand a full assort-
ment of hacks and carriages. Mr. Clarke was born in Schuyler County, Ill., April 14, 1845. He
was educated at the Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, The departure of his brothers
to the war necessitated his leaving college to assist his father in the management of the farm, He
remained at home until 1869, then moved to Kansas, and settled in Lawrence, engaging In farming
until he opened the livery stable. He was married in Lawrence September 30, 1875, to Miss Lucy
J., daughter of William Patterson, Esq., a pioneer of 1855, and a practicing lawyer in Lawrence
some years. They had triplets born to them in 1879—Mary P., Helen M. and Ange §., the latter
died, aged one year. Mr. C. isa member of Halycon Lodge, No, 18, 1. O. O. F., and of the A. 0. U.
W. and Select Knights,

WILLIAM H. COFFIN, P. O. Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., is one of the pioneers of Kansas,
He first came to this State in October, 1854, and made a claim on what is now the site of Osawat-
omie, Leavenworth County, in company with Eli Wilson and B. W. Hiatt. They gave up their
claims on the arrival] of the first town company, and the next spring made new claims on the
forks of Stranger and Fall Creeks, in Leavenworth County, He brought out his family that year
and continued to reside there until 1865, engaged in farming, when he moved to ‘Wayne County,
Ind., where he has since resided. Mr. Coffin was born near Richmond, Ind., September 26, 1825,
He was educated in his native county, and resided there until he came to Kansas. He was mar-

_ried in Wayne County, Ind., in October, 1845,to Miss Sarah Wilson, of that county. They have
five children—John W., William H., Albert, Robert and Frank. Mr. Coffin being a member of
the Society of Friends, could not bear arms, but his sympathies were with the Free-state party,
and he rendered valuable service to the cause in many ways, He was elected to the Leavenworth
Constitutional Convention that convened at Minneola and adjourned to Leavenworth.

PASSON & COHN, dealers in staple and fancy dry goods, boots and shoes,etc. Businesa
was established in Lawrence in November, 1882. D. Passon, senior member of the firm, was born
in Koenigsberg, Prussia, April 23, 1853. He was educated in his nativetown. In 1875, he went
into the German Army, and continued until 1878. In the latter year, he emigrated to the United
States, and settled in Eudora, Douglas Co., Kan. Here he engaged in clerking until] 1880, when he
began business on his own account, He is a member of Eudora Lodge, A., F.& A.M. L. Cohn,
of the above firm, was born in Eudora, Douglas Co., Kan., November 14, 1860, He received his
schooling in Lawrence. In 1875, he commenced the study of telegraphing, and followed this as a

rofession until the organization of the presentfirm. He was at one time agent for the A.T. &
. Fe. R.R., at Cedar Junction, Kan.

‘A. A. COOPER, Vice President of the Kansas State Mutual Fire Insurance Company, was
born in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Ky., December 1, 1833. His parents settled in Greene County,
Til, about 1886, where he received his education and commenced his business life, In 1852, he en-
gaged in the mercantile businessin Greenfield. In 1861, he moved to Girard, Macoupin Co., I1l.,
where he continued successfully in business, operating a dry goods store and woolen mill in ad-
dition to other business until 1871. Hethen opened astore in Decatur, Il], In 1878, he sold out
and removed to Peoria, Ill., where he engaged in the commission business, operating in grain and

 

 

-course. During the war, he was attached to the

HISTORY OF KANSAS

live stock. In 1878, he moved to Kansas, and located in Ottawa. The same fall, he settled in
Lawrence; here he engaged in the mercantile business a short time, and has since been engaged
in real estate and loans. He is now amember of thetirm of A. Tosh & Co. Mr. Cooper was mar-
ried in Greene County, Ill., eprom ber. 6, 1854, to Miss Laura A. Doyle, of that county. They have
three sons--John E., Luther D. and Ernest J. He is a member of the Baptist Church, also of
the A., F. & A. M. and E, A. U. society. :

J. W. COOPER, Principal of the High School, was born in Berlin, Worcester Co., Md., De-
cember 15, 1842. He was educated in Buckingham Academy, Berlin, Md., taking a full classical
uariermaster’s department in Missouri and
Arkansas. On the close of the war, he settled in Illinois, and engaged in teaching there, and later
in Iowa. In 1870, he settled in Douglas County, Kan., teaching in the county two terms, then
taking a position in the city schools, Was promoted to his present position in September, 1878.
Mr. Cooper was married in Baldwin City, Kan,, in 1874, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of a. R.
Brown. a of Baldwin City. They have two children—Car! L. and John H.

JOSEPH CRACKLLN, old settler, was born in Boston, Mass,, May 2, 1816, He was educated
in the public schools of his native city. Asa buy, he was employed ina shipping office, his duties
being to check off the cargo of vessels being discharge, e thus imbibed a taste for the seas.
In June, 1882, he shipped on a whaler from New Bedford. On his return home, he again shipped
and continued for some twelve years at sea, A number of these years were spent in the Un’ ted
States Navy, some six in all, Was discharged by special order from the department through the
solicitation of relatives. He then returned home, and engaged in house painting in Roxbury,
Mass, In 1849, on the breaking-out of the California excitement, he made the journey across the
plains and engaged in mining there about two years, and then returned home by way of the

sthmus. In 1854, he again started for California overland, landing at Lawrence, Kan.,in Sep-
tember. The high-handed proceedings of the border ruftians aroused his indignation, and he
determined to remain and assist the Free-state people. He organized a company of men; this
company was afterward known as the * Stubbs,” and he continued the command of this company
until he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the First Kansas Regiment under Gen. James
Lane, and continued with the regiment until the troubles ended, when the Free-state army dis-
banded, the members returning to their homes. The Stubbs, however, preserved their organi-
uation, and ia jhugust, 1857, he was again elected Captain. Held the officetwo years, and resigned

ugus fi
ri The following is a true copy of the reply of the company to his letter of resignation:

“STUBBS ARMORY, August 11, 1859.

Lieut. CoL. JosEPH CRACKLIN, Post Captain of the Stubbs:

Dear Str—In accepting your letter of resignation, we tender you our sincere thanks for the
manner in which you have discharged your duties as commanding officer of our company for
so long a time; and while we regret that your duties should compel you to retire from an office
which you have filled with honor to yourself and credit to the company, we are happy to know
that your name is still attached to the roll of your company among the names of those who
battled so manfully for the right in 1856. It is Pleasing to us to refer to the part you took in those
engagements withour company. Your conduct at Franklin, in August, and at Lawrence, when
Reed besieged our town with 2,800 hirelings, and at all other places where the company was en-
gaged while you were in command, elicits our warmest applause. We are grateful for the advice
conveyed to this company in your letter, feeling that your experience in military affairs may be
of great advantage to us, and believe that by following it with our efficient present officers (Capt.
F. B. Swift and First Lieut. N. W. Spicer), we may be able to hold the position we have heretofore
occupied among the military companies of nsas. Be assured, however, that the Stubbs will
always be steadfast supporters of the right and defenders of the oppressed. And it is our desire
that the law-makers of our country may be composed of such men that when called upon, we
can, with a right good will, sustain their enactments. In placing you upon the retired roll, we
would request that you be present occasionally at our meetings, and by your advice and counsel
aid us in arriving at a greater degree of military perfection. With assurances of the highest
esteem, we remain, Yours respectfully

I. BLANCHARD,
A. CUTLER,
I. G, CrocKER,
: Committee in behalf of the Company.”
In 1861, he organized a company of men who were mustered into the service as Company D,
Second Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry. When this command was mustered out in 1861, a
cavalry company was organized, in which he held the ition of Battalion Adjutant, with
the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was afterward attached to the Second Kansas Battery, Capt.
Hopkins as a Second Lieutenant, in which he held a commission as Second Lieutenant; serving
in Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. His battalion was afterward mounted to act as cavalry
in pursuit of the guerrillas. Was afterward ordered to report at Ft. Leayenworth, where he re-
mained attached to the post battery until mustered out in 1862. He then returned to Lawrence,
where he was for some time under medical treatment for disability, caused by asunstroke. He
was afterward elected City Marshal forseveral years, and also engaged in the real estate business.
He was married in Roxbury, Mass., in March, 1847, to Miss Julia A. McDuffy, who died in Law-
rence in 1857, He was married to his present wife in Lawrence, Kan., March 30, 1858. She was-
Miss Emily Dunlap, of New Boston, N.H. They have one child—Lillian R. He is a prominent
member of the Masonic fraternity, being a member of all] the grand bodies. At the time of the
Quantrell raid, Mr. C. had a narrow escape from death; fearing their coming, he had sent his
family East and rented their house, taking up his quarters at Stone’s Hotel; was awakened by
their firing on the morning of their arrival, and with great difficulty managed to get out of the
house, being, chased by a squad of the guerrillas until he reached the bush.

WILLIAM CRUM, of the firm of Ulrickson & Crum, was born in Cambria County, Penn..
January 8, 1845. His parents moved to Perry County, Mo., about 1857. In 1863, he left home and
located in Illinois, learning the trade of tinsmith, which he followed in Vienna and Cairo, that
State. During the war, he enlisted in the 100-day service, and served out his time in the One
Hundred and Forty-fifth regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In 1868, be moved to Kansas and
settled in Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, where he engaged in business, dealing in stoves and
tinware until 1874, when he moved to Lawrenve. He worked at his trade until 1878, when he
organized the firm of Roberts & Crum, dealing in tinware, pumps, etc. In 1879, they were suc-
ceeded by Willey &Crum. He sold out his interest in this firm when the firm of Ulrickson &
Crum was organized: Mr. Crum was married in Baxter Springs, Ky., December 8, 1870, to Miss
Grason, a native of Canada. They have two children—Alice G. and Farl L. Mr. C. is a member
of Acacia Lodge No. 9, A. BF. & A.M.

W. M, CULBERTSON, dealer in sand and hard and soft coal. The business was established
by Mr. C. in 1872. The business at first probably averaged about eighty cars yearly. His sales
now aggregate 400 cars. He employs eight men and operates five teams in the coal department.
Expects to ship 500 cars of sand in 183. Mr. C. was born near Zanesville. Ohio, August 6, 1897.
He was educated in Zanesville. In 1856, he began farming on his own account; this he continned
until 1862, when he took a position in the Post Quartermaster's department at Nashville, Tenn.
In December, 1868, was sent with Supplies to Knoxville, Tenn., remaining there until November,
1864. He then returned home. In January, 1865, he took a position in the Quartermaster's de-
partment at Cincinnati, Ohio, remaining until the close of the war. He returned to Muskingum

ounty, and shortly afterward engaged in coal business at McConnellsville, Morgan Co., Ohio;
continuing in this business until he moved to Kansas in 1872. He was married in McConnells
ville, Ohio, November 11, 1869, to Miss Kate B. Welch, of that town. They have three children—
Howard D., Charles W. and Kate, Mr. C. is a member of the Congregational Church, also of
Oread Lodge, K. of H., and subordinate lodge, and Select Knights of A.O T.W.
H. A. C TER, Job printer, born in Highgate, Franklin Co.,Vt., May 30, 1830, son of Rodolphus
Cutler and Sophy Christly. He grew to manhood in his native State, and learned his trade in St.
Ibane, Vt., and has ever since been engaged in his profession. Mr. C. was united in marriagein
St. Albans, Vt., May 15, 1860, to Miss Eimiline D., daughter of Hiram E. Colony and Eunice Sabin.
They have three children—Flouna E., born June 15, 1865; Fredrick D., born December 26, 1874;
give M., born August 10, 1878. Mr. ¢. came to the State in 1857, settled in Lawrence, and estab-
ashed business in 870; employs eight hands. He has also connected with his establishment a
department for bookbinding. © By diligence, promptness and strict attention to business, he has
become the leading job printer in the city. “He is a Master Mason,

J. A. DAILEY, wholesale and retail dealer in china, glass-and queensware, silver plated
goods, house furnishing goods, etc. Business was established in 1866 by J. A. Dailey &Co, Since
ee Dalley has been alone in business. He occupies two floors and basement in a building

x80 fect, Carrying a stock of about $10,000, This is the only exclusive crockery house in town.
J. A. Dalley was born in franklin County, Penn., December 28, 1841. 1856, he moved to Knox
County Iil., where he engaged in clerking in mercantile establishments, In 1861, he enlisted in
om pany D, First Regiment [linois Volunteer Cavalry; was captured at Lexington, Mo.; was
paroled and discharged. He then returned to Knox County, where he attended Hedding Semin-
ary, (ppt two years, and then resumed clerking, in which he continued to actively engage
uo 4 866, when he settled in Lawrence. Mr. Dailey was married in Monmouth, Iil., November
7 , 1867, to Miss Maggie J. Belleville, of that town, They have two children--Sidney C. and Frank
7 ee Ralley is a member of the Presbyterian Ghureh ; is also a member of Acacia Lodge, No.
WA, F, .M., and of the K. of H. € has held the position of City Treasurer about five

years.
MISS ROXANA A. DAVIS, teacher, was born in North Carolin
; a, January 27, li e
came Ae Bis State with her mother, in 1861, and settied near Lawrence. ec ake iene
e if Normal School at Emporia, since which time, she has been employed as a teacher, and
now olds the position of Principal, in the Vermont Street School, Lawrence, having under het
c arge three teachers and 258 pupils. Her assistants are, Miss Marcia Wood, Mrs. Mattie Olin

and aie ee opera

ad. ; dealer in agricultural implements, was born in Pitts!

Beer ciate teacese meu iy and tn Brokat to

sided, establishing his present business, and en} Ne flourishin trade. W P Beeeon antised i

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8 i . has six ¢ ren, viz.:

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in Berkshire, Maas., in the year 1820, He moved to Rochester, Nook arian Tecntcioet eet

Here after finishing his school, he eugaged In coal and jumper business, for over sheng. eecat

 

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DOUGLAS

the same time being a prominent worker in political circles. From 1868 to 1868, he devoted his
attention to the production of oil in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, In 1878, he settled in Douglas
County, Kan., where he engaged in farming till present business was established. He.was mar-
ried in Rochester, N. Y., t0 Miss Mary Wright, of New York City. They have three children,
one son and two daughters. George S. Deming, of aboye firm, was born in Rochester, N. Y.,
October 23, 1863. He was partially educated in his native city, finishing at an academy in Lima,
N. Y. He was connected with his father in ofl operations, in Pennsylvania, from 1874 to 1878, in
the latter year, moving with him to Kansas. Mr. George N. Deming is a prominent member of
the Masonic fraternity. He was raised about 1855, and is now a 32d degree member of A.°.A.°.S.’.R.
A. J. DICKER, dealer in general merchandise. The business was originally established@in
1862. Mr, Dicker, succeeded Saunders & Owens in 1868. He occupies a building 25x50 in area,
two stories high, with an extension 25x274%. He employs altogether six men, and carries a stock
of about $10,000, In addition to this, he also operates a grain and feed store, This business occu-
pies a building 25x100 feet. The storage capacity being for 9,000 bushels of corn, 5,000 bushels of
oats and 2 Cars each of bran and shorts. . J, Dicker, was born in Kent County, England, Sep-
tember 15, 1842. He served an apprenticeship of five years in thegrocery business, and when
twenty-one years of age, crossed the ocean in search of fortune, After spending some time in
Canada, looking up business, he finally settled in Plainfield, Ind., where he engaged in clerking,
following the same business in Indianapolis later. In 1868 he moved to Kansas, settled in Law-
rence, and started his present business. He was married in Lawrence, November 25, 1869, to
Miss Elizabeth Tyson, formeriy of Indiana. They have three children living—Charlotte, Jose-
phine and Henry Mr. Dicker is a member ofthe City Council, of the I. O. O. F.,and A., F.@ A. M.
ABSOLOM DIMMERY, blacksmith. Mr. Dimmery was born in Tennessee in 1825, and in
childhood moved with his parents to Washington, Ark., where he spent his youthful days, and
learned the trade ofa blacksmith. Mr. Dimmery is the son of Stephen Dimmery, a Portugese,
who fought bravely with the Indians at the battle of the Horse Shoe, under Gen. Jackson. His
mother was of African-European descent. When the war of the rebellion was about to break
out Mr. Dimmery was compelled on account of his Union sentimentssto flee for his liberty.
He came to Kansas in 1860, and in 1863 enlisted for three years, in the First (Colored) Kansas
Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Dimmery has been twice married,
and now has three children—Frances A., Isabeland Eleanor.
LEVI A. DOANE, proprietor Kansas farm agency, business established in 1878; does a gen-
eral real estate and loan business, He was born in Worcester County, Mass., February 13, 1836.
He received his education in his native county, From the age ot nineteen up to thirty-two or
thirty-three years, he was engaged in teaching in Worcester County in graded and high schools;
was two years teaching in Westboro Reform school. During the war, he enlisted twice, but was
rejected on the score of ill-health. In 1869, he moved to Kansas, and settled in Neosho County,
where he engaged in the real estate business. In July, 1869, he laid out the town of Worcester,
Neosho County. In 1870, with four others, laid out the town of Galesburg, in the same county.
At-this time, he was also engaged in operating a steam saw millin Neosho County; sold out this
interest in 1874, and from that time until 1876, taught school and operated his farms. In the latter
year, he went to Springfield, Mass., and engaged in the real estate business there with his brother.
n 1878, he closed out his interests in Massachusetts and Neosho County, Kan., and settled in Law-
rence. Mr. Doane was married in Worcester County, Mass., in 1858, to Miss Laura A., daughter
of Lory Grout, Esq., one of the pioneers of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Doane have seven chil-
dren—Frank A., Fred W., Charles M., Mary E., Luther H., Laura M. and Jennie L.

. A. DOLBEE, County Commissioner, Douglas County, was born in Des Moines County,
Iowa, March 4, 1844. He was born and raised on a farm, and engaged in this until the breaking-
out of the war. He enlisted in October, 1861, in Company K, Fourteenth [owa Infantry, and was
discharged in October, 1862, on account of disability, caused iby wounds received at Pittsbur;
Landing. Was also engaged inthe attack on Ft. Donelson, On being discharged, he returne
to lowa, and here commenced fardlng: In 1864, was in the 100-day service attached to the Forty-
fifth Iowa Infantry. In 1865, he moved to Kansas, and settled in Douglas County, and engaged in
farming. He at first worked as a farm laborer; is now engaged in operating a farm of 800 acres,
of which Mr. T. Poehler, of Lawrence, is part owner, though Mr. Dolbee is alone in the operation
of the farm. He devotes his attention to stock raising almost entirely. Has a herd of 125 cattle,
the head of the herd being a full-blood Durham, and some forty of the cattle being high grades.
Mr. Dolbee isa member of Washington Post, G. A, R., and of the A. O. of U. W., both of Law-

rence.
JAMES, JOHN and NEILL DONNELLY,
stables. The business was established in 1874, by t

 

proprietors Donnelly’s livery, sale and feed
e three brothers named, James Donnelly had
the entire inenapement of the business, the others being engaged in outside matters. They oc-
cupy a frame building 43x110 feet in dimensions; keep on hand twenty to twenty-five head of
horses, two to four hacks, together with a complete assortment of carriages of all descriptions.
The capital invested will aggregate $7,000. James Donnelly, senior member of the firm, was born
in County Derry, Ireland, December 25, 1842, In 1848, the family immigrated to the United States,
and settled in McHenry County, Ill. In 1857, James, in company with his brothers, moved to Kan-
sas, and settled in Lawrence. He engaged in general occupations until 1869, when he commenced
Tunning hacks, continuing in this occupation until present Lusiness was established, During the
Quantrell raid in 1863, he lost all his property and was taken prisoner, but made his escape a few
ours later, :

E. N. DRAPER, Principal of the Chapel School, was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y.,
June 5, 1852. His parents moved to Cortland County, N. Y., abovt 1866, and E, N. then attended
the Cortland Academy. In 1869, he moved with his parents to Lawrence, Kan., and finished his
education at theState University. He commenced teaching in 1874 in Douglas County, and has
since been uninterruptedly engaged in his profession. Was appointed to present position in
September, 1882. Mr. Draper was warried in Douglas County, Kan., in January, 1874, to Miss
Malissa Criss, of that county. _They have three children—Estella, Burt and Roy. Mr. D. isa
member of Lawrence Lodge, No. 4,1.0.0.F. _. =

GEORGE B. EDGAR, Secretary and founder of the Kansas State Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, of Lawrence, was born in Dayton, Ohio, July 8, 1832; was educated in his native town.
After finishing his education, he followed school teaching in Northern Ohio until 1851, when he
moved to Muscatine, lowa. Was two years a telegraph operator, four years a farmer, five years
in the grocery business in Muscatine and Muscatine County. In 1862, moved to Kanaas, settling
at Leavenworth. Was five years engaged there as book-keeper for a wholesale stove and tin
house. During the Price raid, he was attached to the First Regiment Kansas State Militia as
Orderly Sergeant of Company D. In 1867, he went to Mexico, Mo., as the special agent of the
Yonkers and New York, and local agent of the Hartford Fire Insurance Companies, Built up a
large insurance business, and 1871, selling out his agency, moved to Kansas City and engaged in
the same business, remaining there three years: then settled at Ottawa, Kan., as District Agent
for the sale of the Singer sewing machine. In 1876, he purchased a farm near Richmond, in
Franklin County, remaining there until 1880; selling out, he moved to Lawrence, again engaging
in the insurance business. r. Edgar was married at Dayton, Ohio, April, 1854. He is father of
seven children, two daughters and five sons, all living and doing business in Kansas, |

HLARLES L. EDWARDS. Mr. ‘Edwards’ principal business is that of dealer in coal
aud wood. C, L. Edwards was born at Southampton, Mass., October 19, 1828, He was educated
at Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated at the Westfleld. Normal School. At the age of
eighteen, he commenced teaching, while still pursuing his studies, and continued in this profes-
sion, with the exception of short intervals, for sixteen years. He moved to Kansas in November,

855. For a year, he was clerk of Hon. 8. C. Pomeroy in the Emigrant Aid Company’s office, and
during the troubles of 1856 had large control of the business, Mr. Pomeroy being absent and
Gov. Robinson in prison. He was Principal of the schools in Lawrence for over two years con-
tinuously from April, 1857. He was the first elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in
Douglas County, and took charge of its duties March 1, 1859, when there were but three organized
schools. In three months, he had over thirty schools in operation. He was one of the first trus-
tees of what has now become the State University, and Principal of the Academic Department,
which opened in the fall of 1859. He went East in 1860 on a visit to his native town, and was in-
duced to take charge of the Southampton Academy. He held the position of Principe} here until
1862, when he enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and
was commissioned First Lieutenant or Company D4 ‘was subsequently commissioned Captain,
and retired at the close of the war as Major of his feeiment, having served in all the campaigns
of the Sixth Corps, participating In the battles of redericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Mine Run, Winchester, Petersburg and others, including Sailors creck, the final
battle of the war. Maj, Edwards was married in North Hadley, Maas., October 4, 1860, to Miss
Susan R. Powers. They have had three children; one daughter survives—Virginia S. Mr. Ed-
wards is a prominent member of the Congregational Church. : .

ALEXANDER G. EIDEMILLER, dealer in ice, Business was established in 1867, and has
since beew_in operation with the exception of two years he operated in Kansas City. His main
houses are 200x100 feet, with a capacity of 7,000 to 8,000 tons. He adds additional temporary houses
in favorable seasons. He also puts up, under contract, about 10,000 tons in the houses of Plank-
inton & Armour at this point. During the winter of 1882-83, he will also ship about 15,000 to
20,000 tons. He employs in the season about 300 men, and will cut in the aggregate from 35,000
to 40,000 tons of ice. Mr. Hidemiller was born in Frederick City, Md., August 22,1833, His
parents moved to Troy, Ohio, about 1837, where he received his schooling. At the age of twelve
years he commenced clerking in grocery stores, When about nineteen he went into business un
his own account, and continued in the mercantile business until he moved to Kansas in 1867.
During 1870 to 1872, he transferred his ice business to Kansas City, Mo., returning to Lawrence
in the latter year. ‘Mr. Kidemiller was married in-Troy, Ohio, in September, 1854, to Miss May J.
Simmons, of Troy. They have four children living—Mary A., Helen E., Maggie R. and George K.

JOHN ELDRIDGH, livery. Established the livery business in North Lawrence in 1875,
since which time he has continued to keep some fine turnouts. Mr. Eldredge seldom makes a
mistake, being one of the best guessers.in the State, and his keen eye will detect a fraud at first
sight. Mr, Eldredge was born in Pennsylvania, August 22, 1840, He came to this State in 1853,
and settled in Prairie City, where he lived up to the time of coming to Lawrence io 1860. In
1861, he responded to the first call of his country, and enlistedin Company G, Seventh Regiment
Kansas Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He was in several engagements, but
came out without a scratch ora wound. He was married, in 1875, to Miss Frank Hawkins, of

Lawrence; has three children—Lelia B., Harry and Stella May,

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COUMEY.

THOMAS B. ELDRIDGE, one cf the tried and most faithful friends of Kansas in the ter-
ritorial struggle, died in Lawrence Sunday, December 3, 1882. His funeral occurred on the Tues
day following, and was largely attended by old settlers, who, with him, had together borne the
burdens of the day, and by whom he was held in universal respect andesteem. The following
sketch appeared ina Lawrence paper at the time of his death: ‘The hearts of many old set-
tlers of Kansas will be saddened to learn that the gentleman whose name heads this article died
in Lawrence, last Sunday morning, the 3dinst. On the previous Thursday he experienced a
slight attack of rheumatism, from which, however, he had sufficiently rallied, Jast Sunday morn-
ing, to enable him to sit at the table and partake of a hearty breakfast. Subsequently he laid
down on a sofa, and ina few moments thereafter he was discovered in the embrace of death. He
died of rheumatism of the heart. His funeral will be held to-day at Lawrence. Mr, Eldridge
was one of the early pioneers of Kaneas, and was a prominent actor in the struggles incident to
our pioneer history. He was one of the lessees uf the Free -State Hotel at Lawrence, at the tima
of its destruction by the border ruffians in May, 1856. In September, of that year, he was the
agent at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, of the National Kansas Committee, and his business was to pur-
chase transportation and supplies for emigrants to Kansas. He was clothed with full authority
to use what money his judgment deemed was necessary for the successful prosecution of his busi-
ness, Mount Pleasant was, at that time, the terminal point of the Burlington & Missouri River
Railroad, the westernmost railroad point in Iowa. It was the rallying point for overland Free-
State emigrants to Kansas, the Missouri River having been blockaded against them by border
ruffians. Asaninducement for Free-State men to go to Kansas, during that troublous period,
the National Kansas Committee offered them arms, transportation and subsistence. Mr. Eldridge
purchased horses, wagons, arms, subsistence and camp and garrison equipage, involving an ex~-
pense of about $40,000, and so faithfully did he discharge his duty, in his purchases and dis-
bursements, that, upon the conclusion of his labors, he was presented by the Committee with a
fine horse and corresponding equipments, and also a brace of revolvers. Under his outfitting at
Mount Pleasant, several hundred Free-State men came to Kansas in 1856, much to the relief and
encouragement of those who were already here, struggling valiantly and manfully against nu-
merically superior forces. Upon the return of Mr. Eldridge to Kansas, he became a member of
the Kansas Stage Company, composed of the Eldridge Brothers, and he was also associated with
many of the companies that were locating towns all over the Territory in 1857. The Broadway
Hotel (now the Coates House), in Kansas City, was erected by Mr. Eldridge, and was for some
time operated by him. A short time during the war, he did staff duty in some of the western
armies, with the rank of Major. For several years ,he was engaged in the banking business at
Coffeyville, and while living there he represented one of the districts in Montgomery County in
the Legislature in 1873. He was last employed on the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kan-
sas Railroad, in the capacity of stock agent.”

DR. E. FARLEY, oculist, was born in Leroy, Genesee Co., N. ¥., May 1, 1827, He 1e-
ceived his education in his native State, and commenced his professional studies in 1857, in
Wyoming County, N. Y., under a celebrated oculist He commenced his practice in San Fran-
cisco, Cal., where he remained about two years, and then returned to New York State. In 1864,
he settled in Bloomington, Ill, where he opened an office and engaged in the practice of his
profession some six or seven years. His wife’s health being poor and the climate vot agreeing
with her, he moved to Independence, Mo. In 1871, he moved to Des Moines, Iowa. In 1872, he
returned to Bloomington, lll. In 1882, he moved to Calhoun, Neb. From thence, he moved to
Kansas, settling in Lawrence in March,1883. Dr. Farley has been engaged in the practice of his
specialty since 1858. ‘

J. D. FINCHER, Postmaster, was born in Berks County, Penn., January 21,1845. The
same year, his parents moved to Columbia County, where he received his education. In 1862, he
enlisted in Company H,One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsylvania Infantry, and was dis-
charged in 1863, on account of disability. He then returned home and was connected, until he
moved West, with the engineering department of coal mines in Northumberland County, Penn.
In 1866, he moved to Kansas andsettled in Wyandotte County, where he became connected with
the engineering department of the Eastern Division of the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1868, he
moved to Lawrence, still connected with the engineer’s office, having charge of supplies in that
department. The office was moved, about 1876, and Mr. Fincher then turned his attention to
mercantile pursuits. Mr. Fincher was married, in Lawrence, Kan., March 22, 1872, to Miss Lena,
daughter of William Melvin, Esq. Mr. Fincher was appointed Postmaster by President Gar-
field’s administration in May, 1881. He is a member of the City Council. He is also a Knight
Templar of the Masonic fraternity.

J. K. FETHEROLF, proprietor of the Central Hotel. The house was erected in 1866, Mr.
Wilderson’s addition being made in 1870. The present proprietors succeeded John Anderson in
August, 1880. The building is partly stone and partly frame, 90x94 feet in size, and contains
thirty rooms. J. K. Fetherolf was born in Lehigh County, Penn.,in 1834. He was educated in
his native county and engaged in various occupations, at times farming, tanning, hotel keeping,
etc. In 1878, he moved to Kansas and took the Calidonia House at Solomon City, which he run
until he took the Central Hotel. Mr. Fetherolf was married in Berks County, Penn., February
10, 1855, to Miss Mary A. Seidel, of Berks County. They have five children—Ellen L., now Mrs.
Krum, of Solomon City; Alice S., Mary J.,George A. and Charles F. He is a member of Solo-
mon Lodge, No. 783, I. 0. 0. F., of Solomon City.

J. N. FLORER, Indian trader, Osage Agency, Indian Territory. The business was es-
tablished in 1872 by Florer & Rankin. The latter retired in 1878, and since that time Mr. Florer
has been sole proprietor. He now employs fuur men and carries a stock of some $10,000, and
does a yearly business of $50,000. In addition to this business he has also a cattle ranche with a
herd of 1,600 head of steers, which he expects to increase in 1883 to 3,000 head. J. N. Florer first
came to Kansas in 1864. He then settled in Lawrence and engaged in clerking in the mercantile
establishments in the city until about 1870, He then moved to Humboldt, Allen County, where
he opened the Landreth House which he operated about one year and then returned to Lawrence,
and shortly afterward engagedin his present business. He was married in Lawrence to Miss
Anna Finney, daughter of Rev. Thomas Finney, of Ohio, a famous Abolition preacher of that
State. They have two children—Laura Maud and Walter Osage. Mr. Florer is a member of the
1.0.0. F,and A., F. & A. M., of Lawrence.

JUDGE A. H. FOOTE, Probate Judge of Douglas County, was born in Middlefield, Geauga
County, Ohio, December 24, 1838. He received his preliminary education in the common schools
of his native county, finishing his studies at the Western Reserve Seminary in Trumbull Coun-
ty, Ohio. He enlisted in May, 1862, in Company B, Eighty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers ;
was taken prisoner at Harper’s Ferry and paroled; was afterward discharged on account of broken
health. He commenced reading law, previous to his enlistment, with Cartter & Thayer, at Cleve-
land, Ohio. After hisreturn from the war, he continued reading in the office of W. W. Nevison,
at Painesville, Ohio. He took an active part in assisting the Republican party, during this time,
making speeches during the campaign in that district. During this time, he became intimately
acquainted with the late President Garfield, and his admiration of that gentleman’s character was
so great that he was the firat person in Lawrence that predicted his nomination at Chicago, in
1880. Mr. Foote was admitted to the bar at Painesville, Ohio, in May, 1864. In 1866, he moved
to Kansas and settled in Lawrence, where he opened an office and engaged in practice until
elected Probate Judge, in 1880. Was elected City Attorney two terms without solicitation on his
part. Mr. Foote was married in West Farmington, Trumbull Co., Ohto, July 7, 1870, to Miss Mary
M. Weir, of that town. They have three children—Mary Ida, Sherman Weir and Marvin Gar-
field. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of Lawrence Lodge, No. 4, I. 0.
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HON. GEORGE FORD (deceased), was born December 18, 1811, in Westerlo, Albany Coun-
ty, N.Y. His grandfather, Jacob Ford, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. His father,
Sylvester Ford, was an extensive farmer, and for some time held the position of County
Judge in New York. He served his country in the war of 1812, becoming an Adjutant
during the war. George Ford’s boyhood was spent on his father’s farm, but at the age of
fourteen he entered his brother's store at Oneonta, N. Y.,asclerk. Here, however, he remained

* but a short time, after which he went to New York City, where he worked as clerk until he

reached his eighteenth year. He then returned to the farm, where he remained until he at-
tained his majority. At that age, he removed to Akron, Ohio, where he lived about a year. His
next move was to Berkshire County, Mass. Here he was married to Miss Rachel Hall Wight-
man, March 22,1835. Soon after this event he returned to New York and engaged in farming in
Delaware County. In 1847, he left his farm and changed his residence to Jersey City, N. J., where
for ten years he managed a general mercantile business. In 1857, he moved to Kansas and lo-
cated in Lawrence. In the same year he became a member of the City ( ouncil, a body which
Gov. Walker pronounced revolutionary, and which he suppressed with a battalion of United
States soldiers. He was elected a County Commissioner, in 1858, and made Chairman of the Board.
He was, in 1862, elected a member ot the Kansas House of Representatives, where he made an
active, useful and efficient legislator, reflecting honor upon his constituents, whose partiality had
chosen him, As a business man Mr. Ford stood in the foremost rank in Lawrence. He began the
business of general merchandising. He was thus engaged for several years, gradually chang-
ing his business to an exclusive dry goods establishment; but in January, 1867, he changed
his plans and began dealing in groceries exclusively, in which he continued until his death. I
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1860, he was placed in charge of the distribution of aid goods from the Emigrant Aid Union. He
was a member of'the Baptist Church from ‘his ycuth, and held the office of Deacon for many
years. He was.also prominently engaged in the Sabbath school work, being a pioneer of that
cause in Kaneas, When the first slaves fled from Missouri to Kansas, he was one of a few Chris-
tians who defied public opinion, opened a school, and taught both children and adults the rudi-
ments of an education. He wasa liberal contributor, not only to his own church, but to alll re-
ligious institutions. Mr. Ford departed this life November 12, 1880, universally lamented. He
was one of those strongly marked characters so difficult of delineation in pen portraiture. His
countenance betokened firm and unyielding convictions. In his friendship and in his thinking
he was remarkable for his constancy. He laid hold of all subjects that concerned him with an
undying tenacity. His nature was granitic. All the laws of his being were as the statutes of
the Medes and Persians, His will power and energy were marvelous. No reverses of fortune,
no obstacles disheartened him. Full of vigor and hope through all mishaps and difficulties, his
course was onward, righton. The life of business, the soul of social life, the factotum of the
church. His was a felt presenceeverywhere. Nor shall wesoon forget hia droll humor. He was
not without his scruples about it, but his utmost sobriety of purpose could not check the bub-
bling fountain of fun in his nature. It sallied forth at everybody in prose and rhyme, and quick
retort. But most marked of all his traits was the kindness of ‘his heart. It tranefigured his face

 

Jike an Aurora. To look upon him was to read his benevolence. In unmistakable lines it went
out from him as a benediction upun the poor and needy. None of this description sought him in
vain. There were lamentations among that class when he died. A colored man exclaimed, “Our
Moses is dead!” We need workers like him to-day. The memory of him chides us all. He
proved that mien can be successful in their business whilst positive and uncompromising in their
principles, He hated the whisky business with a perfect hatred ; despised its threatenings; gave
it no quarter, and instead of suffering in trade compelled even the rum traffic to yield'to him a
reluctant patronage, constrained by the manliness and genial good will’of the man. ‘He illus-
trated what could be accomplished by fixedness of purpose, steadiness of application, and by the
magnetic thrill of w kind heart. He pushed and shinned hia way through all opposition. His was
an example of man’s fidelity; whether it wag in business or the church, or temperance. or election
day, he gave himself to it with enthusiastic constancy. He fought every issue straight through
to the end. Death found him at a post of duty where he loved to be—in the house of God. Al-
though full of years, it seemed as though his departure was premature. But ifthe memory of
him shall cause the mantle cf his good qualities to descend upon others, it will be well for tem-
perance, well for the State, well for the church and well for humanity..

HENRY FUEL, shoe-maker, was born in Osceola, Mo., April 22, 1840, and was sold into
slavery at the age of four years, and taken to Bates County, Mo., where he remained with his
owner, Col. Douglass, until 1861, when he, with others, was taken to Texas. There he remained
until 1866, learning his trade. He came to Kansas in 1866, worked ns a journeyman until 1868,
when he, went into business for himself, since which time, by his skill and industry, he has won
for himself a good class of customers. Mr. Fuel is a member of the A. Y. M. lodge and is its
Treasurer, and is also a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of the Board
of Trustees.

DR, H.SETH GARDNER, homeopathic physician and surgeon, is a native of Illinois,
His preliminary education was received in the public schools of Jacksonville, Ill, He then
spent some time in the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Ill. He then returned to the IIli-
bois College, at Jacksonville. After leaving college, he began the study of medicine with Dr.
J. P. Willard, of that place. During the winter of 1879-80, he attended medical! lectures at the
Homeopathic Medical Collegeof St. Louis. During the next year, he went to Cleveland, Ohio,
and graduated at the Homeopathic Medical College of that place the following spring. The fol-
lowing fall located in Lawrence, Kan.

CHARLES F. GARRETT, City Assessor, was bornin Buffalo, N, Y., June 7, 1831. His
parents afterward settled in Medina, Ohio, where he was educated, and in 1846 commenced type
setting with J-hn Speer, with whom he moved to Kansas in 1854, landing in Lawrence Novem-
ber 1, of that year. Here he was connected with the Sribune until 1856, when the office was de-
stroyed. He then went into seasoning lumber under the firm name of Garrett & Green. In the
fall of 1856, he joined the Free-State Volunteers, and continued under Gen, Lane until 1858, In
that year he returned to Lawrence.and was'connected with printing offices there until the break-
ing-out of the war, In May, 1861, be enlisted as a private in the Firat Kansas Regiment; was
appointed Quartermaster Sergeant of Company D, and commissioned First Lieutenant and as-
signed as Quartermaster of the regiment August 10, 1861. April 24, 1862, he was commissioned
Captain and A. Q. M., and assigned to Gen. Mitchell’s division; continued to hold this position
until 1864, when he resigned and returned to Lawrence to look after his private matters, He
then engaged in the real estate business, In 1865 and 1866, he’ was Commissioner for the removal
of the Wichita Indians to Texas. In 1869-70;he was engaged in mining operations in Oregon
and California. In 1880, Mr. Garrett became interested in mines in Colorado, and is nuw super-
jntendent of the Manhattan & San Juan Mining Company, of New York and Colorado. Mr.
Garrett was married in Fort Scott, Kan., December 25, 1869, to Miss Fanny M., daughter of Dr.
Osbiin, a prominent physician of Fort Scott. They have two children living—Albert 0. and An-
nie M. :

“GLEASON & WHITMAN, real estate, loan and general insurance agents, The business was
established by Noyes & Gleason in 1879. The present firm was organized January 1, 1883. They
deal in both city and county property, loaning money on feal estate exclusively. In insurance
they represent the American of Philadelphia, Commercial Union and Phenix of Brooklyn, F.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Gleason, senior member of the firm, was born in Cheshire County, N. H., April 20, 1824, He was
educated in his native couuty, and/after leaving schuol was engaged in clerkiug un-
til 1844, when he moved _to Baltimore, Md., where he established himself in the manufacture of
soda water, etc. About 1846, he moved to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he continued the same buai-
ness. Two years later he suld out and returned to New Hampshire. In 1850, he located in
Rochester, N. Y., where he resumed his manufacturing business, and continued until he moved
to Kansas. He landed in Lawrence May 7, 1857, and immediately took a claim in the south-
western part of Douglas County, which he afterward pre-empted, and continued to reside on his
farm until 1863. In that year he moved to Lawrence, having been appointed United States As-
sistant Assessor of Internal Revenue, an office he retained until about 1869 or 1870, Shortly af-
terward, he associated himself in partnership with J. N. Roberts in the manufacture of wooden-
ware. His next active business in the city was the organization of the firm of Noyes & Gleason,
in the interim being interested in Colorado mines, spending several summers in that region.. At
the time of the Quantrell raid he was living opposite Gen. Lane's residence, and was awakened
by the firing. His wife, eldest daughter and sun were in the country at the time, his two young-
est daughters being with him, These he dressed and seut to Mrs. Hoyt’s, a neighbor, fur safe
keeping. He then buckled on his revolver and sallied out into the street. At the distance of
two blocks he could see the enemy riding through the streets, and looking up to the site of the
windmill saw a man shot and fall into the cellar of the mill. He then’made a flank movement
to the residence of J. 8. Brown, where he found some twenty-five or more fugitives. After re-
maining there an huur or two he returned to a cornfield for concealment and shortly afterward
went duwn town in time to see the rear guard of the retreating-enemy going out of town. Mr.
Gleason was married in Jeffrey, Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1849, to Mies Mary F, Foster. They have
three children living—Lucy E., now Mrs. R, K. Tabor; Mary A. and Sopha F., now Mrs. William
P, Cobb. Mr. Gleason held the office of County Commissioner of Douglas County, some eight
years, the greater part of the time being Chairman of the Board. Was elected Mayor of the
city of Lawrence in 1873. 7 e

JEREMIAH H, GLATHART, auctioneer and dealer in carriages, buggies, etc. He was
born May 5, 1836, in Carroll County, Ohio. Hé was rearedon a farm. At the age of eighteen he
determined to strike out for himvelf, and engaged in teaching school and selling goods until he
was of age. He moved to Hancock County, Ohio, with his parents, in 1838, and in February,
1857, he moved to Kansas, taking aclaim near Willow Springs, and for two or three months
worked alternately on it and on neighboring farms. He then moved to Lawrence, where he se-
cured a position in a brick yard at $50 per month, In this latter business he did not long con-
tinue, exchanging his claim fora grocery and bakery, which he conducted about eighteen months.
During this time he also did business as an auctioneer, which has been his general occupation,
and in which he has been very successful, being one of the most humorous and efficient auction-
eers in Kansas. In 1860, he went to the Rocky Mountains, where he spent three years in trad-
ing, etc. In 1870, he enteredinto partnership with.B. ‘7. Sparr,and purchased 220 head of
Texas cattle, This proved an unfortunate venture. Large numbers of them perished in the ae-
verity of the winters: Not dismayed by his failure, he went to Texas and bought a large drove
of cattle which he drove to Kansas, in the latter venture making a success. Shortly after this
he was employed by the'Fort Scott & Gult Railroad to direct the carrying trade in Texas cattle
from the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad to the Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. In this work he was
very successful, turning every drave from Pierce City, then the terminus of the Atlantic & Pa-
cific to Baxter Springs, on the Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. He also dealt extensively in stock on
his own account, and has dealt largely in real estate in addition to his regular business. During
the Price raid Mr. Glathart volunteered and was captured by Tod’s picketsand taken before Gen.
Price, who released him on parole. He was married, October 12, 1865, to Miss Emily M. Thomp-
son. They have had six childreu. One son and one daughter survive.

E. B. GOOD, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, provisions, etc.; business established in
1866 by himself. Has had partners at times, but has been alone in business the most of the time.
He employs three clerks, and carries about $3,500, and does a business of $25,000 annually. HE. B.
Good was born in Madison County, Ill., October 19, 1832; he was educated in his native county.
In 1857-58, he was engaged in real estate speculations in Minnesota. In the spring of 1866, he
moved to Kansas, and settled in Lawrence. He was married in Madison County, IIl., November
27, 1861, to Miss Arilda Dunnagan, of that county. They have three children—Ora L., Wilber
and Edwin. Mr. Good is a charter member of the Acacia Lodge, No. 9, A., F. & A. M.; is alsoa
member of the subordinate lodge and encampment, Grand Lodge of the I. VU. 0. F.

G. R. GOULD, of the firm of G. R. Gould & Co., was born in Racine County, Wis., Septem-
ber 10, 1843; when six years of age, he was bound out to a family in Rock County, Wis., and re-
mained there engaged in farming until 1862. In that year, he enlisted in the Thirteenth Regi-
ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry for three Years; vet-ranized in 1864; during 1862 and 1863
was on duty in Kansas; after Johnston's surrender in 1865, was stationed in Texas. In the fall
of 1865, was mustered out in Wisconsin, and the following year he settled in Lawrence, Kan.
where he organized the present business, Mr. Gould was married in Rock County, Wis., in No-
vember, 1866, to Miss Annie M. Macomber, of Rock County. They have three children—Charles
R., Ada and Grace, Mr. Gould has been a prominent member of the School Board-several terms.
he also served on the City Council; he is a member of Lawrence Lodge and Mount Oread En-
campment, I. 0. 0. F.

A. J. GRAY, liveryman, was born on Broad River, South Carolina, May 16, 1820, and waa
owned by his father as a slave till the age of fourteen. At the death of his father, he fell into
the hands of other parties. He left Tennessee in 1836, and settled in Washington County, Kan.,
near the county seat. He ran away in 1846, going back to Giles County, Tenn., where he wag
married February 3, 1848, to Miss Agnes, daughter of John and Elsie Bunn. They have had
nine children, three of whom are living—Curren C. born November 9, 1851; May, November 19,
1856; Willie, September 9, 1859, He went to Columbus, Ohio, in 1864; remained there seventeen
years; then came to Kaneas in the year 1881, and settled in Lawrence. Mr. and Mra. Gray and
their two sons belong to the A. M. K. Church; May belongs to the Baptist Church. Mrs. Gray’s
mother lived to be over one hundred years old. Mr. Gray has been industrious, and accumulated
a good property.

ALEX. GREGG, shoe-maker, came to this State in 1862, and settled in Lawrence, and at once
established business which has been successful, Mr. Gregg was born in Kentucky, March 20,
1824, of a slave mother ; his father, whose name he bears, was his owner. He was taken to Mis-
souri in 1851, and there lived until coming to Kansas. He has been three times married, and isthe
father of eleven children—Sarah, Andrew, Lucinda, Alex., Mary, Albert, John, Clara, Nellie,
Mabel and Grattan. Mr. Gregg is a member of a lodge A. Y. M., and ita Treasurer. He is also
Deacon in the Second Baptist Church.

HON. HENRY M. GREENE, Superintendent of the Asylum for Feeble Minded Children,
took his present position September 1, 1881, at the opening of the institution. He is a native of
Norwich, Conn., where he was born October 14, 1833. In 1837, his parents located in McLean
County, I11., and moved to Woodford County about 1850, where Henry received his schooling at
an academy in Metamora, In 1854, he went to Wisconsin, and entered lands in what is now
West Eau Claire, also surveying pine woods on the Eau Claire and Black Rivers. In 1856, he re-
turned to Illinois, and entered the canvass as public speaker for Fremont. In 1857, he moved to
Kansas and settled in Osage County, where he located aclaim, In 1863, he became connected
with the State militia, first as a private, then Lieutenant; in the spring of 1864, was elected
Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Regiment Kansas State Militia, which he held when the regi-
ment was overpowered by Shelby’s men at Westport, Mo., October 22, 1864, and he was severely
wounded while endeavoring to re-form the regiment. In 186%, he settled in Lecompton, Douglas
County, where he took charge of the United Brethren Church. Was elected State Senator trom *
Douglas Cuunty in 1876, and, during both sessions of his term, wae Chairman of the Committee
on Education. From September, 1879, until he took charge of the asylum, he had charge of
the Presbyterian Church at La Cygne, Kan. Mr. Greene was married in Osage County, Kan.,
January 24, 1860,to Miss Margaret Monogue, a native of New York State. They have four
obildren living—Edward E., Henry M., Jr., Hiel B. and Frederick H. Mr. G. has been for three
years a minister in the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of Halcyon Lodge, No. 18, I.0.0.
F., of Luwrence, Kan.

- JAMES W. GREEN, Dean of the Law Department Kansas State University, and attorney
at law, was appointed Dean of the Law Department at its formation, and has since retained the
office, Mr. Green was born in Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y., April 4, 1842, His academical
and preparatory studies were pursued at the Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and the Academv
at Cambridge, Mass. He then entered Williams College, taking the full course, and graduated
in 1866. After teaching school afew months, he commenced reading law at Elmira, N, Y., in
the office of the Hon. James L. Woods. Was admitted to the bar at Binghamton, N. Y., in
June, 1869. In January, 1870, he moved to Kansas, and settled in Olathe, where he commenced
practice in partnership with Judge A. S, Deranny, where he remained until 1877, in which year
he removed to Lawrence, and has since becn actively engaged in practice. Mr. Green was mar-
ried in Lawrence, in December, 1875, to Miss Mary, daughter of Hon. N. T. Stevens. Mr. Green
was elected County Attorney at Olathe in 1874, and was elected to the same office in Douglas’,
County in 1878, He is now candidate on the Democratic ticket for Associate Justice of the 89%.
preme Court. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M,, of Elmira, N. Y. : :

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HON. GEORGE W. E. GRIFFITH, President Merchants’ Bank, was born in Tippecanoe
County, Ind, Decembe: 2?, 1833. He was educated in Mount Pleasant College, Westmoreland
County, Penn. In 1855, he moved to Kansas, locating on a claim in Franklio County, near
Prairie City, where he enzaged in farming until 1860; he was then elected Register of Deeds of
Franklin County, and removed to Minneola, the county seat; was also appointed County Clerk to
fill vacancy, and Deputy County Treasurer, discharging the duties of all these offices for two
years. He was Assistant Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature of
1862, and the ensuing election was elected Representative of Franklin County. In 1863, he re-
moved to Lawrence, and established a grocery and hardware store under the firm name of Grif-
fith & Marsel, doing a large and successful business until August 21, 1863, when they were burned
out in the Quantrell raid. The business was revived and continued under the old firm until the
following year, when Judge Marsel sold out his interest. The business continued under ‘the
firm name of Griffith & Duncan until 1868, when W. H. Duncan was taken into the new firm of
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187), Mr. Griffith assisted in the organization of the Second National Bank, accepting the posi-
tion of Cashier. In 1878, he assisted in organizing the Merchants’ Bank, ot which he became
President. He was married in Westmoreland County, Penn., October 19, 1854, to Miss Priscilla
A., daughter of Abraham Harbach, Esq., a leading citizen of Western Pennsylvania; they have
four children—Charles E., Mary, Alida and George. In 1868, Mr. G. was elected County Commis-
sioner, holding the position two years. He isa leadiug member of the Presbyterian Church, of
which he has been a Ruling Eider the last ten years. He is also a leader in many other enter-
prises and maaufacturing interests. He is President of the Lawrence Gas, Coke & Coal Company,
and one of its largest stockholders. Also, President of the Kansas Basket Manufacturing Com-
pany, and one of its principal promoters, and has quite recently assisted in establishing a similar
corporation in St, Louis, Mo., under the title of St. Louis Basket Company, of which he is also
President. .

A. J. GRIFFIN, dealer in coal and wood, lime and stone. The lime and stone business was
established by Mr. G. in 1869, the coal department being added in 1882. He has in operation two
lime kilns with a capacity of 160 busbels daily, located one and one-half miles from the city; one
stone quarry of heavy dimension stone is at the same place, the other being located about one
mile west of the city. He has supplied fully three-fourths of thestone used in Lawrence since
he established business. He employs in the season eight men and five to six teams. A. J. Grif-
fin was born in East Milton, Va., November 15,1842. His parents settled in Warren County,
Ohio, about 1851, where he received his education, partially. August 26, 1861, he enlisted in
Company F, Thirty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This regiment was a part of the
famous “ Baltimore Cook” Brigade, Fourteenth Army Corps. Mr. Griffin participated in the
battles of Mill Springs, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga and all the battles of the Atlantic
campaign. He was mustered out at expiration uf term of enlistment, and re-enlisted March 21,
1865, in the Fifth United States Veteran Volunteers for one year; was discharged March 21, 1866.
He then returned to Ohio, and shortly afterward moved to Illinois, then he removed to Kansasin
1867, and settled in Lawrence, where he engaged in general occupation until he organized pres-
ent business. Mr. G. married in Dixon, Lee Co., Ill., November 15, 1866, to Miss Mary Carrol, of
that county. They have four children—Mary, Charles S., Eleanor and Edith. .

ALBERT HADLEY, Cashier of the National Bank, was born near Rockville, Parke Co., Ind.,
July 5, 1842. He was educatedin his native town. In 1860, he commenced business life as a
clerk in the County Treasurer’s office, afterward in the Auditor's office. In 1861, he took’the posi-
tion of boy in a banking house in Rockville; was advanced into different positions until he was
finally appointed general book-keeper in which position he had full charge and ventinued until
1865, when he moved to Kansas and became connected with the National Bank of Lawrence; was
appointed cashier in 1876. Mr. Hadley was married in Rockville, Ind., May 11, 1865, to Miss
Mary J. Brown. They have two children—Fred W. and Almeda N. During the war, Mr. Hadley _
twice enlisted; the first time in the Seventy-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. This com-
mand ‘was captured and mustered out when exchanged. In 1864, he enlistedin the One Hun-
dred and Thiry-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and was discharged on account of sickness.
Heisa member of the Lawrence Lodge, No. 4, 1. 0. 0. F. aA

COL. W. A. HARRIS, proprietor of the Linwood farm, located at-Linwood Station. The

farm consists of about 1,000 acres, and is entirely devoted to the breeding of fine stock. The
herd consists of about 100 head of Short-horns. The herd is headed by Baron Victor, 42,824 and
Golden Drops Hillhurst, 39120. Col. Harris is making a specialty of the Scotch Short-horn ; he
purchased in the spring of 1882, from J. H. Kissinger, three females and two-year-old bulls, im-
ported by J. I. Davidson, of Canada. He has also imported himself, this year, four heifers from
Mr. Cruikshank’s herd, He received a premium in 1882 from both the Topeka and Lawrence
fairs. W. A. Harris was born in Loundoun County, Va., October 29, 1841. His parents moved to.
Page County in 1844,and to Missouri in 1852. W. A. graduated from Columbian College,
District of Columbia, in 1859. During 1859-60 he studied civil engineering at Union College,
New York, then entered the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1861 as civil engineer.
On the breaking-out of the war, he entered the Confederate army, attached to the artillery
service for a time, and was then appointed Captain in the Adjutant General’s Department, Wilcox’s
Brigade, Longstreet’s Division. After the battles around Richmond, in 1862, he was appointed
Chief of Ordnance in Hill’s Division of Jackson's Corps. In 1865, he moved to Kansas to take the
position of resident engineer in the construction of the Eastern Division of the Union Pacific Rail-
road. In 1868, he settled in Lawrence as Land Agent for the Uuion, Pacific Railroad. .
He now has charge of the Delaware Indian Reservation Lands. Mr. Harris was married in
Page County, Va., July 26, 1863, to Miss Mary Lionberger, daughter of John Lionberger, Esq.,
of that county. They have five children—Page, Fanny, Sarah, Lavinia and Bessie.

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W.F,. HARVEY, M. D., physician and surgeon, wus born in Clinton County, Ohio, Septem-
ber 20,1825. His parents moved to Warren County abuut 1828. He was educated in Clinton
and Warren Counties, finishing in the Harveysburg High School, of which his father,a practicing
physician of prominence, was Superintendent, He commenced his medical rtudies under his
father’s tuition at the age of sixteen. In 1847, his father moved to the Indian Territory as Super-
intendent of a Friend’s mission to the Shawnee Indians, Here W. F. was engaged in teaching
the male classes, his sister having the female classes, Jn 1849, he returned to Ohio and entered
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1850. In th spring of 1851, he commenced practice
in Hendricks County, Ind. In the spring of 1853, he ved to Kansas and located a claim on
Dragoon Creek, about fifty miles southwest of Lawrence. While absent in Indiana for the pur-
pose of bringing on his family, his improvements were all destruycd. When he returned in the
fall of 1854, he settled near Blue Jacket’s Crossing, Douglas County. In June 1855, disgusted
with the demoralized state of tociety, he returned to Hendricks County, Ind., and recommenced
practice. He graduated from the Indiana Medical College February 28, 1873, He had an honorary
conferred on him by the Butler Universi ty February 28, 1879. He remained in practice in Hen-
ricks County until 1876 when he moved to Iowa,and engaged in practice in Union, Hardin
County. In August, 1881, he went to the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe agency in Indian ‘Territory,
as G. vernment Physician. His health not being good in that locality, he removed to Lawrence,
Kan., in March, 1882, and immediately engaged in, practice. Dr. Harvey was married in Parke
County, Ind., in February, 1853, to Miss Esther J. Coffin, a native of Wayne County, Ind. They
have three children—Delphina M , Horace G. and Susan E., now Mrs. Albertson. Dr. Harvey is a
member of Hendricks County Medical Suciety of Indiana, State Medical Society of Indiana, the
Iowa State Medical Society and the Central Iowa Medical Association.

WASHINGTON HADLEY was born in Guilford County, N. 0., December 12,1817. He lost
his father when young. In the year 1831, his mother moved to Morgan County, Ind., where he
engaged in farming and also in texching school. In 1836, he engaged in clerking ina general
store in Parke County, Ind.; was admitted to a partnership in 1838, and continued in mercantile
business until 1859, when he was elected County Treasurer, which position he filled for the con-
stitutional limit of two terms. In 1864, he discharged the duties of County Auditor to fill a
vacancy. In 1865, he removed to Kun-as with the intention of embarking in the banking busi-
ness. He settled in Lawrence and established the National Bank of Lawrence, of which he was
the first President, and was for many years (in connection with his son Albert) the active and
responsible manager and is still a director. He was active in the organization of the Lawrence
Gas Company ; was its first President, which position he held for several years, also one of the incor-
poraters and first President of the Lawrence Water-Power Company. Mr. Hadley is a life-long
member of the Society of Friends (or Quakers), and for a time after his settlement in Lawrence,
his was the only family of that denomination residing there ; has been influential in building up
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for the State at Lawrence. Was the planner and active manager in the erection of their
large and substantial church edifice there. He was married at Richmond, Ind., November 28,
1839, to Miss Naomi Henley, of that place. They have had eleven children, of whom there survive
Albert, Matilda, now Mrs. George Y. Johnson ; Almeda, now Mra. A. D, Picking; Ella, now Mrs.
Charles Monroe; Laurie, now Mrs. 1. E. Newlin; Emma and Flora, Mr. Hadley has been
Mayor of the city of Lawrence two terms, and was active in promoting the building by the city
of the magnificent “ State University” building at Lawrence.

HERMANN HASE, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, flour, feed and all kinds of produce.
The business was established in the spring of 1883. He occupies the main floor and basement of
a building 25x117 feet in area; employs seven men, and is doing a large and increasing busiuess.
Was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, June 26, 1852. He was educated at the Rusteek Univer-
sity, taking a full classicul course. In 1869, he emigrated to the United States and settled in
Douglas County, Kan. Here he engaged in farming fora time. In 1872, he commenced clerk-
ing with Theodore Poehler & Co.,and continued with their siccessors until the present firm was
He was married in Lawrence, January 8, 1878, to Miss Kate, daughter of Abraham
‘Muyler, Esq. They have two children—Annie and Bertha. Mr. Hase is a member of the Turn-
Verein, Social Verein and of the A. 0. U. W.

HON. DUDLEY C. HASKELL. So far as is now ascertainable, this family had its
origin in the province of aoe in ancient Saxony. The name of the family at
this early day was spelled “ Hieskel.” From Saxony, the family migrated to Scot-
land, where numbers of them still reside, spelling the name as do those now living
in America, The first settlement by any of the Haskell eo was made in Massa-
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purchased an extensive tract of land near Norwich, Conn., where many of his
descendants still reside. His son Elijah subsequently removed to Tolland, Conn. He
served in the Revolutionary war, as did also his son Elijah—the latter of whom was killed
at the battle of Trenton, and the former of whom died soon after leaving the army, of hard-
ship’ and exposures which had compelled his retirement therefrom. Upon his widow,
whose maiden name was Sarah Read, devolved the responsibility of rearing and educating
her family of seven children—five boys and two girls. She kept the elder ones upon the
farm, and apprenticed the younger ones to trades. Soon all were able to care for them-
selves, and when the proper time came, Mrs. Haskell, in 1780, rode up the Connecticut River
on horseback, and purchased a farm near Weathersfield, Vt., and returned for her five sons,
who all bought farms in the same vicinity. The five boys and one of the girls settled in the
same school district, and subsequently, in a school of about. ninety pupils, thirty-two of the
pupils were children of these six. One of these thirty-two was Franklin Haskell, the
father of Dudley C. Soon after the birth of Dudley, Franklin Haskell left Vermont, and
settled in Massachusetts, whence, in 1854, soon after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska
bill, he removed to Kansas, and settled near Lawrence, upon the land still owned by the
family. Mrs. Haskell, the mother of Dudley, previous to her marriage with Franklin Has-
kell, was Miss Almira Chase, a member of the well-known New Tn jland family of that
name. Mrs. Haskell moved to Kansas in 1855, bringing with her Dudley C., then thirteen
years of age. He was born in Springfield, Vt., March 23, 1842. Witnessing the early strug-
gles between slavery and liberty in Kansas, the spirit of the man that was in him soon be-
gan to manifest itself. As an incident of his youthful courage, the following is related :
An armed Pro-slavery man approached his father and attempted to compel compliance with
eertain demands, by means of a cocked revolver, Young Dudley quickly brought out of
the house the old musket already loaded, and leveling it at the head of his father’s assailant,
promptly brought about a cessation of hostilities. When not engaged inthe more impor-
tant work of aiding to defend his father’s or some neighbor’s-home, he attended school a
portion of the time in a building standing on the present site of Miller’s Hall, and a por-
tion of the time in the basement of the Unitarian Church. In January, 1857, his father
died, and upon the arrival from the Fast of his elder brothers, to care for their mother and
the family affairs, he went to Springfield, Vt., to attend school, remaining there until 1858,
when he returned to Lawrence. In the spring of 1859, he went to Colorado, where he pros-
pected for more than two years, gaining considerable valuable experience, but very little
old. In 1861, he returned to Kansas, and entered the army of the Union,
rausportation” in the Quartermaster’s department. As master of transportation, he be-
came chief of foraging parties. In charge of ambulance and ammunition trains, he was
present at the battles of Newtonia, Cane Hill and Prairie Grove. In every position in
which he was placed, his conduct was that of a cool, intrepid and courageous man. At the
termination of a long campaign in Arkansas, in January, 1863, Mr. Haskell retired from
the army, and entered Williston Seminary, in East Segoe Mass. After successfully
completing a preparatory course in the seminary, he entered Yale Collegé, and completed a
scientific course there in November, 1865. He now returned once more to Lawrence, Kan.,
and engaged in merchandising. While so engaged, he devoted his leisure hours to the
study of political economy, and to those social problems which underlie our national polity,
and soon found himself Jocally in the front rank of aponinen opponents. In 1872, he was
elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, and was re-elected in 1875, and in 1876.
During this year, he was elected Speaker of the House. In the fall of 1876, he was elected to
the Forty-fifth Congress, from the Second Congressional District of Kansas, by a majority of
4,680, In 1878, he was re-elected to Congress, as also in 1880 and 1882. As a public man, he
is very popular, and as a public speaker, strong, logical and convincing. Mr. Haskell’s
physical constitution is exceptionally fine and strong. He is six feet. three inches high, and
weighs, when in full health, 210 pounds. His distinguished exterior lends to his oratorical
efforts an effectiveness rarely excelled. Mr. Haskell was married, at Stockbridge, Mass., in
December, 1865, to Miss Hattie M. Kelsey, a descendant of that distinguished New England
divine, Cotton Mather. Mrs. Haskell is a lady of exceptional culture and accomplishments.
They have had three children, two daughters and oneson. The son died ininfancy. Mr.
Haskell is a member and an officer of the Plymouth Congregational Church at Lawrence, of
which his father was one of the founders, and is an active and exemplary Christian.

WILBUR M. HAYES, Principal of Phonographic Department, Lawrence Business College,
was born iu Grauby, Conn., February 9, 1847. His parents moved to Granville, Ohio,in 1857, and
there he received an education in the graded and highschools. In 1864, he enlisted in the United
States Navy, and was attached to the Mississippi Squadron until the close of the war, In 1866,
be commenced the study of phonography ; he afterward followed up the study as an amateur, occa-
sionally making special reports, etc., when consistent with his business of school teaching, until
1880, when he moved to Chicago, where he engaged at the profession of stenography in railroad
offices and mercantile establishments until July, 1882, when he moved to Lawrence to take a
position as stenographer in tbe general freight and passenger office of the K.C., L. &S. K. R. R.
In October, 1882, he took charge of the phonographic department of the college.

J. K. HEMPHILL, of the firm of G. R. Gould & Co., was born in Allegany County, N. Y.,
February 1, 1852. About 1855, his parents moved to Jefferson County, Wis., where J. K. was
educated, and followed the business of farming. In 1879, he moved to Kansas and took charge
of the branch house of G. R. Gould & Co. under firm name of Hemphill & Gould, at Harlan,
Smith Co., Kan., where he remained until the business was concentrated in Lawrence. In 1881,
during his residence in Smith County, he was a member of the Republican Central Committee of
that county. Mr. Hemphill was married in Waukesha, Wis., August 10, 1875, to Miss Ada F.
Howard, of Waukesha. They have one daughter, Daisy May.

H. W. HENDERSON, manufacturer and dealer in harness,saddlery, etc. The business was
established in 1876, by Mr. H. He now employs four men, and cash sales for 1882 were nearly
$8,000. He was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., August 29, 1849. His parents moved to St.
Paul, Minn., about 1856, and from there to Ohio, H. W. learned the -harness-making trade in
Cincinnati, Ohio, commencing at the age of fourteen years. During the war he was connected
with the Quartermaster’s Department at Nashville, Tenn., for a time, then returned to Cincinnati,
and finished his trade. The family moved to Michigan, and shortly afterward to Kansas City,
Mo. In 1867, they settled”in Johnson County, Kan., where the subject of oursketch resided
while engaged at his trade in Kansas City. During 1874-75, he was engaged in business at
Springhill, Johnson County, thence moved to Lawrence in 1876, Mr, Henderson was married
in Johnson County, Kan., to Miss Belle House, of that county. They have three children—
Howard, Clarence and Leroy. He isa member of Halcyon Lodge, No. 18, 1. 0. 0. F.

D. L. HOADLEY, dealer in real estate and loans; the business was established in 1871, He
engaged in a general brokerage business, dealing in city and county property. He was born in
Livingston County, N. Y., November 27, 1831. His parents moved to Erie County, Penn., about
1842, where he received his education He commenced his business life about 1852, as a clerk in
mercantile establishments. In 1858, he moved to Kansas and settled in Doniphan County, where
he engaged in the sale of merchandise in the town of Elwood. In 1862, he returned to Pennayl-
vania, engaging in wholesale grocery business in Erie, remaining until 1869. In tho latter year
he returned to Kansas, and settled in Lawrence, He was married in Eric County, Penn., in 1857,
to Miss Susan M. Beardsley, of Brockport, N, Y. They have four children—Willurd I., Nellie L.
Clarance R. and Eva M.

A. G. HONNOLD, Register of Deeds, Douglas County, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio,
April 20, 1337. He was born and raised on a farm, and educated {n his native county. In 1862,
he enlisted in Company E, Ninety-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until
the close of the war. He was connected with the Army of the Cumberland. He was severely
wounded at the battle of Missionary Ridge, and after recovery was attached to the Ordnance De-
partment at division headquarters. At the Close of the war, he returned to Ohio and resumed
farming. In October, 1869, he went to Kansas, looking up a location, and in January, 1870, sot-
tled in Lawrence, where he opened a fire insurance office. In 1874, he was appointed to a posi-
tion in the County Treasurer’s office, where he remained until elected to present position, in
November, 1879. Was re-elected in November, 1881. Mr, Honnold was married in Muskingum
County, Ohio, February 22, 1866, to Miss M. J. Darner, of that county. They have one child liv-
ing—Arri B. Mr. H. is a Quartermaster Sergeant in Washington Post, No, 12, G. A. R.

BENJAMIN F, HOPPER, wagon-maker, came into the State in 1854, and settled in North
Lawrence, where he has since resided. Established his present business in 1881. Mr. B. F.
Hopper was born in Kentucky November 16, 1833, and there lived until two years previous to
coming to Kansas; he lived in Missouri. When Sterling Price made his celebrated raid into
Kansas, Mr. H. joined the State militia in helping repel and drive him from the State, marching

as far as Independence, Mo.; engaged in the battles of the Little and Big Blue Rivers. Mr. H.
has been twice married, to Nancy Miller in 1856, and in 1863 to Eliza J. Seaman, of Lawrence.
He has five children living—Ruth, Isadore, Hattie, Maggie and Harry. He is a member of the
1.0. 0. F. anda Past Vice Grand.

DR. 8S. 0. HIMOE, the present head of the firm of S. 0. Himoe & Co., extensive manufact-
urers of patent medicines at Lawrence, came to the State in March, 1857, and engaged in the
practice of medicine in Bourbon County until September, 1861, when he entered the Union army

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as Assistant Surgeon of the Sixth Regiment of Kansas Volunteers. In November of the samé
year, he was commissioned Surgeon of the Fifteenth -Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, by the
jamented War Governor of Wisconsin, Harvey, who perished at Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn. He
served during the war in connection with his regiment at the siege and capture of Island No. 10,
during the Buell campaign in Kentucky, in the fall of 1862, and during the entire career of the
Army of the Cumberland, doing duty on the field in the battles of Chaplin Hills and Perryville,
Stone River and Chickamauga. Dr. Himoe held important positions as Surgeon-in-Chief of
brigade, division, field and general hospital, and is probably the only volunteer army surgeon in
Kansas whose current reports, on file in the archives of the medical department of the army, in-
cluding his reports after the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga, are published in Part I,
medical volume, “containing reports of Medical Directors,” of the “ Medical and Surgical History
of the War,” published by act of Congress, under the direction of the Surgeon General. At the
close of the war, Vr. Himoe located in Fort Scott, but after a year’s successful private practice,
removed to Lawrence and engaged in the manufacture and sale of patent medicines. His pre-
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River. Dr. Himoe is still in the prime of life, possessing a remarkably robust constitution and
active mind, giving promise of many years of usefulness in his chosen line of business.

DR. LEVI HORNER, proprietor of Lawrence Dental Rooms. Business established by Horner
& Ridgeway in 1880; Dr. Ridgeway retired in the same year. Levi Horner was born in West
Newton, Marion Co., Ind., December 8, 1855. He was edticated in his native place. In 1876, he
moved to Baxter Springs, Kan., remaining there until 1880. He then settled in Lawrence, and
established his present business. Dr. Horner was married in Lawrence October 9, 1879, to Miss
Lindlay, daughter of Alfred Lindlay, Esq.

J, HOUSE, dealer in clothing and gents’ furnishing goods, The business was established in
1862, by Mr. House. He occupies a store 25x100 feet, employs four clerks, and carries a stock of
about $30,000. He also has a half interest in the clothing house of A. L. & J. House, Topeka,
Kan., where they engage ulso in merchant tailoring. Jacob House was born in Leipnik, Austria,
August 18, 1833, He was educated in his native town, At the age of fifteen, he left home and
entered a mercantile house in Bohemia, where he remained four years, He then emigrated to
the New West Landing in Now York, in 1854. Remaining in the city only a few months, he lo-
cated in Lake County, Ohio. Two years later, he remove: to St. Louis, Mo. He was engaged in
clerking in both places, In 1859-60, he established business in Hempstead, Tex., in general
Renn nee In April, 1861, having previously sold out his stock of goods, he engaged in the
Purohase of hides, and accompanied the shipment North. The breaking-out of the war changed
his plans, and he engaged in business in St. Louis, Mo, In April, 1862, he removed to Law-
rence, where he has since engaged in the clothing trade. Mr. House was married in Lawrence,
October 15, 1865, to Miss Ricca Schloss, a native of Bavaria. They have seven children—Mary,
Rachel, Robert, Arthur, Clara, Hattie and Charles B.

_ DR. H.W. HOWE, dentist, was born in Athens, Ohio, February 16, 1842, where he received
his education. He commenced the study of his profession in the office of his father, practicing
dentist of that city. In 1862, he enlisted in the United States navy, serving about three years on
the gunboats on the Western rivers. In 1865, he enlisted in the Eleventh Indiana Zouaves, and
served until the close of the war. He then returned to Ohio, and engaged in practice in Beverly.
Shortly afterward he settled in Chillicothe, where he remained in the practice of his profession
until 1875, During his residonce here (Chillicothe), he organized the “ Sill Guards,” a militia
company, which he commanded during his residence there. He then removed to Lawrence; Kan,
and opened an office. _ In 1880, he went to Colorado, in mining speculations, etc., returning to
Lawrence and re-opening his office January 1, 1883, He was married in Beverly, Washington
Co., Ohio, May 6, 1868, to Miss Olive, daughter of Dr. Reynolds, of Beverly. They have two chil-
aren leet R.and Hannah. The Doctor is a Royal Arch Mason, and member of the I. 0. 0. F.
and K. of P. g

D. B. HUNNICUTT, President of the Kansas Fruit Vinegar Company, was born in Clinton
County, Ohio, March 19, 1842. He was educated at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., and Antioch
College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-ninth Regi-
ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. .He was attached to the
Twentieth Army Corps, and took part in the battles of Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and
then in the march to the sea; through the grand review at Washington, D. 0. He returned to
Ohio, and engaged in farming and merchandising. In the winter and spring of 1874, he taught
the public schools of Van Buren, Ark. In the following summer, he moved with his family to
Jasper County, Mo., where he and his wife were engaged in teaching until January, 1876, when
they moved to Jackson County, Mo., and located on a farm near Lee's Summit. In 1880, he es-
tablished a cattle ranch in Kingman County, Kan. While operating this,-he still resided in Jack-
son County, Mo. In the spring of 1882, he settled with his family in Lawrence, and became con
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Miss Rebecca 8. Oren, of Grant County, Ind. They have one child, Gertrude. Mr. Hunnicutt is
a member of the Quaker Church, and of the F. & A. M., of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

HON. JOHN HUTCHINGS, attorney at law, was born at Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y.
December 31, 1936, He was well educate’ in the common schools, and finished his classical
studies in Waverly Inatitute and in Starkey Seminary, New York. He studied law with Hon, F.
D. Wright, at Waverly, Tioga Co., N. Y., was admitted to the bar at Binghampton, May 10, 1860,
and practiced law at Waverly until June, 1863, when he moved to Kansas, settling in Lawrence
on the 13th of that month. He at once opened a law office in partnership with E. V. Banks,
under the style of Hutchings & Banks. This firm was dissolved about two years later. Since
that time, he has been engaged in the practice of his profession with marked success. Taking a
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@ reputation as one of the ablest of public prosecutors. In politica, Mr..Hutchings has always
been an anti-slavery man, and since he was old enough to participate in elections has acted with
the Republican party. He is not only a great legal student, but has given much thought and
study to theological, philosophical and scientific subjects. He takes a deep interest in questions
of social science, and has devoted much time to the investigation of problems connected with the
proper management of prisons and asylufas. He was married in Tioga County, N. Y., August Ty,
1861, to Miss Josephine E. Hoyt, daughter of Ira Hoyt, Esq. They have had four children, of
whom two survive, Josephine E. and Helen M. .

GEORGE INNES, senior member of the firm of George Innes & Co, was born in Suther-
landshire, Scotland, July 23, 1842. In 1859, he settled in Buffalo, N. Y., where he engaged in
clerking until. 1866, when he entered into business on his own account. He continued in this
until 1870, when he moved to Lawrence, Kan., and established his present business. Mr. Innes
was married in Buffalo, N. Y., October 20, 1869, to Miss Eliza Matheson, of Embro, Province On-
tario, Canada; they have two daughters, Minnie aud Jennie. Mr. I. isa member of the City
Council and the Board of Trade. : [

DANIEL INNES, of the firm of Geo T. Innes & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in dry
goods, carpets, etc. The firm is composed of George and Daniel Innes. The business was estab-
lished in 1870, They employ fifteen hands, carry a stock of about $60,000, and doa business
annually of $15,000. Daniel Innes, of above firm, was burn in Southerlandshire, Scotland, Octo-
ber 22, 1836, In 1854, he settled in Buffalo, N. Y., where he engaged in clerking-in the dry
goods business until 1863, when he moved to Chicago. In 1865, he formed a partnership and es-
tablished a dry goods business in Elgin, Ill., continuing to operate this until he moved to Kansas
in 1871. Mr. Innes was married in Elgin, Il!., March 1,1870, to Miss Pease, of Elgin; they have
three children—Sarah K., Walter P. and William A. Mr. I. is a member of the Episcopal
Church, and of Acacia Lodge, No. 9, A., F. & A. M.

LEWIS JOHNSON, well-digger, born in Kentucky June 15, 1837; moved to Jackson Coun-
ty, Mo., when a child, and was sold to Luther Mason asaslave, In 1862, his owner manumitted
him, and at the same time presented him with two good teams and $500 in cash. He was mar-
ried in Missouri December 23, 1859, to Miss Louisa Scott, by whom he has eight children—Isaac,
William, Julia, Cara, Louis, Joseph, Charles and Henry. His wife is a member of the Second
Baptist Church in Lawrence. ‘ is . a

ENDSLEY JONES, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, provisions, etc.; business established
originally about 1873; present proprietor succeed d Henderson & Co, in May, 1880. He carries
a stock of about $7,000, employs seven men, running two delivery wagons and does a business of
about $50,000 annually, Mr, Jones was born in Howard County, Ind., June 16, 1844. He was
educated at the New London High School in his native county, and afterward engaged in teach-
ing, farming and clerking until 1866, when he located in Leavenworth County, Kan, Here he
engaged in farming for some years. From 1872 to 1879, he was in Government employ in the In-
dian Territory. In the latter year, he settled in Lawrence, where he had made his headquarters
some years, He was married in Howard County, Ind., June 6, 1868, to Miss Martha Newlin, of
that county. They have four children—William E., Edna, Hiram T., Zimri Van A. Mr. Jones
is a member of the Society of Friends, also of the Lawrence Lodge, No. 798, K.of H. He is at
present Secretary of the Douglas County Republican Central Committee. |. :

J. M. JONES, dvaler in staple and fancy groceries, provisions, etc. The business was es-
tablished in 1876, and he has since operated it with exception of a few months. He was born in
Upper Canada, July 16, 1854, and was raised and educated in Hamilton and vicinity. In 1869, he
moved to Kansas and located in Lawrence, where he became connected with the locomotive de-
partment of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. After filling various positions, he was finally placed
in charge of an engine; this continued until 1875, Mr. Jones was married in Lawrence, Kan.,

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REY. WILLIAM JONES, M. D., pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Lawrence,
Kan., was born in Uadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, October 22, 1832. His parents moved to Coshoc+
ton, where he obtained an academic education. He afterward studied medicine and practiced
several years as an under graduate, but completed his course and obtained hia degree, graduating
from the College of Medicine of Fort Wayne, 1879, and, two years later, received the ad eundem
degree from the same institution, and is a member of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Associa-
tion. In 1863, he joined the North Obio Conference, and was stationed successively at East D el-
aware, Newcomerstown, Seville and Mount Gilead, He was then transferred to the Central Ohio
Conference, and stationed successively at Van Wert, Marion, Findlay and Toledo. He then re-
turned to the North Uhio Conference, and was stationed at Bloomville, from which place, at the
middle of his term, was transferred to the Kansas Conference, and stationed at Lawrence, Janu-
ary, 1880. Dr. Jones was married in Ashland County, Ohio, Jure 11, 1857, to Miss Eliza Rath-
bun, a graduate of Auburn Academy, in Western New York; they have two children—Miss M.
Annetta, a graduate of the Cincinnati Wesleyan College, and Fred R., now astudent in the State
University of Kansas. Dr. Jones is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.

W. H. KEMMERER, Secretary of Lawrence Plow Company, was born in Bucks County,
Penn., April 8, 1843. Received a common school education in his native county, and then took a
full commercial course at Eastman’s College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. His early years were spent
in a flour-mill operated by his father at Milton, Northumberland Co., Penn. About 1868, com-
menced a bakery and confectionery business in that town, where he continued until 1880. He
then moved to Kansas, and settled in Carbondale, as manager of yard for the Kansas Lumber
Company, of Topeka, Kan. In the spring of 1882, moved to Lawrence and became connected
immediately with the Lawrence Plow Company. Mr. Kemmerer was married in Milton, North-
umberland Co., Penn., in 1866, to Miss Susan Hage, of that town; thoy have four children—John
H., Norman L., William E., Margaret E.

DR. L. H. KEYS, eclectic physician, was born in Akron, Ohio, September 9, 1826. He
was educated in his native town and afterward attended medical lectures at Cleveland, Ohio. In
1849, he settled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; was engaged in practice in Cedar Rapids and Greeley,
Towa, until 1864, when he enlisted in the Twenty-first Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and
served uncil the closeof thelwar. During this time, he was on detached service as Assistant Sur-
geon in the hospitals at Mubile and Fort Gaines, Alabama. Shortly after his return home, he
went to Cleveland, Ohio, and attended lectures at the Wooster University of Ohio, graduating
in the spring of 1870. Dr, Keyes was attached to the “regular school” until the action of the
National Medical Association, in session at St. Paul, they refusing to affiliate or permit consulta-
tion with any but the old school physician. Since that time, he has affiliated with the eclectic
school. From 1870 to 1876, he was engaged in practice in Greeley, Iowa, in the latter year re-
moving to Kansas, locating in Junction City, Davis County. About 1880, he removed to Inde-
Pendence, Iowa, where he remained until September, 1882, when he settled in Lawrence. Dr,
Keyes was married in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1852, to Miss Francis Nelson, of that city. She
died in 1860, leaving four children—Johno N., now practicing law in Iowa; Ernest M., a practic-
ing physician in Iowa; Charles C., in business in Wamega, Kan.; and Luther M. His present
wife was Miss Cyrena Bishop, daughter of Rev. Joy Bishop, of Delphos, Kan. They were mar-
ried in Linn County, Iowa, July 4, 1861. They have two children—Merton J. and Mary KR. The
doctor is a member of the A., F. & A. M.

ISAAC KILWORTH, real estate, came to Kansas in 1858, settled in Lawrence, where he has
been engaged the most of the time in building. In 1876, he entered into partnership with his
brother, Jacob, in the real estate business, Mr. K. was born in West Hadden, England, July 18,
1833; camo to the United States in 1851, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, but in a few months
moved to Detroit, Mich., and engaged with the Michigan Central Railroad Company as builder,
where he remained until 1858. Being twice married, the last time to Miss S. A. Mallard, of
Lawrence; they have five children—Johin L., Cora C., Isaac W., William W. and Howard R. Mr.
Kilworth is a member of the Knights of Honor.

FRANK KIMBALL, of Kimball Bros., proprietors of the Lawrence Foundry, was born in
Mason Village, Hillsboro Co., N. H., January 6, 1823, After leaving school, he learned the car-
penter's trade under his father’s instruction; was engaged in this from the age of sixteen
to twenty-one. About 1844, he moved to Fitchburg, Mass., where he was employed in the pattern
department of Asher Green’s foundry; had charge of this department several years. He after-
ward took charge of the pattern department of the Putnam Machine Company, in thesame town;
this position be held about six years. In 1857, he moved to Kansas to enter the firm of Kimball
Bros. Mr. Kimball was married in Stoddard, N. H., September 8, 1847, to Miss Elizabeth Davis,
of Stoddard. They have two children—Fannie E., now Mrs, J. A. Carruth, and Charles F.

SAMUEL KIMBALL, of Kimball Bros., proprietors of the Lawrence Foundry, was born at
Mason Village, Hillsboro Co., N. H., August 27, 1827. He received a practical business education,
and at the age of seventeen was apprenticed to the machinists’ trade. Two years later, he moved
to Clinton, Mass., where he worked at his trade until 1849. In that year, he settled in Fitchburg,
Mass ; here he worked at his trade until 1854. In company with his brother, he then moved to
Kanaas, landing in the Territory October 9, 1854. The brothers were recommended by Gov. Rob-
inson to Gen. Pomeroy as suitable men to put up a saw-mill then being brought from the East.
This was their first contract. Shortly after, the original firm of Kimball Bros. was established.
Mr. Kimball was an active Free-Statemap. He was Captain of one of the companies, and after-
ward Major of the First Regiment of Free-State Volunteers, and was continually in the field. He
has been a member of the City Council three terms, Mayor of the city one term, and was virtually
founder of the fire department in Lawrence; was Engineer of the department five years, and
Superintendent one term. Mr. Kimball was married in November, 1849, to Adelina A., daughter
of Benjamin Livingston, of Mason Village, N. H.

ALBERT KNITTLE, attorney at Jaw, was born in Port Carbon, Schuylkill Co., Penn., Jan-
uary 19, 1848. Received his preliminary schooling in his native town and finished in the State
Normal School. During the raid of the rebels into Pennsylvania, he was connected with the
State militia. In 1867, he commenced reading lawin Pottsville, Penn., and was admitted to
practice in Pennsylvania courts in 1869, and commenced practice in Pottsville, where he remained
until he moved to Kansas, in 1872. He opened an office in Lawrence, and has since engaged in
the practice of his profession. He was elected City Attorney in 1876, and was twice re-elected.
In 1879, he was elected County Attorney of Douglas County. Mr. Knittle was married in Port
Carbon, Penn., in 1871, to Miss Clara Wintersteen, of Port Carbon.

W.H. LAMON, photographer, business established in 1865. He engaged in all branches of
the business, landscape, portrait, etc. Mr. Lamon was born in Dayton, Ohio, May 16, 1840. His
parents moved from there to Indiana, thence to Illinois, and in 1857 settled in Lawrence, Kan.
The subject of our sketch was educa‘ed in that city, and after leaving school commenced the
study of photography in Jerseyville, Ill., and afterward spent two or three years in traveling in
Texas, Indian Territory and Kansas. During the war, was connected with one of the militia
regiments, being engaged in the pursuit of Price. He was married in Lawrence, April 1, 1866, to
Miss Hattie Bell, daughter of Capt. G. W. Bell, one of the pioneers, and prominent in social and
political circles. Capt. Bell was killed auring the Quantrell raid. They have two children—
Maud and Mattie. Mr. L. isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of Lawrence
Lodge, No. 6, A., F. & A. M.

REV. DUDLEY LEE, minister, came to the State in 1863, and settled near Lawrence ona
farm, where he remained until 1867, and was ordained as pastor of the Second Baptist Church.
Mr. Lee was born in Kentucky in 1828. Since coming to Kansas he has purchased and paid for
quite a fine property. He was married, in 1844, to Miss Mary A. Masey, of Missouri. Heis a
member and Chaplain of a lodge of A. Y. M.

RICHARD A. LEHMAN, Instructor in Music, Kansas State University, was born in the
town of Thorn, Prussia, February 5, 1851. After leaving school he devoted his attention to the
study of music, his final course being taken at the new Academy of Music in Berlin, under Prof.
Kullak. In 1872, he emigrated to the United States, and located in New York City, where he
engaged in teaching music; afterward followed the same profession in St. Louis, Mo., and Col-
umbus, Ohio. In 1878, he moved to Kansas and located at Highland, where he held the position
of Instructorin Music and German in Highland University. In December, 1880, he located in
Atchison, where he remained until January 1, 1882, when he was elected to his present position.
Mr. Lehman was married, in Highland, Kan., December 18, 1878, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of
Rev. John M. Brown, pastor of the Firat Presbyterian Church in Highland at that time.

GEORGE LEIS, Secretary and Manager of the Leis Chemical Manufacturing Company, was
born in New York City February 18,1842. His parents afterward moved to Providence, R. I.
George received his schooling in both those cities. In 1855, he moved to Kansas and settled in
Lawrence. In 1857, he became connected with Woodward & Finley, druggists, clerking with
this firm until 1862. During 1862 and the early part of 1863, he was engaged in recruiting and
enlisting volunteers for the First and Second Colored Regiments, In fall of 1863, he established
in Lawrence a drug business, under the firm name of George Leis & Co. The following year, he
bought his partner’s interest,and managed the business alone until about 1871; the firm con-
tinued as George Leis & Bro. until 1878; since that time Mr, Leis has been alone in business, He
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\ is married in Lawrence, Kan., October 25, 1876, to Miss Lillian Ross, daughter of ex-Senator
kK. G. Ross. They have two children, Kate and Zoe. Mr. Leis is a member of the Congregational
Church and of the K. of H. and I.0. 0. F. He was one of the organizers of the Lawrence Chamber
of Commerce and the Fair Association. He is at present Treasurer of the former, and one.of the
foremost and influential citizens Lawrence has ever had, always first inany new enterprise which
tends to Luild up the city’s interest. Mr. Leis is interested in four of the heaviest manufacturing
institutions of the city. He isa true type of enterprise to follow after.

; CHARLES LONGFELLOW, farmer, was born in Machias, Me., May 28,1812. He was
educated in his native county, and engaged in clerking and farming, also following the sea
for a time, until 1855. In this year he moved to Kansas, going by boat to St. Louis,
then by stage to Kansas City. He made a claim south of town, which he afterward pre-
empted. During the early days, he was connected with Capt. Bickerton’s Artillery Com-
pany. After the capture of Lawrence, he went back East fur his family, returning in
the fall of 1857. During the war he was connected with tne Kansas State Militia, during
the Price raid having a horse shot under him on the retreat. During the Quantrell raid,
his house and all of its contents were burned by that party on his retreat from Lawrence, In
February, 1881, he moved into Lawrence. Ie still operating 160 acres of land, devoted mostly to
the production of hay. Mr. Longfellow was married in St. Andrews’s Province in New Bruns-
wick, in April, 1836, to Miss Mary C. Day, a native of Kennebec County, Me. Tney have five chil-
dren living—Jacob W., Lucy T., now Mrs. George Duugherty ; Augusta A., now Mrs. 0. Dunn;
Nathan, Sarah E., now Mrs, Albough.

MRS. R. A. LYON, proprietress Commercial House. This building was occupied by Dr.
Taylor for many years as a residence, and was turned to its present purposes in April, 1882. It is
a brick building about 32x36 feet in dimensions, and contains ten rooms. Mr. R. A, Lyon was
born in Warren County, Ind., in 1849. He was educated at the Wabash College at Crawfords-
ville, Ind. At the age of thirteen years, he commenced life on his own account; engaged in

raveling several years; in agricultural implements; also, in drugs, etc. Was for a time conduc-
or on the Union Pacific Railroad, and Superintendent for the Rocky Mountain Lines, Western
Union Telegraph Cumpany. He settled in Luwrence, Kan., in June, 1878, and, after selling goods
for a time, engaged in mercantile business, which continued until 1882, Mr. Lyon was married
in Warren County, Ind., December 24, 1874, to Mis3 !da E. Payne, of Warren County. They are
both members of the Congregational Church. He is alsoa member of the A., F. & A. M.

J. N. McCONNELL, inventor of the patent flour bolt, was born ia Ross County, Ohio, De-
cember 16, 1831. He was educated in his native county. In 1848, he, in company with his
brother, engaged in operating a saw-mill, which their futher erected forthem on the farm. In
1856, McConnell Brothers bought a large tract of timber, erected a mill, and engaged in milling
until 1860. In that year, they opened up a planing-mill and lumber business in Greenfield, High-
land Co., Ohio, under the firm name of F, & N. McVonnell, Sold out in 1869, and then moved to
Kansas, after op-rating a saw-mill at Council Grove for a short time; then settled in Lawrence.
In 1870, they formed a partnership with Mr. I. G. Schmucker, and took the Pacific Mills, and en-
gaged in operating it under the firm name of Schmucker & McConnell. This continued until
1876, and the firm was then McConnell Brothers until the Pacific Mill Company was formed.
While operating the mills, Mr. McConnell’s attention was first turned to the subject of flour bolts,
and he commenced a series of experiments which finally resulted in his admirable invention.
Mr. McConuell was married in Ross County, Ohio, to Miss Martha J. March, of that county;
they have one child—Jennie. Mr. McConnell is a member and elder of the Presbyterian Church.

S: G. McCONNELL, merchant tailor The business was established in 1874, Hemnow em-
‘ploys ten men, and does the leading business in his line in the State. S, G. McConnell was born
in Rochester, N. Y., May 14, 1851; in 1869, he removed to Kansas from Canada, settling in Law-
rence in 1869. Mr. McUonnell was married Noveniber 25, 1880, to Miss Mary Martin, of Lawrence,
and is blest with one child, a son—Henry M.

MRS. MARY J. McCULLOUGH, real estate broker, was born in Norwalk, Ohio. She came
from a noble ancestry; her father was a successful business man, and his daughter inherited
much of his spirit and tact for business. In many respects, Mrs. McCullough is a remarkable
woman, endowed with talents of a high order. She is capable of business on a large scale. Com-
ing to Kansas with poor health, she conceived the idea that she could enter upon and conduct
her business with success, and subsequent events proved the wisdom of her undertaking, for she
has proved herself to be one of the most enterprising and successful real estate dealers in the
State. October 16, 1867, she was married to Mr. Z. B. McCullough, of Oberlin, Ohio, and came
with her husband to Kansas the same year. Mr. McCullough was born in Washington, Penn.,
July 10,1824, Established business in Lawrence, 1877, as a jeweler, and has ever since been suc-
cessful. Mr. and Mrs. McC. are among the first families in the city. Their two children, Grace
and Ray, are their joy and pride. :

DAN McDOUGALL, blacksmith, was born in Canada, November, 1840; moved to Ogdens-
burg, N. Y., and there learned his trade. Came to Kansas iu 1865, and established business in
North Lawrence, where he has built up a thriving trade. Mr. McD. was married to Miss Emily
Baker, of Lawrence, 1868, and there are two olive plants around his home altar—Jamee F. and
William F. :

E. L. McILRAVY, of Boor & Mcliravy, proprietors of the Lawrence Business College, was
born near Champaign, III., 0 tober 10, 1860. He was educated in Knox County, IIl.; finished at
the Gem City Business College, Quincy, LIl., graduating in 1880. He then made a special study
of penmanship and buok-kKeeping, and, after graiustiug, was app»inted an Instructor in that de-
partment of the above college, holding this position until the present firm was established.

D. 8S. McEWAN, pastor of the Baptist Church, is a native of Canada. He was born near
Ottawa, October 8, 1846, He took a full course at the Canadian Literary Institute at Woodstock.
After graduating, he commenced hia studies, preparatory for the ministry, at the Toronto Univer-
sity. He then moved to Chicago, to pursue his theological studies at the Chicago Theological
Seminary, graduatiog iu 1877. The same year he was ordained, and tuok charge of the church
at Woodstock, where be remained until 1880. In July of the latter year, he moved to Kansas,
to take the pustorate at Wellington, Sumner County, continuing in this charge until he moved to
Lawrence, December 1, 1882. Mr. McEwan is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter in the
Masonic fraternity hs

A. D. MACKEY, Secretary and Manager of the Southwestern Barb Wire Company, was
born in Waterloo, N. Y., August 29, 1855. He was educated in his native town. In 1872, he
moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he engaged in railroad freighting, and the following year ho
settled in Lawrence, Kan. Here he made his headquarters while acting as passenger conductor
on the branch of the Uniun Pucific Railroad. He then engaged in breeding and raising stock,
in which he continued until he entered upon his present business. Mr. Mackey was married in
Lawrence, Kan., August 31, 1875, to a daughter of E. Q. Cox, Esq., of Lawrence. They have two
children—Nannie and Willett W. Mr.M.isamember of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and
chapter of Lawrence.

JOHN MADSON, dealer in liquors, tobaccos, cigars, etc. This business was established
in 1880; had partner a short time only. Mr. Madson was born in Christiana, Norway, November
6, 1844. He was educated as an architect, serving his time a6 apprentice some six years in all,
then engaged in his profession until the summer uf 1872. On account of ill health, he then de-
termined to emigrate to the United States. He located in the State of IHinois for a time and
in January, 1878, settled in Douglas County, Ill. Here he engaged in farming until 1880. He
then sold his farm and moved into Lawrence. He was married in Christiana, Norway, May, 1876, to
Miss Minnie Johnson, of that city. Mr. M. is a member of the Aoofuw and of the Skandinavian
Society of Lawrence. ;

A. MARKS & BRO., dealers in diamonds, watches, clocks, silver and plated ware. The
business was established in 1857 by D. Prager. Mr. A. Marks succeeded him in 1864, the pres-
ent firm being organized in September, 1882, Both partners are active business men, and they
employ two mon. They occupy a store-rocm 25x75 in dimensions, and carry a stock of about
$15,000. Alexander Marks, the senior member of the firm, was born in Germany January 6,
1814. His parents settled in Albany, N. Y., about 1855. He finished his education in Albany,
In 1858, he settled in Lawrence, Kan., where he learned’ the watch-making and joweler'’s trade
with D. Prager, whom he afterward bought «ut. Mr. Marks was married in Lawrence March
4, 1867, to Miss Eunice, daughter of, William and Hariiet Fuxon, of Lawrence, Kan. She was
born in Scituate, Mass , December 12, 1847. They have had three children—Carrie, Arthur L.
and Lettie. Lettie died September 1, 1878. Mr. Marks isa member of the City Council, also of
Lawrence Lodge, No.6,A,F. & A. M. Solomon Marks, junior member of the firm, was born
in Albany, N. ¥., November 14, 1855. He was educated in his native city. In 1869. he camé to
Lawrence and remained with his brother until 1874, when he returned to Albany. In 1876,.he
went to T'exas, where he remained until 1882, selling goods on the road for a Kansas City whole-
sale house. In the latter year he settled in Lawrence and entered the firm of A. Marks & Bro,

JAMES MARVIN, A.M., D.D., Chancellor of the Kansas State University, was born in
Peru, Clinton Co.,N. ¥., August 17, 1820... After pursuing the usual studies in the district

schools, he entered Keeaville Academy in 1839, in preparation for college. In 1845, he entered

Alfred Academy and Teachers’ Seminary, now Alfred University, where he completed his prep-
aration and two years of a college course. In 1849, he entered the juuior class at Allegheny
College, Meadville, Penn., and graduated in the full classical course of that institution in 1861.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The degree of M. A. was conferred by his Alma Mater in 1854, and the degree of D.D. by Aifred
University in 1868. Preparatory and college studies were interspersed with terms of teaching
during the entire course from 1839 to 1849. rom 1851 to 1854, he wis Professor of Mathematics
at Alfred; from 1854 to 1862, Superintendent of City Schools, Warren, Ohio; called to the Chair
(f Mathematics in Allegheny C lege, 1862; and to the Chancellorship of the University of Kan-
sas, November, 1874. Dr. Marvin was an accredited local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal
Church from 1847 until he entered the Erie Vonference in 1863. He was transferred to the Kan-
sas Conterence in March, 1875. He was ordained a deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church
by Bishop Thomas A. Morris, at Newcastle, Penn., July 15, 1855, aud ordained elder by Bishop
Simpson, at Ashtabula, Ohio, July 19, 1863. Dr..Marvin and Arminia Le Suer were united in
marriage July 14, 1851, at the bride's home, Bolivar, N.Y. They have two children—Prof.
Frank O. and Miss Mina E. Marvin.

D.M. MELVIN & CO., dealera in general merchandise. The firm is composed of D. M.
Melvin and J. D. Fincher, the latter being Postmaster. The business was established in 1873,
and bas since continued uninterruptedly. D. M, Melvin, senior member of the firm, was born in
Washington County, Penn., January 28,1847. His parents moved to Kansas in 1857. They
first located in Atchison County, but the following year settled in Douglas County, where the
father, William Melvin engaged in farming. The subject of our sketch remained on the home
farm until 1868, when he took a clerkship in @ drug store in Lawrence, continuing in this posi-
tion about fuur years. He then devoted some time to study in the business college previous to
the organization of D. M. Melvin & Co. He was married in Lawrence, Kan., November 2, 1880,
to Miss Addie E., daughter of G. B. Edgar, Esq. They have one son—Frank Edgar. Mr. M. isa
member of the Presbyterian Church and of the K. of H. He is much interested in the cause of
temperance, and has belonged at times to the Good Templar organization.

G. MENGER, dealer in boots and shoes. The business was established in 1870 by Mr.
Menger as a custom shop. In 1675, he added a gen-ral line of boots and shoes. The business
has increased trom $5,000 to upwards of $20,000 yearly sales. He has among hie lines the very
best class of goods, among which are the famous Burt’s boots and shoes, of which he is the agent in
Lawrence. A. G. Menger was born in Wildenspring Schwarzburg Rudoletadt, Germany, Janu-
ary 6, 1844. His parents came to the United States in 1856, locating in Philadelpbia, Penn.
In 1857, they moved to Kansas and settled onaf.rm twelve miles from Lawrence, Douglass
County. Ina 1860, the subject of our sketch came to Lawrence, driven away from the farm by
the drouth, looking for work, and succeeded in getting a situation in a shoe shop and there
learned the trade of boot and shoe making, which trade he followed as a journeyman until 1870,
when he went into bu-iness for himself. He was married in Boonville, Cooper Co., Mo., Janu-
ary 1, 1870, to Miss Martha Gauss, of that place. Mrs. Menger died in 1882, leaving two child-
ren—Inez A, and Albert F.

¥. F. METTNER, photographer, business established in 1879. He practices all branches
of the art, making a specialty of crayon work. He made an exhibit of his work at the cen-
tennial exhibition, and secured a prize there. Mr. Mettner was born in Konigsburg, Prussia,
September 3, 1843. He was educated in the gymnasium in his native town. About 1860, he
entered the Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied drawing and painting. About 1863, he
went to Paris, where he entered a photograph gallery. Afterward continued his studies in
Vienna and Berlin. In 1867, he opened a photograph gallery in Paris, and continued there
in business until driven ont during the late war, he then went to Geneva, Switzerland, and
being under ri to serve in the German Army, shortly afterwards joined the Land-
wehr, and served during the war. He then returned to Geneva and engaged there in
business until 1876, when he emigrated to the United States. He first located in Chicago,
afterward moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence to Kansas City, Mo., thence to Lawrence. Mr.
Mettner adds to his regular business landscape and portrait painting.

F. 0. MILLARD, chief clerk aoe Hotel, was born in Berkshire County, Mass.,
October 2, 1835. His parents moved to West Springfield, Mass., when he was young. In
1855, he struck West and located in St. Paul, Minn., where he engaged in general occupations.
In 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Eighth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.
During the Sioux war he served in Minnesota, Dakota and Idaho, in the campaign against
those Indians, then went South with his regiment. He served until August, 1865, when he
was-mustered out; after paying a visit to Massachusetts, he moved to Kansas the same year,
and settled in Lawrence; here he engaged as a clerk in the hotel then just opened; two years
later went to Ottawa, to take charge of the office of the Ludington House. In the fall of
1871, he returned to Lawrence to take the position of head clerk of the Eldridge House. The
following year, he resigned, and shortly afterward engaged in the mercantile business.
When Mr, Ludington bought the hotel, he resumed his position, continuing until June, 1880.
In December of the same year, having spent the intervening time in Ottawa, he again took
the office, where he has since remained with the exception of a few months that he had
charge of a dining car on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Mr. Millard was married
in Lawrence in June, 1873, to Miss Carrie, daughter of C. ('. Blodgett, Esq., one of the early
settlers in Montgomery County, Kan. He is a member of Washington. Post, No. 12,

G. A. R.

MRS. 8. A. MITCHELL,'proprietress Durfee House; the original building was erected in
the spring of 1857 by Mr. Whitney, was burnt down and afterward rebuilt. Since that time,
has had additions made to it at various times. It is a frame building irregular in shape
with ground dimensions about 50x100 feet. It contains twenty-seven bedrooms. Passed
into present management in 1882. Mrs. S. A. (Mahone) Mitchell, is a native of West
Virginia; her parents moved to Indiana when she was very young. She married in Putnam
County, ind., April 2, 1854, to Mr. S. A, Mitchell, and moved with him to Leavenworth
County, Kan., in 1854. They were the first settlers on the Delaware Indian lands. Mrs.
Mitchell moved to Olathe, Kan., about 1869, thence to Baldwin City in 1876. In 1879, settled
in Lawrence. She has four children—Alfred W., Willard P., Scott and Luella.

FREDERICK D. MORSE, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in East Medway,
Mass., December 25, 1838. His academical studies were pursued at Monson Academy, Mas-
sachusetts, He then entered Amherst College, graduating in 1862 with the degree of A. B.
After leaving college, he enlisted, in 1862, in Company B, Forty-second Regiment Massachu-
setts Volunteer Infantry, and served one year, having enlisted for nine months. He was in
the Banks expedition in Louisiana aud participated in the battle of Brashear City, where he
was captured two weeks later and piece. He entered upon his professional studies in
1864 at Chicago in the office of Dr. C. M. Fitch, and graduated in Rush Medical College, in 1867.
Commenced practice in ¢ hicago, and about eighteen months later, removed to Kansas, set-
tled in Lawrence and immediately pega the practice of his profession in partnership with
Dr. A. M. Wilder. This continued about five years. Since that time, Dr. Morse has been
alone, having at this time 2 very large practice. He was married in Monson, Mass., Octo-
ber 19, ene Miss Addie IL, a daughter of Dr, Alvin Smith. Dr. Morse holds a high position
in the medical fraternity of Kansas. He has been Secretary of the State Society a number
of years. He is High Priest in Royal Arch Masonry and a member of the Congregational
Chureh. Has beon connected with the City School Board several terms.

Ww. ¢, NOGHES, manager Famous Boot and Shoe Store. This establishment is one of
achain of stores under the proprietorship of J. H. Beeson & Co., of Atchison, Kan., where
the main store is located, the present branches being at Lawrence, Leavenworth, and Kan-
NAS eo ete This branch was opened in December, 1882. They will carry a stock of $10,-
000 to $15,000, and with their facilities for purchasing ‘oods, will undoubtedly doa very
large business. W.C. Mosher was born in New Bedford, Mass., October 31, 1858. He was
educated in his native town and in Boston. In 1877, he commenced his business life as a
clerk in boot and shoe stores in New Bedford. In October, 1878, he moved to Kansas and
settled in Atchison. Here he engaged in clerking with Mr. Bartlett. During 1880 and
1881, he was employed as traveling salesman by the same house. After paying a visit East,
he accepted a position on his return with J. H. Beeson & Co., the successors to Bartlett.

ILL MOSSLER, Proprietor “amous” Clothing House, dealer in clothing, hats and
caps and gents’ furnishing goods, etc. The business was established in September, 1882. He
occupies the first floor and basement of a building 25x85 feet, carries a stock of about 380,-
000, employs six clerks and is doing a very large business. I. L. Mossler was born in the
city of Berlin, Prussia, May 29, 1856. In 1864, he settled in Indianapolis, Ind. He finished
his education at the Ann Arbor (Mich.) College, and at the age of dightean years commenced
clerking, in Ruanend Ind., in clothing stores, and in 1878 commenced business in same
line in Indianapolis, Ind. After this, he engaged for a time in traveling from New York
City, then entered into business at Litchfield, IIL, under the firm name of Summerfield &
Co., which he continued until 1882, Mr. Mossler was married in Litchfield, Ill., November
23, 1880, to Miss Dora Summerfield. They have one child—Hattie. ee

DR. R. MORRIS, piven and surgeon, was born in Highland County, Ohio, April 15,
1824, He was born and lived on a farm until he was about twenty years of age, In the fall
of 1840, he moved with his parents to Fulton County, Ill. He received his early education
in his nativé State. After settling in Illinois, he engaged for a while in teaching school.
In 1844, he commenced his academical course at Cherry Grove Seminary, Knox County, Ill.
In 1847, he began his professional studies with Abraham Hull, M. D., of Marietta, Ml, ’and
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continued his course of studies with this gentleman about three years. After engaging in
peers a short time, he entered Rush Medical College, in Chicago, I, praduatiue in

ebruary, 1851. He then located in Hermon, Knox County, Ill., where he followed his pro-
fession alone until January, 1855, when on solicitation he formed a partnership in the
practice of medicine, with his old perceptor of Ellisville, Ill., and continued in active practice
until the fall of 1861. The ioaeas winter, while taking a short rest from his labors, he
attended lectures again at Rush Medical College. In November, 1862, he was appointed
Surgeon of the One Hundred and Third Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, with the
rank of Major. During the last yéar of the war, he was Chief Surgeon of the First Division
of the Fifteenth Army Corps, commanded by Brevt. Brig. Gen. William B. Woods. On the
close of the war, he returned to Galesburg, Ill., and in the same year moved to Kansas, set-
tled in Lawrence, and in April, 1866, resumed the practice of his profession, in which he has
since been constantly engaged. Dr. Morris was, while in Illinois, an active member of the
Knox County (Ill.) Medical Society. He is at present a member of the Kansas State Medical
Society, of which he was first Vice President in 1874. He is also a member of the Eastern Kan-
sas District Medical Society, of the State Board of Medical Examiners, of Douglas County
Medical Society, and of Lawrence Lodge, No. 4,1. 0. 0. F. The Doctor is now Coroner of
Douglas County, to which office he has been elected three times in succession. He is also
County Physician, which position he has held during the last five years. He further held

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the office of City Physician and Medical Health Officer of the city of Lawrence for the term
of four years. Dr. Morris was married May 31, 1855, to Miss Belinda R. Haptonstall, of
Hermon, Knox County, Ill. They have three children living—Clara L. (now Mrs. L. H.
Perkins), Fred Le Roy and Nellie Vie. i

CHARLES V. MOTTRAM, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Gilbertsville,
Otsego Co., N. Y., December 25, 1823. Received his preliminary education in his native
place, also then passed through the academical course, then entered Hamilton College and
graduated in 1843. He commenced his professional studies in Chenango County, N. Y., in
the office of Dr. R. Mitchell, of Norwich. Before completing his studies, ‘he moved West and
placed himself under the tutelage of Dr. Zina Pitcher, an eminent army surgeon, remain-
ing under his instruction about two years, in the meantime taking courses of lectures at
the Indiana State Medical College, where he graduated in March, 1847." Previously, he had
given special attention to the study of anatomy, and while in this institution was appointed
Demonstrator of Anatomy. Two years later, he took degrees at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, at Philadelphia, Penn. Commenced practice at Centreville, St. Joseph Co.,
Mich., where he remained three years. He then moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he en-
gaged in practice, continuing until the commencement of the late war. In June, 1861, he
was appointed Surgeon of the Sixth Michigan Infantry, in the fall of 1861, was ordered to
Baltimore, Md., and remained there until February, 22, 1862, connected with the Army of
the Potomac most of the time. When Gen. Butler was ordered to New Orleans, Dr. Mottram
was appeinted Brigade Surgeon, and subsequently made Chief Medical Officer on the staff of
Gen. Butler. Was with Commodore Farragut in his passage of Forts-Jackson and Phillip,
April 26, 1862. petaring New Orleans, he was promoted to be Medical Director of the De-
Farucent of the Gulf. e was in the battles of Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Vicksburg and

irand Gulf; afterward with Gen. Banks in the Red River expedition, in the battles of Alex-
andria and Grand Ecole. Also participated in the siege and capture of Forts Morgan and
Gaines, at the entrance of Mobile Bay, and Forts Blakeley and Mobile. At the end of three
years, he was placed upon the roster as veteran and remained in the service until September,
1865. At the close of the war, he was placed in charge of a hospital steamer, the D. A. Jan-
uary, and had the special duty of attending to the sick and wounded and returning them to
the depots of discharge in the Northern States. For three years after the war, having con-
tracted chronic didarrhcea in the service, he was an invalid. In 1872, he settled in Lawrence,
Kan., where he has since been engaged in practice. He is a member of the State Medical
Society and an active member of the American Medical Association, and for years has been
adelegate annually from the State Medical Society to the American Medical Association.
Atthe National Convention of 1878, at Buffalo, N. Y., he was appointed a Delegate to the In-
ternational Medical Convention at Paris, and spent four months in attendance upon that
convention and in researches at the various colleges and hospitals of Europe. He is a mem-
ber of the E. O. O. F.

ROBERT MORROW was born in Sparta, Sussex Co., N. J., September 20, 1825. Was
married, April 13, 1850, to Martha Cory, a native of the same place. Moved to Wisconsin in
the spring of 1850, settled at Appleton, in Outagamie County, lived at. Appleton over five
‘years and was engaged in merchandising most of the time. Has been County Treasurer.of
Outagamie County for two years. Emigrate]to Kansas in August, 1855, and settled at Law-
rence. Lived at Lawrence during all the border troubles. Was active and efficient in help-
ing to make Kansas a free State. In 1856, he built the Morrow House (where the National
Bank of Lawrence now stands), and opened the house in the org spring. It was
burned by Quantrill, in August, 1863. Mr. Morrow was a member of the Territorial Legis-
lature in the winter of 1858, also a member of the first State Senate on the organization of
the State. Served several terms as member of the City Council of Lawrence; was President
-of the same one term. Served for a time as Treasurer of Douglas County by appointment.
Lived continuously at Lawrence for over twenty-seven years, where his children were
mostly born and raised. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow have five children—Laura A., (now Mrs. E.
K. Conley) Robert C., Kate S., George Francis and Helen May. Mr. Morrow has resided at
Emporia, Kan., for the past two years.

MULL & ZOOK, dealers in oe and fancy groceries, provisions, etc. The firm is
composed of E. C. Mull and J. M. Zook. The business was established in March, 1881. They
carry a stock of about $4,000, employ two clerks, run'two delivery wagons, and do a business

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of about $40,000 annually. KE. C. Mull, senior member of the firm, was born in Iowa City
Jowa, September 23, 1857. His parents moved to Franklin County, Penn., about 1861, and
from there to Kansas in 1869. The subject of our sketch was educated in the Lawrence
schools. He began his business life in 1872. In 1873, commenced clerking in the gro-
cery business and continued until the saeent firm was organized. He was married in Law-
rence, June 13, 1881, to Miss Ida Spaulding, of that city. They have one son—Lawrence.
Mr. Mull is a member of the Baptist Church.

G. H. MURDOCK, dealer in diamonds, watches, clocks, jewelry, etc.; also has in addi-
tion a full line of musical instruments and’ sheet music. Business established in 1879, the
music, ete., being added in 1882. G.H. Murdock was born in Woodstock, Vt., August 31,
1845, He was educated in his native town, and there learned the watchmakers’ trade. In
1861, he enlisted for three months in the First Kegiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry. In
1862, he again enlisted in the Eighth Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry, on the one-hundred-
day call, serving out his term of enlistment in both commands. In 1865, he removed to New
York City, where he worked at his trade until 1874, when he moved to Kansas, settled in
Lawrence and worked at his trade until he established his present business. Mr. Murdock
is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and the G. A. R. i

W.J.NEILL, Jr , attorney at law and Justice of the Peace, born in Greene County, Ohio,
January 4, 1855, came to Kansas in 1870, and settled in Leavenworth. Commenced reading
law in Lawrence, in the office of Nevison & Alford, and was admitted to the bar November
3, 1877, by Judge Stevens. He was connected with the Register of Deed : office for some
months, and was appointed Deputy Clerk of the District Courts, a position he retained about
two years. Commenced the practice of his profession in Lawrence, in the winter of 1881.
Elected Justice of the Peace in 1881. Mr. Neill was married in Lawrence, Kan., April 26,
1882, to Miss Nellie Stewart, daughter of late Col. J. D. Stewart, and a niece of Gen. A. P.
Stewart, of Tennessee. Mr. Neill has been Secretary of the Democratic County Committee
since 1880. Was candidate for Clerk of the District Court on that ticket, in 1880. He is a
member of Halcyon Lodge, No. 18, I. O. 0. F. ‘

OLIF NELSSON, blacksmith. The business has been established only a few years, but
has grown so that he is driven with work. Mr.Nelsson was born in Sweden, in 1847.
Came to the United States in 1859, and settled in Lawrence, where he has since resided.
Beginning as an apprentice, he learned his trade and carries on business, enjoying the con-
fidence of his customers. He was married to Emma Lindell, in 1875. They have two chil-
dren—Leda, and a babe not yet named. 7 7

DR. CARL NEUMANN, proprietor Central Drug Store, business established in 1866,
makes a specialty of preparations of his own manufacture. There are some fifteen in num-
ber of hospital standard, Austrian formula. He also prepares a special drink, called Euro-
pean Nectar, which took ablue ribbon at the Lawrence fair. This preparation was patented
December 22, 1874, and is said to have valuable medical properties. Dr. Carl Neumann, phy-
sician and surgeon, obstetrician and magister in pharmacy, was born in Tentobroda, Bobe-
mia, Austria. In September, 1818, he commenced his professional studies. In 1838, with
the “Brothers of Mercy,” of which society he became a member. He studied and practiced
medicine, surgery, obstetrics and pharmacy with them in Prague, and practiced in the Society
Hospital of that city. Some years afterward, in 1849, moved to Vienna, where he gradu-
ated in 1851 ; practiced in the Society Hospital and Pharmacy until 1861, when he came to the
United States, and remained a few months in Baltimore, Md., and then settled in practice in
Richmond, Va. In1863, he returned to Baltimore, the same year became connected with St.
Vincent’s College, at Latrobe, Penn. In 1864, he moved to Kansas, settled in Eudora, where
he engaged in practice. The same year he went to St. Louis, Mo., where he entered Pope’s
College. Graduated in 1865, and returned to Lawrence, Kan.

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: M. NEWMARK, proprietor Kansas Furnishing Goods House, business established in
1876 by M. Newmark & Co. This continued until 1880, when Mr. N. retired. In 1881, he
resumed control of the business. He employs three clerks, carries a stock of about $18,000,
and does an annual business of $25,000 to $30,000. _M. Newmark, dealer in fancy and staple dry
goods and oil cloths. This business was established in 1865. It was operated by Newmark
& Co., until 1880. Since that latter date Mr. N. has been dlone. He employs’ five clerks,
carries a stock of $40,000, and does a business annually of $40,000 to $50,000. _Mr. Newmark
was born in New York City, January 2,1839. He was educated in that city, and learned
the jeweler’s and watchmaker’s trade, which he followed in St. Louis, Mo., from 1853 to 1862.
In 1862, he commenced business in Springfield, Mo., in general merchandise, where he con-
tinued until 1865, when he settled in Kansas. Mr. Newmark was married in Lawrence, Kan.,
August 13, 1877, to Miss Nellie Keefer, of that city. They have two children—Winifred M.
and Nettie E. Mr. N. is a member of Oread Lodge, No. 798, K. of H. He is also one of the
trustees eee Kansas Benevolent Society, of Salina.

WILLIAM W.NEVISON, attorney at law, was born July 19, 1833, in Ashtabula County,
Ohio. He was educated in the primary branches inthe Rick Creek School, in his native
county, and subsequently received a scientific and classical training. He then began the
study of law, and was admitted at Warren, Trumbull County, Obio, in 1855, to practice in
‘the Ohio courts. He then engaged in practice; one year later, was elected Secretary of the
Union Insurance Company, Tatnestowee Penn., a position he held until 1860, when he re-
moved to Painesville, Qhio, and again entered upon the practice of his profession, in partner-
ship with Hon. William L. Perkins This continued about five years; Mr. Perkins retiring,
Mr. Nevison continued in practice alone until 1868, during this time holding the position of
Prosecuting Attorney for Lake Gounty four years. In the fall of 1868, he moved to Kansas

- and settled in Lawrence, where he immediately engaged in practice. He has been ee

in some of the most important civil and. criminal cases in Kansas, notably in the bond cases
in Douglas County, Terry vs. New York Life {nsurance Company for the plaintiff, and the
Midlecott murder case for the defense. Is one of the leading attorneys of Kansas. In 1874,
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he was elected County Attorney for Douglas County, declining a re-election. Ie was mar-
ried in Rome, Ohio, July 20, 1856, to Miss Francis A., daughter of Henry R. Arnold, Esq.
Mr. N. is a member of De Molay Commandery, Knight Templars. Is also a member of the
1.0.0, F. He isa member of the Trinity Episcopal Church of Lawrence.

HON. JOHN Q. A. NORTON, attorney at law, was born in Brown County, Ohio, April 30,
1844. He received a common school education, and a short term at a seminary, his academic
education being interrupted by the opening of thecivil war. He enlisted September 6, 1862,
in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, and was honorably discharged July 4, 1865. Was ina large
number of engagements, among them several with Morgan’s men in Kentucky, the battle
of Richmond, Ky.; Dutton Hill, capture of Cumberland Gap, siege of Knoxville, through
all the Atlanta campaign, battle of Franklin, siege of Nashville, and the pursuit of Hood;
was in the Wilson raid from Eastport, Miss, to Augusta, Ga.; was in the command that
pressed on after Jefferson Davis, and had the pleasure of seeing him immediately after his
capture. In 1868, he organized a company, of which he was commissioned Captain, and
served in Texas, Kansas, and the Indian Territory, in the Indian campaigns under Gens.
Sheridan and Custer. tn 1872, he was elected Probate Judge of Douglas County, and was
twice re-elected. He has had a large practice in the Supreme Court, and was for several
years a director of the St. L., L. & W. R. R., and Secretary of the company.

. ARVIN §. OLIN, Assistant Principal of the High School, was born in Clinton
County, Iowa, October 19, 1855. His parents settled in Douglas County, Kan., in 1870, The
subject of this sketch attended Ottawa University about three years, and tinished his
studies at the State University, in the latter taking the normal course. During his latter
studies, he at the same time engaged in teaching. From 1873 to 1880, his field was located
in Osage County. In the latter year, took the position of Principal of the schools at Pea-
body, Marion County. In the fall of 1880, he moved to Lawrence, and had charge of the
Vermont Street School until appointed to his present position in October, 1882. Mr. Olin
was married in Lawrence in September, 1882, to Miss Mattic Davis, a teacher in the city
schools. Mr. O. is a member of the Lawrence Lodge, No. 193, E. A. U.

FRANK H. OSBORN, Secretary of the Kansas Fruit Vinegar Company, was born in
Elmira, N. Y., March 27, 1856. His parents moved to Orange County, N. Y., and, in 1867, to
Ohio. In 1870, they settled in Leavenworth County, Kan, His father was a minister in the
Presbyterian Church at these places. The subject of this sketch attended Union College at
Schenectady, N. Y., for a time, finishing his education at the Kansas State University.
From 1875 to 1879, he was engaged in teaching school in Leavenworth County, then
engaged in the mercantile business in Lawrence until he bought an interest in the cider
mill, which was afterward enlarged into present company. Mr. Osborn is a member of
Haleyon Lodge, No. 18, I. 0. O. F., and the E, A. U., of Lawrence.

REV. DR. 8S. M. OSMOND, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was born
in Oxford, Chester County, Penn., August 18, 1825. His father, William Osmond, died in
1835, leaving a large family to provide for themselves. The subject of this sketch in early
years engaged in teaching and clerking, pursuing his studies at the same time. He pre-
pared for college partly at the New London and Hopewell Academies; entered the sopho-
more class at Lafayette College, Penn., in 1848. Passed his junior year at Delaware College,
then entered Princeton College, graduating in 1850. He then entered the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, and radiated’ in 1853. During his seminary course he preached six
months in Zion Church in Maryland. He was licensed in 1852 in New Castle Presbytery.
Before leaving the seminary he was called by the United and Second Presbyterian Churches
of Amwell, N. J., as co-pastor with Rev. J. Kirkpatrick, D.D. This was his first regular
charge, and he was ordained and installed in the Second Presbyterian Church at Amwell,
N.J.,in June, 1853, Here he remained four years, and, on account of ill-health, deter-
mined to remove West. He took charge of two churches in Pike County, IIl., Perry and
Pittsfield. In 1862, he accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church of Iowa City, Iowa.
His pastorate began October 1, 1862, and continued until April 1, 1879. During this charge
the church membership increased 534, The Sabbath school increased from 100 to 300 mem-
bers. The total money received aggregated $55,240. In 1873, the Iowa State University
conferred upon him the degree of ©. D. In April, 1879, he accepted the pastorate of the
First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence, to which he had been twice called. Dr. Osmond
was married in Oxford, Penn., June 1, 1853, to Miss Louisa P. Marduagh, who died, leaving
six children, of whom four survive—Ida K., Elizabeth, Robert M. and Josephine P. He
was married at Cedar Falls, fowa, to Mrs, Harriet (Samson) Lane, a former Superintendent
of the public schools of Iowa City, Iowa.

ANDREW PALM, President of the Lawrence Plow Company, was born near the city
of Lund, Sweden, April 30, 1835, where he received his education. After leaving school, he
was apprenticed to the blacksmith’s trade for four years, receiving his graduation papers
from the Mechanical Association of Lund October 5, 1855. He then worked as a journey-
man at his trade in Oslof and Guttenburg about two years. In 1857, he emigrated to the
United States and located for a time in Massachusetts. In 1858, he moved to Kansas, and
settled at Bloomington, Douglas County. He worked at his trade there, and, in 1861, he
bought an interest in the saw and grist mil!, and they were then operated under the firm
name of Hyde, Swain & Palm until 1862, when Mr. Palm settled in Lawrence. The firm of
Wilder & Palm were really organized that year, though the business was not established
until Mr. Palm returned from Sweden, where he went, in 1862, to obtain mechanics to erect
their eighty-horse-power wind grist-mill. Mr. Palm was married in Lawrence August 4,
1864, to Miss Charlotte Peterson, a native of Sweden. They have three children—William
L., Blinda E. and Nettie C. Mr. Palm is Treasurer of the Scandinavian Society.

J. B. PARNHAM, proprietor of the Kaw Valley Marble Works. This business was
established in 1857 by Filton & Rickards. Mr. P. took charge of the business in 1867, and
has since continued to do a large and increasing trade. His specialty is designing and
manufacturing family monuments and vaults, though engaged in work of all_ kinds,
monumental and architectural. He employs from five to seven men, and does a business of
about $16,000 annually. J. B. Parnham was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., January 6, 1842.
His parents came tothe United States in about 1855, and settled in Peoria County, Il. In
1858, J. B. commenced the marble-cutting trade in Missouri. In 1860, he returned to Illi-
nois, and, in 1862, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Third Regiment Mlinois
Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He then returned
home and ee in clerking until he moved to Kansas in 1867, Mr. Parnham
was married in Leavenworth, Kan., in March, 1867, to Miss Dora G, Bailey, who died
May 18, 1878, leaving five children, of which four survive—Arthur L., Charles D., Roy A.
and Ralph Emerson. He was married to his present wife in Lawrence March 27, 1879. ‘She
was Mrs. Rachael A. Cowen, daughter of Joseph Shields, Esq., of Lawrence. r, P. isa
member of the Lawrence Lodge, No. 4, I. 0. 6. F., Mount Oread Hie aren and of the
Grand Lodge of the State of Kansas. ts also a member of Washington Post, No. 12,4, A.
k., and has done as much to amiprere the city of Lawrence as any of its citizens,

GEORGE E. PATRICK, M. &., professor of chemistry, mineralogy and metallurgy
Kansas State University, was born in Milford, Mass., October 22, 1851. He received his
early schooling in his native county, preparing for college at the Milford Academy, En-
tered Cornell University in 1869, taking the full course in chemistry and physics, IIe
graduated in 1873 with a degree of B. S. Was engaged as instructor in the department of
chemistry about one year. In 1874, had conferred upon him the degree of M.S. The same
year he moved to Lawrence, Kan., to take the chair of chemistry and physics in the State
University. The chair was divided in 1877, Prof. P. retaining chemistry, and having his
work broadened by the addition of mineralogy and metallurgy. Prof. Patrick was married
in Lawrence, Kan., June 19, 1879, to Miss Hattie E., daughter of A. C. Lewis, Esq.

JOHN B. PATNO, barber, born near Keesville, N. Y., August 25, 1848; moved to St.
Albans, Vt., in 1861; wentto New York in 1864, and there learned his trade; came to Kan-
sas in 1880, and settled in Lawrence. Established business in 1881; gives four hands con-
stant employment,

DR. J. D, PATTERSON, dentist, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, February 9, 1847.
He was educated in his native, county, and, in 1864, began his professional studies in the office
of a practicing dentist in Mansfield, Ohio. In 1867, he moved to Kansas and settled in
Lawrence, where he has since been engaged in practice. Mr. Patterson is one of the char-
ter members of the Kansas State Dental Society. Held the position of President of the
society two years. Is now and has been for several years Secretary.

D 8S. PEARCE, hay business, established in 1871; wholesale and retail. His press
has a capacity of ten tons aa day. The annual cut put up is about 500 tons, which is
mostly consumed in town. e cuts from 500 to 600 acres of grass each year, 160 acres of
his own and the balance renied. L. S. Pearce was born in West Killingley, Conn , October
27, 1842, His parents moved to Rhode Island when he was about five years old, and he then
attended school until 1855, when his parents moved to Kansas and settled in Kan-
waka Township, Douglas County. They landed in Lawrence April 3, and after pros-
pecting three or four days made a claim. In 1862, L. S. enlisted in Uompany B, Twelfth
Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and served until the close of the war, taking part in all the

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marches and engagements of his regiment. On his return home he was engaged in farm-
ing, in which profession he was actively engaged until he established his present business.
He was married in Lawrence in 1875, io Miss Sarah Hollinsbery, of that city. They have
three children—Rosa, Gordon and Olive. ;

.  W.H. PENDLETON, retail dealer in staple and fancy groceries, and wholesale pro-
duce dealer. The business was established in 1866, by Theodore Poehler, and he was suc-
ceeded by Henry Kesting. In August, 1881, Hase & Pendleton bought out Kesting, and
January 1, 1883, W. H. Pendleton bought out Herman Hase. He occupies two adjoining
buildings, 50x100 feet in area, with an additional store room in the rear, 50x100 feet. His
cold storage rooms have a capacity of several cars of butter and eggs. He employs fifteen
hands at present, and during the busy season this force is increased to twenty-five or thirty
men. The total business will aggregate over $100,000. Mr. Pendleton was born in Williams-
burg, James City Co., Va., July 35, 1858. In 1866, he moved to Cumberland, Md. Here he
commenced his business life in a grain commission house, his employers operating a flour-
ing mill at the time also. He was engaged at times in the latter. In 1879, he moved to
Kansas and settled in Lawrence, and was engaged for a time in flouring mills, and then
took a position with Theodore Poehler, which continued until the organization of Hase &
Pendleton, Mr. Pendleton was married in Lawrence, May 17, 1882, to Miss Matilda, daugh-
ter of Theodore Poehler, Esq., of Lawrence. _ ‘ ; ;

J. R. PERSHALL, proprietor of the Eldridge House, was born in Canandaiga, Ontario

Co., N.Y. His parents settled in Ohio, on the Michigan line, about,1846. He completed his
education at the Leoni College, Michigan. In 1852, he went to Shakopee, Minn., where he
engaged in clerking in a hotel and trading with the Sioux Indians, also clerking a timeon
the Mississippi steamers. In 1858, he accepted a position as clerk in the Merchants’ Hotel
in St. Paul, Minn. About 1860, he moved to Milwaukee, Wis., where for four or five years
he held the position of chief clerk in the Newhall House. In 1866, he removed to New
York City to take a position in the office of the Merchants’ Dispatch Fast Freight Line.
About 1870 or 1871, he was given the charge of the Western agency of that company with
headquarters at St. Paul, Minn. In 1876, he moved to Kansas, locating in Junction City,
where he ran the Allen House until 1881; he then took a lease of the Eldridge House, Law-
rence. Mr. Pershall was married in New York City, February 11, 1867, to Mrs, Emma
Ansley Gray, a native of Ohio. They have two children—Sam and Jessie. Mr. Pershall is
a member of the A., F.& A. M., and of the National Hotel Keepers’ Association.

F, M. PERKINS, President of the Western Farm Mortgage Company, was born in
Racine County, Wis., June 21, 1846. He received his early schooling in his native county,
finishing his classical studies at Beloit College, Beloit, Wis. He then took a business course
at the Spencerian College in Milwaukee, Wis. In 1870, he et in bookkeeping ina
wholesale mercantile establishment in Chicago. He afterward followed the same business
in Milwaukee for a time and then engaged in mercantile business in that city until 1875,
when he moved to Kansas and settled in Lawrence. He then engaged in clerking in a loan
and real estate office until the Western Farm Mortgage Company was organized, of which
he was elected President. Mr. Perkins was married in Sedalia, Mo., May 15, 1878, to Miss
Alice James, of that city. They have one child, Otis E. Mr. Perkins is a member of Law-
rence Lodge, No. 6, A., F. ._M. ‘

L. H. PERKINS, Secretary of the Western Farm Me OrtEaee Company, was born in
Racine County, Wis., March 5, 1855. He was educated at the Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.,
where he took the ancient classical course, and also made special studies of mathematics,
botany and mineralogy, graduating in 1877. He immediately afterward settled in Law-
rence, Kan., where he commenced reading law in the office of Judge Thacher. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in the fall of 1879, by J udee Stephens. In the spring of 1880, he also com-

leted a special course ‘of law and received the degree of LL. B., from the Kansas State

Gaivensity. On the formation of the Western Farm sovgere Company, he was elected Sec-
retary, and has had charge of the entire legal business of the company. Mr. Perkins was
married in Lawrence, Kan., May 15, 1882, to Miss Clara, eldest daughter of Dr. R. Morris, of
that city. Mr. Perkins is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Society.

R.J. PETTY, dealerin staple and fancy groceries and provisions. The business was estab-
lished in 1876. He employs one clerk, has one delivery wagon, and carries a stock of about
$1,000. Mr. Petty was born in Oakland County, Mich., January 16, 1841. The family moved
to McHenry County, II1., in 1856, thence to Morgan County, Mo., and in 1861, they settled in
Linn County, Kan., where they engaged in farming. R. J. enlisted in September, 1861, in
the Sixth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and was captured at Mazzard’s Prairie, in July, 1864,
taken to Texas, and kept until the close of the war. In 1865, he settled in Lawrence, en-
gaging in Jarming until 1870. He then opened a meat market, which he continued to oper-
ate until he established his present business. He was married in 1874, to Miss Jennie Cole,
daughter of Hiram Cole, Esq. Mr. Petty is a member of the City Council, also of Excelsior
Lodge, No. 6, I. O. O. F., and Washington Post, No. 72, G. A. R.

LUCIEN PETTINGELL, dealer in heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, tinware, etc.,
business originally established in 1864. Present proprietor succeeded Bennett & Burke in
1881. Thestore building has ground dimensions of 25x80, with an extension of 25x35 feet,
the main building having two stories and basement, all oceupied by the business. The
stock carried averages $12,000, and six men are employed inthe manufacturing department.
Lucien Pettingell was born in Terre Haute, Ind., March 24, 1861. In 1868, his mother settled
in Lawrence, Kan., where Lucien received his schooling, and in 1872, commenced clerking
in the hardware business, in which he continued until he bought out his present business.

DR. E. D. F. PHILLIPS, physician and surgeon, was born in Martinsville, Morgan
Co., Ind., August 7,1841. His parents moved to Richland, Keokuk Co., Iowa, about 1849.
He returned to Hamilton County, Ind., in 1850. In 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-
seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until February 3, 1865. He was
attached to the Second Division in the Fourth Army Corps, and participated in the Atlanta
and Nashville campaigns. For sowe two years of his service he was detached and served in
the hospitals. On leaving the army, he returned to Indiana and finished his education at
the Unton High School, Hamilton, Ind., and afterward engaged in teaching. In 1870, he
settled in Tonganoxie, Kan., where he engaged in the drug business. He commenced the
study of medicine in 1873, and graduated from the Kansas City Medical College in the spring
of 1876. He then returned to Tonganoxie and engaged in practice until 1879, when he set-
ted in Lawrence, Dr, Phillips was married in Peru, Miami Co., Ind., December 24, 1868, to
Mrs. Augusta a 'g) Burroughs, of that town. They have four children—O, Carl, Lola M.,
Ethel E. and Fletcher, Dr, P illips is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also of
the State Medical Society and the . A. U.

E. B. PIERSON, of 8. P. Pierson’s Sons, proprietor of Pierson’s Mills, was born in Ba-
tavia, N. Y., April 2, 1856. He moved with his parents to New York City, and from there to’
Illinois, and finally settled with them in Lawrence in 1874. Here he worked under his
father, who was operating the Delaware Mills, and continued with him until his death. E,
E. Pierson, of the above firm, was born in Batavia, N. Y., February 2, 1861, and was educated
at the common and high schools in the East. In 1874, he settled with his father in Law-
rence. Here he took a special course at the State University. While pursuing his studies
ho was actively ongay ed in his father’s mill, and continued with him until his death.

REV. H. R. PINCKNEY, born in Beaufort, S. C., January 25, 1857, son of Moody
Pinckney and Sarah Pingle. e grew up there, and was educated for the ministry at How-
ard University, JH Bahia On D.C., and Lincoln University, Oxford, Penn., and studied
theology at Tuscaloosa, Ala., graduating in the class of 1876. He was engaged in school
teaching for five pene He came to Lawrence in 1881, and became pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church (colored) and has since acted in that capacity, Mr. Pinckney was married in
Eutaw, Ala., July 24, 1877, to Miss Laura A., daughter of Balmon Nepten and Matilda Cole-
man. They have one child, Nellie L., born August 24, 1882, Mr. Pinckney is the Secretary
of the Lawrence Ministerial Association, and is highly esteemed for his modest deportment
and milel i eenee as a Christian gentleman.

, THEODORE POEHLER, senior member of the firm of T. Poebler & Co., was born in
Lippe Detmold, Germany, December 25, 1832. He received a good business education in
Germany. In 1850, he emigrated to the United States, locating in New Orleans; shortly
afterward, settled in Burlington, Iowa. He engaged in farming for a time, then became
connected with mercantile establishment, first as porter then as clerk. In 1855, he com-
menced business for himself in Burlington, and continued there until 1866, when he removed
to Lawrence, Kan., and, in company with his brother, August Poehler, he established a
large wholesale and retail grocery business. The firm was dissolved in 1869. He, after a
time, re-commenced business, which he still manages. He was married in Burlington, Lowa,
April 9, 1855, to Miss Sophia _Kuoner. She died in 1871. -Of this marriage, there are five
children surviving—Matilda, Emma, Theodore, Clara and Louis. Mr. P. was married to his
present wife March 20,1872. She was Miss Sophia Tappe, of Lawrence. They have one
child living—Bertha, Mr. Poehler was elected County Treasurer in 1871. In 1875, he was
oe County Commissioner. In the latter capacity, he was chosen Chairman of the

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SYLVESTER B, PRENTISS, M. D., was born in Chester, Mass., May 4, 1817, His edu-
cation was acquired in the common and academic schools of New York ana Massachusetts,
During six or eight years, he divided his hours of study between works of literature and
books on medicine until 1844, when he was awarded a diploma in New York. His medical
studies were pursued under the supervision and instruction of Dr. Daniel Bellows, of Nor-
wich. He began the practice of his profession in Coventry, N. Y. In 1846, his health being
impaired, he moved to Jackson, Ga., where he sper in practice. Anticipating the strug-
gle between the North and South, he determined to change his residence, and in the spring
of 1855, he moved to Kansas, After making a tour of the territory, he settled in Lawrence,
and immediately engaged.in practice, in which he has since continued, with the exception
of an interval of two or three years, when he was obliged to retire on account of ill health,
In the early history of Kansas, he was noted both as a physician and a patriotic Free-State
man. November 27, 1855, he was commissioned Surgeon General of the Kansas Volunteers,
by Maj. Gen. Robinson. December 1, 1857, he was commissioned, by Gen. J. H. Lane, to the
same Office. February 12, 1858, he was elected by the Legislative Assembly to be Surgeon
General of the Kansas Militia, At the commencement of the rebellion, July 17, 1861, he was
appointed by Gov. Robinson a Commissioner to examine applicants for the office of Surgeon
for the regiments of Kansas Volunteers. In accordance with the provisions of this com-
mission, he was ordered, as President, to call together the Board of Surgeons to examine
applicants, the order being dated January 12, 1862. This position he held during the war,
declining the position of Surgeon of a peeenenly which was tendered. He was married
October 25, 1839, to Miss Louisa Brooks, of Norwich, N. Y., who died, leaving two children—
Joseph L., now a practicing physician, and Louisa B., now Mrs. William A. Simpson. Dr.
Prentiss was again married ee 14,1847, to Miss Mary N. Converse, of Coventry, N. Y., who
died, leaving two children—Ella A.and Frank. He was married to his present wife in Law-
rence, June 21, 1867, She was Miss Annie J. Soule, a daughter of Hon Amasa Soule of that
city. They have one child living—Charles A. Dr. Prentiss is a prominent member of the
State Medical Society, having been the first regularly elected President of that society. He
was acharter member of the first Masonic lodge organized in Lawrence. He has been a
member of the Baptist Church sin¢e 1837. y

HON. JOHN K. RANKIN, old settler, was born in Cass County, Ind., November 3,
1837. He was educated partially at Wabash College, Ind.; then entered the college at Iberia,
Ohio, from which he graduated. On leaving college, he removed to Kansas, settling in Law-
rence May 1, 1859. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Second Kansas. He was soon
afterward promoted to a Lieutenancy, and gallantly participated in the battle of Wilson’s
Creek. Subsequently, he served as an Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Mitchell, and took part in the
battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, and generally in the campaigns’ of the
Army of the Cumberland. He was in Lawrence on the eventful morning of August 21,
1863, when the place was robbed and burned, and 180 men and boys murdered, and, in con-
nection with his cousin, Capt. W. A. Rankin, successfully encountered six of the guerrillas
in a fight with revolvers in the open street ; driving them off after wounding two men and
several of their horses. In 1865, he was epeaves aymaster and Inspecting General, with
the rank of Colonel, holding the position uring Gov. Crawford’s two terms. In 1859, he
was Doorkeeper in the Council in the last Territorial Legislature, and Engrossing Clerk in
the House in the first State Legislature. In 1866, he was elected a member of the House of
Representatives. He has been a member of the City School Board of Lawrence, and was
Mayor of the city two terms. He has been largely engaged in the mercantile business. He
was a member of the Board of Directors for the Lawrence Land & Water-Power Com-
pany, and Treasurer and Director of the S. & L., L.&S. W. Railroad. He is at this time con-
nected with the Pension Department at Washington, D.C. Mr. Rankin was married
March 21, 1866, to Miss Laura Finney, daughter of Rey. Thomas Finney, of Martinsburg,
Ohio, a prominent minister of the Free Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Rankin died May 12,
1875, leaving two sons. :

ON. WILLIAM A. RANKIN, farmer, was born at Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, Sep-
tember 15, 1832. He was educated in his native town, and learned the trade of carpenter
and builder, and followed that occupation in Mississippi two years, 1850-51. Returned to
Ohio, settled in Columbus, and was engaged in contracting and building from 1851 to 1853,
when he removed to Edgar County, IlJ., where he engaged in dealing in real estate as well
as continuing his former business until 1856, when he moved to Kansas, settling on a farm
claim near Black Jack, Douglas County, in the spring of 1857, where he remained, engaged
in dealing in real estate, farming and stock-raising, until after the breaking-out of the war.
In 1859, he was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from Douglas
County, and served in the regular and special sessions of 1860. He was especially active in
the passage of what was known as the Emancipation Resolution. Portions of the years
1860-61 and‘1862, he spent in mining in Colorado. While there he was elected a member of
the House of Representatives, serving one term. Returning from Colorado in the winter of
1862-63, he received a commission as recruiting officer, and was engaged in raising troops for
the war until July, 1863, he received 2 commission from President Lincoln as Assistant Quar-
termaster of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, and was ordered to the Army of the Cum-
berland, then at Chattanooga, Tenn. August 21, 1863, while at Lawrence awaiting the
aforesaid, he, with J. K. Rankin, was charged upon by six of Quantrill’s guerrillas in an open
street. asia red returning their fire, a lively fight ensued, resulting in the wounding of two

uerrillas, and putting their party-to flight. He was assigned to duty with the Second Brigade,

‘irst Division of Cavalry, commanded by Gen. F.C. McCook. He was soon after promoted
to be Division Quartermaster, with the rank of Major, which position he occupied until the
army was ordered upon the Atlanta campaign, in which he served as Chief Quartermaster
of the cavalry command. In these various positions, he served on the staffs of Gens, Elliott,
Stanley, McCook, La Grange, Croxton and Wilson. He outfitted Gen. Wilson’s command of
25,000 troops at Iastport, Miss., and Waterloo, Ala., for his grand raid through Mississippi,
Alabama, Florida and Georgia. July 7, 1865, he was assigned to duty on the staff of Gen.
J.H. Wilson, as Purchasing Quartermaster for the military district of Columbus. July 27,
he was appointed Chief Quartermaster of the same district on the staffLof Gen. J. T. Croxton,
with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, in which capacity he served until March, 1866, when
he was honorably discharged. At the close of his military service, he was appointed Chief
Clerk of the Southern Indian Superintendency, holding the position about two years. Since
that time he has been engaged in various pursuits, merchandising in Lawrence, in Govern-
ment contracts, trading with Indians; dealing in stock and real estate, coal mining and rail-
road contracting. He was married in Columbus, Ohio, February 23, 1852, to Miss Phebe D.
Ward, by whom he has had seven children, five of whom survive—Julia A., Low, Don J.,
Harry and Fred. Mr. R. is a member of the Congregational Church, ;

PRED W. READ, dealer in staple and fancy dry goods; the business was established in
1857 by Bullene & Read ; the firm dissolved in 1862. He employs four to six clerks, carries
a stock of about $10,000, and does a business of from $30,000 to $35,000 annually. F. W. Read
was born in Bedford, Westchester County, N. Y., December 25, 1831; when about ten years
‘old, his parents settled in Southport, Wis. now known as Kenosha, where he received his
schooling. In 1847, he commenced clerking in Kenosha, and continued there until 1853,
when he moved to Chicago. In 1855, he engaged in the mercantile business in New York
City, operating a grocery business. ‘Tn 1857, he sold out and moved West, settling in Law-
rence the same year. Mr. Read was married in New York City, September 13, 1857, to Miss
Amelia A. Rockwell, They have one son—Lathrop B.- Mr. Read is a member of the Con-
gregational Society. He is also a P. G. of Lawrence Lodge, No. 4, I. 0. O. F. During the
war, he was connected with the Third Regiment of Home Guards, and is one of the very few
who escaped at the terrible Quantrell massacre in Lawrence, August 21, 1863. Having sold
dry goods in Lawrence for twenty-six consecutive years, he ranks as the oldest dry goods
merchant in the State of Kansas. . r , ’

W.S. REED, proprietor Memorial Art Works ; business established in 1880, is engaged
in the manufacture of cemetery work, his specialty being family monuments and vaults.
He has his own designer for all his work. He employs from twelve to twenty men, and does
a yearly business of about $30,000. W.S. Reed was born in Lawrence County, Penn., June
26, 1854, and received a common school education in his native county. When a boy, he
Jearned the trade of nail making, which he followed in Lawrence County, and afterward in
Wheeling, Va., where he took a course of study in the Commercial College in the evenings
after his day’s work was done. In 1879, he came to Kansas, located for a time in Newton,
Harvey County, and from there moved to Lawrence in 1880, On the 29th of December, he
married Miss Ella B. Casebeer, of Ottawa County, Kan., a lady seventeen years of age, whose

arents moved from Illinois to Kansas in 1866, since which they have resided in Ottawa
Jounty,

ei REYNOLDS & CO., dealers in staple and fancy groceries, provisions, etc. The
firm is composed of J. L. and his son T. A. Reynolds; the business was established in
December, 1881; they employ two men, and carry a stock of from $2,500 to $3,000. J. L.
Reynolds was born in Campbell County, Tenn., January 12, 1830, the same year his parents
moved to Ray County, Mo., and in 1840, to Livingston Connty. The subject of our sketch

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went to California in 1849, where he engaged in mining and merchandising. In 1851, he
returned to Missouri, and resumed his farming operations. In 1861, he enlisted in the
Seventh Regiment Missouri Cavalry, was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company L.
In 1863, he resigned on account of sickness. The same year, he engaged in mercantile busi-
ness in Laclede, Linn Co., Mo., and continued there until 1879. He then moved to Kansas
and kept the Monroe House at Humboldt until the fall of 1881. Mr. Reynolds was married
in Sacremento City, Cal., in December, 1849, to Miss Seeds, of Madison County, Ill. They
have seven children living—Thomas A., Robert N., Alice A. (now Mrs. H.C. Coppell), Ella M.,
Sarah E. (now Mrs. H. C. Walters), Emma L. and Charles E. Mr. Reynolds is a member of
Washington Post, No. 12, G. A. R., and of the I. 0. O. F. of Missouri. The family are mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ° ‘

HON. SAMUEL A. RIGGS, was born in the village of Hanging Rock, Lawrence Co.,
Ohio, March 1, 1835, He was educated partially at Marietta College, Ohio, and subsequently
graduated in 1856, at Jefferson College, Canonsburgh, Penn., where he pursued a regular
classical course. Soon after leaving college he began the study of law in the office of Hon.
William H. Sterrett, of Pittsburgh, now on Supreme Bench, Pennsylvania. He subsequently
preduated in the Cincinnati Law School, and was admitted to the bar in Hamilton County,

hio, in 1858. In April, 1859, he removed to Kansas, and settled in Lawrence, where he
immediately engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1859, he was elected County
Attorney for Douglas County. This office was subsequently changed to that of District
Attorney, and embraced Douglas, Johnson, Franklin, Anderson, Miami, Allen, Linn and
Bourbon Counties. He was elected to this position in 1862, and re-elected in 1864, but on
account of impaired health resigned in 1865. In 1866, he was elected to the State Senate
from Douglas County, but resigned in 1867, to accept the office of United States District
es for the State and District of Kansas. Previous to cae this oo he was ap-
pointed by the Governor as one of three Commissioners to revise and codify the civil and
criminal codes, and all laws of a general nature. The general statutes of 1868 was the
result of the labors of the Commission. He was a member of the National Liberal Republi-
can Committee in 1872, and a delegate to the Cincinnati Convention that nominated Horace
Greeley for the Presidency, was a candidate for Congress from the State at large on that
ticket, and received the full party vote. In 1878, he was elected a Representative in the
State Legislature for Douglas County, was epeerLIs Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
and a member of the Committee on Railroads; in the latter capacity he drew up and pre-
sented the famous Riggs bill, to regulate the railroads of the State. Mr. Riggs was married
in Pittsburgh, Penn., December 31, 1861, to Miss Kate, daughter of Ion. Henry Earle, of that
city. They have one son—Harry Earle, his home is at Lawrence.

RIGGS & SINCLAIR, real estate and loan agency, they have also a complete set of
abstracts of Douglas County, and have the only list of Indian lands in the county, business
established in 1866. William T. Sinclair of the above firm was born in Charlestown, Mass.,
February 23, 1844. His parents moved to New York City about 1846, where he received his
education, and engaged in reading law foratime. In August, 1861, he received a commis-
sion as Second Lieutenant, finding it impossible to fill up the company he resigned. In
August, 1862, he enlisted as private in Company A, Duryeas Zouaves. In June, 1868, he
volunteered in the “ Forlorn Hope” at Port Hudson, and for this act was commissioned
Second Lieutenant of Company C, having command of the company the balance of the war.
He was engaged in the Port Hudson campaign, Red River campaign and in the Shenandoah
Valley campaign. He was mustered out in November, 1865, and returned to New York
City. The following year he moved to Kansas, located in Leavenworth for a time, and then
established present business. Mr. Sinclair was married in Topeka, Kan., in 1869, to Miss
Frank L. Smith, of that city. They have one child—Isabel F. Mr. Sinclair is a member of
Mont Oread Lodge, No. 798, K. of H.

DR. W. S. RILEY, veterinary surgeon, was born in Plattsburg, N. Y., April 8, 1832.
Mr. Riley came to the State in 1867, and settled in Lawrence, where he has since resided,
practicing as a veterinary surgeon with great success, He learned the trade of a blacksmith
in Watertown, N. Y., when a young man, and now takes pleasure in workivg over the anvil.
He also keeps a drug store in connection with his business. He has invented many useful

atent medicines both for man and beast. In 1852, he was married in Detriot, Mich., to Miss
arriett M. Doane.

DAVID H. ROBINSON, A. M., Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Kansas State
University, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., June 4, 1836. He received his early school-
ing in his native county, preparing for college at Eldridge Academy, Onondaga County, N.
Y. In 1855, he entered the University of Rochester taking a full classical course, he
graduated in 1859 with high honors, delivering the Latin oration at the graduating exer-
cises. The honorary degree of A. M. was conferred in 1862, After leaving college, he
engaged in teaching, having charge of an academy in Monroe County two years, and filling
the same position about one year in Michigan. In 1865, he removed to Lawrence, Kan.; at
the opening of the University he was elected to the chair of Ancient Languages. In 1872, a
chair was formed for the Greek Language and Literature, and Prof. Robinson was elected to

resent department. Prof. Robinson was married in Lawrence, Kan., July 21, 1869, to Miss
Frenriette, daughter of Rev. I. C. Beach, of Olathe, Kan. They have three children—Ernest
F., Harriet E. and George A. The Professor is a member the Baptist Church and of several
literary societies in Lawrence.

CHARLES ROSS, Pe Grand View Hotel, formerly the Durfee House. The house
has been lately refitted and improved, passed into present management February 1, 1883.
Charles Ross was born in the vicinity of Paris, France, May 9, 1849, his mother at the time
being on a visit to her parents. In 1851, his parents settled in Jay County, Ind.,
where his father engaged in practice of medicine for many years. The subject of oursketch
was educated at the graded schools. In December, 1863, he enlisted in Company I, One
Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, he was attached to the Twenty-third
Army Corps, and participated in the Atlanta campaign, Nashville campaign, etc., was mus-
tered out in December, 1865, and returned to Three Rivers, Mich., where he engaged in
farming until 1867, he then moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to take the position of hotel steward
in the Osborn House, holding this position about four years. He then returned to Three
Rivers, and remained there connected with the leading hotels until he took the Durfee
House, Lawrence, Kan. Mr. Ross was married in Clinton, Douglas Co., Kan., June, 1882, to
Miss Ella Banning, of Clinton.

SHELDON C. RUSSELL, a descendant of a family of Russells who settled in Branford,
Conn., in the early settlement of this country, was born in Wayne County, Penn., in 1832.
Soon after, his parents moved to Bradford County, and from there to Cook County, Il. At
the age of twenty-one, he went to New York City and worked for bis uncle in the iron busi-
ness for two years, and then went to Coudersport, Penn., and there attended the academy
and studied law. In the spring of 1856 he went to Kansas, and served through the border
war. He was in Lawrence at the time the Free-State hotel was destroyed by the border ruf-
fians on the 21st of May, 1856. Was at the battle of Franklin, and was one of about adozen
who with aload of hay set fire to the rebel fort which burned up the Government post office,
and caused about thirty-seven rebels to surrender, and the capture of the ‘‘ Old Sacramento,”
a cannon brought from Mexico to Missouri by Col. Doniphan, which was used to take Forts
Saunders and Titus, and is now in Lawrence. At the breaking-out of the rebellion in 1861,
he enlisted in the LKighth Kansas as First Lieutenant and Adjutant, and was ordered with a
battalion of that regiment to Corinth, Miss., and served in the Army of the Cumberland
until November 15, 1862, at which time he resigned on receiving a commission from Gov. C.
Robinson, as Major in the Thirteenth Kansas, and returned to Lawrence, but never served
in the Thirteenth, for the reason the place had been filled by an appointment made by the
Secretary of War. He was home in time to be present at the Quantrell raid, and had his
house set on fire and narrowly escaped. He finished his law studies in Lawrence, and was
admitted to the bar in 1859, and commenced practice, and is now practicing his profession.
Mr. Russell was married in 1859, to Miss Rose Jenkins, of Lawrence. They have three
children—Adele, Susan P., now Mrs. H. T. Moore, and Mattie J.

J. G. SANDS, wholesale saddler hardware, and manufacturer and dealer in saddles and
harness, and proprietor of Sands’ saddlery hardware specialties. The business was estab-
lished by Mr. Sands in 1855. He carries a full stock of harness, saddles, etc., in Law-
rence, but his principal manufacturing operations are carried on in Newark, N. J. His
main business at this time is the sale of saddlery hardware specialties, of which he controls
the patents. His sales extend all over the United States, the shipments for eastern points
being made from Newark, N. J., where the factory is located. Mr. Sands was born in Gil-
bertville, Montgomery County, Penn., August 21, 1833, After learning the harness makers’
trade, he started West, in 1851, and located at different points. In 1855, he came to Law-
rence, Kan., and the same year rented a building made of poles and covered with shakes,
His stock of goods was cleaned out in the raid of the border ruffiaus in 1856, and again in
the Quantrill raid of 1863. He resumed business at once in both instances, and is now doing
the leading business in his linc. Mr. Sands was married in 1860, to Miss Susie E. Brown, of
New Hampshire. They have a family of three sons and two daughters. During the
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early Kansas days, Mr. Sands took an active part in the conflict then ve between free-
dom and slavery, on the side of the former; he participated in many of the eventful inci-
dents ending. in the downfall of slavery. :

GEORGE W. SAVAGE, of the firm of Savage & Lightcap, was born in Chester County,
Penn., June 11, 1855. He commenced the machinist’s trade at a very early age; when ten
years old, he was Panne a 125 horse-power engine in a Pennsylvania iron works.
About 1867, he commenced his regular trade at Reading, Penn. He was employed in large
seale works in that city, doing all the large blacksmith work; was afterward, for two years
with the Scott Iron Works, his department being on Corliss engines, cotton presses, rolling
mill machinery, and other heavy work, In 1877, he moved to Kansas, and settled in Law-
rence. He was ig ee by the Kansas Pacific Railroad, making all the tools used on that
road. About 1880, he took the same department with the D. & S. P. R. R., at South Park,
Col. His particular reason in going to that section of country, being to study the details of
mining machinery. In 1882, he returned to Lawrence to pants present business. Mr.
Savage was married in Reading, Penn., March 8, 1876, to Miss Julia Hughlett, a native of
Virginia. They have one child—Maud H. Mr. S.isa member of the E. A. H., of Lawrence.

GEORGE HALE SCOTT, Pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church, was born in
Bakersfield, Franklin County, Vt., Apel 23, 1839. His preparatory studies were pursued at
different schools, finishing at East Hampton Academy at Williston Vt. He then entered
Williams College, taking the full course and graduating in 1865. While at College, he en-

aged in the study of law, and afterward read law with the late Judge Wilson, one of the

upreme Court Judges. He was admitted to the bar in 1866, and the same year began prac-
tice at Vergennes, Vt., and continued to practice the profession of law until 1870. He then
entered Andover Seminary, in preparation for the ministry, graduating in 1873. He was
ordained September 3, 1873. The same year he took charge of the Congregational Church
at Plymouth, N. H., where he remained until called to Kansas; took charge of the Plymouth
Congregational Church, of Lawrence May 1, 1882.

A. L, SELIG, General Insurance Agent, represents New York Underwriters, Hartford
Fire, Connecticut Fire, American Central, British America, Liverpool & London & Globe,
Lancashire, Phenix of London, London Assurance, Fire Association, Merchants of Newark,
Pennsylvania Fire, German Travellers Accident and Equitable Life of New York. Business
established in 1874. A. L. Selig was born in Hamburg, Germany, August 6, 1846. He was
educated in his native country. In 1858, he emigrated to the United States with his father
who located for a short time at Leavenworth, Kan., and then settled in Lawrence. The
subject of our sketch went to Belleville, Il., in 1859, where in Bere ber, 1861, he enlisted
in Conpant E, Forty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He re-enlisted in 1864 at Memphis,
Tenn.,in the same regiment. Mr. Selig was with his regiment at the battles of Forts Henry
and Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Nashville, and in Bank’s expedition up Red River, being in
thirty-two engagements in all. On being mustered out at the close of the war, he returned
to Lawrence and learned the trade of tinsmith, which business he followed until he estab-
lished the present business in 1874. Mr. Selig was married in Lawrence February 1, 1808,
to Miss Mary F. Park, a native of Indiana. They have four children—Lewis F., John E.,
Ernest T. and Harry. Mr. Selig is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. He is
Secretary of the Lodge, Chapter and Council, and also of the Zerbal Lodge of Perfection,

0.5, A, A. S. R.

it. SHANKLIN, Agent of Union Pacific Railroad, was appointed to present position
in November, 1881. He was born in Harrisburg, Penn., October 16, 1849. In 1858, his par-
ents moved to Kansas and settled in Lawrence, where his father, H. Shanklin, Esq., engaged
in mercantile business. The subject of our sketch began his railroad life in 1870, in the
general offices of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, and continued in this department when the
offices were moved to Kansas City,Mo. In 1874, he was appointed Eastern Passenger and Ad-
vertising Agent of the Union Pacific Railroad ; this continued through 1875. In the latter
year he returned to Kansas, to take a position in the office at Lawrence. In 1880, he was
appointed agent at Solomon City, which position he retained until placed in present posi-
tion. Mr. Shanklin was married in Lawrence in November, 1878, to Miss Deal, daughter
of J.-W. Deal, Esq., the Assistant General Baggage Agent of the Union Pacific Railroad.

OSBORNE SHANNON, editor and publisher. of the Kansas Weekly Gazelte. The sub-
ject of this sketch was born in Denver, Ross County, Ohio, February 7, 1842, living with his
parents until 1857. He moved with them to the then wilds of Kansas, and located at Lecomp-
ton. His father, Gov. Wilson Shannon, who had removed to this State two years previous,
was appointed Governor of the Territory, September 7, 1855, and continued in the office-till
August 18,1856. His son, Osborne, inheriting his father’s propensities, determined to follow
the profession of law, and after graduating at the Franklin College, Ohio, he returned and
commenced the study of law. In the fall of 1863, he was admitted to the bar, and com-
menced the practice of his profession at Lawrence. In 1871, he married the estimable
daughter of the Hon, James De Long, of Ohio, and opened a law office in Southern Kansas,
where he remained two years. Returning to Lawrence in 1873, he formed a law part-
nership with his father, which existed until the death of the latter. As an active poli-
tician for the last twenty years, he has identified himself with the Democratic party. In
September, 1882, he established the Kansas Weekly Gazette, a Democratic organ that is
fast increasing in favor with the reading public. ,

SHELLER & HUSTON, dealers in staple and fancy groceries and provisions. The firm
is composed of E. M. Sheller and W. T. Huston; they succeeded C. P. Baker, November 1,
1882. E. M. Sheller, of the above firm, was born near Hagerstown, Md., June 3, 1813; when
an infant, his parents moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he was brought up, and
engaged in farming until 1838, when he moved to Stephenson County, Ill, where he pre-
empted a claim, an remained there, and engaged in farming until 1882. Mr. Sheller has
been married three times. [is first wife was a Miss Lettice Kimbel from Pennsylvania, to
whom he was married in Clark County, Ohio, in 1838, by whom he had five children—Mary,
now Mrs. Aumon; Jane, now Mrs. Dann; Julia, now Mrs. A. Cary; Harriet, now Mrs, W.T.
Huston; Lydia, now Mrs. Thomas Watson. He was married again in Freeport, Ill, in 1872,
to Mrs. Hellen Maxwell, from Connecticut, who died, leaving one child, Maud. He was
married to his present wife, in Streeter, Ill., in 1882. She was Miss Lydia B. Moore, for-
merly of Albany, N. Y.

_.C. W, SMITH, of the firm of Bailey & Smith, was born in Portage County, Ohio, De-
cember 7, 1832. In 1846, he left home, and located in Troy, N. Y., where he learned the car-
penter’s trade. About 1850, he moved to Lowell, Mass., where he became connected with
the cotton manufacture, and continued in this business until 1854, He then moved to
Kansas, settling in es County in September of that year. He became a member of the
first town company, and also pre-empted a farm, operating the !atter until after the Quan-
trill raid. He then moved into the city and engaged iu carpentering until the firm was
organized of which he is now a member. During the carly troubles, he was connected
with different Free-State organizations. Mr. Smith was married in Lawrence April 14,
1864, to Miss Jane E., eldest daughter of Col. Samuel Walker, of Lawrence. They have five
children — May L., Alice, Maud, Mabel and Certrude: He is a member of the Congre-

oe oe He is at present, and has been for the past seven years, a member of the
ity Council.

‘HERBERTS.S. SMITH, C. E., Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Kansas State
University, was elected in 1878, and took the chair in January, 1879. He was born in
Elizabeth, N. J., May 31, 1857, Having reccived his preparatory education in the schools
of that city, he entered Princeton College, in 1874, and graduated in 1878 with the degree of
civil engineer. In 1878, he was a member of the Princeton Eclipse Expedition, under Prof.
Cc. A. Young, stationed at Denver, Col.

PROF. FRANCIS H. SNOW, M. A. Ph. D. Professor of Natural History, Kansas State
University, was born in Fitchburg, Mass., June 29, 1840, and is the son of Benjamin and
Mary (Boutelle) Snow, of’ Massachusetts. He finished his a arp studies in.the high
school of his native town, and in 1858 entered the freshman class in Williams College, and
after a four years’ classical course graduated from that institution in 1862 with the highest
honors, being allotted the valedictory address. While astudent at Williams he devoted special
attention to the study of botany and zoology, and has received from that college the degrees
of B. A.,M. A.and Ph. D, After leaving college, he engaged in teaching and was one year Prin-
cipal of the Fitchburg ma School. In January, 1864, be entered Andover Seminary with
the design of still further fitting himself for a teacher or professorship. In 1866, he gradu-
ated from Andover, and the same year entered the Kansas State University as Professor ;
since then, he has devoted special attention to er ornithology, botany and clima-
tology, as applied to Kansas and the New West; he has discovered about 200 new species of
insects of all orders, the most extensive being the lepidoptera and coleoptera, one dozen
specimens being named in honor of the discoverer. The present cabinet contains 75,000 speci-
mens, 10,000 species. Prof.Snow has completed acatalogue of the birds of Kansas, describing
305 varieties, and has also published a catalogue of the insects of Kansas, Colorado and New
Mexico ; he has been for five years President of the Kansas Academy of Science; he is a Fel-
low of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the New York

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JEnitomelogiest Society, of the Davenport Academy of Science, and of the Boston Zoological

Society. He is also one of the editors of the Psyche, the organ of the Cambridge Entomo-
Tagua Club, of which club he is an active member. ’ prof. Snow-was married in Andover,

4 randdaughter of eee eae Appleton, a Bom
in College, sister to ex-President Aiken, of Union College, now Professor in Princeton, an

ak of Pref, Packard in Bowdoin College. Prof. aud Mrs. Snow have five children—Will-
jam Appleton, born June 21, 1869; Martha Boutelle, born September 10, 1870; Mary Mar-
garet, Doar August 10, 1872; Edith Huntington, born September 12, 1875, and Francis Law-
rence, born December 18, 1882. Prof. Snow is a member and officer of the Plymouth Con-
gregational Church of Lawrence. Although he has often been tendered chairs in Eastern
colleges with increased salary he et refused them, believing that the West offers the sci-

ist a larger field for research an iscovery. : : !

= N. SIMMONS, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Piqua, Ohio, March 21, 1828.
He received his education in his native place, and commenced his professional studies in
1850, under the tuition of Dr. Kitzmiller, continuing in his office about six months. He
then entered the office of Dr. Beamor, in Fletcher, Miami County. He attended a course at the
Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1852. He then engaged in practicein Union City, Ind.
where he remained about two years. After attending another course of lectures in Cin-
cinnati, he returned to Union City, and practiced until 1864; he then entered the Eclectic
Medical Institute in Cincinnati taking a full course, at the same time attending clinical
lectures at the Commercial Hospital. He graduated February 15, 1865, with the degree of

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M.D. He then engaged in practice in Union City, Ind., until June, 1868, when he removed
to Kansas and settled in Lawrence, where he has since been engaged in practice. Soon
after settling in Lawrence, Dr. Simmons purchased a farm of 240 acres in Jefferson County,
which heis engaged in operating. He planted thirty acres in fruit trees in 1869—apple, peach
peer, plum and cherry trees of the finest varieties being well represented in his selection. His
ruit crop for 1882, will aggregate 3,000 bushels. Dr. Simmons was married in Fletcher,
Ohio, April 9, 1857, to Miss E. A. Toms, of that place, where her father yet lives, at the ripe
age of ninety-four years. They have three children—Charles J., graduate of State Uni-
versity of the class of 1882, now studying medicine; Frank T., graduate of the Lawrence
Business College, and Henry A. Dr. Simmons is now serving his third term as President
of the Eclectic Medical society, of Kansas. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and 1.
0. O. F., and was Grand Worthy Chief Templar of Indiana in 1859,

: H. J. SNYDER, dealer in liquors, cigars, tobaccos, ete. The business was established
in January, 1866, and Mr. 8. has since continued to. operate it with the exception of short
intervals, He was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, March 3, 1843; his parents emigrated
to the United States the sume year, and located in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1855, they settled in
Cleveland, Ohio. The subject of this sketch attended school in both cities and afterward
learned the trade of blacksmith, and followed it in Cleveland until 1863; from 1863 to 1865
he was in the Government service at Chattanooga, Tenn. In the latter year, he returned to
Cleveland, and shortly afterward settled in Lawrence, Kan. Since his residence here, he
was for a time in the employ of the Kansas Pacific Railroad in the blacksmithing depart-
ment. Mr. Snyder was married in Lawrence, January 31, 1876, to Miss Mollie Stewart, of
this city. They have three children—Maud, Zella M.and Harry. Mr. S. is a Knight Tem-
plar in the Masonic fraternity.

JOHN SPEER, was born in Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Penn., December 27, 1817. He
was the oldest son of Capt. Robert and Barbary (Lowrey) Speer. His father was a farmer
in moderate circumstances when rich men were few, and industry, abstemiousness and fru-
pelity were numbered among the virtues, and honest poverty was no disgrace. John was

red a farmer, and received only the early educational advantages which the district schools
of the vicinity afforded. His father while he was a small lad bought a farm near Kittan-
ning, and to insure the pene for it took a contract for carrying the United States mail
between Kittanning and Curwensville. The distance was seventy miles,and the entire
route was sparsely settled with long reaches of unsettled wilderness. Over this lonesome
route John was put to carrying the mail, on horseback, at the early age of twelve years.
For several years, he continued faithfully to perform the weary work. His mother died
while he wasyetalad. At the age of eighteen years, he was indentured to theprinting trade,
with William Morehead, of the Indiana Register, Indiana, Penn. Having served his time,
he returned home, and after six months’ work as a journeyman on the Kittanning Gazette, in
1839, made his first journalistic venture, publishing for six months the Mercer and Beaver
Democrat, at New Castle, Penn., and vigorously supporting Harrison for the Presidency. He
was identified with journalism in the States of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio for fifteen
years thereafter, during which time he was connected with the Portsmouth, Ind., Tribune,
the Harrison Gazeite (which he established at Corydon, Ind.), the Mount Vernon, Ohio
Times, and the Democratic Whig, which he established September 12, 1843, and which he ed-
ited and successfully published for nearly twelve years thereafter. On the passage of the
Nebraska bill, he sold out his paper aud other effects, and, with his brother, Joseph L., came
to Kansas, He arrived September 27, 1854. Here he established the first Free-State news-

aper published in the Territory—the Kansas Pioneer, afterward the Kansas Tribune, Trac-
ng the history of Kansas journalism through the pages of this work, it appears.that he has
been constantly identified with it up to the present time (1882). He was one of the most
fearless and able champions of the Free-State cause in the early eye: and has held consist-
ently and faithfully through a long political career to his early affiliation with the Repub-
lican party. He has been: deservedly honored with many positions: of honor and trust by
the community in which he has lived, and by the State hedid so much to bring into lif
He was a member of the first Free-State Territorial Legislature in 1857. In i864, he wax
member of the national convention which nominated Lincoln and Johnson, and the same
year was a member of the Kansas State Senate. He was also elected State Printer under the
Topeka Government. He held the office of United States Revenue Collector from 1862 to
1866, The peniral statutes of 1868 were printed by him. ‘ He was elected State Representa-
tive from the Lawrence district in the fall of 1882. Few men have labored harder or suf-
fered more than the subject of this sketch for the good of the commonwealth. In addition
to the ordinary sacrifices and hardships which fell in common upon all the outspoken Free-
State men during the early struggles, the last vengeful stroke of the slave power in Kansas
fell with cruel force upon him. In Quantrell’s raid on Lawrence August 21, 1863, he lost
two promising sons, one cruelly shot and his body recovered; the other never found, and
supposed to have been burned in the conflagration. Further, the Government vouchers of
the office he then held were destroyed, adding the burden of anxiety and business troubles
to his already overburdened soul. He married Miss Elizabeth Duplisses McMahon, daugh-
ter of John and Martha (Withers) McMahon, at Corydon, Harrison Co., Ind., July 14, 1842.
She died at Lawrence, Kan., April 9, 1876. Their children were John, murdered by Quan-
trill’s men August 21, 1863 ; Robert, missing at the same time, supposed to have been burned ;
Joe, accidentally shot by a playmate when seven years of age ; living—William, Mary (Mrs.
Woodneff),Eva, Rosa and Hardin. The life of oe Speer is interwoven with that of his
State. He still carries sturdily the weight of labors and troubles calculated to crush men
of less stern mold, and deserves the best of the State to which he has given his best.

LEVERETT W. SPRING, A. B., Professor of English Literature, Rhetoric and Belles
Lettres, Kansas State University, was born in Grafton, Vt., January 5, 1840. In 1854, his par-
ents moved to Manchester, Vt., where he entered the Burr and Burton Academy, and pur-
sued his preparatory studies. He then entered Williams College, graduating in 1863 with
the degree of A. B. Shortly after, entered the theological institute of Connecticut, at Hart-
ford, Conn., graduating in 1866. In 1867, he became connected with Andover Theological
Seminary as resident graduate. Left the seminary in 1867 to take charge of the Rollstone
Congregational Church at Fitchburg, Mass., continuing in this charge until 1876. The same
year he moved to Lawrence, Kan., to take charge of the Congregational Church in that
city. He resigned his pastorate in 1881 when elected to the chair he now fills at the Univer-
sity. Prof. Spring was married in East Windsor, Conn., September 25, 1867, to Miss Eliza-
beth, daughter of William Thompson, D. D., Professor of Hebrew in the theological insti-
tute of Connecticut. They have two children—Samuel R.and Mary T.L. Mr. Spring has
contributed various articles on literary and other subjects to periodicals.

E. STANLEY, Superintendent of the City Schools, was born in Hendricks County,
Ind., April 7, 1847, He received his preliminary education in his native county, finishing
his studies at the Farmers’ Institute, Tippecanoe County, graduating in the spring of
1867. In the fall of the same year, was appointed a teacher in Tennessee by the Freedmen’s
Bureau. In 1868, he moved to Kansas and settled in Douglas County ; since that time, he
has been teaching almost all the time. In 1876, he removed to Lawrence, where he followed
his profession in the city schools until elected Superintendent in 1880. Has been twice re-
elected to the position. Mr. Stanley was married in Douglas County, in 1871, to Miss Da-
vis, of that county. They have three children—Claude C., Fred B. and William H. Mr.
Stanley is a member of the Society of Friends and of the E. A. U., of Lawrence.

LEWIS 8, STEELE, attorney at law and Notary Public, abstracts of titles, real estate,
loan and insurance agent, Lawrence, Kan., business established here in 1868. Keeps a nu-
merical index of all transfers of real estate in the county. In insurance, he represents the
American, of Newark, N. J., Western Assurance, of Toronto, Canada, and the Kansas State
Mutual, of Lawrence, and several good life insurance companies.- ‘L. S. Steele was born in
Ross County, Ohio, September 15, 1833.. His father, James C. Steele was born at Chillicothe,
Ohio, in 1801, his father being among the first settlers of the town. He received his educa-
tion at South Salem Academy, in Ross County. In 1854, he moved to Indianola, Iowa, and
read law in the office of his uncle, R. W. Steele. He spent the winter of 1854 at Florence
Neb., and returned to Warren County, Iowa, in the spring, where he practiced law until
1857, when he moved to Kansas and settled at Bloomington, in Douglas County, where he
engaged in farming and the lumber trade. In 1860, he went to Pike’s Peak and engaged in
mining. _Was Judge of the Bald Mountain Mining District, on French Gulch, in 1861. In
1862, was J acs of the Washington Gulch Judicial District, and on the organization of the
Territory of Colorado was appointed Justice of the Peace of Washington County, which po-
sition he declined.on account of his enlistment in Company C, Third Colorado Infantry, Uc-
tober 5, 1862. The regiment marched on foot, in March, 1863, from Denver to Fort Leaven-
worth, and by boat to Pilot Knob, Mo., where they remained till winter, when they were
consolidated with Second Colorado ‘Infantry into Second Colorado Cavalry. He served
as Clerk at headquarters, Fourth Subdistrict of Missouri, at Kansas City, Mo., until the
Price raid, in which the regiment took an active part, meeting Price at Lexington and fol-
lowing him to the Arkansas river; had several engagements with him. After the raid, he
was detailed as Field Adjutant to Brig. Gen. J. H. Ford, commanding District of Upper Ar-
kansas, with headquarters at Fort Riley, in his Indian campaign of 1865. In September of
that year, he was mustered out with his regiment at Fort Leavenworth, and locating at Clin-
ton, in Douglas County, bought a grist and saw mill, which he operated until 1870, He
then removed to Lawrence, where he engaged in the practice of law. Was appointed Police
Judge and Justice of the Peace in 1878, to fill vacancy, and was elected in 1879 for two years.
He was married, in 1857, to Miss Harriet Stathem, ot Des Moines County, Iowa, who died in
1859, leaving one daughter, now married to a physician and living in Iowa. His second
wife was Mrs. L. A. B. Steele, authoress of “ Rev. Adonijah” and other works of same char-
acter, besides a large amount of contributions to religious and other periodicals. Her Yather
was Rev. A. Blakely, who came to Kansas from New York to help uphold the standard of
liberty, and died in 1864. Their children are Charles A., John M., James L, and Horace E,
The two oldest are attending the Kansas State University. Mr. Steele has been from his
early youth a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has long been an active temper-
ance worker and connected with the Good Templars and Ancient Templars, and a strong
advocate of Prohibition. . i —

ROBERT STERLING, contractor and builder, was born in the city of Stirling, Scot-
land, November 15, 1830. In 1845, he came to the United States and located in Philadelphia,
Penn., where he learned the trade of stone-cutter. In 1850, he moved to Ohio and followe
his trade in Cincinnati and other places in that State until 1852. When on his way back to
Philadelphia, he met-in Cincinnati a Mr. Sawyer, of the firm of McIlvane & Sawyer, Govern-
ment Architects and Superintendents. Mr. Sawyer asked him to take a job of Government
work in Kansas; he accepted offers made, and in the spring of 1852, went to Kansas, returning
East in the fall, and again the following spring returned to Kansas. While engaged in this
service, he put up the first building in Fort Riley. During 1853, he located in St. Joseph,
Mo., where ta engaged in building. The following year, he spent a short time in Kansas,
then returned to St. Joseph. In the spring of 1855, he settled in Kickapoo, where for some
two years he burned lime for Fort Leavenworth, he; G. W. Crumb and Dr. Bloomfield
being requested to remain in town while the balance of the citizens assisted in the de-
fense of Lawrence in 1856. In 1856, his family settled on a claim in Jefferson County, which
they improved and afterward bought at the auction sales in 1857. In this year Mr. Sterling
joined his family and put up a large house, etc., on his place and kept horses for the Kansas
Stage Company. During the years 1862-63-64 and ur to 1865, he was most of his time in Leav-
enworth, where he engaged in contracting and building, during that time putting up some
of the most prominent buildings in the city, among others, the residences of Mr. Caldwell
and Mr. Stevens. In the spring of 1870, he moved to Lawrence and has since actively en-
gaged in his business, during that time taking in whole or part some of the largest contracts

in the State. Among these we may enumerate the State University at Lawrence, State Nor-:

mal School at Emporia, insane asylum at Osawatomie, and many others in different parts
of Kansas and Indian Territory. In the city, in addition to the stone dam, Quaker Church,
Episcopal Church, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot, he has put up the leading residences
and business houses. Mr. Sterling was married in St. Joseph, Mo., October 22, 1854, to Miss
Sarah J. Snyder, a step-daughter of Mr. George W. Crump, one of the pioneers of the State.
They have had two children, both of whom are deceased. ae
G. A. STEVENS, proprietor of the Lawrence House, Lawrence, Kan. The building

now called the Lawrence House was erected in 1858, built by F. W. Sparr, for astore. Dur-

ing the Quantrill raid, it was partially burned; after the raid, it was rebuilt and since that
time has been used asa hotel. It is a substantial brick building, 50x75 feet, three stories,
and contains thirty-five rooms and nicely located. The present proprietor, G. A. Stevens,
came from Massachusetts in 1878, and obtained a clerkship in the Lawrence Hotel, which
was at that time managed be his mother and Mr.T. Sampsons. After the latter’s death, Mr.
Stevens assumed full control. ‘ i

N. 0. STEVENS, County Clerk of Douglas County, was born in Princeton, Ill., May
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Lawrence High School and from 1873 to 1879, was connected with his father as associate ed=

itor-of the Kansas Spirit. In the latter years was also Secretary of the Kansas Valley Fair

Association, which was succeeded by the present Fair Association. In 1879, he was elected

County Clerk and was re-elected in November, 1881. Mr. Stevens was married in Lawrence,

Kan., March 22, 1882, to Miss Lucetta, daughter of W. H. Duncan, Esq., of Lawrence. Mr.

Honore is a member of the Oread Lodge, 798, K. of H., and also of the Y. M.S. C., of
awrence.

JUDGE N. T. STEPHENS, Judge of the Fourth Judicial District, State of, Kansas,
elected to first term in 1876. Re-elected in 1880. Judge Stevens was born in Genoa,
Cayuga County, N. Y., November 2, 1820. He received his education in his native county.
Commenced reading law with Hon. L. 0. Aiken, of Moravia, and was admitted to the
bar about 1844. He commenced practice in Moravia, was afterward engaged in practice
in California about eighteen months. He returned to Cayuga County, where he engaged
in general practice in all the courts, up to the Supreme Court of the United States. In
1865, he moved to Kansas, and settled in Lawrence in 1866, when he became connected
with the firm of Thacher & Banks, afterward Thacher & Stephens, which continued until
1876.

A. STORM, dealer in stoves, tinware, pumps, etc. The business was originally es-
tablished in 1860, by Storm & Montague, and continued under various firm names until
1871, when Mr. 8. isposed of his interests. He re-established the business in 1878, and
now carries a stock of $5,000 to $6,000, employing five men, and occupying a floor space
of 175x256 feet. Mr. Storm was born in Ann Arbor, Mich, January 6, 1838. His parents
settled in Whitewater, Walworth County, Wis., about 1843, where he received his school-
ing, and afterward learned the trade of tinsmith. In 1857, he moved to Kansas, and set-
tled in Lawrence, where he followed his trade until 1860, when he began business for
himself, in which he continued to actively engage until about 1871, when he sold out
and shortly afterward located in Galveston, Texas, where he held a position as foreman
of the manufacturing department in the wholesale hardware and stove house of Steel,
Wood & Co. He resigned this place after remaining about one year. After spending a
few months in Houston he settled in Dallas, where he connected himself with the firm
of Bartlett, Parks & Co., wholesale hardware and stoves. Holding the same position he
had held with Messrs. Steel, Wood & Co., in Galveston. He remained with this firm
until 1877, when he returned to Lawrence and resumed business. During the border
ruffian troubles, Mr. Storm was connected with the Free-State organizations. In the
Quantrill raid of 1863, he was taken prisoner, and released after several hours’ deten-
tion. At the breaking-out of the rebellion, he received a recruiting commission from the
United States Government, under which he raised a body of men in Lawrence, and turned
over to commanding officer at Leavenworth. During the Price raid he was connected
with company D, Third Regiment Kansas State Militia. Mr. Storm has served one term
as . pemper of the City Council. He is now a member of Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, A.,
\. C. A. SUTORIUS, dealer in diamonds, watches, jewelry, clocks, etc., agent for Foley’s
gold pins. The business was established in September,'1879, by Mr.S. He carries a stock
of about $3,500. C. A. Sutorius was born in Cologne, Prussia, June 18, 1858. In 1868, his
parents emigrated to the United States, and settled in Ottawa, Kan. C. A. was educated
pee in his native city, and partly in Ottawa. In 1874, he moved to Lawrence, where

e learned the trade of watch-maker and jeweler, at which he worked until he established
his present business. Mr. Sutorius was married in Lawrence, March 9, 1881, to Miss Car-
rie, daughter of John Wallruff, Esq., of Lawrence. They have one son, Carl P. Mr. 8.
is a member of the A. O. U. W., the Turn Verein and the Social Verein. ee

R. K. TABOR, agent of the A., T. & S. F. R. R., was appointed to present position.
in September, 1875, and has held it continuously since. He was born in Montpelier, Ver-
mont, May, 7, 1840. Received his education in his native county, and after leaving school
eneaged in clerking until the breaking-out of the late war. e enlisted, in 1862,in the
Tenth Regiment Vermont Infantry. Was elected Second Lieutenant of Company K
while at the rendezvous; was commissioned First Lieutenant in 1864, and Captain of Com-
pany C, in the same year. He served until the close of the war, a large part of his serv-
ice being on staff duty with Gens.. Morris Carr, Grover and Ricketts. as attached to
the Army of the Potomac, and participated in all the principal battles with that army,
and with Gen. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. On the close of the war,
he returned home. In 1866, he moved to St. Louis, where he engaged in mercantile bus-
iness. In 1869, he settled in Topeka, Kan:, where he was connected with the land de-
partment of the A, T. & S. F. R. R. While in this position he located and ppp
all the railroad lands between Topeka and Emporia. fa 1871, he took charge of the land
department, at Peabody, Kan., pene ue and starting that town. Mr. Tabor was mar-
ried in Lawrence, June 15, 1871, to Miss Lou E. Gleason, of Lawrence. They have one
child, Roy B. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., of Peabody, and the A. O. U. W. of
Lawrence, Kan.

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, A. B., Instructor in Elocution and English Literature, Kansas
State University, elected and took charge of present department in September, 1882. He
was born in New Rochelle, N. Y., November 21, 1861. His father, Rev. J. H.. Taylor, D.
D., had charge of the Presbyterian Church in that town. In 1869, he moved to Chicago
to accept a call, remaining in that field until 1876, when he accepted a call from Rome,
N. ¥., where he still resides. The subject of this sketch pursued his preparatory studies
at Lake Forest Academy, Chicago, IIl., and in the high school, at Rome, N. Y. He en-
tered Hamilton College in the all of 1878, graduating in the class of 1882. He made a
special study of English literature, and was a successful competitor for the Pruyher medal,
offered as a prize on that subject. _ - 2

_J. M. & LUCY TAYLOR, dentists. Mrs. Taylor, née Miss L. B. Hobbs, was born
in Franklin County, N. Y. She received her schooling in Clinton County, where her
father moved when she was a child. She begat her professional studies in 1857, at Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, when she entered the office of Dr. Wardell. In the spring of 1861, she
commenced’ practice in Cincinnati; shortly afterward she moved to Clayton County, Iowa,
where she engaged in successful practice about four years. During her residence here
she was invited to join the State Dental Society, though that membership necessitated
her being a graduate. At a meeting of the State Society, held in 1865, they informed
Prof. Taft, the Dean of the Faculty at Cincinnati Dental College, and who was in attend-
ance at the society meetings, that he must permit Miss Hobbs to take a course of study
at the cones This had previously been refused on account of her sex. Prof. Taft finally
decided to do justice in the matter, and Miss Hobbs was admitted to the college, where
she took a full course, and graduated in March, 1866. Shortly after, Miss Hobbs settled
in Chicago, where she ongeeed in practice, and where she married Mr. J. M. Taylor in
1868. In the same year, they moved to Kansas, and settled in Lawrence November 25,
where they have since engaged in practice with the exception of about nine months,
which were spent (on account of Mr. Taylor’s health) in a pleasure trip to California.

ANDREW TOSH & CO., real estate agents. Firm composed of A. Tosh, L. D. L. Tosh,
and A. A. Cooper. Business established in 1876, by Mr. Tosh, The present firm was or-
ganized in 1880. They do a general brokerage business in notes, loans, etc. Their real
estate operations are extended into city, county and State. A. Tosh, of above firm, was
born in Preble County, Ohio, July 20, 1820, His father had made a claim here, and the
subject of our sketch remained on the farm until 1871. During the war, he enlisted in
the one hundred day call, Company H, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Ohio, and
served out term of enlistment, the regiment being engaged in the protection of the Ohio
border. In 1871, he moved to Kansas and settled in Doiglas County, where he en-
gaged_in farming until he established his present business. Mr. Tosh was married in.
New Paris, Preble County, Ohio, in 1849, to Miss M. A.C. Tillson, of that county. They
have seven children—Ludduar D. L., Leroy V. D., Londa 0., Anna L., Elmer A., Minnie.
and Ozra U. He isa member of Washington Post, No. 12,G. A.R. The family are mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

L. D. L. TOSH, attorney at law and member of the firm of Andrew Tosh & Co.,
was born in Preble County, Ohio, August 2, 1851. Received his preliminary education in
his native county, and then entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio. In the fall of
1870, his parents moved to Kansas, and settled in Lawrence. He then entered the State
University, taking the regular classical course, pruduating in 1873 with the degree of -\.
B. Commenced reading law in 1874, in the office of Thacher & Stephens, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1876. He then engaged in practice until his present business was
established. Mr. Tosh is a member of Halcyon Lodge, No. 18, and Mount Oread Encamp-
ment, No. 4, I. 0. O. F. He was one of the founders of the State University, Chapter of
the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. 7
. JOSIAH CHAPIN TRASK. Among the 180 lives of martyrs sacrificed in the terrible
massacre by Quantrill, at Lawrence, there were few of more promise than that of the young
editor and publisher whose name heads this sketch. Josiah C. Trask was born in Warren,
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Mass., May 9, 1837. His peers were Rev. George Trask and Ruth Freeman Trask, His
father was. born in Beverly, Mass., in the year 1795. Atan early age he became converted,
passed through a collegiate course at Brunswick, Me.; graduated at Andover, Mass., was
ordained to the ministry in 1829, and was settled in Farmingham, Warren and Fitchburg,
Mass. During the early part of his life, he formed the habit of using tobacco. After years
of indulgence, his health became very much impaired, and obeying the advice of a a
cian, he renounced its use, and his experience so impressed him that he began to relate it
publlelys In this way he commenced the anti-tobacco reform, of which he was the ac-
nowledged leader until death closed his labors in 1875. He was a manof keen sensibilities,
active in every reform, a faithful friend, and an earnest preacher of the Gospel. His death
was triumphant. Although believing firmly in salvation by Jesus Christ, he had liberal
views on all religious topics. The mother of Josiah Trask was born in Marlboro, Mass.
She was the daughter of Rev. Asa Packard, of the Bridgewater family of Packards. Her
father enlisted in the army of the Revolution, was wounded, and died at the advanced age
of eighty-five years. The ball wounding him was extracted after his death, and it is now
in the possession of his relatives. Her mother was the daughter of Col. Josiah Quincy, of
Quincy, Mass., a descendant of noble ancestry; she did honor to her birth. The mother of
Josiah C. Trask was living in 1879 at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. Sheisa
remarkable woman in many respects, and co-operated fully with her husband in all his ef-
forts to elevate humanity. Josiah C. Trask pursued an academic course at Fitchburg, Mass.
He left home at the age of sixteen, going to Boston toseek employment in a printing office.
As he had but $1 above his fare, he said he could not afford to have his trunk taken to the
depot, so he carried it in hisarms. As he was about to start, his father proposed to give him
a letter of recommendation, to which he replied: “No, sir, I thank you; I'll reeomménd
myself.” After reaching Boston he went up and down the streets until he came to the Yankee
Blade office. He went in, and said to the proprietor: ‘I don’t exactly like your paren sir,
but I want to get something to do, and if you can give me anything, I will work here until
I can_get something better.” He stayed there one week and then found work in the
Recorder office, where he remained until he became connected with the New York Evangelist.
His starting out in life was eae of his honesty and independence, traits which
strengthened every year of his life. In the fall of 1857, he first met Miss R. tT. Hibbard, of
Cortland, N. Y., then attending school in the city. Theirinterestin each other was mutual,
and in the fall of 1862, wey were married by Rev. Mr. Lord. Miss Hibbard was the daugh-
ter of Joel B. and Eliza Hibbard. Left an orphan, at the age of sixteen she went to New
York City to finish her education. Mr. Hibbard was a strong anti-slavery man, of large in-
telligence, undoubted integrity, and commanding business capacity. He died suddenly,
while absent from home, in Milwaukee. He was one of the founders of Cortland Academy
and was deeply interested in the cause of education, and so was his amiable and intelligent
wife. In February, in company with his brother, he left New York for Kansas, stopping
and securing employment in the office of the Herald of Freedom. He also worked at the
printing business for some time at Lecompton. In 1861, Mr. Trask entered into partnership
with Hovey E. Lowman, bought the Herald of Freedom and changed the name of the paper
to the Kansas State Journal. In 1861, Mr. Trask edited the paper in Topeka. In 1862, he
was twice at Yankton, Dakota, where he published a paper. He was there during the Indian
outbreak, detained at Yankton, and pressed into service for a month, when he left in No-
vember, hardly escaping from the Indians with his life. He sold his paper at Yankton, and
after finishing the State printing, he went to New York to be married to Miss R. J. Hib-
bard, and returned with his bride-to Lawrence the last of December. He was one of the
delegates to the Canal Convention held in Chicago in the spring of 1863. The following
July, in company with his wife, he visited Junction City, where they spent the 4th of July,
My. Trask taking part in the public exercises of the day. At the commencement of the
Agricultural College he was one of the speakers. He made many friends dealoy is trip
by his genial manner. He joined the Masons a few months before his death, and had been
an Odd Fellow for several years. Though not a communicant of the Episcopal Church, he
was chosen a vestryman and attended regularly. The arrangements had been completed
for adding a daily issue to the Journal, and the press had arrived a few days before his death.
As one of the editors of the Kansas State Journal, he had passed through the early troubles
of that stricken country, and was throughout the struggle an uncompromising supporter
of liberty in that Territory. Perhaps no man of his age was more intimately identified
with the political life of Kansas. He held a ue position for ability for his devotion to
friends, his love of the principles of freedom and his social qualities. For a number of
years he did at ortion of the printing of the laws of Kansas, and his imprint will be
found on many of the early works of the Territory and the State. zone eminently
atriotic, with a military turn of mind, he was never regularly in the United States Army,
But turned out frequently for defense, and was efficient in drilling and organizing troops,
being a drill-master. He was a man of fine personal Spe and address, tall, com-
manding, erect, conscientious in his conduct, and firm in his convictions. The death of Mr.
Trask was murder under the most horrid circumstances which can be contemplated. On
the morning of the Lawrence massacre, a band of men oe at his boarding house and
demanded the surrender of the inmates, under the most so!
ment as prisoners. Mr. Trask was the first to step out, when they were overpowered, and
almost instantly Trask, Thorp, Griswold and Baker, were shot down. Trask and Griswold
were instantly killed, Thorp mortally wounded, and Baker severely. He was left for dead
put recovered. The widow of Mr. Trask still resides in Lawrence, an educated, accom lished
lady, holding the position of City Librarian, universally esteemed by alarge circle of friends.
Mr. Trask’s funeral was attended by a large concourse of citizens, and Rev. E. Davis, once
his pastor, in his eloquent sermon on the occasion, alluded most feelingly to the noble char-
acter of his murdered friend, summing up his salient points and most marked traits of in-
dustry, nobleness of aim, straightforwardness, temperance, regard for freedom and unsel-
fishness.

ULRICKSON & CRUM, dealers in stoves, tinware, gas pipe and Hines, pumps, hose
and drive-wells. Their specialty is plumbing, gas and steam-fitting of all kinds and the
general manufacture of brass, iron, copper and tin PooBDg putters ete. In stoves, they
control the Crown Jewel, Harvard, and other heaters, and the Universal Range, Eleycut,
and other cooking stoves. The firm was organized in 1880. They ees a stock of $10,000,
and employ from eight to fifteen men. P. Ulrickson was born on the Island of Ficuo, Den-
mark, April 7, 1845. After leaving school he served his time at the plumbing, gas and steam-
fitting trade. About 1865, he immigrated to the United States, spent some time in New
York, and then settled in Lawrence, Kan., where he worked at his trade. He was con-
nected with the Lawrence Gas Compan about thirteen years, during the last seven of
which he held the position of Superintendent. On leaving there, ho bought out their plumb-
ing and gas-fitting stock and shortly afterward established the present business. Mr. Ul-
rickson was married in Lawrence, to Miss A. M. Benson, a native of Sweden. They have
three children living—Charles I*.,, Mamie and Arthur.

ISAAC N. VAN HOESEN, Vice President of Leis Chemical Manufacturing Company,
was born at Kinderhook, Columbia Co., N. Y., December 25, 1841. His father moved from
Hudson, N, Y., to Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1854, and in 1856, settled in McDonough County,
Ill. The subject of this sketch was engaged in studyin dentistry on the breaking-out of
the late war. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Capt. W. F. Baynes’ company, which rendez-
voused at St. Louis, and was incorporated into the Tenth Regiment Missouri Volunteer In-
fantry, which command was engaged in performing duty on the Missouri, Pacific & North-
ern Missouri Railroad, operating against guerrillas. In April, 1862, the command was sent
to Cape Girardeau, thence to Pittsburg Landing. He was detailed for duty as Acting Ser-
geant Major in 1862; was promoted to Second Lieutenant of Company B, January 2, 1863,
and to First Lieutenant in August of the same year, and for gallant services at the battle of
Mission Ridge, was promoted to Captain of Company G, same regiment, November 26, 1863.
He was mustered out at St. Louis August 24, 1864, on the expiration of his term of enlist-
ment. During his services he participated in the battles of Iuka, October 3 and 4, 1863,
Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, Black River, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and Mission
Ridge. After severing his connection with the army, he was engaged as agent for C. H. &
L. J. McCormick, manufacturers of harvesting machines. He came to Kansas in 1866, lo-
cating at Manhattan, removed thence to Leavenworth, where he resided from 1869 to 1871.
Tn the latter year, he settled in Lawrence and built a warehouse, where he engaged in the
managing of the interests of C. H. & L. J. McCormick in the State of Kansas until 1882.
Mr. Van Hoesen was elected Mayor of the city in 1878, and has been President of the
Chamber of Commerce for a number of years, :

GEN. SAMUEL WALKER, of Lawrence, was born October 19, 1822, near London,
Franklin Co., Penn. Gen. Walker’s grandfather, Samuel Walker, came to the United States
from the north of Ireland previous'to the war of the Revolution, and served during that war

as a private soldier. His father, James Walker, served in the war of 1812 as a private sol-.
dier in a Maryland regiment, and was by occupation afarmer. His maternal grandfather,
Archibald Rankin, also came from the northern part of Ireland, and also served in the

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Revolutionary war. His mother, previous to her ee with James Walker, was Miss
Mary Rankin. Gen. Walker, when one year old, was stricken with disease of the hip; and
in consequence, was unable to attend school, and received but little education. Until fifteen
years of age, he lived upon the farm, a constant sufferer from his disease, and without hope
of relief. At this time, a remedy was discovered, which brought the leg to its proper length,
but there still was some lameness and weakness. Unable for this reason to perform heavy
manual labor, he was apprenticed to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, at which as apprentice
and journeyman, he worked eleven years. In 1848, he moved to Ohio, and there began the
business of cabinet-making on his own account, continuing in it six years. In 1854, in
company with Thomas W. Barber, Oliver, Barber and Thomas Pierson, he went to Kansas,
arriving at Westport, Mo., on the way, on the Ist of May. On the 10th of May, this little
party reached the present site of Lawrence, and took a view of the country from where the
State University now stands. After seeing other points in the Territory, he returned to
New Paris, Ohio, and in thespring of 1855, with quite a large party of: eae returned to
Kansas, The party all settle in different parts of Kanwaka Township, Gen. Walker pitch-
ing his tent seven miles west of Lawrence, on the 12th of April. About six weeks after-
ward, “Sheriff” Jones, at the head of a body of 150 men, rode through the country, burned
the cabins of some “ d—d abolitionists” in the vicinity of Lecompton, and on his return told
Gen, Walker that he would give him two weeks to get out, and that at the end of that time
he was “coming up to drive all the d———d nigger-stealers from the Territory.” Gen,
Walker notified the settlers all around. The next day, eighty-six men assembled at his
house and organized themselves into a military company, calling it the Bloomington
Guards, and choosing for it the following officers: Captain, Mr. Reed ay First Lieutenant,
Mr. Vermilya; Second Lieutenant, Dr. Miller; First Sergeant, Samuel Walker. Ini 1856, he
was promoted to the Coloneley of the Fourth Cavalry, under Maj. Gen. Robinson and Brig.
Gen. Lane. He participated in all the campaigns of the Free-State men ; was present at the
siege of Lawrence, did a great deal of scouting service, was at the siege of Ft. Saunders,
commanded at the siege of Ft. Titus August 16, 1856, when he recapture the Abbott How-
itzer, took’thirty-four prisoners, including Col. Titus, and burned the fort. In March, 1856,
he was elected a member of the Lower House of the Topeka Legislature; on the 16th of De-
cember, he was elected by the Legislature a Brigadier General of militia; on the 2d of Feb-
ruary, 1858, he found in a woodpile at Lecompton the candle box, containing the returns of
the elections of December 21, 1857, and January 4, 1858, under the Lecompton Constitution ;
on the 29th of May, of the same year, under orders from Gov. Denver to arrest the band of

 

lawless men acting under ear erae he went to Ft. Scott and arrested Montgomery,
George W. Clarke and others. At the breaking-out of the civil war of 1861-65, he enlisted
in the first company of the first regiment that was raised in Kansas for the defense of the
Union ; and on the Ist of June, 1861, was mustered into the service as Captain of Company
F, First Kansas Volunteer Infantry ; on the 24th of May, 1862, he was promoted to be Major
of the Fifth Kansas Company, serving in that capacity untilthe regiment was mustered out;
on the 8th of October, 1864, he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixteenth Kansas Com-
pany. He was the first officer to lead a command through the Black Hills, and in 1866, for
gallant services against the Sioux, on Powder River, he was brevetted Brigadier General of
volunteers. He was married October 20, 1842, to Miss Marian E. Lowe, daughter of Hon.
James Lowe, a prominent merchant, and State Senator of Pennsylvania. “Mr. and Mrs.
Walker have nine children, four sons and five daughters, whose names in order of their
birth are as follows: Elizabeth E., James L., Mary R., Harriet R., Fannie, Minnie B., Oliver
B,, Charles and George. Gen. Walker is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. in politics, he isa
Republican, and has always acted with the Republican party. He has four times been elected
/ Sheriff of Douglas County, and in 1872, was elected State Senator from that county. He was
appointed Major General of Kansas Militia in 1866 and in 1873. An incident in the life of
Gen. Walker, though out of its proper connection, may be given here, as showing upon what
a slender thread life sometimes hung in those troublous times. When Gov. Shannon had
roclaimed war upon the Free-State men, and was himself leading a party which was hunt-
ng them as guerrillas, Gen. Walker,on account of his influence and ability as a leader
among them, was an object of special hatred on the part of the Governor. e was for a
time hunted like a wild beast. On one occasion, the Governor at the head of a party of sol-
diers was in pursuit of Walker, who, fortunately for himself, discovered his pursuers before
they discovered him, and promptly concealed himself behind a clump of bushes by theside
of the road. In this position he stood with his rifle ready to fire at any moment upon the
Governor, in case the latter should, in passing, discover him in his concealment. But now,
fortunately for the Governor, his attention was diverted from Walker by some object on the
other side of the road, as was that of Spicer and Col. Titus, who were riding ahead of the
Governor. Capt. Sturges and the thirty soldiers who followed, all saw and recognized him,
some smiling, some nodding and others ving the military salute, but being in sympathy
with the Free-State men, passed quietly by. Had the eye of Gov. Shannon fallen upon him,
the form of the Governor would have fallen to the ground a corpse, as Walker was deter-
mined to kill the Governor at least, if he himself was discovered.

_JOHN C. WALTON, Chairman County Commissioners, Douglas County, was born in
Indianapolis, Ind., March 8, 1842. He was educated in that city, finishing at the Western
Christian University. He engaged in farming until the breaking-out of the late war. In
1861, he enlisted at Indianapolis in the Fifth Indiana a Light Artillery. Was
attached to this command until 1864. In that year, Mr. Walton re-enlisted, and
was commissioned Lieutenant in the Sixth Indiana Battery, and served until the
close of the war. Was at the battles of Stone River, Chattanoogt, Ghiciamnnls ‘a and the
Atlanta campaign up to the capture of that city, then back to Nashville. At ihe close of
DOUGLAS

the war, he returned to Indiana, and, in the spring of 1866, moved to Kansas and settled in
Lawrence, where he engaged in hotel business several ears. Since 1869, has been engaged
in operating his farms, Mr. Walton was married in Plainfield, Henderson County, Ind.
in January, 1868, to Miss Deborah, daughter of Benjamin Owens, a prominent member of
the ote of Friends. Mrs, Walton died in Lawrence, leaving two children—William and
Frank, He was married to his present wife in Lawrence in May, 1880. She was Miss
Ada Gilluli, a native of Michigan. They have one son—John C., Jr. Mr. Walton has been
a member of the City Council two terms, one term attached to the School Board. Was
elected County Commissioner in 1877, and has been twice re-elected.

. HN WALTON, County Commissioner, Douglas County, Kan., was born in Wash-
ington County, Penn., December 16, 1831. His parents moved to Pittsburgh in 1844, He
received his education at Greene Academy, and took a course in book-keeping in Pittsburgh.
He then accepted a position in a mercantile house in that city for a time, and afterward
held the position of mate on several river steamers. In 1855, he took a drove of sheep to
Cole County, aa where he settled and remained until 1856, when he moved to Kansas, and
settled near Vinland, Douglas County, where he peered a claim and engaged in farming
until 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Was mus-
tered out in 1864; obtained his discharge at Ft. Leavenworth in 1865. He then resumed his
parmsng speretions: Mr. Walton was married March 25, 1867, in Douglas County, to Miss
Z. A, Willey, daughter of I. W. Willey, Esq., and an old resident. They have six children
—Martha M., William B., Elizabeth G., Mary E., Amy and John. Mr. Walton was appointed
a member of the Board of County Commissioners in 1876, to filla vacancy, and was elected
for two years in 1877; was re-elected for three years in 1879 } again elected in 1882 for three
years ; is,-at the present time, a member of Vinland Grange.

J. 0 WARNE, Vice President of the Western Farm Mortgage Company, was born in
New York City July 16, 1838, His parents moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1849. He was edu-
cated in both cities at the public schools. From 1857 to 1860, he was engaged in clerking in
a hardware store in St. Louis, In the latter was appointed assignee of a large mercantile
firm in that city. This business he wound up in aNOae one year. In 1861, he removed to
Springfield, Ill., where he established a hardware business, and continued to operate this
until 1870, He sold out in that year and moved to Lawrence Kan., where he established
his present business. Mr. Warne was married in Jacksonville, Ill., November 10, 1864, to
Miss Margaretta Gillette, of that city. They have three children—Edgar E., Mary T, and
Elizabeth D. Mr. Warne is a member of Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, A., ¥ & A. M., Lawrence
Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F., and of the Board of Trade.. Mr. Warne owns a hardware store,
which he established in 1870. He now occupies a store room 25x117 feet, carrying a stock
of about $15,000, and does a business of about $30,000 annually, employing two clerks.

A. B. WARREN, wholesale pee and staple stationery, Sie agent for the Lawrence
Paper Mills and agent for J. K. Wright’s printing inks. The business was established in
1874 by Mr. Warren. He carries a stock of about $10,000, and the yearly sales will aggre-
gate $50,000. Keeps one traveling agent. A.B. Warren was born in Tyringham, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 25, 1848. His parents moved to Loraine County, Ohio, about 1849. His
father had long been identified with that region; resided there most of the time since 1835.
In his profession of civil engineer he surveyed most of the Western: Reserve. The subject
of this sketch was educated at Oberlin College, leaving that institution in 1862 to enlist in
the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was attached to
Company K, and served with the regiment until 1864. July 18 of the latter year he was
wounded on the Longstreet and Early raid into Maryland, and returned home. Shortly
afterward, he engaged in teaching in Michigan. In 1866, became connected with the United
States Land Office at Lansing. Shortly after this, he was called home by the illness of his
father, and remained there managing the farm until 1868, when he moved to Kansas and
became connected with the construction department of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Two
years later, he took a position in the same department of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé
Railroad. In 1872, he opened asutler store at Fort Bascom, New Mexico. In the latter
part of 1873, returned to Lawrence, and shortly afterward organized his present business.
Mr. Warren was married in Lawrence in October, 1877, to Miss Nellie E. Slossen, of Lawrence.
They have two children—Faith and Benjamin. Mr. W. is Secretary of the Board of Trade,
and a charter member of the Y. M.S. Club. He is also a member of the Lawrence Lodge,
No. 798, K. of H.; and of Washington Post, No. 12, G. A. R.

J. B. WATKINS & CO., counselors and loan brokers; business established in Law-
rence in August, 1873; branches opened in New York City in 1876, and in London, Eng., in
1878. The employ twenty-seven: hands in all, seventeen of whom are in the home office.
They now have out over 7,000 loans for about 1,200 investors, the investments aggregating
$4,500,000. Their specialty is first mortgage bonds on improved farms, on which they guar-
antee seven per cent interest to investors. J. B. Watkins, of J. B. Watkins & Co, was
born in Indiana County, Penn., June 25,1845. His mother moved to Blair County, Penn.,
about 1852, and from there to Fairfax County, Va., in 1860. J. B. received his preparatory
schooling in Armstrong County, Penn. In 1867, he entered the University of Michigan,
graduating in the law department in 1869. He was admitted to the bar in Illinois in 1870,
and commenced practice in Champaign. While engaged in practice in Champaign, he
began the business of loaning money and Genpne tn real estate. In 1873, he removed to
Lawrence, Kan. Mr. Watkins is a member of the Douglas County Bar Association and of
the Baptist Church.

J. M.G. WATT, confectioner, was born in Darke County, Ohio, July 28, 1854, where he
resided until 1856, and then came to the State and settled with his parents in Anderson
County; there he continued on the farm until 1865, when he came to Lawrence and
engaged in various callings until 1882, when he formed a partnership with Harry Hutson in
the confectionery business. The business was established in 1872, and has from the start

- been prosperous. Nine men are employed in this establishment. Mr. Watt was married to
Miss Jennie Kibbe, of Lawrence, in 1882.

P. WEITZENKORN, proprietor of the New York One Price Clothing House. The
business was established in June, 1882. He carries a stock of about $10,000, employing two
clerks. P. Weitzenkorn was born in Westphalia, Germany, February 20,1851. In 1872, he
emigrated to the United States and settled in Reading, Penn., where he engaged in clerkin;
wat 1878, when he settled in Lawrence, Kan., where he engaged in clerking an
attending the Business College until he established his present business. Mr. W. was
married in Lawrence October 28, 1879, to Miss Biebusch, of Lawrence. He is a member of
the Turn-Verein of Lawrence. .

A. H. WHITCOMB, of Theo Poehler & Co., wholesale grocers and proprietors of the
Kaw Valley Elevator, was born in Thorndyke, Me., May 24, 1838. He moved with his par-
ents to East Hampden, near the city of Bangor, March, 1854. Was educated at Hampden
Academy, of same township and State. On the breaking-out of the civil war, he enlisted
May, 1861, in Company A, Second Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, for a period of two
years, and was attached tothe Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac. During his term of serv-
ice, he participated in the battles of Bull Run, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Gaines Mill,
Malvern Hill, Hanover Court House, Groveton, Centerville, South Mountain, Antietam,
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. He was discharged May, 1863, from same company
and regiment, by reason of expiration of term of service. Moved to Kansas October, 1863,
and was engaged in clerking in Atchison until August, 1864, when he again enlisted in
Company D, Seventeenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, for a period of 100 days,
and was dicharged November, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of enlistinent. Ie
engaged in cioynine at Valley Falls until March, 1866, when he settled in Lawrence, and
engaged in the grocery and grain business, under the firm name of Griffith & Whitcomb,
afterward Whitcomb Mead. They were succeeded by the present firm in 1874. Mr. Whit~
comb was married in Lawrence April 6,1866,to Miss Mary B. Griffith, daughter of R.S.
Griffith, Esq. They have five children—George A., Willie G., Carlyle, Mary and Julia.
Mr. Whitcomb is at present a member of Washington Post, No. 12, Departinent of Kansas,
Grand Army of the Republic. " r F

ALFRED WHITMAN, junior member of the firm of Gleason & Whitman, dealers in
real estate, is a son of E. B. Whitman, one of the Kansas pioneers of 1854, and prominent in
connection with the E, A. S. and all the movements attendant to the settling of Lawrence.
Alfred was born in Cambridge, Mass., October 9, 1842. He was educated in his native

town and in Concord, Mass.—in the latter place, being under the instruction of Mr. Frank
Sanborn, the noted John Brown man. He moved to Kansas in 1858, the family settling on
a farm in Douglas County. In 1862, his father was appointed Assistant Quartermaster, with
the rank of Captain, in the Army of Ohio and the Army of the Tennessee, continuing in the
Government service until 1868, the last three years being devoted to the organization of
National Cemeteries, Alfred Whitman acting as Chief Clerk for his father during this period.
About 1868, the subject of our sketch located in Louisville, Ky., being engaged in book-
keeping in a wholesale house of that city about four years. He was then appointed manager
of the ‘Louisville Lithographing Company, a position he retained _until 1877, when he trav-
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agent for the Southern States, his field covering ten States. Resigning January 1, 1883, he
settled in Lawrence, Kan., and became connected with Mr.Gleason. Mr. Whitman was
married in Lawrence, Kan., April 4, 1867, to Miss Mary W., daughter of Rev. J. 8. Brown
one of the pioneers of 1857. They have four children—Russell R., John P., Ruth H. an
Waldo. Mr. Whitman is a member of the A., F. & A. M. :

C. WICKS, manager of the Grange store. This business was established, in a small way,
about 1872. They now carry a stock of groceries, queensware and boots and shoes, of some
$3,000, running one delivery wagon. Carson Wicks was born in Erie County, Penn., March
7, 1834. His parents settled in Stephenson County, IlJ., about 1843, where he received his
schooling and engaged in farming. In 1857, he moved to Kansas, and bought a claim in
Douglas County, where he continued to reside until he took charge of the Grange store in
1880. He still operates his farm, having some 500 acres in all, devoted to grain and stock
raising, 120 acres being in pasture, all being enclored. Mr. Wicks was married, in Stephen-
son County Ill, March 27, 1856, to Miss S. M. Wells, of that county. They have two chil-
oral iam W, and Clarence W. He is a member of Clinton Grange, No. 66, of Douglas

ounty. :

F. W. WIEMAN, manufacturer of cigars, and dealer in smokers’ articles; business
established in 1873, by Julius Miller. Mr. Wieman succeeded him in July, 1879. He em-

loys eight men, and turns out about 400,000 eau yearly, the principal brands being
‘Our Best,” “Lawrence ay and “ Pansy.” r. Wieman was born in Halle, Saxony,
August 18, 1846. He received his schoo) ing in his native town. In 1857, he came to the
United States with his parents, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio, where F. W. learned the trade
of cigar making. He followed this trade‘in Cincinnati and other places until 1870, when he
moved to Kansas, locating in Junction City. After working at his trade there for a time,
he opened the Germania House. In 1873, he moved to Leavenworth, and from there settled
in Lawrence the same year. He was working for Mr. Miller for some years previous to
buying him out. Mr. Wieman was married in Lawrence October 22, 1874, to Miss Ella
Brechtelsbauer, of Lawrence. They have four children—Fred, Charles, Lulu and Eda. Mr.
Wieman is the President of the Turn Verein, and a member of the A. O. U. W.

MRS. F. E. WILBUR, dress maker, came to the State in 1856, and settled in Lawrence;
her maiden name was Spicer; she was born in Dundee, Yates County, N. Y. In 1867, she
was married to Orson Wilber, Esq., and now is the mother of two interesting daughters, viz.,
Lena A. and Maud. Mrs. W. established business in 1873, and employs five women, who are
kept busy in turning out fashionable garments, :

CHARLES E. WILDER, of the firm of Wilder Bros. was born in Brandon, Rutland
Co., Vt., in 1840, In 1853, he moved with his parents to Fort Edward, N. Y. He was edu-
cated at both of these places. After leaving school, he learned the machinists trade. From
1861 to 1868, he was engaged in the Remington Rifle Factory, and the Spencer Rifle Works,
at Boston. After leaving the latter, he entered the employ of the Howard Watch Company,
continuing in business until 1870. He then moved to Troy, N. Y., where he became con-
nected with the firm of Clapp & Wilder, shirt, collar and cuff manufacturers, where he
remained until 1873, when he settled in Lawrence.

J. FRANK WILDER, of Wilder Bros., shirt manufacturers, was born in Brandon,
Rutland Co., Vt., September 26, 1837. He was partially educated in Brandon, finishing his
studies in Fort Edward, Washington Co., N. Y., where his parents moved about 1853. In
1855, he commenced the machinists trade at Fort Edward, N. Y. Afterward, moved to
Whitehall, N. Y., where he worked at his trade until 1861, when he entered the Govern-
ment employ at Watervliet Arsenal. In 1863, he became connected with the firm of Wheeler,
Colburn & Co., shirt and collar manufacturers, Troy, N. Y. They were succeeded by Clapp
& Wilder. In 1870,on account of failing health, he moved to Lawrence, Kan., where he
opened a retail branch of the Troy house. He continued in this until 1873, when he organ-
ized the present firm. Mr. Wilder was married in Troy, N. Y., October 1, 1868, to Miss
Abbie Bogardus, of that city. They have one child—Estella Edna, born November 26, 1873.
Mr. Wilder is a member of the Baptist Church.

J. H. WILDER, Treasurer of Lawrence Plow Company, was born in Bolton, Worcester
Co., Mass., June 19, 1829. He was educated in his native county, and studied civil engineer-
ing for a time, with the intention of adopting this as a profession. In 1849, he took a con-
tract to furnish stone, and operated the quarry in filling that until 1851, In that year, he
commenced to learn the trade of blacksmith under his father. He was given his time, and
shortly afterward moved to Kansas. He settled in Lawrence in October, 1854, where he
engaged in burning lime a few months, then formed a co-partnership with George W. Hutch-
inson, under the firm name of G. W. Hutchinson & Co., dealers in general goods. This firm
put up the first store building in Lawrence. Mr. Hutchinson sold out to James Blood, and
the firm continued under the firm name of James Blood & Co, until 1862, when Mr. Wil-
der disposed of his interest, and then organized the firm of Wilder & Palm, the predecessors
to the Lawrence Plow Company. During the war, Mr. Wilder was connected with the
Third Regiment Kansas State Militia, holling a commission as Captain of Company C at
first; was afterward commissioned Major of the regiment. Mr. Wilder was married in
Lawrence, in 1856, to Miss Anna M., daughter of Lorenzo Hoyt, Esq., one of the pioneers of
Kansas. They had three children—Emma H., Harry and Georgiana. He married his

resent wife, Miss Amie M. Fisher, December 25, 1880. Mr, Wilder is a member of the
Phitarian Church.

H. L. WILKINS, dealer in staple, fancy groceries, provisions, etc. The business was
established in November, 1882, the stock averaging from $800 to $1,200. H. L. Wilkins was
born in Winchester, Adams Co., Ohio, October 31, 1854. His parents moved from there to
Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio, where he received his first schooling. In 1871, the family moved
to Kansas and settled in Franklin County where his father, E. E. Wilkins, bought the town
of Wellsville. In 1874, the subject of this sketch engaged in Pandlioe horses, being located
at Lawrence from 1874 to 1878; in the latter year, he returned to Wellsville where he re-~
mained until 1881. He then sold his interest in the town site, some sixty-four lots, and after-
ward engaged in general occupations until he established his present business. He was
married in Franklin County, January 14, 1875, to Miss Nellie Pettibone, a daughter of Mr.
M. Pettibone, who settled in Franklin County in 1858. They have three children—Edward,
Harry and Lida. :

- P. J. WILLIAMS, A. M., D. D., Dean of Normal Department, Kansas State University;
was born in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Conn., April 12, 1825. His parents moved to Williman-
tic about 1835, The subject of this sketch received his PEeparsleny, and academical course
at Suffield, Conn.. and at Williston Seminary, East Hampden, Mass. In 1846, he entered the
Sophomore class of Dartmouth College. While in college, he was also taking private instruc-
tions in the Greek language and literature under Prof. Crosby. Tor two or three years after
leaving college, he was engaged in teaching the classics in Brooklyn, N. Y.; in 1851, was or-
dained as a minister of the Baptist Church, and took a charge at North peti netse, Conn. ;
three years later, removed to Colcnester, Conn., where he also was Principal of Bacon Acad-
emy in connection with his historical work. Then he moved to Marion, N. Y., in charge of
the church, and also of Marion poets Institute. In 1860, he took charge of the Brock-
port Normal School at Brockport, N. Y., filling the pulpit there at the same time. In 1866, -
the doctor took charge of a boys’ classical school at Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained until
1868 when-he moved to Kansas and settled in Leavenworth, where he took chafge of the
city schools, holding the position of Superintendent about eight years. In 1876, was ap-
pointed to the charge of the Normal Department of the State University. The following year,
was elected President of the Ottawa University, a position he retained until elected to his
present one. Dr. Williams was married in Hanover, N. H., in 1849, to Miss Harriet Tracy,
a native of Vermont. They have four surviving children—Lizzie, now Mrs. I. E. Mulkey,
of Ottawa; Anna G., Harriet T. and Jessie. 4

E. WILSON, tobacconist, was born in England October 20, 1855; came to the United -
States and settled in Little Falls, N. Y., where he engaged in the dry goods trade. In 1876,

“he came to Lawrence, and in 1880 established his business. He was married in Lawrence to

Miss Matilda Ober. Has two children—Albert and Lillie. ,

DR. F. H. WILSON, dentist, was born in Ross County, Ohio, January 5, 1829. He was
born and raised on a farm, receiving his schooling in Ross and adjoining counties. Shortly
after his marriage, he engaged in business in Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio, as a watch-
maker and jeweler, continuing there about eleven years. In 1863, he enlisted in Company
C, Sixty-sixth Battalion Ohio National Guards. They were called into service in May, 1864,
being in active service four months, and mustered out in May, 1866. Dr, Wilson had prac-
ticea dentistry some in 1850; after the war, he entered the office of Dr. Lewis in Green--
field, Highland Co., Ohio, and resumed his studies. In 1869, he began practice in Greencas-
tle, Tod. In 1871, he removed to Lawrence, Kan., where he has since engaged in practice
with the exception of a few months. He was married in Piatt County, Ill., October 25, 1855,
to Miss Coovert, of that county. They have one child—Maria C., now Mrs. Pitt Ross, of
Leavenworth. Dr. Wilson is a member of the Presbyterian Church. b

B.W. WOODWARD, proprietor Round Corner drug store. The business was estab-
lished in 1855, the first house of the kind in the State, and with one exception the first in
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the Missouri Valley ; they now carry-a stock of $10,000, and Mr. Woodward is also senior mem-
ber of the firm of Woodward, Faxon & Co., Kansas City, Mo. He was born in East Marl-
boro, Chester Co., Penn., February 14, 1834. His early years were spent in working on a
farm and in attending district. school, finishing his studies in an academy in his native
county. Afterward he engaged in teaching until he was of age. In 1854, he took a trip to
Hlinois and Iowa looking up a location. In May, 1855, he left home and moved to Kansas,
settling in Lawrence on the 20th of May. In August of the same year, he opened a drug
and stationery store, which was the beginning of his present business. In Decembér, he
joined Company F, Kansas Guards, Gen. Lane commanding, in defense of the town. He
took part in the capture of Titus and in Harvey’s flank movement to LaComp-
ton. In 1857, he was a delegate to the Free-State Territorial Convention which nominated
Mark Parrott as a delegate to Congress. In 1858, he was a member of the citizens’ city gov-
ernment. Mr. Woodward was married in Lawrence, October 9, 1859, to Miss Lucy M,, daugh-
ter of Abraham Wilder, Esq. Mrs. Woodward died in Lawrence in 1865, leaving one
daughter—Mary. He was married to his present wife at Darnhall, near Westchester
Penn., November 28, 1866, she was Miss Emily P. Darlington, daughter of E. B. Darling-
ton, Iisq., of that place. They have two children—Brinton D. and Chester. Mr. B..has al-
-ways taken a great interest in educational matters. He has been a regent of the State
University several years, and of the Board of Education has been a prominent member.

._ HON. LORENZO J. WORDEN, Postmaster, was born in Stephentown, Rensselaer
Co., N. Y., April 13, 1828. About 1837, his parents settled in Veteran, Chemung Co., N. Y.
He was educated at the Ithaca and Elmira Academies ; then engaged in teaching, which pro-
fession he followed eight years, In 1850, he entered Alfred University, Brodustinig in 1853.
After Pee some time in travel, he returned home and engaged again in teaching. In
1855, he moved to Kansas, arriving in Lawrence October 27. e located a claim one mile
west of the city, and engaged in farming until 1862, when he entered the office of internal
revenue as Chief Clerk and Assistant Asssessor for the State of Kansas, which position he
retained until 1870, when he was elected State Senator. In the spring of 1873, he was ap-
pointed Postmaster at Lawrence, and was re-appointed by President Hayes in 1877, on the
unanimous petition of the citizens. Mr. Worden was married June 7, 1854, to-Miss Jane E.
Wormley, of Corning, N Y. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, having
taken all degrees up to Knight Templar.

DR. E. WRIGHT, dentist, was born in Orleans County, N, Y., October 31, 1844. He
was educated in his native county. In 1864, he entered the office of a practicing dentist in
Albion, Orleans County. In 1866, he commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio, where he re-
mained until 1877. From that time until he eottled in Lawrence, he practiced his profession
at several points, being located in St. Louis, Mo., about one year. e settled in Lawrence
Kan., in 1881, and entered into partnership with Dr. Wheeler; this firm was dissolved
on the death of Dr. W. shortly after, and he has since practiced alone.

JOHN H. YOUNG, carriage painter, was born in Nashville, Tenn., Ma:
to this State m 1877, and settled in Baxter Springs, but in 1879 moved to
he has since resided, carrying on the business of carriage painting, having the most exten-
sive shop in the city, and employs from two to three hands all the time. r. Young learned
his trade in his native town. In 1872, married Miss Florence Terry, of Lawrence, and they
have five children—William H., James T.. John, Albert and Mary.

14, 1850 ; came
awrence where

WAKARUSA TOWNSHIP.

The little hamlet of Wakarusa, now but a suburb of the city of Law-
rence, was one of the first points settled in the State. One of the colonies
sent out by the New England Emigrant Aid Society settled here. The
name was conferred by the settlers, and was afterward given to the town-
ship including the city of Lawrence, when these divisions of the county
were organized. The name also became historic in the Wakarusa war,
concerning which the reader will find full account in the general history
of the State.

Douglas was situated on the Kansas River ten miles above Lawrence.
The first settlement was made here in 1854, by Paris Ellison, who had
there several slaves. It never attained to much size.. When it was at
the height of its prosperity, it contained only about five inhabitants,
all of whom lived in one house. It was incorporated by the bogus Legis-
lature in 1855, with the following Board of Trustees: John . Reid,
George W. Clark, Charles E. Kearney, Edward McCarty, Paris Ellison,
M. W. McGee, their associates and- successors. A ferry was established
here during the same year, the same individuals being authorized to keep
‘it, and for the term of twenty years, as were appointed trustees of the town.

In the year 1855, the Legislature authorized James Findlay to estab-
lish a bridge across the Wakarusa River at the crossing of the Territorial
road leading from the Missouri line to Lawrence and Tecumseh requiring
him to complete the bridge within three years.

The city of Lawrence now claims all the commercial importance of the
township, but there are several small villages besides Wakarusa, pleasantly
‘situated, and having a more or less distinct individuality; these are Sibley
and Franklin in the eastern part, and Grover, Washington Creek and Lake
View in the western.

The Washington Creek German Baptist Church, of Wakarusa Town-
ship, was organized in 1858, with the following members: Abraham Rith-
uck and wife, Jacob Ulrich and wife, Daniel Studebaker and wife, Stephen
Studebaker and wife, David Kinzie and wife, Christopher Shank and wife
_and Isaac Hoover, thirteen in all. Since then the church has grown to
205 members. They first bought a small frame house which was used for
a meeting house. In 1878, they erected a large church at a cost of $2,700
on the corner near Samuel Baker's. The same year M. Broombaagh
built a meeting house at a cost of $800, and donated it to the society, so
that now they owntwo meeting houses. Recently, about forty members
‘have withdrawn from the church under the influence of what is known as
the Miami Resolution, and style themselves the old school, in contradis-
tinction to the more progressive wing of their brethren.

The present officers of the church are: James E. Hilhey, Bishop;
Samuel Baker, Thomas E. Winsey, ministers; John Ulrich, Eph Hutchler,
John Herr, Deacons; John Herr, Clerk.

Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church, of Wakarusa Township, was
built in 1881. The building is 30x50, a stone basement and frame super-
structure. The materials were all hauled by ‘‘ bees,’ many of the farm-
ers taking part in the work. The church is valued at $2,500, the furnish-
ings all having been brought from Chicago. The present membership of
the church is forty-five. The trustees are W. B. Kennedy, G. E. Leary,
V. 8S. Reese, Lewis Howard, Andrew Douglass. The present pastor is Mr.
Dearborn, of Douglas County. . /

Pleasant Valley Library Association, Wakarusa Township, was or-
ganized in 1879, with twenty-seven members, their first. installment con-
sisting of thirty-two books. They have now a membership.of fifty-two,
and the library contains some 300 books and pamphlets. The present
board_of officers are: Scott R. Halloway, President; Miss Lorry Chad-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

wick, Vice President; L. J. Kennedy, Secretary; 8. H. Carson, Treasurer;

A. E. Hitchcock.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

G. C. BRACKETT, Secretary of the Kansas State Horticultural Society, Section 27,
P. O. Lawrence, was elected to his present position at the first organization of the society
in 1867, and has since been unanimously elected at the meetings. Mr. Brackett was born in
Unity, Me., near the eastern line of the State, October 26, 1832. His parents afterward
resided for short intervals in different pare of the State. About 1837, they moved to Lynn,
Mass., and about five years later settled in Lee County, Iowa. The subject of our sketch
received a preparatory education at the Denmark Academy, taitng a full course, and in
September, 1854, entered Amherst College, Mass. On account of inflammation of the eyes,
caused by over-study, he was obliged to resign in his Sophomore year and return home. In
1856, he left home with the intention of making an overland journey to California. He
landed in Leavenworth April 1, and the next day proceeded to Lawrence and decided to
settle there. His first intention was to engage in Government surveying, but the political
enmity of the officers in charge of that department prevented the realization of this plan.
He then, in company with U, A. Bassett, engaged in surveying and land speculations. In
1859, he bought twenty acres of raw prairie west of the city and started his experimental
fruit farm ; since that time has tried all the hardy, large and small fruits as they appeared,
with a view of finding those adapted to Kansas culture. He now has forty acres entirely
devoted to fruit culture. About one-fifth is in small fruits, the balance in apples, pears,

eaches, plums, grapes, etc. In addition to the regular horticultural studies, etc., Mr. B.
fas also made a careful study of entomology so far as it applies to insects, etc., that are
injurious to fruit. Mr. B. married, in Dundee, N. Y., in 1859, Harriet Gabriel, 2 daughter of
one of the participators in the battle of Lundy’s Lane. They have three children—Milla
E. (now Mrs, J. E. Pearson, of Douglas County), Edith FE. and Harold G.

WILLIAM BROWN, proprietor Pleasant View farm, Section 1, P. O. Lawrence, the
home farm comprises sixty acres, and other parcels of land bring up the aggregate to 260
acres, The principal business is the breeding of full-blood Jersey cattle. His herd consists
of forty to fifty head of all ages; with few exceptions they are all registered stock. The
heads of his herd are “Island Lord” (A. J. C. C. Reg. 3322) and“ Allandale” (A. J. C. C. Reg.
6307). At the Topeka and Bismarck fairs of 1882, the herd took $600 of the $1,200 offered in
premiums, also premiums at both fairs on domestic and premium butter. William Brown
was born in Cavin County, Ireland, November 16, 1839. In 1854, he immigrated to the
United States and located in Monmouth County, N. J. In 1858, he moved West, stopping for
atime in Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1859, he settled in Douglas County, Kan., was at first
working on farms, then rented for a time, and finally became owner of a small farm; this he
sold, and in 1865 bought present place. During the war, he was connected with Capt. Hine-
man’s company of militia. He was married in Sharon, Wis., January 8, 1859, to Miss Jane
Shields, of Sharon. They have four children—Thomas R., Elmer E., Willard and Emma.
Mr. Brown has been Township Treasurer a number of years, and a member of the District
School Board.

HUGH CAMERON, farmer, southeast quarter Section 14, Town 12 and Range 19
(named Glen Burn), P. O. Lawrence, was born in Perth, Fulton County, N. Y., October 29
1826, son of Allen Cameron and Catherine Frazier. He ee up in his native State, educate
himself without going to school. Went to Washington, D. C., in 1849, was employed as Pro-
fessor of Mathematics in the Rittenhouse Academy, and while so employed accidentally
formed the acquaintance of Gen. William L. Chaplain, of Albany, N. Y., the boldest champion
of human liberty of that day. Mr. Chaplain was taken in the act of abducting the bod
‘servants, slaves of Stevens and Tombs, of Georgia. He had them in a hack completely closed,
which he was driving by way of the underground railroad, Maryland and Pennsylvania, to
the land of liberty. The Marshal of the city of Washington, was on the alert and caught
him and the slaves when only a few miles from the city. Chaplain was lodged in jail to
erie peeunia ity examination. As soon as young Cameron heard of his Listes He jail, he
visited him there, and for this he was promptly discharged from the professorship he held
in the academy, and being regarded as Chaplain’s accomplice, he was mobbed by Pro-slavéry
men in the streets of Washington, D. C. Some time after this event, the Hon. Thomas
Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury, appointed him to a clerkship in that department, which
he held for several months, and then on account of his health resigned and cuaaeee in can-
vassing for Harper’s magazine with marked success. He came to Kansas in July, 1854; isone
of the earliest settlers located near Lawrence, where he still remains. He was deeply
interested in all the suraegles of the young Territory for freedom. Was free to condemn
outrages, no matter by whom perpetrated. He denounced the lawlessness of the Free-State
men on the one hand, and the outlawry of the slavery party on the other, for which he was
‘at times mobbed and robbed by the Free-State men, because he would not indorce all their
acts; and also by the border ruffians, because he condemned their infamous conduct. His
property was freely taken by both parties and his life was constantly in danger. Gov. Reeder
appointed him a Judge at the first Territorial election, and when the polls were surrounded
by more than 1,000 ruffians, he did not abandon his post, although the others fled. In mak-
ing out the returns, he secured a certificate from the two Judges (elected by the ruffian
invaders, that the votes cast at his precinct were not all by legal resident voters; and the
returns being made in this form, furnished the Governor valid grounds on which to declare
the election void, which he did. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace by Gov. Shannon,
and issued one warrant for the arrest of Jacob Branson, a noted Free-State outlaw; Branson
was rescued by a mob, and Squire Cameron was menaced and threatened, but did not leave
the country. He was finally arrested and taken before Lane and Robinson; the former

‘demanded that he resign his office and apologize to the drunken mob, which had arrested

him for having accepted the appointment; this he refused to do, and was again taken into
custody by the mob and subjected to many and gross indignities. He escaped from them by
strategy, and claims that in this instance bad whisky saved his life. After the battle of
Wilson’s Creek, in 1861, he volunteered, was mustered in as a private soldier and ordered on
the recruiting service by Col. R B. Mitchell. He served for about two years in the Second
Kansas Cavalry, as First Lieutenant and Captain; was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Second Arkansas Cavalry, and was honorably discharged at LaGrange, Tenn., in 1865, after a
service of about four years, and after the close of the war. He has since been brevetted
Colonel and Brigadier General of Volunteers for meritorious services. He has always been
an uncompromising temperance man, and is now a prominent Prohibitionist. Mr. Cameron
is a man of decided o; inions, and a fearless, outspoken advocate of the right, almost always
with the minority, politically. He is now Sasaen in an earnest effort to establish the Useful
Worker, 2 journal devoted to sobriety, equality and equity. The name of his journal is new
and suggestive, and with it he will stand as unflinchingly for the cause of humanity as he
has ever stood in former years. Asa writer, his style is bold and aggressive, traits which
have always characterized his career in life.

J.P. COREL, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Lawrence, was born in Tazewell County, Va.,
February 16, 1832, In 1849, his parents moved to Missouri, settling near Kansas City, where
J.P. ass sted his father in farming until the latter'sdeath. In 1854, the subject of our sketch
moved with his mother and two brothers to Kansas, all making claim on the edge of town.
During the border ruffian trouble, he took a leading part on the Free-State side. Pacing the
years 1855-56-57, was connected with Col. Williamson’s regiment. During the late war, he
was connected with the Kansas State Militia. In 1857, he settled on present place, the claim
paring been bought for him by Mr. Joseph McGhee, his father-in-law. He has since that
time been engaged in farming, now operating 150 acres, devoted to both grain and stock.
Mr. Corel was married in Douglas County, Kan., August 20, 1857, to Miss Susannah, daughter
of James McGhee, Esq. They have seven children living—Jennie, Olive (now Mrs. 8. W.
Sperry), Ella, Kate, James H, Charles W. and Anna.

WILLIAM CROZIER, farmer, Section 12, P.O, Lawrence; bought and settled on present
place in the a ee He has in his home eighty acres of land under a high state of
cultivation. The buildings erected in 1882, costing some $5,000. Is engaged in walsiog rain
aud the propagation of fine stock. William Crozier was born in Tyrone County, Ireland,
December 25, 1827, His parents came to the United States when he was an infant, settlin,
at Ithaca, N. Y., where he was Pe eae up. His father died when he was still young, an
the care of the family devolved on him. In 1846, he settled in Schuyler County, IIl., where
he engaged in aoe until 1857. In the later year, he moved to Linn County, Kan., and
pre-empted a claim. In 1862, he sold this farm, and bought another on the Shawnee reserve
in Johnson County ; here he engaged actively in farming until 1882. He was married in
Linn County, Kan., April 22, 1858, to Miss Mary Lloyd, of Douglas County, a member of the
pioneer families. They having no children of their own, have brought up four adopted
children. Mr. Crozier is a member of the A., F. & A. M.,, of Johnson County.

WILLIAM CRUTCHFIELD, farmer, Section 11, P.O. Lawrence. The home farm
consists of 140 acres, devoted principe ls to dairy interests. He keeps twelve cows, dispos-
ing of the product in Lawrence, Mr. Crutchfield was born at Jamestown, Province of Que-
DOUGLAS

bec, May 22,1829. He received his early education in Canada, but finished iu the New
England States. He was brought upto farming, and hasealways followed that pursuit.
Afterresidingin New England until February, 1836, he determined to emigrate to Kansas. He
started for Kansas with Dr. Calvin Cutler, celebrated for his capture of 4 Santa Fé train be-
longing to a Pro-slavery man, and was one of the party with Maj. Starr Hoyt; the party
started from Springfield, Mass., with 100 Sharp's rifles. At St. Louis, it was arranged to sep-
arate the slides or lock of the guns, and Dr. Cutler and Mr. Crutchfield were selected to
carry the slides overland, while Maj. Hoyt started by boat with the remainder of the guns
fearing their capture if they were all caught together. And they were afterward captured
on the boat at Lexington, Mo. Much of the way through Missouri he traveled on foot, but
arrived safe in Kansas with his portion of the guns, soon to learn that Maj. Hoyt had been
robbed of the remainder. Hoyt was murdered on the Wakarusa the ensuing summer. It
is worthy of special note, that twenty years afterward, through the instrumentality of Mr.
Crutchfield, a handsome monument was erected to the memory of the noble martyr, in Oak
Hill Cemetery, at Lawrence. On the arrival of Mr. C. at Lawrence, he entered into various
occupations, built the first bridge over Stranger Creek in 1857, and in 1865 purcha-ed a
quarter section in Wakarusa Township, where he has made one of the best farms in Doug-
las County. Has an orchard of 1,000 apple trees, and has a good assortment of every variety
of fruit trees suitable to the climate. Has a fine dwelling, commodious barn and outbuild-
ings, and is surrounded by all the comforts of a happy home. In 1856, he was among the
most active prominent Free-State men. He was an efficient soldier in Capt. Bickerton’s Ar-
tillery Company, and participated in the capture of Fort Saunders and Fort Titus. He
served in the Free-State ranks in 1856, until peace was restored around Lawrence. He
witnessed the destruction of the Free-State Hotel, the printing presses and Gov. Robinson’s
house, and other property in Lawrence May 21, 1856. He was present and participated in
the defense of Lawrence, Sunday, September 14, 1856, when 2,700 Pro-slavery men from Mis-
souri besieged Lawrence, he took position with a company of ten men under Caleb Pratt,
in Massachusetts street. When the enemy appeared in sight, the whole town appeared in
consternation. There was no organization at this juncture. John Brown, afterward the
martyr of ae Ferry, arose and addressed the people, as near as Mr. ©. can recollect:
“Gentlemen, I have no authority, no command. The prospect is we will havea fight. I
want you all to keep cool. Keep your eye on the hind sight of your gun, and firelow. If
the Pro-slavery men had done that, I would have been riddled with Mullet lon ago. Those
who have Sharp's rifles will volunteer as skirmishers, and go out upon that hill pointing
to the elevation upon which now stands the Friend’s Yearly esting House. Then he organ-
ized a company by parties of ten, and assigned them positions. As fast as ten men were en-
tered, he would say, ‘‘ Now choose your Captain.” When this was done, he would assign each
a position, placing all those who had Sharp's rifles on the hill, and assigning the others to
the earth forts, redoubts or rifle pits, and to sLone houses and other places of defense. There,
not over 150 men defended the town until the arrival of United States troops, under the order
of Gov. Geary. He participated in the hottest of the battle of Westport, and was also in the
battles of Big Blue and Little Blue. He has held various local offices, especially in schools,
for several years. He was Township Trustee, and was at one time United States Assistant
Assessor. He has belonged to the Patrons of Husbandry from their organization. He was
married in Lawrence, January 26, 1865, to Miss Annie, daughter of Dr. Robert Ironside, of
Thorold, Ontario. They have an adopted daughter, Miss Tease Crutchfield, born April 11,

66.

ANDREW DOUGLASS, farmer, and Trustee, Wakarusa Township, Section 20, P. O.
Lawrence, settled on present place in the spring of 1867. There are ninety-seven acres in
the home farm, devoted to grain and stock. Mr. Douglass was born in Allegheny County,
Penn., September 2, 1832. e was educated in his native county. After leaving, he engaged
in farming, pranag ne, for a number of years, his father’s farm. In 1863, he enlisted in Com-
pany A, Sixty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, after one year, the regiment return-
ing home, was transferred to the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment, Company F. He was
connected with the Second Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and took part in all the battles
of that corps, but one; was after the disbandment of the Second Army Corps, transferred to
the Third, and with that organization took part in the closing scenes of 1864. Then re-
turned to Pennsylvania, and from there moved to Kansas. r. D. was elected Township

- Trustee February 6, 1883. Hasbeen Justice of the Peace last seven years. Heis a member
of the United Presbyterian Church of Lawrence, being one of the elders. Is also a Trustee
of the Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church.

R. M. DUNNING, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Lawrence, was born in Burnes, Allegany,
County, N. Y., May 17, 1854. Son of Humphrey Dunning and Caroline Bailey, where he

rew up to manhood, receiving such an education as Rogerville Academy and Rochester
Soetioes College ‘afforded, and was engaged most of the time in teaching school. Mr D. was
united in marriage in Almond, N. Y., July 9, 1879 to Miss Delia J., daughter of Hiram Mc-
Intosh and Jane Easterbrooks. Mr. D. came to this State in 1879, and settled in Wakarusa
Township, near Blue Mound, where he owns a farm containing 240 acres, which is under
cultivation and well stocked. He is a member of Blue Mound Presbyterian Church. :

ASA DUTTON, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Lawrence, settled on present place in 1858.
He has 160 acres in the home farm, and some timber land in addition. His principal atten-
tion is dovoted to grain and stock, though he has considerable fruit, the principal being
seven acres of apples and three acres of raspberries. Mr. Dutton was born in Brown County,
Ohio, March 25, 1816. He was born and raised on a farm, and followed that in his native
county until 1843. He then moved to Clay County, Ill; thence, one year later, settled
in Fulton County, Ill, where he remained engaged in farming until he removed to Kan-
sas, in 1858. He was married in Brown County, Ohio, August 10, 1837, to Miss Mary A.
Watson, a native of Maine. They had seven children, of whom three survive—Daniel
P., of Johnson County; Elvira C., now Mrs. William Main, of Johnson County ; John W.
Mr. D. is a member of the Christian Church, and of Kansas Lodge, No. 6, A, F. & A.M

GEORGE GILBERT, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Lawrence. The home farm consists of
200 acres, devoted to stock. He raises about 100 acres of corn, which he feeds to his stock,
The balance of the farm is pasture and meadow. Has a herd of forty head of cattle. Mr.
Gilbert was born in Suffolk County, England, December, 1824. He was educated there, and
taught the tailor’s trade. In 1850, he came to the United States, and settled in New York
City, where he worked at his trade. Afterward moved to Victor, Ontario County, N.Y;
thence to Cayuga County. In 1854, he joined a party going to Kansas, under the aus-
pices of the Emigrant Aid Society, and landed in Lawrence September 15, 1854. After
the survey was completed, he pre-empted the quarter-section on which he now resides,
and settled on it the following spring. During the early troubles, he was connected with
the Free-State organizations, and during the late war was a member of Capt. Wilder’s
militia company. Since his settlement on the homestead, he has been engaged in farm-
ing continuously, with the exception of one summer he went to Pike’s Peak. He was
married in Victor, Ontario County, N. Y.,to Miss Elizabeth C. Smith, of Victor. Mr. G.
is a member of the Congregational Church. Has been a member of the School Board.

J. T. GRANT, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Lawrence; settled on his present place in
1864, Has 110 acres in his farm devoted to grain and stock. Was born in Schenectady
County, N. Y., on November 29, 1810. He learned the tailoring business in Schenectady,
when he moved to Oneida County, in 1831, where he followed his trade until 1854,
when he moved to Kansas. He pre-empted and settled on a quarter section of land eight
miles southwest of Osawatomie, on Pottawatomie Creek, in Miami County, and there
engaged in farming until he moved to Douglas County, in 1864. Mr. G. was identi-
fied with the I'ree-State organization of the early days. Was intimately acquainted with
John Brown and his sons. Had one son in Brown’s command at the battles of Middle Creek
and at Osawatomie. Mr.G. was married to Miss Clementine Smith, of the town of Paris,
Oneida County, on the 14th day of April, 1833. Mrs. Grant died in 1878, leaving six chil-
dren—George, William, Charles, Henry, John and Mary. ae . :
: A. H. GRIESA, proprietor Kansas Home Nursery, Section 25, P. O. Lawrence; fruit
and ornamental trees, vines, roses, shrubs, forest trees, seedlings and hedge plants. The
business was established in 1867. There are eighty acres in the farm, twenty-eight acres of
which are at present in nursery, though constantly increasing. In addition to his present
business, will build a green-house in 1883. A. H. Griesa was born in Bielefelt, Westphalia,
Germany, January 14, 1845. In 1856, he emigrated to the United States, where his parents
had preceded him, and settled in Ontario County, N.Y. Commenced learning the nursery
business in 1857, in Ontario County, and continued in it there until he moved to Kansas in
1867. He was married in Douglas county, Kan., in 1869, to Miss Amelia Beebe, a native of
Lime, Livingston County, N. Y. ; woe

HON. JOEL GROVER, deceased, was born in Springwater, Livingston Co., N. Y.,
August 5, 1825. He was educated at the Geneseo University, Geneseo, N. Y., and graduated
wath honors in that institution. His natural taste was for farming, and leavin, school he
pursued that occupation first in New York, and afterward in Iowa, until 1851, when he emi-
grated to California and engaged in the purchase of stock and in running pack trains from

_ ent place in 1859,

nected with the Blue Mound Guards, under Capt. Ogden.

COUNTY.

San Francisco to the niinés. There he reniained two years, and returned stopping only to
visit relatives in New York, The passage of the Kansas Nebraska act aWone Bis anti-
slavery feelings and prompted him to fall in with the tide of Free-State men then headed
toward Kansas. He came with what is known as the second party, and arrived whére Law-
rence now stands September 13, 1854. One of the first outbreaks in Lawrence, was the re-
moval of a tent by some Pro-slavery men which Mr. Grover and others resisted, taking the
tent from a wagon, setting it up in the same spot and preparing for its defense. This led
on the following evening to the organization of the first military company in Lawrence, of
which Mr. Grover was made Captain. He was one of the most active Free-State men, and
participated in all the conflicts of 'ree-State times. He was one of the men who volun-
teered to go to Shawnee Mission to detend Gov. Reeder in canvassing the vote on the elec-
tion of March 30, 1855, and wasin the Pro-slavery caucus until they foe a resolution ex-
cluding all who did not sympathize with the Pro-slavery men, and although alone among a
large party of bitter political opponents, he made a strong speech denouncing their action in
the face of such men as Dr. Stringfellow, B. I’. Stringfellow, Atchison, Richardson and all
the noted Southern fire-eaters of that period, and on his speech the caucus adjourned infor-
mally with great excitement He actively participated in command of the company in the
defense of Lawrence in the Wakarusa war of 1855, and was promoted to Major and placed in
command of one of the forts. In 1856, he was one of the safety Committee, and after the
raid of Lawrence, May 21, 1856; he rode to Kansas City in the night, took a steamer and
carried the first intelligence to St. Louis of the sacking and burning of Lawrence, and had
an extra jssued of the Missouri Democrat, Pursuing his way in the first steamboat to Alton
and thence to Chicago, he also there gave the first news, getting ahead of all Pro-slavery
reports. Hespent about two weeks organizing a company in Chicago, and returned up the
Missouri River to Leavenworth. The company, except Mr. Grover, was disarmed at Lex-
ington, and afterward turned back at Leavenworth, being refused the liberty to land. On
the return, however, of the boat from Weston with this company, on the assurance of the
aid of some Leavenworth men to protect the company in leaving the boat, Mr. Grover was
on the wharf to assist in the work, but the Leavenworth men failed'in their promises and
he was overpowered and driven onto the boat, but allowed by the Captain to get off at
Kansas City, where he escaped to Kansas. He commanded his company and participated
in the battle of Franklin, Fort Saunders, Fort Titus and all other Free-State engagements.
He located a farm claim in 1854, about three miles southwest of Lawrence, and improved it.
In 1858, he was elected one of the County Commissioners, and held that position for four

years; also held local positions, such as Trustee and member of the School Board, etc. In

1867, he was elected a member of the House of Kepresentatives, and re-elected in 1868, mak-

ing one of the best working members in that body. In 1869, he was elected County Com-
missioner and made chairman of the board, and again re elected in 1871, holding the office

four years. He was for years a director of the St. Louis, Lawrence & Western Railroad

Company. He had command of a company in the Price raid, October 13, 1857. He mar-
ried Miss Emily J. Hunt, daughter of George W. Hunt, Esq., one of the most earnest anti-
slavery pioneers of Kansas, and one of the best men of the early times. Mrs. Grover is a

lady of culture and refinement, and was one of the truest of the courageous guard ladies of
the troublesome times in Kansas. When Lawrence was sacked and burned in 1856, she had

all her wearing apparel, except that in use, destroyed in the burning of Gov. Robinson’s

house. Mr. co this life July 28, 1879, leaving his widow and seven children—

Frank G., Helen A., Charles R., Cora E., Earnest J., Lillie L. and Jay G.

DAVID J. HARVEY, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Lawrence. was born in Howard County, Mo.,
February 27, 1826, son of Allen and’ Lettie (Johnson) Harvey. He was born aslave and owned by
Josiah Foster, trom whom he was freed by the war in 1862, and the following year came to Kansas
in destitute circumstances, but with pluck, determination and good management, he has become
the owner of 100 acres of fine land free from incumbrance. He was married in Douglas County,
Kan., October 26, 1863, to Mrs. Rebecca, daughter ot Parker Y. Brooks. They have the followin
children: Sherman A., born October 6, 1864; Grant D.,Sentember 30, 1866; Edward S., August 2,
1870, Step-children—Annie Brooks, born August 2, 1851; Walker Parker, August 12, 1854; Daniel
Parker, April 3, 1857; and Bluot Parker, March 17, 1863, He has one son in the University of
Lawrence. Mrs. Harvey is a member of the Second Baptist Church of Lawrence. a

A. E. HITCHCOCK, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Lawrence, settled on his present place in 1875,
and is now operating 107 acres devoted to grain and stock; has twenty-three head of stock cattle.
Mr, Hitchcock was born in Washington County, IIl., JaUAry, 1, 1855. His father, Bethuel Hitch-
cock, moved to Kansas in 1855, in company with his (B. H.'s) father-in-law, P.S. Hutchinson.
They both pre-empted claims in Douglas County. Mr. Hutchinson was a privatein the Mexican
war, and commanded a company ot Free-State troops in the early days of Kansas, His onl
child married B. Hitchcock, in Washington County, Ill. Mrs. Hitchcock died, leaving four chil-
dren—Phillip T., since deceased; Alphonzo E.; Melissa A., now Mrs. Godfrey: and Fruncis M. B.
Hitchcock was also private in the Mexican war, and commanded a company of volunteers, United
States Army, in Kansas, during the late war. He went to Missouri in 1874, and is supposed to have
died there. A. E. Hitchcock, the subject of this sketch, was educated in Douglas County, and has
always engaged in farming. He was married in Douglas County, October 3v, 1879, to Miss Rose,
daughter of Collin Holloway. Esq. They have two children—Viola M. and an infant unnamed.

COLLINS HOLLOWAY, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Lawrence, bought and settled on his pres-

as now 160 acres in the home farm devoted to grain and stock-raising; has
about thirty to thirty-five head of cattle, nine head of horses, etc. Mr. Holloway was born ‘in
Brown County, Ohio, January 18, 1832. ‘He was born and raised thereon a farm, and in 1853
moved to Schuyler County, Ifl., and in 1855 moved to Kansas, settling in Douglas County in June.
During the early days, he was prominently identified with the Free-State forces, participating in
the attack at Ft, Saunders and the defense of Lawrence, etc., Branston’s rescue. During the late
war, he was connected with the militia of the State, taking part in the repulse of Price. He was
married in Brown County, Ohio, February 5, 1852, to Miss Catherine Kennedy, of that county.
They have seven children—Rose D. (now Mrs. A. E. Hitchcock), Emery A., scott R., Dora L.
(now Mrs. William Shank), Grant W., Maggie D. and Thomas K. -

‘J. B. HOWARD, old settler and farmer, Section 32, P.O. Lawrence, pre-empted and settled
on present place in 1857, and has since actively engaged in farming. During the war, he wascon-
He was born in Canaan, Columbia
o., N. Y., August 6, 1815. -His parents moved to Oswego County; thence to Washtenaw County,
Mich., in 1829. J. B. was born and brought up on 2 farm, and after coming of age engaged in
farming in Michigan until 1857, when he drove through to Kansas. He was married in Wash-
tenaw County, Mich., November 23, 1836, to Miss Lashier, of that county. They have four chil-
dren living+Harriet (now Mrs. Hollenbeck), Frank, John and Lewis D.

LEWIS D. HOWARD, one of the trustees of Fair View Methodist Episcopal Church, is en-

aged in farming in Section $2, operating 120 acres, devoted to grain and stock. He was born in
‘Washtenaw County, Mich., August 22, 1849, and moved to Kansas with his parents in 1857; com-
menced farming on his own account in 18:9. He was married in Osage County, Kan., March 10,
1872, to Miss Kate Code, ‘a member of one of the pioneer families. They have three children
—Charles, Edward and Frank.

WILLIAM HUGHES, farmer and old settler, Section 21, P. O. Lawrence, settled on present

‘place in 1862, at that time a farm of 100 acres. He has since continued to add to his land.

is specialty is stock, having at the head of his herd thoroughbreds, both Short-horn
and Jersey. Mr. Hughes was born in Wales’ April 9, 1883. His father emigrated to America
with his-family when William was only five years old. and ‘settled on a farm near Pitts-
burgh, Penn., belonging to Gen, William Robinson, who cleared the land on which Allegheny
City now stands. William's mother died when he was so young that he merely remembers see-
ing her. His early ambition, struggling as he did with poverty in his youth, both on account of
his mother’s death and a misfortune that disabled his father, was to emigrate to some new State,
where lands were cheap, and rise with the progress of the county. When nearly twenty-one years
of age, he started for Kansas, arriving at Lawrence March 15, 1855, with just 50 cents in his pocket,
with which he paid tor his first night’s lodging. The next morning. he went to work getting out
timber for the Free-State Hotel, at which he labored for about two months. He then bought on
credit two yoke of cattle and a wagon, and commenced treighting goods from Leavenworth to
Lawrence, and in the spring of 1857 he paid up his torrowed capital, purchased another yoke of
cattle for cash, and had in money. He now took aland claim in Coffey County, but was un-
fortunate and lost all he had invested. In the summer of 1858, he returned’ to Pennsylvania to
get married, and after paying the minister for performing the ceremony, had $2.50 left. His par-
ents being dead, Gov. Robinson, who was his guardian, made him a present of $100, with which he
started West with his wife and a little brother, whom he had taken from the orphan asylum.
Upon his arrival in Kansas, he had-only $10 left, and immediately went to work as a farm laborer.
At the end of.two months, he purchased a yoke of cattle on credit for $160, borrowed $20 to com-
mence housekeeping, and set up his own family hearth. He again commenced freighting for
cash, when he could get it, for a calf rather than get notning. and so worked until he was owner
of four yokeof cattle. In 1861,he took a contract for hauling a steam boiler from Quindaro to
the Sac Agency, and had his leg broken on the trip, and was laid up four months. Just as he had
recovered, every one of his oxen died from the Spanish fever. Broke again, his neighbors helped
him to secure his crops, and rendered other assistance. In-August,he bought a third outfit on
credit, and took a small freighting contract four the Government, out of which he made some
money and bought twenty calves. Buying a mowing machine on credit, he cut 200 tons of hay for
the Government, out of which he made $1.600 in gold. In 1862, he purchased 100 acres of land, and
has since actively engaged in farming. Mr. Hughes was an ardent Free-state man during the
Territorial cave of Kansas; and was a member of Capt. Bickerton’s artillery company at the
taking of Ft. Titus. He was also in the battles of Ft. Saunders, Franklin, and in all the engage-
ments of the Free-State compaigns of 1855-56. In August, 1858, he was married to Ellen Jane
Robinson, of Sharpsburg, Penn., and daughter of Alexander Robinson, a pioneer of Western
Pennsylvania. They have had three children, two of whom are living—William Robinson and
Thomas Jefferson. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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ROBERT IRVIN, farmer, Section 22, P. 0. Lawrence, born in Crawford County, Penn.
October 13, 1820; son of John Irvin and Jane McKnight. He came to the State in 1855, settled
in Wakarusa Township; Owns a quarter-section well improved; was through all the border troub-
les, Whena force of 2,100 men were marching for Lawrence, Mrs. Irvin and seyeral other
brave women went to the top of Blue Mound and gave the Bret signal to Lawrence of the impend-
ing danger. Mr. Irvin enlisted in 1863 in Company I, Sixteenth Regiment Kansas Cavalry. He
was discharged 1864. He was married in Erie County, Penn., January 17, 1850, to Miss Jane A.,
daughter of James and Margaret (McCrea) Moore. They have three children—William S., born
April 5, 1853; John A., born November 27, 1858; Kdmond, born October 22, 1862. Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin are members of the United_Presbyterian Church in Lawrence.

N JONES, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Lawrence, settled on his present place in 1866.
Is now operating 240 acres; devotes his principal attention to wheat, stmply raising coarse grain
to feed to stock, which consists of forty head of cattle, ten head of horses and some hogs. Mr,
Jones was born in Parish of Darouen, Montgomeryshire, Wales, September 4, 1819. He engaged
in farming there until 1846, when he emigrated to the United States, settling in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Here he learned the trade of boiler-maker, and followed this business in Cincinnati and Pome-
Toy, Ohio, until 1858, He then moved to Kansas, settling in Douglas County, where he has since
been engaged in farming. He was connected with the militia during the war, serving in Capt.
Dickinson's company during the Price raid. Mr. Jones married in Cincinnati, Ohio. May 14,
1847,. Miss Elizabeth Griffith, a native of Wales, They have had eight children, of which there
survives Robert M., Jane N. (now Mrs. J. John), John M., Maggie (now Mrs, William Griffith),
Elizabeth, Dun, Thomas C. and Morgan, Jr.

L. J. KENNEDY, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Lawrence. The home farm consists of 120
acres, devoted to grainand stock ; has also outlying some twenty acres of timber.
neday was born in Brown County, Ohio, September 21, 1835. He received his schoolin
native county. About 1854, the family moved to Fulton County, Ill., and the following
year to Kansas. L. J. pre-empted a claim, and has since been engaged in forming. During
the Wakarusa war, he took an active part in the attack on Fort Saunders and Fort Titus, also
assisted in the defense of Lawrence in 1856. the great rebellion, he was connected with
the State Militia, Mr. Kenneday was married in Douglas County, Kan., July 29, 1859, to Miss
Amanda E. Todd.a member of one of our pioneer families. They have seven children—Eva L.,
Elmer H., Charles T., Harvey, Clarence L., Albert R. and Harry E. Margaret (Ralston) Ken-
neday is one of our earliest settlers ; she was born in Manchester, Adams County, Ohio, October
27, 1800. Her parents moved to Brown County, Onl, about 1807, where she married John KR,
Kenneday, June 22, 1820, who died in 1845, They had thirteen children In all, ten living to maturity,
the eldest daughter, Elizabeth A., married A. Leming, and died in Ohio. Another daughter,
Sarah J.,ig now Mrs. John Neal of Ohio. In 1854, Mrs. Kenneday, with the younger children,
moved to Fulton County, Ill., where her elder sons were already settled. in 1855,a company was
formed, consisting of twelve wagons, and made the overland journey to Kansas. Mrs. Kenneday’s
family consisted of five sons and three daughters; four of the sons—W. B., T. H., O. P. and L. J.
—now reside in Douglas County: the other son; J. R., is in Colorado. Of the daughters, Nettie is
now Mrs. W. H, Curless, of Missouri ; Catherine married Mr. C, Hollowa¥, and Salina is since de-
ceased. Mrs. Kenneday is still eujoying good health.

W. B. KENNEDY, farmer und old settler, Section 19, P. O. Lawrence. Pre-empted the

place on which he now resides in 1855. Has now a farm of 200 acres devoted to both grain and
live stock, W. B. Kennedy was born in Brown County, Ohio, October 16, 1822, He engaged in
farming in his native county until 1818, when he moved to Fulton County, Ill.; here he engaged
in farming and boating and raftingon the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. In 1855, he and others
made up atrain of bearing wagons with ox teams, and struck out for Kansas; their progress was
slow, as they were encumbered with a large herd of cattle and horses, but finally reached their
destination in June, 1855. Here he has since engaged in farming, with the exception of the last
three years which he has devoted to mining operations in Colorado. Inthe early days of Kansas,
Capt. Kennedy was prominently identified with the Free-State cause. He held a commission as
Lieutenant of Company B, Second Regiment, haying command of the cavalry portion of the
organization, Capt. Hutchinson commanding the intantry. He participated in the battles of
Franklin, Fort Saunders, Fort Titus and the other events of the time. uring the late war, he
held a commission as First Lieutenant of Company B, Third Regiment, Kansas State Militia, and
by the promotion of the Captain was placed in command of the company. Took part in the bat-
tle of the Big Blue, at the defeat of Gen. Price. Atthe time of the Quantrill raid on Lawrence,
he was at Lawrence, and was aroused by the firing, but like others of the militia, being without
arms, could do nothing in the defense of the city. After the departure of the raiders, he assisted
in PuLtipE Cut fires set by them. Mr. Kennedy was married in Fulton County, Ill., March 21, 1847,
to Miss Elizabeth Curless, of Fulton County. They have seven children—Eugene, Flora M. (now
Mrs._W. B. Townsend, of Salina County), Oscar, Ella A., L. May, Bucy and Effic F.

a KENNEDY, farmer and stock-dealer, Section 34, P. UO. Lawrence; settled on his
present place in 1865. There are 100 acres in the home farm, and 160 acres in the immediate vi-
cinity devoted to grain and stock, the former prinel ally. W. J. Kenneday is one of the pioneers
of Kansas ; he was born in Brown County, Ohio, May 21,1832. He was educated in his native
county, and moved to Illinois. In 1852, located in Fulton County; here he learned to run a steam
engine, having a natural taste for mechanics. In 1855, he and three other companions, W. J. James,
Harrison Green and Sam Parks, hired a man with a light wagon to drive them to Kansas‘City ;
from there they walked to Franklin, Douglas County, Kan., settling October 12. He at once com-
menced working as an engineer, and for the next five years was engaged at this, making wages
of $5 per day. His first place wasin charge of a saw mill, at Lawrence, which he operated until
it blew up afew months later. He then operated a saw and grist mill in Franklin, until the sup-

ly of timber was exhausted. He then put an engine into a saw mill, built by Darland, in North
wrence, and after putting it up took charge of it for about two years. The next year, he took
charge of a mill for Dr. Williams, and the following year boughta farm, which he operated until
he bought the place on which he now resides. During the border ruffian troubles, he took an ac-
tive part with the Free-State men, holding the position of Lieutenant of the Franklin Company
from its first organization until the troubles ended, participating in a]l the engagements; at the
taking of Franklin, he was the first man in the fort, disarming Ruckles, the Captain of the de-
fenders; afterward distinguishing himself in preserving order, with his own hands emptying on
the ground two barrels of whisky which his men had captured. During the late war, he was
attached to the headquarters of the Kansas State Militia, at Shawneetown, on special duty. He
was married in Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kan., in March, 1857, to Miss Lucinda
Shields, daughter of Joseph. Shields, Esq., one of the pioneers of 1855. They have six children—
Lizzie J., Asa D., Frank H., John H., Flora M. and Horace E. Mr. Kenneday is a member of the
K. of H. and the A. O. U. W. of Lawrence.

ANDREW KOSTENBADRER, old settler, now living on Section 9, P. O. Lawrence, was born
in Union County, Penn., August 19,1818. Atthe age of fourteen, he entered his father’s black-
smith shop as an apprentice, serving four years, after which he continued working under his
father until he was twenty-four years old. He then left his home determined to go West, stopping
for a short time in Seneca County, Ohio, and in 1846 he settled in Stevenson County, Ill., where
he engaged in farming, until the spring of 1857. He then moved to Kansas, and made aclaim in
Douglas County, which he afterward pre-empted and continued to operate until] 1882, when he
sold his farm on account of the death of his wife. He was married in Stevenson County, Ill., in
1852, to Miss Elizabeth McGee, who died in April, 1880, leaving three children—David, Rosanna
(now Mrs. L. H. Watkins) and Anna. Mr, Kostenbader is one of a family of fourteen children,
all sof whom are living but one. He had a re-union with them lately after an absence of

‘orty years.

-C, H. LANGSTON, farmer, P. 0. Lawrence, came to Kansas April 2, 1862, and located
in Leavenworth, where he lived until 1868, and taught school for three years, and the bal-
ance of the time, while living in that city, was engaged in the grocery business. In 1868,
he removed to Douglas County, where he resides at present. He was one of the Grant
Electors in 1874. He is the Grand Master of the Masonic fraternity (colored) of Kansas,
and the Counselor of the Knights of Wise Men of the World, Mr. Langston taught the
first colored public school in Kansas, and was Principal of the only colored normal school
established in this State. During the late war, he was a recruiting oflicer under Maj. George
L. Stearns; was stationed at Quincy, Ill., for the purpose of recruiting colored soldiers for the
two colored Massachusetts regiments, the Fifty-fourth and the Fifty-fifth. Mr, L. was born
in Fredericksburg, Va., August 31, 1817, and lived but a short time in his native place, when
his parents moved to Louisa County, Va., where he lived until his fifteenth yen and from
there moved to Oberlin, Ohio, where he attended the Oberlin College, being the first colored
student that attended that institution. He lived in Ohio from 1834 until 1862, when he
removed to Kansas. While living in Ohio, he was engaged for eight years in tench img. Mr.
L. was married in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, January 18, 1869, to Mrs. Mary 8. Leary,
the widow of Louis Sheridan Leary, who was killed at Harper’s Ferry with John Brown.
She is a native of Fayetteville, N.C. They have two children—Nathaniel Turner and Car-
oline H. Mr. L. has a good farm of 125 acres in Douglas County, It is all inclosed and all
under cultivation except thirty acres of timber land. He has a comfortable residence and
good farm buildings. He has one of the finest apple orchards in the State, and plenty of

small fruit on bis farm.
“JAMES McCREATH, farmer, Section 22, P. 0. Lawrence, settled on his present place
in 1879. The farm consists of 320 acres under a high state of cultivation. Thi

 

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merly consisted of 640 acres, and was known as the “ Reeder Float Farm,” being located by
a United States Government warrant in the hands of Gov. Reeder, the first Territorial Gov-
ernor of Kansas, who settled and partially improved it. It was owned by tne Reeder heirs
until 1880, when it was divided and sold. The products are grain and stock, the aim of the
proprietor being to feed up all coarse grains. He has a herd of seventy-five cattle of all
ages. His shipment of hogs consists of about two cars yearly, the sales for 1882 aggregating
$1,700. James MeCreath was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, September 23, 1830. About the
age of eighteen, he left his native country for America, locating in Canada about one year,
and then moved to the State of Michigan. In 1859, he settled in Vermillion County, IIL,
where he engaged in farming until 1878, with the exception of the time he spent in the
army. He enlisted in 1863 in Company IF, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment Illinois

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Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, being located in Tennessee the
most of the time. In 1878, h@located in Leavenworth County, Kan.,-and the following
year settled on his present place. He was married in Ayrshire, Scotland, to Miss Christian
Arthur, who died, leaving four children—George, David, Melinda and Mary. He was mar-
ried to his present wife in Vermillion County, Ill. She was Mrs. Sarah Ingraham. They
have one son—Mark Ray. Mr. McCreath is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

P. J. PETERSON, farmer, Section 23, P. O, Lawrence. The home farm consists of
179 acres devoted to grain and stock. Mr. Peterson was born in Smoland, Sweden, Feb-
ruary 28, 1838, He was educated there, and, in 1852, emigrated with his parents to the
United States, and settled in Chicago, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In
1858, he moved to Kansas and settled in Lawrence, following the carpenter trade there until
the following year. He then returned to Chicago, stopping a short time in Missouri. In
1863, he again settled in Lawrence, engaging in contracting and building until 1871. He
then went to Colorado, where he followed placer and quartz ns very successfully, In
1879, he sold out his interests and returned to Lawrence. He then purchased and im-

roved his present place. He married in Dickinson County, Kan., December 24, 1867, Mise
Teas Hickey, of that county, who died, leaving three children—Annie, Wallace and Jen-
nie. He was married to his present wife in Lawrence April 11, 1877. She was Miss Mary
Anderson. Mr. Petersonis President of the Scandinavian Society. Is a member of the A,
0. U. W. He is a stockholder in the Lawrence Plow Company, of Lawrence.

CHARLES RALSTON, farmer, Section 30, R. O. Lawrence; is also in partnership
with his brother, Peter Ralston. They have another farm in the county. The farm in
Wakarusa Township contains’150 acres, or what is known as a fractional quarter. Settled
on his present place in 1869. The farm is devoted to both grain and stock, the latter con-
sisting of forty head of cattle and nine horses. Charles Ralston was born in sen are,
Scotland, December 22, 1829. His parents came to the United States when he was but nine

ears of age. They located first in Hamilton County, Ohio, and two years later in Winne-

ago County, Ill. Here the subject of our sketch enenect in farming principally until
1864. He then paid a visit to Washington Tey regon, and California. In 1865, he
returned East and settled in Lawrence, Kan. Here he engaged in general occupations until
1869, when he bought the farm on which he resides. He was married in Lawrence Septem-
ber 22, 1869, to Miss Evaline Jackson, {a native of Tennessee, and a relative of the famous
Stonewall Jackson. They have one child—Charles Earnest, born March 12, 1871. Mr. R.
is a member of the Baptist Church. : 2

FITCH REED, farmer, P. O. Lawrence, Section 29, settled on his preseut place in the
spring of 1869. The farm contains sixty acres and may be called a model farm, the build-
ings being the perfection of adaptability to their various uses and the land in a high state
of cultivation. Mr. Reed was born in Ontario County, N. Y., July 28, 1814. His father was
a prominent farmer in that county, having 525 acres in his home farm, having two others
near by. His grandfather had moved to Ontario County at an early day from Vermont,
buying each of his five sons a farm of 200 acres. The subject of our sketch was educated
primarily at the district schools, finishing his education at Canandaigua Academy. After
he was twenty years of age, he engaged in teaching in the winter and farming in the sum-
mer. In 1836, he struck out on foot and alone for the West. After walking about three
days he took a stage to Michigan. In 1839, he again went to Michigan, and the 1st of
March following settled on 200 acres of timber Jand near Adrian, which he had previous-
ly bought. Here he cleared and improved a farm, for some four years living in a “lean-to”
(log shanty). He afterward added to his farm until he had 300 acres all under a high state
of cultivation. During these years he built alone some eight miles of fence. His father’s
family consisted of sixteen children, of which he was the oldest, there being eight boys and
eight girls, a large majority of them following Mr. Reed to Michigan and settling there.
But one of the sisters has since died. In the fall of 1868, he visited Kansas, and the
following spring, after selling his property in Michigan, finally settled on his present
home, where he has since resided, eneneed principally in loaning money. Mr. Reed was
married in Oakland County, Mich., February 20, 1840, to Miss Ann Draper, of that county.
They have had five children, of whom two survive—Ellen M. (wife of George Leary, of
Douglas County, Kan.), Libbie D. (wife of Prof. A. F. Allen, of Vineland, Douglas County).
My, heal, his two daughters and their families, are all members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. .

V. L. REESE, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Lawrence, settled on the present place in
1861. There are seventy acres in the home farm. He also rents enough to make his total
about 120 acres. He deals in both grain and cattle, though the principal crop is wheat.
Mr. Reese was born in Johnson County, Mo., August 18, 1887. He was educated in his na-
tive county and engaged there in farming until he removed to Kansas in 1861. During the
war he was a member of Capt. Dixon’s company of the Kansas State Militia. Mr. Reese was
married in Douglas County, Kan., April 2, 1863, to Miss Jones, of Douglas County. They
have four children—Walter C., Mary i Carrie IE. and Minnie M. He is a member of the
District School Board and of Halcyon Lodge, No. 18, I. 0. O. F., of Lawrence.

McMILLEN RENICK, farmer and market gardener, Section 24, P. O. Lawrence, set-
tled on the present place in 1879. He has 105 acres in the farm, eighty-five acres being under
a high state of cultivation, the balance pasture. He makes a specialty of Irish and sweet
potatoes, his crop of 1882, aggregating 2,000 bushels of the former and 500 bushels of the
sweet potatoes. He raises the early rose variety and gets from 150 to 200 bushels to the
acre. Mr. Renick was born in Ross County, Ohio, January 17, 1851, the family being old
residents of the State. His grandfather (Felix Renick) made the first importation of short-
horn cattle into the State of Ohio, purchasing for the Ohio Importing Company. The sub-
ject of this sketch was educated in his native county and engaged in farming there until
1879. He then moved to Kansas and settled on the present place. He was married in Ross
County, Ohio, February 15, 1872, to Miss Blacker, of that county. They have two chil-
dren—Lillian and Allen.

FORREST SAVAGE, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Lawrence, pre-empted and settled on his
present place as soon as surveyed in 1856. His farm now consists of 465 acres all under cul-
tivation except forty acres of timber. It is devoted to both grain and stock. Mr. Savage
was born in Hartford, Vt., September 27, 1827. He was educated in his native town and en-
gaged in farming there until 1854. He then joined in Boston the second party of the Emi-
grant Aid Society, arriving in Lawrence in September, 1854, his family following the next
year. He was identified with the struggles of the early times, being connected with the
Free-State organizations. During the Iate war, he was connected with the Kansas State
Militia, during the Price raid, assisting in his defeat. Mr. Savage married in Hanover, N.
Hi, March 8, 1849, Miss Lydia G. Worth, of that town. They have four children—William
W., Emma A, Mary A. and Frank J. He is a member of the Congregational Church.

Ss. M. SHEPHERD, farmer, Section z2, P. 0. Lawrence, settled on his present place in
1868. The home farm consists of 400 acres, about 100 in timber, balance under the ) low and
pasture. The historical “ Lone Tree Mound” is located on this farm. Mr. Shepherd de-
votes his attention to both grain and stock. He has some forty head of beef cattle and
twenty head of others. His crop of corn for 1882 consisted of some 4,000 bushels, all of
which he feeds. Mr. Shepherd was born in Brown County, Ohio, July 5, 1825. He was edu-
cated in his native county, and engaged in farming there until 1856. In April of that year,
he settled in Douglas County, Kan., and pre-empted a quarter-section of land, which he
sold in 1868. He took an active part in the Wakarusa war, participating in the attack on
Forts Saunders and Titus. He was wounded at Fort Titus by the same volley that killed
Chambrey. During the war_he was connected with the militia and took part in the Big
Blue battle in the repulse of Price. In March, 1858, he was elected a member from Doug-
las County to the Constitutional Convention held at Leavenworth. Mr. Shepherd was mar-
ried in Bedford County, Va., February 21, 1866, to Miss Fanny E. Sale, of that county.
They have four children—Annie Virginia, Chancey Sales, Francis Elizabeth and John Nel-
son.

_ HON, E. A. SMITH, proprietor of Norwood Stock Farm, Section 34, P. 0. Lawrence.
This farm consists of 280 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, with buildings suited
to fancy stock and the usual farm purposes. His herd of Jerseys were the first imported
west of the Missouri River. Has now some twenty head in all of the Mulberry and other
popular butter families, containing some of the finest stock in the United States, and, in
the opinion of many good judges, superior to any Jerseys at the Centennial Exhibition.
His horses, some Loe ie to forty head in all, will challenge comparison with any stud in
America. They are all from the most fashionable strains of trotting stock, and were prin-
cipally bred in Kentucky. At the head of his stud, he has Almont Pilot, son of Almont,
reputed the sire of more superior trotting horses than any horse of his age. This howe is
one of the most perfect types of his Prebenenasis Abdallah that can be found in this
county; stands sixteen hands high, and a beautiful bay with a star and one white hind foot,
and both his sire and dam are by Alexander Abdallah, He has eleven crosses in lineal de-
scent to imported Messenger, and is thus marked as one of the most remarkable in bred
horses in America. Almont is the sire of Aldine and Early Rose, the famous horses of W.
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DOUGLAS

H. Vanderbilt. He has a record of 2:161/ to the i i

; . as a 31614 ole. Ravenwood is a magnificent black
stallion, 1514 hands high; foaled May 16, 1878; riged by Almont Pilot. He ir the strongest
example of an inbred stallion that can be found, being the result of three crosses to Alex-
ander Abdallah, sire of Goldsmith Maid, record 2:14; two crosses on sire’s side to Alexander’s
Pilot, Jr., sire of the dam of Maud S., record 2:1014; and one cross to Mambrino Chief, the
sire of Lady Thorn, record 2:18. The result of this mingling of the blood of stock, which
has shown remarkable Bpbed, has been seen in Maud S., Goldsmith Maid, Clingstone, Mam-
brino Gift and many others, and there is no reason why it should not be witnessed in a
marked degree in the case of Ravenwood. Mr. Smith’s stud also embraces some of the fin-
est brood mares that can be found on any stock farm in America, all being selected with
the greatest care, purity of blood and fashionable ancestry, as now understood by the best
trotting authorities as being the sine qua non. Mr, Smith has spent a large amount of capi-
tal, not only to please his fancy in this line of business, but to promote the interest of stock
breeders throughout the West. Hon. Ethan A. Smith, Secretary of the Western National
Fair Association, was born in Andover, Windsor Co., Vt., May 4, 1833, His father, Sewell
Smith, moved to the Territory of Wisconsin in 1837, and finally settled in Walworth County
in 1840. He was a member of the convention that framed the State constitution, and after-
ward a member of the Legislature, and wielded considerable influence in the politics of the
State. The subject of our sketch received a primary education in the common schools of
Wisconsin, and afterward attended college at Brockport, N. Y., and also Genesee Wesleyan
College in the same State, receiving in these institutions a first-class business education.
He has a natural apuange for mercantile pursuits, and before he left college had embarked
in trade, having a financial interest in a general store. Upon leaving school, he entered
the dry goods house of J. W. Blodgett & Co., Boston, where he remained two years. He
then purchased goods of this firm to the amount of $20,000, and commenced on his own ac-
count at Whitewater, Wis., in 1853. Here he continued a successful dry goods trade until
1857, when he left Wisconsin and traveled A Missouri, looking for a good business
opening, but finding nothing to suit him he moved to Kansas and engaged in the banking
business in Lawrence. This he followed until 1861, when he went to Washington, and ac-
cepted a position in the financial department of the Indian Bureau, which he held until
1865, when he returned to Lawrence and assisted in organizing the First National Bank, of
which he was made cashier. In September of the following year (1866), he took a ten
years’ lease of the Eldredge House, then ome of the first-class hotels of the State. After
seven years successful management, he removed to Topeka, and leased the Tefft, at that
time the best hotel in the capital, and conducted it for one year.’ Leaving the hotel in 1874,
he started the Norwood Stock Farm. In _ 1881, he was elected Assistant Secretary of the
fair association. and in 1882 was elected Secretary and also Superintendent of the speed
department. Mr. Smith isa Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity. He was elected
ie Legislature in 1876, and served two years, and was a-leading and active member of

e House.

L. J. SPERRY, farmer, and old settler, Section 13, P. O. Lawrence, settled on his pres-
ent place in 1856, and is now operating his original quarter-seotion in mixed farming. He
was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., June 5, 1829. His parents moved to Harrisburg,
Penn., when he was about seven years old. In 1848, he settled in Fulton County, Ill., where
he. learned the blacksmithing trade, but soon abandoned it for the more congenial occupa-
tion of Tarming. In the spring of 1856, in company with his father-in-law, he started for
Dallas, Texas. In Missouri, they overtook Joel Thomas and his father-in-law, and Dr. Rankin;
the party kept ae Eeroneh to Leavenworth, where they arrived June 5, 1856. The
subject of our sketch then looked around the country and liked it so well that he
abandoned the idea of going to Texas, and finally bought the claim which he afterward
pre-empted, and on which he now resides. During the border-ruffian troubles, he took an
active part, operating most of the time in Lawrence companies. He participated in the
attack on Fort Saunders, Fort Titus and Lecompton, and in all the active operations of the
Free-State forces. During the war of the rebellion, he was connected with the Kansas State
Militia up to 1864, when he enlisted in Company M, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry and served
until the close of the war. He then returned home and has since confined his attention to
his farm. Mr. Sperry was married in Fulton County, Ul., August 12, 1850, to Miss Paulina,
daughter of James A. Dobbins, Esq. They have four children living—Watson, James, Nel-
lie Dicy (now Mrs. Charles Perry), Lillie. Mr. Sperry has been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church from a child. He is alsoa member of Lawrence Lodge, No.6, A., F. & A. M.

C. F. STANLEY, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Lawrence. The home farm consists of 320
acres of land under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Stanley intends to engage exclusively
in stock, and with that intention, is seeding his farm with tame grasses. He has at. present
thirteen head of cattle and thirteen head of horses, the head of his herd of cattle being a
pedigreed Short-horn registered bull, of the Duke Adrian family. He has also on his place
ten acres of bearing orchard, which he is constantly increasing. Mr.Stanley was born in
New Britain, Conn., February 18, 1859. He received his preliminary education in the
private schools and finished at the military school at Worcester, Mass., from which he grad-
uated in 1878. After devoting some time to travel, looking up a location, he finally settled
on his present place in 1879. He was married in Lawrence, Kan., September 2, 1880, to Miss
M. Olive, daughter of Prof. E. Miller, of the State University. They have two children—
Arthur and Fred. -

W. D. WELLS, farmer and old settler, Section 36, P. O. Lawrence, settled on his present
place in the spring of 1866. The home farm contains eighty acres under a high state of cul-
tivation, grain and stock being the principal productions. W.D. Wells was born in Bridge-
port, Conn., January.13, 1835. He was educated in the district schools of his native city
and in a select schooFin Stratford, Conn. He spent the fall and winter of 1853 in Virginia,
getting out railroad ties on contract. In September, 1854, he joined in Albany, N. Y., what
is known as the “ Third Party” of the Emigrant Aid Society, arriving in Lawrence October
7. He was employed bythe society that winter. In the spring, he crossed the pines with
teams, returning in the fall. In the spring of 1856, he took a claim in Douglas County,
which he afterward sold, and the following spring took a claim near Burlington, Coffey
County, which he still holds. During 1857-58, he engaged in milling and buffalo hunting.
In 1859, he went to Pike’s Peak, returning to Lawrence to spend the winter, and again went
to Pike’s Peak and New Mexicoin the spring. After paying a visit East in 1861, he returned
and engaged at teaming to Fort Gibson, Fort Scott and Fort Smith, continuing the business
until he settled on his farm, with the exception of some eighteen months that he spent in
the oil regions of Pennsylvania. During the early days, he took a prominent part in the
Free-State side. He was connected with the artillery company, and at the battle of Frank-
lin was so severely wounded as to be unable to take part in the affairs at Fort Saunders and
Fort Titus, Mr. Wells has been married twice; his first wife was Miss qnpinie Widgeon,
of Bridgeport, Conn., to whom he was married in Middletown, Conn., and who died leaving
two children—Gertrude L. and Alice W. He was married in Douglas County, Kan., to Miss
Emma Wooley, of Johnson County, Kan. They have one child, Charles W. .

EDWARD WINSLOW, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Lawrence, pre-empted his present
place in 1855. He is now operating 160 acres, about 100 acres being under the plow, the bal-
ance in pasture and timber. He devotes, his attention to both grain and stock. Mr. Wins-
low ‘was born in Barnard, Vt., July 20,1820. He received his schooling in his native county.
About 1836, he moved to Ware, Hampshire Co., Mass., and was connected with the factories
at this and other points. In 1854, he joined the second party of the Emigrant Aid Society at
Worcester, Mass., and came with them to Kansas. When the party arrived at Kansas City,
he and Willis went a-foot, their baggage being sent by wagons. He was prominently identi-
fied with the Free-State organizations in the early days. He took part in the first election
in Lawrence, at great peril, on account of his marked abolition sentiments. He was also
connected with John Brown for a time.

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LECOMPTON.

Lecompton, formerly the headquarters of the Pro-slavery party in the
territory, is located on the Kansas River, in the northwestern part of
Douglas County, fifteen miles east of Topeka. | Along the river, the
country, which is somewhat hilly, is covered with timber ; southward lies
a beautifully undulating fruit and farm region. The Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad was built through Lecompton in 1872.

The first settlements made in the vicinity of Lecompton were in 1854,
by A. W. & A. G. Glenn, father and son ; G. W. Zinn, David Martin, M.
S. Winter and William Shirley. In 1855, Moses McCall, Maj. Lyman

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Evans and others came to this part of the county, and, in 1856, William

pean Welinans M. Nace, William Smith, William Christian and Hugh
. Walsh.

The Lecompton Town Company was organized at the Pottawatomie
Agency, and consisted of Samuel D. Lecompte, President ; John A. Hal-
derman, Secretary; Daniel Woodson, Treasurer; George W. Clark, Chaun-
cey B. Donaldson and William R. Simmons. In the spring of 1855, the
town company held its meetings in Westport, Mo., and on May 14, 1855,
the officers reported to the company that D. H. Harting had surveyed the
town site, consisting of 600 acres, and had laid out the principal streets
and blocks. It was the design and expectation to make Lecompton, not
only the capital of the territory and future State, but to make it a large
city as well. The first house built on the town site was a log one, by W.
R. Simmons, in the fall of 1854. The first store was opened by John K.
Shepherdson in the spring of 1856; he continued the business but a short
time when William Leamer purchased his stock of goods, and has ever
since continued the business. James G. Bailey opened a store about the
same time.

In 1855, the Territorial Legislature commenced the erection of a capi-
tol building in the east part of the town, on an eminence overlooking the
town to the westward, and to the northward, the Kansas River valley,
about a mile wide and very picturesque. It was to have been a large stone
building, and, had it been completed, would have cost half a million of
dollars, provided Congress could have been influenced to continue to ap-
propriate until the building was completed, judging from the manner in
which the $50,000 appropriated was expended. This appropriation was
exhausted when the basement was completed and the walls up nearly to
the height of one story. Work upon’ it was then discontinued, and the
structure as it stood afterward converted into a fort. Ten acres of land
had coe donated by the town company to the Territory for the capitol
grounds.

While this building was in course of erection, the Territorial Govern-
ment, desiring to remove from the Shawnee Mission to Lecompton, which
had become the capital of the Territory, engaged William M. Nace to
erect a suitable building in which to hold their sessions, agreeing to pay
therefore, as rent, $1,000 in case the building could be occupied by
them for forty days. Mr. Nace undertook and fulfilled the contract. The
building stood on the site of the present post office. Subsequently, the

‘Legislature assembled in a two-story frame building, which stood across

Elmore street east from the Rowena Hotel, and which was known as
Rowena Hall. After the Free-State party acquired the ascendancy, the
Legislature, though convening at Lecompton as the law required, ad-
journed to Lawrence each year thereafter, until the Territory became a
State. A large frame hotel, named the American Hotel, was built in the
spring of 1856; in the fall, the National Hotel was built, and in 1857, the
Rowena. This latter hotel was a large three-story stone building, erected
by acompany, and is the only one of the three now standing.

The first physician to locate in Lecompton was Dr. Aristides Rod-
erigue, who was also the first Postmaster, the post office having been es-
tablished in the winter of 1855-56. The first birth in the town was that of
Lecompton Marks, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marks; the first marriage
was that of Thomas Watson to Miss Barbara Coulter, in the spring of
1855, and about the same time the first death occurred, that of John Mar-
tin.

Authority to establish a ferry across the Kansas River at Lecompton
was granted by the bogus Legislature, some time during the year 1855, to
William K. Simmons, Wesley Garrett and Evan Todhunter, said right
being conferred upon them for a period of five years. The same Legisla-
ture also incorporated the Lecompton Bridge Company, with sixteen in-
corporators. No bridge was ever built by them from Lecompton to the
opposite shore. The city of Lecompton was also incorporated, and the
corporate limits thus uniquely defined: Commencing in the middle of the
Kansas River, at a point which shall be designated by the surveyor now
engaged in laying out and platting said town site; thence running in such
manner as.shall be designated by said surveyor throughout the entire lim-
its of the town or city. :

The same Legislature also. incorporated and permanently established
the Kansas Medical College, at Lecompton, and appointed a board of four-
teen Trustees, among whom were G. W. Clark, who subsequently mur-
dered Thomas Barber; the notorious Samuel J. Jones, Sheriff of Douglas
County, and Daniel Woodson, who was Acting Governor of Kansas Terri-
tory during three separate periods. The college was not established.

Lecompton was designated by this Legislature as the county seat of
Douglas pen

The second Territorial Legislature met at Lecompton January 12, 1857;
the third Territorial Legislature met at Lecompton January 4, 1858, and
the fourtl: January 3, 1859.

Lecompton, at the height of its prosperity, in 1857-58, was quite a
flourishing town. It was the’seat of government for the Territory, it had
a number of large hotels, four church organizations, the United States
Court and the land office; it was headquarters for stage lines to Kansas
City, Leavenworth and St. Joseph, Mo., and contained a population of
1,000 or upward. Town lots were very high—those in the suburbs sold at
$100 each, while those on Elmore, the principal street, sold for from $500
to $1,000 each. Upon the downfall of the slave power in the Territory, the
progress of Lecompton was arrested, and a downward tendency was given
Dwelling houses were removed, some to Lawrence,
some to the country on to farms, others went to decay; fences fell down
and sidewalks broke up; weeds and underbrush grew in the streets, the
lots and the gardens; work upon church edifices and public buildings was
suspended, the remains and ruins of which still stand as ghastly reminders
of blasted hopes; the price of town lots fell, until those which had readily
brought from $500 to $1,000, could be as readily bo-ight for $25. The pop-
ulation diminished to about 300, what it is to-day. In 729881, a slight change
for the better began to be experienced; quite a number of good, substan-
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tial frame houses were built and other improvements made. In 1882, the
new university building was completed and dedicated, which doubtless in
the future will be looked back to as one of the first steps in the-second
progress of the town, which has every prospect of permanence, being
founded on correct principles, and to be sustained by the growth and pros-
perity of the State.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND THE PRESS.

Lane University—This institution of learning is under the auspices of the United
Brethren Church. In January, 1865, the Rowena Hotel became their property, partly by
purchase, partly by donation. The university was named after Gen. James H. Lane. The
tirst Board of Trustees was composed of the following gentlemen: Solomon Weaver, Presi-
dent; Solomon Bower, F. B. Hill, W. A. Cardwell, H. M. Green, H. D. Healy, J. H. Bone-
brake, D. K. Lawrence, Ebner M. Thornton, D. T. Mitchell and G. W. Zinn. Solomon
Weaver was succeeded as President of the institution in 1866, by David Shuck, and he, in
1869, by N. B. Bartlett, who still retains the Presidency.

The institution has been in operation ever since its establishment, has had an annual
attendance of from forty to seventy-five students of both sexes, and has a regular university
course of instruction.

The ten acres of Territorial capitol grounds, together with the capitol building, were
donated to the university in the year 1865, by the State. The church thereupon erected a
two-story and basement building on the-south half of the old unfinished capitol, complet-
ing it in the spring of 1882, and dedicating it on June 21, 1882, Bishop E. B. Kephart, of To-
ledo, Iowa, conducting the dedicatory services.

The Presbyterians effected an organization in 1857, and built a church in 1858. Rev. Will-
iam Wilson, their first minister, was succeeded in 1872, by Rev. Irwin, who remained but a
short time. The church was sold in 1881, to be used as a private residence.

The Southern Methodists organized and built a stone church in 1857. A few years after-
ward, the roof was blown off and one side fell down. The ruins—two ends and one side—
still remain standing in the west part of the town.

In 1856, the Catholics organized and commenced the erection of a church and parson-
age in the east part of the town. Both were to be of stone, but neither was completed, and
the walls still remain as the masons left they, except as to the ravages made by time.

The United Brethren in Christ organized in 1858, with five mentbers. Rev. W. A. Card-
well, who had gone to Big Springs as a missionary, in June, 1855, was the first preacher of
ue denomination in Lecompton, and though a ¥ree-State man, preached to the bogus Leg-
islature.

The first. school taught in Lecompton was by W. B. Barnum, in 1858, in the chureh
built by the Southern Methodists. The present neat frame schoolhouse was built in 1879.

Lecompton Union was established May 3, 1856, by A. W. Jones and C. A. Faris. It
was a strong Pro-slavery paper. The following eee appears in this newspaper, in ref-
erence to the taking of Lawrence, May 21, 1856, under the following head lines: ‘‘ Lawrence
aken !—Glorious Triumph of the Law-and-Order over Fanaticism in Kansas !—Full Par-
ticulars.”

“On Tuesday, the 20th, a large force ofthe Law-and-Order menu having gathered in and
around Lecompton, the Marshal ordered the different camps to concentrate about two miles
this side of Lawrence, so as to be ready for the execution of his immediate demands upon
the people of Lawrence. At this order, we left our sanctum and proceeded to the encamp-
ment, equipped for the occasion.” .

The Kansas New Era was established at Lecompton prpeaiiee 26, 1865, by Solomon
Weaver. G. C. Baker was foreman during the first year; J. N. Diff was foreman from Sep-
tember 25, 1866, until December, 1867. On May 22, 1867, the paper was moved from Lecomp-
ton to Medina, Jefferson County, and subsequently to Valley Falls, where it became the
Valley Falls New Era.

BIG SPRINGS.

Big Springs is located in the northwestern part of Douglas County,
in Lecompton Township, on rolling prairie. The town was so named be-
cause of the large ever-flowing springs in the immediate vicinity.

The first settlers here were William Harper and John Chamberlain,
who came in the fall of: 1854. Other early settlers were Messrs. Ephraim
Banning, the two Custerds, Roberts, Wells, Eppuson, Lawson and Card-
well. ;

In 1855, the post office was established, and John Chamberlain ap-

ointed Postmaster. On June 10, 1855, the first sermon was preached by

ev. W. A. Cardwell, a United Brethren minister, in the log house of
Ephraim Banning. This denomination built the first church in. Big
Springs in 1856, the society having been organized in July, 1855. “The
Catholics and Christians each organized a society in 1859.

A store was opened in 1855, by Webb & Carter.

The first child born here-was probably Sarah ‘S. Cardwell, August 4,
1856. The first marriage was that of Mr. Corbert, to Miss Sarah Ann
Harper, in 1856, and the first death that of Mrs. Custerd.

The first school was taught by Thomas Clark, in a hall in the town in

1856. ;

One of the first temperance meetings in the Territory was held at Big
Springs in 1856. Three barrels of whisky had been brought in from Mis-
souri, and a saloon opened by Dr. Carter. A protest against selling the
whisky was circulated and thirty signatures quickly obtained. This pro-
test seems to have had little effect, as the next night, in order to suppress the
traffic, forty men assembled in front of the dram shop and made a demand
for the whisky. One barrel was rolled out on to a large pile of shav-
ings. the head of the barrel was broken in, the match applied, and
while the scene was illumined by the flames from the shavings and the ob-
noxious fluid, rousing temperance addresses were made by one speaker

_after another, mounted upon the empty barrel, the temperance pledge
taken by many present, and thus, perhaps, the movement started which
culminated in November, 1880, in the prohibition of the traffic in the
State.

On the 5th of September, 1855, a meeting of much greater signifi-
cance was held at this little village, viz., the Big Springs convention of
that day. This was the first Free-State convention held in the Territory.
It was at this place that the Free-State party was organized. All of the
leading Free-State men were present, among them Ex-Gov. Reeder, Gov.
Robinson, Gen. J. H. Lane, George W. Smith, J. A. Wakefield, James 8.
Emery and many others. A large concourse of people came to-the con-
vention, feeling that a work of great moment was to be performed that
day. Men came in wagons, in carriages, in vehicles of every description,
on horseback and on foot, and all in the most solemn and determined
earnestness. And each one after the manner of the patriots of the Revo-

‘Jution pledged his life, his property and, his sacred honor, if need be, to
establish freedom in the State of Kansas. The spirit of the convention is
embodied in the following resolution, written by Ex-Gov. Reeder, and re-

ported by James 8. Emery: :

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

“That we will endure and submit to these laws (the bogus laws) .no
longer than the best interests of the Territory require, as the least of two
evils, and will resist them'to a bloody issue as soon as we ascertain that
peaceful remedies shall fail, and forcible resistance shall furnish any rea-
sonable prospect of success; and that in the meantime we recommend to our
friends throughout the Territory the organization and discipline of volun-
teer companies, and the procurement and preparation of arms.”

Big Springs now contains two stores, the post office, a blacksmith
shop, wagon shop, three churches and about forty inhabitants.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—.ecompTon TOWNSHIP.

PROF. N. B. BARTLETT, teacher, Lecompton, was born in Cattaraugus County, N.
Y., November 24, 1834; and removed with his parents to Buffalo, N. Y., where he spent his
childnood and youth, He was educated at Western College, Western Iowa, and that institution
conferred on him the title of A.M. Mr. Bartlett came to this State in 1865, and settled in An-
derson County, where he remained one year, and then removed to Lecompton, where he engaged
as a teacher in Lane University. In 1869, he was elected President of the College, and has’since
remained at the head of this school with the exception of one year—1876—when he retired, to
resume the wurk again the following year. Latin and Greek are the particular branches engag-
ing his time in the school. For the past twenty years, Mr. Bartlett has been engaged in teach-
ing. He was married in Western lowa December 31, 1860, to Miss Lizzie Hill, daughter of F.
B. Hill, Esq. They have four children—Frederick C., Ina, Austa and Dana. Mr. Bartlett isa
member ot the United Brethren Church, and also Trustee of the University.

DR. J. H. BONEBRAKE, Lecompton, was born in Preble County, Ohio, June 21, 1830,
and was married in Taylor County, Iowa, April 15, 1858, to Sarah J., daughter of Dr. Caswell
Witt. He came to Douglas County, Kan., in the spring of 1860, settling first at Big Springs,
and afterward at Lecompton, where he now resides. Dr. Bonebrake commenced the practice
of medicine in the spring of 1856, and has been since actively engaged in the practice of his
chosen profession, save E: ashort period in 1866, when he was a member of the Legislature
from Douglas County. He isa member of the United Brethren Church, and a member of the
Kansas Annual Conference of that church, and is an enthusiastic worker in the cause of higher
education, having been one of the founders and most active supporters of Lane University.
His family consists of himself, wife and two daughters, Eva J. and Cora W., three children
having died in infancy.

JOHN O. BROWN, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Big Springs, was born in Mt. Pleasant, Ind.,
December 25,1841. He came to the State in 1858 with his father, and settled in Lecompton Town-
ship, where he now resides. He owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and has just erecteda
commodious and -legant house at a cost of $1,800. When a young man, Mr. Brown went to
St. Louis to learn the trade of a confectioner and baker, but has never made it his business. as
he has found farming more healthful and profitable. Mr. Brown was married in Shawnee Coun-
ty, near Topeka, February 1, 1877, to Miss Annie E. Hickox, daughter of John Hickox, Esq., and
to them have been born two children—Mattie M. and Joseph C., who was born April 22,-1878,
and died June 17, 1878. . Mr. Brown is a member of the Catholic Church.

ALFRED H, B UCK, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Big Springs, was born in Bridgeton, N. J.,
November 29, 1835. He came to this State in 1868, and settled in Lawrence. Two years later,
he purchased a farm of 199 acres in Lecompton Township, near Big Springs, and has since made
it his home. Mr. Buck enlisted September 4, 1862, in Company H, Twelfth Regiment New
Jeeey State Volunteers, for tbree years, but in 1863 he was transferred to the Twenty-fourth

egiment Veteran Reserve Corps, and served in the corps until June 15, 1865, when he was
honorably discharged. Mr. Brown fought in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in
the Second Corps under Gen. Hancock, but was wounded July 3, 1863, by a ball from a. sharp-
shooter. Mr. Buck was married in Deerfield, N. J., February 14, 1867, to Miss Phebe I. Pad-
gett, daughter of David Padgett, Esq., and to them have been born two sons—Rollin F. and
Alfred D.—and two daughters—Eva A. and Essie P. Mr. and Mrs. Buck are members of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Buck is a Master Mason.

. . W.A.CARDWELL, minister, Lecompton, came to the State in 1855, and settled in Big
Springs, and engaged in preaching, and as. all pioneer preachers had to do, worked ona farm
during the week. He was born in Newcastle, Ky., August 16, 1817, and was set apart as a
minister of the United Brethren Church at White Chapel, Wayne Co., Ind., 1842. While on
his way to an appointment near Brownville he was shot at bya rebel for his patrioticand Union
sentiments and taken prisoner; no fewer than seven guns were leveled at him before he sur-
rendered. Mr. Cardwell has been twice married. In Brown County, Ind., to Miss Sarah A.
Sparks, who died June 8, 1867. Also, August 16, 1879, to Mrs. Susan Stone, widow of Solomon
Stone. He is the father of eighteen children, twelve of whom are living—George E., John T,
Mattie M. E., Dennis A., James R., Samuel S., Milton W., Ely H., Rhoda, Jno. E., Laura A.
and Nora M.

WILLIAM M.COPELAND, merchant, came to this State in 1861, and settled near To-

' peka, but established himself in business at Big Springs in 1882, doing a general business, as is

usual in a country store. Mr. Copeland was born in Pleasant Hill, Cass Co., Mo., September
6) 1845. When the war of the late rebellion seemed to threaten the life of the nation, Mr. Cope-
land enlisted for three years in Company D, Seventeenth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and
served until the close of the war, and received an honorable discharge. Mr.Copeland was mar-
red in Harrisonville, Mo., September 19, 1871, to Miss Fanny P. Booth, daughter of William
A. Booth, Esq., of Rock County, Wis. She died February 26, 1882, leaving three children—
Minnie L., Effie M. L. and Robert D.—to mourn their loss. Mr. Copeland is an active mem-
ber of the Christian Church,

THOMAS N. CROWDER, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Lawrence, was born in Ripley
County, Ind., December 28, 1835, and moved to Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, in the
spring of 1846, where he remained ewenty years. March 6, 1866, he came to this State, and
settled in Lecompton Township, on his farm of seventy-nine acres. Mr. Crowder has devoted
much attention to fruit raising, in which he excels, as is evident from his large orchard of choice
fruits. Mr, Crowder enlisted for three years in Company I, Eleventh Regiment Iowa Volunteers,
and was discharged August 8, 1863; re-enlisted May 16, 1864, and was elected Captain of Com-
pany G, Forty-fifth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry ; was mustered out September 16, 1864.
He participated in the battle of Shiloh, and in the siege of Corinth, and the investment of
Vicksburg. Mr, Crowder was married in Des Moines County, Iowa, July 23, 1857, to Miss
Amanda Knotts, daughter of James Knotts, Esq. To them have been born ten children—Vic-
toria A., Abraham L., James M., Wilson W., Elizabeth F., Mary E., Jennie B., Bertha M.,
Charles T., and Roma Mr. Crowder is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Wash-
ington Post, No. 12, Lawrence, Kan.

GEORGE W. DUNCAN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Big Springs, born in Brown County,
Ind., November 6, 1835. Mr, Duncan came to the State in 1855, and settled in Lecompton
Township, where he still resides. He owns 120 acres, which he has improved, In 187r, he
erected a good substantial dwelling house, at a cost of $1,000. During the Price raid Mr. Dun-
can was called out to serve in the State militia, and Was in the engagement at Big Blue in Mis-
souri, and was taken prisoner, and was subsequently paroled. Mr. Duncan was married in In-
diana May 5, 1859,to Miss Hettie J. Mcllvain, daughter of McLain Mcllvain, Esq. They have
four children—Minnie A., John S., Edward M. and Mills. Mr. Duncan is a prominent member
of the Christian Church, and one of the Board of Trustees.

A: ENN, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Lecompton, was born in Missouri April 12, 1833.
He came to this State in 1854, and settled on the farm in Lecompton Township, where he stil
resides. Mr. Glenn owns a splendid farm, containing 372 acres. The large barn, and other sub-
stantial buildings, indicate thrift and prosperity, Mr. Glenn was married in Lecompton Novem-
berass 1857 to i ee ae cone hice a a W. Zinn; and to them have been born ag

ildren—George A., William B., John f., Eliza A. $ : s L.. . .
Mary E. and Alfaretta, J 5 DISSES Se SV Tay, Maia hen JBC
' ROBERT W.GORRILL, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Lawrence, was born in Troy, Wood
Co., Ohio, January 24, 1832, where he resided until the spring of 1867, when he came to this
State and settled in Douglas County. Mr. Gorrill purchased 160 acres in Lecompton Townshi
in ate and has recently erected a fine stone residence for his future home. Mr. Gorrill enhste
October 15, 1862, in Company E, Seventy-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, for three years;
but was discharged for disability after a little more than one month's service. Mr, Gorrill was
married in Woodville, Ohio, November 23, 1865, to Miss Helen Baldwin, daughter of William
Baldwin, Esq.; they have two sons and two daughters, viz.: Marshall, Robert W., Libbie and
eae Mr. Gorrill is a substantial and prosperous farmer, and one of the leading men in
unity,

HENRY HAFER, farmer, Section ro, P.O. Lecompton, was born in Warren County,
Ohio, March 29, 1838, and lived a wandering life until 1868, when he came to this State and
settled on a'farm in Lecothpton, which he owns, containing 160 acres. Mr. Hafer, being a patri
DOUGLAS

otic'man, volunteered his services to the Government in 1861, but was rejected ; again, in 1862,
he offered himself, to be again rejected. In 1863, he was drafted, and, although pronounced in-
“competent, he yet sent a substitute; when the roo-days men were called, he again offeréd him-
self, and this time the examining surgeon accepted him, May 2,1864; he was sworn into Com-
pany A, One Hundred and Forty-nin.h Regiment Ohio State Volunteers, and was placed on
gusd duty; was discharged November 9, 1864. Mr. Hafer was married in Carrollton, Mo.,

ebruary 2, 1869, to Miss Emily Sneggett, daughter of John T. Sneggett, Esq. ; they have one
adopted child, Nora A. Mr. Hafer is a member of the M. E. Church.

WILLIAM HENRY, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Big Springs, came to this State in 1868,
and settled in Lecompton Township, where he owns a farm containing 490 acres of improved
land. He was born in Banks, Indiana Co., Penn., February 10, 1836. Mr. Henry was.reared on a
farm and has ever since made farming his business, in which he has been successful and pros-
perous. Mr. Henry served his country during the rebellion as wagonmaster, in the Quarter
master’s department, from 1862 to 1865.__He was sent with medical supplies from Washington
to Gettysburg during that battle. Mr. Henry was married, in‘ Indiana County, Penn., in Oc-
tober, 1858, to Miss Jane C. Kirk, who died "lane 17,1872, He was married again, in Shawnee
County, Kan., April 2, 1873, to Miss Rachael C. Hickox, Canale of John Hickox, Esq.; the
names of his children are—David K., Leni L., John P. and William. Mr. Henry erected a
‘large substantial stone house on his farm in the summer of 1872.

PROF. JAMES H. HOOVER, teacher, Lecompton, was born near Nashville, Tenn., Oc-
tober 30, 1847; moved to Missouri in 1852, where he remained until 1870, at Boonville; except a
‘short time in Texas. Mr. Hoover came to this State September 27, 1870,and settled in Lecomp-
ton; engaged in teaching and also in attendance at the Lane University, from which he gradu-
ated in the class of 1880, and was at once elected to the chair of Mathematics in his Alma
Mater. Mr. Hoover gives promise of distinction in his profession. He is a member of the U.B.
Church, and also the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University. :

MAJ. J. B. HOPE, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Lecompton, was born in Tennessee June 6,
1828, where he grew to manhood. Enlisted, 1847, in Company F, Fifth Regiment Tennessee
Infantry, for the Mexican war ; participated in the battle of Santiago ; was discharged July,
1848. Enlisted, July 15, 1861, in company H, Seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteers. and was
promoted to be Major of the Forty-fifth Regiment Iowa Volunteers ; discharged September 16,
1864; was in the following engagements: Bel. ont, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of
Corinth, Iuka and Corinth; was wounded six times during these engegements. Mr. Hope was
married in Tennessee, February 27, 1850, to Mrs. Maggie A. Richie, widow of Nelson Richie,
and daughter of Col. A. Furguson ; they have seven children—Stephen H.,-Anna J., Andrew
a aoe S., Sarah E., John C. and Alfred L. Mr. Hope is amember of the United Brethren

urch, Se 2
WILLIAM LEAMER, merchant, Lecompton, was born near Hollidaysburg, Penn., Sep-
tember 8, 1826, where, he commenced his mercantile career. Mr. Leamer was married, at Al-
toona, Penn., August 8, 1855, to Miss Anna M. McCormick, daughter of Alexander McCormick,
and to them have been born eight children—Kate K., Clara E., William A., E. Brooke, Coates
W., Mary Mc., Harry G. and Ella; only one has died, Clara E. Mr. Leamer came to this
State in 1856, and settled in Lecompton, and at once established business, keeping a good as-
sortment of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, etc., etc. Mr. Leamer also owns a fine farm
of oo acres near Lecompton. Mr. Leamer is a gentleman of fine tastes and good social
Gualities. -

MOSES McCALL, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Lecompton, was born in Greene County, Ohio,
in 1818 ; removed with his parents to Hancock County, Ind., and then, in the fall of 1838, to Clay
County, Mo. Mr, McCall enlisted in the spring of 1846, and served under Capt. Hayden in
the Mexican war for two years, and, in 1854, came to this State and located in Lecompton
Township, where he owns 240acres, 160 of which he paid for by a Government warrant issued to
him for hisservices in the Mexican war. Inthatearly day, Mr. McCall used to hunt deer and wild
turkey on the ground now covered by the village of Lecompton. Mr. McCall was married, in
Platte County, Mo., February 6, 1852, to Miss Virginia Blankinship, daughter of Sylvester
Blankinship, Esq.; they have ten children, viz.: America, Israel, Alexander, Nancy M., David
T., Sarah M., Rose A., John S., Virginia, William M. and an infant (now dead), “Mr. McCall
is a member and class-leader in the M. E. Church.

DAVID MARTIN, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Lecompton, was born in Antrim County, near

Belfast, Ireland, December 1, 1814; emigrated to the United States, in 1819 with his parents,
‘and ettled in Indiana County, Penn., where he remained about fourteen years and then for
eight years lived at Cresson, in Cambria Co., Penn. Engaged-upon the railroad, and afterward
lived five years in Hollidaysburg, Penn. In 1855, he came to this State and settled in. Le
compton Township, where he owns a farm of 320,acres, Mr. Martin was married in Cresson,
‘Penn., September 16, 1840 to Miss Mary Howell, daughter of John Howell; they have seven
children—George W., Edmond M., David H., Anna, John H., Elizabeth and Stephen D. His
son, George W., is well known as the head of a large printing establishment at Topeka, and a
politician of consider . ble note. :

GEORGE W. MORRIS, farmer, Section 33. P. O. Lecompton, came to this State May 20,

1857, and settled in Lecompton Township, where he has since resided. He has 100 acres, which he
has under good improvements. He was born in Rockingham County, Va., February 28, 1823;
removed, with his parents, in 1833, to Franklin County, Ohio, where he was in mercantile busi-
ness until he came to this State. Mr. Morris is an active temperance worker and a pronounced
‘prohibitionist, a member of the Republican Central Committee, and a man of influence. He is
aiso an active member ‘of the M. E. Church. - Mr. Morris was married -in Franklin
County, Ohio, July 4, 1848, to Miss Sarah Williams, daughter of Abraham Williams, Esq.; six
children have been born to them, three of whom are-living, one sonand two daughters— William
H.,, Mary E. and Alice J. 2

S£UDORA.

The city of Eudora is pleasantly located on a gradually ascending
slope, stretching back on the south bank of the Kansas or Kaw River, near
the junction of the Wakarusa. Situated as it is, seven miles east of Law-
rence, twenty-eight miles southwest of Leavenworth, and thirty-three
miles west of Kansas City, Mo., on the line of the A., T. & St. Fe ity., its
location as a trading point is excellent, which is proven by its being the
second city in the county in point of population and trade. Eudora was
settled and is surrounded by that class of citizens, who are known the
world over for their thrift and capacity in promoting a substantial growth
in a new country—the Germans. ah :

Early in thé summer of 1856, an association, composed of prominent
Germans, was organized at Chicago, Ill., under the name of the ‘Neuer
Ansiediungs Verein,’’ with the prime object of making a settlement at
some point in the great West. Organizing with fifty members, the asso-
ciation rapidly grew until it numbered over 600 stockholders. In March,
1857, a location committee, consisting of H. Heimann, F. Barteldes and C.
Schleifer, were appointed to go West and look up a location, preparatory
to the location of a town site. After looking through various parts of
‘Missouri and Kansas, the present townsite of Eudora was decided upon.
A tract of 800 acres was secured from the Shawnee Indians through Pascel
Fish, their chief, who was to receive every alternate lot. The town site of
800 acres was laid off, and named ‘‘Eudora,”’ in honor of the chief's
daughter. . : 3

On the return of the committee, it was decided to at once colonize the
place. Sixteen members, who represented different trades and professions,
were elected by the association and sent out under the leadership of P.
Hartig, for that purpose.. Following are the names of this hardy band of

‘pioneers: P. Hartig, J. Fischer, J. Schiesgroohl, J. Leoterle, A. Herling,
¥ . Schoartz, G. Buttner, A. Schirrner, M. Marthey, Fred Deirhmann,

Veroh, C. Epple and wife, G. Kerg, C. Maxilius, Anton Goethhes, H. Baser
man. The expenses of the party were paid by the association. Seven

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other members came out with the party, but paid their own expenses. The
party left Chicago April 11, 1857, and arrived at their destination, April
18, 1857, and commenced erecting rude log buildings and making other
crude improvements. Thus was formed the first settlement of Eudora.

The first house on the town site was built by Pascel Fish, the Shaw-
nee Indian, long before the advent of the white man as a settler. It was
built of hewn logs, with a thatched straw roof, and was used as a hotel,
known as the “Fish House.’’ The first building erected by the colony was
a one-story log cabin, eighteen by twenty fect, which for awhile was used
by all parties. During the summer of 1857, A. Summerfield opened and
established the first store.

The first birth that occurred was that of Eudora, a daughter of C.
Epple, a member of the town company, born in 1857, soon after the ar-
rival of the colony. The girl received her name in honor of the place. In
the summer of 1857 occurred the death of J. Leoterle, a member of the
‘band of sixteen.’’ One of the first marriages was that of F. Dischmann
and Mrs. George Harbolt, who were married in 1857 or 1858.

In May, 1857, the association at Chicago, sent C. Durr to St. Louis,
where he purchased, at an expense of $2,200, machinery for a circular saw
mill and “corn cracker.”” The mill arrived at Eudora during the same
month, and was put into operation for the company by C. Diirr. in the
summer of the same year. :

In order to secure a perfect title to their land, the association author-
ized L. W. Pfeif and C. Durr to purchase it from Pascel Fish, which was
fone at a cost of $110,000, February 17, 1860, and approved on the 7th day
of May. :

Eudora was incorporated as a city, under Territorial laws, February 8,
1859, and still retains that charter and is governed accordingly. In 1869,
for municipal purpuses, the city was divided into two wards. Three
councilmen were elected from each ward. ‘

The post office of Eudora was established in the summer of 1857, and
A. Summerfield appointed as first Postmaster. Mr. Summerfield was suc-
ceeded by T. C. Hockett, who, in 1862, was succeeded by F. L. Pilla. Mr.
Pilla retained the postmastership until his death, in 1871, when he was
succeeded by the present incumbent, Charles Pilla. The office was made
a money-order office, July, 1878, and its business is rapidly increasing.

OFFICIAL ROSTER.

At the first regular election, held in March, 1859, the fouowing gentlemen were elected
to represent the city government: Mayor, F. Faerber; Councilmen, A. Summerfield, M.
Marthey, P. Hartig, Aug. Cieseniss, and P. Hoppenan; Justice of the Peace, F. Schowarte,;
Marshal, F. Soelte; Treasurer, Charles Achning; Clerk (by appointment), I*. Schowarte.
4 The following-named gentlemen have officiated as Mayor, from the first organization
of the city to the present time: 1859, F. Faerber; 1860, C. Durr; 1861, C. Durr and J.C.
Dunno; 1862, H. Wittler and C. Lothhole: 1863, C. Durr; 1864, C. Thorn ; 1864, ©. Durr ; 1866-
67, A. D. H. Kemper; 1868-69, Leo Vitt; 1870-72, Dr. S. American ; 1873-74, C. Durr ;’ 1875, J.
A. Seybold; 1876, Leo Vitt; 1877-79, J. Hammert; 1880-82, Charles Durr.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

The first school was taught in 1858, by C. Smith, who was paid by subscription. In
1859, a frame building, known as the “City Hall,” was built by the association, and used for
school purposes, I’. Schowarte being the first teacher. This building was used for school
purposes until 1866. A new stone schoolhouse, 24x40 feet, two stories high, was completed
at a cost of $5,700. H.C.Speer and Miss C. Whitcomb were the first teachers in the new
building. In the autumn of the same year, a building was erected for colored pupils, who
were taught by Miss P. Hill. -As the city increased in population, the old. school building
proved inadequate to the demand, and in 1881 a new brick building, 24x40 feet, one story,
was completed at a cost of $1,700. The citizens of Eudora have reason to be proud of their
educational advantages.

The Church of the Holy Family organized October-1, 1864, with thirty-two members. The
church edifice, which was built during the same year, at a cost of $3,000, is a stone structure,
24x40 feet. The first regular pastor was Father A. Mheyer, who had charge of the church
from 1865 to 14668. The church was presided over by different pastors until the present
pastor, Rev. F. Elias, of Lawrence, took charge. The value of the German Catholic Church
property in Eudora is estimated at $7,500. Present membership, seventy families. : .

The German Methodist Church was organized soon after the war of the great rebell-
ion, with twenty-five members. An old stone dwelling-house was purchased,.at a cost of
$600, remodeled and used for a place of divine worship until 1881, when a handsome frame
edifice, 26x44 feet, was completed at a cost of $2,0u0. Under the pastorate.of Rev. Mr. Ar-
sonn, the church retains a membership of fifty souls. __ *

St. Paul's Congregation of the German Evangelical Church was organized in 1869, by Rev.
B. C. Haas, with fifteen members. Mr. Haas remained in charge until 1873, when he was
succeeded, in 1874, by Rev. C. Toennies, who remained six years. Rev. C. F. Engelbach, the
present pastor, took charge in 1882. The present church edifice is a brick structure, 26x40
feet, and was erected in 1871 at a cost of $1,200. Present membership, seventeen.

The (All Brights) German Evangelical Church is an old organization, and embraces among
its‘membership many of the prominent farmers in the vicinity of Eudora. Its church
edifice, a handsome brick building, 26x40, was completed in 1870, at a cost of $1,200: Rev.
F. T. Harter, present pastor. a

The Colored Baptist Church has an organization here, and holds regular services in their
own edifice. Rev. H. Ford, present pastor. :

SOCIETIES, ETC.’

The first society organized in Eudora was the German Turn-Verein, in 1864. For some
reason the society did not prosper, and was abandoned. In the summer of 1867, it was
again organized with twelve members, under the following officers: J. A. Seybold, Presi-
‘dent; H. Basemann, Vice. President; H. Basemann, Jr., Secretary ; C. Marfilius, Treasurer.
The society retained its organization until 1876, when it again became defunct. In March,
1882, it re-organized with five members, under the following officers: J. A. Seybold, Presi-
dent; C. Fischer, Vice President ; Bartusch, Treasurer; F. Lucken, Secretary. Tur-
ner Hall is a neat frame structure, 24x46 feet, and was completed in the autumn of 1882, at
an expense of $1,200, The society, after all its disasters, is in a prosperous condition, and now
numbers twenty: members. ss
Budaya Lodge, No. 42, I. 0. O. F., was organized, under dispensation, March 6, 1869. A
charter was granted. in October, 1869, to the following members: I’. Bernitz, P. Hiatt, C.
Gy

 

‘Marfilius, John Qoedecker, J. Conger, J. W. Estes and Charles Pilla. Its first officers were
F. Bernitz, N, . Pilla, V. G.; P. Hiatt, Secretary ; John Conger, Treasurer. The society
owns.a two-story brick building, valued at $2,000. Its big res officers are S. Prang, N.G.;
J. Jahn, V.G.; John Hammert, Secretary; J. A. Seybold, Treasurer. Regular meetings are
held in their hall on every Saturday evening. Present membership, forty-five. :

Dorie Lodge, No. 83, A., F. & A. M., was organized under a charter dated May 11, 1869.
First elected officers were Robert Peebles, S. W.; W. W.Silsby, J. W.; T.C. Darling, 5. D.;
A. L. Cohn, J. D.; Thomas Pearson, Treasurer ; J. B. Smith, Secretary. Present officers are
0. Camp, W.,M.; T. Rayson, 8. W.; E. S. Thompson, J. W.; O. G. Richards, S. D.; A. L.
Cohn, J. D.; H. Copp, Treasurer ; M. D. Greenlee, Secretary. Present membership, 30. ad
ular communications are observed on Tuesday evening before full of moon in each month,
at lodge room,in Odd Fellows Hall. . : .

Eudora Temperance Union, a society forthe promotion of temperance, was organized and
chartered in the fall of 1879. ‘Temperance Tabernacle,” a frame building, ee feet was
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completed ata cost of $800, in November, 1879. Its first and present officers are 0. G. Rich-
ards, President ; 8. V. Carr, Secretary ; Vice Presidents are Mrs. N. Henshaw, Mrs. E, Rich ;
J.N, Still, Treasurer; Trustees, T. C. Darling, James Still, 0. G. Richards, E. Rich and N.
Henshaw. Present membership, 150. g

The old saw mill and “ corn cracker,” brought out from St. Louis in 1857, was operated
by C. Diirr, for the town company, until 1860, when he purchased and ran it until 1870. In
1862, a steam flouring mill was erected by Messrs. Durr & Vitt. The mill was a frame,
and two and one-haif stories high, the main building being 30x50 feet. The enterprise rep-
resented an outlay of $7,000. ‘The mill had then two run of stone and did excellent work.
In 1867, Leo Vitt purchased his partner’s interest and operated it alone until 1875, when he
sold the whole mill to C. Durr. Mr. Durr added new machinery, including two run of
bubrs, and built an elevator, 20x30 feet, with a capacity of 3,000 bushels; capital invested,
$12,000. The mills manufacture three choice brands of flour that are well known wher-
ever they have been introduced, and give good satisfaction.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—rupors TownsHI?P.

J.R., ALLEN, Jr., farmer, Section 30, P.O. Eudora. Born in Monmouth, N. J., December
14, 1832, son of Joseph R. Allen and Anna Richardson, where he grew up, and in 1852 moved
to Iowa, and in 1856 came to Kansas and settled in Grant Township. In 1865, he purchased his
present farm of 120 acres in Eudora. He was an active Free-State man, and endured the hard-
ships of the border troubles. He was married in Newton, Iowa, May 28, 1857, to Emma, daugh-
ter of Thomas Pearson and Rhoda Rogers. They have five children—Jennie S., born July 22,
1858; James '[., born December 16, 1863; Elmer F., born August 20, 1566; Edwin C., born Janu-
ary 26, 1871; Bertha G., born November 12, 1874. Mrs. Allen is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.

JOHN ANDERSON, Jr., farmer, Section 26, P.O. Eudora, Born in Nairnshire, Scotland, March
14, 1832; son of John Anderson and Isabella Henderson ; omigrated to Canada, in 1856, where he
remained twelve years, and then came to the United States and settled in Eudora Township,
Kan., where he has since resided. He ownsa farm containing 160 acres, improved. He was
married in Auldearn, Scotland, December 23, 1859, to Miss Justina D., daughter of John McIn-
tosh and Margaret Simpson. They have five children—Margarct, born March 2, 1861; Isabella,
born October 23, 1863; Lizzie. born March 23, 1865; Justina, born December 23, 1867; Mariann,
born June 7, 1869. Mr, and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Presbyterian Church.

E. A. BENEFIELD, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Lawrence. Settled on present place in Au-
gust, 1882. There are 127 acres in the home farm, devoted to mixed farming. Mr. Benefield
was born in Hamilton County, Ind., December 13, 1855. He was educated in his native county,
and then learned harness-making as a trade. In 1869, he settled in Neosho County, Kan., where
he operated the engine in a saw mill about three years, and then engaged in farming in that
county until 1879, when he moved to Douglas County, following the same business He was mar-
ried in Douglas County, December 25, 1879, to Miss Emma Coseboom, an adopted daughter of N.
D. Howland and wife. Noah D. Howland (deceased), was born in Fall River, Mass., November
2, 1823. Engaged in blacksmitbing and fatming until 1854, when he joined the “first party” of
the Emigrant Aid Society, and pre-empted the farm now occupied by E. A. Benefield. Mr. How-
land was married in Lawrence, in 1855, to Miss Mary T., daughter of P. D. Jones, Esq.

Cc. N. BISHOFF, physician and surgeon, Eudora, was born in Dauphin County, Penn., June
4, 1838. He was educated at Union Seminary, New Berlin, Union Co., Penn. Engaged in the
woolen manufacturing business froma boy. In 1862, he enlisted in the Union army in Com-
pany ©, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, on a
nine months’ call. On the expiration of term of enlistment, he returned home and resumed his
conucetion with the woolen mills in the summer season, teaching school in the winter. Hecom-
menced his professional studies in 1868. During 1870-71, he attended lectures at the Eclectic
Medical College of Pennsylvania, graduating in the latter year. He began practice immediately.
In 1873, he opened a drug storein Lykens, Penn., continuing his practice at the sametime. 1n
1877, he moved to Kansas, and settled on his present location. He was married in Dauphin Coun-
ty, Penn., December 24, 1863, to Miss Mary M. Bauman, of Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Penn. They
have four children—Cora L., Mark L., Minnie M. and Roger W. Dr. Bishoff isa member of the
£clectic Medical Association of Kansas, and of the I. 0.0. F., and A., F. & A. M.

JOHN L, BRENDER, blacksmith and wagon-maker, and dealer in heavy and shelf hard-
ware, agricultural implements, buggies and farrh wagons, etc., Eudora, The blacksmithing and
wagon-making department was established in 1857, the first in town. They now employ five
handsin the shop, In 1882, he erected a frame building, 50x25 feet, two stories high, which is
devoted to the hardware and implement department. Mr. John L. Brender was born in Wur-
temberg, Germany, October 2, 1830, in the town of Giengen, Oberant Heidenheim, on the River
Bravz, where he learned the blackswith trade, commencing at the age of fourteen years, He
left his native country and Janded in New York City in 1851. The following year, he started for
Pittsburgh, Penn. In 1854, he started for Chicago, Ill. In 1857, he left Chicago and settled in
Eudora, Kan., and became a member of the town company. July 26, 1858, he murried Miss
Cornelia Morse, who was born May 29, 1842, They had three children; lost one; two are living
—Fred and Almira. His wife died April 4 1866. During the war, he was a member of the State
militia. December 25,1867, he was married again, to Miss Nancy Ellen Shirley, a native of
Missouri. They have four children—all living—Ida, Maria, George and Juhn. He now lives on
a farm adjoining town. Mr. Brender belongs to the German M. E. Church, and is a member of
Eudora Lodge, No. 42,1. 0. 0. F. ;

GEORGE BRECHEISEN, farmer, Section 9, P. 0. Eudora. Born in Eudora, Kan., October
20, 1857 ; son of Peter and Wilmina (Vitt) Brecheisen, where he has ever since resided, He owns
a farm of 368 acres, improved. He has always lived on a farm, and was educated in the common
schools. Mr. B, was married in Palmyra Township, March 9, 1880, to Miss Mary A., daughter of
Nicholas Weil and Annie M. Meyer. They have two children—George A., born January 12, 1881;
Herbert, born October, os 1882, Mr. and Mrs, B. are members of the Evangelical Association
Church.

S. V. CARR, agent of the Atcbison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, and of Wells, Fargo
& Company's Express, Eudora, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, November 29, 1857. His
parents settled in Eudora in 1866, where he received his schooling. He commenced studying
telegraphy in 1876.. May 12, of the same year, he took a position in the general office of the
St. L., L. & W. R. R., at Lawrence. Afterward was appointed agent and:operator at Stanley.
Returned to Lawrence August 16, 1876, and resigned October 11. Jirat became connected with
the Atchison, Topeka & Sauta Fé Railroad April 10,1877, as night operator at West Las An-
imas, Colo., retaining this position until August. He was then transferred to Eudora, where
he remained until November 5, 1881. He then took a position as cashier of the Wells, Fargo
& Co,, and Denver & Rio Grande Express Companies, at Pueblo, Colo, February 1, 1882, he
was appointed agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad at Rockvale, Colo. May 16,
1882, he took his present position. He was married in Husted, Colo., April 27, 1880, to Miss Agnes
M. Lovelace, of Husted. They have one child—Leslie L. V.

THEOPHILUS H. COLE, farmer, Section 31, P, 0. Eudora. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio,

January 30, 1847. Is a sonof Jesse Cole and Harriet Barret. Came to Kansas with his par-
ents, in 1862, and has since resided in the State. He was called out in the State Militia,
and participated in the engagement at the Little Blue with the Confederate forces under Sterling
Price. He was united in marriage in Baldwin City, Kan., March 9, 1881, to Miss Mary A,, daugh-
ter of T. H. Connerand Mary A. McClellev.
: THOMAS H. CONNER, farmer, Section 13, P. 0. Eudora. Born in Dumfrieshire, Seot-
Jand, December 26, 1834. Son of John Conner and Mary Robinson. He came to the United
States in 1853, and settled in Kane County, Ill., where he remained three years, and then came
to Kansas; settled in Willow Springs, and in 1872 purchased a farm in Eudora Town-
ship, where he has since resided; owns a quarter section, well improved. He was married in
Willow Springs, March 15, 1860, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Robert McClellen and Agnos Mc-
Whitter. They have three children—Mary A., born November 10, 1861, wife of T. H. Cole;
Charles A., born March 7, 1864; Addison M., born December 3, 1866, Mr,C, is amember of the
M. E, Church, and also of Eudora Lodge, No. 42, I. 0.0. F.

8. H. DAVIS, farmer, Section 28, P. 0. Hesper, was born in Randolph County, N. C., March
20, 1848. His father died in 1858, In 1861, his mother moved to Indiana, and the following year
settled in Douglas County, Kan. He received a preliminary education in the public schools, and
then entered the State Normal School at Emporia, graduating in 1872. While pursuing hia
studies, he also taught school; in 1870, having a school in Wyandotte County, Kan., and also had
schools in Grant Township, Douglas County. Then held the position of Principal of the Eudora
School. He has since been engaged in teaching in addition to operating his farm, This consists
of eighty acres devoted to grain and stock. He was married in Hesper, Douglas Co., Kan., in
1877, to Miss Emma Stubbs. They have three children—Lena M., Mary A.and Homer W. Mr.
D. is a member of the Society of Friends, and is also a member of Doric Lodge, No, 83, A., F. &

M. ' 5
©. DURR, proprietor Eudora Mills, was vorn in Colberg, Prussia, Germany, July 10, 1821; he
emigrated to the United States in the spring of 1852, and located in New York City, At the age of

* Postmaster in 1871, and has held the office continuously since.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

thirteen years,he was apprenticed to the trade of cabinet-making and carpentering, and added to this
millwrighting. He followed these tradesin the oldcountry, In New York City and in Chicago,
where he moved in 1854, he followed carpentering and building. In 1857, he moved to Kansas,
and settled in Eudora, and may be said to have founded that town; he at first established a saw-
mill, adding to it at times until the business reached the present proportions. Mr. Durr waa
married in Eudora, July 10, 1868, to Miss Henrietta Zinnecke. a native of- Germany. They have
six children living—Alfred, Carl, Berthold, Thekla, Alma and Waldo, He is at present Mayor of
the town. Has been a member of the School Board many years. 5

GARDNER, HILL & CO., dealers in general merchandise, Eudora; the firm is composed of
P. Gardner, A. L. Hill and W. Davis. The business was established January 1,1880. They carry
a stock of about $6,000. A. L. Hill, of the above firm, was born in Guilford County, N.C. He
received « partial education in his native county, finishing his studies at Earlham College, Rich-
mond, Ind. His parents settled in Douglas County, Kan., in the spring of 1864, and here A. L.
engaged in teaching and farming. From 1876 to 1678, he was engaged in teaching Indian schools
on the Kickapoo Reservation, in Brown County, Kan. Then returned to Douglas County and
engaged in farming until present business was estabiished, Mr. Hill is a member of the Society
of Friends. .

C. 0. GAUSE, physician and surgeon, Hesper, was born in Preble County, Ohio, November
26, 1830. His parents removed to Indiana when he was very young, where he received his pre-
liminary education ; commenced his professional studies in 1848, under Dr. Cochran, of Spiceland,
Ind. Then attended lectures in 1851 and 1852, at Ann Arbor, Mich. Commenced his profession-
al practice at Spiceland, Ind., in 1852, Removed to Lynnville, Lowa, in 1855, where he followed
his profession until 1860, when he removed to Miami County, Kan., and commenced practice,
moving to Osawatomie in 1864. In 1866, he was appointed Superintendent of the Insane Asy--
lum, a position he retained until 1872, when he removed to Hesper, where he has since engaged
ia practice, except during the years 1877 and 1878, during which time he was physician to the
Sac and Fox Indians. Dr. Gause was married in Spiceland, Ind., in 1852, to Miss Sarah A. Hod-
son, who died leaving one child—Casper W. He was married to his present wife in Lynnville,
Jasper Co,, Iowa, in 1857; she was Miss Levisa W. Butler; they have one child—Emily J, Dr.
G. is a member of the Society of Friends, and of the State Medical Society.

JOHN GILMORE, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Lawrence, born in Livingston County, N. Y.,
November 27, 1833; eon of James and Mary (Green) Gilmore; there he resided until 1857, when
he came to this State and settled in Lawrence; in 1862, he moved to Eudora Township, where
he owns 800 acres, improved. Mr. G. was united in marriage in Tippecanoe County, Ind., April
3, 1856, to Mise Susan C., daughter of John Widell. They have five children—Annie 0., born
November 15, 1857; Solon T., born April 14, 1862; Mary C., born July 18, 1860; Josephine, born
January 18, 1866; Nydia, born December 29, 1867. Mr. G. is one of the enterprising farmers of
Kansas, having several tenants on his large farm, whom he keeps employed. Mr. G. isa mem-
ber of the M. K. Church. ad

WALKER HARRIS, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Eudora; born in Louisa County, Va., Septem-
ber, 1831; was taken to Kentucky when a child; came to Kansas in 1864, aud settled in Eudora
Township; works 80 acres. He has been twice married; in Missouri, to Rebecca Lee, who died
in May, 1870; in Lawrence, 1879, to Alice Cresey. His children are—Charles, Janalls, Ebocy,
Peter, Jezse, Richard, Samuel and Eliza. Member of Second Baptist Church in Lawrence.

DR, R. 8. HITTELL, M.D., was born in Lehigh County, Penn., near Allentown, December
7, 1849. He received his preliminary education at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Penn., and
commenced the study of medicine in 1866. From 1867 to 1868, he attended the Bellevue Hos
pital College, New York. He graduated in 1870 from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadel-
phia, and the same year accepted an appointment as Assistant Surgeon in the German Army.
He continued in this service until the close of the Franco-Prussian war. He returned to the
United States and held for a time a position as Surgeon on the Black Ball Line. He then set-
tled at Gibsonburg, in Sandusky County, Ohio, where he continued to practice until 1880. In
that year he moved to Kansas City, Mo., and the following year settled at Eudora. Dr. H. is a
member of the A., F. & A. M.,I. 0.0. F., K. of H. and A. 0. U.W.

WILLIAM KOHLER, farmer, Section 28, P. 0. Hesper, settled on his present place in
1882, The farm consists of 175 acres, 140 of which is at present under cultivation. Grain is at
present his principal crop, though his intentions are to work into stock. He was born in York
County, Penn., March 31, 1831. His principal occupation in his native State was farming,
though for some years he held a position as foreman in the iron interests. In 1879, he re-
moved to Kansas and located in Douglas County. In 1881, he removed to Riley County, selling
his farm there the following year and returning to Douglas County. He was married in York
County, Penn., in 1852, to Miss Hoffman. They have six children living—Elcetta, now Mrs,
* A. Mallett; Mary A., now Mrs. T. L, Dougherty; John G., Andrew J., Herman M. and

evaux R.

FREDERICK A. LICHTFERS, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Lawrence, was born in Neuwied,
Prussia, September 5, 1820, son of William Lichtfersand Sibylla Kuepper. He came to the United
States in 1849, and after visiting various points, settled in Detroit, Mich. He came to Kansas in
1856, and settled in Eudora Township. Owns 240 acres, improved ; keeps stock as his principal
business. He is a successful farmer, and by his industry and economy has acquired a good prop-
erty. He was married, in Lawrence, Kan., September 30, 1858, to Miss Anna C., daughter of
Henry Stevens and Anna L. Weber. They have eleven children—George M., born March 13,
1860; Charles, August 20,1861; Louis, February 6, 1863; Mary E., May 20, 1864; Gertrude, Octo-
ber 31, 1865; Emma, September 16,1868; Josephine, April 25, 1870; Anna, February 12, 1876;
Frederick, August 9, 1877; Nettie, April 11, 1879, and Henry, January 1, 1881. Builthis housein
1881, at a cost of $1,200.

JOSEPH McCOY, Principal of the schools, Eudora, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio,
January 30,1831. He received his first schooling in his native county, and then entered the
Normal Academy at West Bedford, taking the full course, and receiving first-class testimonials
of same from the Principal (they did not grant diplomas), in 1856. He then commenced teach-
ing, and continued actively engaged in his profession, in various posts in Ohio, until 1876. He
then moved to Peabody, Marion Co., Kan., where he taught three sessions. Since then has had
charge as Principal of the Public Schools at Parkville, Mo., and abouta year later took his present
charge. Mr. McCoy was married, in Coshocton County, Ohio, October 20, 1859, to Miss N. Power,
of that county. They have three children—Ida, James and Carl Schurz.

CHARLES PILLA, Postmaster, and dealer in general merchandise, Eudora, Was appointed
4 t The mercantile business was es-
tablished in 1862 by F.L. Pilla, In 1865, it was changed to Pilla Bros. Tbis continued until the
death of F. L. Pilla, in 1871; since that time Charles Pilla has been alone in business. The busi-
ness now occupies two floors in a building 25x96 feet in area, the stock averaging from $15,000 to
$20,000, Mr. Pilla also deals in agricultural implements, employing in all nine men. Mr. Pilla
was born in Rhenish Bavaria February 19, 1830. He was educated in his native place, and emi-
grated to tho United States in 1849. Ho learned the dyeing trade in the old country, but did not
follow it in the United States. Ho settled in New York City, where he engaged in clerking for a
time, and then engaged with Walker & Sons, bookbinders, with whom he continued until 1865,
when he removed to Kansas, settling at once at Eudora. He was married in Factoryville, Staten
Island, September 10, 1865, to Miss Alice B. Smith, of Factoryville, Staten Island, N. ¥. They
have four children—Alvina, Louisa, Malvia and Charles. He isa member of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church, He has been connected with the School Board for many years. Is alsoa
member of Eudora Lodge, No. 42, I. 0. 0. F., and Doric Lodge, No. 83, A,FL& A.M,

HON. OSCAR G. RICHARDS, lawyer, insurance and real estate, Eudora. Business was
established in 1869. He represents the Home of New York, Springfield of Massachusetts, Phoenix
of Hartford, and American Central of Burlington, Iowa. Mr. Richards was born in Napoleon,
Jackson Co., Mich., January 12, 1836. He received a limited education in the schools, which he
afterward improved by diligent application. He was raised on a farm in Livingston County, Ill.
At the age of twenty, he joined Gen, Lane's forces as they went through Illinois, under Capt.
William Strawn. With this hardy, independent band of pioneers, he went to Kansas from Illi-
nois, passing through Iowa and Nebraska, and west of the then settlements in Kansas, to Topeka,
on what was known as Lane’s road. Mr. Richards drove the first team on the laying out of
that road, and planted the first stakes. In this patriotic band were such as Capt. Scrambey, of
Ohio, Capt. Cutler, of Massachusetts, and old John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame. Mr. Richards
was with the party that besieged Fort Titus, Fort Saunders and Letompton, Was at Black Jack
when Clay Pate surrendered to old John Brown. Was at Bull Creek when Gen, Lane drove Reid
out of the Territory, and at Lawrence when it was besieged by 2,700 Pro-slavery men, at the time
that Gov, Geary went to the Tescue. On the restoration of peace, after what was known as the
border ruffian war, Mr. Richards went west to near Manhattan, where he took a claim, which he
improved and cultivated, and finally sold in 1857, aud removed to Douglas County, on what was
known as the Shawnee Absentee Lands, where a party of twenty-seven emigrants, including a
number of relatives who came out from Illinois with him in the spring of 1857, had settled.
Here he remained ten years, engaged in farming and studying law, as he could procure books -
and find time, At the age of thirty, he applied himself very closely to the study of his profession,
and was admitted to the bar in Douglas County in 1869. He then settled in Eudora, He was

 
DOUGLAS

married, January 8, 1857, to Miss Martha Granger, of Livingston County, Ill., who died, leaving
two childrea—Jessie, now Mrs, Harmer, of Wisconsin,and Franklin. He was married, in Eudora
June 12, 1865, to Miss Sophia D. Mulsow. They have four children—Charles, Hattie, Eurctia
and Mabel. Mr. R. was elected, in 1878, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, from
Douglas County. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace of Eudoraseveral terms. He is
P. M. of Doric Lodge, No. 83, A., F. & A. M., and is P. G. of Hudora Lodge, No. 42, I. 0. 0. F.
SINO STANLSY, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Eudora. Born in Buchanan County, Mo., Au-
gust 12, 1841, son of Joseph Stanley and Lydia Vilderbach. Came to Kansas in 1857; settled in
Doniphan County. Enlisted August, 1861,in Company A, Seventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry,
and was discharged October 5, 1865, Married in Leavenworth, Kan., May 29, 1876, to Mrs. Re-
becca Eaton, widow of Alvin C. Eaton, and daughter of Isaac Blond and Mary Sanderson. The
children are Ella Eaton, born December 22, 1864; Harry Eaton, born January 26, 1867; Flor-
ence M., born February 24,1877. Mrs. Stanley is a native of Ohio; she owns 14114 acres of rich
bottom land, 100 of which is under the plow. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
SWAIN & CO., proprietors Magnolia Mills, Eud.ra; succeeded C. Durr February 1,
1883. The firm is composed of R. D. Swain, E. A. Swain and W. A. Dugane, BE. A. Swain being
the managing partner. They have changed the mills to the roller process, and do a merchant
business almost exclusively. R. D. Swain, of above firm, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, August 13,
1844. He was educated in his native city, About the age or sixteen years, he engaged in sailing
on the lakes, following this profession until 1867, the latter years having command of vessels in
the grain and iron ore trade. In 1867, he engaged in ship chandlery and veasel supply business
in Cleveland, under firm name of B. Swain & Sons, continuing in this.until 1878. He then set-
tled in Douglas County, Kan., where he boughta farm. The following year, he became con-
nected with the Western Paint and Oil Company, of Kansas City, Mo., though retaining his resi-
dence in Douglas County until the spring of 1883, when he moved to Kansas City.
JOHN WEAVER, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Eudora, The home farm. contains 330 acres, 300
acres being under cultivation. The crop of 1883 will consist of 140 acres ot wheat, and the same
amountin corn. Has also in charge between 700 and 800 acres of his father’s, most of it being
rented. Henry Weaver came to the State in 1857, and made his first land purchases, settling here
with the family, in 1865. He continued to reside here till 1883, when he returned East. Two
brothers now reside in Salina, Saline County. John Weaver .was born in Columbiana County, Ohio,
December 31, 1848. He was educated in his native county, and from there came to Kansas with
the family in 1865. Has since been engaged in farming, for some years teaching school in winter.
He was married, in Salina, Kan., December 31, 1877, to Miss Australia Speaks, daughter of Will-
iam Speaks, one of the early settlersin that part of the State. They have two children—William
H.andJennieM. Mr. W.isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the I. 0.0. F.
JO%EPH A. WEST, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Lawrence; born in County Kerry, Ireland,
August 14, 1848; son of John West and Amelia J. Jibou. He came to the United States in 1853.
Settled near Ypsilanti, Mich., where he remained until 1857, when he came to this State, and set-
tled in Eudora Township; owns 320.acres, all improved. During the season, he makes a busi-
ness of threshing grain. Enlisted September 1, 1862, in Company G, Twelfth Regiment, Kansas
Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged July 15, 1865. He was married in Baldwin
City, Kan., March 9, 1881, to Miss Isabel, daughter of John Anderson and Justina McIntosh;
er ie ane child, Blanch, born June 30, 1882. Mr, West isa member of Eudora Lodge,
4 F .M. -
CHARLES L. WILBUR, farmer, Section 19, P. 0. Hesper; born in Saratoga, N. Y., August
7, 1830 (son of Thomas Wilber and Sarah A. Townsend), where he grew to manhood, and in 1853
he moved to Albany, N. Y., where for fifteen years he was engaged in the flour, coal and wood
business. In 1858, he came to Kansas; settled ona farm containing 240 acres in Eudora Town-
sbip, where he has since resided. Mr. W. was married in Albany, N. Y., February 28, 1854, to
Miss Charlotte, daughter of John Pemberton and Clarissa Henry. They have had ten children
—Emily T., born December 12, 1854; Thomas W., born October 1, 1856; Clara H., born March 22,
1858; John P., born December 22, 1859; Elias G. born July 28, 1862, died January 31, 1863;
Charles L., born December 6, 1863, died November 16, 1866; Charlotte, born December 7, 1866;
Mary B., born December 2, 1867, died April 16, 1874; Samuel T., born September 14, 1870;
Elizabeth G, born January 13, 1883. Mr. W. is a member of the Society of Friends, .

BALDWIN CITY.

Baldwin City is pleasantly located on rolling prairie fifteen miles
south of Lawrence, on the line of the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galves-
ton Railway. Occupying a position in the midst of a rich agricultural
country, which is settled up by ‘a good class of farmers, it has an excellent
location as-a-shipping point. Within its limits is located the Baker Uni-
versity, the oldest institution of learning in the State.

. The first settlement made in and near what is now known as Baldwin
City, occurred in 1854, when Robert and Richard Pierson, L. F. Green,
Jacob Cantrell and a few others took up claims and laid the foundations
for a future prosperous neighborhood. They were followed by L. N.
Snyder, H. Baricklaw, D. Still, J. A. Abbott, D. F. Green, D. Froy, W.
Baricklaw and others in 1855-6.

In June, 1855, a town site of 320 acres, on Sections 34 and 27,Township
14, Range 20,was surveyed and laid off by the Palmyra Town Company, and
known as Palmyra, The Town Company was composed of twelve mem-
bers, as follows: James Blood, President, J. B. Abbott, Capt. Saunders,
Amasa Soule, L. F. and D. F. Green, Dr. A. T. Still, D. Fry, Robert Pier-
son and the three Baricklaw brothers. The first building on the town site
was a log-house, erected in 1854, by J, Cantrell, and used as a dwelling.
After the town was laid off, W. Westfall erected a building and occupied
itas a store. The ‘‘Old Barracks,” a square, log building twenty: by
twenty feet, was the next building, and was built by the town company,
and used by many, until others were erected. A hotel was also built by
the town company and used both for store and_hotel purposes, under the
name of the Santa Fe House, and was managed by A. F. Powell. Drs.
Simmons and Still were among the first disciples of Esculapius, locating
in 1855. The marriage of Robert Pierson to a Miss Bithinger in 1855-6,
was among the first ceremonies of the kind performed in Palmyra.

In 1858, the town company purchased the section of land adjoining
the town on the south, and donated it to the Kansas Educational Associ-
ation, in consideration of which they agreed to locate an institution of
learning on the said section. As the work on the university progressed,
buildings were erected on the new town site, which was named Baldwin,
in honor of John Baldwin, of Berea, Ohio, and soon, one by one, the busi-
ness enterprises of Palmyra_moved to the new town. A saw and grist
mill was erected by John Baldwin, and other enterprises inaugurated
which proved the death blow to Palmyra as a town, as it is now known as
“but a dream of the past.” : . .

The Palmyra post office was established in 1856, N. Blood being ap-
pointed as first Postmaster; H. Scott was his suceessor, when the office
was moved to Baldwin. He was succeeded by J. M. Cavaness, who had
charge of the office ‘until 1867. Mr. Cavaness was succeeded by H. M.
Scott, who remained until 1875, when John Chapman took charge of _the
office. It was established as a money-order office in 1867, and has since
retained that distinction. _ . :

(Owing to the destruction of city records, no correct data can be given
concerning its official proceedings.)

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CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Methodist Episcopal Church.—The first religious services held by this denomination
were presided over by Rev. T. S. oriting in the summer of 1855. A class was organized
July 22, 1855, at Palmyra, by the Rev. L. R. Dennis, with the following members: H. Bar-
ricklow, David and Huldah Eldridge, William and Jane Graham, D, Johnson, L. F. and N.
Green, A. Perces, H. and Rosella Harris. Services were held at residences of the different
members until 1858, when the University Chapel at Baldwin City was used. The present
church building, which is a substantial stone structure, was built in 1868.

* The Solio einy pastors have had charge of the church since its first organization in
the order mentioned: Rey. L. B. Dennis, eighteen months; Rev. W. Taylor, one year; Rey.
William Butt, one year; Rev. M. Robinson, two years; Rev. W. R. Davis, one year; Rev.
T. H, Mudge, four months (church supplied eight months); Rev. T. G. Ferril; one year;
Rev. W. Butt, one year; Rev. J. B, ae one year; Rev. G. S. Dearborn, one year; Rev.
Mr. McBurney, one year; Rev. James Lawrence, one year; Rev. Mr. Bryant, one year;
Rey. Mr. Perry, one year; Rev. O. O. Roberts, two years; Rev. Mr. Denison, one year ; Rev.
H. W. Reed, three years; Rev. Mr. Shipe, one-year; Rev. A. H. Walters, two years, and
Rey. W. R. Davis, its present pastor, two years. Present number of members, 340.

First Presbyterian Church.—The first organization of this denomination was perfected
at Prairie City, December 25, 1859, with fourteen members, by the Rev. J. C. Beach, an ex-
ploring missionary of the Kansas Presbytery. A brick church was erected on the town
site of Palmyra, and used for a number of years. Services were also held at Prairie City,
and other places of worship occupied. The present church edifice is a neat frame structure,
30x46 feet, located at Media, a station one mile distant from Baldwin.

The polbewing astors have officiated: Rev. J. C. Beach, 1859-66; Rev. V. N. King,
1867-73; Rev. A. V. Stout, 1874-82; Dr. L. T. Iobe, the present pastor, April, 1882. Present
number of members, 34.

Palmyra Lodge, No. 23, A., F. & A. M., organized under dispensation, in 1856; a charter
was aul 1857, with the following charter members: C. Reynolds, J. T. Lynch, J. Deer-
ing, J. W. Vaughn, L. F. Green, W. D. Martin, W. B. Hayden and R. P. Du Vall. Its first
officers were: é. Reynolds, W. M.; B. Andrews, 8. W.; J. T. Lynch, J. W.; W. D. Martin,
Treasurer; L. F. Green, Secretary. Some of the first meetings were held in the open air.

Its present officers are: IE. A. Gaddis, W. M.; J. W. Junction, S. W.; R. Bailey, J. W.;
W. C. Corkill, Secretary; W. D. Mortin, Treasurer. Present membership, 31. Regular
communications are held Wednesday evening before full of moon at Masonic Ball.

Baldwin City Lodge, No. 31, I. O. O. F, was organized under dispensation, June, 1867;
charter ae in October, 1867, with following charter members: J. K. Goodin, L. L. Hart-
man, B. F. Kratzer, William Hoope, H. W. Olmstead and J. R. Moore. First officers were:
J. K. Goodin, N. G.; H. W. Olmstead, V. G.; W, Skeels, Recording’ Secretary ; J. R. Moore,
Treasurer. Present officers: L. B. Keifer, N. G.; C. S. Holman, V. G.; W. Plasket, Perma-
nent Secretary; J. R. Stephens, Recording Secretary; G. Nutt, Treasurer. Regular meet-
a S — held every Saturday evening, in Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall. Present member-
ship, 58.

Baldwin Lodge, No. 104, A. O. U. W., was organized under a charter eae June 30,
1882, with twelve charter members. Its, officers are: W. R. Graham, P. M. W.; C. A.
Weaver, M. W.; C. E. Galberth, Recorder; R.'B. Kiefer, Financial Secretary ; S. B. Wool-
pert, Recording Secretary; W.A. Hide, Guide. Regular meetings are held on the first
and third Monday evenings of each month in the college building. Present membership, 15.

Baker Post, No. 40, G. A. R., was organized under a charter March 16, 1882, with twenty-
two charter members. Its first and present officers are E. Gaddis, P. C.; L. H. Tuttle, V.C.;
C. F. Moher, 8. C.;_ Charles Pives, O. of D.; J. Walker, O. of G.; H.C. ay, Q. M.; George
Nott, Adjutant; J. Davis, Q.M.S8. Regular meetings are held Friday evenings of each
month. Present membership, forty.

BAKER UNIVERSITY.

This institution of liberal arts is located at Baldwin City, Kan., and is under the -
supervision of the Kansas and Nebraska Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

On the 3d day of February, 1858, an organization, known as the Kansas Educational
Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was chartered by the Territorial Legisla-
ture, with the privilege of locating an institution of learning, to be known as Baker Uni-
versity. After receiving several propositions from different places in the State, the associa-
tion accepted that made by the town company of Palmyra, by which they received a section
of land adjoining the town site of Palmyra. This section of land was surveyed into lots,
many of which were sold, the proceeds being used toward erecting a college building. The
structure was a three-story stone building, erected at a cost of $3,000. The first floor was
used for chapel purposes; the second divided into recitation rooms, and the third was oc-
cupied by the Masons.

Baker University was chartered February 12, 1858. In the autumn of the same year,
its doors were thrown open to students. The first Faculty was composed of Rev. W. R.
Davis, President, assisted by Prof. B. F. Cunningham and Prof. T. A. Parker. As there were
but few important institutions of learning in the Territory at this time, the attendance
numbered upward of 100.

In 1867, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in his annual report said:
“Baker University is the oldest ey working institution in the State. * * * * From
our earliest history as a State, it has done a noble work in sending out successful teachers
to the common schools.” Notwithstanding all the embarassments that have been met, reg-
ular work has been done every term down to the present time.

In 1870, it was decided to complete the new building, which had been in process of
erection for several years. This building is a substantial structure of cut stone, located on
a gentle elevation overlooking the city. Its dimensions are 60x80 feet, four stories high,
including the Mansard story. Though spacious enough for the present, will in a few years
be inadequate to the increasing number of students. In connection with the institution is
the library and reading room, containing upward of 1,500 volumes, embracing works of

eneral information, and supplied with the current literature of the day. The present
nancial standing of the institution is good. ‘

The Board of Trustees is composed of the following: Hon. L. W. Breyfogle, W. Cono-
ver, Rev. H. W. Chaffee, Rev. H. A. Tucker, Rev. E. W. Van Deventer, L. N. Stacher, Col. J.
Cc, Carpenter, Rey. P. T. Rhodes, H. H. Taylor, Rev. G.S. Dearborn, William Plaskett, Rev.
H. W. Reed, D. D., Rev. A. K. Johnson, Rev. W. R. Davis, D. D., Rev. J. T. Hannah, Rev. J.
M. Sullivan, H. C. Mechem, Rev. B. Kelley, Rev. J. Denison, D. D., S. O. Goodlander, Rev.
J. D. Knox, Rev. S. E. Pendleton, Rev. D. T. Summerville, T. D. Sweet, W. Fairchild, I. T.
Goodnow, J. M. Cavaness.

The officers of the board are Rev. H. W. Reed, D. D., President; Rev. P. T. Rhodes,
pak Olaaaaie H. H. Taylor, Secretary; W. Plaskett, Treasurer; Rev. J. M. Sullivan,

gent.

The present Faculty of the University is as follows:

Rev. W. H. Sweet, A. M., President and Professor of Mental and Moral Science; Rev.
W.I. Graham, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages; Rev. C. A. Weaver, M. A., Professor
of Mathematics; F. J. Baker, A. B., Professor of Natural Scieuce ; Ada C. Baker, B. L., Pre-
ceptress and Professor of English Literature; Amanda F. Plaskett, A. M., Professor of
Painting and Drawing; W. I. Graham, A. M., Principal of Normal Department; E. R. Sny-
der, Professor of Instrumental and Vocal Music; E. J. Barkerville, Teacher of Penmanship
and Elocution; F. J. Baker, Secretary and Curator of Cabinet; W. I. Graham, Treasurer;
Amanda F. Plasket, Librarian.

Present number of students enrolled, 270.

BLACK JACK.

Black Jack is situated on level prairie, and is surrounded by valuable
farms, many of them owned by men who emigrated from Pennsylvania in
early times, who are largely engaged in raising stock. It is in the south-
eastern part of the county, five miles from Prairie City. The creek near
which the village stands was named Black Jack by the Mexicans, and the
village, when started in 1857, was named after the creek

 

* Owing to incomplete records, this list was compiled from data given by various members
the church.
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The first scttlers on the town site were the town company themselves,
consisting of William Riley, Daniel Fearer, E. D. Pettengill, S. A. Stone-
braker, Secretary, and H. N. Brockway,Treasurer. The first birth in the
town was that of William H. Riley, in June, 1858, who died while an in-
fant, this being the first death; the first marriage was that of Joseph
Kennedy, to Miss Elizabeth Hanern. ;

The first school was in a log house, taught by Mrs. Elizabeth Craig, in
1858, with Frankie Miller as assistant. The first sermon was preached in
January, of this year, in a cabin by Rev. Samuel Keetsinger. A ‘school-
house and church were both built in 1859; the former located on the north-
east quarter of Section 7, Township 15 and Range 21, and the latter, the
Presbyterian Church, in the town. The Presbyterians and United Breth-
ren had, previous to the building of this church, a union fund, but a
misunderstanding arising among them, the fund was divided and cach built
a church. ;

The post office was established in 1858, and named Black Jack, 8. A.
Stonebraker being appointed first Postmaster. In January, 1858, H. N.
Brockway and §. A. Stonebraker started the first store in the town.

Black Jack is situated on the old Santa Fé road, over which for many
years all merchandise destined for New Mexico and California was
freighted. It was also the principal emigrant trail, and some years as
many as 60,000 teams traveled this road. his immense traffic was in the
main discontinued upon the completion of the Kansas Pacific Railroad to
Ellsworth.

‘ This town is situated near the historic battle-field of Black Jack. The
battle so named occurred June 2, 1856, a full account of which will be
found in its proper place in the general history of the coufty.

During the war of the Rebellion, a fort was crected here for the pro-
tection of the town. On May 8, 1863, Dick Yeagar made a raid upon the
village, robbed Brockway & Stonebraker’s store, and stole the horses be-
longing to the overland stage route. On the 15th of August following,
Bill Anderson made a raid into Kansas, and on his return from Morris
County, where he had killed Capt. Baker, thrown his body into the cellar
and burned his house down over him, made a call on Black Jack, inter-
cepted the overland mail, stole fourteen horses, eight of them belonging to
the mail, and took some $2,000 from the passengers. They also broke
into and robbed Brockway & Stonebraker’s store, carrying away about
‘$1,800 worth of goods, and setting fire to the store. The fire was extin-
guished by a determined ladv named Mrs. John M. Hays.

VINLAND.

Vinland is situated on level prairie about nine miles southeast from
Lawrence. Among the early settlers here in 1854, were W. E. Barnes,
George Cutler, F. B. Varnum, Charles W. Dow, Jacob Branson, William
White, Franklin N. Coleman, Josiah Hargous and Harriscn W. Buckley.

In 1857, a saw mill was erected in this vicinity by N. C. Cradit & Co.,
on Coal Creek. In the fall of 1858, a small house was built, in which A.
W. Smith taught the first school. The building of this house was a pri-
vate enterprise on the part of the settlers. A public schoolhouse was built
in 1867, and located on the northeast corner of Section 10, Township 14,
Range 20. In 1868, the post office was established and named Vinland,
George Cutler being appointed first Postmaster. On July 1, 1870, Messrs.
Russell & Davis opened the first store. In 1874, a cheese factory was es-
tablished, and in 1878, the Presbyterian Church was built.

Media is situated in the southern part of the county, on the Kansas
City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad. The first settlement was
made here in November, 1878, by E. G. Gilbert and H. W. Willett and

amily.

The post office was established January 1, 1879, II. W. Willett being
first Postmaster, who, in the next November, opened a store, the first in
the town.

A Presbyterian Church was erected in 1881, in which Rev. A. VY, Stout
preached the first sermon, soon after its completion.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—ratmyra TOWNSAIP.

A. F. ALLEN, M.8., farmer, P.O. Vinland, is operating 290 acres of Jand, in two bodics of
160 acres and of 130 acres respectively, principal attention is devoted to feeding stock, A, F.
Allen was born in Washtenaw County, Mich., December 27, 1836, Hoe took a preliminary course
at a Wesleyan College at Leoni, Jackson County, Mich., and then entered tho State Agricultural
College, taking a full course and graduating in 1861, with the degree of B,S., the degree of M.
8. being conferred by his Alma Mater in 1875, ‘The class of 1861, with asingle exception, cnlisted
in 1861, as a body forming « company of topographical engineers under Gen, Fremont, in Mis-
souri. When Halleck took command of the army, they were disbanded and returned home, The
subject of our sketch engaged in general farming for some three years, and was then appointed
foreman of the farms at the Agricultural College, a position he held for three years. In tho falt
of 1868, he took charge of the schools at Harrisonville, Cass Co., Mo.; three years later, removed
to Butler, Bates Co., Mo., to take a similar position. In the spring of 1873, he removed to Kun-
sas, and settled in Girard, Crawford County, where he held a position as Principal of the High
School and remained until 1878 then removed to Douglas County. Spent the winterin Lawrence,
and the following spring settlet near Vinland, on his present place, Mr, Allen was married in
Manchester, Washtenaw Co., Mich., February 22, 1863, to Miss Ellen M, Spencer, who died leavy-
ing two children—Ben I, and Willard S. Ho was married to his present wife in Douglas County,
Kas., September 9, 1873. Sbe was Mrs, Libbie D. Hart, a daughter of Fitch Reed, Eaq. They
have three children—Fitch R., Elbert H. and Edward P. Mr. Allen is a member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, an Ancient Odd Fellow and Lecturer of Vinland Grange.
G. W, ALLEN & CO., proprietors Baldwin City Mills, During the summer of 1883, they
- moved their apparatus from Baldwin City to Meda, erecting aframo mill with stone basement.
The main building is 40x30 feet in area with an engine house 20x40 feet. There is also attached a
sorghum mil] 50x24 feet with about 100 fect of open shed. The feed department will have two
run stone, employing four men. In the season, the sorghum mill will employ seven men and
have a capacity of £00 gallons of syrup in a ran of twenty-four hours. The firm is composed of
G. W. Allen, and Ethen Allen and J. L, Allen, nephew's of G. W. G, W. Allen was born in Burling-
ton County, N. J., January 12, 1836. He was educated in his native county. In 1857, hestarted
Weat, locating in Ohio for a time, then moved to Indiana, thence he moved to Douglas County,
TI1., in 1858, and engaged in farming there until 1871. He then moved to Jackson County, Mo.,
where he opened a nursery until 1876. The grasshopper visitation of 1875, caused his removal to
Johnson County, Kan., where he engaged in farming until 1881, He then removed to Baldwin
City and bought a flour and grist mill. Mr. A, was married in Burlington County, N. J., in 1865,
to Miss Elizabeth Evans, of that county. She died leaving one child, David Evane. Ie was
married tu his present wife in Baldwin City, Kan., in 1880, She was Miss Rebecca Hill, of that
city. %

HISTORY OF KANSAS.’

KNUD ANDERSON, farmer, Section 11, P. 0. Vintand, was born in Borgenatift, Norway,
November 15, 1825; son of Andrew Anderson and Sarah Newton. Came to the United States in
1850, settled in Chicago, and in 1856, came to Kansas and settled in Palmyra Township ; here he
owns a fine farm containing 200 acres well improved, During the Quantrill raid, he had a valua-
ble horse taken by the United States troops for which he never received pay. He was united
jn marriage in Uhicago, Ill, September 17, 1857, to Miss Anna J., daughter of Jacob Eide and
Martha Stevens, They have the following children: Sarah E., born February 6, 1859; Martha
‘A., June 18, 1861; Charles S., August 20, 1863; Edward J., August 28, 1865, and Frank N., Octo-
ber 29, 1868,, Mra. Anderson is » member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Vinland,

MRS. MARY F. ASHBY, farmer, Section 18, P. 0. Media, was born in Montgomery County,
Ky., June 17, 1828; daughter of Henry Foster and Jane Nelson. Moved into Putnam County, .
Ind., when a child, where she grew to womanhood, She was united in marriage in Putnam
County, Ind., December 21, 1848, to James C. Ashby, who died November 1, 1868. She had six
children—Henry §., born October 4, 1855; Charles A., December 5, 1858; Sarah J., February 14,
186L; Elizabeth A., April 3, 1863; Mary F., August 19,1865; Rusa J., October 24, 1867. Mrs.
Asbby came to Kansas in 1857, with her husband, and settled in Palmyra Township. She owns
a fine farm of 177 acres well improved and with tho aid of her sone carries on the farm. Henry
S., her oldest son takes charge and keeps the farm in good shape. Mrs. Ashby and family are
imembers of the Baldwin City Methodist Episcopal Church. : : aaa

¥, J. BAKER, A. B., Professor of Natural Science, Baker University, Baldwin City, was born
in Brandon, Knox Co., Ohio, March 15, 1854, He was educated at the Onio Wesleyan University,
Delaware, Ohio, which he entered in the fall of 1875, taking a full classical course and graduat-
ing in 1880. The same fall, he moved to Baldwin City to take the position which he now holds
in the university, Ho was married in Delaware, Ohio, in 1878, to Miss Ada Claypool, a native of
Westfield, Ohio. Mra, Ada Claypool Baker, Preceptress and Professor of English Language and
Literature, Baker University, took a preparatory course at Iberia College and then entered the
Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating in 1880, with the degree of B. L. Took present charge in
the fall of 1880,

W. E. BARNES, nurseryman, P. 0. Vinland. The nursery has been established since 1857.
The farm consists of 385 acres, 175 acres being devoted to trees and vines, 100 acres in apple trees
of different ages. The crops of 1882 aggregated 10,000 bushels. Mr. Barnes was born in Dracut,
Mass., September 21, 1833. He was educated in his native county. Atthe age of ten years, he
went to live with a relative and learned the nursery business with him. In 1856, he struck
west, stopping in Wisconsin fora few months. The same year he settled in Kansas, first land-
ing in Leavenworth and making a claim where he now resides shortly afterward. During the
border ruffian troubles, he was connected with Capt. Abbott’s company, and, during the war of
the rebellion, with the State militia, He was married in Douglas County, in 1867, to Miss
Dunn, daughter of Jonathan Dunn, Esq., one of the pioneers of “58.” Mr, Barnes is a member
of the Vinland Grange.

E. J. BASKERVILLE, Professor of Penmanship and Elocution in Baker University,
Baldwin City, was born in Delaware County, Iowa, October 24, 1857. Took preparatory cunrse in
the district schools and then entered Weston College at Weston, Iowa, taking a full scientific
course and making a special study of penmanship, In 1879, he moved to Kansas to take a posi-
tion in the Lane University at Lecompton, where he remained until the fall ot 1880, when he
took his present charge. During his vacations, Prof. Baskerville has made a special study
of elocution under Prof. Hammil, of Chicago, and Prof. Cumnock, of the Northwestern Univer-
sity at Evanston, Ill. Prof. B, is amember of the First Methodist Eyiscopal Church and the
I. 0. 0. F. of Baldwin City.

I. I. BELL, farmer, Section 1, P. 0. Baldwin City, settled on present place in 1858. Is now
operating 240 acres in all, having added to bis original pre-emption; 220 acres of the farm are
under cultivation, being devoted to both grain and stock. The head of herd is a thoroughbred
Durham bull, from Andy Wilson’s herd. Also has a stallion of trotting ancestry. Capt. Bell
was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, January 15,1819. His parents moved to Westmoreland
County, Penn., while he was a boy. Aiter coming of age, he engaged on a farmin Pennsylvania
till he moved West. In the spring of 1855, he took boat to St. Louis, and from there to Kansas
City. He then made a claim in Douglas County and a few months afterward returned to Penn-
sylvania for his family. While on the way out, sickness compelled them to disembark at Lex-
ington, Mo. Here herentedafarm. The same fall visited his claim in Kansas and found it
“jumped.” He then made another claim, and in the spring of 1856 brought out his family and
settled. There being a vacant cabin in the vicinity of his claim, he took possession, no objection
being made, his neighbors supposing, as he came from Missouri, that he was Pru-slavery. As
soon as they found he was « Free State man, they came to the cabin fully armed and compelled
the family to vacate. They then built a shelter of rails, using “shakes” fora roof. Shortly
after this, finding himself short of provisions, he made a trip to his place in Lafayette County,
Mo., after food. Just after his departure, John Brown made an attack on and defeated Pate. This
caused a great excitement in Missouri, and he found himself continually subject to strict ques-
tioning. Not liking the appearances of things, he cetermined to get back home as soon as pos-
sible. So he loaded his ox team with corn in the ear, not waiting to have it ground; also bought
two or three cows, and started back, having for a companion a young man from Illinois, who
assisted him in driving the cattle; also added to his load some flour and bacon, which he bought
on the road back. Their only arms were two shotguus, for which they had no ammunition.
Finally, they reached the State line and camped. The next morning they were stopped by a
party of Missourians and, after some talk, placed under arrest and taken to Little Sante Fé,
where they were turned over to United States Marshal. They were ordered to drive to Bull
Creek, where there wasa large camp of Missourians. After having proceeded some distance,
they were overtaken by a squad of men and ordered to dump their load on the prairie. A man
was then put in the wagon to drive, and they took up their march, being ordered to keep silence
on pain of death. Mr. Bell finally determined to make one effort to obtain his release, and made
the remark, “If I had some of my Lafayette County neighbors here, I would not submit to this
treatment.” This attracted their attention and they asked whom he knew there. He referred
to several prominent Pro-slavery men of that county. They then withdrew and held a parley;
finally told him they had decided to search him and, if they found no papers of importance, to
release him. They did so. Bofore the party left, he asked the leader for a pass; this he fur-
nished, but refused to sign it. Mr, Bell then returned to where he had dumped his provisions
and again loaded up and took up his march for Bull Creek. His companion here deserted him,
having decided to make for Kansans City. Mr. Bell, knowing he must pass in the immediate
vicinity of the Missourions’ cump on Bull Creek, determined to follow the original route and go
boldly into their camp, Io found them expecting him and drawn up in two lines to receive
him. He drove between the lines and had almost passed through before he was stopped. He
then found that a former neighbor of his in Lafayette County had told them that he was a
Northern man, He was finally taken botore the commanding officer, the notorious Milt, McGee,
and he placed a guard over the wagon and ordered him to return to Kansas City, in spite uf his
protestations that his family were probably starving. After they had driven some miles, they
camped on Cedar Crock. Shortly afterward, heard the report of a gun, followed by two or three
others, and made up his mind that some ono had been shot. Some mile or two further on the
road, he again met McGee with a party of men, They finally reached Kansas City and after
somo time, through tho intercession of others, persuaded McGee to release him and give hima
pass to go home, This he finally did, and Mr, Bell again took up his march for home. On his
way back, he mot a squad of men at Cedar Creek and was persuaded to camp with them, He
found them talking of a body being out on the prairie, it being the same place where he heard
tho guns tho day beforo, Afterward found it was the body of Jacob Cantrell, of Baldwin City,
who had been shot by the Missourians after being taken prisoner. Mr, Bell found his stock at
ete Creek and finally reached home, much to the joy of his family, who had given him up as
lent, the neighbors in his absenco having provided for their wants. Shortly after this, his posi-

ion being such an exposed one, he moved his family to Baldwin City, and they afterward re-
turned to Pennsylvania, returning to his claim in 1858. In the early part of the war, he joined
Newjohn 8 IIome Guard, remaining with them the most of 1861. In the spring of 1862, he re-
cruited a company which was mustered into the Second Battalion Maryland Militia, he being
commissioned First Lieutenant. Ho remained with this command until the day before the sur-
render at Independence, Mo, Tle then organized a company of home guards, of which he was
elected Captain, continuing in command till the close of the war, taking part in the pursuit of
Quantrill and of Price. -Since that time, has been engaged in operating his farm. Mr. Bell
was married in Indiana County, Penn., December 25, 1842, to Miss Susannah Fair, of that county.
They have had thirteen children, nine surviving—Elizabeth, now Mrs, W. M. Rinley ; Martha,
now Mrs. J. Kennedy ; Margaret, now Mrs. H. Goodman; Emma, Jackson, Ida, Oscar, Leonard
and Henry, Capt B. isa member of theG. A. R.andof thel.0.0.F. ” ; ,

_ Hf. i. BODWELL, dealer in groceries, hardware, queensware, otc., Baldwin City. The
business was established in 1882, The stock averages about $2,500 and is the only hardware
house in town. Mr, Bodwell was born in Huron County, Ohio, July 12, 1831. He received his
schooling in his native county, and learned-the trade of blacksmith. In 1856 he moved to Kan-
sas, Janding in Lawrence in April, The same year took a claim in Franklin County which he
surveyed and returned to Lawrence. In the spring of 1857, he settled in Baldwin City, then
DOUGLAS COUNTY.

known as Palmyra. Hore he engaged in working at his trade ten or twelve years. Afterward

went into mercantile business; sold out in 1874 and went to Colorado, where he opened a black-

smith shop. In 1877, he returned to Baldwin City and organized the firm of Bodwell Bros. He

was married in Huron County, Ohio, September 24, 1854, to Miss Melissa J., daughter of J. T. Starr,

a ey bere es ae - eee the war, Mr. B, was counected with the State
. 6 Price raid, was First Lieuten . y i

of the A., F. & A. M.andI. 0. 0. F. of Baldwin Gli, ee ie Pe eres

L. B. BODWELL, Postmaster, and sonior member of the firm of Bodwell & Galbreath, gen-
eral store, Baldwin City, was first appointed Postmaster in 1877, and has held the olflice uninter-
ruptediy since: Mr, Bodwell was born in Clarkefield, Huron County, Ohio February 18, 1837.
His parents moved to Dodge County, Wis., about 1848, where he received his education. Ife
afterward engaged in clerking some years. In 1859, he moved to Kansas. Here he fitted out a
small train and engaged some years in freighting to Denver, Sante I'é and the mountuins. Vol-
unteered at one time in the First Kangas Regiment and was rejected ; was afterward a few days
with the Kansas State militia, under Gen. Jim Lane. He finally settled down in Douglas County,
where he engaged in farming for several years. His health failing, he moved to Baldwin City in
1877 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was married in Emporia, Kan., Octobor 29, 1862, to
Miss Lucy Starr, daughter of J. I’. Starr, Esq., a pioneer of 1856. They have three children—Hat-
tie M., Anna D. and Edward E. Mr. B. is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the I. 0. 0.
F. of Baldwin City. He is at present Township Treasurer, having held the office six or eight
years. Is also a member of the City Council. 7

L. M. BODWELL, Baldwin City, was born in Ridgefield, Conn., September 11, 1803, and
now lives in Palmyra Township, Donglas County; isa son of Joseph Bodwell and Sabra Stalker
Bodwell. He was married January 4, 1827, to Ann E. Vanderhoof, who died March 6, 1840. He
was married July 14, 1840, to Charlotte Day, daughter of Jonathan H, Day. He has had seven
children—James L., born May 22, 1828; Henry E., born July 12, 1831; Mary E., born August 1
1834; Levi B., born February 10,1837; William P., born February 22, 1840, died October 21 1863,
of wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga; Joseph F., born July 19, 1841, and Horace M.,
born July 29, 1850, Mr. Bodwell is a member of the Seventh-Day Adventists. ;

BODWELL & GALBREATH, dealers in general merchandise, Baldwin City, The business
was originally established about 1862, by Mr. Fuller, but passed through various changes until
1877, when the firm of Bodwell Brothers was organized. They were succeeded by the present
firm in February, 1882. They now employ three cierks, and carry a stock of about $7,000, aud
the annual sales will aggregate $25,000. (©. E. Galbreath, junior member of the firm, was born
in Georgetown, Ohio, February 1, 1851. He received his education in his native county, and
after leaving school was employed as clerk until 1871. He then commenced business for him:
self at Ripley, Ohio, where he continued to do business until 1880, when he sold out and moved
to Kansas, He first located in Paola, with the intention of starting the mercantile business
there, but finally decided to settle in Baldwin City, where he removed just previous to entering
the present firm. He was married in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, in 1872, to Miss Gaddis, of
ae aay have one daughter—Mary Parepa. Mr. G. is a member of the A. 0. U. W. of

ity.

THEODORE BROWN, farmer, Section 30, P. 0. Holling, was born in Pompey, N. Y.,
August 18, 1841, and at four years of age moved, with his parents, to Kenosha, Wis., where he
lived some time, as also in-Walworth County, Wis. He enlisted, in December, 1863, in Ninth Bat-
tery Wisconsin Volunteers, and was on duty in the West, and discharged November, 1865. He
learned the trade of a blacksmith in Springfield, Wis., and continues still to work at his trade,

- when not evgaged on his farm. He came to Kansas in 1870, and settled in Palmyra Township,
where he owns eighty acres, which he has improved out of the raw prairie aud made into a nice
farm. He was united in marriage, in Lyons, Wis., September 2, 1861, to Miss Janette, daughter
of Lewis Tucker, Esq. They have four children living—Cora S., Louisa M., Charles A. and
es Salen is i member of Baldwin City. Lodge, No. 31,1. 0. 0. F., also of the High Prairie

resbyterian Church.

8. A. BROWN & CO., dealers in lumber, coal, salt and grain, Media. Business estab-
lished in June, 1880. The granary has a capacity of about 4,000 bushels. This is one of the

> seventy-yards operated by 8S. H. Brown & Co., of Chicago. C. P. Ives, manager, was born in Will-
iamsburg, Long Island, January 27,1840. He was educated in the public schools of that city.
In 1860, he located in Indiana, where he engaged in teaching; returned to New York City in
1861, and enlisted in Company H, First New York Cavalry, tor three years, This regiment was
attached to the Army of West Virginia andthe Army of the Potomac, being under Gen. Sheridan
fora time. In 1864, he was commissioned Captain in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment
Colored Infantry, They were a part of the Second Division, Twenty-fifth Army Corps, and par-
ticipated in all the campaigns on the Shenandoah and around Richmond. On the close of the

‘war, C. P. returned home, and shortly afterward settled at Hannibal, Mo., where he was con-
nected with the lumber trade. In 1867, he removed to Kansas, and settled in Allen County, and
engaged in farming -until 1878. Was then connected with 8. H. Brown & Co,, at Humboldt,
until present yard was opened, when he was appointed manager. Mr. Ives wns marrie, in Jer-
sey City, N. J., in March, 1866, to Miss Margaret Verrinder, daughter of Rev. William Verrinder,
of that city.-‘They have two childrea—Sarah B. and MaryS. Mr. I, isa member of Col. Baker
Post, No. 40,G. A. R., and of the 1. 0. 0. F.

JAMES-R. BURTON, depot agent of the K.C., L. & 8. K. R. R., and agent of the Adams
Express Company, Baldwin City, was born in Doniphan County, Kan., April 28, 1859, being the
third white boy born in that county. His grandmother, Mrs. Thompson, and mother settled
there about 1849. J. R. was educated in his native county; afterward commenced learning
telegraphy in Sedalia, Mo. Commenced railroad work in 1876, at Troy, Kan., on the St. Jo &
Denver Railroad, as operator; thence went to Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad fora time. He was then
appointed agent at Fontana, Kan. In 1879, he was appointed agent of the K.C.L. &S. K. RR.
at Liberty, Montgomery County. Afterward left there, and was connected with the B. & M. R.
R. in Nebraska, at Lincoln, returning to the K. C, L. & K. R. RB, in 1882, taking his present
chargé September 14, 1882. . :

M. I. CROSBY, dealer in stoves, tinware, cutlery, etc., Baldwin City. The business was
established by Mr. C. in 1869, and has continued constantly since. Mr. Crosby was born in
Brattleboro, Vt., February 2, 1823. After leaving school, he went to Walpole, N. H., where he
learned the tinsmith trade. He then returned home, and worked at his trade there and in Ben-
nington, Vt. In 1847, he moved to Jamestown, N. Y., where he worked at his trade about two
years ; then moved to Warren County, Penn,, where he commenced business for himself. About
1855, he moved his business to Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Mich., where he remained until he
settled in Kansas in 1869. Has been in active business since 1850. He was married, in Fayette-
ville, Vt., June 13, 1848, to Miss Lara M. Chamberlain, of Brattleboro. Mrs. Crosby died, leaving
‘three children—Alcott 0., Olive L., Leapha L, Mr. Crosby has been a member of the City Coun-
cil ten yearsin succession. He is a member of the A., ¥. & A. M. and I. 0. 0. F.; has been
through all the chairs in the latter. | ’ X

ALFRED CUTTER, farmer, Section 13, P.O. Vinland. Born in Dracot, Middlesex County,
Mass., July 12, 1837; son of John P. Cutter and Charlotte Varnam Cutter. Came to Kansas in
1858; setticd in Palmyra.Township; owns 320 acres improved land, good buildings; cost $3,000.
Had two brothers—George and Julian Lt., and three sisters—Charlotie A., Martha A. and Sarah
E. George was shot and left for dead at Osawatomie, August 31, 1856, but lived until 1874, when
he was accidentally killed by the upsetting of his wagon. George was the pioneer of the family,
and took an active part in the Free-State movement, Mr. Alfred Cutter was married in Palmyra
Township, April 14, 1872, to Miss Patience C., daughter of William A. Davis and Lydia B. Tomp-
kins. They have three children—Alfred W., born January 13, 1873; Charlotte D., born Novem-
ber 30, 1874, and Frauk H., born July.25, 1878. Mr. C. enlisted September 10, 1861, in Company
B, Ninth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and afterward transferred to Company H, Highth
Regiment Kansas Cavalry. Discharged November 19, 1864. ; :

; WERTER KENICK DAVIS, D. D., Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Baldwin
City, seat of Baker University; took his present charge in 1881. He was born in Circleville,
Pickaway County, Ohio, April 1, 1815; he was converted and joined the church in 1829. His
preparatory studies were taken at the Hillsboro Academy. He was educated at Kenyon Col-
lege; afterward received the honorary degree of M. A. from the Indiana State University, M. D
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Cincinnati, Ohio, and D. D. by Asbury University
of Indiana. He entered the Ohio Conference in 1835, and was ordained Deacon by Bishop
Roberts in 1837, at Xenia, Ohio; ordained Elder by Bishop Joshua Soule, at Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1839. He was appointed and entered upon his first charge at Guyandotte, Va,, in the fall of
1835, afterward receiving the following appointments: At Ripley, Va., and Wilmington, Union,
Eaton, Germantown, Zanesville, Putnam, Hebron, Rushville, Eaton second time, Dayton, Leb-

‘anon and Hainilton,allin Ohio. In the fall of 1853, ho joined the St. Louis Conference, and
took charge of Ebenezer Chapel in St. Louis, the only ‘Methodist Episcopal Church North in the
city. -In 1854, he was appointed to the chair of Natural Sciences in McKendree College, and was
connected with this institution until 1858, the last year acting as President. In_ 1858, he re-
moved to Baldwin City, Kan., to organize the Faculty of Baker University, being the first Presi-
dent’ of the college. fie returned to McKendree College to select professors, and brought out
with him Prof. Parker, Prof. Cunningham and Prof, Mudge; he returned in the epring of 1559,

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and organized the Faculty, and started the institution. Was also for a time, while President of
the college, in charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the town. He was appointed Pre-
siding Elder at the Wyandotte Conference of Baldwin District ; resigned in 1862, to take the
Chaplaincy of the Twelfth Kansas Infantry. He was appointed Lieutenaut Culonel, and assisted
in organizing the Sixteenth Regiment Kansas Cavalry. In 1864, was commissioned Colonel, and
held this rank until the close of the war. In November, 1865, he returned home, and was ap-
pointed Presiding Elder at the Fort Scott District; two years later took charge of the Baldwin
City District, a position ho retained four years; was then appointed to take charge of the Leaven-
worth District, holding it the full term, and then taking the Topeka District, holding the office

fourteen consecutive years. He was elected Representative to the first State Legislature, at the
same time holding the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction for Douglas County, and

Chaplain of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention. In 1880, he took charge of the church at
Salina, Saline County, and from there moved to his present charge. He was a member of the

General Conforences of 1868 and 1872 and 1880, and was a delegate to the Ecumenical Methodist
Conference, in the City Road Wesleyan Chapel in London, England, in 1881, at which time he

visited Paris, France, and other places of interest in Europe. Dr. Davis was married in Putnam,

Muskingum County, Ohio, May 4, 1843, tu Miss Minerva, daughter of Cul. John Russell, County

Treasurer of that county. Mrs, Davis is aurt, by marriage, toGen. Hancock. They have had

eight children, of which there survive Minnie, now Mra, Capt. EK, I. Meeker, formerly of the

signal service ; Judge Werter R.,in the Surveyor General’s office, Santa Fé, N. M.; Allie Han-

cock, now wife of Gen. J. W. Robbins, Surveyor General of Arizona; Katie B., now Mrs. W. C.

North, of Leavenworth, and Henry T.

JAMES G. DODDS, farmer, Section 27, P. 0. Edgerton, Johnson County; born in Butler
County, Penn., February 7, 1837; son of Thomas and Martha (McGrew) Dodds. He was brought
uponafarm, Was drafted in 1863, and paid for a substitute. Came to Kansas April 14, 1877;
settled in Palmyra Township; owns 160 acres, improved ; 130 acres under the plow. He was mar-
ried in Butler County, Penn., Uctober 4, 1860, to Miss Margaret, daughter ot Bryson Beach and
Jane Dick. They have the following children: Martha J., born October 18, 1861; Mary J., born
June 19, 1863, died July 23, 1866; Elmer E., born August 16, 1865; Thomas B., born May 9, 1867,
died August 29, 1869; Milton M., born March 29, 1869, died May 31, 1870; Lizzie R., bora January
24, 1871, died January 14,1873; Newton M., born April 25, 1874; Amegie M., born November 27,
1876 ic Eli G., born April 27, 1879. Mr. D. is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Edger-
ton, Kan.

W. S. FOSTER, old settler and farmer, Section 4, P. O. Baldwin City, was born in Putnam
County, Ind., March 27,1833. Ife learned the carpenter’s trade under his father’s instruction,
and cngaged at this and farming in his native county until he moved to Kans€sin 1856. He ar-
rived in Leavenworth March 4 of that year, and engaged in carpentering there till the spring of
1859. He then moved to Jefferson County, near Oskaloosa, and remained there, engaged in farm-
ing, until 1861. During the war, he was connected with the State militia, in 1862, being for a
time under Col, Cloud, in the Second Kansas, during the first Price raid. Was also in McClellan
company of home guard. In 1865, he moved to his present home, and has since been engaged
in farming and operating in real estate. Mr. F, was married in Leavenworth, Kan., April 14,
1858, to Miss Stogg, daughter of W. E, Stogg, a pioneer of 1855. They have three children living
—Ada, Mary E. and Bertie. 5 ‘

REY. W. I. GRAHAM, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages, Baker University, Baldwin
City, was born in Noble County, Ohio, June 22, 1844. He took his preparatory studies in his

‘native county. In 1869, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, taking a full classical course,

graduating in 1873. He then took a position for three years as Principal of the High School at
Logan, Ohio. He then joined the Iowa Conference, was ordained Deacon by Bishop Ames, at
Fairfield, in Iowa, and ordained as Elder, 1882, by Bishop Warren, at Burlington, in Kansas.
Had charges at Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa, the first regular charge being at Kirkville,
Wapelio County, which he took in 1877. In 1879, he removed to Baldwin City, Kan., to take the
chair in Baker University, where he has since remained. He was married in Noble County,
Ohio, September 13, 1867, to Miss E. A. Cullen, of that county. They have two children—Theo-
dore F. and Raymond R.

DAVID GRIFFITH, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Media; born in Sodus, N. Y., March 11, 1833,
son of David and Polly (Platt) Griffith. Was educated in the common schools. Came to this
State in 1857; settled in Palmyra Township. Owns 320 acres, improved; good house, erected in
1879, cost $1,000, and barn, cost $600. Mr. G, is a thrifty and prosperous farmer, He was called
out in the State militia, and helped to repel Sterling Price’s raid in Kansas. Mr. G, was married
in Franklin County, Kan., November 16, 1859, to Miss Mary C., daughter of Mechling and Eliza
J. (Clark) Lobingier. They have eight children—Cora M., born October 20, 1860; George E.,
July 11, 1862; David E., September 22, 1864; Mary A., June 21, 1870; Maggie A., November 16,
1872; Ella G., April 6, 1876; Ermanetta, March 26, 1878, and Adda li., February 19, 1882,

M. P, HAYS, farmer and breeder of Norman horses, Section 6, P.O. Baldwin City; settled
on present place in 1869. The home farm contains 160 acres, and he has also 160 acres adjoining.
This is all devoted to stock, some 160 acres being seeded down in tame grass, balance devoted to
corn and pasture. His herd of horses consists of ten head in all, three of them being stallions.
The head of his stud is an imported horse, three years of age, and weighing 1,650 pounds. “Con-
dor” was purchased from I. Dillon & Co., of Illinois, who imported him. The other members of
the stud are very high grades from the same source. Mr. Hays is an advanced farmer, his place
being far in advance of others in the vicinity. The land isin a high state of cultivation. Has
now in process of erection a stone basement barn, 40x48 feet in area, with hay bays of a capacity
of sixty tons. Mr. Hays was born in Butler County, Penn., November 1, 1839, -He was educated
in his native county, and engaged in farming on his father’s place. In September, 1861, he en-
listed in the old Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regiment afterward changed to the One Hundred and
Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was attached to the Sixth
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and participated in all the battles of that command. Mr. H.
was in seventeen general engagements. He was wounded in the second battle of Fredericksburg,
and with the exception of the time he laid in hospital from this wound, never lost a day during
his service. He was mustered out in 1864, at the expiration of term of enlistment, and. returned
home. He spent some three years in the oil regions, and then bought a farm in Butler County,
where he remained engaged in farming until he moved to Kausas, in 1869. He was married, in
Butler County, Penn., January 11, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth Myers, of that county. They have four
children—Harry H., Frank D., John L.and Vida G. Mr. I. isa member of the Presbyterian
Church, and of the Johnson County Grange.

Ss. P. HUMPHREY, railroad and express agent, Vinland, was bornin Oxford, Miss., July
23,1861. In 1873, his parents moved to Oxford, Kan., where he received his education. Cum-
menced learning telegraphing in July, 1881, at Oxford, Kan., in the railroad office. Was ap-—
pointed to present position October 12, 1882. Mr. H. isa member of the I.0.G.T. -

W. A. ILYDE, dealer in watches, jewelry, clocks, silverware, etc,, Baldwin City—the only
house in town in the trade. The business was established in 1880, by Hyde & Dalles, the partner-
ship only continuing a few months. He now carries a stock of about $1,000, and is doing-a very
successful and increasing business. Mr. Hyde was born in Belmont County, Ohio, July J, 1852.
After Jeaving school, he learned his trade in Wheeling, W. Va.; afterward followed the trade in
Guernsey County, Ohio. In 1878, he moved to Kansas, and located in Baldwin City, engaging in
watch repairing. Was for a sbort time located in Wellsville, Kan., returning to’ Baldwin City.
He was married in Noble County, Ohio, in 1876, to Miss Rownd, daughter of a prominent mer-
chant in Summerfield. They have two children—Laura and Gibson. Mr. H. is Recorder of the
Baldwin Lodge, No. 104, A. 0. U. W. i

JOSEPH ILIFF, Postmaster and manager of the Co-operative Store, Vinland was born in
Sussex County, N. J., March 26, 1828. He received his schooling in his native county, and
learned the trade of carpenter. In 1852, he removed to Indiana, where he resided until 1864;
engaged in carpentering and farming in Indianapolis and vicinity. He then returned to
New Jersey in 1867 ; he removed to Kansas and settled in Douglas County. Hissons carried
on the farm while he worked at his trade. In 1876, he was appointed Postmaster, a position
he has retained since, at the same time being placed in charge of the co-operative store ; he
was married in Sussex County, N. J., May 31, 1859, to Mrs. Tlizabeth Porter, of that county.
They have three children living—Benjamin, Amos and James. Mr.and Mrs.I. are members
of the Methodist Church and of the Vinland Grange. Vinland Co-operative Store was ehar-
tered under the State laws in January;-1876, incorporators being William Roe, William
Barnes, J. W. Simmons, F. B. Varnum and one other. The present officers, William. Roe,
President ; William Barnes, Secretary ; Isaac Hemphill, Treasurer ; the directors being these
officers and Hy Landon, IF. B. Varnuin and A. Cutter. .

AUGUST C. JACOT, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Media, was born in France, September 14,
1831, son of Charles Jacot and Mary E. L’Alman; came to the United States in 1844, settled
in New York and engaged in the jewelry business, and in 1857 came to Kansas and settled
in Palmyra Township, but soon after moved to Leavenworth and went intu the confection-
ery business. In 1871, he moved to Willow Springs Township, where he now resides on his
farm of 120 acres. He has forty acres in choice fruits, to which he devotes the most of his
time. Mr. Jacot isan enthusiastic fruit man, and enters on his work with zeal and intelli-

_gence, He has erected a fine cider mill aud house on his farm. He has made the-study ot
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fruit a specialty. Mr. Jacot was married in Baldwin City, Kan., January 28, 1860, to Mrs.
Mary E., widow of Henry Stevehin, and daughter of Andrew Labarriere. He has no chil-
dren, except two step-children—Martin and Selina, both married.

ENRY C. JAY, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Baldwin, born in Miami County, Ohio, July 27,
1839; moved to Miami County, Ind., when fourteen years of age, and there resided until he
came to Kansas in 1876, and settled in Palmyra Township. He owns 160 acres improved.
He enlisted April 19, 1861, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infan-
try; participated in the along engagements: Rich Mountain, Winchester, Cross Keys,
Greenbrier, Port. Republic, Linchburg, Perryville, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek where he was
taken prisoner and sent to Salisbury, N. C., paroled February 22, 1865. October 9, 1862, was
transferred to the Fifth Regiment United States Light Artillery. He served his term, and
re-enlisted for three years; served full time to the rank of First Sergeant, and was honora-
bly discharged February 28, 1867, He was married in Miami County, Ind., October 7, 1868,
to Miss Eliza J., daughter of Jackson P, Bolton, They have four children—Ella, Thomas B.,
Charles E. and Alice, Mr. J. isa member of Palmyra Lodge, No. 23, A., F. & A. M., and of
Post No. 40, G. A. R.

OLIVER JOHNSON, proprietor of Johnson House, Baldwin City. This house was
completed in 1882. It is a frame building, two stories in height, with two fronts of forty-
eight feet respectively, one wing twenty-four feet deep, and another sixteen feet deep, con-
taining eighteen rooms in all, with cellar 48x24 feet less the wall. Oliver Johnson was born
in Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., January 18,1817. He left home in 1840, having been pre-
viously engages in general occupations. In 1842, he located in Clarksfield, Ohio, in Huron
County, where he engaged in farming, blacksmithing and harness making, the latter benny
his business exclusively the last two or three years previous to 1856, in which year he move
to Kansas. He arrived in Lawrence April 18, and the following Sunday moved into Pal-
mayra Township, and settled on a claim that had been made by his brother-in-law, C. W.
Dow, Mr. Dow ae eee murdered in 1855, by Coleman, one of the border ruffians. Mr.
Johnson improved the place and turned it over to Mr. Dow, Sr., in the fall of 1858. Mr.
Johnson remained on the farm until September, 1858, when he built a residence in Palmyra
and engaged in farming principally. From 1861 to 1873, his house being on the Santa Fé
trail, he opened it as a hotel and run it during these years. Still operates his farm, Dur-
ing the early troubles, he took an active part in the defense of the Territory ; he was con-
nected with Capt. Dexter’s company, taking part in the attack on Fort Saunders and Fort
Titus, and also participated in the pursuit of Quantrill in 1863. Mr, Johnson was married
in Huron County, Ohio, February 11, 1855, to Miss Mary D. Dow, of Huron County. Mrs.
Johnson was a Sister of C. W. Dow, who was murdered by Coleman, apd of D. H. Dow
killed during the rebellion in Company F, First Kansas Regiment. Mr.a.ad Mrs. J. have five
children—Mary R., now Mrs. McKinny ; Charles A., George E., Franklin B. and Daniel W.

THOMAS M. JONES, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Vinland, born in Casey County, Ky.,
November 8, 1823, son of Thomas rE. Jones and Elizabeth Fuches, where he grew to man-
hood ; was educated in the common school; engaged in farming, and came to Kansas in 1865.

‘He settled on a farm, containing 260 acres in Palmyra Township, which he owns and has
improved; good buildings, well stocked, etc. Mr. Jones has been twice married in Pulaski
County, Ky., July 27, 1842, to Miss Tabitha, daughter of Samuel Kelley and Nancy Ken-
nedy. Mrs. J. died anaes 16, 1850. He was again married November 27, 1855, to Elizabeth,
daughter of qangion ewell and Margaret Nichols. He has eleven children—Mary, born
August 13, 1843; Parmelia, January 3, 1846; Clinton K., November 22, 1847; Nancy E., Octo-

ber 2, 1848; Margaret J., September 13, 1851; Harden C., December 17, 1852; Thomas L.,

July 26, 1855 ; Evangeline, January 8, 1858; Louisa, born February 10, 1860, died September

23, 1863; George B., born February 8, 1862; and Aden W., February 17, 1864. Mr. Jones is

a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Vinland.

W. W. JUNKUNS, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Baldwin City, born in Carroll County, Ohio.
April 30, 1835; moved with his parents to Parke County, Ind., in 1849, and there remained
until 1859, when he came to this State and settled on a farm in Palmyra Township, where
he still resides. Owns 160 acres, nearly all under cultivation. Mr. J. has been twice mar-
ried. In Parke County, Ind., August 8, 1855, to Miss Nancy VanCamp; again in Carthage,
Mo., February 28, 1878, to Miss Frances E., daughter of Marion Shultz. He has the follow-
ing children—Clarinda J., John W., Emma M., Lillie E. and Frank M. He has lost two chil-
dren by death—Alice, died May 25, 1876, and Maggie E., died March 10,1877, Mr. J. isa
memes oe Palmyra Lodge, No, 23, A., R&A. M., and also of Baldwin City Lodge, No. 31,

DAVID KERNS, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Baldwin City, born in Columbiana County,
Ohio, July 19, 1821, son of John Kerns and Elizabeth Zuver. When eight years of age, he
moved into Wayne County, Ohio, where he lived thirty years. He came to Kansas in 1859,
settled in Palmyra Township. Owns 410 acres, improved and well stocked. Built ahousein
1859, at. a cost of $1,500; built barn in 1868, cost $1,100. He was married in Wayne County,
Ohio, June 12, 1842, to Miss Susanna, daughter of Henry Zuver and MargaretSnyder. Their
children are—Sarah A., born June 17, 1843; Martha E., May 28, 1845; John H., January 7
1847; Elmer Y., May 22, 1848; Andrew F,, April 28, 1855; Elizabeth C., October 14, 1852;
Jemima C., October 16, 1856; William D., April 14, 1859. Jemima C. died May 15, 1858. Mr.
and Mrs. Kerns are members of the United Brethren Church, Black Jack, Kan.

HENRY LANDON, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Vinland, born in Salisbury, Conn., Au-
gust 12, 1824, son of Milo Landon and Eleanor Doolittle. Came to Kansas in 1856, and settled
in Blue Mound, but now lives in Palmyra Township, where he owns a quarter-section im-

roved, good building. Is an active Free-State man. He was united in marriage in North

aston, N.Y., January 18, 1852, to Mrs. Lola M., widow of Job Spencer, and daughter of Abner
Cummings and Phebe Curry. The children are Herbert J., born October 5, 1856; William
L., born December 9, 1866 ; step-son, Charles Spencer, born December 30, 1848. Mr. L, is a
member of Vinland rns No. 163.

SAMUEL C. MARSHALL, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Media, was born in Lancaster
County, Penn., March 21, 1827, where he ee to manhood, and was engaged as a carpenter
and joiner. Isasonof Abram Marshall and Martha Neal. Hecame to Kansas in 1856
and settled in Douglas County. He owns a farm of forty acres, works that, and is also en-

aged at his trade. Mr. Marshall bas been twice married. He was united in marriage at
Chestnut Level], Penn., January 18, 1849, to Miss Mary R., daughter of Dr. William Johnston.
She died in 1859. He was again married in Palmyra Township, Kan., January 16, 1862, to
Miss Adaline, daughter of Mechlin G. Lobingier, and Eliza J. Clark. fife has the following
children—William N., born June 30, 1850; Martha E., born May 8, 1853; Charles J., born
February 18, 1856; Obediah Theodore, born January 21, 1858; Elizabeth J, born November
8, 1862; Abram M., born August 26, 1864; Samuel C., born June 21, 1867; Mary L., born De-
cember 22, 1869; Ceci] L., born March 1, 1872; Herbert L., born March 18, 1875, and Fred V
born October 22, 1878. :

GEORGE MILLER, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Media, born in St. Lawrence County, N.
Y., December 28, 1832, Son of Enos Miller and Desaney Vilheux, of French extraction. In
early childhood moved with his parents to Canada, where he grew ups receiving a fair edu-
cation. He came to the State in 1858, and settled in Lecompton, and three ycars later moved
to Palmyra Township, where he owns a farm containing 250 acres, well improved and stocked,
ete. Mr. M. was married in Lecompton, Kan., February 22, 1859, to Miss Margaret, daughter
of Robert Lowery and Julia A. Granville. They have six children, viz.: Adela, born Janu-
ary 23, 1860; Lucy, August 13, 1861; Julia D., June 16, 1865; Robert. A. September 17, 1874;
Elmer, July 7, 1878, and George, May 28, 1881. Mr. Miller is 4 member of Baldwin City
Lodge, No. 23, A., F, & A. M., and of Palmyra Lodge, No. 31,1. 0. 0. F.

GEORGE MORTON, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Vinland, was born in New York, January
2, 1830, son of Chester and Anna Morton. Ie came to Kansas in 1859, and settled in Pal-
myra Township. He owns 126 acres of ampreyes land, fine buildings, dee orchard, etc. He
enlisted September 10, 1862, in Company H, Second Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
and was in the following engagements: Port Wayne, Prairie Grove, Fort Smith, Cabin
Creek, Camden, and a number of skirmishes. He was discharged June 22,1865, He was
married in Elizabeth, Ill., May 17, 1857, to Agnes, daughter of Thomas and Mary Tregano-
wan. They have the following children: George F., born August 3, 1862; Gilbert C., May
29,1866; Arthur I., January 18, 1870, and Alfred J., November 20, 1873,

NOTT & KIDDER, wagon-makers, blacksmiths, contractors and builders, Baldwin City.
Business established in 1876, by Mr.N. The present firm was organized in 1882. They
employ four men constantly, the force in the building season being increased to ten or
eleven. George Nott, senior member of the firm, was born in Syracuse, N. Y., February 7,
1842, He was educated in that city, and learned the trade of wheelwright. In thespring of
1861, he moved to Minnesota. September 25, of the same year, he enlisted at Fort Snelling,
in Company A, Third Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. Remained with the
regiment about one year, when he was discharged on account of disability. He returned to
New York. In 1873, moved to Kansas,and in July settled in Ottawa, Franklin County,
where he remained until he moved to Baldwin City, in 1876. He was married in Syracuse,
N. Y., August 31, 1862, to Miss Julia Dear, of that city. They have two children—George,

HISTORY OF KANSAS

r. and Emma. Mr, Nott is a member of the City Council, of the Methodist Episcopal
Paice od and I. 0. 0. F. and A.,'F. & A. M.,, also of Col. Baker Post, No, 40,G.A.R.

BR. H, PEARSON, farmer, Section 12, Township 15, Range 20, P. O. Baldwin City, set~
tled on his present place in 1860; is operating 240 acres of land, devoted to grain and stock,
also to fruit raising, having an apple orchard of over 600 bearing trees besides pears and
other fruits, to which he has devoted considerable attention. He was born in England
April 1, 1828, and removed with his father in 1832 to Allegheny City, Penn., at that time
known as the town of Allegheny.. There he received his education. After spending five
years in the employ of the cotton factories there (Allegheny at that time containing five of
them), be learned the trade of coach body-builder, which occupation he followed for about
six years. In 1851, he went to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama, aud returned
by the same route in the spring of 1854. He was en aged out there in mining and other
operations. After a short visit to the old home in Al egheny City, he took a boat at Pitts-
burgh for St. Louis, Mo.; from there by boat to St. Joseph, and from there to Weston, Mo., at
which place he, with others, waited for information from Fort Leavenworth of the ratifica-
tion of the Kansas-Nebraska bill then pending in Congress, his object being to locate on a
claim in the then Territory of Kansas. So, in the month of May, 1894, only a few days
before the passage by Congress of the act to organize the Territory of Kansas, he, in com-

any with Jenkins (who was afterward shot in an altercation with James H. Lane), Joel K.
bacain, Henry Barricklaw, Sr., and a Mr. Martin, left Westport, Mo., to hunt for claims,
ete. After looking through the Territory for several days, Mr. Pearson finally located upon
a claim now owned by Messrs. William Priestly and C. B. Beeks, and situated immediately
north of Baldwin City. Here he found Kibbe a few days in advance of him. He had
moved from Iowa with his family, and had selected a claim and located upon it. Mr. Pear-
son being a young man and single then, he made his home with Kibbe until the following
September. ‘About this time, Kibbe became notorious in Kansas history as an active Free-
State man and for the killing of Davis, and curiously enough he incidentally procured from
Mr. Pearson the cap for the pistol which fired the fatal shot. After the shooting was done,
Kibbe was arrested and tried before Judge Elmore at the Johnson Mission farm near West-
port. The Judge holding that the case was not a baleable one, he was sent to Leavenworth
to jail. Ashort time afterward, he was taken out and had a hearing before Judge Lecompte,
who also held his court at the Johnson Mission farm. He was released upon bonds to
appear before Judge Elmore at Tecumseh, Elisur Hill and Peter Baysinger, of Prairie City,
Kan., being his bondsmen. Kibbe appeared at the proper time for trial, but, owing to the
absence of the Judge, he was never brought to trial, The bondsmen were released, and two
days afterward Kibbe left the country. During these border ruffian trials, Mr. Pearson
took an active part in the ranks of the Free-State party. He was connected with Capt.
Shore’s and Capt. Dexter’s company, and took part in the battles of Franklin and Black
Jack, the defense of Lawrence, etc. The first claim taken by Mr. Pearson in May, 1854, was
found, when the Shawnee Indian Reservation lines were run, to be within the limits of
said reservation. So he abandoned it and took another one not far from it, outside of the
reservation, which he occupied until the spring of 1860, and is at present owned by Messrs.
Beeks and Priestly, as above stated. Inthe same year, he bought the place he now occu-
pies, which is located on the old Santa Fé road, between Black Jack and Baldwin City, and
where he has resided ever since. During the late rebellion he was connected with the Mis-
souri State militia under-Col. Nugent, and took part in the pursuits of Quantrill and Gen.
Price. Whether under the leadership of John Brown and James H. Lane, or under the
leadership of the officers in the late war, he always aimed to do his duty asa soldier. He
was married in Palmyra Township, Douglas County, in 1855, to Miss Catharine Baysinger,
daughter of Peter Baysinger, one of the pioneers. They have nine children—William F.,
George, Ann, Sigel, Edward, Fanny, Lizzie, Nettie-and Fred. He is a member of the I. 0.
0. F., haying passed all the chairs, and is also a member of the Grange. Kibbe was the
first actual settler in Douglas County, and Mr. Pearson claims to be the second. Since
Kibbe’s departure he has remained the oldest resident settler of the county of Douglas.

WILLIAM PLASKET, nurseryman and farmer, P. 0. Baldwin City. His farm
of seventy-five acres is located on Section 32; of this, twenty-five acres are in fruit,
his apple crop of 1882 aggregating 2,000 bushels. His nursery stock is in the sub-
urbs of Baldwin City, consisting of large and small fruits, shrubbery, ete. The business
was established in 1869. Mr. Plasket was born in Clark County, Ind., April 10, 1824. His
father had a large woodyard and also baled hay, which he sent to New Orleans on flat
boats. The subject of our sketch moved to Iowa in 1856, where he engaged in farming in
Linn County, and also in hotel keeping for a time in Mount Vernon. In 1869, he moved to
Kansas, bringing -with him a stock of hedge plants, ete., a business he had been engaged in
in Iowa City some time previously. Mr. Plasket was married in Bethlehem, Ind., May 29,
1845, to Miss Martha Rogers. They have six children—Robert, Emma, John, Elmer, Mat-

tie and Maggie.

H. W. ‘REED, D. D., President of the Board of Trustees of Baker University, Bald-
win City, was born in Hillsdale, N. Y., May 7, 1813. He was converted and joined the
church in 1824; he was educated in his native town, and the honorary degree of D. D. was
conferred by the Cornell College of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, an institution he was Trustee of for
seventeen years. He joined the New-York Conference in 1833, and was ordained Deacon by
Bishop Emery at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1835, and was transferred to the Illinois Conference.
He was ordained Elder in 1837 by Bishop Roberts at Rushville, [1l., and labored for several
years engaged in district work in the northwest part of the Conference; about 1839, was
sent as missionary to the Oneida Indians at Green Bay, Wis. About 1841, he was appointed
Presiding Elder of Platteville, Wisconsin district, extending from the Mississippi River to
Green Bay, embracing all that settled part of Wisconsin. Ino the fall of 1843, he took
charge of the Dubuque, Iowa, district, embracing all the northern part of that State, and
with short intermission was Presiding Elder of this district Titi 1862. He was then
appointed agent of the Blackfoot Indians, and Commissioner to treat with the same. Was
afterward engaged several seasons in traveling with the Sioux and Chippewa [ndians, visit-
ing in these missions, the head-waters of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. About 1867
was again appointed Presiding Elder of the Dubuque district. In 1873, was commissioned
as agent of the Bannock and Snake Indians in Idaho, running two years. He then settled
in Baldwin City. Dr, Reed married in Prattsville, N. Y., in 1835, Miss Cornelia Bayley, of
that place. They have seven children living—Charles A. (of Dubuque, Iowa), Helen M.

now Mrs A. K, Johnson, of Lawrence, Kan.), Carrie (wife of Rev. F.Scherrington), Minnie
now Mrs. Charles Hogan), William H., Frank and Addie.

THOMAS SAMMER, farmer, P.O. Media, was born in Lyons, N. Y., September 8
1834, where he spent his childhood days. Ue then left his parents and went to Wisconsin
and remained there until 1857. He then settled in Ottumwa, Coffey Co., Kan., and remained
there till the Ist day of October, 1861, which day he enlisted in Company G, Fifth Regiment
of Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and scouted most of the time; he had a horse shot from under
him ; in a few days he had a gun shot to pieces in his hands. April 2, he received a gunshot
wound in the eyo; he then remained in the hospital until fall; then was discharged No-
vember 19, 1863, He was married, May 31, 1865, to Miss Celidia C. Marty, who died Feb-
ruary 15, 1877. He has two sons—Edward 8. and George E.

REV. A. G. SAWIN, farmer, Section 19, P. O, Media, born in Ripley, N. Y., December
23, 1852, son of Ethan Sawin and Lueina Remington; educated at Spring Prairie, Wis., and
Ripley, N. Y., and for a time studied law in the office of Fish & Perkins, but relinquished it
on account of ill health. He came to Kansas in 1872, and commenced farming, but his labors
were not entirely confined to the farm. He was called to the pastorate of the Prairie City
Baptist Church, and ordained its Raster December 27, 1880, and has since faithfully served
this church, as also the Gardner Baptist Church, with acceptance. Mr. Sawin was married
in Lyons, Wis., January 8, 1873, to Miss Amanda M., daughter of Samuel Erdley, Esq. They
have three children—Florence A., Nettie R. and Delia M.

EDWIN R. SNYDER, Professor of Instrumental and Vocal Music, Baker University,
Baldwin City, was born in Brookville, Franklin Co., Ind., February 18, 1852; received his
education in the graded and high schools of his native State; commenced his professional
studies at home, under private tuition, and afterward attended at the Madison Musical
Academy, at Madison, Ind., and afterward taught music three years at Madison—the last
two at the Madison Musical Academy. In October, 1874, removed to Jeffersonville, and
taught music in that place, and in Louisville, Ky., until August, 1877, at which time he went
to Moore's Hill and took charge of the musical department in the college, after which he
spent one year between Madison and Charlestown, Ind., and in the fall of 1879 he moved to

aldwin City, Kan., to take his present charge. Prof. Snyder was married in Greenburg,
ye es a to mee ean ee of a ee merchant of that place.
ris a member of the Mendelsohn Singin ub of Jeffersonville, Ind., and of

the I. 0, 0. F, ard A. 0, U. W. of Baldwin City. ite

SAMUEL SPENCE, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Baldwin City, was born in Franklin Coun-
ty, Tenn., December 4, 1833, son of Daniel Spence and Mary Pewett. His father moved with
him to Jasper County, Mo., when Samuel was three years old; there he grew up, receiving
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such education as the common schools afforded ; he was married in Jasper Count , Mo., Oc-
tober 16, 1860, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Daniel Bryant and Rache' Key. é came to
Kansas in 1862, and settled in Palmyra Township. He owns 220 acres, well-improved. They
have four children—William D., born September 1, 1861; Nellie C., July 7, 1864; Samuel A,,
May 25, 1866; Myra B., June 17, 1869. r. and Mrs, Spence are members of the Baldwin
City Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN 8. SPERAW, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Holling, born in Lancaster County, Penn.,
April 26, 1833, son of William Speron and Magdalena Seigle. When a child, his parents
moved with him to Franklin County, Penn., and there remained until he was seventeen
years of age, and then moved to Ashland County, Ohio, where he remained five years, and
then moved to Rockford, Ill., where he also remained five years, and in 1860 came to Kan-
sas, and settled on the farm where he now resides, in Palmyra Township. Mr. S..was edu-
cated in the common school. He was united in marriage in Rockford, Ill., November 17,
1858, to Miss Lydia, a ag of John Long, Esq.; they have four children, viz.: Alice,
Irwin, Rollaand Mary. Mr. Speraw is a member of Baldwin City Lodge, No. 31,1. 0. 0. F.
and a Past Grand.

DANIEL STREETER, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Vinland, born in Germany March 12,
1826, son of John and Mary Streeter ; came to United States in 1840; settled in Michigan,
near Adrian, where he continued to reside until 1856, when he came to Kansas, and settled
in Douglas County ; he owns 120 acres in Palmyra Township, and now makes that his home.
He was active as a ree-State man during the border troubles, but the greatest loss suffered
by him was the impairment of his health, by exposure. He was united in, marriage in
Washtenaw County, Mich., February 24, 1851, to Miss Ellen E., daughter of Elijah P. New-
ton ; they have the following children: Charles, born April 18, 1854; Emily T., February
12, 1852; Ella F., October 10, 1855; Edith G., October 7, 1875, Mr. Streeter is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church of Vinland.

REY. W.H. SWEET, A. M., President of Baker University, and Professor of Mentaland
Moral Science, Baldwin City, was born in Brown County, Ohio, July 14, 1843. He received
his early education in the common schools, and afterward entered Goshen Academy and the
National Normal School; then engaged in teaching fora time. In 1868, he entered the Ohio
Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, taking a full course, and graduating in 1872, with
the degree of A, B., the A. M. being conferred by his Alma Mater in 1875. He joined the
Kansas Conference at Ottawa, in 1873; was ordained Deacon by Bishop Merrill, at Manhat-
tan, in 1875, and Elder by Bishop Simpson, at Holton in 1877. “In the fall of 1872, he took
the chair of Mathematics in Baker University. In the spring of 1873, he was appointed pas-
tor at Centralia, Nemaha Co., Kan., returning to his chair in the university in the fall,
which he retained until 1877; was then appointed by the conference to the charge of Hol-
ton, Kan., but resigned to take charge of the university in September, 1879. He was mar-
ried in Delaware County, Ohio, September 7, 1875, to Miss Rose A. Williams, a graduate of
the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, class of 1871. They have four children—Bertha, Paul
W., Ralph W. and an infant,

F. THOMPSON, physician and surgeon, Baldwin City, was born in Franklin County,
Mass., February 6, 1826. “His parents removed to Ohio about 1836. He began his profes-
sional studies in 1847, under Dr. B. Rawson, at Findlay, Ohio, He graduated from the
Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1858. He afterward settled in Ly-
ons, Iowa, where he engaged in the practice until he moved to Kansas in 1868, He first
located in Leavenworth, and practiced there until 1871; then moved to Baxter Springs,
where he practiced until 1876: then settled in Baldwin City, where he has since remained,
engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married in Putnam County, Ohio, August
12, 1849, to Miss Elizabeth T. Miles, of Wayne County, Ohio, who died August 7, 1862, leav-
ing two children—Justen J. and Elizabeth A. He married Mrs. Roskafeliow, his present
wife, at Lyons, lowa, March 5, 1863. They have two children—Freeman P. and Oscar E.
The Doctor has been a member of the M. E. Church since 1839. He is a member of the
Kansas State Medical Society and is a Royal Arch Mason.

CAPT. L. H. TUTTLE, farmer, section 15, P. O. Baldwin City, was born in Clark Coun-
ty, Ind., December 13, 1835, son of Lewis Tuttle and Mary A. Willey. He enlisted August
14, 1862, in Company B, Eighty-first Regiment Indiana Infantry, and was promoted to Cap.
tain. He was in the a engagements: Perryville, Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chicka-
mauga, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, Kingston, Pine Mountains,
Kenesaw Mountain, Kulp’s Farm, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy, Franklin, Nashville and Ash-
ville. Discharged June 28, 1865. Came to Kansas in 1858, and settled in Palmyra Township.
Owns 160 acres, Returned to Indiana in 1861 and again in 1865. He was married in Wakarusa,
Kan., November 8, 1865, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Jacob Cantrill, who was murdered by
border ruffians June 6, 1856. They have six children—Mary H., born November 22, 1866;
William H., January 7, 1869; Lillian T., December 13, 1870; Myrtle Y., September 3, 1874;

Florence, June 16, 1877; Leonard E., November 1, 1881. Mr. T. was Trustee of Palmyra
Township durin, the years 1874 and 1875, and was a member of the Legislature during the
session of 1875. e is a member of Baldwin City M. E. Church and Post No. 40,G. A. R.

FRANK B. VARNUM, farmer, Section 10, P. QO. Vinland, was born in Blue Hill, Me.,
July 23, 1836; son of Cyrus Varnum and Emma Osgood. He came to Kansas in 1856, and
settled in Palmyra Township, where he owns a quarter-section ; has it well improved, etc.
He enlisted November 1, 1861, in Company B, Ninth Regiment Kansas Cavalry. Was dis-
charged November 1, 1864. He was united in marriage in Palmyra Township September
14, 1865, to Miss Mattie A., daughter of Thomas Pearson and Rhoda Rogers. They have the
following children: John G., born February 18, 1867, died March 8, 1867; Annie E., born
March 20, 1868; Hattie E., March 10, 1870; Mattie B., February 9, 1872; Frank L., August
10, 1874; Charles E., September 6, 1876, and*Sarah, June 10, 1881.

WASHINGTON WASHBURN, farmer, Section 8, was born in Brown County, Ohio,
July 25, 1817, son of Joseph Washburn and Nancy Mann. Moved with his parents to Rush
County, Ind., in 1821, where he grew up to manhood. Mr. Washburn has been twice mar-
ried—first in Rush County, Ind., April 28, 1839, to Miss Hannah Fisher, who died near Inde-

endence, Jackson Co., Mo., November 4, 1871. She was the daughter of Jacob and Jane

‘isher, of Rush County, Ind. His second marriage was to Mrs. Francis T. Kelly, widow of
Joseph Kelly, February 8, 1872. She was the daughter of John and Jane Julian, all of Jack-
son County,Mo. Mr. W. has buried three children, viz.: Asbury, James I’. and Serena
Jane. Has two with him—William E., born October 15, 1843; Orange J., born August 21,
1861. Mr. W. lived near Independence, Mo., from 1868 to 1880, since which time he has re-
sided in Palmyra Township, Douglas Co., Kan., where Le owns 150 acres of land. He is a
member of Baldwin City M. E. Church. ; ;

GEORGE W. WHIRLOW, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Vinland, was born in Davidson
County, N. C., May 28, 1830, son of John Whirlow and Sarah Long. He came to Kansas in
1863, and purchased a farm in Palmyra Township containing 110 acres, which is under cul-
tivation. Mr. W. was married in Milford, Ind., September 5, 1856, to Miss Emeline, daugh-
ter of Solomon Alley and Catherine Gant. They have eight children—John C., born June
19, 1857; William S., born November 28, 1858; Indiana, June 21, 1860; Cassius M., April 9,
1862; Sarah I., March 26, 1864; Olive, February 23, 1866; Ulysses G., January 23, 1868;
Maggie R., November 15, 1870. Mr. W. is a member of the M. E. Church of Vinland. .

SSAAC J. WILKINS, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Baldwin City, was born in Ohio April
8, 1834, son of William K. Wilkins and Phebe Ross. Grew up in Ohio, and went to Califor-
nia in 1854. Came to Kansas in 1857, and settled in Palmyra Township. He owns ninety
acres of improved land. Engaged in farming and threshing grain. Enlisted August 21,
1862, in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Was in only one or
two engagements and several skirmishes, He was discharged in 1865. He married in Pal-
myra Township July 1, 1858, Miss Catherine Barricklow. They have two children—Coda,
bern September 6, 1868; Edith, December 1, 1871. Mr. Wilkins is a member of Baldwin
City Lodge, No. 31, I. 0. O. F. J ‘ Toh

H. W. WILLETT, Postmaster, and dealer in general merchandise, Media, was appoint-
ed Postmaster at Prairie City in 1872, and to present post in 1879. The business was estab-
lished in Prairie City in 1872, by H. W. Willett & Co., and moved to Media in 1879. He
carries a stock of $3,500 to $4,000. H. W. Willett was born in Fulton County, Penn., Au-
gust 29, 1835. He was educated in his native county, and after leaving school was engaged
in teaching. In 1856, he moved to Kansas, en in Lawrence May 23. Here he settled
down and earned the carpenter’s trade; continued to follow the trade until 1861. Octoter
7, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighth Kansas Regiment. They were finally consolidated into
the Ninth Cavalry, and he was made Sergeant Major of Company A. On expiration of his
term of enlistment, November, 1864, he returned to Lawrence. In 1865, he took charge of
the Lawrence House, and continued to operate it until 1867. He then resumed. carpenter-
ing. In 1872, he moved to Prairie City, and established his present business. During the
early days, he was a prominent Free-State man. Was attached to Capt. Lowe’s Company.
and took part in the battles of Franklin, Fort Saunders and Fort Titus. He was married

in Lawrence May 28, 1866, to Miss Susanna, daughter of F, W. Sparr, Esq., one of the
pioneers, They have one daughter—Olive May.

COUNTY. 359

BELVOIR.

_' The first settlement known as Belvoir, was located on the old Sante Fé
trail, from Kansas City to Mexico, thirteen miles southwest of Lawrence.
Among the first permanent settlers in its vicinity, who came in 1855-56,
were H. Heine, James M. Dun, M. Clayton, R. A. Dean, H. McKenzie,
A. 8. Baldwin, A. E. Northrop, J. Hulze, D. Dack and Mr. Smith, who
died in 1856, which was probably the first death in the neighborhood. In
what was known as the McKenzie neighborhood, a Catholic church known
as St. John’s Church, was established in 1856, and supplied for a number
of years from the Catholic Cathedral at Lecompton. In the summer of
1865, a stone schoolhouse twenty-four by forty feet was built at a cost of
$1,500 Dr. George Hubbard and W. Markle being among the first teach-
ers.

On account of the proximity of Belvoir to Twin Mound, no post
office was established until 1868, when L. D. Bailey received the appoint-
ment as Postmaster. In 1878, the Carbondale branch of the Union Pacific
Railroad having been completed, Belvoir post office was moved twoand
one-half miles to the railroad, a new schoolhouse was built and other im-
provements made, which had the effect of bringing the business of the
community to that point.

CLINTON.

Clinton is situated on rolling prairie, between Rock Creek and the
Wakarusa, about nine miles southwest of Lawrence. The first settlement
was made here in June, 1854, by John A. Beam, N. Alguire and M. Albin.
Later, a Mr. Spradling, Lyman Sawyers, L. H. Boughton, and G. W. Um-
berger moved into this vicinity. :

The post office was established at Bloomington about a mile east of
Clinton, July 11, 1855, Harrison Burson being appointed first Postmaster.
This post office was discontinued and one established at Clinton, August
30, 1858, with J. A. Beam, Postmaster. A store was opened by Mr. Beam,
in June, 1854. on the north side of the public square. In 1858, Clinton
was a prominent contestant for the county seat.

Clinton Presbyterian Church.—An organization of this denomination
was perfected in 1860, by the Rev. William Rankin, with the following
members: J. C. Steele, Elizabeth Stecle, L. S. and Hattie Steele, R.
A. Dean, Mary Dean and Mrs. Watts. The present church edifice,
twenty-eight by thirty-five feet, was erected in 1865 at an expense of $1,-
000. The following named pastors have officiated in the order mentioned:
Revs. William Bishop, J. V. A. Ward, Mr. Brownlee, G. F. Chapin, J.
H. Caneth, A. V. Stout, J. N. Young, B. F. Crosby and J. H. Byers:
Present membership, sixty-five.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—CLINTON TOWNSHIP.

DANIEL DUCK, farmer, Section 31, P. O, Twin Mound, born in Center County, Penn.,
August 23, 1826, where he grew up on a farm, and received a common school education. He en-
listed in June, 1846, in Company E, Third Regiment Ohic Volunteers, in the Mexican war. he
hospital was more trying to him than the battle-field. He was discharged in 1847, for disability.
He came to Kansas in 1857, and settled in Clinton Township. Owns and his improved 525 acres.
Has 160 acres under the plow. When the war threatened Kansas, he went out and fought bravely
at the battle of the Blue. He was married in Stephenson County, Lll., October 24, 1850, to Miss
Polina E. Wells. ‘They have one child—Ellen S,, born April 12, 1855. .

GIDEON ELIAS, farmer, Section 20, P. 0. Lawrence, was born in Huntingdon County,
Penn., August 26,1821. After receiving a good common school education, he attended the Tus-
carawas Academy, Pennsylvania, and has since been engaged us alawyer and farmer. He was
married in Pennsylvania December 28, 1831, to Miss Isabella C., daughter of John Hom peer Hea:
They have had nine children, but only two of them are living, viz.: Juniatta A, and Ethel L.
Mr, E, came to the State in March, 1857, and settled in Douglas County. The first night after his
arrival in the State, he was robbed by a border ruflian, When Quantri]] retreated from Law-
rence, he passed through Mr. Elias’ yard with his whole force; being hard pressed by the forces
under command of Lane and Plumb, they did not have time to burn Mr. Elias’ house, as they
had of every Union man on the road, In April, 1859, Mr. E. was taken with disease in the eyes,
which nearly rendered him blind for seven years, but he eventually recovered, and 1s now a
hearty old gentleman, carrying on his farm of 160 acres which he owns in Clinton Town-

ship.

Py OHN HARRELL, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Clinton, was born in Crawford County, Ark.,
February 10, 1845. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1861, and settled in Clinton Township, where
he owns a farm of 118 acres, and also works another farm of 220 acres. He enlisted for one year
July 8, 1867,in Company A, Eighteenth ltegiment Kansas Volunteers, for guard duty on the
plains tor protecting freighters and railroad laborers from outlaws and Indians, but was wound-
ed, and discharged November 16, 1867. He was married in Luwrence August 2, 1871, to Miss Cath-
erine, daughter of Joseph Anderson, Esq. They have four children—Minnie L., Charles E., Sarah
Cc, and Lola B.

K. KETELS, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Clinton, was born in Germany May 13, 1826; emigrated.
to the United States in 1878, and settled in Osage County, where he resided four years, and then
came to Hourlas County, where he owns a large farm in Clinton Township. Mr. K. was married
in his native land November 7, 1851, to Miss Louisa Cornelius. who also came with him to Amer-
ica. They have six children, viz.: Bertha, Augusta, Eliza, Julius, Carl and Hugo. Mr. K. and
wife are members of the Lutheran Church, 7

HON. ELIAB G. MACY, M. D., farmer, Section 24, P. O. Clinton, was born in Preble Coun-.
ty, Ohio, October 13, 1817, and is a lineal descendant of Thomas Macy, who came from Englandin
1636 in the Mayflower, and settled in Massachusetts; fled to Nantucket. He is asonof Stephen
Macy and Mary Gardner, In his youth, Eliab G. attended the Friends Academy at Elkton, Ohio,
his father and mother being of that faith. In 1837, he commenced the study of medicine, gradu-
ating in the Class of 1840 from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, and at once entered upon a

uccessful practice in Butler County, Ohio, which he continued up to 1854, when he came to Kan-

as and settled in Clinton Township, where he still resides upon _a farm of 100 acres, which he
owns and cultivates. In 1862,Mr. Macy represented Douglas County in the Legislature with
credit to himself and honor to his constituents. From his earliest recollections, he espoused the
cause of treedom, and has ever been a warm and earnest advocate of the oppressed, contributing
of his means freely to their relief. During the border troubles, tLe Doctor served in the
militia with the rank of Lieutenant and Surgeon,in the late war or rebellion nearly two
years, Dr. Macy and Miss Rachel Cooper were united in marriage in Preble County, Ohio, De-
cember 19, 1841, and to them have been born eleven children, seven of whom are living—Horace
C., John G., Stephen J., Louie E., William S., Amy and CharlesS. One of his sons—kberly Q.,
enlisted in 1861, and served faithfully until November, 1861, when he was killed by a bushwhacker
while on a march. Mrs. Macy is a member of the Society of Friends.

THOMAS B, PETEFISH, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Belvoir, was born in Rockingham Coun-
ty, Va., August 7, 1833, son of Jacob H. and Elizabeth (Price) Petefish. When but achild, Thomas
moved with his parents to Cass County, Ill., where he grew up on a farm, and was educated in.
the common schools. _He resided in Illinois until 1362, then spent four years in the mountains
of Idaho, Montana and Washington; came to this State in 1867; settled in Douglas County; owns
400 acres of land in Clinton Township, Douglas County, where he has resided since coming to
Kansas. He was married in Sangamon County, IIl., June 23, 1859, to Miss Adda C,, daughter of
James Parkinson; they have seven children—Marion P., born March 23, 1860; Lotta L., born
September 24, 1861; Elizabeth M.,born November 1, 1867; Linna E., born September 15, 1869;
Pearlie M., born January 11, 1872; Sarah A, born September 20, 1874; Nancy Adda Grace, born
October 4, 1876.

LUKE E. RAY, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Clinton, was born in Cabell County, W. Va., Febru-
ary 2, 1814, where he grew to manhood. In 1848, he moved to Cole County, Mo,, where he engaged
inthe mercantile business for nine years, and then removed to Preston, Jasper Co., Mo., and re-
mained four years, when the rebels took possession of his storehouse and robbed hii of all he
had. He then came to Kansas and settled in Clinton Township, on a farm which he owns, of 160
acres, which he has improved. Mr. Ray was married _in West Virginia April 12, 1838, to Miss
Marietta Drown, daughter of Benjamin Drown, Esq. To them have been born eleven children
—Eliza A., Paralee R., Sarah F., Henry B., George W., Henry S. G., Marcelmus B., Luke E., Ber-
nard B., Florence R, and U. S. Grant. He has been a Methodist from early boyhood,
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JAMES C, RICHARDSON & BROS., farmers, Section 13, P. O. Belvoir, were bornin Ten-
nessee, and raised on a farm, They are the sons of Booker F. Richardson and Susanna Robin-
son, who descended from James Richardson and Nancy French, on their father’s side, and
Charles Robinson and Susanna Cunnyham, on their mother’s side. James C. Richardson was
born January 12, 1825; he came to Kansas in 1854, from Middle ‘Tennessee, near Nashville, and
settled in Clinton Township in 1857, He owns 180 acres, principally improved. He is a member
of the Methodist Church, He bas never been married, .

THADDEUS B. RICHARDSON, was born May 21, 1832, in Davidson County, Ténh.; he came
to Kansas 1857, and settled in Clinton Township; he was married in Clinton Township J uly 5,
1866 , to Miss Martha F, Brown, they are members of the Baptist Church; they own 120 acres of
improved land; they have four children—Mary Adeline, born April 17, 1867, in Jasper County,
Mo.; Susan Ann, born October 27, 1868, in Douglas. County, Kan.; Mintta Jane, born December
28, 1870, in Douglas County, Kan,; Thaddeus Christopher, born October 20, 1873, in Douglas Coun-
ty, Kan. Martha F. Brown was born October 30, 1817, in Knox County, Tenn.; she was a daugh-
terof Thomas Lee Brown and Adeline Carson, who descended from Thoinas Lee Brown and
Mary Cunnygim, on her father s side, and James Carson and Drucilla Holland, on her mother's
side. Her grand-parents were farmers, near Knoxville, Tenn., and were of the first settlers. T.
L. Brown and fom came to Kansas June 5, 1860,

CHRISTOPHER R. RICHARDSON, youngest son of Booker Richardson and Susanna Rob-
inson, was born August 16, 1833, in Dixon County, Tenn.; emigrated to Kansas in the spring of
1857; isa member of Methodist Church South; was married in Jefferson County, Kan., March 18,
1874, by Rev. R. J. Burns, to Miss Clara Hunter, daughter of George Hunter and Martha Wovds.
They have two children—James Robett Richardson, born February 7, 1815, in Douglas County,
Kan., and Johnnie Wesley Richardson, born in the same county February 12,1877. Her father
was born in Loudoun County, Va., and her mother in Westmoreland County, Penn.; her parents
resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, until the death of her father, when they moved to Illinois, and the

tall of 1865 emigrated to Kansas. *

STEPHEN F. RIGGS, farmer, Section 80, P. O. Richland, born in Ruckcastle County, Ky.,
May 16, 1840, son of Johu W. Riggs and Permelia Collins. He was brought up on a farm, and
came to Kansas in 1856; settled in Shawnee County, but now lives in Clinton Township. In 1864,
he enlisted in Company B, Ninth Regiment Kansas Cayalry, and was discharged at the close o
the war in 1865. He was married in Clinton Township February 6, 1868, to Miss Martha, daughter
of William B. Bedgood. They have five children—Benjamin F., born June 6, 1870; Olive L., born
December 1 iBte Louisa A., born April 21, 1875; Edith, born January 15, 1879; Mertie, born

ecember 10, i .

GLOBE—(MARION). :

In 1857-58, the Marion Town Company, composed of eleven persons,
laid off a town site of 320 acres, and named it *‘ Marion,’’ in honor of Gen.
Francis Marion, of Revolutionary fame. The site selected is on the high
prairie, sixteen miles southwest from Lawrence, the county seat. The
Improvements made by the town company were few—a town well was
dug,. a blacksmith shop erected, a store opened by D. Hubbard, and a few
dwelling houses built. Prior to 1860, a post ottice was established, D.
Hubbard and J. Howard being among the list of first Postmasters. The
existence of Marion as a town, dates to 1865, when the Union Pacific
Railway was built, which stopped the overland traffic on the old Santa Fé
trail, A local historian states that as a remembrance of the “ old times,”
the ‘‘ greasers ” filled up the public well with stones, burned the surveyor’s
stakes, and damaged the place as a town generally.

September 13, 1881, the name of the post office was changed to its
present appellation—Globe. ?

LAPEER.

Lapeer is situated in the southwest part of the county, near the head-
waters of Rock Creek, on gently undulating prairie. The first settlements
‘were nade in the vicinity in 1855, by George Shobert, Peter Dodder,
James Baker and Samuel Hays. The town was so named after a town of
the same name in Michigan.

The first child born here was Eli Baker, November 2, 1856; the first
marriage was that of B. L. Oldham, to Miss Elvira Baker, in the year
1857, and the first death that of an unknown man in 1859.

The first school was taught in 1862, in a log cabin by Miss Anna Har-
ber. The first schoolhouse was built in 1864, and located on Section 29,
Township 14, Range 18. In August, 1864, Rev. A. C. Still preached the
first sermon in this schoolhouse.

The post office was established in 1856, and named Marion, S. Brini-
man_ being appointed first Postmaster. A store was opened in 1856, by
Henry Briniman, by the side of the old Santa Fé road in the town of
Mation. A grist mill wag built in the winter of 1862-63, by Henry Hyatt.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—MARION ‘TOWNSHIP.

J. H. BACHELOR, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Lapeer, was born in Tennessee September

27, 1833; moved, when a child, to Shelby County, IIl., and from there to Franklin County,
Mo.; came to Kansas in 1855, settled in Leavenworth County, and, three years later, came to
Marion Township and purchased a farm of 190 acres, which he has improved, erecting a sub-
stantial stone residence in 1873, at a cost of $1,500. During all the border troubles, Mr.
Bachelor was never disturbed by either side, which he attributes to the fact of his keeping
a close mouth, although loyal and true, believing in the right and justice of freedom. He
was married in Leavenworth County, December 25, 1855, to Miss Margaret Plummer, by
whom he has had eleven children—John F., Emma, Flora, Benjamin, William IT, Mattie
M.R., Maggio I. M., Charles, Grace M., Eva and Elizabeth—the two last named are dead.
Mr. ee or was called into service during the Price raid, and participated in the battle of
the Blue.
‘. C.J. BLISS, farmer, Section 25, P.O, Echo, was born in Niagara County, N. Y., Febru-
ary 22, 1844, He learned the trade ofa blacksmith in Milford, Mich., and afterward worked
in Pontiac and Detroit, Mich. Mr. Bliss has been twice married, first in Venango County,
Penn., January 10, 1867, to Miss Cora French, who died in 1871; second, in Missouri, Janu-
ary 9, 1876, to Miss Mary Brown, daughter of Mason Brown, Esq. They have six children—
Fred W., Iarry L., Eva, Charles, Annie and an infant. Mr. Bliss came to Kansas in 1877,
and settled in’ Marion Township, where he owns a farm of ninety acres, which is well im-
proved, and also carries on a blacksmith shop in connection with the farm.

HON. ELIJAH 8. BORLAND, farmer, Section 12, P. Twin Mound, born in Orange
County, N. Y., January 3, 1831,son of Thomas Borland and Anna McDowell. He grew toman-
hood in his native town, engaged on a farm. In 1859, he came to the State and settled in
Osage County, and was elected Sheriff of Osage County in 1860. In 1877, he moved to Marion
Township, where he still resides ; owns 40U acres, eighty in Marion and 320 in Osage County.
He enlisted in the spring of 1862, in Company I, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cay-
alry, for three years,and was in the following engagements: Prairie Grove, Gaines’ Mill and
Little Blue; here he was severely wounded in the groin, and was honorably discharged Sep-
tember 21, 1865. Mr. Borland was married in Osage County, Kan., July 3, 1868, to Miss
Maria, daughter of John Warner, Esq. His children are—Wesley P., Louis H., Elijah S., Jr.,
Thomas F. and Bertha L. Mr. Borland is a member of a lodge of I. 0. O. F.

JOHN BRUNK, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Globe, born in Roanoke County, Va., April 4,
1847, where he grew to manhood, receiving a good common school education. He was
united in marriage in his native county, August 31, 1873, to Miss Sarah A. Hicks, by whom
he has three children—Dewey E., William H. and Benjamin L. He came to the State in
1877, and settled in Marion Township, where he owns eighty acres, all under improvement.
‘Mrs. Brank is a member of the German Baptist Church.

JOHN T. CARPENTER, M. D., Section 4, P.O, Twin Mound, born in Lafayette
County, Mo., October 30, 1838, son of Charles N. and Jane (Gregg) Carpenter. He was ‘edu-
cated at the Masonic College, Lexington, Mo., and graduated from the University of Louis-
ville, Ky., Medical Department, class of 1865, since which time ‘he has had a good practice in
Buchanan County, Mo., Johnson, Leavenworth and Douglas Counties, Kan, He came to

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this State in 1879, and recently purchased a small farm near Twin Mound, which he rents,
In addition to his medical profession, he is en gaged in the grocery and drug business. He
first commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Thomas Beaumont, of Weston, Mo., in the
year 1864. He was united in marriage, in Clay County, Mo., Al ril 5, 1866, to Miss Louisa A.,
daughter of Uriel Cave and Susan Rice. They have two ‘chil ren—Lillie M., born fnons
ber 22, 1872 a Mary F., born January 8, 1874. The Doctor is.a member of the Baptist Cc

and of the I. 0. O. F. =

JOSEPH W. CHRISTIAN, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Clinton, came to the State in the
summer of 1865; settled in Marion Township, where he.owns a splendid farm of 280 acres,
under a high state of cultivation. He built a fine residence in’ 1881, costing $2,000. Mr.
Christian descended from David Christian and Mary Broombaugh, and his ie arents
were Joseph Christian and Nancy Williams, and was born in Miami County, Ohio, July 20,
1845. Mr. Christian was married in Clinton, Kan., February 4, 1869, to Miss Mary E.,
daughter of James B. Morris, Esq. They have three children—Leroy C., Charles E. and
Adelbert W. Mr. Christian is an Odd Fellow. . ‘

JOHN C. CLARK, farmer, Section 14, P. 0. Centropolis, was born in McDonough County,
Ill, April 29, 1888; moved with parents the same year to Andrew County, Mo., where he
remained eleven years, and then moved to Dallas County, Iowa, where he resided until
he came to Kansas in 1854, and settled in Franklin County. In March, he purchased 346
acres in Marion Township, and has since resided there. Mr. Clark was married in Nod-
away County, Mo., July 3, 1859, to Eliza Bates, who died February 19, 1862. He was again
married in Douglas County, October 8, 1865, to Elvira Baker, who died October 6, 1875, in Cal-
ifornia. He was married in Douglas County, March 11, 1877, to Nancy J., daughter of
Thomas McConnell. He has six children—Nancy A., Dorinda J., Charles H.,. John T.,
Josephine and Katie. He has lost three children by death. . :

ROBERT S. DODDER, farmer, Section 31, P.O. Lapeer, was born in Oakland County,
Mich., August 14, 1851; came with his father to Kansas in 1859, and located in Marion
Township; owns 160 acres, besides erring his mother’s farm; married in Genesee County,
Mich., June 28, 1874, Miss Sarah E., daughter of John Reed. They have three children—
Edward W., Charles 0. and Flora B. Mr. Dodder is a member of the Acacia Lodge, No. 9,
A., F.& A.M., of Lawrence, His father pre-empted the land on which he now resides. His
father died February 7, 1875. : .

SILAS DODDER, farmer, Section 1, P. 0. Lapeer, was born in Addison, Oakland Co.,
Mich., May 1, 1845; came to the State with his father in 1861 ; settled in Marion Township. Mr.
Dodder owns 225 acres, all fenced, and about sixty acres undex the plow, the balance in grass
and pasture. During the Price raid, Mr. Dodder was called out in the State militia, and
participated in the battle of the Blue. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Bailey,
October 9, 1869. They have six children, viz., Hattie A.. Homer R., Vera B., Mary E., Pear!
and Silas C. Mrs. Dodder is a member of the Methodist Church.

MRS. SARAH FISHBURN, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Centropolis, born in Botetourt
County, Va., May 14, 1832, She was the daughter of Daniel Kessler, and was married March
26, 1850, to Alfred Fishburn, Esq., who died April 30,1877. They came to Kansas in 1863,
and settled in Marion Township, where they owned 370 acres of land, and have since resided.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Fishburn has carried on the farm, with the aid of her
sons. She has eight children—Susan A., John W., Mary C., Henry H., George A., Ezra,
Annie and Frank. She is a member of the German Baptist Church.

SAMUEL FISHER, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Bond, born in Stark County, Ohio, Feb-
ruary 24, 1840, son of Michel Fisher and Christina Sands. He livedin his native county until
he was eighteen years of age, and then moved to Indiana, but did not remain there long, as,
in 1860, he came to Kansas; and settled in Marion Township, where he owns eighty acres of
improved land, under a high state of cultivation. He enlisted in 1862, in Second Battalion
Missouri- Volunteers, for one year; served his time out, and then re-enlisted in 1863, in
Company A, Ninth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and, after faithful service for over two
years, was honorably discharged August, 1865. Mr. Fisher was married in Lawrence, Kan.,
November 17, 1867, to\Miss Lucretia A, daughter of Erin Davis, Esq.,and to them have
on mon six children, viz., Mary E., Rachel C., De Witt C., Milton W., John C. and

thur G.

__ B. F,GARRETT, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Centropolis, born in Pike County, IIl., May 2,
1835. He received a good education at the Illinois College in Jacksonville. Mr. Garrett
enlisted in 1861, in Company K, Second Regiment Illinois Cavalry, with rank of Lieutenant,
and was promoted to Captain in 1864. He participated in the following engagements: Fort
Henry, Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Iuka, Corinth, Bollivar, Mansfield, Holly Springs, and
many skirmishes. He was wounded twice at Mansfield and Holly Springs, and was honor-
ably discharged ea 25, 1865. Mr. Garrett was married in Pike County, III, June 6, 1857, to
Miss Annie E.., daughter of Jeremiah Adams, Esq. They have four children—Annie J., John
M., Robert 8. and Marshall. Mr. Garrett came to Kansas in 1877; settled in Marion Town-
aes wee ae ones a farm containing 388 acres, 220 of which are under the plow. Mr.

arrett is a Master Mason.

HON. SAMUEL A, HALDERMAN, farmer, Section 9, P. 0. Clinton, was born in But-
ler County, Penn., April 10, 1836, where he grew to manhood, being educated in the com-
mon schools and in Sunbury Academy. He is the seventh child of Samuel Halderman and
Margaret Kolmyer, having six brothers and six sisters. Mr. Halderman was married in
Venango County, Penn., pril 3, 1860, to Miss Emily B., daughter of Amos Dotterer, Esq.
Six bright children have been born to them—Minnie, Jennie, Samuel W., Edwin C., Margaret
A. and Charles A, Mr, Halderman came to this State in 1868, and settled in Marion Town-
ship on a farm. He owns 170 acres, under good improvement; 100 acres are now under the
plow, and the farm is well stocked. Mr, Halderman was elected to the Legislature, and hon-
orably represented his district in the session of 1875-76. Mr. and Mrs. Halderman are activ
members of the Presbyterian Church in Clinton, and he is one of the Elders of the church.

JOHN KELLEY, Jr., farmer, Section 31, P. 0. Lapeer, born in Clark ‘County, Ind.,
July 20, 1841, where he lived until 1858, when he came tu Kansas and settled in Marion
Township, He owns a farm of 138 acres, all improved. He enlisted August 20, 1862, in
Company HE, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, served faithfully until the close

-of the war, and was discharged July 20, 1865, having been in the battle of Jenkins Ferry,
and numerous skirmishes, ‘ie was married, in Marion Township, February 7, 1872, to Miss
Marion M. Worthy. They have one child—Morris,

G, 0. MCKUNE, farmer, Section 4, P. 0. Globe, came to the State in 1859 ; settled in Ottawa,
where he lived two years, and then moved to Marion Township, on a farm containing eighty
acres, where he still resides. Ie was born in Lanesboro, Penn., February 23, 1843 ; moved to
Bureau County, Il, in 1852, where he remained seven years. He enlisted September 13,
1861, in Company A, Ninth Regiment Kansas Cavalry; on duty most of the time, guarding
army ee was honorably discharged November 9, 1864. He was united in marriage, at
Lawrence, September 14, 1865, to Miss Eliza, daughter of John Kelley, Esq. They have
seven children—Charles E., Lotta E.. John I., Guy E:, Olive, Edward and Mary T. Mr.
McKune has been Constable for two years in his township. :

_,, LON. M. McMILLEN, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Centropol:s, born in North Collins,
Erio County, N. Y., March 9, 1829, and was educated at the S ringfield Academy, N. Y. He
came to the State in 1870, and settled in Lawrence in 1872. He purchased a large farm, con-
taining 440 acres, in Marion Township, and has since resided there. [He was elected to the
Legislature in 1877, and again in 1879, and represented Douglas County with honor to him-
self and constituents. Mr, MeMillen was married in Gowanda, N. Y., January, 1853, to
Miss ae daughter of William McMillen, Esq, They have six children living, viz.,
Lele ie ora L, Kenewith E., Hugh C., Eva B. and Grant. Mrs. McMillen died Feb-

JOHN C. METSKER, farmer, Section 11, Town 14, Range 18, P. 0. Bond, was born in
Morrison’s Cove, Blair County, Penn, September 18, 1826, where he lived until seven years
of age, when he removed with his parents to Henry County, Ind., and there remained until
he came to Kansas in 1859, and settled in Marion Township, where he owns 2,000 acres, 700
of which are under the pon and the balance is used for meadow and pasture. "Itis the-pur-
pas of Mr. Metsker to divide this land among his children, who are now married and set-
Ued on this large tract of land. Mr. Metsker was married in Wayne County, Ind., to Miss
Christina, daughter of Jacob Ulrich, Esy. They have five children—Martin W. Mary A.
Elizabeth J., Sarah E. and Henry C. Mr.and Mrs. Metsker are members of the German
Baptist Church, and he is one of the Deacons. :

: MARTIN W. METSKER, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Bond. The subject of this sketch

a ee ot en C. Metsker and Christina Ulrich, and was born in Henry County, Ind., May

ee cnn Me Kansas in the fall ef 1859 with his father, and settled in Marion Town-

ae Po Sass me which he keeps 16 horses, 108 head of cattle and 80 hogs"

married in Clinta Tevet ready ranks among the first farmers of the county, Mr. M. was

f on Township, Kan., January 2, 1873, to Miss Tey daughter of James
te

ureh

Shoup, Esq. -'They have four interesting cbildren—Sarah E., Joh y W
Mr, and Mrs. M. are members of the Gernan Baptist Chureh, ee Saas
DOUGLAS

PHILLIP METSKER, farmer, Section 13, P.O. Echo, born in Morrison’s Cove, Blair
Co., Penn., July 28, 1824. At the age of nine years, he removed with his parents to. Henry
County, Ind., where he remained until 1860, engaged in farming. He came to Kansas in
1860, and settled in Marion Township, where he ownsa fine farm of 517 acres—350 of. which
are under the plow and the balance in timber and pasture. In 1870, he erected a fine house at
a cost of $3,000. The large auanity of fruit of every variety, the large outbuildings, the
fine fences on this farm, show him to be a most excellent farmer. Mr. Metsker was married
in Henry County, Ind., December 27, 1846, to Miss Catherine-Replong, who died 1852. He
was again married in Indiana October 28, 1854, to Miss Barbara: Longenacker, who still sur-
vives. ‘Lhey have nine children, viz.: Samuel, Sarah J., Lucinda, Benjamin F., Jacob M.,
John L., Joseph M., Andrew E. and Elizabeth; two of these—Jacob M. and Elizabeth—are
dead. Mr. and Mrs. Metsker are members of the German Baptist Church.

ISAAC E. MEYER, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Globe, was born’ in Mifflin, Dauphin Co.,
Penn., February 28, 1830; removed in 1854 to Ogle County, Il, where he Tailed, sixteen
years. He came to this State March 1, 1870, and settled in Douglas County, and in 1872 pur-
chased a farm of 168 acres in Marion Township, on which he still resides.. Mr. M, was mar-
ried in Bree port Il., May 16, 1855, to Catherine A., daughter of Hugh Bitterman. They
have six children living—Susan L., Oliver F., Annie T., Milton H., Fred B.and Florence M.
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer are active members of the Free Methodist. Church.

LEVI S. MYERS, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Globe, was. born in Bethel, Lebanon Co.,
Penn., August 22, 1846, where he lived until eighteen years of age, and then moved to Ohio,
where he remained about three years. Came to the State in August, 1868, and purchased
161 acres in Marion. Township, where he has since resided. He was married in Lebanon,
Penn., September 18, 1875, to Miss Rebecca Shepler, by whom he has two children—Katie
M.and AnnaM. Mr, M. is a prosperous farmer.

THOMAS B., PRICE, farmer, Section 3, P. 0. Globe, was born in Hart County, Ky.,
September 17, 1827, where he grew to manhood. He lived some time in Illinois, where, in
Carlinville, he was united in marriage December 1, 1853, to Miss Catherine Corder, who died
October 26, 1877. He came to this State in 1858, and settled in Marion Township. Owns
eighty acres of choice land, which is under a good state of cultivation. Mr. P.served in the
State militia, and participated in the battles of the Blue, in repelling Sterling Price. He
was agin united in marriage October 26, 1878, to Miss Clara J. Rittenhender, of Ottawa,
Franklin Co., Kan. He has eight children—Marinda, Columbus, Mary F., Frank, William,
charles Laura and Cora J. Four of these are married—Marinda, Frank, Columbus and

ary F.

IRA 0. RARICK, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Globe, came to this State in 1866, settling in
Douglas County; moved on to his farm in Marion Township in 1872. He owns eighty acres,
which have been well improved, He was born in Darke County, Ohio, December 23, 1845. In
1851, he moved with his pane to Jay County, Ind. Was educated in the high school of
Garden Grove, Iowa, and engaged in school teaching for about two years; but farming has
been his principal business. My. Rarick was married in Osceola, Clark Co., Iowa, August
22, 1869, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of George Roberts, Esq. Mrs. R. is a lady of culture and
possesses decided literary talent. They are members of the Christian Church.

J. J. RARICK, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Centropolis, was borr..in Darke County, Ohio,
May 2, 1837. Was educated at Farmer’s Academy, Jay County, Ind. He was engaged in
teaching for six years before the war. When the war broke out, his patriotism ied him to
enlist in April, 1861, in the call for three months’ men, in Company K, Eleventh Regiment
Ohio Volunteers. After serving his time out, he re-enlisted in Company E, Sixty-ninth
Regiment Ohio Volunteers. Was promoted to Captain in 1863; participated in the follow-
ing engagements: “Stone River, Gallatin, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga, Kenesaw
Mountain, Peach Run ‘Creek, Jonesboro, Atlanta, and marched with Sherman tothe sea.
Besides the above battles, he was in many skirmishes, and was honorably discharged in
March, 1865, He was married in Leavenworth, July 19, 1865, to Miss Minnie E., daughter of
Jobn Hilton, Esq., of Clark County, Iowa.” They have two children—Edith H. and Carl S.
Mr. R. came to this State in 1865, and settled in Lawrence, and moved to Marion Township
in 1870, where he owns 120 acres of finely improved land. Mr. and Mrs, R. are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. oe

ABRAM SMITH, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Globe, came to the State April, 1855; settled
in Jefferson County, and the following year moved to Marion Township, where he yet re-
sides on a farm-of 120 acres which he has improved; was born in ‘Licking County, Ohio,
January 16, 1831. He moved to Fulton County, IIL, 1849, where he en ceed in farming up
to the time he came to the State. He enlisted July, 1862, in Company E, Twelfth Regiment
Kansas Volinteers ; was discharged April 9, 1863; was commissioned Second Lieutenant,
Company A, Eleventh United States Colored Regiment, 1863, and discharged April 1, 1865.
He was married in Douglas County, June 7, 1860, to Sarah E., daughter of John Kelly.
They have five children living—William H., Eliza J., John E., Cora B. and Herman, and
have lost four children. ,

JOHN N. SMITH, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Globe, was born in England, March 3, 1850;
came to the United States, with his parents, in 18583; settled in ‘Griggsville, Ill.; moved to
Kansas in 1878; owns a farm of eighty acres in Marion Township, on which he resides.
He was married in Douglas County, February 24, 1881, to Miss Marinda Thompson. They
have one child—Chester I. -

E. M. SNYDER, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Twin Mound, was born in Switzerland Feb-
ruary 15, 1844; came to the United States in 1851; settled in Ohio, where he remained six
years ; afterward to Polk County, lowa, where he remained five years, and in May, 1862,
came to Kansas, and settled in Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County.- He also lived a short
time in Eudora, and in 1882 moved to Marion Township, where he owns 320 acres improved.
Enlisted in the spring of 1865, in Company E, Tenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer In-
fantry, and was discharged in August, 1865. He was married in Eudora, Kan., December

25, 1866, to Miss Aba, daughter of James Apley, Esq. They have six children—Emma,
Clara, Charles, Edward, Frank and Isabella. Mr.8. is ason of Christian Snyder and Anna
inply. -

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H. R. SOXMAN, farmer, Section 25, P.O. Echo, was born in Armstrong County, Penn.,
August. 26, 1843, where he grew to manhood. He enlisted in July, 1861, in Company D,
Sixty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, for three years or during the
war, and was in the following engagements: Yorktown, Hanover C. H., Mechanicsville,
Gaines’ Mill, Malvern Hill, second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville
and Gettysburg. Here he was wounded in the right thigh, and was afterward transferred
to Company D, Eleventh Veteran Reserve Corps, and was honorably discharged in July,
1864. He came to Kansas in September, 1865; settled in Marion Township, where he yet
resides, owning a farm of 215 acres. Mr. 8. was married in Douglas County, March 25, 1869,
to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Abram Rothrock, who was the last man shot in the Quan-
trill raid on Lawrence. They have three children—George M., Clara B.and Ray. Mr. and
Mrs. Soxman are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. m ‘

MICHEL SPEALMAN, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Appanoose, was born in Blair County,
Penn., April 15, 1830; moved to Whitley County, Ind., in 1854. He was married in Newry,
Penn., August 7, 1854, to Miss Mary Bunn. He has three children—David, Jacob and
Ledward. He came to the State in 1864, and settled in Valley Falls, and three years later
moved to Douglas County, and settled in Marion Township, where he owns a farm of eighty
acres. His wife is a member of the German Baptist Church. ,

HENRY WEBBER, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Bond, was born in England October 2,
1828, where he remained until 1849, when he came to the United States and settled in De-
troit, Mich., and entered upon the profession of a musician. Leaving Detroit, he went to
Tuscola County, Mich., and became a farmer. He was united in marriage in Sebewaing
Mich., June 24, 1854, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Reuben Dodge, Esq. She died December
25, 1873. He was again united in Moai © in ‘Marion, Kan., October 25, 1875, to Mrs. Lucy
M., widow of Garrett Cole, and sister to his first wife. As the fruits of these marriages,
there have been born to him six children—Frederick H., Sarah E., Victoria A., Albert A.,
Rosella M. and Charles W. Mr. Webber came to Kansas in the spring of 1858, and settled
in Marion Township, where he has since resided. He owns a fine farm containing 180

-aeres, 120 of which are under the plow. He raises forty acres of corn, sixty acres of wheat,
ten acres of oats, and ten acres of millet, etc. He has on the farm nine horses, twenty cat-
tle and fifteen hogs, There are also on his farm good buildings, etc.

KANWAKA TOWNSHIP. : ay
WILLIAM T, BARBER, farmer, Section 12, P. 0. Lawrence, box 169, born in Wayne
County, Ind., November 10, 1840; came with his father to the State in 1857, and settled on
the farm, where he still resides in Kanwaka Township. This farm contains 560 acres and
is under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Barber has always lived on a farm, and prefers
that to any other business. He was married in Clinton Township, Kan., June 27, 1877, to
Miss Mary M. Houston, daughter of M, W, Houston, Esq, Mr. Barber is a member of Law
rence Lodge, No, 6, A., F,.& A. M,

COUNTY.

WILLIAM J.CUMMINGS, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Clinton, was born in Pittsburgh,
Penn., February 11,1848, and there lived during his youth and early manhood, enjoying
the advantages which that city furnished to.young men. When the war of the rebellion
was seriously threatening the life of the nation, his patriotism led him to enlist in the
spring of 1863, in Company M, Fifth Regiment Kansas Cavalry, and he-served until the
close of the war; was in the following engagements: Balls Bluff, Iron Mountain, Mine
Creek, Lexington, and many-skirmishes; was discharged in the fall of 1865. Mr. C. came
to the State in 1857, and settled in Douglas County. A short time since, he purchased a
farm containing 311 acres bordering on the line of Clinton and Kanwaka Townships, where
he now resides. Mr. C. was married in Douglas County, November, 1872, to Miss Emma,
daughter of David Boyd, vat They have four children—William, Arthur, Myra and Mat-
tie. Mr. C. isa member of the Presbyterian Church in Clinton.

JAMES FITZPATRICK & BROS., farmers, Section 21, P.O. Big Springs. These gen-
tlemen are natives of Tioga County, Penn. They came to the State in 1869, and settled on
their farm in Kanwaka Township, where they own 1,540 acres, partly in Lecompton Town-
ship. They have erectea two fine residences on their farm, which exhibit good taste. The
long stone fences, built in a substantial manner on their farm, show that they are planning
wisely. Two of thé brothers, Michael T. and Thomas H. are married, and although they were
reared in the Catholic faith, they are all members of Masonic Lodges, and James is a mem-
ber of an Odd Fellow Lodge. These gentlemen employ four men constantly, and during
the busy season several more. Their farm is well stocked with improved machinery.

D. W. SCOUTEN, farmer, Section 6, P. 0. Belvoir, born in Cortland County, N. Y.,
February 12, 1833, and removed to Terre Haute, Ind., and received a partial college edu-
cation at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. He came to Kansas in 1856, settled in Kan-
waka Township. Farms a quarter-section, and is a bachelor.

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WILLOW SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

I, L. BAKER, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Media, was born in Lancaster County, Penn.,
July 10, 1828; where he grew to’ manhood. and then moved to rien acon County, Penn.,
where he was united in marriage January 1, 1852, to Miss Catherine E., punt of Azariah
McClain, and to him have been come nine children, five of whom are dead—Jennie &., Nellie
A., Judson E.. Isaac O. and Alvah A. The last four died of scarlet fever, May 2, 3, 4and 12,
1880, respectively. Jennie E. died of spotted fever. The names of the living are Mary J.,
Lemon C., Eliza A.and Jacob H. Mr. Baker came to this State in the spring of 1857, and settled
where he now resides. He was without money, but--he went to work with the determi-
nation of making himself a home and a fortune, in both of which he has been success-
ful. He now owns 433 acres, all improved and free from incumbrance. He has built a
large residence at a cost of $2,500, and a fine barn at a cost of $900, and has his home
surrounded with beautiful shrubbery and evergreens. Altogether, Mr. Baker is one of
the few men who came into the country and prospered, and at the same time led a
strictly moral and upright life. He is a member of the Methodist Church in Baldwin,
and also of Palmyra Lodge, No. 23, A. F. & A. M. Four of Quantrill’s men endeavored
to burn his buildings, but were prevented by the timely arrival of troops under Lane.

SAMUEL BAKER, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Pleasant Grove, born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 28, 1833. His father removed with him to Darke County, Ohio, and
there Samuel was raised, educated at acommon school. Mr, Baker was united in mar-
riage in Darke County, Ohio, May 18, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Bower. They have had five
children, two of whom are dead. The living are John W., Henry and Martha. Mr.
Baker came to the State in 1860, and settled in Willow Springs Township, where he owns
a fine farm of 160 acres, In 1867, he returned to Ohio and remained ten years, and then
came back to his farm. He is also one of the recognized ministers of the German Bap-
tist Church, and was set apart in March, 1865, and preaches now regularly on the Sa
bath, but he engages on the farm during the week. : iy

CYRUS BEARD, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Centropolis, born in Wayne County, Ind.,
March 11, 1831, where he grew to manhood. He went to California and remained two
years, and then returned to Indiana, and afterward moved to Mercer County, I]. There
he was united in marriage, October 1, 1854, to Miss Mahala, daughter of Abraham Beard,
who died in March, 1862, He was again united in marriage, July 3, 1864, to Miss Clara,
daughter of August Spoledar, Esq. Mr. B. has had thirteen children, four of whom are
dead. The living children are Mary E., John, William A., Eli J.. Cyrus W., Clara A.,
Cora L., Jacob M. and Effie A. Mr. C. Beard is a son of John and Charity Beard. He
came to the State in ‘the fall of 1856, and settled in Willow Springs Township, where he
owns 800 acres, 450 of which are under the plow. Mr. B. was raised a Quaker, but is now
a Spiritualist. 4 ‘ Ff

ea OHN DYER, Jr.,.farmer, Section 15, P. O. Media, born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., Septem-
ber 15, 1837. In 1840, his father moved to Wisconsin, and there John grew up to man-
hood, receiving a common school education. He came to Kansas in 1857, and settled in
Willow Springs Township. He owns a fine farm of 180 acres, with good buildings and
other improvements, showing him to be an excellent farmer. He eniisted in the army
in February, 1861, in Company K, Second Regiment United States Dragoons. He par-
ticipated in the first battle of Bull Run, and was afterward taken sick with typhoid
fever, followed with the measles, and discharged for disability in May, 1862. Mr. Dyer
was married in Jennings County, Ind., January 8, 1866, to Miss Mary, daughter of An-
thony Tenoughty, Esq. They have six children—Mary T., Catherine, Ida A., Anna E.,
Ellen J. and Margaret G. Mr. and Mrs. Dyer are members of the Catholic Church.

HENRY S. EBERHART, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Pleasant Grove, was born in Mer-
cer County Penn., May 20, 1831. When he was a child his father moved into Butler
County, Penn., and a few years later to Armstrong County, Penn., where Henry S. grew
up, receiving a common school education. He was (united in pierre in Armstrong
County, Penn., December 29, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Hawks, by whom
he has eight children—Sarah C., Samuel L., Mary E., Susannah E., Margaret R., David H.,
Noah A.and Naomi M. He came to this State in 1854, but returned to Pennsylvania
the following year, and came back a5ni8 in 1857, and settled in Willow Springs Town-
ship, where he owns a small farm of fifty acres, with good buildings, etc. During the
war, Mr. E. was drafted and placed in Company C, Tenth Regiment Kansas Infantry, but
was soon taken down with rheumatism and sent to the hospital, and was discharged
August 7, 1865. :

A. M. ELLIS, M. D., farmer, Section 11, P. O. Pleasant Grove, born in Champion, N.
Y., February 8, 1821; educated at Champion Academy, and in 1844 commenced the study of
medicine under Eli West, M. D., of Carthage, N. Y., and finished under Drs. Henry J. Ellis
and W.C, Paramore, and entered ee the practice of his profession with his tutors, with
whom he remained until 1859, and the following year he came to the State, and settled in
Lawrence, and has since resided within a few miles of the city. In 1879, he moved to Willow
Springs Township, where he combines his profession and farming. The Doctor has been
twice married ; first in Champion, N. Y., September 12, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth J. Potter ;
second, in Lawrence, Kan., February 21, 1865, to Miss Rachel R., daughter of Isaac an
Charlotte Stull. “He has six children—Augustus A., Delos M., Edwin E., Lillie B ,.Eliza S. VY.
and Clifford M. The Doctor and wife are members of the High Prairie Methodist Church,
and he is one of the Stewards.

FREDERICK FLEER, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Willow Springs, came to the State in
1868; settled in Eudora, where he remained about one year, and then came into Willow
Springs, where he has since resided. He owns a fine farm, containing 362 acres, 250 of which
are under the plow. He keeps 10 horses, 30 cattle and 20 hogs, and with the aid of his sons
raises fine crops of corn, wheat, oats,etc. Mr. Fleer was born in Prussia June 19, 1829;
came to the United States in 1852; settled in Franklin County, Mo., where he resided until
he came to Kansas. He was enrolled in the Missouri State Militia, and was called out sev-
eral times during the late rebellion. He has been twice married, the first timein St. Louis,
Mo., August 15, 1856, to Miss Annie Sheltman, who died February 10,1870. He was again
united in marriage in Willow Springs, February 17, 1871,to Mrs. Barbara, widow of David
Zerby and daughter of James Mattis. Mr. Fleer has the following children: Frederick W.,
Minnie, August H., Annie M. C., Amelia and Joseph D.; and the following step-children:
John, Elizabeth (the wife of George Ray) and Matilda E. Zerby, besides Oliver H. Bastion,
‘whom he proposes to adopt. Mr. Fleer and family are members of the Evangelical Asso-

‘elation Church.

JAMES H. GLEASON, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Pleasant Grove, came to Kansas in
1854; settled in Lawrence, and the following year moved to Willow euElaae Townshi , where
he still residas on his farm, containing 160acres, which he has improved. When he com-
menced on this place, he had no near neighbors, but now every farm adjoining him is well-
improved. His stock of horses, cattle and hogs shows him to be a good farmer, and his
house and barns are among the best in the town. Mr, Gleason was born in Saratoga
Springs, N. Y., November 10, 1827, but when a child his parents moved to Hamburg, Erie
Co., N. ¥,, where he remained for several, years, and then moved to Crawford County, Penn.,
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and there resided until he came to the State. _He was burned out by Quantrill, 1863; house,
barns and timber in yard all destroyed. Mr. G. was united in marriage in Lawrence, Kan.,
July 7, 1868, to Miss Joanna L., daughter of Charles Ayer, Esq. They have three children
i J., Clifton A. and Alice J. Mr. G. and family are members of the Methodist

GEORGE F. HAUS, farmer, Section 32, P. 0. Willow Springs, was born in Wurtem-
berg, Germany, July 7, 1842. At the age of twelve years, he came to the United States, and
settled with his parents in Connecticut, where he attended the common schools and received
some English education. He is ason of Frederick and Mary E. (Iisher) Haas; he came to this
State in 1858, without either money or friends, and settled in Willow Springs Township,
where he undertook to make a home, and now owns 255 acres of farm land, which, under
his skillful management, has become one of the hest farms in his neighborhood. On it he
has erected a fine dwelling and other buildings. Mr. Haas exhibited his loyalty in Company
A, Second Regiment Kansas Cavalry, and served faithfully until April 25, 1865, when he was
honorably dischar, ed. He was united in marriage in North Liberty, Iowa, January 17,
1867, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Matthias Albright, Esq.; he has the following living
children: Charles S., Clara R., Magdalena M. M., Theodore ¥, Louisa and Mary Elizabeth.
Mr. Haas is a member and Deacon of the German Evangelical Church,

HON. JAMES H. HARRISON, farmer, Section 13, P.O. Norwood. The subject of this
sketch is the son of Joshua Harrison, who was born in Maryland June 6, 1780, and died

_ August 8, 1870, eee ne ee living children. James H. was born in Shelby County, Ky., De-
cember 7, 1807, where he lived twenty-two years, receiving a good common school education.
He then moved to Montgomery County, Ind, and engaged largely in farming and stock-
raising, dealing in mules principally. He came to Kansas in 1856-57, and was the occasional
correspondent of the New York Tribune during the border troubles. Mr. H. has been twice
married, both times in ae ag ed County, Ind. He was married July 26, 1832, to Miss
Elizabeth Watkins, who died March 2, 1879; and again married August 26, 1880, to Mrs.
Temperance, widow of Samuel Jenkins, and daughter of Thomas Robinson, Wsq. He has
five children living—Robert W., Joshua P., Thomas H., Sarah R. and Carrie 8. Mr. -Har-
rison was a member of the Indiana Legislature in 1843-44. He owns in Kansas 867 acres,
and is a remarkably wel pies yee man.

_EPHRAIM HERTZLER, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Pleasant Grove, born in Port Royal,
Juniata Co., Penn., December 12, 1844, where he grew to manhood, receiving a good common
school education ; enlisted March 6, 1865, for one year, or during the war, in the One Hun-
dred and First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Veterans, and was discharged July 20,
1865. He was united in marriage in Port Royal, Penn., December 26; 1867, to Miss Magda-
Jene, daughter of Samuel Bashere, Esq.; they have five children, viz: Anna M., Emma F,,
Harvey, Minnie E. and an infant not yet named. Mr. H. came to Kansas in 1872, and set-
tiled in Willow Springs Township, owning 245 acres of finely improved land, 200 of which he
has under the plow. Mr. H. introduced the Fretz wheat in his neighborhood, and it has be-
come very popular and profitable among the farmers. On his farm, he has a field of tame
grass,;on which he cut three tons of hay per acre last year. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members
of the German Baptist Church.

_ SAMUEL KIRCHNER, farmer, Section 33, P. 0. Willow Springs, was born in Cape
Vincent, N. Y., January 4, 1857, and when five years of age he moved with his parents to
St. Paul, Minn., where he lived seven years, and then came to Kansas in 1869; settled in Wil-
low Springs Township, where he has since resided. Mr. K. was united in marriage in Law-
rence, Kan., May 21, 1878, to Miss Vernellia A., daughter of Harrison Crites; they have
one child—Henry H.°

_ JACOB MARKLEY, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Willow Springs, born in Stark County,

Ohio, September 16, 1829, where he lived twenty-six years. eis ason of George Markley
and Christina Howell. Mr. M. came to the State in 1857, and settled in Willow Springs
Township, where he located a farm, receiving a Government deed for 160 acres, to which he
has added until he now owns 648 acres. He made his commencement upon almost nothing,
and now ranks with the foremost farmers in the county. He was married in Stark County,
Ohio, March 18, 1860, to Miss Martha, danghter of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq.; they have five
children—Levi, George W., Mary J., Sarah E. and Jacob. Mr. and Mrs. M. are active mem-
bers of the Old German Baptist Church. He is a Deacon of the church.
! FRANCIS M. PRICE, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Lawrence. The subject of this sketch
is a son of William C. and Hannah J. Price, and was bornin Huntingdon County, Penn.,
September 18, 1846. He came to the State with his father in 1859, and they settled in Wil-
low Springs Township. When the war called upon him, he responded Septémber 5, 1862,
enlisting for three years in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and
served mostly on detached duty, and was honorably discharged May 24, 1865. He was
united in marriage in the house where he still resides, September 8, 1868, to Miss Margaretta
B., daughter of John and Eliza Gallaher. They have three children living—Ralph R., Net-
tie M. and Murray E. He owns 160 acres which are under a good state of cultivation. Mr.
P. and wife are members of the Methodist Church.

WILLIAM SAILER, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Willow Springs, came to this State in
December, 1878, settling in Willow Springs Township, where he owns a farm containing 160
acres, improved, with good buildings, ete. He wasbornin Wurtemberg, Germany, June 25,
1843. He came to the United States in 1853, and settled in Muskingum County, Ohio, where
he resided until he came to Kansas. Mr. Sailer was united in marriage in Zanesville, Ohio,
March 28, 1867,to Miss Mary A., daughter of Casper Frasch. They have six children
—Minnie A., Emma L., William A., George F., Charles L. and John F. Mr. and Mrs. S. are
members of the United Brethren Church, and he is a Steward and Trustee.

. B. SANDERS, farmer, Section 8, P. O, Willow Springs, born in Hanover, Germany.
November 2, 1835. Came to the United States in 1857, and settled in Peoria County, Ill., an
in 1860 came to the State and settled in Willow Springs Township, where he lived one year,
and then returned to Illinois, and came back in 1866, and lived two years in Shawnee County,
and then moved on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres, well improved. He
was married in Willow Springs Township, October 12, 1871, to Miss Nancy J., daughter of
Charles Matney. They have five children, viz.: Charles B., Barbara E., Nora M., Sadie M.

and Hettie E.

MARTIN SCHOEPFLIN, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Willow Springs. He was born in
Baden, Germany, July 7, 1836. He came to the United States with his parents when eight
years old, and settled in Allegheny County, Penn., and nine years later moved to Stephen-
son County, III., and then moved into Iowa, where he lived twelve years, and then came to
Kansas and settled in Willow Springs Township in 1875, where he now resides, and owns a
farm containing 195 acres, improved with excellent buildings, ete. During the rebellion, he
exhibited his patriotism by enlisting, but the examining surgeon rejected him. Mr. 8. was
united in marriage in Stephenson County, Ill., May 27, 1857, to Miss Christina, daughter of
Jacob Schreiber, Esq. They have nine children—Mary E., William, Sarah, Emma, Edward
M., Jacob F., John A., Caroline R, and Annie M. Mr.and Mrs. S.are members of the van-
gelical Association Church.

ILLIAM SCHOEPFLIN, farmer, Section 33, P.O. Willow Springs, born in Baden,
Germany, August 29, 1839. He came to the United States with his parents in 1841, and set-
tled in Allegheny County, Penn., where he grew to manhood, receiving a common school
education. After leaving Pennsylvania, he resided in Stephenson County, IIl., eight years;
then removed to Hardin County, Iowa, remaining four years, and then removed to Madison
County, Iowa, where he lived five years, coming to Kansas 1n 1874, and purchasing a large
farm containing 446 acres, which is all improved, having 300 acres under the plow. his
farm is well stocked, and indicates the thrifty and prosperous farmer. Mr.S. has been
twice married, first in Freeport, Ill., May 12, 1864, to Miss Caroline C, Dengel, who died July
22,1880. Again in Wabash County, Ind., April 17, 1881, to Miss Matilda S., daughter of Isaac
Croft. He has five children—John C., Henry, Charles E., Cora A. and Rena. Mr. 8. is a
prominent member of the Evangelical Church.

JAMES SKAGGS, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Media, came to the State in 1854; settled
in Leavenworth County, and in 1857 moved to Willow Springs Township, where he owns a
farm of 158 acres, all improved. Born in Henry County, Ind., October 19, 1833, and has since
lived in Iowa and Missouri. During the border war, he lost everything except the clothes
he had on and bedding. Mr.8. was married in Platt fanny, o., August 4, 1854, to Miss
Sarah F., daughter of Michael Howard, Esq. They have five children—Melvina N., Pamelia,
Effie, Ella and Edna. Mr. and Mrs. 8S. are members of the Union Baptist Church. Mr. 8.
was taken and held a prisoner nine days by the border ruffians, for his abolition senti-
ments. .

JAMES T, TYNER, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Media, born March 18, 1862, and is the
son of James and Margaret Tyner. His father died when he was an infant, and he has ever
since lived with his mother, and now works the farm owned by his mother. Mrs. Tyner
came to Kansas in 1854, and settled in Leavenworth County, and two years after moved to
Willow Springs Township, where she owns 160 acres, She was born in Howard County, Mo.,
December 4, 1835, and soon after moved to Andrew ,County, Mo. She was married in Sa-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

vannah, Mo., September -18, 1853, to Mr. James Tyner, who died in 1862. She is the
‘daughter of James Tindall. There are four children—Alice E., Emma P., James T. and Ar-
thur J. Alice E. is now the wife of Wylie E. Jones, of Prairie city, Kan.

JOHN ULRICH, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Pleasant Grove, born in Wayne County, Ind.,
November 26, 1836, where he remained until nineteen years of age, engaged on a farm dur-
ing the summer, and at school in the winter. He came to the State in the fall of 1855 with
his father, and remained in Wyandotte until the following spring, when he settled in Willow
Springs Township. Mr. U. owns 246 acres, and has it well improved. During the war, he
was called out, and served in the State militia, pee ene in the battle of the Blue, in an
engagement between the Union forces and Sterling Price. He was united in marriage in
Wayne County, Ind., July 2, 1859, to Miss Lydia Bowen, by whom he has six children, viz.:
Anna M., Jacob R., Charles E., William L., Margaret A. and Aaron W. Mr. and Mrs. U. are
members of the German Baptist Church, and he is one of the Deacons.

M. W. VANKUNKEL, M. D., Section 19, Town 14, Range 19, P.O. Echo, was born in
Lehigh County, Penn., June 21, 1840. He commenced the study of medicine in 1862, and

raduated from Bellevue Medical College, in the class of 1865, and at once settled in Lyons,

erks County, Penn., and after two years of successful practice he removed to Bethlehem,
Penn., and there entered upon a large practice, which was interrupted in 1870 and 1871 by
his absence in Germany, during the Franco-Prussian war, where he became a Surgeon in
the hospital. On‘his return, he continued to enjoy the same popularity he had won. as a
skillful surgeon and physician. He has been twice married, first in Lyons, Penn., October
29, 1867, to Stiss Kate A., daughter of John Haak, Esq., who died in 1869, leaving one child,
Charles H., since deceased. Was married the second time in Allentown, Penn., October 5,
1877, to Miss Sally E., daughter of John C. Drake, Esq., of Philadelphia. They have three
children—Bertha R., Mary D, and Howard Everett. One child, George E., died some time
since. The Doctor is a member of the Lutheran Church, and his wife is a member of the
Presbyterian Church. 3

GRANT TOWNSHIP.

JOHN Q. ADAMS, farmer, Section 20, P. 0. North Lawrence, was born in Holiday’s Cove,
Brooke County, W. Va., July 27, 1841. Came to the State in 1857; settled in Franklin County,
where he resided until 1876, when he purchased a farm of eighty acres n Grant, Douglas Coun-
ty, where he now resides. Enlisted in 1861 for one year, in Company F, Second Missouri Bat-
talion ; re-enlisted June 1, 1862, for three years in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Voluu-
teers; participated in the battles of Poison Springs and Jenkins’ Ferry, Ark.; was wounded in
the hand with a ball from the enemy’s gun, and at the close of the war received an honorable
discharge. Mr. Adams was married in Lawrence, November 26, 1867, to Miss Annie Miller,
daughter of Robert Miller, Esq.,and to them have been born four children—Susan M., Robert
J., Orlif and Frank.

ERNEST W. ALEXANDER, farmer, Section 28, P. 0. Lawrence, was born in Blooming-
burg, Fayette County, Ohio, August 26, 1855, where he resided the most of his life. Mr, Alex-
ander was married in Washington Court House, Ohio, October 19, 1880, to Miss Josephine Dews,
daughter of James Dews, Esq. They have one daughter, Blanche. Mr. A. came to the State in
January, 1882, and purchased 2(0 acres of Jand near Bismarck Grove, on which he erected a fine
house and barn, and now resides. Under his eaterprising management, the farm will become
one of the finest in the township.

HUGH A. ALLEN, farmer, Section 18, P. O. North Lawrence, came to the State in 1872; set-
tled in Grant Township, Douglas County ; owns forty acres of choice land, which he farms. He
was born in Franklin County, Va., December 4, 1831. Mr. Allen learned the tanner’s trade in
Salem, Roanoke County, Va., and continued to work atit until driven out Ly the war in 1863,
when he went to Cmcinnati, Ohio, working at his trade until 1869, when he removed to Reeds-
ville, Ky., and:took charge of a tannery fur Reed & Co. fur three years. He came to Kansas in
April, 1872, and became a farmer, except while in the army; enlisted August 1, 1864, in Capt.
Ready’s Construction Corps, and fought in the battle of Nashville; was taken prisoner twice, but
escaped first by disarming the guard, and in the second instance he was confined in a low pen of
tails for four weeks, but made his escape while the attention of the guards was called to a battle
near by. Mr. A. was married in Snowville, Va., March 3, 1859, to Miss Eliza Driscoll, who died
November 10, 1867, and on October 22, 1868, he was married to Mrs. Mary McDermott, widow of
John McDermott. Three children have been born to him by first wife—Harvey P., Mary E, and
Daniel C.; also one by last wife—Hugh A., died May 12, 1872; and Mary E. and James P., step-
children.

1. N. BARLEY, farmer, Section 7, P. 0. Lawrence, boro in Champaign County, Ohio, June
25, 1840; came to this State in 1865 and settled in Grant Township, and in 1870 moved on his
present farm of forty acres; besides his own land, he cultivates about eighty acres of leased land.
Enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment Ohio State Militia in the
spring of 1864, and served until November, when his regiment was mustered out. November 9,
1870, he was married to Miss Mary L. Gaskill, daughter of Charles Gaskill.

CYRUS BALDWIN, farmer, Section 21, P.O. North Lawrence, born in Fairmount, Grant ~
County, Ind., December 25, 1842. Came to the State in 1868, and settled in Leavenworth Coun-
ty, where he resided until 1877, when he moved to Lawrence and lived until 1881, when he moved
on his farm of sixty-one acres in Grant Township. Mr. B. was married in Fairmount, Ind., Oc-
tober 31, 1863, to Miss Sarah Wilson, daughter of Nathan Wilson. Mr. B. isa member of the
Society of Friends.

SAMUEL BURGAN, farmer, Section 13, P.O. North Lawrence, born near Millersburg,
Ohio, September 25, 1841, where he resided until 1862; he went to Denver, Colo,, but came to this
State in 1866, and settled in Grant Township, where he owns sixty-six acres of well-improved
land. He was married in Weeping Water, Neb., in May, 1863, to Miss Ellen Foltz, by whom he
has eight children, viz., Riza J., John, Esther D., Charles, Ida B., Eddie W., Franklin and Samuel.

G. W. CADY, farmer, Section 13, P.O. Lawrence, was born in Palmyra, N. Y., September 16,
1837, In 1843, he moved with his parents to Rochester, N. ¥Y, where he remained until 1859,
and then went to Jefferson City, Cole Co , Mo, and remained six years, and in 1866 came to Kan-
sas and settled in Lawrence, and the following year purchased 134 acres of choice land in Grant
Township, where he has since resided. Mr. Cudy enlisted ia the spring of 1861 for three months
in the Second Reserves Regiment Missouri State Volunteers, and at the end of his service he be-
came Adjutant with the rank of Captain in the Forty-second Regiment Missouri State Militia,
Mr. Cady was married in Grant, March 14, 1881, to Miss Ada Zimmerman, daughter of Albert
Zimmermann, of Grant Township, Douglas County. Mr, Cady has always interested himself in
the politics of his State, and has held several offices, one of which was County Commisioner of
Douglas County. In politics, he is a Republican.

GEORGE W. CAMPBELL, tarmer, Section 28, P. 0. North Lawrence, came to this State in
1871 and settled in Grant, Douglas County, on eighty acres of land, which he cultivates, and on
which he now resides, He was born in Warren County, Ind., May 21, 1837. Removed to Illi-
nois in 1857, where he remained fourteen years and then came to Kansas. In 1861, when the
war threatened the life of the nation, Mr. C. enlisted in Company G, Twelfth Regiment Illinois
Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. Participated in the bartle of Lookout Mount-
ain and in Sherman's march to the sea, being slightly wounded three times, in the hand, shoul-
dor and leg, and was honorably discharged at Washington, Mr. C. was married in Illinois, June
9. 1861, to Miss Maria Freeman, daughter of Samuel B. Freeman. They have seven children—
Charles W., Lydia C., Lelia A., Gracie M., Samuel F., Mary A. and Joho. Mr, C, is a member of
the Grand Army of the Republic,

JAMES H., DICK, M. D., farmer, Section 6, P. O. Lawrence, came to this State and settled
in Grant Township, where he owns and cultivates 183 acres of choice land ; employs four hands
and has his farm well improved and stocked. He was born in Indiana County, Penn., June 19,
1829. Attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1857, and at once entered upon
the successful practice of medicine in Pittsburgh, Penn., and vicinity, and there continued for
twenty-one years, enjoying great distinction in his profession. During the late rebellion, he
was associated with Dr, Bliss as Surgeon in the army. Mr. Dick was married in Peansylvania,
October 20, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth M. Lowman, by whom he has three sons—William §., Harry
and George L.

CHARLES GASKILL, farmer, Section 7, came to the State in 1867 and settled on his
farm in Douglas County. He was born in Cumberland County, N. J., July 8, 1822. Enlisted in-
1862 in the Twenty-fifty Regiment New York State Volunteers, and served until the close of the
war, At the battle of Fredericksburg, he was wounded by a minie-ball in the face, the ball
passing through the face from left to right side. Mr. G. has been twice married and has five
children—Mary R., Rachel, Rhoda, Harrict aud Lillio D. Ho is» member of the M. E. Church
Mr. G, owns seventy acres of rich bottom land near the Kansas River.

_, WILLIAM J. GILMORE, farmer, Section 16, P, 0. North Lawrence, was born in Cam-
bridge, Washington County, N. Y., January 10, 1838. Mr. Gilmore came to the State in 1860
and settled in Grant Township, where he now resides. He owns 193 acres of land, upon which
he has erected a fine brick residence and other buildings to correspond, Besides the farm where
‘he resides, he owns 160 acres. of land in Coffey County, near Burlington, and one-half of 320 acres
HARPER

in Leavenworth County; the other half is owned by his brother. Mr. Gilmore was married a
Lawrence, October 14, 1869, to Miss Laura I. Meek, daughter of Capt. O. M. Meek, but the
sad messenger of death visited his home March 27, 1879, and took the.wife, leaving him with
three sons to mourn her loss—Martin, William F. and Jerome 0, Mr. Gilmore is a member of
the United Presbyterian Church.

CHRISTIAN HARMAN, farmer, Section 7, P. 0. North Lawrence, born in Brunswick,
Germany, November 17, 1828. Came to the United States in 1844 and settled in Jackson County,
Il, where he resided until 1854, when he came to this State and settled in Douglas County,
moving on to a farm of 235 acres, in Grant Township, where he now resides, Mr. Harman was
married in Emporia, Kan., September 17, 1857, to Miss Algelena Whitlock, daughter of William
Whitlock, Esq. They have had two sons, one of whom is living—Honry E, Mr. Harman en-
listed October 7, 1861,in Company G, Kighth ‘Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was
poorer discharged June 26, 1862, for disability. He is a member of the United Baptist

urch.

SIDNEY §. HERD, farmer, Section 21, P. 0. North Lawrence, was born in Pittsburgh
Penn., April 13, 1838; came to the State March, 1855, and settled in Douglas County, and in 1865
settled in Grant, where he owns 115 acres of land, upon which he resides. Mr. Herd was here
during the troublesome times when Jim Lane and John Brown figured so conspicuously in the
history of the State. He enlisted in 1861 in the First Kansas Battery and served until the
close of the war. Was in the battles of Prairie Grove, Nashville, Cane Hill and Newtonia. He
was wounded by a bushwhacker, whom his comrades pursued and shot, having followed him all
night. Mr. II. held the rank of Commissary Sergeant. He was married in Weston, Mo., Janu-
ary 16, 1868, to Miss Liberty, daughter of Jeremiah Miller, Esq.

DAVID H. LEWIS, farmer, Section 13, P. 0. Lawrence, was born in Columbiana County,
Ohio, May 29, 1840. His parents moved to Parke County, Ind., when he was about two years
old, and there he lived until 1863: During his youth he attended, for several terms, the
Western Manual Labor School, in Bloomingdale, Ind., and afterward taught school for seven
years. In 1864, he went to Tipton, Moniteau County, Mo., and was in that town when it
was sacked by Todd’s band of bushwhackers, on the 8d day of September of the same year.
He lost all his property in that raid, except $600, which he had in his pocket, and was shot
at five times, one ball going through his coat. In 1865, he came to Kansas and settled in
Grant Township, where he now resides. His farm of forty acres is very productive, and
yields a handsome profit. Mr. Lewis was married, August 16, 1863, to Miss Jane Payne,
daughter of James and Sarah Payne, of Parke County, Ind. Mr. Lewis has had four chil-
dren, three of whom are living—Olie M., Albert A. and Freddie V. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are
members of the Christian Church.

E.S. MERCER, farmer, Section 16, P.O. North Lawrence, was born in Putnam County,
Ind., May 3, 1837; moved with his parents to Iowa in 1849, where he resided until 1859, when
he came to the State and settled in Butler County, but in 1870 he came to Grant Township,
and settled on_a farm of 248 acres of land, where he still resides. Mr. Mercer enlisted in 1862,
in Company F, Fortieth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, and served until the close of the war,
in the capacity of Commissary Sergeant, on detached duty. Mr. Merecr was married in

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Eddyville, Towa, February 10,1859, to Miss Cordelia Roberts, daughter of John Roberts
They have three daughters.and one son—Elsina, Salina, Hattie A. and John H.

JOHN J. RINEHART, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Lawrence, was born in Ohio May 7,
1843; came to Kansas in 1874, and settled in Lawrence; moved on his farm, four miles north
of Lawrence, in 1879. Mr. Rineheart owns eighty acres of rich land. He enlisted in 1861,
in Company K, One Hundred and Fourth Pea Ohio Volunteers, After ten months’
service, he was wounded, and honorably discharged hecause of disability. Mr. Rineheart
was married, in 1878, to Miss Harriet Gaskill, daughter of Charles Gaskill.

WILLIAM STINER, farmer, Section 16, P. O. North Lawrence, was born in Morrow
County, Ohio, January 27, 1832, and there resided until April, 1855, when he removed to
Kansas and settled in Lawrence, and in 1867 he purchased 150 acres in Grant Township,
Douglas County, and made it his residence. Mr. Stiner enlisted March 23, 1863, in Company
M, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, in
1865. Besides many skirmishes, he was engaged in the battles of Lexington, and Little and
Big Blue, Mo.; and Pleasanton and Mound City, Kan. In his youth, Mr. Stiner attended
the Academy at Cardington, Ohio, and subsequently taught school for about one year in
Ohio and. Iowa. Mr. Stiner was married in North Lawrence May 9, 1863, to Miss Lizzie A.
Garrett, daughter of Col. Elisha Garrett, of Garrettsville, Ohio, They have three children—
Ella M., Edwin A. and William R. Mr. Stiner is a writer and correspondent, and-a leading
Tt in his community, Yet, in the midst of this work, he attends faithfully to his farm

uties.

W. P. WILSON, farmer, Section 11, P.O. North Lawrence, came to the State in 1855,
and settled in Leavenworth County, where he remained until 1866, when he pur-
chased ninety-eight acres of land in Grant Township, on the banks of the Kansas
River, and has since resided there. Mr. Wilson was born in Marion County, Ind., Sep-
tember 14, 1845. He was married in Lawrence, October 12, 1872, to Miss Amelia Alexander,
daughter of M.W. Alexander, Esq. Three sons have been born to him—Irank, Herbert
and George. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Society of Friends, and is a prosperous and
thrifty farmer.

ADDENDA.

JOHN E. DEMING, M. D., P. O. Lapeer, farmer, Section 85, born in Orion, Oakland
Co., Mich., December 13, 1830, son of Elbridge Y. Deming and Sally B. Phillips. He was
educated at the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, and at Rush Medical College,
Chicago, from which he graduated in class 1858, and at once entered upon a successfu’
practice. He came to the State in 1869, and located in Marion Township, where he has been
eminently successful as a practitioner and farmer. During the late war, he was drafted but
furnished a substitute. He has been twice married, first in Lapeer County, Mich., August
10, 1856, to Miss Charlotte E. Thomas, who died May 1, 1875. Again in Marion Township,
Kan., June 18, 1877, to Miss Mattie M. Searing. By the first marriage he had eight chil-
dren—Thomas G., Willard F., John Frank, John E., Steven V., Charles O., Mattie E. and
Caroline A., and three children by his second wife—Grace C., Oliver A. and Morrill M. Mr
D. is a member of Acacia Lodge, No, 9, A., F. & A. M., Lawrence, Kan.

 

 

V HARPER

ARPER County lies in one of the most beautiful prairie regions of
Kansas. South of it stretches the fertile Indian Territory, already
containing nearly as many whites as aborigines, from which comes a vast
a profitable traffic. From a
e til i di -
rtile soil can be produce’ K I N CG

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cereals enough to well-nigh
supply the State, or turning
south the vast army of stock-
men with their cow-boys, an
overplus is left for the ranges
in the unorganized counties
farther west. That so fertile
a county should have so long
remained undeveloped is due
to causes which will be later
detailed, and which, while they
throw no shadow of disgrace or
dishonor on the present inhabi-
tants of the county, are suffi-
cient cause for its late settle-
ment.

The county is bounded on
the north by Kingman, east by
Sumner,south by the State line
and the Indian Territory, west
by Barber County. As first
blocked out, the county was
thirty miles in width up to its
present north line, and thirty-
three and a half miles in depth.
On the north tier of townships,
it extended six miles farther
west than on the other tiers,
the county line on the north
being thirty-six miles in length.
This upper tier was included in
the space covered by Kingman
County when it was created,
but was never formally set off
until 1879, when a bill giving
Harper County its present
boundaries was passed. The
text of this bill reads as fol-

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lows: ‘‘Commencing at the

northeast corner of Township 1380,
31, Range 5 west, thence west Anthony Township, including Anthony City 1,022
to the northwest corner of Sec- tas Tennetip os : 597
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tion 31, Range 9 west, south to yAyP Townelipiees it

 

the State line, east to Range 5
west, thence north to place of To
beginning.’ This is an error Anthony City...
probably typographical, as the
line north from Range 5 west :
would not strike the place of beginning and that from Range 4 west would
do so. The county now measures 272x380 miles.

TERRI T OR Y

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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).
ORGANIZED IN 1873.

 

 

All the tow nships in Harper County were organized in 1878 from unorganized territory.

COUNTY. |

The county has ten per cent of bottom and ninety per cent of upland.
Forest occupies but two per cent, the remaining ninety-eight per cent be-
ing more or less level prairie. The principal streams are the Chikaskia

River and Bluff Creek, both

pursuing a southeasterly direc-
att, G 0 tion. The timber along these
RVI BR. streams is very sparse and hugs

the water-course closely.

The mineral resources of the
county consist of large deposits
of gypsum in the northwest
part and some lime and sand-
stone in the other portions.
There have been numerous
false alarms of the finding of
paying coal seams, but there is
as yet no proof of their; exist-
ence.

EARLY HISTORY.

The organization of the
county in 1878 was through a
fraud of the worst description,
though legal in form, and was
by a decision of 1878 decided
to be an actual organization.
How it came about is briefly
as follows: Early in 1878, three
mnen named Boyd, Wiggins and
Horner met in conclave at Bax-
ter Springs in Cherokee County.
Of these men, Wiggins was a
groceryman, and the other two
soldiers of fortune—in plain
English, men who lived by their
wits. Among this precious
three, the scheme of organizing
some new counties in South-
western Kansas was hatched
out. Wiggins disposed of his
store, and with the funds thus
secured the adventurers came
to Harper County. Here they
met George Lutz, who was
hunting and trapping, and was
951 readily secured as a guide.

Ruella Township ..
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Spring Township. 1s! the county, the party put up
Sig betel Raat maa little house on Bluff Creek,
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345 schemes. The Cincinnati di-
rectory was put in use and
enough names taken therefrom
to make a sufficient showing of inhabitants; buffalo heads were set up in a
row and the mummery of naming them and voting for them gone through
364

within due form. For their further proceedings, we must look to the
following documents which are at once rich, rare and racy, and explain
me fully the process of bogus county organization:

; the petition which led‘to the taking of the census of Harper County
bears date July 18, 1878, and prays that John Davis be appointed Special
Census Taker, and H. H. Weaver, H. P. Fields and Samuel Smith _be ap-
pointed Special County Commissioners, and Daniel Holson, Special County
Clerk. This veracious and interesting document also states that ‘‘the city
of Bluff City is centrally located in the county, and being the largest and
most important business point in the county, with good water and timber,
we humbly pray that it may be designated the temporary county scat of
said county.”

On September 16, 1874, a commission of two members was appointed
by the President of the State Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives for, the purpose of ascertaining the facts relative
to. the. organization and .bonded indebtedness of Comanche, Harper
and Barbour Counties. The Commissioners, W. M. Matheny. and
Thomas 8. Jones, made a majority report, and Atty. Gen. A. L. Williams,
aminority one. In both are several racy passages which are worth pres-
ervation. From the former is taken the oinwiti : ‘As to the county of
Harper, the committee finds as follows, to wit: That on the 11th of July,
1873, a petition purporting to- be signed by forty citizens, householders
and legal electors of the said county of Harper, and sworn to by T. J.
Jones, J. D: Mains and J. G. How, three citizens of said county, as pro-
vided by law, was made and presented to the Governor, setting forth that
there were, at that time, 600 ‘ona fide inhabitants in said county, and ask-
ing that.said county of Harper be organized under the laws of the State of
Kansas.”’ The ‘Governor accordingly appointed special county officers.
One, John Davis, was appointed to take the census of the county, and his
eensus.of 641 names with the papers relating to the organization of the
the county, were filed in the office of the Secretary of State on August 20,
1873. The Governor then, as required by law, declared the county organ-
ized. The report.goes on to state that gross and inexcusable fraud has
been practiced by those persons who were instrumental in procuring the
organization of said county * * * and that the names as reported by
the Census Taker are forgeries, and obtained by consulting either the
memory.of some adept in rascality, or by the aid of the Cincinnati direct-
ory.” The committee proceed to state that in their opinion the county
never had forty bona fide inhabitants. Then turning to the indebtedness
of the county they state: ‘“That the present bonded indebtedness of the
county of Harper is $40,000. That $25,000 of this.debt is for court house
bonds, and the remaining $15,000 funding debt. That the court house
bonds were filed in the Auditor of State’s office March 12, 1874, and the
funding bonds April 4, 1874.” The committee state that no court house
does or has existed, and that they do not know what has become of
the bonds, ‘‘but understand that they have been sold in the St. Louis
market andthe money used by individuals, and not one cent used for the
purposes-proposed, or for the benefit-of Harper County.” No record of
the time of voting bonds, or proof that an election had ever been held
core be found, nor any county books, or persons claiming to becounty
officers. ‘ ’ : ,

Attorney Gen. Williams, in his minority report, makes use of the fol-
lowing emphatic language: ‘‘It is not pretended that Harper County ever
had an inhabitant; it is doubtful even if the bond makers of that county
ever were in the county.”” He then gives the bonded debt of the county,
and goes on to state: ‘‘In addition to this, I recently saw in New York
City $3,000 of: pretended school bonds of this county, * * and am
satisfied from information gathered in New York that a vast number of
bonds purporting to have been issued by school districts of Harper Coun-
ty are outstanding.”

_It can hardly be a surprise that after the publication of these reports
in January, 1875, Harper County should have remained in extremely bad
odor for several. years prior to its bona fide settlement in 1877, and its re-
organization in 1878.

The earliest settlement in Harper County was by M. Devore and fam-
ily, H. EF. Jesseph and family, John Lamar and family, and William

homas and family, all of whom were scttled near the east line of the
county in 1876. o further scitlement was attempted until the arrival of
the party who laid out and built Harper City. The first wedding in the
county took pee at Harper, on September 22, 1878, and united Dr. J. W.
Madra and Miss Mary Glenn. The second wedding was also celebrated in
the Glenn House, at Harper, and joined W.S. Forry and Miss Frank
Glenn. The first birth was that of a child of Mrs. IL FE. Jesseph.

On July 10, 1880, Harper and Chikaskia Townships voted on the

guation of subscribing to the stock of the 8. K. & W. Ry. (now the K.

. L. & 8. K.). The vote was strongly in favor of the road, standing 158
to5in Harper and 102 to 22 in Chikaskia. The amount voted was $28,-
000, of which Harper had $16,000 and Chikaskia $12,000. The road was
built at once, and 1s now running to Harper.

On January 31, 1881, Chikaskia Township decided by a vote of 65 to
15 to dispose of its railway stock at 65 cents on the dollar. February 1,
1881, Harper Township decided upon the same course by a vote of 187 to 8.

On May. 28, 1882, Anthony and Silver Creek Townships voted upon a
proposition to take stock in the St. Louis, Anthony & Salt Plains Railway,
and issue township bonds in payment of such subscription. The vote
stood 117 to 27 in Anthony, and 51 to‘20 in Silver Creek, and authorized
the issuc of $22,000 in bonds-in the former, and $17,000 in bonds in the
latter. Thus far, no.effort’to construct. the road has-been made.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ROSTER AND COUNTY SEAT.

_On August 15, 1878, Gov, Anthony appointed the following county officers. for Harper
County: E, McEnany, Sheriff; B. I. Lee, Surveyor; J. L. Rinehart, Treasurer; IT. EK.
Jesseph, Clerk ;-R. 3. Dawson, Probate Judge; W. R, Kirkpatrick, Attorney; H. C, Fisler,
Register of Deéds; R. H. Lockwood, County Superintendent of Public Instruction ; T. If.
Stevens, F. B, Singer ahd J, B. Glenn were: appointed County Commissioners, but the latter
refused to serve, and there was no third Commissioner until_the regular election in the fall

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of 1878, A writ of quo warranto was at once brought to test the validity of this appoint-
ment and the action of the Governor sustained. : ‘

On August 27, 1878, the county was divided by three parallel lines running east and
west into three County Commissioners’ Districts. At the same time, eight voting precincts
were established as follows: Chikaskia, at the house of J. W. Clehause; Harper, at Harper
City ; Lake, at al ae Ranch ; Silver Creek, at I’reeman’s; Anthony, at Anthony; Ruella,
at Perry’s; Stohrville, at S. G. Reid’s; Spring, at L. Cooper’s. 3

At the first meeting of the County Commissioners, held -August 26, 1878, the offices of
County Clerk, Treasurer and Register of Deeds were found to be vacant, and Henry E.°
Jesseph was appointed County Clerk, L. J. Rinehart, Treasurer, and G. W. Francis, Register
of Deeds; at the same time the bond of Sheriff William McEnany was approved. All officers
of 1878 held over'to 1880, the ballots of the 1879 election having been spirited away as is
e:sewhere related. The roster runs as follows: County Clerks, H. E. Jesseph, 1878-79; E. A.
Rice, 1880-81-82. County Attorneys, S. U. Mitchell, 1878-79-80-81; J. Paul Grove, 1882.
‘Treasurers, L. J. Rinehart, 1878-79 ; R. B. Elliott, 1880. T. O. Moffett, 1881-82. Sheriffs, ¢.
D, Bickford, 1878-79; F. Ww. Privet, 1880-82; Probate Judges, I, M. Watrous, 1878-79 ; George
W. Vickers, 1880-81; W. 8, Cade, 1882. Registers of Deeds, R. J. Simpson, 1878-79; George
A. Zacharias, 1880-81-82. Clerks of the District Court, J. W. Clendenin, 1878-79; A. H. Broad-
stone, 1880-81-82. County Superintendents of Public Instruction, R. H. Lockwood, 1878-79
J. T. Botkin, 1880-81; S, A. Vankirk, 1882. County Surveyors, G. W. Vickers, 1878-79 ; E, J.
Kline, 1880; J. B. Glenn, 1881-82. C.S. Loyd has filled the office of Coroner from the :date
of organization to the present time. H.C. Fisler was elected as Representative from the
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth District, in 1878, and R. B. Carr in 1882.

When the old organization of the county was effected, Bluff City, a bare piece of
pone several miles northwest of Anthony, was designated as the seat of justice. But une

uilding was ever erected here, and when the new organization was effected in 1878, Bluff
City was an almost unknown spot. At the first meeting of the County Commissioners, held
August 26, 1878, the following was ordered spread upon the record: “To all whom it may
concern: Know’ye, that we, the undersigned Commissioners of the county of Harper, State
of Kansas, did on the day of our first session as Commissioners of said county and State, at
Anthony assembled, this, the 26th day of August, 1878, procured conveyance and made dili-
gent search for the alle town of Bluff City, and supposed to be the county seat of said
county of Harper and State of Kansas; and be it further known that we failed to find any
town or village, or anything resémbling or pense to a town or village, nor do we be-
lieve that there is any such place in said county. Therefore, we do hereby designate the
town of Anthony, county of Harper aforesaid, as a temporary county seat of said county.
T. H. Stevens, Chairman, F. B. Singer, Commissioner.”

The first county seat election took place ai th. time of the general election of Novem-
ber, 1879. At that time, the county had about 800 legal voters 224 the casting of a total
vote of 2,960 may be regarded as slightly suspicious, This view the County Commissioners
took of the matter, and instead of canvassing the vote, left the ballots in the poll boxes and
sought legal light on the subject. Returning to count the ballots, they found that all had
been purloined and the boxes were empty. Notwithstanding,the County Attorney issued a
writ to compel the canvass of the vote; but as the Commissioners had gone on a hunting trip
to the Indian Territory, the writ remained unserved. The people of Anthony then applied
for an alternative writ of mandamus to compel a count, and the citizens of Harper made
the same move. Both applications coming in at nearly the same time, that of arper was
granted, and a writ was served on the County Commissioners. An answer covering 110
pages of legal cap was returned by J. A. McPhee, attorney for the Anthony party. This
answer alleged“fraudulent and illegal voting, and was met by a motion from the Harper
party to strike out all clauses charging fraud. This motion was overruled by Justice Brewer
of the Supreme Court on the ground that 2,960 votes were too many for 800 men to east.
Somewhat later, R. P.Shepard, Deputy County Attorney, secured an order for a count from
the old tally sheets, and the result was found to be in favor of Anthony. There has never
been a second county seat election, but R. B. Carr, the present member of the Legislature
has introduced a petition for a bill calling for a special county seat election on May 5, 188%.
This petition is numerously signed, but no more so than the accompanying remonstrance
from the Anthony party.

_ On January 10, 1881, the city of Anthony held an election to decide upon the question
of issuing twelve bonds of $250 each, to run ten years and bear ten per cent interest, the
proceeds to be used in the construction of a town hall and jail. The bonds were carried,
and.at once sold to S. L. Davidson for $2,880. Work was at once begun on the present court
house, and May 31 of the same year the city of Anthony donated the city hall to the county
in consideration of $17 This donation was accompanied by the stipulation that when the
county ceased to use the hall for court house purposes, it should revert to the city. The
$3,000 voted by the city will cover but one-half of the cost of this court house, but, while
the County Commissioners have no right to build a court house without submitting a propo-
sition to the people, they have the right to repair buildings in use. This they have done s0
ae as to make the unfinished building donated to the county a very neat and habita~

e place. ;

STATISTICS.

The educational history of the county begins with the year 1878, and the first repor
of a County Superintendent of Public Iustruection was inade for the year ending July 1,
1879. At that time theré were twenty-four school districts, 2 school population of 683
(between five and twenty-one years of age), an enrollment of 214, and an average attend-
ance of 141 scholars. There was only one schoolhouse in the county, and the value of all
school property was given, at $100. In 1880, there were thirty-seven school districts, a
school population of 1,151, an enrollment of 542, and an average attendance of 374. There
were two school buildings in the county, and the value of all school property was $2,212.
Bonds to the amount of $1,800 had been issued, the total receipts had been $3,057.36, and the
tutal expenditures $4,118.28. The summary tor the year ending August 11, 1882, shows forty-
one school districts organized, a school populston of 1,424, an enrollment of 1,011, an aver-
age attendance of 663, a bonded indebtedness of $11,555, and an issue of bonds to the
amount of $4,615 during the current year. There were twenty-four frame school buildings
in the coutity, and the value of all school property is set at $14,250. The total receipts of
the peur were $7,107.47, and the total disbursements $5,960.53. This showing is very cred-
itable to so new 2 county, wud is one that those who hold dear the solid growth of their
hoine may well fecl pride in scanning. é

The immense growth in the wealth of the county and its taxable property may be seen
from the fact that the taxes of 1879 were $138.80; of 1880, $2,721.25 ; of 1881, $19,834.07, and
of 1882, $29,392.96

   

ANTHONY.

Anthony, the county seat of Harper County, takes its name from Gov.
Anthony, who was in office when the town was named. It lies on the
edge of a beautiful valley a trifle over two miles from the geographical
center of the county, ten miles from the east line of the county and nine
south of Harper, the nearest point on the railway.

On April 2, 1878, the town company, which had been formed at
Wichita for the purpose of laying out a town at some point near the cen-
ter of this beautiful county, arrived at Harper City and cngaged the scrv-
ices of B. F. Lee, afterward County Surveyor, but then a resident of
Harper and a member of the town company. Under his guidance they
reached the site of the lone house that had served for “Bluff City, the
largest place in the county”. Following Spring Creek, they reached a point
several miles northwest of the present_town and began to mark out the
streets by running lines with a plow. Lee and Dr. H. Owens were not sat-
isfied with this location and went on horseback to a point near where AD-
thony now stands. Returning, they induced the party to move to a camp
one mile south of Anthony. Here they found a beautiful town site, but
 

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also discovering that they were on a school section (Section 36) they
moved one mile north, where, on April 6, 1878, they located the present
town.. ;

The town site was made. to cover, 320 acres, and the town company,
officered by O. Jennings, Président, St. Clair Gray, Secretary, and B. H.
Stedman, Treasurer, proceeded to enter the land for pre-emption as a town
site. On June 10, 1878, they proved up through Judge E. Evans, of Sum-
ner County. The first work of the town company was to build a barracks
18x80 for the accommodation of emigrants, and to dig three public wells.
About a dozen’ box houses sprung up at once, and B. F. Lee moved from
Harper the house which was already framed for raising at that place.
The first store of any size was erected by Cornell & Wright, and filled
with general merchandise. F. M. Hester opened the first hardware store,
C. A. Miller the first drug store. H. H. Kirkpatrick was the first physi-
cian, and his brother, W. R. Kirkpatrick, the first attorney in the town.
The new town grew rapidly and has. now a population of 500. This is
well backed by the rural population of this part of the county, and when,
as she soon must, Anthony has a railroad, her growth will be something
wonderful. ;

Early in 1879, a petition for the incorporation of Anthony as a city of
the third class was drawn up and presented to the Governor: This peti-
tion defines the location of the town and states that it has a.bona fide pop-
ulation of 275. The petition was granted and an election set for July 18,
1879, resulted in the choice of Henry Holmes, Mayor; Jackson Brock,
Police Judge ; Jacob Hummel, G. W. Vickers, George P. Morgan, Simp-
son Van Winkle and David Hinsey, Councilmen. F. N. Hester was, ap-
pointed City Clerk. Brock failed to qualify, and on November 10, 1879,

. H. Lockwood was appointed Police Judge, and G. W. Moffett, City
Clerk. February 9, 1880, J. Brock was appointed Police Judge. On April
5, 1880, occurred the first regular election, but the vote was said to be
fraudulent, and the Council, at their meeting April 7, refused to canvass

‘it. There were then two’sets of officers and two Councils, each claiming
to be legally elected. On April 29, Acting Mayor Vickers and the Coun-
cil met in response to a mandamus from the Supreme Court, and proceeded
to count the ballots cast on the 5th.. Their return showed that Jackson
Brock had been elected Mayor and W. 8. Cade, Police Judge. These offi-
cers then took-their seats and George Vickers was appointed City Clerk.
A straight fight was in‘order from this time forward, and July 5 Vickers
was removed and A. S. Lindsay appointed City Clerk. The‘ outs,” how-
ever, gouere best of the contest, and July 22 we find an entry to the effect
that H. N. Kirkpatrick was elected Mayor on April 5 and L. S..Webb
Police Judge. These officers secured their seats and appointed G. W. Ben-
nett City Clerk. §. Adams became Mayor in 1881, and J. B. Forbes in
1882. J. D. Brown was elected Police Judge in 1881 and re-elected in
1882. G. W. Morgan has been City Clerk for the past two years.
_. Anthony Post Office was started in the summer of 1878,-and G. W.
Maffett appointed Postmaster. The office was supplied by a stage, which
ran from Wichita to Anthony once a week. Later this service became
daily, and when the railway reached Harper a short line was put on from
that point and the Wichita line discontinued. Another line runs daily be-
tween Anthony and Caldwell. J. M. Lapham followed Maffett and was
in turn succeeded by A. 8. Lindsay, the present Postmaster. The office
was made a money order one in 1880, and the first order purchased August
2 of that year by A. R. Blackburn. 5

LOCAL MATTERS.

District No. 1, which includes the city of Authony, was formed in 1879, and the public
school system inaugurated on May 5, by the engagement of Misses Clara Sherwood and
Sarah Bidwell as teachers. On September 29, C.M. Cade and Miss Mary: Patton took charge

‘ofthe school. G. H. Woodward became Principal on January 1;:1880, and remained until the

summer of 1881. The school year of 1881-82 was supplied by Misses Ella S. Kelly and L.
Belle Neel, and that of 1882-83 by J. A. Lynn, Miss M. E. Meigs and.Mrs. H. Amey. A
school building was completed in July, 1879, at a cost of $1,300. In the summer of 1882, two
large wings were added at a cost of $1,000, Iunds for both these outlays were secured by the
“issuance of district bonds, which were sold to the Secretary of State.at par.

. . The first regular-church society in Anthony was the Congregational, which organ-
ized_in 1879, with a membership of nineteen. Its first pastor was Rey. Mr. Hobbs, who was
succeeded by Rev. T. D. Childs, the present pastor, in October, 1880. The first services were
held in the old court house, whence they were removed to the schoolhouse, and later to the
church building. This building was put up in 1880, at-a cost of $1,700, and has a seating
capacity of 250. Thesociety now numbers sixty. The Union Sabbath School, started in
1878, has always been connected with this church, and in 1882 had an average attendance
‘of 120. A partition was effected January 1, 1883, and the school now numbers about seventy.
At is in charge of O. Jennings. mee : :

The Methodist Episcopal Church at this point was formed in the fall-of 1878, by Rev.
W.-H. Mock, who gathered nine members. Occasional services were held by W. H. Mock
and J. D. Hamilton, the earliest being held at the residence of B. F. Lees Later the old
court house and the school building were put in requisition. In the fall of 1882, work was
begun on a church edifice, which was completed in 1883, and dedicated January 28, at acost
of $2,500. J. W. Anderson, the church’s first regular pastor, was followed by Revs. J. W.
White, J. H. Shidler, J. W. Anderson and J. D. Woods, the present pastor. The'society now
numbers sixty-five. A Sabbath school, organized January 1, 1883, has an average attend-
ance of sixty-five, and is in charge of Mr. L.G. Peck. '

The Christian Church was organized in 1880, with eighteen members. It has been
served by Revs. Embry, Collins and Culverson, but is at present without apastor. Its mem-
bership is about twenty-five, but fully forty of this persuasion are in the immediate neigh-

-borbood, and would. join the church were regular services held. The early services were
held in the schoolhouse, but the latter in a building donated to the society by Mrs. Davis.

The Baptist Church was organized June 26, 1881, with seventeen menibers, Harly serv-
ices were held in the schoolhouse, and later in a rented store room in town, but are now
conducted in the court house, The society had gccasional services by Revs. J. C. Post and
L. D. Robinson, but had no regular pastor until the coming of Rey. J. M, Wood, the present
incumbent.. The church membership is now seventy-six. A separate Sabbath school was
ore January 1, 1883, and is in charge of Mr. James Elgin. It has an average attendance
of fifty. j cuca

si The Journal.—The first number of the Anthony Journal appeared.on 4 t878,as 2
five-coluimn folio, and bore the nameof J.4. Souleas editor and proprietor. On May 22,1879, the
paper passed into the hands of UC. W. Greene whe raw it until April 8, 1881, when it was
temporarily suspended. Mcantim several € anges had been made, the paper enlarging
August 15, 1879, to a six-columm, and May 7, 18s), to a seven-cotums fee, -In this latter
shape it was resurrected October 27, 1881,by Fletcher Meredith. August 31, 1882, 1t was

made a six-edumn quarto, an? March 1, 1883, the office was leased to B. F. Widner for one
2 fper has @ Vitculation of 350 and a good pee one patronage. --*

Republico...—The Anthony blican: was started October 19,1879, by Moffett &Met-

‘ Wweorance wasas asix-column folio, This was changed January 8, 1880, to asev-
sian, aid December 23, 1882, to asix~ ynn quarto, Metcalf’s namedisappears Febru-

  
   
  
 

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* Harper County, Kan., and located at Anthony, and opened his present business.

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ary 26, 1880, and that of George W. Moffett stands alone until May 27, of the same year
when A. 3. Lindsay became a partner in the business, which, August 5, of the same year
passed into his sole possession.
culation of 450. x ;

Anthony Lodge, No. 200, A., I. & A. M., was organized July 24, 1880, with thirteen mem-
bers, and. chartered February 17, 1881. Its first officers were: 0. F. Casteen, W. M.; L. J.
Rinehart, 8. W.; W. P. Olmstead, J. W.; O. F. Northrop, Treas.; H. O. Meigs, Secretary.
The lodge now numbers thirty-six members, and has the following officers :-¥". C, Hull, Ww
M.; C. A, Miller, 8. W.; T. F. Pryor, J. W.; W. P. Olmstead, Treas.; B. F. Smith, Secretary.
Meetings are held on each Monday, on or before full. moon.

Anthony Lodge, No. 2253, K. of #., was organized June 25, 1880, with eleven members, and
the following officers: I. B. Forbes, P. D.; R. J. Simpson, D.; A. R. Blackburn, V.'D.; EM.
Watrous, A. D,; G. W. Bennett, Rep.; G. M. Keller, F. R.; E.G. Wright, Treasurer; B. F.
Lee, Guide; M. W. Halsey, Chaplain, The lodge is now extinct. Its last officers were: R. J.
Simpson, P. D.; H. 0. a D.; G. N. Bennett, V. D.; A. R. Blackburn, A. D.; M. W. Hal-
sey, F. R.; G.M. Keller, ed. Ex.

Benton Post, No. 61,G A.-R., was organized May 28, 1882, with twenty-four members,
and the following officers: M..W. Halsey,.C.; T. H. Stevens, 8. ¥.C.; 0. C. Howe, J. V. C.;
G. M. Keller, Surgeon; E. D. Bowen, Quartermaster; A. H. Broadstone, O. D.; C.S. Matte-
son, 0. G.; John F. Goggin, Adjt.. The Post now numbers thirty-six, and has the same
officers, except W. H. Mock, o. G., and J. A. Du Bois, Adjt. Meetings are held on the second
and fourth Saturdays of each month in the court house. : Fé

Anthony Council, No. 13, National Union, was organized in the spring of 1882, and the fol-
lowing officers elected: I. B. Forbes, Pres.; Mrs, J..Knapp, V. P.; Mrs. I. B. Forbes, Treas. ;
¥. Meredith, Secretary. The organization has practically disbanded, and no other officers
have been elected, nor'are any meetings held. -'“ : : a
Odd Fellowship—No lodge of Odd Fellows exists at this place, but-a petition has recently
been forwarded to the Grand Lodge, and a lodge will probably.soon be instituted. . This
petition is signed by J.S. Cade, G. B. Stevens, F. P. Privet, Jacob Hummel, C. N. Bulger, S.
Adams and J. G. Ghio. ° : ‘ We ale oe i

Banking.—The first and-only bank established.at Anthony was started in July, 1879, by
P, Anderson, who began business in a small frame structure standing in the street... "The
stone building now in use was at once begun, and pushed to completion at a cost of $2,500.
The bank has a capital of $20,000, but as a private concern makes no staetment of ‘resources.

Globe Mills —These mills were built in 1880-81, and put-in operation February-22, of the
latter year, by Holdridge, Connelly & Co., the present owners. Tho mill building -is. of
brown sandstone, 38x40 feet, and-has three stories and a basement. It is fitted with five run
of buhr-stones, one set of rolls, and an engine of seventy horse-power. The Toe of ‘the
mills is 150 barrels of flour per day, and their total cost a trifle over $25,000. A large trade is
had with points in the Indian Territory, as well as with surrounding'towns. ~ :

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

_ J. H. ANDERSON, of the banking house of P..Anderson & Son, was born in Boone
County, Ind., in 1855; he was reared in the drug business, and graduated*from the Wabash
College at Crawfordsville in 1879: _ In a short time he entered his father’s:bank in Anthony as
clerk ; was admitted as a partner in June, 1883.. He took and proved up a claim.of 160 acres of
land which he improved and operates as afarm. In 1882,he was married to Miss Laura B: Neel,
of Illinois, and has one child, Etta Julia. ee ; ‘ oe

A.H. BROADSTONE, Clerk of the District Court, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was
born in 1844; his early life was spent in school, and he obtained a -fair business education. At
the age of eighteen years, he joined the army (One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Volunteer Infantry,
Company E). After serving eleven months; he went-to Illinois and began the carpenter’s trade,
at which he continued until 1880; he then came to Harper County, Kan.,-and- opened and im-
proved a farm of 160 acres, and ran it one year. In 1881, he was elected Clerk of the District
Court, soon after which he moved to Anthony, his present home. He is a member of the-order
‘of Odd Fellows and the G. ATR. Mr. Broadstone was married to Miss Emma_B. Gardner, of
Illinois, by whom he.has four children—Maud, Ralph, Bruce and Pearl. . Mrs. Broadstone is a
member of the Baptist Church. . . *

JOHN D. BROWN, dealer in real estate, loans and insurance, was born in England in
‘1849. Before he was one year old, his parents immigrated to the United States and settled in
Illinois, and, five years later, removed to Iowa. His early life was spent on the farm, and, at
the age of seventeen, upon the death of his father; he continued to manage the farm and-provide
for a family of seven younger brothers and sisters. -At the age of twenty-one, he began life for
himself, without money or property, and spent four years in going to school, working and teach-
ing part of the time to pay his expence-. In 1878, he was married to Miss Mattie FE. Hollings-
worth, of Vinton, Iowa, and, in the same year, moved to Kansas and located at Welling-
toi, Sumner County, where he remained a year and a half, and then moved to Anthony, and
‘opened his present business. He was appointed City Treasurer in 180; was elected Justice of
‘the Peace in 1881, and was twice elected Police Judge of Anthony. The loss of his wife, who
died in 1881, was a severe affliction; she left only one child, Maid, then léss than one year old.
Mr. Brown has taken an active part, and has aided ltberally in all public enterprises. He is
now Secretary of the Harper County Agricultural Society, and is a: member of the Board of
Trustees in the M. E. Church. He is the owner of 2,000 acres of land in Harper County, partly
‘improved, and has about $5,000 in notes and securities. . <a

HON.'W.S. CADE, attorney and Probate Judge, is a native of Ohio, and was born in
1849; he was reared in the agricultural profession and obtained a fair education. ~At the age of
seventeen years, he began teaching school, and continued eleven years, teaching in winter.and
working on the farm during the summer; in the meantime, he was reading law. Heattended the
law department at the University ‘of Michigan, and was admitted to the bar, in 1875, at Ironton
Ohio, after which he opened an office at Pomeroy, Ohio, in the meantime; teaching school inthe
winter and staying in his office during the summer. ‘In 1878, he was compelted to leave his office
on account of failing health. In 1877, he came to Kansas and located: at Anthony, and began
the practice of his profession, In-1800, he was elected a member of the City Council, in which
capacity he served two years, and, in 1882, he was elected to the office of Police Judge for a
‘short time; in the fall of the same year, hé was’elccted to the office of ‘Probate Judge: eisa
member of the order.of Odd Fellows. He built and owns a business house; he also owns a farm
of 160 acres, and some city lots. Mr. Cade was married to: Miss Elizabeth E. Hogenbach, of
Towa, in 1883. E. Church, "

The paper is Republican, is issued Saturdays, and has a cir-

Mr. Cade is a member of the M. :
O. F. CASTEEN, of the firm of Casteen & McDaniel, general merchants; was born in
Versailles, Brown Co., Ill., in 1849,and was reared in: the. mercantile line, receiving.a high
school education. In 1876, he opeffed business for himself, in Illinois, where he continued three
‘years, after which he came to Anthony, Harper Co., Kan., in 1879, and established his present
business. In August, 1882, he took Mr. McDaniel in as a-partner. In August, 1880, he engaged
in the cattle business (Mr. McDaniel was also a partner in this enterprise)and drove from Texas
about 300 head,’and now has a ranch six‘miles-square and:has 1,200 head of cattle. In 1879 and
1880, he improved a farm of 160 acres. ° Has been-Township Treasurer-since 1881 ; is now City
Treasur r, and has been for three years; he is School Treasurer; is a Freemason. In Septem-
ber 3, 1873, Mr. Casteen was married to Miss Martha R. Reid, of Illinais, who was born in Ver-
sailles, Brown Co,, Ill., by whom he has two children—Ora and Stella:. - Mrs. Casteen isa mem-
ber of the M.E. Church. Mr. Casteen was Master of the first lodge of A., F: & A. Mvin the

county. ; : 2:

i H. DAVIS, dealer in general hardware, saddlery and harness, isa native of Missouri,
and was born in 1839; he was reared in the agricultural profession, receiving. a high school edu-
cation. When twenty-one years of age;’went to farming for himself. in. Missouri, and continued
until 1872, after which he-went to.Colorado, and was:there, in the cattle. business, until 1878; he
then came to Anthony, Harper Co., Kan., and located a claim ‘of 160 acres adjoining the city of
-Anthony, and ran.a-livery stable a short time, after which he opened his present busihess. He
-owns 800 acres of land in. Harper and Sedgwick Counties; .owns one of the best business houses
and lots in Anthgny and the very best location in town for business, also.a blacksmith shop

-and tools. He was elected County Commissioner in 1880; ‘was at oné time a member of the City

.Council.. He is a member.of the Christian Church. In 1867, Mr. Davis'was married to Miss
Rebecca Smith, of St. Joe; Mo., by whom he has three-childrén living—Mary, Thomas S. and
Rebecca; he lost his wife in 1875. In the fall of 1882, Mr: Davis was the Democratic nominee
to represent Harper County in the Legislature. z :

iy, FORBES, general merchant, is a native of Illinois, and .was born in 1842; he was
reared in the agricultural ‘profession and received.a fair business education. At the age of six-
teen years, he began farming in Illinois on his.own responsibility, and continued fourteen years,
after which he engaged in the stock business, buying, selling and raising. In 1879, he came to

‘He located

_and improved.a farm of 16o:acres;. he built and.owns a business house 24x48 feet, also a residence

‘and residence-lots; . He is a member of ‘the K.of.H. Mr..Forbes was married to Mrs. S. E.
Orr, of Illinois, in 1867, by whom he has one child, William Olin.
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O. JENNINGS, farmer, Section 23, Town 33, Range 7, P. O, Anthony, was born in Penn-
sylvania October 2, 1831; when eighteen years of age, he went to learn the blacksmith’s trade,
and, at the age of twenty-two, opened business for himself, at which he continued ten years, in
Pennsylvania; he next went to lowa, where he worked at his trade one year, after which he
came to Illinois, where he continued his trade until 1877, at which time he came to Sedgwick
County, Kan., and dealt in grain one year; he next came to Harper County and settled on his
present home of 160 acres, which he improved and now has in a fine state of cultivation, eighty
acres of which are broken, In 1878, he assisted in organizing the city of Anthony. He was Jus-
tice of the Peace in 1882. He built one residence in the city and one on the farm, and made
other improvements in the county. He is a member of the order of Freemasons and was in-
strumental in itsorganization: Mr. Jennings organized the first Sunday school in the county,
and was Superintendent of the same five years; he was one of the organizers of the Songeees
tional Church, and is a member and Deacon in the same; he was one of the organizers of the
Anthony Town Company, and has been its President five ra Mr. Jennings was married, in
1853, to Miss Catharine Momyer, of Pennsylvania, by whom he has five c ildren—Florella,
Mary Isabell, John Ellsworth, Louis Grant and William Henry. Mrs, Jennings is a member of
the Congregational Church.

. MOFFETT, County Treasurer, is a native of Illinois, and was bornin 1856; he was
brought up in the agricultural profession, and obtained a business education, In 1878, he
came to Hare County, Kan., and located and improved a farm of 160 acres, which he ran as
a grain farm about eighteen months; he was then in the oy goods business in Harper County
one year. In 1881, he was elected to the office of County Treasurer for two years. e assisted
in organizing the Danville Town Company, and was its first President; and was Trustee of
Odell Township one year.

EORGE P. MORGAN, of the firm of Jennings & Morgan, real estate, loan and insur-
ance agents, is a native of Petersburg, Va.; was educated for the profession of civil engineer,
but his health failing he engaged in mercantile business in his native city for three years, an
then came West, and settled in Harper County in 1878, forming one of a company organized at
Wichita to locate and settle the present county seat, Anthony; was appointed as one of the
commissioners to survey and locate the fown sites of Anthony and Harper City. In 1879, he
was appointed Deputy County Clerk, serving as such three years; was ty ownship Clerk from
the organization of the county until elected Tiustee, in 1882; was one of the first Councilmen of
Anthony, and Captain of the Third Independent Cavalry, Frontier Guard ; is now City Clerk
of Anthony. He isa Freemason, Knight of Pythias, member of the Anthony Dramatic Club
and of the Cornet Band.

JAMES A. MORRIS, attorney at law, was born in Arkansas in 1852, being the youngest of
four brothers and three sisters, all of whom are dead except one sister. When he was only a
month old, his father died, and his mother died in 1865. Principally through his own exertions
he received an English education. He followed agricultural pursuits, occasionally attending
country schools, till he was about twenty years of age, when he entered the Arkansas State
University, where he remained one year. Afterward, he held several county and municipal
offices in succession, till 1875, when he began reading law under Judge C. B. Neal, of Arkansas.
He was admitted to the bar in 1876, and practiced his profession in Arkansas till 1883, and then
removed to Kansas, and located at Anthony. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity
since 1873.

B. F. SMITH, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Anthony, was born in Massachusetts in 1847; he
was raised in the agricultural profession, and obtained a high school education; at the age of
twenty-five, he was engaged in the mill business, and continued seven years. In 1878, he came
to Harper County, Kan., located and improved his present home of 160 acres, which he ran as
a grain farm. In 1882, he harvested 800 bushels of corn and 1,600 bushels of wheat; has built
and owns a residence, and is a member and director of the Anthony Town Company. He is a
member of the order of Freemasons, and was instrumental in its organization ; he is also a
member and Trustee of the Congregational Church, and was one of the first to organize the
church. Mr. Smith was married to Miss Ella A. Steadman, of Massachusetts, in 1875, by whom

he has three children—Laura, Raymond and Samuel. Mrs. Smith is also a member of the Con- -

gregational Church.

R. J. SIMPSON, real estate, loan and insurance agent, is a native of Ohio, and was born
in 1849; his early life was spent in school. At the age of twenty-two, he accepted a position in
the Revenue Department of the Government, in which capacity he served six years. In 1875,
he came to Kansas, and located at Minneapolis; after remaining about six months, he came to
Wichita, and was on a farm about eighteen months. In 1878, he came to Harper County, opened
and improved a farm of 160 acres, as a grain farm. Being elected to the office of Register of
Deeds, in 1878, he cameto Anthony and took charge of the office to which he was elected.
After acting in the above capacity three years, he opened his present business. Heis a member
of the Anthony Town Company; is a member of the order of Freemasons, and was the first made
Master Mason in Harper County; is also a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and
was instrumental in its organization. He owns 1,280 acres of land in Harper County, also a
residence on one-half block. Mr. Simpson was married to Miss Mary H. Hammond, of Wash-
ington, lowa, in 1872, by whom he has two children—Mabel J. and John G. Mrs, Simpson is
also a member of the United Presbyterian Church. ‘

B. H.STEDMAN, farmer Section 13, P.O. Anthony, was born in Massachusetts, 1831;
he was reared on a farm, and had a high school education. When twenty-one years of age, he
began farming for himself, at which he continued until 1866; he then connected the meat busi-
ness with farming, and continued eleven years, after which he came to Kansas, in 1877; stopped
one winter in Wichita, pacring pork; after which he located on his present home of 160 acres.
Mr. Stedman also bought 160 acres, 130 of which are now broken. In 1880,Mr. Stedman engaged
in the cattle trade, and drove 1,000 head the same spring. In 1881, bought 1,100 sheep. He was
one of the original town company, and was elected in June, 1878, Treasurer, and still holds
the same office. Heisa as of the first Congregational Church, and assisted in organizing
the same; he is a member of the order of Freemasons, and is a charter member; he assisted in
laying out the city of Anthony, and erected the first residence in this section of the county, and

ut up one of the first business houses on Main street. In 1858, Mr. Stedman was married to
iss Ellen M. Strong, of Massachusetts.

T. H. STEVENS, farmer, merchant and stock-raiser, Section 23, P. O. Anthony, was born
in Knightstown, Ind., in 1846, and reared in the agricultural profession and received a collegiate
education, At the age of sixteen, he began work at the carpenter's trade, and continued a short’
time; he then joined the army, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, Company
T; after serving two years, he returned home, and attended college two years, after which time
he worked at his trade two years, and, in 1869, he came to Kansas, and located at Lawrence,
where he worked at his trade two years; after which he came to Sedgwick and located on a
soldier’s homestead of 160 acres, which he improved and ran as a general farm about two and
one-half years; he then came to Wichita, and worked at his trade two years, after which he en-
gaged in the photograph business one year; he was then on the range in ‘Texas one year. In
1878, he came to Harper County and located on a farm of 160 acres, which he improved, and
has now ina high state of cultivation; he also opened a lumber yard, in 1878, being the first lum-
ber yard in the county; ope contracting and building at the same time, and built three-fourths
of the town of Anthony; he burnt the first brick kiln, and lives in the only brick residence in the
county; opened the first general supply store in 1878, and hauled the first load of goods to An-

‘thony. In 1881, he omens in the stock business, bought and drove and is now grazing 600
head in the te:ritory. e was appointed County Commissioner in 1878, and was re-elected in
1879 and 1882; he was e'ected Chairman of the Board of Commissioners in 1878, and has always
been on hand in the time of need. He owns one residence and two business properties ; and is
amember ofthe I. O. O. F. andofthe A.,F. & A.M.,; is a member of theG.A. R.,and Senior Vice
Commander of the Post at Anthony; he is alsoa member, Vice President and one of the Directors
of the Anthony Building Association. In 1869, Mr. Stevens was married to Miss Eva Rue, of
Kansas, by whorff he has three children—Maud, Ruella and Myrtle. Mrs. Stevens is a mem-
ber of the Quaker Church at Lawrence; she is also a member of the Chautauqua Literary So-
ciety of New York. ji
ALTER E. TREADWELL, dealer in and raiser of thoroughbred Short-horns, Her-
fords and Galloways’ is a native of New York, and was born in 1855. When fifteen years of a) ey
he engaged in the fur business in New York, in which he continued until 1877, after which he
came to Kansas, and located on his present home, of 6,000 acres, three miles north of Anthony,
which he operates as a stock and feed farm, of which 500 acres are now in cultivation. He has
now on his farm 500 head of Short-horns and thoroughbreds. He has a herd of Texas cattle on
-the ranch. He is also breeding Texas mares to Norman horses and has now about thirty head
on hand. In 1880, Mr. E, Treadwell was married to Miss M. Luella Forrey of Chicago, Tl.
S. A. VAN KIRK, County Superintendent of Schools, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1858.
Was raised in the spreuleayal profession, and received an academic education. At the age of
seventeen years, he began teaching school, and continued five years, two years in Pennsylvania,
and three in Kansas. In 1877, he came to Kansas, and was admitted to the bar in 1880; in the
meantime, while teaching, he was reading law. He came to Anthony in 1880, and opened his pres-
ent law office. He was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1882, and was Deputy Treas-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

urer for nine months previous. He assisted in organizing the Teacher’s Association, and was
Chairman of the same. He improved a,farm of :60 acres, on which has been built a good resi-
dence, which is run as a stock and grain farm. He was local editor of the Anthony Yournal
for a short time. 5

GEORGE A. ZACHARIAS, Register of Deeds, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was
born in 1835; his early life was spent in school; he obtained an academic education. At the
age of twenty-two, he engaged in the forwarding and commission business, at which he continued
three years, after which he acted as freight and ticket agent for the Cumberland Railroad Com-
pany Rtteen years; then, after having traveled one year, he located in Harper County, Kan., and
opened and ran a farm one year, after which he came to Anthony, in 1878. He was elected Jus-
tice of the Peace, in which capacity he served two terms; he was the first officer ever elected in
the county. He owns a farm of 160 acres three miles north of town, which he runs as a general
farm; he also owns vacant lots in Anthony, and is interested in a herd of sheep. He is a mem-
ber of the order of Freemasons, and was a member of the Board of the Town Organization
several years. Mr. Zacharias was married to Miss Mary A. Riegel, of Pennsylvania, by whom
he has two children—Frank R. and Gertrude.

HARPER.

The city of Harper, the oldest and largest city in the county, takes its
name from the county. It is located at the terminus of the K. C., L. &
§. K. Railway, ten miles from the eastern line of the county and nine
miles north of Anthony, the county seat. The growth of the town has
been very rapid and it bids fair to become one of the most prosperous of
the many~-good cities in Southwestern Kansas. ;

Harper was settled by a party from. Towa, consisting of J. B. Glenn
and family, M. H. Glenn and family, R. and A. T. Barton with their fami-
lies, Joseph Haney, C. H. Snider, M. K. Kittleman, G. M. Goss, C. C. Goss,
Thomas elder, . L. Fletcher, and H. C. Moore. This party came to
Hutchinson on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway, and thence,
April 2, 1877, struck south to Kingman. Arriving at that point, they en-
gaged County Surveyor Sugars to accompany them to Harper County and
locate the town, which should be the future metropolis. Starting at a
Government corner-stone two miles southwest of Kingman they ran a line
due south into Harper County, where they camped on April 5 on Section
19, Town 82, Range 7 west. The next day, a line was run to the east line
of the county with a view of locating the town where the railway from
the East, that all expected soon, would be apt to strike. Three surveys
were made and the town finally located on April14. R.and A. T. Barton
at once put up box houses on their claims, but both were just outside of
the town site. The first building in Harper was begun April 16, by J. B.
Glenn, with lumber hauled from Wichita. This house now serves as the
kitchen of the Glenn House. C. C. Phelps next put up a blacksmith shop,
which was soon followed by the residence of B. L. Fletcher. A town
company had been formed while the party were at Hutchinson, and J. B.
Glenn was elected President, and C. H. Snider Secretary. April 30, J. J.
Merrick came to Harper and soon after procured building material at
Wichita and built a house, the front part of which was used as a grocery.
8. S. Sisson, who arrived in Harper in May, 1877, was the first attorney in
the new county, and C. §. Lloyd, who came in the fall of 1877, was the
first physician to practice here. During 1878, the settlement of the town
was so rapid as to preclude all specific mention of the settlers who stood
not on the order of their coming, but went to work on the boom, which
has known no cessation for four years.

te was organized as a city of the third class on September 7, 1880,
and the first city election was held on the 25th ofthe same month. This
resulted in the choice of Sam. S. Sisson, Mayor; G. W. Appley, Police
Judge; R. B. Elliott, H. Martin, R. J. Jones, S. D. Noble oat G. Hake,
Councilmen. G. W. Appley was appointed City Clerk and still holds that
position. §. 8S. Sisson, the first Mayor, was re-elected in 1881 and 1882.
J. J. Merrick was elected Police Judge in 1881 and J. G. Washbon in 1882.
The present Council consists of A. H. Evans, L. P. Horton, W. H. Kep-
ple, George D. Thompson and M. H. Glenn. I. P. Campbell is City At-
torney and H. 8. Reed City Treasurer. The population of the city is 779.

On July 1, 1877, Mrs. Josie B. Glenn was appointed Postmistress of
Harper, the first post office in the county. The Government although
granting a post office, made no provision for mail carriage, and this duty
was performed by William Glenn, who made weekly trips to Hutchinson.

-On July 1, 1878, a weekly mail was put on by the Government and this

soon passed through the transitions of semi and tri-weekly to a daily hack

from Wellington. This was kept up until September 16, 1880, when the
railway arrived and mail service was transferred to the postal clerks.
Mrs. Glenn was followed on February 28, 1881, by J. O. Graham, who

still holds the office. The post office was moved from the Glenn House to
the hardware store of Wilson & Baumstack, thence to the little building
next cast of its present location, and last to its present location in the
store of J. H. Maxfield. The first money order issued by this office was
purchased July 7, 1879, by J. B. Glenn. aily mail routes from this office
run to Wellington, Medicine Lodge, Anthony and Kingman, and a semi-
weekly to Wichita.
LOCAL MATTERS.

The first school in Harper was a subscription one taught by Harry Barndollar, in a
room over Frank Blackstone’s store. H. C. Fulton followed with a subscription school
taught in the fall and winter of 1878-79, The first public school was taught by Miss Alice
Carpenter, who was the first person in the county to receive a teacher’s certificate. Miss
Carpenter-was followed by F. E. Beach in 1879, and J. T. Botkin in 1880, and in 1881, Mrs.
C. Graham and Mrs. J. C. Washbon took the positions they have ever since held.

The school building, 24x60 feet, was built in 1880, at a cost of $1,000, but soon proved too
small, and in 1881-82-83, outside room was hired. In this, taught "Misses C. Woodward and
Julia Potter, the Jorma ee 1-82 and the latter in 1882-83. be school had an enrollment:
of 165 at the last reportewhich was dated August 1, 1882, A new stone or brick building
will be erected in 188%, at a cost of from $5,000 to $10,000.

The first religious exercises in Harper were held by Rev. A. Axline in 1877, and a Pres-
byterian Church organization was effected. ‘This, however, made little progress until the
arrival im 1872, vo Rev. JP. Fulton, the present pastor. A church building was completed
in June, 1882,.at a cost of $2,000. The sociéty now numbers thirty. A Union Sabbath
school started in connection with this society in 1878, now has an average attendance of
forty, and is in charge of H. Reed. = ih

The Methodist Church was organizét-in-1878 with a membership of sovgn, under the care
of Rev. J. W. Anderson. Rev. Messrs. Wulsh and Rose held the pulpit in 188@:81,and Mr.An-
derson was re-appointed in 1882. The society now numbers forty members. Early services
were held in private houses and the schoolhouse, and later ones in the church erected in
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1882, at a cost of $3,000 all told. A separate Sabbath school started in May, 1882, has an at-
tendance of seventy, and is in charge of I. P. Campbell.

The Baptist Church was organized in December, 1881, with a membership of fifteen.
No pastor has ever been settled here, and no regular services held, and the society has fallen
into complete inaction as a body. Rev. J. oseph Wrightsman has preached here occasionally,
but carries the weight of too many years to supply weekly services.

There is quite a flourishing society at a schoolhouse six miles northeast of town. A
society of about forty has been collected, and regular services are held.

The Harper County Times was the pioneer in the journalistic tield of Harper, its first
issue bearing the date of October 24, 1878. The paper, which took the form of a six column
folio, was published by W. 0. Graham, who is still a large owner in it. January 1, 1879, the
style was changed to Graham Bros., and August 26, 1880, to Graham Bros. & Finch, Finch
retired January 1, 1882, and the ownership of the paper hassince been unchanged. Theform
of the paper was changed January 15, 1880, to a six-column quarto. The Zimes now has a
circulation of 550; twice in each year special editions descriptive of the county, and re-
hearsing its early history, are published. The paper has always advocated the views of the
Republican party.

The Harper Sentinel issued its first number August 17, 1882. The name of W. A. Rich-
ards was given as editor and proprietor of the new venture, which was of the six-column
quarto form, and sported the Republican banner. December 21, 1882, a careful review of
the history of the county and town was prepares, and a large special edition of the paper
issued. February 10, 1883, the paper was sold to 0. UO. Leabhart, who issued a second special
ea number March 1; the paper now has acirculation of 500 and appears Taure

ays.

Harper Lodge, No. 206, A., F. & A, M., was organized September 7, 1881, and instituted
under a warrant. on the first Monday in March, 1882. Its charter officers were ; James Hol-
land, W. M.; T. Blake, S. W.; P. Cloud, J. W.; F. M. Stukey, Secretary; F. B. Letcy, Treas-
urer; J. Allen, 8. D.; M. Henry, J. D. Its charter membership of seventeen'has increased to
sixty, and the lodge now has the following official roll: James Holland, W. M.; T. Blake, S.
W.; F. Amsden, J. W.; F. A, Parsons, Secretary; James Wilson, Treasurer; H.C. Finch, 8.
D,; T. E. Gorton, J. D.; meetings are held in Masonic hall on the first and third Wednesdays
of each month. The property of the lodge is valued at about $400.

_ Harper Lodge, No. 191, I. 0. O. F., was organized in August, 1881, with a membership of
thirteen, and the following officers: W. A. Creighton, N.G.; J. N. Babcock, V. G.; M. H.
Glenn, Secretary; F. M. Tull, Treasurer. The society now numbers sixty-five and has the

following officers: C.S. Finch, N. G.; H. E. Patterson, V. G.; B. D. Bennett, Secretary ; A.
M, Vanlaningham, Treasurer. Meetings are held on Friday of each week in the hall owned

ointly by this and the Masonic fraternity. In addition to this hall, the lodge owns a ceme-
tery on which are improvements which bring the total value of property owned by the so-
ciety to $1,000. The Grand Instructor of the State is a member of this lodge.

Harper Lodge, No. 81, A. O. U. W., was organized October 26, 1881, with nineteen mem-
bers and the following officers: S. H. Sewee P.M. W.; F. A. Parsons, M. W.; James
Wilson, Foreman; H.C. Maxwell, Overseer; H. J. Merz, G.; W. 0. Graham, Recorder; A.
M. Vanlaningham, Fin.; H. B. Hoyt, R. The society now has a membership of twenty-one
and the following official roll: A.M. Vanlaningham, P. M. W.; H.C. Fulton, M. W.; W.
8. Stranahan, Foreman; W. B. Stevenson, 0.; W. O. Graham, G.; S. H. MeManigle, Re-
corder; I. A. Parsons, Fin.; J.C. Obert, R. Meetings are held in Odd Fellows Hall on the
first and third Mondays of each month,

. . Banking.—The first banking house in Harper was that of Woods, Parsons & Co., which
started in 1880, and has since done a very prosperous business. As a private bank, it makes
no public statement of resources, but the fact that Hon. John G. Woods, of Wellington, is a
large owner is sufficient to guarantee the stability of the concern.

. Thompson & Walton started the second bank in Harper on July 1, 1882, and have ever
since that date done a good and increasing business. This also is a private bank and makes
no public statement of resources.

The Arcade Mills—These mills were completed July 8, 1882, at a cost of $18,000, by H.
C.Smeltzer & Co. They have four run of buhr-stones, and a capacity of seventy-five bar-
rels of flour per day. The machinery is driven by an engine of sixty-five horse-power ; the
building is of stone, 36x60 feet, and has three stories and one-half.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN BAUMSTARK, of the firm of Wilson & Baumstark, hardware and farm imple-
ments, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1847, and was raised on a farm. When eighteen years
of age, he emigrated to America, stopping first at Burlington, Iowa, After living in Iowa, IIli-
nois, and back to Jowa again for a number of years, he finally, in 1877, located in Wellington,
where he was engaged in business five years, at the end of svhich time he established himself in
his present business in Harper, in connection with his partner, He owns a residence in Harper,
and is now building a stone block 26x85. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, and a
Christian gentleman. In 1879, he was married to Miss Rosy Sarll, of Illinois. Mrs. B. is a
Daughter of Rebekah and a member of the Catholic Church,

E. M. BENEDICT, of the firm of Benedict & Co., dealers in groceries and queensware,
isa native of Ohio, and was born August 5, 1835. When twenty-four years of age, he b:gan
farming in Indiana, at which he continued six years. In 1862, went to Iowa, where he was en-
gaged in farming until 1870, after which he was in the mercantile business seven years. He then
came to Harper County, Kan., and improved a farm of 160 acres, which he worked until 1883,
after which he opened his present business in the spring. He built two residences, owns farm
and residence. He is City Treasurer of Harper, and is a member of the order of Odd Fellows.
In 1866, Mr. Benedict was married to Miss M. B. Davis, of Ohio, by whom he has six children
a. C.,O.M., F. E.,M.E.,S. E. and R. E. Mrs. Benedict is a member of the Presbyterian

hurch.

ABNER BOURNE, of the banking house of Ellis & Bourne, is a native of Massachusetts,
and was born in 1855. He was reared in the auctioneering and brokerage business. When six-
teen years of age, he entered his father’s auction and brokerage business as clerk, in which po-
sition he remained two years, after which he was partner in the firm four years. In 1877, he
came to Barber County, Kan., and engaged in the cattle business, in which he continued until
the fall of 1880, at which time he sold his cattle and embarked in the sheep business until the
fall of 1882, when he sold his stock. On May 1, 1883, he, in company with Mr. Ellis, opened
the banking house of Ellis & Bourne in Harper City.

I. P. CAMPBELL, attorney at law and dealer in real estate and loans, is a native of
Pennsylvania, and was born in 1849. He was reared in the agricultural profession, receiving a
collegiate education, graduating at Dickinson Seminary and Ann Arbor, Mich. He read law
in the city of Williamsport, and was admitted to the bar in 1874, after which he came to
Ann Arbor and graduated in 1875. He then opened a law office in Michigan, where he prac-
ticed until the spring of 1878, when he came to Harper, Harper Co., Kan., and opened the first
business in May, 1878, and was the second attorney in Harper County. He now owns a cattle
ranch of 640 acres; enclosed and cultivated a portion ofthe ranch. He also owns 160 acres, un-
improved. He built four residences in the city of Harper, and now owns three. He also built
four business houses, three of which he still owns. He was city attorney two years. Isa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and assisted in its organization. He is a member
and one of the Directors of the Board of Trade. Is one of the Directors of the city library
and was active in getting itup. In 1878, Mr. Campbell was before the people of his count
for election to the Legislature, but was defeated by a sectional fight. In 1877, Mr. Campbell
was married to Miss jeue Graham, of Michigan, by whom he has two sons—James Graham
and Ray. Mrs. Campbell is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JESSE L. B. ELLIS, of the firm of Ellis & Bourne, bankers, is a native of Massachusetts
and was born in 1852. He was reared in the mercantile business, and received a collegiate edu-
cation. When seventeen years of age, he began clerking in a wholesale dry goods house in Bos-
ton, where he remained four years. He was next in a publishing house three years, after which
he came to Kansas in 1879 and located in Barber County, where he was engaged in the cattle
business four years, and sold his cattle in the fall of 1882. On May 1, 1883, Mr. Ellis opened his
banking house in Harper City. He owns a farm of 320 acres in the county of Harper. He is
a self-made man and though yet young has placed himself in the front of the best business men
in Harper County. p :

OLIVER P, T. EWELL, stock-raiser, is a native of Virginia and was born in 1848. At
the age of thirteen, he began clerking in the mercantile line in his native county and continued
thus fe five years, after which time he took a course and graduated in a business college in Bal-
timore, after this opening up a business for himself and continuing in it until the winter of 1871,
at which time he, with his brother, Dr. A. D. F. Ewell, and M.S. Justice, a young man from
the same place, moved to Kansas, soon afterward going into-the stock business; but in 1875,

thinking there was.a better field opened to parties dealing in Texas cattle to drive their own
stock from that State, the three now as one firm determined to embark in’ this enterprise and

continued until 1882, during which time they succeeded in stocking up a large ranch in the In
dian Territory, in the country known as the Cherokee Strip. His brother, the Doctor, returned
to Virginia in 1877, but still holds his interest in the ranch, while Mr. Justice is still with him.
Mr. Ewell was married, in 1882, to Miss Eva Thomas, a Virginia lady, she accompanying him
t» Harper, the town of his adoption, in wach Ee he owns a residence, He is a member ot
the Town Council, and belongs to the order of Odd Fellows.

C.S. FINCH, of the firm of Finch & Finch, attorneys. Mr. Finch is a native of Illinois,
and was born in Girard, in 1860, His early life was spent in school, graduating in the law de-
partment at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1880, after which he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme
Court of Michigan. Mr. Finch was brought by his parents to Miami County, Kan., in 1869.
He attended the State Normal school at Leavenworth, and also attended the State University at
Lawrence after which he attended the law school at Ann Arbor, Mich. In the meantime, he was
teaching school during his school years. In April, 1880, he came to Harper and opened his

resent business, He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, is Noble Grand at present, and
is charter member; he is also a member of Beta Theta Pi, one of the largest college secret fra-
ternities in America. During his college course, he gave elocutionary entertainments, was chair-
man of the State Central Republican County Committee of Harper County one year. Mr.
Finch edited the Harper 7imes, from August, 1880, to March, 1882. He owns a stock farm of
zo acres. Mr. Finch was instrumental in getting up the public library of the city of Harper,
for which he is entitled to much credit.

W.S. FORREY, dealer in drugs, and proprietor of the Glenn House, is a native of In-
diana, and was born in 1836. His early life was spent in obtaining a classical education. When
fourteen years of age, he began clerking in a dry goods store, where he continued until twenty-
three years of age, at which time he took an interest in the business, and continued until he was
twenty-eight years of age. He then retired from dry goods business and rana leather store and
two tanneries, and was next in Chicago on the Board of Trade in the commission business five
years. In 1877, he came to Kansas, and settled in the county of Harper. He broke prairie one
year, and then went to Wichita, where he was in the hotel business. In February, 1882, he re-
turned to Harper City, Harper County, and opened the drug and hotel business. In the great
Chicago fire of 1871, Mr. Forrey lost very heavily, and in the Chicago fire July, 1874, he lost
everything but his baggage, and was not insured. Mr. Forrey has done a great deal for Harper
City and Harper County, sending many settlers to the county while in Wichita. He also im-
proved two farms of 160 acres each, put up good residences and wire fence, 200 acres now in cul-
tivation. He bought one residence in Harper, and built four. He was instrumental in organiz-
ing the Board of Trade in the city of Harper. He assisted in the establishment of the Harper
Public Library. He is amember of the order of Odd Fellows and Freemasons. In 1859, Mr.
Forrey was married to Miss Lydia E. Myer, of Indiana, by whom he has four children—Frank,
Emma, Luella and William. He lost his wife in 1870, and was married to Miss Sarah F. Glenn,
of Iowa, in 1878. Mrs Forrey is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is presiding officer
of Rebecca Lodge I. O.O. F.

JOHN B. GLENN, dealer in real estate and County Surveyor, is a native of Ohio, and was
born in 1828; was reared in the agricultural profession, receiving a high grade education, grad-
uating in the commercial course. When eighteen years of age, he began ene in a dry goods
store at which he continued four years, after which he emigrated to Boonville, Mo., and engaged
in the drug business, where he remained a short time, sold out and went to Bloomfield, lowa,
where he engaged in the drug business and continued in it fourteen years. He then helped to
organize the First National Bank of Bloomfield, and was elected cashier of the same, which
place he held for over ten years. In the year 1877, he emigrated to Kansas, and with a colony
of six families settled in Harper County, and laid out the town of Harper. He was actively en-
gaged in surveying and hotel business until February, 1882, at which time he dropped off the
hotel, and added the real estate and abstract business, and made a complete set of abstract books
of all the real estate in the county. He was elected County Surveyor in 1881; is President of
Old Settlers’ organization; is President of Harper Board of Trade and has been since its organi-
zation. ‘He built the Glenn Hotel and also a large stone business house in Harper. He was ©
one of the organizers of the PresbyterianChurch, and Elder of it since its organization. He
is an Odd Fellow and Freemason, was for six years Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge
United States from Iowa, also was twenty years Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge and
Grand Encampment of Iowa J. O. O. F. e is strictly temperate in all respects. e was
married to Miss Martha A. Weaver of Iowa, in 1853; lost her by death in 1855; was married
to Miss Lois A. Wilson, of Illinois, in 1858, by whom he has three children living—Mary,
Wiiliam M, and Samuel E.; Martha Lois, deceased ; lost his wife by death in 1867, was married
to Miss Helen P. Rowland, daughter of Dr. Rowland, of Lockport, N. Y., in 1868, and lost her
by déath in 1875, and was married to Mrs. Josie B. Stuart, in 1876, and lost her by death March
23,1883. He and his wife probably did more to build up the town of Harper than any other
two in the county, Josie B. Glenn being the first Postmistress in the county. They took the
lead in all public matters. ,

M. H. GLENN, manager for Forrey & Co., dealers in drugs and medicines, was born in
the State of Ohio, in 1845, and was reared in the drug business, receiving an academic educa-
tion. When seventeen years of age, he went into the drug business in Iowa, where he continued
until 1876, after which he came to Harper County, Kan., and being one of the first settlers
opened a farm adjoining the city of Harper, of 160 acres, which he farmed two years. He was
next in Wichita six months clerking in a grocery store, at the end of which time he came to
Harper City and took his present position. After Harper was incorporated, Mr. Glenn was twice
elected as a member of City Council. Mr. Glenn is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and
is also a member of the order of Odd Fellows. In 1876, Mr. Glenn was married to Miss L. O.
Bates of Illinois, by whom he has two children, Pearl and Robert L. Mrs. Glenn is a member
of the Presbyterian Church, and is a Daughter of Rebecca. f

MES O. GRAHAM, Postmaster, and one of the editors and proprietors of the Harfer
County Times, is a native of Iowa, and was born in 1855. He was reared in the agricultural
business and educated at the Normal school. In 1876, he came to Kansas and attended school
in Leavenworth, and also taught school in Miami County two winters. In 1878, he came to
Harper, and has been conn-_cted with it since. In 1881, he was appointed Postmaster; built a
house and store in 1882, 20 by 60 feet. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men. In 1880, Mr. Graham was married to Miss Eva Frances, of Kansas.

L. P. HORTON, contractor and builder, was born in the State of New York, in 1844, was
raised on a farm and received a business education. Joined the army at the age of eighteen,
enlisting in the Thirty-second Wisconsin, Company K, for three y<ars’ service, and was dis-
charged after having served two years and a half; he then farmed in Wisconsin one year, after
which he worked at the carpenter’s trade in Wisconsin until 1871; was next in Iowa eight
months, then went to Chicago, and remained until 1878, at which time he came to Kansas and
located in Wichita, lived there eighteen months, then settled on a claim of 160 acres in Harper
County, and improved the same, then moved to Harper City in 1880, and opened his present
business. Built three residences in Harper, one in the county and one in Wichita. Was a mem-
ber of the City Council two years, and is now City Clerk. Is an Odd Fellow, and has passed the
chairs; is Trustee of the Methodist Church, and a member of the Board of Trade. Owns two
residences and one business house in Harper. Was married to Miss Mary(C. Potter, of Chicago,
IIL, in 1873, by whom he has three children—Louis, Mary G. and tirace I

J.C. V. KELLEY, of the firm of J. V. Kelley & Son., dealers in hardware, woodenware,
queensware and farm implements, was born in New Jersey, 1847. His early life was spent in
school, obtaining a collegiate education. When sixteen years of age, he began clerking in gener-
al store in Illinois where he continued one year, after which he was at school two years. He
was next three years in the dry goods business, after which he engaged in the hardware business,
and continued until 1878, at which time he took half interest in the business, and continued in
Illinois until January, 1883, when he came to Kansas, and opened his present business in Har-
per. Mr. Kelley is a member of the order of Freemasons, and is also a member of the Knights
of Pythias. In 1876, he was married to Miss N. A. Gray, of lowa, by whom he has one child—
Claude. Mrs. Kelley is a member of the M. E. Church.

E. W. KLINE, civil engineer and surveyor, was born in Virginia, in 1848; at the early age
of twenty, he engaged in the timber business, at which he continued eighteen months. After en-
gaging in various kinds of business for a period of some years, including railroading on the Balti-
Sore te Ohio Railroad, in 1877,he went to Harper County, locating in the city of Harper. Pre-
empted and improved 160 acres of land in 1877, and built a residence in Harper. He has been
both Deputy and County Surveyor of Harper County. From 1881 to 1883, he was in the em-
ploy of the Santa Fé Railroad Company, in New Mexico. Returning home he engaged in his
profession, surveying for private parties. He was Street Commissioner one term. He is amember
of the order of Odd Fellows. He built four residences and one business house in Harper. He as-
sisted in laying out the city of Harper, and laid out three additions to the city; laid out the town
sites of Albion and Danville. In 1873, Mr. Kline was married to Miss Lottie Birkett, by whom
the has two children—Clarence L. and Harry H. Mrs. Kline is a member of the M. E. Church.
Mr. Kline is an accomplished engineer and surveyor. : .

C.S. LLOYD, M. D., and Deputy Sheriff, was born in Pennsylvania, 1826. His early
life was spent in school, graduating in 1859, after which he went to Canada West and practiced
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medicine five years. He next went to Memphis, Tenn., and practiced three years, then to
Illinois eleven years. In 1877, hc came to Kansas, Harper County, and located on a farm of 160
acres which he improved,and broke sixty-five acres. He also opened an office at the same time in
Harper, and was the first physician in the county. He was elected Coroner in 1879; was Town-
ship Clerk three terms ; was appointed Deputy Sheriff, 1882: was married to Miss Eliza Anne
Johnson, by whom he has one child, Frederick D.

DR. ef H. McMANIGLE, druggist and physician, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was
born in 1849. His early life was mainly spent in school. He joined the army at the age of fifteen,
Two Hundredth Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers, Company I. He enlisted for one year,
served ten months, and was discharged at close of the war. He then returned home and attend-
ed school two years, He then taught school three years, and, in the meantime, was reading
medicine. He attended lectures at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1869 and 1870. He then practiced one
year, after which he returned to Cleveland, and graduated at the term of 1872-73. He then prac-
ticed three years, after which he went to Missouri, Crawford County, and practiced six and a
half years. In October, 1882, Dr. McManigle came to Harper City, Harper County, and
bought out J. B. Glenn in the drug business, and has since conducted the drug business in con-
nection with the practice of medicine. He improved one farm of 160 acres, and owns two other
farms of 160 acres each. Dr. McManigle owns two residences and one business property, in the
city of Harper. He is an honored member of the orders of Odd Fellows and Freemasons. In
1872, he was married to Miss Maggie M. Cox, of Bedford County, Penn., by whom he has one
child (a son), Ferdinand.

C. MAXWELL, dealer in groceries, queensware, harness and'saddlery, is a native of
Missouri, and was born in 1857. Was reared in the agricultural profession and received a col-
legiate education. At the age of twenty years, he becan teaching school, continuing about
eighteen months. He then clerked about nine months, after which he embarked in the gen-
eral merchandise business on his own responsibility, in which he continued two years. In 1881,
he came to Harper, Harper Co., Kan., and opened his present business. He owns a farm of
x60 acres, which he hasimproved. He also owns a residence and business house in Harper.
Mr. Maxwellis a member of the order of Odd Fellows and Ancient Order of United Workmen.
He is also a member and Clerk of the Baptist Church, and was instrumental in its organization.
Mr. Maxwell was married to Miss Lizzie Pinson, of Missouri, ig 1879, by whom he has two
children—Ethel and Percy. He started the first saddle and harness shop in Harper, with one
man to do his work, and he now employs three. He is now building a brick and stone store
house, 25xgo feet, which will be completed about September.

as MERRICK, ustice of the Peace, is a native of Ohio, and*was born in 1840; he was
reared in the agricultural profession, and obtained a collegiate education. At the age of twenty,
he joined the army (Fifteenth Ohio, McLaughlin’s cavalry, Company A); he joined the army in
1861, and came out in 1864; returned home, and was on a farm one year, after which he acted as
Deputy Sheriff two years, at the expiration of which time he was elected to the office of Sheriff,
for two years; he was then in the Ty eaary Dapar tent of the Secret Service Company five

ears; after which time he was in the meacantile business about six years. In 1877, he located in

arper, Harper County, Kan., and engaged in the mercantile and hotel business, continuing two
years, and, in 1879, opened a law and real estate office, in the meantime he had been reading
law since 1867. ewas elected Justice of the Peace in 1880, and re-elected in 1883, was Police
Judge of Harper in 1881 and 1882. He opened and improved a farm of 160 acres, which he ran
asagrainfarm. He assisted in organizing the town of Harper, was one of its first citizens and
received more town lots than any one else; has built one business and_two reisdence properties.
He took an active part in the library, and raised $400 to establish the first newspaper. ‘e sold
the first dry goods and kept the first hotel in Harper. Mr. Herrick was married to Miss S. E.
eae Ohio, in 1865, by whom he has four children—Frank J., Icy O., Winniefred and
Bessie B.
He ne MUNGER, Mayor of the city and cattle dealer, was born in Chautauqua Coun-
ty, N. Y.,in 1825, At the age of twenty-one years, having graduated from college, he engaged
in school teaching in Illinois, at which he continued four years, and in the mean time was also
engaged in the mill and lumber business. From Illinois, he went to Powesheik County, Iowa,
where for thirty years he carried on the farming and stock-growing business. In 1882, he locat-
ed in Harper, Harper Co., Kan. Near Harper, he and his sons improved a ranch of 640 acres,
which, after a short time, they sold, They now own a half interest in a ranch in the Cherokee
Strip, 12x15 miles, and will put on the same $75,000 worth of cattle. Mr. Munger owns busi-
ness property, and is now putting up a stone store, 25x80 and two stories high. He also owns
thirty-four acres within the corporate limits of Harper, and lots in various sections of the city.
He owns three fine residences, which he and his sons built. In March, 1883, he was elected
Mayor of Harper for two yeats. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Har-
per Lodge, No. 62. He was married to Miss Pheebe B. Risley, of Fredonia, N. Y., and has
three children—M. M., H.C. and Lucy E. The sons are now engaged in the cattle business
in the Territory.

WILLIAM H. MUNGER, jeweler, was born in the State of New York in 1829. When
nineteen years of age, he began school teaching, which he continued five years. He then went
to work at his trade in New York City, where he remained four years. ethen went to Ohio
and farmed two years, after which he went to Gloversville, N. Y., and worked at his trade until
1858, at which time he went to lowa, where he remained until the breaking-out of the war, when
he joined the army, Third Iowa Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Blue Mills, Mo., on
the 17th day. of September, 1862, and was in hospital at Quincy, IIl., one year, after which he
rejoined his regiment and was discharged on the 23d of February, 1863. Hethen went to Mexico,
Mo., and worked at his trade a short time, after which he accepted a commission under Gov.
Gamble and raised a company of militia, which he drilled. He then went to Quincy, IIl.,
and worked at his trade until the fall of 1864, when he went to Iowa, where he con-
tinued at his trade two years. He was next in Michigan three years, after which he came
to Clay Center, Clay Co., Kan., where he worked at his trade seven years. He was
next in Missouri two years, after which he came to Harper City, Kan., and opened his present
business. Mr. Munger isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, order of Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias, and is also a member of the Board of Trade of Harper, and is a model, tem-
perate man in‘all respects. Mr. Munger in 1853 was married to Miss H, M,. Wait, of Ohio, by
whom he had four children—Franklin, William, Charles J., Willard Edward (deceased). Lost
Ss ve in 1863, and was married at Quincy, III., in 1864, to Miss Jane E. Van Wagner, of New

ork.

H. E. PATTERSON, dealer in dry goods and notions, boots and shoes, is a native of
Ohio and was born in 1860, His early life was spent in school, graduating from high school at
Chillicothe, Ohio. When fifteen years of age, he began clerking in a dry goods store at Chilli-
cothe, where he remained four years. He was next with Waele in the same line two years,
after which he came to Wellington, Kan., in 1881, where he clerked for Hunter Bros, a short
time and in May, 1881, came to Harper and a tae his present business in June of the same

ear. In 1883, he filed a claim of 160 acres, also haus a farm of 160 acres in Harper County.

e owns two nice residence properties in Harper, and one business house, and vacant lots, Mr.
Patterson is now erecting the largest store house in the city of Harper, sox1oo feet, marble
front, the upper part fora hotel. Mr, Patterson is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, In
1882, he was married to Miss Etta M. Jolly, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs, Patterson is a Daughter
of Rebekah, and is also a member of the,Missionary and Library Associations.

GEORGE E, RHODES, cattle-raiser, is a native of Massachusetts, and was born in 1857.
His early life was spent in school. At the age of eighteen, he began clerking in a wholesale
hardware store in Boston, Mass,, in which capacity he acted three years. He then came to
Kansas and located at Wichita, where he opened a dry goods store on his own responsibility,
and continued about eighteen months, at the end of which time he sold out and invested in the
cattle business, buying 200 head in 1881; he in connection with J. Walton and J. Walworth of
Massachusetts, bought 1,800 head of B. F. Buzard, and they now have 3,500 head on their ranch
which is ten by twelve miles, enclosed by a barbed wire fence. Mr. Rhodes is a charter mem-
of the American Legion of Honor. Mr, Rhodes was married to Miss Emma Forrey, of Indiana,
in 1880, by whom ke has one child, Jennie R.

jJ.S. ROTHWELL, of the firm of Rothwell & Skinner, land, loan and insurance, is a
native of Kentucky, and was born in 1860, was reared in the agricultural profession, and re-
ceived a business education. When seventeen years of age, he began business ina land office in
Wellington, Kan., having come to Kansas in 1876, where he remained until 1883, after which he
came to Harper and opened the present business. He owns in Sumner County, 800 acres of
farm land. Mr, Rothwell will complete a map of Harper County, June 1, 1883, He also has
the only complete set of abstract books for Harper County. He is a property holder in Harper
County, is a stock-holder in Wellington bank. He is now building a fine residence in Welling-
ton; is owner of a fine farm near Belle Plain, also a very fine farm two and a half miles north of
Wellington. In the spring of 1882, Mr. Rothwell was married to Miss Lizzie H. Arnold, of Ken-
tucky. They have one child, a son—Henry K. Mrs. Rothwell is a member of the Christian
Church. Mr. Rothwell is a self-made man.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

WELLINGTON SCHERMERHORN, millinery and fancy goods, was born in New
York State in 1852. His early life was spent in school ; when ie Series years of age, he began
the grocery business in Michigan, and run one year, he then went back to New York, and _re-
mained two years, after which he went to Wichita, Kan., for two years, then back to New York
one year, then to Wisconsin two years, and then to Kansas, Harper County, 1883. In 1882, he
bought four lots in the city of Harper, on which he built a business house 18x36. Located
claims of eighty acres in Harper County and will improve the same. Mr. Schermerhorn isa
self-made man and an enterprising, leading citizen. : F :

C. C. SHARE, of the firm of Share Bros., dealers in dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., is a
native of the State of New York, and was born in 1855. He was reared in the mercantile busi-
ness, and received a high school education. At the age of twenty, he embarked in the mercan-
tile business at Independence one geal. having come to Kansas in 1874. He remained at In-
dependence one year, after which he went to Havana, where he remained in the mercantile busi-
ness five years, then came to Harper, and opened his present business. Mr. Share is a member
of the order of Odd Fellows, and is Vice Grand of Harper Lodge. He does a large and pros-
perous business and has the oldest business house in the city of Harper. : me h

SAMUEL S. SISSON, attorney, and dealer in real estate and loans, is a native of Ohio,
and was born in 1848. His early life was spent on the farm, and in going to and teaching school,
graduating at Marietta College. In 1871 and 1872, he taught school in Marietta College and in the
meantime was reading law in 1870, 1871 and 1872, in the office of Judge Cowls, of Ohio. In 1873,
he went to Missouri where he was engaged in the traffic of wood and charcoal three years. In
the fall of 1876, Mr. Sisson emigrated to Kansas, stopping in Wellington, Sumner County, until
the spring of 1877, at which time he went to Harper City, Harper County. Mr. Sisson was ad-
mitted to the bar in Pomeroy, Ohio, in the early part of 1876. He has three times been Mayor
of the city. He own a fine farm of 640 acres, 300 of which are in cultivation. Mr. Sisson owns
nine business houses in Harper, and also owns a small farm of 160 acres, seventy-five of which
are in cultivation, and owns two other farms of 160 acres each, both of which are partly improved.
In 1880, Mr. Sisson was married to Miss Lulu Pearson, of Illinois, by whom he has one daugh-
ter—Mary IE, Mrs. Sisson is a member of the Presbyterian Church. ; ‘ .

A. M. VAN LANINGHAM, real estate, loans and insurance, was born in Indiana, in 1844.
At the age of twenty years, he began teaching school, at which he continued ten years, and in

the meantime obtained his education. Coming to Kansas, he engaged in the mercantile and

farming business at various times, until he finally located in Harper, Harper County, where he
established his present business. He is Commissioner for Harper County. While living in
Sumner County, he held the position of Justice of the Peace two years, and has held all of the
various school offices, and is now Clerk of his school district. Isa member of the order of Odd
Fellows, and the A. O. U. W., is also a member of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association. In
1873, he was married to Miss Nannie Rodman, of Neosho County, Kan., by whom he has two
chiidren—Lola A. and Sybil I. Mrs. N. Van Laningham is a member of the Advent Church;
she lived with her parents in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Neosho County, Kan. He owns
business and residence property, also a large number of vacant lots.

DANVILLE.

Danville is a live little town, of about 200 inhabitants, located on the
K. C., L. &8. K. Railway, seven miles from Harper and about the same
distance from the east line of the county. The town site of sixty acres
was laid out by Mrs. E. J. Cole in 1880, and a post office known as Cole-
ville established. Of this sixty acres, the town company purchased twelve,
and made their improvements thereon, the name of Danville being substi-
tuted for Coleville. The town company’s first officers were T. O. Moffett,
President; J. A. Burke, Vice President; G. P. Pearl, Secretary; F. 0.
Mott, Treasurer. Its present officers are: J. A. Burke, President; Isaac
Coslett, Vice President; John Finn, Secretary; F. O. Mott, _ Treasurer.
The first building on the town site was a residence moved in from the
country by F. O. Mott, the second was the blacksmith shop of E. Markey,
the third the general store of T. O. Moffett. This was soon followed by
the store of L. B. Ammerman. ; :

The post office, both under the name of Coleville and Danville, has
been in charge of Mrs. J. E. Wilson. . :

The press history of the town is summed up in that of the Danville
Argus. This paper was started on November 10, 1882, by R. E. Hicks.
After two months, it was sold to J. R. Horn, and in February, 1883, it
passed into the hands of a stock company. It was started as a Republican
sheet, but changed to Democratic views upon coming into the possession
of J. R. Horn. Its form is that of a ‘‘ patent ”’ five-column quarto. /

The first church building in the town was erected by the Presbyterian
society in 1882, ata cost of about $800. This is used on alternate Sab-
baths by the Methodist society. The Presbyterian society was formed in
December, 1881, with eight members, and has now twenty-five. It has
always been in charge of Rev. J. P. Fulton. A Union Sabbath school is
attached to this church and has an average attendance of 100. It is in
charge of H. H. Garland. The Methodist society was formed at about the
same time as the Presbyterian, and has also about twenty-five members.
Its first pastor, Rev. Mr. Walsh, and its present pastor, Rev. Mr. Anderson,
both live at Harper and come down to perform service. The M. E. Church
South has a number of members at this point, and occasional services by
preachers of that denomination. The Roman Catholics also have many
members and have secured funds for the erection of a chapel at a near
point in the future.

The town now has three groceries, one drug store and grocery com-
bined one drug store, one dry goods and one hardware store, a lumber
yard, meat market, two blacksmith shops, one livery and one shoe
shop. There are two coal dealers and two grain buyers and one hotel.

ALBION.

Albion is a small town on the K. C., L. & 8. K. Railway just west of
the east line of the county. It was laid out March 4, 1881, on land for-
merly owned by J. W. Shields. but purchased by a town company of which
T. Shields was, and still is President. The town site is in the form of a
rectangle 1,642x720 feet. The first building on the town land was put u
by F. E. Beach, the second by Elder Bros., and the third by Portman
Maviay, The post office at this point was formerly known as Gourock,
and was kept by Mrs. Seavey. Upon the laying-out of the town, the post
office was moved to it but the name was not changed to Albion until the fall
of 1882. Soon after the arrival of the Elder brothers, Robert Elder was made
Postmaster and still retains the office. The town has no churches or secret
societies. Its population is about 100 and it has the following industries:
Four stores, one lumber yard, one hotel, two liveries, one meat market,
two blacksmith shops. flouring mill was built-here some time ago but
has never been put in operation.
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LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES,

TCHISON County is one of the extreme northeastern counties of
S Kansas, bordering on the Missouri River, being bounded north by

Brown and Doniphan counties, west by Jackson and south by Leaven-
worth. It has an area of 409 square miles or 271,360 acres.

The Delaware River furnishes excellent water power for mills at Mus-
cotah and Arrington. Independence Creek in Shannon and Lancaster town-
ships and Stranger Creek in Mount Pleasant township also possess natural
powers, which have been improved to some extent.

Cottonwood, burr oak, walnut, hackberry, elm, miple, sycamore, ash,
basswood and hickory skirt these streams, the timber being particularly abun-
dant in Shannon and Walnut townships. Timber is also being successfully
and quite extensively cultivated, cottonwood, maple and walnut being specially
prolific. The general surface of the county is undulating, with bluffs along
the Missouri River. Landis divided as follows: Bottom, 15 per cent; up-
land, 85; forest, 10; prairie, go. The bottom lands are from one fourth to
two miles in width.

The county is principally watered by the Stranger.and Delaware rivers.
The Stranger River takes its rise in the central portions of the county, flowing
southeast and south toward the Kansas River. From Brown County comes
the Delaware River, flowing in a generaily southern direction, through the
western sections. Independence Creek rises in the northern portion and cuts
the northeastern corner of the county and empties into the Missouri. White
Clay Creek, which passes through the City of Atchison, assists to water the
eastern part. Little Delaware and Coal creeks, branches of the Delaware, also
drain the western sections of the county. Good water is obtained ata depth
of from twenty to thirty feet. : ‘

In the southwestern part of the county are the Arrington Mineral Springs,
which are obtaining a reputation for medicinal qualities. The grounds have
been improved, and visitors flock to the springs from localities even outside of
the county. The water is highly magnetic, and is rich in carbonic acid.

Valuable varieties of building stone are found in different parts of the
county and in some localities, quite abundantly; Shannon township, in and
around Atchison, is especially favored with good gray limestone. In Grass-
hopper township, near the bluffs bordering on the Delaware River, limestone
abounds. Coal in small quantities has been mined near Muscotah, in this
township. Good limestone is found in the southeastern corner of Center, the
southern and eastern sections of Mount Pleasant and in Walnut townships.
A yellow and blue variety is quarried in Mount Pleasant township, and is ob-
tained in excellent shap2 for building purposes. On the Delaware River and
vicinity, in Kapioma township, lime, sand and flagging stone are found, the lat-
ter being easily quarried. {na word, sandstone, white, blue and gray lime-
stone abound throughout the county, especially the latter. -Fire clay and min-
eral paint are believed to exist in.quantity, in Lancaster township — also an
inexhaustible quantity of pottery clay, in the southwest quarter of section
twenty-three, township five, range nineteen. From Grasshopper township has
been obtained an excellent quality of hydraulic cement, made by grinding a
blue shale which is found under the subsoil.

FIRST SETTLERS OF THE COUNTY.
The first settler of Atchison County was a Frenchman named Pensinau,

who in 1839 married a Kickapoo’ Indian, and located on the banks of the.

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Stranger, near Mount Pleasant. In June, 1854, a colony of immigrants
crossed the river at Iatan, Mo., and took claims in the neighborhood of Oak
Mills, Walnut township, They were F..P. Goddard, G. B. Goddard, James
Douglass, Allen Hanson and George A. Wright. But the actual settlers and
the founders of the city and county of Atchison did not enter the territory
of Kansas until the next month.

The currents of feeling and the strange actions of men, which stirred the
whole county during the pioneer days, eddied and centered around the town
of Atchison. As Lawrence was the Free-soil champion of Kansas, so, for.the
first three years of her life, Atchison moved and had her being in the Pro-slav-,
ery principle. From 1854 to 1857 is a clean-cut period in her history, During
the latter year the local leaders of the Pro-slavery party saw how the scales of

_public sentiment tipped in the outer world, and concluded to forget politics,

invite the immigration of all respectable classes, and to unite business energy
with business energy, for the good of a community with an evident and-an em-
inent future before it. But these three years are so pregnant with examples of
the intense pitch of feeling to which political and property prejudices will drive
men, the wotld over, that the period ‘‘ would point a moral and adorn a tale,”
even had Atchison been the champion of the-Free-soil doctrine and surrendered
at last to Pro-slaverydom, Atchison was the gateway through which a powerful
champion of the Pro-slavery classes expected to advance his forces.and finally
take possession of the State of Kansas, in the name of his institution. David
R. Atchison, President of the Senate, and acting Vice-President of the United
States, was an able and a bold leader, and if that advance was to have been,.it
would have been accomplished under his guidance. A lawyer by profession,
ambitious, in the prime of life, a native of Kentucky, a politician in his native
State and in the powerful commonwealth of Missouri for twenty years, a fear-
less advocate for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, a champion of Popular
Sovereignty and the Kansas-Nebraska bill, he looked across the broad Missouri
from the rich hemp, corn and grazing lands of Platte County to this unbroken
but wealthy territory, and saw at the apex of the great bend of the- Missouri
River a chance not only to make a bold commercial venture, but to extend
over a broad domain the influence of his political party ; and who in the West
could more reasonably have counted upon a successful issue from such. an en-
terprise! As soon asthe Territory was fairly. open to settlement, Senator
Atchison selected the site of the new town at this point where.the Missouri
River bends so boldlyinland. It was onthe direct lineof travel to New Mexico,
Utah and California, and was already a favorite stopping place for the weary
emigrants bound for those far-off regions—a kind of a natural half-way haven
between the Far East and the Far West. The outfitting points for this im
mense traffic, previous to 1854, were at Independence, Weston and Westport,
situated in the old ‘Platte Purchase”—territory bought. from the Indians in
1828, in order to complete the natural boundaries of the State of Missouri.
‘Under the fostering care of slave labor this territory had been made to
yield enormous returns to its proprietors, which, combined with its Western
trade, had made the country a garden of opulence and a bee-hive of activity.
Undoubtedly, it was the aim of the founders of Atchison, that, in all particu-
lars, history should repeat itself. So when the Kansas lands were thrown open
to settlers in 1854, Senator Atchison and his friends at once founded a town,
and named it in his honor. It was on the Fourth of July, 1854, that Senator
Atchison anda few Platte County friends dedicated thenew town. From sub-
sequent events, however, it would seem that all of the citizens of Platte County
were not agreed upon the advantages of the site which was finally selected.
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On the 2oth of July, five men left Platte City, Mo., to decide definitely
upon agood location. They were Dr. J. H. Stringfellow, Ira Norris, Leonidas
Oldham, James B. Martin and Neal Owens. With the exception of Dr.
Stringfellow they had all taken claims in Walnut Creek Valley, four miles west
of the present City of Atchison. Travelling in a southwesterly direction for a
few miles from Platte City, the party reachéd the river opposite Fort Leaven-
worth, and crossed to the Kansas side. Continuing along the Missouri’s west-
ern shore, in the course of the day they reached Wainut Creek and John Al-
corn’s lonely cabin upon its banks. Mr. Alcorn tried to prevail upon them to
select his newly-taken claim as the site of the town of Atchison. But the
site-hunters were induced by Dr. Stringfellow to continue their course up the
Missouri River, until they reached the present limits of the City of Atchison;
or, as he says, in more definite-and therefore in more historical terms, until they
came to the “south edge of the rim of the basin which circles around from
the south line of the city, extending west by gradual incline, to the divide be-
tween White Clay and Stranger Creek, then north and east around to the north-
een limits of the ci'y.” From their elevated position they couldlook down into
this beautiful valley gradually sloping from the old military road, five miles
west, and, as it approached the Missouri River, narrowing to a width of a few
hundred feet. They were not only charmed with the beauty of this vast am-
phitheatre, but also by its natural advantages of the easy access and its pecu-
liar facilities for obtaining artificial approaches. Here it was that the great
river made a bend from the northeast, throwing this point twelve miles west of

any locality above, twenty miles west of Leavenwoyth and thirty-five west of °

Kansas City. This site was also nearer to the rich agricultural region, just
open for settlement, than any other point on the Missouri River. Hurrying
down upon the lower land, the explorers found that two men had made claims,
a short time previous, George M. Million and Samuel Dickson. Mr. Million
owned 160 acres of land, by virtue of squatter sovereignty, his track lying south
of what is now known as Atchison street, his ferry landing at the foot of what
is now that thoroughfare, and his cabin on the opposite bank of the Missouri
River. Mr. Dickson, a resident of Rushville, Mo., had erected a small hut
near the spring in South Atchison and deserted it. But there it stood in allits
loneliness, the first edifice ever erected upon the present site of the City of At-
chison. It was a structure twelve feet square, having one door and one win-
dow and a large stone chimney running up the outside. L. Yokum built it.
When the searchers after a good town site came down upon the low land they
luckily found Mr. Million and his ferry upon the Kansas side of the Missouri
River. They at once commenced negotiations and the production by Mr, Mil-
lion of an old map of the State of Missouri, which he spread out for their inspec-
tion, forced the conviction to become unanimous that this point was further west
than any other upon the great defour of the river, and that it was ¢he site to be
selected. When the party from Platte City thus decided they could look over
the present site of the City of Atchison, and see nothing but hills broken by
water courses and lowlands stretching to the west, covered with a heavy growth
of cottonwood. But the river lay to the east and the natural outlet tothe west
was so free and easy that they perceived at once, that the town could not but be-
come another gateway through which must pass the great overland travel. As
all of the prospectors except Dr. Stringfellow had taken claims in the Valley of
Walnut Creek, that gentleman was the only one who could select a tract of
land. He therefore made a claim north of Mr. Million’s. They then proposed
to form a company and lay off the future townof Atchison. Mr, Dickson was
willing, but Mr. Million objected, saying that he did not want his claim “spoiled”
in that way, but that he would sell it for $1,000! That was a preposterous
price, but Platte City had put her shoulder to the task of founding a city where
that city ought to be founded, and she did not turn back, Million being in-
duced to part with his interest in the town site for $1,000, payable any time
within twelve months. All the preliminaries having therefore been satisfac-
torly arranged, Messrs. Stringfellow, Owens, Oldham, Morris, Martin, Million
and Dickson agreed to form a town company and receive into their organiza-
tion six additional parties, viz: David R. Atchison, Elisha Green, E. H. Nor-
ton, P. T. Abell and B. F. Stringfellow (as one), Burnes brothers (as one) and
Stephen Johnston. A week afterthe town site had been thus selected, the original
and the proposed members of the company gathered under a large tree which
stood on the river bank about one-half a block south of Atchison street. In
the meantime Senator Atchison had made over his interest in the town to his
nephew, James Headley, a smart young lawyer, and Jesse Morin had been ad-
mit:ed as an additional member ; therefore the name of the founder of the town
does not appear in the list of the members of the company. The Burnes brothers
mentioned were Lewis, Daniel D., James N. and Calvin F, So that the mem-
bers of the town company, as they met under the trees on the Missouri bank,
numbered eighteen. Mere they formally organized by electing Col. Peter T,
Abell, President; Dr. J. H. Stringfellow, Secretary; Col. James N. Burnes,
Treasurer.

Col. Abell was the personal friend of Senator Atchison, and was exactly
the right kind of a man to take up a pet town and coddle it into maturity. He
was in many respects a remarkable man, and although he should not have all
the praise and credit of starting Atchison along a prosperous commercial path,
he ought to have the lion’s share, Like General Atchison, he had been all his
life a native of Kentucky and Missouri. Like Senator Atchison, he was a
lawyer by profession, but, unlike him, his nature did not run to political ambi-
tion. By instinct and by a long experience he was an energetic, broad-minded
business man, who inspired everyone with confidence and the majority of peo-
ple with enthusiasm. Although a Southern man tothe core of his being he
soon saw that the only way to build up a prosperous community was to forget
political differences; so that after the hot Pro-slavery times of 1856 had passed,
Col. Abell, although possessed of a warm temperament and still holding the
most decided convictions, seldom gave expression to any sentiments which
could offend an ultra Free-soil citizen, His personal appearance also matked
him for a commercial leader. Although not really of a hardy constitution, his
outward physique carried the impression of perfect health and an iron frame.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

He was six feet one inch in height, weighed 190 pounds, had black hair and
eyes—and yet notwithstanding his large proportions, was ever as active bodily
as he was mentally. At the time he became President of the Atchison Town
Company he was a resident of Weston, Mo., and made that place his home for
one year after Atchison had been surveyed.

Having thus regularly organized, the company divided the town site into
one hundred shares. Each of its members— and it will be borne in mind that
Messrs. Abell and B. F. Stringfellow and the Burnes brothers were received as
two parties — retained five shares, the balance of thirty being reserved for the
common benefit. The services of Henry Kuhn were obtained for surveying the
480 acres of which the town site consisted. This important proceeding was ac-
complished on the 2oth of September, and the next day was fixed for the sale
of lots. The event proved to be of more than local interest. It was under-
stood that General Atchison was to make a speech upon the questions of the
day, and the gathering had therefore quite a political as well as a business sig-
nificance. The Senator from Missouri and a crowd of his supporters were
present, but there appears to have been some disagreement as to the exact ex-
pressions used by their leader in the speech which he delivered before the land
sale commenced. One reporter asserts that he said, “ people from every quar-
ter should be welcomed into the territory and treated with civility as long as
they showed themselves peaceable'men.” Some one called out: “ What shall
we do with those who run off with our niggers?” ‘Hang ’em,” cried another
voice in the crowd. To this Mr. Atchison prudently replied: ‘“ No, I would
not hang them, but I would get them out of the territory—get rid of them.” A
St. Louis man, whose hearing was perhaps affected by his strong Pro-slavery
sentiments, reports the Senator as answering his anxious questioners thus:
“By —, sirs, hang every abolitionist you find in the territory.”

The best account, however, of this important gathering, and one which
bears upon its face the marks of having been reported by a careful eye-witness
to all the proceedings, was given by a gentleman from Parkville, Mo., and is
published entire: ‘‘ We left Parkville on the ‘New Lucy,’ on Wednesday
afternoon, and had a fine run to Weston, where we laid all night, taking ona
goodly number of passengers. Starting on Thursday morning, we arrived at
Atchison in the forenoon, Among the company was our distinguished Senator,
in honor of whom the new city is named. There was a large assemblage on
the ground, with plenty of tables spread for dinner, where the crowd could be
accommodated with bacon and bread and a drink at the branch for fifty cents
ahead. Our party, however, fellin with some friends from the Missouri side,
who hospitably placed the contents of their saddle-bags (such as were eatable
and drinkable) at our disposal.

“The survey of the town had just been completed the evening before.
The stockholders held a meeting to arrange particulars of sale, and afterwards,
as had been previously announced, General Atchison mounted an old wagon
and made a speech. He commenced by alluding to the beautiful country
which was now beginning to be settled —to some of the circumstances under
which a territorial government was organized, and in the course of his remarks
mentioned how Douglas came to introduce the Nebraska bill, with the repeal
clause in it. Senator Atchison said that for himself, he was entirely devoted to
the interests of the South, and that he would sacrifice everything, but his hope of
heaven, to advance her welfare. He thought the Missouri Compromise ought
to be repealed — he had pledged himself, in his public addresses, to vote for no
territorial organization that would not virtually annul it; and, with this feeling
in his heart, he desired to be chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories
when a bill was to be introduced. With this object in view he had a private
interview with Mr. Douglas and informed him of what he desired — the intro-
duction of a bill for Nebraska like the one he had promised to vote for; that
he wished to be chairman of the Committee on Territories in order to intro-
duce such a measure, and that if he could get that position he would imme-
diately resign as Speaker of the Senate. Judge Douglas requested twenty-four
hours in which to consider the matter, and said that if, at the expiration of that
time, he could not introduce such a bill as he (Mr. Atchison) proposed, which
would at the same time accord with his own sense of right and justice to the
South, he would resign as chairman of Territorial Committee in Democratic
Caucus, and exert his influence to get him (Atchison) appointed. At the ex-
piration of the given time Senator Douglas signified his intention to report
such a bill as had been spoken of. Gen. Atchison next spoke of those who
had supported, and those who had opposed the bill in the Senate, and remarked
that Northern Democrats came up nobly to the work, and that Northern
Whigs had proved recreant to the cause of justice and right. Southern men, he
said, acted as they should have done, with, he was sorry to say, two exceptions.
(A voice in the crowd here called out, ‘Bell and Houston!’) Yes, he said,
these were the men—one Whig and one Democrat, both aspirants for the
Presidency, but poor miserable devils! They had made a false step, and he
might say that now he (Atchison) had a fairer chance for that high honor than
either of them. The American people loved honesty, and could appreciate the
acts of a man who, openly and above board, voted according to the will of bis
constituents without regard to political favor. Senator Atchison next alluded to
the slavery question, as it is now being agitated in our community, and closed by
expressing his profound contempt for Abolitionists, and said that if he had his
way he would hang every one that dared show his face here. In reference,
however, to Northern men settling in the Kansas Territory, he said he knew
there were sensible, honest, right feeling men among them who would be as
far from stealing a negro as a Southern man would, and his remarks applied
only to avowed Abolitiomists.

“Such is a glance at some of the points in Senator Atchison’s speech.
When he concluded the sale commenced, and during the afternoon thirty-four
lots were sold at an average of $63 each. Those disposed of were mostly back
from the river, and, as far as could be seen, with two or three exceptions, were
bought by owners of the town. Prices ranged from $35 to $200—one at each
of the extremes. ‘Chis sale was to be continued next day, when lots more
advantageously situated were expected to be offered.”
ATCHISON COUNTY.

At this meeting. held on the atst day of September, action was taken upon
two matters which always come up first in new communities—the project of
building a hotel and the enterprise of establishing a newspaper. Each of the one
hundred shares was assessed $25, and the result was the completion, during
the succeeding spring of the ‘ National Hotel,” corner of Second and Atchi-
son streets. The company agreed to donate $400 to Dr. J. H. Stringfellow
and R. S. Kelley to purchase a printing office, and the Sqguatter Sovereign
made its bow to Atchison, in February, 1855. Its proprietors were uncom-
promising pro-slavery men. The new candidate for public favor received a
cordial welcome, especially from some of the Leavenworth papers. The
Kansas Herald of February 9, 1855, says: “The Sguatier Sovereign pub-
lished at Atchison, Kansas Territory, by J. H. Stringfellow and R. S. Kelley,
‘made its appearance last Saturday, the first number of which is now before us.
It is a large size sheet, very neatly printed and well filled with original and
choice selections. It is edited with considerable ability, is Pro-slavery in senti-
ment and will be a valuable acquisition to the true interests of Kansas. We wel-
come our neighbors into the journalistic field, and bid them good-speed.”
But, alas! the professional tilts between the two papers were too lively, within
the next three months, to: keep alive such brotherly feelings. In May the Herald
relieved itself of its venom as follows: “Itis with great reluctance we con-
descend to notice anything from the vituperative pen of the insignificant,
puerile, silly blackguard who at present presides over the editorial con-
duct of the Sovereign. Atchison may be, but Leavenworth is not the
place where Peter Pindar’s remark that ‘every blackguard scoundrel is
a king’ is recognized by the community. * # * The ego-
tistical dupe of the Sovereign thinks we are a representative of the ver-
dancy of Virginia. Be this as it may, we can retort by saying that the mendac-
ity of Missouri is represented in the person of one R.S. Kelley, of Atch-
ison.” :

H. Rives Pollard, of Virginia, had charge of the Heva/d in the absence of
Gen, L. J. Eastin, senior editor, and Mr. Kelley who, since April 10, had
written “ P.M.” after his name, managed the Sovereign when Dr. Stringfellow
was away. The quarrel between the two young men waxed so hot that in June
the fiery Virginian challenged the Missourian to mortal combat. But although
made up in the ‘‘ border-ruffian” stripe, somewhat, Mr. Kelley was quite popu-
lar in the community, and refused to risk the possibility of having his career
thus terminated. There had been almost a similar revulsion of feeling between
Leavenworth and Atchison as marked the intercourse between their editors.
Atchison was gaining several advantages over her elder sister. At this time
the most important point was the fact that several Salt Lake and overland
freighters had been induced in June, to select Atchison as their outfitting
point. Livingston, Kinkead & Co., and Hooper & Williams were among the
largest of these firms. To the west of the town about five miles, passed the old
military road. In this vicinity the town company sold the Mormon Immigrant
agents a section of land which had been purchased from squatters, and there their
people founded quite a settlement. {t is true the “ buildings” were mostly
tents, and the “citizens” seldom remained long in their temporary homes.
But the activity was so constant and the trade of the emigrants so continuous
that Atchison derived as much benefit from the adjacent town as though it had
been permanently a portion of her own corporation. The actual outfitting
was all done in Atchison, and this fact first established her business career. In
a few years much of this immense trade was transferred from the eastern banks
of the Missouri to the town of Atchison. The credit of obtaining for Atchi-
son this advantage is particularly due to Samuel Dickson, the Burnes Bros.,
Stephen Johnston and George T. Challiss, all enterprising merchants. The
National Hotel had now been completed, trade was brisk, the Sguatter Sover-
eign was always on hand to blow the horn of the new town whose future was
assured, and nothing stood in the way of a complete town and county organi-
zation. The Court of Commissioners first met in O. B. Dickerson’s house, in
September, having been elected by the Territorial Legislature, August 25. The
association of the town of Atchison was incorporated on the 3oth of August,
1855, by John H. Stringfellow, Peter T. Abell, Samuel R. Dickson, Elijah H.
Norton, Lewis Burnes, Ira Norris “and their associates.” The corporation
was empowered to purchase and hold a tract of land not to exceed 640 acres,
the stock of the company to be deemed personal property.

The county was surveyed into awiihipk in 1855, but not into quarters and
sections until the fall of that year. The town company at first required every
settler to build a house at least sixteen feet square upon his lot. When the
survey of 1855 was made many found themselves upon school lands. Among
those who had thus erected dwellings in 1854 and 1855 were James T. Darn-
all, Archibald Elliott, Thomas J.C. Duncan, Andrew W. Pebler, Robert S.
Kelley, F. B. Wilson, Henry Cline and William Hassett. Matters remained
unsettled as to the title to these school lands for some time thereafter. During
1857 the title to all lands embracing the town site and open to settlement was
acquired from the general government, and subsequently the title to the
school lands was obtained from the territory. The town company thus derived
a clear title to all lands covering the site and conveyed them to the settlers and
purchasers according to their respective interests; and the title thus acquired
was confirmed by decisions from the court. The survey of North Atchison
was made in October, 1857, by J. J. Pratt, Dr. J. H. Stringfellow, ‘proprietor.
It consisted of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 36
town 5 south, range 20 east. South Atchison was platted in May, 1858,
Samuel Dickson, proprietor; West Atchison, February, 1858, John Roberts,
proprietor. John Roberts’ first addition to Atchison was made in 1858; also
L. C. Challiss’ addition. Other additions to the corporate limits of the city
have since been made. A few days previous to the surveying of North Atch-
ison, Lancaster, eleven miles west, was platted, no doubt with the intention of
becoming the county seat. Sumner was at this time Atchison’s most formid-
able rival. But the next year the dispute was settled in favor of Atchison, and
her court house was completed in 1859. That was the second point obtained
by her enterprising people.

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“BORDER RUFFIAN” WARFARE,

The few Free-soilers who settled in Atchison previous to 1857 were,
with two or three exceptions, very careful not to express their sentiments. Up
to the spring of that year there was no political organization in the county
opposed to the principle of slavery. Occasionally, however, very early in the
conflict, some one, like Rev. Pardee Butler of the Christian church, reckless of
bodily consequences, ventured to uphold his Abolitionist opinions, even upon
the corner of the streets. In the month of August, 1855, a negro woman
“belonging” to Grafton Thomassen, the saw-mill man, was found drowned in
the river. A gentleman from Cincinnati, a lawyer by profession and a Free-
soiler in politics,—J. W. B. Kelley—is said to have expressed the opinion that
if she had been treated better she would not have committed suicide, and to
have thrown in some remarks on the subject of slavery, offensive to the Pro-
slavery party. Thomassen was not only greatly incensed at the personality of
Kelley’s remarks, but was sufficiently angered to delude himself with the idea
that by satisfying his vengeance he would, at the same time, render the Pro-
slavery party a service. He therefore inflicted upon Mr. Kelley a thorough bodi-
ly chastisement, and really was sustained in his conduct by a large meeting of
Atchison’s townsmen. Thomassen was a much larger and more powerful man
than Kelley, but “the principle of the thing” was what the people looked at,
as will be evident from the resolutions which they passed :

Resolved, That one J. W.B Kelley, hailing from Cincinnati, having upon sundry occa-
siong denounced our institutions, and declared all Pro-slavery men ruffians, we deem it an
act of kindness to rid him of such company, and therefore command hii to leave the town
of Atchison one hour after having been informed of the passage of this resolution, never
more to show himselfin this vicinity.

Resolved. 2d, That in case he fails to obey this reasonable command, we inflict upon
him such punishment as the nature of the case and circumstances may require.

Resolved, 3d, That other emissaries of this Abolitionist Society, now in our midst tam-
pering witn our slaves, are warned to leave, else they will meet the reward which their
nefarious designs so justly merit—hemp.

Resolved, 4th, That we approve and applaud our fellow townsman, Grafton Thomassen
for the castigation administered to said J. W. B. Kelley, whose presence among us is a libel
upon our good standing and a disgrace to our community. :

Resolved, 5th, That we recommend the good work of purging our town of all resident
Abolitionists; and after cleansing our town of such nuisances, shall do the same for the
seuleraon Walnut and Independence creeks, whose propensities for cattle stealing are well

nown to many.

Resolved, 6th, That the chairman appoint a committee of three to wait upon sald Kelley
and acquaint him with the action of this meeting.

Resolved, (th, That the proceedings of this meeting be published, that the world may
know our determination. 7

It was further agreed that copies of these resolutions be made out and
circulated for the signatures of all the townsmen, and all who refused to sign
them should be considered and treated as Abolitionists.

Rev. Pardee Butler lived upon his claim, twelve miles west of Atchison.
On the 16th of the month, very soon after this large and- enthusiastic meeting
had been held, he came to town on his way to the East, bound on business—
or, as some of his Pro-slavery enemies put it, ‘arrived in town, with a view of
starting for the East, probably for the purpose of getting a fresh supply of
Free-soilers from the penitentiaries and pest-holes of the Northern States.”
Being obliged to wait for a boat until morning, he put up at the National
Hotel, and then proceeded to make the rounds of the town, expressing himself
freely, as was his wont, upon Free-soil and Abolition doctrines, and being par-
ticularly severe upon the action of the meeting which passed the Thomassen-
Kelley resolutions. He declared that there were many persons in Atchison
who were Free-soilers at heart, but feared to avow their sentiments. He, how-
ever (Butler), would express his views wherever he was. Rev. Mr. Butler, in
fact, preached the ‘‘foulest of Abolition heresies,” and was considered a dan-
gerous man, to be letalone. In the course of a conversation which he had at
the Post-office with Robert S. Kelley, “ P. M.” and journalist, Mr. Butler in-
formed the latter that he would some time since have become a regular sub-
scriber to his paper, had he not disliked the spirit of violence which character-
ized it. Mr. Kelley replied, “I look upon all Free-soilers as rogues, and they
ought to be treated as such.” Mr. Butler responded, ‘I am a Free-soiler, and
expect to vote for Kansas to bea free State.” “Ido not expect you will be
allowed to vote,” was the reply.

The next morning Mr, Kelley called at the hotel with the resolutions
which had been adopted by the public meeting, and the signature to which
was to be made the test of political faith. Of course Mr. Butler refused to sign
the Pro-slavery document, and walked down stairs into the street. A crowd
was there awaiting him, which increased as they dragged the Abolitionist vic-
tim along towards the river, saying they were going todrown him. A vote was
taken upon the mode of punishment which ought to be accorded to him, and,.
to this day, itis probably known to but few persons that a decided verdict of
death by hanging was rendered, and, furthermore, that Mr. Kelley, the teller,
by making false returns to the excited mob, saved Mr. Butler's life. Mr. Kel-
ley is now a resident of Montana and volunteered this information, several
years ago, while stopping in St. Joe, with the former senior editor of the
Sguatter Sovereign, Dr. J. H. Stringfellow. And at the time that the Pro-
slavery party, through Mr. Kelley, decided to send Mr. Butler down the Mis-
souri River on a raft, J)r. Stringfellow was absent as a member of the Territo-
rial Legislature. The particulars of his treatment are thus given by the victim
himself:

“When we arrived at the bank, Mr, Kelley painted my face with black
paint, marking upon it the letter‘ R.’ The company had increased to some
thirty or forty persons. Without any trial, witness, judge, counsel or jury, for
about two hours I was a sort of target at which were hurled imprecations,
curses, arguments, entreaties, accusations and interrogations. They construct-
ed a raft of three cottonwood saw logs. fastened together with inch plank
nailed to the logs, upon which they put me and sent me down the Missouri
River. The raft was.towed out to the middle of the stream with a canoe.
Robert S. Kelley held the rope that towed the raft. They gave me neither rud-
der, oar, nor anything else to manage my raft with. They put up a flag on the
raft with the following inscriptions on it: ‘Eastern Emigrant Aid Express,’
‘The Rev. Pardee Butler again for the underground railroad,’ ‘ The way they
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are served in Kansas,’ ‘For Boston,’ ‘Cargo insured, unavoidable danger of
the Missourians and Missouri River excepted,’ ‘ Let future emissaries from the
North beware,’ ‘Our hemp crop is sufficient to reward all such scoundrels.’
They threatened to shoot me if I pulled the flag down. I pulled it down; cut
the flag off the flag-staff, made a paddle of the flag-staff, and ultimately got
ashore about six miles below.”

To these particulars it may be added, merely as indicating the lengths to
which the party went to humiliate a man for expressing his honest sentiments,
that they placed upon the raft his baggage and a loaf of bread, and that Mr.
Butler was escorted down the river for some distance by several citizens, who
did not fail to beguile the lonely voyageur with much pleasantry. Mr.
Butler landed, as he said, about six miles below—upon the future site of
Sumner.

On the 30th of the following April (1856), the Rev. Pardee Butler, having
terminated safely his voyage on the raft, again ventured to make his appear-
ance in the pro-slavery town of Atchison, where, as he says, ‘‘I spoke to no
one in town, save two merchants of the place with whom I had business trans-
actions since my first arrival in the Territory. Having remained only a few
minutes, I went to my buggy to resume my journey, when I was assaulted by
Robert S. Kelley, junior editor of the Sgzatter Sovereign, and others; was
dragged into a grocery, and there surrounded by a company of South Carolin-
ians, who are reported to have been sent out by a Southern Emigrant Aid
Society, After exposing me to every sort of indignity they stripped me to the
waist, covered my body with tar, and then for want of feathers applied cotton-
wool. Having appointed a committee of three to certainly hang me the next
time I should come to Atchison, they tossed my clothes into the buggy, put me
therein, accompanied me to the suburbs of the town and sent me naked upon
the prairie. I adjusted my attire about me as best I could, and hastened to
rejoin my wife and two little ones on the banks of Stranger Creek. It was
rather a sorrowful meeting after so long a parting,”

The Wakarusa war, and the conclusion of peace in December, 1855, the
Free-State elections, and the tumult of the next jmonth, the obvious determi-
nation of that party to convene their legislature in March, and the consequent
bold attitude assumed by the people of Lawrence, kept alive in the pro-slavery
town of Atchison the fires of political feelings, and fed its martial ardor. In

March, numbers of South Carolina emigrants arrived by steamer, and they
were subsequently formed into a company, commanded by Capt. F. G, Palmer;
first lieutenant, Robert De Treville. A home company had already been
formed—Captain John H. Stringfellow, First Lieutenant Robert S. Kelley,
Second Lieutenant A. J. G. Westbrook, Third Lieutenant John H. Blassin-
game. The rifles for the above company were shipped from Fort Leaven-
worth. By the last of April these companies were under arms waiting to be
led to the assault upon Lawrence. The whole country, breathed upon by the
spirit of General Atchison and his friends, was afire with warlike feelings. In
accordance with Judge Lecompte’s charge of May 5, the grand jury of
Douglas County recommended the abatement of Zhe Herald of Freedom and
the ‘‘ Free-State Hotel,” at Lawrence, as public nuisances—this paper having
stirred up rebellion against the territorial authorities, and the hotel having
been armed and equipped as a regular fortress of war, It is not necessary to
go into details—they will be found elsewhere—but public meetings were held
in Lawrence, and communications were addressed to the United States Mar-
shal, declaring Lawrence to be order-loving and law-abiding, and that her
enemies were bent upon her destruction, pretending that they wished only to
preserve the peace. Notwithstanding which, preparations for the sortie con-
tinued, until by May 21, the besiegers formed quite an army. The South
Carolina Company of Atchison was among the first to commence the assault
upon Lawrence, and before the city was fairly subjugated ‘ils flag was planted
upon the rifle pit of the enemy.” So says the Sovereign, whose-editors were
two of the commanders-in-chief. The paper continues: “It was then carried
by its brave bearer and stationed upon the Herald of Freedom printing office,
and from thence to the large hotel and fortress of the Yankees, where it
proudly waved until the artillery commenced battering down the building.
Our company was composed mostly of South Carolinians, under command of
Capt. Robert De Treville, late of Charleston, S.C., and we venture the prediction
that a braver set of men than are found in its ranks never bore arms.” The brave
troops from Atchison returned proudly to their home, the commander of all the
infantry (§00) having been one of their fellow townsmen, Col. J. H. Stringfellow,
of the Sovereign. The Sguatter Sovereign, without dispute the most bitter Pro-
slavery organ in the Territory, kept up an everlasting din about avenging ‘the
shooting down of our men witiout provocation wherever they met them,”
Its watchword was “Death to all Yankees and traitors in Kansas!” Ata
mass meeting held in June, 1856, its editor, Robert S. Kelley, was nominated
as ‘“ commander-in-chief of the forces in town,” but his press of other duties
and the thought, no doubt, that he was doing more good for the party as
editor than he could as commander, induced him to decline the honor, and it
was conferred upon Capt. F. G. Palmer, the South Carolinian. At this meet-
ing Senator Atchison, Col. Abell, Capt. De Treville—the hero of Lawrence—
and others less noted made speeches. During the summer, the John Brown
war and general excitement caused the citizens of Atchison to form another
company—the ‘Atchison Guards”—commanded by John Robertson, and so
prominent in the battle of ‘‘ Hickory Point.” By the first days of September,
1856, Gen, Lane and Col. Harvey were well on their way towards Lecompton,
to rescue the. Free-State prisoners there'confined, Because of Gen. Lane’s
delay in making his appearance, Col. Harvey thought the movement against
the territorial capital had been abandoned, and therefore turned his attention
to Capt. F. G. Palmer. the Pro-slavery commander of Atchison, who had given
the Free-soilers much trouble at Slough Creek, fifteen miles from Lecompton.
The forces were returning from Lecompton to Atchison, and had camped for
the night. Capt. Palmer’s South Carolina troops undoubtedly were thoroughly
wearied, for they were sound asleep and had no pickets out, when Col. Harvey
arrived and surrounded the camp. Every one of the twenty-two soldiers was

HISTORY OF KANSAS. °

taken prisoner, but Capt. Palmer and Lieut. Morrall, who were sleeping a
little apart from the rest, escaped. In the slight scrimmage two of the men
were wounded. All were taken before they were fairly awake, and surrendered
their guns, side arms, twelve horses, four oxen, two wagons, carpet bags, etc.
At daylight they were released and arrived at Atchison the same day, rather
low spirited, it must be confessed.

But this was not the end of the triumph of Col. Harvey over the chivalry of
Atchison. On September 12, Gov. Geary, the newly-appointed Chief Exec-
utive of the Territory, issued his proclamation ordering all captains of militia
to disband their forces, seeing that such commands were being used as politi-
cal and party agents, and claiming, furthermore, that he had sufficient United
States troops for any probable emergency. Gen. Lane’s forces at once dis-
banded, but Col. Harvey, thinking that he was justified in punishing Capt. H.
A. Lowe’s band of Pro-slavery men at Hickory Point, proceeded to that locality,
where he arrived on the 13th. Capt. Robertson, of Atchison, had in the
meantime started with his company for Lecompton. Stopping at Hickory
Point he was prevailed upon by Capt. Lowe to remain there and help defend the
place from Col. Harvey’s proposed assault, news of which had reached him. The
Pro-slavery forces defended themselves pluckily for three hours during the first
day’s battle, which took place on the 13th They were divided into three par-
ties, entrenched in a blacksmith shop (Capt. Robertson’s command) in a hotel
and in a store, each about a quarter of a mile apart. The Atchison leader
stood the brunt of the affray, as the shop in which he was fortified was anopen
log building, and he was considered Col. Harvey’s most formidable opponent.
Sam Dickson, of Capt. Robertson’s command, had a narrow escape from death,
and C. G, Newall and A. J, G. Westbrook had horses shot from under them.
The next day, Sunday, September 14, at 10 a. m., Col. Harvey resumed the at-
tack, having obtained a four-poundcannon. He did such damage that the force
of Pro-slavery men capitulated, Mr. Newall being killed. News of this dis-
obeying of orders had already reached Gov. Geary, and on the night of the
second day’s battle he dispatched.a force of dragoons who made Col. Harvey's
command prisoners. How they were indicted for the murder of Mr. Newall,
tried, sentenced to hard labor, escaped, and were finally pardoned, those that
remained, is the story told in its appropriate place.

Returning to strictly home affairs it is found that the reign of terrorism
had been so well maintained by the Pro-slavery party that, as stated, up to early in
the summer of 1857, there was no organization of Free state meninthe county,
Several meetings were held in localities outside of Atchison, and a society was
formed in the summer of that year at Monrovia, with F. G. Adams as Chairman
of the County Committee. The Sguatter Sovereign had been turned over to
himself, Senator Pomeroy and Robert McBratney, prominent members of the
New England Aid Society, which had been rapidly extending its influence for
the three years during which it had been in existence. Senator Pomeroy was the
avowed agent of the society, and as the Town Association had made so posi-
tive a compromise with the Free-state party, for the business good of Atchison,
Mr. Adams naturally supposed that the Pro-slavery men would even take a dose
of Gen. James H. Lane. He accordingly invited the powerful leader of the
Free-soil men to speak in Atchison on October 19, and circulated notices of
the meeting. Whereupon it was given out, and generally understood several
days before the appointed time, that Jim Lane couldn’t and shouldn't speak in that
town. In his turn Mr. Adams invited about a dozen of his strong and reliable
Free-soil friends from Leavenworth to come up to Atchison and see fair play.
They came, revolversand all, arriving in the morning, and making their headquar-
ters in and about the office of Adams, Swift & Co., real estate. The building stood
on the Otis House corner. While there with his friends, Mr. Adams noticed
that a crowd had gathered on C (Commercial) street, about two squares west.
He, with six others, started for the scene of what appeared to bea disturbance.
On their way they met Caleb A. Woodworth, Sr., going down the street, bare-
headed, and apparently in trouble. Mr, Adams turned about, as he had passed
them, to make inquiries and was immediately assaulted with a heavy blow on
the cheek. Ile did not turn the other, but drew a small pistol from his pocket
and turned upon his assailant. The man who had assaulted him was accom-
panied by a squad of friends, all armed with guns who seemed bent on mis-
chief, if not blood. A friend knocked down Mr. Adams’ hand, and cried
“Don’t shoot yet!” Out came the revolvers, allaimed at the bold musketeers.
This determined action was so unexpected, that the Pro slavery men withdrew
to consider, and the Free-soil men returned to their headquarters. Mr. Adams
then proposed to organize an out-door meeting, the Pro-slavery party having
joined the Free-soilers again and every moment getting noisier and more desper-
ate. A.J. W. Westbrook of the Atchison Guards rode around among his fol-
lowers, with his gun cocked, pretending to have a vast amount of blood in his
eye for the chairman of the Free-state County Committee. Now and then to
give the ‘‘blood-curdling” feature to the proceedings the fellow would order
the crowd to “get out of the way,” as he did not want to shoot the wrong
man. It is doubtful whether Mr. Westbrook really did intend to do much himself,
but his conduct had the effect of stirring up his followers, who swore that Jim
Lane should never speak. The Free-soil party, reasoning that it was not a
sine gua non to the existence of the cause that Jim Lane should speak, decided
postpone the meeting. So George Buell, now Gen. Buell, took Mr. Adams
by the arm and led him off home. Some of the Free-soil party met Gen. Jane
on his way from Doniphan, where he had spoken the day before, and turned
him back,

Some stories have been told which breathe too much the unsubstantial per-
fumes of romance, and therefore they are not woven into the body of the
above account. One is that the mob was led by a huge blacksmith, armed with
a cleaver or a butcher knife, with which he intended to execute Mr. Adams, Mr.
Adams, however, says that he don’t remember anything about any such weapon.
Another story is that Jim Lane was in Atchison disguised as something or other
and remained two or three days, just previous to the advertised meeting, But
there is one story which reads like a romance that is true. Mrs. Adams, when
she heard that her husband was in danger, with only one pistol in each of two
 

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pockets, started down town with the revolver to reinforce him. And the plucky
woman did not return without her husband.

In the evening of this day speeches were made by several citizens of vari-
ous political stripes—Mr. McBratney, Dr. J. H. Stringfellow, and others,—all
deprecating the disgraceful proceedings. They were not countenanced by any
citizens of standing in the Pro-slavery party. The whole affair was one of
those outbreaks of the mob spirit, so common in those days, and has no im-
portant place in local history, except as a story of old times, and as being a
history of the first attempt to hold a Free-state meeting in Atchison. At this
time the brains of the Pro-slavery party had given up the fight, and the for-
tunate possessors thereof fraternized with any one who would come in to help
build up the town, now striving against other new and flourishing places around
it. And this spirit has been remarkably preserved up to the present day—the
policy of forgetting political differences when the material prosperity of the city
is at stake. That policy, conceived by the Pro-slavery party (as a party) in
1857, has borne the good fruits which its citizens are enjoying to-day. —

Previous to this ‘great epoch” for Atchison, as has already been stated,
the town had acquired a reputation for business through the overland freight
traffic. By the fall of 1856 Atchison had obtained many advantages, among
others the secret of a widely-extended system of advertising. The following
circular, which was scattered broadcast, November 22, 1856, indicates what they
were in a general, as well as in a special sense. a

A CIRCULAR.

To the public generally; but particularly to those persons living north of Kansas
River, in Kansas Territory: It is well known to many, and should be to all interested, that
the town of

ATCHISON

is nearer to most persons living north of Kansas River, than any other point onthe Missouri
River. The country, too, south of Kansas River, above Lecompton, is also as near Atchi-
son, as any other Missouri River town. The roads to Atchison, in every direction are very
fine, and always in good repair for wagons and other modes of travel. The country opposite
Alchison is not excelled by any section of Missouri, it being portions of Buchanan and
Platte counties—in a high state of cultivation, and at a considerable distance from any im-
portant town in Missouri, making grain, fruit, provisions, and all kinds of marketing easily
procured at fair prices—a matter uf no small consideration to settlers in anew country.

Tne great fresh water lake from which the fish markets of St. Joseph and Weston are
supplied, is also within three miles of Atchisun.

_ Atchison is now well supplied with all kinds of goods. Groceries, flour, corn meal, pro-
visions and marketing of all kirids are abundant, and at fair prices.

To show the capability of Atchison to supply the demands of the country, we here enu-
merate some of the business houses, viz:

Six large dry goods and grocery stores, wholesale and retail; six family groceries and
provision stores, wholesale and retail; one large clothing store, one extensive furniture
store, with mattresses and bedding of all sorts; one stove, sheet iron, and tinware establish-
ment, where articles in that line are sold at St. Louis prices; several large-warehouses
sufficient tu store all the goods of emigrants and traders across the plains, and to Kansas
Territory; one weekly newspaper—the Squatter Sovereign—having the largest circulation
of any newspaper in Kansas, with press, type and materials to execute all kinds of job work;
two commodious hotels and several boarding-honses, one bakery and confectionary, three
blacksmith shops, two wagon makers, and several carpenter shops, one cabinet maker, two
boot and shoe maker's shops, one saddle and harness maker’s shop, one extensive butchery
and meat market, a first rate ferry, at whichis kept a magnificent new steam ferry boat,
and excellent horse boat propelled by four horses, a good flat boat, and several skiffs; the
saw mills, two propelled by steam, and one by horse power; two brick yards, two lime

KILNS.

a A fne supply of professional gentlemen of all branches constantly on hand, equal to the
eman

A good grist mill is-¢much needed, and would make money for the owner,

A steam saw-mill had been completed in March, 1856, and Grafton Thom-
assen was operating it.

Luther C. Challiss occupied a store on the levee, 45x100 feet, which he filled
with dry goods and groceries, and advertised ‘‘ such an assortment as was never
before offered for sale in the upper country.”

Samuel Dickson was a merchant, quite a politician, and also an auctioneer
on the north side of C street.

Lewis Burnes, M. P. Rively, and Stephen Johnson carried stocks of ‘“as-
sorted merchandise”; A. J. G. Westbrook was the grocer, and Patrick Laughlin,
the tinner of Atchison. He had fled from Doniphan County on account of the
murder of Collins, the Free-state man.

William C. Null and Albert G. Smith had been operating a new ware-
house for six months, and carried a general stock, corner C and Second streets.

Charles E. Woolfolk and Robert H. Cabell had a large new store and
warehouse at the steamboat landing. '

George Million operated the ‘ Pioneer Saloon,” and John Kobertson was
in the saddlery and harness business. :

Messrs. Jackson & Ireland were builders—shop over Dixon’s store.

“Uncle Sam” Clothing Store, corner C and Third streets, Saqui & Co.,
proprietors.

G. B. Buck sold stoves on C street.

O. B. Dickerson was proprietor of the Atchison House.

Attorneys: N, J. Ireland, A. Gallatin Otis, and Isaac S. Hascall (‘‘ Bor-
der-Ruffian” law office), James A. Headley, A. E, Mayhew, J. T. Hereford,
P. H, Larey and Joseph P. Carr.

Physicians: J. H. Stringfellow and D. McVay. .

“ Washburn’s Great American Colossal Circus”—the first one in Kansas—
had given two exhibitions in Atchison, July 31, 1856—three good clowns—full
brass and string band—immense pavilion, etc. etc-—what other evidence need
be presented that Atchison was pushing its way onward and upward during the
summer and fall of 1856! Fully fifty new buildings were erected during the
spring and summer of that year. : .

Within the next two years, notwithstanding Pro-slavery troubles, Atchison
grew amazingly for a small place. The transportation business was immense.
During the summer of 1858 alone, twenty-four trains consisting of 775 wagons,
1,114 men, 7,963 oxen, 142 horses, 1,286 mules and 3,730,905 pounds of mer-
chandise. One single train—that sent out by Messrs. Hockady, Burr & Co.—
consisted of 105 wagons, 225 men, 1,000 oxen, 200 mules, §0 horses and 465,-
500 pounds of merchandise. This was the largest train that ever left any
point for the West, the goods being purchased to supply a chain of station
stores which that firm had lately located between Atchison and Salt Lake City.
These figures will give to most readers a more definite idea of this overland
traffic than any mere description of the ‘‘ endless chain of wagons, army of

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oxen and men,” etc., etc., could possibly do. One of the largest contractors
in the country—if not the largest—during the latter part of this year was
placed in charge of the Kansas Valley Bank, organized some months before
with the particular object in view of furnishing a circulating medium to facili-
tate the moving of this tremenduous army of men, mules, oxen, horses and
goods, L.C. Challiss also established a private bank. Soon afterwards Gen.
Pomeroy built a grist mill, which was located on the levee where the A. & N.
shops subsequently stood, Col. Pease was the agent now for six insurance compa-
nies. By the early part of 1859 the city boasted eight hardware establish-
ments, nineteen retail groceries, eight wholesale groceries, twelve dry goods
stores and twenty-six law firms. The population at this time was about 500.

The town of Sumner, twelve miles below Atchison, which had been plat-
ted during the previous summer, had been beaten in the county seat fight, but
still struggled for a business pre-eminence. Its site was fair to look upon, It
claimed to be exactly in the center of Kansas, north and south, on the Missouri
River, nearer to Topeka, Lecompton, FortRiley, Grasshopper Falls and nearly
all Northern Kansas, than any other point on the river, and therefore the best
starting point for Salt Lake, Oregon and California. Good hotel accommoda-
tions were advertised, and persons intending to examine Northern Kansas were
cordially invited “to land at Sumner.” The town of Lancaster, eleven miles
west, and almost in the geographical center of the county but far from its cen-
ter of population, had rather thrown away ambition and was sinking into its
dotage before it had known any manhood. All of Atchison’s rivals were left
far behind and with the completion of the railroad in February, 1860, disap-
peared from history. :

Before concluding this account of the early times of Atchison it will be
necessary as well as interesting to mention a few of the events which led their
kind. 3

The first business house was established by George T. Challiss, corner
of the Levee and Commercial streets, in August, 1854. As the National Hotel

-had not yet appeared—as, in fact, Dixon’s little shanty was as yet the only build-

ing in Atchison—Mr. Challiss established a temporary camp and his workmen
were accommodated under the elm tree near the water. The building was torn
down in 1872.

The first brick building was erected by C. J. Kathrens on Second street.
The bricks were manufactured by John Bennett.

The first white child born in Atchison was Henry R., the son of Dr J. H.
Stringfellow, August 20, 1855. Lewis C. Carter, the first colored child, was
born in Dr. Stringfellow’s house, November 6, 1855. ‘

The first marriage occurred October 17, 1855. The ones made happy
were J. T. Darnall and Miss E. A. Simmons, sister of Mrs. Dr. Stringfellow.

For a continuation of this list the reader is referred to the multitude of
topics which are treated in detail in the succeeding pages.

POLITICAL HISTORY.

Atchison County was named in honor of Gen. David R. Atchison, U. S.
Senator from Missouri at the time, and so bitter a Pro-slavery man that he even
met the stringent requirements of this bitterest of bitter Pro-slavery com-
munities. The first Board of Commissioners was elected by the Territorial
Legislature August 25, 1855, and consisted of William J. Young and James M.
Givens. Gov. Woodson dated their commissions from August 31. Hon. James
A. Headley was appointed Probate Judge.

On the 17th of September, 1855, the first meeting of the Court of Com-
missioners was held at the house of O. B. Dickerson, city of Atchison. It
seems that William McVay had already been appointed Sheriff, but at this first
regular gathering the following officials blossomed forth: Ira Norris, Sen.,
Clerk and Recorder; Samuel Dickson, Treasurer; Samuel Walters, Assessor.
The County was also divided into three townships, Grasshopper township com-
prising all that section of country lying west of the old Pottawatomie road;
Mount Pleasant, all east of the old Pottawatomie road and south of Walnut
Creek from its confluence with the Missouri River to the source of the creek,
and a parallel line west to the old Pottawatomie road; Shannon township, all
that section of country north of Mount Pleasanttownship. From the subdivi-
sion of these townships sprung the eight which now comprise the county—Grass-
hopper, Mount Pleasant, Shannon, Lancaster, Kapioma, Center, Walnut and
Benton. At the session held the next day — September 18th— Eli C. Mason
was appointed Sheriff to fill out the unexpired term of William C. McVay,
resigned, and Dudley McVay was chosen Coroner. Voting precincts were
established in the three townships, preparatory to the election for a delegate to
Congress which was to occur on the first Monday of October. In October,
1855, a resolution (previously passed by the Town Company) was adopted by
the Court of Commissioners, viz: that block 10 be donated to the county upon
which to build a court house of brick at least forty feet square. The sale of
the fifty lots donated to aid in its building took place May 1,1856. In June,
1857, it was ordered that the court house be built 24x18 feet, two stories, the
first story of rock inlaid with hewed timbers, the second story of wood,
framed and clapboarded. At this time a small frame house on C street was
rented of Samuel Dickson.

The Town Company subsequently (in 1858) proposed to donate 14 lots,
valued at $6,000, which were to be sold by the county and the proceeds applied
to the erection of a court house upon three other lots. The cost of the build-
ing was to be $7,000. The town of Sumner, twelve miles to the south, was
pushed forward as a claimant to the county seat, and seriously impeded the
erection of a court house building. Sumner was settled in 1856 and surveyed
in 1858, being the home of such men as A. D. Richardson and John J. Ingalls.
The president of the Sumner Town Company, J. P. Wheeler, was a member of
the Lower House in 1858, and with the assistance of several other members of
the Legislature who were stockholders, a bill was passed to remove the county
seat to their “city.” It was defeated, however, in the Senate. Not satisfied or
discouraged, the Sumner leaders engineered through another bill providing
that a plurality vote might change the location of a county seat. ° This was
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amended so as to exclude Douglas, Leavenworth, Atchison and Doniphan
counties, and passed in this form. But to the consternation of the Atchisonites,
when the laws of the session were published the amendment did not show itself.
Great indignation was expressed, and further tumult was aroused when a few
days before the voting was to take place to settle the county seat question
(being the first Monday in October, 1858,) a circular was generally distributed
throughout the county, endeavoring to show to the voters that the proposition
of the Town Company was a money-making, selfish scheme.

The following is the official vote of all the precincts in the county for
represertatives and on the location of the county seat: Messrs. Dickerson,
Wider and Irvin, Independent Free-state candidates, were elected by from
thirty-two to 100 majority. Atchison City received 252 majority over all com-
petitors for the county seat. She received 656 votes; Sumner, 213 ; Monrovia,
116; Mount Pleasant, 66; Lancaster, 9. At this election (held on October 4,
1858,) 549 votes were cast in the city alone, from which fact the estimated
population was 2,745. The total vote cast in the county was 1,060.

Thus the people of Atchison County permanently selected this city as the
seat of justice, the court house now standing, a plain two-story brick structure,
being completed during the next year—1859, The county jail, adjoining it, was
built about the same time.

The present county officers are as follows: County Treasurer, James A.
Loper,; Sheriff, William Blair; Clerk, Charles H. Krebs; Register of Deeds,
T. J. Rigg; Surveyor, Alfred Meier; Coroner, A. D. McConaughy; Clerk of
the District Court, W. W. Church; Probate Judge, J. J. Locker; Attorney, C.
K. Wells: Superintendent of Public Instruction, W. H. Tucker.

The present limits of the County of Atchison are described as follows:
Commencing at the southeast corner of Doniphan County, thence with the
south boundary of Doniphan County to the township line between townships
4 and 5,south; thence west with said township line between townships 4
and 5, south, to the range line between ranges 16 and 17, east; thence south
with said range line to the southwest corner of section 19, of township 7, south,
of range 17, east ; thence east with the section lines to the intersection with the
western boundary line of the State of Missouri to the place of beginning.

The County Poor Farm consists of 140 acres of land, four miles due south
of Atchison, with buildings, improvements, etc. The tract was purchased of
James F. Butcher, one of the contractors of the Atchison & St. Joe R. R. Co,,
in January, 1869. The main building was erected soon after, and the property
is now valued at about $8,000. Although the number of inmates at any one
time is small, the farm is self-supporting and indulges in stock-raising as well
as agricultural pursuits. The present superintendent of the farm is M. M.
Bean, and he cares for about fifteen people.

STATISTICS.

From figures prepared in August, 1882, by W. H. Tucker, Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, it is learned that there are 71 districts organized in
the county; that the population of school age amounts to 8.392, the number
of pupils enrolled being 5,656, and the average daily attendance 3,693.
There are 120 teachers employed, the average salary of males per month be-
ing $40, and of females $33. During the year the county has issued $3,000 of
schoul-house bonds ; its present bonded indebtedness being $68,680. It costs
$60,000 per annum to maintain the district schools of Atchison County, the re-

_ ceipts from all sources being over $70,000.

The returns of the township assessors for the year 1882 indicate that 209,-
647 acres of the county are in farms, valued at $4,554,190. The agricultural
lands in Lancaster township are valued at $774,300; Benton (the new town-
ship formed in 1881), $686,050; Mount Pleasant, $638,900; Center, $626,400 ;
Grasshopper, $568,030; Shannon, $553,700; Kapioma, $454,040; Walnut,
$252,770. There are 5,977 horses in the county; 19,96t cattle, and 21,203
swine. The value of animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter during the year
was $434,572. In the county are 100,097 apple trees in bearing, 56,870 peach,
and 19,040 cherry. Sown and planted during the spring of 1882 were 62.514
acres of corn, 12,252 of oats, and £1,352 of flax.

ATCHISON COUNTY IN THE WAR.

It is undoubtedly true that no county in the entire country—bearing in
mind surrounding circumstances, population, etc,, has so patriotic a record as
Atchison County. That this assertion is sustained by the facts the following
figures will prove: One hundred and thirty.one Atchison County men enlisted
in the First Kansas Regiment ; 25 in the Seventh; 85 in the Eighth; 86 in
the Tenth; 260 in the Thirteenth; roo in the First Kansas (colored) ; 25 in
the First Nebraska; 105 in the Thirteenth Missouri; 30 in the Fifteenth Kan-
sas; 40 in the Ninth, and soin the Sixteenth—showing a total of 992 men.
Add to this scattering men in other regiments in adjoining States, and 1,000
soldiers may fairly be placed to the credit of Atchison County. The national
census returns of 1860 place the population of Atchison County at 7,747, and
the voting population at 1,133, the number of voters but a little greater than the
number of volunteers, and nearly one person in seven under the old flag battling
for the preservation of the Union! It may be borne in mind, too, that Atchison,
from its location, was liable to incursions from Confederate troops and jayhawk.
ers, necessitating the organization at different periods of the war of companies of
home guards, not included in the foregoing statement. It will thus be seen
that Atchison County furnished a soldier to every man of her voting population.
What county in the entire Union can show a fairer record?

At the commencement of the Rebellion there were three militia companies
in Atchison, “A,” “C,” and a third known as the ‘All Hazard Company.”
The origin of this company’s name is thus explained: At the city election in
the spring of 1861, the issue was Union or Disunion. The Republicans and
Union Democrats united in supporting G. H. Fairchild for Mayor, and he was
elected. Ina speech made during election week, Mr. Fairchild (Union Dem-
ocrat), avowed himself an unwavering friend of the Union, and for the main-

tenance of the Constitution and laws “‘at all hazards.” The name was adopted

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

by one of the militia companies, and “At All Hazards Co.” enlisted for the
war with Mayor Fairchild as its first captain, and became Company “ K” of
the First Kansas. This company participated in the battle of Wilson’s Creek,
the first action in which a Kansas regiment was under fire, fought August 10,
1861, It was under the immediate command of Gen. Lyon, and behaved with
distinguished gallantry.* ‘ ;

During the summer and autumn of 1861 there were threats of invasion
from Rebel organizations in Buchanan and Platte counties, Missouri, and to
meet the invaders should the attempt to capture Atchison be made, a Home
Guard company was organized September 1, 1861, with the following officers:
Charles Holbert, Captain; J. G. Bechtold, First Lieutenant; Clem. Rohr,
Second Lieutenant; W. Becker, Third Lieutenant; John Schlupp, Ensign.
Total number of officers and men, seventy-three. Not long after this the dan-
ger of invasion became still more imminent, and 650 men, in sixteen com-
panies, were thrown into Atchison to protect the town from destruction. The
Atchison County companies were commanded by Capts. Holbert, May, Hays, Bat-
sett, Evans and VanWinkle. But for this promptness and energy in meeting the
threatened danger Atchison might have shared the terrible fate that befell
Lawrence the following year. On the 15th of September of the same year, a
company for home guard service was mustered in at Fort Leavenworth, and
officered as follows: J. M. Graham, captain; J. G. Bechtold, first lieuten-
ant; R. Briagland, second lieutenant. They were Company ‘‘E,” of the
First Kansas Regiment Home Guards, numbered fifty men, and were ordered
to Atchison for duty, where they were stationed until there was no longer dan-
ger of invasion. The company was then attached to the Eighth Kansas.

During the early part of 1862 the frequent victories of the Union forces in
the southwest caused many Rebel sympathizers to flock to Atchison for safety,
and here they not only gave expression to their Secession sentiments, but many
of them were ready to give more practical aid to their Southein brethren. To
counteract this growing evil, Mayor Fairchild issued a proclamation on the 24th
of February, 1862, warning them that solong as they held views they had so
frequently avowed, that they could not and must not expect to be protected in
any manner by the city laws. ‘It would be absurd to suppose,” continued the
proclamation, ‘‘a patriotic community could treat otherwise than as enemies,
persons who are in sympathy with base men who have brought upon our coun-
try untold misery, almost unlimited taxation, and almost inconceivable pecuni-
ary suffering. As a representative of a loyal people, I will not encourage men
to return among us who have circulated reports that they were refugees from
the loyal States, on account of their secession doctrines, nor will I give protec-
tion to men who unmistakably at heart belong to the Confederacy.”

To hold up the hands of the city’s chosen leader a mass meeting of the
Union men of Atchison County was held at Price’s Hall, Saturday, March 15,
1862, at which every part of the county was fully represented. Dr. Batsell pre-
sided, and George G. Martin acted as secretary. Stirring addresses were deliv-
ered by Col. Ege, Doniphan County, Thomas Murphy, Rev. W. S. Wenz, Lieut.
Price, E. Chesebrough, Mayor Fairchild, W. S. Lemon, Lieut. R. A. Barker,
Capt. Caleb May, Dr. J. B. Shearer, J. Edgar and Dr. Eagles, and resolutions,
denouncing the Southern sympathizers, and notifying them not to return, were
unanimously adopted :

In the dark days of 1862 the home loyalists promptly responded to a call
for the ‘‘ sinews of war” to aid Atchison County troops. Within a few days,
commencing August 20, 1862, the sum of nearly $4,000 was subscribed—
$745 coming from Mount Pleasant township. The leading donors were:
Theodore Bartholomew, E, Chesebrough, G. W. Fairchild, J. W. Russell, W.
L. Challiss, Dr. William Irwin, G. W. Howe, W. B. Hughes, W. Hetherington,
Otis & Glick, H. Diesbach, J. E. Wagner, McCubben & Derge, B. S. Daven-
port, McCausland & Brown, Thomas Murphy, W. A. Cochran, S. C. Pomeroy,
Stebbins & Co., E. Butcher, and Wm. C. Smith, each subscribing the sum of
$50 or over. There were also munificent benefactions at a later day, notably
when Quantrill invaded Lawrence. Within a few days after that terrible affair
the sum of $4,000 was subscribed to assist the people of the stricken city.

During the year 1863 so annoying became the depredations of lawless
bands of jayhawkers that means were devised for self-protection, and the most
effective seemed to bea vigilance committee under the control of brave, discreet
loyalists. Accordingly a county society was formed in June of that year, and
a public declaration issued ; describing the situation and calling on all ‘ good,
peaceful and loyal citizens” to band themselves together for the protection of
their lives, homes and property.

Persons who joined the vigilance committee were required to take an
oath to support the government of the United States and of Kansas, to do all
in their power to put down the rebellion, and also to keep secret all the pro-
ceedings of the committee.

_ The committee became a very effective auxiliary to the civil authorities in
bringing to punishment the violators of law, and also in intimidating lawless
bands of jayhawkers and other thieves.

_ On Sunday night, January 19, 1862, a squad of soldiers who were stationed
in Atchison the day previous, interrupted a number of jayhawkers who were
returning from an expedition into Missouri, captured five of Cleveland’s men,
two escaping, and retook several horses and contrabands taken in Missouri,
and took men and property down to Weston, The Atchison Cily Marshal
was engaged in the arrest of these jayhawkers, and on Monday morning the
notorious Cleveland rode into town, held a pistol at the head of the Marshal,
who was in the street unarmed, and commanded him to march ‘before him out
of town, threatening that if any of those men were injured, the marshal's life
should pay the penalty. Wisely considering that “ discretion was the better
part of valor,” the official marched off, followed by Cleveland on horseback,
but an outcry was soon raised by a few who witnessed the performance, and a
hasty rush was made for arms and a pursuit immediately commenced; seeing
this, Cleveland immediately put spurs to his horse and rode off, after striking

*See history of First Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
ATCHISON COUNTY.

the niarshal on the head with a pistol. On May 11, 1882, Cleveland, whose
acts of daring villainy had become notorious, was pursued and killed by a
squad of United States troops at Ossawotamie. ;

While the loyalists of Atchison County responded with alacrity to every
call for men to resist the shock of the rebel cohorts, they were no less prompt
in caring for the families of those who went forth to do or die for their country.
Early in August, 1861, a Ladies’ Benevolent Society was organized in Atchison
for the purpose of making clothing, etc., to send to the soldiers in the field,
and also to supply their families with needed foud and clothing during their
absence. This orgunization labored diligently and effectively. The visiting
committee of the organization was: Mrs. H.R. Neal, Mrs. Wm. C. Smith, Miss
Sallie Woodard and Miss Nellie Grimes, Committee to distribute donations:
Mrs. G. H. Fairchild, Mrs. S. H. Glenn, Miss E. R. Smith, Miss Fannie
Chesebrough. An organization known as the Atchison Ladies’ Aid Society,
with similar objects in view, was organized November 1, 1861. The officers
were: Mrs. J. M. Price, president ; Mrs. Wm. C. Smith, vice-president ; Mrs. W.
B, Leonard, treasurer; Mrs. J. T. Neal, work inspector; Mrs. A, M. Plain,
Secretary. The two beneficent societies worked harmoniously, and the soldiers
and their families found the sister organizations angels of mercy.

ATCHISON.

The town of Atchison was incorporated by act of the Territorial Legis-
lature, August 30, 1855, and the city of Atchison, February 12, 1858. The
charter was approved by vote of the people, March 2, 1858. At the first
meeting of the Council, held March 15, an ordinance was adopted providing
for an election to be held on the 18th, for the purpose of submitting a proposi-
tion proposing to take $100,000 stock in a railroad from St. Joe to some point
nearly opposite Atchison, on the Missouri River. It was proposed to issue
city bonds therefor. The election was to be held in the stone house of
Burnes & Bro. The election was held, the stock was taken and Gen. S. C.
Pomeroy appointed agent of the Atchison and St. Joe R. R. Co., in behalf of
the city. Among other measures which passed during the month were those
fixing the salary of the Mayor at $300, ordering tippling shops to be closed on
Sundays, and advertising for the construction of a “lock-up,” 20x30 feet and
12 feet high, with roof of cottonwood logs. This may be said to be the germ
of the present flourishing police system of Atchison.

The first financial statement of the city was brought up to September 5,
1859, and is as follows:

General City Tax, 1858 s.cc-cccusainmie sbavociom wens $5,927 70
Fines imposed by Mayor's Court._... .------------- | 18650
Dray and wagon licenses._..----.--.------------.-- 192 00
DAM: ‘SHOprecnecent aeiad-epealneagadrimaiciotigniiene <memes 1,787 76
Beerhouse ccsce eee corset acee ere eee ees IOI 33
SHOWS pec reeyoers cena none Rea fe ore si seyein anaes ste 130 00
Billiard. tables: <2, oc- one own mote he ceeene eee 225 00
Registry of dogs__..------------------ -----------e 5000
Assessment on C, street from River to Fourth._.-_... 3,381 00
Total $12,008 29

Amount of script and orders issued on general fund to
December 15% 1858 ucceccecesneaese secs cess se $6,317.16

Amount of script and orders issued on general fund to
September 5, 1859-.-.------------------ ----> 3,140.53
Script issued towards building jail._...--.---.------- 1,675.00
For grading streets, curbing, etc. .--.--.------------- 10,105.39
Ota weno ey ch cbarane nee eit ctateleqeiciarsts $21,238.08
General Indebtedness September 5--..---~----------- $9,229.79

In his inaugural address (1858) Mayor Pomeroy had referred to the impor-
tance of grading and improving the thoroughfares of the city, especially Atchi-
son, Second and Fourth streets and the levee. At the same time he urged the
policy of generous reimbursement to property owners whose land the city
condemned for public purposes. The Mayor concluded with a bit of poetry—

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate,
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

The financial statement of the city, when examined in detail, certainly
shows that the people followed Mayor Pomeroy’s advice in regard to street
improvements, and from 1858 to 1861 there was no place in the State that was
more “up and doing” than Atchison. As the outfitting point for the great
emigrant trains to Salt Lake City and California, and finally in 1860, as the
terminus of the Atchison & St. Joe Railroad, the place was “still achieving,
still pursuing” when the war checked her march and she “learned to labor
and to wait—” for further growth and—other railroads. The railroads came,
the city grew in population and business importance, until it is now one of the
most thriving and promising points on the Missouri. River. _Large amounts
of money are being annually expended in grading and improving its streets, it
has a fine system of water works, a fire department, a good police service, gas
works, street cars—everything usually pertaining to a metropolitan place. of
the bonded debt of the city Mayor S. C. King, in his second annual message,
delivered in May, 1882, speaks as follows :

“General Funding Bonds, due 1887 (10 per cent.).-.. . $159,500

General Improvement Bonds, due 1892 (Io per cent.).. 2.475
Bridge Bonds, due 1893 (7 per cent,)---.------------- 3,000
C. & S. W. R. R. Bonds, due 1892 (7 per cent.) .------ 31.000
$195.975

Interest unpaid and maturing January 1, 1982 .ascecais 124.755
Total -cccewee eeceieweed ceeeice $320 730

Seven per cent. new bonds refunded__..-.-----..----. 181,600

Making our total bonded indebtedness to January 1,1882 $512,330

B/S

As you are all aware, the new bonds, amounting to $191,600, are regularly
and satisfactorily provided for by an annual levy of taxes to meet the inter-
est accruing thereon, but for a number of years no provision of any description
has been made to pay the interest or principal of the unrefunded portion of
our debt, amounting to over $320,000.

The holders of these unrefunded bonds appear to be determined not to
accept anything less than the face value of the principal, but from statements of
the great majority of them, I am led to believe that they will accept the princi-
pal and four per cent. in new thirty year bonds. That is to say, the principal
and accrued interest to date, to constitute the principal, and then new bonds
for that amount, bearing four per cent.

As the matter now stands we are responsible for (without reckoning the
interest on the overdue coupons of the unrefunded bonds) an annual interest of
$31,989.50, while if the whole debt of $512,330, could be refunded at four per
cent., we would be liable only for an annual interest of $20,493.20, making an
annual saving of over $11,496, and in addition save and perpetuate the credit
of our city, and relieve us from the stigma and disgrace of repudiation.

This measure, { am fully impressed, can be consummated by a repeal of
the clause in our charter confining us to the payment of but fifty cents on the
dollar of our unrefunded bonded debt, or by an appeal to the courts, question-
ing the authority of the Legislature to prevent us from paying our debts at par.

Such a compromise as suggested, I think, would meet with speedy accept-
ance by our creditors, who ought to be treated with respect and fairness, par-
ticularly when the hopelessness, and, in fact, the impossibility of collecting, and
the total inability of our city to pay the debt asit now stands, is fairly and hon-
estly presented to them. Situated as we are, writs of mandamus are useless,
for if the officers obeyed, and made the levy ordered, our citizens could not pay.
But we caz pay the interest proposed on the principal and matured coupons,
and leave it to a wealthier and more populous generation and city to take care

of the principal.”

CORPORATE HISTORY.

A brisk, energetic, growing city with the most complete railroad connec-
tions of any point in the State, situated in the center of a natural amphitheater
of hills, with the Missouri River on the east, White Clay Creek flowing through
its center from the west; one thousand feet above the sea level, air pure and
drainage good ; its streets filled with driving citizens and lined with busy mer-
cantile houses or comfortable homes; possessing an ably-conducted press and
pulpit, good schools, water works, gas works, etc.—all the modern improve-
ments in the way of comfort and convenience ; the center of a large grain trade,
flour manufacture and stock interest; the center of the river border of Kansas;
and should the Missouri Rive: improvement and grain shipments down the Mis-
sissippi by barges become a reality, destined to become a great shipping point
for a large extent of country tributary to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
road, and the railroads of Nebraska, which center here; possessing a splendid.
retail trade—this is Atchison, and much more could truthfully be said of sucha
city of 17,000 inhabitants. The exhibit below, however, continues the story.

The act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, incorpor-
ating the city of Atchison, approved February 12, 1858, provided for the elec-
tion, by the people at large, of a mayor and councilmen. The charter was
accepted by a vote of the people, at a special election for the purpose, held
March 2, 1858. The first Mayor and Board of Councilmen were elected at
a special election held March 13,1858. The charter provided for the annual
city election to be held on the first Monday in September; hence the first
Mayor and Board of Councilmen, elected in March, held their offices only until
September. They were as follows: Mayor, Samuel C. Pomeroy; Register,
John F. Stein, Jr.; Treasurer, E. B. Grimes ; Marshal, Milton R. Benton; At-
torney, A. E. Mayhew; Engineer, W. O. Gould; Street Commissioner (by vir-
tue of his office as Marshal), M. R. Benton; Assessor, H. L. Davis; Physician,
J. W. Hereford; Board of Appraisers, Messrs. Petefish, Roswell and Gay-
lord; Councilmen, William P. Chiles, President; O. F. Short, Luther C.
Challiss, Cornelius A. Logan, S. T. Walters, James A. Headley and Charles
Holbert. John F. Stein, Jr., the Register, resigned in August, 1858, and R. L.
Pease was appointed to fill the vacancy. In July Mr. Chiles resigned, A. L.
Petefish being elected to fill the vacancy, he having been elected to the Council
to succeed Luther C. Challiss, resigned. In August the city was divided into
three wards, the First ward being entitled to four councilmen, the Second
to two, and the Third to three.

The following municipal officers served from September, 1858, to May,
1859: Mayor, Samuel C. Pomeroy ; Register, Robert L. Pease; Treasurer,
E. B, Grimes ; Marshal, Milton R. Benton; Attorney, A. E. Mayhew; Engi-
neer,, W. O. Gould; Assessor, H. L. Davis; Physician, J. W. Hereford.
James A. Headly was President of the Council until April, 1859, when he
resigned, and A, J. Petefish was elected to fill the vacancy.

Samuel C. Pomeroy also served the city as mayor from May to September,
1859, a change having been in the time of election. George H. Fairchild suc-
ceeded him as the municipal executive until May, 1862. In January, 1860, the
office of City Recorder was created, H. R. Weightman being the first incum-
bent. During this year (1860) Judge N. J. Ireland was President of the
Council. Milton R. Benton acted as Mayor from May, 1862, to May, 1863,
George H. Fairchild being President of the Council. From May, 1863, to
May, 1865, John M. Crowell was Mayor, John Belz having served as Register
since 1862. John A. Martin was elected Mayor in May, 1865, and was suc-
ceeded by John M. Crowell, the next year. Mr. Crowell was succeeded by
C.G. Foster. In 1867 the charter was amended so that the election fur the city
officers occurred in April, Atchison was re-districted into four wards, and the
office ‘‘City Register” changed to ‘‘ City Clerk,” and “Recorder” to ‘* Police
Judge.” H. Clay Park served as Register and Clerk from May, 1866, to April,
1871. Following Mr. Foster in the office of Mayor were William Hethering-
ton, 1868-69; John M. Price, 1869-’70; William C. Smith, 1870-72; Edward
K, Blair, 1872-74; Thomas Murphy, 1874-’75; Clement Rohr, 1875-'76; W.
376

F. Downs, 1876-78 ; Clement Rohr, 1878-79; John C. Tomlinson, 1879-81;
and S. C. King, 1881-83. The present City Clerk, H. R. Bostwick, was
appointed in July, 1880, In 1879 the charter was so amended as to provide for
the municipal election every two years. ,

Before closing this chapter in the city’s history, however, it is instructive as
well as interesting, to observe the change which has come over the financial
condition of Atchison since the date of that report published over twenty years
ago. From City Clerk Bostwick’s last annual report (ending April, 1882), the
following figures are taken: Old bonded debt, $195,975; new bonded debt,
$191,690.85; County Treasurer, $54.360.65; City Treasurer, $13,444.63 ;
General Improvement Fund, $2,572.14. Total, $458,043.27. Credited to the
city are: General funding bonds, $159,500; Chicago and Atchison bridge
bonds, $3,000; Chicago and Southwestern bridge bonds, $31,000; general
improvement bonds, $2,475; refunding bonds, $191,600; refunding scrip,
$90.85 ; interest refunding bonds, $6,834.61 ; tax assessment, $54,360.65 : water
fund, $2,342.51; revenue fund, $3,709.75; improvement warrant account,
$554.16; revenue warrant account, $507.02; sidewalk repair fund, $792.19 ;
bills payable, $1,093 4o.

‘The actual expenses for maintaining the city, as ascertained from the report
of the City Clerk for the year ending April 1, 1832, amount to $30,000 per
annum. Of this sum about one-third goes to support the Police Department
and one-seventh the Fire Department. The total floating debt of the city is
$2,154.58 and its bonded debt $512,420.85.

The assessed valuation of city property is as follows: real estate, $1,434,-
080 ; railroad, $101,540; personal, $637,780. Tax levy for 1881, general rev-
enue, $13,040.40; general improvement. $6,520.20; water purposes, $6,520.20;
interest on refunding, bonds, $16,735 18.

MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

After a country has once become familiar with the splendid advantages of

communication furnished by railroads, it is a difficult matter to go back in
memory to the days of old county, territorial and military roads, slow, lum-
bering stage coaches and bungling ferries.
seems as if the old order of inconveniences had so ephemeral an existence as
hardly to have lived at all. Railroad and telegraphic communications entered
almost hand-in-hand, before the ferries and the county roads and the great
thoroughfares to Utah and California had been closed. In June, 1855, Atchi-
son was selected by a number of Salt Lake freighters—the heaviest in the
country—for their outfitting and starting point on the Missouri River. This is
what gave the place its first business start, and the great channel through which
this immense trafic poured—the-great overland route to Utah and California—
brought Atchison into intimate communication with the whole West. Subse-
quently the city became the eastern terminus of the Great Overland Stage
Line—the longest single route in the world—the distance from Atchison to
Folsom, the western terminus, being 1,918 miles. Even before the large
freighters of the West had selected Atchison as their initial point on their long
journey, and before the Overland Stage Line made it their eastern depot, the
locality was known to traders as a splendid point of departure for the interior,
being further west in Kansas by twelve miles than any other landing on the
river. The old French voyagesrs called the region the Grand Detour of the
Missouri. This locality appeared to be the natural means of communication
between the West, or the country to the Missouri, and that vast region of wilds
beyond,called the “Great West” or the “Far West.” Looking at the matter in this
broad light, as did those who founded the town, Atchison was certain to become
a thriving trading and transportation center—a great center of communication
to an immense region of country. Her destiny is being worked out, although,
at times, she had dangerous rivals. A few miles above was Doniphan, and a
few miles below on the river was Sumner, both possessing beautiful natural
sites. But the selection of Atchison, on broad geographical grounds, as the
depot of supplies for the western freighters, gave the town an impulse which it
has since retained. Doniphan and Sumner are forgotten. These large trading
firms established station stores between Atchison and Salt Lake City, and the
amount of supplies which were started on their long journey from this point
was simply immense. In 1859 came the gold excitement, and Atchison was
made the base of supplies for that rushing horde of emigration. In the mean-
time for the convenience of the local population, which was rapidly increasing,
county and territorial roads were established, one of the latter being from Atchi-
son to Marysville. In October, 1855, George M. Million, Lewis Burnes, D.
D.. Burnes, James N. Burnes and Calvin F. Burnes commenced to run a ferry
for the accommodation of the traveling public across the Missouri River.
Their dock on the Kansas side was situated at the foot of Atchison street.
They obtained their charter from the Legislature, and executed a bond of
$1,000 for ‘‘ faithful performance,”etc. The rates fixed upon were as follows:
two-horse wagon or wagon and one yoke of oxen (loaded), $1; ditto (empty),
75 cents; one additional pair of horses or oxen, 25 cents; loose cattle or oxen,
per head, ro cents; sheep and hogs, 5 cents per head ; man and horse, 25 cents;
foot passengers, Io cents; one horse and buggy or other vehicle, 50 cents ; two-
horse buggy or carriage, 75 cents. The next year the ferry company passed
over their license to William S. and Luther C. Challiss and Willis E. Gay-
lord. There appears to have been some complaints against the original pro-
prietors of the ferry, and the County Commissioners attempted to pass a
resolution forfeiting their license. The aforesaid proprietors rightly, logically
and legally objected to this course, on the ground that as they had received
their charter from the Legislature it was not at all probable that the Court of
Commissioners could take it away. The ferry, under different managements,
continued in operation until the magnificent railroad bridge was built across
the Missouri in 1875, when the old gave place to the new order of things.

In less than four years from the first survey of the town of Atchison her
trade had so increased and her prospects were so glowing that it became evi-
dent to her public spirited citizens that she must have a railroad. The project
was agitated and agitated. Col, P, T. Abell, then president of the Town

In the case of Atchison County it”

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Company, worked early and late, and finally, through the able “ seconding ” of
Hon. R. M. Stewart, member of the Missouri Legislature, a charter was
obtained from that State. (Gen. B. F. Stringfellow, so instrumental in found-
ing this first road of Atchison, had the honor of delivering a well considered
and interesting address at the laying of the Union Depot corner stone, Septem-
ber 7, 1880, when the city had made seven ines of road tributary to its
energy.) The pioneer railroad charter provided for the building of a line from
Atchison to St. Joe, and was considered merely as the extension of the Hanni-
bal & St. Joe road, At the very first meeting ever held by the City Council of
Atchison a resolution was adopted for holding an election March 18, 1858, to
submit a proposition to take $100,000 in railroad stock—-the election to be held .
at the store house of Burnes & Bro. S. H. Petefish, Charles E. Woolfolk and
Dr. C, A. Logan were judges of election. There was no hesitating. The
people voted the bonds heartily, and the Council appointed Hon. S. C, Pom-
eroy, who was a strong and active champion of the road, an agent in behalf of
the city. Everybody was wildly in favor of the enterprise. In addition to the
$100,000 voted by the city as a municipal body, the citizens subscribed in their
individual capacities to the amount of $100,000, In May Messrs. Butcher,
Auld & Dean were awarded the contract over fourteen bidders, at $3,700 per
mile, they taking $2,500 in stock. The members of this firm were Thomas
and Ephraim Butcher, David and James Auld and William Dean. By the 12th
of that month work was commenced on the line above Rushville, but the road
was not fully completed until February, 1860, and it is due to the energy and
perseverance and business foresight of Col. P. T. Abell, Gen. B. F. Stringfel-
low, L. C, Challiss, Dr. J. H. Stringfellow, Samuel Dickson and Hon. S$ C.
Pomeroy that Atchison was at length placed upon the great iron highway of
prosperity. The history and effects of this important event, which, to men of
practical minds and business pride, reads like a novel drawn from real life, is.
well told by Gen. Stringfellow :

The influence of this road upon the destiny of our citv has been such, and so much
reater than that of any other road, that L will be excused from referring to it at greater
ength than to that of any other, 5

Its history will serve to show that of railroads, as of other things, mighty effects often
result from apparently trifling causes; to show how the blind let opportunities escape, while
the wise make haste to seize them. . \ ss

There are, too, incidents in its history to expose the incredible folly of local jealousy, and
the now incomprehensible lawlessness of the days when men had learned to trample law
under the foot of military power. ; 2

This little road, the Atchison & St. Joseph, aroad of but twenty miles in length, in its
very Jnfancy exerted a most vital influence on the destiny of Atchison. It gave us, by the
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, direct lines to St. Louis, Chicago, and the East, before any
other was constructed to the west line of Missouri, ‘ 7 A é

Its benefits to Atchison were, however, more special in demonstrating and securing to
Atchison the advantages of its position as a central point for trade and travel.

1. Itremoved from Leavenworth to Atchison the shipment of the vast amount of gov-
ernment frefght destined to the Western posts, and thus gave to Atchison its first advertise-
ment as an outfitting place for the miving regions of Culorado. 2 3

. It removed tbe starting point of the overland mail to the Pacific, to Atchison from
St. Joseph, where it had been located by political favor, ¢ 2

3. It removed to Atchison the terminus of a branch of the Union Pacific road, which,
by like political favor, had_been located at St. Joseph, and thus secured th construction of
the Central Branch Union Pacific, one of the most important roads in our State.

4, It thus made Atchison a point to be sought by railroads, brought al! these other roads,
and made this the great railroad center of Kansas. 2

The Atchison & St. Joseph Railroad was organized, and its stock taken, by a subscrip-
tion by the then mere tuwn site in its pretentious capacity as a city, and by the mere hand-
ful of citizens then resident here, withasmall number of citizens along the tine, in the
county of Buchanan, in the State of Missouri. With this subscription, means were secured
to zet the road ready for the rails, and the work was let, inthe spring ot 1858, to Butcher,
Auld & Co., a firm composed of Thomas and Ephramn Butcher, and David and James Auld,
and William Dean, who are all yet citizens of our county—living and wituessing the vast
results of the work done by them. They completed their work, leaving only the rails to be
laid to complete the road. i

Railroads not being then, as now, appreciated as investments, the Directors round it
difficult to raise the money to complete the road. The Legislature of Missouri had, before
that, provided for the loan of $750,000 to aid iu the construction of a road from Kansas
gity by ots Joseph tothe northern line of the State, under the name of the Platte Country

ailroad.

This grant, which would now be so greedily taken, lay idle, until Col. William Osborn,
who had constructed the west half of the H. & St. Jo. R. R., and who afterward had charge
of the construction of the C. B. U, P.,with certain associates, secured the control of the com-
pany. The Directors of the Atchison « St. Joseph Railroad then proposed to transfer their
road to this company, and so secure its completion.

In the meantime, another company, by the name of the Weston & Atchison Railroad,
had been organized to build a road from Weston to Atchison, This road was also trans-
ferred to the Platte Country Railroad Companys With the State aid and County subscrip-
tions, the road was then completed to Weston, and to Savannah, a distance of fifty miles.

The rebellion occurring, all further work ceased, and this company, like the Pacific
and uber roads which had received State aid, was unable to pay interest on the State

onds,

The citizens of St. Joseph, blind as ever in their jealousy, deemed this their opportu-
nity, and succeeded in inducing the Legislature to order a sale of the road.

The stockholders of the old companies, the Atchison & St. Jo., and Weston & Atchison,
being advised that the sales of their roads to the Platte Country road were illegal, took steps
to regain possession of their roads, and to resist the sale by the State. Suit was brought hy
the State, and an attempt made to dispossess the companies. It failed, and by order of the
court the companies were left in possession until the decision of the suit.

Shortly therexfter the Legislature of Missouri met, and Col. J. N. Burnes, as President
of the W. & A.,and I, as President of the A. & Sr. Jo., submitted a proposition of com-
PrOInses We olfered to pay the State the full principal and interest of Its loan, in bonds of

he State.

_. Will you belleve that the then Mayor of St. Joseph, with other leading citizens of that
city, were there, not only seeking to defeat our proposition, but gravely asking iustead, that
the Legislature should direct the road to be torn up, and the rails and ties to be given to St.
Jo. for the construction of a road in Kansas, opposite to St. Jo.!

After a struggle seldom equaled, I aim proud to say that the Legislature, under the active
lead of W. L, Lovelace, then Speaker of the House, and afterward Chief Justice, accepted
our proposition, and prevented the road from being torn up.

While this was pending, and we had possession of our roads under the order of a court of
the State of Missouri, its then Governor, Thomas C. Fletcher, fresh from the camp, forget-
ting that war no longer existed, under the influence of St. Jo., in contempt of law and of the
courts of his State, called out the militia and took possession of our roads!

I have no time to criticize such an act. I merely cite it asa historical event, to remind
you of the lawlessness which prevails when the military rules the civil power, and to im-
press, especially on you young men, the danger of military rule.

On the adoption of our compromise, the companies were restored to the possession of
our roads. They were, however, defeated in their efforts to make the payments agreed on,
and Governor fletcher again took possession. Before the legislature met, Col. J. Condit
Smith purchased the majority of the stock in these roads, and. believing that public senti-
ment had become more favorable, he pr2sented another proposition to the Legislature. As
his attorney I had charge of this proposition.

fe did not, as we had, propose to pay the State its claim. but, instead, proposed that the
State should release its entire claim in consideration that he should complete the road.
Strange as it may seem, this proposition met no serious opposition! The Legislature, in-
stead of destroying roads. now was anxious to aidin their construction. Thus the road was
completed from Kansas City to Hopkins, At this point it connected with a branch of the B.
& M., of lowa, and becime part of a line from the Missouri River to Chicago,

The two roads had been consolidated under t've name of the Missourl Valley Railroad,

Alterward a road was built from Council Blults to St. Jo. Then these two roads were
consolidated under the Present name of “Kansas Clty, St. Joseph & Council Blutfs Rail-

roid,” a name which, in these busy days, no one has time to pronounce, and which has no
such significance as {ts old apprupriate and beautiful name, the “Missouri Valley,”
ATCHISON COUNTY,

By its latest change, it is understood that the control of its stock and management has
passeu into the hands of the C., B.&Q.R. R. It has th i 5
p bart ie that reat SOE : ; Q Us, in reality if not nominally, become
,_ +8 completed, itis a road of vast importance to Atchison. It has given us, in fact, three
distinct lines, by three diverging routes, and is equivalent to three fissinet roads iadine
{rout Aten ison =-on8 east to St. Louis, one northeast to Chicago, and one northwest to
By its connections it gives us direct routes to all points, from the cattle ranche:
to the sugar plan(ations of Louisiana, the cotton fields of Mississippi and Winona tee
orauge groves of Florida, the rice fields of Carolina, and so on around the coast; by the great
markets for our produce, by the great lakes to the lumber forests of the Northwest, and
aeolt on to the jaines at Colomidg: aud Paltonitas : Were all the other 10ads leading to
l , this road would yet give us direct routes to three- i he cir
of our continent, ‘he circle is completed by our Kansas ruads, ERE ene ence RCE

Fully six months before the completion of Atchison’s first railroad, her
energetic spirit bubbled up in expressions of great joy over her first tele-
graphic line. In May, 1859, Charles M. Stebbins, President of the St. Louis
& Missouri River Telegraph Line, proposed to the citizens of Atchison to con-
nect their city with Leavenworth and thus with the Eastern United States.
[lis provision was that the people subscribe $1,500 in stock. On the 15th of
August, 1859, the first message went over the wires. Mayor Pomeroy sent
greetings to his brothers, in office, H. B. Denman, of Leavenworth, and O. D.
Filley, of St. Louis. The editorial fraternity of Atchison, Leavenworth and
St. Louis, also joined hands, metaphorically speaking, and congratulated each
other, literally speaking. At this time Atchison was the most westerly telegraph
station on the continent; glory enough for one day!

_ The war put a complete embargo upon the building of railroads. The
origin of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific road is found in the charter
obtained by Hon, Luther C. Challiss for the building of the Atchison & Pike’s
Peak line. This was in the winter of 1859-60. During this year he obtained
possession of 150,000 acres or land by treaty with the Kickapoo Indians. A
company had in the meantime been formed and Mr. Challiss elected President.
The referred to tract was situated in Atchison and adjoining counties. To
Mr.-Challiss, Charles B. Keith, Indian Agent, Col. G. W. Glick, and Senators
Pomeroy and Lane, is due the construction of the Central Branch, which gave
Atchison its first communication westward into Kansas. Those not familiar
with the railroad history of the State often look at the map and wonder what
the proposed terminus of the Central Branch was and is. When the charter of
this road was cbtained, provision was made for building to a point 100 miles
west of Atchison. In June, 1860, ground was broken by E. Butcher, of Penn-
sylvania, the railroad contractor. But the war interfered and it was not until
1868 that Col. William Osborn completed this section to Waterville. Under
the grant for a Pacific road, it was proposed, at this point, to make a connec-
tion with a branch running from Kansas City to the 1ooth meridian, near Fort
Kearney, Neb. The route of the Kansas City road was changed to Denver,
however, and the Central Branch was left to fight its own way westward. The
western terminus of the branch is now nearly at the rooth meridian in North-
western Kansas, and under the push of the Gould interest Denver will ulti-
mately be reached. Thus Northern Kansas has become directly tributary to
Atchison.

The Atchison & Nebraska road, running from Atchison to Columbus,
Neb., via Lincoln, was commenced in 1868, and completed to Lincoln in August,
1872. Its general direction is northwest from Atchison, and it passes through
the most fertile and enterprising sections of Southwestern and Central Ne-
braska.

In September, 1869, the Missouri Pacific was extended to Atchison.

Late in 1871, work was commenced on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
road, It was completed to Topeka in May, 1872. The construction of this
magnificent line is peculiarly the work of Atchison men. Gen. B. F. String-
fellow was a member of the convention which met at Topeka, and was selected
as one of a committee of three to draw the bill transferring the lands to the re-
spective companies by the State, to which the grant was made by Congress. Of
this road Gen. Stringfellow speaks as follows :

rovided not only for a main line in the direction of Santa Fe, but fora
eosho to the Guif. At my suggestion that branch was made a separate
Fort Riley. It was intended thus to connect

The charter
brauch from the
road, and extended to connect with the K, P. at
the Gult States with Kansas and the Mountains,

That branch has become the Missouri, Kansas & Texas.

It not only connects Kausas and the Mountains with the Gulf, but has a branch through
Missouri to Hannibal, on the Mississippi, and thus connects the Gulf with the Great Lakes.

This little Neosho Branch, by a blunder of J. F. Joy, secured the exclusive right to a line
through the Indian Territory, and thus monopolized the trade from Texas to the North and
became one of the great lines of our country.

The construction of the main line. by another blunder, was started from Topeka, to
reach the coal mines of the Osage. After thus losing for years, the advantages of railroad
connection at Atchison, it was forced to begin at its proper starting point, and so place itself
in connection with the roads at this place.

Since then it has been extended southwest through Kansas, west through Colorado, and
southwest through New Mexico. It has now connection west with Leadville, on the summit
of -the Rocky Mountains: with Denver, the great city of the vast mineral region of the
mountains; it has passed Santa Fe, the oldest city in North America, its appareut destina-
tion, on beyond Albuquerque, whence starts the new line to the Pacific—the line favored
by Col. Benton, the projector of the Pacific road—and is hastening on through Avizona,
crossing the Southern Pacific, and on through the old Empire of Mexico to Guaymas, on

he Gulf of California. < & a

As already said, this road, in conjunction with the St. Louis and San Francisco, is build-
ing another road to the Pacific from Albuquerque, and a line of its own to Guaymas, one of
the best harbors on the Pacific. This line will be by a thousand miles the shortest to the con-
tinent of Australia and the shores of India and China, thus commandiug the trade of
countries whose population is of such countless millions that a number equal to the entire
population of our country might be destroyed by pestilence or famine and not be missed.

So admirable is the management of this compauy. so ample its credit and resources,
that the oldest of us may confidently expect to go on an excursion to celebrate the opening
of the line to San Diego and San Francisco, and the other line through Mexico to Guaymas,
with a possible extension of the trip, by invitation of the President, to his Capital, Mexico,

the City of the Aztecs.

Tt may be further added that L. C. Challiss was chiefly instrumental in
obtaining the charter of the A., T. & S. F: road, and that Atchison County
subscribed $15,000 in stock. ; :

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, that great corporation which passes
to the famed city of the Northwest through the old and rich sections of. the
West, was one of the last of the ‘: cart-wheel ” of eight railroads to make direct
connection with Atchison. Originally the line was projected to Leavenworth,
but Atchison was speedily made its western terminus. The construction of
the Atchison branch was begun early in 1872, and on July 14 the first train

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run into the city. In November the extension of the H. & St. Joe was com-
pleted. The Burlington & Missouri Company run trains to and from Atchi-
son, using the track of the K.C., St. J. & C. B. between Hopkins and this
point.

To speak more particularly of Atchison County—the A., T. & S. F. passes
southwest through the eastern and southeastern portions of the county, Parnell
and Cummingsville being stations along its line. It joins the Central Branch of
the Union Pacific at Parnell Junction, a few miles from Atchison. The branch
runs southwest and west through the center of the county, its stations beyond
Parnell Junction being Farmington, Monrovia, Effingham and Muscotah.
Oak Mills and Dalby, on the Missouri Pacific, which follows the river in the
southeastern part of the county, and Larkin, on the Kansas Central line which
cuts through the southwestern part of the county, are other stations on these
lines of roads centering at Atchison.

In July, 1882, the first through train from Atchison to Omaha run over
the new line of the Missouri Pacific R. R., and thus is opened another valuable
medium of communication. It is generally admitted that this line passing
through the most fertile portions of Kansas and Nebraska, is a benefit to the
whole northeastern part of this State, and primarily to Atchison. Thus it
is that Atchison has fulfilled the prophecy made by those pioneers who saw
in her geographical position the natural transportation center of a broad ex-
panse of country, although she has St. Joe only twenty miles to the northeast
and Kansas City fifty miles to the southeast. For further and more general in-
formation in regard to the railroads of Kansas the reader is referred to the
State history. At this point they are treated merely as they have a local bearing
and interest,

The greatiron bridge which spans the Missouri river at Atchison, and
which really connects the Missouri Pacific, the Central Branch, the A. & N.,
and the A., T. & S. F. lines on the western bank with the K.C., St, J. & C. B.,
the C.,R.I.& P., the B. & M., and the Hannibal & St. Joe on its eastern
shores, was commenced in August, 1874, and completed in July, 1875. Its
length is 1,182 feet, with an approach of 500 feet on the western side and 1,500
feet on the eastern. The structure consists of one draw span and three fixed
spins. The stone for the piers and abutments was taken from the celebrated
Cottonwood quarries. The bridge is floored, and is used for highway as well
as railroad traffic, the superintendent of the company operating an engine for
crossing trains. The American Bridge Company, of Chicago, was the con-
tractor for this magnificent piece of work.

But the most important and the finest of the ‘“‘concentrating railroad
agencies”” which Atchison put in force was the building of her costly union
depot, which was dedicated with impressive teremonies September 7, 1880.
Gen. Stringfellow, Col. Glick and Messrs. Brown and Bier were especially ac-
tive in securing its fine location on Second street. But it was by the energy
of J. F. Barnard, Supt. of the K. C., St. Joe & C. B. R. R.; to J. B. Carson,
General Manager, and T. L. Dunn, Chief Engineer, of the H. & St. Joe R. R.;
to A. Kimball. Supt. of the C.,R. I. & P. R. R.; to A. A. Talmage, Gen. Supt.
of the Missouri Pacific R. R.; to W. B. Strong, General Manager of the A.,
T.&S. F.R.R.; to W. F. Downs, late Supt. of the C. B. U. P.R.R.; and
to L. W. Towne, late Supt. of the A. & N. R.R., that its construction really
became an accomplished fact. The citizens of Atchison had seen for a long
time that the building of a union depot was a necessity. On the 8th of Janu-
ary, 1879, the Atchison Union Depot Company was formed—President, Mr.
Towne. Their capital stock was $100,000, of which amount the seven railroad
companies whose roads terminated in this city, took $70,000. The cost of
the building before its completion was $120,000. Its architect was Wm. E.
Taylor, who had built the union depot at Kansas City, and who was considered
one of the greatest experts in his line in the country. The work was let to
Capt. James A. McGonigle, of Leavenworth, who had built the union depot
at Kansas City, and was the ‘‘author of many superb works” throughout the
State of Kansas. Work was begun in the fa'l of 1879, and the dedicatory cere-
monies occurred Sept. 7, 1880. Gothic is the prevailing style of architecture.
The finest of pressed brick from St. Louis and the beautiful stone from the
quarries at Cottonwood Falls were used in its construction. Its length is 235
feet, with an L ninety-six feet. The width of the main building and L is forty-
four feet. The center of the union of main building and L is of two stories,
each in height eighteen feet ; with a mansard in height seventeen feet. There
is a basement under the entire building with rooms for an engine to heat
the building, and other rooms for cellar use. Though its nominal length is
235 and its width forty-four feet, its real length is 346 feet and its width 146
feet, being the extent covered by theimprovement of open roofs. It is thus,
too, capable of indefinite extension. The contrast between the dark red brick
and pure white stone, of which the pilasters are composed, is very pleasing.
The interior of the depot, both the general railroad quarters and the space de-
voted to the wants of the fine union depot hotel, is in keeping with the taste
evinced outwardly. Two stories in height, with ornamental mansard roofs,
and a tower which rises from their midst to an elevation of eighty feet from
the ground, the union depot is a structure of which any city might be proud,
and is a fitting monument to her enterprise and to the magnitude of her rail-
road interests.

The ceremonies which took place upon the formal opening of the depot,
September 7, were witnessed by a large crowd, many of them distinguished
guests from all parts of the State. One of the popular features of the day was
the competition of decorated engines for a $500 prize offered by the Exposition
Company. Central Branch engine, No. 162, carried off the prize. A speech
by Gen. Stringfellow, filled to overflowing with timely facts and common
sense—which is always timely ; an elegant banquet served in the large assem-
bly room, in the second story of the depot; a visit to the Exposition grounds ;
a grand procession, illumination and ball were all participated in, as indices of
the joy felt by Atchison and the State at the completion of this last binding
power of a complete circle of railroads. we

On June 3, 1832, a fire broke out in the second story of the depot, and
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before the flames could be stayed the mansard roof in the west wing was
destroyed, and much damage done by water. The total loss was $10,000.
Rebuilding commenced at once.

MAIL SERVICE.

Robert S, Kelley, the first postmaster of Atchison and associate editor of
the Sguatter Sovereign, received his commission April 10, 1855. The office
opened in a small, one story stone building in the block now occupied by the
Otis House. The room was about 20x26 feet, but large enough for all practi-
cal purposes. Mr. Kelley held the position but a few months and resigned.
His successor was a bright young South Carolinian, John H. Blassingame.
The location of the post-office was removed in May, 1856, to the store of
Messrs. Woolfolk & Cabell, on the Levee. During “the war in Kansas,” in
August, the head-quarters of the United States mail service were removed to the
law office of P. P.Wilcox, on C street, who ran the office while Mr. Blassingame
wasaway on military duty, At the end of Mr. Blassingame’s term of service inthe
postoffice, Henry Addomsand O.F. Short assumed the duties and responsibilities
of the position for a few months. In February, 1858, Col. John A. Martin was
appointed postmaster. For some time after the establishment of the service in
the town, its citizens depended upon the Atchison, St. Joe and Lecompton
United States Mail Line, and irregular “ posts” received by river steamers,
The mail line made regular tri-weekly trips between Lecompton and St. Joe
via Atchison, running four-horse stages. At Lecompton it connected with the
lines to Topeka, Fort Riley, Lawrence, and Grasshopper Falls, and at St. Joe
with the Hannibal & St. Joe R. R. The head-quarters of the line in Atchison
was the Massasoit House, and the arrival of the four-horse “stages, with pas-
sengers and mail, was quite a social and business event. But with the build-
ing of the Atchison & St. Joe R. Rk. in 1860, and of the lines to the North
and West within the next decade, the stages melted away before the quick
breath of the iron horses, like snow before the noon-day sun, so to speak, and
daily mails were taken asa matter of course, by the same public which only
a few years before looked upon a tri-weekly service as considerable of a luxury.
Col. Martin retained the office until 1873, when he.gave place to Benjamin B.
Gale. After five years’ service Mr. Gale died, and John M. Price became
postmaster, retaining the position until his resignation in April, 1882. M.G.
Winegar then received the appointment. In July of this year the free-delivery
system was inaugurated in Atchison, which, with her money-order department,
equipped her post-office with ‘all the modern improvements.”

THE SCHOOLS OF ATCHISON.

After 1857, when the Pro-slavery and Free-soil men of Atchison agreed tacitly to forge
political differences and remember only the well-being of the town, several ladies opened
small private schoois for the accommodation of the growing young community. Among
those who commenced the earliest and labored late in the work of education, was Miss Lizzie
Bay, daughter of Hugh Bay.

School District No. 1 was established by Henry Kubn, County Superintendent of Com-
mon Schools, and the first meeting in the district, was held, pursuant to his notice, at the
house of T. J. Dillon, in September, 1858. At this meeting was elected the first District
Board, consisting of a director, a treasurer and a clerk, viz., James Coulter, O. F. Short and
F. G. Adams. r. Short removing from the county, W. H. Grimes was, in December, ap-
pointed to fillthe vacancy. He resigned after serving a few days, and Hugh Bay succeeded
him. Mr. Grimes, Col. P. T. Abell, P. H. Woodard and L. A, Alderson were prominently
identified with the educational interests of District No. 1, during these early days.

A month after the formation of this district—on the 20th of November—the Atchison Free
High School was opened in Bury’s new building, corner of Fourth and Commercial streets—
Prof. P. D. Plattenburg being its principal. It was faithfully conducted, and_ merits a high
niche in the historical gallery. Although the financial responsibility attaching to those in-
terested in school matters could not have been heavy in those days, the fact is of record that
Col. P. T. Abell, the Treasurer of the School Board, was laboring along at this time under a
$20,000 bond, There was actually some difference of opinion as to whether that period of
civilization had arrived, when the community would be justified in supporting schools.
Even as late as 1860, the School Board refused to levy a tax for educational Bur pubes, But
from that time to the present, more sensible counsels have prevailed, until now Atchison has
as well-regulated a system of public schools as is to be found in Kansas.

Having wandered, however, there is no other way but to turn back. The corner-stone
of a central building for the city school was laid in August, 1858. In October, 1869, the edi-
fice was burned, and the present school building, on Fifth street, was erected on its site. The
basement of the Cons tesatlonal Church, Price’s Hall, the Masonic Hall and a room over the
Kansas Bank were all made to serve the cause of pubile education in Atchison. Up tothe year
1866, no particular system was apparent, and private and public education. seemed Lo be al-
most synonymous terms. Mrs. Wickham, the Misses Dickinson, Miss Bryning, Orlando
Sawyerand David Negley were most faithful stewards in this particular educational vine-
yard. Prof. D.T. Bradford returned what had been committed to his care with interest, for
he not only was a most faithful aud efficient teacher, but he brought an admirable graded
system out of a partial chaos. Tue graded system of the Atchison public svhools was estab-
lished chiefly through the Jabors of Prof. Bradford. Prof. Owens, Rev. H. M. Jackson, Prof.
1.C.Scott, Prof.C.S Sheffield and Prof. Richard C. Meade succeeded him in his work. During
the few years that Prof. Meade has been at the head of the city schools, he has brought them
to a far higher state of proficiency than they ever attained before. He is well qualified to
continue the work of improvement, being a graduate of the Highbury Training School,
London, and having been since an educator in this country for many years,

In pursuance of an act of the legislature, approved March 1, 1867, providing for a Board
of Education in cities of the second class, consisting of two members from each ward, the
first annual election for members of the Board of Kkducation of the city of Atchison was
holien June 3, 1867. This board superseded the old District Board of School District No. 1.
The first board, which served from June, 1867, until May, 1868, was as follows: President,
Wm. Scoville; Vice President, John A. Martin; Clerk, M. L. Gaylord; Treasurer, Win. Bow-
man; First ward, Wm. Scoville, Wm. CU. Smith; Second ward, M. L. Gaylord, L. R. Eliott;
Third ward, Jobn A. Martin, Julius H Ithaus; Fourth ward,Geo. W. Gillespte, Jacob Pochler,
When Atchison was made a city of the first class in 1881, the members ofthe Board of Edu-
cation frum each ward were increased from two to three. They are now es follows: First
ward, A. E. Gushing, Louts Rochat,G, L. Florence; Second ward, Joshua Garstde, A, I.
Martin, J. C. Fox: Third ward, J. H. Talbott, Augustus Lang, 8. C. King; Fourth ward, J. B.
Kurth, H. R. Bostwick, Dr. R. D. Hudson. Officers of the hoard: J. C, Fox, President; J. 1.
Kurth, Vice President; James H. Garside, Clerk; Richard ©. Meade, Superintendent,

Under the energetic management of Prof. Meade, a regular high school was established
in 1880, and placed in charge of Prof. F. W. Bartlett, who Is still principal. Before the close
of the first year the attendance had doubled, and the school, situated In the Central pulling
is so increasing that Prof Bartlett will be furnished with an assistant. The course of study 8
of so high a grade that its graduates are admitted to the Freshman classes of the State Uni-
versity, Washburn College, Baker and Lane untversities, and other leading colleges of Kan-
sas, without further examination.

The rads course of study poraued in the publi¢ schools is in accord with the most
advanced methods adopted in the East - a certain programme of work to be accomplished

annually being strictly carried out by the teachers of the different grades, Besides the
Superintendent of City Schools and Frine{pal of the High School, twenty-nine regular and
two substitute teachers are employed in the maintenance of public education in Atchison.
The average daily attendance (May, 1882) is 1,886 out of an. enrollment of 2,310, The wards
of the city are so overcrowded, however, that when State legislation bas been obtained en-
abling the city to issue bonds, certainly two new school buildings will be erected—a High
Schoul building, to be Jocated near the Central building, and an udditional structure for the
accommodation of pupils in northwestern Atchison. y

Central School —The building was completed in 1870 to replace the one destroyed by fire
In October, 1869. Located on Fifth street, between Santa Fe and Atchison streets, the
structure is one of the finest in the West. Its cost was $35,000. Prof. Meade, the Suj er-
iptendent of Public Schools, has his office on the second floor, the High Schcol is Jocated on
the third floor, the other rooms being devoted to the public school proper. The building is

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

rick, three stories, cut stone foundation and trimmings, dimensions 63x82 feet. The
patie surrounding ‘she building are 310x225 feet. The Central Building, is a structure
which ts one of the noble looking landmarks of Atchison, standing as it does on an eleva-
tion which overlooks the thickly settled portion of the city. The attendance is 800.

Waushington School (South Atchison) is situated on the corner of fifth and Q streets, and
was erected in 1873, at a cost of $15,000. Itis built of brick, three stories in height, and
next to the Ceutral Building is the most imposing school edifice inthe city, The principal
of the school is Prof. F. M. Draper, who also has charge of the Douglas (colored) school, on
Q street, between 5th and 6th streets. The attendance at both schools is 506.

Prof. J. F. Thorn is principal of the Prank Heebool, the building being located on

Jommercial street. The average daily attendance is 260.
2 The Lincoln school (eolored) Is Jogated on aucbison street eel 7th and 8th streets,
and is attended by 820 pupils. Prof. Thomas Morton Is the pri 5

The Atchison institute was founded in September, 1870, by Mrs. H. E. Monroe, who
jis still its proprietor and president. The school, now known as the Institute, was first
opened in a little building on Fourth street and was afterwards conducted in the unfinished
part of the Kansas Avenue M. E. Church. In November, 1871, the first building upon the
present site of the Institute, northwest corner of Third street and Kansas avenue, was
occupied. A wing was added in 1876, and the large brick building in 1879. And now even
more room is required. The location of the Institute buildings is high, healthful and
beautiful, the property at present representing a valuation of $25,000.

The success of tlie enterprise has been phenomenal; without assistance from City,
county, State, church or private donation; from a beginning of only nine students it has had
for more than three years past an annual enrollment of nearly 300 students. Its musical de-

artment alone numbers seventy, and its art department fifty. It admits no superior in the
Missouri valley for these two specialties. It has the following departments: Kindergarten,
primary, intermediate, and academic grades. Its collegiate department consists of a Prepar-
alory, Setentifie, Classical, and Belles Letters course. It also has the Normal, Art, Musical,
and Commercial course. its teachers for 1882-’83 are: Mrs. H. E, Monroe, President and
Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature; B, F. Nihart, A. B., Vice-president, Pro-
fessor of Didactics, Languages, and Science; Miss Ida A. Ahlborn, Professor of German,
Ma:hematics and Common Branches; Miss Dora Phelps, Professor of Elocution; M ss E.
§, Spencer, Principal Primary and Intermediate Grades; Miss Mary J. Whitaker, Assistant
Teacher, Kindergarten; Mrs. D. N. Wheeler, Professor of Art; Frederick Wachter, Professor
of Music; Miss Josephine Ware, Professor of Music; Miss 8. M. Hayward, Professor of
Music; Lily M. Gayler, Assistant Teacher of Music; Minnie Parker, Assistant Teacher
of Music; making in all thirteen teachers. It has had the only course of successful lectures
in the city of Atchison, extending through the term of five years. It also calls to its assist-
ance specialists in the scienves, who give daily lectures and instruction on the subject under
onsideration. 7" 7
i Its course of Belles Letters is unique and original, and will commend itself to the judg-
ment of thoughtful parents. It is designed asa post graduate course for ladies, as well
as for ladies wlio late in life have time and means to cultivate their mental abilities. It re-
alizes that, while the higher mathematics are always beneficial, they are less so in the
education of women than good domestic and literary training. During the course of two
ears nearly 100 volumes, including the classics of all languages, are read and discussed
‘or training both as to matter and manner in conversation.

It is divided into four chapters or divisions,viz: Chapter of Language, Domestic Chap-
ter, Chapter of Literature and Chapter of Accomplishments. L

In the Chapter of Language the following branches are studied: Grammar, Rhetoric,
Swinton’s Ramble Among Words, Trench’s Method of Words, Grahaiu’s Synonyms,
Smith’s Etymology, with a course of reading embracing ten books corresponding to the
above. .

Domestic economy, the text books being. House and Home Papers, American Woman’s
Home and Cookery as a Science, Domestic Chemistry, Physiology and Hygiene, particularly

ertaining to the health of women and children, Mental and Moral Ph.
Bovernment,

The most eminent ladies of the West lecture before this class and show that the
consider no woman’s education complete who does not know how to conduct a househol
take care of the minds and bodies committed to her care, and prepare citizens for the
republic. The next is an extensive course in the histories and literatures of different
countries, the history of art and artists, music and musicians, architecture and architects,
besides the discussing of forty books on the above subjects. The chapter of accomplish-
ments consists of music to the seventh grade, conversation as a science and art, and painting
in oil and water colors, and general decorative art. The substitute for painting or music
is cookery as an art. | hae :

Academy of Mount St. Scholastica —Among the educational institutes, which, durin,
the past twenty years has been gradually, but surely establishing itself in the confidence o
the community, is the St. Scholastica Academy, under the supervision of the Benedictine
Sisters. Its location is one of the most charming and healthful to be imagined. The academy,
known formerly as the “ Price Villa,” is a large and finely arranged brick structure, three
stories in height, with 2 mansard roof, and is situated in the suburbs south of Atchison, on
a beautiful elevation commanding an extensive view of the city and the surrounding coun-
try. Thesize of the buildlog is 80x120 feet, large bay windows and wivle porticos and ver-
andas giving it an outward appearance of humelike comfort which its interior arrange-
ments do not belie, Iti» heated by steam, supplied with hot and cold water, bath rooms and
every other convenience. The grounds surrounding the academy are being continually im-
proved and ornamented, and are so spacious that they afford ample advantages for exercise.

The academy was established in November, 1863, in the convent opposite St. Benedict’s
Abbey, North Atchison. Here the schoo} was conducted until July 16,1877, when the mag-
nificent piece of property in South Atchison, known as the“ Price Villa,” was purchased
and the building adapted to the purposes for which it was intended. The property original-
ly cost over $60,000, and is as finely arranged for educational purposes as any in the State.
Nine teachers are employed in instilling a course of instruction which embraces every useful
and ornamental branch of education suitable for young ladies Difference of religiou is no ob-
stacle to admission; provided the young ladies are prepared to conform with the general
regulations of the academy. Semi-annual bulletins a e transmitted to parents or guardi-
ans, informing them of the conduct, proficiency and health of their children or wards.
Mount St. ¢cholastica Academy, in short, is a home where young ladies are instructed by a
mother aud sisters, who take a personal interest and pride in the well-being and well-doing
of their pupils.

 

losophy and Civil

THE PRESS.

The Champion.—This, the oldest journal In Atchison, was founded upon the Squatter
Sovereign, a Pro-slavery sheet, first issued February 8, 1855. The father of the Sovereign
was the Atchison Town Company, or, to be more particular, a resolution passed by that asso-
ciation, September 21, 1854, donating $400 to Robert S. Kelley and Dr. John H. Stringfel-
low for the purpose of establishing a printing office. The little building, fashioned from
cottonwood logs which wers borne on the shoulders of Mr, Kelley, was situated on the
river bank overlooking George Million’s Ferry landing. It is a coincidence that the site
afterwards became the resident property of Col. John A. Martin, present editor of the
Champion. As stated, the firstissue was dated February 3, these gentlemen being editors
and proprietors of tho journal. Inthe summer of 1857 the town association disposed of a
large share of its property interests tothe New England Aid Society, of which Ex-Senator
S. C. Pomeroy was agent, and Robert MecBratney and Frank G. Adams were active mem-
bers. The Sovereign passed into their hands, being converted, of course, into a Free-state
peer: Mr, Pomeroy soon became sole owner, but in the fall of 1857 sold the paper to O.

. Short. In February, 1858, John A. Martin purchased the establishment and on the
twentieth day of that month, christened it The Freedom’s Champton. In September, 1861,
Mr. Martin commenced his term of service in the Union army, leaving the Champion in
charge of George I. Stebbins. Mr. Stebbins had charge of the paper until the fail of 1863,
when it was leased to John J. Ingal's and Albert H. Horton. In January, 1865, Col. Martin
returned from the army, and resumed charge of his paper, and on the twenty-second of
March, 1865, began the publication of a daily.

The nextimportant step in the history of the Champion was taken August 11, 1868,
when it was consolidated with the Atchison Fice Press,, being called the Champion and
Prrss, The Free Press—a Republican daily paper —first appeared May 5, 1864, F. G. Adams,
editor and proprietor, In April, 1865, Frank A. Root became a partner. Two years there-
after L, R. Elliott, who had veen acting as assistant editor for some time, became joint
pro rietor with Mr, Root. Mr. Elliott sold his interest in February, 1868, the consolidation
with the Champion taking place in Ausust, when Mr, Adams retired,

On May 20, 1869, the office of the Champion and Priss was destroyed by fire, but within
three weeks the establishment was again in running order, the paper contin to the public
now with John A, Martin as sole editor and proprietor. The Champion |s, as it has been for
the past twenty-four years, bold and vigorous in the enunciation of its policy. With the
exception of his term of service in the army, Col. Martin has been continuously at the helm.
The Champion is Republican in politics, an eight-column folio in form, and is among the
leading journals of the State, whether considered as a newspaper or as a potitical jour-
Bal anes ei Dion of public measures,

Aitchison Patriot was established by Nelson Abbott, October 25, 1867. In Septem-
ber, 1868, Messrs. H. Clay Park, B. P. Wargent ry, and Nelson Abbow, Jormeda yj ie
ship, under the firm name of H. Clay Paik & Co, and purchased the establishment, In
October of the same year, the paper passed intothe hanes of C.F and C. P. Cogan, and
shortly afterward reverted to Nelson Abbott. In Decen ber, 1875, Mr. Abbott delivered ) is
valedictory through the columns of the Patrtot. During his cWnership of the pope. 1.
H. BR. Horn, who js sti] connected with Jt as bockkccper, Was Lusincss nad ager of Ihe La
triot, and peiformed much of the editorial work, On December 6, 1&75, Messis. H. Clay
ATCHISON COUNTY.

Park, F. L. Vandegrift, and P. H. Peters, assumed control, the latter
ee Ny . retiring soon after. In
1877, E. W. Beall was admitted as a partner, the style of the firm being chataed teouy Park
& Vandesrizy io, Reo Gey, raUk & So, ioe J anuary 1,1879, Thomas Stivers, who had been
p r ears i
Vandegritt'and Beall vetieting: ighty , formed a partnership with Mr. Park, Messrs.
€ Patriot, at present published by Park & Stivers, is a seven-colu

dase. Cally Plesnlan Tee Gena Pu Is stanchly Democratic in politics in Se anne
, ed. 8 a good local and § b
presented. in SaaS Goes ie Jgurna istic success. Sisk. uicepueeiie uml
established by E. W. Howe, its present editor and proprietor, December
8, 1877. The daily is a sptcy five-column folio, filled with fresh local vnalter, and touching
every topic, editorially, from an independent standpoint. The weekly is a seven-colunmn
paper. Both editions are printed in its own office. Attached to the Globe is a good job
office. Asan afternoon paper it has its own peculiar field, which it alone can and does fill.
Mr. Howe, although among the younger members of the editorial rofession, is looked upon

as one of the raciest writers in the State, and a young man of decided energy and ability.
Kansas Staats Anzeiger.—In 1880, the material for this weekly German paper was
brougiit from Wichita, Kan., by Phillip Schmitz. About the same time, J. Hoernscheidt,
who had purchased offices in Great Bend and Wichita, and tried the experiment of publish-
inga Gorman paper in Topeka, and together they commenced the publication ofthe Daily
Journal and the weekly Kansas Staats Anzetger. Soon after, Mr. Schmitz sold his interest
to his partner, and Mr. Hoernscheidt has since remained sole proprietor. The daily is a
six-co umn folio, and has acirculation of 500, mostly in the city. The Anzeiger is the
largest German paper in the State, circulates 3,000 copies, and has an excellent advertising
Posie Pe are ladependent at Politics. Connected with the paper is a well-
shit and seventh Sieur e@ establishment is on Commercial street, between

Lhe Sunday Morning Call, devoted to society, dramatic items, literature, and_famil
reading, was established in February, 1880, by Frank Pearce. A few weeks later, Bowton,
Low & Co. became proprietors, and Increased its size. January 28, 1881, L. L. Higby be-
came part owner, and the Call was enlarged to its present dimensions—a six column
quarto. In July, 1882, Mr. Higby became sole proprietor.

As In all towns of blood and ambition, many newspaper enterprises which were put on
footin Atchison, stumbled and finally fell. That which met with the most prolonged suc-
cess was the Union, the first number of which was issued June 4, 1859, G. é. Chase, editor
and proprietor. It was purchased by Adams & Stebbins in the winter of 1861, and during
the succeeding winter was sold to Cochran Brothers. By them it was transferred, early in

63, to Leland & Marion, who published the paper for abouta year, when it was started
for Platte City, Mo., but the entire material was capsized in a creek on the way.

_A Polish Printer, named Pfeifer, established a sinall weekly in 1859, printed half in En-
glish and half in German. It existed only a few months,

The Archison Bulletin, a Democratic paper, formerly the Lecompton Democrat, was
published by Driggs, Faris & Moore, the first number being issued June 20, 1861, , Its
Dublication continued until December of the same year, and early in 1862, the mate-
a wasiLemoyed to Leavenworth, where it was employed in establishing the Leavenworth

The Union Banner was issued as a Republican daily campaign paper, by John -
tin, of the Champion, during an exciting canvass for city omeersin Tsoi, nee ee

The Atchison Anti Jayhawker, a Democratic daily campaign sheet, was published by
Cochran Brothers during the city canvass iu the spring of 1862.

The Democratic Standard, published by W. J. Marion, was first issued November 29,
1863, but was continued only, or pares. months:

The chison Free Press, a Republican daily paper, first appeared May 5, 1864, pub-
ished uy F.G. Adams, In April, 1865, Frank A. Root became 2 partner in the enterprise,
L. R. Elliott became assistant editor with Mr, Adams in September, 1866, and editor and
joint proprietor with Mr. Root in April, 1867, He disposed of his interest, Februar: 10,
1868. August 11, 1868, the Free Press was consolidated with the Champion, Martin & Root
being the publishers of the consolidated journal, Mr. Adams retiring. Mr. R
the spring of 1869.

Die Fackel, a German weekly, was removed from Wyandotte to Atchison, January 1,
1868, and was published there until January, 1869, by H. W. Kastor, when it was removed
to St. Joseph, Mo., and consolidated with the Volksblatt.

oot retired in

THE CHURCHES.

K nsas Avenue M_ #. Church —In April, 1857, Rev. James Shaw, of the Detroit Confer-
ence, moved into the Territory of Kansas and settled in Doniphan County. After preaching
a few times in Geary City aud Doniphan, by request he visited Atchison, and in May deliv-
ered the first sermon in Gen. S.C. Pomeroy’s office, located where the Otis House now stands,
During the same month arrangements were made for holding regular services, the new
pastor inducing a Congregatlonal minister, Rev. J. H. Byrd, to preach every alternate Sun-
day. Services were maintained during the summer and fall, and in October the First M. E.
Church of Atchison was regularly organized, with Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Short, Mrs. Butt, Miss
Willey, Mrs. Ann Harrison, Richard Harrison and W. M. Davies and wife, as members. Of
these only O. F. Short and Richard Harrison had been members of the Methodist Church,
and consequently the remaining members understoon that when they had an opportunity
and so desired, they could join their own societies. This new religious organization, how-
ever, was so welcome that, during the winter, $2,000 was raised in the city to build an edifice.
At the third session of the Kansas and Nebraska Conference, held at Topeka, in April, 1858,
Rev. Janes Shaw was transferred from the Detroit Conference, and appointed to the Leav-
enworth District, which embraced Atchison. Isaac F. Collins was stationed at Atchison, a
lot was donated by Col. Abell, on Parallel street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, and the
erection of a. church building commenced. Mr. Collins was re-appointed to the charge in the
spring of 1859, when tne church was finished. In March, 1860, Rev. Milton Mahin became
pastor, serving until March, 1861; Rev. Mr. Wentz, from 1861 to 1862; Rev. James Shaw,
1862-63; Rey. Warington Marlatt, 1863-64; Rev. R. L. Harford, 1864-66 (parsonage built);
Rev. W. K. Marshall, 1866-68; Rev. H. D. Fisher, 1868-71, In 1869, the old church was
sold and the fine edifice on Kansas Avenue commenced, It was entirely completed in the fall
of 1873, at a cost of $25,000. The church is of brick, 55x90 feet, entrance on Kansas Ave-
nue. ev. T. J. Leak served the church from 1871 to 1874; Rev. G. S. Dearborne, from
1874-76; Rev. William Friend 1876-79; Rev. E. W. Van Deventer, 1879-1882. Rev. Philip
Krohn, ).D., of New York, was called to the pastorate in 1882. He assumed charge of a
most flourishing society, its membership numbering nearly two hundred. .

First Baptist Church.—The founder of the First Baptist Church of Atchison is, without
doubt, Rev. James M. Challiss, father of George T. Challiss, who located on the present site
of the city, in September, 1854. During the next three years, Luther, Dr. W. L. and Joseph
Challiss, children all of that Christian old clergyman, then living away off in New Jersey,
settled in Atchison; audit was the repeated btayer of the father that the community in which
they lived should not longer exist without the holy influences of religion, which finally in-
duced Luther to donate a fine piece of ground, on the corner of Kansas avenue and Ninth
street. Aided by the Cohansey Church, of Cumberland County, New Jersey, of which the
Rev. Mr. Challiss was pastor, sufficient funds were raised to complete a substantial brick
edifice, by September, 1858. The Methodists had previously erected a small building, so that
this was the second one in Atchison, and the first Baptist meeting-house in the State of
Kansas.

It was on the 24th of April, 1858, that Rev. L. A. Alderson, who had been for years a
laborer in the pastoral, Sunday-school and missionary fields in Virginia, came to reside in
Atchison. Rev. James Shaw, the Methodist minister, had been invited to conduct the ser-
vices, but being unable to attend, and Mr. Alderson having landed the previous night from
the steamboat, arrangements were at once nade by which he should preach the pioneer
Baptist sermon. The services were conducted in Gen. §. ©. Pomeroy’s office, a small brick
building opposite the old Nationa] Hotel, on Atchison street. Regular services were held, a
few Sabbaths afterwards, in a room previously occupied as a saluon, on Commercial street,
near the wharf. On August 1, 1858, a church was organized, the place of meeting at
this time being a room in Allen’s building, corner of Commercial and Second streets. Those
who then united inchureh relation were Rev. L. A. Alderson and wife, Mrs. Mary A.
Challiss, J. C. Allen and wife, Aaron Stephenson and wife, Deacon Thomas Wise, Wilber~
force Dunlevy, and a few days thereafter, Dr. Wm. L. Challiss. Thenext month the church
was completed at a cost of $5,000, and the church was established on a substantial basis, In
May, 1861, Rev. Mr. Alderson, who had been pastor of this church since 1858, was suc-
ceeded by Rev. A. Perkins, D.D. Rev, Frank Bem lngton commenced his pastorate in May,
1864, serving only a few months, being followed by Rev. J. W, Warder. Rev. H. A. Guild
came in May, 1867; Rev. I. Sawyer, D.D., July, 1868; Rev. E, Gunn, Augus , 1870; Rev. J.
B. Hardwicke, November, 1873; Rev. W. T. Fleenor, June, 1877; Rev. J. W. Luke, August,
1880. The Church is now among the strongest in the city, having a membership of (about)
200—a cause for just rejoicing when the contrast is made with that little band of nine who
constituted the First Baptist Church of Atchison, a quarter of a century ago. ¢

First Congregational Caurch.—Although the Congregationalists held services under
Rev. J. H. Byrd, as early as June, 1857, no regular church organization was effected until
March 20, 1858. Upon that day a society of eight members was formed—Mr., Byrd, Pastor;
A.J. Evans, Deacon; B. F. Harrison, Clerk. In the fall of 1859, the foundations of the
present church edifice, corner of Kansas avenue and Fourth street, were laid, and during
the following season the building was enclosed. The congregation worshiped in the base-
ment tor several years. The church was completed and ded'cated May 14, 1865. Rev. S.

D. Storrs had become pastor in June, 1862. It was during his pastorate that the building
was fiuished. He resigned in 1867 and was succeedel for one year by Rev. J. M. Van
Wagner. Rev. L. B. Wilson, D. D., became pastor in 1868, and remained incharge for two
years, resigning his position in February, 1872. In September, 1872, Rev. F. T. Ingalls, of

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Olathe, accepted a call to the church, and was installed in October. With the exception 0°
one year’s absence in Europe, from October, 1880, to November, 1881, Mr. Ingalls has had
charge of the society since 1872. During that time Rev. William A. Bosworth was stated
supp . The church is strong and growing, having a membership of 180. Its property is
valued at $15,000. Present officers of the church, (1882): Samuel Hollister, C. Weber, E.
A. Markham, J. C. Meacham, A. P. Tenny, Trustees: EK. C. Johnson, J. A. Norton, Deacons;
Ji Ho Garside, Clerk; C, M. White, Treasurer; D. T. Bradford, Superintendent of Sunday

ool.

The First Presbyterian Church was organized October 21, 1858, by a committee of High-
land Presbytery appointed for that purpose. The organization took place in a building
owned by Mr. Allen, then standing on the corner of Second and Commercial streets. The
Rey. Alex, W. Pitzer, of Leavenworth, chairman of the committee, appointed by Preaby=
tery, was present and conducted the proceedings. The number of persons entering into the
organization on that day were eight, five by letter and three on profession of faith, viz.:
William M. Davies, Mary Davies, George B. Irwin, Rebecca Irwin, Annie Love, Andrew
Hamilton, Manypimilla Ireland and Edward Hair. The organization was completed by the
election of William M. Davies as Ruling Elder and Edward Hair as Deacon. For several
months afterward the church had _ no settled_pastor and held its service iu store rooms,
halls and private parlors. In April, 1859, Rev. Julius Spencer was engaged as stated sup-
ply, and remained with the society for eigh een months. The church was without regular
preaching until September, 1863, when Rev. H. H. Dobbins was called and continued to offi-
ciate as pastor until March, 1864. Rev. E. P. Lewis’ pastorate commenced in April, 1865, and
closed in February, 1868. During his incumbency the building near the corner of Fourth
and Commercial streets was erected at a cost of $4,500, and in 1865 the congregation coim-
menced worshiping in it. Up to this time the society had had no permanent home of its
own, but had worshipped _in various places, the last Jocality being Price’s Hall, corner of
Fourth and Main streets. Following Mr Lewis was the Rev, Edward Cooper, in December,
1868. He remained with the church until December, 1875, when he resigued and was fol-
lowed in March, 1876, by Rev. J. H. Clark, who officiated until June, 1878. In November
of the same year, the present pastor, Rev. M. F. Howie, was called. Inthe year 1880, the
society commenced the erecfion of a beautiful new stone building, corner of Fif h and Santa
Fe streets, and on the 15th day of September, the corner stone was laid, with appropriate
ceremonies by Washington Lodge, No. 5, A. F. The building is of blue lime-stone,
75x90 feet, and when entirely completed will be as fine a church edifice as is found in the
City of Atchison. The auditorium, which has a seating capacity of 500, is divided from the
Sabbath school room by stained glass doors, which can be dropped intu the basement when
necessary, thus throwing the entire building into one room. The entire cost of the lot and
building will be about $23,000. The present membership of the church is 200, and a con-
tinuous growth is noted. Officers of the church: Pastor. Rev. M. F. Howie; Elders, AJ.
North, A. B. McQueen, A, 3, Decker, J. M. Covert; Deacons, Judge J. L. Berry, B. F. Hud-
son,; Board of Trustees, B. F, Hudson, A. W. Simpson, A. F. Martin, S. D. D. Smith, E. K,
Blair, R. B. Drury aud David Lukens.

Trinity Church (Episcopal),—What is now known as Trinity, was organized in October,
1857, as St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, its original members being Hon. A. G. Otis, Thos,
R. Valliant, James L. McClure, Joseph P. Carr and Richard C. McCall, Those who at this
early day thus associated themselves together were under the spinitaa) guidance of Rev. L.
R. Staudenmayer. Trinity Church was incorporated February 27, 1860, the first vestry un-
der this organization consisting of the originators of the St. Mary Magdalene’s Church
with the additional member, Major R. H. Weightman. The Court House and Price’s Hali
were used as places of worship for ten years previous to the building of the church. Mr.
Staudenmayer, the first rector of Trinity Church, was succeeded by the Rev. Faber Byllesby,
in 1861, and hein 1863, by the Rev. J. E. Ryan, After Mr. Ryan’s resignation in Septem-
ber, 1864, Rev. T. H. Vail, D, D., was offered the rectorsbip, which he retained for two years,
notwithstanding the manifold other duties which pressed upon him as Bishop of the Diocese.
Bishop Vail was succeeded by his son-in-law, Rev. John Bakewell. The society had now so in-
creased in numbers and influence that the need ofa suitable church edifice was more than ever
felt. In this emergency, the right men and women were found in the right place, and it
was due to the personal efforts of Mr. Bakewell, Col, Wil iam Osborn, Richard A. Park, Gen.
B. F. Stringfellow, and Hon. A. G. Otis, and generous members of the church, especially
the ladies, that the elegant and costly structure, corner of Utah avenue and Fifth street,
was erected. Its total cost was $20,000. Built of stone in the early English style of Gothic
architecture, roof slated, the interior finished in black walnut and pine, spacious and light,
the church combines elegance with durability and comfort, and is one of the ornaments of
Atchison. In July 1871, Mr. Bakewell resigned, and was succeeded by the Rev. P. N. Meade
in January, 1872. Continuingaa charge until April, 1874, the latter was followed by Rev.
Thos. G. Carver, who resigned in September, 1875. Rev. Frank O. Osborne became rector
in February, 1876, and was succeeded by the present incumbent, Rev. Abiel Leonard, in
November 1881, There are at present about 150 communicants in the parish and 500 souls
in the congregation. Besides the beautiful church building, to which reference has been
made, the vestrymen of the society purchased in May, 1882, an elegant two-story brick
building on T. street for a rectory. The corporation at present (1882) consists of the fol-
lowing: . P. Blish, Senior Warden; W. W. Scoullar, Junior Warden; C. S. Osborn, Clerk;
H. A. Coats, Treasurer; Chief Justice, A. H. Horton, Messrs. E. A. Mize, W. S. Cain, E. W.
Markham and C. E. Styles.

St. Benedict’s 4 bbey.—St. Benedict’s Abbey, church and college, are conducted by the
Benedictine Fathers. It was in 1846, when Rev. Boniface Wimmer, O. S. B., came from Ba-
varia to Pennsylvania, and, assisted by some of his brethren, founded the Monastery of St.
Vincent’s, Westmoreland County, This founder, now seventy-two years of age, is at pres-
ent Abbot of that Monastery and President of the American-Casineusian Conpregal ion.

e first Benedictine Father that came to Kansas was Henry Lemke, who in the year
1855. arrived at Doniphan, where he laid the foundation of a monastery: His Jabors for the
people have lett a grateful remembrance in the hearts of the Catholics living in the vicinity
of Doniphan. He was soon assisted by some fellow-brethren who were sent by Father
Wimmer. They immediately opened a Latin school with afew pupils. But Augustine
Wirth, 0. S. B., soon found out that, ina few years, Atchison would surpass Doniphan in
every regard, and on this account they transferred their home to Atchison (1859), bought a
few lots northeast of the city, and laid the foundation ot the present monastery and college.
They also started the college, as soon as the building was ready. At the beginning only a
few pupils. Rev. P. Augustine was appointed Prior. In 1866 the corner-stone of fhe
Church of St. Benedict was laid. Previous to this a small frame building served as chureh
for the few Catholics. The present church is built in the Roman style, and is 162 feet Jong
and fifty-six feet wide. The steeples and the interior of the church are not yet finished.
In June, 1868, Rev. P. Louis M. Fink, O. S. B., was appointed Prior, filling the office until
December, 1870, at which time he was called to the Episcopal See of Leavenworth. During
his priorship the roof of the church was finished so that divine services could be held there.
During the erection of the church the college was discontinued, the dormitory of the stu-
dents serving as a house of worship. Afterthe church had been brought under roof, the
college was opened again with ten students, In July, 1871, Rev. P. Hegidius Christoph was
appointed Prior. He built the steeples to their present height (July, 1882), laid the Moor, fin-
ished the ceilings, etc. In January, 1875, Rev. P. Oswald Moosmuller became Prior. n-
der his direction the monastery as well as the college flourished. Especially his exertions
jn founding and augmenting a good library are highly to be praised. As the number of
members of the community was now sufficient, the Priory was promoted to an Abbey April
7, 1877, and on September 29 Rev. Innocent Wolf elected Abbot. He occupies this digni-
tary office at present. The status of the house is: Rt. Rev. Innocent Wolf, 0. S$. B., Abbot;
Very Rev. Boniface Verheyen, 0,8. B., Prior; Verv Rev. Pirmin Koumly. 0.8. B., Prior
of St. Benedict’s, Severance; Rev. Augustine W:rth O.S. B.: Emanuel Hartig 0.8. B.;
Timothy Luber, O. 8. B.; Peter Kassens, 0. S. B.; Eugene Bode, O. S. B.; Adolph Wesseling,
O. S. B.; Ferdinand Wolf, O. S. B.; Winfried Schmidt, O. S. B.; John Staeder, 0. 8. B.; Mat-
thew Bradley, 0.5, B. Besides these there are four priests from St. Vincent’s, Pennsylva-
nia, who act as assistants, viz: Rev. Ambrose Huebner, O. S. B.; Rev. Casimir Elsesser,
O, S. B.; Theodore Schmitt and Anselm Soehnler; seven clerics, ten Jay brothers, five can-
dictates and ten scholastics. The library of the monastery, to which also the students of the
college have access, consists of about 5,000 volumes, mostly theological, philological and
historical works. There is one incunabulum in this library which was printed in 1486,
shortly after the art of printing had been invented. The library is in charge of Venerabie
Fr. Herman, 0. S. B, The cabinet contains many instruments for physical purposes, and a
considerable collection ot specimens in natural sciences, principally botanv, ornithology,
geology, paleontology, entomology, numismatics, archeology, ethnology. The cabinet is
in charge of Very Rev. P. Boniface Verheyen, O. S. B.; botany and entomology are in charge
of Rev. P. Winfried Schmidt, 0. 8. B. The college library contains at present 800 volumes,
which pertain to English and German lIterature. This library is constantly increasing. It
is in charge of Rev. P. Matthew Bradley, O. S. B.

The parish-school near the church is directed by Rev, Peter Kassens, 0. S. B., pastor
of the church, and taught by four sisters of the order of St. Benedict. The attendance is
this year the most numerous, namely, about 300.

M, E Church, South.—The church is situated on the northeast corner of Sixth and Park
streets. Thes ciety was organized in 1856 by Rev. Thomas Wallace, and continued to increase
until 1862, when, because of the war excitement, the death and removal of members, ete.,
the organization was brokenup. It was reorganized in 1869, by Rev. H. W. Currin. The
following pastors have served the chureh: Rev. Thomas Wallace, Rev. D.C. O’Howell,
Rev. Wm. Barnett, Rev. H. W. Currin, Rev. A. V. Bailey, Rev. W. A. Hanna, Rev. H.D,
Hogan, Rev. Joseph King, Rev. G. J. Warren, Rev. J. W. Faubion, Rev. J. W. Payne, Rev.
T. H. Swearingen and Rev. C. A. Shearman, the present incumbent. The society has at
present (1882), forty-six members. It has suffered an woueuat large number of deaths
and removals, and once or twice has been nearly disbanded It is now, however, stronger
than it has been for some time,

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Atchison, was organized in 1866, by Rev. C. F. Liebe, who was al that time a home mis-
sionary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and_ other States, for the
States of Missour1 and Kansas, The first regular minister was Rev, Mr. Menge, who was
installed in April, 1867, Ill health caused his resignation during the same year. Rev. G.
Landgrat Succeeded Mr. Menge in December, He was installed on the first day of that
month, the church building, corner of Tenth and Commercial streets, being dedicated at
the same time. In 1869 a parsonage, adjoining the church, was erected and during the
next year Mr, Landgraf accepted acallto Missouri. Rev. C. Janzow, of Weston. Mo., suc-
ceeded him, who was followed in turn by Rev. C. Hartman of the St. Louis Theological
Seminary. He died in the fall of 1872, anda call was then extended to Rev, W. Zschoche,
of Miami County, Kan., the present pastor, He was installed January 15, by Rev. M.
Meyer, of Leavenworth, wno had been in charge of the society fora tew months. Both
the church building and parsonage were subsequently rebuilt and enlarged. Under the
pastorate of Rev. W. Zschoche the congrepation has increased to a membership of 130.
Connected with the church is a day school, which, until 1881, was conducted by the
pastor. It is now taught by F.C H. Hoeck, and numbers some sixty pupils.

Che English Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in Atchison in 1870, with Rev.
M.S. Boyer as pastor, and a membership of twenty-three. Regular meetings were held in
Price’s Hall and the Congregational Church for several months, but Mr. Boyer becoming
discouraged, he resigned, and the church soon ceased holding meetings. Some months
since, however, a reorganization was effected, and the services of Rev. W, I. Cutter, of
Effingham, secured. Meetings are held regularly every Sunday afternoon, and the church
has a membership of forty-two. Thé Methodist Episcopal Church South has been secured
for the meetings of the organization.

Although the society has no building of its own, it has land in what 1s known as the
Lutheran Church addition—about thirty lots, The elders of the church are: J, H. Berlin,
who is also secretary and treasurer, and Nathan Kistler; deacons, W. H. Kuhns, A. B.
Zimmerman, Israel Heisy aud tl. N. Waterbury; trustees, 8. K. Clarke and W. H. Smith.
The organization has also a Sunday school of forty-five members, of which J. EL. Berlin is
superintendent.

Church of Christ.—The members of this religious body effected an organization in
Atchison in 1869, with James F. Butcher and T. B. McCleery as elders, and J. A. Ham,
James A. Patton and J. J. Locker as deacons, and the last named _as clerk and treasurer,
Elder W. J. Rogers officiated for one year, succeeded by Elder James E, Gaston, who re-
mained in charge eighteen months, The meetings then became irregular for several years,
and in 1875 the churehb as an organization ceased to exist. After the lapse of seven years,
by the active exertions of C. F. Saunders and lady and other zealous persons, the church
was re-organized December 4, 1881, with a membership of twenty-two. Soctal meetings
were held for a season and Elder J. R. Spencer, of Topeka, secured to preach to the congre-
gation. The following were elected as the advisory board: C. F. Sauifders, J. G. Sample,
T. B. McCleery, J. T. Allensworth and J. J. Locker, The board finally secured the services
of Elder M. P. Hayden, of Columbiana, Ohio, who took charge of the church, April 7%,
1882. Under his auspices, and_by the co-operation of the advisory board, a permanent
organization was effected May 28, 1882. with a membership of twenty-five. Meetings are
regularly held In the hall, corner of Fourth street and Kansas avenne, and the ‘Church of
a growing rapidly. Witbin one year its membership will undoubtedly reach one

undred. *

The African Methodist Episcopal Church of Atchison was organized in the summer of
1868. The first sermon was preached by Rev. John M. Wilkinson, who was sent here by
the conference of the African Methodist Church. He labored zealously organizing classes
and soon succeeded in building a comfortable frame meeting house, ca) alle of seating 125
persons. Rev. Mr. Wilkinson’s successors were: Revs. J. F, Jordon, W. H. Sexton,
Thomas Strother, John A, Fourshee, W.L. Herod, V. F. Bates, J. W. Wilson, James H.

Hubbard, and J. P. Howard, present preacher in charge, who came to Atchison, October
1831. Four years since the frame church building, located on Atchison between Seventh
and Eighth streets, was destroyed by fire, but the congregation immediately set to work
and erected on the ruins a brick building, 36x6u feet; the Jast indebtedness on the church,
$500, was paid by subscription in a single day, in May, 1882. The church has a member-
ship of 310. The present officers are: Thomas Reed, B. F. Bonner, Jerry Rucker, Harvey
Potter, Washinzton smith, stewards; Thomas Reed, Harvey Potter, Phillip Porter, James
Eads. Robert Heister, class leadvrs; James Eads, B. F. Barnard, Jesse Miller, Jerry Ruck-
er, Thomas Reed, trustees; Horace Johnson, superintendent Sabbath school. One hundred
and seventy-five scholarsiuscnool Regular services every Sabbath morning and evening;
prayer meetings Weunesday evenings. A 5

&b-nezer Baptist Church (Colored),—This religious body was organized in March, 1867.
A frame house of worship 35x40 feet, was erected the same year, The church books show
@ membership of forty at the end of 1867. Elder W. M. Twine wasthe first preacher. Since
the beginning, the following named Elders have ministered to the church: Messrs. Twine,
Sims, Marshall, Morton, Paris, and the present minister, Elder Smothers In 1876, another
church was organized, but after a short time it was consvlidated with Ebenezer, Early in
1877, the members were unfortunate in losing their church edifice, and for several years
worshiped in private houses, and occasionally in puvlic; but last September they erected
their present substantial brick structure, 42x72, on the site of the burned building, and
great prosperity now attends them. Sincethe advent of Elder Smothers, August 9, 1881,
200 persons have been immersed and received into the church. There are at present alittle
over 500 nembers. Services are regularly held, Sunday mornings and evenings, and prayer
meetings Wednesday evenings,

COLORED REFUGEES.

The spring of 1879 was noted for the excitement caused by the shipment to Kansas and
other localities of large numbers of freedmen and women from Louisiana, Mississippi, and
other Southern States. Atchison shared the excitement of the threatened irruption. The
leaders of public opinion protested that the city did not desire the presence of unskilled
laborers. There were no vacant houses in the city, and the public feeling was almost unani-
mous that Atchison did not want them as citizens. A few shrewd (?) politicians saw in the
Southern exodus an attemptto carry Northern States for particular political parties. But the
reply of the friends of the party indicated was: ‘Weare already in an overwhelming major-
ity, and do not need the ballots of these freedmen.” On the 1st day of May, word was brought

by railway passengers from below thatthe steamer ‘Joe Kinney,” with 250 colored refu- -

gees, was making its way up. and would land her human care at Atchison. No attempt
was made to resist, and the next day the boat arrived and quietly landed at Ketcham's Mill,
below town, sent her passengers ashore, and quickly departed. They were poor and desti-
tute, and clothed in rags. Bly were without food. The Daily Champion of May 3d, after
describing the pitiable condition of the refugees, contended that white people of any na-
tionality, under similar circumstances, landed without food on astrange shore, would have
been deeply dejected and loudly bewailed their fate; butin all that black company there
was nota whimperoracry. A boy with achain cable held on to his dog, anc. an old wo-
man smoked, with the remark that when the last pipeful was gone she reckoned some kind
friend would furnish another, They were poor enough, and all said they were out of pro-
visions, yet they asked no one for food,

Tie idea seemed to suddenly seize bystanders of all shades of color, that It wag a pitiful
thing that a lot of men, women and little children, some of them sick, should be In Atchison
without food, and a sort of “relief movement” was organized. Doc. Jennings was on hand
with his wagon, and started out to collect provisions, and he got them from citizens every-
where—bread, flour, bacon, and the “staples” generally. The Atchison colored people, to
their honor, seemed greatly aroused, and came in froin all directions with provisions, It
was determined to remove at least the women and children, {nelnding the sick, to the two
colored churches for shelter. The work was vigorously prosecuted under the supervision
of City Marshal Benning and others. Among the colored men who were conspicuous {n
their efforts in behalf of their people, were Jacob Starr, and Messrs, Jennings, Ransom,
Rucker, Logan, Morton, Wilson, and Lett, Atalate hour many of the refugees still re-
mained on the river bank, sitting around little fires built of driftwood, as patient and un-
complaining asever, A “square meal” for the hungry refugees wound up Atchison’s first
day's experience with the emigration movement, the most singular since the Israclites
started out for ‘soldier claims” in Canaan,

Atchison did its whole duty to those who were so unceremoniously cast Into their midst,
but as an evidence that they did not propose to shoulder nore than their own share of the
burden, the City Council met in special session on the 3d day of May, and passed au ordi-
nance forbidding the landing of paupers. About the same time the authorities ofthe A. &
N., and Central Branch railroads, proposed to carry the refugees on their roads to counties
north and west, where their services were needed, at the rate of one cent p-r mile. But the
most of them obtained employment, and did not long depend on the charity of the people of
the clty. The women and children found shelter in the two colored churches, and as the
season was not inclement, the men shifted along without suffering. The colored people of
the city held a mecting on the 4th of May, and took measures to relieve their unfortunate
brethren, In this work, Jacob Starr, P. Porter, Merit Davis, J. W. Wilson, I. Venable, J. A.
Paris, R. M. Wilson and P. R. Booker were conspicuous,

CITY INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS,

Atchison Water Works.—From the earliest setilement of the city up to the year 1880,
one of the most serious drawbacks toa residence in Atchison, was an inadequate supply
of wholesome water suitable for all purposes. During that year the people wisely decided, by
2 vote of 1,309 to 84, to contract with Sylvester Watts, of St. Louis, for the construction uf
water works on the reservoir plan. The ‘‘Atchison Water Company” was organized under
the laws of Kansas, and Jolin R. Lionberger, George E. Leighton, Thomas E, Tutt, Charles

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Parsons and Sylvester Watts, all of St, Louis, were elected Directors, and T. N. Bontelle,
Chief ‘gngineer. It was agreed to furnish fifty hydrants for fire purposes and for flushing
sewers, torether with a number of public watering troughs, the city paying therefor the
‘sum of $6,000. Six miles of mains were laid, and water laid on the following streets: On
Ninth from Commercial to Main; on Niuth to Kansas avenue; on Kansas avenue from
Ninth to Tenth; on Tenth from Kansas avenue to Laramie; on Seventh from Commercial
to Kearney; on'Fifth from southern limits to Division; on Atchison from Fifth to Second;
on Fourth trom Atchison to Riley; on Riley from Fourth to Fifth; on Second from Main to
Parallel: on Fourth from Commercial to V street; on V from ourth to Fifth; on Main
from Fifth to Eighth: on R. from Fifth to Seventh; on Seventh from Rto Park. The res-
ervoirs are located on the highest ground within the city limits, the top of the settling
reservoir being 227 feet above the level of the Missouri river. They are located at thesouth-
ern extremity of South Fifth street, in Spring Garder Addition. The ground on which the
reservoirs are placed was purchased of George T. Challiss for $2,500. From the embank-
ment a magnificent view is obtained of the windings of the Missouri river, the city of Atchi-
gon, and the country west and south. The settling reservoir has acapacity of 1,250.0U00
gallons, Adjoining this on the west isthe storage reservoir, capable of holding 3,500,000
gallons of water. The reservoirs are built in the most substantial manner. The pumping
works are located at the west end of the Missouri River bridge, and the water forced to the
settling reservoir through a ten-Inch pipe, capable of discharging 1,000,000 gallons in
twenty-four hours, The suction apparatus is worked by apair of combination engines and
pumps, known by machinists as isochronal engines, of seventy-horse power each. They
are of thirty-inch stroke, with cylinders twenty-four inches in diameter. The pumps act
independently, and each can pump 1,000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours, But one of the

umps is used at atime, thus preventing any stoppage in case of accident. The Missouri
River water 1s agreeable and wholesome. The sediment consists almost entirely of sand.
le time to settle before being drawn into the storage reservoir,
and from thence delivered to consumers. The total cost of the water-works was $150,000,
and it is money well expended. In this connection it may be well to remark that asa means
for the extinguishment of fires, six streams can be simultaneously thrown a distance of
100 feet and upwards—sufficient for all practical purposes. The Silsbee steain fire engine is
now a plece of useless property, aud will soon be disposed of by the City Council, to some less
favored community, There has been no change in the official management of the water-
works company from the first organization, the following named gentlemen still retaining
the management: John R. Lionberger, President, St. Louis, Mo.; John D. Davis, Secre-
tary, St. Louis, Mo.; J.B. Quigley, Superintendent, Atchison.

The Police Force.—For the past few years Alchison has had the benefit of a well-ap-
pointed departinent. The first City Marshal, Milton R. Benton, was elected in the spring of
1858, under the first act of incorporation, In September of the same year he was re-ap-
pointed, and held office one year. At present the force is divided as follows : One City Mar-
shal, one policeman to guard city prisoners, one keeper of city prison, and uine patrol
police. The police is divided into five nightaud five day men.

From the last annual report of Thos. B. MacGee, Police Judge, itis learned that the 1,511
cases brought before him carried $14,039.65 into the city treasury. About one-half of this
sum was paid in fines, and one-seventh “worked out” on the streets by the unfortunates
of the chain gang. The most common kind of offenses were: drunk, 149; prostitution, 187;
vagrancy, 86: discharging fire arms within the city limits, 81; visiting houses of ill-
fame, 59. ‘

The Alchison Gas Company was organized January 21. 1870, with the following direc-
tors: Geo. W. Glick, president; A. H. Stryker, secretary; R. A. Park, treasurer. The capital
stock of the company is $100,000, all paid up. Im 1881 the old works were entirely replaced
by new ones, built on a large scale, and including all the modern improvements. Over five
miles of mains have already been laid, and the system is being continually extended. The
present officers of the company are as follows: A. G. Otis, president; W. W. Guthrie, vice
president; H. M. Glancy, secretary; J.P. Brown, purchasing agent. The works are situ-
ated on Main street, west of Seventh. i .

The Atchison Street Railway Company was chartered by the legislature in the winter of
1880, and organized in the spring. of 1881 by the choice of the following officers, who are
still serving the company: J. A. Beeson, president; W. W. Hetherington, treasurer and sec-
retary; . H. Luitwieler, superintendent. Under the provisions of their liberal charter, the
company has constructed several miles of road, and supplied their lines with good cars. The
Fifth street Jine extends from the water works in tbesonth to the Catholic Church in the
northern part of the city; the Commercial and Mainstreet line from the Union Depot to
Harmony Garden inthe western section; the Commercial and Teuth street line from the
Union Depot to the end of Tenth street, with a branch up Kansas avenue. The company
employ nine cars, fifteen men, and forty horses and mules.

Fire Department.—The fire department of Atchison was first organized on the volun-
teer system during the year 1860. Sol. Washer was the first chosen president, and Maj.
W.S. Downs the first foreman, with a full force of members. Hand engines were used
until 1876, when a Silsbee steamer was purchased, and three years later the volunteer sys-
tem gave place co a paid department, although Atchison has still a goodly number of volun-
teers, The wise introduction of the reservoir system has revolutionized the fire depart-
ment. At present the Silsbee steamer is more ornamental than useful, the water works
being capable of throwing large streams of water over the highest building in the city.
The present officers of the force are: Samuel H. Kelsey, chief; Jolin Compton, foreman;
Win. Hoover, pipeman; H. H. Wilson and J. H, Johuson, drivers; James Young, watchman,

The Great Fire.—On Sunday afternoon, June 9, 1867, the most destructive fire that
ever visited Atchison occurred. Within three hours, two large and valuable blocks of build-
ings—on both sides of Commercial, between Fourth and Fifth streets—were swept away ;
twenty-one store rooms, with an immense amount of goods, were reduceil io heaps of
smouldering ashes; and twenty-five persons were thrown out of places in which to transact
business. The lowest estimate placed the loss at sixty thousand dollars. The fire had its
origin in a defective fine, and probably burned a considerable time before it was noticed.
About one-sixth of the loss was covered by insurance. But as usual there was not the great
loss without some Compensating gain. ‘The burnt district was soon covered with fine
business blocks, and even some of the owners were actually benefited by the conflagration.
Better buildings commanded better prices.

The water is allowed am

BANKS AND COMMERCIAL UNIONS.

In January, 1857, amact was passed, making It a grave offense for any person or,persous
to either form themselves into an association to carry ou banking transactions, or to sub-
scribe to such a purpose, The penalty for Its violation was a fine, ranging from $400 to $1,-
000. or imprisonment of from six months totwelve months. The act establishing the Kansas
Valley Bank, at Leavenworth, was approved February 19, of the same year. It provided for
branches at Atchison, Lecompton, Doniphan, Fort Scott and Shawnee, Johnson County. As
an anomaly in nature, it may be stated that, although the Leavenworth parent was never
born, & vigorous son sprang Into being tn Atchison. Furthermore, the act made the branches
entirely independent of the trunk. Staruing contradictions! The capital stock was fixed at
$300,000, bits payable in gold or silver, John H. Stringfellow, Joseph Plean and Samuel
Dickson were authorizou to open subscription books. The Atchison Branch of the Kansas
Valley Bank was the first institution of the kind In the Territory, The books were opened
and an organization was effected early in the spring of 1858, and the capital stock was fiually
fixed at #520005 securities $100,000. G. H. Fairchild, late of Waverly, was manager; Board
of Directors, Gon, 8. C. Pomeroy (Pres.), W. H. Russell, L. R. Smoot, W. B. Waddell, Judge
F. G, Adams, 8. Dickson and W. E. Gaylord. In denial of the statement made by rival towns,
such as Sumner and Doniphan, that the bank was about to suspend, the directors published
a statement of [ts condition soon after the institution was established, from which it appears
that the assets were $36,638, and labilities $20,118. Before the end of the year, Gen, Pom-
eroy resigned the presidency of the bank, in favor of William H. Russell, of the firms of R.
Majors & Co. and Smoot, Russell & Co., two of the largest Government contracting firms in
the country, Gen. Pomeroy was chosen vice-president, Kor many years Col. R. L. Pease
was manager of the bank, In 1861, it retired from business, and its legitimate successor,
Hetherington 8 Exchange Bank continued to accommodate Atchison’s financial demands.

4 In January, 1861, by legislative enactment, the name of the bank was changed to the

Bank of the State of Kansas,” with W. H. Russell, Pres.; G. H. Fairchild, V. Pres.; R. L.
Pease, cashier. It continued business until March,’ 1866, when the stockholders wound w
the concerns of the bank and made arrangements for the redemption of its circulation. E.
3B. Allen was president of the institution after 1862.

Exchange National Bank of Atchison.—This, the oldest banking institution in Atchison,
{yas established in 1859. as Hetherington’s Exchange Bank, in the basement of a building at
aie corner of Third and Commercial streets. Its founder was William Hetherington. Save
for One zeat dur ing the war, its doors have been open daily, Repeated attempts to plunder
ib then induced Mr. Hetherington to close out his business and wait for better times. 1n 1869,
i romever to the fine building on the corner of Fourth and Commercial, erected by Mr.

e nel ngton for the express uses of the banking business, and provided with every requi-
site for the transaction of business and the security of deposits. In 1876, Mr. Hetherington
ad mitted lis son W, W. Hetherington, who had been for along time a clerk in the bank, to
a partnership, and in 1881, another son, C. S. Hetherington, became associated in the busi-

ness,
“The Exchange Bank of William Hetherington & Cu.” was chan
5 ed to the xchange
National Rank of Atchison,” August 1, 1882. The formal change was tnade on Saly a1 when
re {ncorporators deposited with the Comptroller of the Currency $100,000 in Government
onds, an completed the steps required by law; but the bank did not commence business
until August 1. The directois are Wiliam Hetherington, W. W. Hetherington, B, P. Wag-

gener. Frank Bier and J. S, Galbraith.

rhe officers are: President, William Hetherington; Vice President, J. P. Pomeroy;
ATCHISON COUNTY.

Cashier, W. W. Hetherington; Assistant Cashier, 0. S Hetherington; Att
, sta , 0. 8. a orneys, Ever
Waggoner; Bookkeeper, John V. Jillich; Assistant Bookkeeper Charies E. Reck: Dollenton

Furst Nutional Bank,—Organized in 1867, David Auld being elected the first
in June ofthat year. W.R. Stebbins, who was elected cadhtor remained with the nea cns
ear when J.T. Coplan, present incumbent, succeeded him. The bank commenced business

uly 1, 1867, witha capital of $50,000, and a surplus of $20,000 for an increase of capital.
One year later, the capital was increased to $100,000. The present surplus is nearly $50,000.
The first year’s deposits amounted to about $75,000; present deposits, $350,000 to $400,000.
noe officers, Davia Auld, Pres.; C. G. Foster, V. Pres.; J. T. Copland, casbier,; A. M.

Atehison Savings Bank was established in 1869, William C, Smith bein resident, and

fice Lark cashier, Hae, a G. bla Wale elected president and still holds That position.
» Pe a rst vice-president of the savings bunk, and was su U

son, James W. Tanker Tne capital stock 150.000. e ; Mierenuene ae
nan Savings Bank,—Organized in 1873, with the following officers: George Storch,

pros tlent, Robert Forbriger, vice-president; John Belz, eaanion. These gentlemen have

continued to serve in the same capacities ever since. The capital stock of the bank ig

$10,000, and its deposits $100,000. A general banking business is trausacted, coliections

are made in all parts of Europe, and a regular savings department 1s conuected with the in-

The Atchison National Bank was organized April 1, 1873, with John M. Price as presi-
dent, M. Barrett. cashier. Preseut officers: C. ey Drury, president: R. H. Ballentine,
vice-president, M, Barratt, cashier. Average deposits, from $125,000 to $150,000; capital
stock, $100,000. G. D. Harrison, of Iowa, wag president of the bank after Mr, Price until
1878, since which time Mr, Drury has held the position. When it commenced business the
capital was $100,0U0, which, in 1877, was reduced to $50,010,

Niw England Loan and Trust Co, Des Moines, lowa.—L. A. Grant, president; D. B.
Lyons, vice-president; D. G. Edmundson, secretary; John ©. Avery, manager.

John CG. Avery established this Kansas department of the company at Atchison, July,
1880, having had charge of the business in this State sincethattime. Tlie businessamounts
to about $750,000, principally east of the sixth principal meridian, and they contemplate
working the entire State, expecting in 1882 to do a business of, at least, $1,000,000. They now
employ about sixty local agents in various parts of the State negotiating loans, mainly on
improved iar ang city, pr Pee :

The chison Board of Trade was incorporated by the Legislature November 29, 1881
and since Lhat time has been of great benefit to the business men of the city, Elegant and
comimodious rooms have been fitted up on Fifth street, and the usefulness of the board
is now universally acknowledged. The object of the movers is stated in article one of the act
ot incorporation. To increase the business facilities, advance the commercial character,
and promote the manufacturing interests of the city of Atchison, by bringing buyer and
seller nearer together; by inculcating just and equitable principles of trade; establishing
and inaintaining uniformity inthe commercial usages of the city; acquiring, preserving
and disseminating valuable information. Residents of Atchison ‘may become members
by the payment of an initiation fee of $25. The officers are: William bowinan resident;
BB Washer, vice-president; ‘T. B. Gerow, secretary; R.A. Park, treasurer, Number of

The Merchants’ and Bankers’ Mutual Benefit Association of Atchison. Organized No-
vember 15, 1879._ First Directors: A, H. Lanphear, Robert Forbriger, W. W. Cochrane, A.
B. Bradish, M. Bosworth, H. M. Glancy. Present officers: A. ie Lanphear, president;
Robeit Forbriger, vice-president; W. W. Cochrane, M. D,, medical director; D. B. Rogers,
secretary; John Francis (State Treasurer), medical director; W. W. Cochrane, A. H. Lan-

hear, A, B. Bradish, P. I. Bonebrake, M. Bosworth, H. M. Glancy, Robert Forbriger,

oar of directors, Headquarters on Fourth street near Commercial.

The Atchison Industrial and Agricultural Fair Association was organized in the sum-
mer of 188U, and an exhibition given the same year. he association purchased forty
acres of ground two miles southwest of the city for $12,000, and during the first season ex-
pended $17,000 more in buildings, and in adorning and beautifying the grounds. It is
claimed that the half mile race track belonging to the fair association is one of the most
beautiful in the West: that 50,000 people can see every foot of track during a racing
contest. The first officers of the association were: John Seaton, president: C. Rohr, vice-
president; Edward Fleischer, secre lary; W. W. Hetherington, treasurer; B. P. Waggener,
chief marshal; John Seaton, Edward Fleischer, B. P. Waggener, C. Rohr, W. W. Hethering-
ton, J. C. Crall, G. W. Glick, board of directors, he officers for the present year are: John
Seaton, president; M. L. Sargent, vice-president; H. R. Bostwick, secretary; L. L. Todd,
treasurer; Dr. D. J. Holland, chief marshal; John Seaton, D. J. Holland, J.C. Tomlinson,
M. L. Sargent. L. L. Todd, P. R. Peabody, board of directors.

Atchison Typographicxt Union, No. 13.—This society was organized by charter from
the National Typographical Union June 10, 1881. At present the organization has twenty-
seven members, and the following named persons fill the several offices: H. C. Patchen,

resident; John T. Reilly, vice-president; J.L. A. Anderson, recording secretary; James

. Jones, Cor. and Fin. Sec.; John C. Root, treasurer; S. E. Cline, sergeant-at-arms;
Samuel Filson, C. W. Blakeley, C. L. Mathers, directors: James M. Jones, delegate to the
thirteenth session of the International Typographical Union. The regular meetings are
held the first Sunday in the month in the Daily Champion office.

Atchison Cigar Makers’ Union, No. 61.—Charter was granted by the International
Union April 17, 1880. Present officers: John Knott, president; Curtis Stripp, vice-presi-
dent; George Phingstay, treasurer; John C. Herd, financial and recording secretary.
Present number of members thirty-eight.

MANUFACTORIES.

Cily Mitls.—In 1867 Messrs. E. K. Blair and W. W. Auld established their present busi-
ness in their present location. The building is 24x90 feet, fronting on Fourth street, while
on thesouth is a brick elevator of 15,000 bushels capacity. The entire property is valued
at $60,000, the machinery, which has been improved and renewed several times, costing
about $15,000. The mills have four run of stone, their daily manufacture being 150 bar-
rels of flour. The brands of which the City Mills make a specialty are “ Alpha” (patent),
“City Mills” (fancy), and ‘‘ White Rose” (family).

Central Mills.—In 1871 Capt. William Bowman and Col. Thomas Murphy erected a large
three-story brick building on the corner of Sixth street and Kansas avenue. Col. Murphy
died in 1879, J. S. Kellogg becoming a partner in the business during that year. The
Central Mills are now operated by Buwman & Kellogg. The elevator is situated on the
south side of the main building. The firm do a large business, there being some $40,000 in-
vested in buildings and machinery. There are seven run of stone and three sets of rollers,
the daily capacity being 200 barrels. Messrs. Bowman & Kellogg employ sixteon hands in
their manufactory, and turn out “Ivaihoe Patent,” “Central Mills,” and ‘‘ Sterling,” as
their peculiar brands. ‘ , :

Diamond Mills.—Among the leading manufactories of the city are the Diamond Flour
Mills, situated on Main street, between Eighth and Ninth streets. The building is of brick,
four stories and basement, and was completed in January, 1879. The main structure is
52x60 feet. Messrs. David Lukens, W.C. North aud A. J. North are members of the firm
which operates the mills, and although they have beenin their present business but a few
years they have so expanded it that their transactions amount to $350,000 perannum. The
imachinery and arrangements of the building are of the most modern stamp, equipped alto-

ether at an expense of fully $60,000. A large sized Salem engine, six run of stone anc
Eiree setts of rolls, comprise the most important of their machinery. The building is,
moreover, well protected from the dangers of fire. The capacity of the mills is 125 barrels
of flour per day, the brands manufactured being “Golden Crown” (patent), ‘‘ Diamond
Gem” (fancy) and “ Cyclone” (family). A branch of Grade that has been carried on exten-
sively of late is the shipment of corn meal to Texas. : 7

Atchison’s Elcvators are located in the midst of the finest agricultural region of Amer-
ica; with eight railroads centering here, itis not strange that Atchison has become one of

the leading grain mirkets of the West. From the report of the secreiary of the Boar.l of
Trade itis learned that the grand total of Atchison’s grain trade for the year 1881-82
reached the sum of four million bushels, distributed among the several elevators as fol-
lows: Elevator “A,” total storage, 1,671,000 bushels; Elevator “B,”’ total storage,200,000 bush~-
els; Elevator “C,” total storage, 175,000 bushels; Atchison Elevator Company, total storage,
1,063,000 bushels; Elevator ‘ D,” total storage, 250.000 bushels; Goodell’s Elevator, total
storage, 1,039,445 bushels; Trimmer’s Elevator, total storage, 237,500 bushels. There are
two other elevators, from which the figures could not be obtained, but estimating their business
would make the total transactions for the year over 4,000,000 bushels. With fair crops in
1882 and increased railroad facilities a large increase over 1881 may be confidently expect-
ed. Sketches of the principal elevators are herewith appended. :

Elevator “A,” or Atchison Elevator Co.,is the pioneer, and was erected by White,
Washer & King inthe winters of 1875-6. The original firm was Washer & White, and

was composed of Sol. R. Washer and George B. White. It was organized in 1868 and coin-
menced business in a little office down near the river. In 1869, C.J. White, son of George
B., came in and the firm became George B. White & Co, In 1870 C. J. White retired, the
firm continuing under the nameof George B. White & Co, In 187458. C. King was admitted
and the name was changed to White, Washer & King. In 1878 George b. White retired,
and his son ©. J. became again a meinber; in 1879 the firm was again Washer & White.
The elevator is located corner of Main and Eleventh streets, north of Central Branch and the
A., T. & S. F. tracks, and is easily reached by all the eight railroads centering in Atchison.
The storage capacity of the elevator is 80,000 bushels. The engine is thirty-five horse pow-
er. It is thoroughly equipped for receiving, cleaning and delivering grain of all Kinds rap-
idly and cheaply. The bulk of the grain handled by this elevator comes from the country

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tributary ay the Central Branch TauronG, and branches, but they also receive from the A. &
+ B. and A., T. 5 Bee 8.

Elevator ‘“ B” was erected by F, P, Halsey and ready for business October 1, 1877. It
was located south of Main street near Tenth, and fronting onthe A., T. & S. F. and Central
Branch railroad tracks—accessible to all the roads, The structure was substantially built
with a warehousing capacity of 20,000 bushels a day, and a holding capacity of 50.000
bushels. On January 1, 1880, the building was destroyed by fire, involving a heavy loss in
grain in addition to the house, machinery, etc. ‘The site was disposed of to T. J. Templar

Co., who, when the building was nearly completed failed, and the property passed Tato
the hands of Otis & Co. It will probably be leased to a prominent grain firm. The elevator
is divided into two parts, the “high” and the “low.” The low” part is 60x78 feet 54 feet
high, and the ** high” 30x60 and 95 feet high. The elevator contains forty-eight bins and
has a total storage capacity of 200,000 bushels. Cost of building, $35,000.

Elevator ‘C.” The following named gentlemen compose the company organized for
the erection of the above-named elevator: W.F. Downs, R. M. Pomeroy, of Boston; Hen-
ry Day and A.S. Barnes, of New York. Major Downs is presidentand general manager,
and the elevator is operated under his personal supervision, The incorporation of the com-
pany, was effected in 1878, and the elevator has now operated for two years and a half. ‘The

uilding contains twenty-four large bins, and has astorage capacity of 175,000 bushels. Lt
is equipped throughout With all tue new and Improved machinery known to the business,
and wholly, constructed with a view to economy and dispatch in handling grain. The cost
of the building was $40,000. Atthe time Elevator C was erected it was the largest and fin-
est in the State, and at the present time there are only two of larger dimensions. It con-
tains seven of Fairbanks’ standard scales, four of which are improve track scales, The
building is 48x85 feet, and stands 101% feet high. -

Elevator ** D.”—The erection of this mammoth elevator is mainly due to the sagacity
and perseverance of Col. M. Quigg, a citizen of Atchison. It is the largest grain-holding
building west of the Missouti river. The bua ding is 50x97 feet and stands 127 feet high,
with an 18 foot basement beneath. The engine is of the Corliss make,and is of 200 horse pow-
er, with two boilers of immense size. In the construction of the building 750,000 feet of
lumber was used, and its storage capacity is 250,000 bushels—50,000 bushels more than any
other elevator inthe Missouri Valley. Exclusive of ground aud side tracks the building
cost $50,000. By the use uf one of the newly-invented steam shovels two men can unload a
car of grain in four minutes. Two years and a half since Col. Quigg made the first move
for thé erection of this building and his efforts were pruinptly seconded by capitalists con-
nected with the A., T. &S. F. railroad. The stockholders are: T. Jetferson Coolidge, Thom-
as Nickerson, Alden Speare, W. B. Strong, E. Wilderand M. Quigg. More than one bun-
dred thousand dollars have | een expended by the stockholders,

Atchison Foundry and Machine Works,—The above is the title of one of Atchison’s most
important industrial enterprises. Ten years since, induced by a handsome donation froin
citizens, Capt. John Seaton, of Alton, Iil., removed to Atchison and erected on the corner
of Third and Park streets the foundry, etc., for the manufacture of architectural work, iron
and brass castings, steam engines, boilers, jails and sheet iron work. The buildings com-
prise a two-story brick office, 20x30 feet; machine shops two and a half stories
in height, 40x60 feet; iron foundry, 35x100 feet; brass foundry, 20x35 feet; two core ovens,
one 12x20, and the other 4x6 feet; a boiler and sheet iron shop, 30x50.feet; a fire-proof pat-
tern store room, 30x50 feet, aud a brick blacksmith shop 30x55 feet. ‘he cupola capacity is
six tons an hour. ‘This establishment furnished the massive fron work for the Union depot
in Atchison, the Union depot at Denver, the Ogden block, the Champion building, and many
other fine buildings both at home and abroad; has shipped store fronts for many western
towns in Kansas, Nebraska and other States. As an evidence of the magnitude of this inter-
est it may be stated that during the years 1881 and 1882 the amountof work done foots up

i . Two years since Mr. Lea became a member of the firm and during the past year
Seaton & Lea have established a branch foundry at Lincoln, Neb.

Atchison Furniture Co.—This firm commenced business in April, 1876, at their present
location, on the corner of Third street and Utah avenue,under the name of the Atchison Fur-
niture Company. The factory is built of brick,40x64 feet, three stories high,wavith basement.
Adjoining is the engine house, 18x40 feet, containing an engine of twenty-five horse power;
adrying room16x4U, feet supplied with one thousand feet of steam pipe,and facilities for pro-
ducing a temperature of 2U0 deg. Fahrenheit. A two-story finishing room, 30x40 feet has
been added. ‘he best modern machinery is used in the manufacture of bedsteads, bureaus,
washstands, tables, ete. The meinbers of the firm are, S. R. Stevenson, C. H. Farwell and
L. H. Sahler -all practical men, They give employment to thirty-five workmen. To accom-
modate the city trade the company have a handsome salesroom No, 318 Commercial street,
where adisplay oftheir elegant workmanship is at all times open for inspection. The
Atchison Furniture Company employ commercial travelers on the road, and have a large
and growing trade in central and western Kansas and Nebraska.

Atchison Sash, Door and Blind Factory.—In the fall of 1878, Messrs. Doane, Marshall &
Park,commenceu near the corner of Eighth street and Kansas avenue, in atwo-story building
erected for the purpose, the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, mouldings, brackets,
scroll and ornamental work of all kinds. Vhey were successful from the start, and were
soon, by tie press of business, forced to enlarge their quarters. Their factory is 30x45 feet,
three stories in height; engine. room of stone, 15x25 feet; and a dry kiln, 20x25 feet.
Their eugine is forty horse-power, Alltheir work is done on order, and besides Kansas,
some of their superior articles are used in Missouri, Nebraska and Colorado. They employ
fifteen men, The present style of the firm is Marshall & Park; Mr. Doane withdrew frum
the firm March, 1882. :

The Carriage and Wagon-making interests of the city are represented by J. C. McCully,
Sixth street; J. J. Potter, on Main street, carriage makers, and George & J. Ostertag, in the
wagon-making line. In the aggregate they emplvy thirty-six men, and sell wagons and
carriages to the amount of $40,000. ‘The pioneer in the wagon, plow and buggy trade was An-
ton Ostertag, who commenced business iu Atchison in 1870, The firm now occupy com-
modious quarters near the corner of Seventh and Commercial streets.

Atchison Brewery.—¥rom the effects of the State prohibitory law or some other cause,
this branch of trade is not as exteusive in Atchison as the reports show it to have been three
or four years since, At the present Lime there is capacity for brewing an immense amount
of beer, but the sales are mostly confined tothe city. Where “prohibition prohibits” the
trade has been cut off, and at the present time the brewery is not running to its full capa-
city. Another fact tends to cause the home manufactured article to meet with obstacles.
Large consiguments are imported into Atchison from the extensive St. Louis, Quincy aud
Milwaukee breweries. The establishinent now in operationis located in the southwest part
of the city near Tenth street. | i

Linseed Ot Works.—This mill was built by Bryning & Sherer (corner of Park and
Third streets), in August, 1878. Soon after Mr Park became a partner by purchasing the
interest of Mr, Sherer. ‘The house is built of brick, 30x40 feet, two stories high, with
boiler room. adjoining, 15x28 feet. They have an engine of twenty horse-power. All the
machinery in the millis first-class. To show the importance of this industry to the farm-
ing community it may be stated that when this mill was started four years ago the culture
of flax-seed was almost unknown in Atchison County, and at the present time the annual
average purchase is seyeuty thousand bushels, The price paid for the seed is avout one
dollar per bushel. From one bushel of seed two gallons of oil are produced. ‘This of course
shows the anuual production of the mill to be about one hundred and forty thousand gat-
Jons of linseed oil, for which a ready sale is found within the borders of Kansas Messrs.
Bryning & Grimes are the preseut proprietors of the works. An average of fifteen hands
are employed. The warehouse of the oil works for the storage and sale of stock is lucated on
Main street, convenient to the railroad tracks,

Cracker Factory.—Narlv four years ago Alfred Welsh commenced the manufacture of
crackers on the north side of Kansas avenue between Sixth and Seventh, where he leased
a commodious house 60x70 feet. He has gone forward steadily increasing his trade from
that time tothe present. He gives steady einployiment to eight men, and makes gouds to
the amount of $3,500 per month, for which he finds ready sales in Atchison ancl on the sev-
eral lines of railroads centering in the commercial metropolis of the State. Wherever in -
troduced his brand of crackers has an excellent reputation.

Flax Mill.—In the fall of 1879, two brothers named Backus purchased nearly a block of
round near the Tenth street bridge, and soon erected a tow factory. Their house is 20x60
eet, and but for the great difficulty in procuring straw they would long since have had a

very large and profitable establishment; but they have never given way to discouragement
andevery year nakesimprovements over the preceding year. They have added hemp-
breaking to their business, and now manufacture bagging upholsterers’ flix and hemp tow.
Their products meet ready sale in Atchison, St. Louis and Denver. Backus Brothers have
invested $3,000 in machinery, and have purchased since the commencement several hnn-
dred tons of fiix straw, paying therefore an average of six dollars per ton, and receiving
an average of two to three cents per pound.

HOTELS AND PUBLIC HALLS.

In September, 1854, the Atchison Town Association assessed each of its one hundred
shares of stock $25, that the citizens might be provided with a bona fide hotel. Accordingly
during the succeeding spring workmen night have been seen near the corner of Second
and Atchison streets, busily engaged upon a one-story frame structure, with basement,
This was christened the National Hotel, and was managed by VU. B. Dickerson. Inthe sum-
mer of 1857, the National Hotel was purchased by the New England Aid Society and greatly
enlarged. Its sitting room was the first court room, and the hotel itself, was, allin all, quite
a gathering place for politicians. The National Hotel, or the “old National House,” as it is
now called, still stands on the original site but is occupied as a private dwelling house.

Although the National Hotel had been enlarged and improved to meet the wauts of a
really increasing “public,” work was continued on the new Massasoit. House. The stone
for the foundation was taken from the bluff terminating on the north side of C street, and
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the hotel, a large four-story structure was opened September 1, 1858. Col. Abell seems to
have heen the principal mover !n this enterprise, as in many other schemes for the good of
Atchison, and replied, consequently, when the new hotel was “toasted” at the banquet held
on the first of this month. Col. Thomas Murphy was the landiord and a popular one. The
Massasoit House was destroyed by fire Seprember 1, 1873.

Otis House.—This hotel, the leading one of Atchison, was opened in May, 1873. It was
built by Mr. Eldredge, of Lawrence, at a cost, with furnishings of $60,000. The building ts
of brick, four stories, 105 feet on Commerctal, by 120 feet on Second, and contains 113
rooms, or accommodations for about 200 guests. The proprietors of the Otis House have
been avage & McDaniel, Eldredge & Everest, George L. Andrews & Co., C. C. Burnes & Co.,
Moor & Webb, G. L. Webb and Alexanders & Webb. The hotel has a well-deserved and
constantly increasin patronage.

The Lindell Hotel is a fine looking brick structure, three stories in height, located on
the corner of Utah avenue and Fourth street. The size of the building is 150x40 feet, and
the fifty rooms which it contains are large and well ventilated. It was erected by Jacob
Leu in 1873, and first managed by Col, J. W. Lapler, formerly of the Massasolt and Otis
houses. Col. Lapier retired in November, 1881. Mr. Leu and David Lugton, formerly
of the Otis House, assuming control. The hotel is conventently situated, and draws its full
share of public patronage. The property is valued at $40,000.

Union Depot AHotel—This new and elegant house. extending from Second to Third
streets, on Main was opened by J. H. Gardner, in the fall of 1880, and he continued to man-
age the house until October, 1881, when it was closed until the present proprietors, H. B. Salls

Co., took charge the beginning of 1882. The Union is first-class in every respect. Hav-
ing leased the St. James as a lodging house, Salls & Co. can accommodate a large number of
guests. Attached to the Union and St. James are sixty-five first-class bed rooms.

Atlantic House.—This is one of the first-class hotels of Atchison, the main building
being erected as a private residence. Its size is 45x80, the house being situated on the
corner of Utah avenue and Fifth street. The house contains 80 rooms, and comfortable and
home-like accommodations tor 60 guests. The property is valued at about $13,000, Mrs.
N. K. Wakefield is the proprietress. .

The Tremont House, a commodious three-story frame building, corner of Second and
Main streets, was erected for a hotel in 1860, and has been occupied as a hotel ever since by
Mr. John Reisner, the proprietor. The Tremont contains thirty-six rooins, and its central
location has always given it popularity.

é¢ Kansas House is a new two-story and basement brick, built for a hotel in 1881, b
Patrick Langan, and contains fifteen rooms. It is located on the northeast corner of Nint!
and Main streets,

The Pacific House, corner of Fourth and Main streets, a two-story and basement brick
house, located within ten rods of the Union Depot. has been occupied as a hotel for two and
a half years by George Iverson, Jr. The Pacific has a Jarge number of day boarders, and
ample accommodations for transient guests. *

The Avenue House, on Kansas, between Sixth and Seventh streets, was erected for hotel
purposes in 186%. The earliest mangers were Mrs. Harrison and Mrs, Stokes. J. G. Hutch-
inson, the present popular proprietor has conducted its affairs for the past three years, The
Avenue is noted for its quiet comforts.

In the year 1871, the opera house, known as Corinthian Hall, was erected by Judge C.
G. Foster, of Topeka, C. J. Drury and Dr. J. M. Linley, of Atchison. The hall occupies the
second story of a block on the west side of Fourth street, between Kansas avenue and Com-
mercial street. Corinthian Hall has seventy-five feet front, is eighty feet deep, and has a
seating capacity, of six hunured. The stores below are occupied by Frank Howard and

50.

Turner Hall, located southeast corner of Kansas avenue and Sixth street, was erected
by the Turner Society in 1867. The house is two stories in height, the lower story of which
is used as a gymnasium, and the upper floor, 45x70 feet, for concerts, balls, ete. The society
employ a teacher of gyinnastics, who in addition to members of the Turners’ organization,
gives instruction to a class of seventy-five pupils. Counected with the premises is a garden,
one hundred and fifty feet square, supplied with water and gas, that is a fashionable resort
during the summer months. 4

SOCIETIES,

TW ashengton Council No. 2, Royal and Select Masters.—Received charter from the Grand
Council of Royal and Select Masters of Kansas, December 12, 1867 and meets in Masonic
Hall the second Monday of each month. Present officers: A. H. Sockman, Thrice Illustri-
ous Grand Master; J. FE, Lewis, D. M.; J.C. Greenawalt, P. C. W.; R. Forbriger, treasurer;
A. D. McConaughy (P. T. G. M.), secretary; C. H. McDuff, C. G.; J. Leu, C. C.; J. M. Price
(P. D. G. M.), steward; J. N. Utley, sentinel,

Medina Temple Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.——This order was
chartered by the Imperial Grand Cuuncil of the United States, February 20, 1878. Illus-
trious J. C. Greenawalt, G. Potentate; Ill. J, M. Price, C. Rabban; Ill. A. D. McConougby,
A. Rabban; Ill. A. H. Sockman, high priest and prophet; Ill. J. A, Bailey, oriental
guides Tl. Robert Forbriger, treasurer; Il]. J. H. Garside, R.; Ill. Geo. C. Allen, Ist Cer.

aster; Lil. J. H. Johuson, 2d Cer. Master; lll. W. G. Hall, marsha); Ill. Jacob Leu, C.
Guard; Ill. J. N. Utley, O. G.

‘Active Lodge No, 158, A. .& 4. M., meets second and fourth Saturday nights in each
month, in Masonic Hall. Chartered October 21, 1875, with_Thomas Clyde, W. M.; R. P. R.
Millar, S. W.; James G. Thayer, J. W. Present officers: J. C. Fulton, W. M.; J. A. G. Sam-
ple, S. W.; E. W. Sar; ent, J. W.; Hardin Hovey, treasurer; Wm. H. Thayer, Secretary;
on Bes Wincheck, 8. D.; Jobn O’Donald, J. D.; W. J. Stone, tyler. Number of members,

y-four.

Washington Lodge, No. 5, A., F. & A. M. was chartered July 14,1856, with Joseph
Saqui, W. M.; Luther C. Challiss, J. W.; Wilcox, J. W. Present officers: A. P. Tenney,
W. M.; S. D. Bereinan, S. W.; Rodney Smith, J. W.; L Frank, treasurer; A. D. McCon-
oughy (P. D. G. M.), secretary; Cal. B. Norton, 8. D.; W. F. Pratt, J. D.; F. Duncke, tyler.
Number of members, eighty-eight. Meets the first and third Monday of each month.in
Masonic hall, Hetherington’s Bank Balding

Washington Chapter, No. 1, Royal.Arch Masons.—Meets in Masonic Hall the second and
fourth Wednesday nights in each month. Originally chartered by the General Grand
Chapeer, of Royal Arch Masons of tne United States, May 18, 1859. Re-chartered by
the Most Excellent Grand Chapter of the State of Kansas, December 27, 1867, with John A.
Chase as M. E. niga priest; John M. Price king; an i. Present offi-
cers: A. Dunjap, H. P.; H. C. Golden, K.; N. D, Todd, S.; A. P. Tenney, C. H.; J. E. Lewis,
P.S.; A. McDonald, R. A.C.; R. F. L ndsay, G. M. 3d V.; Geo. C. Allen, G. M, 2d V.; J. H.
Garside, G. M, 1st V.; J. Leu, treasurer; A. D. McConaughy (P. H. P.), secretary; A. H.
Sockman (P. H. P.) sentinel.

Martha Washington Chapter, No. 2, Order Eastern Star.—Meets second Friday night in
each month at Masonic Hall. Orignally chartered by the Supreme Grand Chapter of the
United States, April 9, 1872, with Mrs, A. K. Todd, W. matron; C.J. Neal, W. patron; Mrs,
Mary L. Hazard, associate matron. Re-chartered by the Grand Chapter of Kansas, Octo-
ber 16, 18.8. Present officers: Mary D. Cochrane, W. matron; J. M. White, W. P.; Rebecca
M. Harris, A. M.; Mionie Leu, ‘I.; A. D. Meconaug hy. beckelary Zetta Hovey, Ada; Mar,
E. “Stone, Ruth; Mary L. Coplan, Esther; Clara Nickerson, Martha; Rachel Rodential,
Electa; George W. Hendrickson, warden.

Shiloh Conclave, No. 1, Knights of the Red Oross of Oonstantine.—Chartered by Sov-
erelen Grand Council of the Uuited States, April 16, 1878, to Sir A, D. McConaughy, M. P,
Monday {n each month, Present

 

   

H. Bowen, scribe.

S.; Sir J.C. Greenawalt, V._ Meets in Masonic Hall fourth

officers: M. P.S., Sir A. D. MeConoughy; V., Sir J. C. Greeuawalt; S.G., Sir J. M. Price;
J.G., Sir A. G. Lockman; A. P., Rev. $i¢J. H. Clark; T., Sir J. Leu; Rt, SiH. C. Golden; P,,
Sir G. C. Allen; St. B., Sir J, A. Bailey; H., Sir O. H’ Johnson; 8., Sir J. N. Utle

ye

Washington Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templars.—This organization was chartered
by the Grand Encampment of the United States, September 7, 1865, with the followlug of -
cers: J. L, Philbrick, eminent commander; A. Deven, generalissimo; Jacob Saqul.
Meets the first and third Thursday nights of each month In Masonic Hall, Since the organ -
ization the following named persons have served as Eminent Commanders: J. L. Philbrick,
J. M. Price, R. B. Morris, H.C Park, E. D Hillger, N. C. Golden, J. C. Greenawalt, C. E,
Stiles, A. H. Lockman, A. D. McConaughy. The present officers are: A, H. Lockman, E. C.;
Geo. C. Allen, Gen.; A. D. McConanghy, P.; Jacob Leu, treasurer; J. CU. Greenawalt, re-
corder; A. P. Tenney, 8. W.; A. A. Carey, J. W.; J. A. Bailey, St. B,; G. A. Dean, g, By;
Frank Hammond, warden; J. N. Utley, sentinel.

Morning Star Lodge, No. 4, 4., F. & A. M, (colored).—Chartered bv Grand Lodge of
England in 1869, with W. R. Purley, W. M.; ‘!. W. Young, 8. W.; Ben. Rugg. J. W._ Pres-
ent officers: J. W. Starr, W. M.; William Estis, S. W.; D. Jennings, J. W.;, Henry Elegan,
treasurer; William Spriggs, secretary; John Black, S. D.; Isaac Logan, J. D.; Elijah
Brown, tyler. Meet on the first Saturday in the month on Commercial street, between
Fourth and Fifth. .

Star Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M. (colored), was chartered by the colored Grand Lodge of
Ohio in 1867, and started with a Tembersnty of twenty-five, The first officers were: J.C.
Crenshaw, W. M.; B. W. Wilson, S. W.; J. T. Smith, J. W. The present officers are: H.
Larter, W. M.: Henry Jefferson, S. W.; A. Hayes, J. W, Present membership, thirty-five.
Holds regular monthly meetings. stad

Friendship Longe, No.5, (1. O. O. F.), was instituted at Atchison, October 17, 1857, by
D.D.G.M., R. R Kees, the first officers being as follows; C. A. Logan, N. G.; Jacob Saqui,
V. G.; E. K. Blair, Sec.; A. G, Patafish, Treas.; A. MeKeown, Warden; J. Dillon, I. G,; M.
R. Benton, 0.G. Av present (1882) the lodge has a membership of 160, and owns a fine site of

round, corner of Kansas avenue and Fifth street, on whichis about to be erected a fine
firee-story brick building—an I. 0. O. F. Temple. Its cost is to be about $14,000, its dimen-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

sions 45x76 feet. The lower floor 1s to be divided into stores, the second floor will contain
library rooms and banquet hall, and the third the lodge room, etc.

Friendship Lodge records the fact with just pride that her first N. G. was Grand Master
of the Stale of Kansas, and Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States. He subse-
quently held the office of U.S, Minister to Chill, and is now Minister to Central America,
Two other members of the lodge have been Grand Masters of the State, viz: Jno, M. Price
and Charles H. Krebs, The war retarded the growth of Friendship Lodge, but since 1865
the organization has increased in numbers and general prosperity. Not the least of its
sources of popularity is its good circulating library. Present officers: N.G., Fred. War-
denburg; V. & H. Elliston; Sec., W, S. Anderson; Treas., A. R. Platt; W., A. Beeby; C..
S. Stevenson; I. G., Josh H. Brown; 0. G., A. Devoto; R.S. to ; LS. to V.
G., C. F. Wickham; R. S. to V. G., F. P. Martin; L. S. to V. G. ey
Dickenson: L. 8. &., J. Bergstrand; Rep. to G. L. and Dist. D. G. M., W.S. Anderson.

Hesperian Bncdmpment N. o. 6, (I. 0. O. F.), was instituted June 7. 1867, the following
being the charter members: Jno, A, Martin, J. M. Price, J, F. Grosh, J. Poebler, J.
Truesdell, J. McCulley, E. K. Blair, E. W. Plankinton, H. Hiller, C. Walsh, C. J. Smith, F.
Bernalt, A. T. Ontis, J. Benton, Jno. Koiti, H. Diesback. Hesperian Encampment has had
two of its members elected tn the position of Chief Patriarch of Kansas, viz: Jno. A. Martin
and §.H Kelsey. At present it has seventy members, with officers aa follows: C.P., W. 5.
Anderson; H, ae Broets S. W., D. E. Miller; J. W., George Heninger; Scribe, Aug.

; Treas., A, T. Ontis. : ;
mes Lodge No. 2097 (1.0. O. F.), was instituted at Atchison in June, 1880. by Na-
thaniel Berger, Wm. Berger «nd John Huron, a commi'tee from Bowling Green Lodge, No.
1599, Kentucky. The lodge has now a membership of thirty-five, and is growing.

Schiller Lodge, No. 33 (I. O. O. F.), (colored), organized May 27,1882. Present officers:
Chas. Kroeising, Ww. G.; Jno, Foeling, V. G.; Oscar Orlop, Sec.; Jno, 8. Kurth, Treas.

Atchison Lbage. No. 1284, Aine of Honor.—Meetings the first and third Thursdays of
each month in Masonic Hall. The lodge was instituted November 29, 1878, with the follow-
ing charter members: John L. Berry, L. Davies. W. S. Greenleaf, W. H. Glancy, D.J.
Holland, Jacob Harouff, John Harrison, E C, Johnson, David Klein, A. J. Soper, Samuel Mc-
Clellan,’D. E. Merwin, John A. Martin, Harrison Clayton, J. M. Price, R, F. Smith, H. L.
Stein, N. W. Steller, W. H, Shultz, Sidney Lanphear, Joseph H. Talbott. The officers named
in the charter were: John M, Price, past dictator; John A. Martin, dictator; W.S. Green-
leaf, vice dictator; D. J. Holland, assistant dictator. Present officers: E. H. Luitweller,
dictator; Julius Herman, vice dictator; C. W. Rust, reporters Cc. H. Thompson, financial
reporter; S.D. D. Smith, chaplain; R. Pp. Falkner, guide. Present number of members,

Golden Lodge No. 31%. Knights and Ladies of Honor.—Organized May 27,1880. Meet-
ings held second and fourth udaye of each month in Odd Fellows’ Hall. The officers
named in the charter were: R. P. Falkner, protector; Mrs. Maria Bradford, vice protector;
John P. Wood, secretary; David Baker, financial secretary; Mrs. 1. E. Howe, treasurer:
R. P. Drury, chaplain; J. H. Garside, guide; Mrs. S. H. Baker, guardian; H.V. Abbott,
sentinel. Present officers: D. T. Bradford, protector; Mrs. E. Herman, V. P.; I. E. Howe,
Sec.; G. Poehler, F. 8.; E.C. Locker, Treas.; J. Chapin, chaplain; R. P. Falkner, guide;
Mrs. Poehler, guardian; H; L. Stein. sentinel. Number of members, thirty-three.

‘Ancient Order of United Workmen, No. 4.—Organized February, 1878—Charter
members: C. J. Neal, George C. Allen, A. McDonald, T. D. Tarrant, L. Higby. A. B. Bra-
dish, T, B. Platt, J. M. Price, A. C. Faust, S A. Frazier, L. Rochat, D. E. Eiep, H.C. Golden,
A. H. Lockman, W. B. Aldrich, 8. A. Growinger, W. N. Shields, J A. Bailey, A. F. Donald,
A. W. Saxton, A. H. Lanpheare, Jacob C. Tompkins, Janes Nesbitt, Vine Hovey, G. W.
Hunter, John Seaton, G H. F. Johnson, J. M. Covert, J. M. Edminston, B_ L. Robinson,
W. T. Collins, C, A. Layng, T. J. Rigg. John Perkins, H W. Dever, C._A. Stuart, E. B.
Couch. Present officers: James Nesbitt, P.M. W.; T. D. Tarrant, M. W.; W. F Pratt.
foreman; G, H_Layng, overseer; C. Tompkins, recorder; F. C. Gehrett, receiver; H. W.
Doers, guide; H. R. Hotenstein, inside watcher; G. W. Hunter, outside watchman.
Aomber oF mem bers; seventy. Meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month, at

asonic Hall. CAs

Golden Cross Lodge No. 7%, Knights of Pythias —Organized September 30, 1872.
The lodge room and all the records burned February, 1873._ Reorganized December 6,
1877, with C. H. KrebsasC.C. Present officers: W C. Barnes, P. C.; W. C. North, C.C.; C.
J A. Day, V.C.; J. A. Harouff, P.; C. W. Clark, K. of R. & S; 5.1L. Couplen, M. of E.; W.
H. McNeil, M. of T.; C Tompkins, M. at A. Present membership, one hundred. Meets
every Thursday in T. O. 0. F. hall. ‘

Endowment Rank, K. of P., Section 151. C.J. A Day, president; C. H. Krebs, vice-
president; W. H. McNeil, V. A. J: D. J. Holland, examining physician.

Golden Cross Division No. 1, Uniform Rank, K of P. Number of members, forty.

Oastalia Lodge No. 4, I. O. G. T.—Organized February 1880, with T. B. Davis. W. C. T.;
Mrs. O. E. Wood, V. T ; J. W. Fisher, secretary. Present officers: C.T. Rutledge, W. C.T.;
Mrs. Emma Edwards, V. T.; John Rutledge, secretary; A. B. Cutter, F.S.; A. B. Fisher,
treasurer; A. Groves, marshal; Mrs. J. Knott, chaplain; Miss Hays and Mrs. J. Knott.

uards. Number of members, sixty. Meet Monday nights in hall corner of Sixth and
ommercial streets.

*. Atchtson Lodge, No. 60. I. O. G. T.—Organized January 12, 1875, with D. T. Bradford as
worthy chief templar. The present officers are: W. C. T., James Vandegrift; W. V. T.,
Mrs. 8. J. Barker; W. R.S., John D. Georheart; W. T.. Mrs. M. A. Burkhost; W. F. S., W.
M. C. Frazier; W. M., Mrs. S. E. Frazier; W. C., David Baker; I. G., Miss Lizzie Davis; W.

.G., C.W Barker; P. W.C.T., A. Beauchamp; Lodge Deputy, W. M. C. Frazier. The
regular meetings of the lodge are held on Friday evening of each week, in hall corner of
Commercial and Sixth streets.

Temperance Onion.—The Atchison Temperance Club Association was organized as a
Society in March, 1878, with Hon. B. P. Wiggener as president, and Gen. W. W. Guthrie,
vice-president. Within one year it enrolled a membership of twenty-eight hundred. In
December, 1879, the club was merged into the Atchison County Temperance Union, with
the following list of officers: Hon. B. P. Wagener, presittent; C. F. Cochran, vice-presi-
dent; H. L. Johnson, secretary; Mrs. W, W. Cochran, treasurer. The Union held regular
weekly meetings in the Presbyterian Church unt:l the passage of the State prohibitory
liquor law, when the Union was merged into the Temperance League, hoping to make
more effectlve work in maintaining and enforcing the prohibitory law. The officers of the
League are: H.M. Glancy, presi .ent; J. W. Fisher, secretary.

Atchison County Medical society.—Meets in Atchison the first Saturday in each month.
J. M. Linley, M, D., president; C. C. Stevens, M. D.. vice-president; A. H. Lanphear, M.D.,
treasurer; Eli Ferguson, M Db., secretary; A. P. Tenney, P. V. Moore, censors.

Roman Catholic German St, Joseph Association._Incorvorated July 14, 1874, meets in
Parish schoolhouse on the second Sunday of each month, Jacob Nass, president; George
Ostertag, vice-president; Jacob Verhoven, secretary; John Raterman, treasurer.

Irish Oatholic Henevolent Society.—Organized May 12, 1872, and meets on first Sunday
afternoon of each month. W.F, Dolan, president; John Barry, vice-president; George
Kite, secretary: C. H, Duffy, treasurer

Catholic Knights of Honor.—W. F. Dolan, president; John Barry, vice-president;
John M. Bowen, treasurer; George Kite, secretary. Organized January 10, 1882. Meet-
pune eto on Kansas avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets. Number of members,
Ancient Order of Hibernians,—Organized August 31, 1879, ana meets on the third
Sunday of every month, T. J. McDermott, State delegate; J. E. Considine, county dele-
gate; John Malloy, president; Cornelius Toohey, vice president; Bryan Smith, financial
gecrethr ys Michael Kelly, secretary; Michael O’Gorman, treasurer.

Atchison Turnverein.—This society organized in 1859, with Julius Holthaus as first
president, and has maintained a healthy existence ever since. The meetings for business
are held in Turner Hall the first and third Sundays in each month, and Tuesday and Friday
evenings are devoted to gymnastic exercises. The present officers are: John Antle, presi-
dent; Alfred Meier, vice-president; John Hoenscheidt, corresponding secretary; A. Zahn,
recording secretary; Emil Meter, treasurer; H. Einfelt, first turn warden; Julius
Seitz, second turn warden: R, Weitzel, Julius Kuhn, Henry Luth, trustees. Present
number of members, forty.

The Atchison Library Association was organized in 1879. The association is in good
condition financially, and its library contains two thousand volumes. Its officers are as
follows; President, Mrs. G. W. Glick; Vice-President. Mrs. D. C. Newcomb; Treasurer,
Mrs. R, A. Park; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Charles Osborn; Recording Secretary, Miss
Nellie S. Allen; Directors, Mrs. W. W. Guthrie, Mrs. W. H. Shulze, Mrs. R. A. Park, Mrs.
R. r. Clark, Mrs, G, W. Glick, Mrs. D.C. Newcomb, Mrs. H. C, Park, Mrs. C. Osborn, Mrs.
N, Gould, Dr. Holland, Mrs. J. Garside, Dr. Cochrane, Mrs. M. P. Singleton, Miss 'N. S.
Allen, Miss Susenbeth,

Friday Afternoon Club, a Social Organization for Ladies.—Officers for the present year:
Miss Mamie Seaton, president; Misses Allen and Keith, vice-presidents; Mrs, F. Tufts,
secretary and treasurer; and Misses Mainle Ostertag and Mina Challiss, directors. Meet-
tings hel: at the homes of members.

Atchison Literary Society.—Organized October 3, 1879. Meetings are held on Tuesday
evening of each week. Present officers: J. ams, president; F. W. Bartlett, vice-
president; W. H. Haskill, treasurer; H, J, Padman, secretary. ‘Twenty-four working

Socio- Literary Society of Atchison.—Organized February, 1881. M. D. Greene, presi-
dent; John Knott, vice-president; Miss Lucy Hutchinson’ secretary; J. P. Helliner,
reaeld Peoples C ion aibarnate hursday evenings at the rosilen te OF mrenUers. ii 1

— every Friday evening at Apollo Hall. G. W. Pennell, presi-
dent; M. G. Winegar, secretary and treasurer, e P

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ATCHISON COUNTY.

Benal Jeshurum.—Meetings held the first Sunday in each month. L. Friend, president;
L, Frank, Secretary; Joseph May, treasurer.

Crdies’ Aehrew Ranevolent Soctetu.—Meets first Wednesday afternoon of each month.
Mrs. G. Frien’, vrasident; Miss Jnlix Kipper, secretary; Mrs. L. Frank. treasurer.

Atchison Lieder-kranz.—Meets in Apollo Hall on first Sunday night in each month.

Jacoh Spatz, president; H. L. Stein, secretary; Christian Spatz, treasurer. Has twenty
enrolled members.

CEMETERIES,

Oak Grove Cemetery.—On the 1st of December. 1863, a meeting of citizens of Atchison
was held at the Congregational Church, to organize a cemetery association. S. D. Storrs
acted as chairman and J. S. Harker, secretary. Messrs, John M. Crowell. John M. Price,
Theodore Bartholow, James W. Martin, George W. Howe, C. M. Stebins, E. Chesebrough, G.

. Bowman and P, H. Bowman were elected trustees, It was voted to name the association
the “Atchison Cemetery Association.” On March 8, 1864, a meeting of the trustees was held
and P. H. Woodard was elected president; James Martin, vice president; John M.Price, secre-
tary; John M, Crowell, treasurer, Thomas Wise and John C. Auld were elected trustees.
During the year twenty acres of land was purchased for cemetery purposes. The price paid
was $2.000._ The grounds were laid off, but in June, 1872, the ground was sold to P. L Hub-
bard, H. C. Park and V.W. Parker, These gentlemen determined to organize a cemetery
association , and, accordingly, on June 2,1873, a meeting of the “Oak Hill Cemetery Associ-
ation” was held, and the following officers elected; John M. Price, president; P. L. Hubbard,
vice president; H. Clay Park, secretary and treasurer, Articles of association were adopted
and measures taken for beautifying and improving the grounds. The association, in charge
of the same officers, has gone steadily forward in the work of improvement. Atchison’s
resting-place for the dead has been well named, as tall, elegant oaks grow thickly upon the
hill. It is also desirably located upon a beautiful rise of ground, with easy-sloping sides,
everv part being easily accessible by carriage drives, commanding a del ghtful view.

Mount Vernon Cemetery Association.—_In April, 1864, a number of citizens purchased
twenty acres of the Challiss property, about a mile and a half southwest of the city, forthe

urpose of providing a burial ground. On the 23d of that month, Messrs. Jacob Saqui,
illiam Jackson, John A. Chase, Jacob Leu, Robert Forbriger, Manuel Frank and Henry
Diesback met and organized with the first named gentleman as chairman of the association.
In 1882, the association purchased another twenty acres. The cemetery is on high ground,
and is faateraly improved. Present officers of the association, A G. Otis, president: Jacob
Leu, vice president; Robert Forbriger, general manager and secretary.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

SCOTT AIKEN, carpenter, came to Kansas, March 5, 1877, and located in Franklin
County, where he was engaged in farming, and where he remained until January 1878.
From there he went to Neosho County, where he remained about four months, then came
back to Franklin County and remained a couple of onths; then went to Johnson County,
where he remained the same length of time; from there went to Burr Oak, Kan., where he
lived eight months, and from there came to Atchison, where he has since resided. Mr.
Aiken is a member of Castalia Lodge, No. 4, 1.0.G.T. He was born in Lawrence County,
Pa,, February 7, 1858, and remained in his native place until he came to Kansas. He was
married in Atchison, May 17, 1882 to Anna Oxandale, who was born in Norton, near Moul-
ton, Yorkshire, England.

EDWIN C. AINSWORTH is a native of New Jersey. In 1848, he removed to Wiscon-
sin, where he resided until he came to Kansas in 1871. and located in Atchison. He is now
manager of the extensive business of Hewitt & Rounds, having been with the concern
since it was started by A. B. Bradish & Co., in December 1871.

FRANK P. ALLEN, live: y and sale stable, North Fourth street, was born in Cass Coun-
ty, Mich., March 22, 1851, but came to Kansas in 1857, with his parents, who settled on a
farm eighteen miles west of Atchison. When 15 years of age, the subject of this sketch be-
gan freighting across the plains, and made five trips to Salt Lake and one to California, He
is doing an excellent business at his livery and sale stable, sometimes keeping as many as
fifty horses: also runs a sample room in connection witn it, Mr, Allen was married in this
city, in 1877, to Miss Jennie, daughter of Peter and Jenette Reid, who came to Kansas as
early as 1858. :

PHILLIP N. ALLEN, teamster, residence on Fifth street, between Division and L
streets, was born in Moniteau County, Mo., September 2,1840. His narents were Alfred H.
and Varana—the former of Irish and German extraction, the latter from Switzerland. His
father kept a boat store and_ hotel at St. Joseph, same State, but in 1854. opened the first
hotel in the city of Atchison. Here the subject of this sketch lived until 1860. when he left
for the mountains--his employment, freighting across the plains. This he continued six
years, then returned to Atchison where he has since made his home, and where his father
died in 1879. Being here during war time, Mr. Allen saw a gond deal of and met with vari-
ous enconnters from the Pro-slavery band, and at one time old Pardee Butler was taken
from his father’s house, and an attempt made to hang him. They changed their plans, how-
ever, and set him afloat on the Missouri River instead, and after he returned they tarred
and cottoned him, as feathers were too scarce. 3 :

SAMUEL JESSE ALLEN isa native of Washington County, R. J., and was born April
30. 19821. He was the son of Stephen William Allen. a well-known citizen of Washington
County. The sudject was raised and educated in his native State, and learned the machin-
ist's trade. He was crippled in the lower limbs when 13 years of age, caused by a fall. He
‘was an operator and builder of machinery in Rhode Island for a considerable length of
time, and here for six years has pursued the same vocation. In 1857, came to Illinois, resid~-
ine for atime in Will County, and for about ten years was a resident of LaSalle County. In
1847, came to St. Joseph, Mo., and for ashort time was in business there, coming to Kansas
in the spring, 1868. locating in Doniphan County, where he stillowns a fine farm. This he
made his home while attending to his special line in different parts of the State. In 1873
took up hig abode in Atchison. During his sojourn, he has done a large amount of contract-
ing and building. He owns one of the best quarries in Atchison County. At present he is
interested in the flour and feed trade, doing a business that will comnare favorably with any
in thecity. Mr. Allen was married in Rhode Island, in 1840, to Miss Alice A, Clark. By
this union thev have five children: Jesse C., Ada (now Mrs. Whitney), SamuelS., Lorinda
C. (now Mrs. William Anderson) anf Frank. Jesse C, and Samuel S. are engaged in con-
ducting a woolen mill at DesMoines, Iowa. Mr, Allenis a member of the L. O, G. T., and
is closely identified with the Temperance workers in Kansas. ;

N. P. ANDERSEN, merchant, came to Kansas in July, 1872, and located in Atchison,
where he has since lived. When Mr. A. first cume to Atchison, he was employed for nearly
three years in Challiss Bros’. wholesale grocery establishment. In 1876 he was a member of
the Atchison police force. From that time to the present he has been engaged in present oc-
cupation. Mr. Andersen is a member of Schiller Lodge, No. 33, and of Hesperian Encamp-
ment, No. 6, 1.0. 0. F. He was born in Holbeck, near Copenhagen, Denmark, September 5,
1838, and lived in his native place until he came to Kansas. He was married in Rondas, Den~-
mark, November 12, 1871, to Dorothea Bernzen, a native of Denmark. They have two chil-
dren, one of whom, Atlantic Barth, was born at sea, while his parents was coming to this
country. As his birth took place at the exact moment the captain of the vessel had completed
his observation for the day, it was easy to ascertain the precise latitude and longitude where
the little stranger was ushered into existence, which is latitude 28 deg. 28 min. north, and
longitude 48 deg. 34 min. wredt, and which accounts for the first part of hisname. Their

0 ed Julius Gearhardt. :
oN ES RD ERSON, manager of the street railway, for the Atchison R. R. Company,
came to Kansas in 1865. and from that time until October, 1880, had an interest in the
Transfer Line at Lawrence. He then came to Atchison, and in April of the year following
engaged with the above company. Mr. Anderson has the sunervision of twenty-five men
and nine cars. He was born in Loudoun County, Va., March 16, 1848, where his father fol-
lowed farminz, and was killed in battle, as captain of the Loudoun Rangers in the Confeder-
atearmy. The subject of this sketch also had an older brother, Fleming, who was asoldier
in the same company, and was killed while talking to his mother in his own home at
Taylortown, Va. Mrs. Anderson was formerly Miss Josephine, daughter of John and
Franees Oliver, who were among the early settlers of Atchison County. They were married
at Leavenworth in 1872. Mr. Anderson’s mother still resides at Lawrence, this State.

MES ANDERSON, wood yard. Business established in September. 1880. He keeps
wood of all kinds, and employs two men. Mr. A. was born in the Island Lowland, Den-
mark, January 22a, 1844. Was educated in the old country, where he engaged in farming
until 1866, when he came to the United States, and located for a time in Wisconsin, Michigan,
and other points. In 1870 he settled in Washington County, Kan., and engaged in farming
until 1876, when he removed to Atchison, and contracted getting out railroad ties until he
CTS AND RSON is 4 native of Allborg, Denmark, He was born January 31, 1854,
andcameto America with his parents, Niels and Sophia Anderson the following year.
They first located in Missouri, where they remained until 1857, when they moved to
Kansas. Mr. W.S. Anderson was married in Atchison, July 30, 1877. to Emma E. Page,
of McHenry County, Ill. They have two children—Grace Sophia, and an infant daughter.
Mr. Anderson is a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 5, and of Hesperian Encampment, No.
6, I. 0. O. F., and is now engaged in the grocery business, No. 505 Commercial street, Atchi-
son, Kan. =

7 e ealer in wall paper. Among the pioneer paint=rs in Kansas is the
gubjeer of Anis. meee He isa native of New York, and was born in Otsego County, March
2, 1834. Atan early age he removed to Oneida County, therfce to Chenango County, where
he learned the painter's trade, after which he came to Illinois, and was in the employ of the
c., B. & Q. R. ie, painting the depots along its line, with headquarters at Galesburg. The
spring Of 1859 he came to Atchison and bought out a paint shop. Being in limited circum-

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stances it may be said of him that he made his fortune in Atchison. on its bed rock, From
that date he has heen almost constantly Identified with the city’s interest, and a large
amount of the artistic work in the eltv has been done hy him. In 1881 he entisted in Com-
pany C, Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Aside from heing after Quantrell, in Missouri.
he was at Fort Leavenworth. in the Government emplov, having charge of the painting at
the fort, where he remained two and a half years, and returned to Atchison. The first house
he owned in Atchison he resided in for twenty years. Mr. A, fs a pleasing and well informed
gentleman, and is one of Atchison’s most solid citizens and business men, He married in the
autumn of 1859, Miss Lucy Ensign. Bv the union they_have had ten children, six of whom
are living—Clara, Winford, Grace, Benjamin, Charles R., Lucy: lost, four—Randolph, Min-
nie Belle, George and Willie. Mr. Andrews is a deacon in the Baptist Church, and a mem-
ber of the I. 0.0, F, '

JOHN 8, ANTLE, coal dealer, corner Tenth and Main streets, was born in the city of
Prague, the capital of Bohemia, December 6, 1844. His occupation was that of a weaver.
in his native country, and this he followed until 1864, when he emigrated to the United
States. Came immediately to Atchison, where he began burning lime, which business he
successfully operated till 1876. In sentember of this vear he commenced in the retail coal
trade, and has bv industry and close attention to business, worked up a large and lucrative
business. handling between 500 and 600 ear loads per year. Mr Antle is now President of
the Atchison Turnverein. He married at this place in 1868. Miss Kate Mohrbacher, who
was born in Wisconsin, and by whom he has one son, Richard F.

ARTHUR BROTHERS, sons of the Hon. James Arthnr, formerly lumber merchant of
Quincy, Ills.. now retired from business. Wholesale and retail books, stationery. fancy
goods, ete. Firm composed of W. H and N. W. Arthur. The business was established in
1879. Thev now keep the best selected and largest stock in their line im the citv, and by
close attention to pusiness. courteous treatment to visitors, and low prices, have established
themselves as the leaders in their business. 6 rthur, of the above firm, was born in
Quincy, Ill.. January 16, 1853, received his education in his native city, and at an early age
commenced clerking in the stationery business, and with slight exceptions has since con-
tinued init. In 1879 he moved to Kansas, settled in Atchison. and organized the present
firm. He was married in Quincy, Ill., May 6, 1880, to Miss Minna Sommer, a daughter of
Aldo Sommer, Esq.. a leading wholesale druggist, of Quincy. Il]. Thev have one child—
James Sommer Arthur. N. W. Arthur, of the above firm, was born in Quincy, TIl., August
20, 1858. After completing his education he engaged in clerking, in which he continued un-
til he came to Kansas, in 1879. Both brothers are members of the Presbyterian Church.

SAMUEL A. ASHMUN, cashier and correspondent for the firm of Donald Bros., came
to Atchison with said firm in 1879. Had formerly beenin the employof H. B. Silliman,
Cohoes, N. Y., where he held the position of cashier and book-keeper for six years. Born
in Genesee County. N.Y., January 18, 1849; his parents were the Rev. Silas H. Ashmun, and
Mary VanSantvoord, his wife, the latter of German lineage, His father, a Presbyterian
minister, was a graduate of Union Seminary, New York. The subject of this sketch received
an academieal course of education at Ripon, Wis., where he graduated in mathematics. and
the early portion of his life was devoted to school teaching. His wife was Miss Jessie Don-
ald, whom he marfvied at Cleveland, Ohto, in 1875.

W. W. AULD. of Blair & Auld. proprietors of the City Mills.

JOHN _C. AVERY was born at Groton, Conn.; immigrated to Iowa in 1859; enlisted in
Company H., Thirty-second Lowa Volunteer Infantry, July, 1862, and was mustered out as
Sergeant of his company June 26. 1865. After his discharge from the army he returned to
Franklin County, Iowa. and in the spring of 1867, removed to Minnesota, remaining in that
State two years. In 1870, he went to Massachusetts, residing at Springfield. Mass.; en-
gaged in mercantile business until 1876. when he came to Mason City, Iowa. and thence to
Atchison, where he established the Kansas department of the New England Loan and Trust
Company, of which he _ now has charge.

WILLIAM P. AYRES. head clerk in the way-bill office of the U.S. Express Comnany
at the union depot, Atchison. was born in Richland County, Ohio, February 10, 1838. While
in his native State his occupation was that of a merchant, and in 1857 he came to Kansas.
His first engagement with the U. S. Express Company was at Lawrence, this State, the same
year of his arrival here, being deliverer and general helper in the office at that place. After
two years’ trial at this he was advanced to messenger on the road, his route heing changed
a number of times, and in 1873 Jocated at Atchison, and in 1878 was appointed to his present
position, Mr, Ayres is now among the oldest expressmen in the State. and by strict
attention to business, and the adept manner in which his various duties have been per-
formed has acquired the renutation of a man thoroughly acquainted with his business,

THOMAS BAILY, foreman for Washer & White, Elevator A. Isa native of Eneland,.
and was born in Warwickshire. March 16, 1834. When quite young came tothe United
States, and was reared in Boston, Mass., where he learned to bea practical opticlan, Fora
time was a resident of New York City. In 1859 came West, locating in Leavenworth, Kan-
sas. In 1860 he enlisted in Company B, Seventh Kansas Infantry. serving three vears and
four months, being on duty in the Southwest. a portion of the timein Texas. In 1871. came
to Atchison, and followed various pursuits until February 11, 1876, when he took his pres-
ent position. Mr. Raily is one of the most competent elevator and grain men in the State.
andis held in high esteem by his employers. He married in 1875. Miss Ann Ests, of
Atchison. They have by this union four children—Louisa, Adelia A., Thomas, Jr., and Asa.

LIEUTENANT DAVID BAKER. One who has figured conspicuously in the growth and
development of the Western country is David Baker. He isa native of Indiana and was
born in Tippecanoe County, July 7. 1833, near the townof Dayton. He is the son of William
and Hannah Baker, the former being of English extraction. The first of the family to come
to America was Thomas Baker, a Colonel in the English army, who resigned that position
to come to the Colonies, settling on Long Island, while it was yet in nossession of the Dutch.
William Baker was born in New Jersey, and emigrated to Ohio, settling in Butler County,
in 1807. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1827 he moved to Indiana, being
among the pioneers of Tipnecanoe County. There he opened a farm in the timber, and en-
dured the hardships and privations subsequent to the first settlement of anew country. He
was a man eloxely associated with religion, and class leader in the United Brethren Church,
and his house, for a number of years, was used to hold services in. His death oecurred
February 19. 1844. He was married twice. By his first wife he had six children. One son—
Robert, lived in Dayton, Ind. The other—Thomas, is proprietor of the’Grand_ Hotel in In-
dianapolis. Mary Ann was married to Moses Graft.a pros erousfarmer. Had 9 large fam-
ily. Rachel married a well known physician—Dr. D. H. Crouse, of Davton, and 1s now de-
ceased Two of her children are living, one of whom is Rev. M. V. Crouse, an able clergy-
man of the Presbyterian Church, of Franklin, Ohio. The other two children of William
Baker died when they were young. His second marriage was with Hannah Moore, a native
of this country, but of Irish parentage. William Moore was in the war of 1812. and in Gen-
eral Hnull’s surrender, and then paroled, but in a short time returned to the army and fought
until the close of the war. Hannah Moore Baker was the mother of six children, three of her
sons being farmers—Abner in Kansas, Josiah in Illinois, and Samuel in Indiana. The
younerat (aaorge W., died in infancy. Her only daughter—M rtha Jane, married Dr. J. A.

ood, who, for a number of years, was a resident of Atchison County, Kansas, but since the
war has been a resident of Monticello, Ind., at which place he died in 1878, leaving a family
of five children. Mrs. Baker, after the death of her husband, married Henry Goble, and re-
moved to Clinton County, Ind. She was a pious woman, and a faithful adherent to the
United Brethren Church. Her death occurred in 1851, in the full triumph of her faith. Her
Jast words were: ‘Glory! Glory!” As sheopened her eyes once more, to behold her son
David, for whom she had seemed to be waiting for hours just at the door of death, then she
sank peacefully away. The education of David Baker and_his brothers was Jimited, owing
to the poor school facilities in Indiana at th 't earlv day. His chief amusement while pur-
suing the routine of the farmer boy, was thatof hunting and fishing. When fourteen years
of age he went to Dayton to learn the carpenters’ trade with his brother Robert, serving an
apprenticeship of three years, when he followed the trade for about the same length of
time in Lafayette, Ind. On the 4th of June, 1855, he married Margaret J. Alexander. She
lived only until the following year, June 20th, when her death occurred, leaving one infant
daughter—Alfaretta Jane, wlio died a few months later. She was a religious and educated
lady, fond of literature, and an admirer of poetry. A few months after this. Mr. Baker
came to Kansas, arriving in Atchison County September 19, 1857. He purchased a share
in the Sumnertown Company, and pre-empted 160 acres of land near Lancaster, ten miles
west of Alchison. He left Kansas December 5, in company with thirteen others, in a skiff,
and rowed to Jefferson City. where they took the cars, he returning to Indiana. The 9th of
March, 1858, he married Rebecca Foresman, danghter of John Foresman. a pioneer of In-
diana, Returned to Kansas with his wife, arriving at Sumner April 29. There he worked
at histrade two years, In 1858-59 was township Collector and treasurer, and in 1859-60
was marshal of the town of Sumner, an unenviable position at that day, owing to the border
element, and Mr, Baker had in many instances some of the most noted outlaws to deal with.
Being a Free-state man he took an active part in the affairs of the time, and was a delegate
to the first Republican County Convention. His life is replete with incidents too numerous
to mention, but A. D. Richardson, the author of ‘‘ Beyond the Mississi pi,” who was a per-
sonal friend of his, has pictured the scenes of those times to perfection. In 1861, he began
to open his farm, but as the war of the Rebellion was fully upon us, he entered the military
service. He was mustered into the volunteer service as a private soldier, in Company G,
Big hth Kansas Infantry, November 11 1861, and on the 14th was ordered to Lawrence for
drill. While there, November 21. 1861, was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant of the
company. From December 20, 1861, until January 16, 1862. the regiment was puarain the
border. Three companies, A, D and G, were ordered to Fort Kearney, where they arrived
on March 12, and remained until April 15, when Company G was detached, and sent to
Scott’s Bluffs, on the overland mail route, to quell Indian troubles. On May 28 the company
was ordered to Fort’ Laramie, where they remained on garrison d'ty until Jannary 15,
1863, when they were ordered to join the regiment at Nashville, Tenn., marching from
Fort Laramie to Leavenworth, thence by rail and water to Nashville. They assisted the
regiment on provost duty in the city until June 7, 1863, when all the companies were or-
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dered to Murfreesboro, Tenn., where the regiment was assigned to Third Brigade of the
First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, and on June 24 marched under Genera Rosecrans
to Tullahoma, then to Winchester and Stephenson, Ala., and across the river to skirmish
with the enemy. While at Winchester, July 25, 1863, Mr Baker was commissioned Second
Lieutenant of Company G, but as it was then below the minimum number, he was not mus-
tered on his commission, and on September 9 received a commission as First Lieutenant,
but was again not mustered, as the army was on the move, but acted as First Lieutenant in
his company, and on September 19, 1863, was engaged in the battle of Chickamauga, where
be was severely wounded in the left leg, and taken prisoner, Wing
without any attention. Hig leg was amputated bya surgeon of the U. S. Army, who was
also a prisoner. After twelve days he was paroled and sent through the lines, and was
taken to the officers’ hospital at Chattanooga, where he remaiaed until sent to Nashville,
Tenn., Noveniber 10, 1863. November 30 he received leave of absence for thirty days, to
visit his wife and friends at Lafayette, Ind., when he returned and_made application ‘to be
inustered in on his commission, which was granted by the War Department, and he was
inustered November 21, 1864, to date from September 9, 1863. He was then ordered to re-
ort to Major A, W. Gazzona, commanding the Veteran Reserve Corps at Nashville, Tenn.
as detailed for duty with detachment of the 148th and 151st companies of the Second
Battalion ot the Veteran Reserve Corps, at general hospital No. 19, on the 12th of January,
1865. He was released and ordered torepurt to Captain J. H. Meyer, at the Cumberland.
Hospital, January 18, 1865. He assumed command of the 154th company of the Second
Battalion of the Veteran Reserve Corps, and in addition had command of the 15nd com-
pany of the same battalion. May 31, 1865, he was released from duty from the hospital,
and assigned to duty as acting assistant quartermaster and acting assistant commissary of
subsistence of the Veteran Reserve Corps. June 27, 1865, he also assumed the duties of
acting assistant adjutant of the corps. He served on gencral court martial duty for some
time, and continued in his duties for the Veteran Reserve Corps until the close of the war.
December 11, 1865, he left Nashville and returned to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where
he was mustered out January 10,1866. Heis deserving of special mention and the com-
mendation of all true patriots, for the active part he took in quelling the Rebelllon. Mrs.
Baker also is to be complimented as a woman who shared the hardships of camp Ilfe with
her husband. With two children she accompanied him to Fort Laramie. At this place was
born their third child, November 24, 1862.ason whom they named Robert Laramle, in
honor of the birthpiace. When her husband was sent to Nashville she left him at St. Louis
and went to her parents in Indiana; remained about one year; while there Robert Laramie
died, his sickness beginning the evening of his father’s return on leave of absence, after be-
ing wounded, and his death occurred six weeks later, Fevruary 12, 1864, when Mrs, B. went
South with her husband; was an eye-witness to the battle of Nashville, and remained with
him to the close of the war. Her two oldest children were born in Sumner, Kansas—Addle
L., March 12, 1859; Solon Byrd, September 8, 1860. The others ware all born in Atchi-
son—Mary Eldora, April 4, 1867; Edwio M., February 5, 1869; Eva Hortense, January 24,
1870; David H., January 30. 1873; Estella, July 13, 1876: Ruth, March 30, 1878, and
Brauche, born January 28, 1881. ‘Addie L.was married December 15, 1880, to William Car-
Ivle, one of Atchison’s well known business men, At the close of the war Lieutenant
Baker returned to Kansas, locating in Atchison. He entered the drug business with Dr,
Horn, but lost his whole stock by fire in 1868. At present he is engaged in_the grocery
trade, In connection with a meat inarket, and doing a thriving business. Mr. B. isa mem-
ber of the Methodist Church. Politically, he is a strong Republican, and in 1871 was
elected by that party to the office of County Treasurer, discharging the duties creditably to
himself and the satisfaction of his constituents. He was a prominent candidate for the
following term, but was defeated by a small majority. He was also a candidate in 1874 for
State Treasurer, but finally withdrew in favor of one of the opponents. Since that time he
has been leading a quiet life, the surroundings of hishome and happy family indicating
comfort and prosperity: .
_ _H. W. BARKOW, of the firm of Barkow & Ash, boot and shoe dealers. This gentleman
is a nativeof Germany, and was born in Prussia, October 16, 1850; was reared and edu-
cated in his native country. In 1869, came to the United States, locating temporarily in Mil-
waukee, Wis., after which he came to Atchison. Mr. Barkow being in meagre circumstan-
ces on arriving in Kansas, engaged in working on a farm outside of Atchison, and the first
imo ey he earned in this country was in tilling the soil. For three years he was in the em-
ploy of Judge Otis, in Atchison. In 1877, he engaged in the boot and shoe trade in com-
panv with H. A. Nore (now deceased); his present partner, Mr. A. J. Ash, joined him in
1880. Mr. Barkow is one of the most genial gentleman, and has a host of friends through=
out Atchison County. He married January 10, 1878, Miss Katie Sutter. By thisunion they
have three children—Minnle, Frank and Lillie.

. M. BARNES, hardware salesman, came to Kansas in August, 1871, located in Penn
Township, Osborne Co., and engaged in farming there until March, 1881, then removed to
Osborne City in the same county, where he remained until‘he came to Atchison, March 1,
1882. Employed in the same position which he now fills since he came to this city. He was
married at Osborne City, September 18, 1879, to Clara S. Bliss, a native of Illinois. They
have two children—Lena and Albert. Mr. Barues was bornin Middleburgb, Pa., November
25,1852. Removed from there in infancy with his parents, John L. and Catherine L. Barnes
to Reading, Pa, They lived there until August, 1871, when the family came to Kansas,
filers they resided until the mother died in 1874; father now resides in Osborne City, Os-

orne Co.

REUBEN C. BARNES, proprietor of the Atchison Conservatory and Green House, 1717
Main Street, was born in Middlesex County, Conn,, October 31, 1814. In early life was a
manufacturer of paper hangings, and in 1859 came West and farmed in the neighbornood
of Atchison for four years. Removing to the city he at once commenced keeping hotel,
known as the Avenue House, but since changeil to Fifth Street House. In 1878, embarked
in his present venture, and has by close attention to business, and careful study of the wants
of the people, gaiued the liberal patronage of thesame. He has three houses, one for an en-
trance room, tie others, 260x14 and 130x16, are for floral culture, provided with a Hitch-
ings New York Patent Boiler. Keeps a full assortment of house and garden plants, and
furnishes floral designs to any part of the State on short notice. Mr. Barnes married at
Middletown Conn., in 1835, Miss Chloe Beach, of Massachusetts. f 4

. BARRETT, Cashier of the Atchison National Bank, was born in Springfield, Ohio;
removed to Iowa in 1854. locating in Louisa County, at Washingto», Washington Co., and
at Columbus in that State, before locating at Atchison, While at Washington, Mr. Barrett
was in the luinber business, and prior to that time resided at Perrysville, Ind., being con-
nected with a bank in that village, and is a stockholder in the First National Bank at Wash-
ington. Since locating at Atchison, he has confined himself to banking, except that during
oue year with a partner he was employed in packing hogs. Mr. Barrett isathorough and
energetic business man.

8. V. BARTH, clothing merchant, of the firm of S. V. Barth & Co., who are old estab-
lished merchants at Trenton, Grundy Co., Mo., and opened this branch house at Atchison,
in March, 1880. They now rank among the first merchants in this line in the city, and to
them may be given a greet deal of credit in working up so good atrade in a city already so
well represented in that line of business. Mr, Barth was born in Germany, Rhine pro-
vince, October 24, 1851, but came to the United States with his parents in 1866, locating at
Columbia, Mo., where for six months he was employed with his two elder brothers at ped-
aie on horseback through that portion of the State. Lhen clerked iu a dry goods store
until 1871, at which time he removed to St. Joseph, sauine State, where he was engaged
as traveling agent for four years, and was there married in August, 1879, to Miss Pauline
Steiner. Mr. Barth isa meinber of the Masonic fraternity, also of the Knights of Pythtas,

HALLER H. BAYLEY, druggist, came to Kansas in March, 1874, and located In Atchl-
son, where be has since resided. Mr. Bayley has been clty elerk of Waukesha, Wis., anda
inember of the city council of Greeley, Col. Mr. 3. was born in Waukesha, Wis., June 14,
1849, and lived in bis native place until his twenty-first year,when he woutto Cheyenne, Wy.
T., where he remained a few months and then went to Greeley, Col. At the latter place he
remained two years, and then went to Boulder, Col., where he remalned one year and four
months, and then came to Kansas, Mr, Bayley ts connected with the extensive wholesale
drug house of McPike & Fox, where he holds an important and responsible position, and
possesses the respect and confilence of all who are fortunate enough to be acquainted with
him. Mr. B. was married November 4, 1874, at Willimantic, Conn., to Miss Hattie
E, Clarke, a native of Connecticut. They have one child, a daughter, named May belle.

M. M. BEAN, superintendent of the county pvor farm, was born tn Clark County,
Ky., in 1828. Iu 1833 his parents movedto Indiana, and shortly afterwards to Scott County,
lil., where he remiined until 1849, when he went to Hancock County, IIL, and followed
farming until 1851, when he went to Jackson County, Mo., and farmed until 1857, when he
Jocated in Atchison County, Kan., on Section 28, Town 6, Range 20, Mount Pleasant
‘Township, and commenced to improve his claim. In 1860 and 1861 followed freighting to
D iver, Inthe fall of 186% enlisted in Company F, ‘Thirteenth Kansas Infantry. and took
yart in the battles of Cain Hill, Prairie Grove, and Van Buren, and allthe engagements of
iis regiment. Was discharged at Little Rock, Ark., In June, 1865, when he returned to his
farm in this county, where he remained unti: March, 1882, when he togk charge of the poor
farm as superintendent. Was married January 8, 1849, in Scott County, Ill, to Miss
Rebecca A. Northcutt, and has seven children, viz; Joln H., William H., Paul, Ida ana
Minnie (twins), Alvin and Barbara E. Isa member of Echo Lodge, No. 103, 1.0.0. F.,
of Mount Pleasant, Kan. ¢ .

ALBERT BEAUCHAMP, shipping clerk, was born In Doniphan County, Kan., Sep-
tember 15, 1856, and bas resided in the State ever since. He isa member of the N. T.
R. Union, and has been secretary of this association. Mr. B. came to Atchison in March,
1878, and immediately secured a position as clerk in the large wholesale grocery house
of A.B Symms, with whom he remained three years, Since then to the present time,

he has held the position of shipping clerk in the Jarge furniture manufacturing establish-

four days on the field -

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ment of Kelsey & Simpson. Mr. Beauchamp was married in Atchison, June 6, 1882,
to Miss Nellie I. Edgerton, a native of Atchison County.

JOHN ALFRED BECK, railroad employee M. P. R. R., came to Kansas in September,
1871, and located in Atchison, where he has since lived. He is a menrber of the Burksville
Benevolent Society and of the Baptist Church. Mr. B. was born in Marrowbone, Cumber-
land Co., Ky., July 18, 1861, and resided at his birthplace until he came to Kansas. Mr.
Beck was married in Cumberland Co., Ky., December 26, 1878, to Mary Robney, a native of

ntucky. =
oi PETER BECKER, wire manufacturer, isa native of Germany, and was born in Prus-
sia, September 18, 1842. When six years of age came to America with his parents, locating
in Ohio, Peter spent his youthful days and was raised to manhood in the Buckeye State.
In 1864, he tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company D, One Hundred
and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participating in a number of stirring skirmishes
towards the wind-up of the rebellion. Was taken prisoner September 24, 1864, and re-
tained by the Confederates until March, 1865. when he was paroled. Was honorably dis-
charged at the close of the war. Returning to Ohio, he engaged in business, and in 1869
came to Atchison, engaging in the liquor crade, in which line he has since been identified,
Mr. Becker has a fine vineyard in a high state of cultivation, and in the growing of grapes
and in the manufacture of wine does a large business, He isa member of the I. 0. O. F.,
Friendship Lodge, He married, in 1867, Miss Louisa Cribling. By this union they have
gight children living — William, Amelia, Lizzie, Dora, Emma, Carrie, Gusta, Ida, Lost one ,

ary.

J. H. BEESON, rallroad contractor, and owner and proprietor of the Atchison Street
Ratlway, one of the most prominent and representative citizens of Atchison, is the subject
of thissketch. He is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Hopkins County, August 13,
18: At an early age he removed to Chattanouga, Tenn. When thirteen years of age he
einbarked onthe Mississippi river for the purpose of becoming an engineer. Becoming
proficient in his adopted profession, he acted in that capacity for a number of years in the
employ of the Davis Packet Company, plying between Nashville, Memphis and St. Louis.
He eventually drifted West, in order to find 2 locality where he could find a wider scope for
his abilities as a manager and speculator. When the Union Pacific Railroad was in course
of construction, Mr, Beeson ranked among the leading contractors along the route, and
bullt a number of miles of that well-known road; also of the Central Branch of the same
line he also constructed upwards of 200 miles. Of other railroads that Mr. B. has been
interested in developing, are the Missouri Pacific, the C., B. & Q. in Lowa, and the B. & M.in
Nebraska, the Ft. Scott & Gulf, the International & Great Northern, and others in the West
and Southwest. He is also largely interested in railroad enterprises in Illinois, his headquar-
ters in that State being Edwardsville. In 1881, Mr. Beeson came to Atchison, and inaugur-
ated a system of street railways. It was an undertaking of considerable magnitude, and an
enterprise that few capitalists would undertake. He individually built the railways and
equipped them in first-class style; and to Mr. B., Atchison is indebted for as superior a
system of street railways as isto be found in the Northwest. It was opened to the public
July 3, 1881. In 1882, Mr. B.,in connection with his other enterprises, embarked in the
wholes.le boot and shoe trade, purchasing the Famous Boot and Shoe House, the largest in
Atchison, His trade in this branch extends throughout Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado.
He is a man of excellent judgment a good financier, and very successful in all his under-
takings. He is a gentieman possessing commendable traits, aud popular in social and com-
mercial circles. He was married June 15, 1854, to Miss C. M. Hard, of New York State.
They have two sous, L. W.and J. W., who are large realestate owners and stockmen of
Mitchell Co., Kan. Mr. B. isa member of the K. of P. Golden Cross Lodge of Atchison.

ANDREW BELINDER, bookkeeper and surveyor, came to Kansas, July 4, 1878, and
located in Concordia, where he lived about two years. During this time he was engaged for
about three months on the plains in Kansas, in hunting buffalo. From Concordia he came to
Atchison, where he has since lived. He is a member of the Lutheran Church He was born
July 8, 1855, in Orebro, Nerkey, Sweden, and remained in his native town until his 17th
year, when he went tu Arboga, Sweden, and entered the university, where he remained two
and one-half years. From there he went to Stockholm, where he remained until he emi-
gratedto America, in 1878. His father is still living in Orebro, Sweden.

JOHN S. BELL, clerk, came to Kansas in the fall of the year 1860, and located in Atchi-
son where he has lived since. Mr. Bell was in the army as a member of Company H, Seventh
Kansas Cavalry, and was enlisted at Leavenworth, in October, 1861. and mustered out Octo-
ber, 1862. He participated in all of the engagements of his command. Mr. Bell was born in
Branton, Cumberland Co., Kng., October 26, 1838, and lived in his native place until he
reached the age of three years, when his parents came to America, settling first in New York
City, where they remained only two years, and then removed to West Farms, Westchester
Co., N. Y,, where they lived ten years. From here they removed to Whitehall, Washington
Co., N. Y., where they lived but a short time, and from there to Amsterdam, Montgomery
Co., N. Y.. where they lived until 1860, when they removed to Atchison. During this time
Mr. Bell was employed, except while in the army, in farming. While in Atchison, Mr, Lell
was connected with the wholesale lumber firm of Gillesple & Co., in whose employ he was
engaged for about six years. He was afterwards engaged for about the same length of time
with the large wholesale and retail grocery house of John Perkins, of Atchison. He was
married in Atchison, in March, 1871, to Miss Annie Trussell, a native of Canada. They have
three children living, whose names are Carrie, Gracie and George. eh

JOHN BELZ, cashier of the German Savings Bank, and connected with it since 1873,
came to Atchison, June, 1857, and started business as contractor and carpenter, which he
continued until 1860. He then opened a grovery store which he kept until 1873, when he
became connected with the bank. He was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, August 15, 1833.
In December, 1853, he came to America, locating 1 New York and Lowa prior to coming
to Kansas. In 1859, he was married_at Atchison, to Sophia D. Binde, a native of Prus-
Ble phelt tro children are named Emima and Ida. Mr. Bels is a member of A., F. & A. M.,
and of I. 0. O. F.

JOHN BEMER, manufacturer}of and dealer_in boots and shoes, came to Kansas Feb-
ruary 26, 1859, and located in Atchison, where he has resided since. He isa member of
the N. T. R, Union of St. Joe, Mo., and has been a member of the City Council and School
Board of Atchison, Mr. Beemer was born inthe Province of Nassau, Germany, Decem-
ber 8, 1818, where he lived until his fourteenth year, when he traveled through the various

“States of Germany, until the year 1846, when he emigrated to this country and settled in

St. Louis, Mo., where he lived for ten years, and was engaged in the manufacture of boots
and shoes. From St. Louis, he moved to Weston, Mo., where he resided until he came to
Atchison. Mr. Beemer was married in Atchison, March 13, 1873, to Mrs. Mary A. Fortune,
a native of Maryland.

GEORGE C, BENEDICT, engineer on the Mo. Pac. Ry., residence West Main street, has
been engaged in railroading since 1843. tirst employment being with construction force on
the Mich. Cen. R.R., and in 1847 became an engineer on the same road. Learned machin-
ist's braide at La Porte, ud. Was employed on construction force of the Mich. South. Ry.,
during the extension of the line from Hiilsdale to Chicvgo. Was engineer on same railroad.
In 1854, accepted position of foreman in shops of the U. & A. R. R. ab Bloomington, L.; was
also in the em ploy of the Mo, Pac. Ry. in 1855, Afterwards accepted position of foreman in
CG. BL & Q. RK. R. shops at Quiney, LI; also ran aa engine on same road. From 1857 to 1859,
Was eimployed as engineer on the O & M. R.R. From 1859 t> 1865, was foreman in H. & St.
J,R.R shops at Hannibal, Mo. Since 1865, has been in service of the C. B. U. P. R. R., or
what is now known as the Cen. Branch of the Mo, Pac, Ry., in various positions of engineer
roadimaster, superintendent of bridges and master mechanic, and at present is employed on
construction force of ths Nebraska Iixtension of the Mo. Pac. Ry. Was born in Onondaga
County, N. ¥., December 27, 1827. Was volunteer in Company G, of the Thirty-eighth Mis-
sourl Lnfantry, engaged in detached service. Is a member of the Masonic order, in St. John
Lodge, No, 28, Iannibal, Mo. His wife’s maiden name was Eliza A, Perkins, of Lenawee
County, Mich. ‘They wore married June 7% 1854. 5

CHARLES W. BENNING, contractor and builder, came to Kansas, January 16, 1863,
and located in Atchtson where he has resided since. He is a member of the City Councit of
Atchison, and was City Marshal of the same city, in 1877-8. He isa member of Friendship
Lodge, No. 6, I. 0. 0. ¥., and Golden Cross Lodge, No. 7, Kuights of Pythias. Mr. Benning
was born In Clyde, Wayne Co., N. ¥., Mav 12, 1851, and resided there until his 12th year,
when his parents removed to Atchison where they reside at present. Mr. Benning has but
few equals and no superiors in his business calling, and as a politician he is one of the most
p pulir in the city of Atchison. He was strongly urged to become a candidate for the otlice
of Sheriff of Atchison County, atthe last general election, but with his usual modesty de-
clined, preferring to give his personal attention to his rapidly increasing business. He has
abrigh future before him, and will yet be heard of in the political arena.

T. A, H. BERKEY, foreman of locomotive and car department, A. & N. Division, B. &
M. R. R. in Nebraska, Mr. Berkey was born in Monticello, White Co., Ind., August 4, 1846,
F«dlucated at Monticello and at Asbury University, Crawfordsville, ind. tu 1 62, he en-
listed in Company G (Capt. John Holloway), Sixty-third Regiment Indiana Voiunteer In-
fantry. Was attached to the Twenty-third Army Corps, under Gen. Schofield.. Was with
Sherman up to Atlanta, then returned to Nashville to take part in that campaign, Was
mustered out in 1865, and returned to Indiana. In 1867, he moved to Grand Rapids, Mlch.,
where he learned the carpentering and undertaking trade, and remained there until 1869,
when he settled in Atchison and engaged with Crookham & Neal. In 1875, he took the posi-
tion of master car-builder, with the A. G N. R. R. Appointed to present position December,
1880. Mr. Berkey was married in Holden, Mo., May 22,1873, to Miss Aan B. Smith, of
Alexander, Ohio. They have three children, Maud L.. Frank &., Charles T. Mr. Burkey is
a ember of the subordinate lodge and encampment, I. O. O. FP. Passed all chairs in both.

JOSEPH H. BERLIN, grocery and provision store, corner Fourth and Park streets, was
vorn in Northampton County, Pa, December 17, 1839, and since he was 15 years old was
employed in merchandise trade in lis native State uncil1879; then cine to Atchison, aud in
* His education was acquire

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business until 1860, when he was elected County Treasurer aud served in that

ATCHISON COUNTY.

the spring of the following year, opened the above store with a cash ¢
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was $500, balance on credit. His first year’s sales amounted to $12,000, aa Tienes bounce
creased to $22,000, with an increase of capilal to $2,400. He employs a clerk and deliverer,
and keeps a first-class grocer store. He has a property in Pennsylvania worth net $1,100,
and one in East Atchison worth $600. Mr. Berlin married Miss Sarah A. King, of Pennsyl-
vania, March 19, 1859. He and his wife are original members of the English Lutheran
Chureh, of which society he is elder, secretary and treasurer, He is alsoa member of the K.

of H.
HERSCHEL BERRY, bookkeeper and inside salesman for the firm of Nav

Mercantiie Co., wholesale Brocecs, was born in Wyomine County, N. Y., AUguse BO Tae
: in his native State, and in 1870 he came’ west ‘and settled on a

farm in Atchison County. In the fall of 1869, the subject of this sketch came to Atchison

and engaged with the above firm as porter, then'as shipp. he clerk, and finally as bookkeeper.

Mr. Berry is a young man of ability and enterprise, as willbe seen in his steady advance-

ment with the above firm, and during the long continuance with them has won the confi-

‘dence and respect of his employers.
ANK vl na

LER located in Atchison in March, 1858. He was engaged in the furniture
osition two
years, He then became Cashier of the Bank of the State of Kansas, and in 186
into partnership with Mr. Brown, with whom he still remains, eyes
eee DMUND BILTM EK
i » proprietor of the Washington House, Atchison, came to Kans

September 19, 1865, and locatedin Atchison. where he lives at present. When Mr. Be nest
located in Atchison, he was barkeeeper for Henry Lipps for a short time, and then started
in business for himself. He followed various occupations until 1867, when he went to
Central City, Colorado, where he remained until 1868. In May of the same year he went
to Doniphan, where he kept a saloon, in which business he continued until 1874, when he
went into the business of grape growing and manufacturing native wines. He continued in
this business until 1878, when he opened a grocery and drug store in Doni han, and after-
wards embarked in the general merchandise business, in which he continue until February,
1882, when he again went to Colorado, from whence he returned in May of the same year
and removed to Atchison. On the 4th day of June, 1882, he took charge of the Washington
House. Mr. Bilimek was born in Fredeck, Austria, November 16, 1837, and was a musician
and followed various ocenpations until he came to America in June, 1861. He located in
New York City, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1860, in
Vienna, Austria, to Theresa Yordin, a native of Vienna, They have five children living,
whose names are as follows; Hugo, Frederic, Joseph, Annie, Edmund. Mr. B. isa member

of Arcana bode: No 31, A. F, & A. M. of Doniphan.
J. W. BLACK artment, M. P. R. R. shops, Was

a BURN, general foreman of the car de

born in Bedford County, Pa., August 26, 1848. He lost his father when young and was
raised by anuncle. At the ageof fifteen years he commenced to take care of himself and
learned the carpenter’s trade. In 1869 he moved to Kansas and located in Lawrence,
Afterward engaged in carpentering at Kansas City, then worked in the bridge and _ building
department of the Ft, S. & G. R R_ Was then on the construction of the M. K. & T. R.B. ;also
same year inthe A., T, & S. F. R. R. construction department. Then moved to Atchison and
was in the A. & N. shops a few months when appointed to present position in February,
1879. He was married in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kan., August, 1873, to Miss Eva Stacey,
of Hutchinson. They have two children, George and Amy.

WILLIAM BLAIR, Sheriff of Atchison County for two successive terms, came to
Kansas in the fall of 1863, and located in Atchison County, where he has since resided.
Sheriff Blair was born in Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa., May 18, 1833, and lived there until
the spring of 1856, when he removed to Fulton County, Ill., where he was engaged in farm-
ing. He lived in Fulton County until he removedto Kansas. Mr. Blair was married May
14, 1857, in Vermont, Fulton Co., Ill, to Miss Alcinda McCormick, a native of Brownsville,
Fayette Co., Pa. They have three children living, whose names are: Albert H., William B.,

They do a general

, and Daisv.

J. L. BLISS, dealer in jewelry, silverware, watches, diamonds, etc. Represents the
“Domestic ’* sewing machine business, established in 1866 by Willis & Bliss. Willis retired
January 1, 1872. Mr. Bliss carries a stock of $12,000 to $15,000. Mr. B. was born in
Royalston, Worcester Co., Mass., October 16, 1835; was educated in the city of Worcester;
left home in 1858, and located in St. Croix County, Wis., where he engaged in general occu-
pations until the breaking out of our late war. He enlisted June 4, 1861, in the Fourth

isconsin Volunteer Infantry; about 1862 the regiment was reorganized as a cavalry regi-
ment. Mr. B. served until mustered out at expiration of term of enlistment, July, 1864.
During the years 1862 and 1863 was detailed as steward in hospital at New Orleans, ' After
visiting various places looking up a location, he finally settled in Atchison, Kan.. in 1866,
and opened a jewelry store. He was married in Chesterfield, N. H., December, 1872, to
Miss Carrie M. Pierce, of Chesterfield, They have one child, Grace P. Mr. B, is a member
of I.0. 0. F., has held all the chairs_in the lodge and encampment. Is also a member of
Washington Lodge, A.F.& A.M. He was a member of the Board of Education two
years.

‘H. L. BOSTWICK, clerk of the city of Atchison.

JOHN M. BOWEN, merchant, came to Kansas in the spring of 1870 and located at
Atchison, where he has lived since. He is one of the prominent and well known citizens
of the place. He is a member of the St. Mary’s Branch, No, 207, Catholic Knights of Amer-
ica. Mr. Bowen was bornin County Monegal, Tipperary, Ireland, May 30, 1840, where he
lived until his twelfth year, when his parents emigrated to this country and settled in Her-
kimer County, N. Y. Here Mr. Bowen remained until his nineteenth year when he went to
Downville, Cal. He lived iu California and Idaho ten years and then returned to New
York State, where he remained four months and then came to Kansas. He was married in
Utica, N. Y., July 13, 1871, to Miss Mary A. Hennessey, a native of Utica. They have three
chilcreun—Mary A., Willie J., and Ethel Loretto. - :

WiLLIAM BOWMAN, of Bowman & Kellogg. proprietors of Central Mills, is a native
of New Hampshire He was borninthe town of Littleton, Grafton County, November 6.
1828 and educated in his native county. At the age of twenty-one he entered the works of
E. and T. Fairbanks & Co., of St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he spent about two years learning
scale making. In 1852 hie was sent out traveling in their interest, having his head-quarters
in Chicago, and in 1855 he returned east to Lowell, M.ss., and was employed in the Lowell
Machine shops. In 1856 was married there to Miss Drusilla Richards, of Chesterville, Me.,
after which he settled in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, where he was engaged in
building and contracting until 186C, in which year he moved to Atchison, Kansas, and at
once engaged in active business. Wasin thelumber firm of Wright & Bowmaa until 1862;
then commenced the milling business under the firm name of Woodard & Bowman. Mr.
W. retired in 1867, and Mr. B. has since continued the business under various firm names.
Mr. B. was a member of the Legislature in 1866-7, was President of the Board of State
House Commissioners for the building of the east wing of the State House at Topeka has
been a member of the City Council, aud was City Treasurer for five or six years; is at pres-
ent President of the Board of Traae. : ‘

PETER BOYER, farmer, five miles north of Atchison. Was born in 1811 in York
County, Pa., where he was raised. In 1826 went to Dover, Pa., and went to work at the
shoemaker’s trade, which trade he followed at that place until 1836, when he went to Mont-
gomery Oounty, Ohio, and settled near Dayton, on the turnpike road, where he kept a hotel
and ran a saw mill until 1848. He then moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio, and kept hotel un-
til his removal to this State in 1857. He located at Doniphan and ran a boarding house for
a short time, when he moved to St. Joseph, Mo., where he remained until 1858, when he
moved to Atchison, Kans., and ranthe American House for some time; then the Planter
Hotel until 1861, when be moved to his farm, five miles north. He has 160 acres with sev-
enty acres under cultivation, Was married in 1832 in York County, Pa. to Miss Mary A.
Meiselter. They have seven children, viz —Ambrose G., Carolina, Jennie, Josephine, An-
geline, Henry M., and Sallie. In 1834-35 was assessor of York County, Pa. In 1844 to 47
was assessor of Clarke County, Ohio. Isa member of thel.0.0.F. | r :

PROF, D. T. BRADFORD, dealer in musical merchandise, prominently identified with
the educational interests of Atchison, is the subject of this sketch. He isa native of Maine,
and was born in Cumberland County, August 14, 1828. He receiveil a good education, prad-
uating at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., in 1854, the same college that the poet Long-
fellow and other distinguished men of the time were graduates of, and at the same time,

. B. uring his vacations at the college, and after graduating came
Prof. B. had been a teacher d gz i or the Mindoy eae came

to Peansylvania and accepted the position of associate principa 4 t
Mt. Joy, in which capacity he acted afew years, when he was appointed instructor of lan-
guage in the Lancaster County Normal School; the duties of this important trust he dis-
charged for several terms. In 1857 he came west, locating temporarily at Sterling, [ll., and
soon after established the graded school system at Havana, IIl., and for upward of two

ears was associated with the educational interests of that town, He was next called to

ewanee, Ill..and established a graded school. In theKewanee and WeathersfieldUnionSchool,
of which he was principal upward of four years, amon the pupils was Albinus Nance, the
present Governor of Nebraska. From Kewanee he returned to Portland, Me., to rest from
the arduous duties he had passed through; residing there until 1865, when he came west,
locating in Atchison, and took charge of the school which at that time was in an unfavora-
ble condition. He established the graded system, and was closely associated with the city’s
educational development for four years. He was also called to Western Missouri for a
term. and in the same capacity was one year at Paola, Miami County, Kansas. November
11, 1872, he established his present business, carrying one of the largest stocks to be found
in the Northwest, and his trade is in conformity. ron Be has Deen 2 SUCCESS Movanlyins

usiness man. In commer 1

MeNip coronas Baten shed gentleman, and takes a live Interest in all matters that

hi . He isa fini
feet font Gintaling the morals of the State. The professor has furnished us with
much valuable infurmation pertaining to the early school history of Atchison, which is con-

talned inthis work. Heisa member of the I. 0. G. T., has held several of the higher offices
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in the lodge, and has done much toward the temperance cause in Kansas; if in any instance
his efforts were in vain, he has the satisfaction of knowing that he contributed an ample
snare or hls power for a good cause. He also isa member of the K. of H., 1. 0. 0. F. and K.

J.P. BROWN is one of the oldest settlers of Atchison, having settled in the place March
23, 1859, and resided there since that time. He has been quite prominently identified with
the construction of railroads in the State, and has also done work of the same kind in Mis-
souri—grading, bridging and furnishing ties for the A. & N., a distance of about forty
miles, The firm (composed of Messrs. Brown & Bier) did forty miles grading on fifty-
three miles of the first one hundred constructed of the C. B. U. P. and also did the grading,
furnished the ties, and laid the track on the L. A. & S. W., now at par of the Missouri Pa—
clfic. A. J. McCausland, formerly engaged with Mr. Brown in government and probate
freighting, was killed and robbed in 1864, near Gibson’s Ferry, between Virginia City and
Salt Lake, while returning over the plains in one of Holliday’s stage coaches. Besides
Mr. McCausland, Mr. Parker, of Kansas, and several others were killed. Messrs. McCaus-
land and Parker were robbed of $60,000 in gold dust. Messrs. Brown & McCausland had
carried on the frelghting business across the plains for several years prior to this event.

Cc. C. BURNES has been a resident of Atchison for the past eight years, His father
was one of the original proprietors of the town, and since its first settlement has been ac-
tively interested in its welfare. He was tbe builder of eleven of the business blocks of the
city, nine on Canal street and two on Fourth street; the Otis House block, and many private
residences. He is a native of Indiana, lived at Weston from 1838 to 1873. and t en re-
moved to St. Joseph, Mo. C. C. Burnes was born in Weston, Mo., May 17, 1856, and ,lived
in that town until he located in Atchison. His wife was Fannie A. Byram, born in Ne-
braska, and daughter of Augustus Byram, an early settler in Atchison, Mr. und Mrs.
Barnes have two children—Byram and Eleanor Margaret. Mr. B. is a member of A. F. & A.
M., and I, O. O, F. and K. of P.

THOMAS BUTCHER, retired farmer, residence on Sixth street, between R and § South
Atchison, is a Pennsylvanian, born at Brownsville, Fayette County, June 6, 1809, In his
younger days he learned the trade of a brick mason, which he was employed atin his na-
tive State. Came to Atchison in December, 1858, and purchased a farm ten miles southwest
of the city, where he lived improving his land till after the reat Rebellion. Removing to
the city, he became connected with the firm of Butcher, Auld & Co,, who contracted for
and constructed railroads in Missouri and Kansas. During his early residence in Atchison
Mr. Butcher made some of the finest improvements in the city for those early times, an
has always taken an active part inthe public enterprise of his town and State, often sacri-
ficing his own interests in advocating his principles, He was elected inember of the first
State Legislature of Kansas, serving one term. During the Pro-slavery time he was a
thorou: Antl-slavery man, often protecting slaves who came to his house, at the personal
risk of life and property. His wife was Miss Jane Auld, whom he married at Brownsville,
Pa., January 19, 1840, and who died July 6, 1881. They had six children, only two of them
Hyg, George W. and Josephine.

EPHRAIM BUTCHER, retired farmer, was born in Fayette County, Pa,. November 23,
1818. son of Ephraim and Mary Butcher, the former of Euiglish, the latter of German lin-
eage, her maiden name Fierce. He attended school till sixteen years of age, then began
steamboating on the Monongahela River, and afterwards on the Mississippi and Missouri.
Continued this until 1848, and in the meantime owned aninterestin some eight different
boats. After this he was employed at railroad constructing in Ohio and Wisconsin. Mr.
Butcher came to Atchison in 1858 and was one of the pioneers of the city. For some time
after his removal here, his attention was given to contracting for grading and furnishing
ties for railroads, but since then he has been dealing in real estate. Mr. Butcher has taken
a great deal of interest in railroad advancement, and has been connected with various rail-
road corporations.

GEORGE E. BUTTS, farmer, small fruits and grape grower. Isa native of England,
and was born in 1849. He was brought up to the trade of stone-mason. [n 1869 he emi-
grated to America and located in Atchison County, Kas., and engaged in farming and fruit-
growing. He has eighty acres of well-improved land, with good stone house and_ other
buildings, orchard, hedge fences, etc. He was married July 25, 1882, to Miss Alice Louisa
Bowen of Atchison,

d ES W. BURKHART, ice dealer, has been a resident of Kansas since the fall of
1856. Took a claim in Doniphan County, but afterward became proprietor of the first steam
ferry run across the Missouri River at Iowa Point. In 1863 he came to Atchison and two
years later opened business as an ice dealer, which he has since successfully carried on,
being now the oldest dealer in that lineinthecity. The subject of this sketch was born
in_ Marion County, Ind., near the city of Indianapolis, June 17, 1825, son of David and
Schakrisa Burkhart, both of German lineage, but American born. At fourteen years of
age he learned the painter’s trade. Mr, Burkhart has been married twice. His first wife,
Harriet E. White, of Goring eld, Ill, died in 1866, twenty-three years after their marriage.
His present wife was Mary A. Schwartz, whom he wedded in November, 1872.

CLAUDE M. BYRAM, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in 1864, and first
located in the city of Atchison, where he has ever since resided. He is a member of the
Baptist Church. He was born in Nebraska City, Neb., April 9, 1861, and lived there until
his third year, when his parents removed to the city of Atchison. Dr. Byram attended the
Stale University at Lawrence for one year, and then attended the William Jewell College
at Liberty, Mo., fortwo years, After completing his course at this institution of learning,
he commenced reading medicine in the office of Dr. D. J. Holland, the eminent surgeon
and physician of Atchison, He remained in this office as a student for two years, and then
attended medical lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he graduated
in March. 1882, at the age of EWenty Immediately after his graduation he was appointed
one of the resident physicians of Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia, by the directors of this
institution, he being selected by them with eight other graduates for this important and
responsible position from among about eighty applicants. Dr. B., however, declined this

osition in order to become associated in practice with his former preceptor, Dr. Holland.
or a young physician, Dr. Byram has attained a fine and lucrative practice, and is already
known as a Successful practitioner. - .

PETER BYRAM. stock dealer and farmer, five miles west of Atchison on Parallel road,
is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Bath County, August 31, 1824. In 1845 he went to
Westport, Mo., where he followed farming until 1853, when he engaged in freighting from
Leavenworth to El Paso, Texas, with headquarters at the lalter place, and also freighted to
Fort Kearney, Neb., from Leavenworth. In 1859 freighted from Nebraska City to Salt
Lake City, Utah, and Denver, Col., until 1864, when he came to Atchison and freighted to
New Mexico from Atchison and Leavenworth, until 1868. when he bonght 1,000 acres of
land five miles west of Atchison, This he divided into eighty-acre fields, and has ten miles
of hedge, 400 acres lame grass, 1,000 forest trees, and 800 acres under cultivation. Was
married in 1859 at Nebraska City. Neb., to Miss Emma Meeker, a daughter of the Rev.
Jotham Meeker, the well-known Indian missionary. Mrs. Byram died April 22, 1880,
leaving six childreu—Claude, Nellie, Edward, Theodore, Ruth, Paul, Virgil, and Peter.

ALFRED D. CAIN, of the firm of ‘Cain Bros.,” grain dealers, came to Kansas in 1867,
from the Isle of Man, his birth place. His father and two brothers, William. S. and John
M., had emigrated from the same place in the fall of 1856, and coming directly to Kansas,
settled in Mount Pleasant Township, Atchison Co., where they resided ten years, engaged in
farming. In 1873, Alfred D. and brothers commenced a grain and grocery business in Atch-
ison, but discontinued the grocery branch about 1877. They first bought grain from the
farmers’ wagons, their business amounting to about $400 per day. It1881 it had increased
to about $2,500 per day. Alfred D. Cain was born on the Isle of Man, May 11, 1845. and
was married at the same place in 1848, to Mary A. Molyneux, a native of the Island. They
have eight children—Nellie, Emma M., Douglas M., Mona Q.. Victor A. and Herbert S.

JOHN WYLCHREEST CAIN, a native of the Isle of Man, emigrated to Kansas with
his father, John W. Cain, in 1856. They pre-empted land between Atchison aud Sumner,
and_were prominent Free-state men of thetime. They arenow residents of Atchison.

JOHN M. CAIN was born July 30, 1839, on the Isle of Man. In November, 1856, he
emigrated to America, proceeding directly to Kansas and locatingin Mount Pleasant Town-
ship, where he pre-empted land and engaged in farming. About 1872, he removed to Ateh-
ison and went into the grain business, in which he is now largely engaged. In eptember, 1862,
Mr. Cain enlisted in Company K of the Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, in which com-

any he served about three months. Hethen raised Company G, Eighty-third United
States Colored Infantry, of which company he was captain. He was mustered out in Fort
Leavenworth, in November or December 1865, having participated in all the battles of his
command, His company originally numbered 100, of whom twenty were killed in action,
and forty lost through disease and other casualties. In 1808, heserved as First Lieutenant
of one of the companies of the Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry, a regiment raised for frontier
service against the Indians. J. M. Cain is now the senior member of the firm of Cain Bros.
of Elevater B. Atchison. and does an immense and growing business in grain and flax seed.

CAPT. WILLIAM 5. CAIN. proprietor of the West Atchison store, north side of Main
street, was born on the Isle of Man, Eng., April 17, 1836. When sixteen years old he went
to Australia, remained there until 1854, when he returned to England, and in the year fol-
lowing came to America, locating in Mineral Point, Wis. He remained here only one year,
and in 1856 came to Kansas. Took up a claim of 160 acres, seven and one half miles west
of Atchison and commenced improving his land. Capt. Cain took an active part in the

reat rebellion, volunteering as a private with Company C, of the Eighth Kansas Infantry.

ut shortly after the company was organized he was appointed Sergeant. During the war
he was promoted Sergeant-Major at Nashville; Second Lieutenant at Tullahoma, and in
August, 1863, to First Lieutenant and adjutant of the Twelfth Regiment, United States
Colored Infantry. One year later, he was commissioned Captain of Company C, same regi-
ment, serving as such until the close of the war, Then returned to his farm, and in the
fall of 1865, was elected to the Legislature from the Eighth District. Capt. Cain moved to
the City of Atchison in 1875, and started in his present business in 1876. He married his
first wife, Ann Cowley, while ou leave of absence from the army, in 1864. She died April

 

 
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26, 1870. His present wife was Susan A. Crouch, whom he married in 1871. They are
members of the fepisco al Church. z
MICHAEL J, CALLAHAN, clerk, came to Kansas in June, 1879, and located in Atchi-

son, where he has since resided. While in Atchison has been In the grocery business. Mr.
Callahan isa member of the A. O. Hibernians, and has been secretary of his division, He
was born in loomington, I1l., June 8, 1863, and lived there until July, 1877, when he left
and game to Burlington, Iowa. In the spring of 1878, he went Denver, Col., and from thence

0 Atchison. i

JAMES MADISON CALVERT, carpenter, came to the Territory of Kansas in 1854, and

settled in Salt Creek Valley, Leavenworth Co., where he lived until the fall of 1861. From
there he went to Weston, Mo., where he lived until 1871, when he returned to Kansas and
located in Atchison, where he has since resided. When Mr. Calvert first located in Kansas,
he was engaged in farming in Salt Creek Valley; while living in Missouri, he was in the
grocery business. Mr. Calvert was Justice of the Peace in Jackson County Mo., in 1852-53,
was Deputy Clerk of Leavenworth County in 1865. He was elected to the Legislature of
the State of Kansas in 1860. He is amember of the Washington Lodge, A. F. . M.,
Atchison. He was bornin Mason County Ky., April 14, 1814, and lived there until his nine-
teenth year. He located and su bsequently married in Jackson County, Mo,, in 1850. He
went to Sacramrento, Cal. came back to Missouri, where he remained wntt] 1854. Mr. C,
has been twice married, his first wife was Marv Hughes Bagby, a native of Campbell County,
Ky., to whom he was united December 20, 1844. By this union he had Lycurgus, Annie,
James, Madison, Thomas and Edward Lee. He was married the secon time to Marion
Herndon Calvert, a native of Kentucky, in January, 1860, By this marriage he has two
children, Celsus and Charles,

W.W.CAMP*ELL, M.D., son of Farquehard and Mary (Buchanan) Campbell,was born in
Elgin County, Canada, Nov. 7, 1847. He received his literary and scient'fic education at the
University of Toronto, and on deriding afterwards to enter Che medical profession, he stud-
ied with an elder brother who wasa physician, and then entered the State University of
Michigan, graduating from the medical denartmentin 1873. These studies were supple-
mented by a course at Long Island College Hospital, in Brooklyn, N. Y., from which Insti-
tution he received an ad ewndem degree. In the latter part of 1873 he commenced active
practice in Mason, Mich., where he remained four years, and achieved marked success. In
the fall of 1877 he immigrated tothe West; remained at Falls City, Nebraska, somewhat
over a year, and in the early part of 1879, located at Atchison, and entered upon the prac-
tice of his profession in association with Dr. D. J. Holland. Dr. Campbell was married
September 8, 1878, at Mason, Mich., to Helen G., daughter of George G. Mead, of that city,
and a native of Norwalk, Ohio.

A. A, CAREY, came to Atchison, Jan 1, 1879, and has been a partner with Mr. McNeil

since July 1880, and was formerly with Henry Barker & Co.
i POULT AM CARLISLE is a native of Lower Canada, his birth*place being near Mon-
real.

usiness in Chicago. In

In_1868, he emigrated to Illinois and engaged in milling
the lumber firm of Howell,

January, 1879, he came to Atchison, and became connected with
Jewett & Co., as traveling salesman, which position he now holds.

LUTHER HALLISS, was born June 26 18 9, at Imlaystown, N. J. His father was
the late Rev. James M. Challiss, a distinguished Baptist clergyman, of whom a memoir was
published in 1870. The education of Luther was limited to the common schools of that
early day, consequently his snecess of later years can be attributed to natural ability. At an
early age he left the home of his childhood and went to Philadelphia, where he was appren-
ticed to the mercantile business, and remained till nineteen years of age. Then having a
destre totry his fortune inthe West, he emigrated to Booneville, Mo., where he entered the
mercantile house of Caleb, Jones & Co., as clerk, but after serving one year as such he was
taken into partnership. In 1855 he sold his interest with that firm and came to Atchison,

an.,and as among the first settlers of that place. His brother George had preceded him
and in 1854 erected the first building and opened the first store at this place. Upon arriving
here, Luther purchased his brother’s store, and did a large business, a good deal of his
trade coming from the various Indian tribes. He was also commission merchant for the
Mormons and for Major Russell & Co., government freighters. Mr. C. was afterward a
banker and a member of the first Free-state Council in 1859-60, exercising a controlling
voice in some of the most important measures. He was a member of the first City Council,
and proprietor of what is now known'as L. C. Challiss’ addition to the City of Atchison,
now among the most important parts of the city. In 1857, in connection with his brother
William, he established the ferry across the Missouri River, and owned it until the erection
of the bridge in 1875. Among the many acts which gave Mr. Challiss prominence in the
State Legislature, while he was a member of the Senate. was the plan which he projected
and completed for the building of the Central Branch of the M. P.R R. Indeed itis con-
ceded that he is the father of this great enterprise, He framed the bill to authorize its
construction, and secured its passage, and negotiated the famous treaty with the Kickapoo
Indians, for their reservation to aid in the construction of the road. He was elected presi-
dent of the same, wnich position he retained several vears. He was also an incorporator
and director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the most important railroad in the State. and
was from the start among the foremost in shaping the railroad system of the State, especially
the roads which center at Atchison. In the exercise of his political power in the State, Mr.
C. became intimate with United States Senator Pomeroy, and was mainly instrumental in
electing that gentleman to the Senate. In 1862 Mr. Challiss began to divide his time
between Atchison and New York City, and during the gold excitement incident to the war,
he was intimately associated with A. G. Jerome and Anthony Morse in their numerous
operations. and with them was accounted one of the heaviest dealers in the stock and gold
market. His success was such that he ranked among the most opulent of that great city
and was among the foremost in enterprise and financial ability. Mr. Challis is now leading
@ quit life at Atchison in the management of his estate.

GEORGE T. CHALLISS, one of the pioneers of Atchison, settled in the town, August,
1854, and built ‘‘on the Levee” the first storehouse on the town site. He engaged in
general merchandising, remaining alone in the business until the spring of 1856, when he
formed a partnership with his brother Luther, with whom he was associated until the
spring of 1857. at which time he sold his interest to Luther and was out of business one
year: In the spring of 1858. he built another storehouse, and again commenced and con-
‘inued business alone until 1860, when he sold out and engaged in dry goods trade with S.
P Walters, under the firm nameof §. P. Walters & Co, this partnership continuing until
Mr. Challiss sold ont his interest to Mr. Walters in the summer of 1864. In 1866 he was
engaged in freighting to Salt Lake City, and in the fall of 1867, commenced a wholesale
and retail trade in groceries in partnership with his brother, Dr.C, Challiss,—tirm of Challiss
Bros., which has been the firm name since that time, excepting two years when they had a
partner. Cha liss Bros. discontinued the retatl department in 1870, since that time doing
exclusively a jobbing business which now amounts to about #5! 0,009 per annum and gives
employment to nine men—three of whom are traveling salesmen. Their sales are principally
in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. Mr. Challiss was born in Imlaystown, Monmouth Co.,
N.J. His parents moved to Burlington, N.J., when he vas quite young, and that place
remained his home until 1851. He then came to the West, living at Booneville, Mo., three
years, until he located at Atchison,

R. G. CHENEY, mechanical engineer, is a native of Vermont, was born in Waterford
May 3, 1850. was raised and educated in his native city, and for several years was in the
employ of Fairbank’s Scale Co. in St. Johnsbury. In 1872 he came West and entered the
employ of the H. & St. J. R R.Co., with which company he rematned several years He
was with the company in extending the branch from St. Joeto Winthrop. In 1878, he
came on the A.,T. & S. F. R. R., and afterthree years engaged as engineer on the road, took
charge of the elevator in Atchison for the Santa Fe Co. r, C. is oneof the most thorough
and accomplished mechanics and engineers in the State, and stands at the head of the craft.
In 1871, he was married to Miss Mary Harriman of St. Johnsbury, Vt. They have threo
ebildren, Cora J., Charles R.. Leota M, Mr, Cheeney isa Master Maxon.

A. M. CARISTIE, foreman painting M. P. shops, was born in Forfarshire, Scotland,
May 23, 1830. Received his education in Scotland. In 1853, he came to the United States,
and settled at Cleveland, Ohio, where he took a position in the office of the C., C. & C. R. R.,
remaining a number of vears. He also while In this city ran a paint shop for a time, In
1863, he removed to Kansas, located in Leavenworth, and engared In sign writing and
house painting, remaining a few months; then removed to Atchison, and engaged in same
business. Mr. C. painted the first locomotive and car on the Central Branch R.

appointed to present position July, 1881. Mr. C. was married in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1859
io Miss Johnson, of Cleveland The :

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yy have four children—Alexander, Henry, Nettie, Annie.
Mr. CG. is a member of the A. O. of (1. W.

. D. CLARK, foreman wood-work department M. P. shops, was born in LaSalle, IIl.,
February 16. 1840. Was educated in LaSalle and Chicago; then learned the millwright
trade, which he followed until the breaking out of the war. He enlisted, in 1862, in Com-
pany C. One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers ; was discharged on account
of disability caused by a wound received at the battle of Chickamauga. Re-enlisted in
1864, in the United States Marine Service, and served until the close of the war. He re-
turned to Illinois, then removed to Towa, where he engaged in carpentering about two
years, then returned to Illinois. In December, 1871, he settled in Kansas In the position of
station agent on the Central Branch at Vermillion, Marshall County, a position he retained
about four years; then removed to Atchison and engaged in the wood-working department
of M. P. R. R, Was appointed to present position in October, 1§80. Mr. C. was married in
Fort Dodge, Iowa, July 3, 1865, to Miss Mary Conlee, of that city. They have six children
—Leslie W., Annabelle, Norval, Harry, Roy, Frank.

CHARLES W. CLARK, head bookkeeper for the firm of Howell, Jewett & Co., whole-
sale lumber dealers, was born in New York City, where he graduated from Bryant & Strat-
ton’s Commercial College, in 1869. Was afterwards emploved in a diamond and jewelry
wholesale house. Came with his parents tu Kansas. in 1870, locating at Eldorado, where
his father followed farming for sometime, but is now a merchant in that place, For three
years the subject of this sketch was money-order clerk at Wichita, this State, and in 1879

. He was

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ison, and was engaged by the above firm as head bookkeeper. This is a pos{-

Sone eee ph rin Dainese capacity and competence, and Mr. Clark is well calculated

to fill it satisfactorily in every respect. He isa member of the K. of P. Golden Cross Lodge,
0.7%. He married at Eldorado, Kan., October, 1879, Miss Clara Jones, of that pla e

RICHARD F. CLARK came to Kansas in 1872. as the agent of th - Hannthal & St. Joseph

R. BR. Co., representing the Vice-President of the road, with which he was connected for

seven years. He was afte: ward engaged in the grain business, and has been for one year

with J. P. Pomeroy. Mr, Clark isa native of Hudson, N. Y., where he was born September

29, 1813. and lived until his removal to Kansas.
‘H. AYLMER COATES came to Kansas in the summer 1871 and was employed as gov-
ernment surveyor for about two years, principally on the Republican and Solomon rivers,

during the time writing up the notes for fifty-seven townships in Decatur, Rawlinsand ney i

e€ ties. and riding overseventy miles ofthe territory which be surveyed. In 1872,
fouated at A tehigon, bei ne absent on surveying expeditions five or six months in each year,
until 1873, when he commenced abstract business, coming into possession of his present set
of complete gbstrarts In 1876. He conducted the business alone until 1879. when Mr, Maney
became his partner, with whom he is still associated in real estate and loan business. Mr.
Coates is a native of England, where he received a thorough military cadets’ education,
and was in the service of Her Majesty for eight years prior to emigrating. He came directly
from his native country to Kansas, his education fitting him especially for engineering and
surveying. :

N © TON, foreman Atchison Fire Department, came to Kansas in the spring of
noe goMeD located 1n Atchison, where he has lived since. In 1875, he commenced
bis apprenticeship at the Atehison Foundry as a boiler-maker; served his time, and worked
at his trade up to the year 1879, when he became a member of the Atchison Fire Depart-
ment, to which he belongs at the present time, and of which he has heen foreman since
April, 1881. Mr. Compton was born in Lyndyn. Scotland, -/uly 21, 1859, and remained in
his native place until his thirteenth year, when he emigrated to America, and located at
‘White Cloud, Ka., where he remained two years, when he came to Atchison, where he has
lived since, ‘He was married in Atchison, October 14, 1881, to Emma Backus, a native of

ew York. .

ine OSH LONNAUGHTON, 1416 Matn street, corner Liberty. This gentleman fs engaged
in a business which had its origin in 1875, and came into his possession in 1878. He carries
a full and complete line of family groceries, making only one specialty, that of keeping
every thing in the grocery tine, and sellin at the fowest possible price. In consequence
of this enterprising and honorable policy, he enjoys a lucrative trade, keeping one team
busy in making deliveries. Four years of such business has only served to make him more
popular, and each year his business foots np handsomer totals. The name Hugh Conraugh-
fon almost any where in Wisconsin would indicate his former place of residence, as few
men were more closely allled to any particntar place than was he for eighteen vears to Min-
eral Point, Wis., where during that fime he served constantly in the capacity of sheriff,
deputy sheriff, or city marshal always conducting himself as a brave, honest officer of the
commonwealth. Mr. Connaughton’s friends in Mineral Point will be glad to know that their
old townsman 1s doing so well. Mr. Connaughton belonged to the secret service of the
United States under J. G. Shattock, of Dubuque, Iowa, for aterm of ten years, while also
holding the office of sheriff. deputy sheriff, etc. Mr. Connaughton fs a native of Ireland,
porn March 18, 1830; but in 1854, came to America, his destination being Mirferal Point,
Wis. Here he lived until March 16, 1879, then came to Atchison, and established the ahove
business; has the oldest stand in West Atchison. Mr. Connaughton was married at Min-
eral Point. Wis.. February 19, 1859. to Margaret Grant, daughter of John Grant and Mary
Butler, who settled in that city as early as 1834. Both are members of the Catholic Church,
TAB. CONSER, proprietor of the “Old Reliable Steam Laundry,” came ta Atchison in
1877, working at tailoring till July 1, 1879. when he opened a laundry, which was the first
inthe city. He hasall of the late improvements now in use in steam laundries, employing
eight men, and in ’81 invented the Conser patent hand iron. The subject of this sketch ts a
Pennsylvanian, born in Clinton County, December 5, 1846. and when old enough learned
the tailor’s trade, at which he worked previous to starting in his present business. He mar-
ried in 1871, at Lock Haven, Pa., Miss Sarah Weltmer, born in Harrisburg, same State,

JOHN E. CONSIDINE, merchant, the first male child born on the town site of Valley
Falls, Kan., which event took place September 4, 1857; came to Atchison in the spring of
the year 1866, where he has since lived and carried on business. Mr. Considine is a mem-
ber of the A. O. Hibernians, Division No. 1, of Atchison, of which association he is County
Delegate and State Treasurer. Mr. C isan active and successful business man, and has a
bright career of usefniness before him. His mother is still living in the city of Atchison.

DR. JOEL S. COOPER, senior member of the firm of Cooper & Foris-all, homeopathic
physicians, was formerly from Indiana, born in Putnam County, November 30, 1836; re-
ceived his literary education in the high schools of that State, and in 1866 was a graduate
from Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, as an old school physician. During the
Rebellion he was appointed by Gov. Morton, of Indiana, Surgeon of the One Hundred and
Fifteenth Indiana Regiment, and was in Government service forthree years. After the
war he practiced his profession at Greencastle, Ind., until 1869, then came to Missonri and

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continued the same at Brookfield for six years, and during that time graduated, in 1874, .

from the St. Louis Medical College, as a new school physiclan; then returned to Indiana,
where he lived till his removal to Atchison, in 1879. He is next to the oldest resident ho-
mceopathie physician inthe city. Dr. Cooper’s wife was formerly Miss Katie I. Davis, of
St..Jo., Mo., whom he married July 7, 1879. He isamember of the State Homeopathic
Medical Society of Kansas. J

THOMAS CRICK. now a resident of Atchison, Kansas, isa native of England. He was
porn at Towcester, Northamptonshire, in 1834. He isa descendant of the ancient family
of Crick Village, near Rugby; the trains pass through Crick’s tunnel, two and one-half
miles long, on the main line from London to Liverpool. He left_school at fourteen years of
age, and his father apprenticed him to the Rrocery business at Willingboro, Northampton,
for five years, paying a premium of $250.001n gold. After serving his apprenticesh\p. he
wentto London, where he engaged with the tirm of North & Company. They had three
stores in London. Afterliving two years inthe city he commenced business at Coventry,
England. and was married at St. John’s church of that city. to Miss Spencer, of Addington
Lodge, Northamptonshire, in the year 1858. She was born at that farm in 1838. They
had conceived the Idea of coming to America for some years previous to that, and finally
made up the r mind to start in the year 1864. They landed at Castle Garden, after encoun-
tering a rough passage of fourteen days. Cleveland, Ohio, was their destination, and they
lived there fifteen years, and then moved to Kansas. Six children have heen born to them,
three of whom only are now living: ThomasS., BarnettI,and John P, Georgie and Ed-
die died at Cleveland in childhood; their danghter, Lizzie, fifteen years of age, died in
Atchison three weeks after their arrival. They took her back to Cleveland for burial, to be
laid _by her dear brothers at Woodland cemetery.

CROOKHAM & NEAL, contractors and builders, and undertakers; business established
in 1858, by Wise & Crookham, they having the first undertaker’s department intown, Mr.
Neal entéred the firm; it was then Wise, Crookham & Neal, until the former’s death, in
1878; since that time it has been Crookham & Neal. The firm have put up some of the
largest buildings In town, among which we may enumerate the Central School, Court
House, Academy, residences of F. W. Dolan and John M. Price. They employ from fifteen
to twenty men, and carry in the undertaking department a full lne of caskets, etc., the
stock amounting to some $2,000 to $8,000.

W. H. CROOKHAM, of Crookham & Neal, was born in Allegheny County, Pa., No-
vember 20, 1818. He was educated in his native county, and learned the carpentering trade,
which he followed there until 1846, when he moved to Pittsburg, Pa..and engaged in con-
tracting and building until 1850; then returned to Brownsville. In 1858, he went to Cali-
fornia, where he remained, engaged in mining, until 1857. Hethen retur ed to Pennsyl-
vania, and in 1858 settled in Atchison, Kan., and organized present business. He was
married in Fayette County, Pa., December 8, 1846, to Miss Mary C. Auld, of that county.
Mrs. Crookham died in Atchison, leaving four children, of whom there survives Lizzie,
now Mrs. I. A. Frazer, Ettie, now Mrs. W. Taggart.

E. ©. DAVEY, road-master of the Atchison Division of the Missouri Pacific R. R., resi-
dence Third street, between Kansas avenue an'l Atchison stre«t, He was born August 3,

1844, in Montreal, Can., and during his early life learned the painter’s trade. This he fol-
lowed until be began railroading on the Grand Trunk Line as assistant civil engineer, on the
preliminary survey between Montreal and Lake Champlain. In 1866. he came Lo Cincin-
nati, Ohio, where he was employed with the I. C. & L. R. R. Co. until 1870, this being the
date of his removal to Kansas; located at Topeka and commenced constructing railroads for
the A., T, & Sante Fe R. R. Co.. and was afterward appointed roadmaster of the Cottonwood
Valley Division, where he remained three years, Was then put in charge of the Colorado
Division for another three years, and at the expiration of that time returned to Toneka,
and commenced the construction of the K. & M. R. R., now the K. ©. Div. of A., T. .F,
and remalned on that division as roadmaster until July, 1879. Mr. Davey _went to the
mountains and laid the railroad track from Trinidad, Col , down Into Otaria, New Mexico,
after which he returned to Atchison and accepted his present position. Mr. Davey has had
agreat deal of experience in this line for a number of years, and thoroughly understands
usiness.

WILLIAM EDWARD DAWES, carpenter and builder, came to Kansas, March 28,
1879, located in Atchison, where he has since lived. He is a member of St. Mary's Sodality,
of St. Mary’s Branch. No. 207, Catholic Knights of America, and of the Diocesan Life In-
surance Company of Kansas, He has been treasurer of St. Mary’s Sodality. Mr. Dawes
wax born in Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., August 15, 1855. He remained in his place of na-
tivity until his nineteenth \ear when he went to Hastings, Westchester Co., N. Y., where he
served an apprenticeship of three years to the carpenter’s trade, when he left and went to
Manhattan Beach, N. Y., where he remained eight months, working at his trade. From
there he went to Newburgh, N. Y,, where he remained one year and four months, and then
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came to Atchison, where he has since lived. His parents are both living In Plattskill, Ulster
CoaN. 7 ae Sather isa native of England and isa farmer. His mother is a native of the

JOHN DAWSON, pattern-maker and locomotive carpenter In th
Branch of the M. P. R. R., residence Kansas avenue hetween Panera Gnd Doce
Streets, came to Atchison in 1858 and engaged at house-carpentering. This he followed for
a time, then took charge of the contracting and building along the line of the Central
Branch of the above road, which he continued a number of years, and has been in the em-
ploy of this company since 1867. Mr. Dawson is a native of Lincolnshire, Eng., born De-
cember 27, 1828. Learned his trade and was also married in his nat!ve country, in 1852, to
Miss Ann Ellis. His first location in this country was at Newark, N.J.,in 1854. From
there removed to Chicago in 1856, from there to LaSalle County, IIL, and finally to Kansas
in 1858, which has since been his home. Mr. Dawson and wife are members of the Epis-
copal Church, while the former is connected with the American Temperance Union Insur-

: ety.

HENRY DENTON, was born in. Green County, Ind., and when quite young moved,
with his parents, to Northern Wisconsin—his home, for many years, heitig at La Crosse. He
jamé to Kansas January 1, 1869. and was for several years with G. C. Hixon & Co. His

-¥ome is still in Atchison,in which eity he once served as Alderman of Third Ward.
Mr. Denton was married in Victory. Vernon Co. Wis., May 12, 1864, to Alice C. Defrees,
who was born in Illinois near Rock Island. They have two children—Daisy L, and Albert
D. Mr D.isa member of K. of H.

H. FE. DES MOND, M, D., physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in the spring of the
ear 1873, and located In Granada, Nemaha Co., and remained there until spring of 1879, and
hen moved to Lancaster, Atchison Co., where he lived until the spring of 1882, when he

removed to the city of Atchison, where he resides at present; is eneaged in practicing ‘his

profession, Dr. Des Mond was born in Boston, Mass.. December 18, 1819, and lived In hig
native city, where he remained until his eleventh year. when he moved to St. Louis, Mo.,
where he lived until the year 1869, and then removed to Rockport, Atchison Co., Mo., where
he lived until he came to Kansas. Dr. D. graduated in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Ohio Medical

College in the fall of 1871. and has been practicing his nrofession continually since, and is

well Known as a sueressful physician and surgeon, He was married October 2, 1878, in

Atchison County. to Miss Alice M. Streeper, a native of New Jersey.

CAPT. JAMES B. DEWITT. engineer on Engine No. 184, passenger train, on the C.

B. of the M. P. R. R.. resillence Utah avenue hetween Fourth and Fifth streets. The sub-

ect of this sketch was born in Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y., August 12, 1841. In early life
he learned the trade of glove-making, and in 1861 enlisted with Company C. of the First
Volunteer Cavalry, recruited at Albany, N. Y., but was afterwards transferred to the Thir-
ty-second New York Infantry, serving two years. In 1863 he re-enlisted with the Fourth
New York Heavy Artillery, and served inthe same until the close of the Rebellion. He
took a prominent part in all the principal engagements of his regiment, and at the battle of
the Wilderness was promoted to Captain for the meritorious manner in which he conducted
himself through that trying time. Capt. DeWitt began railroading on the C., B.&Q R.R.,
as fireman, but in less than one year was putin charge of_an engine, and was afterwards
engineer on the Hannibal & St Joe and the Missouri Valley roads. In 1870 he came to
Atchison and engaged with the C. B. of the M. P. R. R., where he has been engineer ever
since andis now the oldest employee in tat capacity on this road, never having met with
an accident during his whole railroad career. In 1878, Captain DeWitt made arun with
Gen. Grant and party, from Whitmore to Atchison, a distance of forty-eight miles, in for-
ty-seven minutes. Atthe completion of the Omaha branch of the M. P. road, he drew the
first train over the road which was that containing the excursionists from Nebraska and
Kansas on the 15th of June, 1882. He belongs to the Masonic Fraternity, and has taken all
the degrees from the Blue Lodge to the Knights Templar. Is also a member of the Loro-
qmonive senegal Brotherhood, No. 164. He married Miss Sarah Bradt on the 25th of
February. e

LUTHER DICKERSON. farmer, gardener, and fruit grower, two and a half miles
north of Atchison, was born in Washington County, Ohio, in 1825, and lived on the farm
until he was fifteen years old, when he went to learn the coach and carriage builders’ trade
at Marietta, Ohio.’ Here he remained until 1842, when he went to Missouri, and
worked at his trade until 1844, when he went to Oregon Territory, but returned in 1845 to
Saline County, Mo., where he remained, working at his trade until 1854, settling on
the northeast quarter, Section 19, Township 5, Range 21, being the first settler in that
section. In 1858 was elected county commissioner of this county, aud in 1859 was a mem-
ber of the territorial legislature, andintroduced and had passed quite a number of im-
portant bills, all tending to advance the general prosperity of the territory. In 1861,
on the breaking out of the war, was actively engaged in enlisting. men for the State militia,
and was commissioned Captain of Company B, First Kansas Militia. In 1862 helped raisea
company of colored troops, and held a first lieutenant’s commission in Company B.,
Eighty-Ninth Regiment Colored Troops, Was in the battles of Cabin Creek and Honey
Creek in the Indian Territory, and was with his regiment in all batt es and skirmishes until
the fall of 1863, when he was discharged at Fort Smith, Ark., for disabilities received while
in service, when he returned to his farm in this county. and has followed that pursuit ever
since. He has 310 acres, 200 of which are under cultivation; has 1,500 bearing fruit trees,
and ten acres in small f-uits. Was married in Saline County, Mo., to Miss Margaret Fizer,
aud has eibhe children—D. R., J. B., Mary M., Aurelias and Aurelia (twins), Luther, J. H.

.y and Sallie, :

MARTIN L. DILGERT, baker, came to Kansas in the fall of the year 1866, and located
in Atchison, where he has lived since, He isa member of the German Lutheran Church.
Mr. Dilgeré was born in St. Joseph, Mo., October 28, 1864, and lived there two years, when
his narents removed to Kansas. if

DONALD BROS.. This great dry goods firm consists of three brothers—Walter F.,
William T. F., and James F. They are all young men, and thorough workers. Having
Deen reared in the business they are to-day as conversaut with the details of, and possess
the necessary requisites to manage such an extensive business as many older heads,
and have shown by every move they have made that shrewdness, wisd»m and energy
are not lacking, Their progress is little less than wonderful, and is the best possible ex-
ample of what unflinching work and common sense, coupled with economy and watchful-
ness, willdo. Asthis establishment is the largest dry goods house in Kansas, and forms a
very important factor in the growing industries of the State. and at the same time fast
assuming proportions and gaining patronage that will place it at the very head of this line
of business in the West, we deem it not at all out of place to give a brief description
of the same, and a short sketch of the brothers. Both stores are thoroughly metropolitan in
their annointments. The Atchison establishment includes four entire fluors, with a fron-
tage of fifty feet and depth of 150 feet, supplied with elevators, electric light, and modern
heating and ventilating process. Employs: thirty salesmen and four cash boys. S. A.
Ashmun, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work, is cashier and credit man;
audits all accounts, and has general supervision of this branch of the business. Everything
is conducted in an orderly, clock-work manner; and, although “strike while the iron
is hot,” is one of their mottoes, there is no tumult or confusion so often incident to a
large business and frequent rush of custom. While it is not our mission or intention to flat-
ter or puff any particular individual or concern, we can unhesitatingly say that, to the
spirit, pluck, and industry of such men as the Donald Bros., is much of the prosperity of
these river towns due. Their parents, James Donald and Susan Ferguson, his pate
are natives of Scotland, the former being born and reared in Glascow: while Mrs. Donal
first saw the light of day in historic Sterling, under the eaves, as it were, of the famous cas-
tle bearing that name, and in the shadow of the wierd walls of the once grand Dumbarton,
which the pen of Scott has forever immortalized. Both parents imparted to their children
the best of Scottish traits and teachings, for both having received a liberal education,
they knew the importance to be attached to it, and the three sonsin their boyhood com-
pleted an academic course in the eastern schools of this country. Walter F. was born
in New York city, September, 1852. and. after finishing school. was immediately placed
under the tutorship of his uncle, William T. Ferguson, of the well-known dry goods house
of Sheperd, Norwall & Co., of Boston. This uncle, a young man scarcely thirty years

“ of age, Was as competent a man in bis business as Boston contained; and, although com-
mencing but a few years prinr to this as salesman in the linen department at A. T. Stewart’s
wholesale house in New York, had accumulated a fortune of $100,000 ere he reached
the above age, Bat he had overestimated his physical powers, and the great strain he had
undergone mentally, undermined his health, and at an early age be, t. whom the brothers
of whom we now write owe much of their success on account of his teachings and ex-
ample, passed to a better home. After thedeath of his uncle, Walter F, remained in
the Boston house but a few years. then entered the employ of his uncle’s friends, Taylor,
Kilpatrick & Co., of Cleveland. Ohio, where he remained until his advent at Atchison, as-
senior member of this firm, and is; perhaps, the most competent dry goods expert in the
West. William T. F. was born in November, 1854, at Cohoes, N. Y.. and after finishing
a preparatory course of study in the High School of that city, completed a thorough mathe-
mathieal course at Troy, same State. Forty-eight hours had not elapsed after getting his
diploma ere he was behind the counter of Cleveland’s great dry goods house of Taylor,
Kilpatrick & Co. He remained with this firm until 1879, when he came to Atchison. His
Cleveland experience was alike both pleasing and profitable to himself and employers, and
at the time of leaving for the great West, to drive the stakes for his own store, had
attained a high position there, being at the head of the dress foods department, and
also buyer for that class of goods. In the firm of Donald Bros. he devotes most of his
attention to the wholesale house, and is general business manager. Jamies F. is also a
native of Cohoes, N. Y., born in October, 1858. Commenced his education in that city, but
most of his school days were passed in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to coming to this State had
been attending Lawrence University, at Appleton, is. He is a very competent business
man, and anything outside of his work has no attraction for him whatever. Althoug
perceptibly Seotcnin discipline, and considered by indifferent people as severe in manner,

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is just and open-handed in all his transactions, He has charge of the Wichita branch of the
business. which is fast growing in importance.

JAMES R. DOUGLAS, druggist and pharmaceutist, came to Kansas, October 12. 1871,
and located In Leavenworth where he remained nearly four years. and was engaged with
R. J. Brown, druggist. From there he went to St. Joseph, Mo., where he was fortwo
years more inthe employ of R. J. Brown. From St. Joseph he went toOmaha. Neb., where
he remained about one year anda half and was inthe employ of C. F. Goodman, whole-
sale and retail druggist, as chief prescription clerk. in February, 1879, he came to Atchi-
son, and has resided here since. From his arrival in Atchison to the present time, he has
been employed as chief preseriptionist and manager of the retail department in the exten-
sive drug establishment of Messrs Pike & Fox. Mr. D. isa member of Golden Cross Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, an? of the Atchison Raptist Church. He was in the United States
Navy Service in 1864-65, on Admiral Dahlgren’s Flag Ship, “Philadelphia.” and was
mustered out of service in the vear 1865. Mr. Douglas was born in New York City,
April 26, 1840, and lived in his native city until his eighth year, when his parents removed
to New London, Conn... where he remained twelve years, when he removed to Brooklyn, N.
Y., and was engaged in the drug business there, untt] became to Rapsas. Mr. Doug-
Jas engaged in the drug business in New London, Conn., in 1857, and with the excep-
tion of the vear and ahalf spent inthe United States Navy, has been engaged for a quarter
of a century continuously behind the counters of a drug store. He was married in Brook.
lyn, N. Y., in October 22, 1863, to Miss R. Jennie Terry, a native of Orange County, N. Y.

INO. C. DOWD, gravel roofer and mover of bulldings, residence on T street between
Sixth and Seventh, was originally from New York, born December 21, 1852, in Chantauqua
County; after obtaining a practical education, he le:rned the carpenters’ trade with his
father and pursned that vocation previous to coming to Kansas. Mr. Dowd cameto Atchi-
son December 27, 1880. and worked at his trade until the spring of 1882. Then he purchased
the gravel reofing business of one Mr, Sanders, which he has since successfully conducted.
He employs from four to ten men, as the time of the season demands. A part of his busi-
ness being the moving of buildings, also general carpenter work. His work extends through
Atchison and the surrounding counties. Mr. D.and wife are members of the Baptist Chureh,
and he belongs to the A. O. U. W. Mrs. D. was formerly Miss Ella C, Rockwood of Penn-
sylvania, whom he married in 1873. :

CORNELIUS H. DUFFY, merchant, came to Kansas, February 9, 1870, and located at
White Cloud. He is a memher of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Society of Atchison. and
has been president of this society for twoterms, and is at present treasurer thereof. He is
also a member of the St. Mary’s Branch, No. 207. Catholic Knights of America, of the same
city, of which he is the financial secretary. Mr. Duffy was horn in Corranghfeghn, County
Donegal, Ireland, March 15, 184%. He remained in his native place until his sixteenth year,
when he went to Greenock, Scotland, where he lived about four vears, and then went to the
City of Glasgow, where he remained until he emigrated to this country in the fall of 1868,
and located in St. Louis, Mo., where he remained two months, and then went to St. Joe, Mo.,
where he was engaged in his present occupation for about two years, when he went to For-
est City, Mo., where he remained about nine months, and from there to White Cloud, Kas.,
where he remained ahout one year, and then returned to St. Joe, where he remained until
Februarv 9, 1873, when he located in Atchison, where he has since resided and done busi-
ness. Mr. Duff was married at. St. Benedict’s Church in Atchison, July 4, 1875, to Miss
Marv Ann Brady. a nativeof Maryland. They have four children living,whose names are:
Mary Ann, Cornelius Bernard, Kate and Thomas Joseph.

P. P. DUNKIN. contractor and plasterer, Atchison, Kan., was born in 1836. In 1845,
went to Morgan County, Ill. In 1855. went to Virginia, Il., where he learned the trade of

lain and ornamental plasterer, In 1857, commenced taking contracts. In 1863, went to

issouri, where he followed his trade, and in 1865 came tothis place, and has plastered
many of the largest blocks, among these the Ogden block, Price block and a large number
of the best residences. He employs twenty men in the various eapacities of his business,
and last year paid out $10,000 for labor alone. Was married in_ 1859, at Randolph, Mo., to
Miss Sarah Palmer. They have six children—Dora I., Squire W., John W., Mary. George
and Ollie. In 1849, he was appointed Deputy Marshal of this place and held the office two
years. Ina member of the Atchison Lodge. K. of H.

JACOB H. EARLY, gunsmith. a well-known pioneer in the the Northwest is the subject
of this sketch. Heisanative of Tennessee, was born in Washington County, February
23, 1816, resided in his native State until 1839, when he went tothe R»cky Mountains and
remained in the far West for ten years. For three years he was in Mexico, and served
eleven months in the Mexican war. For three years he was a resident fifteen miles from
where the City of Denver now stands. In 1848, he moved to West Point, Mo,. being one of
the first settlers inthat section. From 1853 to 1860, he was at Maradezene, Franklin Co.,
Kas., with the Sac and Fox Indians as gunsmith, being employed by the Government. In
1884, he took up his abode in Atchison. There are but few residents of the State that have
endured more hardships or have had more narrow escapes in the Western wilds than Mr.
Early. He has seen the growth and develonment of mighty States, and has been closely
associated with their progress. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Adkins in 1849. They
have one son—Benjamin.

AT.ONZO B. EASTERDAY. salesman, came to Kansas September 22, 1881, and located
in Atchison, where he bas since lived. Heis a member of the German Reformed Church.
He was horn In Cherryville, Northampton Co., Pa., November 4, 1857, and lived_in his na-
tive place until his twenty-first year, when he went to Mulberry, Clinton Co., Ind., where
he rematnert two years, and then returned to Cherryville, where he remained until he came
to Kansas.

JAMES L, EGGLESTON, painter, came to Kansas May 3, 1879, and located in Atch-
ison, where he hassince lived, and commenced business. Is a member of Washington No,

A. F. & A. M., of Atchison; of the Grand Army, Sedgwick Post, of Norwich, Conn.; also
of Castalia Lodge No. 4. I. 0. G. T.. Mr. E. was in the army as Sergeant of Company B, First
Connecticut Cavalry, October 26. 1861. and participated in all engagements of his command,
and was mustered out of the service in Middletown, Va., October 26, 1864. Mr. Eggleston
was born in Griswold, Conn., July 24, 1843, and lived in his native town about one year,
when his parents removed to Mystic, Conn., where he lived until he entered the army. Af-
ter his discharge he returned to his home, and lived there about one year, and then removed
to New London, Conn., where he lived about two years, and then removed to Norwich,
Conn., where he lived until he came to Kansas._ Mr. Eggleston was married December 25,
1866.to Miss Kate Haven, a native of New London, Conn. They have three children,
whose names are, Lizzie B., Mattie S., and James T. rs

THADDEUS EIGEL, clerk, came to Kansasin January, 1877, and located in Atchison,
where he has since lived, Heis amember of the Atchison Turnverein. He was born in
Car)sbrun, Austria, Januarv 10, 1857. where he lived until he came to Kansas. Mr. Eigel
was married in Atchison June 13 1882, to MissChristiana Grisswelle, a native of Missouri.

NRY M. ELLIOTT, head bookkeeper for the firm of Quigg & Allen, wholesale gro-
cers, Burnes’ Block, South Fourth street, came to Atchison in 1869, a poor man, devoid of
money or employment. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to procures work, he ob-
tained the necessary implements and went to sawing wood. During the spring of 1871, he
obtained a situation with MePike & Allen, druggists. and there he continued until the above
firm was estahlished, whieh was in March of 73. He has been employed with them ever
since, and in January, 1879, hecame traveling salesman for the house, which he followed for
two years, and has since been head bookkeeper. Mr. Elliott is the oldest employe of the
house, and _as an energetic and reliable business man has won the confidence and esteem of
the firm with which he is associated. He was horn at Lebanon, Marion Co., Ky., June 9,
1854. and married at Atchison in 1874 to Miss Henrietta Segler. 5

HENRY ELLISTON, now Atchison City Attorney, came to the place in the spring of
1868. and after attending school one year, was employed as clerk until 1874, at which time
he commenced his law studies 1n the office of Judge Berry, and in 1875 was admitted to the
bar. He commenced and continued his law business without a partner until April, 1882,
when he hecame associated with Seneca Heath. He was elected City Attorney April, 1881.
Mr. Elliston is a native of Ireland, and was reared in Saratoga and Suffolk Counties, N. Y.
He was married in Atchison, February, 1880. fo Henrietta Kean, a native of Atchison
County. They have one child. also named Henrietta. Mr. Elliston is a member of 1.0.0.F.

LUMAN ELLWOOD, auction store of general merchandise, first became a resident of
Kansas in 1870, loca'ing at Topeka, where he made his home, but traveled throughout the
Western States and Territornes, handling and importing Oriental goods, sea shells, etc.
Following this for some time he finally became manager of a dry goods store for one Mr.
Lovejoy. This he prrsued until the spring of 1880, when he removed to Atchison and
onened his present business in company with B. W. McCoy. This firm continued until
March, 1882, when Mr. Ellwond purchased his partner’s interest, the business per annum
amounting to $50.000. The subject of this sketch was born in Monroe County, N. Y., Au-
gust 22.1840. He is amember of the A., F. & A. M, f

JOSEPH T. ELSON, engineer on the Missouri Pacific_Railroad, residence, Parallel
street between Eleventh and Twelfth, Atchison, was born in Hancock County, Ill., January
1, 1846. When old enough, he learned harnessmaking, which he followed till January, 1873,
when he entered the service of the R. I. & Pac. R. R., as wiper in the engine house at Tren-
ton,Mo_ Thishe followed one year; then became fireman for two years, after which he
was put in charge of an engine. After running this one year, he came to Atchison, where
he has since run as engineer for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. In April, 1882, Mr. Elson
was the engineer on No. 158 that was blown from the track by a tornado near Waterville, of
which a full account is given in another part of this work. The subject of this sketch has
attained considerable skill as an engineer, and his rapid advancement after entering the
railroad service shows what ability and perseverance wil! do. He is a member of. Unionville
Lodge, No. 210. of the A., F. & A.M. of Missouri, and also of the Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood. No. 164. He married, in 1871, Miss Lonisa E. Richards, of Missouri. .

DR. WILLIAM H. EVANS, dentist, was horn in St. Louis. Mo., January 4, 1857. His
parents were John B. and Judith H. Evans. The former, of Welch descent, was a practic-
ing lawyer of St. Louis, the latter born in Eng land, her maiden name Hanson, Mr, Evans
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received a collegiate course of education in St. Louis, graduating from the Dental College
of that place in 1875. He afterwards practiced in that city until he came to Atchison,
which was in 1877. Dr. Evans is very skillful in his profession, and during his residence
in this elty has performed several difficult dental operations, always meeting with decided

 

A. 8S. EVEREST came to Kansas in 1§71, locating in Atchison in February of that year,
and opening a law office. He continued the business alone until 1874, when he became a
artner of A. G. Otis, and after a dissolution of that partnership, formed another with B. P.
aggener, with whom he is still associated, the members of the firm now being Aaron S.
Everest, B. P, Waggener, and Frank Everest, Everest & Waggener are attorneys for Mis-
souri Pacific Railroad, for Pacific Express, and W. U. Tel. Co.; for Hetherington’s Exchange
Bank, First National Bank, Atchison Savings Bank, and the Atchison Bridge Company, the
firm being also connected with the Union Pacific R.R.Co. Col. Everest is a native of
Plattsburg, N, Y. In 1856, he emigrated to the Northwest, remained in Wisconsin a few
months, then located at Austin, Minn., which place was his home until 1871. In 1862, he
enlisted in the army, and in the fall of 1863, organized Company C, Second Minnesota Cav-
alry. After ayear and a half of service he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of Volun-
teers, and served as a staff officer in Missouri in 1865. He has been engaged tn the practice
of law since 1854, when he was admitted to the bar in New York, his father, Hon. Josiah T,
Everest, being a judge and prominent citizen of that State.

JOHN FAGAN. Division Master Mechanic of the A., T, & Santa Fe R. R., was born in
Lancaster County, Pa., September 29, 1816. Commenced railroading in 1882, on what fs
now known as the Penn. Central KR. R., where he re ained until 738; then removed to
Dearborn County, Ind., and In 1852 enguged with the Cin, & [ndlanapolis R. R, as en-
gineer, and during his employment with them, held various responsible situations. In

869, he lefc there, moving on afarm jn Tippecanoe County, same State, but after operat-
ing it for two \ears, came west to Atchison, and in August of 1871, again entered the rall-
road service, as engineer for the A. T. & Santa Fe; coutinued as such a little more than one
year, and from that time until the completion of this line to Atchison, had charge of the

elivery of material for the construction of the road. Mr. Fagan was then appolnted to his
present situation, where he has pharge of about twenty men, and has general supervision
of the Round-House. He is without doubt the oldest railroad man In the State, and during

* his many years’ service as such, has always been extreimely fortunate, never having met
with any accident in his wholerailroad career. His wife was Miss Jane A. Ward, to whom
he was married in Dearborn County, Ind., in 1840. They have but one son living, W. W.
Fagan, Superintendent of the Central Branch of the U. P. R. R.

-_W. W. FAGAN, Superintendent Central Branch Missourl Pacific R. R., is a native of
Indiana, He was born in Dearborn County, September 20, 1840. His railroad life com-
menced in Indiana in 1854, when he took a position as train boy on what is now known as
I., C. & L. R. R. He was with this company over fifteen years, first firing, then as locomo-
tive engineer. In 1869, he removed to Kansas, to take the position of Assistant Superin-
tendent of the A., T. & S. Fe R. R., with headquarters at Topeka. In 1875, he was appointed
General Superintendent of the Kansas Midland R. R., now known as the Kansas City Divis-
ion of the A., T. & Santa Fe R. R. Retained this position about eighteen months, and was
then appointed Superintendent of the Western Division of the H. & St. Jo. R. R., with
headquarters at Kansas City. Was appointed to present position January 1, 1879, and
moved to Atchison. Mr, Fagan was married in Lawrenceburg, Ind., in July, 1861, to Miss
Amanda Simonton. They haveone child living, Fannie C,

H. V. FARIES, Master Mechanic Central Branch M. P. R. R., was born in Middletown,
Butler Co., Ohio, Sentrinber 15 1825. He was educated in his native county, and in 1844,
was apprenticed to learn the machinist’s trade at Cincinnati, Ohio, Was attached to the
locomotive department, and in 1847 helped build engines for the Little Miami R. R. In
1851, became connected with the Madison & Ind. R. R., running engine on the Madison
Railroad, Indiana; was then appointed Assistant Master Mechanic, at Indianapolis, In
1856. he moved to Milwaukee, Wis., where he ran an engine a few months on the Mil,& Miss.
R. R.; then returned to Indiana and entered the service of the I. & C. R. R., rnnning an en-~

ine until 1863. In March,1865,w4s appointed Master Mechanic on the Eaton & Hamilton R.
&. retaiuing this position until the road sold out. In 1869, Mr. F. moved tu Kansas, and was
appointed Master Mechanic of Locomotive and Car Departient of the A.,T.& S. Fe R. R., at

‘opeka. In June, 1878, was transferred to the superiutendency of car building at St.
Charles, Mo., and Jelfersonville, Ind. Was appointed to present position in June, 1879. Mr.
Faries was married in Louisville, Ky., June, 1848, to Miss Vaughan. She died, leaving two
children; one survives, Sallie L., now Mrs. B, A. Fassett, of California, Mr, F, was married

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

o his present wife in Indianapolis, Ind., August 1, 1861. She was Miss Martha E. Boyn-
fate a native of Cornish, Me. They have three children—Florence, Berenice and J. Byron.
Mr. F. is a Royal Arch Mason. é

Cc. H. FARWELL. of the Atchison Furniture Company, was born in Stephenson County,
Ii, January 10, 1850. In 1859 he came with his parents to Bourbon County, Kansas, and
two years later to Atchison. In 1863 he commenced learning his trade in Atchison. In
1865 engaged in freighting across the plains, He located in Montana about two years, en-
gaged in mill-wrighting, then returned to Atchison, and worked inthe furniture factory
until it was burnt down, Then formed the firm of Stebbins & Farwell, in bridge building,
ete., continuing in this business about three years. In 1874 he visited California with Mr.
Stevenson. On his return to Atchison he worked at cabinet-making until the present firm
was established. Mr. Farwell was married in Atchison, Kansas, November 5, 1871, to Miss
Cora C. Dickson, of that city. They have two children—Claudis J., and Myrtle. Mr. F, is
a member of the Uniform Rank, K. of P.

WILLIAM A. FERGUSON, physician and surgeon, son of Dr. Eli Ferguson, of Atchi-
son, who has been a practicing physician for thirty-two years. Was born in Westmoreland .
County, Penn., March 16, 1B56- After attaining an academical education, he read medicine *
with his father, and in 1880 was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, He immediately
began the practice of his profession at Atchison, and has been City Physician nearly ever
since. Dr. Ferguson has acquired considerable skill as a surgeon, and in December, 1881,
performed an operation which was truly wonderful, removing a tumor weighing nearly
sixty pounds, from a girl fifteen years old, from the effects of which the patient has fully
recovered. The subject of this sketch is medical examiner for the A. O. U. W. of Atchison,
and the National Aid Society at Des Moines, lowa. He isa member of the State and Coun-
ty Medical Societies, and secretary of the latter institution. :

CHARLES MCLEAN FINCH, contractor, came to Kansas May 21, 1872, locating at
Atchison, where he has since resided, Mr. F. isa member of the I.0.0. F. Was inthe
army, as Sergeant of Company E, Third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted
May 13, 1861. On the eath of December, 1863, Sergeant Finch re-enlisted in his regiment,
the famons “ Old Third Michigan,” for three years longer. On the 10th day of June, 1864,
his regiment, owing to the severe losses it had suffered during its term of service, was con-
solidated with the Fifth Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Sergeant Finch served
with his new regiment as a member of Company E, until his final discharge, at Jefferson-
ville, Ind,, July 4, 1865. He participated in almost all of the battles in wh ch his regiments
were engaged, among which were th- First Bull Run, Siege of Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Seven
Days’ Fight, Second Bull Run, Gettysburg, Wilderness (where he was for the third time
wounded while in the U. §. service), Siege of Petersburg, and Final Surrender of Lee. In
all. he participated in forty-seven battles and engagements. Mr. F. was born in Niagara
County, N. Y., July 27, 1839. He remained in his native place until his eighth year, when
his parents removed to Doylestown, Wayne County. Ohio, where they lived about
one year, when they removed to Jackson County, Mich., where they lived nearly one

ear, when they moved to Ionia County, of the same State. Mr. F. lived in this county until
his removal to Atchison. Mr. Finch has been married twice. His first marriage took place

December 25, 1876. His wife’s maiden name was Mary F. Scott, a daughter of Mr John J.
Scott, who has resided in Atchison County since 1855. There was no issue by this marriage.
His first wife died July 9, 1879. Onthe 19th day of April, 1882, he was united in marriage
to Hettie H. Hammond, a native of Washtenaw County, Michigan,

WILLIAM H FINKBINE, passenger conductor on the Central Branch of the M.P.R.R.,
running from Atchison to Leonora, was born in Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1847. In his younger
days he learned the cooper_trade. and for some time carried on an extensive business in
that line at Lawrenceburg, Ind. In 1850 began his railroad career, on the Indianapolis, La-
Fayette & Cincinnati road, working at the construction of the same until it was ¢ompleted
and was then put on as conductor, and has served in that capacity nearly all the time since,
on various roads. Conductor Finkbine isthe oldest, most prominent, and we may safely
say, the most successful conductor in the West, and is held in high estimation by all of the
most important railroad companies. In the fall of 1859, when the Prince of Wales took his
extended tour through the United States, the subject of this sketch had charge of the train
that took the Prince and party from St, Louis to Vincennes, General McClellan being super-
intendent of the road, At the time General Lyons was killed at the battle of Wilson Creek,
Mo., his train also took the General’s remains and its escorts to his former home. In 1881,
hecameto Atchison and took his present position. Conductor Finkbine was one of the
charter members of the Railway Passenger and Freight Conductors’ Mutual Aid and Bene-
fit Association of the United States and Canada, and also of the Railroad Conductors’ Life
Insurance Association of the United States ard Canada, the former organization at Chicago,
IIL, the latter at Columbus, Ohio. He also belongs to the Knights Templar in Masonic So-
ciety, and is a member of the Knights of Honor. His wife was Miss Mary Woodward, of
Lawrenceburg, Ind.,whom he married October 6, 1847. They are the parents of five children,
only one of them now living, namely—E, Cora, now Mrs. G. N. Petty, of Kansas City, Mo.
During the war, in 1864. a particular friend of Mr. Finkbine’s, one James W. Gaft, wished
him to startsteamboating, and to exemplify the high esteem in which Mr, Finkbine was
held as an enterprising business man, Mr. Gaft_even wentso far as to give him a boat,
which he afterward ran until the close of the Rebellion, and continued to run until the
spring of 1867, when he lost the Lady Franklin by fire at New Orleans, when he was run-
ning her from New Orleans to Jacksonport.on the White River of Arkansas, under the
auspices of Dean, Adams & Gaff, cotton merchants of New Orleans. In the spring of 1865,
while running the Lady Franklin, and having the steamboat Eclipse in tow, when near
Joh ville Tenn., the latter boat exploded, setting it on fire. and 150 lives were lost.
This is a known fact, and is recorded in the history of the Rebellion, in connection with
the Ninth In@ana Battery. Had over 100 0n the Lady Franklin, ice bound, at Paducah,
Ky.. under medical treatmentin his care for three weeks before the ice broke up, so he
could take them to Evansville (Indiana) Hospital, where they ail got well.

EDWARD V. FINUCANE. engineer on the Mo. P. railroad, residence, Kansas City,
Genesee street between Twelfthand Fourteenth, was born in the County of Clare, [reland,
September 10, 1857. Emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1863, anc lived in
New York City for atime. In 1874 the subject of this sketch began railroading, as brakes-
man on a freight train on the K. C., Ft. S. & G. railroad, but after a short time changed to
the Missouri Pacific, where he got a situation as fireman between Kansas City and Atchison.
On the tenth of January, 1831, Mr. Finucans made his first run as engineer on this same
route and has since served in that capacity, and beiug a young man of ability and enter-
prise, he is sure to make a success of this or any thing else he may undertake.

FREDERICK C. FISS, merchant, came to Kansas in 1869, locating at Washington,
where he remained five years, and was engaged in farming. From Washington Mr, F.
came to Atchison, where he has since resided. Mr. F, was engaged in clerking for the first
five years of his life in Atchison, and in 1879 commenced business for himseif. He is a
member of Schiller Lodge No. 38, I. 0.0, F. Mr. Fiss was bornin Germany, April 2, 1853.
He remained in his native pice until his tenth year, when he came to America and set'led
in Chatsworth, Livingston County, IL, where he remained about six years, when he came
to Kansas and settled in Washington. He was married May 18, 1869, in Atchison, to Carrie
Stephen, a native of Missouri, They have two children—Cora and Bertha.

. K. FLEMING, general agent B. & M. railroad in Nebraska, and K. C., St. Jo. & C, B.
railroad, was born in Darke County, Ohio, November 21, 1841. He was educated in his na-
tlve county, and learned the harness msker’s trade. In the spriig of 1861 he enlisted _in
Company C, Eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry on the three months’ call. Re-
enlisted In Company B, Sixteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer [Infantry for one year. On
being discharged he re-enlisted In Company C, Eighty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers.
The command was Captured at Harper’sFerry, Va.jand paroled on the field. Mr. Fleming then
took a position in the railroad department of the quartermaster at Nashville, Tenn., where
he remained until exchanged in January, 1863. He then enlisted in Company L, Seventh
Indiana Cavalsy and served until the close of the war. He returned to Onio, learned tele-
graphing and took p position as station agent on the Indiana Central railroad. In 1867 he
moved to Nebraska City, Neb., as agent and operator for the B. & M. railroad, and has since
that time been connected with this system of roads in the freight and passenger Eragic. at

» Mr, Flemin:

Alfferent points. Was appointed to present position February 1, 18 has
only lost thirty days’ time in fifteen years. He was marriedin Darke County, Ohio, in June,
1861, to Miss Northrup, of that county. They have five children_living—Harry H., Addte

i, Mary L.,, BerthaC., James G. Mr. F. isa member of the A., F. & A. M,, I. 0.0. F. and

CHARLES V, FLETCHER, conductor of the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific R.
R., residence North Fifth street, between Riley and Mound, isa native of Troy, Me., born
April 12, 1847. His railroad career extends as far back as 1867 when he began as brakes-
man on the Hannibal and St. Joe R. R. one year, and at the expiration of that time he was
promoted to conductor on a freight train. From that time until 1880 he ran both freien
and passenger trains in Missouri, then came to Kansas and accepted his present situation
as conductor of a passenger train. Mr, Fletcher has had a great many years experience in
this line, and that coupled with an untiring business energy has made him one of the most
successful railroad employees in Lhe West. He isa member of the A..F. & A. M. at Brook-
field, Mo., and has attained the degree of Knight Templar, Was married at that place in
1873, to Miss Merriam, formerly of Ohio.

ROBERT FORBRIGER, the vice president of the German Savings Bank, entered land
in Lancaster township in March, 1857, his claim being the southeast quarter of Section
21, Town 5, Range 19. For about twelve years was employed in farming,
and in 1859 located in Atchison and engaged in the liquor business, which he continued un-
til 1865 when he commenced real estate and insurance, which he has continued to the pres-
enttime, Mr. Forbriger is a native of Saxony, Germany, where he was born September 5,
1825, and from whence he emigrated in June, 1849, spending, after his arrival in America,
some time in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Alabama, two years in the latter State at Mo-
bile, and two years in Elgin. Dl. Since his residence in this country Mr. Forbriger has held
various local offices, having been town trustee for four years, and a member of the City

 
.. 1820, In Ohio County, W.

ATCHISON COUNTY.

Council. He was married in Atchison, in February, 1862, to Helen Geier, of Baden, Ger-
many, their three children being named Robert, Emil and Bertha. Mr. Forbriger is a
member of the A., F. & A. M. to the thirty-second degree,‘of'the I. 0. 0. F., of the Society
of Turners, and is secretary of the Atchison Coal Mining Sociery.

HOMAS D, FRASER, engineer, on the A. & N. Div. of the B. & M.R. R.; residence
corner of Second and Atchison streets: was born in Nova Scotia, August 30,1854. His
first experience at railroading was with the B, & M. R. R. at Lincoln, Neb., where he served
as fireman one year and eight mouths. During that time he was fireman on the train that
made the fastest time on record in the State of Nevraska. This occurred at the time of the
expected penitentiary riot at Lincoln, going from Ashland, Neb., to the former city, a dis-
tance of twenty-four mites, in twenty-five minutes. Mr. Fraser has barely escaped with his
life in several railroad accidents, the most distressing of which was thé running off the
bridge of the engine and fourteen loaded freight cars, when one entire carload of live
stock was burned. The subject of this sketch is a member of the Locomotive Engineer
Brotherhood, No, 164, of Atchison. On the 30th of March, 1882, he was married to Miss
Annie C, Mahon, of this city. :

ROBINSON FRAZIER, grocery store, corner of Fifth and S streets, was born June 12,

° a. Received a practical education under the old school systein,

and while in his native State his occupation was that of afarmer. In February, 1858, came
to Kansas, and was at first a resident of Leaveuworth, where he started a smail coufection-
ery stand. He only ran this a short time however, when he engaged as a clerk in a grocery
store, and afterward was employed by W.C, Lovenstein in the hide and leather trade.
This he continued eight seasons, then moved on to his farm, which he operated successfully
Ull the spring of ’81, then came to Atchison, Mr. Frazier was in the Home Guards service
at Leavenworth, during the rebellion, being too old for service in the army. He was
married in his native State, on May 23, 1843, to Miss Mary E. Milligan. Both are members
of the United Presbyterian Church. They have been the parents of. nine sons, but only
seven are living now: George E., Samuel A., William M. C., Anderson M., Robert C., James

and John C. =

H. FRIEDENBURG, restaurateur. This well known gentleman is a native of Ger-
many, and was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, March 21, 1833; was educated and
reared in his native country, coming to America in 1850, locating for a time in Philadel-
pia; he afterward went to Cincinnati, Ohio, résiding in that city seven years, his time

eing employed as clerk in a clothing house. He next went to Jeffersonville, Iud., residing
two years. On the 18th of March, 1864, lie became a resident of Atchison; he embarked in
mercantile pursuiis, and was prominently identified in cominercial circles for eight years,
when he engaged in present business, Mr. F.1s a social and entertaining pentleman, and
there are but few people engaged in the hotel and restaurant busiuess iu Kansas who are
more favorably acquainted. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Friendship Lodge, No. 5.
Onthe 14th of August, 1858, Miss Clara Hirch became his wife; she is a native of Greece,
and came to this country with parents when young, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. F. is
an estimable lady, whose graces of mind and heart endear her to a large circle of friends.
They have had eight children by this union, six of whom are living: Rosa, Lonora Filsen,
Eva, Kirda, Abraham and Max; lost two, Matilda and Clara.

CHARLES FULLER, general yard master for the M. P. R. R. Co.; residence on Park
street, between Sixth and Seventh; was born in Huron County, Ohio, July 17, 1847. Began
railroading when eighteen years of age, and has followed it constantly ever since, excepting
when injuries from acvidents confined him to his room. His first experience was as fire-
man on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, but after one year was given an engine, first
as switch in the Elkhart yards and afierward onthe road, From this he was advanced to
freight conductor, then to passenger conductor for this company, and one year after the
Chicago fire engaged with the North-Western R. R. Co. During the winter of 1872, Mr.
Fuller was i a terrible collision that occurred at Le Grand, Iowa, and from injuries received
was confined to his bed for seven mouths. Upon recovery he came to Newton, Kan., where
he was engineer until 1875, then entered the employ of the M. K. & T. R. R. as freight
conductor, being soon advanced to passenger, and running to Texas. During the early
part of 1881, Mr. Fuller got his foot caught in a ‘‘frog ” at Emporia, aud an engine backed
over it, which laid him up again four months. When able to be around again he came to
Atchison, in July, 1881, and engaged with the Ventral Branch of the U. P. R. R., but on the
5th of August of that year, he was caught between an engine and a car, which confined him
to his bed until October. As soon as he was able he went on the road again, and in April,
1882. the whole train upon which Mr. Fuller was running, was blown from the track by a
cyclone, the way-car being blown 75 feet. The father and mother of the subject of this
sketch were in the car with him, and all received serious injuries. When Mr, Fuller
recovered from this accident he accepted his present situation, and it seems truly wonder-
fulthat he has escaped with his life from so many disasters. He is a member of both the
conductors’ and engineers’ brotherhood, the former uf Chicago, the latter of Elkhart, Ind.
He also belongs to the Masonic Society, and the higher degree of St. Bernard Commandery,
Chicago. mia wie eae Miss Eva Hosley, of Kansas; they were married at Kansas City, Mo.,
in September, is

JAMES H. GARSIDE was born in Canton, Fulton County, Ill., January 26, 1848. In
1856 he removed with bis parents to Nebraska City, where he attended school, and’ after-
wards worked on a farm. In 1864, be moved to Atchison, and worked as clerk in J. E.
Wagouer’s hardware store one year; with A.S. Parker & Co., as forwarding and delivery
clerk two years, and with J. Garside & Co., railroad transfer, forwarding aud commission
merchants and steamboat agents, successors to that firm, to years as chief clerk, and agent
of St. Louis and Omaha Packet Line. L,S. Howe retiring from this firm in 1869, James
H. Garside was admitted as a partner under the name of J. Garside & Son. In 1872 the firm
discontinued business, and he accepted a situation as accountant with Julius Kuho, whole-
sale grocer In 1875.08 was with Win. Hetherington, as assistant book-keeper; in 1874 he
was agent for Hamiltén & Flint’s Railroad Transter Company, and its successor, J. M. Ham-
ilton & Co. During the year he bought out Hamilton’s interest, and the transfer company
was run by Garside and’ Auderson until 1881, when Mr. Garside accepied a situation with
the A., T. & S. F. R. KR. as clerk, where he is now employed. He was married September 14,
1870, at Canton, [ll., to Mattie H. Preston. ‘They have one child—Wilhe Preston, two chil-
dren having died in infancy. f u

JOSHUA GARSIDE was born in Cheshire, England, December 16, 1821, and married
in Stockport, Cheshire, June 9, 1844, to Miss Ann Cox, also a native of Cheshire. In 1847
he immigrated to America, located at Caton, Ill., and remained in that city, engaged in
banking until he removed to Nebraska City in 1854, where also he engaged in banking, and
remained until 1864 He then removed to Atchisun and was bookkeeper for A. & P. Byrain,
freighters between that city and Colorado, Utah, Montana and Arizona, which business they
carried on until 1866, when he succeeded them. This he was quite extensively engaged in,
also produce dealing, and duing the Railroad Transfer business with teams; also running
the omnibusses and baggage business, building, while in]this trade, the warehouse known as
the Garside warehouse. is son, James H., was associated with him in the business at that
time, the firm representing the St. Louis & Omaha Packet Line. Mr. Garside has been
cashler and bookkeeper with William H. Hetherington & Co,, in the banking business fora
time, and for the last ten years has been general accountant in general office of the Central
Branch Union Pacific Railway, being now cashier in the Missouri Pacific Central Branch
Raiiway’s freight department, He is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and has been during his residence in Atchison, fifteen years superintendent of the Sabbath-
school. He served also for several years as a luember of the school board. Mr. and Mrs
Garside have nine children living: Emma, James H., Mary A., Eliza J., Charles A., Flor-
ence, Rose, Fannie L., Kittie b. i a 3 5 5 :

F. GC. GEHRETT, wholesale and retail dealer‘in stoves, tinware and tinner’s stock, This
gentleman established his trade in Atchison, October 1 1878, in a frame building on the site
of the one he now occupies, at a rental of $15 per month, The 1st of August, 1879, he re-
moved six doors west and occupied the store at a rental of $30 per month. February 10,
1880, moved into his present commodious structure, for which he pays $70 per month. His
tradé has been continually on the increase since his embarcation in business; and in the
cornice and tin roofing, of which he makes a specialty, he keeps a large force of men at
work. His jobbing trade is not confined to Kansas, but extends into eastern Missouri, Ne-
braska and Uolorado. He has been one of the most successful business men in the city. Mr.
Gehrett is a native of Huntington County, Pa,,and was born March 4, 1850; is a son of
John. Gehrett, Esq.,a well known citizen of that portion of Penns Ivania. F.C. was
reared, educated and became familiar with the hardware and tinner’s trade in Westmoreland
County, Pa., and for five years was engaged in busiuess at Latrobe, in that county, coming
from there to Kansas. Mr. Gehrett was married in 1874, to Miss Rebecca Harr, of Allegheny
County, Pa. They have five children, Clara A. Annie E., Patti E., Cora B. and Homer Harr.
Mr. Gehrett is a member of the Ae O. of U. W., and receiver of the Atchison Ludge, No. 4.
Agent for Graff & Co.’s Hot-air Furnace. .

eT ACOB GEORGE, SR., member of the firm, George & Durst, live stock dealers, came to
Kansas in the spring of 1857, aud for three years worked at carpentering in the town of
Sumner. On May 13, 1860, he ‘was married to Amelia, daughter of Benjainin Ogden, one
of the pioneers of Atchison County, and this same winter moved to Buchanan County, Mo.,
where he worked for $10 per month, and took his pay in cottonwood iumber, for which be
had to find his own market. He finally succeeded in trading for one yoke of oxen with which
he returned to Atchison County, and commenced farming, his receipts being ten cents per
bushel for corn and eight cents for potatoes, for which he took groceries in pay. This being
his start in Kausas, Mr. George, in 1861, started freighting across the plain from Achison
to Denver, Col., with one span of horses, and during his continuance at the same, himself
and train had several encounters with the Indians. He received from $4 to $22 per 100 for
hauling freight. and in 1867, when he sold his freightin outfit, had accumulated ten four-
mule teams and seven ox-wagons, with four yoke toeach wagon. The subject of this sketch
then purchased 400 acres of land, seven miles south west ot Atchison, on Camp Creek, and
embarked in stock raising and buying, and in 1870 removed to the city and started in the
live stock business, which he has since operated in addition to his farm. The firm of George
& Durst have a large cattle ranch seventy miles southwest of Wichita, Kan., and aside from

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this have about 200 head grazing in Jackson County, Mr. George is the oldest stock dealer
in the county, and is one of the live business men of the place, always taking au active in-
terest in the public welfare of the county. He is one of the educational board of Atchison;
was born Jauuary 6, 1836, in Westmoreland County, Pa.

M. GERBER, baker, is a native of Germany, and was born in Baden. December 14,1833;
was reared, educated and learned the baker’s trade in his native country. In 1853, he came
to the United States, and for a number of years resided temporarily at various points—St.
Louis, St. Paul, and other cities, working at his trade. Was pastry cookon the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers for a considerable length of time. Eventually, in 1857, he located at Leaven-
worth, and after a short sojourn went to Weston, Mo., Temarning, five months, In 1858, he
came to the then new town of Sumner, Kan., and opeueu the first bakery in the place. Sum-
ner at that time was considerable of a metropolis for the western country, After two years
in active business in Sumner, he came to Atchison, opening up business, October 1, 1860, on
Commercial street, between Second and Third, and aside from a couple of years he was sick,
he has been continually catering to the wants of the Atchisonites. Since being continually
before the people, there is no citizen that is more favorably recognized than M. Gerber, He
was married in Sumner, in 1859. to Miss Lena Mehre, a native of Switzerland, and an esti-
mails lady WhO) is also a pioneer in the State of Kansas. They have two children, Annie M.
and John G.

FRANK GEROS, engineer on the Mo. Pac. R. R,, residence corner of Liberty street and
Utah avenue, was born October 13, 1844, in Pike County, Mo. His boyhood was spent on a
farm with his parents, during which time he received a practical education. In 1862, he
came with them to Leavenworth, Kan., where he began freighting across the plains, in the
employ of the Government, Was a member of the Leavenworth Fire Department for over
eight years. His first experience with the Mo. Pac, Kk. R. was as brakesman; then he was
fireman two years, and in 1878, commenced as engineer—first on a switch engine, and then
on the roads, and during his five years run in that capacity has been exceedingly fortunate
as regards accidents. In 1869. Mr. Geros was married to kmma, daughter of Alex.and Flora
Tack, who were pioneers of Leavenworth. He is aimember of the Locomotive Engineers’
Brotherhood, No.164,of Atchison, and also of the Locomotive Fireman’s Brotherhood, No. 31.

H. M. GLANCY, Secretary of the Atchison Gas Company, is a native of Ohio; he was
born in Clermont County, June 6, 1827, was educated in his native county, and in 1852 had
a position as salesman in a wholesale dry goods house in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1n 1862, he
went into business for himself in Springfield, lil, Ln 1869, he settled in Atchison, Kas., and
engaged in dry goods business until March, 1881. Was appointed to present position in De-
cember 6, 1880, vut did not give it his entire attention until March, 1881. Mr. G, was inarried
in Cincinnati, Onio, in August, 1854, to Miss Death, a graduate of Hughes’ High School, of
that city. They have two children—Absalom D. and'William H. Mr. and Mrs. Glancy are
members of the Baptist Church, and Mr. Glancy is known in Kansas as a prominent tem-
perance worker. ~ ; : |

H. C. GULDEN, local freight agent C. R. I, & P. R. R., was born in Chatham, Columbia
Co., N, Y., February 7, 1844. His parents moved to Newark, N. J., in 1852, where he re-
ceived his education and was engaged as bookkeeper in a mercantile establishment. In
July, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment New York;
Volunteer Infantry, was commissioned First Lieutenant in Deceui ber, 1864, and in 1865, re-
ceived his commission as Captain of same company. The regiment was captured at Harp-
er’s Ferry, parolled on the field aud three months after exchanged and returned tothe army
of the Potomac and participated in all the battles up to the close of the war. On the close
of the war he returned to New York, and shortly after became connected with the Boston &
Albany R.R., as freight clerk, at Springfield, Mass. In 1867, he moved to Kansas and lo-
cated at Lawrence as paymaster clerk on the K. P. R. R., one year later removed to Atchi-
son to take the position of chief clerk of the freight department of the Mo. P. R. R. In
1874, was appointed agent of the Mo. P. R. Retained this position until 1877, when
be resigned to take his present position, Mr. G. was married at Atchison, December 20,

76, to Miss M. A. Kelley, of Atchison. They have one child—Harry H. Mr. G. isamember
of the Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Council In the Masonic Fraternity, being P. E. C.
of Commandery Is also a member of the A, O. U, W. and Knights of Pythias.

JOHN ERVING GRAHAM, barber and hair dresser, came _to Kansas, April 1, 1880,
and located in Atchison. Mr Graham was born in Middleport, Iroquois Co., Il., January 4,
1853, where he lived but one year, when his parents removed to Fayette, Fayette Co., lowa,
where he remained until he came to Kansas. r.Graham is amember of the tonsorial
firm of Graham & Hudson, of Atchison, and they have one of the finest establishments west
of the Mississippi River,

SAMPSON GRAVES. farmer, three and one-half miles northwest of Atchison, was

 

“born in Union County, Tenn., in 1824, and brought up in that State. In 1842, moved to

Buchanan County, Mo., andengaged in tarming. In 1846, be drove ateam to Dent’s Fort, N.
M., returning the following year to Buchanan County, where he remained until 1850, when
he went to California, where he followed lumbering unti! 1852, when he engaged in farming
until 1855, He then moved to this State, arriving here in 1857 and locating a farm north of
Troy, Doniphan County. 1n 1862, enlisted in Company B., Thirteenth Kansas Infantry, and
served in the Western Department; was at the battle of Prairie Grove, Mo., and in nearly
all the engagements of his regiment, and was discharged at Leavenworth Kas.,in July,
1865, when he returned to his farm in Doniphan County, which he shortly afterward sold,
moved to his present place on Deer Creek, where he has ninety-six acres, eighty acres un-
der cultivation; has 800 fruit trees aud one and one-half miles of hedge fence. Was mar-
ried in 1850, in Buchanan County, Mo., to Miss Elizabeth Moses. They have six children—
Solomon, Ann L., Sylvester, Ida B., Minnie M. anu Frederick S. He was élected Treas-
urer of the School Board and served three years. In 1880. was elected Township Trustee;
has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk. Is a member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. : : :

J.C. GREENAWALT has been engaged in the practice of law at Atchison since the
fall of 1871, the time of his location in the State of Kansas. He was born near Morris-
town, in Montgomery Co., Pa., April 17, 1840. At about four years of age he removed with his
parents to Ohio, which State remained liis home until 1864, in which year he was admitted
to the bar at Ravenna, Ohio. He commenced practice in Platte City, Mo., remaining there
untilabout a year prior to hislocating in Atchison. In 1862. after graduating from the Mich-
igan University, he entered the army, enlisting in the Kighty-Sixth Ohio Infantry. He was
in that regiment, and also in the First Ohio Sharpshooters for a few mouths.

RICHARD J. GROVES, florist, was born in Worcestershire, England, August 8, 1831.
Was employed in gardening in his native country; and after coming to the United States,
located iv Atchison in 1860. One year later he entered the war of the rebellion, volunteer-
ing with Company Dof the Thirteenth Kansas Iniantry; but at the expiratiou of nine
months was discharged, ill health Peet him for active service. Returning to Atcliuson,
he followed various occupations until 1867, when he embarked in his preseut undertaking,
and fifieen years’ experience in that line has increased his stock and trade considerably.
His original hot house, 10x12, has been succeeded by four large structures, one 24x60, anoth-
er 20x60, and still two others, 11x60. He is well known throughout the Sate as oue of the
oldest and best florists in Kansas. Mr. Grovesis also quite extensively engaged in vegetable
gardening, and has an island of thirty acres in the Missouri River devoted to that pur-
pose. He has raised, during the past year, 6,000 bushels of sweet potatoes.

ALPHONSE E. GUSHING, senior memver of the firm of Gushing & Merwin, grain
commission merchants, was originally from France, born in the city of Verdun, Septem-
ber 14,1841. Emigrated to the United States in 1845, locating in St. Louis. In 1871 came
to Atchison, and first engaged in the loan and real estate business, but in ’74 abandoned.
this to go into the grain trace, which he operated aloue for one year, Then the firm of
Gardner & Gushing was organized, but in 1877, they dissolved, and the firm was afterwards
known as Gushing & McNeil, dealers in coal and grain. After running together two years,
they also dissolved, and from that time until the present firm was organized, the subject of
this sketch was eugaged at railroad contracting. They are pow one of the most extensive
grain commission firms in the city. Their receipts for 1882 will exceed one million bush-
els. They have four men who travel throughout Kansas and Nebraska, in addition to eight
and sometimes more local buyers inthis State, Both men are efficient members of the
Board of Trade,while Mr. Gushing was one of the instigators of the same, and has worked
with untiring zeal and energy for the promotion and success of this enterprise. Mr. Gush-
ing has served one term on the Board of Education of Atchison, and is a member both of the
Chicago and St. Louis Boards of Tiade.

G. V. HAGAMAN located in Wayne Township, Doniphan Co., Kan., in the fall of 1868,
at which place he resided and carried on his farm until September, 1881; the two latter
years of this period being also engaged in buying grain at Brenner, In January, 1882, in
partnership with D. M. Wynkoop, he opened a hardware and agr.cultural implement estab-
lishment in the city uf Atchison. Mr. Hagaman was born in Berkley County, W, Va., May
6, 1845, from which place he removed to Indiana with his parents at the age of four years,
and there lived until he located in Kansas. He was married February, 1868, at Laporte,
Ind., to Anna Mary Wynkoop, from Pennsylvania. The names of their three children are.
Cora May, Maude Estelle, and Pearly. Mr. Marinus Hagaman, father of G. V., lives in
Wayne Township, Doniphan County. His mother died in Indiana. The parents of Mrs.
Hagaman, David and Sarah Wynkoop, reside in Wayne. In February, 1865, Mr. Hagaman
enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-First Indiana Voiunteer Infantry, aud
served until September of the same year. In 1880 he was elected member of the Kansas
House of Representatives. -

GEORGE L, HALL, engineer on the Missouri Pacific R. R., residence at St. Joseph,
Mo., has been inthe employment of the railroad since 1870. He first worked at repairing
roads on the K. C., St. Joseph & CU. B. RB. R., but soon quit that and went to braking on a
freight train. From this he got to be a fireman on an enaine, and then in March, 1876, began
to run an engine himself. lu December, 1879, Mr. Hall engaged with the Missouri Pacific

._R., and is now running between st. Joe and Atchison. e was‘born in Clinton County,
Ind., September 13, 1850. His wife was Miss Mattie Smaliwood, of Kentucky, whom he
married in December, 1872. She died May 12, 1881, leaving one daughter, FloraG. Mr.
Hall is connected with the Locomotive Fireman’s Brotherhood of St. Joe, Mo., No, 43.
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J. A. HAM, boot and shoe dealer, one of the pioneers of Atchison, and one who has been
closely associated with the development of Kansas, is the subject of this sketch. He is a
native of Kentucky, and was born in Fleming County, October 1, 1835. In 1852 came to
Kansas and entered 160 acres of land in Atchis»n County. He was among the first settlers
in Atchison, and after a short residence removed to Rushville, Mo. In 1861 he entered the
employ of Gard & Newcomb as clerk, continulng two years, and has been identified in the
commercial circles of Atchison since that time, engaging in resent business January 1,
1882. Politically and socially, he has figured prominently in Atchison County, and few citi-
zens are more favorably and popularly known. He was City Assessor of Atchison one year,
and with the pioneer and the newcomer was always a favorite acquaintance. Mr. Ham was
married in 1865 to Miss Francisian Barnes. By this union they have six children—Willie,
Charlie, Tinley, Nellie, George, Eddie. He isa member of the I. 0.0. F.

EDWIN S. HARRIS, engineer on the Mo. Pac. R. R., residence 1505 Utah avenue, cor-
ner of Liberty street, was born fpr 19, 1841, at Bellevue, Mich. At the age of nine years
he began as train boy on the Michigan Central, which he followed two seasons; then for a
time went to school, and afterward came west to Wisconsin, and was brakeman on the old
Chicago, St, Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad. Then went as fireman on the New Aibany & Sa-
lem road, but in the fall of this year returned to school again, and from that time until 1857
followed various occupations. Came to St. Louis in the fall of that year, and until Septem-
ber 4, 1864, was employed as fireman on different roads. He was then putin charge of an
engine, which he ramon the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad until the fall of 1864, and between
that time and 1877 was engineer on various railroads, six years of the time belng spent on
the Wabash road. He then came to Atchison and entered the service of the Mo. Pac. R. R.,
where he is considered one of the best engineers on the road, Mr. Harris is one of the orig-
inal members of the Locomotive Engineers’ Brotherhood; also belongs to the I, O. O. F. and.
the A., F. & A. M., both in the lodge and chapter. His wife was Mrs. Catherine Adams, of
Quincy, Ill, whose maiden name was Spreen, They were married Pobroary 24, 1863.

HARRISON & ROBINS, steam laundry. This firm was established March 16, 1882
and runs one of the largest steam laundries in the city, employing ten men. Is furnished
with all of the latest improvements in that line, which go so far in making a success of thls
business. Henry P. Harrison, senior member of the above firm, caine with his parents,
Thomas and Mary Harrison, to Atchison in 1867, his father belie a capitalist, After re-
ceiving a liberal education, he learned the plumber’s trade. Was born in Dubuque, Iowa,
February 23, 1858. A. H. Robins, of the above firm, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Februar
26,1851. Removed west to Henry County, Lowa, with his parents, who were farmers; af-
terward going to Cedar Rapids, and in 1881 came to Atchison. ‘:

ALFORD J. HARWI, wholesale and retail hardware merchant, came to Atchison In
August, 1875, and established the above business in company with®C. H. Dearborn, At the
expiration of five months, purchased his partne ’s interest, conducting the business since
that time alone. Has steadily increased fromm the original small capital of $2,200, till to-day
he carries a stock of $60,000. This speaks well forthe excellent business capacity of Mr.
Harwi, and he may well be classed with the live, energetic men of tie city. mploys nine
men continually, two of them traveling salesmen, as he also handles farm machinery, wag-
ons, etc, Occupies three floors. the main one 22x150, basement the same, and upper floor
60x22, besides carriage repository, 45x100, and o givea more definite idea of the magni-
tude of this firm’s business, the trade during the year past amounted to $150,000. A.J.
Harwi was born in Lehigh County, Pa., January 21, 1847. Commenced clerking in a hard-
ware store in 1860, and has hai twenty-two years experience in that line. In 1878, at
Atchison, he married Miss Lizzie Whitehead, of Michigan. Edwin C, Harwi, traveling sales-
man, and brother of the above, came to Atchison in 1877, and first became conuected with
the above house as canvasser for the agricultural implement department. In two years’
time he worked up considerable trade iu this branch; then took charge of the retail hard-
ware department for oue year, and at the expiration of that time became traveling salesman
for the same house. He is a gentleman who thoroughly understands his business, and is
not excelled by any salesman on the road. E. E. Harwiis also anative of Lehigh County.
Pa., born January 7, 1850, and pursued various occupations previous to coming to Kansas.
His wife was Miss Ellen Kemmerer, of Pennsylvania, to whom he was married there in
1871. Both are members of the Presbyterian Church.

GEORGE HELD, proprietor of restaurant and boarding-house, came to Kansas in
April, 1861, locating in Atchison, where he has since lived. eis a member of Frienuship
Lodge, No. 5, I. O. 0. F., of Atchison. Hetook part in the late war as a member of
Company B., Eighth Regiment Kansas Infantry, and enlisted in July, 1861, at Fort Leaven-
worth, and discharged for disability at the United States General Hospital in Columbus,
Ohio, February, 1863. Mr. Held was born December 10, 1819, in Misas, France, and lived in
his native country until his twenty-sixth year, when he emigrated.to America and located
(July 4, 1845), in Chicago, where he lived five years aud then removed to Freeport,
lL, where ne lived seveu years, and from there reuioved to Munroe, Wis., where he lived
about one year and then started for Pike's Peak, but got no farther than Omaha, where
he remained about seven months, after which time he returned to Leavenworth, where he
remained but a short time and then removed to Weston, Mo., where he lived until the
breaking out of the war of the rebellion, when, on account of his Free-state proclivities, he
left Missouri and came to Kansas. Mr. Held was married in Klsas, France, on Baster
Tuesday, 1845, to Miss Mary Magdalina Meyer, a native of France. They have six
children living, whose names are: Marie (married to Otto C. Hager, a merchant of Atchi-
son), George W., Carrie (married to Henry Manglesdorf, a grocer of Atchison), Emma
(married to Frank Bockris, a tinsmith residiug in Atchison), John C. (a cigar-maker,
at present residing, in Chicago), and Annie.

GEORGE W. HELD, harness- maker, came to Kansas in June, 1866, locating in the city
of Atchison, where he commenced learning bis trade with ex-Mayor Clem Rohr. With the
exception of the time spent in the United States Army, he has made his home in Atchison
since. Heisamember of Roth Bro’s. cornet band, Mr, Held entered the army during the
war of the rebellion as a druinmer boy in Cumpany B., Bighth Regiment Kansas Infantry,
at the early age of eleven years and six months, being unduubtedly the youngest soldier in
any Kansas regiment. He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth in November, 1861, and was
mustered out in San Antonia, Texas, Noveinber 16, 1865. He was present at the battles of
Nashville, Teun., Perryville, Ky., Kenasaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jouesboro’*, Franklin,
and otner minor engagements. Mr. Held was born in Chicago, ILl., February 22, 1850,
and lived in his native place about one year, when his pareuts removed to Freeport, Lil,
where they lived seven years, and from there removed to Monroe, Wis., where they
lived one year. Fruin Wisconsin they remvyed to Western Missouri, where they lived until
1861, when the family removed tu Kansas. In 1872 Mr. H. entered the United States
(Regular) Army asa member of Company G., Sixth Infantry. He enlisted at St. Louis,
November 12 of that year. He served faithfully five years, chiefly inthe Yellowstoue
country, and was discharged at Fort Buford, D. ‘f., November 12, 1877. After his discharge
he returned to Atchison, where he has been tudustriously following his trade from that

me to this.

MICHAEL GORDON HELD, miller. was born in Washington County, Wis., April 2,
1856, and lived In his native State uutil 1879, when he becaine a resident ul Kansas, iocat-
ing at Ellinwood, Barton County, where he was engaged in working at his trade, aud where
he resided one anil a half years, From Kliiuwood he went to san Francisco, Cal., where he
was engaged in the milling business, and lived abouteighteen months, From California he
returned to Kansas, locating in Atchison, where he has since resided, aud where he has
occupied responsible positions in the large Hourlug milis of Bowmann & Kellogg, and Blair
& Auld. He isa member of Palmyra Lodge, Nou. 68, A., F. & A. M., of Palmyra, Wis., and
of Nevada (Mo.) Lodge, Nu. 279, 1.0.0. EF. Mr. Held is a graduate of the Spencerian Busi -

ness College of Milwaukee, Wis., Class of ’71, and in addition to being a thorough muster of
his trade, 18 a first-class and accurate bookkeeper, He isa young man of thoroughly prac-
tical busi
qualities.

JACOB R. HELLENER, hardware salesman, came to Kansas in May, 1877, locating at
Marysville, where he remalned until September of the same year, when be removed to
Valley Falls, Kas., living there uutil he came to Atchisun in January, 1878. He iimmedi-
ately obtained employment iu the hardware establishment of Blish, Mize & Silliman, and
remained with that firm until July. 1881, when le accepted the position which he now fills
with the extensive hardware dealer, A. C, Faust. Mr. H. was married at Atchison, Feb-

_ ruary 7%, 1882, to Virginia L. Hutchinson, a native uf Beverly, Ohio. Mr, Hellener was born
at Easton, Pa.. February 4, 1857, that was his home fur only about four years, when his
arents, Frederick and Elizabeth W. (Speck) Hellener, removed with thelr familly to Beth-
ehem, Pa, where they resided until 1869, at that time locating at Quakerstown, Pa. In
1871 they removed to Chester Springs iu the same State, and in 1874 returned to Bethle-
hem, where the subject of this sketch remained until he came to Kansas. He is a member
of the Natlonal Temperance Relief Union, and of the Lutheran Church, His father was
killed before Petersburg, Va., in 1862, while serving in the Federal army. Mother now re-
sides In Bethlehem, Pa.

GEORGE HENNINGER, merchant, came to Kansas in the spring of 1860, and located
in Atchison. Mr. H. isa member of the Schiller Lodge, No. 33, I. 0. 0. F., and the Atchison
Liederkranz. He was born in Weisweil, Baden, Germany, February 23, 1849, and lived

there until his ninth year, when his mother—his father belug dead—emigrated to America
and settled in Buchanan County, Mo., where they llved two years, when they removed to
Atchison. Mr. Henninger was married in Atchison, August 18, 1872, to Miss Wilhelmina
Yahn, a native of Nassau, Germany. They have three chiidren—Eliza, Mina and Matilda.

JEREMIAH HEPWORTH, firm of Redington & Co., stone yards, has been a resident
of Atchison since 1859. Commenced working at his trade, but when the great Rebellion
broke out, he enlisted with Company G, of the First Kansas Volunteer Infantry, but was
transferred to Company K. After serving his country three years, returned to Atchison
and resumed his former employment of stone-cutting, and during the winter of 1869, be-
came a partner with the above firm. They contracted the stone for the State Asylum, and
tor various other large buildings throughout Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, The subject

ness habits and integrity, aud is well and favorably known for hls excelieut social”

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of this sketch is an Englishman, born in Yorkshire, June 2, 1826. Learned his trade, but
ouly followed ita short time there and in 1851 emigrated to America. Worked at his trace
in various places previous to settling down in this city. His wife was Miss Susanna Key,
whom he married at a lenison; October 15, 1865. She came from the same country as him-
self, but born in Lincolashire,

R. R. RD, engineer of the Diamond Mills. Among Kansas’ earliest settlers may be
mentioned the subject of thissketch. He is a native of Philadelphia, Penn., and was born
September 17,1836. When Poune removed to Pittsburg, where he learned his trade and
resided until 1854, when the family came to Kansas, locating six miles west of Lawrence,
where his father, T. R. Herd, kept a tavern and was favorably known at an early day to the
travelers on the old California stage route. The subject of the sketch passed all through
the early difficulties, which were so noted in Lawrence and vicinity, In 1857 he came to
Atchison and took charge of asmallsaw-mill as engineer, that was erected at the mouth of
Clay Creek, and in which capacity he was identified for several years. Mr, Lukens, now of
the Diamond Mills, was proprietor of asaw-mill on the east side of the river, and for him
Mr. Herd was head sawyer foratime. During the rebellion he enlisted, but owing to a mis-
hap about the time he was ready to go in the service, was obliged to remain at home; how-
ever, he engineered some on the Missouri River for the Government, when enlisted. He
has almost been a constant resident of Atchison since 1857, and is about the first mechani-
cal engineer that located here. H+ has been in the employ of Mr. Lukens, of Lukens &
North, for over seventeen years. He married, in 1860, Miss Mary E. Backus, of Atchison.
They have but one daughter, Allle, now Mrs. Griswold. Mr. H. isa member of the K. of H.
and the Ladies K. of ia His father returned from Kansas to the East and died iu Pennsyl-

ania afew years ago. :

x JULIUS PERMA N, eigar manufacturer and wholesale dealer in tobacco and cigars,
Atchison has been fortunate in securing men of commendable enterprise and sterling
worth for its manufactures and wholesale dealers. It has given the city a reputation and tone
that 1s widespread and iucreasing. Among those that are deserving of special mention, and
have contributed amply in this respect, is Mr. Julius Herman, He became a resident of
Atchison {n 1870, and for several years was an extensive dealer in dry goods and clothing.
In 1878, he embarked in his present line. He carries one of the largest stocks to be found
in the northwest, and his trade 1s in conformity, extending into Nebraska and Colorado, as
well as Kansas and Missouri. He makes a specialty of fine brands of cigars and does busi-
ness strictly on the merits of his goods. Atchison can not secure too many such business
menas Mr. H. He isa native of Germany and was born tn Bavaria, August 12, 1832, came
to the United States when five years of age, with his parents. His father, Lewis Herman,
locating at Boonville, Mo., he eventually located 100 miles south of that city, at a point
which is known as Herman, and derives its name from that gentleman being its founder.
He was engaged in merchandising and favorably Known throughout that portion of Mis-
souri fora number of years. Tue subject of this sketch was also in business in Missouri,
and at an early day was largely interested intne Santa Fe trade. In 1865 he engaged in
business in Topeka, Kas., continuing until 1870, when he removed to Atchison.

DR. ALVIN HERTLING, veterinary surgeon, is a native of Mercersburg, Pnuceia,
born April 24, 1824. Received his literary education in the High School of that city, an
spent three years aud a half inthe Veterinary College, Berlin, f:om which he graduated in
1847. During the year following came to the United States, bunt after practicing here for
three years, went back to his native land, where he graduated again from the same college,
but ina higher degree. In ’57 returned to the States, locating at Davenport, Lowa, and in
1861 enteredthe U. S. Army as veterinary surgeon of Gen. Sherman’s headquarters, serv-
ing three years. Then established a Vetetinary Hospital at St. Louis, Mo,, which he oper-
ated till his removal to Atchison. His wife was Miss Bell Prayor, whom hg married at

uincy, Ill, in 1868.

“ WEBSTER W. HETHERINGTON was born in Pottsville, Pa,, December 19, 1850, and at
an early age came to Kansas with his parents. He was employed for five years in his fath-
er’s bank, at the end of which time he became a partner, aud has been such for the past ten
years. Mr. Hetherington was married in Alcbisou in November, 1875, to Lillie Millers na-
tive of Pennsylvania. They have three children—Ruth, Mary, and Webster W. r. H.
served aterm as Alderman of the Second Ward. He is a member of the A,, F. & A. M., of
the I. O. O. F,, and of the K. of P.

HENRY HILLER, city policeman. Mr. Hiller came to Kansas in 1856, and located in
Leavenworth where he remained aboutsix months, wheu he went to Ft. Riley,where he was
in the employ of the U. S. Government for the next two years; from there he went to Wes-
ton, Mo., where e was engaged in the brewing business, and from there came to Atchison,
where he has since lived, except whileinthe army. Mr, H. isa memver of Schiller Louge,
No. 33, I. 0. O. F., and has goue through ali the chairs from subordinate offices up to N G.
and P.G. He was a private in Company K, First Kansas Volunteers, enlisted May 24, 1861,
participated in all the engagements of his command, apd was mustered out at Ft, Leaveu-
worth, Juue 16, 1865, at the expiration of his term of entistment. He was born in Wurtem-
burg, Germany, March 12, 1835, and lived there until his seventeenth ye.¥, when he emi-
grated to this country. He was married in Atchison, January 20, 1866, to Lena Stotz, a
np aE Wurtemburg, Germany. Two children were the fruits of this marriage—Henry
and Julia.

JOHN HILLER, barber and hair dresser, came to Kansas in April, 1880, and located
in Atchison, where he has since lived and carried on his business,

 

 

He is a member of the
Lutheran church and of the Order of United Workmen. He was a member of the U. 8S.
Marine Corps during the late war, and served three years and nine months at sea, He en-
listed at Philadelphia, Pa., May 7, 1861, and was mustered out of the service In the same
city, May 7, 1865. Hetook part in the sinking aud capture of the Confederate sloop Petrel,
did blockade duty along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and took part on the U.S. Frigate
St. Lawrence in the fight with the Rebel ram Merrimac, off Newport News. Mr. Hiller was
born in Holzgerlingen, Wurtemburg, Germany, January 23, 1837, aud lived in bis native
country uuti his fourteenth year, when he emigrated to America and first located in Pbila-
delphia, where he lived until he entered the U.S. Service. After the war he traveled ex-
tensively over the United States and subsequently located in Qil City, Pa., where he lived
about twelve years, and then came to Kansas. Mr. Hiller was married in Oli City, Pa., De-
ceinher i 1871, to Miss Lizzie Welte, a native of Ohio. They have two children, viz.: George
and Eddie.

_ STEPHEN AMBROSE HINKEL, laborer, came to Kansas, April 15, 1879, and located
in Atchisun, where he has siuce lived. He isa member of the Lutheran Church and of Roth
Brus. Cornet Band. He was born in Uhlersville, Northampton County, Pa, April 4, 1856.
He lived in his native place until his fourteenth year when he went to Hellertown. Pa.,
where he lived for five years. when he went to Fredericksville, Lehigh County, Pa, where
he lived until he came to Kansas. Mr, H, was married August 5, 1876, at Hellertown, Pa,
to Miss Kimma Matilda Ruth, a daughter of Joel W. Roth, Esg. She was boru in Center
Yauley, Lehigh County, Pa. They have one child who is named Catherine Elizabeth, born

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JOHN HVUENSOHEIDT, editor and propiletor of the Kansas Staats Anzeiger, was born
in 1848 jn Niederdollendorf, a town situated on the river “ Rhein” in Prussia, Germany.
He graduated at the Friedrich Wilhelm’s Gymnasiuin at Cologne, Germany, 1n'1863;.then
visited the Polytechnic school at the same place from which he graduated in 1866; from
this up to 1868 he was euguged ou the Rheinische Kisenbahu (Rhine R. R.) as civil eugin-
eer. In May, 1868, he emigrated to this country, landing in New York, May 15, 1868, from
there he came direct to Leavenworth, Kausas; here he followed his profession of architect
until 1870, when he went to Greenwoud, Butler Co., aud engaged in farming and stock
raising until 1878, when he moved to Wiutield, Kan., following b S$ profession as architect
and clvil enginser, He held several public offices, among them that of City Engineer,
District Clerk, and Justice of the Peace. By the furmation of a company of artillery of the
State Militia, called Battery No. 1, Kansas Militia, he was commissioned as First Lieuten-
ant. In August, 1880, he bought a half interest in the Kansas Staats Aneeiger, a German
weekly newspaper of nine column fullo, 28x44 in size, and with a circulation o£ nearly
2,000, at that time published at Topeka, Kan., now published at Atchison, Kan., of whic
paper he then took charge as editor. Having bought out the interest of his partner, a Mr.

. Schinitz, he finally moved his paper to Atchison where tt is now published, enlarged to &
six column quarto, 30x46 inches in size, wich a present circulation of over 3,000. He mar-
ried in 1869, in Leavenworth, Kan., Miss R. Ebenhack. His family consists to-day, besiaes
himself, of his wife and two children, a girl naiued Maggie, and a boy named Willie. He
is # member of the Atchison ‘rurnverein, Schiller Lodge, No. 33, L. O. 0. F., and Winfield
Lodke, No, 18, A. O. U. ¥., in which societies he has hela several offices.

- PAUL HOFFMAN, book-keeper, cdme tu Kansas in June, 1877, and located in
Atchison, where he has lived since. He \s a member of the Atchison Turuverein, of which
association he Is secretary; a member of the Harugari Society and of the Knights of Pythias
of Alleuton, Pa. Mr. Holfman was born in the city of Berlin, Prussia, September 21,
1847, and lived in his native city until his seventeenth year, when he came to America,
and located in New York City, where he lived six years, and was salesman for his father,
Richard P. Holtman, in the wholesale furniture business, From New York he went to
Pailadelphia, where he lived two vears and was in the same business. From there lie went
to Emaus, Lehigh Co, Pa., where he secured a position as book-keeper in the iron works
at that place, which position he held for eight years, and then went to Easton where he
lived about one eet, and was engaged in making vinegar. From Easton he came to
Kansas. Married iv August, 1871, to Miss Lillie Sussman, a native of aston, Pa, They
have three children livin , Whose names are: Amelia, Paul ‘R., Louise.

CHARLES HOLBERT, a native of Monroe, Orange County, N. ¥., came to Kansas and
located at Atchison in May, 1857. He then engaged in the banking business, with H. L.
Davis, with whom he remained until 1861, during which year he served as City Marshal.
In the fall of 1862, in company with Major Grimes, he was engaged in the quartermaster’s
Department of the army, and stationed for three years at Rolla, Mo. From Rolla he was
removed to Fort Leavenworth, from whence after a short stay of three months, he returned
to his home, where he remained until February, 1866. He was then stationed at Salt Lake
 

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with Major Grimes, and at tae expiration of one year was transferred to Fort Laramie,

where he remained until June, 1868. Returning to Atchison he embarked in the furnituré
business, which he carried on until 1874. From 1876 to June, 1878, he was in St. Louis
with his old partner, Major Grimes, and for the two succeeding years with the Central
Branch Railroad Company. Since that time he has been employed by Moulton & Yates, as
elerk and collector. Mr. Holbert was born December 2, 1831. At the age of fourteen he
removed from his home in Monroe to New York City, where he remained until he came to
Kansas, in 1857. In 1853 he was married in New York City, to Miss Ellen Nelligan, a na-
tive of Ireland. Their children are, William B., Anna A., Ida, Clifton B. and Adrian D.
Mr. Holbert is a member of the Knights of Honor; was County Treasurer in 1858 and °59;
was Alderman during the first and second terms of the City Council, and was a member of
the Schoo! Board four years.

DANI J. HOLLAND, M. D., physician and surgeon, located in Atchison in Septem-
ber, 1877. He was born February 5, 1853, at Sharon, Ohio, of Huguenot ancestry, but re-
ceived his early education in North Carolina, where he lived until the fall of 1864. At that
time he went to Nazareth, Pa., graduating from Nazareth Hall, Northampton County, three
years later. He then pursued his medical studies at phi lulel pita eraduating from Jeffer-
son Medical College in that city, March, 1876, and remaining in Philadelphia as resident
physician and surgeon at the city hospital until his removal to Atchison, Dr. Hollandisa
member of the State Medical Society, and Grand Chancellor of the K. of P. His time and
attention are entirely devoted to his profession, he being now a surgeon for the Burlington
and Missvuri, in Nebraska, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Missouri Pacific,
and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe roads. Possessing a thorough mastery of bis pro-
fession, added to native adaptedness toits practice, Dr. Holland, although young, stands to-
day the peer of any surgeon in the State. He was married December, 1877, to Mary E.
Prunty, a native of Jacksonville, Ill. Their children are, Frank H. and Wim. L.

CHARLES A. HOOPER, druggist, came to Kansas in the fall of the year 1879, and _ 10-
cated in Atchison, where he has lived since. Mr. H. isa member of Castalia Lodge, I. O.
Good Templars, of the.city of Atchison, and of the Home Social Ulub. He was born in De-
eatur, Adams County, Ind., September 29, 1860, and lived in his native place until his
eleventh year, when his parents moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., where he lived until his six-
teenth year, when he went to St. Mary’s College, at South Bend, Ind., where he remained
for two years pursuing his studies, and from there went to Valparaiso, Ind., where he re-
mained six months, taking a commercial course in the Northern Indiana Normal College;
at the expiration of this time he went to Chicago, where for eight months he was in the em-
ploy of Dr. Rose, of that city. From Chicago he came to Kansas. Mr. Hooper is at present

June, 1882), connected with the large wholesale drug house of John W. Allen & Co., where
e holds an important position. His father is a lawyer, and resides at Fort Wayne, Ind.

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HORTON. The antiquity of the Horton family is established by the
tack tarone Booed de Horton manumitted a Sondman to his manor of Horton, long be-
fore the time of Henry Larey, Earl of Lincoln, who died in 1310. Itis also ascertaltc
thatthe Hortons had a manor house in Great Horton, at a remote period. The word, ors
ton, in the Anglo -Saxon langnage, mean’ an enclosure, oF garden ot yecgtables. tt is sal

i t rt meaning p'ant, ‘ * 3 ©
Fe tteot euk Ee hae been known in Bnglana ever since the conquest of Cesar
The Horton coat-of-arms in Exgland ie as Follows sae ates s waves of tte a&a p tae atured,
old; and for distinction, acautonermine. Crest, - f
: in, silver, finned. gold, and charge: with a shell.
fhe épear ergot, gold; exfted with s dol That he wills he Mauls cordially und without stint.
William Horton, Esq.. of «rith House. tn Barksland, Halifax, descended from the above.
mentioned Robert Harton, He mars go aa fllgwa: “Wjilam Horton, of harkland, or
Toothill and died about 1640. He had issue Gws: William Horton, of Harkslaad, oF
Bark [sland Hall, who purchasedsto the fifteenth of Char a a ne eal OL Howroyde, Was
born about 1576: Joseph Horton, born about 1578. panne sas Horuan.. Coe incestoror the
Horton family in America, was the son‘of Joseph Hor’ ou Fo EEN E NG “emanie
in the little hamlet of Mously, Leicestershire, on. the 136 ; 0 ae yf pid at yle), 1a08; ore
aver tn the gil ene Pena ae he Bae 10 tober 1640 assisted by the venera-
he came to New Haven, Conn., and on the 21st day of Oc . ., aS: ‘ eras
if . Eaton, organized themselves intoa Congregationa
Chur abd oe Deere ance: end at Lonk {sland NOs Soin. eee had all been menbers
of Puritan churches in England. He built the first frame ling ar ereceadion the
‘at house, in 1876, was still standing and occupied. He die
Se tchold, one tach ase fn July, 1680, aged olghty years ae para bas: HOronls Kio wi
is family as “Barna ts, d 2? He n-
ee ance poe Ae gacate oculvil and religious freedom. His third son was bora: (a
the autumn of 1640, and was called Caleta ore cs porn Beplamber 23, 1600, hip:
g ie 3 2. Caleb’s i ;
ee ruabaa, Seer the tOid: Puritan.” Barnabas, number two, had a second son who

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was also named Barnabas, who was born in Southold, Long Island, about 1690. In 1732, he
moved to Goshen, N.Y. The fifth son of Barnabas the third was born {n Southold, Long
Istand, in 1730, aud_ was named Silas. The sixto child of Silas was born the 30th of June,
1770, in Goshen, N. Y., aud was also called Barnabas. He married, in 1794, Millicent How-
ell, and died October 24, 1824, in Minuisink, Orange Co., N.Y. The third child of Barna-
bas the fourth was born in Goshen, N. Y., February 1, 1800, and was named Harvey. He
was married to Mary Bennett, and died May 10, 1840. His children were as fullows: Harve:
Addison, buru Warch 13, 1832; Millicent Ellen, born September 8, 1833, and Albert Howell,
born March 12, 1837. Dr. Harvey Horton was an educated and skillful physician, and prac-
ticed his profession with success in Minnisink and the adjoining towns, aud enjoyed the
confidence of all who knew him. His son, Harvey Addison, was instantly killed Septem-
ber 3, 1861, by the fall of a bridge with a train of cars upon it,one of which he was in, which
spanned the Little Platte River, nine miles eastof St. Joseph, Mo, The bridge had been
Partly burned by Confederates, but left standing, ready to fall when the cars came upon it.

illicent Ellen died March 24,1841. Albert Howell Horton, the subject of this sketch, is
the second son of Dr. Harvey Horton and Mary Bennett. He was born near Brookfield, in
the town of Minnisink, Urange Co., N. ¥., March 12, 1837. He attended the public schools
of West Town, N. Y., until thirteen years of age, and then was prepared for college at the
‘Farmers’ Hall Academy,” at Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y. In 1855, entered the University
of Michigan, at. Ann Arbor, Mich., ag a freshinan, and remained two years, but was obliged
to leave college on account of inability to study, owing to an affection of the eyes. In 1858,
he entered the law office of Hon. J. W. Gott, at Gusheu, N. Y., as a law student. and re-
mained there until December 15, 1858, when he was admitted as a counsellor and attor-
ney-at-law, ata general term of the Supreme Court, held in Brooklyn, N. ¥Y. In 1859, he
caine West with his brother, Dr. Harvey A. Horton, and selected Atchison, Kan., as his
home, aya has resided there ever since. In 1860, he was appointed the City Attorney of
Atchison by the Mayor, to fill the vacaucy caused by the resignation of the elected City At-
torney. Inthe spring of 1861, he was elected City Attorney of the city, upon the Republi-
can ticket, In September, 1861, he was appointed District Judge of the Second Judicial
District of the State of sansas, by ov. Charles Robinson. He was twice elected to the same
office, and then resigned, to resume the practice of his ; protession. In 1868, he was elected
oue of the Klectors on the Republican State ticket of Kansas, and was selected as the mes-
senger to take the vote of Kansas to Washington. From 1861 to 1864, in addition to at-
tending to the duties of Judge of the District Court, he assisted in editing the Weekly
Champion, 2 newspaper printed aud published at Alchison City. On May 26, 1864, he was
married in Middletuwn, N. Y., to Anna Amelia Robertson, daughter of William Wells Rob-
erison and Adeline Sayer. ‘The children vorn to them since their marriage are as follows:
Carrie Robertson, born in Middletown, N. Y., April 22, 1865; Mary Bennett, born in Atchi-
son, Kan., July 12, 1868; Rosa Sayer, born in Atchison, Kan., June 2,1871; Albert Howell,
Jr, born in Acchison, Kan., April 1,1874. In May, 1869, Mr, Horton was appointed by
President Grant, U. s. District Attorney for Kansas, and held the office until his resigna-
tion on July 18, 1873._ In November, 1873, he was elected _to the House of Representatives
of the Legislature vf Kansas, from Atchison City, and in November, 1876, was elected State
Senator to represent Atchison County. January 1, 1877, le resigned the office of State Sen-
ator to accept the wppointinent of Chief Justice of Kansas, tendered him by Hon. Thomas
A. Osborn, the Governor-of the State of Kausas. Under this appointment he held the office
of Chief Justice until the regular election in the fall of 1877, when he was elected to fill the
vacaucy caused by the resignation of his predecessor, Hon. Samuel A. Kingman, In No-
vember, 1878, he was elected Chief Justice of the State fora full term of six years, and
holus that office at this time. At the session of the Kausas Legislature, held in 1879, the
Republicans had a large majority of the members, but were unable to agree upon a caucus
noimimee for the U.S. Senator. His name was presented as one of the Republican candi-
dates to be voted for, and upon the final ballot in the joint convention of the Legislature, he
received eighty votes. JohnJd. Ingalls received eighty-six votes, and was declared elected.
Three votes were scattering. Mr. Horton bas been for years a member of the orders of Free
Masons and Knights of Honor. He has also been one of the contributing editors of the
Cetra Law Juurnat of St. Louis, Mo., ever siuce his promotion to the supreme bench. He
is oue-of the vestry uf ['rinity Parish, Atchison, and also a trustee of Christ’s (Episcopal)
Hospital of fupeka. He is nuw iu the prime of life, in excellent health, and vas before him,
in the ordinary course of things, many years of activity and usefulness,

C L L. HOWE, manager of Kansas Spice Mills, was born in Piattsburg, N. Y., No-
vember 6, 1858. Came to Atchison with his parents in 1865, received his education at that
city aud at Princeton, Ill. In 1878, engaged in business under firm name of Howe Bros.,
which continued until 1880, when he took present position. Mr. H. is a member of Uniform

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GEORGE C. HOWE, shipping clerk, came to Kansas In October, 1878, and located in
Atchison, where he has lived since, Mr, H.is a member of Castalia Lodge, I. 0. G. T. e
was born in Underhill, Vt., April 29, 1859, aud lived there until he came to Kansas. Mr.
Howe believes in the old adage that “a rolling stone gathers no muss.” He is steady, up-
right and honest, and in business has no superior for his years,

DR. ROBERT D. HUDSON, physician and surgeon, No. 1501 Main street, West Atchi-
son, was formerly from Pennsylvania. Born in Chester County, October 9, 1845; received
his literary education in, and graduated from, the Millersville State Normal School, of Lan-
caster Cuunty, Pa., aud was afterwards a graduate of the Universily of Pennsylvania, med-
ical department, at Philadelphia, in March, 1877. Practiced in that State until 1879, when
he came to Atchison and operated a drug store on the corner of Main and Liberty streets,
which he rau for two years, and at the same time practiced his profession. Dr. Hudson ts a
thoruugh scholar and stands high in his profession, ranking among the first physicians in
the State. During bis shoit residence iu this city he has zained the confidence and respect
of the community. He is an active member of the State Medical Society, and also of the
auchison County institution of that name, and a member of the School Board of Atchison

Y. : do :

WILLIAM J. HULSE, conductor on the C. B, of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, residence
712 Spruce street, between Seventh and Eighth, Suuth Atchison, was born in Weston, Mo.,
March 7, 1849. Commenced railroading in 1871 with the A. & N. division of the B. & M,
R. R., a8 car inspector of the Atchison yards, This he continued for eight months, and for
the next two years was e.aployed in these yards and those of the Missouri Pacific as yard
master. He then went to Nebraska and engaged with the B.& M.R. R. as freight con-
ductor, and remained there uptilthe fall of 1876, Came back to Atchison, aud tor a short
time was in company with P. Galbraith, in the farm machinery business, whose daughter,
Ella, the subject of this sketch subsequently married, in January, 1877. Finding, however,
that railroading was his vocation, he commenced it again, this time as pata master; from
that to freight conductor on the C. B. of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, but_in May, 1881,
was promoted to passenger conductor, which position he has since filled. Mr. Hulse is a
meuber of the Golden Cross Louge, No. 7, of the K. of P.; also of the Conductors’ Brother-

hood.

CHARLES W. HUMES, head bookkeeper for the Chicago Lumber Co., was born in
Madison, Ind., July 3, 1847. Heisthesou of Wm. P. Humes, contractor and buiider, Shel-
byville, Ky. After receiving a limited education, he was enyaged with different mercantile
firms, where he gained considerable experience as a bookkeeper. Came to Atchison in the
spring of 1879, and was employed by the above firm asa boukkeeper, This he continued
for one year, when he returned to his former home at Shelbyville, Ky., remaining until
February, 1882. ‘hen came back to Atchison andre engaged with the same firm, and from
the creditable manver in which he performs his duties of said position, he has gained the
confidence and respect of his ewpioyers. Heis a member of the I. 0. O. F., Howard Lodge,

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G“LORGE W. HUNTER, foreman freight house, A., T. & S. Fe R. R., was born in Cin-
cinnati. Ohio, January 25, 1834. Received his education in the city, finishing at the Cincin-
nati High School. His father died in 1854, and the family moved to Whiteside County, Ill,
where George W. engaged in farining, until 1858, when he took a position as second clerk on
ariver steamer. Was afterward advanced to first clerk. In 1861 was captured by the Rebels
in Arkansas; was detained a few months. On being released ne returned home and eutered
Government service on the river foratime, In 1865 he moved to Jefferson County, Kan.,
and purchased a farm; shortly after, engaged in cierking on the Missouri River, continuing
in this business about three years, with headquarters at St. Joseph. Then returned to Kan-
sas and entered the employ of the A., T, &S. Fe R. R,; was at Topeka a short time only.
Then moved to Atchison; was appointed to present position in 1p71._ Mr. Hunter was mar-
ried in Cincionati, Ohio, May, 1868, to Miss Matilda J. Covert, of that city. Mr. H. is a
member of the K. of P.’and the A. 0. U. W.

J. G. LOTCHINSON, proprietor of the Avenue House, was born in Shenandoah County,
Va., August 21, 1832. Afcer leaving school, he learned the trade of miller, which he fol:
lowed tu Beverly, Washington Co., from 1856 to 1868; in the latter year settled in Kansas
City, Mo., where he engaged in the same business. Lu 1873 he move to Atchison, Kas., to
take the posi.ion of head miller in the Central Mills. In 1879 he was obliged to resign his
position on account of ill health, He was married in 1857, in Kdeuburg, Shenaudoah
Coury, Va., to Miss Mitey, of that place. They have five cnildren—Lillian (now Mrs. C.
H. McDuff); Virginia, (now Mrs. J. Hellener); Lucy, Anna and Joseph Warren. Mr. H. isa
prominent member of the Baptist Church.

HON. JOHN J. INGALLS, a citizen of Kansas since October 4, 1858, and of Atchison for
the past twenty-one years, made his first homein the territory in the new town of Sumner,
just started a few miles below Atchison. The town proved a failure, town shares ina few

ears being obtained ‘‘without money and without price, and would not command ten dol-
ars a dozen.” So wrote oue of the early settlers of Sumner. Inthe summer of 1859, then
less than a year in the Territory, Mr, Lugalls was elected Delegate from Atchison County
to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, being at that time in bis twenty-sixth year,
and, according to the testimony of one present, ‘a comely youth to look upon,” as wel) as
“the recognized scholar of the convention.’”? In 1860, Mr. Ingalls was Secretary of the
Territorial Council; in 1861, Secretary of the State Senate, and in 1862, State Senator from
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Atchison County, In September, 1863, in company with Albert H. Horton, he leased the
Atchison Champion, editing Like Da er unti) the return of Col. Martin from the army, Jau-
vary, 1865. He was nominated for Lieutenant Governor by the Republican Union State
Conventions of 1862-63, and, as the “tanti-Lane" candidate, was defeated. He was elected
United States Senator to succeed S. C. Pomeroy, taking his seat March 4, 1873, and at the
expiration of his term of service, was re-elected to the same office, January 21, 1879. Sen-
ator Ingalls is the son of Elias Theodore and Eliza Chase Ingalls, and a lineal descendant of
Edmund Ingalls, an English Puritan, who with bis brother Francis emigrated from York-
Shire, in 1628, and the following year founded the town of Lynn, in Massachusetts, He
was born in Middleton, Mass., December 29, 1833; graduated at Williams College, in 1855;
studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857; emigrated to the territory of Kansas a
year later, and, Gevoting all his energy of mind and soul to her interests, is now thoroughly
identified with the political, juristic and literary history of his adopted State. After locat-
ing in Atchison, Mr. Ingalls conscientiously devoted himself to his professional duties,
finding meantime, recreation and rest for himself, and giving unbounded satisfaction and
pleasure to others, by writing occasional articles for publication, which Kansans think of
to-day with a feeling of exhilaration. The name of Senator Ingalls is thoroughly identi-
fied with the best literature of the State, and his readers willuever forget the pleasure de-
rived from his magazine essays and sketches. During the war Mr, Ingalls was Judge Advo-
cateand Aide, with rank of Major to Gen. George W. Deitzler.of the Volunteer State Militia,
participating in the battles of Westport, Lexington and Independence, during the Price
raid in the fall of 1864. He was married September 27, 1865, at Atchison, to Anna Loulisa,
daughter of Hon. Mr. Chesebrough, a prominent mercbant of New York City. Mr. Chese-
brough removed with his family to Atchison in 1859, residing in that city until his death,
which occurred in October, 1864. The children of Senator and Mrs, Ingalis, now living,
are Ellsworth, Ethel, Ralph, Sheffield, Constance, Marion and Muriel.
_ SAMUEL IRVIN, Assistant Superintendent of the car departinent of the Missouri
Pacific R. R. Shops. residence corner of Seventh street and Kansas avenue, was born March
26, 1846, near Toronto, Canada, Learned the carpenter’s trade with his father, and in 1866,
entered the car shops of the Michigan Central R. R., at Detrait, Mich., in that capacity. At
the expiration of three years, he engaged wlth Woodard & Co., at St. Louis, Mo., then went
to Fort Buford, Moutana, where he was in the service of the Government, erecting forts in
Government quarters, on the plains and in the mountains. After working one year at this
he returned to Detroit, Mich. and engaged in the Detroit Car Manufacturing Company for
five years, and after it was changed to the Pullman Car Company, he still remained with
them, and for the last five years was delivering messenger of rolling stock. In 1876, he was
sent to Philadelphia with two cars for exhibition at the Centennial Exposition. In 1878,
Mr. Irvin came to St, Louis, Mo., as agent for this company, where he had general supervi-~
sion of al) their rolling stock in the St. Louis Division. Here he remained until November,
_ 1880, when he came to Atchison and assumed his present position with Lhe Missouri Pacific
R. R. Company. He has the supervision of 100 men and the repair of*all cars west of Leav-
enworth. r. Irvin is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and Washington Chapter,
Washington Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 1., and also of the K. of H., 1284, of Atch-
eon its wife was formerly Miss Katie D. Esterling. They were inarried in Detroit, Mich.,
in be ;

RICHARD A. IVERS, messenger for the United States Express Company, on the C,
R.1. & P. R. B., residence South Fourth street between S. and T. The subjectof this sketch
was originally from Loulsiana, born Nov. 11, 1834. He commenced the express business
as early as 1856, his first employment in that line being with the old Richison Express
Company, onthe Missouri River Steamboat Line. This he continued one year, then engaged
with the United States Express Company, running from Jeiferson City to St. Joseph on the
boat in the summer, and the Stage Line during the winter. At the breaking out of the war,
Mr. Ivers was sent by Supt. J. W. Parker, in the summer of 1860, to close all express offices
on the Stage Line, between Kansas City and Sedalia, and on the river between the former
place and Jefferson City, all of which remained closed until the fallof ’61. He then trav-
eled for this company on the Missouri Pacific R. R.,, until the spring of 1863, when he left
their employment and organized what was then known as Parker’s Express Company. In

65, Mr. Ivers returned.to St. Louis and re-engaged with the United States Express Com-
pany, and June 8, of 1866, while running as messenger on the Missouri Pacific R. R., was
robbed of $25,000, by three men, one of them engineer for the same road. The subject of
thissketch was chloroformed while the robbery was committed, but six days after he
started in pursuit of them, finally succeeding in capturing one of the party. y. the in-
fliction of various punishments he was made to tell who the others were, and where the
money was, and Mr. Ivers succeeded in getting all the money stolen (with the exception of
ten dollars), which was all delivered safely tothe company. Resuming his position. he was
in 1867, promoted to general route agent fur Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, filling this sit-
uation with credit to himself and his employers until 1880, when he was put in his present
office. Mr. Ivers is the oldest employed expressman in Missouri, Kansas or Nebraska, and
holds 4 membership in the Expressmans’ Mutual Beuefit Association. He was married in
December 1856, at Jefferson City, Mo., to Miss Elizabeth Callahan.

_. T. H. JACKSON, inventor and manufacturer ot the “Common Sense Liniment,” has a
laboratory in Atchison, where said liniment is prepared; but he is constantly on the road
introducing the liniment. This liniment is fast becoming popular, being first put on mar-
ket in 1879, and the manufacture of it is rapidly growing to be one of the leading industries
of the thriving city of Atchison. The sale of it is extended throughout Missouri, Iowa,
Kansas and Nebraska. M1. Jackson is also the inventor and proprietor of Jackson’s Reno-
yvating Powders” and the ‘‘Common Sense Colic Cure,” both of which are excellent prepa-
rations. and deserving of attention by all needing their healing properties.

OSCAR JANSSEN, senior member of the firm of Janssen ‘reyschlag, wholesale no-
tions, came to Atchison in 1879 and entered bnsiness with the firm of G. L. Florence & Co.,
composed of G. L. Fiorence and E. W. Freyschlag. The firm was then known as Florence,
Janssen & Co,, Mr Freyschlag remaining as third partner until January, 1882, when the
other members bought out Mr. Florence, and established the firm under its present name.
The business of Messrs. Janssen & Freyschlag is very extensive. amounting tofrom $75.-
000 to $100,000 per year. ‘fhey run four notion wagons throughout Kansas and Nebraska,

employing seven men, They are also. gentlemen well calculated _ to increase
an already jarge aud lucrative trade. He was born in Germany, at
Frankfort-on-the-Main, February 27, 1830. Emigrated to America in 1§51,

retail fancy oods store at

and guHng. the first seven years operated a
Chillicothe, Ohio, and during the Rebellion was connected with the Ohio National Guards.
In 1865 Mr. Janssen removed to St. Louis, Mo., where for fourteen years he was in the hop
and brewery supply trade, being a member of the well-known firm of Charles F. Hermann
& Co. His wife was Thekla Susenbeth, a native of the same part of Germany as himself
webora ie married at Buifalo, N. Y.,in'1854. Their family 1s composed of five boys and
wo girls.
1SAAC S. JELF, harness and saddlery, was originally [rom Kentucky, born in Wood-
ford County, December 21, 1821. His father died when he was buta small child, and when
eight years old he removed with his mother to Indianapolis. Ind, Atthe time of the Califor-
nia mining excitement in 1852, Mr. Jelf Hhoughe he would try his fortune in the Far West,
but two years later returned to his former home. During the spring of 1855, he came
west to Kansas, and took a claim of 160 acres In Mt. Pleasant Township, where he resided
improving bis land for seven years, at the expiration of .which time he moved to Atchison
and opened a harness shop, being now one of the oldest dealers inthe city, He has beena
member of the I. O. O. F. for more than thirty-five years. His wife was Miss Emma St ops
of aLingts, whom he married in October, 1867. They are parents of two sons—John W. an
James T.
_ H.N.JEWETT, of the firm of Howell, Jewett & Co., located in Atchison in January,
1879, becoming a member of the present firm In January, 1882, He isa native of It, Mad-
ison, Lee County, Iowa. In 1872 he removed to Chicago, and engaged tn the lumber busi-
ness in that city, since 1874 having been associated with Mr, Howell, They are now carry-
ing-on an extensive wholesale lumber business in Atchison,their sales extending to Missourl,
Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, and their business In 1881 amount-
ing to $611,095, nearly doubling in one year.

HERMAN JOCH S, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware, came to Kansas, June 4,
1861, and located in Atchison, where he lived for fifteen years, and then removed to Win
field, Cowley County, where he was engaged in his present business five years, when he
returned to Atchison, where he has since resided. Mr. Jochems, by his sagacity, industry
and business tact, has succeeded in building up an_immense business, ani is rated as
one of the “solid” men of Atchison. He was born in Cleve, Prussia, April 1§, 1847, and
lived inthe city of his birth until his thirteenth year, when his parents emigrated to
America, and settled in Atchison, where they now live. Mr. Jochems was married in
Atchison, Mav 21, 1871. to Miss Crezentea Ostertag, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany.
They have seven children living, whose names are as follows: Margurite, Elizabeth,
Johannah, Herman, Albertina, Carl and Wilhelm.

B. F. JOHNSON, M. D., physician and surgeon, located in Mount Pleasant, Atchi-
son Co., Kan., May 10, 1870, residing there until his removal to the city of Atchison,
in January, 1880, since which time he has continuously practiced in that place, Ur, John-
son was born in Georgetown, Ky., his early education being in the schools of that city. He
afterwards attended the St. Louis Medical College four years, and also the Missouri
Medical College, graduating from the latter in March, 1860. He commenced the practice of
his profession a year later—March, 1861, at Platte City, Platte Co, Mo. Dr. Johnson is
a member of the State Medical Society, a member of the A., F. . M,, and of the I. O.
do. F. He was married in St. soseph. Mo, March, 1870, to Malvina Hartman, a native
of Indiana. Their two children are Garland and Theresa,

G. H. T. JOHNSON, M. D., physician and surgeon, one of the old homeopathic physi-
cians of Atchison, located in this place March 4, 1867, as a partner of Dr. J. A, Rubicon
taking charge of a portion of his practice. He remained with Dr, Rubicon until
the fall of 1868, when he went to St. Louis and graduated February 25, 1869, from the

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Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri. Had previously studied medicine in St. Louts,
Mo., and Cleveland, Ohio, aud attended a full cuurse of lectures in each of these cities,
Is alsoa member of the American Institute of Homeceopathy, In 1875 he was elected
President of the Kansas State Medical Society, and in 1876 attended as delegate the
World’s Homeopathic Convention at, Philadelphia. He was two years a member of the
Kansas State Board of Medical Examiners, and has been for the last three years Treasurer
of the Kansas State Homceopathic Metical Society. March 10, 1831, Dr. Johnson was
honored with the degree of Ad Eundem, conferred by the St. Louis College of Homeceopathic
Physicians and Surgeons. The doctor is a member of the orders of A., F. & A. M., K. of P,,
A. W., and I. 0. O. F., having been a representive from the latter order to the Grand
Lodge. He was married at Atchison, June 2, 1869, to Drusilla G. Bowman, a native
of Brownsville, and daughter of Capt. G, W. Bowman, one of the pioneers of Atchison, and
a member of the Old Town Company. Capt. Bowman died in Atchison, in August, 1869.
Has been for many years a prominent Republican, and delegate to city and county
conventions.

W. C. JOHNSON, of H. B. Salls & Co., Manager of the Union Depot Hotel, was born near
Aurora, Dearborn Co., Ind., December 11, 1847. He was educated in his native country at
Moore’s Hill Male and Female Institute. After leaving school was engaged in the grain
business until about 1876, then took a position as traveling salesman for a St. Lous carriage
manufacturing establishment. In 1878 he settled in Solomon City, Kan., where he
engaved in grain business under firm name of W.C. Johnson & Co. An interest he still
retains, Came to Atchison in January, 1882, to open the depot hotel. Mr. J. was married
in Vincennes, Ind., October 1, 1867, to Miss Eliza D. Kuykendall. They have two children
—Fannie and William.

DAVID D. JOHNSTON, dealer in fine groceries, corner Ninth and Kearney streets, came
with his parents to Kansas in 1859, and lived on a farm eight miles west of Atchison.
Some years afterward commenced running an express wagon in the city, and@ after aban-
doning that, clerked, and followed various occupations until August, 1879. At this time
established his present business, at which he has done exceedingly well, his trade contin-
ually increasing. Mr. Johnston was born in Scotland near the city of Borstnest, April
24, 1849. Came to America when but a small boy with his parents, William and Elizabeth
Jobnston, Mviug tn Utah until their Jocation here. He married May 20, 1872, in Atchison,

is Trachia Aull. ‘

MIN ILLIAM STURGIS JONES, keeper of restaurant, came to Kansas in September, 1877'
and located in Atchison where he has since lived and carried on business. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity. During the late war,Capt.Jones commanded his own steamer “Little
Dorritt,” and rendered efficient aid to the Government. He also at one time commanded the

- steamers ‘Tom Swan” and the “ Bluff City.” Capt. Jones was born in Muskingum County,

Ohio, August 14, 1838, and lived in his native place until his fourteenth year, when he be-

ot on the Muskingum River. At this employment he continued for eighteen years,
In 1863, Capt. Jones was appointed Librarian of the State of Minnesota, by Gov. Miller,
which position he heid three years. After this he ran the steamer ‘‘ War Eagle,” between
La Crosse and St. Paul; then was engaged in farming and rearing fine-blooded horses, at
Owatonna, Minn. From the latter place he went to California, where he remained a couple
of years, and then returned to Kansas City, and from there went to Fayetteville, Ark.,where
he remained about a year and was engaged in the furniture business. From Fayette-
ville he came to Atchison. Capt. Jones was married July 3, 1875, to Miss Mary Norton, a
native of Des Moines, lowa,

REV. PETER KASSENS, 0.8. B., parish priest of Atchison Parish, came to Kansas, Oc-
tober 4,1863, and located in Atchison, at St. Benedict’s College. He is a member of the Bene-
dictine order, spiritual adviser of the Catholic Knights of America; of the St. Joseph Benev-
olenvt Society and of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Society; director of the Young Ladies’ and
Young Men's Sodalities, and principal of the Parochial school attached to St, Benedict’s Par-
ish. Father Kassens was born in the Province of Osnabrueck, of the then Kingdom of Han-
over, Germany, May 28, 1841, and lived in his native place until September 17, 1858, when
he came to the United States and located in Vincennes, Ind., where he remained four years,
and was engaged in shoemaking; thence he went to St. Louis, where he remained one year
and one half, and then went to St. Benedict’s College, at Atchison, where he remained and
prosecuted his studies for two ears. and then went to St. Vincent’s, Pennsylvania, where he
remained one year in the novitiate of the order, and then returned to Atchison where he
continued his studies for one year; then went to St. Louis where he attended Jones’ Com-
mercial College, to fit himself for the profession of bookkeeper, and then again went to St.
Vincent to prosecute his theological studies, and remained there two years. He then again
returned to St. Benedicv’s and became professor of bookkeeping and mathematics at this in-
stitution until 1875, when he performed one year’s missionary work in Missouri, Kansas,
Towa and Nebraska; and again became professor at St. Benedict’s of the same branches he
had taught previously. April, 1881, he was appointed parish priest of Atchison Parish,
which position he holds at present. .

*  W. J. KEHLER, butcher, West Main street. This gentleman was born in Columbiana
County, Ohio, October .7, 1850. His father, Dr. J.S. Kehler, came to Atchison County, with
his family, locating here at an early day, and was one of the first practitioners in northeast-
ern Kansas. He was very favorably known for a long distance around the city; was Coroner
of the county foratime. He was a surgeon in the army, for the Second Colorado Regiment,
which] was afterward consolidated with the Second, and served all through the Rebellion.
His death occurred in Atchison, in 1869. W.J. Kebler was reared and educated in Atchison,
learned the butcher’s trade which he has principally followed. In the season of 1882, he
built a fine building on West Main street, where he carried on a flourishing business, being
one of the most popular dealers in the city. He was married in 1876, to Miss Sophie McNa-
mara, daughter of one of Atchison’s oldest and most respected citizens, who was born in
Kansas, in 1855. They have had three children, Grace and Elizabeth, and Walter, deceased.

A. KEITHLINE, farmer and stock breeder, four and one-half miles west of Atchison,
on Parallel road, was born near Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa., in 1822, and was raised ona
farm. In 1848, went to Minnesota and engaged in lumbering for a short time, when he
worked at the carpenter’s trade. In 1850, returned to Beach Haven, Pa, and clerked in a
general store until the winter of 1855, when he moved to White Pigeon, Mich., where he
clerked in the Farmers’ Union Store until the spring of 1859, when he moved to Atchison,
Kan.,, where he clerked for Walter Bros, until 1864. That year he moved to his farm, then a
piece of wild land, but now one of the best farms in Shannon Township. It comprises 160
acres, all under cultivation, and sixty acres of pasture. He has fiftéen acres in fruit trees
and two acres in waluut trees, and two and one-half miles of hedge. He has been engaged
in breeding fine stock, He was married November 5, 1854, to Miss Rosetta Warner, at
Beach Haven, Pa., and has two children, Gilbert D. and Cora C. Was a member of the Six-
teenth Regiment Kansas Militia during 1863-64, and was called out to repel Price when on
his raid in1864. Heisa member of the Washington Lodge, No. 5, A.. F. & A. M., ison,

J. S. KK&LLOGG, of the firm of Bowman & Kellogg, proprietors of the Central Mills, was
born in West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass., June 12, 1830. His parents moved to Bing-
hamton, N. ¥.. when he was two years old, and about 1838 settled in Columbia County, N.
¥., where he received his education. Atanearly age he commenced clerking in mercantile
business, in which hv continued about two years; then went to New York City in same occu-

ation, About 1856, he engaged in business in Massachusetts and in 1859, moved to St.

oseph, Mo., where he became connected with the construction of what was then known as
the * Platte Country Rallroad,” now the K. C., St. J. &C. B.R. RK. Be held the position of
auditor, and was afterward appointed assistant superintendent. About 1873, he became con-
nected with the Central Branch R. R., in 1875 resigned and settled in Jackson County, Kan.,
where he continued engaged in farming until he bought an interest in the Central Mills in
1879. Mr, Kelloge was married in Waterville, Oneida Co,, N. Y., December 11, 1857, to Miss
Osborn, of Waterville, They have five children, James, John, Waldo, Wallace and Henry.
Mr. Kellogg Is a member of the Episcopal Church.

, MICHAEL F. KELLY, foreman of the Missouri Pacific Copper Shops, residence 1638
Commercial street, Was formerly a resident of Utica, N. Y., where he was born August 1,
1844. After learning the trade of coppersmith he removed to Chicago, U1., 1n 1863, and
went to work in the railroad shops of the Chicago and Alton, where he afterward became
foreman, having between four and five men under his supervision. In 1871, Mr. Kelly
removed to Little Rock, Ark., and was there employed in the copper department of the Iron
Mouutain railroad shop as foreman of the same, and here he remained until his removal to
Atchison, which occurred in 1879, when he accepted his present position. Mr. K, has had
a great many years’ experience in this line of work, and carctul attention and study have
perfected him in all the details of the s7me. He belongs tothe I. 0. O. F., both of Friend-
ship Lodge No. 5, ana Hesperian Encampment No. 6. He was married in Utica, N. Y., in
1863, to Miss Agnes McCarty, of that city. Their family consists of four sons and one

daughter.

KETCHUM & CO., steam saw-mill. Present firm organized in 1878. It consists of
William Ketchum and Mr. Kring, They employ aboutawont -five hands in all, both in
mill and woods, and cut about 10,000 feet daily of native timber. Mr. Ketchum, senior
member of the firm, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., April 7, 1842. His parents set~
tled in Wilt County, I. in the same year, and here the subject of this sketch was educated,
and remained until 1841, when he settled in Atchison, Kansas, where he engaged in lumber
business under firm name of Jones & Co. ‘This firm had one of the first saw-mills built in
the city. Since that time Mr. Ketehum has been actively engaged in this line of business.
He also operated for some nine years large mills in Eastern Texas, which he has since sold.
He was marriedin Atchison, November 17, 1873, to Miss Hattie Kipp, of Atchison. They
have bio eudren— William and Edith. Mr. K. isa member of the Baptist Church, and of

L. KIPER & SONS, wholesale hides and leather, There are but few institutions In the clt
ofAtchison that have had a more substantial growth than the above house. It was established
in 1863, by L. Kiper. Commencing inasmall way, it has steadily developed, until at this
date (1882), the business done by this establishment throughout Kansas and Southern Ne-
braska, will compare with any house in the great Northwest. Mr. L. Kiper, the head of the

 
ATCHISON COUNTY,

firm, is a native of Germany, and was born in Prussia, September 18, 1829, where he at-
tained his twenty-first year. He learned the shoemakers’ trade in hig native country, and
pursued that vocation in New York, Philadelpliia, Cleveland and other cities, and in 1858,
came to Kansas, locating in Douglas County, where he opened a shop, and did business un-
til the spring of 1863, when he became identified with the commercial interests of Atchison
making his debut as a buyer uf wool, hides, etc. By his sterliug business qualifications and
close attention to his legitimate pursuits, he was very snevessful and in 1868, established and
commenced the wholesale leather business. Mr. K. is recognized as one of Atchison’s most
worthy and respected citizens. He has always been prominent in contributing toward any
commendable enterprise that would further the interests of his adopted city. He has never
been a political aspirant, preferring the bustle of business to official honors. However, at
the present time, he is serving as one of the Commissioners of atepison County, When he
mai e his advent in Kansas, at an early day he took up the gauntlet in favor of the Free
State. Mr. K. belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and to the Council in Atchison, of which
heisacharter member. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., andthe Knights of Honor.
He married, in 1851, Miss Yette Hechburg, of Germany. By this union they have six chil-
dren—Julius, Herman, Bluma, Charles, David and Hannah. The four sons are live and
sterling Dusiness men, and are all interested inthe business, which comprises the firm of

. Kiper .

J. W. KIRKHAM, machine-pressed brick manufacturer, Atchison, Kansas. Was born
in England, in 1833. At an early age his pareuts emigrated to America, and settled in
Texas. In 1850 to ’53, worked at the painter’s trade. In 1854 engaged in contracting and
building, at Mount Pleasant, Texas; also engaged in waking brick, at that place, and con-
tinued in the business until 1862, when on account of the war, salt beiug very scarce, he en-
gaged in manufacturing salt. In 1863, fearing that he would be compelled to enter the
Confederate army, he left his property and with his family started tor Kansas, and after
many hardships they succeeded in reaching Leavenworth with $1.50 in good money,
Shortly after his arriva] there, he opened a photograph gallery, which business he followed
until 1881, when he was appointed Acting Superintendent ot the Leavenworth railroad
bridge, and in 1882 came to this place, and in company with John F, Price, began the man-
ufacturing of machine-pressed brick on an extensive scale, and have facilities for the mak-
ing of three to four million brick during the season, and employ twenty hands. Was mar-
ried in 1857, at Mount Pleasant. Texas, to Miss Fannie Price, who died in 1864, leaving two
children. In 1871, was married to Miss Katie Underwood, at Leavenworth, Kansas, and has
four children. Isa member of King Solomon Lodge No. 10, A. F. & A. M., Leavenworth,
and has been Secretary for ten years. 1s a member of the Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., and also
the Graud Encampment. Belongs to Ivanhoe Lovge, K. of P., Leavenworth.

Jd N H. KIRKMAN, foreman of manufacturing department of F. Howard & Co., was
born in New York City, September 29, 182 Received his education in the city. In 1859,
he commenced learning the trade of cutter in an establishment in New York, and has since
that time been uninterruptedly in the business. In July, 1881, he moved to Atchison, Kan-
sas, to Oreaulie this department for H. & Co., in which he has made a marked success.

CHAKLES H. KNAUSS, painter, came to Kansas, June 12, 1878, and located in Atchi-
son, where he has since lived, and followed his trade. Mr. Knauss isa member of the G.A.R.,
P.O. S. of A., aud I. O. O. F. He was in the army during the Jate war, and was a member of
Company B, Forty-Seventh Reziment Pennsylvania Infantry. He enlisted in Allentown,
Pa, September 2, 1861, and was mustered out of the service October 10, 1863, at Key West,
Fla.; re-enlisted in the same regiment at Key West, Fla., October 12, 1863, and was finally
mustered out of the service of the United States, December 25, 1865, at Charleston, S. C.
He participated in all the engagements of his command, and was severely wounded at the
battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864. Mr. Knauss was born in Allentown, Pa.. No-
vember 27, 1841, and lived in his native place until he entered the army. After his dis-
charge he returned to Allentown, aud lived there until he came to Kansas, He was
married November 20, 1864, in Allentown, Pa., to Miss Amanda R. Butz, a native of
Allentown, They have three children living whose names are— Harry R., Lillian S.,
Claude BE. Mr. Knauss’ wife died in Atchison, September 23, 1878.

MORRIS P. KOCH, shipping clerk Regneir & Shoup, queensware establishment, came
to Kansas, March 15, 1877, aud located in Seneca, Nemaha County, where he remained
about two years, when he came to Atchison, where he has lived, employed as a shipping
clerk in the extensive queensware establishment of Regneir & Shoup. Mr. Koch was born
in Allentown, Pa., Aus ust 29, 1858, and lived there until his eleventh year, when his parents
moved to Sidney, Shelby Co., Ohio, where they lived for two years, when they returned to
pilentown, where the subject of this sketch lived about eight years, when he came to

ansas.

_ CHARLES H. KREBS was born in Orwigsburg Landing, Schuylkill Co., Pa., February
23, 1835. His parents removed, when he was one year of age, to Pottsvile, in the same
county, where Re was raised and received his education. In September, 1854, he removed
to Fremont, Ohio, where he resided until he came to Atchison, In 1868, While at Fremont,
he was a member of the Ohio National Guards of the State Militia, being Captain of Com-

any E, of the One Hundredth Regiment. On locating in Atchisou in March, 1868, Mr.

rebs engaged as bookkeeper and cashier of the Land Department of the C. B..U. P. Ry,
which position he held about three years, and then became general accountant of the road.
The latter position he retained until 1874, when he entered upon the duties of County Clerk,
having been elected to that office in the fall of 1873. He was subsequently re-elected, and
now holds the position. During # part of 1872-3, he was a member of the Board of Alder-
men from the Phird Ward. February 1, 1882, he engaged in real estate, loan and abstract

business in partnership with J. O. Peebler. He was married at Fremont, Ohio, February 1,
1858, to Violetta Kridler, of Fremont. Their three children are Minnie, Rolla C. and
LeRoy. Col. Krebs is a member of I. O. 0. F., having been Grand Master of the State from
October, 1880, to October, 1881. He is Past Chief Patriarch of the Encampment, and Past
Chancellor of the K. of P.; also member of the K, of H. , 4

CHARLES F..KROENING, family grocery store, corner Main and Fifteenth streets,
came to Atchison in October, 1877, starting a commission business on Fifth street, but in °79

uit that and opened a grocery store as above. Mr. Kroening was born in Prussia, near
Siettine, June 10, 1838; came to the United States with his parents in 1851, locating in Ozau-
kee County, Wis., where they farmed. Charles F. went to Chicago some years later, where
he was engaged firstin the milk trade, then as a grocer, afterward in a commission house,
and finally in a grocery store again until 1877. He was married there in 1866 to Miss So-

phia Rintelmaiun, born in Hanover, Germany. They are members of the German Lu-
theran Church, and have a family of eight chiluren, among them only one boy.

Ff. L. KRUSEMARK, foreman of the coach department, M. P. shops, was born in Hol-
stein, Germany, September 10, 1839. After finishing his schooling, he was apprenticed to
the house carpentering trade ; served three years at home and then spent four years in
travel, working at his trade in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Norway, Sweden and
Denmark, devoting some time to studying his trade in the capitals of each. He then re-
turned home and worked at his trade until the breaking out of the war with Germany. He
enlisted in the Danish army and participated in all the principal engagements, On the close
of the war he returned. home, and in November, 1865, took passage in the ship ‘‘ Washing-
ton” forthe United States. The vessel was dismasted, and did not get into New York City
until January, 1866. He then settled in La Porte, Ind., where he was engaged for ten years
in the car department of the Lake Shore Railroad. When the shops were moved he engaged.
in house carpentering, until disabled vy a fall of 157 feet froma church ‘steeple. On his
recovery he moved to Kansas; was appointed to his present position in 1879. He was mar-
ried in La Porte, Ind., to Miss Ottele Streng, a native of Bavaria. She died in Atchison,
leaving three children—Ida, Fred and Julia. Mr. K. is a member of the Presbyterian
Church and of the I. O. O. F. .

z head salesman with C. Weber, clothing merchant, came to Leaven-
vaLtL AE ict his barons in 1855. His father, Join B. Kurth, started in the furniture
line, and was one of the first merchants in that city. The subject of this sketch remained
at home until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he enlisted with the First Kansas
Volunteer Infantry, and served for three years inthe same reginient, his time expiring in
June, 1864. In’65 he came to Atchison and engaged with C. Weber, in whose employ he
has been ever since. The subject of this sketch is a native of Prussia, born in the city of
Cologne, February 14, 1844. At the time of the Great Revolution in 1848, which caused so
many intelligent Germans to emigrate to America, he came with his parents, first locating
at St. Louis, but in 1855 removed to Leavenworth, Kan., where, one year later, his father
and an eldex brother were taken prisoners by the Pro-slavery party, and his mother and
three children were put aboard a boat and compelled to leave, being landed at St. Louis. His

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pans 1 LA NEE Se anietee of livery stable and roller skating rink, business established in
1881. The building is of brick, 45 x 150, two stories high. He keeps about thirty head of
horses and a full stock of carriages of all kinds. Was boru and educated in New York.
Before he entered his present business he was a brick and "stone contractor and builder.
His parents are old residents of the county, having settled here in 1858. : i

AUGUSTUS LANG was born in Prussia, July 20, 1844. In August, 1865, he emigrated to
America, first locating in New York City, where he remained six months, and thence re-
moved to St. Joe, Mo., residing in that place until he came to Kansas and settled in Troy in
1868. In 1870 he again removed, locating this time at Atchison, where he now renldes one

aged in drug business. Mr. Lang was married in St. Joe, Mo,, January 18, 1867, to Miss

Gi en Dyer, of St. Joe, Mo. Their five children are August, Carl, Annie, Louis and Robert.
Mr. Lang is a member of L. 0. O. F., being P. G. aud member of Grand Lodge of the Order.
He is interested in the cause of education, and has been several times member of the

Board. : 7 ¥

U $ P, book-keeper for the firm of Washer & White, proprietors of
Elesstor A? Herein aeceiiber 14, 1856, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Came to Kansas in 1877,
locating at Palmer, Washington County, and embarked in the ‘grain trade. He still does
business there, owning au elevator which has a capacity of 25,00u bushels and has a grist
mill inconnection. Mr, Lathrop also has an elevator at Scandia, this State, and another at

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Republic City, the former having a capacity for 7,000 bushels, the latter for 8,000, During
the year 1878 the subject of this sketch came to Atchison and enraged with the above firm,
where he has since remained. Being a gentleman of unusual ability and strict attention
to business, he has won the entire confidence and respect of his employers, and the appro-
vation of a host of friends, his reputation as an energeud business man is constantly in-
creasing. Mr. Lathrop was one of the original members of the Atchison Board of Trade,
being now chairman of the Call Board. He is also identified with the K. of P., Golden
Cross Lodge No. 7.

LUE & LUGTON, proprietors of Lindell Hotel. D. T. Lugton was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, October 8, 1854. Received his education in his native city. In 1869, he moved to
Kansas with his parents and located in Lawrence. He finished his education at the old
State University, and in 1874 moved to Atchison, to take the position of Clerk at the Otis
pouse: Betaining this position until the firm was organized, uf which he is a member, in

ctober, ze

O. A. LEE, city weighmaster, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Erie Coun-
ty. December 22, 1817. His father, Stephen C., was a pioneer in Erie County ; he had been

aptain in the army during the war of 1812. The paternal grandfather of the subject of
this sketch was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. O. A. recelved the advantages of what
was considered a liberal education inthe common schools. He adopted and pursued for
several years the vocation of school teaching, in Allegheny County. He eventually em-
barked in the coal trade and was identified with that branch of industry for fifteen years,
doing business in Pittsburgh and McKeesport. In 1858 came west; went to Pike’s Peak, was
at what is now Denver City before there was a house built; was engaged in mining and
speculating until the spring of 1862; came to Kansas, locating temporarily in Jefferson
County; came to Atchison County in January, 1863, engaging In farming four miles south
of Atchison; for a number of years was closely identified with the agricultural develop-
ments of the county. A few years ago removed to Atchison, and was the first to open a
coal yard in the city which he did in connection with a feed store which he still oper-
ates. Mr. Leeis a well-informed gentleman, thoroughly conversant with the important
issues of the day. He is one of the most public spirited citizens in the city—one who aims
to keep pace with the progress of time. He was married in 1843 to Miss Martha J. Pollock,
of Elizabeth township, Allegheny County, Pa. They have by this union three daughters—
Mary A., now Mrs. Hanson; Lizzie and Ella. The last mentioned ladies are favorably
known in Atchison as educators, being teachers in the city schools for the past ten years.
Mr. Lee, wife and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

THOMAS M. LEE, merchant, was born in Atchison County, Kansas, March 13, 1861.
He is a member of St. Benedict’s Church. Mr. Lee has lived in Atchison County ever since
his birth. About four years ago he removed to the city of Atchison and became connected
with the large wholesale and retail grocery house of William F. Dolan, in whose employ
he remained two years, and then entered that of Symns & Co., wholesale grocers, where
he was about six months, and then returned to his home and went to farming, In which he
‘was engaged until the first of March, 1882, when he went into business for himself. His
parents are still living in Walnut township, Atchison County.

GEORGE W. LECHLER, JR., car accountant for the A., T. & S.F. R. R. Co., resi-
dence corner of Eleventh and Laramie streets. was born in Latrobe, Westmoreland County,
Pa., May 16, 1858, His first oxperlencs in the railroad business was in the transfer depot
of the Pennsylvania Central R.R.,in his native State, where he was engaged previuus to com-
ing to Atchison, This transpired in October, 1878, when he engaged with above company,
first as freight loader, then as check clerk, and finally, in May, 1881, was advanced to his
present situation. Mr. Lechler is a young man of ability and careful industry, and is bound
to make a success of whatever he may undertake, always receiving the approbation of his
employers. He was married in Atchison in 1871, to Miss Minnie Gehrett. .

JACOB LU, dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware, etc. Business established in 1860
by Mr. Leu. He carries a stock of about $20,000 and employsseven men. Mr. Leu was
born in Switzerland June 28, 1833. In 1850 he came to the United States and located in
Adrian, Mich., where he learned the trade of tinsmith and continued at this until 1857, in
which year he settled in Atchison, Kan., working at his trade until he established his pres-
ent business. Mr. Leu has been twice married. His first marriage was in Atchison. June
12, 1859. Mrs. Leu diec leaving three children—Belle, Grand W. and Lawrence W. He was
married to his present wife in Atchison, December 16, 1870. She was Miss Minnie Ward
of Indiana. They have three children—Ida, Minnie and Jessie. Mr. Leu is a member of
che Lodge, Chapter and Commandery inthe Masonic Fraternity; also belongs to the A. O.

. JACOB LEVIN, manager of the Western Union Telegraph office, Atchison, was bor
in Beaufort County, 8. C., January 11, 1851, and since learning telegraphy has been operator
at the following different stations: Charleston, S. C.; Savannah, Augusta and Athens. Ga.;
Tallahassee, Fla.,and St, Louis, Mo. Has also been manager of the telegraph office at Se-
dalia, Mo., and Dennison, Texas, and was in the South during the war. In 1876, Mr. Levin
took charge of the office in this city, but had been operator here since 1873. At that time
there were only five men employed there, now there are nineteen and the business has in-
creased about eight times the original amount, Mr. Levin has eight men under his control,
and receives all news of the Associated Press from every part of the world the same day it
transpires. He is a gentleman fully competent and reliable, and is excellently qualified for
this position, as he understands his business thoroughly. His wife is a daughter of Dr. J. G.
Miller, an old settler of this city.

J.J. LOCKER, Probate Jud fe of Atchison County, emigrated to Kansas April 1, 1857;
settledion southwest quarter Section 32, Township 6, Range 19, and lived on that claim until
the fall of 1858, when he lost the place, it being disposed of to other parties at the land sale.
Misfortunes came fast upon him at this period—the loss of his father by death in August,
1857, and of his mother in February, 1858. Mr. Locker continued to live in the neighbor-
hood of the old place until the fall of 1861, when he commenced teaching school in the
vicinity of Locust Grove, then called Spring Hill, and taught the winter term. The next
summer—August 27, 1862,—he enlisted as a private in Company F, Thirteenth Kansas Vol-
unteer Infautry and remained with that regiment about two years. November 10, 1864,
he was mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company B, Second Kansas Colored Volunteer
Tofantry, promoted to First Lieutenant July 12, 1865, and mustered out in the following
November. Throughout his term of service with this regiment he was acting adjutant of
the regiment, and participated in all the engagements of his command. Was exam-~
ined and recommended for retention in the regular army. Was offered a second Jieu-
tenancy, but declined on account of ill health, The records of the regiment were cor -
rected by Mr. Locker, and are said to be the most accurate of any colored regiment
in the field. The good service the Second Colored performed at Jenkins’ Ferry deserves
most certainly a faithful chronicler. After leaving the army he returned to Locust
Grove, Mount Pleasant Township, where he again tauxht school until January, 1867,
when he was appointed to a position in the office of the Secretary of State, which he was
obliged to resign after a few months, in consequence of a severe attack of typhoid fever,
which developed into an illness of two months in length. In the fall of 1867, he was electec
Register of Deeds, and after serving two terms in that position, went back to his farm,
where he remained until May, 1879, serving several years as postmaster during the period.
He was then elected Probate Judge, and in 1880 was re-elected to the same position, which
he occupies at the present time. Judge Locker was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England,
February 13, 1839. He came to America in 1853, with his parents, Robert and Elizabeth
(Preston) Locker. ‘heir first location was Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa., where they re-
mained until they came to Kansas, with the exception fof one year in Butler County, Pa.
Judge Locker was married at Locust Grove, April 23, 1867, to Emily C. Beeson, of Ken-
tucky. They have seven children, Minerva Edith, George Elmer, Nora May, Ambrose
Lewis, Homer Hardy, Elsie Arabel and Effie Isabel. The fourth named is a triplet; the last
twotwins. Four of their children have died—William Preston, Alvert L., and Alfred L. in
infancy, and Charles Elbert, at the age of ten and one-half years,

ISAAC LOEWENBERG, wholesale and retail millinery, hair goods, notions and fancy
goods, No. 419 Commercial street. Came to Kansas during the spring .-f£ 1879, and for a
time followed pack-peddling. In 1880 opened his present business on Fifth street, Atchi-
son. During the spring of 1881 moved to 614 Commercial street; to 419 Commercial street
this fall. e has the most extensive and complete line of millinery goods in the city, and
during the year 1882 his trade amounted to $25,000. By this it will be seen that he is a live
and energetic business inan to have increased his trade to such an extent in so short a time.
He was born in Prussia, at the city of Paderborn, Province of Westphalen, June 20, 1856.
Heicame to the United States in 1874, locating first in New York City, where he was engaged
with nis elder Brother in the rholesale alue business.

THO) 3 C. , engineer of the Atchison Water Company, is a Pennsylvani
born in Meadville. October § 1847. Learned the engineer business tn the Ottawa maching
shops and foundry in Illinois, and for five years was engineer on the city fire engine of that
place. In 1878 he came to Atchison, and from that time until he got his present situation
was engaged with Blair & Auld of the City Mills. Mr. L.isamember ofthe A.O.U.W. Hé
was married January 3, 1871, in Ottawa, Ill, to Miss Laura Phelps, of that place, who is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their family consists of four children: Harvey
J» REDERICK M LOGEMAN. deal

J , dealer in live stock, came to Kansas in the sprin
and located in Atchison, where he has lived since. Mr. Logeman was born a Comhinne:
Columbia Co., Wis., November 1, 1852, and lived there until the year 1873. From there
ne out to Newton: Las where Le was engaged five years in the live stock business, From
ewton he came to Kansas. r. Logeman was married in the City of Atchison
1881, to Miss Mary L. Weir, a native of Indiana. o son, May 12,
__ JAMES A, LOPER, now County Treasurer of Atchison County, came to Kansas in 1866.
working one year on a farm in Shannon Township, before coming to Atchison. On his arrival
in the city, he entered the office of the Champion, Serving the first year as ‘devil,’ at a salary
of $100. After remaining three years as apprentice; he was premoted to traveling agent
and correspondent; thento foreman of newspaper department; to assistant manager and

 
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finally to business manager, which position he retained until he was elected County Treas-
urer in the fall of 1881. Mr Loper was born at Elmer, N. J., September 28, 1846. He was
educated in the common schools of his neighborhood, and on the 26th of April, 1871, was
Married to Miss Maggie H. Conch, of Mason Ponty, W.Va. They have one child—Kittie
H. Myr. Loper belongs to the orders of K. of P. and K. of H.

_ DAVID LUKENS, of Lukens & North proprictors of the Diamond Mills, was born in
Mifflen County, Pa, December 19, 1833. His parents died while he was young, and he was
taken by an uncle to Perry County, where he received his Seboollng, and was taken by his
uncle into a sawmill when twelve or fourteen years old. About 1855, he struck out for
himself and went to Des Moines, Lowa, where he worked in a sawmill about two years. In
1857, settled in Atchison, Kas., where he was employed torunasawmill, During the years
1860,-63 aud 62, he enzagedin mining in Colorado, then returned to Atchiyon. In 1864,
he purchased the sawmill he had previously been employed in, known as the ‘Pomeroy
aoe located at Winthrop, on the opposite side of the river from Atchison. From this time
unull 1877, he did avery large business tn lumber, at the same time raising large crops of
corn on the Missouri bottoms, some years as high as 10,000 bushels of corn, most of which
he ted to his own teams, He returned in 1877, and the following year commenced the
erection of the Diamond Mills. Mr. Lukens was inarried in Lancaster County, Pa., January
1, 1868, to Miss Mary J. North, of that county. They have four children living—Arthur,

dwin, Mary and David, Jr. My. L. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

. EUGENE H, LEUTWIELER was born in Rochester, N. Y., September 21, 1850, and
lived in his native town until 1863. He then moved to York, Pa, where he resided until
1865, then returned to Rochester and remained avout three years. ‘Then removed to
Mississippi, engaged in mercantile business, and remained iu the State until he came to
Kansas, and located in Atchison, April 1879. Soon after his arrival inthe city Mr. Leut-
wieler established a grocery store, which he carried on until the spring of 1882, being also
Superintendent of the Street Railway until June 1882. While in Mississippi, he was mem-
ber of the Legislature of that State, and for six years Deputy Chancery Clerk at Canton,
ss. He was married at Canton, June 17, 1873, to Edith Cadien, of St. Louls, Mo, They
have two children—John_O, and Eugene, Jr. Mr. Leutwieler is Grand Reporter of the
Brgnts of Houor, and Dictator of K. of H. Lodge, 1284. He is a member of Knights of
SAMUEL MoBRIDE, laborer, was born in Centre Township, Atchison Co., Kas., April
9, 1858. A member of the Christian Church in Atchison. Mr. McBride has lived in Atcn-
ison County ever since his birth, excepting six moutus, when he was in Western Texas, en-
paged in railroading. He was reared on a farm near Pardee, and is a son of ‘Thomas Craw-
ord McBride and Mary Mason McBride, both natives of Teunessee. He discontinued
farming March 27, 1881, when he went to Texas, returning from there August 1, 1881, and
located at Atchison, entering the employ of A. B. Symons & Co., wholesale grocers, with
whom be has been since His parents now reside on the farm near Pardee, where they first
located in 1854. ¢
JAMES A. MoCOLGIN, engineer on the Central Branch of the M. P. BR. R.; residence
No. 1429 Santa Fe street; was originally from Indiana; born October 9, 1839, in Morgan
County. Began railroading on the Jeffersonville aud Indianapolis road in 1861; his first
position was that of tireman. In the spring of 1865, tuok Charge of his first engine, but
after running until the fall of the same year, he removed to Richmond, [ud., where he was
engaged in a plow manufactory until 1 . He then came to ‘Topeka, Kan., and for six
years was in the employ of the A., T. GS. F. R. KR. Co. [n1876 the subject of this sketch
commenced ruuning for the Central Brauch Union Pacific, since the Missouri Pacific has
takeu charge of it itis called C. B. Div. M. P., where he has since been engiueer, Iu July,

78, he ran into che washout, one mile west of Paliner, but fortunately there was no oue
hurt, and this is the only accident be has had happen to him on the road that was of any
consequence. Mr. McC, 1s Chief Engineer of the Lucomotive Brotherhoud, Division 164,
and was one of the original members of the same. He married at Marengo, Lowa, Febru-
ary 28, 1878. Miss AduteC, Bullis, uf that State.

RUBERT MOURLE, merchant tailor, was born in Bath, Somersetshire, England,
December 31, 1830, and learned the tailor’s trade in his native country. Emigrated to the
Unitea States in 1853, liviug first 10 Lowa City for oue year, afterward iu St. Joseph, Mo.,
nearly one year, and at the expiration of that tine caime to Atchisou, commencing iu busi-
ness aS a merchant tailor, He is one of the oldest merchants in the city and his trade
has increased to a wonderful extent, owing to the industry and good management of the
same, having, in addition to all of his city trade, a great deal of custom work tirroughout
the northwestern portion of the State. He hasinuis employ seven men. Mr. McCrieisa
stockholder, and was fora pumber of years one of the directurs of the Atchison National

ank.
SAMUEL S. MCDONALD, Section Boss of the Missouri Pacific track in the yards;
residence corner of Union and Commercial streets, West Atchison; is a native of New
York State, boru in Monroe County, May 4, 1837. He served three years as a soldier in the
Rebellion with Company F¥. of che Eighty-fuurcth Illinois Volunteer Lnfautry, aud in 1863
Was promoted to First Lieutenant, at the battle of Stone River; and laver at the battle of
Peach Tree Creek, was commissioned Captain, both fur meritorious service. In 1869, Mr.
McDona.d began railroad coustructing iu Michigan, and was employed on various ruads in
that State until the spring of °79. Then came tu Kansas aud engaged with tue M. P. R, R.
Co., and has since been in theiremploy. In March, 1882, he was appointed to his present
stalion, where he has charge of abuut twenty mites of ruvad, and the supervision of ten
men. Mr. McDonald isa member of the Masonic Fraternity. Was married in Missouri in
1881 to Miss Sarab Goutrey. 5
DR. W. ADISON MoKELVY, dentist, No. 703 Commercial street, became a resident of
Atchison in November, 1880. Dr. McKelvy was born in Pittsburgh, Pa, in 1858, and took a
mathematical course at the State University, after which he entered the office of Dr. M.S.
Burns, of Sewickley, where he practiced dentistry two years. Iu the fall of 1878, became a
studeut of the Philadelphia Dental College, where ue graduated in the spring of 1880, and the
remaining tnonths between this aud the removal to Atchison were devoted to the practice of
his profession in Pittsburgh, Pa.
. H. MONLL, coal dealer, came to Atchison, September 15, 1875, and has been since
that time eng.ged in cual business in the city, his office being 423 Cuimmercial street, and
ard the coruer of Twelfth aud Main. The firm of W. H. McNeil & Cu. is cumposed of W.
. McNeil and A, A, Carey. The busiuvess is carried on in a large way, the sales being
rincipally in Kansas, Southern Nebraska, aud Colurado. Besides coal, the firm deals
argely in lime, plaster aud all kinds of plpe, sewer, house and drain buildiug material,

etc.

ALEXANDER B. MOQUEEN, painter, was born at Dumfries, Scotland, June 28, 1830,
Emigrated to tue United states aud first settled In Cleveland, Olio, where he learned his
trade; but after liviug there six years, went tu Racine County, WIs., where he made his
home uutil bis emigration to Kansas in 14858. Opened a paint shop at Atchison, which was
the first one in the city, aud has done business here ever since. In 186
State Militia; he bas been Councilman for two years, and a imember of Lie School Board;
was also treasnrer of the American Bible Suciety of Atchison fur 2 number of years. Mr,
McQueen was married at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1854, to Miss Sarah M. Iryar, forinerly trom
New York State and of Enslish descent, They are inembers of the Presbyterian Church,
and he is connected witu both the I. 0. O. F, and the K, of H.

CHARLES MAAGE, general merchauniise store. Tuts old and well known pioneer is
@ native of Germania, and was boru in the city of Elbing, Prussia, December 15, 1830; was
educated, reared, and learned the carpenter aud inlilwrigut trade iu his native country,
When twenty years of age, he visited most all tue principal cities in Europe, and then vame
to this CountEy, where he first settled in Quincy, Lil, wuere be worked in a furniture fac-
tory until 1856; then came to Kansas, locating in Atchison, then a small village, He en-
gaged in the building of houses, mills, etc., aud many of the besc houses in the county were

uilt by him. He assisted in building the first water-power mill in the then Territory, on
Independence Creek, eight miles northwest of Atchison; then built a large water-power
mill, saw and grist mill combined, in Cooper County, Mo.; also bullta large number of
houses and other buildings in Missouri, Fora number of years, duriug the winter mouths,
he would ge into southeru Missouri, work there all winter, and then return in the spring.
He eveutually eugaged in the bvot, shoe, and leather trade in Atchison, between Fourth
and Fifth streets, ou Commercial, and for two years did a prosperous business. Tue mem-
orable and destructive fire of 1868, burned him out, by which he lost his accumulation of fif-
teen years,owing tothe fact that the insurance company he was iusured in had becomelinsolv-
entavoutthattime. He was obliged to commence at the bottom round again, and did se for
several years; worked as salesman inalamber yard, and when,in 1875,he had a small amount
saved, he built a store house on Mainstreet, his present location, where he is engaged in the
Behera merchandise business, in which he has been eminently successful. There are few

usiness men in Atchison that have more substantial friends than Charles Maage, nor is
there a more happy and contented family to be found than his, He was marrted in winey,
Il, July 15, 1868, to Miss Henrietta Wilms, by Rey. H. Ellerbeck. They have seven chil-
dren—Frederick William, born June 1, 1865; Charles Henry, born March 16, 1867; Ewina
Dorethea, voru January 2, 1869, and diea September 11, 1869; Frances Lillian, born August
17, 1870; Anna Clara, born August 16, 1873; Emma Frauces, born February 3, 1876; Dan-
iel Dolph, born October 27, 1879; Albert Horton, born May 1, 1882. Mr. Maage is a char-
ter member of Schiller Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.; formerly was a member of Friendship Lodge
and has occupied several offices of honor and trust in both lodges.

H. G MACAULAY, lawyer, came to Kausas, May, 1878; located in Marysville, and
remained there about a year, duriug which time he taught school and read law. In Sep-
tember, 1879, he completed his cyurge at law reading in the office of Mills & Wells, of Atchi-
son, and was admitted to che bar in December, 1880. He has since been practicing his pro-
fession In Atchison County. Mr. Macaulay is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in
Westmoreland County, November 7, 1857. He remained in Ligonier, his native town, until
his eleventh year, when he entered the preparatory department of St. Vincent's College,
and four years later was admitted to the collegiate department, and graduated therefrom,

 

0 he served in the.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

June 25,1876. The same year came West, and for eighteen months was in the employ of
the U. S. Government in the Indian Territory. From that point came to Kansas, Mr, Ma-
caulay is a young gentleman of more than ordinary ability, and since his debut in Atchison,
his services have Deen almost constantly in demand. He is destined in the near future to be
recognized as one of the prominent practitioners of northeastern Kansas, He was married
on the xth of June, 1882, to Miss Anuie Sussman, # native of Allentown, Pa.

J. W. MARSHALL, SR., member of firm of Marshall & Park, proprietors of planing
mill, sash, door and blind factory, was born in Plattsburg, N. Y., Octover 18, 1842. His
parents moved to a point near Toronto, Canada, when he was an infant; was educated in
Canada, and engaged in the mercantile business until 1862, when he moved to Alpena,
Mich., where he acted foratime as bookkeeper ina sash, door and blind factory, after a
time purchasing an interest in the business, remaining there until 1878, in which year he
settled In Atchison, Kan. He was married in Grey County, Canada, September 38, 1865, to
Miss Sarah MeSorley, of that county. They have four chilaren—W. James, Myrtie M. J.,
Gaol We a Glare. r. M. is amember of the M. E. Church, and Washington -Lodge,

0. 5, A. E, . M. S

AARON KF. MARTIN located in Atchison and commenced the practice of law May 11,
1871; since which time he has been continuously engaged in his profession in that city. In
the spring of 1879, he became associated with W. Durve as a partner—prior to which time he
was alone, Mr. Martinis a native of Westmoreland County, Pa.; was educated at Millers-
ville State Normal School in Lancaster County, Pa., and graduated froin the Law Depart-
ment of Michigan University, soon after which time he removed to Atchison. He served
for about a year, commeucing in the fall of 1862, in the One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth
Pennsylvania Volunteer Lufautry; was mustered out of service and re-enlisted in Com-
pany A, One Hundred aud Ninety-Fifth Pennsylvania, in 1864, serving one hundred days
as Orderly Sergeant in the latter regiment. He is ameinber of the Kuights of Honor.

F. P. MARTIN, house painter and grainer. Business established in 1880 by himself.
He employs from threv to eight and ten men, according to the season. Mr. M, was born in
Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa., Decemwber 7, 1853. as_ educated in his native county;
then learned his trade in Harrisburg; moved tu Ohio in 1875, following his trade, and in
1878 settled in Atcuison. Has been iu the business continuvusly since the age of seventeen

ears, He was married in St. Joseph, Mo., eptember 8, 1880, to Miss Anna M. Haskell, of

ortonville, Kan. They have one child, Franklin R. Mr. Martin belongs to the Uniform
Rank, K. of P., and is Vice Grand uf Friendsuip Lodge, No 5,1. 0. 0. F.
30L. JOAN A. MARTIN was born Macch 10, 1839, at. Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa.
While a mere lad, he learned the trade of priuting, in the office of the Brownsville Olipper,
being foreman and local editor of that Paper during the last year of his apprenticeship.
Wheu he was eighteen, inthe spring of 1857, he went to Pittsburg, and was empluyed in
the office of the Commercial Journal as a printer, and in October of the same year emigrated
to Kansas. Located iu Atchison, and for a short time set type for the columns of the Squat-
ter Sovereign; afterward wurking in the office of the Urusader of Freedom, at Doniphan. He
purchased the Squatter Suvereign of O. F. Suort, In February, 1858; changed its name to
freedom’s Ohampion, aud vu tue 20th of the samme mouth commenced his long editorial
career in Kansas, by the issue of the first number of the paper with which he has since
been so houorably identified, Since that time he has been elected to several offices, fillin
them tu the utinust satisfaction of his constituents. He has been early and late, first an
last, a stauch Kree-Stace nau, aud an ardent Republican, being une of the prime movers
in the organization of the latter party in his adopted State. He was secretary of the Wyan-
dotte Constitutional Convention, aud was elected Svcate Senator from the Atchisou and

 

- Brown district before he was twenty-one. He served as delegate to the Territorial Conven-

tiun ac Lawrence, of April 11, 1860, aud tu the Chicago National Convention which fol-
lowed. He was secretary of the state Railroad Convention which met at Topeka during
the same year, to devise a railroad system for the State, and was a member of the Senate for
the first State Legislature, in 1861. During the suinmer of 1861, he assisted in organizing
the Highth Kansas Inf.ntry, of which he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel. The regi-
ment served on the Missouri border during the fall aud winter of 1861. Early in 1862, he
was appointed Provost Marshal of Leavenworth, and in March of the same year his regi-
meut was ordered to Coriuth, Miss., Lieuc.-Col. Martin incommand. A few weeks after
arriving at Curinth, the regiment, with the division to which it was attached, was ordered
to juin Gen. Buell, in Tennessee, and thereafter, during the whole war, it served in the
Army of the Cumberland. Lieut.-Cul. Martin was promoted to be Colonel on the 1st of
Noveinber, 1862; aud was Provost Marshal of Nashville, Teuno., from December, 1862, to
June, 1864. Tue regiment, under his comand, tovk part iu the battles of Perryville, Ky.,
and Laucaster, Ky.; the Cainpaigo against Tultahoma and Chattanooga; the battle “of
Chickamauga, the siege of Chattanvoga; the storming of Mission Ridge; the campaign in
East Tennessee, in the winter of 1863-4; the campaigu from Chattauouga to Atlanta; and
the subsequent pursuit of Hood northward. Vol. Marvin commauded tue Third Brigade
¥irst Division, Twentieth Army Corps, on the second day of tue battle at Chickamauga,an
during the siege of Chattanvoga; and Couumanded tue First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth
Army Uorps, from August, 1864, until his muster ouc at Pulas«i, Teon., November 17, 1864.
Returning hoine, he resumed coucrol of the Atcuis.1 Champion early in Ja.uary, 1865,
and on the 22d of March, issued the first number of the Deity Champion. He has been
Commander-in-Chief of the State Eucampmeut, Grand Army of the Republic; a delegate
from Kansas to the National Republican Conventions of 1860, 1868, 1872, aud 1880; a mem -
ber of the National Republican Committee from 1868 co the present ti.ue; a member of the
Unite.l States Venteunial Cui nissio 1, and oue uf tue vice-presidents of that body; was one
of the incurporators of the Kansas Magazvu and of the State Historical Society, of
which he was president one term; was president of the State Euitors’ and Publishers’ Asso-
ciation in 1878; was elected, by the two Houses of Cungress, one of the Board of Managers
of the National Soldiers’ Homes, in 1878, and re-elected in 1882, being now secoud vice-
presivent of that body; aud was elected Mayur of Atchison in 18t5. He was married, June
1, 1871, to Miss Ida Cnalliss, oldest daughter of Dr. William L. Challiss, of Atchison, and
has fuur children,

MAY & CU., dealers in second-hand goods of all descriptions. Firm composed of
Joseph May and L. Swarz; busiuess established in 1877. Joseph May was born in Frank-
fort-on-the-Main, Germany, December 18, 1843. Lu 1864 he came to the United States and
located in New York Vity, where he engaged iu general occupatious, In 1867 he removed
to Nebraska City, Neb., where he remaiued until 1870, in which year be settled in Atchison
and engaged in peddling and dealing in second-hand goods. He was married in Atchison,
Kas., June 3, 1877, to Miss Lippman, a native of Germany.

FRANK MAYHOUD, butcuer, came to Kansas in the spring of the year 1864, and
located ju springdale, uear Leavenworth. He lived there about one year aud then went to
Stranger Townsnip, Leavenworth County, wuere he remaiued avout eight years. From
there he removed to Wyandotte, where he lived two years, and frum there came to Atchi-
son, where he has sinve resided. Mr, Maynood was boru in Manchester, N. H., October 25,
1855, and lived in his native place until bis twelfth year, when bis parents removed to
Kansas. Hiy parents are both tiving tn Atchison,

MHACHAM was burn at Rutland ‘Luwnship, Jefferson Co., N. Y., April 18, 1828.
When ton years of age he went to Ohio, where be lived several years, and then reimoved
to Michigan, which State rematned bis home until he came to Kansas in August, 1866, and
located at Atchison. Two years after settling In Atchisun, he engaged in lumber business,
which he carried on in that city for six years. He then moved bis yard to Seneca, residing
in Atchison, during the period of fuur years that bis lumber yard was in Seneca, In
1874 he eugagod tu lime-plaster and cement business, which he vow carries on, both wuole-
sale and retail, manufacturing the Asbeston stune for bulldiug aud sidewalk purposes, Mr.
Meacham was married March, 1852, in York Township, Sandusky Co., Oblo, te Mary Com-
OKLBERT E MELER, arugelst,

By 2 ‘LER, druggist, came to Kansas In the spring of the year 1876, and
located iu Atchison. He resided in St. Joseph, Mo., for five vedi previous to cuming to
Atchison. Mr. Meier is an active and promiuent member of the Atchison Turn Verein, of
Schiller Lodge, No. 33, 1. O. O. F., aud au honorary member of the St. J oseph Gruetli Ver-
ein, aud has held ottves in all of these societies. e was born In Sursee, Switzerland, No-
veuiber 4, 1856, aud remained there abuut two years, when his pareuts remuved to Lucerne,
Switzerland, where they remained until the subject of this sketch had attained his twelfth
yon when tuey emigrated to America and settled in St. Joe, Mo. His father is still living

nthechyof Atchison, From St. Joe, Mo., Mr. Meier removed to Atchison, where he has
resided since, He was engaged in the drug and grocery business, while living iu St. Joe,
and has always been in the drug business, wuile living in Atchison. In 1880-1 he was in
business for himself and was a member of the firm of Meier & Wagner, corner Eighth and
coe cua see ee tenore aut slice tat time he has been connected with the wholesale
‘ox. Mr. Meier was ma -

bel Spats, a native of Reading Pe: 3 rrieu in Atchison, May 11, 1878, to Eliza
fs ‘R, merchant, came to Kansas in February, 1876, where he has resided

since, Mr. M. was a clerk until the fall of 1878, when he went into business for himself.
He is a rominent meuiber of the Atchison Turn Verein, bas held all the offices in this or-
ganizati on from the highest to the lowest, except trustee. Mr. Meier was vorn in Sursee,
Switzerland, Uctober 9, 1854, and lived there until his fourteenth year, when his parents
emigrated to this country, and settled in St. Joe, Mo., where they remained five years, when
they removed to Atchison. He was married in Amazonia, Mo., April 10, 1878, to Emma

Zimmerman, a native of Louisville, Ky. They have oue child, whose name is Florence.

TE, MERWIN came tu Atchison County, in March, 1857, and in company with
his brother-in-law, located at Sumner, wiere he remained until February, 1860. He then
moved to Centre Township and resided {fn that place until he enlisted as a rivate, July, 1862,
in Compan F, Thirteenth Kansas lufantry, being mustered iuto Uuited States service on
the 22nd of the same month. Early in 1664, he was promoted to Commissary Sergeant of
the regiment, and retained that position unttl July 1, 1865, the date of preliminary dis-
charge of the regiment, the formal discharge occurring at Fort Leavenworth a few weeks
later, After leaving the army Mr. Merwin returned to Centre Township, where he resided

 
ATCHISON COUNTY.

until March, 1869, when he removed to Atchison and accepted the position of Deput:
Register of Deeds. While holding that position he had superintendence of the compilay
tion of a set of complete title abstracts of Atchison County, now in use by Manley & Coates.
For a time he held the position of Deputy County Clerk, and was Deputy County Treasurer
from July, 1872, until October, 1878, when he was elected County Treasurer, and re-elected
in 1880. Mr, Merwin was born in Louderville, Holmes Co. Ohio, October 17, 1845. When
quite young he removed with his parents to Grange County, ohio, and afterwards to Con-
necticut and Brooklyn, N. ¥.

SAMUELS, METZGER, cabinet-maker, came to Kansas in March, 1879, and located in
Atchison, where he has since resided. r. M. was in the Government employ in the
Pioneer éorps, during the late war. ry. M. ’
and resided in his native place until his twenty-fifth year, when he removed to Viucinnati,
Ohio, where he stayed but a short time, and then went to Greensburg, Ind., where he
remained about eighteen months. In the fall of 1858 he removed to Lawrenceburg, Ind.,
where he worked at his trade for twenty years. From the latter place he removed to
Kansas. He-was married at York Ridge, Dearborn Co., Ind., July 19, 1859, to Miss
Adelaide Ward, anative of Indiana, They have six children living—Geoge W., Carrie C.,
Charles D., Mary J.. Sarah E., and Thomas Browne.

JOHN MEYER roprietor Empire Bakery, is a native of Germany, and was born in
Bavaria, April 4, 47. He was educated, raised, and learned the baker’s trade in his
native country. When twenty-vne years of age came to America, locating in McKeesport,
Allegheny Co., Pa., where he worked oue year at his trade; the next, went to Pittsburgh, and
eventually to St, Louis, where he resided fhree years, Ln 1874 came to Atchisun, where he
has since resided, working asa journeyman for a considerabie length of time before engag-
ing in business. Mr, Meyer is a superior baker, and being a gentleman of a sucial and
envertaining disposition, commiauus a large trade. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F.,
Schiller Lodge. He uarried in 1875, Miss Lizzie Galifelter, one of Atchison’s estimable
ladies. They have two children— Bertie and Willie.

D. E. MILLER, proprietor Miller’s Restaurant, This popular gentleman is a native of
Ohio, was born in Portage County, March 9, 1843. His father, A, D. Miller, was one of the

ioneers of that county. When D. E. was quite young, the fainily emigrated to Wisconsin,
ocated in Marquette County, where be spent his youthful days, and resided until 1861,
when he came tu Kansas. He was a resident of Topeka in 1862, aud in that year enlisted in
Company H., Eleveuth Kansas Volunteer Lufantry,serving until the close of the war, when he
was honorably discharged. He participated in thirteen general engagements, among those
were King Hillaud Prairie Grove; was in pursuit uf Gen. rrice on lis raid in Missouri: he
received one slight wound while in the service. After the war, he took up his abode in
Pleasant Hill, Mo,, residing about four years, when he removed to Lawrence, Kan., at
which point he resided until 1874, when he came to Atchisou, aud has since been the urvane
host of Miller’s Restaurant. As a caterer to the lraveling public Mr. M, has attained a
notable anu well-deserved reputation. He isa member of the I. VU. O. F., Friendship
Lodge, No. 5, and the Kucampment, and is at present Chief Patriarch. He is also a member
of the Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M., K. of H., A. O. U. W. and K. of P., and for two terms was
Master uf Exchecquer for the lodge. In 1868 he married Miss Mary Johnson, an
estiinatle lady. She was bornin Manchester, Euglaud, They have two children—Katie
and Lulu,

JOHN G. MILLER, physician and surgeon, was born near Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pa.,
July 31, 1820. Resided in Adams, Bedford aud Frankliz counties, until the spring of
1835, wheu he moved with his father, Jacob Miller, to Columbiana Co., Ohio. In 1841
he attended Jesse Hulms’ High Schovlin New Lisbon. In 1842 ue attended Allegheny
College, Meadville, Pa. In 1843 and 1844 he attended college at Oberlin, Olio, after which
he taught school in [uwa, Missouri, and Ohio, and studied medicine in the office of Dr. Abel
Carey, of Salem, Columbiana Cv., Uhio, attending a course uf medical lectures at Clevelaud,
during the winter of 1848-’49. Inthe summer of 1849 he starteu West to grow up with the
country, and practiced méuicine in Miami Co., Lnd., Red Rock, on the Des Moines River,
Mariou Co., Iowa, and Maysville, De Kalb Co., Mo. Ln 1853 he attended lectures, and
graduated at Castletun Medical Cullege, Vermont. In [854 he attended lectures and
hospitals in New Yok city, and agaiu graduated in medicine, this time at the New York
(now the Bellevue Hospital) Medical College. After visiting Philadelphia, Pa., and
attehding medical leciures and hospitals there, he practiced his profession in North
Georgetown, Columbiana Co., Onio, Peila, Marion Co., aud Usceola, Clark Uo., Lowa, until
1857. In the spring of this year he went to California, aud traveled extensively over
the State, spending sume time inSan Francisco. In 1858 he returned from California and
located in Leavenworth, Kan., forming a professional partnership with Dr. Hathaway,
of that place. in 186U he moved tu Woousun County, in tue southeast part of the state; on
account of the total failure of the crops in that purtion of the State, he left in the same
year anu located in Knoxville, Mariou Co., lowa. In 1862 he was appointed, by Gov.
Kirkwood Assistant Surgeon to the Eleventh Iowa Infanwy, aud soon afterward was
promoted to be Surgeon of the same regimeut, during the fightiug around the siege uf
Atlanta, Ga. He had cuarge of the Seventeenth Army Corps, Field Hospital, at Marietta,
Ga. On Suerman’s march to the sea, and until the army reached Washington, he had
charge uf the Moving Hospital of the Sixth Divisiun of the Seventeenth Army Corps, Was
mustered out of the service with his regiment at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865. After the
close of the war he speut eighteen or twenly months iu the Pennsylvania oil regions,

racticiug his profession, aud dealing in oil. 1n 1867 ue located in Pleasant Hill, Cass Co.
Mon where he practiced his profession successfully until the fall of 1872, when he removed
to Atchison, Kan. In the spring of 1873, the Ad Hundein degree of Ductur of Medicine was
conferred upou hin by the Uoliege of Physiciaus aud Surgeons of Kansas City, Mo. In
December, 1876, lie went to the Black Hills, D. T., where he remaineu four years, except
one winter speutin Atchisun. While in the Black Hills, he was physiclau and surgeon for
the Homestake Mining Company, and had charge of the Hospital of the Holy Cruss, cou-
trolled by the Sisters of Mercy. He speut the summer of 1881 inthe Gunuison mining
region, and {is uow (June, 1882), practicing bis protession in Atchison, office in Bremau’s
drug store, 421 Commercial street; residence 721 North Fifth street. Dr. Miller was
married at Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa., iu 1854, to Annie Bennett, daughter of Capt. Isaac
Beunett, They have two ciiluren living, both daughters—Lillie, wife of W. W. Hethering-
ton, of Hetherington Exchange Bank, aud Mary, lately married to J. Levin, Manager of the
Western Union Lelegraph office at Atchison. Rete |

JULIUS MILLER, mauufacturer aud wholesale dealer in cigars. One of the leading
wholesale houses of Atchisou that has come rapidly to the front in the past few years is
this establishiuent. Mv. Miller isa uative uf Germany, and was born in Breiman, October
15, 1840. When young, came to America with parents, locating in St. Louis, Mo. e
eventually removed to St. Charles, Mo., where he resided for several years, and learned the
cigar-makers’ trade. 1u 1861, Mr. Miller was among the first to respond to the call for
Onion troops, and enlisted in Compauy G. Twelfth Missvuri Infantry, He participated at
the battles, Pea Ridge, first attack on Vicksburg, Seige of Vicksburg. and oluer remarka-
ble eugagements. Was with Sherman ou bis march tothe sea. He was wounded iu the
right nand at Dallas, Geurgia, aud taken prisoner at that point, bub esvaped from the
guards. Mr. M. held the rank of Corporal, and was honorably discharged and mustered
OucatSt, Louis, in 1864. In 1865, he embarked in the mauufacture of cigars at Lawrence,
Kansas. Commencing in a sinall way, ina few years he built up a large and lucrative
trade. In 187¥, removed his house to Atchison, and has siuce been identified with the sub-
stantial merchants aud manofactuters of the city. Mr. Miller is a member of the K. of H.

iss A. EK. Cambell.
Gi ADOLPH MOLRBACH ER, retail grocer, corner of Ninth and Kearney streets, was orig-
inaily from Milwaukee, Wis., where he was boru February 6, 1852. Caine West with his
arents in 1860, lovating in Marshall County, Kansas, whcre his boyhood was speut on a
arm. In 188U, came to Atchison acd vpened a grocery store at his present stand, aud al-
though his ‘stuck is not extensive, he has a good trade, coutinually increasing, which bids
fair to yield in time a iarge and lucrative business, under the able management of the pro-
prietor. ,

. MOORE, contractor and builder, came to Kansas December 21, 1878, and
60S AeA emete he ie resided since. Mr. Moore is a member ot Bethlebem
Lodge No. 183, A. F. & A.M. He was in the army as Captain of Company G, Second Regi-
meut, Pennsylvauia Heavy Artillery. He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pa, in 1862, partici-

ated in all of the engagements of his comuinand, and was mustered out of tue service at
By Point, Va., in January, 1866. He was born in Allentown, Pa., August 13, 1843, where
his pareutS lived until be attained the age of six years, when they moved tu Springtown,
Bucks County, Pa., where they remaived until the year 1858, when they removed to Beth~
lehem, Pa., where Mr, M. resided all the time, except while in the army, until be came to
Kansas. Ee was married December 31, 1870, at Bethlehem, Pa,, to Miss Harriet L. Miksch,
a bative of Pennsylvania. Captain Moore is an extensive contractor and builder, and has
erected sume of the fiuest buildiugs in the city of Atchison, among which are the stately
Ogden block, the palatial residences of J. E. Wagner, W. W. Marbourg, W. W. Hethering-
ton, and L. Frank, Esq. He also built the fine public school buildings in Kasten and Beth-
lehem, Pa.; the Brainerd Presbyterian Church, Easton, and aided in the construction of the

i Bethlenem, Pa. F ‘
Leligh University, at Bet to Kaltsas, March 12, 1858, his brother, H. H.. arriving in the

Pe Nhe y din livery business together about eignt years, when
spring of 1857. They were engage i
G. L, fought out his brother’s interest, aud took sole charge of the establishineut for about
1e sé ther then rejoined bim, and six mouths later, JamesYates became a
partuer—the three being still associated. They have Sone, Bunce the free Veet (1858), a
peneral transfer and omnibus busiuess, and have also been for the past eight years in the
ice business, giving empioyment inthe cutting season to 150 men, aud the remainder of
the year to avoutbweuty. G. C. Moulton was born in Brimfield, Portage County, Ohio, June
17, 1836. Atthe age of twelve he went to Michigan, and remained several vears in Kala-
mazoo, from whence he went to Detroit and SUC. Clair, and thence to Buchanan County,

thesame period. His bro!

was born in Laneaster, Pa., January 29, 1829, .

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Iowa, residing about ten miles from Independence, He was married in Atchison, in 1865,
to Emma H. Ammon, of Michigan, and has two children—Lucretia G. and Guy.

H. MOULTON, came to Kansas in April, 1857, and located at Atchisun, September,
1857,and commenced the livery busiuess on the Corner of Second and Atchisuu streets,which
has beeu carried on by bimself or brother ever since, At the time they started. it was the
ouly establishment of the kind in the place—the “rigs ” consisting of Indiau ponies and a
couple of buggies procured at St. Louis. In the spriug of 1859, they commenced running
a ‘bus “line, the only one ever establishsed in thecity. From 1867 to 1873, H. H. was deal-
ing in stock, and at an early period of his life was engaged infarming. Mr. Moulton isa
native of Brimfield, Portage Co,, Oulu. He was born September 26, 1834, and removed to
Michigan when about fourteen years of age. He was inarried July 4, 1856, at Kalamazoo,
to Alcesta Davis, of NewYork, They have three children, Miunie L., Ruby and Harry Custer.
Mr. Mouiton is a member of the society of K. of H.

OULTUN & BRO commenced the business of freighting in 1862, which they con-
tinued until 1866, forwarding freight to Denver, Laram e, Salt Lane City, and Virginia
City, Neb. The first mininy machinery taken to Virginia City was sent by tuem in 1862, in
charge of Mr. Backus. Fora time they were employed by Gen, Fitz Johu Porter, continu-
ing the business on their own account. :

ROBERT G. MULLER, carpenter, came to Kansas in August, 1878, and located near
Effingham, where he lived three and a half years and then moved tu Atchison, where he
has lived since. Heis a member of the Lutheran Church. Was born in the city of Erfurt,
Germany, March 5, 1839, and lived there autil 1851, when he emigrated with bis parents to
America, and located in Bulttalo, N.¥., where he lived two years and then went to Williams-
ville, N.¥., where he remained two years wore, and then went to Allegany, Cattaraugus Co.
N. Y., where he lived eighteen years aud was engaged working at his trade. He then moved
to Salamanca, N. Y¥., where he lived about five years and was eugaged in the hotel busimess,
Froin tuere he caine tv Kansas, Mr. M. was married January 1,1860, in Allegany, Cattarau-

8 Co., N.Y., to Miss Kate Euret, a uative of Flomrsbeim, iu the Rhine, Pflatz Bavaria.
They have had seven children, of whom six survive, George William, Robert Gottleib, Anna
Christina, Henry Peter, Maria Withelinina (died April 1, 1881), Charles Gottleib and Willie.
Mr. Mueller is a member of the K. of H. =

EUGKNE MULDUON, farmer, four and one-half miles northwest of Atchison, is a native
of the Kmeraid Isle, and was born in 1816, emigrating to America in 1839, Shortly after
his arrival he engaged in the boot and shoe business in New York City, continuing in that
business until 1854, when he went to Portage City, Wis., and engaged in the same business
until 1859, when he went to Coloradu and engaged th mining and prospecting and discovered
sume of tue most valuable nines in that Territory, his prospecting tours extending through
southern Colorado and down into New Mexico—the latter tuur being made in Company with
Kit Carson, the noted scout, aud was fraught with many bairbreadth escapes. He remained
in the mines until 1864, when ne came to Atchison and engaged in freightiug frum that

oint and Nebraska City. In the following year, freighted froin Kansas City to Kurt Union,
ie M.; 111866, weut to farmiug in this county. In 1868, bought his present place. His farm
comprises 16U acres—15U under cultivation, six acres in orchard and grove. Was married
in 1847 to Miss Alice McUauey, of New York city, who died March 8, 1882, leaving six chil-
dreu, James, Mary, Kugeue, John, Margaret and Lola, In 1873, was elected Township
Trustee of Shannon Township, serving vue term. In 1876, was elected County Commission-
er of Atchison County, serving one term, . ‘

HENRY MYERS, farmer, four miles north of Atchison, was born in Hanover, Europe,
in 1829; his parents eunigrated to this country iu 1847, aud settled in Jackson County, Lud.,
and lollowed farming. ere he remained until 1849, when he started fur the West, coming
to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1850. He worked vn a farm uear that place for some time. In 1851,
was a Government teauister, aud made a trip across the plains and returned. In 1852,
engaged in tue making of cutton wood shingles three miles north of Atchison, on the Uppusite
side of the river, which busiuess he followed untit 1867, whea he bought 16U acres of land,
four vailes north of Atchison, and engaged in farming. He owns 4U0 acres in Atchison
County, 260 under cultivation, with goud buildings, orchard and other improvements, He
also Las @ stock farm of 320 acres, near Severance, in Doniphan County, and is engaged in
stock-raising. Was married ip Buchanan County, Mo., in 1842, to Miss Lethe Hartwick,
aud has four children, William, Mary, Joon and Heury B. Mr. Myers is a member of Ar-
cane Lodge, No. 31, of Doniphan, Kan., A., F.& A.M. :

W. NaNCK, farmer, three niles uurthwest of Atchison, was born in Lawrence County,
Ohio, in 1828, and raised on the farm where he lived until 18354, when he started for the
West, For ashorttime in 1353 iived in Missouri, but in the fall of that year came to Atch-
ison County, Kas., aud settled on Deer Creek uear his present home, and engaged in farm-
ing until 1862, when ne enlisted iu Company B, Thirteenth Kansas lnfautry, and was at the
batules of Cain Hull, Prairie Grove, Vau Buren, and all the battles of his regimeut, serving
until June, 1865, wuen lle was d.scharged at Littie Ruck, Ark, He returned to bis farm in
this county aud engaged iu farming aud stockraising, which be followed since, His farm
consists of 240 acres, 100 under cultivation, twelves acres of orchard, good buildiugs and
weil-watered. Was married in 1858, in Atchison County Kas., to Miss Auna Snyder. They
have seven chilureu—Sarah, Willie, Eddie, Lutitia, Birdie, Albert and Daisy. Mr. Nance
bas held the Clerkship uf the School Board of his district for six years. Is a member of
Methouist Episcopal Church. é ‘

J. NHAL, of Vruuokuam & Neal, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April i2, 1831. In 1842
his parents muved to Maryland, and from there in 1845 to Xenia, Ohio, Here the subject
of this sketch finished his education, anu then learued the carpenter’s trade, and fullowed
this until 1858, wuen he moved to Kausas, where be engaged in contracting aud building
some years. He then entered the employ of the Overland Stage Line, having his headquar-
ters at Atchison, Salt Lake Uity and Denver, buildiug coaches for them; also acted for a
time as express messenger. In 1868, he settled in Atchison, and became counected with
present business. He was married iu Atchison, September 9, 1460, to Miss Frances J. Ful-
ton, a daughter of Dr. A. Fulton, of Kansas City, Mo. They have two children, both uaugh-
ters—Aunie aud Mary. Mr. N.is P. M. of Washington Lodge, No. 5, A. F. @ A. M.. is alsoa
member of the A. 0. U. W. d : X 7

EDWLN C. NICHOLS located at Emporia, on his first arrival in Kansas, June 8, 1878,
remaiing in that place until his removal to Atchison, iu 1881. For the past seventeen years
his business has been sulely that of an architect, a large portion of the time in New York.
Amoug the buildings for which he bas furuished plaus for coustruction or remodeling
may be mentioned the Washington and Winfield Hotels, the High Schoot building at Kin-
poria (Nichols & Squiers), the Odd Fellows’ Temple, tue City Gas Works, and the private
residences of Hon. Witllam Jay, Senator Plumb, Dr. A. J. Moore, Lewis Hallock, of Bur-
lingtou, G. 8. Galbraith, J. CG. Meacham, J.C. Greenawalt, E, W. Sargeant, UC. H. Thompson,
W. C. North and A. H. Sahler, besides resiuence tenements for GG, Ingalls, J. C. Meach-
ham, aud others. Mr. Nichols was born in New York City, Jauuary 5, 1843, which remained
his howe until his remuvalto Kansas. Lu 1861, he enlisted in the army, and was with the
army of the Potomac, principally ou detached service, Uutil he was mustered out in 1865,
having at that time attained the rank of Captain, ‘

MATHLAS NOLL, JR, druggist and (phartaceu sist, came to Kansas, April 20, 1880,
located in Atchison and immediately secured a situation in the large German Drug House
of Augustus Lang, where he has siuce been employed. He is a member of St. Benedict’s
Chureu and of the Michigau Pharmaceutical Association. Mr. Noll was born in Weston,
Mo., July 23, 1859, anu lived there until his fourteeuth year, when he attended the Christian
Brothers’ College, at St yoxeph, Mo., fur two years. He then secured an engagement in
the prescription drug store of Fred. Scheibe in St. Joe, where he remained about three
years, avd then entered the employ of Samuel I. smith & Co., the well-knuwn wholesale
druggist of St. Joe, He remained with this firm a short time and then entered the schvol
of puarmacy, of the University of Michigan, where he staid until his course uf studies was
conipleted, when be returned to st. Joe and wes placed in charge of the drug store of John
Wade, as managing clerk. He held this position for one year and then accepted the position
he holds in Atchison at present.

A. J. NORTH, of the firm of Lukens & North, proprietors of the Diamond Mills, is a
native of Penusylvania, and was born in Juniata County, March 7, 1822. His parents,
James and Rachael Jurdou North, were old residents of tuat section, The subject of this
sketch received his preliminary education in his native county, and finished his education
in Carlisle, Penu. He cummenced life as a clerk in 1837, coutiuued until 1850, wheu he
engaged in mercantile business on his own account, in Newton Hamilton, Mifflin Cu., and
made this his business up tv 1870, when he moved to Kansas, taking a stock of goods with
him, which he traded for land. He held the Postmaster’s office in one of the towns in
Mithin County, Pa., over eighteen years. He settledin Atchison in 1870, and engaged
in lumbering business, and continued in it until the present firm was -formed. r, N.
has been married twice, his first wife, was Miss Jane Macklin, to whom he was married in
Newtun damiltuu, Mifflin Co., Pa., February 18, 1845; she died in 1849, leaving two chil-
dren—Mary Jane, now Mrs. David Lukens, and William Cloyde. His present wife was
Miss Sarah Ann Withrow, ot Beaver Dam, Mifflin Co., Pa. They were married in that town
February 18, 1851. They have six children living—James C., Laura, Flora, Rebecca,
Annie and Addie. Mr, N. isamember of the Presbyterian Church; has been a member of
the school Board six years. He was one of the first to conceive the idea of making a State
exhibit at the Centennial in 1876. Judge Horton introduced the bill in the Legislature, and
Mr. N. was the first member of the board appointed. He helped do all the preliminary
work and acted as assistant at Patate pales

J. ©. NORTH came Co the State of Kansas, January 13,1870; located at Atchison, and
engaged in the retail and jobbing grocery business, which he still continues, itnow amount-
ing to abouc $60,000 per year. Mr. Nurth was born in McKey Township, Miffiin Co., Pa.,
January 13, 1855, that being bis home until he removed to Kansas. He was married at
Atchison, May 26, 1880, to Miss Belle Leu, daughter of Jacob Leu. They have one child,
named Esther Aun. Mr. N, is a member of the Kuights of Pythias. < 7

W. C. NORTH, of firm of Lukens & Nortn, proprietors of Diamond Mills, was born in
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Mifflin County, Pa., March 80, 1848. Received his education in his native county, and in
1868. removed to Lowa, where he engaged inclerking in mercantile establishments until
1864, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, Company F, and was mustered out at expiration of term of enlistment.
In 1869, he settled in Atchison, Kan.. where he engaged in lumber and grain business until
present firm was established. Mr. North was married in Mifflin County, Pa., January 9,
1878, to Miss E. B. Wilson, of that county. They have three children—Jéannette, Eleauor,
David. Mr.N. isa member ofthe K. of P.; is Treasurer of the Uniform Rank.

J. A. NORTON & SON, dealers in watches, jewelry, plated goods, clocks, etc.; busi-
ness established in 1873, by present firm. They carry a stock of $12,000 to $15,000. _C. B.
Norton, junior member of the firm, was born in Waupun, Wis., July 5, 1852. His father
Was engaged in jewelry business there, and afterward moved to Kewaunee, IIl., and then to
Villisca, Lowa. “The subject of this sketch was educated at Ripon College, and after finish -
ing his Studies, engaged with his father. In 1873, the moved to Atchtson, and organized
present business. Mr. N, was married in Kewaunee, [ll., January 16, 1873, to Miss Castle
of that ‘city. They have three children—Edith, Imogene, Fannie. Mr, N. isa member of

the Uniform Rank, K. of P., and ofthe A,, F. & A. M.

ALONZO OCOKOCH, merchant, came to Kansas, April, 1878, and located in Atchison,
where he has since resided. Mr. O0.was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., August 15,1852,
where he resided until his eighth year, when his parents removed to Henry County, LIL,
where he lived until his removal to Atchison, Mr.OQcoboch was married in Geneseo, Henry
Co, Ill., in February, 1874, to Mary Ella Reis, a native of Henry County, Ill. They have a
boy and a girl, whose names are Herman Burtis, and Pearl.

JOHN J. O’DONNELL, head bookkeeper in the wholesale grocery house of A. B, Symms
& Co., was born in New Bedford. Mass., March 21, 1856. Came to Kansas with his parents
ia Ab0Ds settling in Leavenworth. He graduated from the Benedict College of Atchison

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ALFRED G. OTIS was born in Cortland County, N. ¥.. December 13, 1828, being the
son of Isaac and Caroline A. Otis. While yet a mere boy his father removed to Marry
County, in the then new State of Michigan, and engaged extensively in farming. His son,
Alfred, with other members of the family, were thus brought up on the farm, and shared
all the labors and hardships of a pioneer life. Atthe age of twenty Mr. Otis resolved upon
a professional life, and determined, as the first step, to obtain a thorough classical educa-
tion; and as the father was burdened with the care of a large familly, the son set about the
task of getting it for himself. His first studies in Latin and Greek were commenced in the
evening upon the farm after the day’s work was done. Afterwards, by teaching, he ac-
quired means to prosecute his studies at the Kalamazoo Branch of the Michigan Univer -
sity, Entering asa sophomore in 1849, he graduated in regular course, in 1852. He then
went South to the State of Mississippi, where he taught and studied law at the same time,
From there he attended the Louisville Law School, where he graduated in 1854, and-rom-
menced practice in that city. In October, 1855, he removed to Atchison, Kansas, where he
has resided ever since. He engaged at once in the active practice of his profession, and was
for several years extensively engaged in the land litigation which, about this time, sprung up
in the new Yertitory, and in which he took aleading and important part. In 1860, Judge
Otis, then in full practice, formed a partnership with Hon. George W. Glick, a lawyer of
about his own ‘age, recently from Ohio. This partnership continued until 1873, and the
firm did their share of the legal business of the State, both tn State and Federal courts, and
before the United States Land Office. They were the regularly employed attorneys of the
Central Branch, Union Pacific Rallroid, from 1865, during the whole of this period, and
after the dissolution of the firm in 1873. Judge Otis retained the same position until he
was elected to the bench in 1876. During this period, though in the full tide of actual busi -
ness arid professional labor, he yet found time to actively aid the Episcopal church, of
which denomination he was a member, being the warm personal friend of Bishop Vail. the
Eplscopal Bishop of the diocese of Kansas, He was also prominently identified with the
pusiness and railroad enterprises of Northern Kansas, Atchison being then as now the
commercial center for that section of the State. In 1876 Judge Otis, though a prominent
Democrat, was elected District. Judge of the Second Judicial District, then largely Repub-
jican. Heserved his term of four years to the general satisfaction of the people and the
Bar, and, at its close, took an active part in the management of the Atchison Savings Bank,
one of the leading banks of the city, and of which he ad long been President. This, with
the care of his own private business, engrosses, at present, his time and attention. In 1862
Judge Otis was married to Miss Amelia Harres, of Philadelphia, and has by her six children
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ng man of eighteen, is a student at the Lawrence University. The rest are still a part
of the Fnoine eirele, The family were in all eight children, two—Grace and Harrison G..
having died ininfancy. Judge Otis still resides in a beautiful residence overlooking the
Missouri River, surroundéd by a grove of trees of his own planting. where he first brought
his wife in 1863. Of the same family Judge Otis has two_brothers, George L, and Charles
#., a law firm at St, Paul, Minn., and alsotwo brothers, Ephraim A. an Arthur G., well
known lawyers at Chicago, Ill. Another brother, Isaac N., recently deceased, was a de-
voted minister of the Presbyterian Church at Boulder, Colorado. The father of this family,
Isaac Otis, died in 1854. The mother, Caroline A. Otis, is still living. ‘ ;

JAMES P. OWENS, merchant, came to Kansas, March 8, 1867, and located in Atchison
County, Mr, Owens is a member of St. Mary’s Branch, No. 207, Catholic Knights of Amer-
ica, and is Sergeant-at-Arms of this association. Mr. QO. was born In Watertown,’ Wis..
June 8, 1856, and lived in his native place until his fourth year: when his parents removed
to St.Jo., Mo., where they lived nine years. From there they came to Walnut Township,
Atchison County, where they reside at present. When Mr. Owens first came to Atchison, he
was employed by Joseph Gottesburen for some time. He then engaged in farming for two
years, in Atchison County, and then entered the employ of J. W. Burkhart & Co., dealers
in ice, with whom he continued one and a half years. He next entered the service of Gottes-
buren & Seitz, grocers, and after leaving them. worked in the machine shops of the Atchi-
son & Nebraska R. R., in Atchison, where he remained nine months, and then entered the
employ of John M. Bowen & Co., wholesale dealers in wines and liquors, with whom he
remaiiied until he went into business on his own account.

JOHN W. PAGE, residence 1527 Commercial street, fireman on the Central Branch of
the M. P. BR. R., is the son of Linies B. Page, who came to Atchison in 1855, and took a claim
on Deer Creek, three miles north of the present city, on which he lived two years. He
then removed to Atchison and opened a butcher shop, where the subject of this sketch was
born, September 27,1857. He attended the schools of Atchison, and worked at various
occupations uutil 1879, when he commenced railroading with the above company, first as
wiper for one year, then as fireman, which he has followed since. Mr. Page is a member of
the Locomotive Fireman’s Brotherhood of Atchison, No. 31. His wife is Elizabeth,
daughter of Willian Ross of Wellington, Kan., who was one of the early pioneers of that
section of fue ee They were married August 28,1878. Mr. Page’s father now resides
near St. Joe, Mo. ‘,

H. CLAY PARK, editor of the Patriot, was born in Irvine, Estill Co., Ky., March 2,
1845. His father died June 30, 1849. When twelve years of age he moved to Platte City,
Platte Co., Mo., where for five years he attended the male academy of Prof. F. G. Gaylord.
In 1862 he removed to Camden Point, in the same county, and continued his studies under
the same preceptor. In July, 1864, he moved to Atchison, Kan., and began the study of
law under the instruction of Hon. John M. Price. ‘The following spring he was appointed
Deputy Clerk of the city of Atchison, As Mr. Root was then actively engaged in the publi-
cation of the Daily Free Press, the labors of the Clerk’s office fell mainly on young Park,
who performed the work diligently and intelligently, and that he made a faithful officer is
evidenced by the fact that at the succeeding election he was chosen for the Clerkship by
an alinost unanimous vote of the people. In 1867 he was re-elected, and by appointment
of the Mayor and City Council he held the office until 1871. In 1868 he became junior

artner in the real estate firm of Fox é& Park—at the same time publishing the Real Estate

ulletin. In the autumn of the same year, Mr. Park became associated with Hon. B. P.
Waggener and Nelson Abbott in the editorial and business management of the Atchison
Datiy Patriot, under the style of H. Clay Park &Co. The following year Mr. Park with-
drew from the firm and associated himself with his former law preceptor, Hon, John M,
Price, in the real estate business. In the spring of 1873, and for a brief period, engaged in
the grocery trade with T. E. Park. In 1873 he was elected to represent the Fourth Ward
in the City Council, and in 1875 was admitted to the Bar, and in April, 1876, he was elected
Chief Justice of Atchison, but after a year’s service resigned. In December, 1875, he pur-
chased, in connection with F. L. Vandegrift, the Daily Patriot, and has been its chief
editorial writer ever since. The Patriot is ably and successfully managed, and is the oldest
daily democratic journal in Kansas. In January, 1879, Mr. Vandegrift disposed of his
interest in the Patriot to Thomas Stivers, who attenus to the ‘‘locai” of the office. Mr.
Park is respected by his fellow-citizens, and that he stands high in the estimation of his
political friends the évidence is found in the fact that he hasserved as candidate for Presi-
dential elector, delegate to several State conventions, and for two terms a member of the
City Council. He has also “passed the chairs” iu several secret societies—is a member of
the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias organizations. December 24, 1867, he
was married to Miss Lizzie Armstrong, of Newmarket, Platte Co., Mo., by whom he has
had two children—Mary C., and Gilbert C. Mr. Park is active and infiuential in all
schemes for the upbuilding of his adopted city. As acitizen he is public-spirited and
liberal, as a politician frank, bold and outspoken, and a man warm in bis friendships. He
despises tricksters and time-servers, and like his great namesake, had “rather be right
than be President.”

STANTON PARK, head bookkeeper for the firm of Bowman & Kellogg, proprietors of
the “Central Mills,” was born in Oneida County, N. Y., July 21, 1836, where he acquired a
practical education. Came to St. Louis, Mo., in 1864, and was employed in an express
office for two years. Then came to Atchison in 1866, aud engaged with Atchison & Pike’s
Peak R. R. Co. as local freight agent, this road being now known as the Central Branch of
the U. P. Remained with this company for one year, and from that time up to 1874, was
employed at various occupations. e then entered the Atchison Savings Bank as book-
keeper, and in 76 re-engaged with the Central Branch of the U. P. R. R. This he followed
until 1880, when he became a partner with J. V. Bryning in the; linseed oil mills, where he
still does business. One year later accepted his present situation, which is one of trus'
requiring diligence and business talent. These qualities Mr. Park possesses in an unusua:
degree, as may be seen in the success of his difterent undertakings, and his gradual but
certain advancement as a business man. He has been secretary of the Engine Fire
Company of this place. His wife was Miss Adelaide C. Button, to whom he was married at
Atchison in 1868. During his employment with the Central Branch of the U. P. R. BR.
Park issued the first way-bill that went out of Atchison toward the West.

J. C. PARK, of Marshall & Park, proprietors of sash, door and blind factory, was
born in Norfoik County, Canada, November 22, 1835. Was educated in his native county,
and learned the trade of carpentering which he followed until 1858, in which year he moved
to Michigan. Remained one year at Port Huron and then settled in Alpena, where he en-
gaged in coutracting and building some time, then went into the sash, door and blind facto-
ry of Bingham & Co., where he remained until he removed to Atchison, Kan., in 1878. He
was inarried in Port Huron, Mich., January 7, 1862, to Miss Cole, of Lakeport, Mich. They
have three children living—Lawrence, Wilber H. and Mina. Mr. P. is a member of the
First Baptist Church and is alsoa member of Washington Lodge No. 5, A., F. & A. M.

W. BR. PEABODY located at Atchison in January, 1875, being at that time local station
agent of the A., T. & S. F. R. R., and for the past two years géneral agent of the company.
He is a native of Massachusetts, his birth place being near Boston, -iu which city he bad
charge of the A., T. &S. ¥. office during the year 1876. He has also been connected with
railroads in Nebraska, his entire attention being given to that business.

R. S. PEASE, one of the early settlers in Atchison, came to this place in March, 1857,
and in company with John J. Pratt engaged in surveying lands and town sites in the vicin-
ity. Ln the following year he was elected City Register and held the office one term, The
same year he commenced a set of books containing abstracts of the titles to the Jands and
lots in the county, making records of the entries at the U. S. Land Office. He also opened
the first Insurance office in the city, being agent forthe Aitna, Hartford, Home and other
leading companies. In the spring of 1861, he was elected casbier of the Bank of the State
of Kansas, which was founded in the spring of 1858 as the Kansas Valley Bank, which po-
sition he held until March, 1866. At the first election for State officers he was the Demo-
cratic candidate for State Treasurer, In the fall of 1861 he was made Trustee of the Over-
Jand Stage Line from Atchison to Salt Lake City, and had charge of the stage route for sev-
eral months, For several years succeeding 1866 he was engaged in no active business save
that of dealing in real estate. For the past ten years he has been connected with the South-
western Wyoming and several other iucorporated stage companies that are engaged in car-
rying malls, and doing business in several States and Territories, He is a native of Somers,

Conn.

JOBN O. PEEBLER arrived in Kansas in September, 1854, and with his father,
Andrew W. Peebler, located on Stranger Creek in Mt. Pleasant Township, Section 16, Town-
ship 7, Range 20. In the fall of 1881, Mr. Peebler, Sr., sold the old honiestead and removed
to Meriden, Jefferson County, where he still resides.” John O. was engaged in agricultural
pursuits until 1860, when he went into freighting business, in which he remained three
or four years, He then became a school teacher, and was so employed until the fall of
1871, at which time he was elected Register of Deeds, holding the office by virtue of re-
election until January, 1882, He had previously been one of the Trustees oi Mt. Pleasant
Township for three terms, and also served on the School Board. Mr, Peebler was born
near West Point, Lee Co., Iowa, December 7%,. 1837. His parents removed to Jeffeison
County, in the same State, when he was two or three years of age, where he resided until
he was about sixteen. In 1852 he went to Independence, Mo., coming to Kansas two years
later, He 1s now living at Atchison, engaged in the real estate and insurance business. On
the 28th of December, 1874, Mr. Peebler was married in Atchison, to Julia A. Hamner, a
native of Missouri, but long a resident of the city, her parents removing to the piace In the
summer of 1854. They have but one child—Chester H, Peebler,

G, W. PENNELL has been a resident of Atchison since the fall of 1874, having since
that time had charge of the lumber yard of G. C. Hixon & Co. He is a native of Honeoye,
Ontario County, N.Y. In July, 1866, he came to Missouri, where he became connected
with the lumber firm of G. GC. Hixon & Co., with whom he has remained to the present
time. He is amember of the Masonic order.

W. D. PENNEY, gardener. This gentleman is a native of England and was born
in Nottinghamshire, December 80, 1834. When about fifteen years of age, he removed to
ATCHISON COUNTY,

Yorkshire, where he learned the butchering trade, a vocation which h

years. In 1870 he came to America, losating in Milwaukee, Kae, volaine ween ART
when he took up his abode in Atchison, residing for a time, when he became_a resident of
Doniphan, where he was in the employ of the A. & N. R. R. In 1879, located permanently
in Atchison and bas devoted his attention to gardening, making it a success in every sense
of the word. Mr. Penney is an industrious and enter rising citizen, In1858, Miss Hen-
rletta Chatterly became his wife. They have three children—Lillian W., Rosa ‘Ada and Vio-

MAHLIN W. PERDUE, night foreman C., RB. I. & P. R. ca
of 1878, and located in Leavenworth, where he remained aie dae Nae ee
Trenton, Mo., where he lived for three years, when hecame to Atchison, where he has since
resided. Mr. Perdue is a member of Golden Cross Lodge, No. 38. Knight of Pythias, of
Trenton, Mo. He is also a member of the Uuiform Rank of the same lodge. He was
born in Elmore, Ottawa Co., Ohio, December 25, 1857, and lived in his native place until his
seventeenth year, when his parents removed to Fairfield, Lenawee Co.,Mich., where he lived
until his twenty-first year and then came to Kansas. Both of Mr. P.'s parents are still liv-
in Fale G Mich.

KINS, a resident of Atchison since 1864, was bor: shi

November, 1842. hen about eighteen or nineteen ete ofa eho eiieesba cs Ae
first landing in Canada, where he remained until the latter part of 1863. He then lived for
a short time in Rochester, N. Y., and in Chicago, finally locating at Atchison in December,
1864. For about three years he was engaged in the manufacture of flour, at the expiration
of which time he commenced the retail grocery business in which he is still engaged. His
business is extensive, amounting to about $100,000 per annum, and iving employment to
ten men. For the last seven years he has been without a partner. Mr. Perkins was mar-
ried in Atchison, December, 1867, to Mary_A. Garside of Canton, Ill, ‘Their six children
bear the following names: Mollie Grace, Fannie, Alice, Jessie, Bessie Garside and Edna
Rose. Mr. Perkins isa member of A. 0. U. W. "

DAVID W. PERRY, foreman of the boiler department of the Missouri Pacific machine
shops, residence 1518 Commercial street, was formerly from Canada, born near Kingston,
June 1, 1851; learned his trade in the K. U., Ft. S. & G. 'R. R. shops at Kansas City, Mo. Be-
ginning in 1870 and after serving an apprenticeship of three years, was appointed foreman

in said shop, having the supervision of seven men. In 1875 he left there and entered the
employ of the M. K.& T. R. R., where he continued until 1879, when he came to Atchison
and took charge of the shops as above, where he has the management of eight men. Mr.
Perry married November 22. 1874, in Kansas City, Mo., Miss Margaret Shookman, of New
Haven, Mo., a daughter of Michael Shookman, who was formerly an old pioneer of Mis-
souri from Tennessee. and died at the advanced age of 105 years. The subject of this
sketch belongs tothe I. 0. 0. F., being a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 5, and of the
Hesperian Encampment, No. 6.

. M. PIERCE was born near St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Mo. Came to Kansas with
his parents in 1856, first locating at Lowa Point, Doniphan County, which place remained his
home until he removed to Atchison in 1872. He received his education at Highland Uni-
versity, Kansas, and Battleground Collegiate Institute, Indiana. Read law with W. W.
Guthrie, of Atchison, and was admitted tothe bar in 1873, and is now practicing law in
Atchison. Mr. Jacob T. Pierce, his father, still resides in Doniphan County. On August
13, 1862, at the age of fifteen, Mr. T, M. Pierce enlisted as a private in Company B, Thir-
teenth Kansas, serving until July 1865, when he was honorably mustered out with his reg-
iment at Fort Leavenworth, He was in the Post Adjutant’s office for about one year, while
stationed at Van Buren, Ark, He also served as a member of the legislature from Doni-
phan County in 1872, and held the office of Justice of the Peace of Atchison City for one
year, and was one of the enumerators and statistical agents of the Census Bureau of 1880.

AUGUSTUS R. PLATT, bookkeeper for the wholesale grocery house of Julius Kuhn, is
a native of New York State, born in Onondago County, June 7, 1843. Came to Kansas in
1868, living at Atchison till the spring following; then went to Hiawatha, where he first
held the position of Assistant County Clerk, then County Clerk, and was afterward elected
Register of Deeds of Brown County, which he filled two years. Returned to Atchison in
1874, and for some time was employed as bookkeeper by various firms. Under the admin-
istration of B. B. Gale, he entered the post-office as Register Clerk, but was soon promoted
to Assistant Postmaster, where he served during this administration. Mr. Platt then en-
tered the service of the U. S. and Am. Express Cos., which were then operated together, and
April 6, 1881, accepted this situation with the above firm, and, as a thoroughly practical
and intelligent business man, ranks among the bestofthem. Heis Treasurer of Friend-
ship Lodge, No. 5, of the I. 0. 0. F., which position of trust he has held for five years; is
also a member of Hesperian Encampment, No. 6. His wife was Miss Orpha Jones, whom
he married February 22, 1865, at Syracuse, N. Y. They have one son, Charles T.

J. POEHLER, retired merchant. Among those that figured conspicuously at an early
day in Atchison County, is Mr. Poehler. He is a native of Germany, and was born in War-
temberg, January 7, 1821; was educated and reared in his native country. In 1848, came
to the United States, locating temporarily in St. Louls; removed to Beardstown, IIL, where
for ten years he was identified in business. In 1858, came to Kansas. engaging in business
at Sumner, Atchison County, being one of the first business men in thecounty. The years of
63 and part of ’64, held the position of Postmaster inSumner. In 1864, came to Atchison,
and from that date until 1877, was one.of its most prosperous and prominent dealers in
general merchandise. Mr. P.isa genial and_entertaining gentleman, eminently popular
with the masses. Heis acharter member of I. 0. O. F., Schiller Lodge, in Atchison, and a
member of the Encampment, No. 33; also belongs to the Turn Verein. He married, in
1848, Miss Annestina Trulieb, of Wurtemburg, Germany. They have by this union six
children — George, Ernst, Amelia, Carrie, Charlie, and Edward. The two oldest sons,
George and Ernst, comprise the well known house of Poehler Bros., confectionery,

akery, etc.

J. P. POMEROY came to Atchison, October, 1878, in the interest of the Central Branch
Union Pacific Ry.. being land commissioner, purchasing agent, and general manager of
the extension of the road beyond Waterville, Marshall County. He is now settling the old
loan interests of the Atchison, Colorado & Pacific Branch, which involves,the settlement of
debts contracted along the route during its construction. He is also now general agent of
the road, and handles all the varieties of coal used in operating it, his business amounting to
from 8.000 to 10,000 cars of soft coal per year, and from 3,000 to 5,000 cars of hard
coal. Mr. Pomeroy was born and received his education in the State of Ohio. He remaived in
the State, engaged in mercantile pursuits, until 1865, when he made an extended tour of
Europe, remaining abroad until 1869. On his return be engaged in the manufacture of
boots and shoes. Fa 1875, he again made a visit of about two years in Europe, removing to
Atchison soon after his return, and remaining since that time a citizen of thatcity.. Mr,
Pomeroy is now president of the Atchison & Southwestern R. R.; vice-president of Ex-
change ‘National Bank of Atchison; vice-president of the Frankfort National Bank of
Frankfort, Kansas, and president of the Atchison Opera House Company. , 7

PHILLIP PORTER, laborer, came to Kansas in the fall of 1865, and located in Atchison,
and has lived here since. Mr. Porter is a inember of the [ndependent Order of Immacu-
lates, of whirh he is the Worthy Monarch; also of the Benevolent Society, of which he is
President. Mr. P. was Orderly Sergeant of Company B, Second Kansas Volunteer In-
fantry. He enlisted July 9, 1863, and was mustered out of service in October, 1865, at
Kamlin, Ark. He was born in Madison County, Mo., in the year 1835, aud married in
Atchison, In 1871, to Lsabeth Boone, a native of Missouri. The names of their children are:
John P., Franklin, Samuel, and Maud. : 7 x

J, J. POTTER, manufacturer of carriages, Main street, between Eighth and anth, Aton:
ison, Kan., was born in Mohawk Flats, N. Y., in 1n 1845, went to Utica, N. Y., and
learned the carriage trade. In 1848, went into the manufacturing of carriages at Syracuse,
N.Y., where he remained until 1866, when he moved to Leavenworth, Kan., and engaged in
the manufacture of carriages until 1879, when he came to this place and engaged in the
same business. Was inarried in 1850, to Miss Fannie Sherwell of Lawrence County, N. Y.
Has two daughters, Julia and Celia, both married. Mr. Potter is a member of Plattsburgh

N.Y.) Lodge of A., F. & A. M. _ ,
: ALBERT W. PRETZEL, manufacturer of soda water, ginger ale, champagne cider, etc.,
ete., came to Kansas on September 2, 1868, an:l located in Atchison, where he has lived since
and carried on business. He isa member of Schiller Lodge, No. 38, and of Hesperian En-
campment, No. 6, I. O. of O. F. Bas filled all the chairs in Schiller Lodge. He is also a mem-
ber of the Atchison Turnverein, aud has held nearly all the offices of this association. Mr,
Pretzel was born November 30, 1847, in the Province of Pomerania, Prussia, where he lived
until he came to America and settled iu Chicago. He remained there a few months and then
went to Chatsworth, Livingston Co., [ll., where he was engaged by a German sugar-refining
company. After remaining at this place over a year, he came to Kansas. Mr. P. was mar-
ried in June, 1869, in Atchison, to Miss Caroline Fiss, a native of Prussia. They have two

r I mes are Paulina an nna. , . A
Cm NOHN M. PRICE eldest son of Thomas S. and Sarah Jarman Price, was born in Rich-
mond, Madison Co., Ky.. October 4, 1829. His parents were natives of Virginia, but reared,
educated and married in Kentucky, from which State his father emigrated in the fall of
1838, locating first in Johnson County, Mo., and afterwards near the present site of Sedalia.
in the same State, where he resided until his return to Kentucky, in 1845. John M., who
returned to his native State on a visit during the summer of 1844, decided to remain with his
uncle, Morton N. Price, assist him on bis farm during the summer, and attend school at Irv-
ine in the following winter. This arrangement was carried out, and after the winter school
was over, John went into the drygoods store of Thomas D. Chiles, where he remained until
the fall of 1847. He then went to Mt. Slerling, Ky., and attended school during that fall and
winter, being a member of the household of Col. Walter Chiles, his unele-in-law, a prom-
inent lawyer of the place, In the following spring, he obtained a clerkship in tue office of
ontgomery County, writing through the day, and studying law with his

oon Se Oadteusaacie Col. Chiles, at night. In March, 1849, at the age of nineteen, he

passed his examination, was admitted to the Bar, and immediately returned to his old home

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in Irvine, opened a law office and commenced practice. Two years later, ingl851, the young
lawyer was elected County Attorney for Estill County, which position he occ pied by virtne
of a re-election in 1855, until his removal to Kansas, in 1858. On locating in Atchison, Mr.
Price again opened a law office, and soon established a reputation as a skillful, honorable and
sagacious attorney. During his residence of twenty-four years in the city, he has been hon-
ored with nearly every office in the gift of the Republican citizens of Atchison County, and
his name is most prominently identified with the material growth and prosperity of the city.
He is enthusiastic in his devotion to the “ brethren of the mystic tie,” and has reached the
has reached the topmost round of the Masonic ladder. It would be idle to enumerate the
many offices—political, business or Masonic—with which Mr. Price bas been honored, but
mention some that have been conferred by the latter and kindred societies: G. M. of the
Grand Lodge; G. C. of Grand Commandery of K. T.; Deputy Grand H. P. of Grand Chapter

and Thrice Illustrious Deputy G. M. of Grand Council; G. H. P. of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Kansas, and Grand Secretary of the same; President of the Holy Order of High
Priesthood of Kansas, and Grand Treasurer of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Mas-
ters of the State. In the I. 0.0. F., he has served as Grand Master of the Most Worthy
Grand Lodge of Kansas, andtwice as Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the Unit-
ed States. The Knights of Pythias have elected him Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of
Kansas, and Sunreme Representative to the Supreme Lodge of the World, which latter office
he still holds. He is Grand Master Workman of the Grand Lodge of A. O. U. W. of the State
of Kansas, and also a member of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor. Mr, Price was
married at Irvine, Ky., January 10, 1854, to Miss Eliza Jerman, only daughter of Elihu and
Mary Park, of that town. Five children have been born to them, four of whom are living;
Mollie F. (now Mrs, Singleton), Nannie B. (Mrs. Vandergrift), John M, and Eliza Park, One
little boy, also named John M., died January 28, 1875. Mr. Price is now Postmaster at
Atchison, entering upon the duties of that position April 1, 1878.

ARLES PULLEN, firm of Pullen Bros,, roofers, was born in the county of Surrey,
England, March 25, 1850. Emigrated tothe United States in 1871, locating the same year
at Atchison, where he was differently employed till 1876. At this time the above firm was
organized. They are the oldest, and, in fact, the only_exclusive roofers in the city, their
trade extending throughout this State and Nebraska. During the season they employ four
and five men, and are gradually working up a large and lucrative business.

UIGG & ALLEN, wholesale grocers. This firm was organized in 1873, its members:
being Matthew Quigg and J. W. Allen, who still constitute the company. The business was
started by Delan & Quigg, in 1865, as wholesale and retail grocers. The jobbing business was
commenéed by the old firm in 1870. Quigg & Allen now give employmentto eight men, three
of whom are traveling salesmen. Their sales are made principally in Kansas, Nebraska,
Missouri, Colorado and New Mexico, and amount to about $300,000 per annum. Mr.J. W.
Allen was born in Craftsbury, Orleans Co., Vt., where he lived until his removal to Atchi-
son, in 1870. In the East he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and after his arrival in
Atchison he was in the wholesale drug business with McPike & Allen until the formation
of the firm of Quigg & Allen. In October, 1861, Mr. Allen enlisted in the First Vermont
Cavalry and served until December, 1864, a portion of the time being in the quartermas-
ter’s fepartment. Army of the Potomac.

JOHN B. QUIGLEY, superintendent of the Atchison Water Company, office corner
Fourth and Commercial streets, was born March 19, 1857, in Massachusetts. Received a
liberal education in the High School of Boston, and in 1874 graduated from the Bryant &
Stratton’s Commercial College of that city. His parents subsequently removed to Fitchburg.
He came to Atchison, April 27, 1879, and until the summer of 1880 was in the employ of
the government, improving the Missouri River. When the Union Depot was completed
at this place, Mr. Quigley entered it as assistant ticket agent, where he remained until he
took his present position. The Atchison Water Works is one of the most important feat-
ures of this city, and is certainly one of which the inhabitants may be proud. They con-
sist of a settling reservoir, which has a capacity of 1,250,000 gallons, a storage reservoir
with a capacity of 3,500,000 gallons, and the building where the pumpsare situated. This
is a handsome structure, built entirely of brick, 87x27, and is located at the west end of
the Missouri River bridge. In this are two large engines of seventy-five horse power
each, capable of pumping 1,000.000 gallons into the settling reservolr every twenty-four
hours; only one of them is used at a time, however, thus preventing stoppage of water in
case one is broken. This is an excellent thing for Atchison, as their water supply in case of
a fire is now inexhaustible. -

W. O. RAGAN, portrait artist, one who has attained a first rank among the artists in
the West, and is favorably known in Kansas. He is a native of Ohio, and was born in
Champaign County, June 25, 1841. In 1851 he removed to Macomb, McDonough Co., II1.,
where he was educated, reared and learned the Bhobos raphy business. For a time he was
proprietor of a gallery in Macomb, and also at Bushnell. In 1866 he came to Kansas City,
Mo., and was recognized as the leading artist of that city for anumber of years. For four
consecutive: years he took the premium atthe Kansas City fairs for the finest work in his
line. His crayon work has but few equals, and can not be excelled in the Northwest. In
1876 he located in Atchison, and for several years was interested in conducting a photo-
graph gallery. Mr. R. is held in high esteem in Atchison by the admirers of fine art. He
married in 1864, Miss Henrietta Wood. They have seven children—Frank, George, Harry,
Ida, Owen, Arthur, and Albert.

WILLIAM L. RAMSEY, son of George W. and Harriet A. Ramsey, came to Kansas
June 7, 1879, locating on northwest quarter Section 31, Township 6. Range 19, Lancaster
Township. September 21, 1879, Mr. Ramsey entered the employ of Mr. Forbriger as clerk,
and has been connected with him since that time.

JAMES R. REDHEAD, clerk in K. R._ office, came to Kansas in April, 1875, and
located in Atchison, where he still resides, Mr. R.was born in Cincinnati.Ohio, June 5, 1861,
and lived there until his arth year, when his parents removed to eae where they lived
until they came to Kansas. is parents are both living in Atchison. r, R. has held nu-
merous confidential and important positions for one so young. He was for atime clerk in
C. W. Brown’s post-office book store, and since then has held positions in different railroad
offices in the cities of Atchison and St. Joe, Mo.

JAMES REDINGTON, of the firm of Redington & Co., dealers in cut and building stone,
is by birth a Scotchman, born in the City of Aberdeen, April 19,1820. After acquiring a
common school education, he learned the stone-cutter’s trade, and in 1844 came to the
United States. Worked three years in Washington, D. C., then went to Frankfort, Ky., and
in 1850 was married at Louisville, same State, to Margaret Manuel, also a native of Scot-
land. Resided in Kentucky until 1857, then came to Kansas, where he took a claim of 160
acres in Doniphan County, upon which he lived long enough to prove if up, and at the ex-
piration of that time moved to Atchison, where he has since conducted the above business.
Mr. Redington has nine children, five of them boys. : .

T. J. REGG is a native of Owen County, Ky. He was born September 29, 1846, and
resided in his native place, until his removal to Kansas in March, 1870. After residin:
until March, 1871, in Atchison, he removed to Netawak, Jackson Co., where he remained.
two years, principally engaged in trading with the Pottawatomies. He was then employed
as bookkeeper in a foundry until August, 1881, aid then for several months had charge of
the railroad material used in the construction of a road being builtin the county. In
November, 1881. he was elected Register of Deeds, and entered upon the duties of the
office, June, 1882. Mr. Regg was married in Jackson County, July 16, 1871, to Sallie H.
Taliferro, of Mississipi. Their three children are, William C., Mollie, and Edward O. Mr.
R. isa member of A. O. U. W. and K. of P.

CHARLES N. REGNIER, of the firm of Regnier & Shoup. is a native of Bingen-on-the-
Rhine, from whence he emigrated in 1867, his first location after his arrival in this country
being at Atchison, June 7, 1867. He was employed in a wholesale grocery house for a time,
aud in 1869 started the crockery business on a small scale, up to ten years ago two men be-
ing able to perform all the work required. Ithas now grown to such dimensions that it
requires nineteen men to handle the business.

J.C. REISNER, proprietor of the Tremont House, was born in Lebanon County, Pa.,
March 26, 1829. He learned the carpenter trade in Reading, then went to Philadelphia,
where he learned cabinet making. In July, 1857, he settled in Atchison County, Kansas,
His family joined him the following spring, when be moved into town and built the hotel,
furnishing it in 1859, and has since managed the house, with the exception of two or three
short terms. He was architect, superintendent and builder, and also made a large part of
the furniture, and even rafted the logs which were to be used in building the hotel. Mr.
R. was married in Philadelphia, March 17, 1853. to Miss Rebecca D. Fichthorne, of Read-
ing, Pa. They have raised thirteen children. of whom four survive—Charles W.C., John
H., Kate (now Mrs. J, G, Thayer), and Christian F. Mr. R. is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and of Friendship Lodge No. 5, I. 0. 0. F. : :

ISAAC THOMAS RICE, carpenter, came to Kansas March 24, 1§82, and located in Atch-
ison, where he has since lived. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Rice
was born in Loudon County, Va., September 17, 1852, and lived in Loudon County until he
caine to Kansas. He was married March 2, 1881, to Sarah E. Casler, a native of Morgan

County, Va.

_ 5. y RICKER, of the Clover Hill Dairy, Atchison, Kansas, was born in Pennsylvania
in 1848, where he remained until 1878, when he moved to Lincoln County, Kansas, where
he remained until 1880, when he came to this place and ran a feather renovator. In tbe
fall of 1880, took charge of the Clover Hill Dairy. The farm embraces 150 acres, 100 of
which are in clover. This dairy supplies the leading hotels and restaurants, requiring
about 1,500 gallons of milk peryear. Mr. R. was married in March, 1882, at Atchison,
Kansas, to Miss Annie Sheats, of Pennsylvania.

ROBERT H. ROBERTS, chief clerk in the extensive cry goods establishment of Don-
ald Brothers, came to Kansas with the members of this enterprising firm in the spring of
1879, and has been connected with the house from its opening in Atchison to the present
time. Mr. Roberts was born in March, 1850, in New York City, where he resided. until he
came to Kansas. While residing in New York he was for many years employed in the
establishinens of A. T. Stewart & Co., and subsequently was engaged in the produce
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business in New York City, in connection with his brothers, forthree years. Mr. Roberts is
a young, enterpyising business man, whose record needs no better endorsement than the
position he now holds with the live house with which he is connected.

OLON W. ROBERTS, Constable, came to Kansas October 1, 1877, and located in At-
chison. where he-has since resided. He was born in Crab Orchard, Lincoln Go., Ky., June
11, 1854, where he lived until his eighteenth year, when he removed to Christian County,
i. where he lived about three years, and was engaged in farming. From Illinols Mr.
Roberts went to Tecumseh, Neb., where he remained about nine months and then came to
Atchison. While in Atchison until his election as Constable over a Republican candidate
by an overwhelming majority, in an intensely Republican city, he was employed as fore-
man at clevator C. Mr. R. was married in Christian County, Tll., September 19, 1876, to
Miss Florence Viola Porter, a daughter of Hon. Eli Porter, of Christian County, Il. They
have three children, whose names are Anna, Florence Viola, and Solomon W.

LOUIS ROCHAT, dealer in jewelry, etc.

DAVID B. ROGERS, manager of the wholesale grocery house of Julius Kuhn, came to
Atchison in 1869, and engaged in the grocery house of D. C. Robbins & Co. as shipping
clerk. After a little time accepted the position of bookkeeper, and tn November of the
same year was put on the road as traveling salesman, being the first salaried wholesale
commercial agent employed from the city of Atchison to travel on the road. In January,
1874, he became a member of the firm of Challiss Bros. & Co., where he continued for four
years, and in 1881 secured his present situation. The subject of this sketch was born April
9, 1848, at St. Louis, Mo., where he graduated from the High School in_ 1866, his employ.
ment having been mostly in the grocery line since. Mr, Rogers married February 5, 1873,
Miss Bertha, daughter of Dr. W. L. Chailiss, of this city. He is president of the Owl Club
Literary Society, and was one of the instigators of the Bankers’ and Merchants’ Benefit As-
sociation, being secretary of the same. Is also an active worker in Washington Lodge No.
5 of the Masonic Order.

CHARLES E. ROTH, carpenter, came to Kansas October 5, 1878, and located in Atchi-
son where he hassiuce resided. He isa member of the Lutheran Church and belongs to
Roth Bros,’ Cornet Band. He was born September 28, 1856, at Centre Valley, Lehigh Coun~-
ty, Pa., where he lived until his ninth year, when his parents removed to Lower Saucon,
Northampton County, Pa, where he lived until he came to Kansas. While in Pennsylva-
nia he was engaged in farming and atthe Hellertown Iron Works, Since living in Kansas
he has followed his trade, that of carpenter. :

JOEL W. ROTH, carpenter and builder, came to Kansas pugust 1, 1878, and located in
Atchison, where he has since lived. He isa member of the Lodge No. 390 I. 0.0. F., of
Coopersburg, Pa., and a member of the Lutheran Church. He was a private in Company
E, One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and en-
listed October 18, 1862, and was mustered out of the service August 16, 1863. at Philadel-
phia, Pa. Mr. Roth was born in Colebrookdale Township, Berks Co., Pa., November 16,

827. His pwrents resided but one year in this place. After his birth they removed to
Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pa., where the subject of this sketch resided con-
tinuously for thirty-five years, when he removed to Lower Saucon Township, Northamp-
ton Co., Pa., where he lived until he came to Kansas. During all these years he was
engaged sometimes at farming and sometimes working at his trade. Mr. Roth was mar-
ried in Upper Saucon, Lehigh Co., Pa., August 26, 1849, to Mixs Catherine Schaefer, a
native or Lower Milford, Lehigh Co., Pa. They have had ten children, of whom nine are
living—William Henry, born March 38, 1850; ilson Franklin, February 6, 1852; Oscar
John, August 24, 1854; Charles Edwin, September 28, 1856; George Washington, July 24,
1858; Emma Matilda, August 16, 1860; Mary Catherine, August 14, 1862, died October 20,
qo p mober Winfield, August 1, 1865; Thomas Jacob, March 3, 1867; Preston James, May

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OSCAR J. ROTH, carpenter, came to Kansas October 5, 1878, and located in Atchison

where he has since resided and followed his trade. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.

He was born August 24, 1854, in Upper Saucon township, Lehigh County, Pa,
where he lived until his eleventh year, when his parents removed to Low-
er Saucon, County. Pennsylvania, where he_ resided until he

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eame to Kansas. While in Pennsylvania he engaged in farm work a short
time, and the rest of the time was at work in the Bethleheni rolling mills and the iron
works at Hellertown, Pa, Since he has lived in Atchison he has followed his trade of car-
penter. Mr. Roth is a member of Roth Bros.’ Cornet Band, which is mainly composed of
himself and six of his brothers. A brother-in-law is alsoone of he members. The whole
band consists of eleven pisces and only three performers are not members of the Roth fam-
ily. George W. Roth is the able leader of it. The whole family are noted for their musical abil-
ities and their band is in frequent request at parades, picnics, etc. Mr. Roth was married
May 1. 1875, at Hellertown, Pa., to Miss Isadore Orner, a native of Lower Saucon. Pa. She
died October 19, 1879. They had three children, twoof whom are living—Walter Eugene,
born October 4, 1875, and Jennie May, born March 27, 1877.

WILLIAM H. ROTG, carpenter, came to Kansas October 5, 1878, and locatedin Atchi-
son, where he lives at present. He isa member of the Lutheran Church and of the sau-
canna Lodge No. 606, I. O, O. F., Hellertown, Pa., and_of Roth Bros.’ Cornet Band., Mr.
Roth was born in Lehigh County, Pa., March 8, 1850. While he lived in Pennsylvania his
first employment was onafarm. At the age of seventeen he commenced learning the car-
penter’s trade, at which he worked for some years. One year before coming to
worked for the Hellertown [ron Company as furnaceman. Mr. Roth was married Decem-
ber 30, 1869. at Fogelsville, Lehigh Connty, Pa., to Sovilla Hollenbach, a native of Lehigh
County, Pa. ahey have six children, four of whom are living—Elenora C., born February
16, 1870; Peter H.. borri March 6, 1871, died August 11, 1871; James S., born September
15, 1872. died June 7. 1875; Irene J., December 25, 1876; Stella M., June 7, 1879; Horace
W., November 12, 1881.

MORRIS S. ROTHSCHILD, manager of Sterns & Bro’s. branch house of millinery and
fancy goods, No. 611 Commercial street, Ogdeu block. This house was established at Atchi-
son in February, 1878, by Henry and Isaac Stefns. who have been actively engaged in the
mercantile business at Leavenworth, Kans., for a quarter of a century. The subject of
this sketch has been in the employ of the above firm for two years, the first year at Leaven-
worth, when he was sent to Atchison to take charge of their branch house, which carries a
stock of $20.0U0 the sales per annum amounting to $35,000. The storeroom is 142x22, and
the business requires nine salesmen and women, but employs mostly ladies. Mr. Roths-
child’s birth place was at Leavenworth, Kans., December 22, 1863, where he also acquired
his education, being a student of the High School at that place previous to his engagement
with this firm, his father, 8. M. Rothschild, being formerly engaged in the same business,

WILLIAM M. RUSSELL, yard master forthe A., T. &S. F. R. R. Co., residence corner
Hickory and Division streets, North Atchison, commenced railroading in 1867, as_brakes-
man on the C., R. I P. In 1876 he was givena stele nt train on this road, which he ran to
Brooklyn, Iowa, and for three vears was engaged in this. In 1879 he came to Atchison and
until the spring of 1880, was employed as a switchman in the yards, and then was appointed
yard master of the same. During his sixteen years of experience on railroads he has never
met with an accident. Mr. Russell hailsfrom Logan County, Ohio, where he was born De
cember 31, 1848. In 1869 he was married in Davenport, Lowa, to Miss Alice Pelton, their
family consisting of twosons. He isa member of the Railroad Accident Insurance Com-
pany of Hartford.

HENRY J. RUST was one of the pioneers of Atchison County, having made claim in
the fall of 1854 to the northeast quarter of Section 20, Township 6, Range 20 (Mount Pleas-
ant Township), to which farm he removed his family April 1, 1855. Prior to settling in
Kansas he had lived in Platte County, Mo., being permanently located there In 1849, He
was engaged in farming until January, 1862, when he pave up the office of County Clerk to
which he had _ just been elected, enlisted in the Second Kansas Cavalry and served with his
regiment until he died of disease at Fort Smith, Ark., in the fall of 1863.

CHARLES W, RUST came to Kansas with his parents in 1855, located on Section 20,
Township 6, Range 20, and was engaged in farming until he entered the army, Sept. 19, 1861,
He enlisted at that time in Company C, Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was with his
company in all engagements until Dec. 15, 1864, when he received a wound which rendered
amputation of the leg necessary. He received his discharge June 6, 1865. After his return
he lived tn Mount Pleasant until his election Noveinber, 1865, to the office of County Clerk,
the duties of which be assumed in January, 1866, serving three successive terms. He then
engaged in real estate and abstract business, which he followed until Ortober, 1878, since
which time he has been Deputy County Treasurer. Mr R. was born near Vernon, Jennings
Co., Ind.. September 7, 1842. and lived in his native town until] he came to Kansas. He was
married in Atchison, December 26, 1867. to Mary J. Biddle, of Columbus, Ohio, daughter of
Joseph Biddle, an old settler and present resident _of Atchison, Mr. and Mrs, Rust have
four living children—Lillle Belle, Mabel C., Charles H., and Alice Florence, Maud died at
the age of six years; George Ralph, aged two and a half, and a little daughter at about the
age of one vear. Mr. Rust’s mother died several years agoin Atchison. Mr, R. is amem-
ber of the Knights of Honor.

GEORGE W. RYAN, foreman of bridges and buildings M, P. shops, was born in New-
His parents came to the United States in

ansas, he

port. County Tipperary. freland, April 22, 1843. “
1846, and settled in Chicago, where George W. received his schooling and learned the car-

entering trade In 1865 he became connected with the M. P. R.R. during its construction
nthe bridge building department; was afterwards in the same department with the Fort
8. and Gulf R. R., and was some three years with the H. & St. Joe KR. B.; left the latter at
Hannibal to take present position in July 17, 1880. Mr. R. was married in Kansas City,
September 19, 1872, to Miss Catherine Quirk, a native of Ireland. They have four children
living—George H., Mary E., Marcellus, Aurelia. Mr. Ryan is a member of the Catholic

hurch,
= THOMAS MOORE RYAN, inspector of weights and measures and market master of
the city of Atchison, came to Kansas September 15, 1865, and located in Atchison, where
he has since lived. He was in the army in the Quartermaster’s Department at Little Rock,
Ark., in 1863-4,and was mustered out of the service in September, 1864, at Little Rock,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Ark. Mr. Ryan was born inthe city of Manchester, Eng., April 28, 1820. He remained in
his native citv two years, when his parents removed to County Tipperary, Ireland, where
he remained untfl his elghteenth year, when he returned to the city of Manchester, where
he remained until his thirtieth year, when he came to America, and located in St. Louis,
Mo., where he was engaged inshoemaking and where he remained nine years, and then
went to St.Charles, Mo,. where he remained one year and then went to Booneville, Mo., where
he remained unti) he entered the army in 1863. After being mustered out of the service
he went to St. Louis, where he staid six anda half months and then went to Glasgow, Mo.,
where he remained one year, and came from there to Atchi-on, where he has resided since,
Mr. Ryan was married in Stockport, near Manchester, Eng., September 6, 1846, to Miss
Catherine Herr, a native of Tipperary, Ireland. They have had eight children, of whom
but two survive, whose names are Robert Henry and Nellie, both of whom are married and
have familles. 2

THOMAS TRUMAN SAFFORD, city policeman, came to Kansas in the spring of 1870,
and located and married in Atchison, where he has since-resided. He is a member of the
Friendship Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F. r. 8. was Assistant-Marshbal of the city of Atchison
for four years, and has been on the police force of the city. nearly all the time he has lived
in Atchison. He was born in Martinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y., April 8. 1834. His parents
lived in Martinsburg until the subject of this sketch was a little over one year old, when
they removed to Camillus, Onondago Co., N.Y. Inthis place Mr. Safford lived unril he at-
tained the age of twenty-four, when he removed to Fond du Lac, Wis,; from there he re-
moved to Saginaw, Mich., from whence he came to Kansas. While he resided in Fond du
Lac he was engaged the greater part of his time in breaking and training young horses,
in which he is an adept. r. Safford was for four years Deputy Sheriff of the County of
Saginaw, Michigan. He, also, subseq ‘ently held the office of City Policeman _ of Saginaw
Clty, Mich. He was married in Atchison in the fall of the year 1870, to Miss Mollie Staw-
pert, 8 native of St. Louis, Mo. They have one child, a boy aged eight years, named

Charlie.

H. B. SALLS, of H. B. Salls & Co., proprigtors of the Depot Hotel. was born in the
Province of Qnebec, Canada, January 6. 1852. He was educated in Canada and remained
there until 1876, when he went to St. Paul, Minn., where he engaged in clerking until 1877,
in which year he settled in Kansas. First located in Lawrence and engaged in clerking,
then moved to Scandia, where he engaged in grain business until 1879, then operated in
various stations of the Central Branch R. R., until he came to Atchison to take charge of
the Depor Hotel. Mr. 8. isa member of the K. of P.. of Clyde, Kas.

JAMES A. G. SAMPLE., M. D,, was born in Meigs Township, Adams Co., Ohlo, De-
cember 22, 1833. His grandfather, George Sample, was an Ohio pioneer, who emigrated
from Pennsylvania to that section before 1800, and served in the war of 1812, His father,
Mathew Sample, was born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1806; his mother, Elizabett Guillford,
was the daughter of a Virginian. James A.G., acquired bis early education in Ohio, and
commenced the study of medicine in 1859, with Dr. George Noble, of Highland County, in
the same State. He received his first course of medical lectures in the M dical College of
Ohio, in Cincinnati, graduated from the New York State Medical University, New York
City, in 1862, and co 1.menced practice at Mooretown, Upper Canada, removing from that

lace to Sombra. He graduated from the medical department of the Michigan University
n 1864, and afterward moved to Rushville, where he engaged in the drug and grocery
business in connection with his regular practice, residing at that place until his removal to
Atchison, November 20, 1880, attending inthe meantime in the winter of 1879, another
course of lectures at the Ohio Medica] College, from which he graduated March, 1880. Dr.
Samnle was married July 2.1866, al Marine City, Mich., to Emma Judson, of Chatham,
Canada. They have three children—Annie D,, Rolla P. and Pearl. Two of their children
have died, Charles Edward at the age of three years. and James Oscar while an infant. Dr.
Sample is a member of the Alumni Society #f the Ohio Med‘cal College, of the Blue Lodge,
and Chapter A. F. & A. M., and of the I. 0. 0. F., being now District Deputy Grand Master
of that order in Missouri. 7

. L SARGENT. general freight agent of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Guif R. R..,

with headquarters in Kansas City, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 26, 1837. Received
his education in that city. In 1861, he took a position in local freight department of the
Lc. &L. R. R., at Cincinnati, and was shortly after made bookkeeper and paymaster of
construction with offices at Harrison, Ohio, then Brookville an’ Connersville, Ind. Early
in 1868, returned to Cincinnati to take a position as contracting agent for the same com-
pany, which position he resigned in the fall of the same year, to accept a position with the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Co., he being one of the subscribers to the first sub-
scription for fund to construct this road. He went to Topeka. Kas., November 1, 1868. as
bookkeeper and paymaster for the A., T. & S. Fe R. R., andas the road was opened or-
ganized the different departments and had general charge of the operating departments, re-
maining as general freight agent until 1878. January 1, 1879, he accepted a position as
general freight and passenger agent of the Central Branch Union Pacific R. R.. and moved
to Atchison Kas. This road was annexed to the Gould system, July 1, 1879. he remain-
ing in charge of freight and passenger department, under the title of assistant general
freight and passenger agent, which position he retained until October 1, 1882. having also
in charge these departments of all the Missouri Pacific lines west of Kansas City. At this
time he resigned and a-cepted the general freight agency of the Kansas City. Fort Scott &
Gulf R. R.. with headquarters at Kansas City. He was married at Hamilton, Ohio., Aprii 23,
1862, to Miss C. C. Hughey. They have two children—John A. and Gertrude. Mr. S. isa
Knight Templar in the Masonic Fraternity. i.

HARLEN SCARLETT, engineer on engine 119 in the yards; residence corner of Park
and Eleventh streets, 1s a native of Orange County, Ind., born in 1833. He served two
years inthe great Rebellion as Second Lieutenant of the Eleventh M'ssouri Volunteer
Cavalrv, Company B. The subject of this sketch engaged with the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe R. R. Co.. in 1871. as wiper in the round-house at Emporia, Kas. Only remained
there a short time, however, when he was removed to Topeka in the same line. In 1874,
he became fireman, and ten months later commenced switching in the yards at. Atchison,
and was afterwards put on the road as engineer. Mr. Scarlett has been tn the employment of
this company for eleven years, six of them as engineer, and during that time has never
had any accident occur except one, and that was not from any neglect of duty on his part,
but was caused by a washout at Ellinwood in 1877, in which his fireman was very badly in-
jured., Mr. Scarlett has been married twice. His first wife, Miss Mary C. Pace, whom he
married in 1852, died April 15,1869. His present wife was Miss Celinda A. Sax, of Lyon
County, Kas., whom he wedded November 17, 1875.

GEORGE SCHEIGNER, yard and li master, Union Depot, Atchison. Mr. S. came to
Kansas in the month of November, 1879. He located in Topeka, where he remained until
February, 1880, and was engaged as brakeman on the Santa Fe R. R. He was employed in
the same capacity on the Hannibal & St. Joe R. R. until July 25, 1880, and then came to
Atchison and took charge of the Union Depot yard where he has been engaged since. He
is a member of the A. O. U. W., and U.S. M. A. A. Mr. Scheigner was born in Sauk City,
Sauk Co., Wis. February 5, 1857, and lived there until July, 1875. Since 1875 he has
lived in Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri and then came to Kansas. He was married
in Burlington, Towa, March 21, 1878, to Emma Christopher, a native of Morris, Grundy
Co., Ith They had two children whose names are Frederic O’Nellius, and Cora, ‘The wife
of Mr. S, died AU erie 26, 1881. His daughter, Cora, died June 16, 1881.

THEODORE SCHRAAG, professor of music and stenographic reporter, came to Kansas
December 25, 1872. and located at Peabody, where he remained about one year, when
he removed to Atchison, where he has since lived and followed his profession. Prof.
Schragg was born in Newport, Ky.. April 15, 1844, which he always considered his home
until he came to Kansas. In 1860-61, he attended Nelson’s Mercantile College in Ciucin-
nati, Ohto, but he did not remain to graduate owing to the breaking out of the War of the
Rebellion, in which he took an active part. Immediately upon the breaking out of the war,
he entered the United States naval service and was in it until the close of the war in 1865.
Prof. 8, was married in Atchison, Decemher 24, 1877, to Miss Nellie K. Morrison, a native
of Atchison. Thev have two children, whose names are Loyal Theodore and Louis Willie.

. A. SCHULTZ, two and one-half miles southwest of Atchison, was born In Blair Co.,
Pa,, in 1850, and raised in that State. He came to this State in 1881. where he engaged in
farming. He was married in Blair, Pa, in 1871, to Miss Mary M. Stickler, They have four
children—John, Alice, Harry, and Maud.

WILLIAM A. SCOLES, assistant superintendent of Fowler Bros. pork packing house of
East Atchison, residence Kansas City «care of the above firm). The subject of this sketch
was born in Dutehess County, N. Y., July 4. 1854, and prior to comin est was employed
at merchandising in New York city. In 1876 he entered the emplov oF the above company
in thelr packing house at Chicago, where he was foreman of agang of men. Two years
later he came to Atchison and took his present position in their immense estabiishinent,
which was erected In 1878 at the enormous expense of $200.000. When running its full
capacity they emplov-600 men, and put up 3.000 head of hogs daily. The dimensions of the
buildings are as follows, all constructed from brick, The larzes » which is the warehouse,
is 160 feet square and four stories high, with an addition on the north side for office, 60x75
and three stories high. The next building. which is devoted to getting the stock ready for
packing, and contains the boiler and engine house, is 160x90 and four stories, The third
and last building contains four ice houses, each with a ca acity of 18,000 tons, and aside
from this they have five more at Mud Lake, Mo., holding 20,000 tons. They have connec-
an anne rallroads centering at Atchison, and their yards and stock pens cover

JOHN J. SCOTT, farmer, P.O. Atchison, came to Kansas March 16, 1855, locating in
the City of Afchison, where he lived until the 23rd day of August of the same year, When
he moved to Shannon Township, Atchison County, where he lived until the next sprin
when he removed to his farm, in Walnut Township, inthe same county, five aud What?
miles from the City of Atchison, on the Leavenworth ‘road, where he has since resided.
Mr. Scott participated in the last war asa member of Company D, Thirteenth Kansas In-
fantry, and enlisted August 19, 1862, in Atchison, and was mustered out of the service at

 
ATCHISON COUNTY.

Little Rock, Ark., June 26, 1865. He took part inthe battles of Prairie Gr
and other minor engagements and skirmishes, Mr, Scott was born in Wernoeate area
1828, and lived there until his seventh year, when his parents removed to Beaver Connty,
‘a., where he lived until he came to Kansas. Fle was married in Beaver County, Pa.. Octo-
ber 22, 1846, to Miss Margaret Jorden, a native of Pennsylv nia. They have had seven
children, of whom three are living—James Marquess, (a resident of Salem.Oregon Territory.
Married May 19, 1891, to Miss Emily Hoffman. a native of the same Territory); Martha
Amanda, and John Wheeler, Mr Scott has a fine farm of 250 acres, bottom land, mostly
enclosed and in cultivation. The farm is well watered, Walnut Creek flowing through the
center of It. It isalso supplied witha well and cistern. The improvements consist of a
large and roomy frame dwelling, large stock barn, granary, smoke-house, etc., etc. The
orchard covers fifteen acres, and contains 500 apple trees of the most desirable varieties,
Mr. S. has also a couple of acres in grapes, and an abundance of small fruits, such as black-
berries, strawberries, etc. Mr, Scott is one of the prominent farmers of Atchison County,
and is noted for his thrift, industry, and genial good nature.

D. SCHWARZ & BRO., manufacturers and wholesale dealers in cigars, Atchison. This
house has attained a wide and well-merited reputation as a wholesale mart among
those that have given the city tone in this respect. The firm was established in
1872, anc from the commencement the enterprise has been asuccess, their trade being
substantially and continually on the increase, and at the present time their trade in Kansas
and Nebraska is one of the largest controlled in the Northwest. Mr. D. Schwarz, the senior
member of the firm, is a native of Germany, and was born is Bavaria, October 29, 1839.
‘When fourteen years of age he came to the United States, taking up his abode in Fredrick,

d., where he learned the cigar Inaiing trade, and resided two years. From 1857 to 1864
he pursued his adopted vocation in New York city, and in the latter year came West,
locating in Champaign, Ill, where he embarked in trade and was identified until he
came to Atchison in 1872. He was married in July, 1869, to Miss Rosa Horchheimer,
of New York. By this union they have five children—Carrie, Fannie, Joseph, Aaron,
and Leopold. Mr. S. isa member of the I. O. O. F., Schiller Lodge.

HENRY SCHWARZ, of D. Schwarz & Bro., isa native of Germany, and was born in
Bavaria, December 7%, 1854; came to America in 1865, locating in Champaign, where
he was engaged in the elgar and tobacco business until the firm established in Atchison
in 1872. Mr.S. is alive business man, thoroughly conversant with the details of his busi-

E. C. SCH WEIM, grocer, came from Germany, kingdom of Prussia, to Chicago, IIl., in
1874, and clerked for George Lessman & Co. until 1878, when he went to his present
location, Atchison, Kan. First went into business under the firm name of CG, F. Kroening

Co., and afterwards in the year 1881, he established his present grocery house. Mr.
Schweim came to America when but twenty-one years old. since which time, without
capital to start with, be has risen radually from a clerk’s position to his present powerful

osition of being the proprietor of the well-known Star Grocery establishment of Rtenison,

an, Mr.S. isa member of the German Lutheran Church; was married December %, 1881,
to Miss Elizabeth Back, who was born in Atchison.

CHARLES N. SEIP, agent for the Pacific Express Company, at Atchison, came origin-
ally fr-m Pennsylvania. Born in Reading, Berks County, October 22, 1849. Came to
Atchison in 1859, with his parents, Thomas L. and Keturah Seip. who are still residen’s of
this city. Charles N. Seip served four years at the printer’s trade, in the office of the Daily
Cha pion, and during the month of December, 1865, engaged in the express business with
the U. S. Company, first in a local office in St. Joe, Mo., as porter. He was soon, however,
advanced to money deliverer, then to cashier, and then finally. in 1870, was put on the road
as messenger, making headquarters at Atchison. He remainedin the employ of that com-
pany until January, 1880. when he took entire charge of the business for the Pacific Ex-
press Company inthis city. There are six men in the office, ten messengers, and two wag-
ons kept in constant use, for they do the largest express business in the city, and Mr. Seip.
being a thorough and practical business man, is fully competent to take entire charge of
the same, and run it successfully. He was married in Jetferson City, Mo.. April 22, 1872, to
Miss Fannie C. Grimshaw,

OWEN E. SEIP, is one of the oldest contractors and builders in Atchison, having been
engaged in the business continuonsly since his arrival in the place, in 1857 with an interim
of four years—1876, 77%, °78 and ’79 - during which time he served as Sheriff. Mr. Seip was
born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa,., January 9, 1836. He thoroughly learned the trade
ofa carpenter in his native town, serving an apprenticeship of three years, and at the age
of eighteen moved to Sterling, Ill, to commence work for himself. Among the structures
built by Mr. Seip in Atchison, are the Ola Central School buildings, the Kansas
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, MHetherington’s Bank buildiig, the Cham-
pion, and the Postoffice buildings, and most of the business structures on Com-
mercial street. Among the private residences may be mentioned those of Messrs.
Hetherington, H. Leisback, Jacob Leus, C. J. Meacham and Mrs. Bush, besides
forty-eight which he has built and owned himself at various times. Mr. Selp was
married, at Sterling Ill, July 1%, 1856, to Mary Boler, a native of Reading, Pa.
The same year he emigrated to Kansas, residing in the State a number of months before he
located at Atchison. He has served as County Commissioner two terms, and is now serving
his third term as Alderman of the First Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Seip have four children—
Eleanora. Mary J., Emma and Lillie. Mr. Seip isa member of A., F. & A. M., of I. 0. 0. F.
of K. of H., and A. 0. U. W.

, WILLIAM H. SEIP, M. D., removed from Washington, N. J., to the city of Atchison in
1878, where he is now successfully established as a physician and surgeon. Dr. Seip was
born in Easton, Pa., August 20, 1835. Atan early age he manifested a decided predilection
for the study of medici se, persisting in his chosen pursuit until he graduated from Jeffer-
son Medical College in 1859. From 1859 to 1861, being at the same time engaged in follow-
ing his profession, he was editor and publisher of the Easton Times and Der Beobachter.
April 17, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company D, First Pennsylvania Volunteers,
serving until July 29 of the same year. Inthe following September he again entered the
service as First Lieutenant of Company H, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was pro-
moted to Captain October 28, 1861; again promoted January 19, 1864, to Major of the First
Regiment of United States Colored Cavalry; to Lieutent Colonel December 6, 1865, and on
the 22d of May, 1866, was breveted Colonel ‘'for faithful and meritorious services during
the war,” as his commission reads, to rank from March, 1865. During his first three
montis term of service as private, Dr. Seip was appointed Assistant Surgeon of his regi-
ment, and was detailed as one of the surgeons in charge of the post hospital. From Decem-
ber 23, 1865, to February 4, 1866, he was in command of his regiment and was stationed at
Brazos Sautiago, Texas, where he was mustered out of service. On his discharge he com-
menced the practice of medicine in Easton Pa., where he remained about three years, when
he moved to Washington, N. J., in which place he was engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession until his removal and location in Atchison in 1878. Dr. Seip received the degree
of A. M. from his alma mater, Lafayette College. Easton, Pa., December 26, 1865. He was
married in May, 1855, to Emma O., a native of Easton and daughter of Rev. John P. Necht,

rofessor of German in, and one of the trustees of, Lafayette College. They have four
Hvine children—Sallie G., Mary G., Annie B. and William Hecht. Amy Leah died at the
age of sixteen; Percy Thomas at the same age, and Louise B. in tnfancy, Dr. Seip was one
of the members of the New Jersey and one of the founders of the Kansas State Pharma-
ceutical Association. While residing at Washington, N. J., he was commander of Post No.

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ANDREW SEMPLE, JR., member of the firm of Redington & Co.,is a native of Lanark-
shire, Scotland. his birth occurring July 28, 1850. Here he learned the stone cutter’s
trade, and in 1873 came with his parents to Canada, but after passing a short time there
came to the United States, his destination, Cleveland, Ohio, Lived there three years, then
traveled around working on various public buildings until the summer of 1879, when he
became an employe of the above firm, and two years later a partner ofthe same, Mr. Sem-
le is a member of the A.,F,& A.M., Active Lodge 158. He and his wife are connected with
he Presbyterian Church of Atchison. She was Miss Jennie B. Hamilton, of Scotland where
they were married in 1873, . .
EV. JAMES sWeye retired minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kansas
Conference, was born in the town of Hunter, Green Co., N. Y., November 30, 1808. His
arents were Moses and Christina Shaw, the former of English descent and the latter born
n Holland, her maiden name Burger. They removed to Medina County, Ohio, when the
subject of this sketch was quite a lad, and here he acquired a common schoo! education, and
at an early age learned the trade of hatter. This he iollowed until his marriage with Caro-
line Curtiss, of Ohio, which occurred April 11, 1828. Feeling it their duty to live a religious
life they both immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He became
deeply impressed with the idea that he ought to become a minister of the-gospel, and began
to educate himself for that calling. He first began an academic course at the Norwalk
Seminary,and in 1836 united with the Michigan Conference, but according to the rules of the
Church, had to preach two years and pursue a theological course of stndy and pass an exami-
nation before ordination. His appoin ments were as follows: 1836, Kenton Circuit. Ohio; 1837,
Dundee, Mich.; 1838, Romeo, Mich.; 1839, Farmington; 1840, Pontiac, where he remained
two years; 1842, Monroe City, where he remained two years. In 1838 he was ordained
Deacon, andin 1840 Elder. In 1844 he was Appointed Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor
District; 1847 he was apnointed Presiding Elder of the Lansing District, where he was
elected chaplain to the Michigan Senate; he was a delegate to the General Conference of
1848; in 1848 he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Detroit District, where he remained.
four years; 1852 he was appninted Presiding Elder of the Lake Superior District, embrac-
ing the mines and Indian missions, where he remained four years; in 1857 he was trans-
ferred to Ka sas and settled in Doniphan County, andin May of that year preached the first
sermon in Atchison; in 1838, he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Leavenworth Dis-
trict. and has served in various districts since, always putting forth his best efforts to build

t ity. ‘
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1876, and located in the city of Atchison, where he has resided since. He isa member of
the Lutheran Church. He was in the United States naval service during the last war; was
enlisted in New York city, February 5, 1862, and was discharged from the service in the
same city, April 25, 1865. While in the service he participated as one of the crew of the
United States frigate ‘St. Lawrence,” in the fight with the ‘ Merrimac ** off Newport News.
He was subsequently transferred from the ‘St. Lawrence” to the United States sloop of war
“San Jacinto,” and_ served in her until she was lost off the Bahama Banks. He was then
transferred to the Un'ted States schooner ‘* Two Sisters,” on which he served the remainder
of the time while inthe service. Mr. Shay was born in Owan, Wurtemberg, Germany, No-
vemher 9, 1838, and lived in his native land until his thirteenth year, when he emigrated to
America in com pany. with two of his sisters, and located in the city of New York where he
lived three years. From there_he removed to Ulster County, N. Y., where he lived one
year and then returned to New York city, where he lived two years and then went to sea,
where he served in various merchantmen until 1862. when he entered the United States
naval service. After the close of the war, he again went sea, serving once more on mer-
chantmen, whic : occupation he followed until he came to Kansas. Since his advent in his
adopted State, he has held numerous positions of trust under the city government and else-
where, all of which he has filled with rare fidelity and zeal.

B. SHLIFFLET, livery, sale and boarding stables. Business established in 1879, by.
Evans & Shifflet. Evans retired in 1880, Mr. Shifflet keeps about fifteen horses with a full
camplement of carriages. Mr. Shifflet was born in Greene County, Ohio, June 6, 1840. In
1846, his parents moved to Bureau County, Ill, where he was raised. In 1869, he set-
tled in Atchison County. Kan., where he engaged in farming until 1879. In 1862, he en-
listed in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry; served
until the close of the war. Mr. 8. was married in Bureau County, Ill., December 25, 1862, to
Miss Lucy J. Osborne, of Bureau County. They have two children, George and Minnie,

L. SHIFFLET, proprietress Fifth ‘Street Hense, Business established in 1880. The
house is frame, two stories and basement, ahout 35x45 feet, and contains sixteen rooms. |

CHARLES A.SHOUP came to Atchison in September, 1871, and became associated with
Mr. Regnier, in the crockery business, the same month, the firm being Regnier & Shoup.
He is a native of Canton, Ill., and removed from Galva, Henry Co. Il. to Atchison. Regnier
& Shoup have built up a large and prosperous wholesale and retail business, their sales
extending to Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri and New Mexico.

ROBERT SINCLAIR, bookkeeper for the firm of Bryning & Grimes, manufacturers of
linseed oil and o1l cake, was originally from New Brunswick, born November 16, 1852. His
time was devoted to acquiring an education until 1869, when he embarked in the mercantile
business in his native town, and until 1874 was engaged in the same. During the fall of
1877. Mr. Sinclair came to Boston; worked forI.S. Trafton during the winter, and in the
spring took a course of commercial studies in Freneh’s Commercial College; atter which
he came to Atchison, Kan., his first employment tn Atchison being with the Atchison Ele-
vator Company, W. F. Downs, president; remained in this employ two years. He next
went with Cain Bros.’ branch office at St. Louis; and in October, 1881, returned to Atchison
to fill his present position. .

D. B. SMART, machinist, Atchison, was born in Burnham, Me., May 3, 1845. When
quite young his parents moved to Fayette County, Iowa, where he was raised. At
eighteen he left home, and began trading at different points on the Upper Mississippi river,
which pursuit he followed until 1870, when he went to Eau Claire, Wis., and learned the
machinist trade, remaining three years. He then went to Minneapolis. Minn., where he
worked at bis trade until 1876. Coming to this place, he found emplovment at the Central
Branch Railroad shops, where he remained until 1880. when he opened a shop at 905 Com-
mercial street. He has superior machinery and tools, and has facilities for turning out
nearly all classes of work in his line. Was married in Red Wing, Minn.. in 1875, to Miss
Lillie A. Bureh, and has three children—Harry, George, and Roy. Is a member of Active
Lodge. No. 158, A. F. & A. M., Atchison,

GEORGE G. SMITH, foreman blacksmith department M. P. shops, was born in Cam-
bridge. England, October 10,1845. He came tothe United States with his parents in 1852
and Incated at Aurora, Ill, He learned his trade in the €., B. & Q. R. R. shops, commencing
in 1861. During the war he was in government service for atime at Nashville. Tenn. In
1865 moved to Kansas City in the employ of the M. P. R. KR. During 1868 was connected
with U. P. R. R. at Omaha and Laramie. In 1869 was a short time with the H. & St. JoR.R,
atSt. Jo, Mo. Then took charge of Fort Scott & Gulf R. R. shops at Kansas City, remaih-
ing about four years, Was then connected with the A.& N.R.R. at Atchison, until he
took his present position in 1877. Mr. §. was married in Kansas City, Mo., February 12,
1867, to Miss Jane Smithev, a native of Indiana. They have seven children—Charles G.,
William G., Annie, James G., Edith, Cora, Alice. Mr.S.isa member of thel, 0. O. F,

JACOB M. SMITH, proprietor of the American Pork House. situated on the east side of
the Missouri River, in what is known as East Atchison. This establishment was erected in
1880. at the large expense of $100,000, and when in full running order has a capacity for
about 17.000 hogs ner day, the meat being shipped to both home and foreign markets. Mr.
Smith was born in Monroe County, W. Va., September 24, 1831, and is the son of Merry _W.
Smith, who was engaged largely inthe manufacture of wool in that State, who moved to
Adams County, Ill., with his family, in 1840. and settled onafarm. Jacob M. learned the
cooper’s trade in his young days, and in 1850 crossed the plains to California, at the time
of the mining excitement. He, however, returned to Illinois the same year and purchased
his father’s cooper shop, being employed at this and merchandising until 1855. At this
time he gained his first experience at pork packing, and he carried it on extensively at
Quincy, Il!., until his removal to Kansas, which occurred in 1880. Mr. Smith was elec ed
Mayor of Quincy in 1875. and served several terms as Alderman. He is a member of Wash-
ington Lodge, No. 5. of \tchison, and was initiated in the Masonic Order in 1862, having
now attained the thirty-second degree. His wife was Miss Zippy Hanks, whom he married
in Adams County, IIl., in 1851.

REUBEN F. SMITH was born in Greenwood, Steuben Co., N. Y., August 3, 1840,
From his native State he removed to Illinois, and lived for a time at Waukegan, and in
1858 immigrated to Kansas. Helived forone yearat Troy, in Doniphan County, and in
1859 went to Pike’s Peak, where he remained two years, engaged in mining and merchan-
dizing. In 1861 he returned, and in September entered the Quartermaster’s Department of
Union Army, al Jefferson City, Mo., in which he remained until March, 1866, being Quar-
termaster’s Agent, for about four years, with rank of A.Q.M. During this time his sta-
tions were Jefferson City, St. Louis, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Mobile, and Montgomery.
In Muy, 1866, he returned to Kansas and lived for about two years at Wauthena, where he
published a history and directory of Doniphan County. From Wauthena he removed to
Council Bluffs, Iowa, and remained in that place a year and a half, being one of the proprie-
tors of the commercial college of Marshall, Smith & Co. He ther went to Sedalia, Mo., and
remained in that town four years. While here, he started the Daily Bazoo, and was one of
its editors three years, afterwards starting the Daily Democrat, of which he was. one of
the editors eight months. He also published at Sedalia “Smith’s Guide to the Southwest.”
In 1873 he removed to Atchison and became one of the editors and proprietors of the Atch-
ison Daily Globe, which was discontinued in December of the same year. Mr. Smith then
tonk a position as bookkeeper for McPike & Allen. wholesale druggists, and in 1875 pub-
lished “Smith’s Guide to Northern and Northwestern Kansas.” He commenced dealing in
real estate in 1878, and has been continuously enga ed in the business since thattime. He
was married in Montgomery, Ala., April 17, 1864. to Laura A. Vaughan, a native of Vir-
ginia, They have four children now fying: William W. A,, Mary Elena, Reuben F. and
Alonzo McPike. Mr. Smith is a member of I. 0, O. F., Friendship Lodge, No. 5; Atchison
Lodge, 1284, Knights of Honor; Golden Rule Lodge No. 7%, K. & L. of H., and Atchison
Lodge, No. 4. A. O. U. W., and Atchison Legion No. 16 S. K. A. O. U.W.

WILLIAM R. SMITH, a native of Peru, LaSalle Co., Ill.. came to Kansas with his
parents, and located near Valley Falls, Jefferson Co., in the fall of 1857. In.1860 he went
to Atchison and commenced his law studies with Judge P. L. Hubbard: in 1870, graduated
from the Literary Department of Kenyon College, Ohio, and in 1872, from the Law Depart-
ment of Michigan University, He commenced practice in Atchison, and has remained in
that city until the present time—since 1876, associated with Henry C. Solomon.

ENRY SNELL, section boss of Section 1 of the A.. T. & S. Fe R. R., residence, corner
of Kansas avenue and Eighteenth street. This section includes all of the track inside of
their yards at Atchison. making ahout seventeen miles, He has also nine men_under his

eneral supervision. The subject of this sketch was born February 29, 1832, in Westmore-
and County, Pa. After attaining a liberal education, he learned the carpenter’s trade,
which he followed ‘until he commenced railroading. In 1859 he married Miss Amanda
J. Truxel, of his native State, and in’63 engaged with the old Pennsylvania Central, first
as carpenter, then, after one year, took charge of the track in the yards. In the fal! of 1881
ats Snel eam West to Atchison, where he has since been employed as above with the A., T.

. Fe R. R.

JOHN L. SNYDER, barber, came to Kansas March 14, 1871, and located _ in Pottawato-
mie County where he lived eleven years. and from there came to Atchison, March 12, 1882.
Mr. Snyder was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth. Regiment Illinois
Infantry, and enlisted in Springtield, [1L, January 1, 1863. He participited in all the en-

agements in which his regiment took part, and was mustered out of the service September
0, 1864, at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill. Mr. S. was born in Putnam County. Ohio, July
27,1847. He lived in his native plac+ about one year when his parents removed to Penn-
sylvania, and lived there until his seventh year, when they removed to Illinois, where he
lived until March, 1871, when he came to Kansas. He was married in Farmington, Fulton
County, IIL, December 22, 1869, to Miss Emily A. Spence, a native of Ohio. They have
three chiliiren living. whose names are —Harry W., Mary A. and John Burton.

JOSEPH SPECK, engineer on the Missouri Pacific_R. R., residence West Kansas City,
is a native of Ohio, born March 17, 1852, in Coshocton County. Ais first employment on the
railroad was with the Mi !land Pacific Co. as fireman, where he remained seven months
then changed to the Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis road, where he served in the same
capacity for a time, and in 1875 ran his first engine. Mr. Speck removed to Kansas City,
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Mo.. July 22, 1877, and entered the service of the Missouri Pacific R. R. Co., and has since
Leen running an engine between that city and Atchison. He is a gentleman well acquainted
with his business, and stands high in the estimation of hisemployers. Mr. Speck is a mem-
ber of the A. 0. U. W. of Illinois, being also connected with the Locomotive Engineers’
Brotherhood of Wyandotte, Kansas, His wife was formerly Miss Harriet Bentze, of
Barnsville, Ohio. hey were married at Kansas City, in 1878. ,

DR. A. N. SPRAGUE. Among the first practitioners of the medical profession in
Northeastern Kansas is the subject of thissketch. Heisa native of Vermont, was born in
Windsor County, August 2%, 1825. His parents were old settlers of the Green Mountain
State and removed to North Adams, Mass., when A. N. was very young. Here he resided
until thirteen years of age. Early in life he took up the study of medicine in Pittsfield,
Mass., afterwards in Syracuse, N. Y.; took lectures in New York City, and in the spring of
1845 graduated in the Crosby St. College of Physicians and Surgeons in that city. He prac—
ticed his profession in New York State, Louisiana and Ohio, veing located in Rochester, of
the latter State, and came from there to Kansas, arriving in Atchison May 1, 1860. He was
in very limited circumstances, having but $1.50 when he arrived at the pioneer town of
Atchison, He was obliged to sell a large part of his library at a sacrifice, owing to the fact
that purchasers of medical works were scarce in Kansas at that remote period. His early
experiences in Kansas were fraught with all the drawbacks incidental to the first settlers in
anew country. As the county began to settle up his practice extended out, and he was fre-
quently called long distances from Atchison. uring the war, like other patriotic citizens
he belonged to the miiltia; was on the Price raid in Missouri a few years after, lo-
cating in Atchison, he built a residence and dealt extensively in town property; was engag-
ed in freighting on the plains and in this linewas eminently successful fora time, but unfort-
unately he lost one entire train, on account of an Indlan raid; the loss he sustained
amounting to $12,000. There are but few citizens who have been more closely assoclated
with Western enterprise than Dr. Sprague, or are more universally popular. When he first
came to Atchison there was considerable sickness, and the people were in poor circumstan-
ces. He attended to their wants, dealing out hundreds of dollars’ worth of medicine which
he had in stock, gratuitously, without any prospects of ever being recompensed. During his
Jong sojourn in Atchison he has been noted for the active part he has taken in all matters
pertaining to the moral status of the city. He has always been an_active worker in the
temperance cause, and for a number of years wasiGrand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of
‘Temperance in Northern Kansas. The doctor has been married twice, first In Albany, N.
Y., in 1854, to Miss Louisa Hunt, They had two cbildren—Eugene and Nettie, both deveased.
Eugenedied in Ohio, and Nettie in Atchison; Mrs. S. also died in Atchison in 1867. Miss
Annie Haskins became his wife in 1868. She isthe daughter of Joseph Haskins, Esq., one
of Atchison’s oldest citizens. They have one daughter—Louisa. 7

OD. C. STARR, blacksmith, 905 Commercial street, Atchison, Kan.,was born in Audrain
County, Mo., in March, 1847. At eight years of age his parents moved*to Doniphan County,
Kan., settling near Doniphan, where he attended schoo] winters and worked on the farm
summers, until nineteen years old, when he engaged in farming for himself, until 1871,
when he moved to this pince-and was car repairer onthe A. & N. Railroad. In 1872, went
into the car-shops of that road, where he remained until 1875, when he went to Nebraska,
and was fireman onthe Midland Railway until the spring of 1876; returned to this place,
and in connection with P. B. Urie, started a blacksmith shop on Eighth street. In 1878,
sold his interest to his partner, and opened a shop on Main street, where he remained until
1881, when he built a stone shop at his present Jocation. Was married in St. Joseph, Mo.,
September 25, 1873, to Elizabeth Ogden, of Atchison, Kan. They have one child, Maud A.
Is a member of Atchison Lodge, No. 60, I. 0. G. T.

STEELE & MCKELVEY, manufacturers of galvanized iron cornice, 113 Seventh street,
north of Commercial. This firm was established in November, 1881, and is now doing an
extensive and prosperous business; receive orders all over the State; making a specialty of
this and tin roofing. James W. McKelvey, of this firm, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Octo-
ber 25, 1858; learned the tinner’s trade in his native State, and in 1879, came to Kansas,

starting in business here as above. .H. Steele, of the said firm, is a native of the same
plate; awaeuee County, born April 29,1851. He learned the tinner and cornice trade in
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subsequently came to Atchison, in 1877, where he worked by the day at his trade,
until he established the above business.

JOHN I. STEELE, engineer on the Missouri Pacific R. R.. residence 519 North Second.
street; commenced railroading in 1867, as clerk in the General Superintendent's office of
the Central Branch of the Mo. Pac. road. Having a desire to bea machinist, he entered
the shops at Atchison, where he learned the trade. In the'spring of 1872, he engaged with
the U. S. Express Co. as messenger, which he pursued till "76, when. he re-entered the ser-
vice of the Mo. Pac. R. R. Co. Fortwo years he acted as fireman, taking his first engine in
August, 1878, and has since been engineer on. this road. discharging his various duties ina
thorough and every way creditable manner. Mr. Steele is connected with the Masonic Fra-
ternity,in Active Lodge No.158. He is also a member of the Engineer’s Locomotive Brother-
hood, and was a charter member of the firemen’s society by the same name.

MYRON L. STEPHENS, head bookkeeper for G. C. Hixon & Co., lumber merchants, was
born in Livonia, N. Y., during the year 1860; came West with his parents in 1865, stopping
in Illinois, where his father, Dr. W. M. Stephens, practiced his profession until August,
1880, when he removed to Atchison, Kan. In the spring of 1879, Myron L. began a west-
ern tour, BESTE: from Cerro Gordo, II., and landing first at Denver, Colo, From there he
went to the northern part of the State, and to Wyoming, and thence traveled southward into
New Mexico as far as the Hot Springs, at Las Vegas. Thence he went northward to Colo-
rado, and from there undertook an overland trip to westeru Kansas; down the South Platte
and up the Frenchman’s Fork of the-Republican River; then going to Atchison, where he
has since resided. Here he completed his study of bookkeeping. and in the spring of 1882,
became connected with the above firm as bookkeeper. Mr, Stephens is a gentleman of de-
cided business talent, being well adapted for this vocation, and although young, has thor-
oughly established his position as 4 bookkeeper.

R. STEVENSON, photographer, a native of New Jersey, was born January 21, 1824,
His father, Charles Stevenson, was a native of New Jersey and removed with his family,
including the subject of .this sketch, to Delaware County, Penn., when he was very young.
Here hespent his earlier days. He learned the photographing business in Philadelphia,
Penn., of which city for several years he was a resident. In 1858, came to Kansas, locating
in Leavenworth, being one of the first in that branch of art in the city. Was prominently
identified for several years. In 1871. he located in Atchison and has built uP a good trade,
being an artist of superior merits. Mr. Stevenson was married in 1854, to Miss Annie Tay-
lor, of Renney ania. They have five children—Annie, Charles, William, Mary and Horace.

S. R_ STEVENSON, of Atchison Furniture Company, was born_in County Donegal,
Ireland, December 26, 1847. His parents were both Scotch visiting County Donegal at the
time. A few months after his birth they returned to Glasgow, Scotland, where he received
his education. In 1859, he came to the United States and settled in Philadelphia, where he
engaged in clerking until 1865, in which year he settled in Atchison, Kas., and learned cab-
inet making with Dickinson & Co. In 1874, he went to California remaining only a few
months, then returned to Atchison and became connected with the A. & N. R. R., and con-
tinued with them until the present firm was established. Mr. 8. is the founder of the pres-
ent extensive business. He was married in Doniphan County, Kas., June 18, 1871, to Miss
Sadie A. Price, of that county. Her family are now in Atchison County. They have four
children—Annie, Mattie, Bessie and Willie. Mr.8.isamember of the Episcopal Church.
Is a Balen Templar inthe Masonic Fraternity, being P. M. of Washington Lodge No. 5.
In the I. O. O. F.. he is “P. G.” in the Lodge and “P. C, P.” Inthe Encampment, Is also a
member of the Uniform Rank, K. of P.

CHARLES A. STUART, Justice of the Peace, came to Kansas, May 22, 1869, and
located at Atchison, and with the exception of twenty-one months spent at Troy Junction,
Kan., as agent for the A.&N. R. R., has lived here since. Forabout elght years of this
time he was a clerk in the A. & N. and M.P. R. R. offices, and for three years was con-
nected with the extensive wholesale drug house of McPike & Fox, as shipping and
receiving clerk. On the 4th day of April, 1882, he was elected Justice of the Peace on the
Democratic ticket, by a jaree majority in an intensely Republican city, which shows the
high regard Mr. 8’s neighbors have for his honesty and capacity. Mr. Stuart previous to
coming to Kansas was clerk of the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County, W. Va., for eight
years. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity ana A, O, U. W. e was born in Au-
gusta County, Va., November 23, 1885, and lived there seven vears, when his parents
removed to Greenbrier County, W. Va., where he lived until he came to Kansas, Mr. 8, has
been twice married. His first marriage took place at Rockbridge County, Va., September
23,1856, to Miss S. Lizzie Bell, who died in September, 1862. On the 14th day of March,
1868, he was again united In marriage at Lewisburgh, W. Va., to Miss Nellie P. Lewis, a
native of Lewisburg. a grandniece of Gen. George Washington.

J, H. SUTLIEF, farmer, five miles west of Atchison on Parallel road; was born in 1861,
at Monrovia, Kan., where he attended school winters and worked on the farin summers;
nas always lived In Kansas; was married November 23, 1881, to Miss Claudia Bailey, of
this county.

PRANK SUTTER, dealer in jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware. Business estab-
lished in 1868 by Mr. Sutter, and has since remained unchanged. Mr. Sutter was born in
Switzerland, December 3, 1836. In 1854 he came to the United States and settled in Michi-
gan, where he engaged in jewelry business until 1868, in which year he inoved to Atchison,
Kan. Myr. Sutter was married in Detroit, Mich., June 8, 1863,to Miss Mary Shadde,a
native of Germany. They have five children—Edward, Clara, Emma, Frank, Allie.

P. L. SWEENEY, weigh-master for the M. P. R. R. Co., residence on Commercial street,
between Ninth and Tenth, Was born in Oneida County, N, Y., May 10,1838. In early
life he learned the tradé of miller, and followed this occupation in his native State and in-
Boston, Mass., up to the time he started railroading. Came to Kansas in 1873, and during
the same year entered the employment of the U. P. R. R. Co., as night watchman and
baggage master on the Central Branch. Jnst assoon as the business of the road increased,
however, he became general baggage master, and filled that situation until January, 1880,

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GEN. B, F. STRINGFELLOW was born and received his academic education at Fred-
ericksburg. Va., afterward continuing the study of mathematics and the natural sciences,
at the University of Virginia, at Charlotteville, from which institution he graduated. In
the fall of 1835, he commenced the study of law at Fredericksburg, and after reading two

ears was admitted to the bar. He commenced his practice at St. Louis, afterward remov-
ing to Huntsville and thence to Keytesville, Mo., where he was appointed Circuit Attorney,
and held the office four years. He wasa memberof the Missouri Legislature of 1844-45,
and subsequently Attorney General for the State four years. In 1849, he formed a law
partnership with P. T. Abell at Brunswick, in Chariton County, where they remained until
the fall of 1853, when they moved to Weston, in Platte County, Mo. The partnership con-
tinued until the fall of 1861, Mr. Abell in 1856. going to Atchison, Kas., and Gen. String-
fellow also moving to same place in the fall of 1859, where with his family he still resides,
one of the most honored and respected citizens. AS an attorney his attention is mainly
given to special cases of importance, prinetpally railroad cases. He has been attorney for
the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R. R., since its organization, and was one of the
fonder OL ne enterprise. He was married May 15, 1844, to Catherine A. Adams, of Chari-

on County, Mo.

A. B. SYMNS was born in Monroe County, West Virginia. Hecameto St. Joe, Mo., in
1853, where he was employed as aclerk two years, and afterwards lived three years in St.
Louis, before locating in Kansas. In 1858 he settled inthe town of Doniphan, Doniphan
County, and remained there engaged in mercantile pursuits, until he removed to Atchison
in March, 1872. He opened in Atchison a wholesale and retail grocery, and continued this
business without a partner until March 1, 1878,.when the firm became Symns & Turner,
which was again changed in 1880 to the: present firm of A. B.Symns & Co., the members
being A. B. Symns, J. B. Murphy and R. H. Ballantine. .

TABOR BROS., clothing and gents’ furnishing goods,, No. 308 Commercial street,
established this business at Atchison in April, 1881. The firm consists of three brothers,
two of whom are in Cohoes, N. Y., where they have a large establishment devoted to the
above line of business. The brothers are Anson, Bernard, and Leo, all born in Bavaria,
at the city of Munich, the latter in 1860. He emigrated to the United States in 1873,
and was eng ed with his brothers at Cohoes, N. Y., previous to coming to Atchison and
establishing this branch, The storeroom is 22x90 and well filled with the choicest and
mee complete line of gent’s furnishing goous to be found in the city, and is strictly ‘‘ one

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JOSEPH TACK, engineer on the Missouri Pacific R, R., residence Utah avenue between
Liberty and Federal streets, is a native of Wisconsin, born at Stevens’ Point, Portage Co.
February 2, 1856.- In 1873 the subject of this sketch commenced railroading on the Central
Branch of the Missouri Pacificas wiper inthe shops at Atchison. At the expiration of one
year he advanced to fireman, and three years later was put in charge of an engine, running
on this road in that capacity ever since. Mr. Tack is now the oldest employee of this road in
the capacity of engineer; and once, by the special order of Supt. Maj, W. 8. Dowers, made a
fast run of 185 miles in four hours and thirty-six minutes, The subject of this sketch isa
member of the Engineers’ Locomotive Brotherhood, No. 164, at Atchison, and the Fire-
man’s Locomotive Brotherhood of the same city. His wife was Miss Kate Reilly, of this
city, to whom he was married January 7, 1879.

JOSEPH H. TALBOT first came to Kansas on a prospecting tourin 1855. In June, 1857,
he loca ed with his family in Centre Township, at Monrovia, where he resided until he was
elected Register of Deeds, and assumed the duttes of the office in January, 1862. At this
time he removed to Atchison, and after serving three terms as Register of Deeds, engaged
in real estate business, in which he has continued to the present time, being now the oldest
real estate dealer in the city. Mr. Talbot was a member of the State Militia, and partici-
pated-in the Price raid, He has always been a Free-state man, and an active Republican.
He is now a member of tbe School Board, also a member of the orders of A., F. & A. M.,
I. 0. 0. F., A. O. U. W., and K. of H. He was born in Canal Dover, Tuscarawas Co., Ohlo,
May 20, 1832. At the age of twenty-one he located in Zanesville, Ind., near Fort Wayne,
where he resided for about four years engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1856 he
removed to Des Moines, lowa, where he remained until he located in Kansas. He was
married at Canal Dover, Ohio, August 21, 1853, to Maria L. Reck, daughter of Rev.
Jobn B. Reck of the English Evangelical Lutheran Church, a clergyman prominent in the
organization of Wittemburg College at Springfield, Ohlo. Mrs. Talbot is a native of
Washington County, Md, They have six children—Kate K., John R., B. Frank, Maria L.,
Grace R., and Joseph H.

. D. TARRANT, contractor and plasterer, Atchison, Kan., was born in Greene County,
Tenn., in 1833. When thirteen years of age his parents removed to Cass County, Mo.,
where he attended school until eighteen years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade
and shortly afterward the plasterer’s trade; the latter he has since followed. In 1863
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moved to this place where he engaged in contracting.

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ASA PEASLEE TENNEY, M. D., was born in Concord, N. H., September 21, 1833. In
1855, he commenced the study of medicine in his native town, and continued his studies in
1856-57, under the instruction of Dr. J. F. Jarvis, of Boston, Mass. In the fall of 1857, he
became connected with the Boston Lunatic Asylum as assistant physician, a position he
retained until 1859. He graduated March 3, of that year, from Harvard Medical College,
Poston. From 1859 until June, 1864, he was assistant physician at the Illinois State Hospi-
tal for the Lnsane, at Jacksonville, and afterward practiced his profession at Bloomington.
In October,1877,was appointed Puperntendent of the Kansas State Lunatic Asylum, located
at Osawatomie. In December, 1879, he removed to Atchison, where he continues in the
active practice of medicine and surgery. He was a member of the Illinols State Medical
Society, the Central Illinois District Society, and McLean County Society; was for several
years secretary of the Board of Examining Surgeons at Bloomington, Lil. In Kansas, he is
a member of the State Medical Society; has been President of the Atchison County Medical
Society, and is the United States Examining Surgeon for pensions. He is master of Wash-
ington Lodge, in the order of the A., F.& A. M.; holds office in Washington Chapter and
Commandery. and is a memberof the Grand Lodge. He was married, September 21, 1863,
to Minerva Tenney, of Binghamton, N. Y. They have had four children. The oldest
son died in infancy. The second, Walter H., died in Atchison, September, 1879, aged twelve
years. One daughter, E mily, and son, Edwin Roy, are living.

THOMAS D. TERRELL, Ph. G., Ph. D., chemist and dragsist, came to Kansas April
16, 1881, and located in Atchison, where he has since resided. Ever since his arrival in
Atchison Ife has held an fnportant and responsible position in the large wholesale drug es-
tablishment of McPike & Fox. Dr. Terrell isa member of Paradise Lodge No. 127, I. O.
VU. F., Philadelphia, Pa,,and a member of the Independent Order of Red Men, Tribe No.
190, of the same city. Dr. T, was born in Macon, Miss , September 4, 1853, where he lived
until his sixth year, when his parents removed to Camden, N.J., where they lived for five
years, when they removed to eouladel atta, Pa., where the subject of this sketch resided
until September, 1879. when he came to Columbia, Boone County, Mo., from whence he
came to Kansas. Dr. T. is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, class of 74,
and a member of the Missouri Pharmaceutical Association, and is well and favorably
known for his practical and scientific acquaintance with his profession. zi

CHARLES G. TIBBITTS, foreman of the Santa Fe railroad fangs, and of engine No, 119,
resivence 1029 Parallel street, entered the railroad service in the fall of 1866, as brakesman
on the Lake Shore Railroad. Remained there till the spring of 1870, then came West,
where he followed the same occupation for a time, and afterwards ran a freight train four
years, Was then conductor on the C., M. & St. P. R. R. until the fall ot %8. when he came
to Atchison, and immediately took charge of the yards for the Santa Fe Railroad Company,
at Wichita, and in May, 1881, was located in Atchison as-above. Mr. Tibbitts took an active
part in the late Rebellion, serving the entire four years and three months as a volunteer in
the Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, Company F, and at the battle of Chickamauga was wounded
twice, the first time in the head, the second in the foot, while lying unconscious. He isa
member of the A., F. & A. M., Hawkeye Lodge No. 30, Muscatine, lowa, and has a policy in
the Hartford Accidental Insurance Company. Mr. Tibbitts’ first wife was Miss Sarah J.
Lacey. They were married at Toledo, Ohio, in 1860. She died in March, 1879. In Febru-
ary, 1880, he married his present wife, who was formerly Miss Clara M. Phillips.

_.  L. TODD, superintendent of the Chicago Atchison Bridge Company, came to Kansas
in the spring of 1857, aud located at Leavenworth, where he was employed in the Citizens’
Bank about two years as bookkeeper and teller, and afterward as teller for Smoot, Russell
& Co., until the spring of 1860. e next went to Denver, where he was cashier for Clark,
Gruber & Co. for about a year, and then engaged in the grocery business in the same place.
In 1863, he returned to Leavenworth, and took a position as bookkeeper in a wholesale
grocery house, Went again to Denver, in the spring of 1864, and in the spring of the same
year moved to Michigan, where he engaged in mercantile business at Moreuce, and re-
mained until the spring of 1870. July, 1870, he moved to Atchison, and was in the drug
business in that city until June, 1874. In May, 1875, he was made cashier of the American
Bridge Company, and held the position until the completion of the Chicago & Atchison
Bridge, at Atchison, September 1,1875. Onthe 2d day of September, 1875, he received
the appointment of superintendent of the Chicago & Atchison Bridge Company, and has
held the position since that time. Mr. Todd was born in Adrian, Mich., January 28, 1832,
and livgd in that State until he removed to Kansas. He was married in Clayton, Mich., to
Adelp. - Hodge, a native of New York, Their children are Frank A. and Belle L. Mr.
aoa 4 member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter, in Atchison, and Detroit
Sonsistory.
__N. D. TODD, assistant superintendent Atchison bridge, was born in Lenawee County,
Mich., September 16, 1845. Was educated there and engaged in farming until October.
1863, when he enlisted in Company H, Eleventh Regiment Michigan Cavalry, and served
until mustered out in September, 1865. He then returned to Michigan and engaged in
arug business at Morenci, until 1874. In 1875 he moved to Kansas, settled in Atchison,
and was appointed Toll Collector of Bridge. Appointed to present position in 1878. Mr.
Todd was married in Lewanee County, Mich., May 14, 1871, to Miss Hulda Aldrich, of Gor-
ham, Fulton County, Ohio, They have two chidren—Luther and Hugh. Mr. T, isa Knight
Templar in Masonic Fraternity. Heis Kingin Chapter, Captain General in Council, and
. M. in Lodge. =
JOHN C. TOMLINSON located at Atchison, November 1868, and soon after commenced
practice as an attorney, in company with Thomas Metcalf, remaining: wath him about a
ear. Since July 1879, he has been associated with Charles T. Griffin. During his residence
n Atchison, Mr. Tomlinson has been offered nominations for Probate Judge, County
Attorney, and Member of the Legislature, all of which he has declined. In 1879, he was
elected Mayor on the Democratic ticket, being the first regular nominee of that party
elected to the office. During his term of service as Mayor, the City Railway and City
Waterworks were built; the Fire Department organized; the streets macadamized; City
Buildings bought; $300,000 city indebtedness was compromised and refunded; 960 houses
being erected dnring the first year alone of his term of office. He was nominated for
Congress, on the Democratic ticket, in 1880, but declined to run on account of his various
public duties as Mayor and President of Kansas Exposition, and the private duties of his
profession. Mr. Tomlinson was born in Lewisburg, Mason Co.. Ky., October 15, 1849;
received his early education in the public schools of the county, and his later academic
education at Mount Sterling, Ky., afterward reading law at the same place with J. M.
Crawford and Thomas Metcalfe. He was married at Atchison, November 5, 1880, to Mary
Belle Easton, of Belmont County, Ohio. They have one child—John C, Mr. Tomlinson is
a member of A. F. & A. M. and of I. 0. 0. F, 7 :

CARL TREFFZ, proprietor Central Bakery. This prosperous and enterprising citizen
is a native of Germany, and was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Uctober 28, 1841; was reared,
educated, and learned the baker’s trade in his native country. He served five years in the
German army, and fought against Prussia in 1866. In 1867, he came to America, and
located in Atchison. He applied himself assiduously to work for about seven years, and
having accumulated a fair start, opened his business in 1875. Few residents of the city are
more highly respected than Mr. Tretfz. He married, in 1867, Miss Elizabeth Sieber, of Ger-
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y. They have three children—Katie, Augusta, and Lottie.
_V. TRIMMER junior member of the firm of Benedict & Trimmer, retail grocers,
No. 1503 West Main street, became a resident of Atchison in 1880. Co-operaied with E. 8.
Wills, buying gratn, and has since continued successfully in that line uf business. In Octo-
ber, “tset, became connected with G. A. Benedict in the grocer trade, and together they
have made it a successful business venture. Mr. Trimmer is a young man of marked avil-
ity and decided business talent, and is well caleulated to recetve the confidence of his friends
and patrons. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 17, 1857, where he lived until his re-
moval to Atchison, and acquired a ltberal education in the high school of that city.
- C. UEBLOOD, a native of Salem, Ind., was born January 30, 1838, and resided at
that piace until he came to Kansas, and located at Shannon Township, in the spring of 1880.
He remained at Shannon, engaged in farming, one year, at the expiration of which time he
removed to Atchison and opened a wholesale and retail crockery store, which he
still carries on. At the opening of the war, April 19, 1861, young Trueblood enlisted as a
rivate in Company «. Thirteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He participated in all the
Patties in which his command was engaged; was promoted to Captain of his Company,
January 18, 1863, and was. mustered out at close of term of service—three years—on June
19,1864. Hethen returned to Indiana, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until he emi-
grated to this State. Mr. Trueblood is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and.
of A. F.& A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter. He was ‘married in Salem, Ind., December 29,
1864, to Harriet Allen, of the same place. Their children are Albert A., Victor E., Paul B.,
Owen H., and Nellie. ee
FREE TUFTS, assistant superintendent bridges and buildings, Mo. Pac. Ry. and gen-
eral roadmaster, Kansas City to Omaha, was born in Litchfield, N. H., September 10, 1844.
He was educated as a civil engineer, following his profession about five years on the Erie
Railway, three years on the Chicago & Northwestern Ry., and about the same length of
time on the C., R. I. & P. R. R. Comingto Kansas in the summer of 1877, when the Cen-
tral Branch of the Union Pacific Railway was being bullt from Greenleaf west, he accepted
the position of assistant engineer. In December of same year he was appointed engineer
and roadmaster of the completed line, and the following year was made chief engineer,
which position he held until January 1, 1880, when he was appointed assistant superintend-
ent B. & B. Mo. Pac. Ry., and in September, 1882, was added the title and duties of general
roadmaster, Kansas City to Omaha. :
. MILTON VORSE, engineer, came to Kansas in June, 1881, and located in Atchison and
has remained there since. He was ee in Company H, Sixth United States Heavy Ar-
tillery, and enlisted in the fall of 1863, in Natchez, Miss. He participated in all the engage-

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ments of his command, and was severely wounded at the battle of Concordia Lake, La., and
was captured by the rebels, but managed to escape shortly afterward, and rejoined his com-
mand. He was mustered out of the United states service May 8, 1866 at Natchez, Miss.
He was born near Cumberland Gap, in Virginia, in 1832,and remained there until his
twelfth year, when he came to Buchanan County, Mo. Here he remained about six years,
and then went to Platte County, of the same State, where he lived seven years. From there
he went to Rodney, Miss., where he lived five years, and then entered the United States
army. After his discharge from the service he returned to Platte County, Mo., where he
lived seven years, when he removed to Buchanan County, Mo., where he lived until he came
to Kansas, He was married in Platte County, Mo., in the fall of 1867, to Jane Kennedy, a
native of Kentucky. They have four children living, Celia, Abraham Lincoln, Phoebe and
xeorge. ,
. yo WADE, farmer, two and a half miles southwest of Atchison, was born in Cole
County, Mo., in 1839, and was raised ona farm. In 1859 he caine to Kansas and settled on
a farin near his present location, but farming did not pay then as now. He followed
freighting across the plains from Atchison to Denver and other points until the fall of 1864,
when he bought his present farm, and has been engaged in farming and stock raising ever
since. In 1864 the State Militia was called out to repel Price, who threatened a raid into
the State. He being a member of Company —, the regiment was out fifteen days, and in one
battle near Westport, Mo., he was wounded, losing the end of the left hand forefinger.
Was married in Shannon Township, Atchison Co., in 1863, to Miss Quintilla Millen. They
have six children living, viz., Birdie, George. Francis, Johnston. Olea and Sarah A. Has
been Treasurer of School District No. 4 for the past ten years.

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BALIE P. WAGGENER was born July 18, 1847, near Platte City, Platte Co.,Mo. He
was educated in Platte City, and on September 5, 1866, entered the law office of Otis &
Glick, at Atchison, asa student. He was admitted to the Bar at Atchison, Kan., June 10,
1867, In 1870, he formed a partnership with A. H. Horton, present Chief Justice of the
State, with whom he continued until January 1, 1877, when he formed a partnership with
A. S. Everest, under the firm name of Everest & Waggener. The firm of Everest_& Wag-
gener are now the attorneys for the Mo. Pacific Ry. Co., C., B., U. P. R. R. Co., C., R. I. .
R. R, Co., West. Union Tel. Co., Pacific Express Co., Exchange Nat. Bank of Atchison, Atchi-
son Savings Bank, First Nat. Bank of Atchison, and Atchison Bridge Company. Mr. Wag-

ener is not a politictan, but devotes his time exclusively to the practice of his profession.
e was married in Atchison, May 27, 1869, to Emma L, daughter of William Hetherington.

JOHN KE. WAGNER, retired merchant, residence on fourth street, South Atchison, is
a native of France, born in Valenciennes, July 20, 1822. Emigrated to the United States in
1850, and for eight years was connected with a large hardware store in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1858, having a desire, as thousands of other business men of the eastern cities had, to
transfer his place of business to some of the young, enterprising towns of the West, he ac-
cordingly set forth, in July of that year, to look up a location, having his eye on St. Joseph,
Leaveuworth, or Kansas City, all three of these towns at that time bearing a good name in
the East. After his further examination of several of the western towns, Mr. Wagner de-
cided that Atchison was a very desirable location, but was doubtful of the propriety of
opening a hardware store in sosmailaplace. He, however, met with Senator Pomeroy,
whose faith in the location of Atchison as one that, in time, must make a large city, inspired
Mr, Wagner with a similar confidence, and his decision was that this place should be his
future home. Removing from Cincinnati, he at once opened his stock of hardware in the
then only brick building in the town, standing on Commercial street, near the Levee, of
which Mr. Wagner was the first occupant. Here he did business for two years, meeting
with a liberal patronage of the people, and then removed to a frame building on the same
street, between Second and Third; but after three years, the growth of the city had been so
large that his place of business was too far from the business center, and he erected a brick
building on the corner of Fourth and Commercial streets, three stories high, and 25x75
feet, for his business had grown to such an extent that it needed a great deal of room for the
display of goods. Here Mr. Wagner continued business until January, 1871, when he sold
out to Messrs. Blish & Silliman, and during the same year, in company with his wife, took
a trip embracing Colorado, California, Panama, Jamaica, and San Domingo; and since that
time they have made several voyages to Europe. Mrs. Wagner was born in Lierre, France,
and both are original members of the Congregational Church of this city. Mr. Wagner
erected the first residence in South Atchison, in 1859, and built his new residence, the pres -
ent brick edifice, in 1880.

SAMUEL WAGSTAFF, dealer in flour, feed, ete. Among those that ploneered west of
the Missouri River and contended with the privations of the first settlers, is the subject of
this sketch. He was a native of England, and was born in Derbyshire, September 7, 1825;
was reared and resided in his native country until 1854, when he crossed the ocean locating
in New York city, where he was a resident for two years. In 1857, he came to Nebraska,
and was among the first settlers of Nemaha County, where he opened a farm and was for
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wenty years closely associated with its growth ard development. Coming In at that day he
had all the trials of the first settlers to meet. He was eminently successful as a farmer, and
secured «a well-merited re utation as an agriculturist, by industry and good judgment. In
1877, Mr. W. discontinued farmiug, came to Atchison, and engaged in the soap business,
which proved a rather disastrous venture, but not through any mismanagement of his,
however. His present business was established in December, 1881. Mr. W. is an affable and
well informea gentleman, has an excellent memory, and takes great delight in recounting
the reminiscences and exploits of early aays in the far West. He has been married twice—
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first in England, in 1848, to Miss Margaret Milner, now deceased. His present wife, for-
merly Mrs. M. K. Nichols, he married in 1870. iB

CLAUDIUS D. WA KER, with his parents, Harvey and Anna Belle Walker, came to
Kansas in the fall of 1858, first locating at Fort Scott, where they remained until 1861.
From Fort Scott they removed to Wirchester, Jefferson Co., Kan., which place was the
home of Claudius D. until 1868, and where his parents still reside. After receiving his
early education at the public schools, young Walker attended Baker University at Baldwin
City, Kan., and was afterward four years at the State Agricultural College at Manhattan.
He then read law nearly two years with Boyce & Boyd of Cincinnati, and graduated from
the law department of the University of Michigan in 1878, locating soon afterward in Atch-
ison, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Walker was
born in Greeneville, Mercer Co,, Pa. He was married in Atchison June 7, 1881, to Lizzle E.,
daughter of W. W. Auld. Mr. W. isa member of the Knights of Pythias and Knights of

E. E. WALKER, general agent H..& St. Jo. R.R., was born in Burlington, Iowa, March 1,
1859. His parents were old residents of Burlington, though originally from Jefferson
County, Ohio. He received his education in Burlington, raduating from B. & S. Business
College in 1872. He then commenced clerking for E.S. Edger & Co., and remained with
this firm about five years. He then became connected with W. C. Wadsworth & Co., of
Davenport, foratime. In 1877, he moved to Kansas and took a position in freight office of

.& St.Jo., and has worked through all the clerkships until appolnted to present position
November i, 1881. y
OHN WALSH, general bagaage agent at the Union Depot, was born at Carbondale, Pa.,
April 14, 1855. While in his native State he was employed in the coal mines, and also as
clerk in a store. In 1876, accepted the position of baggage master in the old depot at Atchi-
son, and remained in that situation until the erection of the new Union Depot, and then
accepted the position of general baggage master, where he has five nen under his super-
vision. Mr. Walsh is a brisk and en rprising business man, always working for the best
interest of his employers, and consequently stands high in their estimation, as well as in
that of his many friends. .

JOHN WATTERSON, butcher. This enterprising fellow-citizen is a native of Scotland,
and was born in eainbareh April 18, 1832. Was reared and educated in his native country,
where he resided until 1855, when he came to America, locating in Milwaukee, Wis., where
he was identified with the business interests of this city as a butcher for nearly twenty
years. In 1873, came to Kansas, locating in Clyde, where he secured a farm and took an
active part in the development of that portion of the State. In 1875, he located in Atchison,
where he has since been identified with the commercial interests of the city._ In 1861, Miss
C. Steel became his wife, By this union they have three children—Agnes E., Robert W.,
NellieG. Mr. W. is a Royal Arch Mason.

COONRAD WEBER, clothing merchant, was born in Bavaria, city of Offenbach, in the
year 1§39. He attended school in his native country, and in 1852, with his parents Henry
G. and Margaret Weber, emigrated tothe United States. Settled on a farm near St. Louis,
Mo., where Coonrad W. lived, attending school and working onthe farm until seventeen
years of age. He then learned the blacksmith’s trade, which vocation he followed in and
about St. Louis till 1863, when he started in the clothing business at Rolla, Mo. with one B.
Loewenstein. but after remaining there for one year removed their goods to Atchison, ina
small frame building on the corner of Second and Third streets. At the expiration of two
years, Mr. Weber bought out his partner, and at the same time took his brother Frederick
in with him. In 1868, the building he occupied, on the present site of the Otis House, was

 

destroyed by fire, but Mr. Weber was fortunate enough to save most of his goods. In 1878, .

moved to his present location, where he Keeps a most complete line of goods, and is now
the oldest firm in the city. He married in Atchison in 1866, Miss Persela Clits, a native of
Pennsylvania, by whom he has five children, two of whom are girls. He has served one
term as Councilman, and belongs to both theI. O. O. F. and the K. of H. inthis city. Has
been a member of the Hook and Ladder Fire Department of Atchison, since its organiza-
tion, and be and his wife are members of the First Congregational Church,

A. WEINMAN, proprietor of the barrel factory, was born in Guttenburg, Germany,
November 30, 1831. Received his education in Germany and learned the coopers’ trade.
In 1853 he came to the United States and followed his trade in New York city, Grand
Rapids, and Lansing, Mich., until 1859, when he settled in Atchison, Kan. Engaged in the
brewery about two years, then established present business. He was married in Ann
Arbor, Mich., June 6, 1859, to Miss Kate Breisch, a native of Stuttgart, Germany. The
neve three children—Louis, Kate, Dora. Mr. W. is amember of Schiller Lodge, No. 33, I.

A. WELSH, proprietor of cracker factory, was born in London, England, June 23, 1842,
came tothe United States in 1850 with his parents, and settled in St. Louis, Mo., where he
was educated and learned his trade, commencing at the age of eighteen. In 1869, he
settled in Wyandotte, Kan., and worked at his trade in Kansas City until 1876. when he
went into businessfor himself. In 1878, he moved to Atchison, Kan., and established the
present business, He was married in.Wyandotte, Kan., in October, 1872, to Miss Serena
Barnett of that city. They have four children—Joseph, Stella, Walter, and Alfred, Jr. Mr.
W. is a member of the I. 0. O. F. of Wyandotte.

CHARLES WELLS, first located in Concordia, Kansas, in 1870, where he remained
five years. In the fall of 1875 he removed to Atchison, in which city he has since resided,
engaged in the practice of Jaw. In 1874 and 1875 he was member of the Legislature, and
has been County Attorney for the last four years. He was admitted tothe bar in 1865, in
Monmouth, Ill., and since his arrival in Kansas has been constantly engaged in his pro-
fessional duties. Mr. Wells is a native of Painesville, Ohio,

ROBERT F. WETZEL, butcher, prominens| identified in the city of Atchison, He isa
native of Germany and was born in Saxon, October 25, 1836. Learned his trade and
resided in Germany until 1856, when he came to the United States, locating in Port Wash-
ington, Wis.; was also a resident of Madison, Wis., for one year, and for a time at Dubuque,
Iowa, He eventually went to New Orleans, and the winter of ’57 and ’58 was butcher for
the company in the construction of the Tehuantepec R. R. extending from the Gulf to the
Pacific Ocean. He remained in Mexico about nine months, and upon returning tothe
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until 1864, when he came to Atchison, and has
since figured conspicuously in the growth and development of the city, being actively
intrade, For atime was proprietor of a vineyard in Atchison County, Mr. W. is
now serving his fifth year as Councilman, and is President of the Council. During his
connection with that body he has been instrumental in doing much towards the interests of
Atchison, being Chairman of the Board of Improvements; he worked assiduously for the
present system of waterworks, and the organizing of a first-class Fire Company. Heis a
gentleman possessing excellent judgment, and commands the respect of all. He is a mem-
er of the 1.0. 0. F., Schiller Lodge, No, 33; also the Turners, and K. of P. He has been
representative to the Grand Encampment of the I. O. O. F., and 1s Chairman of the Board
of Trustees forthe Turners. He married in 1862, Miss Antonia David; by this union they
have seven children—Wilford, Maurice, Amelia, Gustave, Ida, Robert, Antonia,

H. L. WHITAKER, was born in Hampden county, Mass., July 24, 1888. He lived in
Massachusetts until he was fourteen years of age, when he lefthome and went to West Meri-
den, Conn., to learn the machinist trade, at which be worked until January 1, 1855, when he
went to Brown County, Ill., where he engaged in farming. In the fall o 1856. he moved
the Rev. Pardee Butler from Brown County, IIl., to Atchison County, Kas. Mr. Whitaker
then returned to Brown County. IIll., and moved his mother, Mrs. Emeline Whitaker, to
Pardee, Atchison County, Kas., took a claim for her in the spring of 1857; left his mother
and two brothers on it, while he went to Henderson County, Ill., and engaged in farm-
ing. While here, he was married to Miss Harriet E. Merriam, of West Meriden, Conn.,
September 22, 185%. In the fall of 1858, he came to Pardee, Atchison County, Kas., his
sole capital being a team and ten centsin money. He rented a small place that year, and
his mother gave him forty acres of the quarter section, that he took up for her in the spring
of 1857, which isthe ‘southeast quarter of Section 33, Township 6, Range 19. Mr. Whit-
aker has added to his farm and now has about 500 acres. He has built three houses on this

lace, the last one costing him $3,600. April 1, 1882, Mr. Whitaker purchased the retail
department of the Western Hardware Company. He deals in farm implements, barb wire,
shelf hardware,and everything appertaining to an establishment of the kind. Their children
are Lyman M.. Frank S., Emma M., Mary I.,Joseph A., Harry O., Hattie E., John Allen and
Arthur. Mr, Whitaker wasa member of the Pardee Seminary Co., retaining that position
about fourteen years. He was Overseer and Trustee of the Township six years, and Justice
of the Peace from 1872 until the spring of the present year, 1882. He has also from the
first been adenuifed: with the interests of the schools, having held several offices on the
chool Board.
B THOMAS L. WHITE, of T. L. White & Son, candy manufacturers, was born in Orange
County, Ind., October 27, 1833. Received his education in his native county, and engaged
in farming. In 1871 he moved to Kansas and settled in Atchison County. In 1875 moved
{nto the city and engaged in general occupations until he established present business. He
was married in Orange County, Ind., to Miss Maris, of that county. ‘They have four
children—Charles M., George A., Thomas L., Jr.,Mary. Mr. White is a memeber of the
Friends’ Church. George A. White, of above firm, was born in Paola, Orange Co.. Ind.,
July 27,1858. Educated in Atchison, Kan., where he settled with his parents in 1871.
‘EDGAR A. WILLIAMS, grocery and provision store, corner of Ninth and Parallel
streets, was born in Wales, January 11, 1828. Came to the United States with his parents,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

iL t Newark, Ohio. His father is a painter by trade. Here Edgar learned the shoe-
Sitaoe rade, at which he was employed until 1869, when he changed his place of abode to
Sheridan County, Mo, Here his vocation was that of farming, which he followed till he came
to Atchison, this being in May of 1879 Embarked in his present undertaking during
the January following, of which he has made a decided success. Mr. Williams is a member
of the Masonic fraternity. He married in Ohio in 1850, Miss Esther A. Fultz.

DOCK WILSON, city expressman, came to Kansas February 27, 1862, and located in
Atchison, where he has since lived. He isa member of the Methodist E) iscopal Church.
Was in the army as a private in Company B, Seventy-ninth Regiment, U. S. C, Infantry;
was enlisted August 15, 1862, and was mustered out of. the United States service at Pine
Bluff, Arkansas, October 1, 1865. He participated in all the battles in which his command
was engaged. Mr.«W. was born in Randolph County, Mo., May 15, 1831, and lived there
until his thirteenth year, when he went to near Glasgow, Howard County, Mo., where he
lived about ten years. From there he went to Andrew County, Mo., where he resided about
seven months, and from there he went to Platte County, Mo., where he stayed about eleven
months, and from there to Buchanan County, Mo., where he lived seven years. From there -
hecameto Kansas. Mr. wellgon. was married in St. Joseph, Mo., December 25, 1858, to

axton, a native of Maryland.

mae ORG B, WILSON, commission merchant, came to Kansas April 11, 1879, and lo-
cated in Atchison, where he has resided since. Mr. Wilson is President of the Home Social

lub, He was born in New York City, November 10, 185%, and remained in his native city
until his fifteenth year, when he went to Elmwood, Peoria County, Ill., where he lived two
years, and then went to Galesburg, Ill., where he remained but one year. After two years
spent in traveling in the States of Illinois and New York, he went to Hastings, lowa, where
he lived one year. From there he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he remained one year,

from thence he came to Kansas.

and TRAM H. WILSON, driver Atchison fire department, came to Kansas in October,
1864, and located in Doniphan County, where he remained one year. He then went to
Gosport, Marion County, lowa, where he remained three years, and then returned to Kan-
sas, locating in Atchison County, where he lived about five years, when he moved to the
City of Atchison, where he has since resided, Previous to moving to Atchison, he was en-

aged in farming. After moving to the city he was for along time employed as a driver of
he Atchison Transfer Company. On the 19th day of December, 1881, he obtained the po-
sition which he now holds, Mr. Wilson was born in Parke County, Ind., July 8, 1849. He
remained in his native place until his fifth year, when his parents removed to Marion
County, Iowa, where Mr. W. lived until his removal to Kansas. His parents are still living
in Atchison County. :
{ARLES WINCHECK, foreman machinery department M. P. shops, was born in
New York City, November 25, 1846. In 1858 his parents moved to St. Louis, Mo., where
he finished his education, and then learned the trade of machinist, commencing in private
shop in 1862, and one year later entering the M. P. R. R. shops under Charles Williams,
master machinist. Has since been connected with the machinery department of the 0. &
M., Northern Missouri, and Missouri Pacific railroads. In 1872 became connected with
the Central Branch, when he was appointed to present position. Mr. W.is a Royal Arch

Mason. ee

LLE G. WINEGAR, located in Atchison in November, 1867, since which time
he das hece engaged for a portion of the time in mercantile pursuits. On the 10th of March,
1882, he was appointed Postmaster, assuming the duties of the office April 1, 1882. His na-
tive town is Syracuse, N. Y., from which place heremoved to Kansas, being local mail agent
for a time on his first arrival. :

LEMUEL R. WOLF, family grocer, Seventh and Mound streets, was born in Harrison
County, West Va., January 30,1818. His boyhood was spentona farm, being employed at
this and merchandise up to his removal to Harrison County, Ky., in 1865, and farmed there
until he came to Atchison. This occurredin June, 1875, and one year later he established
the business he is now engaged in, where by close attention to business, and the class of

‘oods kept, he has succeeded in working up a thriving and substantial trade. His wife was
iss Harriet Arnold, of Virginia. They have three sons and two daughters. = es

WESLEY J. WOLFE, formerly manager of branch office Singer Manufacturing Co., is
anative of Ohio, and was born in Richland, now Ashland, County, July 28, 1838. At an
early age he removed with parents to Olney, Richland County, Ill., where his father, John,
was prominently identified for over a quarter of a century. He was County Surveyor and
the first Assessor of Richland County, was Circuit Clerk foranumber of years, and asso-
ciated with the county’s interest generally. He was one of the incorporators and secretar
of the company that constructed the Grayville & Mattoon R. R., and it was largely ghroug:
his individual efforts that the road was built. He is still a resident of Olney. ey J.
embarked in the sewing machine business in 1865, being the pioneer wagon man iff South-
eastern Illinois. Heinaugurated the wagon system of selling machines in that country. He
was a dealer, and has been identified with the sewing machine trade of Olney and the coun-
try tributary almost continually from 1865 to the spring of 1882, when he located in Atchi-
son, taking charge of the business here for the Singer Manufacturing Co. April 18. In
latter years for a time, he was inthe employ of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co.,
attending to special business on the lines of the principal railroadsin Southern lowa, Mr.
Wolfe was thoroughly conversant with the sewing machine business and is a sterling busi-
ness man. Heisa Gary and entertaining gentleman, being a fluent conversationalist. He
is a member of the Il. O of M. A, No. 95, Olney, Ml. e has been twice married, first in
1858 to Miss Sarah A. Bower; her death occurred in September, 1868. By this union had
three children, one of whom is living—Edward C.; lost two—Emanuel and Mary Margaret.
In 1869 Miss Elizabeth Allen, of Olney, became his wife. They have had one daughter—
Hattie, deceased. “

ISAAC WOOLF, proprietor of the New York Hat Store and dealer in gents’ furnishin

‘oods, Commercial street, is a native of Ulster County, N. Y¥., born September 16, 1847,
eson of David Woolf, a stock dealer. Received a common school education there. Dur-
ing the spring of 1878 the subject of this sketch came to Milford, Neb., where he was em-
ployed at various occupations, and in October, 1881, removea to Atchison and embarked in
is present business. Carries astock of about $4,000, and makes the manufactory of silk
hats a specialty, This firm is increasing its trade rapidiy and is certainly one of the most
enterprising inthe city. Mr. Woolf was married at Seward, Neb., to Miss Hattie E. Potter,
formerly from Essex County, N.Y. __

J. A. WRONG, freight agent of Missouri Pacific R. R., was born in Elgin County, Can-
ada West, September 27, 1845. Atthe age of fourteen he commenced clerkiug in mercan-
tile business. In 1862 he went to Oswego, N. Y., clerking ina dry goods store for a time,
then returned home and spent about two years on thelakes. In 1866 he moved to St. Louis
where he entered the service of the I. & St. L. RK, R. in their freight department iu Kast St.
Louis, Commenced with the Missouri Pacific at St. Louis in 1870, and since that time has
been intheir various branches, though always under Mr. Talmage, general manager. Was
appointed to present position in March, 1882. Mr, W. was married in St. Louis, Mo., Sep-
tember 1, 1869, to Miss Emma O. Newkirk, of St. Louis. They have four children—John
A eamund B., Charles A. and Walter E. Mr. W.is a member of the A., F. & A. M., of

edalia, Mo,

FRANK W. YALE, wholesale dealer in butter and eggs, foot of Commercial street, was
born in New York city, in 1856, and is the son of Benjamin O. Yale, of that city. After ac-
quiring an education, he was employed by the well known firm of G.S. Hart & Co. as trav-
eling buyer, and by this means obtained a thorough knowledge of the business he is now
engaged in, from the New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia markets. In 1881, came to

Atchison, and established the present business in the spring of that year, being the only
exclusive dealer of the kind inthe city. His shipments amount to two and three car-loads
per week, and for the preservation of produce until ready for market, he has a refrigerator

hat holds 100,000 pounds. Mr. Yale employs five traveling men through this State and
Nebraska, and six men inthe house. He is a gentleman of excellent business capacity, and
although Fours. has had experience that makes him exceptionally adapted to this line of
trade, and the snecess of his undertaking will be seen in the figures above. -

ERNST YOUNG, merchant, came to Kansas in the spring of the year, 1857, and located
in Atchison, where he has resided since and carried on business. Mr. Young is a member
of Schiller Lodge, No. 33, I. 0.0. F. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio, February 24, 1851,
and lived in his native place until his fourth year, when his parents started forthe West
with an ox team, and came “overland” to Atchisou, where they settled and have lived since.
Mr. Young’s father is one of the “old settlers” of Atchison, and can relate many-interesting
reminiscences of the early days of the now prosperous City. Mr.-Young was married in
Atchison, September 9, 1872, to Miss Philobena Schaback, a native of-Weston, Mo. They
have three children living, whose names are: Ernst, Henrietta, and August. Honest
and industrious, and attending strictly to his own affairs, Ernst Young stands deservedly
high in the estimation of his fellow-citizens.

FRANK YOUNG, proprietor of the Liberty House, is a native of Germany, and was born
in Prussia, on the Rhine, September 16, 1828; was reared, educated, and learned the cabinet
making trade in his native country, and served two years inthe army. Came to the United
States In 1853, locating in Philadelphia, Pa. .In 1857, came to Atchison and engaged in
keeping a boarding-house, being one of ‘the pioneers in that line. His house, which he
erected at that time, was on Fifth street, where he kept three years, when he removed a
short distance from his old stand, In 1865, he purchased a brewery, and turned his atten-
tion to that branch of industry, with which he was identified for several years. In 1881, he
again came before the public in the capacity of landlord. and his wide acquaintanceship
aud well-merited reputation as a caterer in this line, have given him a superior prestige, In
1859, by the accidental discharge of a aa while hunting, he was deprived of nis left hand.
Mr. Young was married fn Philadelphia, Pa., in 1857, to ‘Miss Margretta Butts, of Germany.
mhey, have six children—Frank, Otto, George W., Lizzie, Josephine, and Gusta.

- BRAHAM ZAHN, butcher and dealer in live stock, came to Kansas, March 28, 1878,
and located in Atchison, where he has since resided. He is a member of the Atchison Turn
Verein, of which society he has been Secretary, and of Schiller Lodge, No. 38, I. 0. 0. F.

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wir, Zahn was born in Baden, Germany, October 26 1850, and lived in his n
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his fourteenth year. He then traveléd extensively all over Europe, excepts. Te ae
1870, he was in the Fourteenth Army Corps of the German. army, commanded by General
Werther, and participated in all of the engagements of his command in the Franco-Prussian
war. Immediately after the close of the war, he sailed for this country, and settled in New
York city, where he remained four years, and followed his trade. From New York he re-
moved to Bethlehem, Pa., where he lived five years, and from there came to Kansas. Mr.
Fen pe aa areiea, ta Tat ehem, Fa. Jannary 14, £876. 0 Miss Kate Picht, a native of east-
d 7 ren living, whose :

George, and Notniai A. : g. 8 names are: Beulah May, Henry
: , the brewer. This well known gentleman is a native of German
and was born in Granton, Baden, April 4, 1836, and learned his profession, that of brewing.
in his native country, and in 1854 came to the United States, locating temporarily at Law-
renceburg, Ind; after which he was a resident of St. Louis and Chicago, eventually locating
in St. Louis. He was among the first to tender his services to preserve the Union, enlist-
ing in the three-months’ call, and served through until the close, being honorably discharged
as Corporal. He was under Gen. Franz Seigel, and participated in second battle of Vicxs-
burg, Pea Ridge, and other notable events. After the war, for a time, was a resident of St.
Louis, and froin there came to St. Joseph, where he was employed in Nunning’s brewery.
In 1871, established present business, which is one of the first in the State, having all the
modern improvements. The firm of H.Zibold & Co. is among the substantial firms of Atchi—
Bons The ee ene puoteh was married, AW ust 1867, to Miss Rosa Franz. By this

ren—Rosa, Emma,’Frank, Louisa, an 5 :
a member of the Turn Verein. ? Se aR: Mas AIDC IS

MOUNT PLEASANT.

The town site of Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant Township, was sur-
veyed by John P. Wheeler, agent of the Town Company, in 1857. ‘Thomas L.
Fortune, the original proprietor, located in 1854, opened the first store in the
township, and when the postoffice was established in March, 1855, he was ap-
pointed Postmaster. In August, 1862, the name was changed to Locust Grove.
The very first settlers of the township were Michael Wilkins and James Laird,
who located August 20, 1854. Besides those already mentioned Jacob Grind-
staff, Martin Jones, Levi Bowles, Andrew J. Peebler, Chris. Horn, P. R. King,
W. C, Findley, A. S. Speck and Amos Hamon were among the earliest settlers,
In 1860, the Cumberland Presbyterians erected a church edifice, and a district
school was opened in the fall of 1858. For several years before the erection of
their church the Presbyterians held services at private residences. Their first
pastor was Rev. A. A. Moore.

The Church of Christ was organized at Pleasant Grove, on May 1, 1862, by
Elder S. W. Jackson, with seventeen members, services being held in the school
house. Rev. Mr. Jackson served three years, and after him came Revs. N.
Dunshee, Short, T. W. Ramey, Cope, L. Z. Burr, J. Gardner, Z. S. Hastings,
Stare, Mrs. M. A. Ripley, and Pardee Butler. The present membership of the
church is seventy-five. The sabbath school is largely attended; Superinten-
dent, H. Shell.

The Catholic Church (St. Patrick's) at Mount Pleasant, has been estab-
lished for over twenty years, being in charge of Father Adolph Wesseling, O.
S. B. Its membership is about seventy-five families.

Rev. W. C. Day, of Atchison, has charge of the Methodist Episcopal So-
ciety at Parnell Junction, which was organized as early as 1858. It numbers
‘now about twenty members.

£cho Lodge, No. 103, J. O. O. F., Mount Pleasant, was organized March
28, 1873, and has the following names on its charter: X. Klein, B F. John-
ston, C. T. Magill, J. B. Lowe, Paul Morrisand B. F. Paine. With the follow-
ing as officers: X. Klein. N. G.; B. F. Johnston, V.G.; J. B. Lowe, secretary ;
Jasper N. Dugan, treasurer. The organization hasa membership of fifty-six.

Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 158, of Mount Pleasant, was organized and
held its first meeting October: 20, 1868, with the following charter members:
William J. Young, X. Klein, M. R. Benton, John Hawley, S. K. McCreary,
Joseph Howell and Albert Hawley. The following were the first officers of
the lodge; William Young, W.M.; X. Klein, S. W.; A. Hawley, J. W.;S. K.
McCreary, secretary; M. R. Benton, treasurer.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—MT, PLEASANT TP.

GEORGE BALL, nurseryman, Section 14, P. O. Atchison. isa native of England, and
“was born in Wilkshiré, June 16, 1829, aud was raised and educated in his native country,
following the pursuit of horticulture. When twenty-seven years of age he came to the
United States, locating in Des Moines, Iowa, where he resided a considerable length of time.
In the autumn of 1857 came to Kansas, locating on Section 14, Atchison County, a short
distance from his present abode, where he started a nursery, planting in 1859 50,000 trees,
and in 1860, 60,000 more, In 1865 he purchased his present farm. He has one of the finest
nurseries in Northeastern Kansas, in a thrifty condition. Mr. Ballis one of Atchison Coun-
ty’s most substantial‘and progressive citizens, and being among the pioneers has been close-
ly associated with the progress of Kansas. Mr. Ball was married in Kansas to Miss Sarah
Edwards. By this union they have ten children—James, Sarah, Eliza, William S., John, Oli-
ver, Frederick, Rosa Ethel, Nellie M., George M. 7 7
G. M. BLODGET, farmer and stock raiser, Locust Grove, is one of the pioneers of Mt.
Pleasant township, coming to the State in April, 1855, and locating on Section 19, Town 7,
Range 20, entering 160, acres of land; now owns 285, 220 under cultivation, with good
buildings, hedge and stone fences, orchard and grove. Inthe spring of 1856 he bought a
breaking team of twelve yoke of cattle, and for the next three years broke prairie for him-
self and neighbors, and bought the first reaper and threshing machine sold in_ Atchison
County, which he ran during the season untill 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, Twelfth
Kansas Infantry, and was in the battles of Prairie Grove, Corn Hill and Van Buren, and in
all the skirmishes of his command, serving as Orderly Sergeant, and was mustered out at
Leavenworth in 1865, returning to his farm, which pursuit he has since followed, He was
born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1832. In 1842 his parents moved to Kalamazoo County,
Mich., where he remained until 1851 when he went to Moline, Ill., and worked in a lumber
yard until 1853, when he went to Davenport, Iowa, and during the threshing season ran a
threshing machine and bought stock in the interval until 1853, when he came to this State.
Was married in 1858 in Mt Pleasant township, at the residence of Henry Cline, to Miss
Margaret J. Cline, and has six children, viz: Thomas Lincoln, Elvina, Frank, Fred, Jose-
phine and Louie, ’ Has been overseer of his road district for a number of years, also served
ral t as constable. : :
ae ‘A. BRUMFLELD, farmer and dairyman, P. O. Atchison, is a native of Green Coun-
ty, Ky. and was born in Campbellsville July 3, 1832. At an early age he went to Missouri,
locating in Buchanan County, residing for atime at Rushville. In September, 1854, came
to Atchison County. He turned his attention to agriculture and was one of the first farm
openers in the county. Has been closely identified with the progress and development of
Northeastern Kansas, Mr. Brumfield is agenial and sterling citizen and eminently popular
with all. He is a member of the I. 0.0. ¥. In1858 he married Miss Catherine Wade, B;
this union they have eight children—Annie, William J., Elizabeth, Carrie, John, Minnie
and Samuel J, Tilden. James Preston, their first born, died.
THOMAS L. CLINE, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Henry County, Iowa, in 1845.
In 1855 his father, Henry Cline, moved to Mt. Pleasant Township and settled on Section 21,
Town 7, Range 20. Young Cline has passed his life principally in this State, inheriting the
old homestead and adding thereto, until he now owns 320 acres, 190 of which are under cul-
tivation, with good buildings, grove, orchard and excellent stone and hedge fences. In 1864
he served in the militia on the occasion of Price’s raid. Was marriedin 1874 in Atchison
County, Kan., to Miss Susan M. Vandiver. and has three children, viz.--Orella M., Nellie and
s, j ed Township Treasurer.
on ENRY GEL Nia decensed, was Dern in Virginia in 1809; his father moved to Ohio
in 1811; he went from there to Illinois, where he was married, in 1834, to Miss Eleanor
Leonard; moved to Iowa in 1839, and from there came to Kansas fn the Spring of 1855.
He located in Atchison County, near Mt. Pleasant, being one of the pioneers, 1n 1861 was

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appointed postmaster of Locust Grove, and held the position until his death, in.1875. His
family consisted of four children: Juliana, now Mrs. Jay; Mary, now Mrs. Blodgett;
Charles, who enlisted in the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and died at Cow Creek, Arkansas, in
1862, and Thomas.

., B.E. FRIEUND, broom manufacturer and farmer, P.O. Atchison, identified with the man-
ufactures of Northeastern Kansas, is the subject of thissketch. Heis a native of Germany.
and was born May 20, 1851, When very young came to America, locating in Cleveland,
Ohio, where he was reared, educated and learned his trade of manufacturing brooms. Fora
time he was engaged in business in Huron County, Ohio, and also in Kentucky, from which
point he came to Kansas in 1879, and has since been recognized among the substantial man-
ufacturers of this portion of the State. Mr. F.is a grower of broom corn, has a well ar-
ranged building for his business, and makes an excellent article in the broom line. He
qarcied In 1879 Miss Minnie Stauffer, of Kentucky, an estimable lady and an excellent

JUHN GLANCY, farmer, Mount Pleasant Township, was born in Ireland in 1816, and
emigrated to America in 1849, settling near Philadelphia, Pa., and followed farming until
he removed to this State, in 1857, settling on Section 2, Town 7, Range 20, Mount Pl-asant
aownehiD He now owns 250 acres of land, 110 acres improved, with good buildings, all
fenced. He was married in Atchison County, Kan., in 1858. to Miss Mary Grady. They
have six children—Michael, John, James, Bridget, Mary, and Eugene. Mr. G. held the office
of Justice of the Peace in Mount Pleasant Township for ten years.

MICHAEL GLANCY, farmer, Mount Pleasant Township, was born in Ireland, in 1812,
and emigrated in 1849 to America, and located at Philadelphia, Pa., and followed butchering
and speculating until 1857, when he came to Kansas, settling on Section 10,Township 7, Range
20, Mount Pleasant Township. He owns 340 acres of land, with good buildings, fences,
orchard and timber. Was married in Ireland in 1843, to Miss Honora Connor, and has five
children—John C., the only son (enlisted, in 1862, in Company C—Capt. Gardner—of the Sec-
ond Kansas Cavalry, commanded by Col. Cloud; he was killed at Roseville, Ark., in 1864);
Bridget (now Sister Agnes); Annie (married to Joseph Donahue; he served two terms in the
eee egislature); Fannie (unmarried, staying at home); Mary Jane (now Sister Ethel-

urga).

We W. HALL, farmer, Mount Pleasant Township, was born in Erie County, N. Y., in
1833, where he was brought up; attended school until he was twenty-one years of age,when
he went to Michigan and joined a timber exploring party, in the employ of Ludington, Sink-
ley & Co., and was in that State until 1655. Then he came to this State and joined the Gov-
ernment force of surveyors, and was engaged in “townshipping” and sectionizing, also ran
the half-breed line of the lowa Indians, until 1859, when he located on the southwest quar-
ter of Section 19, Township 6, Range 20, and engaged in improving it, and now has 110 acres
under cultivation, with a good orchard, fences, etc. He was married in 1859, to Miss Mar-
garet S. Banghart, at Almont, Lapeer Co., Mich. They have two children, Edwin R. ana

plovade G. He was made a Mason in Washington Lodge, No. 5, A., F. & A. M., Atchi-
son, Kan.

. FREDERICK HARTMAN, farmer and_stock raiser, Section 29, P. O., Atchison.
Among the pioneers of Atchison County was Mr. Jonathan Hartman, who came to Kansas,
with his family, in 1855, and was one of the pioneer saw-mill proprietors in the West. His
son Frederick is a native of Indiana; was born in Franklin County, December 7, 1844; came
to Kansas with his parents in 1855; has been closely identified with the development of the
country, and contributed amply toward its progress. In 1862, he enlisted in Company F,
Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer nfantry, and on duty during his time in the service, in Mis-
souri and Arkansas; was honorably discharged July 5, 1865: returned to Atchison County,
where he has since made hishome. The autumn of 1880, he was the choice of the people
for County Commissioner, which office (1882) he now holds. Mr, H. was married, Decem-
ber 20, 1865, to Miss Cynthia Parnell. They have eight children—Henrietta, Hannah, Dorin-
da, Jonathan, Josephine, May Florence, Birdie B., and Frederick, jr. Mr. H. isa member of
the I. 0. O. F., Echo Lodge. 103, of Mount Pleasant.

JONATHAN HARTMAN, farmer and stock dealer, Mount Pleasant Township, was born
in Brookville, Franklin Co., Ind., in 1820, and was raised onafarm. At the age of eighteen
he was apprenticed to the carpenter’s trade, and followed that trade in his native State until
1846, when he moved to Platte County, Mo., following his trade until 1849, when he went to
California and followed mining until 1852, when he returned to Platte City, Mo. In the
spring of 1853, went to Salt Lake City, Utah, with a stock of groceries and provisions, which
he disposed of and returned to Platte City the same fall. In 1854,came to Kansas and located
at Port William, and ran the tirst saw-mill erected in Atchison County, making the first
lumber made inthe county. In 1857, having lost all he invested in the mill, and being con-
siderably in debt, he located on a quarter of Section 20, Township 6, Range 20, in Mount
Pleasant Township, and _ has followed farming and stock raising ever since. He now owns
160 acres, all under cultivation, with good buildings, orchard, and fences, and owes no man
adollar, He also owns 20 acres of valuable timber land on Stranger Creek, four miles dis-
tant. Was married July 8, 1841, in Dearborn County, Ind., to Miss Christina Wolking, who
died April 3, 1880. Mr. Hartman and family have been identified with the interests of the
county from its earliest day. Of the children there are living, Frederick, Robert D., Wil-
liam M., James S., Richard M., and Alice. Those dead are: Henry (who died at Pine Bluffs,
Ark., August 30, 1864, while serving his country); Mary (who died at the homestead, Sep-
tember 3, 1878); and Elijah E. (who died in 1856, at Port William, Kan). Mr. H. became a
moni ber of the A., F. & A. M.,in 1856, at Platte City, Mo. Is a member of the Christian.

urch,

X. KLEIN, Postmaster, and dealer in general merchandise, Mount Pleasant, was born
in Baden, Germany, October 26, 1826, and learned the tailor’s trade in that country. On
April 26, 1846, he landed in New York city, where he worked at his trade until 1848, when
he went to Madison, Ind., where he followed his trade until 1857, when he came to Kansas,
locating at Sumner, this county, where he ran a boarding-house until 1861, when, in com-
pany with Jacob Pahles, he went into general merchandising. In 1862, being in pvor health,

e sold his interest to his partner, and in 1864 came to Mount Pleasant and opened a gen-
eral store. On the re-establishment of the post-office at this place, in 1864, he was ap-
pointed Postmaster, and has held the office ever since. In 1871, served as Township Treas-
urer, and in 1874 was elected School Director, and held the office for five years. In 1881,
was elected Justice of the Peace. Was married in 1851, at Madison, Ind, to Miss Rosana
Rhinenger; they have five children, viz: Charles A., Mary, Rose, Minnie, and Annie. Is a
charter member of Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 158, A., F. & A.M., Mount Pleasant, Kan.
Is a charter member of Echo Lodge, No. 103, I. 0. O: F. Mount Pleasant. In 1868, was Dep-
uty Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F. :

W. J. MAYFIELD, farmer, was born in Jefferson County. Mo., in 1830, and raised on
afarm. At eighteen years of age he went to Adams County, Ill.,where be engaged in farm-
ing until 1854, when he moved to Buchanan County, Mo,, and in September of that year
moved to Walnut Township, Atchison Co., Kan. In 1857, he moved to Mount Pleasant
Township, and located on Section 19, Town 7, Range 20, buying 280 acres of land. He now
owns 360 acres, all fenced with hedge, stone, and wire; 240 acres under cultivation, with
good buildings. grove, and orchards.” Was married in Adams County, Ill., in October, 1850,
to Miss Mary Nations, who died in Walnut Township, Kan., in 1856. By this marriage four
children were born, viz: George W., John W. (who died in Illinois in 1877), Zilda C., and
Levi T. In 1857, he was married to Sarah A, Morris, at Leavenworth. Kan., and has ten
children, viz: Rhoda T., Louisa, James F., Joseph, Fannie, Olivia, Richard, Gertrude,
and W.J., i Was in the Kansas Militia in 1864, and was at the skirmish with Price at
WcstpOre. o. Has held the office of Treasurer of the School Board in his district for a
number of years.

FRANK NEERMAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, P.O. Atchison; isa native of
Germany, and was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, April 30, 1836. When thirteen years
of ane, came to the United States, locating in St. Louis, Mo., where he learned the harness
making trade, after which he went to California, and engaged in the harness and saddlery
business in Georgetown, remaining four years, being very successful. In 1858 he came to
Kansas, locating in Atchison County, near Lancaster, opened a farm, being one of the first
in that portion of the county. He had many serious drawbacks to contend with, which,
however, he overcame by untiring industry. After a residence of about nine years on that
farm, took up his abode where he now resides, which is one of the most desirable homes in
the county, the genera] surroundings indicating comfort and prosperity. Mr. Neerman
was married in 1859 to Miss Isabella Rust, daughter of Henry Rust, a Kansas pioneer.
They have by this union six children—Ida, Charles, Alma, Nellie, Mabel and an infant,

FRANCIS MARION POTTER. farmer, P.O. Mount Pleasant, came to Kansas, October
16, 1854, locating in Walnut Township, Atchison Co., where he lived until 1856, when he
movedto Buchanan County, Mo., where he resided until 1861, when he entered the United
States service as a member of Company K., Fifth Missouri cavalry, in which he enlisted
January 2, 1861, at St. Joseph, Mo., and was discharged June 22, 1863, in the same city. On
the 14th day of February, 1864, he again enlisted, at Fort Leavenworth in Company M.,
Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, and was finally discharged from the United States service in
December, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth. He participated in the battles of Sibley, Mo,, and
Powder River, Montana, and numerous engagements with Quantrell in Southern Missouri.
Mr. Potter was First Sergeant of both companies in the two regiments to which he belonged.
holding this position from the time he enlisted until his final muster out. Before his final
discharge, however, he received a commission as Second Lieutenant of Company M., Six-
teenth Kansas Cavalry, but was not mustered in, owing to the muster out of the regiment.
Mr. Potter is clerk of the Township in which he resides. He was born in Lincoln County.
Ky., September 13, 1828, and lived in his native State until his tenth year, when his parents
moved to LaFayette County, Mo., where they lived two years and then removed to
Buchanan County of the same, State, where he resided until he came to Kansas. Mr. P,
has a choice and valuable farm of sixty acres, all enclosed and all in cultivation, which this

year yielded twenty-five bushels of wheat tothe acre. His corn crop yielded sixty bushels
and the year before seventy-five bushels to the acre. He has a fine young orchard, which
has one hundred bearing apple and about thirty cherry trees. He also hasa small vineyard

 

 
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on his farm, the vines being mostly of the Catawba and Concord varieties. He bas an
abundance of small fruits, such as raspberries, currants, blackberries, and gooseberries.
He has a good well on the property and a large spring which flows through the farm fur-
mishing st cient water to supply his stock. :

ROBERT M. PRATHER, farmer, residing on Section 23, Township 6, and_Range 20
east, Atchison County, Kan. This old and well-known citizen, a native of Rutherford
County, Tenn., was born July 28, 1813; when very young. his parents emigrated to Ken-
tucky, and located in Warren County, where his father, William Prather, was engaged in
agricultural pursuits. Young R. M. remained and lived with his father until he was
twenty-two years of age. During the time of his minority the facilities for obtaining a
practical education were very limited, there being nothing better than small and poorly
arranged schools, but by dint of perseverance and energy, he succeeded in obtaining a
limited education. On the 19th of November, 1835, he was united in marriage with Miss
Celia Ann Dyer. After a brief but happy life of three oats, Mrs, Prather was called to
join that great and innumerable company of the ransomed host. On October 10, 1838, she
calmly and peacefully Passed away. The fruit of this marriage was two lovely children—
Susan H. and William M., both of whom have long since died. In the fall of 1839, Mr.
Prather for the first time visited Missouri, having relatives living in Platte and Buchanan
Counties—it then being a new country, and known as the Platte Purchase, He remained until
the fall of 1840, when he returned to Kentucky. Inthe fall of 1841, his father and mother with
the remaining portion of their family, and Mr. Prather and his two little children removed
to Missouri, and located in Buchanan County, where he lived about fifteen years, During
this time he was engaged for five or six years in a.woolen mill during the summer season,
and for about four years was employed as Deputy, County SUI Vey Or of Buchanan County,
doing a large amount of work in that line. ith the exception of these years he has
always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. December 26, 1843, he was united in mar-
riage with Miss Martha Jane Walker, who was young and beuutiful, and with whom he
walked side by side for more than thirty years. In the spring of 1855, Mr, Prather sold
his farm in Buchanan County, Mo., and removed to Leavenworth Uounty, Kan.,
locating on what was known as the Delaware Trust Lands. In the winter of 1856 and ’57
these lands were sold at public auction, the bona fide settler having the preference of
bidding the appraised value; his claim was knocked down to him Immediately, At these
sales Mr. Prather bought in his claim of land, consisting of 160 acres. In thespring of
1857, he sold his 160 acres of Jand for $6,000, and bought a claim three miles from Atchison
City, Atchison Co., adjoining Leavenworth, where he resides at this time. This claim in
Atchison County was on the Kickapoo lands, for which the General Government had treated
with the Kickapoo Indians, and it was subject to be held and entered under the pre-
emption law of the Goverment. When that law was fully complied with, and in April of the
same year, Mr, P. moved on to his claim in Atchison County, built a house and improved.
and in due time entered the same by pre-emption. At this time his family conststed of
himself, wife, and four little girls, His father, Willlam Prather, dled fn Buchanan County,
Mo., on the 29th of August, 1845, aged sixty-four years and one day. His mother, Frances
Prather, died at his home in Atchison County, Kan., February 14, 1867, aged eighty-four
years. Mr. Prather has been a frontiersman ‘most of the time for forty years, and has
endured many privations and difficulties in trying to develop the resources and benefits
which might accru2 to somebody by the subjugation of the wilderness. Mr. Prather has
always been an earnest and true friend to morality, benevolence and religion and to the
educational interests of the community in which he lived. He can not remember an
instance in forty years of ever having been appealed to for aid in any benevolent enter-
prise that he did not respond to as best he could. In the year 1860, he, with a few others,
conceived and put into execution the idea of building a church edifice near the corner of
his farm, mainly for the use of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, but it has always
been open for the use of all evangelical denominations of Christians to worshipin. The
fruits of Mr. Prather’s second marriage was eight children, five daughters and three sons,
seven of whom are living—the eldest child, Armilda Jane, who was united in marriage
with G. W. Carpenter, in February, 1866, died October 19th, 1880. Mr. Prather’s wife by
his second marriage, though not robust nor physically strong, was a woman of indomitable
energy, industry and perseverance. Very much of the success and prosperity of the
family and of her husband is attributed to her diligence and untiring efforts to make all
who came in contact with her feel happy and contented. Her kind disposition made
friends of all who knewher. But alas! The fell destroyer haa marked her out as his
victim. About the year 1871, her health began to decline and continued to do so until
October, 1874. On the 16th of that month the lamp of life was blown out, and her happy
spirit was released from her suffering body, and went to dwell where there is no sickness
nor suffering. The subject of this sketch is still living at his home, surrounded by some of
his children, and at the advanced age of sixty-nine years is feeling hearty and well fora
man at that stage in life, and hoping and desiring that when the summons shall come for
him to close up his accounts with earth, he may be fully ready and equipped for the

journey.

A. SPARKS farmer and stockraiser, was born in Scott County, Ind., in 1819, and raised
in that State. In 1834 he learned bricklaying at New Albany, Ind., and followed that trade
until 1845; he then went to Texas, where he remained one year, going to Platte City, Mo.,
where he ran a boot and shoe store, and a farm, until 1855, when he came to this State and
engaged in farming. Was married in Clark Gounty, Ind., in 1843, to Miss Sarah Ellen
Campbell, who died in June, 1865, leaving three children—Charles A., Rachel Carrie, and
Martha Alice. In 1868 he was married again to Miss Rebecca A. Fisher. They have
five children—Joseph, Albert, Andrew, Eveline, and Annie, In 1864 he bought the quarter
Section 34, Township 6, Range 20, in Mount Pleasant. He now owns 240 acres of land all
under cultivation, enclosed with hedge, stone, and wire fences. Has good buildings,
orchard, and grove.

MARION THOMPSON, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Atchison. One who was favorably
known among the first settlers in Atchison County, and figured closely with the develop-
ment for a number of years was Mr. Isaac Thompson, who came with his family in 1856,
locating near where his son resides. His death occurred in Osage County in 1875. The
subject of this sketch is a native of Indiana, was born in Putnam County June 1, 1838. He
came to Missouri with his parents in 1839, and Jived there eight years. After a short so-
journ in that State they removed to Oregon Territory in the year 1849, residing four years.

uring this time went to California, made quite a raise in gold mining, when they returned
to Missourl, making the trip by the Isthmus of Panama. Resided in Missouri until
they located in Kansas in the Spring of 1856. In 1862 Mr. T. enlisted in Company C,
Second Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. His duties were principally in Arkansas and Missouri.
He participated at the battles of Fort Wayne, Prairie Grove, and Fort Smith, and was on
Steele’s expedition, He served three years and two months, and was honorably mustered out
at Fort Leavenworth. Mr. T. has traveled considerably in the western country and is quite
familiar with its topography. Has been constantly a resident of Kansas since 1854 aside
from his term in the service and while he was at Pike’s Peak. He married in 1866 Miss
Nancy J. Southard, an estimable lady. By this union they have eight children living—
Albert, William, Mary, John, Melville, Benjamin, Milton, and an infant; lost one by death
—Orrin P. The family is identified with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which he
is an elder. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, nee Fisk, died in 1852 on the Missourl
River when the family was returning from Oregon.
3E W. THOMPSON, farmer and stock raiser, wag born in Georgetown, Ky.,
in 1827. In 1843 his parents moved to Parkville, Mo., where he learned the trade of brick-
layer, which trade he followed until his removal to Kansas in 1855, settling five miles
south of Leavenworth, In 1856 he moved to Section 34, Township 6, Range 20, Mount
Pleasant Township, Atchison County, and has 160 acres, elghty under cultivation, with
good fences, orchards, buildings, and timber. In 1859 was elected County Superintendent
of Schools, ‘but refused to accept the office. In 1864 was a member of the Twelfth Kansas
Militia, holding acommission as First Lieutenant of Company A, and was at Westport,
Mo., and took part in the battle aganist Price’s force. Was elected to the Legislature and
served in houses of 1867-68-69 a8 member from the old Elghth district, as married
in Platte County, Mo., in 1850, to Miss Rebecca E. Stelgers; have seven children —Benja-
min, Mary C., Harriet M., John, Dora, George M., and Clara A,

EFFINGHAM.

About seventeen miles west of Atchison, in Benton Township, on the
Central Branch Missouri Pacific R. R., is a bright, brisk little town of 400 in-
habitants, known as Effingham, It has a number of churches, a good district
school attended by sixty pupils, a Masonic lodge, a cornet band, seven general
stores, a blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, a furniture store, a millinery store, a
bakery, a shoe shop, and three doctors. The greater part of the town site
comprises a part of the McGilvery farm. The adjacent country is exceedingly
fertile, and Effingham is the center of a large and growing country trade.

The Presbyterian Church of Effingham was organized in November, 1872,
the first members being Peter Carmichael, E. T. Ayer, Reuben and Lucy
Ferguson, Alexander and Flora Cameron, Maggie and Isabella Frazer, and
Sarah McGilvery. The first pastor was Rev. S. N. St. John; present pastor
Rev. F. E. Sheldon. The membership of the society is seventy-three. In
January, 1874, the church was incorporated. During the season of 1877 a

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

frame structure was erected for religious purposes, but the society grew so
rapidly that a larger building was found necessary. This was completed
in 1881, the original structure being sold to the Baptist society. _

The Catholic Church was first built in Effingham, Kan., was in 1872. It was
then attended by the Benedictine Fathers of Atchison. In 1876.a resident
priest, Rev. John Begley, was appointed by his bishop. From a congregation
then of twenty-two families it has increased, so that at present it numbers
seventy families. During the past year the former church, a frame building
28x38 was remodelled, and forty-two feet added to its length, making now
a commodious building 28x80. Close to the church a cemetery was purchased.
Lots were lately bought for the purpose of soon establishing a Catholic school.

Th: First Baptist Church was organized in October, 1881, with fourteen
members. Rev. W. D. Abrams, of Whiting, and Rev. Frank Rice, of Valley
Falls, acted as pastors the first year, preaching alternately. The church build-
ing was purchased of the Presbyterians in December, 1881, Present member-
ship eighteen, with officers as follows: Trustees, W. B. Way, E. J. Byers, and
George P. Allen ; Clerk, W. B. Way. enti

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in March, 1862. The first
services were held in the schoolhouse, Rev. J. S. Smith, of Muscotah, presiding.
Present membership about twenty. a

The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was organized in June, 1878, Rev.
C. A. Sherman, pastor. Rev. J. W. Thorpe, who has been in charge of the
society for some time, came to Kansas in 1871, presiding in the Troy circuit,
Doniphan County. Present membership twenty-two. ;

Effingham Cornet Band, was organized on July 10, 1880, and consists of
ten members, with George M. Snyder as leader. The following are the names
of the present members: James Herron, Ed, leader, O. M. Halligan, Bé;
C. C. Stivers, Jr., Bd; Charles N. Snyder, alto; Herbert Harris alto; James
R. Snyder, trombone; W. C. B. Herron, baritone; Harry Snyder, second
tenor; George M. Snyder, tuba; John Wallick, bass drum; Edward Fergu-
son, snare drum.

MONROVIA.

Monrovia is a station on the line of the Central Branch of the Missouri
Pacific, a few miles west of Farmington. Although it now consists of but two
stores and about fifty people, possessing a district school attended by sixty pu-
pils, and a Methodist Episcopal Church, in charge of Rev. W. C. Day, Atchi-
son, it is one of the oldest points in the county, the town having been platted
as early as 1856. Caleb May was President of the Town Company. Elijah
Jones, N. Conley, L. H. Bishop, Col. Coulton, and other early settlers were in-
terested in the town site. Among other early settlers who located in Monro-
via and vicinity were S. J. H. Snyder (now dead). who settled west of town ;
John Helwig, now living in Topeka; N. Connelly and brother; Dr. J.C.
Batsle. three miles northwest of town; John Graves, four miles southwest ;
Samuel Hipple and his son John; Daniel Campbell (dead); Jos. H. Talbott,
now of Atchison; Len. Hargrave, one mile north, and now an extensive stock
dealer; Lawrence Lamberson, Moses H. Lamberson, Joseph Rodabough and
James Meadows.

On the 27th of September, 1866, the Monrovia Lodge, No. 48, was organ-
ized at Monrovia, Atchison County, under dispensation, the cfficers being
Simon P. Harrington, W. M.; Caleb May, S. W.; Benjamin Whelney, J. W. ;
Amos E. Landon, S. D.; John B. Ross, J. D.; M. P. Ketch, Treas.; Edward
T. Durant, Secy. In 1880 the lodge was removed to Effingham and lodge held
December 18. The name was changed to that of Mackey in honor of a lead-
ing Mason by that name. The lodge is in good working order. Officers
in 1882: Joseph Logan, W. M.; J. Picket, S. W.; F. Wallick, J. W.; A.
Conley, S. D.; W. Walker, J. D.; M. R. Benton, Treas.; A. T. Achenbach,
Secy.

The Methodist Episcopal Church is in charge of Rev. W. C. Day, of
Atchison. It is part of the old Monrovia circuit, organized in 1859, and
including all the territory between that town and Sumner. The first pastor
of the church was Rev. A. C. McNeal. It has now a membership of about
twenty.

» B OGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—BENTON TP.

A. F. ACHENBACH, liveryman; Effingham, This popular citizen and gentleman is &
native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Clifton County, January 12, 1847; was there
reared, educated and resided until he came to Kansas. in 1869. He first located and w.
identified with the business interests of tne towns of Washington and Hanover. being in
the employ of some of the lend lug. merchants of both places, who were engaged in mer-
chandising, and in the grain and lumber trade. [n 1876, came to Effingham and engaged
in the livery business, in connection with operating a farm he owned in Jackson County.
Mr. A. is a public spirited and progressive citizen, and eminently Bopular witb all who
know him. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and secretary of Mackay Lodge, No.
48, of Effingham, He was married in 1875, to Miss Hattie Gisb, of Kansas, a native of
Ohio. By this union they have two children—George and Glen.

GEORGE P. ALLEN. dealer tn merchandise, hardware and grain; Effingham. One ofthe
representative merchants of Atchison County, is the subject of this sketch. Heis a native
of New York, and was born in Brockport, Monroe County, February 12, 1836. He was ed-
ucated and spent his earlier daysin his native town. His father, Philemon Allen, was &
prosperous merchant and real estate owner in Clarion County, and was widely known
throughout that portion of Pennsylyania. When George P. was fourteen years of age he be-
came a clerk In one of his father's stores, and it may be said that in merchandising he was
lterally bred in the business. When nineteen years of age he assisted in mana) tng &
branch of his father's business. He eventually embarked in business in Brockport, In the
manufacture of furniture, conducting a store in this connection,the firm beingSmith & Allen;
the style was afterwards known as Allen & Paine. Mr. A., in 1871, concluded to come West,
where he could find a larger scope for his energies, and in that year engaged in the nursery
business on the Salt Creek Valley, a short distance from Leavenworth, Kansas, continuing
in that industry until 1878, when he engaged in merchandising at Nortonville, Kansas, and
in the spring of 1879 established himself in Effingham. The firm, until the spring of 1882,
was known as Allen & Way. Mr, Allen is a progressive, energetic business man, and has
been eminently successful in his undertakings. He is amember of the Baptist Church, and
among its liberal patrons and supporters. Mr. A. has been twice married, first in 1858, to
Miss Juliet A. Spring, now deceased. By this union he has three children—Edgar A., Her-
bert M. and George A. In 1866, Miss F. Smith became his wife.

BALL & HERRON, dealers in saddlery and harness; Effingnam. These _enter-
prising and popular young business men are favorably, known throughout Atchison County,
andamong Effingham’s most substantial citizens. The business was established by Mr.
Ballin 1880. Charles Ball is a native of West Virginia, and was born in Wirt County,
March 6, 1856. When young removed to Champalgn County, Ill., where he was reared, ed-
ucated, and learned the saddlery and harness trade, after which for atime was engaged in
business in Mutberry Grove, Bond County, It, He traveled considerably in the western
country, working at his profession, and is a thoroughly expertenced workman. William
C. B. Herron is a native of Fayette County, Pa., and was born Nov. 9, 1858; was reared, ed-
ucated and resided in his native State until 1871, when he came to’ Kansas with his parents,
ATCHISON COUNTY. .

the family locating ona farm a short distance from Effingham, and W. C. B, learned his
trade in Emagen.

G. M. BARTLOW, carpenter; Effingham. This well known builder is a native of
Carmel County, Ky., and was born October 10, 1846. He came to Kansas with his parents
in 1857, locating in Doniphan County where his father, R. D. Bartlow, Esq., was familiarly
known as one of the pioneers, res| ding. two years; the family then removed to Brown
County, where the senior Bartlow is still a resident, his home being near the town of Marak.
G. M. was reared in Brown County, his early life being spentin agricultural pursuits, In
1875 he removed to Muscotah, where he followed the carpenter’s trade, in which he is pro-
ficient, forfour years, coming to Effingham from that point. He isa finished workman,
and has erected a number of the substantial structures in Atchison County. In 1880, he
was called to Excelsior Springs, C!ay County, Mo., where he built the attractive pagoda
and @ number of edifices, Heis well known throughout Atchison and Brown counties.
In 1871, he married a daughter of one of the oldest settlers of Atchison County. By this
union they have four children—William, Hattie, Clinton and Daisy.

Dr, JOHN C. BATSELL, P. O. Monrovia. Among the best known and popular gentle-
men of Atchison may be mentioned Dr. Batsell, who for upwards of a quarter of a century
has been one of its representative physicians. He is a native of Kentucky and was born in
Marion County, March 16, 1818. His father, Thomas Batsell, and his mother, Kesla Knoll,
were natives of Culpeper County, Va. He was raised and educated in his native county.
He there took up the study and became proficient in the sience of medicine. He commenced
to practice his profession in Valeene, Orange Co., Ind., where he continued successfully for
over seven years. The autumn of 1855 found him in Kansas, and after reconnoitering in
Atchison County went to DeKalb, Mo., remaining until the spring of 1856, when he pre-
empted the claim which is now his present home, and engaged, in connection with farming,
to practice medicine, being the first practitioner west of Atchison in thecounty, He made
long rides, being frequently called into Doniphan and Brown counties. Malarial diseases
prevalled to a great extent in those early days; the people were in stringent circumstances.

e furnished medicine and attended to their wants, losing largely financially, as the greater
portion of the first settlers moved away. In 1863 the Doctor organized one-half of Com-
pany D, Thirteenth Kansas; was tendered the captaincy of the same, but declined and ac-
cepted the position of First Lieutenant. After a forced march through the Indian Terri-
tory and Arkansas, was taken dangerously sick and was obliged to resign and return to his
hone, serving three months in the army. He was also Major inthe Twelfth Kansas during
the Price raid. After the close of the Rebellion, he was elected to the Legislature by the
Republican party. While a member of that body acquitted himself creditably and satis-
factorily to his constituents. He was originally an old line Whig. Upon the organization
of the Republican party accepted of its principles, always being in favor of the abolition of
slavery. The Doctor of late years has been discontinuing his practice, and devotes his time
to the cultivation of thefarm. His home is pleasantly situated, and one of the most desira-
bie inthe neighborhood. He was married in Carmelsville, Ky., to Miss Khoda A. Hazlewood.
They have had eight children: Missouri J., Josephine A., Lee H.and Cora R. Four de-
ceased: Thomas A., Samina E., Kate N. and John B. ;

HON. MILTON BENTON was born in Madison County, Ky., May 8, 1815. His
father, Jesse, was a farmer and an extensive trader in Kentucky, having been engaged for
twenty years in driving stock acros3 the mountains through the Cumberland Gap, and at
one time was a member of the Kentucky Legislature. His mother, Phoebe Quick, was born
in North Carolina and brought by her parents to Boon’s Fork, Ky., in her infancy.’ She was
a ploneer in the latter State. Milton was taught inthe select schools of Kentucky, but his

tincipal education w.s obtainsd by his owa exertion under embarrassing difficulties. He

egan trading in stock at an early age and was particularly fond of good animals. He fol-
lowed that vocation for about eigut years, buying in K sntucky and driving to South Caro-
lina and Virginia. He has been a firmer the greater part of his Life pursuing that business
in Kentucky and Kansas. He emigrated to the latter State in 1857, locating in Atchison,
where he resided until 1867. In the latter year he removed to his farm in Atchison County.
He was the first Marshal of the city of Atchison, being elected in 1858. In 1863, he was
elected Mavor of the city, and in 1864, member of the Council. In 1859, was elected mem-
ber of the Senafe in the Territorial Council, and to the State Legislature in 1864. For three
years was Trustee of Cen'er Township. He was instrumental 1n organizing the present
Lownship of Benton, which consists of a portion of Center anl other townships. eis an
Odd Fellow and passed throush several chairs of the fraternity. Is alsoa Master Mason.
His early religious education wai received under the discipline of the Baptist Church, to
which he was attached when fourteen years of age, He afterward joined the Christian
Church, of which he is stilla member. His political education was the Democratic, but be-
fore he cast his first vote, he approved and accepted the doctrine of Cassius M. Clay in op-
position to slavery, and identified himself with that movement. He was a Free-state man
in Kansas. Was an ardent supporter of A. Lincoln and the Republican party until the close
of the war. He was then favorably impressed by the policy of re-construction advocated by
President Johnson and supported his administration. In 1872, supported Horace Greeley,and
has since been identified with the Democratic party. He endorsed the course of President
Hayes. was married February 4, 1838, to Miss Angelina Wilson, of Kentucky. She died
in 1851, léaving five children. In 1853, he was married to Elizabeth Walters, of Kentucky,
daughtef of Samuel Walters, Esq Mr. Benton had two sons in the late war—Coleman D..,
who was Captain in the Eighth Kentucky Infantry, and Curtis M., Captain of Company K,
ansas Volunteers, and ason-in-law, G. J. Martin, who was a Lieutenant in a Kan-
egiment. He is an active business man and devotes himself to the real estate busi-
besides carrying ona farm. He isavery genial gentleman and advocates right, let
it gost what it will. . hs
PROF, T. F. COOK, nurseryman, Section 13, P. O. Monrovia, is a native of North Caro-
na, and was born in Ashe County, December 31,1833. When niue years of age he emi-
grated with his parents to Missouri, locating in Buchanan County. His father, Henry, was
one of the pioneers in thatcounty. T. F. received the benefit of a good education in the
Pleasant Ridge College. In 1860, he came to Atchison County, locating at Huron. In 1862,
he enlisted in Company D, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He was at the battles of
Prairie Grove, Gaue Hill and otherengagemeuts. After serving one year In the Thirteenth,
he was transferred to the Indiana Corps. Heacted as Lieutenant.
being in the Cherokee and Creek natious. He served until the close of the Rebellion, when
he was mustered out in the Thirteenth Kansas. He returned to Atchison County, and
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. During the winterseasons, for a number of
years, he pursued the vocation of school teaching. In 1869, Prof. Cook was the choice of

 

  
 

the Republican party for County Superintendent of Public Instruction, and in 1871, was re-~

elected. During his four years in that important office he identified himself creditably with

the educational interests of Atchison County. In 1871, he located where he now resides,

engaging extensively in the nursery business. In 1860, he marriel Mrs. Margaret Bohanan.

They hare six children—Annie, Kate, Ella, Clara Belle, Sarai: and Thomas L. Mr. Cook is a
aster Mason.

REV. T. C. DOWNS, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Atchi-
Son Circuit, is a native of Delaware, and was born in Kent County, November 25, 1841, and
was reared in his native State, receiving the advantages of a good academic education in the
academy at Smyrna. His early aspiration was to become an expounder of the gospel, and
after thoroughly familiarizing himself with the important facts of the profession he adopt-
ed, was ordained. {n 1868, he came to Missouri and joined the Missouri Conference, and
for three years had charge of the Wyandotte Circuit. He next went onthe Oskaloosa Cir-
cuit, where he continued one year; was next on the Leavenworth Circuit for two years,
one year on the Palona Circuit and four years on the Council Grove Circuit, from which ap-
‘pointment in 1878 was placed in charge of the Atchison Circuit. Elder Downs has been
oneof the most successful ministers in the cause of Christianity in Kansas, and has contri-
buted an ample share towards the upbuilding of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
which is one of the most flourishing denominations in the State. Heisa diligent worker,
a firm and impressive speaker, and handles the subicet of his discourse in a masterly man-
ner. The Elder is eminently popular, not only_in the pale of his own church, but with all
denominations. In 1873, Miss R. E. Bowls, of Kansas, became his wife. |

JAMES FARRELL, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Monrovia, is one of the most substantial
citizens of the county, Heis a native of Ireland, and was bornin the County Louth. Was
reared and educated in his native country, following the pursuit of agricuiture until twen-
ty-seven years of age, when he came to America, locating at Wheatland, N. Y., residing
there a considerable length of time. He was married to Miss Aun Skelly, in Scotsville,
Wheatland County, N. Y., October 15, 1855, and left for Michigan October 18. He settled
in Salem, Mich., and worked on a farm there three years. April 18, 1859, he came to
Kansas, settling at Atchison. He was one of the first settlers, and was closely associated
with the early development of the Great West. He engaged in freighting across the
plains, his destination for seven years being Denver. In 1567 he turned his attention to
agriculture, His success in this line has been pre-eminent, as he Ow possesses : one of the
finest farms in the county, in a high state of cultivation. He has five children—Willie,
James, Mary, Agnes and Jane.

JAMES GALLAGHER, merchant, Monrovia. This well known gentleman isa son of
the veteran Kansan, Mr. J. M. Gallagher, and was born in Bran lenburg, Ky., Jan, 31, 1845.
Came to Kansas with his parents in 1856, locating at Easton, Leavenworth County. He was
reared and educated in Kansas. During his earlier days assisted his father in merchandis-
ing and other pursuits. In 1865 he engaged in freignting acrossthe plains. He afterwards
was installed as clerk ina large merchandise house in Leavenworth, where he remained
several years. For one and.one half years he sold Boods for them on the line of the Kansas
& Texas R. R. When that line was being constructed followed up the construction until it
reached Dennison, Texas. For two years he was connected with his father in trade at Val-
ley Falls, in 1875 embarked in trade at Monrovia. Mr. Gallagher is a man_possessed of
st:rling business ability, is very unassuming and notably popular with all, He was mar-
ri din 1877 to Miss Mary Devinney. Himself aud wife are members of the Catholic Church.

* He has always made a specialty of the stock trade and in this line has

His base of operations-

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J. M. GALLAGHER, merchant. Among the citizens who figured at an early day in
Kansas may be mentioned the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Ireland and was
born in the County of Galoway, May 9, 1815. When he was about eighteen years of age
came to the United States. For a considerable length of time he was in the Province of New
Brunswick, but eventually located in Louisville, Ky., where he engaged largely in the
wholesale tobacco business, until the Know Nothing riots in 1855, which proved disastrous
to him financially. In 1886 he came to Kansas, locating at Easton, Leavenworth County.
Embarked in mercantile business in connection with operating alargefarm. He was the
pioneer merchant of Easton and closely identified with that county until 1864, when he
removed to the city of Leavenworth, where he engaged for a considerable length of time in
he livery business and stock trade, and also dealt largely in city real estate. In 1873 came
o Atchison County, and turned his entire attention to the cultivation of the farm; but the
pursuit of agriculture was too monotonous fora man like Mr. Gallagher who had been an
active business man so long, and in 1874 he engaged in the grocery and drug business it
Effingham, and has been before the public the greater portion of the time since. Mr. G. isa
man of excellent judgment and has been very successful in all of his undertakings. While
a resident of Leavenworth County was Justice of the Peace several years, County Commis-
sioner four years, and while a resident of the city of Leavenworth was the choice of the
people as a member of the Town Board, which office he filled four years. He was married
in 1842 to Miss Louisa Caine, of Louisville, Ky. By this union they have three children—
James, Richard and Nellie. Ai

JACOB GRAVES, farmer, Section 35, P.O. Monrovia, This pioneer and well known
gentleman is a native of Tennessee and was born in Claiborne County April 13, 183%. He
came to Missourl with his parents in 1840, his father, Anthony, locating in Buchanan
County, where he resided a considerable length of time, when he became a resident of Nod-
away County, Mo., where the father died. The subject of this sketch is a brother ofMr.
John Grayes, who is also a pioneer of Atchison County. In 1858 he came to Kansas and
took a claim of 160 acres to which he has been adding from time to time until at present he
has one of the finest estates in the county, Mr, G. had many drawbacks to contend with at
an early day, which are usually incidental to the pioneer, and he is deservirg of special men-
tion for the progress and success he has had in developing the country. He is an affable and
courteous gentleman and much respected by his fellow citizens. He was married in Noda-
way County, Mo., in 1860 to Miss Emmeline Groves. They have had eight children—Isa-
belle, George M., Nancy A., John A., James A,, Charley E., Martha G. and WillisJ. The
family is identified with the Christian Church.

SOHN GRAVES, farmer, P.O. Monrovia. The name of Graves has become a housebold
word in Atchison County, and it certainly should, as there isno name that has been more
closely associated with the countye progress for over a quarter of a century than that of Mr.
John Graves, Heisa native of Tennessee and was born in Granger County, November 27,
1829. When in his eleventh year his father, Anthony Graves, with his family, including
John, emigrated to Buchanan County, Mo., locating near DeKalb. He was one of the pio-
neers in Northwestern Missouri, and closely identified, up to the time of his death which
oecurred in Nodaway County a few years ago. He lefta family of thirteen children. Eight
daughters and two sons reside in Nodaway County, Mo. The subject of this sketch came to
Atchison County and took a claim on the ninth day of October, 1854: that claim is now
his present homestead. On March 28, 1855, he took up his permanent abode. He
was the first settler in that locality on Stranger Creek, his nearest neighbor being fvour
miles. He at once set to work assiduously to make a home, and although his financial status
was very meager, by industry and economy he succeeded in accomplishing bis purpose, and
at an early day displayed to the new comers a model Kansasfarm. He has seen Northeast-
ern Kansas develop from a barren and trackless plain to a garden spot that any country
might well be proud of. During his long sojourn in the county Mr.Graves has not been a po-
litical aspirant, preferring the quiet of his regular pursuits. He was one of the proprietors
and original owners of the town of Monrovia. He was married on the tenth of February,
1850, to Miss E. A. Landrum, a native of Indiana, Has three children--J. M. H. L,and A. M.
The family is identified with the Christian Churen. ¥

L. B. HARGROVE, stock dealer and farmer, P, O. Monrovia. One of the most extensive
stockmen in the West, and one of the first settlers in Kansas is L. B. Hargrove, Esq. He
1s 2 native of Missouri and was bornin La Fayette County, May 28, 1835. At an early age
removed to Buchanan County, Mo., with his parents, his father, John Hargrove, being a@
pioneer in that portion of the State. The subject of this sketch was reare and educated
on Sugar Creek, there residing until 1854, when he became a resident of Atchison County.
For a time he was engaged in herding cattle, and pre-empted a claim in close proximity
his presenthome, his brother having pre-empted the farm he now owns. Being one of
the first farm openers he early identified himself with the agricultural] interests of the State.
been eminently Bue.
cessful, being recognized in Chicago and St. Louis as one of the largest shippers in the
Northwest. “We isa self-made man, commencing in meager circumstances he has obtained
a competency by industry and good management. He has been twice married. In 1859 to
Miss Sarah Dunean, of Kentucky, now deceased. Had nine children--Elizabeth M., George,
Willis, Robert, Reuben C. and Boniferd; three deceased—Ada, Sarah and Missie. His pres-
ent wife was formerly Mary Miller. By this marriage they have two daughters—Gracie Pearl
and Allie. Mr, Hargrove during the Rebellion was a soldier in the State militia,and while in
the engagement at Westport, Mo., was severely wounded. He isa member of the Masonic
fraternity, Mackey Lodge, of Effingham. i i

G. W. HARRIS. Postmaster, Effingham, isa native of Michigan, and was bornin La-
Peer County, July 11,1845. He was raised and educated in the town of Dryden, where he
learned the carriage-making trade. He carried on that business for atime. In 1873, he
came to Effingham, embarking in the manufacture of wagons, and carried on undertaking
and merchaadise. In December,1874, was appointed Postmaster under President Grant’s ad-
ministration. Mr. Harrisis alive business ma,and makes an excellent Postmaster, In
connection with merchandise trade he still continues wagon-making. He was married in
1864, to Miss Sarah E. Brown, whose death occurred in 1872. They have three children—
Samuel Herbert, Libbie G. and George B. His prosent wife was Miss Fannie Cohoon,
of Atchison County, Kansas, and married August 9, 1874. : K

D. W. HAWK, farmer, Section 4, P. O., Effingham; is a native of Ohio, and was bornin
Coschocton County, June 15, 1834; was reared and educatedin his native State, where he
resided, engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1869, when he moved to Iowa, taking up his
abode a short distance from Grinnell, in Poweshiek County, continuing there four and a
half years. In 1877, became a resident-of Kansas, locating where he now resides. Mr.
Hawk is one of the largest and most successful farmers in the county, and has made a suc-
cess by combining the practical and theoretical. He is a genial and entertaining gentleman.
In 1856, he was married to Miss Sarah DeCamp, of Ohio. They have had nine children —
Sadie E., Francis M., Noble E., Laura A., Loyal Grant, Harvey M.and Mary M. Lost, two
—Eda Viola and Brazela L. . me
JOSEPH HENDERSON, Sr., farmer, Section 26, P.O., Monrovia; is anative of Ten-
negsee, and was born in Cocke County, May 22, 1803; was reared and educated in Green
County, Tenn. In 1831, came to Missouri, being one of the pioneers of Jackson County,
where he resided for a time, and removed to Platte County, being one of the first settlers of
the Platte Purchase. In 1855, came to Kansas, taking up his abode in Leavenworth Coun- -
ty, where he resided until 1868, when he became a resident of Atchison County, settling on
his present farina. Mr, Henderson has always pursued farming, and has had many obstacles
and hardships, which he endured as a pioneer in developing the different localities where
he resided, and is deserving of much credit for what he has donein the West. Although

ast the meridian of life he is still quite active, and as industrious as in his younger days.
e was,married in Ten vessee, to Miss Hannah McCoy. They have had nine children—
James, Mary A., Sarah, John, Joseph, Jr., George, Nannie. Lost, two—William and Gil-

ert. .

e JOSEPH HENDERSON, Jr, farmer, Section 26, P. O., Monrovia. This gentlemanis a
son of the veteran citizen, Joseph Henderson, and was born in Platte County, Mo., May
19, 1842. Came to Kansas with his parents in 1855; was principally reared and educated in
Leavenworth County, his boyhood days being spent intilling the soil. Came to Atchison
County in 1868, where he has since been aresident. He married in Kansas, Miss Fannie

Benton, a native of Kentucky. They have three chitdren—Charles, Annie and Joseph M.
F. C. HERRON, farmer, Section 10, Township 6, Range 18, P.O. Effingham; is a native
of Pennsylvania,-and was born in Allegheny County, August 23, 1823; removed in early
life to Fayette County. He was raised and educated in his native State, and followed agri-
cultural pursuits in the Monongahela Valley for several years. In 1871, he came to Kansas,
locating in Atchison County. He is extensively engaged in stock raising, and is one of Atch-
ison County’s thrifty farmers. During his sojourn in the county Mr. Herron has been
prominently identified. In 1874-75, was one of the County Commissioners. and for four
years was Justice of the Peace. He organized all the Granges in Atchison County, and in
that departure was a leading figure. Heisaman of keen judgment, and possessed of con-
siderable executive ability. He was married in Pennsylvania, to Miss Sarah Carter. They
have four living children, two sons and two daughters--Mary, William, Nannie and James.

Mr. H. is a member of the Presbyterian Church. 7 ‘
O. P. HIPPLE, Postmaster and merchant, Monrovia. Among those who figured promi-
nently in Kansas at an early day was Mr. Samuel Hipple. He was a native of Perry Coun-
ty, Pa., bornin 1815. He figured early in railroading in his native State, constructing a
number of miles of the Pennsylvania Central. In 1867, he came to Kansas and engaged in
freightiag, his business extending into New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, and other localities
in the far West and Southwest. Mr. H, located his forall on a farm in 1857, adjacent to
the present town of Monrovia. He built the first saw-mill--to which was attached a corn-
rinder—that there was in that portion of the State, it being located ou Stranger Creek.
Re entire saw-mill he brought from St Louis. During the late war he had charge oe
the quartermaster department at Cape Girardeau, Mo., for the distributing of supplies o

the West, bis father, Mr. John, assisting him in the management of that branch ot his busi-

 

 

 
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ness. He was largely interested In Kansas real estate, owning atone time 2,300 acres of
aud. He served one term in the Legislature from Atchison County, discharging the duties
of his trust creditably to himself aud the satisfaction of his constituents, His death oc-
curred in 1875. In latter years he hail devoted his attention to the buying and shipping of
stock. His wife, Emeline Bipple is still living on the old homestead, They reared a family
of five children--John S.,O. P., Samuel L., C.J. and W. M. O.P. Hipple, whose name is at
the head of this sketch, is a native of Pennsylvania; was born in Schuylkill County, January
19, 1850; came to Kansas with his parents in 1857; was reared to manhood in Atchison
Gounty, receiving his early education in the district school in Center Township. He attended
the state Agricultural College at Manhattan, Kansas, and graduated in military tactics un-
der General John W. Davis, in 1870. He was employed with his father in the stuck trade,
and followed various pursuits until in the spring of 1882, he engaged in trade, He was mar-
ried in 1873, to Miss Melvina Shiflett, of Atchison County. By this union they have four
Snider arty Lea., George E. Grace E. and Mabel. :
_ A, KEPLINGER, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Effingham. This popular gentleman is
widely and well known as one of the substantial agriculturists of Atchison County. He is a
native of Virginia, and was born in Jefferson County August 28, 1816; was educated and
reared in his native county, until he attained his eighteenth year, following farming in that
county. Attimes was a resident of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, coming to Kansas in 1863,
locating where he now resides. Mr. K. is a genial and atfable gentleman, public-spiritea,
and takes a live interest in the progress of Kansas.

S. A. KEPNER, J, P., farmer, Section 9, P. O. Effingham, isa native of Pennsylvania,
and was born in Juniata County, March 19, 1836. His father, Samuel,and his mother,
Hester, nee Walker, were natives of the Keystone State. S. A. was reared and educated in
Pennsylvania. In1857, when he came to Kansas, pre-empting a claim in Atchison County,
he built a log house on the claim, and made Kansas his home until 1859, when he returned
to Peoria County, Ill., where he had resided for atime previous to coming to Kansas. At
the breaking out of the Rebellion, he entered the employ of the Piper & Shefiler Keystone
Bridge Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, who were doing Government work. He was at Mechanics-
burg, Gettysburg, and other points; assisted in building the bridge at Harrisburg, Pa.,which
was SO constructed as to drop a span, and prevent the Confederate forces from crossing, if
required. After the war, be took up his abode again in Illinois, and resided until 1871,when
he located permanently on his farm in Kansas, and_has contributed an ample share toward
developing the agricultural resources of Atchison County. In 1880, he was elected Justice
of the Peace, and re-elected in 1882. ‘Squire Kepner is one of the most. popular citizens of
Benton Township, He married in Smithville, Peoria Co., Ill., in 1869, Miss Hannah M.
Downing. They have had eight children—William, Luetta M., James W., Mary A., and
Hester M.; three deceased—Matilda J., Edward D., and John Samuel.

GEORGE J. KETCH, farmer, P. O. Effingham, was born in Hardin County, Ohio, in
1846, and lived on the old homestead until 1863, when he enlisted in Company E, Fifty-
Fourth Ohio Infantry, and was in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Bi
Shanty, Jonesboro, Ga., Nickojack Creek, and both battles at Atlanta, in the first of whic
he was taken prisoner, July 22, 1864, but he escaped from the captors and rejoined the
regiment tne same day. ith the exception of three months in the hospital, he was with
his regiment in alt engagements and skirmishes, and was discharged at Little Rock., Ark.,
August 22, 1865, wheu he returned to his native place, and in 1868 came to Kansas and set-
tled in Kapioma Township, where but very few settlers’ cabins were in sight. In 1869, he
was mnarried to Miss Amy J. Callahan a daughter of Col. C. C. Callahan, at Effingham, Kan,
They have six children—Mary, Alva, Thomas, George W.,Charles, Amy May. He has served
as Constable, and held other minor offices.

JOEL M. KETCH, dealer in hardware, tinware, and groceries, Effingham, is a native of
Ohio, aud was born in Hancock County, January 11,1851; was there reared and educated.
In 1869, his father, {nomas Ketch, with his family, including Joel M., came to Kansas,
locating in Atchison Couaty, on Coal Creek, engagiug in agricultural pursuits. Here the
subject of this sketch resided six years. He then went to.San Francisco,Cal., and traveled in
the West for about a year, returning to Kansas and located in Osage County, engaging in
agricultural pursuits, and for atime operated a stationary engine. Mr. Ketch is a natural
mechanic, and agreat reader of mechanical works. He is thoroughly conversant with all
the improvements in the mechanical world, aud keeps pace with the progress of time. In
the spring of 1881, he established his preseut business in Effingham, which has proved a
success in every particular. Mr. K.is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He married,
in 1875, Miss Sophia Jewett, of Johnson County, Kan. By this union they have three
ehiidren Mary. Jow, and Amos.

___W. H. LANDRUM, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Monrovia, This genial gentleman is a na-
tive of Indiana, and was born in Owen County, December 30,1831. He was educated and
resided in his native State until seventeen years of age, when he came to Buchanan County,
Mo., with his parents, locating ten milesfrom St. Jo. Here he resided until 1855, when he
came to Atchison County, and pre-empted a claim, where he now resides, being one of the
first in this portion of the county. In 1856 he did some breaking, and continued to develop
his farm until 1862, when he went to Mexico, residing fora short time. He continued to
reside iu Atchison County until 1872, when he removed to southern Kansas, residing two
years, then returning to his home farm. His estate consists of 143 acres of choice land, ina
high state of cultivation. Mr. L. is one of Kansas’ most substantial and respectable farm-
ers, He has been twice married, first in 1854, to Miss UC, A. R. Brock; they had four chil-
dren—one, Hiram, living; lost three; Laura died in Montgomery County, Kan.; was mar-
ried, her uame being Mrs. Eubanks; James E., and an infant. His second was Elizabeth
Stone. They have two children, William A. and Ephraim KE. He is closely identified with
the Christian Church, and is clerk of the same for the Christian Society in his neigh-

orhood.

JAMES E. LOGAN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Effingham. This sterling gentle-
manu is a native of Jetferson County, Ind., and was born March 17, 1836; was there reared
and educated. When eighteen years of age, came to Hancock, Ill., where he resided four-
teen years. In 1862, enlisted iu Company H, One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois. He
was in the enpepements around Vicksburg in 1863, and in that year was appointed Sergeant
of Company H, and later recruited and organized Company I, of the One Hundred and
Eighteenth, serving gallantly until the close of the Rebellion, when he was honorably dis-
charged. Before organizing Company I, he had been discharged on account of disability.
His last discharge specifies that it was on account of the Government not having any fur-
ther use for him. In 1869, he caine to Kansas, locating in Atchison County, where he has
since been identuufied with the stock interests of this section. He was married in Iilinois, to
Miss Delia D. Sawyer. They have six children—Annie M., Emma D., Frank J,, John T.,
dwin R., and Mattie P. 7

FRANCIS LOOMIS, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Effingham, is a native of Connecticut and
was born in Tulland County, July 23,1808. His father, E, Loomis, Esq., was a native of
Connecticut, and his mother, Lucretia Porter, was also. He is of English and Dutch ances-
try. Mr. L. was reared and educated in his native State, his earller days being spent in
agricuitural pursuits. For a considerable length of time, followed school-teaching. For
seven years was engaged in merchandising in his native town, Coventry. In 1888, he came
to Illinois, locating in Kewanee, where he operated a farm in connection with a real estate
agency. For fourteen years was Justice of the Peace. During his career in that capacity,
many of the now prominent statesmen and leading legal luminaries of the Sucker State
pleaded their first cases. In 1869, he came to Kansas, locating where he now resides, which
ig one of the most desirable homes in the county. He was married September 24, 1834, to
Miss Fannie Rose, of Conuecticut. They have four children, Joseph R. (now in business at
Bull City, Kau.); lost three, Francis, Elizabeth and Herbert. The latter was killed October
7, 1873, 1n Atchison, being crushed between the cars, He was aclerk in the Central Branch
R.R. shops, and a popular young man. Mrs, Loomis died December 14, 1873. Mr. Loomis
is » prominent meiuer of the Presbyterian Church,

. E. MOCORMICK, butcher, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was bor in Clarion Oounty
November 7, 1850, and was there reared, educated and resided until 1878, when he came to
Kansas, where he has since been aresident, with the exception of elghteen months spent In
Colorauo. He engaged in business in Effingham the spring of 1882. Mr. McC. is a clever
and entertaining gentleman, and one of Effingham’s most progressive citizens. In 1880, he
married Miss E. A. Wallack, ar estimable lady, of Beuton Townshtp, Atchison County.

J. F. MARTIN, physician and surgeon, was one of the tirst practitioners of the medical
profession in Atchison County. Heisa native of Kentucky, and was born in Bourbon Coun-
ty, September 29, 1828; when young, removed to Fayette County, where he was reared and
educated. His father, James Martin, was a prominent farmer and stock-raiser in that part
of Kentucky. Hismaternal ancestors were Laytons. The subject of the sketch graduated
in the Transylvania Medical University in 1854, and afterwards took a course of lectures in
St. Louis Medical University. The same year he came to northern Missouri, locating in De
Kalb, Buchanan County, where he practiced medicine until 1856; came to Kansas, and took
up his abode in Atchison which at that time wasin its crude state. Dr. Martin had a large
practice, his rides frequently extending into Doniphan and Brown counties. After a suc-
cessful career of ten years, he returned to Decatur, Ill, in 1866, where he made his home
for about seven years, when he again became a resident of Kansas, locating in Effingham.
The doctor is thoroughly conversant with the early history of northeastern Kansas, and has
been closely associated with its development. e was married in 1858, to Miss Caroline
Jarvis, of Plattsburg, Mo. Her death occurred in Effingham, in 1877, leaving one son,
Harris E., who resides in Effingham.

OBERT NEILL, farmer, P.O. Effingham. Thissterling agriculturist is a native of the

County Down, [reland, and was born October 9, 1826. Was reared, educated and followed
farming in his native county until 1850, when he came to America, locating in Indianapolis,
Ind., where he resided three years, thence went to Wisconsin, where he resided for a few years
and in 1857 came to Kansas, taking up his abode in Leavenworth County, In August of tha
year, bought the claim which is now his home, and turned his attention to developing it,
working on farms in the vicinity for several years. During the war he was 1n the State mili-

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tia. He has been closely associated with the growth and development of Atchison County.
He has been twice married, both times in Kansas, His first wite was Miss L. C. Hart, now
deceased, His present wife was formerly Arretta Hundley.

JAMES NESBITT, lumber dealer, Effingham, was born in Stark County, Ohio, Jan-
uary 10. 1838; removed to Huron County. 1847; was there reared, educated and learned
the carpenter's trade. On the lstof June, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-fifth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. at Columbus, Ohio. ‘They were changed in April, 1862, to the Twelfth
Ohio Independent Battery. He participated in many of the notable events of the war; was
at the second battle of Bull Run, Nashville and others. While with the artillery, he held
the position of Artificer. After serving there three years, entered the commissary depart-
ment. continuing until the close of the war. After the war, came to Missouri, locating in
Davis County; engaged in farming in connection with contracting and building. In the
spring of 1872, came to Atchison, Kansas, and for nearly ten years was prominently identi-
fied with the building interests of that city, erecting a number of substantial and imposing
edifices. In1882,established his present business. Mr, N, is a well-informed gentleman, very
affable, and a live business man, He is Past Master of the A. O. U. W., Atchison Lodge,
No. 4, In 1866, Miss Elizabeth Doll, of Davis County, Mo., became his wife. They have by
this union four children, Joseph, Florence, George and Charles.

Pp, J, OMEARA, merchant, the pioneer merchant of Effingham, is the subject of this
sketch. He is a native of Ireland, was born in the county of Tipperary, March 27, 1829.
Came to the United States with his parents when two years of age, locating In Indiana, his
father, Thomas O’Meara, being one of the first settlers of Miami County, locating near
Peru, Here Mr. O’Meara received his education and passed his boybood days in tilling the
soll, During the American Rebellion he dealt largely in stock buying and selling to the
Government. In 1865 came to Atchison, Kan., and embarked in the grocery trade on Com-
mercial street between Third and Fourth streets, where he did business until Effingham
was laid out as a town site, when he came to this point and built astore building. He has
done a large and well-paying business. Few citizens of Atchison County are more popu-
larly know in their respective community than Mr. O’Meara, That he displayed consider-
able foresight in selecting Effingham as a trading point is fully demonstrated, He was
married in 1846 to Miss Sissen Akright, of Huron, Ohio.

8.C, PAGE, physician and surgeon, is a native of Juniata County, Pa., and was born
July 16, 1845. His father, Rev. Samuel Page, of the Seventh-Da aptist denomination,
wag a native of that State. ‘He is now a resident of California. The name of Dr. Page's
maternal ancestors was Coffman; both paternal and maternal are of German origin. The
name traces back in the old country to that of Bertsch, but has been changed by degrees
until it has assumed that of Page. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native
county, receiving the benefits of a good education in Juniata County, after which he took
up the study of medicine. In 1867-68 attended Bellevue Hospital Medical College in
New York. Inthe autumn of 1867 came to Kansas and took up his abode in Center Town-
ship, Atchison County, five miles south of Effingham, and turned his attention to the culti-
vation of a fine farm, which he purchased. This he operated a few years, when he located
in Effingham, and has since devoted his time entirely to the practice of his profession.
The doctor took a course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in St.
Joseph, Mo., in 1879 and ’s0, graduating from that institution. He has been eminently
successful as a practitioner, and has the confidence of the people in his ability. Dr. Page
has been married twice, first in 1866 to Miss Louise Knose. now deceased. By this union
he had no children. His present wife, formerly Mrs. Elizabeth Ingram, nee Burd, he
married in 1868. By this union has five childréen—Oscar B., Ida Ella, Harvey B., Nancy

 

L., and Presley.
"ALBERT PHILLIPS farmer, Section 9, P. 0. iinet at. Among the early pioneers of
Kansas may be numbered the subject of this sketch, eisanative of New York and was

born at Fort Plain, Montgomery Co., N. Y., March 25, 1830. When he was young he
removed with his father, Seth Phillips, to Berkshire County, Mass., where he was raised
and educated, His mother’s name was Pheobe Smith. His parents were natives of
Massachusetts, his mother died while he was an infant, and he was brought up by his great
unéle, Ebenezer Calkins, who resided on a farm near Hartsville, Berkshire Co., Mass.
In October, 1851, he went to Californla with an uncle named Jared Phillips, and engaged in
mining for two years, and then returned, landing in New York, October 8, 1853. He
owned an interest in a mill in Hartsville, Mass., for two years, and sold out and came to
Kansas with hisuncle, William Phillips,'in 1856. William Phillips was killed while in hisjown
house by the border ruffians who were under the leadership of Frederick Emery, Sep-
tember 1, 1856. His uncle, Jared Phillips, was in the house at the same time and was
shot in the left arm and side; his arm was amputated near the shoulder. He was after-
ward killed by the Indians in 1862, on his way to California. William and Jared Phillips
were prominent Free-state men and hence were hated by ail that wished to make Kansas a
slave State. Mr. Albert Phillips was largely interested in agricultural pursuits in Leaven-
worth County, where he lived until 1870, when he came to Atchison County ana settled on
the farm four and a half miles south of Effingnam, where he has since lived. Mr. Phillips
is a gentleman who has had a wide experience in the western country, and is thoroughly
conversant with the early history of Kansas; is a great reader, and is familiar with the
current events of the day, and political issues. He has a fine farm and a pleasant home.
He was married in 1857 to Miss Mary A. Curtiss, of New York. She is an estimable lady.
They have two children—Edward Walter and Gracie Elizabeth.

ESSE PICCOTT, farmer, P. O. Effingham, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1837,
and brought up onafarm, In 1855 he moved to Cedar County, Iowa, and engaged in farm-
ing. In 1878 he moved to Kansas, and settled in Osage toune + In 1879 inoved to his
present location, where he hasa half section of land under cultivation, with good buildings
and other improvements. In 1870 he became identified with the Greenback party, and is a

rominent worker, and has been a member of every County, District, and State convention

eld in his State. In 1880 was a delegate to the National Convention held in Chicago, Il.,
from this State. From 1871 to 1877 he was Deputy Grand Master of the Iowa State
Grange, and was a prominent organizer of granges throughout that State. He was married
in the fall of 1859 to Miss Sarah Waddle, of Cedar County, Iowa, and has seven children.

JACOB ROYER, farmer, P.O. Monrovia, Is a native of Pennsylvania. and was born in
Center County, November 13, 1840. Was reared, educated, and learned the blacksmith
trade in his native county, following that vocation for a number of years. He sojourned
temporarily for a time in Indiana, and in 1866 located on his presentfarm. Mr. Royer is
one of Atchison County’s most progressive agriculturists and worthy citzens. He was
married in Pennsylvania to Miss Mary McClain, of that State. They have two children—
Emma and Samuel Decker,

WILLIAM SCOVILLE, farmer, P. O. Monrovia, is a native of New York, and was born
in Jefferson County, September 20, 1820. Was educated and raised in his native State until
1843, when he came to Cook County, (IL, which was hls home until 1865.His residence was in
the town of Waeellng : for_ fifteen years he was Justice of the Peace _and for three
years was Deputy Sher if of Cook County. During the war he was on the U. S. Detective
force in Chicago. For upwards of twenty years Mr. S. was well known in the political cir-
cle of Cook County, ane was recognized among the solid men of the times. In 1865 he
came to Kansas, eugaging in the lumber trade in Atchison, and was one of the leaders in
that brauch of trade for a number of years. A few years ago he became interested in a
large tract of land where he now resides, and in the year 1880 became a resident thereon.
Mr. S. isa gentleman of more than ordinary ability, is very familiar with the political his-
tory of the country, and an entertaining conversationalist. He was married in 1843 to
Miss Lucinda Lasher. They have a family of four—E. J., Orland C., Freeman and Giles.
Orland ©., son of William Scoville, was born in Cook County, IH., February 4, 1846.
Was there raised and resided until 1864. He enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and
Thirty-second Illinois, bein, appointed Sergeant; served ei Mt months. In 1865 came
West, being for four years in California. For several years ne has been following. s¢ricul-
tural pursuits in Atchison County. He was married in 1873 to Miss Virginia Williams.
They ave one son—William,

LONZO SPENCER, the restaurteur and dealer in fancy groceries, is a native of Con-
necticut, and was born in Windom County, August 28, 1830. Was reared, educated, and
learned the shoemaker’s trade in his native State. In 1849, weut to Pennsylvania and en-
gaged In railroading on the Pennsylvania Central, and became proficient as a locomotive en-
gineer, continuing with that company for five years. He then located in Indiana, and
engaged in the boot and shoe trade, being identified in that capacity for several years. Af-
ter a temporary sojourn in Illinois he came to Kansas in 1870, locating in Concordia, Cloud
County, where he embarked in trade, continuing until 1875, when there was a disastrous
failure of the crops throughout that section, owing to the grasshoppers. In that year Mr.
Spencer returned to Indiana and resided until 1879, when he again became a resident of

ansas, engaging in the restaurant business in Atchison. The spring of 1881, took up his
abode in Effingham, and established present business. Mr. S. is the right man in the right
place, and is thoroughly conversant with the details of his line, He is a genial gentleman,
and has a good trade. He was married in 1862, to Miss Margaret Moore, an estimable lady.
Her father was one of the pioneers of Cloud County, Kansas.

. H. STEWART has been prominently identified with the educational advancement
in Atchison County. He is a native of Washington County, Ohio; was born July 22, 1847.
At an early age he removed to Guernsey County, with his parents, where he was reared and
educated, receiving the benefits of the Fairview College, at Fairview, Ohio. During the
Rebellion, he responded to the call for 100-days men, serving that period. For two years
he pursued the vocation of teaching, in Ohio. In 1868, he came to Kansas, and assumed the
garb of teacher. In the spring of 1869, he engaged to teach the Monrovia school, and
aught that year, and also the years 1870 and 1871, in Monrovia. He has been constantly
teaching in Atchison County for fourteen years, during all this time in the immediate neigh-
borhood of Monrovia. In the fall of 1882, the Republicans nominated him for County Su-
perintendent, but the county giving a Democratic majority of 138, he was defeated by ninety
votes. He was married January 20, 1870, to Miss Mary A, Eberly, of DuPage County, Ill,

 

 
' ATCHISON COUNTY.

Her death occurred October 10, 1879, leaving f
Fi A our children— Charles Fra: ¥
mma, John B., and Mattie Mabel. In connection with teaching, he Manages : : tai near
M row la, His father, Mr, Charles Stewart, was one of the pioneers of Washington County,
lo. His mother, Margaret Stewart (mee McCormick) was thrown from a horse and in-
suantly, ened finest et, 1867, leaving a family of ten children.
OC. S, stcian and surgeon, is a native of Brown County, Ohlo,
January 6, 1842; was there reared and educated, and took up the study at ingiene wide: On
are Pee ee pare of Finn Castle, Brown County.
r. a mto the Union ranks, and the subject of this sketch
enlistin yin Company A, Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer fateneee He participated in. he seenail
gatie of Bull Run, Cross Keys, Port Royal and other notable engagements. Was honorably
ischarged at Fort McHenry, in 1863, on account of disability. After returning to Ohio, he
applied himself to the study of his adopted profession, and took a course of lectures at ‘the
Miami University in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1870, he came to Missouri, and located in Alpha,
Grundy County, where he practiced medicine very successfully until 1877, when he came
to Kansas, locating in Eden, where he continued to practice until April, 1881, when he took
up his abode in Effingham. The Doctor has served a long and closely applied period in the
medical profession, and 1s a very close student. In 1880, attended the Keokuk Medical Col-
lege, and graduated from that institution, The Doctor is a brilliant conversationalist and
Page EnTEe ae Ghee ee jo TOG S: Mise Mattie Long, of Ohio. By this union they
i Suiem, Nebraska » Lewis E, and Viola. Lewis EK. is engaged in the drug trade
. H. TALIAFERRO, farmer, P. O. Effingham; was born in Alabama, August 3
at an early age returned to Mississippi with his parents, locating in Copiah Bocute wine
he was raised and educated, following in that State the vocation of cotton planting. In
1868 he came to Kansas, taking up his abode where he now lives. Mr. T. has a, fine farm,
and ig one of Atchison County’s most substantial citizens. Heisa Master Mason. He was
married in the State of Mississipol, to Miss Melissa Brown. They have thirteen children—
pally. Hawin P., Mary, Fannie, R. H., A. B., C. A., Howard B., David, Melissa, Lucy, Robert
A. VAN WAGONER, farmer, P. O. Effingham; was bornin Niagara County, N. Y., Jan-
uary 21, 1836, and was raised ona farm. From 1853 to 1855 attended Wilson Collegiate
Institute. In 1856 taught school at Wilson, N. Y. In spring of 1857 he engaged in farming
until 1862, when he went into mercantile business at Somerset, Niagara County, N.Y. I
1864 he sold out his business and returned to farming, ad has since followed that pursuit.
In 1871 he came to Kansas and settled in Kapioma Township. He was married in 1857, to
Miss F. E. Wilson, of Somerset, N. Y,, and has three children, viz: Charles, George M. and
Sarah E._ He is Clerk of the School Board in District No. 29.

JOHN S. WALL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 25, P.O. Monrovia, was a very early
settler in northeastern Kansas, and one of the substantial farmers of his township. He be-
came a resident of the State in the spring of 1857, pre-empted a claim in Center Township,
in the part which is now Benton Township. In 1858, he went to Pike’s Peak, and for a time
figured in the far West. In 1862, he tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in
Company D, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry; participated in the battles of Prairie
Grove, Caine Hill, Fort Smith ana others, Served three years, when he was honorably dis-
charged, at Fort Leavenworth. Has since heen engaged in farmingin Atchison County.
He is a genial and popular fellow citizen,

BENJAMIN WALLICK, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Effingham, one of the most prominent
men in northeastern Kansas, is the subject of the sketch. He is a native of Ohio, and was
born in Tuscarawas County, February 16, 1822; was educated and reared in the Buckeye
State, his boyhood days being spent in filling the Soil; fora time, followed agricultural pur-
suits In Indiana. The spring of 1860, caine to Kansas, purchasing a large tract of land where
he now resides. In the early part of the Rebellion, he was appointed enrolliug officer in
Atchison County, a very unenviable position to hold, as the county was about equally divid-
ed on the pro and con question, Mr. W., however, was a strong Union man and a Repub-
lican, and when he came tothe State brought his politics with him, proposing to stand by
them, let it cost what it might. In 1863, he was elected Sheriff, and re-elected in 1865.
During his four years in that office, took thirty-seven prisoners to the penitentiary. There
was unloubtedly more lawlessness in the State at that time than before or since, He has
been identified with minor offices, educational interests, etc, and is a staunch advocate on
the prohibition question, When Kansas is composed entirely of men like Ben Wallick, the
millennium will have come. He is a member of the I. 0, 0. F._ He was married in Ohio, to
tise Mary Fisher. They have eight children, B. F., E., M. E., Kate, John, George, Ada and

SIMEON WALTERS, contractor and carpenter. Among the pioneer mechanics in Kan-
sas, may be mentioned the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Kentucky, and was born
in Richmond, Madison County, November 13, 1828; was there reared, educated, and learned
trade and resided until 1856, when he came to Kansas, locating in Atchison. He was one of
the first carpenters there, and erected many of the early. buildings that have since passed
into oblivion. For over a quarter of a.century Mr. Walters has been a contractor and build-

- er, in Atchison County, and few people are more popularly and universally known. When
Effingham was laid out, Mr. W. built the first house, a store for Mr, P. J. Martin. Since
then he has erected a large number of the fine buildings in Effingham. Mr. Walters is a
public-spirited citizen, and has a host of friends in northeastern Kansas. He married in
1853, Miss Ann M. Barron, of Winchester, Ky. By this union, they have had five children,
one of whom is living, Sydney; lost four, James A,, two by the name of Willie, and Bettie.

D. G. WILSON, farmer, and stock-raiser, Section 34, P.O. Effingham. This prominent
gentleman is‘a native of Ohio, and was born in Tuscarawas County, January 18, 1836. Was
Teared and educated in his native State, eventually coming to Illinois, locating in Bureau
County, where he was a resident and closely identified with the agricultural interests of the
county for fifteen years. In the spring of 1869, came to Kansas, taking up his abode where
he now resides. He has large landed interests in the State, and is one of Atchison County’s
most substantial citizens, In 1874, he was the choice of the Republican party to represent
Atchison County in the Legislature, and was in the extra session that year, which was called
to take action in behalt of the grasshopper sufferers. He has held the office of Township
Trustee, and other positions, during his sojourn in the county. During the Rebellion, Mr.
W enlisted twice, each time being rejected on account of disability, He was married in
Illinois, to Miss Appalona Maxwell. They have seven children, Jolin W., Olive, Frank B.,
Emmet R., Eddie, Carrie and Albert H.

PARDEE.

The first settlement in Center Township was made by Caleb May, in Octo-
ber, 1854. He was President both of the Monrovia and Pardee town compa-
nies, being now a prominent citizen of Southern Kansas. Freeman Graham,
who came with him, isdead. The town of Pardee was platted in the spring
of 1857 by James Brewer, being named in honor of Pardee Butler. S.
G. Moore, the first settler, located July 1, 1858. In the winter of 1857 Mr.
Butler preached the first sermon in Pardee, the services being held in the
school house, which had been completed during the previous fall and opened
by James Brewer in December. In the fall of 1858 Mr. Butler located near
the town. In August, 1855, the first postoffice in the township was established
at Ocena, with William Crosby as postmaster. In 1858 it was removed to Par-
dee, andS. G. Moore appointed postmaster. The first town officers were:
Pardee Butler, president ; Milo Carlton, secretary; William J. May, treasur-
er; S.G. Moore, A. Elliott and W. Wakefield, trustees. Mr. Moore opened
the first store in the town in 1858, and in 1874 Milo Carleton put a wind mill
in operation. :

Pardee is now a town of about 100 people, off the line of railroad and
therefore not growing, containing two stores and two churches. The Metho-
dist Episcopal Church was established in the spring of 1868. It has now a
membership of forty-six, being in charge of Rev. A. S. Embree. The Chris-
tian Church was organized by Rev. Pardee Butler before the town was platted.
He is still its pastor, the membership of the society numbering about thirty. Par-
dee contains a good district school, and a private seminary or normal school,
whose principal is Miss Mary J. Willis. :

Near Pardee the Seventh Day Baptists have a strong church of over nine-
ty members. It was first organized in August, 1863, its first pastor being El-
der A. F. Randolph. After his death came Rev. S. R. Wheeler, who served the
church for nearly fourteen years. He resigned in November, 1881, and since
that time the church has been without a pastor. Services have been held in
the school house, but a church edifice is now being erected.

When the Rebellion broke

 

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OTHER TOWNS.

Cummingsville, on the line of the A., T. & S. F. R. R., southwest of Atch-
ison, in Center Township, was laid out in the fall of 1872, being named in hon-
or of Wm.Cummings,a resident of the town. Robert Kennish,the first settler, up-
on the town site,located in November 1872, he being appointed postmaster when
the office was established the next fall. He also opened the first store in December,
1872, In April, 1873, D. C. Harris and family located in Cummingsville, their
child, Lorenzo, born August 24, 1874, being its first native. His was also the
first death, March 25, 1875, The marriage of E. G. Hilton and Sarah W.
Harris, July 8, 1878, was the first. In the winter of 1880-1881 R. C. Ripple
taught the first school, the Methodist Church South building a church in 1880.
The first sermon had been preached in Odd Fellows’ Hall by Rev. Mr. Cook
in 1875. Cummingsville is now a town of about seventy people, is situated on
a prairie in a valley; has several business houses and bids fair to grow into
still more of a thriving settlement.

Farmington is a small station, consisting of a few families, situated on the
Central Branch. It has a district school, in which the services of the Christian
Church are held. This church was organized by Pardee Butler in October,
1867. It isnow in charge of Rev. Z.S. Hastings, who has been a resident of
Farmington since 1875. The society numbers about thirty-five members.
Among the earliest settlers in the vicinity of Farmington are the McBride

brothers.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—CENTER TP.

H. R. ACHENBACH. R.R. agent and Postmaster, Farmington; one of the most genial and
popular genilemen on the tine of the Central Branch, He is a native of Penusylvania,and was
ornin Clinton County, December 5, 1844. He was reared and educated in his native State,
graduating from the People’s Commercial College at Reading. After leaving this college, he
clerked in the Prothonotary and Register and Recordeyr’s office, at Lock Haven, Clinton Co.,
Pa. Then he went to Williamsport, where he was engaged in the confectionery and bakery
business with his brother. His father, Hon.George A. Achenbach, is one of the leading citi-
zens of Clinton County, and for a number of years has been prominently identified officially.
Weclip from the sketch-book of legislatures of Pennsylvania, in 1876,the following: “George
A. Achenbach, Representative from Clinton County, is a gentleman of reputation on the
Democratic side of the House. He was born 1n Columbia County, October 22, 1815, before
the birth of the common schools, consequently was educated in the subscription schools,
which were in vogue at that day. At twelve years of age he became aclerk inastore. In
1836, he moved to Sugar Valley, then in Center, but now in Clinton County, where he en-
gaged in managiug the mercantile interests of a furnace company. In 1860, he was elected
to the Legislature from Clinton and Lycoming Counties, serving his constituents so satis-
factorily that he was returned by a large majority. He was a Delegate to the Constitutional
Convention, serving ou some important committees. Mr. A. is very unassuming at his post
of duty, and is emphatically a business legislator. He is aman stout built, but not corpu-
lent, with gray hair, large head, and closely shaven face, his countenance indicating good
nature.” H.R. resided in Pennsylvania until 1877, when he came West, arriving in Atchi-
son County, July 6. He at once engaged in merchandising. In that capacity he was identi-
fied until the summer of 1881. us that time he took up the study of telegraphy. and
was appointed railroad agent October 27, 1880. He had received his appointment as Post-
master, October 24, 1877. In both capacities he is eminently qualified, and without the
radiant countenance of “Auchy,” at the station, Farmington would have but few attrac-
tions. He was married June 24, 1869, to Miss Annie KE. Ayers, a native of Chester County,
Pa.,an_estimable lady. They have had four children—Mary E., Preston A., Harry S., and
James P. Mr, A. isan Odd-Fellow, and in 1876 was District Deputy of Clinton County, Pa.,
organizing Salona Lodge, No. 937, June 24, 1876. Heis also Master Mason.

SAMUEL ARTHUR, farmer, Section 23, P. O., Pardee, is a native of Pennsylvania, and
was born in Blair County, August 22, 1826. His father, Joseph Arthur, was a native of Bed-
ford County, a farmer, and came to Illinois with his family in 1846, locating in McDonough
County. Samuel followed canal- boating during his earlier days in Illinois, though his prin-
cipal vocation was farming, which he adhered to until he came to Kansas, in 1871, locating
where he now resides. His estate consists of 320 acres of choice land. Mr. A. is one of the
most successful of agriculturists, combining the practical with the theoretical. He was
married in 1851, to Miss Sarah Hagerman, of Wayne County, Ohio. They have fourteen
children—Elizabeth, Amanda, William, Flora Ella, Charles, Adaline, Daniel, Isabelle, Cyn-
thia, Josié, Walter, Joseph, Hattie, Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. A. and family are identified with
the Methodist Hpiscopal Church. : .

GREGORY G. ASHE, farmer, Section 27, P. O., Pardee. A pioneer in Kansas, and one
who has contributed more than an ample share toward the early development of Atchison
County, is Mr. Gregory Ashe. He isa native of Ireland, and was born in the County Kerry,
December 26, 1826. When twenty-two years of age, came to the United States. For sev-
eral years he traveled, and resided temporarily in different parts of the country. The sum-
mer of 1855, came to Kansas, and pre-empted the 160 acres that is now his homestead. In
1858, went to St. Jo., Mo., residing until 1860, when he took up his permanent abode where
he now resides. Being among the first inhabitants, he endured many privations and draw-
backs. During the war he belonged to the State Militia, and was on duty at Kansas City
during the trouble there. Mr. Ashe is an industrious, go-ahead citizen, and just the kind of
aman to build_up the reputation of anew country. He has beentwice married, first in
Ohio, to Miss Rachel A, Stanton; they have two children, Fred M. and Eugene; lost one—
Frank, Mrs. Ashe, as far as can be ascertained, taught the first school in Center Townshi|
(in 1856). Her death occurred in Kansas. His present wife was formerly Annie C. Bechtel.
By this marriage they have three children—Frank G,, James W., and Edith M.

O. W. BABCOCK, stock raiser and dealer, P. O., Nortonville, well known as one of the
prominent stockmen of eastern Kansas. He is a native of New York, and was born in
Jefferson County, December 30, 1839; was there educated, reared, and resided until 1866,
when he emigrated to Wisconsin, locating at Albion, Dane County, where, in company with
Mr. O. Davis, they carried on general merchandising for several years. The spring of 1873,
came to Kansas, locating where he now resides, himself and Mr. O. Davis purchasing a
large tributary to Nortonville. Mr. Babcock is, in every sense of the word, a man who com-
mands the respect of his fellow-men. He was married in Allegany County, N. Y., to Miss
Harriet A, Lamphear, of that county. Himself and wife are closely identified with the Sev-
enth Day Baptist Church. = bien

A.’S. BEST, farmer and stockraiser. P. O. Monrovia, is one of the most substantial
agriculturists of the county. He isanative of Pennsylvania, and was born in Clinton
County, June 27, 1839, was reared and educated in his native State, his boyhood
days being spent in tilling the soil. The spring of 1860 his father, Mr. J. W. Best,
with his famly, including A. S. came to Kansas, locating in Center Township, Atchi-
son County, the subject of this sketch taking and locating on his present homestead,
where he erected a house and assiduously set to work to make a comfortable home
and develop a farm. How well he has succeeded is known to those acquainted with
him, as his farm, residence, orchard, etc., are in conformity with the name of the owner,
“the Best.” Mr. B. has been closely identified with the growth and development of the
county. During the war he was Captain of a Militia Company in Center Township. At

resent he discharges the duties of Township Clerk for Center Township. In 1860 Miss
elinda Bricker, of Pennsylvania, became his wife. By this union they have four chil-
dren—Ella R., Mary C., Emma, and John H.

LUCIUS H. BISHOP, farmer and stockraiser, Section 18, P.O. Monrovia. There are but
few people within the boundary ling of Atchison County more widely known as pioneers
than L. H. Bishop. He is a native of Vermont; was born in Orange County, June 6, 1824.
When young removed with his parents to Allegany County, N.Y. His father was a black-
smith by trade, and L. H., in his earlier days, assisted some atthe forge. The spring of
1857 found him at Atchison, Kan., which at that time consisted of a few very diminutive
buildings. He pre-empted some land, which is now embodied in his present estate, and
built a log claim cabin which is intact, still standing adjacent to his residence. He was
among the first farmers of this portion of the country, and as anagriculturist has been very
successful. He has a fine farm ina high state of cultivation, and the surroundings indicate
comfort. Mr. B. passed through all the difficulties subsequent to the first seekers of the
new country, and the obstacles he had to encounter at that day and age were different from
those generally incidental to a pioneer life. During the Rebellion he was in the Twelfth
Kansas Militia Regiment, and participated in the engagement at Westport, Mo., where his
horse was shot from under him. Mr. B. was a strong advocate for the abolition of slavery.
At an early day was a member of the Board of Township Supervisors, and identified with
the educational interests of District No. 6, of which he made the first report to the County
superintendent. He was married in New York in 1851 to Miss Betsy M. Wilson, an esti~
mable lady. They have by this union four children—Frank W., Willie E., Sadie and
Amelia, twins.
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S. AUG. BUCH, farmer and carpenter, Sectiou 26, P.O, Farmington. Is anative of Saxony,
Germany, and was born May 2, 1832. Was reared, educated, and learned cabinet making
trade in his native country. Came to the United States in July, 1869, arriving on the
fourth, located in Pennsylvania, residing until 1871. Came to St. Joe, thence to Atchison
County thesame year. He devotes a great portion of his time to contractlity and building:
being a first-class mechanic has all the work he can attendto. Mr. B. has een twice mar-
ried, first in Germany in 1861, to Miss Ernestine Otto. Her death occurred in 1871. Had
three children—Margaretta, Dorotha, and Katherina. His present wife was formerly Miss
Margretta Mack, of Wurtemburg, Germany. She was a widow at the time, her name being
Smith. By her former husband she has two sons, Henry and Willie. __

JOHN BURNS, farmer, P. O. Nortonville. This ploneer is a native of the County
Donegal, Ireland, and was born duty. 8, 1831. Was reared, educated, and resided in his
native country until 1851; came to the United States, and for two years worked on a farm in
Kentucky, after which for a few years he resided in different parts of the country engaged
in various pursuits. In 1857 Kansas attracted his attention and in March of that
year he pre-empted the 160 acres of land which is now his own, being one of the first sel-
tlers in that part of the county. He had many obstacles to meet at that early date which were
only overcome by untiring industry. Io 1862 he enlisted in Company K; Thirteenth Kan-
sas Volunteer Infantry. He participated at the battle of Prairie Grove and other notable
engagements of the war, serving three years when he was honorably discharged: Return-
edto Atchison County where he has since been a resident. His wife’s maiden name was
Miss Ann Quinn. By this marriage they have five children—Mary Grace, Annie, John F.,
Daniel, and an infanc. :

__C.T. BUTIN, farmer, Section 7, P.O, Nortonvilie. This popular agriculturist is a na-
tive of New York, and was_born in Rensselaer County, June 1, 1830. His father, Horace
Butin, and mother, Annie Saunders, were natives of the Empire State. When quite young
he moved to Allegany County, New York; then at eight years of age returned to Rensse-
laer County, where he was raised and educated. He was deprived of his father by
death soon after their return. In 1857 he came to Kansas and bought a claim
in Atchison County, being one of the pioneers of Center ownahips He was closely
identified with the early development of northeastern Kansas. e has a pleasant
and attractive home, indicating comfort and prosperity. He is a close observer, a deep
thinker, and has made a success as an agriculturist, by combining the practical with the
theoretical. He was married March 22, 1862, to Miss Marie Cushman, an estimable lady.
Thev have one daughter, Annie L, an accomplished young lady. Mr. Butin’s mother came
to Kansas, where she died in 1860. He has two sisters living within half a mile from him,
Catherine E. Perry and Alma L. Maris, both well situated in life, and each the mother of
three chiidren—two boys and one girl. The family is identified with the Baptist Society of
the Seventh Day denomination,

REV, PARDEE BUTLER, P. O. Farmington. Was born in 1816 in Onondaga County,
N.Y. His parents were from Connecticut. In 1819 they emigrated to the Connecticut
western reservation in northern Ohto. This was the only exclusively Puritan colony that
was ever planted by the New England States, though they have furnished a predominating

ortion of the population of many of the western and northwestern States, The Western

eserve was an unbroken wilderness, and the settlers Were proverbially poor, provided men
can be called poor under any circumstances who have Yankee thrift, pluck, and intelli-
geuce. Mr. Butler remembers how his father, Phineas Butler, used to say that the only
money he had for one year after coming to Ohio, was a quarter of a dollar, which he
refused to spend, because he would not be wholly without money. Wheat would not bring
twenty-five cents per bushelin Cleveland, but furs and peltries brought fair prices, and be-
came a sort of legal tender; and so Phineas Butler became a noted hunter. There is yet
preserved a local tradition how he and a brother hunter had a savage fight with a she bear,
which they found in an alder swamp with her cubs one night when they were hunting rac-
coons. Frederick Brown, uncle to Ossawatomle, John Brown, lived in the same settlement,
and under his impulse a Congregational Church and sunday scoot were organized in
the log schoolhouse, which was followed soon after by a Debating Society, in which the
subject of our sketch took his first lessons as a public speaker. Lyman Beecher’s sermons
ou temperance, delivered in Litchfield, Conn., made on the Western Reserve a deep impres-
slon, and our young reformer took his first lessons at the hands of mobs by being pelted
with eggs for delivering temperance lectures. At an early day he became identitied with the
anti-slavery movement. In the elections of 1844 he voted with the Liberty party for

James J. Birney. A friend and a man of some position saidto him: ‘ Now, Mr. Butler, you
are just starting in life, and will you throw yourself away by voting with such an insignifi-
cant minority?” He replied, ‘‘My father was an old Henry Clay Whig, and Ladmire Mr.Clay
very much, but I think a new party necessary aud I shall vote for James G. Birney.” The
Liberty party was the nest egg, out of which was hatched the Republican party. Alexander
Campbell, and his father, Thomas.Campbell, were Scotch Presbyterian ministers. Chang-
ing their views with regard to the action of baptism jike Adoniram Judson, they became
identified with the Baptists. They refused, however, to adopt any sectarian name or any
creed but the Bible, seeking thus the union of all Christians, aud were therefore compelled,
finally, to set up for themselves. Having many things in common with the New England
Puritans, their views spread rapidly on the Western Reserve, and the subject of our sketch,
together with his father and mother, became identified with this movement, and he has
spent thirty years of his life promulgating these views in the West, never, however, having
forgotten his devotion to temperance and anti-slavery. He came to Kausas, and settled in
Atchison County, in the year 1855. His boldness in expressing his disapprobation of the
measures of the pro-slavery party soon marked him out to the leaders of this party as
@ man too dangerous to be tolerated in the country, and on the 15th of August of the same
year a mob seized him in the town of Atchison, and put bim on araft of two logs, and set
him adrift on the Missouri River. They threatened that if he should return they would
certainly hang him; and he replied, ‘‘ Gentlemen, do your duty as you understand it, and I
will do my duty as I understand it; I ask no favors of you.” Induetimehe returned. The
next spring he was taken by a company of South Carolinians, and tarred and feathered, his
life only having been saved by the interposition of Judge Tutt, of St. Joseph, Mo, He was
married in 1843 to Miss Sibyl S. Carleton, also of the Western Reserve, who is now
living. They have had seven children born tothem, of whom three are now living. He
ha: been a farmer for a life time, and his work as a preacher, anti-slavery, and temperance
lecturer, has been largely without charge. He has never had but one law suit. He prose-
cuted a man for petty larceny, and proved his charge; but the Justice dismissed the case
and awarded the prosecutor with the costs. Among the many valuable lessons he has
learned in this wicked world he regards this as one of the most valuable. And now, before
he has attained the age allotted to men, he finds slavery forever abolished, and the dram-
shops prohibited by constitutional provision in the State. Meantime, there is a strong
moral certainty that they will in like manner be ere long prohibited paroug boul the United
States. A great advance has also been made toward the unton of all Christians in one fold
and under one Shepherd. Public integrity, private virtue, aud good government have
made encouraging progress; and the sulbfect of this sketch feels, now as he is drawing near
the end of a soinewhat stormy and eventful life, that he has not wholly lived in vain.

MILO CARLTON, farmer, P.O. Pardee, is anatitveof Massachusetts, and was born in
Franklin County, August 8,1814. At an early age, came with parents to Ghio, his father, Jo-
seph, being one of the early settlers of the Western Reserve, where Milo was reared and
educated. He was a resident of the counties of Medina, Loraine and Ashland, and lived in
one place, caused by changes of the lines, The Carltons are of English ancestry. His moth-

jolly Parmley, was a native of Vermont. In 1853, Mr. Carlton came to Kansas, locating
in Center Township, being about the first in that vicinity, He was one of the company who
was interested in starting and laying out the town of Pardee, and has figured prominentl
from that date to the present, doing all in his power for the best interests of the village.
few years ago, he built a flour mill which was to be operated by ind Now on: It proved
rather a disastrous enterprise, owlng to its being demolished by a storm. He has been close-
ly associated with the educational interests of the community, and few settlers are more
favorably known. He was married in Massachusetts, to Miss Harriet Gale. Mr. and Mrs,

Cariton, although advanced in years, are hale and hearty. ti

Ww. G. CARTER, farmer, Section 8, P.O. Lancaster. This fenial and popular citizen
is a native of Greenbrier County, Va., and was born May 20,1847. In 1860, his father, W.
P. Carter, Esq., emigrated with his family to Kansas, locating in Lancaster Township, the
senior Carter being prominently identified with the growth and development of that town-
ship. W.G., was here educated and reared to manhood, his earlier days being spent in till-
ing the soil, and he has always adhered to that calling. He has a fine farm of 160 acres,
ninety of which are under cultivation. He was married in 1871, to Miss Nannie Henderson
of Atchison County. They have three children, Susie, Ida and Lillie.

R. N. CIRTIVILL, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Farmington, is a native of New York, and
was born in Jefferson County, February 20, 1828. He was reared and educated in his native
county, three miles from Sackett’s Harbor. In 1850, he married Miss Susan Burns, a native
of England. In 1864, enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth New York Volunteer
Infantry, Company I, serving ten months; was at the battle of Petersburg and the surrender
of Gen. Lee. His son Burt was also in the saine regiment, and was severely wounded at the
battle of Petersburg. After the war, located in New York and resided untii 1871; came to
Kansas, locating where he now resides, Mr. C. has a fine farm, and is one of Atchison Coun-
ty’s most progressive citizens, His son, Burt Cirtivell, is engaged In the livery business, in
Effingham, Kan, He has an adopted daughter, Melvina Slack.

A. CUSHMAN. This venerable and popular gentleman is a native of Massachusetts,
and was born in Plympton, seven miles from Plymouth Rock, November 28, 1796. His
father, Ignatius, was also a native of Massachusetts, and his mother, Ruth Washburn, wasa

- native of that State. The Cushmans are of Euglish ancestry. Thomas Cushman came to

America in the “Mayflower,” and was_married to Mary Allerton. From this union the
Cushmans of the United States sprang. He was a minister of the Puritan denomination,
and delivered the first sermon in the New England States. Deborah Standish, great grand-
daughter of Miles Standish, was the great grandmother of the subject of this sketch. When

 

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uite young, he removed to the State of Maine with his parents, and for a number o

pease resided in the vicinity of Belfast, where, ata Jater day,he was prominently identified in
business. In 1857, came west, taking up his abode in Atchison County, Kan.; engaged in
farming a short distance from Pardee, being among the first in that part. He built a store in
Pardee, aud for several years was engaged in trade. He has been a constant resident of the
county since 1857, with the exception of about a year spent in the far West and in Maine, on
pleasure. In1 51, Mr. Cushman was 2 passenger on the ill-fated train that went through
the Platte River bridge, near St. Joseph, Mo. A large number of people, includng the con-
ductor, were killed. r. C. was so seriously injured that he has never fully recovered. Al-
though far past the meridian of life, he is well preserved. His memory is excellent, and he
takes a live interest in the political issues of the day. He has been a Jackson Democrat, and
his sympathies always have been with that party. In 1825, Miss Celia Pearce became his
wife. Sheisanative of Maine. They have had nine children, Marcia (wite of C. T. Butin,

’ Esq., of Atchison County), Augustus, Almacia, Adolphus, Amanda, Alfred, Washburn, Har-

n, 7
aie a SOSEIMAN, farmer, P. O. Pardee, is a native of Maine, and was born in Penob-

scott County, June 18, 1881. as reared aud educated in his native county, following lum-
bering for a number of years and resided there until 1864. He came to Bansas locating
in Pardee; the spring of that year he went to Montana and enga: ed in mining for Re
siderable length of time. The autumn of that year he was so unfortunate as to have : eg
broken, a short distance from Fort Bridger, He made his way to Salt Lake City, and re
mained until the spring of 1865, when he went to Virginia City. The seasons 2 86 - 66,
he was on the police force at Helena, Montana, after which he went to Idaho, w ore] ree
mained for about one year, when he departed for Kansas. He took passage down the ee
souri River on the steamer Mackinaw, which was abandoned, and after being out several
days, Mr. Cushman, in company with others, purchased a mackinaw, and had progressed
quite a distance, when they took passage on the steamer Deer Lodge. In 1867, 8 engage

fn pork packing in Pardee, and aside from the season spent in that pursuit, he nas een. on
gaged in agricultural pursuits. He has a pleasant and comfortable home in Pardee, an ag
one of Center Township’s most progressive citizens. He was married August 26. A856, to
Muss M. J. Smith, of Penobscot County, Me. Her father, E. Smith, Esq. was one of the olde
est citizens of that county. They have had three children, who are eceased — Herbert a
Annie and Gustavus. The summer of 1881, Mr. aid Mrs. Cushman made atour to Maine,

ing their old home and passing several months. _

Oe BAVIS, of the firm of Davis & Babcock, stockmen, P. O. Nortonville, is a native of
Rhode Island, and was born in Washington County, September 1, 1832; was there educated
and reared, in 1862, came West, locating in Albion, Dane Co., Wis., where he was ident
fled in the commercial circles for a number of years, doing a general merchandise trade.

In the autumn of 1873, he came to Kansas erga ing inthe stock tradeand farming, in com-
pany with his brother-in-law, Mr. O. W. Babcock. Mr. D. is a well-read man, a deep
thinker. Has always been a strong Republican, and is an ardent advocate of temperance.
He has been twice married, first Tn ew York to Miss Sophrena Babcock, of Jetferson
County. By this union has one daughter—Lillian. Mrs. Davis’s death occurred in Wiscon-
sin. His present wife was formerly Elizabeth Williams, of- Wisconsin. | Mr. D. isof Eng-
lish extraction, nie maternal An CESIOFS were Reynolds. Himself and wife are members of

uth Day Baptis urch, :

toe ee EVI Trarmer, Pp. O. Farmington. This gentleman is a native of Kentucky, and
was born in Helena, ten miles from May’s Lick, May 22,1818. His father, Wiiliam, was
one of the substantial citizens of that county. He resided in his native founty. and learned
the blacksmith trade. In 1844, he came to Weston, Mo., and engaged in blacksmithing,
and for a time conducted a large livery stable. In 1860, came to Kansas, locating in Atchi-
son, where he built a shop and was ideuvtified among the early Vulcans of that point. In
1863, he engaged in freighting in the California trade for Hardesty & Alexander, in the
capacity of wagon master, in which he was eminently successful. e eventually made a
trip with the Butterfield outfit, and was surrounded by Indians in the vicinity of Fort Elis-
worth, the train was captured and Mr. D. was surrounded for four weeks before govern-
ment troops came to the rescue. He was in such imminent danger that his hair turned
gray in avery short period. He continued in the blacksmithing usiness in Atchison until
1877, when he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He is one of Kansas’ most sub-
stantial citizens. He was married January 1, 1844, to Miss Elizabeth Wood. They have

three children—James F.. Adrian Jr., and Elizabeth.

THOMAS NOHUE, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Farmington. One of Atchison County’s
most sterling farmers is the subject of the sketch. He is a native of Ireland, and was born
in the Parish Kill Glass, County Roscommons, November 10. 1804; was reared,educated and
learned.the stone mason’s trade in his native country. In 1847, he came to America, locat-
ing in Buffalo, N. ¥., where he worked at his trade and resided a number of years. In
1861, came to Kansas, locating in Atchison County, where he now resides, his first purchase
being 100 acres, he set to work assiduously, and when not engaged on the farm he worked at
his trade. His landed estate now consists of 360 acres of fine land, the greater portion of
which is under cultivation. Has a grand old orchard, anda residence that is a model of
taste, indicating comfort. He was marriedin February, 1844, to Miss Bridget McGuire, of
the County Roscommon, Ireland. They have six children—Joseph, John, Ellen, Katie,
Jane and Louisa. Joseph was elected two terms to the Legislature. ea in 7

JAMES M.FLETCHER, farmer, P.O. Farmington. This popular fellow citizen is a native
of Fayette County, Ohio, and was born June 3, 1819. At an early age he removed with his
parents to Heury County, Ind., where he was reared and educated. His father, Thomas
Fletcher, was an agriculturist. The family eventually emlprated, to Iowa County, Wis.,
where James M. resided until 1857 when he came to Kansas. The trip was made by teams,
the family spending three months out of doors. He took up a claim where he now resides,
being one of the first settlers in this part, and developed a farm, and has since been a resi-
dent, He had numerous obstacles to contend with in starting, being obliged to sell his only
team to pay for his claim, and other drawbavks, _His estate is one of the finest in Center
Township. He was married March 19, 1843, to Miss Ephey L. McCann, of Indiana, a na-
tive of Ohio. She was born April 30, 1825. They have had nine children, eight of whom
are living—Amos Warren, Samuel Harrison, John, Nelson, Burd, Ann, Sarab and Melissa.
Lost one—William,

MICHAEL GALLATIN, farmer, P.O. Atchison, is a native of Switzerland, and was born
August 22, 1832. Was reared and resided in his native country uutil 1853. Came to the
United States, locating in Pennsyivania, where he resided four years. He then came to Wis-
consiu, and in 1861 enlisted in Company K, Ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He par-
ticipated in many of the stirring events of the war which the Ninth passed through, and
was honorably d scharged at Milwaukee in 1864. In 1865 came to Kansas where he has
since been a resident. r, G, is one of the most substantial citizens in Atchison County.
He married, in 1871, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer. Mrs, G. has two children by her former hus-
band—Sophle anu Mary. :

DURAND C. HALL, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Farmington, is a native of Ohio, and was
born in Portage County, June 17,1834. His father, William Hall, was a pioneer in the
Western Reserve, Durand was reared and educated in his native county, following agri-
cultural pursuits, and continued to reside there until the spring of 1869. Came to Kansas,
locating on his present farm, which is one of the finest in the county, ald well equipped for
stock raising, of which he makes a specialty. Mr. Hall was married in Ohio to Miss Ellen
M. Underwood, who died September 9, 1871. Has four children—Inez M., AlbertS., Her-
bert D,, Mary E. Lost one—John H. His present wife was Susan I. Merrian. They have
one daughter—Susan E. Mr. Hall is a Master Mason.

. HENNIGH, farmer, P.O. Farmington. This gentleman is a native of Penn-
sylvania and was born {1 Center County March 3, 1852. His father, David, was a promi-
nent farmer of Center County, and a native of the Keystone State. John was educated and
reared in Center County, following agricultural pursuits. He came to Kansas locating in
Lancaster Township, Atchison Co.,residing one year, when he removed to his present farm.
sre yas married in Pennsylvania to Miss 2 ancy Lytle. They have three children—Nora,

ROSSELL HIGLEY farmer, Section 35, P.O. Pardee. This pioneer and well known cit-
izen is a native of New ‘York, and was born in Delaware County, January 10, 1833. Was
reared and educated in his native State, locating in Allegany Gounty when sixteen years
of age. When twenty-one years of age came to Adams County, IU., residing until 1856,
when he caine to Kansas, belng one of the first in Atchison County. He pre-empted 160 acres
which is now his home farm, erected a claim cabin and turned his attention to developi
thetarm, In 1862 he tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company
Thirteenth Kansas Infantry as private, serving three years, passing through the usual
routine of warfare, and was mustered out as Corporal. Returned to Kansas and has since
been a resident, He has an excellent farm and is in a prosperous condition. In 1872 was
marrted to Mrs. Mary E. Galpin, of Connecticut. They have four children—George N., AS-
phi M.,, Henry W., Arthur Garfield.

SANFORD JARRELL, farmer P. O. Monrovia. One of the most popular gentlemen of
Atchison County is the subject of this sketch. Heis a native of North Carolina, and was
born in Rockingham County, March 9, 1836. Came to Indiana when young, where he was
reared and educated, following agricultural pursuits, In 1857 came to Kansas and pre-
empted a claim in Jackson County. He was identified among the early farm openers and
farmers until 1861, when he enlisted in Compiny E, Second Kansas Cavalry. @ partici-
pated in a number of the prominent engagements of the war, was at Prairie Grove and
Cane Hill. Was mustered in as Corporal, and after the Prairie Grove engagement was
promoted to Duty Sergeant, iu which capacity he acted until discharged, serving three
years and three months. Since the war he has been continually a resident of Atchison Coun-
ty. He married in 1865 Miss Annie Fletcher, an estimable lady daughter of James M.
Fletcher, Esq an early Kansan, They have two children—John F,and Mary M.

LAWRENOE JOHNSO N, farmer, P. O. Atchison. One of the oldest and most respected
citizens of northeastern Kansas, is Mr. Johnson. He is a native of Lreland, and was born in
Queens County, Mare 115, 1813. He was deprived of his father anu mother by death when

 

 

 
ATCHISON COUNTY.

young, and although the family had been in good circumstances, Lawrence was thrown
upon his own resources with Jimited means. Came to the United States when nineteen years
of age, locating in New Jersey, where he foilowed agricultural pursuits for afew years. In
1857, emigrated West, taking up his residence in Atchison County, Kan., where he now
resides. Being one of the pioneers of the county, he has been closely associated with its de-
velupment, aud few people nave contributed more amply inthis respect. His farm of 160
acres, conveniently located to Atchison, is very desirable fora country residence, and his
residence is a model of taste and comfort. Mr. Johnson has never been an official aspirant.
Politically, in “ye halcyon days,” he was a Jackson Democrat, and he still sides with that
party. He was married in New Jersey, to Miss Susan Johnson. They have had ten chil-
dren, eigut of whom are living—Elizabeth, Fannie, William L., George, John C., Susan,
James D., and Mary Ann; lost two, Theresa and Frank. William L. andl John C. comprise
the well knowu book and stationery house of Johnson Bros., of Atchison. Mrs. Johnson,
one of the pioneer ladies of Kansas, well advanced In years, ig still hale and healthy.

8. R. JONES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 3, P. 0. Cutnmingsvillé, is a pioneer of

Kansas. He isa native of Kentucky, and was born in Harlan Coun y, December 29, 1827.

At an early age removed with parents to Carter County. where he was reared and educated,
following agricultural pursuits in his earlier days. In 1854, caine to Kansas, locating on
Crooked Creek, in Jefferson County. He was one of the first in Jefferson, aud had many
drawbacks to contend with, It was requisite at that time tu go to Missouri for breadstuifs,
and to make this trip in winter was frequently a hazardous undertaking. Mr. J. saw this
portion of the country partially developed, residins until 1857, when he came to Atchison
County, locating on Deer Creek. He was one of the pioneers in that locality, and figured
prominently at that day. He was one of the first judges of election, and a inember of the
Township Board for a number of years. On one occasion, in Atchison, Mr. Jones was
obliged to take the ballot-box home with him at noon, the partisan contest becoming so
riotous as to makeit unsafe. After residing on Deer Creek several years, moved to a farm
on Parallel Road, where he resided several years, During the war, Mr J. was amember
of the State Militia, and for two weeks was stationed at Kansas City. For three years was a
resident in the vicinity of Lawrence. At one time he was one of the largest real estate own-
ers in northeastern Kansas. His present farm he purchased and moved. on, in the spriuvg of
1881. It is one of the most desirable homes and best farms in Center Township. Mr. J. is
@ geutleman of excellent judgment, is very progressive, and held in high esteem by all who
know him, Was married in 1852, to Mrs. Lucinda J. Clark, nee Howard. They have four
children—David J., Stephen R., jr., Sarah K. (uow Mrs. George Butler), and James W. Mrs.
Jones had a family of two by her former husband, Rusa A.and George W. The latter was
killed by the Sioux Indians, in 1864, in western Kansas, while en route for the mountains
with another party, they having athreshing machine. He was then in his twenty-first
year, and one of the most promising young men. Mrs. J., at anearly day in the West, passed
many lonely nights, and had reasons to fear the red men, who at that time were prevalent to
a great extent, and at times not altogether sociable.

J. A. KELRNS, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Pardee. This popular young man isa son of
William R. Keirns, Esq., who came to Atchison County in 1856, being one of the pioneers in
Ceuter Towuship, and among the early farm openers. He came from Pntnam County, Ohio.
At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in the Chirteenth Kansas, and died in the
service from sickness contracted while discharging his duty. J. A. was born in Atchison
County, Kau., March 30, 1857, and here educated and reared, adhering to agricultural pur-
suits. He has.a fine farm, and is numbered among the substantial citizens of Center
Township. Heisa musician of more than ordinary ability, and eminently a favorite in

society.
GEORGE LAMBERSON, SR., farmer, Section 8, P. O. Farmington. One who figured
prominently at an early day in Atchison county, is the subject of thissketch. He is ana-
tive of New York, and was born in Quondago County, February 27, 1821; was reared, edu-
cated, and learned the carpenter’s trade in his native county. When he attained his major-
ity, his father, Lawrence, gave hima farm, and for two years he fullowed agricultural pur-
suits. In 1846, came West, and for four years resided in Wisconsin, after*-which he went to
California, remaining three years; retured to New York, and in the spring of 1858, came to
Kansas, pre-empting a claim on Section 7, Center Township, Atchison County. After farm-
ing five years, removed to Monrovia, engaging in hotel-keeping and working at his trade.
Monrovia, at that time, was a co mpeting point for the county-seat, and Mr. Lamberson con-
tributed amply toward the up-building of the town. After five years in Monrovia, again
returned to farming, in which pursuit he is still engaged. At the time of his coming to Kan-
sas, his father, Lawrence Lamberson, also took up his abode in the State, residing for a
number of years. He now livesin Chicago, Ill., aged eighty-seven years. Mr. L. was mar-
ried, May 15, 1844, to Miss Rosamon Lamberson, of New York. They have two children,
George, jr., and Charles O.

A. J. MCBRIDE, farm 'r, Section 29, P. O, Pardee, is one of ius plonests of Kansas, and
aman who has contributed amply toward the early development of Atchison County. He
is a native of Tennessee, aud was born in White County, December 13, 1821; was reared,
educated, and resided in his native State, following agricultural pursuits until 1855, when
he came to Kansas, lucating on the section he still resides on. 2 took 160 acres of land,
and in a log cabin cummenced to make a home, in what then was considered a howling wil-
derness (minus the wilderuess), as there was not a particle of timber for miles. Mr. McB.
was among the first inthis neighborhood, and had many drawbacks to contend with. He
has at present a.fine home, which indicates comfort and prosperity. He was married, in
1847, to Miss Sarah A, Walker. By this union they have had five chiluren—Lucian L., De
galas Floritta, Leonora, and Lucillus A. Mrs. McBride’s death occurred October 22,

T. C. McBRIDE, farmer, Section 22, P. 0. Pardee. Of the few ’56-ers in Atchison
County, Mr. McBride was one of the most prominent. He is a native of Tennessee, and was
born in White County, February 5, 1826. His father, Andrew, was a native of Virginia, and
a farmer in White County. T. C. was educated and reared in Tennessee, residing until 1856
when he came to’ Kansas, arriving on the 22 of March. He pre-emp-ed a portion of lau
he now occupies, aud in 1857, set avout developing it. Waoere Mc. McB.’s residence now
stands, there was, avout that time, a town started, which was promised a bright future. All
the old settlers well remember Ocena. It was the first stopping place west of Atchison, in
point of importance. However, it never attained but a few buildings, One of those was a
Store, in which the subject of this sketch carried a sinall stock of gonls, He was also Post-
master, being appointed to the latter post in 1856, under President Buchanan’s administra-
tion, holding the office until it was reinoved to Pardee. In the fall of-1857, in a grove on his
place, the first church services in that section were held. It was of the Methodist Episco-
pal denomination. Mr. McB. was clerk of the School Board for sixteen years, and has been
closely associated with the educational interests of the county. He was married, in 1845,
to Miss Mary Mason. They have had twelve children—Sarah E., Samuel M., M. F., Louisa
A. Thomas C., A. J., and AdaC.; lost five—Perilla, Isaac, and Jolin A.; two died in
infancy. i

ISAAC MARIS, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Nortonville. This well-known pioneer is a na-
tive of Unio, and _was born in Mahoning County, July 16, 1834. His father, Jonathan Maris,
was a native of Pennsylvania, aud was born in Chester County in 1800. He came to Ohio
in 1828, being oneof the pioneers of Mahoning County, and was a descendant of George
Maris, who emigrated from Worcestershire, England, and settled in Chester County, Pa.
(now Delaware), in 1683. His mother’s maiden name was Thomason Morris, a native of
Salem, N. J. She was born in 1802. Isaac was reared, educated, and resided in Ohio, fol-
lowing agricultural pursuits until 1857, when he came to Kansas, locating in Atchison
County, pre-empting the 160 acres which is now his home. In the autumn of that year he
built a cabin on his claim, and turned his attention to developing thefarm. Mr. Maris has
been closely associated with the growth and development of the county, and has contributed
more than an ample share towards advancing the educational and religious tone of not only
his immediate community but northeastern Kansas. He has been eminently successful as
a Sabbath-schoot organizer, and has devoted considerable time to the cause. For six years
was superintendent of union and denominational Sabbath-schools, and also for the past six

ears has been vice-president of the County Sunday-school Association, and president of
Renter Township Sabbath-school Association; and for tie past two years for Lancaster and
Benton townships also, In the temperance cause he has been a life-long and active member.
Religiously he belongs to the Society ot Friends, and for the past fifteen years has been an
esteemed and acceptable minister in that society, but has been largely engaged, as opportu-
nity offered, in holding meetings at different points in his own and adjoining counties, ever
manifesting a deep interest in all Christian work. The country can not have too many such
citizens as the Rev. Isaac Maris. He was married December 7, 1858. to Miss Alma L. Butin,
pF Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N.Y. They have three children—Jesse E., Alice A. and Freder-

 

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PETER NOFFSINGER. farmer, Section 35, P. O. Monrovia, is a native of Ohio, and
was born in Monroe Couuty, Nov. 18, 1832. When_ten years of age his father, Peter Noff-
singer, with his family, including the subject of this sketch, emigrated to Missouri, lo-
cath in Nodaway County, where be w.s reared and educated; his early days being spent
in titling the soil.” In 1858, he came to Kansas, locating in Atchison County, where he has
since been a resident with the exception of about three years; during the war he was in the
Government employ as assistant wagon master, Previous to coming to Kansas he spent a
considerable length of time in Nebraska, Mr. Noffsinger has a fine farm, and is une of the
solid farmers of the county. He married Miss Margaret Martin in Nodaway County, Mo.,
she is the daughter of Levi Martin, Esq., one of the ploneers of the county and owned the
land where Rurlington Junction now stands. They have ten children—Julia E., Willlam
A., Missourl A., Martin L., Johnoie, Amanda, Maggie, Lona, Clara and Mollie.
N. L. F. RANDOLPH, farmer and stockraiser, Section 9, P. O. Pardee, one of the
Most popular and enterprising citizens of Center Township, is a member of the Kansas
Legislature. He is the sonof Rev. A, A. F. Randolph, who was born in Bridgeton, N. J.,
January 1, 1805; was of Scotch ancestry and was inarried in Allegany County, N. Y., in
828, to Miss Lucy C. Maxson, a native of Rhode Island, In 1846, the family moved to

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Meadville, Pa., and in 1863, came to Kansas, settling on the farm where the widow now re-
sides. Rev. Mr. Randolph became the pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at its or-
ganization in 1863, which position he retained until his death, June 25, 1868. The oldest
son, Hon. A, M, F, Randolph, of Burlington, Kas., is a lawyer. He graduated at the Allegheny
College, Meadville, Pa,, in 1853; was Attorney General of Kansas from 1874 to 1876; has
been a member of the Kansas Les istature, and is at present reporter for Supreme Court.
Of the sons, Julius was Captain o: Company H, Second Wisconsin Infantry, was killed at
the battle of Gainsville, Va., August 28, 1862. Eugene was in Company D, Eighty-third
Pennsylvania Infantry; died January 8, 1864. William was in the Pennsylvania Militia
and afterward served in Company F, Seventeenth Kansas Infantry; was drowned June
21, 1865, in the Allegheny River, Pa, George served in the Kansas Militia, and now lives
on a farm adjoining the old homestead. Two sisters—Emily and Georgie, together with
the yougest son, Leslie F,, live at the homeof their mother, Mrs. Lucy C, Randolph. Rev.
Mr. Randolph, during the few years he was a resident of Kansas, did much toward advane-
ing the cause of religion in his locality, and was held in high esteem by all. _

“ALEX, RILEY, stockraiser and dealer, Section 9, P. O. Cummingsville. This well-known
stockman is anative of Ohio, and was born in Muskingum County, January 30, 1840. His
father, Samuel, was one of the first settlers of that county. In 1859, the family, including
Alex. came to Illinois, residing temporarily; thence to Missouri, and eventually to Kansas.
In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Tenth Kansas Infantry, participated at the battle
of Prairie Grove and other engagements, serving three years and was honorably discharged.
After the war he located in Atchison County aud has devoted his attention to the stock
trade. Mr, R, is a genial gentleman, a great reader, aud thoroughly conversant with the
details of the day. He was married in September, 1866, to Miss Alvina Carlton, of Atch-
ison Gounty. They have four children—Francis E., Charles S,, E. A. and Ashley A.

ABEL ROBINSON, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Pardee, is a native of England, and was
born in Olney, Buckinghamshire, February 12, 1826. He was the youngest of nine children
of Samuel and Martha (Dewey) Robinsun. Was reared, educated and learned the book~
binder’s trade in his native country. In 1848, came to America, locating in New Jersey,
where he worked at his trade for a time, and for nine years was Clerk ina book and sta-
tionery house. His employer eventually came We-t, locating in Davenport, Iowa, where
Mr, R. was in his employ for a few years, and then turned his attention to farming, luca-
ting 1n Fulton County, Illinois. Here he resided until the spring of 1865, when he emi-
grated to Kansas, locating in Atchison County on present farm. He has been twice mar-
Tied; first in 1850, to Miss Matilda Townsend, whose death occurred in Davenport, lowa.
Had four children, one of whom is living—Martha, In 1856, Miss Leah Davison became
his wife. They have had eight children, six of whom are living—Louisa, Priscilla, Ara-
bella, Jabez E.. Alberti and Zillah. Lost, two—Cornelia and Charles Walter. The former’s
death resulted from a snake bite, and the latter was killed by lightning. The family is iden-
tified with those of the Abrahamic faith who look for a literal fulfillment of the promises.

HENRY SHELL, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Monrovia. One of the first settlers of Atchi-
son County is Mr. Henry Shell. Heisa native of Indiana, and was born in Bartholomew
County, October 9, 1824. Was reared, educated, and followed agricultural pursuits in his
native State until he attained his majority. He then went to Missouri, locating in Platte
County, where he followed his adopted profession until 1857, when he became a resident of
Kansas, taking up his abode in Center Township. He was one of the first farm openers in
his vicinity, and passed through allthe trying ordeals which the early Kansans had_ to
contend with. There are but few citizens in the county that are more popular than Mr.
Shell. He was married in Missouri, to Miss Sarah T. Nuzum. They have eight children—
Emma, Tolbet B., Hannah E., Leah Lusetta, Thulas F., Henry L., Mattie and Annie E.

JOSEPH F. STILLMAN, farmer, Section 8. P. O. Nortonville. This able agricul-
turist is a native of Rhode Island, and was born March 16, 1831; was reared and educated
in his native State and resided in the eastern country until 1870, when hecame to Kansas.
He embarked in farming in Riley County, continuing four years, when he came to Atch-
ison County, locating where he now resides. Mr. Stillman is a genial and popular gentle-
man and one of Center Township's most progressive citizens. He was married in 1866, to
Miss Ada C. Burdick. They have four children—Edwin L., Phebe, Benjamin and Maggie.
Mr. S. and his family are members of the Seventh Day Baptist Society.

HIRAM J. WARD, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Farmington, well known as one of Atchi-
son County’s substantial citizens, is the subject of tnis sketch. Heis a native of Michigan,
and was born in Kalamazoo County, April 3, 1841. His father died wheu he was ten years
of age, and with his mother he removed to Illinois. locating in Will County, where his moth-
er died when he was only thirteen years of age. He then removed to Champaign County,
ltving with a cousin, S. 0. Woodworth, and served seven years in the mercantile and bank-
ing business. His father, Daniel C. Ward, and his mother, Eunice nee Woodworth, were na-
tives of Seneca County, N. Y. H. J. learned the carpenter’s trade, and resided in Illinois
until April, 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry. He
participated in eighteen hard fought battles besides thirteen skirmishes; among the former
was the siege of Atlanta; served valiantly for three years and three months,when he was
honorably discharged at Camp Butler, Springfield, Il]. Atthe battle of Chickamauga was
severely wounded. A great portion of his time was a detached ordnance officer. In 1864,
he came to Kansas, engaged to work on the C. B. R. R., soon after purchased his present
farm, which was in its crude state and densely covered with underbrush; he turned his
attention to developing his estate, and by indomitable industry has made it one of the most
valuable farms in the county. His orchard of 1,000 trees all well advanced and ina thrifty
condition. To horticulture and apicultute Mr. Ward devotes considerable of his time. In
the culture of bees he has been very successful, and his apiary is one of the Jargest in the
county. He is a first class mechanic, and very ingenious. Isa great reader, his library being
well filled with books relating to all branches of industry, art and history.

H OSHUA WHEEL

 

 

N. R, Section 6, P. O. Nortonville, is prominent among the men of
mark in Kansas, who have figured conspicously, and to the State’s interest. He is a native
of England, and was born tn Buckinghamshire, February 12, 1827. His father, George
R. Wheeler, was a watchmaker, and Joshua adopted and learned the trade. When 17
years of age he came tothe United States, taking up his abode in New Jersey, where he
principallyworked as a farm hané until 1848, when he came to Illinois, locating in Ful-
ton County, where he was identified as an agriculturist until the autumn of 1857, when he
became a resident of Kansas, pre-empting the claim which is now a portion of his large es-
tate. The country tributary to where Mr. Wheeler located was in its crude state, and he
has seen it devolop into what is now one of the garden spots of the State. He has been
closely associated with the educational and religious progress of the county, and has always
been found ready to lend his supportin all commendable enterprises. Politically, he has al-
ways been found in the Republican ranks, voting for Fremont in 1856. In 1859, he responded
to the first call made for the organization of the Republican party in Kansas. From 1862-65,
he was State Senator, being elected by that party, and also held the office of Regent of the State
Agricultural College. In 1874, he was elected member of the State Board of Agriculture,
and has been re-elected three consecutive terms, holding the position at the present time,
1882. He is thoroughly conversant with Kansas politics, aud is a great reader, has an ex-
cellent memory and au easy but not loquacious way of expressing his opinions and conveying
his ideas. He is one of the most companionable and entertaining gentleman. He was mar-
ried in Fulton. County, IU,, in 1850, to Miss Maria Reynolds, a native of England. They
have had four chitdren—Charles Greeley and Adaline R., are living, two deceased. Mr.
Wheeler and family are members of the Seventh Day Baptist Society.

LANCASTER,

Lancaster, eleven miles west of Atchison, without railroad facilities, was
one of her rivals for the county seat. It was platted in 1857, by J, W. Smith,
President of the Town Company, containing about sixty people, five stores, a
postoffice and a number of churches. The first postoffice in the township was
established at Lancaster, in 1857, Mr. Smith being appointed Postmaster. Other
early settlers were Samuel Stover, Eli Watson, John Donnelly, R. M. Davidson,
Jefferson Gregg, John Rust and Jacob Beck. In the summer of 1858, Mr.

Smith furnished the money for the erection of a Union Church, the first ser-

mon being preached by Rev. Mr. Bowman, on August 8.
The Methodist Episcopal Society worship in the Union Church, Rev. W.
C. Day, of Atchison, being pastor. It is still part of the Monrovia Circuit,

‘organized in 1859, and including Monrovia, Lancaster, Pardee and Sumner.

The Church numbers eleven members.

The Baptist Church, in charge of Rev. John Rolf, of Granada, Jackson
County, and the Presbyterian Society (pastor, Rev. Mr. Farmer, of Highland)
are the other religious organizations of Lancaster.

HURON,

Huron Station, the newest town in Atchison County, is located on the just -
completed Omaha Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, in Lancaster Town -
ship, seventeen miles northwest from Atchison. The town site and several
410 HISTORY OF KANSAS,

h in thei i icini SALEM RUPERT, farmer, P. 0. Lancaster} was born in Armstrong County, Pa., in
pone acres in the immediate vicinity are owned by Col. D. R. Anthony, of 1840, and was raised in that county. In his early years of manhood, followed farming ‘and
oe He donated to the railroad company twenty acres of land and coal-mining. In 1864, he enlisted in Company Bi Ons Hundred ao pee Fra a.
i i i nia Volunteer Infantry, as a recruit, and joined the command just before the battle o: e
the right of way for one mile. On the rst of April, 1882, the surveys were  WijJerness, and was wounded inthe left thigh by a musket ball. On his recovery, was
made, and the town named and platted. Two side tracks, each eighty rods in assigned to one Invalid Lar Fe Was stationed at Fitayarah, then transferred to Harri sburg,
i ithin si i Pa., and was discharged at the latter place Ju . , when return
length, have been laid down, Within six weeks of the completion of the sur- County wer anpaged in farming, and: 1 i872, moved to Kansas, settling on Section 36,
veys, five dwellings were erected, and the business interests of the village are Town 5, Range 38. Lancaster Township, Atchison County. | He noe owns 280 acres of jand,
. icati i hty acres under cultivation, the balance in tame grasses. ‘ : -
well represented. _ Application for the location of a postoffice has been made, Giana County, Pa.,to Miss Susan Altman, and hascfve children, viz, Mary, Agnes, Luiu,
and the request will be favorably acted on by the Postoffice authorities at an Nola au en sienbicri tp. cee cnatreiaeomaa Peat oe Ginemtab Heunte Onin
‘ * 3 . Section 34, P.O. a é 5
early day, and the change from ‘old Huron” will be made to the new town. 119; jearned the trade of plasterer in his native State; in the fall of 1839, went West; cast
W. D. Starr will be appointed Postmaster. Several houses are now under con- his first vote jn Clark County, Mow for President Hare sen in 1840; oem removed to Jen-
; . : ings County, Ind. e marr oner, in .
tract, and before the close of the year 1882, Huron will contain fifty dwellings. marriage. In 1858, he married Mrs. Mahala Worth. In 1853, they moved to North Vernon,
Among the buildings to be put up this season are two church edifices—Presby— where he built the first storehouse and hotel, and continued ot husin eas there Bynes: eves
: . en ae ‘| i r. He then moved to Madison Coun owa, s 7
terian and Baptist. Whenever a desire is manifested to build a church, Col. year, ite then moved to Kansas in 1857, and purchased the farm on which he now resides,
Anthony generously donates a good-sized lot on which it may be placed. By He wag one of the first settlers in Atchison County, and was proprietor of the first hotel out-
Jul In a fortab] d ion-h ill fini H Lik side of Atchison, in the county, located on the military road from Leavenworth to Fort
IL the Missouri Pacife stations it will be large and well-built, Situated almost sloneln bir He emsieg ithe semy November 1861 snd served tre Yeung and tee
a e Missouri -bui i sioner in . Heenlis in the army November 6, ‘ ervi bi
half: b . at onan ae c large and well-built. Situated almost months as Quartermaster Sergeant in tom any D, Second Kansas Volunteers. His second
. ine ee en and Hiawatha, and not less than fifteen miles from ite died in December, 1865, He married is third wife, Miss, Adie 4. Givson, in 1868. He
either of tho E i i i was appointed Postmaster of Lancaster, Atchison County, in May, ] 5
in-shippi SEL ee een Beart Eeow ane Aaper tener a8: trading aoe GW. STABLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Lancaster Township, was one of the oldest
ae Hoes town, Among the houses soon to be completed is a commodi- _ gettlers of this township; was born in Stablereville, Baltimore Co., Ma., in 1839, where his
ou: 5 i i i aucestors had lived for 200 years. In 1852, he move o, where he remained un’
° So ro is rapidly being sold to new comers: : 1854, when he moved to Adams County, IIL, where he learned the carpenter’s trade. In
a uron Lodge, No. 72, A., F. & A. M., Huron, held its first meeting under the fall ot 1858, he moved to Kansas, settling in Lancaster Township In 1859-60, he worked
a i 7 naqnartz millin Colorado, In the spring o j1, returne ansas an d
Sl a oe oo 1, 1868. The charter members were W. B. Sloan, J. Ww. private in Company D, Second Kansas infantry, for 100 days; at the expiration of that time,
= eam J J. Halligan. The officers were installed by Deputy Grand Master, B. he perenlisted in the second Kansas Cavalry. and ya forbeanks was {a aie Sas
: ¥ : : of Prairie Grove, Cane , Yan Buren and a e battles o: regi t. 4
. Halli and, and were as follows: W. B. Sloan, W. M.; J. W. Sloan, S. W.: J. he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and in 1865 was promoted to Captain of Company C,
J. Halligan, J.W: J. J. Sloan, Sec.; S. L. Carpenter, S. D.; Jacob Reese, J.D,; and was mustered out at Leavenwortn in August, 1865. when he returned to his farm and
Thomas Huckaby, tiler. has followed that pursultever since. The farm comprises 230 acres; 140 under cultivation.
Fee ee en St y dt, Bovaner Wand atk Oo” He'van Seal ape
Sc , leaving four children, Gale C., John P., James H, and Mark O. e was again i
BIOG HA EHICAL SRE TCHES “LANGAS LER TE; January 14-1880, at Huron, Kan., to Mrs. Anna Berger, of Nodaway County, Mo. Capt.
PETER BUCKELS, farmer, P. O. Lancaster, was born in Williamsburg County, $.C.,in | Stabler has always taken an active part in the politics, both in county and State issues, In
1829, and was raised there ona farm. He remained on his father’s farm until 1856, when 1870, he was census taker for the western part of Atchison County. 1n 1871-72, served as
he came to Kansas and pre-empted 160 acres of land ten miles northwest of Doniphan Duputy United States Marshal. In 1866, was elected to the Legislature, and served his con-
County. In 1860 he went to Gage County, Neb., and bought 240 acres on Wild Cat Creek, stituents faithfully. He has been Justice of the Peace for the past twelve years. He is an
which he improved and lived on until 1867, when _he moved to Lancaster Township, Atchi- acitve member of the Huron Lodge, No. 72, A., F. & A. M. . ah
son County, and located on Section 17, Range 19, Township 5, and has 220 acres,-130 under JAMES STICKLER, farmer, P. O. Lancaster, was born in West Virginia, in 1817,
cultivation and the balance in timber aud pasture. He was married in 1858, to Miss Elsie and brought up upon a farm" In early manhood he ran a ferryboat across a stream
A. Miller, of Brown County, Kansas. They have six children, viz: Julia, Frankie, Dora, near his father’s farm for some four of five years, when he engaged in farming in West
Katie, Jessie and Mary. Virginia until in the fail of 1856, when he came to Kansas and settled in Shannon Town-
J. D. CARPENTER, hotel, Huron; was born in Kentucky, and raised in that State. In ship, Atchison County. In 1865, he moved to his present location, where he has 150 acres of
1856, he was appointed Deputy Sherif of Lewis County, and served for twelve years. In well-improved land. In 1847, he was married to Miss Martha J. Smithson, of Monroe
1874, he came to Kansas, and located near Huron, and engagedin farming. He was mar- County, W. Va., and has three children living, Sarah E., Margaret and Amanda. Is a member
ried in 1858, to Miss Ruth Fregus, of Lewis County, Ky., who died November 29. 1877, of Mackey Lodge, No. 78, A., F. & A, M., Effingham, Kan. He is also a member of the Bap-
leaving two children—Alvadora and Willie. In 1882, he came to Huron and opened a  tist Church, an has been a deacon injthat church for the past eighteen years. _
hotel. C. B. TULEY, farmer, P. O. Huron; was born in Bur uogton County, N. J.,in 1812. In
HON. FRANK E, CLOYES, farmer, Lancaster Township; was born in East Middle- 1820, his parents moved to Warren County, Ohio, thence to Miami County where he lived
bury, Vt.. in 1847. In 1859, his parents moved to Kansas, locating on Section 27, Township and followed farming until 1869, when he moved to Lancaster Township, Atchison Co.,
5, Range 19, which section is now owned by the father and his twosons,andis oneof the Kan., settling on Section 35, Town 5, Range 19, and has 100 acres of land, all under culti-
Jargest farms inthe township, In 1864-65, Frank attended Pardee Seminary, at Pardee, vation. Was married in Miami County, Ohio, May 10,1838. to Miss Elizabeth Frazier, aud
Kansas. In 1866-67, attended the University at Highland, Kansas, and in 1868, turned his has eight children, viz. Mary A., Thomas, Sarah, Rhoda, Angeline, John, Ellen and Perry.
attention to farming, which business he has successfully followed ever since, He was mar- Is a member of Huron Lodge, A., F. & A.M.
ried in Lancaster Township, in 1869, to Miss Martha Rust. They have five children, viz: P. A. UNDERWOOD, farmer, P. O. Good Intent, was born in Parke County, Ind., in
Addie M., Etta J., Frank H., Susie #. and Marshall J. In 1880, he was elected to the Legis- 1838, and was Drougat up on a farm, working summers and attending school winters. In
lature from Atchison County, and during the last legislative term served the interests of his 1859, came to this State and settled at Doniphan, but shortly afterward moved to a farm a
county faithfully; was re-elected for the same position in 1882. He has been Clerk of the short distance west of that place. In 1861, at the breaking out of the war, he enlisted in
School Board for his district for the past twelve years. Heis a member of the Effingham Company A. Seventh Kansas Cavalry, and was in all the battles of his command, among
tone, ay .M. 5 them Corinth, Iuka, Coffeyville and Wyatt, Miss., and after an active service of four years,

. GRANER, farmer, P. 0. Lancaster; was born in Kurhaessen, Germany, in 1834,’ and four months, without receiving a scratch or being one day on the sick list, was mus-
where he learned the brewers’ business, in 1854, be emigrated to America, and located tered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kas. In the fall of 1865, bought the present homestead,
at Belleville, Ill., where he ran a farm and worked in a brewery until 1859, when he worked and has been engaged in improving it, Was married in 1867, at Rockville, Parke County,
in breweries at St. Louis aud at Jefferson City, Mo. InJune, 1861, he enlisted in a Missouri Ind., to Miss Elizabeth J. ivan ae of that place. They have five children—ida M., JnoE.,
battalion and served until October the same year, when, the term of enlistment expiring, Sarah E., Cora Belland Nellie M.
he was discharged at Jefferson City, when he returned to Belleville, Ill, and worked in a H. J. WATSON, carpenter and blacksmith, Huron, was born in Hendricks County, Ind.
brewery atthat place until 1865, when he cameto Atchison asforemanin the brewery of in1841. In 1847, his parents moved to Buchanan County, Mo., and in 1856 to Kansas, set-
Kurtz & Young, where he remained until 1867, when in company with Frank Young he tling in Atchison County, near Huron. The Watson family are pioneers in this section. H.
engaged in potebering aud packing pork. In 1866, he bought 160 acres of land in Section 20, J. worked at the blacksmith, tin and carpenter’s' trades, and from 1858 until 1882 ran a shop
Township 5, Range 19, and now owns 320 acres, 200 acres under cultivation, with good at Huron. He has always taken an active part in politics in this county. In 1864, was mar-
buildings, orchard, vineyard, and hedge fence. Was married in Atchison, Kansas, in 1866, ried at Huron, Kan., to Miss Sarah A. Elliott. In 1869, was elected to the office of Justice of
to Miss Martha Hauck, and has six children, viz: Matilda, Willie, Ina, Henry, Ferdinand the Peace, and was successively re-elected until 1875. In 1876, was elected Township Trus-
and Adolph. Is a member of Schiller Lodge. I. O, O. F., Atchison, Kansas. tee, and has held the office ever since. Is amember of Huron Lodge, No. 72, A., F. & A. M.

JEFFERSON GREGG, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Lancaster; was born in East
Tennessee in 1816, but was raised in Missouri, his parents moving to that State in 1818, -
settling in Ray County. In 1840 he moved to Buchanan County and engaged in farming. MUSCOTAH.
ie 1856 be moved to Kansas, Sorting in Jetersot County, neat vane eater, and engaged in
‘arming. In e moved to his present location, and has been engaged in stock raisin; a . : . :
and tatming. in 1836 he was Married in Cinton’ County, Mo.,. to ‘Wiss Mary A. White. In the extreme western part of Atchison County, at the junction of Little
They have six children, viz: Mahala, Anna, James, Margaret, Alice and Bascom. Heisa Delaware Creek and the Delaware River, and on the Central Branch Missouri
member of the Methouist Episcopal Church, South. Pacifie R. R.. is the thrivi da aoe f
aa F. HURSH, farmer. Bs 0 Lancaster; was born in Lewisburg, Baton County, Pa., in ‘Aci 4 2 xp 18 the riving and growing townof Muscotah. It contains over
6, and was raised in that State, attending the common schools an e Baptist University inhabi i i
at his native town. On leaving school he clerked ina general store, In 1863 he was em- 500 a tants, and is the largest town in the county. Muscotah has four
ployed asa clerk de the commissary department of the: U8. army, and during that year Ese! stores: one grocery store, three drug stores, three blacksmith shops,
was stationed at ain Bridge, District of Columbia, In . was with the Twe an $ c [ i
Twenty-fourth Army Cor ern 1865, was stationed at Washiugton, D. C,,as superintend- °° bakery, one meatsho p, two shoemaker shops, two cabinet shops, one pump
ent under Captain Samuel B. Lautfer, A. A. Q. M. In the spring of 1866 he returned to his dealer, one nursery, three hotels, two livery stables, one lawyer and three doctors.
native State and engaged in the grocery business at Sunbury un , when he sold out ist ilt i 1 7
and returned to Lewisburg, where he remained until 1871, when he moved to Kansas, set- A good grist milt is operated by Daniel McCuaig. There ate Ewo churches, .
tling in Osborne County, being amoug the early settlers in that county, and helped organize © Methodist Episcopal and Congregational. The District School is attended by
the county government. In 1873 he returnedto Pennsylvania, and in 1881 came to Lan- about sixty pupils.
caster Township and bought one of the best improved farms in the township, and the finest wes : 2 .
groves in the county. | He ‘was married in 1861, to Miss ioe L Wilgon, in Union Count , The Congregational Church was organized August 6, 1866, having been in
Pa. ey have two children—Fran . ani uy L. In was Justice of the Peace in 5
Osborne Sount . Kansas. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. charge of Revs. L. Pomeroy, J. M. Von Wagner, A. A. Hurd and T.S. Roberts.

1 H. K LLY, farmer, Huron: was born In Lewis County, K i in 1829. Arp was aloe The latter is acting pastor at present. The church building was erected in
as a farmer, which pursuit he followed there un ecame to this State in when he . . .
settled near Kenneduk. In 1860 Le moved to his present location, where he owns 160 1869 at a cost of $2,500, and the present membership of the society is forty-
acres, and BBs a) vein as coal varying Erom twelte iene te Habee t8eh. underly ing the four.

reater portion of his place. He was married in , in Lewis County, Ky., to Miss Mar ys : . : :

Wy Car enter, of Kenwueky. The have two children—sonn S. and George 1? ‘We iss mem : a ore Satie cae ee was eee a ea pee

ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. part o 55, al e residence o: ufus Gooding, who was the second settler in
W. R. PATTERSON, farmer, P.O. Huron, was born in Fayette County, Pa., in 1839. . TS y

When fourteen years old he determined to go to the West, and lett with only the clothes on Grasshopper Township. | Rev. F. M. Williams preached the first sermon.

his back and walked to Pittsburgh, where J e secured a position ag cabin boy on: one of the The Methodist Episcopal Church was connected with the Monrovia Cir-

river steamers, and went to Evansville, Ind., wher e e boat and went to Peoria, IIL, . i ‘ i

and went to work be tari eo in 1857, caine to thig State, locating at Atchison, where he vane until the session - ne arene Sere of 1877, when it was detached,

engaged in teaming until 1859, when he located on his present farm. an were and in connection wit iting and Kennekuk formed what was known as

spent in mining in Colorado, Returning to Kansas, he engaged in farming until the spring of : : ra

7880, when he went to California, then to  Browssyille,, a. Returnin, in the winter of 1880, the ee aa a the conference of 1879, Whiting was detached, and

he engaged in the butchering business a chison uni e fall o: when he returne in 1882 n a i i i i

to his farm, Was married th 1860, near Brownsville, Pa., to Miss Rachael Chalfant. Isa GC nee al a ntil March, 1879, the congregation worshiped in the

member of Huron Lod e, No. 72, An. GA. M. fa ts eaatadied eta eee Church, The new church was dedicated March, 1879. It was
EDWA PER. , farmer, Lancaster Towns was born in Canada, in an iltat a j i

was brought up ona farm, In 1868, came to the United States and settled in Black River ul Be a te eres, and upon the day of dedication the full amount was

Falls, Wis., and enga ed amare until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locatin in Lan- peeve = or. he Society was first organized in 1870, the following being a

caster Township, buying 160 acres of land, an as been an unusually successful farmer, 1 t +

owning 400 acres of Kansas soil, 280 acres under cultivation, with good fences, buildings ae B a plseus; John Coal J. A. Amos, J. C. Dana, George De Sette,

and other improvements. He was married in 1878, to Miss Ola Davey, of Brown County, E. H. Bailiff, N. Taylor, G. W. Miller, D. D. Campbell, F. M. Pickles, J. HH.

Kan. They have two children, viz., Maria and Charles. Green and J. S. Smith

. G. RUCKER, of Dennet & Co,, lumber dealers, Huron, was born in Noble County, . ;

Ohio, in 1859.” In 1862, his parents moved to a farm in Livingston County, Til. In 1876, hé Muscotah a No, 116, (Masonic) was organized in October, 1868.
came to Kansas and located at Corning, where he engaged in general merchandising un . & .
1881, when he sold out his business, and in April, 1882, came to Huron and engaged in the It has at present (August, 1882,) the following officers: E. Bullock, W. M.;
lumber business, 2nd, during ihe short time t e firm has been engaged in husiess, has met E. M. Brindle, S. W.; George Peabody, J. W.; J.C. Heath, secretary; H.S.
with marked success. In . he was married at Corning, Kan., to s Jennie Butler, 0: 7

that place. In 1881, was elected to the office of Towuship Trustee, but resigned the office Heath, treasurer, Membership about forty. : *
on his removal to Huron, The name Muscotah, or written in Indian style, Musco-tah,  sig-

 
ATCHISON COUNTY.

nifies ‘Beautiful Prairie,” or “Prairie on fire.” The site of Old Mus-
cotah, situated two miles and a half northeast of the present town, was
surveyed by Dr. W. P. Badger and Major C. B. Keith, proprietors, who had
settled there in the spring of 1856. The survey was completed in the fall of
that year, and in 1853, Mr. Keith opened the first store in Muscotah. Dr.
Badger located on what afterward became Senator Pomeroy’s farm, and suc-
ceeded Major Baldwin as Indian agent, holding the office from 1858 to 1862.
In 1867, the Union Pacific road purchased the land which became the site of
New Muscotah, from Pe-at-e-quork, an Indian chief, Dr. Badger acting as the
agent for the railroad. The land was surveyed in the fall of 1867, a Mr. Arm-
strong establishing the first general store soon afterward. The very earliest
settlers of Grasshopper Township, located in 1854 and 1855, along the banks
of the Little Grasshopper and its tributaries. ‘The first settlement was made
September 28, 1854, by Jacob Reece. Soon afterward came his brother, Will-
iam, Rufus Gooding, Wilson Allec, William D. Barnett, Alex. Wills, Major Bald-
win, Andrew and Mack Pate, Barney Cohoon, A. D. Simmons and E. Noland.
The first child born of township settlers, although he did not see the light of day
in this county,was Samuel Reece, September 2, 1855. Samuel Wylie and Miss Te-
nitiaTenery,were married in 1857,being the first couple in the township so joined.
Alex. Sharp, an Indian trader, kept the first postoffice in 1858, it being situated.
nearly in the center of Grasshopper Township. For some time it was thought
that the name Grasshopper, applied first to the stream and then to the town-
ship, originated from the fact that upon some occasion a great invasion of the
winged pests might have occurred. The Kickapoo Indians, however, informed
Dr. Badger, that they never heard of the grasshopper plague, or of a grasshop-
perraid, until 1865. The true origin of the name is this: During one of the
early surveys, Maj. Gunnison’s probably, a Frenchman named Saztelle (in
English, ““Grasshopper,”) was drowned at the mouth of the stream, which now
bears his name. ;

Kennekuk isa small town containing about fifty people. It is in the
northern part of Grasshopper Township, being platted by William H. Wheeler,
county surveyor, in June 1858. The first tavern in the township was opened
by Thomas Perry in September, 1857.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—GRASSHOPPER TP.

WILLIAM ADAMS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, P. O. Muscotah, was born in
Somersetshire, Eng., October 6, 1819, son of George and Rachel Adams nee Thayer. He
worked at farming in his native country until 1842, when he origrated to the United States
and settled in Onondaga County, N. Y. Here he learned the trade of carriage maker, and
in 1852 went to California, via the Isthmus, to seek his fortune with the rest of the gold
miners. Two years later, however, he returned to New York. where he made his home un-
til his emigration to Kansas, which was in the spring of 1857. In company with what was
known as the Cayuga Colony he took up a claim of 160 acres, but has since added to it until
he owns in all 800 acres, all under cultivation. He usually keeps on hand about 100 bead of
graded cattle, 20 horses, and hogs and other small stock in abundance, and has been a very
successful stuck raiser. Mr. A. was married in New York State, July 4, 1848, to Miss Mary
A. Ellsbury, who was formerly from the same shire in England as himself. They have one
daug iter, Julia K., and a son, Samuel.

AMES D, ARMSTRONG, Section 29, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Effingham, came
to Kansas in June, 1857, and settled at Atchison where he soon afterwards engaged in driv-
ing cattle aud breaking prairie. After working at that for a short time he accepted a posi-
tion at clerking. Followed that and going to school up to 1864, then he crossed the plains
to Colorado, where he remained but a short time, when he returned to Waterville, Kans.,
and started a store. Afterwards went to Texas, from 1876 to 1878, and was there engaged
in lumber business. After this he removed to the place where he nowlives. He isa native
of Andrew County, Mo., born September 12, 1840, son of Joshua D, and Elizabeth Arm-
strong, nee Cogdill; the former of Irish descent, the latter of English extraction. He is at
present School Treasurer of School District No.17, his township, and an active member of
the Masonic Order. Was married in the City of Atchison in 1872 to Miss Laura McCubbin,
whose parents were among the early settlers of that city.

HON. WILLIAM P. BADGER, born December 17, 1817, at Sanbornton Square,
Belknap County, N. H. The genealogy of the Badger family is traced to the time of Wil-
liam the Conqueror, the original name veing Bagehoot, a French title from Normandy.
Gov. Badger, of New Hampshire, was a cousin of John E, Badger, father of Wi liam
Badger, and was descended from Sergeant John Badger, who came to Americain the May-
flower and settled at. Newburyport, Mass., and from whom are descended about all the
Badgers in the United States. The family coat of arms now in the possession of the subject
of this sketch bears the following inscription: “The family of Badgers originally descended
trom Launcelot Baghoot, who is mentioned by Sir John Servin’s visitations of the County
of Leicester to have been settled at the Hoo, in that county, in the year 1347. His descend-
ant, Richard Badger, served under the Emperor of Germany against the Turks, in the reign
of Henry VIII, by whom he was knighted,and had the three goiden eagles added to his arms
in memory of his gallantry in the service of the Emperor.” Several members of this family
appear to have settied in Ameriea about the time of Cromwell’s usurpation. John E. Bad-
ger, the father of William, was born in New Market, N. H., and followed mercantile pur-
sults. His mother, Irene Carter, was born in Portsmouth, N. H.; both parents died in Atch-
ison, Kans, William attended school, and at the age of twelve years became an apprentice
to a hatter at Montyelier, Vt. While working at his trade he studied the science of medi-
cine, but on account of ill health did not follow the profession ag a regular pursuit. In 1857
he moved to Kansas for the recovery uf his health, and founded the town of Muscotah, fol-

“lowing the business of a farmer for several years. In 1857-8 was amember in the Kansas
Legislature, taking a part as a Free-state Democrat. At the close of the session he was ap-
pointed agent for the Kickapoo Indians, a position he held until June, 1861. In 1862 he en-
tered the army as Adjutant of the Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry and served in
that capacity until 1864, participating in the battles of Cane Hill, Prairie Grove and others.
He is an Odd Felluw, belongs to the Masonic order, and in the latter has advanced to the
Knight Templar degree. He has done considerable to promote the railroad and other im-
provements, He is also a scientist and deeply interested in scientific pnrsuits. He has been
a Republican since his entry in thé army, and has proved a useful member to the party. He
was inarried on December 2, 1841, to Miss Chloe E, Kellogg, daughter of the Rev, Shermrn
Kellogg, of Montpelier, Vt., and sister toGov. William Pitt Kellogg, of Louisiana, They
have had four children, only one of whom is living, Miss Clara R. : .

HARLAN A, BELUDEN, farmer, Section 17, P. O, Muscotah, was born in Wyoming
County, N. Y., May 23, 1838. His parents were Edson and Mary Jane Belden, who re-
moved to Bureau County, Ill., while he was a small child, and were among the early set-
tlers of that county. Here the subject of this sketch obtained a common school educa-
tion, and worked on the farm with his father. In 1864 he was married to Edith J., daugh-
ter of Edward and Heleu Peabody, who were originally of the first family of the county.
During the year 1468 Mr. Belden came to Kansas and purchased 160 acres of the old Kick-
apoo reservation, and was one of the first to commence Improving these lands. In the fall
he brought his family, and also three others, out from Bureau County, Ill, and he has
been the means of establishing the Illinois settlement which now uu:mbers some thirty
families or more. e@ now owns 220 acres of land, all under a high- state of cultivation.
The old Kickapoo Indian trail that had been traveled for years by them before the advent
of-any white settlers in these parts, used to run through whatis now Mr. Belden’s door yard,
and for some time after his settlement there was used as such by them, and faint traces of it
can yet be discovered. Mr. Belden and wife are original members of the New Malden Con-

ion hurch society.

BE ORG T. BEVEN, druggist and stationer, Muscotah. One of Atchison County’s pio-
neers is Mr. H. Beven, who for a number of years has been one of its prominent agricultur-
ists. Hisson, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Atchison County, and was born May
17, 1862. Was here educated and reared. For four years he pursued the vocation of clerk-
ing,in Muscotah, and in 1881 embarked in trade. es young man possessed of ster-

ualfications, and has been very su 5 :

MME ENRY BE N, farmer, Section 17, P.O. Muscotab, came to Kansas in April, 1859,

locating at Leavenworth City, where he opened a brick-yard. This he operated one year,
then removed to Atchison and ran a brick-yard two years, and at the expiration of that
time started farming. He now owns a fine farm of 340 acres, and has it all under cultiva-

and well improved, M

Ean of John and Maria ‘Beven, the latter now a resident of Leavenworth, this State. Mr.

 

He was born in Kent, England, townof Gravesend, May 25,1825; .

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Beven was a brick-maker in his native country, and in 1855 eniigrated to the United States,
living in both Ohio and Illinots previous to his location in Kansas. He was married in Bugs
land In 1849, to Miss Jane M. Gernett. Both are original members of the First Baptist
Church at Kennekuk. Their fauilly contains eight children—Henry, Emma M., George,
Alfred, Morris, E. J.L., William and Celia.

HON. LEWIS M. BRIGGS, was born at Coldwater, Barry County, Mich., December 6,
1841. Atthe age of one year his parents moved to Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich.
He attended school at Albion College, Michigan, At the age of twenty-one he went to Salt
Lake City, Utah Territory, in the employ of the General Government as wagon-master, with
Indtan supplies, from there to Montana Territory, and spent four years, with ups and
downs, as a miner, Returned to Michigan after five years. Married Emma, daughter of
Zeno Gould. Moved to Muscotah, Atchison Cuunty, Kansas, in 1869, and settled in Mus-
cotah and engaged in the mercantile business, as Briggs & Watson, and L. M. Briggs.
Followed same fur twelve years. He was elected County Commissioner in 1878, for
years; served as Chairman. He was elected tothe Legislature for the session of 1878-79
to represent the Sixth District. In 1879, was elected as Senator for four years in the Sec-
ond District, In politics ne is a Republican. .

F.J. BROWN, real estate, was born in Kalamazoo County, Mich., April 19, 1842. He
was educated at the State Agricultural College, and at Ann Arbor University. After leay-
ing school, engaged in farming until 1865, in which year he moved to Kansas, located in
Atchison, and engaged in grocery business. In 19867, he removed to Muscotah and started
a mercantile business, putting up the first building and having the first stock intown. Soild

utin the following August. In 1872, became connected with the land department of the

entral Branch Railroad, as regular agent, a position he retained until he sold out, Since
that time he devotes his attention to his private real estate interests, Mr. Brown was mar-
ried in Muscotah, July, 1870, to Miss Sarah Kridner, of Muscotah. They have two chil-
dren, Harvey and Samuel, Mr. B. 1s a meinber of Muscotah Lodge, No. 116, A., F. & A. M.
fle is also one of the City Councilmen. is

HARVEY L. BROWN, farmer and gardener, Section 19, Township 5, Atchison County,
Muscotah P. O.; was born in Saratoga County, N.Y., October 5, 1833. He is the son of John
and Mary Brown, nee Robinson, His father of German descent and his mother of old New
England extraction. Mr. Harvey L. Brownin early llfe learned the cooper’s trade, and
also received a common school education. When he had reached the age of twenty years
he went with his father to Marshall County Ill., where he worked atthe cooper’s trade up
to 1854, when his health failed him and he was obliged to abandon his trade. He returned
to New York and spent three years in visiting some of the most popular Water Cures in that
State, and succeeded in recovering his health at Danville Water Cure, Livingston County,
N. ¥. August 26th, he was married to Mrs. Majesta Hubbs. Hethen engaged in various
enterprises and occupations until 1868, when he removed to Kansas and located on the
place where he now lives, which contains elghty acres of well improved farm land, eight
acres of which are devoted to gardening and small fruit raising. They had one son—Edward
W. Brown. His first wife died March 16, 1874; was married again to his present wife,
Anna R. Brown, nee Anna R. West, January 21, 1876, who is a native of Sweden, Europe.
Mr. Brown is a meraber of the Congregational Church at Muscotah. Mr. Brown started on
his little farm with very limited means, and has passed Phxoueh all the grasshopper plagues
and droughts of Kansas of the last fourteen years. But with careful saving avd industry
of himself and family they have a good comfortable home and other necessuries of life to
make them nappy in their old age,

WILLIAM G. BUCKLES, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Muscotah, was born August 10, 184%,
in Russell County, Va. He served nearly one year of the Rebellion as a soldier of the Con-
federate army. and was first inthe State Militia, and afterwards transferred to regular
service in the Thirty-fourth Volunteer Cavalry. At the close of the war he returned to his
home in Virginia, and August 3, 1869, was married to Miss Malinda J, Routh. Inthe
spring of the year following, Mr. Buckles eumlerated: to Kansas, settling in Grasshopper
Township, Atchison County, and commenced farming. In 1874 he removed to the farm
which he now owns, and two years later purchased it. His family contains two children—
Becca Lou and Asa A.

WASHINGTON CAMPBELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, P. O. Muscotah, was
born July 24, 1831, in Butler County, Pa. In 1858, he made his first journey to Kansas, and
for two years was employed as a carpenter by the Government on the fort at Leavenworth.
{un 1860, he crossed the plains to Pike’s Peak, where he engaged in mining for about six
inonths, and at the expiration of that time, returned to his former home in Pennsylvania.
Here he was employed in the oil regions, and had an interest in several oil wells. This he
continued until the spring of 1869, when he came to Kansas, locating in Grasshopper Town-
ship. Atchison County, where he now owns 160 acres of fine, improved land. imself and
wife are active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Muscotah, of which they are
members. They were married May 9, 1865, in Pennsylvania. Her maiden name was Miss
Annie E. Graham.

JOSEPH CARPENTER, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Whiting, Jackson County, was born
Nov. 25, 1820, in Livingston County, N. ¥. Son of William and Betsey Carpeuter, nee Ban-
ister, who were of old New England stock. The subject of this sketch followed various oc-
cupations until March, 1843, when he was married to Miss Urzelia M. Belden, and in the
October following removed to Kenosha County, Wis., and opened a farm. Here he was liv-
ing at the time of the Rebellion; and in the fall of 1862, Mr. Carpenter enlisted with Com-
pany I, of the Thirty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, but after serving seven months,
was discharged on account of ill health contracted while in Government service. In 1864,
he recovered his health, and re-enlisted with the First Light Artillery, at Chicago, and in
this served till the close of the war. Then returned to his home in Wisconsin, and in 1868
removed to Kansas and purchased 148 acres of land, which was a portion of the old Kicka-
poo Reservation. He now has it all under cultivation, and being excelient land for agricul-
tural pursuits, makes a fine farm, Mr. Carpenter and wife are members of tne Mount Pleas-
ant Freewill Baptist Church, of Brown County. They have three sons—Millard F., George
W., and Lincoln F,

THOMAS CLARK, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Muscotah, was born April 4, 1826, in Lin-
colnshire, England. He was raised to the occupation of a farmer, and in August, 1849, he
emigrated to the United States. He first stationed himself in Erie County, N. Y., but in
1859 removed to Lake County, I1l., where he made his home until 1876. He then came to
Kansas, and purchased a farm in Atchison County, where he still resides, aud owns 257
acres of fine, improved farm land. He is also proprietor of ten town lots in the village of
Muscotah. His wife was formerly Mary J. Davis of this county, whom he married at
Atchison, in 1879.

RICHARD B. CLEAVELAND, farmer and stock raiser, Section 2, P. O. Muscotah, was
born December 29, 1830, in Oswego County, N. Y. While but a lad his parents removed to
Cook County, Il., where he farmed until 1861. He then came to Jackson County, Kan,, and
in the spring following brought out his family. In 1863, he enlisted at Falls City, Neb., in
the Second Volunteer Cavalry, and served nine montis on the frontier, fighting the Indi-
aus, Then returned to nis home in Jackson County, but took a part in the Price raid in
Kansas, during the year 1864. Mr. Cleaveland purchased a quarter section of land where
he now lives, but has since added to it, until he now has 240 acres, all under a high state of
cultivation, and excellent improvements on it. Mr, Cleaveland was married at Lockport,
Ill., in 1856, to Miss Rodda A. Pervin, of Canada West. They are both united with the
Congregational Church of Muscotah, while Mr, Cleaveland is an original member of the
sa

me.

BARNABAS COHOON, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Effingham, was born in Surry
County, N.C., August 25, 1816. Here he was also married in 1838, to Miss Lucy Reece,
and followed the occupation of a farmer in that county until 1844, He then removed to Bu-
chanan County, Mo., where he made his home until 1855, at which time he came to Atchi-
son County, Kan., and pre-empted 160 acres of land, and this, with enough since added to it
to make 296 acres, composes his present farm. In 1856, hé took his family back to their
former home in Missouri, on account of the border troubies, but it was really unnecessary,
and they returned in a short time. They have a family of eight children— William R., Jacob
A., Susanna, Elizabeth J., Nancy C., Mary C., Sarah F., and Thomas A. Mr, Cohoon and
wife are of the Methodist persuasion.

WILLIAM R. COHOON, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Effingham, was born in Ray County,
N. C., in 1846, son of Barnabas and Lucy Cohoon, who eame to Kansas in the spring
of 1855, and were amoug the very first settlers in Atchison County. They pre-empted
the land on which William now lives, and he has remained in this county ever since, with
the exception uf three years spent in the Rebellion. He enlisted with Company D, of the
Second Kansas Volunteer Cavairy, in the fall of 61. Was wounded while out scouting, and
taken prisoner, but after remaining in Rebel hands a short time, was turned loose. Mr.
Cohoon was married, in 1868, to Mary Jane, daughter of Levi and Sophia Lockwood, who
settled in Atchison County in 1859, They are the parents of four children-—Levi B., Sarah
2S: COpnIs LG , and James H. Mr. Cohoon and wife are members of the Methodist Episco-
pa ureh,

AUGUSTUS CRANE, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Huron. Was born in Sweden near city
of Guttenburg, June 22, 1840. His father died when he was but a small boy, his mother
emigrated to America in 1848 and settled in Chatauqua County, N. Y. She and one of his
brothers and two sisters died with the cholera in 1853. He was then left to his own
resources and a stranger in foreign lands. He set to work at various occupations. In 1861,
at the breaking out of the Rebellion, he enlisted in Seventy-Second New York Volunteer
Infantry, Company B. {n 1864 he veteraned in same regiment and served till close of war
and was in all the principal engagements of his regiment. After the war he returned to
New York where he remained till he came to Kansas and settled on the place where he now
lives, which contains-160 acres of well improved farm. He was married in Atchison
County, Kan., to Miss Mary Murter, whose parents settled in Nemaha County, Kan.,
in 1855, formerly from Platte County, Mo. They are the parents of six children, viz: Mor-
gan L., Julia, Charles O., Flarnie M., Lucinda R., and Frank S.

HENRY B. DANA, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Muscotah. Was born in Windsor County

 
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Vt., November 9, 1821. He isthe son of Daniel and Percis Dana, nee Brown. Henry B. wa
reared on a farm and received such education as the district schools of that early day afford
ed. Here he married, March 24, 1845, and from that time until 1852 followed farming in his
native State. He then came West to Waukesha County, Wis., where he purchased a farm
and made his home. Here his wife died in 1868 and during the year following he was mar-
ried to his present wife a Mrs. Mary A. Alexander, of Waukesha, Wis. During the fall of

_ 1870 Mr. Dana caine to Kansas and purchased 160 acres of wild prairie land which he has
‘now all under cultivation with fine improvements. Both Mr. Danaand his wife are original
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Muscotah. The former has been a member
of the denomination for tweuty-eight years while the latter has been connected with this
church forty years. They have one son—Giles P. .

OVERTON A. ELLISON, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Muscotan. Was born in Mercer
County, W. Va., April 15, 1843. His parents were Larkin T. and Naucy Ellison, the former
of Scotch origin, the latter, whose family name was Cummings, was of German descent.
They removed trom the State in which he was born and came to Missouri in 1853, living
near St. Joseph until April, 1855. They then removed to Atchison County, Kan., where his
father had previously taken a claim in the fall of 1854. After remaining a little more than
one year they removed to Mount Pleasant Township, In 1865 the family all went to
Oregon with the sxceptlon of the subject of this sketch; and in July, 1871, he removed to his
present home where he owns 160 acres of farm land all improved, Mr. Ellison was with
the State Militia at the time of the suppression of the famous Price rald during the Rebel-
lion, His wife was Margarett A., daughter of EK. B. and Nancy L. Simmons, who settled in

Atchison County as early: as 1854. Their family consists of five children, viz: Laura J.,,

Nancy E., Amanda May, Martha J., and Her Oy a.

ERP & FLOWER, merchants at Kennekuk. This firm was organized In May, 1882, and

consists of James A. Erp and Frank Flower. The former came to this State in 1858 and
commenced farming near the village of Kennekuk. ‘This he continued up to 1870, when.
being afflicted with a cancer on his face he was no longer able to farm. He then engaged
with Charles Flower, of the above village, as clerk in his general merchandise store, “At
the expiration of four years he returned to his farm on which he lived until the firm of Erp
& Flower was organized as above, He was born in Pulaski County, Ky., October 15, 1835;
he was reared on a farm and in 1854 removed to Missouri, and shortly after to Kansas. He
isa member of Muscotah Lodge, No. 116, A., F. . M, His wife was Miss Martha
Claunch, whom he married in his native State. Frank Flower, of the firm, was born in
Columbia County, N. Y., January 17, 1858, and at the age of seven years, which was in 1864,
removed to Kenuekuk with his father aud mother aud has lived there ever since, His
father, Charles Flower, deceased, was born in North Adams, Mass., June 8, 1827. He was
foreman in a cotton factory in Vermont for atime, where he married Fidelia E, Chase, and
in 1864 came from Columbia County, N. ¥., to Kansas, and commencea Keeping a hotel
called the Union House, which was the main station on the old military road. This he man-
aged until the time of his death, which sad event occurred March 28, 1875.
«2 D. FISHER, R.R. agent, aud agent Pacific xpress Company, Muscotah, was born in
Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pa., November 16, 1835. He received his schooling in his
native town. [no 1854 he learned telegraphing and pursued this busiuess in a commercial
office, also helping his father in a hat aud cap store. in 1862 he located in Piedmont, W.
Va., aS operator for the B. & O. R. Shortly afterward entered the employ of the P., Ft.
W. &C. BR. R. as operator, aud was located at different points in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In
1871 he returned lo the B. & O. R. R. and was stationed at Altamont. His last station was
Salem, W. Va., from whence he came to Kansis in July, 1880, and was appointed to present
position the same moath, He was married in Westonport, Md., January, 1863, to Miss
Belle L. Carroll, a native of Somerset County, Pa. She died in Salem, Ohio, leaving one
enn Ane He was marred) to nis present wit in MUscotals December 26, BBD She
was Miss Arte Hooper, a daughter o. am P. Hooper, Mayor of Plattsbur, Oo. Mr. F.
is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the I. O. 0, FO iy x eS

G. M. FULLER, farmer and stockraiser, P.O. Huron,was bornin Columbia County, N.Y.,
December 22, 1822. He is the son of Amasa and Orilla W. Fuller. He received a good liberal
education, taking au academic course at Fulton, Oswego Co., N.Y. In the spring of the year
1857 he came to Kansas with a company of emigrants from Auburn, N, Y., and pre-empted
the 160 acres of land on which he stil llives, which was then a wild and unbroken country,
but is now a fine farm all under a high state of cultivation, as is also all of the county about
him. In thespring of 1858 he was chosen a member of a Constitutional Convention which
convened at Leavenworth. In the spring of 1864 he went to Fort Leavenworth, leaying the
farm to work at carpentering for Government, and going from Fort Leavenworth in June,
1865, under contract to work for the Government at Fort Union, in New Mexico, remaiu-
ing at Fort Union for nearly three years, then returning to his farm, where he has lived up
to the presenttime. Mr. Fuller was inarried at Ithaca, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1855, to
Sophia Curtis, who came with him to Kansas, and who died September 9, 1858, leaving one
son, Chester H. Fuller, now a resident of Binghamton, N. Y. Mr. Fuller was married again
in Jordan, Onondaga Vo., N. Y., February 19, 1862, to Harriet Tracy, who is still living with
him at his homestead in Atchison County, Kan.

RUFUS H. GOODING, farmer, Section 14, P,O, Kennekuk, was born in Fleming Coun-
ty, Ky., February 26, 1824, son of Samuel and Margaret Gooding; his father’s people were
English, his mother, whose family name was Hinton, was of Scotch origin, He lived at
home with his parents unti! October 15, 1846, when he was married to Miss Margaret Mc-
Coy, born in Kentucky, March 16, 1826. During the fall of 1849 they started west for Cali-
fornia, but on arriving at Buchanan County, Mo., met a friend who persuaded them to stop
atthat point. Mr. Gooding: accordingly purchased a farm on which he lived until the spring
of 1854, when he removed to Kansas and pre-empted @ claiin of 160 acres, being the farm
where he now lives. He was the second settler in Grasshopper Township, and remained on
his claim through all the border troubles before and during the Rebellion. His life was
often threatened, buc nothing of a serious nature ever happened to him, Mr. Gooding and
wife were original embers of the Methodist Episcopal Church Souts society. and the
first sermon Was preached at their resideuce by the Rev. F, M. Williams, services being af-
tarwards con luctel at their house fur vue year. They are the parents of six daugh-
ters and one son, viz.—Charlotte, now Mrs. Henry Claunch, of Kenuekuk; Nancy H., mar-
riedto J. W. Perry, of Palmyra, Neb.; Margaret A., who Is Mrs, George Billingsley; Sarah
J., now Mrs, A. F, Canter, of Jordou Valley, Oregon; Mary J., Elizabeth M. and Frankie D.

JOHN J. HALLIGAN, farmer and stockraiser, Section 28, P.O. Effingham, was born
in Mercer County, Ky., May 3, 1827. Wenttoschool and worked ona farm until he was
eighteen years oid, then learned the carpenter’s trade, which he cumpleted in the city of
Lexington, and in 1851 removed to Buchanan County, Mo,, where he continued his trade up
to 1859. During the fall of this year he purchased the farm upon which he now lives, in
Atchison County, where he owns 320 acres, uf which 100 are under cultivation, aud the bal-
ance for pasture. Has also three acres of orchard, including choice apple and peach trees,
Mr. Halligan was a soldier in the Rebellion, eulisting with the Luird Kansas Voluuteer In-
fautry in 1862, but had previously been Third Lieutenant in the State inilitla. Afcer serving
eight months he was discharged, ill health unfitting nim for further service. He was mar-
ried to his first wife, Miss Melissa D. Rose, of Buchanan County, Mo., In 1853, who died the
year following. He married his present wife in the same place in 1857, her inaiden name was
‘Mary M. Morris, by whoin he has five children—Otho M., Jacova F., Jolin M., Robert J. and
MaggieE. Mr. Halligan and wife are original members of Hast Grasshopper Baptist Church.
The former is a charter member of Huron Lodge No. 72, A., F. & A. M. He has always
taken an active partin the advaucement of all public euterprises of his town and county,
and has served several terms as Justice of the Peace.

WILLIAM M. HAM, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Muscotah, Is a native of Fleming County,
Ky., born April 13, 1833. His pareuts were George G., and Ruth f, Ham, the former ot
Irish, the latter of Dutch descent, her malideu name was Riggs. Mr. Ham was reared on a
farm and acquired a district school education. Paring the apring of 1861 he caine to Atch-
ison County, Kas., and settled iu Grasshopper Township, where he still resides, Is propri-
etor of 396 acres of land, allof which ls under a high state of cultivation, with elght acres
planted in choice fruit trees, and an os.ge-orange hedge surrounding his farm four and a
half miles in length. In 1863 Mr. Ham was elected Trustee of that township, aid the same

ear organized the first company of State militia, of which he was Captain all through the

amous frice raid during the Rebellion. He then resumed farming, and in 1869 was elec-
ted Representative of the State Legislature from the Tenth District, Tits included Grass-
hopper and Lancaster townships then, but has since been re-districted. Mr, Hain's first
wife was Miss Rebecca J. Humphries, to whom he was married in Kentucky in 1855. She
died May 10, 1879, leaving nine children—Sallie S., Loulsa A., Mary E., Lillie F,, Etha A.,
William H., Isabell H., Stella M., and Halla M. His present wife was Margaret Black, of
Hancock County, UL, whom he married June 28, 1880. Both are active members in the
Methodist Episcopal Chureh, while Mr, Haw is President of the County Sunday-school
Convention. *

FERDINAND HAPWOOD, farmer and stock raiser, Section 11, P.O. Kennekuk, was
born July 9, 1819, iu Shelby County, Ky., son of Moses aud Susan Hapwood, nee Sharpe, his
father of Lrish, his mother of English fineage. The subject of this sketch worked on a farm
and attended the distric. schools, until seventeen years of age. Then learned the carpenter's
trade, completing his apprenticeship in Loulsville, Ky. In 1839, he moved with nis parents
to Indianapolis, {nu., but afcer three years’ residence there, returned to Kentucky,where he
was extensively engaged in contracting and building, until 1850. Mr. Hapwood went to
Iudianapolis again, in that year, and iu 1857 was married to Miss Julla McNony, at Green-

castle, {nd., who was a native of Illinois. Immediately afterward, the subject of this sketch
removed to Leavenworth, Kau., aud worked at his trade a part of the tile, being in Gov-
ernment employ in the erection of the fort at chat city. Iu 1859, purchased the place upon
which he now lives, but in the spring following went to Colorady, working in the mines for
three years. Then weat back to Iudiana, where be stayed till the close of the Rebellion.
Then returned with his family to his land in Kansas, where he has since lived, and owns
240 acres, all highly improved. Mr, Hapwood's family consists of six sons—Charles C.,,
Moses E., Andrew J., Willian C., Ferdinand, and Edgar Ff.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

WILLIAM H. HARDIN, farmer, Section 21, P.O. Huron, is a native of Pennsylvania,
born in Fayette County, February 19, 1825. When eight years of age, his place of abode was
changed to Butler County, Ohio. Here he lived until 1853, when he removed to Buchanan
County, Mo., and two years later came tu Kansas. His first settlement here was on South
Wolf River, in Brown County, where he took up a claim, on which he lived up to 1858. Then
sold out and went to Colorado, and engaged at mining, but returned to Kansas the same
year, and located pe manently in Atchison County, Mr. Harden took part in the late war,
enlisting in 1862 with Company D, of the Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry. After
serving two years and four months, he was discharged on account of poor health contracted
while in the service of his country. Then returned to his home in Kansas, where he now
has a fine farm of 350 acres, and i8 also extensively engaged in stock-raising. Mr. Harden's
wife is a daughter of Eli Watson, who was one of the pioneers of Kansas. They were mar-
ried February 7, 1860, in Atchison County, her name Mary C. Both are original mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. They are the parents of four sons and a

aughter.

SAMES M. HAZLETT, livery and sale stable, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1830.
He lived at Mansfield, same State, for a number of years, working at various occupations,
and in April, 1870, came to Kansas; located at Muscotah, and embarked in his present busi-
ness, which he hag carried on with decided success, his stock embracing about eighteen
head of horses. Mr. Hazlett has served as School Treasurer of Muscotah District for eight
years, He married Miss Phoebe J. Egle, of DeKalb County, Ind., in 1868.

JOSEPH C. HEATH, Postmaster and dealer in agricultural implements and hardware,
was born in Potter County, Pa., June 19, 1849. In 1864, he enlisted in Company B, of the
One Hundred and Fifty-Third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the
war; came with his parents to Kansas in 1867, and settled in Grasshopper Township. In
1873, they removed to the village of Muscotah, where the subject of this sketch has since
run a hardware store. In 1879, Mr. B. became a member of the firm, continuing until 1881
when they dissolved, and Mr. Heatb purchased his interest, In 1876, he was appointe
Postmaster of that, village, which position he filled until 1879, when he resigned; but in
1881, was re-appointed, and has since officiated in that capacity. Mr. H. has served as Town
Treasurer from 1876 to 1882. He isa member of the A., F. & A. M., Muscotah Lodge, No.
116, and has served as Master of the same for five years, His wife was Miss Florence Davis,
of Lowa, whom he married in 1874. : : 3

HIRAM 8S. HEATH, father of the above, physician and surgeon, was born in Ontario

‘County N. Y., February 8,1816. He graduated from the Geneva Medical College tn 1847.

He has been in constant practice sinve twenty-one years of age; commenced to practice
medicine in Coudersport, Pa.. in 1847; removed to Roanoke, Ind., in 1854, and practiced
medicine there until 1867, and at the expiration of that time cameto Muscotah He pur-
chased a section of land, and is now the oldest resident physician in Grasshopper Town-
ship. Dr. Heath and his wife are original members of the Congregational Church, and have
always been workers in the temperance cause. Mrs. H. was formerly Harriet B. Smith,
born in Herkimer County, N. Y. ehey were married in that State, in 1842. Mr. H. is con-
nected with the Masonic Society, and in the spring of 1882, was elected Justice of the Peace
at Muscotah. si

PHILLIP G. HERSHMAN, farmer, Section 11. P.O. Muscotah, is a native of Pennsyl-
vania, born in Fayette County, August 30, 1807. His fatber died while Phillip was a boy,
leaving a widow and elght children in limited circumstances. According to the custom of
the times in those early days, Phillip G. was put out with one of the neighbors, to be reared,
and when eighteen years of age began to learn the wheelwright trade, which he followed a
number of years, removing, in the meantime, to Wayne County, Ohio. Here he was mar-
ried, in 1845, to Miss Sarah Henney, and seven years later went to Ingham County, Mich.,
where he made farming his occupation. From there went to Henry County, IIL, and this
was his home until his removal to Kansas, in 1869. After purchasing 160 acres of land
three miles east of Muscotah, he moved on the place where he now lives, moving his famil
out during the following spring. and has now a fine farm and a comfortable home, one an
one-half iniles east of Muscotah. Mr. Hershman’3 family is composed of seven children
living—John H., David, Cristina, Sarah A., Amanda, Emma, and Mary K. They lost one
son, Peter, who died September 13, 1852, at the age of one year and eleven months. Some of
the family are members of the Wesleyan Church Society of Muscotah. .

CAPT. THOMAS C. HONNELL, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Huron, was born in Shelby
County, Ohio, July 6, 1840. He is the seventh son of William and Ellen Honnell, nee Wil-
son, the former of German descent, the latter of English extraction, who were among
the pioneers of Shelby County, and were also there en: aged extensively in farming. The
subject of this sketch remained at home, working on a farm up to the age of thirteen years,
when his father died, after which he received an academical education, and at the age of
seventeen years he was proficient to take charge of aschool. He followed teaching suc-
cessfully till 1861, when he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion with the Fifteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, Company C, in the first three-months’ call. After serving his time in
that he returned home. In 1862, he re-enlisted in the Ninety-ninth Obio Volunteer Infan-
try, Company C; in 1864, this regiment having been consolidated with the Fiftieth Ohio,
he previously having been promoted to the position of Captain of Company C, and after the
Battle of Atlanta, he was one of the staff of General Cooper till the close of the war. He
then returned home and resumed his former occupation of teaching and forming: In 1865
he was married to Miss Saruh Tuley, daughter of C. B. Tuley, now of Lancaster Township,
Atchison Co., Kansas. In the spring of 187) he removed to Atchison County, Kansas,
aud tocated on the farm where he now lives, which contains 480 acres, and is one of the
best improved farms in the township, He is also extensively engaged in stock raising. He
and wife are prominently connected with the Presbyterian Church at Kennekuk. Mr. H. is
also a member of the Masonic Order, Huron Lodge, No. 72.

AMOS A. HOWELL, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Huron, came to Kansas in the winter of
1856, and in the spring of the year following pre-empted the claim upon which he now
lives. This was situated on the old military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney,
and in early times Mr. Howell had considerable trade with the Indians and freighters who
traveled on this road, which he found to be very profitable, and continued it a number of
years, in addition to improving his land. From 1860 to 1866 he was himself extensively
engaged at treighting across the plains to Colorado, running from tweive to twenty teams,
as the business demanded. Mr. Howell is considered by all to be one of the most successful
farmers in Grasshopper Township, and owns 480 acres of land, most of which is under 4
high state of cultivation, the remainder in pasture for stock. He has always taken an active
part in the various public enterprises of his county, always contributing liberally to the
support of charitable and religious institutions, During the Rebellion he was a Lieutenant
in the State Militia for the suppression of the famous Price Raid. He was born December
26, 1824, in Fayette County, Penn. His parents were Seth and Elizabeth Howell, the for-
mer of Welsh, the latter of German descent, her maiden name Turnbvaugh. His granudfath-
er on his father’s side was a soldier in the Revolutioniry war, and afterwards settled at
Trenton,.N. J.,andranthe Howell Ferry across the Delaware river, which to-day bears
that name, Mr, Howell was married in Pennsylvaula in 1844, to Miss Easter A. McBerney.
They are the parents of four children— Mary A., now Mrs. Frank Lewis, of Jackson County,
es tates Nauante) E., Charles A. aud Sabina R., who is married to Joshua Page, of Atcli-

DAVID KESSLER, blacksinith and farmer, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., April
22,1834. His parents were Jacob and Catherine Kessler, nee Hersh. His father was a
blacksmith, aud David learned his trade with him, He died in 1853 with the cholera, at
thy time of the great epidemic in Columbia, Pa. The following year Mr. Kessler removed
to Buchanan County, o., and inthe fallof 1856 came to Atchison County, Kansas, and
touk up a homestead In Kaploma Township; here he lived up to 1860, and then moyed to
Mount Pleasant Township and opened a blacksmith shop, which he ran there until 1867, at
that tine removing to Kennekuk. Opened a shop at this place, where he operated success-
fully until 1875, when he moved onto his farm, which is situated one mile south of the vil-
lage. Daring the spring of 1880 he returned to the village and again started at his trade,
which he still plies. Mr, Kessler was married in Buchanan County, Mo., In 1855, to Miss
Nancy J. Wylie, formerly from Indiana, She isa member of the Baptist Chureh. They
have four boys and threé girls. .

‘ THOMAS LITYL&, farmer, Muscotah, was born in Scotland, Dumfriesshire, May 14,
1824; emigrated to Canada in 1841, and lived near the city of Guelph, Ontario, where he
learned the carpenter's trade. This he followed in Canada until 1871, when he came to
Kansas and coatinued his former employment at Muscotah three years, and since that time
has been engaged at farming. He was married in Canada in 1850, to Miss Margaret Turn-,
bull, a native of Roxburgh, Scotland. The following are the names of their seven children;
Bilen (oow Mrs: John Felsted, of Leavenworth), Janes, Thomas, Andrew, Euphemta, Wil-

LEVI W. LOCKWOOD, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Muscotah, was born on Green Mount-
ain, Mudaanary 8, 1822. He is the son of Henry and Polly Lockwood—his mother’s maiden
name, Hewly. When fourteen years of age, his parents moved to Cattaraugus County, N.Y.,
and two years later he was apprenticed in the foundry at Jamestown, same State. Here he
rematued six years, then wen¢ to Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade, and, three
years later, in company with his brother James, caine west to Fulton County, Ill, for the
put pose of starting a foundry. He, however, changed his mind, and started farming instead.
(n 1849, he was married to Miss Sopaia Cozad, and atthe same time removed to Warren
County, purchased a farm and, by judicious management, accumulated considerable of this
world’s goods, Thinking, however, that all men were as honest as himself, he trusted them
in such matters as going security, and the like, and found out too late that he had lost a good
deal of his money, He then removed to De Kalb County, Mo., but was obliged to leave there
in 1857, as the people suspected he had something to do in helping slaves to escape across
the river, and had threatened to hang him, Mr. Lockwood then came to Atchison, and in the
spring of the year following moved to the place where he now lives and owns 215 acres of
fine farm land, all of which he has made since his removal here. Himself and wife have

 

 
ATCHISON COUNTY.

been members of the Methodist Episcopal
aca ma ving. Jane, Sarah, Samuel, M ee pal johuren for 4 fourteen: years. They have five chil-
.M, J . retired merchant and farmer, P.
1822, in Port Patrick, Scotland; learned the trade of Tiheous wulen bie Pe AER nts
land until May 1, 1851, when he emigrated to the United States, and,on his arrival here, had
but one shilling in his pocket, when fie went to Albany, N.Y, where he was enguged in'con-
tracting and building; but this did not prove very successful, and the same year he moved
to Illinois and engaged in railroad constructing, on the Illinois Central Railroad. In 1868
Mr. McLain came to Muscotah, Kan., and for a number of years worked at his trade here.
He now owns 320 acres of good farm land, and is one of the largest property owners in the
eee reenter atte anOan active part in the building up of the town and
me, s wife wa .
te Scotland, January 8 1846. ws $§ Miss Rosanna Saul, to whom he was married
. W. MCC + miller, Muscotah, one who became identified with a

day, is the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Canada, and was arin Oats tee,
vember 27, 1834; removed to Michigan when comparatively young, where he followed
various pursuits until 1856, when he came to Kansas, locating first at Leavenworth for sev-
eral years. He was sngesed in the Santa Fe trade and overiand freighting from Nebraska
City and other points. r, McC. is thoroughly conversant with the Western country, aud
had many soos exploits with the Indians in those early days when it may be said a ‘man
traveled with his life in hishand. There are but few of the early settlers that were inter-
ested in Western enterprise beyond the Missouri River, that are more favorably known
than Mr. McC, In 1866, he located in Atchison, and was interested in the Missouri River
transfer for four and one-half years. In 1873, engaged in the milling business at Muscotah.
He owns a first-class mill and does merchant milling aside from custom work. He is one of
the most substantial citizens of Muscotah. Jn 1868, he was married to Miss Ada P. Howe.
Ry this union they have three children, Jennie, Claude and Birdie. Mr. McC. isa Master
Mason, a member of the K, of P. and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
_ DANIEL W. MOONEY, stock-dealer, 1s a native of West Virginia, born April 10, 1842
in Marshall County, Here he was employed at farming and stock- raising, with his parents,
Daniel and Jane C. Mooney, until 1855, at which tle they moved to Ohio and engaged ai
merchandising, and from there went to Clinton County, Mo., in 1858. Three years later,
enlisted with the Federal army in the Forty-fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company
F, serving in the same until 1863. Hethen united with the regular Confederate army, and
in this took a part till the close of the Rebellion, then returned home and farmed there for
himself up to the time of his remova) to Kansas, which was in the fall of 1875. Located at
Muscotah and embarkec in the grain business, where he has since lived, with the excep-
tion of two years which he spent in Leadville, Col., in the grain trade. Mr. Mooney is a
member of the Masonic fraternity. He married in September, 1881, at Atchison, Miss Alice
T. Sharpe. Mr. Mooney’s stock-shipping amounts to abont 150 car loads per annum.

BERNHARD C. MORITZ, farmer, Section 21, P.O. Huron, was born in State of Mech-

lenburg, Germany, in 1833.. Learned the trade of cabinetmaker, which he followed in his
native country till 1850; then emigrated to the United States, and lived in lowa, near the
city of Guttenburg. Afterwards removed to Dubuque, where he worked at the carpenter’s
trade, From this time till 1861 his time was spent on the Mississippi River as shipcarpen-
ter, and in Galveston, Texas, He then came to Kansas and purchased the farm where he
now lives, which contains 160 acres. Mr. Moritz is a member of. the Turner Society of
Atchison, and is one of the School Board of District No. 62. He was married at Leaven-
worth, this State, in 1863,to Miss Bertha Gerbitz, who was born in Holstein, Germany.
They have five children living—Minnie, Eliza, Sophie. Emma and Bertha.
_ CHARLES C. MUNGER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 12, P. O. Muscotah, was born
in Erie County, N. Y., February 21, 1834. His parents were Samuel and Cornelia, who
were of old New England stock, his mother’s family name, Clark. His father was engaged
extensively in farming, and Charles went to school and worked on the farm with him until
grown. He then traveled around through various Western States, and finally settled down
in Kansas during the fall of 1868. The spring following saw him established on his pres-
ent place, which then consisted of 160 acres of raw prairie, but with judicious management
and industry it has now become a fine thriving farm. Mr. Munger was married in July,
1869, at Effingham, Kan., to Miss Mary E. Walters, daughter of Sidney Walters, who was
an early settler of Atchison County.

1 . OSBORN, wagon repair shop and carpenter, came to Kansas in March, 1859,
locating in Easton, Leavenworth Co., where he was employed at contracting and building.
This he continued six years, then removed to Kennekuk in March, 1865, and started a
wagon shop, this village being then onthe old military road from Fort Leavenworth to
Fort Kearney. Here he has since made his home, and in 1869 was elected Justice of the
Peace of Grasshopper Township, which office he has ever_since held, with the exception of
the years 1880 and ’81. Mr. Osborn -has also served as Notary Public for nine years, and
has been an efficient member of the School Board of his District. The subject of this sketch
was born in Marshall County, Ill., April 1, 1837. Removed with his parents, Samuel and
Martha Osborn, to Linn County, Iowa, where he went to school and worked onthe farm
with his father up to 1855. He then learned his trade, and_ May 30, 1858, was married to
Miss Hannah Johnson, formerly of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Their family consists of
three children—John S., Emma J. and Zella R.

B.S. PATE, grocer, Muschtah. Among those that came to Kansas at an early day was the
Pate family, locating in Atchison County in 1856, a short distance from where Muscotah now
stands. His father, Andrew, was closely identified among the agriculturists up to the time
of his demise in 1868. ‘The subject of this sketch is a native of Tennessee, and was born in
Granger County, January 5, 1843: came to Atchison County, Kas., in 1856. In 1861 he en-
listed in Company D, Second Kansas Cavalry, serving three years and two months, and was
honorably discharged; returned to Atchison County, and pursued agriculture until 1869;
went to Osage County, residing until 1874. Returned to Atchison County on the 14th ‘of
November, 1881, embarked in phe procery tiade. Mr. P. is eminently popular in Muscotah
as well as the country adjacent. eisa live worker in the old school Baptist Church, and
for a number of years has been Elder. He was marriedin 1865 to Miss Sarah Elizabeth
Hooper. They have had seven children by this union—Emma L., Wm. J., Mary E., Abra-
ham W., Sarah D. and Robert B. They lost one daughter—Carrie.

SIDNEY PLATT, farmer, Section 17. P. O. Muscotah, was formerly from England, born
in Yorkshire, Septem ber 9, 1825. His parents were James and Betty Platt, nee Ashworth.
His father stood high in the literary circles of England. and avolume of his manuscripts
was published in 1865. Sidney Platt was educated by his father and in the private schools
of England, after which he clerked in his father’s office until twenty-seven years of age.
At that time he went to Port Natal, South Africa, for the purpose of opening 2 cotton
plantation. This he did, employing the natives and the coolies imported from the East In-
dies, but soon found thatit was not a profitable undertaking; so he turned his attention to
the sugar traffic, exporting it to England. Here he remained till 1865, when he emigrated
to America, and lived for three months at Lawrence, Mass.: and at the expiration of that
time came to Atchison County, Kas., which would make the date of his settlement here
1868. Atthat time there were a great many wild animals in these parts, and Mr. Platt was
often compelled to place traps around his dwelling to protect his family. In Africa he
once caught a spotted leopard, these being uncommon, and at another time killed a snake
eighteen feet in length and six inches through. Mr. Platt is a distant relative of the cele-
brated African explorer Livingstone, and at-one time received a letter from him stating his
intention of visiting him, but owing to change in the route did notdoso. Mr. Platt was
married in England July 31, 1848, to Miss Sarah Mills, who was born in Yorkshire. They
are the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living—Fannie O., Julia, Jennie A.,
Lucy, Eva B., Sidney L. and PetrenaS. They were all born in South Africa with the ex-
ception of the last named, whose birth place was Lawrence, Mass. :

L. N. PLUMMER, physician and surgeon, was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 30,
1848. The doctor was thrown upon his own resources when fourteen years old, though he
managed to obtain an education and then attended medical lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio,
teaching schoo} in the winter time and also clerking, to obtain means to pursue his favor-
ite study. In 1868 he went to Kansas, settled in Muscotah and engaged in practice, in which
he has since continued, with the exception of two years, during which time he, in com-
pany with nine others, located the town of Cedarville, Smith County. The doctor bought
a printing press and issued a paper there for a time, but finally disposed of his interest and
returned to Muscotah and resumed his practice. Dr. P. was married in Hocking County,
Ohio, November 3. 1867, to Miss Thee Karshuer, of that county.

LEVEN V. PLUMMER, deceased, Section 24, was born in Fieming County, yy October
26, 1818. Here he was married, August 2, 1848, to Matilda Norman, and in 1854 they re-
moved to Platte County, Missouri. Two years later they came to Atchison County, Kas., and
settled onthe farm where Mrs.Plummer now lives,and were among the first settlers on what
is known as Brush Creek, in Grasshopper Township. Here the subject of this sketch lived
until the time of his death, which occurred February 7%, 1868. He was an active worker in
the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his wife, and both have been members of that
organization since 1860. Mrs. Plummer has a farm of eighty acres, and a good comforta-
ble home, and by careful management and industry has reared her family of nine children
and given them each a liberal education, During the fall of 1877 their house was destroyed
by fire, which has since been rebuilt. The names of the children are as follows—Mary E.,

Dentsey A.,Charles O., Thomas O., Benjamin F., Leonamus,Commodore, Harriet A. and Lum -
culus N, i
ECE, farmer and stock raiser, P, O. Effingham, was born in North Carolina,
Agee coe: Se 18, 1825. Is the son of Joeland Fannie Reece, nee Shearer; the for-
mer of German descent, the latter of Scotch orgin. They removed to Buchanan County,
Mo., in 1844, when they engaged at farming and stock raising. Jacob remained at home
working on the farm and going to school till 1846, then volunteered in Government service
asteamster in the Mexican wat, during the latter part of which he was in active service 1n-
der Col. Doniphan, during which time he never stood back in dotng his duty as soldier
obeying the command ot ‘his officer or serving his country, after the close of which he re-

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turned to his home and resumed his former occupation as stock raiser. He being anx-
ious to develop his business it became necessary for him to emigrate to gome country
where he could find extensive ranges for grazing, so in September, 1854, ne removed to
Atchison County, Kas., and settled on the place where he now lives, and was one of the very
firss settlers in t) Pu part of the county, ere he has successfully operated since, and he is
now proprietor of 260 acres of good farm, and well stocked, and is also proprietor of for-
ty town lots in the village of Arrington which is noted for its mineral springs, of which Mr.

. was the discoverer of the superior medicinal qualities of the water. Although he has
been rather reserved in some of the poiitical contests of his county he has stood with un-
doubted integrity, always giving his money and influence in all public enterprises. He
was initiated into the Masonic Order at Atchison in 1863, and was afterwards a charter
member of Huron Lodge No. 72, of his own town. He was married in Buchanan County,
Mo., in1848, to Miss Elizabeth A, Allie. They are both members of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South, and are the parents of seven children, viz.—William N., Martisha E., the
first waite child born in Grasshopper Township; Samuel M., John B., Nora R., Annie E.
an ilson A,

WILLIAM REECE, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Effingham, was born in Ashe County, N.
C., May 15, 1882. His parents were Joel.and Fannie Reece, the former of Dutch descent,
the latter of Scotch, her maiden name was Shearer. They removed to Buchanan County,
Mo., in 1844, and engaged in farming, being among the early settlers in that section of the
country. Mr. Reece was married October 30, 1852, to Miss Huldah Allie, who was born in
Owen County, Ind., December 8, 1838. During the winter of 1854 he caine to Atchison
Connty, Kas., and bought the claim on which he now lives, and in the spring following
moved out his family, which now cousists of eight children—Rilsy A., Leanna J., Olive,
Permelia A., Melvin D., Eva and Ella, who are twins, and Lone H. Mr. R, owns 192 acres
of excellent farm Jand, a good portion of which is under cultivation. He served ten
months as a teamster in the Mexican war. Mr. R. and wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

REV. THOMAS RIBBENS, Muscotah. This popular gentleman is a native of Eng-
land, and was born in Kent, February 10, 1820. Was there raised and educated. He early
in life turned his attention to preparing for the ministry; was duly ordained in the Wesley -
an Methodist Church, Came to the United States locating in Dunkirk, N. Y., in 1851, residing
two years; came to Ohio, thence to Indiana, and in 1866 came to Kansas locating inAtchison
County, He organized the Wesleyan Methodist Church at_old Muscotah, and has been an
active worker in the Christian religion in the Kansas and Nebraska circuit since that date.
For a time he was a resident of Butler County, where he had charge of a church. Rev.
Ribbens also attends to outside affairs from his church duties, and in Muscotah has manu-
tactured bricks to considerable extent. Heis avery popular gentleman, commanding the
respect of all. He was married in England, September 5, 1840, to Miss Mary Russell, an
estimable lady who, although well advanced in years, is hale and hearty.

SAMUEL M. RIGGS, physician and surgeon, was _ born in Grayson County, Ky., June

.. 1853. He took a course of study at Buffalo Medical College, New York, during the years
1872 and °73, and in 1874 was a graduate from the Eclectic Medical College. The subject of
this sketch first came to Muscotah in 1873, and practiced his profession here between his
lectures, going back again to college. One year after graduating he returned to Muscotah,
and since continued practice here, and is now one of the leading physicians of the place. Dr.
Riggs is a member of the Masonic Order, and is also identified with the Eclectic Medical
Association of Kansas, He married October 29, 1874, at Larkins, this State, Miss Gertrude
E., daughter of Henry and Jane L. Pridey, who settled in Leavenworth County in 1857.
Their family contains three children, two sons and a daughter. -

FREDERICK ROACH, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Muscotah, was born in
Estill County, Ky., April 5, 1831. In 1844 he removed to Missouri, and was a resident
of Platte County for fourteen years. Here he was married to Miss Sarah A. Lorlar, and in
February, 1858, came to Kansas and located on Section 35, Grasshopper Township, Atchi-
son County, where he farmed successfully until 1872. He then removed to the village
of Muscotah, where for five years he was engaged in merchandising, and at the end of that
time commeneed keeping hotel. This has been his occupation since, and he also runs
a farm in addition to this. Mr. Roach served a number of years as Trustee of Grasshopper
Township, and in 1870 and 72 served as County Commissioner, :

VV. THOMAS S. ROBERTS, Pastor of the Congregational Church, was born in Janu-
ary, 1848, in Steuben County, N. Y. Received the foundation of his literary education
at the Franklin Academy in the same State; and later, entered the Theological College
of Hillsdale, Mich., where he graduated in 1876. His first labors for the church commenced
at Fond du Lac, Wis., where he took charge of the Free-will Baptist Church and there re-
mained until March, 1878. At that time he came to Kansas and has since had charge of
the Congregational Church at Muscotah. His wife was formerly Miss Nellie Allison of this
place whom he married in March,1880. They have two daughters—Peulah S.and Bertha V.

WILLIAM H. SEEVER, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Muscotah. Was born March 28,
1826, in Fleming County, Ky. He learned the carpenter’s trade in his younger days, and
followed various occupations until 1852, when he removed to Buchanan County, Mo.,
where he was employed at contracting and building bridges, and at general carpenter’s
work. He came to Atchison County, Kan., in 1862, locating on his present farm. He owns
120 acres of good farm land, and has been a licensed local preacher of the Methodist
Episcopal Church ever since his residence in Kansas. Mr. Seever is extensively engaged in
raising sorghum, and has a complete set of machinery for the manufacture of the same with
a capacity of 140 gallons of molasses per day. He has been a strong temperance man ever
since he was twenty-one years of age, and has always worked for the best advancement of
the same. He was married in Kentucky to Miss Nancy Hurst, by whom he has seven chil-
dren living—John W., Samuel D.., Charles W., George W., Clay M., Squire M., Mary E.

ABNER D. SIMMONS, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Muscotah. Was formerly from Sulli-
van County, Ind., born June 4, 1827. He is the son of Johnson and Margaret Simmons, his
father of ‘English descent, and his mother, whose maiden name was Alumbaugh, was of
German lineage but American born. His parents removed to Buchanan County. Mo., in
1832, and were among the early settlersin that region. They both died there in 1850, and
four years later Mr. Simmons removed to Atchison County, Kan., and pre-empted the land
where he now lives, and was one of the very first settlers in the county, and the third settler ©
in Grasshopper Township. During the border troubles of 1856 he removed his family back
to his former home in Missouri; but for all the disturbance there was they might as well
have remained in Kansas. Mr. Simmons has always been identified with all public enter-
prise of his town and county. Mr. Simmons and wife are workers in the cause of Christi-
anity, and were original members of the Old School Baptist Church of this town. Mrs.
S. was formerly Miss Nancy L. Cook, a native of North Carolina. They are the parents of
eight children, viz: Margaret A., John W., Sarah C., Kansas A., one of the very first white
children born in Grasshopper Township; Mary IL. Laura B., James W., and Cora M.

REV. J. S. SMITH, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Muscotah; was born in
Athens, Ohio, March 11, 1845. He was educated at the Ohio University, graduating in the
class of 1866. He then wentto Missouri and engaged in insurance business, returning to
Ohio in the fall of 1867, to take charge of the Hocking Seminary. In 1868 he established the
Logan Journal, at Logan, Hocking County. Sold out his interests in the fallof 1869. In
1871 became connected with the Grand Island Mission, in Nebraska Conference: remained
until 1880. Inthat year tooka charge for atime in Rawlins County, Kas.. then returned to
Nebraska. In thespring of 1881 removed to Monrovia, remaining until March, 1882, when
he took his present charge. Mr. Smith was married_in Grand Island, Neb., December 6,
1874, to Miss Treffren, a native of New Hampshire. They have one child living—Lulu.

C. A. SPARKS, farmer and school teacher, Grasshopper Township, six miles northwest
of Effingham, was born near Platte City. Mo., in 1850. In 1855 his parents moved to Atch-
ison County, Kansas. In 1873, taught school in Jefferson County. Iu 1874-75 attended the
State Normal School at Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1876, taught school in Buchanan County,
Mo. In 1877, bought a farm of 120 acres in. Grasshopper Township; has sixty-five acres
under cultivation, fifteen acres of timber and orchard; has good buildings and farm en-
closed with wire fence. Was married in 1876, in Grasshopper Township, to Miss Adelia
Simmons, daughter of A. D. Simmons. They have onechild. He has taught the school in
his district for the past four years.

JOSEPH SPEER, farmer and coal dealer, Section 35, P.O. Muscotah; was originally
from Lawrence County, Ind. Received acommon school education, and worked at farming
until March, 1860, when he emigrated to Kansas and purchased a quarter section of land,
where he now lives. This was all wild prairie land then, but is now changed to a fine im-
proved farm. There are also extensive coal beds on Mr. Speer’s land, the depth varying
from ten to sixty-five feet. The thickness of the layers is signtcen to twenty inches, and he
has men at work at them, and they promise to develop handsomely. Mr. Sneer was one of
the State Militia who suppressed the famous Price Raid during the Rebellion. He was
married in Indiana, March, 1859, to Miss Mary Fountain, by whom he has nine children,
all of whom are living.

JOHN B. TERRY, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Muscotah, isa Pennsylvanian, born April
17, 1815, in White County. He is the son of Joseph and Sarah A. Terry, his father of En-
glish descent, the latter, whose family name was Harris, born in East Tennessee. Mr.

erry lived on a farm with his parents, and attended school until the fall of 1833, when he
moved to Green County, Mo., with a colony of people, among whom were a number of his
relatives. They were the first settlers in that county, and here he made his home until 1838,
when he removed tothe northwestern part of the State, in whatis now known as Platte
County. Here he opened up a farm and lived until August, 1854, when he came with his
wife and four children to Kansas, and took up a claim two anda half miles south of the
present city of Atchison, and was one of the very first settlers in the county. Here he lived
through all of the border troubles, and neither himself or family received any personal in-
duries, although there were plenty of threats from the border ruffians, and they occasionally

ost a horse and other stock. Mr. Terry was married in Platte County, Mo., in 1842, to Miss
Sarah A. Mason, @ native of Kentucky. Their family contains eleven children, viz: Wil-
liam H., Joseph E., James M., John B., Thomas (one of the first white children born in
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Atchison County), Jesse, Samuel. L., Walter B., Martba (now Mrs. Rice McCubbin), Susan M.
and Lizzie, (now Mrs.-Robert McCubbin.)

,GEORGE TETIRICK, farmer at Kennekuk, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio. April
7, 1820. He received 2 common school education and followed farming in early life, up to
the time of the breaking out of the Rebellion. Enlisted in Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, and served with that until 1864, and was then transferred tothe First Indiana
Heavy Artillery, which he served efficiently until the close of the war, when he returned to
Jay County, Indiana, and resumed his former occupation until April, 1870. He then moved
to Atchison County, Kansas, and located at the above place, where he has continued to re-
side since, except four years he lived in Brown County, Kansas. He was married August
18, 1843,.in Ohio, to Miss Margaret Wiley, also a native of Ohio. They have five daughters,
viz: Mary L., Roda J., Salinda M., Delia E. and Martha, They are members of the First
Baptist Church of Kennekuk.

S. B. THOMPSON, farmer, P.O. Huron. Born in 1845 in Saline County, Missouri, he
grew up in that country, and well remembers his five-mile walk to and_ from school. He
eame in 1858 to Kansas with his widowed mother and his stepfather, S. Dille, and has since
that time been a resident of Atchison County. During the rebellion he servea eighteen
months in the Second Kansas Cavalry, and was engaged at Prairie Grove, Cane Hill and
Roseville, Ark. In 1872 he bought his present farm, eighty acres, costing him $1,200. On
this he has built a fair frame house and planted one hundred trees, the farm now renting
for $200 per annum. Mr. Thompson is descended from an old Missouri family. though his
parents were both from out of the State, yet they were very early settlers in Saline County.
There are two sisters of S. B. Thompson—Adeline 8. Meeker, of Brown County, and Eliza
J. Dickinson. of Atchison County.

STEPHEN G. TOLLE, farmer and stock ralser, Section 19, P. O. Muscotah, was born
December 28, 1829, in Fauquier County, Va. His parents removed to Mason County, Ky.
while he was only a small child, and here he was reared on afarm, attending school ‘until
1855. He then came to Missouri, and between that time and 1870, made several trips to
Kansas in surveying parties, and during the war was enrolled in the State Militia of Mis-
souri, and served till the close of the Rebellion. Mr. Tolle came to Kansas In 1870, and set-
tled on his present farm, where he owns 110 acres of good farm land, He is Treasurer of
School District 23, and himself and wife are members of the Bethel Baptist Church. Mrs,
Tolle was formerly Miss Mary Martin. to whom he was married in Buchanan County, Mo.,
in 1858. Their family consists of three children—Edward L., Lucy M., and Katie,

JOSHUA K. TRUEBLOOD, farmer and stock raiser, Section 6, P. O, Whiting, Jackson
County, is a native of Parke County, Ind., born January 14, 1841. He Is the son of Eliasand
Elizabeth Trueblood, the former of English, and the latter, whose maiden name was Kelley,
of Irish descent. The early life of Joshua K. was spent on a farm with his parents. who
gave bim a liberal education. He was an under graduate from Earlham College at Rich-
mond, Ind., in 1869. In October of the same year he came to Atchison County, Kan., and
purchased some land. This was originally a portion of the Kickapoo*Reservation, and Mr.
Trueblood taught the first Indian school on the diminished reserve of this tribe, during the
winter of 1869-70. In April, 1870, he returned to Indiana, and was married to Miss Ma-
tilda Morris, with whom he soon came back to Kansas, and in the fall of the following year
thev went to the Indian Territory, where Mr. Trueblood was Principal of the Indian school
of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe agency, which he managed successfully one year. Then re-
turned to his land in Kansas, where he has since lived. He has a fine farm, well stocked
with eattle, hogs, and other stock. Mr. T. and wife were among the first members of the
New Malden Congregational Church, and are earnest and faithful workers in that society.
The former was Superintendent of the County Sabbath School Association for three
years, and had previously been Vice-President of the Township Association of the same

ody.
ROBERT A. WALLACE, Principal of the Muscotah Graded School, and farmer, Sec-
tion 1, is a native of Licking County, Ohio, born in 1833. After acquiring a common school
education, he attended the Academy at West Alexander, Pa.. where he graduated in 1856.
He made teaching his vocation during his residence in the East, andin 1868 came to Kan-
sas; located near Farmington, Atchison County, where he was engaged in farming and
teaching. In 1877, Mr. Wallace removed to the farm where he now lives, and is exten-
sively engaged in stock raising and shipping. Atthe beginning of the spring term, he took
charge of the Muscotah Graded School. which has an average attendance of 150 pupils, an
one assistantlady teacher. Mr. Wallace was married in Washington County, Iowa,-in 1860,
to Miss Maggie Larrimer, a teacher in the high schools of that county. Their family com-
rises four bovs and two girls—Lena M., Arthur F., Harry L., Bertie 0., Stella J.. and Orlo
.C. The subject of this sketch served three years as a soldier of the Rebellion, firstin the
Ninetieth Regiment, and afterward in the One Hundred and Sixty-Eighth.

MARTIN J. WALSH, lumber merchant, was born in Ireland, County Kilkennev, No-
vember 17, 1835. Emigrated to the United States with his parents, Michael and Nancy
Walsh, locating in Marquette County, Wis., and engaged in agricultural pursuits, being one
of the early settlers. The subject of this sketch received but a limited education, and in
1858, removed to Stephenson County, Ill.,but after living there a short time,came to Kansas,
locating at Leavenworth, where he was in the employ of the Government. During the spring
of 59, he crossed the plains to Colorado, making several trips, the last being in 1862. In
the fall of 63, Mr. Walsh went to Montana, where he mined, in company with a Mr. Camp-
bell, and afterward, returning to Kansas, they purchased a lot of stock. which they worked
in partnership till 1867. Mr. Walsh then purchased 785 acres of land in Brown County,
where be has ‘since been engaged in farming and stock raising. In the spring of ’81, he
started in the lumber business at Muscotah, and takes an active interest in the public enter-
prise of his town and county. In 1869, he married Miss Marv Louisa, daughter of George
and Margaret Tedrick. who settled in Atchison County in 1869.

WARREN H. WARING, proprietor of the Kennekuk House, came to Kansas in Janu-
ary, 1878. and started at farming at Muscotah. During the spring of 1881, he removed to
Kennekuk, and purchased the place where he now lives. Mr. Waring was born at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y., Februarv 27, 1830, on.the farm where his great gran dzather, grandfather
and father had lived and died, and which Warren H. Waring sold fo the city of Saratoga for
a cemetery. His great grandfather and grandfather were participants in the war of 1776.
Mr. Waring was married at Fort Miller, on the Hudson, to Miss Sarah E. Deyoe, whose pa-
rents lived in Rensselaer County. He and his wife were members of the First Baptist
Church of Saratoga for twenty vears, and since their residence in Kansas have united
with the same denomination at Kennekuk. They have one son and one daughter living—
Joseph and Lucy L.

CONRAD WEAVER, farmer, Section 1, P. 0. Muscotah, was born in Germany, Decem-
ber 3, 1844. Emigrated to the United States with his parents when only ten years of age,
who settled in Henry County. Ill.. where he lived until 1865. He then enlisted in Company
I, of the One Hundred and Fifty-First Illinois Volunteer Infantry, BOrvA NE one year inthe
army. and at the expiration of that time, settled at his home in IiJinois, e came to Kansas
in 1870, locating on the place where he now lives, but subsequently removed to Lancaster
Township, where he lived until the spring of 1879, and then returned to the former place,
He owns 225 acres of land, of which 160 are under cultivation, and the remainder used for
pasture. Mr. Weaver isa member of the Army of the Cumberland. His wife was Miss
paren Herehman; daughter of Philip Hershman, of Muscotah, to whom he was married in

inois in i

GEORGE W. WHITE, attorney at Jaw, land and insurance agent, notary public, repre-
sents the Home of New York, itna of Hartford, Conn., Phoenix of Hartford, Conn.,. Phoanix
of Brooklyn, N. Y., Sun of London, England. American Central, 8t. Louis, Mo. Mr. White
was born in Richmond, Chittenden Co., Vt., January 22, 1816; moved with his parents to
Waterbury, Vt., at the age of two years; received his school education inthe common
school of the town; December, 1835, embarked as a soldier to the then Territory of Florida,
to put down the Seminoles; remained there two vears and four months, and on the tenth
day of May, 1838, left Florida for the Cherokee Nation, North Carolina, under the com-
mand of Gen. Winfield Scott. In August, 1838, went with the regiment to Charleston. S, C.,
thence to New York. thence to Plattsburgh, N. Y., thence to Troy, Vt., where, on the fourth
day of December, 1838, was honorably discharged from the service of the United States;
immediately returned home to Waterbury; went to Wattsfield, Vt., in 1839: commenced
the study of law with B. F. Adams: was admitted tothe Bar in 1841; in 1842, May 5, was
married to Miss Lois L. Foster, of Jericho, Vt. In 1847 moved to Wisconsin, where he
engaged in farming for atime. Moved to Waushara County in 1853. Was admitted to the
Bar and followed his profession till 1873, when he moved to Kansas. His wife died in
Atchison, Kan., September 10, 1873, leaving two children, Julius R. and Ellen M. March,
1874, moved to Muscotah, Kan., and in December, 1874, was admitted tothe bar and
established his present business. Mr. W. is Police Judge of the city of Muscotah, Kan,

s y B. WILCOX, farmer, was born in Delavan County, N. Y., Town of Harpersfield,
April 11, 1834. Heisthe son of Alonzo B. and Hannah Wilcox, the former of English
descent and the latter, whose maiden name was Swift, of Holland Dutch. They were
engaged in farming in that State, and Isaac B. spent some of his time on the farm with
them, and the rest was devoted toacquiring an education, He graduated from the State
Normal School at Albany in 1854, and later took a course to fit himself for civil engineering.
He then taught school until 1856, when he came West to Minnesota, where he followed
surveying until 1860. At that time he removed to Missouri and was Chiet Engineer in the
survey of the Parkville and Grand River R. R. Removed to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1863,
and for some time was employed in the survey of the Kansas Pacific R. R., from that place
to Lawrence under the supervision of John C. Fremont and Samuel Hallett. After this he
took charge of twenty-eight miles of the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific R. R., and
later took contracts from the Government for the survey of lands in the western portion of
the State of Kansas.
has made large investments in real estate. He now owns land in Grasshopper and
Kapioma Townships, all of which is under improvement. Mr. Wilcox’s wife was formerly

 

Since 1867 he has made his home at Muscotah, and in the meantime .

HISTORY. OF KANSAS.

Miss Nannie J. Mooney, of West Virginia, whom he marrted at Plattsburgh, Mo., in 1865.
He is a member of Muscotah Lodge, No. 164, of the A., F. & A. M.

ISAAC H. WILLARD, blacksmith, was born iu Worcester County, Mass., October 18,
1850. Came with his parents to Kansas in 1865, livingin Nemaha County on a farm. The
subject of this sketch learned the blacksmith trade and afterwards worked at it in various
places until 1877, when he removed to Muscotah and opened a shop for himself, and has
met with decided success. He is a thorough mechanic and one who certainly understands
his business. Mr. W. was married at Muscotah to Miss Bridget Mathews, of tbat place,

ARRINGTON.

In the southwestern part of Kapioma Township is Arrington, at which are
the fine iron springs, which are acquiring quite a reputation in this county and
adjoining localities. The first schoolhouse in the township was erected at
Arrington by District No. 30. In November, 1854, R. A. Van Winkle, one of
the first settlers of this portion of the county, and Thomas Hooper erected a
steam saw-mill. The post office at Arrington was established in 1858, Mr.
Van Winkle being appointed postmaster.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—KAPIOMA TP.

ALEXANDER ACHESON, farmer, P.O. Larkin. _ Was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in
1836, and was raised a farmer but learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed until
his removal to Kansas in 1869, when he located on Section 17, Township 7, Range 18, and
ne 160 acres, 120 under cultivation. He was married in 1859, in Carroll County, Ohio, to

iss Mary E. McAllister. and has four children, viz: William, Anna M., Edward D., and
Joseph H. He has been Treasurer of School District No. 54 for several years,

: 3. M. ARTMAN, proprietor of hotel and livery stable, Larkin, was born in Boone
County, Mo., in 1832, and was brought upafarmer. 1In1857 he came to Kansas and located
in Jackson County, but raising no crop he returned to Missouri. In the faJl and in the
spring of 1858 he went to Johnston County, Kan., and engaged farming. In 1859 he
again located in Jackson County where he lived until 1867, when he moved to his present
location. He bas been a successful farmer. He now owns 140 acres near Larkin, and 160
acres near Tippinville, in Jackson County,—all well improved land. In 1880 he opened a
hotel and livery stable in Larkin. He was married in 1854 to Miss Lucinda J. Hubbard, of
Platte County, Mo., a daughter of Stephen Hubbard, one of the pioneers of that couuty.
They have nine children~Elizabeth, Stephen. prance, Mary, James, Janie, Adaline, Katie,
and Albert. Mr. Artman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

G. W. BOWSER, farmer, P. 0. Larkin, was born in Tennessee near the Virginia line,
in 1834, and at the age of sixteen was engaged in teaming to Knoxville and King’s Salt
Works, which business he followed until 1855, when he cameto Kansas with his parents
and settled on Section 8, Town 7, Range 17. In 1859, his father dying, the care of the family
devolved on him, and considerable credit is due to him for the faithful manner in which he
nas discharged his assumed duty. His mother lived to the age of seventy-four years, and
was his especial care in her declining years. In 1864. he was a member of the Kansas Mil-
itia, and was called out to repel Price, when on his raid through this State. At Westport,
during an engagement with Price’s forces, his horse was stunned by a bullet and fell on
him, but he escaped without any injury; his horse died in a few days. In 1872, he was mar-
ried to Miss Margaret Roberson, a daughter of James Roberson, one of the pioneers of
this township. They have had four children, but two of whom are living—Johp and Olla.
Mr. Bowser is a very successful farmer and stockraiser. He owns 597 acres of land, 250
under cultivation, making one of the finest farms in Kapioma Zownship.

M. HARVEY, P. O. Valley Falls, was born in Onondago County, N. Y., in 1820, and
was brought up on a farm, and in 1867, came to Kansas. settling on his present location,
where he has _ 160 acres of land all under cultivation with good buildings and other im-

rovements. Was married in 1840. to Miss Betsey A. Van Etten, of Onondago County, N.

.; they have no children.

DAVID S. HENEKS, proprietor of Arrington Merchant Mills, was born in Montgomery
County. Pa., in 1834, and was raised on a farm where he worked a portion of the time at
the blacksmith trade. In 1855, he moved to Cedar County, Iowa, and engaged in farming,
and in 1861, moved to Kansas and settled near Wetmore, Nehama County, and engaged in
farming, In 1863, he went to Montana and engaged in mining until 1865, when he returned
to Kansas; during the winter of 1865-66, he spent at Leavenworth, working at the wagon
trade. In 1866, he worked at the wagonmaker’s and carpenter’s trade in Nehama County,
and followed until 1871, when he engaged in farming until 1880, when he bought the Ar-
rington Mill property, embracing besides the mill and dwelling some eighty acres of land,
lving on both sides of the Delaware River. The mill is of the old style water mill, and
through the present proprietor, has established a reputation second tonone. In 188la
mineral spring was discovered near the mill dam, and has added Jargely to the prosperity
of the place. Mr, Heneks laid out the larger part of his property in town lots and has leased
the spring and grove to aparty of capitalists. Lately he has discovered two more mineral
springs, one of them showing the best analysis of any in America. He was married in 1857
to Miss Mary Keyser, in Montgomery County, Pa. They have three children—Noah B.,
John and Eldora, Mr. Heneks is at present Treasurer of School District No. 30.

W. R. LATTIMORE, farmer, two and one-half miles south of Muscotah, P, O. Mus-
cotah, was born in Ottawa County, Ohio. in 1840, and was reared ona farm. In 1862, en-
listed in Company G, One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Infantry. Was mustered in at To-
Jedo, Ohio, in August, and was in the army of the Cumberland, engaged in over thirty-two
hattles and skirmishes. Was mustered out as Orderly Sergeant at Salisbury, N. C., in July,
1865, and discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, in the same month. He was married January 1,
1866, at Port Clinton, Ohio, to Miss Sarah L. Harris. They have four children—Willle S.,
Burton, Asa E. and Albia M.

DANIEL RICE, farmer, P. O. Muscotah, was born in Indiana County, Pa., in 1821, and
brought up onafarm. At eighteen years of age he learned the carpenter’s trade, which he
followed in his native place until 1854, when he went to Stephenson County, Ill, and
farmed and worked athis trade until 1870, when be came to this State and settled on south
quarter of Section 22, Town 6, Range 17, in Kapioma Township, and now has a well-im-
proved farm with good buildings. He has in the meantime followed his trade. In 1848, he
was married to Miss Lucy Earhart, of Indiana County, Pa.; thev have nine children—David
E., Nettie C., Milton A., M. L..Edwin C., Laura C., Leonora C., Homer M.and EmmaR. He
has been Treasurer of his School District for eleven years, and takes an active part in all
Matiers pertaining to the public schools. He isa member of Lena Lodge, No. 42, A. F. & A.

4 . IN.

HENRY SCHIFFBAUER, farmer, stockralser” and fruit grower, P-O. Arrington,
Atchison Co,, Kas., was born inthe city of Cologne onthe Rhine, Prussia, January 27,
1841. {n 1851, his parents emigrated to America, and settled in Kentucky. In 1855, his
parents moved to Kansas, but while on their way here the cholera broke out and they
stopped at Hermann, Mo., wherethe mother died. In 1856, young Henry came to Kansas and
settled at Leavenworth, where his father was engaged in the confectionar business. He
found employment with a Dr. Davis. In 1857, he entered the employ of the Government
Quartermaster Department as teamster, and was inthe United States service In various
capacities until 1866, In 1857, was with the Cheyenne expedition. In 1858, went across
the plains to Fort Bridger, and from that point was detailed to accompany Kit Carson, the
famous scout, to Albuquerque, N. M., with important dispatches, and on his return went to
Salt Lake City, where he remained until 1859, when he returned to Fort Leavenworth and
was promoted wagon master. In 1861, went to New Orleans and back, when he went to
Fort Gibson, I. T., as wagon master, where he remained some eighteen months, when his
traln was sent to Fort Smith, Ark. At this point he acted as scout for eight months, and
while out on a scouting expedition and ata point near Rays Mills, was wounded on his
right hip. On his recovery he took charge of his train and made several trips to Leaven-
worth and Fort Scott, and after the closing of the war was honorably discharged. In 1866,
he came to Kapioma Township, Atchison County, and bonght 160 acres of laud on Section
9. Township 7, Range 17, and has since successfully followed farming. He now owns 320
acres of land, 160 under cultivation, ‘the balance in meadow and pasture, He has large
stock interests, and is also a large fruit grower, has four acres in grapes. He was married
in 1867, to Miss Margaret Glemm, daughter of John Gleram, of Kapioma Township. They
have seven children—Christina E., Charles E., Sarah A., William J. Mary G., Henry F. and
Robert I. He has been Schoo! Director a number of terms.

HON. RANSOM A. VAN WINKLE, P.O. Arrington, the first settler in Kapioma Town-
ship and the founder of the town of Arrington, was born November 25, 1818, in Wayne
County, Ky. His father, Micajah Van Winkle, was a first-class Kentucky farmer. He was
for over thirty years a Justice of the Peace, and at one time Sheriff of his county. He died
in Iowa, aged seventy-seven years, universally respected. His ancestors were from Hol-
lana, and settled in New York in 1642. His great grandfather, Michael Van Winkle, owned
a one-third Interest in 13.000 acres of land within twelve miles of New York city, but sold
it iy 1774, just before the Revolutionary war, at twenty-five cents per acre (it was poor,
sandy land-then—a wilderness of pine and sand), entered the American war, and was in the
battles of King’s Mountain and other engagements. His paternal great grandmother was a
sister of Gen. Carter, of Revolutionary ‘fame, who afterwards settled in east Tennessee,
where a large number of his descendants still reside, and where a county has been named
in his honor. His grand father’s wife was a French Huguenot. His mother was Mary Philips
Van Winkle, of Welsh extraction, and was born in Culpepper County, Va, Ransom A. Van

 
ATCHISON COUNTY.

Winkle received the rudiments of an English education in a Kentuck log schoolhouse, but
was for two years a cadet at West Point, and received a good education. "on leaving school,
he went to Illinois, and engaged for a short time in the mercantile pursufts, He was mar-
ried May 4, 1843, to Miss Luia J. Cloud, daughter of Rev. Newton Cloud, a distinguished
citizen of that State, a Democrat in politics, and Treasurer of the Canal Board, His wife
lived but three months. He returned to his native State and followed general merchandis-
ing. He was again married November 10, 1847, to Miss Mary S. Cravens, daughter of Dr.
Cravens, of ad seingulshed Kentucky family, a lady of education and accomplishments.
He has had a varied experience in business. He at one time owned an interest in coal lands
in Kentucky, which he has since sold for more than $2,000,000. He lostover $6,000 by a
flood at Rowena, onthe Cumberland River. He finally removed to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1849,
and did a lucrative business in farming, for six years. In February, 1855, he removed
to Kansas, and built the first claim cabin on the Grasshopper, now Delaware ‘River, above
Valley Falls, in Kapioma Township. He also built the first steam sawmill, and sawed the
first lumber, and built the first frame house, and taught the first school, in Kapioma Town-
ship, and was the first Postmaster at Arrington. In 185%, he purchased the claim and re-
moved to where he now resides, on Arrington Heights, and is one of the prosperous and sub-
stantial farmers of this township. Mr. Van Winkle has taken an active part in the politics
of the county. He was originally a Kentucky Abolition!st, both he and his father voting for
Cassius M. Clay, for Governor. He acted with the Whig party until the organizatlon of the
Republican party, when his name headed the list for the organization of that party in Atch-
ison County. He was a prominent Free-state man, in the early struggle in Kansas, and
contributed liberally to the cause, and worked hard in its behalf. He has held a number of
local offices, having been a Justice of the Peace for fourteen years, Postmaster five years,
Town Trustee of Kapioma Township for eight years, a member of the Legislature in 1861
and 1862, and for six years Countv Commissioner of Atchison County. He was madea
Master Mason in Monticello Lodge, No. 103, in Wayne.County, Ky., and is a member of the
Muscotah Lodge, No. 163, of Muscotah, Kan. By his second marriage he has had three
children, all of whom died in infancy, He has taken a boy named Charles P. Castetline, from
the Poor farm, whom he will rear and educate. For some time he took care of his grand
nieces, Misses Lillie and Mary S. Bamfield. He laid out nearly twenty acres into town lots,
for his addition to the new town of Arrington.

C. A. WOODWORTH, SR., farmer, P.O. Muscotab, is one of the pioneers of Atchison
County, first settling in Walnut Township, five miles south of Atchison. in 1856, and in 1859
moved to the divide, in Mt. Pleasant Township, and in 1865 to his present location, thus

having improved three farms in this county, He took an active part in politics in Territo-
rial days, and was a member of nearly all the Free-state conventions held at that time, and
in 1858, went to Washington, D.C, in the interests of that party. He was born in Seneca
County, N. Y¥., in 1811, and was brought up a farmer, and ran a large wheat and stock farm,
until 1851, when he went to Virginia, and bought a plantation of 1,000 acres. In 1855, he
sold his plantation and came to this State. He was married in 1836, to Miss ‘Ellen Gordon,
of Orange County, N. Y., and has four children, viz., C. A., jr., Gilbert M., B. F. and David
IN. C. A. WOODWORTH, JR., farmer, P.O. Muscotah. was born in Luzerne County,
Pa., in 1838, and received a common school education. In 1851, his parents moved to Vir-
ginia, and in 1857, he came to this State. In 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company B,
Fourth Kansas Infantry, and in the fall of the same year was made Quartermaster Sergeant
of the regiment, and in the summer of 1862 was commissioned as First Lieutenant of his
company, and in the fall of 1862 was offered and accepted a Major’s commission in the
Thirteenth Kansas Infantry, and commanded that regiment until the close of the war, and
was mustered out at Leavenworth, in July. 1865, when he engaged in freighting across the
lains. In 1866, went to Chicago, where he took a course in and graduated from Eastman’s
usiness College. In 186%, he went to Atchison, Kan., and engaged In the livery business.
In 1868, he engaged in farming, and has followed that pursuit since. In politics he has al-
ways taken an active part. and has represented his District in the State Senate two terms—
the sessions of 1877 and 1879. He was married in 1867, at Valley Falls, Kan,., to Miss Mar-
garet Shaw, and has two children, Nora and Edwin S.

OAK MILLS AND PORT WILLIAMS.

In Walnut Township, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, are two small
stations, Port Williams and Oak Mills. The first post-office in the township
was established in April, 1855, J. M. Bradley being Postmaster. He also
opened the first general store. :

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—WALNUT TP.

JOHN M. BLANKENBEKER, farmer, P. 0. Oak Mills, came to Kansas in December,
1870, locating at Oak Mills, Atchison County, where he has lived since. He participated in
the jast war as a member of Company B., Tenth Virginia (Confed.) Infantry. and en-
listed October, 1864, in Madison, Va., served six months, and was discharged in Bucking-
ham County, Va. He took part in the siege of Petersburg and other minor engagements.
He was born in Madison County, Va., April 20, 1821, and lived in his native State until
June, 1869, when he removed to Jay County, Ind., where he lived but a short time,
and then came to Kansas. Mr. B, was married in Madison County, Va., March 20, 1856, to
Miss Helen Hood, a native of Virginia. They have had seven children, of whom six are
living: Louisa C. (married_to Charles Henson, a native of Kansas), Duane L., Charles
E., John W., Opal A., and Helen Avadna. Mr, Blankenbeker has a smal] but fertile and
highly cultivated place of fifteen acres near the village of Oak Mills. He devotes his
attention to_raising corn and fruit. His orchard contains fifty apple trees of the latest
varieties. He has 100 bearing grape vines, and an abundance of small fruits. The im-
provements on his place consist of a neat and cosy four-roomed frame dwelling, stable, corn
crib. etc.. etc. The water supply is excellent. : 3

HARRISON H. BROWN, farmer, Section 16, Town 7, Range 20, P. O. Oak Mills, came
to Kansas in January, 1864, and located in the city of Leavenworth,where he lived one year,
and from there removed to his farm in Walnut Township, Atchison County, where he has
resided since. Mr. Brown is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was born in
Mason County, Ky.. in August, 1812, and lived in his native State until his twentieth year,
and then removed to Platte County, Mo.,where he lived until he came to Kansas. Mr. B. was
married twice. The first marriage took place January 30, 1844. in Platte County,Mo., to Miss
Eliza Black, a native of Kentucky. They hadten children, four of whom are living, and
whose names are John (married to Mary Washington, of Missouri), Daphne (married to
James Pryon, a native of Kentucky), Sallie and Celia (married to Alexander Moore, a native
of Missouri). The second marriage took place September 4, 1867, at Winthrop, Mo., to Mrs.
Annie Porter, a native of Polk County, Mo. By this marriage they have one child, a daugh-
ter, Amanda. Mr. B. has asmall but fine farm of forty acres, part upland and part cotton land.
It is all enclosed, eighteen acres under cultivation; the balance is pasture and timber land.
The water supply is fine. His orchard contains seventy-five bearing apple trees and a few
pear and cherry trees. The improvements consist of a three-roomed frame and log house,
stocks table and smoke house. His wheat averaged sixteen bushels to the acre; his corn,
forty bushels. ty “ _

JOHN DAVITZ, general merchant, Oak Mills, came to Kansas in February, 1868, locating
in the city of Atchison, where he lived one year. From there he removed to Millwood, Leay-
enworth Co., where he lived five years. and was engaged inthe milling business, From Mill-
wood he came to Oak Mills, Walnut Tp., Atchison Co., where he has resided ever since.
While residing at Oak Mills he was for the first three years engaged in the mills there, and
since then has been engagsd in his present business. Mr. Davitz is the Postmaster at Oak
Mills, which position he has held for three years past. He is a member of the Catholic
Church. Mr. D.in addition to superintending his large and constantly increasing trade,
manages his fine cotton farm of fifty-eight acres. His barn and stables are new and com-
modious, His orchard covers two acres and contains 200 apple and peach trees. He has
sixty Poland-China and Berkshire hogs, twenty-three head of fine cattle and two horses
on his farm. The water supply is excellent, there being two never-failing wells of
pure cool water near his store. Mr. D.’s farm is all enclosed, all in cultivation, and this
year, is allin corn which promises an enormous yield. Besides corn he raises cattle, hogs,
and horses. In addition to his farm he owns the whole village of Oak Mill, eigbt acres
which contain seven buildings besides his store. He also deals extensively in lumber, wood,
rock lime, pork, etc. He is a young and energet-c merchant and does a safe and large

trade. ? ‘
E, farmer and stockraiser, P. O. Oak Mills, came to Kansas in
arese Eos Te ting at Leavenworth, where he lived until 1863, and then removed to
Wainut Township Atchison County, where he has since resided. Mr. J. participated in the
war of the Rebellion as Second Lieutenant of Company K, Second Regiment Kansas In-
fantry, and enlisted in the summer of 1862 at Leavenworth and was mustered out of service
in the ‘same city in the fall of 1862. He took part in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Shelbina
and other minor engagements. _ He was also in the German army during the years of 1847,-
48,-49. He was bornin Prussia, December 25, 1828, and tived in his native country until 1854
when he came to America and first settle’ in Butfalo, N. Y.. where he lived five years, and
then came to Kansas. He was married in Prussia in November, 1854, to Miss Sophie
Schickel, a native of Hanover, Germany. They have three children— William L., Emma
and Augusta. He owus a two hundred acre farm, which is all enclosed with substantial
fences. One hundred acres are in cultivation, the remainder being timberland, The im-
provements are a new, roomy, frame dwelling house, new barr, granary, wagon-house and
corn crib. His orchard covers eight acres and contains 800 apple, 300 peach and 100 cherry

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trees. He also has one acre covered by a vineyard, which contains 1,000 vines. He devotes
his principal attention to raising wheat, corn, cattle, hogs and horses. His wheat this sea-
son will average thirty bushels to the acre. Owing to the drouth be will only have two-
thirds of a crop of corn this fall, it will however, average fifty bushels to the acre. When
Mr. Jaedicke, came to Kansas he was in very poor circumstances financially, but by hard
work and rigid economy, he now ranks among the wealthy farmers of his county.

MOSES LYNCH, farmer and stockraiser, Section 21, Township 7, Range 17, P. O. Mount
Pleasant, came to Kansas in the spring of 1873, and located on his farm in Walnut
Township, Atchison County, where he has resided since. Mr. Lynch was Road
seer of District No, 3, Walnut Township, one vear.
olic Church. Mr. L

Over-
He is a member of St. Patrick’s Cath-
. was born in County Wexford, Ireland, January 6, 1826. and lived in
his native country until his twentieth year, and then emigrated to Americaand located in
Chester County, Pa., where he resided ten years, and was engaged in the lead and silver re-
fining. From Pennsylvania he went to Staten Island. N. Y., where he lived seven years and
was engaged working at histrade. From New York, he went to Colorado, where he lived un-
til he came to Kansas. Mr. Lynch was married in August, 1847, in County Werford, Ire-
land, to Miss Bridget Byrn, a native of Ireland. They have eight children living—Mar-
cella, (married to Michael Grady, a native of Ireland and a resident of Atchison); John B.,
Thomas M., Michael A., Daniel R., Moses T., Mary J., and Catherine F. Mr. Lynch has a
fine upland farm of eighty acres, all enclosed and under cultivation. The water supply is
good. His orchard covers four acres, and contains two hundred apple trees. The improve-
ments consist of an eleven-roomed frame dwelling house, stock stables, granary, etc. He
had thirty-four acres in wheat this season, which averaged twenty-five bushels to the acre,
and twenty-eight acres in corn, which averaged forty bushelstothe acre. His oats aver-
aged urty, bushels to the acre. -

WILLIAM E. OLIPHINT, farmer and fruit raiser, P. O. Oak Mills, was born in Walnut
Township, Atchison County, September 5, 1857, where with the exception of two vears
spent in attending an academy in Weston, Mo., he has always resided. e is Clerk of the
Board of School District No. 33, Atchison County. Mr. Oliphint was married in Weston,
Mo., November 8. 1881, to Miss Lydia Frankie Robbins, a native of Missouri. He hasa
choice upland farm of sixty acres, pleasantlv situated on the Atchison and Leavenworth
road, one and a half miles from the village of Oak Mills. The farm is aJl enclosed, and all in
cultivation except sixteen acres, which is timber land. The orchard covers twenty acres,
and contains 1,900 apple, 100 peach and twenty-five cherry trees, all ofthe finest varieties.
There are also 300 bearing Concord grape vines,and an abundance of small fruits on the prop-
erty. The water supply is excellent, there being two splendid springs that flow through
the farm. The improvements consist of a new eight-roomed frame dwelling house, large
frame barn, wagon shed and new smoke-house. .

J. H. POTTER, farmer and carpenter, P.O. Mt. Pleasant. Came to Kansas in 1860, and
Jocated in Jefferson County, where he resided until February 1862, when he enlisted in St.
Joseph, in Company K, Fifth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. and was discharged from the
United States service June 22, 1863, inthe samecity. He parcinated in the battles of Sib-
ley, Mo., and in numerous engagements with Quantrellin southern Missouri. He also
participated in several different battles with Poindexter in northern Missouri, causing the
defeat and demoralization of Poindexter’s entire army. amounting to nearly three thousand
men General Poindexter himself being captured. Mr. Potter was a brave and heroic sol-
dier. He underwent a great many hardships, passing through them all without a gunshot
wound of any kind until the spring of 1863, when near Kansas City, Mo., while acting
underordersof Lieut.-Colonel Philip A. Thompson, his horse fell with him, causing ase-
vere and painful wound in his left leg. For his brave and daring exploits he received two
promotions. Mr. Potter has been clerk of School District No. 68, Jefferson County, for one
year, and is at present road overseer of District_No. 34, Walnut Township, Atchison Coun-
ty. Heis a member of the Christian Church. He was born in Jefferson County, Ky., June
11, 1834, and lived in his native State until his fourth year, when his parents moved to La-
fayette County, Mo., where they resided two years, and then removed to Buchanan County,
in the same State, where he resided until he came to Kansas. He was married twice. The
first marriage took place in March, 1858, in Buchanan County, Mo., to Miss Isabel Barnes, a
native of Kentucky. She died in 1859. One child, a daughter, Beatrice, was the fruit of this
marriage. The second marriage occurred February 14, 1866, in Buchanan County, Mo.. to
Miss Ermina Frances Cobb, a daughter of Colonel Cobb, of Kentucky. She died in 1869.
By this marriage he had one child, a son, named Jesse.

HON. JOSEPH POTTER, farmer, was one of the pioneers of Walnut Township. being
the first settler on Stranger Creek, settling at a point three miles south of the village of
Mount Pleasant, in June, 1854, where he built acabin and moved his family to it in Sep-
tember of that year, and lived there until 1857, when he bought on Section 20, Township 7.
Range 21, Walnut Township. He has 200 acres of land, all under cultivation. with good
buildings, hedge and wire fences, grove, orchard, and other improvements. Was born in
Lincoln County, Ky., April 4,1819. At fifteen he was apprenticed to learn cotton spinning
at Shelbyville, and served three years at that occupation. In 1841 he moved to Buchanan
County, Mo., and settled on a farm about half way between Weston and St. Joseph, where
he remained until his removalto this State. Was married March 4, 1852,in Buchanan
County, Mo., to Miss Minerva Wyley, and hasseven children, viz: Celia, Frances, Thomas
J., Phoebe A, Samuel L., Josephine and John J. Mr. Potter has at all times been identified
with the political issues of the day, and was a delegate to the first Free-state convention
held in this county. In 1846 he enlisted in Company B of the Missouri Battalion, and served
in New Mexico. While at Santa Fe he was taken with fever, which incapacitated him from
further duty, and in fall cf 1847 was discharged from service. In 1861, onthe breaking
out of the war, he helped raise a company of Home Guards, and was commissioned as Sec-
ond Lieutenant of Company: H. Shortly afterward the company joined the First Kansas
Cavalry, but he being physically incapable of performing military duty, was not mustered
into service. In 1880 was elected to the Legislature, and during the session of 1881 served
with marked ability. Is an active member of the Temperance League. Has been a member
of the Christian Church for the past forty-three years.

GEORGE W. REDMON, physician and surgeon, Oak Mills, came to Kansas in the fall of
1869, locating at Mount Pleasant, Atchison County, where he resided two years and prac-
ticed his profession. From there he removed to Oak Mills, where he has resided since. He
was Township Treasurer of Welnus Township one term, and at present is Justice of the
Peace of the same township. He was born October 19, 1848, in Bourbon County, Ky., where
he lived until his fifth vear, when his parents removed to Cooper County, Mo., where they
lived eight years, and from there removed to Platte County, Mo., where they lived until
1872, when they removed to Kansas City, From Platte County Doctor R. went in the fall of
1865 to Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo., where he entered the office of his uncle, Dr. H. B.
Redmon, where he read medicine for nearly three years, and then attended lectures at the
St. Louis Medical College, where he graduated in 1869. Shortly after graduating he com-
menced the practice of his chosen profession in Mount Pleasant. He was married Decem-
ber 21, 1873. in Oak Mills, to Miss Annie E. Douglas, a native of Missouri. They have four
children—Ethel, Edith, Virginia and Georgie. Dr. Redmon is a young and successful prac-
titioner, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors and patients, as his constantly in-
creasing practice sufficiently attests. e has twenty-four acres of ground surrounding his
neat and cosy dwelling. The lawn in front of his house is filled with fruit and shade trees,
many of the former literally bending and breaking under the fruit with which they are
laden, His residence is situated on a high elevation, and*commands a fine view of the Mis-
souri River, and of the City of Weston, Mo. Among the Doctor’s fruit trees are the latest
and most approved varieties of apple and peach trees. His vineyard contains 250 vines,
principally of the Concord, Isabella, Catawba and Early Ives varieties. The water supply
is good; he has a large cistern near the door of his house, and_asplendia well of water near
his barn. Heraises his own pork and garden vegetables. Dr. R. laid eighteen acres in
wheat this year, which averaged over thirty bushels to the acre. The remainder of his
land is in corn and potatoes. His place is situated on the Atchison and Leavenworth road,
near the village of Oak Mills. :

HENRY SACKS, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Oak Mills, came to Kansas in April,
1855, and first located at Leavenworth, where he became steward of the Government mess
house at the fort. He was thus engaged until October 1, 1857, when he entered atarm of
160 acres in Walnut Township, Atchison County, on which he immediately moved. and on

‘which he has resided ever since. He was Road Overseer of Walnut Township for four

years, and member of the School Board of District No. 38, Atchison County, three terms.

e isa member of the Lutheran Church. He took part in the last war, during the Price
Raid, as a member of Company A, Second Regiment Kansas Militia, and enlisted in Wal-
nut Township, in September, 1864; served fourteen days, and was mustered out at Fort
Leavenworth. He was born in Prussia, June 11, 1827, and lived in his native country until
1854, when he emigrated to America and first located in Galveston, Texas, where he lived
seven months and then came to Kansas. He has been married twice; the first marriage
took place in Galveston, Texas, December 25, 1854, to Miss Dora Knauch, a native of Prus-
sia. They had four children, three of whom are living—John Henry, William and Harvey.
The second marriage took place in Kickapoo Township, February 17, 1867, to Miss Rhoda A.
Johnson, a native of Missouri. They have had eight children—Albert, John Adam, Joseph
Franklin, Nancy Jane, Dora, Mary Olive, George Washington and Amy Matilda. Since
the original entry of his farm, Mr. Sacks has purchased 160 acres more, contiguous to and
adjoining his first farm, thus making the eutire amount of Jand owned by him 320 acres.
His farm is all upland, and is one of the finest and most fertile in the county of Atchison.
It is all enclosed, and all in cultivation except seventy acres, which is timber and pasture
land. His orchard covers ten acres, and has in it 900 apple, fifty peach and fifty cherry
trees. The vineyard contains about 100 vines. Mr. S. devotes his attention principally to
raising wheat, corn, and fine stock of all descriptions. He has sixty-five acres in wheat
this season, which yielded 2,000 bushels, an average of over thirty bushels tothe acre. He
has forty-five acres in corn this year, which promises to yield sixty bushels to the acre. He
has two acres in pototoes the present season. The same ground last year yielded 400 bush-
els of the same tubers, which were sold for $1.10 per bushel in the Leavenworth markets,
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Mr. 8. has on his farm ten horses and mules, tw i

b , twenty head of fine cattle, and eighty head of
powand Going: hogs. The improvements on the farm are a five-roomed framedwelling
Ouse arge sized stock barn, granary, corn-crib, smoke-house and wagon shed. The sup-
P 0 water is abundant and never-failing, there being two good wells and three fine
pe gs, ous of which flows for half a mile through the farm. Mr. Sacks also served three
bh Sin the German army, previous to coming to America, being a member of the Sixth
a mpany of the Kaiser Alexander Regiment. He took part in the Schleswig-Holstein
ar in 1848, and participated in several engagements in the German Revolution of .’48, and

still later in the campaign of Saxony. :
$e JOUN. » WADDLE, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Oak Mills, came to Kansas in No-
ey er, 1854, locating in Easton Township, Leavenworth County, where he resided until
phe ‘all of 1860 when he removed to Walnut Township, Atchison County, where he has
| nee resided: He has held all the various township offices, from Road Overseer to Trustee;
a8 een a member of the School Board of his district ever since he has been in Kansas;
in yas the first Postmaster of Oak Mills, holding the office for two years. He is a member
o u e Baptist Church, and of Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4, A., F. & A.M. He participated in the
ra war as a Sergeant of Company B, Twelfth Kansas Cavalry. He enlisted in the spring
of 1863, at Oak Mills, and was mustered out at Sumner, in November, 1864. He took part
ae anumber of engagements, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Independence, Mo.,
pul was soon thereafter paroled. He was born June 25, 1835, in Pulaski County, Ky., and
ved in his native State until his nineteeth year, when he came to Kansas. He has been
married. twice. The first marriage took place January 20, 1859, in Leavenworth County, to
‘ iss Elizabeth Wright, a native of Kentucky. They had six children, two of whom are
tyne Loe T.and Andrew J. The second marriage occurred in the city of Leavenworth,
vert 13, 1874, to Miss Alice Boten, anative of Kansas. By this marriage he had four chil-
dren. three of whom are living—James, George A., and Oliver L. Mr. Waddle hasa farm of
00 acres—150 acres upland, balance bottom land; 2U0 acres are In cultivation. His orchard
covers eight acres, and contains 400 apple, 600 peach, 200 cherry, ana a few pear trees. Hls
‘inevard contains 200 vines. He raises wheat, corn, hogs, cattle, and horses. His wheat
this season averaged thirty bushels to the acre. His corn will average fifty bushels. The
improvements on his farm consist of a new frame dwelling house, containing five rooms;
large, new barn, granary, corn-crib, smoke-house, etc. The water supply is excellent, there
eine three never-failing wells on the property. The educational facilities are handy, the
86 Senay reacted aeabeee Os across pheroad fro his dwelling. Mr. Waddle ts one

- cl farmers o: s town. a r

neighbors, as his frequent elevation to office shows, SEE EES OPER eA Seen

SHANNON TOWNSHIP.

Eight miles from Atchison, in Shannon Township, is the St. Louis Catholic
Church, in charge of Father John Staeder, O.S. B. It was established in 1880,
and has now a membership of some forty families.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

CHARLES ALLBRIGHT, farmer, P. 0. Good Intent, was born in Washin
County, Pa., in 1825, and at fourteen years of age went ‘to work at Moncuganee mn
the Glass Works, and became a thorough workman in all branches of the trade. In 1846
went to Elizabethtown, Pa., and worked at his trade until 1848, when he went. to Browns-
ville, at which place he worked at his trade until his removal to Kansas in 1870, where he
bought a farm and engaged in farming until the present time. He has 160 acres, all in cul-
tivation, with orchard, grove, and hedge fences. Was married, June 3, 1846, at Mononga-
hela City, Pa., to Miss Martha Chess, who was born in Washington, Pa. They have seven
children—Mary A., John C., Henry B., Viola.J., Charles S., Elmer E., Daisy B. Was elected
poreneh ty Trustee in 1881, and re-elected in 1882. Is a member of the Brownsville
eer ge, No. 51, I. O. O. F., and of Redstone Fort Encampment, No. 70, of the same
L. P. DU BOIS, farmer and stock dealer, Gaod Intent P. O.,, was born in Salem Count
N. J., in 1834, aud reared in that State. In 1858, came to this State and located in AtChisoN,
where he clerked for P. R. King until 1859, when he went to Fort Kearney, Neb., with a

HISTORY OF KANSAS. . :

wagon train as assistant wagon master, and on his return went to Denver, Colo., with a
wagon train, as wagon master; arrived in the summer of 1859, where he remained until
1860, when he went to Fort Garland, N. M. Returning to Colorado, he engaged in pros-
pecking. through the district where Leadville now stands, He prospected until 1862, when
he returned to New Jersey, and farmed for a year, when he went to Philadelphia and ran a
restaurant until 1865, when he came to this county and engaged in farming. In 1868
bought his present farm of 160 acres, and has it all under cultivation, with a fine grove, and
200 fruit trees, and devotes his time to stock feeding. Is largely interested in New Mexico
gold and silver mines, principally in the White Oak Mining District, and has an interest in
eight mines, among which are the Hannibal, Du Bois, Little Maggie, Hiawatha, and Home-
stake. Was married, in 1863, to Miss Sallie Jones, at Elmer, N. J. They have two children
Faatene J. and Samuel. Was elected Trustee of Shannon Township, in 1876, and served
‘or two years.

CG. M. STREEPER, farmer an postmaster, Good Intent. was born in Cumberland
County, N, J., In 1824; his father died the same year of his birth, and his mother
dying when he was ten years old, he went to live with a relative. In 1842, com-
menced to learn the carpenter’s trade, and worked at it until 1854, when he bought a

eneral store at Daretown, .N J., which he ran until 1857, when he engaged in farming near
hat place. In 1871, he sold his farm and moved to this county, settling at his present loca-
tion, where he has 120 acres all under cultivation, and raises small grain and potatoes, of
the latter crop, he is the largest grower inthe county. In 1873, in the establishing of the
Good Intent post office, he was appointed postmaster, and has held the office ever since.
Was married at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1847, to Miss Rebecca Du Bois. They have six chil-
dren living—Rollins, Alice, Howard, Kate, Clarence E. and Emma D. Isa member of Cin-
cinnatus Lodge, No. 85, I. O. O. F., of Pitts Grove, N. J. 7 2 5

H. B. TREAT, nurseryman and fruit grower, P. O. Atchison, is a native of New York,
was born in Chautauqua County, April 24, 1825. When thirteen years of age he came to
IlJinois, with his parents; for several years was a resident of Marquette and Columbus
Counties, Wis. In 1857, came to Kansas, locating in Leavenworth County, where he re-
sided one and one-half years, opening and working for atime a nursery in Pottawatomle
County in the spring of 1859, when he came to Atchison County, locating one mile from
town in Shannon Township. Here he started and opened a nursery until 1871, when he Jo-
cated wnere he now resides, three and one-half miles southwest of Atchison. Mr. T. has
one of the most destrable homes to be found in Atchison County, and the general surround-
ings indicate comfort and Brosperity: He is thoroughly schooled in horticulture, and it
may be said of bim that he was literally bred in this proféssion. Heis a genial and enter-
taining gentleman, and one of the most popular citizens in Shannon Township. Mr. T. bas
been married threetimes, his first and second wife being deceased. Heis a Master Mason
anda member of the I. O. O. F.

J. R. UNDERWOOD, farmer, four miles northwest of Atchison, was born in Parke
County, Ind., in 1836. Came to Kansas in the fall of 1855; settled in Doniphan, Doniphan
County, Married Miss Artilla B. Dooley, of Walnut Township, Atchison Co., Kan., August
13, 1857. Moved to Shannon Township, Atchison County, in 1861, and on his present farm
in’1867. Was Second Lieutenant in Company H, Twelfth Regiment, State Militia, under
Col. Treat, and was called into service to repel Price’s raid, and was at the battle of West
Port, Mo.; is a member of the Christian Church, and of temperance; has been clerk of his
school district twelve years; has eight children living, viz., William P., Ella M., Charles G.,
Addie K., Ruby C., James M., and J. Perry.

The following biography was, through an oversight, omitted from its proper
place, and is here inserted:

McPIKE & FOX, Atchison City. MePike & Allen, a firm composed of W. C. McPike
and Frank H. Allen, commenced. the wholesale drug vusiness in March, 1866, their busi-
ness the first year amounting to about $30,000, including wholesale and retail trade. In 1868,
J, ©. Fox became a member of the firm, the firm name not being changed. From January,
1868, 1o January, 1869, S. C. King wasa partner. In January, 1878, McPike & Fox pur-
chased Mr. Allen s interest, and the style of the firm then became McPike & Fox,which name

it still bears. The sales are principally in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Ari-
zona, Texas, Missouri, and Lowa, the business now amounting to about $500,000 per an-
nam aud giving. employment to twenty-nine men. Mr. McPike, of IllInois, came to Atchi-
son, March, i

1866, and has been engaged in his present business since that time.

 
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BOUNDARIFS AND NATURAL FEATURES,
EAVEN WORTH County was one of those originally erected by the First
Territorial Legislature of 1855. Its boundaries, as first defined in the

Territorial act, Section 27, were as follows:

i bi uthern boundary of Atchison County (before defined in
the BEE anc aie noetn er aonint four miles west of Diw30'1’s crossing of the Fort Riley
road, on Stranger Creek; thence due south tothe mvin channel of Kansas River, thence
down said channel to where said channel crosses the channel of the Missouri River; thence
up said chinnel of the Missouri, to the southeast corer of Atchison County; thence along
the southern boundary to the place of beginning.

The boundaries, as then defined, embraced essentially the present county
and the county of Wyandotte, lying south of it. Wyandotte was detached
and erected into a separate county, by act of the Territorial Legislature, Janu.
ary 29, 1859. The part of the new county detached from Leavenworth, is de-
scribed in the act as follows :

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Commencing at a point in the middle of the channel of the Missouri River, where the
north line of the Delaware Reserve intersects the same; thence on said line west to the line
between Ranges 22 and 23; thence south on said Range line to the southern boundary
line of Leavenworth County; thence east on said line to the middle of the Missouri River;
thence up the main channel to the place of beginning. :

The County of Leavenworth was thus diminished to essentially its present
proportions, which are defined in the compiled statutes of 1881, thus:

The County of Leavenworth is bounded as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner
of Atchison County;.thence west with the south boundary of Atchison County, to the corner
of Sections 21, 22. 27, and 28, of Township 7 south, of Range 20 east; thence south with the
section lines between the third and fourth tiers of sections, to the middle of the iain chan-
nel of the Kansas River; thence down said Kansas River, in the middle of the main chan-
nel thereof, to the intersection of the Range line between Ranges 22 and 23 east; thence
north on said line to the old Delaware Reserve line, the same being the dividing line be-
tween the original Delaware Reservation and Delaware Trust Lands; thence east, with said
reserve line, to the western boundary of the State of Missouri; thence northerly, with said
western boundary line of the State of Missouri, to the place of beginning.

It is bounded: North, by Atchison County ; east, by the Missouri River ;
south, by Wyandotte County and Kansas River; and west, by Jefferson
County.

The present subdivisions are as follows: Towns—Easton, Kickapoo,
Alexandria, High Prairie, Dzlaware, Tonganoxie, Stranger, Fairmount, Reno,
Sherman; City of Leavenworth; and the United States Military Reservation
of Fort Leavenworth.

As originally formed, Leavenworth County was a purely river district. By
the creation of Wyandotte C >unty, its southeastern portion was cut off, leaving
the Missouri River for its northeastern boundary merely. Leavenworth is one
of the flourishing northeastern counties of Kansas, and has an area of 455
square miles, There is an abundance of timber and rolling prairie land, and
the whole surface of the county is well watered by streams or living springs.
Good well water is obtained at a depth of from fifteen to twenty-five feet.
Stranger Creek enters the county by way of Easton Township, flows in a gen-
erally southerly direction through Alexandria, the southwest corner of High
Prairie, through Stranger and Sherman townships, and empties into the Kansas
River. Its tributaries, the Little Stranger, Tonganoxie, Nine Mile creeks,
drain much of the territory further east and southwest. Kickapoo, High
Prairie, Leavenworth and Delaware townships, in the northeastern part of the
county, are also drained by multitudes of smaller streams flowing into the
Missouri River.

The face of the country is thus divided: Bottom land, 20 per cent; up-
land, 80 per cent; forest, 10 per cent; prairie,9o0 per cent. The general
surface is undulating, with bluffs near the Missouri River. The bottom lands
average from one to one and a half miles in width, the timber belts being about
the same. White oak, walnut, burr oak, cottonwood and hickory are the nat-
ural varieties of wood, and in districts not well wooded the cultivation of tim-
beris rapidly progressing.

The surface of the country, away from the river bottoms, which are level
alluvial prairie, is undulating, being broken into mounds and detached eleva-
tions of considerable altitude along the Missouri River, and declining into a
continuous rolling prairie a few miles inland. It is somewhat sparsely wooded.

The timber belts extend up and down the Stranger and along the river
bottoms of the Kansas and Missouri, and average a mile in width. The prin-
cipal varieties are white oak, burr oak, walnut, cottonwood, hickory, elm and
hackberry. : ;

The soil is, throughout the uplands where no croppings of rock appear, a
rich loam of a somewhat reddish color, owing to its admixture with the “ bluff”
or ‘‘loess” deposit of the Missouri. The bottoms are of the thick black allu-
vium deposits so common in the Western States as to need no further de-
scription. The soil for several feet from the surface is so rich in vegetable
matter as to render its fertility well nigh inexhaustible. The whole surface of
the county is arable land, capable of producing large and reliable crops-of all
cereals and other agricultural products common to the latitude or climate.
‘Wheat, corn and flax are the leading staple products,

Blue limestone, of a hard, durable texture, is found underlying nearly the
whole of the county, it being extensively quarried at the penitentiary, near
Leavenworth. Sandstone is also found in the southern part of the county,
while traces of hydraulic cement and fire-clay have been discovered in Reno
Township, in the southwestern part. But the great géological blessing for
which Leavenworth County is truly thankful is her coal, which underlies about
seven per cent. of her area, It is found at a depth of from fifty to 700 feet, and
the mines which have been in operation near Leavenworth City since 1870, are
pronounced by experts to be among the most valuable and extensive west of
Ohio. This coal contains 56 per cent carbon, while the best bituminous de-
posits of Pennsylvania contain but 64 per cent. It is pronounced by railways
and manufacturers as far superior to all other Western coal for steam making,
and is becoming a powerful natural agent in the development of the manufac-
turing industries of Leavenworth County.

The true Coal Measures which appear in the southeastern area of the State
extend persistently north, being found along the towns bordering the Missouri
River, in a vein averaging twenty-eight inches in thickness, at a depth of 500
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to 700 feet. Less persistent and broken veins have been struck within a depth
of 100 feet. Shafts to the lower beds are now being successfully worked at
Leavenworth and the State penitentiary, further accounts of which appear
elsewhere.

For picturesque beauty the county is unexcelled by any other section of the
State. The rough and broken scenery along the banks of the Missouri—the
rounded hills, further inland, so regular in form as to seem the work of man
instead of the hand-work of nature, robed to the top with the verdure of the
green pastures—further still, stretches the great sea of rolling prairié fringed
with woodland along the creeks and streams, and along the banks of the
Kansas the broad green meadows, shaded with the thick growth of elm and
cottonwood—all combined present such varied and lovely types of rural scenery
as are rarely found within the restricted area of a single county.

THE OLDEST COUNTY.

_ The county of Leavenworth is, as the abode of white men, the oldest
region of the State. The first fort within the limits of Kansas was there es-
tablished, and the first farm was there tilled by white men. The first postoffice
on the upper Missouri was there. The first squatters who came into the Ter-
ritory after the passage of the Territorial act, drove their stakes in Leaven-
worth County. The first town organization completed was that of Leaven-
worth, where the first Kansas paper was printed— The Kansas Herald, Sep-
tember 15, 1854. The first Territorial Governor, Andrew H. Reeder, first set
foot in the Territory in Leavenworth County. The other first Territorial
officers: Judges, Surveyors, Secretaries, etc., all made their first official bows
to the Delaware Indians, who at that time owned the county, or to their white
brethren, who, as citizens of the yet unborn commonwealth, had squatted on
the domains of the dusky proprietors, in anxious waiting for whatever might
turn up. It is more than likely, although it cannot be proven, that the first
stationary steam engine was set to running in Leavenworth, and if so, the first
lumber was sawed there. It is certain the first political caucus was held there,
as well as the first criminal trial under the Territorial laws, What other jirs¢
events transpired there will appear in the course of its history. Enough have
been noted to mark Leavenworth County as one of leading historical importance
in the chronicles of the Territory and State.

FORT LEAVENWORTH.

Fort Leavenworth, from which the county and city derive their name, was
established September 19, 1827. As early as March 7, 1827, Col. Henry H.
Leavenworth, Third United States Infantry, was directed, with four companies
of his regiment, to ascend the Missouri River, and at some point on its left bank
within twenty miles of the mouth of the Little Platte River, either above or
below its confluence, to select such position as, in his judgment, would be best
calculated fora permanent cantonment. He carefully explored the region as
instructed, and failing to find a desirable site on the west bank of the Mis-
souri, wrote to the Department that there was no good site for a military post
on the left bank of the Missouri within the distance of the place mentioned in
the general orders from the Adjutant General’s office, and that he had accord-
ingly proceeded up the river some twenty miles and found a very good site
for a cantonment on the right bank of the Missouri, about twenty miles from
the mouth of the Little Platte, and had concluded that there was no other
place within the prescribed distance of that river that would answer the desired
purpose.

Early in July, before the official approval of his selection reached him, he
began the erection of barracks for his soldiers, and named the post Cantonment
Leavenworth, September 19, 1827, the official approval was received by Major
General Gaines, commanding the Western department, and the site selected by
Col. Leavenworth thus became the permanent site of the most important
military post ever established by the Government in the West.

The original site was located and the post established at the date above
mentioned, since which time it has been in continuous use by the military de-
partment as soldiers’ quarters, and a depot of army supplies. Once since its es-
tablishment, May 16, 1829, the garrison was withdrawn for three months, leav-
ing only asmall guard detachment at the fort. August 12, it was re-occupied,
and has been garrisoned by troops uninterruptedly since that time. It was
known, till February 8, 1832,as Cantonment Leavenworth, at which time, the
Secretary of War, in general orders, No. 11, directed that all cantonments be
called forts—thereafter, in all army orders, it was designated as /ort Leaven-
worth. The postoffice at the fort continued to be designated as Cantonment
Leavenworth until October 19, 1841, at which time, it also was changed to
fort Leavenworth,

The first record in the office of the Adjutant General, defining the bound-
aries’ of the Fort Leavenworth Military Reserve, bears date June 21, 1838.
At that time by declaration of the President its limits were defined as follows:

“The land held as reserved, extends from six to seven miles along the
Missouri River, and varies from one to two miles wide, containing about 6,840
acres.

“The reservation is on the right bank of the Missouri River, and about
150 feet above its surface. Latitude, 39° 21' north; Longitude, 94° 44° west.”

Subsequently to the treaty with the Delawares of May 6, 1854—Octo-
ber 10, 1854—the limits of the reservation were again declared by the President,
to conform with that treaty.

Small sales of the reservation have been made by the Government since it
has been surrounded by a civilized community as follows:

By act of Congress, approved July 27, 1868, right of way to certain rail-
roads therein named was granted; also, a certain defined portion of land was
donated for the exclusive use of a public road.

By act of July 20, 1868, the sale of twenty acres of the reservation was
authorized—to the Leavenworth Coal Company.

By joint resolution of Congress, approved February 9, 1871, the sale of a
portion of the lands was authorized—to the Kansas Agricultural and Mechan-
ical Associations of Leavenworth County, State of Kansas, for fair grounds,

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ‘

It at present comprises an area of about nine square miles, being bounded :
North and east by the Missouri River; south by the city of Leavenworth, and
west by the town of Kickapoo. The general proportions of the tract have not
been materially changed since first defined. They extend north and south
along the Missouri a little more than five miles, and westward inland from one
and one-fourth to two miles; the western boundary conforming to the eastern
line of the town of Kickapoo. . ‘ :

Whatever military advantages decided Col. Leavenworth in selecting the
site, they were certainly in accord with the tastes of the most ardent and ex-
acting demands of the lover of the beautiful. From the high bluffs that front
the Missouri River the land slopes westward in gentle undulation, broken by
occasional abrupt elevations, just sufficient to give variety to the landscape.
Heavy wood covered the land adjacent to the river, thinning out somewhat
and opening into a natural shaded park a short distance from the river
bluff where the barracks were built. A letter written by a tourist who visited
it in the spring of 1854, thus describes its appearance and surroundings at that
time:

About noon we began to approach the vicinity.of Fort Leavenworth. This is, without
exception, the most jeautiful place onthe river. When within two or three miles, whoever
has been in the country once will know that he is approaching it by the scenery, which
much resembles that of some old English Manor that has been given up fora few years to
the keeping of nature, or ratber like some gigantic park. Itis difficult to believe that the
hand of are has not been busy there; the banks of the river are quite high and steep, pre-
senting a mural face of limestone, and the bluffs above are covered with a small growth of
elms, thelr branches covered with a dense foliage, and bending gracefully toward the
ground like those of the weeping willow, As soon as the boat touched the landing, all the
passengers stepped on shore and ascended the hill tothe barracks, about a quarter of a
tnile. uch had been said of the beauty of the location and the fine prospect we should en-
joy at the top of the bluffs, and consequently the interest was considerable. Nor were we
in'the least disappointed, As far as the eye could reach on either hand, hill rose above bill
in an almost endless series of undulations, beautiful streams were winding their sinuous
course through fertile valleys, and the whole, diversified with fine groves, gave to the view
an air of enchantment. Add trothisan inexhaustible fertility of soil,and we havea truly
fine country. At the foot of the landing is a large store-house, at which considerable busi-
ness is done. Onthe summit of the bluffis a large plateau. on which the fort, or village,
stands, for it has far more the appearance of a beautiful village than a fort, In the center
are three or four large buildings, much like “city blocks,” in which the soldiers have their
mess and lodge. Ata little distance from these, and at the several corners, are a number of
fine houses, the residences of the officers. In the rear is a splendid grove of elms, with their
branches bending to the ground. and through the dense foliage a fine prairie breeze is ever
playing, rendering the atmosphere cool and healthy. This is the promenade ground.

A description in Hale’s History of Kansas (1855) reads as follows :

Itis the great frontier depot for the other military posts on the Santa Fe and Oregon
routes, and the general rendezvous for troops proceeding to Western forts, The Govern-
ment reservation of ulne square miles is on a handsome location, which rises gradually
from the river to a height of 150 feet, Thereisa good landing for steamboats, All the
buildings are well constructed of stone, and present quite an imposing appearance. hes.
consist of the barracks for the troops, a large structure three stories high; a hospital, whic:
cost from $12,000 to $15,000; the quartermaster’s building, a capacious warehouse, etc. ;
connected with the fort is a large farm.

At this time (1854) the fort was garrisoned by one company of the Fourth
Artillery and one of the First Dragoons, under Col. Fauntleroy.’

The fort was first established for the protection of the Santa Fe traders
from the incursions of the Indians, who had begun asystem of raiding and
plunder on the caravans of traders passing yearly, in increasing numbers, over
the route. It was at first garrisoned by four companies of the Third Infantry,
under command of Maj. Baker. This was a part of the regiment of Col. Leav-
enworth, the founder of the post. The troops for several years were seriously
afflicted with climatic diseases, which resulted, in the summer of 1829, in the
removal of almost the entire garrison to the plains, as has been before stated.
In 1830, the Sixth Regiment of Infantry superseded the Third in occupation.
In 1835, the Third Division of United States Dragoons, under Col. Dodge,
was stationed there. Their stay was prolonged to ten years or more, as the
American State Papers relate that in 1845, Col. Dodge, with his command,
marched from Fort Leavenworth to Pike’s Peak and back, cultivating the
friendship of the Prairie Indians on the way.

Up to 1845, the history of the fort has no especial interest to the general
reader, beyond that of any remote military post of the government. The war
with Mexico, the subsequent acquisition of California, New Mexico, and a
part of Colorado, the consequent tide of emigration to the far Western Terri-
tories and the Pacific coast, have combined to render it a point of historic as
well as picturesque interest. Through all the changes of the intervening years,
it has been the great source of supply and main point of departure for the Gov-
ernment expeditions, whether peaceful or hostile, as well as for the immense
tide of Western emigration which set in, in 1848, and went on unceasing and
increasing, till the trans-continental railway diverted it to a safer and more
rapid path of transit.

It was the rendezvous of Gen. Kearney’s troops in June, 1846, and their
starting point in his Santa Fe expedition. The expeditions of Gen. Joseph
Lane to Oregon, in 1848; and Capt. Stansbury to Utah, in 1849, were both
fitted out at this point. Col. Fremont also started thence on his explorations
of 1849. The new military road (new in 1850) from Fort Leavenworth to
Forts Kearney and Laramie, on the Upper Platte, became the great thorough-
fare of the western emigrants to Oregon, California, and Utah. Upwards of
70,000 men, women and children, with wagons, horses, flocks and herds innu-
merable, passed over this road in 1849-50. During the border troubles and
intestine wars of Territorial Kansas, the troops stationed at Fort Leavenworth
played no unimportant part, as is related in the general history. They were
alternately the hope and fear of the contending parties. The fort was also
designated, in the Territorial act, asthe temporary seat of government, and was,
at that time (May, 1854), the only place in the Territory having any buildings
or conveniences for the Government officials.

All through the war of the Rebellion, it was the base of supplies for the
semi-barbarous and semi-savage warfare of the border.

The First Post-Office in Kansas Territory was established at Fort Leaven-
worth, under the name of “Cantonment Leavenworth,” or the ‘La Platte,”
Clay County,* Mo., May 29, 1828. The first Postmaster was Philip G. Rand.
His successors, with date of their appointments, were as follows: Thomas S.
Bryant, appointed October 16, 1828; R. P. Beauchamp, ; Alex. G.

*Clay County, Mo., was the adjoining county, across the river, {n the State of Missouri.

 

 
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

Morgan, July 8, 1831; Joseph V. Hamilton, April 3, 1838; Albert G, Wilson,
December 5, 1839; — served to October 19, 1841, at which time the name
was changed to Fort Leavenworth, and Hiram Rich appointed Postmaster.
The subsequent appointees were: Andrew G. Ege, March 12, 1862; Ed-
ward Fenlon, May 19, 1862; Elizabeth Graham, March 20, 1865; Edward
Fenlon, August 8, 1865; Myers B, Haas, May 14, 1866; Michael L. Dunn,
August 10, 1866; David L. Payne, March 19 1867; Michael L. Dunn, July 20,
1867—served to July 31, 1868, when the office was discontinued. It was re.

established April 16, 1869, and Mrs. Clara E. Nichols appointed Post-
mistress. :

A Reminiscence.—As an interesting conclusion to the early history of Fort

Leavenworth, there is presented belowa reminiscence from the pen of A. F.
Callahan -

The original fort composed a square, on each of the four corners of which was erected a
‘log block house, punctured with port holes for muskets. Within this square tere low edi-
tices for quarters, warehouses and stables. The post grew gradually by degrees and in-
creased in importance, until enlarged barracks for the troops, officers’ quarters, warehouses
for the quartermaster, commissary and ordnance departments and offices, suitable for the
transaction of business, together with stables, forage cribs, etc., etc., have spread it over a
large tract of the reservation. The old fortifications have long since disappeared, and only
a few of the veterans who were familiar with them now lag superfluous or otherwise. Like
the hostlerie of Benny Havens at West Point—immortalized y Surgeon Lucius O’Brien—
the landmarks of Fort Leavenworth, where old Hiram Rich held i hh carnival as sutler,
and the structure known as “ Bedlam,” where bachelors and truant Benedicts “raised old
Nick,” and other places formerly notorious, now only exist in the legends of memory or the
garrulous chronicles of toothless and retired seniors. Many of the flower of the army—in-
deed most of them—who gave their blood free as water to their country, spent portions of
Pheir seu vice at Fort Leavenworth. Such now fill heroes’ graves or are elijoying well earned
General Persifer F. Smith died herein 1858, while en route to take command of the
Utah expedition. His remains were conveyed toa steamboat by General Harney with a
troop of cavalry, a battalion of infantry anda section of artillery. Several generals and
colonels, including Charley May, of Mexican fame, acted as pall hearers on the occasion.
Then graff old Harney Started for Utah, but was met by the news that Albert Sidney John-
ston had fixed up with Brigham, and so he returned to St. Louis, Gallant, chivalrous Reno
was ordnance officer here when the war cloud came, but was soon called to Washington to
accept a inajor general’s commission—and a glorious grave. The wxsthetical and precise
Bankhead Magruder commanded the fort once, prior to the unpleasantness, and was a good
showman or ringmaster. He instiluted pageants for our edification, sham battles and such
like. The artillery boomed o’er the prairies, and reverberated through the fastnesses, much
to our amusement. Magruder was expensive—a sort of military dandy—but popular,
doubtless, with the powder contractors. Sturgis sowed his wild oats hereabouts, and,
twenty-five years ago, was probably the most powerful man in the army. He could read-
ily pitch any ordinary man across a fence, but was withal, a most courtly officer and thor-
ough gentleman. Poor Custer was here frequently after the war, with the glorious Seventh
Cavalry, and his lovely wife reigned as one of the queens of society. General Hancock was
once quartermaster at the fort, and afterward department commander. Colonel May, the
Steeles, Bragg, Canby, Meiggs, Kearney, Marcy, Swift, Sully, Mills, Sacket, Sedgwick, and
indeed all the o)d army officers have sojourned for a time at this garrison.

General Philip H, Sheridan once since the war came here aud established his headquar-
ters at Fort Leavenworth. He probably would have remained here until to-day, as he liked
the fort and enjoyed the society hereabouts, had it not been for a little faux pas. One of
the justices of the peace fined the dashing cavalryman $100 for contempt of court. The
fine was promptly paid by the citizens of Leavenworth, but Sberidan removed his headquar-
ters to Chicago, and thus immense sums of money and unlimited increase of prosperity
were diverted into other channels, for itis weil known that the headquarters of the lieu-
tenant-general of the army are of incalculable advantage to any place.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS,

 

The first white settlers of the county were the farmers who came in to
cultivate the lands of the military reservation, and the missionaries who came
in with immigrant Indians a few years later.

The actual settlers, who came in immediately after the passage of the Ter-
ritorial bill of 1854, were the early settlers of Leavenworth County who planted
civilization on the ground that had been sacred to the occupancy of Indians,
by treaty, from the time of the purchase of the domain in 1803, tillthen. The
Government had marked out a small reservation on which white soldiers and
civilians in the employ of the Government might live under its protec-
tion, and the Indian missionaries and white farmers and mechanics had, un-
der the protection of the Government, found a safe sojourn within the Territory ;
yet,up to the time of the passage of the act there was no white man in the
county, nor Territory, who had a right, in fee simple, to a rod of ground. So,
it seems fit to fix the time of the actual settlement of the county at the date
from which titles to land and deeds of the same which are valid to-day can be
traced.

The acquisition of a valid title to the lands by early settlers, was fraught
with difficulties, and, to a full understanding, it is deemed necessary to diverge
from historical narrative sufficiently to render the succeeding account of the
early settlement clear.

The Delaware Trust Lands ——By treaty of September 24, 1829, the Dela-
ware tribe of Indians relinquished their lands in Missouri and were assigned a
large tract in Kansas, covering all of Leavenworth County, and much more.*
December 14, 1843, the Delawares sold the Wyandots a tract comprising
nearly the area of Wyandotte County. In the spring of 1854 treaties were
made by the United States Indian Commissioner whereby, excepting small re-
serves, nearly the entire Indian title to the Indian’ lands of Eastern Kansas
were put in the way of ultimate extinguishment, and thereby opened to the pos-
session of white men at a more or less remote perivd, and under conditions and
terms varying in accordance with the provisions of the treaties. Some tribes
sold outright, reserving a part for occupation; others ceded to the Government,
in trust, to be sold at some future time specified, for their benefit. The Dela-
wares made a treaty May 6, 1854, whereby they ceded to the United States all
their lands except a strip along the north bank of the Kansas River, commenc-
ing on the western line of the Wyandot lands, and extending up the north
bank of the Kansas River forty miles, and being ten miles wide the entire
length. This tract, under the name of the Delaware Reserve, remained in the
possession of the tribe till May 30, 1860, at which time it was ceded to the
Government and sold tothe Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railway Com-
pany, except an assignment, in severalty, of eighty acres to each member of the
tribe. This reserve included the southern part of Leavenworth County, ten
miles north from the bank of the Kansas River.

The land ceded under the treaty of 1854, embraced the remaining part of
Leavenworth County, as well as a part of Atchison County, and extended
westward through the adjoining counties. The conditions were, that all the

*See history of the Indians in general history.

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ceded lands, except the long, narrow strip known as “the outlet” (which was
ceded unconditionally for the sum of $10,000), should be surveyed in the same
manner as the public lands, and, so soon as the whole or any portion of said land
was surveyed, that it should be offered at public sale to the highest bidder by
the President, in such quantities as he might deem proper, the sales to be con-
ducted in accordance with the laws of the United States in regard to the sale of
public lands ; such lands as were not sold at public sale, to be subject to private
entry for three years at the minimum Government price, and if, at the expira-
tion of that time any yet remained, they might, by act of Congress, be graduated
and reduced in price until all were sold. All the money accruing from the
sale, after the payment of expenses of survey and sale, were to be paid to, or held
in trust by the Government for, the Delawares. These lands were known as
the Delaware Trust Lands.

The inhabitants of Platte and the other Missouri border counties, all of
whom, from education and interest, favored the establishment of slavery in the
Territory, had long known the value of the land on the adjacent domain of the
Delawares, and had only waited for the authority of the Government to occupy
it. Indeed, the population of Missouri had accumulated to an unnatural de-
gree along its whole western border, where it had been stopped by the Indian
reservations, from further occupation. It is not strange that, when the Hon.
D. R. Atchison notified his friends in Weston to “ go over and take possession
of the good land,” that they went forthwith without delay, and in total igno-
rance of the provisions of the treaty.

The men who first settled Leavenworth were of an entirely different stripe
from the founders of Atchison, Kickapoo City and Delaware City. They were
either moderate Pro-slavery men or pronounced Free-soilers, who intended, to
the best of their ability, to forget politics and possess the country for their homes
and their firesides. Many of them had been slave-holders, but were disgusted
with the persecution which their party were everywhere dealing out to the Free-
state party. Some of them, as H. Miles Moore, for example, were so disgusted
that they went over to the ‘‘ranks of the enemy ” and incurred the bitter hostil-
ity of the Pro-slaveryites. Many of the men who came from Weston and Platte
County, Mo., felt that the repeal of the Missouri compromise was a grievous
wrong, but that the very repeal was a compromise which passed the Territory
of Kansas over to the Slavery party. The Kansas-Nebraska bill was signed
May 30, 1854, and the ultra members of the Pro-slavery party in Weston at
once commenced tv organize. Many of the moderate members also joined the
Platte County Self Defensive Association, under really a misapprehension as to
its real objects. But before proceeding further, several statements which should
have previously been made, are necessary. ~

With the belief that the land had been opened for white settlers, and with
a full knowledge of its value, the citizens of Platte County fairly swarmed onto
the ‘“ Delaware Trust Lands.” They could do little more than to stake their
claims, but under the belief that the lands were, under the existing pre-emption
laws of the United States, open for occupation, they took possession. At the
close of June, 1854, there was scarcely an acre of what is now Leavenworth
County that had not been claimed by some enterprising citizen just over the
Missouri border. :

A few who really desired to settle in the county, put up cabins and re-
moved their families onto their claims. These,so far as can be ascertained,
held their claims through all the changing vicissitudes of the succeeding years,
and many of them with their descendants still hold the lands then claimed.

But, by far the largest part of the claims were speculative, made, as the
claimants doubtless believed, in accordance with the letter, if not the spirit, of
the law, by a class of men living conveniently near in Missouri, but having no
intention of establishing a permanent home in Kansas. They, however, from
the beginning, by virtue of their putative possessions in the county, assumed
all the rights of citizenship, and entered into the Territory and possessed the
ballot boxes at all the early elections with the same unanimity and disregard of
law that had characterized the establishment of their premature and illegal
claims upon the land.

By far the most important occupation, at that time, was on the present site
of the city of Leavenworth. A history of the settlement, up to the time of the
legal acquirement of proprietorship in the land on which the city now stands,
by its founders, gives a clear and full history of the whole dispute pertaining
to the settlers and squatters on the Delaware Trust Lands.

The first land occupied or claimed in Kansas by citizens of the United
States, after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act was within the present
limits of Leavenworth City. On June 12, 1854, Gen. George W. Gist, Samuel
Farnandis and John C. Gist, staked off and marked the claims where the pres-
ent city of Leavenworth stands. It had been the opinion of many would-be
settlers that the city was destined to be located at Fort Leavenworth. ‘But it
soon became evident that the Government had no intention of abandoning it as
a military post, and accordingly, the next day after Gen. Gist and his friends
had staked their claims, a meeting was called at Weston for the formation of
a town association. The various squatters in Leavenworth and vicinity, who
had taken claims near the coming city of Fort Leavenworth, held a meeting at
Riveley’s store, in Salt Creek Valley, on Saturday, June 10, 1854. This was
the first squatter meeting ever held in the Territory, and it was there resolved
to relinquish all rights and titles to the future town association; hence, when it
was formed on the 13th of June, everything appeared harmonious. The orig-
inal proprietors were mostly citizens of Missouri, residing at this time, at or
near Weston. They were thirty-twoin number. Following are the articles of
association as originally drawn up and signed by the members:

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

We, the undersigned, being desirous of procuring aclaim to acertain tract of land in
the Delaware lands, adjoining the military reservation in the Territory of Kansas, with the
ultimate view of perfectiug a title to the same from the General Government, have caused
the same to be regularly and property laid out and staked off and marked out, with the name
of each member, and a registry of the same made with Grover, a person appointed by
the squatters of the Territory for that purpose, to receive and make suc entries or registry.
For the speedy furtherance of this object, it is hereby mutually and sacredly agreed between

the members of this association, each pledging himself to the other, that we will protect

 
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and defend each in all possible ways against all aggression whatsoever, until a title to the
same is fully perfected; and it is further agreed by aud between us that we will hold said
tract jointly in common, until a final division of the same may be made by a majority of
the members. We further pledge ourselves to furnish the sum of two dollars and fi ty cents
each for the survey and laying out of said tract, and all other sums that may be assessed by
@ majority of the memoers for the purposes of protecting and defenaing the same from all
aggression whatsoever. And we also further pledge ourselves and solemnly promise that
we will cordially obey all needful rules and regulations that may be hereafter passed by a
majority of this society for the government and protection of its members, upon a no less
penalty than that of expulsioa from said society, together with the loss of all claims, inter-
est or title in and to said tract above referred to, and all protection from sald society, or
either of its members, shall thereby be withdrawn. Itis further agreed that it shall be op-
tional with George B. Panton, one of our members, to retain and keep for his own use and
benefit, the quarter section and the improvements now occupied by him, at the price at
which the Government may sell the same, in which event he is to lose all interest in this
joint stock company. It is further agreed by the members of this society that Major E, A.
Ogden hall have full membership and interest in the society, although not mening these

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands, this 13th day of June, A.D. 1854:
Geo. W. Gist, D. H. Stephens, W. H. Adams, L. A. Wisely, Samuel Norton, Samuel Farnan-
dis, John C, Gist, Edward Mix, Malcolm ‘Clark, Frans Impey, Frederick Starr, Merritt
Johnson, G, H. Keller, Wm. G. Caples, H. Miles Moore, Lorenzo ’D. Bird, L. W. Caples, Oli-
ver Diefendorf, Amos Rees, Wm. S. Murphy, Joseph Murphy, G. B. Panton, Jos, b. Evans,
John Bull, James F. Benner, J. D. Todd, A. Thos. Kyle, Sackheld Maclin, A. E, Ogden, Sam-
uel F. Few.*

Gen. George W. Gist was elected president; H. Miles Moore, secretary ;
Jos. B. Evans, treasurer; Amos Rees, L. D. Bird and Major E. A. Ogden,
Pil Committee on By-laws: L. D. Bird, O. Diefendorf and H. Miles

oore.

Subsequent to the first meeting, James W. Hardesty and W. S. Yohe were
admitted as original members of the association. Including the two last
named gentlemen there were thirty-two original proprietors. Mr. Moore class-
ified them as follows: Ministers, three ; lawyers, four; doctors, five ; printers,
two; merchants, four; surveyors, one; army officers, two; army clerks, one;
farmers, eight. *

The land embraced in the joint company claim comprised 320 acres. It
commenced at the south line of the military reservation, and extended south
along the west bank of the Missouri River to Three-Mile Creek, and back from
the river sufficiently to comprise the area before mentioned. It was surveyed
and platted without delay, by Gen. Gist, and divided into 175 shares, contain-
ing twelve lots to each share. Five shares each were apportioned to the orig-
inal proprietors, the remaining fifteen being reserved in the hands of the trus-
tees, ‘‘ to be disposed of as they may deem fit for the best interests of the town ;”
or, perhaps, in the expressive phrase which has since become so familiar to
Americans, “to be put where they would do the most good.”

A drawing of two lots to each share was had, so as to give each share a first
and second-class lot on either the Levee, Main or Delaware, or Shawnee streets,
below Second street, A large number of shares were sold to other parties, who
signed the constitution and became members of the association. Among those
who purchased shares were several army officers, then stationed at Fort Leav-
enworth, some of whom still own property here—Gan. F. E. Hunt, then Cap-
tain of the Fourth Artillery, Gen. Magruder, Gen. B. C. Card, then Lieut. Card,
Gen. R.C. Drum, then Lieut. Drum, Lieut. Robertson, Dr. Samuel Phillips,
Gen: Joseph E. Johnston, and many others.

The name first selected by a majority of the committee—Bird and Diefen-
dorf—was Douglas, in honor of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. It was
reported to the proprietors for adoption, together with a minority report by Mr.
Moore recommending Leavenworth. Influenced by the reasons advanced by
him in favor of the name he had chosen, the shareholders adopted it. Thus
Mr. H. Miles Moore came to be the godfather of the infant town he has lived
to see grow to be the foremost city of the State. At that time it was covered
with a dense growth of trees and underbrush—all save a narrow strip between
what is now Choctaw street and Three-Mile Creek. To-day the site is as
thickly covered with warehouses, churches, school-houses, shops, factories, and
the homes of a happy and prosperous people, as then with the woods and bram-
bles of twenty-eight years ago.

The naming of the streets after the various resident Kansas tribes of Indians
was done in accordance with the suggestion of Major E. A. Ogden, a member
of the first Board of Trustees.

So far the new town met no serious obstacle, but Gen. Atchison and his
Pro-slavery friends who were striving to build up Pro-slavery towns, were evi-
dently uneasy at the unpolitical attitude which Leavenworth was assuming. In
July some slaves escaped from Weston and vicinity, and it is supposed went to
Kansas. This fact caused the formation on the 15th, of the Platte County Self-
Defensive Association, which organization extended eventually into many
Southern States, and became a bitter opponent of the Free-soil doctrine. It
was often made the instrument of inexcusable oppression, as in the case of the
arrest of Thomas A. Minard, of Easton, who on the atst of July went to Weston
on business. There was an attempt made to connect him with the running off
of the slaves, but the bottom fact and true explanation of his arrest was that he
was a pronounced Free-soiler, though no Abolitionist. Other arrests followed,
and the Self-Defensive Association became so aggressive as to attempt to dic-
tate to Leavenworth merchants where and of whom they should buy their

oods.

e But leaving the incidents and personalities of a full narrative of the early
growth of the town, to be treate1 further on, it is deemed proper to follow the
historical thread of the town company, through the trials and struggles of its
early life, up to the point where a legal and valid title to the land was obtained,
thus giving the reader a clearer understanding of the most vexatious, and, per-
haps, least understood, land dispute that harassed the early settlers of Kansas,
than would be possible if casually brought to notice in chronological order, in
connection with contemporaneous events.

The Beginning of Another Trouble.—Scarcely had the town company com-
pleted their organization, before it was discovered that Atchison’s advice to his
friends to “go in and occupy the good land,” was premature. It was discovered

*The document isin the handwriting and is now in the possession of H. Miles Moore,
Esq., of Leavenworth, one of the orlginal proprietors and the first secretary of the associa-
tion. The compilers of this sketch are under obligations to him for valuable aid, counsel

a formation pertaining to the early history of Leavenworth. To Mr. Moore the pub-
nanan are also indebted for the revision of the entire history of. this county.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

that the provisions of the treaty, unlike those with the Kickapoos, who ceded
lands lying adjacent on the north, precluded the settlement of the Delaware
lands, held in trust for the tribe, till they should be surveyed and sold, and
when sold, they were to be sold to the highest bidder, regardless of any pre-
emption rights of settlers or squatters. It was at first stoutly contended that
the lands could b2 held under the pre-emption laws of the United States; but
all hope in that direction was extinguished by a long and elaborate document.
issued by Attorney General Caleb Cushing, which ended in the expression of
the following authoritative and positive opinion :

In fine, my opinion is, that the act of Congress gives pre-emption only in such of those
lands ceded as are not required first to be offered at public sale; that the Delawares, lowas,
and Weas, under condition of being first offered at public sale, are no more opened tu pre-
emption by the act of Congress, than was the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth; that
those iands can not be taken up by settlers under claim of pre-emption; and that all claims
of pre-emptions there will be merely void in law, and will confer uo rigit now or hereafter,
on which to demand the issue of B patent from the Commissioner of Public Lands.

Moreover, it will be the duty of the President to maintain, by force, if needs be, the
plighted faith of the United States in this behalf.

The Indian Commissioner, G. W. Manypenny, by whom the treaty was
made with the Delawares, took substantially the same view of the case, and, .
from the beginning, exerted both his personal and official influence in opposi-
tion to the settling or encroachment of the white settlers on the ‘‘Delaware
Lands.” However exalted, or otherwise, might have been his motives, he cer-
tainly managed to win the thorough and lasting hatred of the settlers, and was
the most unpopular and generally abused official whose name appears in the
newspaper files of the day, in connection with the land troubles.

Technically, the squatters had no rights, and they knew it, but they were
there, and, more especially in Leavenworth, where they had ‘‘founded a city,”
they were determined to remain. So they went doggedly to work, clearing up
the brush, staking out the town, and selling shares, regardless of the Attorney
General’s decision, and the ravings of their opponents.

Early in September, about a month before the first sale of lots occurred, Rev.
C. B. Boynton visited Leavenworth, and describes it as follows:

About thirty miles above the mouth of the Kansas, we came in sight of an entirely new
object, unknown to all former experience—a squatter city—Leavenworth City—three and a
half miles below Fort Leavenworth, on the west bank of the Missouri.

In spite of the President and Calinet, and treaties, the city has squatted upon lands of
the Delawares, over which General Cushing has declared squatter sovereignty has no juris-
diction. Twelve hundred and more “sovereigns” have already, it is said, set up their
thrones on these Delaware lands; and how they are to be despoiled of their kingdoms, is a
question which the Government will not easily solve. _ : 7

A squatien city has little resemblanceto any otber city; it belongs to a distinct genus of
cities. ‘This is a large and important one, the capital, as many hope, of Kansas, and is there-
fore worthy of description. i

K There was one steam-engine, “n+ked as when it was born,”
but at work sawing out its clothes.

There were four tents, all on one street, a barrel of wa-
ter or whisky under a tree, and a pot, ou a pole over a fire. Under a tree, a type-sticker had
his case before him, and was at work on the first number of the new paper, and within a
frame, without a board on side or roof, was the editor’s desk and sanctum. When we re-
turned from the Territory to Weston, we saw the “notice,” stating that the editor had
removed his office from under the elm tree, to the corner of Broadway ancl the Levee.
This Broadway was, at that time, much broader than the streets of old Babylon; for,
wan the exception of the “fort,” there was probably not a house on either side, for thirty
miles.

Capital, skill, the spirit of speculation, and government patronage, can accomplish
many things, but to bring the trade of the Kansas valley up to Leavenworth City, would be
a reat, seareely less remarkable than that of inducing the river itself to take that up-
war rection.

J. Butler Chapman, Esq., who had himself a paper city on hand, known at
that time as Whitfield City, located some seventy-five miles up the Kansas
Rover, published a pamphlet History of Kansas and Emigrants’ Guide, in which
he describes the natural beauty of the country round about Whitfield, and calls
attention to the inevitable destiny that points to his town as the future metropo-
lis of Kansas. He speaks quite disparagingly of Leavenworth. He says:
“We make Fort Leavenworth a station and meridian, from whence to compute
distance, as Leavenworth City, three miles below, never can be a commercial
point, or a depot for the Territory, nor can we see how it can be a point con-
spicuous for any purpose whatever.”

Whatever merit pertained to Mr. Chapman, as a historian or business
manager, it is certain he had not the gift of prophecy. Leavenworth is, with
possibly a single exception, the largest and most “conspicuous” city in the State;
Whitfield City, like Troy, is known only in history: It is numbered with a
hundred other paper cities of Kansas that had a name and bright hopes in
1855, 2 name in 1856, and since then neither.

The First Sale of Town Lots occurred Monday, October 9, 1854, The
following account of it is copied from the Herald of Friday, October 13:

On Monday last, at 11 o'clock A. M., the sale of lots in this town was commenced. There
was a large assemblage of people on the ground, many of whom had come froin a distance
for the purpose of attending this sale. The survey had been completed, and charts of the
town drawn, The streets had been cleared of rubbish, and marked with their names. Those
parallel with the riverare numbered as far out as Seventh street; the cross streets are named

or Indian tribes, and, commencing on the south, are as follows : Choctaw, Cherokee, Dela-
ware, Shawnee, Seneca, Miaml, Osage, Pottawatomie, Ottawa, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Dacotah,
Pawnee, and Cheyenne. The streets parallel with the river are 6) feet wide, and the
Cross streets are 61 feet wide, except Delaware, which is 70 feet. The lots are 24 feet front
by 125 feet deep, ani there are $2 lots in each block. Through the center of each block
runs an alley 15 feet wide, Seven lots have been laid off next the river in warehouse lots,
the fronts of which are about 150 feet from the water’s edge. All the space between

Main or First street and the river, except th
Levee and Esplanade, pt these several blocks, have been donated for a
he terms of the sale were one-third cash and the balanc® payable when the title is
secured. G, W. McLane, of Weston, and W. S. Palmer, of Platte Gity. were the auctioneers,
On the first day 54 lots were sold, at an average of $140 on the second day 50 lots were sold,
atan average of $120, making tne average of both days’ sale about $130. Only 4 lots were
sold out of the 82 in each block. The sales were distributed equally over the entire site.
The purchases were generally made for imme-iate improvement, but a small number hav-
Ts aees Shareholders. ey EO blag was offered was sold, and many others could
a 8 if time had permitted. The highest price paid for any one was $390,
the lowest $50. It must be recollected that no lot exceeded ba feet front. y :

From the Hon. H. Miles Moore’s account of the sale, published in the
Leavenworth Daily Commercial, June 14, 1873, the following additional facts
concerning it are gleaned :

Mr. Moore now has the original list of purchasers, and the map used at the
sale, in his possession, The highest price paid on the first day’s sale was $350.
It was purchased by Capt. James A. Grant, being lot 3, block 3, where after-
ward was the wholesale grocery store of Messrs. C. R. Morehead & Co. The
lowest price realized on the first day was $50 each for lots 20 and 21, block 14,
on the north side of Osage street, next to the alley, between Main and Second
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

streets, The purchaser was Charles Mundee. On the second day, C. A. Williams
paid the highest price of the day—$200 each—for lots 15 and 16, block 25. The
lowest lots were bid off to C. Mundee, lots 13 and 14, block 31, at $50 each;
to Clint. Cockrill, lots 19 and 20, block 31, $50; and to Peter Hanreons, lots
Ig and 20, block 32, at $51 each. The aggregate of the two days’ sales was
$12 609.

Mr. Moore proceeds, in the article from which the above facts are drawn,
to pay his respects to Gov. Reeder, who evidently did not stand high in his
favor, in the following frank terms:

Gov. Reeder was present at the sale, and bought, or caused to he bought for him. The
morning of the second day, before the sale, I went up with the trustees of the town com-
pany to Fort Leavenworth, where Gov. Reeder was stopping, and they directed me to trans-
fer. on the town books, to him, five shares of the town, of the number of shares which were
held by the trustees for the benefit of the town company. calling for twelve lots each share
(60 lo’s), for the sum of $1,000, worth at least $4,000 then, now worth from $75,000 to
$100,000, to be paid for soon. T may add, he also agreed, sub rosa, to put the capital of the
Territory at Leavenworth, which latter part of the contract he afterward, when he got the
sbares all safe and his lots drawn, forgot to fulfill, but started another little capital town
speculation, as the history of Kansas will show, at Pawnee, near Fort Riley. Reeder was
the first of the immaculate Governors with which Kansas was so bountifully supplied in
her Territorial tutelage. He always had an eye to the main chance. I will pay bim partic-
ular attention in the future, as he was a gem of the first water. 1 do not think our books
show that he ever paid the $1,000. If he did, he forgot the little capital matter, The
boys often laughed about the trick—that Reeder had Yankeed the trustees out of those
town shares,

More than two weeks previous to this time, the first sale of lots had occurred
at Atchison, which was, from the first, an acknowledged political and commer-
cial rival of Leavenworth. That energetic and wide-awake man, “ Uncle
George” Keller, had just completed his contract of clearing the Leavenworth
town site of its thick growth of timber and underbrush. In this work he em-
ployed eighty men, from the middle of June until the middle of September.
The Kansas Herald was issuing from its own building, and the Leavenworth
Hotel had just been opened two days previous to the sale of lots, by Messrs.
Keller & Kyle. Leavenworth was growing rapidly, and Atchison, Kickapoo,
and the like Pro-slavery towns, looked on with a jealous eye.

Before recording further the history of the town association, it is necessary
to state a sad fact, viz.: that Gen. Gist, its President, and a man of marked
ability and unassuming Christianity, died at Weston, on the 21st of November.
He was in his sixtieth year, a Mason, high in the order, and a man placed
high in public estimation. Gen. Gist. however, was never a resident of Kan-
sas. As previousiy stated, it was he who surveyed and platted the town site—
the original 320 acres. It is called, to this day, “‘ The Gist Survey.” It was
filed in the Surveyor General’s office, at Fort Leavenworth, on December 20,
1854. The members of the association, through their trustees, Major E. A.
Ogden, William S. Yohe, and O. Diefendorf, donated to the public all streets
laid down on the plat, except Water street and Esplanade. That ground was
donated down to the water’s edge, ‘‘but all privileges, easements and fran-
chises attaching to said land, including ferry right, with the full and entire fee
simple to Water street and Esplanade,” were reserved to the proprietors.

While the town had thus been passing through the first stages of its de-
velopment, the Delawares began to view with a jealous and, perhaps, somewhat
speculative eye, the occupation of their lands in violation of the terms of the
treaty. Their discontent was no doubt intensified by interested whites who,
from personal designs, or jealousy of the Leavenworth company, desired to
cripple and impede the growth of the new town, or destroy it altogether. It
was generally believed by the squatters that Commissioner Manypenny, in his
‘extreme desire to vindicate the merits of the treaty he had made, took extra-
official pains to enlighten the Indians as to the encroachments, to render them
opposed to any modification of the treaty whereby the lands could be pre-
empted, and to otherwise get them into an irascible frame of mind that boded
anything but peace and quietude to the squatters. Whatever the influences
may have been, the result was a very earnest remonstrance and petition for re-
lief, sent to the Government, signed by the most influential members of the
tribe, including many of those whose names were appended to the treaty of
1854. In response, military orders were sent the commandant at Fort Leaven-
worth to drive off all trespassers on the Delaware Lands. The story of the
trouble was told by H. Miles Moore, Esq., in one of a series of historical
sketches which appeared in the Leavenworth Daily Commercial—1873, as fol-
lows:

A very strong prejudice existed at Weston against our town among the more vio-
lent Pro-slayery men, and also a jealousy of Atchison and Kickapoo, who were our
rivals; they being situated on the Kickapoo lands, which were subject to private entry,
while Leavenworth was located on the Delaware Trust Lanis, which were not subject to
the same provisions, but by the terms of the treaty were to be sold to the highest bidder for
the sole benefit of the Indians. Some of these Atchison and Weston friends had taken the
trouble to inform the Indians that we were all thieves and rascals, and that we had squatted
on their lands without any authority, and would soon have their lands all gobbled up, etc.,
etc. This so excited the Indians that they commenced making complaints to the Indian
Department at Washington through their agent. Inthe mean time Major Ogden, quarter-
master; Major Maclin, paymaster; Col. Hunt, now (1873), paymaster. then captain of artil-
lery; Dr. Samuel Phillips, surgeon, and a number of other officers of Fort Leavenworth, had
become interested in the town by the purchase of shares of the town company. An order
came from Washington to the military at the fort to drive us off; thus we were placed in an
unfortunate predicament between two fires. We got the order delayed until we could
makea showing. A committee from the town company was sent down to talk with the
Delaware chiefs and get them to understand our position. After they became fully satisfied
that the town company as well as the settters on their lands, which comprised, at that time,
by far the largest portion of the then county of Leavenworth open to settlement, were dlis-
posed to respect their rights and would pay the price fixed by the Government, or for
which it might sell at public auction, they became reconciled. An attempt was afterwards
made, however, as I may have occasion to show, by Indian Commissioner Manypenny, by
maligning the character of certain officers at Fort Leavenworth, and, as was charged, at-
tempting to blackmail the town company to bring the settlers on the Delaware Trust Lands
and town company Into trouble with the Indians, and also the Government at Washington.
At the time first above referred to, a petition and statement of our situation and grievances
was gotten up with great care, and Judge L. D. Bird was dispatched to Washington to lay
the same before the President and Departments. Suffice it to say that at this time we were
successful, and were not removed.

It is unnecessary, in this connection, to follow, step by step, the company
through all its stages of hope and fear, till its title to the town site was assured
by actual purchase. The period of uncertainty, to them, in common with all
the squatters on the trust lands, lasted nearly two years, during which time the
only laws which protected settlers in the occupation of their claims, were those
of their own making, subject to the decision of judges of their own choosing,

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and enforced by officers appointed by themselves. They were co-operative
mutual protective associations, outside any legal authority, whereby rude
justice was administered, and protection assured. The people lived under
organized Lynch law, which, under the circumstances, was the only law appli-
cable to their surroundings. During this period occurred innumerable quar-
rels as to claims and titles to claims. Many of them were settled by judges in
the squatters’ courts, while other contestants fought it out single-handed, some-
times to the bloody issue of death. Much of the violence, many of the out-
rages, and not a few of the murders, with which the so-called histories of early
Kansas abound, had no political significance whatever. The individual con-
tests of those times were oftener for the possession of a squatter’s claim than
for the love of liberty, or in defence of the peculiar institution.

Relief came slowly, but it came at last, through the Government sale of
the lands, whereby the cloud of uncertainty was dispelled, and, for the first
time in the history of Leavenworth, a citizen was enabled to attain a valid and
certain tenure to the land he had occupied and improved.

SALE OF THE DELAWARE TRUST LANDS.
Following is the proclamation of President Pierce:

FIRST PUBLIC SALE
OF DELAWARE TRUST LANDS, IN
The Verritory of Kansas.

PROCLAMATION,

By the President of the United States.

In pursuance of law, I, FRANKLIN P1ERCE, President of the United States of America,
do hereby declare and make known that a public sale will be held at Fort Leavenworth, in
the Territory of Kansas, commencing on Monday, the 20th of October next, for the disposal
of such of the lands and town lots held by the United States for the benefit of the Delaware
tribe of Indians, as are situated within the undermentioned townships,comprising the East-
ern portion of the lands ceded by the said Delaware Indians in trust as aforesaid, to-wit:
South of the base line, and East of the sixth principal meridian.

Townships seven, eight, nine, and ten, of range nineteen.

Townships seven, eight, nine, and ten, of range twenty.

Townships seven, eight, nine, and ten, of range twenty-one.

Townships eight, nine, and ten, of range twenty-two.

Townships nine and ten, of range twenty-three.

Also the surveyed blocks in the town of Jacksonville, so-called, from No. 1 to 121, in-
clusive, situated in Townships Nos. 9 and 10, south of Range 19 East, above mentioned,
according to the plat of said Jacksonville, on file in the office of the Surveyor General of the
Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, to which reference is made, 7

Also the surveyed blocks in the town of Delaware, so-called, from No. 1 to No. 91, inclu-
sive, situated within Township No. 9 South, of Range No, 23 East, above mentioned, accord -
ing to the plat of said town of Delaware, on file in the office of said Surveyor General, and to
which reference is made.

Also the surveyed blocks in the town of Hardville, so-called, from No. 1 to No. 94, in-
clusive, situated within Townships Nos. 8 and 9 South, of R nge 19, above mentioned,
according to the plat of said town, on file in the office of said Surveyor General, to which
reference is made.

Also the surveyed blocks in the town of Lattaville, so-called, from No. 1 to No. 16, in-
clusive, situated in Township No. 8 South, of Range No. 22 East, as above mentioned,
according to the plat of said town of Lattaville, on file in the office of the said Surveyor Gen-
eral, and to which reference is made.

And also the lots in the several hlocks as surveyed and laid out in Leavenworth City, so-
called, situated in Township No. 8 South, of Range 22 East, above mentioned, according to
the plat of said Leavenwortb City, on file in the office of said Surveyor General of said Ter-
ritories, and to which reference is hereby made. * .

Said above mentioned lands, town lots, and blocks, having been classified and valued by
Commissioners duly appointed for that purpose, according to law, the valuation so placed
will be the minimum at which the same will be offered for sale. Shs

The terms of the sale will be CASH, and upon payment being made, receipts in dupli-
cate will he made thereof, one of which will be delivered to the purchaser. :

Patents will subsequently be granted for lands so purchased, in accordance with the laws
in force regulating the issue thereof. .

The offering of the above lands and town lots and blocks, will be commenced on the day
appointed, and will proceed in the order in which they are advertised, with all convenient
dispatch, until the whole shall have been offered and the sales just closed. _

1l purchases not paid for on the day of sale, will be offered on the following day, at the
risk of the defaulting purchaser. — A Re

Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, this 14th day of August, A, D. 1856.

By the President. FRANKLIN PIERCE.
GEORGE W. MANYPENNY.

 

The above proclaimed sale was postponed to Monday, November 17, 1856,
at which time it commenced.

No event of such interest or importance to the actual settler had ever be-
fore transpired. The political feuds and personal differences among them were
forgotten in the overshadowing issue of how to secure titles to their occupied
lands at the forthcoming sale.

There were common dangers outside, threatening the home of every Dela-
ware squatter, whether Pro-slavery, Free-state or Abolition in faith, and among
the squatters themselves, the securing of their homes, at the valuation put upon
them by the Government, without interference from outside speculative bidders,
became the paramount and all-absorbing question. The danger was, that spec-
ulators would overbid them, which was increased by the fact that there were
two antagonistic classes of non-residents desirous of securing the lands, outside
of the speculative profit that was sure to accrue from the known intrinsic value
of the lands themselves. There were Pro-slavery speculators and Anti-slavery
speculators, as well as speculators pure and simple.

Governor Robinson, a staunch Free-soiler, and an agent of the New Eng-
land Emigrant Aid Society, wrote to his friends in Boston, as follows:

7 LAWRENCE, Kan., September 25, 1856.

The Delaware lands come into market on the 20th of next month (now postponed to No-
vember 17), and there will be an effort to prevent Free-state men from purchasing. There
should be Northern capital here on that day to invest. These lands are along the Missouri
River, including Leavenworth City, and are among the most valuable in Kansas. It will
operate very much against us if they all fallinto the hands of Pro-slavery men. Cannot
some of the capitalists of Boston and New York have someagent onthe ground to buy
them? No better land investment can be madein the country. The time is now approach-
ing when capital can serve free Kansas essentially and with the certainty of giving the
capitalist a good per cent. for his investment. As good titles can be had for it as to the best,
land in the country; and land whose value will be increased ten-fold in a short time.

Commenting on the above, the Herald, November 1, voiced the local senti-
ment thus:

An effort is being made by certain Northern men to introduce politics into the sales of
the Delaware lands. Robinson, and others, have already written letters to the East, stating
that it is the purpose of the Pro-slavery men to buy out all the claims of the Free-state set-
tlers. They make this false issue as an excuse to urge Northern capitalists to be here at the
sale and invest their money in these lands; that by so doing they can_ make a profitable in-
vestment, and advance the cause of freedom, by getting possession of this whole tract, con~
sisting of over 200,000 acres of land. me a
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In the sales of the Delaware lands, the settlers know no other party than the Sauat-
ters’ Party. Every man who has a bona fide claim will be respected alike by all the settlers.
This is the feeling pervading the masses. a * * x * * ee . We
caution Delaware settlers now against listening to any of the shallow devices set afloat to
introduce politics into the sale of these lands. The Squatter Party is the only party we
know in this matter. It is the Strong party, and if they only keep united, as they now are,
they awl have no difficulty. Thereis no danger of speculators bidding over the actual

_ On the opening of the sale, Monday, November 17, the city was crowded
with strangers who had come from a distance to buy, but, under the united
and firm front displayed by the settlers, no efforts were made to bid off any
lands already occupied, and the sale went on from day to day without disturb-
ance, the speculators taking their share of unoccupied lands when offered. Dr.
Eddy superintended the sale; Major G. W. Purkins and Captain S. Scruggs
serving as auctioneers.

The sales commenced with Township seven, in the western portion of the
lands. The sales of the first day were confined to the fractional quarters.
About five sections were sold. There were not many settlers on these lands,
and the consequence was that lively competition took place between the specu-
lators. The sales averaged this day from the valuation price, $1.50 per acre, to
$2.15 per acre. The second day’s sales opened with cheering prospects for the
squatters, specific instructions having been received from the Government to
the effect that ‘‘all settlers should have their claims at the valuation price ; that
those who had not the money should have time, and their land be passed over
to a future sale. That all men who had been driven from their claims, and
could establish the fact by themselves or their friends, such lands should be
passed over to a future sale.” These instructions gave great relief and satisfac-
tion to the many poor squatters, who hitherto had depended only on their
united muscle to overawe speculative bidders. About fifteen sections were sold
the second day. The reports of the first two days’ sales note Jeff. Buford, of
Alabama, and W. H. Russell, as large purchasers of unoccupied farm lands.
The sales went on uninterruptedly till December 9, the township and farm
jands being sold first, in the order of the proclamation. On that date, notice
was read that zew instructions had been received from Washington, in regard
to conducting the sale, when the City of Leavenworth (the last in order) should
be reached, whereby, in addition to the extravagant valuation put upon the
Zots instead of blocks, as in the other towns, the agent was instructed to open
to competitive bidders all the vacant lots, leaving the town company and the
throng of speculators who had bought largely of city lots during the progress of
the sale, to shift for themselves as best they could. These new instructions
were sprung upon them while the sale was in progress, and if carried out,
would work not only injustice to the town company and the many residents
dependent on it for a final title, but make absolute chaos of all the speculative
purchases, as every vacant lot was to be again put up in open market and sold
to the highest bidder. It is doubtful if a madder set of American citizens were
ever convened than those of Leavenworth at that time. As Leavenworth was
last on the list, the sale continued until Saturday, December 14, at which time
all the lands had been sold, except three or four disputed quarter sections, and
all the towns, except Leavenworth, and a suburban town plat described as
Lattaville. ,

The Leavenworthites, and others interested in city property, by combined
entreaty, protest, threats, etc., succeeded at this time in effecting an adjourn-
ment of the sale for three weeks, and dispatched Dr. Eddy, the Commissioner
of the sale, and Mr. W. H. Russell, a large property owner of the city, to
Washington, to lay the grievances of the people before the Government, and
obtain redress. They were assisted in their negotiations by the co-operative
efforts of Gov. Geary, who, under date of December 15, 1856, wrote to Presi-
dent Pierce as follows:

In response to a letter from the Mayor, and accompanying a petition of Jeading citizens
of Leavenworth City, I came here for the purpose of aiding with my counsel and presence,
in averting a threatened disturbance. I find the public mind greatly excited in consequence
of some recent instructions from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, entirely changing the
policy whieh has thus far governed the land sales, with results so entirely satisfactory to
all interests.

Solicitude for the peace of the Territory brought me to this city on the 17th of Novem-
ber, at the beginning of the sales. Many purchasers were here from every partof the
country, invited by your proclamation, and great apprehensions of difficulty between them
and the squatters were entertained. The lands had been previously appraised at from one
dollar and twenty-five cents to twelve dollars per acre, In accordance with his instrac-
tions, the commissioner announced that the actual bona fide settler would be spormtied to
take his land at its appraised value, and that only(vacant quarter sections would be open for
competition. This announcement met with universal favor. The speculators themselves,
the only parties really aggrieved, having come here hundreds of miles at heavy expense,
on the invitation of the Government, not only acquiesced in the decision, but actually laud-
ed its justice; while.the Indians, on the other hand, were satisfied with the price they were
getting for lands only made valuable by the industry, skill and capital of the pioneers who
had braved everything to improve them.

Such of the speculators as desired farms, made satisfactory arrangements with the set-
tlers; while others, on the faith of the policy established, and acquiesced in by the Indjan
agent, made large investments in the lots of the city.

In pursuance of the policy and understanding adopted at the opening of the sales, all the
Delaware lands advertised for sale, including the environs of the city, and South Leaven-
worth, with the exception of the city ttself, have been sold. The large sum of nearly four
hundred and forty thousand dollars has been realized, which, together with the proceeds of
the sale of this city, will make over four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to ve distrib-
uted among about nine hundred Indians, who have yet a magnificent reserve, more than
quadrupled in value by the sale and settlement of the trust lands,

The city of Leavenworth has been ap raised by lots, making it average thirty dollars
eracre. The people here are desirous that it may be sold to the original town company
y the lot, at the appraised value, which would be a much more stringent rule than that

which has been applied to the rural claims, This city, containing a population of over two
thousand, consists of three hundred and twenty acres, or two claims, which, by the orig-
inal settlers, were thrown into a town company and divided into shares.

It seems clear to me that every principle of justice requires that the samerule should
be applied to the claims upon which this city has been founded, as that which has been ap-

lied to other portions of the trust lands, with the additional reason in favor of the city,

at, on the faith of the policy previously announced by the Government, large invest-
aa have been made here, ena it would be a violation of the public faith not to secure

tne That has induced the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to send the new and special in-
structions for this city alone, I am at aloss to conceive; but I am clear on the point, that,
if carried into effect, they will destroy the peace of the community, and, for years impair
the prosperity of this young metropolis of Kansas.
A meeting of the gentlemen officially connected with the subject has been held. I
“strongly advised that this city should be sold to the town company, by lots or blocks, at their
appraised value, in accordance with the rule that has governed the previous sales, thus giv-
ing entire satisfaction to the Indians, the original settlers and recent purchasers, in order
that the exciting question might at once be settled, and the minds of the People relieved
from a heavy load of anxiety. But in this matter I have been overruled, and it was deemed
advisable to send Mr. Commissioner Eddy and Colonel Russell to Washington to lay the
whole matter before the Government, in order tg procyre more satisfactory instructions,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

This subject is difficult to comprehend by any person not on the spot, and not conversant
with it in a its bearings. I have given much thought and examination to the question,
and have come to the deliberaie conclusion that the peace of the Territory (which I regard
as of greater importance to the country than the entire value of the lands) cannot easily be
maintained unless some policy be adopted which will be satisfactory to the people, the orig-
inal settlers, and the recent purchasers.

After much delay, and most persistent work on the part of the committee
sent to Washington, and other friends of the city, the malignant and hidden
influences were so far assuaged as to result in the final sale of the site to the
town company, at what seemed an exorbitant valuation. The terms, though
deemed unjust and extortionate, were, however, gladly accepted by the town
proprietors, and the final settlement of the vexed question was hailed with sat-
isfaction by the hundreds who had already invested largely in the lands in
question, “The final purchase was consummated February 11, 1857. The
Herald, of February 21, 1857, says:

All the town site, except some few blocks on the margin, were sold on the 11th inst.,
and the remainder on the 12th. The sale went of without any excitement, and the Leaven-
worth Association bought in the different lots, causing the deeds to be given in the names of
the present proprietors. This obviated the necessity of the association again transferring
the lots to purchasers, and now all have titles to their lots and improvements,

The general feeling of those interested is reflected in the following ex-
tracts from an article pertaining to the subject, by H. Miles Moore, Esq., in
1873. It quite fittingly closes the history of the land title trouble, since it gives
one of the early proprietors, and a much aggrieved party, the cold but well
intended comfort of having the closing argument. Mr. Moore discoursed
thus : ;

Our memorial (before alluded to) prayed that the treaty be so modified as to extend the
pre-emption law of 1841 over the Delaware trust lands. Although we did not accomplish
our wish at that time, we did, by a combined effort afterwards, and by interesting the Ter-
ritorial officers, and perhaps ‘some parties at Washington, succeed in having the lands
and town site sold at Fort Leavenworth, in after years, in opposition to Indian Commis -
sioner Manypenny and some friends, who wished and came very near having the sale made
at St. Louis and Washington, as they very plausibly said, to avoid combinations of squatters
on the lands, who wanted to rob the Indians. At the time of the sale of the lands, many of
the squatters had permanent, lasting and valuable improvements upon the lands, having
occupied and farmed them for over two years. The town site was not sold for over a year
after the outside lands were sold, as I shall hereafter show, and then at an outrageous val-
uation, considering the fact that the town company, by their money and energy, had given
the lands their increased value over ordinary wild lands. Of course, had the lands and town
site, or elther of them, been sold at St. Louis, Washington, or any other point other than
where they were sold, or in this vicinitv, the settlers and the town company would have lost.
their all. Does any body believe that Manypenny and his satellites would have robbed the
Indians? Of course not. Men of that stamp have not been engaged in that laudable, praise-
worthy and Christian enterprise for the past twenty-five years, even in holy Kansas and
elsewhere, vide Brothers Harlan, Pomeroy, etc.,etc. No, but they would not hesitate to rob the
poor settler, who had penetrated these then Indian wilds with his family, and, by his indus-
try, energy, and enterprise, had built him a little cabin, and was industriously making him
and his family a home in the wilderness, and by whose untiring efforts has sprung into ex-
istence, as if by magic, a full panoplied and mighty commonwealth. We were glad, willing
and anxious to pay Mr, Indian all his land was worth when we took it, and although it was,
as I said before, appraised outrageously high afterward, the settlers and town company
paid the price without a murmur, only demanding as a right, that they get it at the ape

raised value, which they did, I am happy to chronicle, in most if not in all cases. For the
Bad pores which comprise (1873) the now city proper, the town company paid over $24,000
o Mr. Lo.

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.

Hon. S. D. Lecompte, Chief Justice of the Territory of Kansas, arrived in Leavenworth
January 1,1855. On the 19th of March he held a preliminary session of the U. S. District
Court, Leavenworth County being included in the district embracing Northern Kansas. Be-
yond a partial organization of the Court, little business was transacted, and adjournment
was taken to the third Monday in April, fixed as the time for the regularterm. This ses-
sion was held in alittle frame house on the south side of Delaware street, near Third.
When the Court regularly assembled, pursuant to adjournment, W. G. Mathias appeared as
clerk and I. B. Donaldson as U.S. Marshal. Previous to the formation of the court by
Chief Justice Lecomnte, the citizens of Leavenworth County were obliged to settle their
disputes by an appeal to ‘‘squatter sovereign ” organizations and a few justices of the peace,
possessing limited civil and criminal jurisdiction, who had been appointed by Gov. Reeder
during the previous winter.

Leavenworth County had thus obtained a partial political and judicial organization by
April, 1855. The act organizing the county was passed at the first session of the Territorial
Legislature which convened July 22, 1855, at the Shawnee Manual Labor School. Its bound-
aries were defined as follows: ‘Beginning ata point on the southern boundary of Atchi-
son County, due north of a point four miles west of Dawson’s crossing of the Fort Riley
road in Stranger Creek; thence due south to the main channel of the Kansas River: thence
down said channel to where it crosses the channel of the Missouri River; thence up said
channel of the Missouri River to the southeast corner of Atchison County; thence along
the southern boundary of Atchison County to the place of beginning.” Says Hon. H. Miles
Moore in his fine history of Leavenworth County—a man, by the way, as thoroughly
posted not only in the history of his own county but of the State, as any one in Kansas:
“As will be observed by reference tothe map of the State of Kansas, the boundaries of
the county have been considerably changed by acts of the Legislature, since its first incor-
poration. By act of the Territorial Legislature, approved February 28, 1859, Wyandotte
County was cut out of the southeast corner of the county and included what was
originally embraced in the Wyandot Indian Reserve. The original county oz
Leavenworth embraced all of the Delaware trust lands that were ceded to the United States
by the treaty of 1854; also the Delaware Indian Reserve and the diminished Reserve, the
Muncie lands, a small part of the Kickapoo lands, the United States Military Reservation of
Fort Leavenworth and the Wyandot lands. A portion of the Delaware Reserve was ceded
to the United States for the benefit of the L., P. & W. R. R., afterwards changed to the U. P.
R. R. and then tothe K.P, The townships of Tonganoxie (April 1, 1867) and of Stranger
(February 28, 1859) were added tothe townships of the county out of that tract of land.
The Delaware Diminished Reserve was ceded to the M. R. R. R. by treaty in 1865, and the
townships of Reno, Sherman and Fairmount were created as hereinafter stated. The Mun-
cle lands consisted of seven sections of land on the Missouri River. now in Delaware
Township. They belonged tothe Muncie or Christian Indians—proteges of the Delaware
qudiang = and were ceded to the United States by them about the time of the Delaware

When the first Board of Commissioners met, September 7, 1855, it will be remembered
that Governor Reeder had been removed by the ‘Territorial epee Consequently the
appointments of John A. Halderman as Probate Judge and President, ev-oficio of tne
Board j Joseph M, Hall, member thereof, Leavenworth, and Matthew R. Walker, of Wyan-
dotte, third member of the Board. These appointments are all signed by Daniel Woodson,
Acting Governor, and issue from the Shawnee Manual Labor S&hool, which the Pro-slav-
ery Legislature had decided upon as the temporary seat of the Territorial Government. As
was the invariable rule, these first county Officials all swore, when they took the oath of
office, that they would support the Nebraska-Kansas act and the Fugitive Slave Law. The
commissions of Judge Halderman and Mr. Hall bear date of August 27, 1855. Mr. Walker,
of Wyandotte, was not honored by the Governor until'two days later, As stated, the first
meeting of the Board was held September 7% 1855; place of gathering, the warehouse of
Lewis N. Rees, corner of Delaware and Front streets, James M. Lyle was appointed clerk
of the Board and ex-officio recorder and clerk of the Probate Court. At the same meeting
the county was divided into Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Delaware, Wyandotte and Alexan-
dria townships, and the temporary seat of jnstice was fixed the next month at Leaven-
month. Sulgequently. Ene toto eine: county officers were abneinted: M. P. Rively, County

s : am, County Sur’ r; 3 :

Sherts L. a Moore, Assossor. y veyor; James B. Blake, Coroner; Green D. Todd,
€ constables and justices of the peace for the several townships were appointed,

so that the county was permanently organized asa body politic. In One particular, how-
ever, she was Jacking—no decision had been reached upon the permanent location of the
CoUNCS Rea In September the Board of Commissioners 2 pointed A. Dawson, Martin
Hefferlin and Samuel H, Burgess as judges of the election to be held on the second Monday
of October for the purpose of deciding the matter, Eight miles above Fort Leavenworth was
Kickapoo City, a pet of Gen. Atchison and the Pro-slavery party, athriving village containing
Swern lis, grocertes, saloons, a newspaper—the Kansas Pioneer—and all the other para-
p ernalia of civilization and ambition. Both in a political and a business sense she was &
ardy rival—one hard to beat. Six miles below, also ou the river, was Delaware City, a
flourishing and plucky littie town, and possessing, like Kickapoo City, indefinite powers of

 
 

* expansion,

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

Election day, Otober(8, 1855,

ferries, crowded with voters from Weston Fe OR Con nee eee AGE. Emo stonm

and other localities in Missouri under the Pro-
slavery thumb, plied between the eastern shore and Kickapoo City and Delaware City.
: atte County, Mo., Gen. Atchison’s home, turned out some thousand noble voters on that
fay Kickapoo triumphed. She cast 892 votes, to Delaware’s 860, Leavenworth’s 753. and

enter’s (an insignificant Interior town) 60. The band from Weston pealed forth joy from
brassy throats. Cannons roared. Grand ball, and an immense turnout in the evening.
But Delaware City had another card to play. She made a charge before which the glory of
Kickapoo City went down in darkness. hen Delaware City heard the result of the elec-
tion she suddenly remembered that some of her “citizens” had beer debarred from the
privilege of voting. Rather than to have injustice done, her polls were thrown open a sec-
ond day, and the result was, Delaware, 928; Kickapoo, 878; Leavenworth City, 726; Center-
vile G6 Uniontown, 2; The Center, 18; Pork Landing, 1. Then ensued a ‘legal contest,”
in which the material features of the Louisiana imbroglio were foreshadowed. On October
16 the corporation of Leavenworth appeared before the Board, through her attorneys,
Amos Rees, D. J. Johnson, A. Macauley, et al.,and protested against the reception of the
Kickapoo and Delaware poll books. When the returns had been canvassed and the result
declared, as given above, Judges Hall and Walker proclaimed Delaware City the county
seat—Judge Halderman refusing to give any certificate of election or to take any action in
the matter. This occurred at a meeting held November 6. Four days later the formal pe-
tition of M. L. Truesdell, H. Miles Moore, et al., against the reception of the Kickapoo and
Delaware returns, was ruled out by the Board—Judge Halderman dissenting. The other
two members ‘lecided that ‘the Board had no authority to go behind the returns.” Amos
Rees, in behalf of the city, filed a written notice to the Board of her intention to apply to
Judge Lecompte for a writ of injunction against the location of the county seat at either Dele
aware or Kickapoo, Gen. B. F. Stringfellow, attorney for Kickapoo, moved that the Delaware
returns be thrown out on the ground that voting was continued on Tuesday, October 9.
Messrs. Wilson, Almond and Hollingsworth objected, on the part of Delaware. Judge
Hall sustained Gen. Stringfellow. Mr. Walker decided that Delaware could vote two days
if she wanted to. Judge Halderman was quite non-committal. The motlon was conse-
quently lost, and it is useless to inform anyone of moderate penetration, the judges did not
grant the writ of injunction applied for by Leavenworth. Judges Hall and Walker had de-
Slarod Delaware City the county seat. In January, 1856, Judge Lecompte decided for Dela-
It does not seem “ out of order” (although it breaks somewhat into the straight line of
narrative regarding the location of the county seat) to notice, in brief, the condition of the
county’s finances. By the latter part of 1856, in July, the rate of the county and territorial
tax was established. After this came the August term of the United States Court, and the
civil commotions—the John Brown war, etc. As Sheriff Todd, who had been vainly en-
deavoring to collect the county taxes, remarks in a published report to the Commissioners:

Then came the civil commotions, originating out of the rebellion of the Abolition fanatics
of the Territory against the Jaws. The history and circumstances of this period which
lasted for nearly two months, are fully known. and understood by your honorable body.
You are fully aware of the almost entire suspension of business during said time. Nearly
every public officer of the county was absent, and engaged in upholding the laws of the Ter-
rilory. Among them was the undersigned,” etc., etc.

He knew the Board could not, and would not, censure him for having collected so small
an amount of taxes. Furthermore, the sale of the Delaware Trust Lands was soon to take
place. and the people were treasuring up their Roney in order to purchase their homes.
The Sheriff reported an almost entire failure to collect the reveuue of Leavenworth
County, viz: Delinquent taxes, $3,765.07; collections, $690.93. This was in November,
1856. It was a bad state of fiscal affairs, aud, Sheriff Todd’s resignation was accepted.

A county building 30x20 feet (two rooms) having been completed by G. B. Redman, in
Delaware City, the county seat was removed there February 20, 1857. In March, L. F. Hol-
lingsworth, one of the must prominent eitizens of the new county seat was ordered to build
a new jail eighteen feet square, two stories, at a cost not to exceed $600. Delaware’s triumph,
however, was of short duration, for the Legislature of this year passed an act providing for
puother election. to decide upon the location of the county seat, upon the first Monday of Oc-

Kickapoo city accomplished another remarkable feat in the votin
Commissioners, upon October 23, announcing the returns to be—Kic
Leavenworth city, 968; Center, 21; Wyandotte, 1.

Whereupon the following proclamation issued forth, it being a verbatim copy:

At a regular meeting of the tribunal transacting county business began and held
af Leavenworth city on Monday, the nineteenth day of October A. D. 1857, the said tribunal
‘proceeded according to the requirements of the statute passed by the legislative assembly of

ansas Territory and approved February 20, 1857, to cast up the votes and proclaim ‘the
result of the returns of the poll books om which the voters’ names are recorded and declare
the result to be as above.

“The said tribunal, therefore, foes! proclaim the said city of Kickapoo to be the perma-
nent seat of ‘justis’ for Leavenworth County.

_ | And the said tribunal doth also order that the Sheriff of Leavenworth County do cause
this procklamation to be printed and posted up at at least twenty different public places
throughout the county, and alsothat he havethe said procklamation printed in all the papers
in the said county of Leavenworth. (Signed) George W. Purkins, Pres.; William Franklin,
Com. (Attest) Henry B. C. Harris, Clerk.
ie rere Be the Board that the county records be removed to the seat of ‘justis’ as soon

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eavenworth City petitioned that the Kickapoo returns be thrown out, on the ground
that the voting was not confined to the county; that the pretended returps were not filed in
the office of the County Clerk within two days after the election; and that neither the judges
nor the clerks of election were sworn according to the law—the latter not at all.

., Joseph W. Hall, Commissioner from Kickapoo, had died faring the preceding June, or
it may have been that Leavenworth City would again have been slighted. But her claims
were no longer overlooked, and it was finally decided that she had received a majority of the
legal votes cast. and was entitled to the county seat. That decision has never been reversed.

line, the Board of
apoo city, 1,004;

COUNTY BUILDINGS.

In May, the county accepted the land donated by Jeremiah Clark for a court-house
square, consisting of the east half of Block 13, being 300 feet on Third street and 180 feet on
Central avenue and Walnut street. The other half was purchased for $13,000. Joun P. Has-
kell was appointed architect of the county buildings, $35,000 bonds were voted in June.
and it certainly looked as if the county was going to obtain a creditable “seat of justis” right
away. But, notwithstanding this apparent alacrity. the courts and county offices were
located for many. years in the City Hall, over the Market House, corner of Fifth and Shaw-
nee streets, in the same building now occupied by the Fire Department. It was not until
February, 1873, that the present imposing and convenient Court House was completed. It
is built of red brick, with stone trimmings, is two stories in height, with basement, and
elegant mansard roof. [ts lofty tower and fine clock add to the attractions of as elegant a
court-house building as can befound inthe West. ‘he building proper cost $120,415.75
Add to this the cost of clock, steam apparatus, fixtures aud furniture, value of site, etc., and
$175,000 would not be an overestimate of the total value of the property. Its situation
commands one of the grandest views of the beautiful city of Leavenworth.

In May, 1860, it was first proposed by the county to establish a poor-house. The poor-
farm, consisting of 200 acres of land, anda pest-house and, poor-house, is situated about
four miles southwest of Leavenworth, in High Prairie Township. The average number of
inmates is about thirty, and the entire property is valued at $12,000. The county jail, a
two-story brick structure costing $10,000, was built in 1872.

COUNTY SCHOOLS.

In 1855, the Territory of Kansas adopted the school law of the State of Missouri, by
which each district was to be controlled by an inspector and _ three trustees, Previous to
1858, however, no districts in this county were formed. A few school districts were then
organized. The first County Superintendent was George E. Budington, elected December
14, 1858. His successor was James Taylor, appointed March 4, 1859. In 1861 the State
system of public instruction was adopted. Following is a list of superintendents who suc-
ceeded Mr. Taylor: Isaac T, Goodnow, elected November 7, 1862; H. H. Bloss, November
8, 1864; B. L. Baldridge, November 6, 1866; H.D. McCarty November 3, 1868; J. P. Bau-
serman, November 8, 1870, and November 5, 1872; W. H. Bradshaw. November 3, 1874,
A. R. Van Eman, November 7, 1876. and November 5, 1878; R. B. Soper, November 2,
1880; Lyman Morgan, November 6, 1882. -

The schools of the county are in charge of Lyman Morgan, superintendent of public in-
struction, and have been brought to a commendable state of perfection. There are seven-
ty-eight districts in Leavenworth County, eight -four schools and as many teachers. The
estimated value of the school buildings is $228,000. They are mostly constructed of wood,
but there are some good brick and stone buildings. The furniture and apparatus of the
different schools are valued at $41,320. This makes the total valuation in the neighborhood
of $270,000. The average monthly wages paid male teachers is $46 and female $40. The
average dally attendance at the district schools, outside the city it will be understood, is 5,000.
The receipts for the year 1881-82, were $58,000, and the expenditures $56,700, which leaves
a balance of $1,300 in the treasury. 7

Present county officers: Robert Crozier, judge of the district court; John Rohe,
clerk of the district court: L. Hanson, judge of the probate court: O. S. Hiatt, county
auditor; J. W. Priest, sheriff; Enos Hook, county treasurer; J. W. Niehaus, county clerk;
Cc. W. Curtan, register of deeds; J.C, Lynch, coroner; Thos. P. Fenlon, attorney; D, N,

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Barnes, engineer; Lyman Morgan, superintendent of public instruction; S. F. Rhea, sur-
veyor.
WEALTH AND POPULATION.

The principal crops raised in Leavenworth County are corn, winter wheat and oats. In
1872, the acreage of corn was 43.000. This had increased to over 50,000 acres in 1882.
Stranger, ‘fonganoxie, Fairmount, Sherman, Easton and Alexandria townships making an
especial good showing. ‘The increase during ten years in the acreage of winter wheat has
been proportionately much greater, from 4,245 in 1872 to over 29,000 acres in 1882. Kick-
apoo, Fairmount, Reno and Easton are now (July 1882) the banner townships. The acreage
of oats has increased within the decade from 8,714 to over 11,000. The whole number of
acres in farms is 228,524, and the value of property $12,299,385. That the county has no
fears of famine is inferred from the fact that 146,022 bushels of old corn were on hand
March 1, 1882. During that spring the busy farmers also planted 50,424 of their acres to
corn and 11,385 to oats. Leavenworth County is also favored as a dairy and live stock
country. During the past year over 280,000 pounds of butter were produced. There are
8,500 horses in the county, 7,700 cows, over 12,000 other cattle, 4,000 sheep and 20,000
swine. As to orchards, she has, in round figures, 170,000 apple trees in bearing, 70,000
peach and 21,000 cherry.

From the tigures of the assessors it is learned that the total value of all taxable prop-
erty in Leavenworth County is $7,227.796,69 against $6,519,279.12 for 1881. The number
of acres of taxable property is 283,093; of town lots, 13,069. The average price paid for
improved land throughout the county is $25 per acre; unimproved from $5 to $10. The
aggregate value of railroad property is $707,038.69. aed

From_ 1860 to 1870, the population of Leavenworth County increased from 12,606 to
32,444. In 1875 the population had decreased to 27,698. Since then the increase has been
gradual but healthy. According to the last returns (made inthe summer of 1882) the
figures by townships and cities are: Alexandria, 1,017; Delaware, 1,597; Easton, 1.145;
Fairmount, 928: High Prairie, 1,129; Kickapoo, 1,528; Leavenworth City, 18,766; Reno,
874; Sherman, 1,173; Stranger, 1,151; Tonganoxie, 1,208; Tonganoxie City, 321; Lansing,
231. Total for 1882, 31,068.

WEATHER RECORD.

The following meteorological record tor the past thirty years, furnished by William T.
Marvin, Esq., is valuable alike to all citizens of Eastern Kansas: t

October, 1854. A beautiful month; slept on the open prairie near Riveley’s store, in Salt
Creek Valley, on the night of October 30. November, Indian summer continued. ecem-
ber, the same. January, 1855, the same until January 30, when we had a furious snow
storm, aud the weather was cold, with occasional intermissions until the middle of March.
The spring was dry and windy until May 20, when it began raining, and the summer of
1855 was quite wet. The fall of 1855 was quite pleasant, and mild weather continued until
about Christmas, when it turned very cold, the Missouri River closed in twenty-four hours,
and snow fell to great depth. On the first day of February, 1856, it was said that the mer-
cury stood as low as forty degrees below zero. The river opened early in March, and the
first boat came up March 8. The spring was early, and the summer very pleasant, with
abundance of rain, River closed early in December, and remained fast tillthe last of Feb-
ruary. The spring of 1857 was the coldest and most disagreeable I ever experienced; the
summer was very dry and hot, the fall pleasant; we had a cold snap in November, then it
turned mild, and the winter of 1857-58, was constant Indian summer. The sumer of 1858
it did little else but rain, and the streams were all past fording. The winter of 1858-59
was quite wet, with but little cold weather. Thespring of 1859 was cold, the summer very
fine. The winter of 1859-60 was very dry, and the year 1860 was the great drouth. Sum-
merof 1861 was fine; winter of 1861-62, cold, with deep snow. Summer of 1862 very
pleasant. and winter of 1862-63 very mild. Summer of 1863 very pleasant, and winter of
1863-64 cold. The first day of January, 1864, guards froze to death at Fort Leavenworth.
Summer of 1864 very hot and dry, winter mild. Summer of 1865 wet, and winter mild.
Summer of 1866 wet, winter mild till March, when we had two weeks of intense cold
weather. The grasshoppers deposited their eggs here for the first time in September, 1866,
but owing to the cold wet spring of 1867, the most of them were destroyed, and they did
but litle damage. Summer of 1867 was cool and pleasant; winter of 1867-68, very mild.
Summer of 1868, very hot, and the grasshoppers came back the first of August. Wiuter of
1868-69 was mild; summer of 1869 was wet, but the hoppers ate nearly everything up. Win-
ter of 1869-70 was mild; the summer of 1870 wet. Winter of 1870-71 mild, summer of 1871
very pleasant. Winter of 1871-72 very cold, and wheat all winter killed. Summer of 1872
pleasant, winter cold with deep snow. First part of the summer of 1873 very wet, latter
part very dry; crops were a failuare, except winter wheat. Winter of 1873-74 mild; sum-
mer of 1874 hot and dry, and grasshoppers came again. Winter of 1874-75 cold; summer
of 1875 very pleasant, and late crops were good. inter of 1875-76 very mild; summer
pleasant. Winter of 1876-77 mild; spring andsummer of 1877 very wet. Winter of 1877-
78 very wet, and the roads impassable. Summer of 1878 pleasant; winter of 1878-79, from
middle of December to middle of January, cold, the remainder mild. Summer of 1879
pleasant, the winter following mild. Summer of 1880 pleasant. the winter following, very
cold with deep snow north, which caused great damage in the bottoms, in April and May,
1881. Summer of 1881 very pleasant; winter mild. Summer of 1882 very cool till August,
since which time it has been warm with some hot winds.

LEAVENWORTH CITY,

Leavenworth, a beautiful city of 19,000 inhabitants, is situated on the left
bank of the Missouri River, being located upon a rolling site enclosed by a
crescent of hills. The surrounding country is charming in the extreme, and
merits the name bestowed upon it in early days—‘“ the garden of Kansas.” A
great attraction, and one which draws hundreds of visitors to Leavenworth an-
nually, is Fort Leavenworth. Within the city are elegant residences, costly
churches, and large business blocks, press and pulpit, flourishing State and city
institutions, large and prosperous manufactories, and good society, all giving
evidence of metropolitan solidity and growth.

EARLY HISTORY,

The very early facts connected with the town of Leavenworth have been
presented in the sketch of the town association. Although by the latter part of
September, 1854, the era/d and its proprietors were safely housed in the first
building ever erected in Leavenworth; although Lewis N. Rees had built his
little warehouse on the lot corner of Main and Delaware streets; although
Uncle Keller was about to open his Leavenworth House ; although Jerre Clark
had erected a dwelling house—the first one in town—on Walnut street, the first
families had not located in Leavenworth until those of Adam and George
Fisher made their appearance. Having brought some lumber with them from
St. Louis they erected a shed in which they lived until they could get a house
built. Both of them did much for the early development of Leavenworth.

-Adam, especially, was one of the most energetic, capable and public spirited men

that ever lived in the city. He at present resides in Washington, his brother
George living on a farm near the city, on the Lawrence road. When they first
settled in Leavenworth, in October, 1854, Mrs. Geo. Fisher carried with her the
first baby which had ever blessed the community—her three months’ old boy.
But one of the earliest and most valuable institutions of Leavenworth, in the
way of buildings, which commenced to flourish at this time, was the saw mill of
Murphy & Scruggs, at the mouth of Three-Mile Creek, north side. Capt. W.
S. Murphy and Capt. Simeon Scruggs were partners and completed the mill in
the fall of 1854, so that they were able to issue the following advertisement in
October: ‘“ Murphy & Scruggs have erected and have in successful operation at
Leavenworth, K. T., a large steam saw mill of the most approved model and
with all the recentimprovements. They are ready to fill bills for lumber of ev-
ery description and in quantity at the shortest notice and on favorable terms.”
This was the first saw mill not only in the county, but in the Territory. Al-
though they made considerable money, the death of Capt. Murphy, and subse-
guent legal complications, so disarranged and consumed the partnership property
that Capt, Scruggs lost nearly all his share in Leayenworth and retired to his farm
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near Kickapoo. But to return. The day before this advertisement appeared a very
important occurrence took place for the town. This was the opening of the
Leavenworth House. The steamer “ Polar Star,” from St. Louis, also brought
up Gov. Reeder, of Easton, Pa., the first Governor of the Territory of Kan-
sas. He did not come to Leavenworth, at first, but stopped at the Fort,
and undoubtedly he thus escaped being made a prisoner of war by the hos-
pitable people of Weston. Gen. A. J. Isacks, of Alexandria, La., the new-
ly appointed Attorney General of the Territory, also accompanied him, and
went up to Weston. Although a Slave-state man, Gen. Isacks always counseled
moderation, and was therefore almost as objectionable to the Pro-slavery party
as though he had been openly a Freestate advocate. In the afternoon of Oc-
tober 7, a delegation of citizens waited upon the Governor at the Fort. A
very respectable crowd had assembled at Capt. Hunt’s quarters. Dr. Leib, late
of Illinois, but then a citizen of Kansas, addressed the Governor, on behalf of
the citizens of the Territory. The Governor replied in a neat and happy,
but brief speech, after which the champagne flowed generously.

Two of the United States Territorial Judges, Hon. Saunders W. Johnson,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Hon. Rush Elmore, of Montgomery, Ala., reached here
on Tuesday, the roth of October, 1854. Hon.S. D. Lecompte, the Chief Justice,
arrived at Leavenworth a short time after this date. ;

Locally, the most important of these events was the opening of the Leaven-
worth Hotel, and reference is made to such matters as the landing of these first
Territorial dignitaries, merely to impress the fact that Leavenworth received the
first of everything important into the Territory, all the way from printing-presses
togovernors. The next day after Governor Reeder and Attorney General Isacks
had established themselvesin Kansas, it seemed fitting to Elder W. C. Capels, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, that religious services should be held in Leaven-
worth. This was done under the shade of a large tree, near what afterwards
became the site of Plummer & North’s flour-mill. Thus early did the Church
attempt to join hands with the State, in Kansas. Certainly Kansas needed all
the prayers of the good elder and of all his co-laborers for the next two years,
for the appointment of Governor Reeder did not please the State of Missouri
at all, and the State of Missouri felt that she had a lien upon the Territory of
Kansas, and should be consulted before the Territory took any step, however
small. When Governor Reeder proposed to make a tour of inspection and
ascertain for himself the popular feeling, so as to be able to conduct an admin-
istration understandingly, the Platte County Self-defensive Association were
scandalized at his presumption. The tour occupied fourteen days, and the Gov-
ernor’s welcome was cordial and general, showing a desire to counteract any
wrong impressions which he might have gained from the enemies of free Kan-
sas, in Missouri. Escort parties were formed throughout the region which he
visited, and Governor Reeder returned to Fort Leavenworth, believing that the
citizens of Kansas were able to govern themselves, and that he should make it a
point to see that they did. He accordingly divided the Territory into Electoral
Districts, and on November £0, 1854, issued his proclamation for the election
of a Congressional Delegate, on the 2gth, to fill out the unexpired term. Missouri
was aroused and her Pro-slavery leaders, headed by Gen. Atchison, resolved to
possess that delegate, notwithstanding the position Governor Reeder had
assumed. Said the General, in addressing a crowd at Platte City: ‘‘ When you
reside in one day’s journey of the Territory, and when your peace, your quiet
and your property depend upon your action, you can, without an exertion, send
500 of your young men, who will vote in favor of your institutions.” The Blue
Lodges and “ Self-defensive” Association took up the idea, so that a convention
was held at Leavenworth, on the 15th. Fully 300 Missourians were there,
determined to nominate a straight Pro-slavery candidate and to elect him after=
wards. The actual residents of Leavenworth were only desirous of sending
some one to Congress who would protect their claims to the Delaware Trust
lands. The people of Missouri had “ Pro-slavery” as their watchword; the
citizens of Leavenworth, “ Home-protection.” Gen. J. W. Whitfield met every
Pro-slavery requirement, and in a speech, promised to be true to the “ Delaware
Trust lands.” But being a comparative stranger to the Kansas element, he saw
that his chances for an election would be increased by not forcing his nomina-
tion upon the convention. Strong endorsing resolutions were therefore passed,
and a committee was appoirted to wait upon Governor Reeder, at Fort Leaven-
worth. But the aims of that delegation and their manly treatment by Governor
Reeder are so well known, and so well set forth in the general history, that it is
unnecessary to go further into details. Suffice it to say that Governor Reeder
most effectually backed the Missouri dictators for the time, and showed that he
thoroughly understood them. If he had maintained his bold front during election
day, there is no doubt but that his name would have stood higher in the roll of
brave-principled men than it does; but a Congressional inquiry into the frauds
perpetrated on the 2gth instant shows that, had none but residents of Kansas
voted, General Whitfield would have been elected. His only competitor in
Leavenworth was Hon. Robert P. Flenneken, who came with Governor Reeder

from Pennsylvania, with the express purpose of running as a Congressional -

delegate. He was a Free-state man, but there were doubts as to his being a
safe man on the “ Delaware Trust Lands” question. The following account of
the election in Leavenworth is from the prolific pen of H. Miles Moore:

‘On the evening of the 28th of November numbers crossed the Missouri
River at the Rialto Ferry, above Fort Leavenworth. Some went out to
Pensenav’s, on the Kickapoo lands, and many of them came down to Leaven-
worth and camped near Three Mile Creek. They had their wagons, provisions
and tents. The next morning the polls were opened at the window of a room
on the east side of the Leavenworth House, northwest corner of Main and
Delaware streets, where the Chicago and Rock Island railroad office now stands.
There were but four or five houses in town at that time. The hotel was kept
by Uncle George Keller and son-in-law, A. T. Kyle, and they continued to keep

it for some time afterwards. B. H. Twombly, C. M. Burgess and Smith were
the Judges of the election. The voting went on very quietly all “the forenoon.
There was but little excitement. Our Missouri friends seemed to be doing
mst of the yating, as, in tryth, the Free-state men took but little interest in

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the matter, they believing that the election of the delegate to Congress would
have but little to do with settling the question of slavery. Judge Flenneken
they knew but little about. They looked upon him as a mere political adven-
turer. Gen. Whitfield had promised to do all he could to secure the Delaware
settlers in their rights. We knew that from his position as Indian Agent he
would, at least, have influence with the Indian Department at Washington, and,
through his friends, with the President. The Free-state men in this district
either declined to vote or voted for Flenneken; or, as I believe, a majority of
them voted for Whitfield, because of some of the reasons previously stated.
After dinner and till the polls closed, there was considerable of a crowd around
the hotel—some quarreling, a little fighting (the result of bad whisky), but no
particular disturbance. Gen. Whitfield, Pro-slavery candidate, received 222
votes in Leavenworth precinct; Judge Flenneken, Free-soil, 80. Total, 302.
Whitfield’s majority, 142. Judge Flenneken at once returned to Pennsylvania,
after the result of the election was known, and Kansas knew him no more for-
ever.”

In March of this year (1855), another noted character arrived at Fort
Leavenworth—Gen. John Calhoun, Surveyor General of Nebraska and Kansas,
and afterwards the honorable President of the Lécompton Constitution Con-
vention. It was understood by the Leavenworth town company that he would
locate his office here, and they therefore turned over some shares of their stock
to him, Probably to create the same belief, and certainly causing the same re-
sult as to town lots, Gen. Calhoun pitched his tent at different places in both
Territories, but finally brought up at I.ecompton.

After the adjournment of the United States Court, March 19, 1855, the
Pro-slavery party held a nominating convention and put into the field as candi-
dates for the Territorial Council R. R. Reese and Capt. L. J. Eastin, of the
Kansas Herald ; for the Assembly, Judge A. D. Payneand William G. Mathias,
of Leavenworth, and H. D. McMeekin, of Salt Creek Valley. The candidates
were generally members of the ‘‘ Delaware Squatter Association,” and pledged
to protect the settlers upon the Trust Lands. The Free-state candidates were
—For the Council, B. H. Twombly, of Leavenworth County, and A. J. Whit-
ney, of Jefferson; Assembly, F. G. Braden, Samuel France, and F. Browning.
The election occurred on the 30th of March, and success to the Pro-slavery
candidates was doubly assured by the wholesale importation or transportation
of voters from Weston, Mo., via the “ New Lucy” which came down the river,
bright and early, and never returned until the setting of the sun, at 5 o’clock
P. M. Lewis N. Reese, Matthew France, and George B. Panton were inspect-
ors of the election, and, of course, found everything “lovely” and legitimate.
Just before the election a canvass of voters was made and it was found that
by stretching a point, the district could poll 305 votes. These inspectors of
election received, as legitimate voters, 964 names, and the Pro-slavery people
were allowed a majority of 800. To the credit of Gov. Reeder, however, be
it recorded that he refused to grant certificates of election to the chosen cham-
pions of property-rights and political principles. He ordered a new election
for May 22, but the same candidates were returned. .

A narrative of how the “law and order” party across the Missouri carried
the day is here given, being written by an eye-witness: ‘ The polls were to
have been held at the Leavenworth Hotel, but Mr. Keller made some objection
to it and they were removed by the judges down to Benjamin Wood's saddler’s,
shop, on Cherokee street, near Third. Ropes were stretched from the win-
dow, where the votes were taken, out into the street, and all who desired to
vote did so by passing between the ropes. The badge of recognition for those
who belonged to the “ law and order” party, as they called themselves, was a
badge of hemp in the button-hole of the coat, or on the hat, or around the waist.
Everybody voted who applied to vote that day, except some Delaware Indians.
The Wyandot Indians voted, about thirty of them. After the votes were
counted, Matthew France, one of the judges of election, refused to sign the re-
turns unless the words ‘* lawful resident voters” were stricken out. This was
done, after considerable discussion, and the judges all signed. Rees and
Panton, two of the judges, refused to take the oath prescribed by the Governor
before they entered upon their duties. They took another and different oath.
France took the oath prescribed by the Governor and therefore declined to sign
the returns unless the erasures were made as above.”

William Phillips, a quiet young lawyer of Leavenworth, but a determined
and enthusiastic Free-state man, prepared a protest, signed by himself and four-
teen other indignant citizens in the Sixteenth election precinct, against the re-
ception of the fraudulent returns. Similar protests were sent in from the First,
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh precincts. But in his warmth for
‘fair play” Mr. Phillips made himself so conspicuous to the Pro-slavery party
that he was plainly marked as an object upon which their vengeance must fall.
That opportunity arrived before the time for holding the new election, which
Mr. Phillips was so instrumental in bringing about. .

In July, 1854, the Squatters’ Association of Leavenworth County changed
their place of meeting to the fort. The time of filing claims to the Trust Lands
had been extended, and the nest of land speculators was increasing, By No-
vember the actual residents of Leavenworth became seriously alarmed lest, after
all, they should be crowded out of house and home. On the ath of that month
a Squatters’ meeting was accordingly held for the purpose of preventing non-
residents from taking up land. The Kansas-Delaware Squatter Association
was then and there organized, with a court for the trial of contested cases—
officers as follows; R. R. Reese, chief justice; A. Payne, associate justice,
Stranger District; Alexander Russell, associate justice, Salt Creek District ;
Miles Shannon, marshal; G. D. Todd, deputy marshal; S. D. Pitcher, clerk and
recorder of claims. Malcolm Clark was the first marshal of the meeting. The
complaints grew louder that the association was protecting non-residents, and
a meeting was called for the 30th of April, to take definite action. That there
was some good cause for this complaint no one can deny. In some instances,
however, it undoubtedly originated with those who had no claims and desired
to speculate in them, or by the rivals of Leavenworth, who would have enjoyed
nothing better than to see a hot fight between the members of the Squatters’
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

Association. Well, the meeting was held under the “old elm tree,” corner
Cherokee street and the Levee, and the feeling was high. Cole McCrea at-
tempted to take part in the discussion and voting, when Mr. Clark requested
him not to interfere, as his (McCrea’s) claim was back of Fort Leavenworth,
and not upon the Trust Lands; and informed him that no one but settlers
upon the Delaware lands were to take a part in these proceedings. Mr. Mc-
Crea promised to keep quiet, but upon the announcement that some resolution
was carried to which he objected, he pronounced the decision of the chair a
fraud. This was too much for the hot Scotch blood of Mr. Clark, and he gave
Mr. McCrea the lie. This led toa fight, in which McCrea shot Clark so that
he died in a few minutes. The murderer jumped down the bank to the river’s
edge. Several shots were fired at him without effect ; a rope was procured and
McCrea would have been lynched had not S. D. Pitcher and a friend appeared
upon the scene, both heavily armed, and carried him off in a Government hack
to Fort Leavenworth. Hesoon escaped and left the Territory, but subse-
quently returned, and now quietly lives in Leavenworth. He was indicted but
never prosecuted, as the shooting had been done under an aggravated case of
assault. The feeling against McCrea, however, was very bitter, as Mr. Clark
was one of the original members of the town association, high tempered but
warm hearted, whole-souled and popular. He was buried in Weston.

The historian has nearly approached the time when vengeance was taken
upon the innocent Free-state lawyer, William Phillips. He attended the
meeting where Mr. Clark was killed, and seconded the efforts of Free-state men
who had lately arrived to obtain claims upon the Trust Lands. The part
that he took was modest enough, but his political record—the part he had
taken in inducing Gov. Reeder to call a new election in Leavenworth precinct
—and his general Free-state propensities, caused the charge to be brought
against him in the coroner’s inquest over Mr. Clark’s body, that Phillips had
handed McCrea the pistol with which he shot the deceased—that Phillips was
accessory to the murder of Malcolm Clark. Resolutions to that effect were
passed at a public meeting held on April 30—upon the evening when the
murder occurred. He was ordered to leave the Territory by two o’clock Pp. M.,
May 3, and a committee of ten was appointed to tell him so. Upon that
date the meeting again assembled, and a vigilance committee was appointed.
They found that Phillips had not left, threatened him with tar and feathers,
and gave him another chance to get out of the Territory. But although a quiet
man, Mr. Phillips was a plucky one, and evidently thought that he had as
much right to the Territory of Kansas as the members of the vigilance com-
mittee. Although correct in his idea of the innate right of things, Mr. Phillips
reckoned without his host, foron May 17.4 dozen men, armed to the teeth,
dragged him to the river, bundled him into a boat, carried him over the river
to a point just below Weston, took him into a ware-house, stripped him to the
waist, shaved one side of his head, tarred and feathered him, brought him “up
town,” rode him ona rail to the music of old pans and bells, put him on
an auctioneer’s block, and a dilapidated and ancient darkey bid him in himself
for acent. The same disgraceful performance was gone through with again—
all but the auctioneering—before Mr. Phillips was allowed to return to Leaven-
worth. The next day the better class of Weston’s citizens denounced the out-
rage inthe strongest terms. In Leavenworth the Pro-slavery party held a
public meeting and thanked the vigilance committee for what they had done to
the abolitionist. They called Mr. Phillips ‘the moral perjurer,” declared war
against abolitionists, and resolved that ‘‘ we severely condemn those Pro-slavery

men who, from mercenary motives, are now calling upon the Pro-slavery party

to ‘submit’ without further action.”
But, though the political pot was boiling most furiously, and the bitter
feeling toward Free-state men kept out many who, under a quieter state of
affairs, would have settled in Leavenworth, yet the town was growing, and
growing rapidly. From a population of 200 inhabitants in January, 1855, the
town had increased to nearly 400 people by May of that year. Mechanics were
settling in the community, a brickyard was established, and another sawmill
was in operation opposite the town—with a shingle and.lath machine and a
grist-mill attachment. Houses were going up every week, and the demand was
greater than the supply. Within six months, fully 100 buildings of various
kinds had been erected, and were, by the spring of 1855, occupied by dona fide
residents of Leavenworth. A postoffice had been established and opened by
the Postmaster, Lewis N. Reese, in his store, corner of Delaware street and the
Levee. This event occurred March 6, 1855. And business continued to in-
crease, and new settlers to arrive, throughout the summer and fall. _ During
the latter season, a fresh impetus was given to the town’s growth by the selec-
tion of Leavenworth as the starting-point of the great Government Overland
Transportation Company of Majors, Russell & Co. They constructed stores,
blacksmith shops, wagon and repair shops, and put a business life into the
place which it would not have obtained in years of common private exertion.
They employed annually more than 500 wagons, 7,500 head of cattle, and
nearly 1,800 men. Freight was transported across the plains, in 1855, to the
amount of 8,000,000 pounds. At Leavenworth, the headquarters of this im-
mense transportation business, the firm expended $15,000 for necessary build.
ings. As early as 1854, several Salt Lake and California traders had com-
menced starting their trains from Leavenworth, the outfitting points being
Independence, Westport, Weston, and St. Joseph. All of this business was
now centered at Leavenworth. When there was added to this commercial ad-
vantage the fact that the Government was disbursing to soldiers and employes
at the Fort, and for provisions and other necessities of a military establish-
ment, $600,000 per annum, the secret of Leavenworth’s early and wonderful
growth is exposed. In October, 1855, one year from the first sale of lots, there
was in Leavenworth a population of about 1,200 souls, with §00 voters. The
concentration of Majors, Russell & Co.’s immense transportation business at
this point, the settlement of many of his employes here, the erection of many
buildings and consequent encouragement of workmen, carried Leavenworth
along a great stride. More hotel accommodations were imperatively de-
manded, and the Planters’ Hotel Company” was formed. About the roth of

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November following, ground was broken for the new hotel, on the northeast
corner of Main and Shawnee streets. It was completed during the season of
1856, and opened to guests in December. Leavenworth was also made the
starting-point for the Kansas Stage Company.

The fall of 1855 was a period of great business activity for the young
town, but the unfortunate civil disturbances which marked the year 1856, caus-
ed a general depression—rather, a complete embargo upon commercial transac-
tions. It is the purpose here to give but a running sketch of these troubles, in
order that the general reader may understand how Leavenworth was connect-
ed with the bitter conflict which raged between the Pro-slavery and the Free-
soil parties throughout the Territory.

When the Legislature of the Territory assembled at Pawnee in July,
1855, its first act was to oust the Free-state members, chosen at the second elec-
tion ordered by Gov. Reeder. In defiance of the Governor’s undoubted right
to fix the temporary seat of government where he pleased, the Legislature ad-
journed to the Shawnee Manual Labor School, Johnston County, where the
members would be nearer their Missouri friends. The next blow to the Free-
state party was the removal of Gov. Reeder. The members thereof saw at
once that organized resistance to the outrages being perpetrated upon them
had become a necessity of existence. Then came the Free-state conventions
held at Lawrence, in June, and the calling of the Big Springs convention, in
September. At this time the Free-state party of Kansas was organized, a
State organization suggested, and war declared anew against the dictatorship
of Missouri. From Leavenworth there werein attendance Marc J. Parrott and
H. W. and D. A. Hook. Ex-Gov. Reeder was nominated as Delegate to Con-
gress. Wilson Shannon had been appointed his successor in office. Gen.
James H. Lane had taken the field for freedom of soil, freedom of speech and
the State Constitution. His first appearance in Leavenworth was upon the
evening of September 18, and the vigor of his address upon the exciting topics
of the day was eloquently seconded by the ‘silver tongued” Marc Parrott.
Upon the 19th and 2oth occurred the State Convention at Topeka, Mr.
Parrott, Col. M. W. Delahay, S. N. Latta, H. Miles Moore, Richard Phelan
being in attendance as delegates from Leavenworth. The results of that con-
vention are of too broad a nature to be discussed in this local narrative. Suf-
fice it to say that the delegates from- Leavenworth took a leading part in the
deliberations. A few days after the return of the delegates to Leavenworth
Ex-Gov. Reeder arrived in that city, dined at the Leavenworth Hotel with his
friends, and in the evening addressed a large crowd of his congressional sup-
porters. He advised them to take no part in the election fixed by the Pro-slav-
ery Legislature for October r—to only recognize the proceedings of the Topeka
Convention as valid, wherein the gth of October was appointed as election
day. His advice was generally heeded, so that Gen. Whitfield, his opponent.
had it all his own way on October 1, while on October 9, Mr. Reeder was
“unanimously elected.” He received over 500 votes in Leavenworth. This
day is also noted in political annals of Leavenworth County, as being the day
upon which Delaware City opened her polls again upon the county seat ques-
tion, and obtained a short-lived ‘‘ glory” as the recognized seat of justice.

About a week after the Constitutional Convention at Topeka had adjourn-
ed, in pursuance of a call a large Pro-slavery meeting was held at Leaven-
worth. This was upon November 14, 1855, and was made the occasion for
Gov. Shannon’s first visit to the city. He was received by a committee of citi-
zens, and entered the convention as a county delegate. The delegates assem-
bled in Alexander’s stone building, southwest corner of Main and Shawnee
streets, and elected Gov. Shannon chairman of the convention. An adjourn-
ment was taken until afternoon, when Gov. Shannon opened the meeting by
denouncing the Topeka Constitution and the Free-state movement generally.
Gen. John Calhoun, Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska Territories, was
also present and made a bitter Pro-slavery harangue. But the ‘law and
order” meeting hooted down the only Free-state speaker who asked to
be heard—Marc Parrott. A Free-state meeting was held a week afterwards.
Politics were boiling, and the intense state of feeling was not cooled materially
by the breaking out of the Wakarusa war. It seemed when Brig.-Gen. Eastin,
of the Second Brigade of Kansas Militia and editor of the Kansas Herald,
ordered that his troops concentrate at Leavenworth, on December 1, 1855, “ to
march at once to the scene of the rebellion” and to put down the 1,000 out-
laws of Douglas County (armed to the teeth !)—that this point might be
turned into a portentous seat of war. Inthe diary of H. Miles Moore for
December I, however, is the following record: ‘“ Agreeable to the call of
Brig.-Gen. Eastin about one hundred assembled here. H.C. Dunn was elected
Captain, and a few, about thirty or forty, enlisted. They are to start from Salt
Creek Valley, to-morrow, at 9 o’clock A. M. No news from T.awrence.” But
the bulk of the invading army was, as usual, from Missouri. Until December,
when Gov. Shannon ordered Gen. Richardson to disband his troops, the excite-
ment did not materially decrease in Leavenworth. Political excitement, civil
commotion, and a very severe winter, all combined to check business.

The winter of 1855-56 was the severest which had been experienced in
this locality for a long term of years. The first snow of the season fell on the
22d of December, and continued accumulating until the 3d of February, when
it lay on the ground to the depth of two feet. On that day, too, the mercury
indicated thirty degrees below zero, and fora long time previously had ranged
from zero to twenty-two degrees below. The river had been frozen for seven
weeks, and the ice was more than two feet thick. :

The city of Leavenworth was honored in the State Convention, which
assembled at Lawrence on December 22. by the choice of two of her citizens as
candidates for high positions. Mark W. Delahay was chosen as the Congres-
sional nominee, and H. Miles Moore as the candidate for Attorney General.
The Pro-slavery element, however, was so strong in that community, that the
more timid of the Free-state citizens hesitated about holding the election for
State and county officers, on January 15. In fact, several days before the elec-
tion was to take place, a few weak hearts met and resolved that one should not
beheld. Mayor Slocum (Free-state) had resigned his office, and his course was
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followed by several members of the Council. The day before the Free-state
election, which was fixed for January 15, Dr. J. H. Day, President of the Coun-
cil, issued a municipal order forbidding it to take place. The document is still
preserved as an evidence of the timidity of many members of the Free-state
party. No polls were opened, but a capacious old stocking was presented to
Free-state voters, and very generally patronized, so that the election took place,
although, perhaps, zzo¢t in ‘‘due form.”

At Easton, an attack was made upon the polls, which were so vigorously de-
fended by Free-state voters, commanded by Stephen Sparks, of Alexandria
Township, that a Pro-slavery man (Mr. Cook) was mortally wounded. Several
fights occurred, in which the Pro-slavery men were worsted. Among the Leav-
enworth people who attended the election at Easton, to see that the voting was
fairly conducted, and who assisted in defending the polls, were Capt. R. P.
Brown, member-elect of the Legislature, Henry J. Adams, senator-elect, J.C.
Green, Joseph H. Byrd, and two or three others. The next morning they were
returning in a wagon to Leavenworth, and when about half way to their desti-
nation were met by a company of Kickapoo Rangers, under Capt. Martin, and
Capt. Dunn’s company from Leavenworth, who were on their way to Easton to
avenge the treatment of their Pro-slavery friends. There were some fifty
troops altogether. The Leavenworth party were made prisoners, turned back
to Easton, and confined in a store, where they were guarded for a time by the
noisy, drunken crowd of soldiers. Their spite seemed to be particularly con-
centrated upon Capt. Brown, many of them having known him and learned
to fear him in Leavenworth. Finally they managed to get him into an adjoin-
ing building, and organized a court for his trial. Capt. Martin, finding it was
impossible to control the men any longer, allowed all except Capt. Brown and
Mr. Byrd, to escape. The latter was being examined as a witriess in the “trial.”
While this mock trial was going on inside, the more drunken wretches with-
out became impatient, broke in the door, and, led by Robert Gibson, broke up
the “court.” Gibson then rushed upon Brown, and struck him in the head
with a hatchet, before any one could prevent the brutal assault. Shortly after-
ward his almost lifeless body was carried in a wagon to Cole McCrea’s home,
and thrown into his house. Capt. Brown’s poor wife and several neighbors
did all they could to relieve his sufferings, but he died in a few hours afterward,
and was buried on Pilot Knob the next day. Capt. Brown was a brave, noble
man, and his murder was one of the most heartless of any perpetrated during
these cold-blooded, hot-blooded times.

The story of his brutal treatment is told by Cole McCrea, a neighbor of
Capt. Brown’s, and whose wife was one of several kind friends who attempted
to revive the injured man: “ They then (after the assault) tossed Brown into
a lumber wagon and drove on to Merrill Smith’s saloon on Salt Creek. The
rough wagon, driven over hard, frozen ground, made the wounded man groan,
when the ruffian kicked him in the face, neck and breast to make him keep
still. Eli Moore, putting his foot to his cheek, twisted his neck so as to puta
tobacco spit into his wound, saying that would ease any d d abolitionist.
Thus abused and kept in the bed of the wagon some seven hours, they drove
over to my cabin. Coming up so that the tail end of the wagon would come
opposite the door, they flung it open, saying ‘Here is Brown!’ There being
no one at the house but our wives and infant children, Charley Dunn and Pap
Taylor undertook to bring him into’the house. They first dragged him out of
the wagon by the feet, letting his body fall at full length upon the hard, frozen
ground. The thud which the husband’s body gave against the hard earth
echoed in the faithful, loving heart of the wife, and she fell to the floor. Re-
turning consciousness only found her a helpless maniac, and she so continued till
my wife delivered her over to her brother at Chicago, who had come from Cass
County, Mich., to receive her. The two ruffians then dragged Brown into the
cabin as far as his knees. They then staggered and stumbled through the
cabin, upsetting the water bucket. My wife could not drag the dying man
further in, or close the door, that 18th of January night, one of the coldest ever
known in Kansas. The helpless women and children and dying man were left
exposed till David Brown, a Tennesseean, came over from the adjoining claim,
Capt. Brown died about three hours after being brought home.”

As the words ‘' Pilot Knob” will frequently occur in this history in other
connections than as being the last resting place of brave Capt. Brown, it may
be well to digress here and give the truth of its origin. ‘Pilot Knob” is sit-
uated about one mile and a half southwest of the business part of Leavenworth.
It was so named by the Indians who occupied this country. There used to be
a huge pile of stone on the extreme south point of the Knob. There were
similar mounds of stone on all the high points between the city and the ford of
the Kaw River at Lawrence—the Indian trail over which the Sac and Fox,
Miami, and other tribes of Indians in the south and southwestern part of the
Territory passed in their visit to Fort Leavenworth and Weston. These stone
mounds were put up by them as guides. Most of them have since been taken
down by land owners. Pilot Knob was one of the most prominent of these
stone guides.

Thomas A. Minard, of Easton, at whose house the election was held which
was the prime cause of Capt. Brown’s murder, narrowly escaped injury at the
hands of a mob a few days afterwards. He barricaded his doors, however,
and lived to be elected Speaker of the Free-state Assembly which convened on
the 4th of March.

Mayor Murphy was inaugurated on the 2Ist, and as he was one of
the strong “law and order” kind, in view of the subsequent events, his ad-
dress to the Council is a curiosity :

 

“Gentlemen,” (he said) “ we are called together here merely as guardians of the inter-
ests of our fellow citizens, and it behooves us to cause wise and judicious counsels to pre-
vail among us, in order that we may wel! protect those interests; and while it 1s my duty,
it will at the same time be my pleasure to co-operate with you inthe adoption of every
measure that shall tend to advance the interests and promote the happiness and prosperity
of our young and growing city, The obligations of the solemn oath you have just heard ad-
ministered to me shall be kept steadily in view, and no effort on my part shall be wanting,
faithfully to comply therewith, By virtue of the office [ now hold I am a conservator of the
peace, and in my daily intercourse with my fellow citizens I shall endeavor to impress upon
them the necessity of cultivating feelings of amity and good will one towards another, believ-
ing thatthereby this part of my duty will be madelight, Itis by a faithful execution of the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

laws, tempered with that justice and mercy which the real spirit ot fhe law requires, that we
must expect as a community to get along harmoniously and prosperously; and in the dis-
charge uf my duties I feel assured that their love for order and good government will cause
them to curb passion, respect the laws, and obey the legally constituted authorities.” (Ter-
ritorial. )

The 4th of March seemed to have been marked out by Gen. Atchison
and other Pro-slavery leaders as the one day destined to be “ big with events,”
when the hordes from Missouri should march through the Territory of Kansas
to Topeka, sweeping away from their path every vestige of * Free-soilism.” But
the Convention met, the new State officers were sworn in, and resolutions were
passed upon the cruel murder of Capt. Brown. Two days after the assembling
of the Convention word reached Topeka of the plan by which President Pierce
proposed to punish the members of the new State government—a government
erected in opposition to his territoria] pet.

From this date commenced a general and unrelenting persecution of Free-
state men. In Lawrence, in April, the unprincipled tool of the Pro-slavery party
being the ubiquitous Sheriff Jones, after some smaller fish had been success-
fully “ hooked,” an attempt was made upon the person of Ex-Gov. Reeder, who
was before the Congressional Committee investigating his claims to a seat in
Congress, and also examining into the state of the country. The Governor had
made his fortunate escape down the Missouri River before Judge Lecompte, of
the United States District Court, sitting at Delaware City, commenced to grind
out his batch of indictments against the Free-state officers. In May, Gov. Rob-
inson,the head of the Free-state organization, was arrested at Lexington, Mo.,on
the pretext that he was ‘fleeing from an indictment.” The indictment for
treason had not yet been found against him, but within a week this was accom-
plished. He was brought to Leavenworth on the 24th, and during the
week that he remained in Leavenworth at McCarty’s Hotel, the most astute
would not have risked an opinion from day to day, as to whether he would be
rescued by his Free-state friends or be hanged by a Pro-slavery mob. Rumors
were abroad of attempts to be made by both parties, while some believed, as
proved to be the case, that nothing rash would be attempted by either. To
some extent the Pro-slavery officials who had him in charge considered that
their honor was staked upon his safety. Much of the time, therefore, Gen.
Richardson stayed in the same room with him, while Judge Lecompte guarded
his door like a faithful, common sentinel. Upon orders having been received
from Gov. Shannon he was removed to Lecompton, the Territorial capital, on
June rt. The Investigating Committee, or at least Messrs. William A. Howard,
of Michigan, and John Sherman, of Ohio, were conducting themselves in a man-
ner which did not meet with the approval of Gen. Whitfield’s friends. On
May 26 they found upon the committee room door the following card, addressed
to them :

Sirs: With feelings of surprise and disgust we have heen noticing the unjust manner
in which you have been conducting this investigation. We wish to inform you that you
can no longer sit in this place. We therefore request you to alter your obnoxious course, in
order to avoid consequences which may otherwise follow. Capt. HEMP.

(In behalf of the citizens. )

H. Miles Moore, the attorney of ex-Gov. Reeder, was a target for much of
this bitter and dangerous feeling. The next day, after the above notice was
posted, a squad of Kickapoo Rangers filed into the room with muskets. Messrs.
Sherman, Howard, and Moore, however, were not men to be easily frightened,
and the Rangers soon retired, leaving their Lieutenant behind to warn Mr.
Moore that he was making himself too prominent in the investigation for his
own safety. The next day, at noon, as Mr. Moore and Marc Parrott were sit-
ting together in their law office, the former being engaged in conversation with
John Sherman, the two were arrested and marched down Delaware and Second
streets to the warehouse of Russell, Major & Waddell, on Cherokee street.
The squad of soldiers, under command of Col. W. D. Wilkes, of South Caro-
lina, then marched to the Leavenworth Hotel, leaving a strong guard behind,
and arrested Robert Riddel. Other arrests followed. In the afternoon Mr.
Parrott was taken before the investigating committee as a witness, and Gen.
Whitfield and Judge Halderman ran him off to Fort Leavenworth under the
promise that he should be banished the Territory. Mr. Moore, Mr. (Conway,
clerk of the Investigating Committee, and George Weibling, the Lawrence
mail contractor, were kept in confinement, with the crowd howling outside, de-
manding that the prisoners should be hung. The Pro-slavery fanatics consid-
ered Mr. Moore as about their worst enemy, as he had formerly been an owner
of slaves himself. But the lengths to which his party had gone within the past
few years had driven him into the ranks of the Free-state party. lis former
friends could not appreciate his true position, and the more bitter partisans looked
upon him as a traitor to their cause. It seemed, surely, as if his last day had
come, notwithstanding his guards were faithfully performing their part. The mob
howled around the warehouse all night. The next day (May 29) Mr. Moore’s
two companions were discharged, upon promising that they would leave the
Territory. Quite early in the morning a rush was made upon the only remaining
prisoner, a rope found in the warehouse placed over a joist, and an attempt was
made, under the leadership of Capt. T. A. Scott, brother-in-law of Col. A. J.
Isacks (the Attorney General) tolynch Mr. Moore. The attempt would have
been successful had not he been rescued by Col. Clarkson, the commander of
the city militia. Although no further personal demonstrations were made
against Mr. Moore or the committee, Mayor Murphy deemed it advisable to call
a meeting at Reese & Keith’s warehouse, on May 31. All citizens were called
who were in favor of “sustaining and ‘enforcing the laws of the Territory of Kansas
and the Constitution and Union of the United States, and of restoring peace and
quiet in the community.” At the meeting a vigilance committee was appointed,
and a very bitter spirit evinced towards the investigating committee. The
gathering was dissolved in confusion, however, by the temerity of Rev. H. P.
Johnson, who dared to offer a resolution that “we believe there are a good
many Free-state men in the Territory who are good, true and law-abiding men,
and would aid in enforcing the laws of the Territory.” The Free-state men of
Leavenworth were “ not out of the woods” yet, by any means, as is evident
when it is told that Mr. Moore was arrested, June 4, upon a bench warrant
from Judge Lecompte’s court, charged with assuming the office of Attorney
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

coca ee prec He was taken before J. A. Halderman, Judge of the
: e Court, and admitted to bail in the sum of $1,000, to appear before the

on. Samuel D. Lecompte, on the third Monday of August, at Delaware. In
the meantime the vigilance committee, appointed by the Mayor, which was to

restore peace and quiet to the community” had been increased to fifty, and
on June 5 (the day after Mr. Moore’s arrest, by “due process of law,”) they gave
Rev. J. B. McAbee and Senator H. J. Adams notice to quit the Territory by the
first boat. A few days after, William T. Marvin and George W. Witherell
were arrested for being judges of election during the previous spring. The
proclamation of Gov. Shannon, ordering the disbanding of all committees
organized for the purpose of driving settlers from the Territory had the effect of
breaking up the vigilance committee, so that the Free-state men were protected
from that danger.

The sacking of Lawrence in May, followed by the John Brown war, the
published reports of the investigating committee and Gen. Whitfield’s rage,
the marching of Whitfield’s troops into Kansas, the report of Gen. Lane’s ad-
vance from the North with his Abolition army, etc., etc., all served to keep
alive the hot fires of political feeling, and drew on the ruffian element to the
commission of bloody crimes. Leavenworth was not exempt. In fact one of
the most heathenish (because so coolly premeditated, with no provocation what-
ever) occurred near the south line of the city on August Ig. A Missouri ruf-
fian named Fuget had made a bet of six dollars against a pair of boots, that
in less than two hours he would bring into Leavenworth an Abolitionist’s scalp.
Starting out on his inhuman errand he met a young man named Hoppe, who
had just arrived from Illinois a few days ago, and was returning from Law-
rence, where he had taken his wife to visit a sister. He was shot dead from
his carriage by Fuget, who scalped his victim and left him in the road. He
then carried the reeking scalp with him to the house of his cousin, Mrs. Todd,
situated on the Lawrence road, about a mile from where the crime was com-
mitted, wrapped up its shocking evidence in a newspaper and fled to Missouri.
In May, 1857, he was arrested in Leavenworth, tried for murder and acquitted !
Fuget’s act was applauded by Capt. Fred. Emory and his gang of Regulators,
but an innocent German, who expressed horror at the spectacle was shot him-
self. The chief parties to this terrible affair were comparatively unknown, and
the case is merely adduced to show what must have been the feeling in the
breasts of the lower class of Pro-slavery men towards all Abolitionists. The
ruffians of the Pro-slavery party had sworn it, that no Free-state man could
travel on the road between Leavenworth and Lawrence. Capt. A. B. Miller
and his gang therefore kept a close watch over the Devil’s Highway, as they
might have called it. On the 27th of August, Rev. Mr. Nute, the Unitarian
minister of Lawrence, Mrs. Hoppe, his sister-in-law, wife of the murdered man,
and John Wilder, a merchant of Lawrence, started with teams to obtain pro-
visions at Leavenworth. When near the city they were all taken prisoners by
Emory’s gang. Mrs. Hoppe was released and got passage down the river, and
thus disappeared from the scene of her husband’s heartless death. The others
were held prisoners of war, until released by order of Gov. Geary. A reign of terror
had again commenced in Leavenworth. Armed bodies of menwere stationed at
all points along the river and turned every boat back which brought suspected
Free-state emigrants. Bands: of ruffians were also organized, principally in
Missouri, to drive away actual settlers guilty of Free-state opinions.
Among the most noted of these bands was that which ravaged Leavenworth
under command of Captain Frederick Emory, a United States mail contractor.
In the name of ‘‘law and order” they entered the houses and stores of Free-
state people and drove them into the street, without regard to age, sex or pre-
vious condition. On the Sunday night preceding the election for Mayor, (Sep-
tember 1,) about forty men went through the streets of the city crying out for
all who would not take up arms to enforce the territorial laws to leave Leaven-
worth immediately or suffer the consequences. The next day, after committing
many outrages, the Regulators, under Emory, approached the house of William
Phillips, the lawyer, who in May, 1855, had been tarred and feathered, ridden
on a rail and subjected to other indignitiesin the streets of Weston. Says one
account of the outrage: ‘Phillips, supposing he was to be driven out of house
and home, resolved not to submit to the indignity, and bravely took the initiative
himself. Standing boldly out upon the veranda of his house, when the ruffians
drew up in front of it, he fired upon them, killing two of their number. They
instantly directed: a volley of bullets at him and the house, and Phillips fell
pierced in a dozen places, the door casing being literally riddled with the leaden
storm. He expired almost instantly in the presence of his wife and another
lady. His brother, who was with him, had his arm so baldly broken with bullets,
that he was compelled to submit toanamputation. Fifty of the Free-state pris-
oners were then driven aboard the “Polar Star,” bound for St. Louis. On the
next day a hundred more were embarked on board the steamer “Emma.” For
two days, September and 2, Emory and his 800 Regulators paraded the
streets of Leavenworth, and having collected a sufficient batch of Free-state
criminals, shipped them out of the Territory to St. Louis, without any pro-
visions whatever, and having previously confiscated all their goods. Many
citizens fled from the city, some escaping to the fort and placing themselves
under the protection of the United States.

The arrival of the new appointee, Gov. Geary, was most opportune, as
Capt. Emory and his gang were holding high carnival in and around Leaven-
worth. They had just captured three Free-State settlers and confiscated their
property when the Governor arrived at Fort Leavenworth, on September g, and
this, notwithstanding the emigrants were under the protection of a United States
officer. Capt. Emory was captured, his prisoners set at liberty, and was in
turn released himself. The Governor left Leavenworth on the roth for Le-
compton.

The arrival of Gov. Geary in the Territory, may be said to mark the com-
mencement of the end of the terrible conflict which had raged in Kansas for
two years. Upon the day of his arrival, he addressed a letter-to Hon, Wm. L.
Marcy, in which he says :

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“The town of Leavenworth is now in the hands of armed bodies of men, who, having
been enrolled as militia, perpetrate outrages of the most atrocious character, under shadow
of authority from the Territorial Government. Within a few days these men have robbed
and driven from their homes unoffending citizens; have fired upon and killed others in
their own dwellings, and stolen horses and property, under the pretense of employing them
in the public service. They have seized persons who have committed no offense; and, ater
stripping. them of all their valuables, placed them on steamers and sent them cut of the Ter-
ritory. Some of these bands, who have thus shamefully violated their rights and privi-
leges, and shockingly misused and abused the oldest inhabitants of the Territory, who had
settled here with their wives and children, are strangers from distant States, who have no
interest in, nor care for, the welfare of Kansas, and contemplate remaining here only so
long as opportunities for mischief and plunder exist.

By October of 1856, peace virtually reigned in Leavenworth, the “Regula-
tors” of this city being the last to abandon their organization, and only then
after they had received an unmistakable order from the Governor, addressed,
on the Ist of that month, to Mayor Murphy. It reads as follows:

“T regret to inform you that since the receipt of your letter, I have received numerous com-
plaints from persons claiming to be your citizens. It is said there exists in your city anirre-
sponsible body of persons, unknown to the law, calling themselves ‘Regulators;’ that these
persons prowl about your streets at night, and warn peaceable citizens ‘to leave the Terri-
tory, never to return, or they may be removed when least expected,’
ip. his thing, Mr. Mayor, will never do, and can not be tolerated for a single moment, These

Regulators’ must disband, and leave the government of the city to yourself and the authori-
ties known to the law.”

The Mayor then issued his proclamation, declaring that he would rigidly
enforce the law against the outlaws, and the excesses were checked.

Another murder because of political opinions, and one which caused
great excitement, was the killing of James T. Lyle, City Recorder, by William
Haller. Mr. Lyle,a Kentuckian by birth and a bitter Pro-slavery man, had
been in the front rank of those who persecuted those of Free-state proclivities.
Haller himself had been obliged at one time to flee the Territory with his
family, and there was, undoubtedly, a bitterness of long growth between them,
The latter was from Ohio, a watchmaker by trade, industrious and respected,
but deep rooted in his opinions, having been the means of saving the lives of
several men who thought as he did and were not afraid to express their senti-
ments. At the election, which occurred June 29, 1857,a number of voters
were gathered at the First Ward polls, and Eli Moore offered a Pro-slavery
ballot to a German, who indignantly tore it up. This raised a commotion and
Haller took the part of his political friend, the German. This angered Lyle.
Words between him and Haller led to a fight, in which Lyle was stabbed in
the back. He died from the effects of the wound. Haller was arrested, and
a Pro-slavery mob threatened to lynch him. He was protected by his friends,
however, and held for trial upon a charge of murder, being confined at Fort
Leavenworth. In August he escaped.

But organized oppression and cruelty because of political opinions were
really dispelled in Leavenworth, The city, however, was still infested by many
Missouri roughs and disreputable characters, and the citizens saw that some
powerful remedy was necessary to keep them in check. An occasion offered in
July, 1857, when James Stephens was foully murdered and robbed of $108
near the river. His murderers, John C. Quarles and W. M. Bayes, were taken
from the jail and lynched on an old elm tree near the sawmill, despite the pro-
testations of Judge Lecompte and other law abiding citizens. He was threat-
ened with personal violence himself, as also was the United States Marshal,
who got on a box before the mob of over a thousand people and attempted to
pacify them. The City Marshal and police were hustled out of the way. The
crowd battered down the door of the jail with a stick of timber, dragged Quarles
forth and hung him to a tree. The noose was not properly tightened and
for a moment the man managed to grasp the rope with his hands, but a heavy-
set, brutal ruffian caught him by the feet, threw his whole weight upon him
and strangled his victim to death. When the mob returned for Bayes there was
more protesting by the authorities, and Mrs. Bayes fought them off like an in-
furiated beast, as she was. Bayes, however, followed in the steps of Quarles.
except that he allowed his hands to be tied behind him, and was swung off
into eternity in a less horrible manner. William Knighten, a weak-minded
young man, and Bill Woods, a counterfeiter, and alleged accomplices in the
murder, were taken to Delaware City, tried, and finally discharged. This
lynching affair seemed to check the reckless spirit of crime, which heretofore
pervaded the city, and thereafter Leavenworth was more free from lawlessness
than most of the border towns.

The fire of July 15, 1858, was a blow to Leavenworth. It originated in
the theatre, corner of Third and Delaware streets, over the Market House.
After enveloping several buildings on that side of the street, it leaped to Dr.
Park’s drug store, on Delaware street, sweeping down both sides of that thor-
oughfare, and also down Third street to Shawnee. It also spread down both
sides of that street for some distance. Had it not been for the heroic efforts of
the citizens, seconded by a tremendous rainstorm, almost the whole city might
have been destroyed. As it was, a strong south wind was blowing, and in about
an hour over $200,000 worth of property was destroyed, upon which there was
an insurance of not more than fifteen per cent. Thirty-twostores were burned,
and much property not destroyed was stolen. It was a gloomy time for Leav-
enworth, and many persons departed, never to return. Many of those who re-
mained were in the most destitute circumstances.

In January, 1859, considerable commotion was occasioned by the kidnap-
ping of Charley Fisher, an alleged fugitive slave from Louisiana. He had
resided in Leavenworth for some time, conducting himself as a quiet, intelli-
gent citizen. On the 13th of that month, Frank Campbell, Deputy United States
Marshal, came to the Planters House and attempted to force Mr. Smith, the
landlord, to allow him admittance that he might take off Fisher, employed at the
hotel, claiming that he was a fugitive slave. Being refused, he obtained a ladder,
and putting his head through the window, threatened to blow Mr. Smith’s
brains out. The door was then opened, and he, in company with Frank Harri-
son, handcuffed the negro. The assistance of another man was also obtained,
and Fisher was finally taken across the Missouri River in a boat. While his
captors were sleeping, he escaped to the Kansas side, about four miles below
Leavenworth, and filed off his handcuffs. Warrants were issued for the arrest
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of his kidnappers, who, after eluding the officers for some days, were examined
before Recorder Adams, in February, and all three bound over in $2,000 bonds
for trial before G, W. Gardiner, Probate Judge. During the preliminary exam-
inatiun there appeared one Hutchinson, who claimed to have bought Fisher as
a Louisiana slave, in 1854, giving him a written permit to hire his own time on
any boat running on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and St. Louis,
and on any boat on the Missouri River. Fisher was to make a traveling bar-
ber-shop of himself, and pay Hutchinson $10 a week for the privilege, Fisher
himself to receive the balance. It was in this capacity that he traveled through
portions of Illinois, and finally came to Kansas. While Fisher was attending
the trial before Judge Gardiner, Hutchinson sought to have him arrested as a
fugitive slave, under a writ issued by Judge Lecompte, but the court refused. In
protecting him from arrest, the City Marshal kept him in such close confinement
that at one time he was guarded by a force of 400 men, and seemed to be in
fact a prisoner. In March, the three defendants were taken before Judge Le-
compte on a writ of Aadeas corpus, and found guilty of the crime of kidnapping
a slave, but asthe law did not provide for punishing such an offense, they were
discharged. Fisher was brought back to the city, and was rescued from his
strong guard by a party of citizens who believed him to bea free man. He
escaped, and is subsequently heard of as a State Senator from Mississippi. Both
the city and Judge Gardiner were sued in the Federal Court for $1,000 dam-
ages each, for hindering an alleged master in the capture of his slave. The cases
never came to trial.
FIRST THINGS.

Among the “ first things” which have not been naturally developed in the
course of this narrative, are those given below: ¢

The first birth which occurred at Leavenworth was that of Cora Leaven-
worth Kyle, daughter of A. T. Kyle, and granddaughter of “ Uncle” George
Keller, at the Leavenworth Hotel, December 6, 1854.

The first death of a resident occurred on the same day—Tuesday, Decem-
ber 6, 1854. Stephen T. Noble was drowned near the Platte City landing,
above the fort, while on his way in a boat from Weston to this city. The boat
was loaded with lath, struck a snag, and Mr. Noble and a young man with
pe Joseph O'Neil, were drowned before assistance could reach them from
the fort.

John.Grund was married to Miss Eliza A. Tennell January 13, 1856, and
their son, born January 14, 1857, was the first child born of Leavenworth
parents.

The first grist mill in the vicinity of Leavenworth was put in operation at
East Leavenworth, or ‘Slab Town,” in January, 1855, by Messrs. Panton &
Yohe. It was a combined saw and grist mill—a small concern, valued at
$4,000. The proprietors offered to grind corn on the most reasonable terms.

George Russell was the first tinsmith and hardware dealer. His shop was
on Main street.

F. & W. Engelman were among the very first grocers, if not the first, who
opened a store devoted strictly to this branch of business.

In February, 1855, Julius Trumel opened the first regular barber shop in
Leavenworth, being located near the corner of Cherokee and Water streets.

Lewis N. Rees (also Postmaster), established the first warehouse and gen-
eral store in the fall of 1854.

Wm. Phillips, Col. Dave Johnson, John I. Moore, B, H. Twombly and
Cole McCrea were among the very earliest of the attorneys who put out their
shingles in Leavenworth. Judge John A. Halderman came soon after from
Lexington, Ky. He was a man of note, and is at present consul to Siam.

Dr. Charles Leib, physician, had an office on the levee, “in the big tent
north of the big elm tree,” as early as September, 1854, and was probably the
first doctor who permanently located here. About the same time came Dr. J.
H. Day.

Samuel M. Lyon was the first house-joiner and carpenter, settling also
during that month. :

In October, 1854, John J. Bentz established the first wholesale grocery—
location on Water street. M. France & Co. also opened up a line of drugs,
displayed, with a stock of family groceries, in a room in the Heradd office until
their building, one door south, could be completed.

Chris. Dengler, the first shoemaker, opened a shop on Delaware street
about the same time.

MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION,

The history of the town company, although It extends beyond the municipal organization
of Leavenworth, is fully treated as a portion of the early history, In the summer of 1855, the
city of Leavenworth was Ingo ror ated by special act of the Territorial Legislature, sitting at
Shawnee Mission, Johnston County, The supplementary act, ‘passed shortly afterwards,
named J. H. Day, W. H. Adams and Lewis N. Rees as Judges of Election, which took place
September 3, 1855. The officers elected were Thomas T, Slocum, Mayor; Messrs. J. H. Day
Thomas H. Doyle, Frederick Emory, A. Fisher, William T, Marvin, Dr, G, J, Park and
George W. Russell, At the nominating convention, held at Rees’ warehouse, Mr. Panton
stated that the candidates were to be chosen irrespective of political opinions; that the
meeting knew no Free-soil, no Slavery, but only such men as would best serve the Interests
ofthe city. That the choice was made on political grounds and that it savored too much of
“ Free-sollism,” will be made sufficiently clear by subsequent events. The first meeting of
the newly elected council was held September 11, 1855, ina room over J. L. Roundy’s fur-
niture store, on Main street, near Delaware. r. J. H. Day was chosen President, and Scott
J. Anthony, Register or City Clerk. At this first meeting, Messrs. Fisher and ‘Park were
absent. The by-laws of the city of Muscatine, [owa, for 1853, were adopted as the form of
city government. Then William A. McDowell was chosen Marshal; William H. Batley,
Treasurer; H. G. Weibling, Assessor; John I. Moore, Attorney; E. L. Berthoud, Surveyor,
and M. L. Truesdell, Comptroller,

The Leavenworth Fire Association was organized by consent of the City Couucil, on the
17th of the month, and a charter granted for the formation of a company, In October. The
first city ordinance was also passed September 17, and entitled “ Relating to games of
chance and skill.’”?7 The resignation of Mayor Slocum, on January 8, 1856, caused consider~
able excitement and some indignation. George Russell also resigned as Councilman, and
the seat of J. H. McClelland became vacant because he persistently absented himself. ‘They
were all Free-state men, and found their duties too onerous” in these Pro-slavery times,
An election was held on January 21, 1856, and William E. Murphy, a strong Pro-slavery
man was elected as Mayor. The two vacancies in the council were filled by the election of
H. D. McMeekin and §. A. Craig.

In September, 1856, William E. Murphy was re-elected Mayor.

September 13, 1856, the following city officers were elected by the Council: William
Perry, Register or Clerk; James P. Bird. Treasurer; William P. Shockley, City Marshal;
Hugh M, Moore, City Attorney. ;

On March 25, 1857, Mr. Murphy resigued as Mayor (having been appointed Agent of

‘lower part of the building is now occupied b

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the Pottawatomie Indians), and in April, Henry J. Adams was elected to fill the vacancy.
Mr. Adams was re-elected in September. Among those who have served two or more terms
as Mayor of Leavenworth may be mentioned H. B. Denman, 1858, 1859, 1862; James L, Mc-
Doweil, 1860, 1864; D. R. Anthony, 1863, 1872; Thomas Carney, 1865, 1866; John A, Hal-
derman, 1867, 1870; W. M. Fortescue, 1879, 1881, 1882.

In November. 1855, the city burenasel) a building for a jail— the price paid, $600—and E.
K. Lowell, John Roundy and J. B. Davis were employed as special policemen. They_are
undoubtedly the germ of the breseat police force of Leavenworth. The father of the Fire

partment has already been introduced. .
- Mt was about this itine that the city had some trouble with City Comptroller Truesdell,
In October, 1855, an ordinance was passed, defining his, duties, and all that sort of thing.
When the gentleman cameto make a claim upon the city treasury, for services performed,
he and the Council found that no “salary attached to the office.” In February, Mr. Trues-
dell resigned, and G. J, Park was elected in his place, In March ex-Comptroller Truesdell

resented a Claim of $75 for services performed, and bis bill was rejected. In April, Mr.

ruesdell was further punished by being dropped from the list of attorneys which the city
had employed to defend the county-seat claims of Leavenworth.

The Council continued to meet in temporary quarters until the clean’ Market House,
corner of Fifth and DeJaware streets, was erected in 1858. It then held its sessions in the
upper portion of that building. The city offices were also there located. A portion of the

a the Fire Departinents BoutSGok Hythe Bil

In the spring of 1855 the population of Leavenworth was only abow . By the fal
of 1857 this igure had increased to 5.000, and in a year from that date to 10,000. In 1859
Leavenworth was placed in telegraphic communication with the East, its streets were
graded, sidewalks laid, gas works constructed, etc., etc, The war, disastrous to 50 many
cities, was a God-send of prosperity to Leavenworth. The constant activity at the military
reservation was equal to the addition of a thriving village to the city’s trade. By the latter
part of the war the population of Leavenworth itself had increased to 20,000. But the
time came when the fostering effects of the war failed to be felt in Leavenworth, and then
after 1870, both asa municipal organization and a commercial city, she “ progressed back-
wards.” Having turned her attention of late years to manufacturing, however, she is again
taking strong steps forward, and has become one of the most important centers on the
Missouri River. he coal mines which have been opened in her immediate vicinity—rich
in yield and good in quality—are assisting to make Leavenworth what she aims to become,
and upon which she relies for her future—a great manufacturing city. She is now acity of 19,-
000 people, beautifully located on the west bank of the Missouri, surrounded by a delightful
country, favored by that charming national park, Fort Leavenworth, adorned with taste-
fully constructed and comfortable homes, thick and solidly constructed business houses and
upheld by an intelligent class of citizens. Although her population is not as large as at the
close of the war, she has established herself on a foundation of prosperity which is built of

rock. a 3 :

As indicating her financial condition as a municipal organization, it is learned that in
June, 1882,her total liabilities were $376,722.09. The receipts for the year ending March 31,
1882, as shown by City Treasurer McKee’s last annual report, were $138,908.47; disburse-
menfs, $103,721.72; balance April 1, 1882, $63,979.46. .

The city offices, located for atime in the court house building, were removed again to
Market Hall in July, 1882. The present officers areas follows: Mayor, W. M. F..rcescue;
Gity Attorney, E. Stillings; Treasurer, John McKee; Clerk, O. C. Beeler; Marshal, S. E.
Ellis; Police Judge, L. M. Hacker: Engineer, E. Diefendorf; Street Commissioner, G. Gei-
ger; Chief Engineer of Fire Department, P. Burns; President of the Council, A. A. Fenn.

LEAVENWORTH CITY AND COUNTY IN THE WAR.

As Leavenworth was the largest town in the State at the beginning of the Rebellion it
is but natural that she should have raised more troops and furnished a longer array of
names of persons who pecame prominent actors in the great drama. Probably its contigu-
ity to Fort Leavenworth caused many Unionists of Missouri and other exposed localities to
flee to Leavenworth for safety. Many of these people enlisted in the ranks of the Union
army and kelped to swell Leavenworth’s enrollment of Union soldiers. 2

On the morning of April 18, 1861, the steamer ‘Sam Gaty,” one of the regular St. Louis
packets, landed at the Leavenworth wharf with a Confederate flag flying from her jack-
staff. As soon as the obnoxious banner was noticed, a crowd collected with the deter-
mination to have it hanled down. The leaders in the movement were members of the
Turner’s society of the city. While they were bringing out a famous cannon named “Old
Kickapoo” to enforce their demand, the flag was removed. But this did not satisfy the
crowd, who regarded the display of a disunion emblem in Leavenworth as an insult to the
city. So they went on board the “Gaty,” and insisted that the flag should be given up. This
was at once done, and the disunion emblem carried off intriumph. Subsequently, an Ameri-
can flag was procured, and the captain of the ‘Gaty” hoisted it with his own hands, thus
atoniug for the insult he had offered the community. While the affair was in progress, the
steamer ‘Russell’? came to the wharf, but_before she was permitted to land, the people on
shore compelled her to show her colors. She displayed the stars and stripes, and as it went
to the head of the flag-staif, the crowd gave vent to their delight in shouts and cheers. These
incidents show the popular sentiment in Leavenworth at the inception of the Rebellion.

As another evidence that Leavenworth’s people were loyal from the very beginning of
the Rebellion, the following is related: On the 20th day of April, a rumor prevailed in the
city that the rebels contemplated a raid from Parkville and Independence, Mo.. for the cap-
ture of Fort Leavenworth. Mayor McDonald visite? headquarters and tendered the services
of 100 men (more if necessary) from the city militia company. Capt. Steele, then in com-
mand of the fort, replied that he was able to defend the fort against 5,000 assailants, but he
accepted the Mayor’s offer, and accordingly 100 volunteers from the city were stationed in
the fort. The details were made from the Leavenworth Light Infantry, the Union Guards,
and the Shields Guards. (The last named company was commanded by Capt. Daniel Mc-
Cook, of the famons “fighting McCook family,” who was killed during the war. after he
attained the rank of Brevet Major General.) At the same time Capt. Steele gave Mayor Mc-
Dowell an ample supply. of arms, to be used in the defense of the city. ;

April 30, 1861, the services of the detachments of city volunteers were dispensed with
by the arrival of regular troops, and the following letter of thanks was tendered to Captains
McCook, Cozzens, and Clayton. by order of the Colonel commanding:

“GENTLEMEN; I am instructed by the Colonel commanding this post, to express to you,
and through you to your patriotic soldiers, his thanks for the alacrity displayed by your re-
spective commands in turning out in defense of the arsenal and public property at this
place. The Colonel desires me to say that such acts are the best evidence of the readiness
with which you will be found rallying in defense of your country’s flag. whenever and
wherever she may require your services. The arrival of the detachment of the Second In-
fantry renders your further services at this post unnecessary. You are, therefore, from this
date most honorably discharged from duty at Leavenworth arsenal. In thus parting with
you and your commands, the Colonel directs me again to thank you forthe services you
have performed, and to express to one and allof you his kindest wishes for your future
happiness and welfare. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

“GEORGE B. RUGGLES,
“Second Lieut., Adit. Second Inf., Post Adjt.”

The three military companies of the city made rapid accessions to their memberships,
and immedlate steps were taken for the enlistment of several additional companies; in
fact, Leavenworth seemed to be one vast camp, and nothing engaged the attention of the

sople but the suppression of the Rebellion. A detailed account of the part enacted by

exvenworth, in Supplying, men for the suppression of the Rebellion, may be found else-
where. It may be stated here, however, that by the 20th day of May, 1861, eighteen com-
prnies were organized and a majority of them were ready to march any where to fight for the
old flaa. Annexed may be found the names of these companies, and also of their command-
ing officers: Home Guard:—Thomas Carney; Leavenworth Fencibles—J. B. Stockton;
German Rifles—J. B. Huesgen; Leavenworth Guards—I. G. Losee; Emmett Guards—Wil-
Nam’ Phillips; Steuben Guards—Gustavus Zesch; Delaware Guards—G. W. Gardner; Dela-
ware Rifles—B. T. Twombly; Lincoln Rangers—William Freeland; Mounted Rifies—H. P.
Johnson; Leavenworth Grays—A, H. Kent: Leavenworth Rifles—W. B. Smith; Phonix
Guards—Peter McFarland; Shields Guards—Daniel McCook; Leavenworth Light Infantry—
Powell Clavton; Union Guards— Edward Cozzens; Lafavette Guards—David Block; Lane
Rifles—T. J. Weed. A few months later many additional companies were enlisted.

The first Leavenworth company regularly mustered into the United States service was
the Steuben Guards, Capt. Gustavus Zesch. The date of muster was May 27. 1861. The
company was mustered in as Companv I, of the First Kansas Infantry, This company and
another Leavenworth company, attached to the same regiment, participated in the battles
of Wilson’s Creek, Tuscumbia, Tallahatchie, Bayou Macon, Lake Providence, and other
engagements. In-the first battle above indicated, Leavenworth sustained a heavy loss.

Among the many military organizations effected after May 20, 1861, the following are
mentioned: Kickapoo Guards—Capt. Fred. Wellhouse; Capt. Black’s Guards re-enlisted to
serve three years in the first regiment of home guards; Lvon_Guards—D. H. Bailey, Cap-
tain; Fourth Ward Guards—L. B. Wheat, Captain; The “Old Guard "—James M. Dickson,
Cantain; Third Ward Guards—Wm. Haller, Captain; Leavenworth Mercantile Guards—M.
8. acing Cap eal: Leavenworth Light Cavalry—I. G. Losee, Captain. A cavalry company
of Union ome Guards was organized in Stranger Township, with J. P. Salisbury as Cap-

Leavenworth's Military Leaders.—Powell Clayton began his military career as Captain
of Company G, First Kansas Infantry, was brevetted Brigadier General August 1, 1864, and
afterwards hecame U. S, Senator for Arkansas, In which State he now resides.

Daniel McCook was first commissioned as Captain of the. Shields Guards, performed
military duty for a short time in Fort Leavenworth; was mustered in as Captaln of Com-
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

pany H, First Kansas, his commission baaring date November 9,1861. Resigned October
10, 1862. He was then appointed Brigadier-Generd ‘ ) i é
and was killed during tne Benen g Gi alby the President of the United States,
amptoa P. Johnson entered the service as Colonel of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry, and
was killed in action at Morristown, Mo., September 17, 1861. His last wade wane ome
Rerao eet is body was brought to Leavenworth and buried with military honors, Septem-
Thomas Moonlight was mustered into the United States service as Captain of the Leav-
enworth Light Battery. The battery was named Company D, and attached to the Fourth
Kansas Volunteers, a regiment composed of eight infantry, one battery and one cavalry
companies. In 1862 the Light Battery was consolidated with the Lawrence company and
became known as the First Kansas Battery. At the close of the war Col. Moonlight was
in command of the Eleventh Kansas and was brevetted Brigadier General in February,
1865. He resides in Leavenworth. Previous to the war Col. Moonlight had seen service on
the frontier, also in the Seminole war; he is new Adjutant-General of the State of Kansas.
E.N. O. Clough was acting Provost Marshal at Leavenworth during the larger part of
the war period: raised twenty-three hundred men for the Union cause, and received tlhe
appointment of Colonel, but not assignedto a regiment. He never received a dollar’s pay
conib ls manifold aud arduous services, nor did he ask it. Col. Clough resides in Leaven-
James Ketner entered the service as First Lieutenant of Company G, Second Kansas,
promoted to the captaincy of Company K; was made Brevet Brigadier-General March 13,
865. Now resides at Junction City, Kansas.
James L, Abernathy entered the service of the United States as Lieutenant Colonel of
the Kighth Kansas Infantry, November 1, 1862, and resigned Novemver 8, 1863. Resides
in HOYER YWOTED, and Is senior member of the furniture house of Abernathy, Doughty &

all.

George Hoyt entered the service November 11, 1861, as Second Lieutenant of Company
K, Seventh Kansas Infantry; promoted to Captain May 7%, 1862; resigned on account of
disabilities, November 3, 1862; appointed Lieutenant-Colonel September 7, 1863; resigued
July 19, 1865; appointed Brevet Brigadier-General March 13, 1865. Dead.

dward H. Schneider was mustered into the service as Liewtenant-Colonel of the Eighth
Kansas Infantry, December 23, 1863, and resigned June 11, 1864; was appointed Brevet
Brigadier-General March 13, 1865. Present whereabouts unknown.

T. J. Weed was commissioned as Major and Aid-de-camp January 29, 1862; discharged
November 21, 1862; reappointed March 31, 1863; brevetted as Lieutenant-Colonel March
13. 2855. Hide les a oa en worchs [surance agent.

Jhampion Vaughan, Major and Aid-de-camp, appointed by the President November
21, 1862; mustered out April 11, 1865. Now qond. PP » <

Marcus J. Parrott, appointed by the President and commissioned as Captain August 3,
1861; resigned August 21, 1862; also served as member of Congress. Dead.

Willian Tholen, appointed by the President as A. G. O. with the rank of Captain, and
mustered in March 8, 1863; discharged March 10, 1864. Dead.

Gen, Joon A. Halderman removed from Louisville to Leavenworth in 1854. Governor
Reeder appointed him his private secretary. During the war he was Major of the First
Kansas Volunteers, and Major-General of the northern division of the State forces. He has
been Mayor of Leavenworth two terms, has been a regent of the State University, a member
of both Houses, and a prominent and popular man in whatever walk of life he has placed
himself, At present he is Cousul to Siam. i:

Cyrus L, Gorton was commissioned Captain and A. Q. M. by the President May 18, 1864,
and was mustered out October 7, 1865. Dead.

A.C. Wilder, Captain, C. of S., commissioned August 7, 1861; resigned August 22, 1862;
afterward member of Congress from the Leavenworth District. Dead,

M.S. Adams, Captain, U. of S., commissioned September 16, 1862; resigned January 10,
1863. Now in Silver Cliff, Colorado.

M. H. Insley, Captain, A. Q, M., commissioned by the President August 16, 1861, and
promoted to the regular army, March 13, 1863.

eavenworth, member of the firm of [nsley, Shire & Co.

George W. McL tin was commissioned by the President as Captain and A, Q. M., Octo-
ber 20, 1862. He died in Leavenworth. :

John Gould, Captain, C. of S.. Commissioned November 26, 1862. Brevetted Major and
mustered out October 9, 1865. Dead.

George W. Gardner, Captain C. of S. Commissioned February 19, 1863; resigned
Jangary 18, 1864. Living in Colorado. i

H. Miles Moore joined Gen. Lane’s command in June, 1861. being an aide sent to the
Fifth Kansas Regiment; was with the command as Judge Advocate of the Brigade with
rank of Major, until November, 1862; resigned and was commissioned by President Lin-
coln Bet S., U.S. A., July 7, 1864; resigned February 20, 1865. Practicing lawyer in Leav-
enworth.

__S. B. Davis, Major Medical Department. Commissioned February 19, 1863; brevetted
Lieutenant-Colonel and mustered out October 7, 1865. In New Mexico.
a Henry qoote: Major (paymaster). Commissioned June 1, 1861; resigned July 27, 1863.
oue West.

Henry J. Adams, Major (paymaster). Commissioned September 5, 1861; discharged
August 1, 1864. Dead. 433 2

Hiram S. Sleeper, Major (paymaster). Commissioned February 19, 1868; resigned No-
vember 23, 1864. Wherabouts unknown. St vy -

George W. DeUosta, Major (paymaster). Commissioned April 21, 1864; brevetted Lieu-
tenant-Colonel and mustered out February 16, 1866. a ke 2 ie

. Gilpatrick, appointed First Lieuteuvant_ and Adjutant in First Regiment Home
Guards (for Indian service), November 1, 1862; October 1, 1863, promoted to be Major of
Second Kansas (colored); promoted to Lieutenant-Colonelcy November 9, 1864. Now prac-
ticing law in Leavenworth.

-" Charles R. Jenpison, commissioned as Colonel of Seventh Kansas Cavalry October 28,
1861; on the seventeenth of October, 1863, -was Colonel of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry;
dismissed. Livesin Leavenworth. i

Thomas Ewing, Jr., appointed Colonel of Eleventh Infantry September 15, 1862; pro-
moted to Brigadier General March 13, 1863. Removed to Uhio and served as meinber of
Congress, +

Daniel R. Anthony, commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of Seventh Kansas Cavalry Octo-
ber 2, 1861; resigned Deplem ber 3. 1862. Now editor and publisher of the Leavenworth

atly and Wee. mes, and Postmaster. 7 7

William FE, lona, commissioned Colonel of the Fifteenth Kansas July 26, 1865; mns-
tered out October 19, 1865. Now Collector of Internal Revenue at Carthage, Mo.

Samuel A. Drake, Lieutenant-Colonel seventeenth Infantry; cominissioned July 28,
1864; (date of muster out not known), Now resides in Boston. :

Albert Lee, commissioned as Captain, August, 1861; May 17, 1862, made Colonel of the
Seventh Regiment, and Mevenibonee, 1862, promoted toa Brigadier-Generalship. Now
resides in New Orleans, La. is

uicide of Gen, Lane.—The tragic death of Gen. James H. Lane, at Fort Leavenworth,
on July 11, 1866, created one of the greatest of excitements which stirred the State at any
time during the war. Whatever may have been Geo. Lane’s faults, itis a fact now quite
generally recognized that without his vigorous arm and bold heart Kansas would have
stood little chance of ever becoming a free State. The circumstances attending his sad end
are thus given by 4 personal friend aud admirer: “In the latter part of June,1866,he procured
leave of absence from his arduous duties in the United states Senate and returned to his
home in Kansas. He seemed in poor health and greatly depressed in spirits, but returned
towards Washington, accompanied by his wife. Reaching St. Louis his symptoms were so
alarming that his physicians expressed fear for his recovery, and the opinion that he was
threatened with softening of the brain, Under this advice he returned to Kausas, Friday,
June 29, and stopped with his brother-in-law, Capt: McCall, at the Government Farm,
adjacent to Leavenworth, Here the symptoms of insanity increased. On Sunday,
July 1, he expressed a desire to ride out, and Capt. McCall and Capt. Adams accompa-
nied him in a carriage. As they stopped to open one of the farm gates he jumped
out of the carriage and exclaiming ‘Good-by, gentlemen!’ discharged a revolver in his
mouth, the ball passing upward through the head and out almost at the center of the crani-
um, He was carried to the farm house and remained in a comatose condition, with spas-
modic motions of the arm and right leg, until July 11, when he died. At one time he
seemed to be recovering and recognized friends, even naming theminawhisper. His
wonderful physical constitu lion sastal ed him for an unprecedented period, and attracted

i edical fraternity. . -

Sree ine SREEFAIIOR ar mind has beep atiributed to various causes, but so little is known
that ‘we are hardly justified in expressing an opinion, The writer, who knew him well,
saw him but a few days before he left the Senate for the last time aud visited him two days
preceding his suicide, is of the opinion that the direct cause of his insanity was the sup-
posed desertion of his friends on account of his support of President Johnsoun’s veto of the
civil-rights bill, and threats of damaging exposure of his conductin regard to Government
contracts, in which he was alleged to have a personal interest.

FORT LEAVENWORTH AS IT IS.

‘ort Leavenworth has been traced up to thetime that it has acquired its
erase CT eninecas natural park. Ifthe visitor expects to find many of the grim
and unpleasant features of war at the fort, he will be happily disappointed. No grim bat-
tlements frown upon him, but rather he is ushered into a beautiful village by way of a
broad macadamized roadway, which connects the city with thefort. To the right are the
buildings of the Commissary department and the offices of the heads of departments. The

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two main structures were erected in 1859, for arsénal purposes. These and other buildings
once occupled as officers’ headquarters, compose the old portion of the fort. Gen. Pope’s
residence, a spacious home-like house, surrounded by beautiful flower gardens and breath -
ing an air of comfort and luxuriance, can be seen just west of these buildings. Continuin
the drive into the fort grounds, one comes upon as charming a view as can well be imagined.
Passing a number of cannon, mortars and other ordnance—the ordnance depot—the two

vives meet in one broad way, which circles around as fine a parade ground and as
magnificent a grass-pjat as the sun ever shone upon. Hore and there cool patches of dark
shade are cast upon the sward by graceful trees, while upon the other side of the broad,
smooth roadway, elegant residences front upon two sides of this smooth sea of green velvet.
These are the officers’ residences. Many of the buildings are over twenty years old, but the
clinging vines and bright flowers which adorn them, give an Sppenrance of rest and social
beauty to the structures which would not attach to them if they were new and modern in
architectural structure. The wide verandas which stretch across most of them, when graced
by bright men, women and children, seem, for all the world, to be a portion of some gener-
ous English home in some lovely English village. Before passing further, reference should
be made to the gem of a chapel building, situated on the east side of the garrison, on Arsenal
avenue. The building is ina Charming spot, overlooking the river; is built of limestone,
constructed in the English style of architecture, and would be an ornamant to a large city.
Rev. David White is chaplain. The National Cemetery—Noble Warwick, Superintendent—
is beautifully located half a mile west of the garrison. To the west of the parade ground are
the soldiers’ barracks and the School of Application for Cavalry and Infantry. But one
wing of the building, which is the headquarters of the school, has been completed. When
finished, the structure will be one of the most attractive and imposing at the fort. Across
the way from the school building is the guard house, and near by is the Fort Leavenworth
Hotel, a large, spacious building which sets pack a distance from the avenue, and is the
home of fifty or sixty officers. (This was formerly used as a hospital.) The Catholic Chapel,
a plain, substantial brick building, is still further to the west. Father Downey is pastor. A
number of comfortable officers’ residences are situated upon the north side of this thorough-
fare, called the ‘‘ West End.” The view of the reservation from this point is imposing and
picturesque. To the south is the extensive Government farm, teeming with grain—its pas-
ture lands covered with plump and hardy live-stock. Further to the west are billows of
thick foliage, while beyond all is the beautiful city of Leavenworth, conuected with the
charms of the fort by that broad highway, over which military wagons are slowly moving,
or gay equipages dashing back and forth. Passing the old barracks again, and verging to-
wards the northeast, the fine structure, known as the military prison, is reached. Guards
are pacing its wide, high walls, and seutinels are on duty atits gates. Here, almost for the
first time, the visitor is impressed with the idea that the hand of military discipline is iron-
bound, but he is relieved in spirit it he is fortunate enough to meet the genial governor
of the prison, Capt. Blunt. His residence adjoins the prison, overlooking a grand expanse of
the Missouri River, charming ravines, and in fact as romantic and beautiful a scene as can
be witnessed in the State. From this point the great iron bridge can be seen spanning the
river, Over it the Rock Island & Pacific enters the Reservation from the east. The Leav-
enworth, Atchison & Northwestern (controlled by the Missouri Pacific) also passes through
the Reservation from north to south, and the Kansas Central (narrow gauge) enters its
northeast corner, and runs in a northwesterly direction through the lower farm.

The principal features which go to make up Fort Leavenworth have been given, but
when it is stated that a news-stand, telenraph office, reading-room, post-office, and all the
other accompaniments of a city are found, it is unnecessary to say that the fort is a busy
locality as well as “a thing of beauty and a joy forever,” for weary denizens from the city.
It is, as stated, a complete and fascinating little village, where can be found the best of
society. A pecullar source of enjoyment are the concerts rendered by the fine military
band, in the summer season. Upon these occasions the beauty and the fashion of the city
and the fort crowd the beautiful avenues which wind through the grounds in all directions.
In the winter, parties, social hops and literary and musical entertainments serve to break
the monotony of village life. Fort Leavenworth is certainly the paradise of military life.

In concluding this brief description of Fort Leavenworth, lovers of its natural beauty
and of the charm of the surrounding country would consider it an ‘unpardonable sin” if
no reference were made to “Sheridan’s Drive.” The old Rialto road, north of the Fort,
Salt Creek valley and the broad Missouri—the grand sweep of country which one almost
feels more than sees as he passes along this beautiful drive, cannot but impress the fact up-
on his mind that it would be unpardonable to slight such beauty which has been so long at-
tached to Fort Leavenworth as one of its famous charms, ~ i

Fort Leavenworth is the headquarters of the Department of the Missouri, which in-
cludes the States of Missouri, Kansas, [Illinois and Colorado; the Territory of New Mexico
and the Indian Territory; Forts Elliott and Bliss, Texas, including the town of San Elizario,
on the Rio Grande, and that portion of Kl Paso County lving north of an east and west line
passing immediately south of San Elizario, Camp on Snake River, and Supply Depot at

awlin’s Station, Wyoming Territory. The Department is commanded by Major-Gen-
eral John Pope. The Department staff is as follows: Major E. R. Platt, adjutant general;
Major J. J. Coppinger, Tenth Infantry, acting assistant inspector general; Lieut.-Colonel
Judson D, Bingham, chief quartermaster; Major George Bell, chief commissary of subsist-
ence; Major D, L. Magruder, surgeon U. S. A., attending surgeon; Major W. R. Gibson,
paymaster U.S. A., chief paymaster, First Lieut. Thos. N. Bailey, corps of engineers. chief
engineer officer; Capt. D. M. Taylor, ordnance department, aide-de-camp; First Lieut. 8.
W. Groesbeck, Sixth Infantry, on duty in office of the judge-advocate of the department;
Capt. George Shorkley, Fifteenth Infantry, general instructor of musketry; First Lieut. W.
Cc. Manning, Twenty-third Infantry, acting general instructor of musketry, chief ordnance
officer and commanding ordnance depot; Second Lieut. Wm. A. Glassford, signal corps,
signal officer, and in charge of military telegraph lines of the department.

Fort Leavenworth Post and Military School._The post of Fort Leavenworth is in com-
mand of Col. Elwell S. Otis, of tae Twentieth Infantry, who also has charge of the School of
Application for Cavalry and Infantry. There are stationed at the post 526 enlisted men—tive
companies of infantry, four troops of cavalry and one light battery of artillery. In addition
to the permanently attached officers, one officer from each of the ten cavalry and twenty-
five infantry regiments of the United States army are atthe school of application. All
lieutenants form a part of the school, and are sent to Fort Leavenworth every two years.
The first class take a course in military and international law, Mahan’s outposts, field for-
tifications, Signaling and telegraphy, operations of war, etc., etc.; everything as taught by
the great military masters, The second class are drilled in the common branches, aud re-
ceive practical instruction in field fortifications, surveying. field and garrison duty.

The school is not established by law, but by order of the War Department and under
the general Congressional act authorizing such establishments. In 1881 Capt. Hall, of the
Nineteenth Infantry, erected the wing of the building now occupied. The new brick bar-
racks were also built. When the central building of the school structure is completed, it
will be occupied as the administration headquarters of the school and post.

In March, 1881, Congress appropriated $30,000 for the erection of the new barracks,
but as the lowest bid exceeded the appropriation, the erection of only one wing has thus far
been authorized, s :

To return again to the school. Although itis as yet something of an experiment, suc-
cess has so far attended the well directed labors of Col. Otis that it will probably become a
permanent, as it is already a valuable institution of the military service.

The Military Prison.—This is considered a post Independent of Fort Leavenworth, it be-
ing under the management of a governor who is responsible to the U.S. Prison Commis-
sioners. Capt. Asa P. Blunt, A. Q. M., U.S. A., is governor, -his accounts and work generally
being inspected every three months by Gen. Nelson H. Davis, on Gen. Phil. Sheridan's
statf. Capt. Blunt has held his present position about six years, and by his energy and fore-
sight has made Fort Leavenworth military prison a model institution of its kind.

The first buildings were erected in the winter of 1874-75, Major J. M. Robertson bein;
what was then known as commandant. After serving a year and a half he was steceeded
by the present incumbent. Capt. Blunt at once set about reforming the affairs of the in-
stitution, and inaugurated by congressional enactment, several regulations which evinced
the humane views which he took of what prison discipline should accomplish—not bumili-
ation, but reformation. Any prisoner now, by good behavior while in prison, can re-enlist
in the service of the United States, and is either transported free of charge to the post at
which be was last stationed, or toan equal distance in any direction from ¥ort Leaven-
worth. In addition, he is given a good suit of clothes and five dollarsin money. If he has
any valuables when he enters the prison they are held for safe keeping and returned to him
at the expiration of his term; orif he has money, and so desires, one dullar per month
is allowed him fortobacco. Ina word, itis the aim to, make prisoners feel that though they
are under strict discipline, they are men still, and entitled to manly and considerate treat-
ment. The result is that, as a rule, they do their work cheerfully and well. The amountof
money expended at Fort Leavenworth for labor is virtually nothing. With the exception
of the employment of a foreman to oversee work, the labor spent in the erection of the
prison buildings, up to the present time, has been accomplishea by the prisoners. The wall
of the prison, which encloses seven acres of ground, is from fifteer. to twenty-five feet high,
five and a half feet thick at the base, and two and a half at the top. At present (July, 1882),
465 men are in confinement, some employed in the improvement of the fort grounds, others
in the manufacture of boots and shoes, harness, brooms and barrack chairs. The needs of
the entire United States army are met, in these lines, by the labors of the Fort Leavenworth
military prison. For the year ending July 1, the prison turned out 30,000 pairs of boots,
35,000 pairs of shoes, and 30,000 brooms. For the coming year it is estimated that $250,000
worth of material will be manufactured into these several products. The Government ap-
propriation for the maintenance of the prison is $80,000. .

Ithough the buildings of the prison have been improved and enlarged almost continu-
ously since 1875, the inmates are so crowded for working and dwelling room that a three-
story brick building, 40x114 feet, is being constructed. It will be divided into dormitories
and shop rooms,
430

If the trite expression, ‘“ beehive of industry,’ could a; iti i

c : pply anywhere it is at the mili-

fary prison. Although industry and good behavior mean a chance for future advancement

an i o ariny, the most strict precautions are taken to guard the prisoners. Sentinels with

loa ed muskets, are pacing the walls and guarding the gates day and night. Of the 465
nates of the prison fully four-fifths are there for desortion and theft.

The present officers of the Military Prison are as follows: Brey. Col. A. P. Blunt,U. S. A.,
governor; J.P. Wright, U.S. A., surgeon; Capt. W. Badger, Sixth Infantry, executive offi-
cer; Rev. J. B. McCleery, U.S. A., chaplain; Lieut. D. M. Scott, First Infantry, provost
marsbaly uieut. J. W. Pope, Fifth Infantry, adjutant; Lieut. W.’P. Evans, Nineteenth In-

antry, Q. M. and A. A.C. S.; Actibe Assistant Surgeon, O. C. McNary.

Quartermaster’s Department.—Lieut.-Col. Judson D. Bingham is deputy quartermaster
general, and chief quartermaster of the Department of the Missouri. Maj. E. B. Grimes
is depot quartermaster Fort Leavenworth. An idea of the magnitude of the transastions
of the department, whose headquarters are here, may be obtained from the last report made
to Q. M, Gen. M. C. Meigs. There then remained on hand nearly 2,500 army wa: ‘ons, 13,000
wagon harnesses and 4,000 ambulance harnesses. Of the 1,438 cavalry and arti lery horses
purchased in the severa) military departments and depots at a total cost of $179.926.71, 494
were purchased in the department of the Missouri. During the year 100 mules were
purchased at a total cost of $13,500, and 273 horses and 157 mules sold for $13,068.66.

There were manufactured at the prisonduring the year on account of clothing and
equipage, 34,163 pairs boots, 25,944 pairs shoes, 1,656 barrack chairs, and 4,356 corn
brooms. The materials purchased by the Quartermaster’s Department cost $137,676.04;
the civilian labor, paid by the Quartermaster’s Department, cost $3,800; royalty on ma-
chines, paid by the Quartermaster’s Department, $302.49; value of prison labor, $7,975.20.
The average cost of prison labor in making a pair of shoes is 8 cents per pair, of boots 16
cents per pair, of chairs 19 cents each, and of brooms 4 cents each.

The average cost of boots to the department is $2.90 per pair; of shoes, $1.85 per pair;
of chairs, $1.22 each, and of brooms, 16 cents each. The last prices of boots and shoes
puronased by contract after advertisement were, boots $2.37 cents per pair, and shoes
$1.86 per pair. The materials from which the boots and shoes were made were purchased
at the Philadelphia depot of the Quartermaster’s Department, under contract, after adver-
tisement, inspected at that depot by experienced officers and inspectors, and shipped, as
fast_as received, to the Leavenworth prison. The leather purchased under these contracts
has been of unexceptional quality.

«Lhe Subsistence Department, one of the most important branches of the service, occu-
piss the large stone building on the east side, and is in charge of Gen. George Bell, Chief

‘ommissary. This office makes all purchases for the department, except the stores sent
from the East by officers under the direction of the Commissary Gieneral. These have to
be weighed and carefully examined by the department here. Requisitions from all the
different posts in the Department of the Missouri for necessary stores also pass through
the hands of the officers here, and orders tor making shipments are then issued. The sup-
ply is generally limited totwo or three months, The annual shipments of rations to the
“boys in blue” in the Department of the Missouri amount to about 8,000,000 pounds per
year. Itis no wonder that the Subsistence Department is a busy one.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

mob—called the ‘‘ Kickapoo Rangers.” The material of the office was thrown into the Mis-
souri River. :

The Leavenworth Journal, a Pro-slavery paper, but rather conservative in its views, was
started in the spring of 1856. Col. S. 8. Goode was the editor and proprietor, and was suc-
ceeded by “* yack ” Henderson. In the spring of 1858, Hutchison & Campbell leased the
establishment of John A. Halderman, to whom it had descended in satisfaction of indebt-
edness incurred. They published a daily edition for nearly a year, with indifferent success,
when the building in which it was published fell, “ pieing * the type, and destroying most of
the other materials. A Tew numbers were subsequently issued at the Times office, when the
Journal finally suspended. k

Gen, W. George McLane, an enthusiastic admirer of Marc Parrott, “the silver-tongued_
orator of Kansas,” during the latter part of 1854, prepared an article for Gen. Eastin’s Herald,
eulogistic of Mr. Parrott and urging his selection as a delegate to Congress. The editor of
the Herald refused to publish it, which so nettled Gen. McLane that he determined to have

a paper of his own, and shortly after sent forth Young America. 7
n September 1, 1857, it was succeeded by the Datly Ledger, the first regular daily pub-
lished west of St. Louis. It suspended in July, 1859. Gen. McLane died in Leadville,in 1880.
The Evening Register, a Republican daily, was started by Delahay & Dugger, in August,
1859. It was afterward issued by bu fer B1One Its existence was precarious, and after
several temporary suspensions, it died in C 7
Lanvanianeel: Timer. The Times of to-day is the result of the consolidation of three
newspapers with the original journal, the first number of which was issued March 7, 1857,
from the third story of a stone building on Delaware street. It was originally controlled by
a joint stock company, and was edited by Robert Crozier, afterward Chief Justice of the
State Supreme Court, dnd now Judge of the First District, After six months, the establish-
ment passed into the hands of Col. J. C, Vaughan and his son, Champion. ‘The daily first
made tts appearance February 15, 1858. Subsequently, J. Kemp Bartlett became a partner
with Col. Vaughan, Mr. Bartlett finally became sole proprietor, and conducted the paper
three years. fn October, 1863, Thomas Carney became the proprietor, In the meantime—
January 28, 1861—D. R. Anthony had established the Leavenworth Conserving with D.
W. Wilder as editor. Besides these gentlemen, Messrs. Matthew Weightman, George F,
Prescott, George C, Hume and Henry Buckingham were interested in the paper. The ma-
terial for the paper was bought by Mr. Anthony, who, during the following autumn, entered
the United States service, sold out his interest to Mr. Wilder, and became known henceforth
as Col. Anthony. Previous to September, 1868, the Conservative, an uncompromising, radical
sheet,was managed by Wilder & Weightman, Insley (M.H.) & Wright (JohnW.) and Wilder &
Wright, The Times, ast.unch Free-state and Repubiican paper from its foundation, was ab-
sorbed by theConservative during that month, the firm having become Wilder & Sleeper (H.S.)
in August. The new paper took the name Times and Conservative, but soon dropped the latter
appellation, its proprietors doubtless considering ita misnomer. The Evening Bulletin (Re-
publican) had been established since September 18, 1862. but succumbed to the absorbing
genius of the Times in November, 1871. Col. Anthony had purchased and published the Bul-
letin from September, 1864, until August 1865. As stated, six years later he obtained posses-
sion of it again, and consolidated it with the Times. The Leavenworth Commercial, a Demo-

COMPARISON OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS IN REGARD TO "EXTENT OF TERRITORY, TROOPS SUPPLIED,
NUMBER OF PERMANENT POSTS, OF COMPANIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, ON JANUARY 1, 1882.

 

 

 

 

   
  

 

| DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC. DIVISION OF THE ATLANTIC. TOTAL.
Dept. of Dept. Dept of Dept. Dept. Dept. Dept. Dept. of Dept. of Grand Total
the of the of Total. oO of of Total. the e Total. of Companies
Missouri. | Dakota. Platte. Texas, California.) Columbia. | Arizona. East. South. & Organizations.
Square Miles...............00,00s000 05 | 501,104 | 378,208 | 288.354 | 274,356 | 1,442,022 217,500 225,368 151,916 594,784 426,922 471,153 898,075
Number of permanent Mil. Posts... | 27 22 17 10 76 10 ll 12 33 18 7 25
Companies of Artillery 1 1 2 11 35 13 48 60
” » Cavalry 27 23 23 23 96 4 8 12 24 120
os 1». Infantr. 63 69 29 39 2u0 10 20 10 40 10 10 250
Prison-guard, 100 me 2 2 2
Total Companies .. 93, 92 52 62 299 23 30 22 75 45 13 58 432
Regimental Headq 2 . 8 9 5 6 28 3 3 2 8 4 4 40
General Prisoners (Mil. Prison).... 400

 

 

 

 

 

Longest Line of Railroad transportation, 1154 miles, in Department of the Missouri.
Longest Line of Wagon transportation, 180 miles, in Department of the Missouri.
Extent of territory of Department of the Missouri, greater than any other.

Number of troops in Department of the Missouri, about one-fifth of entire army—far greater than either Divisions of Atlantic or Pacific.

THE PRESS.

The Kansas Herald was the first paper printed in Leavenworth or in the Territory. It
was owned and published by William H. Adams. When, during the early part of Septem-
ber, 1854, he found himself ready to inaugurate the enterprise, not a single building could
beobtained upon the present site of Leavenworth to accommodate him. The ground was
thickly covered with timber and underbrush, and not a single structure appeared to give
shelter to the Herald. The proprietor, however, who was about to erect a building on the
Levee, just east of Delaware street, was notd scouraged, but placiug his “cases” in the
shade of the ‘“‘old elm tree,” near the corner of Cherokee and the Levee, he commenced
puttin
Herald was issued September 15,1854. In form the paper was a six column folto, “$2 in
advance.” Init Lewis N, Rees advertised his dry goods and groceries, corner of Broadwa.,
and the Levee; William J. Osborn, Bird & Miller, C. C. Andrews, A. W. Hazelrigg, A.J.
Whitney, C. W. Babcock, B. H. Twombiy, C. McCrea, as lawyers; John Harvey Day, M.
D., as a physician, and Samuel M. Lyon, as a house joiner aud carpenter. Mr, Osborn had
his office in the “editorial room” of the Herald, that was to be, and was interested in the
paper, but was financially a cipher. The next number of the Herald was issued on the
22ud, from the new building which Mr. Adams had erected, the first in Leavenworth.
Charles Leib, M. D., the first physician, had located for practice in “the big tent’? north of
the big elm tree. Butalthough the Herald puuiding. proudly raised its roof as the pioneer
structure of Leavenworth, its office even when fairly occupied was not a paradise of neat-
ness and order, as will appear from the following, which was written a few weeks after the
jegulng: of its first number, by a gentleman from Baton Rouge, La., who visited the estab-

shment ;

“A visit to the printing office afforded arich treat. On entering the first room on the
right hand, three law ‘shingles’ were on the door; on one side was a rich bed, French blank-
ets, sheets, table cloths, shirts, cloaks and rugs, all together; on the wall hung hams, maps,
venison and rich engravings, onions, portraits aud boots; on the floor were a side of bacon
carved to the bone, corn and potatoes, stationery and books; on a nice dressing case stood
a wooden tray half full of dough, while crockery vecupled the processloas desk. Ina
room on the left, the sanctum, the housewife, cook and editor livedin glortous Hunley: one
person. He was seated on a stool, with paper before him ona piece of plank, writing a
vigorous knockdown to an article inthe Kickapoo Ploneer, a paper of a rival city. The
cook-stove was at his left, aud tin kettles all arouud; the cora cake was ‘a-doing,’ and in-
stead Of scratching his head for an idea, as editors often dv, he turned the cake and went
ahead.

About six weeks after the first publication of the Herald, Mr. Osborn. retired from
any connection with the paper, and Gen. Lucien J. Eastin became editor and part proprietor
with Mr. Adams. He afterward obtained entire control, The Herald was Pro-slavery to
the core, and Gen. Eastin associated with himself, in 1855, a fiery young Virginian named
H. Rives Pollard, who afterward figured as the historian of the “Southern Confederacy.”
Early in. 1859, William H. Gill, military stove Keeper at Fort Leavenworth, purchased an
interest in the paper, and became its editor, a daily edition being established May 17, of
that year. Ward Burlingame was also a writer on the paper. The political policy of the
Herald was greatly modified under Mr. Gill’s management, and it supported the nomina-
tion of Mr. Douglas vigorously. During the following year the paper fell into the hands of
William P. Fain who had been United States Marshal at a former period, Its financial status
had become mucu impaired by this time, and the Herald was not prosperous under its new
management. Inthe fallof 1860, Messrs. R. C. Satterlee. B, R. Wilson (now of the Oska-
loosa Sickle), and C, W. Helm, assumed the management of the paper, Mr. Helm being the
editor. June 13th of the next year, Mr. Satteriee was shot and killed by Col. Anthony.
The paper lingered a few days longer and expired, the last number being dated June

1861.
ue Lhe Territorial Register was started in March, 1855, by Sevier & Delahay: the latter was
afterward appointed United States District Judge by President Lincoln. Delahay was the
editor, and ts Register was strongly Free-state, but with conservative tendencies, On the
night of December 22, 1855, it was destroyed by a quasi military organization—in fact, a

his “airy and commodious” office in order, and here the first number of the Kansas |

cratic paper, was established October 3, 1866, and purchased by Col. Anthony, January 1,
1816, e ran it as an evening edition, for a few months, then merged it regularly with the
Times.

The Times is a finely printed eight-column folio sheet, staunchly Republican in polities.
It is a political power in the State, and yet isa newspaper in the true sense of the word. Its
news, whether local, county, State, or national, is always fresh, and presented in a pithy,
readable shape; its Ady ereising list is a conclusive proof of its financial prosperity. Attached
to the newspaper is a large an wellsmanaged job-office. For enterprise and a solid finan-
cial basis, the Times has no superior in the State. ‘

The Times building, a fine brick SETUCUIne, 48x110 feet, three stories and basement, is
one of the best equipped printing houses west of St, Louis. On the first floor is the counting
room, private office and library of Col. Authony, stock room and a nicely arranged reading
room, Onthe second floor are the editorial and composing rooms. The building is two
stories on Main street, three stories and basement onthe Levee. The basement proper is
occupied as an engineroom. On the next floor are the book and job office, printing presses,
folding machine, ete., ete.

The Leavenworth Stand ud, daily and weekly,was establishedin January, 1870, at th
city of Lawrence, by a stock company, of which Wilson Shannon was president. In 1873,
the establishment passed into the hands of D. T. Mitchell. F. J. Skiff became proprietor in
1876, and Major K. G. Ross, editor. The next year Mr, Ross became sole proprietor, and
in October, 1880, associated with himself his two sous—Arthur and Pitt. The Standard
was then removed to Leavenworth, andin February a stock company was formed consist-
ing of the following Board of Directors: T. A. Hurd, president; J. . Crancer, treasurer;
E.G. Ross, editor; J. F. Richards, B.C. Clark, S. F. Neely; R. A. Ketner, secretary and
business manager. The Standard is an eight-column folio sheet, and an uncompromising’
Democratic journal. Its editor, Major E. G. Ross, is one of the veteran journalists of the West.
He was born December 7, 1826, at Ashland, Ohio. Asa bare-headed, bare-footed boy, he
commenced to learn pho REntors trade in Huron, Ohio. In 1856, Mr. Ross came to Topeka,
and in connection with W. W. Ross published the Kansas Tribune for two years. In 1856,
they established the State Record, which was sold in 1862, when E. G. Russ enlisted in the
army. Being discharged in 1865, Major Ross was appointed United States Senator, and at
the end of his term in 1871, started Ross’ Paper, at Coffeyville. In 1873, he became editor
of the Spirit of Kansas, and in 1875 of the Standard. The Standard is now edited by H.C.
Rarngth ees Tillotson, manager. Major E.G. Ross is editing a paper in Albuquerque,

ew Mexico.

The Press, a daily evening Republican paper, was established April 2,187%. H.B.
Horn, editor; Fred. J. Wendell, business manager. In July, 1878, Mr. Wendell withdrew,
and Mr. Horn became the proprietor. Charles H. Miller purchased the paper in October,
1878,Jbut sold the same year to Jos. Clark and H. M. Aller, The latter became sole owner in
the spring of 1882; Charles Tillotson business manager. The daily is 24x36 inches in size,
the weekly 28x44. Politics, stalwart Republican,

The Kansas Freie Presse was established in 1868, by Major John Haeberlein, this
journal being a continuation, virtually of the Leavenworth Zeitung and the Kansas Zeitung,
the former being founded by Fritz Beaunhold, in 1858. The Presse was conducted by
Major Haeberlein and his sons (Haeberlein Brothers) until 1881, when an association was
formed. Chris. Schubert became, and ts now, the business manager of the paper, and
Lorenz Rohr, one of the ablest German journalists of the West, its editor. The Presse Is
recognized as one of the most influential and outspoken papers in the West, and stands in
the front rank of the German newspapers of the country. The daily issue is a seven-column
folio, and the weekly edition an eight-column. Connected with the paper is a complete
German and English job office,

The Workingman's Friend. This is the largest Greenback-labor newspaper in Kansas,
and was established by James W. Remington in 1877. Lt was endorsed, at the time, by an
organization of workingmen, embracing some 500, In the city of Leavenworth. The

aper has been enlarged and improved until it ils now one of the most successful weeklies
nthe State. During the time thatthe Workingman’s Friend has been in existence it has
absorbed six other weeklies, opponents of the cause which it champions, and is therefore a
first-class advertising medium, Although Mr. Remington is yet a young man, only thirty-
LEAYENWORTH COUNTY.

three years of age, he is an old citizen of Kansas, having first visit
there were but eight or ten upright houses ou its site” This was in oe ee nae

CHARITABLE AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS.

State Penitentiary.—On a beautiful fifty-acre tract of land, abou
city, is the State penitentiary. Itis upon % high and danumedtin Site taapteseiee Uale
itor as he approaches its massive walls, as both an imposing and graceful structure.
Entering the beautifully improved prison yard through a high doorway he enters the cen-
tral building, which occupies a position between the cell houses, and contains offices, living
rooms and dormitories. Itis four stories high, 60x83 feet, and like the two cell houses ad-
joining it, is built of a very fine quality of sandstone. The cell houses are each 250x50 feet,
containing each 344 cells, 7x4x7% feet. All other buildings are of brick.
‘he first work done in erecting the prison was in 1864, and consisted only of the founda-
tlon walls of the north wing. Work was again resumed permanently in the late fall of 1866
and continued until the present, At the close of the fiscal year building and furnishings will
be all completed, at a cost of $568,635.81. All other expenditures, $1,276,696.53, making a
total expenditure from its commencement to the close of this fiseal’ year (June 30, 1882),
oe Pee o ne eos ape wren Was rst oscupled July 11,1868. The prison yard, contain-
8. ngs, contains ten acres, ani r
peek Wich and seven a a nate eet thick at base. i aieenonan tami Satie tae 7
risoners have heretofore been employed upon the work of erecting prison buildings

putting in cells, ete. Their labor in this direction isatan end. But they are em nea ee
sides in the manufacture of farm and spring wagons and implements, in the making of bug-
gies and carriages, men’s boots and shoes, and women’s shoes, in the manufacture of marbi
mantels and monuments, work required in the care and maintenance of the prison inmates,
and (most important of all), in the mining of coal, The work of sinking the coal shaft com-
menced November 26, 1879, and the mineral was reached January 18, 1881. The total cost
up to July 1, 1882, including the sinking of shaft and operating expenses was $43,671, and
the value of the product $41,951. Up to June 30, 1882, there have been mined 584,304 bush-
els of coal. The State penitentiary is now self sustaining, which is the first time that this
statement could have been truthfully made in its history, and this state of affairs has been
brought about by the very successful working of the coal mines under Major Hopkins’
m ement, Thecash earnings for the fiscal year, 1882, were $89,543.94; value of coal
furnished State institutions at seven cents per bushel, $12,691.31; value of improvements,
$18,467.25. Total, $120,702.50. The ageregate expenditures for all purposes were, $120, -
045.99, joaving a balance for 1882 of $656.51. The item given above—“ value of improve-
ments, $18,467.25 "—does not include any work done for the State, except on improvement
and repairs, and therefore excludes from the sum total of receipts, the daily earnings of 100
men. The total number of persons who have been convicted and served sentences in the
prison from January 1, 1867, to June 1, 1882, is 3,008. The number discharged, etc., dur-
ing that period, 2,323, leaving in confinement June 1, 1882, 685. The total number of
deaths in the prison from alt causes during the period of fifteen ‘and one-half years has been
fifty-seven, or a little less than one and nine-tenths Pet cent. The system observed inthe
penitentiary requires that each prisoner must don the regulation striped clothing and then
be shaved by the State barber. Hethenis instrugted as to the rules and regulations of the
place, and his cell is furnished with necessary articles of furniture, to which the prisoner
may add others when he has earned the money by actual labor. Cleanliness is enforced,
and there is no communication allowed between prisoners. The penitentiary has a fine
Worary, and prisoners may purchase books which are approved by the authorities. Those
capable of learning a trade are assisted in that direction, During the year the working
hours average nine anda half daily,and during the six winter months from sunrise to sunset.
For violations of the prison discipline prisoners are punished by deprivation of the privileges
of the library, writing and receiving letters to and from friends,work on bread and water,
close confinement in their cells on bread and water once a day, and, in extreme cases only,
the blind cell on bread and water is resorted to. The State penitentiary is under the im-
mediate supervision of a warden, whose accounts are examined every month. Montbly
settlements are made with the State. The three State prison directors (uly 1882), are: H.
E, Richter, Council Grove, Morris County; W. W. Guthrie. Atchison; J.S. Waters, Oswego,
Labette County. -Major Henry Hopkins, one of the most skilled reformatory officers in the
country, has been warden of the State penitentiary since 1870. A. McGahey is chief clerk;
Rev. A. B. Campbell, chaplain; W. B. Carpenter, physician. Since the institution of the
State penitentiary the wardens and deputy wardens in office have been as follows: War-
dens, Geo. H. Keller, March 12, 1867, to March, 1868; J. L. Philbrick, 1868-70; Heury
Hopkins, 1870-1882. Deputy wardens, Henry Hopkins, March 12, 1867, to March, 1870;
Gideon Armstrong, 1870-71; John Johnson, 1871-73; C.J. Hanks, 1873-77; 8. K. Cross,
1877-81; John Johnston, May, 1881-82.

The Kansas Orphan Asylum.—In the year 1866 the Protestant Orphan Asylum and
Home for Friendless Children was organized as a private charitable institution for the city
and county of Leavenworth. It was located on a beautiful plat of ground containing five
acres, on South Broadway, a little over a mile from the heart of the city. The original cost
of the land, including the buildings thereon, amouuted to $4,000. Thisoutlay, as well as its
support since, has been met and fully provided for by contributions from the business men
of the city, and the proceeds of charitable entertainments and donations given for its ben-
efit by the citizens of Leavenworth. For one year, the asylum had only the right to receive
and dispose of children under the law relating to apprentices; sacle this time many ap-
plications were received from parties desirous of taking children by adoption. To give
the Trustees this power, further legislation was necessary. On February 2, 1867, in answer
to an application, this privilege was Branted. The frequent and pressing applications for
the admission of children from different parts of the State (there being no other Prot-
estant Institution of the kind in the State) impressed upon the Board of Trustees the neces -
sity of extending their work and thereby further promoting the usefulness of the institu-
tion; with that end in view an application was made to the Legislature in 1871 for an
appropriation for the purpose of erecting buildings adequate to the growing wants of the
State. Upon this application $2,500 was received; not deeming this sum sufficient, it was
prudently placed on interest until it could be increased to an amount adequate to carry out
the desired purpose. The necessity of a new and larger building becoming imperative, the
Board of Trustees were induced to again make application to the Legislature in 1874, and
$7,000 was received from this application. This, with the $2,500 previously contributed
by the State, was invested in acommodious and substantial building, with a present ca-
pacity of accommodating forty children. 2

In pursuance of the agreement under which the asylum accepted the grant of 1874, the
name of the instution was changed to the Kansas Orphan Asylum, and the management
bound themselves to receive children from all counties in the State upon. the same terms
as governed them as alocal organization. Accordingly in January, 1877, an amendment
tothe constitution was adopted giving the Board of Trustees power to organize auxiliary
societies throughout the State. Since that time some sixty societies have been formed
throughout the State. “ i ¥

In 1879 the asylum received $5,000 from the State, which was also applied to the im-
provement of the building and grounds, making a total of about $16,000 which has been
so expended, The property is located on Pennsylvania avenue, corner of Broadway, the
land being donated by the citizens of Leavenworth. The building is a fine three-story
brick edifice, with mansard roof and tower, and presents a substantial and imposing ap-
pearance. Until the winter of 1881 and ’82 the running expenses of the asylum were
cheerfully met by generous patrons of the institution, At tuat time, however, the Legisla-
ture passed a bill granting for that purpose $200 per month for two years. The asylum is
now (July, 1882,) free ot debt and sheltering thirty-eight orphans, half orphans, destitute
and dependent children—an increase of ten over the previous year. 7 :

Say the Board of Trustees in their annual report for the year 1882: “At our last anni-
versary there were 28 children remaining in the asylum; 64 have been received, making a
total of 92 cared for during the year, 48 boys and 44 girls; placed in homes, 20; by adop-
tion, 8; agreement, 12; returned to friends, 31; died, 1; lett without permission, 1; sent to
Reform School, 1; remaining in the asylum, 38.” It may be remarked here that the Board
of Trustees and other officers of the asylum have never received compensation for their
services. The institution is one for which the best people of Leavenworth have labored
long aud faithfully, and the encouraging result of their labors is now returning tothem. |

Present officers: Rev. J. McCleery, president; Mrs. Thomas Carney, vice-presi-
dent; John Wilson, treasurers Mrs,’ as OO ern ieee! Mrs. G. W. Nelles,
corresponding secretary. rs. J. Ho inson is the matron + ;

The Orphans’ Priond, a@ paper published in connection with the asylum, has entered its
fourth volume, and is doing much to advance the good work. It alreidy has a circulation
of 3, opies. Z

Bune forthe Friendless.—This institution was organized in 1868. In 1870 a charter
was secured, also an appropriation of $10,000 from the Legislature for a building, and
$2,000 from the city of Leavenworth for a site. Later, after the care of children became a
specialty, the citizens contributed the funds for the erection of the building known as the
“Cottage,” and have always given largely for the support of the work. The object of the
institution is three-fold. First—To afford temporary shelter for sick and destitute women
and children, Second—To aid women in securing situations where they can become self-

members of society,and to place the children in Christian homes.
supporting and respectable e *
Third—To bring to bear upon all inmates the best influences at_ command, that they may
go forth better instructed and fortified for the work of life. While this is not regularly a
home for the aged, quite a number of old ladies have been cared for with tender solicitude.
In 1879 such success attended the labors of the home management that a $6,000 appropri-
ation was obtained from the Legislature and applied towards the erection of an additional
building. Up to 1880 no money had been received from the State Lo support a constantly
increasing family, which had numbered in the aggregate about 2,000 individuals. During
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and be applied to current expenses. As it at present stands, the building is a tastefully con”
structed edifice, standing upon nicely improved grounds on Marshall street. It is of brick»
stone trimmings, three stories, busement and tower, with a front of sixty-three feet. The
cottage, noticed above, igs used for the care of small children. Although but $16,000 has
been expended on the building, it was at atime when labour and material were low, and
$25,000 is nearer the value of the property to-day. The management of the home isin the
hands and hearts of energetic, benevolent ladies, selected from all the Protestant churches
of the city, its officers for 1882 being as follows: Mrs. C. H. Cushing, president; Mrs. E.
Mayo and Mrs. C. B. Brace, vice-presidents; Mrs. J, L. Hunting, treasurer; Mrs, Rosa At-
wood, recording secretary; Mrs. A, Lake, corresponding secretary; Miss Mary E. Dunkle,
matron; Eliza K. Morgan, M.D., physician. At present (July, 1882) the inmates number
about seventy. During the year 1881-82 there were received into the home 244 persons, of
whom four wereaged women. The figures speak for themselves. Like actions, of which
they are the indices, they speak louder than mere words of praise. To aid in this charita—-
ble work the Home Record, a neat little four column folio sheet, was estavlished in 1872. It
has been conducted from the first by Mrs, C. H. Cushing, and to her energy and business
tact is largely due the fact that the paper has already reached a circulation of 5,800 copies. The
press has also been brought into play in another particular to carry on the good work. The
“Kansas Home Cook Book” published by the Board of Managers in 1874, has not only
brought a handsome income to the institution, but has obtained a well deserved reputation
for “truth and veracity ” among the actual and the would-be housekeepers of the State.

CHURCHES,

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.—The building, a magnificent brick structure,
corner of Fifth and Kiowa streets, is one of the largest church edifices west of St. Lonis,
and looms ap with its two towers as a prominent landmark of the city. It was erected in
1863 at a cost of $150,000. Adjoining it isthe palace of the Bishop. erected during the
same year. The present value of the property is $200,000. ‘The first mass in Leavenworth
was said in 1854 by Bishop Meige, at the house of a Mrs. Quinn, who is still an honored
member of the church. The diocese had been established in 1851, and in March of that
year the Bishop was consecrated for missionary labors among the Indians. In 1855 the old
cathedral was built where Father McCune’s new parochial school now stands. In 1857 a
priest’s house was built. Father Heimann was the first pastor at the cathedral, and offici-
ated until 1864, being assisted by Rev. James DeFouri and the Jesuit Fathers, Then came
the following clergy, each one of whom held the pastorate from one to three years: Rev.
Paul Ponsiglioni, S. J.; Rev. Father Coghlan, S. J.; Rev. Father Corbett, S. J.;
Rey. Father Shultz, S. J.; Rev. Father Panken, S. J.; Rev. Ambrose Butler, Rev. Wil-
liam Fitzgerald; Rev. James DeFouri, V. G.; Rev. James O’Reilly, Rev. John
B. McCune, and at present, Very Rev. John Cunningham; Rt. Rev. John B.
Meige remained bishop of the diocese from 1853 to 1874. Rt. Rev. Louis M.
Fink was appointed Coadjutor Bishop in 1871, and succeeded Bishop Meige in 1874.
‘The membership of the Cathedral congregation is placed at 4,000 souls. Strong missions
have been established throughout the county, at Fort Leavenworth, Rev, Thomas Downey,
pastor; Hoge P. O., Rev. Michael Brown, pastor; Epiphany Church (colored), Rev. M.
Huhn, pastor; Kickapoo, Rev. Louis Guenther, pastor, and at Easton, Rev. B. Vanderlage,
pastor. St. John’s Hospital, corner of Kiowa and Seventh streets, and the St. Vincent Or-
phan Asylum, on Kickapoo street, between Fifth and Sixth, are both conducted by the

isters of Charity. The St. John’s Hospital building, as originally constructed, was a very
modest structure. But it was enlarged and improved about two years ago, until it is now
quite imposing and entirely comfortable. At present (July, 1882, ) it has forty inmates, who
are carefully watched and nursed by eight Sisters of Charity. One year after the hospital
was established the charitable field of the diocese was further enlarged by the founding of
the St. Vincent Orphan Asylum. The six Sisters of Charity who conduct this institution
make a home for sixty orphans. -

In November, 1858, a day and boarding school for girls was opened on the north side of
Kickapoo St., and a boys’ school in connection with the cathedral. The former continued for
ten years in charge of the Sisters of Charity, when the boarding school was discontinued and
the erection of Mount St. Mary’s Aoadeiny: Delaware Township, commenced. It was oc-
cupied in 1870, the day school for girls still continuing. The school for boys continued to
be occupied until the structure now building near the cathedral was commenced.

St. Joseph’s (German Catholic) Church was established in 1857. Its building was first
occupied on the first Sunday of July, 1859. The corner stone of the present magnificent
structure, corner of Broadway and Miami, was laid in 1868, and the church was conse-
crated June 17, 1871. Its cost was $45,000, The property is now one of the most valuable
pieces of improved real estate in the city. The priest’s house is a solidly constructed brick
structure, adjoining the church to the east. he two school buildings built of wood, are
situated to the west. The parochial school was first opened in 1860, Father Guenther, the
present priest in charge of St. Joseph’s Church, being the teacher. The boys’ school is now
in charge of [gnatius [nkman and two Sisters of Charity. The building occupied by the
boys is the structure originally erected forthe church. The daily attendance of both boys
and girls is about 160. The membership of the church is 1,000 souls. This vatuable church
property was deeded by the Bishop to the order of Carmelite Fathers, and is, legally speak-
ing, held by them in trust for the Catholic Church. Father Casimir, 0. S. B., remained in
charge of the church from-1857 to 1860; Father Fish from 1860 to 1863, having Father
Aloys Meyer as his assistant; Father A. Kuhlis from _1863 to 1864. The Carmelite Fathers
then commenced their administration, so to speak, Father Cyril Kroll being the priest in
charge from 1864 to 1866; Father Albert Heiman from 1866 to 1871, and Father L. Guenther
from the latter year to the present time.

First Methodist Episcopal Ohurch.—The first sermon delivered in Leavenworth County,
was preached by Rev. W. G, Caples, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It
was upon the occasion of a sortof out-door meeting held near where the Leavenworth
company’s coal shaft is now located, and was delivered October 8, 1854. No regular organiza-
tion was etfected until 1857. Occasional services were held, however, until 1856. Rev. W. Butt,
of Indiana, preached during a portion of that year, but was fairly driven out of town by
the Pro-slavery element. e was so fearful of his life that he hid a long time in a hazel
brush before he dared to leave. Allthe Methodists were scattered abroad, at this time, It
was not until May, 1857, that George H. Weaver, then one of the staunchest members of
the society, and now deceased, obtained a charter froin the Legislature providing fora
regular church organization. Rey. William Butt was presiding elder of the district and
Rev. M. M. Harm was called to the pastorate. The first quarterly meeting was held in the
little church on Miami street, in May, 1857, and the following Trustees elected: George H.
Weaver, Elijah Hughes, Jacob Sandes, Jerome B. Odell, Rufus Newland, J. C. Applegate,
Joseph Evans, The building committee chosen consisted of Elijah Hughes, George H.
Weaver, Jaeob Sandes; Board of Stewards, J. B. Odell, Elijah Hughes, Jacob Sandes, George
H. Weaver, Morris Roberts and Rufus Newland. The Sunday school was organized on
May _ 31, 1857, and George H. Weaver was elected superintendent, in which position he
continued for seveu years. Rev. James Shaw was presiding elder of the district in 1858,
and Rev. H. D. Fisher, pastor of the church. Mr. Fisher continued in charge until 1861
It was chiefly through his energy and perseverance that the present church edifice on Fifth
street was erected. Tue basement was occupied in December, 1859, the audience room be-
ing completed in 1861. Tae church was dedicated during the succeeding year. Rev. G.
W. Paddock. who succeeded Rev. H. D. Fishec in 1861, remained pastor until 1863. In
January of that year he was succeeded by Rev. D. P. Mitchell, who continued until March,
1866, when Rev. A. B. Leonard assumed the pastorate. Rev. W. K. Marshall assumed
charge of the church in the spring of 1868, and gave place in turn to Rev. John J. Thomp-
son two years thereafter. In March, 1873, Rev, T. F. Houts succeeded Mr. Thompson, con-
tinuing with the church until the fall of 1875, when Rev. Thomas H. Phillips became
pater: Rev. William Smnith was called to the charge in March of the next year, Rev. J. R.

adison in March, 1879, and Rev. A. E, Higgens during March 1881. The church building,
corner of Fifth and Choctaw streets, was erected iu 1860, during the pastorate of Rev.
H. D. Fisher, This property is valued at $12,000, which with the parsonage ($8,000)
would make the total value of the church property $20,000. The present membership of
the church is 260, of the Sunday school about 200. Officers of the church: Stewards, Will-
iam Dill, H.C. Fields, Robert McGinity, George A. King, George H. Weaver, Alfred Lake,
John Butt,’ Daniel Easton, J.S. Harker; Trustees, Willlam Fairchild, William Dill, I. N:
Mitchell, J. B. Insley, Charles Franke, C. B. Pierce and James McGee.

The First Presbyterian Church was organized January 1, 1856, and was the first white
Presbyterian organization in the State. Bxcept the Southern Methodist Church, it was the
first religious organization in the city. Rev. C.'D. Martin,-a home missionary sent out from
Philadelphia, presided at the birth, and the following were the first members: George I.
Park, Sarab Park,’John I. Moore, Jane Moore, R, R, Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth A. Kirkpatrick,
Margaret Doyle, John D, Ross and Auley McAuley.

Rev, A. W. Pitzer, of Danville Seminary, was the first elected pastor, the call being
voted May 19, 1857. He accepted and began work at once.

The first church edifice was begun on Miami street, between Sixth and Seventh, in June,
1857, and in July was dedicated to the service of God, by the Rev. J. G. Fackler, of Lib-
erty, Mo.
eho Sabbath-school was organized August 23, 1857, with six teachers and eighteen
olars.

Rev. Mr, Pitzer was ordained to the Gospel ministry, in January, 1858, and remained
astor of the church ‘until 1861. He then resigned, to cast his fortunes with the South,
rom that time until 1863, the church was without any regular pastor, and in avery feeble

condition. But on January 1, 1863, Rev. William A. Starrett became stated supply, aud so
remained for six months. He then left the little church asa flock without a shepherd. But
on August 6, 1863, the Rev. George S. Woodward, of Parkville, Mo., was unanimously
chosen pastor. He accepted and entered at once upon his labors. Under the guidance of
this pastor, the church, by the blessing of God, began a course of great spiritual and tempo-
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ral prosperity. Large numbers were added to its membership, It freed itself from debt and
Ook its place as one of the leading churches of the city. *

February 4, 1867, a proposition from the Westminster Presbyterian Church, of Leaven-
worthy to unite, was accepted. and on March 5, 1867, the union was consummated.

December 18, 1867, the Rev. George S. Woodward was compelled by failing health to
resign his pastorate. It was very reluctantly accepted. December 30, 1867, the union of
Gre wo churches was broken, and the Presbytery of Topeka again placed them as separate

The original First Presbyterian Chureh resumed its former status in Odd Fellows’ Hall,
and on February 23, 1868, éxtended a call to the Rev. William L. Green, of Chenoa, Iil., to
become its pastor. The call was accepted, and Mr, Green_was installed pastor, May 24,
1868. He served the church with great acceptance until October 21, 1869, when feeble
health compelled his resignation. :

January 23, 1870, Rev. William R. Brown, of Georgetown, Ky., became pastor, and so
continued until January 27, 1873, when his health also forced a resignation, which was very
reluctantly accepted.

During Mr, Brown’s pastorate, the present beautiful and commodious edifice on Dela-
ware street was built, and dedicated October 22, 1871. Its cost, includin round: was in
the neighborhood of.$20,000. After Mr. Brown's resignation, the Rev. Wil iam Alford, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, supplied the pulpit for a time. The present pastor, Rev.
W.N. Page, D. D., was unanimously called, June 29, 1873, and began, his labors Novem-
ber 1. He was installed by the Presbytery of Topeka, December 7, 873. In 1879, a large
and beautiful chapel was built, holding 500 people. Itis also arranged to accommodate the
Sabbath-school, the largest in the State, consisting of 450 members, with Col. J. L, Aberna-
thy, Superintendent. The present memberstlp of the Church numbers about 350, also
forming the largest Presbyterian church in the State. Its officers, July 1, 1882, were as fol-
lows: Pastor, William N, Page, D.D.; Elders, George M. Burrell, Edward P. Wilson, James
L. Abernathy, William Merrell, ). ©. Hawthorne, Alexander Kirk; Deacons, Edwin Var-
ney. John ison, Robert Garrett, Lewis Mayo, James C. Lysle, Kd. L, Doughty. .

Protestant Hpiscopat Church.—The first’ recognized missionary of this church in the
Territory of Kansas was the Rev. Hiram Stone, wio, in November, 1856, commenced
services here, and on the 10th of December of that year organized St. Paul’s Church. Dr.
Bodine and Mr. Earle were wardens; H. Miles Moore, Dr. Dyer and Frank Palmer,
vestrymen. This was the first organized parish in the Territory. Prior to that time,
services had occasionally been held by recturs from Weston, Missouri, Revs. John
MeNary, Holmes, Irish and others. It was at first designed to build a church on
the north side of the city, and the foundations were prepared on the northwest cor-
ner of Seveuth and Ottawa streets. But the plan was changed and a small wooden
church was erected on the south side of the city, on a lot east of the southeast
corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets, which was consecrated by Bishop Kemper on the
7th of November, 1858. This was the first church consecrated in the Territory and diocese
of Kansas. The location proved to be unfortunate forthe growth of the parish, and in
October, 1859, Mr. Stone resigned the rectorship and accepted the chaplaincy at Fort
Leavenworth, From that time the rectorship remained unsupplied, and during all this
period the services of the church were continued with more or less of regularity through
the generous labors of Mr. Stone. The present parish of St. Paul was re-organized on the
6th of March, A. D., 1863, by the adoption of a constitution and the election of wardens and
vestrymen, The Rev. John H. Egar, B. D., was called to the rectorship and accepted.
Services were held for a timeinthe Congregational house of worship. Steps were soon
taken to erect a building. Three lots on the northeast corner of Seventh and Seneca streets
were purchased of A. J. Sterrett, of McKean, Erie County, Pa., for $600, and the plans
for a church to seat 600 people were obtained of Messrs. R. Upjohn & Son, of New York.
The building was commenced in June, 1863. At first only the chancel, first stage of the
tower, vestry and organ room, aud forty feet in length of the nave. were Du'lt. n
Sunday, July 10, 1864, the part of the church thus erected was occupied for public worship
for the first time. he sermon was preached by the Rev. A. D. Cole, D. D., President of
Nashotah Theological Seminary, Wisconsin. Besides the rector there were present the Rev.
Hiram Stone, of Fort Leavenworth and Rev. N. O. Preston, of Topeka. The first confirma-
tion was administered in the parish by the Right Reverend Bishop Lee, of Iowa, in the
Congregational house of worship on Sunday, April 19. 1863. The first confirmation in
the new church was held by Bishop Lee on Sunday, September 11, 1864. The first Eptscopal
act performed by Bishop Vail, the first bishop of the diocese of Kansas, within the diocese
was a confirmation in the church of St, Paul,on Sunday, January 10, 1865. The parish
was admitted into union with the convention of the diocese in 1864, and in 1865 the conven-
tion was held in this church, September 13th and 14th. This was the first convention pre-

sided over by aBishop of the diocese of Kansas. On Friday, January 5, 1866, a font was
placed in the church, the offering of Mrs. Susan Kerr a memorial of two children deceased.
he number of communicants in the psrish at its orsaniziution was 19. The Rev.
John H. Egar resigned the rectorship In July, 1868, and accepted a callto St. Peter's
Church, Pittsburg, Pa, The Rev. J. Mills Kendrick, of Fort Scott, was elected to the rector-
ship October 1, 1868. During his rectorship the nave of the church was extended and com-
pleted. St. John’s chapel on the south side of the city was erected for educational as weli
as religious purposes. r. Kendrick resigned the rectorship July 1, 1874. The Rev. John
Woart, United States Chaplain at Fort Leavenworth, officiated inthe parish church until
March, 1876, when the vestry called the Rev, Chas. Daniel, deacon, of the diocese of Penn-
sylvania, to the rectorship. Mr. Daniel resigned his charge October 1, 1877. On January
1, 78, the Rev. Thomas W. Barry, B. D., of the diocese of Central New ‘York, was called
to the rectorship and began his labors at once, The outlook at first was discouraging, but
Mr. Barry had come to stay. His first duty was to induce the scattered and disheartened
members of the parish to come together again for worship. As chairman of the vestry he
has always given close attention to the temporalities of the church, The quartette choir was
dismissed and a volunteer choir substituted. The sexton was discharged and the duties of
that office have since been performed by young gentlemen of the parish gratuitously. By
the practice of such self-denial and wisely ordered economy, wonders in the way of churc.
progress have been accomplished during the past five years. The mortgaze of $2,000
which had been drawing ten per cent. interest for many years was paid in December, 1880.
On January 26, 1881, the beautiful church of St. Paul was consecrated by the Bishop of
the diocese amid the rejoicings and congratulations of hundreds of people. The Very
Rev. Dean Hart, of St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Col., preached the sermon. In April, 1881,
the vestry purchased five lots on the northwest corner of Seventh and Seneca streets, just
opposite the church, for the location of a rectory. Ground was broken in May, and the
work pushed rapidly forward under the personal supervision of the rector. On Novem-
ber 9, 1881, the Bishop of the diocese visited the parish again to perform the pleasant duty
of opening the new rectory. The building is a large, handsome three-story brick of the
Queen Anne style, and cost, including the lots, $6,000. At the last Diocesan Convention
tne rector’s parochial report was said to be the best ever handed in since the formation of
the diocese. the Episcopalians have now, (with one exception, the Roman Cathedral) the
handsomest and most valuable church property in the city of Leavenworth. The church
is the best specimen of Gothic architecture in the diocese. Built of dressed stone and
walnut, with beautiful stained glass windows, carpeted, cushioned and heated by furnaces;
with its large pipe-organ, excellent choir of twenty voices and sublime liturgy, it is indeed
a temple of the true God. The Rev. T. W. Barry is still the rector.

United Presbyterian Ohurch.—In the summer of 1857, the General Synod of the Asso-
ciated Reform Church sent Hey. B. L, Baldridge to this western country, as a sort of pros-
pector, or pioneer, inthe work. He arrived at Leavenworth, galy 15, 1857, and_ held relig-
ious services before the meeting at the house of J. M. C. Foster, September 4, 1857, At this
time it was resolved to organize a churen, and an organization was eifected by Rev. Mr.
Baldridge, Alex. McGahey and wife, Samuel W. Greer and wife, John Hamill and wife,
Robert B. Craig and wife, John Hosack and wife, James L. McDowell, Mrs, Allce Phililppe
and Miss Rebecea Phillippe, Dr. Thomas Hamill, Sampson McGahey, Turner McGahey,
George R. Neely, and John Parks. The Congregational society was formed during the same
year as the United Presbyterian, and, as it now exists, that organization 1s the resulo of a
union of the Associate and the Associate Reform churches, r. Baldridge continued In
charge of the church until the spring of 1866. Rev. W. P. McNary, who had been stated
supply for a number of months, was regularly ordained in December of that year. For
nearly three years, until December 4, 1869, Mr. McNary continued to act as pastor, when
he resigned, Then, for over a year, the pulpit was supplied temporarily. In September,
1871, Rev. F. M. Spencer assumed the pastorate, and continued tu guide and guard the in-
terests of the church until the last Sunday in September, 1879. Rev. «.C. Marshall was then
called to the charge, and regularly ordained February 15, 1880. He is the present incum-
bent, and the church membership is about seventy. The church building, corner of Arch
Se ee was purchased from the Second Congregational society, August 6, 1873,

‘or $5,500.

The First Congregattonal Church was organized March 14, 1858, when twenty-seven
persons adopted its constitution aud covenant. In 1860, its first and present house of wor-
ship, corner of Delaware and Fifth streets, was erected. It was enlarged aud greatly beau-
tified in 1868. Since then ithas been improved and modernized, until now the audience
room is one of the most attractive and home-like places of worship in the city. The Con-
gre ational Church, like the city, has had its history, its days of prosperity and adversity.

ts first pastor was Rev. R. D. Parker, now of Manhattan, who was followed by Rev. J.
D. Liggett. After ten years of faithful pastorate work, Mr. Liggett was succeeded by Rev.
William Kincaid. He was followed by several others, of short terms of service. The pres-
ent incumbent is Rev. W. H. Thomas, formerly of Kalamazoo, Mich. The church is pros-
perous, and connected with it are some of the foremost citizens of the place.

The Lvangelical German Lutheran Church was organizedin 1861, by G. Elbert, Peter
Shott,George Lueders, Henry Shott, Henry Steinker, F, Scheer,—— Becker, and John Ulrich,
Rev. Michael Meier assumed charge of the church, and continued in that relationship for
twenty-one years. In 1882, the present incumbent, Rev. C. Hoffner, became Pastor. In

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

1864, the society erected a small edifice on Delaware street, but did not complete the build-
ing now oceupiod until 1881. Itis of brick, cost $3,500, and is situated on Seventh street,
corner of Miami. A comfortable parsonage is attached, the total value of the church prop-
erty being $7,000. The membership of the church is sixty. Its parochial school, which has
been in existence since 1864, has a membership of between sixty and seventy, and is in a
flourishing condition.

The Baptist Ohurch of Leavenworth.—In the fall of 1858 the Tabernacle Baptist Church
was organized in Leavenworth, under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Kermott. The First Bap-
tist Church was formed in 1860, by Rev. Mr. Barrett. These two organizations joined their
forces, in 1864,to form The Baptist Church of Leavenworth. Among its first members,
some of them being the original members of the Tabernacle Church, were J, C. Spring, R.
W. Putnam and wite, Cc. P. Jenks, L. Chapin, J. M. Raymond and wife, Mrs. Dodd, Robert
Murray and Mrs. Humphrey. Meetings were held for atime in the First Presbyterian
Church building, and in Laing’s Hall. In jFebruary, 1865, Rev, Winfield Scott was called
unanimously to supply the pulpit. He remained until January, 1872. During his admin-
istration the edifice on Sixth street, between Seneca and Shawnee, was erected. With the
site, it cost about $45,000, and is one of the most imposing and spacious religious edifices of
the city. Rev. Dr. Butler became pastor during the early part of 1872, but remained only a
few months, being succeeded by Rev.1.S. Kallock,who remained two years. Rev. Allan Kerr
supplied the pul) fe for the next six months, and in 1875 was succeeded by Rev. J. B. Hard-
wick, Mr. Hardwick remained until 1878, when Rev. E. Nisbett, D. D., Served the society
for three years. From November, 1881, to May, 1882, the church was without a pastor.
Rev. J. A. Leavitt, the prevent incumbent, then assumed charge. The society at present
numbers 159 persons, and is growing.

The German Church—(Evangelical Association)—was organized in 1861, when the re-
ligious edifice, corner of Sixth and Osage streets, was constructed, Bishop R. Dubs and
Rev. Mr. Miller held the first services. They were succeeded by Rev. Messrs. ashkop, Ber-
ner, Haas, Vogelein, Beck, Kern, Kurtz and the present incumbent, Rev.Jacob Schmidl),who
has been in charge of the church over a year. The church has a membership of about
forty, and owns the parsonage attached. The entire property is valued at $5,000.

The Fifth Avenue Mission Ohurch.—The closing of the war found many soldiers at Fort
Leavenworth waiting for a discharge. Unavoidable hindrances and unjustifiable delays dle-
tained them for months, crushing their spirit and inducing disease. The United States Chris-
tian Commission, with Rev. R. Brown as agent, to mitigate these evils sent large quanti-
ties of hospital stores and reading matter tothe sufferers. The co-operation of the city
churches was obtained, and in connection with the relief work, a revival was developed
and extended from the fort to the city. The commission was disbanded, but to continue
the work seven persons organized themselves into the Mission Church, by a council in the
Congregational Church. This was upon May 27, 1866, and Rey. Robert Brown became pas-
tor. The literary stores of the commission were turned over by the military authorities to
this organization. Services and distribution of papers were continued every Sabbath in
the penitentiary and county jail(then occupying the same premises in the city, in the
poor-house, guard-house, hospital and barracks of the fort. Saloon visitations, Sabbath
street meetings, and nelg boorlcod prayer meetings were conducted. For the colored pop-
ulation a Freedman’s school was conducted during the evenings of the week, a school and
evening service on Sunday, These services were supported by the co-operation of many
who did not identify themselves with the ofganization. But with the blessings of peace, the
business tide ebbed from Leavenworth asa center. The mission work ceased to be a press -
ing necessity or was taken up by the regular churches. In 1872.a charter for a Conserva-
tory of Music and Collegiate School was procured and the Ferm of a new religious organiza-
tion was planted, having for its foundation the union of religion and culture. Of the original
seven who formed the first organization, Rev. Robert Brown is still pastor, and with his
brother, A. B. Brown. director of the conservatory. The property is pleasantly located on
Fifth avenue, South Leavenworth. ¢

Congregation Benai Jerushan—Organized in 1862. The first officers were, Simon Abels,
president; J. Wollman, vice president. Presentofficers: A. Loria, president; M. Ettenson,
vice president; M. Bernstein, secretary; N. Schloss, treasurer; J. Wollman, B. Fletcher,
N. Schloss, trustees. Meets first Sunday in January, April, July and October, at Jewish
Synagogue. In 1864 the society erected the Present synagogue. corner of Sixth and Osage
streets, at a cost ot $13,000. When finished and dedicated the house was free from all in-
cumbrance or debt. Present number of members, forty-five.

African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1861, by Rev. John Turner. The
first meetings were held in an old basement room, and the first building used for educa-
tional purposes was erected under the pastorate of Rev. J. M. Wilkerson. The church now
occupied, on Kiowa street, was commenced in 1865, by Rev. J. Turner, and completed hy
J. o. Embry, iu 1870. Present membership of the society, about $00; Rev. W. L. Harrad,
pastor. ‘

Pirst Baptist Church (Colored).—Organized by Rev. R. Colwell,in 1862, with seven mem-
bers. He was followed by Rev. D. Jones, and he, in turn, by Revs. D. G. Zet, C. B. Murphy,
T. Y. Jones, F. D. Ewing, W. H. Howard, J. Brown, and J. W. Miller, present incumbent.
Present membership of the church, seventy. The church building is situated on the south-
east curner of Seneca street and Broadway. .

Mount Ole Baptist Church (Colured).—This society was organized in November, 1864.
Rev. Abe H. H. Turner, who is its present pastor, had charge of the church when it was first
organized. A few years ago the society purchased asmall building, corner of Sixth and
Spruce streets, from the German. This isthe house of worship which they now occupy.
The membership of the church is about twenty, the attendance much danger

Independence Baptist Church (Colored).—This is one of the most flourishing colored con-
gregations of Leavenworth. ‘he church building, corner of Sixth and Pottawatomie
streets, was erected in 1879, at a cost of $3,700. With the site, the total value of the prop-
erty would reach $6,00U. Rev. T. H. Ewing is pastor of the church, which numbers nearly
250 members. The Sunday-school is attended vy nearly 200 scholars, being in charge of
R. J. Smith. The Independence Baptist Church, or, as it is sometimes called, the Mount
Gilead baptist Church, is, in fact, a religious power among the colored people of Leaven-
worth.

The Holy Epiphany Church (Colored Catholic).—The church edifice is situated on Potta-
watomie street, between Sixth aud Seventh streets. Its corner stone was laid September
29, 1878, and the building erected during the same fall. The dedicatory services occurred
August 20, 1879, and the first confirmation was given by Rt. Rev. L. M. Fink, on the 15th
of November of that year. The cost of the property, including grounds, was $3,500. Mem-
bership of the church, sixty. Rev. Martin Huhn is pastor.

There are also asmall Baptist society, which worships on Chestnut street, and a Congre-
gational society, whose church is on Sixth street. The colored people form a large propor-
tion of the population of Leavenworth, and they are nearly all church-goers.

SCHOOLS.

During the early part of 1855, a small building was erected near the Levee, for atin
shop. In May, it was purchased for educational and religious purposes. Rev. J. B. McAfee,
the Lutheran minister, moved the building to the southeast corner of Shawnee and Fifth
streets, upon a lot then owned by George Russell, the tin and hardware dealer. This Jittle
building gave place to a two-story frame structure, erected for the church, but was after-
wird purchased by the city for school purposes. This was the first public school. In March,
1859, H. D. McCarty,who, for over_a year, had been teaching a private institution, assumed
charge of what was known as the Second District School, and was afterward elected City
Superintendent.

The first Board of Trustees for common schools met on the $d of July. 1858, and con-
sisted of S, A. Marshall and Jared Phillips, from the First Ward, and Levi Houston and
Nelson McCracken, from the Second. The last-named was chosen president. The board
rented_N, Z, tongs house for ten weeks, and_hired as a teacher, for the same length of
time, George Wetherill. Soon afterward, Miss J. Howard was employed. In August, more
school accommodations were required, and J. Robertson was induced to teach in his own
house by $55 per month and $16 rent. In October the city was districted as follows: From
Seneca street to the Government Reserve was the First District; from Seneca to Three-
Mile Creek, the Second; all south of Three-Mile Creek, the Third. The building for the
First District was the Christian Church, between Osage and Pottawatomie streets, Mr. Rob-
ertson’s house, in South Leavenworth, was the Third District building, while a room for-
merly ua das the Register’s office, corner of Third and Delaware, was rented for the Second

In November the following text books were adopted for use inthe city schools; Sander’s
series of Readers and Spellers; Webster’s Dictionary; Cornell's Geography; Colton’s Out-
line Maps; Ray’s Arithmetic; Weld’s Grammar; Wilson's United States History.

During the winter, a bill was passed in the Legislature creating the Board of Trustees
into a bo y independent of the City Council, and providing for a regular City Superintend-
ent of Schools. At this time the attendance of the three public schools was about 500. A
graded system, proposed by the new Superintendent, H. D. McCarty, was adopted. Both
city and county schools, however, were ina very disorganized condition, up to the time of
the adoption of the State system in 1861. Mr. McCarty served his country in the war for
three years, and then returned to Leavenworth to devote his time to education, notwith-
standing the unpromising and unsettled condition of society.

In 1862, while Judge D. J. Brewer, County Superintendent, had charge of the city
schools, the act subhorialag the expenditure of $25,000 for the erection of school buildings
in Leavenworth, received the signature of Gov. Thomas Carney. In pursuance of this act,
the first regular public school building was erected—the Osage Street School. It cost $12,000,
and is situated on sage street, between Sixth and Seventh.

In J aly, 1868, M. McVicar became City Superintendent, He was formerly the Principal
of the Brockport State Normal School, N. Y., and an experienced educator. His coming was
the signal for a new departure in Leavenworth’s system of public education. Heretofore

 
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

the schoois had been
smiall, and somewhat loosel: conducted. Th

ole school building for colored pupils had been completed in South Penverm ue carne
one uri a avenue aud Prospect street. Colored schools had been temporarily established as
r| yas 868, in the Christian and Baptist churches, but the brick building erected in 1867
ee the first permanent structure built by the city. In 1868-'69, the colored people of North
Savon wOreh were accommodated by the erection of a second buildin , corner of Cheyenne
an ifth streets. As was stated above, the coming of Su erintend: nt McVicar was the
pommence ment of a new educational era here. The board had been thoroughly reorganized,
Z . maga ficent three-story brick structure, corner of Fifth and Dakota, called the “Morris
§ chool,”’ was in process of erection, and every thing seemed ready to be ‘shaped into a regu-
ar system, Mr. McVicar commenced a systematic course of grading in September, 1868,
an Qugh the opposition to him was of so unpleasanta character that he resigned in
; arch,1869, the credit of laying the foundation of the present admirable system is accorded
See Mr. MecVicar resigned to take charge of the Potsdam State Normal School, New

The Morris school building was completed during the early part o:
P. J. Williams succeeded Mr. MeVicar in the superiatendency.. oi Nae inne Ws duonmne
bency, in 1871, that the State Normal School was established here, with himself as prin-
cipal: J.Wherrell, professor of physical science, and Miss L. T, Allen, receptress. Appro-
priations were received from the State, for four years, amounting to $26,900. In 1875, they
were discontinued, and the Normal School died of starvation. Since 1872, the city had felt
row lag need for a high-school building. For some time its sessions had been held in the
orris school buil ding, but in 1875 the fine brick structure, corner of Walnut and Seventh
streets, was completed, at a cost of $30,000. Since then this has been known asthe High
School Building. Prof. P. J. Williams held the office of Cit Superintendent about six years,
and was succeeded by Prof. John Wherrell. Prof. F. A. F tzpatrick, the present incumbent,
has held the position three years. Besides the High School, the Morris School, the Osage
Street School, and the North and South Leavenwort (Colored) Schools, there 1s the Shaw-
nee Street School building (wood) and the Third Avenue School (brick ), the latter being
built in 1862, at a cost of $18,000, and greatly improved in 1865. During Prof. Fitzpatrick’s
administration, the change in grading schools, which has been made all over the country,
was adopted in Leavenworth, The system is now divided into the High School, Grammar
and Primary departments. ‘the Grammar Department is divided into three grades, and the
Primary into four. During the eleven years that the High School has been in existence, about
1,200 pupils have been enrolled. Of the 6,796 children of school age in the city, 3,158 are
enrolled in the public schools, and 856 in private institutions—a total of 3,914, a little over
50 percent. The value of school buildings, sites, furniture, etc., is $177,000. The educa-
tional system and public school buildings of 1882, as contrasted with the condition of affairs
in 1858, 2 pus Bnotnee nde oF Heaven worth 's growth. .
resent members 0: € School Board (July 1882): Dr. J. L. Wever, president; S, F.
Burdett, vice-president. First Ward: John Westlake, J. W. Park, D.'M. Swan; henoad
Ward sont Walson, SoBe Havens, Ju. Hunting: Third Ward: Charles Peaper, S, F. Bur-
» A, ; ard: O. B. Taylor, J. L. 2 . .G. i
elerk of the board. a : ylor, J. L, Wever, L. Mayo. W. G. Bollman is
erman- English School Soclety—organized 1859. First officers; G. F. Smeltzer, president;
Henry Welburg, secretary; Joseph Gehrminn, Téacher. Organized for the purpose of im-
arting instruction in the German and English branches of education. Present officers: F.
seal breel dent; Jansen, Secretary; Charles Ackenbausen, treasurer; John Dotter, prin-
: i in, English teacher. Sc i a -
Ctan Phin cor alee £ ool on the south side of Seneca street, be.
Kansas Conservatory of Music and Collegiate School, located at No. 206 Fifth avenue,
Leavenworth. The course embraces a three years’ course in music and art. Organized in
1877, under the auspices of Rev. Robert Brown, Director, with the following officers: A. A.
Fenn, president; Miss M. J. Douglass, secretary and treasurer; a Board of eleven trus-
tees. The Board of Visitation is composed of A. B. Havens, president; W. W. Bollinan,
secretary, and the members of the School Board of the City. The annual list’ of graduates
from the Conservatory is quite large. The terms of tuition are moderate.

 

CITY INSTITUTIONS.

Leavenworth City and Fort Leavenworth Water Company—Chartered March 16, 1881.
In January, 1882, the company received the contract from the city for building the reser-
voirs, putting in necessary machinery and laying twelve miles of pipe. The Water Works
of Leavenworth are being constructed on the gravitation system. The pumps and the set-
tling reservoir are situated just north of the city, near the river, while the distributing reser-
voir is located on the high land of ‘Pilot Kuob,” two miles in an opposite direction. After
being pumped and thoroughly settled the water is carried to the distributing point, situated
350 feet above the low-water mark of the Missouri River, or 190 feet above the highest point
within the city. The beauty of the system is that, should either one of the reservoirs be dis-
abled, the water supply would not be shut off. In March, 1882, work upon the reservoirs
and machinery was commenced and completed inOctober. The capacity of the distributing
reservoir is 5,500,000 gallons, and of the settling reservoir 6,000,000 gallons. The machinery
consisting of two engines and two pumps, was made by the Great Western Manufacturing
Company, of Leavenworth, at a cost of $24,000. The twelve miles of pipe, called for by the
contract, will be laid by the middle of October—the entire system to be carried out requiring
nineteen miles, as it is proposed to bring the supply to the State Penitentiary and Fort
Leavenworth. The work contracted for this year willamount to $250,000, and the sum to
be expended in completing the system, $300,000. The principal mains, north and south,
willrun down Second and Fifth streets and Broadway; those running east and west, down
Kiowa, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Delaware, Walnut and Arch. The works are now complete
and in excellent working order.

Present officers of the gom pany: L. T. Smith, president; H. D. Rush, vice-president;
oe M. Svan, secretary; M. H. Insley, treasurer; G. W. Pearsons, chief engineer; T, A.

urd, attorney. 2

Leavenworth Gas Light Company.—In the spring and summer of 1859 Gas Works and
mains were constructed, under the supervision of John B, Adolf. A brick building, two
stories in height, 50x30 feet, was erected and all the necessary machinery put in position
eapable of generating 50,000 cubic feet of gas in twenty-four hours. Messrs. Henry Foote,
A. Whitney, Edward R. Eaton and Henry Hart were most instrumental in the inaugura-
tion of the enterprise. The present works are located corner of Main and Short streets.
Various managements have controlled them, the company now comprising David Hen-
ning, resident, and E. Henning, secretary and treasurer, both heing residents of Chicago.
Jobu Gimper, of Leavenworth, is superintendent of the works.
have been Jaid. Capital stock of the company $100,000. _

In December, 1880, the telephone was introduced into the city by the formation of a
stock company, called the ““Leavenworth Telephone xchange Company.” Present officers:
M. H. Insley, president and treasurer; D. M. Swan, vice-president; J. K. Urmston, general
manager and secretary. By July, 1882, about 250 instruments had been set up, and 125
miles of wire were in operation. Since May, 1871, Leavenworth has been a signal service
station, George Boehmer then being placed in charge. W. Browne is at present the
officer stationed here. :

Leavenworth Fire Department.—The first fire company. in the city was organized under
permission of a charter granted to the CityCouncil by the Territorial Legislature in the fall of
1855, and in October of the same year, Miles Shannon was chosen as the first captain or
chief. He served two terms and afterward removed to Denver. He was succeeded by
James L. McDowell, who at a later day served accéptably as mayor of the city. Then came
in as chief, for a few months, Henry Deckelman, the father of the Turner’s Society of the
city. Next followed Mr. Martin Smith, who has served the city as fire marshal for eight
years aud six months, and is now acting as agent of nearly half a score of first-class in-
surance companies in Leavenworth. Since Mr. Smith retired the place of chief engineer
has been filled by the following named persons: J. J. Murphy, H. C. Haase, Patrick McGraw,
Thomas Deal, ugene Chapin, John W. Wheeler, Patrick Burns (present incumbent).
Headquarters of the fire department, northeast corner of Shawnee and Fifth streets, wit!
the following list of officers: Patrick Burns, marshal and engineer of steamers; W. Rose,
assistant engineer; P. H. Kenneday, pipeman; R. Bergman, driver of hose cart; W. Luce,
driver of engine; John Foran, fireman; L. Schindling, watchman. For the past ten years
or more the system of a paid department has worked admirably and to the satisfaction of
the people, but with the introduction of water works will come a change, and the steamer
system will be dispensed with as inother cities. At the present time the department has iu
use two engines, a Silsbee and an Ahrens, the combined cost of the two, $9,200. Also
twenty-five hundred feet of serviceable hose.

_ Police Department._Headquarters on Fifth street, between Shawnee and Delaware. The
force is constituted as follows: S. Ellis, chief; Mike Deveron, deputy; John Jenkins,
jailor; Barney Cunningham, August Niebauer. E, C. Murphy, Henry Sheppard, Ed. Reilley,
Charles Flagg, J.S. Robeson, William. Powell, John Schott; specials, D.S. Johnson and J.
G. Losee. Since the organization of Leavenworth as a city, the following named persons
have served as heads of the police department: John Roundee, John Shockley, John Ken-
dall, John Schott, Joseph Michael, John McKee, Hiram Robinson, D. A. Hook, Col. Thos.
Moonlight, James Jennings, Isaac Losee, Charles H. Miller, Milt. Orr and §. 8S. Ellis, the
present incumbent. .

Post Office.—The postoffice at Leavenworth is well managed under the present official
who has it in charge, Col. D. R. Anthony. He was appointed to the position in April, 1874,
and at present (July 27, 1882) still retains it. Previous to 1874 the incumbents have been.
Lewis N. Rees, Mr. Schroeder, Col. Authony, James L. McDowell, Mrs. Col. H. P. Johnson
and. ae prema Clark. As previously stated the Leavenworth postoffice was first opened

arch 6, 1855.

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MEANS OF COMMUNICATION,

The promptness and thoroughness with which roads are opened through a new countrY
determine in a great measure its rapidity of development. Leavenworth was especiall?
fortunate in this regard, having almost from the start free and sufficient means of com
munication with the surrounding country over the military roads which had been built by
the government from the fort. It may be that in some respects the city might justly be
called an ‘‘interloper.” :

J. Butler Chapman, the founder of “ Whitfield City,” situated a mile anda half north-
west of Topeka, and the proposed metropolis of Kansas, has this to say (in 1855) of the roads
leading from Fort Leavenworth, and from that ‘‘interloping town,” the city of Leaven-
worth: ‘The next most notable place of access tothe Territory is Fort Leavenworth—the
United States military post, a place of ancient memory. There is now an interloping town,
so called, at the lower edge of the military reserve, three miles south of Fort Leavenworth,
on the banks of the Missouri River, nameé:l ‘Leavenworth City.’ From Fort Leavenworth,
there lead off two great military roads, one of them already noticed in conjunction with
the California and Independence emigrant road, at ‘ Whitfield City ’and the junction of the
Parkersville road, at the same place. The other road from Fort Leavenworth is known as
the Oregon and California military road, which connects with the Oregon and St. Joseph
emigrant road, about 110 miles from St. Joseph, on the Missouri river; from the unction
the two run together and cross the Big Blue river at Marysville and unite with the Inde-
pendence and California road at’ Ten Mile creek. Four or five miles above Fort Leaven-
worth is the great crossing of the river, at a steam ferry, from the town of Weston, Mo.,
to the Salt Creek road, which connects with the military road, three miles from Fort
Leavenworth, We make Fort Leavenworth a station and meridian from whence to com-
pute distance. Leavenworth City, three miles below the fort, never can be a commercial
point, or a depot for the Territory, nor can we see how it can be a point conspicuous for any
purpose whatever.” - —

uring the session of the Legislature in 1855 the Leavenworth Ferry Company was in-
corporated by Thomas C. Shoemaker, Jarrett Todd, Samuel D. Pitcher and their associates.
Their right ran for twenty years from the time of the passage of the act. The ferry was au-
thorized to land at most any place on the Missouri side, and within the city limits of Leav-
enworth on the Kansas side. The craft. therefore plied up and down the river two miles,
crossing Lo the Island, and in the day of it was a valued means of communication with the
East.

By 1857 the river trade had become no mean item in Leavenworth’s commercial Poe

erity. J. W. Skinner was the general steamboat agent, and furnished the following items

‘or the season of 1856: The number of boats running was forty-one. They made 328 trips,
and $58,000 was paid to Mr. Skinner for freights. In addition to the regular traders an
transient boats, a tri-weekly line of packets was established during the season from Jeffer-
son City, connecting with the Pacific railroad to Weston, and touching at Leavenworth. fn
January, 1857, the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western railroad was organized, and the citi-
zens of Piatte county, Mo., resolved to construct a road from a point opposite Leavenworth,
through Platte County, and intersect the Hannibal & St. Joe line. As stated, however, in a
historical sketch of Leavenworth, published by A. G. Hawes, in 1857; ‘‘ The incipient roads
terminating at this point have less immediate interest to the traveler or emigrant than the
common roads which diverge hence, and the facilities for conveyance that are employed.
In addition to the Government roads which concentre here, private enterprise has
opened highways to all towns of importance not reached by these great thorou hfares.
One of these leads to Lawrence, the second town in the Territory in point of size, and whose
thrift and rapid improvement is remarked by every visitor; a road to Lecompton, the
capital of the Territory, and a growing city, has also been constructed; which roads, with
their connections, afford a direct and excellént medium of communication with Tecumseh,
the county seat of J geereon County, and Topeka, both of which are flourishing and progres-
sive towns; also with Osawatomie, Neosho, and all the country south of the Kansas River.
Besides these we have roads up and down the Missouri River, connecting this point with
Doniphan, Atchison, Kickapoo, Delaware, Wyandotte and other points. It is fair to say
that no point in the West is more amply supplied with roads and means of communication
than is the two-year-old city of Leavenworth. Subjoined is a statement of the various stage
routes leading from this point, together with distances, proprietors, etc.

Leavenworth and Westport. Mo.—A tri-weekly line of: hacks, Kimball, Moore & Co.,
proprietors; distance, thirty-two miles.

eavenworth and Lawrence.—Two tri-weekly lines of hacks, alternate days; H. Suther-
land and H. G. Weibling. proprietors; mail tri-weekly; distance, thirty miles,

Leavenworth and eston.—Daily mail coaches; Kimball, Moore & Co., proprietors;
distance, eight miles. Shoe .

Leavenworth and Lecompton.—Daily coaches; mail tri-weekly; —— Cass, proprietor;
distance, thirty-five miles. f

Leavenworth and Fort Riley—Weekly mail and line of hacks, passing through Salt
Creek, Easton, Hardtville, Ozawkie, Indianola, Silver Lake, Louisville, Manhattan, and
Ogden; Fred. Emery, proprietor. 7 . .

Leavenworth and Atchison (via Kickapoo).—Weekly mail and line of hacks; distance,
twenty-one miles. There aretwo express lines running regularly to this point from St.
Louis, both of which are well known for their responsibility and promptness. Each of these
companies has an office in Leavenworth, the agent for Adams & Co. being J. W. Skinner,
and for Ritchardson’s Missouri River Express, Rees & Keith. The latter company run a
line of express wagons to Jefferson City, there counecting with the Pacific railroad, attimes
when the navigation of the river is closed.”

In January, 1859, the telegraph was extended from St. Louis to Leavenworth, and during
the coming spring Jones, Russell & Co, started their Pike’s Peak express from the city, car-
rying daily mails to that point and Salt Lake City. The gold excitement was at fever heat,
and Leavenworth reaped a temporary benefit. On May 21, 1859, a number of coaches ar-
rived from the gold region, and brought $5,000 in precious dust to several Leavenworth
parties. The citizens made the occasion one.of great rejoicing, had a big procession, threw
out all their banners as a tribute to the Pike’s Peak Express Company, indulged ina ball
during the evening, and otherwise conducted themselves in a manner which evinced their
appreciation of the importance of Jones, Russell & Co’s step in making their city the east-
ern terminus of the great stage line.

y the year 1860:the Atchison & St. Joseph road was completed, connecting with the
Hannibal & St. Joe line—the connection for which Leavenworth had striven three years
previously. In 1861 however, the line was carried to Weston, near Fort Leavenworth,where
the war stopped it. In 1863 the Kansas Pacific line was commenced at Wyandotte. The
next year Samuel Hallett, the contractor, was assassinated. The work passed into the
hands of St. Louls capitalists, who, within the next two years put the line through to
Denver. Leavenworth became one of the termini, connection with the main line being
made at Lawrence. It is not necessary to trace at length the history of the different roads
which give Leavenworth so complete a communication with the country to-day. For such
information the reader is referred to the general history. Suffice it to say that upon the
building of the Kansas Pacifica new day dawned upon thecity. Although she has had to
pass through the usual complications with railroad companies, she has at last obtained a
good system, and one which is growing. The Missouri Pacific, which enters Kansas at Wy-
andotte, is known from that city to Leavenworth as the Missouri River road. Passing along
the river to Atchison, itis called the Leavenworth, Atchison & Northwestern. Its stations
in this county are Ross and Delaware City, Delaware Township, Leavenworth City and the
Fort, and Kickapoo City, Kickapoo Township. The Kansas Central passes through Kicka-
poo aud Easton townships, inthe northern part of the county, Salt Creek, Hund’s Station
and Easton being stations along its line. The Leavenworth & Lawrence branch of the
Kansas Pacific R. R. cuts through Delaware, Fairmount, Stranger, Tonganoxie ana Reno
townships, the stations along its line being Fairmount, Hoge, Big Stranger, Summit, Ton-

anoxie and Reno. The Wyandotte branch of the Kansas Pacific passes through Reno and
Sherman townships, near the Kansas River, the stations being Fall Leaf and Linwood.

Leavenworth is also one of the termini of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R.,
which crosses the Missouri on the fine iron bridge at Fort Leavenworth, and connects with
the Hannibal & St Joe RK. R. at Cameron. Mo.

An important extension of Leavenworth’s railway system is now being made towards
Topeka and the southwest, known as the Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern R. R. The
completion of the road to Oskaloosa, thirty miles from Leavenworth, and the county seat
of Jefferson County, was celebrated June 2, 1882.

Board of Trade.—In June, 1882, the public spirited citizens of Leavenworth organized
a Board of Trade, by the election of the following officers: A. Caldwell, president; P. G.
Lowe, J. Ingersoll, Dr. Robert J. Brown, 8. F. Burdette, Theo, Egersdorf, G. M. Bittman, R
N. Hershfield, George A. King, George H. Weaver; and Laurence Hawn. The elec-
tion of vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer were left to be chosen by the above
Board of Directors who subsequently chose the following: H, Miles Moore, secretary; J.
Ingersoll, treasurer; P. Lowe, S. F. Burdette and George H. Weaver, vice presidents.
The Board has rented rooms on Delaware street, and has a membership of over ninety. It
is an organization of which Leavenworth has long stood in need, composed of the city’s
leading business men. a

Banks,—The first bank established in Leavenworth commenced business in 1856, near
the northeast corner of Delaware and Second streets, C. B. Baily, proprietor. Its life was
neither long nor vigorous. Soon afterward Isett, Brewster & Co., arrived from DesMoines,
Iowa, and transacted a general banking business in a one anda half story brick building on
the north side of Cherokee street, between Main and Second streets. After three years
they were succeeded by Scott, Kerr & Co., which establishment became the foundation of
the First National Bank. 5 :

The German Bank was organized in 1875, with the following officers: George Umme-
then, president; John F. Richards, vice-president: M.E Clark, cashier; Charles Peaper,
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assistant cashier. In 1878 Clark & Co., an old and prosperous bankiifg house consolidated
with it, and the officers of the former institution obtained control of the new organization.
Officers in October, 1882: M. E. Clark, president; George H. Hyde, cashier; C. Peaper, assist-
ant cashier. The capital stock of the German Bank 1s $100,000, and the average deposits
amount to $275,000. The bank building is located on the southeast corner of Fourth and
Delaware streets. In November, 1882, Allen G. Campbell, of Salt Lake, City, succeeded
Mr. Clark, who resigned on account of ill health.

Insley, Shire & Co.—This, a private banking institution, was organized in 1872 by M. H.
Insley, Daniel Shire, and E, F. Kellogg. In 1875 Mr, Kellogg retired and W. H. Carson be-
came cashier, having since continued with the house. The death of Mr. Shire occurred in
June, 1882, but the bank continues to be conducted under the old firm name. Its paid-up
capital is $150,000; surplus, $50,000; and average deposit account, $300,000. Insley,
Shire & Co. are located in a conveniently arranged building at No. 425 Delaware street,
They buy and sell exchanges, and make collections in all parts of this country and Europe,
besides doing an extensive general banking busivess.

The First National Bank of Leavenworth was chartered in 1863. Thomas Carney was
the first president; Lucien Scott cashier. The bank occupies a fine building northeast
corner of Fourth and Delaware streets. The following items, taken from itslast report,
made at the close of business May 19, 1882, give a good idea of its financial coudicion:
Loans and discounts, $479,997.56; capital stock paid in, $100,000; undivided profits,
8,003.03. Its total resources amount to $1,055,684,28. Present officers: Board of Directors
—Lucien Scott, president; George Van Derwerker, J. M. Graybill. J. M. Graybill is also
cashier; George Van Derwerker, assistant chashier.

MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.

Leavenworth being the oldest point in the Territory, Justly, lays claim to being the pioneer
in nearly every branch of business. She claims the largest wholesale establishment dealing
in hardware and cutlery west of St. Louis. J. F. Richardson & Co. established In 1856; the
oldest and one of the most extensive wholesale and retail jewelry houses, established by R.
N. Hershfield, during the same year; the oldest clothing house ii Kansas, J. Wollman, pro-
prietor, who commenced business in 1855; one of the oldest and most extensive dry goods
establishments in the West, Flesher, Schuneman & Co., established in 1857; one of the
largest wholesale grocery houses and the oldest in the State, Bittman, Taylor & Co., estib-
lished in 1864; Catlin Knox, the oldest wholesale boot and shoe house in Kansas, estab-
lished in 1859, etc., etc. Sketches of these and other leading business houses will be found
elsewhere. Leavenworth, however, is basing her claim to be considered one of the most
important commercial points of the Missouri Valley upon the variety and extent of her
manufactories, Coal is found in abundance tn, and within a few miles from the city, at the
State Penitentiary. The Leavenworth Coal Company is mining coal intNorth Leavenworth,
as will be seen by a statement of their operations.

The Leavenworth Coal Company was organized in 1863 with a capital stock of $100,000.

Little was done until 1868, when a reorganization was effected, the capital being increased,

to $300.000.' A shaft was sunk near the river, in the northern part of the city, and coal
laced upon the market in 1870. The vein is about 700 feet bélow the surface, and varies
from two to two and a half feet in thickness. Itis pronounccd by experts to be the best
steam - producing coal anywhere mined in the West. A second shaft was completed in 1880,
and during 1882 the old shaft was enlarged,new and expensive machinery purchased: in fact,
during that year $40,000 was expended upon variousimprovements. In the busy season
the company employ from 300 to 350 men, their machinery having a raising capacity of
75,000 bushels of coal per day. Present managemert of the company: Lucien Scott,
president; Matthew Ryan, Vice-president; Dr. T. Sinks, secretary and treasurer.

The reader has already discovered the splendid success attending the discovery of coal at
the Penitentiary. With this preface he is presented with a history of the banks and leading
manufactures of Leavenworth, and is referred to the biographic department for anything
in the line of manufactories or business houses which he misses.

The Great Western Manufacturing Company was established in 1858 as Maison, Willson
& Co., the firm consisting of A. F, Maison, E. P. Willson and P, Estes. In 1860 Mr. Maison
retired, Willson & Estes continuing the business. In 1865 D. F. Fairchild purchased a third
interest, aud the style of the firm name became Willson, Estes & Fairchild until 1869, when
John Wilson became a Dar EU er, andthe present style of “Great Western Manufacturing
Company ” was adopted. The works of the manufacturing company are situated on the
corner of Second and Choctaw streets. Over $175,000 capital is invested in them, and the
annual product, consisting of flour mill machinery, stationary and portable engines, saw
mills, puaps: mining machinery, iron work, water wheels, and general mill furnishings, is
$300,000. They employ 175 hands, and their buildings, of brick, cover an area 625 feet
square, The manufactures of the company are shipped all over ‘the West, and large deal-
ings are also had in portable flour mills, smut and separating machines, bolting cloth, rub-
ber and leather belting, mill stones and mill furnishing goods of every description. Present
oficers ofthecompany: E. P. Willson, president; John Wilson, treasurer; D. F. Fairchild,
secretary.

Although the Great Western Manufacturing Company had been engaged for a number
of years in the manufacture of stoves, it was not until 1875 that a separate organization,
known as the Great Western Stove Company, was effected. Its officers then elected were
John Wilson, president; D. F. Fairchild, vice-president; E. P. Willson, treasurer; N. H.
Burt, secretary. In 1877, Mr. Fairchild sold his interest tothe other partners. With this
excepelor; the management remains unchanged.

he works at the present time occupy a frontage of 96 feet on Choctaw and 300 feet on
Second street, and consist of two brick foundries, 70x150 feet, and 70x110, respectively.
A four story and basemeut brick building, 62x116 feet, Is used for stove finishing and stor-
age. The balance of the premises is occupied by the cupola building, blower room, iron
yard, flask yard, etc, The company also occupy for storage purposes, sample room, etc., the
two three-story brick stores, Nos. 205 and 207 Delaware street. Tuey employ about 150
men, and melt from fifteen to eighteen tons of pig iron'daily, Their product consists exclu-
sively of stoves. comprising over 100 styles and sizes of cooking stoves, ranges and heating
stoves, The trade of the manufactory extends over Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado
and New Mexico,

Kansas Manufacturing Company.—This company, one of the pillars which upholds Leav-
enworth’s increasing reputation as a manufacturing city, was formed in 1874, with the fol-
lowing officers: A, Caldwell, president; N. J. Waterman, treasurer; J. B. McAfee, secretary.
Hon, A. Caldwell, the preseut head of the company, and one of its founders, engaged at an
early day as an overland freighter, and thus laid the foundation of his business success In the
practical knowledge which he obtained of every need of every class in the line of vehicles—
whether the light-running farm wagon, freight wagon for Rocky Mountain use, Leadville

uartz wagon, army wagon and ambulance, or heavy timler wagon for railroad work, a
thorough study of cause and effect has been made until it seems as if the perfection of a
combination of timber and iron has been reached by this company. Theexcellence and
durability of its work is acknowledged all over the West,from Kansas to California. The works
are situated about five miles south of Leavenworth, on the line of the Missourl Pacific R’y,
The main building is 50x600 feet, three stories, brick, Near it!s a one-story structure, 50x
300 feet, where the wagons are froned. A 250-horse-power engine furnishes the motive
power for the fine machinery. The estimated value of the property, as 1t stands to-day, in-
Icuding shops and material on hand,!s $600,000. Before the lumber is seasoned, it is carefully
inspected, aud before it is aboutto be made into wagons, it Js subjected to the same process.
Large dry-houses and storage sheds but add to the correct impression of the magnitude
of the Kansas Manufacturing Company's business. The hubs, felloes and spokes,
tongues, hounds, etc., come from the East. Such is the rapidity and machine - like
precision with which the 200 workmen accomplish thetr work that one wagon {is put upon
the market every twenty five minutes. The companv’s capital is $500,000, and the manu-
facture for 1882 will amount to 8,000 wagons. The officers, at present, are as follows:
A, Caldwell, president; Thomas A. Mellon, vice-president; O. B. Brace, treasurer; J. B.
McAfee, secretary; J. P. Gamble, superintendent of shops.

S. L. North & Co.—Mr. North first commenced business in Leavenworth, in 1863. In
1866, he formed a partnership with N. Jennings, and afterward sold out to him. In 1873,
in connection with the Kansas Manufacturing Company, he commenced employing prison
labor. The cont:act, however, was deemed illegal, and in 1874 another was entered into
with the State, by which the Kansas Manufacturing Company was to do wagon work, and
S. L. North carriage and buggy work. The manufactory, located at the penitentiary, five
miles south of Leavenworth, is 50x300 feet in dimensions, and thoroughly equipped for
producing the best of work. Only second growth hickory is used, while all the timber em-
ployed is most thoroughly seasoned, Inthe manufacture of the carriages, buggies, phe-
tons, sulkies, etc. which are sold throughout Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas
and New and Old Mexico, about sixty men are employed, the annual sales amounting to $60,-
000. The office and repository of the company, where may be seen the finest specimens of
this particular manufacture, are located at No. 109 Main street.

Stevens & Garrigues Iron Comeany.— slthoug a not a manufactory, this establishment is
so closely allied to the wagon and carriage in ustry of L3avenworth and the State, that a
history of the company is presented here. It is the largest house in the Missouri valley
west of St. Louis, making a specialty of wagon and carriage materials. Iron, steel, springs,
axles, carriage bolts, skeins, anvils, horseshoes and nails, blacksmith tools, cloths, leathers
and trimmings are very extensively dealt in, the trade of the company extending all over
Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming. New Mexico and Arizona and portions of Missouri and Ne-
braska. They are also general dealers in wagon wood work, and have a large hard-wood
lumber yard in addition to their fine three-story establishment at Nos. 229 and 231 Cherokee

street. The company employ eleven men in the store, and three traveling salesmen, their
Duginess amounting to $150,000 per annum. The house was established in 1866 by Charles
N. Stevens, now president of the company, In 1873, Thomas A. Garrigues, present secre-
tary and treasurer, entered into partnership with him, under the firm name of Stevens &

 

 

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Ga rrigues. The Stevens and Garrigues Iron Company was formed in 1882, with a capita

k of 7 . H
pa ee ay eee & Hall, wholesale and retail furniture manufacturers ahd dealers
in carpets, Nos. 227 and 231 Delaware street. In 1856, J. L. Abernathy, the senior member
of the above firm, established his business in Leavenworth. A few years afterward he ad-
mitted John N. into partnership, and under the firm name of Abernathy Bros., they con-
ducted the business for twelve years. In April, 1880, E. L. Doughty and J.C. Hall were ad-
mitted into partnership with J. L. Abernathy, forming the firm as above named, J. N.
Abernathy giving his entire time and attention to the furniture factory. This establish-
ment, corner of Second and Seneca streets, 1s conducted by Abernathy Bros. & Co., and
supplies the house with the different styles of substantial, rich and elegant furniture dis-
played and stored in the fine three-story brick structure on Delaware s reet. The store is
75x120 feet, three stories and basement. The ground floor is divided into two compart.
ments, one being for storing unfinished furniture, the other used for office purposes, and
sales and sample room for different styles of chamber sets, book cases, sideboards, ward-
robes, ete. The second floor is the salesroum for parlor furniture, carpets, lace curtains
and oil cloth. The third floor is used for finishing all grades of furniture and for up-
holstering, and the basement for storage and packing purposes. The goods of the house
are distributed throughout the West. Some idea of the maguitude of its transactions may
be obtained when it {s stated that the firm employ 125 men, and transact and annual bus-

§8 amounting to $225,000. es
ies Missouri ing fo ‘Bridge and Iron Works. These works were established about ten
years ago by E. J. Farnsworth and D. W. Eaves. Four years ago they came under the
inanagement of Insley, Shire & Tullock By the death of Daniel Shire, in June, 1882, the
company lost one of Yis most valued members. The business will be conducted under the
same management, Mr. Shire’s interest being represented. A. T. Tullock, one of the pro-
prietors, is also superintendent of the works. By the continued excellence of their work
the company have established a business amounting to over $300,000 per annum. They
manufacture long span, draw, lattice and girder bridges, turn-tables, wrought-iron piers,
columns and trestle work, roof trusses, heavy forgings, and general iron work for jails,
court houses, ete. For some time the worke have chiefly been engaged upon the bridges
being constructed for the Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern R.R.Co, And it may behere
remarked that the company, from the start, have made a specialty of railroad bridge work,
and have acquired a widely extended reputation in this line. They have in their employ at
Leavenworth about seventy-five men, and $100,000 is invested in the business. -

Unton Stove and Machine Works.—This is another of the extensive and prosperous
manufactories of Leavenworth. Although established as late as May, 1879, the works
cover over half _a square block, No’s. 111 to 119 Cherokee street, and 112 to 118 Choctaw
street. Joseph Whitaker, presiaent of the company, was formerly a heavy dealer in pork
in Cincinnati, and located in Leavenworth twelve years ago. The other officers are as fol-
lows: John L. Whitaker, vice-president; C. E. Spooner, secretary; J. H. Beebe, superin-
tendent, The works manufacture stoves and hollow ware, tin ware, brass castings, engines,
mill machinery, iron work, gas pipe, fittings, house fronts, sash weights, palings, casting,
ete., ete. To give an idea of the magnitude of the work accomplished it may be stated that
over 10,000 pounds of iron alone is melted daily. The establishment employs over 100
man, $90,000 is invested iu the business, and the annual product of the works amounts to
$100,000. The manufacture is distributed all over the North, West and South. i

The Leavenworth Sugar Compa was organized in January, 1880, with a capital of
$75,000. Their factory is sltuated ‘about one mile south of the business heart of the city,
the building being a large brick structure, 130x140 feet, the machinery and appliances be-
ing of the most improved description, the whole costing $40,000. There are four engines,
the principal one being of 150 horse-power capacity. The establishment of this important
industry is due to the combination of such Eastern capitalists as Lucien Hawley, of Buffalo,
president of the company. formed in 1880, and local capital and enterprise represented by
such names.as Capt. M. H. Insley, Col. D. R. Anthony and Matt. Ryan. In June, 1882, the
factory passed into the hands of the Hamlins, of Buffalo. who operate two like establish-
ments in that city and one in Peoria, Ill. The management now consists of C. J. Hamlin,
president, William Hamlin, secretary; Harrv Hamlin. general manager. The factory is
now (July, 1882), being thoroug ly repaired and greatly improved, and when started u
again will give employmeut to 250 men. The manufactory will not only be of great benefit
to workingmen, but for the farming community, as it will openupa market for hun-
dreds of thousands of bushels of corn annually. ‘

Brown Medicine and Manufacturing Company, pharmaceutical chemists and per-
fumers, No. 113 Delaware street. This house is largely engaged in the manufacture of
various preparations of the pharmacopeia and other pharmaceutical preparations; the de-
mand for medicinal elixirs, fluid extracts and sugar -coated pills continues with great wc-
tivity.. They also manufacture Extract Blackberry and Ginger, Extract Jamaica Ginger,
Pepsin Tonic, and a few other proprietary medicines, which are the leading salable rem-
edjes of the West. Perfumery, toilet goods, flavoring extracts, etc., form an important part
of their productions. The company employ twentv-seven hands and nine traveling sales-
men, occupying all the States and Territories west of the Mississippi River. The rapid

vrowth and demand for their medicines is largely due to the fact that they are prepared es-
pecially for the diseases of the West. The quality of all articles that enter into the com-
position of their preparations is the best to be found, with skill and experience to com-
vine the same in a scientific manner. The company was organized in 1876, and now has
the following officers, most of whom have been from the beginning: G. A. Eddy, president:
W._B. Slosson, vice-president; J. P. Bauserman, secretary; R. J. Brown, superintendent
and treasurer. Their annual sales amount to $75.000.

Leavenworth Mills (H. D, Rush & Co.).—This manufactory, a complete and leadingone
of its kind, is situated at the corner of Broadway and Delaware streets. During the nine
years that Mr. Rush has been engaged in the business in Leavenworth, he has bullt up an
establishment which leads the trade in this section of the country. His “XXXX Premium”
and " Golden Eagle ” have acquired a wide-spread reputation, the product of the mills be-
ing shipped throughout the West. In addition to the large three-story mill, containing
eight run of stone and four sets of rolls, an elevator of 125.000 bushels capacity, is run in
connection with the manufacture of flour. The capacity of the mill is 300 barrels dally,
and, except when shut down for repairs, is keptrunning night and day. The firm employ
$200,000 in the business,

The Keystone Mitls, John Kelley and .J. C. Lysle, proprietors, Nos. 202 to 208 Cherokee
street, were built in 1870 and operated up to 1875 as a corn mill, In January, 1882, Mr.
Kelley purchased the interest of J. R. Dillworth, Mr. Liysies former partner. The Keystone
Mills have three run of stone, anda capacity of 125 barrels of flour per day, Their ma-
chinery and flour are of the best; special brands, ‘Golden Sheaf ” and “ White Swan.”

Ad. oining the flouring mills is a large furniture factory, in which they employ thirty-
five men. The product, amounting to $25,000 per annum, consists chiefly of chamber sets,
drawer work, desks and tables, which they wholesale throughout the West. Each of the
buildings occupied by these establishments is 50x75 feet, and tneir total value $20 000. The
two manufactories combined represent a large and growing capital. They have also just
So a brick flouring mill with basement, 75x125 feet, with all the modern

‘ Jone Vogel, Nos. 772 and 774 Shawnee street, operates a small corn mill and deals in

 

 

ain,

Munson & Burrows.—(S, J. Munson and George Burrows, manufacturers and dealers in
sash, doors and blinds, stairs, stair railing, balusters, newel posts, mouldings. pine and
hardwood lumber, etc., No. 409 Choctaw street). The above firm commenced business in
1864, erecting a building during that year at a cost of about $8,000. Additions have since
been made so that thelr factory is now 48x200 feet, and represents a valuation of twice the
original cost. This, with sheds and warehouses and extensive lumber yard, covers an area
of nearly a square block. Messrs. Munson & Burrows have invested some $75,000 in their
business, and ship the products of their manufacture all over the West. Over forty men
are employed in the factory and lumber yard. This may be said to be the only complete
aaah door aud blind factory in Leavenworth, and it is decidedly one of her leading indus-
Buckeye Carriage Works.—This establishment, of which John Cretors is proprietor, is
located at Nos, 417 to 423 Cherokee street, and is old and reliable. Mr. Gretors came to
Leavenworth in 1865, and established his present business in 1867. He manufactures and
has on hand a full line of light carriages, buggies, truck wagons, etc. A large business is
also done in repairing and repainting. Twenty men are employed in the works, which do 3
business aggregating $50,000 per annum. Y

J, Lyon, manufacturer of carriages, buggies and phaetons, Nos. 314 and 316 Shawnee
street, does good. honest work. He does a large business, amounting to some $8,000 per
annum, both in the manufacturing and general repairing line, occupying a substantial two-
story, Dalek building 50x75 feet. Mr, Lyonestablished his business in 875, and employs

‘m. G, Hesse, carriage and wagon manufacturer, Nos. 420 and 422 Cherokee street, es-
tablished his business as a blacksmith and wagon repairer, in 1858, on Seventh street. By
his industry and foresight he has built up a large and constantly increasing business, hav-
ing just made an addition to the large building (erected in 187 ), Which will fully double
its capacity. Its dimensions are now 48x112‘feet, three-story brick, and, witb site, is
valued at $10.000. Mr, Hesse employs thirty-five men, in the busy season, and his annual
product is $40,000. In addition to the manufacture of farm and spring wagons, buggies,
carriages, etc., he does a large business in the repairing and general blacksmithing line.

Vogel Brothers, cigar and packing boxes, No. 118 roadway, This factory was starte 1
by Jacob Vogel, the father of the young men who are operating it at present. Mr. Vugel
died in Ovtober, 1881, when his sons, George, William and Jolin, assumed control of tae

 

business. They employ thirty-five hands, and transact a business amounting to $60,000
PECAN Uy They are about to extend its scope by the manufacture of broom and ax bhan-
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

,,, Phe Brandon and Kirmeyer Brewing Oompany.—This is the sole remaining representa-
tive of this interest in Leavenworth. Over 300-000 has been sunk and lost in different
brewing enterprises, the first brewery being established in 1854—the Scott Brewery. It
was located on the Lawrence road, its last owners being Messrs. Becker & Linck. The ori-
gin of the Brandon and Kirmeyer Brewing Company was the small soda-water factory
which the senior member of the firm, Joho Brandon, established in 1858. His partner was
David Block. In 1862 Messrs. Brandon and Kirmeyer commenced to manufacture ale and
porter. The brewery and bottling works of the company are located on the corner of Sec-
ond and Kiowa streets, In the manufacture of their beer they used during the past year
30,000 bushels of barley. Thecompany employ twenty-three men, and their business for
1881-82 amounted to over $100,000.

Lhe Leavenworth Bottling Company, Nos. 712 to 716 Cherokee street, George Linck
proprietor, are not only agents for the celebrated Auheuser-Busch St. Louis lager Deer, but
are manufacturers of ginger-ale, soda and iniueral water. The factory and works comprise
a large two-story building, 50x125 feet. The business amounts to $50,000 per annum.

arles Besser also has some quite extensive bottling works, corner of Fourth and
Shawnee streets, being the agent for Phillip Best’s Milwaukee lager beer. He is not a man-
ufacturer, however.

“Pioneer” Cooper Shop.—Joseph Duerr was the first cooper to work in Leavenworth,
he making casks for the old brewery, established in 1854. The first regular cooper, how-
ever, todo general work was J. H. Rothenberger, who, in 1859, started a small shop on
Main street, Mr, Rothenberger was his own master and his own workman at that time.
In 1864 he moved to his present location on Short street. He now employs twenty-three
men, and transacts an annual business amounting to $35,0U0. The Plonger Cooper Shop
ey out every variety of work, ranging in sizefrom the smallest keg to the largest

The Leavenworth Steam Boiler Works, of Joseph Newsome & Sons, were established in
1864. They are situated on the south side of Choctaw, between Second and Third streets,
adjoining the works of the Great Western Manufacturing Company. Their manufacture
consists of steam boilers and tauks. This firm supply all the boilers used by the Great
Western Manufacturing Company. They employ seven men, have $5,000 invested in the
business, and their annual manufacture amounts to $15,000. This manufactory also turns
out a full line of iron cells for jalls, and lard rendering and water tanks, Mr. Newsome
Jearned his trade in England, and he learned it well for he is now at the head of one of the
solidest iron manufactories in Leavenworth. >

Leavenworth Novelty Works, Messrs. A. Folger & J. J. Fairbank proprietors, are situa-
ted at Nos. 114 and 116 Main street. They were established in 1870, the manufacture
consisting of all Kinds of brass and sheet-iron work, gold, silver, and nickel plating, model
making, engraving and electroplating. Mr. Folger was formerly in business in Detroit;
Mr. Fairbank came to Leavenworth from England. They employ tive men and doa busi-
ness of over $5.000 per annum. These are the only works of the kind in the State. .

Lhe Western Tower Clock Company was organized in March, 1881, with the following
officers: Joseph Whitaker, president and treasurer; A. A. Ferin, vice-president and secre-
tary; J. W. Hile, general superintendent. Mr. Hile is the inventor of the celebrated century
clock which attracted so much attention at the Centennial Exhibition. In addition to super-
ior clocks for court houses, depots, churches, etc., the company also manufacture a portable
galvanized iron reel bake oven, which is coming into popular favor. The manufactory is

ocated at No. 216 Delaware street.

George Kauymany & Co., Talling shops, brass founders and locksmiths, No. 304 Shawnee
street beween Third and Fourth. Mr. Kauffmann established his business in 1865, having
@ small shop on Seneca street. He employed one man in the business—himself—for about
amonth. Then he had to increase his force. Frederick Lange and William Kauffmaun
are now in partnership with him. Together they employ six men, and do a business
amounting to some $6,000. The original building, in which his business was first estab-
lished, was erected in 1871. Additions have since been made until it is now a solid brick
two-story structure, 80x24 feet.

The Continental Steam Marble Works, Nos. 404-406 Cherokee street, Messrs. S. F. Bur-
dett & Frederick Heis proprietors, is the oldest and most extensive manufactory of the kind
in Leavenworth. It was established in 1862, and does an annual business of over $30,000. In
addition to the general marble and stone work, the firm dealin iron fencing and furniture
for lawns and cemeteries. 7 oid i

The brick trade is well represented in Leavenworth, five or six yards being in operation.
A. A. Fenn commenced the manufacture of brick over twenty years ago, and has the largest
yard now in thecity. Inthe spring of 1881, he commenced business at his present loca-
tion, and turned out nearly 4,000.00 brick for the season. John McCormick runs a good
yard, employing twelve men and turning out about $20,000 worth of brick per annum.

Leavenworth Woolen Mills.—In 1872, William McNeill Clough, J. McGonigle, Judge
Stillings, Arthur Simmons, P. H. McDonald and others, formed the Leavenworth Carpet
Company, and erected the original mills. With machinery, the cost was $50,000. Four
years thereatter the building was enlarged and improved in every respect. In 1876, Duffy,
Jones & Morgan became proprietors. During the next year, Owen Duffy, now sole pro-~
prietor, bought out the interests of his partners. The property is now valued at $60,000;
annual manufacture $80,000. Mr. Duffy employs forty men, turning out cassimeres,
blankets, flannels and yarns. He isa skilled manufacturer, and Leavenworth appreciates
him and her woolen mills. ,

The Leavenworih Bag Manufacturing Company occupy four floors, 24x120 feet, at No.
105 Main street. In the manufacture of cotton bags, flour sacks and burlaps aud the sale
of paper bags and wrapping paper, employment is given to thirty hanus and two traveling
men. W. A. Rose is general superintendent. — : :

The Kansas Canning Company was organized in the spring of 1881, as a stock company,
with J. P, Bauserman, president; W. B. Slosson, vice-president; George C. Vaughn, treas-
urer; A. A. Fenn, secretary; J. 8. Edwards, superintendent, The works are situated on
the éast side of Main street, north of Three-Mile Creek, and consist of a two-story wooden
building, 40x80 feet, with appropriate and improved machinery. The pa dup capital is
$15,000, but the working capital is more than double that amount. Vegetables, chicken,
turkey, mince meat, apple butter, etc., etc., have been canned in season. The company
employ on an average, 100 hands, and are about.to add to their machinery a cider press and
afruit drier. A. B. Havens & Co., have invested a large amount of money, and are virtually
operating the works under a lease. Since the above was written (on the morning of July
18, 1882). the works of the above company were entirely destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of $20,000 upon the lessees, A. B. Havens and George Richardson. The insurance was
but $10,000. In two weeks the buildings were rebuilt, larger than before, and the company
canned $20.000 worth of tomatoes and other fruits before the season was over.

Leavenworth Candy Manufacturing Oompany.—In May, 1882, a stock company was
formed, of which Joseph Westenberger was President, forthe manufacture and sale of
every variety of candy. The capital stock of the company, whose factory is at No. 219
Delaware street, is $20,000. A business amounting annually to $75,000 has been trans-
acted. Fifteen hands are employed. Hardy Solomon is the general manager.

Leavenworth Uracker Factory.—F. A. Rolfs,~a well-known young business man of
Leavenworth, has just putin operation (July, 1882.) a large establishment devoted to the
manufacture of crackers, bread, cakes, etc. He has invested about $12,000 in the business.
His manufactory is situated corner of Shawnee and Third streets. i

Among the best known of the cigar manufacturers and dealers who are doing business
in Leavenworth are A. Simmons, Sultana cigar manufacturer, who employs thirty-five
men, and does a $100,000 business; D. Staiger, successor to Simmons & Staiger and Staiger
& Olive, whose product equals half that amount; and Rothenberg & Schloss, whose trans-
actions are among the largest inthe city. These firms are all ou Delaware street.

Noap Factory.—This, the oldest manufactory of the kind in Kansas, was established in
1857, at Five-Mile Creek, by R. B. Craig. In 1868 he erected a building on the present site
of the factory, No. 407 Cherokee street. Additions have gice been made until the structure
is 75x32 feet. From a small beginning the industry has grown until $10,000 is invested in
the business, and the value of the aunual product is $20,000. The manutacture consists
principally of laundry soap, for which a ready market is found throughout the West.

. M. Hurley & Co., (&. V. Flora) the only other soap manufacturersin Leavenworth,
have a small factory on Short street, from which they turn out a first-class variety of laun-
dry soap— White Rose,” “White Russian” and “Star.” They established their business
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HOTELS AND PUBLIC HALLS.

avenworth Hotel, erected by Geo. H. Keller and A. T. Kyle in the fall of 1854,
asthe Hues Gaia not only the first hotel in the town of Leavenworth, butin the Ter-
ritory of Kansas. {t was opened October 7, 1854. The building, a large three-story wooden
structure, 120x36 feet, was situated on the northwest corner of Deleware and Main streets.
Uncle George Keller was a hostin himself. He had been a farmer and hotel keeper in In-
diana, a cattle drover in Platte County, Mo., a gold hunter in California—and but for the
rascality of an agent would have been a successful one,—one of the original platters of
Leavenworth, a man, a brother, warm hearted, a strong Free-soiler, etc., ete. No wonder
that he was a popular landlord—except with the ultra Pro-staveryites. ‘‘Aunt Nancy
Keller, his wife, was also a good old soul. It seemed to be peculiarly appropriate that the
first child born in the town, Cora Leavenworth Kyle, should see the light of day under the
care of such kind grand parents as Mr, and Mrs. Keller. It would be difficult to say who
were happiest on this 6th day of December, 1854, the parents themselves, or Grandmother
and Grandfather Keller. Miss Kyle afterward became the wifeof 5.M. Allen, The Leav-
eaworth Hotel became so popular that additions were made in the winter. This was the
third building erected in Leavenworth. In front of the hotel, in the street, a well was dug
—the firstin towo—which remained there untilthe street was graded down some thirty
feetin 1857. The old elm tree also went down and disappeared from history at this time.

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Returning to Mr, Keller—his Free-state proclivities became too pronounced, and during
the early part of 1856, he was “run out” of the State andimprisoned at Weston. Being a
strong Odd Fellow, as well as a favorite, and being entirely innocent of any wrong doing,
“Uncle George ” was allowed to escape to Nebraska, where he remained untilthe excite-
ment had blown over. Hethen returnedand builtthe Mansion House, a3 he found that
the Leavenworth House had been transformed into a prison by the ‘border rufflans.’’ In
1857 A. Beach became landlord of the Leavenworth Hotel. In 1859 the building was torn
own.

Planters’ House.—In October, 1855, the Planters’ Hotel Company was formed, its prin-
cipal members being W. H. Russell, H. P. Johnson and Amos Rees. It was started as a
recognized resort for those of strong Pro-slavery sentiments, those who attached their
names to the subscription paper formally endorsing this narrow political business princi-
ple. In November ground was broken for the new hotel, on the corner of Main and Shaw-
nee streets, and the work so well carried on that although the building was a large four-
story brick structure, it was thrown open to guests on the 3d of December, 1856. It hada
front of 110 feet on Shawnee street and seventy-four feet on Main and Water streets. The
dining-room, 106 feet in length, would accommodate 200 guests at a sitting; the sleeping
rooms were light and airy, the furniture (of the latest styles) cost $15,000, the silverware
and plate came from New York—in fact the Planters’ Hotel was a wonder of elegance and
comfort in these days and inthis country. The aggregate cost was $50,000. The house
was leased to Messrs. McCarty & McMeekKin, and under their popular management, coupled
with its convenient location on the Levee, it became known far and wide. Smith, Rice &
Co. were proprietors from 1857 to 1865, during which time (1863), the large addition on
Main street was built. Robingon & Co. managed the house for two years. In 1867 J. B.
Lamber, its present proprietor, came int» possession. The building, as it now stands, has
100 rooms, being 125x125 feet in size. Mr. Lamber’s long experience has taught him how
to run the hotel in first-class style, and he does it.

Among the other early hotels best known in Leavenworth were the St. George, corner of
Second and Delaware, B. O. Menger, proprietor; the Union House, corner of Main and Shaw-
nee, Capt. H. T. Clarke, landlord; andthe Temperance Hotel, on Delaware street, kept by
H. Pp. Livers; Shawnee House, on Shawnee, between Main and Second streets, kept by Far-
rell & Berthoud.

The Shawnee House was built vy Miles Norton, in 1855, and as the Planters’ House
was to the Pro-slavery party, so was the Shawnee House to the Free-state organization.
The building was situated on the north side of Shawnee street, besween Main and Second
streets—the two-story frame building now occupied as a dwelling house. It was the recog-
nizsd headlyurrters vf all the noted Free-state leaders in this vicinity. Mr. Norton was very
popular as a landlord, and the Planters’ House was obliged to louk to its laurels in retain-

ng its share of public patronage. . . . 3

The Continental Atel is a fine brick building, three stories and basement in height, sit-
uated on the corner of Fourth and Cherokee streets. Ic was built by Michael Przybylowicz,
in 1868. Edward Fritsche became a partner in the business in 1872. The Continental con-
tains sixty rooms, accommodations for 150 guests, and the entire property is now valued at

30,000. The hotel is situated in the business center of Leavenworth, and is a great favorite
with traveling men.

The Planters’ House and the Continental Hotel are now the leading public houses of
Leavenworth. Others there are, however, which accommodate a large class of the public.
The Delmonico Hotel, by the Giacomini Bros., is finely managed. The Washington House,
the Collins’ House, the Central Hotel, and other public houses and boarding establishments,
less well known, serve to make Leavenworth a pleasant residence city for those not able to
own homes of their own.

The most costly and elegant public hall in Leavenworth is the new Opera House, on
Shawnee street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. The building was erected by a stock com-
pany, of which H. D. Rush was president, and completed in 1880, at a cost of $20,000. The

all, which is neatly and conveniently arranged, and furnished with tasty scenery, has a
seating capacity of 900.

In addition to the new Opera House, there are the old Opera House, southwest corner of
Dealiware and Fourth; Liing’s Hall, northwest corner of these thoroughfares; Turner
Hall, northeast corner of Shawnee and Broadway; Pythian Hall, corner of Sixth and
Shawnee streets; Odd Fellows’ Hall, corner of Fourth and Delaware; and Ralston’s Hall,
corner of Third and Delaware streets.

SOCIETIES.

SoorrisH RITe (Masonic)—Eleusis Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, received its charter
from the southern jurisdiction of the United States, aid organized 1871. Officers: P. J.
Freling, V. Master; John Westlake, S wi Bs. 3good, J. .; J. W. Park, secretary.
No change in officers since the organization. Meets in Masonic Temple on the third Satur-
day of each month.

Leavenworth Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar.—Organized March 30, 1864, by
pezmission of General Grand Commandery, with following members: T. A. Hurd, R. R.

ees, L P. Stiles, Fritz Majors, Christian Beck, Casper Beechler, John Tralliuan, L.G.Terry,
T. W. Bassett, A. C. Horan, First officers: T. A. Hurd, E. C.; R. R. Rees, Gen.; L. P.
Stiles, Capt. Gen. Present officers: John V. Ellard, E, C.; Otto C. Beeler, Gen.; W. B.
Fletcher, Capr. Gen. Meetings held in Masonic Tem se, on the second and fourth Wednes-
days in the month. :

Leavenworth Chapter, No. 2, Royal Arch Masons.—Chartered by the General Grand
Chapter uf the United States, September 26, 1859, with the following officers: R. Rees,
high priest; Rev. Leander Kerr, king; E. C. MeG arty, scribe; Audrew Hogan, Christian
Beck, Charles Mundy, J. M. Reed, D. J. Johnson, J. MvuBride, A. Payne, L. R. Smoot, G.
W. Perkins, charter members. Present officers: E. W. Osgood, high priest; B. F. Phelps,
king; John Watstrom, scribe. Present number of members, seventy-six. Regular meetings
in Masonic Temple on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.

Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2, A., F. & A. My Oteanized January 18, 1855, with R. R. Rees,

M.; A. Payne, S. W.; Auley McAuley, J. , Charles Mundy, secretary; George B.
Panton, treasurer; L.J. Eastou, S. D.; J. M. Alexander, J. D.; J. J. Bentz, tyler. Present
officers: John EK, Walstrom, W. M.; J. M. Prather, S. W., Squire F. Taylor, J. W.
Davis, treasurer; E. W. Osgood, secretary. Present number of members, 107.

King So omon Lodge, No 10, A., F. & A. M.—Organized October 18, 1858. First offi-

39. B.

cers: Heury C. Justice, W. M.; Moses S. Adams, S. W.; George A. Eddy, J.W.; H. H. Beck,
secretary; J. J. Clarkson, treasurer. Present officers: N.H. Brown, W. M.; J, Shiffer, S.
W.; ‘f. D. Mace, J, W.; Matthew Shaw, treasurer; J..W. Kirkham, secretary; Joseph

Beenan, Be D.; John Willcot, J. O.: Joseph Norris, tyler. Present number of members,
sixty-eight.

_ Hiram Lodge, No. 68, A., F, & A. M.—Organized August, 1867. First officers: George
Einstein, W. M.; B. Flesher, S. W.; J. Simmons, J. W. Present officers: Henry Seller, W.
M.; Charles Ettenson, 8. W.; Joseph Valentine, J. W.; Philip Rothschild, treasurer; Henry
Shindler, secretary; Jacob Enkel, 8. D.; Martin Kelley, J. D.; Fritz Majors, tyler. resent
number oF members, forty-two. Meetings held the first and third Thursdays, in old Ma-
sonic Hall.

Leavenworth Council, No.1, Royal and Select Masters.—Organizel December 16, 1865
(under dispensation), with R. R. Rees as T. 1. G. M.; A. H. Cohen, D. I.G.M.; J. D. Marks,
Pp. C. of W.; L. J. Terry, C. of G.; and nine companions present, Charter received May 24,
1866, and the following officers elected: KR, R. Rees, T. I. G. M.; J. D. Marks, D.I. G. M.
Darighe Byington, P. C. of W.; A. A. Fenn, C. of C.; L. Houston, Treas.; Fritz Majors, C. of
G.; W. H. Bond, steward; Fritz Majors, $.; O.C. Beeler, recorder. Present officers: O. C.
Beeler, T. I. G. M.; D. W. Campbell, D. [.G.M.; J. V, Ellard, P. C. of W.; C. Beck. treasur-
er; F. A, Cimeran, recorder; M, Shaw, C. of G.; J. L. Schiffer, C. of C.; Joseph McDonald,
steward; Fritz Majors, sentinel. Present number of members, thirty-nine. Meets monthly
in Masonic vemple:

State Right Masonry—St. Mark's Lodge, U. D. (Colored)—Meets on the first and third
Tuesday evenings of each mouth, at 302 Delaware street (up-stairs). L. Overton, W. M.;
a neulas AWA LAITS, Jr.,S. W.; BR. Lemons, J. W.; Joseph Herold, treasurer; D. A. Jones,

r., secretary.

Mount Olive Lodge, No. 3 (Colored).—Meets at 302 Delaware street (up-stairs), on the
first and third Wednesdays of each month. Organized in 187%, with George Gray, worship-
ful master; George Robinson, secretary. Present officers: Frank Obanion, W. M.; Benja-
min Anderson, S. W.; James Pryor, J. W.; H. Montgomery, treasurer; J. H. Walton, sec-
retary. Present number of members, thirty-six.

Atlanta Lodge, No. 2056, 1. 0. O. F. (Colored).—Organized April, 1880. First officers:
Burvil Atkinson, N. G.; A. B. Turner, vice-grand: W. D. Kelley, P.S.; F. E. Ware, elective
secretary; K. F. Ware, Past N.G. Present officers: F. W. Watson, N. G.; John Brewer,
vice-granud; W. D. Kelley, permanent secretary; George Davis, elective secretary; Lewis
Branch, past noble grand. Present number of members, thirty-one. Meetings on Wednes-
day evenings, in Wolf’s Hall.

Far West Encampment No. 1, I. 0. O. F.—Instituted February 14, 1859. Charter mem-
bers: J. B. Davis, Phillip Koehler, N. W. Cox, C. A. Logan, Thomas Piowman, Charles
Munday, Meets every other Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows’ Hall, corner of Fourth
and Delaware streets. Officers elected for the semi-annual term beginning July 1, 1882:
R. M. McGregor, C. P.; N.R. Nye, S. W.; J. M. Stuchburg, J. W.; N. E. Stevens, scribe;
we ie Leeper, treasurer; John MH. Fenton, H. P. Present number of mambers, one hun-

red and one.

Mechanics Lodge, No. 89, I. O. O. F.—Organized October 8, 1872. Charter members: G.
A. Davis, John Shoemaker, J. Burnham, J. R. Duncan, George Byron, J. E. Varney, R. A.
Saunders, J. L. Duncan, C, H. White. Meets every Saturday evening in Odd Fellows’ Hall,
corner of Fourth and Delaware streets. Officers elected for semi-annual term beginning
July 1, 1882: J. M. Stushverg, P. N. G.; Joho Pfeiffer, N.G.; 8. J. Banker, V. G.; Charles

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L. Olund, Rec. Sec.; Robert McGinity, Per. Sec.; John H. Shoemaker, Treas. Number of
members, one hundred and forty-two.” , :

Allemania Lodge No. 128, I. 0, 0. F.—Instituted December 27, 1875. Charter members:
Chas. Chineke, Christian Hoffman, Peter Bubb, And. Drechsel, August Renz, Henry Schier-
mayer, Charles Conrad, Jacob Rodenhaus, Joseph Walter, Henry Brueggen, William
Graisky, Dom Wissler, Charles Paeper, Tim Hermance, Fred Wochner, H.C. Mohr, N.
Hieb, arles Ackenhausen, Carl Kempire, G. F. Zeitz, Aug. Schanz, Chris, Kentner,
August Streibich, Cc. F, Cremer, W. Stech, Julius Meincke, Joseph Wollman, William
Schroeder, Charles Fees, Jac. Elsasser, G. M. Young, Joseph Bergmann, W. G. Hesse, John
Grund. Officers for term beginning July 1, 1882: &. F. Zeitz, BP. N. G.; August Schanze, N.
G,; C. Tholen, V. G.; Fred. Steir, Per. Sec.; Henry Brueggen, Treas.; George Kauffman, Rec.
Sec.; Presentnumber of members, seventy-five. Meetsin Odd Fellows’ Hall, corner of
Fourth and Delaware streets, ever Monday evening.

Schiller Encampment No. 2, LO. O. F.—Lustituted May 20, 1866. Charter members:
Phillip Koehler, William Schroeder, Charles Deidrich, Charles Besser, George Walter,
Michael Hoflman, Gottlieb Geiger. Officers for the present term: M. Wolfsberger, C. H. P.;
A. Bauer, H. P.; Charles Conrad, Treas.; W. G. Hesse, Scribe: Present number of mem-
bers, fifty. Meets onthe second and fourth Wednesdays in Odd Fellows Hall, corner of

Fourth and Delaware streets.

wep eetropolitan Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F.—Instituted October 11, 1867. The following Is a
list of the charter members: J. C. Hemergrade, Christian Beck, A. C. Fields, J. S. Crow,
Cc. J. Hanks, A. Neman, J. C. L. Vanderpool, E. C. Putnam, J. B. Woodson, E. M, Rankin,
J. C. Kelsey, R. Forsythe. Present officers: E. T. Reese, P. N. G.; F. H. Osborn, N. G.; F. E,
Carpenter V.G; L. Mayo Treas.; R. M. McGregor, Per. Sec.; L. E. Burbank, Rec. Sec. Has
one hundred and thirty-five members. Meetings held every Friday evening in Odd Fellows’
Hall, corner Fourth and Delaware streets.

Germania Lodge. No. 9, I. 0. O. F.—Organized July 24, 1859. Charter members: F. W.
Wood, C.- A. Shinke, Cnristian Beck, Phillip Kaler, W. Itz, Present officers: Charles
Engstrom, past grand; John C. Smith, noble grand; Carl Bauer, vice-grand; L. Sidell,
secretary; Ad. Wernher, permanent secretary; George Scheiner, treasurer. Meets every
Thursday in Odd Fellows’ Hall, corner Fourth and Delaware streets, Present number of
members, one hundred and three. :

Leavenworth Lodge, No 2, IL. O. O. F.—Organized March 9, 1857. ‘The charter members
were: Christian Beck, J. H. Blanchard, Ryland Jones, John Shirley, W, A. Thompson,
Samuel C. Weller. Officers for term beginnning June 1, 1882: W. M. Leeper, P. N.G.; T.
HK. Mills, N. G.; W. H. Morgan, V. G.; T. C. Davis, I'reas; James Franks, Per. Sec.; M. E,.
Stevens, Rec. Sec. Meets every Tuesday night in Odd Fellows’ Hall, corner of Delaware
and Fourth streets. Present number of members, one hundred and eighteen.

Ooncordia Lodge, No. 8, K. of P.—Organized December 4, 1872. First officers: August
Thanheidt, P. U.; August Neubauer, C. C.; John Trump, V.C.; August Geveke, prelate;
E, F, Haberlein, K. of K. & S.; J. C. Dickelmann, M. of F.; Chas, Engstrom, M.of E.; George

Linek, M. A.; Henry Beriue, I. G.; H. J. Canniff, G. C.; J. A. Bliss, G. K.of R.S. Present
officers: Chas. K. Hang, P.C.; P. J. Praider, C. GQ; Ad, Hummins, V.C.; H. Rammert, pre-
late; H. Bonness, K. of R, & S.; Louis Casper, M. of Ex.; Louis Zeilke, M. of F.; Jac. Lau,

. Of A.; Kd. Pingel, inner guard; Chas. Ober, outer guard. Meets on the second and
fourth Wednesdays of each month at Pythian Hall, southeast corner of Shawnee and Sixth
streets. Present number of members, eighty-one.

Ivanhoe Lodge No. 14, K, of P.—Instituted December 1, 1873. First officers: L. M. God-
dard, C. C.; T. J. Darling, V.C.; W. F. Porter, prelate; J. L. Vickers, M. of E.; W. E. Rob-
inson, M, of F.; Johu K. Creighton, K.of R. G&S. Present officers: Herman Bruns, C.C.;
William Small, V.C.; J. K. Creighton, prelate: G.S. Beven, M, of E.; Henry Bruns, M. of
¥.; W. A. Bryant, K. of R. & S. Meets on the second and fourth Monday evenings of each
month at Pythian Hall, southeast corner of Shawnee and Sixth streets. Present number of
members, one hundred and sixteen. ,

Leavenworth Lodge, No. 22, K. P.—Instituted August 24,1878. First officers: J. W.
Wheeler, P.C.; MueCown Hunt, C.C.; L. KE. Wicks, V. U.; S. Simmons, P.; R. B. Cleghorn,
M, of E.; Joseph McDonald. M.of F.; E. T. Rees, K. of R. &S.; T. W. Thomas, M. at A.;
W. P. Doerson, I, G.; W.D. Skinner, 0.G. Present officers: William Dill, C. C.; W. D.
Skinner, V. C.; RK. H. Varney, K. of 8. &S.;S. Broadway, Jr., prelate; A. Buga, .of E.
Meets ou thesecond and fourth Thursday evenings of each month at Pythian Hall, south-
east corner of Shawnee and Sixth streets. Present number of members, fifty-three. .

Ww. C. T. U.—This Temperance organization was formed in November, 1879, and is
the leader in this work of reform in Leavenworth. It has nowa membership of fifty,and
has been the means of furnishing strangers and the public generally with a pleasant read-
ing room and a nice library, on Third street. Present officers; Mrs. E. Mayo, president;
Mrs. H. C. Fields, vice-president; Mrs. J. C. Lysle, treasurer; Mrs. S. M. Hartough, sec-

retary.

‘Kansas Pharmaceutical Association.—This body was organized in the year 1880, and
the first elected officers, who held for two years, were the followiug: Robert J. Brown, of
Leavenworth, president; B. W. Woodward, of Lawrence, vice-president; W. C. Johnston,
of Maphattan, second vice-president: J.C. Northcraft, Abilene, treasurer: F. EB. Holliday,
of ‘Topeka, secretary; W.C. Naylor, of Holden, assistant secretary. The present officers,
elected for the years 1882 and 1883, are F. E. Holloway, president; W. C. Jolniston, vice-
presidents W. M. Stanford, treasurer; O. E, Barnes, secretary. Present number of mem-

ers, 320. The next annual meeting will held at Topeka.

Hibernian Catholic Benevolent ociety.—Organized October 13, 1867. First officers: Rev.
Thomas Ambrose Butler, president and spiritual director; Maurice White, vice-president;
Henry Carey, secretary; Thomas Quinlan, treasurer. Organized. with thirteen meinbers.
Present officers: James McAuliffe, president; O. Farrall, secretary; Rev. J. B. McCune,
treasurer. Meets at Hibernian Hall, east side of Fifth street, between Kickapoo and. Kiowa
streets, first Sunday in each month. :

Sodal ty of the Immaculate Conception, of the B. V. M.—Organized September, 1855.
Rt. Rev. Joho B. Miege, first spiritual director; Brother Lawliss, prefect; Thomas New-
man, secretary. Organized with nine members. Present officers; James McAuliffe, pre-
fect; Morgan Sinnott, secretary; Rev. J. B. McCune, spiritual director. Meetings every
Sunday morning atthe cathedral. Present number of members, 120.

The Hebrew Ladies’ Benevolent Society was organized in 1865. For eighteen years it
has continued in charitable and benevolent work, and is a recognized power for good in
thecommunity. The Boclety HOW, numbers forty members, and has the following officers:
Mrs. N. Schloss, president; rs. P. B. Haas, vice-president; Mrs. S. Seller, secretary; Mrs.
P. Rothschild, treasurer. 2

Catholic Knights of America, St. Patrick’s Branch, No. 180.—Organized April, 30, 1880.
First officers: Rev. James O'Reilly, spiritual director; Phillip Doyle, president; P. H. Mul-
len, vice-president; John J. Roche, recording, secretary; W. J. Thompson, financial secre-
tary; John C. O’Donnell, treasurer; Clinton T. Flinn, sergeant-at-arms; Daniel Donovan,
sentinel; William Thompson, C. T. Flinn, M. T, Lonergan, trustees. Present officers: M,
Burns, president; P. A. Doran, vice-president; J. J. Roche, recording secretary; Frank J.
Thompson, financtal secretary; J.C. O’Donald, treasurer; D. Donivan, sentinel; Matthew
Trum, sergeant-at-arms. Meets on the second and fourth Sundays of each month, at thelr
hall, corner of Fifth and Kiowa streets. Present number of members, eighty-five.

American Legion of Honor.—Organized June, 1881. First officers: J. Carr, commander;
O, F. Johnson, vice-commander; —-- Pierce, secretary. Present officers; D., A. Hook, pres-
ident; Edward Murphy, secretary. Meet at Ralston’s Hall, corner of Third and Delaware
streets, on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. Present number of members,

y-four. ;

Leavenworth Branch of the Diocesan Benevolent Life Insurance Company.~ Tile object of
this organization, formed in 1874, is to obtain a closer union of Catholics. Unless one isa
member of some.local Catholic society, he can not become a member of the company:
Upon the death of 4 member, each person belonging to the branch Is assessed $1, Which Is
paid to the relatives of the deceased. At present the membership of the branch 1s 600. Its
officers are as follows: Rev. J. O’Reilley, president. Directors, M. A. Wohlfrom, James
McAuliffe and Rev. J. J. Downey; Peter C. Becker, secretary.

First Grand Independent Benevolent Soctety of Kunsas,—Organized in Leavenworth, in

° 1868. George Noland, first president, and Frank Scutt, secretary, Present officers: H.
Bland, presideut; David Jackson, vice-president; Jelferson Craig, treasurer, Meets every
Monday, on Cherokee, between Third and Fourth streets. The society is benevolent in
character, furnishing watchers for the sick, aud burial for deceased members, At the pres-
ent time, there are 300 members.

Youths’ Temperance Alliance.— Meets each Sunday at some of the city churches. Prof.
S. B. Lang worthy, prosideugs Hon. J. I. Larimer, wee ret tO Ot W. A. 5S.Blewett, secreta-
ry and treasurer; William Curtis, assistant secretary; Miss Clark, organist.

Knights of Honor.—Leavenworth Lodge, No. 1,285, meets in Ralston Hall, northeast cor-
ner of Delaware and Third streets, on the first aud third Thursdays in each. month. The
Lodge was organized December 10, 1879, with the following list of officers: W.N. Page, P.
D.; Samuel Black, dictator; J. W. Wheeler, bs . H. Hewett, V. D.; George Davis
chaplain; Thomas Gancomia, guide; W. M. Pinkston, reporter; Levi Churebill, financial
reporter; W. Davis, treasurer. Present officers: George A. King P. D.; William Small,
dictator; C. S. Pimberton, V. D.; George W. Nellis, A. D,; James Seymour, chaplain; N. J.
Brugge, guide; A. L. Warren, reporter; William Gunther, financial reporter; T. J. Weeld,
treasurer. Present number of members, 124;

Germania Lodge, No 5, Ancient Order of United Workmen.—Organized June, 1880,
First officers: Henry Eckert, master workman; Adam Heimbuck, recorder; G. Mark-
art, financier; Frederick Steir, receiver Sixteen charter members. Present officers: Fred-
erick Stier, master workman; G. L, Fulner, recorder; Adam Heimbuck, financier; Gustave

- Markart, treasurer; Dr. D. W. Thomas, physician. Meetings held in Pythian Hall, south-
east corner of Sixth and Shawnee streets, the second and last Tuesdays of each month.
Present number of members, forty-one. | ;

Knights of Labor, No. 74, (Colored ).—Organized April, 1882. Officers: Thomas Williams

 

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chief mentor; J one Frazier, chief srlte: Meets every other Monday and Saturday nights,
in Wolf's Hall. umber of members, forty.

Knights of La or, No. 37, (Colored).—Urganized 1879, First and present officers: Will-
iam Coleman, chief’ mentor: Albert Hopkins, chief scribe. Meets every Monday nightin
Wood’s Hall, Delaware street, between Second aud Third, Number of members, sixty-

two. :

Leavenworth Lodge, No. 1, Sons of Bethel No. 1, (Colored).—Organized in 1881, Meet-
ings held every Mouday evening over Albright’s store, south side Miami street, between
Fourth and Fifth. Daniel Alexander, president; Moses Foster, vice-president; H. Miller,
secretary, Jolin Fields, treasarer. Number of members, eighty. There is a sister society
called the Daughters of Bethel, with a membership of thirty. Meetings held at 420 Shaw-
nee street. ; 3

‘Leavenworth Society, Sons of Truth.—Organized July, 1858. First officers: J. Woll-
man, president; B. Flesher, vice-president; A. Sand, secretary; B. Frank, treasurer. Pres-
ent officers: L. Michael. president; Isaac Rickah, vice-president; S. Simonds, secretary; S.
Steindler, treasurer. This is a Jewish society organized to care for the sick and bury the
dead. Soon after its organization, five acres of ground were purchased for a Jewish cem-
etery. It is located three miles west of the city ing pleasaut locality and is beautifuliy
adorned. The cost of the ground, fencing, etc.,was $2,200. The society furnishes watchers
for the sick, and allows its members three dollars per week during illness. Persons of the
faith although non-members (if poor), are supplied with watchers during sickness and
funeral and burial ex ences in case of death. Annual dues of members, four dollars; the
society has a large fund In its treasury. ,

Mutual Life Insurance Union of Ransas.—Organized in 1875. Rev. James O'Reilly, first
president; Peter O'Farrell, first secretary; Right Rev. Bishop Fink, treasurer, Present
officers, Rev. James O'Reilly, president; Right Rev. Bishop Fink, O. 8. B., treasurer: P. C.
Becker, secretary. Present number of members, 326.

VUatholic Mutual Benevolent Association, St. George Branch, No. 1.— Organized
November 3, 1879. First officers: P.C. Becker, Pres.; George Veix, V. P.; Clay Broom-
lage second V. P.; Albert Kroll, Treas; G. N. Steinmuller, Rec. Sec.; H. Yaster, Ass’t.
Rec. Sec.; F. L, Bermine, F.S.; Peter Bowzowzki, marshal; Anton Stein, guard; George
Viex, K. Huffman, Otto Yaster, H. D. Yaster, Casper Huffman, trustees; Spiritual
Adviser, Father Guenther. Present officers: Otto Jasper. Pres; Frank Steinmuller, First

P.; Anton Swoboda, second V.P.; Peter C. Becker, Rec. Sec.; Joes Schlonga, Ass’t.
Rec. Sec.; George Biringer, F.S8.; Isavc Dizock, marshal; Nick. Herrig, uard: Hugo
Joster, P. C. Becker, K. Hotfman, A. Swoboda, F. Steinmuller, trustees; George Veix,
chancellor, Meets second and fourth Mondays in each month in their hall, corner of
Osage and Broadway. Present number of members, thirty-six. 7

German R. 0. Benevolent Soctety.—Organized in 1881, and holds meetings in the German
Catholic school-house, the first Sunday in each month. Officers: R. Hutiman, president;
Joe Drees vice president, Anton Swoboda, secretary; M. Penning, treasurer; J. B. Birin-

er, Albert Daege, Anton Haag, Sr., trustees. ‘
e Catholic Miia Benevolent Association, John B Mege Branch, No. 2.—Organized in
1880. Meets in Phelan’s Hall, Snawnee street, between Fitth and Sixth streets, on the first
and third Wednesdays of each month, First and present officers: Rev. Father Downing,
spiritual adviser; John Hannon, president; J. R. Madden, first vice-president; J. O’Rork,
second vice-president; C. W. Dougherty, recording secretary; P. O. Farrell, assistant re-
cording secretary; J. Lyon, financial secretary; M. Phelan, treasurer; P. J. McDonald,
marshals Thos Ryan, guard; Patrick Burns, chancellor; Dr. M.S. Thomas, medical ex-
aminer.

Kansas Mutual Sick Relief Society._Chartered December 19, 1868. First President, Fred,
Wochner. Meets the first Tuesday of each month at the German school-house, south side of
Seneca, between Fifth and Sixth streets. J. H. Rotbenberger, president; Fred. Wochner,
secretary; H. Jansen. agent. : ck .

French Mutual Relief Soctety.—Organized in 1868. ——— Penare, first president, C.
Bouisse, secretary; Tony Giacomini, treasurer. Present officers: Thomas Giacomini, pres-
ident; Tony Giacomini, treasurer; C. Bouisse, secretary. Regular meetings on the first
eunday: after the 15th of each month, at 740 Detaware street. Present number of members,

orty.

Young Men's Sodality of the B. V. M.—Organized in 1860, with J. J. Roche as first pre-
reek, z resent prefect, William Thompson. Meets in the chapelevery Sunday. Has twen-
ty-five members,

Oecilian Singing Society. -Organized in 1872. S. Bauer first and present president; Al-
bert Daege, secretary; Johu Berringer, treasurer. Meets at the German Catholic School on
the fourth Sunday in each month.

Leavenworth Branch of the Irish National Land League.—Meets at M. Phelan’s Hall,
Shawnee street, near Fifth, on the first and third Thursdaysin each month. Organized iu
October, iBEO, Ed. Carroll the first and present president; P. J. McDonald, first and pres -
ent secretary.

Union of Personal Liberty._Organized in 1881. First officers: F. Noll, president;
Christian Schubert, secretary; J. H. Rothenberger, director, Present officers: Martin
Smith, president; C. Schubert, secretary; J. H. Rothenberger, director. Meets monthly in
Turner Hall, corner of Shawnee and Broadway. Present numver of members, 380.

1. 0. B’nai B'rith, Sholem Lodge, No. 78.—Organized July 19, 1866. The first President
was George Einstein. Charter members: R. N. Hirshfield, George Einstein, J. Wollman,
Julius Levi, J. Jereslow, Simon A. Asch (vice president), H. M. Hermon (secretary). Pres-
ent officers: L. Michael, president; S. A. Asch, vice president; H. M. Hermon, secretary;
Julius Levi, treasurer; &. N. Hirshfield, monitor; S,Seemon, assistant monitor; J. Ringel-
sky, warden; Adolph Simon, outside guard. Present number of members. forty-eight.
Regular meetings the second and fourth ruesdays of each month in Old Masonic Hall, 425
Delaware street. The present surveillance committee consists of R. N. Hirshfie'd, L. Mich-
ael and A. Simons.

_ Free Sons of Israel, Kansas Lodge, No. 72.—Meets at old Masonic Hall, on the first and
third ‘sundays of each mouth. Organized August, 1880, by Rev. Dr. Sonneschein and Prof.
Deutsch, of St, Lou's. First officers: Cuarles Saliuger, past president; H. Wollman, presi-
dent; C. Michael, vice president; R. N. Hirshfield, treasurer; Isaac Sellers, secretary. Pres-
ent officers: H. Wollman. past president; L. Michael, president; R. N. Hirshfield, treasurer;
S. Simonds, secretary. Present number of members, thirty-five.

Independent Order of Red Men—Delaware Tribe, No. 3.—Meets first and third Tuesdays
of each month in old Masonic Hall, 425 Delaware street (up stairs). The Tribe was insti-
tuted April 13, 1877, with the following officers: John ‘Trump, sachem,; E. C. Davis, senior
sagamore; D. D. Riley, junior sagamore; L. M. Cretus, chief of records; Peter Jamison,
keeper of wampums; A. W. Davidson, prophet. There were thirty-five charter members.
Present officers: Jas. Seymour, sachem; B. B. Cleghorn, prophet; E.C. Sninn, S.8.; F. W.
fies iy o8 D. D. Riley, C. of R.; Louis Zeicke, keeper of wampums. Number of members,

Grand Army of the Republic—Custer Post, No. 6.—Organized November 26, 1875. First
Post Commander, Hugh H. Hogg: Adjutant, Louis Kecleberry. Present officers: E. W. Os-
00d, post commander; A. M. Leeper, adjutant, Present number of members, forty. Meet
at the office of A. R. McNairy, Delaware street, between Third and Fourth, ou the fourth
Wednesday of each month. ‘J. C. Walkinshaw, of Leavenworth, is the present department
commander of the State, and W. M, Leeper, of Leavenworth, is assistant adjutant general
of the departinent.

Leavenworth Academy of Science and Art.—A society for the advancement of science
and art, was organized under the general incorporation act of the State of Kansas, in the
year 1874. The first officers were: H. M. Aller, president; W.S. Burke, vice president; R.
J. Brown, secretary; Sidney Smith, treasurer. The present officers are: H. M. Aller, pres-
ident; W. S. Burke, vice president; R. J. Brown, secretary; T. Sinks, treasurer. From
October 1 to May 1 the soc ety holds semi-monthly meetings, for the purpose of discussing
aid Hstenlng to lectures on the subjects of science and art, The present number of mem-
ae HBOS eadquarters of the organization at Dr. T. Sink’s office, corner of Shawnee and

Se

ational American Association.—Organized in Leavenworth, in December, 1881. Ob-

ject, for mutual life insurance, and for social intercourse, Officers: Lewis Mayo, presi-

dent; W.H. Skillman, vice president; John Vories, secretary; J.S. Edwards, collector;

George C. Vaughn, advocate; R. H. Reeves, chaplain; Wm. Parmelee, treasurer; James

A. Lane, sergeant-at-arms; JH. Crew, door-keeper; Nathan A. Mann, asst. door-kKeeper;

D. K, Burrell, ex-president. Eleven charter members. There are now fifteen persons at-
tached to the organization. Bo

Leavenworth Maenner Ger-Sangverein.—Organized January 23, 1859, and has held reg-
war meetings ever since, Business meetings on the first Tuesday evening of each month,
in Turner Hall, and singing mectings every Friday evening, atthe same place. First offi-
cers: Fritz Braunhold, president; Ad. Braedier, secretary; S. Brucker, treasurer; John
Dotter, musical director. Present officers: Lewis Schrader, president; Scheller,
secretary ; Joseph Praeder, treasurer; Prof. Scheurman. musical director.

Leavenworth 1 hrnivereyn. “OrpaniZed August 12, 1857, in Stahl’s Garden. First officers:
Henry Deckelman, president; Col. Henry C. Haas, first turnwart; Hugo Tabel, secretary.
At the breaking out of the rebellion the sock y turned out nearly a full company for the
first company organized for the Union army in the State—the first Kansas Infantry. Pres-
ent officers: A. Ackenhausen, president, Fred, Wiohnor, recording secretary; —— Shink-
jer, corresponding secretary; uis Bayer, first turnwart; L. Mehi, second turnwart; Otto
Graser, treasurer; J. H. Rothenberger, Louis Casper, J, Dotter, trustees. Present number
of members, eighty-six, 2 ; : 3

Leavenworth Building and Savings Institution.—Officers: Martin Smith, president; W.
G. Hesse, vice-president; Charles Sprick, sccreiar ys Charles Ackenhausen, treasurer.
Meets at German schoolhouse, on Seneca, between ifth and Sixth streets, on the first
Monday of each month.

Metropolitan Guards.Armory in Laing’s building, corner of Fourth and Delaware.

 

 
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

Organized in 1878. Meet for drill Tuesday eveni
Tuesday ovenings of each month, First once We it Men a caus Walia Groen

first lieutenant; Ed. Thomas, sec . Mead, captain; William Green,
"W, Niehaus, frst leutenaties cond, lieutenant. Present officers: C. N. Stevens, captatn;

..W. Hewett, second Heutenant; J.T. Mason, treasurer;
Joerger, financial secretary; F. Manritzens. secretary; Frank T. Lynch, president: R.
Ms esbit, vice-president. Present number of members, fifty. ; :
ng Leavenworth Gun Club.—Organized in 1877. First officers: S.A. Couch, president; C,
Pant man, vice-president; Charles Currier, secretary; M. H. Insley, treasurer; A. G.
ate 1. Adolph Lange, J. A. Schmidt, board of managers. Present officers: A.C. Girard,
pres wien i, J. Cooter, vice-president; A. ernher, secretary; H. Lanitz, treasurer. Meet
‘uesday of each month. Shoot second Tuesday of each munth at head of Second
street on Government Reserve. Number of members, thirty.
ma he Barry Cadets.—On Tuesday, May 20, 1879, Rev. T. W. Barry, Rector of St. Paul’s
Episcopa Caureh: took his choir of thirty-two boys on an excursion to Bismarck Grove,
aNrence, < ere they won the silver cup for superiority in singing. A military tourna-
7 ; was nN progress, The “Ottawa Zouaves,” a boy company, was present, and by the
beauty 0 their uniforms and the precision of their Toovemerts excited the envy of the
other! oys. The choir boys then and there conceived the idea of forming themselves into
7 i i bary, organization to be called the “Barry Cadets,” in honor of the rector of St. Paul’s
Shure is wee Initiatory step was taken by Masters E¢gar Hopkins, John Franks and James
a ‘ace, who soon succeeded in getting sufficient names to start with. W.H. Anderson was
enosen captain; Hartwell Lyon, first lieutenant; and James Franks, second lieutenant.
‘ ecompany made rapid progress in the manual of arms, and was soon recognized as one
of Gi é institutions of the city. Like all kindred institutions, it has had its ups and downs,
H 8 flays ofelond as well as sunshine. The faint-hearted withdrew, but the brave remained.
aa egom er, 1881, the company found themselves without ajcaptain, and a depleted treas-
y- Too much credit cannot be given to Lieuts. Franks an Albright for keeping the
company fogether while without a captain. It was a critical time in their history. In Jan-
ey 882, econd Lieut, Harry E. Insley, of the Metropolitan Guard, was chosen Captain
0! @ Cadets, Capt. 1. brought with him to the command just those qualifications which
NG needed at the time to save the company, namely, good business ability and thorough
mi itary education. The new captain was backed by the support of the parents of the boys.
€ gompany numbers forty-eight members, is unitormed, armed and equipped. Ata re-
cent Fess parade, in the presence of thousands, their skill’ and knowledge of drill elicited
ont us jastic applause. They have probably no superiors in the State, Their armory is in
ae ng Ss Hall. eet every Monday evening. Officers:/H. E. Insley, captain; James Franks,
Ty rst Heutenant; William Albright, second lieutenant. They are now changed to Leav-
enon th Battalion, Company I, H. E. Insley. major. They are the pride of the city.
di eaverworth Pres Park and Fair Association.—This society was reorganized with
s present officers in 1879, and now possesses forty: acres of beautiful land west of the
court-house. The grounds were purchased of the county for $2,500, but at this time are
probably worth five times that sum. At this time the leading members of the association
are discouraged on account of the severe loss caused by the terrible storm that swept over
Heaven wort! County on the 16th of April, 1882. Fencing, stands, booths, stalls, etc., were
estroyed on the Fair grounds, and the discouragement caused thereby determined the
management to make no effort for a fall meeting in 1882. But with the coming of another
year this feeling will give place to a more hopeful condition. Too much money has been
Dr ale Noe teen rounds to lie idle. The following is a list of the officers:
, 8. BF. ie ; M. H. Insley, vice-presi 7 T: ; Mich-
sel Phelan treaenee y, president; Frank T. Lynch, secretary; Mich

   

LEAVENWORTH CEMETERIES.

Nominally there are five burial grounds in the vicinity of the city of Leavenworth, but
practically there are but three, the Jewish, Calvary (Roman Catholic), and Mount Muncie.
A burial place named Mount Aurora was laid out and donated by W. W. Bachus for burial
purposes, in June, 1858, and for a time used; but for the past ten years no bodies have been

nterred within its grounds. The most of the bodies buried in Mount Aurora have been re-
moved to Mount Muncie, and a portion of the burial plat has been condemned, and will be
used by the Leavenworth Water Works Company.

Greenwood Cemetery, located on the Lawrence road, three miles from the city, was do-
nated by Mary A. Davis, for a public burial place, in December, 1865. Fora series of years
it was used, and several hundred bodies now repose within its borders; but for the past
few years it may be truthfully said it has becomea private burial place. A few families
who purchased lots when the grounds were first opened, continue to use it as a resting
place for their dead relatives and friends. [An account of the Jewish Cemetery will be
found elsewhere.] In the early settlement of Leavenworth the Roman Catholics used for
burial purposes a plat of ground two miles west of the city, but twelve years since (in 1870),
a beautiful, eighty-acre tract three and a half miles from town, on the DeSoto road, was
purchased and the dead bodies removed from the old graveyard. The new ground cost
$2,400, and since the purchase and consecration a considerable sum has been expended in
beautifying the tract. ‘The cemetery isin charge of the parish priest, and it is the policy of
the church authorities to keep the prices of lots within reasonable limits. The lots vary in
size and the prices are from twenty-five to three hundred dollars. Single lots for burial
can be obtained for the small sum of two dollars. A liberal section of the ground is set
apart for the poor of the parish who are unable to provide means for the burial of their
dead. William Cogan, the sexton of ‘* Calvary,” resides within the cemetery grounds.

Mount Muncie Ceme , the principal and most beautiful of Leavenworth’s burial
grounds, consists of 173 acres, purchased of Dr. Mills, three and a half miles from the
court-house, on the Delaware road. Twelve thousand dollars was the amount of the pur-
chase money, and the sum of $38,000 has been expended in the adornment.of the naturally
beautiful spot chosen by the original board of directors: Thomas Carney, William Fair-
child, W. C. Lobenstein, Charles N. Palmer, James B. Laing, W. H. Ralston, John Wilson,
A. Stettauer, L. T. Smith, A. A. Higginbotham, John Kerr, Isaac Young, Henry Foote, C. R.
Moorehead, C. B. Brace, F. E. Arnold, S. $8. Ludlum, H. D. Rush, J. W. Morris, T. P. Fen-
lon, J. G. Reaser, D. P. Mitchell, J. D. Liggett, W. E. Chamberlain, B. L. Baldridge, David
J. Brewer, H. R. Hammond, J. L. Wever. Geo. S. Woodward, James Hall, A. M. Sawyer, W.
G. Matthias and H. M. Moore. The association was organized under the general incorpora-
tion law of Kansas, and the second section of the charter provided: ‘The entire funds aris-
ing from :he sale of burial lots, and proceeds of any investment of said_funds shall be, that
they are specifically dedicated to the purchase and improvement of the grounds for the
cemetery and keeping them durably and permanently enclosed and in perpetual repair
throughout all future time ce nd nopart of such funds shall, as dividend,
profit, or in any manner whatever inure to the corporators.”” That Leavenworth has a cem-
etery of which every citizen may be justly proud, her people are mainly indebted to the un-
selfish and self-sacrificing labors of James B. Laing, John Wilson, J. L. Wever and D. J.
Brewer, who through sunsbine and storm always stood forward as the steadfast, fearless
friends of the association. All honor tothem. The scale of prices of lots range from twen-
ty-five to three hundred dollars, according to size and locality. The grounds are inter-
spersed with hill and valley, and have been laid out_onthe rural or Cincinnati plan—the
sizé of a lot depending on the “lay” of theground. Since the grounds were opened, nearly
eighteen years since, nearly 4,000 persons have been buried in Mount Muncie. The first
President was James B. Laing; John Wilson, vice president; David J. Brewer, the first and
present secretary. Present officers: George A. Eddy, president; Lewis Mayo, vice presi-
dent; J. L. Wever, treasurer and superintendent; D.J. Brewer, secretary; David Bovarda,
sexton; James B. Laing, E. Wiilson, C. B. Brace, H. W. Gillett, John Wilson, George A.
Eddy, Lewis Mayo, J, L. Wever D. J. Brewer directors.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

PROF. L, DkG. ABBOTT, Jr., solo violinist, teacher violin, brass bands and orches-
tras, harmony instrumentation, is a native of Hartford, Conn. Received his literary
education there. In 1866, at the age of seventeen years, he entered upon a regular course
of studies in music, in the New York Conservatory of Music, N. Y.. Graduated in full at
the age of twenty. The year following he accepted the leadership of the Fall River Opera
House Orchestra, with which he remained in connection for a few years, after which he ac-
cepted a similar position with the orchestra of the International Circus, from which he
retired at the close of one season. He afterwards led the Belle Union Theatre Orchestra, of
Omaha, for a few years, after which he located here, and has been active in connection
with bis profession here since. Is present leader of the new Opera House Orchestra and
musical director of Creton’s band. i

J. L, ABERNATHY is a native of Warren County, Ohio. He came to Kansas in
April, 1856, and engaged in furniture business in Leavenworth. His business, which now
amounts to about $400,000 per annum, and gives employment to 230 men, did not exceed
$7,000 the first year. In August, 1861, he entered the army, organ'zin the second thirt;
day company in the State. He was Paptaln of Company A, Eighth Kansas Infantry, an
was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment, in August, 1862, serving in all the
engagements of his command until he resigned, in November, 1863. Was elected Mayor of
Leavenworth in 1873, and held that office three years.

JOHH N. ABERNATHY, of the firm of Abernathy Bros., came to Kansas before the war
of 1861-’65, and resided some time in the State employed asaclerk. He then returned to
Indiana, where he remained during the war, an then again came to Kansas, located at
Leavenworth, and has been engaged in furniture business since that time, owning two-thirds
of the factory, and one-quarter interest in the wholesale business at Kansas City.

8. C. ASHTON, manager R. G. Dun & Co.’s mercantile agency, established here,in Janu-
ary, 1878, the forty-fourth office opened. Mr. Ashton was born in Mansfield, Ohio, July 19,
1854. His parents moved to Kansas City about 1857, and in 1868 settled in Leavenworth,
Kan. S.C. was educated in Leavenworth. From 187i to 1876 was connected with govern-
ment surveys in Kansas, Colorado, Indlan Territory, etc. In 1876 became connected. with

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Dun’s agency, and was advanced to present position in April, 1879, Mr. Askton was mar-
ried in Leavenworth, Kan., February 16, 1881, to Miss Zola Burbank, of Leavenworth.
Mr.A. is a member of the Metropolitan Guards.

A. J. ANGELL is one of the old settlers of Leavenworth, locating in the place in July,
1857. From that time until 1870, he was connected with the State surveys, except during
the first Hear of the war, from May, 1861 to May, 1862, when he was a member of Company
G, First Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He was first commissioned as Captain, in April, im-
mediately after the attack of Fort Sumter, receiving his commission on Wednesday, and
having eighty-four men enrolled on Saturday night. He was made Orderly Sergeant of his
company and assisted in drilling it. In 1870, he engaged in the lumber business, which he
has carried on until the present time, his business having increased about brenty. per cent.
each year, until it now amounts to over $100,000. Mr. Angell was born in New Berlin,
Chenango Co., N. Y., May 6. 1832. At the age of fifteen he left Chenango County, and at-
tended school in Oneida County, three terms, when his health failed, and he went on the
road from Utica a year and a half selling goods. He then went to Ohio and engaged in en-
gineering on the Steubenville and Maryland R. R., (Pan Handle), and was afterward for
two years connected with the Marietta and Cincinnati R. R. His last Government survey
in Kansas was on the Osage Dimi ished Reserve, He was married at Pittsburgh, May, 1870,
to Miss Mary George, a native of that clby: They have three daughters—Annie G., Mary
L. and Joe M. Mr. Angell isamember of A. F. & A. M.

COL. D. R. ANTHONY, editor and proprietor of the Leavenworth Times was born in
South Adams, Mass., August 22, 1824, He received a common school education, and his
youth and early manhood were spent in various mercantile pursuits. In July, 1854. Mr.
Anthony visited Kansas, being a member of that colony sent out by the New England Emi-
grant Aid Society, under the leadership of Eli Thayer, which founded the City of Lawrence,
In the fall of the same year he returned to Rochester, N. Y., where he remained in business
until June, 1857, wheu he returned to Kansas, and located permanently in Leavenworth.
At the breaking out of the war Mr. Anthony became Lieutenant-Colonel ofthe First Kansas
Cavalry, afterwards known as the Seventh Kansas Volunteers. In November, 1861, at the
Battle of the Little Blue, he won a decisive victory over a force of guerrillas four times as
strong as his in numbers; but his reputation as a faithful union officer was made by the
order which he issued while in command of Gen. Mitchell’s brigade, in Tennessee, forbid-
ding any officer or soldier to return a fugitive slave to his master. His action created no
smail feeling and commotion in the army and throughout the country, and by his refusal
to countermand the order he incurred the displeasure of his superior officer, and_was
arrested by Gen. Mitchell, Within sixty days from the time of his arrest,however,Gen. Hal-
leck restored him to active service, being satisfied that public sentiment sustained Col.
Anthony’s course. In April, 1861, he was appointed postmaster of Leavenworth, which
office he held for five years, being elected mayor of the city in 1863. As chief executive of
Leavenworth he carried into civil life the same uncompromising union spirit which he had
shown in the army, and his administration was one of the most vigorousand effective which
the city has ever enjoyed. Brig. Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jr., commanding the Districtof the
Border, headquarters at Kansas City,had declared martial law. and his detectives in Leaven-
worth seizéd some horses belonging to a colored man, claiming they had been-stolen_in
Missourl. This Mayor Anthony resented, claiming that Kansas was a loyal State,and that
her civil authorities were entirely competent to enforce all the laws, and ordered the police
to recover the animals, which they did. OnSeptember 7 he was arrested by order of Gen.
Ewing, and taken to Kansas City, escorted by a military guard of twenty-four men. The
whole of Leavenworth was in a blaze of excitement over the indignity placed upon her
mayor. Alarge public meeting, composed of prominent citizens, was held upon the even-
ing of his arrest, and resolutions were passed calling upon the President to properly punish
or censure those who were responsible for the outrage. Mayor Anthony was, however, re-
leased within twenty-four hours from the time he was arrested, and was granted a perfect
ovation atthe market house the nextevening. The order declaring martial law in Leaven-
worth had been countermanded simultaneously with his arrest. In 1868 Col. Anthony was
president of the Republican State Convention, and was chosen a presidential] elector, his be-

ing one of the three votes which Kansas cast forGen. Grant. During 1870 and 1871 he
served terms in the city council, and in 1872 was again elected mayorfor a term of two
years. In 1874 he was elected councilman from the First Ward, andin April. 1874, was
appointed postmaster of Leavenworth by Gen. Grant. He still (July, 1882) holds the office.
In addition to the fine record which Col. Anthony has made for himself as a public func-
tionary, he has, for more than twenty years, been building a journalistic reputation which
is second to none in the State, and which is among the foremost in the country. His suc-
cesses iu this department of his life work will be traced in the history of the Leavenworth
Times, printed elsewhere. Mr. Anthony was married January 21, 1864, to Miss Annie O.
Osborn, of Edgartown, Mass., his father-in-law, Capt. Osborn, being one of the leading
whaling merchants of that State. For over a quarter of a century Col. Anthony has been
before the people of Kansas, either as a business man, a journalist, or a public official. Be-
ing @ man of strong convictions, and fearless in their expression, he has made bitter ene-
mies; and it is almost an anomaly that a man of strong character does escape bitter

ersecution of some kind. On May 10, 1875, he was shot, in the Opera House, Leavenworth,
by W. W. Embry, a printer anda newspaper publisher, The ball passed into the right side
of the face, passed downward, and lodged in the body, severing the arterv entirely. It was
thought for some time that the shot was fatal, and death was warded off only by the iron
constitution of its would-be victim. He fought it down as he has conquered most obstacles
whicn stood before him, by natural strength of constitution, joined toan indomitable will.
It may be incidentally. remarked that itis a singular circumstance, that on New Year Day,
1880, W. W. Embry, the man who shot Col. Anthony, was himself shot and instantly killed,
in asaloon row with his newspaper partner.

DAVID ATCHISON, manager of the new opera-house and dealer in wood and coal,
succeeded Mr. Rocoe in the position of manager in September, 1880. Mr. A.was born in Coun-
ty Tyrone, Ireland, February 22, 1842. He came to the United States about 1845, located for a
time in Massachusetts, and then settled in Lonsdale, R. I e was educated there. Atthe
age of seven years he began his business life in the Lonsdale Mills. In 1857 he moved to
Kansas and settled in Leavenworth. Engaged in general occupations until 1859. From
that time until 1861 was engaged in freighting across the plains on the Platte Route. At
first as employee and afterward operated five or six wagons for himself. In 1865 became
connected with Nichols, Morton & Johnson in a saw-mill. In 1869 established the wood and
coal business, which he still operates. Mr. Atchison was married in Leavenworth, Kas., in
1868, to Miss Annie Ward, a native of Illinois. They have seven children—Clara V., Mary,
Annie V., Gertrude, Sarah, David, Jr., and Lottie. Mr. A. isa member of Ivanhoe Lodge,
K. of P.. and of Neligh Lodge, K. of H. .

B. BAIDER, general groceries, was born in Germany, in 1825, and learned the trade of
stone-cutter there at the age of seventeen years. In 1854 he came to America and followed
his trade through the country till 1858, when he settled here and was actively connected
with his trade for a few years, after which he engaged at his present business, which
he has conducted since. In 1854 he married, in Germany, Miss Johanna Frey. Mr. Baider
did service in the militia of his native country for four years, and did the same number of
years’ service in the militia of this State—from 1862 to 1866. He has been an active worker
in the Social development of this city since coming here, and has been an active member of
its council. =

A. T. BARKER, passenger conductor Kansas Pacific Division U. P. R. R. Was born in
Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, March 29, 1840. He engaged in general occupations
at home until 1864; he then moved West. He became connected with the H. & St. J. R,
R. the same year. Was braking a few months and was then placed in charge of a train. He
remained with this company until 1867. He then became connected with the U. P. R. R.
Was located for a time in the yards at the State Line of the Eastern Division, and July, 1867,
commenced braking on the trains. In 1870 received his appointment as conductor, a posi-
tion he has since retained. Mr. Barker was married in Auburn, Maine, March 19, 1864, to
Miss Mary Goss, of Androscoggin County. They have one child—Lizzie M. Mr. B. is a mem-
ver of the Baptist Church, and of the Conductors’ Insurance Society.

REV. THOMAS W. BARRY, B. D., post chaplain U.S. A. Is a native of Canada, and
was born in Brockville, Province of Ontario, September 28, 1852. His classical studies were

ursued at Ontario College, located in Picton, Can., from which institution he graduated in
ts70. Shortly afterward he entered Nashotah Theological School at Nashotah, Wis., in
preparation for the ministry, and graduated from there in 1874; was ordained a deacon by

ishop Whitehouse in Chicago, April 27, 1874. Received his priest's orders in Watertown,
N. Y., January 3, 1878, at the hands of Bishop Auntington. accepting the call to St. Pauls,
Leavenworth, January 1, 1878; removing to Kansas and taking charge shortly after ordina-
tion. When he took charge of the church he found the parish heavily indebt. This debt
he has since paid and in addition has built a handsome parsonage. hile performing his
duties as post chaplain at Fort Leavenworth, Mr. Barry also gives the parish of St. Paul his
services, free of charge, for one year for church improvement. In 1882 was tendered by
Gen. Pope the position of post chaplain U.S. A.,to fill vacancy. The call was signed by
every commissioned officer at Fort Leavenworth. He finally accepted the tender, bis com-
mission being dated August 15, 1882. Mr. Barry was married in Kingston, Can., Tuesday,
July 13, 1875, to Miss Minie, daughter of August Thibaudeau, Esq., of Kingston. They
have three children—Paul, Gwendoline H. and Vail 'T. Rev. Mr. B. is taking the highest de-
grees in Masonry and will shortlv enter the Commandery.

Cc. P. BARTH, wagon manufacturer, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, 1821, and
learned his trade at the age of fourteen years. In 1852 he came to America and followed
his trade as wood-worker in Iowa till 1860, when he came here and settled and has been
actively connected with his business here since. In 1857 he married Miss Christina Gute-
kunst, who was born in his native country, 1835. Came to America, 1854. They have a
family of four sons and four daughters—Charles H., now lieutenant in the Twelfth United
States Infantry, stationed in Arizona, Mary, Katie, Fred, Lena, willie, Eddie, Lillie. In
1862 Mr. Barth established his present business and has been very actively and successfully
connected with it since. .
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ALFRED B. BARTHEL, practical miller, came to Kansas in 1871 and located in Leaven-
worth. Has resided here since. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Society; is a native
of Germany, and was born in 1840. Resided in his native country until he was nine years
old, and then came to America with nis parents, and has lived in the States of Indiana, Ohio,
Missouri, [tlinois, and Kansas. He was married in St. Louis, Mo., in 1866, to Miss Emilie
Hilmering, who was born in St. Louis. ‘They have had six children, five of whom are now
living—Alfred, Arthur, Emma, Emilie and Mary. Mr. Barthel has taken the first premium
on flour that he made, in the State Fair of Kansas, held in Topeka in 1873,

JOHN BAUM, of the firm of Hannon & Baum, wholesale dealers in liquors, etc, is a
native of Germany and was born in Hesse Darmstadt in 1840, and reared to the business of
blacksmith, from his father who carried on that business there. In 1857 he came to Amer-
ica, and settled here in 1859, and engaged in engineering on the river boats, which he
actively Followed until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted his services in the
First Missouri Light arillery, and did active service until 1864, when he was honorably
discharged. After the war he located here and has been actively identified with the whole-
sale liquor business since. 1n 1866 he married Miss Mary German, of his native country,
who departed this life in 1875, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, leaving two sons—
William and Otto. In 1876 he married Miss Sophia Endebrock, of Hanover, Germany. They
have three sons—John, Henry, and Herman. Mr, B. is an active member of the I, 0. O. F.,
Funeral Aid. K. of P. societies and of the Endowment Rank. Is also a member of Leayen-
worth Post, No. 120, G. A. R.

CHARLES H BAYER, general blacksmilhing, was born in Germany, 1831, and
learned his trade there at the age of fourteen years. In 1857 he came to America and settled
here and has been very actively connected with his business here since. In 1858 he mar-
ried Miss Mary Feller, wh» was born iu Germany, in 1830. They have a family of three sons
and two daughters—Charles Jr., Louise, Henry, Bertha and Minnie. Mr. Bayer did active
service in the military department of the State during the war.

0. Cc. B ER, city clerk, was born in Sahr, Baden, Germany, July 29, 183%. He came
to America with his parents in October, 1846, the family locating in Ripley County. Ind.,
where O. C. remained until he emigrated to Kansas and settled In Leavenworth, July 18,
1855. After removing to Leavenworth he was employed for about three years asa clerk,
and from 1858 to 1860 was engaged in the grocery business. In October, 1860, he was ap-
polnted Deputy City Clerk and served as such unti! September, 1861, when he was elected

ity Clerk and served two terms. In September, 1863, he engaged in the boot and shoe buai-

ness, which he carried on until 1877._ From 1863 to 1869, in partnership with William
Beeler, alone the remainder of the time. In March, 1881, he was again appointed City Clerk,
which position he now occupies. He was married In Madison County, Ind., August 18, 1875,
to Rosetta M. Beeler, a native of Ripley County., Ind. Their four children are—Amelia R.,
William T., Maud 0. and Michael G. r. Beeler is a member of the fraternity of A. F. &
A, M., including the Chapter, Council and Commandery, and was the first Grand Recorder
of the M. P. Grand Council of R. S. and S. E. Masters, of the State of Kansas, which position
he held for four years. He is alsoa member of the pioneer association and was com-
mander of company C, First Regiment Kansas Militia during the Price raid. i

J. H. BEHEKE, superintendent of the Onion Stove and Machine Works. Was bornin
Luzerne County, Pa., June 11, 1844. His parents moved to Burlington County, Iowa, about
1852, and about three years later settled in Harrison County. Mo. Ata very early age J.
H. learned the carpenter trade; working asa journeyman at fifteen, He enlisted in 1861 in
the Second Missouri Cavalry, ‘‘Merrill’s Horse,” for three years. He served the entire time
with his regiment, with the exception of some two months, Guring which time he was clis-
abled by wounds received September 10, 1863, at the battle of Little Rock, Ark. On being
mustered out he returned to Missouri, and the following year settled in Leavenworth, Kas.,
where he engaged in carpentering for a time, then contracting and building, and from 1869
to 1871in mill-wrighting, In 1871 he engaged as pattern-maker ina foundry intown. In
1875 moved to California, where he continued the same business until 1877. He then re-
turned to Leavenworth and established the firm of Behee, Windbery & Co.; their foundry
was destroyed by fire and afterward rebuilt, and continued in business until it was reorgan-
ized a Joint stock company under the name of Union Machine Works. Mr. Behee was mar-
ried in Leavenworth, July 8, 1867,to Miss Mary E. Towne, of that city. They have four chil-
dren—Adam W., Joseph, Maggle M. and Irene. Mr. B. is commander of Leavenworth Post,
No. 120, G. A. R., and a member of Mechanics Lodge, No. 89, 1.0 0.F. P

MRS, CATHARINE BELL, general groceries, formerly Miss Catharine Davis, was
born and reared in County Roscommon, Ireland, and came tu America in 1852, at the

age of eighteen years. In 1858 she came here with her brothers, and in 1861 she married

r. Evans Bell, a native of County Antrim, Ireland, who came to America, in 1852, at the

age of twenty-three years. In 1880, August 5th, Mr. Bell departed this life and is buried in
the Mount Muncie ceme-ery, leaving a family of two sons and two daughters—William,
Catharine, Annie and John.

GEORGE BELL, was born in Maryland, and was appointed from Maryland, a
Cadet at the United States Military Academy from July 1, 1848, to July 1, 1853, when
he was graduated and promoted in the army to Brevet Second Lieutenant of Artillery
July 1, 1853. Servedin garrison at Fort Hamilton, N. ¥., 1853-4; on frontier duty at Fort
Mcintosh, Texas, and scouting 1854-56; in Florida hostilities against the Seminole Indians,
1856; on frontier duty at Fort Brown, Texas, 1856-7; San Antonio, Texas, 1857-58; being
on commissary duty and in charge of ordnance depot, April—June, 1858; in garrison at
Fort McHenry, Md., 1858-59; on march to Fort Clark, Texas, 1859; and _ on coast survey,
November 15, 1859 to April 24, 1861. He served during the Rebellion of 1861-66 as bearer
of dispatches from the General-in-Chief to the commanding officer at Indianola, Texas,
March 23, April 23, 1861; with battery in defence of Washington, D. C., April 24-27, 1861;
as depot commissary and quartermaster at Annapolis Junction, Md., April 27 to June 28,
1861; assistant in the organization of the subsistence department for, and serving in the
Manassas campaign of July, 1861; in charge of Alexandria subsistence depot, Va., and of
the instruction of volunteer commissaries, August 1, 1861 to March 25, 1862; as Principal
Assistant Commissary to the Army of the Potomac in Virginia Peninsula campaign, March
25, 1862 to August 28, 1862; in charge of Alexandria Subsistence Depot, Va., and of the in-
struction of volunteer commissaries, August 28, 1862 to June 15, 1863; as Chief of Com-
missariat of the Department of the Susquehanna, headquarters, Harrisburg, Pa., June 15 to
August 5, 1863; in charge of Alexandria subsistence depot, Virginia, and of the instruc-
tion of volunteer commissaries, August 5 to November 5, 1863, and of Washington sub-
sistence depot, D. C., November 5, 1863 to October 26, 1865, as chief of commissariat de-
partment, Washington, October 26, 1865 to March 16, 1869; of the Department of the Po-
tomac, October 22, 1866 to March 11, 1867, and of the First Military District, Virginia, to
April 24, 1867; a8 Purchasing and Depot Commissary, Washington, D. C., Marc 5, 186
to December 31, 1876, and Acting Depot Quartermaster July 2 to December 17, 1874 and
March 5 to August 1, 1875; on special duty and settling accounts Jauuary to February 6,
1877; a8 Chief of Commissariat Department of the South, and Purchasing Commissary at
Atlanta, Ga., February 9, 1877 to July. 1878; on temporary duty in Commissariat Gen-
eral’s office, September 26 to November 6, 1877; Chief of Commissariat Department of the
South. Newport Barracks, KY. July 1, 1878, and Purchasing and Depot Commissary at Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, to November 29, 1879; Chief of Commissariat Department«of Missouri, and
Purchasing and Depot Commissary Fort Leavenworth, Kas., from November 29, 1879 to his

present position, 1883. His rank and line of promotion have been as follows: July 1, 1853,
Brevet Second Lieutenant First Artillery; October 31, 1858, Second Lieutenant First Artil-
ery; June 30, 1855, First Lieutenant First Artillery; May 14, 1861, Captain Fourteenth
Infantry (declined); August 3, 1861, Captain Staff Commissary of Subsistence; August 28,
1862, Lieutenant-Colonel Commissary of Subsistence United States Volunteers; March 13,
1865, Brevet-Major, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, and Brevet Colones] for faithful and merit-
orious services during the rebellion; April 25, 1865, Major Staff Commissary of Subsist-
ence: Apt 9, 1865, Brevet Brigadier-General for falthful and meritorious services during

e rebellion.

PETER BERRY, wholesale liquor merchant, came to Kansas {n May, 1864, and was
employed in the Commissary Pe mene at Fort Leavenworth until 1870. From that time
until 1877 he was engaged in the liquor business for other parties,and at that time commenced
the traffic for himself, doing 2 wholesale business from the start. Mr. Berry was born in
Belgium, September, 1833. Atthree years of age he came, with his parents, to America,
and lived in Ozaukee County, Wis., until 1859, He then went to Virginia, but returned in
1861, and a few months later enlisted in the Second Wisconsin Light Artillery, in which he
served three and a half years, and then located in Leavenworth. He was married in Leav-
enworth to Coango Keegan, a native of Howard County, Mo. They have three children—
Henry L., Robert E. L., and Esther A. Mr. Berry isa member of A., F. & A. M. Blue Lodge
Chapter and Commandery.

CHARLES BESSER, agent for Ph. Best Brewing Co., of Milwaukee, Wis., and retail
dealer in wines, liquors, etc. The retail business was established in 1861. He was ap-
pointed agent for Best’s beer in 1878. Mr, Besser was born in Baden, Germany, December
21,1833. He came to the United States in 1845 and settled in Louisville, Ky., where he
learned the trade of bricklayer and plasterer. In 1855 he moved to Stevens Point, Wis., and
in 1857 settled in Leavenworth, Kas. He worked at his trade in that city until present busi-
ness was established. Mr. Besser was married in Louisville, Ky., May 16, 1853, to Miss
Caroline Raemer, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. They have five children—George,
Amelia, Charles, Lenaand Alma, Mr, B.is a member of the Germania Lodge, No. 9, and
Senor Encampment, No. 2, 1.0.0.F., and of the Turn-verein and the German-English
School Society.

LOUIS. Sits LER, general groceries, was born in South Germany, in 1851, and learned
the trade of cabinet-maker thare at the age of thirteen years,and after completing his trade
he came to America in 1869 and was actively connected with his trade in Newark, N. J.,
until 1872, when he came hare ani has been actively connected with business since. In
1879 he mvrried Miss Louisa Wolfsperger, who was born In Chicago, in 1857. They have

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

. M. BITTMAN was born in Phaltz, Germany, in 1827. In 1882 he emigrated to Amer-
ica, Can lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, the most of the time until 1855, when he went to Dubuque.
Towa, and remained there until he came to Kansas, and located at Leavenwor th, in April
1858. He brought with him from Iowa at that time a small stock of flour, etc,, and starte:
in the grocery business in the fall, doting from $30,000 to $40,000 the first year, which busi-
nese has so increased that it now amounts to from $900,000 to $1,200,000 per annum. Mr.
Bittman, was married in Leavenworth, in 1863, to Miss Matilda Moorehead, a native of Ire-
land. They have three children living—Hattie, Edward and Frank, and an adopted daugh-
ter, Lizzie.

D LACK, passenger conductor L., T. &S. W. R. R.; was born in Burlington
ent na becember 1° 1844. He was educated in his native county. In 1862 he
moved to Kansas and settled in Leavenworth. Was engaged in clerking about two years,
and then became connected with contracting firms engaged in Government freighting
across the plains. From 1869 to 1872 was engaged in clerking in a real estate office in
Leavenworth. Inthe latter year he took the position of station agent at Holton, for the
Kansas Central Railroad; afew months later was appointed agent at Leavenworth; while
in this position he at times had charge of excursion and extra trains. In 1879 he moved to
Leadville, Col., where he engaged in grain business a few months, and then became con-
nected with the D. & R. G. R. R., as commissary clerk; a few months later was placed
in charge of a train. In February, 1882, he returned to Leavenworth to take pres-
ent position. Mr. Black was married in Wyandotte County, Kansas, to Miss Flora
J. Pratt, of that county. They have one child—Olive I. Mr. B, is a member of Lea
Lodge, No, 2, and Far West Encampment, 1.0.0. F. Isa member of the Grand Lodge and
Encampment; is P.G. P. of the latter. Is alsoa member of Ivanhoe Lodge K. of P., and
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HARVEY L. BICKFORD first came to Leavenworth in_1857. For four years he was
employed In ranching on Big Turkey Creek, on the Santa Fe Trail, and in 1862-63 he lo-
cated at Topeka, and engaged in freighting between Leavenworth and Fort Lyon, Colorado.
In the spring of 1866 he removed to Leavenworth and purchased Property opposite the city,
and in the fall of the same year engaged iu the transfer of passengers and freight, which he
continued until the Leavenworth bridge was built. Since that time he has been engaged in
Government contracts—erain and fuel chiefly—his contracts in 1881 amounting to $150,000.
He has a contract for Government freighting in the Indiau Territory, and has there a herd
of 1,500 head of cattle. He is a native of Peacham, Caledonia Co., Vt, where he was born
December 2, 1835 and lived there until 1852. He then went to Chicago, where he remained
until he moved to Kansas. He was married in Barton, Vt., in 1859, to Abbie Dexter, who
died in 1868, leaving one child, Nellie C. Mr. Bickford was married to his present wife,
Mary E. (Dexter) Bickford April 18,1865. She is a sister of his first wife, and a native
of Caledonia County. They have buried their only two children. Mr. B. isa member of A.,

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WILLIAM O. BLACK, locomotive engineer Kansas Central Division U. P. R. R.; was
born in Newton Hamilton, Mittin County, Pa., July 21, 1849. He moved to Kansas in 1864
and settled in Leavenworth. Was engaged in freighting across the plains most of the time
up to 1868. He then commenced his railroad life as brakesman on the K. P. R, R.; the

same year served six months inthe Nineteenth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers, in acam-
palen against the Indians. In 1871 returned to the K. P. R. R. in his former station. In
872 commenced with the Kansas Central Railroad as fireman, and was promoted to engin
eer in 1876. Mr, Black was married in Jewell County, Kansas, May 5, 1878, to Miss Van
Dusen, of that county. They havethree children—William C., Howard T. and Fred. M.
Mr ve i member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and of Ivanhoe Lodge,
COL, A. P. BLUNT, Governor of the Leavenworth Military Prison, is a native of Cale-
donia County, Vt., where he was born. He has been in continuous military service of his
country for twenty-two years, during which time he has achieved the highest reputation as
a brave and efficient commander and a faithful and trustworthy agent of the Government.
The following record of his commissions and the orders assigning to duty trace his milltary
career with an eloquence which requires no elucidation: Commissions—June 6, 1861, Ad-
jutant of the Third Regiment Vermont Volunteers; September 25, 1861. Lieutenant-Colo-
nel of the Sixth Regiment Vermont Volunteers; September 19, 1861, Colonel of the Twelfth
Regiment of Infantry, Vermont Volunteers; March 4, 1864, Assistant Quartermaster of Vol-
unteers, with the rank of Captain in the service of the United States; May 10, 1866, Major
United States Volunteers by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services; March 20, 1866,
Lteutenant-Colonel United States Volunteers by brevet; April 5, 1866, Colonel United States
Volunteers by brevet; May 28, 1866, Brigadier-General United States Volunteers; March
30, 1867, Assistant Quart :rmaster, with the rank of Captain; June 18, 1868, Major United
States Army by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Lee's Mills,
April 16, 1862; June 17, 1868, wleutenans-Volonel United States army by brevet, for gallant
and meritorious services at the battle of Savage Station, June 29, 1862; June 15, 1868, Colo-
nel United States Army by brevet, for maritarlaus services during the war. Orders—April

 

 
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Carolina, for assignment to duty. May 4, 1864, assigned to duty as Tperaraiet IAsuine One.
termaster of the expedition to sail from Yorktown; on duty from April 25, 1864, to October
11, 1864. October 7, 1864, authorized to turn over all property to Capt, C, E. Walbridge, and
to report to Col. R. C. Webster. Chief Quartermaster, Department of Virginia and North
Carolina. October 12, 1864, directed to proceed to Norfolk, Va., and relieve Maj. Nelson
Plato, Acting Quartermaster, July 14, 1865, relieved from duty at Norfolk, and assigned to
duty as Depot Quartermaster at Fort Monroe, Va. July 31, 1866, relieved from duty at Fort
Monroe, and assigned to duty as Chief Quartermaster, Department of Virginia. August 23
1866, assigned to duty as Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Potomac, witk the rank,
pay and emoluments of a Colonel of the Quartermaster’s Department. April 11, 1867, as-
signed to duty as Chief Quartermaster, First Military District. August 17, 1867, relieved
and ordered to report in person to Bvt. Brig. Gen. J.C. McFerran, Department Quarter-
master General, for duty as his assistant; assigned to duty at Lincoln Depot, under letter of
Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. March 1, 1869, assigned to duty in charge of the
Quartermaster’s Department epot at Charleston, $.C. March 21, 1870, relieved from duty
at Charleston, S. C., and ordered to report for duty in person to Commanding General, De-
partment of Missouri, subsequently amended to read “ Division of the Missourt,” } special
orders No. 76. July 8, 1870, ordered to report to the Commanding General and Chief Quar-
termaster, Department of Dakota, for assignment to duty. July 12, 1870, assigned to tem-
porary duty in the office of the Chief Quartermaster of the Department. August 26, 1870,
assigned to duty as Post Quartermaster at Fort Buford, D. T. May 20, 1873, directed to
transfer the funds, property, etc., of the Quartermaster’s Department in his possession to
First Lieut. C.G. Penny, Regimental Quartermaster Sixth Infantry, having received leave
of absence for thirty days, on surgeon’s certificate of disability; on sick leave from May 30,
1873, to June 30, 1873. October 4, 1878, assigned to temporary duty at Boston, Mass., as
Chief Quartermaster of the Second Quartermaster’s District, Department of the East. J ane
4, 1874, relieved from the duties counected with the Quartermaster’s Department at Boston
and ordered to report in person to the Commanding General, Military Division of the South:
June 30, 1874, ordered to report to the Commanding Officer, Nashville, Tenn., for duty as
Post Quartermaster. April 30, 1875, ordered to report to the Commandiug General, De-
partment of the Missouri, for duty at the United States Military Prison. June 8, 1875, re-
lieved of the charge of the National Cemeteries at Nashville, Memphis, Murfreesboro and
Fort Donelson, Tenn. June 4. 1875, assigned to duty at the United States Militay Prison; on
duty from June 4, 1875, to March 1, 1877. February 26, 1877, ordered to perform the duties
of Governor of the Miltary Prison; on duty from March 1, 1877, tothe present time. April
25, 1877, relieved from duty as Quartermaster of the Leavenworth Military Prison.

VALENTINE BOEPPLER, Hauor dealer, is a native of Germany; learned the trade of
carpenter there, which he followed till 1859. when he came to America and settled here the
following year. After following his trade here till 1864, he established a grocery and
liquor business, which he carried on actively till 1874, when he retired from the gro-
cery business, and has actively followed his present business since, In 1858 he married
Miss Margaret Kaul, in Germany. They havea family of four sons and three daughters—

Margaret, Valentine, Fredericka, Charles, William, Fritz and Rosa. Mr. Boeppler
did active service in the Militia of his adopted State during the war, and _has been an active
momaber oF ile.t- 0.0. F. aud K. of P. societies here. Is a member of the Encampment
. 0-0. F. here.

WwW. G. BOLMAN, insurance agent, came to Leavenworth in the spring of 1863, and for
many years was engaged in the grocery business. For the past six years he has been in
insurance business, and also connected with the firm of Wilson & Fenlon, government con-
tractors. He isa native of Nova Scotia, and prior to locating in Leavenworth lived in the
West Indies about two years, and four years in New York City. He has been for three years
Clerk of the Board of Education, and is a member of I. 0. 0. F., Metropolitan Lodge, Leav-
enwo ye

HUGO BONESS, superintendent of the lumber industry of J. Ingersoll. Was born in
Germany in 1852, and learned the trade of carpenter and joinerin his native country. In
1871 he came to America and settled in Leavenworth the same year, and carried on his
trade actively till 1880, when he accepted his present position, which he reputably holds.
In 1877 he married Miss Wilhelmina Foell, a native of Missouri. They have one son—
Hugo. Has been an active member of the Knights of Pythias Societv here since 1874.

OHN R. BOYD, dentist, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Leaven-
worth since February. 1866. He was born near St. Louis, Mo., and was married in Shelby-
ville, Ky., in 1865, to Unetta 8. Caldwell, of Shelby County, in the same State. Dr. Boyd
has practiced dentistry since 1859, in Kentucky and Missouri, prior to his removal to Kan-
sas. He is a member of the Kansas State ental Association, of K. of P.,and K.of H. Dr.
and Mrs. Boyd have four children—Ruby R., Mamie M.. Carleton and Dana Caldwell.

C. B. BRACE was born in Farmington, Ontario Co., N. Y., January 4, 1822. During his
early life he resided for some years in Canandaigua, N. Y., and afterward for several years
at Penn Yan, N.Y. He removed to St, Paul, Minn., in 1856, and thence to Kansas in 1857.
He located in Leavenworth February 22, 1857, his family arriving the following May. For
two years he was engaged in real estate and insurance business. In 1859 he enga ed in the
wholesale dry goods trade, in partnership with William Watson, firm name of Watson &
Brace. y.C. W. Perkins was subsequently admitted as a partner, and the firm became
Watson, Brace & Co. In 1861 Mr. Brace sold out his interest in this firm, and engaged in

the wholesale hardware business, in which he continued until 1874. In March, 1875, he
became interested in, the Kansas Manufacturing Company, and was made treasurer of the
company, which position he stillretains. Mr. Brace was married in Penn Yan, Yates Co.,
N. Y., to Harriet N. Taylor, daughter of James Taylor, Esq., of Penn Yan. Mr. and Mrs

Brace are members of the First Congregational Church. Their six children are—Maria P.,
ateacher of elocution at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Catherine S., wife of W. W.
Gillpatrick, U.S. N., Charles T., recent graduate of the literary department of Michi-
gan University; Caroline H., deceased; Walter C., with Insley, Shire & Co., bankers, and
James F., still a student.

AMES BRADY, came to Kansas in 1867 and located in Leavenworth City, and has re-
mained here since. He isa native of Dublin, Ireland, and was born in 1813, and was about
twenty-two years old when he emigrated to America. He lived in Ohio, and enlisted in the
Ninth Illinois Infantry, at Cairo, and served with that regiment during the war. He was
wounded at the battle’of Corinth: was married at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1863, to Elizabeth
Holehan, who was born in County Meath, Ireland. They have had no children. Mr. Brady,
enlisted in the army in 1861, in the three months’ service, and on the expiration of his term”
of service he re-enlisted for three years, and served out the full term. He is a member of
the Catholic Church.

TL. BRAIDWOOD, superintendent of the stove department Great Western Manufac-
turing Company. Appointed to present position in March, 1874. Mr. Braidwood was born
in Utica, N. Y., May 23, 1822. His parents moved to Albany about 1824, He received his
schooling in this city, and then learned the moulder’s trade in West roy, and. followed it
in Troy and Albany. Was prominently identified with politics, being an enthusiastic mem-
ber of the Republican party. For some time was connected with the railway mail service
onthe New York and Albany route. In 1870 he removed to Kansas and settled in Cowley
County, intending to go into cattle raising and farming with his son. The latter’s death
changed his plans, and he moved to Leavenworth. Shortly afterward went to Albany, N.Y.,
to take the position of superintendent at Ransom’s foundry, He returned to Leavenworth
in 1873, and became connected with the Great Western Company. Mr. Braidwood was
married in Albany, N. Y.,July 4, 1844, to Miss Marian Burgess, of Albany. They have
four children—John, Marian (now Mrs.C.C. Black), Thomas, Annie (now Mrs. Allison).
Mr. B. is a member of the Leavenworth City Counci]. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F.

CLAMANS BRAMLAGE, of the firm of Bramlage & Schurze, wagonmakers and general
blacksmithing; was born and reared in Ohio, and began his trade there, which he after-
‘wards completed here, having come here at the age of fifteen years, in 1860; he followed
his trade as journeyman till 1882, when he joined the present partnership. In 1874 he
married Miss Annie Kast, who was born in Bavaria, in 1850, and came to America in 1870.
Thev have a family of three sons and one daughter—John, Joseph, Edward and Annie.

JOHN BRANDON, of the Brandon Kirmever Brewing Company, was born in Ashton
under the Line, Lancashire, Eng., August 27, 1831. He came to the United States in 1848 and
settled in Lowell, Mass. He received his schooling in England and studied engineering. In
1849 he settled in St. Louis, Mo., where he followed his profession and afterward engaged in
the manufacture of soda water, in which be continued until he moved to Kansas and settled
in Leavenworth in 1858. He then organized the firm of Block & Brandon.

HON. DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, June 20, 1837. His
father, Rev. Josiah Brewer, was a missionary tothe Greeks in Turkey at the time of his
birth.’ His mother,Emilia A. Field Brewer, was a sister of David Dudley and Cyrus W.
Field. The subject of this sketch commenced his collegiate studies at the Wesleyan Univer-
sity at Middletown, Conn., but subsequently entered the junior class at Yale College, New

He completed his law

spent a few months in Kansas City, and then journeyed farther west up the Arkansas River
to Pike’s Peak. He remained in the Colorado regions until the following June, when he
returned to Kansas and after a short visit to his eastern home, settled finally, September 13,
1859, at Leavenworth, Kan., where he has since been a resident. Since he settled in Leaven-
worth he has been an honored citizen by almost continuous election to offices of honor and
trust. In 1861 he was appointed Uaited States Commissioner; in 1862 he was elected Judge
of Probate and Criminal courts of Leavenworth County; in 1864 was elected Judge of the
District Court for the first Judicial District of the State of Kansas; in 1868 was elected
attoruey for Leavenworth C unty:; in 1870 was elected Justice of the Suprems Court and re-

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Association 1862-68, and its President in 1864; President of the State Teachers’ Association
in 1868: and Secretary and one of the Trustees of Mount Muncie Cemetery_Association, the
public cemetery of Leavenworth City, since its organization in 1866. He was married
October 3, 1861, to Miss Louise R. Landon, of Burlington, Vt. They have four danghters,
all living, Harriet E., Etta L., Fannie A., and Jeanie E, During the long period of twelve
years: which have passed since Judge Brewer’s first election to the Supreme bench, he has
by the judicial ability and integrity which has characterized his decisions, won distinction
for himself and eminence as a jurist, as well as elevated the standard of excellence of the
court over which he presides, It has in the past been truthfully said of him, and the truth
brightens as the years roll on—" He has honestly merited the confidence aud respect which
is so universally tendered him by the legal fraternity of Kansas, and is an honor to the
bench he adorns.”

H. H. BRICKLEY, architect, was born in Troy, N. Y., May 17, 1855. He commenced his
professional studies at Albany, N. Y., working on competitive drawings of the new State
Capitol of that city. His studies were completed in Boston and he commenced practice as a
member of the firm of Boyd & Brickley, in Evansville, Ind.; remaining there four years.
He was afterward engaged as an architect in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis.
and Kansas City, leaving the latter place in November, 1881, to serve as assistant architect
with E. T. Carr, in the construction of the Kansas State Capitol at Topeka. He removed to
Leavenworth in April, 1882.

J. H. BROOKS, superintendent of the new opera house and city hill-poster, was born
in Barre, Mass., December 26, 1822. He moved to New York about 1840, when he became
connected with Tom Hamlin in the old Bowery theatre, holding the position of doorkeeper.
etc, In 1854 he moved to Roston, where he engaged in the bleaching business. About 1863
moved to Chicago, IN.. continuing the bleaching business there. In 1861 he enlisted in
Company A, First Massachusetts Cavalry and was discharged on account of disabilitv in
1863. He returned to Massachusetts and shortly afterward moved to Chicago. In 1866 he
settled in Leavenworth, where he opened an establishment. for bleaching and pressing
straw hats, ete. He was connected with the old opera-house five or six years. and was an-
pointed to present position in October, 1879. Mr. Brooks was married in New York City in
1844 to Miss Schwaky of that city. They have five children—Mary A., now Mrs, Bates,
Charles H.. Sarah A., now Mrs, ©. Fisher, John A.and Abhbie F.

.W. BROWNE, observer U. §. Observatory, office established in Leavenworth, May,
1871. Mr. Browne was borniin Baltimore, Md., April 22,1855. He was educated in his na-
tive city. Entered the Signal Service February 23, 1876: was apnointed assistant at Balti-
more after being advanced to observer; has had charge of offices at Norfolk, Va., Key West,
Fla.. Fort Arasa. Fla.; was appointed to present position in December, 1879.

ROBERT AND A. B. BROWN. The brothers, Robert and Alexander B. Brown, are
enthusiastically musical. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, of a musical family, they have been
during their whole lives, more or less, connected with it. In Oberlin College they taught.
and as leaders of choir and musical union, they managed the musical matters. Alexander
R. enlisted under the first call for troops in 1861. and organized a band for the Seventh Obio
Regiment; afterwards he graduated from the Boston Music School, then from Olivet Col-
jege, where he was made Professor of Music and Elocution and organized the Michigan
Conservatory of Music and Elocution, serving there until 1875. when he arcepted the same
position in Drury College and organized the Missouri Conservatory of Musicand Elocution:
from there he came, in 1881, to Leavenworth to co-operate more effectively in the work of
preparing text books for the Kansas Conservatorv of Musi¢e and Elocution and Collegiate
School, of which he and his brother are mutual directors. Robert graduating from Oberlin
College and Seminary left a Congregational pastorate to serve as agent of the Christian
Commission, first in the South, then was ordered to Leavenworth and remained till the close
of the war. Accepting a commission from the American Missionarv Association, he oper-
ated as a religious worker. organizing the Fifth Avenue Mission Church, of which he is
now pastor, acting as the first chaplain of the Kansas State Penitentiarv; when, by partial
paralysis, he was precluded from professional service. he accepted the chair of reading and
music in the Indiana State Normal School. Then the idea of the chart method came to him,
which. with the co-operation of his colleague, is so far perfected. under the name of
“Browns? Prismatic Charts,” as to secure the endorsement of Remenyi and other eminent
artists, and promises to make the fame of their school world wide, because of the excellence
and originality of its methods, and the culture and skill of its graduates.

WILLIAM BR MER. is a practical miller in the employ of Kelly & Lysle. He
came to Kansas in 1879 and has worked in Marion Center and elsewhere in the State. He
was born in Germany and lived in his native country twenty-six_vears, then emigrated to
America and has lived in New York, St. Louis, Mo., and Kansas. Mr, Brummer was bornin
1843 and is astngle man.

PETER BUBB, of the firm of Garrett & Co., lumber dealers, was born in Germany,
1833, and settled with his people in Wisconsin, where he was reared and educated. He was
identified with his profession of mill-wright in that State till 1858, when he located here and
engaged in the mercantile business, which he actively carried on for afew years, when he
engaged in the present industry and has been actively identified with it since. In 1856
he married Miss Barbara Bergmann, a native of Germany, born in 1836. They have a
family of two sons and two daughters—Peter (Jr.), bookkeeper; Mary, Jacob, in the gro-
cery business, Lizzie. Mr. Bubb has always taken an active part in the growth and develop-
ment of the social and industrial life of Leavenworth since locating here. Has been an ac-
tive member of the J.0.0.F., of which society he has passed through all the degrees and is at
present a member of the Grand Lodge in the State. ‘

.C, RULKLEY was born at Havana, New York, May 6, 1833, and moved with his
parents to Corning, Steuben Co.,when he was six years of age. and resided there until Feb-
ruary 20, 1856. when he left for Kansas, and arrived at Leavenworth March 10, 1856,
and was employed by the United States Government until the fal) of 1858, when he went to
contracting for the Government at Fort Leavenworth. After traveling through all the
States and Territories. Old and New Mexico, he settled down at Leavenworth and went to
contracting for the Indian Department for furnishing supplies, in which business he is still
engaged, besides farming near Fort Leavenworth and dealing in stock. Mr. Bulkley was
married September 14.1864, to Elizabeth F., Hiatt, a daughter of Joe] Hiatt, one of the
oldest settlers of the State, coming to Kansas in the spring of 1854. Mrs. Bulkley was born
near Richmond, Ind. They have five children, all of whom are living—Mary v., Andrew H.,
Josephine F., Savanah and F.C., Jr. Mr. B. was among the earliest settlers of Kansas,
and has seen a great deal of the ups and downs of that State, and has been active in the de-
yelonment of the resources of the State of his adoption. y

MARTIN L. BULKLEY, government contractor, came to the State of Kansas in 1855,
and located in the city of Leavenworth; has lived here since, and has been engaged in the
‘wood business. He isa native of Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y., and was born February 11,
1844, andlived in his native State about fourteen vears. He was married in Leavenworth
City, February 22, 1870, to Miss Mary R. Clough, who was born near St. Charles, Mo.
They have three children living—Minnie E,. Martin L. and Harvey C. Mr. Bulkley has
peen identified with the business interests of Kansas since his location here in 1855, and is
one of the prosnerous business men of this city. ;

RS. DR. MARGARET BURDELL is engaged in the practice of her vrofession as a
physician. She graduated about the year 1840, from the Ohio Medical College, and
has practiced her profession in Ohio, Indiana, and Kansas, and in Leavenworth since
1861. Was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1822, and resided in her native place until
she was twenty-six years of age, then moved to Indianapolis, and removed from there to
Kansas, where she is now engaged in the practice of her profession, in the Citv of Leaven -
worth, Mrs. Burdell was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Dr. David, who died in about five
years after their marriage, and she married Harvey Burdell, in Cincinnatl. Her second
husband has been dead about ten years. Has had five children. All of them are dead. Has
one son—adonted—Willie Burdell. Mrs. Burdell has enjoyed good health and a strong con-
stitution, and has by her untiring devotion to her profession built up a large and lucrative
practice, and accumulated a very handsome property.

CAPT. SAMUEL BURKS, of the United States Government, was born in Amherst Co.,
Virginia, in 1816. Atthe age of fifteen he removed with his people, who settled in West
Virginia, and at the age of eighteen he engaged upon the Ohio River as pilot and afterward
captain, in which capacities he was connected for several years. He carried the Hannibal
and St. Joseph packet from 1860 to 1865. In 1863 he landed the first rails and locomotive
forthe Union Pacific railway, at Wvandotte, being then in command of the “Aleck Majors.”
He has filled the position of Bailiff to the Court here for the last five years. Has buried
his wife and five children in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.

DR. D. BURRELL, dentist, came to Russell, Kan., in 1878, and two years Jater_ located
in Leavenworth. He was born near Ligonier, Westmoreland Co.. Pa.. June 28. 1828, and
in 1872 removed to Freeport, Ill., where he resided until he removed to Russell. His literary
education was acquired at Mount Pleasant, Pa., and his medical and professional at Jeffer-
son Medical-Collere, Philadelphia, and Western Reserve College, Cleveland, from the latter
of which he graduated. He commenced the practice of dentistry in his native place in 1848
and has since continued it in Illinois and Kansas. He was married at New Derry, Pa., May
6. 1851, to Caroline A. Fulton, of that place, who died November 25, 1862, leaving two
children—Mary Ella, since deceased, and Charles Henry, now a farmer in Kent Township,
Stenhenson County, Ill. Dr. Burrell was again married at Pittsburg, Pa., November 7.1865,
to Esther C. Loughry, of Homer, Indiana Co.. Pa. Their children are Willie Loughrie and
Ada Felgar. Dr. B. is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of the Ilinots State and
Kansas State Dental Association, of the A. O. U. W. and National American Association.

JOHN BULL. proprietor O. K. Bakery, was born in Bradford, England, in 1823,
and began his trade as baker there at the age of twelve years. In 1852 he came to
America, and settled here in 1857,an‘ has been actively connected with the baking business
since. with the exception of the firsteleven years in the country, in which he followed
painting, In 1864 he married Miss Hannah Barrington, who was born and reared in Can-
ada. Thev have a family of four sons—Samuel E.. Edward J., John A, and Frank W.

PD. BYINGTON, ticket agent of the Missourl Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, and

 
440 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

depot agent, was appointed to present position in Januar » 1871, Mr. B.was borninChe- in life was to be a builder, and when a mere boy worked during vacations at the various
nango Co., N. Y., February 20, 1831. me was educatedin te native county, after living branches of mason’s work, and bad, before attaining his majority, become by study and ap-
on a farm two or three years, and about 1854 engaged in mercantile and livery business, lication a master of the art he had chosento follow as a profession, having thoroughly
in_ his leisure moments studying telegraphy. In 1859 he moved to Terre Haute, Ind., Tearned the trades of 4 bricklayer, mason and carpenter, and to make himself more proficient
where he took a position as telegraph operator, on the T. H. & A. railroad. 1n1864hecame asabuilder, had early commenced the stud of architecture, In 1852 he moved to Syracuse,
to Kansas as assistant manager of the Government Telegraph Lines, Department of Mis- N. Y., where he remained, successfully following his profession as a builder until 1855, at
souri, with beadquarters at Leavenworth. In 1865 was appointed operator on the M. P. which time he moved West, settling at first at St. Paul, Minn. | While there he was offered
railroad, which position he retained until appointed ticket agent—in fact for sometime the Assistant Superintendency of repairs, and building of newer and better structures at
filled both positions. Mr. Byington was married in Chenango Co., N. Y., January 9, 1855, Ft. Leavenworth, which position he accepted. and came to Kansas in the fall of 1855, and
to Miss emly J. Eggleston, of thatcounty. He isa member of King Solomon odge 10, began the extensive work of building at the fort, which stands as an index of his skill, in-
A.F.& A.M., Leavenworth Chapter 2, R.A.M., Leavenworth Council No. 1, and Leavenworth dustry, and architectural taste—having soon been placed in charge of the work. He madea
Commandery No. 1. Has filled every office in the Subordinate and Grand Lodge, Chapter short visit to the East at the close of 1856, but returned soon after and opened an office in
and Commandery, except that of Grand Master. Leavenworth as an architect, since which time his professional reputation has become

C.J. BYLES, freight agent of the Mo. P. railroad, a) pointed to present position in 1871. largely extended, and his rank is among the most able and skillful architects of the West.
Mr, Byles was born in Princeton, N. J.. November 18, 1839. In 1858 he located in St. Louis, In 850 he resumed work for the United States Government, constructing the Arsenal and
Mo., engaging in clerical work. ‘In 1861 enlisted in Company 1, First Regiment Missourl Ordnance Depot. Soon after he received the appointment of Superintendent of all the works
Volunteer Cavalr », went out as Orderly Sergeant, was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Ordnance Department at Fort Leavenworth, and removed his family to the fort,
in 1862. Resigned in 1863 and returned to Missouri. In 1866 he’settled in Leavenworth, where he remained until1871, During this time he planned the State Penitentiary, the
where he took a position as cashier in the Missouri Pacific freight depot,retaining this until Morris Public School, and many of the finest structures in Leavenworth. Since Mr. Carr
appointed agent. ceased to be permanently employed by the government, he has been the architect of the

JOHN H. CADELL, superintendent of the mouldin department of Union Stove & following State buildings, in additio: the Kansas State Penitentiary, viz.: State Normal
Machine Works, was born in Liverpool, England, in 1837, and learned his profession of School, at Emporia; Agricultura] College, at Men natien .Luaane Asylum, at Topeka; In-
moulder there, at the age of nineteen, when fe came to America, and followed his profes- sane Asylum, at Osawatomie; Institute for the Blind, at Wyandotte, and is the architect of
sion in New York city till 1859, when he located here, and engaged in the agricultural in- the Kansas State Capitol, now in course of erection. He is also architect of the Court
dustry, which he subsequently abandoned, and engaged in his profession, with which he has Houses of Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Brown, Nemaha, Dickinson, and Morris counties, aud
been actively identified here since. Has been prominently connected with present firm schoolhouses and other buildings, large and small, in all parts of the State. Mr. Carr is a
since its organization. In 1860, he married Miss Ellen Nearmon, a native of Llllnois. They prominent Mason. He received his entered apprentice degree in Leavenworth, in 1856,
have a family of two sons and three daughters—James, Lydia, Mamie, Jane, and Charlie. and since that time has received nearly every degree of the Order, including the Thirty-
Mr. Cadell did active service as non-commissioned officer of the Sixth.Kansas Cavalr i; third, and is an officer of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United
from its organization till the end of the war. Isa member of Leavenworth Post, No. 120, States, He has held many officesin the State Grand Bodies, has been Secretary of the Grand
G. R.; also an active member of the Society of Mechanics, No. 89, and of the 10.0.F. Lodge, and Grand Chapter and: Recorder of the Grand Commandery. He has held many
Society. other offices no Jess exalted thanthese. Mr. Carr was married December 8, 1859,at Leaven-

HON, A. CALDWELL, was born on March 1, 1830, at Drake’s Ferry, Huntingdon Co., worth, to Miss Margaret Red Fern Cubbins, a lady of English parentage. They have one
Pa. . At the age of forteen he went to Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa., and in 1847 went as 2 daughter, Addie Beil, born June 21, 1862. 5
soldier with his father’s company, Company M. Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, ENRY B. CALLAHAN, M. D,, was born July 16, 1821. 1n Fleming County, Ky. He
to Mexico. James Caldwell, the father, was mortally wounded in the assault on the city of studied medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduated from Ohio Medical College in the class of
Mexico, September, 13, 1847, and died In that city. His son, who was a private in his com- 1848, and commenced practice in Platte City, Missouri, in April of the same year. In Feb-
pany was detailed to serve in the commissary department after the death of bis father, and ruary, 1856, he moved to Leavenworth, and in June, 1859, returned to Platte City, where
was recommended for a position in the regulary army: After the close of the war in 1848 he remained until January, 1866, when he finally located in Leavenworth, where he still
he returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in the hardware business for about four years, resides. Dr, Callahan is a member of the Baptist Church, of the various temperance organ-
and was afterwards connected with the Columbia Bank until bis removal to Kansas in izations, andof A. F,& A.M. He is a widower, and has a family of five ch Idren—Pickett
January, 1861. He was then engaged in Government contracts, transporting military L., Lizzie J.. Alfred, Mary (now Mrs. Geo. W. Early, of Leavenworth, ) and William T.
supplies to the various posts west of the Missouri River, employing 5,000 wagons with OHN E. CARR, superintendent Leavenworth Coal Com any. Appointed to present
twelve head of cattle to each wagon, and 10,000 men, the business amounting to about position in 1872. Mr. Carr was born in Newcastle on Tyne, England, June 8,1840. His
$8,000,000 per annum for a period of nearly seven years. ‘Thomas A, Scott and other pro- ‘ather was a professional miner and engineer, and John E. was educated for the same pro-
minent Pennsylvania capitalists were associated with Mr. Caldwell in this business for two _fession, taking athorough course. In 1863, he came tothe United States, and located in
years under the firm name of Irwin, Jackman & Co., Mr. C. having charge; the firm was Streeter, Ill., where he leased coal lands and opened two shafts. He afterward sold out to
afterward A. Caidwell & Co. Mr. C. was the contractor for the construction of the Missouri he Vermillion Coal Company, and accepted a position as their superintendent. Resigned
River R. R. from Leavenworth to Kansas City, and subsequently Vice-President of the n 1869, and after visiting Kansas, located in Richmond, Mo.. where he held the position of
company. In 1868 he became President of the Leavenworth, Atchison and N. W. R. R.,and superintendent of coal mines, until he moved to Leavenworth to take present position. Mr.
constructed the road to Atchison. In 1871-72 he organizedthe Kansas Central R. BR. Co., Carr has opened up several mines in Kansas and Missouri since his location in the State.
of which he was Vice-President. In 1868-69 he with others purchased the Delaware Has been twice married; his first wife was Miss Jane Hayson, of Durham County, England.
diminished reserve, consisting of 100,000 acres, the patent being made directtohim, hehav- She died in Leavenworth, in August, 1878, leaving three children—William J. E., Alice A.,
ing about one-tenth interest in the purchase, which gives him extensive stock farms. In Netta. He was married to his present wife in Leavenworth, in April, 1879. She was Miss
1868 he built extensively in Leavenworth, erecting buildings that year to the value of $100,- Margaret St. Clair Russell, of Leavenworth. They have two children, George R. and an
000. In 1871 he was elected to the United States Senate, but resigned his position to givehis infant. Mr. C. is a member of Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2, and Far West Encampment, No.
attention to business interests which were being neglected. After his return from Wash- 2, 1. 0. O. F.; also of Neligh Lodge, No. 1285, Knights of Honor.
ington in June, 1874, he organized the Kansas anufacturing Company, which made the MRS. AMANDA CARROLL, nee Lyons, retired widow of Peter Carroll, deceased. Mr.
first reat some 1,200 wagons, and now manufacture annually about 8,000, employing Carroll was born in Ulster County. N. Y., in 1826, March 28. Upon arriving at manhood,
$500,000 capital. Mr. C. is also interested in the Kansas Organ Company, and is President he engaged in the manufacture of brooms; dealt extensively in broom corn in the State,
of the Board of Trade, and President of the Idaho and Oregon Land Improvement Company until 1858, when he came here, and for the first years was engaged in agricultural and gar-
which has for its object the organization of town companies, den business, but in 1867, he established a business in general groceries, which he carried

: on actively until his death, which occurred suddenly on 3d of June, 1881. He is buried in
Mount Muncie Cemetery, leaving a family of his wife and two sons and one daughter.
They are George, Charles, and Jennie now Mrs. Daniel Moody, of Cincinnati, Obio. On the
27th ot October, following his death, Mrs. Carroll buried their eldest son, Daniel J., beside
the father. Mrs. Carroll is a native of Schenectady County, N. Y., but was reared and edu-
cated in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1850, she was married to Peter Carroll, deceased, with whom
she shared a pioneer life here. Mr. Carroll did active service in defense of his State during
the late civil war, and was an active and useful member of the society whose grand aim was
for the furtherance of religious and temperance work inthe State. He was a member of
the Baptist Church.

L. CARROLL, superintendent of the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works, Washing-
ton House. Mr. Carroll was born in Queens County, Ireland, in 1835, and came to America
in 1853, and engaged for the -first few years in civil en ineering through Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, an innesota, during which he was active in Superintendin the building of
elevator machinery, In 1881, he located here, and subsequently accepted his present posi-
Von, which he very ably represents. He was married in 1863, to Miss Honora J. McMahon,
a native 0: 0.

PETER CARROLL, of the firm of Carroll & Reagan, contractors and builders, is a na-
tive of the County Mouaghan, Ireland, and came to America in 1851, at the age of thirteen,
and settled in New York State, aud learned his trade there. In 1856, he went to Chicago,
and after spending two years at his trade there, he came here and located, and has been
very successfully connected with the business here since, In 1867, he married Miss Bridget
Maloy, who Geparted this life in 1877, and is buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery here,
leaving a family of two sons and two daughters—Edward, William, Katie, and Mamie. In
1877, he married Mrs. Mary Adkin, formerly Remington. They have two sons, Emmet
and Frank. During the war Mr. Carroll did active service in defense of his adopted coun-
try. He has been a member of the Shields Guard ever since 1858. Michael Reagan, of the
above firm, is a native of the County of Cork, Ireland, and came to America at an early age,
and settled in Lafayette, Ind., where he learned bis trade. In 1854, he came to Kansas, and
located here in 1855, and has been an active worker at his trade here since, In 1858, he
married Miss Isabel Black, of his native country.
iN i W. H. CARSON, cashier of Insley, Shire & Co.'s Bank, came to Leavenworth in 1862,
EZ p é and engaged in freighting business as cashier for the large firm of Irwin, Jackman & Co.,

LEZ. with whom he remained until 1865. He then went into the Second National Bank and con-

Zz tinued with that institution two or three years; then was with Hines & Eves in the Leav-
enworth Savings Bank until they retired from its mana; ‘ement, he remaining with the
bank until he became connected with Insley, Shire & Co. in ebruary, 1877. He is a native
of Lancaster, Pa., and resided in Harrisburg, Pa., for four years before he came to Kansas.
He {sa member of A. F. & A, M., I. 0. 0. F. K. of P. and R. of H.

F. E. CARTER, book-binder, was born in Philadelphia, September 15, 1852, He
caine West with his parents and located at Freeport, remaining there until he went to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, in 1878, from which city he removed to Leavenworth in Februar. 7» 1875.
He has been engaged in book-binding for the last hfteen years, having been with Dods-
worth Book Co. and Crew & Bro. Since April 1, 1882, E. Sparks has_been associated with
him In business, He was married in Freeport, November 25, 1877, to Nettle Huntoo, a
native of Pennsylvania, He isa member of K. of P.

ISAAC C. CARTER, superintendent of the patternmaking department of the Union
Stove and Machine Works, was born and reared in Buffalo, N. ¥.; learned his profession as
patternmaker in Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of nineteen years. After a reputable connec-
tion of seventeen ponte in his profession in that State, he located in Red ing, Minn., and
followed his business there for several years. In 1879, he came here, and engaged in his

resent capacity, which he has very reputably carried on since. In 1870, he married Miss

aria L, Miller, a native of Indiana. They have afamily of two daughters, Cora L. and
Emma lL, At the breaking out of the war, Mr. Carter enlisted his services in Company E,
Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and’ after an active service of three months, he re-
enlisted in Company A, Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was in active service for
three years, when he was honorably discharged. He is an active officer and member of
Leavenworth Post, No. 120, G. A. R., and has been an active member of the A., F. & A. M.
Society for the last eighteen years.

M. CASEY, of the firm of McGonigle & Casey, manufacturers of light carriages, buggies
and wagons. Business established in 1880. Mr. Casey isa native of Missouri, and began
this business at the age of eighteen, and followed it actively as workman till he joined the
present partnership. J. W. McGonigle isa native of Maryland, and came to the State In

', 1864, and has been actively connected with his present business here since 1876. He, how-
ever, learned his trade in his native State, and followed it there till his coming to Kansas.

THOMAS CASS, dealer in liquors and proprietor of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin”; was born in

County Kilkenny. Ireland, in 18 3, and came to America in 1847. After traveling through

fhe country ane eee jocated here: and has been BCoV G: in connection with many of the

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ERASMUS THEODORE CARR, is a descendant from an old Scotch family who first  vania. who departed this life in 1859, and is buried in Calvary roasts tomedthireeyesen
emigrated from Szotland to the North of Ireland, and from thence to.America where his leaving one daughter—Clarinda ©. Mr. Cass has always taken an active part in matters
ancestors settled In Rhode Island, many years before the Revolution, in which struggle tending to the growth and development of Leavenworth since coming here, and by indus-
many of them bore an honorable part. Heis the son of Almond Carr and Arathusa Maria _ try and business habits he has placed himselfin very good circumstances. He started on
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amon to over $300,000 per annum, and he employs six traveling salesmen, and other
ployes. aggregating twenty men. The business is crockery, glass-ware, table and
oe et-cutlery, silver-plated and britannia ware, lamps, etc. The sales are principally in
BsOurh, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico. There is a large retail store con-
nected with the estabiishment on Delaware street. Mr. Clark was married in Leaven-
worth, April 6, 1871, to Drusie Baker, a native of Ohio. They have two children, Harry

M. E. CLARK, President of the German Bank of Leavenworth, came to Ka
tory in the spring of 1855. Located at Leavenworth and en aged in the Saenin
retail grocery business, in which he continued four years until he commenced bankin
quae in May, 1859. The firm was Clark, Gruber & Co., and remained as such ‘anti

ay, 1864, when the firm of Clark & Co, was organized, which, January 1, 1878, went into
voluntary liquidation to merge the business {nto the German Bank. January, 1878, Mr.
Clark became President of the institution and has continued as such until November, 1882.
From 1860 to 1863 Mr. Clark was at Denver in charge of a branch of the Banking House
of Clark, Gruber & Co.. and while there established a private mint for coining gold, the
nucleus of the present mint at Denver. Mr. Clark was born in Brown County, ORY hear
Augusta, Ky., May 6, 1827, and lived inthe same county until he came to Kansas in’1855.
He was married near Platte City, Mo., February 22, 1865, to Lydia A. Winston, a native of
Platte County. They have three children—Nellie E., Cora A. and Hilda A.

GEO. N. CLAYTON, General Western Passenger Agent Wabash. St. Louis and Pacific
Railway, Kansas City, Mo.; appointed to present position in May, 1878. Has charge of all
business west of the Mississippi River, his field touching eleven States and Territories,
Mr, Clayton was born in Pontiac, Mich.. November 10, 1847. His parents moved to Kansas
in 1859, and settled in Leavenworth. The subject of this sketch received his education in
Leavenworth. In 1870 he commenced his railway life as clerk in the ticket office of the H.
&St. JoeR.R. In 1874 was appointed Western passenger agent,which position he retained
until he became connected with the Wabash, in 1878. Was first made Northwestern pas-
senger agent, and shortly after had his field extended to present dimensions. Mr. Clayton
was married in Leavenworth, Kansas, December 18, 1878, to Miss May Woodworth, of
Hee as C, is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 14, K. of P., and of Neligh Lodge,
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WILLIAM MoNEILL CLOUGH, attorney, is a native of Boston, Mass., in which city
he was born September 29, 1831. From 1834to August, 1851, at which time he entered
Harvard College Law School, his home had been in St. Charles, Mo. He graduated trom
Harvard in June, 1854, and located at, and commenced the practice of law in, Parksville,
Platte Co., Mo., remaining in that place from 1854 to 1862. He visited Leavenworth in
1854, at the first sale of lots in the city, but did not make the place his residence until May
1, 1862, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of law in the city, serving as
President of Schoo! Board one year, Vice-President one year, and Clerk one year. He was
married at Parkersville, May 31 1855, to Mary Ann Scott, a native of Woodford County,
Pa. Their children now living are Mary N., Amanda R.. Nellie, Lucy, Walter, Frank and

ate 0. CLOUGH, and proprietor of the Commercial Intelligence Office and
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Kansas Mercantile Agenc “~ Business organized and established by Mr. Clough in 1870.
His field covers the United States and Canada, His system isto make nothing but special
reports, none being sent out over two weeks’ old. E. N. O. Clough, attorney at law, notary
public and United States Commissioner, is a native of Virginia, He was born in Berryville,
Clark County, May 28, 1825. 1n 1833 his parents moved to St. Charles, Mo. His father was
a teacher by profession, and E. N. O. studied under him, and afterward taught himself in
ublic and private schools until the breaking out of the Mexican war. He enlisted at St.
ouis, Mo., in Company D, Infantry Battalion Missouri Volunteers. Was promoted to First
Sergeant, and served until 1848. Was mustered out at Independence, Mo., October 10,
1848. He then engaged as areporter 01 the St. Louis Republican, After the great fire in
St. Louis in 1849, turned his attention to farming until about 1851, when he moved to
Boone County and opened an academy on Thrali’s prairie. paring. these years Mr. Clough
had been engaged in reading law. Was admitted to the bar in Missouri, October 20, 1853.
He then opened. an office in Columbia, Boone Couaty, where he engaged in practice until
1857, when he move ta Parkville, Platte County, and opened an office with his brother,

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‘Was admitted to practice in the Kansas courts on motion, April 30, 1858, at Leavenworth.
by Judge Petit. Continued to practice in Missouri and Kansas courts until 1861, when he
was authorized by the Government to raise troops for the United States army. He settled
in Leavenworth, where he raised many recruits, which were mustered into the regular and
volunteer army. Col. Clough remained in this service during the war, several times com-
manding Gen. Hunter’s body guard on expeditions into Missouri. Afrer the close of the
war he engaged in the practice of his profession at Leavenworth. Was admitted to prac-
tice in the United States Supreme Court January 21,1874. Was appointed United States
Commissioner November 26, 1869, the commission being revoked on account of his having
aclaim agency. He wasagain appointed November 30, 1872. Resigned in 1874, and No-
vember 23, 1874, was reappointed. Is serving second term as Justice of the Peace, Was
first elected in April, 1880. Mr. Clough was married in St. Louis, Mo., November 9, 1848,
to Miss Rebecca M. Seltzer, a native of Berks County, Pa. They have had seven children,
of which there survive Mary R. (now Mrs. M. L. Bulkley), Emma F. (now Mrs. J. E. Hall),
Margaret A. (now the widow of M. Montville, Jr ), William and Charles P, A. Have thir-
teen grandchildren. Mr. Clough is Vice President of the National Association of Mexican
Veterans. Is President of the Kansas Association, and was Grand Secretary of the Union
League when that body was in existence.

, W. P. COLLINS, proprietor Collins House. The building was erected in 1872, and
bought by Mr. C.in 1874. Itisof brick, two stories high, and contains seventeen rooms.
Mr. Collins was born in York County, Pa., in April, 1833. He received his education in his
native county. In 1848 he became connected with the Safe Harbor Iron Works, in Lancas-
ter County, Pa., inthe capacity of weighmaster. About 1850 became connected with the
B. & O. R. R, as superintendent of construction, and was afterward appointed conductor on
the road, a position he retained until 1863, when he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred
and Third Regiinent, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; was afterward commissioned
First Lieutenant of the company, and served until August, 1865, The regiment was most
of the time on detached service in the Carolinas, under General Schofield. On the close of
the war he returned to Pennsylvania, and the same year moved to Kansas and settled in
Leavenworth, where he entered the service of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, and the M., K.
& T. R. R.as conductor, continuing until 1874. Mr. Collins was married in Philadelphia,
Pa., February 14, 1867, to Miss Almira Neel, of Dunmore Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
They have one child, Cora C.

JN, LE, proprietor Broadway stock yards and sale and feed stables. Business
commenced under present proprietorship in January, 1882, succeeding C, J. Smith. There
are handled weekly about 100 head of cattle and fifty head of sheep. r. Cole was born in
Buchanan County, Mo., July 26, 1845. Moved to Kansas with his uncle in 1855, and settled
in Leavenworth County. Has always been engaged in farming since he came to the State—
since 1865—for himself. Mr. Cole was married in Leavenworth County, Kas., July 11, 1878,
to Miss Lizzie McQuown, 4 native of the county. They have two children—Theodore F.
and Thomas D. Mr. C. is a member of Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4, A., F. & A. M.

GEORGE WILLIAM COMBS, superintendent of the milling and pattern-making de-
partment of the Great Western Manufacturing Company, residence 108 South Esplanade
street, was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1851, and located here with his peoplein 1858. At
the age of seventeen he began his profession as pattern-maker with the present firm, and
after completing his profession and doing a year’s work as a journeyman, he recived his ap-
pointment to the reputable position he now holds. In 1872 he married Miss Nellie S. Cooke.
who was born in England and reared and educated in this country. They have a family of
two sons—George, Jr., and Frederick. Mr. Combs is a member of the Methodist Church and
has worked actively in the development of the social and public life of this city, and
has represented his ward, the second, as alderman in the city council for two consecutive

terms,

CHARLES CONRAD, general blacksmithing, was born in Prussia in 1837; learned his
trade there. In 1869 he came to America and settled here and has been prominently con-
nected with his business here since. In 1872 he married Miss Mary A. Meimerstorf, who
was born in Prussia in 1852, and came to Americain 1870. They have two little girls—
Annie and Mary.

EDWARD C. CONRAD, of the firm of Conrad & Leonard, cigar manufacturers, was
born in New York City, June 24, 1859. He resided in his native city until November, 1879,
his first employment while there being that of shipping clerk for the wholesale paper house
of Joseph Hill & Co., 373 Broadway. He was afterwards engaged in meat market business
until he came to Kansas. His parents, Edward and Mary (Pitchke) Conrad, came to Kan-
gas in 1875. His father died at Abilene, January 11, 1882, and his motber now resides in

eavenworth.

ISAAC CORLETT, gardener and fruit grower, came to Kansas in 1858; and located in
Anderson County. He moved to Leavenworth in the fall of 1860, and has lived here since
and been engaged in his present business. He is a native of the Isle of Man and lived there
twenty-three years before coming to America,. He was born December 19, 1823, and has
lived in New York State and Illinois, Mississippi and California. He was married on the
Isle of Man October 15, 1856, to Mrs. Mary Hines, who was born ontheIsleof Man. They
have had seven children, five of whom‘are living—Douglas, Rebecca, Maggie, Alexander
and Francis. Mrs. Corlett had one son by her former marriage, John J. Hines. Mr. Corlett
has served several years on the School Board.

R. B. CRAIG, proprietor of the first soap manufactory established in Kansas. Was
born in County Antrim, Ireland. He came to the United States in 1847, and located in Pitts-
burg, where he became connected with a soap manufactory. In 1857 he moved to Kansas
and settled in Leavenworth, establishing his present business. Mr. Craig was married in
Pittsburg to Miss Imogene Shawhan, of that place, in 1852. They have five children living.

CHRISTIAN CRECELIDUS, general cooperage—brewery and wine work a specialty.
Mr. C. was born in Germany, 1839, and learned his trade there at the age of seventeen. In
1864 he came to America and settled here and has successfully carried on his business here
since. In 1869 he married Miss Lucy Goodale, who was born and reared in New Jersey.
They have one son and two daughters—Theodore, Eda and Lucy. .

JOLIN CRETORS, proprietor and owner of the Buckeye Carriage Factory, was born
and reared In Lebanon, Ohio, and took up the trade of carriage painter there, at the age of
fourteen, in 1836, and followed it successfully till the breaking out of the war, when his
attention was given more tothe defense of his country, and July 21, 1862, he took an ac-
tive part and enlisted in Company B, Seventy-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as Lieuten-
ant of Company B, and shortly after as Captain of same Company, with which (after re-
signing once on account of disabilities and sickness) he remained till the end of the war,
when he was honorably discharged. After the war, he returned to his home, and soon
after came here. In 1868, he began the present business, which he has very successfully
carried on since. In 1843, he married Miss Maria Beachey, a native of Pennsylvania. They
have two sons and three daughters. The Buckeye Carriage Factory was established here
in 1868, by Mr. John Cretors, who has so enlarged upon it as to give ita growth from $10,-
000 per annum, to that of $45,000 ee annum. Mr. Cretors is fully alive to the progress
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in his line of light carriages, buggies, and track wag-
ons, of which he makes a specialty, he deserves a claim to public favor.

L. M. CRETORS, bookkeeper, and organizer and leader of Cretors’ Band, is a native of
Lebanon, Ohio, where he was in early life engaged at the mercantile business as clerk. In
1865, and-at the age of seventeen, he came here with his people, who settled here, and en-
gaged at the trade of carriage painting, which he subsequently abandoned, and accepted a
position with the Great Western Manufacturing Company as assistant bookkeeper. After
an honorable connection with this company of four years, he accepted the position of book-
keeper and cashiership of the Citizens’ Gas Light Company of St. Jo., Mo., and remained in
this position for a term of four years, returning here in 1876, to accept his present position
as head bookkeeper with Kelly & Lyle, which incumbency he still holds. January 19, 1881,
he married Miss Ellen Coan, of Leavenworth, who departed this life, aged twenty-four
years, February 14,1882. Sheis buried in Calvary Cemetery here, leaving one Tittle girl,
Carrie Ellen. In September, 1880, Mr. Cretors organized what is now so well and favora-
bly known as Cretors’ Band, as a quartette with four musicians, and in the October follow-
ing, their success being so marked, they organized as a sextette, and purchased instruments
accordingly. Since this, his band has prospered, and to-day numbers nineteen skilled mu-
sicians and a drum major, finely equipped, and uniformed superbly. The instruments are
all first-class, and furnished by C. G. Conn, of Elkhart, Ind., at a cost of $1,000. The uni-
forms are extra handsome, and aggregate a cost of $1,000; altogether making this organi-
zation one of the many fine enterprises of Leavenworth, of which Mr. Cretors may justly
feel proud. An important event in the history of this band was its engagement to play,
during the summer season of ’82, at the Montezuma Hot Springs of Las Vegas, New Mexico,
which they very reputably closed in September, returning here, with the highest encomiums
of the press and the people with whom they met.

JOSHUA H. CREW came to Kansas in August, 1857. He located in Leavenworth and
took a position as clerk at the Mansion House, which he pecupied until the spring of 1859,
when he became interested in mining business and wentto Colorado and remained until
the spring of 1863. He was then appointed military store keeper at Ft. Scott, which posi-
tion he held until the post was discontinued in 1865. In the mean time (February. 1863.)
he with his brother, J.S., and E. J. Morgan established a retail book business, under the
firm name of Crew & Morgan. Crew and Brother purchased Mr. Morgan’s interest in 1875.
The business has increased from $3,000 per annum to about $125,000. the sales now extend-
ing to Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Missouri. Mr. Crew is a native of Jackson
Township, Tippecanoe Co., Ind. He was born June 6, 1834, and livedin his native place
until he was fifteen years of age, being educated at South Salem Academy, Ohio. From
the age of fifteen until he cameto Leavenworth-his home was at Burlington, lowa,

GEORGE M. CRILLY, hack-driver, came to Kansas in 1870. He afterward traveled
about two years, and returned and located in business in Leavenworth, about four years
since. He lived in Lawrence for ashort time, and has been engaged in the butcher busi-
ness part of histime. Mr. Crilly is a native of Indiana, and lived in that State over sixteen
years. He has also lived in Chicago, and traveled in different States, He was barn Qctoher
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14, 1853, and was married in Leavenworth, August 12, 1878, to Miss Christina Elob, who
was born inSweden. They have had four children—two are now living, Elob A. and Mar-
quis A. Mr. Crilly is one of the leading men in his business in Leavenworth, and keeps
good horses and carriages and hacks for the accommodation of the public. Heis a nem-
ber of the Order of Ord Fellows, also of the ienighta of Pythias,

H, CRONEMEYER, proprietor of American Bakery, and dealer in confectionery, fruits,
etc.,is a native of Germany, and came to America in 1854, at the age of five years, with his
people, who settled in Pennsylvania. In 1867, he located in Kansas, and followed his bust -
ness of painting till within a few years, when he envaged in the mercantile business, with
which he has been actively identified since. In 1872, he married Miss Aletha Powell, a
native of Kentucky. They have two sons, Louis and Earl.

CHAS. R. CROUSE, deputy clerk of the district court, came to Leavenworth in Decem-
ber, 1863. After leaving school he was employed for ashort time as clerk in a drug store;
afterwards, for eight months, he was employed in the office of George S. Nellis, then fora
short time with the Kansas Insurance Company. He was appointed to his present office,
January 8, 1877. and has been continued in the position to the present time. .

DENNIS CROWLEY, plumber, water, steam and gas fitter: business established in
1871. Since that time has been actively engaged, making a specialty of water fittings. He
has performed some of the largest works in town, among which we may mention the Mis-
souri Valley Life Insurance Block—gas and steam; St. Mary’s College; the residence of L.
T. Smith, Esq., and has done all the work, for nine years, for Mr. Caldwell. Mr. Crowley
was born in the city of Cork, Ireland. He was apprenticed to the nlumbing trade when very
yonng, serving about five years. In 1866, he emigrated tothe United States. He worked
at his trade for a time in New York city. In March, 1867, enlisted in the United States
army, for three years. Was attached to the Third Infantry, and served on the plains. in
campaigns against the Indians, under Gen. Reno and Gen. Sully. Was discharged at Fort
Leavenworth, in 1870, and shortly afterward started present business. Mr. C. was married
in Leavenworth, Kan.. in 1870, to Miss Ann Carroll, of that city. They have four children—
John, Mary. Kate, and Margaret.

D. G. CULP came to Kansas and located at Walnut Township, Atchison Co.. in the fall
of 1866. remaining at that place engaged in farming until 1872. Hethen moved to Leav-
enworth and started a retail grocery business, which he continued until March, 1880, when
he went to Deadwood, Dak., and spenta season for the benefit of his health, returning the
following winter. The summer of 1881 he spent as trader on a line of boats running be-
twecn Bismarck, Dak., and Benton. March 1, 1882, he entered into partnership with Lewis
Mayo, under the firm name of Lewis Mayo & Co. He was born in Andrew County, Mo.,
June 3. 1843. In 1862 he went to Denver, Col., and remained in Denver and vicinity until
he settled in Kansas. He was married in Andrew County, Mo., September 27, 1866, to
alizalieth pangtord, anative of that county. Mr. C.is a member of I. 0, 0. F, Lodge and

neamnmen

VERY REV. JOHN F. CUNNINGHAM, Vicar General of the Diocese, is a native of [re-
land. He was born in County Kerry, Province of Munster. Received a preliminary educa-
tion in Ireland, and continued his studies in Kansas, where he settled in 1860. Two years
later he entered the Seminarv of St. Francis of Sales, near Milwaukee, Wis. Was ordained
Deacon, Public Deacon and Priest, by Archbishop Henni, at Milwaukee. In July. 1865, he
returned to Kansas, where he engaged in missionary work. His residence was at Fort.
Scott, with a field of labor containing six counties in Kansas and Missouri. He remained
at this post about three years. Was then installed Pastor of Lawrence. Kan., where he
built the Church of St. John the Evangelist, with adjoining residence. Three years later
was detailed on snecial duties in the interest of the Diocese, the principal being travels
in the Eastern States soliciting relief for the church debt and the Kansas sufferers. Re-
turned to Kansas in 1876, and the same year was installed Pastor at Topeka, where he built
the Church of the Assumption. Was appointed Vicar Generalin January, 1861. Took
present charge in the spring of 1882. A

CHARLES CURRIER was born in Dresden, Ohio, February 27, 1841. He is the son of
Cyrus F. Currier, who located in Leavenworth in October, 1855, and resided in the city for
several years, engaged in mercantile pursuits, He was afterwards a merchant in New York
City, that being his home at the time of his death, which occurred June 9, 1865, in Marietta,
Ohio. His son, Charles Currier,lived in Dresden, his native place, until 1845,when the family
removed to Indiana, and there remained until they came to Kansas. Mr. Currier has been
for three years deputy city clerk; two years, county clerk; deputy clerk of criminal court,
three years, and has served _as sheriff. He is now traveling as salesman for wholesale
houses: He was warried in Leavenworth, June 19, 1873, to Elizabeth Smith, a native of

resden, 0. :

CORNELIUS W. CURTAN, Register of Deeds, was born in Columbus, Ohio, March 15,
1852, and in 1857 removed with his parents, John and Ellen Curtan, to Leavenworth, where
they still reside. He was educated in the public and private schools of Leavenworth, and
at the Commercial College in the same city. Before leaving school he served as city weigh-
master, and was elected Register of Deeds in the fall of 1879, re-elected in the fall of 1881.
He was married at Leavenworth, June 13, 1881. :

Cc. F. W. DASSLER, attorney, located at Salina, Kansas, in June, 1868, and removed
from that place to Leavenworth in 1873. Since his residence there he has partially de-
voted himself to the compilation of law digest,and works of similar character, among which
are “ Dassler’s Kansas Statutes, 1876.” “Compiled Laws of Kansas, 1879,” under act of the
legislature, “‘Kansas Digest, 1880.” ‘Kansas Practice and Readings, 1880,” ** Kansas Re-
ports,” volumes one and two (Dassler’s edition), and other books,

G. H. DAVIS, superintendent of Great Western Manufacturing Company, was born in
East Cambridge, Mass., April 16, 1838. His parents moved to Beverly, Mass.. about 1842.
In 1847 returned to Cambridge, Mass., and two years later finally settled in Beverly until
1851. They then moved west and settled in Alton, Ill, The subject of our sketch received
a partial education in Massachusetts, finishing his studies in Alton, Ill. Atthe age of fif-
teen was apprenticed to the machinist trade, serving three years. e then passed one year
under instruction, in the city of Boston, Mass. The death of his father about this time com-
pelled him to take charge of an extensive pork packing establishment which they had been
operating. The whole charge of the works, employing a force of eighty men, was thrown
upon his shoulders. He did this successfully until about 1860. when he sold out and re-
moved to Kansas. He settled in Leavenworth, where he engaged with the Great Western
Foundry. A sbort time afterward returned to Alton, Ill. For about two years he had
charge of the beldecs and fences onthe C. & A. R.R. He was superintendent of J. Lum’s
Pork Packing establishment, of Springfield, TIl., the winter of 1860-61, where they packed
60,000 hogs that season. He then took a position as foreman in the foundry of Dumford &
Brooks. About two years later Mr. Davis bought out Mr. Brooks, and the works were op-
erated by Dumford & Davis until destroyed by fire in 1868. Mr. Davis then returned to
Leavenworth to take his present position. He was married in Alton, Ill., December 14,
1862,to Miss Annie 8S. Mather,of Alton. Mr. Davisisa prominent member of the I. O. O. F.,
was the founder of Mechanics Lodge No. 89. of Leavenworth, isa member of the Grand
oor ee Kansas and of the Encampment in Illinois, He isa member of Neligh Lodge
No. , K. of H.

WILLIAM DAVIS, dealer in agricultural implements. came to Leavenworth in 1866,
and was engaged in the hardware trade until 1875, when he commenced his present busi-
ness. He was born in Delaware County, Pa., December 20, 1840, and when fourteen years
of age removed to Lancaster County, In the same State, where he lived until he came to
Leavenworth. He was married near Oxford, Chester County, Pa., October, 1866, to Isa-
hella Holmes, a native of Chester County. They have two children—Carrle H. and Edwin
We He is a member of the K.of P., K. of H., A. F.& A.M., and Kansas Benevolent
Society.

JOHN DECKELMAN, jeweler, was born in Bavaria, Sentember 9, 1814. He came to
America in 1852, and first located at Weston, Mo,, where he remained until he came to
Kansas and located at Leavenworth, in 1858, He was married tn Bavaria, to Barbara
Koestner, a native of that country. They hnve elrht children--John C., Andrew, Pauline,
Henrv, Anna, Charles, Frank and Isabelle. Mr. D. 1s a member of the Turner’s Society.
John G. Deckleman, son of the above, was born in Bavaria, July 16, 1847. He came to
America in 1852. and has been associated with his father as watchmaker and engraver since
he wasabov. He was married in Leavenworth, December 25, 1871, to Carrie Schwere, of
Missouri. They have three children—Pauline, and E. Ulgar and Alice, twins. Mr. J.C
Deckelman is a member of the K. of P.

JOSEPH DICKMANYN, is emploved as foreman in Kelly & Tyle’s furniture factory. He
eame to Kansas in June, 1870. and has been in his present bnsiness since he located in
Leavenworth. He1sa native of Germany, and was born in 1846; was married to Matilda
Klamet, in the city of Leavenworth, in July. 1878. Mrs. Dickman was born in Germany,
and has had two children—Joseph A., and Thena. Mr. Dickman has been superintendent
of the furniture factory for eight years,

ELISHA DIEFENDORF, City Engineer and Deputy County Surveyor, was born in
Middlefield, Montgomery County.N. Y .September 4, 1832. He was educated in the schools
of his native place, and in Charlotteville College, N. Y., receiving instruction in surveying
froma private tutor. He moved to Kansis in Jnne, 1855, and was engaged.on the first
Government survey in Kansas, which started July 16, 1855. He remained in the Govern-
ment surveyor's office until 1858, and was afterwards connected with the surveys under the
different surveyors, being connected with the last as wellas the first State surveys. and
also with the county surveys. He was married in Leavenworth. December 20, 1865, to
Augusta M. Hallenbeck, a native of Snringfield, Ohio. Their five children are Zella, Ben-
jamin, Henry, Fred and Frank. Mr. D. is @ member of Leavenworth Lodge No. 2.,

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a GEORGE DIETRICH, meat market business.established 1870. Mr. Dietrich is a native
of Germinv. was born in Hesse Darmstadt,1840. In 1859 he came to America, and settled
here in 1861. where he learned his present business, which he has very ably carried on
since. In1871 he married Miss Blise Kraft, of his native country. They have a family of
four daughters—Annie, Eda, Emma and an infant. Mr. Dietrich first began business

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

here in 1868 as partner, but in 1870 he bought the entire business, which he has ably car-
ried on since, During the war he did service in the State militia, and has been an active
worker in the social life of the place since coming here,

WILLIAM DILL, County Attorney, was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, April 16, 1846.. He
was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, from which he graduated in
1866. He read law with Hon. James H. Thompson, of Hillsboro. He was admitted to the
bar April 14, 1868, at Washington, Lafayette County, Ohio, and commenced and continued
the practice of his profession in his native town until he emigrated to Kansas, September
22, 1869, when he located 1n Leavenworth, aud has since been in active practice in the city,
He was Deputy County Attorney from January, 1871, to January, 1873, and in the fallof
1880, was elected County Attorney,entering upon the duties of his position in January,1881,
He was married in Leavenworth, May 20, 1875, to May E. Ralston, a native of Warsaw, IIL,
and daughter of William H. Ralston, who settled in Leavenworth in 1856, and now re-
sides three miles east of Fairmount. Mr. and Mrs, Dill have two children—Virginia and
Ralston. Mr. D. isa member of the Kansas Benevolent Society, of K. of H. and K, of P.

PROF, JOHN DOTTER, principal of the German-English school, was born in Bavaria,
Germany, in 1825, and was educated to his profession in the seminary of Alzdorf, After
following his profession in his native country until 1850,he left in consequence of the revo-
ution, and came to America, and settled in Philadelphia, where he was engaged in the
mercantile business until 1858, when he came here and located, and followed merchandis-
ing until 1861, when he accepted the principalship of this school, and held it until 1864,
after which he engaged again in the mercantile business, and after prosecuting it until
1875, he retired from'it and has filled the present incumbency since. In 1852 he married
Miss Louisa Marie Young, a native of Philadelphia, and_a descendant of an Alsatian fam-
ily, They have three sons and three daughters—Emily Louisa, Albert Robert, Clara Jose-
phine, Gustav Hetnrich, Ottilee and George. Prof. Dotter has always worked actively in
the development of the soclal and public life of Leavenworth since coming here. In 1859
he assisted materlally tn the organization and establishment of the schools; was a member
of the elty board of aldermen in 1863-64, and was three years a member of the public school
board. In 1869 he established the Sick Relief Society. In 1859 he organized the Maenner-
chor Society, and was its honored leader for several years. He has been an active member
of the K. of P. since 1874, and is at present Ex-Chancellor.

E. L. DOUGHTY, of the firm of Abernathy, Doughty & Hall,came to Kansas in January,
1871, and became salesman in the Leavenworth establishment of Abernathy Bros., at $65

er month, continuing with them as an employe, except one year. until he became a mem-
Der of the firm,Aprit f, 1830. This establishment employs about thirty-five hands,and does
a business of $250,000, Messrs Doughty and Hall having charge of the business. The busi-
ness of the various Abernathy firms, amounts to about $1,250.000 per annum,sales being in
fifteen States and Territories. Mr. Doughty is a native of Rush County, Ind.,.where he was
horn March 25, 1852. In 1865 he removed to Tennessee, and thence came to Kansas. He
was married in Leavenworth, November 24, 1875, to Miss R. Elizabeth Chase, a native of
Bloomington, Ind. They have buried a little daughter aged one year, and have two chil-
dren living—Mand §.and Frank LeRoy. Mr. D. is amember of A. F. & A. M.,I.0.0.F.,
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JOHN C, DOUGLASS, ono of the ptoneer attorneys and early settlers of Leavenworth
was born at Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, December 13, 1824. His ancestors were
Scotch Presbyterians, coming to America ong before the Revolution. His father, Watson
Douglass, was a farmer. Mr, Douglass received a common school and academic education
in his native State, paying his way by first working on a farm and afterwards teaching
school. {nthe winter of 1850-51, he rode on horseback from Ohio to Yale College, where he
entered the class of 1853, in its sophomore year, and graduated with his class; and from
this Institution he in 1856 received the hunorary degree of Master of Arts. While at college
he taught Latin classes In an East Haven graminar school, and_traveled extensively in the
New England and Middle States in the interest of certain New York publishing houses. Af-
ter graduating he faught inthe South two years, thus making money enough to pay his
debts, and to afford him the means to study the law. He sailed in a small schooner from
New York to Matagorda, Texas, where he taught a private school one year. After he com-
menced teaching a second year the city was nearly destroyed by a tornado, and his school
was bruken up. Hethen went to New Orleans and taught in the public schools of that cit:
one year, Relng soon promoted to the position of Principal of the High School in the Thir
District. While in Texas he had been reading law, and was admitted to the Texas bar on
examination at Brazoria, county of Brazos. From New Orleans he made several extended
trips through all the Southern States, studying carefully the institutions of the South, and
especially that of slavery. In October, 1855, he entered the Law School of Harvard Univer-
sity, and in 1856 received therefrom the degree of Bachelor of Laws, He had already made
an engagement for the practice of the law with a firm in Cincinnati. Ohio, but the Border
Ruffian war was then raging in Kansas Territory, and desiring to help make Kansas a Free
Binles he gave up his long cherished plans and came to Leavenworth in November, 1856, and
t joreatier, took an active partin many of the exciting events of the Kansas war. The next
7 ater €spentin Western Texas, in the settlement of an estate for parties in Ohio. Re-
funn og to Kansas in the spring of 1857, he first pre-empted a quarter section of land in

ouglas County, near Willow Springs, and then opened an office in Leavenworth, where he
has remained ever since in the practice of the law, and dealing extensively in city and coun-
try realestate. Atone time General James H. Lane was his law partner. In the spring of
{eee he cS erintended the taking of the census of Leavenworth County, under the provis-
tons of the Topeka Constitution, and in the succeeding autumn was elected a member of the

ree-state Legislature, In 1859 he was chosen a member of the Constitutional Convention
that sat at Leavenworth, and framed a Constitution for Kansas, but which was rejected b:
the people, because of its provisions enfranchising colored men.’ Inthe winter of 1859-60,
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

he was acting County Attorney, and attorn i
ey for Charl I
ducted the prosecutions in the'celebrated kidnzpping haar aethe FUE ci ise nae
was held under the Fugitive Slave Jaw, and foreibly. rescued by tho Abolitionists
general election in 1860 he was elected Territorial Superintendent of Common Schools.
which office he filled until Kansas was admitted as a State into the Union, e was the first
Government Pension Agent in Kansas, appointed in 1861, and holding the office for four
years. During the war of the Rebellion he volunteered in’ the Home Guards on three sev
eral occasions, and served brief periods in the army, and was with the Kansas Militia, par-
ticipating in the campaign against General Price in 1864, in Missouri. In November, 1865
he met with 4 severe accident, his horse running away and injuring him so serionsly a8 to
disable him for any business for more than a year r. Douglass was married i Att re
borough, Mass, Nov. 1, 1860, to Miss Ellen R. Robinson, of that town The ha h ad
four children, two of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Douclass died November 8, 1880, Lhet
two children are now being educated In New England, Willard R. at Phillips’ Academ: An-
overs fitting ok aale. pollege, and Harriet R., at Attleborough. ° a

» general groceries, ai i -
land, in 1824, and came é ‘America in 1851, at the "age of ot and pier teivalinatie eas
the country for several years, partly in the Government employ and partly on hit own nee
sources, he settled here in 1863, and carried on the contracting business until 1868, when
he accepted a position in the Department Pay Master’s office U. S.. and remained in the
honorable connection with it until 1879, when he resigned his position and engaged at his
present business, which he very ably represents, In 1855 he married Miss Julia Dunn, a
native of County Wexford, Ireland. They had a family of eight children. two boys and six
gins, ouly three of whom are living, Mary, now Mrs. John J. Koche; Gatharine E., and

J. B. DRIESBACH, dealer in confectioner: r i
was born and reared in Pennsylvania, and CaUAEEE ne ee more uneli
1868, when he came here and located and engaged in general merchandising until 1875,
when he established his present business which he has very successfully carried on since.
In 1865, he marriedMiss Sarah A. Kuder, of his native state. They havea family of three
sons and one daughter, Samuel H., Homer J., Joseph and Mary E. Mr. Driesbach did active
service in defense of Bis country in Compauy F. One Handred and Thirty-Second Pennsyl-
commissioned oficer of his company, c e was honorably discharged in 1863 as anon-

E * HE, sonof E, H. Durfee, i
January 8, 1855, and came to Leavenworth in 1864. petay his Ean nae Pane
schools of the city, He started the Leavenworth Bag Manufacturing Company, and carried
on the business until September 13,1874, when he sold out to Mr. Rose, the present proprietor.
He soon afterward engaged in the printing business with John ©. Ketcheson and remained
with him four years, and was then in the cattle business for six years. He has been en-
gaged in his present business since 1881. He was married in St. Joseph, Mo., December
i i872, fo Emme Woodworth, a native of Aurora, Ill. They have two children—Edwin

ED. C. DUSTIN, dealer in fish, oysters and game, w i
1856, and came to Kansas with his Beo le in 1888, ‘who Tueated wis, Srey recat
and educated. After receiving a thorough course of education in the common schools of
this city he engaged at book merchandising as clerk, and continued at it four years, save
one year which he spent in a corps of civil engineers upon western surveys. e then ac-
cepted a position as traveling salesman for the introduction of school books in the schools
of Kansas, and closed a successful and reputable engagement of three years in 1881, when
he engaged in the present business which he very ably represents. His past year’s sales
amount to about $10,000, of which he sold 55,000 pounds of fish alone. His market in this
respect is furnished with daily shipments from all important points. In connection with
the market he has established an elegant oyster parlor, which for neatness and conven-
ience is second to none in the city.

JOHN EBINGER. general groceries and saloon, was born in Germany in 1840, and
came to America in 1857 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, and learned the butcher business
there, and afterwards located in New Orleans where he carried it on till 1862. When the
Union forces entered that city he joined them and remained in active service till the end of
the war, when he was honorably discharged as a member of the Third Massachusetts Cav-
alry, Company D.; was in eighteen pitched battles and numerous skirmishes. After
the war he engaged at his present business here, which he has very ably conducted since.
In 1866 he married Miss Minnie Houserman, who was born in Germany in 1839, and came
to America with her people who settled near Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was reared and
eee Gente nara family of two sons and four daughters, Lizzie, Minnie, Clara

JULIUS S. EDWARDS, superintendent Kansas Canning Company, was born in Bridge-
ton, Cumberland County, N. J., June 29, 1849. He received his education in his native
county. In 1857 his father established a canning factory in Bridgeton and Julius became
connected with the establishment and continued in the different departments until 1871.
He then entered Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial College in Philadelphia, and shortly after-
ward was engaged in bookkeeping, and was with one house in Philadelphia about seven
years. He resigned his position and became connected with a canning factory in Camden,
N. J., in charge of the processing and mince meat department. In the spring of 1881, he
moved to Kansas to take charge of his present position. Mr. Edwards was married in
-Philadelphia, Pa., December 25, 1876, to Miss Patterson, of that city. They have one child,
Aubrey Be, Clais. aur E. is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the National

merican Association.

THEO. EGERSDORFF, wholesale druggist, {ocated in Leavenworth in April, 1862, and
commenced the retail drug business with the aid of an assistant, his sales amounting to
about $10,000 that year. He now employs twelve men, three of whom are traveling sales-
men, and bis sales amouut to from $150,000 to $175,000 per annum. Mr. Egersdorff isa
native of Hanover, Germany. He came to America in 1860, being at that time an educated
druggist, pnd resided in New York City, prior to his removal to Leavenworth. He isa mem-

er of the A. F. . M. é

JOHN R. ELDERFIELD, Superintendent for Abernathy Bro’s & Co., manufacturers
of furniture, was born in Evansville, Ind., September 7, 1844. He received his education
in that city. He enlisted in 1861 in Company F. Sixtieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer In-
fantry. He served in the Department of the Gulf until the close of the war, being muster-
ed out March 5, 1865. He returned to Evansville and commenced his trade as cabinet
maker with the Armstrong Furniture Company of that city. He continued in the employ
of that firm in the different departments until about 1873. His first superintendency was
with Speigle, Roberts & Co., of Vincennes, Ind. Heafterwards held the same position at
Carthage, Mo. In 1880 he went to West Tennessee to build and establish a furniture fac-
tory for a new firm. On completion of this work he returned to Evansville, and in August,
1881, removed to Leavenworth to take his present position. Mr. Elderfield was married
in Evansville, Ind., December 10, 1867, to Miss Mary J. Titus, of Huntsville, Ala. They
have two children, Mary J. and Edward M.

A.C. EMM! superintendent of the Kansas Organ Company, isa native of New
Hampshire; he was born in Bristol, August 20, 1840. His parents moved from there to
Lowell, Mass. He received his schooling n both towns. He commenced his business life
in the employ of A. L. Brooks, lumber dealer, of Lowell. In 1858, he moved to Boston and
entered the employ of Hiram Curtis in the same business, In 1868, he went to Port Huron,
Mich., where he engaged in the lumber business until 1870, then returned to Massachusetts
and settled in Worcester, where he bought an interest in the Loring & Blake Organ Factory;
this connection continued until 1876. Mr. Emmons then organized and started the Tabor
Organ Company, of which he was President, having general charge of the business. Dur-
ing his connection with these companies he travele: for seven or eight years through the
Northwestern States, establishing agencies. In 1882. he sold out his interest and moved
to Leavenworth to organize the Kansas Organ Company. r, Emmons was married in
Dorchester, Mass., December 30, 1866, to Miss McElroy, of Dorchester. Mr. E. is aprom-
inent member in the Masonic fraternity. He is a member of Athelstan Lodge, F. & A. M.,
Eureka R. A. Chapter, Hiram Council R. & S, M., Worcester County Commandery K. T.
and Massachusetts Consistory, 8S. P. R.S. n 2

ETER EVERHARDY, meat market, was born and reared in Hamilton County, Ohio,
in 1866. At the age of nineteen he came to Kansas and engaged in his present business,
and has been very successfully connected with it since. In 1873, he married Miss Elizabeth
Nigley, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have a family of one son and three daughters—
Jacob, Mary, Julia and Blanche. Mr. Everhardy was for several years connected with the
city market, which he left and engaged in the-present business as owner in 1879.

"REV. THOMAS H. EWING, came to Kansa8 in June, 1877, and located in Leavenworth.
He is a member of the Masonic society, and Immaculates and Knights of Tabor. Mr. Ew-
ing is a native of Todd County, Ky., and was born April 17, 1856, and remained in that part
of the country until he was fifteen years of age, and has since resided in Lexington, Ky.,
and Brooklyn, N. Y, He was marrried in Wyandotte, Kas., October 13, 1881. and has one
child—Zeroar, born July 21, 1882. The maiden name of his wife was Fanny E. L. Brown;
she was born in Mason County, Mr. Ewing is now pastor of the Second Independent
Baptist Church, of Leavenworth, Kas., having a membership of 372. The church is ina
very prosperous condition, and has inerpassd under the zealous labors of Mr. Ewing, from
sixty to a members 372.
a LOMAS PAHEY 18 a goneractor 10 masonry, came to Kansas in 1859, and located
at Leavenworth, and has made his home here since. He is a native of Ireland, and was
about eighteen years old when he came to America. He has lived in New York State and
Chicago, [ll., and Hartfor? Cona.. and went to Colorado in 1860. Mr. Fahey was married
in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1861, to Miss Julia Shay; she was bora in Ireland, Wave had eight
childcen, five are now living—Julia, Bernard, Anna, Agnes and William. Mr, Fahey is con-
tracting at present on Government works, at Fort Leavenworth, Heis a member of the
Catholic Knights of America, and also of the Catholic Church,

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EDWARD FENLON, Government contractor, came to the State of Kansas in the winter
of 1856, and has made his home in Leavenworth County since. He was born in Pennsyl-
vania in 1833, and lived in his native State twenty-four years. Hethen came to Kansas
and engaged in the hardware business; has been sutler at Fort Leavenworth for about four
years, and was engaged in the wholesale grocery business with the firm of Carney, Fenlon
& Co., for several years, and has been engaged in contracting for the Government. He
was married in Leavenworth City, in 1861, to Miss Mary Denman, a native of Ohio, and
has four children living—Kate, Edwin Mary and Genevieve. Mr. Fenlon is connected with
the Catholic Church, and is one of the oldest citizens of Leavenworth City and County, He
has been largely identified with the business interests of the State; is an active business
man anda highly respected citizen. : :

THOMAS P. FENLON, attorney, located in Leavenworth and engaged in the practice
of his profession in 1859, and has continued in practice since that time in the same city.
Duing these years he has served as District Attorney six years, and has been three terms
a member of the House of Representatives. Although a strong and active Democrat, he
was honored by being made speaker of the house when it was strongly Republican. Mr.
Fenlon is a native of Ebensburg. Cambria Co., Pa, in which town he lived until he
moved to Kansas, He was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania. ,

A. A. FENN, brick manufacturer and contractor, came to Leavenworth in March, 1862,
and engaged in contracting, adding brick manufacturing the next year, and has carried on
the united business continuously since that time. He has also been engaged in stock, fruit
and grain farming, having afruit farm of sixty acres. Heis Secretary of the Kansas Can-
ning Company, and Secretary of Leavenworth Tower Company; is President of the City
Council, and was member of the Legislature of 1865-66. He has also been President of the
Kansas Conservatory of Musicseveral years, and isconnected with varions political and
charitable associations. He has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity for twenty years,
and has held nearly every office inthe Order; heisa member of the K. of H., serving as
Eminent Commander of the Leavenworth Commandery, and was President of the first St.
George society ever organized in Kansas. He was born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, Eng-
land, November, 1834; came to America in 1849 or 1850, and remained in New Orleans
about ayear, whence he emigrated to St. Louis, and_resided in that city until his removal
to Leavenworth. He was married in St. Louis, December 24, 1861, to Naomi S. Hock, a
native of Sussex, England. Their five children are Russell H., Maud Alice, Lillie Edith,
Don Clarence and Pearl R. :

AUGUST FISCHER is engaged ln the dairy business, He came to Kansas on the 18th of
February 1875, and settled at Leavenworth, and has been in his present Jocation since. Mr.
Fischer is a native of Germany and was born on the 16th day of April, 1843, and lived in
his native country about twenty-seven years. He emigrated to Americain February,
1870; lived in Chicago five years and came to Kansas, Mr. Fischer was married
in Germany to Miss Angelieka Straube. Mrs. Fischer was born in February, 1849, in
Germany They have had six children, four living—Antoinetta, Elenora, Gertrude and
Mabel. Mr. Fischer is one of the most prosperous dairyman in the city of Leavenworth.

M, L. FISH, proprietor of the ‘English Kitchen” restaurant. Was born and reared in
Wisconsin, and came to Kansas in 1879, and has been very succssfully connected with his
present business here since 1881. In 1873 he married Miss Melvina Rellerd, who was born
and reared in Iowa. Thev havea family of one son and one daughter—Katie and Charlie.
Mr. Fish served in the Fifth Minnesota Regiment, Company G, from 1864 till the end of the
war, when he was honorably discharged.

PROF. F. A. FITZPATRICK, Superintendent of City Schools of Leavenworth, is a
native of Chicago, Ill. He was educated at Princeton College, and at Washington Univer-
sity, St. Louis. Before coming to Leavenworth in July, 1878, to take charge of the schools
in that city, he had been employed as principal of schools at Riverside, and Waterloo, Ill.,
and for eight years had been one of the Supervisors of the St. Louis schools.

NARD FLESHER came to Leavenworth in July, 1857, and commenced business
in alittle 16 by 24 store, carrying a stock of between $4,000 and $5,000, entirely on credit.
In those early days he employed one clerk, and his sales ranged from $15,000 to $18,000
per annum, his business being exclusively retail. In 1866 he sold out and went to Europe
on account of broken health, After a year he returned and engaged in business which he
continued until 1875, when ill health again obliged him to visit Europe, where he remained
thirteen months. In 1877 he again commenced business, and in the spring of 1878 admit-
ted Charles Schuneman as a partner, with whom he still remains associated, having also
admitted to the partnership, in 1882, R. H. Evans and L. Churchill. The establishment,
which now embraces a dress-making and merchant-tailoring department, gives employ-
ment to between forty and fifty people, the sales amounting to $100,000 to $125,000 per
annum. Mr. Flesher is a native of Bohemia, Austria, He came to America in 1848 and
located at St. Louis where he remained until he came to Leavenworth.

W. B. FLETCHER, Assistant Secretary of the Missouri Valley Life Insurance Com-
pany, came to Kansas in 1858, and first located at Olathe, where he remained until he came

Leavenworth in 1861. From 1864 until 1880 he was employed most of the time asa
clerk, either in the city or onasteamboat. In 1880 he commenced general insurance bus-
iness, and was made Assistant Secretary of the Missouri Valley Life Insurance Company
in February, 1881. He is also Secretary of the Prospect Mining Company, a Colorado
mining company, and is a member of the A. F. & A. M. Blue Lodge and Chapter and Com-
manderv, and a member of the Metropolitan Guards. He isanative of Highland County.
Ohio, where he was born, July 20. 18 He removed with his parents to Iowa in 1848.
ant was married in Leavenworth, June 23, 1881, to Mrs, Ella F. Mountain, a native of

nlo.

W. M. FORTESCUE, Mayor of the city of Leavenworth, was born In the city of Phila-
delphia, April 1, 1885. In the spring of 1850 visited the Sta‘e of Georgia with an elder
brother, who established the institution for the education of the blind, which was located
at Macon, in that State. In 1854 removed to Indianapolis, Ind., and resided there until
1860; was engaged at the printing business, having mastered the various branches of that
profession; was married at Indianapolis. September 16.1856, to Miss Susan D. Jenkins,
and has two children Tiving, ida (now Mrs. George F. Sharitt,) born November 11, 1858,
and Harry Clay, born April 14, 1865. In July, 1861, enlisted as a private soldier, under
the second call of President Lincoln, in the Second West Virginia Cavalry, and was engaged
in the principal cavalry raids and battles during the war; was promoted to Second and
First Lieutenant and Captain and brevet-Major, and was mustered out January, 1865.
During the years ’65 to 67 was engaged in the oil business at Burning Springs, West Vir-
ginia, and erected the first residence in that vicinity. In 1868 he removed to Leavenworth
and engaged in the mercantile business in the city from that time until 1878, having
branch houses in Wichita, Kansas, and in Colorado, and being also identified with manu-
fac uring interests in Kansas City and other places. He was elected Mayor of Leaven-
worth in the spring of 1879, and re-elected in the spring of 1881.

RICHARD L. FOX. janitor of the Court House in Leavenworth, came to Kansas in
1856, and located at Delaware Township, Leavenworth County, and has lived in this county
continuously since. Mr. Fox was born in Independence, Missouri, and lived in that State
about six years, then came to Kansas and has lived here since, He is about thirty-two
years of age and is a single man. | 7

BARNARD FRANK, dealer in wool, hides and sheep, came to Kansas in May, 1855,
and located in business in Leavenworth. He was engaged in merchandising from 1855 to
1860, and in freighting on the plains from 1860 to 1866. Since that time he has been in his
present business. Mr, Frank was born in Poland, in Russia, in 1831, and lived in his native
country eighteen years; he then came to the United States in 1849, and first located in St.
Louis, Mo., for a short time; from there went to California, and lived there four years; and
came to Kansas in 1855, locating where he now lives, in Leavenworth City. He was mar-
ried in Leavenworth in 1857, to Miss Dora M. Jacobs, a native of Russia. They have had
eight children—Jerome B., David, John, Simon, Sallace, Rebecca, Lea and Harry. Mr.
Frank is a member of a Jewish Association, and is a member of the Jewish Society. He is
one of the oldest settlers in Leavenworth County, and has been largely identified wi.h the
business interests of the city and State.

. JAMES FRANKS, Deputy United States Marshal, was born in County Cork, Ireland,
August 26, 1826, and in 1853 came to America, landing at Quebec. He soon after went to
Vermont, which was his home until he came to Kansas. e was engaged in farming in
Leavenworth Township for about six weeks subsequent to his arrival, and then became
attached to a surveying party in Kickapoo Township, and in Atchison and Leavenworth
counties. He was then engaged with others in laving out the first farm on Big Stranger
Creek, at the crossing road from Lawrence. In May, 1856, he removed to Leavenworth
City, and drove the first hack between that city and the Fort. He then became engaged
in draying until September, 1860, driving an ambu'ance for M.J. Parrott in 1859. In
September, 1860, he was appointed Constable and has been in office ever since, having held
his present position for the last four years. He was married at Burling'on, Vt., March 17,
1857, by Rev. Henry Hopkins, the Bishop of that State,to Maria Clark, a native of Ire-
They have six chiidren—James Clark, born in 1861; Sarah Elizabeth, born in 1859; Mar-
tha Jane, 1863; John Alexander, 1865; Mary Ann, 1867. and William Henry, 1870. Mr.
Frank is a member of the I, 0. O. F., and has passed all chairs in the K. of P.

M. E. FRANKE, dealer in groceries and provisions: business established in 185%, by
Brunard & Franke. Present firm, M. E. Franke, succeeded in 1875. He carries a stock of
about $5,000, and does a yearly business of $40,000. Charles Franke was born in Bucke-
burg, Schaumburg Lippe, Germany, March 17, 1837. He was educated _in Germany and
served his timein the grocery business. In 1855. he emigrated to the United States and
settied in Indianapolis, Ind., where he engaged in clerk ing: In 1864 he went in partner-
ship with his brother in the grocery business. In 1862 his brother and himself raised the
first company of volunteers. They were mustered in as Company I, First Regiment Kan-
sas Volunteer Infantry, and served until mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, in 1864. He
favorably distinguished himself at the battles of Wilson’s Creek, Mo.,Tuscumbia, Ala., Tal-
lahatchie, Miss., Bayou Macon and Lake Providence, La. Hereturned to Leavenworth
and again engaged in the grocery business. Mr.C, Franke was married in Leavenworth,
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March 23, 1865, to Miss Martha Tanner. They have four children—Ida, Flora, Mary and
Charles. Mr. F. isa member of Metropolitan odge, No. 27, and Far West Encampment,
No. 1, ae e: F., also of Custer Post, No. 6,G. A. R. He has been a member of the Council

EDWIN N. FREEMAN, locomotive engineer and machinist U. P. R. R. (K, C. Division),
a resident of 743 Seneca street; came to Kansas in March, 1879, locating in the city of
Leavenworth, where he has resided since. He is a member of Twilight Lodge, No, 114, A.,
F. - M., of Centralia, Mo. He was born in Attleboro’, Bristol County, Mass., January 4,
1830, and lived in his native State until his twelfth year, when his parents removed to
Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., where Mr. F. lived until his twenty-fifth year. He com-
menced railroading in his twentieth year, on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
road as a fireman. He served in this capacity about three years, when he was promoted to
engineer onthe same road. Heranon this road about two years, and then went to Mis-
souri, where he obtained employment as an engineer on the North Missouri Railroad,
where he remained until 1862, when he again entered the service of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern road, where he remained eight years. During this time he was mostly
running a passenger engine. Atthe end of this time he returned to the North Missouri
Railroad (now the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific), and ran on this road until he came to
Kansas. He has been married twice. The first marriage occurred in Goshen, Ind., in Aug-
ust, 1863, to Miss Margaret A. Fetters, a native of Indiana. By this marriage he had two
sons, whose names are: Charles and William. The second marriage took R ace in March,
1879, in Centralia, Mo., to Miss Laura A. Thornton, @ native of Missouri. They have had
three children; two are living—George B. and Nellie. ~

EDWARD FRITSCHE. came to Leavenworth in March 1868, and was engaged in the
restaurant business until May 1859. He then went into the mining business, which took
him away from Leavenworth until 1862, wheu he returned and again went into the res-
taurant and saloon business, in which he continued until 1865. -He was then Inspector for
the Germania Life Insurance Company in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and a part of the
Territories. October 1, 1872, he purchased an interest in the Continental Hotel, which he
still retains, He was born in Aldenburg, Saxony, October 81, 1835, and emigrated In 1853.
On arriving in Amer:ca, he located in Philadelphia, where he remained a year, and then
went to Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C., being employed on a steamer. On his return
to Philadelphia, he remained in that city one year, and was afterwards in Washington, D.
C., nine months, and then in St. Louls until he came to Leavenworth. Since coming here
he has been a member of the Common Council two years, and has also been an Alderman
of the city of Leavenworth. While occupying the latter office he raised $500, requisite to
insure the Union Machine Company’s Works,in accordance with the fire ordinance, which
resulted in the establishment ot works employing one hundred men. He was married at
St. Louis, November 13, 1862, to Lina Gerold, a native of Aldenburg, Saxony. They have
four children—Edward C., born April 13, 1864, August Ernst, born February 23, 1866,
Matilda Amalia, born June 30, 1868, and Ida Julia, born May 28, 1870. :

GEORGE FRUEBEL, merchant tailor, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1816,
and learned his present trade there. In 1848 came to America and followed his business
in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1859 located here and has actively followed his business since. Mar-
ried in 1840, Miss Fredericka Rall, who was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1807. They
have no children.

MAJOR BLENCOWE E. FRYER, Surgeon United States Army, Post Surgeon, Fort
Leavenworth Kansas, and Attending Surgeon at Department Headquarters, in addition:to
his other duties. He was born in England, but was reared and educated in the United
States. Heis a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. For nearly two years he was
resident physician andsurgeon of the Episcopal Hospital, in Philadelphia. ay 28, 1861,
he was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the army, with rank of First Lieutenant. From 1863
to 1865 he had charge of Brown General Hospital, at Louisville, Ky., that being one of the
largest institutions of the kind during the war. Prior to 1863 the doctor did general field
and hospital duty as surgeon. He received brevet commissions, Captain and Major, March
1865, for faithful and meritorious services during the war. After the close of the war, he
was six months Acting Medical Director of the Ohio, with headquarters at Detroit,Mich.
May 28, 1866, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, with rank of Captain, and October
30, 1867, Surgeon, with the rank of Major. In August, 1867, was assigned to the position
of Post Surgeon at Fort Harker, Kansas, remaining there until May, 1872. After one year
in New Mexico, he was appointed amember of the Army Medical Examining Board, with
headquarters in New Yorkcity, where he remained until 1877, when he was assigned ‘to
duty at Fort Leavenworth, where he has since remained. The doctor has made a special
study of diseases of the eye and ear, having as preceptor Prof. d. Knapp, formerly: of
Heidelburg, Germany, now of New York, one of the most skillful oculists and aurists in the
world. Dre. Fryer fills the chair of Professor of Diseases of the Eve and Ear, in the Kan-
sas City Medical College. He isa member of the American Medical Association, aud of the
Kansas State Medical Society, Was President of the latter association in 1881.

FRANK M. GABLE, came to Kansas in February, 1855, and located on Section 15,
Township, 9. Range 22. He lived on the farm until 1864, when he was married and settled
on another farm in the same Section, where he now resides. Since March, 1881, he has
been engaged in the agricultural implement business. In Leavenworth, in 1879, he was
elected a member of the State Legislature, from the Fifteenth District, and has also held
various Township offices. He was born at Camden Point, Platte County, Mo., May 5, 1842.
His father, Barabas Gable, settled in that county in 1839. He was married in Delaware
Township, January 20, 1864, to Sarah E. Spears, a native of Tennessee, but reared in Ken-
tucky. They have twochildren, living Julian and Spencer. Mr. Gable isa member of the
A. #, & A. M., K. of P..and K. of H. Was Second Lieutenant Company K, Nineteenth Regi-
ment Kansas Militia, commanded his company at Battle of Little and Big Blue, Independ-

ence, Mo., October, 1864. 2

ANDRE GALEND, manufacturer of boots and shoes, came to Kansas in 1858 and
located in Leavenworth. He is anative of France. Was born October 5, 1825, and lived in

his native country thirty years, coming to this country in 1856. Lived a while in Daven-
port, lowa. Was married in France on the 10th day of December, 1846, to Miss Camille
Aglade Debouleit, who was born in France. Has two children living—Alfred, Arthur,
and a grandson, Albert, ;

T. ODORr GARTMAN, foreman of Brandon & Kirmeyer’s brewery.
Gasconade County, Mo. Born May 22,1848. In 1867 he began his profession of brewer,
and followed it actively in Missouri til! 1871, when he came here, and has been very reput-
ably connected with it here since. In 1872 he married Miss Mary Barth, a native of Prussia.
Mr. Gartman is an active member of the A. F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. societies here, and
Chapter Ratghts Templar.

. CHRIST PHER GAUSZ, meat market, business established 1867. Mr. Gausz was born
in Baden, Germany, in 1845, and came to America with his pepple in 1854, who settled in
Pittsburg, Penn. where he was reared and educated. In 1861 he enlisted’in Company B
Eighty-Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, First Division, Sixth Army Corps, an
was in active service till September 16, 1864, when he was hororably discharged as non-
commissioned officer. During his service he participated in about eleven pitched battles
and as many skirmishes. After the war he learned the trade of butcher, which he actively
followed in Pennsylvania til 1867. when he came here and established himself in the busl-
ness which he bas very successfully conducted since. In 1871 he married Miss Mary Baker,
who was born and reared in Sheffield, Ill.; born in 1856. They have a family of three sons
and two daughters—Catherine, William, Albert, Annie and Christopher (Jr.). In 1854,
Christopher Gausz (father of the above), died of cholera, and is buried in the cemetery at
Pittsburgh, Pa., agedforty-four years. In 1878, Mrs. Catherine Gausz, wife of the deceased,
died, aged sixty years. She is buried in Mount Muncle Cemetery here. Her maiden name
was Peppes.

GOTELIEB GEIGER is a contractor, and at presentis Street Commissioner of Leaven-
worth. Hecameé to Kansas in 1858, and located in Leavenworth, and has lived here since,
He has served in the City Council two years, and was for two years a member of the County
Board of Commissioners. Mr. Geiger is a native of Germany, and lived in that country
twenty-oneyear-. He emigrated to America; has lived in Peunsylvania, Illinois and Iowa,
He was born in 1830; was married in Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa, in 1852, to Miss Eliza-
peth Rigg, who was borninGermany. They have had six children, all are Iiving—Lizzle,
Adam, John, Honor. Henry and Emma, YT; Geiger is one of the old settlers of Leaven-
worth, and has been prominently identified witn the business interests uf that city, and is
one of its most substantial citizens, Heisa member of the Odd Fellows’ soclety, and the
Encampment, and Knights of Pythias, also of the Masonic fraternity.

CARL E. GEILER. general groceries, was horn in Saxony, Germany, in 1885. Learned
the trade of machinist at the age of fourteen, and followed it in the old country till 1865, July
¥1, when he came to America and settled here the same year, and was engaged at carpen-
tering successfully till 1874, when he established the present business, which he has ably
carried on since. In 1863 he married Miss Wilhelmina Swenson, who was born in Stock-
holm, Sweden, in 1831, and who departed this life August 29, 1882. She is buried in Mount
Muncie Cemetery here, leaving one adopted daughter and niece, Ida Geller,

PATRICK GELSTIN, carpenter and builder, came to Kansas in 1857, and located in
Leavenworth, and has lived here since. He was in the lumber business for a few years. Mr.
Gilstin was born in Ireland, and lived there until he was twenty years old. e came to
America in 1837, and resided in Pittsburgh, Pa., for twenty yeais: he then came to Kansas,
He was married in Pittsburgh to Miss Mary McClenlen, who was born inIreland. They
have had two children—Margaret and Martha, Mr. Gelstin is an old resident of the State of
Kansas, and a respected citizen. He is a member of the Catholic Church.

AUGUST G@ENUIT, wholesale and retail grocer in Leavenworth since 1869. was born
in Brockhagen, Westphalia, Germany. December 26, 1841. He came to America in 1864,
resided In Baltimore one summer, in New York City oue year, and one season in St. Louis,
before coming to Leavenworth in 1866. He wasthen engaged in bookkeeping until he com-
menced his present business. He was married May 10, 1868,to Anna Schaanhorst, a native

 

 

Is a native of

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of Quackenbrick, who died July 14, 1878, leaving six children—Louise, Meta, Herman, Ida
scar and Hattie.

° EDWARD GERAUGHTY, grocer, was born February 22, 1850, at Boll’s Place, Hunt-
ingdon County, Pa, Parents moved in 1854 to Steven’s Point, Wis. Early education was
received at the public school in Steven’s Point. About one half the time from eight to
twelve years of age was employed at farm work. At the age of twelve was employed for
one year with a merchant, who kept a general stock. From 186% to 1867 was employed at
various works, blacksmithing, farming. running theriver, etc. In June, 1867, at the age
of seventeen, left home for Leavenworth, Kansas, and worked the first year for a grocer.
The next fourteen years was employed with one man, a soap manufacturer, as traveling
salesman, excepting three years, 1871, 1872, and 1873, which were spent at school,—one
term at Cape Girardeau, Mo., the balance of the time at the State University of Wisconsin,
at Madison. Belongs to no secret or benefit societies. Believes that evervone, so far as
pecuniary benefit is concerned, should depend upon himself. Temperance, honesty, and a
man’s family, are associations enough for any man. Was married June 18, 1878, to Annie
Cushing, a graduate of the State Normal School, at Leavenworth. Wife was horn at Mar-
shall, Ill., March 2, 1855. Have three children—Edward, John and Robert. February 22,
1882, established himself in the grocery business, having bought out Lewis Mayo. who had
been in the business since the war. Is doing a good business, and has a pleasant home,

J. H. GILLPATRICK, attorney. at law, is a nativeof Blue Hill, Hancock Co., Me,
When a lad of fifteen hecame to Kansas and located in Shawnee County, and the following
year jotned a Topeka Company, and served through the troubles of 1856 under Gen. Lane.
In 1859 he returned to his native State, and after reading law: was admitted to the bar at
Bath, Maine, in April, 1862. During the same year he came again to Kansas, and served
first ag Major,and afterwards as Lieutenant Colonel,of the Second Kansas Colored Infantry,
afterward Elehty-third Colored United States Infantry. After leaving the service he prac-
ticed law at Junction Clty until 1871, in the meantime serving as County Attorney of Davis
County. 1n 1871 he removed to Leavenworth, and was elected State Senator in 1876, serv-
ing as City henry two years while in the Senate.

JOHN GIMPER, superintendent of Leavenworth Gas Works, appointed to present posi-
tion in the fall of 1870. Mr. G. was born in Zurich. Switzerland, January 24, 1840. In 1855
he entered the polytechnic school in Zurich, taking a full course and making a special study
of chemistry. In1860 he came tothe United States, and located in Nashville. Tenn. In
1862 he moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was em-

loyed'in the laboratory of Willlam Gordon & Bros. In 1864 he went to the oil regions of
Berns lvania, where he engaged in refining oil. Shortly after closed out his interests, and
settled in St. Louis, Mo., where he put up a factory for the manufacture of lubricating oils,
and was appointed manager of the establishment. In 1868 he settled in Leavenworth, Kan.,
where he engaged 1n mercantile business until he engaged himself with the gas company.
Mr, G. was ‘married in Leavenworth, Kan., October 15. 1874, to Miss Ida Cretors, of that
city, formerly of Lebanon, Ohio. They have one child—Earl H. Mr. G. is a member of the
Jodge and chapter in the Masonic fraternity, and of the Metropolitan Lodge No. 27, I. 0. 0. F.
He is also amember of the Western Gas ight Association. as
MAYER GOLDSMITH, cigar manufacturer, came to Leavenworth in June, 1862 and
has since that time engaged in cigar manufacturing and dealing in tobacco, now employing
on an average fourteen hands. He was born in Amsterdam, Holland, September 9, 1842;
emigrated to America in the summer of 1860, and first located and carried on the manu-
facture of cigars in New York cys He was married in Leavenworth, November 26, 1871,
to Dove Blumenthal, a native of Prussia. They have four children—Sarah, Carrie, Leon,
and Alfred. Mr. Goldsmith is a member of the A. F. & A. M., I. 0.0. F., Free Sons of Israel
and B’nai-Brith, having been twice president of the latter society and junior and senior
warden of the A. F. & A. M. :

A. GOLDTHWAIT, master mechanic Kansas Central Division U P. R. R., was appointed
to present office August 1, 1881. Mr. G. was born in Franklin County, Mass., November 18,
1836. Was educated in his native county and commenced his trade in railroad shops in
Boston, Mass., on Fitchberg & Boston R. R. in 1854. In 1856 moved to Chicago, where he
became connected with the Chicago & Galena Union R. R. in locomotive department. In
1857 had a position as engineer on Lake Michigan steamboat, continuing three seasons. He
then returned to the Galena & Chicago Union and took a locomotive, which he ran until
1864, when he took a position on the C., R. I. & P. R. R. as locomotive engineer. While with
the latter Company he ran the silver-plated locomotive America for two years. In 1871 he
moved to Leavenworth to take charge of the round-nhouse of theC., R. 1. & P. R.
point; this position he retained until he accepted his present one. Mr. Goldthwait was mar-
ried in Chicago in February, 1859, to Miss Julia Brosnan, a native of Massachusetts. They
have five children living—Anna, who is married, Adda, Willie, Ida and Mary. Mr. Gold-
thwait is a member of A., F. & A. 'M.. and B. of L. E.

ANDREW GORSKIEWICZ, grocer and baker, was born in Prussia, 1835, and learned
the trade of baker there at the age of fifteen. In 1860 he came to America and settled in
Michigan, and in April, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Second Michigan Volunteer Infan-
try, and remained in active service till the end of the war, when he was honorably dis-
charged as veteran of Company A, Second Michigan Infantry, a title he very justly aeserved,
as he was a brave soldier and fought in almost all the pitched battles of the war. Afterthe
war he caine here and has been actively connected with his business here since. In 1866 he
married Miss Lizzie Moritz, who was born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, and came
to America in 1848. They havea family of one son and five daughters—Joseph, Bertha,
Frances, Agnes, Louisa and Minnie.

GEORGE GRAHAM, head engineer coal shaft, was born in the County Durham, En-

land, in 1842, and learned his profession there at the age of sixteen, and followed it active-
y until 1868, when he came to America and located in Springfield, Ill., where he was rep-
utably connected with his profession until the present year, when he came here. In 1861
he married Miss Mary Ann Armstrong. They have a family of six sons and one daughter—
William, Mathew, Mary Ann, Thomas, James, John and Albert.

. P. GRANT, horticulturist, was born near Birmingham, England, in 1815, and was
educated to the tailoring profession. In 1841 he came to America and carried on his pro-
fession at St.Louis until 1850. when he came here and after spending some years in the Ter-
ritories and on the Pacific coast, he returned here, in 1857. with his family, and was actively
identified with the grocery and produce trade for several years, after which he retired from
the grocery business and has been actively connected with his present business since. In
1834 he married Miss Ann Morris, who was born in his native place in 1810. They havea
family of two sons and three daughters—William D., en! aged in pork packing In St. Louis;
Albert P., an extensive sheep dealer in St. Louis; Alice i now Mis. George McKenna, car-
vereine Leavenworth; Ellen, now Mrs. Charles Denoyer, painter, and Augusta A., who is

JOHN GRAY, wholesale and retail dealer in grain, produce and agricultural imple-
Toents. Mr. Gray was born in Glengarry County, Canada, in 1822. and was identified there
with the farming industry. In 1864 he located in Oakland County, Mich., and carried on
farming there until 1870, when he located here and has been actively connected with the
commission business since. In 1844 he married Miss Ann Wilkinson, who was born in En-

land and reared in Durham County, Can. They have a family of five sons and five daugh-

ers—Thomas, a farmer of Jefferson County; Stephen, William and Robert, associated with
the father in business, and John, a mechanic; Mary J., now Mrs. A. G. Talbot; Margaret E.,
Ann, now Mrs, A. P. Shrieves; Matilda and Olive. '

JAMES M. GRAYBILL was born at paristte, Lancaster Co., Pa., April 25, 1845. When
a youth he went to the vicinity of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa., where he resided until
he was elghteen eons of age. He then removed to Mount Joy, Pa., and was employed in
that pings in 1864 as bookkeeper of the First National Rank. In 1866 he went to Colum-
bia, Pa., where also he was bookkeeper in the First National Bank of that place, and re-
mained’ in that position until he removed to Kansas, in August, 1870. On locating at
Leavenworth, he entered the employ of Scott & Co. as bookkeeper, which position he re-
tained until the business of that firm was merged, in 1874, into that of theFirst National
Bank, of which he became assistant cashier in 1875, and cashier in 1880, now holding the
latter position, Mr. Graybill was married in Leavenworth, February 6, 1872, to Miss
Buena V. Scott, sister of Lucten Scott of that city. He is a Knight Templar, a Free Mason,
and an Odd Fellow. e *

ON. HENRY T. GREEN, attorney at law, was born in Hanover, Va., sixteen miles
north of Richmond. He was educated in hts native State; admitted to the bar in Richmond,
Va., In 1850, and commenced practice in the same city. He came to Leavenworth in 1854,
prior to which time he had spent a year in New Orleans and Cuba, a year in Baltimore, Md.,
anda year In Saline County, Mo. He has been engaged in practicing law from that time
until the present, and has always been a staunch and earnest supporter of the principles of
ne TON HC. F HACK BUSCH

-H. C.F. :8on of Henry J. F. and Dorothea Schroeder Hackbusch,
was born September 11, 1832, ab Marnitz, Germany. “He was brought up in the Lutheran
Church, of which both his.parents were members, and was educated in the Frederick Franz
College at Parchim Mecklenburg, Schwerin. He emigrated to America in 1851 and located
at Dubuque, Iowa. Here he was connected with the Miners’ Express winter of 1852. In
1853 he was with the Herald; in 1854 with the Tribune. Inthe spring of 1854 he discontinued
newspaper business, and for three years was engaged in civil engineering for the Harbor
Improvement Co. In 1857 he removed to Leavenworth, and after being engaged in sur-
veying public lands for one year, entered the office of the United States Surveyor for Kan-
sas and Nebraska as a draughtsman, and was employed in that branch of his profession for
six months. He then returned to field duty as a surveyor, remaining on the plains until
the spring of 1861, when he again returned to the office and resumed his position of
draughtsinan, being promoted to that of chief clerk in the fall of 1863. In August, 1864,
he resigned this position and returned to field duty, in which he was en ALE until the
summer of 1869, when he was appointed by Hon. C. W. Babcock chief clerk in the office
of the Surveyor General of Kansas, which position he accepted. In 1873 he was appointed

 
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

United States Surveyor for Indian B sia the

te aservations in the Territories, an t

1875, surveying being then temporarily discontinued. He was carro se Gaia “lamas

yanuary 25, 1869, to Augusta S., daughter of Dr. Asa, Horr, an eminent physician of that

‘ ty. They have had five children, Henry being the only one living. Edward was drowned
n the Missouri River March 8, 1881, when nearly nine years of age.

» L. HACKER was born in Brethitt County, Ky., December 28, 1849, and lived in that
State uutil he removed to Kansas in March, 1871. He located at White Church, Wyandutte
gounty, and remained there until September, 1872, when he entered the State Normal
Sehog at Leavenworth, from which he graduated in June, 1875, having taught one year
after entering the school, prior to graduating. After leaving the Normal School he taught
one year at penount atte one year at Fort Leavenworth, studying law in the mean time.

6 was admitted to the bar In September, 1878, and has’ since that time been engaged in
Practice at Leavenworth, He was elected Police Judge in 1881. :

REV. CHARLES HAFNER, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, U. A.C. Took
present charge in February, 1882. Mr. Hafner wags born in Fort Wayne, Ind., January 13.
1854. He entered Concordia Ponees at Fort Wayne, graduating in 1873. He then en-
tered Concordia College, St. Louis, Mo., where he pursued his higher classical and theolog-
ical studies. Graduated in 1876. Was ordained in Bates County, Mo., where he took his
Hist pastorate; | Hs conned an tos charge until called to present one in 1882. Mr. Haf-

. uis. Mo., Novem ‘ 5 is. T

have one dau ten, Ane, : er 17, 1878, to Miss Gewing, of St. Louis. They

N, painter, came to Kansas about fifteen years since and located inthe
city of Leavenworth. He is a native of Detroit, Mich., and rae born in 1851. He left his
native place when quite young and removed with his pb.wreucts to St. Louis, Mo., and lived in
Was re ed fie are nee te learned, the Datnter trade, and came to Leavenworth.

rl e@ 27th of January, i i
born in Brac, BA y, 1878, to Sarah E. Pechendorf, who was
J CG LL, locomotive engineer, C. R. I. & P. R. R., was born in Boonesboro

Iowa, March 12, 1854. Received his schooling in his native town. In 1872, he became con
nected with the C. R. I. & P. R. R., in Lowa; first commenced as fireman, promoted to en-

gineer in 1876. Has since had cnarge of an engine on different parts of the road. Com-
menced on present run in 1879. Mr. Hall was tnarried in Fort Leavenworth, November
4 1880) tO Iss Emma Hemmy. Mr. H. isa member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive

 

ILLIAM H. HAMILTON, locomotive engineer, L. T. & S. W. R. B., was born
Bowling Green, Ky., November 13, 1851. His parents moved to Kansas in 1858, igeatale
for atime in Topekaand then settled in Leavenworth. William H. was educated in both
cities. He commenced his. railroad life in 1872, as fireman on switch engine of the M. P.
R.R. In 1875, became connected with the K. P. R. R. and wasgiven a regular enginein
1877, on the Smoky Hill Division. He remained with the K. P, R. R. until he took his pres-
ent position in February, 1882. Mr. Hamilton was married in Brookville, Saline Co,,
Kas., May 4, 1880, to Miss Ella Scarlett, of thattown. They have one child—Frank $. Mr.
H. is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. :

JOHN HANNON, wholesale liquor merchant, came to Leavenworth in 1857, and for
about three years was eugaged in farming, In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company ¢, First
Kansas Infantry, and served nearly two years, beiiig Sergeantof his company wheii he left
the service. The year after leaving the army be was in the billiard business, and since then
that in which he is now engaged. He has been amember of the Legislature from his District,
and for several years a member of the County Board. He is a member of the Hibernian
Benevolent Society, and president of the local organization of the Catholic Mutual Benefit
Association. Mr. Hannan is a native of Ireland, born March 22, 1839, in the county of
Kerry. At thirteen years of age he came to America, and first located in Burlington, Lowa,
where he remained until he came to Kansas, He was married at Leavenworth, in 1863, to
Mary Ano Short, also anative of Ireland. They have three children living—Sarab Agnes,
May Genevieve, and Robert;Emmett. :

THOMAS R. HARKER, manager of the WesterrUnion Telegraph Company, appointed
to present position in March, 1881. Mr. Harker was born in Paterson, N. J., June 13, 1838,
His parents located in Syracuse, N. Y., when he was 4 child, and about 1849, they settled in
Buffalo, Thomas R. was educated in the latter cities. About 1852, he moved with his par-
ents to Chicago, Ill. He entered the shops of the C: R.I.& P. R. R., at_Chicago, to learn
car carpentering, which he followed until the breaking out of the war. He enlisted in 1861,
being the first or second to enroll his name in Chicago in the Zouaves, Company A,
Capt. Elisworth. About ninety days later, was mustered in'o the Nineteenth Regiment
Illinois Volunteers, was attached to Company A, Capt. Hayden. While on detached
service in Alabama, Mr. Harker was severely wounded by guerillas, and on account of
wounds was afterward discharged on account of disability. He returned home and com-
menced the study of telegraphy, inthe C. R.1. & P. R. R., freight house; about 1863, was
appointed operator and agent at Manchester, Lowa. In April, 1864, went to Geneseo, IIl.,
where he followed his profession about fifteen years off and on, attached to the A. & P.
Telegraph Company and the Great Western Telegraph Company. Was also with the Cc. R.
I. & P. z. R. hile residing in Geneseo, Mr. Harker was engaged in the mercantile bus-
iness for a time, and also held the posiuon of City Clerk. In qunuary, 1880, he moved to
Atchison, Kas., to take the position of manager of the American Union Telegraph Company,
a position he held until the consolidation; was then appointed to present position. Mr.
Harker was married in Blue Island, Cook Co., Ill., May 5, 1863, to Miss Lucy M. Sherwood,
of thattown. They have two children, Lulu M. and Thomas R. Jr, ; :

REV. WILLIAM L. HARRAD, clergyman of the A. M. E. Church, having charge of the
congregation at Leavenworth, was born in Foltadelp hia, Pa., and is about forty-two
years old. He came from Philadelphia to Cleveland, Ohio; has also resided in Cincinnati
and St. Louis, Mo. He was married in St. Louis about twenty years ago, and had one child
—Mary Eliza; she died at the age of sixteen. His first wife died about nine years ago;
he was married again June 16, 1875; his wife’s maiden name was Winifred Maye. She was
born in Lexington, Mo. He has been preaching. thirteen years in the A. M, E. Church.
His first charge, was at Atchison, Kas., and was there two years, His next appointment was
at St. Joseph, Mo., staying one year. He was then appointed to Lexington, Mo., remaining
three years; was then removed to Lawrence, Kan. At the expiration of two years was
again appointed to St. Joseph, Mo., and resided there three years. His next appointment

was at Ottawa, Kas., held the charge one year, after which he was appointed September,
1880, to his present charge at Leavenworth. ‘The church has a mnembership of 300 and a very
good Sabbath-school. He isa member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights Templar.

PROF. ALEXANDER HARRIS, professor of vocal and instrumental music, Prof. Har-
ris was born and reared here, and received his rudimentary education in tne public schools
of this city. After athorough course of literary study, he took up the study of his profes-
sion under the preceptorship of Prof. A, P, Scheurman, and continued in the study of it
tor five years, when he engaged at itas a profession, with which he has been very success-
full unected since. : mae

kt. HARRISON, freight agent of the Kansas Central Division, U.P. R. R., was ap-

ointed te present position August 13, 1881. Mr. Harrison was born in Savannah, Carroll
Jount: ne August 2, 1854. His parents moved to Chatfield, Minn., in 1855. 4K. L. re-
ceived ‘his schoo ing in Minnesota. He then entered the Commercial College at Quincy,
lll, graduating therefrom in 1869. He then commenced teaching penmanship, coatinuing
in iis profession about four years. 1n 1874, he commenced studying telegraphy, at Sugar
Lake, Platte Co., Mo. Shortly after took the position of station agent, at Forest City, Mo.
In 1875, moved to East Leavenworth to take the position of agent tor the K. ©. St, Jo. & C.
. R. 1n 1878,’ moved’'to Leavenworth, where he engaged as operator with the W. H.
Telegraph Company. Shortly after accepted a position on the A. T. & S. Fe R. R., as agent
at Nickersor Kas.: Afterward filled the same position at Winthrop, Mo., and at Osage city,
Kas. In 1881, he returned to Leavenworth to take the position of manager of the A. & P.
Telegraph Company. Retained this uutil the consolidation, Mr. Harrison was married
in Leavenworth, Kas., August 4, 1878, to Miss Mattie R. Cawthorn, of that city. They have
ild— nce Leonard.
i ULLUS HAUG, traveling salesman for Bittman, Taylor & Co., Leavenworth, and M.
Hoffman, Kansas City, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1838, and came to America
in 1854, and settled in Kansas, May 10, 1856. He has been almost continuously connected
with the mercantile business here since. November 2, 4862, he married Miss Elizabeth
Riederer, a native of Switzerland. They havea family of ‘one son and two daughters—
Minnie, Dora, and Eddie. Mr. Hang has always taken an active partin the growth and de-
Velopment of'the public and social life of this place since arriving here. Was Deputy Uni-
ted States Marshal here from 1861 to 1865. and Clerk of the District Court from 1871 to 1875.
Has been an active member of the A., F. & A. M. Society since 1859; is also member of the
Turner Society here. a a
ie ERMAN, proprietor City Meat Market, was born in New Richmond,
Ohio, i 1e5e, ann vas rected to iis Sresent business. His father carries on an extensive
business of this line there. In 1879, he came here and purchased the present establishment,
which he has very ably conducted since. In 1871, he married Miss Louisa Burgy, who was
born and reared in New Palestine, Ohio. They have a family of one son and two daugh-
ters—Rosa M., Charlie, and Dora. Mr. Hausserman is an active member of the I. 0, O. F.,
K. of P., and A. QO. U. W. societies. . ‘
ARDSON, lessees of the Kansas Canning Company’s works. The
dim eS eee ek June, 1882. They are emplo ing the canning operations from
seventy-five to 250 bands, as they can be obtained. hey are engaged in canning corn,
tomatoes and peaches, and evaporating apples. Willturn out, this season (1882), 80,000 to
100,000 dozen cans. The evaporator has a capacity of 200 bushels in twenty-four hours.
In the winter time their establishment will engage in the manufacture of mince meat, fruit
butters, reserved, Joll}0e, and pickles. The firm are also engaged in operating a flouring
mill in ‘Waldron, Mo. : -
AWN, attorney, was born in Weston, Mo., September 4, 1848. He came
with’ his: pea, irederiox and Rbigail Hawn, to Leavenworth in 1860, receiving his edu-

 

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cation at Leavenworth and at Cornell University at Ithaca, N. ¥., from which institution he
graduated in the class of 1875. In the fall of 1876 he went to Utah, and remained there
until the fall of 1878, belng admitted tothe bar in that State the preceding spring. He re-
turned bo Leavenworth in the fall of 1878, and is now engaged in the practice of law in

at elty. :

FRANK HELBING, Postoffice Department, was born in Thuringia, Saxony, April 12,
1840, and was, at the age of fourteen years, teacher in the Drum Corps of the Militia of his
native country. At the age of nineteen, he was made Drum Major. He remained in con-
nection with the militia of his country till the 4th of June,1861, when he took his discharge,
and on the 17th of June he sailed for America, and landed in New York city. After travel-
ing through the country for some time, he located at Pittsburgh, Pa., and engaged in_glass
finishing in the manufactories there till in August, 1867, when he joined the United States
Regular service as Drum Major, anid did service in Newport Barracks, Ky. After his term
of service expired he came West, and eventually joined the Fifth United States Regular
Infantry here, as Drum Major, in which capacity he served till 1875, when he retired from
the service, and the following year he was appointed to his present position, which he hon-
orably holds. April 19, 1871, he married Mrs, Louisa Bucher, nee Helmers, a native of
Oldenburg, Germany. They have two sons —William, and Henry Bucher.

- HENRY J. HELMERS was born in Oldenburg, Germany, March 11, 1842, and came
while an infant with his parents to America. Until 1858 he lived in Gasconade County,
Mo,, and in October of that year emigrated to Leavenworth, Kas., where he remained until
the following year, when he was employed on Missouri: River steamboats six months, at
the expiration of which time he weut to St. Louis and remained until 1860, there learning
his trade of barber. He then lived at Independence, Mo., until October, 1861, working as a
journeyman barber; then went to Herman, Mo,, where he started a barber shop of his own,
until June, 1863; also at Rolla, Mo., until 1865, when he returned to Leavenworth, Kas.
He continued in the barber business, adding the sale of barber supplies in 1871. In 1879
he commenced the manufacture of all kinds of barbers’ furniture, and in November, 1881,
added general furniture business to his trade, and is now gone an extensive business, his
sales having increased from $500 the first year to about $150,000 per annum. Mr. Helmers
was married at Herman, Mo., August 27, 1865, to Pauline Christel, a native of Gasconade,
Mo. They have six children living—Heury J., Caroline, George, Otto, Louise, and William,

. N. HERSHFIELD came to Leavenworth in November, 1856, and engaged in watch
repairing. In 1857 he constructed a small store, 20x24, on Chestnul street, between Second
and Third, his stock the first year amounting to about $1,000 and sales about $2,000. His
sales now range from $300,000 to %350,000 per annum, and he employs three travelin
salesmen, who give attention to sales on road exclusively; also two who sell clocks. Mr.J.
V. Ellard is general manager of the store, having been associated with Mr. Hershfield for
the last seven years. His manufacturing foreman, Henry Worth, and his chief engraver,
Fred Daubler, both learned their business in the employ of Mr. Hershfield, the former hav-
ing been with him over twelve years, The manufacturing departmeut was added in 1860,
and now employs twelve men. Noah Mitchell was associated with Mr. H. in business
from _1860 to 1875, when he moved to New York and engaged in diamond dealing.

WILLIAM G. HESSE, manufacturer of all kinds of light carriages, buggies and wag-
ons, was born in Prussia in 1838, and was early connected with his present business, his
father having carried on the same kind in Prussia. In 1858, he came to America, and fol-
lowed. his trade in New York, Maryland, and St. Louis, consecutively, until 1857, when he
came here and located, and has been actively connected with it principally since. In 1858,
he married Miss Salina Stauber, who was born in Switzerland in 1838, and came to America
in 1857. They have a family of one son, Otto, and three daughters—Amelia, Sophia, and
Louisa. In connection with the establishment of Mr. Hesse’s carriage factory, it may be
said to his credit, that his was the second factory established here, and that he has so
enlarged upon it as to maké it par excellence with all others of the kind. It gives employ-
ment to 28 skilled workmen, and does an annual trade of $40,000. In 1880, Mr. Hesse
began amore extended manufacture of light work, and he proposes now to make it his
specialty.

NICHOLAS HIEB, old settler and retired merchant, was born in Bavaria, Germany,
Hebruary 10, 1830. He came to the United States in 1850, and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.
He was there employed in manufacturing confectionery establishments, and in 1855, en-
gaged in business for himself as aconfectioner. In 1866, he settled in Leavenworth, Kan.,
where he engaged in grocery business, and continued in this until_1882, when he sold out.
Mr. Hieb was married in Failadelphia, Pa., in 1855, to Miss Mary Endebroek, of Philadel-
phia. Heis a member of Alemania Lodge, No. 123, I, 0. O. F.

JOHN HEIGLE, general grocery business, established in 1873. Mr. Hiegle was born
in Baden, Germany, June 21, 1828, and came to America in 1854 and settled here a few
pears after and engaged in the mercantile business generally until he began his present

usiness, which he has successfully carried on since. October 12, 1874, he married Miss

Barbara Herbold, of his native country, who came to America in 1848, at the age of gight

ears, with her people, who settled in Ohio, where she was reared and educated. They

ave a family of one son and four daughters, Johnnie, Lizzie, Annie, Lenaand Mary. Mr.

Hiesle did active service in the militia of the State during the war.

EV. A. E. HIGGENS, Pastor First M, E. Church, became connected with the Kan-
sas conference in 1879. He has since held a charge at Olathe two years, and in March,
1881, moved to Leavenworth to take the present one. Mr. Higgens was born in Vernon,
Jennings County, Ind., February 8, 1848. His parents moved to Clermont County, Ohio,
while he was a child, finally settling in Brown County, Hereceived a common school edu-
cation in Ohio, and commenced to preach in the Cincinnati conference in 1868. In 1871 he
removed to Boston, Mass. After devoting one year to preparatory studies, he entered the
school of theology in the Boston University, and graduated in the spring of 1875. He re-
turned to Ohio, and passing an examination, was ordained an elder in the fall of the same
year, an: was attached to the Cincinnati conference. In 1878 he took a location in Kansas
City, Kansas, and joined the Kansas conference the next year. Mr. Higgens was married
in Adams County, Ohio, December 29, 1875, to Miss Alice B. Massie of thatcounty. They,
have one son, Nathaniel Massie.

J. W. HILE, General Superintendent of the Western Tower Clock Company, was born
near Akron, Ohio, September 8, 1838. From 1851 to 1855 he attended a select school in
Sheboygan, Wis., and served an apprenticeship as a watchmaker under N. B. Wallace.
He then entered the Lawrence University. After leaving college, he settled in Chicago,
where he finished his trade and went in business for himself, and was well established,
when the war broke out. He sold out and enlisted April 19, 1861, in the McClellan Drag-
oons, under Major Barker, and was honorably discharged August 4, 1864. He returned to
Chicago where he remained for a few years. On his way west helocated in Anamosa, Iowa,
where he engaged in business, and in February 3, 1869, married Miss Annie Morris. In
1872, he moved to Waterville, Kan., where he engaged in the jewelry business and in the
manufacturing ot tower clocks, During his residence in Waterville, he designed and con-
structed the famous Century clock, which he had on exhibition in the Kansas building at
the Centennial in 1876, which clock attracted much attention in Philadelphia. This clock
is two feet by eighteen inches at the base, stands nine feet seven inches high, and requires
winding but once in one hundred years. He was awarded the highest medal and diploma.
In 1880 he moved to Leavenworth, Kan., and organized the Western Tower Clock Com-
pany. December 1, 1882, he was appointed Chief Engineer Quarter Master’s Department,

ort Leavenworth, Kan. Mr. Hile is a self-made man aud has been his own master since
he was five years old. One of his novel ways of dispatching business is, he will have one
person read his letters while he will dictate their answer to the second person, at the
same time will be busily engaged at work on some instrument and conversing on busi-
ness matters with the third without losing the chain of thought with either of the four
branches in which he is at. the same tine engaged. Mr. Hile is‘a memoer of the Unitarian
Church and a member of the A. F. & A. M. of Anamosa Lodge, Iowa.

Cc. E. HINKLE, passenger conductor on the Kansas Central Division, U. P. R. R.,
was born in Platte County, Mo., February 2,1851. His parents _moved to Leavenworth
in 1865. In 1§67 he became connected with Wells, Fargo & Co’s. Express, was in the office
at the State Line for a time and was then placed on the K. P. R. R., and afterward on the M.

. .R.R. In 1876, took a position as brakesman on the M. P. R.R., and continued with
that company until 1878, then became connected with the Kansas Central, at first as brakes-
man. Was promoted to conductor in April, 1880. Mr. Hinkle was married in Platte Coun-
ty, Mo., December 23, 1872, to Miss Annie Henry, of that county. They have three chil-
dren—Mazie, Allie, Charlie. i

JOHN HODAPP, general.groceries. Business established in 1879. Mr. Hodapp was
born near Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1844, and was reared in Jackson County, Ind., and was con-
nected with a brewery. Worked there principally till 1868, when he came here and worked
at mining till he started his present business, which he ably represents. In 1872 he mar-
ried Miss Elizabeth Gordon, a native of England. They have a family of two sons and two
daughters—Georgie, Emma, Louisa and Joseph. 7

A. M. HOFFMAN locomotive engineer Missouri Pacific Railway, was born in Essex
County, Vt., December 25, 1844. He commenced his railroad life in 1864, on a locomotive
of the Grand Trunk Railway, with headquarters at Island Pond, Vermont, his run passin;
into three States. After firing about three years was promoted to engineer, and continue
in this position until 1873. {nthis year he was appointed engineer on the first express
train between Halifax and Quebec, on the Inter Colonial Railway of Canada. He continued
wiih this company about nine years, wheu ill health compelled. his resignation. He then
moved West in search of a better climate, an settled in Leavenworth, Kan., andin Janu-
ary, 1882, was appointed to his present position. Mr. Hotfman was married in Norway.
Oxford County, Maine, December 25, 1868, to Miss Addie Pike, of that town. They haves
two children—Charles M. and Carrie M.

CARL HOFFMAN was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, December 24, 1847. He re-
ceived a musical education in his native country, from which he emigrated in 1868, arriving
at America in July of that year. His first location was at Pittsburgh, Pa., where he became
connected with a large music store, and remained until his removal to Leavenworth the fols

 
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lowing year. Since locating in Leavenworth, Mr. Hoffman has been engaged in the manu-
facture and sale of musical instruments and the sale of musical merchandise generally,
officiating also as organist, first at the Leavenworth Cathedral, and later at the Presbyterian
Church. He has a large factory and store, the company, the Kansas Organ Co., owning six
lots upon which they are erecting now more complete and commodious buildings, with im-
proved machinery and the best facilities for manufacturing church and parlor organs, They
employ about sixty men in the factory and store. The Kansas Organ Company was organ-
Med ENG, 1882; Carl Aottman, president, A. C. Emmons, superintendent, and Fred Noll,

LEONARD HOHL, train dispatcher and chief operator, Kansas Ceutral Division, Union
Pacific Railroad; was born in Cleveland, Ohio, July 7, 1855; his parents moved in
1856 to LaCrosse, Wis., where his father died January 5, 1866, and in 1867 his mother
moved to Palmyra, Mo., where he received his education. He commenced the study of his
profession at a very early age. When less than thirteen years old he was appointed by C. E.
Squires, manager of the Mississippi Valley Telegraph Company at Palmyra. In 1870 he
engaged with the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad as operator at Palmyra, retaining that
postion about tour years. He then engaged in the same capacity with the St. L., I. M. & S.

. R. at Bismarck, Mo: One year later he entered the train dispatcher’s office of the K. C.,

St. Jo. & C. B. R, R, at St. Joseph, Mo. In January, 1877, he moved to Leavenworth, Kan.,
to take the position of manager of the A. & P. Telegraph Company at that point. In Sep-
tember of the same year the A. & P. consolidated with the Western Union Telegraph Coimn-
pany, 20d. Mr, Hohl was then moved to Omaha and entered the train dispatcher’s office of
the UTP. R. R. at phat point, remaining in that office until appointed to present position, su
March, 1882. Mr. Hohl was married in Fremont, Neb,, January 28, 1879, to Miss Lizzie
Hooper, of Dodge County, They have two children—Clara M. and Lawrence E.

. A, HOLCOMBE, D. V.S., veterinary surgeon to the Department of the Missouri, U. S.

A., is a native of Philadelphia, Pa. He was born in that city November 16, 1850; received
a classical education at the Excelsior Normal Institute, Bucks County, Pa., graduating in
1870. In 1878 he entered the veterinary department of the University of the State of New
York, and graduated with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery in 1876. He was ap-
pointed Adjunct Professor, and two years later a full Professor of Surgical Pathology in
the American Veterinary College, New York. In 1879 he held the position of Veterinary
Surgeon in Chief to the State of New Jersey, attached to a commission appointed by the
Governor, In 1880 he came to Kansas and took his present position. Mr. H, was married
in New York City, January 14, 1879, to Miss Jennie ©. Warner, of Newark, N. J. They
Dave Ew cuudren-- Maud L. and A. Liautard. Mr. Holcombe is a member of the K. of P.
and the K, of H.

_ LABAN GARDNER HOPKINS, was born in Troy, N. Y., but reared and educated in
New York City, that being the home of his parents at the time of his birth. He graduated
from Columbia College Law School, in 1862, receiving the degree ef Bachelor of Laws.
He commenced practice in New York City, and remained there until he came to Leaven-
worth, April 13, 1868, and engaged in practice of law and abstract business, While in New
York he was one of the organizers, and among the first members of the New York Militia,
Thirty-seventh Regiment. He was married at Catskill, N. Y., September 7, 1864, to Julia
Edgarine Whittelsey, a native of Hudson, N.Y. They have three children—Edgar W.,
Samuel G. and Jane A.

J. FRANK HOPPER came to Leavenworth in 1870, and was first connected with the
Leavenworth Bulletin, as editor, and later as traveling correspondent with the Leavenworth
Commercial. In 1875 he accepted a position on the St, Joseph Gazette, aud was afterwards
connected with the St. Louis Times, remaining with the latter until it was merged in the
Republicun. Since 1882 he has represented the baking powder firm of E, W. Gillett, of
Chicago. Mr. Hopper is a native of Plattsburg, Clinton Co.. N. ¥. He was born July 6, 1834,
a .d removed with his parents to La Grange, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., when he was oue year
old, and five years later to Monmouth, Warren Co., Ill. His home was at Galesburg
for'some time. and in 1859 he went to Colorado, In 1860 he returned to Council Bluffs,
Iowa, and in June, 1861, enlisted iu Company A, Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, in which
he served until November 28, 1861. He was then transferred to the Sixth Missouri Cavalr
as First Lieutenant, and was the next day made Captain of hiscompany. In January, 1863,
he resigned on account of ill health, and returned to Council Blutts, where he was engaged
in the book and stationery business until he cameto Leavenworth, in 1870. Mr. Hopper is
amember ofthe A. F.& A.M. He was married at Council Blutfs, February 19, 1863, to
Margaret S. Latferty, a native of Richmond, Va. They have four children—Ada Ione, Della
Eliza, Mary Gertrude and Charles Lafferty.

HON. JOSEPH HOWELL, born in Phillipsburg, Warren County, N. J., in 1833, and was
identified with the mercantile bus ness in his native State till 1856, when he located here,
and for about the first twelve years of his life here was engaged in the quartermaster’s de-
partment, after which he engaged in the agricultural and stock industry with which he has
been identified to the present year. During his connection with that industry here he car-
ried on stock raising and dealing in the Indian Territory also for several years, In 1864
he married Miss Rachel J. Ewing, who was born and reared in Brown County, Ohio. They
have a family of four sons and one daughter—Charles E., Abram H., Ella, Joseph (Jr.), and
William. Mr. Howell has always taken an active interest in the development of the social
and industrial life of this locality since coming here. Served his county in the State Legis-
latures of 1869-71-72. Has been an active member of the A., F. & A. M. Society since 1861,
during which time he has been officially connected as master of his lodge at different times,
and representative and member ot the Grand Lodge of the State,

MATTHEW HOWELL, real estate agent, has been a resident of Leavenworth since
1859. Prior to 1868 he was engaged in dry goods business; since that date in real estate and
loan business, He is a native of New York city, and in after years was engaged in gun-
powder and ammuuition business in that city. He also resided four years in California. He
was married January 1, 1866, to Julia Gilmore, a native of Goshen, Ind. They have three
children—Matthew Jr., William G. and Harriet. ° ae

J. C. HUGHES, saloon, is a native of Dublin, Ireland, and came to America in 1852, at
the age of tweuty-two. He located at Pottsville, Pa., and engaged in expressing for afew
years. In 1855 he enlisted in the regular military service of the United States. From 1857
to 1861 he did active service in Utah, and during the war he did very honorable service, for
which he was proffered a commission twice on the field of battle, and refused each time.
He was, however, an active non-commissioned officer, being First Sergeant of the Horse
Artillery, and participated in about forty pitched battles and 200 skirmishes, After the
war he accepte| his appointment as Ordnance Sergeant, and took charge of the fort at
Newburyport, Mass., with a detachment of the Third Artillery, in which he had tue entire
coutrol. The honor was accredited to him ot both mounting and disinounting the guns of
that fort, and he returned them in perfect order to Watertown Arsenal, Mass. In 1868 he
was ordered to Fort Dodge, Kansas, and was active there in his official position till 1871,
when he retired from the service and located here, where he has been successfully cuon-
mected slNee: In 1865 he married Miss Catharine McCormic, a native of County Kildare,

reland.

GEORGE P. HUAN, of the firm Jacob Hahn & Son, saddletree manufacturers, was
born in Bavaria in 1839, aud came to America, 1852, with his father, Jacob Hubn, who set-
tiled in St. Louis. In 1861 they engaged at the present business there, and in 1864 came
here and have very ably carried on the business here since. In 1859 he married Miss Su-
sanna Biedermann, a native of Prussia, born in 1841. Their family are: lredericka, Jno.
P., Theodore, Lizzie, George P., Jr., Fritz, Charlie, Anna, Lena and Henry. Mr, Huhun’s
brothers are: Jacob, Jr., John P. and Charlie; he has one sister, Katrina, now Mrs. Jos.
Kayser, of San Francisco.

REV. MARTIN HOMN, Catholic clergyman, came to Kansas In 1874. He attended the
St. Francis Seminary at Milwaukee, Wis., and graduated from that institution in 1874; and
then came to Kansas and located in Leavenworth, and was assistant rector of the Cathedral
for five years, and was installed as rector of Holy Epiphany Church (colored raueregation).
Mr. Huhn organized the congregation and built the church now occupled at a cost of about
$5,000. Thechurch is 37x51 feet, with basement for school purposes ind living room, The
church has a membership of 75to100. Mr. Hubn has been chaplain of the Mount Saint
Mary’s Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. [sauatlye of Hirdorf,
Prussia, Germany. Was born in 1850, March 12th, and came to this coantry at two years
of age; resided in Missouri until 1861, and lived one year in Illinols and eight years in
Milwaukee, S.

E. J. HUMPHREYS, druggist, was born January 8, 1825, In Albermarle County, Va. At
the age of six years he removed with his parents to Kentucky, and lived in that state until
he was twelve, when he went to Peoria. In 1847 he commenced learning the drug business,
and the following year went into business for himself. He spent the suminer of 1857 In
Leavenworth, but did not permanently locate in the place until 1860. For two years he was
engaged in grocery business. Haviug purchased property on the northwest corner of Third
and ‘Delaware streets, he commenced drug business in that location in 1862, and erected the

building he now occupies in 1873. He was married in Peoria to Marrilla Decker, a native of

Geneva, N. Y., who died in 186), leaving six children—Sylvester, Laura, John, William,

Edgar and Lulu. His present wife, nee Lena Swain, was born near Elmira, N. Y.

FRANKLIN E. HUNT, real estate agent, came with his father to Fort Leavenworth in
1850. From 1859 to 1879 he was employed as paymaster’s clerk, beingin Utah two years of
thetime. In1880 he engaged in real eslate loans and collections, in which business he is
stillengaged. He was born in Detroit Arsenal, in Michigan, Mareb 3, 1840. He was mar-
ried ia Leavenworth, December 28, 1864, to Lydia Adams, a native of Charleston, Mass.

» They have onechild—Franklin E. Hunt.

McCOWN HUNT, came to Kansas in 1850 with his father, Gan, Franklin Eyre Hunt,then
Captain inthe Fourth Artillery, Capt. Hunt was promoted to Major in March, 1855, and
assigned to duty in the Paymaster’s department, and was Deputy Paymaster Geueral at the
time of his death, which occurred ia Leavenworth in February, 1881. He left a family of
three sons and one daughter—Frank E. was engaged in the real estate business in Leaven-
worth; Frederick R., partner in a wholesale drug establishment; McCown, Clerk of the

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District Court, and Mary Ellen now Mrs. Edward Carroll, of Leavenworth. McCown Hunt
was born at Fort Brown, Texas, November 11, 1840. and has lived in Leavenworth since he
came to the place with his father the next year. He was educated at the Polytechnic Insti-
tute of Brooklyn, N. Y., and after leaving school engaged in the mercan ile business in
Leavenworth. He has been Clerk of the District Court since January 8, 1877, to January 8,
1883. He was married at Leavenworth October 8, 1872, to Kate M., daughter of Lafayette
Mills, who came to Leavenworth several years prior to the settlement of Kansas, and died
there. They have two children, Lafayette Howard and Maria Virginta.

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L. K. HUNTER, M. D, homeopathic physician and surgeon, was born in Clinton, Me.,
May 17, 1846. When he was nine years of age his parents removed to Fond du Lac, Wis..
which place remained his home until he came to’ Leavenworth in August, 1878. He read
medicine with Dr. T. J Patchen, of Fond du Lac, and graduated from medical department
of State University of lowa, March, 1880. He was married September 30. 1868, in Fond du
Lac, Wis., to Florence E., daughter of Dr.T.J. Patchen, and a native of Steuben County, N.Y.
They have two children, Jessie L. and Edwin L. 7

THEODORE A. HURD, attorney, Jocated in Leavenworth in March, 1859, and has been
continuously engaged in the practice of law in the city since that time. He was born at
Fawlng Dutchess Co., N. Y., and prior to his removal to Kansas resided in Paris, Oneida

o., N. ¥., and in Utica, N. Y., having been for several years engaged in the practice of his
profession in the latter place.

E. D. HURRLE & BRO., architectural decorators and artists in fresco and scenogra-
phers for church, public halls, theatres and parlors, original plans in any style of decora-
tion drawn to order. The Hurrle Bros. have also started an art school in Carroll block on
Delaware strect, between Fifth and Sixth, where they give lessons in designing. mode Log
in clay, portrait and oil paiuting, crayon work, etc. E.D. Hurrle has been in this country
about ten years, and his brother two. They came direct from Italy to Leavenworth, and are
located on Delaware street, between Fifth and Sixth. These gentlemen are thoroughly edu-
cated in their profession and are undoubtedly accomplished in the art of painting and draw-
iug, anda bright future is before them in their new location. i

GEORG H. HYDE, cashier of the German Bank of Leavenworth, located in this city in
August, 1865, and has since that time been engaged in banking business, being with Clark
& Co. as bookkeeper, teller aud cashiler until January, 1878. Since that time ne has been
cashier of the German Bank, Mr. Hyde was born in Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass., July 2, 1840.
He resided and received bis education in his native town untilhe enlisted in the army in
1862, when he was commissioned and mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company D.
Thirty-Seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. In less than a year he was promoted to
First Lieutenant and aflerward to Captain, and transferred to Company B. e served as
Captain one year and was mustered out in the summer of 1865, being in all the battles in
which his regiment participated except one. He came to Kansas about a month after leav-
ing the service. Mr. Hyde was married in Leavenworth, August 3, 1869, to Laura Gould
# LAtlYS of Gould’s Landing, Pa. Their three children are Nellie B., Sarah A., and Will-

am G@.
HON. H. W. IDE, attorney at law, was born in Corinth, Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1833. He
removed to Wisconsin in 1847, and was aresident of Rock County in that State until he
moved to Kansas and located in Leavenworth in April, 185%. He was admitted to the bar
in 1856, but for several years after Loentlns in Leavenworth be did considerable real-estate
business besides attending to the dutles of his profession. During his residence in the city
he has served as City Attorney one term; member of the Legislature one term; member of
the School Board aterm; District Attorney two years; County Attorney two years, and
District Judge elght years, declining anotuer nomination to that office. Since January,1877,
he has been engaged in practice,

JUSTUS INGERSOLL, dealer in lumber, sash, doors and blinds. a
tablished in 1857 by Jerome Ingersoll, a brother of the present proprietor. In 1861 the
firm was changed to Ingersoll & Rush. This continued until 1867, when Justus went into

artnership with his brother under the firm name of J. Ingersoll. Jerome Ingersoll died

n August, 1881, and shortly afterward the present proprietor took entire charge of the busi-
ness, uylng out his brother’s Interest. Justus Ingersoll was born in Medina, N. Y., August
7, 1835. His parents moved to Detroit, Mich. In 1839 he received his education in that city
and in 1847 moved to Milwaukee, Wis., where he engaged in clerking until 1852. Then re~
turned to Detrolt. For some ten years he held the position of teller in the old Michigan In-
surance bank. He then moved to Kansas, settling in Leavenworth, A few months afterward
engaged in mining aud merchandising in Montana. Returned to Leavenworth in 1867.

CAPT. M. H. INSLEY, banker, came to Leavenworth in the spring of 1858, and engaged
in the hotel business, which he continued until 1861. He was then appointed by the Presi-
dent, Assistant Quartermaster in the Volunteer Service with the rank of Captain, and in 1863
was, for efficient and meritorious service, transferred to same department in the Regular
Army. He was Chief Quartermaster of the Department of the Missourl under Major-Gen-
eval Curtis, with headquarters at Fort Leavenworth, and was Depot Quartermaster at Fort
Scott until Che close of the war, after which he resigned his commission. Fromm that time
until 1870 he was engaged in freighting, and then in banking, having associated with him in
banking business Daniel Shire and E. F. Kellogg. Messrs Lnsley and Shire afterward
purchased Kellozg’s interest and continued the business together until Mr. Shire’s death,
which occurred in June, 1882. The firm name is still Insley, Shire & Co. He has been
connected with the Missouri viatles Bridge and Iroa Works for the last four years. He
built the Leavenworth Telephune Exchange; was largely lnterested in, and instrumental in

 

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W. A. JACKSON, contractor and builder, is a native of Fayette County, Ohio. In 1856
at the age of eighteen, he located in Marion County, Iowa, where he learned his trade and
followed it till 1860, when he located here and has, with the exception of three years, spent
in Nevada, Mo., been actively connected with it here since. In 1859 he married Miss
Amanda Tibbott, a native of Iudiana. They have a family of four sons aud two daughters—
Jacob Edward, William Frankliu, Samuel Ernest, Guy Allen, Leonora Belle, and Etna
Pearl, Mr. Jackson makes a specialty of stone finishing and the finer kinds of work in his
line. Gives employment to twelve skilled workmeo, :

HENRY JANSEN, general insurance agent, located In Leavenworth, May 2, 1866. For
four years he was employed as a carriage painter, ani was then for five years minager of
Turner,Hall. Since that time he has been engaged in the [Insurance business, being also agent
for the various European steamship lines. eis a member of the Turner Society, of which
he was Secretary for many years; is also Secretary of the German-English School, and
Secretary and Treasurer ofthe Endowment Section of Knights of Pythias Order. Mr.
Jansen was born in Jevenstedt, in Holstein, Germany, November 29, 1839. He arrived in
America, November 16, 1865, and afcer spending one winter in Davenport, Lowa, came to
Leavenworth. He was married in Leavenworth, August 3, 1867, to Emily Kumm, a native
of Varel, in Oldenburg, Germany. They have three children, Augusta, Mary aud Harry.

J. N. JOERGER, ticket and passenger agent Missouri Pacific and ticket agent Unton
Pacific R. Rs., is a native of Baltimore, Md. After the death of his father the family moved
to Milwaukee, Wis., when J. N. was two years old. He receive his preparatory schooling
in Milwaukee, Wis. Then entered Calvary College in Foud du Lac County, Wis., and finish-
ed his education at the St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee. In 1867 he settled in Leav-
euworth, Kas,, where he became connected with the railroad offices. In 1876 was appolited
passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific R. R., a position he retained until 1880. as then
appointed ticket agent of the Union Pacific. He was promoted by the Missouri Pacific Hye
Co., June 1, 1882. Mr. J. was married in Topeka, Kas.,in November, 1875, to Miss Ida B.
Ferry, of Easthampton, Mass. They have two children—Josephine and Blanche. Mr. J. is
a member of the Metropolitan Guards and C. M. B. A., and has represented the New York
dramatic journals since 1875.

A. W. JOHNSTON, Superintendent Leavenworth, Topeka & South Western R. R. ap-
ointed to present position April 1, 1882. Mr. J. was bora in Boston, Mass., March 4, 1853.
© was educated at the English High School, Boston, and afterward took a full four years’

course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Was engaged 1n the practice of civil
engineering with private incorporations until 1875, when he became connected with the
operating department of the general superintendent’s office of the v., ©. & St. L. RK. Ry at
Pittsburgh, Pn 1878 was appointed assistant engineer on the P. C., & St. L. R. R., while in
this position improving the alignment of the first forty-three miles of that road; was after-
ward attached to the chief engineer's office at Columbus, Ohio. In 1879 appointed to the
charg of the re-survey of the J. M.I. R. R., headquarters Louisville, Ky. In the spring
of 1880 he went to Arizona to construct a water works system for the town of Tombstone.
In 1881 was appointed chief engineer of the P. C., & St. L. &.R., with headquarters at
Toledo, Ohio, which position he retained until appointed to present one. Mr. J, is the first
superintendent of the L. T. & 8, W. &. R., succeeding both Mc. Manchester and Mr, Apple-
to., the former manager and chief engineer.

THEODORE JONES, foreman of the Chicago Lumber Company, is a native of Penns l=
vania, aud wa3 identified with the contractin and building business in his native State for
several years. In 1878 he located in Kansas City, and prosecuted his business actively there
until i881. when he accepted his present position, which he very ably represents, In 1882
he married Miss Paulina Hosick, who was born and reared here. 7

. JOST, carpenter and builder, is a native of Posen, Germany; learned his trade there,
which he followed till 1858, and at the age of twenty-five goers cama to Atmerica and
settled here, and has been actively connected wich his business here since. In i862 he mar-
ried Miss Christina Schornorst, a native of Hanover, Germany, who came wito ber people
to Americaat an early age, and who settled in Kansas in 1859. Me. and Mrs. Jost have a
family of foursons and four dsighters—Jobn, Heary, William, Frelarick, Clara, Annie,
Soph nd Dora, — es

PN SONOi, of the Leavenworth Press, came to Leavenworth ia April, 1856, filled the
position of reporter on the Leavenworth Times for about four months, and then
went to Utah with tha Mormon expedition as correspondent fur the New York Herald. In
1860, he returned to Leavenworth, and after rem ining in the city a few days, weut to Cin-
cinnati and became a reporter for the Cincinnati Times. In April, 1861, he enlisted in
Company D, Tenth Ohio Volunteer [nfantry, and after three monthg’ service re-enlisted in
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re-enlisted in the Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry,and accepted a position on the Z'imes
ag war correspondent, which he filled for two and a half years, at tne same time being cor-
respondent for the New York Tribune. At the close of the war he went to Hays City, where
he was City Clerk and first Notary there; also fora year and a half Justice of the Peace,
City Assessor and County Clerk. In 1867, he returned to Leavenworth, and was sent by the
New York Aerald to the Indian Territory, to report the proceedings of the Commissioners
of Grand Council. On returning to Leavenworth, he became city editor of the Leavenworth
Daily Call, remaining with the paper until it was sold, and has been connected with the
Leavenworth Press since its organization, Mr. Joyce was born in County Clare, Ireland,
November 15, 1833. In 1850, he emigrated, and soon after his arrival in America, located
in Cincinnati, He has been engaged in newspaper work since he came to America. First
on New York Sum then on the Cincinnati 4imes as Southern war correspondent. Was
elected Assessor of Leavenworth City, for 1875-76.

CHRISTIAN KAITNER, meat market, came to Kansas in 1858 and located in Leaven-
worth. He was in Colorado for two years, and returned to Leavenworth, and has been en-
gaged in his business here since his return, Mr. Kaitner isa member of the Odd Fellows’
society. Was born in Germany, and was nineteen years old when he came to this country.
Was a short time in the State of New York. He was married in Leavenworth, in 1864, to
Miss Lucinda Naftzer, who was born in the State of Ohio. They have three children, all liv-
ing—Frank, William and Royal.

GEORGE KAUFFMANN, of firm of Kauffmann & Lange, Brass Foundry and Novelty
Works, was born in Germany in 1837, and learned the profession of machinist, which he
followed there until 1856, when hecame to America, and followed his trade in Chicago till
the war, when hedid service in Company K, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, till the end of the
war, when he was honorably discharged. After the war he settled here, and has been prom-
inently identified with his present business since. In 1867 he married Miss Margaret Jost,
born in Pittsburgh, Pa., 1839. They have a family of two sons and one daughter—Lillie,
William and George.

ALFRED B, KELLER was born in Weston, Mo,, February .7, 1845, and came to Leay-
enworth in October, 1854, with his father, Geo. H. Keller. Heand his brother, Henry C.,
were pages in the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention, and are now among the oldest
citizens of the town. Alfred B, was educated in the schools of Leavenworth, and has filled
various positions inthe city. He was Deputy Register of Deedstwo years; Paymaster’s
Clerk two years, and County Clerk twu years. He then engaged in farming ten years, and in
railroad mail service two years, and since April, 1881, has been traveling salesman for Ar-
thur Simmons. He was married in Leavenworth March 20. 1866, to Isabelle C. Few, a na-
tive of St. Louis. They have four children—Lillie B., Walter F., Maud and Sadie.

. KF. KELLER, grocer, came to Kansas in 1862 and located in the city of Leavenworth,
and has lived here since, Was engaged in boot aud shoe manufacturing for seventeen
years, and then engaged in his present business. Isa native of Prussia, and was born in

832, Came to America at the age of twenty-six. Has lived in the States of Ohio, Indiana
and Kentucky. _Was married in Burlington, Iowa, in 1864, to Miss Christina Hertzler, who
was born in Bavaria, Germany. Has had four children, two of whom are now living—Fred-
erick Williain and Mary. :

D. J. KELLER came to Leavenworth, in November, 1855, with his uncle, representing
his interests to some considerable extent. Two years later his father, Henry B. Keller, came
to Kansas and located in High Prairie Township, where his son resided with him some
years. Henry B. now resides in the city of Leavenworth. In 1861, D. J. Keller enlisted in
the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. He was inthe service four years, serving in the Fif-
teenth and Sixteenth Kansas Regiments, and also in the recruiting department. After leav-
ing the army he was in trade in Leavenworth one year, and then for seyeral years on the
farm. He was afterward in the United States Marshal’s office and in the dry goods business,
and has been Under Sheriff since January 1882. He was born in Hendricks County, Ind.,
May 2, 1838, and was married in High Prairie Township, March 4, 1863, to Eliza Boten, a
native of Virginia, He is a member of the G. A. R. of A. F. & A.M and K. of P.

S. B, KELLER, general groceries, is 4 native of Missouri. In 185% he came to Kansas,
and followed farming till the preaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company F,
Fifth Kansas Cavalry, in July, 1861, and remained in active service tiJl August, 1864, when
he was honorably discharged. After the war he attended mercantile college, and subse-
gueutly engaged at the business which he ably represents. In 1879 he married Miss Emma

. Boyd, of his native State. They havea family of two daughters—Mary and Maud.

KELLY & LYSLE, proprietors Keystone Mills. The new building was erected in 1882.
The main building is 97x60 feet ground dimensions, and stands about seventy-eight feet
above the ground. Attached to it are the engine house, boiler house and stacks, all of
brick. The motive power is an engine of 125 horse power. The capacity of the mill is
about 400 barrels daily, though the product is at present confined to 250 barrels. J.C.
Lysle, of the above firm, was born in Chester Co., Pa., December 2, 1828. He was educated
in his native county. In 1864 he moved to Pittsburgh, Pa.; while liviug there being engaged
in the oil regions, He was brousnt up in a paper mill, his father being engaged in that
business. About 1855 engaring in the manufacture of paper for himself, in Mount Vernon,
Chester Co. In 1866 he settled in Leavenworth, Kan., and organized the firm of Dilworth
& Lysle, in hub and spoke manufacturing. Mr. Lysle was married in Chester Co., Pa., in
May, 1861, to Miss Dickey, of that county. They have three children—Ida M., Carrie B.,
and Eugene D. Mr. L. is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of Leavenworth Lodge
2, A.F. & A. M., and of Neligh Lodge 1285, IX. of H.

WASHINGTON D. KELLY, dealer iu real estate, was born in Philadelphia, March 23,
1828. He removed to Muscatine, Lowa, in 1846, where he remaihed until 1849. He then

emigrated to Liberty, Mo., and lived at that place and Independence until October, 1855,
when he located in Leavenworth. He was married in Leavenworth, July 22, 1857,to Helen
F. Lattin, a native of Trumbull County, Ohio. They have four children—Henry W., (now a
resident merchant of Los Vegas); Eugene A., Laura L. and John V. Mr. Kelly is amem-
ber of the A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter.

W. T. KELLY, superintendent Kansas Central Division, Union Pacific railroad, was
born in Brown Co., West Va.,March 15,1844. After leaving school he engaged in coal busi-
ness for a time and then went into livery business in Wellsburg, West Va, In 1862 he en-
listed in Company I, First Regiment Cavalry, Virginia Volunteers. Was attached to the
Army of the Potomac, then with Sheridan in the Middle Military Department. Was with
Sneridan in all his battles, from Winchester through the war. Was mustered out in 1865
and returned home. In 1866 he moved and commenced his railroad life on the C., R. 1. &
P. railroad, at Des Moines, Iowa. In 1867 became connected with the Union Pacific
railroad, with headquarters at Omaha. Held the position of passenger conductor until
appointed to his present position, February 1, 1882. r. K, was married in Sioux City,
Iowa, June 3, 1874, to Miss Helen P, Briggs, a native of New Hampshire. They have two
ehudren—Balph and Eimer. Mr. K.isamember of Wellsburg Lodge 42, A. F. & A. M., of

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JOHN C. KETCHESON came to Kansas in October, 186%, and established a job printing
office, at Leavenworth, employing one man and a boy. The house was J.C. Ketcheson
three years, and Ketcheson & Durfee about four, and Ketcheson steam printing house un-
til the present tirm of Ketcheson & Hubbell was established in 1881 Yr. Ketcheson is a
native of Belleville, Canada. He removed to Rockford, IU.,in 1849. Commenced phe prints
er’s trade, July, 1854. In 1855, he went to ghicago. and was with the Chicago Tribune Print-
ing Company, of which Vaughan, Ray, Medill & Co., were proprietors. He emigrated to
St, Louis in 1858, remained there two years and then returned to Chicage, and September,
1862, enlisted in Company G, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, and served until July, 1865, being
wounded the first time the day after Lee’s surrender. He enlisted as a private, and was
promoted to Sergeant Major, having at the time of the receipt of the order to muster the
regiment out of service, the recommendation of thirty officers for the position of Adjutant
of the regiment. He was married at Rockford, Ill., November, 1869, to Clara W. Ketcheson,
anative of Vergennes, Vt. They have had twochildren, both deceased. Mr. K.is a mem-
ber of A. F.& A. M., 1.0. 0. F., K. of P.. K. of H, and G. A. He was General Superin-
tendent of Leavenworth Tumes and Conservative for about one year after coming to Leaven-
worth. He was a member of the School Board in 1879.

WILLIAM A. KIBBE, painter, paper hanger and glazier, came to the State of Kansas
in 1856, and located at Leavenworth, and has lived here since. He was born in St. Lonis
in 1855, and came to Kansas with his parents in 1856, and located at Leavenworth. Was
married in Leavenworth in 1875, to Miss M. B. Luce, a native of Wisconsin. They have
had four children, three of whom are living—Myrtle, Mabel and Russel. Mr. Kibbeis an
active, enterprising business man,and stands well in his commercial relations, having the
full confidence and respect of the people with whom he has to deal.

R KING, of the firm of Lang, Loreustein & King, wholesale dealers in
saddlery, hardware and leather, came to Kansas June 20, 1862,and was in business with his
father, Fairchild, King & Co.,for three years. In 1868 he went into the pork packing busi-
ness in Leavenworth, and afterward was engaged in the cattle trade, and became a member
of the above named firm in 1879. He isa member of the K. of H. and the K. of P., and is
also prominently ideatined with the First M:thodist Church of Leavenworth. Mr. King
was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 16. 1845, and lived in his native State seventeen
years, and then moved to Leavenworth, Kan. He was married ia Leavenworth in 1867.
His wife’s maiden name was Mary McCracken, daughter of N, McCracken, wholesale
grocer,and one of the oldest settlers in the State of Kansas. Mr. King is one of the prosper-
ous and promising business men of Kansas.

ALOI[S KIRMAYER, dealer iu general groceries, business established in 1881. Mc.
Kirmayer was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1855, and came to America in 1873, anu settled
here, and engaged in the mercantile business, with which he has been successfully con-
nected since. December 2)), 1881, he married Miss Emily Krezdorn, who was born in Lex-
ington, Mo. They havea family of one son. L :

MICHAEL KIRMEYER, of the Brandon & Kirmsayer Brewing C»mpany, is a native of
Bavaria. He was born in the city of Munich, February 23,1826. Wastaught the butcher-
ing trade and followed that business there until 1857; he then came to tha Uaited States,

 
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and settled in Leavenworth, Kansas, engaged at the butchering business until 1859, and
wien commenced the manufacturing of soda water, in which he continued until the present
ro was organized. Mr. K. was married in Leavenworth November 24, 1858,to Miss Leo-
a ine Neiderwelser,a native of Bavaria. They have six children—Michael, John, Joseph,
I gnes, Annaand Bertha. Mr. K. isa member of the Subordinate Lodgeand Encampment
. 0. O. F., also of the Turn-verein. 2
K C. L. KNAPP is a native of Luzerne County, Pa., which was hishome until he came to
pense, in 1870. During the war of the Rebellion he served in Company D, Thirty-fifth
‘enusylvania Militia, Company G, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was
transferred to the Second Artillery, Battery B, employed in defense of Washington. He
was again transferred to Company D, Provisional Second Artillery; was wounded at Peters-
pare a., June 17, 1864, and discharged February 5, 1865, on account of disability caused
y gun shot wounds. After he came to Leavenworth, in 1870, he was for several years a
partner with B. C. Clark & Co., commencing business aione in April, 1882.

HUBERT. KNIPE, general grocer, established business in 1870. Mr. Knipe was born in
Prussia, in 1845, and came to America in 1854 with his people, who settled here in 1856,
where he was reared and educated. Mr. Knipa engaged in the mercantile business as
cer which position he retained until 1870, whet he established the present business,
which he has successfully carried on since. In 1871, he married Miss SIDili Hensler, who
was born in Baden, in 1847, and came to America in 1867. They have a family of three
sons and two daughters—Dennis, Hubert, Jr., Henry C., Margaret andIda, Mr. Knipe did
active service in Company B, Eighth Kansas Volunteers, from 1861 to 1864, when he was
honorably discharged for disability, and now receives a pension.

HENRY KREZD in-1838, and was

, Merchant, was born in Baden, Germany,
educated there to the business of shoemaking. In 1851, he came to America, and after
spending a few years in travel, engaged principally in mining in Michigan and California,

e located in Lexington, Mo., in 1858, and began the mercantile business, which he aband-
oned in 1861, and came here and has been successfully identified with the mercantile busi-
ness here since. In July, 1858, he married Miss Mary Hensler, who was born in Baden,
Germany, in 1835, who departed this life in 1872, and is buried’ in Greenwood Cemetery,
leaving two daughters and two sons.—Emile, now Mrs. Alois Kirmayer, merchant of
Leavenworth ; Bertha, Ernest and Otto. In May, 1878, he married Miss Afra Kirmayer,
who was born in Bavaria, in 1849. They have one son and four daughters—Emma, Laura,
Katie, Dominicka and Charles. Mr. Krezdorn is the present incumbent of the Aldermanic
chair for the first ward, which incumbency he has held for three terms, and has been an
See apeuiber of the I. O, O. F. society since 1863, anda member of the Turn-verein

JOHN LAMB, market master of the city of Leavenworth, came to Kansas November
19, 1863, and located in Leavenworth, and has lived here since. He has been engaged in
raisiug and moving buildings. He is a native of England, and was born May 21, 1830. He
lived in England avout twelve years before coming to America, and was a sailor for about
fourteen ears. Mr. Lamb has lived in the States of Illinols and Kansas, and was afmember
of the Thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry, andserved with that regiment up to 1863, and was
discharged on account of disability. He was married in Leavenworth Kas., February
22, 1865, to Miss Martha Stephenson, who was born in Pennsylvania. They have had five
children, all of whom are living—Leonard, Martha, Fred, Pauline and Clara.

THOMAS LAMB, engineer with Munson & Burroughs, is a native of Arkansas, and
located here at an early age, in 1862. He engaged at his business with the present firm,
and has been very reputably connected with them since. In 1870, he married Miss Em-
ma Wadkins. They have one little girl—Ida May. Mr. Lamb has been a member of the
Colored Benevolent Society for the last eleven years.

J. B. MBER, proprietor of the Planters’ House, was bornin New York City, July
24, 1828. He was educated in that city, and commenced business in the service of the
Adams Express Company, on the route from New York to Buffalo. In1852, he went to
Australia in the service of the company; the express proving a failure, he established a
stage line from Melbourne to Bendigo, He continued in this business until 1857. He then
returned to the United States, landingin New York City. The same year he moved tu Kan-
sas and settled in Leavenworth, where he established a freighting line across the plains. In
1864, he sold out and organized the firm of Lamber, Rick & Co. Mr. Lamber was|married in
Bethany, Genesee Co., N. Y., January 15, 1866, to Miss Mary Smith, of Bethany. They
have one son—John B. Mr. L.1s a member of the Episcopal Church, and of Leavenworth
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.

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JAS. A. LANE, M. D., came to Leavenworth in March, 1874, to attend school. He was
born in Rio, Columbia Co., Wis., November 20, 1853, and when fourteen years old re-
moved to Missouri, residing there until he cameto Leavenworth. He was educated in the
High School of Caineron, Mo , graduating from the Kansas Normal School of Leavenworth
in 1876, and the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in March, 1881. He was Princi-
pal of he Morris publte schools of Leavenworth, and resigned that position after being
elected for two consecutive years tu accept the professorship of Natural Science and Mathe—
matics in the Kansas State Normal School at Paola. This position he left to attend medical
lectures in Philadelphia after reading with Dr. Neely. He is now associated with Dr. Neely
in practice, and is lecturer on anatomy in the Kansas City Medical College. Dr. Lane isa
member of the Academy of Science of the National American Association, the American
Legion OF Honor; Kansas Benevolent Society, State, District and County Medical, and other

ndred societies. 5

HERMAN F. LANG, is a member of the wholesale saddlery, hardware and leather

house of Lang, Lobenstein & King. Mr. Lang came to Kansas, in October, 1876, and lo-

 

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cated, in Leavenworth and was in the eniploy of W.C. Loberstetn, on Cherokee streets
After the latter’s retirement from business, in 1879, the firm of Lang, Lobenstein & King,
was organized. Mr. Langisamember of the Knights of Pythias and of the Metropolitan
Guards, of the city of Leavenworth, He is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was born in
1858, and resided in Ohio about eighteen years. He then came to Kansas, and was married
in Leavenworth City, in December, 1881, to Miss Kate Dickson, who was born in Leaven-
worth. The firm with which Mr. Lang is identified, are manufacturers of saddles and
harnesses, and are supplying the United States Government with their shoe material for
the entirestanding army Mr. Lang 1s atthe head of one ofthe most enterprising whole-
sale housesin the State of Kansas, and is one of the most prominent and promising young
business nen of the State, 4

ADOLF LANGE, druggist, came to Kansas in April, 1866, and located at Leavenworth
and was employed as a clerk with Theo, Egersdorif for a year, and afterwards asa clerk In
the subsistence department of the U.S. A. until 1880, being employed at Ft, Leavenworth,
St. Louis and New York City. Since then he has been in business for himself. He was born
in Saxony, January 15, 1844, and emigrated to Americain 1862. From September of that
year until the close of the war he served inthe U.S. army, mostly in Company A, Four-
teenth New York Cavalry, participating in twenty-seven engagements, and remaining for
three months a prisoner in Andersonville, Libby and Belle Isle prisons, having been cap-
tured near Clinton, La., in 1868. He was hospital steward at the St. Louis General Hospital
at New Orleans, during the last year of histerm of service. Heis a member of theI. 0.0.
F., K. of H., Legion of Honor, and of the Kansas State Pharmaceutical Society.

AUGUST LANGE, dealer in liquors, was bornin Brandenburg, Germany, in 1833, and
came to America in 1855, and to Kansas in 1857, and began cigar business, with which he
was connected for eighteen years, after which he engaged at his present business, which he
has ably conducted since, In 1858, he married Miss Rosalia Weinke, who was born in
Posen, Germany, in 1840. They have buried their only child, Herman, in the Wyandotte
Cemetery. Mr. Lange {is an active member of the I. O. O. F., and the Tarner societies here,
and has always taken an active part in the development of string and brass band organi-
zations, from which hjs place is known as the ‘Bands’ Hall.”

FRITZ LANGE, of the firm of Kauffman & Lange, brass foundry and novelty works,
was born in Prussia, in 1830, and learned his profession as machinist there. In 1854, he
came to America, and followed his business in St. Louis till 1857, when he came here, and
was actively connected with his profession for a few years, when he went into the cigar
business, and carried it on for fifteen years, after which he engaged at present business. In
1864, he married Miss Sophia Helmers, born ia Prussia in 1839, and who departed this life
in 1875, and is buried_in Greenwood Cemetery, leaving one daughter, Sophia. In 1880, he
married Miss Mary Blettermann, a native of Prussia. They have one son, Robert. Yr.
Mange, has been an active member of the A. O. U. W., Turn Verein, and Sick Relief
societies,

HON, SAMUEL LATTA, deceased, was one of the pioneers of Kansas, and emigrated to
this State on the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill. There were nove more devoted to
the cause of liberty and freedom than Judge Latta, one of the Supreme Judges of the State of
Kansas, elected under the Topeka constitution. Judge Latta was born in Ross County, Ohio,
January 1,1820. Hewas of Scotch-Irish descent. His father was a mechanic and woolen
manufacturer, and carried on farming in Louisa County, Iowa, to which place he emigrated
in 1839. His son. the subject of this sketch, had acommon school education. When he
reached the age of manhood he studied law, and attended law school, and graduated at the
Cincinnati College in 1849, and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Courts of the States
of Ohio and Iowa, He practiced law in these States until he removed to Kansas, in April,
1855. On removing to Kansas, he purchased a claim adjoining the city of Leavenworth.
During the summer of 1855, he was recognized as a leader of the Free-state party. Judge
Latta wasa member of the convention, and was nominated for and elected one of the Su-
preme Judges of the State of Kansas. In 1871, he was elected to the House of Representa-
ives from the city of Leavanworth, and re-elected in 1873, and was recognized as one of
the most influential and useful members of that body. Judge Latta has been engaged in
dealing in real estate, is which he has done a large business. He spent some time in Cali-
fornia In 1876. He believed in the Christian religion, and was brought up a Presbyterian.
He was originally a Whig, but became a Republican on the organization of that party. He
was married in Louisa County, Iowa, to Miss Sarah Ann Thompson. By this marriage he
had six children—Edward T., Belle, Mary, Ann. Eliza,and Anna. Judge Latta was again
married, to Mrs. Nina Irwin, born in Pennsy!ivania, October 23, 1833; was married in Jan-
uary, 1863; they had three children—Samuel §., jr., who died in July, 1865; William
ell, and Nina Lee Maud. Judge Latta was Indian Agent for seven years, under Lincoln’s
administration. Judge Latta was adevoted husband anda loving father, and his death,
which occurred from heart disease, in Leavenworth, the 10th day of May, 1880, not onl
brought sorrow and sadness to his own household, but great loss tothe State that he serve
so faithfully, and to thousands of friends. :

REV. J. A. LEAVITT, Pastor First Baptist Church, took resent charge May 1, 1880.
Mr. Leavitt was born in Governeur, St. Lawrence County, N. Y.. March 4, 1852. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued at Meriden, N. H., and at Suffield, Conn. The latter is a
Baptist school, He then entered Brown University, graduating in 1875. His theological
course was taken at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Newton, Mass. Was ordained in
Grafton, Vt., June 24, 1876, while in charge of that pastorate. In 1877, was called to Essex,
Vt., where he remained three years, doing very successful work. He resided at Essex
Junction, where he organized and built a church, at the same time performing his duties in
Essex. The failing health of his wife caused him to seek a change of climate. He received
a call to Beloit, Kan., in May, 1880. From there he moved to Leavenworth. Mr. Leavitt
was married in Providence, R. I., May 31, 1876, to Miss Belle E. Brown, of that city. She
died August 9, 1880, leaving one son, Halsey Brown. He was married to his present wife
in Collinsville, Ill, December 29.1881. She was Miss Lillie H. Lewen, of Collinsville, Ill.
Mr. Leavitt is editor and proprietor of the Leavenworth Baptist, formerly called the Solo-
mon Valley Baptist, a monthly publication devoted to church matters, The circulation now
reaches about 5,000 copies.

JAMES LEEK, engineer, is a native of Schuyler County, N. Y., and was educated to the
trade of carpenter, which he abandoned at the age of thirty years, and took up his present
profession, which he has actively followed since. In 1865, he married Miss Mary S, New-
man, a native of Yates County, N. Y. ehey have two sons and two daughters—Addie, Fred,
Charlie, and Nellie. In 1877 he located here. In 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Third
New York Volunteer Infantry, aud remained in active service until 1863, when he was
honorably discharged. He is a member of Custer Post, No. 6, G. A. R.

THOMAS LEONARD came to Kansas in April, 1857, and made his first location at ae
andotte, where he remained three years, and then removed to Leavenworth and engaged in
carpentering until 1869, erecting many of the early buildings in the city. From 1868 to 1870
he was Under Sheriff, when, the sheriff having died, he was elected his successor, and was
re-elected in 1872. He was proprietor of the Mansion House from 1874 to 1877, and then
engaged in his present business—wholesale and retail crockery and lamps. He is anative
of Ireland, but was reared in Vermont, from the age of five years, until he migrated to
Wisconsin, and settlea at Troy, Walworth County, fn 1854, from which place he came to
Kansas. He was married at Junction City, Kas., to Miss Emma M. Hoyt, a native of Kan-
sas. They have one child, Florence Rose.

GEORGE LINCK, proprietor Leavenworth Bottling Company, agent for Auheuser
Busch, St. Louis lager beer, and manufacturer of soda and mineral water, and bottler of ale
and porter, Business established in 1876. Mr. L. has been alone since March, 1882. He
employs: about twelve men, and receives about elght cars of beer monthly, bottling about
sixty-five dozen dally, Mr. Linck was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, January 27, 1849.
He was educated In Germany, and studied bookkeeping. and learned the dry goods business.
Came to the United States in 1867, and located in Baltimore for atime. In 1868, moved to
Awnsas, settling in Leavenworth, where he entered the employ of Rohifing & Co. as book-
keeper, remaining with this firm about six years. He then took a position with Scott & Co.
brewers, where he remained until sprosent business was established. Mr. L. was marrie
in Leavenworth, pobruary 4, 1872, to Miss Bertha Roenspies, a native of West Prussia.
They have five children—Theodore, George, Otto, Annie, and Charley. Mr. L, is a member
of Concordia Lodge, No. 8, K. of P.; Allemania Lodge, No. 123, I. 0. 0. F.; of the Turn Ve-
reli, and. of ite Leavenworth Singing Society. .

. H. agent of the Bee Line, was appointed io present position in 1866. Mr, Lyon
was born in Buttalo, N. ¥., June 7, 1842. He was educated in Is native city. In 1858 he
moved West and settled in Leavenworth. Kas. The same year became connected with a
feelent department on aline of steamers between St.Joseph, Mo.,and Leavenworth, operated
by the H. & St. Joe R. R. In 1861 he assisted in raising the’ first regiment, Kansas stored

olunteers. Was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company B, At the close of the winter
of 1862 he resigned and returned to Leavenworth, where he resumed his position in the de-
pot of H. & St. Joe R. R., under G. W. Nelles, and remained connected with department
until appointed agent of the Bee Line. Mr. Lyon was married in Leavenworth, May %,
1863, to Miss Lucy C. Ketner, of that city. They have four children—Hartwell N., Jessie,
Lottie and Pierson C. Mr. Lyon is a very prominent member of the K. of P. He isa mem-
ber of the Subordinate and Grand Lodges and was supreme representative to the Supreme
lodge of the K. of P., held in Detroit in 1882. He is Past Grand Chancellor, having held all
subordinate offices. He is also a member the Leavenworth Lodge, No. 1285, K. of

J. LYON, carriage manufacturer. Tight carriages and buggies a specialty.
established 1875. Mr. Lyon is a native of County Kerry, Ireland’ Was'porn {a 1838 and
came to America in 1850, and located in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., where he took up his
present business as carriage painter at the age of seventeen. In 1865 and after his honora-

le discharge from the active military service of his country, he located here and has been
very successfully connected with his business since. In 1875 he established the present

business, which he has so enlar, ‘
af his Aisr tow yomoreniee ged upon as to more than double In annual trade the amount

 

 

‘Business
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

JAMES MOAULIFFE, deputy county clerk, has been a resident e 3

: of Leavenworth since

4 eauary 2871. Or apne years) ie was: employed aS p teacher at the Cathedral, and since
5 was born in Count: i

1848, emivrated in 1868, and on arriving in Almerica, Tpeaced neath eee LW adele

ed in that city until his removal to Kansas. oseph, Mo., and resid-

u He was married in Leavenworth, February 22,
1874, to Anna Sullivan, a native of County Kerry, Ireland. They have three een
Mary Margaret, James A, and William A, Mr. McAuliffe is a member of the Catholic
Chureh, President of the Hibernian Catholle Benevolent Society, Prefect of the Sodality of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, Member of the Catholic Knights of America, and Director of the
Diocesan Mutual Life Insurance Union of eavenworth,

. G. McCORMICK, express and transfer, is a native of Fort Wayne, Ind., located
here in 1876, and has been actively connected with his present industry since. In 1878 he
married Miss Sadie Reynolds, a native of Logan County, Il, They have one little girl—

JOHN MoCORMICK, contractor and builder, was born in County Longford, Ireland,
June 20, 1834. 1n 1849 he came to America and settled in Cincinnati, Onio, aod learned his
trade of bricklayer there and carried it on there for several years. He afterwards carried
it on in Chicago, Rock Island and Davenport, locating here in 1858. In 1871 he established
his present brick manufactory. His business gives employment to fourteen workmen in the
brick manufacture and ten workmen as builders; builds about ten buildings and turns out
about 1,000,000 brick per annum. In 1859 he married Miss Margaret McCormick, of his
native country, born in 1888. They havea family of two sons and four daughters—Mary
J., Annie, Richard, Louisa, Maggie and Willie, Mr. McCormick has been an active worker
in the development of the public and social life of Leavenworth since coming here. Has
served as County Commissioner and has been active in many minor positions.

JOHN M, McCORMICK, M. D., located in Leavenwort ; May 10, 1862, and has been
engaged in the practice of medicine since that time. During the war he was a member of
the State board of medical examiners of applicants for military positions, was surgeon for
a time of the Third Wisconsin, when it was stationed at Leavenworth, and participated in
the Price campaign. He was born in Lockhaven, Clinton Co., Pa., in October, 1825, and
received his academic and medical education in his native State. He studied medicine at
the Jefferson Medical and the Philadelphia Medical Colleges, graduating from the latter.
He commenced the practice of his proression in 1849, in his native county, and has prac-
ticed continuously since that time. He was married ‘in Leavenworth, in 1864, to Annie
Rigbie Massey, a native of Pennsylvania.

COLLA MoUCRKA, proprietor handle factory, isa native of Orleans County, Vt., and
was reared in Montreal, Can.. from the age of seven to twelve years, when upon the death
of his only relative and sister, he was left upon his own resources, which his subsequent
life proved in him a mine equal to the emergency; after a short literary course of study, he
entered upon a study for the profession of law, in which, after a course of five year’s persist-
ent study, he graduated at Oberlin, Ohio, in’ the class of °46, at the age of twenty-seven
years, during which time he was unaided, except by his earnings a5 the forge of black-
smiths, of which he wasa practical hand. After graduating he followed his profession in
Towa for a few years, when he located here Juné 16, 1854, and engaged in the practice of
his profession, with which he was actively engaged at uvtil the breaking out of the war,
when, after an active serviceinthe war during 1861, he retired from the service as mem-
ber of Company L, Second Kansas Cavalry. After the war he engaged at his present business,
which he has successfully conducted since. Married in Dubuque. Iowa, Miss Elizabeth
Radtray, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, by whom he has one son, Charles _J., now employed
in the U. P. Ry. office, St. Louis. Mr. McCrea was an active worker in the early times in
Kansas, in the Fre-state movement’ his voice being the first one raised in that direction
here, and the first who stoud by those principles so firm in his resistance as to dare even
to death. On September 30, 1855, he attended a meeting of the Free-state Squatters, whose
resolutions were so strong against the principles of the ruffian party, that. a war of words
ensued, and finally pistols became the order of the day, during which Mr. McCrea, in self-
defense, shot one of the leaders, which resulted so favorably to the cause of the party. He
is the author of the term Border RuMians, having }in early times here been an active corre-
spondent of the New York Tribune, whose issues of those times contained such fine descrip-
tions of that element of society here,

. J. MODONALD, manufacturer of lime and dealer in all kinds of coal and wood, white
lime, plaster of Paris, plastering hair, cement, whiting, etc., ete. He employs about six men
at his kiins, burning about 50,000 bushels of lime annually. This part of the business was
established in 1879. Inthe coal business he sells anthracite and Leavenworth coals; also
Pittsburg and Cumberland blacksmith coals.

I He handles about fifty cars_yearly of the lat-
ter, and 120 cars of Leavenworth Hill. R. W. Ww

E Le: Business established in 1865, by ood. Mr.
McDonald succeeding in 1878. He was born in Brooklyn, N. ¥., March 16, 1843. Received
’ his schooling in that city. His parents moved to Kansas in 1858 and séttled in Leavenworth.

P. J. was engaged in clerking in this city for a time. In 1860 he went to St. Louis, Mo.,

where he learned the plastering trade. He returned to Leavenworth where he followed
this trade until 1878. During this time taking some very large contracts, viz., Court house
in Leavenworth, insane asylum, St. Joseph, Mo., and at Lincoln, Neb., and the Union depot,
Kansas City, Mr. McDonald was married In Niles, Mich., October 11, 1881, to Miss Amanda
Roofe, a native of Indiana. Mr. McDonald is a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit In-
surance Association. = 2 :

ROBERT MOGINITY, superintendent of the stove and pattern department of the Great
Western Manufacturing Company. Is a native of Troy, N. Y., born in 1838. and began the
study of stove mounting at the age of nineteen and followed it there actively, first as a jour-
neyman and latcerly as contractor in the business, until 1876, when he accepted his present
position, which he has reputably held since. September 20, 1856, he married Miss Matilda
ingals, who was born and reared in Cookstown, [reland. They have one little girl—Annie.
Mr. McGinity was an active man in the public life of his former place of residence, and has
been an active member of the society of [. O. O. F. since 1870, since which time he has passed
through all the orders of that society and the Encampment, and has represented his lodge
in the grand councils of the State. Mr. McGinity joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at
the age of eleven years, and has been an active and honored member for thirty-toree years,
holding the position of leader, steward and trustee for twenty-five years. 7

REV. J. B. MOKUNE, Pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, and sec-
retary of the diocese. Came to Kansas in June, 1880, where he became attached to this
diocese. Acted as Assistant Pastor until May, 1881, and was then installed as Pastor.
Father McKune was born in Scranton, Pa., January 14,1853. Received his classical educa-
tion at St. Charles College, near Baltimore, Md., then entered the St. Charles Seminary at
Philadelphia, Pa., where he pursued his philosophical and theological studies. He then
took a chair in St. Viator’s College, Kankakee, Ill. Was ordained Deacon, Sub-deacon
and Priest by Bishop Fink, in Leavenworth, Kan., in March, 1880. He then returned to
Kankakee to fill out a contracted year, and in June, 1880, returned to Leavenworth. Father
McKuue’s principal work has been carrying to a successful issue the building of. a Catholic
suhag} tor oys attached to the diocese.

came to America in 1854 with his people, at an early age, who settled in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
where they remained until 1861, when they settled here, where Mr. McLarkey was reared
and identified with the railroad industry. After serving a short time as brakesman he was
made baggageman; after following that line for about a year anda half he accepted
aconductorship, with which he has been reputably connected since—a space of thirteen
years out of fifteen in the employ of the C., R. I. & P. R. R. here. In 1875 he married Miss
Grace La Bruner, a native of Indianapolis, Ind. ‘They have a family of two daughters and
one son—Gertrude, Gracie and Edward Leo, Inthe present year Mr. McLarkey established
the brick manufacture, which he proposes to conduct actively as the demand of the
market requires, reg ja ‘

L. MCLAUGHLIN, locomotive engineer Kansas Central Division Union Pacific Rail-
way, was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., January 30,1849. His parents moved from
there to Mercer County, Mo. He commenced his railroad life in 1873, ia the locomotive
department of the G., R. I. & P. R. R,, with headquarters at Trenton, Mo, 1n August be-
caine connected with the Kansas Central in the shops at the West End. In October, 1879,
removed to Leavenworth; was in the shops there a month or two, and then commenced fir-
ing on the road, and ashorttime later was given charge of an engine, Mr. McLaughlin
was married in Grundy County, Missouri, September 5, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Craw. ord,
who died, leaving one child—Lovey M. He was married to his present wife April 5, 1878,
in Grundy Gounty, Mo. She was Miss Libbie Masters, of that county. They have two chil-
dren—Mary and Nicholas.

. KR. MeNARY, U. S. Commissioner, was born February, 1823, in Washington,
Washington Co., Pa., and educated at Jefferson College, at Cannonsburg, Pa. April 18, 1861,
he enlisted as a private in Company E. Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, beiag
at that time Colonel of the Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. On April 19, 1861, he
was appointed Orderly Sergeant, and from May 9th Lo end of term of service (ninety days)
acted as First Lieutenant aud Kegimental Quartermaster, He was appointed Post Quarter-
master at Pittsburg and served until February 2, 1862, and was - hen appointed Quarter-
master of the One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan ry, which position he
held until April14, 1862, wheu he was detailed as Quartermaster of the Third Brigade,
First Division, Third Army Corps, and served until June, 1863, when he was wounded at
Kingston, N. G., and assigned to duty at New Haven, Conn., on Gen. Hunt’s staff, to estab-
lish a draft rendezvous iu that city. He remained there until September, 1863, and then
returned to his position as Quartermaster of the Third Brigade (having in the meantime
returned to the army and received a wound at Gettysburg, which obliged him to return to
New Haven). He served as Quartermaster of the Third Brigade untii February, 1864
and was then appointed Superintendent of Negro Affairs, depot of Albermarle, on Gen,
Wessel’s stat, He was taken prisoner April 20,1864, in North Carolina, where he was
stationed, and was carried first to Andersonville where he remained three weeks, and
then to aprison in Macon, Ga., from which he escaped, but was recaptured and taken to

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Madison, Ga. He again made his escape after being held one night, and was again recap-
tured and taken to Augusta, Ga, On attempting his escape froin this prison, he was
caught and taken back to Macon; from there to Cnarleston jail-yard: thence to Columbia,
S, C., and thence to the prisoners’ hospital at Rickerville, uear Charleston, He was ex-
changed in November, 1864, and taken to Annapolis, Md., his weight having been reduced,
since his imprisonment, from 155 to 72 pounds. He remained in the hospital at Annapolis
until early in 1865, when he was sent to Madison, Wis.,as Quartermaster of Camp Ran-
dall, and after remaining there a shorttime was ordered to Newberne, N. C., to report for
duty, but no duty being assigned htm, he was mustered out July, 1865. and returned to
Washington, Pa, where he remained until he came to Kansas. uring his service in the
army he was shot four times and received one sabre wound, He was married as Cadiz,
Ohio, to Eleanor R. Grove, a native of that place, They have six children-—Tillie J., (now
Mrs. Rev. J. C. Williamson, of Washington, Iowa,) Oliver C., Eleanor R., Maria Nettie,
Hettie and James E. Mr. McNary is a member of G. A. R. and_ Department Chaplain of
the Association. He is also Treasurer of the Association of Ex-Prisoners of War, Depart-
ment of Kansas.
‘JOHN P. MADDEN, proprietor of Painting and glazing establishment, came to Karsas
in 1859; remained for a short time and returned again in 1861, and has'been engaged in his
present business since he located here, in 1861. Is a member of the Catholic Mutual Bene-
t Association; igs a native of Ireland, born in September, 1838._ Was nine years,old when
he came to this country. Has lived in Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa and Louisiana. Was
married in Leavenworth, Kan., in April, 1868, to Miss Mary Keating, who was born in Ire-
Jand, They had eight children, seven of whom are now living, viz: Mary, Anna, Katy,
Alice, Thomas, Gerty and Stella. Mr. Madden has been a member of the Kansas Militia.
LIEU L. DAVID L. MAGRUDER, Surgeon U. 8. A., Med

o '. edical Director of
the Department of the Missouri, was born in Maryland; appointea from Virginia, Febru-
ary.1, 1850, Assistant-Surgeon with rank of First Lieutenant; promoted to rank of Cap-
tain: February: 1, 1855, and Major Surgeon April 16, 1862; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel,
March 13, 1865, for faithful ant meritorious services during the war. The doctor was
stationed at St. Louis from the spring of 1877 to the spring of 1880, when be came to Fort
Leavenworth, as Medical Director of the Department of the Missouri; was promoted Lieu-
tenant-Colonel June 30, 1882. ; : ‘

JOHN J. MALONE, with H. W. Gillett, wholesale dealer in liquors, is a native of Bucks
County, Pa., and came to Kansas in 1856 with his people, at the age of seven years. Since
arriving at manhood he has been identified with the liquor interests Of the place, and has
been actively connected with the wholesaling of it since 1881. Mathew Malone, father of
John J. Malone, was bornin Athlone, [reland, in 1826, and caineto America with his people
at the age of twelve years, who settled in Bucks County, ra. After coming here was act-
ively engaged in-contracting until the Rebellion, when, as an avowed Free-states man, he en-
tered the service of his State in Company C, First Kansas, as Second Lieutenant, and
remained in active service until 1863, when, on account of wounds received in action, he
resigned as First Lieutenant, Company C. After the war he accepted a position on the civic
police force, with which he remained until 1878. In December of that year he departed this

ife, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery here.

M. MANDY, general groceries, was born in Belgium in 1837, and came to America in
1851 with his people, who settled in New York State, where he was reared and educated. In
1357 he came West, and after traveling through the Western States be enlisted in Chicago
in the United States military service; was mustered in in St. Louis, and appointed here,
After doing service in Colorado, he returned in 1865, and followed carpentering business
till 1867. He then took up mercantile business in East Leavenworth, and carried it on till
1863. Hethen returned here and has been actively connected with his trade and mercan-
tile business principally since. In 1877 he married Mrs, Clara Smith, a native of Germany.
They havea family of four sons and four daughters.

 

HON. NEWTON MANN, Probate Judge, was born in Harlem Township, Delaware Co.,
Ohio, March 19, 1844. He received his collegiate education at the Ohio Wesleyan Unt-
versity, at Delaware, and commenced teaching when _he was seventeen. In August, 1866,
he located in Leavenworth -County, five miles from Leavenworth City, and until 1870 was
employed in teaching and studying law, commencing practice however in 1868. In 1870
he removed to Tonganoxie, and was Police Judge there one year, and then City Clerk until
the summer of 1876, practicing law inthe meantime. In the fall of 1876 he was elected
Probate Judge, and inthe following December removed to Leavenworth. He held the
position two years, and was again elected tu thesams place in 1880. He was married in
Union City, Ind.,in December, 1870, to Elizabeth H. Wambaugh, a native of Franklin
County, Oita. They buried thelr oldest child. Mabel... when tiirbeon months old. Their

ving children are: is Eugene, Newton Earle an ertrude Ellen. Judge Mann i
member of the Christian Church, and of [. 0. O. F. e ae
THAN A. MANN, attorney, cameto Leavenworth July 9, 1877, and since that time
has been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession in the city. He was
associated with his brother, Newton, in business until the latter was elected Probate Judge,
Mr. Mann was born in Centerville, Delaware Co.,- Ohio, August 24, 1854, and was educated
at Audubon University, from which iustitution he graduated in 1874, and at Michigan
University, graduating from the law department of the latter in the class of 1877. Heis a
memberoft A. F.& A. M., 1. 0. 0. F. Metropolitan Lodge, Independent Order of American
giczens and Fidelity Phi, a legal association, being the only member of the latter society in
ansas.

CHARLES G. MANLOVE, agent of the United States and Pacific Express Companies;
appointed to present position in March, 1879. Mr. Manlove was born in Madison, Jefferson
Co., Ind., December 4, 1843. In 1844 his parents located in Lafayette County, Wis. About
1850 they moved to Sheboygan, Wis., and a short time afterward settled in Rockford, Ill.
Charles G. received his education in the latter city. In 1863 he enlisted for three years in
Battery EB, First Raziment, Ulinois Lisht Artillery, and served until the close of the war.
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450 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

clerking. In 1867 he moved to Kansas City, where he became connected withthe United Department at Washington, D.C. Mr. Muyo isa director of the German Bank, a director
States Express Company, remaining with the company there in different positions until ofthe Board of Trade; has been a member of the Board gor fedneatlon for the last oe
1870. The next three years was engaged in the mercantile business in Kansas City, closing years, and is now serving on his | secondterm. Heisa mem wy 0! i; be 1874. 00 Wiss Blog
out in 1873. He went to Chicago and was again connected with the United States Express 0. F. He was married at Palmer’s Corners, Monroe Co., Ni 7 aren 4 a Walter be ana
Company. In 1976 tnoved to St. Josep, 0., to take postion there as cashier for the ox: us: Aer Oe Genesee County, N. Y. They have three children: red D., a

ss company, where he remained until he moved to Leavenworth to take present posi- amuel M, sis
Bon in March 1879, Mr. Manlove was first married October 8, TB71, to iss annie E. J. P. MARSHALL, dealer in roasted coffee, teas, spices, and general Brocerles; buat=
Smith. in Kansas Uity, Mo., by whom he had one child, Jennie J. After the death of his ness established 1868. Mr. Marshall is a native of Pittsburg, Pa., an eda lowed it
first wife, he was again married in. Fort Madison, Iowa, January 10 1879, to Miss Emma __ tile business in 1851,,a8 clerk, at the age of twelve years, in his natives ie 1858, when he
E. Zimmerman, of that place. He has three children—Jennie J., Charles @.. Jr..and Arthur there till 1856, whet he came here, and was in actlve connection w fully there to

- Mr. M. is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of King Solomon Lodge,A.F. & A.M. went to the mountains and followed mercantile business and minin Asse : ce re or

GEORGE W. MANLEY, engineer, was born in Knox County, Ill.,in 1854, and located a few years, when.he returned here and carried on an art gallery t int 8, Hatta ate,
in Kansas in 1865, at the age of ten years. Mr. Manley began as fireman on railway engine, lished the present business, with which he has been almost cont: uous con nee ence.
and continued as fireman and engineer, principally upon K. C, R’y, for eight years. He The business in which Mr. Marshall was then dealing was genera proce on Me acety:
then took a train as conductor, and remained-as such for two years, when, on account of has engaged:in teas and roasting coffees, of which he makes a specia ty. a7 ihe ably con.
disabilities, he took up stationary engine work, and has continued at it since. In 1881he Jished a business {in general merchandise in Arkansas City, Kansas, whic! th asthe 3
married Miss Cora E, Weisman, a native of Vinton County, Ohio. “ducted for a few years,during which time he was prevailed upon to enter upon Cee

FERDINAND MARCHEFKE, grocer, came to Kansas’ in 1859, and locatedin Leaven- _ of the site of the present famous Gueda Mineral Springs, whic! he hae een Nery cr eae
Forth. He atterwatd went ie Niles, Mich, and#remained there until 1861, when he enlisted develo Ing to the public benefit, aud sehich promise 60 highly and have alneady

n the Second chigan Volunteer Infantry and fought with that regiment durin, e war shed such favor: ie eae |
and re-enlisted as awetera He was wounded on the 17th day of June, 1862, fear Malvern B DR. 8S. A. MARSHALL, retired, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1818, nnd received ils
.Hill, Va., and on the 30th day of June, 1864, before Peterburgh, Va. At thecloseofthe terary educationin Maine. At the B86 of nineteen hetook up the Soe vil 18 when he
war, in 1866, he came to Kansas, and engaged in his present business. Heisamember of and began the practice in Pennsylvania, which he carried on pe vel yun Pe gay he
‘the K. of P., Red Men, and the Workingmen societies, and the G. A. R. Heisanative of located inthis city, and has been prominently identified with prever ence SP foneeone
Russia, and was twenty-four years old when he came to America, and has resided in Mich-- married Miss Mary A. Reeder, 2 native of Pennsylvania. They | Byes an Eke wowth and
igan and Kansas. He was married in Leavenworth, in 1873, to Miss Amanda Goertz. They and five daughters living. Dr. Marshall has always taken an act ve p i n f ie THe oae
have had four children—Adaline, William, Annie and Clara, : development of the church and school life of Leavenworth since oca ing here. é Ht is

F. G. MARKART, salesmau of the lumber industry of A. J. Angell, was hornin Saxony, instrumental in establishing the First Christian Church hereand prea e a ere ae pted
Germany, in 1845, and came to America in 1860, and settled in Muscatine, Iowa, where he tn that connection inthe State. He organized the first board o schoo pues a Guetdwin
was reputably connected with his present industry until 1878, when he located here in every way the growth of that interest in this city. He was Captain oF 7 e Marsbalt
and has been’ prominently identified with the present firm since. In1867he married early times here, and during the war recelved the appointment of Pos' rovost }

Miss Margaret Haigh, a native of Pennsylvania. They have a family of two sons and two during the Price raid, of the Post of Leavenworth City.

daughters—Mary, Emma, Louisand Frank. Mr. Markart did active service during the
war in Company OC, Thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Has been in active connection as ° $
a member of the I, O. O. F.and A. O. U. W. societies for several years.

FRANK W. MARSHALL,agent American Sewing Machines,and the Montreal Singer,—
also dealer in new and secondhand books, Business established in 1870. Mr. Marshall was
born in Binghamton, N.Y., May 8,1838. His parents moved to Eaton Co., Mich., in 1838, and
1848 settled in Ohio. Frank W. was then engaged in millwrighting business, During the
war was connected with the Sanitary Commission, and served for three months as a.
volunteer in the Nineteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, In 1863 he settled in
eavenworth, where he engaged in printing for a number of years, and then established
Present business.. Mr. Marshall was married in Leavenworlh, Kansas, January 11, 1865,
to Miss Mary C. Wagh,of that ci She died leaving one child,Frank A. He was married
in Leavenworth, February 11, 1869, to Miss Euphronia Syfritt. They have three children
—Willie J. P. Mary E. and Martha J.

REV. H. c. M RSHALL, Pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, took present
charge in October, 1879. Mr. Marshall was born in Beaver Co.. Pa., May 4,1849. His first
studies were in Beaver Academy, in his native county, He then spent one year at Tiell
College, at Greenville, Pa. and finished his classical studies at Westminster College, New
Wilmington, Pa. In 1876 he entered the Union Seminary, at New York City, where he
took a full theological course, graduating in 1879. Immediately after moved to Kansas.
“Mr. Marshall was married in Leavenworth, August 2, 1882, to Miss Allie, a daughter
of J. E. Brown, Esq., of Leavenworth.

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H. MILES MOORE, one of the pioneers of Leavenworth County, and one of the original

Proprietors of the town of Leaveuworth, was born September 3, 1826, in the village of

rockport, N. ¥. Left an orphan when only one year of age, he nevertheless in his youth
received the advantage of acommon school education, and in later years an academic
course at Clarkson and Brockport Academies.’ He commenced his legal studies at Clarkson
and completed his course with Messrs. Lee & Farrer, of Rochester, N. Y., being admitted
to the bar In the latter city. in 1848. Mr. Moore then emigrated to the South, and from 1848
to 1850, was engaged inthe practice of law in Louisiana; thence he removed to Westo!
Ptatte Co., Mo., and In addition to his professional duties, wasa member of the editorial .
staff of the Weston Reporter, In 1854 he removed to the Territory of Kansas, at the time of ‘
his removal sympathizing with the South and believing in her institutions. Mr. Moore did
not shut his eyes to the outrages he witnessed in those early days, nor did he refuse to
draw just and independent conclusions of his own, and according!y, he says, took his posi-

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- tion as an active, influential champion of Free-state principles and poticy. In 1855, on the
/ e adoption of the Topeka constitution, he was elected Attorney General of the Territory, and

 

in 1857 a representative to the Legislature of Leavenworth County. He was again epre- .
sentative in 1868, and the same year was elected City Attorney of Leavenworth, being *
three times re-elected and several times appointed to the same position, He is an active
and prominent member of the Democratic party, having been Secretary of the State Dem-
ocratic Committee eight years. He early became a member of the Masonic fraternity, and
was one of the incorporators of Leavenworth Lodge No. 2, A. F. & A.M. Mr. Moore was
married September 15, 1857, to Miss Linna F. Kehoe, who was born at Fairfax Court

z House, Va., reared and educated in Wavhin ton, D. C., and is a graduate of Georgetown
LEWIS MAYO, dealerin farm machinery, located in Leavenworth in May, 1866. In Convent. ‘They have one child, Marry M. He hasa large and lucrative law practice. He
July of the same year he engaged in the grocery trade, in which he continued until 1878, | was the candidate of the Democratic party i

 

b n Kansas at the late election -(1882) for At-

when he commenced his present business. dealing in all kinds of agricultural and farm Iin- rary General for the State, and was only defeated by a few thousand votes ina State of ‘
lements—wholesale and retail. Mr. Mayo was born in Albion (Little Britain), Edwards 40,000 Republican majority; he carried his own county by nearly 2.000 majority. He is .
‘o., Lil, August 17, 1840, 1n 1858 he removed from his native place to Wayne County, Iil., one of the live, energetic men of the State, highly respected and esteemed b all parties, ‘

where he remained until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, Kighty-Seventh His long alld active experience and strict political inte: rity, places him in the front rank as 4

IHinois Volunteers, asa private, was promoted to First Lieutenant, and then to Captain, one of the political leaders of his party inthe State. @ is frequently called the Old War :

 

emained in active service until February, 1865, when he received his discharge on Horse of theparty. No man in the city of Leavenworth has done more to advance her in-- _ *
BOSvHIe of disability caused by wounds received at the mouth of White River, having prior terests since the day of her first settlement up tothe present hour than Mr. Moore. Inre- ~~
to his discharge participated in all the battles in which his command had been engaged. ligious belief Mr. Moore is an active member of the Episcopal Church, ~

‘From April, 1864, to October of same year he served as Brigade Adjutant. From the time CHRISTIAN MEYER, general groceries, was born in Prussia, in 1826, and was con- %
of leaviug the service until he located in Leavenworth, he was employed in the Treasury nected with grocery basiness theretill 1855, when he came to America, and after traveling :
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through the country, he settled here April 9, 1857, and has b é
' . een actively connected with
the grocery businéss since. In 1864 he married Miss Catherine Heller, 7 native of Wur-
temburg, Germany, who came to America in 1864, aged twenty-four years, They have one
aughter—Sophia. Mr. Meyer has by steady and persistent industry raised his business
from a very small one toa splendid trade, and has secured a very Valuable competency in
mGABE LAFAYETTE MILLS, 4
Tt. ILLS, deceased, was born and reared in Schuyler Co., N. Y., In
1852, and at the age of twenty-five years he located here, and soon atter received an ‘ap-
poln ment as Chief Clerk of the’ Quartermaster’s Department, of the Department of the

Issourls with which incumbency he was reputably connected until 1864,when he resigned
his position and engaged in dealing in Government vouchers, which he ably carried on for
several years. In 1873, Uctober I, he departed this life, and is buried in Mount Muncie

t ent official and a benevolent citizen.
He always took an active interest in the growth and development of the social and:indus-
trial life of Leavenworth since his coming here. He was an active memberat the A. F. &
A. -M. society for several years, of. which he was at his deatha Knight Templar. Mrs.
Catherine Mills, nee Mills, was bornand reared in Schuyler Co., N. Y., 2nd was married
to deceased May 26,1847,and shared with him in his early jife here. She has two daughters
—Virginia now Mrs. Lieut. Frank Halsey Mills, of Fort Dill, 1. T., and Katie now Mrs.
McCown Hunt, of Leavenworth, ; :

JAMES MORNING, superintendent of the Leavertworth Woolen Mills, was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1840, His parents came to the United States in- 1850, and settled in
New Hampshire, The sabject of this sketch commenced his experience in his present busi-
ness in that State, holding different positions in the woolen mili
to Rhodé [sland and New-~Jersey. e enlisted in 1861 1n Company D., First Regiment,
Rhode Island Vobunteers for three months, served out his time and again enlisted in 1863
imthe‘Second Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He
returned to New Jersey and resumed his business. In 1868 he moved to Illinois to take the
position of superintendent of the Aurora Woolen Mills. In 1873 he removed to Kansas to
take charge of the Buell Manufacturing Co.’s Woolen Mulls at Blue Rapids. He has since
held the same position in mills in Connecticut, . He was appointed to the present position in
the spring of 1882. Mr..Morning was married in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1B66 to Miss Annie
putes, of that city. They have three children, Carrie A., Flora I. and Albert B. Mr. M. ts
Past Chan, of the K. of P. of Blue Rapids, Kan. =

_ ANDREW MUNSCH, Prgorietor of the French hotel, corner Second and Shawnee streets,
was born on the 30th of November, 1821, in Oderen, Cantoh St. Mary, Arrondissement
Belfort, department Haut-Rhin. He was educated in the weaving business. From 1842 to
1844, he was in the service of the French army. From 1844 to 158, he was foreman in his
busiuess. {n 1846 he married Emily Schaller. In 1855 he emigrated to this country, and
located in Vincennes, Ind., aud worked as a carpenter. In 1857
and worked as a carpenter. In 1860 he wentto Denver, Col., and in 1862 he enlisted there
in the Second Colorado Cavalry Volunteers, and was honorably discharged in 1865. On ac-
count of wounds and disability received in service, he was ‘abAt for his profession, and he
opened a saloon and restaurant. His wife died in 1875 in Leayenworth, leaving two chil-
dren, Philibertand Marie Munsch, now in San Francisco, Califarnia. In 1879 he married
Mrs. Margaret Niehaus nee Hellman, who had three children by her former marriage,
Frederick, Eliceand John Niehaus. He has had, by hls second wife, two children, Ther-
esia Rosa and Marle Magdalena Munsch. Mr. Andrew Munsch isa member of Custer Post

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“STEPHEN NAEHER, dealer in hats, caps and géneral merchandise, boots and shoes,
groceries, notions, queens ware, liquors and cigars, at the corner of Fourth and Elm streets.
Mr, Naeher came tu Kansas September 23, 1872, and located in Leavenworth, and has re-
mained here since. Mr. Naeher is a native of Baden, Germany, was born December 24,
1855, and was sixteen years old when he came to America and located in the city of Leav-
euworth, He was married in Leavenworth, November 3, 1881, to Miss Rosie Rapp, who
was born in Lexington, Mo. They have one child, an infant, Amelia. Mr, Naeher is one of
the most promising and prosperous young business menin Leavenworth. He is a member
of the Knights of Pythias, and belongs to the Turner’s Society. —
5. F. NEELY, M. D., is a native of Saycock Townsnip, Lancaster Co., Pa. He was edu-
cated at Pennsylvania Colle; ‘e, and at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from the
former in March, 1861, and from the latter in March, 1865. He commenced the practice of
medicine in York County, Pa., and at the breaking out of the war was Examining Surgeon
for the first draft made at Gettysburg, and Acting Surgeon of the One Handred and Sixty-
Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was_afterwards connected with Gen. Sher-
-man’s army, doing hospital duty at Jeffersonville, Ind., and Kingston, Ga., as Assistant
Surgeon of Volunteers. After graduating from the -University of Pelnsy iy ans he prac-
ticed in Chester County, Pa., until he moved‘ to Kansas. and settled at Leavenworth, in
April, 1869. Dr. Neely isa member of the Kansas State Medical Society, and was first
President of Eastern. District Medical Association of Kansas. He is also a member of the
orders ofA, F, & A. M., 1.0, 0. F., K. of P., K. of H.,-American Legion of Honor and the
Kansas Benevolent Society. = i 2
GEORGE W. NELLES, agent K. C, St. Jo. & C. B. R. R., was appointed to the present
position in 1872, and has since retained it. Mr. Nelles. was born in Hamilton, Can-
ada, September 7%, 1831. He was educated in his native town. In 1853 he moved
to Peru, Lil, and two years later _to Muscatine, Iowa, He was engaged in the
mercantile business in these cities. In 1857 he moved-to Kansas and settled in Leaven-
worth. In 1859 he was appointed eneral agent in Leavenworth of the H. & St. Jo. R. BR.
position he tilled up to 1872.. Mr, Nelles was married in Peru, Ill., December
Miss Virginia Hobbs, of Peru. They have two children, George T. and Edwin R. Mr.N.
is a prominent member of the Episcopal Church. He has been senior warden for fifteen
years. He is also a member of the K. of H., aud isa Knigh.Templar in the Masonic frater-
hity. ead
F. P, NEWMAN, master car builder, Kansas Central Division of the U. P, R. R., was
appointed to the present position May 1, 1882. Mr. Newman was born in Wyandotte Coun-
ty Kan., June 18,1857. The first white boy born in that county. His parents settled in
Quindaro, Wyandotte County, in 1857, and moved to Wyandotte in 1860. F. P. was educa-
ted in Wyandotte. In 1873 he wentinto the K. P. R. R. shops in that town. The shops
were movedto Armstrong, Kan., in 1874. He continued with this company as pattern
maker and car:vuilder until appointed tothe present position. Mr. Newuian was married
in Wyandotte, Kan., in October, 1878, to Miss Etta Johnston, of Lafayette, Ind. They have
two children, Leroy Corwin and Earl. ao
PHIL. J. O’NEIL, mechanical engineer, and head draughtsman of the Great Western
Manufacturing Company, is a uative of Dublin, Ireland, was boro in 1844, and came to
America in 1846 with his people, who settled in Ohio, where he was reared and educated.
His literary education was obtained at the public schools of that State, and he completed
his profession of machinist in 1862, woen he engaged in the war and did active service un-
til its end, when he was honorably discharged. After the war he turned his attention to
his profession and to the scudy o: fraugaung and millwright work. In 1870 he located in
Osborne County, Kan., and was active there until 1875, when he accepted his present posi-
tion, which he has very reputably held since. In 1872 he married Miss Saran L. Sears, a
native of Wisconsin. They have one son and one daughter, Grace and Eddie. He has been an
active member of the A. F & A. M, society since 1872, and of the K. of H. society since its
organization. :
ey W. NIEHAUS, county clerk, was born September 1, 1842, in St. Louis, Mo., living in
that city until he enlisted, iu the spring of 1863, in the Eighth Missouri Volunteer Infantry.
He afterwards raised Company B, of the Fortieth Missouri Infantry, of which he was com-
missioned Second Lieutenant, in the spring of 1864, and sérved in that position until he was
mustered out, August 10, 1865. After remaining a short time in St. Louis, he came to
Leavenworth, September 19, 1865, and was engaged in business about six years; was then
deputy county clerk six years, and is now serving his third term as county clerk, He was
Married in Leavenworth, euaey 6, 1870, to Miss Clara T. Webster, a native of Vermont;
they have one child, Kate Webster. ‘ ,
RTEPHEN L. NORTH came to Leavenworth March 14, 1857, and until 1867 was prin-
cipally engaged in real estate operations andfarming. In 1867-68 he engaged in manufac-
turing buggies and carriages iu connection with Nelson Jennings, and for the last nine
years has been in the carriage manufacturing at the penitentiary. About 275 vehicles per
ear are turned out, principally for the Texas trade. Some fifty men are ei ployed “foriy=
ive convicts and tive others. Mr. North was born in Olive, Ulster Co.,N. Y., January
2,°1827. In 1855 he removed to Iitlinois, residing one yearin Chicago and. one year in Au-
rora. ‘He was married in Olive, Ulster Co., N. Y., to Imogene D. L, Montanya, who
died April 8, 1854, leaving one child, Uriah C., woo is superintendent of the manufactur-
ing business at the penitentiary. Yn 1855 Mr. North was married to Maria J. Purdy, of
Greene County, N. Y._ Their four children are—George Willis, Edward W., Marion I. and

 

 

 

 

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Frederick A. ‘Mr. and Mrs. North are both energetic and outspoken temperance workers,

Mr. North being a member of the various temperance societies in the city, and an honorary
member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Unton. Mrs.-North is one of the most active
members of the latter society, being largely instrumental in establishing and maintaining
the library and reading room connected with the W.C.T.U.of Leavenworth. in
. E, OWEN, freight agent of the L.,T.&S. W. R. RK. Appointed to present position
August 19, 1882. Mr. Owea was born in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, December 2, 1857.
His parents moved to Albia, Lowa, in 1862. He commenced the study of telegraphy at
Hastings, Neb., in 1871, inthe railroad otfice. ie the fallof 1876, went to Lincoln to take
the position of cashier in the freight otfice of the A. & N. Division of the B. & M. R. R.
The following year was appointed agent of the K. C., St. Jo. & C. B. R, R., at East Leaven-
worth. In 1878, was appvinted agent of the Kansas Central Railroad at Leavenworth, a
osition he retained until 1881. In November, 1881, took a position on the A., T. &S. F.
R R. as agent at Halstead, Kansas, where he remained until appointed to present position.
Mr. Owen was married in Leavenworth, Kansas, August 4, 1878, to Miss Dora Cawthorn,

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of that city. They have one child—Percy LeForest. Mr. O. isa member of the K. of H. of
Leavenworth.

Vv. W.N. PAGE, D. D., Pastor First Presbyterlan Church. Took present charge in
June, 1873. His work since he came to this field has been very successful. He found the
church $6,000 In debt, and in a depressed condition. They are now free of debt and show
the largest increase of membership in the State. Under Doctor Page’s charge the church
membership has increased from 140 to 400, and the Sunday-school from 100 to 450 mem-
bers. Dr. Page was born in Chelsea, Vt., April 4, 1837. His parents moved to Pontiac,
Mich., about 1868, where they both died when the su bject of our sketch was about eight
years of age. In 1855 he moved to Ontario County, N, Y., where he engaged in clerking in
Canandaigua. In 1857 began studying, ePenaratory, for college, with the intention of
adopting law as a profession. He entere amilton College in 1859, and graduated in 1863,
receiving a regular diploma of-class of 1863, though absent a part of the course, He enlist-
ed in 1862, in the Twenty-fourth Battery of Light Artillery, with a number of other college
boys. He was discharged for promotion in 1868, and ordered home to raise a company.
He succeeded in raising 100 men, which were consolidated with other regiments when he
leftthe army. He decided to enter the ministry. In the fall of 1863 heentered Auburn
Theological Seminary, at Auburn, N. Y., gpaduating in 1866, taking a full course. His first
charge was at Trumansburgh, N. Y., commencing in 1866 and coun nulng Lareueh 1868. He
was then called to take charge of the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville, Florida.
In 1870, on account of theill health of his children, he resigned and took a charge at
Amenia, Dutchess County, N. Y., where he remained until called toa charge in Leaven-
worth, Kansas. The Highland University of Kansas conferred upon Mr, page the degree
of D. D., in 1878. Mr, Page was married in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, N. Y., to Miss
Jennie N., youngest daughter of Hon. Reynold Peck. They have three children living—
William R. (now studying for the law at Hamilton College), Alice and May, The Doctor is
a Knight Templariu the Masonic fraternity. Heis also a member of the Leavenworth
uodge No. 1285, K. of H., and of the Kansas Benevolent Society of Salina, Kansas.

M. W. PATTERSON, locomotive engineer Kansas Central Division, U. P. R. R., was
born in Platte County, Mo., October 20, 1852. His parents moved to Leavenworth in 1859.
He received his education at the Catholic schools in that city. In 1872 became connected
with the C., R. I. & P. R. R., as employe in the shops, remaining in this position until 1876.
He then commenced with the Kansas Central Railroad as fireman; was promoted to engin-
eer in 1878. Mr, Patterson was married in Leavenworth, July 33, 1871, to Miss Sarah C.
Hoffner, of that city. They have four children—Charles W., Edwin J., Joseph and William.

Mr. P, is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

J.W. PARK, Jr., member of the firmof J, F. Richards & Co., was born in Boston,
Mass., January, 1842. He was educated in that city, and resided there until 1862, when he
moved to Kansas and settled in Leavenworth, where he was engaged in the ary Roads busi-
ness, in which he continued until 1867, when he became connected with J. F, Richards &
Co. Mr. Park was married in Leavenworth, Kan., July 21, 1864, to Miss Olive Dodd, of that
city. They have five children—Willlam J., Florence, Dana, Helen and Eugene. He isa
prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity, the Lodge, Chapter, Council and Command-
ery, all of Leavenworth. Is also a Thirty-second Degree S. P. R.S.

CHARLES PEAPER, assistant cashier of the German Bank, was born in Amsterdam,
Holland, February 11,1845. He was educated in France, Germany and Belgium, and came
to America in 1862, remaining one year in New York. He then entered the navy as hos-
pital steward, which position he occupied about eighteen months, and then returned to New

ork and remained there until he entered the army and came to Leavenworth in 1865,
where he served on detached duty three.years in the Adjutant General’s office. He was then
bookkeeper for Rohling & Co. four years, and in 1870 entered the German Savings Bank as
bookkeeper. He served one year in that capacity, and was then assistant cashier until the
organization of the present German Bank, since which time he has been assistant cashier
of that institution. He was married in Leavenworth, in 1868, to Delia Roe, who died in
1879, leaving four chiidren—Alex. Ida, Birdie and Charlie. In April, 1881, he was again
married, in Leavenworth, to Mary B. Tholeh. Mr. P.isa member of the I. 0.0. F. and K,
ot P. and also a member of the School Board.

MATTHIAS PENNING, wagon and carriage manufacturer and general blacksmithing,
was born in Germany, in 1835, and was reared to his present business, his father having
carried on the business in Germany. In 1856 he came to America and settled here in 1857,
and has been identified with his present industry here principally since. In 1874 he ac-
cepted # postion in the employ of the United States Government at Fort Laramie, Wyoming,
with which he remained very successfully connected until 1881, when he returned here,
being desirous of placing his family in a better position regarding school facilities. In 1866
he inarried Miss Elizabeth Bramlage, who was born and reared in Ohio. They have a fam-
ily of two sons and two daughters—Mary, Matthias, Dena and Frank.

FRED PFEIFFER, cigar manufacturer, located in Leavenworth in the spring of 1867,
and has been engaged in his present business since that time, He was born in Prussia,
May 3, 1830, and came to America in 1855, locating first at Detroit, Mich. After a few
mouthy’ residence in that city he migrated to Mexico and Central America, then returned to
the States, and was for several years a resident of Dubuque, Iowa, and afterwards for six
years of Peoria, Itl., whence he removed to Leavenworth. He was married in Butler, Mo.,
January 13, 1877, to Laura (Pfeiffer) Mueller, a native of Saxony.

M. PHELAN, grocer, came to Kansas in April, 1862, and in 1864 engaged in the grocery
business in a sinall way, his sales the first year amounting to about $6,000. They have in-
creased since that time to about $90,000, the business giving employment to six men, be-
sides himself. Heisanative of County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he was born, November
10, 1833. He came to America in 1852, aud located near Ogdensburg, N. Y., where he re-
mained eight or ten years, and in 1862 came to Ft. Leavenworth in the paymaster’s depart-
ment, and continued in that position until he engaged in mercantile business. He is a
“member of the Catholie Church, of the Catholic Mutual ‘Benevolent Association, and has
been treasurer of the Fair Association for several years. He was married at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y., December 31, 1863, to Charlotte .C. ughes, of Madrid, St. Lawrence Co.,
N. ¥._ They have five children—Francis L., John M., Thomas J., Alice C. and Leo W.

FRED. PHIFER, groceries and cigars, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1849, and
came to America at a very early age with his people, who settled in Missouri, where he was
reared and educated, and learned the business of cigar maker, which he actively followed
there till 1863, when he came here and carried on the cigar manufacturing till recently,
when he established the present business, which he very ably represents. In 1869 he mar-
ried Miss M. R. Westenfelt, who was born in Prussia in 1846, and came to America in 1855,
with her people, who settled in Quincy, Iil., where she was reared and educated. Mr.
palter dit service in the Militia of his State during the war, from which he was honorably

ischarged,

_ J. M. PICKARTS, vinegar manufacturer, is a native of Prussia, and was born in 1835.
and engaged as an apprentice at his business at the age of sixteen, which he completed in
his native country. In 1854, he came to America, and was identified with his business in
the Western States until 1859, when he located here and engaged at it as principal, and has
very reputably carried it on here since, He married, in 1860, Miss Thekla Wey, a native of
Saxony, who came to America in 1849, with her people, who settled in Milwaukee, where
she was reared and educated. Tuey have a family of four sons and two daughters. The
manufactory is pleasantly located. It consists of a union of two buildings, two stories high,
and basement and cellars, One building is 28x80, used for manufacturing purposes en-
tirely, and is furnished with all the latest improvements necessary to the business; is run
by steam power, of twenty-horse capacity. The other is 36x50, and is principally used as a
storeroom and warehouse. Mr, Pickarts began the manufacture of vinegar upon a capac-
ity of about two barrels per day, but the increasing demand for this vinegar has so encour-
aged him to enlarge upon hisdusiness, as to now have a capacity of about fifty barrels per
day. Water is furnished by never-failing springs, upon the premises. Mr. Pickarts is enabled
to make all kinds of vinegar in the market, and bas so maintained the reputation of his
manufacture, as to control the trade, in a great measure of the States west of the Missouri

~ aud to compete successfully with the trade East,

HON. C. B. PLERCE, retired wholesale merchant, was born in Windsor County, Vt.,
in.1829. At the age of sixteen, he entered upon a course of study, unaided .by any, and in
1850, he graduated with honor from the Kimball Union Academy of New ‘Hampshire, in a
preparatory course. He then entered upon athorough literary course of study at Dart-
mouth College, New Hampshire, and in 1854 he graduated with honor as Bachelor of Arts.
He then entered upon a course uf lectures in lilinois, in connection with the cause of tem-
perance, and, after a successful connection with that vocation for one year, he wert South
and engaged at teaching in a planter’s family in Texas. In the meantime he was prosecut-
ing the study of law, from which he graduated inthe Albany Law School of New York
State in 1858. In September of that year he located here, and began the practice of law,
which he successfully prosecuted for several years, retiring from it in 1865 with a hand-
some competence, which he invested in wholesale merchandising, which he carried on very
successfully for ten years, retiring from it on the dissolution of the firm in 1875, with a

y amount of money, which he operates in real estate deals and mining enterprises. In
c life Mr, Pierce has always been an active worker in all measures tending toward the
development of the social and industrial life of Leavenworth. He drafted and compiled the
first civil code of laws for the city, being then City Attorney. In 1862, he was elected State
Senator from Leavenworth County, which office he held until 1864, and has been active in
many minor Jounicipal official positions. ; .

JOHN PINAIRE, carpenter and builder, is anative of France; was born in the De-
artmentof Daubs, in 1822; came to America in 1847, and settled in Indiana, and learned
is trade in Louisville, Ky., followed it there and in Indiana till 1857, when he came here,

and has actively carried iton here since. In 1857, he married Miss Mary Citot, a native of
Lorraine. They haveafamily of one son and five daughters—Lucine, Helen, now Mrs.
Byron Sherry, of Kansas City (attorney); Emily, now Mrs. John C. Ripley, of Fort Leav-
enworth; Sarah, Lulu, and Lucien. Mr. Pinaire has been an active worker in the develop-
ment of the social lifé of his locality since coming here,

 

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W. S. PLUMMER, inventor of Plummer’s Frult Dryer, permanently located in Leaven-
worth May 2, 1353, naving made previous visits in 1856 anl 1857. Until 1874 he was en-
gaged in saw-mill business, his mill, which was of a capacity of 25,000 feet per twenty-four

ours, being above the Planters’ House, at the corner of Kiowa and Main streets. In 1870
healso buitt a flouring mill, of five run of stone, and commenced the manufacture of flour.
Both these mills he sold in 1874, and_removed to California, where he lived one year, and
Subsequently four years in Oregon. He then returned to California and still lives there, his
present residence being at San Jose, where he is engaged in fruit evaporating, that having
been his business since his first residence in California. While residing in Leavenworth,
he was for two years Chairman of the County Board of Commissioners, and was Represent-
ative from the Nineteenth District in the Kansas Legislature. Mr. Plummer was born in
Nunda, Livingston Co., N. ¥., April 15, 1836. When eleven years of age he went to Green-
ville, Mercer Co.. Pa., and there learned the trade of machinist and millwright, with his
uncle, When he was eighteen, he went to Decorah, Iowa, and remained there two years,
and afterwards two years at Sioux City, working at his trade in both places, and removin
from the latter to Leavenworth. He married Fannie, daughter of John Clayton, a native 0:
England. They have two children—William L. and Kittie May. The fruit and vegetable
dryer, juvented by Mr, Plummer, has proved a most successful and profitable invention, his
fruit dfied by that process being superior to all others. Mr. P. was awarded the gold medal
at the Centennial &xhibition lu 1876, and also at the World’s Falr, in Paris, in 1878, for the
largest and best display, and the finest article of dried fruits inthe world. — -

MAJ. GEN. JOH. PO PE, was bornin Louisville, Ky.,March 16,1822. Hisfather was Judge
Nathaniel Pope, who afterwards moved to Springfield, lil, and became U. S. District J udge
Gen. Pope was appointed to. West Point, and graduated in 1842. He was appointed on
graduation Brevet Second Lieutenant of ‘Fopegraphical Engineers, and was 8 el yarn
wards detailed on the staff of Gen. Worth, in Florida, where he served till 1844. e was
then placed on duty under the State Department, on the Northeastern Boundary Survey,
where he remained until 1846. He was promoted to rank of Second Lieutenant May 9,1846.
Atthe outbreak of the Mexican war, he was detailed on the statf of Gen. Taylor,as Engineer
officer. He was breveted First Lieutenant at Monterey, September 23, 1846, and Captain
at Buena Vista, February 23, 1847. He served through the war on the staff of Gen. Taylor,
At the close uf the war with Mexico he was assigned to duty on explorations in Minnesota,
on the Red River of the North. During these explorations he made a voyage in birch bark
canoes through all the line of river and lake communication between the Red River and
the Mississippi, and down the latter river to Fort Snelling, in all a distance of twelve hun-
dred njiles. He was occupied on this duty during 1849 and 1850. His report was published
by Congress. In 1851 he was assigned to duty as Chief Kugineer officer of Department

o, Nine of New Mexico and Colorado, where he remained tiil 1853, when he was promoted

to First Lieutenant and assigned to command of the expedition to explore a route for the Pa-

cific Railway, along the thirty-second ueg. parallel of latitude, under act of Congress of 1853.

He prosecuted these exploratiéns until 1859. He was promoted to Cantal July 1,1856. Dur-
ing the year 1859 experiments were made under his direction with a view to obtaining

water on the Staked Plains by artesian boring. In 1860 he was placed on duty in construc-
tion of lighthouses on the Great Lxkes, Iu 1861 he was ordered to muster in troops ralsed
in Illingis for the war, He was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers, July, 1861, and
placed in the command of the District of Northern Missouri. In February, 1862, he was
assigned to command a Division for the reduction of New Madrid and Island No. Ten on
the Mississippi River. Both places were captured April 9, 1862, with the greater part of

the troops occupying them,and all the munitions and supplies of every kird, On March 21,

1862, he was commissioned Major General of Volunteers, He was then ordered to join

the army before Corinth, and assigned to command of an army corps entitled the

‘Army, of the Mississippl,” which formed the left wing of the army in the advance

on Corinth. .On the evacuation of the latter place, Gen. Pope was ordered to Wash-
ington. He was appointed Brigadier General in the Regular Army, and assigned aid to
the command of the Army of Virginia, which was composed of the First, Second aud Third

Army Corps, and was intended to cover Washington from the advance of troops from Rich-

mond, and to operate all lines of communication, leading North and West from Rich-
mond, as to relieve the Army of the Potomac from apprehended disaster on the James

River, and to draw off such efficient force from the Confederate armies which invested that

army, as to enable it to withdraw from the Peninsula without danger, and to be united to
the Army of Virginia before Washington. The history of the operations of the Army of

Virginia under command of Gen. Pope, forming as they do one of the great chapters in the

history of the war, must, or should be, familiar to all, and need not be entered into here.

The principal engagements during this campaign were Cedar Mountain, Kapahannock

Station, Bristoe Station, Second Bull Run, and Chantilly. At the conclusion of this cam-

paign, Gen. Pope was placed in command of the Departmentof the Northwest, where the

Sioux had broken out in Minnesota and committed horrible atrocities. Active operations

were immediately instituted against them, and after several battles between the Upper

Missouri and the Minnesota River, they were driven from Minnesota, to which they have

never returned. Thirty of the ringleaders in the tamous Minnesota massacre were cap-
tured and hung. In the winter of 1864 and 1865 he was placed in command of the Division
of the Missouri, and there remained till July of the same year, when he was placed in com-
mand of the Department of Missouri, including the West and Northwest from Texas tothe
British line. In October,1867, he was assigned the command of the Third Military District,
embracing Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Having completed the reconstruction and re-
organization of State governments January 1868, Gen. Pope was then ordered to command
the Department of the Lakes, where he remained till May 1, 1870, when he was ordered
to command the Department of the Missouri, in which command he has since remained.

He received his brevet as Major General in the Regular Army March 13, 1865, and his

commission as Major General, October 26, 1882. His first visit to Kansas was in 1851,when
he came to Fort Leavenworth, preparatory to starting across the plains for New Mexico.

J. W. PREST, Sheriff, has been a resident of Leavenworth since September 10, 1856.
For three years he was engaged as aclerk in a commission and groceryhouse, which posi-
tion he resumed after a year’s absence in Colorado. After clerking a year he engaged in the
grocery business with M. 8. Grant, and remained associated with him until 1869, the last
three years baing in seed and agricultural implement business. He was then for four years
farming, in Alexander Township, and then returned to Leavenworth and again engaged in
the agricultural implement business, which he carried on until 1881, being elected Sheriff
in the fall of that year. _He was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., April 23, 1830, and was mar-
ried in Leavenworth, in November, 1865. to Anna M. Barr, a nativeof Indiana. Their chil-
dren are—John B., Oscar 8., Grant R., Katie, Rovert, and a daughter two years of age. Mr
Prest isa memberofthe A. F, & A. M. and I. 0. 0. F.

MICHAEL PRSYBYLOWICZ came to Fort Leavenworth March 19, 1852, and remained
at that time six days. He then went to Weston, Mo., and after stopping a short time in that
town, went onto St. Joseph. In 1853, on his way to California, he stopped again, on the 21st
of March, at Fert Leavenworth, While in California he was steward of the Avenue House,
at Stockton, four months; then was at San Francisco six mouths, in the butchers’ business;
then again in Stockton in the restaurant business untll 1§56, when he returned to Leaven-
worth, arriving March 25. He went Into the butchering business and carried It on s{xteen
months, and was then taken sick and gave up that occupation, and commenced dealing in
realestate. He built the first brick house in Leavenworth, and rented if for a dry goods
store, and in 1858 he opened the Leavenworth House, on the north se aye Cherokee street,

 

 

between Second and Third streets. He was proprietor of the house ajont two years, then
rented jt until December, 1861, and then ran It again himself until he, sold out two years
later. He was then in grain and real estate speculations until 1866. . In 1867 he converted
all his property into cash, and leaving his family jn Leavenworth, went to Europe, and re-
mained about four months; then returned aud again engaged tn grain business, In which he
continued until April 1, 1868, when he purchased the property on the northwest corner of
Fourth and Cherokee streets, and built the Continental Hotel, which he opened in Decem-
ber, 1868. He was sole proprietor of this house ten months, and was then assoclated with
Mr. Gerges, until Mr, Fritsche became his partner, October 1, 1872, the two still being pro-
prietors of the hotel. Mr. P. was bornin Posen, Poland, August 24, 1826. He caine to Amer-~
ica in September, 1851, and landed in New York, where he remained two months, and after-
wards lived in Cincinnati uutil he came to Kansas. He was married in Leavenworth, in
1856, to Johanna Gerstenaeker, a native of Germany. He claims to have been the first man
married in Leavenworth, and his daughter Frances to have been the first white girl born in
the city. His children now living are—Michael, Mary, Henry, George W. and Rudolph.
FRANK RATTI, grocery and saloon, was born in Switzerland In 1848, and learned the
rofession of baker in early life, his father having carried on that business there. In 186,
e came to America, and settled here the same year, and followed his profession here for
several years. In 1882, he began his present business, and has ably conducted it since. In
1873, he married Miss Christina Meimersdorf, who was born in Seltles wig Holstein. They
have one son and two daughters living—Frank, Paulina, and Mary, and have buried their
second son, Paul, in the Greenwood Cemetery here.

OHN T. RELFE, of the firm of Relfe & McKenna, carpenters and builders, was born in
Missouri, and located here in 1861, at the age of eleven. At the age of seventeen he took
up his profession, and has been actively identified with it since, during which time he spent
about three years in the employ of the Onion, Pacific Railway, in his profession, and about
two years In Colorado, in railway corporation employ. The firm carry about twelve skilled
workmen, and do an annual business of twelve tu fourteen buildings, They make country

§ falty.

worn! eR REUTER. manufacturer of boots and shoes, came to Kansas in 1866, and
located inthe city of Leavenworth, and has remained here since; is a member of the Suciety
of United Workmen, and isa native of Baden, Germany; was born on the 4th of Ovtober,
1832, and lived in his native country until he was iwenty -fouk years of age, and then emi-

rated to America, and located in St. Louis, remaining there eleven years, and then came to
feavenworth Kan., where he has since lived. Was married the ist of May, 1857, in St.
Louis, to Miss Barbara Tholgott, who was born in France: has one child living, Olristina

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Reuter. His second wifes name was Christina Schneider. They have four children—Johit.
s, August, and Albert. 7

Ae ACR WHEL §. RICHARDS, was born in Bath County, Va., in the year 1825. In 1836

he came to Howard County with his parents, and subsequently removed to Booneville, Mo.,

where he learned his trade, and then was at Platte City for nine years engaged in business.

me to Leavenworth in 1861, commenced busiuess with no assistant, and now employs
fuentes men, doing both wholesale and retail harness and saddlery business. His sales
being principally in Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, and Nebraska, and amounting to about
$50,000 per annum. Mr. Richards was married’ to Cynthia Brawner, a native of Kentucky.

have five children—Mary S., now Mrs. Bewen Partrluge of Washineton ‘Territory;
Lillfe 8., now Mrs. E. C. Davis, of Leavenworth; Nettie Laylor, Frank and Roy. Mr. Rich-
ards ig a member of the Christian Church, of A. F. & A. M., and of I. 0, O. F. He is Chair-
man of the County Board, having now held that position seven years; and has also twtce

en a member of the Common Council.

sis JOHN F, RICHARDS, senior member of the firm of J. F. Richards & Co., was born in
Bath County, Va., October 23, 1834. His parents moved to St. Charles, Mo., when he was very
young. After his father’s death the family moved to Boonville, Mo., and from there to St.
Louis. where his mother died. He received his schouling in St. Louis, and at the age of
fourteen commenced clerking. From 1849 to 1853 was in the same occupation in Jackson
County, Mo. In 1853 he engaged with a mercantile expedition to trade with the Indians—
the company being in charge of John S. Shaw, a prominent steamboat captain on the Mis-
souri river. In 1854 Mr. Richards returned to St. Louis, where he entered a hardware es-
tablishment, continuing wjth this firm until 1856, when he removed to Kansas and settled
in Leavenworth, and commenced business for himself in 1857. Mr. Richards was married
in Jackson County, Mo., June 16, 1857, to Miss Martha A. Harrelson, of that county. Mrs.
R. died in Pebenary, H6(4 leaving five children, of whom there survive, May, Walter B.,
Helen and George. B, e'was married to his present wife in Fairport, N. Y.. December 1,
1877. She was Mrs, L. M. Durfee, of Leavenworth, Kas. Mr. Richards isa Knight Templar
in the Masonic Fraternity. Has been, at times, a member of the City Council and School
Board.

J. F. RICHARDS & CO., wholesale dealers in hardware, cutlery, iron, steel, etc.
Established by Mr. Richards in 1857. The house has had a steady growth of business for
years. They occu two stores, both three stories and basement structures, 25x125, and
do a business of $250,000 to $300,000 yearly. Mr. Richards is also head of the Richards &
Conover Hardware Co., of Kansas City. This business was established in 1875, the present
Company being organized in January, 1882. They employ eight salesmen on the road. Have
about twenty-seven employees in the hoyse and with a stock of $200,000 to $250,000, do an
estimate business of $600,000 to $700,000 yearly. One peculiar feature of their business is
that about two-thirds of it is done on open orders. The elegant and substantial buildin
they occupy on the corner of Fifth and Wyandotte streets in Kansas City, Mo., was erecte
in 1381 by Mr. Richards for their business, and is one of the best buildings in the city.

JA P. RICHARDSON, deceased, was born in Paulet, Vermont, February 22, 1822.
He moved to Michigan about 1840 and settled in Detroit, where he engaged in mercantile
business. In 1854 he settled in Leavenworth, Kas. From 1855 to 1861 he was engaged in
mercantile business and from that time until his death was engaged in agricultural pur-
suits in Leavenworth County. He departed this life in 1882. Mr. Richardson was married
in Michigan, to Miss Mary King. They had seven children—George C.. Anna, (now Mrs.
Davis), William, Fred, Charles, Jason P., Martha. George C. Richardson, of the firm of
Harans & Richardson, lessees of the ‘Kansas Kanning Kompany” Works, was born in
Leavenworth, Kas., November 14,1856. He was the first white male child born in the city.
He was educated in his native city, finishing his studies at the Barre Academy, Barre, Vt.
He commenced clerking for the firm of Harans & Co., millers, and in 18§0 was admitted to
a Share in the business. Is now engaged in operating the Harans & Richardson Mills in
Missouri. Mr. Richardson was married in Leavenworth County, May 12,1881, to Miss Anna
Draper of that county. He is a member of the K. of H. x

HERMAN RICHTER, was born in Saxony, Germany, April 13,1844. He emigrated from
his native country in 1854, landing in New York on his arrival in America. He removed
to Chicago, July 18, 1855, and engaged in furniture business in that city, being in the retail
trade before the fire of Octover 9, 1871, and in wholesale after that event. He came to
Kansas, October 15, 1878, and has been engaged in furniture business in Leavenworth since
that time, his rooms being among the finest in Kansas. He was married in Chicago, June
8, 1866, to Minnie Brandt, a native of that city. They have five children, Laura, Lillie
May, Edwin, Walter, and Harry. Mr. R. isa member of the K. of P.

. S. ROACH, carpenter and builder, was born in Lawrence County, Ind., In 1838;
learned his trade in Logansport, Cass Co., Ind., which he actively followed until the rebel-
lion, when he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Indiana Vol-
unteers, and remained in the service until the close of the war, when he was honorably
discharged. After the war he located in Leavenworth, Kas., and followed his profession
actively until 1875, when he accepted the position of master car builder of the Kansas Cen-
tral Railway Co., which business he worked at very attentively until 1882, when he resigned
on account of failure of health. In 1860 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Downhan, of
Indiana. They have a family of four daughters—Julia A. P., Lucy J., Rosette, and Nancy E.
Myrtle; they buried their only son. William Henry, in Indiana, in 1862. Mr. Roach has
been active member of the I. O. O. F., and Encampment and the Knights of Honor for sev-
eral years.

JOHN J. ROCHE, clothing. hats, caps, and gents’ furnishing goods. Business estab-
lished 1881. Mr. Roche was born in Ferris, County Wexford, Ireland, in 1848, and came to
America with his people in 1851, who, after remaining in Cincinnati, Ohio, till 1858, settled
here, where he was reared and educated; his first step in business life was in connection
with the Quartermaster’s department of the Missouri, as clerk, which, after a years con-
nection, he left and engaged in operations in mining and contracting in N. M., which he
actively carried on for sometime. He subsequently returned to Kansas and accepted the
superiutendency of the coal business of the Fort Scott Mining Co., and after two years’ con-
nection with it returned here and has been actively connected with the mercantile business
since. In 1378 he married Miss Mary _C. Doyle, a native of Illinois. They have two sons—
John Edward and James Hugh. r. Roche has always taken an active interest in the de-
velopment of the soctal life of his locality since settling here. In 1880 he organized Branch,
No. 130, Catholic Knights of America, and has been active as its secretary since, He was
formerly an active member of the A.O,H., and Leavenworth Circle, No. 1. Fenian Brother-
hood till the dissolution of those societies. John Roche, father of the above, died February
24, 1874, aged fifty-six years. He is buried in the family plot, in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

MICHAEL ROGERS, liquor dealer, a native of Leitrim County, Ireland, came to
America in 1853, at the age of twenty-one, and settled in Pittsburg, Pa., where he was iden-
tified with mercantile business till 1857, when‘he located here and has been principally con-
nected with his present business here since. In 1860 he married Miss Margaret Finning, a
native of St. Louls, who departed this life, July 12, 1880, aged thirty-six years, ts buried in
Calvary Cemetery, leaving one son and one daughter, Jaines H., conductor on Denver &
South Park Ry. and Margaret. Mr. Rogers (lid active service in the militia of the State dur-
ing the war. He has been an active member of the Knights of Pythias Society since 1874, in
which he has held Important official positions.

HN ROHR, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., August 8, 1846.
Came to Leavenworth, Kas., August 8,1855, with his parents, Paul and Apolonia Kolb Rohr,
His father was one of the first harness makers in Leavenworth, and still continues at that
work in this olty. His mother died here August 1, 1882. He was for several years employed
asa clerk and salesman, He was connected for some time with railroad construction on the
M. K. & T. R. R., and was also at one time 4 Government contractor. He afterwards served
four years as Register of Deeds of Leavenworth, and after retiring from that position, held
the office of Under Sheriff for a period of four years, He was elected Clerk of the District
Court November 7, 1882,

LORENZ ROHR, editor of Kansas Freie Presse, was born in Venningen, Rheinish,
Bavaria, August 15,1846. He was educated at the universities of Munich and Tuebengen,and
emigrated from his native country in 1869. He located in Leavenworth, July 28, 1881. Mr.
Rohr, as newspaper correspondent, teacher and writer, resided, in the practice of his vartous -
Professions, in several States in the Union, New York, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana.

® translated into English. for Augustin Daly, several French and German plays, and has
also translaten several of the standard American poems into German; among which are
Fong tellow 3 Hymn to the Night,” and “The Hanging of the Crane,” and Lowell’s " Vision
of Sir Launfal.” Mr. Rohr was married in St. Louls, October, 19, 1881, to Miss S. U. Coffee,
a native of Mlsslestnpl. Heisa member of the Singer and Turner Societies, and of the
German-American Prohibition League of \Cansas.

J. H, ROTHENBERGER, proprietor and owner of the Pioneer Cooper Works. Busi-
ness established in 1859 upon a very small seale, but Mr. R. has by steady and persistent in-
dustry so enlarged upon It as to give employment to seventy-five skilled workmen and does
an annual business of $50,000. He, however, still proposes to increase the manufacturing -
capacity to double its present. Inthe manufacture he does all kinds of work in the line of
general cooperage. Mr. Rothenberger is a native of Germany, and was early identified with
the business in consequence of his father’s being prominently connected with it there. In
1851, at the age of about eighteen years, he came to America, and after following his trade
as journeyman in the Eastern States, he came here and located in 1859 and established the
present business, which he has successfully conducted since. In 1872 he made an exhlbit
of his work at the general State exhibition, for which he received an honorable special
diploma. He married, in 1860, Miss Kate Harbodsheimer, a native of Bavaria, by whom he
has a family of three sons and four daughters. He is at present the honorable incumbent
of fie Alderman’s chair for the Third Ward, which incumbency he has previously held

wice.

PHILIP ROTHSCHILD, a native of Bavaria, came to America in 1853, and located in
Platte County, Mo., where he resided until he removed to Leavenwariie Satay 1, 1855, He
then engaged in the clothing business, and in 1862, commenced dealing in ‘hats, caps and

 

 

 
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

furs, which he still continues, having be
vest dence tn Lenvenworth. 5 g been alone in business during the entire period of his
. D. Ri » Proprietor of the Leavenworth Mills, was born in Rush County. Ind.. De-
searber 23, 1827. He was educated in his native county and engaged in clerking until 1850.
‘hen engaged in the mercantile business for himself. In 1857 he moved to Kansas and set-
tled in Leavenworth. In.1861 he entered the firm of Ingersoll & Rush in the lumber busi-
ness. This he continued until the fall of 1866. He then formed a artnership under the
firm name of Garrett & Rush. In the Spring of 1873 he removed to Chica 0, where he was
connected with I. W. Harvey & Co. Returned to Leavenworth in 1§74 and purchased
the Monitor Mills. After their destruction by fire he purchased the Leavenworth Mills.
W. C. Sprague, of the above firm, was born in Genesee County, N. Y., August 24, 1849. He
moved to Sere igi and sett) ed in ueavenw Oren: He engagec ain clerking there until
5; r. S, was married in Leavenworth, Janua
Flora, dan hter ot H. D. Rush, Esq. San Ee TSLGS Wee aS
, dairy, was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1826, and came to
America In 1848. After spending several years inthe ast. he located here in 1855, and
has been almost continuously identified with his present business since. In 1851, he mar-
Hed Miss Mary O'Brien, decom enna ene was born i Gounty Clare, Ireland, in 1829,
. ey have three sons an: o daugt — Ni

itzale, Johnnie and as They wo daughters—Nellie, Edward,
is .» Meat market, a native of Germany, and was reared to his present
rofession through his father, who carried on this business extensively there. In 1866,
© came to America and settled here the same year, and followed his trade ac-
tively till 1870, when he established the present business, which he very ably represents.
In 1871, he married Miss Hannah Klein, anative of Germany, who caine to America with
her people, who settled in St. Louis, where she was reared and educated. They have a

family of two sons and three daughters—Eddie, Sally, Essie, Dora and Jennie.

PROF. A. P. SCHEUERMAN, instructor of piano, voice, and harmony —classical music,
a Speciality, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1844, andcame to America with his people in
1848, who settled in Dayton, Ohio. Prof. Scheuerman received his rudimentary education
in music, and his tetary education at the Northwestern Christian University, of Indian-,
apolis, Ind., with which he remained in active study four years, after which he went to

urope. After traveling upon the continent foratime, he entered the Conservatory of
Music at Leipsic, with which he remained actively in the study of music for three years,
and completed a regular course there in 1864. He thenspent some time in travel on the
continent, returning to America the same year, and accepted @ position as professor of
music inthe McLean institute, of Indianapolis, Ind.; after which he removed her in 1870,
and has been connected with his profession bere since. In the meantime officiating as
conductor of several musical organizations, prominent among which are the Mendelssohn
Musical Society and Menuerchor of Leavenworth, the Arion Society of Kansas City. Is
present musical director of the Mennerchor Suciety of this city, and is the incumbent of
the chair of professor of music of the young ladies institute of Kansas City. In 1879, Prof.
Scheuerman was selected as musical director of the Pioneer Singerfest, given by the
cities of Omaha, Atchison, St. Joseph, Leavenworth and Kansas City. He has proved him-
self very popular as a concert pianist for which he has received the highest encomiums
of the press of thecities of the Missouri Valley. He is also an able composer of music, and
enjoys the highest reputation in his profession in his locality, of which he has the patronage
of the best people of the Missouri Valley.

GUSTAV SCHMECKEL, dealer in groceries, provisions, wines and liquors, garden
seeds, notions, and glass ware. Mr. S. came to Kansas. January 1, 1868, and located in
Leavenworth and has lived heresince. He isa native of Prussia and was born January 9,
1850, and lived in his native country seventeen years, then emigrated to America. He was
married in Leavenworth, January 10, 1875; the maiden name of his wife was Marianne
Schweling, who was bornin Prussia, They have five children, two of whom are living—
Caroline and Robert. Mr. Schmeckel is one of the most enterprising young men of Leav-
enworth. He has a fine store ina gond location and is doing a good business with a bright
future before him. Heis a member of the Knights of Pythias.

WILLIAM SCHROEDER, contractor and builder, was born in Germany in 1825, and
learned his trade there at the age of eighteen years. In 1854, he cameto America and
settled here, and has been very successfully connected with his business here since. In
851,he married Miss Fredericka Wilborg,who passed away from this life June 3,1882, and
s buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, leaving a family of two sons and three daughters—
Bertha, Augusta, Anna, William, Jr., and Fritz. Since coming here, Mr. Schroeder has
been very active as a builder, averaging about twenty buildings a year.

SCHROTH, general groceries, crockery and fiassware, business established in

 

 

1867. Mr. 8. was born in Hesse Darmstadt, in 1833, and came to America in 1855; an
after traveling through the country until 1865, he came here ahd settled and established
his present business, which he has very successfully conducted since, making it about 500
per eent larger than at the time of its establishment. In 1867, he married Miss Dora

eindel, who was bornin Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1844, and came to America in 1854,
with her people, who settled here in 1864. They have a family of two sons and five
daughters—Emma K., Dora F., Henry C., Ida M., George W., Jennie R. and BerthaC, Mr.
Schroth was in active service in Company A, Forty-third Ilinois Volunteer Infantry,
from 1861 until 1864, when he was honorably discharged.

CHRIST. SCHUBERT, was born in Cassel, Germany, May 27, 1846. He came to America
in November, 1865, and lived at Cincinnati, his first location until he removed to Leaven-
worth, in 1867. After locating in Leavenworth he was for eight months clerk at the Con-
tinental Hotel, and was afterward connected with carriage and buggy business until 1869.
He was then bookkeeper of the brewery and malt house of Charles Kuntz seventeen
months, going to Omaha at the termination of this engagement, where he remained until
1871. He then returned to Leavenworth and worked for Charles Kuntz until 1872, then
worked in a carriage shop until 1877, and-subsequently took charge of the Turner Hall,
which he still controls. July 11, 1881, he with Carl Geyer, purchased the Kansas Freie Presse,
of which they are still‘proprietors. Mr. Schubert is a member of the following societies :
Turners, Singers, K. of P., Mutual Secret Relief, and German and English School Associa-
tion, He was married in Omaha, August 23, 1870, to Barbara Hahn, a native of Rochester,
N. Y., ‘by whom he has one child—Adolphina. ? :

F. W. SCHULZ, boots and shoes and grocer, was born in Germany in 1831, and learned
his trade there at the age of twenty years. In 1851 he came to America and settled in Kan-
sas in 1858, and has been very successfully connected with his business here since. In 1859
he was married to Miss Louise Lange, who was born and reared in Germany, and came to
America in 1850, at_the age of sixteen years. Mr.and Mrs. Schulz havea family of two
sons—William and Edward. 4 i

FRANK SCOTT came to Leavenworth in the spring of 1864, and has been engaged in
mercantile business in the city since that time. He is now the oldest dry goods merchant in
the city who has been continuously in business. His business is both wholesale and _ re-
tajl and gives employment to ten clerks. Mr. Scott was born in Scotland, August 22,
1833. He came to America in 1853, and located at Milwaukee, where he remained until he
came to Kansas. He was married in Milwaukee, in October, 1859, to Helen C, Halvorson,
a native of New England, They have two children living—Frank A, and Walter R. Mr.
Scott is a member of A. F. & A. M. and K. of H. a

JOHN SCOTT, Sk., manufacturer of ingrain, cottage and rag carpets, was born in Aber-
deen, Scotland, in 1836, and was reared to his present profession in that country. In 1870
he came to America, aud was actively connected with his profession in the Eastern States
until 1873, when he accepted a position here, and followed his business as Journeyman until
1876, when he established his present business, which he has actively carried on since. Mr.
Scott began his business upon a inerely nominal capital, but bas, by dint of steady and per-
sistent industry, so increased it as to make it turn out about 7,000 yards of carpet per annum.
In 1860 he married Miss Jeannette Gorri, a native of Perthshire, Scotland. They have one
son. John, Jr. He is an active member of the J. O. O F. society.

LUCIEN SCOTT, president of the First National Bank, of Leavenworth, commenced
banking business in that city in the spring of 1857, soon after his arrival in the Territory.
Until 1865-66, the firm was “Scott, Kerr & Co..” and from that time until 1874, “Scott &
Co., when the business was merged in the present banking house—the first National Bank,
established in the State, and, at the time, the only incorporated bank in Leavenworth.
Since the organization of the institution, Mr. Scott has been continuously connected with
it, being the first cashier and the present President. He is a native of Rockford, Pike Co.,
Hi. He was born June 30, 1835, and resided in his native town until he went to Cincin-
nati, about fuur years prior to his removal to Kansas, in 1857 since which time he has
been engaged in banking, and also in coal business ahd farming. .

JOHN SECKLER, came to Kansas in March, 1857, and engaged in farming in Center
Township, Atchison County, until 1860. In-1863 he com manufacturing clothing
in Leavenworth, employing one man, and doing $10,000 business the first year. He has
continued the business to the present time, and it how amounts td about $45,000 of ready
made clothing, and about $25,000 manufactured per annum, and Elves employment to
twenty-five hands this year (1882) inthe various departments. Mr. Seckler is a native of
Prussia, where he was born November 27, 1829. e emigrated to America in 1849, liv-
ng at St. Louisthe year of his arrival, and subsequently at Beardstown and other points
in‘iilinols prior to coming to Kansas. He was married at Mendon, Adams County, Ill., in

859, to Catherine A. Haymaker, a native of Cass County, Ill, their children being five
sons—Oscar, associated with his father in business, Jobn also with his father, William L.,
Harry and Ralph. Until recently Mr. Seckler was one of the Directors of the German

 

 

 

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quently abandoned and took up his present business, which he has actively conducted since.
n 1855 he married Miss Elizabeth Phelps, who was born in Pennsylvania and rgared in
Michigan. They have a family of three sons and two daughters—Emeline, James, Charles,
Lovett and’Rush. Mr. Sexton did active service in defense of his country, in Company A,
One Hundred and Thirtieth Volunteers, of Ohio. He has been an active worker in the social
life of his locality since coming here.

. D. SHAFER, attorney, was born at Sunnyside Farm, Monroe County, Pa. He ac-
quired his early education in Pennsylvania, was a student in Dickinson College, at Carlisle,
and went to Kansas, arriving at Leavenworth April 2, 1867. He located at Leavenworth,
and was engaged in teaching school and reading law until he was admitted to the Kansas
bar, in June, 1868, since which time he has been in active practice as an attorney at law.

JOHN R. SHIPHERD is engaged in the transfer business, and came to Kansas in Sep-
tember, 1873. and located in the city of Leavenworth, where he now resides, Has been in
the employ of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Co. for seven years as billclerk. Was assistant
bookkeeper for Bittman, Taylor & Co. for thirteen months, Isa member of the Masonic
society, and is a native of Clinton County, Ohio. He livedthere about four years, and re-
moved with his parents to Fairfield, Iowa, where he lived one year. and then located in
Indianola, Warren Co., Iowa. ‘Was educated at Simpson College, and lived in Indianola for
seventeen years. Mr. Shipherd was married In Leavenworth, Kansas, in October, 1878, to
Miss Cassie F. Dumont.

HON. DANTEL SHIRE, deceased, was orn in Brura, County Limerick, Ireland, October
14, 1827, and was reared to the mercantile business, his father being identified with it there.
At the age of eighteen years he came to America, and settled in New York City, where he
was identified with the mercantile business as principal for several years. After retiring
from it he engaged in railway contracting in Pennsylvania, which he actively operated till
1859, when he Incated in Kansas, and at first engaged in farming, but soon after took up
contracting, and operated in it for several years, latterly in connection with railway enter-
prises in Missouri and Kentucky, .In 1872 he joined, at its establishment, the well-known
banking firm of Insley, Shire & Co., with which he was in active connection till his death,
which occurred June 20, 1882. Heis buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery. leaving a family
of one son and three daughters. He was married in 1862 to Miss Ann M. Jeffrey, who was
born and reared in Ashland County, Ohio, and who settled here with her people in 1859.
Mr. Shire always took an active part in the furtherance of ali measur’s tending towards the
growth and development of the social and industrial life of this city since locating here. He
server this district in the State Legislature of 1870, and was active in many minor munici-
pal offices.

J. A. SHOEMAKER, superintendent of the machinery and moulding department of the
Great Western Manufacturing Company, was born in Fulton County, Pa., October 29, 1834.
At the age of seventeen he engaged in his profession of moulder and machinist, with which
he was identified in his native State till 1868, when he located here, and subsequently ac-
cepted his present position, which he has reputably held since. In 1854 he married Miss
Keziah Snyder. of his native State. They have afamily of five sons and one daughter—
Frank, Harry, Edgar, Lula, George and Charlie. Mr. Shoemaker engaged as journeyman
workman for the first few years of his professional life, after whick he joined as partner in
the firm of Crawford & Co., of Martinsburg, Blair Co., Pa. with which he was actively asso-
ciated till his removal here. He has been an active member of the I. O. O. F. society and
of the endowment branch of _it for several years. Is also member of the K, of P. society
and the Order of Red Men. He was managerfor some time of the Missouri Valley Bridge
& Iron Works of Leavenworth.

JACOB SHWAGLER has been for twenty years engaged in farming and hotel keeping,
about three miles southwest of Leavenworth, and also has a vineyard and makes wine. He
came to Kansas in 1848, for a short time, and returned again in 1857 and located on his
present place and has lived there since. He has spent some time in the Rocky Mountains,
but his family has remained in Leavenworth County. Mr. Shwagler is a native of Wurtem-
burg, Germany. and came to America in 1846 at eighteen vears of age. He was born in
1828. Wasa pilot on the Mississippi River from 1847 to 1852 and went to Panama and
returned to Missouri and followed piloting. He then went to Europe for a short time and
returned, stopping in Pittsburg, and then came to Kansas. He was married in Brownville,
Minn., to Miss Hannah Cox.who was born in Virginia; they have had thirteen children,.four
are living: Jacob, Scott, Mollie E., and Jennie. Mr. Shwagler was road supervisor for fifteen
Tears and school treasurer for fourteen years, and has two years more to serve in the

atter office.

HERMAN SIMON, general groceries, crockery and glassware, business established in
1880. Mr. Simon is a native of Germany and came to America in 1855 with his people who
settled here in 1867. After receiving a thorough public school education he Jearned the
business of upholstering, which he actively followed for several years, after which he car-
ried on the wood and coal business, but soon after engaged at the present business which
he bas very successfully conducted since. 3

ARTHUR SIMMONS, cigar manufacturer, came to Leavenworth, April, 1857, and en-
gaged in surveying,in Doniphan, Atchison and Brown counties, for a short time, after-
wards working in a printing office. He next was employed in an ice cream saloon,and then
in making cigars, until April, 1860, when he began the business of manufacturing them
himself, commencing with a capital of $100, and doing all the work himself. His business
now amounts to $100,000 to $150,000 per annum,and gives employment to some thirty-five
men. His sales arein Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, lowa, Arizona, New Mexico,
Montana. Wyoming and North British Possessions. He also supplies private customers in
Illinois, New York and_ Boston, nost traders in the Indian Territory, and in other depart--
ments. He was bornin London, England, September 29, 1837, and emigrated to America
in 1851, locating first in New York. He was married in Leavenworth, March 13, 1878, to
Ida T. Sioan Kissell. They have one child--Julia. :

SAMUEL SINGER. blacksmith, was born in Westmoreland Co,, Pa., 1823, and learned
his trade there. He located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and carried on his business for about
eighteen years, till 1865, when he located_here and has actively prosecuted his busine, s
here since. In 1854 he married Miss Jennie Warrick, of Pennsylvania. They haveafami;v
of three sons and three daughters, Thomas, James, Edwin, Samuella, Maggie B., and Jenn,’e.

TIFFIN SINKS, M. D.. is one of the pioneer physicians of Leavenworth, having locatied
in the town November 25, 1856, and_has been since that time engaged in the practice of
medicineand surgery. He is now, and has been since the start, Secretary of the Leaven-
worth Coal Com any, wh‘ch was organized in 1863,and now gives employment to 300 men.
Dr. Sinks was born in Williamsburg, Clermont Co.. Ohio, December 5, 1834. His medi-
cal education was received at the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, Ohio.

. H. SLOUGAG, millwright, is a native of Ohio, was born and reared at Newark ; at the
age of eighteen and in 1857 he learned his trade in Columbus, Ohio, and followed it actively
till 1855 when he located in Washington, Iowa, and engaged at mercantile business there
for a few years, after which he located in Macon, Mo., and carried on furniture business till
the breaking-out of the war,when he returned to Iowa and in 1862 he enlisted in company
E. Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and remained in active service till 1864 when
he was honorably discharged on account of disability. After the war he engaged at con-
tracting and building which he actively prosecuted for a few years, when he took up his
regular trade and has been principally identified with it since. In 1880 he located here
and is engaged at his trade.

GEO. A. SPOONER, of the firm of Spooner, Dudley & Co., was born February 28, 1851,
in the city of Lockport. N. Y. He resided in his native place until 1867, when he went to
Toledo, Ohio, and _ was there employed in book and stationery business, until he came to
Leavenworth, in June. 1870. He wasthen with the firm of W. A. Rose & Oo. four vears,
and when they sold out, was employed four years as buyer by their successors, Sidney
Smith & Son, Since September, 1881, in association with Alonzo B. Pinkston, he has been
engared inthe wholesale and retail book and stationery trade, carrying one of the largest
and most elegant stocks in the State.

Cc. J. SMITH. manufacturer of blank books.and book and job printer, is a native of
Goshen, Ind. From the age ofone year until he was seven, he resided i> Buffalo, N. Y..
when he removed to Ohio and afterward to Michigan. For the last twenty vears he has
heen engaged in his present business in Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis aud
Leavenworth, giving his entire attention to his printing business, which now amounts to
from $18,000 to $20.000 per annum. 7

Cc. S. SMITH, freight agent of Kansas Division of the Union Pacific R. R., was apvointed
to present position in July, 1879. Mr. Smith was born in Buffalo, N. Y., September 22d
1845. His parents move to Kansas in 1860 andsettled in WyandotteCounty. In 1864C.S.
became connected with the Kastern Division Union Pacific R. R.. in the freight office at
Wyandotte. In the fall of 1865 engaged in clerking at Lawrence, Kan.; removed to Leaven-
worth in 1866 where he engaged in clerking until 1869. In the latter year commenced
business for himself and continued in mercantile business until 1872. After this timfe was
engaged in general occupations, farming, etc., until he took present position. Mr. Smith
was married in Leavenworth, Kas., September 22, 1868. to Miss Sarah J. McCracken, of
Leavenworth. Thev have four children, Louisa, Lucinda, Ida G., Zillah N,

MARTIN SMITH, insurance agent, was born in Prussia, January 1, 1832. He emi-
grated tothis country in October. 1852; located in New York, where he remained two years;
removed to New Orleans and livedin that city a year and a half; migrated to South
America, and remained nine months: returnedkto the States, and finally, after visiting sev-
eral, settled in Leavenworth June 11,1857. For abouttwo years after he located he was
employed in blacksmithing, and then for about the same length of time in liquor business.
He was elected First Lieutenant of a companv in First Kansas Infantry, and was Captain
of Oompany G, First Kans1s Stvte Militia. He was one of the organizers, and for elght and
a half years ha served as Chief of the Fire Department. In 1869-70 he was State Senator,
and in 1873-78 he was a member of the Common Council. Heis a prominent member of
I. 0.0. F., having passed through all the chairs of the Order, He is alsoa member of KR. of
P., and of the Turners Society; has heen President of the German Building Association

 
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Be as also been for five years director of the German Bank, and is now President uf the
ts Feonal Liberty Society of Kansas. He was married in Leavenworth in December, 1860,
iz selena Nagle, a native of Germany, but reared from childhood in America, She died
Guy, 1862. On February 8, 1863, he was married in Leavenworth to Lizzie K. Galloway,
ora Mac ane , Ky. They have five children: Mary L., Eva, Florence, Helen Jessie

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. HARDY SOLOMAN, a native of Virginia, came to Kansas in September, 1861, as Gen-
eral Manager of A., T. & 8. F. R’y Co.

J. W. SPRATLEY, stock dealer, is a native of Surry County, Va. In 1856, and at the age
of twenty-two, he located here and engaged in dealing in real estate and money loaning and
has been successfully connected with it since; meantime he has taken an active interest in
the growth and development of the social and industrial life of this place. In 1861 he en-
gaged in milling and carried it on successfully until 1867 when it was destroyed by fire.
During the war he was active in the militia of the State as first lieutenant, and in public
life he served his city for two consecutive terms, as alderman, ending in 1878. In 1862 he
married Miss Emma Cockrill, a native of Platte County, Mo. They hayeone son John W.
Jr, Mr. Spratley’ interest in real estate amounts to'1,100 acres of land in Platte and
Clay Counties, Mo., all under thorough cultivation, and a stock ranch lof 900 acres in
Jefferson County, Kansas. He handles about 5,000 head of cattle during the year and does
an annual business of $250,000.

CHRISTIAN STAIBER, general groceries and saloon, business established 1863. Mr.
Staiber is a native of Germany, was born in Wurtemburg, 1832, and learned the trade of
stone cutter and mason, his father having carried on that business there. March 4, 1852,
he came to America, and settled in Kansasin June, 1857, and tollowed his business as con-
tractor and builder till 1863, when he engaged in the present business. which he has suc-
cessfully conducted since. In June, 1861, he married Miss Lucy Holbein, who was born
in his native country in 1837, and came to Americain 1859. They have a family of two
daughters, Louisa and Bertha. Mr. Staiber did active service in the militia of the State
during the war, and has been an active worker in the development of the social life of his
locality since comming here. Has been an active nember of the Turner Society since 1858,
of the Odd Fellows since 1862,and is an honorable member of the Encampment of the I. 0.

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DAVID STAIGER was born in Germany, January 9, 1840. Hecameto America with
his parents in 1848 and lived in Steubenville until he came to Leavenworth in April, 1859.
For about three years after locating here he was employed by cigar-makers in the city.
September 1, 1862, he entered into partnership with Arthur Simmons and commenced
cigar business bimself. This partnership was dissolved February 3, 1880, and February
13 he began business alone, employing six men atthattime. He now employs twenty-nine
men, his whole city trade being entirely in cigars. Mr. Staiger was married in Steuben-
ville, Ohio, October 4, 1866, to Mary A. Standley, a native of that place. Their children
are: Sophia, Carrie Estelle, Arthur, David, Owen and Joseph P.

STEVENS & PAGE prope etars Leavenworth Steam Heating compaily: present firm
organized in August, 1882. Both partners are practical plumbers and gas fitters.and make
a specialty of steam heating. They are also agents in Kansas of the Halllday Wind MII,
N. Et Stevens, of above firm, was born in Oxford County,Matne, December 1, 1847. He was
raised on a farm; when seventeen years old commenced clerking, ved about one year in
Boston, and then went to Pennsylvania, where he resided about two years. In 1868 he
went to Nebraska, where he was connected with the construction department of the Union
Pacific railroad. In 1870 he settled in Leavenworth, where he engaged In traveling for
Leavenworth establishments. In 1877 became connected with the Leavenworth Times as
correspondent and general agent, and continued in this position until the present firm was
organized. Mr. Stevens was married in Leavenworth, January 28. 1873, to Miss Hannah
Stewart, of Farmington, Maine, They have three children, Mabel, Edith and Roland. Mr.
S. is a member of Leavenworth Lodge No. 2, and Far West Encampment. No. 1,1,0.0.F. 1,
M. Page, of above firm,was born in Watseka, Iroquois Co., Ill.,October 15, 1843, He enlisted
in 1861, in Company F, Twenty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mus-
tered out in 1864. e was wounded at the battle of Stone River, and incapacitated some
months, and after being mustered out hecame connected with the Commissary Department
of Tennessee. In_ 1865 he settled in New Albany, Ind., where he learned his trade; since
that time has been located in Louisville, Ky., Dayton, Ohio, and other places, engaged as
engineer a part of the time, also in superintending large contracts in different places, for
Chicago and other parties. In 1873 he moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, Has fitted up the
Gourt House with steam, and also one wing of the State Insane Asylum, at Lincoln, Neb,
Has been uninterruptedly in business since 1865. Mr. Page was married in Leavenworth
December 11, 1873, to Miss Jane M. Palmer, a native of Chester, N. Y. They have two
children—lennie and Helen. Mr. P. is a member of Mechanics Lodge, No. 9, I. 0. O. F.

A. L. STEVENS, proprietor Polar Ice Company, business established in 1875-76, at
Lawrence, Kansas, by Stevens & Green. Mr. Stevens has been alone since 1877. He
has ice houses at Lawrence and Leavenworth, Kansas, and at Tecumseh, Ulysses and
Seward. Neb. The houses at Lawrence have a capacity of 12,000 tons. Mr. Stevens was
born in Dorsetshire, England, July 6, 1842, He came to the United States in 1848, and
lived for atime In Worcester, Mass., where he received his education. About 1 he went
West as one of a company of boys, under the charge of the Rev. E. E. Hale, of Boston. He
was bound until he came of age to a gentleman in Cass County, IIl., named John Prunty, a
noted stock raiser and breeder of thoroughbred cattle, afterward was,in partnership with
this gentleman in the cattle business until 1869. He then settled in Jackson County, Kan.,
where he engaged in farming and stock dealing. He still retains 240 acres of the original

farm of 640 acres, He settled in Leavenworth in 1878. Mr. Steyeng was married in Leay~

 

 

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enworth Co., Kansas, in 1878 to Miss Savannah, a daughter of Joel Hiatt. Esq. She died,
leaving two children—Alfred P. and Fred G. He was married to his present wife in Cedar
Rapids, lowa, May 28, 1879. She was a Miss Hattie 8. Dunlap. a daughter of William Dun-
lap, Esq., a prominent citizen of Leavenworth Co., Kansas. Mr. S. isa member of the Ivan-
hoe Lodge, No. 4,K. of P. Since October 1, 1882, he has gone into the grainand commission
business in connection with the ice business. ;

CHARLES N. STEVENS, iron merchant, commenced business in Leavenworth in Sep-
tember, 1868, as a member of the firm of C, N. Stevens & Co. In 1874 the firm of Stevens
& Garrigues was organized, and was continued assuch until Stevens & Garrigues’ Irop
Company was organized, in February, 1882. The firm employ twelve men and doa busi-
ness of $150,000, their sales extending to Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah and Montana, Mr. Stevens isa native of York, Livingston Co,, N.Y. He re-
moved to Ohio at the age of eleven and lived in that State until he came to Kansas, and has
been connected with carriage hardware ever since he commenced his active life. During
the war he was in the United states service about three years; four months in the Eighty -
Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and two years in command of Company G, One Hundred
and Twenty-Eighth Ohio Infantry, Acting Adjutant of the regiment for a time, and also
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. For atime the regiment was in the Department of
the Ohio, not in active service. He was married December 28, 1871, to Phebe P. Gill-
patrick, a daughter of Dr. Rufus Gillpatrick, the well-known Free-state man and Aboli-
tionist, who settled near Osawatomie in 1854, and was killed in the Indian Territory dur-
ing the Rebellion. while ministering as a surgeon to wounded rebel soldiers.

HO. a8 S was born near Havre deGrace, Maryland,July 9,1823. His parents
removed to Clark County, near Springfield, Ohio, when he was but four years of age, and
his early education was gained in the public schools and academies of that State. Later he
entered the University of Ohio, and subsequently was two years at Augusta College, in
Augusta, Ky. In 1846 he was admitted tothe bar, and commenced practice at Kenton,
Ohio, where he remained until his removal to Kansas, and location in Leavenworth, in
May, 1863. Since his residence in Leavenworth Mr. Stillings has been continuously en-

aged in the practice of his profession. He has served one term as City Attorney, and has

wice been elected Member of the House of Representatives. Heisastaunch Republican,
He is Attorney for the Kansas Central Railway, and associated with Judge Safford for the

. T, & P. W, He was married at Kenton, Ohio, December 30, 1851, to Mary J.Smith, of
Zanesville, Ohio, They have two children. .

PETER STRAUSS, engineer, 1s a native of Bavaria, and came to America in 1853, at
the age of seven years, with his people,who settled in St. Clair Co., Ill. At the age of fifteen
he began his trade of millwright and machinist in St, Loujs, and completed i there, and
followed it successfully in St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo., and in Belleville, Il. In 1876 be
came here and located. In 1869 he married Miss Annie Gill, a native of Missouri. They
have one son and three daughters—Helle, Dora, Arthur and Lucy. Mr. Strauss also carries
on a farm of 160 acres. He has been an active member of the I. O. O. F. since 1879,

D. M. SWAN, a resident of Leavenworth since October, 1866, is a native of Ellisburg,
Jefferson Co., N.Y. He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and also read law at
Schenectady. After locating at Leavenworth he practiced law fora year and a half, com-
mencing in January, 1867, and was afterwards connected with the Missouri Valley Life
Insurance Company until 1880, first as agent and as President of the company from 1873.
During the same period and since that time he was engaged in money loaning, and was also
one of the projectors and owners of the new Opera House and the Telephone Exchange,
being Vice-president and Secretary of the companies respectively. He was also one of the
originators of the Water Works Company, and has been its Secretary since its organization.
He is one of the Trustees of the Ottawa College at Ottawa, Kan., and is serving his fourth
year on the School Board of Leavenworth.

A. L. SWIFT, foreman round house C., R. I. & Pac. railroad; appointed to present posi-
tion March 1, 1880. Mr. Swift was born in Worcester, Mass., Ap1il?, 1851. His parents
went to Ottawa, IIl., about 1861, and about.two years later settled in Aurora. A. L. received
his schooling in Aurora. In 1867 he took a position in the C. & N. W. railroad shops, in
Chicago, remaining with this company until1871. He then became connected with theC.,
R.I. & P. railroad, Wasin shops in Chicago until appointed to present position, Mr.
Swift was married in Leavenworth, Kan., 1874.to Miss Jennie Jobnson,a native of Illinois,
They have oneson, Walter. Mr. S. is a member of Metropolitan Lodge, No. 27,and Far West
Encampment No. 1,1. 0. O. F.

ANTON SWOBODA, agent Consolidated Tank Line Company. manufacturer and dealer
in refined petroleum, gasoline, naphtha, benzine, all grades of lubricating oil, mica axle
grease and turpentine. Yearly sales in Leavenworth will aggregate about 4,000 barrels
coal oil and 1,000 barrels other oils. The sales of Leavenworth Branch are the largest of
any the company has in the State. Mr.S. was born in Tachan, Bohemia, December 10,
1849. He came to the United States in March, 1867. first locating in St. Louis. Was en-
gaged in clerking in that city and in Chicago, and in Evansville, Ind., until 1879, when he
settled in Leavenworth, Kan.,where he engaged in selling coal oil until appointed to present
position in April, 1881. He was married in Evansville, Ind., September 19 1871, to Miss Rusa

artman, of that city. They have five children—Charles, Jacob, Anton, Elizabeth G. and
Anna R. Mr, Swoboda is a member of C. M. B. A., also of the German Roman Catholic Be-
nevolent Society and the Cecilian Singing Society.

BEN. F. TALBOTT, passenger conductor C., R. I. & P. R. R., was born in Tucker
County, W. Va., July 4, 1852. His parents moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1865. In
1866 B. F. returned to Virginia; the following year went to Vermillion County, Ill., and
from there back to Van Buren County, Ia. He commenced his railroad life in Iowa. Was
first connected with theC., R. I. and P. R. R. in 1872, on the Southwestern Division. Was
promoted to conductor in 1875. Has had his present position since July, 1881. Mr. Talbott
was married in Leavenworth, in 1878, to Miss Mary C. Dom, of that city, They have one
child—Mabel May. Mr. T. is a member of the Conductors’ Brotherhood.

BENJAMIN M. TANNER has beena resident of Leavenworth since the fall of 1854, at
which time he emigrated to Kansas. Since 1875 he has been engaged in wholesale fruit and
produce business, packing apples, and dealing extensively in oranges, lemons, cranberries
and cider, shipping fruit not only to Western cities but Iowa and Chicago. Mr. T. was
born in Huron County, Ohio, April 11,1844. When achild he moved with his parents to
Noble County, Ind., which place was his home until hecame to Leavenworth. is father,
William Tanner, also came to Leavenworth in the fall of 1854, and is stilia resident of the
city,carrying on an extensive fruit farm adjoining it. Benjamin M. was married in Leaven-
worth, October 30, 1877, to Emma_May Durand, a native of Jonesboro, IIl. They have
three children, Evaline Durand, Louise Marie and William Benjamin. Mr. Tanner is a
member of I. 0. 0. F.

0. B. TAYLOR, was born in Erie County, N. Y., where he lived until 1857, and then re-
moved to Chicago and engaged in the mercantile business in that city fortwo years. In 1859
he came to Leavenworth where he was in the hardware trade one year, then as bookkeeper
in a retall grocery store fourteen months, and was afterward employed as salesman in the
wholesale grocery establishment of Nelson McCracken for three years and a half, having an
interest in the business for ten months before the death of Mr. McCracken. He was then
associated with M. Hageman in the wholesale grocery business under the firm name of M.
Hageman & Co, January, 1867. he forined a partnership with Cochran & Bittman under
the firm name of Cochran, Bittman & Taylor, which continued until January, 1877. Mr.
T. has always been engaged in the mercantile business, but finds time to attend to public
duties as well, and is now serving his third term as a member of the School Board.

SQUIRE F. TAYLOR, M. D., was born at Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio, August 14, 1854.
He acquired his education in the public schools of Ohio. Washington, D.C., and Leaven-
worth, Kan., and his medical education was acquired at Bellevue Hospital Medical College,
New York, from where he was graduated March 1, 1880. Previous to entering upon the
study of medicine he had been engaged in the Governmen service as Paymaster’s Clerk,
United States Army, for six years. epan the practice of medicine at Leavenworth, Kan.
in the summer of 1880 with Dr. J. W. Brock. Is a member of the Kansas State Medical
Association, and is Sentor Warden of Leavenworth Lodge No. 2.
ried, Ma 16, 1882, to Minnie E, Caldwell, daughter of ex-United
Caldwell; she was born in Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa.

OAL PHO MAS merchant tailor, came to Leavenworth in May, 1858, and_has been en-
gaged in business {n the city since that time. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., November 19
1836, and lived in his native city until he was seventeen years of age, when he went to
Racine, Wis,, having previously served an apprenticeship at the tailoring trade in Buffalo.
He remained at Racine one year and a half, and afterward lived both in Butato and Canada
before comin R LOL AN EARS aie ee was married in Leavenworth, May, 1864, to Agnes

: . Germany. ;

Sophia. Grace, Waiter, dsaward &, Germany. They have eight children; David, Jacob, Agnes
AS. M. D., son of Jacob R. Thomas and Ann (Shaw) Thomas, He

was born in Baltimore, Md., January 3, 1830. His father died when ye was only six years
of age, and he was placed in the care of relatives then living in Virginia, where he was par-
Hally educated, subsequently completing a course of medical study at the University of
i arvland, at Baltimore. After graduating, he commenced the practice of his chosen pro-
ession in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, where he remained two rears. In 1856 he came
to Kansas and settled in Leavenworth, which place has since been his home. During the
intervening years he has evinced such ability as to entitle him to rank with the most skillful
physicians and surgeons in the West. His professional life in Leavenworth was interrupted

y the Rebellion. At its beginning, having been educated in the South, and his sympathies
and convictions being with the Confederacy in the pending struggle, he left the position of
surgeon at Fort Leavenworth, went to Richmond. Va., and entered the Confederate Army
as a surgeon, serving in such capacity in the Army of Northern Virginia until the close of
thewar, The war being over, he returned to Leavenworth, and resumed the practice of
medicine and surgery, which he has continued with marked success up to the present time.
Dr. Thomas became a Catholic at the age of eighteen years, and has since remained un-
swerving in the falth he thenembraced. He was married at Leavenworth, April 22, 1868.

 

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to Miss Alice A. Clark, daughter of Malcolm Clark. Sh

+ . e is of Scotch descent, and was edu-
sated at the academy of the Convent of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, at St. Joseph, Mo,
a ey have four children—Francls Meige, Moses Shaw, Theodore Clark and Genevieve Ser-

R. E. THOMAS, Government contractor, is a native of Baltimore, Md., and received his
education in the public schools of that city. In 1863, at the age of nineteen, he engaged in
the employ of the old Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, now the C., R. I. & P. i R., as
terminal agent, and located at Grinnell, Iowa, and as the road progressed westward he
filled his position until 1871, when he arrived here. He continued in his position here until

78, when he retired from the railway business and engaged at his present business, with
which he has been prominently connected since. In December, 1866, he married Miss
Minerva E. Yost, of Ypsilanti, Mich, a native of New York State. Their family are—Euge-
mie, Carrie and Harvey. Mr. Thomas has been an active worker in the development of the
socal rains hig pce since locating here. He has been a member of the A., F. & A. M.

REV. W. H. THOMAS, Pastor of the First Congregational Church, came to Kansas in
January, 1881, to take present charge. Mr. Thomas was born in Swansea, South Wales, in
June, 1849, Received aclassical education in his native country. In 1866 he came to the
United States and settled in New York City, where he entered the Union Theological Sem-
inary, graduating therefrom in 1875. During these years he visited and preached at North-
ville, Long Island. Since 1875 Mr. Thomas has been abroad a great deal, traveling for in-
struction, In 1879 he took charge of the First Congregational Church at Kalamazoo, Mich.,
where he remained until he moved to Kansas. Mr. Thomas was married in Arcade, Wy-
omtng County, N, Y., May 8, 1873, to Miss Mary Shedd,’of Arcade. They have one son, Wile

CHARLES TILLOTTSON, business manager of the Leavenworth Standard, settled in
Leavenworth in February, 1869. Until 1876 he was with the Commercial as business man-
ager, and then went to Mattoon, Ill., where he remained until 1879. For the last two years
he has been manager of the Press, and since the fall of 1882, manager of the Standard. Mr.
Tillottson is a native of Marion, Marion Co., Ohio. He enlisted in Gompany B, Sixty-Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in October, 1861, and served until August, 1862, when he was dis-
charged on account of disability. He then located in Charleston, Ll, where he remained
until he came to Leavenworth, in 1869. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and K. of H.

WILLIAM N. TODD came to Leavenworth with his parents, Thomas and Susan M. Todd,
July 8, 1857. His father was engaged in teaching for a short time, and afterward in agri-
cultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1860. His mother resides in
the city of Leavenworth. William N. was born in West Virginia, near Wheeling, December
1, 1850, and resided in his native town until he came to Kansas. He was educated in the
public schools of Leavenworth, and in 1868 entered the employ of Cochran, Bittmann &

‘aylor, first as office boy and was afterward promoted to salesman, in which position he re-

mained eight years, and in 1878 was admitted as a partner of the firm. Mr, Todd isa mem-
ber of the A. F. & A. M., Leavenworth Lodge No. 2.

HARRY A. TRAVILLION, telegraph operator, Union Depot. Appointed to present
position June 10, 1879. Mr, Travillion was born near Sedalia, Mo., September 11, 1858. He
was educated at Sedalia and at Otterville, Mo. In1875 he commenced telegraphing at Ot-
terville, Mo., in the depot of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Afterward held positions at
different points on that road in Missouri, until] he moved to Leavenworth to take his pres-
cab position, Mr: T. is a member of Metropolitan Lodge No. 27, and Far West Encampment

GEORGE UMMETHUN, druggist, came to Leavenworth in April, 1859, and engaged in
the drug business as one of the firm of W. H. Coolidge & Co., Mr. Coolidge residing in Cin-
einnati, Ohio. The firm was dissolved in 1866, it being known during the two last years of
its existence as Coolidge & Ummethun. Mr. Ummethun was Mayor of the city 1877 to 1879,
a member of the Common Council in 1863 and 1864, and has been three years President of
the German Bank, which he organized. He was born in Furstenau, Hanover, Germany,
December 15, 1834. He came to America in 1849 and located in Cincinnati, Ohio. where he
learned the drug business at which he has been continuously engaged for over thirty-two
years. He was married in Leavenworth, October 25, 1865, to Martha Augusta Austin, a
native of Huron County, Ohio. They have two children, Josie and Leona.

L. V. URTON, M. D., is a native of Greensboro, N. C., where he was born April 3, 1837.
His parents resided in that State until 1839. when they came West, and finally settled in
Clarksville, Tenn. Here Doctor Orton received his early education, and commenced the

- study of medicine, after which he cameto Lawrence, Kan., in the year 1857, but remained
there ouly a short time, when he returned to Murray, Ky., and practiced medicine there
until 1863. In this year he entered the medical department of the United States Army as
an assistant surgeon. In March, 1865, he returned to Leavenworth, where he has since re-
sided. He was inarried August 17, 1865, to Tyla W. Urton, of Leavenworth, who is a na-
tive of Kentucky, and the daughter of one of the early pioneer Methodist preachers of the
West, Dr. Urton isa member of the United Baptist Church, and has retired from the

ractice of medicine, and resides on his fine farm in Salt Creek Valley, two miles from Fort

eavenworth, and four miles from the city of Leavenworth. The farm is in a high state of
cultivation, and ranks among the best of the farms in that beautiful valley. The orchard on
the place covers one acre of Jand, and contains 200 apple, peach. pear aud cherry trees; also
a vineyard, and a variety of other small fruits, The water supply is excellent, there being
a fine spring and_ two large cisterns on the property. Dr. Urton devotes his attention to
raisiug grain and fine hogs. His dwelling is an elegant French cottage, with a!l the modern
improvements, surrounded by a spacious lawn, handsomely laid out and filled with trees
and an almost endless variety of choice shrubbery and rare plants. The farm buildings
consist of a large barn and all other necessary out-buildings.

GEORGE VANDERWERKER was born at Wilton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., September 20,
1850. In 1866 he went to New York City, where he was employed in the Importers and
Traders’ Bank, remaining thirteen years with that institution; at the expiration of that time,
in June, 1879, he came to Kansas and, locating at Leavenworth, became connected with the
First National Bank of that city. In January, 1880, he was elected Assistant Cashier of the
institution, which position he now holds. e was married in Leavenworth, September 14,
1879, to Miss Kate Scott, sister of Lucien Scott of that city.

AUGUSTUS C. VANDUYN, M.D., came to Fort Scott, Kan., in July, 1863, having charge
of the Fort Hospital until May, 1865. He was then stationed at ‘St. Louis on duty until
December, 1865, when he located in Leavenworth, where he has been engaged in practice to
the present time; as Acting Assistant Surgeon United States Army most of the time since
1870. Heisanative of Seneca County, N. Y., and attended school at the Seneca Falls
Academy two years. He then entered Hamilton College, and graduated from that institu-
tion in the class of 1857, and from the Medical Department of Michigan University in 1862;
in April, 1862, he was made Contract Surgeon; October 4, 1862, Assistant Surgeon United
States Volunteers; December 1, 1863, Surgeon, with rank of Major; and March 26, 1866,
prevett.d Lieutenant Colonel, for faithful and meritorious service. eisa member of A.
F. & A, M.; and of the State, and Eastern District, Medical Societies. :

VOGEL BROS., manufacturers of packing and cigar boxes. The business was estab-
lished in 1869, by Jacob Vogel. The firm was changed to J. Vogel & Sons in 1879, and on
the death of the father, October 23, 1881, the present firm was organized. They employ
twenty-five hands, and do a business of about $50,000 yearly. John C, Vogel, of the above
firm, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 2, 1856; came to Kansas with his parents in 1858.
He received his schooling in Leavenworth, and then began reading law with F. P. Fitzwil-
liam. Was admitted to the bar in May, 1877, and practiced his profession until he entered
the present firm. Mr. Vogelis a member of Metropolitan Lodge, No. 27, I. 0. O. F. William
F. Vogel was born in Cleveland, Ohio, May 2, 1857. He came to Leavenworth with his

arents in 1858. He was married in Leavenworth, Kan., January 5, 1881, to Miss Annie

chindling. of that city. They have one child, Lotta. George W. Vogel was born in Leay-
enworth, Kan., ‘December 20,1860. Henry C. Vogel was born in Leavenworth, February 1,
1863. Fred H. Vogel was born in Leavenworth, December 22, 1866.

JOHN VOGEL. proprietor Eagle Mills. The mills were built by Mr. Vogel during the
winter of 1881-’82, and opened the spring of 1882. They are operated by steam power;
have two run of stone, and are devoted to the manufacture of feed and flour. John Vogel
was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, June 5, 1841. His parents came to the United
States in 1850, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. They moved to Kansas in 1858, and settled
in Leavenworth. The subject of this sketch learned the carpenter’s trade in Cleveland,
and worked at his trade in Leavenworth. In 1860, he went to Colorado, where he engaged
in mining and carpentering until 1864. He then returned to Leavenworth, where he en-
gaged in contracting and building, employing at one time about twelve men. In 1866, he
opened a grocery store, continuing in this business until 1878. From that time until he
built the Eagle Mills, was engaged in grain business. Mr. Vogel is a member of the Sick

ief tion of Leavenworth. ‘ 4
RelOLE BROS, pork and beef packers; business established in 1866, by John Volz, Pres-
ent firm organized in 1880. They are engaged in both salting and smoking beef and pork;
employ ten to twelve hands, and pack about 400 barrels of beef and 4,000 to 5.000 head of
hogs annually. Peter Volz, of above firm, was born in Hessheim, Germany, September 5,
1847. He came tothe United States in 1859, and settled in St, Louis, where he learned the
trade of carriage and wagon maker. In 1869, he went to California, where he worked at his
trade until 1870, then settled in Leavenworth, Kan., where he became connected with his
brother in meat market and packing. Mr. Volz was married in Leavenworth, Kan., Janu-
ary 14, 1871, to Miss Lizzie Schafer, of that city. They have three children—Annie, Peter,

r.,and Adolph, Mr, V. is member of Concordia Lodge, No. 8, K. of P., and of the Sick
elief Association.

SEBASTIEN WAGER, stonemason and contractor in masonry, came to Kansas in 1859,
and located in Leavenworth City. He isa native of Wurtemburg, in Germany, and was
porn the 18th day of January, 1833, and lived in his native country twenty-two years, and
lived in France fourteen years, and came to America and located in Kansas, and has livea
here since. Was married in France, to Miss Agatha Grisvard, a native of France, and has

 

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had nine children; six are now Iiying — Ernestine, Caroline, Josephine, Jacob, Louis, and
Mary. Mr. Wager is one of the oldest citizens of Leavenworth, and an honest, hard-work-
ing and respected citizen. He is a member of the German Catholic Church.

GOTTLOB WAHLER, pronrietor of the Union Depot Restaurant; succeeded J. Biddus
in 1874. Mr. W. was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, July 1, 1831. He was brought up in
mill growing and manutactirlng. In 1851, he came to the United States, and located in
Terre Haute,Ind. In 1852, moved to Cincinnati for a time, then returned to Terre Haute. In
1858, he removed to St. Louis, Mo. He was engaged in mercantile business about nine years
in Illinois, opposite St. Lonis. Afterward opened a grocery store in St. Louis. On account
of failing health, he was obliged to sell out in 1871. He then moved to Kansas, and settled
in Leavenworth, where he engaged in hotel keeping until he took present business. Mr,
Wahler is also at this time engaged in farming, having a farm of 160 acres near town, de-
voted to grain, princlpally. r. Wahler was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Mary
Geonnivien, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. They have six children—Charles, John,
Gottlob, Mary, Nana, Caroline. He is a member of Concordia Lodge, No. 8, K. of P.

A. H. WALTON, Principal of the colored school in Leavenworth. He came to Kan-
sas, Aug UST 18, 1865, and located in Wyandotte. He came to Leavenworth in 1874, and
attended the State Normal School, and graduated from that school in the class of 1877; then
taught in the public schools of Wyandotte fortwo years, and sincethat time has been teach-
ing in Leavenworth. Mr, Walton, a native of Jackson County, Mo.; was eleven years old
when hecame to Kansas. He was married in Leavenworth City, January 19, 1879, to Miss
Nancy J. Walton, who was born in the State of Mississippi. They have had two children—
Hattie and Herbert. Mr. Walton is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. re

SAMUEL G. WATSON, janitor of the Morris school building, came to Kansas in 1876
and located in Leavenworth, where he has remained since. He was born in Scotland in
1824, lived there twenty-four years, and then came to America, He lived in St. Joseph,
Mo., for eight years before locating in Leavenworth. He was married in Glasgow Decem-
ber 31, 1852, to Miss Jane Butler, who was alsoa native of Scotland. They havehad seven
children, five of whom are living, Flizabeth, Samuel, Agnes, Jennie, and Joshua, Mr. Wat-
son is a member of the First Baptist Church of Leavenworth.

T. J. WEED*M. D., County Auditor, immigrated to Kansas July 20, 1856, and making
Topeka his beadquarters, raised a company and served under Gen. Lane until November
of the same year: then he returned to Illinois and remained until 1857. He then came
again to Kansas and located in Leavenworth, where he resided and practiced medicine un-
til he entered the United States service in June, 1861, as Adjutant General of a Kansas
Brigade. In December of the same year he was assigned a position on Gen. McClellan’s
staff, with the rank of Major. During the summer of 1863 he acted as Assistant Ad utant
General in the recruiting service. And he also served with Gens, Fremont. Blunt, Curtis,
and Schotield. He was mustered out September 12, 1865. being at the close of the war Chief
of Gen. Curtis’ staff in the Department of the Northwest. After leaving the service he
engaged in general insurance business in Leavenworth, and has been County Auditor for
the last four years. He isa native of Auburu, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where he was born March
8 1828. Atthe age of sixteen he went to Pennsylvania, and remained in that State until
he was twenty-five. He then removed to Wilmington, N. C., where he practiced_medicine
two years; then removed to Germantown, Pa., and stayed one year; and then to Blooming-
ton. nm eepere he remained until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
and K. of H.

REV. JOHN E. WEIR, came to the State of,Kansas from the Republic of Liberia in
1868 and located in the city of Leavenworth and in 1874 went to Florida and remained
there two years, then removed to Georgia and remained there one year and removed to
Montgomery, Ala., and was in charge of a church there for one vear, then visited every
Southern State lecturing and seeing the condition of the people of his race and returned
in 1879 and joined the Kansas African Methodist Episcopal conference, and has
been continuously in the ministry in connection with the African Methodist
Episcopal Chureh, Congregational and Cumberland Presbyterian Churches. Mr. Weir
is a member of the Masonic Order and Odd Fellows and is a native of Greenville,
Muhlenburg Co, Ky. He was born October 27th, 1831: and married the first time in
Greenville, Ky., March 25, 1854, and had five children by his first wife, three of whom
are now living; John M., Cynthia A., Almira Victoria. The maiden name of his second wife
was Anna M. Fields and hé was married in the city of Leavenworth, November 7, 1872;
he has had two chiidren by his second wife, one of whom is living, Willie A. Mr, Weir is
now of the Delaware mission in Leavenworth County, Kan, He was amissionary in Africa
for fifteen years and while there visited Egypt and traveled all through Africa.

JOSEPH WESTENBERGER came to Kansas in the spring of 1857, and located in
Leavenworth. He was employed as clerk for Philip Rothschild until May, 1860, at which
time he engaged in freighting across the plains to California Gulch, now Leadville. He
continued this business until the close of 1861, and from that time until 1870 ran a whole-
sale wagon business. For the succeeding two years he sold goods on the road for Stettauer
Bros., wholesale dry goods merchants: afterwards traveling for Simon Meyer, Strauss &
Co. From March, 1875, until July 1, 1879, he was a partner in the general store firm of
Slick Bros. & Co., of Paoli, Kas., and subsequently of the firm of W. C. Lykins & Co., of Co-
lumbus, Kas., from January, 1879, to July.1879. | March 11, 1882, he aeain hecanie a partner
with Mr. Lykins, atthe same place, the firm being Lykins, Adler & Co. He has been con-
nected withthe Leavenworth Candy Manufacturing Company, as superintendent, since its
organization. He was born in Bavaria, and came to America at the age of five years, itving
in Baltimore two years and then removing to Xenia, Ohio, and subsequently to Cincinnati,
from whence he came to Kansas. Mr. W. has been a member of King Solomon Lodge, No.
10, A. F. & A. M.. since 1858; of Royal Arch Chapter, No. 1, since 1859.

JOSEPH L. WEVER, M. D, has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Leaven~-
worth since April, 1859, at which time he located inthecity. From January 14, 1862, until
June 7, 1864, he was Surgeon of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, resigning his position on ac-
count of sickness in his family. He was a member of the Board of Regents, who elected the
first Faculty of the State University, serving on that Board about six years, on the Kansas
Board of Charities three years, and as a member of the Leavenworth Board of Education
nineteen years, and President of the Board four years. He served as physician and sur-
geon to the Kansas State penitentiary about two years, Dr. Wever was born October 16,
1824, in Ephratah, Fulton Co., N.Y., received an academic education, and graduated from
Albany Medical College, N. Y., January 27,1852. He commenced practice in his native
town, with his father, Dr. Robeat Wever, remaining there two years, and then resided four
years in Rhode Island before locating in Kansas. He was married in Rome, N, Y., to Jane
‘Weller, a native of New York. Their children are, Robert L., Myra L. (now Mrs. John
McCracken, of Leavenworth), Joseph C., John S., and Jenet.

JOSEPH WHITAKER came to Leavenworth April 30,1870, and for two years was
engaged in beef and pork packing with Matt Ryan, whom he bought out, and continued the
business alone until 1878, when he leased his houses to Chicago parties, taking them back
one year later. In June, 1879, he organized a manufacturing company, of which he has
been president. treasurer, and entire manager. The works commenced with the manufact-
ure of machine and heavy castings, and have added the manufacture of cooking and heat-
ing stoves, and of tin and hollow ware, They employ from eighty to ninety men, and
supply the trade in Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri. Mr.
W. is a native of England, emigrating when he was but five years of age. He resided for
forty years in Cincinnati, being in the pork packing business in that city about eighteen
years, and came from there to Leavenworth. T. H. James, ason-in-law of Mr. W., is sec-
retary of the Union Company, and Joseph C., his son. is in charge of the shipping depart-
ment. Mr. W.is also interested in the St. Joseph Refining Company, of which John L,
Whitaker is general manager. T. H. James, secretary of the Union Works, is a native of
Cincinnati, Ohio, from which city he removed to Leavenworth in September, 1882, to as-
sume his present position. 7

ABEL WIBBENHORST, meat market, is a native of Germany and came to Americain
1861 with his people, who settled in Troy, New York State. In 1864 he came here and followed
butchering actively till 1878, when he established the present business which he aly repre-
sents. In 1872 he married Miss Henrietta Gausz (whose family sketch appears in Christo-

her Gausz’s biography). She was-born and reared in Pittsburg, Pa., and came to Kansas
n 1870. Mr. an rs. Wibbenhorst have a family of three sons and one daughter, Chris-
topher Julius, Henry Ernest, Katie May, and Martin John.

H. A. WILKEN, local editor and general agent of Kansas Freie Presse, was born in
Hanover, Germany, March 21, 1830. He came to America in 1860 and located in St. Louis,
where he remained four years, and then moved to Leavenworth. While in Missouri, he
enlisted in the Second Missouri Reserve Volunteers,Company B, in which he served thirteen
months, and March 1, 1865, he enlisted in Company B, Fighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry,
and served until May, 1865. He wasin the Leavenworth Times office for a while, in a feed
stable one year, clerk in a wholesale grucery three years, traveling salesman for a liquor
house one year, three and a half vears in a paper box manufacturing business, one and a
half years with the Brown Medical Company, since which time he has been connected with
the Freie Presse. He was married in Germany May 2, 1857, to Helen Fischer, a_native of
Hanover. They have one child—Fredericka. Mr. W. isa member of the G. A. R., and the
German-American Anti Prohibition Society.

MRS. SOPHIA WILL, general groceries, is a native of Germany and came to America
in 1852; ber maiden name was Detert and she was first married to Henry Hagan, a native of
Germany, who was born in Mecklenburg in 1825 and came to America in 1851 and followed
cabinet making in Ohio until 1858. when he settled here. When the war broke out Mr.
Hagan enlisted in Company D. Eighth Kansas Regiment and did active service till at
the battle of Chattanooga when he received his death wound and was buried on the
pattle field. In 1867 Mrs. Hagan, nee Detert, married Mr. Moritz Will, who was born in
Germany in 1816, and caine to this country In 1862. and was actively connected with the
present business until his death. Mrs, Will has one daughter, Paulina, and one adopted

son, Henry Kohler. : .
EDWARD P. WILLSON, son of Hiram and Eliza (Reynolds) Willson. was born In the
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porinoasterny part of Dutchess County, New York, December 26, 1832. He was of Scotch
Pxtraction, the ancestors on both the paternal and maternal sides, having come from Scot-
ar > tte was brought up under the careful training of his parents, both of whom were
a ic respylertans of most irreproachable character. He was bred on a farm and received
v e educational advantages of the common schools and of the Academy at Kinderhook, New
ork. He lived in Syracuse, N, Y., for afew years after attaining his majority, then emi-
grated to Kansas, locating at Leavenworth, in 1857, In company with A. F. Maison and
i ip Estes, under the firm name of Maison, Willson & Co., he established a foundry In
858. The combined capital of the young firm at the start was six thousand dollars,
and four hands wereemployed. The business was prosperous, and constantly increased
mot 1865, at which time Dr. Forrest Fairchild was admitted as a partner, and the mapu-
‘acture of stoves was added to the machinery building which had before been carried on by
the firm. In 1869 John Wilson became a member of the firm, and it became known as the
Great Western Manufacturing Company.” Under this name the business was carried on
until 1875, when N. H. Burt bought an interest in the stove department, which was there-
after carried on under the firm uame of the “Great Western Stove Company.” The two
companies with which Mr. Willson has been identified from the beginning, now employ
upward of 150 hands,and turn out annually 20,000 stoves, and machinery valued at upwards
of $250,000. Their trade extends throughout the Southern and Western States. The buildings
cover nearly an entire block. The growth of this immense establishment from small be-
ginnings to its present proportions may well be viewed with just pride by Mr. Willson,who
is the only person who has been identified with it continuously since its beginning. Mr.
Willson has ever held sturdily to the Presbyterian faith of his fathers, and has been an
active and zealous member of the Leavenworth church, of which for many years he was a
Ruling Elder. In politics he was formerly a Whig, but has, since its organization, been &
staunch and reliable member of the Republican Party, Mr. Willson was married October
. 1863, to Miss Helen Fairchild, of Leavenworth. She died July 6, 1864. Septem-
6, 1869, he married Miss Olive Sinks, of Willlamsburg, Ohio. They have three chil-
dren, gne son, Hiram R., born April 4, 1875. aud two daughters, Eliza D., born November
26, 1878, and Olive S., born September 1, 1881.
ALFRED WILSON, contractor and builder, is a native of Bucks County, Pa. At the age
of sixteen he began his present business as carpenter in Meadville, Pa., and followed it ac-
tively till 1852, when he went to California, and after spending several years there he re-
turned to his native State, only to come here’ shortly after, in 1858, and has heen very ably
connected with his business here since. In 1845 he married Miss Delilah Ellis, of his native
State, who passed away from this life in 1870, andis buried in Meadville Cemetery, Pennsyl-
vania, leaving one daughter—Ella (now Mrs, James H. Warner). In 1872 he married Miss
Elizabeth Kelly, of Kentucky. They have one adopted daughter—Minnie EF. Wilson. Mr.
Wilson has always been an active worker in the development of the social life of this place

since soming, here.

JOHN WILSON, President of the Great Western Stove Company, ig _a native of Oxford,
Chester Co, Pa., born October 8, 1828. He is the son of James Wilson and Rebecca
(Whiteside) Wilson. His father was of Scotch descent, and served as a soldier in the war
of 1812. John was educated in the common schools and at the New London Academy,
Chester County, which he attended for two years. He was employed, when not in school,
as a clerk in a store, where he learned quitethoroughly the mercantile business, and at the

age of twenty-one commenced business for himself at Mount Pleasant, Lancaster County,
Fa, where he continued for two years, then removed to his native town, and there carried
on business until 1855. In May, 1856, he tirst visited Kansas, remained two months, and
returned to Pennsylvania. He returned to Kansas in the fall of that year, and remained
at Leavenworth until January 1857,and during this visit purchased property on the corner
of Second and Cherokee streets, and made preparations for building. In the spring of
1857, he brought his family from Pennsylvania and became a permanent resident of
Leavenworth. Heerected the first brick business block in Leavenworth, and in it opened
a hardware store, continuing to trade there until 1859, at which time he removed to Dela-
ware street. In 1861 he formed a partnership with Stewart Hastings, under the firm name
of Wilson & Hastings, In 1864, this firm consolidated its business with that of the hard-
ware firm of Brace & Baker, the style of the new firm being Wilson, Brace & Co. Mr. Wil-
son continued as the Senior partner of this firm until 1869, at which time he withdrew to
become an active member of the Great Western Manufacturing Company. In 1875 this
company divided its work and business, and one department became known as _ the Great
Western Stove Company. Of this company Mr. Wilsonis still the President. During Mr.
Wilson’s long and successful business career in Leavenworth he has been identified with
the best interests of the city, and has been honored with many offices of trust and honor.
He was State Senator from Leavenworth County in 1862, and 1863 and served as County
Commissioner four years, 1871-72-73-74, and has been a most efficient member of the
School Board of Leavenworth City. He is one of the solid men of the city, held in the
highest esteem and confidence by those who have known him longest and best.

LEVI WILSON, Government contractor, came to Fort Leavenworth, in April, 1849, and
was employed from that time until 1873, about twenty-four years, in the Quartermaster’s
Department, He then commenced contracting; rensporting military and other supplies
to Government posts in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona and Indian Ter-
ritory. Besides attending to this business he is largely engaged In farming in Leavenworth
Conuty: He is a native of Pittsburg, Pa., and first became connected with the army in 1849.

CHAS F. WINTER, general groceries, business established in 1864. Mr. Winter was
born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1826, and learned the trade of boot and shoe making
there. In 1851 be came to America, and followed his business through the principal cities
of the West. In 1857 he located at Lexington, Mo., and established a boot and shoe busi-
ness, which he carried on successfully till 1863, when he came here, and in 1864 established
the present business, which he very ably represents. In 1857 he married Miss Mary Bour,
a native of France, and who came to America in 1855, at the age of twenty years. Mr. and
aston Mee have buried their two children, Matilda and Victor, in the cemetery in Lex-

WILLIBALD WISSLER, dealer in liquors, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1841, and
was educated to the trade of boot and shoe making, his father having carried on that busi-
ness there. May 25, 1864, he landed in New York from his native country and prosecuted
his trade in the East, until August 22, 1865, when he came here and carried on his busi-
ness actively. until 1868, when he, after making a iri East, to Philadelphia, returned and
engaged at his present business, which he has very ably conducted since. In 1870, he mar-
ried Miss Byena Taylor, a native of St. Paul, Minn., who departed this life in May, 1872,
and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery here. In September. 1872, he married Miss
Caroline Hengel, who was born in Wurtem burg. Germany, in 1851. They have a fannily of
two sons and two daughters—Mary Elise, William Henry, Gustav Ignatzand Lena. Mr.
Wissler has always taken an active part in the growth and development of the social life
of the place since coming here. He is at present District Deputy Grand Chancellor for the
German Lodges of K. of P., membership dating from March, 1877. Is an active member
of the Turners’ Volks Verein Society. Mr. Wissler’s main society isthe K. of P. His ac-
tivity in that society’s work is exceptional, as he has by steady and persistant industry in
the work, raised himself from one subordinate office to the other, until December 20, 1880,
he was appointed to the present incumbency, and upon each each succeeding election
has been unanimously chosen to it. Upon the organization of the endowment rank in the
K. of P. society, he took a very active interest and membership, and has been officially con-
nected with it ever since. In 1879, he was elected tothe Vice Hresldondy, which he served
through 1880; and in 1881, was elected to the Presidency of the rank, which he very ably
represents.

HENRY WITTENBERG, general groceries, was born in Prussia, 1837, and learned
the trade of tailor there. In 1855, he came to America and settled herein 1862, and followed
his trade actively for afew years. In 1867, he engaged at his present business, and has
very actively carried it on since. In 1865, he married Miss Margaret Greif, who was born
in Prussia, in 1840, and came to America in 1863. They have a family of three sons and
one daughter—George, John, Adolf and Amelia,

H. D. WOLFE, of the firm of Wolfe & Co., contractors and bullders, 1s a native of Dela-
ware County, N. Y., where he was identified with his present business for several years;
after which he spent three years at itin Milwaukee, and afterward located in Kansas City,
where he actively prosecuted it for seven years, He located here the present year, and has
active'y carried on his business here since. The firm now gives employment to about ten
or Ewolve skilled workmen, and proposes to enlarge upon it as the increase of business

em inds.

G. J. WOLFSPERGER, proprietor of the Kansas Central Hotel. ‘The hotel was formed
from what had originally been wholesale stores, in 1878. The building is of brick, two
stories high and contains twenty-five rooms. Mr. Wolfsperger was born in Leavenworth,
June 15, 1860. - He was educated in his native city in the schools and business college. In
1877, he went to San Francisco, Cal., where he was connected with the lumber business
as clerk and salesman. Returned to Leavenworth in 1881, and took charge of the hotel.
Mr. W. is a member of Germania Lodge No. 9, and Far West Encampment, No.1, 1.0.0. F.

M. WOLFSPERGEER. general groceries, established business in 1872. Mr. Wolfspergor
was born in Baden, Germany, in 1830, and came to Americain 1856, and settled here in
1858. and carried on the dairy business ttll 1872, when he began the present business,
which he has condueted here since. In 1855, he married Miss Katie Wolz, who departed

this life in 1865, and is buried in the Greenwood Cematery, leaving a famlly of one son
and two daughters living—Louisa, now Mrs. Louls Bessler; J. Gustav and Emma. In 1867,
he married Miss Mary Ketterer, of his native country. They have one daughter—Clara,
Mr. Wolfsperger did honorable military service in his adopted State, during the war, and
has been an active and useful member of soclety since coming here.

REV. GEORGE 8S. WOODWARD was born in Gardiner, Me., October 18, 1821, and
graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick Me., in 1844. He was professor of ancient
languages at Westchester Episcopal Institute, at Westchester Pa., for four years, during
which ‘ime he studied forthe ministry, In 1847, he was licensed by the Third Presbytery

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of Philadelphia, and in the following year he came to Parkville, Platte Co., Mo., where he
resided fifteen years as Pastor of tbe bieshyterian Church jn that Bae, In June, 1§¢3.1e
removed to Leavenworth as pastor of the Fiist Presbyterian Church, and held ihe yc sition
five years, when, in consequence of the failure of his voice, he retired J3¢m the ministry
and engaged in insurance business, which he stil] continues. He was maz tied in Augusta,
Me., October 30, 1848, to Cordelia A. Smith, a native of Fayette, Me. and whodied in
June, 1851, leaving two children—George R. and Ela, the Jatier since deceased. Aynil 7,
1853, he warried at Weston, Mo., Eliza Miller Tyler, a native of New Jersey. Two childien
have been born to them—Einina H.. and a child that died in infancy. i
HENRY WILLIAM WULFEKUHLER, of the firm of Roblfing & Co., commenced
grocery business in Leavenworth, in March, 1858, the firm being composed of William Rohl-
fing and himself. Mr. R. died in 1860, and in 1861 his brother, Fred, became a partner,
the business being conducted under the old firm name. From about $15,000 per annum
the business has increased to between $700,0(.0 and $800,000. Mr. W. was born in Hanover,
Germany, August 9, 1834. He emigrated to America in 1853, and located at St. Louis, where
he was employed as a clerk until his removal to Leavenworth. He was married in Leaven-
worth, October 13, 1859, to Louisa Rohlfing, a native of Germany. Their children are Otto
R., John Albert, Eugene Fred and Louis William. i :
MAJ. JOSEPH P, WRIGHT, Surgeon Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, was born
in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co., Pa. as appointed from his native State, May 28. 1861,
Assistant Surgeon, with rank of First Lieutenant; was on duty, with headquarters Fourth
United States Artillery near Cincinnati, Ohio, during June, July and August, 1861; Med-
ical Purveyor Department of the Ohio on the staffs of Generals McClellan and Rosecrans
until July, 1862; with Army of the Tennessee under Gen. Grant until March, 1863; Chief
Medical Purveyor Department and Army of the ‘Tennessee until June, 1863; in charge of
general hospital at Memphis, Tenn.. until February, 1864; Assistant Medical Director De-
artment of the Cumberland on staff of Gen. G. H. Thomas, March. 1864, and during At-
anta campaign Superintendent of general hospita) at Memphis, Tenn., from June, 1865,
until February, 1866. March 13, 1865, he received the brevet commissions of Captain,
Major and Lieutenant Colonel for faithful and meritorious services during the war. Was
commissioned Captain, Assistant Surgeon, May 28, 1866, and as Major, Surgeon, July 28,
Since the war he was on duty in Boston harbor for three years, in Dakota Territory
ears, Chief Medical Officer, District New Mexico one year, Post Surgeon at Fort
Hays, Fort Leavenworth and United States Military Prison for seven years. Wasin the
field as Chief Medical officer of an expedition to the Yellow Stone and Powder rivers, Mon-
tana, during the summer of 1872. ‘ 2 .
JAMES M. YEATES came to Kansas in 1867 and located in Fairmount Township, Leay-
enworth County, and lived there twelve years. He has lived in the city two years. Mr.
Yeates was born in Putnam County, Ind., 1n 1842, and lived in that State until 1862; then en-
listed in the Eighteenth Indiana Battery and served with that battery during the war, and
was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He then returned to Indiana, and re-
mained there until 1866, when be went to Illinois, and came to Kansas in 1867. He was mar-
ried in Douglas County, IL, in 1866, to Miss Kate Maris, a native of Indiana. They have
had five children, of whom four are living—Wilson A., Mary A., Carrie C., Della M. Mr.
Yeates has been engaged in driving stock from Oregon, Washington Territory and Montana
eastward for the past three years, but has been engaged inthe stock business for fifteen
ears.
i J. R. YOUNG, superintendent of the mill building department of the Great Western
Manufacturing Company, is a native of Chinguacusey, Ontario, Canada, and began his pro-
fession of millwright in Michigan, and completed it in Wisconsin, where he was actively
connecteu with it for a few years. In 1878 he located here, and has been actively connected
with his profession here since, during which time he has been prominently engaged in the
present capacity in Kansas and Nebraska. In 1881 he married: Miss Annie Copeland, a
native of Indiana. They have one son, J. W. Young, Jr. es
J. W. UNG, superintendent milling department Great Western Manufacturing Com-
pany, is a native of Peel County, Canada, and was connected with his profession in that
country for many years. In 1865 he settled in Marshall, Mich., and operated in his profes-
sion through this country extensively tillthe present, In 1878 he located in Kansas, and
accepted his present position the following year. i i .
HENRY TIMERALAN, of the firm Wolfe & Co., contractors and builders, is a native of
Philadelphia, Pa., and learned his trade in Freeport, Ill., where he carried it on successfully
for several years, after which he returned to his native city, and carried it on very exten-
sively for seven years, averaging from forty-five to fifty buildings ayear. In 1879 he caine
here, and has been active in connection with it here since. In 1881 he joined Mr, Wolfe in
the present partnership. which thry very ably represent.
HENRY F. ZONDLER, general groceries, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, March
16, 1841, and-was reared to the gardening business. In 1866 he came to America, and set-
tled in Pennsylvania in 1870, and followed gardening and dairy business there till 1877,
when he caine here and followed gardening actively till the present year, when he estab-
lished the present business, which he ably represents. In 1871 he married Miss Mary Reid-
Unger, GF bis tallye eountry. They havéafamily of two sons and one daughter—Henry,
va an illie.

 

HIGH PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.

EDWARD L. ALEXANDER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Springdale, came to the
State of Kansas in 1872, and locatedin Wyandotte County and lived there four years. He
has lived in Leavenworth County for the last six years. Wis bornin Polk County, Mo.,1n 1850,
and was raised in Platte County of that State. He livedin his native State twenty-two years,
and then cameto Kansas. Mr. Alexander was married in Platte County, Mo., in 1868, to
Miss Amanda Mills, a native of Missouri. They have had seven children, five of whom
are living—James M., William E., John L., Eddy and Lizzie. Mr. Alexander is an ener-
pelle TaEmer of High prairie Township, Leavenworth County, and isan honest man and a

ood citizen. =

e J, P. BAUSERMAN, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, April 14, 1840. His boyhood
was spent on his father’s farm, and his education was acquired in the common schools.
When he was sixteen years old he commenced teaching, from the proceeds of which he
supported himself at Dennison University until he reached the senior year, when on account
of ill health he left college and entered the law office of the Hon, Charles Sweetser. In
September, 1862, he enlisted in the volunteer service as First Lieutenant, and resigning
from the field hospital, he cameto Kansas in February, 1863, locating in Leavenworth
County. He engaged in farming and stock-raising. In November, 1864, Mr. Bauserman
married Miss Laura Ehart, the only daughter of C. C. Ehart. a prominent Leavenworth
County farmer. Two children, Marshal Perry and EllaM., are the fruits of this marriage.
In November, 1865, Mr. Bauserman was elected to the House of Representatives from his
district, being the youngest member of the legislative body. In 1870, he was, without so-
licitation, elected Superintendent of Public Instruction, of Leavenworth County, and was
re-elected in 1872, running over twelve hundred votes ahead of his ticket. In 1874, he was
elected! to the State Senate, from Leavenworth County, and served his constituents so satis-
factorily during the sesstons of 1875 and 1876, that he was tendered a unanimous re-nomi-
nation by his party, which he was compelled to decline on account ot failing health. In
1876, he was appolnted a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Charitable Institu-
tion, and was also elected President of the Board of Commissioners of the Topeka Insane
Asylum, In April, 1877, he purchased an interest in the Brown Medicine and Manufac-
turing Company, and was elected Secretary and Aavertisl ig. Manager, which position he
held till his resignation of the same, which took effect Sentember 1,1882. In January,1881,
Mr. Bauserman organized the Kansas Canning and Preserving Company, the first institu-
tion of the kind In the State of Kansas. He has twice been elected President of the com-
pany and to his efforts Is largely due the success that has marked its htstory. Mr. Bauser-
man is senior member of the finest retail drug store of Leavenworth, and the owner and
manager of one of the finest farms in the connty. Altogether, Mr, Bauserman is a worker,
aman of Jnrepressible ambition and enterprise, and the most of praise that he will allow
us to say of hfin is that his integrity has never been questioned by his neighbors, and his
word Is as good as his bond.

Dr. T. G. V. BOLING, farmer and physician, P. O. Boling, was educated at Weslevan
College, Delaware, Ohio, and is agraduate of the Cleveland Medical College, in the class of
1852 and 1853. He has been engaged in the practice of his profession for thirty-five years.
Commenced practice in Millersburg, Ohio, and practiced there eighteen years. Came to
Leavenworth County in the fall of 1865, and located on his farm, eight miles southwest of
Leavenworth, inthe spring of 1866, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession
since, in High Prairie Township. He has also been extensively engaged in farming and
stock raising, an‘ has on his farm of 640 acres substantial and fine improvements, a fine
residence, and large and commodious barn for the accommodation of his stock of horses
and cattle. Dr. Boling was bornin Holmes County, Ohio, in 1826, and lived in his native
State thirty-nine vears, coming from that State to Kansas in 1865. He was married in
Holmes County, Ohto, in 1861, to Miss Mary ¥. Long. a native of Ohio. He has one child
living, by his first wife—Rovert Z. Mrs. Boling died in 1868, and the doctor married Mrs.
Mary F. McCune, who was a native of Missourl, and was reared in Kansas. He has one
child by his second wife. Tbe doctor has b3en honored by the people of his district in his
election to the State Senate, a position which he now holds.

CRATON CARNEY, farmer, stock-raiser and fruit grower, P. O. Leavenworth, came
to Kansas tn 1853, and traveled throughout the Territory fora shorttime. He settled in
High Prairie Township on his present beautiful farm in 1862, and has lived there since.
Mr. Carney is anative of Delaware Co., Ohio, and lived in his native State about twenty-
three years. He came to Missouriin the fall of 1851, and located in Saline County, then
removed to Buchanan County, Mo., and lived there two years. Seven years he also lived
in Gentry County, Mo,, and came to Kansas in 1862. He was married in Missourl,January
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

6 1858, to Miss Susan Wallace, who wasa native of Virginia, and was raised in Missouri.
They have had six children; four are now living—Ianthe, Orla, Thomas and Valena (Jane
and Sevilladeceased). Mr. Carney is a member of the Masonic Order, has been a member
of the Schvol Board, and was an officer in the State Militia during the war, Hels one of
the most reliable farmers in the couuty. He lives ona fine farm about five miles southwest
of the city, of 320 acres of finely improved land, and is engaged in raising short horn cattle.
JAMES CRUTCHER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Leavenworth, came to Kansas in
1865, and located in this county, and has remained here since. -He was born in Kentucky
in 1847, and lived in his native State eight years. He moved with his parents to Johnson
County, Mo.,and lived there nine years,and then came to Kansas. He was married inJohn-
son County, Mo.,in 1869,to Miss Margaret L. McMahan,a native of Missouri, They have had
five children, William, Jenetta, Mary, Lena and Bertie. Mr. Crutcheris a reliable farmer of
High Frairle Township, an honest and upright citizen, and enjoys the confidence of all who
MRS. ELLEN M. EHART, P. O. Leavenworth, is engaged in farming and raising
stock, and also has a vineyard and orchard on her place, located five miles
southwest from the city of Leavenworth, in High Prairie Township. Mrs. Ehart
1s the widow of Ehart, a prominent farmer of Leavenworth County,
who was largely engaged in buying and shipping cattle and hogs. Mr. Ehart
was a prominent member of the Christian Church, and a highly respected Chris-
tian gentleman, and his death, which occurred in 1871, was not only a great loss to
his family, but was felt by the entire community. Mrs. Ehart came to Kansas with her
husband in 1857, and located on the farm where she now resides, and has lived there since,
She was born in 1821, in Fayette County, Pa., and lived there till she was married, in No-
vember, 1843, to Mr. Ehart. They removed the following spring to Missouri, and lived in
Buchanan County, until they came to Kansas and settled here. Mrs. Ehart had four
children; two are now living—M. W, Ehart, who is extensively engaged in the stock busi-
nese, ane Laura E., married to J. P. Bauserman, a prominent druggist of the city of Leav-
. JOHN K. FAULKNER, farmer, stock-raiser and trader, P.O. Leavenworth; came to
Kansas in 1854 and located where the town of Delaware now Stands, in Leavenworth Coun-
ty. After settling in this county Mr. Faulkner was engaged in freighting to Colorado and
Utah, running his own trains from 1853 till the close of the war, in 1866; and was also en-
paged in driving cattle from Texas to Kansas, after the close of the war. He located where
e now lives, on his large and finely improved farm of over 1.000 acres, in Hich Prairie
Townshbin, in 1862, and commenced to improve his farm. He was born in Monongalia
County Va.,in 1826, and livedin his native State eighteen years, He then resided in
Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, and then came to Kansas. r. Faulkner was married in Kan-
sas in 1860, to Miss Margaret Stearnes. a native of Tennessee. They have five children
living—William, Charles, Reason, Clarence and James. Mr. Faulkner is one of the most

enterprising men of Leavenworth County, and has been largely identified with the develop- -

ment of the resources of the State of Kansas. He has been a member of the State Legisla-
ture for several terms, and a member of the School Board for twenty years.

JOSEPH P. FENLON, stock-raiser, P.O. Leavenworth; came to Kansas in 1855, and
located in Leavenworth City. He still claims the city as his home, although he spends the
most of his time on his finely improved farm in High Prairie Township, seven miles south-
west of the city. Mr. Fenlon is a native of Pittsburg, Pa.; was born in 1845, and lived there
till he came to Kansas, in 1859, and has lived in Leavenworth since his first location. Mr.
Fenlon is a single man, and is one of the enterprising young men of Leavenworth County.
He has the management of a large farm of 1,200 acres of rich land, and finely stocked with
short-born cattle. .

MAURICE FRANK, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Boling; came to Kansas in 1868, and
located in Leavenworth County, and has lived ten years in High Prairie Township, on his
well improved farm of 160 acres. Mr. Frank was born in Georgia, in 1842, and lived in his
native State eighteen years. He enlisted in the Seventeenth Georgia Regiment, and served
in Hood’s Division, and surrendered to General Grant. After coming out of the army he
lived in Alabama until 1868, and then came to Kansas and settled here. He was married in
Alabama in 1870, to Ellen Dillon, a native of that State. They have had five children—Lee,
Adela, Rose, Byron apd Eugene. Mr. Frank is a member of the Masonic Order, and is one
of the enterprising farmers of High Prairie Township, and is making substantial improve-
ments on his exellent farm. -

ELIJAH FUGESSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Boling; came to Kansas in the fall
of 1855, and located in High Prairie Township. Mr. Fugesson was born in Kentucky, in
1815, and lived there sixteen years; then removed tothe State of Illinois, and lived in the
central and northwest part of the State; then lived one year in Minnesota, and then came
to Kansas in 1855, and located where he now resides. He was married in Galena, Il, in
1844, to Miss Marianna Quinche, a native of Minnesota. They have had thirteen children,
eleven of whom are living (one was killed in the army)—Columbus, George, Henry, Mary,
Julia, Charles, William, Edward, Adele, Alfred and Carrie. Mr. Fugesson is one of the
oldest citizens of Leavenworth County, and has been a prominent and highly respected
citizen of High Prairie Township, and has a beautiful farm of 200 acres of rich land.

JOHN C. GIST, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Leavenworth; is also engaged in fruit
growing, and is a dealer in short-horn cattle, and Puland China hogs. Mr.Gist came to Kansas
in June, 1854, and located in the citv of Leavenworth. He nas lived on his present place—a
very beautiful farm about six miles southwest of the city—since 1857. Mr. Gist is a native
of Frederick County, Md. He was born in 1826. and lived about five years in his native
State, then moved to Tiffin, Ohio, and lived in Ohio about ten years. He then removed
to Westport, Mo., and lived there two years, then to Platte County, Mo., in 1839, and lived
there ten years. He went to California in 1849, and lived there two years, and returned to
Missour! in 1852; in 1854 he located in Kansas. Mr. Gist was married in Weston, Platte

- County, Mo., in 1852, to Miss Kate Wilhite, who was a native of Kentucky. They have
had seven children—Arthur, Emma, Charles, Minnie, Will., Walter and Maude. Mr. Gist
is one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Leavenworth County, and has
a large farm of 320 acres of land, well improved, where he now resides.

Dr. JAMES HUTCHINSON, Boling, was educated in Rochester, N. Y.,and graduated
from the Missonri Medical College of St. Louis in the class of 1876. He has been engaged in
the practice of his profession ever since he graduated, in his present location in High Prairie
Township. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1858, locating-at Leavenworth. In 1862 he
settled on his present farm. He was born in Yorkshire, Eng., in:1842, and lived in his native
country seven years, Then emigrated, with his parents, to the United States and lived at
Rochester, N. Y., for eight years. Hethen came to Kansas, and was married in High Prairie
Township, in 1869, to Miss Lulu Black, a native of Missouri. They have had five children,
of whoin three are living—Maude E., James and Harry. Dr. Hutchinson is a prominent
Mason, and is secretary of High Prairie Lodge, No. 25. He has been prominently identified
with the interests of Leavenworth County. Is one of the well-known citizens of High
Prairie Township, and has a large practice in his profession.

JOHN HYDE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Boling, came to Kansas in 1862, and lo-
cated in Allen County, and lived there one and a half years. He then moved to his present
residence in High Prairie Township, Leavenworth County. He was born in the South of
Ireland, County Cork, in 1837, and_lived there until he was fifteen years old. coming to
America in 1858. He first lived in Peoria County, Ill, and was married in Peoria in 1858,
to Miss Mary Dempsey, a native of England, but of Irish parentage. They have had twelve

children, of whom ten are living—Mary L., William J., Arthur J., Minnie, Ellen H., Maggy:

A., Henry, Lillian M., Emma J., and Bessie S. Mr. Hyde is a member of the Masonic Order.
He was Yaisea an Episcopalian and holds to that faith. He is an enterprising farmer and a
respected citizen. - i

: oy. “MOWILLIAMS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.-O. Boling, was born in the State of
Kentucky, in 1836, and lived in that State nine vears, then moved to Macoupin County, Til.
and lived there until 1865. He then moved to Kansas and located in Leavenworth County,
in High Prairie Township. He was married in Llinois, in 1858, to Miss Martha L, Gray. a
native of Macoupin County. Ill. They have had seven children—Willard Q., Ellen, Birdy,
Oscar, Dora, Waiford and Olive. Mr. McWilliams fs one of the oldest settlers of Leaven-
worth County and is a highly respected citizen of High Prairie Township.

JOHN D. MORROW, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Hoge, came to Kansas in 1851 and lo-
cated near the southern boundary tine of the State,and afterward moved to Franklin County,
near Ottawa,and lived there from 1862 to 1865. He settled on his Present tari in High Prairie
Township in 1865,,and has lived there since. He was born in East Tennessee in 1820, and
lived in his native State thirty-one years. Then removed to the State of Kansas. Mr. Mor-
row is a single man and a member of the Masonic Order. He is one of the oldest settlers of
the State aud a man who is esteemed and respected by all who know him. He followed
freighting for several years on the plains and in the Indian country.

MRS. HELEN M. MURRAY, P. O. Boling, is the widow of John Murray, deceased.
Mr. Murray was born in Washington County, Penn., and lived in his native State about fifty-
two years. He removed to Illinois in 1863, and livea there four years, and came to Kansas
in November, 1867, where he located with his family io High Prairie Towuship and re-
mained there during hig life. He died on the 26th day of September, 1871, at the age of
seventy-two years. Ellen Murray. his wife, still resides at the home place in High Prairie
Township. She was born in England, in 1836, and lived there till the age of seventeen
years, when she emigrated to the United States and located at Philadelphia. Here she was
married in 1852 to Mr. Murray. They had seven children—Mary J., Anna B., Joho
W., Minnie M., Mattie R., Georgiana, and Stellie M. Mr. Murray was a Republican in pol-

ities, and a member of the United F teshy terian Church. He was a kind husband, a loving

é jl hristian gentleman.
tN CLIAM PRATHER, farmer and stock-raiser. P. O. Boling, came to Kansas
in 1855, and located in Leavenworth County, and has lived in the county since, with the ex-
ception’ of three years, that he spent in freighting on the plains, He was born in Warren
County, Ky., and lived there until he was twenty-two vears old, then removed to Missouri
and lived there a short time and then came to Kansas, He was married in Leavenworth

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County, to Miss Margaret J. Sloan, a native of Kentucky, and was married the second
time in 1873, to Miss Nancy J. Patten. They have one chi d—A gnes J. Mr. Prather is one

ofthe substantial farmers, of High Prairie Township, and is a2 member of the Cumber-

land Presbyterian Church, and is a highly respected citizen.

_ JAMES REPINE, farmer, stock-raiser, fruit grower, P.O, Leavenworth, came to Kansas
in 1856, and located in Leavenworth City. He has been farming for the past twelve years in
High Prairie Township. Mr. Repine was horn in Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio, in
1845, and lived in Ohio abouttwelve years; he removed with his parents to Leavenworth
City, and has lived in this county since, He was married in Leavenworth in 1867. to Miss
Mary L. Barnes, a native of Massachusetts. They have had five children—Frank. Alexan-

der, Augustus, James and Wilmer. Mr. Repine islocated about six miles southwest from
the city of Leavenworth, and is one of the substantial farmers of this county. His father,
Alexander Repine, came to Leavenworth in 1855, and lived in Leavenworth County twen-

ty-two years, and died in the spring of 1877. The elder Mr. Repine was one of the most

prominent citizens of Leavenworth, and was elected Sheriff in 186), holding that office for
two terms; in 1867 was elected County Treasurer, and served one term. He was also ex-

tensively engaged in the livery business in this city. He was a native of Blairsville, Penn.,

and was marred in Harrisburg, Penn. He left five children—James, Lawson, Augustus,

Melvina ana Sallie.

HESTER M. ROOT, music leader, farmer and stockratser, P. 0. Boling, came to Kan-
sas in 1867, and located first at Olathe, Johnson County, and lived there about two years.
He then came to his present location in High. Prairie Township, Leavenworth County.
Prof. Root was born in the State of Massachusetts, on the 23d day of March, 1823, and
lived there until he was twenty-two years old, then moved to Baltimore where he re-
mained two years. He was next engaged in traveling in his profession through the South-
ern and Middle States, and then he came to Missouri and lived in that State thirteen years.
He then moved to Kansas, and located where he now lives, and has been engaged in his
profession since. He was married in South Carolina in 1855, to Miss Mary E. Jandon. a
nitive of South Carolina. They have had four children—William C., Fanny M., Chester M.,
Mary E. Mr. Root is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He stands well in his profes-
sion, and is a respected citizen in his township.

JAMES Pb, SALISBURY, farmer, P. 0. Leavenworth, came to Kansas in March. 1855,
and iocated in Leavenworth City fora short time, and moved to his present Jocation on his
farm in High Prairie Township, and has lived there slnce, Mr. Salisbury was born in
Cortland County, New York, in 1826; when quite small his parents moved to Erie County,
Penn., and he lived in Erie County, about twenty-six years. He came to Rock Island,
Ill, in the fall of 1854, and to Kansas in the spring of 1855. He was married in Crawford
County, Penn., in 1852, to Mrs. Harriet Y. Millard, a native of Southern Illinois They have
had four children—Mary S., Leslie G., Cynthia L. and Clayton E. Mr. Salisbury has about
200 acres of rich land in his home place, and has very fine improvements. He was a cap-
tain of militia during the late war, and was elected a representative from his district to
the legislature in 1864, and served one term; was a member of the Union League, and was
Vice-President of the first Free-state Convention held at Big Springs in 1850. Mr. Salis-
bury is one of the oldest settlers of the State, and is a highly respected citizen,

JOHN A, SAWYER, farmer, P.O. Boling, resides in High Prairie Township, and is also
engaged in blacksmithing. He cameto Kansas, April 12, 1855, and locate(l where he now
lives. Mr. Sawyer was born in Hillsboro County, N. H., April 23, 1818, and lived in his
native State thirty-six years, He removed in 1854, to Moline, Ill., and remained there until
the spring, when he came to Kansas and located where he now lives. He was married in
New Hampel te. April 1, 1847, to Miss Betsey Robinson, a native of New Hampshire.
They had three children—Helen M., Edward B. and Nancy E., all dead, Mrs, Sawyer died in
1866. Mr. Sawyer has been Justice of the Peace in his township for several terms. He is
one of the old residents of his county, and is a worthy and respected citizen,

GEORGE W. SEYMOUR. farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Boling; is also a Justice of the
Peace, and has held the office for sixteen years; andis Postmaster at Boling. He first
stopped at Fort Leavenworth, the 29th of March, 1838, and was therea short time. He
then settled at St. Joseph, Mo., and lived there until beptember 25. 1853. when he moved to
Williamson County, Texas, and remained there until March 4, 1861. Mr. Seymour was a
strong Union man and a war Democrat, and was ordered out of Texas on account of his Union

rinciples. He was born and reared in Granger County, East Tennessee. Born February
BS 1813, and lived in his native State twenty-six years, and removed to Texas, He was
there a short time and then came to Kansas in 1857, with a drove of mules and remained
one year. He returned again and located permanently in Kansas, in 1861. He was mar-
ried in Tennessee to Sarah Vititoe, a native of Kentucky. They had four children—
Amanda, John §., Thomas M. and Aaron. Mr. Seymour was married again in June, 1846,
to Mrs. Susan M, Russel, a native of Tennessee, and has nine children by this marriage,
seven are living—Maggie, Samuel A., Anna, George W., Jr., William A., Albert J, and
Robert L. Mr. Seymour has been a member of the Masonic Order for a long time, and is
a prominent member of the Christian Church. He is one of the oldest and most respected
citizens of High Prairie Township.

LOUIS SKAGGS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Jarbalo; came to Kansas in 1854, and
located on the Big Stranger about two miles from where he now lives. Mr. Skaggs was born
in Indiana in 1835, and when quite young he emigrated with his parents to Iowa. Went
from there to Platte County, Mo.; lived there about fifteen years, and then came to Kansas.
He was married in Kansas to Miss Eliza J. Henderson, a native of Virginia, They had
four children, two are living— John W.and James L. Mr. Skaggs was married again in
1861 to Miss J. R. Burns, anative of Ohio, Has had seven children by his second wife—Mary
E., Cinderella A., Emma J., Sadie A., Harry E., Joseph and Ollie M. He is a member of the
Methodist Church, and is an honest man anda good citizen. He enlisted inthe Fifteenth
Kansas Cavalry, and served with that regiment till the close of the war.

CHARLES F. STARNES, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Leavenworth; came to Kansas
in 1856, and located in High Prairie Township, and on his present farm in 1871. He has a
beautiful farm in the southeast corner of High Prairie Township, of 240 acres. He was born
in Platte County, Mo., in 1843, and lived in that State till 1856, when he removed to Kansas.
He was married in Leavenworth County in 1870, to Miss Josephine Smith, a native of Ken-
tucky. They have had three children—Henry, Minnie and Bessie. Mr. Starnes is a member
of the Southern Methodist Church. He is anenergetic, enterprising citizen of High Prairie
Township, and an honest and upright man. be

THOMAS J. STARNES, farmer and stock-raiser; P.O. Leavenworth; came to Kansas
in the spring of 1854, and located in Delaware Township, Leavenworth County, and lived
there nine years. He then located on his present farm in High Prairie Township in 1865,
and has lived here since. He was born in Platte County, Mo., in 1841, and lived in Missouri
till 1856, then removed to Kansas, and located. where he now lives. He was married in
Leavenworth County, in 1864, to Miss Mattie Haskins, a native of Ohio, They have had one
child—Marian E. Mr. Starnes is a young man of energy and public spirit, which 1s demon-
strated by the fine improvements on his farm.

WILLIAM STILLINGS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Leavenworth; also engaged
in the manufacture of sorghum syrup, and took first premium at the State Fair at To-
peka, 1881 and 1882, on his samples of syrup. Mr. Stillings came to Kansas in 1866,
and located in Lyon County, and followed farming and stock-raising to some extent in that
place not quite seven years. Then with his family moved to Missouri, remained there
nearly two years, when they moved to Leavenworth County, Kan., High Prairie Township,
in 1874, where he has since been living. Mr. Stullings was born In Hartford County, Md.,
May 17, 1828, and was brought upin Union County, Ohio, and remained there until April,
18°4, when he with three others started for lowa, and there settled, and being a young man
at the time, did not do much farming for nearly two years; at the end of that time mar-
ried Susan, daughter of Archibald Elson, who was a native of Coshocton County, Ohio. He
hen settled down and farmed some for three years, or till April. 1859, when he and his
family went back to his old home in Ohio, and farmed a part of the old home farm until
September, 1865 (his wife and one child, Flora Belle, died a short time before), when, with
three children (James E., aged six, Mary, four years, seven months, and George, three
years), he emigrated to Iowa; from there to Lyon County, Kan., in the fall of 1866. In 1867,
married Mrs. Mary E, Kirby (maiden name, Denham), who was a native of Iowa, and by
her was born to him five children—Herbert, Cora, Curtis. Ina and Adelle. Mr. Stillings is
one or the enterprising farmers of High Prairie Township, and has a well improved farm
0. acres.

LEWIS A. STONE, farmer; P. O. Leavenworth; is engaged in the dairy business
on his farm, about six miles southwest of the city of Leavenworth. He was born in Niagara
County, N. Y., in 1825, and when fourteen years of age removed to Michigan with his
parents. He finished his college studies aud graduated at Oberlin, Ohio, where he also
took the second degree in the arts. In 1857 he filled the professorship of mathematics in
the Oak Hill Femaje College in the State of Tennessee, and in 1858 and ‘59 was principal of
the Academies, male and female. in Raleigh, inthe same State. In November, 1859, he lo-
cated a farm and academy near Topeka, Kan, The great drouth of 1860 made this enter-
prise afailure. During 1862 and 1863 he filled the chair of mathematics in the Leaven-
worth College, Lenvenworth, Kan. From 1864 to 1866, inclusive, he was principal of the
Fulton city schools in the State of Illinois. On account of failing health, he then abandoned
teaching, and returning to Kansas, located on the farm where he now resides. He married,
in 185%, Miss Martha A, Hotchkiss, a native of New York State, and a graduate of Le Roy
Female Seminary. To him by this marriage were born two children—4. Louis, who is now
a@ prominent teacher inthe county, and Eva L., now the wife of Mr. J. M, Gilman. In 1881
he married Mrs. Esther H. Miller, a widow lady of unusual activity in every pool cause.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Ston9 hive. for several years, been earnestly engaged in the Sabbath-
school work in Leavenworth County. Heisa prominent citizen, and at different times has
been a can‘lidate for various offices in the county and State.

THOMAS TROWES, farm >r, st ck-raiser and general trader fa stock, cattle and hogs,
P.O. Leivenworth, ca ne to K unsas in 1855, and located in High Prairie Township, Leaven-
worth County, Mr. Trowes was born in Kentucky, in 1829, and lived in that State about

 
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five years, He removed with his parents to Indiana, about 1834,and lived there nine
4 iana, ; years,
removing to the State of Missouri in 1843, and living in Buchanan County until he came to
Bas in 1855. le was married in Buchanan County, Mo,, in 1839, to Miss Margaret
vins, a native of Missourl. They have had eleven children, seven of whom are living—
Francis, Samuel, Emma, Alma, Oliver, Harry and Maggie.
in nolitics in his State, and was Delegate to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention in
1857. and was elected to the Legislature in 1863. He is a member of the Masonic Order,
Mr. Trowes is one of the oldest citizens of Leavenworth County,an honest and capable man,
and is highlv respected by the people of his county.

B. F. UHL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Boling, came to Kansas in 1869, and lo-
cated where he now resides, in High Prairie Township. He was born in Hoimes County,
Ohio, in 1836, and lived there about thirty-three years. He then came to Kansas and settléd
in Leavenworth County. He was married in Holmes County. Ohlo,in 1858, to Mrs. Julia
Wallack, a native of Ohio, They have had five children—Flora, Charles, Luella, Delbert
and Miranda. Mr. Uh1 is living on his farm, of 230 acres of well improved lana, in High
Frais Township, and is a highly respected citizen. Mr. Uhl keeps excellent grades of

JACOB VOGEL, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Boling, came to the State of Kansas in
1871, and located in Leavenworth County, High Prairie Township, and has lived here since.
He was horn in 1849, in Holmes Co., Ohio. and lived in Ohio twenty-two years, and then
came to Kansas and located where he now lives. He was married in High Prairie Township,
in 1876, to Miss Maranda Shatzel, a native of Ohio, and has four children, two are now liv-
ing—Walterand Edward. Mr. Vogel is a hard-working, ene) getic young man, and is re-
spected by the people of his township.

: ENZO WALLACE, carpenter, P.O. Boling, came to Kansas in 1859, and located in
High Prairie Township, Leavenworth County. and has lived there since. He was born in
Clark County, Ohio,in 1840,and lived in his native State nineteen years, and then came to his
present location in Kansas. Mr. Wallace isa single man, and enjoys the confidence and
respect of all of the neople of his township. He has been engaged in farming, but recently
sold his farm and is living at present with Maurice Frank, alarge farmer of his township.

W. S. YOHE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Leavenworth, cams to Kansas in 1840, and
located at Fort Leavenworth. He was for fifteen years in the employ of the Government,
ana was one of the first locators of the city of Leavenworth, and has resided In this county
ever since, Mr. Yohe has traveled over a great many States of the Union. He is a native
of Philadelphia, and was born in 1819, and lived in his native State until he was nineteen
years old. He then removed to New Orleans, and lived there a short time, He also lived
in Mississippi and Florida,and then returned to Philadelphia, and came from there to Kan-
sas, and was married in Platte City, Mo.. in 1849, to Miss Isabella McClarin, @ native of Ire-
land. He was married to his second wife, Miss Sarah C. Wood. a native of North Carolina,
in 1863, and has two children by his second marriage, Alfred F. and Lena B. Mr. Yohe is
pegminently identified with the Christian Church, and is a minister of that faith, He has

een active in developing the resources of his couaty, and has held several local offices.

DELAWARE CITY AND TOWNSHIP.

Delaware City, one of Leavenworth’s early rivals, is now a city of the
past. In the summer of 1854, L. F, Hollingsworth, George Quinby, William
H. Spratt, James Bruce, J. M. Churchhill, C.C. Redmond, and others, from
Platte County, Mo., commenced its settlement. An association was formed (S, B.
Prentiss, president), the town site, consisting of 320 acres, platted, and Dela.
ware City was soon a prosperous, growing town. Among the earliest settlers
in the township were R. C. Foster, David Churchill, Eli Macamer, John W.
Loar, H. T. Green, G. W. Gardner, Chief Justice S. D. Lecompte, B. H.
Twombly and others. ;

The Delaware City of to-day consists of only a few houses and some
fifty or sixty people. It has a Catholic Church and a district school. In the
township is that splendid educational establishment, Mount St. Mary’s Acade-
my, asketch of which is given.

Mount St. Mary’s Academy.—The academy is located south of Leaven-
worth, on a beautiful elevation commanding a view of the city and fort and
the meanderings of the Missouri River, north and south, as far as the eye can
reach. The building is a spacious and imposing three-story and basement
brick structure, admirably arranged. It contains large and well-ventilated
dormitories, toilet rooms, grand study hall, numerous recitation rooms, music
and drawing rooms, large refectory and recreation rooms, infirmary and dis-
pensary—in a word, no pains have been spared to render St. Mary’s one of
the most desirable educational institutions in the West. The grounds and
adjoining land comprise 120 acres of land, the entire property being valued at
$100,000. The course of instruction comprises, besides the common branches,
book-keeping, French, German and Latin languages, music, drawing, plain and
ornamental needle work, tapestry, embroidery, zephyr work, wax flowers, etc.,
etc. The academy is under the management of a Mother Superior, who re-
quires morality among her pupils. Those of Protestant beliefs are left free as
to their religion. The attendance is now between fifty and sixty, and is con-
stantly increasing. The original site for the building and grounds, consisting
of thirty-five acres of land, was purchased of Dr. Few, in 1868, and the mag-
nificent academy building first occupied in 1870. As a rule the pupils of
Mount St. Mary’s Academy have been remarkably free from sickness and death.
But in June, 1882, a casualty occurred, which carried sadness to the hearts
of the Sisters, parents and the entire community. A destructive wind storm
occurred on the 16th of that month, the cupola was blown down, and four
young girls in the dormitory were crushed to death; others were more or less
seriously injured.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

THOMAS J. ABSHIRE, deceased, was born In_Franklin County, Va., December 16,
1814, and was reared to the business of farming. In 1845. he located with his family in
Elkhart County, Ind, He followed farming there until 1856. when he located here and
was prominently identified with farming and stockralsing untill his death, which occurred
November 23, 1880. He is buried in Delaware Cemetery, leaving a famlly of three daugh-
ters—Mary J., now Mrs. J.B Bell, of Missourl; Clementine, now Mrs, Dr. Terwill-
iger, of Delaware Township, and Florence E., now Mrs.8. J. Ferree, farmer and stock-
raiser of Delaware Township. Mrs. Eliza M. Abshire nce France, was born and reared tn
Roanoke County, Va.. married the deceased in 1845, and shared with him his pioneer life
here. Mr. Abshire always took an active part in the growth and development of
the social and industrial life of his locality. He was an active worker in the estab-
lishment and support of the Baptist Church, and at his death was prominently identi-
fied with it as an honorable official. On Oc ober 28, 1881, Mrs. Mary France, mother of
Mrs. Abstire, passed away from this life and was buried in the family cemetery, Delaware

‘ownship.

JAMES BAUSSERMAN, retired farmer, P. O. Lansing, was born in Virginia, Octuber
16, 1809, and was identified with the profession of teaching there. In 1838, he located in
Delaware County, Ohio, and followed his profession there for a few years, completing a
period of nineteen years in its service. He afterward engaged in farming successfully. In
1863, he located here, and has been actively identified with the farming and stock industry
of this locality since. In 18338, he married Miss Mary A. Ogelvie, of his native State,
They have a family of three sons and two are Henry, minister in Christian
Church; Joseph P., druggist, Leavenworth: Francis M.. livery and feed stable business;
Amanda A., now Mrs. Joseph M. Orndorff, farmer of Jefferson County; Martha O., now
Mrs. Jno. C. Evans, farmer and stock-raiser of Jefferson County. For the last thirteen
years Mrs. Bausserman has very successfully treated and cured cancers, during which
time she has removed over 600 cancers, many of which were of the most malignant form.
Her treatment is nainless and thorough. :

. G. COGSWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 34, P.O. Fairmount, was born in
Wayne County, N. Y., in 1828, and was identified there with his present industry, till 1860,
when he located here and has been very successfully connected with that industry since.
His stock in trade was a merely nominal amount, when he began here; but he has by

Mr. Trowes has been engaged.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

industry accumulated four nice farms, comprising 580 acres of choice land un-
Pern State of cultivation, with abundance of fruit and vegetable pardens,
amounting to about $20,000. In 1856, he married Miss Orpha A. Gould, of his native ita
and county. Mr. Cogswell has been an active worker in the social life of his locality since
coming here. i . ste 2) ieee

W. C. M. DALTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 28 and 82, P. 0. Lansing; was
in resineeeee in 1835, and was reared and educated in Missouri, and was identified pute the
agricultural and horticultural industry there. In_1862 he located here, and nae I eon ae
tively identified with his present industry since. In 1859 he married Miss Josep! ine Mo =
ris, who was born in Kentucky in 1841, and was reared and educated in Missouny T ey
have a family of six sons and four daughters—John_H., Charles R., Jeremiah F i a
C., Hattie, Amanda, Sanford W.. Jemima, Ida and Christopher N. | Mr. Dalton has alway
worked actively in the growth and development of the social life of his locality since com-
ing here. Has heen a member of the Baptist Church for over thirty-two years. 4

S. H. HAMILTON. stock dealer and_proprietor meat market, Lansing; was born ang)
reared in St. Clairville, Belmont County, O., and was prominently connecte with th © at0s
dealing there for ten years previous to his locating here in 1879. Since coming here ie a
worked actively in the business, confining his trade to the markets of Leavenworth anh
Kansas City, and dealing principally in fat cattle, of which he turns out about $10,000 wor
per annum, ‘ior in

ALONZO HUCKINS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, P. O. Lansing, was
New Hampshire in 1838, and came to Kansas in 1855. For the first ten years he engaged in
Government employ in freighting upon the Plains, excepting during the war, when e was
deputed Master of Transportation, and did service throngh Kansas, Missourt, Ar’ SRA,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina, After the war he
engaged in stock dealing. and afterward in grain dealing, till 1871, when he again took up
freighting in the Indian Territory. In 1872 he began stock aealng and has carried it on ae
tively since, In 1867 h> married Miss Frances H, Dunlap, daughter of Horace Dunla “e
Leavenworth County. They have a family of three sons and one daughter—Perciva iis
Bertrand, Alonzo F. and Belle. Mr. Hucking has worked actively in the social life of his
locality since coming here, He isan active member of the A., F. & A. M society, of seven-
teen years’ standing.

JOHN Ww. HUGH ES, horticulturalist, Section 3, P. O. Leaven orth. was born in
Baltimore County, Maryland, in 1828, and was reared in Ohio. In 1856 he settled in
Adams County, Ill, and carried on farming actively there till 1860, when he came weet
and located here, and has been prominently connected with ardening and horticulture
since, In 1852 he married Miss Jane Edwards, a native of Butler County, Ohio, They
have one son—William B., merchant of Leavenworth. Mr. Hughes has always worked ac-
tively in the development and growth of the social and public life of his locality since set-
tling here. He has served twelve years upon the School Board of the District, and is pres-
ent Trustee of his Township, which iucumbency he has held for seven years. The farm
residence contains fifty acres, of which thirteen acres contain apple trees, two acres of
grapes, two acres of raspberries and three acres of strawberries, the balance being prin-
cipally used for gardening purposes; is located about two miles from Leavenworth, on the
De Soto road, and is e>mplete with handsome and ample dwellings. stables, etc,

SQUIRE J. M. HULL, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec’'lon 31, P.O. Lansing, was born and
reared in Fulton, Oswezo County, N. Y.,and was educated to the carpentering professton,
which he followed there till 1859. He then located in Kingsville, Mo.. and carried on his
profession till 1861, when he located here and engaged at his present industry, which he has
actively carried on'sinee. In 1860 he married Miss Araminta Alexander, a native of John-
son County, Mo. They have a famiiv of three sons and one daughter—John W., James M.,
Celestian A. and Myrtie M. ‘Squire Hull has been the incumbent of his present position for
eighteen years. During the warhe did active service in the militia of the State. He has
been‘an active worker fa the maintenance of the Methodist Church here, of which he is an
official member. 7

P. JAMIESON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P. O. Lansing, was born and reared
in Kingston, Canada, and was identified there with the mercantile business. In 1857, and
at the age of nineteen, he located here and followed milling and farming for the first few
years. In 1868 he established a mercantile business and carried it on till 1878, when he
engaged at his present industry, which he has successfully carried on since, In 1862 he
married Miss Susan L. Stone, a native of Kingston, Canada. They havea family of three
sons and two daaghters—Charles, Frank, Fred., Nettie and Ida. r. Jamieson is an active
worker in the social life of his locality. "Has been an active member of the I. O. O. F. since

6. .

BTC OSEPH KELLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 31, P. O. Lansing, was born in Pu-
laski County, Ky., in 1818. In 1838 he settled in Macon County, Mo., and followed farming
actively there till 1854, when he came here and located, and has been actively and success-
fully connected with his present industry here since. In 1870 he married Mrs. Elizabeth
Chapman, nee MacMillan, a native of Illinois. They have one daughter, Mary and one son,
George Chapman. “ : .

JOHN M. LARIMER, deceased, was born in Pittsburg, Pa, in 1836. In 1856 he lo-
cated in Kansas, and for the first years of his life was engaged in extensive freighting oper~
ations between Leavenworth and Denver, after which he engaged in agricultural and horti-
cultural industry, with which he remained successfully connected until his death, which
occurred September 2, 1881. Heis buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery, leaving two children
Rachel and John M., Jr. Mrs. Halle Larimer, nee Collins, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., and
removed to Leavenworth at an early age, with her relatives, where she was reared and edu-
cated. In public life Mr. Larimer always took an active pare in all matters tending to the
growth and development of the social and industrial life of his locality.

N W. LOAR. farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P. O. Leavenworth, was born in
Ohio in 1816, and was reared and educated in Virginia. At the age of twenty years he lo-
cated in Boone County, Ky., and carried on mercantile business there for several years, In
1854 he located here and has been prominently identified with his present industry since.
Mr. Loar began business here upon a small capital, but has, by dint of steady and persistent
thrift and industry, secured a competence of $50,000. His chief pride is in his beautiful
farm, Jocated three and a half miles from Leavenworth. It commands a very extensive
view of the surrounding country, including a good view of the city and State’s Prison. It
contains 164 acres of choice Jand, snrrounded by a hedge, of which the farm contains six
miles in cross fences, etc. Is confined to grass growing, averaging about 245 tons per an-
num. The fruit orchard contains twenty-five acres of choice apples, pears, ete., of which
there are 3.000 apple trees, 200 pears—apples average 24,000 bushels per year, and pears
about 600 bushels. His breeding ranch contains superior grades of horses, mules, jacks
and high graded cattle, for which Mr. Loar has always taken a very prominent place in the
stock industry and exhibits of this State. His residence is an imposing brick structure, an
ornament to the surrounding locality; beautiful frame barns and outbuildings, make up the
uota of this, one of the finest farms in Kansas, In public life Mr. Loar has always heen re-
ticent, but has done able service in the maintenance of the schools, as also of the Christian
Church, of which he and his wife have been active members for many years. In 1848 he
married Miss Lucinda Haskins, who was born and reared in Galliopolis County, Ohio. They
have one adopted daughter, Annie, now Mrs. Clauce NeVore, of the firm John W. Loar &
Co., wholesale dealers In apples, etc., ete.. 276 Nelaware street, Leavenworth.

HIR G. PARKER, general merchant, Lansing, was born in Morgan County, IIl., on
the 19th of December, 1845, and was identified there as a farmer until 1870, when he re-
moved to Wilson County, Kas., and engaged in farming fora few years. He then did ser-
vice as guard at the Penitentiary for four years, after which he started his present business,
which he ably represents. In 1865 he married Miss Sarah York, a native of Cass County,
Til, They have one son and two aughters Otho E., Mary J., and Matildal, At the break-
ing out of the war, Mr. Parker enlisted in Company B, Tenth Regiment, INinois Volunteer
Infantry, for three years. After he had served one year and a half in that regiment, he re-
enlisted in Company B, First Regiment, Mississippi Marine Brigade, doing active service
until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. He has been a member of
the A. F. & A. M. Society since 1866. ;

UL. A. RAMSEY, farmer and stock dealer, Section 31, P. O. Lansing, was born and reared
in Franklin County, Mo., and was identified there with the mercantile business. In 1867 he
located here and has carried on his present business actively since. In 1866 he married
Miss Belle MacMillan, a native of Tllinols, but was reared in Missouri. They have a family
of one son and three daughters—Emmet E., Addie L., Jessie M., and Nettie BR. Mr. Ramsey
did active service inthe Fifth Missouri, Company A, Volunteer Infantry, during the war.
Is Charter member of Leavenworth Lodge. No. 1285, K. of H., and has worked actively in
the supnort of the Christian Church here, of which he and his wife are active members.

GEORGE W. STARNES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P.O. Leavenworth, was
born in Tennessee in 1827, and was reared in Fountain County, Ind, Atthe ace of four he
settled in Platte County, Mo., and followed farming there for several years. March 14,
1855, he located bere and has heen actively connected with his present business since, In
1848 he married Miss Abigail Livingood, who was born in North Carolina, in 1882, and who
departed this life in 1866, and is burled in the family cemetery on the homestead. leaving &
family of five sons and two danghters—T. R., John M., Margaret L., Flora A., Irvin M.,
William P..and George A. In 1875 he married Mrs. Sarah Espey. nee Bennington, a native
of Ripley County, Ind. They have one son, David A. Espey. Mr. Starnes has been an active
worker as member of the School Board for several vears, and Township Trustee and many
outer positions. Has been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South since

, MARTIN WALSH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P. O. Lansing, was born in
County Mayo, Ireland, in 1839, and was reared in Yorkshire, England. In 1859 he came to
America, and spent the first few years in connection with the railway industry in Kentucky.
Was the first baggageman on thé Nashville & Northwestern R. R. During the war be was
active in connection with the Western Flotilla on the Mississippi, and latterly as an official
to the Equipment Department, and after the war he retained a position on the Monitor
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

watch, which he held until 1870 in Mound City, Nl.
. He then e:
pusiness: there, which he Rory successfully carrfed on until 1873.90 os iin eure
Rane nea ed wearing ae {econaln bus afer atom years he abandoned it and located In
from in 188i, on account of ill health, and engaged Upon his Breve oie eee tally retired
he married Miss Bridget Dougherty, ‘of County M yoer i ML The Heya atta ETE Ean
sons and three daughters—Richard J., George M. Wary. Scie, wag pave 4 family of two
cy ge M., Mary, Annie, and Alice.

Cty ith aa meatal Ao le earner gary Alera oan

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sas City, Kas., and has filled many minor positions of ROuoean tHe ESS

KICKAPOO CITY AND TOWNSHIP.

Kickapoo Township lies in the extreme northeastern portion of the county
north and west of the Military Reservation, north of High Prairie and east of
Easton. Kickapoo Island, about two miles long and half a mile wide, is sit-
uated north of the reservation, being a valuable portion of the township. The
early history of the Kickapoo Indians who occupied this Territory as part of
their reservation, and the establishment of a Catholic mission in their midst, is
all to be found in the general State history, Major Wiliam F. Dyer, an agent
of the Kickapoo Indians, and afterward a trader among them, settled, with his
family, on what was subsequently known as the Lawrence farm, near the vil-
lage, in 1845, and remained there nine years. Rev. Joel Grover, an Indian
missionary, father of D. A. N. Grover, of Kansas City, and C, A. Grover, first
county attorney of Leavenworth County, settled a short distance south of the
village in 1851, and died there three years later, Salt Creek Valley, however,
is the historical ground of the township and of the county. Here Major
Robert Wilson, the first white man, settled in 1844. He kept a trading post a
short distance west of the Salt Creek bridge, near the house which he after-
ward built, being the first in that vicinity, The latter building is still stand-
ing. In 1852, he sold out to Major M. P. Rively and became Sutler at Fort
Riley. On June 10, 1854, the first squatters’ meeting in the county and the
Territory was held in Major Rively’s store. D. A. Grover was elected Register
of claims and Malcolm Clark, Marshal. Among the early settlers of the city
and township were William Finley, John Freeland, chairman of the County
Board for many years, and foremost in getting its finances into shape; Jesse
Connell, farmer, State Senator, business man, etc.; George O. Sharp, who ran
Capt. Dennis’s saw-mill, a man of affairs, and present Postmaster; Isaac Cody,
father of ‘Buffalo Bill,” who had a small farm, a hotel and store, and died
several years ago at the old homestead; Lawrence Kennedy, whilom Mayor of
‘Pleasant Ridge,” a village situated on the bluff, three miles west of Salt
Creek Valley ; Merrill Smith, a large Government freighter, hotel keeper and
farmer, who settled in 1854 near Salt Creek bridge—now dead ; David Harley,
builder of the Eight-Mile House; J.B. Crane and H. B. Gale, settlers of
1854, in the northwestern part of the township, and others less well known.

It is generally admitted that Kickapoo City was laid out as a premeditated
rival of Leavenworth, by citizens of Weston and Platte County, Mo. The
land was surveyed by the Kickapoo Town Company in July, 1854, the site
containing 309 acres, In October the plat was acknowledged by Josiah Elliott,
mayor. A large portion of the township, including the town site, was open to
pre-emption, under the laws of the United States, and for this reason it was
supposed that Leavenworth would find it hard to compete with her rival. And
Kickapoo was, for sometime, a bitter political as well as business rival. Even
before Leavenworth existed, Kickapoo was a political rival of Fort Leaven-
worth, as isevident from the fact that a convention was held in the village,
September 20,1853 which arranged for electing a delegate to Washington, to
urge upon Congress the organization of the new Territories of Nebraska and
Kansas. It was not held at Fort Leavenworth for the reason that it was deemed
desirable that the demonstration should not appear to have the countenance or
co-operation of the officers and soldiers. There was but one trading house in
the village where the meeting was held. The mission occupied by the Rev. Mr.
Grover, had no school attached to it, but he was then anxious to commence one.

Little wonder is it that in the summer and fall of 1854, when the squatters
from Missouri commenced to arrive in numbers, that Kickapoo seemed to be
pre-ordained as a political center. The first thing to be done after the site
was regularly surveyed by the town company, was to keep the claims of would-
be settlers from the grasp of “jumpers.” Capt. J. W. Martin, afterward cap-
tain of thecelebrated ‘Kickapoo Rangers,” had made a claim and returned to
his home in Liberty, Mo., for the purpose of bringing back his family. His
claim was jumped while he was away, and he therefore employed H. Miles
Moore, a personal friend, to go to Salt Creek Valley and argue his case before
the Squatters’ Court. Mr. Moore won the case and accompanied Malcolm
Clark, the marshal, to see that the ‘‘ousting” decision was enforced. The man
who played the role of jumper had fled, but his wife “held the fort” and flung
defiance at the law. Alter coaxing, threats and force had been employed, she
was finally loaded into a wagon with children and household goods and de-
parted. She threatened to burn the cabin, however, as soon as the officers of
the law left, and Capt. Martin was obliged to placea guard of two men over
his property until he could get his family over from Missouri. ;

During the first days of November emigration was quite brisk towards
Kickapoo. A gentleman of Leavenworth, writes as follows in regard to the
town. He, in company with other gentlemen, made atrip to Kickapoo to attend
a sale of lots: : an

“On the Missouri River at Kickapoo is a fine body of timber and prairie.
The town commences in the bottom, on a strip about a quarter of a mile wide.
At the upper end of the town the bluffs recede from the river, leaving the bottom
in the shape somewhat of a half moon. The town runs back on the highlands.
A ravine passing through the center of the town tract, affords an easy access to
the river, one or two fine springs making their appearance along this ravine.
Some energetic business men have taken hold of this place, who will contribute
greatly towards building the town. A brisk and spirited sale of lots took place on

the premises, The lots generally brought from thirty to seventy, eighty and
one hundred dollars each, and one or two, we think, were as high as one hun-
dred and ten dollars. We understand there were some forty or fifty lots sold.

“ The upper part of the town has been an old settlement, As long ago as

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twenty years the Catholics established a mission at that place,on the manual
labor system, but as the Indians were not fond of work, they finally abandoned
it toa great extent, and removed further back. An old log building, two stories
high, part of the mission building, is still standing and has been fitted up for a
hotel, which is kept by Mr. Hayes. In one room of the up-stairs, we found a
printing office, all in good order, materials entirely new, with good bourgeois
and minion type, to print a paper called the Kansas Pioneer, by Sexton and
Hazzard. They will have out a paper in about two weeks. Mr. Sexton showed
us some very fair specimens of bituminous coal obtained on Plum Creek, about
two miles distant from Kickapoo. We heard of mines of coal on the Delaware
lands, not far from Leavenworth, that are said to yield abundantly.”

The reader will remember that the above was written in 1854. At present
writing (July, 1882) the mission building mentioned above is “still standing,”
a portion of the property of O. M. Spencer, one of the most prosperous farmers
of Kansas.

In November, 1854, the Kansas Pioneer made its appearance. A.B. Haz-
zard, its editor and proprietor, was an able man and for three years published a
brisk and bitter Pro-slavery, anti-Leavenworth newspaper. He is now publish-
ing a paper in Savannah, Ga. Next came the establishment ofa steam ferry,
U.S. land office, saw mills, groceries, dry goods and general stores, hotels,
saloons, lawyers’ and doctors’ offices, etc., etc. Capt. Elijah Wilhite and Capt.
Dennis both had their mills in operation, the bulk of the product going toward
the erection of the stables at Fort Leavenworth. At this time the progress of
Kickapoo was both rapid and steady. In January, 1855, T. D. Armond was
appointed the first Postmaster of Kickapoo. The mails were taken across the
river from Weston, and Kickapoo City was, for some time, quite a distributing
point for the postal service. In the fall of 1855 Kickapoo was a strong candi-
date forthe county seat. The “no-unimportant” part which she played in politics
is elsewhere detailed, and it is useless to go further into the particulars of her
early history, remembering that she is now a “‘ deserted village.” Before giving a
short description of ‘‘ Kickapoo City,” as she is, however, brief reference should
be made to the capture of the Kickapoo cannon, which caused so much excite-
ment at the time.

It was on Tuesday. January 5,1858,that a party of fifty or sixty Free-state men
of Leavenworth went to Kickapoo City, and while the Pro-slavery warriors were
sleeping carried off a six pound brass cannor—‘ Old Kickapoo,” stolen from
the Liberty, Mo., arsenal. The Free-state boys became pretty jolly, under the
leadership of Deputy U. S. Marshal Cowell, and exceeded the bounds of pro-
priety in many respects. As a pretext for entering the town at all he pretended
that he wished to serve writs on several citizens of Kickapoo for violating the
erection laws. The truth of it was that the excursion was a jolly sort of a “‘lark”,
but the people of Kickapoo were so vexed at the loss of their cannon, which
had been their chief source of amusement for several years—which had been a
town pet, and cheerfully supported out of the common purse—that they would
not look upon the matter in any such light. The next day, the Free-state boys
of Leavenworth, with drums beating and flags flying—some of the victorious
army on foot, some on horse-back—paraded the streets, dragging glorious ‘Old
Kickapoo” after them. An indignation meeting was held at Kickapoo City, and
resolutions were passed, making them out a blood-thirsty mob, breaking open
dwellings and stores, and trying to draw innocent citizens into a fight for the
purpose of “ bringing on a general battle, destroying the town and murdering
the inhabitants.” The spirit of the proceedings was that ‘‘Old Kickapoo ”
must be recaptured—“ peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.” Nothing was
ever accomplished, however, either way, and “‘ Old Kickapoo” is now a peace-
able and peaceful resident of Leavenworth City, except upon the “glorious
anniversary of our independence,” when he is brought out to “ prove his metal.”

The denizens of Kickapoo City, now few in number, have bowed to the
inevitable. They are no longer rivals of Leavenworth. The once busy village
is almost deserted, containing two little churches, a school-house, two or three
stores, and a physician. Mr. Sharp, asettler of over twenty-eight years stand-
ing, has his postoffice in a picturesque nook on the banks of the Missouri River,
where he can see Weston in the distance—that prolific point of emigration
for the Pro-slavery party of Missouri.

There are two Catholic Churches in the township—one in the village—
under charge of Father Bernard Fink. They have a combined membership of
about seventy-five. There is also quite a flourishing Methodist Episcopal
Church (South). A neat district school building is also located in the village.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

JOHN BAKER, farmer and mannfacturer of brooms, P. O. Kickapoo, came to
Kansas April 1, 1857, locating in Kickapoo Township, where he has since re-
sided. He has been Police Judge of the city of Kickapoo one term, member of
the Council three terms, Mayor one term, and member of the School Board four terms,
He is a member of the Baptist Church. Judge Baker was a staunch Union man dur-
ing and before the war of the Rebellion, and was in the Government employ dur-
ing the time of the war. He was born in what was then Carter, now Johnson County,
Tenn., June 24, 1813. He lived in his native State until his twenty-second year, when he
went to Jo Daviess County, Ill., where he remained about eight months. and then went to
near Freeport, Il., where he was engaged in farming, operating a saw mill, and in the gen-
eral merchandising business, for twenty-two years; he then removed to Kansas. He has
heen marriedtwice. The first marriage took place in Stephenson County, IIll.,in September,
1841, to Miss Martha Norris, a native of Bourbon County,Ky. Shedied July 4,1853. By this
marriage he had five children,all of whom are living, Daniel Boone, Joseph Norris,(married
to Miss Emma Gokee, a native of New York), Elizabeth Temperance, (married to Samuel
Wilkes, a farmer residing in Leavenworth County, and a native of Alabama).John Thomas
and Francis Marion (married to Miss Juliana Spreitzer, anative of New York). The
second marriage took place in March, 1857 in Decatur City, Towa, to Miss Mary Lament
Flower, a native of Trumbull County. Ohio. They have had three children—Lueélla (died
August 23, 1858), Samuel DeVoe, and Charles Morgan. Judge Baker has twenty acres of
land in what was once the city of Kickapoo, which has been laid off in town lots, and which
contains twelve blocks. Heraises on this property all the corn, oats, potatoes. etc.. that he
needs for his own use, but devotes the principal part to raising broom corn and fruit. His
orchard contains altogether about one hundred trees, consisting of apple, peach, pear,
cherry and plum frees. He has also an abundance of small fruits on his place, consisting
of grapes, raspberries, etc. The farm is well supplied with water, a never-failing spring
rising in a ravine eighteen rods from the house, and which is conveyed to the door of his
dwelling by means of a telegraph windlass. The improvements on the property consist of a
concrete house, erected three years ago. In digging the cellar for the house the remains
of two Indians were exhumed, one in a fair state of preservation. Bones of the aboriginal
settlers of the soil are frequently brought to light in digging and plowing on the farm,
which leads to the conclusion that his farm, or a portion therenf, was once the site of an In-
dian burying ground. Judge B. has alarge barn, corn crib and other outbuildings on his
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farm. His dwelling is situated on_a lofty height which commands a fine view of Iatan and
Weston. Mo., and of the Missouri Divctie miles. :
JOHN PHILIP BALZ, farmer, P. O. Pleasant Ridge, came to Kansas March 26, 1864,

and located in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived until 1876, and then removed to his
farm in Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County, where he has since resided. He isa
member of the Lutheran Church, and of Mechanics Lodge, No. 89, I. O. O. F., of the city of
Leavenworth. Mr. Balz was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, October 16, 1830, and
lived in his native country till his twenty-seventh year, wheh he emigrated to America,and
first located in Brooklyn, N. ¥., where he lived six months, and from there removed to
Allentown, Pa., where he lived three years, engaged in working in the iron mines; from
there removed to Philadelphia, Pa,, where he lived five years, and was employed in a ma-
chine shop; from there came to Kansas. He was married December 6,1859,in Philadelphia,
to Miss Margaret Volker, a native of Ritterberg, Germany. They have had nine children,
four of whom are living—Marie, George, William and Henry. Mr. Balz owns an upland
farm of seventy acres—all enclosed by substantial fences. Thirty-three acres arein cultiva-
tion. the balance being timber and pasture land. He raises corn and potatoes principally.

The improvements on his place consist of two houses, one a new four-roomed stone dwell-
ing, tho other a small frame, stock stable, ete.

ANTON V. BANK, farmer, P, O. Kickapoo; came to Kansas in April, 1857, and first
settled in Leavenworth City, where he lived ten years, and then removed to Kickapoo
Township, where he has resided since. He was Road Overseer of Kickapoo Township two
years, He is amember of the Catholic Church. Mr. Bank was horn in Baden, Germany,
June 11, 1829, and lived in his native country until his twenty-third year, when he emi-
grated to America, and located in Lewis County, N. Y., where he lived two years; from there
removed to Freeport, Ill., where he remained a short time; from there came to Kansas. He
was married in September, 1866, in the city of Leavenworth, to Miss Amelia Ketterer, a
native of Raden, Germany. They have six children living—John, Amelia, Anton, Leo,
George and Bernard. Mr. Bank has an upland farm of forty acres, all enclosed and all im-
proved. His orchard covers three acres, and contains 250 apple, peach and pear trees. He
has two good wells on his farm. He raises wheat and corn principally. His wheat averaged
twentv-five bushels to the acre this year (1882). The improvements ou his farm consist of
asmall log and frame dwelling-house, stock barn, granary, etc.

FRANCIS M. BEAGLE. farmer, P. O. Kickapoo; came to Kansas in March, 1852, first
locating on Kickapoo Island, where he lived abont two years, and was engaged tn the wood
business. From there he removed to the city of Kickapoo, where he was engaged in the gen-
eral merchandise business with Messrs. Dennis, Lewis, & Co. He remained in this business
sixteen months, and then removed, in 1857, to Oskaloosa, Jetterson County, where he lived
until March, 1860, and was engaged as a carpenter and ‘puilder, and while there built the
first house in Oskaloosa. From there he went to Colorado Territory, where he was employed
in mining and prospecting. He remained in Colorado one year, and then returned to Kiek-
apoo, where he worked at his trade until 1874, when he went to California, where he worked
at his trade until 1879, when he again returned to Kansas. From that time to the present
he has lived in Kickanoo Township. He was Justice of the Peace of Kickapoo Township for
two terms; has heen Clerk of School District No. 3, Leavenworth County, for four years, and
Clerk of the Township for one year. He was in the United States service during the “Price
Raid.” as a member of Companv B, Nineteenth Kansas Militia; enlisted at Leavenworth, in
September, 1864, served fourteen days, and was mustered out at Leavenworth. r. Beagle
was born in Campbell County, Ky., August 1, 1833, and lived in his native State until 1837,
when his parents removed to Platte County. Mo., near Weston. where he lived until he
cam to Kansas. He was married in Kickapoo, November 18, 1855, to Calaphurnia Haley,
a native of Greenup County. Kv. They have had seven children. of whom three are living—
Mary Alice (married to Charles Spencer, a native of Kansas), William H. and Dora.

TAMES HENRY BEAGLE. farmer, P. O. Kickapoo; came to Kansas in the spring of
1854 and located near the citv of Kickapoo, where, with the exception of the time spent in
the United States Armv, and three years spent in Nebraska. he has always resided. He par-
ticipated in the last war as a member of Company F, First Regiment Nebraska Cavalry; he
enlisted in Omaha, in June, 1861. and was mustered out of the service at Omaha, in October,
1865. He was present at the battles of Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and in
two envagements with the Indians, one at Plum Creek, Neb., in 1864, and the other at
Sweet Water, near the Laramie River. Wyoming Territory, in 1565. Mr, Beagle was born
in Platte County. Mo., May 8, 1846. and lived there until his eighth year, when his parents
removed to Kansas. He was married September 25, 1875, in Mills County, Iowa, to Miss
Tuella Burroughs, a native of Iowa. They have had two children, but one of whom, a
dauchter, is living—Cora Mav.

VALANTINE CARL BECKER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Pleasant Ridge, came to
Kansas in May, 1855, and first located on Crooked Creek, Jefferson County, where he lived
six months. engaged infarming. From Jefferson County he removed to Lee County, Iowa,
where he lived one anda half vears,and then returned to Kansas, locating in the city of
Leavenworth, where he lived twelve years, and was engaged in freighting. From the city
of Leavenworth he removed to his farm in Kickapoo Township. where he has since lived.
He is a memher of the Lutheran Church. He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Jan-
uary 28, 1835, and lived in his native country until his eighteenth year, when he emigrated
to America, and first located in Butler County, Ohio, where he lived one year, and was en-
gaged in farming. From Ohio he removed to Lee County, Lowa, where he lived three years,
and from there came to Kansas. Mr. Becker was married in the city of Leavenworth,
April 6, 1858, to Miss Mary Litsch, a native of Kentucky. They have two children living,
Lillie and Nellie. Mr. B. hasa fine upland farm of 133 acres, all enclosed, and all in culti-
vation, except fifty-eight acres, which is timber land, and is covered with a good growth of
oak, walnut, and hickory. His orchard covers ten acres. and contains 1.000 apple, seventy-
five pear. 500 peach, and fifty plum and cherry trees. The water supply is excellent, con-
sisting of two fine springs and a good well. The improvements on his property consist of a
four-roomed frame dwelling house, large frame barn, 40x44. smoke- house, etc. He pays
particular attention to raising wheat, corn, and fine horses. His wheat this season (1882)
averaged twenty-five bushels to the acre. His corn averaged forty bushels tothe acre. He
had twenty-five acres in oats this year which averaged forty bushels to the acre, He has one
or two blooded harses on his farm, which it is well worth a journey to see.

JACOBINA BOLTIN, widow of Hieronymus Bollin. farmer, P. O. Kickapoo. came to
Kansas in March, 1860, and located in Kickapoo Township, and has lived here ever since.
During Mr. Bollin’s life. he was Treasurer of Kickapoo Township four years, and a member
of the School Board of District No, 5, Leavenworth County. for six years. He and his fam-

jly were, and are, zealous members of the Catholic Church. During the war of the Rebel-
lion. he was a member of Company B, Nineteenth Regiment, Kansas Militia, He enlisted in
the Fall of 1864, at Kickapoo City; served one month, and was discharged at Leavenworth.
He was born in Welcks, Blumenfeldt, Baden, Germany. where he lived until his twenty-
seventh vear; having previously served six years in the German army, and having received
an honorable discharge, he satled for America, landing at New Orleans, where he remained
but a short time, and then started for St. Louis, where he remained two months; and from
there removed to Weston, Mo., where he lived two years, and then came to Kansas. Mrs.
Bollin was born in the same town in Germany in which her husband was born; came over
to America on the same sailing vessel. located together in Weston, Mo., where they were
married Julv 2, 1857. Mrs. B.’s maiden name was Schultels. They have had six children,
of whom four are living: Marie, married to Joseph Klaschinsky, a native of Poland, a
farmer. residing in Kickapoo; Josephine, John, and Loulsa, Since Mr, Bollin’s deith, Mrs,
Rollin has superintended the farm, and has proven herself an able and energetic manager,
The farm contains seventy-two acres, fs all enclosed, and all in a fine state of cultivation,
The orchard on the farm contains five acres, and has 150 apnle, fifty pear, twenty-five
peach, and fifteen cherry trees. The improvements consist of a new, commodlous frame
dwelling house, large barn, granary, wagon-house, smoke-house, etc.. ete. The water sup-
nly is excellent, there being a never-failing well near the door of the dwelling, and two
cisterns onthe property. The site and surroundings of the house are beautiful.

BENJAMIN F. EDWARDS, farmer, fruit and stock-raiser, Section 27, P.O. Pleasant
Ridge, came to Kansas in March, 1855, locating on his farm in Kickapoo Township, where
he has since resided. Hehas been road overseer of District No. 1, Kickapoo cownshiin,
fifteen terms. He isa member of Kickapoo Lodge No, 4, A. F. & A. M. He participated in
the last war asa sergeant.of Company A, Seventeenth Kansas Infantry and enlisted at Ft.
Leavenworth July 20, 1864; was discharged in the winter of the same year. Mr. Edwards
was horn in East Tennessee, September 1. 1829. and lived in his native State until his
twentv-third vear. He then traveled extensively for a period of three years, principally in
the western and southern portions of the United States. and then located in Kansas, He
‘was married in Walnut Township, Atchison County, in 1857, to Miss Sarah Jane Dooley, a
native of Platte Countv, Mo. They have had twelve children, eleven of whom are living.
Sarah H. (married to Joseph Cleavinger, a native of Kansas), Alice J.. John Allen, William
Grant. Flora Carrie, Albert M., Ida H., Amelia Agnes, Benjamin F., Jr., Laura Myrtle and
Lyman Elmer. Mr. Edwards owns two farms. One, the home farm, contains 200 acres all
upland, sitnated in Teavenworth County. The other is also an upland farm; it lies In
Atchison County and contains sixty acres. The home farm ts mostlv enclosed and has 140
acres In cultivation, the balance being timber and pasture land. This farm is well sup-
plied with water. which consists of wells and springs. The orchard on this farm covers

ten acres and contains 600 apple. 100 peach and 125 pear, quince and cherry trees. There is
also a vinevard which contains 150 vines of the choicest varieties of grapes. The improve-
ments consist of a six-roomed frame dwelling house, with cellar, frame barn 36x42 feet,
granary. corn-crib, stone smoke-house, and other buildings. Mr. B. had fifty acres in
wheat this season (1882) which averaged twenty-seven and one-half bushels to the acre;
eiehteen acres in oats whieh yielded forty bushels to the acre; twenty-five acres in corn
which averaged forty bushels, and twenty-five acres in clover and timothy which yielded
two and one-half tons to the acre. Farm No. 2 is improved by a three-roomed frame
dwelling house, stock stable and other outbuildings. The yield of wheat, oats, etc,, on this
farm compared favorably with thatof the homefarm. There is a small orchard which

contains 120 apple, and_afew pear, peach and cherry trees, and a small vineyard of 200
vines. The vlad of the orchard on the home farm this year of apples alone was
2,000 bushels. Mr, Edwards pays particular attention to raising grain, fruit, horses and
sheep. He has now on his farm eleven fine horses and a flock of fifty Southdown sheep,
and erelong he intends to go into sheep raising on amore extensive scate. The coming
year he will set out alarge quince orchard. The farm is well supplied with all the tm-

roved modern farm machinery, and is conducted with skill and intelligence. Mr,

dwards is one of the oldest settiers of his section, and is highly respected and esteemed
by his friends and neighbors. Heis an ardent Republican anc one of the original Free-
state men of Kansas. .

HENRY GWARTNEY, farmer, P. 5. Kickapoo, came to Kansas in August, 1872, and
located in Wabaunsee County; remained three years and then removed. to Leavenworth
County, on Stranger Creek, where he lived one year and then came to Kickapoo, where he
has since lived. He isa member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Gwartney was born in
Harrison County, Ind,, July 30, 1835, and lived there until 1870. when he removed to
Cass Co., Mo., where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was married in Harrison Co.,
Ind., in December, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Potter, a native of Indiana, They have four
children living: Richard, Amanda, Mary and Henrietta.

THOMAS H. HAMMOND, M. D. physician and surgeon, came to Kansas December
25, 1878, and located at Kickapoo, where he has resided since and practiced his protes-
sion. Heisa member of the Baptist Church. He is also a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity, Knights of Honor and Royal Arcanum, I. O. O. F., Temple of Honor and Ancient
Order of Foresters, and was their medical examiner. He participated in the war of the
rebellion as a member of the medical staff of the United States Army, serving the greater
portion of the time inthe general hospitals at Nashville, Tenn. For atime he was the
surgeon for Maj. Gen. Nelson’s body guards; in this capacity he served three and a half
years, being mustered out of service in July, 1865. Dr. Hammond was born in Nelson Co.,
Kv., In April, 1834, and lived in his native place until 1853. when he attended Hanover
College, Ind!ana, for three terms. He then tanght school for a uumber of years, being for
a time assistant teacher ina seminary at Bardstown, Ky. He then commenced reading
medicine in the office of Dr. H. W. McCown, of Bardstown. He read with his preceptor for
two years and then attended lectures at the untversity at Louisville for one term. e@ sub-
sequently attended lectures and graduated atthe University of the City of New Yorkin
1859. He practiced his profession for two years in West Baden Springs, Ind. When the
war for the Union broke out he entered the United States army, as alreadv stated, as Acting
Assistant Surgeon, United States Army. After the close of the war Dr. Hammond went to
New York City, where he attended, for three winters and one summer, lectures in the vari-
ous hospitals, colleges and clinics of the city, at the same time receiving private instruc-
tion from such eminent medical teachers as Drs. Flints, Sr. and Jr , Ogden Doremus, Sayre,
Noyes and Elsherg. After this he removed to St. Louis, where he resided-and practiced
his profession for eleven and one-half years. From St. Louis he removed to Kickapoo,
Leavenworth County. He was married in Salt Creek Valley, October 24, 1880, to Miss
Sophia E. Jackman, a native of Madison, Ind. Dr. Hammond is a successful practitioner,
a hard student anda man of fine attainments and culture, He has furnished frequent
articles for the medical journals on topics relating to his profession. His office is well sup-
plied with a large library of recent and standard medical works, a large assortment of
surgical instruments and appliances and a large Grunow microscope.

JAMES A. HARNESS, farmer, P. O. Kickapoo, came to Kansas in December, 1870, and
first settled in Sherman Township, Leavenworth County, where he lived ten years, and then
removed to Kickapoo Township, where he has since resided. Heis a member of the Chris-
tian Church. He participated in the last war as amember of Company F, Third Regiment
Kentucky Infantry. He enlisted in Crab Orchard, Lincoln Co., Ky.. July 20, 1861, and was
discharged from the service in Louisville, Ky., October 13. 1864. He took part in the
hattles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Stony Point, Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek,
Peach Tree Creek (Ga.),and other minor engagements. He was born in Rockcastle County,
Ky., September 6, 1843, and lived in his native State until he cameto Kansas. Mr. Harness
has been married twice. The first marriage took place in December, 1869, in Pulaski Co..
Kv., to Miss Arethusa Delaney, a native of Kentucky. She died in May, 1878. Seven
children were the fruits of this marriage, five of whom are livine—John, Samuel, James,
Lulu and Harrison. The second marriage took place May 1, 1882, in Pulaski Co., Ky., to
Miss Sarah McKensie, a native of the same county.

FREDERIC HOBERG, farmer and stock-raiser. P. O. Kickapoo, came to Kansas June
10, 1854. and first located in the city of Kickapoo, where,having sold his claim for the town
site of what afterwards became the city of Kickapoo. he removed to his farm in Rickapoo
Township, Leavenworth County, two miles west of the city, where he has since resided.
He has been Trustee of Kickapoo Township two years. He took part in the late warasa
member of Company A. Ninth Kansas Militia, and enlisted in Kickapoo in the fall of 1864,
served fourteen days, and was mustered out at Leavenworth. Mr. Hoberg was born in
Westphalia, Prussia, November 13, 1826, and lived in his native country until his twentieth
year, when, on October 6, 1847, he embarked for America, and landed in New Orleans the
last day of December the same year. From New Orleans he started for St. Louis, but owing
to Ice in the Mississippi River he was obliged to remain at Cairo, Ill., two and a half months,
and then went to St. Louis, where he remained two months,and from there removed to War-
ren County, Mo., where he lived three years. From there he removed to Franklin County,
Mo., where he remained about four years, and then came to Kansas. Mr. H. has been mar-
ried threetimes. The first marriage took place in Warren County, Mo.,in December.1851,to
Miss Mary E. Griswold,a native of Massachusetts. She died inthe fall of 1861._ The second
marriage took place in February, 1862. in Atchison County, to Miss Elizabeth Litsch, a ua-
tive of Indiana. She died March 28, 1880. By this marriage he had nine children, eight of
whom are living—Annie Kate, (married to William Kerr,a native of Kansas, anda resident
of Kickapoo), Mary Elizabeth, Robert Lee, George Frederic, Louisa, John Henry. Rosa and
Nellie Caroline. The third marriage took place May 4, 1882, in Delaware Township, Leav-
enworth County, to Miss Lavina Flint, a native of Virginia. Mr. Hoberg has a fine upland
farm containing 210 acres, all enclosed, and all in cultivation except seventy-five acres,
which is in timber and pastureland. His orchard covers six acres, and contains 300 avple
and peach trees. The water supply is excellent, two streams, Plumb Creek and one of its
branches flow through the farm here are also two good wells and one cistern on the
the premises. The improvements consist of a new two-story, six-roomed, frame dwelling
house, large rock barn, 36x34, surrounded by sheds on two sides, and a stone smoke house.
He raises wheat and corn principally. Hehad fifty-seven acres in wheat this season (1882),
which yielded 1.300 bushels. ~

WILLIAM HOLAKAMP, blacksmith, Kickapoo, cameto Kansas December 25. 1879,
and located in Atchison County, where he lived one year, and then removed to Kickapoo,
where he has since lived and followed his trade. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.
He is a veteran of the last war, and was a member of Company D, Sixth Pennsylvania Re-
serve Corps, having enlisted in April, 1861. in Chambersburg, Pa.; was honorably dis-
charged from the service In June, 1864, at Harrisburg, Pa. He re-eulisted in York, Pa., in
aulye 1864, in the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was
finally discharged from the service May 80, 1865, at Harrisburg, Pa. He took part in the
battles of Dranesville, Fredericksburg,South Mountain, Antietam,Culpepper Rappahannock
St»tton. Second Bull Run, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania Court House, The Wilderness, Hatch-
er'’s Run, Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, Petersburg and others. Mr. Holakamp was born in
Hanover, Germany, May 28, 1828, and lived in his native country until his twenty-eighth
year, when he emigrated to America and settled in York County, Pa., where he lived about
elght years, and then removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he lived five years. From
Ohio he removed to Newcastle, Pa., where he lived two years, and then returned to York
County, Pa., and lived one year, and then removed to Lancaster County, Pa., where he lived
three years, and from there came to Kansas. He was married in Huntingdon, Pa., in No-
vember, 1874, to Miss Cnristine Keller, a native of Pennsylvania. They have five children
—Zaidee, Cornelia, Lizzie, Fannie and William. Mr. Holakamp also served for two years in
the German army, and one year in the English army, being a member of the British-Ger-
man Légion during the Crimean War.

BERNARD HOLTGRABER, farmer, P. O. Kickapoo, came to Kansas September 6. 1876,
and first located near Leavenworth: lived there one year and then removed to the city of
Leavenworth, where he lived one and ahalf years, engaged in working in the coal mines
near that citv. He then removed to Des Moines, Iowa; remained there but a short time, and
returned to Kansas, locating in Kickapoo Township, where he resides at present. He was
born jn Vatersiau, Germany, June 9, 1848, and lived in his native country until he came to
Kansas. While living in his native land, Mr. Holtgraber was a member of the Twelfth
Company of the First Westphalia Infantry Regiment. He served two years and nine
months and was honorably discharged. He was married in February, 1879, in the city of
Leavenworth, to Miss Millie Schafer, a native of Kansas. They have two children—Leah
and Marv Annie.

JACKSON HUNDLEY, farmer, P.O, Kickapoo, came to Kansas in September, 1854.
and first settled on S ‘lt Creek, in Leavenworth County, where he lived about six years, and
then removed to Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County, where he has resided since. He
isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He took part in the last war during the
Price Raid as a member of Company B, Ninth Kansas Militia, and enlisted in Round Prai-
rie Township, Leavenworth County, in the fall of 1864; served fourteen days and was mus-
tered out in the city of Leavenworth. He was born in Hanover County, Va., August 1, 1826,
and lived in his native State until his third year, when his parents removed to Bourbon
County, Hey) WOES they lived a short time and then removed to Henry County, Ky., where
they lived about seven years, and then removed to Platte County, Mo.” From Missouri Mr.
Hundley came to Kansas. He was married in Platte County, Mo., August 8, 1853, to Miss
Mary Seritt, a native of Kentucky. they have five children living—James E., Mary Cath-
erine, Virginia, Nancy and John. Mr, H. has an upland farm of eighty-five acres, mostly
enclosed with hedge fence. About fifty acres are in cultivation, the remainder being tim-
ber and pasture land. His orchard covers two acres, and contains 185 apple, seventy-five

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Beach and about fifty plum and cherry trees, He raises corn
. aud wheat f
wheat will average twenty-two bushels to the acre this season (1882). rely Wanroveneart
on the farm consist of asmall loz house, stock stable, smoke-house, corn-crib, etc. He his
a flue young black-oak grove near his residence, y
4 bBERE JOHNSON, farmer, P.O. Oak Mills, Atchison County; removed at the early
age of three years, with nis parents, to Kansas, in the spring of 1853. His parents first set-
wed, in Walnut Township, Atchison County, where they lived until his eleveath year, when
yhey removed to Doniphan County, and remained two years. From there they removed to
Kickapoo Township, where Mr. Johnson has since resided. He was born in Buchanan
mouaty, Mo. He was married September 23, 1881, in Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, to Miss
na Manley, a native of Indiana. They have one child, adaughter. Mr. Johnson has an
upland farm of ninety acres, sixty-five of which are under cultivation, and the remainder
timberland. ‘The faim is all enclosed with substantial fences. He devotes his attention to
raising srheat, corn, hogs and cattle. His wheat this year (1882), averaged thirty bushels
JESSE 8. JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Oak Mills, Atchison County, came
to Kansas in July, 1854, and first located in Atchison County, near Oak Mills, where he
lived about ten years, and then removed to Doniphan County, where he lived a short time;
he then removed to his farm in Kickapoo Township, where he has since lived: He is a
member ot the Methodist Episcopal Church. During the Mexican war, Mr. Johuson was
employed in the Quartermaster’s Department as ateamster, He was thus engaged about
one year and then returned to his home in Buchanan County, Mo. He was born in Camil-
lus, Onondaga County, N. Y., April 11, 1819, and lived in his native State until his eighth
year, when his parents removed to proauots County, [lls., where Mr, J. lived until his
twenty-second year; from there removed to Buchanan County, Mo., where he resided until
he came to Kansas. He was married in Buchanan County, Mo., Mareh 13, 1844, to Miss
Nancy Davis, a native of Decatur County, Ind. They have had five children, three of whom
are living—Sarah Jane (married to Samuel Jones, a native of Indiana, and a merchant re-
siding in Jackson County, Kan. .They have seven children); Rhoda Ann (inarrled to
Henry Sacks, a native of Prussia, 2 prominent and well-to-do farmer of Atchison County),
and Albert (married to Miss Tina Manley, a native of Illinois). Mr. Johnson has an upland
farm of seventy elene and two-third acres, situated about three miles from Oak Mills, and
three and a half from Kickapoo. It is all enclosed and all under cultivation. His orchard
covers five acres and has two hundred apple, fifty peach, and ten cherry trees, The water
supply is excellent, he having a good well and three fine springs on his property. Partic-
ular attention fe piven by him to raising wheat, corn and fruit. The improvements consist
of a five-roomed frame dwelling house, stuck stable, granary and smoke-house. Mr.
Johnson lived in Kansas during the troubles of 1856, of which he relates many a graphic
incident. During the Mexican war, and while in the line of his duty, he was severely
injured, from which he surfers to this day. Inthe spring of 1850, Mr. J. went to Weavers-
ville, Cal. where he spent over one year in mining and prospecting; he met with fair suc-
cess, and while there was taken prisoner by the Indians; he was in captivity but a short
time, however, when he was released, owing to his knowledge of the Indian character.
ERNST W. C. KASTEN, farmer, P. O. Kickapoo, came to Kansas in March, 1855, locat-
ing in Kickspoo Township, Leavenworth County, where he lived until 1861, when lie went
to Colorado and Montana Territories, where he was engaged in mining and_prospecting,
and where he resided until 1876. He then returned to Kausas again, locating in-Kickapoo
Township, where he has resided since. Mr. Kasten was born in Hanover, Germany, Febru-
ary 4, 1841, and lived in unis native country until his thirteenth year, when his paren s
emigrated to America and located in Kickapoo ‘Yownship, where they reside at present.
He was married in the city of Leavenworth in September, 1869, to Miss Mary Hetiuequin,
anative of Lorraine, France. They have five children—Ernst, Minnie, Otto, John and

UCcy. ;

JACOB KEMPTER, farmer, P.O. Kickapoo, came to Kansas in May, 1859, locating
near Fort Riley, where he remained but a short time and then removed to Kickapoo Town-
ship, where he has since resided. Heisamember of the Catholic Church. He served in
the war of the Rebellion during the *‘ Price Raid” as a member of Captain Goble’s Com-
pany of Cavalry; enlisted in September, 1864, in Kickapoo, served about one month, and
was discharged at Leavenworth. Mr. Kempter was born in Wtedendahl, Bei-New Stadt,
on the Hartz, Germany, September 25, 1833, and lived in his native country until his
twenty-first year, when he emigrated to America and settled in Syracuse, N. Y.; he lived
there four months and then removed to Galena, Ill, where he lived three years, engaged in
farming. From Illinois he came to Kansas. He has been married twice. The first mar-
riage took place.in Kickapoo Township, in January, 1868, to Miss Marie Henzler, a native
of Bavaria, Germany. She died in 1871. His secon! marriage also took place in K ck-
apoo Fownsllip) and occurred in November, 1871, to Miss Magdalene Steeker, a native of

urtemburg, Germany. Six children were the fruits of this marriage, four of whom are
living—Anton, (died October 21, 1879); Mary (died November 1, 1579), Joseph, Louise,
Theodore and Krederic. Mr. Kempter has a fine upland farm of sixty acres. It is all en-
closed and all under cultivation. He devotes his time to raising grain and corn. His
wheat this year (1882) averaged twenty-five bushels to the acre. His corn promises to
yield an enormous crop. His farm is well supplied with water, a never-failing well being
near the door of his house, and Plum Creek flowing about 200 yards from his farm. His
house is small, but{convenient. He also bas a small stock farm and other outbuildings
on hisfarm. Mr. Kempter possesses the German characteristic of industry, energy aud
BEES and if he has halt a chance, will yet rank among the foremost farmers of Kick: poo
Tow

nship.

J ULIEN LACAILLE, general merchant and hotel-keeper, Hund’s Station, came to
Kansas in October, 1860, and located in Atchison County, where he lived ten years and then
removed to Salt Creek Valley, Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County, where he has re-
sided since. He is a member of the Catholic Church. Mr, LaCaille was born in St. Johns,
Lower Canada, and lived in his native place until his fifteenth year, when he went to St.
Albans, Vt., and attended school fur five years; then removed to New York City. where he
was engaged as a clerk in a wholesale hardware establishment. From New York he went
to New Orleans; he staid there but a short time and went to St. Louis, where he was engaged
as a salesman in the wholesale hardware business for six years. From St. Louis he re-
moved to Weston, Mo., where he lived about ten years, and trom there went to California,
where he was engaged in mining and prospecting for three and a half years, and in the

rovision business for two anda half years. From California he returned to Weston, and

rom there came to Kansas. He wis married in 1848, in Weston, Mo., to Miss Cenora Groff,
a native of Germany, They have had seven children, of whom five are living—Kugeue E.,
Maggie M., William L., Leonora, and Rosalie.

GEORGE LANE, wagon-maker, caine to Kansas December 24, 1871, locating in Kick-
apoo City, where he has since lived. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South), and of the Masonic Fraternity. He was born in Madison County, Ohio, December
27, 1813, aud lived in his uative place until his twenty-third year when he removed to Ver-
million County, LIL, where he lived nineteen years, engaged in farming. From Lllinois he
removed to Polk County, Iowa, where he lived fourteeu years, and from there removed to
Jackson County, Mo., where he lived one year and then removed to Kickapoo. Mr. Lane
was married in Vermillion County, Il., December 14, 1837, to Miss Martha Courtney, a na-
tive of Pittsburg, Pa. They have two children living—a son, William W. (married and liv-
in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory), and a daughter, Margaret E. .

ROBERT MITCHELL, farmer, P. O. Kickapoo, came to Kansas in the fall of 1862, lo-
cating in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived until the fall of 1864, when he enlisted in
Capt. Douglas’ Battery at Fort Leavenworth; served about nine months and was then hon-
orably discharged at the place of his enlistment. After his discharge from the army he
moved to Salt Greek Valley, Leavenworth County, where he has sincelived. Mr. Mitchell
was born in Kentucky, where he lived until his uinth year, when be removed to Platte
County, Mo., and remained there until he came to Kansas. He was married in the city of
Leavenworth in September, 1869, to Miss Hattie Rainey, a native of Arkansas. They have
seven children—Clement, Joseph, Gertrude, William, Walter, Robert, aud Arthur, Mr. M.
has a small place of seven acres in Salt Creek Valley, which is in the highest state of cultiva-
tion and which is principally devoted to raising fruit. The improvements consist of a two-
story frame dwell ing house, stock stable, etc.

JOHN CONRAD SCHROT
Kansas in April, 1860, locatin;
where he has since resided.

H, farmer and fruit-raiser, P. 0. Leavenworth, came to
on his farm in Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County,
e is a member of the Lutheran Church, Mr. Schroth was

born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, March 8, 1826, and lived in his native country until his |

twenty-seventh year and then emigrated to America, During his residence in Germany

Mr. 8: served inthe German Army as a member of the Fifth Company of the First Regi«'

ment of Infantry, and was‘honorably discharged after serving six years. During his term’
of service he Took art in the Dattles. of Wachbeizel and Baden-Baden, which occurred in
the German Revolution of 1848. When he came to America he first settled in St. Louis,:
where he lived for four years and was engaged in the brewing business, From St. Louis he
moved to Iowa, where he lived one year and then returned to St. Louis, where he lived two
ears aud then came to Kansas. He was matried in St. Louis, in November, 1857, to Miss
argaretta Stahl, a native of Germany. They have one child, a daughter, Wilhelmina, Mr.
S. owns a fine upland farm of 170 acres, all under fence, and seventy-five acres of which is
under cultivation, the balance being timber land and covered mostly with walnut, hickory
and black oak. His orchard covers seven acres and contatns 300 apple, 150 peach and a few
ear and cherry trees. He also has a vineyard on his farm, which contains 200 vines of dif-
erent varieties. The improvements consist of two new four-roomed frame dwellings, two
large frame barns, smoke houses, etc. The water supply is excellent, he having three wells
and one cistern on hls premises. Mr, Schroth rents 160 acres of his property, reserving only
ten acres, on whigh he lives and which he devotes principally to raising fruit, which he sells
avenworth markets.

= QEORGE SCHWEIZER, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O, Kickapoo, came to Kansas in
October, 1856, first locating in Leavenworth, where he lived until 864, and then removed

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to his farm in Kickapoo Luwnship, where he has since lived. He is Treasurer of School
District No. 5, Leavenworth County, which office he has held for the past four years. He is
a member of the Lutheran Church, Mr, Schweizer was born in urtemburg, Germany,
April 26, 1840, and lived in his native place until his thirteenth year, when his parents emi-
grated to Canada West, settling near Port Colburne, where they lived two years, and re-
moved to Weston, Mo., where they lived one year, and then came to Kansas. He was mar-
riedin Kickapoo Township. May 13, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth Catherine Schott, a native of
Ohio, They have eight children living—Anna Mary, Frederic Carl, Elizabeth Catherine,
John Melshior, George, Ernst August, Frederic and andrew F. Mr.S. has achoice upland
farm of seventy acres near the city of Kickapoo. He also owns twelve blocks in the city of
Kickapoo, and two houses and lots in the city of Leavenworth, The farm is all enclosed and
incultivation. He had forty acres in wheat this season (1882), which qielded 945 bushels.
His orchard covers ten acres, and contains 600 apple, fifty pear and fifty peach trees. He
also has a small vineyard, containing 200 vines. He devotes his time to raising grain, hogs
and cattle. His residence is a new frame structure containing seven roums, with all the
modern conveniences, and is situated on a handsome and elevated site, commanding a fine
view of the Missouri River, Weston, Mo., and a considerable extent of the Salt Creek Valley.
From one portion of his farm a good view can be obtained of the city of Atchison. His barn
is a large new structure, and very conveniently arranged. The other buildings on the farm
are a granary, Smoke-house, etc. Mr. Schweizer is one of the progressive and model farmers
of his county, and is noted for his thrift and industry.

GEORGE O. SHARP. Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, Postmaster and Station Agent
M. P. R. R., Kickapoo, came to Kansas in April, 1855, first locating in the city of Leaven-
worth, where he resided about three months, From Leavenworth he came to the city of
Kickapoo, where he has since resided. He has been Magistrate of the Township of Kick-
apoo for the past twenty-five years, Postmaster ot the city of Kickapoo for twenty years
past, Notary Public for twelve years, and was the first station agent appointed at Kickapoo
by the M. P. R.R., which position he has held ever since. He was also the Mayor of the city
of Kickapoo from 1858 to 1861. He wasastaunch Union man, and during the war of the
Rebellion acted as Deputy Provost Marshal of Kickapoo Township. Esquire Sharp was
born in Brooke County, Va., June 7, 1814. and lived in his native State until 1839, when he
removed to Coluinbiana County, Ohio, where he lived seven years, and from there went to
Minnesota, where he lived three years, and from there to Iowa, where he lived four years,
and from there came to Kansas. He was married in Kickapoo, in 1856, to Mrs. Lydia Smith,
a native of Ohio. They had three children—Ella (married to T. O’Connell, a native of Mis-
souri), George O. (now aresident of New Mexico), and William F. |
_ ANTON SPREITZER, farmer, P. O, Kickapoo, came to Kansas in the fall of 1856, locat-
ing in Brown County, where he’ lived nearly two years, and then removed to Kickapoo,
Leavenworth County, where he has resided since. Heis a member of the Catholic Church.
He participated in the War of the Rebellion as a member of Company F, Fifteenth Regi-
ment Kansas Cavalry, and enlisted in Kickapoo, in the suinmer of 1862, and was discharged
at Fort Leavenworth in October, 1 He took part in the Battle of Blue Creek, near In-
dependence, Mo., during the Price Raid, and 1n an engagement near Westport, Mo.,where he
was thrown from his horse and severely injured, from the effects of which he sutfers to
this day. He continued on duty, however, until his command returned to Fort Scott, when
he was sent to the general hospital, where he was confined by his injuries for four long and
weary months. He was subsequently sent home ona surgeon’s leave of absence, and a short
time thereafter was discharged from the service. Mr. Spreitzer was born in Austria, in
June, 1823, and lived in his native place until 1853, when he emigrated to America, and first
settled in Fulton County, N. Y., where he lived and was engaged in farming until he came
to Kansas. He was married in Fulton County, N. Y., in December, 1853, to Miss Victoria
Klozpuechar, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany. They have had eight children, five of
whom are living—Julia (married to Frank Baker,a native of Stephenson County, I1).), John
(married to Miss Charlotte Rinzalandtt, a native of Kansas), Mary (married to Peter Cal-
well, a resident of Leavenworth), Joseph and Katie. — : .

NRY CLAY SQUIRES, farmer, stock and fruit raiser, P. O. Pleasant Ridze, came to
Kansas in April, 1858, locating in Atchison County, where he resided two years, and then
was engaged in freighting onthe Plainsfor ten years. During this time he was in every Ter-
ritory west of the slope of the Rocky Mountains. At the expiration of the time mentioned,
Mr, S. returned to Kansas, locating on his farm in Kickapoo Township, where he has since
resided. He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1875. He has been
elected Commissioner of Leavenworth County three terms, and holds the office at present.
Mr. Squires was born in Gallatin County, Ky., November 5, 1838, and lived in his native
State until his sixth year, when his parents removed to Platte county Mo., where be lived
unti] he came to Kansas. He was married in Leavenworth County, March 3, 1870, to Miss
Ella J. McCrary. Mr. Squires has a farm of five hundred acres, which is divided into
timber and prairie: It is all enclosed and all in cultivation, except eighty acres, which
istimberland. The orchard covers twenty-five acres, and contains 1,200 apple, 500 peach
and 300 cherry trees. There is also an abundance of small fruits, such as strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries and grapes. Mr. Squires has just erected on his place one of Plum-
mer’s No. 4 Fruit Dryers, containing thirty trays. lt has a capacity of sixty bushels in
twenty-four hours, and is being worked to its full capacity, and is giving perfect satisfac-
tion. In 1882, owing to the lateness of the season, it was only used by Mr. S. for drying
apples. In future it will be used for drying corn, vegetables and small fruits of all desvrip-
tions. The water supply on the farm is excellent, it having five good wells and plenty of
living water. The improvements consist of an eleven-roomed cut-stone and brick mansion
house, with capacious cellars, admirably situated on an elevation which commands a fine
view of the surrounding country. The grounds surrounding the house are handsomely laid
out, and are filled with evergreens, box elder, soft and hard maple, and walnut shade trees.
There is also a large new frame barn, granary, wagon-shed, stone smoke-house and other
farm buildings on the property. Mr.%S. raises wheat, corn and oats. His wheat this year
(1882), averaged twenty-five bushels to the acre, oats fifty bushels, and corn the same. Mr.
Squires buys and sells live stock of all descriptions. He generally keeps on his farm 150
head of cattle, twelve horses and mules, and 10U head of hogs. He also raises and deals in
thoroughbred cattle. Mr. Squires 1s, par excellence, a live and go-ahead farmer. Hets
noted for his genial qualities, and holds a position among his acquaintances that is pleasant
to himself and to them.

REV. JACOB L. SUTTON, Pastor in charge of the Kickapoo Circuit. came to Kansas
April 4, 1879, locating at Atchison, where he resided until November 16, 1881, and then re-
moved to Kickapoo, where he has since lived. He participated in the last war as a member
of Company B, Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted at Flem-
ington, N.J., August’9, 1862; was discharged for disability July 17, 1863, at the Chestnut
Hill General Hospital, Philadelphia. He took part in the battle of Fredericksburg, and be-
ing taken sick shortly after this battle, was sent to the hospital, and discharged, as already
stated. Mr. Sutton was born in Warren County, N. J., September 27, 1833, and lived in his
native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in Warren County, N.J., July 9,
1855, to Miss Martha M. Dickerson, a native of New Jersey. They have two children liv-
ing, pa “ and Charles W. Mr. Sutton is a faithful and zealous pastor, and much beloved

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y NATHANIEL S. WARD, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Kickapoo, came to Kansas in
March, 1858, and located in Kickapoo Township, where he has since resided. He has been
Road Overseer of District No. 2, Leavenworth County, for six terms, and member of the
School Board of District No. 34, of the same county, for three terms. He participated in the
last war as a member of Company A, Seventeenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted
in July, 1864, at Fort Leavenworth; served 100 days, aid.was discharged-at the place of his
enlistment. Mr. Ward was born in Union County, Ind., November 2, 1822, and lived in his
native State until he came to Kansas, While residing in Indiana he was Justice of the Peace,
receiving his commission in 1855, from Gov. Joseph Wright. He held this office until he
came to Kahsas. He has been married twice. The first marriage took place in Union
County, Ind., January 21, 1853, to Miss Marilla Bond, a native of Indiana. By this marriage
he became the father of thirteen children, of whom only two are living, John and Kate. The
second marriage took place in Kickapoo Township, June 8, 1874, to Mrs, Martha Nichols, a
native of Missouri. Mrs. Ward, by her first marriage, had four children, allof whom are
living—Margaret Ann (married to Anos Harless, a native of Missouri, and a resident of
Kansas City), Elizabeth (married to Charles Driskill, a native of Ohio, and a resident of Ne-
osho County), Mary Emma (married to Charles B. Ward, a native of New York, and aresi-
dent of Kickapoo Township), and James B. Mr. Ward hasa fertile bottom farm of forty
acres, all under fence and all incultivation. He has afine peach orchard, which has 500
trees. Esq. Ward devotes his time to raising fruit, corn, wheat, cattle, and mules. The
improvements on his farm consist of a frame dwelling house, stock stavle, and other farm
buildings. He harvested a fine crop of wheat this season (1882). Mr. Ward is one of the
old settlers of Kickapoo Township, and is universally respected and esteemed by his

neighbors.
EASTON.

In the early autumn of 1854, Andrew Dawson, Col. Wm. G. Mathias, Gen.
L. J. Eastin and others located the village of “ Eastin,” its name being given
in honor of the last named gentleman, the editor of the Hervasd. Through
Governor Reeder’s liking for his native town in Pennsylvania, ‘‘ Easton,” the “i”
was dropped and the name of the village was spelled asit is now. Andrew J.
Dawson was probably the first white settler in the township, having opened a
ranchand store in 1852,near what was known as Dawson’s Ford,the crossing of the
Big Stranger on the Fort Riley road just above the bridge. Stephen Minard bought
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out the Dawson place in 1855, settled in the village, and opened a hotel, S. F.
Rhea having laid out and platted the townin March of that year. Mr. Rhea
settled in the township in October, 1854. In December 1855, a post-office was
established and Mr, Dawson appointed Postmaster. Samuel J. Kookagee, after
marrying Mrs. Dawson, also opened a ranch and store and did a flourishing
business in Easton for several years. Among the other early settlers of the
village and township may be mentioned: H. B. Gale (1854), Jackson Crane
(1854), John Thornburg (1855), A. K. Adamson, Joshua ‘Turner, Dr. Oliphant,
Claude Oliphant, Wm. Kelsey, Robert Kelsey, Robert Bishop, Thomas Snoddy
(1855), and Charles Foster (1855).

Easton has now a population of between seventy-five and one hundred
people, has three church societies—Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, and Catholic
—a Masonic Lodge (No. 45, forty members), two general stores, one blacksmith
shop, and a grocery store.

The Baptists have a society numbering sixty members, under Rev. Mr.
Hotchkiss, i

The Methodists have a neat church building valued at $1,000, the society
being in charge of Rev. J. O. Roberts, of Oskaloosa, and having a membership
of twenty-five. The Catholics, in charge of Father B. Vanderlage, have a $1,200
house of worship and a membership of about one hundred. He also has a
charge in Alexandria Township.

At Round Prairie, in the same township, the Christian Church has quite a
flourishing society and the Presbyterians have also an organization.

Easton is a rich farming township. There is also a flour and corn-meal
mill on the Big Stranger, at Millwood. Its proprietor is Mrs. J. P. Rupp, She
has some $10,000 invested in the property. ;

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church,is located in? Easton Township,
Leavenworth County, near the village of Millwood. It was incorporated by
the State authorities at Topeka, October1g, 1880. The structure is of frame
24x32 feet, and cost about $800, which was contributed by the members of the
congregation. ‘The first trustees were Mrs. John Heim, Martin Nieman and
Henry Meinert, who are still in office. The building was commenced in 1880
and completed the same year. The first services were held on Sunday, June
15, 1881, by the Rev. Mr. Meyer, of Leavenworth, who preached in the morn-
ing, and by the Rev. Mr. Zschoche, of Atchison, who officiated at the afternoon
services. ‘he congregation at present is without a pastor, but it is supplied in
the mean time by a youngand talented student, Ernst Kirchner, from Concordia
College, Springfield, Ill., who in addition to preaching the Gospel, also has
charge of the school, consisting of ninteen pupils, held in the same building. ©

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—EASTON TOWNSHIP. !

E, K, ADAMSON, farmer, P. O, Easton, came to Kansas June 6, 1854, and located in
Alexander Tuwnship, Leavenworth County, where he was engaged in farming and resided
for ten years. He then reinoved to Easton ‘Lownship in the same county where he has since
lived. He was for fourteen years engaged in the general mercantile business in Easton.
He has been Clerk of Easton Township eight years and a member ot the Board of Schoul

District No. 22, Leavenworth County, fur fourteen years. He is a member of the Methodist

Episcopal Cuurch (South). He is Senior Deacon vf Easton Lodge, No. 45, A., F. & A, M.
He was made a Master Mason in 1848, becoming a member of Ringo Lodge, No. 47, of New-
market, Mo. He.was one of the charter members of Easton Lodge, aud has held every
Office in this lodge except Junior Deacon. Heisalso a member of the Mutual Benefit Society
of Topeka. Mr. A. participated in the last war during the Price Raid as a member of Com-
pany D, Nineteenth aioe lident Kansas Militia, and eulisted in the fallof 1864, at Kaston,
served fourteen days and was discharged at Leavenworth. He was born in Jetterson Couu-
ty, East Tennessee, July 12, 1822, and lived in his native State until 1831, when he removed
to Saline Cuuuty, Mo.. where he lived one year and a half and then removed to Ray County
in the same State, where he resided until February, 14, 1847, and then removed to Platte
County, Mo., where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was married July 12, 1843, in
Platte County, Mo., to Miss Rebecca Randolph, a native of Tennessee. They have bad thir-
teen children, six of whoin are living—Mattie E. (married to Joshua Turuer, a resident of
Easton), Naucy (married to John B, Oliphint,a resident of Easton), Galen (married to
Laura Evans, a native of Missuuri), Grant, Christina aud Robert. Mr, Adamson has a
choice bottum farm of forty-seven acres which is all enclosed and all in cultivation. He
has a small orchard which is weil tilled with apple aud cherry trees. His place is well sup-
plied with water, having a good, never-failing well, and the Dawson Branch of Stranger
Ureek flowing through the west portion of his farin. ‘The improvements consist of a com-
fortable frame dwelling: house, stuck barn, smoke house etc. He had twenty acres in corn
thls year (1882), part of which averaged torty busbels to the acre and the remainder seven-
y-five bushels, : :
J.C. BAIRD, fruit grower and shipper, Section 14, P. O. Easton, Leavenworth County,
came to Kausasin April, 1861, locating on his farmiu Kaston Tuwuship, where he has since
resided. He was Trustee of Kaston Touwushiptwo termi. Heisa member of Baston Lodge,
No. 45, A., F. & A. M., anu of Custer Post No. 6, G. A. R. ot the city of Leavenworth. He
participated in the war of the revelllon ay First Sergeant of Company C, Seventeeuth Regi-
imeut Kansas Infantry and enlisted in the city of Leavenworth August 23, 1864, and was
mustered out Noveuver 15, 1864, a6 Furt Leavenworth. His reglinent served mostly ou
the western frontier. Mr. Baird was born in Brown County, Onio, March 11, 1836, and
lived in his native State until bis nineteenth year, when he left Uhio forthe West. After re-
siding in Missvuri until the fall of 1 he, with fifteen others, went tu Pike’s Peak. He
remained there about two years and then returned to Ohio, and trom there came to Kansas.
He was married March 19, 1861, iu Scioto County, Ohto, to Miss Marcha Tucker, a native of
Ohio. They have tive children living—Charles B., Killen S., Eva B., Willlam A., and Arthur
c. Mr. B. owns a choice upland farin of thirty acres, all enclosed with au excellent hedge
and ail uuder cultivation. ‘Lue firm of which he is senior nember (Baird & Son) devote
their attention exclusively to raisiug and shipping fruit. Tuelr orchard covers about
twenty-five acres aud contains about 4,000 apple, 2U0 pear, cherry, quince and other fruit
trees. They have six acres in small fruits — principally raspberries aud blackberries — and
about two acres in grapes. ‘bey use one of Zimmerman’s, No. 4, frultand vegesable dryers.
Tts capacity is niey bushels per day and it is driven tu its fullest extent. They also make a
specialty of manufacturing @ superior article of pure cider vinegar, of which they average
seventy-five varrels yearly. The improvements on the farm cousist of a seven-room hand -
some frame coctage dwelling house two stories high, eligivly situated on an elevated site
which com:nands a fine view of che surrounding cuuntry, vie grounds belug tastefully laid
out and filled with evergreens, shruvvery and shade trees. There is also a frult house 20 x
“40 feet, with cellar, large stock barn, smoke house and other bulldings on the property. °
FRITZ HEINRICH BULL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 25, P. O. Millwood, came to
Kansas in April, 1869, and located in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived two years
and was iu the Goverument employ. From tuere he removed to his farin In Easton Lown-
ship, wnere he has resided since. He is 4 member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Mr,
Boll was born in Holstein, Germany, September 8, 1835, and lived in his native country un-
til nis twenty-third year, wuen he emigrated to America and located in Cleveland, Ohio,
where he livea one year and was engaged in farming. He then removed to Macuupin
County, [lL, where he engaged in farming and where he resided until he caine to K insas,
Mr. Koll has been married twice, The first marriage took place in April, 1869, in St. Louis,
tu Miss Margetta LaFrance, a native of Holstein, Germany. She died in 1878 in Easton
Township. he second marriage took placein Leavenworth City, January 15, 1880, to Miss
Sophie Khon, a native of Hanover. r. Boll has a fine upland farm of eighty acres, mostly
enclosed, and sixty acres in cultivatlou. His orchard coutains 100 apple and peach trees,
He also lias asmall vineyard containing avout fifty vines. Tue water supply is excellent,
The improvements consist of a three-roum frame dwelling house, stock stable, granary
corn crib and smoke house. He had fifteen acres in wheat cnis year (1882), which yielue
300 bushels, and twenty-five acres in corn, which averaged forty bushels to the acre.
WILLIAM N. BURDEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 23, P. O. Easton, came to
Kansas in the spring of 1843, and located in what is now Kickapoo Township, where he
lived six months, and froi there removed to Platte County, Mo., where he lived until July,
1844, when he returned to Kausas and located in the village of Easton, Leavenworth Coun-
ty, where he resided three years, and was engaged inthe grocery business, From Easton

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

he removed to Denver, Colo., where he tesided about one and a half years, and then ties
turned to Easton. From there he removed to his farm in Easton Township, where he has
resided sinve. He was Koad Super visor of Easton fownship for two years, and member of
the School Board of District No. 72, Leavenworth County, two years. Heisa member of
Easton Lodge, No. 45, A., F. & A.M. wuring the war of the Rebellion, Mr. Borden was en~-
gaged in freighting and furnishing cattle for the United States Government, He was

orn in Green County, Tenn., December 25, 1813, and lived in his native State until his
eighteenth year, when, after spending a short time in Kentucky and Indiana, he went to
Augusta, Ga., where he lived two years, and then removed to Platte County, Mo., where he
lived twelve years, and then went to California, where he lived two years, aud was engaged
in mining and keeping a boarding-house. He then returned to Missouri via the Isthmus of
Panama and Havana, where, after remaining a short time, he came to Kansas. He was
married in Platte County, Mo., May 15, 1839, to Miss Martha Adanison, a native of Tennes-
see. They have had fourteen children, five of whom are living—Rebevea Ann (married to
Robert Bishop, a native of Kentucky, and a resident of Easton, Leavenworth County), Ja-
cob W. (a resident of Colorado), Samuel K. (a farmer, residing in Kaston Township, married
to Miss Mary Sparks, a native of Kansas), Nancy C. (married to Walter 8. Townsend, a resi+
dent of the city of Atchison), and Robert S. Mr. Borden has an upland farm of 120 acres,
all inclosed, and 100 acres of which are in cultivation, the balance being timberland. His
orchard covers five acres, and contains 250 apple, 500 peach, fifty cherry, and a number of
pear and plum trees. There is also an abundance of suwall fruits and grapes. The farm is
well supplied with water, having a good well and two large springs. The improvements
consist uf afour-room frame dwelling house, 18x32, with cellar; stock stable and granary
36x40, and other outbuildings. a 2

JOHN L. BRISTOW, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Easton, came to Kansas, March 1, 1855,
and located in Easton Towuship, Leavenworth County, where he has resided since. He has
been Supervisor of the roads of Easton Township one teri, member of the School Board of
District No. 72, Leavenworth County, three terms. He is a member of the Old School Bap-
tist Church, r. Bristow participated inthe war of the Rebellion as Sergeant of Company
A, Eleventh Regiment, Kansas Volunteers, and enlisted in Easton, in August, 1862, and was
discharged at Fort Leavenworth, in September, 1865. He took part in the battles of Fort
Wayne, Ark., Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Lexington, Independence, Westport, and other
miuor engagements and skirmishes. He was born in Boone County, Ind., June 27, 1837,
and lived in nis native State until September, 1854, when he started for Kansas, stopping in
Warren County, Ind., where he remained through the winter. He was married in Haston
Jownship, March 6, 1862, to Miss Missouri A. Wilburn, a native of Ohio. They have eight
children living—William Francis, Ephraim Linsey, Mary Delilah, Joseph Albert, Eliza Aun,
Janies Jesse, py dla Alice, and John. Mr. Bristow has a small upland farm of forty acres,
all inclosed and all under cultivation. The orchard covers two acres, and contains 150 ap-
ple, 300 peach, aud twenty-five cherry trees. The water supply is excellent. The i1mprove-
ents consist of a small frame dwelling house, stock stable, smoke-house, and other out-
bulldings. He had twenty-five acres in corn this year, which averaged fifty bushels to
the acre.

ETHBERT CAULK, farmer, P. O. Easton, came to Kansas, January 1, 1863, locating in
Kickapoo ‘ownship, Leavenworth County, where he lived five years, aud then removed to
Easton Township, of the same county, where he has resided since. He is a member of the
Methodist Church. Mr. Caulk was iu the United States service during the ‘Price Bala in
the war of the Rebellion, as a member of Company I, Nineteenth Regiment, Kansas Militia,
and enlisted in the fall of 1864, in Kickapoo Township, and was discharged with his regi-
ment at Leavenworth, after serving eighteen days. Mr. U. also served a short time in the
Confederate army, having been pressed into the Rebel service while residing in Arkansas,
in 1861. He was born in Guilford County, N.C., September 6, 1828, and lived in his native
State until his nineteenth year, and then removed to East Tennessee, where he lived seven
years. From there he removed to Washington County, Ark., where he also lived seven
years, and then came to Kansas. He was married in Morgan County, Tenn:, May 4, 1855, to
Miss Mary S. Goddard, a native of Tennessee. They have thirteen children, of whom nine
are living—William Henry, John Milton, Juliana, Samuel Ethbert, Margaret Einma, Ulysses
Grant, Gideon Wesley, Mary, and Norab. Mr. Caulk has a fine upland farm of 16U acres,
which is mostly enclosed, and seventy acres of which are in cultivation. His orchard con-
tains 180 apple and 100 peach trees. The water supply is good, there being two never-
failing wells, and Jones Creek running througn the northeast corner of hisfarm. The im-
provements consist of a good log house, stock stable, and other farm buildings. _

A. X, CLEA VINGEK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, P.O. Pleasaut Ridge; came
to Kansas iu March, 1851, and located on his farm in Easton. Township, where he has re-
sided since. He was Road Overseer of District No. 1, Easton Township, two years. Heis a
meinber of the M. E. Church (South) and of Kickapoo Lodge No. 4, A. F, & A.M. He took
part in the last war as a member of Capt. James A. Henderson’s coupany, Nineteenth Reg-
iment Kansas Militia during the ‘Price Raid,” and enlisted inthe fall of 1864 in the city
of Leavenworth, served fourteen days, and was mustered out at Leavenworth. Mr.U. was
born in Logan Vounty, Ky., September 17, 1826, where he lived until 1851, and then re-
moved to Platte County, Mo., where he resided uutil he came to Kausas. He was marriec
in 1855 in Platte County, Mo., to Miss Jane B. Davidson, a native of Kentucky. Tuey have
seven children living, whose names are: Rebecca Ann, Joseph (married to Miss Hattie Ed-
wards, a native of Kansas), Johu W., Nannie, Asa, Mary aud Moses. Mr, C. has a fine upland
farm of 360 acres in Kaston Township, and also owns a small farm of forty acres in Jeffer-
son UVounty, The home farm is mostly enclosed and has over 2U0 acres in cultivation. ‘The
water supply is fair. The orchard covers four acres, and contains 200 apple, 100 peach and
fifty cherry trees. The improvements consist of aseven-roomed frame dwelling house
with cellar, eligibly situated, and surrounded with evergreeus and shade trees,stock stable,
granary, corn-crib, stone smoke house with cellar, and other outbuildings. He had eighty
acres fu wheat this year (1882) which averaged twenty-five bushels to the acre, ten acres
in oats which averaged forty-seven bushels, forty acres in corn which averaged thirty
bushels, ten acres in timothy and clover which yielded four tons tothe acre. There are
sixty acres in pasture and ten acres in meadow on the farm.

. F, COLYER, tarmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P.O. Millwood; came to Kansas in
August, 1855, and located in Leavenworth City, where he resided eighteen years, and was
priucipally engaged in the grain and forage business. From Leavenworth he moved to his
farm tn Easton lownship, where he has resided since. Mr. Colyer is a member of Leaven-
worth’ Louge No. 2, [. O. of O. F. puciug, the last war he was a member of tue Home uuard,
He was born in Rockcastle County, Ky., May 22, 1831, and lived in his native State un-
til his twelveth year, when his pareuts removed to Platte County, Mo., where Mr. C. lived
until he came to Kansas, He was married in Leavenworth County, January 1, 1865, to
Miss Mary Orr, a native of Canada, whey have two children: ‘Thad and Janes 0. His
second marriage took place June 9, 1879, in Easton Township, to Mrs. Malvina Thomp-
sou, a native of Missouri, Mr, Cotyer has a choice bottom farm of 160 acres, ali enclosed
and allincultivation. There isasmallapple orchard onthefarm, ‘The water supply is
excellent, cousisting of a well, large pouds, springs and Big Stranger Creek howing
through the northwestern portion of the farm he improvements consist of a fine teu-
room frame dwelling house, frame barn 50x5u feet, and other outbuildings. Mr. ©’s. corn
this season (1882) will average sixty bushels to Lhe acre,

BARTUN ELLISON, farmer, Section 24, P.O, Easton; came to Kansas in February,
1876, and located iu Kaston Township, where he has resided since. He was Road Super-
visor of Eastou ‘Lownship three terms. He is a member of the Baptist Church anu of
Euston Lodge No. 45, A. F. & A. M. He participated in the last war as a member of Com-
pany K, Lweuty-Fifth Missouri Militia, and enlisted in DeKalb, Mo., inthe fall of 1862,
and was disuharged after serving oue montu atst.Jve. Shortly after his discharge he
came tu Kansas, where be resided until the Re pre tn ber of the following year, when he re-
turued to Dekalb, whore he again entered the United States service asa member of Com-
pany K, Highty-Kirst Regimens Missouri Milttia, and served until the close of the war.

r. Ellison was born near Rushville, Rush Co., ind., september Y, 1840, and lived in his
native state uncil March 8, 1845, when his parents removed to DeKalb, Mo., where Mr. E.
lived wutil he came to Kansas, He was married in 1860, in DeKalb, to Miss Nancy M.
Clinklnbeard, a native of Missouri. They nave one child, a daughter, Ivy Annie, the wife of
§.A. Roberson, a native of Missouri and a resident of Nebraska, Mr, Ellison has a fine upland
farm, of eighty acres, mostly euclosed, thirty-five acres of which are under cultivation,
the Dalance being timber and peenaee jand. The water supply isfair. There is a small
orchard on toe farm which is filled with apple, peach and cherry trees. The improvements
consist of a stone dwelling house, stock barn and other outbuildings.

ROBERT FeEVORLY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2d, P. U. Easton, came to Kan-
sas lu June 1868, locating on nis farm in Easton Township, Leavenworth County, where
he has resided since, Heis a memver of Easton Lodge No. 35, A. K. & A.M. He partiei-
pated in the war of the Ravellion a3 a member of Company H, One Hundred and Fifth Reg~
iment Penusylvanta Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted in Pittsburg, Pa., Octover 27, 1861,
aud was disch irged at Petersburg, Va., October 26, 1864.. He took part in the battles of
Fatr Oaks, Seven Days Fight, Secund Bull Run, Ercirickeburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys-
burg, and numerous other eng sgements and skirmisues. Mr. Fevurly was vorn iu Ger-
many November 16, 1837, Duc left bis native country aba very early age with his parents
woo emigrated to America, and who located at Pui adeiphia, where they lived about five
years aud Cuen removed to Klik Couuty, Pa., Where tney lived until Mr. F. attained his
ninth year, when they removed to Jetferson County, in the same State, where Mr. KF. lived
until th: breaking out of the Rebellion, After his discharge from the army he returned to
Jetferson County, Pa., where he resiied until he came to Kansas. He has been married
twice. The first marriage took place June 19, 1870, iu the city of Leavenworth, to Miss
Mary A, Behler, a native of Ohlo. She died October 14, 1874. Three chilaren were the
result of this marriage—Ida, Emma, aud Joseph. ‘The second marriage occurred Novem-
ber 23, 1875, Iu Kaston Cowuship, to Miss Martha McCarty, a native of Missouri. By this
marriage they had four children, three of whom are living—Mollie, Edna, and Kate, Mr.
Fevurly has a fine prairie farm of 820 acres, ali enclosed; 160 acres are in cultivation, the

 
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

balance being pastureland. The orchard covers five acres and contains 200 apple, 200
peach, 40 pear, and 30 plum trees. The farm is well supplied with water. The improve-
nents cousist of a four-roomed frame dwelling house, good barn, granary, smoke-house,
ete, There ts also a small tenant house on the place for the use of the farm hands.

ELL FLTCH, farmer, P.O. Millwood, came to Kansas in February, 1856, and located
in Kickapoo Township, where he lived until 1880, when he removed to’ Easton Townshl 5
where he has resided since. He is Constavle of Easton Township. Mr. Fitch took part in
the last war during the “Price Raid’ as a member of Company I, Seventy-Ninth Regiment,
Kansas Militia, and enlisted at Leavenworth in the fall of 1 64, served fourteen days, and
was discharged at Leavenworth. Mr. F. was born in Lewis County, Ky., September 11,
1843, and lived in his native State until his tenth year, when his parents removed to Platte
County, Mo., where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was married in Kickapoo
Township. December 25, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Wills, a native of Missouri, They have
eight children—Nancy Jane, George Washington. Jobn Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Sam-
uel, Annie May, Dora Elizabeth, and Martin Luther. Mr. Fitch's corn averaged this year
(1882) Bey bushels to the acre,

BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN, laborer U.P. R. R. (K. C. Division), P. 0. Easton, eame
to Kansas in November, 1876, locating at Fort Leavenworth, where he was a member of Com-
pany D, Twenty-Third Regiment Un.ted States Infantry. He enlisted in Boston, Mass,, in

utober, 1875, served three years and six months—one year in Omaha, and the remainder
of the time in Kansas—and was discharged for disability on account of injuries received
while in the liné of his duty, at Fort Leavenworth in January, 1878. After his discharge
from the army, he located in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived until the fall of
1881, when he removed to Easton Township, Leavenworth County, where he has resided
since. Mr Giffin was born in Lawrence, Mass., but lived there only six months when his
mother | ft America with him for Ireland, where he lived until his fifteenth year, when he
returned to the place of his nativity, where he lived four years, and then left for Worcester,
Mass., where he lived one year. From Worcester he again returned to Lawrence, whee
he lived four years and then entered the United States Army. He is a member of the Cath-
olic Church and of the United Sons of Freedom. He was married in the city of Leaven-
worth in guly. 1878, to Mi_s Julia Carpenter, a native of the State or New York.

WILLIAM GRISWOLD, proprietor of Stranger Valley Mills, Millwood, came to Kansas
October 14, 1877, and located in Millwood, where he has resided since. Mr. Griswold was
born in Co.umbia County, N. Y., October 14, 1849, and lived in his native State until 1868,
when he removed to De Kalb Coulty Mo.. where he resided until he came to Kansas. Mr,
Griswold is the proprietor of the mill at. Millwood, Leavenworth County. It is a custom
and merchant mill, and has three run of burrs, with first-class machinery and facilities for
doing good work. Owing ‘to the scarcity of water the proprietor has, with his usual tore-
thought, added an Atlas engine of forty horse-power to the other machinery of the mill, so
that it can run at any stage of the water. The mill hasa good run of custom, and the brands
of flour and meal manufactured at this mill have received and continueto receive the favor-
able patronage of the public. The brands of Hour manufactured are ‘The Stranger Valley
Waver Mills,” “Stranger Valley Steam Mills,” and “Stranger Valley O. K.” Mr. Griswold
is a young and energetic business man, and is well spoken of by patrons and friends.

EONIDAS GWARTNEY, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Millwood, came to Kansas with his
parents April 1, 1855, locating near Easton, where he resided five years, and then moved to
near Millwood, in the same township, where he lived until 1870; he then removed to But-
ler County, where he resided eleven years. From there he removed to Vernon County, Mo.,
where he lived six months, and then returned to Kansas, locating on his farm in Easton
Township, where he has resided since. He was Road Overseer of Milton Township, Butler
County, two years, and member of the Board of School District No. 84, Butler County, four
years. Heisa member of the Fresbyterian Church, Mr. Gwartney was born in Harrison
County, Ind., October 24, 1847, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas, He
was married in January, 1871, in Easton, to Miss Colona Turner, a native of Leavenworth
County. They have three childrea—Emmett, Effie and Milton. Mr, Gwartney has a small
bottom farm of forty acres, which is all enclosed and all in cultivation. There isa young
orchard on the farm, which contains 100 apple and fifty peacn trees. The water supply is
good, consisting of springs and Evan’s Branch of the B: # Stranger Creek, flowing jbrough
the south side of the farm. The improvements consist of a new three-roomed frame dwell-
ing house, a stock stable and other outbuildings. His wheat this year (1882), averaged
twenty-two bushels to the acre, and his corn fifty bushels.

JOSHUA HALL, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Easton, caine to Kansas in August, 1854, !o-
eating near Easton, where he lived two years, and then removed onto his farm in Easton
Township, where he has resided since. He has been a member of the School Board six

ears—three years in District 14, and three in District 72. He is a member of the Christian

hurch. He took part in the late war during the Price Raid as a member of Company M,
Nineteenth Regiment Kansas Militia, He enlisted in the fall of 1864, served fourteen days,
and was discharged in the city of Leavenworth. Mr. Hall was born in Patrick County, Va.,
January 10, 1825, and livedin his native State until his twenty-fifth year. He then re-
moved to Platte County, Mo., where he lived four years, and then came to Kansas. He was
married in Easton Township, May 19, 1857. to Miss Lydia L. Bristow, a native of Indiana.
They have thirteen children living, whose names are: Ruth Jane, Martha Ann, Williain
Parker, Lydia Elizabeth, Mary Drusilla, Lucy Angeline, Susan Ellen, Daniel Jackson, John
Franklin, Joshua Henry, James Ewen, Joseph Peyton ana Jesse Abel. Mr, Hall has an up-
land farm of 160 acres, all enclosed and mostly in cultivation. The water supply is good.
There are two orchards on the farm, which cover ten acres, and contain 400 apple, 1,000

each, twenty-five cherry and twelve pear trees. There isalso an abundance of small fruit.

he improveinents consist of a story and a haif four-roomed frame dwelling house, stock
stable and other outbuildings, His wheat this year (1882), averaged thirty bushels to the
acre. He had also this season twenty-five acres in corn, which averaged fifty bushels to the

acre.

REV. BERNARD J. HAYDEN, Pastor St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Easton, and
Pastor in charge of St. Joseph’s Church, Salt Creek Valley, and St. Patrick’s Church,
Springdale; came to Kansas in August, 1866, locating in Topeka, where he attended the
Seminary of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, and where he resided until April, 1869.
He then removed to Lawrence, where he resided uutil November, 1869, in which month he
was ordained in Columbus, Ohio, by Bishop Rosecranz, After his ordination he went to
Soloman City, Dickinson County, where he had charge of the mission extending from Abi-
lene to Kit Carson, in Colorado. He continued in charge of this mission until January,
1871, when, owing to failing eye-sight, he went to Roscommon, Ireland, where he remained
until August, eet, and then returned to America, locating in Kansas City, Kan, where he
lived until he came to Easton, Father Hayden was born in Roscommon, Ireland, in March,
1847, where he completed his classical course of studies, and lived in his native city until
April 4, 1864, when he left Ireland for America, locating in Milwaukee, Wis., where he en-
tered St. Francis’ Seminary, and pursued his philosophical and theological studies until
August, 1866, when he came to Kansas, locating in Topeka, as already stated; here he com-

leted his studies in June, 1868. He then taught in the Seminary of the Assumption until
869

JAMES HAYS, farmer, P. O. Easton,came to Kansas in the fall of 1860,and located in Jef-
ferson County, where he lived two years, aud then removed to Buchanan County,Mo. While
residing there he entered the United Scates service as a private in Company G, Fifteenth
Regiment Kansas Cavalry. He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, in 1863, served nearly three
years, and was discharged at Fort Leavenworth. After his return from the army he re-
moved to Atchison County, where he remained about two years, and then removed to Eas-
ton Township, Leavenworth County, where he has resided since. He Isa member of the
Baptist Church. He was born in Jickson County, Mo., October 28, 1831, where he lived
until his eighth year, when his parents removed to Cole County, Mo., where they lived four

ears, ani from there removed to Buchanan County, in the same State, where Mr. Hays
ived twelve years; from there he went to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he was engaged in
driving team for the Government contractors during the Mexican war He was thus en-
gaged one summer, and then returned to his homain Buchanan County, where he lived
three years, and was engagedin the grocery business. He then went to Califurnia, where
he was engaged in mining and prospecting for one year, and then again returned to Bu-
chanan Couuty, where fi lived one year, and then returned to C ulifornia, where he re-
mained until the fall of 1860, when he returned to Missouri, stayed a short time, and then
came to Kansas. Ho was married in galy, 1860, to Miss Klizabeth Brock, a native of Ten-
nessee. They have had ten children, eight of whom are living—Sarah Frances, married
to Wesley Chambers, a resident of Jackson County; Ruse Althea, Robert, William, John,
* nzo and James L. i .
wm aCHARL HENNESSY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 26, P.O. Easton, came to Kan-
sas in May, 1857, locating in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived five years, and then
removed to Kickapoo Township, where he lived six years, and from there removed to uis
farm in Easton Township, where be has resided since. He is a member of 3t. Lawrence’s
Catholic Church, of Easton. He was born in County Clare, Ireland, January 15, 1834, and
lived in his native country until his nineteenth year, when he came to America, and first
located in Washington, D. G., where he lived two years. From there he removed to Salem
County, N. J., where he lived five years, and was engaged in farming. He then came to
Kangas. He was married in Leavenworth, in October, 1§40, to Miss Mary Shilue, a native
of County Clare, Ireland. They have had nine children, seven of whom are living—John,
Patrick, Thomas, Martin, Maggie, Katie and Mary. Mr. Hennessy has two farms, vue, the
home farm, of 120 acres, upland, the other, a bottom farm of 168 acres,near Eastov. These
farms are all enclosed, and mostly in cultivation. The supply of water on both is good,
and ample for all puposes._ The orchard on the home farm contains 200 apple, 250 peach,
and fifty cherry trees. The improvements on this farm consist of a five-roomed, frame
dwelling house, two stories high, stock stable and other out buildings. He had nineteen
acres in wheat this year (1882), which averaged twenty bushels to the acre, and ninety
acres in corn, which averaged fifty bushels to the acre,

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. WILLIAM HICKS, farmer and stockraiser, Section 15, P. O. Easton, came to Kansas
April 8, 1864, locating in Easton Township, where he has resided ever since. He has been
a member of the School Board, of District No. 23, Leavenworth County, two years, He
perblelpaged in the last war as a member of the militia, in the “John Morgan Raid,” in

hloin 1363. Mr. Hicks was born in Meigs County, Ohio, February 28, 1822. and lived in
his native State until April, 1854, when he removed to Iowa, where he resided two years
and then returned to Ohio, where he remained until he came to Kansas. He has been mar-

ried three times. The first marriage took place March 9, 1848, in Ohio, to Miss Salina M.
Minard, a native of Ohio. Two children were the result of this marriage, one of whom is
living—John Ahart, The second marriage occurred October 27, 1853, in prelns County,
Ohio, to Miss Susan E. Tubbs, a native of Ohio. The third marriage took place March 23,
1857, in Gallia County, Ohio, to Miss Mary Jane Siders, a native of Ohio. By this marriage
they have had nine children, eight of whom are living—Mary_ Louisa (died October 18,

1875), Nancy Alice, Minerva Maria, Melinda Viola, George D.. Leslie W., Elzie Ellsworth,

Benjamin W. and Mandy Myrtle. Mr. Hicks hasa fine upland farm of 160 acres, adjoining
the celebrated Knapp Kaiser farm. Itis all enclosed, and has 110 acres in cultivation,the
balance being timber and pasture land. The water supply cannot be excelled, there being
two wells, and the Dawson Branch of Stranger Creek flowing through the south part of the

farm. The U. P. R, R.(K. C. Division) runs across the south part of the property. The

improvements consist of a three-roomed, frame dwelling, stock stable, etc.

ROBERT A. KELSEY, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Easton, came to Kansas, May, 3. 1864,
locating in the village of Easton, where he lived ten years.’ He then removed to his farin
in Easton Township, where he has since lived. He was Road Overseer of District No. 5,
Easton Township, two years; Justice of the Peace of the sametownship, six years; Pust-
master of Easton, six years; Notary Public for fifteen years and holds the office at pres-
ent. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Easton Lodge, No. 45. A. F.
& A.M. This lodge was founded eighteen years ago, and Mr. Kelsey has been its Worship-
ful Master for sixteen years. He participated in the war of the Rebellion as a member of
‘Capt. Smalley’s Company ofthe Twelfth Regiment Missouri Enrolled Militia. He enlisted
in the spring of 1861, in Mercer County, Mo., and was discharged at Princeton, Mercer
Co., Mo., in April 1864. Mr. K. was born in Knox County, East Tennessee, April 7%, 1826,
and lived in his native State until January, 1842, when he removed to Davis County, Mo.,
where he lived two years, and from there removed to Mercer County (then Grundy County),
Mo, in April 1844 where he resided until he came to Kansas. He was married in Mercer
County, Mo., in 1847, to Miss Paulina Jane Foster, a native of Kentucky. They have nine
children living, whose names are—Mary E., married to S. B. Randolph, a native of Missouri,
and a resident of Jefferson County; Amanda E., married to Robeit N. McClure, a native of
Ohio, and a resident of Easton Township; Sarah Jane, married to William M, Smith, a
native of Missouri, and aresident of Kickapoo Township; Eliphalet W., inarried to Miss
Dora Sparks, a native of Missouri; James _Heury; Rebecca Ann, married to
Daniel Polley, a native of Ohio, and a resident of Leavenworth County: MarthaC.; John
A,, and Florence B._ Mr. Kelsey’s farm contains 100 acres, eighty acres upland and twenty
acres bottom land, It is all enclosed and has sixty acres in cultivation, the balance pelug
timber and_ pasture land. The watersupply is good. The orchard covers three acres an
contains 225 apple, fifty cherry, 200 peach and twenty-five pear and plum trees. There is
also an abundance of small fruits on the farm, The improvements consist of afour-roomed
frame dwelling, stock stable, corn crib and granary, Mr. K. had twenty-five acres in corn
this year (1882) which averaged forty bushels to the acre.

FREDERIC KNOLLMAN, farmer, Section 36, P. O, Millwood, cameto Kansas March
1, 1867, locating in Leavenworth Count , where he has resided since. He has been a men-
ber of the Board of School District No. 6, Leavenworth County. for two years, and is a
member at present. He is a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was
born in Dearborn County, Ind., February 7, 1844, and lived in his native State until 1865,
when he removed to Platte County, Mo., where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was
married in the city of Leavenworth, February 11, 1869, to Miss Clara Nieman, a native of
Hanover, Germany. They have fourchildren—John Henry, Ernest Martin, Mary L. and
Louise Mr. Knollman has an upland farm of 120 acres, all enclosed and mostly under
cultivation. There is a small apple orchard on the farm containing 125 bealing apple trees.
The water supply is fair. The improvements consist of a three-roomed frame dwelling
house, stock stable, granary and other OULU UAL ADES He had thirty acres in corn this year
(1882) which averaged forty bushels tothe acre. His oats averaged thirty-five bushels to

e acre.

MICHAEL LAKNER, dealer in general merchandise, came to Kansas in October, 1863,
and located in the city of Leavenworth, where he resided ten years, and was engaged at
working at his trade as a millwright, From Leavenworth he removed to Millwood, where
he has resided since and has been engaged in the general mercantile business. Mr. Lakner
Is amember of the Catholic Church, e participated in the last war as Second Lieutenant
of Company H, Fifth Missouri Cavalry; enlisted in March. 1861, at St. Joseph, Mo., and
was discharged at the same place in the fall of 1863. Hetook part inthe battle of Wilson’s
Creek, and numerous other minor engagements. At the battle of Lexington, Mo., Mr, Lak-
ner was captured by the rebels, under Maj. Gen. Price, aud was held a prisoner a short time
and then was paroied, After his discharge from the army he came to Kauisas and subse-
quetly re-enlisted in the fall of 1864, during the ‘‘Price Raid,” and was mustered into ser-
vice as Second Lieutenant of Company H, Seventh Kansas Militia. He enlisted in the city
of Leavenwoith, served two months, and was discharged at Fort Leavenworth. Mr, Lak-
yer was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, June 12, 1823, and lived in his native country until
his twenty-elghth year, when he emigrated to America and first located in New. York City.
Here he was engaged as a pattern-maker. While residing in his native country, he did duty
in the Gerinan army, as a member of the Seventh Company, Sixth Regiment, and_partici-
pated in the Schléswig-Holstein Campaign. From New York Citv he removed to Madison,
ind., where he lived about six months, and from there removed to St. Joe, Mo., where he
resided until he came to Kansas. Mr. Lakner is a practical miliwright and has built some
of the best mills in Kansas, among which are Koehler’s Mill, in the city of Leavenworth,
Reeder’s Mill, in {the Valley Falls, and Rapp’s Mill,in Millwood. Mr. Lakner was married
twice. The first marriage tuok_place in the fall of 1852 in Wurtemburg, Germany, to Miss
Johanna Carnicher, a native of Germany. They had one child, a daughter, Johanna (mar-
ried to Charles Bechtel, a native of Baaen, Germany, and a resident of Chicago). The sec-
ond marriage took place iu the city of Leavenworth in 1870, to Miss Margaretta Schmidt, a
native of Wurtemburg, Germany. They have three children—Maggie, Kosa, and Michael.
Mr, L. does a large anu thriving trade, which is constantly increasing.

M. H. LANGLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, P. O. Easton, came to, Kansas in
April, 1854, lovating on his farm in Easton Township, where he has resided since. He took
part in the war of the Rebellion, as a member of the Second Kansas Regiment. He enlisted
in the fall of 1862, served one month and was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Hesub-
sequently re-entered the service at the time of the “Price Raid” in 1864, as amember of
Company K, Nineteenth Regiment, Kansas Militia, served eighteen days aud was discharged.
at Kansas City. He was born in Ashe County, N.C., July 22, 1818, and lived in his native
State until his seventh year, when his parents removed to Kast Tennessee, where he lived
until his twenty-first year and then removed to Nodaway County, Mo., where he lived for
eight years and then removed to Page County, Iowa, where he lived twelve years, and then
came to Kansas. He was married in Nodaway County, Mo., in December, 1851, to Miss Ly-
dia Agnes Price, a native of North Carolina, They have’ had, twelve children, of whom
eleven are living—James Milton (married to Lillie Adamson, a native of Kansas); Auna
Jane (widow of Nicbolas Wood, a native of Missouri. He died in January, 1882 ); Jonn
Alonzo, William Thomas, Nancy Elizabeth (married to Frederic Strong, a nat've of 'Michi-

‘an, a resident of Kaston Township); Rachael Ellen, Lorenzo Dow, Sarah Matilda, Mary

ay, Lucy Hattie, and Isaac Linza. r. Langley has a fine upland farm of 158 acres, all en-
closed, and 100 acres in cultivation, the balance being timber and pasture laud. The orchard
covers three acres and contains 300 apple, 100 peach and fifty cherry trees. The water sup-
ply is good, there being two good wells, a number of springs aud Buttermilk Creek flowin
through the noitheastern section of the farm. The improvements cousist of a five-roomed
frame dwelling, large barn, granary, corn crib, and other outbuildings. He had thirty-five
acres in wheat this year (1882), which yielded thirty bushels to the acre; furty-five acres
in corn, which averaged itty bushels; eight acres in flax, which averaged twelve busheis tu
the acre, and five acres in millet,

SILAS LANGLEY, farmer and carpenter, Section 14, P.O. Evston, came to Kansas
April 27, 1858, locating in Easton Township, where he has since resided He has been Gon-
stable of Easton Fownship six terms, Road Overseer of District No. 7 same township, four
terms, and member of the Board of School District No. 23, Leaveuworth County, two terms.
He participated in the last war during the ‘“ Price Raid,” as a member of Company M, Nine-
teenth Regiment Kansas Militia, and enlisted in Easton in the fall of 1864, served forty -
eight days, and was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Langley was born in Obion
County, Tenn., August 17, 1825, and lived in his native State until 1846, when he removed
to New Madrid County, Mo., where he lived until 1849, and then removed to Phillips
County, Ark., where he lived until he cameto Kansas, He was married in Phillips County,
Ark., June 16, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Langley, a native of Tennessee. They have had ten
children, seven of whom are living—Thomas M., Mary Frances (married to S. G. Hill. a
farmer, residing in Clark County, Mo.), Susan, Mattie 8B, John, Lydia A. and Theodore.
Mr. Langley has a small but choice fruit farm of ten acres. It is all enclosed, five acres
being in cultivation and the remainder meadow land. The water supply isexcellent. His
orchard cont.tins 180 apple, thirty cherry, and twenty-five peach trees. His residence is
surrounded by handsome evergreens and shrubbery.

G. H. LOUGHMILLER, farmer, P. O. Easton, came to Kansas in April, 1857, and located
in Easton Township, Leavenworth County, where he has siuce resided. He was-born in Indi-
ana, December 5, 1847, but lived in his native State but a short time when his parents re-
moved to Kansas, locating in Easton. His father was, before his death, for years engaged
in the mercantlle business in Easton. His mother is still living.
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ROBERT N. MoCLURE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 15, 'P. 0. Easton, came to Kan-,
8as iu June, 1864, aud located in tue city of Leavenworth, where he regiiled fur years, aud
Was engaged prt of the time ia clsrking in a grocery store, and the rematnuer of the time
was working at his trade a3 @ marble-cutter. Krom there he removed to Whitehall, ILL,
Where he lived about three months, aud was working at his trade. From Illinois he went to
Shelbyville, Ind, where he resided a short time, aud then went to Indianapolis, {nd., where
he received an appointment as express Mosse User between that place and Cincinnati, Onto,
on the Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette R. R. He was thus engaged eight months, aud
then returned to Kansas, locating on his farm in Easton Township, where he has resided
eversince. He participated in the war of the Rebellion as amember of McMullin’s First
Onio Independent Battery. He enlisted at Camp Chase, Ohio, in July, 1861, and was dis-

charged January 22, 1864, at Cumberland, Md., tor disabiliiy. He touk part in the battles
of Antietem, South Mountain, aud other minor engagements. Shortly thereafter he was
transferred to the Quarter-imaster’s Department of his brigade, where he did duty asa
clerk. While thus engaged he was, on the 6th of May, 1863. taken prisoner by the Kebels
near Princeton, Va._After being captured he was taken to Belle Lsle, and from there trans-
ferred to Salisbury, N. C., and suvsequently was seutto Libby Prisou. He was released in
November, 1863, and still suffers from the hardships and privations he endured while a

risoner. Mr. McUluve was born in Maskingum County, Ohio, February 19, 1841, and lived
n his native State until 1861, wheu he entered the United States Army. After his discharge
from the service he remained a short time in his native State, aud then came to Kansas. He
was married in Easton Towuship, November 27, 1873, tu Miss Amanda E. Kelsey, a native
of Missouri. They have three sons—Thomas Craig, James K. andJohu N. Mr. McClure
has an upland farm of 160 acres, all enclosed, and 100 acres in cultivation, the remainder
being timber and pasture land. ‘(he water supply cannot be excelled. ‘here iy a tine well
on his farm which contains all the constituents which goto make up a first-class mineral
water. ‘uere are also a number of mineral springs on the property. Dawson’s Branch of
the Big Stranger Creek flows through the southern portion of his farm. The U. P. R. R.,
CK. C. Div.), runs through the southern portion of the property. The improvements cou-
Sist of a comfortable five-roomed frame dwelling house, frame barn, 18x30, 16 feet high,
granary, coru-crib, smoke-house, etc. There Is wlsoa small tenement house on the prem-
ises. Mr. McUlure’s wheat this season (1982), averaged twenty-two bushels to the acre, his
oats fifty, and his corn fifty bushels. Mr. McC. pays particular attention to raising fine
stock of all descriptions, aud in the near future intends Lo engage in the business ou a more
extensive scale. He has now some of the finest poultry in Leayenworth Coupty, among
any eek superior straiu of the buff cochin variety, for which he Js filling orders alinost
_ JAMES H. McGEE, general merchant, Easton, cameto Kansas in October, 1860, locat-
ing iu Alexander Tuwnship, where he lived aud was engaged in farming until March, 1882,
when he re.uoved to Eastou, Leavenworth County, and embarked in his present business,
He was Crustee of Alexander Township for five years in succession. He is the Postmaster
of Easton. He isa memver of Kastun Lodge No. 45, 4. F.& A.M. He participated in the
war of the Rebellion during the * Price Raid” asa member of Company EH, Nineteenth
Regimeut Kansas Militia, aud was eulisted in Alexander Township, Leavenworth County,
in the fall of 1864, aud was discharged at the same place after serving fourteen days, r.
McGee was voru io Rush County, Lud., April 21, 1844, and lived in his native Stace until
he came to Kansas, He has been married twice. ‘ne first marriage tuok place in Kaston
Piet Leavenworth County, in 1872, to Miss Mary Jones, a native of Missouri. She
died in 1873. The second marriage took place in Alexander Township, in 1877, to Miss
Sarah Scuooler, a native of Indiana. She died in April, 1881. By his second marriage he
had two children, Lizzie and Euward L. Mr. McGee is a thriving merchant, and is weli aud
favorably known for his pvobity aud square dealing, and is doing a large and safe business.

GOTTLEIB MAIER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, P, U., Millwuod, caine to
Kansas in March, 1858, !ocatiug in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived eight years
and was engaged iu freightiug. - From Leavenworth he removed to Kaston Township, where
he located on nis farm aud where he has resided since. He has been ‘Treasurer of the Board
of School District, No. 11, Leavenworth County, three years, aud is at present Treasurer of
Easton Township. During the late war lie was engaged in rely Doing or the Government.
Mr. Maier is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was born inWurtemburg,
Germany, January 13, 1831, and lived in bis native country until his twenty-second year,
when he emigrated to Aulerica and located in Martin County, Ind., where he lived tive
years and was engaged as a section foreman on the Olio and Mississippi R.R. From
indiana he came to Kansas. Mr. Maier was inarried in Louisville, Ky., March 2, 1850, to
Miss Johanna Kimmerle, 4 native of Wurteinburg, Germany. ‘They nave three children
living, Lana, married to Stephen Gwartney, a native of Kausas and a farmer residing in
Easton Township; Frederick, and Louisa. Mr, Maier has two farms, one of 255 acres,
seventy-liveacres being bottom Jand and the remainder upland, Farm No. 2% contains
ninety acres,mostiy bottum. These farms are all enciosed and mostly cultivated; tue orcrard
on the home farm covers two acres aud coutains 200 young and thrifty bearing apple trees,
seventy-five peach and a few pear trees; there is also a fiue vineyard on the farm which
contaius about 500 vines of the choicest varieties. The water supply is good, consisting of a
never failing well-spriug and Buchanan Branch of Stranger Creek, which never runs dry,
flows nearly througn the center of the farm. ‘he improvements consist of a six-roomed
frame dwelling house eligibly situated and surrounded by fruit and shade trees, a large
frame barn 60x28, granary, corn-crib, wagon sheds, smoke house and other outbuildings.
Mr. Maier is well provided with all the improved farm machiuvery, consisting of reapers,
cultivators, etc, The line of the U.P. R.R., K. U. Division, ruus through the southeru
portion ofthe farm. Mr. Maier pays particular attention to raisiug fine cattle and in the
near future intends to engage in Lhis euterprise on a more extensive scale, He had twenty-
five acres iu oats this year wnich averaged fifty bushels to the acre, twenty-two acres in
corn which averaged ninety bushels, ten acres in meadow which averaged two tons of
timothy hay tothe acre, He has also 16U acres of pasture land, in the northeast quarter of
Section 1, Township 9, Range 20, well fenced anu well set 1n blue grass, and has an eyer-
lasting spring ou it, where he keeps his stock through the summer.

WILLIAM T, MARVIN, farmer ,and fruit raiser, Section 33, P. O.. Pleasant Ridge,
came to Kansas, October, 1854, aud lovated in the city of Leavenworth, where he resided
six years, and then removed to the city of Atchison, where he lived two yeurs,
from Atchison he’ removed to his farm in Easton ‘Township, where he has re-
sided ever since. He is a member of Kickapoo Lodge, No, 4, kK. & A.M. He
was # member of the first City Cuuncil of Leavenworth, Was a inember of the Kansas
Legislature two terins; sessious of 1875-76 aud 1881-82, and commissioner of Leavenworth
CGuunty one term, He parficipated in tue late war in che Price raid a3 Second Lieutenant of
Capt. James A, Heniderson’s company, Nineteeuth Regiment Kausas Militia, aud enlisted
in Leavenworth in the fa:{ of 1864, served fourteen days and was imustered ouc of service
intuesame city. Mr, Marvin was borniu Broome Couuty, N. ¥., May 20, 1820, and lived
in his native State until nis bwenty second year when he removed to Warrick County, Lud.
where he resided two years, and froin Liere removed to Lowa, Where he resided ten years
and then cameto Kansas,. He was inarried inthe city of Atchison, January 24, 1861, to
Miss Julia M, Sessions, a native of Allegany Say N. Y.; whey have six children living,
Hattie, Edward, Kittie, Maggie, Lorenzo isird, aud William. c. Marvin has a tine upland
farm of 116 acres, wll enciosed and ali under cultivation. The water supply is goou and
consists of wells and cisterns. His orchard covers five acres, and contains 50U beariug apple,
100 peach anda few pear and cherry trees, ‘he tmproveinents consistut a stx-roomed
frame dwelling house, eligibly situated and surrounded with evergreen and shade trees,
frame barn 20x36 feet, granary, smoke house, and other outbuildings. He had ftty acres in
wheat this year (1882) which averaged twenty-five bushels tu the acre, thirteen acres in
oats which averaged forty bushels vv tue acre, fifteen acres incorn whlch averaged thirty-
five bushels to the acre, six acres in timothy and clover which averaged three tuns to Lhe
acre, His apple crop yleiued 50v bushels; tue section of the country in which Mr, Marvin
lives has a clayey sub-soil anu is particulary adapted for raising wheat and apples. From
the city of Atchison to the city of Leavenwortu is almost a Continuous orchard, #ud the best
grades of wheat solu in Leavenworth markets come frum Walnut Townsalp, Atchison
County, and Kickapoo and Kaston Townships in Leavenworth County.

JAMES W. MOSH, laborer, U. . i. R., KC, Division, 2. OU. Kaston, came to Kansas
in the spring of 1861, aud located in Kaston, Leaveuworth County, where he has resided
since. eis a member of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church. Mr, Mosner was burn in De
Kalb County, Mo., April 6, 1856, and lived in his native State until his fifth year, when his
parents removed to Kausas. He is a young man of exeinplary Character, and 1s well spoken
of by all who know him. ‘

. D. OLIPHINT, farmer and stock dealer, P, O. Easton, came to Kansas in August,
1856, locating in Easton Township, Leavenworth County, where he hag resided sinve. He
‘was a member of the State Legislature, sessiou of 1877-78. Was Trustee ot aston Towne
ship three years and Justice of the Peaceof the same tuwusbip, one term. Me is a member
of Easton Lodge No. 45, A. F. & A fe was in the United States service during the
“price Rald’ asa memberof Company L, Nineteenth Regiment Kansas Militia; enlisted
in Easton Township in the fall of 1864, aud discharged trom the service in the same tuwn-
ship after serving fourteen days. Mr. ohp nia’ was born in De Soto County, Miss,, August
17, 1841, and lived in his native State until his fourth year, wnen his parents removed to
Platte County Mo., from whence Mr. VU. cameto Kansas, He was married in Novemver,
1862, in Easton, Leavenworth Vouncy, to Miss Rowenna Adamson, a native of Missouri.
They have five childreu—Leona, John U., Lola, Josephine and Roscoe.

IBERTY PRENIICKH, farmer, Seccion 13, P.O, Kaston, came to Kansas in the fall of
1861, locating at Valley Fails, where he resided until1874, when he removed to a farm in
Easton Township, Leaveuwortb County, where he nas resided since. He is a member and
former pastor of the Methodist Episcapal Church, and Is at present a member of the Kansas
conference. During tue war of tue Revellion he was a member of the Home Guards, Mr,
Prentice was born in Aurora, Erie Co. N. ¥., July 9, 1815, and lived in his native State until
his twenty-second year, when he removed to Wayne County, Oblg where he entered the

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

itinerancy of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He traveled inthis capacity in various States
and finally in 1861 came to Kansas, Owing to ill health was obliged to give up the work;
in 1863 he again engaged in the same labors; but at the end of two and a half years
was obliged to relinquish his pastoral work. He then went to farming, in which he has
since been engaged, Mr. Prentice has been married twice. The first marriage occurred in
1840, 14 Collins, Erie Co., N. Y., to Mrs, Athalana Hoag, a native of New York. Eight chil-
dren were the result of this inarriages of whom six are living—Mary E., married to Norman
F. Hewitt, editor and publisher of the Revtew, Clifton, Washington County; Maria H., mar-
ried to Deacon William Crosby, 2 merchant and farmer residing in Valley Falls; Hibbard
E., a farmer residing in Washington County, married to Miss Eliza Ncrman, a native of
Ohio; Lucy E., married to Samuel C. Hart, a farmer residing at Strawberry, Washington
County; Alice E., married to Jas. A, Totten,a farmer residing near Clifton, Washington
County; William F., a merchant residing at Clifton, Washington County, married to Miss
Gertrude Foster, a native of Illinois, The second marriage took place in Easton, Leaven-
worth County, in March, 1874, to Mrs. Melinda Orr, a native of Kentucky. The upland
farm on which Mr. Prentice resides contains 110 acres; it is all enclosed and has sixty acres
under cultivation, the balance being timber and pasture land. The orchard contains 120
apple trees of the choicest varieties. The improvements consist of an eight-roomed frame
dwelling house, barn, granary, corn crib and other outbuildings. Mr. Prentice is a born
mechanic aad makes good use of his faculties, he having invented several useful and
practical articles of remy machinery whlch are in daily use on his farm. He is a sincere
Christian and a thorou, entleman and scholar. i

MRS. LOUISE C. eA P, widow of John Jacob Rapp, Section 6, P.O, Millwood; he came
to Kausas in the spring of 1852, and first located in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived
six months, and from there removed to Cedar Creek, Jackson County, where he lived one
year, then returned to Douglas County, where they lived two years, and from there re-
inoved to Millwoud, where Mr. Rapp erected the “Stranger Valley Mills” in 1869, and
continued in the milling business until his death in 1877. The millis a three-story build-
ing with three run of buhrs; it is operated by both water and steam power, and has a good
run of custom. hile Mr. Rapp was living he held the office of Road Overseer of Easton
Township one year, and was Treasurer of the Board of School District No. 6, Leavenworth
County, for two years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and of the I. O. of 0. F.
Mr. Rapp was,bornin Wurtemburg, Germany, in February, 1843; lived in his native country
until his sixteenth year, and then emigrated to America and located in New York City,
where he resided about two years: hethen removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he lived -
two years anu then reuoved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he lived one year, and
from there came to Kansas. Mr. Rapp was married July 11, 1857, in Trenton, Ohio, to Miss
Louisa Rapp, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. They had nine children, four of whom
areliving: George Lincoln, Mary Ann(married to John Vollmer, a native of Germany
and a residentof Millwood), Katie B,and John R. Mrs. Rapp owns a fine bottom farm of
forty-three acres, lying near Millwood, all enclosed, and has thirteen acres in cultivation.
The orchard covers one acre and contains 100 peach and appletrees. The water supply, is
good, consisting of three good wells and Big Stranger Creek flowing through the farm. he
improvements consist of a four-roomed dwelling house, large frame barn, granary, corn-
erth and other outuuildings. The corn on this farm this season (1882) will average seventy-
five bushels tothe acre. There is also one acre of vineyard on the property which has a
large number of vines of the latest varieties. The grapes are sold in the markets of Mill-
wood and manufactured into wine.

ALBERT SCHAEFER, blacksmith, Millwood, came to Kansas in October, 1881. and
located in Millwood, where he has resided since. Mr. Schaefer is a member of the Catholic
Church, He took part in the war of the rebellion as a memberof Cumpany ¥, Third Reg-
iment Missouri Infantry, and enlisted at St. Louis, April 14, 1861, and was discharged at
St. Louis in August, 1865. He participated in the battles of Camp Jackson, Carthage,
Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, Helena, Corinth, vicksbure and numerous other minor en-

agements. He was wounded severely at Pea Ridge. r. §. was born in Limburg, Nassau,
yermany, January 28, 1828, and lived in his native country until June, 1853, when he emi-
grated to America and first located in New Orleans, where he lived two years and was en-
gaged in teaching school and working at his trade. From there he went to St. Louis. where
e resided until he entered the United States Army. After his discharge he went to Gas-
conade County, Mo., where he lived until be came to Kansas. Mr. Schaefer was married
twice. The first marriage took place in 1849,in Limburg, Germany, to Miss Anna Mark-
rauder, a nativeof Limburg, Germany. She died in 1863, at St. Louis. By this marriage be
had five children, two of whom are living, George and Albert. The second marriage took
place in Gasconade County Mo., in 1867, to Miss Jane Davis a great-grandaughter of Daniel
oone, and a native of issouri. They have three daughters: ary Ann, Emily Jane
and Margaret Mahaly.

AUGUST SCHARNHORST, dealer in general merchandise, Millwood; came to Kansas
in September, 1870, and located in the city of Leavenworth, where he resided four years,
and then removed to Kickapoo Township, and there resided five years, where he was en-
gaged in the mercantile business. Krom there he returned, in 1881, to Millwood, where
he erected his store building and engaged in the mercantile business, and where be has re-
sided since. He is a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, and is Secretary of the Board
of Trustees of said church. Mr. Scharnhorst was born in Hanover, Germany, September 15,
1848, and lived in his native city until his sixteenth year, and then emigrated to America
and located in Helena, Montana Ter., where he lived eighteen months, and was engaged as
aclerk inthe tinware establishment of his uncle. From there he came to Kansas, He
was married in the city of Leavenworth, August 2, 1876, to Miss Annie Zunnwinkel, a na-
tive of Prussia. They have two sons, Henry and Hermann. Mr. Scharnhorst has an en-
viable reputation as an accurate, energetic and honorable business man, and has and de-
serves a large trade. a

J.H.SEEVER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. 0. Millwood, came to Kansas in
the fall of ~856, aud located on his farm in Easton Township, where he bas resided since.
He was Road Overseer of District 3, Kaston Township, ten years, and was also a member
and ‘Treasurer of the Board of Schoul District No. 6, Leavenworth County, for twenty
years. Mr. Seever is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He took part in the late
war as a member of Capt, Hendersou’s Company of the Nineteenth Regiment Kansas
Militia, and entisted in the fall of 1864, and was discharged at Leavenworth. Mr. Seever
was born in Fleming County, Ky., February 20, 1830, and lived in his native State until the
fall of 1451; he then removed to ‘Buchanan County, Mo. He was married in Buchanan
County, Mu., November 11,1852, to Miss Martha J. Patton,a native of Missouri. They have
eleven children, whose names are: Mary M. (married to Malvin Bedwell, anative of Mis-
souri, a fariner. and resident of Easton Township), George B. (married to Miss Sis. Moore,
a native of lowa), Nancy J. (the widow of Stephen Bedwell, a native of Missouri), John H.,
Amanda Alice (married to Benjamin GC. wyatt a farmer reshding in Easton Township,and
a native of Kentucky), James H., Martha M., Sarah E., Thomas J., William W., and Corio-
Janus, Mr, Seever has a fine upland farm of 200 acres, all-enclosed, and all in cultivation.
His orchard covers ten acres—300 apple, 300 peach and a few cherry trees. The watersup-
ply 1s excellent, consisting of two very fine wells. The water from the stock well is raised

y an Enterprise wind miil, and furnishes more than sufficient water for over one hundred
and fifty head of stock. ‘The overflow is conducted to a large fish pond, which is well
stocked with German carp. The improvements consist of a nine-roomed frame dwelling
house, with cellar, surrounded with handsome evergreens and shade trees, frame barn
82x60 feet, corn cribs, ranary. smoke house and other outbuildings. He had twenty acres
dn wheat this year (1882), which yleided 400 bushels, Ewenty. acres in oats that averaged
forty-elght bushels, fifty-five acres in corn which averaged fifty bushels to the acre. Te
8. has paid particular attention to raising stock, He has now on his farm seven horses,
ronty head of inde cattle, fifty head of Cotswold sheep, and thirty head of Berkshire hogs.

ENRY AW, farmer and stockraiser, Section 7, P.O. Mount Pleasant, came to Kan-
sas in the spring of 1865, and located in Easton Township, Leavenworth County, where he
has since resided. Mr. Shaw was born in Green County, [ll., March 22, 1847, and livedin
his native State until he camo to Kansas. He was married in November, 1866, in Mount
Pleasant rownship, Atchison County, to Miss Martha Jane Nelson, a native of Missourl.
‘They have four children living—Lizzle, Sinuie C., Maud and Benjamin. Mr, S, has a fine
upland farm of 819 acres, all under fence, and 175 acres under cultivation, the remainder
being tlinber and pasture land, His orchard covers four acres, and contains 400 bearing
apple, 1,000 peach, 150 cherry, anda few peartrees. ‘There is a vineyard on the farm
which covers one acre, and contains 300 Concord grape vines. ‘Thereis also one.acre in
raspberries, and half an acre in Kittatinny blackberries. The supply of water is good, and
cannot be excelled, aud consists of three never-failing wells, two fine springs, and a large
cistern. The improvements consist of an elegant new frame dwelling house, with slx rooms
and cellar, surrounded with handsome evergreens and shade trees,a new frame barn,40x40
feet, with basement, stock stables, granary, corn crib, and an orchard cellar near the barn
14x16 feet, used for the storage of apples, potatoes, etc. Mr, Shaw makes a specialty of
raising fine hogs, of the Chester White and’ Poland China breeds, for which he Js filling
orders every weuk from all parts of the State, He had thirty-five acres in wheat this year,
(1882), which yielded 890 bushels, ten 2cres in oats, which yielded 500 bushels, 100 acres
in corn which averaged fifty bushelsto the acre, and twenty acres in timothy and clover
which ylelded two and a half tons to the acre, His apple crop amounted to 800 bushels.

CHARLES B. SHERRON, laborer, U. P. R. R. (K. C. Div.), P. O. Easton, came to Kan-
sas in September, 1809, aud located in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived until 1879,
and then removed tu Isaston, Leavenworth Co., where he bas resided since. He partici-
pated in the last war as Sergeaut of Company G, First United States (regular) Cavalry, and
enlisted in Cincinuati, Ohio, in July, 1861, and was discharged from the service lu New
Orleans, May 11, 1865. He took partin the battles of Culpepper Court House, White Post,
Colu Harbor, Mechanicsville, Seven Days’ Fight, Chickahominy River, Winchester. and
numerous other minor engagements and skirmishes. Sergt.Sherron was wounded six
times while in the service—three times severely. He was born in Dingle, County Kerry,
Ireland, May 11, 1839, and lived in his native country until his seventh year, when his par~
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

ents emigrated to America and located in Cincinnat!, Ohio, where Mr. Sherron resi/ed un-
til the war broke out, when he entere | the United States army as already stated. After bis
discharge from the army he went to Montana Territory, where he was engaged as United
States Interpreter for thé Sioux Indians at Fort Buford.’ He was present at the massacre
at ‘his Dost in 1866, He remained In Montana until September 9, 1869, when he returned
to “the States,” via the Missouri River, on the Steamer “ Big Horn,” and located in the city
of Leavenworth. He was married in Leavenworth, August 12, 1875, to Miss Mary Mosher,
. native of Missouri, They have had four children, two of whom are living—Elizabeth and
STEPHEN SPA

RKS, farmer, P. 0. Easton, came to Kansas in the fall of 1854, locatin
on Walnut Creek, three miles south of Easton, Leavenworth Co., where he has resided
since. He was a member of the Topeka (Free State) Legislature, and was subsequently re-
elected, holding this position for four terms, He was elected a member of the State Senate
under the Lecompton Constitution, but never filled the office. He {sa meinber of the Primi-
tive Baptist Church. Mr. Sparks was born in the Territory of Indiana, July 6, 1808, and
lived in his native place until 1845, when he removed to Platte County, Mo., and from there
came to Kansas. e has been married three times. The first marriage took place in Fay-
ette County, Ind., July 10, 1827, to Miss Esenith Greene, a native of Tennessee. BY. this
marriage he had. eight children, six of whom are living and whose names are—William,
Moses, Lott S.. Mary Jane, Greene, and Francis Marion. The second marriage took place
in the city of Leavenworth, in 1862, to Miss Emma Piper, a native of Ohlo, The third
marclags took place in Connersville, Ind., to Mrs. Elizabeth McGee, a native of Ken-

JOSHUA TURNER, druggist and grocer, Easton, came to Kansas January 1, 1855, lo-
eating in Easton Township, Leavenworth Co., where he has resided since, Howas amem-
ber of the House of Representative of the Kansas Legislature tn the sessions of 1865 and
66 and 1872 and ’73; Clerk of Easton Township tour years, and of the Board of School
District No. 22, Leavenworth County, six years. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.
He participated in the last war during the “ Price Raid” as a member of Company D (Capt,
James Henderson's), Nineteenth Regiment Kansas Militia, and enlisted in ‘aston, in the
fall of 1864, and was divcharged in the city of Leavenworth after serving fourteen days.
He was born in Ray County, Mo., November 11, 1828, and lived in his native State until his
25th year, when he came to Kansas. He was married twice. The first marriage occurred
in Clay County, Mo., February: 6, 1851, to Miss Cynthia Drake, a native of Missouri. She
died February 22, 1872. By this marriage he had seven children, five of whom are living—
Coloma, married to Alonzo Gwartney, a native of Indiana, and a resident of Easton Town-
ship; Nevada, married to Joseph Burnham, a native of Missouri, and a resident of the
same State; Eldorado, married to Frank Crafton, a native of Kansas, and a resident of
Easton Township; Montana, and James Romeo. The second marriage took place in the
fall of 1872, in Easton, Leavenworth Co., to Miss Martha E, Adamson, anative of Missouri.
Four children were the result of this marriage, whose names are—Joseph, Alonzo, Roxanna,

and_ Leadville. During the Mexican war Mr. Turner served in the Quartermaster’s De-
parm acne under Capt. Hugh Sweeny, as teamster. He served in this capacity until the

GOTTLEIB ZACHARIAS, farmer, section 27, P. O. Winchester, Jefferson Co., came to
Kansas in April, 1867, and first located in Wyandotte County, where he lived two years, and
then removed to Leavenworth County, where he resided until 1879, when he removed to
his farm in Easton rownship, where he has since resided. He is a member of the Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church, é@ was born in the Province of Posen, Germany, May 2, 1839,
where he lived until his 27th year, when he came to America, and first located in 3
City, Ind., where he lived one year and then came to Kansas. He was married in the city
of Leavenworth October, 1869, to Mrs. Juliana Fulmann, a native of Posen, Germany.
They have five children Iviog: Augusta, John, Michael, Frank, and William. Mr. Zacha-
rias has an upland farm, all enclosed and under cultivation, excepting twenty acres, which
is timber land. The orchard contains seventy-five apple, fifty peach, and a few cherry
trees, The water supply is good. The improvements are @ small frame dwelling house,
stock barn, granary, and other outbuildings. His wheat this year (1882), averaged twenty
bushels to the acre and his oats twenty-five bushels.

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&* ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP.

The little village, Springdale, off of all railroad connection, is in the cen-
ter of Alexandria Township. It was surveyed and platted by Hiram Rees and
Eli Morris, in October, 1860. There are two steam saw and grist mills in the
Township. One of these is operated by Thomas Ashby. He employs five
hands, $1,000 capital is invested, and the value of his product is $3.000. The
other mill, Henry Ready, proprietor, employs three hands. Alexandria
Township was largely settled at first by members of the Society of Friends,
who built the first church and schoolhouse there. The first settler in the
Township was John Wright, who came here in 1854. A postoffice was first
established at Springdale in 1860, D. F. Walker, first Postmaster.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ROBERT E. COURTNEY, farmer and stock-ralser, P.O. Springdale, came to Kansas
April 7, 1855, and located on the section of land where he now lives, in Alexandria Town-
phip. He has 320 acres in his home farm, and has another farm of 160 acres in the same

wnship. Both farms are well improved. Mr. Courtney was born in Harrison County,

Ky., December 13, 1827, and lived in his native State till he was sixteen years old, then
Movedto Buchauan County, Mo., in 1843, and lived there until he came to Kansas in
1855. He was married in Buchanan County, Mo., in 1848, to Miss Narcissa Agee, a native
of Indiana, They have had eleven children; ten are living—James F., Rufus, William,
Jessie, Thomas, Albert, Charles, Mary J., Frances, and Anna. Mr. Courtney is one of the

dest citizens of Leavenworth County, and has served his Township as Treasurer for a

umber of years. He raises fine grades of stock, Durham cattle, and Poland-China hogs.

3 AARON. HUDDLESTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Springdale, came to Kansas in
1868, and located where he now lives, on a beautiful farm in Alexandria Township, Leay-
enworth County. He was born in Unton County, Ind., in 1832 and lived in that State until
he came to Kansas in 1868 and located where he now lives. He was married in Union
County, [nd., in 1855, to Miss Emily Paddock, a native of Indiana. They have four chil-
dren—Clayton F., Lindley, Sarah E., and Herman, Mr, Huddleston was a member of the
State Legislature in 1877, and has been Commissioner of the Poo: for the County of Leaven-
worth, and Township Trustee, and Indian officer for the Osage Indians, and is an able min-
ister of the Society of Friends, preaching for the Society at Springdale. Mr. Huddleston is
&@ prominent man in his township and county, and a highly respected citizen. He keeps a
fine line of stock on his farm—Short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs.

GARRET} V. KELLER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Springdale, came to Kansas
June 8, 1859, and located in Leavenworth County, and has lived in the county since, He
was born in Kentucky, January 18, 1830, and removed to Putnam County, Indiana, with

his parents when quité small, and lived in Indiana about fifteen years. He then moved to
Platte County, Mo., in 1839, and lived there until 1849, then moved to California and lived
in that State ten years. He then returned and located in Kansas, where he has since lived.
Mr. Keller married his first wife in California in 1854; she was Miss Jane E. Hoagland, a
native of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, They had four children—William, Emma, Frank,
and Samuel. Mr, Keller married again, in 1871, Miss Rachel Hill a native of Washington
County, Penn., and has had two children by the second marriage—Mary and Nannie. Mr.
Keller is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is an enterprising farm-
er of Alexandria Township, and is one of its oldest and highly respected citizens. :

JAMES MEDILL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Springdale, is paying special attention
to raising Short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs. r. Medill came to Kansas April 15,
1857, and located in Leavenworth City and lived there about seven years. He opened two or
three farms in High Prairie and Alexandria Townships, Leavenworth County, and located
where he now lives in 1864. He has even since made his home on his beautiful and highly
improved farm in Alexandria Township, near the village of Springdale, with the exception
of four years that he lived in the city. Mr. Medill was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in
1824, and lived in Ohio until 1853. He spent four years trading on the Lower Mississippl
River, and then returned to Ohio. In the spring of 1857 moved to the State of Kansas,
-where he has since made his home. Mr. Medill was a merchant in Ohio for five years, and
ares he came to this county he has been a large speculator in real estate and is extensively
engaged in loaning money. He was married in Leavenworth County, Kansas, to Miss
Lydia A Redburn, a native of Pennsylvania, and has h id three children—May, Sherman and
Mr. Medill has served four terms in the State Legislature, and two years as Rail-
road Assessor for this State. He is an intelligent eu enone man, and has b.en
largely en, n developing the resources of his county, _

THOMAS. % ‘MOODY fariner and stock raiser, P. O. Springdale, came to the State of
Kansas in September, 1864, and located in Leavenworth County, Alexandria Township, ad
with the exception of two years that he spent in Iowa, he has lived in this county since his
settlement here. Mr. Moody was born in the State of Indiana in 1851, and lived in his
native State thirteen years, then moved to the State of Kansas and located where he now
lives, He was married in Alexandria Township, in 1877, to Miss Frances Courtney, a
native of Kansas; they have two children—Fred and Charles. Mr. Moody is one of the

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oung and enterprising men of Alexandria Township, is a man of sterling integrity and a
ighly esteemed citizen. :

ALFRED B. POWELL, farmer and stock-ratser, P. O. Springdale. came to Kansas in
April, 1860, and located in Alexandria Township, Leavenworth County, and has lived there
since nhis well improved farm of 316 acres of rich land. He was born in Jefferson
County, Ind., in 1820, and was raised in Loudon County Va., and lived in Virginia about
fifteen yeirs. He returned to In liana in 1847, and located at Richmond and lived there
bwelve-years, and then came to Kansas and lucated where he now lives. Mr, Powell was
married in Loudon County, Va., in 1843, to Miss Hannah Smith, a native of Virginia; they
have had eight children—James W., Mary G., Virginia C., Franklin H., Charles Steven,
Robert F., Mahlon P., and Howard A. Mr. Powell has been a member of the School Board
and held other town offices. He keeps fine grades of stock and raises Durham cattle and
Polanda-China hogs for sale.

MRS. H, L. STREETER. Springdale, is the widow of Oscar S. Streeter, who was bornin
Grand Isle, Vt., Nov. 19,1820. In his early youth he went to Boston, Mass., and eugaged
!n mercantile pursuits. In 1850, he left for Detroit, Mich. In 1856, he lucated in Platt +
County, Mo., and remained there until the war of our Union, when it became an unpleasaut
place to reside in, so he removed to Leavenworth City, Kansas, in 1863, He remained
there three years, his health failing, he removed to Alexandria Township, where he
lived until his death, which occurred July 14, 1873. Mr. Streeter was married in Thornville,
Mich., September 27. 1858, to Miss Hannah L. Thorn, daughter of Benjamin and Sally
Thorn, formerly of Dutchess County, N.Y. They have had two children, both of whom are
dead. Mr. Streeter was truly a business man, a merchant all his life; he enjoyed the confi-
dence of the entire community in which he lived. A kind husband; he never was excelled
in hls efforts to make hishome pleasant for his family. Being naturally of a genial and
social turn of mind, all who visited his household were given a cordial and hearty greeting.
Mrs. Streeter now lives in Springdale, one mile east of his former place of business.

BUEL TRACK WELL. farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Springd le, came to Kansas in 1857,
and located in High Prairie Township, and lived in that township twenty-two years. He
located where he now lives, in Alexandria Township, about two yearssince. Mr. frack well
was born in Indiana, in 1837, and lived in his native state twenty years and then came to
the State of Kansas, and located in Leavenworth County in 1857. He was married in 1857,
to Miss Mary A. Smock. a native of Indiana. They have elent children living—
Francis M., William T., John, Luella, Dora M., Serena A., Sarah M. and Rhoda B, Mr.
Track well is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 1s an intelligent, enterpris-
ing and hishly. respected citizen. i ‘ ‘

DR. WILLIAM B. WOOD is engaged in the practice of his profession in the town of
Springdale, Leavenworth County. He received his medical education at the Missouri

edical College of St. Louis, and graduated from that institution with the class of 1875.
Immediately after his graduation he located at Springdale, near his former home and com-
menced the practice of his profession, and has been thus engaged ever since. Dr. Wood
came to Kansas in the fall of 1855, and settled in Leavenworth County. He was horn in St.
Joseph, Mo., in 1851, and removed with his parents to Leavenworth County, in 1855, where
he has Since lived, He was married in Leavenworth County, in March, 1880, to Miss Jen-
nie Moore, a native of Leavenworth County, Kas. Dr. Wood is a man of fine ability and
thorough education, and has built up during the past seven years an extensive practice,
and Snoys the confidence and respect of the entire community. He isa prominent Mason
and is Master of his lodge.

TONGANOXIE.

This, the largest village in the county, was named in honor of an old Indian
chief, who lived a short distance fromit. The log cabin built and occupied by
him was burned some years ago. The two-story frame house built for him by
the Government is still standing. Quincy Baldwin now owns and occupies
the premises. Tonganoxie was a great favorite with the whites, who in 1855,-
*56-'57, made his house a regular stopping place in going toand from Lawrence.
The village was first settled in 1866, being platted the same year by Mrs.
Magdalena Berry, who owned the site, consisting of forty acres of land. Two
of her daughters still live in the village.

The first settler in the village was Wilson H. Fox, who built a log cabin.
In 1862, James English came here to live, was the first Postmaster and sold
the land to Mrs. Berry, which afterward became the town site. In 1866
William Dane built the first regular store.

Tonganoxie is now a city of the third class, containing 300 people, five
general stores, three boot and shoe shops, one drug store, one butcher shop,
one bakery and confectionery, three blacksmith shops, one millinery store and
one jewelry store. Three doctors are located here, one printer who issues a
little sheet called the (/i»70r, and no lawyers. Four miles southeast of Ton-
ganoxie is the flouring mill of Mrs. E. Davis & Son. It is a water flour mill
and is doing a fair business. A capital of $10,000 is invested, and the annual
product is $20,000 :

Tonganoxie has a number of flourishing religious societies: Methodist
Episcopal, Baptist and Congregationalist. The Methodist Episcopal Church
(white) is in charge of Rev. J.C. Telford. The society owns a $2,000 brick

- church, and is strong and growing.

The district school building is a substantial two-story brick structure, and
the attendance averages 100 pupils. A prosperous agricultural community sur-
rounds Tonganoxie, and the city itself is deriving the usual benefit, It is
located on the Leavenworth and Lawrence road, about twenty-two miles south-
west of the former city.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLARD S. ANGELL, hotel and livery stable keeper, Tonganoxie; also is Deputy
Sheriff and City Marshal. Mr, Angell came to the State of Kansas in 1869, and located in
Leavenworth County, in High Prairie Township for seven years, and then settled in the
town of Tonganoxie. He has been engaged in business there since. He was born in the
State of New York, January 3, 1832, and lived in his native State twenty years. He moved.
to Mercer County, IL, and lived there nineteen years, and then removed to the State of
Kansas and located in Leavenworth County. Mr. Angell was married in New York,
cember 28. 1853, to Miss Cynthia A. Waters, a native of New York, and has had two
children—Alton and Arthur.Mr. Angell has been Constable in his township for two years.

QUINCY BALDWIN, nurseryman and farmer,P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in the
spring of 1874, and located where he now lives, on his farm near Tonganoxie, in Leaven-
worth County. He was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1826, and at the age of three years
his father moved to Grant County, and lived there thirty-five years, and then moved back
to Wayne County and lived there ten years, and then came to Kansas. Mr. Baldwin was
married in Grant County, Ind., in 1848, to Miss Mary Jay, a native of Ohio. They have had
five children; three are living -Almeda, Rhoda aid William. Mr. Baldwin lost his wife,
and he was married again in the fall of 1862,to Miss Elizabeth Pike. in Wayne County,Ind.,
whoisa native of North Carolina. They had one child. He married his present wife in
1878, in Grant County, Ind., Mrs. Asenath Whitson,a native of Indiana. Mrs. Whitson had
one son—Eli A. Mr, Baldwin is a member of the Becket of Friends. He has taught school
for several years,and isan incell gent and highly respected citizen of Tonganoxie Township.

JACOB BECKER, saddler and harness maker, Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1867,and
located in Leavenworth, and lived there till 1869. Then he moved to Tonganoxie, and has
lived there since. Mr, Becker was born in Germany, in 1834, and lived in his naive coun-
try till 1852, then removed to the United States and located in Philad-Iphia, and lived there
five years. Lived in various towns in Pennsylvania until he enlisted in the army in 1864,in
the Two Hundred and Thirteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served for about
ten months, and was discharged in 1865, at the close of the war. He then returned to
Pennsylvania and lived there a short time, and went to Germany and remained there ten
months; returned to the United States and came to Kansas. where he has resided since.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church in the old country.

W(LLUIAM BISSETY, farmer, stockraiser and fruit grower. P. O. Jarbalo, came to
Kansas in the spring of 1862 and located in Leavenworth County, and has lived in the
county since. He has been located in Tonganoxie Township, on his beautiful farm of 160
acres of finely improved land. He was born_in Western Canada, in 1825, and lived in his
native country until 1855, then came to the United States and located in Cleveland, Ohio.
He lived there about three years and then moved to Livingston County, Mo., and lived in
that State until he came to Kansas, in 1862. Mr. Bissett was married in Canada, in 1848

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to Miss Eva Gilliland, a native of that country. They have elght children—Horatio N.,
Charles W., George W., Oscar W., Georgianna M., Mary P., Frederick S., and Bartha A.
Mr. Bissett is an intelligent and substantial farmer, and a highly respected citizen.
1 JESSE BLATR, farmer and fruit grower, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1863,and
ocated where he now lives. Was born in North Carolina in 1813, and lived in his native
State sixteen years, then moved with his parents to Hendricks County, Ind., and lived in
that State till 1853, when he moved to Iowa and located in Warren County, Ind., and
ived there ten years. He came to Kansas in 1863, and located where he now lives. Mr.
Blair was married in Indiana, in 1834, to Miss Rebecca Tanner, a native of Belmont County,
hio. They have five children—William, Clarence, Jonathan, Daniel and Nancy N. Mr.
Bair a Ome of the Society of Friends, and was Township Clerk for five years, and

M. G. BLINN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1867, and
located where he now lives, on a farm northwest from Tonganoxie. He was born in Dela-
ware County, Ohio, in 1828, and lived in his native State twenty years, then moved to St.
Louis, Mo., and lived in that city for thirty years. He came to Kansas in 1867. Mr. Blinn
was married in St. Louis in 1876, to Miss Catherine Malone, a native of Ilinols, He has
been Road Officer and School Director. Isahighly respected citizen of hls township.

WALLACE A. BRICE,Tonganoxie, The subject of this sketch,an unpretending man who
Seeks not the applause of the world, is worthy a first place in any volume of biography. His
lineage on his father’s side extends back to a lengthened period in the annals of Scotia’s
history. when patriotism and heroic valor were common and rife among the vales and hills
of Scotland. is grandmother, on his father’s side, was a daughter of one of the old and
highly respected Barons of Scotland, The grandfather, at an early period in 1700—earlier,
perhaps, than the great and masterly eiforts of James Oates and Patrick Heury—espoused
the cause of American Liberty, and ever remained during his life, a staunch and firm ad-
vocate of those illustrious and noble principles that at length resulted in the consolidation
and establishment of the original thirteen colonies, On his mother’s side, whose maiden
name was True, the record is equally gratifying andgood. The family were early assocl-
ated with the cause that led to the revolution of °76,and were among the early ploneer
settlers of Ohio. From boyhood the subject of this brief biography has been noted for en-
ergy, perseverance, tact, and a resoluteness, when fully roused, that seldom met with even
a momentary repulse. An unswerving devotee of the Union, as well as of law and order,dur-
ing the late war, being stationed at a very prominent point in the South, it can truly be said
of him that “he stood upon the burning deck whence all but him had fled.” A fluent speaker
and a ready writer, his public speeches have many times resulted in arousing the masses to
nobler feeling and grander aspirations; while his many unpretending essays and volumes
give evidence of rare mental ability and ready and deép discernment. Several years ago
he wrote a very valuable and extended History of the Northwest, which soon found its way
into all the larger libraries of the country. He also published the ‘““Northwestern Agricul-
tural Annual,” “Kansas Annual,” etc., and has also edited several newspapers. Ever
aiming at what he thought right and for the best, like most men in public positions, he has

not unfrequently been misunderstood and maligned, but never driven from his honest posi-
tion and convictions. His motto has long been, “Stand firm and fearless in the right.”
Starting out in the world when but a boy of eight or nine years, he has by. his energy, in-
dustry,care and love of books, made his AY thus far through lite with little or no aid from
others, Never uniting with any organization, he has ever been independent and free, be-
lieving in, and largely relying upon, the immutable fitness and adaptation of things, physi-
cal, mental and divine, within the broad scope of an unlimited “good” that everywhere
abounds throughout the boundless realm of life. Courtesy, kindness, and respect for all
are among his most prominent characteristics. At sixteen he carried the United States
mail on horseback,through a wilderness much of the way, seventy-five miles twice a week,
and earned the good name of faithful and attentive, though his pay was small. In 1848 he
set in to learn the printing business, at Richmond, Ind., where he worked as an apprentice
for about two years, soon becoming a good type setter and a very useful hand in the office
—the old “Jeffersonian.” From there he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained till
1851, at which time he again returned northward, and after working for a time at Green-
ville, Ohio, he visited the home of his father, at Winchester, Iud., and soon after took the
cars for the West, stopping at Indianapolis, Ind., from whence he soon left for Louisville,
Ky. and in the fall of 1854, after short sojourns at different points along the Mississippl
River, landed in the city of New Orleans, La., where he sojourned several years, and also
visited Mobile, Alabama, and, becoming acquainted with his first wife, then Miss Mary
Way, at the former place, who was also from Indiana, near Richmond, he was married to
her in 1860. His sojourn in the South is full of interest. He and his wife being there
phrough much of the late war, they were enabled to relate many a thrilling episode and
eventful escape; and werealso largely instrumental in the establishment of the Freedmen’s
schools in the Crescent City, in 1863-4. Mr. Brice was born at Mansfield, Ohio, September
27,1830. Though notalways seen of the world, or admitted if seen, yet his career has lon
been a self-sacrificing and most useful one. Mr. Brice came to Kansas, landing at the city 0:
Leavenworth, in the spring of 1869. Believing that the farm life was much the surest and
healthiest, he has since devoted much of his time to the tilling of the soil, with other valu-
able products raising considerable quantities of broom corn each year,and having the same
made into brooms for the commun market, though often greatly discouraged by drouth
and grasshoppers. His first wife dying some ten years ago, two years later, in 1874, he be-
came united In wedlock to his present most estimable companion, Mrs. Rachel Sturgis,
whose maiden name was Delevan, and whose native State was New York, Westchester
County. Mr. Brice has now resided in the city of Tonganoxie and vicinity some thirteen
years. Has been a member of the City Council five years. Always enterprising and earn-
est for the public good, he never fails to unite in all good works tending to moral, mental
and physical well-being. Such is a brief sketch of one in every way worthy of the highest
and noblest regard as a man and citizen of our noble Kansas. [na prophetic point of view
his utterances have been most accurate, and of the many declarations he has made, durin.
the past twenty-five years, but few have failed to fully come to pass. In the springo
1361, he declared the late war inevitable, that it would be a fearful struggle,and would last
five years; all of which was most truly verified. Though making no pretensions, and sel-
dom alluding to the matter, save only with those most intimately associated with him, as
aseer of the weather, the coming of storms, snows, rains, etc., he has few equals, and tells
of their coming days beforehand, with the greatest accuracy, A keen, active intellect
abounds in the family of Mr. B. is father, a venerable active man, burn at Washington,
Pa., in 1800, is now in his eighty-third year, having been a minister for over fifty years.

GEURGE R. BROADBERE, editor of the Tonganoxie Mirror. Mr. Broadbere came to
Kansas in 1880, and has been local editor of the Kansas Trtbume at Lawrence, and correspon-
dent of the Kansas City Times. He located in Tonganoxie, and took the position of editor
of the Mirror in April, 1882. Mr. Broadbere was born in the city of New York, May 3,
1854, and lived in his native State fifteen years, andin Louisiana, Texas and Missouri, before
locating in Kansas. He was married in Ottawa, Kan., November 22, 148, to Miss Maggie
Sappentield, a native of Indiana. They have one child—George R. Mr. Broadbere at-
tends the Congregational Church.

JAMES H. BROWN, wagonmaker, and also Justice of the Peace for the Town of Tonga-
noxie. Mr. Brown came to Kansas in 1876, and located in Labette County, and lived there
three years; then came to Tonganoxie in 1879. He was born in Mouroe County, State of
New York, May 2, 1824, and came to Ohio tn 1832, locating in Medina County, He lived
in Ohio till 1854, when he moved to Michigan, and lived there till 1861, and then enlisted In
the Second Michigan Volunteer [nfantry, and served till December, 1862, then was dis-
charged and returned to Ohio. In 1863 was engagad in the Quarter Master’s Detartment of
the Army, and returned to Ohio, and lived there till he came to Kansas, Mr, Brown was
married at Cincinnati in 1864, to Mrs. Ellen Grace, a native of Massachusetts,

CHARLES COLWELL, blacksmith, Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1861, and located in
Leavenworth City. He lived there until 1866, and removed to Tonganoxie, and has lived
there since. He was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1822, and was quite small when he was
removed to Jackson County, Mo. He lived there from 1849 to 1861, when he caine to Kan-
sas. Mr. Colwell was married in 1858 to Miss Jane Wallace, a native of Kentucky. They
have had six childreu, of whom three are living—Jobn, Charles, and Laura,

ALEXANDER CARR, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 27, P. O. Stanwood, is a native
of Indiana, and was born in Union County, February 11,1845, Atan early age he emi-
grated with his parents tv Wapello County, lowa, where he was educated, In 1873 hecame
to Kansas, and for a few years was a resident of Jetferson County, from where he removed
to his present home. Mr. Carr is identified among the leading stockmen of Leavenworth
County, and is one of its solid and progressive citizens. He was married in Kansas, to Miss

E. McGill, an estimable lady. They have four children—Elizabeth J., D. F., L. £.,

and A. B.

FRANCIS J. DESSERY, general trader in horses, Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in July,
1867, and located in Tonganoxie, and has lived here since, He was born in Iroquois
County, IL, and lived in that State ten years, then removed with his parents to Kansas in
1867. He was married in Tonganoxie to Miss Elizabeth Grist, a native of Pennsylvania;
they have had one child—Lottie May. Mrs. Dessery is a member of the Methodist Church.

NATHAN D. ELLIS, farmer and teacher, P. O. Stanwood, came to Kansas in 1878
and Jocated in Springdale, and has lived in the county siuce, He was born in the State of
Indiana in 1848, and lived in his native State thirty years, then came to his present residence
in Kansas. He was educated in New London, Ind,, at Spiceland Academy, and completed his
education in 1877. He was married in Tipton County, Ind., onthe 19th day of March, 1868,
to Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, a native of Indiana; they have five children—Jusie, Otha,
Gracie, Almeda and Ethel. Mr, Ellis isa member of the Masonic order and the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also a member of the Society of Friends. He is an active,
intelligent and enterprising citizen of Leaveuworth County. as been greatly interested in

olitics, and is an active member of the Republican party, and is a candidate for County
uperintendent on his party’s ticket. He has been a teacher for more than nineteen years.

JOHN M. ENOCHS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in the

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

spring of 1866, and first located in Atchison, living there one year. He then moved to Law-
rence, and worked at the blacksmith’s trade for some time, and then enga; ed in the mercan-
tile business for two years;then moved on his farm in Sherman Township; remained there
until the spring of 1880; then removed to Tonganoxie, and has lived there since. Mr.
Tnochs was born in Washington County, Ohio, in 1828, and lived in his native State twenty-
two years. He removed to Fulton County, IIL, in 1852, and. lived there two years. He
removed to Nebraska in 1854, and lived in Sarpy County until 1858, and was Sheriff of the
county four years. In 1858 he went to Buchanan County, Iowa, and remained there until
he came to Kansas In 1866. Mr. Enochs served in the army as Second Lieutenant for two
years, and was discharged as such. He was married in Fulton County, IH., in 1853, to Miss
Caroline Cook, a native of Connecticut; they have four children llving—Mary J., Mattie C.,
Maggie A., and Carrie E., and Henry, deceased, having been killed by a horse when in his
seventh year. Mr. Enochsis a member of the Masonic Order, and also of the Odd Fellows.
He has been a mer ber of rhe City Council of Tonganoxie two terms, and is a highly re-
spected citizen of his town and county.
F GEORGE W. GREEVER, liver 2 stable, Tonganoxie. Came to Kansas in 1868, and
located in Wyandotte County, and lived there till the spring of 1882, then removed to Ton-
ganoxie, Leavenworth County, where he now lives. r. Greever was born in Virginia, in
1831, and lived eighteen years in that State; he removed to Ohio in 1848, and lived there till
1856, when he moved to the State of Missouri; located in Andrew County. He raised and
organized the first company of Union troops that was organized In northwest Missouri, and
joined the Twelfth Missour! Regiment, which was reorganized and was afterward known
ag the Fifty-Second Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. He served with the regiment for six
months, as captain of a company. : u
1853, to Miss Sarah Porterfield, a native of Virginia, who died in 1875, leaving six children,
of whom four are living—William, John, Charles and Sarah, Mr. Greever married again in
1878, Miss Margaret ¥. Newland, a native of Tennessee, and has one child by his second
wife—Fred N. He has been twice a member of the Legislature of his State, and has been a
breeder of Short-horn cattle, of South Devonshire and Cotswold sheep, and Poland-China
hogs, and also a breeder of fine horses. ‘

JOHN 8. GRIST, bridge bullder and general contractor of buildings, Tonganoxie, came
to Kansas in 1868 and located here, where he has lived ever since, excepting ‘wo years that
he was in Chicago, in 1871 and 1872. He was born in the city of Philadelphia in 1835, and
lived in that clty fourteen years. He then moved to Pittsburg and lived there twenty years,
and then came to Kansas {n 1868 and located where he now lives, While at Pittsburg, he
enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served with that Tregi-
ment during the war, ‘After the battle of Antietam, he was promoted for meritorious ser-
vice to Second Lieutenant of his company. Mr. Grist was married in Connelsville, Fayette
County. Penn,, September 10, 1854, to Miss Matilda Buttermore, a native of Pennsylvania,
and has bad four children—Norris M., Elizabeth, May and Alice. Mr, Grist is a member of
the Masonic order and is an active and enterprising citizen. ‘

BNER F. HOSKINS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, was born in Adams
County, Ohio in 1841, and lived in Ohio three years. He moved to Lee County, Iowa, and
lived there till he was fifteen years old. He came to Kansas in 1857 and located in Ander-
son County, and lived there three years and then located in Leavenworth County. where he
now lives. Mr. Hoskins was married, in 1876, to Miss Ada Jennings, a native of Iowa. They
have had two children, one is living—Pearl. Mr. Hoskins’s brother, who resides with him,
Edward CU. Hoskins, was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 1843, and lived in Ohio about
twelve years. He then moved to Iowa, and lived there till he came to Kansas in 1857, and
has since lived in Leavenworth County. Mr. E. C. Hoskins was married to Elizabeth Ged-
ney, a native of Iowa; he had three children by his first wife—Isabel, Harry D. and Charles

. He was married again in 1870 to Mrs. Frances Cooper, a native of Missouri. The Has-
king Brothers are enterprising farmers and highly respeéed citizens of Tonganoxle Town-
ship.

XC RCHER J. JONES, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxfe, came to Kansas in the
spring of 1859, and located in Springdale, Alexandria Township, Leavenworth County. He
lived there two years, and then located where he now lives in Tonganoxie Township, Mr.
Jones was born in Tennessee in 1815, and when quite young moved with his parents to
Indiana, and lived in that State twenty-five years. He then moved to Mahaska County,
Iowa, and was the first white settler in that county. He lived there eighteen years. and
came to Kansas in 1859. Mr. Jones was married in Indiana. in 1840, to Miss Charlotta
Atkinson, a native of Virainia; they had seven children, six are living—Lucy V., Thomas
B., Arabella, Enodeus, William H., Martha and Charles F. Mr. Jones has been Township
Trustee and is a member of the Society of Friends.

PROF. WALTER F. KIRKLAND, Principal of the Tonganoxle Schools, was educated in-
the Leavenworth State Normal School, and graduated from that institution in the class of
1873. He has been engaged in his profession as school teacher for the past fifteen years.
He came to Kansas in October, 1869. and located in Wilson County, living there one year
anda half. He then came to Leavenworth County, and lived here from 1871 to 1875. He
moved to Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska, and remained there two years in charge of
the schools of that place; then returned to Kansas and took charge of the schools at Ton-
ganoxie. He resigned his position here and removed to Pleasanton, Liun County, and took
charge of the schools of that place for one year. He then returned to Tonganoxie in the
fall of 1881, and has been in charge of the schools of this place since. Prof. Kirkland was
born in Girard, Erie County, Peun., in 1842, and lived in his native State nineteen years.
He enlisted in the army in Company E., Eighty-Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
served with that regiment until he was discharged, September 23, 1864, and then returned
to Pennsylvania and remained there one year. e traveled in Wyoming, Colorado and
Montana for three years, then returned to Pennsylvania, and shortly after removed to Kan-
sas and located in Leavenworth. The professor was married in Pennsylvania July 4, 1869,
and his wife died January 8, 1871. @ married again in Leavenworth County, in 1874,
Miss Katty Crutcher, a native of Kentucky. They have two children—Hattie B. and Mar-
garet B. fae professor is a member of the Masonic Order and also a member of the Bap-

st Church,

JESSE LACY, nurseryman and fruit-grower, P. O, Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in
1872 and located in Leavenworth County, and has lived inthe county since. He was born
in Wayne County, Ind., in 1820, and lived in his native State for fifty years, then removed
to Kansas, where he now lives. He was married in Indiana, in 1847, to Miss Mary Foust, a
native of that State; they have had five children; two are living—Nannie and Emma. rr.
Racy 1s 4 member of the Christian Church, and isa highly respected citizen of Tonganoxie

0 e

ELI i LINTON, agent and postmaster, came to Kansas in December, 1866, and located
in Tonganoxie. He has lived here since. Mr, Linton was born in Washington County, Pa.,
in 1844, and lived in his native State until 1866. He was three years and four months in
the army, enlisting in Company ©, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteer In-
fantry. In 1862 he served with that regiment and was promoted to Sergeant, and left that
regiment and took the position of First Lieutenant,in 1864, inthe Thirty-Ninth United
States Colored Infantry. In 1865 he Was promoted to the Captaincy of his company, and
served with this regiment until the fall of 1865, and then returned to Pittsburgh, Pa., and
attended the Iron City College and learned telegraphy, and then came to Kansas and
located where he now lives. Mr. Linton was married in Tonganoxie, in 1869, to Miss
Josephine L. Dessery, a native of France. They have two children, Celia C. and Estella L.
aes penton ate of the Masoule Order, and is a very highly respected citizen of his

REMUS MCARDLE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Jarbalo, came to Kansas in the fall
of 1859 and located In Stanton, Miami County. He moved to Franklin County and lived
there three years, and moved to where he now lives in the spring of 1863. He was born in
Tyler County, Va., In 1823, and lived in his native State twelve years, then moved to Ver-
million County, Iii., and lived there until he came to Kansas in 1859. Mr. McArdle was
inarried in Vermitiion County, Ill, in 1850, to Miss Mary A. Hanson, a native of Ohio.
They have had three children, one now living, Rosanna. r. McArdle is a member of the
Masonic Order, and is a highly respected citizen of Tonganoxie Township.

A. MoLAWRENCE, grocery and meat-market, Tonganoxie. Mr. McLawrence came to
Kansas in 1866, and located on the Big Stranger Creek, about four miles from Tonganoxie.
He lived there about six pears and was about six years !n the south part of the State, and
has lived in Tonganoxie four years since his return. He was born in Greené County, Ohio.
in 18265, and lived in Ohio eight years. Then he moved with his parents to Gibson County,
Ind., and lived in that county and State about twenty-five years. He moved to Henderson
County, Ill, and lived there one year and moved to Page County, Iowa, and lived there nine

ears. He then came from Iowa to Kansas, and located in Leavenworth County. Mr.
cLawrence was married in Gibson County, Ind., in 1847, to Miss Nancy J. McCleliand, a
native of Greene County, Ohio. They have three children living—Samuel, Frank and
William, Mr. McLawrence has been School Director of his town and is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and also an Odd Fellow. Mr. McLawrence is an active business man
and is highly respected in his town and county,

HENRY METZ, general merchant, Tonganoxie, deals in dry goods, groceries and

queens-ware, also handles grain and coal, r. Metz came to Kansas in 1869, and located
rst in Leavenworth for a short time, and settled permanently in Tonganoxie the same
year. He was born in Philadelphia in 1838 and removed with his parents to Ohio when
quitesmall. Moved back to Philadelphia and returned again to ‘ohio when six years of
age, and lived in Auglaize County, Ohio, from 1843 to 1869. Then came to Kansas and
located where he now lives. Mr. Metz was married in Auglaize County, Ohio, in 1860, to
Miss Charlotta D. Paull, a native of Ohio. They have had eight children, four of whom are
living—Jacob, Christian, Wilhelmina and Gertrude. Mr. Metz is a member of the Masonic
Order and Is a member of the Lutheran Church. He is a prominent merchant and a highly
Tespected citizen. MOODY
im , merchant; dry goods, clothing and notions, Tonganoxie. Mr
Moody came to Kansas in the spring of 1868, and located fa Tonganoxie, He ae engaged

 

. Mr. Greever was married first in Virginia, February 3, ~

f
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

in farming until December, 1881, when he went into

was born in Belfast, Maine, in 1855, and lived in his native aiAts thine Seaae: He re-
anne fo Rangns in 1868, nad located whore ie now resides in Tonganoxie. Mr. Moody isa

nd is an
ae d respect 0 fall who Kiiow aide active business man of his town, and has the confidence
, farmer and stock-ralser, P. O, Ton

Kansas in 1861, and located one mile northeast of Ton angaie In Bitaneor townehion Be
was born in the State of New York in 1830, and lived fh his native State eight years; then
removed with his parents to Canada and lived there six years; then caime tu Wisconsin and
remained in that State about six years. He crossed the plains to California In 1852, and re-
mained in the mountain country of California, Utah and Colorado till 1861, and then came
to Kansas and located where he now lives, on his fine farm of 900 acres of finely improved
land. He has a fine residence on his farm and fine barns for the accommodation of his
large stock of horses, cattle and other stock. Mr. Moore was married in Leavenworth City,
in December, 1860, to Miss Rebecca Williams, a native of Baltimore, and has six children:
Crawford, Susan, Kate, Benjamin, Harriet and Howard. Mr.-Moore has beena member of
the State Legislature, andisa member of the Democratic party, and was elected with a
strong Republican majority against him in his district. He was aCaptain of Militia during
the war, He raises graded cattle and Poland China hogs on his farm.

ILLIAM MORRISON, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Tonganoxie, came to the State of
Kansas in the Spring of 185%, and located in Doniphan County, and lived there six years,
He has lived on _ his fine farm, near Tonganoxie, since 1865. He was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, and lived in his native State thirty-one years; then he moved to Iowa and
located there for one year. He came to the State of Kansas in 1857, where he has since
lived. Mr. Morrison was married in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1856, to Miss Martha J. McClary,
a native of Ohio, They have three children, Margaret, Robertand Samuel. Mr. Morrison
is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, is a good farmer, and an active and enter-

rising citizen of Tonganoxie Township. He is rais ng Short-horn cattle, Poland- China
ogs and Merino sheep, on his farm.

AXUM NEWBY, farmer stock-raiser and hee-keeper, P.O. Tonganoxie, came to Kan-
sas in March, 1873, and located in Tonganoxie Township, and has lived in the townsbip
since. He was born in North Carolina in 1835, and lived in his native State two years. He
removed with his parents to Grant County, Ind., and lived there thirty years; then removed to
Iowa and lived in Marshall County about five years; then came to Kansas in 1873. Mr.
Newby was married in Grant Count, Ind., in 1854, to Miss Nancy Winslow, a native of that
State. They have had ten children; nine are living: William, Rebecca J., Leander, Carrie
ee dene Mary A., Ellen ‘W. and Herbert B. Mr. Newby is a member of the Soct-

Cc. P. O'BRIEN, railroad employee and farmer, P. 0. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in
September, 1857, and has lived in Douglas, Wyandotte, Jefferson and Leavenworth coun-
ties. Mr. O’Brien was born in Nova Scotia, in 1820, and lived in his native country twenty-
eight pears Then he moved to the State of New York, and from there went to [owa, and
came from Iowa to Kansas in 1857. He married his first wife in Nova Scotia—Miss Lydia
Dunlap, a native of that country. They have three children living, Laura, Tennie and
Anna. Mr. O’Brien was married again in 1871, to Julia Hall, a native of New York. He is
a member of the Congregational Church, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Church.
i ‘< an sndus thous and hard-working man, and enjoys the respect and confideuce of the

STANTON PEARSON, farmer, P.O. Tonganoxie, is the youngest son of Peter and Eu-
nice Pearson. His parents were both born in North Carolina—his father in 1797, and his
mother in 1803. They both moved to Indiana with their parents, and were among the first
settlers of Wayne County, Ind. Stanton was born June if , 1844, in Hancock County, Ind.,
and lived in his native State until April 27, 1861, when he removed with his parents to
Winneshiek County, Iowa. Ais father died in 1871, They remained in Iowa until 1877,

when he removed to Leavenworth County with his mother, and located near Tonganoxie, in
October of that year. Mr, Stanton Pearson has five brothers and four sisters. He was mar-
ried in Leavenworth County, in 1871, to Miss Mary L. Stanton, a native of Iowa, They
have had five children, fuur of whom are living: Martha N. George R., Theresa L. and
Paris R._ Mr. Pearson is a member of the Society of Friends.

SAMUEL PIERCE, of Honey Valley, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Tonganoxie, came
to Kansas in 1878, and located in Tonganoxie Townahip. He was born in
Ohio, in 1822, and lived in that State thirty-six years, and moved to Wayne County, Ind., in
1855, and lived in that State twenty years. He came to Kansas in 1878 and located where
he now lives. Mr. Pierce was married in Miami County,Ohio, in 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Elle-
man, a native of Ohio, They have had five children—two now living, Hannah and Alvin. He
was married to his second wife in 1854, in Wayne County, Ind., Mrs. Ann Pemberton, a na-
tive of that State. They have had three children, Esther, Millieand John. Mr. Pierce is a
member of the Society of Friends, and a hi hly-esteemed citizen of Tonganoxie Township.

HENRY W. RICE, proprietor of the Tonganoxie Muvrror, is also engaged in the real
estate and insurance business; was formerly a merchant in Tonganoxie, and is also general
agent for the State of Kansas for the Morrow patent barbed wire gate. Mr. Rice came to

ansas in the spring of 1868, and has been located in Tonganoxie since. He was born in
Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1838, and lived in his native State twenty-one years. He moved
to Perry County, Ind., and enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry,and
served with that regiment during the war. as_a Corporal, Commissary Sergeant and
Quartermaster of his regiment., After the war Mr. Rice settled in Cairo, ILL, and lived
there two years. He was marriedin Onondaga County, N.Y., in1864, to Miss Alice C. Barnes,
a native of New York. Mr. Rice is County Commissioner and has beeu Postmaster of Ton-
ganoxie for ten years, and is an active and enterprising citizen.

ITHAMAR M. SMILEY, merchant, farmer and stock-raiser, Postmaster, Jarbalo, also
does a general trade in stock, and has some thoroughbred stock for sale; came to Kansas,
April 5, 1856, and located in Franklin County, Helived there ten years and then came to
Tonganoxie Township, Leavenworth County, and has llved here since, excepting two years
that he spent in Colorado, In the winter of 1876, he went to Texas and New Meixco in the
employ of the quartermaster of the army. . Smiley was born in Buchanan County,
Mo., and lived in that State till he came to Kansas, in 1856. Was married in Leavenworth
County, in 1880, to Miss Amelia Morgan, anativeof Iowa. They have two children—Mary
G. and Lyman. Mr. Smiley isa member of the Masonic fraternity and also of the Grange.
He is a prominent man in his township and county, is the Postmaster of Jarbalo, aid has
peen constable for four years, He has been largely identified with developing the resources
of his township and county. .

ROBERT H. TAYLOR, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in

. 1866, and Jocated where he now lives, two miles southwest from Tonganoxte in Leaven-
worth County. He was born in Ross County. Ohio, in 1838, and lived there until 1845, and
removed with his parents to Indiana and located at Lafayette. From there he went to
Rock Island, Lls., and lived there one year and came to this State and lived nine years. He
then went to California and remained there five years, and has been in this county two

ears on his farm in Tonganoxie Township. He was married in Rock Istand, Il, in 1864,

0 Miss Mary J. Sechrist, a native of Lexington, Ky. Capt. Taylor enlisted in the Army in
1861, in Company G, Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted from
private to First Lieutenant of Company G. and then to Captain of Company F, and served
with that regiment during the war. He has been the candidate of his party twice for
Representative in his District to the State Legislature. He is a member 0 the Christian
Church. He raises graded cattle and Poland China hogs on his farm. He is the inventor of
the Corn Harvester—-a machine to cut, shock and tie corn. 7

REV. JOHN C. TELFORD, minister of the Leavenwo: th Methodist Episcopal Church and
preaching in Tonganoxie Circuit. Mr, Telford was porn in Steuben County, N. Y., in 1829,
and lived in his native State about six years, and removed with his parents to Seneca
County, Ohio, in 1835, and removed to Crawford County in 1840, and remained in that
County until the spring of 1870, when he moved to the State of Kansas and identified him-
self with the Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been con-
nected with the Conference since the spring of 1871. e was educated in Ohfo, and has
been an active minister in his church for fourteen years. Mr. Telford was married in Ohio
in 1850, to Miss Lusetta Brown, a native of Ohio. They have three children—Electa, Wil-

i ‘ za A. ‘ i
von TAM TO DD, veterinary surgeon and farmer, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in
1870, and located at Lawrence. He has lived in Tonganoxie, in Leavenworth County, about
seven years. He was born in Baltimore County, Md., in August, 1825, and lived in his
native State eight years, then moved with his parents to Wayne County, Ind., and lived
there till he was twenty-three years old, then moved to Mahaska County, Iowa, and lived
there sixteen years. He then came to Kansas. Mr. Todd was married in Wayne County,
Ind., in 1848, to Miss Jane Boswell, a native of Ghat Siate, and has seven children—Mary A.,

., Charles, Catherine, James, John, and Sallie.

Hart SuN Bp TREW came to Kansas in the fall of 1869, and located in Lawrence, and re-

sided there four years. Then removed to Tonganoxie and has lived there since. He was
born in Greene County, Pa., in 1830, and removed from tat State with his parents when

uite young to Rush County, Indiana, living in Indiana for twenty years, then moved to
fahaska County, Iowa, and from there went to California, in 1862, where he remained
until 1869, when he came to Kansas, Mr. Trew was married in Ohio, in 1851, to Miss

Elizabeth ‘Moore, a native of Pennsylvania. They have had ten children, of whom seven

are living—Joseph L., Sarah E., Rachel A., John W., Christina E., Edith E., and E. Estella,

Mr. Trew is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chui ch, ana is a highly respected busi-

ness man. Mrs. Trew was taken sick in 1869 and has been an invalid ever since.

ISAAC B. VARNEY, grucery_ and notions, Touganoxie, came to Kansas in 1858,
and located in Marshall County and lived there seven years. He then removed to Leaven-
worth County and located in Tonganoxie Township. Mr. Varney wag born in the State of
New Hampshire in 1833, and lived in his native State twenty years. He then moved tothe

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State of Iowa in 1855, and located in Oskaloosa, and lived in that State about four years,
then came to Kansas. Mr. Varney was married in the State of Iowa in 1856, to Miss Mary
Stanton, a native of Ohio; they have had seven children, five of whom are Iiving—Mary E.,
Sadie E., Lizzie W., Ruth E., and Charles Edward. Mr. Varney is a member of the Society
of Friends, and is a highly respected business man of Tonganoxie. 4

JO. H. VESTAL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1865,
and located in Johnson County, and lived there twelve years; then he located in Leaven-
worth County, Tonganoxie Township, where he now lives, on a farm two miles south of the
town of Tonganoxie. Mr. Vestal was born in Morgan County, Ind., in 1840, and lived there
till he came to Kansas. He was married in Hendricks County, Ind., in 1865, to Miss Eliza
King, a native of Ohio, They have had two children, one is living--Sarah A. Mr. Vestal is
x anem ber of the Society of Friends and is a highly respected citizen of Tonganoxie

wnship.

REV. DAVID WHITE, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Tonganoxie, has been with
this church since 1839. He was first a member of Houston Conference, which embraced
East ‘Tennessee, Northern Georgia, and Western North Carolina and Southwestern Virginia,
and also was identified with the Illinois Conference, and has now heen a member of the
Kansas Conference for two years. Chaplain White has been for eighteen years engaged as
Chaplain in the United States Army; first of the One Hundred and Seventh [Illinois Volun-
teer Infantry; then at the close of the war he was appointed Post-chaplain, and has
served in that capacity at the various Posts in the northwest until he was rctired in July,
1 He then located on his farm near Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County. He was born
in Tennessee in 1818, and lived in his native state till he was twenty-one years of age; then
was two years in Northern Georgia, one year in North Carolina; moved to Illinois in 1842,
and made his home in that State till 1876, when he removed his family to the State of Kan-
sas and located permanently on his farm at Tonganoxie in 1880. He was married in North
Carolina, in 1843, to Miss P, E. Davidson, a native of North Carolina. They have hau six
ehildren, five are living—Amanda, Wilbur F., Harriet E., Sarah C., Etta P., and M. Emma.
Mr. White has always been an active vemperance man and a thorough probibitionist, and
an active religious teacher all of his life. e was the first mau to propose the name of
Abraham Lincoln as United Staves Senator, from Lllinois, in public print in an article pub-
lished in the De Witt Courter.

JONATHAN WINSLOW, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas
in 1868, and located at Tonganoxie, and has lived in the township since. He was born in
Grant County, Ind., in 184], and lived in his native State till he came to Kansas in 1868.
Mr. Winslow was married in Indiana to Miss Sarah Baldwin, a native of Indiana; they
have seven children—Ida E., Jane, Leroy, William, Anna, Verlin, and Grace, Mr. Winslow
is the Township Trustee, and has served on the School Board about ten years. He is a
member of the Society of Friends, and is an intelligent and highly respected citizen.

RENO TOWNSHIP.

Reno, a station on the Lawrence branch of the Kansas Pacific line, was
named after General Reno. It is surrounded by a rich and well settled farm-
ing country, and is a prosperous and growing village. The first general mer-
chant of the place was John Jacobs, who was also the first postmaster.

Fall Leaf, a station in the southern part of the township, on the main line
of the Kansas Pacific road, was named in honor of a Delaware chief. R.C.
Taylor and John Jordan are among the earliest settlers. The township has
also a steam saw-mill.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

FRANCIS M. ADAMS, school teacher, P. O. Linwood. Has taught for twelve years
and has studied law and was admitted to practice in the courts of the State of Kansas four
years ago, and intends permanently to adopt the profession of law. . Mr. Adams came to
Kansas in 1867, and located at Aimericus, Neosho Valley, Lyon County, remaining there
two years. Then removed tou Emporia, and remained there three or four months; removed
to Leavenworth County, and has livedin this county since, excepting in 1870 and 1871,
when he was teaching in St. Joseph, Mo, Mr. Adams was born in Warren County, Ohio,
and was educated in that county in the Southwestern Normal Institute of the State of
Ohio. Professor Holbrook was the principal then. Mr. Adams was born in 1844, and lived
in his native State until 1867, when he came to Kansas, He enlistedinthe army in August,
1861, in Company I, Third Indiana Cavalry, and served with that regiment during the
war. He was six months a prisoner, and at the close of the war he returned to Ohio and
attended school till 1867. e was married in Leavenworth County in 1870, to Miss Fanny
White, a native of Kansas, They have had three children—Mary F., Arthur F. and Fanny.
Mr. Adams is a good teacher and an honored citizen. 7

GAVILN ALLAN, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Reno, came to Kansas in 1869 and
located In Rene Township, Leavenworth County, and has lived there since. He was vorn
in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1837, and lived In his native country six years, removing to
Canadain 1861. Later he removed to the United States, and located at Detroit, Mich, and
remained in that State till he came to Kansas, in 1869. He was married in Lawrence, Kas.,
tu Miss Hannah Jessee, a native of Illinois. Mr. Allanis a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and has been a member of the Udd Fellows’ Society. He is ahighly respected citi-
zen of Reno Township. Mrs. Allan has been a resident of Kansas since 1855, and
her father, William Jessee, took part in the border ruffian war. Mr, Jessee died in 1870 in
Lawrence, Kas. Mr, Allan raises Poland China hogs and high graie cattle on his farm,

JOHN J. ALLINGHAM, hotel and livery stable, Reno, came to Kansas in 1860 and
located at Leavenworth City, remaining there until 1868. He then lived one year at Ton-

anoxie, and located in Reno in the spring of 1869, aud has lived there since. He was

orn in Warren County, Ky., in 1821, and lived in that State twenty-one years. He moved
to Warren County, IIl., an remained there until 1850, and then moved to Cass County, Mo.,
and came from that location to Kansas in 1860. Mr. Allingham was married in Warren
County, Ky., to Miss Elizabeth Calloway, a native of Kentucky, They bad six children;
two are living, George W. and James H. He was married agai in 1865, in Ray County,
Mo., to Miss Catherine Young, a native of Tennessee. He is Constable and Deputy-Sherifft
for his township. Heisa member of the Christian Church.

W. J. BARBER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lawrence, Jefferson Co., came to Kansas
in 1857 and located in Douglas County. He lived there about fourteen years, and then
moved to Lawrence, in 1871. After living there about five years, he removed to his pres-
ent location in Reno Township, Leavenworth County, in 1876. Mr. Barber,was born in Sum-
mit County, Ohio, in 1§27, and lived in his native State until 1849, when he moved to the
State of Illinois; he went to California by way of New York, in 1851, and lived there till
1856, returning to Ohio in the fall of that year, aud in thes ring of 1857 moving to Kansas.
Mr. Barber was married in Ohio in 1860, to Miss Nancy Whitcraft, a native of Ohio, and
had five children—four are living—Maguus, Nellie. Serenus_and Alfred. Mr. Barver lost
his wife in 1871, and married again in 1876 to Mrs. Sarah J. Lovin, a native of Indiana,
and has one child, Vernon O. Mrs, Lovin had one child when married to Mr. Barber,
Minnie E. Lovin. Mr. Barber is a Justice of the Peace for Reno Township; has been a
member of the Congregational Church. He is a highly respected citizen of Reno Town-
ship, and has been Clerk of the School Board for five years, and was very active in the
service of protecting Kansas during the State troubles.

W. B. BARNUM, farmer, P. O. Lawrence, Jefferson County, has been engaged in teach-
ing for twenty-five years, and manages a farm which he owns, of 200 acres of rich lang, in
Reno Township, on which he resides. He has also been engaged for five years in
teaching vocal music. Mr, Barnum came to Kansas in the fall of 1859, and located at Le-
compton, Douglas County, and lived there about four years, and then moved to Lawrence
and lived there three years, moving on his present farm in Reno Township in 1870, where
he has since lived. He was born in the State of Vermont in 1822, and moved with his par-
ents, when quite small, to Niagara County, N. Y., and lived there until he came to Kansas,
in 1859. He was married in Wyoming, Western New York, in 1850, to Miss EK. A. Vroo-
man, a native of New York. Mr. Barnum has always been identified with the Republican

arty since its organization, and has been identified with the educational interests of
ansas since early days.

SMITH A. BENEDICT, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. North Lawrence, Jefferson Coun-
ty, came to Kansas in 1867,.and located where he now lives in Reno Township. He was
born in Chenango ounty, N. Y.. in 1832 and lived in New York State till he came to Kansas
in 1867. He enlisted in the army in August, 1861, in the Eleventh Michigan Volunteer In-
fantry, and served with that regiment till the close of the war. Then he returned to New
York and remained there till 1867, and then came to Kansas anda located, where he now
lives, on his fine farm of 16\ acres of finely-improved land, with a fine residence and large
barns. Mr. Benedict was married in New York, in 1855, to Miss Jane Harrington, a native
of New York; they have had three children, two are living—Fred and Nellie. r. Benedict
is a member of the Congregational Church, and isa very enterprising man and a bighly
respected citizen of his township.

JOSEPH BLEAKLEY. farmer, stock and grain dealer, P. O. North Lawrence, Jefferson
County, came to Kansas in the spring of 1872 and located on his farm of 240 acres of rich
land in Reno Township. where he has one of the finest wheatfarmsin theState. In1882he
had one field of eighty-four acres of wheat that averaged thirty-two bushels to theacre. Mr.
Bleakley was born in Ireland, in 1844, and lived about six years in his native country. He
came to the United States in 1850 and located in New Orleans, remained a few mouths, and
then went to Southern Illinois, to Wayne County, and remained there two years. Thence
he returned to New Orleans and remained there untilthe spring of 1860. He then returned

 
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to [ll{nois in 1862 and eniistel in Company D, Bighty-Seventh Ilinols Volunteer Infantry.
Hoe served with that regiment during the war, and at Its close returned to New Orleans and
remained there until be cama to Kansasin 1872. He was mirried in September, 1869, to
Miss Alicia Thompson, a native of Ireland, They have had five chlidren—Walter T., George
R., May B., Ella E, and Joseph J. Mr. Bleakley was the Master of the Grange in his nelgh-
borhood for several years, and isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has
been Trustee and Assessor for his township for two years.

LIAM BRUCE, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Reno, came to Kansas in 1869 and
located at Reno and has lived there since. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1825, and lived
in his native State about twenty-five years; he enlisted in the army and served in Mexico
during the Mexican War, then returned to Pennsylvania. After remaining there two years,
he moved to New Orleans, where he lived three years, and returned to Pennsylvania an
remained some time. Removed to Ohio and settled there, but afterward became con-
nected with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and remained with that company four-
teen years. Hecameto Kansas in 1869 and located where he now lives. Mr, Bruce was
married in Cambria County, Penn., in 1848, to Miss Sarah McConnel, a native of that
State. They have had ten children, nine of whom are living—James, Alexander, Charles,
John, George, Frances J., Maria, Martha and Elizabeth. r. Bruce isa member of the
Catholic Church,

CHARLES J. BUCKINGHAM, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lawrence, Jefferson
County, came to Kansas in the winter of 1868 and located where he now lives. He has a
beautiful farm of over 1,000 acres of rich and fertile land, highly improved, with fine resi-
dence and large and commodious barns for the accommodation of his large stock of fine
horses, cattle, and other stock. Mr. Buckingham was born in Clermont County. Onbio, In
1837, and lived iu Ohio till 1868. He was engaged in the flour and grain business in Clncin-
nati, for ten years, before coming to Kansas in 1868. He was married in Clermont County,
Ohio, in 1862, to Miss Virginia Gatch, the daughter of the Rev. George Gatch, a prominen
clergyman. They had two children, one is living—Lucia. Mr. Buckingham lost his wite
and was married again in November, 1868, to Miss Mahala H. Gatch, a sister of his former
wife, He has had two children by his second wife—Eawin J., and Sarah, He is a member
of the Masonic fraternity, and is identified with the Democratic party. He deals in Short-
Horn and bigh grade cattle, and Poland-China hogs. :

STEPH. URROWS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Fall Leaf; came to Kansas in

- 1859, and located near Monticello, Johnson County, and lived in that county about ten
years. Then he moved to Sherman Township, Leavenworth County, and has lived in
Leavenworth County since 1867. Mr. Burrows was born in Ohio in 18382, and lived in
his native State six years; then moved with his parents to Michigan, and lived there seven-
teen years. From there he moved to Iowa, being there two years; from Iowa went to
Missouri, and lived in that State four years, coming to Kansas in 1 . Mr, Burrows was
married in Missouri in 1859, to Miss Margaret Crechmore, a native of that State; they had
ten children, nine of whom are living—Joseph, George, Charles, William, Emma, James,
Florence Elwood, Josephus and Ellen. Mr. Burrows was married again in 1878, in Kansas,
to Miss Loisa Stephens, a native of Illinois; they have two children—Christine and Mabel.

JOHN C. CANARY, tanner and stock-raiser, and trader in cattle, P. O. Fall Leaf,
came to Kansas in 1857, and located In Quindaro, Wyandotte County, and lived there
1ill 1862, then moved to Sherman Township and lived there three years, and moved to
Linwood, remained until 1867, when he located in Reno Township. r. Canary was born
in Riehmond, Virginia, in 1852, and lived In Virginia seven years,and removed to Kansas
with his parentsin 1857. Mr. Canary was marriea in Leavenworth County, in 1875, to
Miss Mary Herd, a native of Kansas. They have had three children—Morris, John and
William. Mr. Canary has been Township Treasurer and is a highly respected citizen.

EDMUND G., AND ALFRED H. CHEESMAN, his brother, farmers and stock-raisers,
P.O. Reno. Edmund came to Kansas in 1880, and his brother in June of 1882. They
located at Reno, The Cheesman brothers were born in County Kent, England, in 186
and 1861, and lived in their native country till they came to Kansas in 1880 and 1882.
Both of the brothers are single men, and are members of the Church of England, They
are extensively engaged in stock-growing on their largefarm of 1,400 acres of land in
Reno. HOW ship. hey keep Short-horn cattle, Poland-China hogs, and merino sheep .

JOHN DIVELBESS, farmer ana _ stock-raiser, P.O. Reno, came to Kansas in 1867,
and tocated in Reno ‘Township on his farm, and has lived there since. Mr. Divelbess
was born in Holmes County: Qhio, At the age of eight years he moved with his parents
to Steuben County, Ind. He lived there until he was twenty-two years old, and then
crossed the plains to California and remained there three and a half years. He re-
turned to Steuben County, Ind., in the spring of 1864, and remained there until he
came to Kansas in 1867. Mr. Divelbess was married in Steuben County, Ind., in
1864, to Miss Harriet Batterson, a native of Massachusetts. They have had four chil-
dren, three of whom are living—Jennie R., John L., and Sarah F. He is a member of
the Masonle Order, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace for twelve years. He
was elected in 1880 representativeto he State Legislature from the Sixteen'h District.

SAMUEL W. FAIRBANKS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Fall Leaf, came to Kansas
in 1874, and located in Leavenworth County. He was born in Madison County, N, Y., in
1827, and lived in his native State twenty-three years, and moved to Ohio in 1850 and
located in Ashtabula ounty, and lived there unul 1874, when he came to the State of
Kansas. He was married the first time in New York to Miss Caroline Olivia, a native of
New York, who died in_1860, leaving two children, Ida A. and Belden W. He was mar-
ried again in 1869, in Ohio, to Miss Helen P. Smith, a native of New York. They have
two children, Ewa M. ana Walter P. Mr. Fairbanks is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and is an active and enterprising farmer.

. T. GRIFFITH, farmer and stock-raiser P. O. Fall Leaf, came to Kansas in 1860
and located in Jefferson County. He lived in that county fourteen years, and moved
thence to Texas and Colorado. He returned again in 1877, and loca ed where he now
lives in Reno Township, Leavenworth County. Mr. Griffith was born in Morgan
County, Kye in 1850, and removed with his parents at three years of age to Jackson
County, Mo., in 1854. He lived there six years, then came to Kansas. Mr. Griffith was
married at Fall Leaf, Kansas, in 1879,.0 Miss May McGarry, a native of Pennsylvania;
they have two childreu—Margaret E. and James A. Mr. Griffith has been road officer
and a member of the School Board, and has been Deputy Sheritt for his township.

CHRISTIAN J. HALSTED, merchant R. R. agent and_postmaster, Reno, also owns a
farm in Reno Township. Mr. Halste came to Kansas in November, 1865, and located in
Lawrence and lived ‘here one year. He then located in Reno and has lived there since.
He was born in Norway in 1840, and at the age of six years he emigrated to America with
his parents and located in Racine County, Wis. He lived there until 1865, and then located
in Kansas and Jocated where he now lives. Mr. Halsted was married in Wisconsin in
1862, to Miss Sophia Heg, a native of Norway. They have had six children—Oscar, Eva,
Odin, Anna, Bertha and Christiana. Mr. Halsted was a Representative in the Kansas Leg-
islature from his district in 1873, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is also
a member of the Lutheran Church.

5 JACOBS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Reno, came to Kansas in 1878, and
located where he now lives, in Reno Township, near the village of Reno. He was born in
Trenton, Grundy County, Mo., June 8, 1846, and lived in his native State until he came to
Kansas. Mr. Jacobs was married in Latayetee County, Mo., in 1872, to Miss Effie Neff, of
Pike County, Mo, They have nad two children—Bettie and Mary. Mr. Jacobs is a member
of the Masonic Order and also a member of the Christian Church. He js an enterprising
young man. The farm on which he lives contains 1,600 acres of highly improved land In
Reno Township, He is an extensive dealer in horses, fine graded cattle and Poland-China

ogs.

BWILLIAM KAHN, farmer and_stock-raiser, P.O. Reno, came to Kansas in January,
1880, and located near Reno, in Reno Township, Leavenworth County, He was born In
Hanover, Germany, and Jived in his native country until he was eighteen years old, then
emigrated to the United States and located in New York forashort time. From_there he
went to St. Louis in 1861, and enlisted in Sigel’s Regiment, the Third Missour! Volunteer
Infantry and was disabled and discharged about nine months after he enlisted. He re-
turned to Long Island, N. Y., and remained there about two years, then went to Cleveland,
Ohio, and lived there till he came to Kansas, in 1880. r. Kahn was married on Long
Island, in 1863, to Miss Helena Schmidt, a native of Germany, They havo had seven chil-
dren, six are living—Anna, Antone, William, Minnie, Henry and Frederick. Mr. Kahnisa
member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and is a member of the Lutheran Church,

R MUEL LSALL, Reno, was formerly a minister of the Methodist Church, in
England, but is now preaching independently as an Evangelist. Assisted by the people of
Reno, he built the first church in Reno Zownsnips fifteen years since. Mr. Kelsall came to
Kansas in 1867, and bought three farms adjoining the village of Reno, and has bought the
whole of the town proper, excepting about twenty acres. He was born at Wittal Hall, Great
Sankey, near Liverpool, in 1821. He lived in his native country until he was twenty-eight
years of age, then moved to Australia and lived there thirteen years; he returned
to England and remained there about six months, then emigrated to the United
States and located in Reno Township, in 1867. Mr. Kelsall was married in England
in 1852, to Miss Jane Longton, who died in Australia, guly. 1854. They had two chil-
dren, one is now living—Peter, who 1s an engineer and millwright. Mr. Kelsall was mar-

 

ried again November 22, 1855, in Australia, to Mrs. Christian Fraser, who had then one
daughter—Georgina, now married to Mr, James Phenicie, of Reno. e had one child by
by his second marriage—Samuel, a druggist, but now manager of his farm at Reno. Samuel
was married July 15, 1880, to Miss Sallie McClary. Mr. Kelsall’s second wife died in Reno,
July 18,1870. He was married again March 24, 1873, to Miss Margaret Allan, at her home
in Scotland, who also died in Reno, May 27, 1879. Mr. Kelsall has been an active religious
teacher all of his life, as his numerous testimonials indicate, and a very enterprising busi-
ness man, and eno s the respect and confidence of the people of his vownsiip.

UPTON KIT MILLER, ‘armer and stock-raiser, P.O. Lawrence. Mr. Kitzmiller lives
on the Oak Ridge farm near Lawrence, in Reno Township, Leavenworth Co., Kas., where

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

he haga fine stock of thoroughbred cattle, and is raising a high grade of cattle and Berkshire
and Poland-China hogs. Mr, Kitzmiller came to Kansas in the spring of 1882. and located
where he now lives. He was born 1n Hardy County, Va., and lived in his native State
about eighteen years, then removed to Ohio and settled in Piqua County, and lived
there till he cama to Kansas, He was married in Ohio, in 1861, to Miss Susan Wagner, a
native of Ohio. They have haa five children—John E., Anna L.. Charles, Chancy P. and
Willie, Mr, Kitzmiller is a member of the Odd Fellows’ Society, and is an active and enter-
prising farmer.

AUGUST LUCKAN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Fall Leaf, came to Kansas in 1864,
and located in Leavenworth. He remained there six months and then located on his fine
farm near Fall Leaf, Reno Township, Mr. Luckan was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1825,
and lived in his native country forty years, then emigrated to the United States and located
in Kansas. Mr. Luckan was married in Germany, to Miss Sophia Shultz, a native of Ger-
many. They had three children—Otto P., Powelland Anna. He was married again in 1878,
to Anna Miller, a native of Germany. ‘Has had two children by this marriage—August
and Elizabeth. Mr. Luckan is a member of the Lutheran Church,

SAMUEL J. MONAUGHTON, was born in Schuylerville, N. ¥Y., November 7%, 1852. He

raduated at St. Stephen’s Academy in 1867. Studied law, and was admitted to practice in

73. He came to Leavenworth, Kansas; the same year, was elected Justice of the Peace,

and held the office eight years. He was married April 14, 1881, to Miss Annie A. Eaton, of
- Quincey, Mass, They bave one son, Malcom, a namesake of his grandfather, Judge Mal-
com Ménaughton, of Saratoga County, N. ¥. Mr. McNaughton is one of the leading poli-
ticlans of Leavenworth County, and stands high in the estimation of his large circle of
friends and acquaintances, as an intelligent and enterprising young man. He is engaged at
present in rais ng fine stock—both cattle ana horses. .

JOSEPH MILES, farmer and stock-raiser and dealer in harvesters and self-binding
machines, P. 0. Reno. Mr. Miles came to Kansas in 1876, and located in Lawrence, living
there three years; then moved to Reno Township, Leavenworth County. Mr. Miles was
born in Venango County, Pa., in 1839, and lived there until 1858. He then moved to De
Kalb County, Ill., and lived there until 1862. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifth
Ulinois Volunteer Infantry, and served nine months; was discharged on account of dls-
ability. After his discharge, he went to Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1864; then
returned to Illinois. Then he removed to Iowa, and located in Poweshiek County, aud re-
mained there until he came to Kansas, in 1876. Mr. Miles was married in Kane County,
TIL, in 1864, to Miss Mary C. Woodard, a native of Vermont, They have had eight children
—Louis E., Rosa A., Mary A., Elmer L., Oscar M., ILerman S., Ella C. and Chester A. Mr.
Miles is Constable for his township, and Deputy Sheriff. He isa member of the Baptist
Church, and is a highly respected citizen. A

DENNIS ODEA, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Reno, came te Kansas in the fall of 1866,
and located on his farm in Reno Township, and has been there since. He was born in
Ireland in 188%, and lived in his native country thirteen years, He emigrated to the
United States, and located in New York for five years; then moved to Ohio and lived there
for one year; thence he moved to Illinois, and lived in that State eleven years, and then
came to Kansas. Mr. Odea was married in Bloomington, IIL,in 1862,to Miss Joanna
O’Connell, a native of Ireland. They have had three children, Ella, Nettie and Charley.
Mr. Odea is a member of the Catholic Church.

JAMES M. PHENICIE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Reno, came to Kansas in Sep-
tember, 1865, and located at Reno, and has lived there since. He was born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, in 1840, and lived there until he was ten years old, and then moved with his
parents to Steuben County, Ind., and lived in that State from 1849 to 1865, and then came to

ansas. Mr. P, enlisted in the army in 1861, in the Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteer In-
fantry, and served with that regiment until the battle of Chickamauga, when he was taken
prisoner and was a prisoner about nineteen months. He was married in Reno Township, in

871, to Miss Georgiana E. Fraser, a native of Scotland, who was raised in Australia.
They have had three children, Jessie May, Mary K., Roscoe A. Mr. Phenicie has been
Treasurer of his township for eight years, and is a member of the Masonic Order; is an
active and enterprising farmer, and a highly respected citizen. F

W. C. PHENICIE, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Reno, came to Kansas in the spring of
1866, and located at Reno, and hasived in Reno Township since. He was born in Muski g-
um County, Ohio, in 1841, and lived in that State about seven years, then moved with his

parents to Steuben County, Ind., and lived there up to the time of his removal to Kansas, in

°1866. Mr. Phenicie enlisted in the army in 1861, in the Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, aud served with that regiment during the war. He was married in Tonganoxie,
Leavenworth Co., Kan., in 1874, to Miss Phoebe A. Lacy, a native of Indiana. They have
had three children; two are living—Estella and George Z. Mr. Phenicie is a member of the
Masonic Order, and is an active and enterprising farmer, and a highly respected citizen.

L. S. PURCELL, farmer and stock-raiser. P. O. North Lawrence, Jefferson County,
came to Kansas in the fall of 1859, and located in Douglas County, seven miles west of Law-
rence, and lived there until 1866, then moved to his present place in Reno Township, Leaven-
worth County, where he has lived since. Mr. Purcell was born in Loudoun County, Va, in
1830, and at three years of age he moved with his parent to Columbiana County. Ohio, liv-
ing there eight years. He then went to Adams County, Ohio, and lived there until 1857, and
then moved to Missouri, remaining there until 1859; then located in Kansas. Mr. Purcell
was marriedin Adams County, Ohio, in 1855, to Miss Mary A. Cree, a native of Ohio. They
have had three children, Cassius M. C., Sanford M. and George W. Mr. Purcell is a mem-
ber of the Odd Fellows’ Society, and is a highly respected citizen.

ADOLPHUS R. SMITH, P. O. Lawrence, Jefferson County, caine to Kansas in March,
1855, and located on Coal Creek, south of Lawrence about ten miles, and Jived there until the
spring of 1858, then removed to Chase County and lived there five years; from there he
went to Lawrence in 1863 and lived there about twelve years, and then moved to Grant
Township, near Lawrence, and lived there three years; then he moved to Repo Township,
Leavenworth Co., and lived there five years, and now is landlord and proprietor of the
Depot House, North Lawrence. He was born in Sutton, Vt., January 14, 1827, and lived in

his native State about twenty-three years. He traveled around the world for about. four
years, visiting the countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and South America, and
understands several languages. When he returned to the United States, in 1855 he located
in Kansas. He was married in Chase County, Kas., January 7, 1860, to Miss Sophia A.
Osmer, a native of Pennsylvania, They have had nine cliildren, five of whom are
living—John H., Francis A., Izella J., Lilly andIvy A. Mr. Smith has been identified with
the Republican party since its organization, and has been Chairman of the Board of Com-
missioners, and also of the Board of Supervisors of his county. He has been a Justice of
the Peace for four years, also a Street Commissioner of Lawrence for one year, and Treas-
urer of North Lawrence four years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

CHARLES H. STEVENSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. North Lawrence, Jefferson
County, came to Kansas in 1869 and located where he now lives, in Reno Township. Herehe
has a farm of 160 acres of good land, with substantial improvements. He was born in
Washington County, N. Y., in 1846, and lived in his native State twenty-three years; then
removed to Kansas {n 1869, and located in Reno Township, Mr, Stevenson was married in
Leavenworth county, in 1881, to Miss Cora Eason, a native of Illinois. They have one
child, Anna Mary. Mr, Stevenson is Township Trustee for his township, and is an active,
enterprising fariner and a highly respected citizen.

THOMAS TAYLOR, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Reno, Is raising the Magee hogs and
a graded stock of cattle. Mr, Taylor came to Kansas in 1869 and located in Reno Town-
sh pb. Leavenworth County, and has lived here since. He was born in Ireland in 1835, and
lived in that country until fifteen years.of age. Then he came to New York and lived
there about five years, then moved ‘to Pennsylvania and lived there four years. He then
moved to Macon County, IIL, and lived there ten years, and then came to Kansas and
located where he now lives, ia Reno Township. Mr. Taylor was married in Reno Town-
ship. in 1879, to Mrs, Millie Plummer, a native of Missouri. They have had two children.
7 ‘ae = men er of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been Road Officer and School

SIMON TORNEDEN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Reno, came to Kansas in 1869 and
located in Johnson County, and lived there three years, and has lived in Reno Township,
Leavenworth County, three years, on his fine farm of 16U acres of richland. Mr. Torne-
dan was born in Prussta, in 1850, and lived in his native country elghteen years, then emi-
grated to the United States and located in Kansas. Heis a single man, is a good farmer,
and a highly respected citizen.

 

STRANGER TOWNSHIP.

_On the Lawrence branch of the Kansas Pacific Railroad there are two
Stations within the limits of Stranger Township. One of these is the village of
Stranger, which was laid out in 1867 by the Kansas Valley Town Company.
The other is Hoge Station, where the first postoffice of the town was estab-
lished, in 1868, Joseph Hoge, postmaster. Here is also a small Catholic
Church in charge of Father M. Brown.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN ALLAN, engaged in merchandising and isthe agent of the Railroad Compan
ag Hoge Station and is also the Postmaster at that place. oMtr. Allan came to Kansas ih
1858 and located in Leavenworth County, and has lived in the county ever since. He was
Scotlands and vemalned thare nine year, sod nett vedo Amerie foating in Coases ans

. years, and returned to America, locating in Canada, an
lived there twenty-five years, and removed from there to Kansas ia 1858. ear, ‘Allan’ was
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

married in Canada, in 1853, to Miss Geor, X
M * gianna Waters, a native of Scotland. He has
Stranger to a ship the Peace three terms. Mr. Allan is a highly respected citizen of
BAKER, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Hoge. He came to Ka
T , P.O. a nsas in 1862 and
located: it Stranger Township, and has lived in the township since, Mr, Baker autinved in
near y a 862, in Company A, Second Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served seven
uw if 8 on was discharged on account of disability, Mr. Baker was born in Jackson
gounty, 0., in 1837, and lived in his native State till he came to Kansas, in 1862, Mr.
pane tas married in Platte County, Mo., in 1859, to Miss Melley Freeland, a native of Ken-
SNe as woren gulldren—-Geon 8, Minale, Celis. Parthena, Benjamin, Leonsworth and
Leavenworth Keaker mber of the Republican party, and a respected citizen of
. F, BARNES, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas In 1868, and
located in Stranger Township, two miles east of Tonganoxie, and has lived there sine’ He
pas orn in the State of New York, in 1814, and lived in his native State ihirty-one years;
en moved to Bradford County, Pa., and lived there till 1857: then came to Scott County,
fowa, and lived in Iowa till July, 1868. In that year he moved to Kansas and located where
& now lives. Mr. Barnes was married in New York, in 1847, to Miss Sarah S. Thayer, a
a ve of that State. They have one child—Charley Z. ‘Mr. Barnes is a member of the First
REE Church, of Tonganoxie, and has been Township Clerk and Road Officer of
.. T. DARNALL, farmer, P. O. Hoge, is the manager of the Insley stock farm, a large
ane pimproved farm of 1,200 acres, all under fence, anal mostly in tamergrasa. The farms
i cke ful th Short-horn and high rade cattle. The grades of stock are the Marys, Phil-
ses ani a Rose of Sharon, and a bull, the Second Duke of Newham. He is also engaged in
Falsing ‘oland-China hogs. Mr. Darnall has been in Kansas one year, in the stock business
for . H. Insley, of Leavenworth. Mr. Darnall was born in Montgomery County, Ky., in
837, and lived there sixteen years, and then moved to Platte County, Mo., in 1852, and was
sie ye.irs Treasurer of that county, and with the exception of four years spent in Colorado,
qived in that county till he came to Kansas, Mr. Darnall was married in St. Joseph, Mo.,
1m 1859, to Miss Sue E. Bennett, a native of Missouri, and has had four children—Lela M.,
7 ichard B., Robert M. and Charles D. He lost his wife in 1869, and was married again in
870, to Miss Kate Nutter, a native of Kentucky, and had one child—Sally. Mr. Darnall is
a member of the Masonic Order and Knights Templar, and also an Odd Fellow, andis a
very jnrelligent and enterprising citizen. :
é a RUEAM HAZLEWOOD, P. O. Hoge,is engaged in farming and raising a graded stock
2 cattle, and Berkshire and Poland-China hogs. Mr. Hazlewood was formerly a large
ealer in stock in Chicago for ten years,and has been a large shipper of stock to the Eastern
HI KES has also been largely engaged as a trader in stock since he came to Kansas, in
1874, and located in Leavenworth County, and has lived inthe county since. Mr. Hazle-
wood was born in England, in 1815, and lived in bis native country twenty-two years, and
removed to the United States in 1837, and located in Belmont County, Ohio, and lived there
- twenty-five years, and moved to Pennsylvania and lived there ten years, and removed to
Kansas in 1 72, and located where he now lives, in Leavenworth County. He was married
in Ohio in 1839, to Miss Bertha J. Gaddes, a native of Pennsylvania, Has seven children—
illiam, James, Elizabeth, Fanny, Margaret, Martha and Ella. Mr. Hazlewood is a member
of the Masonic Order, and isa pighly respected citizen of Stranger Township.
JOSEPH H. LEIGATY,P. O. Tonganoxie,has been engaged in teaching school for about
twelve years in Pennsylvania and this State, and has been engaged in farming about four
years, and is raising a good stock of hogs and cattle. Mr. L. came to Kansas in 1870, and
ocated In Leavenworth County, and has resided there since. He was born in Blair County,
Pa., in 1843, and lived in his native State until 1870,when he came to Kansas, and located
where he now lives, in Stranger Township. Mr. L, enlisted in the army in 1862, in Com-
pany H, One Hundred and Tenth Penns lvania. Volunteer Infantry, and served with that
regiment until discharged on account of gun shot wound, on the 6th of May, 1864, in the
Battle of the Wilderness. Was discharged on the 15th of April,1865,and returned to renn-
sylvania, and lived in that State until he came to Kansas, in 1870. r. L. was married in
Pennsylvania panuary 3, 1871, to Miss Mary C. Buck, a native of Pennsylvania, and has had
six children—Lillian W., Minola A., Joseph E., Villiam J., Irma FE. ‘and Clara E. Mr. L. is
an intelligent and highly respected citizen of Stranger Township.
JOHN WIRTH, fariner and stock-raiser, P.O. Summit, Leavenworth County, came to
Kansas in the fall of 1858, and located in Jefferson County. He lived there three years
and moved to Leavenworth City, and remained there three years, and then located in
Stranger Township, in 1865, where be now lives on his fine farm. Mr. Wirth was born in
Germany in 1833, and lived in his native country until nineteen years of age. He then
came to the United States and located in New York, and lived there from 1853 to 1858, and
then came to Kansas and located where he now lives. Mr. Wirth was married in Roches-
ter, N. Y., in 1856, to Miss Rosa Kaler, a nativeof Germany. They have had four children,
two of whom are living—Addie and Lillie. Mr. Wirth is an enterprising farmer and highly
respected by the people of his township.

FAIRMOUNT.

This is a beautiful little village, situated a few miles southwest of Leaven-
worath, on the Lawrence branch of the U. P.R.R. It was platted by the
Kansas Valley Town Company, in June, 1867, The station was originally one
mile further east, and was called Kelley’s Station, being settled in 1864. The
name ‘“‘ Fairmount” was given to the village because of its location upon a
fair mount. Among the early settlers of the village and township were B. F.
Harrod, James Harrod, Robert J. Costello, I. B. Dutton, Riley Todd, John
Johnson, O.S. Markham, O. S, Hiatt, Dr. S. D. Coffin, T. J. Stout (Postmas-
ter of Fairmount), Abram Maris, Judge J. E. Williams, O. S. Penfield, J. A.
Page, and T. C. Denell.

Fairmount contains a populations of nearly 150 people, a Methodist
Episcopal Church (South) and a Presbyterian Church. The former has a mem-
bership of sixty, and is in charge of Rev. J.W. Faubio. The Presbyterian
pulpit (July, 1882,) is unsupplied.

Fairmount contains four stores and a large cider mill and apple butter
factory, which will soon be put in operation and be a great addition to the busi-
ness of the place. Messrs. Wellhouse & Son have invested $12,coo in the
business, having erected a new and commodious building near the railway
track. They will use up 10,000 bushels of apples this year, having purchased
extensive and improved machinery.

At Glenwood, alsq in Fairmount Township, is a large Methodist Episco-
pal Society in charge of Rev. J. C. Telford, of Tonganoxie. The society
owns 2 $3,000 building, and numbers seventy people. This post-office also
has a fine frame schoolhouse, 134x 45 feet; and the community is, in all
respects, prosperous.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—FAIRMOUNT TOWNSHIP.

G. H. BEACH, farmer and miner, Section 13, P. O. Fairmount, came to Kansas in 1857
and first located near Lawrence. He was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., August 18,1837,
son of Erastus H. and Almira Beach. He lift New York in 1855 and moved to Fond du Lac
County, Wis. and from there moved to Kansas in 1857. During the gold excitement of
1859 he went to Pike’s Peak, Col., in the spring and returned in the fall. Again went to
Colorado in 1860 and assisted in locating the Bob Tail Lode. He owned an interest and
worked in the celebrated California Gulch on the Upper Arkansas. From 1863 to 1865 had
extensive interests in Oregon and Idaho. Spent the winter of 1865 in New York, and then
next spring returned to Kansas. Came topresent location in the fall of 1866. Stillowns ex-
tensive mining interests in Colorado, San Juan County. He was married near Monticello,
Johnson Co., Kas., December 10, 1867, to Mollie C, Kay, daughter of George and Elizabeth
Kay. Mrs. Beach is a descendant of John Kay (or Key, as the name was sometimes spelled)
whose parents came from England to America in the same fleet with William Penn, during
the latter part of the year 1682. Her great great prandfather, John Kay,was the first male
child born in Philadelphia; the block known as the Kay Block was presented by William
Penn in honorof the event. Mrs. Beach was born in Bedford County, Pa. Children’s names
are Olive Elizabeth, Jennie Keever, and Kay Hamilton. y

I. N. COCHRAN, hotel Keeper and farmer, came to Kansas in 1878, and located where he
now resides. He was born in Winhall, Bennington Co., Vt. His parents were Edward ©. and
Esther F, Cochran. Left Vermont about 1848, settled near Chicopee Falls, Mass. Was mar-
ried in his native State, March, 1841, to Sallie Cook, who died in 1873. as again married,
at Fairmount, Kas., November 16, 1875, to Ann Miller, who was Loin in Lancashire, Eng-
land, December 24, 1812. He isa member of the Presbyterian Church.

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THEODORE C. DEVEL, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Halrmount was born in Philadelphia,
Jetferson Co., N. Y., August 15, 1824. Hesithe son of Reuben E. and Elizabeth 0. Deuels
moved to New Hampshire in 1843, returning to New York in the spring of 1845 and move!
to Rock County, Wis., in 1846; while here he farmed, taught school and engaged for a short
time in lumbering. ‘Came from Wisconsin to Kansas in the fall of 1859, but returned
to Wisconsin in the fall of 1860, and in the spring of 1866 again came to Kansas and
afier a residence of six months in Linn County moved to his present location, arrivin|
Has engaged in farming ever since, Hasserved as Township Clerk an
Justice of the Peace since coming here. He was married in Rock County, Wis., to Celestia
Bishop, aushier of Soloman and Catherine Bishop. -His wife is a native of Rush County,
Ind. They have ten children; Mary Hygiana, Harriet Angelia, Reuben Bishop, John Fre-
mont, Julia Antoinette, Charles Condé, Nancy Elnora, Devere Vining, Samantha Estelle,
and Theodore Norman.

L. DUNBAR, farmer, P.O. Fairmount, came to Kansas in the fall of 1870, first located
in Leavenworth City. He is now School Director of his district. He enlisted in Company
B, Twelfth Illinois Infantry; served two months and was mustered out on account of sick-
ness, He was born in Bureau County, IIl., June 2, 1844. Sonof H. R. and Jemima Dun-
bar. He left Illinois, fall of 1868, and went to Omaha, Neb. Was married same fall,
November 19, 1968. to Mary Edminester, in Marion, Linn Co., lowa. His wifeis a native
of Tompkins Go., N. Y. They have twochildren, Chesterand Lena. Are both members of
Methodist Episcopal Church. .

OLIVER 8, HIATT, farmer, Section 15, P.O, Fairmount, came to Kansas in the fall of
1866, and locafed on the Delaware Reserve, Leavenworth County, nine miles south of
Leavenworth City. Has been a member of the School Board for ten years, and Justice of
the Peace for five years. Was also County Commissioner for four years, and has been sent at
different times as a delegate to County and State Congressional Conventions. Wason the 7th
day of October,1882, appointed by nis honor Judge Crozier, Auditor of Leavenworth County
for the term of two years. He was born in Wayne County, Ind., February 4, 1839, Parents
were Elam and Sarah Hiatt. He has an extensive relahonshipin the State, and can trace
his genealogy through his grandparents, Amer and Achsah Hiatt, of North Carolina, and
his great grandparents, William and Charity Hiatt, and a long line of ancestry to John
Hiatt who came over in the May Flower. He left his native place in September, 1866, and
came direct to Kansas. He was married in Rockville, Parke Co., Ind., December 24, 1861,
to Mary Ellen Maris, daughter of Abram and Avis Maris. She was born in Parke County,
Ind., May 5, 1840. They have two children, Effie and Mamie E. They belong to the
society of Orthodox Friends. .- :

D. P. HARROD, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Fairmount, came to Kansas In October, 1857.
His father was the first man who put upa dwelling in Fairmount Township. He was born
in Franklin County, Ky., July 14,1842. Istheson of Chapman and Nancy Harrod. He
came directly from his native place to Kansas, and has resided here ever since, and to-
gether with his brothers has made an enviable reputation as an honest, industrious and
successful business man, Isa worthy member of the Christian Church.

. W. LUCAS, farmer, Section 3, Township 11, Range 22,P. O. Fairmount, came to Kan-
sas in the spring of 185%, first locating near Wyandotte. Has been several times a Delegate
to County, State and Congressional Conventions. Served as Township Trustee six consecu-
tive years, and was also County Commissioner. He enlisted in Company G, Sixth Kansas
Volunteers, in October, 1861, and served until he was mustered out May 19, 1865. Was in
the Battle of Cane Hill, and in several skirmishes; was in the engagements at Prairie
Grove, Newtonia, at Cabin Creek, Leavenworth County, and also all the engagements in
which Steel participated in his expedition through Arkansas to form a junction with Gen.
Banks,on Red River, He enlisted as a private,but was promoted first as Second Lieutenant,
and afterward as First Lieutenant of hiscompany. He was born in 1839,in Ontario County,
Canada. Parents were Valentine and Sarah Lucas. He left Canada in 1852, and came to
Illinois; remained there two or three years, and then moved to Burlington, Towa, and from
there came to Kansas. He was married in Wyandotte County, September 12, 1865, to
Fannie Sortor, who died March 1.1874. _Was married a second time March 31, 1875, to
Susan G. Hindman, daughter of Willian T. and Amanda Hindman. His last wife was a
native of Sardinia, Brown Co., Ohio. He has five children, first two by his first wife—Henry
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is present wife. Mr.
Lucas and wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he belongs to
the Order of Free Masons.

J. G. MCCONKEY, farmer and carpenter, Section 27, P. O. Fairmount, came to Kansas
in 1863. First located at Leavenworth City. He has served as School Director two terms.
Was Corporal in Company I, First Kansas Militia, and was in the engagement at Westport,
Mo. Was born March 6, 1824, in Washington, Va. Was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth
McConkey. At the age of nine years removed to East Tennessee. thence to Georgia,in 1841,
thence to New Orleans, La., and thence to Illinois, where he remained from 1849 to 1863,
when he came to Leavenworth City,in March. Was married February 14, 1860, in panens,
Ga., to a widow lady by the name of Harriet N. White. Her parents were Abijah an
Phoebe Conger, whose native pice was Marysville, Blunt Co., East Tenn. He has four
endren ons one step child—Georgia Florence, Ema, Minnie G. and Melvin. Step son,

illiam A, ite. ei

L, A. MENAGER, farmer and stock-breeder. Section 30, Wyandotte County, Kansas,
P. O. Lansing, came to Kansas April 1,1858. First located in Leavenworth County. He was
Clerk of the Delaware Indian Agency six years, has been School District Treasurer two

ears. He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, November 19, 1832. Heis theson of Peter and

argaret Menager. His mother is one of the most remarkable women living. She is
eighfy-one years old, can walk three miles easily, never had any use for glasses, and her
mind is clear and free from dotage. She takes an interest 1n all new inventions and worthy
enterprises, and talks intelligently on all living themes, both religious and secular. Mr. M.
left Ohio In the spring of 1855, and removed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where he re-
mained until his removal to Kansas,in 1858. He was married in Leavenworth City,to Mrs,
Anna J, Trickey (whose maiden name was Marshall}, April 23,1872. His wife is a native
of Virginia, and by. the second marriage has one child—Elsie Romaine Menager. |

JOHN M. SINGER, blacksmith, wagon-maker and fruit-grower,cameto Kansas in Feb-
ruary, 1857, and located at Ottumwa, Coffey Co., Kansas. as engaged in farming until the
brea! ing out of the war, when he enlisted ‘in Company H, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, Decem-
ber, 1861. Heserved four years, and was in all the engagements of his command. Was
mustered out in the spring of 1865.
most of the time. He was born in Westmoreland County, 4
paren's were Samuel and JaneSinger. He left Pennsylvania jn 185%. After living at

Sedar Rapids, lowa, for one year, he went to California, and thence to Coffey County, Kan-
sas. He was married September 13, 1860, to Hannah M. McCombs, by whom he had one
child—Carrie Ellen, His first wife dying October 9, 1863, he again married December 25,
1871, Mrs. Mary Downs, a widow lady, whose maiden name was Zoakum._ Her native
lace was Tennessee. She has three children by her first husband—Fannie, Lewis W. and
ollie Downs. Mr. Singer and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
was a delegate to the State Convention in 1878, and again in 1882.

T. J. STOUT, R. R. and Express agent, Telegraph operator, Postmaster and grain dealer,
came to Kansas November 10, 1868, engaged in railroading till Spring of 1869, and then
settled in Leavenworth, still in the service of the railroad till March 30, 1870, when he lost
his right leg ina railroad accident at Lawrence, Kas., and since his recevery has con-
tinued the service at Fairmount as agent. Has been Postmaster since 1872, and_ Treasurer
of his district since 1873. Has also served as Justice of the Peace two terms. He enlisted
in the Third New York Marine Artillery, in August, 1861, and served until they were dis-
banded in March, 1863. He was on the gunboat Centennial, of Burnside’s expedition, alon
the coast of Virginia and North Carolina; was in all the engagements of his command.
He re-enlisted in the spring of 1865, in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, and was mustered
out Novembar, 1865. e was born in Fayette County, Ill, November 18, 1841; son of
Phillip and Hannah Stout. He left his native place in 1859, and lived at Amboy, T., till
his removal to Kansas, in 1868. He was married at Fairmount, September 11, 1872, to
Lavinia Yocum, daughter of W. C. and Sophia Yocum. She was bornin Athens, Ga., July
28, 1848. Their children are Sydney Ray, Charles Edgar, Phillip Ray, Linton Campbell and
Andrew J. The first four are still living. Mr. Stout hasbeen honored as Delegate to county
and State conventions.

J. H. VAUGHN, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Fairmount, came to Kansas, March 1, 1864,
located where he now lives. He is an old veteran of the Mexican war, having served under
Gen. Taylor, taking part in the battle of Buena Vista, and serving two years, Heisa
native of Scott County, Ky., and was born August 20, 1821. His parents were Jessee and
Keziah Vaughn. He left Kentucky, March 6. 60, and removed to Platte County, Mo.,
where he remained till 1864, when he came to Kansas. He was married, March 20, 1846, in
Owen County, Ky., to Nancy Brumley, daughter of Thomas and Frankie Brumley. He is
the father of eleven children—William, Dekalb, Jesse, Jasper Newton, Morris, Polly,
Eliza, Mary Jane, John, Albert and Alice.

HENRY F. VOIGT, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Lansing, came to Kansas in 1858, first lo-
cated at Wyandotte. He commenced inthis country atthe age of sixteen, without a dollar and
in debt for his fare from Germany. He paid the debt and continued to work for wages
under William Holmes, proprietor of the hotel in Shawneetown, Johnson County, a minis-
ter of the Southern Methodist Church, After four years he worked for John G. Pratt, In-
dian agent, connected with the Baptist Mission among the Delaware Indians. By enter-
prise and honest industry he has come to be proprietor of a handsome farm worth $6,000,
and has considerable personal property besides. He has been Clerk of hisschool district for
eleven years. He was born in Imbshausen, Province Hanover, Germany, July 23, 1842, and
is theson of Andreas and Johannah Voigt. He left Germany in the spring of 1858 and
came direct to Kansas. He was married in Leavenworth City, April 26, 1873, to Lizetta
Christine Ruppert, who_is a native of Alexandria, Va. They have have five children—
Millitta Lazetta, Louisa Maria, Carl Friedrich, Theresa Christine and Edmond Ernst.

FREDERIC WELLHOUSE, fruit grower, Section 3, in Town 9, and Section 2, in Town

 

 

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10, P, O, Fairmount, came to Kansas in 1859, and located at Pleasant Ridge. Hehas en-
gaged in fruit growing and sweet potato raising ever since he came to this State. He
served as Justice of the Peace in Kickapoo Township, from the spring of 1860 until Jan-
uary, 1862. He was then elected as County Commissioner, and elected as Chairman of the
Board until January, 1864. In the fall of 1866, he was elected Representative of Kickapoo
Township and served one term. He was a Delegate representing the State of Kansas in
the America P logical meeting at Richmond Va., September, 1871, and again in 1873 at
Boston, and the same year made the Kansas exhibit at the New Jersey State Fair, held at
the Waverly and also atthe American Institute, held in New York City. Our State was
awarded premiums in both these exhibitions, First awards at Richmond, Waverly and
New York, aud the second award at Boston. He is now Treasurer of the State Horticul-

 

 

 

tural Society, having held the position ever since 1873. He was Captain of Company I,
Nineteenth Kansas State Militia, for four years; was 1n active service during the Price
raid for about thirty days, and was inthe engagement at Westport. He was Director of

the State Fair Association one year, and has served in Horticultural Society as Chairman

of Board on Orchard Culture for five years. He is now President of Leavenworth County
Horticultural Society, having held the office nearly ten years. He was born in Wayne County,

Onto, November 16, 1828, the son of William and Hannah Wellhouse. He moved to Sum-

mit County in 1835, and in 1835, went to Christian County, Il. He moved to [udianapolis in
1858, and in company with I. N. Ray, edited and published the Indiana Farmer one year.
In 1859, he came to Kansas and settled at Pleasant Ridge, and moved to Leavenworth City,
in 1867. He now lives near Fairmount, and incompany with L. B. Wheat and his son Walter,
is proprietor of the largest apple orchard inthe world, containining 437 acres and em-

racing 50,000 trees, all winter varieties. He has a very extensive warehouse at Fairmount,
8x72 feet, Lwo stories and basement, used for storing aud packing apples, He has man-
factured this year 40,000 gallons of cider, and has gathered for shipment 11,000 bushels
of apples, He marketed cider and apples in Denver. He was married in Medina
County, Ohio, January 16, 1848, to Susan Hously, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Houstts
Mrs, . ellhouse was born in Stark County, Ohio., December 15, 1826. Names of their chil-
dren are Walter, Mary Celestia, Horace M. and Cora A.

LINWOOD.

This is a thriving village of 125 inhabitants, on the main line of the Kan-
sas Pacific. It has several excellent stores, which do avery good business as
tributary to the prosperous farming country surrounding it. The site of the
village is very beautiful, being at the confluence of the Stranger and Nine-mile
creeks with the waters of the Kansas River, better known to inhabitants of
that locality as the Kaw. Sherman Township was one of the latest townships
of the county to be settled, yet now no farming district therein surpasses it
in prosperity.

Lenape is another railroad station of the county, also on the main line of
the Kansas Pacific. It was laid out, as so many other villages on this line, by
the Kansas Valley Town Company in 1867, and for a time it seemed to have
as good a chance for growth as Linwood, but the position of the latter on the
river gave it an advantage that could not be overcome. Lenape now contains
about seventy-five inhabitants, and its business importance is but slight and its
growth slow. :

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—SHERMAN TOWNSHIP.

JOHN J. BAKER, farmer, Section 1. P. 0. ‘fiblow, came to Kansas in the spring of 1868,
settled in Sherman pow abhIp, and has been engaged in farming ever since. e enlisted in
Company E, Nineteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, August, 1§62; served two years and
ten months, till close of war. ‘a3 in all the engagements of his command; was with Sher-
man during the famous campaigu through Georgia to Savannah; was wounded at Peach
Creek, Ga., and lay in the hospital three months. Was taken prisoner at Thompson Station,
and confined in Libby Prison two months, enduring the indescribable horrors of thatslaugh-
ter pen until exchauged, after which he continued in the service until the close ot the war.
He enlisted as Captain, was promoted as Major, and alterward commissioned Lieutenant-
Colonel of his regiment. e was born in Toronto, Canada, January 29, 1824, son of Benja-
min and Nancy Baker. When he was about four Pa old his parents moved to the State of
New York, settled in Erie County. He grew up to manhood in this State, and at the age uf
twenty-four moved to Wisconsin, where he remained about five years; then moved to Mich-
igan. Lived in Michigan about fifteen years, and then came to Kansas, He was married in
Buffalo, N. Y., June 3, 1847, to Ann M. Beam, daughter of John B. and Eliza Beam. She is
a native of Canada. The children are—Orpa O (dead), Theodore M. and Henry J. (living).
While Cul. Baker is himself a native of Cauada, his father was a native of Maryland, and
his mm Orber of Pennsylvania, He is one of the most intelligent and influential men in Sher-
man Towuship.

THOMAS R BEEZLEY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Linwood. came to Kansas in 1857
and jovated in Barvour County, and lived there from July till May of the following year.
Then he moved to Lawreuce aud lived there till 1868, when be located in Sherman Township,
Leaveuwortb County. He was born in Tennessee In 1820, and removed with his parents
When quile young to Sinclair County, Ill., and remained there till seventeen years of age,
then eulisted in the army and went to Mexico and served with the Rangers during that war,
aud was discharged at tue close of the war and returned to [linois. He was two years a
pilot on the Mississippi River, aud crossed the plaius to California, and remained there two

ears. He returned tu Lilinois aud came to Kausas in 1857. Mr. Beezley was first married
n Kansas, in 1843, to Miss Hanuah Huttsey, a vuative of Philadelphia, and had four chil-
dren, nuove now living. He married his second wife in 1856—Miss Tabitha Euds, a native
of Missouri. They ad five children, one living—Lbomas N.; was married again in Law-
renc¢, in 1865, Lo Mrs. Catherine Stopher had one child—James N.; was married again
in 1872, to Kliza Jaue Ford, a uative of Uhio. Mr, Beezley was Vity Marshal of Lawrence
for seveuteen years and Constable four years, Is a member of the Odd Fellows’ Society.

GEORGE BRAWNER, farmer, Section 35, P. U. Tivlow, caine to Kansas in May, 187u,
settled in Leavenworth Couuty, aud has lived there ever since. Has served as Justice of
the Peace, but has never sought distinction, uas rather avoided office, preferring to live
quietly in enjoyment of his ome and family. He was born in Jessamine County, Ky.,
Deveuiber 24, 18V5, son of Thomas and Klizaveth Brawner. He left nis native place in Sep-
tember, 1836, aud moved te Clay County, Mo., aud remained there six years; then moved to
‘Treucon, du., Where he remained three years, after wuich he lived twenty-five years in
Bruuswick, Mv. When the war broke out he was following the guusmith business at this
Place. As his business was broken up, he moved to Chariton County, wnd lived there till the
close of the war. He theu moved to Linneus, Linn County, and lived there two years, and
from therecame to Kansas. He was married in Madison County, Ky., September 17, 1829,
to Ann Turner, daughter of Edward and Sarab Turner. She is a native of Madison County,
Ky., were she was burn March y, 1812. Mr. Brawuer and wife have hada happy wedded life
of over ofty-three years, and are still ilvying in the enjoyment of good healon. Three years
ago, Septeuber 17, tuey celebrated the fiftieth anuiversary of thelr weddiug-day. Amon
ovber Valuavle presents they received a $50 solid gold medal, appropriately engraved an
inscribed, preseuted by J. Richards, vt Leavenworth Ulty, ‘Toney have five children llv
ing—Lnouwas K., Richard, Elizabeth, Cynthia aud Mollie, ‘They are both worthy members
of the Curistiau Church.

. H. BRUNK, farmer, Section 18, P, 0. Linwood, came to Kansas, April, 1856; settled
near Ventropuils, Franklin County, Has engaged in farming and teaming ever since, Has
served as Constaule six years, nlisted in Company I, Toirveenth Muissourl Volunteer La-
tancry, May 2, l8ol. ‘a3 Uuder tue command uf the gallaut Mulligan, and was taken pris-
oner 46 Loxiugtuu, Mo.; after a stupboru defeuse of eleven days, aud when starvation com-
pelied it, wis Wauie Command surreudered. ‘fhe opportunity aifurdiug, he was mustered
Inv the Pwenty-dfth Missuuri (ufautry the same fall. He was never sick nor avsent a day
tru) Dis cOuulaud Uutil Woduded ab Soliob, He was in all the engageinents of his com-
imaud util he Way Wouuded 4 second time at Peach Tree, Ga, during cue famous Sherman
raid. He was seuc from the huspital home, aud before he had fully recovered he took hls
buggy aud recraicted auutuer company, while yet his leave of absence had notexpired. He
was buen trausferred tu the Forty-Third Missouri Volunteer Lufantry. Was lu an eugage-
mens With Price ab Glasgow, Mo., aud was taken prisuner, held twenty-four hours and
paroled; marched to Bovuville, aud from there ordered to Jefferson City. He continued io
Goverumeut service till close of war, aad was inustered out at Benton Barracks, July, 1865.
He was Commissloned as Second Lieutenant, Company H, aud coinmanded Company D dur-
ing eugagemoeul at Glasguw. He was boro in Franklin County, Ohio, April 13, 1844, son of
Samuel dud Hua Beuak, While only two years olu his parents moved to Davis County,
Mu.,, Wuere De remaiued till he enlisted. After close of war he traveled extensively in Col-
orado, Uregun, Wasadlugton Territory and Califorola; flually settled in Kansas. He was
married in savis County, Mo,, April 28, 1865, to Naucy U. Ureekmure, She was a native of
Missvuri, Tue cuildreou are—Margaret Kulline, Willlam Kdward, Emmett Edson, David
idwin and Samuel #dson. B

Jaues fLduwdas BURNETT, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Lenape, came to Kansas in
Noveinver, 13d5. Kirst settled in Johasou Couuty; now lives in Sherman Township, Leav-
euworth Uvuuty, and is a member of the School ‘Board, District No, 66. He was born in
Ray County, Mo., April 30,1854. Isthesonof William and Lydia Burnett. Came direct

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

ive place to Kansas in 1865. He was married in Leavenworth County, tn Oc-
oma ie GO to Naomi F, Bare, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Bare, She was a native of
Taylor County, Lowa, and died January 11, 1882. Her father and mother survive her. Mr.
Henry Bare is a native of Kast Tennessee; was born January 1, 1816; is the son of Owen and
Sarah Bare; married in Indiana, February 14, 1839, to Elizabeth King. He has served in
this county as Justice of the Peace, and both he and his son-in-law, Mr. Burnett, are
itizens,
respecton ad OO WICK Hee Section 13, P.O. Loring, settled on his present place in the
8 ring of 1883. The home farm contains 260 acres, 100 acres of bottom land, under the
plow, the balance devoted to pasture. Products, both grain and stock. ‘In the latter he has
six head of thoroughbred Short~horn cattle, of the Rose of Sharon family. This farm is
known in history as the “Cook Place.” W. Chadwick was born in Hamilton County,
Ohio, March 11, 1835, He was educated tn his native county, and after leaving school en-
gaged in farming. During the war he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-
eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on the one hundred day call, and was attached
to the army under Gen. Graut, and was located at Washington, White House Landing, and
on the Appomattox, on the left of Gen. Butler’s line. On hiy return home he resumed his
farming operations, and continued this in Ohio uutil 1875. In that year he moved to Kan-
sas, locating at Lawrence. In the followin; spring he bought and settled on a farm, in Wa-
karusa Township, Douglas County, where he engaged in farming untilthe spring of 1883.
He married in Franklin County, Kansas, November 12, 1859, Miss Rebecca M., daughter of
‘Amos Williamson, one of the pioneers of that county. _ They have seven children, iving—
Laury, Arthur, Amy, Olive, Pearly, Mollie and Maud. Mr. C. is amember of the Christian
Church, and in Douglas County a prominent member of the School Board.

M. BF. ORTT TEN! DEN, farmer, Sections 11 and 14, P. O. Lenape, came to Kansas No-
vember 2, 1871, and settled in Sherman Township. He was born in New York, April 13,
1834, son of Mortimer and Jenette Crittenden. In 1844, he moved to Michigan, near Ann
Arbor, and after a residence of several years in Michigan, he went to the State of Ohio,
where he spent some four or five years, and then returned to Michigan, and Ebree years
later moved to Kansas. He was married in Michigan, June 9, 1857, to Elizabeth C. y, by
whom he had one child—William. His first wife died July, 1858, and he was married a
second time in Ohio, December 3, 1862, to Minerva Curry, by whom he had two children—
Nora and Ettie. His second wife died in 1867, and he was married again in Ohio, January
11, 1869, to Mrs. Mary,L. Jewett, a widow lady, whose maiden name was Evans, daughter of
Goodwin and Levina Evans. She js anative of Vermont. Her father is widely known and
universally esteemed, being a Free Will Baptist minister of considerable ability, and hav-
ing done a vast amount of missionary labor at bis own expense through Eastern Kansas,

JOHN C. CULLISON, farmer, Section 13, P. O, Loring, cameto Kansas in the fall of
1866, and settled where he now lives; was then the Delaware Reserve. He has been en-

aged in merchandising, railroading, sole land, farming, etc., since coming to the State.
e came here with a team, wagon and $25 in mouey, and has secured a handsome com-
etence, He served three terms as Constable and one term as Deputy Sheriff. He enlisted
Rh Company I, Twenty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry in the ‘all of 1863; served one
year and was mustered out on account of sickuess, and in 1864, entered the muitia service.
He was born in Athens County, Ohio, June 28, 1836, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Cullison,
When twelve years of age his parents moved to Lee County, Iowa. Spent in Lee, Warren
and Decatur Counties, Iowa, about eighteen years, and came to Kansas in 1866. He was
married in North Missouri, June 28, 1856, to Laura Ann Collier, by whom he had ten chil-
dren—Samuel Levi, Phebe E., Sarah S., Olief F., ThowasJ., Mary M., Laura J., Elnora,
John and Ann A. Losing his first wife by death, he was married a second time, July 4,
1873, to Clara Ann Clark, daughter of Melvin and Sarah Ann Clark, by whom be has four
children—William M., Genelia: Graber, Clarence Eugene and James Emery. He and his
ife are members of the Baptist Church. ‘
7 ‘S H. DREISBACH, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Reno, came to Kansas in October, 1868
and located where he now resides. He was Township Treasurer, aud has been director 0!
the School Board nearly ever since his district was organized. He was born in Carbon
County, Pa. July 21, abs, the son of Daniel and Rebecca Dreisbach; came direct from
Pennsylvania to Kansas in 1868. He was married at Allentown. Pa., September 5, 1854, tu
Mary £. Benner, daughter of Jesse and Harriet Benner. His wife is a native of Lehign
County, Pa. oe Saidren are Samuel, Emma, Susan, Asa J., Joseph H., Mary E., Delia,
awrence K. and Hattie. e
= FRANK M. DUNCAN, merchant, block 2, in Linwood, came to Kansas in the fall of
1867. First located in Linwood, then called “Stranger” (and formerly Journey Cake), on
the Delaware Indian Reserve. He was born near Keokuk, lowa, November 17, 1856. He
is the son of John S, and Annie Duncan. In 1859 his parents removed to Memphis, Tenn.,
and thence to Kansas City one year afterward. Remained at Kansas City seven years and
then moved to Linwood. The summer of 1873 was spent at Grand Tower, Lil., and part of
the year of 1875, at Oberlin Ohio, where he learned telegraphy at college. He has been
engaged in the railroad service for seven years; was with the K. P. road in Kansas until
March, 1881, when he went to Colorado and engaged as Chief Clerk in the ‘Resideut-En-
gineers” office, of the Denver and Rio Grande K. R. Served In this capacity thirteen months
and thea returned to Linwocd and went to merchandising. He was married at Linwood,
September 15, 1880 to Viola Tudhope, daughter of Jonn and Mary Tudhope. She died
October 31, same fall. She was a native of Ohio, and was twenty-three years of age at the
time of herdeath. Mr. Duncan’s father, John 8S. vuncan, deserves some mention in con-
nection with this sketch. He was a man of unusual vigor and force of character. Was a
native of Ohio; ran a saw mill in Kansas City five years, and frou 1865 uutil the time of
his death at Grand Tower, IIL., in 1873, lived at Linwood, Kansas.
JOSHUA ECKMAN, farmer and grocer, Section 6, P. O. Daisy, came to Kansas, March,

 

 

 

 

1869, and located where he now resides. Has been engaged in farming since he came to
the State, put now intends to keep acountry hotel and grocery store, and will farm and
garden on a small scale. He also expects to build a large aquarium and to propagate fish.
He is Treasurer of School District, and takes a lively interest in educational matters. He
was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Marca 27, 1822, son of Jacob and Vatherine Eckman.
He left his native home, March, 1869, and came direct to Kansas. He has been married
three times, losing two wives by death. First Marriage was in Lancaster County, Pa., March
10, 1846, to Elizabeth H. Brown, daughter of James and Mercy Brown, by whom he had
two caildren—Ethelinda and Marietta. Second Marriage was Septeuiber 23, 1852, to
Sarah S. Smedley, daughter of Ellaud Elizaveth Smedley, by whom he had one child—
Alonzo S. His third marriage took place in the same county, to Mary E. Marsh, No-
vember 6, 1855, daughter of William and Alice Marsh. She is a native of Chester County,
Pa. By his last wife ne has eight children—John, William, Jacob, Mary Alice, Arthur,
Isaac, James, Maggie and Nannie, Mr. Eckman’s home commands one of the finest
views in the State of Kansas. Lawrence and the Scate University are plainly visible, dis-
tance fourteen miles. The steeples of Kansas City cau be seen on clear afternoons, dis.
tance twenty-six miles. A scope of couutry the richestin the State, comprising nearly
three counties in Kansas, and a smallportior. of Missouri lies in distinct view from the
observatory on Mr. Kckman’s hotel. Easy of access by two lines of railway, from Leaven-
worth, Kausas City, Lawrence and Topeka, it atfords for the tired and overworked deniz-
ens of these thriving cities the pleasautest and healthiest resort during the hot summer
montas that can be found, i

JOHN B. FREDERICK, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Linwood, came to Kansas City spring
of 1848. Purchaseu tifteen acres of land ator near the mouth of Kansas River, at $10 per
acre, farmed it here for a few years, aud sold fourteen (a4) acres for $3,000, and afterward
sold the remaluing one acre for $4,400. Iu 1862 moved into Wyandotte County, Kan., and
in 1881 came fo pregeus locatiun. Lu 1854 weut with an ox train from Fort Leavenworth to
Fort Union. as about four months making the round trip. They were two months out
of Sight of any white settlement. In goimg out found no white settiement between Leaven-
worth aud Oouncli Grove, but on return fuund the country between these points settling
rapidly. In 1859, Mr. Frederick, in company with seven otuers, was empluyed by two
Freuch noblemeu to accompany them as guides and bodyguard ou a pleasure and hunting
excursion, across the plains to Mexico, hey proceeded as far as Salt Creek, fifty miles be-
yond Fort Riley, The company were supplied with a very custly outfit, and every luxury
was afforded that money could procure, Sutfalo were found in abundance. After severai
futile efforts onthe part of the noblemen to bring down a buffalo, a Mr, Eno, one of the

‘uldes and anold hunter, killed three ina few minutes, But the evening alter che first

uut, a few suspicious acting Ludlans were prowling near camp, and our brave lords sud-
denly abandoned the idea of golug to Mexicu, and decided to return by the shurtest route to
Kansas Clty. Mr. Frederick was boru tu Germany, December z, 1832, son of Henry and
Mary Ann Frederick, When five years old his parents moved to America, and settled in
Henry County, Mo., 1837, rematning there till he moved to Kansas City in 1848. He was
married in (ansas City, November 6, 1860, to Margaret Gittens, daughter of Patrick and
Catherine Gittens, She isa native of Ireland. They have eight children—Catherine, Wil-
liam H., Joho &., Francis E., Thomas, Mary Ann, Alien,

JOHN JEWATT, farmer, Section’5, P.O. Linwood, cameto Kansas June 16,1857. He
first located in Leavenworth Clty, and engaged in drilling wells till 1869, since when he has
been engaged in farming. He was the first County Commissioner elected from Sherman
Towuship—served twu years. Was Sergeant in Kansas State Militia, He was born in Rich-
mond, Outario Uo., N. ¥., July 13,1834. Sonof Stephen 8. and Jemima Jewett, At an
early age his parents moved to Kend stl, Orleans County, He remained at home tll he was
of age, by wh ch ti oe he bad accumalated a little money of his own, by teaching schooland
taking Gresley’s advice to young men, he vans west as faras [ilinols. Here, in tie fall of
1356, ae cast ois first vote, fur Jamas Bucnsnwn. Laughtsc 1091 walle in flinols. [In May,
13857, with @ Grain of elavea e atsrant wasons, he started for Kang3as, and reached Fort
Lesvenw orth June 16,1357. Ha was mocried ta Lawrences, Merch 5, 1801, co Ellen A, Tur-
msn, woo was bora in Perrysville, Vermillion Uo., [nl daughter of Benjamin Tarman.

oele enuaren are Sarah Mval, Stepa:n B., John, Willlam G., Joseph A., Kmily P. and
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

J.T. MARTIN, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Lena
. O. pe, came to Kansas in the f
indraatns Coueegseeratet, gh ferreday Nyyinip cerns zu, Meno tora
* ” . . Ou oO ayborn an Tal \e
early age nis parents moved to Clay County, Mo., where he grew up to Seo hers
Bae of until 1872, when he came to Kansas. He was married in Platte County, Mo.
March 30, 880, to Stella Allen, daughter of O. D. and Pauline Allen. They have one chlld,
Teen artin, Mr, Martin is prosperous in business, and has a promising future be-

m.
JACOB MORRIS, farmer, Section 13, P. 0. Loring, c
i 5 » » P.O. ame to Kansas in the
q860; First located near Fort Scott, in Bourbon County’: remained there aloah nontacn
me 8, and moved to present location in Sherman Townshi . He belonged to Company K,
Caen Kanyas State Militia, and was inthe en: agement at Westport. Was bore in
Salad a ounty. a September 26, 1844, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Morris. Left his
dotte co ae May 9, 1860, and landed in Kansas July 3, 1860. He was married in Wyan-
aot o Coun ¥, Kan., August 6, 1865, to Cassinda Reynolds, daughter of Evan and Margaret
i y. \ 8. She is a native of Bates County, Mo, Their children are—Evan Henry, Loretta
Lilly Etta, Ida May, Mandell and Eva Ellen, :
gS ARLES W. ORRICK, farmer, Section 22. P. O. Lena ©, came to Kansas spring of
J808s rat Settled at Spring Hill, in Johnson County. He enilsted in Company I, Fifth Kan-
Eas avalry, November 14,1861. He served three years and seven months, and was in all
f e engagements of his command except at Pine Bluffs. Wasthen sick and at home on fur-
lougt a e@wasa Prigoner thirteen months and five days at Camp Ford, Tyler, Tex. Was
must ered out April 18,1865. He was born at Belleville, Hendricks Co., Ind., March 10.
7 poner ds . and Kliza Orrick, At an early age his parents moved to Gosport, Ind:
reins nec i ere four years, and moved to Cataract, thence to Fillmore, and then moved to
Baylor ell ©, Ill; after remaining there three years came to Kansas. ‘He was married at
Gari ne solinson oes Fan, me 80, 186o, to Meaty Redd, Gauge Ober of J. D. and Sarah
Lottie, Grace and Bertha, Ye '. ey have six children, viz,, Francis, Minnie, Willie,
i . PENCE, farmer, Sections 9 and 10, P. O. Lenape, came to Kansas
1863. and first located in Jackson County. Has been en aged interming ever Dace nnonine
¢ anses. Has been a member of the School Board five or six years. Was born in Scott
Count y. Ky., November 25, 1835. He is the son of Henry and Lorany Pence. Atan early
age s arents moved to Missouri, and he grew to manhood in Clay County, Mo. Came direct
fron ssouri to Kansas. He was married in Clay County, Mo., February 10, 1859, to Sarah
, Martin, daughter of Clayborn and Frances Martin. She is a native of Kentucky, Their
children are—Joseph Edwin, John R. and George L, Pence. Mr,‘and Mrs. Pence are worthy
members of the M Peo aptist Church.
i HARLES PETERSO , farmer, Section 6, P.O. Linwood. He was born in Sweden,
anuary 28,1842. Son of Peter and Mary A. Peterson, He left his native home in 1868
au wont to San Francisco, Cal., where he remained five years. He then returned to
weden, but again sought a home in the Western Continent and came to Illinois, and after
remaining there two years he came to Kansas, November, 1878. He was married in Sher-
man Townshi| » Spring of 1882, to Jennie Tousin, a natlye of Sweden. He has adopted
ansas as his home, and proposes to thoroughly inform himself as to the geography, history
and resources of our thriving young State, and thus to become an. intelligent and useful
JAMES PICKENS, farmer, Section 11, P.O. Linwood, came to Kansas, fall of 1
was engaged for two years following, freighting for Government. Made his first fees
Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley with mule train. The second journey was made in about
five months from the same initial point to Fort Union, N.M.,andreturn. There were very few
houses in Leavenworth City when he left for New Mexico,and the country along the extreme
eastern border of Kansas was just then receiving its first emigrants. A few days’ drive took
him entirely away from all white settlements, but on his return he found that during the short
period of five months the pioneer settlers had pushed their way far into the interior of the
State, and Leavenworth had grown to very respectable dimensions as acity. His next trip
in the Government service was to Fort Kearney, Neb. He remained at that post four or
five months, and was there when Gen. Harney had his famous engagement with Indians at
Ash Hollow. On his return from Fort Kearney he went to Parkville, Mo., and there carried
on the mercantile business from 1856 till spring of 1861, when he moved to the old Indian
village of Scicoxisville, Leavenworth Co., Kas. But in 1865 he returned to Missouri, re-
mained two years, and in 1867 again moved to Kansas, settled where he now lives, and’ has
engaged in farming ever since, He is an old veteran of the Mexican war, having served
under Gen. Paterson, and was in all the engagements of his command. He has been elected
County Commissioner of his county three times and has served two terms. Has frequently
Tepe ented his district in County Conventions. He was born in Tennessee, August 17,
1833. Son of William and Annie Pickens, His parents both died when he was quite young.
He came from Tennessee to Platte County in 1853. He was married in Leavenworth City,
June 3, 1861, to Kansas Bingley. daughter of Mr. Charles Bingley. She is a native of
ae They have five chi dren, Charles O., James R, M., Lilly C,, Sarah M., and
ver J.
JAMES P. SEEVER, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Lenape, came to Kansas, March 4, 1861,

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and first located near Arrington, Atchison County. He has been engagedin farming ever since
he came to the State. Was born-in Fleming County, Ky., May 6, 1836. His parents were
George and Sarah Seever, He left Kentucky about the year 1855 and moved to Buchanan
County, Mo., where he remained until his removal to Kansas in 1861, He was married in
Buchanan County, Mo., December 8, 1858, to Evaline Patton, daughter of Clayborn and
Nancy Patton. She was a native of Missouri. They have seven children, Amanda, Lewis
James W., Clayborn, Fannie, Ella, and John. Z
HOGH SHANNON, farmer and merchant, dealer in grain and stock, Section 22, P. 0.
Lenape, came to Kansas In April, 1870, and settled at Lenape, engaged in farming exclus-
ively for five years, but has since combined merchandising and grain dealing with farming.
He has been Township Treasurer two terms, and has served as District Treasurer for ten
consecutive years. e was conscriptedin Murray County, Ga., during the rebellion, and
in April, 1862,entered the Confederate service; thirteen months afterward he abandoned the
service and went to New York, where he engaged in boating on the Hudson River four
ears, He was born in Cocke County, East Tenn., October 13, 1836; is the son of Hugh and
usan Shannon. In 1847 his parents moved to Murray County, Ga., and he remained with
them until conscripted in 1862. He returned to Georgiafrom New York in 1867 and re-
mained there until 1870, when he removed to Kansas. He was married in Lenape, April
12, 1877, to Matilda Nixon, who is a native of Illinois, Mr. Shannon is deservedly a popular

man. .

JOSEPH J. SHAW, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Tiblow,came to Kansas in March, 1868;
first located in Johnson County. He enlisted in Company I, Thirty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry July 4, 1861, and served until January 17, 18638, and re-enlisted again in Com-
pany B, Second Regiment of Heavy Artillery, Ohio Volunteers, who were enrolled on the
5th day of July, 1863, to serve three years. e@ was on duty all the time and was in all the
engagements of his command, He was born in Adams County, Ohio, October 24, 1842; is
the sou of Smith and Lydia Shaw. In the spring of 1868, left Ohio and came direct to
Kansas, after living a short time in Johnson County moved to his present location in Sher-
man Township, Leavenworth County. He was married in Ohio, September 17, 1865,
Louisa Stilwell, daughter of William and Elizabeth Stilwell. They have three children,
EmmettC., Lilly and Jessee. Mr. Shaw’s father, Smith Shaw, who is still living on an ad-
joining farm, deserves some notice in this connection. He enlisted at the beginning of the
war in Battery F, First Ohio Light Artillery, and served until its close in 1865. Was in many
heavy engagements in which we mention, Murfreesboro, Stone River, Chattanooga, Fort
Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, etc. He also had three
sons in the army and all are still living. Both his parental and maternal grandfathers were
killed in the war of the Revolution at a place then known as Cross Lanes, He was born in
Highland County, Ohio, August 31, 1819. He is the son of James and Rebecca Shaw. Was
married inthe same county to Lydia Marlatt, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Marlatt. His
wife is still living. They have had twelve children—eleven of whom are now living—Nancy
E., Rebecca, Hannah, Joseph, J., Daniel M., Cyreneus, Sarah Amanda, William Newton
Martha Kansas and Mar: ebraska, twins, and John C.

ORRIN W. SHEPHERD, merchant, Lot 3. Block 31, Linwood, came to Kansas sprin
of 1870; first located at Edwardsville. He was born in Liberty, Cal., November 19,
1858, son of Adam and Mary Shepherd. Left California, February, 1869, and moved to
Harrison County, Mo., and fora few months engaged in farming, and then moved to Ed-
wardsville, Kan. Has served the Union Pacific Railroad as operator at Linwood, Solomon
City, Manhattan and other places. Was also in employ of K.C.L. & S. R. R., asagent and
operator, at Burden, Cowley Co., Kan., until August 19. 1881, when he opened a store at
Linwood, and has already found it necessary to enlarge his store room, and is now building
anew business house, 22x50 feet, where, in company with F, M. Duncan, he will keepa
fnll assortment of general merchandise.

J. M. STOTTS, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Tiblow, cameto Kansas fall of 1869; first lo-
cated at Edwardsville; and in 1880 moved to present location. He was born in Cass County,
Mo.,May 2, 1855, son of William and Jemima Stotts. Atanearly age went with parents to
Leesville, lil. Remained there four years, then returned to Cass County, Mo., and two years
later came to Edwardsville, Kan., where he remained till spring of 1880, since then he has
lived in Sherman Township. The year 1876 was spent in railroad service in Colorado. He
was married in Wyandotte County, September 5, 1882, to Mollie Johnson, daughter of C. K,
and M, 5. Johnson. Sheis a native of Missouri. Mr. Stotts is one of our enterprising, in-
telligent andiprogressive young men.

J W. WARRING, farmer and physician, Section 6, P.O. Linwood, came to Kansas Janu-
ary 2, 1870, settled where he now lives, and has practiced medicine and engaged in farming
ever since. He takes.considerable interest in educational, matters, being a member of the
School Board, and has also served as Township Clerk and Trustee. He was born in Scott
County, Ky., August 4, 1847, the son of William and Martha Warring. He left Kentucky in
1869, and moved to Platte City, Mo., where he remained about seven months, and then
came to his present location. He was married in Sherman Township, May 9, 1870, to Lydia
F. Harness, daughter of Thomas and Mary Harness. She isa native of Kentucky. ‘he
Dr. Warring is a successfu
He is a worthy member of Advent

 

have four children—Carrie M., Ray, E. Cobb and Oley Otto.
farmer and agood physician; has a lucrative practice,
Church.

 
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

V DONIPHAN COUNTY.

 

NATURAL FEATURES,

Di County, situated in the extreme northeast of Kansas, makes
but a small showing on the general map, but a great one in the history
of the State. It is bounded on the south by the Missouri River, the State of
Missouri and Atchison County, Kansas; west by Brown County; north by the
State line and the Missouri, and east by the Missouri River and the State of
Missouri.

The county has, according to the Government survey, twenty-five per
cent of bottom and seventy-five percent. of upland. Forest covers sixteen
per cent of the county, and rollin
prairie and bluffs the other eighty-
four per cent.

Timber is found quite plentifully
along the Missouri River, and aver-
ages one mile in width, Along the
minor streams it runs from one-quar-
ter to one-half of a mile. The prin-
cipal varieties of forest trees are black
walnut, hickory, oak and _ cotton-
wood.

The land is watered by Wolf Riv-
er, which passes through the towns of
Leona and Severance, then turns
northeast and finally north, passing
through Fanning, and at last empty-
inginto the Missouri, Clear and Mis-
sion creeks, running north through the
west part of the county to the Mis-
souri, and Independence, Rock and
Brush creeks running south to the
Missouri. There are also many small
streams which are either nameless or
have merely local names not in uni-
versal use.

Of the 242,560 acres of land in the
county, about sixty per cent is under
cultivation. Doniphan County is not
richin minerals, no coal having been
discovered, and, although building
stone is believed to exist, no quarries
have yet been developed.

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IOWA AND SAC MISSION, Seams

The earliest settlement within the

 

the cut stone still lies near the house of J, P. Johnson, in Highland, the other

material being scattered. The remainder of the building, which brought

$7,800 at auction in New York, is still standing to the north of the road to

Highland Station, on the Atchison & Nebraska Railway, and about midway

between the two points.

At the old Mission, from 1842 onward, a number of grammars and text books
in the Indian language were set up and printed, the work, both literary and
typographical, being done by Revs. S. M. Irvin and William Hamilton. ~The
title of one of these books, still in the possession of Rev. S. M. Irvin, runs as

follows:

“ ANIOWAY GRAMMAR, illustrating the
principles of the language used by
the Ioway, Otoe and Missouri. Pre
pared and printed by Rev. Wm_
Hamilton and Rev. S. M. Irvin
under the direction of the Presby_
terian Board of Foreign Missions
Ioway and -Sac Mission Press
1848.”

This book is interleaved with,
white pages for the convenience of
annotation. It is a 16 mo of 152
pages. The old press upon which it
was printed is still in the possession
of Rev. S. M. Irvin, at Highland.

After the opening of the Terri-
tory and the sale of the Iowa trust
lands, the Indian reservation was
made to embrace a narrow strip on
the north of the county, where the
remnant of the once powerful tribe is
now located. They have there a
small village called Nohart, after a
famous warrior of the tribe in the
days of Indian supremacy.

SQUATTERS' ASSOCIATION.

The following account of the first
meeting of this noted association is
furnished by Benjamin Harding, an
old resident and a member.of the as-
sociation.

“Immediately after the treaty
with the Kickapoos, in 1854, a meet-

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present boundaries of Doniphan was nero ing oF the squatters: was called. and
& La
the Iowa and Sac Mission, which was a at ds B. Whitehead + Jue 24,
opened under the auspices of the 1870. 1880. a erpaniZe - Es ieee a ee.
American Board of Foreign Missions —wurr Oak Township..cc...cssss0s ;ssesvsvsvessvsses ssvsssssiss even 0 See eee a wee om
ig re ship. . 1.015 1,014 h R. Whitehead
of the Presbyterian Church, the work — Center Township, including Troy City. ........1....ss-es estes gie48 | 2ti77 Joe, was chairman. J. R. Whitehead,
hoes rR S M Irvi Iowa Township. including Highiand City and White Cloud City. 3.531 3,607 secretary. An executive committee
gz geo ev. ©. . Irvin, Marion TownShip.........sesesseeseee maatealeiyee saan ey 658 619 inted * ope f John H
who came to Kansas in 1837, and (a) Union Township........... caaeuaivn sia ie 2 a8 816 was appointed, consisting of John H.
’ Washington Township, including Elwood City and Wathena City...:] 2,513 1,865 Whitehead, H. Smallwood, J. B.
was the first white man to take up Wayne Township, inc uding Doniphan City............ 1961 ; : . : .
permanent residence in the then un- (b) Wolf River Township, including Severance City. 2,198 O'Toole, J. W. Smith, Sr., Sam.
organized county. His wife accompa- 4 Mouteeierys B. ie id a
nied him. Six months after the arri- Smith, Jr, J. J. Seaton, J.
val of Mr. Irvin, Rev. Wm. Hamilton Waterson, C. B. Whitehead, Ander-
came to the Mission. The first mis- cena son ee and Jeeenh Sr a
. Wd ro idl aiseaN aN AymattEbeN o8h KANNAGI SRE Ridimaenbiaadn! committee on re 2
sion buildings were of logs, but before Highland Glty ey Soe sistine of Ws, Broadus “Thompson. C
many years the grand old Mission White Cloud C! 843 825 gc e Peer ae
building, part of which is still stand- Hood Olt. Pe pecs Be ners ae
ing, was erected. It was situated Doniphan City 528 218 ~—sCustine, reported the following, whic
about one mile east of the present Severance City.... 375 was adopted as the basis of the organ-
town of Highland. This was a mon- ee paras oie ff
ster structure for the times. Its (a) Organized in 1878, from part of Wolf River. wy hereas,. WO; Clilzens-of Kansas. Ser:
: a q : z ritory, intending to fix our homes on its
dimensions were 170x37 feet, and it B) Organized in 1878, from part of Union, Fertile soll, havethis day met at Whitehead
had threestories. The basement was for the purpose of taking measures to se-

of fine cut stone, quarried near the river, and the brick for the superstructure
was made on the spot by men from St. Joseph, Mo. The lumber came from
Pittsburgh, Pa., and made an exact steamer load. Starting at Pittsburgh it came
down the Ohio and Mississippi to St. Louis, and thence up the Missouri to the
river bank opposite the Mission, where it was discharged. Notwithstanding the
great size of the building, it was put up quite cheaply, the brick costing but three
dollars per thousand and the men’s wages averaging ten dollars per month. After
serving its purpose for more than a quarter of a century, this historic building
was sold in April, 1868, to J. P. Johnson, of Highland. A quarter of it was at
once taken down with the intention of using the material in the construction
of. the University building. This project was not, however, carried out, and

cure safety. certainty and fatrness in the
eae de raat in f fb de S 8 ignt
wed: 1. at we are in favor of bona fide Squatter Sovereignty,
and acknowledge the right of any citizen of the United Rete as make a claim in Kan-
sas Territory, with the ultimate view of occupying it.

: 2. That such claims, when made, should beheld inviolate so long as a_ bona fide in-
tention of occupying it is apparent and forthe purpose of protecting and defending such
claims, we agree to act in concert if necessary, to expel intruders.

That any person of lawful age, or who may be the head of a fammllys who shall

mark out his claim of 160 acres, so that it may be apparent how the claim lies, shall be

deemed to have made a proper claim.

4. That any person marking out his claim shall be deemed to have forfeited it unless
he commences his cabin or Pitches his tent within thirty days thereafter, unless the same
shall be on such land as prohibited by military or Indian reservations.

5. That all persons now holding claims shall have thirty days from this day In which
to make the improvements contemplated by the foregoing resolutions,

That no person shall be protected by the Squatter Association who holds in his own

right more than one claim,

location and preservatio
“ Therefore be it Resol

 
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

“7, That any person ss
shall Be deena ny pergon building his cabin, or tent, within less than a half-mile of another

. That a citizen of the Territory be appointed register of claims, who shall keep a
book in which he shall note the name and dosduiption of eit squatters and their claims, Tor
which he shall be allowed the sum of fifty cents for each claim, to be paid by the claimant.
titlea tone a. ‘bona. fide purchase, oF i claith located and registered be recognized a8 en-
citizen of the Territory, 8 0: 8 association, provided his intention beto become a

4,10. That we will afford protection to no Abolitionist as asettler of Kansas Territory.

11. That we recognize the Institution of slavery as already existing in the Territory
and recommend to slave-holders to introduce their propert as soon as practicable.

12. That a vigilance committee be appointed hy the chair, consist! ng of thirteen mem-
bers of this association, whose duty it shall be to Inquire into all disputes in relation to
claims, and to the execution of their Judgment in regard to rightful claimants, they shall
have power to call together the entire Squatter Association.

13. That all persons who wish to become members of the Squatter Association shall

subscribe tothe foregoing preamble and resolutions.”

The first record upon the books of the County Commissioners of Doniphan
County records the meeting ‘‘of the Squatter Association of Kansas Territory,
held at Whitehead on the 22nd of July, 1854, in accordance with a resolution
passed by an adjourned meeting of the 24th of June.” The proceedings of their
meeting are spread upon the records as follows:

Thomas W. Waterson was called to the chair, and James R. Whitehead
appointed secretary of the meeting.

On motion of A. Larzelere, the proceedings of the previous meeting were
read and unanimously adopted.

On motion of Major D. Vanderslice, the fourth resolution of the previous
meeting was amended so as to read as follows:

Resolved, That any person marking out his claim she!! be deemed to have forfeited
unless he commences his cabin or pitches his tent within thirty days thereafter, unless the
same shall be on such lands as prohibit it by military or Indian reservations. Provided
that any Indian agent, officer or employe of the United States, who shall have marked out
his claim and has been deterred from commencing his cabin, or otherwise improving his
claim, on the ground that it was a violation of the law, but have in all respects complied
with the third resolution, then such claims shall be deemed good.

On motion of John H. Whitehead, it was resolved that all persons having
marked claims in Kansas Territory, within the following boundary to wit:
beginning at the mouth of Cadew Creek and running due west to the western
boundary of the Kickapoo lands, thence north along said boundary to the
Towa and Sac lands, thence north along the western boundary of said lands to
the Nehama, thence down the Nehama and Missouri Rivers to the place of
beginning, shall be constituted members of, within the limits and under the
jurisdiction of this Squatter Association.

On motion of James M. Tegarden, it was resolved that there be but one
register of claims within the limits of this Squatter Association.

_ On motion of Samuel Penn Blair, James R. Whitehead was appointed said
register,

it was further resolved that all claims registered previous to this meeting
by a regular appointed register be considered valid, but such as are registered
after this date by any other than the register appointed by the meeting, be con-
sidered invalid.

On motion, it was resolved that all claims made and properly registered
since the first day of January, 1853, be considered valid.

The meeting then adjourned to August Ig.

Following this record comes the filing of claims by the squatter settlers.
Many of these bear date July Ist, and give the time of taking possession of
the land at various dates, the earliest being that of James R. Whitehead, who
“claims the above described parcel of land by right of actual settlement and
peaceable possession of the same from the first day of November, 1851.” This
claim is also stated to be ‘composed of two fractional quarter sections sup-
posed to contain 160 acres,” and is located by giving the names of adjoining
claimants, and also by stating that it is opposite the southwest quarter of
Section 34, Township 58, Range 36, in Missouri.

Entry number eighteen, bears date of July 4, and states the time of resi-
dence of the claimant, Andrew J. Branson, as beginning March 28, 1854.
Across the face of this entry appear the significant words, ‘‘ The above claim
was awarded to Mewer on the 15th day of July by the Vigilance Committee, J.
R. Whitehead, recorder.”

On August roth, 1854, the Squatter Association met at Whitehead, and
the following business was transacted: James B. O’Toole was appointed chair-
man, and James R. Whitehead, secretary. It was resolved,

“That from and after this date all disputes in relation to claims, shall be referred to a
committee of three to be appointed by the Vigilance Committee, who shall be authorized
toaetbea suaniuae Senet are, ALE 186 Cou tsa Wipibies rer iouay gnpelten
*iich shall hola ity mectings of the first Monday of each month, at Whitehead.” d

Then follow resolutions fixing the pay of the members of the Vigilance
Committee at fifty cents each foreach service, and of the Secretary at twenty-
five cents for each notice, and also requiring each contestant to deposit five
dollars to secure costs of investigation. It was also decided that each person
holding an unrecorded claim, be required to record the same within thirty days,
“and if there is no house upon the same, to erect one, or a flag staff, or put
four posts in the ground and lay a foundation of four logs thereon, or plough at
least one acre of ground somewhere on his claim.”

On October 15, 1854, the Squatters’ Association met and proceeded to the
consideration of the first case of forcible ejection of a claim holder who had
‘ jumped” the land of another. A committee was appointed to draw up ap.
propriate resolutions which were at once reported, and were as follows :

rg from the records of this association, that George Jameson on the
we End took possession of a claim owned by W. K. Richardson, which was.

in Kansas Territory, within the jurisdiction of this association, and that on the day of

1854, said Jameson at the instance of said Richardson was duly notified to appear be-

fore the Vigilance Committee of this association for the purpose of contesting the validity

of his claim if he had any, and whereas he failed to appear before said committee, and

judgment was in consequence thereof rendered against him by default, and the Marshal of

this association was required to notify said Jameson of said judgment, and to require him

to leave said claim before the 5th inst., and whereas he refuses to leave said claim and is

still thereon in defiance of the judgment of the Vigilance Committee and the notice to
leave, .

lved by this association that the members of this association this day pres-

ent a cinad y enforce their rules and judgments, will forthwith proceed to

tha claim in coatroversy, and require said Jameson to leave the same and surrender the

 

 

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possession to said Richardson, and if upon said request he refuses to leave said claim, we
will remove him therefrom, peacefully if we can and forcibly if we must, and put said
Richardson iu possession of said claim.

The committee further state that the records of this association show that Hamilton J.
Johnson on the day of 1854, recovered a judgment before the Vigilance Com-
mittee of against McAshan for a claim of 160 acres in Kansas Territory, lying
within the jurisdiction of this association, and whereas it appears trom satisfactory
evidence before the committee, that after the rendition of the judgment said McAshan
abandoned said claim, and has put said Jameson in possessivn of the same as his agent, or
otherwise, and that said Jameson is now residing on the same and refuses to deliver the
same to said Johnson, according to the judgment of the Vigilance Committee. We there-
fore recommend the same proceedings to be adopted against said Jameson as is provided in
the foregoing resolutions for the purpose of putting W. K. Richardson in possession of his
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At the December meeting of the Vigilance, but little of moment oc-
curred. The only resolution offered being one calling for total disregard of
complaints from persons not residents of the Territory, unless they should
make oath of their intentions to become Jona fide settlers. With this entry
closes the record of the Squatters’ Association, and the next proceedings were
those of the Court of County Commissioners called on September 17, 1855, at
the town of Whitehead,

KANSAS TROUBLES OF 755.

In an old volume published in Washington in 1856, is a report of the
troubles of the ‘border ruffian” times, with the detailed accounts of various
residents of Doniphan County, of the withdrawal of the Free-state ticket, and
the workings of the party who came from Missouri to elect a ticket for Kansans
of this county. A. A. Jamison, being sworn, was examined by Gov. Reeder
and gave the following testimony: i

“I was at the election of March 30, 1855, at the Burr Oak precinct. On
the 2gth day of the month, in the afternoon, towards evening, some ten or dozen
wagons came over the ferry from St. Joseph’s to the place and camped upon
the ground west of the place. They brought provisions with them. There was
a firing of firearms during the evening until late in the night. I saw them
passing as I was at.theroad. The next morning the firing began again. I went
up to the place of voting early in the morning, and they soon began to comein
from St. Joseph and continued coming; I did not count them but as near as I
can make an estimate of the numbers who were not citizens of the precinct, I
should judge there were something like two hundred. They were well armed
with rifles, pistols, bowie knives, and even ‘war clubs’ as they termed them.
About fifteen minutes before the polls were opened, the candidates of the Free-
state party proclaimed that the whole party would be withdrawn and the Pro-
slavery party could have the field to themselves. Gen. Stringfellow, of Weston,
was there—I was not acquainted with him but he was pointed out to me by
those who said they knew him—stepped up to Major Fee, who was a Free-state
candidate, and asked him to get up on the fence and proclaim it aloud so that
the party might hear him. He did so, and there seemed to be great rejoicing,
hats flying, hallooing, etc. There were two opposing candidates of the Pro-
slavery party for the council, Maj. William P. Richardson and Capt. John H.
Whitehead. Capt. Whitehead mounted a stump and madea speech * * *
and requested the Missourians to stand back and let the actual residents of the
district settle the question between him and Major Richardson, as the field was
then clear. The voting commenced and was continued from that time till sua-
down. There was a party selected, towards evening, of good fighting men to
stand and protect the polls until they were closed, and they saw all was right.
Their reason for forming such a party, as they said themselves, was that they
were afraid the Free-state men would come in and vote towards evening. No
reply was made to the proposal that the Missourians on the grounds should
stand back and not interfere with the voting of actual residents, and Major
Richardson in his testimony swears that he did not sce a single Missourian cast
a ballot. On the other side, many of the residents of the county swear posi-
tively that the men from the Missouri side of the river were the principal voters,
and Hon. Willard P. Hall, now and then a resident of St. Joseph, acknowl-
edges seeing several Missourians vote. After the withdrawal of the Free-state
party there could be no struggle except between the opposing factions of the
Pro-slavery men, and in that Missouri was not so strongly interested.”

DEFUNCT TOWNS.

In the early days of the county a craze for new towns took possession of
the settlers. Almost everyone had his pet town project as, a little later, many
had their railroad hobbies. Among the first of these was Charlestown, which
was taken by a stock company consisting of Michael Bird, Isaac S. Jones, Miles
W. Brown, A. G. Clarke, Charles F. Holly, E. W. Wood, and Charles B. Ham-
ilton. Charlestown was located on the northeast quarter of Section 22, Town-
ship 2, Range 21. In their petition the owners of the new town ‘pray the
court to make the proper entry at the nearest land office.” This town reached
some little prosperity and had twelve or fifteen houses—a respectable size for
the times—but was finally vacated and is now a farm.

In September, 1857, a petition was filed by T. H. McCulloch, H. Miles
Moore, James Skinner, Thomas Bell, Daniel Bauman, Henry Wilson, Robert
Hayes, James Craft, David Cowger, J. W. Wilson, and Philip Rush, for the
location of a town to be known as Columbus City. This town had already been
located, having been laid out on May 25, 1857, on the southeast quarter of Sec-
tion 20, and the southwest quarter of Section 21, in ‘Township 2, Range 22.
This town had some growth, and was for a number of years assessed as a town
site, but has been long since vacated.

Evansville was located on the north half of Section 25, Township 3, and
Range 21. The projector of this town was Col. D. M. Johnston, who filed his
claim on June 1, 1857, in behalf of the proprietors, the Evansville Town Com-
pany. The proper filings were made by Hon. Joel P. Blair in the land office in
Doniphan, With this entry the town’s official record ends, and it is extremely
doubtful if it ever came into being.

Lafayette was laid out on December 23, 1856, by J. B. McAllister, C. F.
Bowron and Thomas B.Glenn. It comprised the land on two fractional parts of
sections, ‘These were the east half of Section 14, Township 2, Range 20, and
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southwest quarter of Section 13, of the same Township. Like so many pro-
jected towns, Lafayette never achieved actual existence of any notable amount.

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION,

In the summer of 1855, the first Territorial Legislature divided Kansas into counties,
establishing the boundaries of Doniphan substantially as they exist at present. Governor
Reeder’s proclamation issued November 8, 1854, divided the territory into sixteen election
districts, , What is now Doniphan County was designated the ‘Fourteenth Council
District,” with three voting precincts—Doniphan, Wolf Creek, and Burr Oak. James R.
Whitehead, constable of this district, was commissioned November 25, 1854, as the first
officer of Doniphan County. After the county was created by territorial enactment in the
summer of 1855 the Court of Commissioners duly met September 18, 1855, and elected
Mr. Whitehead County Clerk, ex-officio Clerk of the Probate Court and Recorder of Deeds.
Joel P. Blair, Alex. Dunning and K. V.B. Rogers were the commissioners present, Places
for holding the election in October for delegate to Congress were designated, and
the judges appointed. It was also ordered that an election for Brown County be held at
the house of W. C. Foster, on the south fork of the Nemaha.

The commissioners appointed by the Territorial Legislature to locate the seat of justice
of Doniphan County met at Whitehead on the 11th and 12th of October, and driving a stake
in the southwest quarter of Section 17, Washington Township. inscribed on one side there-
of * The Connty Seat of Doniphan County is located on this quarter section,” and on the
other they signed their names—A. Payne and Thos. J. B. Cramer, on October 12. Pursuant
to order James F.'Foreman had, by November, laid off eighty acres of the county seat
(named the town of Troy) into lots, and surveyed the public square of three hundred feet

“upon the snmmit of the eminence near where the commissioners erected a stake.” A
pubtiic sale of lots was therefore ordered for January 1, 1856, one-third cash.

On December 17, 1855, the County Commissioners authorized the Clerk to advertise for
bids for constructing a one story court-house, 36x20 ft., with an “L’’ 18 ft. square, to be
completed by the third Monday in April, and a jail 20 ft. square, two storles, to be finished
by the third Monday in June, 1856, he time for openlne bids was postponed, but the con-
tract for building the court-house was awarded to B. O'Driscoll in April for $1,760. The
building was completed In the winter of 1856-57.

In June 1860, bids for the construction of anew court-house were invited, and those
of J. J. Johnson and Edwin Straughn, of St. Joseph, Mo., were accepted. Work was at
once begun, and the edifice which stood on the northern portion of the “square” was
rapidly pushed to completion. In this building all county business was transacted until
its destruction by fire in 1867. Italso was usedas a jail.

The present court-house was built immediately apon the loss of its predecessor and ts
one of the largest of its class. It stands in the center of the square, On*the lower floor are
the offices of the County Clerk, County Treasurer, Probate Judge and Recorder of Deeds.
Onthe second story are the County Court room, and the offices.of the Clerk of the District
Court and Prosecuting Attorney. A few years since, the lack of suitable vaults was so
severely felt that an addition was built upon the west of the main building for this purpose.
This addition was carried up two stories and the upper part furnished the library room of
the Young Ladies Library Association.

 

EARLY COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS.

On February 18, 1856, the County Commissioners issued a license to Jesse & Blackiston
to run a ferry across the Missouri at St, Joseph, and fixed the rates of tollto be charged,
This apparently arbitrary measure was enforced in the cases of all who undertook similar
business at the time, and was intended to prevent over charges and the cunsequent diver-
sion of travel to other routes.

On May 19 of this year, the commissioners licensed Timothy Bancroft, of Wathena, to
run a grocery for twelve months froin date,and assessed him thirty dollars for this privilege;
other grocers were licensed, shortly after, at the rate of twenty dollars per year.

On May 5 the boundaries of the first four school districts, all in Township 3, Range 22
were thus defined :

No. 1.—From the northwest corner of the township, east three miles and one-half;
south three miles and one-half, thence west to the west line of the township.

: o. 2.—From the southwest corner of the township east four miles, thence south two
and one-half miles to the Missouri River, thence along the river to the center of the town
of Whitehead, thence to the southeast corner of the town, west to the township line and
south to the point of beginning.

No. 3.—From the northwest corner of district one east tothe Missouri, south alon
the river tothe northeast corner of the town of Whitehead, thence south to the initial

oint.

No. 4.—From the northeast corner of district two, south to the southeast
corer, oF the same, east to the township line, north to the Missouri and thence to the place
of starting.

Atthesame time the County Surveyor was ordered to survey the west line of Doni-
phan and the south and west line of Brown County,

At the June, 1859, term of the County Commissioners, the following is reported: “Geo.
S. Hough and D. W. Wilder, being duly sworn, depose and say that_on this 14th day of
June, A. D. 1859, they delivered to A. Larzelere, chairman of County Board, the following
counterfeit bills: One hundred and seventy-nine $10 bills on the Bank of Commerce,
Cleveland, Ohio; six $10 bills on the Northwestern Bank, Virginia; twelve $5 bills on the:
Central Bank, Connecticut; and deponents further say, that with the said A. Larzelere, they
threw into the Missouri River the following bogus coin: Two hundred and ninety-five
half dollars, three hundred and thirty-five dollars, and one hundred and fourteen two and
one-half dollar pieces, and that they left with Geo. S. Hough a portion of one galvanic

attery.

These bills were presented to the Board of Supervisors of Doniphan County, and bein;
found to agree with the report, were destroyed by the sheriff in the presence of the board.

On the books of the Register of Deeds of the county, is spread a curious deed, bearing
the date of March 1,1859, which serves to point an explanation of some phases Of the county
history. It reads as follows: ‘Know all men by these presents that the Doniphan Town
Company, for and in consideration of inducing Robert Graham, late member of the legisla-
ture, to leave the Town of Doniphan to them in hand, paid, by 8. C. Pomeroy, of Atchison,
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have remised, released and quit claimed, and
by these presents do remise, release and quit claim unto the said S. C. Pomeroy, and to his
heirs and assigns forever, all our right, title, estate, interest, claim and demand in posses-
sion, or in expectancy of, in and to the following described land: * * * lotsone and two
in block seventy-four. Signed by J. W. Shepard, agent D. T. E. Co.” This Graham was a
strong Pro-slavery man, and in his course in the legislature had made himself so obnox-
jous to the people ot his town as to secure their hearty conviction that the place was too
small to hold both. Many of the towns started at an early day were simply due to political
opinion. There were Free-state and Pro-slavery towns in which a man of the opposite
stripe could find himself in a regular Nessus shirt.

COUNTY OFFICERS.

The first County or Probate Judge of this county, was Joel P. Blair, appointed August
27, 1855, by Governor Shannon, He was followed by Augustus J. Allison, elected in 1857;
Lyman Nash, 1858; A. A. Daugherty, 1859; J. B. Maynard, 1861; J. C. Gordon, 1864; R.
Wilkinson, 1872, and J. F. Wilson, in 1880. ‘Phe latter fs still'in office.

The first County Clerk was James R. Whitehead, appointed in 1855, by Governor Shan-
non. His successors were elected asfollows: Egbert M. Lee, 1857; H. Boder, Jr., 1859; E.
J, Jenkins, 1861; Charles Rappelye, 1863; J. T. Kirwan, 1867; Charles Rappelye, 1871; D.
W. Morse, 1877. Mr. Morse was re-elected In 1879 and 1881, and is still in office.

Robert J. Porter was elected County Treasurer in 1857; E.S. Davis, 1859; F. M. Trac
1863; Charles Rappelye, 1867; O. Craig, 1869; Robert Tracy, 1871; R. Flickinger, 1875, y
N. Johnson, 1879 and 1881.

The first Register of Deeds was E. M. Lee, elected in 1859. He was followed by RB.
Harding, elected in 1861; D. McLntush, 1865; A, Hargan, 1873; F. H. Drenning, 1875; J. P.
Hampson, 1877; E. F. Dixon, 1879 and 1881.

Cary B. Wuitehead was made Sheriff on August 27,1855, and was succeeded by the fol-
lowing: S. V. Jameson, 1857; Joseph Randolph, 1859 (to fill vacancy); R. J. Porter, 1859;
George S. Hough, 1860; W. ‘D. Beeler, 1861; BE. G. Crabb, 1863; B. 8. Campbell, 1867; 8.
Maquilken, 1871; T. J. Vanderslice, 1873; Charles Burkhalter, 1875; N. ©. Bailey, 1881.

The first record of the Clerk of the District Court mentions James R, Whitehead as
Deputy. This wasin 1855. H. Boder, Jr.,was elected in 1861; J. M. Stirgis, in 1864; Frank
Brown, in 1866, and F. J. Close in 1878, The latter is still in office.

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THE FAIR ASSOCIATION,

™gThe Doniphan County Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical Assoclation was
chartered under the State law on January 5, 1867. The capital stock was placed at $5,000,
and shares at $5 each, but were very shortly placed at $10. A Boardof Directors was
elected, and numbered fifteen. The first fair was held in August, 1868. The grounds of
the association embrace EWenby-018 and sixty-five one-hundredths acres, located one and
one-quarter miles south of Troy. and were purchased of J. N. Zimmerman for $1,640.
Upon them the association has erected a floral hall, of circular shape, 100 feet in diameter,
Ample stalls for horses have been built, and a half mile track laid out. The improvements
of all sorts, exclusive of the track, are valued at $3,000. On three sides the ground is en-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

closed by a well kept hedge,and on the fourth isa high board fence. Shade trees have been
lanted Tiberally, and are already of sufficient size to be useful. From the grounds can be
ad a fine view of the Missouri bluffs and St. Joseph, while inland in full view lies a beau-
tiful vista of fertile fields, stretching away tothe north, south and west for a number of
miles. The first President of the association was B. O’Driscoll. The first Secretary, William
H. Nesbit. Mr. Nesbit held the office but a short time, and was followed by J. N. Z mmer-
man, who in turn was succeeded oF J. A. Oder. In 1873, A. W. Beale, now of the chief
office, assumed the position, and held it until 1877,when the TesentSecretary, 7. W. Heatley,
was elected. The present directors of the society are: RK. Flickinger, J. N. Zimmerman,
Cyrus Leland, Jr., na R. Townsend,C. O. Turkelson, J. P. Johnson, William Chapple, T. W.
eatley, N. B. Wood. Lucas Fetter. John F. Wilson, C. Maynard, R. P. Shulsky, J. Hover-
son, Edward Ege, Thomas Henshell and W. H. Deckard. Fora number of years, Cyrus
Leland, Jr., has acted as general superintendent, but at the last election he was made presi-
dent, and John F, Wilson. the present Probate Judge, took his place. Financially,the asso-
ciation has been both well managed and fortunate. None of the annual fairs have failed to
show a balance of profit, and besides the property at the fair ground,valued at $5,000,there
is a surplus of between $300 and $400. ‘he yearly premium list foots up fully $700, and in
no case has it been scaled or paid prorata. The last fair took place in September, 1881.
That of 1882 surpassed its predecessors, and the association may well feel proud of its en-
viable success. hile sustaining itself it has done work for the farmers of the county that
it would be hard to fully estimate.

STATE REPRESENTATION.

The first State Legislature convened on March 26,1861, and contained as representatives
of Doniphan County, T, A. Osborn, of Elwood, and H. N. Seaver, in the Senate, and F. W.
Emery, T. P. Herrick, W. C. Kimber and A, Low, inthe House, Since that time those
elected to the Senate are as follows: 1861—T. A. Osborn and H. N. Seaver; 1863—Sol. Mil-
ler and A. Bennett; 1865—J. T. Lane and F. H. Prenuings 1866—Sol. Miller and F. H.
Dreuning: 1867—A. Low and N. G. Clark; 1868—A. Low and N. G. Clark; 1869-—-E. J. Jen-
kins and W., H. Smallwood; 1870—E. J. Jenkins ana W. H. Smallwood; '1871—Sol. Miller
and d. Wood; 1872—Sol. Miller and J. Wood; 1873—N. Price; 1874_N, Price; 1875—C. G.
Bridges; 1876—C. G. Bridges; 1877—R. M. Williams; 1878—R. M. Williams; '1879—R. M.
Williams; 1880—R. M. Williams; 1881—R. M. Williams; 1882—R. M, Williams.

The names of the Representatives elected are as follows: 1862—Sol. Miller, Jas. Penny,
Ed. Russell, F. Grube; 1863—J. P. Johnson, N. C. Clark, E. Russell, W. H. Harrison, J. W.
Forman; 1864—J. P.’ Johnson, W. J. Orem, F. H. Drenning, C. C. Camp, J. W. Forman;
1865—D. Detrick, D. L. Payne, E. Russell, C. Leland, Jr., A. Low; 1866—C. E. Fox, R. H.
Montgomery, L. Nash, N. Harrington, F. E. Mix; 1867—W. R. Parker, G. H. Robb, B. D.
Evans, E. J. Jenkins, BR. Flickinger ; 1868—T. J. Vanderslice, H. C. Moore, W. H.
wood, E. J. Jenkins, J. H. Philbrick; 1809—J. S. Martin, G. W. Woo, A. J. Mowry, H. C
Hawkins, D. Whitaker; 1870—S. F. Nesbitt, A. Hazen, A. J. Mowry. E. H. LeDue,
ker; 1871—T. H. Moore, A. Bennett, A. J. Mowry, 8. G. Whitaker, J. B. Kennedy; 1872—T.
M. Pierce, R. C. Mailler, Ed. Searcy, B. F. Bowron; 1873—M. J. Bowers, B. O’Driscoll, E.
Searcy, B. F. Bowron; 1874—N. Springer, X. K. Stout, F. H. Drenning: 1875—G. A. Briggs,
M. F. Landon, J. L. Motter; 1876—A. S. Campbell, M. C. Reville, A. J. Mowry; 1877—J. 8.
Long, R. Tracy, P. Manville; 1878—J. 8. Long, R. Tracy, P. Manville; 1879—P. Kelly, J. B.
Kennedy, A. dis Selover; 1880—P. Kelly, J. B. ‘Kennedy, A. J. Selover; 1881—J. F. Dun-
woody, G. V. Hagerman, Jas. Davis; 1882—J. F. Dunwoody, G. V. Hagerman, Jas. Davis.

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DONIPHAN.

Doniphan takes its name from A. W. Doniphan, a Colonel in the Mexican
War, who has the credit of fighting the last battle of the war, when, unknown
to him, peace had already been made.

Doniphan stands where the corkscrew Missouri makes a sharp turn to the
west, and is hurled back upon itself by a huge wooded bluff. To north and
south rise heavily timbered bluffs, dipping to form the level bottom on which
the town lies nestled from the prevailing storm-currents of winter. Behind it
are fertile fields, magnificent vineyards and numerous farms in a high state of
cultivation. Before it runs the Missouri River which seemed to the builders
of the town the perpetual natural highway of all traffic, and to secure for the
town an unfailing prosperity. To-day, with railways traversing the county in
two directions, this natural highway rollsto its union with the Mississippi un-
disturbed save by occasional steamers which pass up to ply in its distant head-
waters in Dakota, and Doniphan left one side by the railway and the river, pre-
sents but a faint semblance to the town of earlytimes. Once it was the port of
a large and rich farming region and trains of wagons were constantly passing in
and out. Its\day as a river town and ashipping point is past, but a new day
has already dawned uponit in its extensive vineyard and wine producing in-
dustry. Asa producer of rich wines, it bids fair to gain a new and better
commercial reputation than it has ever enjoyed, and to become in the future of
far more importance than in its first young growth. .

EARLY HISTORY.

The Doniphan Town Company was organized in November, 1854, the first
regular meeting occurring at St. Joseph, Mo., on the 11th of that month, when
a full set of officers were elected. These were as follows: T. H. Christopher,
President; J. W. Foreman, Treasurer; Dr, J. H. Crane, Secretary ;S. K. Miller,
G. W. H. Landon, J. F. Forman, Dr. I. A. Chambers, and Felix Robidoux,
Trustees. In February, 1855, the report of the committee on locating the town
site was received and adopted, and J. F. Forman was appointed to survey the
town. For this service he received $2.50 per block, payment being made in
town lots. This may account for the humorous description of Mr. Forman as
“the man who owns half the town.”

Although this town company laid out the present town, there had for two
years previous been a trading post under Joseph Utt at this point. His cabin
stood, like many of the earlier buildings of the town, close to the river bank, and
some fifteen years ago fell a prey to the constantly increasing bend in the river
at this point. ‘

The first building erected in the town, after it was surveyed and laid off in
lots, was the dwelling of James F. Forman. The second, the Doniphan House
run by B. O'Driscoll. The first store was that of Forman Bros., who kept a
general stock. This was followed by the “dry goods store of Allen B. Lyon,
now a resident of Atchison. Bowdell & Drury operated the first drug store and
Dr. Sommers the second. George A. Cutler was the first physician; the second,
James L. Datus. The first lawyer was Col. D. M. Johnson, who after a short
time formed a partnership with Albert Perry ; both gentlemen are now residents
of Troy. I.N. Smallwood was the first wagon maker; Patrick Laughlin the first
tinner, and William Beauchamp the first blacksmith.

In 1855 an association was formed by certain disaffected parties in Doni-
phan for the purpose of opposing obnoxious laws. This body was known as
the Danites; Patrick Laughlin, a tinsmith of the town, joined this Society, but
on becoming aware of its full purpose became disgusted and openly proclaimed
all of itssecrets. For this the Danites vowed vengeance, and Samuel Collins,
who was the owner of a saw-mill on the'river, declared that Laughlin should
confess that his revelations were lies or die. On the evening of November 28,
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

1855, Collins met Laughlin but was unarmed, and after repeating his threats
said that he “ would come around in the morning and one of them would break-
fastinh—I.” The next day, after waiting some time, Laughlin concluded that
Collins had forgotten the matter and started to cross the street to his boarding
house; in the middle of the street he was met by Collins who at once attempted to
shoot him but failed through his weapon missing fire, Collins then drew a knife
and stabbed Laughlin so severely, as to bring him to his knees. Before he
could proceed further a friend of Laughlin, named Lynch, stepped from the side-
walk and fired a “yager” at Collins. Although mortally wounded, Collins
clubbed his gun and struck his assailant a terrible blow on the head felling him
to the ground. Collins was then picked up by his friends and died in a short
time; Laughlin and Lynch, although both badly hurt, recovered. This was the
end of the Danites.

DaR IL j CITY OFFICIALS,

oniphan was incorporated as a town on February 11, 1869, and trustees appointed b:
the Probate Judge of the County. These were E. W. Stratton, I. N. Smallwood.” ‘homas t
Franklin, Adam Brennerand A.C. Low. The Council was organized with E. W. Stratton
presiding, L. A. Hoffman, Town Clerk, and T. H. Franklin, Treasurer, This Council was
re-elected in 1870, the only change being the appointment of C. H. Phillips as Clerk. In
1871, H. W. Hudnall presided, E. Floerkey was Clerk, and G. M. Waller, Treasurer, In 1872
the town became, by an act of the Legislature, a city of the third class, and the following
officers were elected: W. H. Stephens, Mayor; Jaines F. Forman, Police Judge; Thomas
Stivers, Clerk: A. Low, Treasurer; L. M. Rector, Marshal. In 1873 W. W. Crook was Mayor.
Those who succeeded him in this ‘office are as’follows: Adam Brenner, 1874-75; W. H.
Nesbit, 1876; J. F. Meyer, 1877; Joseph McCrum, 1878; ames F. Forman, 1879; J. H.
Sawyer, 1880-81; George Brenner, 1882, The Clerks of the city during this time have been:
George W. Baker, 1878; M. T. Landon, 1874-79; Joseph Schletzbaum, 1880-82.

THE PRESS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

The first paper in Doniphan was the Doniphan Oonstituttonalist, which was established
in 1856 by Thomas J. Key. This was a strong Pro-slavery sheet, and declined in strength as
the principles it advocated became unpopular. It was discontinued in 1858, and its material
transferred to Iowa Point, where it was used in the publication of the Inquirer.

The Orusader of Freedom was started early in 1858 by James Redpath. In politics it
was the exact opposite of its predecessor, being as violently Free-state as the former had
been Pro-slavery. General J. H. Lane was a large owner in this paper, and it was mainly
used as his organ in his struggle for presidential honors. The publisher and owner hada
bitter quarrel in May, 1858, and the paper went out of existence.

The Doniphan Post —In the fall of 1860 the Doniphan Post was produced. On the title
page appeared the names of George and William Reese, but only the latter was connected
with the paper. In politics the new paper hoisted the Democratic flag, but its course was
practically neutral. It passed outof existence after a year’s publication. Its material was
auneeee pene. {following year by Dr. Grant, and taken to Troy to do duty on the Doniphan

The Doniphan Democrat was launched in May, 1871, by J. J. Ricketts, who employed
Thomas Stivers as editor. In politicsit was Democratic.’ It was a quasi “patent outside,’?
the inner pages only being printed at home, the outside at the Patriot office at Atchison. It
ran something less than a year.

The Domphan Herald was merely arenewal of the Democrat by J. J. and W. W. Cook.
It was published a few weeks in the summer of 1872, and then discontinued, the material
going to Leavenworth, where it was used on the Kansas Herald,

Doniphan Vounty Weekly News was started on March 10, 1882, by Welsh & Son. It
is athree-column four page sheet of small size, and devoted purely to local affairs. 1t
reserves the right of opposing any scheme disadvantageous to the town, but remains strictly
neutral in political matters. Mr. John Welsh, the editor, was, prior to the publication of the
News, a correspondent of the Chief, of Troy. He is a physician in large practice, which he
still finds time to attend to. The paper appears each Friday. :

The Brble Investigator is published by William Kirby, who lives a short distance from
Doniphan. It is a three-column eight-page sheet, and as its name implies, a strongly relig-
ious paper. It was started on January 1, 1881.

Prior to 1873 there had been no regular publle school in Doniphan. As early as 1856,
Mrs. D. Frank taught a subscription school, and three ur four years later Miss Sarah M.
Walker, now Mrs. Philbrick, held a similar one. This lady was a pupil of “Zach” Chandler,
and has recently been embalmed in history as the one who, in his boyish days, spanked into
obedience Hon. Robert Stevens, the orator of the great G. a. R. meeting at Bedford, N. H.

In 1873, the school building now in use was built by James F. Forman ata cost to the
town of about $8,000. This structure is 65x38 feet, two stories in height, and has four rooms,
exclusive of those in the basement. Its first principal was J. A. Sea, who was fullowed by D.
D. Rose, now of Troy, David Muir, H. Ward, D. D. Rose, a second time, and Charles H.
Hlova, who taught in 1882. The number of scholars has varied greatly, and 1s now about

‘the first religious services in Doniphan were held} by Father Alderson, a Baptist min-
ister, who preached at different times in 1855, The first church organization was that of
the Presbyterians, who formed a society in 1856. A church building was begun asa Baptist
project but changed to a Union one, and finally fel] into the hands of the Presbyterians, By
them it was occupied until about two years ago, when the death of several prominent mem-
bers and the removal of others caused the death of the society. The building is now tenant-
less and in bad repair.

The Methodist Episcopal Ohurch South.—The Southern Methodists organized at Doniphan
in. 1856 while the state and county were still in the hands of the Pro-slavery party. No church
edifice was ever built, but services were held at different points in town fora number of
years. Revs. Messrs, Wallace, Hedgepeth, Howell, Arrington, King and Torp, have at
different times preached to tne society at this place. For a number of years there has been
no society of this denomination in the town. J

The First Methodist Episcopal Uhurch of Doniphan was organized on May 10, 1857, with
the following members: James Snow, Rebecca Snow, oseph McCrum, Melissa Mc-
Crum, and Hannah McCrum. The churcb was supplied by Kev. B. F. Bowman In
the year 1864, the project of building a house of worship for the Methodist Episcopal
Chureh and congregation was started, a site for that purpose was selected, and
the lot was deeded asa gift from Mr. Adam Brenner. A subscription was circulated,
and in 1865 the building was completed and dedicated. Rev. Mr, Houts, being pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Doniphan at that time, the whole debt of the
church was assumed and paid by the members of the society and citizens of Doniphan andits
vicinity. The following ministers have successively occupied the pulpit (as conference ap-
Pointees) from 1865, to 1882: Revs. Messrs. Houts, Shimp, Shaw, Cooke, Leak, Hoffman,
Bowman, and Otto.) At this date, the Methodists have no organized society in Doniphan,and
the pulpit is alternately supplied by the circuit preachers, and W.L. Leak, preacher for the
Doniphan congregation. Doniphan has a comfortable parsonage, but is not now the head
ofa circuit.

The Uatholic Church of St. John the Baptist.—The first {Catholic Church in the city of
Doniphan was built in the year 1857, and was under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Father
Augustine Wirth, This church was a frame structure, and was destroyed by fire in 1864.
In the year 1867 the members of the Catholic Church in Doniphan built a handsome
brick structure inthe western part of the city, adjoining the comfortable residence of
Jacob Brenner, Esq., under the supervision of Rev. Father Timothy M. Suber.
Its dimensions are 26x50 ft., with a stately bell tower, and a fine toned bell weighin
nearly half aton. It is net entirely finished, butis designed in the near future to be, wit
its stained windows, one of the handsomest chapels in Kansas, Rey. Father Boniface, O.
8S. B., is the present pastor. Jacob Brenner Ksq., is the Church-warden, and Thomas San-
ger, George Brenner, Esq., and James Burke, are the Trustees. | The whole block of
Frouad ou which the chureh stands, comprising about two acres, and one of the finest sites

nthe city, was donated to St. John’s by the Hon. Adam Brenner, ,of the city of Doniphan.

Arcana Lodge, No. 31, A. F. & A. M., was organized under a dispensation on December
29, 1858, 403 p. m., with the following officers: A, R. Foreman, W. M.; J. W. Sheppard,
8.'W.; J. F. Foruian, .W. The charter was granted by the Grand Lodge of the State on
October 17, 1860, on the application of A. R. Forman, J. F. Forman, J. W. Sheppard, B. S.

harton, A. Brenner, J. A. Vanosdale, G. M. Waller, Oscar Brown, and H. W, Hansen. The
Officers atthistime were: A. R. Forman, W. M.; J. W. Sheppard, S. W.; J. F. F

 

. M.; J. . Forman,
J. W. The Lodge has now a membership of fifty and the following officers: W. H. Nesbit,
W. M.; B. T. Curtis, S. W.; A. B. ‘Smith. J. W.; James Schlitzbaum, secretary ; A. Wind-

or, treasurer.

. Geena Chapter No. 13, R.A. M., was organized on October 17, 1869, with the fol-
lowfg charter members: J. L. Taompson, J. Smallwood, J. F. Forman, J. L. Philbrick,
BJ. Fanderslice, G.C. Camp. The first officers of the society were: J. L. Thompson, H,
P.; I. Smallwood, K,; J. F. forman, scribe. The chapter has now eighteen members. Its
officers are: J. L. Philorick, H. P.: &. W. Stratton, K.; L. A.

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¥ : A, Wiudsor, treasurer. Meetings are held.
TUTE Ee Aika Dinminate Olub.—This club was founded in November, 1880, the officers

for the first year being W. H. H. Curtis, president; W. H. Nesbit, vice-president; J. G.
Brownlee, Sedeotary: Noa. Brenner, treasurer; A. Low, acting and stage manager. The

Messenger, scribe; J. F.

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object of the society is to afford instruction and recreation for its members and amusement
to the public, They have leased Brenner’s Hall for a term of years, and under the efficient
management of Mr. Low have erected a neat and comfortable stage. The scenery was
painted by Mr. A, Low, and would do credit toa much larger place. During the season
they give, about once a month, an entertainment, which is always well attended. The
present mem veranip comprises Ev enty, of Doniphan’s best young ladies and gentlemen.

Young Folks’ Literary Soctety.—This society was organized in June, 1882, for the pur-
pose of mutual improvement and literary recreation. ts exercises are much like those of
other similar organizations, and embrace recitations, music an debates. The officers of
the society areas follows: J.K. Welsh, president; Miss Lizzie Litner, vice-president;
Miss Emma Hahn, treasurer; Miss Etta Earhart, secretary.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

In the summer of 1855 Samuel Collius erected asaw-mill neartheriver. This was a
very complete affair for the times and cost not far from ten thousand dollars. After
Collins’ death, in November, 1859, the mill was sold to other parties, who the following
year removed it from the town.

In Apu, 1857, James F. Forman purchased a saw-mill valued at two thousand five
hundred dollars and set it up on the bank of the river, near the Collins mill. In the sum-
mer of 1858 this mil! was destroyed by fire. A new mill of about the same capacity was at
once erected and put in operation, but this also was burned in 1861. Mr. Forman then re-
tired from this branch of business. .

In the years of 1856-57, J. W. Forman built a flouring mill near Spring Creek.™ This
building, which was the only one ever in the town, was erected at a cost of thirteen
hundred dollars. Two years after its completion, and while Doniphan was at the height of
its prosperity, the mill was burned. This was in the winter of 1869, and the St. Joseph &
restern Railway going through the county soon after, it was deemed best not to rebuild

e mill.

The first hotel in this place was built by Forman Brothers, and called the Doniphan
House, It was opened by B. O’Driscoll, who ran it some time and_ was followed by A. Low
and Captain Dix, ‘I'he latter occupied it at the time of its destruction by fire in the fall of
1868. It was valued at four thousand dollars.

The St. Charles Hotel was built in 1857, and was burned in1860, There is now no_hotel
building in the city. i

In 1867 a large elevator, the first in the State, was built at this placs by Adam Brenner.
It had a capacity of 40,000 bushels of grain, and cost $16 000. {Lt was burned in 1872 with
es large amouns of grain stored in it, and was an almost total loss, but $3,000 of insurance

eing collected.

On Main Street stands a large two-story brick building bearing the sign “Brenner Vine-
ard.” This building was erected in 1869 by Adam Brenner to accommodate his large and
nereasing wine business. It is sixty-five by forty-four feet and two stories in height, with

ample cellars beneath. There is storage for 90,000 gallons of wine, aud thereis now on
hand upward of 30,000 gallons, This isthe product of the vineyard, occupying over fifty
acres and located a short distance from the city. These wines are among the finest in the
country, and command high prices from those who desire a strictly pure article for me-
dicinal purposes.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

ALBERT ALBERTSON, at present a thrifty Danish farmer, but for many yearsa
hardy and daring seaman, came to Kansas in the spring of the year 1865, and located in
Wayne Township, Doniphan County, and has resided there since. Mr. A. isa member of
the Lutheran Church, of Arcana Lodge, No. 31, A. F. & A. M. of Doniphan, of Troy Chapter
No. 16, R. A. M., and of, Washington Commandery Knights Templar No. 2, of Atchison.
All during the late war of the Rebeliion Mr. Albertson was chief mate of various steamers
in the employ of the United States Government, and plied principally on the Mississippi,
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, and was in humerous engagements during this time.
Mate Albertson was born on the Island of Ara, in Denmark, August 14, 1822, and lived on
his native isle until his twelfth year, when he ran away to sea and adopted a sailor’s life,
which he followed all his days until he came to Kansas. During the Mexican War, Mate
Albertson was in the employ of the United States Government, and was engaged in trans-
porting troops for the American army from St. Louis to New Orleans. Duritig this time,
and while Mr. Albertson was mate of the transport steamer “ Louisiana,” news was re-
ceived of the capture of Cerro Gordo by Gen. Scott. Mate Albertson and his comrades
desired to celebrate the victory by firing a national salute. While so engaged, owing tothe
premature discharge of one of the cannon, one of the gunners was killed and Mate Albert-
son severely wounded in the left hand by a splinter from the cannon, from which he suffers
to-day: After the conclusion of the Mexican War he was steamboating onthe Mississippi
and Missouri rivers, and was so engaged until he came to Kansas. Mr. Albertson was
married in St, Louis, July 30, 1852, to Miss Christina Hansen, a native of Norway. They
have no children. r. Albertson, since his advent in the State, devotes his entire time to
managing his large farm and ranks among the prosperous farmers of Kansas,

ANDERS ANDERSON, farmer, P. O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in the spring of 1860
and located in Wayue Township, Doniphan County, where he has always resided, with the
exception of the time Spent in the United States army. Heis an active member of the Lu-
theran Church, and by his efforts and more substantial aid assisted in erecting the church
building. He has been secretary of thé congregation for ten years, and served six years as
director of school boards in districts where he resided. Mr, Anderson was in the army dur-
ing the late war, as a Sergeant of Company G, Eighth Kansas Infantry, and was enlisted Oc-
tober 2, 1861, at Fort Leavenworth; shared in all the dangers and hardships of his com-
mand (from the effects of which he suffers to-day), and was mustered out of the service
October 2, 1864, at Point Lookout, Md. Mr. A.during his term of service did duty in Wy-
oming Territory, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia. He was born in
Hommedals Parish, Christiansands St ft, Norway, December 22, 1822, and lived in his na-
tive place until the fall of 1846, when he came to America and luzated in Buchanan County,
Mo., where he lived three years and was engaged as a carpenter. From Missouri he went
to Sacramento, Cal., where he remained a short time, and then went Lo the mines in Placer
Nevada and Yuba Counties, where he was engaged in prospecting until the fall of 1853, and
then returned via Panama iu the spring of 1854 to Missouri, where he lived until he came
to Kansas. Mr. Anderson and his brothers live and work a farm, an undivided estate of
160 acres, in Wayne Yownship. The farm is rolling prairie and very fertile, and one of the
best in the township. They have an orchard on the farm, which supplies apples enough for
home consumption and to spare. They also have peaches. blackberries and grapes in avund-
ance, and good out-buildings. There is a never-failing well of pure water close to the house.
There is alsoa fine stream of water running through the farm.

NELS ANDERSON, farmer, P. O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in the spring of 1860, and
located in Wayne Township. Doniphan County, where he has always lived, except the time
spent inthe army. Is an active member of the Lutheran Church, He was in the army dur-
ing the late war as a member of Company G, Eighth Kansas Infantry, and enlisted at Leav-
euworth, October 2, 1861. Shared inthe dangers and privations of his comrades; was in
the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and numerous smaller engagements; was
wounded in the shoulder atthe battle of Chickamauga, and was mustered out October 2,
1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr, Anderson was born in Hommedals Parish, Christiansands
Stuifc, Norway, in March, 1826, and Jived in his native country until the fall of 1846, when he
emigrated with other members of his family, eight persons in all, to America, and located
in Buchanan County, Mo., where he lived thirteen years and was engaged as a blacksmith
and then came to Kansas. He lives ona farm with his brother in Wayne Township, near
the city of Doniphan.

OSUL ANDERSON, farmer, P. 0. Doniphan, came to Kansas in April, 1860, and
located in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, where he has since resided.’ He
has been Treasurer of School District No. 54, Wayne Township, for four years.
He is_a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Anderson was born in Herefos-
sogn, Norway, October 21, 1837, and lived in his native place until his ninth year
when he emigrated to America with his parents and settled in Buchanan County, Mo.,
where he lived fourteen years, and then moved to Kansas. He was married in Doniphan
County, May 28, 1862, to Miss Charity Spencer, a native of Ross County, Ohio. They have
three children, whose names are Osborne Morrison (born March 6, 1863); Mary Alice
(born May 1, 1866); Catherine West (born August 19, 1869). Mr. Anderson has a small but
productive farm of twenty-seven acres of upland in Wayne Township. On this he has a
Small vineyard, containing about one-eighth of an acre. The grapes raised thereon he sells
in the markets of Atchison and other cities. He has a peach aud apple orchard on his farm,
the former containing about 100 and the latter about sixty trees, principally of the Genitan
ond pon Davis varieties. Both orchards are very productive, and this year are laden with

ruit. .

ANTON BRAUN, merchant, came to Kansas May 11, 1868, and located in Doniphan,
where, with the exception of one year and a half spent in St. Louis, he has always lived.
Mr. Braun was born in Rheinpfalz, Bavaria, Germany, July 7, 1848, and lived in his native
place until he came to Kansas. He was married in St. Louis October 6, 1873, to Miss Mary
Beber, a native of Rheinpfalz, Germany, They have four children living, whose names are:
Katie A., John, Andrew Jacob, and Annie Barbara Mary.

WENDELL BRAON, vineyardist at Bellevue Vineyards, came to Kansas in October,
1867, and located in Doniphan City, where he lived until 1875, when he removed to Belle-
ville, Ill., where he remained two years, and tben returned to Doniphan, where he has
lived since. Mr. Braun is a member of St. John’s Catholic Church of Doniphan, and of the
Under-Stitzens- Verein, of Belleville, Ill. Mr. Braun was born in Deidesheim, Rheinpfalz.
Bavaria, Germany, July 1, 1837, and lived in his native place until his twenty-second year.
He then entered the Third Regiment of Infantry in the German army, where he served five
years and was honorably discharged, after which he came to America and settled in Xenia
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Ohio. He lived here two years, and from there came to Doniphan. He was married twice;
the first marriage took place in Atchison, May 7, 1870, to Miss Barbara Bauer, a native of
Illinois. She died in February, 1875. Two children were the result of this marriage, whose
names are William and Mary. Mr, Braun was marvied asecond time in Leavenworth,
November 6, 1877, to Miss Maggie Wetzer, a native of Illinois, They have three children,
whose names are: Frank, Albert and Annie,
_, ADA RENNER, proprietor of the Doniphan qineyards and manufacturer of native
wines and brandies, came to Kansas, August 20, 1857, and located in Doniphan where he
has since lived. Hé is a member of Arcana Lod, e, No. 31, A. F. & A. M. Doniphan Chapter
No. 18, R. A. M, Mr. B. was bornin Rheinpfalz, Bavaria, Germany, June 22, 1824, and lived
in his native place until! his twenty-third year, when he came to America and settled in
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he lived one year. He then traveled extensively over the United
States fora couple of years, and then settled in Iowa, where he lived seven years and was 4
book-Keeper in a dry goods house. From Iowa he came to Kansas. Mr. Brenner has been
married twice. The first marriage took place in Fairfield, Iowa, in September, 1852, when
he was united to Miss Leah R. Hoffman, a native of Lancaster County, Pa. He was married
again on the 29th day of May, 1866, in Atchison, to Miss Martha A. Forman, a native of
Missourl. Mr. B. had five children by his first wife, whose names are Anna B., Eby M.,
Martha B., Charles D., and Kittie Leah. By his present wife he has also had five children,
whose names are Frank Lee, Bertha, Arthur, Mollie, and Adelaide. When Mr. Brenner
first came to Doniphan he was in the general merchandise business for four years. He then
engaged in shipping grain on a large scale, and furnished supplies, during the late war, to
the United States Government— rinei pally to the Government posts at Ft. Leavenworth and
St. Louis. In 1867 Mr. Brenner built the first grain elevator that was erected in the State of
Kansas. Its capacity was 40,000 bushels and cost at that time over $16,000. This elevator
was destroyed by fire in 1872, and with it a large amount of grain. On this elevator, owing
to defective policies, Mr. Brenner only recovered as insurance, $3,000. The elevator was
never rebuilt. In the year 1865, owing to the flattering reports and inducements held out
by the Kansas State Horticultural Society, Mr. B. commenced setting out his vineyards at
Doniphan, which now comprise over fifty acres, bullt hisvaults, cellars and press houses,
etc. His warehouse is of brick, two stories high, and has a frontage of forty-two feet with
sixty-five feet depth, with a commodious cellar. The main and second floors are divided
into business offices, bottling and packing rooms, and a brandy manufacturing department,
of the produce of which he sells annually many thousand gallons, In the cellar beneath the
main building are stored five immense casks that contain 2,000 gallons of wine each, five
more casks that contain 1.500 gallons each, and numerous smaller casks containing from
500 to 1,000 gallons each of the different varieties of wine made by him—making agrand total
of thirty thousand gallons in this one cellar, which is used exclusively as a sales-cellar, and
where the orders are filled ;two other large cellars, containing an equal amount of wine each
with the sales-cellar, are used as storage cellars only, In the busy season Mr, Brenner em-
ploys as high as fifty hands. The medicinal qualities of the wines and brandies manufact-
ured at these vineyards have long been known and their reputation is world-wide. The
orders received daily, suffice to keep every one connected with this immense establishment
employed.

GEO GE BRENNER, proprietor of the Bellevue Vineyards, came to Kansas, June 7,
1860,and located in Doniphan, of which city he is the present Mayor. He is a member of St.
John the Baptist Catholic Church,of Doniphan. Mr.Brenner was born in Deidesheim,!Rhein-

falz, Bavaria, Germany, September 5, 1842, and lived in his native town until he came to

ansas, Mr, Brenner was married in October, 1866, in Doniphan to Miss Eugenia Frank, a
native of Pittsburgh, Pa. They have five children, whose naines are: Estella, Mary, Edna,
Amelia, and Anna. When Mr. B. first came to Doniphan he was a clerk for his uncle, Adam
Brenner, in the general merchandise business. He remained with his uncle three years and
then went to Atchison, where he was book-keeper for D.C. Robbins for two years. He
then returned to Doniphan and took an interest with his uncle in the grain and agricultural
implement business. In 1867 he removed to lowa Point, Kas., where he opened a branch
of the house of A. & G. Brenner, He remained at Iowa Point about one and a half years,
and then returned to Doniphan, bought out his partner’s interest in the business and ran i
on his own account for about one year. In 1869 he planted his first vineyard which then
embraced only five acres, Bellevue Vineyard now occupies about forty-five acres, and the
total manufacture of wines amounts to 25,000 gallons annually. In the busy season over
fifty hands are employed at Bellevue Vineyards. The name of ‘Bellevue’ was given by
Mr. Brenner to his grounds, from the commanding position and beautiful scenery of the
surrounding country viewed from his place. The grounds gradually slope from where his
home is centered, which is laid otf with beautiful grape arbors of different lengths. One of
especial mention extends 150 feet and is thirteen feet wide by ten high, fairly laden with
the luscious fruit. Surrounding are his vaults, packing and storehouses, This year he is
making decided improvements, expecting todo a larger business than of any preceding
year. e is truly a self-made young man and has a local standing as a social and business
man to be envied by any. He uses every effort to sustain the high character and standing
of the rapidly growing reputation of the Brenner wines. Though the yards of Jacob, Adam
and George Brenner adjoin each other and the manufacturing and selling of the produce
are separate, yet in every degree all the wines possess the same high qualities. That grape
culture has proven in this section of country a success beyond a doubt by the Messrs. Bren-
ner, and that to this industry Doniphan must attribute its leading support and mainstay, is
shown by the number of acres in prapes now in cultivation around here. There are over
100 acres which this year will yield 1,000,000 pounds of grapes, producing 75,000 gallons of
wine and requiring many casks, ranging from 300 to 2,4
twenty-four varieties of grapes grown, but those yielding the best and getting the most
attention are the Concord, Virginia Seedling, Elvira, Martha, Delaware, Catawba, and
Goethe. The Elvira, a white variety, has been unusually successful, making the finest of
native white wine. The white Concord made here is taking the lead in the market for its
fine qualities. Mr. Brenner makes a specialty of the Goethe and Virginia Seedling wines.
The Doniphan wine trade extends into Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado Texas,
Michigan, and Montana, having large and regular customers in each State.

JACOB BRENNER, proprietor Central Vineyards, came to Kansas June 7, 1860, and
located in Doniphan, where he has since resided. He was born in Deidesheim, Rheinpfalz,
Bavaria, Germany, January 12, 1816, and lived in his native place until he came to Kansas.
He was married in Deidesheim, Bavaria, July 6, 1841, to Miss Barbara Raufer, a native of
Forst, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria. They have five children, viz., George, Adam, Margaret, Mary
and Nicholas, Mr. Brenner started the Central Vineyards in 1864, with only 200 vines, as a
matter of experiment. His vineyards, which are called the Central because they lie between
the vineyards of his brother Adam and his son George, now contain over fifteen acres, and
the annual production of wine is about 7,000 gallons. Mr. Brenner attends personally to his
vineyards, selling big productions as fast as he can get them ready for market. He has one
variety of wine, the Taylor Bullitt, which is not manufactured at either of the other vine-
yards, 2nd of which he has the monopoly of sale. It is much superior in quality, in the
opinion of competent judges and connolsseurs, to any wine produced in Doniphan. The di-
mensions of Mr. B.’s wine cellar are 22x38 feet, and 16 feet high. Its storage capacity is
about 10,000 gallons. The other varieties of wines produced by him are the Virginia Seed-
ling, Dry Catawba, White and RedConcord. From twenty to fwentyaflve hands are em-
ployed by him during the busy season. He does not care much as to the quantity of wine he
produces ina season, but heis very careful as to its quality. Mr. B. makes a specialty of
wines forsacramental purposes, for which he is receiving large orders daily,

JAMES BURKE, farmer, P. O. Doniphan, came to Kansas In June, 1857, and located in
Doniphan County, He is a member of St. John’s CatholicChurch, in Doniphan. He was in
the late war as a member of Company F, Fourth Regiment Kansas Infantry; was en-
listed in February, 1862, and was transferred to Company F, Tenth Regiment Kansas In-
fantry, in April of the same year. Mr. Burke shared 1n allthe dangers and privations of
his comrades, and was discharged from the service on account of disability, In April, 1868,
at Springfield, Mo. He was born in Templemore, County Tipperary, Leland, in vuly. 1829.
and lived in his native town until his twenty-first year, when he emigrated to America, and
first settled in Augusta County, Virginia. He lived there one year, and then removed to Jeff-
erson County, Ohio, where he also lived but one year. He then removed to Keokuk County,
Iowa, where he stayed the same length oftime. About this time Mr. burke started on
an extensive traveling tour over ‘the United States and Territories, which Jasted several
years. He finally reached Kansas, and located in Doniphan County, where he has resided
since. Mr. Burkehas been married twice. The first marriage took place in July, 1866, in
Atchison, at St. Benedict’s Cathedral, to Miss Catherine Rolls, a native of Fethard,County
Tipperary, Ireland. She died in August, 1872. They had one child by this marriage, a
son, whose name was John Redmond. He died in 1871, when he was but fourteen months
old. The second marriage took place in September, 1876, in Doniphan, at St. John’s
Church, to Miss Julia Langan, a native of Mullongar, ireland. Mr. Burke has a fine farm
of 160 acres in Wayne Township, two and a balf miles from the city of Doniphan. Itis all
rolling prairie, excepting forty acres which are timber land, and is thickly covered with oak
and walnut trees. ‘he cleared portion of the farm is remarkably fertile. Mr. B. has a fine
and commodious residence and good outbuildings. He has also a timber tract of 160 acres

in Marion Township, covered with first and second growth cottonwood. Mr. Burke hasa
herd of fine cattle, composed prnelpally of thoroughbreds. Mr. B. is well and favorably
known throughout Donipban County. 7

MARTIN BYERS, physician, came to Kansas in November, 1878, and located in Effing-
ham, where he resided _and practiced his profession for about one ycar and ahalf. From
Effingham be went to Winthrop. Mo., where he remained about the same length of time,
and from there removed to Atchison, where he resided six months, and from there removed
to Doniphan, where he has since resided. Dr. Byersis a member of the Christian Church,
and was born in Lancaster County, Pa., April 5, 1815. He lived in his native place
until bis seventh year, when his parents 1¢moved to FiarkJin Ccunty, Pa., where he
lived until his seventeenth year, when he removed to Periy County, Ohio. Here he

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

lived about twent; ears, and then removed to Iowa County, Iowa, where he con-~
tinued to reside twanty two years. From there he removed to Taylor County, in the same
State, where he lived two years, and from there came to Kansas. Dr. Byers is agraduate of
the Iowa Eclectic Medical College, of Iowa City, class of 60. Ever since his graduation, a
period of twenty-two years, he has been following his profession. He has been married
twice. His first marriage took place in Perry County, Ohio, January 1, 1836, to Miss Eliza-
beth Boor, a native of Ohio. They had six children, five of whom are living, and whose
names are Wiliam F., John Henry, Martha Leander and Ellen. Dr, Byers was married
a second time in Missouri, in March, 1882, to Mrs. Susan Vaughn, a native of Kentucky.
WILLL x D,, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in December 881,
and located in Doniphan, where he has since lived and practiced his profession. He is a
member of the Knights of Pythias. He was born in Atlanta, Ga, July 17, 1849, and re-
sided in his native place until March, 1878, when he came to Kansas City, Mo., where he
resided until he came to Kansas. Dr, Coeisa graduate of the Atlanta (Ga.) Medical Col-
lege, class of 70, After his graduation he began the practice of medicine in Atlanta, and
was so engaged until he came to Karisas City. and has been in continuous practice ever
ince, and is well known as a successful practitioner,
: JAMES RICHARD DARRAH, farmer, 2.0. Doniphan, came to Kansas in the fall of
1869, and first located in White Cloud, Doniphan County, where he resided one winter and
then removed to Sumner County, where he lived one year and then returned to Doniphan
County, where he has lived since. He is a member of the Baptist Church. He participated
in the last war as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Regiment
Jiiinois Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted August 12, 1862, at Cordova, IJinois, and was dis-
charged from the service at Pine Bluff, Ark., in August, 1865. He took part in the capture
of Little Rock, Ark., and numerous other engagements and skirmishes. Mr. Darrah was
born in Huntingdon County, Pa., January 3, 1840, and lived in his native State until his
fifteenth year, when he removed to Rock Island County, 1)]., where he lived until he came

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to Kansay. He has been engaged in farming almost all his life, and is well known as a
king, trustworthy man.
tar WARD AL EGE, farmer, P.O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in August, 1856, and

in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, where he has lived since. Mr. Ege was in

ome eCan Wagon Master with General Blunt’s command. After the cessation of hos-

tilities he returned to Dont phan County: penne been ney ee eet 5
; short time in his bir ace when

Boe ater ined until tar when he came to Kansas. Mr, E. was married

(the day known as the coldest one in the winter of

They have four children, viz ;

and where he lived until his sixteenth
in Doniphan County, February 21, 186:
67), to Miss Mary. A Muldoon, anatlve ot New York City.

les A., Mary A., Henriette G. and John J. ¥
Shae AMES H. BLOT, farmer, P. O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in August, 1877, and
located in Osborne County, where he lived for four years, and from there came to Wayne
Township, Doniphan County, where he bas since lived. He was Treasurer of School Dis-
trict No, 73, Osborne County, one term. He was born June 20, 1848, in Cortland County,
N. Y., where he lived until seven years of age, when his parents moved to Stephenson
County, IL, where they lived four years and then removed to Carroll County, Iil., and from
there to Whiteside County, in the same State, residing two years in each county, then re-
moved to Bureau County, Ill., remaining five years. At the expiration of this time Mr.
Eliot traveled in various parts of this county for two years and then in Warren County Mo.
He lived here one year and then moved to Union County, Iowa, where he lived off and on
about five years, and then came to Kansas. Mr. Eliot was married May 16, 1871, in Vernon
County, Mo., to Miss Eliza J. Milton, a native of Missouri. They have five children, whose
names are Mary C., Martha L., Reuven P., Rose L. and Myrtle. . a

WILLIAM P. FLOYD, farmer, P. 0. Doniphan, came to Kansasin March, 1857, and
Jocated in Doniphan County, and has resided here since. He has been Constable two
terms. Mr. Floyd was inthe army during the War of the Rebellion as a member of Com-
pany M, Second Nebraska Cavalry, and enlistediu March, 1863, at Nemaba City, Neb., and
after sharing in the dangers and hardships of his command, was discharged in January,
1864. One month later (Feb., *64) he re-enlisted at Fort Leavenworth in Company i Seventh
Kansas Cavalry, and after the conclusion of the war was mustered out of the service of the
United States in September, 1865. In the fall of the year 1468, during the Indian troubles
in Kansas, Mr. Floyd again rendered the State some service by enlisting in Company H
Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry. He served six months asa Sergeant of this company, an
was discharged at Fort Hayes, Kas,, in April, 1869.. Mr. Floyd was born in Clarksville,
Tenn., October 11, 1846, and lived there until his third year, when his parents removed to
Alton, Ill, where they lived about seven years, and then removed to Kansas. Mr. F. was
married at Rushville, Mo., March 2, 1871, to Miss Lucinda Wood, a_native of Missouri.
They have four children living whose names are: Hugh Harvey, Samuel Henry, Ettie
Esther an: ie,

CHARLES N. FLOYD, school teacher, Doniphan. came to Kansas in August, 1857, and
located in Doniphan County, where, or in the city of Doniphan, he has lived ever since. He
was born in Oregon, Holt Co., Mo., June 26, 1857, and lived there but a short time when his

arents moved to Kansas. He was married August 30, 1878, inthe city of Doniphan, to
Miss Laura S. Hudnall, a native of Kansas and a daughter of Dr. H. W. Hudnall, a prom-
inent physician and old setuler of Doniphan County. rs, Floyd died inthe city of Doni-

han, January 29, 1882, Jeaving one child, a son, whose name is Paul Perrigo. Mr. Floyd
is a graduate of the Normal Sc ool, of Oregon, Mo. He attended this institution two and
one-half years, and graduated therefrom in June, 1879. He is an able and thorough
teacher, and has a rare faculty of imparting knowledge to his pupils. He has taught 4
number of terms in Missouri and Kansas.

JAMES F. FORMAN, farmer and surveyor, came to Kansas in November, 1848, and
located at the great Nemaha Sub-Agency, where he remained four and one-half years,
and from there he came to Doniphan, where he has lived since, Mr. Forman has been
County Surveyor six terms, Justice of the Peace seven years, and Township Trustee two

ears. He is one of the charter members of Arcana Lodge No. 31, A. F. & A.M, mem-
er of Doniphan Chapter No. 13, R. A. M,, and of Virginia City, Mont. Commandery No.
1, Knight Templars. Mr. Forman was born in Bourbon County, Ky., June 5, 1821, and
lived there until his fifteenth year when his parents moved to Scotland County, Mo., where
he lived until 1848, and from there caine to Kansas, He was married !n Monticello,
Lewis Co., Mo., May 28, 1847, to Miss Martha A. Pemberton,a native of Kentucky. They
have three children iving, viz., Fannie, married to R. P. R. Miller, of Lincoln, Neb.;
John W., now living in Texas, and Lida, who resides with her uncle, J. W. Forman, in
Lewis County, Mo. Mrs. F. died at Monticello, Mo., November 17, 1862, after which Mr
F. weut to Montana Territory and remained four years, and returned in 1868 and marrie
Mrs. Ruby L. Soule, of New York, with whom he, now resides at Doniphan, The history
of Doniphan could not be written without mentioning the name of James F. Forman. He
has labored and worked with an earnest and untiring zeal in every project and undertak-
ing which had for its object, its growth and welfare, He is amodest and unassuming gen-
tleman, and _is well esteemed by his neighhors. .
ENJAMIN W. HUTCHINS, Constable of the city of Doniphan, came to Kansas in
June, 1857, and located in Doniphan where be bas since resided. He was born January 10,
1852, In West Milton, Miam) Co., Ohio, and lived there until his fifth year when his
parehts moved to the city of Pon phan. He was married September 12, 1872, to Biss
Jatherine Ketcham, a native of Buchanan County, Mo. They have three children, 2
William F., Walter K., and Minnie M. ¥ 7

ERNST KUEHL, teacher, and professor of the ancient and modern languages, came to
Kansas, August 28, 1872, and located In Atchison, where he lived six years, and from there
removed to Doniphan where he has lived since. Professor Kuehl is a member of the Atchi-
son Turn-Verein and of Schiller Lodge No. 33, I. O. of O.F., of the city of Atchison. He is at
Bresent Clerk of Wayne Township, Doniphan County, He was born in Holstein, Prussia,

ebruary 6, 1848, and lived there until 1868, when he came to America and located In
Cedar County, Iowa, where he lived ten months. From there he removed to Nauvoo, Ill.,
where he resided about six months, Forthe next nine months Prof. Kueh) was engaged
in traveling, and then removed to St. Joe, Mo., where he resided two.and a half years, and
then removed to Atchison, and from there removed to Doniphan. Prof. Kuehl’s reputa-
tion for teaching the languages and bookkeeping stands deservedly high, and most of his
lfe while in America has been spent in im Artin this knowledge to others.

T. W. LANGAN, stock-buyer, was born in Ireland in 1844. In 1847 his parents emi-
grated to America, and settled in Buchanan County, Mo., where they engaged in farming
until 1857 when they moved to Doniphan County, ‘Kans., engaging in farming near Donj-

han. 1n 1864 the subject of the sketch attended Mount Scholastica Academy at Atchison.

n fall of 1865 engaged in freighting to the territories of Colorado, Utah and Nevada, until
the fall of 1867,when he engaged iu farming near Doniphan, which pursuit he followed until
1879, when he entered in co-partnership with N.O, Baughman,of Doniphan,and engaged in
buying and selling stock at various stations along the railroads leading to Atchison. Tom
small beginnings their business has grown to be an important item fa this vicinity, The
firm paid out for stock in Atchison County alone during the past season over $55,000.

REV. WM, L, LEAK, clergyman, came to Kansas in March, 1872, and located In Topeka,
where he resided about one year. From there he removed to Vinland, near Lawrence,
where he had charge of a congregation for two years, and from there he removed to Doni-
phan where he has since resided. Mr. Leak is Justice of the Peace and Police Judge of the-
city of Doniphai and has charge of the Doniphan congregation. He was born in Holt,
County of Norfolk, Ergland, January 1, 181}, and lived ris native place until the year
1844, when he came to America and seitled in New York City, where he lived ane tne
and then removed to Brooklyn, where he Jived the same leneth of time. Fiecm Brook}jyn
he removed to Buffalo where he resided six pears After this time he became an itinerant
preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church end followed this calling for ten yeais, When

e removed to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he lived eight yearg o:¥« vrs oerr tt
grocery business. From Ashtabula he came to Kansas, “Mr. Leak was married in Holt,
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

EBiz., May 21, 1831, to Miss Bliz weth Thursby, a nitive of Sh3ringham, C ty of Norfolk.
Eig. They hove six children, allof whom ara living aad whose nates ores Wiittanl
H, file sb en Aas Bouert N pwLOn, Harriet. Thomas J. and Susie ae ane eel eae
. a r, came to Kansas April 1, 1857. ant Jocatel in Doniphan, where he has
since lived. Mr. Low wa3a member of the first House of the Legislature Organized in the
State of Kansas. He then became a member of the State Senate, and subsequently was re-
elected to the House. He was Register of the Kickapoo Land Offite, United States Mall
Agent for Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota, and Commissioner four years (while it was being
erected at Leavenworth) of the Kansas State Prison. Mr. Low was born in Baltimore
County, Md. Lived there a short time and then moved to Milton, Miami Co., Ohio,
where he lived twenty-two years, and from there came to Kansas. While living in West
Milton Mr. Low was Postmaster, during the administration of Presidents Harrison and Ty-
ler, He was married May 17, 1835, to Miss Margaret Fulckmmer, a native of Pennsylvania.
They have six children living, viz;" Willlam Henry, Ellenan, Alfred Clark, John W.,
Charles Asbury and Philip Aubrey. Mr. Low was proprietor of the hotel in Doniphan from
1857 to 1866. [nthe latter year he moved to his farm near Doniphan, where he resided un-
til 1872. when he returned to the city of Doniphan, where he resides at present.
JOHN W. LOWE, farmer and proprietor of vineyard at Doniphan, came to Kansas,June
22, 1857, and located in Doniphan, where he has lived since. Mr. Lowe was in the army as
a@ member of Company I, Seventh Kansas Cavalry. He was enlisted November 9, 1861, and
after sharing in all the battles and skirmishes his command was engaged in, was mustered
outof the service at Fort Leavenworth, October 11, 1865. He was born in West Milton.
Miami County, Ohio, September 21, 1843, and lived in bis native town until he came to
Kansas. Mr. Lowe was married April 26, 1872, at Doniphan, to Miss Mary Collins, a native
of Kansas. They have five children living, whose names are: Chloe B., Anna M., Mary S.,
wOTTLLLAM H MARTIN, f P.O, D
a N, farmer, P. O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in January, 1866, and
located in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, where he has lived since. He has been a
member of the School Board of District No. 54 almost ever since he has lived in the town-
ship. At present he is Clerk of the Board. Mr, Martin was in the army during the last war,
as a member of Company D, Twenty-fifth Regiment Missouri Cavalry. He enlisted in the
summer of 1861, in Bucbanan County, Mo. as in all of the engagements of his command
and was mustered out at St. Joe, Mo, in the fallof 1864. Shor y afterward bought an
moved on a farm in Wayne Township, on which he resides at present, He was born in Ray
County, Mo., June 27, 1831, and lived there until two years of age, when his parents moved
to Davis County, Mo., where they lived ihree years, and thence to Buchanan County, in the
same State, where Mr. Martin lived until 1857, when he moved to Napa County, Cal., where

he engaged in farming and the lumber business. He returned from California to Missouri

. in 1860, and shortly afterward moved to Colorado, remaining about ten months, and then

returned to Buchanan County, Mo., where he remained but a short time, and then settled in
Kansas. In 1877 Mr. Martin again went tu California, and from there to Portland, Oregon,
narrowly escaping being lost on his voyage by shipwreck. He was gone about a year, and
then returned to his Kansas home. He was married February 11, 1864, in Buchanan Coun-
ty, Mo., to Miss Nannie Cobb, of Kentucky. They have four children, viz: Louis T., Charles
A., Adelia F., and Minnie Ray, Mr. Martin has a fine farm of eighty acres of upland two
miles from Doniphan City, Mr, Martin’s father was one of the earliest settlers of the Platte
Purchase, in that portion of itthat afterward became Buchanan County, Mo. Mr. Martin
remembers perfectly well when St. Joe wasatrading postfor the Indians, when there
were no white persons in this naw large city but old Joe Ribadeaux, and the only building
consisted of a small horse mill for grinding grain, and the log cabin of the post trader.

LORING ASHLEY MESSENGER, farmer, P.O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in March,
1862, and located in Doniphan County, where he has lived since. He has been a School Di-
rector three terms. Is a member of the Baptist Church, and of Arcana Lodge No. 31, A., F.

A. M., and of Doniphan Chapter No. 18, R. A.M. Mr. Messenger was born in Elyria, Lo-
rain Co., Ohio, September 4, 1839, and lived in his native place until 1860, when he re-
moved to St. Louis, where he remained a short time and then removed to Vernon County,
Mo., where he lived about a year and_a half, and from there came to Kansas. Mr. Messen-

‘er was married October 9, 1859, in Elyria, Ohio, to Miss Annie Gallagher, a native of New
ork ly They have four children, whose names are: Mary Asbanna, Martha Loranna,
Mesgal James and Malgaly Galena. Mr. Messenger is in partnership with Mr. Benjamin
Curtis in a steam threshing machine, which they are operating in the western part of Doni-
han County. It isa Nichols & Sheppard machine, and was manufactured at Battle Creek,
ich. “It is a self-propeller and self-guider, aud is entirely different from any other ma-
chine of the kind in Doniphan County. If driven to its full capacity it will thresh 2,000
bushels of grain per day. Inthe winter time the engine of this machine is used for sawing
native lumber, of which they: turn out about 5,000 feet each day. Mr. Messenger lives about
two and a half miles from the city of Doniphan on his farm, which contains ninety acres of
fine upland. He makes a specialty of raising fine horses and cattle,
_. JOHN S. MILLER, farmer, P, O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in June, 1859. and located
in Doniphan County, where he has since lived. Mr. Miller is Road Overseer of Wayne
Townsh D- He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was born in Frederick County,
Maryland, April 28, 1829, and lived in his native place until his seventh year, when his pa-
rents removed to Chainpaign County, Ohio, where he lived until 1855, when he removed to
Berlin, Wis., where he lived eighteen months. While living in Wisconsin Mr. Miller be-
came imbued with the principles of the Anti-slavery movement, and concluded to move to
Kansas, Owing to the stringency of the times when he started for Kansas, Mr. M. did not
immediately settle in the State of his choice, as he had at first_intended, but worked for the
best part of two years at his trade (carpenter), in St. Joe, Mo. When the times having
brightened, and having by his industry and frugality added to his store, he moved to Kan-
sas and purchased a farm near Geary City, in Doniphan County. r, Miller was married
in Washington County, Md., May 9, 1855, to Miss Sarah Long, a native of Maryland. They
have had twelve children, of whom ten are living. Their eldest child died in infancy;
their other children are as follows: Effie Jane (a graduate of Park College, Missouri; is
employed by the Presbyterian Home Mission Board as a missionary to the Mexicans, and is
at present stationed at Concero, Colo.); Frank Prentiss (isa member of the senior class
of Park College, and is preparing to enter the ministry); Henry Dorsey (is a member of the
preparatory department of Park College); Sarah Elizabeth (died at Park College, Parkville,
Mo., in her eighteenth year, while a member of the College); Mary Catherine (now a mem-
ber of the preparatory departmentof Park College); JohnS., Hugh, Hattie, Ida, George
William and Larew Chaffin. Mr. Miller ranks ainonug the thrifty farmers of Doniphan
County. Heis aman of fine attainments, tein perate, upright in his dealings, and held in
high esteem by his neighbors. He takes great interest in educational matters, and is deter-
mined that each of hisnumerous sons and daughters shall receive a good education. The
family all have social qualities in the highest degree, and none are more esteemed and pop-
ular than they where they are known. s

W. H. NESBITT, druggist and grocer, came to Kansas in June, 1858, and _located in
Doniphan, where he has since resided. He is a member of Arcana Lodge No, 31, A.. F. &
A. M., of Doniphan; Doniphan Chapter No. 13, R. A. M.,and of Washington Commandery
No. 2. of Atchison. Mr. Nesbitt was born in Carlisle, Nicholas Co., Ky., May 27%, 1830,
and lived in his native place until his twenty-second year, when he removed to Scotland
County, Mo., where he lived about two years, and then came to Kansas. Mr. Nesbitt was
married in March, 1852, in Mason County, Ky., to Mixs Isabella Rice, a native of Mason
County, Ky. He was again married iu May, 1871, in Doniphan, to Miss Ursula Wheeler, a
native of New York. By both marriages Mr. Nesbitt has eight children, whose names are:
Harvey, Rice, Norah, Minnie, William, Ida, Howard and Harry. Among the wide-awake
business men of Doniphan none is better known than Howard Nesbitt, as his friends call
him. A more genial and whole-souled gentleman and better business man cannot be found
in the State of FRansas, Z -

FLORENCE T. O'DRISCOLL, farmer, came to Kansas inthe winter of the year 1855,
with his parents, to the city of Doniphan, where they remained about two years,and then
removed to a farm in Doniphan County, near the city, where he lived twenty-three years,
and then returned to the city of Doniphan, where he has lived ever since. He is a member
of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and of the Doniphan Literary Society. Mr. O’Dris-
coll was born in St. Joseph, Mo., February 22, 1854, and lived there until he was about one
year old, when his parents removed to Kansas.. He was married in Atchison, October 22,
1880, to Miss Florence J. Welsh, a daughter of Dr. John Welsh, a prominent physician and
surgeon of Doniphan. She was born in Kansas. They have one child, a girl, named Nellie,
who was born on the 27th day of June, 1882. Mr. O’Driscoll’s father, Major Barney 0’Dris-
coll, was one of the early settlers, and a prominent lawyer in Doniphan County. During
the war he held a Major’s commission inthe Confederate Army. After the war he was a
member of the Kansas State Legislature. He now resides in Silverton, Colorado.

JOHN LANG PHILBRICK, general merchant, came to Kansas in December, 1859, and
located in Leavenworth, and in the February following came to Doniphan, where he has
resided since. Mr. Philbrick has been Justice of the Peace, member of the State Legislature,
and Warden of the State Penitentiary. He isa member of Arcana Lodge No. 31 and of Doni-
phan Chapter, No. 13, and of Washington Commandery No. 2, of the city of Atchison, and
which commandery he organized and presided over the first four years of itsexistence. Mr.
Philbrick was in the Mexican War, in the U. S. Naval Service, on the Pacific coast, from the
commencement to the close ofthe war. He carried the first American flag, in April, 1841,that
ever went up the Sacramento River, California. Some of the guns that were mounted in Sut-
ter’s Fort were conveyed by him to their destination. Capt. Philbrick piloted the armed ves -
sels on the Pacific coast under Com. Shubrick, into the port of San Francisco, and piloted,
also, the first sea-going vessel, which was a Mexican prize, up to and through the Straits ot
Benecie, Cal. Mr. P. was born in Effingham, New-Hampshire, September 21, 1824, and
lived in his native place until bis tenth year, when he went to Boston, Mass., where he lived
until he came to Kansas. He was married in October, 1851, in Manchester, N. H., to Miss
Sarah M. Walker, a native of Bedford, N. H. They have one child living, ason, who was born
In Boston, and whose name is Charles Pierson, who is now Roadmaster on the Kansas City,

 

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Fort Scott & Memphis railroad. Few men stand higher in the opinion of their fellow towns-
men than does Capt. Philbrick, Bred, and almost born on the sea, his bluff and jovial sailor
ways have made him hosts of friends and patrons, who once made are his always.

JOSEPH SCHLETZBAUM, blacksmith and wagon maker, was born on the 5th day of
August, 1841, in Unterhaching, Bavaria, Germany. In the early part of 1850 he emigrated
to America with his parents. After a voyage of seventy days, which was connected with
many inconveniences in those days, his parents located in Belleville, Il., at which piace
they made their home. By industry they prospered, and were enabled to give the subject
of this sketch a good education, sending him to the Catholic school, to which faith he be-
longs. In 1854 his parents moved on a farm near Belleville, where they lived until the
death of his father, in September, 1855. In the winter of 1856-57, Mr. S. commenced his
apprenticeship to the blacksmith trade, with Mr. Auton Albrecht, at Belleville. He was
thus engaged until October, 1859, when being desirous of rejoining his family, who had
already preceded him to Kansas, he followed them to Doniphan, where he lived until the
year 1860, when he removed to St. Louis, Mo., where he was engaged working at his trade
in its various branches, until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the
Second Missouri Infantry, Com ANY A, and participated in the engagement at Camp Jack-
son, and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. After being mustered out of bis regiment, Mr. S. re-
enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. While with this regiment he
took partinthe battle of Pea Ridge, and numerous smaller engagements in Missouri and
Arkansas. While in Helena, Ark., Mr. S. was taken sick, sent to the hospital, and finally
discharged for disability at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. After his discharge from the
army he returned to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he lived until January, 1865, when he
returned to Doniphan. where he has since resided and been engaged in business. Mr. S.
has held the office of Treasurer of Wayne Township, for five years, has been Township
Clerk three years, wasamember of the School Board of the city of Domtphan in 1873, has
been a member of the City Council for a number of years, and is at present City Clerk. He
is Secretary of Arcana Lodge, No. 31, A. F. & A. M. and has been Worthy Master of said
lodge for two terms. Heis also a member of Doniphan Chapter, No. 13, R. A.M. Mr.
Schletzbaum was married in Leavenworth, September 25, 1864, to Miss Christina Feller, a
native of Wirtemberg, Germany. She died February 27, 1881, in Doniphan. They had
nine children, of whom only three are living, whose names are Mary, Bertha and Emma.

c ISTOPHER STEINWEDEN, farmer, P.O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in March,
1857, and located in Wayné Township, where he has lived since. He is a member of the St.
John’s Catholic Church, and is Clerk of School District No. 40, which position he has held
over fifteen years. He is also administrator of two estates. Mr. S. was bornin Ahrbergen,
Hanover, Germany, November 4, 1834, and lived there until his eighteent year, when he
came to America and first settled in Platte County, Mo., remaining about three years, and
then cameto Kansas. Mr.S. has been marriedtwice. The first marriage took place in
Doniphan County, June 7, 1863, to Miss Sarah Jane Neese, a native of Indiana, They had
three children, viz: John, Idaand Anna. Thesecond marriage took place November 19,
1874, at Atchison, to Miss Josephine Brener, a native of Prussia. They have one daughter,
Maggie, Mr. Steinweden is an industrious and prosperous farmer. y close attention to
his occupation, economy and hard work, he is now the owner of a fine farm which com-
prises 400 acres, of which 200 acres are bottom land and 200 upland. On one of his upland
farms he has a vineyard which covers six acres, the vines of which consist of the Concord
variety of grape principally. He sells these grapes in the markets of Atchison. Last year
he sold over 10,000 pounds. He also raises all kinds of fruits.

WILLIS D. STEWART, salesman for Adam Brenner’s Doniphan Vineyards, came te
Kansas in April, 1872, and located in Doniphan, where he has lived since. He has been
Trustee of Wayne Township two terms and Delegate to the Republican State Convention at
Topeka in 1868. Mr. Stewart was in the army during the last war as a member of Company
E, Berdan’s First United States Sharpshooters. He enlisted in February, 1864, served six
months, participated in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 4, 1864, was severely wounded in
this battle in the left hand by a sabre cut, and was discharged from the United States
service for disability, resulting from his wound, at Annapolis, Md. Mr. Stewart was born
in Warren. N. H., November 3, 1848, and lived there until his seventeenth year, when he
went to Elba, Dodge Co., Wis. At this place he resided about one year, and then removed to
Savannah, Andrew Co., Mo. Here he resided overa pean and was bookkeeper and confi-
dential secretary for Edward Barnes, Treasurer of Andrew County, From Savannah he
cameto Kansas. Mr. Stewart was married August 14,1876, at Winthrop, Mo., to Miss
Louisa Williams, a native of Iowa. They have two children, whose names are Leroy and
Minnie. Mr, Stewart isthe principal traveling agent for the Doniphan Vineyards, of
which Mr. Adam Brenner is the proprietor. He is a young man of rare commercial quali-
ties, quite popular with his customers, and has no trouble in selling the much demanded
wines of these vineyaras. :

E. W. STRATTON, realestate, insurance and claim agent, came to Kansasin July,
1857, and located in Doniphan, where, with the exception of two and a half years’ absence
at Kickapoo, where he was engaged in business connected with the United States Land
Office, he has ever since resided. Judge Stratton has held a position in the United States
Land Office at Doniphan, has been Police Judge, Justice of the Peace and Mayor of Doni-
phan, and a member of the Kansas Legislature in the winter of the year 1866. Heis a
member of Arcana Lodge No. 31, A. F. & A.M, and of Doniphan Chapter No. 13, R. A. M.
He was born in Franklin County, Mass., December 27, 1§15, and lived there until his six-
teenth year. The intervening time until he came to Kansas was spentin the cities of Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and New York. He was married in 1846to Miss Caroline Wadhams, a
native of New York City. They have had three children, two of whom are dead, wtiose
names are as follows: arry O., who was a member of Company C, Thirteenth Kansas [n-
fantry, and was wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862, and subse-

: quently killed while in the United States service while bearing dispatches for Col. Thomas

owen, the Commander of his regiment, on the Mulberry River, Ark., in November, 1864.
Briggs W. died at Doniphan in July, 1865. The only child living is a bright little boy
whose name is Frank Leggett. Judge S. makes a specialty of prosecuting pension an
bounty claims for ex-United States soldiers, andis considered a very competent man for
that class of business. Heisalso engaged as a collection agent. Although not the pro-

rietor of a vineyard, Judge Stratton manufactures a superior quality of tonic wine, which
1s composed of the juices of the cherry. blackberry, Concord and wild grape, and elder-
berry. Itis noted for its fine flavor and rich color, and its medical qualities are recognized
both by physicians and the public generally.

EORGE M. WALLER, farmer, P.O. Doniphan, came to Kansas June 15, 1854, and
located in Doniphan County, where he has since resided. He has been Clerk of the Town-
sbip Board, Road Overseer, and is at presenta member of the School Board of Doniphan
He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a charter member of Arcana
Lodge No. 31, A. F. & A. M., at Doniphan. Mr. Waller was born in Woodford County, Ky.,
December _ 3, 1820, and lived in his native place until histenth year, when his parents
inoved tu Ralls County, Mo., where he lived until the fall of 1844, when he removed to St.
Joe, Mo., where he lived until he came to Kansas. Mr. Waller was married in Ralls
County, Mo., August 13, 1840, to Miss Mary A. Smith, a native of Garrett County, Ky.
They have seven children living, viz: Sarah Margaret. James T., William Felix, Mildred
Helen, Annie Mariam, John Albert and George B. =
.. JOHN WELSH, M. D., physician ane surgeon, came to Kansas April 7, 1857, and located
in Douiphan, where he has since lived and practiced medicine, with the exception of four
peas speutin Seneca, Nemaha County, in practicing his profession. He has been Postmaster,
Justice of the Peace, and is at the present time a member of the City Council of Donipnan. He
is a member of Arcana Lodge, No. 31,A., F.& A. M.of Doniphan. Dr. W. wasin the United
States service as a surgeon at the Post Hospital at Leavenw rth in 1864, and was discharged
from the service in 1865. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio, May 1. 1823, and lived there but
one year, when his parents moved to Mount Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio, where they lived about
seven years. Dr. Welsh commenced reading medicine in Keene, Ohio, in 1842, with Dr.
Horn, Afterwards Dr. W. removed to lowa; then to Missouri, where he married, and con-
tinued the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. R. H. Hereford, and came to Kansas
in May, 1857, and commenced the practice of medicinein Doniphan. He is a graduate of
the Hospital Medical College, of St. Joseph, Mo., and has beey in continuous medical prac-
tice for over twenty-four years, He was married June 3, 1948, in Bowling Green, Mo., to
Miss Margaret J. Tracey, a native of Missouri. They have had twelve children, of whom
seven are living, viz., Mary Frances, married to L, A. Hoffman, editor of the Humboldt In-
dependent Press; James H., a machinist, married to Mattie J. Walker, of Missouri (they
have two children); Florence J., married to Florence O’Driscoll, anative of Doviphan, (they
have one child); Annie Milton, married to Leo Slayton, a native of Ohio; Joseph Richard,
druggist and editor of the Doniphan News; Katie and Johnnie, at school.

MES. M. WHITTAKER, farmer, P. O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in the spring of the
year 1855, and located in Doniphan County, where he has lived since. He was born in
Huntingdon County, Pa., June 8, 1853, and lived in his native place until his third year,
when he moved to Kansas with his parents. Mr. W. was married in the fall of 1876, in Doni-
phan County, to Louise Michaels, a native of Kansas. They have one child, a daughter,
whose name is Jessie. Mr. Whittaker owns a farm of 240 acres about three and a half miles
froin the city of Doniphan. It is mostly upland, all cleared except twenty acres of excellent
timber land, which is covered principally by oak and walnut trees. Mr. W. pays particular
attention to raising grain, hogs and cattle. He has a fine orchard on his farm, which covers
about four acres, aud which contains about 600 bearing apple trees. The farm is supplied
with plenty of good water, a fine stream running through it. His residence and farm build-
ings are large and new, and well adapted for the purposes for which they were intended.

IZA ANN WILLIS, widow of Darius Willis, farmer, P.O. Doniphan, came to Kansas
with her husband in the spring of 1862, and located on their farm in Wayne Township,
where they lived until the spring of 1865, when they moved to Shannon Township, Atch-
ison County, later returning to Doniphan County. Mrs, Willis was born in Putnam County,
Ind., October 28, 1828, and resided there with her parents until her sixteenth year,t when
they removedto De Kalb, Buchanan Co., Mo., where they died. Previous to their death.
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Mrs. W. was married in Buchanan County, March 15, 1849, to Mr. Darius Willis, a pative
of Kentucky. Mrs. W.’s maiden name was Hartsock. She was a daughter of Peter Hart-
sock, Esq., a native of Virginia, Mrs, W. has three children living, whose names are, Peter
J., Florence L, and John H. The youngest son, John H., is, and has been for the last seven
years, manager of her 200-acre farm. He is a young, energetic and progressive farmer, and
under his able superintendence things wear a thriving look, The farm is partly rolling
prairie and partly bottom land, and has an orchard which contains about seventy-five
apple, peach and cherry trees, ‘he farm is mostly enclosed, and has on ita couple of fine
springs. The supply of water is abundant and of good quality. The farm lies partly in Atch-
ison and partly in Doniphan counties and is not surpassed in improvements or fertility
by any farm in either county...

AUGUST FREDERICK WINZER, farmer, P. O. Doniphan, came to Kansas in the spring
of 1875, and located in Doniphan County, where he has lived since. He is a member of the
Lutheran Church, of Arcana Lodge, No. 31, A., F. & A. M., and of Doniphan Chapter No. 13
R. A.M. He was in the late war as a member of Company K, Second Kansas Infantry, an
enlisted in the spring of 1861 at Fort Leavenworth. Mr, Winzer participated in the battles
of Dug Spring, Carthage, Pea Blidge Willson’s Creek and Shelbina. He was wounded while
in the service, and was discharge for disability in the fall of 1861, at Fort Leavenworth.
He was born in Saxony, Germany, June 10, 1842, and lived in his native place until his thir-
teenth year, when he cameto America and located on Staten Island, N. Y., where he lived
one year, and then removed to Weston, Mo., where he resided until 1858, e then traveled
over the ‘Unitee States and Territories, going to the Rocky Mountains and other places, then
returned to Weston, and from there came to Kansas, r. Winzer was married in Weston,
Mo., September 24, 1865, to Miss Louisa Majors, a native of Missouri. They had two chil-
dren, boys, both of whom are dead. Mr, W. has a fine farm of eighty acres, mostly rolling
prairie. He raised 500 bushels of wheat this season—an average of twenty-five bushels to
theacre. He has twenty acres in corn this year, on which he estimates he will raise 1,500
bushels, He has asmall herd of Durham cattle. He has an orchard covering about half
an acre, Which contains apple, peach, pear aud cherry trees, Mr. Winzer isa substantial
and thorough farmer, and attends personally to the management of hisfarm. He is noted
for his industry and frugality, and ranks among the best farmers of Wayne Township.

OTHER TOWNS.

Geary City was located in 1857 by a company of Leavenworth people, and
was named for J. W. Geary, then Gévernor of the Territory. The original
town site was purchased of C. Lewis, and contained two hundred and sixty
acres. A quarter section was soon added to it and named Lewis’ Addition, or
South Geary. Shortly after the laying out of the town, the cé6mpany discovered
that their title was not clear, and they abandoned their scheme. The year 1857
saw the boom of Geary City, and though it grew considerably afterward, it
was ata much quieter pace. The first building was a log cabin, not on the
town site, and used asa saloon. The first on the town site was a hotel, built
by the town company ; the second was the office of the Zva. The first store
was built near the river and was opened by a Mr. Clutter; the second was a
grocery run by Porter & Cooper; the third the furniture store of J. L. Roundy,
who also opened the post-office in this year. The same year James McCahon
put up his sign as an attorney, and Dr. F. Grubb began practice as a physi-
cian. Flickinger & Langdon put up a saw-mill which was run until 1859, and
Frick & Grubb one which ran ten years longer, and was finally moved to
Doniphan, A grist mill was built in 1860 by Frick & Franklin. About June,
1857, the Zva was started at Geary City. It was Free-state in politics, and
aspired to a literary character. The editors announced were, Dr. E. H.
Grant, Republican, Joseph Thompson, Democrat, and Earl Marble, American.
Grant was the first to retire, and was followed shortly afterward by Thompson.
aus publication was suspended in the latter part of the summer or the fall of
1858.

Brenner is astation on the Atchison and Nebraska Railway about four
miles northwest of Doniphan. It was located in 1872 by the Railway Com-
pany and a depot built. A post-office was opened in 1874 with James Mc-
Daniel as postmaster.

The Norwegian Lutheran Church is located in Wayne Township, Doni-
phan County, and was built in 1871, and dedicated the same year. The first
preacher was the Rev. Mr. Brown, a native of Norway. He was succeeded by
the Rev. Mr. Hendrickson.
by the Rev. Mr. Rorhnis. He preached about two years and was the last
preacher, and left about two years ago. The land on which the church stands
contains about half an acre, and was donated by Mr. Lars Nelson. The
church as it stands cost about $300.

Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church.—This church is located in Wayne
Township, Doniphan County. It was dedicated December 25, 1880, Rev. B.
F. Bowen was the first preacher. The building as it stands furnished, and
with a fine cabinet oryan, cost about $1,300. Mr. Bowman preached until March,
1881, when he was succeeded by the Kev. F. F. Otto, who has the charge at
present. The land on which the church stands, which contains about one
acre, was donated by Mr.S. W. Hinckley. The church is well furnished, and
its seating capacity is 165. Services are held every Sunday, ~

The Brush Creek School House was built and completed August 18, 1871.
It is located in School District No. 34, Wayne Township, Doniphan Co.
The Building Committee consisted of John Landis, Bethel, and Frank Sproul.
The building cost $2,350. It was built for a graded school and has two
rooms, upper and lower, and can accommodate 150 pupils. Mr. I. H. Wat-
son, and Miss Mattie Gordon, were the first teachers, ‘They were in time suc-
ceeded by James Mahew, Chas. Y. Sturgeon, Miss Annie Smith, Mr. J. John-
son, Chas. M. Cahan, L. N. Lynn, Frank Bullock, O. B. Edwards, J. F. Mil-
burn and Alvin Hawkins. The school terms average seven months.

Brush Creek Methodist Episcopal Church was built and dedicated in the
year 1871. The first pastor was the Rev. John Cook. He had charge,
of the congregation for two years, and was succeeded by Rev. W. L. Leak,
who held the charge for two years, and was succeeded by the Rev. Wm. Camp-
bell. He had charge only one year and was succeeded by his father, Rev.
Wm. Campbell, Sr. He also, only had the charge one year, and was suc-
ceeded by Rev. Mr. Hoffman, who had charge one year. The Rev. Mr,
Amos succeeded him and had charge two years. Rev. L. V. Martin next had
charge one year,and was succeeded by Rev. F. F. Otto. He had charge one year
and was the last preacher in charge. The church is well furnished and cost

$928.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JACOB W. BAUER, Superintendent of the Ohio Mills, Geary City, came to Kansas in
September, 1859, and located in Columbus, Doniphan County, where he remained four years,
and from there went to St. Joe, Mo. He lived there about three years and then returned to
Columbus, where he lived six years and was engaged in farming. From Columbus he went
to Wathena, where he lived twelve years. Six years of this time was spent in attending
school, and during the other six he was engaged in learning the milling, business at the
“ Eagle Mills” in that city. After he had learnj his trade he attended for a time the Central

 

 

He preached about two years and was succeeded .

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Weslyan College, at Warrenton, Mo. From there he returned to Wathena, remained ashort
time, and then went to Geary City and tcok charge of the Ohio Mills. Mr. Bauer was born
in St. Joseph, Mo., Seplember 14, 1859, and lived there altogether about three years. Mr.
B. is a practical miller and understands his business thoroughly, as the largely increasing
trade of the mills, under his supervision shows.

W.d. CANTER, farmer, P.; Geary City,came to Kansas in March, 1867, and first located
at Brenner Station, where he hved about fourteen years and then removed to Geary City,
where he lived for three months and then moved to Petersburg, where he has since resided.
He is a member of the Troy Lodge, No. 55, A. F. & A. M., and Troy Chapter, No. 16, R. A. M.
He was in the army during the late war; was a member of the First Missouri Confederate
Cavalry, and was enlisted in September, 1861, in Rushville,Mo. He was in the battles of
Pea Ridge, Baker’s Creek, and Corinth; was captured twice while in the army, the first time
at Big Black Bridge, Miss,, the second time at Fort Blakely, Ala.. and was mustered out in
May, 1865, at Jackson, Miss. Mr. Canter was born in Buchanan Co., Mo., Uctober 20, 1840,
and lived in his native place until his twenty-first year and then went to Jefferson Gounty,
Kas., where he remained a short time and then entered the Confederate army. After bis
discharge from the army he went to Rusbville, where he remained until he came to Kansas,
He was married in Rushville, Mo.,in January, 1867, to Miss Sarah E, Fry, a native of
Rushville, Mo. They have four children liying—Cadle Lee, Mollie, Robert Alien and Annie
B. Mr. Canter owns a farm near Brenner Station containing one hundred and sixty acres, .
partly rolling upland and partly timber. It is well cultivated, and has an orchard on it
containing one thousand apple trees of the Wine Sap, Glen Davis, Jenneton, Belle Flower,
Rambo and Brother Jonathan varieties. Mr. C. pays particular attention to ralsing grain
and hogs. On this farm he will raise this season six hundred bushels of wheat and eight
hundred bushels vf corn. He has another farm in partnership with Mr. Joshua Saunders,
which is located near Petersburg, which js known as the Lost Lake Farm, and contains six
hundred and thirty-seven acres, About ten acres of this farm are in oats and the balance in
corn, This year the yield promises to be unusually good. '

.» M. CULP. farmer, P. O. Geary City, came to Kansas in the spring of the year 1855
and located at lowa Point, where he remained one year, and was engaged in farming.
From Iowa Point he went to Jefferson County, where he lived four years, and from there
went to Colorado, near Denver, where he lived two years and was engaged in prospecting,
and from there returned to Jefferson County. He lived in the latter place two yeara and
then moved to Vernon County, Mo., where he lived until the War of the Rebellion broke
out, when he entered Company E, Thirty-Third Regiment, Missouri Militia. He was in
this regiment about one year when he was mustered out. In the fall of the year 1862, he
became a member of Company I, Eleventh Kansas Regiment of Cavalry. He shared in all
the hardships and dangers of his command, was wounded twice—once severely—and_ was
mustered out in September, 1865, at Leavenworth. He participated in the battles of Lex-
ington, Mo., Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge and Wilson’s Creek. r. Culp was Constable of
Marion Township for three years. e was born in Scioto County, Ohio, February 14, 1846,
and lived there until his ninth year, when his parents removed to Kansas. Mr. Culp was
married in Troy, Kansas, April 24, 1871, to Miss Eliza McClellan, a native of Ohio, They
have had six children, of whom four are living. The names of the survivorsare: Wiliiam
Edward, Charles, Frances and Mary Jane.

JEHU ELLIOTT, teamster, P. O. Geary City, came to Kansas in the fall of 1861, and
located first at Atchison, where he remained a short time, and then removed to Jasper
County, Iowa, where he lived three years, and was engaged ir farming and teaming. From
Iowa he returned to Atchison, where he lived five months, and then went to Buchanan
County, Mo., where he lived two years and then returned to Doniphan, where, or in its
vicinity, he has lived for the past ten years. Heis now and has been for a number of years
employed as a teamster by Mr. Robert Flickinger, proprietor of the Ohio Mills of Geary
City. Mr. E. has been Road Overseer of Wayne Township. He was born in Clay County,
Ind., in 1845, and lived there until three years of age, when his parents removed to New-
ton, Jasper Co., Iowa. He lived there until sixten years of age, and then went to Denver
and Salt Lake City, and was engaged in freighting across the plains. He was thus engaged
for about three years, and then came to Kansas. Mr. Elliott has been married twice. The
first marriage occurred in Geary City, Kas., in the fall of 1862, to Miss Mattie McLoughlin,
a pative of Missouri. The second marriage took place April 20, 1875, to Miss Emma Hotz,
a native of Kansas, in Geary City. Mr. Elliott has had no children by these marriages,
but has adopted a daughter of his brother’s named Leona. .

MARQUIS DELAFAYETTE GRATNER, farmer, P. O.Geary City, came to Kansas in
the fall of 1880, and located in Geary City, where he has since lived. ‘He is a member of
the Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. Gratner was born in Jasper County, Ind., May 10, 1855,
and lived in his native county until his eighteenth year, and then removed to Corning, White
Co., Ind., where he lived one year and then moved to Pulaski County, of the same State,
where he lived four years, and from there came to Kansas. Before he came to Kansas he
was engaged in farming. Since he has lived in Geary City, he has been engaged asa
laborer. Both his parents are living.

MARENES HAGAMAN, farmer and _ stock raiser, P. O. Brenner, came to Kansas in
October, 1868, and located on his farm in Wayne Township, where he has ever since lived.
He was a member of the Schoo! Board of District No. 51, Wayne Township, in 1869. Has
also been a member of the Grange. He was born in Berkeley County, W. Va.. Feb. 27, 1821,
and lived in his native place until histwenty-fourth year, and then removed to La Porte,
Ind., where he lived twei.ty years and was mostly engaged in farming. From Indiana he
came to Kansas. Mr. Hagaman has been married twice. The first marriage took place in
Berkeley County, W. Va., in March, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Couchman, a native of West
Virginia. They had five children by this marriage viz: George, Mary, Joseph, Ella an
Nettie. The second marriage took place May 26, 1877, in Porte, Ind., to Mrs. M. L.
Walton. There is noissue by this marriage. r, H. has'a fine farm of 220 acres, all up-
land, all enclosed, and very fertile. One hundred and sixty acres are in cultivation, the
balance timber and pasture land. He raises stock and grain. He has plenty of good water
on his farm, a large spring rising in every field. The improvemenis on his faim consist
ofa large comfortable house, anew barn, and granary and outbuildings. His orchard
covers: our acres aud contains 300 apple, 100 peach, and about twenty-five cherry and
P a

EUGENE HINCKLEY, merchant and telegraph operator, Brenner Station, came to
Kansas in March, 1870, and located near Brenner Station, Doniphan County, where he has
since lived. He is also Notary Public at Brenner. Mr. Hinckley was born in Adams County,
Ill., December 3, 1854, and lived in his native place until his sixteenth year, when he came
to Kansas. He was married December 2, 1875, at Brenner Station, to Miss Ella Hagaman,
a native of Indiana. Her father, M. Hagaman, Esq., is an old resident of: the State, Mr.
Hinckley is one of the firm of Cook & Hinckley, dealers in geheral merchandise and coal,
and shippers of grain, Brenner Station, They ship to the markets in Atchison, St. Louis
and Chicago, on an average, 200 cars of grain each year. They have the only store at Bren-
ner Station, and do a large and thriving business.

JOSEPH KENT, farmer, P. O. Troy, came to Kansas March 16, 1856, and located on
the head waters of Brush Creek, Wayne Township, Doniphan County, where he has ever
sinceresided. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of Troy Lodge No.
56,4. F. & A. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, and lived in his native place until his
thirteenth year, when his parents removed to ‘Buchanan County, Mo. In 1849 Mr. Kent
went to California, from Missouri, and ved there nearly three yeais, and then returned to
Buchanan County, Moa., where he resided until he came to Kansas. He was married it
Buchanan County, Mo., May 21, 1854, to Miss Emma Richardson, a native of Indiana.
They have six children, whose names are John Perrin (married to Miss Willle Alice Deck-
ard, a native of Kansas); Altie and Addie, twins ae first, Miss Altie, was married to John
Howard Townsend, a native ot Kansas, Miss Addie was married to Benjamin Whittaker,
a native of Kansas) Hamilton D., Jennie (married to Franklin Townsend, a native of
Kansas) and Jessie Alice. Mr, Kent has a fine farm of 240 acres, mostly rolling prairie:
He has a fine new residence and large outbuildings. He has an orchard on his farm cover-
Jng about four acres and containing about 250 apple, peach and cherry trees, He has also
a vineyard which occupies about half an acre and consists of 275.vines. Mr. Kent de-
votes all his attention to raising grain and hogs. He had twenty-eight acres in wheat this
season, and will get therefrom 700 bushels. He has eighty-five acres in corn, and the
estimated yield will be 3,000 bushels. Mr. Kentis one of the model farmers of Doniphan
County, as the condition and management of his farm fully attest.

J. W. KENTZLER, dealer in general merchandise, Geary City, came to Kansas in De-
cember, 1BGT, and located in Geary City, where, with the exception of the time spent ip the
United States army, during the War of the Rebellion, he has always lived since he came to
Kansas. He isa member of the Lutheran Church. He was in the army during the last
war as a member of Company C,_ Eighth Regiment Kansas Infantry, and enlisted in Leav-
enworth, September 19, 1861. Mr. Kentzler tookf{part in the battles of Chickamauga, Mis-
sionary Ridge, Atlanta, Decatur, Strawberry Plains and numerous smaller engagements.
He was wounded seven times—once severely—but notwithstanding these wounds, he re-
mained with his regiment, doing duty, except when in hospital, until his muster out of the
United States service at Pulaski, Tenn., December 9, 1864. Mr. Kentzler was born in
Mecklenburg, Prussia, Germany, March 11, 1828, and lived there until his twenty-eighth
year, except seven years passed as a soldier in the German army as a member of the Sec-
ond Musketeer Battalion, in Rostock, After his term of servicé had expired he received
an honorable discharge fromthe army, and then emigrated to America, first locating in
New Orleans, where he remained one year and was engaged in cabinet making. From
New Orleans he came to Kansas and settled in Geary City, where he has lived for the past
twenty-five years. For the first ten years while living in Geary City (less the time spent
in the army), he was engaged in cabinet making. nce his discharge from the army,
owing to his wounds, which have incapacitated him for any severe manual labor, he has
been engaged in the general merchandise business, and is meeting with fair success. Mr.
Kentzler was married in Molchov, Germany, in September, 1855, to Frederika Reberg, &
native of Molchov. They have four children living whose names are as follows: Loutsa

 

 

 
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married to Jacob Richard, a farmer of Wayne Township; they have three children liv-
tans Henry, Rosa and Theodore. » Pee

JOHN MoCLELLAN, farmer, P. O. Geary City, came to Kansas April 10, 1858, and lo-
cated in Petersburg, where he has since resided. Has been Constable and Road Overseer of
Marion Township, and is Road Overseer of District No. 2 at present. Mr. McClellan was a
member of Company, A, Ninth Kansas Militia, during the Price Raid, and was enlisted in
the fall of 1864, at Petersburg, served fourteen days, and was discharged at Atchison. He
was born in Greene County, Pa., September 8, 1825, and lived in his native place until his
twelfth year, when his parents removed to Athens County, Ohio, and where Mr. McC, lived

until he came to Kansas. He was married September 8, 1849, in Athens County, Ohio, to
Miss Frances Rutter, a native of Pounsylyania. They_have six children living, whose
names are, Eliza, Charlotte, Mary Jane, Alfretta, Arthur Henry, and James W. Mr. Mc-
Clellan has a small farm of forty acres, mostly bottom land, with a small portion of timber
land, He has eighteen acres in corn, and it is estimated by competent judges that it will
yield fifty bushels to the acre, which will make the total yield of corn 90U bushels, He had
also ten acres in wheat this season, and the yield was unusually abundant.

JOB McDANIKL, farmer, P. O. Brenner, came to Kansas in the spring of 1866, and
located in Wayne Township, where he has resided since. He was born in Bradford County,
Pa., June 15, 1825, and lived in his native place until his eighth year, when his parents
moved to Athens County, Ohio, where he resided until he came to Kansas. He was inarried
in Morgan County, Ohio, in June, 1846, to Miss Sophia Martha Shaner, a native of Muskin-

um County, Ohio. They have five children living, viz; Arminda, Mandana, Vernillion

mery, Ulysses Clinton, and Ermina Breniss, They have also an adopted son, whose name
is Alburtis, Mr. McDaniel’s farm contains 154 acres, and is mostly upland. His housels
comfortable and commodious, and has a good barn and other buildings. ‘The farm is par-
tially iuclosed by about three miles of hedge fence. He has a fine apple orchard on his
farm, consisting of over 160 trees. He markets his apples in Atchison. He is close to the
markets, and has every convenlence for shipping his farm products to market, the depot at
Brenner Station not being over a hundred yards from his line. He has good live stock of
all kinds, and his farm has rich soil and is very productive. $

LOUIS MICHAELS, farmer, P.O. Geary City, came to Kansas in the spring of 1854, and
located in Wayne Township, where, with the exception of eight years speut in Phillips
County, and the time spent while a soldier in the United States Army, he has always resided
since he has been in Kansas. He wasin the late war as a member of Company G, Eighth
Kansas Infantry, and enlisted in the summer of 1861. He was wounde at the battle of
Chickamauga, and shared in other engagements with his comrades, and was mustered out of
the servicein the fallof 1864, Mr. Michaels was born in Shelby County, Ind., March 27%,
1837, and lived there until his fourth year, with his grand-parents, his parents having both
died, when they removed to Harrison County, Mo., where he lived until he came to Kansas,
Mr. M. was married in November, 1860, at Geary City, Kas.,to Miss Sarah Catherine Brown,
a native of Missouri. They have seven children living, whose names are: Daniel Webster,
Sarah Elizabeth, Ella, Louise, Cora Daisy, Freddie Doniphan, and DollieMay. Mr. Michaels
has asmall prairie farm of forty acres. His house is comfortable, and farm buildings in
goodorder. His orchard contains about 180 apple trees, about equally divided between
the Belle Flower, Wine Sap, Jenneton, Pippin, and Ben Davis varieties. He is a hard-work-
ing and industrious farmer, and atteuds to all the details of his farm personally.

JAMES O'BRIEN, farmer, P. O. Geary City, came to Kansas in September, 1856, and
located on Walnut Creek, Marion Township, Doniphan County, where he has lived since.
He was Treasurer of the School Board of District No. 35, one term. He 1s a member of the
Catholic Church, in Wathena. Mr. O’Brien was born in Kappoquin, County Waterford, Ire-
land, July 25, 1821, and lived there until his thirtieth year, when be emigrated to America,
locating in St. Louis, where he resided two years. Hethen went to Hermon, Mo., where he
lived two years, and then came to Kansas. He was married in 1845, in his native town, to
Miss Bridget Wall, a native of County Waterford. They had four children, of whoin only
one is living, whose name is Thomas. He is a farmer, and lives near Normanville, Doni-
phan County. Mr. O’Brien’s wife died in the spring of 1877, and is buried in the cemetery
at Wathena,

COLLIS B. ROUNDY, P. 0. Geary City, dealer in general merchandise, came to
Kansas in the spring of 1856, with his parents, who located at Leavenworth, remaining
about two years, and then removed to Geary City, where C. B. Roundy has resided since.
He is Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, e isa member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. Roundy was born in Bangor, Maine, February 9, 1849, and lived in his native
place only a short time, when his parents removed to Madison, Wis., where they lived
about five years, and then removed to Kansas. Mr. Roundy was married in Buchanan
County, Mo., April 19, 1874, to Miss Oma Whalen, a native of Missouri. They have three
children living, viz.: Daisy E., Josephine, and Mary E. Squire Roundy’s father, J. L.
Roundy, was the first City Marshal of the city of Leavenworth. He was a distinguished
architect and builder, and while living in Madison, Wis., was employed by Gov. Farwell
to superintend the erection of a large flouring mill, in Madison, He also drew the plans
and superintended the building of Bruin’s Block, a large mercantile building in the same
city. Mr. R.’s father was the first Postmaster of Geary Vity, After his death, which took
placa in Gear City, in April, 1865, his widow was appointed Postmistress, which position
she holds to-day.

JOSHUA SAUNDERS, farmer,P.O. Geary City, came to Kansas May 17, 1854,and located
in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, where he has since resided. He was the first Consta-
ble of Wayne Township. Heis a member of Arcana Lodge No. 31,A.F.&A,M, He was
a@ member of Compan A, Ninth Regiment Kansas Militia, during the ‘Price Raid;” en-
listed in the fall o 1864, served fourteen days and was mustered out at Atchison. Mr.
Saunders was born in Fleming County, Ky., November 23, 1825, aud lived in his native
place until 1864, when he left and came to Fort Leavenworth with the intention of entering
the United States army during the Mexican War. Owing to the regiments at this point be-
ing all filled, his services were not accepted. From there he went to Linkville, Platte Co.,
Mo., where he resided about one year and was engaged in wagon making. From there he
went to St. Joe, where he lived two years, and then returned to Linkville, where he staid
one year. From there he removed to Rushville, Mo., where he remained until the 12th day
of August, 1854, when he moved his family into Kansas. Mr. Saunders was married in
Platte County, Mo., August 12, 1848, to Mary _J. Clemens, a native of Kentucky, They
have five children living, whose names are Nancy Ellen, Louis Jackson, Sarah Eliza,
Mary Elizabeth and Jefferson D. 3

OSEPH A. SYMNS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Atchison, came to Kansas October

15, 1865, and located in the city of Doniphan, where he was engaged for three years and
four months as ¢lerk for his brother, A. B. Symns, then engaged in the general merchan-
dise and pork patking business in Doniphan, now engaged inthe wholesale Brocery trade
in the city of Atchison. After this time Mr. Symns moved to Wayne Township, where he
bought a farm, on which he lives at present, He has been a member of the School Board of
District No. 51, Wayne Township, for seven years. He participated in the last war as
Sergeant of Company A, King’s (Confederate) Battalion of Artillery (Laury’s Battery), and
enlisted in May 1861, at Centreville, Monroe Co., W. Va., served three years and eleven
months, and was mustered out at Christiansburg, Va., in April, 1865. He took part in the
battles of Cedar Creek, Winchester, Strasburg, Fisher’s Hill, Harper’s erry, and numer-
ous other engagements. He was born January 22, 1839, in Monroe County, W. Va., and
lived in his native place until October, 1865, when he came to Kansas. Tr, Symns was
married In the city of Doniphan, May 20, 1869, to Miss Mary C. Shanks, a native of Ken-
They have four children living, viz: John Asbury, Mary Jessie, Charles Maddy
Mr. §. has one of the finest and largest farms in Doniphan County. It con-
tains 1,120 acres, all under fence and about oue-haif in cultivation; the remainder is timber
and pastureland. The improvements consist of a fine family mansion, large barn and con-
venient farm buildings. is orchard covers five acres and contains about 325 apple and
150 peach and cherry trees. He has plenty of good water on his farm, there being a living
stream of running water on every quarter-section. He devotes his attention exclusively

isi in and stock. a e
si DAVID WYNKOOP. farmer, Brenner, came to Kansas in November, 1871, and
located near his present place of residence in Wayne Township, where he has lived since.
He has been Treasurer ofthe School Board of Wolf River Township. Mr. Wynkoop was
porn near Carlisie, Cumberland Co., Pa., in 1817, where he lived until his thirty-fifth year,
when he removed to LaPorte County, Ind., where he resided until he came to Kansas,
Most of his life has been spent in farming. He was married in Harrisburgh, Pa., January
5, 1844, to Miss Sarah Ann Hoover, a native of Pennsylvania. They have seven children
living, whoge names are as follows: Ann Mary, married to G. V. Hagaman, a native of
Indiana, and a member of the firm of Hagaman & Wynkoop, Atchison; Susanna Rebecca,
married to W. A. Stanton, a native of Indiana, who is engaged in farming, and resides in
Wayne Township; John H., a farmer, residing in Wolf River Township, married to Nannie
Robertson, a native of Kansas; David M., dealer in hardware and agricultural imple-
iments, and junior member of the firm of Hagaman & Wynkoop, Atchison; Albert U.,
Schuyler C., and Samuel M. Mr. Wynkoop has a fine farm of 160 acres in Wayne Town-
ship, mostly rolling prairie and very fertile. He has also eighty acres near his homestead,
and eighty acres about @ mile and a half from his home. In Wolf River Township he has
another farm of 220 acres. It is a fine level tract of land, and is counted one among the best
of the fine farms in this township.

TROY.

The town site of Troy was located on October 12, 1855, by T. J. B.
Cramer and A Payne, Commissioners appointed by the Territorial Legislature,
This was done by the driving of astake at a point supposed to be just south-
east of the court-house in the public square. Upon this stake was an appro-

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priate inscription and the signature of the commissioners. Four days later the
County Commissioners ordered James F. Forman (now a prominent citizen of
Doniphan) to lay out eighty acres of the quarter section, comprising the town
site, in town lots, and to make a plat of the same. A public square three hun-
dred feet each way was also to be laid out in the center of thetown. The
affair does not seem to have been considered very pressing, as from bad
weather and other causes it was put off until the following spring. The first
sale of lots was ordered to be made on January 1,1856. ‘lhe terms being
one half cash and the balance in equal amounts, payable in six months and a
year.

The first house in Troy was erected in the spring of 1856 by Nelson
Rogers, who also built the first blacksmith shop. Both of these buildings are
still standing and in use; the house as a dwelling and the shop for its original
business. ‘The latter was purchased in 1857 by James E. Marcum, who has
ever since done a general blacksmithing and repair business in it.

The first store building was built by Heed & Hampson in 1857. This
was shortly followed by that of Brady & Byrd, and this in turn by the drug and
confectionery store of Dexter S. Sergeant.

The first hotel was built in 1857 on the northeast of the public square, a
little distance from it. It was opened by John Wilson, and after passing through
a number of hands came into the possession of Leonard Smith, who owned it
up to the time of its destruction by fire in March, 1871.

This was followed by the City Hotel, which was built by A. Heed, G.
Gillham and others. It stood on the west side of Main Street, near the center
of the block and was built of a coarse concrete. Its first landlord was J. Fitz-
maurice. Like most pioneer hotels, it was not a very profitable house for those
who managed it, and passed from landlord to landlord quite rapidly. John
Sgart, Roland Strain, Charles Higby, Peter Smith, R. W. Hunt, and John
Leight all ran itat successive periods. When destroyed by fire in October,
1879, it was in the hands of Robert Armstrong, now of Wathena,

The first lawyer to locate in Troy was Albert Heed, who came in 1856.
He was followed in 1857 by Sidney Tennant. *

The first physician to practice in the neighborhood was a Dr. Hereford,
who lived about three miles out of town, but no physician located in the town
proper until the arrival of Dr. Payne. Then came Drs. Crane, Bowman and
Wheeler.

The following reminiscences of early days in the art of hotel keep-
ing in Troy, reminds one forcibly of some of Mark Twain’s petrified
facts. It is entitled ‘‘ Not to be Fooled Again.” Inthe early and hard days
of Troy, the hotel (the nest egg, as it were, of the present City Hotel), was
kept by one Fitzmaurice—an overgrown, greasy, rough specimen of humanity,
and Pro-slavery to the backbone. He kept a pretty hard old hole, and a per-
son who stopped there once would ride far and late to avoid doing so again.
One day a person stopped at the house, and after dinner he asked the landlord
for pen, ink, and paper. They were brought, and the man, seating himself in
the bar-room, wrote a communication to the Ellwood Free Press, giving the
hotel, the landlord, the victuals, the furniture, and all pertaining to the house
such a “ roaring up” as has seldom been seen. When the paper coniaining it
appeared, the wrath of Fitzmaurice was terrible. The author was a stranger
to him, but he vowed if he ever found him out to kill him. Not long after-
ward a very gentlemanly looking stranger came to Troy to transact some busi-
ness. After dinner at the hotel he requested writing material to do a little
correspondence. ‘ Get out of my house, you d——d, dirty dog!” exclaimed
Fitzmaurice. ‘‘ Have you the impudence to ask me for pen and paper to play
that same trick onme? Get out of this, right quick!” ‘* Why,” protested
the stranger, ‘I made a civil request. It is necessary for me to write a let-
ter on important business.” ‘‘ No, you can’t come that on me,” replied Fitz.;
“you're a d d Abolitionist, and want to write a letter abusing me and
my house. Get out of here, I tell you!” And outhe had to go.

The first postmaster of Troy was Albert Heed, who received his ap-
pointment in 1857, and held the cffice until 1859. He was succeeded by
Cyrus Leland, Isaac Powers, George Wheeler, A. B. Burr, Anton Bran-
tano, Daniel Bursk, and the present incumbent, Cyrus Leland, Jr. The
first post-office was in the store of Heed & Earl, where the dwelling of
Mrs. Toner now stands. Thence it moved tothe stores of the various post-
masters, and was finally located in that of Cyrus Leland, Jr., where it bids
fair to stay for a considerable time to come.

Troy, as at first laid out, covered the southwest quarter of Section 17,
Township 3, Range 21, east. East Troy was laid out on the southeast
quarter of the same section. Upon the incorporation of Troy as a city, the
space covered by both Troy and East Troy was embraced in the city’
limits. Since 1860 three additions have been made to the town. These are
known as C. J. Jones’, N. N. Jones’, and Hayton’s additions. They cover the
northwest forty acres of Section 20, part of the east half of the northwest
quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter of the same section, lying
north of the right of way ofthe St. Joseph & Western Railway. All these
additions are now within the corporate limits of the city.

 

 

CORPORATE HISTORY.

Troy was incorporated as a city in 1860, by a special act of the Territorial Legislature.
This bill, after specifying the location of the town on the southwest quarter of Section 17,
Township 3, Range 21, conferred upon it ‘All the powers, privileges, rights, responsibili-
ties and provisions of an act_passed at the first session of the Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of Kansas A. D. 1855, entitled‘ An Act to Incorporate the City of Leavenworth,’
except as otherwise provided in this act, shall be and the same are hereby conferred on the
said city of Troy in its corporate capacity.”

A later section of the same instrument provides that S. D. Benight, Leonard Smith and
John B. Brady are hereby appointed judges of election to hold the first election for Mayor
and Councilmen under this act. Troy was the place of holding the election, and the date
Biven was March, 1860, the judges of election being allowed to select the most convenient .

ay of that month.

On the incorporation of Troy in 1860, a full corps of city officers was elected, with Isaac
Powers as Mayor and William H. Truesdell Clerk. The Mayors of the city since that date
have been as follows: C. C. Camp, elected 1861; Cyrus Leland, 1865; A. Perry, 1867; Leon-
ard Smith, 1869; J. F. Hampson, 1871; Abram Jeffs, 1872; Cyrus Leland, Jr., 1873; John
F, Kotsch (acting Mayor), 1876; Charles Higby, 1877; Charles Burkhalter, 1878—(Mr. Burk-
halter served only six months, and his unexpired term was filled by H. ‘Boder); H. Boder
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1879; Robert Tracy, 1880; H. B - a
is ow Tee hee 'Y, 1880; oder, 1881. Mr. Boder was re-elected 1n 1881 and 1882, an
€ records of the city were destroyed in 1872, and_in re-writing them all mention of
city clerks prior to 1870 was omitted. Atthat date W. H. Smith was City Clerk and held
the position until 1873, when Leonard D. Noyes was elected and served until December 19,
881. His successor was James P. Wilson, who Is now in office
nt In 1878, the ordinances of the city having fallen into an imperfect state, Hon. T. W.
Peatley. the present City Attorney, was engaged to undertake the work of revision. Under
S energetic action It was discovered that many of the old ordinances must be entirely re-
made and some expunged, while many new ones were needed. A new set of ordinances,
numbering thirty-two, was accordingly prepared by Mr. Heatley, and, being submitted to
whe Mayor cae were approved and ordered published in pamphlet form. This was

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, NEWSPAPERS AND SOCIETIES.

The present school house in Troy was begun in 1867, and completed two years later.
Prior to the erection of this building there had been in the city a small one-story house of a
single room, in which school had been taught by F. Brown. The project of erecting a
new school building was agitated as early as 1856, and a vote taken by witch bonds to the
amount of four thousand dollars were issued. With discussion of the subject came a fairer
idea of the needs of the school and’ a determination to build a far more costly edifice than
the modest affair at first designed. Accordingly additional bonds to the amount of five
thousand dollars were issued the following year, and the work of construction begun. The
contract was let to Mr. Frank Tracy, now of the St. Joseph Herald, and the foundations
were soon laid. Soon after there was some hitch in the proceedings and work was fora
time stopped. Later there were some alterations decided upon, and it was not until 1869
that the house was finished. Meantime the cost of erection had been swelled in varlous ways,
and the total ox pense footed up twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Even then the upper

part of the building was not finished off, and two rooms were unused for a number of years,

chool exercises were begun in 1870, and have been continued up to the presenttime. The
list of teachers in charge of the school embraces Messrs. Lyman, Emmons, T. M. Barrett,
Woodworth, C. B. Daughters, Rose, Dinsmore, W.E.Cochran and Alexander Thompson. The
latter gentleman was principal in 1881-82, and had three assistants; four departments be-
ine tage. Both white and colored scholars are admitted and taught in all branches by the

i I ‘roy Presbyterian Church was dedicated on January 16, 1866. It had been along
time in Wuilding. the work having been begun in 1864. Its cost was two thousand five hun-
dred dollars, The first Pastor of the church was Rev. F. E. Sheldon, who remained in
charge for more than five years. To him succeeded Rev. J. L. Chapman, who remained
three years, and was instrumental in the building of a parsonage. Mr. A. H. Lilly then be-
came Pastor, and remained until the return of Mr. Sheldon. Rev. Mr. Thompson was the
last preacher of the church, which is not now in use, although It is being repaired, and the
society hope at some future time to re-establish regular services.

., Lhe Sabbath school was a part of the Union and Presbyterian and Methodist school un-
til 1873. when it was made a separate organization under the superintendence of Duncan
McIntosh, It now has an attendance of over forty, andjis in charge of Mr. Charles Rapelye.

The First Methodist Church of Troy was incorporated in 1866. There had been preach-
ing prior to this date in the courthouse, and still earlier in the old schoolhouse in the south-
west part of the city, and also in the Wicker building. The first preacher of the church

. Who held service at this point was Rev. A. Bennett, who came in 1§58 and preached occa-
sionally during that year and the next. He was followed by Revs. Lloyd, James Lawrence,
J. Paulson, Thornborough, James Shaw, D.B. Campbeil, James Lawrence, Charles Shackle-
ford, W. F. Mahan, W. L. Leak, J. A. Amos, R. E. McBride. F. M. Pickles, and J. Biddi-
son, the Present incumbent, who was appointed in 1882. The church building, began in
1867, and completed in 1868, was dedicated in October of the latter year. It has a seating
capacity of two hundred and fifty, and was erected at a cost of $2,800. At the time of or-
fanization the society numbered but nine members; some years later it had nearly one

undred, and now has over seventy. a

A Sabbath school was organized in 1861, under the superintendence of E. Case. This
was a union school, and later a Presbyterian and Methodist organization until the final
separation in 1873. It has now seventy members, and is in charge of A. W. Beale. _

The Colored Missionary Baptist Church of Troy was organized on January 9, 1881, by
Rev. Henry Bacon. The society numbered at that time eight members, but has increased
somewhat since. The small size of this body has precluded the idea of erecting a house of
worship at the present time, but steps are being taken to secure a church building at some
time in the near future.

The publication of the Troy Democrat was began in 1858, by Joseph Thompson, who had
published the Geary City Era, and brought the office of the extinct paper to Troy. This
sheet was, as its name implies, Democratic in politics. After publishing a few numbers Mr.
Thompson became discouraged and removed his material to St. Joseph, Mo., where he be-
gan the publication of the Free Democrat.

The Doniphan County Dispatch was started in the fall of 1860, by J. W. Biggers, who used
the material of the defunct Iowa Point Dispatch. Started chiefly for campaign purposes, the
paper went out of existence when the election was over. The material of the paper was
sold the following year to Hiawatha parties, and was used on the Brown County Union.

e Domphan. County Patriot made its first appearance In April, 1862, under the man-
agement of Dr. E.H.Grant. This was a stalwart Republican paper and an ardent sup-
porter of Gen. J. H. Lane in his contest for presidential honors. The following year Frank

- Tracy bought an interest in the paper, and the firm remained as Grant & Tracy until the
consolidation with the newly started Investigator, early in 1864.

The Troy Investigator was started in February, 1864, by astock company who had pur-
chased tne office of the Holt County News of. Oregon, Mo. H.C. Hawkins was editor of
the new paper, which was Repubiican, but opposed to Lane. Like many of its contempo-
raries, it passed from the stage soon after the election of November, 1864. Its material
went to Brown County, where it was used on the Unton Sentinel. |

The Soldier._S. H. Dodge published the Doniphan Cownty Soldier for a few. months in
the early part of 1865, but it never gained a foothold and was merged in the Troy
Reporter. This paper was practically a continuation of the Soldier. under a new name
and the editorship of Joseph H. Hunt. After a tolerably successful career of over a
year Mr. Hunt was killed by a fall from the roof of the newspaper building. Mrs. Hunt
endeavored to continue the publication, with the assistance of Theodore F. Alvord, but
after a short time sold out to Robert Tracy, formerly of the Elwood Free Press. Under his
management it was continued until April, 1867. when [t was removed to Wathena,

The Republican.—In November, 1868, C. G. Bridges published the Doniphan County
Republican. The paper continued under this management until January, 1871, when it
was sold to Beale & Sanborn. In 1874 Mr, Sanborn retired and A. W. Beale became sole
proprietor. In June, 1875, the office was sold to Sol Miller of the Chief, and the Republican
was abandoned.

The Bulletin.—In May, 187%, C. G. Bridges started the Troy Bulletin, an administration
paper. On the first of December the publisher made a complete change of base and the
paper became Democratic in politics.

The Kansas Chief was started at White Cloud in 1857, the first issue bearing the date
of June 4. Its editor had arrived on March 28, butin those days of slow locomotion, the
two months the material of the paper was in transit were not considered long. At that
time White Cloud contained nothing but a few rough shanties, and the prospects for a suc-
cessful newspaper were not exceptionally brilliant, However, the Chief had come to stay,
and as soon as its type and press could be set up began publication, A bullding was con-
tracted for, bat lumber was scarce and building slow, so the office was opened before the
siding was up; its place being taken by canvas or nothing at all. After a few of the genuine
Kansas blizzards had lifted type all over the floor, better security was attalned. he first
issue of the paper was published just at the time of the saleof the Iowa trust lands, and
copies distributed to all who had come to the sale.

On July 4, 1872, the paper was removed to Troy, where it has ever since been pub-
lished. When started it was a sevenu-column folio of large size (25x38), and as such it ran
till 1880, when a column was added and the size became twenty-eight by forty. It is the
chief paper of the county, and is well known all over the State.

Troy Lodge No. 55, A. F. & A. M., was organized on February 4, 1867, with the follow-
ing as charter members: J.B. Maynard, W. Monroe, L. M. Lee, 8. Tennant, J.C. Power,
W. M. Batis, L. Smith, G. H. Mosley, Daniel Bursk, J. B. Wheeler, C. C. Camp, P. 8. Soper,
Charles Higby, Henry Boder, Jr., and R. T. Nesbit. The first officers of the lodge were:
R. T, Nesbit, W, M.:'C. C. Camp, S. W.: H. Boder, Jr., J. W.; D. Bursk, treasurer; P. S.
Soper, secretary. The society now has a membership of ninety-three. Meetings are held
on Monday on or before full moon and the second Saturday after, in Masonic Hall. The
present officers of the society are as follows: A. Perry, W. M.; Dinsmore, S. W.;
‘Thomas Henshall, J. W.; George Harris, treasurer; D. G Sinclair, secretary.

Troy Lodge No. 38, T. O. 0. F., was organized on September 23, 1868, by H. O. Sholes,
Grand Master ot Kansas. Its charter members were: Leonard Smith, J. C. Gordon,
Geo. Shriver, J. F. Hampson, X. K. Stout, W. E. Pickett, Charles Higby, H. A. Dempsey, D.
Bursk, W. H. Hambaugh. On the night of forming the lodge C. Leland and F. M. Tracy

_ were initiated and the following officers chosen: K. Stout, N. G.; Leonard Smith, V. G.;
J. F. Hampson, P.S.; C. Leland, R.8.; F, M. Tracy, treasurer, The society now has a
membership of fifty. Meetings are held each Saturday in Odd Fellows’ Hall, over the bank.
The present officers of the society are as follows: Frank Brown, N.G ; L. A. Roderick, V
Gy W. Erskine, secretary; X. K. Stout, freezers The propeity of the lodge consists of

1g nd money to the amount of over i

ee Lodge No. 1317, Knights of Honor, was organized on December 30, 1878, b
deputy G. D. Alonzo Howland, with the following charter members; H. Boder, Jr., Sol.

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

Miller, D. C, Siuclair, L, L. Johnson, J. W. Morse, R. Wilkinson, A. S. Ashmead, Thoma
C. Monson, J. A. Amos. J. B. Byers, C. E. Brown, J. G. Light, J. T, Wilson, and the follow-
ing officers: H. Boder, P. D.; D. C. Sinclair, D.; L. L. Johnson, V. D.; J B. Byers, A. D.id.
W. Morse, f. R ; Thomas C. Monson, R.; Sol. Miller, treasurer; J. A: Amos, chaplain; C.
E. Brown, guide; J. P. Wilson, guardian; A. §. Ashmead, sentinel. The society now
numbers thirty-nine members. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Friday of
each month in Odd Fellows’ Hall. The good fortune of this lodge is remarkable, no deaths
having occurred since its organization. Its present officers are D. C. Sinclair, P. D. } R. 8.
Dinsmore, D.; A. Breckenridge, V. D.; F. Lang, A. D.; D. W. Morse, F. R.; B. Wilkinson,
R. i Sol. Miller, treasurer; D. M. Conklin, guide; C. Moorehead, guardian; William Young,
sentinel.

The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Troy was organized in March, 1882, by
Mrs. Cochran, atraveling organizer of the general Union. There were, however, 80 few
at the first meeting that the members of this place, although holding regular meetings to
keep the society alive, made no effort in temperance work. A better organization was
effected on April 21, 1882, when the following officers were chosen: Mrs. L. V. Reeder,
president. rs. Helen R. Dixon, vice-president; Mrs. N. E, Close, corresponding sec-
retary; Mrs. M, McIntosh, recording secretary; Mrs. M. Reese, treasurer. Meetings are
held each Friday afternoon, at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches, alternately. The
society now has forty-one members. Its aim isto oppose in every way the sale of intox-
icants, and especially to train children and young people toan aversion for these articles
and their places of sale. A membership fee of fifty cents per year is collected and divided
between the State Union and the home work. .

The Public abrary is the outgrowth of the desire on the part of the young Jadies
society known as the S. L. K., to continue by a course of reading the education of recent
academical study. Books were accumulated from various sources, and funds gained by
fairs, festivals and other amusements, and in September, 1879, the library was opened to
the public. It has occupied, for the past year, a room in the second story of the court house
bullding, and is open every Saturday aflernoon. About five hundred volumes are already
in use, embracing good editions of the best authors tn history, travel and standard fiction.
Additions are made from time to time, and although the society has neither asked nor re-
ceived aid from any source, it bids fair to have before long one of the best libraries in
Northern Kansas.

BUSINESS INTERESTS,

Troy now has five general stores, three restaurants, one hotel, one bank, two jewelry
stores, one each of furniture and hardware, two drug stores, one harness shop, six physi-
cians and six attorneys, and one insurance agent. esides these, there are a number of
other-industries, which have either been already spoken of at length or are of minor im-
portance, The population of the town is not far from eight hundred. t

In 1870, Henry and Louis Boder started the banking firm of Boder Brothers. Their
place of business was in a frame building forty feet north of the present banking house;
this was swept aw ay by the fire of 1872. The same year the fine brick structure now used
was erected. This is 21x57 feet on the ground floor, two stories in height, and has a base-
ment. Its cost, exclusive of the land, was four thousand dollars. To this should be
added the massive safe and fixtures, valued at two thousand dollars. The upper floor is
occupied as a lodge room by the Odd Fellows.

Tune Banner flouring mill, at the foot of Main street, was built in 1869, by F, M. Tracy.
Shortly after the completion of the mill, Mr. Tracy formed a partnership with D. M.
Parker, who took an active interest in the business until July, 1881, when he became sole
owner, The mill building is Lwo stories in height, with a capacious basement and attic,
making it practically four stories, The size of the main building is 32x56. There isalso
an ell 22x44 feet and two stories in height. Four run of buhr stunes are in use: two on
wheat and one each on middlingsand corn. The mill is also supplied with a set of rollers
for making ‘‘new process” flour. Power is supplied by an eng ne of fifty horse-power,
The entire property cost its owner twenty thousand dollars. Its capacity is fifty barrels
of flour for each twelve hours of operation.

The first lumber yard in Troy was opened in 1869, by S.C. Beach. Shortly after C. Pope
opened a yard where the Leland yard is now located. In_ 1878, Tracy & Co. bought Mr.
Pope’s stock and continued the business. In 1879, Cyrus Lejand, Jr., who had been Mr.
Tracey’s partner, obtained entire control of the business, which has ever since been run
in his name. A stock valued at from four to six thousand doliars is kept constantly
on hand. This is the only yard in the city.

In 1872, Cyrus Leland, Jr., built the pork packing house which still stands a short
distance southeast of the railway depot. The building consists of a main part 4Ux7U feet
and two stories in height, and an addition 12x80 feet, with an engine room 14x24 feet, the
whole valued at five thousand dollars. Power is furnished by aboiler of twenty-four
horse power, The brick for this building was burned on the spot and proved of so good
a quality as to induce Mr. Leland to burn all the brick needed about the town—generally
akiln yearly. The pork packing house uses from three to five thousand hogs each season
but, owing to the difficulty of obtaining ice, is not run through the entire year.

The Troy elevator, was built in 1877, by Cyrus Leland, Jr. The following April it was
destroyed by fire. A second elevator was built in the summer of 1878, andis now in use.
This building is 12x40 feet in the main part, two stories in height, and has an ell of one
story, 16x30 feet. Power is furnished by an engine of sixteen horse-power. The struct-
ure with its fittings cost in the neighborhood of three thousand five hundred dollars.
Its capacity is near. y four thousand bushels of grain, and its facilities for handling such
that it can dispose of between four and five thousand bushels daily.

In 186%, Charles Higby, who had up to that time been keeping the hotel on the west
side of Main street, opposite the public square, purchased the old court house. This con-
sisted of three rooms, all on the ground floor. The work of adding to the original struct-
ure was begun at once, and in 1869 a second story was completed. In 1873 tlie house was
enlarged to its present dimensions. It now basa main part 34x36 feet and two stories in
height, and an ell 24x36 feet, two stories in height. The cost of the property, including
the grounds, was not far from seven thousand dollars. With the exception of one year
ibe one has been managed by Charles Higby, who still runs it. Itisthe only hotel in

A Serious Conflagration.—On the night of April 15, 1875, fire broke out in the rear of an
unoccupied pullding on the east side of Mainstreet, just below the public square, Along
this row and on both sides of the burning building stood small frame structures of various
ages and degrees of dryness. With snch material to work upon, the rapid spread of the
fire was not to be wondered at. Discovered about half an hour before midnight, it had be-
fore dawn destroyed the entire row of buildings on the east side of Main street south of
the square and two of those fronting the conrt-house. The buildings destroyed were a
dwelling of H. A. Wright, onthe corner, the office of Dr. Hoffmeier a folnin ‘on the east,
the shoe shop of Christian Glaman onthe southof Mr. Wright's dwel ling, the two story
building belonging to William Mann, in which the fire started, the dwelling of William
Sears, the two story brick of Henry Wheeler,occupied on the lower floor by the boot and
shoe shop of M. W. Bell, and above b Joseph Craney. On thesouth of this building stood
another two story brick, used on the lower floor as a grocery by D. S. Sergeant,and above by
L. Merritt, The total loss by this flreis unknown, as but one building carried any insur-
ges re exception of the office of Dr. Hoffmeier, none of the burned buildings have

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

N.C. BAILEY, Sheriff, was born October 11, 1847. His father, William Bailey, was a native
of New York, Heemigrated with his family from Wisconsin when N.C, was quite young, and
came to Kansas in 1857 locating at Charteston, Doniphan County, veing one of the first settlers
iu that part. He was closely and prominently identified in this county as a business man
foranumberof years. His death occurred in 1863. N. C. was reared and educated in
Doniphan County. In 1863 heenlisted in Company D.,Fourteenth Kansas. He participated in
many of the stirring engagements, among which was Saline River, serving until the close
of the war, and houora ly discharged. Returning home, engaged in agricultural pur-
sults In Burr Oak Township for four years: after which he removed to Troy and followed

lastering and other pursuits until 1881, when he was elected Sheriff. Politically he is a
publican. He makes an efficient and trusty official, and the fugitive from justice, when
Na buckles on his armor and strikes out, migit as well bein Hades with a beaver ulster
on. Wece i amore favorably Enown: Heis a member of the K. of
a f Miss Missouri King ; i ion,
Cora, Gertrude, and Oille, g; they have three children by the union,

ISAAC BROWN, facmer, Section 31, P.O. Troy. This worthy fellow citizen is a native
of New York, and was born ln Tompkins County, now Schuyler, April 8, 1822 ; his father,
Thomas Brown, and his mother, Jane, were natives of the mpire State. Isaac was reared
as an agriculturist and has always adhered to that branch of industry. Lived jin New York
State until 1872, when he came to,Kansas, locating a short distance west of Troy ; removed
to his present home a few years ago. He was married in 1843 in New York, to Miss Mary
qannson: & native of that State. She was born October 25, 1825 ; her father, Benjamin, and
her mother, HENZAD eth were natives of New Jersey. The children born to Mary and tsaac
Brown were seven. Helen M., Benjamin J., Ellen E., Mary V., William H., Adel K,, and
Libbie M, The family is identified with the Methodist Church.

.B. BY] ES hard ware merchant, 1s a native of Ohio, and was born in Wayne County,
July 20, 1829. He was there reared and educated, learning the tinner’s trade in the town
of West Salem. His father, David Byers, was one of the old and substantial farmers of
Wayne County. When J. B. attained his'twentleth year he came to Llinvis and embarked
in the hardware trade, doing business at different periods in the towns of Henne in, Prince-
ton.and Geneseo. From the latter place he came to Troy in1871. Mr. B. carries a large
stock of his line, and is one of the solid men of the county. He was married in 1854
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

Miss Cornelia Brown, By this union they. have eight children living, Herman, Wallace,
Clara, Ida, Joseph, Glenn, Ferris and Burt; lost one, Emma, Yr. Byers is a member of
K. of H. He and his family are identified with the Methodist Episco att Church.

FRED. J. CLOSE, Clerk of the District Court, was bornin Snyder County, Pa., March
21,1849; when quite young he removed with his parents to Sandusky County, Ohio, where
his father, Joseph Close, was largely engaged in farming and stock raising. Fred. spent
his vouthful days in tilling the soil and attending the common schools, In February, 1863,
not yet in his fourteenth year, he enlisted in the United States Army shouldered a musket,
and in Company A.,Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participate in the battles of Chatta-
nooga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Resaca. The latter was on May 15, 1864.
Here he received a musket ball in the left arm which necessitated amputation. It is con-
ceded by writers that he is now the youngest man who was inthe United States Army
that carried a guninthe war, There were others that enlisted as young in years but they
enlisted earlier. When discharged from the service in October, 1864. he returned to Ohio,
and for a considerable,time attended the Bellvue School. In March,1866,he came to Kansas,
locating in Highland, Doniphan County, where he attended the Highland University for five
years thereafter; engaged in drug trade for five years, and he engaged in agriculture pur-
suits after that for several years, and also as Justice of the Peace ; in 1878 was the choice of
the'Republican party for Clerk of the District Court, and re-elected in 1880 without opposi-
tion, and in 1882 again by alarge majority. Mr. Close is an efficient official and eminently
popular with all. e is a charter member of Highland Lodge No. 6%, of the 1.0.0. F.

e was married September 5, 1871, to Miss Nannie E. Garvin of New Athens, Ohio. They
have had three children, Fred. P.; and lost two, Maggie and Edward,

IMOTHY CROWLEY, farmer, Section 33, P. O. roy, is a native of Ireland and was
born in the County Cork. His early days on the Emerald Isle were Shenk in tilling the soil,
and attending the common schools of that country. After attaining manhood, came to
America, lived foratimein New York and other parts, eventually coming to St. Joseph
Mo., and in 1860 to Kansas, locating in Doniphan County, where he now resides. Mr. Crow-
ley was in limited circumstances when he came to this State, and, notwithstanding he
had many obstacles to contend with, he has secured afair competency by his untiring in-
dustry. His estate consists of 160 acres of choice land. He was married in St. Joseph, Mo.,
to Miss Nora Morrissey, an estimable lady. ichael,
Patrick, James, Jerry, Thomas, Frank, Himself and family are members
of the Catholic Church, 3 ; :

ROBERT S. DINSMORE, M. D., was bornin Washington, Washington County, Iowa,
December 4, 1853. Came to Highland, Kansas, in August, 1870, attended school at High-
land Uaty erally, untilthe spring of 1872, when he began teaching school, and taught until
the spring of 1876. He took up the study of medicine in 1874, with Dr. J.S. Martin, of
Highland, Kansas, attended one course of medical lectures at Keokuk, Iowa, College of
Physicians and Surgeons, in 1876, after which he spenta year in the Philadelphia Hospital,
at Philadelphia, Pa., as nurse, gaining practical knowledge in medicine and surgery. He
returned to Keokuk inthe fall of 1877, and attended the winter course of lectures, and
received the degree of Docior of Medicine February 14, 1878. He returned to Kansas and
associated himself with Dr. William Reeder, and began the practice of his profession in
April, 1878, at Troy, Kansas, and has gained the confidence and respect of the people, as
his extensive practice shows. He is amember of Troy Lodge, No. 55, A. F, & A. M., and
also Troy Chapter No. 16, R. A.M. Is a member of Troy Lodge No. 1317, K. of H., and is
at present Dictator of the lodge. Has served one term of two years as Coroner of Doni-
phan County, and last year was re-elected to the same office. Dr. Dinsmore isa son of Rev.

homas H. Dinsmore, who was bornin Rich Hill, Greene Co., Pa., August 15, 1819; re-

moved to West Alexander, Washington Co.,Pa., September 2, 1836. Was prepared for col-
lege under the tuition of Rev. John McCluskey, D. D., principal of the West Alexander
Academy. Was graduated from Washington ollege, Pa., September 29, 1843, under the
presidency of Rev. David McConaughy, D. D. Devoted one year to teaching in the West
Alexander and Grove Academies. e was matriculated in the Princeton Theological Sem-
inary in August, 1844, and received his diploma for the full course of three years. In May,

1847, was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of New Brunswick. Was united
in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Mc onaughey, daughter of Robert McConaughey, Ksq., of
Marshall County, West Va., September 14,1847. Removed toIowa, November 10, 1847.
and settled in Washington. ecame Stated Supply of the churches of Washington and
Brighton, as a home m aslonary: Was unanimously elected Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Sctences in the Des Moines College, by the Presbytery of Iowa, in April, 1849.
Filled his chair with acceptance for four years, and was ordained July3, 1850; resigned in
April, 1853, and was elected by the synod of Iowa to the same chairin the Alexander Col-
legeof Dubuque. He did not accept this position, but again became the Pastor of the Pres-
byterian Church of Washington, as successor to Rev. R. S. Dinsmore, his deceased brother,
and opened the Wasnington Academy, which was merged atthe end of two_ years inthe
Washington College, at its organization under the care of the Associate Presbyterian
Church. Was elected President of the Van Rensselaer Academy, by the Presbytery of
Palmyra, in April, 1859, and removed to Ralls County, Mo., June 22, 1859. Held this posi-
ion for five years. In April, 1864, he became principal of St. Francisville Seminary, and
Stated Supply of the Presbyterian Church for four years. Owing to the failure of his
health, and wader the advice of physicians, was obliged to relinquish teaching and take to
exerciseinthe openair. He removed to a farm near Athens, Mo., and continued to do
such pastoral work as he was able to perform. In November, 1870, he engaged in financial
work for Highland University, in connection with the five million memorial offering to
commemorate the reunion of the branches of the Presbyterian Church. Removed October
3, 1871 to Highland, Kan. Was appointed Acting President and Professor of Mathematics
for the years 1871-72, in Highland University and elected unanimously Professor of Ma-
thematics and Astronomy for a term of three years, June 20, 1872. He was appointed Jan-
uary 12, 1880, agent for Highland University, to collect funds for endowment and other
purposes relating to the interests of the institution. His fast term of service in the agency
closed June 10, 1882. His family consists of four sons and three daughters, his companion
having died in her home in Highland July 24, 1874. Thesons have all entered upon a suc-
cessful career, three in professional and one in commercial life.

. F. DIXON, Recorder of Deeds, was born in Dorchester County, Md., September 25,
1817. His father, Rev. Harrison Dixon, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
His mother’s maiden name was Fisher. His parents were of English ancestry. E, F. was
reared and educated in his native State, his earlier days being spentonafarm. Foratime
he pursued the vocation of school teaching and clerking in the mercantile houses. In 1842
he located in Buchanan County, Mo., on the Platte River, where he was interested in oper-
ating a saw mill, being a pioneer inthat industry on the Platte purchase. Later he ‘was
engaged in agricultural pursuits, In 1855 was engaged in the woolen mill business in St.
Joseph, with which he was identified for several years. In 1861 hecame to Kansas,engaging
in farming a short distance from Wathena, until 1863, when he removed to town, there re-
siding until 1879, when he became a resident of Troy. During his sojourn in Wathena,
was Justice of the Peace, Police Judge, and otherwise officially occupied. In 1879 he was
elected Recorder, and again in 1881. During the Rebellion he was tendered a commission
as Lieutenant, by the Governor of Kansas, in the State Militia, which he did not accept, but
volunteered as a private under Col. Leland. Mr. Dixon has been beforethe public o Don-
iphan County, and there have been few that have been more highly esteemed. In 1852 and
1853 he was a member of the Missouri legislature. Politically, he was formerly an old line
Whig. Since the disbandment of the Whig party he has been an advocate of the Republican
doctrine. Mr. Dixon has been twice married, first in Missouri to Mrs. Virginia Henderson,
now deceased. They had one daughter, Carrie, His present wife was Miss Helen R. Re-

ua, a native of Michigan. lave six children ieet des Everett F., Etta M., Emma

i ; ellie. r. D. is an unaffiiliate: :

“pe ORY SiN PE oaee wear 15, P. O. Troy, one of the.early Kansans who has been
before the public for over a quarter of a century. He isa native of Kentucky, and was
born in the city of Frankfort November 29, 1830. Was there educated, reared and learned
the carpenter’s and joiner’s trade, When twenty years of age, went to Louisville, Ky., pur-
suing his vocation there for five years, In 1855 came to St. Joseph, Mo., and the same sea-
son to Ellwood, Kan., which was thenin its zenith, with a fair promise to outstrip St. Joseph.
In 1856-57 he erected there one of the largest hotels inthe West, and was proptietor of the
game for several years. When business in Ellwood and the town became something of the
past, Mr. Dryden turned his attention to farming, and resided for atime a short distance
west of Troy. His landed interests in Doniphan County amount to 480 acres, principally
under cultivation. Mr. D. has been officially identified in the county as one of its Commis-
sioners, was Justice of the Peace for a time, and held minor offices. He was one of the
Directors of the St. Joseph & Denver R. R., representing $400,000, the amount of bonds
voted by Doniphan County for the St. Jo. & D., and the A.& N. Heis aman of clear judg-
ment, a good financier, public spirited, and foremost in enterprises that will be beneficial
to the country. He was married in 1856 to MissS. L. Allen, of Kentucky.

J. H. EARHART, Superintendent of Doniphan County Farm, P. 0. Troy. Among

‘ Count and one who figured in its early agricultural interests,

With his family I he located at Palermo; In 18555 nis death

urT umberof years ago. His son, J. H., was born in Doniphan County, January
51856, tie was deprived of parents by death when quiteyoung, Was reared and educated in
Doniphan County, always following farming. In arch, 1880, took charge of the County
Farm; under his management it has been conducted creditably to himself and the satisfac-
tion of the people. He was married October 11, 1877, to, Miss Bessie Charles, of Doniphan
County. By the union they have two children—Robert R. and Theodore T. -

ROBERT FLICKINGER. In May, 1857, two young men landed in Geary City. Doni-
phan vounty, from a Missouri steamer; they were in search of a suitable place for a saw
mill, and finding there what they considered a desirable point, located. One of those men
was Robert Flickinger, Esq.,and for the past SUArLCE of acentury he has been before the peo-

le so prominently that his name has already becomea household word in Doniphan County.
He was born in Pennsylvania, November 9, 1833. His father, Nicholas, and his mother,

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the pioneers of Doniphan
was Mr. George C. Earhart.

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Rebecca Flickinger,-were natives of Perry County. Pa,, and when Robert was young he
moved to Ohio, living respectively in Richland and Huron counties. The senior Flickinger_
was a miller by trade. Robert, as he developed into munhood, turned his attention to the
lumber industry, which he pursued in the Buckeye State until he came to Kansas. He
operated the mill at Geary City until 1861, at which time his Free-state friends were pre-
paring to put him in the field as a candidate for Sheriff of Doniphan County, but seeing that
he county demanded troops, he relinquished everything, and prepared to go to the front.
He assisted to organize Company G, of the Eighth Kausas Volunteer Infantry, and was
chosen Captain of the same, and after being one year on duty in Missouri and the West, was
sent South, where he was inthe Army of the Tennessee until April 6, 1864, when he was
honorably discharged. He participated in a number of the hardest engagements 0: the war,
among those were Chicks tana and Mission Ridge. He re-engaged itu business in Geary
City, and in 1876 was elected County Treasurer by the Republican party, and re-elected in
1878. In 1867 he was a member of the State Legislature, and has held other public offices of
trust. For several years was President of the Doniphan Gounty Agricultural Exposition,
and hasdone much towards the advancement of that society. For the past few years he
has been opezating a flouring mill at Geary City, where he has always been interested in
business. Mr. Flickinger was married in 1864, to Miss Rachel Tegar', of Doniphan County.
ong, have three children, Josephine, Lewis R., Adelbert B. He is amember of the Masonic
rder. .
JOSEPH HAYTON, farmer, P. O. Troy, who was one of the first farmers to locate in
the gicinity 0 fTroy. He isa native of England, and was born in Chester County, September
8, 1828. hen quite young he came to the United Srates, taking up his abode in Davidson
County, Tenn., where he resided until 1850, when, with others, he went to California,
and turned his attention to mining, remaining there six years. Returned and went to Can-
ada for a short period, when he turned his steps once more toward the Pacific slope, arriving
in Troy, while en route, on the 8th of January, 1858. Being favorably impresse with Kan-
sas, hé pre-empted a tract of land close to Troy, and has since been one of the substantial
farmers. Politically, Mr. Hayton has been prominently identified. For aterm was Sheriff
of the county, was County Commissioner, member of the Board of Education, and for atime
President of the Board, and has held minor offices. Mr. H. has been jargely interested in
fruit growing, havinga fine orchard. He was married in 1860, to Miss Electa Conner,a
native of Indiana. By this union they have had six children, three are living—William,
Joseph and John. Lost three—Edmond, Bud, and Edward. The latter was accidentally
killed in 1881, Ry the discharge of a gun he was carrying.
J. D. HAZEN, liveryman. Among the ploneers o Donipban County was Alfonso Hazen,
Esq. father of the subject of this sketch. He located with his family in Columbus, in April.
1858, engaging in the saw-mill business, and afterwards infarming. His death occurred a
few yearsago. J. D. was born in Stark County, Ohio, July 2, 1841. Came to Kansas in
1858. In September, 1862, enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Kansas. Was in the battles
of Prairie Grove, Van Buren and other engagements; was twice taken prisoner; the first
time was paroled, the second time was captured with two others, one being the Colonel.
Their seven captors took a vote as to whether they should be shot or released, and the count
stood four to three in favor of the prisoners; besides the Colonel was to extend them some
favors, consequently they were released. He served until the close of the war, was honor-
ably discharged and returned to Doniphan County, engaging in farming on Burr Oak bot-
toms until 1874, when he embarked in the livery businessin Troy. eis alive business
man, a great horse fancier, and one of the progressive men of the county, He has large
landed interests in Sumner County, Kan. e was married in 1865, to Miss Mahalia King,
of Doniphan County. By the union they have four children—Alonzo, Nellie, Clarence and.
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THOMAS WILLIAM HEATLEY, attorney, was born in Safe-Harbor, Lancaster Co.
Penn., November 2, 1848. His father, Johu Heatley, is a native of England, and
cameto the United States in 1845, locating in Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in
prick laying and furnace building. In the spring of 1857 he came to Kansas, settling
first on a claim three miles southeast of Troy, and next at Geary City, where he was
identified with the building and mercantile interests of the latter town until 1868, when he,
returned to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he still resides. He possesses a vigorous intellect and
great force of character. His wife, formerly Miss Sarah Gregg, was a native of Wales, and
came to America in 1845, and in 1847 was married to John Heatley, in Pennsylva-
nia. Her death occurred at Kittaning, in that State, August 5. She was
a woman of much intelligence and great kindness of heart, beloved by all who
knew her. Thomas W., the eldest of nine children, was educated in the common
schools of Pittsburgh, and from 1857 to 1863, received the benefits of the limited
educational advantages of Doniphan County. Upon returning with his parents to
Pittsburgh in 1863, he began his studies at Kittaning Academy, and in 1865 entered the
Allegheny College at Meadville, and there pursued the classical course for two years; then
returned to Pittsburgh and labored at the same trade as his father in the iron works, at in-
tervals for several years, earning sufficient means to complete his education. He entered
the office of Col. A. Blakely, September 1, 1868, and_ under his tutorship spent the evenings
studying law. In October, 1868, he commenced his studies in the law department of the
Michigan University at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated, receiving his diploma and the
degree of LL. B., March 29, 1871. The following month he was admitted to the bar of the
Supreme Court of Michigan, at Detroit. Being then unprepared _to enter upon the youn
lawyer's proverbial term of waiting for clients, he returned to Pittsburgh, and althoug
being a full-fledged expounder of Blackstone, he had not forgotten his trade as a furnace-
builder, and pursued that vocation until December of the same year, continuing his studies
in the evenings. In January, 1872, he formed a law partnership with Col. Blakely, his
former preceptor, which existed until_December, 1873, when Mr. Heatley came to Kansas,
and in January, 1874, the law firm of Price & Heatley was formed in Troy, the senior mem-
per being Judge Nathan Price. This partnership existed until May, 1878, since which time
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he has been alone, and now has the confidence of the people, a good practice, and an exten-
vive law library. In 1878 he was employed by the city authorities of Troy to revise its
ordinances. Upon entering upon this work, he found preparation as “much needed as re-
vision, but completed his work, which was approved by the Mayor and Council, and pub-
lished as the laws of the corporation. In 1878 he was appointed City Attorney of Troy, and
in the autumn of that year was elected County Attorney of Doniphan County, and re-elected
in 1880, and has made a safe, energetic and efficient officer. In 1872 he took part in the
Liberal Republican movement, aud was elected one of the delegates from Pittsburgh to the
National Convention at Cincinnati, and was also a member of the Liberal Republican State
Central Committee for Pennsylvania, and actively engaged in the campaign of 1872, in Al-
legheny County. Since then he has acted with the regular Republican party. In 1876 he
was nominated by the Republican Convention of Doniphan County as Representative to
the Kansas Legislature, but withdrew from the contest. Mr. Heatley was reared in the
Protestant Episcopal Church, but his legal studles teaching him to decide all great questions
for himself, gradually led him into a more liberal construction of the great principles that
underlie religion and society. He has all respect for Christianity, but he has no intellectual
affiliation with any ofthe denominations. For a number of years he has been on the Exam-
ining Board of Teachers in Doniphan County, and is closely identified with the educational
interests. Early in lifehe developed more than ordinary literary tastes, and being a close
student, and having great concentration of purpose, it was evident that he was destined to
make his mark in life. Heis possessed of a vigorous and active mind. Asa lawyer he is
conscientious and successful, as a speaker earnest and impressive, and as a writer has at-
ained local distinction, and is a contributor of prose and verse to a number of literary pe-
iodicals, His ideas are clothed in appro riate language, indicating a thorough mastery of
he subject. When occasion demands it, he isa pungent writer, and woe be to the adversary
hat comes within range of histongueorpen. Heisaloverof books and a great reader,
and his library of well selected volumes is one of the largest inthe county. He is strictly
temperate, yet does not assume to regulate the habits of others, and inclined to be select in
social circles, but wherever he is found he is one ef the most companionable of men. M

. he was married to Miss Alice A. Pickard, a native of Iowa, an estimable lady
fine social attainments, a daughter of George and Marian Harold Pickard, of Donip

ounty.
CHARLES HIGBY, propristor Higby House. Among the pioneer hosts in eastern
Kansas, there are but few, if any, who are more popularly known to the traveling public
than Charles Higby. Heisanative of New York, and was born in Lewls County, August
10,1819, His father, Benjamin, wis a New- Yorker, a miller by profession, and a part of
the time pursued farming. His milling interests had been at West Flagg and Booneville.
His mother, Hannah Crowfoot, was a native of Connecticut, as was also his Brandtather
Crowfoot. Charles learned the carpenter’s trade, and engaged extensively in the manufac-
turing of cars, which he followed for sixteev years, doing business at different periods in
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, In 1857, cameto Kansas, locating and pre-empting a
farm near where Severance now is located. In 1861, traded his farm for a hotel in Troy
and has since been before the public as alandlord. Heis possessed of asplendid memory,
has a keen perception pertaining to the ludicrous, and appreciates a good joke. He was
married in 1845, to Miss Sarah Lombard, of Oswego County, N. Y.; by the union they have
one son, O. W. r. H, is a member of the Masons, anda charter member of Troy Lodge.

R. F. C. HOFFMEIER, homeopathist, was born in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co., Pa.,
January 31,1846. At an early age he removed to Lancaster City, residing until he at-
tained his sixteenth year, when his father, Rev. John W., with family, located in Manches-
ter, Carroll Co., Md. F. C, received the benefits of a good education, and took up the study
of medicine. He parly became impressed with the virtues of homceopathy, which he has
never deviated from. Then graduating from the University of Maryland, he, in 1867, com-
menced practice at Silver Run, continuing for one year, when he removed to Westminster,
where he continued until he moved to Doniphan County, Kan., in1871. Dr. H. is thor-
oughly conversant with the details of his profession, and has béen eminently successful.
He was the first homeopathic practitioner in Doniphan County, and has made a good rec-
ord. The Doctor was married in 1878, to Miss Tillie Nelson, daughter of Hanse Nelson,one
of Hae pupstantial farmers of Doniphan County. By this union they have one daughter,

ellie May.

RICHARD HULSE, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Brenner, is one of the oldest and most re-
spected citizens of Doniphan County. He isa native of Pennsylvania, and was born Feb-
ruary 11,1812. Atanearly age removed to Kentucky, thence to Ohio, and in the spring of
1839 being among the pioneers of Weston, Platte Co, Mo, Previous to coming to Missouri,
Mr. Hulse had been engal edin lumbering. He turned his attention to farming for atime
in Platte County. He first came tothe Territory of Kansas in 1854, not locating perma-
In 1856, pre-empted a portion of the land where he now resides, being among the
first in that part. He has done much towards the developing of the county, passing through
all the difficulties of every Kansan. He was married in Ohio, to Miss Esther Ann Davis;
by this union have had eight children, five of whom are living—Permilla, Eva A., F. T., J.

. and A. H.; lost dire eiiza, Columbus, and Laura. | :

SAMUEL N. JOHNSON, County Treasurer. _This popular entleman, who is custo-
dian of the funds of Doniphan County, was born in LaPorte, Ind., March 6, 1846. His father,
George Johnson, came to Missouri with his family, locating in Buchanan County, when
Samuel was quite young. Here he was principally reared and educated, February 1, 1862,
he enlisted as Sergeantin Capt. H. B. Johnson’s Independent Battery of Artillery, ‘Missouri
Volunteers, and for three years served in charge of a section of the Battery a part of the
time, and also as clerk in the Provost Marshal’s office at Lexington and Jefferson City.
the engagement at Blue Springs, Mo., he received three bullet wounds in the body, and an
ugly wound on the head. fter being mustered out of the service, he returned to St,
Joseph, Mo., residing until 1867, when he came to EEOye and engaged in working at his
trade, that of contracting and building. In 1872, he became Deputy County Treasurer,
serving in that capacity until 1879, when he was elected Treasurer by the Republican
party, and re-elected without opposition of any consequence, in 1881. He isa member of
the v 0. 0. F., and the Masonic Fraternity. Mr. Johnson is a clever gentleman, and a prac-
tical and careful financier, discharging the duties of his office with credit to himself and
the satisfaction of his constituents. ewas married January 1, 1867, to Miss Helen Mc-
Lin, of Lexington, Mo. They have three children—Hubert, Hattie, and Helen.

SOLOMON MILLER, known all over Kansas as “Sol. Miller of the Chief,” is the oldest
Kansas editor in continuous service, beside being the proprietor of the oldest paper Born
in LaFayette, Ind., on January 22, 1831, he went shortly after with his parents to Preble
County, Ind., where he remained until seventeen years old. He then went to Germantown,
Ohio, and became an apprentice in a paulnelag office. At twenty-one he assumed charge of
the local paper and remained with jt through its various changes of name for nearly five
years. Next, acting upon Horace Greeley’s advice tothe young worldin general and the
craft in particular, he came West, and in March, 1857 started at White Cloud the Kansas
Chief. In 1872 he moved the Chief to Troy, where it has ever since been published,

H. MONTGOMERY, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Troy; was born in Jackson County, Ind,
June 20, 1834; he was reared and educated in his native State, his early life being that of a
farmer boy. In 1857 he came to Kansas, locating in Columbus, Douiphan County; here he
resided until 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
Was atthe battle of Prairie Grove and other engagements, serving until the close of the
war, when be was honorably discharged. He returned to Doniphan County and engaged in
school teaching in Burr Oak Township, continuing until 1866, when he located where he
now resides. Sar. Montgomery is one of the best known cl'izens in the county, and is
recognized as one of the most progressive. In 1865 he was elected by the Independent
Republicans to the State Legislature, and has been otherwise officially identified. In 1866
Miss Mary Brock, of Doniphan County, became his wife; they have four children—Anlbella,
Walter B., William H. and Florence M.; he is also rearing Milton and &sther Flemming,
children of his wife’s sister, Mrs. Nancy E, Brock Flemming. Mr. M. isa member of the

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o ake MORSE, Gaunt Clerk, is a native of Farmington Falls, Warren Co., Ohio, and
was born Sept. 28, 1835. his father, Ira Morse, was a potter by trade, and one of the repre-
sentative citizens of Warren County; his death occurred in 1850. D. W.’s parents, paternal
and material, were of New England stock; his mother’s maiden name was Carr. He was
reared and educated in Warren County, pursuing the vocation, as he advanced in years, of
clerking. After the death of his father, hecame to St. Louis, Mo., and entered the establish-
ment of Samuel Couples & Co,, as shipping clerk, continuing in their employ for a consid-
erable length of time. In 1857 came to Kansas, caring in Wolfe R' ver Township, Doni-
han County, where he pre-empted a farm on Section b, being a pioneer in this county,
Tn 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Seventh Kansas, passing that winter in Missouri; was
at the Little Blue engagement. After golng South, was at the battle of Iuka, Miss.,
Corinth and other noted affairs that Grant’s army participated in; was with Gen. A.J.
Smith when he went tothe rescue of Gen, Sturgiss, He served there to the close, when
he was honorably discharged. After the war he returned to Doniphan County, continuing
to farm until 1869, when he engaged inthe manufacture of brooms (in Troy), atrade he
learned in Ohio. In this branch of industry he continued several years, when he embarked
in merchandising in Severance for two years. In 1877 he was the choice of the Republican
arty for County Clerk; was re-elected in 1879 and again 1881, which is prima facte evi-
Hence of the high esteem he is held in by the people of. Doniphan County. He is a courteous
and genial entleman, is a Master Mason anda member of K. of H. In 1868 Miss Annie
Haggard, of Kansas, became his wife. By the union they havetwochildren, Flora and
Arthur. “|
US LELAND, Sr. This estimable citizen is a native of Massachusetts, and was
dee Grafton, Worcester Co., September 9, 1810. The genealogy of the family in
‘America traces back to Henry Leland, who was born in England about 1625, and died in
Sherburne, Mass., April 4, 1680; from this descended the Leland family, of which there is
a great number. Cyrus was fitted for College at Leieester and Amherst, and entered the
freshmen’s class of Harvard University in August, 1828, and graduated in the class of

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

a read law in the office of Ex-Gov. Davis & Washburn of Worcester for a time,
Se eae came West and settled in Peoria, Ill., where he was admitted to the bar an
began his practice; in 1835 he was appointed J ustice of the Peace. Moved to Sauk County,
Wis., and settled in Prairie du Sac in 1839; here‘he was postmaster in 1840; oymaster and
colonel in the State Militia; in 1849 he was a member of the Legislature; in 1851 and °52
was chairman of the Board of Supervisors. During his residence in this State he was
engaged in farming, lumbering and merchandising. In 1857 he came to Kansas and
actively engaged in political affairs and troubles of the Territory on the Free-state side and
against the border ruffian element. In 1858 he located in Troy and opened a Jaw office; was
appointed postmaster and notary public, and at the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861
was appointed and commissioned colonel of the Second Kansas Volunteer Regiment o
Militia, and in August of that year was ordered by the Governor into the United States

 

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service with his regiment, and continued on duty in command along the Missouri frontier
until January 20, 1862, when the regiment was discharged. Inthe summer of 1862 he was
appointed recruiting commissioner for the Northern District of Kansas; raised and com-
manded a regiment of recruits, which were mustered into the service in September, 1862,
as the Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry; he was appointed quarter-master of this
regiment, September 21, 1862, and soon after this was assigned duty as Brigade Quarter-
Master and Commissary of Sustenance in the Third Brigade of the Army of the Frontier;
he was Post Quartermaster and Commissary of Sustenance at Van Buren, Ark. In the
winter of 1863 was present on duty at the battles of Cane Hill, November 28, and Prairie
Grove, December 7, 1862, and during the Indian Campaign south of the Arkansas River at
the battle of Poison Spring, at the engagement at Perryville; served as Quartermaster of
the Third Brigade, Third Division, Seventh Army Corps, Ger. Steele in command, in his
disastrous expedition to the Red River and Camden in Southern Arkansas; was at the
battles uf Prairie de Ar, and during that campaign in the Spring of 1864 at the battles of
Mark’s Mills was slightly wounded by musket balls on the head and neck; was Quarter-
master of the troops and train at the Battle of Cabin Creek, Indian Territory; was on duty
during the Price raid in 1864, as Bri e and Division Quartermaster, and present at_the
battles of Westport and Blue Mine Creek. \He was again Post Quartermaster at Van
Buren, Ark., in the winter of 1864. In March, 1865, he was assigned to duty as Quarter-
master of the First Brigade, Seventh Army Corps, at Little Rock, Ark. at which place ho
was honorably discharged, in July 1865, on the expiration of histerm. Since the close of
the war the Colonel has resided on his farm close to Troy, Kan., where he is comfortably
situated, having accumulated a sufficiency of the world’s wealth to pass the remainder of
his days inease. That he has been, and now is, a public spirited and patriotic citizen, may
be inferred from the fact that during the Rebellion with his own funds he defrayed expenses
in recruiting and preparing men forthe field. The Colonel was married in Peoria, IL, in
1835, to Miss Sarah Ann Howard; by this marriage he had _twosons and four daughters,
all Itving and have children; Mrs, Leland died in 1874. In 1876 he married Mrs. Chloc
Tennant, widow of Col, Sydney Tennant, a lawyer and graduate of Yale College.

GEO. W. PEUGH, liveryman, isa native of Ohio, and was bornin Morgan County, De-
cember 8, 1836. Hisfather, William H., was a hotel-keeper and merchant in that county.
Geo. W. was there reared, educated and resided until 1861, when he enlisted in Company
i, Seventy-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated at the second battle of Bull
Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the greater portion of the Heavy engagements of the
war. He was taken prisoner at Chancellorsyille, but was exchangedinashorttime. He
served through until the close, when he was _honorabl discharged. In 1865 he came to
Kansas and engaged in farming, adjacent to Troy, until 1875, when he embarked in tho
livery business, He is also express agent, and is one of Troy’s most representative business
men. Mr. Peugh isa member of the K. of H. He was married in 1861 to Miss Euphemia
Monroe, of Athens County, Ohio, They have five children by the union, four living, Mary,
William E., Clara and Gertrude. They have lost one, Allie.

CHARLES RAPPELYE, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Troy, is among the representative
and worthy cltizens of Doniphan County. He is anative of New York; was born in
Yates County, September 15, 1828, was educated, raised and resided in his native State till
the spring of 1857, when he came to Kansas. He pre-empted a claim in the western part of
Doniphan County, and turned his attention to school teaching, being among the first edu-
cators in the county, teaching at Columbus and Palermo. At the former place he organized
the first Sabbath-school. AtPalermo for a time he was interested in asaw-mill. In 1860
he returned to New York, remaining until 1863, when he again came to Kansas, and the
autumn of that year was elected by the Republican party as Clerk of Doniphan County,
and was elected consecutively, as his terms expired, until 1867, when he was elected County
Treasurer, discharging the duties of this office two years. After an interim of two years he
was again elected County Clerk, and served two terms, when he retired and turned his at-
tention tofarming. As a county official, the unanimous verdict of the people is that he
was the right man in the right place, never wavering in the discharge of his duty, and ad-
vocating a vigid discipline 1n governing the.public trustin hischarge. Mr. Rappelye was
married in New York, in 1860, to Miss Mary F. Hollowell, a native of Yates County.

. REEDER, physician and surgeon, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Parke
County, April 8.1826, his father, David, being among the early settlers of that section. He
Was a native of Virginia, and his mother, Nancy McNeal, was also of Virginia, The sub-
ject of thissketch received the benefits of a good education in the Asbury University,
after which he took up the study of medicine and graduated atthe Ohio Medical College,
at Cincinnati. For several years he practiced his profession in Parke and Vermillion
counties. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he raised a company in those counties, re-
ceiving a Captain’s commission from Governor Morton, in the Bighty-Fifth Indiana Vol-
unteer Infantry. His Company, D, participated in the battles of ashville, Franklin, and
others, until the autumn of 1863, when he resigned and returned to Indiana, residing there

 

 
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

vad ene ee 1871, when. he came to Troy.

5 very successful as a practitioner. Of late years he makes -
sional calls, sneer ae Senerally in the office. Heisa Royal Arch Mien. He boy bean
twice married, first in 1852, to Miss Mary Sunderland, of Rockville, Ind. By this union
they had three children, Nancy E., Edward T, and John 8. Mrs. R’s, death occurred in
1867. His present wife was Laura V. Beedle, of Parke County, Ind. They have had five
children, Charles and Mary, and have lost three, James, William and Claud.

LOUIS RULLMAN, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Wathena, isa native of Germany, and was
born in Hesse Darmstadt, J: january 7, 1825; was educated and raised in his native country,fol-
lowing agricultural pursuits, He served six years in the regular army, participating in the
memorable rebellion in Germany of 1848-9, In 1852 he came to America; lived in different
parts of the East, engaged in several pursuits, until 1854, when hecame to St. Joseph, Mo..
remaining one year. Inthe spring of 1855 he cameto Doniphan County, Kas., and pre-
empted on Section 23. which is still a part of his landed estate. Mr. R. has been one of the
most successful farmers in the county. He was married in Cumberland County, Md., to
Misi Christina Young. Her death occurred in Kansas a few years ago. The result of this
manage was nine children: Jennie, Louis, Amelia, Ada, Adolph, Frank, Willie, Oscar

H, P. SAXTON, farmer and fruit grower, Section 32, P. O. Troy. Deserving of special
mention among the prominent farmers and representative citizens of Northeastern Kansas
is Mr. Saxton. He is a native of Ohio, and was born in Lorain County, October 3, 1814; His
father, James J., was a native of Vermont, and one of the pioneers of Lorain County, set-
tling therein 1812. Atand previous to the war of 1812 he held a Captain’s commission,
but resigned and came to Ohio, having made arrangements to that effect. He was of
English extraction. His death occurred in Rochester, Racine Co., Wis., over twenty-five
yearsago. The mother of H. P. Saxton was of Holland descent; her maiden name was Rosa
Shellhouse; she was born in Vermont and is now in her ninety-first year, She is hale, and
is residing with her daughter in Lincoln, Neb. Sheisthe mother of A. M, Saxton, Esq., of
St. Joseph, Mo., a banker, and one of the most substantial and best known citizens of the
State. H. P. spent his early daysin tilling the soil of the Buckeye State, and later in the
manufacture of brick. In 1836 he was married to Miss Mary White, an estimable lady
and a native of Ohio, a resident of Cleveland. In 1840 he moved to Wisconsin, locating in
Rochester, Racine County: where he remained for eight years and then moved to Wauke-
sha County, taking up his abode in Nashotah, where he manufactured brick and built
the Theological Seminary. At that day and age much was being done by the missionaries
at that part among the Indians, of which there were several tribes in Waukesha and the
adj cent counties. He eventually removedto Waupaca, residing there until 1862. when
he became a resident of Kansas, locating where he now resides. His estate consists of 160
acres of choice land. His orchard, which consists of five acres, for varieties of apples,
quality and quantity, taking the number of trees into consideration, is not surpassed Tt the
county. Mr, S, has always taken a live interest in the brick industry, and has manufactured
afew kilnsin Doniphan County. He is a man of bright intellect, genial and one of the most
companionable of men, Politically he was formerly an old time hie: upon the organiza-
tion of the Republican party he joined their ranks, and has never deviated therefrom. He
is a Royal Arch Mason, Troy Lod pe and ‘Troy Chapter. Mrs. S. is an excellent manager of
the household affairs, a woman o fod udgment and commanding countenance. ‘heir
children are Ellen (now deceased), who was the wifeof the Rev. E. A. Goodnough, an
Episcopal minister of Wisconsin; Rosetta, the wife of Oscar Larzelere, of Kansas: Delia
(deceased); Jane, the wife of H. H. Hickman, of Brown County, Kas.; James A., residing in
Kansas, John A., Hiram L., Lloyd, Annie andIda. The five latter live at home.

H. F, SHANER, the present Superintendent of Schools of Doniphan County. is a native
of Pennsylvania, ‘He was born in yoming County, August 28, 1848; and was reared and
educated in the Keystone State. Heengaged in teaching schoolin Doniphan County in
1870, and since that date has been closely associated with its interests. Heis a theoretical
and practicalteacher. In theautumn of 1880, and again in 1882, he was the choice of the

Republican party for County, Superintendent,

ROBER’ . STEWART, farmer, came to Kansas in April, 1856, and located at
Palermo, where he lived one year and was employed inagrist mill. From there he went
to Troy, where he lived four years and was engaged infarming. In 1860 he removed to
Pike County, Ind., where he lived (except while in the United States service) until April,
1881, when he returned to Kansas and located at Troy. Mr, Stewart_wasin the late war
and was a Sergeant of Wilder’s Indiana Battery. He enlisted in May, 1861, at Indianapolis,
Ind., and Fook part with his comrades in the battles of Cross Keys, Winchester, Harper’s
Ferry, Siege of Knoxville and numerous smaller engagements, and was mustered out of
the service at Knoxville, Tenn., May 22, 1868. He was born in Pike County, Ind., August

2, 1836, and lived in his native place until he cameto Kansas. Mr. Stewart was married
in Petersburg, Ind., August 20, 1864, to Miss Emily Wright, a native of Indiana. They
have four children, whose names are Sarah E., Mary E., Emma J. and Frank P.

. K. STOUT, Justice of the Peaceand attorney. There are few people in Doniphan
County thatare better known than X. K. Stout, Esq., who for over twenty-five years has been
one of its activecitizens. Heisa native of Kentucky, and was born in Hardin County,
December 10, 1824; was raised and educated in that State, residing there until he attained
his nineteenth ear, when his father, Walter J. Stout, came to Savannah, Mo., with his familyi
he was one of the pioneers of Andrew County. X.K. took up the study of law in Savannah,
was admitted to the bar and has since been identified with the legal fraternity, although not
constantly practicing. Inthespring of 1855 came to Iowa Point, Doniphan County, and
opened a general merchandise store, being the second in town, continuing until the spring
of 1862, when hesettledin Troy. He has a fine farm, adjacent to the town, which he oper-
ates besides attending to his official and legal affairs. In 1856 and ’57 was a member of the
Territorial Legislature. During the war belonged to the State Militia. Was County
Attorney one term, and has been identified with the educationa! interests of the county. He
is a member of the I. O. O. F., and was the first N. G, of Troy Lodge. Was married, in 1850,
to Miss Martha J. Cobb, of Missouri. 7 :

H, WHEELER, baker and grocer. Among those who have figured prominently in the de-
velopment of Kansas, for nearly a quarter of a century, is Mr. Wheeler. He is a native of
New York, and was born in Allegany County, April 9, 1829. In 1838 his father, George
Wheeler, with family, located in Wabash County, Ind., where he was principally reared.
The senior Wheeler eventually came to Nebraska, and was one of the pioneers of Otoe
County, locating near Nebraska City. and afterwardsto Doniphan County, Kan., where he
was a resident until his death, which occurred in 1874. Hisson, Dr. J. B. Wheelér, was one
of the early physicians in the county, and during his day, one of fhe most prominent men in
Northern Kansas. He was a member of the first Legislature, and at the breaking out of
the war, was appointed First Lieutenant Colonel ofthe Thirteenth Kansas. By his death,
which occurred several years ago, Kansas was deprived of one of its most staunch
citizens. The subject of the sketch became a resident of Kansas, December 25, 1858, locat-
ing in Doniphan County. Upon the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted in the Govern-
ment employ in the capacity of a scout, continning antl nearly the close. His base of oper-
ations was in the south west in the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations. He had many adventures
and close calls for hislife. After the war came to Troy engaging in trade, and has been
one of its most successful business men. He was married in October, 1870, to Miss Jennie
Teachout, an estimable lady, a native of Wyoming County, N. Y. L

JOHN F, WILSON, Probate Judge. Amon the pioneers of the Platte purchase in
Missouri, was Henry Wilson, father of John F, Wilson, who located at Savannah, Andrew
County. He has a native of North Carolina, anda wagon-maker and engineer by trade. He
came to Kansas in 1855 and located in Burr Oak Township, Doniphan County. He was prom-
inently identified with the development of the county up tothe time of his death in 1876.
His son, John F., was born in Ray County, Mo., September 17, 1844; came to Kansas in 1855,
where he has since been a resident. Hehas been closely associated with the commercial
interests of Wathena, Severance and Troy, carrying on business at different periods in those
towns. He is a practical man, thoroughly business and the right man in the right place. He
was elected to the oftice of Probate Judge by the Republican party in 1880; re-elected in
1882. .Mr. Wilson is a Master Mason. He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary E. Cox, of
Wathena, Kan. They have four children, Edward M., Guy W., William F., and Daisie

Belle. :

5 ' farmer, Section 9, P. O. Troy, was born in Marshall County, West Va.,
Pe we days ‘were spent in tilling the soil; receiving the benefits of the
common schools of Marshall County. hen he attained his twenty-forth year he came to
Kansas and pre-empted a homestead in Burr Oak Township, Doniphan County, being one
of the first settlers in that part, he resided there until the spring of 1867, when he removed
to his present home, which is one of the most valuable in the county. His landed estate
consists of 340 acres: a substantial and attractive residence adorns the home farm, indicat-
ing comfort. Mr. Wykert has secured his competency by untiring industry. He was mar-
ried in Kansas in 1861 to Miss Margaret J. Mansfield. They have nine children living,
Laura L., Mary L., Viola I., Wendell rowDlew Suan A., Jennie May, George Centennial,

J ; ., and one deceased, William Perry. :

ear ACOR MO MMLER MAN, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Troy. One of the most substantial
agriculturists of Doniphan County, is the sublet of thissketch. He isa native of Maryland
and was born in Frederick County, October 16, 1836; was there educated and principally
reared. His father, John P:, was a farmer in that State; he eventually removed with his
family, including Jacob N., to Virginia, remaining for a time, and in 1856 came to St. Joe.
In 1857 he pre-empted and located on a large tract ofland west of Troy, being one of the
first farm openers in that section; was closely associated with the growth ofthe county until
the time of his death several years ago. Jacob N. has been a constant resident of the county
over a quarter of a century, and there are but few citizens better known, During the war
himself and three brothers built a threshing machine and threshed out the greater portion
of the grain raised in the county for several years. He is owner of one of the best farms in
this part, convenient to Troy. He was marr! ed in 1862, to Miss L. J. Maynard, daughter of

The Doctor has built up an enviable rep-

 

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Judge J. B. Maynard, one of the pioneers of the county. .By this union they have two
children, James P., and Cora May.

WHITE CLOUD.

The location of White Cloud is an exceptionally peautiful one. In front
rolls the smooth expanse of the Missouri, and back of it rise the wooded bluffs,
with their rich outlines draped in dark foliage. To the north, where the Atch-
ison & Nebraska Railway hugs the sandy cliffs, are fantastic forms that baffle
description. Seen from the opposite shore, it looks as if some giant plow had
been driven downward to the river in smooth furrows hundreds of feet wide.
Farther up, the faces of the bluffs change and present a smooth roundness
like the defiant shape of a huge boulder which has lain for centuries on some
eastern sea-shore, hurling back the little rollers of a calm summer’s day, and
emerging shining from the furious lashings of a November gale. It is a pic-
ture for an artist, and one which no satiety of mountain or sea-shore can make ©
tame.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN.

Two years after the Kansas-Nebraska bill opened the two great Terri-
tories to white settlement, two enterprising men named Spaulding and Utt
laid out a part of the present town of White Cloud. A year later (1857)
a stock company witha capital of $45,000 and a membership of thirty took up
the work, The officers of this company were: Jamus Foster, president; W. J.
Gatling, secretary, and Dr. H. W. Peter, treasurer. This town company had
plenty of vim and push, but owing to a fatal defect in their title to the land could
do nothing to show their enterprise until the famous land sales of 1857 gave
them unquestioned rights. These sales occurred on July 4, of that year, and
were celebrated in frontier style. A vast crowd of speculators came up from
various points down the river, on steamers, and bidding was very spirited, the.
net proceeds of the sales being stated at $23,794. Apart from the serious
business of the day there were more amusements than could have been expected
of the time and place, A grand barbecue was served, speeches were made by
noted men of the day, and the soaring American eagle flapped his metaphorical
wings with unbounded applause. But one day does not make a season, and the big
steamers loaded up and shot down stream to the music of St. Joseph’s band,
and the little band who had settled at Ma-hush-kah, or White Cloud, were left
alone tolook the future in the face. No time was lost. in idleness, and the
sturdy settlers began at once to build.

Prior to the land sale there had been a number of structures erected, The
first of these was a log-cabin that stood near the present ferry-landing, and
was occupied by a man named Lease. Soon after there was a frame building
put up by a Mr, Byrd, and a building on Main street built by Briggs & Jennings,
When the town was laid out the first drug store was put up and occupied by
Shreve & Macy. In 1857 E.Spaulding put upa couple of small frame houses,
one of which was used for hotel purposes, Both were afterward removed, and
the present City Hotel erected on their site. The year 1857 saw the advent
of two professional men, T. C. Shreve, physician, and V.D. Markham, attorney.
From that time professional men have come and gone, but the number of the
best—those who came to stay—has steadily increased.

Some years ago, Mr. Orton, a mill owner, of White Cloud, drove a deep
well in a stock yard near the river. Cattle confined there fattened and were
healthy in a remarkable degree, but no special attention was paid the fact. In
the summer of 1882, however, mineral springs of considerable value were dis-
covered in the west part of the town and found to be identical in quality with
Mr. Orton’s well. As yet no analysis has been made, but it seems reasonable
to suppose that these discoveries will prove of great value to the city and the
owners of the properties upon which they exist.

The first mayor of White Cloud was Mr. C. Dorland, who had as City
Clerk, a Mr. Brown. From that date to 1869, the records of the city officials
are lacking. In 1869, M. S. Mauck was mayor and C. F, Van Buskirk, city
clerk, The list of Mayors since that time is as follows: J. Taylor, 1870-74;
R. M. Williams, 1875 ; John H. Utt, 1876; Joshua Taylor, 1877-78; Luke L.
Orton, 1879; M.S. Mauck, 1880-81; John H. Lynds, 1882. The City Clerks
for the same period are: Josephus Utt, 1870; W. H. Forncrook, 1871-72; C.
F. Van Buskirk, 1873-74; C. W. Shreve, -1875; J. M. Beidelman, 1876; W.
H. Forncrook, 1877-82.

A postoffice was opened at White Cloud in 1857, and C. F. Jennings ap-
pointed Postmaster. Following came H. F. Macy, C. W. Noyes, Josephus
Utt and W. H. Forncrook, the present official, who has held the position since
July, 1871. The first postoffice was in the wooden building adjoining Pugs-
ley’s d:ug store, thence it was moved to the store of Shreve & Macy, the store
of Bailey & Noyes, the grocery of Utt,a small wooden building since torn
down and the Emerson store where it is now located. The office was made a
money order one in 1869, the first order being drawn July 17, by Bailey &
Noyes in favor of Corning, Putnam & Co., of Boston, Mass. The amount of
this order was $48.38. The first money upon White Cloud bears date about
a month later. ;

A Shocking Murder.—On July 29, 1875, White Cloud was the theater of
one of the foulest murders which has ever occurred in the county. The victim
was a daughter of Jacob Fisher, « brick mason, who came from Cincinnati,
Ohio, about 1870, though the date is not exactly known. This family had
several daughters of not particularly enviable reputation, and among them
was Mrs. Titus, a widow. Soon after the arrival of the Fisher famly, Hurst
made their acquaintance, and in a little time married Mrs. Titus. This match
can hardly have been made in Heaven, as its firiness indicated a far different
source. Almost from the wedding day Hurst’shome was the scene of constant
quarrels and disreputable conflicts between husband and wife. Hurst had
never been a drinking man, but after his marriage he went from bad to worse
with rapid steps. For some time prior to the murder, officers had kept him
constantly under watch through fear of his performing some crime in one of
his rages. His wife, too, became afraid of him, and a separation ensued. A
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week before the murder Mrs. Hurst applied to the Police Judge for his arrest
on the charge of abuse, and Hurst was arrested, fined and obliged to give
bonds to keep the peace. Probably fearing retaliation Mrs. Hurst went to
a point near Hiawatha, where she remained until a day before the murder.
She then returned to White Cloud and took lodging with a colored woman in
the lower part of the town. Hurst, who had been looking for her hiding place,
on the day of the murder made several efforts to see her, but was eluded.
He then found the Marshal and asked him to accompany him to his wife's
residence, saying that he hoped to adjust matters amicably. Seeing no harm
in this the Marshal went with him to the house, where, after some time, Mrs.
Hurst was induced to meet her husband, Coming tothe fence she leaned over
and talked to Hurst, who embraced her in the most affectionate manner. See-

. ing everything quiet and an apparent reconciliation effected, the Marshal
stepped to one side, when Hurst drawing a large hook-bladed pruning’ knife,
cut his wife’s throat with a single blow. The unhappy woman staggered
to the door-step exclaiming ‘‘ My God, he has killed me” and fell to the floor,
blood pouring from the wound at every pulse. A moment later she was a
corpse. On examination it appeard that both jugular vein and carotid artery
had been severed. An instant after giving the fatal blow Hurst broke away
and ran to a ravine near at hand, whence he made his way to the office of a
Justice of the Peace and gave himself up. He waspromptly jailed. The
news of the murder spread rapidly, and before long the jail was assailed by a
arge mob, headed by the Marshal carying a rope and calling out for some one
to show him how to tie a hangman’s knot. They were met by the Mayor of
the city, who quickly gathered about him a posse, yet the Marshal succeeded in
reaching the jail and Hurst, whom he commanded, with a revolver at his head,
to put his head in the noose of the rope. Hurst refused, and after a fierce
struggle the Marshal was ejected and imprisoned. The excitement continued
so intense that an engine was secured and Hurst taken to Troy and safely
lodged. He at once began to act the part of a crazy man, but deceived no one.
At the September term of court he was tried and sentenced to be hanged,
after one year’s confinement in the penitentiary, according tolaw. At the
penitentiary the crazy dodge was more successful, and he was removed to the
insane asylum, where he was at last accounts.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, NEWSPAPERS AND SOCIETIES.

The first school in White Cloud was taught ina small frame structure in the northwest
partof thetown. This building was struck by lightning and so badly demoralized as to ne-
cessitate its abandonment. A brick schoolhouse was then erected in the west part of the
towns, This school, which is still in use for the colored children, was built by direct sub-
scription.

Phe large and elegant schoolhouse which stands on the bluff back of the town and is
frequently spoken of as the new school, was begun in May, 1871, and completed in Febru-
ary of the following year. Its cost was set at $11,000, and a contract for its construction
let at that figure, bonds for $15,000 being issued to cover all expenses. Upon the comple-
tion of the building it was found that it had cost the contractors, Wakefield & Co., $18,500.
A compromise was made and the contractors paid a portion of the excess in cost—the
building thus costing the district about $12,000. The material of this structure was mainly
taken from near the town, the stone being quarried near the river and the brick made
within a stone’s throw of the school. It has four class rooms, besides the usual _ closets and
cloak rooms. The land upon which it stands is that laid out as a public square in 1856, and
was conveyed in consideration of $1. School exercises were begun in February, 1872, with
three departments, and A. Hamilton Miller as principal. In 1880 the number of depart-
ments was increased to four. The list of the Principals of the school since Miller is as fol-
lows: C. Thomas, 1873; T. H. Dinsmore, 1874; A. H. Miller, 1875, 76 and 77; J. W. Cran-
mer, 1878 and 79; R. Hunt, 1880; A. H. Miller, 1881 and 62. Th
over one hundred.

The Methodist Episcopal Church.—The record of the Methodist Episcopal Church all
over the land is a record of pastoral changes and final success, and that of White Cloud is
no exception to this rule. As early as 1857 the town appears on the minutes of the confer-
ence; a society numbering thirty having been organized here by Rev. A. L. Downey. Mr.
Downey was succeeded in 1859 by Rev. C. Graham, who remajned two years. On his resig-
nation Rev.C.Green supplied the church for a short time,yielding place to Rev. L. D. Price,
who filled the pulpit until 1862, when he was appointed to the Leavenworth district. Since
that time the church has seen many changes and some adversity, but it has mellowed with
time, and to-day stands firmly with a large and united membership. ’

The First Congregational Church.—The professors of the Congregational form of faith
were gathered into a church organization by v. H. P. Robinson in 1867, the first entry on
the register bearing date May 25, and showing a membership of eleven. The society was
in charge of Mr. Robinson until 1869, when Rev. W. H. Shaw accepted the office. Under
his charge there was a considerable increase in membership, and a church edifice of brick,
costing $3,200, was erected. Upon the resignation of Mr. Shaw, in June, 1873, Mr. Robin-
son again supplied the church until September of the same year. Rev. C, E. Moon next
officiated, supplying both White Cloud and Highland until October, 1875._ He was followed
by Rev. D. C, McNair, 1875 and 76; Rey. C.J. Adams, 1876 and °77: Rev. D. Kloss, of

ighland, 1877 to ’82. The society now has a membership of twenty.

The Oolored Baptist Church at this point was established 1n1875 by Rev. J. H, Strother.
The society is scarcely, able to support a regular pastor, and is supplied monthly by Rev.
janet Wilson, of Atchison. The present membership is twenty-five. Services are held in
the schoolhouse,

The Oatholic Church of White Cloud, although strong in numbers and under an able
pastor, Rev. J. H. Timphans, has unfortunately preserved no record of its early history.
At the present time the society has a neat church building, twenty-four by thirty-six feet,
costing $800, in wath regular services are held. Its past may be unknown, but its future
seems clearly in sight. .

The White Cloud Review was established in,October, 1880, by G. H. Holton & Co., as a
five-column octavo of Republican proclivities. Under this management jt ran one year,
when it was soldto J. M. Beidelman, its Prgeent editor and proprietor. It now has a cir-
culation of six hundred copies, Itis published on Thursday of each week.

White Cloud Lodge, No. 6, I. O, O. F., was organizedin December, 1858. Some time In
the winter of 1863 the lodge ceased to hold meetings, principally because of the absence of
a large number of the members atthe seat of war. it was reorganized December 31, 1869,
and proceeded to elect the following officers: J. W. Moore, N.G.; J. Taylor, V.G.; 0. C.
Whitney, R.S.; J. F. Swartz, treasurer. All this time the society had no charter, and 1
was not until October 12, 1872, that one was granted to the following members; Sol Miller,

Ulsh, F. E. Armstrong, W. D. Beeler, J. Troy, H. F. Macy, O, C. Whitney, C. M. Williams.
The first officers under this charter were: S. N. Perry, N. G.; Willlam Falrall, V.G.; G. W.
Pike, R. S.; J. F. Mauck, treasurer. The lodge has now seventy-nine members, Mectings
are held each Saturday in Odd-Fellows’ Hail, This hall was builtin 1874, as the second
story of a brick store; its cost was $3,000. In addition to property, the society has regalia
and fixtures to the value of $200. The present officers of the lodge are: G. W. Mauck, N.
G.; 1.8. Sinclair, V. G.; C. H, Wakefield, R.S.; Joshua Taylor, P. S.; McI. Ryan, treasurer,

White Oloud Lodge, No. 78, A., F. & A. M,, was organized. under a dispensation May 17,
1869. and under a charter October 21, of the same year. The following officers served under
the dispensation: V. Hollebaugh, W. M.; M. B. Bowers, S. W.; R. M. Willams, J. W.; C.
F. VanBuskirk, secretary; C. Burkhalter, treasurer, _ Upon receipt of the charter new
officers were elected, but the only change was the substitution of R. M. Williams as W. M.,
and J. W. HarpsterasJ. W. The charter members of the lodge were J. V. Hollebaugh, M.
B. Bowers, R. Williams, C. F. VanBuskirk, Charles Burkhalter, A. N. Taylor, John
Harpster, J.S. Springer. Meetings are held oneach Wednesday on or before full moon,
andevery two weeks after, in Odd Fellows’ Hall. The present officers of the society are as

follows: J. W. Harpster, Wis P. L. Palmer, 8. W.; B.S. Wakefield, J. W.; C. H. Wake-

retary; D. G. Garlock, treasurer,

eae “Grand Unitea Order of Colored Odd Fellows, No, 2,088, although similar to the older

order of Odd Fellows. 1s not infull union with them. The lodge was established in this

“ place on January 19, 1880, with seventeen members. It now has a membership of twenty-

fare, and the following officers: Scott Clay, N. G.; Simon Easley, V. G.; A. D. White, P.S.;
A. Donohue, R.S._ Meetings are held every Saturday evening.

Amity Lodge, No, 2,267, K. of H., was organized July 16, 1880, with the following char-

The school now numbers

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

are members: W.H. Forncrook, C,H, Wakefield, J. H. Lynds, C. W. Shreve, R. 8S, Wake-
field, A. Frost, W. N. Embree, B. W. Anderson, P. ‘Burkhalter, M. 8. Mauck, S. L. J ennings,
G. W. Mauck,’P. L. Palmer, L, A. Howarth, L. F. Mills, T. Sniveley, J, H. Smythe, G, H.
Burkhalter, Gharies Cain. ‘The first officers of the society were: A. Frost, D.; C. H. Wake-
field, R.;J. H. Lynds, treasurer. The present membership of the lodge is seventeen.
Meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday of each month, in Odd Fellows’ Hall;
The present officers of the society are: W. H. Forncrook, dictator; G. W. Mauck, reporter
W. E. Lewis, treasurer. ;

Silver Cornet Band.—As cary, as 1871 the Silver Cornet Band became 2 source of pride
and pleasure to the citizens of White Cloud, but after flourishing a while it met the fate of
so many similar organizations, and fell into decay. In 1875 it was resurrected under the
leadership of Capt. C. W. Shreve, and has ever since been kept fully alive. The band owns
a fine set of instruments, representing nearly one thousand dollars, and is financially solid.
It is still under the management of its leader, Mr. C. W Shreve.

BUSINESS INTERESTS,

The White Cloud City Mills were built in 1863 by John Utt, The building, which stands
near the railway, is forty by seventy feet, and two stories and one-half in height. Its cost
was $10,000. thas two run of bulr stones, one for wheat and one for corn. Power is
furnished by an engine of fifty-horse power. The mill, when in ordinary working trim,

rinds daily 120 bushels of wheat and 175 ofcorn. A. & L. Thacker purchased the mill of
Sohn Utt, and sold itin 1868 to Utt & Mauck, who ran it until 1872, when it became the
roperty of Mauck Brothers, who stillrunit, Elevator facilities have within a few years
Been put in, and eight carloads can be handled daily, although storage does not exceed
In 1881 the firm handled something over two

 

fifteen to eighteen thousand bushels,
hundred thousand bushels of grain.

The Palmer & Orton saw-millis the successor of an old mill which was destroyed in
1869. The same year the present structure was bullt, at a cost of three thousand five
hundred dollars. The main building is eighty by thirty-two feet, and has an addition six-
teen by sixty. Power is furnished by an engine of sixty-horse power. The mill has a

ity of from fifteen to twenty thousand feet of lumber daily, but is not run to its full
limit. It manufactures all classes of dimension stuff and boarding.

In 1868 Noyes & Moore builtthe grain warehouse, near the river, now used by Van-
derslice & Emerson. This structure embraced an elevator and steam power. and cost
$1,500. Ithasacapacity of 25.000 bushels. A few years ago the engine and elevating
machinery were removed and the building became a simple warehouse.

The only banking establishment now located at White Cloud is that of Springer & Em-
erson, who began business on March 18,1881. As a private bank the concern gives no
statement of resources, but itis known fo be on a firm financial footing, In the multi-
plicity of other calls on their time, the proprietors of the bank leave much in charge of the
cashier, Miss Annie M, King, whose efficiency is a neat commentary on the old adage that
“Women’s work is never done,” and the right of the woman who has brains enough to do
any class of man’s work.

The steam ferry at this point is one of the best of its class along the river. Its record as
given by Mr. Loring speaks for itself: ‘On the 18th of April, 1858, Joshua Taylor, havin,
purchased a small side-wheel steamer, started from Wellsville, Ohio, with the intention o:
establishing a ferry at White Cloud. Arriving at this point on the 3d of June, in thesame

ear, he entered into partnership with a Mr. Moore, and named the boat ‘White Cloud.’
essrs Taylor & Moore operated the boat until the spring of 1862, when they sold it to O.
Bailey, Mr. Bailey operating the boat until 1867, when it met with an accident, common to
Missouri River boats, and was so badly wrecked as to render it useless for further service.
Some time in May, 1868, Messrs. Bailey & Noyes built a new boat, giving it the same name
as its predecessor. Sometime in May, 1871, John H. Lynds bought a one-fourth interest
and took charge of it. In the fall of 1878, Mr. Lynds sold a one-half interest—he havin
reviously bought from time to time, the remaining interests—to David Bailey. In 1881,
A r Lynds bought back his one-half interest, thus making him sole owner up to the present
me.

There are, at present, the following number of business enterprises, professions and
trades represented in ‘White Cloud:

General stores, four; grocery stores, two; drug stores, three; hardware stores, one:
furniture, one; restaurants, two; hotels, two; livery stables, one; barber shops, one; grist-
mills, one; saw-mills, one; boot and shoe shops, two; blacksmith shops, two; jewelry stores,
one; billiard halls, one; harness shops, one; wagon shops, one; meat markets, one; printing
offices, one; millinery stores, one; carpenters, two; lawyers, two; physicians, four; painters,
three; plasterers, three.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. G. ARNOLD, dealer in hardware, stoves and agricultural implements, came to
Kansas with his parents in the fall of 1854, locating near White Cloud, where, with the ex-
ception of one year spent in Colorado, in the freight and express business, he has since re-
sided and carried on business. He is a member of the firm of Arnold & Springer, the
largest dealers in hardware, stoves and agricultural implements in the northeast section of
Kansas. The firm are doing an extensive business in their line, and are well known for
their squaredealing. Mr. A. is an active mem ber of White Cloud Lodge No. 78, A. F. & A.
M. He was born December 12, 1852, near St. Joseph, Mo., where he lived until the fall of
1854, when his parents removed to Kansas. Mr. Arnold received his early instruction in
the district and graded schools of White Cloud, finishing his educationin the State Normal
School. He subsequently became a teacher and taught for four consecutive yearsin one
district, and was known as an able and thorough pedagogue, and possessed the respect and
esteem of his pupils and their parents, After his return from Colorado he embarked in
his present business. He was married in Brown County, April 12, 1882, to Miss Emma
Idol, a nativeof Kansas. Most of Mrs. Arnold’s younger days, however, were passed in the
mountains of Washington Territory, near Walla Walla. Sheis a daughter of J. M. Idol,
Esy., 2 prominent citizen and farmer of Brown County. Heis at present one of the mem-
bers of the Board of Commissioners of that county. r. Arnold's father is one of the oldest
settlers of ponip han County, and is identified with its Browth and prosperity.
GEORGE HENTON BEELER, farmer, P.O. White Cloud, came to Kansas March 4,
1855, and located in Iowa Township, Doniphan County, where he has since resided.
was in the last war as a member of Company E, Thirteenth Missouri Infantry, and en-
listed in Holt County, Mo., July 22, 1861. He served in this regiment until October 6, 1861,
when the entire regiment was captured by the Rebelforces under Maj. Gen. Price. Sub-
sequently the men of this regiment were paroled, and about December 25, 1861, they again
entered the United States serviceinthe Twenty-Fifth Regiment Missouri Volunteer In-
fantry. Mr. B. wasa member of this organization until March 1, 1864, whenit was con-
solidated with the Missourl Engineers. He became a member of the new regiment, and
was finally mustered out of the service at Atlanta, Ga., September 25, 1864. He was pres-
ent and took part in the battles of Shiloh, Jonesboro, the siege of Atlanta and numerous
other smaller Sngagements and skirmishes. Mr. B. saw some hard service while in the
employ of Uncle Sam, from the resultsof which he suffers to-day. He was born in Polk
County, Mo., March 12, 1842, and lived but_a short time in his native county, when his
parents removed (in 1844) to Holt County, Mo., where they lived untilthe spring of 1855,
when fey came to Kansas, He was married in Doniphan County, June 27, 1867, to Miss
Caroline Hollingworth, & native of Iowa. They have one child, Nancy Jane. Mr, Beeler
has a fine farm of eighty acres, rolling upland. It is all enclosed and all in cultivation, ex-
cept twenty acres of meadow and fifteen acres of timberland. His orchard covers five
acres and contains 800 apple, and about 200 peach, cherry and plum trees. The improve-
ments consist of a good comfortable house, good barn, and other outbuildings. There is
the best of water on the farm, a large stream of water flowing through it. There is also an
excellent well of water near the house,

. R. B, BEIDELMAN, druggist, was born in Northampton County, Pa., June 21,
1815,living there until twenty yearsold. He then went to Wabas County,Ill.,where he began
the study of medicine, taking his first course of lectures at Jefferson College, Philadelphia,
and his final course at the Eclectic Schoolin Cincinnati. He married in Wabash County, Ill.
December 18, 1838, Miss Mary Kanouse, who died in 1852. leaving five children, of whom
four are living, George L., James M., Henry P., and Elvira, He there engaged in the
practice of medicine, afterwards moving to Northern Illinois, living in the counties of Mar-
shall, LaSalle, and Henry until 1869, He married in Marshall County, January 8, 1856, Miss
Elizabeth Whitney. In 1869 he moved to Missouri, remaining one year, andin 1870 moved.
to White Cloud, where he has since resided. He there enjoys a large practice. He is a
inember of the State Eclectic Association of Kansas. He has voted the epublican ticket
oe ithe Organization of that party. Was elected in 1882 member of the City Council of

J. M. BEIDELMAN, editor White Cloud Review, was born in Mount Carmel, III, on
June 9, 1849, He received his education at Mount Carmel, where he remaiined until his
sixteenth year, when he entered the Republican office at Henry, Ill. He marred in Decem-
ber, 1870, Miss V. E, Washburn, a native of Missouri, the ceremony takin place at Mason
City, Il. In 1871 he came to Kansas and located at White Cloud, where Re has made his
home ever since, although for a short time engaged in newspaper work in other cities.

SAMUEL M, BROSIUS, Indian trader at Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska, came to
Kansas in the fall of 1874 and located at the Agency where he has since resided. He is the
Postmaster at the Agency. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and of White Cloud
Lodge No. 6, I. 0.0. F. He was born in Chester County, Pa., June 28, 1851, and lived in his
native State, with the exception of three years spent in Columbiana County, Ohio, until he
came to Kansas. He was marriedin Philadelphia, Pa., October 2, 1879, to Miss Jennie M.
Walton, a native of Eanasylyanta. She died December 7, 1880.

GEORGE H. BURKE. LTER, dealer in groceries, musical instruments, sheet music

 

 
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

confectionery, fine cigars, tobacco. etc., came to Kansas in the spring of 1867, locating at
White Cloud, where he has since lived. He isa ember of White Cloud Lodge No. 6, I. 0.
O. F., and of the White Cloud Silver Cornet Band. Mr. B. was born in Taylorsville, Musk-
ingum Co., Ohio, March 29, 1858, and lived in his native State one year, when his parents
moved to Kansas, and located at Iowa Point. They lived here however but two years, when
they returned to their former home in Ohio, where they lived until 1867, when they re-
moved a second time to Kansas. Mr. B, has been engaged in business for himself, or for
others in White Cloud, about four years. He is one of the rising young merchants of White
Cloud, and is doing a large and safe business, which is constantly increasing.

JOHN S. CAIN, section foreman B. & M. R. R. (A. & N. Division), came to Kansas May
6. 1870, locating at White Cloud, where he has since.resided. He has been City Marshal
and Street Commissioner of the city of White Cloud and Constable of lowa Township for
two terms each. He isa member of White Cloud Lodge No. 6, I. 0. of O. F. He was born
in Dayton, Ohio, July 31, 1850, and lived in his native city two years, when his parents re-
moved to Warsaw, Ind. Here Mr. Cain’s father died when he had attained the age of three
years, His mother continued to reside in Warsaw for about nine years, and then removed
to Berrien County. Mich., where the family lived one year. From Michigan Mr. Cain went
to the State of Illinois, where he was engaged in railroading for about two years, and then
came to Kansas. He was married May 16. 1880, in Highland, Doniphan County, to Miss
Sallie E, Winkler, They have one child, ason, Charles. Mr. Cain’s mother makes her home
with him in White Cloud. Heisan efficient railroad man, and is well spoken of by those
in authority over him on the road on which he is employed.

OHN G@. CARPENTER, wagon and carriage maker, came to Kansas in the fall of the
year 1867, and located at Troy, Doniphan County, where he lived and followed his trade
until the spring of 1882, when he removed to ite Cloud, where he has since lived, He
was born in Washington County, N. Y., January 24, 1825, and lived in his native place un-
til his parents moved to Albans, Vt., where he livedten years and from there to Roch-
ester, Racine Co., Wis., where they lived twelve years, and from there removed to Wau-
kon, Lowa, where they lived for ten years. From Iowa Mr. Carpenter came to Kansas.
He was married in Waukon, Iowa, in the winter of 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Breier,a native
of Scotland. They have four children living, whose names are George W., Sarah Bobst,
Charles and Delia.

FRANK A, CUBITT, baker and salesman, came to Kansas in the fall of 1870, locatin,
at White Cloud, where he lived four years and then returned to his former home in Sterl-
ing, Ill. Helived here five years and then returned to White Cloud, where he was em-
ployed as a baker and salesman, first by the firm of Harpster & Christ, and then by J. W.

arpster, who succeeded the firm jnst mentioned, apd subsequently was employed by
Messrs. Burkhalter & Kenney, Heis at presentin the employ of Mr. H. H. Hines, the ex-
tensive dealer in groceries and provisions, and when not employed in his legitimate duties
as a plain and fancy baker, assists as one of the salesmen of this enterprising and go-ahead
establishment, Mr. C. is a thorough master of his trade, both inthe plainand ornamental
branches, and as a salesman cannot be excelled. He isa member of White Cloud Lodge
No. 6, I. 0.0. Mr. Cubitt was born in Chicago, Ill., October 14, 1856, but lived only a
short time in his native city his parents removing to Dixon, Ill., where they also stayed but
a short time, removing from there to Sterling in the same State, where they finally settled
down. From thelast named city Mr. C. came to White Cloud. He was educated at the
Sterling, Iil,, High School, graduating in 1876. .

CHARLES H. DODD, clerk, came to Kansas in June, 1869, locating at Syracuse, where
he lived two years, and from there removed to Highland, where he lived three years and
was engaged infarming. From Highland he removed to Brown County, where he lived
seven years and then came to White Cloud, where he has resided ever since and been en-

aged inthe extensive grocery establishment of H. H. Hines, Esq. Mr. Dodd was born in
Pecolnshire, Eng., October 24, 1857, and lived in his native country until 1869, when he
came to America and settledin Kansas. Mr, Dodd isa young gentleman of more than
average business qualifications, and asa salesman has few superiors. He possesses the
esteem and confidence of all who are so fortunate as to know him. ; 7

SAMUEL C. DONEY, asawyer, came to Kansas, January 16, 1866, locating in White
Cloud, where he has since lived: He has been Constable of lowa Township two years. He
participated in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company E., Twenty-fifth Regi-
ment, Missouri Infantry; enlisted in Holt County, Mo., July 22, 1861. and was mustered
out of the United States Service July 22, 1865, at Louisville, Ky He took partin the bat-
tles of Lexington, Mo., Shiloh, Corinth, Murfreesboro’, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain and
Chickamauga. Whileinthe army Mr. D. was taken prisoner at Tullaboma, Ala., and after
his capture was taken to Mobile, where he was held as a prisoner eleven months, and en-
dured the usual cruel treatment meted out by the Rebel authorities to Union prisoners.
Mr. Doney was born in Crawford County, Ohio, September 16, 1841, and lived there puta
short time when his parents removed to Platte County Mo., where they lived three years
and then removed to Holt County, Mo., where they lived fifteen years and from there came
to Kansas. He was married in White Cloud, November 28, 1865, to Miss Sarah J. Nott,

native of Canada.

= MANCE DUNKIN, farmer, P. O. White Cloud, came to Kansas in January, 1861;
located in Leavenworth, there remained four months, and then removed to Marysville
where he lived one year and was engaged in farming. He then entered Gen. James A,
Lane’s Provisional Brigade, being assigned to Col. Williams’ Regiment, but the services of
this force not being accepted by the United States Government, he,after a stay of five months
in the army, left, and wentto White Cloud where he has resided since, and been engaged in
farming. He isa member of Friendship Lodge No. 11, A.F. & A.M., of White Cloud. He was
born in Platte County, Mo., in October, 1844, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was
married June 2, 1863, at White Cloud to Miss Nancy Hardin, a native of Hardin County,
Ky. They have six children, Hattie, born May 25, 1865; Birlie, born August 30, 1869 ;
George Henry, born June 22, 1851; William, born September, 10,1873; Tiny, born May
25, 1875, and Dollie, born July 6, '1882. Mr. Dunkin has a choice farm of eighty acres
which he purchased last spring. Forty-five acres of it are under cultivation, the balance
belng timberland. He has already improved by erecting a new barn, and proposes in the
near future to erecta home onthe same property for himself and family.

DR. W. A. FARROW, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in November, 1875, and
located in the city of Atchison, where he followed the profession until 1877, when he re-
moved to Lowa Point where he lived until 1880, when he removed to White Cloud where
he has lived since and practiced his profession in partuership with Dr. W. E, Lewis since.
He igs a member of White Cloud Lodge No. 78, A. F. & A. M., and of White Cloud Lodge
No. 6, 1.0.0. F. He wasin the last war as a member of Company, G, Twentieth Regiment,
Virginia Confederate Cavalry, and enlisted May 12, 1862 at Powell’s Mountain. He partici-
pated in the battles of second Bull Run, Antietam, Port Republic, Kearnstown, Antietam sec-
ond, and numorous other engagements. He was wounded in an engagement at Droup
Mountain and taken prisoner aepruary 6, 1865, and then taken tothe Atheneum Prison,
Wheeling. West Virginia, and from there removed to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he was re-
leased by the United States authorities June 13, 1865. Dr. Farrow was born in Parkers-
burg, . Va., November 20, 1844, and lived in his native place until his sixteenth
year when he entered the Confederate Army. After the closeof the war he returned to
Catlettsburg, Ky., where he remained ashort time and then travelled extensively over the
United States and finally settled in Kentucky, where he married. He commenced reading
medirinein Memphis, Tenn., under the direction of Dr. Grant, an eminent practitioner of
that city, He remained in the office of his preceptor nearly two years, and then attended lec-
tures a¢ the Cincinnati, Ohio, Medical College, but did not graduate. Commenced the
practice of his profession in Cynthiana, Ky. _ He followed his profession in this city four
years and then removed to Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., where he live three
years, and from there removed to Kansas. Dr. Farrow was married March 21, 1867, at
Cynthiana, Ky., to Miss Elizabeth V. Wolf,a native of Virginia. They have five children
whose names are Susan £., Hattie Willimetta, Mollie H., Allie and Dora. Dr. Farrow en-
joys an extensive and lucrative practice and is honored and esteemed by all who have the

acquaintance.
Pleasure sr eco, dealers in pine and native lumber, began business November i 1881,
carrying a stock of $6.000 of pine and native lumber, doing a lar; ‘e-wholesale us ness | ti
the latter. Alonzo Frost, of the above firm, was born in Portland, Me., September 17, 1849,
residing there until about fourteen years of age, when his par ents removed to Oxford
County, Me., and afterward wentaway from home, and in January, 1871, he reached White
Cloud. ’The first work done by him there wes saying halt Beord orwoods tor uel he ie
i js xt obtained work on the grade a C 5 ”
belek yard ons thurs handled all the brick, as offbearer, of which the schoolhouse is built.
‘After that building was completed he visited his home in Maine, remaining afew months;
then returned to White Cloud and ran the engine at Palmer & Orton’s saw-mill one season.
He then clerked in a store three years, and was four years as pilot and master of the ferry-
boat at White Cloud. He was married in White Cloud, October 15, 1877, to Miss Mary R.
Price. They have two children—Albert Wilbur and Charles Rk. He is a member of the
White Cloud Lodge, No. 78, A. F. & A. M., occupying, all the chairs but three in that lodge;
was the first Dictator of Amity Lodge, No. 2267, K. of H., and the first representative to the
Grand Lodge. ‘ ber. 1865, locati
N GORDON, farmer, came to Kansas in September. 1865, locating
near White Cid wheee tie has since lived. He took partin the late war as a Beem ber o
Co. G, One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry, and enlisted in this regiment March 4,
1864, at Springfield, Ill. Subsequently his regiment was consolidated with the Ove Hun-
dred and Twentieth Regiment Tilinois Totantry, in which he porice ip the 1 O6t ot Septem:
tember, 1865, when he was discharged at Memphis, A D pane
1 n, Miss., where he was wounded, Ripley, Miss., Eastport, Tenn.,
and ether: ar mi mauientsr and skirmishes. In the winter of 1868 and ’69 he was in the Indian
Territor: and Book part in the battle of Washita, where the notorious Chief, Back Kettle,
was killed, ‘He was also in the five days’ fighting along the Cimarron River. He was one

 

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of the five men that fought two hundred Indians in the Sand Hills south of the Canadian
River, in the Indian Territory, three of the five men being wounded and he narrowl
escaped, a rifle ball passing through his hat. He was born in Warren County, Ohio, April
12, 1846. and lived in his native State until his eighth year, when his parents removed to
McLean County, near Bloomington, I1l., where they lived until they came to Kansas. He
was married near Sciola, Montgomery o.. lowa, January 9, 1878, to Miss Mary M. Whit-
ney. anativeof Kansas. Thay have three children—ScottIrving, Elda May and Mary Alta.
Mr. Gordon has a fine farm of eighty acres of rolling prairie, all enclosed; fifty acres are
in cultivation and the balance consists of timber, mostly walnut, elm, hickory and oak. He
has on his farm asmall orchard which covers about two acres and contains one hundred
and twenty-five apple and peach trees. He has an abundance of small fruits. There is
lenty of pure sweet water on hisfarm. The improvements consist of a new frame dwell-
ng house, barn, and other outbuildings.

REV, JAMES L. GRIGSBY, Pastor of the Associated Methodist Episcopal Churches at
White Cloud and Highland, came to Kansas in October, 1880, locating at Independence
Montgomery County, where he had charge of Allen Chapel one year. He then removed
from Independence to White Cloud, where has since resided. He is a member of White
Cloud Lodge, No, 2088, G. U. O. F.; Friendship Lodge, No. 11, A. F. & A. M. (Us D.); of the
Advocates of Justice of North America, and agtis of Labor. Heparticipated in the war
of the Rebellion as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-Second Regiment
United States Infantry, and was enlisted in Monrovia, Ohio, September 21. 1864. and was
mustered out of the United States service June 1, 1865. at Washington, D. C. He took part
in the battles of Nashville, Tenn., December 24, 25 and 26, 1864; the battle of Columbia,
Tenn., January 8, 1865; Decatur, Ala., February 2, 1865, and other battles and skirmishes.
Mr. Grigsby was born in Athens, Ala., August 22, 1849, and lived in his native place until
his sixth year, when his parents removed to Huron County. Ohio, where he lived fifteen
years, and from there removed to Chicago, from whence he came to Kansas. He attended
Oberlin College, Ohio, two terms, and completed his course of education at Wilberforce
University, Ohio, He entered the ministry in 1879, and has been preaching since. Mr.
Gri shy was married, in Chicago, November 22, 1876, to Miss Anna Albert, a native of the

ndian Territory. =

JOHN GRUMLEY, boot and shoe maker, came to Kansas in the spring of 1857. and
located near Fanning, Doniphan County, where he lived two years, and from there came
to White Cloud, where he has since resided and earried on business. He was in the last
war as amember of Company D, Third Battalion Missouri Volunteers, and enlisted in the
fall of 1861 in Holt County, Mo. He served six months, and was_mustered out of ser-
vice at St. Joe, Mo. He was in an engagementin Bee Creek, Mo, He was born in Brook
County, Va., January 29, 1813, and lived in his native State until his sixteenth year. He
then went to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he lived eighteen months, and was learning his trade.
He then traveled extensively over the United States until the year 1837, when he located
in Washington, Pa., where he lived three years. From there he removed to Wheeling, W.
Va,, where he lived four years and carried on his business. From Wheeling he went to
Platteville, Wis., where he lived fifteen years, and was mostly engaged in shoemaking.
While residing in Wisconsin he made a trip to California, where he remained one and a half
yca"3, and was engaged in mining. From Wisconsin he came to Kansas. Mr. Grumley

as been married twice, The first marriage was solemnized in Cannonsburg, Pa.. in Octo-
ber, 1836, to Miss Julia Ann Saunders, anativeof New York State. He had seven chil-
dren by this marriage, whose names are: Lydia A., Edward C, Thomas M., Julia E., John
L., Harriet Louisa, and Lucy Jane. The second marriage took place in Oregon. Mo., in De-
cember, 1875, to Mrs. Jane Wakeland, a native of England. There has been no issue by
is marriage.

JOHN LEWIS GRUMLEY, boot and shoe maker, came to Kansas In the spring of 1857.
and located near Fanning, where helived two years, and from there removed to White
Cloud, where he has lived since. He was born in Platteville, Grant Co., Wis., December 11
1852, and lived there until his fifth year, when his parents removed to Kansas.

. JOHN GUBTAIL, gun and blacksmith, came to Kansas in the spring of 1869,and located
in White Cloud, living there about two years, aud then removed to Holt County, Mo., where
he lived three years. From Missouri he returned to Kansas, locating at lowa Point, where
he lived two years and carried on business. From Iowa Point he returned to White Cloud,
where he has since resided. He was in the army during the War of the Rebellion, asa
Corporal of Company B, One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois infantry, and enlisted August
9, 1862, at Kankakee City, Ill. He took part inthe battles of Walnut Hills, near Vicksburg,
Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Black River, Gun Town, and numerous other engagements,
and was mustered out of the service guys 1865, in Chicago. He was born in Springtield.
Clark Co., Ohio, September 1, 1842. In his third year his parents removed to Iroquois,
County, I1l., where they livedthirteen years, and from there moved to Kankakee City, II1.,
where they lived eight years. From there Mr. Gubtail entered the United States Army.
After the close of the war, he returned to Iroquois County, Ill., where he remained until he
came to Kansas. He has been married twice. The first marriage took place in Kankakee
City, Ill., inthe year 1867, to Miss Rebecca Davis, a native of Illinois. She died_eight
months after her marriage. The second marriage took place in 1870, in Holt County, Mo.,to
Miss Julia E. Grumley, a native of Wisconsin. They have three children living—Ira C.,
Thomas M., and Lewis E. :

. H. HINES, dealer in groceries, provisions, etc., has been in business at White Cloud
the past nine years, carries a general line of groceries, provisions, etc., amounting to $4,000,
and does a business of about $30,000 per annum, and employs three clerks, He has alsoa
bakery and restaurant adjoining his grocery store. He was born in Woodfield, MonroeCo.,
Ohio, March 14, 1838. hen he was five years old his parents moved to Southern Indiana,
where he resided until nineteen years of age; he then went to Mason County, Ill, where he
remained until the breaking out of the war. He enlisted, in 1861, in Company E, Twenty-
seventh Illinois Infantry, as Sergeant, serving three years, and when becoming disabled by
afracture of his ankle, he went into the Quartermaster’s Department, where he remained
until the winter of 1866. He then returned to Mason County, Ill., holding the office of
Deputy County Clerk for several months. In August, 1866, he came to Kansas, obtaining
employment as a clerk in thestore of Bailey & Noyes, one season; he then took charge of a
store at Highland for the samefirm. When this store was sold he returned to White Cloud,
remaining with the firm until they quit business, having been with them seven years. He
then engaged in business for himself. He acts with the Republican party, of whose prin-
ciples he is a strong supporter, and takes an active interestin politics. 6 has frequently
been a delegate to County Conventions. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of H.
e was married in Doniphan County, Kan., April 11, 1879, to Miss

 

 

Lodges, at White Cloud.
Mollie C, Conklin.

B. B. IDOL, farmer, came to Kansas in October, 1856, and located near White Cloud,
where, with the exception of seven years spent in the Territories, he has lived since. He is
amember of White Cloud Lodge, No. 78, A. F.& A. M., and of White Cloud Lodge, No. 6,
I. 0. of O. F. Mr. Idol was bornin Davidson County, N.C., May 24, 1838, and lived in his
native State until he came to Kansas, __ After moving to Kansas, he left April 29, 1861, ona
journey tothe Territories west of the Rocky Mountains. Hesuccessively visited Washing-

on, Idaho,Oregon, and Montana Territories, and was engaged while there in mining, pros-
pecting andfreighting. Hereturned fromthe latter Territory to Kansas via the Missouri
iver. He was married in Doniphan County June 9, 1878, to Miss H. F. Finley, a_ native of
Kansas. They have one child, adaughter, Vera. Mr. Idobkhas a fine farm of 160 acres,
upland, all enclosed with substantial fences, and all in cultivation. His orchard covers
five acres, and contains about 400 bearing apple, 500 peach, and 50 pear, plum and cherry
trees. He has a small vineyard of 200 vines, the grapes of which he sells in the White
Cloud markets. He has a new, comfortable, and roomy awelling house, a new barn and
other outbuildings. He devotes his attention to raising grain, fine ogs and cattle.

THOMAS FRANCIS KENNEY, of the firm of Burkhalter & Kenney, dealers in gro-
ceries, musical instruments, sheet music, confectionery, fine cigars, tobacco, etc., etc., came
to Kansas January 1, 1874, and located in White Cloud, where he has since resided and
carried on business. He isa member of White Cloud Lodge, No. 6, 1.0.0. F.. Mr. Kenney
was born in Warren, Ill., July 26, 1858, and lived in his native place until his sixteent!
year, and then removed toSt. Joseph, Mo., where he remained but a short time, and then
removed to Lawson, Ray County,in the same State, where he lived two years and then re-
turned to St. Joseph, where he lived until he came to Kansas. Since he lived in Kansas he
has been engaged in the wood business, and in railroading in the vicinity of White Cloud.
He joined the enterprising and growing firm of which he is a member, December 5, 1881.
His firm is doing and deserves a large trade.

JAMES KIRLIN, farmer, came to Kansas ep 16, 1880, and located at White Cloud,
where he has sincelived. He isa member of the Roman Catholic Church. He was boru in
County Tyrone, Ireland, in December, 1827, and lived there until he came to America,
and settled in White Cloud. He was married in County Derry, April 27, 1852, to Miss Han-
nah McHugh, anative of County Tyrone,Ireland. They have four children living, whose
names are ridget, Margaret, Jamesand William. Mr. Kirlin has a farm of 160 acres, roll-
ing prairie, which he has improved the pastyear. The farm is all enclosed with a substan-
tialfence. He devotes his attention to raising grain and hogs. He has plenty of good water
on his farm, the Hayes-Kirlin branch running through it. 7

W. E. LEWIS, M. D., was bornin Delaware County, Pa., September 1, 1850, living there
until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating at Highland, and graduating at the Highland
University. He then began the study of medicine, being one year under a preceptor, and
taking a two years’ course of lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduat-
ing there, He afterwards went to Northern Illinois, with the intention of teaching there,
but learning there was an opening at White Cloud, he went there, entering into partnershi
with Dr. Farrow, in 1880. He 1s a member of the Regular State Medical Association, an
of the District Medical Society of Northwestern Missouri. He married in Jackson County,
Mo., near Pleasant Hill, April 2, 1879, Miss Margaret J. Adams, who was born in Indiana,
They have one child, Nellie. Dr. L. takes\jgreat interest in church matters, is a leading
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member of the Congregational Church, and superintendent of the Sabbath school at White
Cloud. Heis also a member of White Cloud Lodge, No, 6,1. 0. 0. F. and of Amity Lodge,
No. 2267, K. of H., at White Cloud.

JAMES F. MITCHELL, station agent and operator at White Cloud, on the B. & M. R.
R., the A. & N. Division, came to Kansas March 14, 1878, and located {n Cherokee County,
where he was employed as station agent on the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. From there
he removed to Greenwood County, where he lived two years, and was inthe employ of the
same company. From there he removed to St. Clair, Mo., remaining there until May 28,
1882, when he removed to Gage County, Neb,, where he was in the employ of the B. & M. R.
R. as station agent, and then came to White Cloud. He is a member of Charleston, Kan.,
Lodge, No. 161, I. O. O. F., and a member of the White Cloud Cornet Band. He was born
November 19, 1854, in Shelby County, Mo., where he lived until his twenty-second year,
and from there removed to Macon, Mo., where he lived until 1878, and from there came to
Kansas. He was married January 23, 1881, at Smithfield, Mo., to Miss Sadie E. Lewis,
a native of Nodaway County, Mo.; they have one daughter, Jewel. Mr. Mitchell is also ex-
press agent at White Cloud, stands high in the confidence of the company he serves, and is

- regarded as very proficient in his duties.

EWIS I. RE, clerk, came to Kansas in the spring of 1873, locating at Hiawatha,
where he was engaged in learning the printer’s trade in the Dispatch office. He remained
in Hiawatha one year, and from there removed to Oregon, Mo., where he resided until 1879,
when he went to Canyon City, and Leadville, Col. Hespent one yearin Colorado, and then
returned to hishomein Missouri, where he resided until March, 1882, when he removed to
White Cloud and accepted a position in the large mercantile establishment of D. M. Emer-
son, where heis at present engaged. Mr, Moore was born in Oregon, Holt Co., Mo., March
30, 1862, and lived in his native place until 1869, when his parents removed to Long Island,
N.Y. They remained there two years and then returned to Missouri. Mr. Moore has
received a classical education, having received his Instruction at the Northwestern Normal
School, in Oregon, Mo. hile living in this State he was Deputy Sheriff of Holt County,
which position he held oneterm. He isa young man of correct business habits, and is re-
spected and Lesteomed by his associates in the large mercantile establishment with which he
is connecte °

DANIEL RUSSELL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. White Cloud, came to Kansas in
January, 1863, and located in Nemaha County, where he lived two years, and then removed

Brown County, where he lived fourteen years. From Brown County he removed to his
farm in Iowa Township, Doniphan County, where he has lived since. He is ameinber of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and of Highland Lodge, No.11, A., F. & A.M. During the last
war he was the personal attendant of Col. Thomas Mack, of the Thirty-Third Regiment of
Iowa Infantry. He held this position for one year, and was presentata number of battles and
skirmishes. My. Russell was born in Orange, N. C., in September, 1841, and lived in his na-
tive State until his ninth year, when his master removed to Saline County, Ark. He lived
in Arkansas sixteen years, and from there came to Kansas. He was married in Brown
County, September 6, 1867, to Mrs. Catherine Jarvis, a native of Harrison County, Ky.
They have ten children living, viz: Annie M., John §S., William Henry, Daniel Bascom,
Douglas Greene, James Wiley, Walter Boyd, Bertha Wallace, Sabina Elizabeth, Susan
Catherine. Mr. Russell was born aslave, but by his industry and economy he has now be-
come the proud possessor of a choice farm in Doniphan County, of 140 acres, I tis all
enclosed and all under cultivation. He has a small orchard which covers about three
acres and contains about 100 apple, thirty-five peach and cherry trees. He devotes his at-
tention to raising corn, fine hogs, cattle and sheep. Theimprovements on his farm consist
of a comfortable house and conyenient farm buildings.

Cc. W. SHREVE, druggist, came to Kansas in the spring of 1858, locating at White
Cloud, where he has since resided and carried on business. He is leader of the ite Cloud
Cornet Band; Clerk of School District No. 43, Doniphan County; has been Notary Public
for the past twelve years; United States Commissioner since June 10, 1871; and has been a
member of the City Council of White Cloud for the last ten years. eis a member of the
Society of Friends. He is also a member of White Cloud Lodge, No. 78, A., F. & A. M., and
of White Cloud Lodge, No. 6, 1.0.0, F. Capt. Shreve was born in Deerfield, Portage Co.,
Ohio, January 31, 1833, and lived in his native place until his seventeenth year, when his
parents removed to Massillon, Stark Co., Ohio, where he lived until the spring of 1856, and

rom there came to Kansas, locating at White Clould two years later. That Capt. Shreve
possesses the esteem and confidence of his fellow-townsmen is evinced by the offices they
ave elected him to, and the length of time he has heldthem. He is an able and consci-
entlous: druggist, scrupulous and exact in all his dealings, and has and deserves a good
rade.

. J. SINCLAIR, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. White Cloud, came to Kansas in July,
1866, locating in MiamiCounty, where he lived twelve years, and then removed to Iowa
Township, Doniphan County, where he has since resided. He was Justice of the Peace for
twoterms while livingin Miami County. Heis a member of the Masonic fraternity, havin
joined Macon (Il.) Lodge, No. 8, in 1846. At present he is affiliated with White Clou

odge, No. 78. He was born in Botetourt County, a,, in September, 1819, and lived In his
native State until his tenth year, when his mother (his father having died in Virginia) re-
moved to Sangamon County, Ill., where they resided a couple of years and then removed to
Macon County, Il, where Mr, Sinclair lived until 1865, when he started “overland” for
Kansas, reaching this State in 1866. hile Mr. S. resided in Illinois he formed the
acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln, subsequently President of the United States, and was en-
zed at one time with him and John Hanks in flat-boating on the Sangamon River. Mr.
g Sistines remembers the‘! hard winter” experienced by the residents of Macon
County in 1830-31, when few, if any, had any bread to eat. His description of their suffer
ings is vivid and thrilling. Mr. Sinclair was married in Macon, IIl., April 30, 1846, to Miss
Delilah Abrams,a native of Illinois. They have had eight children, seven of whom are
living: Isaac S., Amanda J. (married to William Perkins, a farmer residing near White
Cloud), Julia F. (married to _Robert Hodge, a farmer living near White Cloud), John H.
(narried to Emma Tesh, a native of North Carolina), Laura (married to Mr. Frank Under-
wood, a resident of White Cloud), Emma (married to John Noble, a farmer, a resident of
Doniphan County), and Reuben§. The last two children named have developed a remark-
able talent for music, and are skillful performers on the piano, organ and violin. Esquire
Sinclair has a choice farm of eighty acres, mostly bottom land, all enclosed and all under
euluivation. Itis remarkably fertile, and presents a good prospect fora phenomenal yield
of corn this year. His orchard contains fifty bearing apple trees, some of them fairly break-
ing down with the fruit with which they are at presentoverburdened. He has an abun-
dance of pure, cool water on his farm, a fine spring rising near his house, and thence
meandering through the farm. He devotes his attention chietly to raising grain, vegetables
and stock. The improvements on his farm consist of a fine roomy mansion-house, large
barn and other out-buildings. Mr. Sinclair isan ardent Republican and a firm friend of the
temperance movement now agitating the State of Kansas,
I. 8. SINCLAIR, Constable of Iowa Township, came to Kansas in August, 1866, locating
in Miami County, where he resided until 1876, when he removed to White Cloud, where he
has lived since. He has been Constable of Iowa Township two terms. He is also City
Marshal and Street Commissioner of the city of White Cloud. Heisa member of White
Cloud Lodge No. 78, A. F. & A. M., and White Cloud Lodge No. 6,1. 0. of O. F. During the
Indian outbreak in this State in 1868, he entered the United States Army as a member of
Company L, Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry. He enlisted at Paola, October 24, 1868, served
six months on the plains of Colorado and New Mexico, and was mustered out at Fort
Hayes, April 19, 1869. While a member of this command he was engaged in a number of
engagements ardskirmishes. Mr. Sinclair was born in Macon, Ill, August 12, 1847, and
lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married May 4, 1876, in White
Cloud, to Miss Nannie J. Abrams, a native of Illinois, They have one daughter—Minnie,
DANIEL TODD, farmer, P. 0. White Cloud, came to Kansas, March 28, 1854, locating
in Leavenworth, where he lived about two months, aud from there removed to near White
Cloud, where he lived three months, when he was, with his entire family, consisting of six
persons, kidnapped and sold into slavery. They were first taken to Howard County, Mo.,
where they were held in bondage one year, A short time subsequently Mr. Todd's wifé
and one child were sent to Macon County, Tenn., where they were held in slavery nearly
four years, when they were restored to freedom by President Lincoln's Emancipation Proc-
lamation. Mr. Todd escaped from those who kidnapped him atthe time his wife and child
were taken to Tennessee, and joined the United States army, becoming a member of Com-
pany D, First Missouri Militia. He enlisted in September, 1861,in Mexico, Mo., served
eighteen months, and was discharged for disability incurred while in the service, in March
1863, at Pilot Knob, Mo. After his discharge fromthe army, he gathered together those of
his children that he could find and removed to White Cloud, where he was subsequently
joined by his wife and one child, and where he has ever sincelived. He isa member of the

ethodist Episcopal Churchin White Cloud. He was bornin Washington County, Va.. in
1816, and lived there until histwelfth year, when his master removed to Boone County,
Mo. Mr. T, lived altogether, twenty-six yearsinthe State of Missouri, and then came to
Kansas. Hewas married in Platte County, Mo., May 20, 1853, to Priscilla Dorsey, a na-
tive of Macon Co., Ky, They have four children living—Scott Clay. Sophronia, Lucetta, and
Emeline. Also have two grandchildren living with them—George Mason and Charles True.
Though starting late in life and without a dollar, Mr. Todd has now become by hard work
and economy the happy owner of eighty acres of fine upland, which is all enclosed, and has
about fifty-eight acres under cultivaiion, the balance being pasture and timberland. His
orchard covers two acres, and contains fifty apple, six hundred peach, and fifty cherry and
pear trees. His vineyard covers half an acre and has three hundred vines. The improve-
ments ou his farm consist of a comfortable frame dwelling house, good barn, and other
outbuildings.

FRANK TRAGO, engineer on the A. & M. Div. of the B. & M. R. R., was born in Jack-

son County, Ohio, December 14, 1854, and followed various occupations until 1874. At that
time he became fireman on the M, & C. R, R., in Ohio, which he followed three years, He

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ecame engineer on the same road, and served in that capacity until 1880, when he came
vost to Plattsmouth, Neb., where he obtained a position onthe A. & N. Div. Pat

R. R., and has since ‘been in their employ. Mr. Trago has been concerned in several rail-
road ‘accidents, but has thus far fortunately escaped unhurt. He isa gentlemen who thor-
oughly understands his business as an engineer, and is always very cautious in the avoid-

of any danger.

as HH Orr, retired, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, July 11, 1814, living there un-
til 1831, when his parents moved to Illinois, stopping during the winter at Iton. The
following spring the moved to Jersey County, then the southern portion of Greene County,
IIL, locating about ive miles southwest of Jerseyville. The subject of this sketch there
married, in 1839, Miss Priscilla Spaulding. In 1843 he moved to Holt County, Mo.,
where he engaged in farming. During the Mexican war he enlisted in Company A, Oregon
Battalion Missouri Volunteers. His command was sent West to establish lines of forts to
Oregon, and soon after establishing Fort Kearney the war closed, The battalion was dis-
banded in November, 1848. Mr. Utt then returned home, remaining until the spring of
1849, when he crossed the plains to California, arriving in September and remaining until
June, 1850. Was there engaged chiefly in mining and trading. He then returned to Holt
County, Mo., and resided until 1856, when, with other parties, he took up claims atthe

resent site of White Cloud; the following year became one of a town company of thirty
Loe allt reeay the land and laid out the town of White Cloud. He, in 1858, and Enoch
Spaulding, completed the City Hotel, and Mr. U. was the first proprietor. He built the saw-
mill in the same year, and has since done much to build upthe town. In 1864 his wife
died, leaving five children—Levi Harrison, Melvina, Emily J., John E., and Dora, He after-
ward married Miss Bessie Hurd. They have one child—Veta Lee. Mr. U.is a Republican,
and has always taken an active interest in politics, and has been closely identified with
many public measures. He has twice held the office of County Judge of Doniphan County.
He has twice engaged in mercantile busiuess, and has devoted his attention chiefly to land.
He is the present;Town Proprietor of White Cloud. Also took a prominent part in the
puilding of the A. & C. R. R., being one of the first owners on completing the road into
raska,
Ne OS EPH US UTT, commercial traveler, came to Kansas in the year 1853, and first located
on Wolf River, Wolf River Township, Doniphan County, where he lived three years. He
was then engaged for one year as a teacher for the Iowa Indians on the Iowa Reservation.
He is a member of the I. O. of O. F. Mr. Utt participated in the war of the Rebellion as
First Lieutenant of Company K, Fourteenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and en-
listed at White Cloud, Doniphan County, and was discharged at Fort Smith, Ark. He was
born May 15, 1830, in Scioto County, Ohio, where he lived until the age of one year, when
his parents removed to Alton, IIl. From there they removed to Buchanah County, Mo.,
and from there Mr. Utt came to Kansas. He was at Marshal's, on the Big Blue, when the
news was received of the purchase from the Indians of the lands which now comprise (the
States of Kansas and Nebraska. During most of his life he has been engaged in the mer-
cantile business. Mr. Utt’s present residence is White Cloud, Doniphan County. He is
married and has five py als witele name was Rachael Ann McKinney. The children
are—Jennie J., R. L., D. V., T. J.. and Joe Emma.
R. 8. WAKEFIELD, contractor and builder, was born in Newport, Sullivan Co., N. H.,
December 30, 1828, living there until fourteen years of age, when his father moved to
-Essex County, N. Y. He there learned the trade of carpenter and builder, remaining until
about twenty-two years of age. He then went to Kenosha, Wis., remaining about one
year; then to Neenah, Wis., remaining one year. He then took a trip through Minnesota,
locating at Galena, Ill., in 1852. He there married, January 29, 1855, Miss Frances H.
Ramsten. They have one child—Charles Herbert. In May, 1857, he moved to White Cloud,
establishing himself in his present business. He built nearly all the first buildings put up
at White Cloud, and has since built many others, among them being nearly all the best
puildings in the town, including the schoolhouse, etc. He has also done a large amount of
work ip Hiawatha and the surrounding country. During the war he was a member of the
State Militia. He is a member of the Masonic Order and the I. O. O. F. of White Cloud.

HIGHLAND.

Highland owes its name to a whim of one of the founders of the town,
rather than to any great elevation of the land upon which it stands. As early
as 1855, J. P. Johnson took a claim here, and drove stakes by which to locate
the town, A year later, Gen. John Bayless reached this point, and joined Mr.
Johnson in his efforts to locate a town. A year later (1857) the town company
was formed, and the town surveyed and laid out in blocks. The members of
the town company were J. P, Johnson, John Bayless, O. Bailey, H. N. Seaver,
S. M. Irvin, and G. S. Rice.

Although located four miles and one-half from the Atchison & Nebraska
Railway, and six miles from Severance, on the St. Joseph & Western, the town
enjoys an intercourse with the outside world rarely accorded a place so situ-
ated. For this there are several distinct reasons. Highland is in the center of
a tract of dark, “mulatto” soil of exceptional fertility, whence comes a large
amount of farming trade. It is also the seat of Highland University, one of the
few institutions of its class in the State, and to this come large numbers of cul-
tured people, desirous of giving their children the benefit of a thorough course
of study. Add to this the nameless fascination which a university town has,

_even for those neither specially learned nor literary, and the chief attractions of
the town for the permanent resident are summed up. To the casual traveler

,it appeals in another form scarcely less attractive—it reminds him of “back

‘ East.” Along the principal street trees, now more than a quarter of a century
old, are planted, and their spreading branches form a nearly complete arch
overhead. Upon the streets pass a people whose faces show the lines of a cul-
ture which has had time, in the push and scramble of a life in the new West,
for a growth other than purely commercial. A scene like this is rare enough
any where, especially west of the Mississippi, and is as grateful as rare.

The first buildings on the town site were erected by the town company.
_ The following spring (1858), Campbell & Bonesteel erected two buildings. The
first store was opened by Devine & Stevenson, with a general stock.
The second by J. H. Willey, also with a general stock. The first drug
store was the property of A. J. Minier & Co. and was run by Dr. J.
Leigh. A hardware and tin store was opened by E. Evans. S. F. Armsbury,
A. Bruner, and W, P. Gere, all opened blacksmith shops at an‘early day, and
are still living in Highland. Dr. Palmer was the first physician, coming in
1858. Joseph Rankin is thought to have been the first carpenter, but that
honor is disputed by E. Snyder, who came in 1857. The first Sabbath school
was taught in a log building on the town site by E. M. Hubbard.

The city records of Highland begin with the year 1871. At the election
of that year, Fred. J. Close, now Clerk of the District Court, was elected Mayor,
and J. S. Martin made City Clerk. In 1872, A. H. Bayless succeeded to the
mayoralty, Those who have successively held the office are as follows: A. H.

Bayless, 1873-74; J. F. Shields, 1875; F. J. Close, 1876; George G. Fox,
1877; F. J. Close, 1878; A.S, Campbell, 1879; J. P. Johnson, 1880-81 ; C.
E. Fox, 1882, During the same period the list of City Clerks is as follows:
J. S. Martin, 1872~73~-74 ; F. Kitzmiller, 1875-76-77-78 ; G. M. Frisbie, 1879;
C. C. Wheeler, 1880-81 ; Josiah Beeler, 1882.

_ A postoffice was established at Highland in 1858, and E. M. Hubbard ap-
pointed Postmaster. He was succeeded by Rev. James Campbell, Samuel C.
Shields, Miss E. Diament, E. E. Herrick, and James A. Kennedy, who now
holds the office. The postoffice was located in the hotel kept by E. M. Hub-
bard. This was the first hotel in town, and is the brick building now occu-
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

pied by J. P. Johnson as abank. On the appointment of Campbell, the office
was kept in his house. Thence it went to the stores of the various Postmas-
ters, except during Shields’ term, when it had a building of its own.

 

HIGHLAND UNIVERSITY.

This institution traces its lineage farther back than any school in the State.

In 1836 treaties were made with the Missouri Sacs and Foxes, and with the
Iowas whereby they were assigned land in what is now Doniphan County, Kan-
sas; their reservation embracing the present site of Highland. They removed
to their newly appointed home during the year, and were followed in 1837 by
that faithful missionary, Rev. S. M. Irvin, who, under the direction of the Pres-
byterian Board of Foreign Missions, established a mission among them near
the present site of the town, Six months after the arrival of Mr. Irvin he was
‘fond by Rev. William Hamilton. Thetwo remained at the mission as co-
aborers for ten years. In 1847 they established an Indian school in connec-
tion with the mission. In 1856 a ‘‘classical academy” was established. In
1858 a charter was granted by the Territorial Legislature, under the title of the
Highland University. The school from the beginning has been under the fos-
tering care of the Presbyterians,—first of the Board of Missions, and later of
the Presbyterian Synod of Kansas. Its present trustees represent the Synods
of Kansas, Nebraska, Southern Iowaand Missouri. It is at present one of the
best, as it is one of the oldest, classical schools in the West.

Its geographical position renders it accessible to the three great States of
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Its grounds embrace ten acres, on a beauti-
ful plateau, commanding a view of scenery unsurpassed in loveliness. Its
buildings are substantial, and well fitted for the purposes for which they were
designed. It is reached by two railroads, the St. Joseph & Western, and the
Atchison & Nebraska. :

It has two courses of study—classical and scientific—and a normal school
department. It has four literary societies, the Erodelphian and Clisophic, for
male students; the Atelceta and Eucleian, for female students. The degrees
conferred are: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master
of Science. The rates of endowment are: $500 for a tuition scholarship _
$2,500 for a full scholarship ; $25,000 for a professorship. One-third of the
Board of Trustees are appointed annually by the Synod of Kansas, in connec-
tion with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
of America.

The Board of Trustees for the past three years have been as follows:

7881—Rev. S. M. Irvin, Highland, Kan.; Rev. Daniel Kloss, Highland,
Kan.; James Myers, M. D* Hightand, Kan; William H. Bayless, Highland,
Kan.; J. A. Leonard, Highland, Kan.; Rev. Samuel Farmer, Hiawatha, Kan.;
James L. Abernathy, Sas dates oe enry Bullard, St. Joseph, Mo.;
Rev. George L. Spinning, D. D., Cleveland, Ohio.

1882. Rev. Hobert Crnikshank, D. D., Highland, Kan.; John P. Johnson,
Highland, Kan.; Elijah M. Hubbard, Highland, Kan.; D. M. McIntosh, Troy,
Kan.; Rev. W. N. McHarg, Blue Rapids, Kan.; Rev. M. F. Howie, Atchison,
Kan.; Rev. W.N. Page, D.D., Leavenworth, Kan.; Rev. S. M. Osmend, D. D.,
Lawrence, Kan.; Rev. J. T. Baird, Plattsmouth, Neb.

1883—W. E. Lewis, M. D., White Cloud, Kan.; John L. Freeland, Blue
Rapids, Kan.; H. Walker, Beloit, Kan.; Rev. J. A. Pinkerton, Beloit, Kan,;

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Rev. James A. Griffees, Irving, Kan.; Rev. D. R. Todd, Netanaka, Kan.; Judge
J. C. Clark, Topeka, Kan.; Hon. B. Cowan, Oregon, Mo.

The Executive Committee for 1883 has the following members: J. P.
Johnson, president ; J. A. Leonard, vice-president ; W. H. Bayless, treasurer ;
Rev. Daniel Kloss, auditor ; Rev. S. M. Irvin, J. A. Leonard, secretaries.

The annual report for the year ending September 1, 1882, gives the follow
ing as the members of the faculty of the institution, and their departments :
Hon. H. D. McCarty, LL. D., acting president and professor of mathematics
and natural science; Rev. Duncan Brown, A.M., professor of ancient lan-
guages and literature; Rev Daniel Kloss, A. M., professor of German and
French; Rev. Samuel Farmer, A. B., instructor in academic department.

The following statistics are also taken from the annual report:

Whole number of graduates—Males, 17; females, 12; total, 20.

Number of graduates at last commencement, 3.

Students in attendance: Senior class—Males, 2; females, 1; total, 3.
Junior class—Males, 4; females, 2; total, 6. Sophomore class—Males, 6; fe-
males, 1; total, 7. Freshman class—Males, 2; females, 1; total, 3. Prepara-
tory and scientific department—Males, 30; females, 58; total, 88. Total num-
ber of students—Males, 44; females, 63; total, 107.

Lands owned by the institution: Site, ten acres.

Estimated cash value of the property of the institution: Site, $3,000;
buildings, $20,000; permanent endowment and funds exclusive of real estate,
$5,000 ; library, $8,000; apparatus, $2,000; total amount of property, $38.000.

Expenditures for the current year: For salary of teachers, $3,000; for in-
cidentals, $300; for building and repairs, $2,500; total expenditures, $5,800.

Receipts for the current year: From tuition fees, $3,000; voluntary con-
tributions, $2,500; total receipts, $5,500.

Rates of tuition, not including board: For collegiate department, per an-
num, $39; for preparatory and scientific department, $30; annual scholar-
ships, $25.

The institution is conducted under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church,

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

The Presbyterian Ohurch was organized at the Iowa andS ac Mission, in 1842, having
seven members. These original members were all whites, b ut as the church grew there
was a large admixture of Indians, After the removal of the Mission the society met ina
frame building between Highland and the mission for several years, and about 1860 began
to hold services in the University Chapel, where they have ever since been located. The
society now numbers eighty-seven. Their first pastor was Rev. William Bishop. To him
succeeded J. D. Paxton, J. B. Morton and the present pastor, Rev. Joseph Mayow. The first
meeting of the council took place in 1871. At various times Father Irvin has supplied the
church, but his increasing years preclude his constant service, pleasing as it would betohis

earers,

A Sabbath school was organized at the Mission, and is still keptup. Itis in charge of Dr.
H. D. McCarty, and hasan enrollment of one hundred.

A Methodist Episcopal Church was organized at a point near Highland, in 1857, by Rev.
Dana Fos. No attempt at building a separate house of worship was made for several years,
private residences and schoolhouses doing duty until 1865, when the use of the Presbyterian
Chapel was accorded. In 1866 alot was purchased, Bnd preparations made for building a
house of worship, but the project was abandoned for the time, and an arrangement made
with the Congregationalists by which the latter received a loan from the Methodists, and
shared with them theuse of the church building. In 1873, largely through the efforts of
Rey. Dana Fox, an exclusively Methodist church, thirty-five by fifty-two, was built, ata
cost of three thousand dollars. This was inthe pastorate of Rev. William Smith. Since
that time L. V. Morton, D. B. Campbell, Hunter, Shackleford and C. K. Jones have held pas-
toral charge, the latter being still in service.

A Sabbath school was organized in June, 1881, by Rev. Mr. Shackleford. Itis now in
charge of John Gann, and has an average attendance of forty.

The Congregational Church of Highland, was organized October 5, 1865, by Rev. H.
Since that time the society has

 

P. Robinson, the constituent members numbering fifteen.
grown with the town, and now numbers sixty-eight. A brick church, thirty-eight by fifty,
was begun in 1866, and completed in the fall of the following year. The cost of this struc-*
ture was four thousand dollars. Itstands two blocks north of the main street, nearly ina
line with the Wildey Heuse. Rev. H. P. Robinson remained its pastor up to 1869. After
his resignation the supply of the society was very irregular and no pastor was settled until
July, 1877, when the present incumbent, Rev. D. Kloss, was installed.

Smithton Lodge (Masonic), No.1, now located at Highland, is at once the cldest lodge in
the county andtheState. Ittakesits name from a town once of some importance, but now
defunct. Its charter bears the date of November 30, 1854, and was granted to J. W. Smith,
E. H. Rinehart, D. Vanderslice, J. H. Whitehead, W. P. Richardson, J. H. Merrill, G. R.*
Wilson, Joseph Crippen and H. W. Forman. The first officers of the lodge were: J. W.
Smith, W. M.; E. H. Rinehart, S. W.; D. Vanderslice, J. W. The present officers of the
lodge are: A. Leigh, W. M,; L. Meeker, S. W.; B. Martin, J. W.; W. Trevett, secretary; A.
S. Campbell, treasurer. Intheearly days of the society, meetings were held in the open air,
ona bluff near the town; later at Whitehead, Iola, lowa Agency, Iowa Point, and finally at
Highland. It now has a membership of sixty. Meetings are held on each Friday, on or be-
fore full moon, in Masonic Hall. This building was erected in 1879, at acost of onethou-
sand dollars. Besides the hall, the lodge has property in furniture and regalia to the
amount of three hundred dollars, Bi

Highland Lodge, No. 67, I. O. O. F., was organized on January 27th, 1871, with the fol-
lowing charter members: J. H. Close, S. F. Amsbury, J. Myers, F. J. Close, B. Castello,
H. Myers, F. M. Unkefer, and E. B. Gatchell. The tirst officers of the lodge were as follows:
J. H. Close, N.G.; S. F. Amsbury, V. G.; F. J. Close, P. S.; H. Myers, R. S.; J. Myers,
treasurer. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall, on Saturday evenings of each week. The
property of the society consists of four hundred dollars invested, about the same amount
on hand in cash, and regalia and fixtures to the amount of about two hundred dollars. The

resent officersare: S. S. Jacobs, N.G.; J, W. Kennedy, V. G.; F. Kitzmiller, R. §,;G. F.
eming, treasurer.

Highland City Lodge, No. 2261, K. of H., was instituted_on July 9, 1881, with fourteen
members and the following officers: A. Leigh, P. D.; W. Trevett, D., W. H. Forbes, R.
Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays ofeach month. The present officers of the
society are: H.C. Layton, past dictator; H. A. Hills, dictator; W. Trevett, reporter; W. H.
Forbes, financial reporter; T. J. McClary, treasurer. The present membership of the so-
ciety iseighteen. As its losses are met by assessments thereis no idle capital.

The Cousins Cornet Band was organized in August, 1881, with fourteen pieces, and is .
under the leadership of M. Minier. It is something of a ‘boys’ band,” but does very good
work for the time it has been in practice.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The only bank ever established in Highland is that of J. P. Johnson, who opened his
doors in 1862. At that time there were but two other banks in the State—one at Leaven-
worth, and the Exchange at Atchison. Mr. Johnson began business in the brick building
which he has ever since occupied. As the bank is a private institution no statement of its
resources is published, but the fact that its owner is rated by the commercial agencies at
over a million and a half dollars is presumably a sufficient guaranty ofitssolvency. Besides
the bank, Mr, Johnson hes the only complete set of abstracts in the county.

The Wildey House was opened in 1866, by D.S. Campbell. After a year’s management
Mr. Campbell sold out to J. H. Wildey, who now owns the property. In 1877 Wiltse Baird
leased the hotel, and stillrunsit. The building has received several enlargements, and
now has seventeen largerooms. The main building is two, and the addition three stories
in height. Ona the east of the houseis a large lawn dotted with large trees,which in summer
foemo0 perfect shade for sundry hammocks and easy chairs. The property is valued at

Thetown now has four general stores, two hardware and two drug stores, two boot and
shoe stores, one bank, one hotel, one livery stable, and three blacksmith shops. Itis a rare
occurrence that people of the floating class, like pioneer mechanics,remaip more than a few

ears in a place, yet Highland can boast the fact that the first three men who began work
n the town are still here and still in active business.
488 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

HIGHLAND STATION.

Highland Station is, as its name implies, the railway point of Highland.
It has, however, an individuality of its own apart from the parent town, four
miles and one-half away, The town was located in the winter of 1869-70 by
a company partly formed of Highland men and partly of representatives of the
railway. The incorporators were J. P. Johnson, B. F. Herring, J. A. Kennedy
and G. W. Glick. The town site covers forty acres in the southwest corner of
Section 21, Township 2 and Range 20. Its owner was J. A. Kennedy.

Immediately after the laying out of the town, Kennedy & Herring opened
a general store. A second store was opened the same year by L. Degginger.
A hotel was opened by J. Browning, and a blacksmith shop started. The post-
office was also opened with J. A. Kennedy as postmaster, and a depot built
by the railway company. A Union church was built in 1881 for the use of
religious people of all denominations.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

SPENCER M, ALLEN, farmer, Section 28, P, O. Highland, was born In Franklin
County, Mass., August 3, 1844, When quite youn he was brought by his parents to Kan-
sas, where he was raised and educated. Farming has always been his occupation. He
was married in Highland, Kansas, March 9, 1870, to Miss Sophia Parker, She was born in
Ingham County, Mich., J aly 16,1850, By this marriage they have two children, George
and Amy. Mr. Allen is a Republican,

Z. B. ARBOGAST, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Highland, was born in Logan County, Ohio,
August 2, 1852, When quite young he wastaken_ by his parents to Buchanan County,
Mo, where he was partially reared and educated, In 1864 he came to Kansas and settled
in this county, where he completed his studies. His farm consists of eighty acres of land
that will compare favorably with any of that of Doniphan County. Mr. Arbogast is a Re-
publican.

JOHN X. BROWN, farmer, P.O, Highland,came to Kansas in July,1875,locating in Jeffer-
son County, where helived seven years, engagedin farming. From there hereturned to his
former home in Pennsylvania, where he remained two years, and then removed to Franklin
County, Mo., fifty miles from St. Louis, where he lived six months, and was engaged in
farming, From Missouri he again returned to Pennsylvania, where he remained until the
spring of 1881, when he returned to Kansas, locating in the city of Atchison, where he lived
two months and was engaged as a clerk in the large hardware establishment of A. Mac-
Donald. From Atchison he removed to Highland, Doniphan County, near which place he
resides at present. Mr. Brown was born in Union County, Pa., January 20, 1852, and lived
in his native place until he came to Kansas. His father is a farmer, and resides near Lewis-
burg, Pa. He isa descendent of Dr. Alexander Brown. a former professor in Yale College,
anda nephew of the celebrated Presbyterian divine, Rev. Matthew Brown, of the city of

adelphia. -

ELI EVANS, merchant, son of Eli and Nancy Evans, was born in Hartford County,
Conz., February 5, 1816, where he was educated and raised to manhood. He learned thé
trade of tinner at Tuckahoe, Cape May Co., N. J., where he worked for sometime. In
1839 he moved to Philadelphia, where he pursued his occupation for sometime. In 4839
he moved to Louisville, Ky., and was engaged in hardware business fifteen years. In 185'
he came to Kansas and settled at Iowa Point, where he lived for some time, and thence to
Highland, and is engaged inthe hardware and furniture business. He has been twice
married; first to Miss Emma Southworth, of Louisville, Ky., in 1847, and who died in this
county in 1870. He took for his second wife Miss Mary F. Young, a native of Holt County,
Mo., born November 12, 1846. Three children have been born by thisunion: Flora M.,
Edwin E,, and Ora A., deceased.

E. M. HUBBARD, dealer in general merchandise, born in Green County. Ky., May 15,
1828. Heisasonof Garland an Mary (Buchanan) Hubbard, was raised on afarm, an
educated in the common schools of his native place, completing his education at Oak Grove,
near Bowling Green, Ky. He began the pursuit o teaching school, and_ followed the same
until 1852, when he engaged in merchandising at Campbelisville, Ky. In 1856 removed to
Kansas, where for some time he was employed by Government as teacher in the Indian Mis-
sion Schools. Elected to Kansas Legislature in 1857; settled in Highland in 1858,and engaged
in hotel keeping for some time,and appointed postmaster for latter place in 1858;was County
Commissioner in 1858; was one of the framers of the State Constitution, Wyandotte,in 1859;
went to Pike’s Peak, Col., in 1860 and engaged in mining until 1862, when he returned to
Highland and continued merchandising until 1872, then became travelling salesman for
about seven years. Hethenreturned to Highland and began merchandising under firm

nameCampbell & Hubbard. Married in Warren County, iy January 20, 1852, to Miss Ann .

E. Shields, a native of latter county, born September 29, 1839. They have eight children,
Mary B., Sallie J.. Margaret E., Samuel I., Eliza F., William B., John H. and Maria W..
eceased.

J. W. IDE, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Highland, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was
born January 25, 1833. Heis the son of John Ide, who was born in Massachusetts, and
Sallie (Foster) Ide who was bornin Vermont. He was reared and educated in his native
State. In 1857 came to Kansas and settled in this county and is engaged in agricultural
pursuits, His farm consists of 320 acres, and is conveniently located to Highland,

J. A, KENNEDY, Postmaster, Highland, was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., Decem-
ber 16, 1831. His parents were John and Marina (Wiley) Kennedy, the former a native of
Ohio, the latter a native of Virginia, He received the foundation of his education in his
native State, and completed his studies at St. Joseph, Mo.,, in 1852, and in 1853 moved to this
.county, and_was engaged in agricultural pursuits for twenty years, He then
moved to Highland and engaged in merchandising until 1880, when he was ap-

ointed postmaster at this city. In 1882 Mr. Kennedy purchased the celebrated fruit farm
Rnown asthe Snider Property. Itis conveniently located to Highland. He was married in
St. Joseph, Mo., March 15, 1854, to Miss Susan L. Robbins, a native of Illinois, and was
porn July 16, 1837. He has a family of eight children, Marina, John W. Sophia, Skeler C.,
zone and Jennie; losttwo, Henry and Charles. Mr. Kennedy has been a life long Re-
ublican.
Y D. McINTOSH, broker and insurance agent. This widely well-known and popular
gentleman, is a native of Scotland, and was born in the city of Glasgow, April 15, 1833;
was reared and educated in hts native city; was deprived of parents by death when
in hisinfancy, consequently had many obstacles to contend with during his earlier days.
In 1858 came to Aimerica, living temporarily in Illinols. In 1859 came to Doniphan
County, locating in Aigbland where he engaged to agricultural pursuits. In 1861 enlisted in
Company A, Seventh Kansas; was on duty in Missouri that winter; the spring of 1862 went
to Corinth, Miss., participated in several hard engagements; re-enlisted after perving two
ears. Atthe Battle of Horricon Creek, the fall of 1864, was severely wounded; was in the
hos ital until February, 1865, when he was honorably discharged, In 1865 he assessed
Wolf River Township, and took the census the same year; was elected Register of Deeds by
the Republican party, and re-elected three consecutive terms, serving elght years. Since
olng out of office has been engaged in the insurance and loan agency. In 1867 Miss Mary
. Shields. a native of Kentucky, became his wife. By this unfon they have six children
living, Mamie, Hattie, Willie, Jessie, Donald and Andrew, lost.one, Malcom. Mr. McIntosh
isa Master Mason, Himself and family are members ofthe Presbyterlan Ohurch, The
summer of 1882 removed from Troy to Highland where he now resides.

JOHN P. JOHNSON, the pioneer settler and banker of Highland, Doniphan County, Kan.
came to the Territory soon after the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska BI], May,1854,and
has been prominently connected with the polltical and financlal interests of his county and
State since its formation. As early as the fall of 1854, by appointment from the Govern-
ment, he established the boundary line between the two new territories of Kansas and
Nebraska, the line being the fortieth parallel, run west from the Missouri River to the
sixth principal meridian, which line also formed the base line of the surveys for both States.
Mr. Johnson believes this to be the first line ‘run west of the Missouri River connected with
the United States’surveys, and preparatory to the surveys of 1865-56. Through the knowl-
edge gained in his surveying expeditions, he was enabled to make selections of some of the
best lands of Northeastern Kansas, which he secured at theland sales when they came in-
to market in 1857, purchasing both for himselfjand for Eastern parties. His possessions in
land in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri at present are said to amount to 60,000 acres—
some 10,000 acres being in well stocked farms, from which large quantities of stock are
shipped to Eastern markets. Mr. Johnson selected the town site of Highland, where the

rosperous Highland University was afterward located in 1856, and was a member of the

‘own Company. He made the place his residence in 1859,;and it has been his home ever
since, he having been a banker there for the past twenty years. During that time he has
been prominently connected with the Republican party, has represented the county several
terms in the State Legislature, and held various offices of trust. He is a native of Illinois,
born December 6, 1817, when Illinois was a Territory. His parents moved from North
Carolina to Tennessee in 1799, and thence to Illinois in 1816, settling in what is now known
as Pocahontas, Bond County. John P. remained at home until he was seventeen years of
age, attending the country schools inthe vicinity, when he went to McKendrie College,
‘ebanon, Ill., and after completing the course of study there went to an Eastern institution,
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, 1847, to Sarah A. Norton, of London, Ohio, who died April 2, 1854,
ange Steen, Rolin and Alonzo, who have also since died, July 14, 1856, he mar-
ried Sarah C. Canaday, daughter of Benjamin Canaday, of Georgetown, Ill, Their only
child, Annie, was born May 27, 1863, and died May 26. 1865. Mr. Johnson is identified
with the history of the State as one of the earliest settlers, and as a successful and reliable
business man and financier, and is possessed of property valued at over a million dollars.

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JOSEPH MILLER, carpenter and farmer, came to Kansas in October, 1879, and located
in Highland where he has ever since lived. He was a member of the city Council of High-
land two terms. is a member ofthe Highland Lodge No. 11, A. F. & A, M. Mr. Miller was
the caterer of Major Gen. Osterhaus’ mess during he war; ‘he followed the occupation for
two years. He was bornin Manchester, Clay County, Ky.. August 26, 1847, and lived in
his native place until his eleventh year when his master moved to Buchanan County, Mo.,
where he lived until the spring of 1860 when he was.sold South ; he was taken to Jackson,
Miss.; in 1862 he was sent to Huntsville, Ala., where he remained about eight months, from
thereretnrned to Rankin County, Miss., where he remained two months, when he made a
break for liberty and escaped tothe Union Army. After the close of the war he returned
to Jackson, Miss., where he lived until 1866, and then removed to St. Joseph, where he lived
two years; from St, Joseph he came to Kansas, He was married in Jackson, Miss., in Sep-
tember, 1866, to Miss Martha Craig, a native of Kentucky. Mr. Miller owns anew, com-
fortable and roomy house inthe city of Highland, Doniphan County. He has about thirt,
acres of farin Jand rented which he cultivates. His principal crop this year is corn. He is
well spoken of by his neighbors, and is esteemed by both white and black.

HON. HUGH DE FRANCE McCA ‘ .M., LL. D., was born in Washington
County, Pa., March 9, 1822. He was the son of John ‘McCarty, Jr., a prominent farmer of
the time, who did much for the advancement of agricultural pursuits and the dignifying
of labor; he was in easy circumstances, yet, through his kindness of heart and the love he
bore his fellow-men in distress, he lost all his pro erty by becoming surety for others.
His mother. Sarah De France, was the daughter of John De France, a Frenchman, who im-
migrated to this country at an early day, and distinguished himself as a soldier in the
Revolutionary War. His early life was spent on a farm, where, no doubt, was developed
that sturdy teame: with which the subject of this sketch is blessed, and where his mind
received its first culture in the educational advantages of the time and place. Soon after
arriving at the age of majority, he commenced a course of regular study at West Alexander
Academy, Pa., which was at that time under the care and management of Rev. John Mc-
Clusky, D. D. Hetaughtschool frequently, as he worked his own way through his academic
and collegiate courses, and graduated at Franklin College in 1849. Mr. McCarty had fora
long time been an earnest advocate for the system of mixed schools, in which both sexes
should be educated together in the same school-room, in the same classes and pursuing the
same studies. There were more in opposition to this then than now. He reduced his theory
to practice in the seminary at Morristown, Ohio, which institution he had charge of for
three years, and where his success soon silenced all opposition. In 1852 he resigned his
principalship of the seminary at Morristown, and traveled at his own expense, visiting
schools, lecturing at institutes, addressing the people and laboring in the cause of education
ponerally. He called and helped to organize and conducted the first teachers’ institute ever
held in Eastern Ohto. After stopping as principal of the High School, at Flushing, for
eighteen months, he accepted the Presidency of the Normal Academy at West Bedford,
with thirty-four students, and when he severed his connection with this institution three
years afterward, the number of students in attendance was 248, a large number of whom
were pursuing a regular academic course, while many others were qualifying themselves
for teaching. In the spring of 185%, affected by our national spirit of change, he resigned
his position as President of the Normal Academy, very much against the wishes of the
board of directors, patrons of the school and his friends in eneral, and left the old beaten
paths of life in the Kast and turned to the fresher fields of the West, the land where seam

he stars of Empire and of Hope. After spending the summer in surveying a portion of the
Public Lands of the General Government, he returned to the city of Veavenworth, Kan.,
and again commenced teaching, contending resolutely with the difficulties incident toa
new country, surmounting obstacles and overcoming opposition, which would have dis-
heartened many less resolute minds, and demonstrating here as elsewhere that the ener-
etic man is the successful one. In this new field of labor.in ground hitherto unbroken,
6 did noble and effective service. When the people of Kansas, and especially of the city
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good, H. D. McCarty will not be forgotten. The noisy politician and selfish aspirant to
public place may excite more attention than the silent, patient earnest. teacher. but they
certainly do not accomplish so much real good. When hey have passed away and their
works have passed with them, the seeds sown by the faithful teacher will blossom into a
rich frultage of use and beauty. At the outbreak of the Rebellion, when our country
called for defenders, he was among the first to the rescue. After raising a company of
soldiers for the First Regiment of Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and volun eering his own
services as a private soldier and rising rapidly to command, he gave no half-way spirit or
service to his country. He remained in the army, with his command and participated in
many engagements; he was woundel a number of times, and very severely at the battle of
Wilson’s Creek, near the place and a few moments before Gen. Lyon was killed. Resigning
his commission on account of sickness and wounds received trom rebel bullets, he was
welcomed again in the teachers’ ranks and chosen as principal and superintendent of the
city schools of Leaveaworth. The following unsolicited testimonials will show the high
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he remained in the army. In departing for his home, with an affectionate farewell from
every officer and soldier, he was presented with the following papers expressive of their
higk esteem for him as an officer and a gentleman, and their regret at his leaving the
Regiment: ao
“HEAD-QUARTERS FIRST REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEERS,
TRENTON, TENN., July 21, 1862.
At a meeting of the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of Company G,
First Regiment Kansas Volunteers, held in this Camp at Trenton, Tenn., on this 22d day of
July, 1862, First Sergt. Alonzo J. Brown was called to the chair, and Sergt. P. B. Minturn
was appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting having been briefly stated by the
chair, to wit: The expression of the sense of the company upon parting with their late
First Lieutenant, Hugh D. McCarty, the following preamble and resolutions were sub-
mitted to the meeting, which were read and unanimously adopted: ates ere %
Whereas. We learn with feelings of deep regret, that, on account of disability, First
Lieut. Hugh D. McCarty has resigned his position in the Company and the Army; therefore
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Resolved, That in the resignation of Lieut. McCarty, the Company loses one of its
most efficient officers, a refined gentleman, a proficient scholar, and a brave and gallant
soldier. ki ‘ .
Resolved, That we recognize in Lieut. McCarty an officer who has been with us contin-
ually since the organization of the Company and Regiment. That at Springfield—the
Thermopylx of American battlefields—in every action, and all the duties, our gallant
Regiment has been called to perform, he has stood by us faithfully asa man and a sol-

ier, c
ResoWwed, That in our tedious march through Missouri, when traitors surrounded us on
every side, when parched with the sultry suns of July and August, on half rations and less
Clothing, and on the ever memorable march from Springfield to Rolla, suffering from
severe wounds, he never left his post, but marched with his company and never required
anything from his men that he would not be willing to do, or undergo himself.

‘Resolved, That in losing him we lose one of the best friends the Company ever had ;
that in civil life, to which he is about to retire, he carries with him the earnest wishes 0:
every soldier under his command for his uninterrupted happiness and welfare.

Signed by Abraham Funk, Second Lieutenant, Company G, also by the non-commissioned
officers of the company, and thirty-one privates.

MENT, KANSAS VOLUNTEERS,
pen ee OP eee TRENTON, TENN., July 25, 1862.
LIEUTENANT HuGH D. McCarry, eae tae ‘
— i learned with much regret, that you are about to leave us, we who
for oor ing a year have been your associates as officers of the First Regiment Kansas
Volunteers, desire to convey to you some expression of our feelings in regard to this sepa-
ration, We need hardly assure you of our continued and ever increasing friendship, con-
fidence and esteem. Nothing in our long intercourse and active co-operation has ever oc-
curred to diminish our sense of your worth as a soldier, an officer and as a man, or to mar
for a moment the kindly feelings that has ever united us. We deeply deplore the bodily in-
firmity, which, by compelling you to retire from the army, has deprived it of the services
of a brave soldier, a faithful and efficient officer, and ourselves of the society of a courteous
and refined gentleman. We would ever retain a place in your friendlyremembrance. Our
best wishes will attend you in your retirement. May you be speedily restored to health.
and in every walk of life may you find that prosperity and happiness which you so richly

deserve. saa
With great respect we are, Lieutenant, your ob’d’t servants,
James Ketner, Capt. Co. K; J. W. Murphy, Lieut. Co. K; James Reed, 1st Lieut. Co. C:

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0. M. Tennison, Capt, Co. H; Gustavus Zesch, Capt. Co. 1; Henry M. Howard, 1st Lieut.

Co. H;. F. Hubert, 2nd Lieut. Co.I; Peter McFarland, Capt.Co.C; Edward Reiley, 2nd

Lieut. Co. C; Geo. W. .; W. ¥. Roberts, Major; Ed.§. Nash, Adjt.; J. H. W

Mills, Lieut. & Q. M.; Albert Newman, Surgeon; Ephraim Nute, Chaplain; J. G. Miner, 1st

Lieut. Co. K; B. P. Chenoweth, Capt. Go. A; Louis Stafford, Capt. Co. E; Theron Tucker,

Capt. Se i on Cowan, 2nd Lieut. Co. E; S. P. Thompson, 1st Lieut. Co. F; F. W. Paetz,
nt. Co. F,

When he returned from the army he espoused the cause of education, not only
of the city of Leavenworth, but of the State of Kansas. e was the first to grade
the Leavenworth City schools, and their present high state of perfection is mainly due to
the broad and deep foundation which he laid, and the thoroughness with which he per-
formed his work. In March, 1863, he called the teachers of Leavenworth City and county
together, and after organizing, conducted the first Teachers’ Institute held in Kansas.
F nding in this new State much of John the Baptist’s work to do, in ‘‘ preparing the way
and making paths ey for a higher order of schools, he opened correspondence wit!
the leading educators of the State, and issued a call for a convention, to organize a State
Teachers’ Association. With characteristic perseverance he impressed others with his en-
thusiasm, and the association was successfully organized, September 29, 1863. r. Mc-
Carty was elected Chairman of the Executive Committee, and during the year succeeded in
lacing the association upon a firm and substantial basis. At the same meeting of the
<ansas State Teachers’ Association, the aid of the Press to advocate the interests of educa-
tion in this young and growing State, was deeply felt and thoroughly discussed, It was re-
solved at once to establish an educational journal, and Mr. McCarty was chosen editor.
This position he filled with marked ability and success, In 1864, he was elected President
of the State Teachers’ Association, and had the Pleasure of seeing it enter upon a career of
prosperity and usefulness scarcely second to that of any other State. The public eye has
seen him as a faithful, ardent advocate of the great cause of education; but only to the few
who know him best, and who could look behind the ‘‘scenes,”’ are known his personal work,
his devoted labor. We know that his work, time and money, were in private given to
the cause which he publicly espoused. What would be fulsome flattery in many other
cases, is but simple truth in this. We testify whereof we know. During the Price Raid
when the State Militia were ordered into the field to defend our_borders, he was elected
and commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of one of the regiments, While these raw and un-
disciplined troops were ia astate of mutiny and insubordination at Wyandotte, refusing to
cross the State line into Missouri, Col. McCarty cut off his shoulder straps, shouldered a
musket, and at the head of a squad of ten brave men, marched to the front to aid in checking
the onward march of the rebel hordes, and turning them from treading, with unhallowed
and polluted feet, upon the sacred soil of Kansas, In 1868, he was elected Superintendent
of the schools of Leavenworth County, which position he held for two years, during which
time he prepared and introduced a graded course of study and classification for the schools
of the county. This being the first effort of the kind attempted, met with a remarkable de-
ree of success. Being a member of the I. O, O. F., he was, in 1869, elected M. W. Grand
aster of the R. W. Grand Lodge of the State of Kansas. Such was the degree of prosperit
and success attending his administration, that the Grand Lodge presented him with a P.
Grand Master’s jewel, made from solid silver and gold, in token of his distinguished services.
‘This is the only memento of the kind ever presented by this Grand Body to any past officer.
In 1870, he was recommended by a unanimous vote of the Kansas State Teachers’ Associa-—
tion, to the political conventions, as their only choice fora State Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Atthe Republican State Convention Mr. McCarty was nominated to said office
by acclamation, and at the ensuing election he was elected by the largest majority of any
candidate on the ticket. In 1872, he was again endorsed by the State Teachers’ Association,
nominated by the Republican State Convention, and elected by the people with a larger vote
than any other candidate. During the four years he was connected with this office, he ac-
guired a national reputation, through his writings and active efforts in behalf of education.
is State reports have been quoted more extensively by the superintendents of other States
and provinces, than, perhaps, almost any other. He was nota candidate for re-election.
The ponorary. degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by the regents of Franklin College,
Ohio, June 26, 1873. Under his supervision the schools of Kansas made remarkable pro-
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rivatelifeonafarm. Butin this quietretreat he was not allowed
toremain. In June, 1875, he was elected tothe Presidency of the Kansas State Normal
School, at Concordia. Here the school seemed to prosper in a most wonderful manner,
until the State Legislature failed to make the necessary appropriations to meet the running
expenses of any of her educational institutions. In 1879, Dr. McCarty accepted the Chair
of Mathematics and NaturalSciences, in Highland University. In 1881,he was elected Pro-
fessor of Chemist: y and Toxicology in the Hospital Medical College of St. Joseph, Mo.
Since, the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Hospital Medical College have been
consolidated into one school, under the name of theSt. Joseph Medical College. Here, in
addition to his duties at Highland University, he continued to deliver two lectures per week
during the five months winter term of each year. In 1882, he waspromoted to the Actin
Presidency of Highland University. He ishere still engaged (1883), having the genera
oversight of the institution, as well as his own particular departments of labor. Under his
care the University is steadily increasing in reputation and numbers, and the field before
him is one in which his singleness of purpose, unflagging, energy and enthusiasm, can work
the richest results to the whole cause of education. Dr. McCarty is a man of great natural
ability and abundant mental resources. His education is theoretically and practically ofa
high order, which combined with his fund of common sense and adaptability, renders
him fitted in an eminent degree for the position he occupies. He is a hard worker, fearless
in the denunciation of wrong, andthechampion of that which appears to him proper and
right. He hasthe gift of imparting knowledge to othersin a clear, concise and simpie man-
ner, and can as readily make a child understand the alphabet, as a student the abstruse
sciences, or the dead languages. He has succeededin a remarkable degree in elevating the
system of teaching in Kansas to rival that of any other State or country. He is an Associ-
ate Editor of “The Educationist,” organ of the Department of Public Instruction and of
the State Teachers’ Association, published at Topeka, Kansas, as well as of “The Missouri
Valley Medical Journal,” published at St. Joseph, Mo.

OHN_O, THOMAS, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Highland was born in Union County, Pa.,
May 30, 1842. He was raised on a farm and educated in his native county. He moved to
Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1861, and farmed untii 1869, when be emigrated to Kansas and
settled in Doniphan County, where he has sincebeen engaged in farming. He has been
twice married; first to Miss Roltha Jones, April 13, 1865, in Sandusky County, Ohio. They
had three children: Frank, Archa and Bertha. He was again married May 18, 1882, in
Highland, Kas., to Miss Catharine Mull, of Union County, Pa., born January 29, 1840. He
is a Republican in politics and a good representative of the Western farmer.

B. B. VAN COURT, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Highland, was born in Romulus, Seneca
Co., N. Y., October 10, 1816. e@ was reared and educated in his native county. In 1837
he moved to Washtenaw County, Mich., where he farmed for seven years. e moved to
Williams County, Ohio, in 1844, and engaged in farming and milling for twenty-one years.
From Williams County he came to Kansasand settled in this county in 1865, and is farm-
ing near Highland. e has served as Justice of the Peacein Williams County for eight

ears. He was married in Washtenaw County, Mich.; November 3, 1841, to Miss Mary A.
arker, a native of Massachusetts, born September 30, 1814, in Adams, Berkshire County.
Mr. Van Court is one of the ruling members of the Congregational Church of Highland.

THOMAS J. VANDERSLICE, farmer, P. O. Highland, came to Kansas in August, 1853,
and located at the Lowa, Sac and Fox Agency,then called the Nemaha Agency. It was locat-
edin Doniphan County,after he came to Kansas. He was engaged in merchandising in Iowa
Point in 1858. Heis a member of the Christian Church anda member of Smithton Lodge
No.1, A. F. & A. M., at Highland, of which lodge he served as Master nine years. He is
also a charter member of Royal Arch Chapter of Masons and of Troy Chapter No. 16, anda
charter member of the Commandery of Knights Templar, Hiawatha Commandery, at Hia-
watha. He was elected a member of the Territorial Legislature and served in that body in
1860, and was again elected to the State Legislature and served in 1868. Inthe spring of
1873 he was elected Magistrate In Iowa Township, and inthe fall was elected Sheriif of
the county. Heserved two years, and was re-elected, serving two terms, and in January,
1878, returned to his farm near Highland, He was born in Scott County, Ky., at the Great
Crossings, two milesfrom Georgetown, the county seat, on the 10thday of November,
1827, and resided in his native State, with the exception of three years absent in Louisiana,
until he moved to Kansas. He was married in Franklin County, Ky., June 5, 1851, to Miss
Sarah Burchfield, and they lived happily together over twenty-nine years, when she died
November 12, 1878. She bore him fifteen children, of whom five are living. Howard, one
of his sons, is married and is a grain merchant at White Cloud; Samuel is a clerk in Belle-
ville, this State; John W. is married and living in Hamilton County, Ohio; Maggie, the only
daughter, is living with her father; R. M. is the youngest child living. All these children
were bornin Kansas, excepting oward, who was born in Kentucky, in the same home
that his father was, being only four months old when he came to Kansas. Howard was ap-
pointed station agent on the A. & N. R. R., in 1873, and served that company. faithfully for
nine years, and then left them to 5 into the grain and wood business at White Cloud. His
son Daniel was the first male child born inthis townsb:ip; as now organized, and the first
male child born in the county, He lived to the age of nineteen years, and died in Troy of
typhoid malaria, much loved by all of his associates and by every one thatknew him. His
mother grieved over his loss until her death, never mentioning his name without shedding
tears. The rest died young. ¢

G. H. WINTERS, jeweler, was born in Baltimore, Md., August 4, 1853. He is the son
of Christian Winters. He was reared and educated in Baltimore, Md. In 1871 he enlisted
in Company B, Fourth Infantry, United States army, and served five years. He was sta-
tloned principally in the West, and was honorably discharged in 1876. He came to Kansas
during the same year and settled in Highland, and is favorably knowu as a first-class
jeweler, and carries one of the largest stocks in the county, He was married in this
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county May 21, 1882, to Miss Eli : .
this county in 1 dB" ” Eliza Lewis, a daughter of Adam Lewis. She was born in
IOWA POINT.

When the Territory was opened, in 1854, the Iowa Indians were the pos-
sessors of the greater part of northern Doniphan County. Shortly after the
passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill a treaty was made between the Govern-
ment and the Indians, by which the latter sold a large share of their lands and
accepted the diminished reserve which they still occupy. The land thus
released to the Government was known as the “ Iowa Trust lands,” and was,
with the exception of 480 acres, sold to the highest bidder. This reserved sec-}
tion consisted of 320 acres at Wolf Grove, given to J. B. Roy, the United States
Interpreter, and 160 acres donated to the pioneer missionary, S. M. Irvin, who:
had the privilege of locating his tract at any point in the reserve. He chose
the land upon which Iowa Point was built.

_ Early in 1855 H. W. Forman, J. W. Formanand J. S. Pemberton, bought
this half section of Mr. Roy and traded it with Mr. Irwin for his land at the
Point. They then laid out the town and began the erection of buildings.

The two first buildings erected in the town were used as dwellings and-are
still in existence. They were erected by Pemberton and Forman and both
bear the date of the opening of the Territory (1854). The following year
there was considerable activity about the new town and a number of buildings
went up and were appropriated as stores or residences. Among them was the
first store in the town, occupied by Beeler & Williams with a general stock.
Shortly after X. K. Stout and Richard Leach began storekeeping. A hotel was
opened the same season by B. Beeler. B.B. Leach camea year later. In
1856, the town, now two years old, took a more decided start, The first drug
store was opened by Leigh & Brown; a meat-market by Burkhalter & Hobbs,
and the practice of medicine begun by Dr. J. Leigh, now of Highland. Im-
provements begun the previous year were completed in 1856. Among them
the saw-mill of Forman & Pemberton. In 1857 the Iowa Point mills were
built by the same parties, the first church edifice was erected, an hotel built at
a cost of $10,000, Smithton Lodge (Masonic), moved to the town and the first
lodge of Good Templars in the State organized. ;

In 1858, Iowa Point was at the culminating point of its history. It was
then the second city in Kansas in point of population and led its rival Leaven-
worth in a business point of view. Several wholesale houses were in operation
and their sales extended to points more than one hundred miles away—a long
distance in those days. It was in this year that the ferry company was organ-
ized, with H. Forman as president, and a steam ferry-boat put in operation on
the Missouri. The town built up rapidly, a brick-yard was started by Joseph
Selecman, and this material was substituted for wood in almost all buildings
erected from that time on.

With the breaking out of the war and the establishment of towns further
back from the river came a new erafor the Point. Business stood still, and
finally began to retrograde, and when in 1862 the great fire destroyed the best
part of the town, its fate was sealed. At the present time, except the few fine
brick buildings, which stand untenanted, and the large flouring mill, the trav-
eler will find little indication that the town was ever a place of great import-
ance. A second growth may lie in store for it in the future, but it must be one
of more certain and gradual form.

The first church in Iowa Point was built in 1857 by the Presbyterians,
through the efforts of that grand old pioneer, S. M. Irvin. The building is.
still standing and is used for service as it has been for a full quarter century.
About the same time the Methodists began to hold service in a public hall used
by the Masonic fraternity, and the Baptists held services in the Presbyterian
church, under Rev. E. Alward. Members of all these organizations are still
living here, but reduced numbers and other causes have rendered their services
comparatively irregular.

. In 1861, on the breaking out of the war, the citizens of the town organized
a company of militia, under Capt. C. J. Beeler, which took its part in the
troubles of the next four years with credit. In 1862 a company of the Eighth
Kansas was stationed here for some time in anticipation of an attack from the
Missouri shore. No engagement, however, took place and the town was left
like many another on the debatable ground of the river front, threatened, but
not invested.

Since the war but few of its former residents have returned to the Point,
and new towns farther west have attracted the attention of immigrants, so that
the growth of the town has been practically zz/, It may now be chiefly con-
gratulated on having reached the point whence its progress must be upward.

FANNING.

Fanning is a little town on the Atchison & Nebraska railway, six miles
north of Troy Junction. It is located upon Section 34, Township 2, and
Range 20. Its projectors were Jesse Reed and James Bradley. 1870, the date
of the location of the town, saw the beginning of almost all industries, now
represented at that point. In that year the postoffice was built and James
Bradley, who still holds the office appointed—postmaster. The A. & N. rail-
way built a station in this year and the first blacksmith shop was put in opera-
tion, A grist-mill was built in 1872 by William Hedrick, and a large Catholic
Church erected in 1879. The town has a population of between forty and
fifty.

- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ALVIN ACKER, farmer, Section 82, P. O. Leona, is a nitive of Pennsylvania, and was
born March 26, 1826. He was reared and educated in his na ive State. In 1849 he moved
to Seneca County, Ohio, where he worked at the carpenter’s trace until he came to Kansas,
in 1869; since has turned his attentionto agriculture. He was married in Seneca pounty,
Obio, April 6, 1854, to Miss Sarah Casbeer, whu was born in 1834. and died in Ohio in 1862.
He was married the second time to Miss Maranda Eank, August! 9. 1863 She was born
‘in Burks County, Pa., May 24, 1844. He has two children by his first wife -Charles F. and

ames H.
Ja TRICK HOLLARN, P. O. Iowa Point, boss construction train B. & M.R. R, (A. & N,
Div.), came to Kansas in March, 1855, and first located in Leavenworth, where he resided,
and was engaged in teaming on the plains until 1861, In November, 1861, he enlisted in

HISTORY OF KANSAS

iompany I, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, at Fort Leavenworth, He participated in the battles
of Corinch (being Orderly for Maj; Gen, Rosecrans), Coffeeville, Iuka, and several other
small engagements and skirmishes. He was mustered out of service in October, 1865, at
Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Hollarn was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1843, and lived in
his native county until he was about eighteen months old, when his parents emigrated to
America, and first settled at Albany, N. Y¥., where they lived two years and then removed to
Cincinnati, Ohio, where they lived until they came to Kansas, He was married in lowa
-Point, March 6. 1870, to Miss Tabitha Massey, a native of Kentucky. They have five chil-
dren—James William, Elmore, Patrick, Jesse, and Annie. ;

JAMES G. D. MATHEWS, machinist and blacksmith, Iowa Point, came to Kansas in
April, 1855, locating at Atchison, where he lived aboutfour months and then went to Salt
Lake City as chief blacksmith for an overland train, He spent two years on the plains of
Utah and Colorado, and in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains, and then went to Valpa-
raiso, Ind., where he resided until the war of the Rebellion broke out, and then enlisted,
in April, 1861, in Company I, Twentieth Regiment IndianaInfantry. He was discharged
for disability at the United States General Hospital in Philadelphia, in December, 1862,
He took part in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Days’ Fight, Second Bull
Run, where he received three severe wounds, and other cnmagements and skirmishes,
After his discharge from the army he returned to LoRAnspOr’ nd., where he followed his
trade about five years, and then removed to Peru, Ind., where he lived four years. From
there he removed to Wabash County, Ind., where he lived one year, when he returned to
Kansas and located at Iowa Point, Doniphan County, where he resides at present. Mr.
Mathews has been married twice. The first marriage took place in Cass County, Ind., in
April, 1859, to Miss Harriet Newlin, a native of Indiana. She died in 1863. They had two
children by this marriage, one of whom, a daughter, is living, and whose name is Emily.
The second marriage occurred April 13, 1880, in Marion County, Ind.» to Miss Margaret
Pore, a native of Indiana. They have one child, ason—James William Henry.

SEVERANCE.

Severance takes its name from John Severance, one of the three proprie-
tors of the town site. It is situated upon Section 26,in Township 3, Range
19, and was laid out in 1869 by C.C. Clonch, J. Severance and Dr.Gunn, The
original plat of the town, now in the office of the Register of Deeds at Troy,
gives the space occupied by the town as forty acres in the northeast quarter of
the section, but recent additions have practically doubled the area under city
government. Although laid out as a town in 1869, Severance had no officers
and has no records, prior to the incorporation as a city on April 5, 1877.

The traveler on the St. Joseph & Western Railway fails to get from any
point of the road a fair idea of the town. As the train leaves the depot a mo-
mentary view of the principal street is given, but that is all. For one who can
climb the gentle ascent to the south, and stand near the Methodist Church,
there is spread out one of the finest views to be found, even in beautiful Kan.
sas. Circling about the town runs Wolf River, with its thick fringe of small
timber, and almost beneath one’s feet lies the city with its clustered houses,
North and south, east and west, run the principal streets, and upon them the
closely-built business houses which speak of growth and prosperity.

Upon the creation of the city a full corps of city officials was inaugurated,
W.H. H. Curtis being elected Mayor and L. C. Nelson, City Clerk. Mayor
Curtis was succeeded by John T. Kirwan, who held the office two years, by
Charles E. Miller, a second time by John T. Kirwan, and was re-elected in
1882. The line of succession in the City Clerk’s office has been as follows:
L. C. Nelson, 1877; G. T. Dooley, 1878; J. H. Ward, 1879; Charles T. Clark,
1880 and 1881, up to the time of his death by drowning in September of that
year; H.C. Moll, 1881; F. J. Aigler, 1882. The first meeting of the City
Council bears the date of April 15, 1877. .

A postoffice was established in 1869, soon after the laying out of the town
and A, Gunn appointed postmaster. Since Mr. Gunn, A. S. Campbell, Nathan
L. Springer and N, A. Springer, the present official, have been successively ap-

ointed,

e The first physician to locate in Severance was D. J. Grandstaff, of Virginia,
who came in 1872. He was followed by Dr. Bell. 5.L. Ryan was the first
attorney, coming to the town as station agent, and completing his studies at
this place. Thé next of the profession was Charles Clark, who was drowned in
September, 1881. W. H. H. Curtis opened the first lumber yard in 1871 and an
agricultural implement depot at the same time. The same year L. C. Nelson
opened a hardware store and John Toneraharness shop. Prior to any of these
were the general stores of A. Gunn and Thomas McGee, the former being the
first store of any sort in the town. The first grain dealer was Adam Brenner,
who was soon followed by William Ward. The first drug store was opened by
J. A. Campbell & Co. in the building now used as a boarding house by Mrs.
Nelson. The first tin shop was opened in 1874 by M. E. Holmes; the first
shoe shop by Winchester Bell, and the first saloon (in 1869) by J. J. Glass.

The first schoolhouse in use in the town was built in 1871 at a cost of
$1,200, It was a plain wooden structure and stood on the hill at the east of
the town, In 1879 the increase in the population of the city necessitated the
building of an addition about equal in size to the original house. This was
done at a cost of about $1,300. Already the combined building is too small,
and measures are being taken for erecting an adequate house.

The first teacher of the school was D. J. Mawherter. Those of successive
years were: Miss Georgie Scott, 1872 ; Miss Melissa McGee, 1873: Prof. James
B. Mason, 1874; D. J. Mawherter, 1875; D. L, Carpenter, 1876; Wesley Tre-
vett, 1877; Miss Emma Plank, 1878; Miss Lou. Clouch, 1879; D. L. Carpen-
ter and Miss Georgie Scott, 1880; T. B. Marshall and Miss Lena Lindner, 1881:

Prior to the building of a school in the town limits, Miss Laura Hearn
taught at a point about a mile and one-half from town. At the close of her
school an exhibition was given in town, ina store building which had been
completed only as far as the roof and lacked that important feature.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

St. Benedict Catholic Church is located a few_miles from Severance, and is one of the
oldest in the county. It was organized 1862 by Father Thomas Bartl of the Benedictine
Fathers at Atchison, A church building was at once begun, and was completed in 1865. It
is of stone, and 70x36 feet. A fair estimate of its cost can hardly be given, as much of the
work of construction was performed by various members. Up to 1868 the service of the
church was performed by the parent institution at Atchison. Two years after the comple-
tion of the church an appropriate parsonage was finished. The church now numbers up-
ward of 350 communicants, and is entirely free from debt. In March, 1880, ‘he parsonage
was made a priory by the authority of the abbott of St. Benedict College, and is now occu-
pied by a number of priests and brothers of the order. The land upon which the church
and Ob ner buildings are located, with half a section more, is the property of the college at

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Severance was organized on January 25, 1871, by
Rev, W. K. Marshall, Presiding Elder of the Conference. Its original members were: G.
J. Archer, E, Archer, John Archer, W. H. Archer, Hannah J. Archer, W. S. Wells, Rosanna
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

Johnson, Henry Johnson and Simeon Chenoweth. The first pastor of the society was Rev
G. W. Sod, w o came in 1875. A church edifice, 36x48 feet was erected in 1874 at 4 cost
of $2,700. parsonage was also built at a cost of about $1,000. The society now has
thirty members. A Sabbath-school, numbering fift: scholars, was started in 1873 under
the superintendence of H.C. Holmes. It now numbers over ‘eighty, and is inycharge of

‘3. C. A. Reppey.

The Gatholies have begun the erection of achurch near the city park. This structure
will be 30x50 feet, and cost $2,000. When completed it will be under the guidance of Father
Pirmins M. Kowmly, now of St. Benedict Church.

Kung Lodge, No. 144, £0. 0.F., was organized on September 17th, 187%, with the follow-
ing charter members. J. Ay Campbell, R. P. Shulsky, G. F. Dooley, W. B. Hargis, Joel
Ryan, Jr., A. E Cyphers, A.S. Campbell. The first officers of the lodge were as follows.
J. A. Campbell, N. G.; W.B. Hargis, V.G.; A.S. Campbell, R. 8.; G. F. Dooley, P. S.; A:
E. Cyphers, treasurer. The lodge was regularly incorporated under the State law on June
15th, 1880, and the following members appointed trustees: J. A. Campbell, R. P. Shulsky,
John Hagg, R. Kauffman, and A. J. ONT The present membership of th» lodge is 51.
Meetings are held each Tuesday evening in Rippey’s Hall. The property of the society
consists of nearly $600 in cash at interest, and fixtures and regalia to the value of $200.
An effort is being made to secure a hall entirely their own, the lodge offering to build the
upper story of building of asufficient size. The present officers of the society are—A. B.
Ford, N. G.; S.I, Newton. V. G.; A. J. Mowry, secretary; J. A Campbell, treasurer.

The Severance Public Library Association was started in 1881, but no books were pur-
chased until the winter of 1882, the intervening time being devoted to the collection of
funds by subscription, and by fairs and festivals. Theassociation has now about $185 in-
vested in books, which number about 150 volumes, embracing history, travels, and stan-
dard novels. The library room is a small building near the drug-store of Dr. Campbell.
Membership tickets are sold at an annual fee of $2.

The City Park.—In 1877 the city purchased of W. D. Rippey five acres of land lying on
the crest of the hill southeast of the Methodist Church, The land was at once broken and
fenced, and trees planted all through it, These trees are arranged in circles from the cen-
ter of the park, and have already attained a good growth. .H. H. Curtis, the present
Mayor, was largely interested in securing this park for the citizens, and deserves the
thanks of those who, years hence, when the growth of the trees shall have made the park
an ornament to the city; will find rest and renewed vigor here,

BUSINESS INTERESTS,

The Severance Mill was built upon Wolf River, in the edge of the town, in 1871-72, by
T. H, Franklin, R. Small, and H. Frick. In 1875 W, H. H. Curtis purchased the interest of
Mr. Small, and ran the’ mill until April, 1880, when he sold his interest to Franklin &
Frick, who now own and operate the mill. This pailding is 50x60 feet and two stories in
height, with attic and basement. Its cost was $25,000, Itis supplied with three run of four
foot bubr-stones and a re-grinder, or new process buhr. Power is furnished by the water
of the Wolf River through two turbine wheels ot 28 and -30 inches diameter. The water
supply is sufficient for running full time in all but exceptionally dry seasons. .

n January, 1882, the Farmers’ Elevator and Mill Company began the erection of an
elevator at Severance. This building is 30x100 feet, and inthe main part three stories in
height. Its cost will be $10,000. Power is furnished by a fifty horse-power boiler, and a
twenty-five horse-power engine. A three and one-half foot buhr-stone is used in the manu-
facture of kiln-dried meal, which isin greatdemand. The company is aregular corpora-
tion under the State law, and has the following officers: B. F. rpster, president; W. H.
H. Curtis, secretary; F. J. Aigler, treasurer; A.D. Small, superintendent. Besides the ele-
vator at this point, it is building others at Willis and Everest on the new extension of the
Missouri Pacific railway.

Early in 1882 Snively & Moll built, just east of the railway depot, a large warehouse or
elevator. This building is thirty by fifty feet, and has two wings twenty by fifty feet. The
main portion istwo storiesin height. Its cost was not far from four thousand dollars.

In the spring of 1878 B. F. Harpster began a private banking business inthe buildin
which he still occupies, on Dryden street. This building, with its burglar-proof vault an
fixtures, is valued at two thousand five hundred dollars. ‘The large amountof grain
bought at this point causes a correspondingly. large banking business, but as this is not a
public, but a private institution, no exhibit of assets and profits is given to the public. It
Is known, however, to have ample capital and to be ina thriving condition.

The Severance Hotel was builtin 1879, by Severance & Gunn, who shortly solda quarter
interest in the building to C. C. Clonch, in consideration of each alternate lot in the town.
The first occupant of the hotel was Elder Wright. Since his time a long procession of land-
lords has filed in and out of the house. Their names are: L. Smith, Sanford, Davison,
Buckingham, Steele & Charter, James Woolworth, W. A. Hawkins and J. W. Geren, the
present proprietor.

The town now has four general stores, one bank, two drug and one hardware store, one
furniture and one boot and shoe store, one meat-market, a lumber-yard, two elevators, a

rist mill, livery stable, and many lesser industries. It is represented in the professions by
wo lawyers, three physicians and one notary.

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

B. F. ANGSTAD was born in Snyder County, Pa., November 17,1854. Heis theson
of David Angstad, born in Berks County, Pa., in 1805, and Lydia Ryder, born in the same
State,in 1810. B.F. Angstad was educated in Seneca County, Ohio, and Elkhart, Ind.
Upon completing his studies he began life asafarmer. In 1870 he moved to Kansas and
settled in Severance, engaging in the general merchandise business, the firm neme being
Angstad & Smith. is firm is well known as being one of the bestin the town. He was
married in this county, February 22, 1881, to Miss Alice Zieber, a native of Seneca County,

hio. He isa Republican in politics. feos

GEORGE BIRD, farmer, P. O. Severance, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., Novem -
ber 6, 1835. His father, James Bird, was a native of the same place, and died in Broome
County, N. ¥.,in 1865. His mother Susan Dauchy Bird, wasalsoa native of Connecticut,
and died in Broome County, N. Y.__Mr. Bird received his early schooling in Connecticut,
and completed his studies 1n New York State, after which he learned the trade of mason.
In 1858 he came to Kansas and followed histrade, He enlisted in 1861 in Company CG,
Seventh Kansas Cavalry, and served through the war, being mustered outin 1805. He
went home and followed histrade. In 1868 he engaged in farming, a business which he
still continues. He was married in this county November 6, 1867, to Miss Emma Davison,
who was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., April 26,1847. He has four children, Virgil,
Wilber S., Effie M. and Stella I. : :

J. P. BITNER, farmer, P. O. Severance, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., on
June 11, 1833. He is the son of Daniel Bitner, born in the same county July 17, 1804, and
Rachel Ambrose Bitner, alsoof Westmoreland, born November 11, 1804. The subject of
this sketch was educated in hisnativecounty. He came to Kansasin 1857 and settled on
the place where he now resides, His occupation has always been farming. He was mar-
ried on May 11, 1854, to Miss Ellen L. Robb, a daughter of George W. Robb and Christine
Palmer-Robb. Miss Robb was a native of Westmoreland County, and was born on June I5,
1838. Six children have been born to this family, but only two, George D. and Hattie K.
are stillliving. George, the first child, and the second and sixth children, both name
Elizabeth, and another child, named Covode, all died young. Mr. Bitner is a Republican,
and has held several offices, among them those of Trustee and Cunstable of: the city of Sev-

. near which he still resides. ,
ore. B. R. BROWN was born in Warren County, Ill., January 6, 1843. His parents
were George W. Brown, born in Kentucky, May 6, 1806, and died in Nodaway. County,
Mo., January 20, 1865, and Amanda F. Smith, born in Logansport, Ind., August 5, 1859,
and died in Republic County, Kas., November 25, 1880. The subject of this sketch was
educated in Shawnee County, Kas., and at St. Joseph, Mo., completing his education at the
latter point. He entered in June, 861, in Company F First Nebraska Cavalry, and served
through the war until honorably discharged. July 3, 1866. In 1866 he came to Kansas and
entered the ministry shortly afterward, having now been a member of the Kansas Confer-
ence Methodist Episcopal Church for fourteen years. He was married at Wamego, Kas.,
July 4, 1873, to Miss Sudie Doyle, a daughter of James Doyle. He is the pastor of the

i al Church at Severance. :
Methodiay onewert. are ist and_pharmaceutist, was borr in Lee County, Iowa, October
1, 1842. Heis the son of Winiam S. Campbell, who was born in Tennessee, December 16,
1819, and died in Henry County, Iowa, September 25, 1854; and his mother, ary Camp-
bell, was born May 24,1813, and died in Henry County, Iowa, March 31, 1851. His father
and mother were married March 12, 1839. He received his education at Mount Pleasant,
Towa, and entered into the drug business at Oskaloosa, Iowa. He married Miss Bella J.
Fletcher, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 24, 1868, who was born in Youngstown, Westmoreland
Co., Pa., January 25, 1848, and died April 3, 1869, at Oskaloosa, Iowa. After her death he
came West, and_ reached Severance, Kansas, in 1871. December 24,1874, he was married
to Miss Mary E. Scott, of Severance, Kansas, by Rev.S, M. Irvin, of Highland, Kansas.
Miss Mary E. Scott was born in Youngstown, Westmoreland Co., Pa., July 27, 1850. They
have had born tothem three children—William T. Campbell, who was born in Severance,
Kas., February 2, 1876; Blanchie Campbell, who was born in Severance, Kas., Au ‘ust 4,
1879; and James A. Campbell, Jr., who was born in Severance, Kas., August 22, 188 i who
are all still living. Mr. Campbell has been in pusiness as a druggist and pharmaceutist, in
Severance, Doniphan County, ever since 1871, and he has been very successful, and is one
of the most substantial men in Severance. In 1861 Mr. Campbell enlisted in Company E,
First lowa Cavalry, and served through the war, being mustered out in March, 1866, having
been in active service all the time. He wasin something over thirty-six battles, and skirm-

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ishes without number. Heisa member of the Masonic and Odd-Fellows Lodges, and in
politics is a Republican, in which he takes an active part.

AAC DENTON, farmer, P. O. Severance, was born in Lincolnshire, England, August
28, 1846. He isthe son of William Denton and Mary Denton, natives of England. His
early life was that of afarmerboy. He came to Americain 1866, and settled in Doniphan
County, Kas., and is one of the leading farmers in his township. He was married in this
county, December 25, 1873, to Miss Magdaline Burrell, anative of Harrison County. Ind.
Borns gue 20. 1855. They have three children—Louis U., Cord M.,and EvaC. Mr. Denton

s a Republican.

G. W. DITTEMORE, farmer, P. O. Severance, is a native of Owen County, Ind., and
was born December 5, 1826. Is ason of Adam Dittemore and Mary Berger, who were na-
tives of Tennessee. G. W. was reared_and educated in Owen County, following agricul-
tural pursuits from boyhood. Came to Kausas in 1854 and pre-empted his present farm in
Doniphan County, where he has since been a resident. Was married March 8, 1851, to Miss
pmily Tyler, a native of Putman County, Ind. She was born February, 1833. They have
by this union six children—William P,, Annie, John M., JamesC., Adam, and LaFayette.
The latter is deceased. Politically he is a Republican, and is a member of the Christian
Church. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, serv-
ing until June 26, 1865.

JOHN FRYBERGER, P. O. Severance, was born in Berks County, Pa., on February 19,
1825. His father was Jacob Fryberger, who wasa native of Pennsylvania, and died there
in 1826. His mother was Elizabeth Althouse, also a native of Pennsylvania. He was edu-
cated in Pennsylvania and Ohio, completing his studies in the latter State. He began life
as acabinetmaker. He was married in Wayne County, Ohio,in April, 1842, to Miss Mar-
garet A. Bonewitz, a native of Ohio. who died in Iowain 1873. He was married a second
time, in Davis County, Iowa, June 6, 1875, to Miss Mary Park, a daughter of Reuel Park
and Juliet Beebe Park, natives of Connecticut. Miss Park was born in Washington County,
Ohio, March 11, 1840. He has twelve _children—John B., George P. F. P., Wm. E., Mary A.,
Jacob O., Daniel O,, Elbert L., Orwin E., Charles E., Emmet L., Edna B., Jesse E, He came
to Kansas in 1876, and settled on his presenthome. He isa Democrat.

W. J. GRAY, P. O. Severance, born in Monroe County, N. ¥., June 4, 1823. He is the
son of James Gray, a native of New York, who died in 1830, and Bridget Fowler Gray, also
a native of New York. He was educated in Ashtabula, Medina and Geauga counties, Ohio.
He began life as afarmer. He was married September 26, 1845, in Ashtabula County, Ohio,
to Harriet P. Perry, a daughter of Amos Perry and Patience Cheeney Perry, both natives
of New York. Miss Perry was born in New York, in August, 1825. In 1861he enlisted as
a private in Company A, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry In 1862 he was promoted to the
Captain’s rank and command of Company E, Sixth Ohio Voinnteer Cavalry. In 1864 he
was made a Major, and served through the war, being mustered out in 1865. He cameto
Bansas, and settled in this county on his present farm. He is a strong Republican in
politics,

JOHN HAGG was born in Sweden, May 17,1887. Heisthe son of John Larson, who
was born in Sweden, and died ‘therein 1837 and Mary Johnson Larson. After receiving
his education in his native land, he came to the United State in 1867, locating In this county
in 1870. He was married Tanuary 2, 1870, to Miss Mary Jones, who was born in Madison
County, Ohio, May 5, 1846. Miss Jones was the daugiter of Charles and Eliza Jones, of
Ohio. He has had two children—Lida, who died in 1880, and Charles L. Beginning life here
as a shoemaker, he has become the proprietor of @ good boot and shoe business. At an
early day in Severance he was elected a member of the City Council, and is now City Treas-
urer, eis Bio a member of the Masonic Order. In politics he is an adherent of the Re-
publican party.

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B. F. HARPSTER, was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, November 9, 1846. His parents
Jacob Harpster and Elizabeth Harpster are Still living in Sandusky County aud engaged in
agricultural pursuits. Mr. Harpster was educated at Bellevue, Ohio, and naturally turned
his attention to the business with which his home life had familiarized him. He was mar-
ried November 9, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth D. Arnold, of Seneca County, Ohio, a daughter
of David Arnold, of Pennsylvania. On May 22, 1877, he was married’a second time, to
Emma J. Brown, daughter of William and Nancy Brown, of Franklin County, Ohio, both
of whom are now dead, He has only one child, Clark Harpster. In 1873 he came to
Kansas, and for two years engaged ‘in farming: from this he changed to buying and
selling fyain. and, in the natural-sequence of events, to.banking. He does now a very
successful business in the latter profession, and has been compelled, through lack of time
for its duties, to practically abandon grain dealing. His residence ever since he has been
handling grain is Severance. He is now president of the Enterprising Farmers’ Elevator
and Mill E. of Severance, Kansas.

FREDERICK HARPSTER, P.O. Severance; was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, on
June 19, 1840._ He is the son of Jacob Harpster, born in Mifflin County, Pa., o February
28, 1811, and Elizabeth Mook-Harpster, also of Pennsylvania, born in ‘April, 1814. Both
parents are still living in Sandusky County, Ohio, He was educated in Summit and Seneca

ounties, Ohio, and began life as a farmer. He came to Kansas in 1868, and settled in
Doniphan County. He married Miss Sarah Arnold, of Flat Rock, Seneca County, Ohio, on
March 25, 1860, by whom he had one child, Jacob F. On April 15, 1866, he was married a
second time, the bride being Miss Mary Long, born in Clearfield County, Pa., on September
8, 1843; this lady was the daughter of Samuel Long. He has by this marriage two chil-
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dren, Samuel O. and Jay H. In 1875-76, he was chairman of the Board of County Commis-
sioners. His political status is with the Democratic party.

JOHN T. KIRWAN, was born in Wexford County, Ireland, May 31, 1834; his father
was James Kirwan, born in Ireland in 1808, and is now a resident of this county; his
mother, Ann Sinnott Kirwan, was born in Ireland in 1810 and died in this county, ebru-
ary 25, 1880. He was educated in Ireland and came to America in 1855, settling in this
county in 1858; he began life asa clerk in a dry goods store, and has been in the mercan-
tile business in Severance for ten years past. He was married, May 22, 1872, to Miss
Elien Burns, who was born in Nelson County, Ky., July 23, 1852; he has had five children—
Zula, Vincent J., Oliver, Osmund deceased, and Glaude deceased. Mr. K. has had a large
place in the politics of the county, having been County Clerk four years; Mayor of Sever-
ance, three terms. During the war of 1861-65, he was a member of Company C, Thirteenth
fensas Infantry. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and in polities he is a Repub-
ican.

CHARLES E. MILLER, lumber merchant, one of the live representative men of
Northern Kansas, and one who has figured prominently in commercial circles is the subject
of this sketch. He is a native of Bin hamton, N. Y.; born June 7, 1841. His father, Henry,
was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, Mary Sole, was a native of New York, The
family came to Lowa, locating at Dubuque, when Charles was young; here he was reared
and educated; when he reached majority he turned his attention to the lumber trade, which
he has since followed; for a time he was manager of ayard at St. Joseph, Mo., and came to
Kansas in 1877; he now owns lumber yards in Leona, Everest, Brown County, besides the one
atSeverance. August 23, 1861, he enlisted in Company L, First lowa Cavalry, and served
until 1866, when he was honorably discharged. He was married in Otsego ounty, N. Y.,
January 31, 1867, to Miss Julia Whitbeck; they have two children, Willard L. and Lulu M.
ar. Miller has served as Mayor of Severance one year, and is at present one of the coun-
cilmen, 7

H.C. MOLL, now an extensive grain dealer of Severance, was born in Seneca County,
Ohio, on June 11, 1849. His parents were Eli Moll, born in Union County, Pa., on May 7%,
1814, and now a resident of Hiawatha, Brown Co., Kan., and Elizabeth Schock Moll, born
in Union County, Pa., on July 24, 1817. He was educated in Tipton, Ohio, and began life as
afarmer. On January 11, 1876, he married Miss Mary Deckard, who was born in Union
County, Pa., in 1853. The wedding ceremony took place at Miffiinsburg. In. July, 1880, he
came to Severance, where he has since been engaged in business. Mr. Moli is now a
member of the City Council and of the Masonic Order, and in many ways a prominent
citizen.

SAMUEL MOYER, farmer, P. 0. Severance; was born in Union County, Pa., March 20,
1839. He is the son of Samuel and Eve Kline Moyer, who were natives of Pennsylvania,
He was educated in Pennsylvania and Ohio, completing his studies in the latter. He began
life as a farmer. In December 81, 1861, he married Miss Barbara Haaser, of Sandusky
County, Ohio, who was born April 10, 1842; her father Joseph Haasér and her mother,
Catherine Yost, were both natives of France. They have one child—Charles 1, He came to
Kansas in 1866, and settled in this county, and is favorably known as a successful farmer
and stock trader. Mr. Moyer votes the Republican ticket. -

NOAH RITTENHOUSE, farmer, P.O. Severance; was born in Fayette County, Ohio,
December 16, 1847; his father, D. F. Rittenhouse, was also a native of Fayette County,
Ohio, born January 2, 1820, and is nowa resident of this township; his mother, Mary A.
Merchant, was born in West Virginia, December 16, 1819, and is also a resident of this
county. He was married in Severance, this county, October 27, 1870, to Cassander Ware,
who was born in Grant County, Ind., March 15, 1851; her father was J. A. Ware and her
Mr. Rittenhouse was educated in Tipton County, Ind.
St. Joseph, Mo., and Highland University, this county. He is the fourth child of eight
children. His children are: Annie M,, Eva C., Arthur F., Noah A. He is a member of
the Methodist Church. He settled in this county in 1865. Politically heisa Republican.

AMOS SANFORD, P. O. Severance, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., September 18,
1835. Heis the son of Orren Sanford and Dortha A. Gates Sanford, both natives of New
York. He was educated in Jefferson County, N. ¥. He began life as a brickmaker, hav-
{ng worked at his trade fortwelve years. He marriedin Coldwater, Mich., December
26, 1858, Miss Mary A. Pointer, who was born in Williams County, Ohio, December 28,
1839, a daughter of Henry Pointer and Sarah Jones Pointer, both natives of Ohio. In
1868 he came to Kansas and engaged infarming forfour years. He then opened a hotel
and livery stable in Severance which he pursued for ten years. He then bought a tract of
land near Severance and improved a fine farm on which he now resides. Three children
have been born tothe family, Alice F., Addie E. (deceased), and Amos E. Mr. Sanford

belongs to_the Republican party.

N. L. SPRINGER, was born in Shelby County, Ind.,February 24, 1832. His parents were
Josiah Springer a native of Ohio, and Julia Limpus Springer, of Indiana, who were mar-
ried in Shelby County, Ind., about 1825. Mr. Springer received his education in Fayette
County, Ind., and Buchanan County. Mo., completing his studies at the latter place; in
1850 ue went to California and began life as aminer. He pursued this work for four years,
untilcompelled by ill health to abandonit. Hethencame to this county and began anew
as a farmer and stock raiser. He was married in Holt County, Mo., to Miss Letha Keeney,
daughter of James and Annie Ramsey Keeney, of Hamilton County, Tenn.; this event oc-
curred April 3, 1853. _He has three children, Annie M., Nathan A., and George W, In 1874
he represented the First District of Kansas in the legislature,’ and from 1875 to 1879
served as postmaster of Severance. Heis Republican.

. A. SPRINGER, now a leading merchant of Severance, was born in this county
October 12, 1854, his parents were N. L. Springer, born in Shelby County, Ind., February
24, 1832, and Letha Keeney Springer, bornin Knoxville, Tenn., December 4, 1834. Mr.
Springer began his education in this county and completed it in Oregon, Mo., after
finishing his schooling he becamea clerk Inagrocery store, from which position he has
worked upward to his present station. He was marriedin Severance, October 12, 1880, to
Miss Mamie Baird, born in Academia, Juniata Co., Pa., November 3,1860. Miss Baird
was the daughter of John B. Baird and Eva Yeater Baird, both.born in Pennsylvania. He
Bas one child, Gracie, and has been postmaster of Severance since 1880. In politics heisa

epublican. .

DR. D. B. TUTTLE, was born in Cortland County, N, Y., on October 7, 1831. Heis the
son of David Tuttle and Lucinda Hunter, both natives of Oneida County, N. Y. Dr. Tuttle
was educated in Allegany County, passing through the public schools and a course in
medicine at the same place. Upon receiving his diploma he commenced_the practice of his
profession, and shortly after, April 21, 1854, was married at Olean, N. Y., to Miss Azuba
Tuttle. His children are Ida A., Frank W., George E., Lucinda M.. Ruth T., and Etta. He
was married a second time on March 12, 1874, to Miss Hattie Higgins. of Rockford, Ill., the
ceremony taking place at Forbes, Mo. By his second wife he hasthree children, Mary A.,
Cora A., and Etta. In 1874 he came to Doniphan County and located at Severance, where
he has ever since resided. He is amember of the Masonic Order, and politically has always
affiliated with the Republican party.

mother was Rachael A. Vanhorn.

LEONA. is

Leona stands upon the southwest quarter of Section 17, Township 3
Range 19. It was laid out June 15, 1873, by a stock company, of which J. W.
Schock was president. This land had been a part of the farm of David Ker-
cher, who was among the first settlers in this part of the county, and was
selected as a central point from which to ship the products of this fertile
neighborhood. To secure railway facilities, the company paid to the St.
Joseph & Denver City Railway land for a depot and side-track and about $1,000
in cash. The following year the railway sold out toH. Gregg for $400, he
assuming the part of the road in its contract with the town.

The first building on the town site was the house of David Kercher, but
the first erected was the combined storeroom, store and railway depot of H.
Gregg. This was a low building near the track, and was eighty by twenty
feet. Of this the storeroom occupiéd by H. Gregg took fifty, the store of Maller
& Brush twenty, and the railway ten feet.

David Kercher, the first postmaster, was appointed in June, 1873, and
prior to the building of the store had the postoffice in his house. Robert Mailler
was the second postmaster, and was followed by J. B. Brooks, John Myers and
E. B. Gatchell, the present official.

The first birth in the town was that of Leona Schock, child of the presi-
dent of the town company. The first death, a child of D. L. Carpenter. No
marriages of townspeople have as yet been celebrated in the place. The first
physician of the town was Dr. S. H. Blakely. He was followed by C. B. Chan-
nell, R. L. Teas, H. W. Lewis, and_the present life-preserver, E. Walters, who
is now the only resident physician. The second store building, erected by Redd

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

& Wilson, is now in use as a dwelling, and is occupied by Rev. S. F. Nesbit,
pastor of the Christian Church. The first drug store was that of C. B. Chan.
nel; the first hardware that of P. A, Flodin, who also owned the first black-
smith shop. The first notary public was D. L. Carpenter. The first harness
shop was operated by F. Case ; the first meat-market by Kopietz & Marak. The
first lumber-yard was opened in 1875 by J. W. Schock.

The first schoolhouse near Leona met with a tragic and unique end. School
was taught in itin 1867, and when the fall term of the next year was to begin
it was discovered that some 2nterprising spirit had stolen the house bodily.
‘The theft occurred after a heavy rain, and the departed building was traced to
a point near Padonia, in Brown County. It was never recovered. In the fall
of 1868, what is now known as the old schoolhouse was built, and in it school
was taught up to 1879, when the present structure was erected. The school-
house now in use was completed in October, 1879, at a cost of $2,300. Its size is
twenty-eight by forty-eight feet. The first teachers in this building were Dr.
R. L. Teas and Miss Nannie Nesbit. In the school years of 1880-81 Charles
Bowers and Miss E. Plank were teachers of this district, and in 1881-82 Miss
Nannie Nesbit and A. Parsons were engaged. The school has grown from
year to year and now contrasts favorably with any of its class in the State or
county.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The Baptist Ohurch was organized at this point in October, 1880, the church at that date
having eight members and being under the charge of its present pastor, Rev. E. Alward.

No house of worship is as yet constructed, and services are held in theschoolhouse. The
church now numbers eighteen members and seems to be enjoying a steady and healthful -

rowth.
. The Christian Church has recently effected an organization at this place, and holds ser-
vices in the schoolhouse every Sunday. There is, however, no settled preacher, and the
church is dependent upon 7 suppligs.!

Leona Lodge, No. 178, I. 0. O. F., was organized on September 22, 1880, with the follow-
ing charter members: G. W. Strahan, H. Guier, J. W. Kaufman, W.S. Postie, E. B, Gatch-
ell, E. M. Miller, A. Postle. The first officers of the lodge were: J. W. Kaufman, N.G.; H.
Guier, V. G.; E. M. Miller, R.S.; G. W. Strahan, treasurer. Meetings are held each Wed-
hesday in Odd Fellows’ Hall over the schoolhouse. The lodge now numbers twenty, and has
the following officers: J. W. Schock, N. G.; David Kercher, V.G.; C. Applegate, secretary;
Amos Postle, treasurer. The property of the society consists of from $300 to $400 in cash
and regalia to the value of fully $200 more—a very creditable showing for its brief exist-
ence.

The Leona Public Library was opened in April, 1882. In obtaining the 150 books
which form the library, the society was fortunate enough to securea selection of standard
works which had been but little used. These were purchased for $65. The schoolhouse is
utilized as a library room, where Miss N. Nesbit officiates as librarian. Books are loaned to
members at the rate of $1.50 yearly. Although in its infancy the library is asource of
great pleasure and literary recreation to its members, and acredit to the Literary Society,
which launched it.

The Leona Literary Society holds meetings in the schoolhouse weekly from fall to

spring. Debates, recitations and music form an attractive Programme and call outa large
crow on each occasion. The.society, which was started in 1879, has nearly fifty mem-
ers.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The elevator standing just northeast of the railway depot was built in 1880 by J. E.
Price. This building is 80x20 feet, the main part being 48x20 feet, and three stories in
height. Its capacity is 10,000 bushels of grain and itcan handle daily 2,000 bushels, It is
valued at $6,000, Yoweris furnished by an engine of 15-horse power, and acorn cracker
for making feed operated, It isnow operated by Gregg Bros. & Co., Mr. R. C. Mailler acting as
their manager atthis point. This company also owns the old warehouse mentioned” as
among the first buildings of the town, and occasionally use it for storage purposes.

The Jameson elevator, which stands just northeast of the railway depot, was built in
1877 by Jameson Bros., at acost of about $4,000. It is 20x30 feet and three stories in
height. Power is furnished by an engine of 12-horse power. This firm has begun the erec-
tion of another elevator at Willis, on the new extension of the Missouri Pacific.

Snively & Hedges have a grain warehouse at this point, and purchase considerable
amounts of cornand wheat. Their building is 20x40 feet and intended more for the accu-
mulation: of small] shipments than for handling large quantities requiring storage for some
_ The first hotel in the town was built by A. Negus, who conducted it until the spring of
1880, when it was rented to A. Gougler, On his retirement after six months it passed into
the hands of J. Allison, and thence in 1882 to the present occupant, V. A. Adams. It is still
owned by Mr. Negus, and is the only hotel in the town.

The town now has three general stores, one hardware, one drug, one meat market, two
blacksmiths, one agricultural implements house, one lumber yard, and one harness shop,
beside the elevators, hotel and other buildings already described at length.

‘tres. —Leona, has suffered by two fires. The first of these which was a comparatively
small affair, destroyed the dwelling of a Mr, Hartsell in 1879. |The second was a serious
loss to the town, and at one time threatened its totaldestruction. It broke out between
eleven and twelve o’clock on the nightof May 1, 1882, in the hardware store of P. A. Flodin,
and before its discovery,had made such headway as to render it practically beyond contro).
Spite of the apparent hopelessness of the task, the citizens organized a bucket brigade and
fought the fire Lustilys At the moment when all seemed nnavailing their efforts were
seconded by a drench ng shower, and, after more than two bours of incessant labor, the
flames were subdued. The buildings destroyed were the Flodin hardware store, in which
the fire originated ; the two store buildings on the north, owned b:
pied on the first floor by Walter & Reeber as adrug store, and
dwelling by J. Allison; the agricultural implement house of P. Flodin adjoining his store,
and the wagon shop of J. W. Schock. The severest loss was that of Mr. Flodin, whose pro-
perty was valued at $3,500, upon which only $2,900 insurance was carried. The proprietors
of the drug store were more fortunate, their insurance of $1,000 amply covering their loss,
The wagon shop of Mr.J. W. Schock, valued with its contents at $8U0, was a total loss, and
was Insured for only $250. Upon the north of the drug store stood the general store of
L. Rickenbauch, from which the goods were removed, causing a damage of $160. On the
opposite side of the street the stocks of Hoverson & Co.,and Dillon & Springer Brothers
were hur riedly removed, causing losses to each of about $50. In the light of the half million
dollar fires which are so frequently recorded in our great cities these losses seem trivial,
Filiamuee ae mae ee ihe blackened, Juins they le: Ubear alarge ratio to_the remaining

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missed obliterating re place. otina larger place, to the blow which so narrowly

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHE

EDWIN ACKER, farmer, P. O. Leona, came to Kansas in the spring of 1880, locatin;
in. Rosedale, Wyandotte County, where he was in the mercantile business until June, 1882,
ce hen he removed to Doniphan County where he resides at present. Mr. Acker is amem-
per of the Grand Army of the Republic. and participated in the last war asa Sergeant of
Company By Fitth New York Heavy Artillery; was enlisted February 22, 1862, in the city
of New York, and finally discharged from the United States service December $1, 1868, by.
reason of Surgeon’s certificate of disability, at Baltimore, Md. He took part in the battles of
Harper’s Ferry, Charlestop, Va., and numerous other engagements, He was born in Lehigh
Be Nae eet Sagat 28, 1821, and lived in his native p gee, until 1851, when he removed
een years, and part
man of the Third Avenue Staze. Thad Gt Eee ME ecco

 

A. Angstad, and occu-
n the upper story as a

men aia stables and of the Third Avenue. Car
ne, an non three years was a member of the Metropolitan Police Force,
an a pu » took part in the Draft Riots in that city in 1868. From New Yor
he rerirne to Allentown, Pa., where he lived until he came to Kansas, While residing
in jan own he was a member of the police for¢e of that city for seven years. He has been
matted wike: The first marriage took place in Lehigh County, Pa., February 21, 1841, to
= 38 i za L orney, a native of the Keystone State. By this marriage he had six children,
u ee 0 om are living, and whose names are, William Henry Harrison, Emeline, and
Ghar es: r. Acker’s first wife died in the year 1466. The second marriage took place in
antown, Pa., in June, 1878, to Mrs. Olive Buttz, anative of Pennsylvania.

Pe 105 ANGSTAD was born in Snyder County, Pa., November 20, 1847. He isthe son
Qi ay and Lidie Weller Angstad, both natives of Pennsylvania, He was educated in

ny er County, Pa., and began life as afarmer. Moved to Seneca County, Ohio, in 863,
an eu sted in Company G, Twenty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteers Infantry, and was
mustered out in 1865. He was married in Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, March 12, 1868. to
Miss Catherine J. Zieber, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, born February 26, 1850. They
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

me tao children, Cora E.and Myrtle B. He is a grain dealer at Leona. Isa Republican

. KE. DAVIS, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Leona, was born in Fall River, Bristol Co., Mass.
December 4, 1840. He was raised and educated in Fall River, In 1857 he moved to Peru,
LaSalle Co., Il., where he learned practical engineering. He was engineer on the Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific for sometime. From Peru he moved to Peoria, Il]., where he live
for two years. From Peoria he moved to St. Joseph, Mo., and was employed on the Hanni-
bal & St. Joe R. R. for some time, thence to Kansay, in 1866, and settledon a farm. He was
married in Ingersoll, Canada West, December 25, 1860, to Miss Mary M. Comstock, a native
of Mt. Washington, Mass. She was born August 11, 1842. They have seven children: Ella
M., Archie L., Joseph H., Ira B., Willie L., Clyde A. and Ida L.

HENRY DAVISON, farmer, P.O. Highland, was born in Oxford, N. J., July 21, 1803.
He is the son of Warren Davison, born in the same county, 1786, and’ Hannah Kiser’ Davi-
son, who was born in Oxford, N. J.,in 1788, and died in Tompkins County, N. Y., June6
1838. He was educated in Jersey County, Pa, He was a mason and plasterer by trade. He
was married in Tompkins County, N. Y., October 17, 1827, to Miss Anna Young, who was
bornin Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y., October 14, 1806. Her father, Henry Young, and
Lucia Ivry-~Young, were both natives of New York. He has twelve children, viz: Conrad,
Delilah, Amanda J., Morris, John M., Warren L., Mary E., Phebe A., Emeline, James L.,
Helen M. J., and one died unnamed. He is one of the oldest citizensin the county. Heis a

Republican in politics.

J. A. DILLON, a leading merchant of Leona, was born in this county April 4, 1858. His
father was born in Tuscarawas County,Ohio, in 1833, and died in this county June 10, 1873.
His mother, Mary E. peennedy, Dillon, was born in Fountain County, Ind., in 1835, and is a
resident of this county near Highland Station. Mr. Dillon received his early schooling i
this county, and completed his studies at Oregon, Mo. He first began life as a school teacher,
but choosing his occupation later in life, he entered the store of his uncle as a clerk, and in

_January, 1882, moved to Leona and opened a general merchandise store. His political
status is with the Republican party.

C. DUEHN, farmer and breeder of finestock, P. O. Leona, isasonof Charles Duehn
ana Mary Chuiz, and was born in Prussia, August 27,1818. He was educated in Prussia.
He came to the United States in 1864, and duriug the saine year came to Kansas and set-
tled in this county, and has since made farming and stock-raising his business. He has
been twice married; first to Miss Caroline Chulz, in 1848, and the second time, in 1863, to
Miss Ernestene Kopplin, both natives of Germany. He has a family of nine children:
Louts, Oscar, Paulina, Herman, Fred, Charley, Tilda, Lao and Mattie.

E. N. ERICKSON, farmer, P. O. Leona, was born in Buchanan County, Mo., January 5,
1854. His father, Ole Erickson, and his mother, Mary (Goshen) Erickson, were natives of
Norway. He came to Brown County, Kas., when young, where he was raised and educated.
He has always followed epriculeural pursuits. He has been a resident of Doniphan County
for a number of years. e was married in Doniphan County June 16, 1881, to Miss Julia
A, Nelson. She was born in Buchanan County, Mo., January 31, 1854. Sheisthe daughter
of Lewis and Geurena Nelson, natives of Norway. They have one son by this_union,
Leslie O. Myr. Erickson is one of Doniphan’s public spirited citizens and staunch Repub-

licans.

E. B. GATCHELL, postmaster, was born in Harrison’County, Ohio, August 3, 1846.
His father, Amos P, Gatchell, is a native of the same place, and died in Upper Sandusky,
Ohio, June 8, 1878. His mother, Elizabeth Barger Gatchell, was also a native of Harrison
County, and died in Wyandotte County, Ohio, in 1848. He received his education in the
Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Atthe age of seventeen years he enlisted in Company F, Ninth
Ohio Cavalry, and was wounded at the battle of Decatur, Ala., in 1864, and was mustered
out July 25,1865. He came to Kansas in 1868. He was married in Brown County, Kas.,
July 15, 1874, to Miss Mary J. Stites, daughter of Hon, G. M. and Sarah Round-Stites,
She was born in Ripiey County, Ind., October 17, 1853. They have had three children:
Grace G., Warren S. and Julia #. He has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Notary

ublic.

J.T. HARPER, farmer, P. 0. Leona, was born in Hendricks County, Ind., December 5,
1838. He is the son of Jesse and Mary A. Clifton Harper, both natives of Kentucky. His
early schooling was received in Andrew County, Mo., having completed his studiesin Don-
iphan County, Kas. Farming has always been his oecupation. He was married in this
county January 15, 1859, to Miss Rachel A. Cowger, daughter of G. C. and Susan Cowger,
natives of Indiana. She was born March 28, 1843. He enlisted in Company I, Seventh
Kansas Cavalry, and was mustered outin 1865. He came to Kansas in 1855 and settled in
this township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Harper is a Republican.

ADAM HEATER, P. O. Highland, was bornin Seneca County, Ohio, March 21, 1835.
He is the son of John Heater, who was born in Snyder County, Pa., October 23,1791, and
Sarah Frees Heater, who was also a native of Snyder County. He was educated in Seneca
County, Ohio, Farming has always been his occupation. He was married in Seneca County,
Ohio, March 24, 1859, to Miss Celina Korner, a daughter of Jacob and Julian Peters-Kor-
ner. Miss Korner was born in Seneca County, Ohio, July 23, 1839. He has four children:
Willis D., Susie, Courtland (deceased), and May. He came to Kansas in 1872 and settled in
this county. Heisamember of the I. O, O F, and votes the Democratic ticket.

JOHN HUNTER, farmer’ and stock-raiser, P. O. Highland, was born in Scotland, Au-
gst 23,1833. His father, George Hunter, and Elspeth ill were also natives of Scotland.

e was educated in the common schools of his own country, and at the age of twenty-four
years, hoping to better himself, came to America, and for thirteen years lived in Michigan,
engaged in various pursuits. In 1870 he came to Kansas and settled near Leona on an
unimproved piece of land, and by his industry made it one of the best farms in the town-
ship. Hehas just finished building a fine barn 36x54, at a cost of $2,500, and is a wide-
awake and enterprising bachelor,

DAVID KERCHER, farmer, P. O, Leona, was born in Lancaster _Pa., February 3, 1843.
He is the son of Curtis and Barbara Kizer Kercher, both natives of Pennsylvania, He was
educated in Lancaster, Pa., and Wayne County, Ohio, He enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in 1864. During the same year he was
employed by the Government asa carpenter and stationed at Little Rock, Ark., where he
served until 1868. He returned to Wayne County, Ohio, and was married to Miss Rachel
M. Cherry, who was born in Wayne County, Ohio, December 18, 1848. He has one child,
Delno E.. He came to Kansas in an early day and settled inthis township, and was the first
postmaster at Leona. Mr. Kercher is a member of the Republican party.

JACOB MILLER, farmer, P.O. Leona, was born in Union County, Pa., December 8,
1837. His parents were John and Sarah Decker Miller, both natives of Pennsylvania. He
was educated in Union County, Pa., and his occupation has always been that of a farmer,
He was married in Union County, Pa., October 3, 1858, to Miss Rebecca Pick, daughter of
Daniel and Polly Emore-Pick. They have two children, John P. and Mary A. He came to
Kansas in 1880 and settled on his present home. He is a Democrat. 7

DANIEL MOYER, hardware dealer, one of the leading business men of the county, is

he subject of thissketch. He is anative of Pennsylvania and was born in Snyder County,
ay 22,1844. Was there reared and educated. He became proficient in the hardware busi-
ness and learned the tinner’s trade in Indiana, Cameto Kansas in 1879, engaging in busi-
ness at Leona. Was married in Sandusky County, Ohio, October 14, 1865, to Miss Eliza
Bingman, of Snyder County, Pa., born October 21, 1845. They have four children—Joha
Daniel, Franklin and Adam. He is amember of the K. of H.

R. B. OVERLANDER, farmer, P. O. Leona, was born in Knox County, Ill, October 7,
1844. and was there reared. He is the son of John Overlander and Sarah Hayes. the former
a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1799 and died in 1851. R. B. resided and farmed in the
Sucker.State until 1869, when he came to Kansas, locating where he now resides. He has a
fine farm and is one of the solid men of Wolf River Township.. He has been twice married:
First, in Highland, Doniphan County, to Miss Linia Matherson, June 19, 1870. They had
six children—Samuel W., Rufus M., CharlesL., Sarah E., Jessie L. and John E. rs. O.
died June 7, 1881. He was married on February 15, 1882, to Ella E. Miller, of Andrew
County, Mo. .

Doe, REBER, druggist, was born in Union County, Pa., February 13, 1859. He is the
son of Daniel and Elizabeth Reber; was raised and educated in the Keystone State, Fol-
lowed the profession of school teaching for several years. For a time was a resident of Han-
cock County, Ohio. Came to Kansas in January, 1882, purchased an interest in a drug store
in Leona, and June 17, 1882, became sole prope etor, He is doing a lucrative business, and
is identified with the drug trade of Doniphan County. Politically he is a Republican.

L. RICKENBACH, merchant. This enterprising citizen is a native of Juniata County,
Pa., born January 26, 1842. His father, Joe!, and mother, Catherine Seiber, were natives
of the same State. The subject of oursketch was reared in Hancock County, Obio, where he
followed agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he came to Kansas and engaged in mercan-
tile business at Leona. He was married, January 24, 1869, in Wyandotte County, Ohio, to
Miss Caroline Strahan. They have four children—Winona G., Irma V., Willis B. and Clair
D. Mrs. R. isa native of Union County, Pa., and was born February 3, 1843. Mr. R. en-
listed in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
August, 1862, for three years during the late war. Was captured at Winchester, Va., June
14, 1863; was taken to Richmond; was in Libby Prison, Belle Isle and Palmer Prison. Was
again captured at Farmville, High Bridge, Va., three days before Gen. Lee’s surrender to
Gen. Grant at Appomatox. Was honorably discharged June 15, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio.
He isa member of the I. 0. O. F.

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EAST NORWAY.

East Norway is a small town started in 1869 upon the completion of the
road-bed of the St. Joe and Denver City railway to this point. The land of the

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town site, eighteen acres, was the property of John Hoverson, and was pur-
chased of him for $360, by the town company, consisting of O. Nelson, G.
Nelson, T. Steanson, N. G. and P. Nelson, and A. Bennett. A year later G.
Nelson sold ten acres adjoining the town to the company, and this was donated
the railway company in consideration of depot and side track facilities. The
first buildings were erected in 1871, and consisted of a grain-house and res-
idence, erected by A. Bennett and a parsonage of the Evangelical Lutherans.
A postoffice was opened in 1873 with I. W. Bennett as postmaster, and two
general stores by F. Welton and Hardy Brothers in 1874. Both of these were
burned in 1878, and Welton did not resume business.

A Baptist church was organized at this point in 1874, and meetings were
held in the nearest school house. The pastors of the society, D. Waddell, T.
Rolfe, and E. Alward, have all been non-residents of the town.

East Norway is rather a shipping point than a town, the majority of those
doing business here being farmers of the immediate neighborhood.

The Murder of O' Shea.—One of the most cold-blooded murders ever
chronicled in the county was committed on April 5, 1875, near East Norway.
The victim of the tragedy was John O'Shea, an intelligent and athletic Irish-
man, for many years a resident of the county. For some time previous to his
death, O'Shea had been indulging his appetite for strong drink to excess, and
when drunk indulged his brutal fury in the general thrashing of his family and
those who tried to restrain him. Proceedings had been commenced by Mrs.
O’Shea for a divorce, and her cause had been actively espoused by her brother,
John Morrisey. Thecase had proceeded so far that the District Judge had
issued an order giving to the mother the custody of the children and also some
property of the defendant’s, and orders had been given the County Sheriff for
the enforcement of this decision. On Monday, the day of the murder, Morrisey
met the Sheriff in town and stated that O’Shea had abducted the children.
Later in the day, O’Shea met the officer and acknowledged the removal of the
children, but promised to return them the next day to their home and keep them
till the arrival of Sheriff Vanderslice. Whether Morrisey knew of this arrange-
ment is unknown. On the following day Vanderslice, accompanied by Mr.
Edward Bowen, started for East Norway, but was met by John Kilkenny,
Roger Morley and Frank Dickson, who told him that O’Shea was lying diunk
in the path leading to the house. Arriving at the farm, the sheriff found
O’Shea not drunk, but dead, with his face horribly disfigured. Leaving a guard
with the body, the officer returned to Troy and secured the services of the Cor-
oner and his jury. After the preliminary examination the body was removed to
the city and the following facts were developed: The deceased had been shot
twice, once from a distance, the shot taking effect in the forehead, and once
by a discharge from a pistol held close to his ear. The face had also been
mutilated by blows from some blunt instrument. An examination of the prem-
ises left little doubt of the method of the murder. Parallel with the road from
the public road to O’Shea’s house ran a hedge, and behind it were plainly visi-
ble the tracks of the assassin. Shots were heard about nine in the evening;
the time when O’Shea would naturally have reached home, and shortly after the
firing, Morrisey borrowed a pony, saying he was suddenly called to St. Joseph
and would return the next day. Later in the evening he was seen to cross the
main street of Troy going east, and the following day the pony was sent back
from St. Joseph. Morrisey, however, had never been seen in Doniphan County.
It is rumored that he was recognized in Colorado, but although a reward of
$500 was offered for his arrest, no very vigorous search was made. This is
chiefly due to the fact that charges of the vilest character against O’Shea were
substantiated in the minds of the people by subsequent events and, the opinion
that he had received but his just deserts was gradually accepted. Whatever
his faults and crimes, he has passed beyond repentance or undoing the past, and
his death stands as a blotch on the fair record of the county—an assassination.

Ryan's Station is a flag station on the St. Joe and Western railway one
mile east of Severance. It was fora short time in 1869 the terminus of the
road, and a town was laid out by Joel Ryan. Ryan and O’Neill built a
store here in 1870, and S. L. Ryan a second in 1872.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ABRAM BENNETT, P. O. East Norway, was bornin Warren County, Ohio, March 10,
1819. His father, Nicholas Bennett, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., 1793, and died
in Warren County, Ohio, August 17,1854. He was afarmer. His mother, Catherine Innis,
was bornin Allegheny County, Pa., May 16, 1797, and died in Warren County, Ohio, June
15, 1825. He was educated in Warren County, Ohio. He began life asa farmer. Married
in Warren County, Ohio, June 30, 1839. His wife, Rachel Anderson, was born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December 6, 1823. Her father was Hiram Anderson, and her mother
Mary Mulford. Number of children, eleven—George W., John W. (deceased), Thomas J.,
Celinda C. (deceased), Robert N., David W., Silas W., Charles W., Abram E., Mary A., and

Ada.

CHARLES CAMPBELL, P. O. Brenner, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y..on July 8,
1835. His parents were William Campbelland Melinda Randall, who are still both living,
and residents of this county. He was educated in Milwaukeeand Waukesha, Wis. After
completing his education he turned his attention to agri: ulture, and has ever since made it
his business. He was married in Hamilton County, Ind., on October 30, 1865, to Miss Ida
M. Emmons, by whom hehad seven children—Charles A., Lucius W., George F. (deceased),
Mary M., Hattie C., Idaand John E, Hecame to the State in 1858, and to Doniphan County
in 1865, and took a farm six miles westof Troy. Heis a Republican.

CHARLES S. HARDY, farmer, P.O. Troy, was born in Lee County, Va., March 25, 1828.
His father, John S, Hardy, isa native of Ireland, and his mother, Jane Ewing-Hardy, isa
native of Virginia. He was educated in Buchanan County, Mo. He began life as a farmer,
having followed that occupation until 1857, when he came to Kansas and opened a general
merchandise storeat Palermo, in this county, which he continued untill1856. In the same

ear he settled in this township, on his present home, He married in Buchanan County,

o., January 21, 1852, Miss Mary Nelson, who was born in Norway, July 9, 1831. They
havea family of ten children—John S., Jane E., Georgia N., Mary H., Oswald C., Joshua 'T.,,
Robert C., Ida M., Charlotte M. and Sarah L. He belongs to the Republican party.

JOHN HOVERSON, farmer, P. O East Norway, was born in Norway, May 7, 1829.
His parents were Lars and Christiane Kittleson Hoverson, both natives of Norway. He
was educated and commenced lifein the rural districts of that country; emigrated with bis
parents to this country, with four brothers and one sister, in 1846. Worked as a farm hand
for three years, in Buchanan County, Mo., went to California, in 1850, and worked in the
gold mines nearly three years; returned to Buchanan County, Mo., and engaged in farming
for 16 years. He was married in Buchanan County, Mo., January 17, 1856, to Miss Celia A.
Nelson, who was born in Norway, April 19, 1838. He wovedto Kansas in 1869, and settled
on the place where he now lives. Hemarried for his second wife-Miss Annie M. Clemet-
son, a native of Buchanan County, Mo., born September 29,1854. He has six children Jiv-
ing—Leander, the eldest son, died March 23, 1882; he was born June 21, 1858. One other
diedininfancy. Those living are Augusta C., Oscar L., Mary H., Annie M., John U., and
Andrew A., In politics, Mr. Hoverson is aliberal Republican.

CHARLES LADWIG, P. O. Brenner, was bornin Mechlenburg, Germany, July 17, 1822.
His father was a diiryman of Mechlenburg, and died there in October, 1834. The subject

 
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of this sketch was educated in the Normal School of Mechlenburg. On completing his
studies he became a teacher, and followed this profession for twenty-five years, part of the
time in his native land, and the rest of the time in the United States. He was married May
23, 1843, to Miss Caroline Riebe, alsoof Germany, born November 1,1817. He has seven
children—Charles, Paul Caroline (deceased), Albert, Robert, Eliza and Victor, He came to
America in 1852, and settled in West Virginia, and went from there to Wolf River Town-
ship ten years later. Although he has taught in the county, he has spent the greater part of
histimeinfarming. Heisa member of the Lutheran Churchand a Democrat.

N. L. NELSON, farmer, P. O. East Norway, was born in Buchanan County, Mo., Novem-
ber 13, 1851. His father, Lewis Nelson, was born in Europe, in Norway, and died in tnis
country in 1866. His mother, Gurina Nelson, was bornin Norway, in 1829, and is a resi-
dent ofthe county. He was educated in this county, and_married_ here November 18, 1873,
to Tolena Runnings, who was born in Wisconsin March %, 1855. Her father, O. A. Run-
nings, and her mother. Bertha Thompson, were both natives of Norway. Hehas four
children—Lewis A,, Grace B., Jessie M. and Ella. He isa member of the Lutheran Church
and is a Republican.

REV. FELIX F. OTTO, Pastor of the Oakland Church, P. O. East Norway, came to
Kansas in January, 1877, and located at Sabetha, where he remained fourteen months.
From there he removed to Beattie, where he had charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church
of that place for three years; and from there he removed to Oakland, of which charge he
has been Pastor since, Mr. Otto was born in Allegheny County, Pa., November 21, 1847.
and lived in his native place until his fifth year, when his parents moved to Decatur, Iowa,
where they lived about eight years, and from there removed to Emporia, Kansas. He was a
student for a time at Beaver College, Beaver County, Pa. He did not finish his entire
course at his alma mater. Commenced preaching in 1873 in Pennsylvania. He was a local
preacher for four years, after which he was admitted to the Kansas Conference. Mr. O.
was married March 7, 1882, in Beattie, Marshall County, to Alice E. Sheldon, a daughter of
Dr. J. J. Sheldon, a prominent physician and an old settler of Nemaha County. Ts. Otto
was born in Ohio. r. Otto is a faithful and devoted pastor, andis beloved and respected
by his parishioners,

EBERT SIMON, farmer, P. O. East Norway, was born in Syracuse, N. Y., October 6,
1849. His father, Phillip Simon, was born in Germany in the year 1800, and died in Syra-
cuse, N. Y.,in 1856. He was foreman of the Egerman Salt Works of that city. His mother,
Catharine Jones, was born July 2, 1815, in the city of New York, Mr. Simon was married
in this county, November 30, 1870. is wife, Augusta Nelson, was born in Buchanan
County, Mo., ay 15, 1850—her father was Osul Nelson, Ebert Simon was educated in Be-
loit, Wis, Farming has always been his occupation. He has three children—Gertrude A.,
Charles E., and Howard 0. Heis a member of the Methodist Church. He has held the
office of Township Clerk, and settled in this county June 14,1867. Mr. Simon is a Re-
publican. %

GUTTORM STEANSON, farmer, P. 0. East Norway, was born in Norway, October 15,
1833. His father, Ole Steanson, was born in Norway, June 21, 1799, and died in this coun-
try October 17, 1866, a farmer. His mother, Ingeborg Olsdatter, was born in Norway July
11 98, and died in this country August 20,1870. Guttorm Steanson was educated in

orway. Farming has always been his occupation. Hewas married in this county Oc-
tober 3, 1870, to Amelia G. Nelson, who was born in Buchanan County, Mo., July 22, 1849.
She was the daughter of Lewis Nelson and Gurine Nelson. They have had six children—
Oscar L., born July 4, 1872; Ida G., born September 18, 1873; Silas N., born March 3, 1875:
Amelia J. porn September 9, 1877; AnnaL., born November 12,1879. Silas N. died Au-
‘ust 7,1881. He isa member of the Lutheran Chureh. He came tothis country July 13,
850, and settled in this county in thefall of 1858. 7

C. O. TUCKLESON, farmer, P.O. East Norway, was born in Norway, November 18,
1832. His father, Osul Tuckleson, was bornin Norway, Europe, 1804, and died in Wiscon-
sin, August, 1874. His occupation was farming. His mother, Asur Christenson, was born
in Norway in 1801, and diedin Norway in1850._ The subject of this sketch was married in
Doniphan County, this State, March 22, 1869. His wife, Rachel D. Speak, was born in Vir-
ginia, 1847, and was the daughter of Joseph Speak. Hebegan life as a farmer. He was
educated in Norway. They have seven children—Leah A., Mary C., Oscar J., Elizabeth M.,
Esther, Clarence R.,and John. Mr. T.came to this country in 1850, and settled in this
county in 1859. Heisa member of the Lutheran Church, and votes the Republican ticket.

JOHN H. WYNKOOP, P. O. Brenner, was born in La Porte, Ind.,on January 21, 1
His parents were David Wynkoop, born in Penusylvania in 1819, and Sarah Hoover, born
in Dauphin County, Pa., in 1825. Both Parents are still living, and residents of this county.
He received his education in LaPorte, Ind., and shortly after came to this county, arriving
in 1871. He was married on November 6, 1877, to Miss Nannie Robinson, who is a genuine
Kansan, having been born in this county on September 20, 1859. He has one child—Edna
M. Wynkoop. Since his arrival in Kansas he has been engaged in farming.

JOHN C. ZIMMERMAN, farmer, P. O. Troy, was born in Frederick County, Md., Feb-
ruary 10, 1830. His father, Joho P. Zimmerman, and his mother, Sophia Hichelberger, are
both natives of Maryland. The subject of this sketch was educated in Maryland, and at
the age of thirty years was married in Doniphan County, Kas., May 24, 1860, to Miss Cath-
erine Lee, who is the daughter of David Lee and Catherine Finney Lee. Mr. Z.is the
father of nine children—Walter L., JosephineC., Fannie B,. Annie S., Effie G., Isaac M.,
Frederick S., Katie E., Lillie M. Mr Z. is one of the leading farmers of the township, and
is an old settler of this county—1856. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is
a Mason and a Democrat.

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WATHENA.,

Wathena is located on Peter’s Creek, four miles from the Missouri River
and ten from Troy. Ata point just north of the town commences one of the
great bends which make the river boundary of Doniphan County so irregular.
A short distance east of the town the river has cut through the famous stone road
to St. Joseph, and threatens to, some day, meet the return curve, now only re-
moved by half a mile of bottom land. Back of the town lie the wooded bluffs
and upon them many of the finest residences of the city. The first settler on
the town site was Peter Cadue, an interpreter of the Kickapoo Indians, who re-
moved in 1847 to the Cadue Reserve. In 1852 Wathena, a Kickapoo Chiet
from whom the city takes its name, settled here. In 1856 the town was laid out
by M. E. Bryan, P. Morse, and W. Ridenbaugh who bought the land of S. Cox
for seven hundred and fifty dollars, paying Wathena a considerable sum for his
improvements. At different times several additions have been made to the
original one hundred and sixty acres of the town site. These are known as,
North Wathena, Constantinople, Wilson’s, Seaman’s, and Smallwood’s additions;
Douglass addition was also surveyed but never recorded.

The first building on the town site was a log cabin, begun by Mr. Cox and
finished in 1854 by M. E. Bryan. Some time before this Benjamin Harding
had a house in what is now North Wathena, The first general store was built
in 1856, and occupied by Thompson Kemper. _It’‘is still standing, a little back
from the main street, and bears the still legible sign, “St, Joe Store.” The
first hotel was established by Albert Heath, who was also the first lawyer in the
town. The first drug store was opened in 1863 by G. Miller, who still runs it.
In 1865 H. D. Hunt started a hardwarestore. D. B. Jones opened the first
stock of tinware. The first physicians of the town were Drs. Smith and Cross-
field, A blacksmith shop was started in 1854 by F. Leber. .

Wathena was incorporated as a city in 1873, when O. Craig was elected
Mayor and James Mitchell City Clerk. Since that time the Mayors of success-
ive years have been as follows: O Craig, 1874; C. Nahrung, 1875-76 ; Reuben
Knopp, 1877-78; A-E. Campbell, 1879-80; Reuben Knopp,1881; Robert Perigo,
1882. During this period the Clerks of the city have been: E. F. Dixon, 1874;
S, Gurney, 1875; J.S. Spaulding, 1876-77; E.F. Dixon, 1878; J. P. Knopp, 1879;
F. H. Drenning, 1880-81-82. : ;

A postoffice was established in 1854, with M. E. Bryan as postmaster, and
was called Bryan’s postoffice. The name was changed to Wathena on the lay-
ing out of the town. Since then the following have acted as agents of the
postal service: P. Kemper, Albert Heath, M. E. Bryan, J. T. Braidy, Edward

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Downard, Aug. Miller, Aug. H. Fuelling, and W. W. Carter, who is now post-
master.

Wathena has possessed at various times three schoolhouses, of which the
first and last are still standing and in use. A frame school was-erected as early
as 1857, and school taught in it for several years, but it has long since disap-
peared and its records, if it had any, have shared its fate. In 1867 the frame
house now used by the colored school was built and in it were taught all the
children of the neighborhood. In 1870 the fine brick structure now used for the
white school was erected at a cost of $10,000, A. Larzelere being the contractor.
The town has now ample accommodation for all its school children, and employs
four teachers. If the young idea does not learn how best to shoot, it can be no
fault of the town people or their provision for education.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The First Baptist Church of Wathena was organized in 1858 by Elder William Price
and Rev, E. Alward, now of Leona. Atthat early day the society showed a membership of
eight. The building of a house of worship was necessarily out of the question, and services
were held in schoolhouses until 1871. At this date the society had become strong enough
to bear the exponge of their present church building. This is forty by sixty feet, of brick,
and cost $5,000. Since the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Alward, the following pastors have been
connected with the society: D. Waddell, T. J. Cook and #, Alward. e@ church now num-
bers forty-three members,

The First Methodist Church of Wathena was organized in the summer of 1858 by T.
McK, Munhall, and D. H. May was appointed its pastor. On his special request he was
allowed to resign, and Rev. Mr Blake, of Lowa, accepted the pastorate for ashorttime. In
1860, O. B. Gardner was assigned tc the charge, which he held for two years in spite of
vigorous opposition growing out of the slavery gear On. Itis related of this stalwart Chris-
tian, that in his second year, while residing at Elwood, he discovered near his house a rebel
flag, with the curt notice that death would reward the man who removedit. Nothing
daunted, Mr. Gardner climbed the staff and tore down the flag. In 1862, B. F, Bowman sup-
plied the pulpit, remaining through 1863. In 1864 and 1865, Rev. James Lawrence was pas-
tor, and in 1866 Rev, J. Paulson entered the field. It was during his service that the present
church was erected. ‘This edifice is forty by sixty feet, and both substantial and com-
modious. The exodus from Wathena, which is the result of the rapid settlement of lands
further west, has operated most unfavorably on this society, and it became badly in debt.
During 1881 this state of affairs was partly remedied by the energy of Rev. F. M. Pickles;
the building was repaired aud the debt provided for. Under the present pastor, Rev. J.
Bidatson, this good work bids fair to be continued. The society now numbers something
over twenty.

The Homan Catholic Church at Wathena was organized in 1869 by Father Thomas, O,
S. B.. The same year a church edifice was built at a cost of $5,500. This structure is thirty-
five by sixty-five feet and of brick. Atthis time the membership of the church was not
farfrom onehundred. At the present time this number has increased to five times that
number. In 1880 a building was erected by the church for the Benedictine Sisters, who
havea parochial school of about fifty scholars. Inthe latter part of this year a parsonage
was built, at a cost of $1.500. Itis twenty-four by thirty-six feet, All these buildings.stand
on the wooded slope west of the town and beyond the railway, and from the tower of the
church the hours of morning, noon and evening are sounded to mark the beginning
and closing of the hours oflabor. From its organization, until 1878, the church was in
charge of the Benedictine Fathers. From 1878 till the appointment of the present priest, J.
H. M. Timppans, it was in charge of Rev. L. Shreiner.

The German ‘Methodist-Episcopat Church.—This society was organized in October. 1867.
by Rev. H. M. Meniger, who, after a service of three years, was succeeded by, Rev. G. J.
Shultz. In 1871, Rev. J. G. Kost accepted the pastorate, which he held until 1872, when
Rev. J. P. Hanst had charge of the society forone year. He was succeeded by Rev. J. A.
Reitz, who remained two years, Rev. C. Hawnns, three years, Rev. C. Ott, three years, and
Rey. C. Stuckeman, who came to the church in 1882. and 1s still its pastor. The church has
had, since 1868, two missions, supplied by the Wathena resident pastors, one on Section 26,
Township 8, Range 21, and the other on Section 29, Township 2, Range 22.

The Second Colored Baptist Church of Wathena was organized in September, 1873, by a
council composed of Revs. D. Lee, of Lawrence, Jonn Bourn, of Fort Scott, Williams and
Clarkson, of Elwood, and S. Jackson, of Wathena. A church building was erected the same

ear, the members of the society doing most ofthe work. It is valued at between four and
Xe hundred dollars. The society now hasa membership of seventy, and is in charge of
ev. S. Jackson, an a

Wathena Lodge, No. 64, A., F. & A. M. was organized on January 27, 1868, with the fol-
lowing charter members: _T. Higgins, C, Nahring, C. C. Carson, W. B. Craig, W. P. Black,
C. Poirier, H. S. Creal, W. H. Wilson, J. Suter, J. Brown and J. Grady. The first officers of
the lodge were as follows: S. Hatch, W. M.; W. H. Smallwood, S. W.; O. Craig, J W.; A. E.
Campbell, secretary; M, E. Bryan, treasurer. The lodge now has twenty-four members.
Its present officers are: S. Hatch, W. M.; W. W. Carter, S. W.; R. H. Larzelere. J. W.; ©.
Poirier, secretary; A. E. Campbell, treasurer.

henia Lodge No. 41, I. O. 0. F., was organized under a dispensation on February 26
1869, with the Following oficers: J.T. Wheeler, N. G.; J. C. Gordon, V.G.; W. H. Wilson,
R.S.; J. Robertson, P.S.;P. M. Sturgis, treasurer. A charter was granted the lodge in
October, of the same year, the members making application being D. B. Welding, H. A.
Dempsey. J.C. Gordon, J. T, Wheeler, E. Moedinger, J. A. Hackley. H. H. Frazer, B, Hard-
ing, P. iggins, P. M, Sturgis, J. G. Robertson, A. Straub, W. H. Witting, J. W. Noe andJ.
Wryikoop. The society now numbers twenty-six members. Meetings are held every
Weunesday in Odd Fellows’ Hall. This hall is a two-story brick, used on the ground floor
as a store and above as a Jodge room, and with three town lots constitutes the property of
the lodge, all together valued at $1,000. It was purchased of T. M. Hamilton. The present
officers of the society are: Peter Berger, N. G.;J. Davis, V.G.; B. Harding, secretary;
Aug, Miller, treasurer. :

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The mill now owned and operated by Snively & Hedges was built in 1860, ata cost of
about ten thousand dollars, After running ten years it was purchased of Barr, Craig & Co.
by its present owners for ten thousand five hundred dollars. The building is forty by fifty
feet, and has three stories and a basement. Three run of buhr stones are used. two on
wheat and one oncorn, Power is furnished by an engine of seventy-horse power. Under
this arrangement a capacity of sixty barrels daily is secured. It is proposed, however, to
change the machinery to a full-roller mill, when a capacity of one hundred and twenty-five
barrels per day is expected.

The Wathena water mill was built on Peters’ Creek, by S. Cox, in 1862. It had two run
of buhr stones and cost, with its machinery, about two thousand five hundred dollars. It
was burned in March 1881, while the property of J. W. Johnson, of Iowa. The present
mill was builtin 1881, at a cost of three thousand dollars, by J. W. Cook, who still operates
it, The building is two storiesin height and twenty by fifty-four feet. It has one buhr
stone, used on corn only. Power is furnished by a thirty-inch turbine wheel.

In 1881 Chill & Perigo started a small corn mill, having one buhr stone. This mill,
which with its fixtures cost not far from $1,000, Is located near the railway.

Wathena has, in 1882, the following business establishments and professions repre-
sented: Dry-goods stores, four; grocery stores, six; hardware and tinware store, one; fur-
niture store, one; billiard halls, three; hotel, one; feed stable, one; millinery and dress-
making establishments, four; tailor shop, one; meat-market, one; drug stores, two; restau-
rant, one i barber Shop, one; boot and shoe shops, two; wagon and carriage shop, one;
blacksmith shop, one; harness shop, one; grist mills, four; paint shop, one; carpenter shop,
one; physicians, four; lawyers, two. " a

A aren elevator was built at this point in 1877 by Snively & Hedges. and operated un-
til 1880, when it was destroyed by fire. The present elevator was builtin 1880.

ELWOOD.

Elwood owes its existence to an adventurer named Rose, ahas George
Ingraham, This man came to the Missouri in 1856 and bought the claim of
H. Thompson. The original town site, consisting of one hundred and sixty
acres, was laid out the same year by the Roseport Town Company. In the
office of the Register of Deeds, it is described as the northeast quarter of
Section 24, Township 3, and Range 23. The Roseport Town Company con-
sisted of Rose and a party of St. Joseph capitalists, and purchased of its
owner the Thompson claim, paying therefor about ten thousand dollars. In
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

1857 the identity of Rose was discovered by a man with whom he had some
business difficulty, and the speculator hastily sold his interest in the town and
left for parts unknown, A re-organization of the town followed, and it was
christened Elwood—this occured in June, 1857, The new company at once
added a large tract, embracing four hundred and eighty acres, to the town site.
This, with the land already in their hands, cost not far from $40,000, While
still in the hands of Rose, the Roseport Town Company projected many im-
provements, In the spring of 1857, the Great Western Hotel was begun and num-
erous smaller structures were started. After the organization of the Elwood Town
Company, the hotel was rapidly pushed to completion. When finished, it was
one of the finest hotels in the West, having seventy-five rooms. It was under
the management of S, Webster. In the palmy days of the town, when it was
a dreaded rival of St, Joseph, this hotel was constantly full, and yielded a neat
revenue to its owners. In 1861, the encroachments of the river made it neces-
sary to remove the hotel, and it was torn down and sold piecemeal, its scattered
timbers forming parts of houses all over the county. The town once had a
live population of fifteen hundred, as is shown by a list still in the hands of
A. Disque, but now it is a typical deserted village, and can lay claim to less
than six hundred.

The first structure on the town site was the log cabin of Mr. Thompson,
who was the original owner of the claim. Soon after his arrival Rose built a
small dwelling, the second on the town site; the third building was a dram-
shop. The first store in the town was run by A. E. Campbell. The first hard-
ware store was opened W. & F. Ellsworth. The first attorney was A. L. Lee,
who was soon followed by T. A. Osborn, from 1873 to 1879 Governor of the State.
About the same time came E. Russell, who was an insurance agent; and D. W.
Wilder, later Auditor of the State, who dealt in real estate. In 1858, Dr.S. D.
Smith arrived from New York and commenced practice. A meat market was
opened by Abel Montgomery in 1858. J. E. Dryden, who built the Great
Western Hotel, began work as a carpenter in 1857; and Cook and Selover
opened a livery stable the same year. Two steam saw mills were built prior
to 1859, by W. H, High and W. L. Lewis, but were removed after a short
time.

A postoffice was opened at Elwood in 1857, and James P. Brace appointed
postmaster. Following him came William Ellsworth, J. W. Robinson, who
entered the army and was represented by A. Disque, James Noyes, A. Disque
Allen Porter, and A. Disque, who has held the office since 1879.

The Elwood Town Company disbanded at the beginning of the war, the
last town election taking place in 1861, when J. W Robinson was elected
Mayor. It was not until 1876 that the city was re-organized and an election
held, resulting in the selection of J. W. Montgomery as Mayor, and the
appointment of J. R. Stone as City Clerk. The Mayors since that time have
been as follows: A. Disque, 1877; W. Elliott, 1878-79; A. Carroll, 1880; A.
Porter, 1881-82. During the same period the City Clerks have been: J. R.
Stone, 1877 ; Charles Cherry, 1878-79 ; J. R. Stone, 1880-81-82.

At the present time there are no regular services save those of the colored
people, at any church in the town,a fact due to the almost complete decad-
ence of the place. In the days of its prosperity the town had ample provision
for the spiritual welfare of its denizens. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church was
built, under John Tracy, Rev. J. E. Ryan, officiating, Rev. Mr. Whitney held
services for the Congregationalists and up to a late date the Methodist Episco-
pal Church was supplied by a pastor from Wathena. These observances have,

“however, vanished with the population that called for them.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

REV. B. F. BOWMAN, southwest quarter of Section 30, P. O. Wathena; is one of the
pioneer ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kansas, He is a native of Virginia,
and _was born in Rockingham County, November 23, 1822, His father, Jacob, was a native
of Virginia, and his grandfather, Benjamin Bowman, was a native of Virginia. His moth-
er, Rebecca Garver Bowman, was of German extraction. His grandfathers, both paternal
and maternal, were Dunkard ministers, and came to Virginia during the Revolution, on ac-
count of their religious views. The father of B. F. wasa farmer and miller, was educated
in the German and English languages, and substantially identified in Rockingham County.
B. F, was reared and educated in the Dunkard faith, When twenty-one years of age he
went to Champaign County, Ohio, and engaged in school teaching for a time, and afterward
in Peru, Miami Co., Ind., where he in connection with teaching was agent for the American
Bible Society. He had earlyin lifeturned his attentionto theology. He was a close Bib-
lical student, continually preparing himself for the ministry. In August, 1850, he entered
the North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Cambridge, was ap-
pointed to preach onthe Roseville Circuit, and continued over six years. On the 29th of
September, 1852, he was married to Miss Sophronia L. O’Harra, a native of Franklin Coun-
ly, Ohio. in 1856, pre-empted the farm where he now resides. After locating hls family
iu the new home he engaged inthe ministerial labors, in what was then known as Osena
Circuit, Atchison County. Soon after he was called to the Columbus Circuit, now Troy Cir-
cuit, where he has since been. Rev. Mr. Bowman has organized a number of societies in
Northeastern Kansas, and experienced many hardships in preaching the cause of Christian-
ity atan early day. Has done much toward elevating the religious and moral tone of the
several communities on his circuit, and wherever known is respected by all, regardless of
denomination. Ina new country just forming, in order to have an assurance of a brilliant
future we cannot have too many stich menas Rev. B. F. Bowman. Their children are as
«follows: Homer C. (born in Wabash County, Ind., August 21, 1853); Collins H. (born in
Hartford City, Ind., November 11,:1855); Hosmer L. (born in Doniphan, County, Kan., April
22, 1858); Austa (born in Doniphan County, Kan., April 19,15 61); Lincoln H. (born in
Leavenworth County Kan., June 10 1864); Eddy H. (born in Doniphan County, Kan., No-
veraber 19, 1866). a tas : 7
BRAZELTON, merchant, Wathena, is a native of Illinois, and’ was born in
ScBavien Geunty, October 15, 1834. His father, Alexander Brazelton, was a pioneer of that
county, and one of its best known citizens, John was educated, reared and learned the har-
ness-making trade in Illinois. During the Rebellion he was inthe Government employ man-
ufacturing harness. In 1865 he camé to Wathena, pursuing his vocation for a time; also for
two years he worked at the harness trade in St. Joseph, Mo. In 1873 he embarked in mer-
cantile pursuits; has been successful, owing to the fact that he does to others as he would
bedone by. Mr, Brazelton is one of the solid business men of the county. He was married
in 1872, to Miss Calley Center, of Illinois. They have four children—John, Jr., Americus,
ibbie. o Jen Bee ?

Ger REDERICE BREISING, merchant, Wathena. This popular citizen and enterprising

business man is a native of Illinois, and was born February 1, 1852. His parents were earl
settlers in Doniphan County, locating in 1859; here Fred. ‘has been reared and educated.
For a number of years he has been identified with the commercial interests of Wathena. He

i nd well known.
— oe eerie Wathena Water Mill, is a native of Connecticut, and was
born in Litchfield County, August 9, 1827. Was educated and reared in his native State,
following various pursuits ‘until 1857, when he came to Kansas, taking up his abode in Ell-
wood. 'e was largely interested in a woolen mill at Blue Rapids, and for a number of
years was engaged in the overland freighting between St. Jo. and Denver, besides his busi-
hich was mainly in live stock; in that trade he figured prominently until
n

i877, eT acne his attention to millingin Wathena. I 81 his mill was burned

> rebuilt, and is doing a. good business. Mr. Cook has had a few re-
carne ne ymecerel to those who take hold of large enterprises to further the inter-

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ests of anew country. In his early pilgrimage in the State he was the companion of 2 num-
ber of the now public officials, all of whom centered in Elwood. He was married in 1861,
to Miss Eliza A. Frisby. By this union they have had two children, W. D. and Katie E. W.
D. is a representative of the house of D. M: Steele, St. Jo.

PETER DIETER, butcher and farmer, Wathena, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany.
November 15, 1842. Was educated, reared and learned his trade in his native country. In
1866 he came to America and located in Doniphan County. He is owner of a fine stock
farm adjacent to Wathena, and is one of the most substantlal and progressive citizens in
the county. He was married in 1867. Miss Louisa Gurnig became his wife. They have
five children—Maria Elizabeth, Annie May, George, Peter, Jr., and Caroline. Mr. Dieter
is an Encampment Odd Fellow.

¥F, H. ENNING, attorney, Wathena, was born in Indiana County, Pa., April 2%,
1836; was there educated and reared. Heistheson of William and Esther Hendrickson
Drenning. His father was a farmer, and F. H. spent his youthful days in tilling the soil.
In 1855 he came West and located in Columbia County, Wis., residing five years. Inthe
spring of 1860 he came to Kansas and located in Wathena. In 1861 he helped organize

ompany A, the first volunteer company organized in the State for the First Kansas, and
was elected Sergeant of the same; he participated at the battles of Westport and Wilson’s
Creek, and at the latter was severely wounded, and soon after was honorably discharged on
account of disability. Hereturned to Wathena and turned his attention to fruit growing
and cultivating a vineyard, in which he still continues. He took up the study of law years
ago and was admitted to the bar, and commandsa fair practice, but he makes no specialty
of the profession. He is well read, a man of excellent judginent, commanding. the respect
of the entire community. Mr. Drenning was married in 1866 to Miss Lottie E. Gifford, of
Chicago. Ti. They have four children—Helen, Frank, Frederick and Edward.

BENJAMIN HARDING, farmer, P.O. Wathena. Whois therein Northeastern Kansas
who has not heard of, if heis not acquainted with, Benjamin Hardin ) For over thirty
Years he has been identified with the progress of this great State. Mr. H. is a native of New

ork, and was born in Otsego County, November 25, 1816, where he was reared and educa-
ted. When seventeen years of age he went to Cortland County, where he resided for seven
years. Pursued the vocation of school teaching in Pennsylvania for three years. In 1844
came to Missouri and taught school in Livingston and Chariton counties. In 1846 came to
the Territory of Kansas, and engaged in the Indian trade at lowa Mission, continuing until
1849, when he removed to St. Joseph, Mo., following his profession of teaching unti) April,
1852; on the 15thof that month he settled here. In 1855, as soon as the land office was
opened for that purpose, he pre-empted the farm land on which he now resides. He was
one of the first settlers here, and his farmis thethird oldest in the county; here he has
jived ever since. Mr. H. was a strong Free-state man, consequently he had the trials to
contend with that were characteristic of the times. He took an active part in sustaining
the State Militia, and was Captain of Company K, Ninth Kansas State Militia. Early in the
war was on the Price raid, and other engagements. In 1858-59 he wasa member of the
council of the Territorial Legislature. Inthe spring of 1856, when the Border Ruffian form
of government was in its zenith, Mr, Harding was subpcenaed as _a juror by the Sheriff,
Carey B. Whitehead, to report to Judge Lecompte’s court for the March term in Belmont;
being a Legislator it was requisite for him to beat Topeka thesametime. Sheriff White-
head was fully aware of this fact, and knowing the nature of the man he had to deal with,
thought he would get an opportunity toarrest him forcontempt. Mr. Harding, with oth-
ers, attended the Assembly of the Legislature, where the outlook was gloomy for the small
body of Free-state men present; as anticipated, he was placed under arrest by the Ruffian
Judge, charged with contempt of court, and instigating treason. He was kept under sur-
veillance by the Sheriff for ten days at Doniphan, after which he was released on bail. The
plan of Sheriff Whitehead was to have Mr. Harding arrested and tried at the March term,
and thus kept from going to Topeka. At the September term he was arraigned for
contempt as mentioned above, Mr. Harding said that he was absent in discharge of his duty
without intending contempt. J udge Lecom pie replied thatthe prisoner has a right to purge
‘himself of contempt, but that the dignity of the court must be sustained; then he assessed
a fine of $10 to which was added costs of both suits, including board and guard while in
custody, making $40 inall. Afterthishe wenttwice to Leavenworth for trial, and after
going through much red_tape formality was discharged, paying fine and costs. For four

ears Mr. Harding was Registrar of Deeds of Doniphan County, and has held minor offices,

e is a man strongly imbued with the spirit of doing to others as you would be done by; is
of strong will power, and when once his mind is_ made up, it takes strong and logical facts
to effect a change. He was made an Odd Fellow in Easton, Pa., in 1843; is a charter mem-
ber of Phoenix Lodge, No. 41, of Wathena, and has filled all the chairs of the lodge and has
been a delegate to the Grand Lodge of theState. He hasa comfortable home and enjoys
the fruits of his early industry by taking the usual ease in his declining years. He was
marriedin Livingston County, Mo., in 184%, to Miss Emily Williams, a descendant of the
old Knickerbocker family of New York, By this union they have had ten children, living
—Emma, Marware Clara, Charles H., Early R., Mary, Addie, Frauk, Eddie and Nellie;
lost three children by death.

. H. LARZELERE, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Wathena. One who became identified at
an early day with Kansas history was Mr. Alfred Larzelere, who became a resident of the
State in 1855, locating where his son, R. H. Larzelere, now resides. He was a native of
Pennsylvania, and from Cincinnati, Ohio, came to St. J oseph, Mo., and from that point to
Kansas. He was identified with the agricultural interests of the county until the time of
his death, in June, 1878. He wasaman awake to the interests of the people, and figured
prominently, in the political history of the State. He was a member of the Free-state egis-

lature in 1859, and was the first Speaker of the House; was a member of the convention
that organized the Republican party in Kansas. He held many minor offices during his
sojourn in the State. R, H. Larzelere was born in St. Joseph, Mo., September 6, 1854; was
educated and raised in Kansas, his early days being spent in tilling the soil; has continually
resided in Kansas since 1855; was married the spring of 1882 to Miss Isabelle Gould, an
estimable lady, a native of New Jersey. . ‘ -

DANIEL MILLER, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Troy; this genial and sterling fellow-clti-
izen, a pioneer of Kansas, was born in Cumberland County, Pa., May 10, 1817, and was
there educated until he attained his twentieth year, when he came West and located for a
time in Ohio; in May, 1844, he became a resident of Andrew County, Mo., being among the
early pioneers in that part. In May, 1847, he enlisted in the Mexican War; in 1855 he
pre-empted the claim where he now resides, and has since contributed to the zeneral pro-
gress of Doniphan County, He was married in 1842 to Miss Liddie M. Earhart, a native of
Ohio. By this union they have had ten children—Mary J., Louisa, deceased; Josephine, de-
ceased; Rebecca H., Thomas D., Ora, Gussie A., Sarah M., Laura E. and Victor E.

J. EF. PAUL, Wathena,a native of Buvaria, Germany,was born March 22,1829. Whensev-
enteen years of age, hecame to the United States, locating at Tarrytown, N. Y., thence to Vir-
ginia, and eventually to Missouri, residing fora timeat Liberty, In 1855,he came to Leaven-
worth, and the same year to Palermo, Doniphan County, which at that time promised to be
an important point. e remained there two and a half years, and cameto Wathena, which
has since been his home, being in active business the greater portion of the time. In 1862
he enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry, served for atime under General
Jim Lane. was at the battles of Prairie Grove, Bull Run and other engagements, doing good
service in suppressing the rebellion. In 1857 he drilled a company in Troy, which was the
first initiated in military tactics in this partofthe State. Hehas been Deputy Sheriff of the
county, City Marshal of Wathena, and otherwise officially represented the town, Mr. Paul
has beentwice married—in 1857 to Miss Fanny Morley. By this union were two children
—Mollie and Lottie. Mrs. P.’s death occurred in 1866. In 1868 Miss Kesia Ross became
his wife; they have two children by this union—Sophia and Frank.

A.J. $BL VER, proprietor Empire Mill, Wathena, is a native of New York, and was born
in Tompkins County September 14, 1829. Whentwelve years of age, he removed to Buffalo,
N. Y., where he was educated and raised. His father, Asher Selover, was for many years
identified among the leading lawyers of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1857 (July 4) Mr. Selover
came to Elwood, Kan., and soon after engagedin the livery business, being the first in that
branch in town. In connection with the same, he also, for a time, kept the Great Western
Hotel and operated the ’’busline. In 1870 he came to Wathena, continuing the livery and
omnibus line business until the completion of the St. Joe & Denver R. R. to Wathena, when
that industry became something of the past. In 1875 he engaged in the manufacture of
flour. He has a large and well-equipped mill, doing a business that will compare favorably
with any inthecounty. Mr. Selover isa genial gentleman and a general favorite among
his acquaintances. He has been twice married—first in Butfalo, N. Y., in 1850, to Miss
Alpheba Bicknell. By this union was one son, Sidney, now in Colorado. Mrs.§. died in
1878. His present wife was formerly Miss Nellie Stevenson.

 

UNION TOWNSHIP.

DANIEL ANDERSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Leona, was born in Norway,
February 15, 1825. He is the son of Anderson Danielson and Ellen Oleson; was educated
and reared in Norway, and came to the United States in 1858, locating in Boone County,
Ill., where he resided two years; came to Kansas in 1870, settling in Greenwood County,
where he remained four years, then came to Doniphan County, where he has since pur-
sued farming. He was married in Norway, in 1845, to Miss Annie Johnson, born Decem-
ber 4, 1815. They have six children—George, Bettie, Ellen, Andrew, Bertha and Severt.
Mr. A. 1s one of the largest farmers in the county, owning two farms.

E. H. BOWLBY, farmer, P. O. Severance, was born in Newtown, Sussex Co., N. J..
October 8, 1819. His parents were Samuel and Johanna (Parkhurst) Bowlby. When he was
six years of age he came to Fayette County, Penn. and was reared and educated in
that county. 1n 1835 he moved to Warren County, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming
for ten years; from Warren County he moved to Clinton County Ind., where he lived for
sometime, In 1868 came to Kansas and settled inthis county. He has been twice married,
first to Miss Eliza Anderson, June 28, 1849, anative of Ohio, born May 7, 1828, died May
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23, 1873. He married for his second wife Miss Lydia Darby, born In Cedar County, Mo.,
October 15, 1846. He has seven children—Isaac G., John W., Henry V., James H., Iva M.,
Charlie F., and Stella M. Mr. Bowlby is a Democrat.
J. S. BYERS, farmer, P. 0. Severance, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 17, 1825.
His parents were David and Elizabeth (Stambough) Byers, both natives of Pennsylvania.
He received his education in Wayne County, Ohio. Isacarpenter by trade. In 1869 came
to Kansas and purchased a large tract of land, began improving and working it and to-day
has one of the best improved farms in the county. He was married in Wayne County, Ohio,
April 6, 1848, to Miss Catherine Painter, a native of Wayne County, born April 5, 1826. By
this union they have ten children. Mary. A, Salina, Samuel §., Susan E., Willis A., Esle T.,
Allen H. O., Ninian E., Ardillia E., and Milton H.
GEORGE CHANEY, farmer, P.O. Romanville, was born in Bureau County, IIL, Sep-
tember 1, 1844, son of James S., and Clericy Marple, natives of Virginia. He was reared on
a farm and was educated in Bureau County, Ill. Atthe age of twenty-one he enlisted in
Company B, Pitty: Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged at the battles of
Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Sherman’s March to the Sea and ‘others of less importance. He was
married to Miss Ruth Ann Sueguine, who was born in Morris County, N. J., October 13,
1844. By this marriage they have two children—Bennie, and James F, Mr. Chaney came
to Kansas in 1870 and settled in this county and isa prominent farmer of this township.
NICHOLAS DELZEIT, farmer, P. O. Leona, was born in Prussia, February 6, 1845, son
of Nicholas Delzeit and Barbara Scheidt, both natives of Prussia. He came to the United
States with his parents in 1853 and settled in Lancaster, Penn., where he was raised
to manhood and educated. In 1859 he came to Kansas and settled in this county and en-
aged in Aericalsural pursuits. He was married in this county November 6, 1869, to Miss
ary V. Hencir, a native of Austria, who was born January 28, 1849. They have a family

er five ehuaren—N icholas W., John’ J., Charley, Mary V., and Herman 7, r. Delzeit is a
emocrat.

GEORGE DENTON, farmer, P. 0. Severance. This enterprising citizen is a native of
Lincolnshire, Eng., and was born February 2, 1828. His parents were Willlam and Mary
( Wilbourn) Denton, both natives of Eng! and. He was reared on a farm and received the
benefits of a country school education. e came to the United States in 1855 and settled in
Morrow County Ohio, and wasafarmer in that county for eighteen years, He came to
Kansas and settled on his present farm in 1878. He was married in England, March 28,
1855, to Miss Eliza Topless, born March 5, 1830. They have eight children—Louisa, Ellen,
Martha J., Sarah A., Lizzie, William G., Martin and Nannie; the latter is deceased.

MARY J. DE NTON, P.O. Severance, wife of the late Jonathan Denton, who was born
in England, May 23, 1835, where he was raised to manhood and educated. He came to
America in an early day and married Miss Mary J. Wilbourn, daughter of George Wil-
bourn, who was born and raised in England, and Ann Mills, who was born and raised in
Ohio, Miss Wilbourn was born in Marion County, Ohio, May 5, 1836.*The marriage took
place in Randolph County, Ind., March 31, 1869. During the same year they came to
Kansas and settled in this county and engaged in farming, which business he pursued until
the time of his death. September 4, 1871.. She has one child, Rosa M. B.

WILLIAM DENTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Severance, son of William and
Mary Denton, was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., July 17,1831. He was reared on his father’s
farm and educated in Lincolnshire. At the age of twenty-one years he came to America and
located in Morrow County, Ohio, where he farmed fortwo years. In 1854 he went to Cali-
fornia and engaged in farming and mining for nine years. He returned to Morrow County,
Ohio, where he lived two years. June 4, 1864, he was married in Frederickstown, Knox
Co., Ohio, to Miss Margaret E. Chaney, a daughter of JamesS. Chaney, anative of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Clericy Marple, a native of Virginia. Miss C. was bornin Bureau
County, Ill., November 20, 1839. Mr. D. came to Kansas and located in this county in 1865.
Mr. D. has never Sought political honors, but has always given his attertion to his business.

D, W. EDWARDS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Severance, was born in Franklin
County, Ohio, October 7, 1839. Heistheson of David and Catherine (Rowland) Edwards,
natives of North Wales, He was raised on his father’s farm and received a common schoo!
education. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Wasinthe
battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, ana others of less importance; was mustered out
September 11, 1864. Hereturned to Franklin County after the war and engaged in various
pursuits until 1868, when he came to Kansas andsettled on his present farm. He was mar-
ried in Franklin County, Ohio, April 5, 1868, to Miss Sarah E. McCoy, a native of Franklin
County, who was born October 5, 1846. By this union they have one child—Cora, born
March 27,1869. Mr. Edwards is a Republican.

WILLIAM GILLEN, farmer, P. O. Dorwin, was born in Ireland, May 19, 1840, educated
and reared in that country. Istheson of Alexander anu Margaret (O'Neil) Gillen, Came
to the United States in 1865, locating in Philadelphia, remained one year, when he went to
Norristown, Penn., and remained for atime. In 1864 came to Kansas, locating in Doni-

han County, where he has followed agricultural pursuits. Was married in 1868, in Ire-
and, to Miss Elizabeth Gillen, bornin Irelandin 1840. They have a family of ten children
by this marriage— Alexander C., John L., Hugh N., Elizabeth A., Margaret E., William M.,

aria L.. Ganil O., Samuel Tilden, James Arthur. Mr. G, has been identified officiaily as
Justice 'f the Peace and Road Overseer. Politically he has always been in the Democratic
ranks.

MRS. ANNIE H. GROONNIGER, P. 0. Severance, was born in Holland, October 9,
1832. Her father, Barney Negensteen, and her mother, Mary C, Tallen, were natives of Ger-
many. The subject of this sketch was married in Holland, August 29, 1855, to John B.
Groonniger, and in the year 1856 to the United States, locating in Doniphan County, Kansas,
and en; aged in agricultural pursuits, in which capacity Mr. Groonniger identified_himself
until his death, which occurred August 26,1871. Mr.Groonniger was born in Hanover,
January te 1823. She has seven children—Herman, Kate, Agnes, Lizzie, Lucas, Henry
an aM.

GEORGE HINCHSLIFF, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Severance, was born in Lincoln-
shire, England, March 4, 1828. He is the son of Richard Hinchsliff, and Charlotte Fox
Hinchsliff, both natives of England. He was educatedin England. He isa baker by trade,
He came to the United States in 1853, and made New Castle, Pa., his home for seven years,
and worked in iron works, From New Castle he moved to Marion County, Ohio, and lived
there five years. He came to Kansas and settied in this cointy near Severance, and is
engaged in agricultural pursuits, He was married in South Lincolnshire, England, Febru-
ary 3, 1853, to Miss Ann Denton, born Marcn 27,1829. By this union they have eight chil-
dren—William D., George H., Mary E,, Edwin, Elizabeth Benjamin, Jesse and Olive.

PETER MONULTY, farmer, P. O. Severaiice, is a native of Ireland and was born June
30, 1882. Istheson of Owen and Maria (Cunningham > McNulty. He was educated and
reared in his native country. Came tothe United States in 1847. He turned his attention
to railroading, and fora number of years took an active part in developing its interests in
the United States, working on'B. & O., Indianapolis & B.,H. & St. Jo. roads centering

in St. Louis. In 1860 he came to Doiiphan County, Kansas, engaged in farming, being
one of the largestin the county. He was married in 1853, in Memphis, Tenn., to Miss Ann
North. They have had nine children by this union—James, Margaret, Mary, John, Thomas
Lost four: ary the oldest, Elizabeth, John. One died in infancy.

JOHN RILEY, postmaster and merchant, Normanville, was born in Yorkshire, Eng-
land, May 26, 1823. Heisthe son of Samuel and Mary Illirsworth Riley, both natives of
England. When quite a boy, he was taken to Halifax to learn the tailoring trade, which he
followed as an occupation for many years. In 1848, he came to the United States and
settled in Madison County, Ohio, where he lived seventeen years. Hecame to Kansas in
the fall of 1865, and settled in Doniphan County ona farm, butof late years he has turned
his attention to the mercantile business. He was married in Halifax, England, May 15,
1847, to Miss Ellen Isles, a native of Yorkshire, born May 29, 1821, and moved to Shannon,
Atchison County, in December, 1882. Their family consists of seven children—Catherine
E., Thomas I., Samuel, Albert F., Rachel E., John Wesley, and Mary E.

ROBERT P. SHULSKY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Dorwin, was born In the vicinity
of Braunsburg, Prussia, May 1,1826. He was educated in Braunsburg, and served three
years in the Prussian army. e then learned the trade of carriage making. In June, 1852,
came to America, and worked at his trade in New York City until 1854, -From New York
he moved to Nashville, Tenn., and engaged in the same business until 1858. Hethen came
to Kansas and pre-empted 160 acres of land near Severance, returned to Columbia, Tenn.,
and February 8, 1860, was married in Columbia, Tenn., to Miss Mary E. Lawhon, a native
of Giles County, Tenn.; born April 12, 1836. By this union they have six children—Alex-
ander, Carrie, Ella, Annie, Thomas, and Emma. Mr. §. is identified with the Republican
party, and is a member of the 1. 0. 0. F., and is at present a member of the County Com-
missioners,

 

 

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MARION TOWNSHIP.

SAMUEL ANDERSON, farmer, P. O. Wathena, cameto Kansas April 17, 1854, and lo-
cated in Marion Township, Doniphan County, where he has lived ever since. He was one
of the first Commissioners of the township. He wasin the army during the late war, and
enlisted March 7, 1862, at St. Joseph, Mo., in Company B, Fifth Regiment Missouri State
Militia, United States Volunteers. He participated in a number of skirmishes, and partici-
patedin the dangers and privations of his comrades, and was mustered out of the service
June 27, 1863, at St. Josep. He was bornin Monongahela County, West Va., February
22, 1830, and lived in his native place until his fifth year, when his parents moved to Mon-
roe County, Ohio, where they resided five years, and then removed to Washington County,
in the same State, where he lived three years, and then removed to Wood County, Va.,
where he lived elght years,and then moved to Missouri, where he lived three years, and then
came to Kansas. He was married in Holt County, Mo., July 29, 1855, to Miss Nancy J. Wil-
gon, 2native of Missouri. They have three children living, whose names are John William,
Emery Allison, and Samuel Thomas Sherman. Mr. A. has a farm which contains 215
acres, 185 of which is upland, thirty bottom land, and 100 wood land, which is mostly

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ed with a second growth of white oak. His orchard covers twenty acres, and contains
1.000 ap le, 500 peach, and 200 cherry trees. He devotes his attention to raising grain and
fruits, fer’ Anderson was in moderate circumstances when he came to Kansas, but now,
by hard work and economy, has one of the pleasantest homes and finest farms in Doniphan
Coun STER COPELAND, P.O.farmer, Geary City, came to Kansas in October, 1850, and lo-
cated in Elwood Bottom, Doniphan County,where he lived four years,and then removed to
Wolf River Township, in the same county, where he iived until 1861, and“then went to
Montana Territory, where he lived seven years and then returned to Marion Township,
Doniphan County, where.he has since resided. He was born in South Carolina, about four
miles north of Charleston. S. C.. where he lived until his fifth year, when his parents re-
moved to the State of Tennessee, near Nashville. They lived thereseven years, and then
removed to Ray County, Mo., where they lived twv years, andfrom there removed to Bu-
chanan County Mo., where Mr C. lived twenty-two years and then came to Kansas. He
was married in De Kalb, Buchanan Co.. Mo., in December,1850, to Miss Celia Lewis, a na-
tive of Kentucky. Bythis marriage he had three children, whose names are- Jereiiah,
Joseph, and Belle, This wife died in 1867 Inthe year 1868, Mr. C. was married 2 second
time, in Missouri, to Mrs. Martha Jane McCamy, They have two children, whose names
are Fannie and Frederic. Mr. Copeland has a farm containing eighty acres of rolling
prairie. He makes a specialty of raising grain and hogs. He has a good comfortable house
and good farm buildings. He has this year forty acres in corn, which will average thirty-
five bushels tothe acre. He has raised this season one hundred and fifty bushels of wheat
and the same quantity of oats Hehas about one-fourth of an acrein grapes, and has a
young and tnrifty orchard on his farm, consisting of from seventy-five to eighty apple and

each trees.

P XAVIER CORDONNIER, farmer, P. O. Palermo, came to Kansas May 15, 1865, and
located on the farm where he now resides, in Marion Township. He was in the army dur-
ing the Price Raid as a member of Company G, Ninth Regiment Kansas Militia, and en-
listed in Palermo, Doniphan County, in the fal) of 1864; served fourteen days, and was dis-
charged from the United States service in the city of Atchison. He was born in France, and
at the early age of three years came with his parentsto America, They first located in Stark
County. Ohio. They lived here a short time and then moved to Clay County. Mo., where
they lived about slx years; from there they moved to Buchanan County, Mo., near St.
Joseph, remaining ten years; from there Mr. C. came to Kansas, He was married in Bu-
chanan County, Mo. May 19, 1854, to Miss Mary Anne Windsor, a native of Ohio. They
have eight children, whose names are as follows: Henry A., James A., Eva J., William S.
George W., Emma A, Charles U. and Joseph C. Mr. C. has two farms, one containing 160
acres of fine upland, andthe other 146 of bottom land, bordering on the Missouri River,
remarkable for its fertility. Both farms are well inclosed. He hasan orchard of abou
four acres on the home farm, which contains 300 trees, principally apple. This farm has
two pure and never failing streams of water Towing. throughit, The improvements on the
farm are good, consisting of a comfortable, roomy house and good out buildings. In case
a cyclone should strike his part of the county, Mr. C. isamply provided with a safe and
convenient refuge, for he has one of the finest outside cellars near his residence in the State
of Kansas. Itistwenty-five feet long, fourteen feet wide, and is securely arched over head.
When Mr. C. came to Kansas he was poor, and all he now has was made by honesty econ-

omy, fru ality and hard work.

WILLLA H. DECKARD, farmer, P. O. Palermo, came to Kansas March 1, 1855. and
located in Marion Township, Doniphan County, where he has since lived. He bas been
County Sommissioner four years, Township Treasurer about eight years, and Clerk of
School District No. 35 six years. Heis amemberof Wathena Lodge, No. 35, A. F. & A. M.
He wasawagon-master during the last war, in Gen. Blunt’s Division, and_served in this
capacity fouryears. Mr. Deckard was born in Saline County (near Miami), Mo., November
1, 1830, and lived there until his nineteenth year, aud then cameto Kansas. He wasmar-
tied in'Saline County, Mo., June 8, 1855, to Miss Richard W. Armstrong, a native of Saline
County. They had twelve children, of whom four are living, and whose names are: Willie
Alice (married to John P. Kent, a native of Missouri, and now engaged in farming in Brown
County), Nancy Anna, Joseph, and Emma, Mr. Deckard has a fertile farm, containing 200
acres, of which forty acres are bottom land, and the balance is cleared. The land is ali en-
closed. He hasa fine and commodious residence, and good out buildings His attention is
devoted to raising grain and hogs. Mr. D. is a thorough farmer, and attends personally to
the management of his large and splendid farm. -

PET. DEITRICKSON, farmer, P. O. Geary City, came to Kansas March 1, 186%, and
located in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, where he lived two years, and then removed
to Marion Township, in the same county, where he has since resided He is a member of
the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr.’ D. was born in Denmark, August 14, 1844, and
lived in his native country until his twenty-first year, when he emigrated to America, and
settled in St. Joe, Mo., where he lived nine months and then removed to Buchanan County,
in the same State, where he lived two years, and from there came to Kansas. He was mar-
ried in April, 1874, in Marion Township, to Miss Matilda Jonson, a native of Copenhagen,
Denmark, They have four children living, whose names are Hansen Christian, Katie,
Mary, and Nellie. Mr. Dietrickson has afarm containing one hundred acres) OF which sixty
acres are rolling prairie and the balance bottom land. It is all enclosed and has a stream of
water running through the farm. He has a fine new residence, barn and outbuildings,
whici were erected the past year.

RD P. EVANS, farmer, P, O. Palermo, came to Kansas October 1, 1855, and
located in Washington Township, Doniphan County, where he lived twenty-two years, and
then removed to Mitchell County, where he!lived two years and then returned to Marion
Fgynentp where he resides at present. He was road overseer of Marion Township, Dis-
trict No. 2, in 1881. He was in the army asa member of Company I, Fifteenth Regiment
Kansas Cavalry, and enlisted in September, 1863, at Fort Leavenworth. He was in the
battle of the Little Blue River, October 21, 1864, where he was severely wounded, and was
mustered out of the service October 20, 1865. Mr. Evans was born in De Kalb County,
Mo., March 3, 1843, and lived inhis native State until he cameto Kansas. He was mar-
ried December 13, 1866, in Centre ownship, Doniphan County, to Miss Maria L. Bryan,
anative ofOhio. They have four children living whose names are, Mary Myrtle, Lucy
Estella, Clara Ella, and Mattie.

JOSEPH GEORGE, farmer, P. 0. Palmero, came to Kansas September 24, 1859, and
located in Wathena, where he lived and was engaged in railroad contracting and farming
until 1867, when he moved on his farm in Marion ownshlp where he haslived since. He
isa member of St, Joseph’s Catholic Church in Wathena. Has been road overseer of Dis-
trict No. 1, Marion Township, three years. He was in the United States Service during the
Price Rald,” as & member of Company A, Ninth Regiment of Kansas Militia, and was en-
listed at Troy in the fall of 1864, served fourteen days,and was mustered out at Atchison.
Mr. George was born May 1, 1831, in San Mary, France, lived there until his twenty-first
you, and then emigrated to America, {and first located inthe city of St. Louis where he

lived one year and then removed to St. Louis County, where he lived three years and was
engaged in farming. From there he removed to Lankin County, Mo., where he lived one
year, and from there came to Kansas, Mr. George was married in St. Louis County, Mo.,

anuary 13, 1857, to Miss Julia Droze, a native of France. They have three children livin
whose names are, Mary, Francis and Martin. Mr. George has a farm of ninety acres, al
upland, very fertile and well surrounded with osage orange h dge. His orchard covers
about two acres, and contains about 400 apple, 100 peach, and fifty plum, pear and cherry
trees. He has two splendid wells of water on his place. Theimprovements on his farm
consist of a comfortable house, small barn and other outbuildings.

FRANCIS MARION GREENSTREET, blacksmith and farmer, P. O. Geary City,came to
Kansas tn August, 1870, and located in Marion Township, where he has since lived and
carried on business, Mr. Greenstreet participated in the war of the Rebellion as a member
of Company B. Niath Regiment Missouri Cavalry, and was enlisted January 1, 1862,
at Columbia, Boone County, Mo. He took part inthe battleof Glas: ‘ow, Mo., and numerous
other engagements and skirmishes, and was mustered out in February, 1865, at Macon
City, Mo. @,was born October 15, 1837, in Franklin County, Mo., and lived ‘there until
his thirteenth year. He then travelled, sometimes in company with others, and sometimes
alone, In varlous parts of the United States untilthe breaking out of the war. After his
discharge from the army he went to Winthrop, Mo., where he lived until he came to Kan-
sas. Mr.G. was married in March, 186, in ‘Winthrop, Mo., to Miss Maria Y. Myers, a
native of Indiana, They have one child, a girl, whose name is Ella May.

JOHN HAYS, farmer, Palermo, came to Kansas in A ril, 1855, and located in Marion
Township, Doniphan Connty, where he haslived since, e was County Commissioner one
term. eisa member ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been a member of the
Grange andthe Union League. He was born in Washington County, Pa., April 4, 1816,
and lived in his native place until his twenty-second year, and then removed to Jackson
County,Ohio, where he ived.seventeen years, and from there came toJKansas Territory. He
was married August 31, 1844, in Jackson County, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Culp, a native
of Ohio, They have seven children living, whose names are, Nancy Jane (married to
John enkeoop: & blacksmith, living in Robinson, Brown County. They have four chil-
dren living). ary Ann (the widow of Hugh J. Randolph, levine in Marion Townsbip,
She has four children living). Zephaniah (married to Miss Addie A. Little, a native of
New Hampshire. They have two children). Marla; Andrew (married to Miss Nettie
Heggs, a native of Ohio. They have three children living). lanor (married to Isaac
Wilson, a farmer living in Missouri. They havetwochildren). William (married to Miss
Heggs, a native of Ohio). Mr. Hays has a fine farm of 200 acres, all upland. He has an
orchard containing 150 apple, peach, pear and cherry trees. He devotes all his attention
to raising grain and hogs, of which he has a large number of the Poland-China breed. His
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, farmer, P. O, Palermo, came to Kansas in April, 1855, and located
in Marion Township, Doniphan County, where he has llved since. Hells Township Trustee
and Clerk of School District No. 11. Mr, Hays was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Decem-

 
DONIPHAN COUNTY.

ber 11, 1847, and lived in his native place until his seventh year, and then came to Kansas
with his parents. He was married in Tro: *, Doniphan County, February 27, 1880, to Miss
Addie A. Little, a native of New Hampshire. They have two children, whose names are :
John Nathaniel and Emmett Emerson.

HARVEY G, HEWINS, farmer, P.O. Palermo, came to Kansas in the sprin of 1868,
and located in Marion Township, Doniphan County, where he has since lived, He has been
Township Trustee for nine years, anda member of the School Board of District No. 85,
Marion Township, for the past twelve years, He was born in Augusta, Me., October 31, 1836,
and lived there until his nineteenth year, wren he moved to Monona County, Iowa, where
he lived two years, and from there ‘crossed the plains” to Salt Lake City during the Utah
expedition in 1858, and was in the United States Government employ. He was thus engaged
three years, and then went to the Idaho and Salmon River Mines and was engaged in pros-
pecting for three years. He then went to Virginia City, Nev., where he was engaged in
mining. He remained there five wears and froin there came to Kansas. He was married
April 19, 1870, at Geary City, to Miss Emma Tschudy, anative of Maryland. She came to
Kansas with her motiier in -1856, and located in Geary City, in which neighborhood she
lived until her marriage. They have three children, whose names are: John M., Laura, and
Bertha. Mr. Hewlns has -an upland farm of 160 acres—seventy of which are in_cultivation
and the balance intimber. He has a small orchard covering about five acres and containing
500 apple, peach, plum and cherry trees, All his tlme is devoted to raising grain and fruits.
He has a good residence and outbuildings, His farm is very fertile and among the best in
Doniphan County. __

DUDLEY S. MOWREY, farmer, P. 0. Palermo, came to Kansas in the fall of 1856, and
located on his farm in Marion Township, where he has ever since resided._ He participated
in the late war as @ member of Company A, Thirteenth Regiment Kansas Infantry, and en-
listed in September, 1862, at Troy, Kas, e took part fn the battle of Prairie Grove, and
served other smaller engagements during the term of his service, and was finally discharged
from the United States Service in July, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Mr, Mowrey was born
in Andrews County, Mo., in the year 1848, and lived in his native place until his thira year,
when his parents moved to Buchanan Vounty, Mo., where they resided until they removed
to Kansas. Mr. Mowrey was married in the winter of 1872. in Marion Township, to Miss
Armelda Jane Donaldson, a native of Missour}. They have five children living, whose names
are: Lydia, Addie, Calvin,Ludie, and Dora. Mr.M, has a farm of eighty acres,a bottom land,
and noted for the great crops of corn raised on it, He also has a small farm of forty acres
of prairie land, about one and a half miles from the “thome farm.’ This farm has a fine
stream of water running throughit. His farms are well enclosed, and show evidence of
careful and intelligent cultivation. His improvements consist of a camfortable house and
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* RANDOLPH, farmer, Palermo, came ansas in e spring
of the year 1854 and located iu Marion’ Township, Doniphan County, where he has
resided ever since. Capt. Randolph was Sheriff of Doniphan County in 1859; has been
County Commissioner three years, and Justice of the Peace four terms. He isa member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and of Arcana Lodge, No. 31 A. ¥F.& A.M, He was in the
army during the War of the Rebellion as Lieutenant of Company G, Eighth Kansas Infantry,
and enlisted in the summer of 1861. He shared in all the hardships and dangers of his com-
rades, and was finally discharged for disability at Nashville, Tenn,, inthe summer of 1863.
He was born in Alleghany County, Pa., July 1, 1817, and lived in his native State until1854,
and then came to Kansas. Capt. Randolph was Under-Sheriff of his native county for one
term, and Marshal of the city of Pittsburg for one term. He has been married twice; his
first marriage took place in Armstrong County, Pa., in April 1839, to Miss Mary L. Jones,
a native of Pennsylvania. By this marriage he had five children, of whom only two are liv-
ing, viz: Joseph W., married to Miss Melissa Jane Leonard, a native of Missouri. They
have five children.’ And George M., married to Rebecca Ann Dunlap, a native of Iowa.
They have four children, Capt. Randolph’s second marriage occurred November 1, 1869,
at Wathena, to Miss Rhoda Saffel, a native of Ohio. They have four children living, whose
names are, Emma R., Samuel Liggett, Actressa Florence, and Josephine Fradelia. Mr, R’s

reat grandfather, Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, Esg., was one of the founders of Princeton
ollege, New Jersey, and donated the land on which thecollege stands. His father was in

 

the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, which.he entered at the early age of
sixteen years and in which he served until the close of the war. His father was one of the
Capt. R. has a farm of 240 acres, mostly bottom
orchard containing about 150 apple, peach,
which he

earliest settlers of Alleghany County, Pa.
land and is very fertile. He has athrifty youn,
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has about sixty head of the Poland China breed. When Capt. R. landed in Kansas he was
in moderate circumstances, but by his industry and thrift has placed himself in comfortable
circumstances, and now ranks among the wealthy farmers of Doniphan County.

HENRY ROTH, farmer, P. O. Palermo; came to Kansas in the fall of 1854, and located
in Marion Township, Doniphan County, where he has lived since. He is amember of St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church of Watheua. ‘He was born May 22, 1821, in Letta, Germany, and
lived there until his twenty-sixth year, when he emigrated to America and first located in
York, Pa., where he lived aboug one and a half years, and then removed to Louisville, Ky.,
where he stayed three years, and from there removed to St. Joseph, Mo., where he lived
three years, and then came to Kansas. He was married August 18, 1849, in Louisville,
Ky., to Miss Mary Strautman, a native of Hanover, Germany. They have four children
living whose names are: Lizzie, Henry, John and Annie. Mr, Roth has a fine farm of 207
acres, 137 acres of which are cleared, and 70 acres in timber. He has a comfortable house,
large barn, and good outbuildings. He has on his farm a thrifty young orchard which
covers about two acres and contains 1,000 apple, 500 peach, and about 50 cherry, prune and
Roar trees. He has about an acre in grapes. which he sells when in season in the markets of

athena, and St. Joseph. He pays particular attention to raising grain and fruits. Mr.
Roth was in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company A, Thirteenth Kansas
Infantry, and enlisted In Troy, in August, 1862, and participated in the battles of Cane Hill
and Prairie Grove, Ark., and numerous smalier engagements, and was discharged from the
United States service for disability, in March, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth.

HARVEY N. W. farmer, P.O. Palermo; came to Kansas in August, 1878, and
located in Marion Township, Doniphan County, where he has since resided. He was Clerk
of the Township last year, and is at present one of the Justices of the Peace of his Town-
ship. He is amember of the Baptist Church. He was born.near Zanesville, Muskingum Co.,
Ohio, June 6, 1855, and lived in his native place until his twenty-second year, and then
removed to St. Joseph, Mo., where he lived one year and was engaged in teaching school,
and from there came to Kansas. Mr. Winn was married March 2, 1879, in Marion Town-
ghip, to Miss Alice M. Tuthill, a native of Maine. They have one child, a boy, whose name
1s Frank Tuthill. Mr. Winn owns a farm which contains 255 acres, all upland and all in cul-
tivation, except sixty acres which isintimber-land. His orchard occupies eight acres, has
500 apple, 200 peach, and about 70 plum, pear and cherry trees. He pays particular atten-
tion to fruit-growing and stock-raising. He has a fine residence, large barn and other farm
buildings. His farm is all under fence. He is one of the young and enterprising farmers of
Dontphan County, sees personally to the management of his farm and is bound to succeed.

BURR OAK TOWNSHIP.

JOHN 'M. BARRETT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, P.O. Wathena. This enter-
prising agriculturist was born in County Mayo, Ireland, March 16, 1831, was educated
and partially reared in his native country, after which he went to Canada, where he fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits for a number of years. He afterward spent considerable time
in New York State. In 1860 Mr. Barrett came to Kansas with the intention of kocating, but
owing to the unsettled condition of affairs at that time did not invest, and left the State,
returning in 1869, purchasing his present home. His residence is one of the most desirable
in the county, and the general surroundings indicate thrift and comfort. He was married
in 1850 to Miss Ellen McEvoy; by this union they have eight children—Mary A., now Mrs.
Elynn; Thomas, James, Anthony and Kate, reside in Montana Territory; Martin, John and
Richard are at home. :

WILLIAM LICHLITER, farmer, Section 36; P.O. Troy; was born in Page County, Va.,
in the Shenandoah Valley, September 1, 1814. His father was a saddler, and William
adopted and learned the trade. When twenty-two years of age he came to illinois, locatin;
in Adams County, where he resided for three years, when he came to Missouri, being one 0.
the Proprietors of the Platte purchase. He was prominently identified with the early
building interests of St. Joseph, where he remained until 1858, when he became a resident
of Doniphan County, locating where he nowresides. Mr. Lichliter has been one of Kan-
sas’ most stalwart pioneers, and contributed amply toward the development of Doniphan
County, Although he was reared in a slave State, he never approved of the traflic, and
came to Kansas with the avowed intention of doing all in his power to abolish it. He was
married in Quincy, IN)., to Miss Ann M. L, Haun; they have had ten children, all of whom
are living—Mary C., Therisa J., John M., James M., Clerinda, Ann E., William A., Oliver
K., Millard F. and Daniel.

 
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LOCATION AND GENERAL FEATURES.

EFFERSON County is situated in the eastern part of the State, and is in
extent twenty-six miles north and south, and twenty-two miles east and west.
It is bounded on the north by Atchison County, on the east by Leavenworth,
on the south by Douglas and Shawnee, and on the west by Shawee and Jack-

son, Owing to the fact that the county
was formed before the surveys were
made, its boundaries are not on range
and town lines;. but the boundary lines
are as follows: Commencing at the north.
west corner of Leavenworth County;
thence south on the west line of that
county, to the north line of Town 12,
south; thence west on that line to the
point where it intersects the main chan-
nel of the Kansas River; thence up the
center of the main channel of the river,
to the intersection with the line between
the first and second tiers of sections in
Range 16, east; thence north on that
section line, to the northwest corner of
Section 25, of Township 7 south, of Range
16 east ; thence east on that section line
to the place of beginning.

The county is well watered by numer-
ous streams, which intersect every town-
ship. The principal of these are the
Kansas River, which forms a portion of
‘thesouthern boundary; and the Delaware
River which flows through the western
half of the county, from north to south,
emptying into the Kansas River near
the town of Perry. The principal tribu-
taries of the Kansas River are as follows :
Muddy Creek, Prairie and Fish creeks,
Stonehouse Creek, Mud Creek, Wild
Horse and Nine Mile creeks, and Buck
Creek.

Next in importance to the Kansas
River is the Delaware, which flows
through the county wih a considerable
volume of water, and with a quite rapid
current, thus affording excellent water-
power, at a distance varying from two to
five miles apart. Its principal tributaries
on the west side, beginning at the north,
are Jeft Creek, Cedar Creek, Peters Creek,
Duck Creek and Rock Creek. Tributary

to the Delaware on the east side, are’

Coal, Walnut, Brush, Little Rock, Little
Slough, Big Slough, Wild Horse, and
Newell creeks. Besides these are
Crooked, Little Walnut, and Fall creeks,
with a number of small ones, tributary to
those named, which serve a good purpose
for stock watering purposes. Through-
out the county, springs are quite numer-
ous. Good well water is found in abund-
anceat a depth of from twenty to forty
feet.

The general surface of the country
ig gently undulating, although in some
places it is too rough for cultivation.
Along the streams are level and fertile
valleys, which vary from a few rods to two
miles and more in width. From the
bottoms to the uplands, the surface of the
land is much diversified, ascending to
steep bluffs in many places, and in others
rising gradually.
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industries, and is unrivaled in beauty by any other county in the State. The
surface is about 18 per cent bottom land, 82 per cent upland, Io per cent forest,

POPULATION.

1870. 1880.

(a) Delaware Township, including Valley Falls City. 1,948 2,722

(b) Fairview Township 705

(ce) Jefferson Township.. 1,680 1,639

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Kentucky Township, including Perry City. 1,976 1,556

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(0) Osawkte Townshlp a 1,600 965

Oskaloosa Township, in 1,613 2,000

Rock Creek Townsh{p.. 441 1,147

(f) Rural Township.... 1,027

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(c) In 1880, part detached to form Norton.

(a) Organized in 1880 from part of Jefferson.

(e) In 1871. part detached to form Fairview.

(f) Organized in 1871 from part of Sarcoxie.
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The rougher parts of the county are along the Delaware, in Osawkie,
Fairview and Kentucky townships, and in the northern part of Rural and Sar-
Although in the above-named localities there is considerable
rough land, most of it is covered with timber ; the remainder being good tilla-

ble land, well adapted to pasturage.

The southern half of the county,
east of the Delaware River, is about 18
per cent timber, and this is continually
increasing with the rapid growth of
young timber. The principal varieties are
oak, hickory, ash, walnut, hackberry, elm,
maple, and cottonwood. On the prairies
the farms are well ornamented with groves
of shade trees, but aside from this, tree
planting has not been carried on to any
great extent.

The soil isa rich black loam, and
the products embrace all varieties of
grain and vegetables common to the same
latitude in other States; the yield being
generally very great.

The county is well adapted to fruit
growing, and this industry is already an
important oneamongitsresources. Large
and productive orchards of apples,
peaches, pears, plums, etc., are found in
every locality, while almost every farmer
raises an abundant supply of small fruits.

Good limestone, suitable for building
purposes, is found, in abundance, in
every townShip of the county. Besides
this, an excellent quality of sandstone is
found in abundance in several localities.

The greater part of the county is
supposed to be underlaid by strata of
coal, but as yet it has been developed only
to a small extent. Three beds have been
discovered, in several localities, at a
depth of from five to twenty feet.
These beds are only of a few inches in
thickness, and the quality is hardly
medium. The principal localities where
itis found, are in Townships 8 and g, of
Ranges 17, 18, and 19 east. It isused to
a limited extent for local and domestic
purposes,

The farms of the county are well
fenced, more than one-third of the fence
being hedge, which makes rapid and sub-
stantial growth. The other kinds of
material in general use for fencing, are
stone, rails, boards and wire.

Unlike some counties of the State,
there is no herd law, therefore each far-
mer has to protect his own crops, and
attention is given to securing durable
fence. This also tends to diversify farm-
ing and stock-growing interests.

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There are no large manufactories in

the county. There are a number of
flouring mills, cheese factories, etc., on the
various streams. :

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad enters the county from the
north at Nortonville, thence extends ina
southwesterly direction, crossing the
Delaware River at Valley Falls, and
leaves the county in the southwestern

part of Rock Creek Township. The stations are Nortonville, Nichols, Valley
Falls, Rock Creek and Meriden.

The Kansas Central (narrow gauge) Railroad starts at Leavenworth,
enters Jefferson County from the east, at a point a little less than five miles
from its northern boundary, extends west to Winchester and from that place to

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Valley Falls, thence northwest, up the east side of the Delaware, crossing the
northern boundary of the county about four miles from the northwest corner.
The stations are Winchester, Boyle, Valley Falls and Half Mound.

The Kansas Pacific Railroad traverses the southern part of the county,
up the north side of the Kansas River, entering the county at the southeast
corner of Rural Township. The stations are Buck Creek, Rural, Perry, Me-
dina, Newman and Grantville.

The Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern Railroad starts from Leaven-
worth, enters Jefferson County on the eastern boundary of Union Township, and
extends west to Oskaloosa; thence to Osawkie, where it crosses the Delaware
River; thence extends southwest, forming a junction with the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe Railroad at Meriden. Besides the above named stations there
is one named McLouth, in Union Township.

EARLY HISTORY.

One of the first visits of white men to what is now Jefferson County, was
that of Prof. Say and his party, who accompanied the UnitedStates Government
Exploring Expedition, under Major Long, in 1819. Leaving the expedition
to pursue its way up the Missouri River, Prof. Say and his party proceeded
nearly as far west as Manhattan, on the Kansas River, from which point they
took a direct course, as nearly as possible, to Cow Island, in the Missouri
River, just below Atchison, where they met the main party. On this route
they entered the county at the southwest corner of Delaware Township, and
proceeded to the falls of the Delaware, then called Grasshopper River, where
they camped on the night of August 27, 1819, and on the following day crossed
over near where Piazzek’s mills now stand, and, traveling in the same general
direction, crossed the northern ,boundary of what is now Jefferson County,
near the line of Range 20.

The first settlement in what is now Jefferson County, as well as the first in
the State of Kansas, was that of Daniel Morgan Boone, son of Daniel Boone,
the celebrated Kentucky pioneer. It is well known that the elder Daniel
Boone having lost his large landed estates in Kentucky through defective titles
and the chicanery of lawyers, in the year 1796, renounced his allegiance to the
United States Government and moved to Upper Louisiana, west of the Missis-
sippi, then a wild region, but in what is now the State of Missouri. Three
years afterwards he was appointed Commander of the Femme Osage District,
by Governor DeLassus, and was awarded two thousand acres of land in what
is now St. Charles County in that State.
purchase of the Territory by the United States, when he lost all his property
as well as his office. After that time he became tired of the settlements
and often spent many months on hunting excursions, going sometimes several
hundred miles into the wilderness. Between the years 1805 and 1815, he often
spent months in hunting along the Kaw or Kansas River, for a distance of one
hundred miles and more from its mouth, a portion of this time being spent in
the southern part of the present Jefferson County. Returning from his hunts
he gave glowing accounts of the country, to his family.

Of the five sons of the Kentucky pioneer, Daniel M., the third, and Na-
than, the youngest, often made trips to the Kaw River Valley. Indeed it was
Daniel M. who first induced his father to leave Kentucky for the far West. He
was born about the year 1770, and in 1795 left his home on the Big Miami
River, near Cincinnati, on a pony, to explore the region west of the Mississippi.
After traveling across a wild region for about a month, he reached St. Louis.
Remaining there some three months he started, with two Frenchmen, on a
hunting and trapping expedition, and went as far west as where Kansas City
now stands. The two sons settled with their father in Missouri on their re-
moval. In 1807, they, with three other men, left that place and removed to
Howard County, Mo., where they engaged in the manufacture of salt at the
place.now known as Boone’s Licks. :

On June 3, 1825, the United States Government made a treaty with the
Kaw Indians, by which, among other provisions, it was agreed that the gov-
ernment should furnish the Indians with three hundred head of cattle, three
hundred hogs; five hundred fowls, three yoke of oxen, two carts, and such
farming tools as the superintendent should deem necessary, and that he should
employ such persons to aid-and instruct the Indians in their farming pursuits
as he should consider necessary. : ‘

The treaty was signed by General Clarke on the part of the United States
Government, and by twelve Kaw chiefs, representing the Indians. Among
them were White Plume, Great Valor, Little White Bear, Real Eagle and
Great Doctor.

In accordance with the treaty, Maj. Daniel Morgan Boone was selected to
instruct the Indians in the principles of agriculture. His title was “Farmer
for the Kansas Indians.” He was appointed in the spring of 1827, and at
once removed with his family to the Kaw or Kansas Valley, erected buildings,
and entered upon his duties. The point where he located was on the north
bank of the Kaw River, in the extreme southern part of what is now Jefferson
County, and about two and one-half miles distant from Williamstown, on the
line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad.

On August 22, 1828, a son was born to Daniel M. and Mrs. Sarah E,
Boone. This was undoubtedly the first white child born, not only in Jefferson
County, but the first in the State of Kansas.. Z :

The facts relating to the Boone settlement are obtained from various
sources, but more particularly from a carefully prepared article by W. W. Cone.
The following letter from Daniel Boone, a son of Daniel M. Boone, to Mr.
Cone, will throw some light on the first settlement, and first birth in Kansas:

WESTPORT, Mo., February 8, 1879.

W. W. CONE: a :
— leon Boone, son of Maj. Daniel Morgan Boone. and direct

eaen ae a ore eneucey pioneer, was the first white child born in the Territory of
‘ansas. At least such is the history of our family. My father was appointed “Farmer” for
the Kaw Indians, early in the year 1827, he having moved to where Kansas City now
stands early in March of that year. On his appointment he moved with his family into a
house he built, seven miles up the Kaw River, from where Lawrence was afterwards built,
on the north bank. Here my brother, Napoleon, was born August 22, 1828. He was never

He retained that position till the

about 200 hundred yards further north than it was in 1854.

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married and died single in California, May 20, 1850. Father returned to Jackson County,
Mo., four years afterwards, where he died in 1840. When my father moved into Kansas,
his was the only white family in the Territory. Some white traders were there, but without
their families; and there never was any dispute before that I ever heard of, regarding the
fact that Napoleon Boone was the first white child born in Kansas, I am the oldest surviv-
ing member of my father’s family.
Yours Respectfully,
DANIEL BOONE.

To more fully corroborate the above facts and to forever settle the question
as to the first real settler in Kansas, who cultivated its lands, and resided there
with his family, we give extracts from a letter from John C. McCoy to Mr.
Cone, which was published by him. John C. McCoy with his brother, Rice,
made all the original surveys of the Territory for the location of the emigrant
and other tribes of Indians, except a small survey made by Maj. Andrew Lang-
ham, from 1826 to 1828. The McCoys made their surveys from the year 1829
to 1836, and passed the Kaw agency in 1830. Below is an extract from the let-
ter to Mr. Cone:

“Daniel Boone was ‘Government Farmer’ for the Kaws, appointed in 1827, and was at
the agency when we passed there in 1830. He was a good man, much given to wandering
around in search of mines, He continued to live there five or six years, until the agency
was abandoned, and then-moved down to a tract of land he owned, south of Westport, Mo.,
where he afterward died.” 4

Daniel Boone, in a letter to W. W. Cone, says:

“The agency was located nearly on a line between the Kaw-half breed reserve and tne
Delaware reserve lands, mainly, however, on the Delaware lands. We lived one-half mile
east.

The original field notes of the survey of 1859, the first sectional survey of
this part of the Territory, mentions an old well on Section 4, Township 12,
Range 1g, on the north side of the river. This well was situated just east of
the prairie farm of Thos. R. Bayne, who owns Survey No. 23. Kaw half breed
lands, which joins the original Delaware reserve on the west. Mr. Bayne
located on his farm in 1854. He lived in Kansas City for the two years pre-
vious, was acquainted with the Boone family, and knew something of their
former residence in Kansas. The remains of quite a village are yet to be seen
near Mr, Bayne’s farm. There are to be seen ruins of stone chimneys of a
number of houses, and the remains of an old blacksmith shop. -When Mr.
Bayne first ploughed his farm he found the charred remains of a rail fence that
had enclosed over one hundred dcres of land.

The well was located nearly in the center of the village, and was walled
with hard limestone. The stone was cut smocthly and so as to make a perfect
circle, and was a very fine piece of masonry. At the time of the settlement of
Mr. Bayne, the well only furnished water when the river was very high, indi-
cating that the channel of the river is now deeper than when the well was dug.

The remains of the old: village are about two and one-half miles southeast
of Williamstown. Portions of two old chimneys are yet to be seen on the Kaw
reserve land. Just east of the dividing line and on the Delaware reserve lands
are parts of about a dozen chimneys. In 1854, there were remains of fully |
twenty. The farm on which most of them are to be seen belongs to W. T. _
Blacker, who purchased it in 1864. As the well contained no water he had it
filled up. At the point opposite the old village, the channel of the river is
In order to drain
the low Jand, and to divide the two farms Bayne and Blacker cut a ditch on the
line between the two old Indian reserves. This has washed out until it is sev-
eral feet wide and more than twenty feet deep. Quite a large quantity of cind-
ers and charcoal are yet to be seen just below the surface on each side of this
drain. During the first years of his settlement, Mr. Bayne used to plow out
scraps of iron, flint locks, gun-barrels, and also found an anvil in the locality
which indicates that this was the site of the old blacksmith shop of this village’
which ‘was without doubt the first one in the State of Kansas. This black-
smith shop was owned and carried on by Gabe Fillibert, who was a brother to
the wife of the younger Daniel Boone.

After the settlement, beginning in 1854, there was for a long time a land-
mark in existence, about fifty yards north of the present depot at Williams-
town, and known as the stone chimney. It was situated on the southwest
quarter of Section 29, Town 11, Range 19. In the year 1854, a house built of
stone was standing with the walls in good condition, but the roof and floors
had been burned. Thehouse was about eighteen by thirty-four feet in size and
two stories high. It was on the bank of the creek now known as the Stone-
house Creek, which was so named from this old stone building. There was
a well near it walled up in a substantial manner with finely cut stone. There
were evidences of other cabins having existed near it. About one mile further
up the creek, there had been quite a large farm opened up, the timber cleared
off, and the land cultivated. The old field was thoroughly sodded with blue
grass. Just south of the stone house there had been a cultivated field of more
than sixty acres. When the grass was short, the bottom rails of a fence could
be plainly seen, though in many places they were very much burned. All
that now remains toe mark the site of the stone house is a heap of stones, many
of them having been used by the settlers for building purposes. _

During and after the time of the residence of the Boone family, there were
quite a large number of white hunters and traders, who made the Kaw valley
a temporary home, and a few of whom settled with, and married among, the
K4w Indians. ; ee : ‘

In the year 1851,a few families of Mormons, from their settlement in
Jackson County, Mo., and en route for Salt Lake, stopped at the place now
known as Thompsonville, on the Delaware River, and remained nearly two
years. Itis evident they had conceived the idea of forming a permanent set-
tlement here, but finding it impossible to gain possession of the lands, which
belonged to the Indians, this plan was abandoned. They had about fifteen
acres of land under cultivation, and had built three log cabins on the place
afterward owned by Thomas Kirby, and sold by him to J. C. Thompson and
Nelson M. Brown. A short distance west of this was a five-acre field under
cultivation, and a log cabin. During their stay three women died of cholera
and were buried just south of the Kirby farm, in the edge of the timber, and
tombstones giving their names, and of the native sandstone rock, were erected.
500 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

This cemetery is now in a hog lot, and the stones have been displaced, and
worn, but the names Mrs, —— Archer, and Mrs. Platt, are to be read,
upon careful examination.

The cabins used by the Mormons were afterward torn down, and the ma-
terial used for other purposes, by Thomas Kirby.

About the time that Kansas was admitted as a Territory, in 1854, Solomon
Everett, a half-breed Kaw Indian, who had been with Gen. Fremont, on his
Rocky Mountain expedition, conceived the idea of building a sawmill on
Grasshopper River. He chose the site now occupied by Thompson’s Mills,
and after some time the mill was completed. After completion, thirteen logs
were sawed, when the mill was stopped for repairs, and was never started
again. Soon after,and while making some improvements around it, and en-
gaged in digging an excavation, Everett was killed by the earth falling in upon
him, and the mill project was abandoned. The building was torn down in the
year 1860, by Thomas Kirby, who then owned the place. Everett’s dam was
built of logs, and was in nearly the same place that is now occupied by
Thompson's stone dam.

The Military and Freight Road.—Previous to the permanent settlement of
the county, in 1854, 4 military and freight road was opened from Fort Leaven-
worth to Fort Riley. It extended across Jefferson County, entering the county
from the east at a point not far from the northeast corner, extending southwest
to Winchester; thence nearly west to Hickory Point, which was so named from
a grove of hickory trees that extended up a ravine at that place; thence south-
west to Osawkie, where it crossed the Grasshopper—now Delaware—River ;
thence west and southwest to Mount Florence, about one and one-half miles
southwest of the present town of Meriden; from which point it crossed the
western boundary of the county. ;

On May 30, 1854, Kansas was admitted as a Territory, and the rush of
settlement commenced at once. Treaties had been made with the Delaware
Indians, to whom the lands which now comprise Jefferson County then be-
longed; but the lands were not yet opened to settlement nor surveys made.
No attention, however, was paid to this fact, and during the year a large num-
ber of persons selected claims within the limits of the present county, though
but comparatively few made. an actual settlement until the following year,
The greater number of the settlers of that year located on or near the freight
road, with a few along the valley of the Kansas River, and some other parts of
the county. The principal settlement was at the crossing of the Grasshopper,
at Osawkie, where. the brothers, Wm. F. and George M. Dyer, located and
started a trading ranche, where they did a good business with the travelers
over the Government road. In February of 1854, Henry Zen located at the
falls of the Grashopper River, where Valley Falls now stands, bwilt a cabin
and made some improvements. Henry Chubb located at Mount Florence,
about one mile west of the present town of Meriden, the same year. Wm. B.
Wade, Sidney Stewart, and Aaron Cook, located near there along Rock Creek,
and Grasshopper River. R. P. Beeler, Jeff Riddle, and J. T. Wilson, located
in the southwestern part of the county, on Kansas River. John Scaggs settled
on the Grasshopper, in what is now Kentucky Township. Thomas R. and
Alexander Bayne located along the Kansas, near the present Williamstown.
In June Charles Hardt settled at Hickory Point, on the Government road,
and started a trading point. The same year Simeon and Isaac Hull, Charles
Hedrick, John Hart, J. B. Ross, and several others, settled near where Win-
chester now is. On December 25, Robert Riddle, James Frazier, A. J. Whit-
ney and T. J. and H. B. Jolley, located at Grashopper Falls.

The above-named parties are by no means the only settlers of that year,
but they were among the first in their respective localities Osawkie and
Hickory Point were the first settlements of any note in the county.

The lands comprising the Delaware purchase included the greater part of
the county, but excepted a large tract held by the Delaware Indians, as a dimim-
ished reserve, the northern boundary of which was a little south of the north
line of Town 10; and the western boundary a little more than one mile west
of the line between Ranges 17 and 18. The Kaw half-breed lands also com-
prised sixteen tracts of 648 acres each, and bordered the Kansas River.

All of the Delaware purchase east of the line between Ranges 18 and 19,
was to be sold at public sale, to the highest bidder, at Leavenworth, in Novem-
ber, 1856. The remainder of these lands west of the above line, were to be
sold at Osawkie, in July, 1857.

Previous to the land sales, the settlers had no right whatever to the land
which they occupied, except a “‘squatter’s right,” which was simply a right by
possession, and with an understanding that each settler should be allowed to
bid in the land he claimed, at its appraised value, on the day of sale.

The squatters’ right proved a fruitful source of many serious troubles.
There was much contention as to the ownership of claims, and a question as to
what constituted a settlement. At first a habitation was required, but soon a
mere foundation was regarded as sufficient to hold aclaim. This was subject
to many abuses, for it was not long until many tracts of land were literally cov-
ered with “foundations,” which in a majority of cases were formed of four twigs
laid in form of a square, and by men who came in from other States only to
vote on election days, or intending to secure claims for future speculation. «

After the arrival of the first Governor of the Territory, A. H. Reeder, in
October, 1854, he divided the Territory into elective districts, and appointed
the 29th day of the following November, for the purpose of electing a delegate
to Congress. What is now Jefferson County was in the Thirteenth§District, and
Osawkie was designated as the voting place. W.H. Tebbs, George ‘M. Dyer,
and D. M. Railey, were appointed judges of election. The polling place was
at the house of George M. Dyer. Seventy-one votes were cast, of which sixty-
nine were for J, W. Whitfield, the Pro-slavery candidate. A great deal of bit-
terness existed between the Pro-slavery and Free-state men, and the latter were
driven from the polls by Missourians, who had come to Osawkie for the pur-
pose of controlling the election.

In February, 1855, Governor Reeder appointed J. Kuykendall, Justice of
the Peace for the Thirteenth District, and James Grey, Constable, H. B. Jolley,

 

of Grasshopper Falls, was appointed Census Enumerator for the Thirteenth and _

Fifteenth districts,

The next election took place on March 30, 1855,.and was for the purpose
of electing members to the first Territorial Legislature. The Thirteenth District
was allowed one representative, and what now comprises Jefferson and Leav-
enworth counties was allowed one member of the Territorial Council. The
residence of Charles Hardt, at Hickory Point, was designated as the voting
place, and H. B. Corey, James Atkinson, and J. B. Ross, were appointed judges
of election. The day previous to the election, a large number of Pro-slavery
men came to Hickory Point, camped in the vicinity, and laid many foundations
of twigs on clainis selected by them. On the morning of the election, they pre-
sented themselves at the polls and demanded the right to vote. This was re-
fused by the Election Board, when a row ensued, and the Board was driven
away, or rather refused to serve when they found 1t impossible to prevent ille-
gal voting. A new Board was then chosen,which was composed of N. B, Hope-
well, W. M. Gardiner, and — — Jones. When Free-state men arrived, they
found the polls surrounded by armed and demonstrative non-residents, and see-
ing the folly of trying to secure a fair ballot, the greater number of them left in
disgust, without trying to vote. The census of the month previous showed that
the district contained ninety-six voters, but at this election 240 votes were cast.
Of candidates for the Council, R. R. Rees (Pro slavery) received 234, and A. J.
Whitney (Free-state) six votes. For Representative, Dr. W. H. Tebbs received
237 votes, and Charles Hardt three votes. :

During the summer of 1854, the actual settlers made some improvements,
built cabins and fences, and planted a small acreage of crops. There were,
however, but little crops of any kind raised, owing to the wild state of the soil
and the severe drought of that year.

When the settlement of the county began, the first habitations were gener-
ally cabins, built of round logs just as cut down, the crevices being chinked
with blocks of wood and stone, daubed with mud, and the roof constructed
either of dirt or of clapboards,while these cabins generally had no floors. There
were no windows, and the doors were low and wide. Fireplaces were con-
structed of logs, plastered with mud, while the chimneys were built of wood.
Next, as the county continued to improve, there was a marked differenee in
the structure of the cabins. They were then built of hewn logs, the cracks filled
with lime, the roofs shingled, the walls covered with clapboards, both inside
and out, and they were provided with doors and windows. The latter were
about the best buildings in quality during the earlier years of settlement, but
previous to 1860, there were many very fine buildings of stone and native
lumber. .

During the year 1855, there was a large immigration to the county. Much
of it was temporary in its character, but all the better quality of land had been
selected and settled on by the squatters, many of whom fenced and cultivated
small tracts of land, and raised very good crops.

In the summer of 1854, Congress established mail routes across the county.
One was along the old military freight road, from Fort- Leavenworth to Fort
Riley, and the other was from Fort Leavenworth to the Big Blue by Grasshop-

er Falls.
: The first postoffice was Osawkie, which was established March 15, 1855,
with George M. Dyer, Postmaster. Hickory Point was established soon after,
with Charles Hardt, Postmaster. A postoffice was established at Grasshopper
Falls, December 21, 1855, with A. J. Whitney, Postmaster.

During the year 1855, towns had been laid out at both Osawkie and Grass-
hopper Falls.

The first white child born, after the permanent settlement of the
county began, was undoubtedly Ella Simmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Alpha
Simmons, born on June 19, 1855, in what is now Jefferson Township. She is
now married, and lives not far from the place of her birth.

The first marriage in Jefferson County was that of Alfred Corey and Miss
Martha Hoovey, who were married at Osawkie, November 25, 1855, by Elder
William Hicks, a minister of the Christian Church.

The second marriage was that of Thomas Scaggs and Miss Sally Scaggs,
of Kentucky Township, on December 4, 1855, by Judge Samuel D, Lecompte.

KARLY POLITICAL TROUBLES.

From the very earliest settlement, there was a contest as to whether the
political affairs of the county should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-
state party. At first the Pro-slavery men gained the ascendancy, from the fact
that it was very easy to run over men from Missouri to take part in the elec-
tions, Party feeling and fanaticism was extreme on both sides. Each party
regarded the other as having no rights they were bound to respect. At the
first elections, lawless Pro-slavery men took possession of the polls, and pre-
vented a fair ballot, after which there was little respect for law and order on
either side. After the outrages at the first elections, the parties participated
but little. Each side held a separate election, and refused to acknowledge that
of the other as legal.

A Territorial Free-state Convention was held at Topeka in September,
1855, and an election for delegates to a constitutional convention was ordered
to be held the following October. The voting places in Jefferson County were
fixed at Grasshopper Falls.and at Pleasant Hill. The latter named was a town
that had been laid out by the Free-state men on the farm of Jacob U. Brown,
on the west side of Grasshopper River, and about one mile west of Osawkie.
Jefferson County was allowed two delegates. The election was held at the ap-
pointed time, and the result was as follows: At Grasshopper Falls, Geo. S.
Hillyer, 43 votes, and Wm. Griggsby, 41 votes. At Pleasant Hill, Wm. Hicks
aaa 43 votes, and J. Whiting 42 votes. Hillyer and Hicks were declared
elected.

The: Free-state Constitutional Convention met at Topeka October 23,
framed a constitution, which was submitted to the people for ratification, Dec.
15, 1855. Two clauses outside the body of the constitution were submitted,
one relating to the establishment of a general banking law, and the other re-
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

garding the exclusion of free negroes from the Territory. The election was
held in Jefferson County, uninterrupted by the Pro-slavery party, and resulted
as follows. For the constitution there was no opposition; for the exclusion of
peepee: 95 votes; against, 3 votes; for the banking law, 56 votes; against, 4o
votes. *

At the election of State officers and members of the legislature by the
Free-state party on January 15, 1856, George S. Hillyer was elected Senator
from Jefferson County, and Wm. Crosby, Isaac Cody, and Wm. Hicks, mem-
bers of the lower house. On meeting, this legislature ordered an election on
March 30, for the election of a delegate to Congress. Jefferson County cast 99
votes, ;

The first term of district court convened at Osawkie he last week in
March, 1856, with Samuel D. Lecompte the presiding judge. The greater part
of the term was taken up with the prosecution of Free-state men on various
charges. The troubles between the Free-state and Pro-slavery citizens had
now become serious, and a great many depredations had been committed by
each party, but as the courts were in the hands of the Pro-slavery men, of
course only Free-state men were prosecuted, and many of them on trumped-up
charges. About fifty indictments were found against Free-soilers, charged
with stealing hogs, treason, and other crimes. A Jawyer named Hutchison
labored hard in the interests of the accused, but indictments were promptly
found. During the session of court, an armed company of Free-soilers were
stationed at a point about four miles from Grasshopper Falls to guard against
any outrages that might be committed by the reckless and excited Pro-slavery
men; but they were content with securing indictments on charge of some
crime. There was a shadow of truth in the charge of hog stealing, as semi-
wild hogs without an owner were frequently found; and as stock was allowed
to run at large, whenever a man wanted more meat, he would go out and shoot
eee caring very little as to whom it might belong, asserting that it was
wild.

During all this time, trouble had béen brewing between the two parties,
and many depredations on each other had been committed. There was con-
stant trouble between the settlers, besides which the location of the county
made it a convenient skirmishing ground for the armed bodies of men from
other parts of the Territory. At times, when large bands of armed Pro-slavery
men were in the county, it was unsafe for a Free-soiler to be caught by them.
Many a Free-state man_lost his life during these raids. 7

But while robberies and murders were so fearlessly committed by the
‘border ruffians,” it must be recorded that the Free-soilers sometimes retaliated
in an inexcusable manner. No law was respected or obeyed. Might alone
made right, and there were many to be found who were glad to take advan-
tage of the reigning lawlessness to commit crimes for the purpose of plunder.
Others, earnest in their efforts to drive Pro-slavery men from the county, and
believing honestly in the righteousness of their cause, and irritated by the
many outrages committed upon them by the border ruffians, regarded the con-
dition of affairs as justifying retaliatory measures.

_So troublesome had the border ruffians become, that the Free-state settlers
having rapidly increased in numbers, it was determined on the part of the ad-
vocates of severe measures, to drive the most offensive of the Pro-slavery set-
tlers, who had harbored and aided the ruffians in their outrages, from the coun-
try. On Sunday, June 8, 1856, Jones and Fielding, from near Hickory Point,

were driven away. Both parties among the settlers soon organized bodies of -

armed men, and skirmishes were frequent.

A. T. Pattie, a Pro-slavery man, had built stores at Grasshopper Falls,
but would not even recognize the rights of the town company, and erected his
buildings on the streets. So bold had he become that the Free-state party
drove him out of the country. Early in 1856, Wm. and R. H. Crosby located
at Grasshopper Falls, and erected a store. On September 8, 1856, the town
was raided by an armed body of ruffians, who drove into town, shooting in all
directions. Unable to resist such overwhelming numbers, and being taken
completely by surprise, the abled bodied men all fled, leaving only the old
men, women and children, who were unable to get away. For this flight they
have been accused of cowardice, but they believed the enemy would not injure
the defenceless, and knew that to remain and attempt to defend the town would
be useless, besides which there was little doubt but that the Free-state leaders
would have been lynched.
Dr. Lorenzo Northrup had a small stock of drugs, and his library and surgi-
cal instruments in one portion of the Crosby building, and these too were
burned. The doctor had about $500 in gold at the store that he was anxious
to save, and mounting his fleet horse started on a run for the timber along the
river, At first he kept out of the way of his pursuers, but on arriving at a
thicket of hazel brush, the horse stopped, and the doctor jumped off and took
to the brush. His pursuers, stopping to secure the horse, he made his way in
safety to the river, and hid his bag of gold undera fallen tree. He had just
secured a place of safety in « tangled thicket, when the ruffians came in on all
sides, but he eluded them,

Several amusing incidents took place at this time. ‘‘Pap” Weiser, an
old and infirm man, unable to run, had just purchased a sack of flour at the
store, and coolly shouldered it and started for home. The invaders began
shooting at him, and told him to drop his flour and run, but he kept on and
no told them that he “could not run, and that they could shoot, and be
d- ae

Wm. Crosby and a companion took refuge in the timber and fled up
the river, but a little dog that was with them would set up barking every time
they stopped. Afraid that this would result in their capture, they caught the
dog and held him under water until they thought he was dead, but he was soon
all right again, and followed them, keeping up a more constant barking than
before, and all efforts to get hold of him again were unavailing. They escaped,
however. No one was killed, and the greatest damage done was the plunder-
ing and burning of the town.

Prior to the burning of Crosby’s store at Grasshopper Falls, there was a

The town was sacked, and Crosby’s store burned. '

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Free-state organization there under the leadership of a man by the name of
Clark, Among his meri were a number from Crooked Creek, Ross, Crobarger,
Simmons and others, who had joined him for personal safety. During the ab-
sence of these men at the Falls, a Pro-slavery man by the name of Jackson,
visited their houses, insulting the women, and threatening to pull down the
houses over their heads. Clark and his men threatened vengeance on Jackson
and a person by the name of Beeson, and made a raid a few nights afterwards.
On reaching the residence of Jackson, he was called to the door, and upon ap-
pearing, was shot through the body by some member of the party. They then
carried him in to his family and placed him on the bed. A search was made
for Beeson, but. he could not be found. He was hidden under the bed, how-
ever, and suffered so much from fright that his hair during the night changed
front dark to perfectly white. It is claimed that in retaliation for their outrage
of Clark and his men, Grasshopper Falls was visited and Crosby’s store burned.

Both parties were now armed, and the county was visited by Gen. J. H.
Lane and his men, and by the border ruffians and Kickapoo Rangers. One of
the first encounters was on Slough Creek, a short distance north of the present
town of Oskaloosa, which had been laid off as a town early that year. The
border ruffians started out from Lecompton, and Col. Harvey and Capt.
Hull were sent out, each in command of a division of men, to inter-
cept them, The two divisions came together near Springdale, and camped
in a two-story log house. The next day they removed to a point about
ten miles east of Oskaloosa, where they camped. In the night Jesse Newell,
one of the founders of Oskaloosa, came in with reports of a number of out-
rages committed by a company of South Carolinians in that vicinity. He had
been dragged around by a rope and had been hanged, but was let down before
life was extinct. Col. Harvey and his men at once started, andfound the South
Carolinians camped on the north side of Slough Creek. They were surround-
ed and taken completely by surprise. At three o’clock in the morning of Sep-
tember 11, the attack was made.

The Pro-slavery men were commanded by Capt. F. G. Palmer, and were
en route from Lecompton to Atchison. There was but, very little firing on
either side, the enemy trying all the time to escape. Finding this impossible
they all surrendered except Capt. Palmer and Lieut, A. G. Morrall, who suc-
ceeded in getting away. There were no serious casualties. Col. Harvey was
slightly wounded in the finger, and one of the South Carolinians was shot in
the neck. Sixty stand of arms, two wagons, some provisions, and a number of
fine horses were captured. A flag was also captured which is now in the pos-
session of the State Historical Society.* On promising to leave the territory,
the prisoners were released. This was on the morning of September 11.

BATTLE OF HICKORY POINT.

The next event in the troubles of 1856, was the battle of Hickory Point,
which occurred on the 13th and 14th of September. Though termed a
battle it was but a mere skirmish. Gov. Geary had just arrived in the Ter-
ritory, and his proclamation was issued ordering all armed parties to disband.

Gen. J. H. Lane was at, or near Topeka, and did not hear of the
order to disperse. He, with a small party of men, was about starting

out on the Lane road toward Holton, when he was met by messen-
gers from the neighborhood of Osawkie, who informed him _ that
the Pro-slavery men were committing outrages in the neighborhood,

that Grasshopper Falls was burned, and that it was intended by them
to burn Pleasant Hill and other Free-state places, and’ drive the‘ citizens
fromthe country. His assistance being solicited, he marched to Osawkie at
once, where his force was recruited by the Free-state settlers nearthere They
then proceeded to retaliate for the burning of Crosby’s store at Grasshopper
Falls. Osawkie was a Pro-slavery town, and many outrages un its citizens
were committed. Among others, Dyer Bros’. store was broken into .and rob-’
bed. Having quieted the Pro-slavery men there, and driven many from the
neighborhood, Lane and his men, learning that a Jarge party. of armed Pro-
slavery men were collected at Hickory Point, marched to that place intending
to capture them or force them to leave the country. Hickory Point ‘was
situated on the northwest quarter of Section 5, Town 9, Range Ig east, on the
north side of the military and freight road, on the land now owned and culti-
vated by Andrew Wilson. At that time, three log buildings, a store, hotel,
and blacksmith shop, were located there. Lane and his men on their arrival
found about one hundred Pro-slavery men, thoroughly armed and ready for a
fight. The greater number of them were settlers in the neighborhood, who
had assembled for the purpose of protecting the property of H. A. Lowe, the
owner of Hickory Point. :

Capt. Lowe was assisted by about forty of the South Carolinians who had
been committing outrages throughout the country. They were commanded by
Capt. Robertson. An attack was made, but the Pro-slavery men were found
too securely fortified in the log buildings to be dislodged. Therefore Gen.
Lane sent to Lawrence for re-enforcements, and for Capt. J. C. Bickerton to
come with the now historic cannon ‘‘Sacramento.” This was on Saturday,
September 13, 1856. On the arrival of Lane’s. messenger at Lawrence, a com-

*This flag is acrimson banner of cotton cloth, in size four by six feet, having in the
center, and shown on both sides, a single large white star; on one side the inscription
“South Carolina,” and on the other the words “Southern Rights.” The flag was originally
proughtto Kansas by acompany ofSouth Carolinians who located in Atchison, and in the
spring of 1856 organized themselves into a military company, known as the Palmetto
Guards, of which F. G. Palmer, one of their number and a graduate of the South Carolina
Military Academy was captain. The company was conspicuous among the invaders of Law-
rence, May, 1856, their red flag being hoisted on the Herald of Freedom Office, and on the
Free-state Hotel. It next made a public appearance at a banquet in Atchison, where the most
ultra Pro-slavery toasts were given,and the subjugation of Kansas by the victors of Lawrence,
was spoken of by the jubilant Southerners as a thing achieved. Then came Slough Creek,
which left the young Carolinians minus the inspiring flag, somewhat thoughtful and sub-
dued, and, as the Squatter Sovereign dolefully remarked, “unable to take the field for
lack of equipments.” Among the Free-state men were, Judge John W. Day, F. G. Adams,
Secretary of State Historical Society ; Henry Reisner, John Armstrong and Capt. H. L.
Dunlap. Soon after the capture of the flag it was given by Capt. Harvey to Col. E. B,
Whitman, of Lawrence; was afterward in the custody of Rev. Edward E. Hale, of Boston.
In 1878 again passed into the possession of Col. Whitman, who forwarded itto Secretary
Adams, for deposit among the relics of the days of 1856.
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pany of recruits was at once formed under command of Col. J. A. Harvey. The
order was for them to go by the Topeka road, but they took a direct route, start-
ing that evening and marching all night. When at Newell’s Mills, now Oska-
loosa, they stopped long enough to cook breakfast, when they again resumed
the march, arriving at Hickory Point about half past ten o’clock, on Sunday
forenoon. s

In the meantime Gen, Lane had heard of Gov. Geary’s order to disperse,
and started for Topeka, expecting to meet Harvey and Bickerton with their
men on that road.

When Harvey and his men came up, the Pro-slavery men tried to run, but
were soon surrounded and driven back, when they once more took refuge in
the log buildings. Harvey ordered his wagons driven up to within about
three hundred yards of the buildings, where they were halted. .

Over the cabins occupied by the enemy three flags were floating, that
over the blacksmith shop being a black one. Nomessage was sent on either

. Side, but the cannon was placed in position about two hundred yards south of
the blacksmith shop and firing began at once, The cannon were supported
by about twenty men armed with United States muskets. The “Stubbs”
company was stationed about two hundred yards to the southeast, in a tim-
bered ravine. The first cannon shot passed through the blacksmith shop,
struck and killed Charles G. Newhall. About twenty more shots were fired,
but without effect, as the occupants of the shop kept close watch, and when
the gun was about to be fired, threw themselves on the ground, allowing the
balls to pass over their heads. A constant firing was kept ‘up on both sides,
with rifles, but at so long range, that but little harm was done, The store and
hotel were close together, and having plenty of whisky, the occupants became
‘reckless, and frequently passed from one to the other. One of these, who was
wounded in the thigh by a rifle ball, was Evans, the blacksmith. and brother of
the first Free-state treasurer of the county.
Capt. Lowe and his men, Harvey ordered a wagon to be loaded with hay
and backed up to the blacksmith shop, then to be set on fire, and for the men to
retreat under cover of the smoke. This plan worked nicely until the wagon
was within a short distance of the building, when its occupants began shoot-
ing under the wagon, hitting the men in the legs, until they were glad to jump
up on the tongue for safety. After remaining there some time they set fire to
the hay, and got away under cover of the smoke. © Soon after a white flag was
sent out from the shop. This was for the purpose of arranging for several non-
combatants to leave the buildings, Harvey sent a message back by the car-
rier. Firing now ceased altogether, and messages passed back and forth. A
compromise'was soon arranged by which each party was to retire peaceably,

_and to give up all plunder, and all non-residents in each party were to leave
the county. The compromise was effected about five o'clock, after which
both parties came together, and the Pro-slavery men having a large quantity of
whisky, all had a jolly time, and soon all animosity was forgotten in the pass-
ing pleasures of the hour. The casualties were as follows: One Pro-slavery
man was killed and four wounded. Of the Free-state men, three were shot in
the legs, one got a badly bruised head, and a boy, fifteen years old was shot
through the lungs. - =

After the fight the Free-state party moved to where Oskaloosa now stands,
where they camped for the night. Col. Harvey went to the cabin of Jesse Newell
to stay over night. Patrick and Porterfield started to take the wounded men to
Lawrence that night, but when about one mile from camp they were met and
captured by United States soldiers. The company of suldiers then proceeded
to the camp. Before learning who they were, preparations for defense were
made, and Capt. Bickerton was about to fire the cannon. Learning who
they were no resistance was made, and the entire party were captured, except
about twenty-five of the cavalry who were camped in the hazel brush, a short
distance further down the creek. There was no attempt made to capture the
Pro-slavery men. The only man killed was a young Pro-slavery man named
Grayson, who had acted as a guide in bringing the soldiers to the camp.
After the capture, he started to ride away to warn his own party, and being
mistaken for an escaping Free-state prisoner, he was shot and killed. His
body was then thrown into a feed box attached to a’ wagon and carried to Le-
compton, where the prisoners were taken. Onthe road a few got away by
dropping out of the ranks when passing through the brush in ravines.

At Lecompton, they were kept out on the open prairie, about two miles
south of town for two weeks, waiting for the Pro-slavery courts to indict them
for the murder of Newhall. There were tent accommodations for only about
one-fourth of their number, and there was a great deal of suffering from cold
and hunger. One dark and stormy nfght a plan was devised for the escape of
a number. Two guards were bribed to let them roll out one at 1 time. By
this plan six prisoners got away. Lieut. Spicer rolled out with his rubber
overcoat on, and so frightened a number of horses that they ran away, and
alarmed the guard, preventing the escape of the others.

Other prisoners from Osawkie, Jefferson County, were soon brought
in. They were Ephraim Bainter, Harry Hoover, Nathan Griffith and Henry
Bowles. Ofthese Bainter was. tried and sentenced to six years in the peni-
tentiary, but got out on a furlough, and was that fall elected Sheriff of Jeffer.
son County. Hoover pitched his guard intothe river and escaped. The arms
of the prisoners were given to the Pro-slavery men. On examining them
Judge Cato shot himself in the ankle, which afforded fun forthe men. Many
times it was proposed to massacre the prisoners, but during their stay only one
death occurred,

The trial of the prisoners began in October. Tenmen were selected, tried
and acquitted. Then twenty men were tried and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for five years, One of these was Thomas Varner, now living near Win-
chester. They were afterward pardoned. Fifty-nine prisoners remained,
and on November 15 they were removed to the Tecumseh jail where they
were crowded in two basement cells. Here they determined to escape on
account of severe suffering. They secured an old bayonet and dug out
through the bricks and earth, and one dark night all escaped except four-

Finding it impossible to dislodge,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

teen, who chose to remain and stand trial.
A. G. Patrick was one of these.

_ By order of the Territorial Legislature, an election was held in June,
1857, for delegates to a Constitutional Convention. The Free-state men took
no part whatever, in Jefferson County.

In August, 1857, a Free-state election took place for State officers and
members of the Legislature. From Jefferson County, Geo. S. Hillyer was
elected Senator, and Dr. S.S, Cooper and Henry Owens, representatives. A,
G. Patrick, of Jefferson County, was elected Clerk of the Supreme Court.

In September,a Free-state mass convention was held at Grasshopper Falls,
to discuss the contest for the control of the Legislature. The members of the
party from the north side of the Kansas River favored a contest, while those
south opposedit. After a boisterous session it was determined to put a full
ticket in the field. Immediate action was taken. The convention for Jeffer-
son County was held the same month, at Osawkie.

The Pro-slavery party put a ticket in the field headed by C. A. Buck, and
the election was held in October. There is no record of the election, but the
nominees of the Free-state party were elected, it is claimed, by about one
hundred majority. They were A. G. Patrick, member of Territorial Council ;
S. S. Cooper and Henry Owens, Representatives ; Robert Ward and John
Hughan, County Commissioners ; J. L. Spear, Probate Judge; Ephraim Bain-
ter, Sheriff; Henry Evans, Treasurer; John W. Day, Recorder; Jacob A.
Boucher, Coroner; Newell Colby, Surveyor and Lewis A. Cobb, Assessor.
This was the first election in which the two parties participated to any extent,
and the first at which Free-state men were elected to county offices,

The general Free-soil victory at the above election, throughout the Terri-
tory, inspired them with so much confidence that they concluded to elect a
Legislature under the Lecompton Constitution. In Jefferson County the same
ticket was elected as in October. Thus Cooper and Owens were members of
the three contesting Legislatures at the same time. The vote on delegate to
Congress gave the Free-state men 155 majority in Jefferson County. On De-
cember 21, the Lecompton Constitution was submitted, and carried in the
county, as the Free-state men took no part. This constitution was soon re-
submitted, and defeated, the Pro-slavery men then taking no part.

On March 9, 1858, Jefferson County elected Edward Lynde, J. C. Todd,
Jas. Monroe and A. W. McCauslin, members of a convention to form a State
Constitution.

On August 2, 1858, the citizens of the Territory voted on the Lecompton
Constitution as provided by the English bill, and with the following result in
Jefferson County: 151 votes for, and 441 votes against.

On October 4, 1858, Jefferson County elected as members of the Legisla-
ture, Edward Lynde (Free-state), and Franklin Finch (Independen!, Democrat),

In June, 1859, delegates were elected toa constitutional convention, to be
held at Wyandotte. The result in Jefferson County was as follows: C. B.
McClellan (Independent Democrat), 278 votes and H. Buckmaster (Republi
can), 249 votes. The former, who was elected and helped frame the constitu-
tion, is still living at Oskaloosa, where he is one of the leading merchants.

On October 4, 1859, the Wyandotte Constitution was submitted to the
people and received thirty-nine majority for, in Jefferson County.

The fall of 1859 was the first time there was a regular contest betweer, the
Republican and Democratic parties under those names. There was an excit-
ing contest, and some of each ticket was elected. Of the former party, Ed-
ward Lynde was elected Representative; J. H. Bennett, Clerk, and Joseph
Cochrane, Judge. The latter elected Marion Christison and Thos, A. Blake,
Representatives; S.C. Gephart, Register of Deeds ; G. B. Carson, Treasurer,
and J. F. Hinton, Sheriff.

3 The homestead law was also submitted,’ and received a majority of 214
votes.

They were afterward acquitted. |

PROGRESS OF THE COUNTY.

The political troubles had subsided now to a great extent.
warfare, the citizens resorted to the ballot. Political meetings, conven-
tions, and elections were the order of the day. Though much of their time
was thus taken up, the citizens were generally quite prosperous, and carried on
their occupations in comparative peace. The population of the county was

Instead of

‘also continually increasing. The census of 1857 showed a population of 1,962.

More than one-half this number were living near the Grasshopper River. Of
the number, 694 were married, and 221 were bachelors, There were 69
slaves in the county. Of the children, 539 were boys, and 508 girls. This was
largely increased in 1858. The immigration and improvement of the county,
though rather slow, was steady. For that year the assessed value of property
was $570,000. In 1859 the increase of population and the improvement made
was much greater than at any time before since the Osawkie land sales. - For
1859 the assessed value of property in the county was $987,761.

_The Land Sales—During the year 1856 there was a heavy rush of immi-
gration to the county, and in November all the lands north of the diminished
Delaware reserve, and east of the line between Ranges 18 and 19, was sold to
the highest bidder at a public sale at Leavenworth.

It was during the year 1857, however, that the immigration to the county
was the greatest. -The remainder of the Delaware lands were to be sold at
Osawkie in July of that year, and that place of all others was the point of
destination for immigrants to Kansas. Before the sales began, there was not a
quarter-section of land but had a claimant and some had several. In July the
sales took place. Thousands of menintent on speculation were in attendance.
According to a “squatter’s law” prearranged among themselves, they bid in the
lands occupied by them,-at the appraised value. Many of these claims, per-
haps three-fourths of them, were sold to speculators at enormous prices. It
was an era of speculation. Money was plenty and spent freely, on all hands.
Everything had a fictitious and fabulous value. Everything seemed prosper- .
ous, and a large number of chimerical schemes were engaged in, but all at
once came the great financial crash, and there was ageneral collapse. Business

 
JEFEFRSON COUNTY.

became very dull, and money scarce. Large numbers of the settlers left the
country, and deserted cabins were everywhere to be seen. Most of their land
shad, however, been sold to speculators for fabulous prices, much more thanim-
proved lands sell for at this writing. Much of this land was afterward sold
for taxes. .

Until the year 1860, the county had been quite prosperous, and when
planted and cultivated good crops had been raised. It is true the citizens were
generally poor, but it must be remembered that the greater number of them
came to the Territory with little wealth, and had to wait to open up their farms
before any profit could be realized from their labors. Besides this, many of
them had suffered losses in the years from 1855 to 1857, by depredations from
the opposing party ; had neglected their crops and lost much time in attending
conventions and traveling from place to place; and spent money buying arms
and ammunition, in ‘paying party assessments, etc. But, notwithstanding all
this, whenever the crops had been cultivated, they had generally yielded an
abundant harvest. Beginning with the year 1858, they had, however. worked
industriously to put their farms in repair, opened a greater acreage of land,
and had now prepared for farming on a large scale.

The following figures will show the wealth and population of the
county in May. 1860: The population was 4,446. Of live-stock, there were
in the county 4,020 head of cattle 950 horses, 97 mules, 9.660 hogs and 839
sheep. According to a low-assessed valuation, the total value of property was
$925,003. The value of property in each township was as follows: Oskaloosa,
$212,622; Grasshopper Falls, $209,391; Rock Créek. $128,042; Osawkie,
$81,297; Jefferson, $174,483; Kaw, $68.121; Kentucky, $51,047. The total
value of lands in the county was $707,407 ; value of village lots at an average
of $23 to each lot, $45,457; value of personal property in villages $20,025.
The prosperity of the county was seriously retarded by the big drouth of 1860.

_ The crop yield was almost anentire failure. There was no small grain
+aised, and but a very little corn, and this only in the valleys and ravines,
where in some very small fields it yielded perhaps half a crop.

Though nearly all farmers who cultivated their lands properly received a
small crop, there was not enough to keep them from suffering, or even
starvation. For reasons previously stated, the old settlers had accumulated but
little. Many were new comers who had spent nearly or quite all their means
for their lands,and depended entirely on the crops of that year for subsistence,
Some of these new settlers were disheartened, and left the county for their
former homes, discouraged from ever returning again. Others left to return
again the next and succeeding years. Perhaps a little more than one-tenth of
the settlers left the county that fall. A great many of those remaining would
have left had they only the means to take them back. While starvation was so
plainly before the most needy before another crop could be raised, aid societies
had been formed, and the people of the Eastern States, with great liberality,
sent help in form of provisions, clothing, and seed for the next year. Distrib-
uting agents were appointed in every community, and goods apportioned out to
those in want. They had to be hauled from Atchison, which was the general
distributing depot, and the needy wete employed to do this, and were paid in
supplies. By receiving this aid the settlers passed through the winter and the
next season until another crop cotld be raised.

During the war the county progressed but slowly, as the greater number
of the citizens were in the army, and those that were not away from the State
were members of the State Militia, and spent much time providing for their
own families and those of their neighbors, leaving them little opportunity to add
to the resources of the county. .

When the war was over, however, there was an immediate and rapid im-
provement visible. Immigration into the county again began, and during the
following years towns and railroads were built, many. fine farms were opened,
and the county increased greatly in aggregate wealth. Following is a general
summary of the condition_of the county in May, 4870: The total value of
farms was $4,218,363; of improved lands, there were 91,004 acres; there were
on hand 1,238,947 bushels of corn; thetotal value of live stock was $1.119,813;
the total population was 12,565; the population by townships was, Oskaloosa,
1,610 ; Jefferson, 1,689; Rock Creek, 481; Kentucky, 1.976; Sarcoxie, 1.876,
Union, 650; Kaw, 749; Grasshopper Falls, 1,943,and Osawkie, 1,600. There
were in the county 2,279 houses, and 2,402 families.

In May, 1872, there were heavy rains, which soon flooded the streams, and

much damage was done to the growing crops, particularly along the valleys,
which in many places were covered with water for several days. Many bridges
were washed out, and the damage was great. With the exception of the losses
of this, year,which, however, were for the most part but local, the yield of allagri-
cultural products hac been abundant from the year 1866—when the grasshop-
pers ruined a portion of the growing crops—until 1874. In the summer of the
latter named year, just as the harvest of small grain washeing completed. the
grasshoppers appeared in immense numbers. So thick were they, that when
flying over. they formed clouds so dense as to obscure the light of the sun.
They: came down on the fields in myriads, and within three days the fields of
corn and every other thing that was yet green, was utterly destroyed. ;

The ruin of the corn crop alane, was a serious loss to the farmers; but this
was not all, the grasshoppers stayed and deposited their eggs. The next spring
they hatched, and many fields were literally covered with the ravenous pests.
The fall wheat was yet green and tender, and nearly all the fields were soon
covered, and here they remained until able to fly. In many places they
clustered so closely together, in heaps, that they could be shoveled like earth.
This being true, of course nearly all fields of small grain were ruined. The
small corn was also eaten, but it was so early that by replanting an abundant
crop was harvested.

During the intervening winter, those of the settlers who were needy had
been helped by the aid societies, and by their friends in more eastern States,
With the partial failure of crops in 1875, the times were much harder during
the following winter than they had been the previous one. Though rigid econ-
omv had to be practiced, and many were very poor, there was very little actual

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suffering. A great many of the citizens of the county, however, left the State,
so that by the close of the year 1875, the population was lessened by more than
one thousand.

On June 8, 1875, a severe storm of wind and rain passed over the county,
and did considerable damage to the growing crops, and demolished many farm.
‘buildings.

WAR RECORD.

On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion in April, 1861, there was a movement
made at once to organize a company of enlisted soldiers, for three months’ service, from
Jefferson County. This was done authority from Gov. Charles Robinson, and acompany
known as the Jefferson Rifles, numbering a little more than one hundred men, was organ-
ized, with S. 8, Cooper, Captain; Lewis Stafford, First Lieutenant; and Azel W. Spaulding,
Second Lieutenant, They went to Fort Leavenworth to drill and enlist in a regular manner.
When there, it was ordered that the men be enlisted for three years, upon which, as many
had left their families unprovided for, it was determined that’ a number of them should
return home to look after the support of the women and children, This being done, there
were not a sufficient number remaining to form a company, therefore they combined with
Capt. Clayton’s partially organized Leavenworth compan, electing him Captain, and re-
taining the Lieutenants from the Jetterson County company. The company was mustered
into the First Kansas Regiment on May 28 1861.

During the war, by far the greater number of the citizens of the county entered the
army, while nearly every able-bodied man who remained served in the State Militia, aid-
ing in protecting the State from invasion, Besides this, for those remaining there was
plenty to do in providing for their own families, and looking after the comfort and welfare
-of those of their absent neighbors. a

Among the officers of Kansas troops who were prominent citizens of Jefferson County
were: E. D. Hillyer, Quartermaster of the Fifth Kansas; and Edward Lynde, Colonel of the
Ninth Kansas. G.W. Hogehoom was a Surgeon. W. C. Barnes, of Oskaloosa; Jerome
Kunkle, of Kentucky Township, and Lewis Stafford, of Grasshopper Falls, were Captains..
Stafford went out asa Lieutenant, but was soon promoted. He was killed, in Louisiana, in
January, 1863. Elias Gibbs, J. J. Clancy, J. H. Cowan, J. B. McAfee, A, W. Spaulding, and
G. A. Dewey, were Lieutenants. Inthe Eleventh Kansas Regiment there were a particu-
larly large number of Jefferson County men. During the war, froi its beginning to its
close, nore of the Kansas troops behaved more bravely. or achieved greater honors, than
did the Jefferson County volunteers. ‘ ; .

On October 8, 1862, the County Commissioners voted a bounty of $30 to each soldier
who had enlisted from the county, and scrip was issued to one hundred and thirty-five
men.

As the invasion of the State was continually threatened, a thorough organization of
militia under command of the Governor was always in readiness. In Jefferson County, a
regiment, known as the Fourth Regiment Kansas State Militia, was organized. S. S. Cooper
was commissioned Colonel, and remained in command until it was disbanded. It con-
sisted of eleven companies, of which two were from Grasshopper Falls, two from Jefferson
Township, two from Oskaloosa, one from Osawkie, one from Rock Creek, one from Kaw.
one from Kentucky, and one from Sarcoxie. w

There were in the county quite a large number of secession sympathizers, but so great.
a feeling of loyalty existed among the great majority of the citizens that no rebel senti-
ments were ever allowed to be expressed, and it would have been tinsafe for any one to
openly aidthe rebels. One so doing would have forfeited his property, and probably his
life. So anxious were rebel sympathizers to make a show of loyalty that they enlisted in
the militia, and whenever called out it was looked to that that class went along and partici-
pated in the battles fought. . -

During the war, the greatest scourge of the county were the bands of jayhawkers who
for the greater part of the time persisted in committing depredations on peaceable citizens.
They organized at first to drive the rebel s mpathizers. from the country, and with the idea »
thatthe circumstances of the case fully ust fied them in confiscating the property of the
enemy, But under the leadership of bad menthey soon became common robbers. Horse-
stealing was their principal crime. For a long time they committed their crimes, with
little fear or liability of punishment. Their number was great, and if a citizen dared to
oppose their lawless deeds, he was branded as a rebel, his property taken and he driven
from the country. They soon became bold and took property wherever they could find it.
In, some localities they held absolute sway. The Justices of Peace, Constables, and other
officials, seeined to be afraid to arrest and punish them. Oneof their places of rendezvous
was at Oskaloosa, and in that village and in its vicinity numerous outrages were committed
with no possibility of checking or punishing them, The citizens soon learned that any at-
tempts to oppose their reckless deeds only resulted ‘in aloss of theirown property, and the
erates number kept quiet, thinking their property and their lives were much safer by so

oing.

A Fter a time, however, robbery and other outrages had become so frequent, that the
law-abiding citizens determined to rid themselves of the jayhawkers, and an organization
for the purpose was effected. The robbers were hunted, attacked, and on several occasions
quite {severe fights took place, in which a great number of robbers were killed. So rigor-
ous was the campaign made against them. and so promptly were their outrages punished,
that after quite a large number of them had lost their lives they desisted from their lawless
deeds inthis county and most of them left the country.

 

LAND TROUBLES AND RAILROAD BONDS.

After the diminished Delaware reserve was parchased by the United States Government.
it was granted to the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company, on condition
that they build arailway and pay the Government astated price within aterm of years
agreed upon. The road was not bullt, nor any payments made ontheland. As soon asthe
land was open to settlement a large number located thereon, bought Jands, paying for them
in whole or in part, and accepting the bonds of the company in lieu of adeed. The original
gompany sold to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, E, D., after which there was some
trouble with the settlers, many of whom refused to make any further payments until the
company should be in condition to give a warranty deed, they fearing that the road would
never be built or the title perfected. and that they would eventually lose all they paid. Re-
sides this, some of the settlers had bought the Jand of the origina] company with the under-
standing that they should be allowed to pay for it by working on the railroad grade. When
some of the settlers refused to make their payments or keep up theinterest,the company. .
through Samuel Denman, their agent, ordered them to leave the land. When they refused °
to do so. application was made to the Government for troops to removethem. This was
granted, and troops were sentfrom Fort Leavenworth to remove those designated by Den-
man, when considerable trouble took place, though they were not openly resisted. The
soldiers were soon removed, and a compromise effected. In due time the company per-
fected its titleto the lands, and those settlers who held bonds were allowed to turn them in
as receipts, when they paid for the land. During the trouble severa) skirmishes took place
between contesting claimants of thelands. One of these took place on July 4, 1866, where
Williamstown now is. A mill company had been organized, and had purchased 900 acres of
land, some of which was occupied by settlers. A contest between them soon began. The
mill men pulled down one house, and used the material. To retaliate, the settlers drove
nails in the sawlogs, On July 4, both parties were armed. The settlers set fire to some
wood belonging tothe mill. A fight afterwards ensued, and several were badly wounded
on both sides, but no one was killed.

Soon after the close of the war the citizens of the county began an effort to secure the
building of anorth and south line of railroad. As early a8 1865, the Kansas Division of
the Union Pacific was built across the southern part of the county, and the same year the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company made a proposition that for $300,000 in
bonds. they would construct their road across the county. An election was held and the
bonds defeated. Again in the fall of 1867 the question of voting bonds was agitated. This
time two linesof road were in contemplation: the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe, and the
Atchison, Oskaloosa & Lawrence Railroad, each of which roads asked $150.000 in county
bonds. Ina short time anelection was held, and the bond proposition was carried by a
small majority. Those opposed to voting bonds had made a strong and bitter fight, and dc-
termined to prevent the bonds from being issued, charging that there had been fraudulent
voting in Grasshopper Falls Township where the greater majority wasreceived. Atthe
time of the canvass of the votesby the County Commissioners, no objection was raised; but
just at its close the Opposition made an appearance, objected to the counting of the Grass-
hopper Falls vote, and demanded the poll books for the county, which were given them.
When they were returned, the Grasshopper Falls book was found missing. This being seen
by the County Commissioners, they summoned the trustee of that township, who was the
proper custodian of the book, to appear before them, but on being sworn he stated he knew
nothing of its whereabouts, It was returned sometimeafter, Atthe time of the canvass of the
votes Terry Critchfield was County Clerk, but a short time afterward (January, 1868.) Wal-
ter N. Allen, who had been elected before, took charge of the affairs of the office, and cham-
pioned the cause of the anti-bond men. Some time during the trouble the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad Company demanded the issue of the bonds, whereupon two members
of the Board of Commissioners. John Coffey and William Gragg, ordered the Clerk to issue
bonds} of $150,000 to the above named road. The third commissioner, John Davis, refused
to sign this order. Allen, firmly convinced that the election had not been legal, refused to
issue the bonds. A suit of mandamus to compel him to do so was then brought, but he still

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refused to sign, whereupon he was remanded to jail. Still holding out strongly, he was ina
short! time released, In October, 1869, he was displaced .from office, and L, A. Myers ap-
pointed in his place, The Commissioners again ordered the subscription of stock, which
‘wag Complied ain eee

n January the Board of County Commissioners, now having a majority opposed
to the bonds, allowed Walter N. Allen $1,200 to be used in defending himself! na the county
against the payment of the bonds, An Injunction against their payment was issued, and on
the 31st day of the following May was made perpetual. The case was before the courts tor
a number of years, when the election was decided to have been illegal on account of a large
number of votes fraudulently cast, and the bonds of the:county declared null and void.

After the first railroad bonds voted in the county had been decided to be illegal, contin-
ual efforts were made to secure a railroad. The citizens were nearly equally divided on the
question of the expediency of voting bonds, In 1871, several township t on bond

ropositions from the Atchison, Oskaloosa & Lawrence Railroad, were held, but except in

skaloosa Township, were defeated, and this:putan end toall prospects of securing that
road. In September,1871, an election was held for the purpose of voting bonds to the Grass-
hopper Valley Railroad, which was to extend down the Grasshopper: River. The proposi-
tion was voted on in all the townships bordering the river, but was defeated. On July 11,
1871, an election was held in Grasshopper Falls and Rock Creek Townships, on a bond prop-
osition submitted by the Atchison,y Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, which specified that the
road should pass through these townships and that the former cownshtp should subscribe
for $40,000 stock of the road, which were to be paid in bonds; and that the latter township
should subscribe $20,000 on the same conditions. In Grasshopper Falls Township the bond
proposition was carried, and the next year the road was bullt,

The Kansas Central Railroad Company made a proposition to Jefferson and Grasshop-
per Falls Townships, asking $25,000 in bonds from the former, and $40,000 from the latter.
An election was held on September 28, 1871, and the proposition was carried. The line of
road was built and regular trains were running by the fall of 1872.

- The Leavenworth, Oskaloosa & Topeka Railroad Company made a bond proposition to
Oskalooss and“Osawkie Townships, which was voted on in the spring of 1872, but was de-
_ This ended the railroad schemes in the county, until the year 1881, when the town-
ships of Union, Oskaloosa, Osawkie and Rock Creek voted bonds to the Leavenworth,
Topeka & Southwestern Railroad Company. This line ofroad was built from Leavenworth
to Meriden, and completed in 1882. InzAugust, 1882, before its completion, it was sold to
the Atchison, Topeka & Southwestern Railroad Company, who now operate it.

 

 

 

 

COUNTY AFFAIRS. “

The first Territorial Legislature met in July, 1855, and during its session Jefferson
County was organized and county officers appointed. The limits of the county were the
same as now, except that the Kansas River formed its entire southern boundary.

The first county officers, appointed in 1855, were: . B. Hopewell, 0. B. Tebbs, and
Henry Owens, County Court. This court was substantially the same as a board of county
commissioners. Franklin Finch was appointed Probate Judge: W. F. Dyer, Treasurer;

. M. pier Sheriff; Marion Christison, Registerof Deeds; iliam Sprague, Assessor;
Garrett Jozine, Surveyor; James A. Chapman, Coroner. Osawkie was designated as the
county seat.

_ At a meeting of the County Court held at Osawkie, January 21, 1856, the county was
divided into three townships. All that portion east of the line between Ranges 18
and 19, was called Slough Creek; all west of the above-named line, and south of
Town 8, was called Osawkie; and the remainder of the county was called Grasshopper
Falls. A Justice of the Peace and a Constable were appointed for eacn of these townships.

At the March meeting of the County Court the first license in the county was granted to
Jefferson Riddle, granting him the privilege of maintaining.a ferry across the Grasshopper
at Osawkie, for which he paid the sum of $10 per year, The same meeting was the time of
considering the building of a court house at Osawkie, and a tax of sixteen and two-third
mills on the dollar was voted for the purpose. . H. Tebbs was appointed Superintendent
of Public Buildings, and was ordered at once to let the contract for the building of a court

ouse.

The first lawsuit in the county was in March,1856, at Osawkie, before David R.Sprague,a
Justice of the Peace. The case was a complaint on the part of the Territory of Kansas against
JosephBritton, charged with stealing a yoke of oxen and_a bee-hive from Henry Evans,
As this was the first lawsuit in the county a great deal of interest was manifested, and a
large crowd of spectators were present, The Justice was impressed with the dignity of his
‘position, and summoned a large number of witnesses, enough, though many of them knew
nothing of the case, to frighten the poor prisoner half out of his wits, The examination of
witnesses was along and tedious one, and at the close the Justice made an entry in his docket
in his own peculiar orthography, of which the following isan exact copy:*

“Terratory Against tg usti’s Dockett
Josef Britton Josef Britton
was tride for
grand larseny
and I acquit him of the bea hive but bound him over on the count of the Oxen under bound
of five hundred dollars to appeare on the furst day of the Surcut cort and I swore the wit-
nesses to appeare on the furst day of the turm and not to depart till regerly discharged.”

At the meeting of the County Court in April, 1856, Jefferson Township was organized
from the northern part of Slough Creek Townsnip, and officers appointed. At the same
meeting a liquor license was fixed at $25 per year, and as soon as it was entered on the rec-
ords, illiam F. and George M. Dyerimade application for, and received, a license to sell
whiskey and other beverages, which they had been selling ever since their location at
Osawkie. At this meeting the first road in the county, was located from Osawkie, east,
toward Alexaudria, on Stranger Creek, in Leavenworth County. William Meredith, Wil-
fam Stagg, and Adam Christison were appointed Road Viewers. The Territorial road
located as above, was designed to open communications with Kansas City. To survey and
ay out this road in Jefferson County. James, Thomas, and Jesse Noble were appointed
Commissioners, and J. T. Green and William Trapp were appointed chain-carriers. For
their services the parties above named received compensation as follows in county war-
rants: James Noble, $40.50; Thomas Noble, $16; Jesse Noble, $16; and J. T. Green and
William Trapp $6 each, The road did the county little or no good and disappeared long,
ago, except in places where it forms a public highway for short distances.

At their meeting in May, 1856, the County Court organized Kentucky Township and
appointed town officers, ’

Under the old Territorial Jaw the Sheriff was Tax Collector. The first taxes collected
were by George M. Dyer, who had been appointed Sheriff on the first organization of the
county. His first report was in September, 1856 and was as follows: - .
County tax for 1855 :
Special tax for 185:
County tax for 185:
Special tax for 1856.
Tax collected on liqu

Total tax collected..
Sheriff’s commission

 

 

 

   
 
 
 
  

 

Balance in County Treasury...........seceeceeues sre ce cessecses + sees $288 09

At the above date fifteen dram shops in the county were paying a tax,

‘The first orders for money, or county warrants, were issued for services In laying out
the Territorial road in 1856, and asfollows: J.T. Green, $24; Thomas H, Noble, $25; and
William Trapp, $4.50. Noneof the above warrants have ye# been cancelled, The next
warrant was issued to N. B. Hopewell, and was not cancelled until August,'1864.

Early in 1858 the Legislature passed a bill allowing Jefferson County to vote for a re-
location of the county seat. The election was helda shorttime afterward, and though
there is no public record of the result, A. G. Patrick has preserved the figures, There were
five nlaces voted for, and the election resulted as follows: Oskaloosa, 177 votes: Grasshop-
per Falls, 173 votes; Osawkie, 94 votes; Hickory Point, 50 votes and Vairfield 10 votes,
The above named Hickory Point was not the historic place onthe military freight road,
but was situated a short distance southwest onthe northeast corner of Section 6, Town 9,
Range 19, and was laid off as a town. The old point was in town history known as Hardatville,
having been laid off asa town by Charles Hardt. Fairfield had been laid off asa town on
the south one-half of ‘the northéast one-fourth of Section 1, Town 9 Range 18. Atthe
election, Oskaloosa having received four votes more than either of the other places, the
county records and offices were removed to that town.

Early in 1859 the Legislature passed a law requiring that the point selected as the
county-seat should have a majority of votes over all the others; and that shonld a choice
not then be made, another election should be held thirty days after, between the two places
receiving the largest number of votes at the first election. Therefore, another election was
held soon after, and with the following result: Oskaloosa, 294 votes; Grasshopper Falls,
271 votes; Osawkie, 103 votes; Defiance 8 votes and Hickory Point, 170 votes.

Neither place receiving a majority of all the votes cast, another election was held be-
tween Oskaloosa and Grasshopper Falls. The former town was victorious by a small
majority. ~

Roly in 1858, the Legislature passed a law requiring that township officers should be
elected in April, and that instead of having a Board of County Commissioners, the township
Trustees should form a Board of Supervisors for the county. Accordingly, an election of

*This letter was afterward published in “ Editor’s Drawer ” of Harper's Magazine.

few days after he was arrested,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The County Board_organized at Osawkie, in
June, and was made up as follows: esse Newell, Oskaloosa; R. J. Duncan, Rock Creek;
§.58. Ellis, Grasshopper Falls; Alexander Bayne, Kentucky; J. C. Manee, Jeiferson and A,
W. McCauslin, Osawkie, The last named was chosen chairman and Jno: W. Day clerk. At
this first meeting the name of Slough Creek Township was changed to Oskaloosa, ss

By an act of the Legislature, early in 1860, the County Board of Supervisors was
abolished, and the board of three County Commissioners substituted in its place, The first
election was held in March, and Nelson Chapman, George Barrett and W. C. Butts were
elected Commissioners, and Jesse Ball, County Assessor. The new board organized on
April 2, and W. C. Butts was elected chairman.

After Kansas was admitted as a State, in 1861, the first members of the Legislature
elected from Jefferson County were Paul E. Havens, Azel W. Spaulding and J. M. Huber.
At that time Jefferson County formed a part of the district. The first Legislature redis-
tricted the State, making Jefferson County asingle senatorial district, and divided it into
three representative districts, known as the 19th, 20th aud 21st. The 19th comprised Jef-
ferson, Oskaloosa and Union townships; the 20th, Grasshopper Falls and Rock Creek town-
ships, and the 21st the remainder of the county. These districts remained unchanged un-
til 1871, when the Legislature changed their numbers to 16th, 17th and 18th.

At the first election of county officers, after the admission of the State, in 1861, M. RB.
Dutton was elected Clerk; S,C. Gephart, Register of Deeds; N. W. Taylor, Sheriff; 8. 8.
Cooper, Treasurer; Jno. W. Day, Judge, and Newell Colby, Superintendent of Schools, N,
Chapman, J. P. Barnes and Allen Griffin were elected Commissioners.

arly inthe year 1864, the Legislature passed an_act authorizing Jefferson County to
vote on are-location of the county-seat. Therefore, that spring an election was held which
resulted as follows: Oskaloosa, 402 votes; Grasshopper Falls, 269 votes; Osawkie, 198
votes. Neither place having received a majority of all the votes cast, another election was
held the following November, which gave Oskaloosa 579 votes and Grasshopper Falls 335
votes, This result ended the county-seat contest in Jefferson County and Oskaloosa has
ever since been the capital of the&county, with no prospects ot its removal.

On the night of December 27, 1865, the county .safe was robbed. The Treasurer, S. C.
Gephart, had just made his settlement with the county, and had but little money, on hand,
but this was alltaken, It was never known positively who committed the robbery, but _
several parties were suspected of having heen implicated, and were warned to leave the
country, which they did. Some time afterward, while some of the outhouses on the prop-
erty that had been Seeupted by W.L. Deming and Peter Dittman, two of the men driven
away, rere being pulled down, some of the money was found. This was the only clue to

e robbers.

A court house was begun in 1867 and completed about two years afterward. f

During the years 1871 and 1872, bridge bonds for a large amount were voted and bridge
building and other public improvements were carried on toa much greater extent than at
any other period in the history of the county, either before or since. :

‘ounty Treas Defaication.—In July, 1873, when the County Treasurer, Robert Rid-
dle, made his settlement with the County Commissioners, his cash account was found de-
ficient to the sum of about $27,000. He was unable to explain the deficiency, and claimed
to know nothing of what had become of the money, but admitted his careless methods of
doing business. The most of the county money was deposited with the Valley Bank, at
Grasshopper Fall3. Atthe request of the Commissioners, Mr. Riddle resigned at once.
and on July 25 was examined before Justice Wm. Clark,
and bound over in thesum of $5,000.

_ Lhe treasury troubles gave rise to several law-suits. The County Commissioners began
suit against Riddle’s bondsmen. The bondsmen began suit against Riddle, and Riddle be-
‘an suit against the Valley Bank. Riddle was tried for embezzlement in May, 1874. All

Trustees was heldin April, of that year.

the amounts were stricken out, except $6,000, andon which charge he was tried and ac-
quitted, the jury taking the grounds that the loss was through carelessness in his deposits
and keeping his books, rather than any criminality. In December, 1874, the County Com-
miss jouers compromised with Riddle’s bondsmen for $12,000, and this put an end to the
Ul S.

Early Schools.—The first public school districts were organized in 1859. At the fall
election of 1858, J. H. Bennett had been elected Superintendent of Schools, but did not
qualify for the office, as there were no schools. In_ January, 1859, he received a number of
applications for the formation of school districts. He therefore appeared before the County
Board. Ot Supervisors, applied for, and received the appointment of County Superintendent

To Jesse B. Taylor, who lived at Hart’s Grove, is the credit due for the movements made
toward the organization o1 the first school district in the county. He had but one child, a
girl four years of age, but he was public-spirited, and an advocate of public schools. The

istrict was known as the Rothchild District, and a petition was presented to J. H. Bennett,
who organized the district with the boundaries as requested. Below is an exact copy of the

 

ROTHCHILDS DISTRICT.

‘: We, the undersigned citizens of Rothchilds District, do pray the Honorable County
School Commissioners of Jefferson County and Territory of Kansas,to grant a school district
asfollows Commence atthe N. E. corner of the N. E. qr. of Sec. No. 5, of Township No.
8, of Range No. 19, thence West on the Township line to the North West corner of the N. E.
gr. of Section No. two of Township No 8, of Range No. 18, thence South on the line to the
outh West corner of the S. E. qr. of Section No. of Township No. 8, of Range No. 18,
thence East to the S. E. corner of the S. W. qr. of Section 17, of Township No. 8. of Range
No. 19, thence to the place of beginning. Feb. 16th, A. D. 1859.

. B. Taylor, B. Freeze,
Jno. W, Welch, E, P. Hart,
Hiram Webb, M. Schiifbauer,

Josephus Goble, Mary A. Goddard,
D. Webb, Mrs. Rhoda Akers.
M.N. Hart.

The above district was duly organized on February 21, 1859, and was recorded as Dis-
trict No.1, or Rothehilds District. The first school meetin ¢ was held at the house of M. N.
slant March 9, 1859. M.N. Hart was elected director, J. B. Taylor, treasurer, and Hiram
Webb, clerk: A small log cabin Was secured, and a three months’ term of school was taught
that year, beginning in May. Seventeen pupils were enrolled. Miss Esther A. Webb was
the teacher, and her salary was ten dollars per month. She received the first teacher's cer-
tificate ever granted in the county, taught the first school, and received the first public
school money over pald out... She was married February 29, 1879; to James D. Bullock.

: 7 rson Tow ;
pubis scbocl money peestye nship paid to district No. 1 $53, which was the first

The second district lm the county was also in Jefferson Township, and was known as the
Hull District. The petition was dated February 21, 1859, and was filed March 1st, on which
day the district was organized by the county superintendent, The district comprised sec-
Hons 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16, of Town 8, Range 19, of the Delaware trust lands.

ft bhie school meeting on March 21 atthe residence of Frank Lillie, Lewis Bradshaw
was elected director, Thomas A. Marshall, treasurer, and Jesse Ball, clerk. They filed their
acceptance the next day, and at once let a contract for the building of the schoolhouse,
which was com leted about the same time as was the log cabin in District No 1, but having
sony tr ouble with the contractors, relative to payment, the house was soon burned down.
; a6 fire was (foabeless incendiary. The house was located on the center of Section 11, on
au onated by Thomas Marshall and Frank Lillie. A term of school was taught during
bhassuimer by D. L. Griffin, who received $37 per month, There were sixty-six pupils in

During the year, District No. 2 received , ,
A schoolhouse was built at a cost of $480. — She eee
~ puri he year E869. H Bennett organized nine school districts inthe county. At
f . me the superinten ent of schools had entire control of all public school money The
cu | piount paid to Mr. Bennett for his services during the year was $113.40, which was

ae TAGS tee coEiDt, which he sold to John Beland for forty centson the dollar Inthe
pone i He ere were elghteen schools inthe county. There were 447 children of school
Age, an 85 pupils enrolled in the schools. The amount of money raised to build school-

was $456.34. The amount of public school money for that year was $787.50.

 

 

PRESENT CONDITION OF THE COUNTY.

Since the year 1875 there have been no grassho ‘
b pper visitations, no drouth, or any causes
to prevent a large average crop yield. The main resources ofthe county are agricultural,
" c ‘armers are generally in a prosperous condition, and fine orchards, good fences, and
neat ane conyenlent houses and other buildings ornament their farms.
font roa sf ntersect all parts of the county, so that no farm is more than seven miles
fr some ral road town. There ig no large city in the county, but numerous towns,afford-
ing Bon markets, are located at short distances from each other, along all the lines of

oz these ‘ae farmers, the county is nearly sixteen thousand, and by far the greater majority
he 425,000 acres of land in the county, 240,000 are under cultivation, of which 45,-

meadow. the live stock humors {600 naress obd ares $0c00 sate a Goo ness and
° y rses, 1,000 mules, cattle, 4,000 sheep, an

30,000 hogs. The total value of farm property, according to a low assessment, is 31. 772,~

The public interests of the county are ably managed, and with very few exceptions
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

have been so ever since its organization. The county does not owe a dollar, and its internal
amprovements are well kept up. Wood bridges span the streams in all parts of the county,
while within the past four years many iron bridges have been erected. ore than forty of
these now span the larger streams, the roads are generally kept in good condition, and
travel inany direction is very easy.

County Officers.—The county officers for 1882 are _asfollows: Benjamin lowlby, 0. W.
Glynn, and J. P. Barnes, County Commissioners; J. R. Best, Clerk; Levi Wilhelm, Treas-
urer; George Davis, Sheriff; J. P. Wilson, District Court Clerk; G. A. Huron, Probate Judge;
w. ¢. Fowler, Register of Deeds; H. B. Schatfer, County Attorney; T. S. Oliver, Superin-
tendent of Schools; J. H. Jones, County Surveyor, and J. F. Bliss, Coroner.

County Buildings.—The court house is a fine two story brick building, 50x70 feet in
size, and is situated in the center of the public square, whi-h is finely ornamented by a
grove of tall maple trees, so thickly set as to sade all over the square, and make one of
the finest of parks. The public square is on the most elevated ground inthe city of Oska-
loosa, and around it is built a wall of finely cut stone, inside of which it is filled even with
its top with earth, and all sown to orchard Geass,

The history of’ the building of the court house is as follows: On April 3,1867, the county
commissioners ordered that a court house should be erected forthwith, On June 8, of the
same year, a contract was entered into with Graham & Swain, to build the house according
to specifications, for $22,875. Work was commenced the same year, and in due time was
completed, but the entire cost, with some extra work, was $28.257 04, On the first floor are
the county offices, atl of which are supplied with fire and burglar proof vaults. The second
story is the court room. 2

The county poor house was built some time after the completion of the court house, and
though not very large, is sufficient for the needs of the county, there being but very few
paupers within its limits.

The county jail is a substantial stone building, and situated on the public square. It
contains steel cages capable of holding eight persons in the cells, aud an equal number in
the corridor, besides a large space in the outer court.

Schools.—The first public school d'stricts were formed in 1859, and those of that year
were nine in number, ‘These had increasedin number until the beginning of the year 1865,
when there were twenty organized districts, though but few of them had schoolhouses
other than log cabins, poorly furnished. Until the close of the war it was difficult to pro-
cure good teachers, and up to that time the public schools advanced but slowly. Late in
the year 1865 there began to be mora attention given to the schools, and to the importance
of securing good teachers. The greater number of the old districts had to be reorganized,
and during the next four years about fifty more were added to the number, and the grade
of teachers had been brought up to a high standard, so that in point of ability they would
compare favorably with those of the present time. The old log schoolhouses, with benches
for seats, began about this time to give place to neat, attractive, and well furnished school-

es

ouses.

Until the present date the schools have continued to improve. There are now ninety-
one school districts in the county, each district having sufficient territory to keep 4p a
school from six to nine months during the year, without a very heavy school tax. he
greater number of thein have large, commodious houses, furnished with the most improved
Seats and other appurtenances, with suitable apparatus to assist the teacher. The average
wages paid to teachers is $35 per month.

_, Churches.—Cburch organizations of the various denominations exist in every commu-
nity inthe county. In every township are church edifices, and in those communities where
there are none the schoolhouses are used for religious services. The people are moral and
religious in sentiment. and may besaid to be, in general, church-goers. The greater num-
der of those not members of any society are regular attendants on divine service, and all
religious euterprises are liberally supported by the citizens of the county.

A n almost every community is a Sunday school, with a good attendance by both old
and young.

The Jeferson County Agricultura. and Mechanical Association was organized in Octo-
ber, 1861. The first officers were as follows; President, Allen Griffin; Vice-President,
Nelson Chapman, Secretary, Paul E. Havens; Treasurer, L. B. Conwell; Directors, Levi
Wilheln:, Joseph Evans. David McKelvey, J. M. Huber, G. L. Osborne, J. F. Bliss, and A. J.
Kleinhans. The first fair was held on,October 15 and 16, 1862, and there was a very good
exhibit. The association has ever since been kept up, and the eighteenth annual fair has
now been held, There have been three years when it was thought best not to make an
exhibit.

The Valley Falls District Fair Association was organized and the first fair held in the
fallof 1879, The object of this society is to afford a convenient print for the exhibition of
agricultural and mechanical products from the territory naturally tributary to Valley
zale. phe fourth annual fair has been held, each of which has been a success in every
particular.

The Mount Union 0o-operative Fair Association was organized in 1881. and the first
fair held that year. It is a society organized by the farmers of Norton Township. Its ob-
ject is to make an exhibit of farm products and live stock, for which no money premiums
are offered, but the grades are designated simply by the badges awarded. The second an-
nual fair has been held. No entrance fee is charged elther to exhibitors or spectators.
Thus far the fairs have proven very successful. The first officers of the association were:
Wm. Vanata, president, and H. C. Magers, secretary.

DELAWARE TOWNSHIP.

For many years this township was known by the name of Grasshopper
Falls. It is one of the three original townships formed at the first meeting of
the County Court in January, 1856. It is one of the oldest settled portions of
the county, and is now one of its wealthiest and most prosperous townships.

The first settlement was made early in 1854, at Grasshopper Falls, now
Valley Falls, by Henry Zen. In December James Frazier, Robert Riddle, and
H. B. Jolley made a settlement there.” *

In December, William Gragg, with a colony-numbering eight persons,
located on Cedar Creek, where buildings were erected the following February.

At the first meeting of the County Court in January, 1856, the township
was organized. Henry Bowles was appointed Justice of the Peace, and
Benjamin Davidson, Constable. In May, Sam Johnson was appointed Justice
of the Peace, and Joe Haddox, Constable.

The first lawsuit in the township was in March, 1857, before Sam Johnson.
The case was Corey and Bainter, against J. M. Cole, for forcible detainer of
landclaim. The entry in Johnson’s docket is asfollows: “Sot fur trile on the
4 day of March, 1857, at my offis in Grasshoper fales township, jefferson
Kounty, Cansas terratory, as the case may be. Cory and Bainter, complainte,
and John m. Cole, defend of unlawful renter and detainer trile by a gury of
twelve good and lawful men the body of the Kounty.” A jury was summoned
and the justice was induced to go to the village of Grasshopper Falls for the
trial, as a large number of citizens wished to attend the first lawsuit. The
defendant did not appear, upon which the jurysbrought in a verdict for the
plaintiff, whereupon the justice made another entry in his docket as follows:
“john m.'Cole cum to my offis on the 3 day of march, 1857, and tole mee he
wood not tend the trile of Cory and Bainter, and I fealt it my dooty after bein
trouble for fore monts to preside ex-parte, and let the gury taik the case in
hand.”

Johnson was a Pro-slavery man and moved to the Kaw Valley before the
land sales,

As soon as it was known when the land sales{would take place, a Squatter’s
Court was organized in each township.e There was a great deal of trouble
regarding the ownership of claims, and this court was formed for the protection
of the rightful claimant. In Grasshopper Falls Township there was a conflict
between Jefferson City and Grasshopper Falls, each electing a court which was
claimed to be a legal one. From the former place Messrs. Bob Shanklin,
Lillard and Coltrup were elected judges, and A. H. Deaver, clerk ; from the
latter, S. C. Gephart, S. S. Cooper, and Thomas A. Blake were elected judges,

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and Lewis Stafford, clerk. After atime an understanding was effected between
the two parties by which the Grasshopper Falls board was declared the legal one.

After the land sales in July, 1857, there was but little trouble between the
settlers, as the claims to the land had all been settled.

In 1858, a bridge was built across the Grasshopper, at the falls, but not
without some trouble. Two meetings were held, after which a tax was voted.
It was afterward carried into the courts, and finally was settled by the
Legislature-legalizing the tax.

VALLEY FALLS.

; ‘

The original name of this town was Grasshopper Falls, after which it was
changed by act of the Legislature to Sautrelle. Falls. The citizens did not
generally recognize the name and after about a year it resumed its original one,
which it bore for some time. A few years since the name of the township was
changed to Delaware, as was the name of the river, and the name of the town
was changed to the one it now bears.

Valley Falls is a thriving and attractive town, of about 1,200 population.
It is pleasantly located on the gently sloping hillside, on the right bank of the
Delaware River, and at the junction of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and
Kansas Central Railroads. The residence portion of the city is beautifully
ornamented by fruit, shade and evergreen trees. The residence lots are large
and the houses neat and attractive in appearance. The business houses are
generally large, and well-built. In the business center of the city, on both
sides of the streets, are Jarge and handsome brick blucks. It is the metropolis
of the county, far exceeding any other within its limits, both in population and
the amount of business done.

The history of the town begins with the year 1854, when, in February,
Henry Zen located at the falls of the Grasshopper River. He had first visited
the place in 1852, being one of a party of mechanics accompanying Maj.
Ogden to Fort Riley. The Major had a large train conveying supplies to the
above-named fort, and was told by the Kickapoo Indians that he would find a
better and more direct road by this place, than on the main traveled road
crossing the river at Osawkie. He found it a rough road however, and had
difficulty in crossing the river. The place of crossing was east of the present
railroad bridge, near the corner of J. M. Piazzek’s land. The north bank was
very steep and had to be dug down, and the wagons eased down by the men,
and after the one trip this route was abandoned.

When Zen returned he determined to make the place his home, and began’
a cabin about one-half a mile from the present mill site of I. M. Piazzek. He
had a yoke of oxen. He also put up a stack of hay. He was frequently visited
by the Kickapoo Indians, but never was molested. In the fall he was visited

_ by « white man who claimed to be agent for the Indians, and ordered Zen to

leave the country. He accordingly left the place and went to the eastern part
of the county, where he remained with a man named Mooney, who lived on a
creek which now bears his name. After the settlement of Grasshopper Falls,
Mooney married Miss. Mollie Cross, and lived on his place, where he died and
was buried on the bank of the creek, about two years after. It is his solitary
grave that has excited so much inquiry of late years. ;

The next settlement at Grasshopper Falls, and the first one of any perma-
nance, was by James Frazier, Robert Riddle, H. B. Jolley and A. J. Whitney.
This party secured their information of the falls, from Maj. Ogden, but did
not know just where to find them. They kept on the old military road until
they arrived at Hickory Point, after which they went due west to the river,
then followed up until they came to the ripple of the stream about three miles
below the falls, when they crossed over to the west side and followed along up
till they were reached. The fall was only a little mote than three feet and they
were at. first in doubt whether or not it was the right place. They discovered
the place on December 23, 1854, moved up on the 24th, and drove their stakes .
for claims on Christmas, the 25th. When coming to the falls, they discovered
Zen’s old hay-stack, which was at the foot of the hill east of the present town.
The party on discovering the falls came over the present town site crossing
about at the corner of Sarah and Sycamore streets. The above named party
in connection with T. F, Jolley, had formed a town site company, and their first
work was to lay out a town and drive stakes to locate the boundaries.

The next work was to begin the erection of 2 log cabin. After working
four or five days their provisions ran short. There were left only two loaves of
bread and five pounds of salt meat. They had no ammunition left by which
they could kill game. They could catch no fish, as they had no fish-hooks.
The cabin was built up to the eaves, when leaving Frazier and Riddle to finish
the cabin and guard the claim, Whitney and Jolley started for Weston for a
fresh supply of provisions. They expected to be gone two days, but were gone
eleven, and there was some suffering in camp before their return. During that
time Zen returned, made a claim, and built a cabin a short distance from the
town site. He lived there for about two years afterwards. Henry Weber came
with Zen and located a claim. During the eleven days T. F. Jolley arrived.
There were now five colonists on the town site. After spending some time in
exploring the country, they cut and hauled logs and built another cabin. These
cabins were both completed by February 10, 1855. Soon after, Mrs, Caroline
Jolley, wife of H. B. Jolley, arrived. She was the first white woman in the
township as well as in the town. The cabins were situated near the falls of the
river, not far from the present mill.

On March 16th, Stephen H. Dunn, a blacksmith, accompanied by his
family, arrived. Mrs. Sarah Dunn was the second white woman in the new
town, and lived there with her husband until the time of her death a few years
since. As Mrs, Jolley remained but a short time, Mrs. Dunn may be said tu
be the pioneer white woman.

Soon after the town was laid off, a company was organized to build a saw
and grist-mill. The members were James Frazier, Robert Riddle, A. J. Whit-
ney, and Isaac Cody. The last named was never a resident, though he was
afterward elected to the legislature from Jefferson County. He was father of
the now noted Buffalo Bill, who has been a celebrated Indian scout.
506 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

__ Logs were cut and hauled, and work on the mill began early in the spring
of 1855. The falls of the river were over a hard limestone rock, and on this
the dam was built, It was not long until the mill and dam was so nearly com-
pleted that sawing of lumber commenced.

In the spring of 1855, the town was surveyed, and named Grasshopper
Falls. Though it was a year before the Government surveys, one hundred
maps of the town were lithographed, and sent east as an advertisement for the
town, The lots were divided into one hundred shares, of twelve lotseach. Of
these, each proprietor received fifteen .shares, and the remainder were held for
donations, One share was given to Gov. A. H. Reeder. Many more lots were
given to leading citizens of the Territory. Among others, J. H. Lane received
several, a

Ina short time the Jolley brothers became discouraged, and returned to
Iowa,

A. J. Whitney was appointed postmaster for Grasshopper Falls, December
21,1855. He remained but a short time, however, when he sold his claim to
John H. Day for sixteen dollars, and left the country.. When here he added
much to the life of the new town, He is described as a jolly, whole-souled fel-
low, kind-hearted and fond of his whisky. At this early day there were a num-
ber of Indian camps near. Whitney always kept a large demijohn of whisky,
but would never let the Indians have any. One night the Indians stole it. At
first poor Whitney did not know what to do, but as he felt like having a drink
before breakfast, he started out and stole a pony from the Indian chief, which he
refused to give up until he got his demijohn back. After a while the chief
returned it, although about half the whisky was gone. Whitney then gave up
the pony, took a drink and went to breakfast. _

For some time it was rather lonesome at the new town,’and the residents
had plenty of time for amusement. Being Eastern men they found many things
to learn. One day Frazier and Riddle were hunting in the woods, when they
found wooden troughs suspended among the boughs of a tree. This was a mys-
tery to them and Riddle climbed the tree to investigate. All at once he stopped,
then began to slide down with such velocity as to tear his clothing. At first he
said nothing, but finally muttered, ‘‘ Dead Injin.” Frazier, who was startled at
first by the unaccountable conduct of his companion, merely said, “If you
make such a fuss over a dead Injin, what would you doif you were to meet a
live one?”” The bones afterward fell, and after having been rooted around by
‘hogs, Dr L. Northrup found and preserved the skull, which he still has in his
possession, and amuses his friends by using it to describe the character of an
Indian from a phrenological stand-point.

When the town was laid out, some of the streets were named in honor of
the pioneer ladies of the settlement. Frances street was named in honor of
Mrs. George S. Hillyer; Louisa street, after Mrs. Williams; Sarah street, after
Mrs. Stephen H. Dunn, and Caroline street, after Mrs. H. B. Jolley.

The original cabins of the settlers were not on the town site. The first
building thereon was built by A. T. Pattie, a Pro-slavery man, who located
here, and refusing to recognize the rights of the town company, erected a
shanty in the middle of the street near the crossings of Sycamore and Sarah.
This was the first frame building, the lumber being hauled from Weston, and
was built in August, 1855. He also erected a building 12 by 14 in size,
near where the Cataract house now stands. The first one was a store and
saloon, and the other a residence. Pattie was also postmaster for a time. He
did a heavy business, sold a great deal of whisky and made more money than
all the other men in the settlement. He was, in 1856, driven from the cquntry
for his Pro-slavery proclivities.

The first death in the settlement was that of Eddie, the sixteen-year old
son of George S. Hillyer. About the same time a young man named Scanlan,
died. This was in the spring of 1855.

The first hotel was kept by Stephen H. Dunn and his wife. He was the
village blacksmith, lived in a log cabin and entertained travelers, and boarded
those at the settlement who had no home of their own. ,

The first birth in the settlement was that of Ada, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
George S. Hillyer, who was born in August, 1855. She is now Mrs. Albert
Beland. The first birth on the town site was that of Johnnie Considine, son of
John Considine, who located there in May, 1857. He bought lot 12 in block
19, and went to work on a house, which was afterward the Farmers’ Home ho-
tel. Before its completion the family lived in a tent and here Johnnie was

born one stormy night, about the first of June. The wind blew violently, the
lightning flashed, the thunder roared, and the rain poured down in torrents, and
ran into the tent wetting the occupants. The next morning all hands drank to
the health of the new-born child. Heis now living at Atchison.

Early in the spring of 1856, William and R. H. Crosby built a small frame
store, and put in a stock of goods. During the troubles of 1856—in Septem.
ber—this store was burned, and rebuilt again in the spring of 1857.

After Pattie was driven from the town, his buildings were used by the citi-
zens whenever they wished them. The house was kept, to be used as a temporary
home for the immigrants, while they were building.

The original town site comprised 320 acres. The site was recognized by
the Government surveyors in 1856, and they left it just as it was surveyed by
the proprietors. This left fractions on each side. On the east side was a frac-
tion of forty-six acres,and here Dr. Lorenzo Northrup had located in 1855. His
cabin, was just east of the present railroad depot, east of the town site.

t the time of the land sales, in July, 1857, there were only seven build-
ings on the town site. These were Crosby Bros. store, John Beland’s house,
Lewis Staff ord’s blacksmith shop, the Cataract Hotel, which had been built that
year, John Considine’s house, Dr. L. Northrup’s drug store, and Peter Tay-
lor’s house.

At the land sales it was expected that the town site would be recognized,
and that it would be sold as such. It was, however, sold by one-quarter sec-
tions, the same as the other lands of the county, and at its appraised value.
There was great excitement on the part of property owners, for fear that they
would lose their lots, and all threw their influence in favor of the town com-

pany getting all the land. To secure it, a man was selected on each quarter
section, to enter the land, and then transfer it to the town company. A man
named Dove was selected to live on and purchase the northwest one-quarter
section, which contained 136 acres of the town site. T. Elliott entered another
quarter-section, on which were twenty-four acres of the site, which he deeded
to the town company. There were twenty-four acres in J. A. Cody’s quarter.
section, on the south, but he would not turn it over, and the shareholders never
got it. On James Frazier’s quarter-section was twenty-six acres of the town.
On Clark’s quarter was also twenty-six acres, but most of this was on the north
side of the river, and of little use for lots. .

There was a contest, however, over the ownership of the northwest quarter
of Section 19, Town 8, Range 18 east, where the business center of the town
now is. Through Bob. Shanklin, as his agent, A. T. Pattie became a contest-
ant, claiming it on the grounds of having been the first settler, and that his resi-
dence was still standing there. Dr. L. Northrup took possession of this, and
of the forty-six acres on the east. On Block 21, he secured two lots, and was
anxious to get the entire block. He also became a contestant for the entire
quarter. The town company was a contestant, backed by the owners of lots.
It was also thought best for John Beland to become a contestant, in the inter-
ests of the town company, and he started a store there. T. F. Jolley was an-
other contestant, but there was soon a compromise effected between him and
the town company. ‘

After a time a court was formed, consisting of Governor Shannon, Robert
Stevens, and St. Matthew. A large number of lawyers were employed. Dr,
Northrup’s lawyer was Prince Hudgens. The final outcome was, that Northrup
got his forty-six acres and Block 21; Hudgens got thirty-four acres, where the
depot now is, and the town company got the west half of the quarter. The
thirty-four acres were deeded to Stevens and Hudgens, and Gov. Shannon got
$700 as court expenses, which the town company had to pay.

Dove felt certain of getting his tract, but it was awarded to Richardson and
Durand. They transferred it to the town company, but kept the certificate of
sale as security, as they loaned the money to pay for it. But few shareholders
got any lots, and they had to pay a big price. :

Before the land sales, the buildings of the town were north of what is now
the principal street, being around and north of where the Cataract House
now is,

The first public enterprise, after the land sale, was the building of the
Lutheran Church by Rev. J. B. McAfee, in the fall of 1857. - There were about
twelve buildings erected during the year. :

In 1857, J. C. Bowles, located in the new settlement ; claimed to be the
leader of a colony to soon come from Cleveland. He also proposed to bring in
a steam saw-mill. A joint stock company was formed, Bowles holding a ma-
jority of shares. 'The mill came, and was located at the foot of Sycamore
street. For a short time business was lively. Thos. Elliott was business manager
Martin Anderson, sawyer; and Harvey Hewitt, engineer. After a short time
an assessment was made, Bowles got the money, sold the mill and left the
country.

In the spring of 1857, a large hotel, the Cataract House, was built by Mc-
Carger Bros. A bonus was given them. Twenty-four lots were subscribed by
the citizens. The town company gave twelve, and Frazier & Riddle bought
another for them at a cost of $75. When the hotel was completed, a grand
ball was held. The hotel is still one of the leading ones in the town.

First School.—The first school was established in 1857. It was before the
days of public schools in the county. Dr. L. Northrup bought the old Pattie
claim house, and moved it to Block 21. There was no school law except the
doctor, and he soon got ready, and employed Miss Libbie Pennock, of Leaven-
worth County, to teach the school for three months, The school was supported
by subscription, and as there were but few children in attendance, the many
bachelor settlers contributed liberally, agd the school was well supported, with
little expense to the doctor. =

In 1858, Miss Anderson, sister of Thomas J. Anderson, of Topeka, taught
a term of school in the Lutheran Church. J. B. McAfee started the school and
employed the teacher. She boarded with him on his farm, and he brought her
and his children to school each morning.

Another term of school was taught in 1858, by Miss Mariah Ring, who came
from Massachusetts for that purpose. From reports, she expected to find a
large cataract and a good-sized city, Her surprise can be imagined when, on
the first night of her arrival,she stayed at the log cabin of W.C. Hicks,on Peters’
Creek. It was raining hard, and she had to occupy.the upper one of a tier of
bunks, with the family below. The roof leaked badly, and her first night was
an unpleasant one, She taught school in the Lutheran Church, completed the
year before. In 1860, she went to Denver, but returned after four years, and
bought property in Valley Falls. She still lives here, and is quite wealthy.

The same year, 1858, Miss Sarah E, Parker began a ferm of school in the
Lutheran Church, She taught there until the school district was organized and
a house built, after which she taught the public school until 1862, when she
went to Topeka to teach, but she died in November, before beginning.

In the spring of 1858, Richardson & Riddle erected a stone building, op-
posite the Cataract House. During the summer, the Congregational Church
was built, also houses by Rev. A. C. Downey, Charles Hicks, T. F. Jolley,
Thomas H. Elliott, Mr. Dickerson, and others. The same summer a start was
made on a Masonic hall, by G. S. Hillyer and A. G. Patrick, but after expend-
ing some money, the project was abandoned. Dr. L. Northrup began his hotel,
the Octagon House, on Block 21, which was completed in due time. A town
well was dug in the center of the crogs-street, near the Cataract House. It was
eighty feet deep, and cost $400. It was afterward abandoned.

The first Justice of the Peace at the town of Valley Falls was J. H. Ben-
nett, who came to the county in 1857, and located on Coal Creek, He was
induced to remove to the village and was elected Justice of the Peace. He
built an office on Sycamore street. He always tried to preserve peace and
good order, but the citizens had become so fond of fighting, it was impossible
~ to improve the general appearance cf the city. : c
“at no time during its history has it been more prosperous than it nowis. All
classes of business are well represented and the merchants all have a large trade..

‘greatest improvement.

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

to stop it at once. On one occasion two men had formed a ring and were hav-
irig a fight near his office, when Ke selected assistants and went to separate the
combatants, but he was forced out and severely used by A. G. Patrick, who
wanted to see the fight goon. Both J. H. Bennett and A. G. Patrick have al-
ways been prominent citizens of the county, have been rivals to some extent,
have both worked zealously to collect historical material relating to the county,
and to both of them is the writer of this history much indebted for material
placed at his disposal by them.

Until the breaking out of the war, the village continued to grow slowly.
The largest and best building erected at that time was a two-story stone store,
by Crosby Bros,, in 1860, the ruins of which are now standing, north of the
Cataract House. i

During the War of the Rebellion, the town grew but very slowly, as the
greater number of the settlers were away to the war. :

After the close of the war the village began to improve slowly, and con-
tinued to be one of the principal business points of the county. But it had no
railroad communications, and this seriously retarded its progress. For several
years the leading citizens worked hard to secure a railroad. At last the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was commenced, and was conipleted so that
the first trains began running in the spring of 1872.

As soon as the coming of the railroad was assured, and beginning with
the year 1871, the village began to grow very rapidly. , New settlers came, and
a large number of buildings were erected, but the year 1872 witnessed the
That year large business blocks were erected, some of
which were of brick. During the fall the Kansas Central Railroad (narrow
gauge) was built from Leavenworth, and this gave an additional impetus to the
progress of the town. By the fall of 1873, the town had arrived nearly to its
present size. i

On the night of November 29, 1873, a tragedy occurred that for
months furnished a great deal of excitement throughout the county. Two
men, Blair and Stitzel, were arrested as horse thieves. They were noted rob-
bers and hard cases, were considered dangerous characters, and were said to
have killed several men. They were placed under guard, but as they belonged

toa regularly organized band, it was feared that they would be released, the .

guards killed and the town burned, as Blair had so threatened. The guards
were two in number, one of whom was S. G. Green. To add to the anxiety, a
man named Smith, claiming to be an attorney from Atchison, came to visit
them in a professional capacity, and it was found that he left a pistol and knife
with the prisoners. The citizens were now thoroughly alarmed. It was be-
lieved that Smith was a member of the band, and that he had gone to organize
thein, and that they would that night burn the town. Therefore the citizens of
Grasshopper Falls organized a vigilance committee, of which Louis A. Myers
was appointed captain.. The night was dark and he left the prisoners in charge
of the two guards, while he, with the company. returned to the town to watch
against a surprise, and left word with Green and his companion to shoot the
prisoners as soon as they should hear a firing of guns, then to return to the
main party and help protect the town. During the night there was great ex-
citement among the citizens, as at one time several guns were fired. It is sup-
posed that the two guards thought this to be a signal of general attack, and
shot the prisoners to prevent their escape. At any rate they were found dead
the next morning with bullets in their bodies. Some time afterward 5. G. Green
was arrested, charged with their murder, At the next term of the district
court, aftera long and exciting trial, he was found guilty of murder in the sec-
ond degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary. Hewas, however. pardoned by
the Governor in October, 1875, owing to the circumstances seeming to have
partially justified the deed. He was never blamed by the citizens of the
county, and now resides on his farm, honored and respected. ;
Since the year 1873. the city of Valley Falls has increased in population
and inthe number of business houses, but slowly. There have, however, been
great improvements in the class of buildings, and a great deal has been done
All this is still going on, and

INCORPORATION.

Grasshopper Falls was Incorporated as a village on May 19th, 1869. The followin
named citizens werejappointed Trustees: Louis A. Myers, Nathan E. Parker, Stephen H.
Dunn, John H. Gaines, and Adam Weiser. 6

In 1871 it was incorporated asa city. S. C. Gepbart was the first Mayor, and John
Beland, Clerk. In 1875 the name of the city was changed by the legislature to Valley Falls.
The city government has always been ably administered by efficient officers.— The present
Officers are: A.D. Kendall, Mayor,and John Beland, City Clerk. __ ‘

The streets of the city are keptin an excellent condition. The city park, consisting of
one block, is finely ornamented with evergreen and shade trees, but walks have not yet been
made. It is intended to soon open it to the public.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

he school district was among the first in the county to be organized in 1859. The pres-
artieauoaltened. a large two-story stone building, was erected in 1866 at acost of $10,000.
Besides the smaller rooms, the house contains four large school rooms. It is built on finely
ornamented school grounds consisting of one block. This land was formerly apportioned
to the county for a court-house square, when Grasshopper Falls was a contestant for the
county seat. ‘When wanted for a schoolhouse site, there was some trouble in securing it,
but it'was finally settled by an act of the legislature. The district voted $10,000 in bonds for
the building of the house, and a contract was made with Alex. Hughan to build it. There
was, however, some trouble regarding the payment of the bonds, so that work stopped for a
shorttime. Under the able management of the school-board—L. Northrup, John Beland,
and E. D. Hillyer—the matter was soon adjusted, and the house was completed in due
time. . j :
The school is divided into five departments, each under the care of an able instructor.
The school is well furnished with good apparatus, and has a well-selected library, which
cost upward of $200. The attendance for the last year was nearly 300. .

The first church organization was that of the Lutherans. It was organized under the
leadership of Rev. J. B. McAfee, and achurch was built the same year. It was used for
both religious services and for a schoolhouse. _ It was the first church edifice in the town-
ship. They owned it until 1879, when they sold it'to the United Presbyterian Church.

The Congregational Church was organized in the year 1857 with about eight members.
The first pastor was Rev. O. L. Woodford. The church was built in 1858 ata cost of $2,000.
For many years it was the leading church of the town. has now about fifty members.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1857. For several years it had but a

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small membership, but in 1866 Rev. Mr. Spillman came among them, and endeavored to
increase the membership and to secure the building of achurch, A tent was erected near
the present site of the church, and meetings were held day and night, After considerable
enthusiasm had been worked up, the minister proposed that the day meetings be given up,
and that they devote the time to labor on achurch-edifice. Therefore work began in ear-
nest. Stoves were brought. The tent was made a mess-room, and the members came from
far and near to enter upon the work. They worked hard quarrying and hauling stone dur-
ing the day, while at night they held religious meetings. The basement story was soon
completed, when the work came toa stand-still A roof was put over it, however, and it
was used for meetings for the next two years when it was completed. Itis a brick building,
worth upward of $3,000. It now has about seventy members.

The Catholic Church was organized in 1858. For several years it had but a small mem-
bership. In 1872 a brick church, 24x46 feet, was erected at a cost of $2,500. The church -

ard occupies a one-half block, 150x300 feet. Its membership includes twenty-eigut
amilies, Father J. Begley is pastor.

-The Ohristian Church was organized in 1869, a church built in which services were
held for some time, when in 1876, it was sold to the Baptist Church society.

The Baptist Church was organized in 1873 with about twenty-five members. Rev. G.
Gates was the first pastor. They have a good church building, and the society is in a pros-
perous condition.

The United Presbytertan Church was formed in 1862 with twenty-two members. The
first pastor was Rev. Andrew McCartney. In 1879 they bought the Lutheran Church prop-
erty. The society now numbers thirty-six members. Atonetimeitnumbered sixty mem-
bers, but three other societies have been organized from the original one. ~

Methodist Ept cépal Church South, of Delaware Township, was organized in 1870, Rev.
Mr. McEwan being the first pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. Mr. O’Howell. Among the
original inembers was Z, Gragg, John Gragg, and Isaac Farrell. Present membership,

. Soon after the organization, a neat frame church was built at a cost of $1,400
alley Falls Lodge No, 21,4. F. & A.M., was organized under: dispensation in the
spring of 1859. They received a charter the next October. The charter members were
E. D. Hillyer, James E. Shultz, S. S. Cooper, G. S. Hillyer Wm. Griggsby, J. F.. Bliss, George
H. Cain, Moses Akers, 8. A. Smith, andS. C. Gephart. The lodge now has sixty members,

, 4nd is in a prosperous condition. They own a well furnished hall worth about $1,500. <

Valley Falls Chapter No. 8, 8. A. M., was organized March

Dares : &: D. Hillyer was high priest and J. L. Brunts, scribe.
rs. : 2

Crescent Lodge, No. 86, 1.0.0.F., was organized March 15th, 1872, with ten charter
members. Wu. Clark was N.G.; A. M. Cowan, V. G.; D. Y. Gallison, secretary; and J. M.
McClellan, treasurer, Tne society now has upward of forty members, and is in an excellent
financial condition, having about $1,000 on hand,

Acme Lodge, No. 42, Ancient Order of United Workmen, was organized May 17, 1880.
with nineteen members. The first officers were: C. 8. Thomas, master workman ; OC. H,
Gillman, past master workman; John Searl, receiver: J, W. Gardiner, overseer; A. d.
Gunn, recorder; A. M. Russell, guide; D. B. Northrup, financier; Geo. Dunning, outside
warden, and Geo. Demaree, inside warden. The society is now in a prosperous condition,
and has about thirty members. :

The Turners Society was organized in December, 1880, with about twenty-five mem-
bers. The fixst officers were, H. F. Nolker president; H. W. Lutt, secretary, and H. J.
Schumacher, treasurer, They have a hall on Sycamore street, The society has now about.

Yy members.

The Valley Falls Liberal League was organized in 1872, and was known as the Philo-
metic Society, then as the Free Religious Society, but was changed to the present name in
1878. The first president was Noah H. Harmon, It now has a quite large membership.

7th, 1867, with nine mem-
The lodge now has twenty

THE PRESS, BANKS, HOTELS, ETC.

The first newspaper published in Jefferson County, called the Grasshopper, was estab-
lished by J. A. Cody, in May, 1858, It wasavery small paper, and Mrs. Cody did most of
the editoria} work. In four months it was discontinued, but was soon revived for a few
weeks by H. Rees Whiting. He sold the paper and rented the material to David W. Guern-
sey, who renamed it, calling it the Crescent. This paper was only published a few months,
and in 1864 Mr. Cody sold the material to F. G, Adams, of Atchison. -

In 1862, the Gazette was established by P. H. Hubbell, who only continued it a short
time, and was succeeded by R. H. Crosby in 1863, who changed its name to the Kansas
Jeffersonian. Crosby, atthe end of six months, sold out toS, H. Dodge, who continued the
publication till 1864. when he sold the establishment to a stock company, known as the
Jeffersonian Fublishing Compan » R..K. McCartney was the editor. At the end of a'year
the company sold the office toJ. B. McAfee, who ran the paper till the fall of 1866, with
G. T. Isbell as editor, when A. W. Moore bought the material, and moved it to Holton.
mice September, 1867 P H. Hubbell revived the Gazette, but soon removed the office to ~

sworth,

InSeptember. 1871, Rev. 8S. Weaver, who had been publishing the New Era at Medina,
removed his material to Grasshopper Falls, where he continued the publication of his
paper, retaining the old name, the first issue appearing on September 28. He published it
until May, 1874. when he sold it to Hoffman & Lord. ¥

In January, 1873, George W. Hoover and George A. Huron founded a new paper and
called it the Grasshopper. in a few weeks Hoover withdrew, and Huron continued the
publication alone. In September, 1874, Mr. Huron bought the New Bra and consolidated
it with the Grasshopper, calling the paper by the former name. In October, 1876, he sold
the paper tothe New Era Printing Company, L. B. Wilson assuming the editorial control.
In October, 1877, the company sold the establishment to A. G. Patrick, who changed the
name tothe Valley Falls New Era. Mr. Patrick sold his interest in October, 1878, to G. D.
Ingersoll, who still continues the publication of the paper. 7

The Valley Falis Register was established July 29, 1880, by T. W. Gardner. It is Demo-

cratic in politics. Insizeitis a five column quarto, Itis ably edited and has a good cir-
culation. = .
Thefirst bank was established in 1871, and was called the Valley Banking and Savings
Institution, M. P. Hillyer was president, and M, P. Evans, cashier. On closing out busi-
ness, it was succeeded in he 1879, by the Valley Falls Bank of Deposit, R. H. Crosby.
proprietor. The capital is $50,000. A general banking business is done, andthe institu-
tion is in a prosperous conditon.

In March, 1871, Hicks, Gephart & Co. entered the banking business. In 1872, an at-
tempt was made to organize a National Bank. A charter was secured, but before beginning
business it was bought by Hicks, Gephart & Co., who have since continued the business.
They carry a capital of $20,000, and doa peneral bankiug and collecting business.

The Cataract House is the oldest hotel in the citv, having been built in 1857. Itis now
owned by Mrs, Susan M. Gardiner, and is operated by ber son, JohnJ. The hotel has
thirty sleeping rooms, a sitting room, large parlor, and suitable dining rooms and

itchen.

The Octagon House was commenced in 1858, by Dr. Lorenzo Northrup, but was not
completed for sometime. It was situated in the center of block 21, near the depot. The
house is unique in design, octagon in form, built with the foundation and corners of stone,
and the walls a mixture of concrete and stone. The rooms are fanciful in design and are
all finished with black walnut, and number about forty. The house was built fora resi-
dence, but is now used as a hotel with Dr. Northrup proprietor.

The French Hotel is one of the leading public houses of the city. The original buildin
is 46x50 ft., two and one-half stories high. This isnow being raised. and an addition 40x8
feet being built, which is two stories high, and constructed of brick and stone. R. D. Simp-
son is proprietor. ;

‘The Valley Falls saw-mill was erected in 1855. by Frazier, Riddle, Cody and Whitney.
At that time J. M. Piazzek, the present owner. was a workman for them, and began without
adollarof money. In 1860, he became interested inthe proprietorship, and buhrs were
putin, making it alsoa grist-mill. Heafterward purchased the entire mill, and in 1862,
one runof flouring buhrs was putin. The old mill has since been used, but in 1878 he be-
gan the erection ofa large stone structure, 32x42 feet, four stories high. Itis not yet quite
complete, but has two runs of buhrs, and all the most improved machinery.

n 1872, a large stone building for a woolen, and oil mill was erected. Here a good
quality of woolen goods are made, This business was begun in a small way at the old mill
in 1860. It is the only manufactory of the kind in the county. The oil mill began opera-
tionsin January. 1881. There are in use one hydraulic pump and one press. Also, in con-
nection with the mills, is a large grain elevator. These factories are all located at the
original falls of the Delaware River, on which the dam is built. f

he Oak Hill Mills were built in 1858, by "Hayes and Pierce. who put in two run of
buhrs. In 1866, it was purchased by Legler and Hefty, soon after which Henry Legler be-
came sole proprietor. The old mill was a small frame building, but in 1873 a large stone
mill, 36x48 feet, four stories high was erected. It hasfourrun of buhrs, is furnished with
improved machinery. and has a daily grinding capacity of one hundred and fifty barrels.
The mill is situated southeast of the town site, on the Delaware River. Mr. Legler is now
building an elevator, on the Chase plan, which will have a capacity of 60.000 bushels. An
oil mill is also building, which wil! dispose of 150 bushels of flax per day. In addition to
the water power are steam attachments. s 4 rs

The Delaware Valley Manufacturing Company, engaged in making door and window
screens, etc., was established in March, 1881. [tis a joint stock company, with a paidup
capital of $5,000. ©. A. Harding is president, and G. W. McCammon, secretary and treas-
urer. Fifteen hands are employed, and steam power is used.

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HALF MOUND.

This is merely a side track and stoppin: lace for trains, on the line of the Atchison,
Topeks, e Senta Fe Railroad, in the noreherie part of Delaware ‘Township, and on the Dela-

The place is so named from a large mound in the vicinity. The mound is elevated about
two hundred feet above the level of the prairie. Its base coners about ten acres. It is re-
mar kably regular in contour, and presents a very Sirteing appearance. It is composed of
regular layers of shale and limestone, which alternate. It isan outlyer of a point of bluffs
about a half mats distant,

.,rhere is on the Delaware River, at this place, a flouring mill known asthe Half Mound
Mill. It was builtin 1871 by Hoesley & Co., who sold to Hillyer & Co., about two years
Jater. In 1880, it was bought by J. M, Piazzek, who in August, 1882, sold it to Southward
& McDowell, the present proprietors, The mill is a frame structure worth about $8,000,
las: EMO run of bubrs and improved machinery, and is manufacturing a good quality.of

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

T. K. AITKEN, D. D, S, This favorably known gentleman and skilled dentist, is a native
of Scotland, and was born inthe town of Haddington, July 24, 1845, Ais father, William
Knox Aitken, was a celebrated dentist, and was the first successful manufacturer of porce-
lain teeth, his manufacture being generally preferred by European dentists, because of
their life-like appearance, strength and durability, He emigrated to America with his
family in 1856, locating temporarily in California, coming to St Louis, Mo., in 1857, where
he resided until 1862, when failing in health he returned with his family to Edinburgh,
Scotland, where he died February 24, 1864. In 1865, the subject of this sketcl returned to
America, and located in St. Louis, practicing his profession, having previously taken in-
struction from and practiced with his father. hile in St. Louis he attended the old Mc-
Dowell College, and the Dental College, from which he graduated in 1867. Inthe following
year he came to Valley Falls, where he has siuce resided, doing @ prosperous business, his
professional services being sought by persons residing in all the neighboring counties. In
April,, 1867 the doctor married Susanah M. Wolff, niece of Judge Wolff, of St. Louis, and Is
the father of an interesting family of four children— William Knox, Florence Josephine,
Celestia Virginia, and Wallace Andrew.

ALBERT ELAND, dru gist, is a native of Switzerland, and was born in Glarus, Feb-
ruary 27, 1855; was educated and resided in his native country until 1871, when he came to
the United States, taking up his abode in Valley Falls. He erigaged in clerking in the drug
house of his uncle, John Beland, and in 1877 engaged in trade. en 1879, Miss Ada Hillyer,
an estimable young lady of Valley Falls, became his wife. Mr. Beland is a member of the
Masonic fra. 3rnity, Valley Falls Lodge, No, 21.

JOHN BELAND, hardware merchant, is a native ot Switzerland, and was born June
21, 1831; was educated and resided there until 1848. Came to America, locating in Balti-
more, Md.. where he went to school for a time residing for four years, thence to West Vir-
ginia, where he followed merchandising until 1857, when he came to Kansas, taking up his
abode in Valley Falls. He engaged in hotel keeping, being the host o1 the Cataract House
until after the war, During: the Rebellion he wasa member of the State Milftia, and par-
ticipated in the Price Raid, in Missouri. Fu. a number of years he was engaged in the drug
trade. In 1874, established his present business which has merged into the larges. of the
kind in the county, For four years has been City Clerk, and has been largely interester in
the educational interests of Valley Falls. He is 2 member of the Masonic fraternity Val-
ley Falls Lodge, 21, A. F. & A. M., and Secretary of the Chapter No. 8. Was married in
1853, to Miss Amanda Meyers. They have six children—Laura, Mattie, Louie, Blanche,
John, Jr., and Bertha.

W. T. BOOTH, farmer. P. O. Valley Falls, is a native of Kentucky and was born at La-
Grange, Oldham County. September 17,1842. His father, Thomas, was a native of Eng-
land. In 1855 the family came to Missouri, Jocating in Platte County at Parkville, where
the senior Booth was engaged In merchandising: tn 1861 the family came to Kansas, enter-
ing a large tract of landin Jefferson County, . Booth trading property in Missouri for a
portion of it. He was identified fora few years among the substantial men of the county,
when he went to California, where he died. W. T. followed farming and stock raising
largely for a number of years, bringing from Kentucky fine blooded horses, and in this re-
spect has done much towards advancing the horse flesh of the county, In 1880 he moved
to Valley Falls. For atime was engaged in grain buying, Was burnt out in April, 1882.
He was married in Jetferson County, to Miss Leota Wilson, a nativeof Ohio. They have one
child, L. Roco ‘Mr, Booth is a member of the Masonic Order, Cha) ter,anud A O,of U. W.

W. C. BUTTS, Valley Falls,agent for the A, t. &S. F., and Union Pacific| Railroads.
He is numbered among the pioneers of Jefferson County, and favorably known by all with-
in its boundary lines. He was born in Dutchess County N. Y., August 4 1832; was there
educated and reared, Inthe spring of 1857 hecame to Kansas, locating in Valley Fails.
He built the Cataract House, which was the first regular hotel in the Falls, and engaged in
catering to the wants of the traveling public, continuing in this business for upward of three
years, when he turned his attention to farming close to town, which he continued until
1872, at which tinre he became connected with the above railroad companies, Mr. Butts
has been identified officially in Jefferson County by being elected to the State Legislature
five terms. Has been County Commissioner several years, and whilein that capacity was
Chairman three years. Politically he is an old time and staunch Democrat. Heis amem-
per of the Masonic Order, He was married iu New York in 1856, to Miss Wallermire. They
have two sons —Halleck D. and Johu W.

WILLIAM CLARK, Justice of the Peace and real estate agent and Notary Pubnie, isa
native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Fayette County, January 24, 1818, e is the son
of Samuel and Nancy Clark. They had twelve children, William being the eldest. Atan
early age he removedto Ohfo with his parents, locating in Harrison County, His father
was a wagon-maker, and he adopted and learned the trade. In 1838 he returned to Penn-

 

sylvania, remaining until 1839, when he Spain became a residentof Ohio, living in Harrison”
a

County until 1849, when he moved to Madison County. He was interested in the wagon
manufacturing up to 1871 when hecame to Kansas, locating in Valley Falls. For afew
ears he carried ona wagon shop, and in 1873 embarked in the real estate business, which
Ke has since made a specialty of, and hasdone a large business. For nine years he has been
Justice of the Peace, and was Police Judge five years. Lu Ohio for nine years was also
Justice of the Peace. Mr. C, is a gentleman of good business qualifications, and aman of
sound judgment, He isa Royal Arch Mason and an Odd Fellow of which he has been
District Deputy five years in Kansas. Rell jously he is a Methodist. January 2, 1840, Miss
Jane McCoy. of Cadiz, Uhio, became his wife. By this uniou they had two children, one of
whom is living—Martha M. (now Mrs. Archer, of Valley Falls). In 1866 he moved to De-
eatur, Ill, thence in 1871 moved to Valley Falls, Kan Is now serving his fifth term as
Justice of the Peace.
ISAAC CODY, deceased. Among the most outspoken and thorough) active men who
were identified with the Free-state party in Kansas was the subject of this sketch. He was
born in Canada, where he was reared until his eighteenth year, when his father emigrated
to the States with his family, and purchased tracts of land on whichis now situated a por-
tion of the city of Cleveland, Ohio, In 1840 Mr. Cody came West, and concluded to locate in
Iowa. Returning to Ohio in 1841 he married in Cincinnati, Miss Mary B. Laycock. With
his young wife he returned to Iowa, locating for a time in Davenport, and soon after turned
his attention to agricultural pursuits in Scott County, residing a few years at Walnut Grove,
thence moved to LeClaire, and eventually returned to Davenport. Being a man of learnin
and an impressive and eloquent speaker, he soon became Known among the politicians o
the Hawkeye State. He was elected a member of the lowa Legislature, was Justice of the
Peace and held other offices. For afew years he was interested in operating the stage line
between Davenport and CBICEE Os In 1849, with others, he determined to go to California,
When the necessary preparations had been made some of the party became discouraged
and the project was abandoned, He then loca.ed as before mentioned, on afarm on Walnut
Grove. In thespring of 1854 he moved with his family to Weston, Platte Co., Mo., where
he had a brother residing. A friendof Mr Cody’s, who was a Congressman from Scott
County, Iowa, informed him that he would convey to him the news privately as to the time
of the passage of the Kansas bill, known as the Enabling Act of Kansas Territory, and he
could have the honor of pre-empting the first claim, which as far as can be ascertained was
earried out in detail, Karly in 1863 he located aclaim on Sait Creek Valley, four miles
from the Kickapoo Agency, where he resided until April, 1854, when the bill passed and he
pre-empted. Mr. Cody was a strong Free-state man, and_his troubles commenced as soon
as that fact was known to the border ruffians and others of the stripe. Ononeoccasion he
was requested by a crowd to make a speech and express his views on the issues of the day,
which he undertook to do; but before he had proceeded far a Missourian sprang on him
witha knife, stabbing him severely. The third child born to Mr. and Mrs. Cody wasa son,
who was named William F. His name, or ratuer his soubriquet, to-day is familiar to every
one throughout the Union and a great portion of Europe as Butfalo Bill. Atthattime but a
mere lad he was instrumental in saving his father’s life, and as he grew older he became a
terror to the Pro-slavery pirty.. Mr. Cody found that he could not live on Salt Creek, as it
became necessary for him one night to leave his house in female attire, they were after him
so strongly; so he went to Grasshopper Falls and commenced the erection of asaw-mill.
It was ascertained by the family that the Pro-slavery party intended to wait and waylay
him as he returned from the Falls, to kill him. Mrs. Cody started little Billy to the Falls
on a horse, a distance of thirty-five miles, He had gone but a short distance when he was
discovered by a party of Pro-slavery men, who recognized him and gave chase, but he dis-
played that nerve ud grit that characterized him as a man afterward, and made his adven-
turous trip all right. r, Cody at once went to Lawrence, where they were organizing the

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Lecompton Legislature. He was elected a member of that body, and took part Jn organizing
the first Legislature under Gov. Reeder. He was one of the agents sent to Ohio to encourage
immigration, He afterward continued his work on his mill at the Falls, and did much in

tving the townastart, When he visited his home he did so under cover of the night, for
fis life was in continual jeopardy. Thus life was aconstant struggle with him, which he
bravely bore until April, 1857, when his death occurred, which was largely due to the wound
he received afew years previous, and exposure. Mrs. Cody continued to reside on Salt
Creek until her death, which occurred November 22, 1863. There were seven children in
the Cody family—Samuel (the oldest, was accidentally killed in Iowa), Julia M. (wife of J.
A. Goodman), William F, (Buffalo Bill), Eliza, Laura E., Mary H. and Charles W. Cody.

H. A. COY, druggist, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Portage County, March 4,
1838; when fourteen years of age emigrated to Iowa with parents, locating in Buchanan
County at Independence, his father, A. M. Coy, Esq., being one of the pioneer -business
men in that part, also at Hazelton. In 1858 H. A. became a resident of Kansas, locating at
Oskaloosa, and since that date his interests have been in Jefferson County. For a number of
eats he was in the drug trade at that point. Has carried on business in Valley Falls for

en years. He has also been officially identified during his sojourn in the county. He is a
genial gentleman, eminently popular with all. He belongs to the Masonic Fraternity, and is
a charter member of Oskaloosa hapter No.8. In 1867 Miss Maria Evans, of Kansas, be-
came his wife. They have two children, Walter and Lucy.

R. H. CROSBY, banker, Valley Falls, is a native of Maine and was born in Penobscot
County, October 5, 1834. His father Samuel N., and his mother, Mary A, Halliburton
Groby. were natives of that State. Thefather was a farmer, and R. H. spent his earlier Gays
in tilling the soil and attending the common schools, he also received the benefits of the
acaiemy at Hampden, In 1854 he came West for the purpose of finding a desirable location
toengageintrade. He Jocated in Minneapolis, Minn., which was then but a small town, re-
maining there until the spring of 1855. when he came to Kansas. In company with his
brother William they embarked in merchandising in Valley Falls, being the first store in the
town. In1856 they erected a building on the corner of Louisa and Sycamore streets. In
September, 1856, the store and entire contents were burned by a company of North Carolin-
ians that were camped at Hickory Point; a fulk account of which is given in another portion
of this work. Mr. Crosby did not propose to discontinue business to accommodate people
who differed with him in politics, and six months later he resumed businessina new store
which was built, and until 1879 was iceutified with the mercantile trade of Valley Falls and
the development of Jefferson County. For a number of years was largely interested in the
cattle trade, the firm of Crosby Bros, belng widely and well known. Mr. Crosby was a
meinber of the eopeks Constitutional Convention, and acquitted himself to the entire satis-
taction of his constituents in that important body He was the youngest member in the
Convention. 1n1872 and ’%73 he was County Commissioner. Politically he has been a life-
long Republican. Is no political aspirant and while he has been somewhat officially before
the people, the office sought the man and not he the office. Heis strictly a business man, a

‘ood financier, and his judgment and views on questions relating to the world’s traffic are
logical and considered authoritative, In 1863 he assumed control and was editor of the
ansas Jefersontan, continuing inthat capacity for one year. In 1879 he established the
Valley Falls Bank of Deposit, of which he is now pro rietor. Heis a member of the Masonic
Fraternity and the Od Fellows. In April, 1862, Miss Nettie Kendall, a native of Maine,
became his wife. By this union they have one daughter—Lottie.

WILLIAM CROSBY, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Valley Falls, is a native of Maine; was
born in Penobscot County, town of Hampden, October 13, 1832. When he attained his

twentieth year he came to Illinois, and was employed for three years on the topography of
_ the Illinois Central R. R., which was being constructed at the time. 1I1n1854 wenf to Min-

nesota, in company with his brother h. H., contemplating to locate there; concluding to try
a@ warmer climate he came to Kansas, and settledon aclaim in Atchison County near_Par-
dee, where they.proposed to startatown. The following year cameto Grasshopper Falls,
which was just starting; they erected a bullding. and putin astoek of general merchandise,
the first in the place. {n 1866 was burned out by the border ruffians and had other serious
difficulties to contend with; continued in business however and made it a success. During
the war he served for atime in Company K, Seventeenth Kansas. Mr. Crosby was_honor-
ably known in mercantile circles for a number of years; for the past fifteen years has de-
voted his time to agriculturat pursuits. He has been three times married, his two former
wives being dead; the first was Mary A. Whitcomb, the second Jennie Wyman; his present
wife’s maiden name was Maria A. Prentice, a native of Ohio, -

G. W. CROTZER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, P: O. Valley Falls, is one of the
largest farmers inthe township. He is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Clinton
County, August 15,1815, was reared and educated in his native State, following agricultural
pursuits, In 1857 he went to Illinois, locating in Stephenson County, where he was promi-
nently identified fora number of years, and from which point he came to Kansas. Mr. Crotz-
er’s estate consists of 352 acres. He has one of the finest brick residences in the township,
and everything indicates good management. He has been closely identified with theschool
interests of his district, and is a pleasant and intelligent gentleman. He has been twice
married, first to Miss Mary Lohr, now deceased; by this union had six children—William,
Andrew, Luther. Mary, Caroline, and lost one, Emma. His present wife was formerly Miss
Emma Gast. By this marriage has one daughter, Maggie. e isa member ofthe I. O. O.
F. Crescent Lodge, Valley Falls.

ISAAC J. DAVIS, tarmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P. O. Valley Falls. Is a native of
Ohlo and was born in Monroe County, July 22, 1843. Atan early age was deprived of his
father by death, and removed to Iowa with his mother, locating im Story County; being
among the early settlers there; here he remained until the breaking out of the war in 1861,
whenheenlisted in Company G, Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, serving through
until the close, participating in a number of general engagements, was under Gen, A. J.
Smith on the noted Red River expedition where he saw hard service. Returning from the
army he located in Story County, Lowa, residing there until 1871, when he emigrated to
Butler County Kansas, where he farmed until 1878, at which time he took up his abode
where he now resides. He has a very desirable home, convenient to Valley Falls; his farm
is well adapted for stock-raising, of which he makes a specialty. Mr. Davis is agentleman of
wide views, is a great reader, has a good memory. and is an entertaining conversationalist.
He was married, in Iowa, to Miss E. A, Hunter, an estimable lady, who is an excellent
manager of household affairs. They have one son by this marriage, James Bard.

G. T. DEERING, Justice of the Peace, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Franklin
County December 20,1810. Was educated, reared and learned the blacksmith’s trade in
his native county. In 1838 he emigrated to Clay County, Mo., where he plied his vocation,
and in 1842 removed to Jackson County, Mo., locating at Independence. In 1844 came to
Jackson County, Kan, and was employed as foreman inthe Labor Manual School at Shaw-
nee Mission, The institution was conducted under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, the object being to educate the Indians in mechanism as well as in literature and
other branches. Mr. Deering remained at the Mission two years, when he opened a black-
smith shop between Topeka and St, Mary’s Mission, where he was employed by the Govern-
ment, for afew years, as blacksmith for the Pottawatomie Indians, The autumn of 1850
he returned to Jackson County, Mo., and_engaged in farming, in connection with keeping a
hotel and blacksmithy at New Santa Fe, continuing there s1x years. He then went to
Leavenworth, and was employed as foreman in the wagon establishment of Mayors, Rus-
sell & Waddels fortwo years, when he engaged in business at White Church, Wyandotte
County, continuing for ten years, when he became a resident of Valley Falls, and em-
barked in the blacksmithing business and farming. In 1879 was elected Justice of the
Peace, which office he still holds. Was also Justice of the Peace in Jackson County, Mo., for
four years. Mr, Deering is thoronghly a Western man, ane has been one of untiring in-
dustry. To such sturdy pioneers as he Kansas is indebted for its rapid growth. Although

past the meridian of life, he bears his age well, and takes great pleasure in recounting his

erritorial memoirs, He was married in Kentucky, May 16, 1833. to Miss Lettia Ford, of

entuc lk a By this union they had thirteen children, three of whom are living—Theodore,
on an mma,

JAMES F, DUNCAN, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Valley Falls, is a native of Pennsylvania,
and was born in Perry County, September 17, 1834. hen two years of age removed with
parentsto Maryland, afterwards to West Virginia, and eventually to Illinois, In after
years was a resident of Iowa for a time, agricultural pursuits being his vocation in life.
August 9, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry ; participated in twenty-four open field engagements; among these were Franklin,
Nashville, Atlanta, Lost Mountain and Rocky Face. Served until Jane 20, 1865, and was
honorably discharged. Mr, Duncan came to Kansasin 1872. he is cne among the sub-
stantial farmers of Jefferson County. He was married in Illinois to Miss Sarah J. Miller,
a native of that State. By the union they have three children—C. W., A. F, and E. E.

STEPHEN H. DUNN was bornin Miami County, Ohio, January 27, 1821. His father
was born in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa., and moved to Ohio when quite young. Here
Stephen H.'was born and raised and learned the blacksmith’s trade. In 1843 he went West
to Goshen, Elkhart Co.. Ind.. where he remained one year. Then moved to Kosciusko
County; he lived there till 1847; then moved back to Goshen, where he was burned out. In
the fall of 1848 moved to Bristol, inthe same county, and lived there until August, 1854.
Then moved to Weston, Mo.,and March 16, 1855, to Valley Falls (then called Grasshopper
Falls), Kan. Here he erected a small shop, and did the blacksmith work for a company Who
were building: the mill now owned by J. M. Piazzek. From that time until 1879 he carried
on blacksmithing. In 1865 he also engaged in the livery business, owning and operating the
first establishment of this kind in the town. He remained in this business until 1873. Soon
after coming he built a residence, and there being no regular hotel he kept and catered to
the wants of the traveling public, so that he is virtually the first hotel-keeper of the place.
Mr. Dunn has seen the growth of Valley Falls, and there are but few if any citizens in the
county that are more popularly known. _ For the past few years he has been engaged in the
confectionery business, He was married in 1845 to Miss Sarah Adams. Her Heath oc-

 

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curred in Valley Falls, July 20, 1879. They reared a famil —
Mary E. and Homer A. Mr. Dunn isa member of the I. O. é. saa See enna
LI EVANS, capitalist. Among the ploneers of Jefferson Count; was Mr. Joseph
evans, who came with his family to Kansas in April, 1856, locating in Leavenworth, tis
son Eli is a native of Ohio, and was born in Richland County, July fo, 1840. On arriving in
Kansas, still but a boy, he was fired with the Free-state principles, and at once identified
himself with that party, and his career during he border ruffian troubles and the Rebellion
for bravery and daring, are without a parallel. When John Brown was agitating the ques-
tion the strongest, in 1856, he tendered his services to the cause, and as First Lieutenant
under Gen. James Lane, participated in the first struggle. A.mong his exploits may be men-
tioned his being captured by the border ruffians, and after being tried by court martial, was
released under penalty of death should he ever again take issue with the Free-state faction.
He at once conveyed the news to Phillips and other Free-state men of Leavenworth that
there was aconspiracy to annihilate them. Through Mr, Evans’ warning some made their
escape. The tragic death of Phillips is mentioned in another portion of this history. Evans,
having stirred the ire of his combatants, well knew what the result would be. He was
ain captured, but made his escape from Leavenworth to Lawrence under cover of night.
® took many chances also as dispatch bearer for General Lane, his route being from Leav-
enworth to Oskaloosa and Lawrence, and later from Flat Rock to Fort Gibson and Fort
Leavenworth. In 1861, Lieut. Evans, with forty men, made a raid on Barry, Mo., one of the
main points of the Confederates, and the successful capture of over forty: five head of horses.
which were taken to Kansas City, and the owners duly notified to come and take the oath of
allegiance and their property would be returned, which the greater portion of them did.
While a dispatch bearer he had a guard of seven men, and on one occasion, when they were
.fording Cottonwood River, in the Indian Nation, six’ of the party were shot dead by guer-
rillasin ambush, Lieut. Evans’ horse was severely wounded, and after escaping some dis-
tance from the scene, he released the horse and walked to Fort Scott. He repaired to Law-
rence immediately after the memorable massacre there, and took an active part in adjust-
ing matters and taking care of the sufferers. During the warmest period it was discoverea
that one Hogan, on S ult Creek Bottom, use.F his house asa retreat for the bushwhackers,
Lieut. Evans determined that that institution must succumb. So one night, about 10
o’clock, with nine men, he invaded the premises. However, he had not fully estimated the
strength of the enemy, as there were upwards of twenty-five well-armed men and fortified
inthe house, With that sublime presence of mind which is characteristic of his whole career,
and the only thing that saved himself and party in this case, he sent up a rocket, and ina
commanding voice called out to one of his mento have Gen. Lane send on the cannon and
they would blow the house to atoms. The result was an immediate surrender of the occu-

 

pants, and the cream of the joke was thatGen. Lane and the cannon were down at Lawrence..

At the first Free-state election in Leavenworth he was in command of a company under
Capt. Fisk, in Moore’s regim :nt, to see tliat order was preserved at the polls and to regulate
the voting. He was also a participant in the noted Price raid and numerous other st rriug
events of the late unpleasantness. In 1857, under command of Capt. Dixon, he visited Kick-
apoo, where the border ruffiins hada 73-pound gun which formerly belonged to the Gov-
ernment, They captured it at daylight in the morning, and took the custodians una-
wares. That cannon is now in charge of the Turners at Leavenworth City. There was also
Hf certain physician in Delaware City, of Pro-slavery proclivities, who had a stand of twenty-
the doctor returned from asang froid call in the country, he found his arsenal non est. For
a considerable iength of time when the war was in its zenith, he was in the Quartermaster’s
Department at Fort Leavenworth, aud afterward was inthe employ of Fuller, McDonald &
McKey, of Fort Gibson, Government supply agents. To recount all his episodes and thrill-
ing adventures during those days would make a volume in itself. Suffice it to say that there
are buttew who contributed more amply and did itin sympathy with the cause in putting
down the American Rebellion than Lieut. Evans. After the war he engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits for several years, when he embarked in general merchandising in Oskaloosa,
continuing until 1875, when he was engaged to represent the wholesale bootand shoe
house of Buck, McCown & Co., of St. Joseph, Mo., and he has since been on the roadin
their and their successors’ interests up to the present time. Since 1879 his home has
been in Valley Falls, where he has one of the finest residences to be found in northeastern
Kansas _ Heis the owner of the Valley Falls fair ground, and is prominently identified
among the solid men of Jefferson County. He was married in 1865 to Miss Josephine. R.
Coy. ey this union they havetwo children—Joseph A. and Elizabeth Maud.

FINLEY FERGUSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 21, P.O. Valley Falls, is a na-
tive of Indiana, and was born in Wayne County, September 20, 1824, and was there edu-
cated andreared to manhood. In1
Creek Valley, in Leavenworth County, being one of the first in that locality. In December,
1856, he pre-empted the farm on which he now resides. ‘Thc re are but few citizens, if any,
who have contributed more toward the development of Jefferson County than has Mr.
Ferguson. Heis an industrious citizen and has been amply repaid for his labors in Kansas,
being one of the largest farmers in his locality. He was married the autumn of 1860 to
Miss Annie Armstead. They have three children—Cora, Bertha and Robert.

G. W. FLEISCHER, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Valley Falls, isa native of Indiana, and
was born in Davis County, December 9, 1839, and was shore partially reared. In 1854 his
father, M. G. Fleischer, with the family, emigrated to Iowa, locating in Story County,
where they resided until 1862, when they moved to Nebraska, locating in Lancaster County,
four miles south of Lincoln. In 1870 Mr. Fleischer came to Kansas, locating where he now
resides, which is a very desirable home. Hewas married in 1862 to Miss Anna Booth, a
native of England. By this union they have four children—Lida, Estella, Walter and
Charles. Mr. F. is @ member of the Masonic fraternity, Winchester Lodge, and the

Tange.

FRIEND, merchant, is a native of France, and was born in Lorraine, September 26,
1836. His early days were spentii: Champagne, where he lived until 1865, when he came
to the United States, locating in Atchison, Kansas. Here he was in trade for several years,
In 1874 he embarked in trade in Valley Falls. Heis one of the leading business men of the
county. He was married in France to Miss Roselie May, uf Champagne. They have three
children—Edward M., Paulineand Ida. Edward M. isthe junior member of the firm. Mr.
Friend is amember of the Masonic Order, and belongs tothe Chapter. In the season of
1882, with his wife and two daughters, he paid a visit to their former home in France, and
made quite an extended tour of the Old Country. , 7 i
oS RDL R, proprietor of the Cataract House and liveryman, isa native of Mis-
souri, and was born in Platte County, April 19, 1849. He came to Kansas with his parents
in 1854, and was reared and educated in'Jefferson County. He has been interested in fine
horses fora numberof years and hasdone muchinthe grade of horse-fleshin Jefferson
County, and has on hand some of the finest bred onesin Kansas. There are butfew men
on the turf in Northeastern Kansas and Western Missouri that are better known than
“Dick,” as he is genorally, called. He is a member of the Masonic Order, Valley Falls Lodge,
and Knights of thias. G . : ;

THOMAS W. GARDINER, editor of the valley, Falls Register, is a son of the late Wm.
M. Gardiner, one of the pioneers of thecounty. Thomas was born in Platte County, Mo.,
on September 22, 1847. He moved to Kansas with his parentsin March, 1855. The
located at Winchester. Helived onthe farm and attended scliool until 1869, after whic
he spent one year in Missouri, when he returnedand taught school in Jefferson County for
ten years. In 1873 he engaged to edit one page, devoted to Winchester news, for the Grass-
hopper, He resigned that place and founded the Winvhester Argus, June 14, 1877, which
he continued until February, 1880, when he sold itand removed to Valley Falls. He was
married in November, 1874, to Miss Mattie E. Kirkpatrick, of Jefferson County, who wasa
native of Ohio. The bare two children—Stella Grace, born March 18, 1876, and Bertha

ice, born Jul 1878.
Ae ee T. 5 RR ART, physician and surgeon. This well known member of the
medical fraternity is a son of S. C. Gephart, Esq., and was born in Alleghany County, Ma.,

i He came to Valley Falls with his parents in 1858, which has since been his
home. In 1868 he commenced taking lectures at Rush Medical College Chicago, Il., grad-
uating from thatinstitution in 1870, after which for eighteen mont! 's he was employed in
surgery and medicine iu the Cook County Hospital. He then came to Valley Falls. He is
a member of the Masonic fraternity, Valley Falls Lodge No. 21.

S.C. GEPHART banker, decease. The characteristics of men of mark are usually so
distinguishable that they stand out prominently like the well developed cerealin a thrifty
field of grain. Such is pre-eminently true of 8, C. Gephart, who for upward of a quarter
of a century has been identified with the growth of Kansas, and has contributed amply
toward the development of Jefferson County. He was a native of Maryland, and was born
in Alleghany County; was educated and learned the carpenter trade in his native State.
When a competent young man, went to Texas and Mexico, spending a few years. In 1857
he came to Kansa3, and in March of that year located at Valley Falls. Engaged in working
at the carpenter’s trade, and there are still some of the old landmarksin existence that are
specimens of his handiwork. Among those are the Cataract House and Congregational
Church. He also built the tirst millon thesite of H. Legler’s Oak Hill Mill. In 1859 he
was elected Recorder of Deeds, and re-elected in 1862, He was also the choice of the peo-

le of Jefferson County for Treasurer two consecutive terms; and has held minor offices,
Was also the first Mayor of Valley Falls. For a number of years he was engaged in the
hardware and implement business. In 1871 he engaged in the banking business. Mr. G.
was married in 1847 to Miss Eliza C. Beal, of Maryland. They have six children—Jesse T.
B., physician and surgeon of Valley Falls; Marshall, Robert H., Ida C., Mary H., and Susan
M. ‘He was a member of theI. 0. O. F., and was a charter member of the Masonic Fra-
ternity, No. 21, of Valley Falls. He died October 23, 1882. .

J. A. GOODMAN is a native of New York, and was born in Geneseo County, July 26,
1834; was there educated and reared, after which he came to Kansas, and was married in
Leavenworth County, December 22, 1862, to Miss Julla M. Cody. They have seven children

 

 

Lieut. Evans thought they would be as safe in other hands, and one day, when.

55 he came to Kansas, taking up his abode in Salt.

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living—Wiliiam A., Eddie R., Lizzie E., George C., Josle L., Henry J., Finley-A. They lost
one child—Minnie E., the second. For a number of years the family have resiaed at Valley
Falls. A sketch of Mr. Cody, Mrs. Goodman's father, appears elsewhere.

Z. GRAGG, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Valley Falls, is a native of Missouri, and was
born in Clay County, May 12, 1833. When fourteen years of age he removed with his par-
ents to Platte County. Inthe spring of 1855 he came to Kansas, settling in the locatity
where he still resides. His brother Henry came in the spring of 1856, and the spring
of 1857 his father, William Graggs, located on the creek. The Graggs were among the first
farm- openers in that vicinity, and contributed amply towards its development. The sub-
ect of this sketch has been a constant resident since that time. He isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and largely through his efforts the society was organ-
ized and a church built. He has been three times married, his two former wives being
dead. By his second marriage he had four children—Mary K., George H., Dudley, and

Laura, His present wife, formerly Miss 1. Bois, he married at Washington, Iowa. She is
auatlve of uskinguin County, Ohio. His first wife was the first while woman who died on
e Creek.

SAMUEL G, GREENE, Section 6, P. O. Valley Falls, is a native of Vermont, and was
born in Orange County, where he was educated and learned the carpenter’s trade, after
which he went to Boston, and was in businesstwo years;then to Syracuse, N. Y.; and in
1855 he came to Kansas and entered the Government employ at Fort Leavenworth, doin
carpenter work on the buildings. The most of the employes were Pro-slavery men, an
knowing that Mr. Greene was from the East. and how he stood on the ‘goose question,” as
theexpression was at that time, made matters a little unpleasant. He stood it as long as
possible, and finally came to Jefferson County and turned his attention to farming. He had
all the troubles to contend with during the days that were dark, as Mr. Greene was an out-
spoken man, and would not only express his views, bul put them into execution. He is
one among the most substantial agriculturalists of Jefferson County. He was married in
Boston, Mass., to Miss Louise Schuyler. They have four children—Schuyler R., Warren W.,
James R., and Hattie N. Mr. Greene is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.

C. A. HARDING, president of the Delaware Valley Manufacturing Company, is a native
of Caroline County, Md., and was born October 21, 1826; was educated and learned the
tailor’s trade in his native State, which vocation he pursued a number of years, carrying
on business at different points. In 1867 he came to Kansas, locating in_Valley Falls. e
built for a residence what 1s now the French Hotel. When the A., T. & S. F. R. R. reached
Valley Falls he entered their employ as overseer of repairs on the track, and continued in
that capavity until December, 1882, when he became interested in the Delaware Manufact-
uring Company. Heis aman of untiring industry, good judgment, and the right man in
the right place. He was married in 1863, to Miss E. J. Dickey. By this union they have
three children—E. D., E. J., and Rosa E. sl 2 3

,_ NOAH H. HARMAN, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Valley Falls, is a uative of West Vir-
ginia, and was born in Pendleton County, January 24, 1829; was there reared and educated,

is early days being spent in tilling the soil. Inthespring of 1857 he came to Kansas, lo-
caling where he now resides, being one ot the first in that part. He came in limited cir-
cumstances, entering a small tract of land, adding from time to time. His landed estate
now comprises 1,100 scres. The first schoolhouse ih the Twenty-First District Mr. Harmon
hauled logs with an ox team to the saw-mill, placed all the framing timber on the ground,
and paid half of the carpenter’s bill; also donating the site, and took his chances on being
compensated for itin after years. The country at that time was very sparsely settled. He
has, been a teacher in Virginia and Ohio, and for several terms taughf in his district in Kan-
sas. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace, and has otherwise been officially identi-
fied. He was married in 1853 to Miss Emily J. Burgoine. They have seven children—N.
W., Charles, Mary, Cynthia, John, Colfax,and Emma. His resi ence is located near center
corner of Section 27, owning said corner and land in all directions, and fences ready for
public highways, crossing by residence and near the schoolhouse. __ ~

W. C. HICKS, deceased. Among the early and representative citizens of Valley Falls is
Mr. Hicks. He wasa native of New York, aud was born in Fenner, Madison County, in
1829. He came to Kansas, locating at Valley Falls, in the spring of 1857. For a number of
years he was engaged in the hardware and implement business, and was favorably known
throughout Jefferson County. His death occurred in 1878.

E, D. HILLYER, insurance agent, is a native of Licking County, Ohio, and was born in
the town of Granville, November 17, 1834. His father, Justin Hillyer, was a native of
Massachusetts, born in 1800, and came to Ohio with his father, Justin Hillyer, Sr., in 1805.
The mother of E. D. was Bathsheba P. Howe, a native of Vermont. She was married to
Justin Hillyer in Ohio, E. D. was educated and reared in his native county, his earlier
days being those of afarmer boy. His father was one of the successful and prosperous
bnsiness men of Licking County, being engaged in merchandising, milling and sheep-rais-
ing. Inthe spring of 1857 he went to Iowa, locating in Washington, and remaining until
the autumn of that year, when he came to Kansas, taking up his abode in Valley Falls,
His uncle, George S. Hillyer, was at that time engaged in merchandising here, and E. D.
engaged in clerking for him, continuing in that capacity untilthe autumn of 1861, when
he tendered his services tothe Union cause and was mustered in, in February, 1862, as
First Lieutenant of Company E, Fifth Kansas. He went on duty at Springfield, o., where
he was Post Adjutant for two months. From there he went to Arkansas, discharging the
same duties. He participated at the memorable engagement at Helena, on July 4, 1863,
and was also at the battle of Pine Bluff and Little Rock, and was on the Red River expedi-
tion, where hesuffered many privations. In March, 1863, Lieutenant Hillyer was made

uartermaster of tbe Independent Brigade, in which capacity he served until the expira-
tion of his term, December 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He returned to
Valley Falls and turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, in which he was identified un-
til 1869, when he sold out and entered the employ of the A. T. &S. F. R. R., as fuel and
claim agent, discharging the duties of that important position five years, when he again
settled in Valley Falls and turned his attention tothe flouring mill business, remaining in
that branch of industry untilafew years ago, when he entered the service of the Masonic
Aid Society, of Chicago. Mr, Biiver has been an organizer and interested in the manage-
ment of Masonic affairs since 1868. The past few years, however, he has devoted his en-
tire attention to that laudable calling. Hehas filled every office in the lodge ot this State,
and has already attained considerable local celebrity as a lecturer. Mr. Fay er is a gentle-
man of very broad views, is a deep thinker, well posted on the general topics of the day,
and is a brilliant conversationalist. He was married in September, 1855, to Miss Elien
McDonald, of Ohio They have four children—William .J., Harry, Edward G. and Cora

aria, ;

M. P. HILLYER, P. O. Topeka, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Licking County,
August 28, 1838. e@ was educated and resided in his native county until 1857, when he
cameto Kansas, locating in Valley Falls. He engaged in clerking, became interested in
the real estate business and buying up land, and later in years was in the banking business,
He has always had large interests centeredin Valley Falls, and has done more inthe way
of building up the town than any man in it. The greater portion of the brick structures,
including Hillyer’s Block, is the result of his enterprise. e has been Mayor of Valley
Falls, a member of the School Board, and otherwise officially identified. He was married
in 1859 to Miss Hannah E. Goodrich, of Licking County, Ohio. They have three children—
Gracie, Florence and May. Of late years Mr. Hillyer makes his home in Topeka, where he
is also interested in property, dividing his time between each place. The ancestral his-
tory of M. P. Hillyer is cave o in the biography of his brother, E. D. Hillyer.

ABRAHAM HOSLER, Section 36, farmer, P. O. alley Falls, isa native of Pennsyl-
vania, and was bornin York County, January 9, 1818. hen fourteen years of age he
came to Ohio with his parents, locating in Richland County, and residing there until 1847,
when Abraham removed to Noble County, Ind., where he followed car entering pursuits
up to 1859, when he came to Andrew County, Mo., and in the spring of 1860 purchased a
claim in Jefferson County, Kas., which is now hishome., Mr. Hosler was among the early
settlers in his locality. e had many drawbacks to contend with during the war. His
stock wasrun off, stacks of grain burned, and other depredations, which affected him for
afew years Bancially, Being aman of untiring industry, he soon, however, made up for
its loss. Mr. H. has been four times married, his first two wives being deceased. He was
married in Ohio to Miss Elizabeth Spencer, By this union he has one child, Mary Cather-
ine. Hissecond wife was Harriet Diffenbaugh, by whom he had five children—George W.,
Sarah E., Henry F., Eugene and Damon V._ By his third wife, who was|formerly Miss
Martha EK. May, of Kansas, he had seven children—William T., John C., Dora C., Larry E.
James F., Martha A. and Francis A. Mr. Hosler is a carpenter by trade, which he followed
for twenty-two years. For three years he carried on business in Kansas, doing considera-
ble work on the Octagon Hotel in Valley Falls. His present wife was formerly Mrs. I.
Leonard of Illinois. ‘

E. M. HUTCHINS, liveryman, was born in Orleans County, Vt., October 22, 1832, and
was reared and educated in his native State. His father, John N., was a tradesman in the
town of Greensboro, When E. M. attained his majority he came West, Jocating temporarily
in Illinois and Iowa, arriving in Kansas in the spring of 1857. He purchased a claim two
miles east of Valley Falls, and at once turned his attention toward developing the same.
There he resided for fifteen years, when he moved to town and erected his substantial livery
barn, and has since been engaged in that line in connection with carrying on the farm. He
was also interested for several years in the stock trade. During the war he was a member
of the State Militia, and participated in the Missouri Price raid. In 1866 he was elected to
the Legislature by the Republican Party, Serving one term creditably to himself and the
satisfaction of the people. He is no political aspirant, being strictly an active business
man. In 1855, at Independence, Iowa, he was married to Miss Polly M. Coy. By this
union he has one son living, William E., and has lost one daughter, Ida A. Mr. H. isa
member of the Masonic Eravernltys i

A. D, KENDALL, merchant, the present Mayor of the city of Valley Falls, is a native of
Maine, and was bornin Penobscot County, July 15, 1847. is father, Jonathan Kendall,
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and his mother, Dollie ( Fnillips) Kendall, were natives of that State.- A.D. was educated
and reared in the State of his birth, there residing until 1866, when he came to Kansas, lo-
cating in Valley Falls, pursuing the vocation of clerking until 1869, when he embarked in
merchandising. Mr. K. isa man of sterling business qualifications, has been eminently
successful, and is ranked among the substantial citizens of the county. - In the spring of
1882 he was the choice of the people for Mayor of the city. In 1875 Miss Ella McDonald,
an estimable lady, became his wife.

. J. KING, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Valley Falls, is a native of West Virginia, and
was born in Preston County, August 23, 1820; was edueated and reared in his native State.
When twenty-one years of age he removed to Wisconsin, settling in Milwaukee County.
In 1850 he went to California, where he lived for fourteen poets when he returned to Vir-
ginia, living in his native county for a few years. 1n 1872 he came to Kansas, locating on
his present farm, Mr. King is an industrious and enterprising citizen He was married in
Virginia, to Miss Mary Forman. Her death occurred in Kansas in 1876.

ENRY LEGLE proprietor Oak Hill Mills, is a native of Switzerland, and was born
September 2, 1843, and came tothe United States with his parents in 1845, locating in
Green County, Wis., where his father, George Legler, engaged in farming, and Henry was
reared. He learned the miller’s trade at Orangeville, Stephenson County, Ill. In 1866 he
came to Valley Falls, and became one-half owner in the Oak Hill Mills, and later sole pro-
prietor (see sketch of mill in manufacturing interests of the county). Mr. Legler is one of

ihe leading manufacturers in the county, and is well known in commercial circles, He was
married, in 1868, to Miss Rosetta Lehmann, anative of Switzerland. They have six chil-
dren—Agnes A., Eliza A,, Flora K., Metta J., George W., and Grace.

 C. LORD, merchant, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Cleveland, November 23.
842; was reared and educated, and at the breaking out of the Rebellion he responded to

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the first call for ninety-day men; re-enlisted and veteranized, serving over three years as ©

Orderly in Company I, Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participated in a number
of har fought engagements, and in Sherman’s march to the sea; was taken prisoner, and
was confined for three months at Belle Isle. He was honorably discharged at the expira-
tion ofhisterm. Returned to Ohio, residing until 1870, when he came to Valley Falls and
embarked in the boot and shoe trade. He has since been_identified with the commercial
interests of Jefferson County. In 1881, his brother, T. 0. Lord, became a partner in the
boot aud shoe and grocery trade. They are among the lar, est dealers in northwestern
Kansas. Mr, L. has been closely identified with the educational and other interests of Val-
ey Falls. Heisamemberof the I. 0,0. F. and theG. A. R. He has been twice married,
the first time, in 1865, to Miss Marcia Frankland, of Cleveland, Ohio, by whom he had one
daughter, Edith, Mrs. Lord died in 1869. In 1871 he married Miss Catharine Weaver. By
this union they have three children—Annie, Hugh, and Caius. ;

T. C. LORD, merchant, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, September 11. 1848. His earlier
days were passed in that city. where he was educated and learned the carpenter’s trade.
For seven years he was foreman on bridge building and repairing onthe C.,C. & C.R. R.
in Ohio, residing the greater portion of that timeat Franklin. In 1881. came to Walley
Falls, Kan., and formed a copartnership with his brother, C. C. Lord, in the boot, shoe, an

rocery business. In 1878, Miss Alma J Winget: of Union County. Ohio became his wife.
y the union they have one daughter, Jessie. r. L. is a member of the K. of P.

G. W. Me MON. attorney is a native of Ohio, and was born in Muskingum County,
May 25, 1846. His father. Zachariah, and his mother. Eliza A., are natives of Ohio, and
still live on and own the farm where his mother was born. His mother’s maiden name was
Rutledge. Mr. McCammon was reared and educated principally in his native county,
taking up the study of law under John W. King, of Zanesville, and finished his le al
studies in the Cincinnati and Chicago law schools, graduating at the former. In 1863 he
enlisted in Company A, Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was with Sherman on his
march to the sea, and served through until the surrender of Gen. Lee. When he first came
to Kansas, he taught school fora year or two in Jefferson and Leavenworth counties. In
1874 he located in Chicago, [l., and engaged in the practice of law, continuing until 1876,
when he settled in Valley Falls. Mr. McCammon is a gentleman of broad views, is well
read, and a conscientious and careful practitioner. He was married, November 15, 1882, to
Miss Delle E. Goodrich, an esteemed and highly accomplished young lady of Valley Falls,
and a native of Greenville, Ohio. ,

R. K. McCARTNEY, insurauce agent, is a native of New York, and was born in Orange
County, March 21, 1833. His father, James, was a native of the County Antrim, Ireland.
When R. K. was in his ninth year the family came west, locating in Guernsey County. Ohio.
Here he was reared and educated. receiving the benefits of the Madison College,at Antrim,
Guernsey Co. He pursued the vocation of teaching for several Sears: in_ Guernsey and
Coshocton counties. The spring of 1863‘came to Kansas, locating at Valley Falis. He estab-
lished the grade in the school, and was elected County Superintendent in 1864, During
164 and ’65 he was also editor of the Jefferson Republican, During his sojourn in this State
he has been prominently identified with the educational interests. He was interested in
organizing the Kansas State Teachers’ Association, and established a journal devoted to the
interests of educators, He has been untiring in his efforts, and much creditis due him for
what he has accomplished. He was married in 1860 to Miss AmandaJ. Milligan, of Tus-
carawas County, Ohio. They have two children, Jesse D.. and Ethel Blanch.

G. McDAN. EL, grocer and druggist, isa native of Kentucky, aud was born in Bards-
town, Nelson Co., May 80, 1826. Hisfather, Lewis, wasa native of that State, and in 1837
with his family emigrated to Illinois, and in 1842 came to Missouri, being one of the

ioneers of Platte County where the subject of this sketch was rearedfto manhood, and
earned the wagon making trade. Atan early age he joined the State Militia, wasa Lieu-
tenant under Gen. D. R. Atchison, and had madeall arrangements to go with the regiment
into the Mexican war. His father being opposed to his going, very quietly sent him to
Kentucky to transact some business, and cut off his financial resources so that he could not
return untilthe regiment ‘had leftforthe front. In 1848)he was married to Miss Sarah
Gragg, of Missouri, and in 1855, in company with his father-in-law, Mr. John Gragg.
came to Jefferson County,and on_the 25th of March, located_on claims five miles
west of Grasshopper Falls; on Cedar Creek, here he resided until 1860, when he openeda
wagon shop at the Falls, continuing four years, when he turned his attention to merchan-
dising, in which line he has since been identified. Mr. McDaniel had all the difficulties to
contend with during the early times, but being @ man who looks the world squarely in the
face, never being discouraged, he foundin those days excitement enough to make it in-
teresting. There are but few who are more favorably and popularly known throughout
the surrounding country. Heisa Royal Arch Mason, member of Valley Falls Lodge No.
21. He has two children, James and Mary.

A, A, MURRAY, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Valley Falls, is anative of New York, and was
porn in Jetterson County, cay 7, 1822; was there e ucated and resided until he attained his
twenty-fourth year; came to [Ilinois, locating in Macon, where he engaged in merchandise
ing, and was identified with the commercial interests of Decatur County for thirt:
In 1878 came to Kansas, settling on his farm, where he now resides.
pusiness man, and also a success as an agriculturist. He has been twice married; is a mem-
ber of the Masonic Fraternity.

J.H. MURRAY, merchant, was bornin New York City, July 26, 1837; was there edu-
eated and reared;!in earlier life pursued the vocation of clerking. In 1856, went to Texas,
then to New Mexico, where fora number of years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits
in Mora Connty. In 1875 came to Kansas, embarking in trade in the town of Louisville,
Pottawatamie ounty, continuing there untilthe autumn of 1881, when he established in
Valley Falls. Mr.M.is a far-seeing business man, commanding hls share of the trade,
He was married in 1867 to Miss Angeline Johnson, of Johnson Connty, Mo, They have five
children, Annie C., Chas. E., Laura, John and Nellle, He {s a member of the Masonic Order.

H. F. NOLKER, merchant, is a native of Germany, and was born in Hanover, Decem-
ber 8, 1843; was educated, reared and resided in his native country until1863. Came to
America, living temporarily in Cincinnati, St. Louls, and-other parts, until 1869, when he
came to Kansas, locating at Valley Falls; in 1870 embarked in the grocery, provision, and
liquor trade, In January, 1882, Mr. Lutt became his partner. Thelr business is one of the
largest in the city. Mr. Nolker has been twice married. In 1872, Miss Julla Evic, of St.
Louis (now deceased) became his wife. 1In1875 he was married to Miss Mary Grod, of
Germany. They have three children, Carl, Bertha and Ida. By his former wife Mr. Nolker
had one child which Is deceased. Heis a member ofthe Turner Society.

D. B. NORTHRUP. physician andsurgeon, is a sonof Dr. Lorenzo Northrup and Jane
Gray. (Brooke) Norehrup, He was born in Stark County, Ohio, May 27, 1855, and came to
Valley Falls, Kansas, with his parents, when six months old. He received the benefits of
the early educational advantages of the village, after which he attended the University at
Baldwin City. He adopted the medical profession, at an early age taking up the study under
the tutorship of his father. Took lectures at_the College of Physicians and Surgeons at
Kansas City, graduating from that institution March 2, 1880. He at onge engaged in prac-
tice at Valley Falls, and has attained a well merited record among the practitioners in
Jefferson County. Heisa member of the A. O. of U. W. and medical examiner for the Valley
Falis | odge of that order.

LORENZO NORTHRUP, M. D., one of the pioneer physicians in Kansas, and one who
has figured prominently with_the early history of Jefferson County, is the subject of this
sketch, Heisa native of New York, and was born in Jefferson, Schoharie County, May 10,
1819. Heisason of Israel and Sarah (Baily) Northrup. His maternal grandfather was a
musician in the Revolutionary War. Lorenzo was educated at the Homer Academy in New
York. In 1840, entered on the study of medicine, attended the Willoughby Medical School,
and in 1843 commenced to practice. His father was a farmer, and desirous that his son
should assume the same vocation, but with a determined purpose, his tastes dictating this
course, he persevered, unaided, until he acquired a thorough knowledge of his adopted pro-
fession. iis first practice wasin Ravenna, Ohio, At this time the treatment of strabis-
mus, or cross eyes, was in its infancy, and Dr. Northrup was among the first to introduce it
into prastice, and became very successful. He attained a wide reputation for proficiency

 

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS,

as an anatomist, and skill as 2 surgeon. He removed from Ravenna to Limaville, Ohio,
continuing his practice there for a time, thence to Neweastle, Pa., and after a temporary
sojourn, returned to Limaville, residing there until 1853, when he came to Kansas, locating
in Valley Falls, where up to the present time, 1882, he has successfully practiced medicine
and surgery. In 1857, he built a schoolhouse at Valley Falls, and employed a teacher at
his own expense, so deeply was he interested in the education of not only his own family,
but the children of his neighbors. This was the first school in the town, and is conceded to
be the first in the county. He was-a member of the school board for four consecutive terms,
and largely through hig exertions and contributions the present substantial and attractive
schoolhouse was built, In 1869, he attended acourse of lectures atthe Rush Medical Col-
lege, Chicago, and, in 1873. another course at Bellevue Hospital Medical College. New York
City. Politically, the doctor wasa Whig and a strong Anti-slavery man. hen he came
to Kansas he identified himself with the Free-state party, and has acted with the Republi-
can party since its organization. While in Ohio was a President of the Alliance Medical
Society of Stark County. Religiously. be accepts the Methodist Episcopaldoctrine, The
doctor has been, and still is, @ close student, has agood memory, and is possessed of that
faculty of conveying his ideas in an easy manner. He is very tenacious, and once his mind
is made up. it requires more than an ordinary effortto have him change hisopinions. He
was married in 1844, to Miss Jane Gray Brooke, of Ellsworth, Mahoning (then Trumbull)
County, Ohio. She was the daughter of James Brooke. Her grandfather Brooke wasa
citizen of Maryland, and was the first man in that State to manumit his slaves, being com-
pelled under the then existing laws of the Stateto become responsible for their conduct,
which, in his zeal for the cause, he cheerfully did. Dr. Northrup and wife have five
children—Hester M. B.. Elmer B. Kirtland B., Daniel B., and Kate. 7

A. G@ PATRICK, postmaster, Valley Falls, Kansas, is a well-known citizen of Jefferson
County. His father, Ebenezer Patrick, was a native of Windsor, Vermont, and was aprin-
ter by trade. Emigrated to Indiana in 1816. Fora number of years published a paper at
Salem, Indiana. Afterwards editor of the Madison Banner. Connected himself with the
Indiana Methodist Conference in 1835, continuing in that connection up to his death in
Princeton, in 1844. G. Patrick, the subject of this sketch, could set type ata very early
age, leaving home in 1840, serving a regular apprenticeship at the trade in Terre Haute,
Indiana, He went to Louisville, Kentucky, in the fall of 1842, and secured a situation in
the Gazette office, a Tyler paper, published by James Birney Marshall. At that time God-
frey Pope was publishing a Democratic and George D. Prentice a Whig paper in that city.
In January, 1843, Messrs. Marshall and Pope consolidated their papers in one, Mr. Patrick
retaining his situation inthe new concern, In February the hands struck for their wages,
and after holding out for a week, were forced to_accept for their work materials sufficient
tostartasm 11 daily paper, andthe Louisville Daily Dime, by an association of printers,
first made its appearance in March. George D. Prentice, then editor of the Journal, loaned

 

 

the men two bundles of paper, from which the first numbers of the Dime were issued. The
enterprise met with considerable encouravement, starting out with a daiiy circulation of
1,000, and a fair share of advertising. Three of the firm sold their interests to the others,
and the purchase, as well as a weekly installment of $25 for new material, made the divi-
dends, for a number of weeks, less than $1 to the share. Mr. Patrick acted as pressman,
and during the greater portion of three months was forced to sleep on apile of old papers,
taking his meals at the Various lunch houses of the elty. . N. Haldeman, then conducting
a literary Gopok on Main street, bought an interest in the paper, and eventually acquired the
entire establishment, changing the name of the paper tothe Daily Courier. The Courier in
time absorbed the Journal, and ts now called the Courrer-Journal. Mr. Patrick, realizing
ttle or nothing for his interest, started for Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he procured a
situation on the Greene River Gazette, then published by Alexander R. Macy, in whose em-
ploy he remained until the fall of 1844. Around Bowling Green the belief was general that
Clay would be elected president. Merchants sold goods, farms changed hands, and business
generally transacted, notes given payable in that event. Patrick was imbued with the same
belief, the Louisville Journal being his “Bible” and guide, A few weeks before the election.
with $200 in his pockets, he s'arted to Indiana with a view to get an even bet, and double
his money. He soon found the looked-for Democrat, stakes up, and awaited the result.
Clay lost, and Patrick was again a strapped jour-printer. He vowed then he would ever
afterwards read all sides. olltically, he has been on “every side of the fence since *—first
an old line Whig, then a Know-noth ney an Abolitionist, a Democrat, now a Republican,
with strong Greenback leanings. In 1846 Mr. Patrick was induced to take hold of a paper
at Greencastle, Indiana, but owing to a lack of promised assistance was forced to suspend
after five issues. Hethen worked at histrade in different parts of the State until 1848,
when, in connection with his brother, ‘he began merchanaking in Bainbridge, Indiana.
That winter he decided to goto California, and joined a company in Greencasti that de-
parted for the Eldorado in the spring of 1849, arriving at Hangtown (Placerville), Sept. 3
of that year. LeftSan Francisco for New York in the spring of 1852. During the cam-
align of that year between Scott and Plerce, he was agai induced to start a Whig paper at
reencastle, Indiana, called the Republican Banner. By dint of perseverance and hard
work, he succeeded in putting his paper on a permanent basis. At the breaking up of the
old Whig party, he drifted into nati ve Americanism, and after the convention of 1855 sup-
orted Fillmore as the repular nominee. Notliking the political issues of the day, he sold
his paper and moved to Kansas, arriving at Leavenworth February 12, 1856, where he soon
allied himself with the Free-state party. He continued an active and consistent member of
that until that question was definitely settled. It was butashort time after his arrival that
he encountered the ill-will of the Pro-slavery men of Leavenworth. In a contest for a seat
in the council between C, F. Currier, Free-state, and Beck
Murphy robbing and stuffing the ballot-box, an account o:
paper. Finding its way bac
he article, and advise

 

Pro-slavery, he caught Dick
to Leavenworth, the Herald ablished a pied ” tr a ta dra
* ed garbled extracts from
the law and order men to watch ‘nim ag an Gnigrant aid hireling.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

He procured a claim four miles southwest of Leavenworth, on which he built a
house and enclosed afew acres of ground. Thesummer of 1856 he was Taken Paeonee ne
Fred Emory’s company, who delivered him to Captain Miller, it being understood that Mil-
ler’s men would hang him at the head of Salt Creek. The Free-state men of Leavenworth
were told that such was his fate, and New York and Indiana
of the outrage. But Capt. Miller was under obligations to Mr. Patrick, and when he saw
the intended victim, instead of suffering his mento carry out the design, he put a double
uard of his own selecting telling them to permit no hair of Patrick’s head to be harmed.
he next day Capt. Miller delivered the prisoner to Major Richardson at Upper Stranger
Creek Crossing, five miles above Easton; Richardson was there on his way to Lecompton
with abou 800 men, On the following day Mr, Patrick was court-marshaled, and ordered
to beshotasaspy. His p:incip.l accusers were Easton, Lyle, and Murphy, of Leaven-
worth, The execution was to have been summary, and no defense allowed. He was placed
on the open prairie before twelve picked men, and realizing his situation, concluded try
the virtue of a Free Mason’s sign of distress. It had its desired etfect, Two days afterward
she was delivered to Gov. Woodson at Lecompton. While there, was guarded y some im-
pressed Free-state men under a man called “Tennessee” at whose house the prisoners, a
half dozenin number, were boarded. Lecompton was full of Pro-slavery militia. Gen.
Lane, with about an equal force, showed himself on the hill southeast of town. U.S. troops
interfered to prevent bloodshed, and a compromise was effected, and Lane and his men
returned to Lawrence. The next day, while the prisoners were being taken from the guard
house to dinner, passing a company of Pro-slavery militia, Jim Lyle, who had a personal
feeling against Patrick, offered twenty-five dollars to any one who would shoot the “abol-
itionist.”" One of the number raised his rifle and took aiin, but the cap snapped. This act
highly incensed the guard,“‘old Tennessee” (real name Caldwell), who, after seeing the pris-
ouers to his house,immediately repaired to Gov. Woodson’s quarters,and informed him of the
outrage. The governor, in company with United States Marshal Donaldson, put in their ap-
pearance, remonstrating with the ruffians, and escorted in person the prisoners back to the
yuard house. Application was then made by the prisoners to Capt. New! y, who sent them to
awrence under an escort of United States dragoons. The next day Patrick joined Capt.
Wright’s Stranger Creek Company, and -was soonon the road to Hickory Point, Jefferson
County, and participated in the engagement at that place September 14, 1856. Thatnight,
in company with a hundred others, he was captured by United States troops and marched
off to Lecompton, where they were held by Goy. Geary, and indicted for murder by the ter-
ritorial courts. Twenty of those first tried were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in
the penitentiary, by Judge Lecompte’s court, the balance took a change of venue before
Judge Cato, of Tecumseh. Before trial all but Patrick and thirteen others broke jailand
escaped; he and others who remained were acquitted December 5, 1856. He had resolved
to leave the Territory, but the river being frozen over, and not desiring to-pass through
Missouri, he located at Grasshopper Falls, December 15, since which time he has ealled that
place hishome. At the Free-state election for officers in the summer of 1857, under the
‘opeka movement, he was elected Clerk of the Supreme Court. Inthe fall of 1857 he was
elected amemberof the Council in the first Free-state Legislature, from the counties of
Jefferson and Jackson, and served two years, The spring of 1859 he started for Pike’s Peak,
but having little confidence in Colorado as good placer diggings he returned, after pros-
pecting a month, tothe Falls. The spring of 1860 he again starte for the mountains, stop-
ping at the head of the Arkansas River, and was engaged in mining and prospecting for
nearly two years. At the beginning of the war was in California Gulch, 150 miles south-
West of Denver, and gould-not join thearmy. Atthe organization of Kearney’s Militia, in
1862, he was elected Captain of one of the Grasshopper companies. Inthe spring of 1863
he started for Montana, remaining theretwo years. The winter of 1866 found him at Irv-
ing, Marshall County, Kan. Anticipating the erection of a considerable city where the Cen-
tral Branch Railroad would cross the Blue River, he made an investment, opened a real
estate office, and was elected Justice of the Peace. In the fall of 1867 was electcd to the
Legislature from Marshall County. The Irving speculation proved a failure, and he left
the place in the fall of 1868. In the:fall of 1869 he was elected Clerk of Jefferson County,
serving two years, The spring of 1872 he commenced improving a farm six and a half
miles from the Falls, and was married in October of that year to Miss Mary Frazier,
daughter of James Frazier, one of the original proprietors of the Falls, He remained on-
this farm until the fall of 1877, at which time he sold out, buying the New Era printing
establishment, determining once more to embark in the printing business. Two weeks
after the sale of the farm and the purchase of the office, he met with the sad loss of his wife
by death. One year from the date of purchasing the New Era, hesold out. In December,
1878, Mr. Patrick was again married, to Miss Eliza Dickey, and up to the time of his ap-
polnemeny as Postmaster, was engaged in stock-raising adjacent tothe Falls, He connected
imself with the Masonic Fraternity in Terre Haute,Ind.,in 1846. Mr. Patrick is no speaker,
but a good talker and ready writer, not only on political matters, but on any of the import-
ant eventsof theday. While editor of the New Era he wrote up many interesting incidents,
reminiscences, etc. To him the compilers of this history are under great obligations for
much information relating to Jefferson County. Personally, Mr. Patrick is sociable and
agreeable. He never lacks for warm personal and political friends.

J. M. PIAZZEK, miller, is a native of Poland, and was born February 28, 1834. Came
to the United States in 1854, residing temporarily In Ohio and Kentucky, and came to Kansas
the spring of 1855, arriving in Grassbopper Falls, April 5. At that time James Frazier,
Isaac Cody and Robert Riddle were engaged in constructing a saw-mill, employing several
men and wanted more help. Mr. P. wanted employment, as his exchequer was limited to
twenty-five cents, and it-took buta short time to make a bargain. He turned.in, went to
work, husbanded his earnings, and in a shorttime had an interest in the business, and as

ears went on he became sole proprietor (a sketch of his manufacturing industries is given

m the manufacturing interests of the county). Mr. Piazzek is largely interested in real
estate in Kansas and stands among the substantlal men of the State. His career is a fair
‘illustration of what can be accomplished where there is a willto execute. His success he at-
tributes to untiring industry. He was married in 1862 to Miss Melinda Menier, of Olio.
They have two children—Lee Forrest and Minnie. He isa Royal Arch Mason.

EORGE E. REPPERT, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Valley Falls, is a native of Pennsyl-
vania, and was born in Greene County, February 21,1837. He came to Kansas with his
parents in 1856, his father, George A. Reppert, being among the very first settlers and farm-
openers, in this portion of the county, He was a strong Free-state man of decided opinions,
and it is needless to state he had difficulties to contend with. He did not live but a short
time after coming to the State, not being able to stand the hardships. His death occurred in
Leavenworth County. His wife, Mrs. Aun Reppert, died a few years ago. The subject of
this sketch has been a continuous resident and has contributed amply towards the develop-
ment of the county, He was married in Kansas to Miss Isabelle Pettit. They have seven
children—Frank, Kate, Louis, Annie, Bennie, Mabel, Roy.

A. Mz. RUSSELL, school teacher, is a native of Ohio and was born in Geauga County,
April 7, 1847. When five years of age removed with his parents to Cedar County, Iowa,
where he was educated and reared. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-fifth Iowa

He was in eighteen general engagements, and thirty-seven skirm-

ishes, rendering valuable services as a scouta portion of thetime. On one occasion he was
two and a half fays in a rebel camp, successfully making his escape. On the 3d ofJanuary,
1863, was wounded at Pocahontas, Tenn.; served through until the close, when he was hon-
orably discharged. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1873, locating at Perry, where he
taught school for several terms; was also connected with the Perry Times and interested in
thejewelry, a branch of trade he is conversant with. In 1880, came to Valley Falls, where he

- has since been teaching. Mr. Russell was married February 19, 1870,in Cedar County,
Iowa, to Miss Martha Counts, a native of ithat State. They have five children—Rosetta A.,
Emma C. B. M., Mary A., Nellie M.,and Dick C. M. He isamember of ten different lodges
and orders—I. 6. G. t S. of T., G. A. R., S. of M., I. 0. O. F.,S. of I., P. of H., A. F. & A. M.,
A. 0. of U. W., U. O, of A. T. - - 7 3 ‘

‘CHALMERS SCOTT, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Valley Falls, was born in Philadelphia,
Pa., where he served an apprenticeship at machine aking and engineering. For several
years afcer he followed theseas, being part of the time in the employ of the Cunards on tke
station between New York and the West Indies. At the commencement of the Kansas
excitement he left New York in the spring of 1855 ( April) for Kansas, and promptly identi-
fied himself with the Free-state party. @was commissioned Captain of a company of
militia by Gov. Robinson. He wasat Lawrence in 1856 with his company and helped to
fortify it with old John Brown and others of the old guard, at the time they expected an
attack from the Border Ruffians under Price and Stringfellow, Capt. Scott was stationed
with his company,by Col.Jim Lane,in Fort Dickey onthe right flank of Massachusetts street.
Mr. Scott was always outspoken in the cause of freedom, and few menin the dark days of
Kansas, took a more active part in securing to her the blessing of freedom, without pay or
hope of reward, other than the consciousness of duty done. He located aclaim near Grass-
hopper Falls, and worked for the Town Company and helped in building a saw-mill on the
creek for them, after which he went to improving his claim. At the breaking out of the
rebellion he went East with the desire of entering the navy as engineer,and received an ap-
pointment as third assistant. This appointment he declined, as he had sailed as chief, and
entered the army at Hamilton, Ohio, where he was placed atthe head of the Tool Depart-
ment, After the close of the war he was employed as engineer and Superintendent of the
Hamilton Gas Works, which position he held for four years, when having a difficulty with
the directors in regard to employing cheap labor he resigned and returned to his old love,
beautiful Kansas, in 1875. His presentfarm and home he purchased in 1857, but did not
locate on it until 1880. Mr. Scott has been twice married, first to Miss Caroline Garvan, of
Philadelphia, second to Miss Catherine Mayhew, adirect lineal descendant of Mayhew of
Martha’s Vineyard,one of the first missionaries among the Indians in Colonial times. He has
one son from the first union, Philip G., and one daughter from the second union, Sarah Lea
Baiteaux. He was the first Constable elected at Grasshopper, and served as Clerk at the first

apers contained full accounts

 

 

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election ever held there. He was tendered the first nomination for Senator and also the first
for delegate to the Constitutional Convention, both of which he declined.

JOHN SILLS, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Valley Falls, is a native of England and was born
in Nottinghamshire, August 29, 1833. Came to the United States in 1849, settling in Wiscon-
sin, afterwards to Illinois; pursuing the vocation of plastering. Eventually in 1855 came
to Kansas and made a claim where he now resides, he erected a cabin and commenced pion-
eering in true western style; had serious difficulties in the way of obtaining provisions at
times , as it was unsafe for a Free-state man to make a trip to Leavenworth. After rough-
ing it through up to September 11, 1862, Mr, Sills enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Kansas
Volunteer Infantry. efollowed after Price on his raid; was at the Cain Hill, Prairie
Grove, and other engagements afterwards, in the West after the indians, where he had some
close calls. Served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. He has
since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was married in Illinois to Miss Henrietta
Cat a ney: have six children—Sarah J., Mary L., George F., Warren E., Clarissa A., and

am J.

R, D. SIMPSON, hotel proprietor, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Madison
County, May 24, 1838. When he was quite young his father, Duke W. Simpson, emigrated
to Missouri with his family, locating at Westport, which was then in itsinfancy. He was a
man of some means, possessed of business qualifications, and was enterprising and am-
bitious, He was the first to inaugurate the Santa Fe trade, and was soon largely engaged in
merchandising, being in the front ranks of commercial circles. He was prominently iden-
tified officially, figuring actively In public life up to the time of his death. R. D. received
the benefits of a good education and did business for his father, afew years after which he
went to Nebraska City and entered the employ of Russell, Majors & Waddells, the famous
Government freighters. Mr. Simpson was thoroughly conversant with the freighting busi-
ness, and in the capacity of wagon master was in their employ for several years, having a
varied experience of adventures incidental to a life on the western plains at that day.
When the OU. P. R. R. was being constructed, he was engaged in contracting in the West,
furnishing a large number of the ties and bridge timbers. Of latter years he has made his
homein Kansas. He was married in 1860 to Miss M. A. Majors, daughter pf Alex Majors
the Government freighter. Mrs. S’s death occured in Jackson County, Mo., in 1876. B
this marria’e he has three children living—Susan A., Amanda C,, and Richard D., Jr. In
May, 1879, Miss Elizabeth ©. Fuller, of Kansas, became his wife. In 1875 he was Deputy
Sheriff of Jefferson County. For four years was City Marshal of Valley Falls, and at pres-
ent, 1882, 1s Police Judge. For the past few years he has been the genial host of the French ,
Hotel, and as landlord, like anything else he undertakes, he is a success. He is a member of
the Masonic Puaternity. : ae

I. SOUTHWARD, lumber dealer, is a native of England, and was born in Whitehaven,
December 2, 1837, was there educated and reared. For eight years was in the employ of the
British Government. In 1867 came to the United States, ana to Jefferson County, Kas., local-
ing at Valley Falls; he purchased a farm and turned his attention to school teaching for a
few years, Foraterm was Depuly County Treasurer, and in 1875 was elected treasurer by
the Reform Party, and re-elected in 1877, after which he served his successor as Deputy.
Mr. Southward is one of the substantial citizens of the county. He was married in 1867 to
ne Jessie Hughn, anative of Scotland. He is at present Deputy County Surveyur and

otary Public.

ROBERT N. UTZ, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Valley Falls, is a native of Kentucky, and
was born in Boone County, October 19, 1831; was educated and reared in his native State.
In 1859 he came to Kansas, faking up his abode in Jefferson County, where he has since
been a resident, closely adhering to agricultural pursuits. His wife was formerly Miss Susan
Coffman. They have seven children—Mary, Harvey, Olive, Edwin, Carrie, Arthur, and
Irbie. Mrs. Utz’s father, Mr, Cottman, settled in that part of Jefferson County where the
subject of this sketch resides in 1855. He was prominently identified and well known
among the pioneers for a number of years. His death occurred in 1864. 3 c

J. VANDRUFF, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 24, P.O. Valley Falls, is a native of
Pennsylvania,and was born in Greene County, March 31,1837; was there reared and learned
the carpenter’s trade. Early in life he engaged in stock-driving between Chicago and Phil-
adelphia. In 1857 he came to Kansas, locating at Valley Falls; worked at his trade as con-
tractor and carpenter for a number of years, erecting a nnmber of the first buildings. For
a number of yeats he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the war he was a
member of the State militia. @ was married, in 1863, to Miss Mary Lynch, of Indiana.
They have had six children—William H., Maria ¥., George H., Melissa A., Lucius M., and
lost one, Marian. Mr. V. isa member of the I. O. O. F., Crescent Lodge, No. 86. __

GEORGE VAN GAASBECK, farmer, Section 24, po. Valtey Falls, is a native of New
York, and was bornin Tompkins County, February 4,1816. His father, Peter Van Gaas-
beck, was a native of Ulster County, N.Y. His mother was Phoebe Dunham. The Van
Guasbecks are of Holland extraction. In 1830 the family came West, locating in Ashtabula
County, Ohio, where the subject resided until 1850, when he emigrated to Dane County,
Wis., there residing until 1856, and on the 4th of July of that year, located in Kansas. being
one among the first in the portion ot Jefferson County he resides in, where he has been
closely identified. For twelvo years of his life,.Mr. VanG. pursued the vocation of school-
teaching, and takes a live interest in educational affairs, Iu 1865 and 1866,was Represent-
ative in the State Legislature. Politically he isa staunch Republican; advocates principle,
not party. He was married, in 1853, to Miss Mary Quipps, of Wisconsin. They have three
children—Melissa (now Mrs. G, A. McNorton), Otto and Cedora. d

J. R. YOUNG, coal dealer, was born in Clark County, Ky., April 8, 1833. When one
year of age came to Clay County, Mo., with parents, his father, Thomas, being among the

ioneer farmers in that part. J. R. was there educated and reared. In 1853 he removed to

owa, residing until 1857, when he came to Valley Falls. He had, however, visited Kansas
with a view 0} locating, in'1854. He built a store on Sycamore street, and engaged in mer-
cantile pursuits, in which branch he was identified until 1872, when he embarked in the
coal trade. Being one ofthe pioneers, Mr. Young has been ideutified with the growth and
development of Jefferson County, and has contributed amply toward the progress of Val-
ley Falls. He has been twice married, first in 1859, to Miss Fannie Jessy, now deceased;
by this marriage has three children—Philo, Toula, and Jessie. In 1879, Miss Lou. Ray, o:
Leavenworth, became nis wile: By this union they have one child, Spartian. Mr. Young

is a member of the I. O.

OSKALOOSA TOWNSHIP.

This township is a part of Slough Creek Township, which was one of the
three first townships formed by the County Court, on January 21, 1856. Wm.
Meredith was appointed Justice of the Peace, and J. H. C. Hopewell, Con-
stable. 7

The first settler in the township was Dr. James Noble, who located his
claim where the city of Oskaloosa now stands, early in the year 1855. During
that year many more settlers located and opened farms. Among the first set-
tlers who remained and contributed the most to develop the township were:
James and Thomas II. Noble, Terry Trapp, N. B. and J. H. C. Hopewell, J.
H. Rickman, E. and Jacob Faubion, H. O. Finch, Jno. Jeffries, Wm. Meredith
and George and Conrad Schuster.

The first town laid out was Jacksonville, about one mile east of the pres-
ent town of OsKaloosa. This was in the spring of 1855. Little attention was
given to the proposed town by the settlers, and the project was soon abandoned,
and the land sold to Joseph Evans, who turned it into a farm.

The first school was taught by A. J. Greene, at Jacksonville, in the winter
of 1855-56, and was paid for by a subscription by the citizens.

During the first four years after the first settlement, the township settled
very rapidly. In 1859 there were upward of two hundred voters in the town-
ship.

Since that time the township has steadily improved ; has in every respect
kept pace with the progress of the county, and is now one of the wealthiest and
most prosperous, with well tilled farms covered with groves and orchards.

OSKALOOSA.

This attractive little city is the county seat of Jefferson County, is pleas-
antly located on the gently sloping hills extending back from the left bank of
Big Slough Creek, and is on the line of the Leavenworth, Topeka and South-
western Railroad. ’

It is one of the oldest towns in the county. At an early day the large busi-
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ness and residence lots were planted to forest and orchard trees, which have
during the last quarter of a century grown to a remarkably large size, and af-
ford the most perfect shade and an abundant yield of fruit. There is hardly a
residence lot but that will in itself form an orchard and a sort of a park.

The town has a population of about 1,000. It has five churches, two
schoolhouses, two banks, twenty-one stores, three hotels, two livery stables,
one elevator, one saw-mill, two printing offices, and shops of various kinds.

The site of the present town of Oskaloosa was settled as a land claim in
February, 1855, by Dr. James Noble.

In August, 1855, Jesse Newell, Joseph Fitsimons, with several others, came
from Iowa to select a place for settlement somewhere in the State of Kansas.
The neighborhood around Dr. Noble’s place was chosen as the most desirable.
Newell then conceived the idea of laying out a town there, but not having the
money to buy the Jand, he kept his own counsel, not mentioning it even to his
own party. But returning to Iowa he sold his farm the following winter, and
then he and Joseph Fitsimons with their families, again returned to Kansas,
arriving at the farm of Dr. James Noble on May 16, 1856, Jesse Newell
bought the claim of Dr. Noble and moved into the cabin occupied by him.
Fitsimons camped near where the public square now is, and soon after pur-
chased a claim joining Newell’s.

During the summer of 1856 Newell built and started a steam saw-mill on
the west side of his claim, near a spring which he had found the year before.

In July, 1856, Newell and Fitsimons laid out a town of forty acres, with
blocks, streets and alleys, after the plat of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and the town was
so named from the Iowa city.

The first store building was erected early in 1856, by Isaac Newhouse, but
was purchased by Joseph Fitsimons, who opened the first store.

Early in 1857 the post-office was established, and Joseph Fitsimons was
appointed postmaster.

The first birth in the vicinity was that of Mary E., daughter of Mr. and
Mrs.Thomas H. Noble, born February 12,1855. She died in the May following.

The first death on the town site was that of Louis Trapp, a young man
who died in 1858. , f

The first sermon preached in the neighborhood was by Elder Terry Trapp,
a Baptist minister, who began holding religious services at his house, in the
spring of 1855. He resided about two and a half miles northeast of the town.
‘A church organization, known as the Slough Creek Baptist Church, with a few
members, was duly organized and meetings were held each month.

In the spring of 1857 the first school, one paid for by subscription, was
taught by Miss Mary Finnicome, in a frame building of nativelumber. The
house was simply a rough board enclosure, and was situated in the eastern part
of town. It now forms a part of T. H. Noble’s store. Miss Finnicome after-
ward became the wife of Joseph Fitsimons.

The first marriage in the new town was in 1859, and was that of Wm. D.
Trapp and Miss Ruth A. Grimes.

In the spring of 1857, the founders of the town feeling unable to man-
age the business alone, a town company was formed. Its members were: Jesse
Newell, who was president; Joseph Fitsimons, Franklin Finch, Henry Owens,
N. B. Hopewell, V. F. Newell, John Newell, Isaac Newhouse, Wm. Meredith
and W. C. Stagg.

During the year 1857 the town grew slowly, but by its close had about a

dozen buildings. One of these was a very large hotel, built of native timber by .

Thos, H. Noble. :

During the year 1858 the town grew very rapidly. The Delaware cimin-
ished reserve joined it on the south, and as it was expected that it-would soon
be open for settlement, large numbers of settlers located at Oskaloosa, erected
small houses and waited, each anxious to secure a first choice of claims. By
the close of the year the population numbered several hundred. The most of
this population was of a temporary character, and their buildings were moved
to farms which they had purchased in the vicinity.

In October, 1858, the county seat was located at Oskaloosa by a majority
of four votes. ; .

During the year 1859 the town continued to flourish, and there was still a
large floating population.

E The summer of 1860 was that of the big drouth, and a great many of the
temporary settlers left the town. Notwithstanding this, however, many enter-
prises were undertaken. A newspaper, the /udependent, was established, anda
schoolhouse, church and grist-mill erected. The school then had three depart-
ments. By the close of the year the population did not exceed 500 Owing to
the failure of crops, the year 1860 was a dull one, and the citizens devised various
schemes to.while away the time. Samuel Peppard invented a sailing wagon,
and intended to take a tripin it across the Plains to Pike’s Peak. The wagon
was similar to anordinary light wagon, weighed about 350 pounds, had a bed
three feet wide, eight feet long, and six inches deep. A mast, with a sail nine
by eleven feet in size, was raised over the center of the front axle. The steering
apparatus was attached to the front axle, and resembled the tiller to a boat re-
versed. It was first tried on May g, but the wind being high it was wrecked.

~ It was soon repaired, and a party consisting of Sam. Peppard, Steve Randall,
J. T. Forbes and Gid. Coldon started for Pike’s Peak. They had about 4oo
pounds of provisions and ammunition. They made the trip to within about one
hundred miles of Denver in safety, but were then struck by a whirlwind which
completely demolished the vehicle, and injured its occupants. They had been
on the road about four weeks, but only traveled nine days.
traveled at the rate of fifteen miles per hour.

During the dull times, in the early history of Oskaloosa, several of the most
prominent men organized themselves into a“ Lazy Club.” _ Among them were
G.B. Carson, Thomas H. Noble, Abram Sinnard and W. Trapp. Carson was
president for a longtime. The club had rigid rules, and if any member was
seen to have any implement of labor, his case was promptly investigated, and
if he was proven guilty of having performed any work, he was expelled. The
badge of distinction was a Barlow knife, which was awarded to the champion

Sometimes they

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

lazyman. At one time Tom Noble and Abe Sinnard were contestants. They
were lying under the large oak tree, by the roadside, north of town, when the
stage drove toward the spot where they were. Thinking it about to run over
him, Noble rolled just out of the path, but Sinnard simply asked the driver to
drive around. He got the knife. Trapp afterward carried it for a long time,
but finally had to give it up to a man living below town, who was too lazy to
carry it himself, but had his little boy tie a string to it and drag itafter him. He
kept it until the club disbanded. .

Among the leading citizens of Oskaloosa in 1860 were Dr. Buckmaster,
Thomas Moore, T. H. Noble, J. W. Day, Dr. Gambel, Terry Trapp, Jesse
Newell, Franklin Finch, M. R. Dutton, W. C. Barnes, Jacob Boucher and A.
J. Pierce. G.B. Carson kept the leading store, and Joseph Fitsimons was
Postmaster.

During the war of the Rebellion the town made but little improvement. In
fact, it hardly held its own, either in population or in the amount of business
done. <

After the close of the war, the town revived a little, but for a great many
years did not increase its population but a very little. A great many publicand
private improvements were made, however. The old buildings, built for tem-
porary accommodations on first settlement, steadily gave way to neat and attract-
ive residences and large and substantial business houses. This order of things
was kept up until 1880, when the number of inhgbitants was less than 800.
The next year, however, the Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern Railroad
was built, and the city began to revive a great deal, and now has a population
of about 1,000. Though small, it has always been a thriving business point, as
there has never been any attempt to build up the town too fast for the country
naturally tributary to it.

CITY GOVERNMENT.

Oskaloosa was incorporated as a town on the 27th day. of August, 1869,
by Judge J. F. Bliss, in accordance to a petition presented by J. W. Day, and
duly signed by a majority of the citizens of the village. The following-named
parties were appointed Trustees: John B. Johnson, John N. Insley, George W.
Hogeboom, John W. Roberts and Terry Critchfield. The present city officers
are Henry Keeler, Mayor, and W. T. Irwin, Clerk.

The Fefferson Mutual Aid Association, of Oskaloosa, Kan., was incor-
porated under the laws of Kansas in 1882. Hon. A. McLouth, president; H.
C. Deming, vice-president ; M. L. Critchfield, secretary ; J. M. Howard, treas-
urer; J. W. Balsley, M. D., medical examiner; W. F. Gilluly, attorney; M.
V. B. Deter, general manager of agencies. The objects of this association are
to furnish mutual protection at actual cost to persons, male or female, between
the ages of twenty and seventy-five years; to accomplish all the good that is
claimed for any mutual aid; to combine the efforts of all its members for mu-
tual relief, aid, and the payment of a fund to the families or devisees of de-
ceased members by voluntary contributions or assessments at time of death;
placing relief benefits within the reach of the poor as well as the rich, that
families may not be left destitute and objects of charity. The members, and
not the officers, are the association, and the capital remains in the hands of the
members until needed to pay a death loss. When more money is paid in on
an assessment than is needed to pay a loss, the surplus, if sufficient, will be
applied on the next loss, and no assessment made.

CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized soon after the settlement
of the town. On May 11, 1860, it became incorporated, with the following
trustees: Joseph Evans, Joseph Fitsimons, Oliver Shrader, L. B. Conwell,
Jno. W. Day, Juo, N. Hall, Jacob Boucher, Wm. T. Mormon and John Spur-
lock. Church lots were donated by the town contpany, and in 1860 a church
was commenced, which was completed in 1861. The first pastor was Rev. J.
Collins. The church has always had a large membership, and is in a prosper-
ous condition. It was re-incorporated in 1881. Rev. R. E. O'Byrne is now
pastor.

. The Episcopal Church—St. Paul's Parish—was organized February 24,
1868. There were then seventeen members. The first rector was C. E. D.
Griffith. On September 1, 1869, the corner stone was laid for a church. The
building was a large one, constructed of brick, and completed in 1870. For
several years the society was prosperous, but now no services are held, and
there are but four members in the city.

The Presbyterian Church was organized by Rev.. Wm. Wilson, in May,
1867, with eight members. The first elder was David M. Smith. For some
time there was no regular minister, and occasional services were held by Rev.
Messrs. Wilson and Thomas. The first regular minister was Rev. Mr. Irvin. In
1870, the erection of a church was commenced. It was a frame structure, and
was completed and dedicated in February, 1872. The church now has a large
ee and is in a prosperous condition.

The African Baptist Church was erected in 1872.

urge membership,

The African Methodist Church was built in 1876. The society has been
organized for many years and is in a prosperous condition.

The public school district was formed in 1859 by J. H. Bennett, County
Superintendent of Schools. A schoolhouse was soon erected, and in 1860
the school had three departments.

, In 1865 the township voted bonds for the erection of a large two-story
brick schoolhouse in the village of Oskaloosa. Work on the house was soon
commenced, and it was completed in due time, and is still known as the town-
ship schoolhouse. The building was, in the fall of 1878, leased to the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, South, for a term of ninety-nine years. A college was
established and called Marvin College, in honor of Bishop Marvin, its founder,
who promised to secure an endowment of $10,000, but he dying soon after,
the school was kept up through the liberality of the citizens of Oskaloosa.

The society has a
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

The new district schoolhouse is a large frame structure, two stories high,
and was completed in 1881, It contains four large class-rooms, besides a
number of necessary smaller ones, is well furnished, and has all necessary ap-
paratus. The school is divided into four departments, each under an able and
careful instructor, and is in a prosperous condition.

Oskaloosa Lodge No. 14, A. F. & A. M., was organized and received its
charter early in 1859, There were then fifteen members. The lodge has al-
ways been in a prosperous condition, and in 1867 their hall was built. Its value
is about $1,000. The membership of the lodge is large.

Oskaloosa Chapter No. 9, R. A. M., was organized under dispensation
August 7, 1867. The charter was issued on the 17th of the following October.
The first officers were: Chas. K. Gilchrist, high priest; Loven D, Price,
king and Samuel Corn, scribe. The present officers are: M. E. Terry Critch-
field, H.P.; E, Henry Keller, king; E.H. M. Mason, scribe; Comp. Wm.
Blevins, Treas.; Comp. A. J. Buck, Sect.; Comp. J. C. W. Davis, C. H.; Comp.
S. Corn, P. S.; Comp. W. H. Buckmaster, R. A. C.; Comp. J. N. Insley, Mst.

ist V.; Comp. D. M. Smith, Mst. 2d V.; Comp. J. F. Hinton, Mst. 3d V.;
Comp, James Townsend, Sent. The only death in this chapter was that of Nel-
son Chapman, who died September 18, 1872, and was buried with the rites of
the Order...

Eugle Lodge No. 32, I. O. O. F.. was organized October 11, 1867. The
charter members were Thomas Hunter, J. F. Conwell, E. A. Graham, L. F.
Busenbark, David Newhouse, James Peterson, H. M. Mason and A. Sinnard.
The first officers were: Thomas Hunter, N. G.; J. F. Conwell, V. G.; J.
Peterson, Rec. Sec.; L. F. Busenbark, Per. Sec.; D. Newhouse, Treas. and E.
A. Graham, D. D.G. M. The present membership of the lodge is thirty-five.
They occupy a lodge in connection with the Free Masons. The present officers
are: V.M. Stevens, N. G.; Geo. Wise, V. G.; J. H. Johnson, Sect.; W. E.
Conwell, Treas,; Henry Morley, D. D. G. M.

Oskaloosa Lodge No. 62, A. O. U. W., was organized on October 22, 1880,
with ten members. The first officers were: J. M. Howard, M. W.; D. W.
Daniels, foreman; H. C. Deming, overseer; C. W. Roberts, recorder; J. N.
Standiford, F; J. W. Balsley, R.; C. Golden, guide. The Order now has
twenty-five members, and is in a prosperous condition. Chas. Smithis worthy
master and J. A. Huron, recorder. -

THE PRESS, HOTELS AND BANKS,

The Oskaloosa Independent, was established on July 2, 1860, by John W.
Roberts. For the first two years, he wrote the editorials from his home in
Ohio, and J. W. Day was local editor and business manager. In May, 1874,
his son, F. H. Roberts, became a partner, but in September, 1879, the partner-
ship was dissolved, the senior member of the firm continuing the paper, until
July, 1882, when F. H. Roberts took charge of the entire business.

Thé Zudependent is, with the exception of the Zvoy Chief, the oldest paper
in the State, and has since its first issue been a strict advocate of the principles
of the Republican party, and of the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating
drinks. Its tone has ever been moral and elevating. It is published in the
same building where it was established, and the press occupies the identical
position where it was placedin 1860. It is the leading paper of the county and
has a large circulation.

In-the fall of 1868, the Oskaloosa Democrat was founded by Stafford & Nes.
bitt, but its publication was only continued for a short time.

In September, 1868, B. R. Wilsonand L. A. Heil established the Oska-
loosa Statesman, a Democratic paper. After one year Wilson became sole pro-
prietor, and published it until the fall of 1872, when it was discontinued. :

The Sickle and Sheaf was founded on October 3, 1873, by Jules L. Wil-,
liams and B. R. Wilson, as a Democratic paper. In July, 1877, uponthe death
of Mr. Williams, Wilson became sole proprietor, and changed its name to the
Oskaloosa Sickle, under which name he still continues its publication, It isa
seven column folio, and hasa large circulation. This paper is printed ona
Washington hand press, which is undoubtedly the oldest one in the State, hay-
ing been braught to Lawrence in 1854 by John Speer, who, after publishing the
Kansas Tribune on it for some time, associated W, W. Ross with him, took it
to Topeka, printing the first daily paper there on it. Speer soon sold it to’
Ross Bros., and, after changing owners several times, came into the possession
of B. R..Wilson . ;

-The Jefferson House is the leading hotel, and is well furnished. It occu-
pies the site of the original Jefferson House built in 1858. Dr. S. S. Cooper is
proprietor. ; : f .

The St. John’s Hotel, Thomas Hutchings, proprietor, isa large hotel, in the
northern part of the city. . :

The Frontier House, J. F. Bliss, proprietor, is a popular hotel, but small.

The Central House is centrally located, and is owned by Critchfield &

ohnson. ;
‘ The Jefferson County Bank was established in September, 1880, and was
first known as Terry Critchfield’s Bank, but since that time M. L. Critchfield
was admitted as a partner, and the name of the institution changed as above.

The Oskaloosa Bank was established in 1874, by F. M. Johnson, who is
still sole proprietor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

T agentfor the L. T. GS. W. RK. R. This popular gentleman is a native of
wviseousio, hat ae Dorn in Walworth County, where be was educated and reared. His
telegraphic and railroad education he received on the lines of the Western Union and
Milwaukee & St. Paul. After becoming proficient he came to Kansas, entering the employ
of the U. P. R. BR. at Armstrong, where he perfected himself as 2 mechanical engineer, fol-
lowing that vocation for atime. For two years he was the company’s agent at Linwood,
coming from that point to Oskaloosa in August, 1882. being the first agent in the city. Mr.
Albert {s thoroughly acquainted eet the important details of the business, aud is substan-

tizens of Oskaloosa,
ee eet gre: P chasician and surgeon, Is a native of Ohio, and was born in Z1nes-
ville, Muskingum County, November 14,1845. He was reared in his native county, re-
ceiving the benefits of the Muskingum College, at Concord. after which he took up the study
of medicine, and graduated from the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Obio, in Feb-

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ruary, 1872. He practiced for several months in Ohio, after which he came to Kausas,
locating in Oskaloosa, In the spring of 1880 he opened a drug store at Garrison, Pottawa-
tomie founty, which he removed to Oskaloosa in 1881. Atthe breaking out ofthe Rebellion,
he enlisted in Company G, Thirty-second Obio Volunteer Infantry, He participated in
many of the Shenandoah Valley engagements, the siege of Vicksburg, joining Sherman’s
army at Big Shanty, and was with him through tothe sea. Served three years and was
honorably discharged. He was married in 1873, to Miss Sarah Bonefield, of Muskingum
County, Ohio. He is a Mason, a member of the K. of P., and A. O. U. W. Hehas been a suc-
cessful practitioner, and ranks high in the medical profession.

J. H. BENNET, attorney was born in what is now Franklin County, Maine, August 24,
1824. His father, ‘William ennet, was anativeof Massachusetts. J. H. was reared in his
native State, receiving the benefits of a good education, after which he came to the West,
locating at Marietta, Ohio. He pursued the vocation of school teaching considerably,
eventually engaging as a clerk in a railroad office in Indiana. In 1857, came to Kansas,
locating at Grasshopper Falls. He was soon elected Justice of the Peace, being the first by
regular election. Philip Allen had been Justice of the Peace by Appolniiment. e opened a
Jaw office, and dealt out legal lore to those in need ofit. Also, in 1857, he was elected to the
office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, of Jefferson County, being the first official in
that capanlty, the duties of which he discharged for four years. In 1863, was elected
County Clerk, and at the close of his term in this office, was elected Clerk of the District
Court, Since the expiration of his last official charge, he has principally devoted his time
to the practice of his profession. Mr. Bennet is a close observer, an able writer, and has
written a great.many interesting incidents and historical facts pertaining to the primitive
days of Jefferson County. He was married in 1865, to Miss Caroline Macomber, of Ohio.
They have three children—Jeremiah H., Raphael V., and Eunice Kate. Mr. Bennetisa
member of the I. O. O. F.

. C. BENSON, druggist, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Randolph County, Sep-
tember 2, 1856; was educated and reared in Wayne County. For one year he pursued the
vocation of school-teaching, and was for four years in the drug trade at Fountain City.
Came to Oskaloosa in the spring of 1882, and engaged in business. He is aclever gentle-
man and has made himself eminently popular. Mr. B. is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copa urch, =

. R. BEST, County Clerk, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Clinton County,
May 11,1850; came to Atchison County, Kan., with his parents,in 1860. His father, John
W. Best, was amoug the early and leading farmers of this county. J. R. was there reared
and educated. For a time he was clerk in his brother’s store in Monrovia, Atchison County.
In 1869, came to Valley Falls, where he was engaged in the drug business for several years.
In 1881, was elected to his present office. Mr, Bestis a careful and competent official. He
was married, in 1874, to Miss Laura A. Beland, of Valley Falis. He is a member of the

of P.

WILLIAM BLEVINS, farmer_and stock-raiser, P. O. Oskaloosa. For upwards of
thirty-two years he has been a resident of Kansas. Heisanative of Ireland, and was born
in the north part of that country, September 13, 1822. He was educated and resided there
until 1848, when he came to America; resided temporarily in the Eastern States, eventu-
ally locating in Columbiana County, Ohio, where be remained about two years, and learned
the cooper’s trade. In the spring of 1850, he came to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and entered
the Government employ in the capacity of teamster and general utility. Upto 1859 he was
principally engaged in freighting across the plains to the different forts, being wagon-
master the greater part of thetime. Heassisted in erecting the buildings at Fort Riley, in
1853, and those at Camp Floyd, Utah, afew years later. In the spring and season of 1856,
was with Joe Johnson, then Colonel of the Topographical Corps, on the survey of southern
aud western Kansas. In 1853, was wagon-master for Major
dition encountered some close calls from the Indians, who at that time were not very
friendly. In fact, all his early years on the plains were aseriesof adventures and hard-
ships incidental to all new countries, and particularly so in the domains of the red man.
Mules and oxen were entirely used on those wagon trains, and the crossing of streams with
abrupt banks, quick-sands, and currents, were among the every day obstacles to contend
with. Mr. Blevins, being a man of robust constitution, persevering and daring, was the
right man in_the right place, and his services were highly appreciated by his employers.

hile in the Government employ he bought a claim adjoining the section where Oskaloosa
now stands, and when the land came into market, secured his title, and in 1860 located
thereon, applying himself to agricultural pursuits since that time, in which he has been
eminently syiccessful. He was married, in 1860,to Miss Martha Chandler, of Missouri.
They have five children—William N.,James C., John M., Elizabeth R., and Sarah E. Mr.
B. a tember of the Masonic Order, Oskaloosa Lodge, No. 14, and Oskaloosa Chap-
ter, No. 9.

D. BRINER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Oskaloosa, is a native of Pennsylvania, and
was born in Cumberland County, April 19,1824. When twenty-two years of age he re-
moved to Lebanon, Ohio, where he resided for anumber of years, In 1850 he emigrated to
Iowa, being one of the pioneers of Mahaska County where he followed farming until com-
ing to Kansas in 1857. Mr. B. located adjoining the town of Oskaloosa, where he has since
resided, making a specialty. of stock-raising. He is one of the largest real estate owners in
the county. He was married in Ohio, December 27, 1849.

J. ©& BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, P. O. Oskaloosa. is a native of Ohio,
and was born in Clinton County, January 25, 1835; was educated and reared in that State,
coming to Kansas inthe autumn of 1861, where he has since been engaged in agricultura
pursuits, with considerable success, He was married in Kansas, to Miss Mary Wiley. By
this union they have seven children—William A., James F., Elizabeth A., John D., Charles
E., Joseph, and Sherman. :

Cc. A. BUCK, M. D. and farmer, Section 25, P. O. Oskaloosa, is deserving of special
mention as one who has taken an active part in the political affairs of Kansas, as well as
contributing substantially to its material welfare. He isa native of New York, and was
born in Cayuga County, September 14, 1810. His great grandfather Buck was an alde-de-
camp to General Washington at Valley Forge, and was appointed by him, when he became
President, as Judge of the Southern District of New York, and while acting in that capacity
narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Pennonites, who at that time were endeavoring
torule. "He wasa native of Philadelphia, and a prominent man ofthatday. Of his mater-
nal ancesters, the Drakes were among the first families of the Empire State. C. A. Buck
took up the study of medicine early in life, and graduated from the medical college at Ge-
neva, N. ¥. In 1831, with his parents, emigrated to Illinois, locating in Peoria County,

 

 

they being among the pioneers in that part. The Indians were troublesome at that peri
and Dr. Buck took an active part in subduing them. He assisted in engineering and build-
ing the fort at Peoria, under Capt. Holcomb, and was the only man that could handle a pen
and do the writing. He participated in the Black Hawk war, passing through all the early
troubles of the Sucker State. Dr. Buck was originally a Whig, but on the organization of
the Democratic party, joined it, where he has since been, with the exception of the part he
took in the Fusion party in Kansas, afew years ago, He was a personal friend of Stephen
A. Douglas, introducing him to the convention of Tazewell County, when that gentleman
was the aspirant for Congress. After his nomination, he canvassed the counties of Taze-
well and Peoria, in his behalf, During his sojourn in IJinois, he was a delegate to nineteen
conventions in Peoria County. Inthe spri ug of 1857, Dr. Buck came to Kansas, locating
in Jefferson County, turning his attention to farming, the practice of medicine being too
severe on him. He was soon recognized by the citizens as a man of more than ordinary
ability, and was called upon by the claim owners to settle a difficulty between them and the
settlers, as to their rights. This meeting was held in the lower room ofthe court-house,
the Osawkie Court being in session. As they were making considerable noise, the court
sent the Sheriff down acouple of times, commanding order. Dr. Buck sent back word that
his court was of as much importance as any others, and he would go on at.all hazards, and
did. He crossed swords*with Gen. Jim Lane, in regard to the holding and conducting of
elections, coming out successfully and maintaining the just rights ofthe people. In 1863
he was elected a member of the State Legislature. He was chairman of the committee to
locate the penitentiary, and by good business management in that capacity. saved the State
alarge amount of money. A few years ago he canvassed Jackson and Jefferson counties
for Hon.Thos. P. Fenlon and Judge McDowell,the former Democratic candidate for District
Attorney, and the latter for District Judge. Of late years the doctor does not enter the po-
litical field to any extent, preferring the peace and quiet of home, He was married. in
1840, in Illinois, to Miss Eunice Stewart. They have six children—A)bert, Charles A., Jr.
process oO. (wite of E. Thomas Ellis), Hunice on wife oF ds is White), Annis (wife of W. J.
arris), an alter. Dr. Buck isa Mason, anda member of the Gran
first, Master In Jefferson County Grand Lodge, being its
J. . farmer and stock-raiser, Section 19, P.O. Oskaloosa, is a native of
Ohio, and was born in Muskingum County, April 15. 1829. He was educated and reared in
Trumbull and Delaware counties. During the Rebellion be served six months in the Elev
enth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Buckingham came to Kansas in 1866, locating where
he now resides. He is oneofthe solid and rogressiye farmers of the county. ‘He was
married in Indiana to Miss Nancy H. Hall. By this union they have five children—Horace
J., Ellen Jane, Eva May, Edmond and Charles. Himself and family are identified with the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
W. H. BOCKMASTER, M. D.,is a native of Ohio, and wasborn in Fredericksburg,
Wayne County, December 27, 1844. Came to Kansas in 1858. His father, Dr. Henry Buck-
master, came to this State in 1857, locating in Oskaloosa being one of the first physicians in
this part. During the Rebellion he was one of the Board of Examiners at Fort Leaven-
worth, and afterward at St. Louis, also Medical Director Department of Kansas. He wasa
member of the Territorial Legislature, and also of the State Legislature. He figured quite
prominently inthe State up tothe time of his death, which occurred in 1875. W.H. was
reared and educated in Kansas, and took up the study of medicine under the tutorship of
his father, after which he took lectures at the Rush Medical College in Chicago, graduatin
in 1867. For one year was Assistant Surgeonin the reguiararmy. The Doctorisa goalal

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gentleman and a successful practitioner. He wags married in 1868 to Miss Carrie Morrison,
of Ohio. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, :

HON, STEPHEN STANLEY COOPER, was born at Mount Carmel, Il, August 20,
1826. His father, Rev Samuel C. Cooper, was of English descent, a native of Baltimore,
who removed with his family to Ohio when a mere youth, and afterwards became a Metho-
dist Episcopal minister of distinction, and was especially a useful man as an educator, and
in bui ding up the Asbury University in Indiana, The maiden name of S. C. Cooper’s mother
was Caroline Thrall; her death occurred when he was very young; she was a devout
Christian. The subject of this sketch was educated at Asbury University, Indiana. Soon
after leaving college he entered the army as @ soldierin the Fifteenth Regiment Volunteer
Infantry, in the Mexican war. He was under Gen. Scott, entered the City of Mexico, was
encamped in the castle of Chapultepec with his regiment for about four months, Partici-
pated in the battles of Contreras, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey and Chepultepec. Served
until the close; returned to Indiana and took up the study of medicine with Drs, Allen
and Weaver, of Rockville, where he remained about four years. He afterwards attended
the Rush Medical College, Chicago. He commenced the practice of medicine in Spencer,
Ind., in 1854, where he practiced until 1857, when he returned to Kansas, locating in
Grasshopper Falls (now Valley Falls), where he practiced four years, In 1861, removed
to Oskaloosa and continued to practice until 1868, when he commenced merchandising, which
he has carried on since that time; also for a number of years has been in the hotel business,
In 1857 he was elected asa Free-state man a member of the Kansas Legislature, and dur-
ing the same j ear was elected a member of the Legislature under both the Topeka and Le-
compton Constitutions. Inthe Territorial Legislature he occupied a prominent position as
a Free-state man. In 1861 he was elected Treasurer of Jefferson County, and held the office
two years. In 1866 he was elected State Senator from Jefferson County, and served in that
body during 1867-68. In 1868 was elected by the Fifth Judicial District as member of the
Board of Railroad Assessors, serving two years, He is a member of the Masonic Order, and
for a number of years has been identified with the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he was
originally a Whig, but was amember of the first Republican Convention in Indiana, in
which he supported Oliver P. Morton for Governor. and made a canvass of Owen County in
behalf of the Republican ticket. In Kansas he was an ardent advocate of Free-stateism,
and was a member of the noted Grasshopper Falls Convention. In 1872 he voted for Hor-
ace Greeley, regarding him as the father of the Republican arty In Spencer, Ind., on the
25th of April, 1855, he was married to Miss Kate Patrick, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Pat-
rick, and sister to Hon, A G. Patrick, a prominent Kansas pioneer and public man. rs.
Cooper is alady of education and refinement, and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
They have had three children, all of whom are dead.

ERRY CRITCHFIELD, banker, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Harrison
County, February 21, 1834. Came to Illinois with his parents when comparatively young,
where he was educated and reared. In April, 1855, came to Kansas aad turned his atten-
tion to buying real estate, operating prineipally in Jefferson, Franklin and Leavenworth
counties. The troubles were then at their height, and Mr, C. being an outspoken Free-state
man, had his share of them. On one occasion he was coming up the Missouri on_a steam-
boat that was loaded with passengers, and a vote was taken to see how the crowd stood on

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the goose question, so to speak. It was ascertained that there was one Free-soil voto catt,
Another vote was taken and the same solitary vote.came tothe front, It was soon ascer-
tained that Mr. Critchfield was the man that cast the vote, and revolvers were flourished
and threats made, and they made it very uncomfortable tor him all the way up; 80 much
go, 1n fact, he did not expeot to reach the shore alive. Whenthbe steamer reached Leayen-
worth he discovered that quite a number of the passengers were Free-state men, or pro-
fessed to be at least, and some of them had taken a sma put in persecuting him. In 1859
he located permanently in Oskaloosa, the county seat of Jefferson County, attending to his
real estate affairs and other business. In 1865 he embarked in merchandising, in which he
is stillinterested. In 1871 he was elected tothe Legislature by the Republican party and
re-elected in 1875 by the Democratic party. He had always been a Republican unti is72
when he voted for Horace Greeley; this was the turning point. Mr.C. has also held several
county offices, to which he wasre-elected informer years. Has also been Justice of the
Peace and other township offices. There are but few among the old settlers better known.
In September, 1880, he engaged in the banking business. He isthe originator and owner
of the Jefferson County Bank at Oskaloosa, Kansas, Heisa member of Oskaloosa Lodge,
No. 14, A., F. & A. M.,and Chapter No.9, of which he is high priest. He was married in
November, 1858, to Miss Lucinda C. Walters, of Fulton County, Ill. They have four chil-
dren—M. L., Caddie, May and Kate. ‘

JOHN DAILEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 15, P.O. Oskaloosa, is a native of
Pennsylvania, and was born in Allegheny County, September 2, 1850. Was educated and
reared. in his native ‘State, coming to Kansas with his parents several years ago. His
father is prominently identified with the K. P. R. R., being master mechanic at Ellis, Kan.
The subject of this sketch has always pursued farming, and has been eminently successful
in that calling. He was married in Kansas to Miss Lucinda Bliss, of Jefferson County.

THOMAS" B. DAILEY, grocer, was born in Harrisburg. Penns: October 18, 1848; was
there educated, reared and learned the machinist’s trade. He came to Kansas in 1868, and
for several years followed railroading. His father, John B. Dailey, is master mechanic on
the Middle Division of the K. P. R. R., at Ellis, Kan. He is one of the oldest hands in the

-employ of that company. The subject of this sketch was engineer on the Rio Grande R. R.,

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‘HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and ran the first train into Leadville. Foratime he was largely interested in stock-raising
in Western Kansas. In 1874, engaged in farming near Oskaloosa, and still carries on the
farm in connection with his business, Mr. D. wag married in 1876 to Miss Emma Bell, of
Pennsylvania. They have one daughter, Annie, He is a member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.

EORGE DAVIS, Sheriff, isa native of England, and was born September 11, 1845.
Came to the United States when about a year old with his parents, locating in Miami County,
Ohio. In 1856 be remoyedto Indiana. In 1858 the family came to Kansas, locating in
Oskaloosa, where he has since made his home. In 1863 he enlisted in company M th
Kansas Cavalry. Was on duty on the border until discharged, October 9, 1865. In 1866 he
engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, which hestill carries ou. In theautumn
of bit he was elected, on the Republican ticket, Sheriff, the first Republican elected to that
office in Jefferson County inten years. Mr. Davis has taken a most active part in making
the Jefferson County Agricultural Society a success, in placing it on a sound and safe plane,
belng one of the largest stockholders inthe association. Heisa member of thel. 0. 0. F.
andthe K.of P. He was married, in 1858, to Miss Hilley Peppard, a native of Ohio, They
have six children—O. B., Orthal, Eva, George Jr., James B, and Frederick.

J.C. W. DAVIS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, P. O. Oskaloosa, was born in Harri-
son County, Ind., June 29, 1830. ‘When six years of age removed with parents to Hancock
County, 1l)., where he was educated and reared, eventually removing to Mahaska County,
Iowa, from which point, in 1852, he went to California, where he pursued the vocation of
mining afew years. In June, 1856, Mr. D. Jocated in Jefferson County, Kan,, in Oskaloosa
Township, and at the Osawkie land sale bought a large tract ofland. He was prominently
identified” with the early agricultural development of the county, and of later years has
ranked as one of its leading farmers, his landed estate comprising 4l6acres. During the
Rebellion was in the Kansas Militia. Has been @ Commissioner of Jefferson County two

ears, and otherwise officially interested. _Hejs a mémber of the Masonic Order and Oska-
oosa Chapter. Was married in Iowato Miss Elizabeth Mayers. By this union has three
children—o, O., L. L. and Brick Pomeroy. Politically, Mr, Davis has always been a Demo-
cr:

HENRY DECKER, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Oskaloosa. This well-known early settler
is deserving of special mention among those who helped develop the farming interests of
Jeiferson County. He is a native of Germany, and was born in Prussia, September 24, 1832,
where he resided until 1853, when he came to the United States, and located in Ohio, even-
tually taking up his abode in Cass County, Ill., there residing until] 1858, when he came to
Kansas, opening up afarmin Osawkie Towuship, Jefferson County, being one among the
first. He had many drawbacks during: thoseearly days, which were only overcome by un-
tiring industry and hardships. In 1863, with his family, returned to Illinois, remaining
until 1865. He was married March 10, 1857, to Miss Maria Tiemeyer. By this union they
have eeyen children--Henry A., John A., Charles E., Willlam G., Mary A., Carrie H. and

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DETER BROTHERS, dealersin hardware and agricultural implements. This house
was established in Oskaloosa in 1879, by Mr. Daniel Deter, the senior member of the firm.
In November, 1881, the copartnership of Deter Brothers was formed, Mr. David Deter be-
coming one ofthe firm. They carry a large stock and doan extensive business. Daniel
Deter was born in Piatt County, Il., January 23, 1853. Was there educated and reared, and
was for a few years in business in Ohio, In 1878 he cameto Kansas. In 1877 he was mar-
ried to Miss Eila Morrison, of Ohio. He is 2 member ofthe Masonic Lodge andthe I. 0. 0. F.
David Deter, the junior member of the firm, is a native of Illinois, and was born in Piatt
County, August 13,1856. Was educated, reared and resided in his native State until he
came to Kansas inthe autumn of 1881. He was married in 1876 to Miss Phoebe Garger, of
Illinois. By this union they have one son—Williain E 3

GEORGE DETER, merchant, is a native of Illinois, and was born in Piatt County. Sep-
tember 29, 1847. Was there educated and reared: he followed various pursuits in after
life, residing there until 1879, when he came to Kansas, locating at Oskaloosa, Fora time
was engaged inthe livery business, eventually engaging in merchandising. He is a genial

entleman, and has his share ofthe trade. He was married in Illinois, in 1869, to Miss Mary
orain. They have four children—Minnie A., Clara J., Emily and Cora, ‘Mr. Deter is2
member ofthe A. O. of U. W.

W. C. FOWLER, Recorder of Deeds, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Knox
County, February 28, 1838. When young he moved with his parents to Schuyler County,
Ill., where the family resided until 1856, when they cameto Kansas, locating in Leaven-
worth County. In 1857 removed to Jefferson County, taking up their abode near Round
Grove, in Union Township, his father, Mr. Isaac H. Fowler, being among the first farm
openers in that part. He was the first Justice of the Peace in that part, which office he held
for several years. In 1863, W.C. enlisted in Company C, Fifteenth Kansas, doing duty in
Missouri and the Indian Territory until the close ofthe war. In 1879 he was elected to his
present office by the Republican party. The selection was a good one, as Mr. Fowler isa

horoughly competent official and popular citizen. He was married in 1867 to Miss M.S,
Daniels. They have had eight children—Margaret J., Isaac, Mary F., Hulda, Juhn W.
Lydia, and losttwo, Benjamin M. and Allen. 3

MARSHALL GEPHART, attorney, isa native of Maryland, and was born in Cumber-
land City, April 22, 1850; came to Kansas in 1857 with his parents, locating in Valley Falls,
his father, S. C. Gephart, Esq., being one of the pioneers of that place. arshall received
his carly, education in Valley Falls after which he attended school at Topeka, Atchison,
and Gettysburg, Pa. He took up the study of law and graduated from the Albany, N.Y., Law
School. ‘Was admitted to the Jefferson County bar in 1870, He was married in 1876 to
Miss Louisa Thomas. They have two children—Alice B. and George F, Mr. Gephart is a
member of the Masonic Order.

W. ¥F.GILLULY. attorney, was born in Clinton, Mich., October 19, 1846; was there ed-
ucated and reared. In September. 1863, he enlisted in Company G, Eleventh Michigan
Cavalry, He went in as aprivate; was promoted to Second Lieutenant in 1864, and in 65
to First Lieutenant, serving until the close. His base of operations wasin the Western De-
partment, and he participated in a number of the general engagements. His uncle, John

illuly, a prominent attorney, commanded the Fifth Michigan Infantry. He was killed at
the Fredericksburg Cneagement, After the war he returned to Michigan, and in 1868 came
to Kansas, teaching sc ool in Jefferson County forafew years. In 1871 he was elected Clerk
of Jefferson County, and while discharging the duties of that office, spent his leisure time in
studying law. The autumn of 1874 he was admitted tothe bar. In 1876 he was elected
County Attorney. Few persons inthe county have been more prominently identified, po-
litically, than Mr. Gilluly. considering the length of time he has been a resident. He has
also been Justice of the Peace, and held minor offices. He is a member of the Masonic Or-
der and the I.0.0.F. He was married December 27. 1869, to Miss Ella L. Burns, of Illi.
nois. qhey. have two children by this union—Ross B. and Gertie.

FREDERICK GRAMSE, farmer, Section 33, P.O. Oskaloosa, was born in Prussia, De.
cember 20, 1828, and isof Prussian-P olish nationality. He was raised in his native coun,
try, receiving the benefits of a good education. He served three
army, and came to the United States in 1853, locating in Troy, N.Y. In 1858 he came to
Booneville, Mo., res:ding there until 1861, when he came to Kansas and turned his attention
to his trade—that of blacksmithing—in Oskaloosa, which he followed until 1869, and since
then has beenengaged in farming. Previousto coming to Missouri, for a time he was a
resident of Chicago, Ill., where he was married to Amelia David. They have ten children
—Bertha, Amelia, udolph, Henry, Annie, Adolph, Arthur, Charles, Julius, and Albert.

G. W. GRAYSON, farmer and stock-ralser, Section §, P.O. Oskaloosa, is anative of
Kontucky, and was born in Greenup County, October 20, 1803; was there reared and edu-
cated, mn 1837 he came to Missouri, locating in Platte County, being one of the pioneers
of the Platte purchase, In the spring of 1855 he came to Ransas. locating in Jefferson
Gounty: Since that time he has been prominently identified with the farming interests.

ur ng the troubles of 1856 he did nottake any part in the question at issue; although from
ae ave State, he was OPI osed to human slavery, His son, John Quincy Grayson, was killed
aur ng it i early troubles, an account of which is given in another portion of the work.

A iv as been twice married—first to Miss Sarah Allerton. By this union there are eight
c it ren Uving Mary, George W., Sarah J., Nathan, Nancy, Raphael, William H., and
Johu. His present wife’s maiden’s name was Mary Roe. Atthe time of her marriage she
was a widow, Mr, Ganser, her husband, having been killed at the battle of Vicksburg. Mr.
Grayson, by phe Tea marrlage, nas five children.

JA. » Joweler, is a native of Connecticut, and was born in Southington, Hartford

County, February 23,1841, At the age of twelve he came to Indiana with mrelatives, and
wo. qears & terward located in Kewanee, Ill., where he was educated and learned the jew-
© er 4 re e, In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volun-
Ttinole antry. serving three years, when he was honorably discharged and returned to
ano 8. In 1865 he engaged in the jewelry business with J. W. Eddy, in Kewanee, IIl.,
an n 1867 commenced business for himself at Altoona, Il, and in 1873 at Cambridge,
from which point he came to Oskaloosain the spring of 1881.
n September, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Patrick, a native of Kentucky. They have one daugh-
ter—Katie E. Mr, Hart isa member of the A. 0.U. W.
a eeEx HENDERSON, stock-raiser and dealer, Section 8, P. O. Winchester, was born
anti Ao yen ounty, Ohio, in 1820; was reared, educated and resided in his native State
an years of age. He came to Kansas in 1864 from Missouri, where he had been a resi-
oa ope: Mr. Henderson is one of the most extensive stock men and real estate
during bi e county. He has been Justice of the Peace and otherwise officially identified
thr Bild sojourn. He was married in Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Ekey. They have had
th ee ot i ren ames: Margaret J.,and Henrietta. James, the oldest, was murdered in
ne van Territory in 1879. His home was at Medicine Lodge, Kas., where he was
e gage n the stock business, and was killea in company with a man named Stockwell and
anod her part ae were a fOr Fuel money by outlaws. :
+ lumber dealer, one of the representative business men of
Jefferson County is the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Germany, and was born in

ears inthe Prussian

He was married in Illinois

 
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

Wurtemburg. Came to the United States in 1852, locating in Illinois; from 1855 to 1859, re-
sided in Chicago; from 1859 to 1862, resided in St. Louis and other parts of Missouri. Mr.
H. isa painter by trade, which he pursued during the time mentioned, anda few years
_ jater pursued that ‘vocation in Omaha, Neb. During the war served inthe Fifth Missouri

in the Reserve Corps. In 1869 located permanently in Oskaloosa; he had purchased real
estate in the county,and had been in the State, however, several years previous.. Up to
1877 he was engaged in various pursuits. Inthat year he embarked inthe lumber busi-
ness. Mr. Hofmann has been considerably identified with the commercial interests of Oska-
loosa. He was married in Kansas to Miss Ellenora Puderbaugh, a native of Indiana. By
this union they. have three children, John, George and Henry.

N.B. HOPEWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 34, P.O. Oskaloosa; among those
who figured early and prominently in the pioneer days of Jefferson County, is the subject
of this sketch. He is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Russellville,Logan County, April
25,1821. His father, Samuel K., wasa blacksmith by trade, and emigrated to Missouri
with his family in 1832, locating at Liberty, where the subject of this sketch was educated
and reared. After receiving the benefitsof the schools in Liberty at that day, he took up
the study of law in the office of W. T. Wood. Inthe autumn of 1854, Mr. Hopewell came to
Kansas, locating where henow resides. His intention was to devote his entire attention to
farming, but soon after arriving was induced to engage inthe law profession at Osawkié
in company with O. B. Tibbs, which continued for ashorttime. Mr. Hopewell was the first
magistrate in Jefferson County, receiving his appointment from Gov. A. H. Reeder,
August 27, 1855. Hesolemnized the first marriage and the first civil and criminal cases
were heard before him. He has been County Commissioner, and otherwise identified with
its interests. During the troubles of 1856 he took no part, advocating peace and attending
to his own affairs, Politically, he has been and isa Democrat. Mr. H. was married to Miss
Jane C, Johnson in Missouri, They have eight children, James T., William H., Oscar K.,
Mary I., Nancy J., George J., David E., and Walter A. :

. A. HURON, Judge of the Probate Court,was born in Hendricks County, Ind., March
29, 1838. He was reared a farmer, and was educated in the common schools of his native
county. Commienced teaching when eighteen years of age, and was a successful teacher
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Beier Bereean ot tLe aepldent, and the last eight months of the war, was the Indiana
State Sanitary Agent for the Army ofthe Potomac, witn headquarters at City Point, Va.
After the close of the war he was appointed a clerk in the Third Auditors office of the
Treasury Department, Washington, D.C, While in that office he improved his le sure
time in studying law, and entering thelaw department ofthe Columbian University, he
graduated in July, 1868, and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, Inthe same year he came to Kansas, and located in Valley Falls, where he
engaged in the practice of Jaw until 1873, when for four years he was editor and publisher of
the Valley Falls New Era. Resuming the prachice of law, he was in 1879 elected Judge of
the Probate Court, and re-elected in 1881. Politically, Judge Huron is a life-long Republi-
can,and he has always taken an active part in adVocatin the measures of that party. ewas
married July 31, 1861, to Miss Mary F. Freeman, of Hendricks County. Ind. They have
five children, Horace, aged twenty; Mary, aged twelve; Aaron, aged nine; Bennett A.,
aged five, and George B,, aged three years. Religiously, Judge Huron isa member of the
ethodist ‘Episcopal Church, since February 14, 1856. He is active in church work, and
has been for twelve years of his life a Sabbath-school superintendent. for eight years a
class leader, and for fourteen yearsa steward. Heisa member of the I, 0.0. F., and the
A. O. U. W.., has passed the chairsin both orders and is now a member of the Grand Lodge
of each. : al
.N. aY, real estate agent, Among the truly representative citizens of Oskaloosa
natne tesoned Capt. Insleye as he is generally called. He came to Leavenworth, Kas.,
in 1858. His brother, M. H. Insley, Esq., was at that time proprietor ofthe Mansion House,
in thatcity. With him he remained abouta year, and then went to Pike’s Peak, the gold
excitement being at its zenith at that period. After spending two years in the far West he
returned to his native State, Indiana. In July, 1862, he took an active part in organizing a
company for the Seventy-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and as Second Lieutenant
went South with the same. He participated at the battle of Murfreesboro, and other minor
engagements, acting as Adjutant under Col. A. O, Miller, His military career covered a
period of eighteen months, bemg discharged on account of disability brought on by an
over-exertion in aforced march to Hartsville, Tenn, He had been promoted and commis-
sioned as First Lieutenant, and his commission for the Captaincy was about to be ordered
when he was discharged. Leaving the service he sojourned temporarily in Indiana, and
came on to Kansas, locating tributary to Oskaloosa, where he turned his attention to farm-
ing. Securing a government contract, be supplied for two years alarge amountof forage
for the sustenance of the troops In these paris. He was also for a time the proprietor of
the leading hotel in Oskaloosa. Officially Capt. Insley servedthe people of Jefferson County
two terms as County Clerk, being elected by the Greenback ticket. For six years he has
been a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and in the season of 1882 had tLe manage-
ment of county displays at the Bismark National Fair. All commendable enterprises
that have been put forward in Oskaloosa have received his hearty endorsement and sup-
ort. He has done much toward the beautifying and building up of thetown. Politically,
‘apt. Insley was always a Republican until the or; anizing of the Greenback party, where
he hagsince been, For the past few years he has been largely interested in the real estate
business, in which he has been eminently successful. é@ was married in Vermillion
County, Tll., June 11, 1864, to Miss Jennie Johnson, They -have three children—Gertie,
Frank and Jessie. Mr. I. is a member of the Masonic Order, and was a charter, member of
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1875 he was the first man in the county to discover thatthe insects could be driven into
pits and buried. He destroyed all the young pests on his farm, and only lost his crops when
overrun by swarms from the woods a mile away.

HENRY KEELER isa native of Pennsylvania, and was bornin Bradford County,
April 12, 1836. He read law in that county and was admitted to the barin 1862. In the
same year he went into the United States service as Second Lieutenant in Company B, of
the One Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was afterward promoted
to First Lieutenant. After serving about one year he resigned on account of ill health. He
was also afterward a First Lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry. In
1868 he came to Kansas and located in Oskaloosa, ehas been County Attorney several
terms, and also Mayor of Oskaloosa, He was married in 1867 to Jennie M. Morse, of Vol-
ney, N. Y., and they now have two children. He is still engaged in the practice of law.

4. W. KEELI G, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 9, P Oskaloosa, is a native of
Pennsylvania, and was born in Allegheny County, where he was educated andreared. In
early life he followed for a number of years the vocation of school teaching in Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio, living in Hamilton County of the latter State for twenty-five years. In
1879 he came to Kansas, locating where he how resides. Mr. Keeling is closely identified
with the Methodist Episcopal hurch, is well read, and thoroughly conversant with the
events of the times. During the war he served with the hundred-day men,

JOHN KELSEY, farmer, Section 18, P, O. Oskaloosa, is a native of Iowa, and was born.
in Cedar County, May 16,1857. He was educated and reared to manhood in the Hawkeye
State. His early days were spent in tilling the soil. Hecameto Kansasin 1879, locatin
where he now resides, his estate of 160 acres being a very desirable one. He was marrie
in Kenosha, Wis., to Miss Jensey Cox. They have one daughter, Delilah.

D. H. KLINE, merchant, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Allegheny
County, December 25, 1831. When young he removed with his parents to Trumbull County,
Ohio, where he was educated. After attaining his majority he went to Iowa, and was one
of the early settlers of Wapello County, locating twelve miles north of Ottumwa, where he
was engaged in farming a number ofyears. In 1867 hecame to Kansas, locating on a farm
seven miles northwest of Oskaloosa, where he farmed until 1875, when he took charge of
the Grange store in Oskaloosa, which he operated three years. He has since been in bust-
ness and eminently successful, He was married in 1856 to Miss Irena D. Cole, of Zanes-
ville, Ohio. They have four children—William H., Robert L., John P. and C. BE. Mr. Kline
is a member of the A. O. of O. F, :

Cc. B, MoCLELLAN, merchant, 1s a native of Ohioand was born in ‘Wayne County, May
7, 1823. He was principally reared and educated in Greene County. His father, John, wasa
farmer in the Buckeye State. In 1857 Mr. McClellan came to Kansas, locating in Oskaloosa
he engaged in merchandising, He is the oldest in this branch in the town. He was the first
Free-state Treasurer of Jefferson County. Was a delegate to the Wyandotte Constitutional
Convention, and has otherwise been officially identified since he came to Kansas. In 1865
he returned to Ohio and aid business there until 1868, when he again removed to Oska-
loosa. There are few, if any, men in the county more popular than Mr. McClellan. During
the war he assisted in organizing a company of militia, of which he was Captain and after-
wards Adjutant of the regiment. They participated in the Big Blue engagement against
Gen. Price in 1864. He was largely instrumental in the building up of the Presbyterian
cour ch of thetown. He also takes advance views on the Temperance question and other
moral reforms.

T. MoINTOSH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section10 P.0O.Oskaloosa. This substantial
farmer is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Fleming County. When young removed to
Parke County, Ind., where he was educated and reared, after attaining majority, emigrated
to Iowa, locating in Mahaska Connty. In 1862 he enlisted in the Thirty-third Iowa Volun
teer Infantry, and served several months, In 1866 he came to Kansas, for a number of

ears; has been largely identified with the a; riguitural and live-stock interests. of Jefferson

Sounty, ‘'McIntosh,” a station onthe L. & . R., derived its name from the subject
of this sketch. My, McIntosh has been married twice, frst to Miss Julian A. Jackson, now
deceased, They had three children—J. C., Nevada and M.#E. His present wife’s maiden

name was Annie E. Brown; she is anative of Orange County, N. Y. By this marriage they
have four children—S. T., C. W., V. K., and J. 1.

PROF. M. J. MoGREW, the present (1883) principal of the Oskaloosa school, is a native
of Hlinois, and was born in Wayne County, February 8, 1855. After receiving the benefits
of the common schools of his native county, he attendedand graduated from the Central
Normal College at Danville, Hendricks Co., Ind, For two years he pursued the vocation of
school teaching in Indiana and also fora time in Illinois. The spring of 1880 came to
Kansas, taking up his abode in Concordia. In 1881 became aresident of Jefferson County,
teaching a term in the college of Oskaloosa. The autumn of 1882 assumed the Principalship
of the public school. Prof. McGrew is a scholarly gentleman, awake to the important duties
of his calling, and ranks among theleading educators of the State. September, 1881,
he was married to Miss Emma E. Saunders, of Hendricks County, Ind., an estimable and
acco moplished lady. ;

HON, AMOS MOLOUTH, cortractor, was born in Bedford Township, Monroe Co.,
Mich., November 80, 1838. In the summer of 1863 he enlisted in Company M, Eighth
Michigan Cavalry, and served until after the closeof the war; while in the service he was
attached to the Quartermaster’s Gepartment most of the time. Inthespring of 1868 he
came to Kansas; about five months later he located in Union Township, Jefferson County,
having located about 6,000 acres of land for himself and others during that period. He has
served seven years as Treasurer of Jefferson County,a longer time than any man in the
State has held a similar position. He also served several years as Township Trustee: In
1880 he was elected State Senator, which position he now holds. The town of McLouth,
onthe L. T. &S. W. R.R., is situated on his farm. Land which he purchased in 1868 for $3
per acre, he is now disposing of in town lots at as high rates as $300 peracre. The Senator is
€ngaged in iron bridge and other contracting—being connecting with the Missouri Valley
Bridge Co.,of Leavenworth, Kas. He was married in Bedford Township, Monroe Co.,
Mich., in October, 1861, to Agnes E. Leach, a native of Pennsylvania.

JAMES MAINE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, P. O. Oskaloosa, is a native of
Scotland, was born in 1842. When six years of age, his parents emigrated to America
locating in Cass County, Ill, where he was educated and reared. He came to Kansas in.
1871, locating in Jefferson County, where he has since been identified with its live stock in-
terests. making a specialty of Poland China hogs and graded cattle. In 1862 Mr. Maine
enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and First Illinois Volunteer Infantry, participating in
the battles of Vicks ure. Missionary Ridge, and others, being with Gen. Grant in all the
heavy engagements of that campaign. e€ was married in Kansas to Miss Ellen Dick. They
have three children, Mary A,, Maggie V., and James R. Mr. Maine and family are members
of the Presbyterian Church.

. H. MORSE, attorney, is a native of New York, and was bornin Oswego County, Sep-
tember 30, 1837; was educated and reared in his nativecounty. Took up the study of law in
Fulton, Oswego County, and was admitted tothe bar in Syracuse in 159. In 1862 came to
Fulton County, Il., where he practiced his profession until 1865,.when he became a resident
of Oskaleosa. Mr. Morse is recognized as one of the leading attorneys of the county. He isa
member of the I.0,0. F., and K. of P. He was married in 1863 to Miss Hannah King.
They have one son by this union, William J. t,

T, H. NOBLE. merchant, was one of the first settlers in Jefferson County. He isa native
of Missouri, and was born in Howard County, October 13, 1827;-avhen quite young he re-
moved with his parents to Platte County. his father, Dr. James Noble, being among the
pioneers of the Platte Purchase. He had been a soldier in the Black Hawk war. In October,

854, the family, including T. H., came to Jefferson County, Dr.-Noble being the first prac-
titionerin this part. He took a claim, which now isembodiedin the town site of Oska-
loosa, He was identified with the development of the county for a few years, when he
removed to Nebraska and eventually to California, where he died. T. H. took a claim three
miles east of Oskaloosa, where he developed a farm and resided several years, being one of
the first farm openers inthe county. He had all the difficulties of the early border troubles
to contend with, being a strong Free-stateman. Was a participant in the Hickory Point
engagement, where he was taken prisoner. During the war was in the State militia, and took
part in squelching the Price movementin Missouri. The greater portion of the time since
1870, hasbeen engaged in merchandising in Oskaloosa. There are but few persons more
favorably known. He was married in 1852 to Miss Rhoda J.Trapp, daughter of the Rev.
Terry Trapp, a Baptist divine, who was a pioneer and held the first services of that denom-
ination in Jefferson County. Thechildren bornto Mr.and Mrs. Noble were five—Mattie,
Charles S., Annie, Arthur,and Augusta May. He is amember of the Masonic Order.

T.S. OLIVER, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, was born in Allegheny
County, Pa., October 4, 1843. In 1857 came to Kansas with his parents, locating on a farm
in Douglas County, adjacent to Lecompton, where he was educated and reared, his early
days being spent in tilling the soil. He was aclose student, and atan early age was suffi-
ciently advanced to teach and in that commendable calling he has been identified for a num-
ber of yearsin Douglas and Jefferson counties; ig an organizer, promoter and manager of
normals, Prof. Oliver ranks among the leading educators inthe State. In the autumn of
1880 he was the choice and was elected by the Republican party as Superintendent of
Schools for Jetterson County. During the rebellion he was in the Kansas State Militia. He
isa member ofthe A. O. U.-W., and K.of P.

GEORGE A. PATTERSON, District Clerk, was born in Huron County, Ohio, July 8,
1846; was educated and reared in the Buckeye State. After receiving the benefits of the
Oberlin Coilege, took a course at Iron City Commercial College in Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1867
cameto Jefferson County, Kas., where he has since been a resident, principally following
agricultural pursuits. He was elected District Clerk at the fall election of 1882, by the
Democratic party, Mr. Patterson was married in Kansas to Miss Helen L. Jones, of Mont-
gomery County, Il). They have by this union five cnildren—Celia J., Albert, Ray, Lottie

and Irene. : i
rietor Oskaloosa steam saw-mill, was born in Wayne

SAMUEL PEPPARD, pro smill s
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among the pioneers of Central Iowa, locating in Dallas County, at an early day; from there
came to Kansas in 1858, locating in Oskaloosa, He was a miliwright by trade and erected a
saw-mill close to town. He has since been interested iu the mill business, In 1860, in
company with John Hinton, of Oskaloosa, constructed a wind wagon, on which they started
for Colorado, being three weeks on the route; but ouly about nine days’ favorable travel.
Thisis now the only instance on record of suc-essful navigation on dry land with a sail.
Mr. Peppard, in 1862, enlisted in Company C, Second Colorado Volunteers, serving three
years and three months, the greater portion of’ this time in the capacity of Sergeant. Fora
considerable length of time was a recruiting officer. Since the war has been a resident of
Oskaloosa, He was married in Kansas in 1868, to Miss Alice M. Clark. By this union they
have feven children—Hortense, Capitola, Bertha Francis M., William, Raymond and an
nfan .

J. PETERSON, M. D., is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Westmoreland
County, October 8, 1820; was there educated and reared and came.to Ohio in 1848. He took
up the study of medicine and graduated at the Jetferson Medical College, Pennsylvania.
Resided for a time in Ohlo, Illinois and Missouri, practicing his profession, Eventually in
the autumn of 1858 came to Kansas, locating at Osawkie in sererson County, being among
the early prachiioners in that part. For a few years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits
in Osawkie, and subsequently in Oskaloosa. He has also done considerable in the agricul-
tural line since he has been in the State and now carries on a farm close to Oskaluosa where
he is interested in the drug trade, Dr. Peterson served the county for two years as Probate
Judge, and made a competent official. He isfavorably known throughout the county. He
isa member ofthel. 0. 0. F.

. H, PRICE, postmaster, one of Oskaloosa’s most popular citizens, is the subject of
thissketch. Heis a nitive of Michigan and was born in Detroit, May 9, 1851. In 1860, his
father, Rev. L. D. Price, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, immigrated
to Kansas with family, locating in Atchison Courty, where he resided for a time, coming
from there to Oskaloosa, W.H.forseveral years was identified with the mercantile inter-
ests of Oskaloosa. The autumn of 1877 was appointed postmaster. Mr. Price was married
in 1874, to Miss 8S. E. Wise, of Oskaloosa. They have tour children by this union—Luella
K., L. B., O, M. and Charles C.

JOHN W. ROBERTS, editor of the Oskaloosa Independent, was born in Montgomer;
County, Ohio, December 19, 1824. Atthe of seventeen he began writing for the press. an
soon acquired a reputation as a writer. In 1850 he became editor of the Miainl Visttor, at
Waynesville, Ohio, which he continued until 1860, when he sold the office and established
the independent at Oskaloosa, Kas. During the civil war he had many unpleasant experl-
ences at Oskaloosa, on account of his strong opposition to the lawless element, which had
grown up in Kansas as a consequence of the long continued struggle to make ita free

tate. The jayhawkers on several cccasions threatened to burn the Jndependent office and
hang the editor, and laid many plans for the execution of these threats. ,But he was advised
of their intentions, and frustrated their designs. Hecontinueda bold, fearless, and persist-
ent opposition tothe jayhawkers untilthey weredrivenfromthecountry. 1n1874, while
in Denver for a short time, he was temporary editor of the Rocky Mountain News, durin
the absence of the regular editor. Here he received the compliments of Gov. Evans, an
Hon. Schuyler Colfax, who were visiting Denver at the same time. In April, 1875, he
purchased the Leavenworth Daily and Weekly Commercial, which he sold again after a few
months. In July, 1882, he turned over the entire management of the Independent to his
son, F. H. Roberts, and retired from active pews paper work, He was married October 10,
1850, to Miss Hulda Fairholm, of Waynesville, Ohio. They have had several children.

¥. H. ROBERTS, was born at Waynesville, Ohio, July 25, 1851, and moved to Oskaloosa,
Kas., with his parents, July 17, 1862. Worked as a printer and local editor on the Independ-
ent, until May 9, 1874, when he becamea partner in its publication. On September 12, 1879,
he severed his connection with the independent, and removed to Topeka, where he served
firstas city, then as assistant editor of the Daily Capital, until November, 1881, when he
leased the office of the North Topeka Times, and published that paper until March, 1882.
On July 18, 1882, he returned to Oskaloosa, and took entire charge of the office of the
Independent. On May 13, 1878, he was married to Miss Emma L. Wilkins, of Sugar Grove,
Indiana, He hastwo children, both born at Topeka, John W., born July 3, 1880, and Eu-
geneS., born November 13,1881. —° :

H. B. SCHAEFFER, attorney, the present (1882) county attorney of Jefferson County,
was born in Center County, Pa., March 4, 1856. In 1866 he came to Kansas with his par-
ents, his father, Israel B. Schaeffer, Esq., locating in Valley Falis. H. B. received the ben-

efits of a Poot education, after which he took up the study of law, graduating from the
Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor, in the class of 1878. Returning to Kansas he located
in Valley Falls. Inthe autumn of 1878 was elected county attorney and re-elected in 1880.
Mr. S, is among the most successful practitioners in the county. He was married in 1878 to
Miss Clara E, Miller, of Illinois, They have two children—Mary and Frank. He is a mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias. _ ‘

THOMAS SHAW, farmer and stock-ralser, Section 17, P. O. Oskaloosa, is a native of
Illinois, and was bornin Greene County May 20, 1842; was there educated and reared. At
the breaking out of the Rebellion, enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and First Illinois
Volunteer Infantry. After serving eight months, was honorably discharged on account of
disability. In 1864 he came to Kansas, and _ has since been following agricultural pursuits,
and has been eminently successful. r. S. is one of the sulid farmers of the county. He is
amember ofthe A. O. U. W. and K. of P. He was married in ]llinois, to Miss Eunice Hud-
son. By this union they have had eight children—James, Robert, Albert, and Ella; lost
three—Ada, Effie, and John. .

» JONATHAN SHOVE, farmer and stock-raiser Section 8, P. O. Winchester, is a native
of England, and was bornin Surrey May 30,1833. When young came to the United States,
locating in Illinois, where he was a resident for a number of years, During the American
Rebellion he responded to the ninety- days’ call for troops, enlisting in the Twelfth Illinois.
He came to Kans 1s in 1864, and located where he now resides in 1865. His wife’s maiden
name was Miss Mary Aun Buck. They have one son, Ralph H.

J. W. SHRADER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, P O. Oskaloosa. Among the
ganly settlers in Jefferson County was the Shrader family, who Jocated in Oskaloosa in 1857.
J. W. was born in DeKalb County, Ind., July 81, 1842. He there resided until coming to

- Kansas, with his parents. His fatheris stillaresident of Jefferson County. In 1863 the
subject of this sketch enlisted in the Second Kansas, serving two months, when he joined
Company D, of the Old Eleventh, serving until the close of the war. For nine months was
in the Commissary Department. He was married in Jefferson County, to Miss Loretta Con-
nell, They have three children by this union— William, Cora, and Victor. Mr. Shrader is
a member ofthe 1. 0. O. F. 7

J. SINNARD, tarmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P. O. Oskaloosa, This representa-
tive citizen is a native of Ohio, and was born December 14,1813. When Sle years of age,
emigrated with his parents to Sangamon County, Ill, where he was educated and reared,
his early life being spentin tilling the soil. In 1836 he moved to New Lexington, Van Bu-
ren Co., lowa; remained there asbort time, and then moved to Wapello, where he stayed
until the spring of 1868, then moved to Kansas, Mr. Sinnard has a desirable home adja-
cent to the corporate limits uf Oskaloosa, which he built a few yearsago. Hehas been twice
married. His first wife, now deceased, was a Miss Sinnard, by this union has one son,

‘ Courtland, who is also a resident of Jefferson County. His present wife’s maiden name was
Polly Ann Rubel, anative of East Tennessee. They were married in Van Buren County,
Iowa, September 12, 1843. Mr. and Mrs, Siunard are closely identified with the Methodist

Episcopal Church.

. JAMES SPRAGUE, liveryman, is a native of Michigan, and was born in Jackson
County, June 10, 1831. hen young he came to lowa, with his parents, locatin
in Lee County. In 1858 he came to Kansas, locating in Manhattan, and_enga ed
in freighting for a few years, after which he took up his abode in Platte City, Mo
where he was Tavorably known in tue lvery business several years. He was also in the
livery business in Valley Falls and Leavenworth previous to coming to Oskaloosa. Mr,
Sprague istheright man in therightline. He was married, in 1860, to Miss Susan Mc-

elvy, of Kansas. She was born in Armstrong County, Pa, She came to Kansas in 1857.
They havetwochildren, Hiram Clarence aud William A.

b. P. STANLEY, Justice of the Peace, is a native of Vermont, and was born March 81,
1836. Atanearly age he removed to Waltham, Mass., where he was educated, and at the
breaking out of the war he received an appolntmenl tas Paymaster’s Clerk in the Naval De-

artment, in which capacity he served until the close of the Rebellion. In 1865 he came to

ansas, in the employ of Judge Day, who wastransacting some important business con-

nected with the Government affairs. Mr. Stanley has since made his home in Oskaloosa.

« In 1866 he was elected by the Republican party as Clerk of the District Court, serving two
terms. Has been Deputy Treasurer, and hel

ponte Order. In 1867 he was married to Miss Phoebe Fairholm. They have one daughter,

W. D. TRAPP, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 19, P. O. Oskaloosa, was born in
Platte County, Mo., April 1, 1839. 1n October, 1854, he came to Kansas with his parents, his
father, Mr. Terry ‘Trapp, being one of the pioneers of Jefferson County, and favorably
krfown in those halcyon days, W. D. beinga mere lad during the bloody and _ trying scenes
of 1855-’56, did not participate in any of the battles and bloody scenes of those days, but
was an eye- witness of many of them. He was reared and educated in Jefferson County,
following continually agricultural pursuiis, in which he has been successful, and is one 0:
the prosperous-farmers of thistownship. Few men in the county have seen more of its de-
velopment, He was married, March 14, 1861, to Miss R. A. Grimes, They have three chil-
dren —Lulu Capitola May, Nim, and Lewis Edward.

SAMUEL WAGN farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P. O. Winchester. This gen-
tleman was born in Cumberland County, Pa., March 13, . Hespent a number of years
in the State of Ohio, eventually locating in McDonough County, Ill., where he was identified

as an agriculturist until coming to Kansas in the autumn of 1867. ‘Mr. W. is among the sub~
stantiaf men of Jefferson County, having made a success of farming by untiring industry.

 

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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ne of the most desirable ones of the county. He was married in Ohio to Miss
ir te, nine, an estimable lady of English birth. They have five children—J, Eurilla,
William A., DeVere A., Frank EB. and Ollie B. Mrs, Wagner aud eldest daughter are mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
¥, M. WALKER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10. P.O, Winchester. This gentleman
isanative of Kentucky, and was born in Green County, September 28, 1840, where he re-
sided until 1855, when his father, Alexander Walker, emigrated to Kansas, locating in
Leavenworth County, where he pursued agricultural pursuits up to the time of his death,
several yearsago. I. M, has been a resident of Kansas since 1855. During the war wasa
soldier in the Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company 1, He was married in Kansas,
His wife’s maiden name was M. J. Goode, They have three children—C, G., Willlam R, and
Laura V.
EVL WILHELM, County Treasurer, Oskaloosa, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was
born’ in Bedford County, September 11, 1831. In 1840 he came to Missouri with his par-
ents, locating on a farm in Buchanan County. 1n1843 bis mother died, and in 1844 he was
deprived of his father by death. Young Levi hired out as a farm hand, and servedin that
capacity for two years, when he started on foot from Missouri, arriving in Hendricks
County. Ind. Owing to alack of funds he went to work on a farm, being compensated by a
bushel of corn per day, equal at thattime to 10 cents. In this way he earned enough to
clothe and keep him ‘during the winter,and inthe sprivg hired outfor $7 a month, and
worked in this way for three seasons, going to schvol in bad weather, 1n1850 be took
land, which he tilled for one-fourth the crop. During the winter he went to schcol, paying
$1 50 tor board, and working mornings and eveniugs and Saturdays, and at the close of the
school he was In debt $7, which he paid in making rails for 18 ceuls per hundred. He next
apprenticed himself to learn the blacksmith trade. After workiug atthe forge one year he
found it detrimentalto his eyes; so he ouce more turned his attention to farmii g, and be-
ing a thoroughly competent hand, he received $13 per month, which was abovethe average,
Desirous, however, to learna trade, he went to work with James Rammel, acarpenterand
bullder, of Jamestown, Ind. Atthis time there was quite an emigration toOregon, and he
determined to go into that country. Leaving Indlana in the autumn, he went to St. Joe,
Mo. There hefouna an opportunity to work bis way, mouey not being abundant. Visiting
a brother for ten days, he becaine trea of loitering and hired toa Ccoutractor and builder
for $20 for the first month, $30 for the second, aud $40 for the third. Finding that he was
making his employer $3 a day, he concluded to become a contractor himself. He aban-
doned the proposed Oregon trip, and in a short time he had all the work hecoulddo. He
continued ag a contractor, working two orthree hands during the summer of 1858, and at
the endof the season had about 3500. Being in comfortable circumstances, he married
Miss Rachel Gibson, in 1857, and the first of May of that year settled in Jeffcrson County,
Kas., three miles east of Winchester, where he purchased 120 acres of land slightly im-
proved. He worked on the farm and followed his trade alternately for tome three years,
when he purchased 120 acres more, adjoining the first purchase, ai d turned his entire atten-
tion to farming, with the exception of making his own improvements. March 1, 1865, in-
company with i M. Johnson, bought out the mercantle establishment of H. F. Woolley: In
two years he sold out to F. M. Johnson, and bought out Elson & Hull. He carried on busi-
ness alone two years, when John A. Gorman became his J:artner. The firm existed until
1877, when Mr. G. withdrew. In the autumn of 1880 Mr, Wilhelm was the choice of the
eople for County Treasurer, He has been prominently identified with the public affairs in
Kansas. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace under the State Government, aid was
elected three times. In 1867 was elected County Commissioner. Upon the or, anization of
the Board was made its chairman. During the time he served in this capacity the court-
house waserected. In 1869 he was elected a member of the Lower House. In 1865 he was
made Postmaster of Winchester, which position he held until elected County Treasurer.
Te has nine children—St. De Lean, Florence J, Melvina E., James M., George W., John
I, Ella M., Charlie and Francis E. Early in life Mr. W. attached himself to the Methodist
‘piscopal Church and has always been amember. He has been a teetotalerall his life, ab-
taining from the use of liquors and tobacco. Commencing ashe did in life, and whathe
has accomplished is a fair illustration of what can be attained where there is a will to
execute,

B. R. WILSON, editor, was born in Fayette, Howard Co., Mo., July 4, 1833. | He learned
the printer’s trade at Louisiana, Mo, He published the Northeast Missourian in that town
ears. He located at Leavenworth in May 1859. and was ove of the publishers
of the Herald, in connection with R. C Satterlee, who was killed by Col. D. R. Anthory. He
enlisted in the First Kansas Regiment at Lawrence in 1862, and served three years in the
war of the Rebellion. On being mustered out he wentto Topeka, and became foreman in
the Leader office. In the winter of 1867 he went to Elisworth, Kan., and with E. C. Camp-
pal started the first paper in that county. In the fall of 1867 he located at Oskaloosa, where

e hassiuce remained.

J. P. WILSON, Clerk of Court, The present efficient Clerk of the Court for Jefferson
County is a native of Ohio, and was born in Clifton, Greene County, October 1, 1844. Atan
early age removed with his parents to I}linois, locating in Knox County on afarm, where he
was educated andreared. in1863 he enlisted in Company E, Eleventh Illinois Cavalry.
Wasin the Army ofthe Tennessee, participating in anumber of engagements. was
afterward clerk inthe Judge Advocate’s office at Memphis, and took the depositions in the
trial of the notorious and Confederate official, Mat, Luxton. In October, 1865, he was honor-
ably discharged from the Government service. He resided in Iilinois until 1869, when he
came to Kansas. Fortwo years was agent for the K.C. R.R. at Winchester. In 1876 he
was elected by the Republican party as Clerk of Courts, andre-elected in 1880. He was mar-
ried December 25, 1867, to Miss Hattie C. Vincent, daughter of Capt. Joseph A. Vincent, of
Columbus, Ohto. They have three children—Ralph, John and Maud. He is a member of the
A.O, U. W. He is secretary of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society, and hastakena
live interest in the advancement of that organization.

JOSEPH WORSWICK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 7, P.O. Oskaloosa, is a native
of England, and was born in Lancashire, January 12,1814, When yourg cameto America,
and was educated and reared inthe State of New York. He learned the engraver’s trade,
and for a npmber of years followed that profession in Providence, R. I., Lowell, Mass., and
other points where calico prints were manufactured. In 1847 came West, locating in Wau-
shara County, Wis., where he engaged in Agricultural ursuits and resided until Novem-
ber, 1875, when he took up his abode in_ Kansas, r, W. was married July 5, 1842, on
Staten Island, N. Y., to Miss Jane Woodruff, anative of Essex County, N. J. They have
seven children—John A. Mary A. (now Mrs. Chase), Edward L.. LorettaJ. (now Mrs,
Hilderbrand), Frederick, Henry Ward and William O. In-1862 Mr. W. enlisted in the
Eighteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After serving six months was honorably dis-
charged on account of disability. His son, John A., was in the same regiment, and served
until the close of the war. William O. Worswick is a school teacher by profession, and iden-
tified with the educational interests of Jefferson County. .

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.

This is one of the oldest settled portions of the county. The old military
freight road extended across the present township, and in June, 1854, Charles
Hardt located at Hickory Point and started a trading ranche there. About the
same time Simeon and Isaac Hull, B. Brinton, Dick Chandler, Jeff Fortner,
J.B. Ross, John Hart and Charles Hedrick, selected claims and located
within the limits of what now constitutes the township.

At that time there were quite a large number of Musquokee Indians
living in the neighborhood, but they moved away in the spring of 1855.

In the year 1855, about one hundred families made a settlement. Among
them were William M. Gardiner, Alpha Simmons, James Gardiner, Perry
Crobarger, Thomas Lamare, Barney Ornce, Jeff Hull, J. C. Manee, Stephen
Stiers-Walkup, William Moxley, and the two Herring brothers,

William M. Gardiner had selected a claim where Winchester now stands,
on the Igth of June, 1854, and another on Walnut Creek. He did not
bring his family, however, until March of 1855, when he located on the Wal-
nut Creek claim. ;

The first postoffice established was at Hickory Point, and Charles Hardt
was appointed postmaster.

The township had been organized as early as April, 1856, by the County
Court, who appointed Henry Marshall, Justice of the Peace, and Robert
Grant, Constable. The first township election of a full board did -not take
place until the spring of 1858, when J. C. Manee was elected Supervisor, Jesse
Ball, Treasurer, and John Bradshaw, Clerk; J. C. Todd and Richard Hull,
Justices of the Peace, and Jesse Ball, Constable.

The first birth in the township was that of Ella Simmons, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Alpha Simmons, born June 19, 1855,

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JEFFERSON COUNTY.

The first minister of the Gospel to locate here was Stephen Stiers, who
settled in 1855.

The first school district formed in the township as well asin the county
was Rothschild District, February 21, 1859, and Miss Esther A. Webb was the
teacher.

In the winter of 1856 and ’57, religious services were held several times,
by Revs. Charles Lovejoy and N. W. Taylor. at-Peacock’s house, on Walnut
Creek, a short distance southeast of the present town of Winchester.

The first religious organization was at Fairfield, early in 1857, by the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and under the leadership of Rev. Charles Love-
joy. Inashort time the society numbered over fifty members, and flourished
for years after.
position for twenty-one consecutive years,

Previous to the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, the settlement:

of the township was rapid, and by that time nearly all of them were Union
men. It was among the first to furnish volunteers for the Union Army. It is
claimed that Patrick O’Mera, was the first man from the township to enlist.
During the war, the township also furnished two companies for the Jefferson
County regiment of Kansas State Militia.

WINCHESTER.

This is the only town in Jefferson Township, and is situated on the line
of the Kansas Central Railroad. It is one of the oldest towns of the county,
pleasantly located and is athriving business point, with a population number-
ing about six hundred.

Scattered over a large area, with large residence and business lots, orna-
mented with shade and fruit trees, and with a staid and moral population

this is one of the neatest, quietest and most attractive villages of the county..

The history of the town begins with the date of June 19, 1854, when
William M. Gardiner made a land claim there. He drove his stake near the
present Winchester Hotel, then returned East. He returned with his family
in March, 1855, and built a cabin on his claim on Walnut Creek. He, on his
prairie claim fenced a one-quarter section of land, about where the Academy
addition to the town now is, and planted a few acres of corn, of which he re-
ceived an abundant crop yield,

After the government land survey he sold his claim to Joseph Best, who
continued opening out the farm. He soon built a cabin, and not long after
another was built and they were joined together, and occupied asa hotel. It
will be remembered that the location was on the line of the old military
freight road. For this reason the hotel did a thriving business. Best's first
cabin was built of rough logs, and, except fora few nails, it cost nothing but
his own labor. : .

Though quite a large settlement had been formed in the vicinity, no move
was made to lay off a town until early in the year 1857. About this time the
project was taken under serious consideration. There was a question as to
where the site should be located. The place first chosen was at the big spring,
about one and one-half miles further west, and it was to be named Savannah.
But Alvin Best who had formerly lived at Winchester, Va., chose the present
location, and gave it the name of Winchester. He being the oldest man in the
settlement, his wishes were cheerfully acceded to by the others.

A town site was at once surveyed, which was the northeast quarter of Sec-
tion 26, Town 8, Range 1geast. Since that time several additions have been
made to the original town. They are, Trower’s, Dodd’s, Marlett’s, Academy,
and Hinchman’s. 7

As soon as the town was laid out William Reboe located there, built a
small frame building not far from what is now known as the “Old Stone
Store,” and opened a store, with a stock of dry goods and groceries. =

During the summer of 1857, Reboe built the “ Stone Store,” which is a
small building, still standing, near the Winchester Hotel. For several years
this was the big store of the village, though it changed owners several
times.

About the time the town was surveyed, Best sold his cabin to Jesse

Yokum, and built a frame building a short distance-east of where the hotel
now is. ‘
In 1857, Joseph Head opened a grocery and whisky shop, near the stone
store. Hesoon sold out and built a larger house. After afew months he
sold to William M. Gardiner, who continued the grocery business until 1859,
when he sold to D, H. Wright, who died the following year. :

The first physician was Dr. A. R. Cantwell, who located there in 1858.
A tragedy took place on August 14, 1859, that caused considerable excite-
ment. William Clark was shot and killed by William Pitcher, his brother-in-
law. Clark was a desperado, and had sworn to kill Pitcher. When they met
the former proposed to fight it out, and shot at the other, when he too drew
a pistol, and Clark was mortally wounded. : .

The village increased in population and business but slowly until the
advent of the Kansas Central Railroad, in 1872. But during that and the
succeeding year it grew rapidly, since which time it has grown steadily but
slowly until the present time. It isa quiet and homelike village, with little
transpiring out of the usual order of events.

LOCAL MATTERS,

—' rst schooh was taught in the summer of 1858, by D. H. Wright, in a small
boc neue waar yiece the hotel now is. He was paid by a subscription by the patrons. In
1859 a school district was formed, with Jas. Best, director; N. W. Taylor, clerk; and W. M.
Gardiner, treasurer. A school was first taught by Samuel Betts, in a temporary building.
‘A schoolhouse was commenced that year on the present site of the house in District No. 7,
and Mr. Betts taught the first term of school therein in 1860. This house is now standing
near the railroad depot. The public school districts are two in number, each taking in con-
siderable territory outside the town. They are districts 91and7 Inthe former isa large
two-story schoolhouse, and the latter has a smaller house. Each has two departments, pre-
sided over by able and carefulteachers. Inthe year 1874 the Winchester Academy was
established. It wasthe desire on the part of the leading citizens of the village to found an
academy that should exist for all time, and in course of time add a college. Therefore they
formed themselves into a stock company, established the school, and soon, under a careful
selection of instructors, brought it up to a high state of excellence. But financially it was
not 4 success, and was discontinued in the spring of 188%. The building was blown down

E. McClure was the first class-leader, and continued in this-

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during 2 heavy storm on the night of June 16, following, and nothing left but a portion of

Churches.—The United Presbyterian Church has a membership of more than seventy.
The first members in the community were T. C. Lytle and Elder Martin, and in November,
1869, they took steps for the organization of a society therefore they secured the services
of Rev. David Forsythe, of Valley Falls, who organized the church with fourteen members.
A Sunday-school was organized at the same time, The church was erected in 1872.

The Methodist Eplscopal Church society for Winchester was organized in 1862, with a
class of twelve members. In 1865 two blocks of land were purchased and a parsonage was
built that year. The next year ihe church was erected. The class is in a prosperous condi-

on.

The Reformed Presbyterian Church was organized in 1868, with Rev. Josiah Dodds as
their pastor. It started out with a good membership, there already having beena large
number of that denomination in the community, They have a good church edifice, built In

The Christian Church was erected in 1869. The society started out witha very good
membership, and has ever since continued in a prosperous condition.

Societies.—Jefferson Lodge, No. 84, A., F. . M., was organized in 1869. The first
lodge ineeting in June, elected E. D. Russell, W. M.; S. ‘R. Trower, §8.W.; and Daniel Lowe,
J. W. Thecharter members were: N. A. Howard, D. J. Griest, J. A. Gorham, Levi Wil-
helm, Harvey Walker, D. M. Beason, and R, C. Young. The present membership is upward
oe forty. ahey have a good hall. Their first build ng was burned down in 1870, but was

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Winchester Lodge, No. 172, was organized on
April 26,1880. At their first meeting John Irwin was elected N. G., and J. E, Werst, secre-
retary. The charter members were, besides the above: L. Clark, A. M. Russell, Jasper
Ashwood, v M. Bates, W. H. Brown and Joshua Simmons. The lodge now numbers over

'y inembers.

ewspapers.—The Winchester Argus was established on June 12, 1877, by Thomas W.
Gardiner, who published it until February 12, 1880, when he sold it to Will. A. Moulton,
whoon January. 1, 1881, sold it to Edward White. About this time Mrs. D. W. Highland

urchased all the material. On September 1, 1881, W. H. Howard took charge of it aud

ept it going until June 8, when John P. Coffin urchased an interest in it, and ls its present
editor. The paper is Republican in politics. ithin two months after beginning its publi-
cation Mr. Coffin established a paper at Nortonville and another at Meriden.

The present condition of the village may be summed up as follows: There are about a
dozen business houses, and the churches and societies are well represented.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN AITKEN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Winchester, is a native of England, and
was born In Berwickshire, February 28, 1848. Came tothe United States in 1860, and to
Kansas in 1875. Has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, Previous to coming to
Kansas was a resident of Washington County, lowa, where he was married to Miss Sarah
M. McCrea, They have three children—Annie, William and Jennett.

WILLIAM A, BARNARD, teacher of school No. 23, Leavenworth County, Section 11,
P, O. Winchester, came to Kansas at an early age with his parents, who located at Spring-
dale, Leavenworth County, where they resided six years, and then removed to Winchester,
Jefferson County, where they have since resided. Mr, Barnard was born in Steele Count’
Minn,, June 28, 1859. He lived in his native State until 1867, when his parents moved to
Gentry County, Mo., where they resided until September 20, 1870, and then came to Kane
sas. eis agraduate of Winchester Academy, class of 1880. Since his graduation he has
been teaching, and has had charge of a number of first-class schools in adjoining districts
in Leavenworth and Jefferson counties. He is regarded as a successful and thorough
teacher, and is much respected by his pupils and their parents.

I. W. BROWN, M. D., was bornin Randolph County, Ill., November 4, 1833. He was
educated there and took up the study of medicine. He took lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich.,
eventually finishing his medical education at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he
graduated. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-second Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon. and served in that capacity
three years. In 1865 he located at West Salem, La Crosse Co., Wis., where he practiced his
profession until 1872, when he took up his abode in Vermillion County, Il. In 1880 he
came to Winchester, Dr. Brown has alarge and increasing practice. He was married in
1865 to Miss Martha Weir, of Illinois. They have five children living—Flavia, Gracie L.,
Mary M., Martha E. and Isaac W. ‘They have lost two—Ralph B. and Arthur L.

OHN CARSON, horse-dealer and farmer, Section 27, P. O. Winchester, the leading im-
porter and dealer in imported horses in northeastern Kansas. To Mr. Carson 1s due much
credit for placing within the reach of the people horses of a superior grade, and raising the
standard of horse-flesh generally. His stables are supplied with Normans and Clydesdales,
with unquestionable pedigrees, imported especially tor him. e@ fall of 1882 he went to
Scotland, and brought back several fine specimens of the Clydesdale, which added to his
already large stock. Mr. Carson isa native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Venango
County, June 26, 1840. Was here reared and educated, following farming in early life. He
came to Kansas in 1858, locating where he now resides. He was married in Iowa, Septem-
ber 8, 1868, to Miss Rebecca Dill. They have one son—Alexander Orr. He and his wife are
members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.

LAKE CLARK, boot and shoe dealer, was born in County Kings, Ireland, October %,
1826,and came to the UnitedStates with his parents in 1834, locating in Holmes Count Ohio,
afterward in Knox, Licking and Wyandotte. In1846 he enlisted In Company B, Second
Ohio, and started for Mexico to take part in the war, They did not reach Buena Vista, bein;
cut off, consequently did not see much of the trouble. r. Clark returned to Ohio, an
eventually came to Illinois, and in 1853 locatedin Piatt County, after which removed to
DeWitt County. On September 19, 1861, he enlistedin Company I, ahingy ninth Illinois
Infantry. In June, 1862, was dischar edon account of disa ility, and inJuly of the same
year re-enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He
was transferred to the Light Artillery, and served until June 29, 1865, when he was honor-
ably discharged, he having participated ina number of the stirring engagements in East
Tennessee. In 1868hecameto Kansas, locating in Jefferson County, ona farm six anda
half miles west of Winchester. In September, 1880, he engaged in business in towr. Mr,
Clark was married February 20, 1848, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, to Miss Eliza Arment. They
have seven children living—Mary, Lucinda A., William _A., Dorinda, Lambert, Nannie and
Walter. Heisamember of the Masons and I. O. O. F. William A., who is in business with
him, also belongs tothe I. O. O. F. and Masons.

JOHN P. COFFIN, of the Winchester Argus, was born at Haverhill, Mass., March 16,
1854. Heis of Puritan stock, andinherits many of their traits. His ancestors came to New
England in 1642, and settled on Nantucket Island. His maternal ancestors founded the first
salt works in the United States, at Ipswich, Mass. In 1861, his parents started for St. Cloud,
now Solomon City, Kan., buton account of guerrilla troubles, they remained at Mattoon,
Ill., where they lived until the fall of 1866, when they removed to this State. In 1872, John
P., though a minor, bought a drug-storeat Solomon City. Previous to this he had begun
learning the printer’s trade, and having some leisure, he took a case into the store and set
type. Inthe winter of 1874-75he, for his health, removed to Denison, Tex., where he re-
mained for sme months working onthe ‘daily newspapers. Returning to Kansas, he sold
his store and removed to Parsons, where he started a daily newspaper on September 12,
1876, which he continued for abouta year, when hesoldit and removed to Kansas City,
where he started a weekly newspaper, published it eight months, and sold itto accept a
position on the Kansas City 7imes. Until the fall of 1881 he was connected with the abuve
paper, traveling in itsinterests most ofthe time, when he left 1t to start an advertising
agency inthesame city. Atthe date above named he moved to Winchester and bought an
interestinthe Argus. He was married on December 31, 1877, at Parsons, Kan., to Miss
Charlotte R. Jones. She was born in New York, August 16,1855. They have two children
—Joseph and Frank Pingry Coffin.

L. L. COLVIN, agent K. C. Branch 0. P. R. R. This genial gentleman and popular agent
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for several years, and inthe employ of the U.P. at Winchester since 1881. Mr. Colvin,
although agent tor a narrow-gauge corporation, isa broad-gauged man.
J. D. COPPINGER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P.O. Winchester. Among the

ioneers who took an active part in developing Kansas, and who have made comfortable
Romes in Jefferson County, may be mentioned W.'H. Coppinger, who with his family emi-
grated to the State in 1857, locating on Crooked Creek, in the locality wherethe subject of
this sketch now resides, J.D.,sonof W.H. Coppinger, was born in Monroe County, Ky.,
February 20,1840. Resided afew yearsin Buchanan County, Mo., from which place the
family came to Kansas, where he has since been a resident, following continually agricul-
tural pursuits. During the war Mr. C. was in the State Militia, was taken prisoner at the
Big Blue engagement in October, 1864, and held for six days. He was married in Kansas to
Miss Maggie Bell. They have five children—Essie E., William H., Andrew, Edith and
Fr

ank,

J. C. DAVIS, furniture dealer, was born in Butler County, Pa., March 4, 1838. Was
there educated and learned his trade. In 1863 enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and
Yhirty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving one year, when he was honor-
ably discharged. He was at the battles of South Mountain and Fredericksburg, In 1869 he
came to Kansas, locating in Winchester, and engaged in contracting and building, in which
line he continued until 1877, when_he embarked in the furniture trade. Heis a skilled
mechanic and agenial gentleman. In 1873 Miss Maggie Lowry became his wife. They are
both members of the United Presbyterian Church,

J. KF. DENNEBER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 25, P.O, winchester, 18 a native of
Kentucky, and was born in Campbell County, October 29, 1843. Early in life he removed te
Ohio, where he was educated and reared. In 1861, he tendered hls services to the Union
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cause, and entered the First Ohio Light Artillery. He was first mustered into the Twenty-
second Ublo Volunteer Infantry. He served through to the close, participating in forty-
eight general engagements. Was all through the Peninsula Campaign. as wounded at
the Battle of Gettysburg. At the first Bull Run engagement was taken prisoner, but made
an adroit escape from the guards. Few men saw more service during the war than Mr,
Denneber. He came to Kansas in 1865, settling in Jefferson County, where he bas become
one of its leading agriculturists. He has been twice married, first to Miss Mary Pages, now
deceased, They had four children—Charles, Fred, Annie and Amelia. His present wife
was Miss §. T. Oliver, of Platte County. Mr. Denneber was aresident of that county one
year. 5

D, ELLISON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 12, P.O. Winchester, was born in Stark
County, Ohio, April 13, 1826. Was educated and reared in his native State. Came to Kan-
sas in 1867, locating where he now resides. Mr. E. has a farm, and is one of the solid men
of his township. During the war he served four months in the United States service, from
Ohio, He was married in Ohio, to Miss Mary Chain. They have four children—Emerson,
Josephine, Harry M. and Walter.

J. W. FARRIS, Section 33, P. O. Winchester. He is one of the largest real estate owners
and stock-men of Jefferson County. He was born in Illinois, May 15,1837. When six
months old came to Missouri with his parents, his father, Isaac, locating in Buchanan
County. being one of the pioneers in that part, The subject of this sketch was educated,
reared and resided there until coming to Kansas, in the spring of 1868. Mr. Farris’ lande
estate consists of about 700, acresofland. He is an experienced farmer and stock-raiser,
combining the practical with the theoretical. He was married in Missouri, to Miss Eliza-
beth G. Means, a nasive of Livingston County. They have oneson—Major Thomas. Mrs,
Farris is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church,

J. T. FULTON, Postmaster, Winchester, was born near Bellefontaine, Ohio, January
17, 1835. Was educatedthere. In 1856 removed to Illinois, and in 1862 enlisted in Com-
pany H, One Hundred and Fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Was ina number of the stir-
ring engagements of its western division. Among these were Buzzards’ Roost and Resaca,
Atthe latter had his skull fractured by a piece of shell. After serving two years, was hon-
orably discharged and mustered out at Louisville, Ky., where he immediately re-enlisted
in the regular army as Hospital Steward, serving in that capacity until the close of the
war, when he was mustered out at Macon, Ga., in 1865. e resided in Illinois, after the
war, until 1869, when he came to Jefferson County, Kansas, engaging 1n agricultural pur-
uits a short distance from Winchester, which avocation he pursued five years, when he
became a resident in town, embarking in the agricultural implement business for a time.
[In 1878, was elected Justice of the Peace, and in that capacity and Notary Public acted until
September, 1881, when he was appointed Postmaster.
and makes a popular and efficient Postmaster. He is a member of the United Presbyterian
Church, and astaunch Republican. In November, 1864, he was married to Miss Margaret
Ferguson. They have eight children—Josephine A. J., Elbert R. M., Ralph E., Nancy,
Mary. William S., Juniata, and Maggie. .

OHN A. GORHAM, merchant, is deserving of special mention among the prominent
men of this county. He was born in Indianapolis, Ind., January 27, 1841. as educated in
that city, learning the miller’s trade, which vocation he pursued until the spring of 1862,
when he enlisted in the Fifth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, accepting the rank of Sergeant.
Was in the Army of the Cumberland, participated in all the general engagements in that
department, at Hesaca was taken prisoner, and for eleven and one-half months endured the
tortures of Andersonville and Florence prison pens. After being exchanged, he returned
to his regiment, serving until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged,
He returned to Indianapolis, and inthe autumn of 1867 came to Kansas, locating in Win-
chester. He embarked in merchandising, in company with Mr. L. Wilhelm, which partner-
ship existed up to 1877. After carrying on the business alone fora time, Mr. T. E. Ickes
became his partner. They carry one of the largest general stocks in eastern Kansas, and
doa flourishing trade. Mr.Gorham was married in 1879, to Miss Minerva Marlatt, a native
of Indiana. They have three children—Charles, Elbert E, and William E | He is amember
or the Masonic Fraternity, Jefferson Lodge, No. 84, andthe I.O O. F., Winchester Lodge,

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W. M. GREGORY, insurance agent;one of the representative insurance men of the
State, is the subject of this sketch. Mr. G. is a native of New York, and was born in Ni-
agara County, April 4, 1849. Was educated and reared inthe Empire State. For several
years wasa resident of Chicago Ill., from which place he came to Kansas in the spring of
1872, establishing himself in the insurance business in Leavenworth County, coming from
there to Winchester, a few years later. He has built up a large business in northeastern
Kansas, for a number of substantial companies, and commands the confidence of the people,

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Mr. G. is a member of the Masonic Order, and the I. 0. O. F.; of the former is
Winchester Lodge, No. 172, and of the latter is secretary, of Jefferson Lodge, No. A. He
was married in Leavenworth County, Kansas, to Miss Mary C. Adams. They have' three
children—Libbie, Edith and Alice.

JOHN GWYNN, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Winchester, was born in Morgan County,
Ind., February 1, 1836. Was there educated and reared, and resided in the Hoosier State
until the autumn of 1865, when he came to Kansas, locating in Jefferson County, where he
has since beenidentified with its agricultural interests. He was married in Indiana, to Miss
Luana Rushton, now deceased. y this marriage has four children—Sylvanus S., 8. E., W.
A.and A,L. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Margaret Wise. By the latter marriage
they have two children—Minnie and Ida.

ARY HINCHMAN, farmer and nurseryman, Section 26, P.O. Winchester. Among
the ’56ers of Jefferson County may be mentioned the subject of this sketch, who located five
miles north of Winchester in that year, being one among the first in that part. Mr. Hinch-
man has since been identified with the nursery and farming interests of the county, with
the exception of histime in the army. He enlisted In August, 1862, in Company A, Eleventh

nsas, and in the capacity of First Sergeant participated in allthe engagements that are
credited to the old Eleventh. Mr, Hinchman is a native of Indiana, and was born in Rush
County, September 1, 1835. Was reared and educated in his native State. He was mar-
ried, in Kansas, to Miss Mary S. Simmons, By this union they have four children living,
Edward, Walter A., Olive, and Luella; and have buried two. Was commissioned constable
under Governor Denver’s adminstration, and held the office of Justice of the Peace for
twelve consecutive years; is not a member of any Christian or secret order.

DAVID HOUSH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 35, P. O, Winchester, was born in
Putnam County, Ind., September 15, 1834. Cameto Missouri in 1838, locating in Boone
County for atime, after which the family removed to Buchanan County, where David was
educated and reared. Ais father Thomas, with the fam ye eventually removed to Texas,
and from that State came to Kansas in 1860, settling in Linn County. In 1863 removed to
Jetferson County, where David has since beenaresident. Heis numbered among the sub-
stantial farmers of the county. Has been Township Trustee for a number of terms, and
otherwise identified. Heisamember of the I. O. O. F., Winchester Lodge. He was mar-
tied: An ene to Miss Emma Gwartney. By this union they have two children—Thomas

an ie EK,

T.E.ICKES, merchant, is a native of Ohio, and was born In Columbiana County, Septem-
ber 8, 1836. Atlan early age he engaged in the office of the Sentinel, published at Canfield
Mahoning County, where he remaiued until he became proficient as 4 compositor. In 1857
he came to Kansas, locating in Lyon County, where be took aclaim and turned his altention
to farming for eighteen months, when he concluded to go tarther west. He went to Color-
ado, and was for a time connected with the Rocky Mountain News at Denver, thence to
Montana, and eventually returned to Kansas, locating in Jefferson County, in 1870. In 1878
he formed a partnership with Mr. John A. Gorham in business, He was married in 1870 to
Miss Marietta Winchell. of Kansas. They have five children—Ada, Walter, Clarence,
Theodore, aud Bertha, The family are identified with the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Ickes
is a member of the Masonic Order.

REV. A. J. LAWLESS, Pastor of the Oskaloosa charge, P. O. Winchester, was born in
Adair County, Ky., March 27, 1850. Atan early age he removed with his parents to David-
son County, Tenn., near the city of Nashville, where he spent the sunny days of his child-
hood, and received the rudiments of an education in the common schools, At the age of
sixteen he professed faith in Christ and united with the church of his cholce, He was
sicensed to preach atthe age of twenty, and soon afterwards entered Science Jiill High
School, where he completed a four years course of study with approval,under the presidency
of A. F Crawford.. He then matriculated at the Vanderbilt Un versity and prosecuted his
theological studies for two years under the late T, O. Sommers, D. D., L. L. D., Dean of the
faculty and professor of systematic theology ; A. M. Ship, . D., professor of exegetical
theology, J. C. Granberg, D. D., (now Bishop) professor of practical theology, and Andrew

, Lipscom), D. D., LL.D., professor of the laws of thoughtand criticism, In 1876 he was
ordained to Deacon’s Orders, by Bishop H. N. MeTyeire; and-joined the Tennessee Confer-
ence in 1877,and was transferred to the Western Conference the same year. January 22,1879,
he was happily united in holy matrimony to Mrs. S, A. Young, daughter of Giles Henderson,
one of the first settlers in Leavenworth County, Kas, He was ordained that year to Elder
Orders, at Council Grove, by Bishop Keener. He has filled various stations of trust and
honor, in the gift of the church. is fields of labor have varied from missions to the best
appointinents in the Western Conference.

J. E. MARTIN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P. O. Winchester, 1s a native of
Pennsylvania, and was born in Butler County, March 30, 1822; was educated, reared and

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resided in his native State until 1868, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Jefferson .

County. He is one of the most extensive farmersin his township, making @ specialty of
stock-raising. He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss A, Gibson, a lady of refined tastes.
They have seven children—Lucy, Mattie, John, Rhoda, McInstry, Thomas, and William,

‘A T. MATH ‘S, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 29, P. O, Winchester. This gentle-
man was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in September, 1828. Atthe age of twelve years
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where he was educated and reared to manhood, following continually
suits. Heresidedin Randolph and adjoining counties until January, 1872, when he came
to Kansas, locatiug where he now resides. ry. Mathews is one among the many progres-
sive and te resentallve farmers of the county. Mr, M, isa member of the Reformed Pres-
terian Church. ;
im GEORGE W. MILLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 31, P.O. Winchester, is a son
of J. Miller, and was bornin Putnam County, Ind., December 20, 1842. He came to Kansas
in 1860, locating in Jefferson County. From 1864 to 1868 he was in the employ of the Gov-
ernment; aside from that he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. _He was married in

Kansas to Miss Mary Housh. By this union they have three children—John W., George L.
andJames F. His estate consists of eighty-six acres. f

J. MILLER, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Winchester, is a native of Tennessee, and
was born iu Claiborne County, in 1315. e came to Kansas with his family in 1860, from
Indiana, where he had been a resident for a number of years. Mr. Miller was married in
Indiana to Miss Nancy Rigeles. By thls union they haveten children—Starling, George W.,
John, William, Mary J., en, Martha E., Columbus, Isaac and Noah.

ALLEN MOORE, farmer, P.O, North Lawrence, came to the State in 1866 and settled
in Lawrence, butin 1875 he went_out into the country on his farm, in Jefferson Township,
where he has since resided. Mr. Moore was bornin Arkansas, April 8, 1858.

s .M, RRISON, of the firm of Gregory & Morrison, insurance agents, is a native of
Kansas and was born in Doniphan County, February 22, 1858. His father, William, was
one of the pioneers in the Territory. . M. was reared and resided for a number of years
in Leavenworth County, where he turned his attention to the insurance business. He be-
came a resident of Winchester in the autumn of

HENRY OGLE, farmer and stock -raiser,
in 1855, locating in Union Township, Jefferson County, not far from where he now resides.
He was one of the nloneers of that locality, passing through all the difficulties of 1856. He
encountered the drawbacks incident to the first settlers of the Territory. Mr. Ogle took no

art in the Border war; during the Rebellion he was a member of the Kansas State Militia,
Ye is a native of Tennessee, and was born in September, 1828. When an infant he re-
moved to Indiana with his parents, and when ten years of age hecameto Missouri. He
was principally educated and reared in Buchanan County. He was married in Missouri to

Miss Nancy Courtney. By this union they have five children—Mary E., Josephine, Robert
¥%., Caroline and Susan Jane. The family adhere tothe faith of the old school Baptist

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LON. W. ROBINSON, editor and proprietor of the Winchester Argus, favorably known
to the quill-driving fraternity of Kansas, isthe subject of this sketch. He 1s a native of
Pennsylvania, and was born in Crawford County, April 5, 1851. When quite young his
father, W. W., emigrated west with his family, sojourning for atime in Pike County, LL,
afterward in Topeka, Kas., locating in Valley Falls in 1861. Lon. took his initiatory educa-
tion as a typo in the newspaper offices of Topeka and. Valley Falls, and has been identified
with the press of that State for upwards of twenty years. In 1870 he established the
“Western News,” the first paper of Marion County, Kas., over which he officlated for atime
and sold out and started the second paper in Dickinson County. He also inaugurated and
published papers at Jenkins Mills, Jefferson Co., Neb., and Curryville, Pike Co., Mo, From
the latter place he returned to Valley Falls, where he wasdeputy postmaster until Decem-
ber, 1882, when he became owner of the Argus, making the first issue December 9. r. R.
is oneof the clear-cut and impartial newspaper men of the day, handling all subjects in a
manner that indicates logic and good judgment. Politically he is a Republican. He was
married December 26, 1876, in Pike County, Mo., to Miss Julia G. Mitchell, of that county.
They have one son, Paul, r.R.isa member of thelI, O. 0, F.

DAVID SMITH, hotel and livery, isa native of Maryland, and was born in Frederick
County, May 2, 1823. He was reared and educated 1n his native State. He came to Kansas
in the spring of 1855, being among the first settlers atSpringdale, Leavenworth County.
During the Border troubles Mr, Smith had all the difficulties to contend with. He was a
strong Free-state man, and the Pro-slavery party continually kept robbing him, destroying
his household effects, running off stock, etc.; notwithstanding, he lived it through to see the
cause he advocated triumph. He was the only one from his part who would make a trip
to Leavenworth, at one time, it had become so dangerous. In 1864 he engaged in the liv-
ery business in Leavenworth, eventually returning to the western part of Leavenworth
County, where he engaged in farming. For a while he was in the commission business in
St. Louis, and in 1876 located in Winchester, where he has since beenin trade. He has been
twice masried. First, 10 Maryland, to Miss Caroline L. Spaulding (now deceased). By
this union he bas three children—Nickem, Bloomer and Roger. His present wife was for-
merly Miss H. E, Bowers. They have eight children—James E., Ella, M. 8., Carrie, Eddie,
David, Walter. They have lost one, Willie.

8 SWOYER, farmer and stockman, Section 12, P. O. Winchester, favorably known
as one of the successful farmers and stockmen of Jefferson County, He is a native of
Pennsylvania, and was born in Cumberland County, February 6, 1836. When young he
removed to Baltimore, Md., where he was principally reared. In the spring of 1857 he
came to Kansas, locating In Leavenworth, where he embarked in mercantile pursuits, con~
tinuing until 1859, when he engaged in farming where he now resides, He was married in
Kansas, to Miss Eliza Campbell. They had seven children—Jacob, Sarah W., Frederick,
Sam Jr., Katie M., Frank, and Bessie. The summer of 1882 Mrs. Swoyer’s death occurred.
She was a lady possessed of those peaces of heart and mind that endeared her to a large
circle of friends. Mr. S. is a member of the Masonic Order, jad
.G TALCOTT, blacksmith and wagonmaker. This favorably known fellow-citizen
isa native of New York, and was born in Ontario County, April 13, 1832; was'there edu-
cated and partly learned the trade he now pursues. In 1857 he came to Kansas, locating

n Leavenworth County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, continuing until 1664, when
he came to Winchester, embarking in the blacksmithing business. He has been closely
dentified with the progress of the town, and has been Assessor of Jefferson ‘Township,
School Director for five years, and Clerk of the School Board for several years. In Febru-
ary, 1882, he was elected Justice of the Peace. Mr. Talcott is a gentleman of excellent
judgment, conversant with the current events of the day, and an enterprising man. He1sa-
member of the I. 0. O. F. He has been twice married—first to Miss Susan Lannon, of New
York. Her death occurred in 1859. They had two children, both of whom are dead. He
was married again February 14, 1861, to Miss Susan Smith. They have five children—
Stephen, Mary, Charles, Hattie, and Carrie. a

GEORGE TEBOW, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P.O. Winchester, one of the
progressive and substantial farmers of the State, is the subject of thissketch Heis a na-
tive of Ohio, and was born in Hamilton County, April 20, 1839, aud was reared and edu-
cated in the Buckeye State. He resided a few years in Indiana; from there returned to
Ohio, and came to Kansas in 1870, locating in Jefferson County. He was married in Indiana,
to Miss M. J. Evans, an estimable lady of Dearborn County. By this union they have six
children Henry. F,, Louie A., Thomas L., Bertha M., Flora A., and Olive H.

JOHN WE SHAR, farmer and_stock-raiser, Section 7, P.O. Winchester. On May 15,
1855, Mr, Antony Welshar took up his abode in Kansas, his family, including John, locat-
ing in Jetferson County. The senior Weishar was closely identified with the agricultural in-
terests of Kansas up to the time of his death, afew years ago. John has been a resident of
Kansas since 1855. 1n 1862 he enlisted in Company K, Thirteenth Kansas. He participated
in all the general engagements with his regiment, serving until the close of the war. He
is a native of Iowa, and was born in Lee County, October 31, 1843. He was married in
Kansas, to Miss Lucetta Dalton. They have seven children—Obia, Ole, Foy, Richmond,
Lillie, Lula and Alda. He and his family are identified with the Methodist Episcopal

Church.

J. L. WRAY, farmer and stock-ralser, Section 81, P. O. Winchester, came to Kansas
tho spring of 1860, locuting in Coffey County. In 1865 he came to Jeiferson where he has
since been engaged iivagricultural pursuits. Mr. W. is a native of Indiana, and was born
in Shelby County, September 6, 1836. When he was very young, immigrated to Missouri,
his father, Jordan, belug one of the pioneers of Rock House Prairie in Buchanan County.
J. L, was there educated and reared. _He was married in Missouri to Miss Frances A. Var-
vel. They have nine children living—W. J., M. A., T. L., Charles B., Esther A., A. T., Dolly
J., Tempy V. and Miama E. Lost three—Caroline, Sarah E, and Henry P. He and his fam-
ily are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

R. C, YOUNG, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. O. Winchester, is ason of Judge
W_ J. Young, one of the pioneers of Atchison County, Kas., his interests there dating as
far back as 1853. R.C. is anative of Missouri and was born in Buchanan County, Decem-
ber 12, 1842; wasa youth when hecame to Kansas. Judge Young was a man of con-
servative Proc AVERY. sentiments, and his son naturally took the same stand on those is-
sues, He contributed his mite during the troubles of 1856, doing guard duty, when required,
Mount Pleasant, where they resided, was frequently raided by the jayhaweer and the
Youngs, with others, lost about all their effects, In 1862, the subject ot this sketch enlisted
in the Thirteenth Kansas; was at the battles of Cane Hill and Prairie Grove; owing to ill-
health he was honorably discharged, after serving a few months. In 1868 he became a
resident of Jefferson County, where his interests have since been; fora number of years
was in Nevada and California, engaged in mining and other pursuits. Mr. Y. is well versed
in the current events, and important epochs of the day, and is a brilliant conversationalist.
Heisa member of the Masonic Order. He was married in Kansas to Miss Cynthia Hen-
derson. They havea family of four children—Nannie, Duke, Mary, and Theodora,

NORTON TOWNSHIP.
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ship. Norton was not formed until 1880, and its previous history is included
in that of the two townships from which it was formed. Since its organization
there has been nothing of importance in its history other than its steady im-
provement. It contains some of the finest farming lands in the county, and is
continually increasing, both in population and wealth.

Nortonville is the only village in the township, though Nichols is a side
track and stopping place for trains, on the line of the Atchison, Topeka & San-
ta Fe railroad.

NORTONVILLE.

This thriving and enterprising little town is situated in the extreme north-
ern part of the county, on the line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad.
It is in the midst of a fertile and well settled country, surrounded by well tilled
farms, peopled by a thrifty and energetic class of citizens. Though small, its
population being only-about 700, it presents an attractive appearance, and shows
signs of business enterprise. It is the youngest town in the county, but is al-
ready one of considerable importance. The business interests are represented
by two general merchandise stores, one grocery and drugs, one drug, one hard-
ware, two millinery stores, two grain elevators, one flouring mill, two hotels,
two harness shops, one livery stable, one shoe shop, One restaurant, two black-
smith and wagon shops, and two lumber yards. There are sixteen carpenters
and a number of masons. The professions are poorly represented, Besides
the ministers, school teachers and three physicians, there are none. There is
one newspaper, the Zimes, published by J. P. Coffin.

The history of Nortonville begins in May, 1873, at which time it was sur-
veyed and platted by the Arkansas Valley Town Company. At that time the
nearest house was more than one mile away, while there were only two resi-
dences within a radius of two and one-half miles. The exact location of the
original town site was on the northeast one quarter of Section 30, Town 7,
Range Io, east.

The first settler was John Taggart, who arrived in May, 1873, bringing
with him a small stock of godds, intending to open a store. He pitched a tent,
which he occupied until a building could be erected. On May 17, he was ap-
pointed postmaster and opened the post-office in his tent. On June 5, the
store was completed, and on that day Mr. Taggart moved in and opened a stock
of goods.

During the year the settlement of the country around Nortonville pro-
gressed rapidly, but the town grew but little. A railroad depot was built in
September, and John Taggart was appointed agent. During the year four
more buildings were erected and grain buying was carried on. <A good price
was paid and many farmers hauled their grain here.

‘All the summer it was desired to form a school district and erect a,school-
house, but there were not enough voters to legally organize a district, therefore
they waited till late in the fall, when they organized, voted bonds, and erected
a schoolhouse, costing $1,500. As soon as the house was completed, a term of
school ‘was commenced, with Miss Lucy Gale, of Leavenworth County, as
teacher.. The following named men, with their families, comprise the entire
number of settlers of 1873: John Taggart, Wesley Cummings, B. F, Payne, R.
O. Neely, Oliver Davis, and Samuel Pardee. Dr. R. D. Webb and O. W.
Babcock lived in the vicinity.

The first birth was that of Clarence Cummings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes-
ley Cummings, born October 8, 1873.

The first dwelling erected was in the summer of 1873, by Wesley Cum-

ings.
a eThe first death was that of the wife of Dr. R. D. Webb, whose remains
were the first to be interred in the Nortonville Cemetery.

The first sermon preached was by Rev. H. T. Fisher, a Methodist minis-
ter, from Atchison, who held religious services in the partially completed dwell-

-ing of Wesley Cummings, some time in June, 1873. On ‘the same day a
Union Sunday-school was organized with thirty members, with John Taggart
superintendent. The school has always been prosperous, and now numbers
about one hundred and twenty members. Mr. Taggart has been superinten-
dent, except one intermission of about eight months.

The first marriage took place in the fall of 1875, and was that of John W.
Davis and Miss Rebecca Taylor. : : ‘ :

During the year 1874, there was a perceptible improvement in the new
town. A number of families located here, and there were about fifteen build-
ings erected. ;

In the early part of the year 1874, there were excellent prospects of the
rapid growth of the town, but when the grasshoppers ruined the crops of the
farmers in the vicinity, the most of whom were new settlers, and in poor cir-
cumstances, the prospect appeared gloomy for some time. But when other crops
were almost a failure, the happy thought occurred to the farmers, that they
could utilize the heavy crops of wild grass, therefore, large quantities of hay
were put up, and all that winter a number of hay presses were kept busy pre-
paring it for shipment. There were during each of the two succeeding years,
nearly three thousand tons of baled hay shipped from Nortonville. In after
years the business was kept up, thous not onso large a scale. There are

ill large shipments of hay from.this point. ;
a Doineihe year ree the town eared but slowly, but after that it be-
gan to steadily improve, and has continued to do so until the present day.

There have been but few remarkable events in the history of the town.
There has been little but quiet, steady and substantial progress.

There was a local wind storm in June, 1875, which blew down one or two
houses, and killed Johnnie, son of Dr. J. C. Birdsell.

Again in June, 1882, a severe wind storm swept through the town,
tearing to pieces. two houses, and removing twenty more from their founda-
tions. .

The onlycriminal event of any note that has ever taken place was the
robbery of McCarthy & Layson’s store, by the notorious Polk Wells and two
associates, on the night of May 30, 1881. About ten o'clock that night, after

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nearly all the people had retired, Mr. McCarthy was engaged in closing his
business for the day. There was one clerk with him, and his wife and
daughter had stopped there during the evening waiting for him to accompany
them home. Just as he was placing his books and money in the safe, three
armed men entered the store with pistols pointed at the heads of McCarthy
and the clerk, and went through the safe, taking $1,400 in money, and $200 of
the postoffice money. McCarthy was postmaster. It was impossible to pursue
them that night, but McCarthy soon worked up the case and found that Wells’
partners inthe deed were Bill Norris and Jim Daugherty, the latter a private
detective and ex-policeman of Atchison. Daugherty was arrested about
two weeks after and remanded to jail, when he confessed the crime. After
being confined nealry three months he escaped and never has been heard of
since. McCarthy followed the others to Iowa where he lost trace of them.
They were, however, arrested afterward for crimes committed in that State, and
Wells having killed his guard is serving a sentence of imprisonment for life.

The only manufactory is a steam flouring mill, owned and operated by
Hart & Worswick.. The mill was built, in 1879, has two run of buhrs, and a
good quality of flour is made.

The old schoolhouse, built in 1873, to which an addition has been built
is still occupied,but steps are being taken to erect a large and commodious house,
the old one being found too small. There are two departments, and care has
always been exerted to secure good instructors,

Beginning with the year 1881, a Normal School was established and kept
up for about a year by Miss Mary J. Willis.

Nortonville is a town of churches, and has more professors of religion than
are usually found ina town ofits size. The people are moral and religious,
and the different church organizations are liberally supported.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in June, 1873, with eight
members. Rev. G. W, Dissett was the first pastor. The church was built in
the fall of 1880, at a cost of $2,000. Its membership is now one hundred and
twenty. The Methodist Sunday-school was organized December 24, 1880,
with sixty-five members, and with John Taggart, superintendent. It now has
160 members.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in the summer of 1875, with
seven members. Rev. Mr, Lewis was the first pastor. The church was built
in 1878.

The United Presbyterian Church was organized in 1873, with about
twenty members, Rev. Edward McKee was pastor, The church was built in
1881, at a cost of $2,500. It now has a membership of about thirty-five. The
Sunday-school was organized in October, 1879, with about twenty members.
It has now seventy-five. Hon. J. L.McDowellwas the first superintendent.

The Christian Church was organized in the summer of 1879, with about
fifteen members, by Rev. Mr.Montgomery, of Manhattan. It now has about sixty
members. The Sunday-school was organized in July, 1881, with about thirty-
members. It now has ninety. J. M, B. Platts was the first superinten-

ent.

The:only secret Order represented in this town is Nortonville Ladge,
No, 118, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which was organized under dis-
pensation in May, 1874, On the zqth of the following October, a charter was
received. The charter members were, W. T. Eckles, T. D, Cummings, B. F.
Payne, M. N. Hart, J. R. Eckles, and John Eckles. The lodge now has
twenty members and is ina flourishing condition,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. D. BARNES, farmer and stock-ralser, Section 34, P..O. Nortonville, was born in
Burke County, N. C., June 6, 1827; removed to Indiana when young, where he resideda
number of years. In 1839he cameto Missouri, and located in Greene County for atime,
when he removed to Buchanan County, where he foliowed agricultural pursuits until the
autumn of 1859, when he removed to Kansas on his present farm. Mr. Barnes is a carpen-
ter by trade, which he followed for a number of years, for atimein Atchison. During his
sojournin Jefferson County has been numbered among its progressive and_ substantial
farmers and slockmen. He was married in Kentucky, ebruary 28, 1860, to Miss Sarah C.
Cole, bornin that State, June 6, 1837, They have six children living—Mary E., George E.
Florella, James, Mattie and Stella, His father, Edward T. Barnes, was a native of North
Carolina, and died when the subject of this sketch was young. His mother, Hannah Payne,
was a native of North Carolina, and died in Clay County, Mo., in her seventy -fifth year.

HARLES BATES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, P.O. Nortonville, isa native of
England, and was born September 6, 1840; was there educated and reared. Came tothe
United States andto Kansasin 1857, turning his attention to farming until 1862, when he
enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Kansas. He participated in the battles of ¢ane Hill,
Prairie Grove and others. Served until the autumn of 1865, when he was honorably dis—
charged, The last month of his service was on the plains. After the war he located again
in Jefferson County, where he has followed farming. He was married in Kansas to Miss
Annie Bradshaw. By this union they have six children—Henry, Lewis, Thomas, Charles,
Annie and Rebecca. Mrs. Bates is a daughter of Lewis Bradshaw, one of the pioneers who
located on Section 3, Jefferson Township, in 1857, and was identified with the agricultural
interests of the State up ty the time of his death, April 22, 1865.

J. M. CROBARGER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, P. O. Nortonville. 19 fath-
er, Mr. F. A. Crobarger, was oneof the ’S5ersof Jefferson County, who with his family
settled that spring, where his son, J. M., now resides. The elder Crobarger was a native of
Virginia, and came from the State of Missourl to Kansas, where he was one of the most ar-
dent of Free-state advocates, and during the troubles of the memorable conquest he en-
dured many persecutions at the hands of the border ruffians. For about two years he was
kept away from poms, visiting his family only under cover of the night, or aitimes when
an opportunity offered itself, there being a reward of $100 offered for his head. He wasa
aman of more than ordinary ability, expressed his views fearlessly and carried outall his
undertakings. He was identified with the agricultural interests of his county up to thetime
of hig death, November 9, 1881. His wife, one of the pioneer ladies of the State, is stilla
resident of theold homestead. The son, F.A., isa native of Missouri, and was born in
Platte County, July 31,1848. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1855, where he hassince
been a resident. :

D. S. CURRY, Section 25, P.O. Nortonville, is a native of Indiana, and was born in
Monroe County, in July, 1834, and was reared and educated in his native State. In 1868 he
cameto Kansas and located at Winchester, Jefferson County, where he was_ engaged in
farming and blacksmithing until 1875, when he removed to his present home. Mr.G.is one
of the extensive grain producers of the county. He was married in Indiana to Miss Mar-

aretN. Fullerton. They have nine children—Samuel H., Emily J., John C., Joseph E., James
“WILETAM DAB of’ che dit of Fare
» 0 e firm of Payne & Damm, was born in Greene Coun’ Ill,
August 7, 1851; was there educated and reared; came to Kansas in 1867, locating an Abe
son County for atime, afterwards for three years lived in Douglas County. In 1881 be-
came aresident of Nortonville. He was married in Kansas to Miss Maggie Payne, daugh-
ter of B. F. Payne. Mr. D. is a member of the Christian Church.

R. J. ESHOM, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Nortonville, isa native of Maryland, and
was born June 8, 1850. Was reared and educated in his native State. In 1869, came to Jef-
ferson County, Kan. What he has accomplished in this State since his arrival is a good
illustration of what can be accomplished by untiring industry. Mr. E. was twenty-five dol-
lara 0 athens “ee net oma ever att ane of ante peel improved and stocked, all

mself, He married in Kansas, Miss Annie Shirley. 1
children—George, Belle and Nora. a SOSY Zeae ate

 

 

 
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SAMUEL FARRAR, farmer and stock-raiser. Section 33, P. O. Nortonville, is a native
of Kentucky, and was bornin Woodford County, December 12, 1814; was thers educated
and resided until twenty-three years of age, when he emigrated to Galena, ILL, and engaged
mm the lead mines, At the breaking out of the Mexican war he enlisted in the First Illinois
Regiment. He participated atthe battle of Buena Vista, where he received nine wounds,
Afler a year’s term in the service he was placed in the quartermaster’s department, serving
through totheclose. After afew years’residence in Missouri, Mr. F, cameto Kansas the
spring of 1856, locating where he now resides. Was through all the difficulties of the event-
ful time thatfollowed, but had but little trouble, as he attended strictly to his own business,
Few of the old settlers of Jefferson County are more favorably and popularly known at the
plesent time (1883), than Mr, F, He was married in Kausas to Miss Clarissa Alexander,

y this union they have had eleven children, fiveof whom are living—Mary J., Margaret
E.. Charlie, Frederick and David.

GEORGE N. GODDARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 18, P. O. Nortonville.
fitgong the leading farmers and stockmen of the county may be mentioned Mr. Goddard,
His father, Benjamin, came to Kansas in 1856, with his family, including George, locating
at Valley Falls. He took,aclaim on Crooked Creek, but did not survive to see much of the
development of Kansas, his death occurring inthe autumn of 1856. Thesubject of this
sketch has been a resident of Jefferson County since that time, closely adhering to agricul-
tural pursuits, in which he has been eminently successful. Heisanativeof Indiana, and
was born in Rush.County. When he was three years of age his parents em grated to Illi-
nois, thence to Iowa, living first at Fort Madison, Lee County, afterward In Adams County.
from which point they came to Kansas, Mr. G. was married in Kansas,’ to Miss Rachel
Coppinger, daughter of E. J. Coppinger, one of the early settlers of Jefferson County,
They have nine children—Frank, Edward, John, Samuel, Rebecca, Jessie, Nellie, Robert,

and May. i
M. N. HART, farmer and stock-ralser, Section 1, P.O. Nortonville, In August, 1854,
there came to Kansas, and to what is now Norton Township, an individual whose pecuniary
condition was very limited, and who, by being more than ordinarily tenacious, combined
with untiring industry, has placed. himself amoug the first rank of the solid men of Jeffer-
son County. That man is M.N.Hart. Heisanativeof Pennsylvania, and was born in
Fayette County, September 19, 1824; wasthere reared and educated. After attaining his
majority, he came West and located In Buchanan County, Mo., residing a few years, and
from that point took up his residence in Kansas, His brothers, F, P, and N, C. Hart, are
locatedin the same locality, belng among the first. They were of Free-state proclivities,
and naturally aroused ths hostile poeliaes of the opposite faction, who, during 1856, were
pillaging thepeople. The subject of this sketch, on several occasions, had to fice for his life,
nN one instance, after escaping from the field, where they came in on him, they left a notice
at the house, if he did not at once ieave the Territory they would hang him on sight. Again,
at Hickory Point, several of them accompanied him along the road for the purpose of shoot-
{ng him, but they beins ina maudlin state from (drinking he dextrausly made his escape.
Mr. H, had come with a determination to-stay, which hed cd
During those trying times, he had been getting his supplies from Missouri, butas matters
waxed warmer it was unsafe to make the trip, so they were obliged for several months to
Hve on gritted corn. Salt was a commodity that was extremely scarce about then, and asa
make-shift for that seasonable article he sawed up a couple of old salt barrels and boiled
the salt outofthem. Mr. H.was identified with the educational interests at an early day,
and in every way has contributed to the general development of Kansas. Few citizens are
more popular y Known. He was married in Missouri, to Miss Sarah A. Welch, a native of
Kentucky. By this union they have four children—Sanford C,, Luella, Frank, and Fayette.
Sanford C., is the agent fur the A., T. &S. F BR. R. at Nortonville. z

N.C. HART, miller, was bornin Fayette County, Pa., February 5, 1821; was there ed-

ucated andreared. Atter aresidence of fuur years iu Ohio, went to Missvuri, locating tem-

orarily, and _in the spring of 1855, came to Kansas, locating afew miles northeast of

rasshopper Falls, in Jefferson County, being one of the pioneeis in that locality, where he
opened a farm, and was closely associated with the agricultural development of the county
upwards of twenty-five years. During the war Mr. Hart belonged to the State militia,
During the early days had many of the difficulties to contend with that were incidental to
the Kansas pioneer. In 1880, engaged in the milling business in Nortonville. He was mar-
ried in Pennsylvania, to Miss Melinda Reynolds, of that State; they have five children—John
B., James, Eliza, Jessie, aud William.

8S. C. HART, ageut ofthe A., T. &8.F.R.R. This gentleman is ason of the pioneer
eitizen, M. N. Hart, and was born in Jefferson County. ere he has been edlucated, reared,
and become familiarized with his present vovat on. © has been agent in Nortonville since
September, 1881. Few men on the live are more popular,

R. D. HASKELL, architect, contractur aud builder, was born in Herkimer County, New
York, November 25, 1837; was there educated, reared, and learned tiie carpenter’s trade,
after which he came West, sojourned for a time in Iowa, eventually locating in Platte City,
Mo., where he resided anumber of years, In 1862, enlisted in Company A, Fourth Mis-
souri Cavalry; wasin anumber of the early battles of the war; amoug these were Cane
Hilland Van Buren. Mr. H. served three years aud four months, and was honorably dis-
charged. In 1872, remuved to Atchison, Kan., and was interested in the pallding interests
of that city up to afew years ago, when he became a resident of Nortonville. Heis askilled
mechanic, and is doing a largeainount of work. He is a meinber of the Masonic Fraternity.
He was married in Missouri, to Miss Sadie Phelps. By this union they have fuur children—
Annie M., Eva, Claude, and Ait. ‘ :

J. W. JONES, coutractor and carpenter, was born m Clinton County, Mo., May 3, 1851.
At an early age, with parents, emigrated to Texas, where he was educated and reared. In
1876, came to Kansas, taking up bis abode at Locust Grove, Atchison County, pursuing
fariniug foratime; the saine year located at Cummingsville, engaging in wagon-making,
From the latter place came to Nortonville. In connection with carpenter work, carries on
wagon-making and general repairing. He was married in Kansas, to Miss Rhoda F. May-
field, a native of Atchison County, Kan. Her father, W. J. Mayfield, was oue of the early
settlers at Locust Grove. : i

T. J. LOSEY, merch abt. is a native of Indiana, and was born May 11,1850. At an
early ave he removed with his parents to Schuyler County, Ill., where he was educated and
reared to manhood. In1877he came to Kansas, embarking in trade at Concordia, and was
afterward cugaged in businessin Cawker City, Mankato, Lyons and Topeka, locating in

Oskaloosain February, 1881. He was married in 1876 to Miss Enima Swinford, of lowa.
They have three children—Ira, Ernstand Grace. Mr. Losey is a member of the 1. O, O. F.
OHN LOW, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 26, P. O. Nortonville. Was born in
Scotland February 14, 1831; was educated and resided in his native country until seventeen
years of age; caime to tue United States, locating in Cleveland, Uhio, where he pursued the
Vouation of clerking in store for several years, In 1857, came to Kansas, settling in Jetfer-
son County, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits, Mr. L, was one of the first
settlers in his neighborhood. He was married in Ohioto Miss Ann Gibson, Jy this union
they have had six children—Alexander, Sarah, David, Euphena and John M. Lost one—
in,

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Cc. C. MoCARTHY, merchant and postmaster. In northeastern Kansas*there are few
who are more favorably known than Mr. McCarthy, being substantially identified with the
country’s growl and commercial interests. Heis a native of Uhlo, and was born in Ham-
ilton County, June 26, 1841. At anearly age, removed to Warren County, where he was
educated aud reared, ‘In 1861, he was ainoug the firstto respoud to the call for troops, and
enlisted in Company C,Second Oluto Vulunteer lufantry; was mainly inthearmy of the Cum-
berland, participating inthe battles of Stone River, Chickainauga, and other general engage-
ments; served three years and three munths, was honorably discharged, and_ returned
home. When the call was made fur 20,0u0 old soldiers to organize tle Hancock Veterans,
he again enlisted, serving in the veteran corps until after the close of the war, belng hon-
orally discharged in February, 1866. Mr, McU. was thoroughly disciplined in military
tactics, and was tendered an oilicer’s commission but declined, preferring the duties of a

rivatesoldier. In 1866, he came to Missuuri, locating at Middletown, Montgomery Coun-
Yy, Where he embarked in general merchaud ea, continuing until the spring of 1878. In
1879, was appointed postinaster, an office heheldfor eight years in Middletuwn, Mo. Mr.
McC. is a mild, genial gentleman, possessing energy and will power to accomplish anything
he undertakes. In businesshe has been eminently successful. He was married in Monte
gomery County, Mo.,to Miss Alice Fleet, of that State. They have one daughter, Stella FE,
Mr. McCarthy is a member of the I. 0.0. I’., and the Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM McCOY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 26, P O, Nortonville, is a native
of Ohio, and was born in Franklin County, October 6, 1838; was educated and reared in
the Buckeye State. In 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety-fitth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Af-
ter serving afew months in the western department, he was discharged on account of dis-
ability. In 1868, came to Kansas, locating wherehe now resides in1 Mr. McCoy is
one among thelargest tarmers in Norton Township, He was married in Ohio to Miss
Tirzah Borland, now deceased, By this union, he has five children—Charles E., Joseph,
William B., George W. and James M. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Clara Hayes.

H. R. MAXSON, M. D., homeopathic physician, is a native of New York, and was born

in Allegany County, February 18, 1839; was educated and reared in the Empire State.
He came Westin 1863, taking up his abodein Southern Minnesota, following various pur-
suits in that State nine years, when be returned East, and for eight years followed the pro-
fession of teaching in New Jersey. Then he took up the study of medicine, and graduate
from the Homeopathic College of New York City in 1880. The summer of 1880 Mr.
Maxson came to Norton ville, e has attained a well-merited reputation as a practitioner,
is a well-informed gentleman on allthe great subjects of thé day, and an agreeable and
entertaining conversationalist. The doctor,is a member of the Seventh Day Baptist
Church. He was marriedin Minnesota to Miss Olive A, Palmer, a native of Pennsylvania.
They have two children—Ira L, and Albert H.

J. H. MILLER, farmer Section 12, P. O. Nortonville, was born in Platte County, Mo.,
April 5, 1844. At an early age his parents removed to Andrew County, Mo.,

 

, and has been amply rewarded. '

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

where he was educated and reared, He spent several years in Colorado, and in 1875 came
to Kansas, locating in Jefferson County tT, M. is one of the representative farmers of
Norton Township. He was married in Platte County, Mo..to Miss Mary L. Foley. They
have five children living—George T. Nina L., Rhoda A., James W. and Claude E. Three

ed.
see SOHN MOYER, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Nortonville, is a native of Virginia, and was
pornin Page County in 184 5; was educated and reared in his native State, his early days
being spentin tilling the soil. Mr. Moyer hecame a resident of Kansas in 1873 ‘ocating in
Jefferson County, where he has since resided. Heisa thoroughly schooled agriculturist
e farming a success.

miae a ade NGER farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P. O. Nortonville was bornin
Ohio.in 1851. Atanearly age removed with parents to Knox County, Ill.. where he was
educated and reared to manhood. His early days were spent in tilling the soil, a vocation
he has since folluwed. Mr. Olinger came to Kansas, locating where he now resides in the
winter of 1877, He was married in Kansas to Miss Mary Casebier, They have one child.

PAYNE & DAMM, machine shop and general repairing. B. F. Payne, of this firm, isa
native of Ohio, and was born in Adams County, May 15, 1885. Came to Kansas, with par-
ents in 1855, locating at Mount Pleasant in Atchison County, where his father, Henry
Payne, who was a blacksmith, engaged in trade, being one of the ploneer vulcansin the
State. Thesuhfect of the sketch pursued the vocation of blacksmithing in Mount Pleasant
for a number of years, coming from there to Nortonville, in July, 1873, erecting the second
building inthe town. ‘Mr. P. has been closely associated with the development of north-
eastern Kansas. During the war was in theState Militia, He was married in Kansas to
Miss Eliza Stevens, They have nine children—Maggie, Susan, Alice, Ellenora, Dollie, Lucy,
Eva, Jessie and an infant. Mr. Payne is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.

A. J. PERRY, merchant, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., January a1, 1847 and was
there educated and reared, and resided there until 1865, when he came to Kansas, locating
at Valley Falls. For atime wasinterested in agricultural pursuits, after which he engaged
in merchandising. In the autumn of 1879 he established himse 'f in business in Norton-
ville. Mr. Perry is a business man in every sense of the word, and commands his share of
the trade, He was married in Kansas to Miss Millle Kendall, a native of Maine, They have
one daughter—Grace,

FRAN e UFFNER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 7, P. O. Nortonville, was born
in West Virginia, Mareh 4, 1848. When comparatively a@ young man he came to Kansas
City, Mo., where he resided a number of years. In 1874 he came to Kansas and located in
Johnson '‘ounty, where he was engaged in azricultural ursuits until 1879, when he came
to Jefferson County, and located where he now resides. r. Rutfner is a thoroughly skilled
agriculturist and @ successful farmer. He isa member of the Masonic Order, He was
married in Kansas City to Miss Annie Stall, They have two children—Benjamin C. and
Hattie. The father of Mrs. R. is the proprietor of the Saund+rs House at St. Joe, Mo.
JOHN SHUGHART, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 9, P O. Nortonville, is a native
of Pennsylvania, and was horn jn Cumberland County, November 20 1828. Was there ed-
ucated and reared, following agricu'tural pursuits in his earlier days, which he has con-
tinued to adhere to. In 1871 came to Kansas, locating in Leavenworth County. In 1872
took up his abode where he now resides. He has a desirable location and a fine farm of 205
acres. He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Mary Oiler, a native of Cumberland Coun-
ty, born June 20, 1831 wey, bave had niteen children, five of whom are living—Sarah

llen, William A., Jacob F , Jounan ndrew.
= W. K. STONE, farmer and breeder of Short-horn cattle, Section 18, P. O. Nortonville,
was born in Platte County, Mo., July 23,1850. His father, Thomas F. Stone, was a pioneer
of thatcounty. W.K. was there reared. His early days were spent in tiiling the soil.
Was educated at the Christian Brothers Colle;e, St. Louis, Mo., from which he recefved the
degree of A. B. in 1877. Hecame to Kauss. locating where he now resides in 1879. He
has a fine farm and a desirable home. Mr. S. was married in Platte County, Mo., to Miss
Laura B. Gabbert. daughter of J. Ira Gabbert, a native of that county, She graduated at
Daughter’s College in Platte County, Mo., in 1873. By this union they have one daughter-

usie M.

JOHN TAGGART, merchant, came to Kansas in August, 1866, locating in Pardee,
Atchison County, where he did a general merchandise business fur three years. In the
spring of 1878 came on the ground where Nortonville stands and erected the first building,
the store now occupied by A. J. Perrv, in which he opened a feneral stock, engaged in bu:
ing grain and produce generally; with the exception of ashort period being out of trade,
hag been identified with the Nortonvilleinterests. Mr. T. was the first postmaster and con-
tinued in that capacity up to the time of going out of business in 1880, when he resigned.
He is a courteous gentleman, applying himself closely to tle details of h's trade, and is very

ractical; is closely identified with the Methodist Church, and is superintendent cf the

ethodist Episcopal Sunday-school, always interesting himselfin sustaining the moral
status of the community. _Mr. Taggart is a native of the Isle of Man and was born Novem-
ber 27, 1839: was there educated and_reared and resided until 1866, when he came to the
United States. He was married in Pardee, Kas., to Miss Euphemia Cummings. They
have five children, two of whom are living—Dora B., and Gussie May. ac

FRANK W. TRUESDELL, dealerin harness and saillery. This enterprising young
gentleman is a native of Illinots; when very young he came to Kansas with his parents, his
father, James Truesdell, locating in Atchison, where Frank was educated and reared and
learned his trade, Located and opened up shop in Nortonville the autumn of 1880. He isa
first-class workman, anit may be said that from the time he buckled down to business he -
has been doing a. strapping trade. a ‘ 2

DANIEL WEBB, farmer, Section 8, P.O. Nortonville, was born in Hocking County,
Ohio, December 7, 1828. Came to Kansas in 1857, purchasing land in Jackson County, but
did not locate in the State until 1860, when he settled where he now resides. He was mar-
ee ie Galo to Miss Mary L. Lyman. They have three children—Frank C., Charlie and

mnie M.
HIRAM WEBB, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P.O. Nortonville, was born in
Hocking County, Ohio, April 22, 1827; was there educated and reared. In the spring of
1858 he came to ‘Kansas, locating where he now resides, being among the first in that local-
lty. Mr. W. wasa little more fortunate than many of the new comers to Kansas, being in
easy circumstances and well supplied with provisions, which was fortunate for others who
were not so circumstanced, as they always found him ready to assist. During the season 9f
1860-61, when the supplies were sentintothe State, Atchison being the distributing point,
those living in the south part of the State made his house a stopping place while en-route to
and from, it being the only convenient house for miles around. Mr. W. was early identified
with the educational interests of his district, and it was largely through his contributions
and efforts thatthe first schoolhouse was built, in what was known then as the Rothschild
District, named so by the citizens, as they considered themselves wealthy, it being the first
schoolhouse inthe country built independently by the citizens. They were, however re-
imbursed for the investment later out of the school fund. He has been continually farming,
his landed estate, consisiug of 440 acres of excellent Jand. In point of stock-raising he
ranks among theleaders in the county. He was married in Ohio to Miss Irene Stiers, of
that State, By this union they have had ten children. seven of whom are living—Manning,
Marv, Liddle, Stenhen, Edgar, Alfred and Irene. Himself and family are identified wit
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
» H. WEBB, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P. O, Nortonville, is a native of Ohio,
born In Hocking County, May 29, 1836. Came to Kansas first in 1857, remained for a time;
returned to Ohio, sojourning fortwo years; returned to Kansas and has since been a resi-
dent, Was married in Ohlo to Miss Mary Anderson. By this union has two children—
Besste and Alma,
.D., WEBB, M.D. The pioneer physlelan in Nortonville was born in Logan, Hocking
Oo., Ohio, April 9, 1887. Was educated and reared in his native town, and took up the study
of medicine early in Ife, graduating in March, 1864, in the Starling Medical College at Col-
umbus, Ohlo, Heat once entered the army after graduating as Assistant Surgeon of the
Sevoenty-elghth Oh o Volunteer durante, serving until the close of the Rebellion, when he
engaged in practicing in Logan, continuing until June, 1874, when he took up his abode in
Nortonville, being the first practitionerinthe place. The doctaris a man‘of broad views, 2
close applicant to his profession, and eminently successfulin his practice. Heis a member
of the 1.0.0. F. Has been twice married, first 1n Ohio, to Miss Frankie Gage, now de-
ceased, By this union has two children—Florence and Mabel, His second wife was for-
morly alls Lena Ellerman, of Kansas. By this marriage they have two suns—Clayton and
n Tt.

GEORGE W. WEIDER, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Nortonville. One of the Atchison Coun-
ty pioneers that is deserving of special mention is Mr. Harrison Weider who settled with
his family, including George W , in Walnut Township early in 1855, being one of the first
in that locality, The family passed through all the troubles, having their full share, as they
were of strong Free-state proclivities, dividing the time between farming and standing
guard against the border ruffians; such was the initiation George W. had in Kansas. In

862 he enlisted in Company I, Second Kansas Cavalry. He participated in a number of the
general engagements in the South west, serving until the close, when he was honorably dis-
charged as Cornoral. Mr. Weider ma‘le his home in Atchison County until February, 1882,
when he movedto his present location, He is a native of Iowa, and was bornin Henry
County, January 10, 1836; came from thereto Kansas, and was married in 1856 to Miss
Nancy McClintock, of Wapello County, Iowa. They have two children—Margaret and Har-
rison. Mr. Weider, in connection with farming, is largely interested in mining in Colorado,
where he spenta portion of his time. u

T. W. WEIGH TMAN, Nortonville House, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Indian-
apolis. December 27, 1826. Ataneariy agehe removed to I)linois, and lived for a number
of years iu Schuyler County, where he followed firming, Atthe breaking out of the war he
enlisted in the First Missourl Engineer Corps. He assisted in the constructton of the breast-
works at Vicksburg; assisted through until the close of the war, when he was mustered out
at Chattanooga, Tenn. In 1878, came to Kansas, locating at Beloit, In 1880, removed to

 

 
ee

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

Oskaloosa, and the autumn of 1882, to Nortonville, being constantly engaged in business.
He was married In Indlana, to Mrs. Minerva Losey, of that State, widow of Samuel Losey,
of Madison, Ind.; her maiden name was Herbert. They have had three children—Rober
H., George E. and Clara A.

KENTUCKY TOWNSHIP.

This township originally comprised all of the south half of Jefferson
County, and was formed by order of the County Board of Commissioners, in
May, 1856, at which time Alex. Bayne, David S, Gray, W. H. Bayne and V.
Fielding were appointed Justices of the Peace, and William G. Steele, Con-
stable.

The first settler in the township was John Scaggs, a Pro-slavery man with
1 number ofslaves, who located in the townshipin 1854. During that year and
the next he was followed by quite a large number of settlers. At the election
of March, 1855, the settlers along the northern valley of the Kansas River went
to Wakarusa, in Douglas County, to vote.

The first voting place in the township was at Rising Sun, in 1856.

The first settlements were on the Kaw half breed lands, bordering the
Kansas River. In June, 1856, they were ordered by Col. Montgomery, the
Indian agent, to leave the lands; but refusing to do so, he attempted to force
them to do so, and several houses were burned by his orders; but still the
settlers refused to leave. Alex. Bayne then went to Lecompton, where he
learned that the order to Montgomery was to dispossess the occupants of the
lands at Council Grove, and not from the Kaw lands in Jefferson County.
Therefore proceedings were commenced against Montgomery, and he was ar-
rested,charged with house burning.and was held for trial under bonds,which were
given, and he left the country never to put in an appearance again. The
settlers returned to the Kaw lands and built new houses. They have had a
great deal of trouble in securing a good title, however,as in many of the old
transfers the title 1s not complete, and occasionally a claimant will put in an
appearance, on the grounds of being an heirto the original half breed owners.
To geta show ofa title the settlers, at an early date, had their lands assessed,
and allowed them to be sold for taxes. The courts decided that the lands were
not taxable until 1862, and all tax paid before that year was afterward refunded
to the settlers by order ot the county commissioners.

There was also trouble relating to the title of the Delaware lands, and for
the same reason they were assessed in 1867; but the courts decided that they
were not taxable until 1868, and previous payments were afterward refunded.

The first sermon in the township was preached at the residence of Alex-
ander Bayne, in June, 1857, by Rev. Nathan Scarret, then presiding elder of the
Missouri conference, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. A church
society was at once organized, and Rev. S_ B. Stateler was sent to preach.
The next year a church was erected by them at Rising Sun.

The first school in the township was taught at a very early day, by Ann
Foster, a daughter of Woodin Foster, who was once county commissioner.
The first public school was not established until 1868, and was District No. 35.

The first marriage was in 1857, and was that of J. Little and a lady whose
name is unknown.

The first town in the township was Rising Sun, which was laid out by
Joseph Haddox in 1857. Its location was on the north bank of the Kansas
River, opposite Lecompton. He after took into partnership with him on the
town site, Jerome Kunkle, Louis Lutt and J. Menzer. Kunkle kept a
ferry there. The first store there was started soon after the foundation of the
town, by Lutt and Menzer. .

The first postoffice was established at Rising Sun, in 1858.
appointed Postmaster. : : ;

Rising Sun grew to be a respectable little village, and was the business
point for the township until the building of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, in
1865. Towns were then laid out along the railroad, and ina short time the
village of Rising Sun was all moved to other points. The site of this old town
is now cultivated as a farm by Jerome Kunkle.

PERRY.

This is the principal town of Kentucky Township, and was surveyed and
platted by the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, in 1865. . It is a thriving
business point, and has a population of about 600. The business houses are
asfollows: Two general merchandise stores, one hardware, one grocery, one
drug, one furniture, and one millinery store, one harness shop, one boot and
shoe shop, two blacksmith and wagon shops, two hotels, one livery stable, one
printing office, one meat market, one barber shop, one grist mill, a railroad de-
pot, one grain elevator and one lumber yard. There are also three churches
and one large public school building. ; ’ :

The first store was opened at Perry, while the railroad was building and
before the town was laid out, by G. B. Carson & Bro. This wasin 1865 The
store was located in what is now the center of the street north of the depot, and
where the town well now is,

After the Carsons, the next to locate at Perry were Josiah Terrell and
family, who came about the time the town was surveyed, and built a house.

A postoffice was soon established, and Josiah Terrell appointed Post-
master.

: The first sermon was preached by Josiah Terrell, soon after his location,
at his residence. There was quite a large congregation in attendance. The
house is the one now used as a shoemaker shop, on the Terrell property, and is
the oldest building on the town site. ;

The third building to be erected was the Perry Hotel, in 1866.

The first birth was in the spring of 1866, and was thatof Eddie Rickard,
who is still living in Perry with his parents.

The first death eecieted in 1866, and was that of the young child of M.F.

Garrett,

L. Lutt was

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The fitst school was taught in 1867, There were no school districts, and
the citizens of Perry organized a joint stock company, and in connection with
the Free Masons, built a two story schoolhouse. On its completion, G. D.
King and his wife, Mrs, Frances King, opened a subscription school, begin-
ning in January, 1867.

The first marriage was that of John Dunlap and Miss Mary Lee, in the
fall of 1867, N. J. Stark, then a Justice of the Peace, performed the cere-
mony.
After the foundation of the town it grew quite rapidly, and within the first
five years it had grown to be nearly as large as it now is.

The city of Perry was incorporated March 3, 1871. N.J. Stark was the
first mayor. The present city officers are, D. Surber, Mayor; J. R. Martin,
Clerk, and F, M. Stark, Treasurer. ;

The Presbyterian Church Society was organized during the first years of
the history of the town. {n 1869, their church was built. It is a large and
substantial edifice. The society has a large membership, and is in a prosper-
ous condition.

The Baptist Church Society was organized under the North Topeka Mis-
sion, on March 30, 1878, by Rev. J. Barrett. On organization it had but
fifteen members, but now has over forty. The first pastor was Rev. J. Bar-
rett, whois stillin charge. Services were at first held in the schoolhouse.
The church was built-in 1882, and dedicated in July. It isa large and com-
fortable frame structure, and cost $2,250.

The Methodist Episcopal Church has a class numbering about twenty-five
members, but has no church edifice. . They hold services in the schoolhouse.

The African Baptist Church has a large membership. This church, a
small building, was erected in 1872. ;

Soon after the public school district of Perry was organized, measures were
taken to build 4 schoolhouse. Asa result, bonds were voted, and a large brick
schoolhouse, two stories high, was built. It was completed in 1871, at a cost
of $7,000. The schonl is divided into two departments, which are taught by
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Queen. Great pains have been taken to bring the school
up to a high state of excellence.

The only secret society represented is that of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, Hope Lodge, No. 45. The lodge was organized on April 22,
1869, with thirteen members. The first officers were Davie Korick, N. G.;
Samuel Kerr, secretary; D. Surber, treasurer, and Robert Parker, V.G.
The lodge now has twenty-six members, and is in a very prosperous condition.
They own their own hall and have no debts.

The Kaw Valley Chief is the only paper published here. It was estab-
lished October 10, 1879, by L. E. and A. H. Merritt. In September, 1881, the
former became sole proprietor and still continues its publication. It is a seven
column folio in size, is ably edited, and has a large circulation throughout the
Kansas Valley.

The only manufacturing interests of the town are represented by the Perry
Flouring and Grist Mills, of which Leach & Sons are proprietors. The mill
was established by them in the year 1881, and is well fated up with the latest
improved machinery. There are two run of buhrs.

MEDINA.

This little village is situated two miles west of Perry on the line of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad. The location is avery pleasant one on the level
valley lands of the Kansas River. It has a population of about sixty. There
is a railroad depot, one general store, one grain elevator, a two story school-
house, and a few dwelling houses, :

The history of the town begins with the year 1865, when, as the railroad
was building, Lutt, Kunkle & Menzer bought land and laid out the town.
They were the leading owners of the Rising Sun. town site, and conceived the
idea of founding a new town on the lineof the new railroad. This they did,
and soon the greater portion of the old town was moved to Medina. The first
store was established in 1865, by Lutt & Munn.

Early in 1866 the postoffice was established and William King appointed
Postmaster. Ile opened the second store in the village.

The town was so named at the suggestion of John Speer, of Lawrence,
who had formerly lived at Medina, Ohio, and he promised to give the first
child born in the new town a valuable present. The first birth was a son to
Mr. and- Mrs. William King, born in May, 1869, and was named John, in
honor of Mr. Speer. The child died when very young.

A schoolhouse was built in 1865, and a school taught the following year
by Mr. Gettis.

During the first twoyears of its history the village grew quite rapidly. At
one time it had several business houses and was at least three times its present
size Many buildings have since been moved away.

In March, 1867, Rev. S. Weaver started a newspaper here called the New
Era, which he afterward, in September, 1871, moved to Valley Falls.

There is in the village a large two story schoolhouse, built of stone. One
story is used for the school, while the other is rented for a term of fifty years to
the Baptist Church, which has a prosperous organization and ‘holds religious
services regularly.

'

CENTERVILLE.

This is the site of an old town that was laid out in 1865, about midway
between Perry and Medina. George Williams was proprietor of the town site.
Soon after its survey into lots, John Collins built a large two-story business
house, with the upper part fitted up for a hall. ‘This was the only building ever
erected there, and was for some years used for political and religious meetings
by the citizens of Perry and Medina. The building was afterward moved to
Perry, where it was used for a store for a time, after which it was transformed
into the mill operated by Leach & Sons
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NEWMAN.

This is a railroad station on the line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, about
two miles west from Medina. It is located on the level valley lands of the
Kansas River. It was laid out in 1867, by H. L. Newman.

The first store was opened in 1867, by Newman & Haston. A postoffice
was established, and A. A. Haston appointed Postmaster, which position he
still holds. He is now sole proprietor of the store and town, and is railroad
agent. There are two churches, the Catholic, built in 1868, and a large two-
story schoolhouse, erected in 1882. It is also used for church purposes. The
population of the village is twelve.

THOMPSONVILLE.,

This little village is pleasantly situated.on the Delaware River, about three
miles northwest of Perry. The population is about seventy. The village is
made up of a saw and grist mill, a store, one church, and a postoffice.

_ The village is on the site of the old Mormon settlement of 1851, and
Thompson’s mill is on the exact site of Everett’s Indian saw-mill, built in
1854.

C. L. Thompson began the erection of his mill in 1865,
took the name of Thompson’s Mill.
fitted in 1874.
county.

The postoffice, was established in 1878, called Thompsonville, and C. T.
Tolles was appointed Postmaster.

The place then
The mill was rebuilt and thoroughly re-
It is now one of the largest and best flouring mills in the

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

CALVIN ADAMS, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Perry, was born in Wilkes County, N. C.,
September 18, 1818. At about the age of fifteen, his father moved to Missouri and settled
near where Warrensburg now stands. In 1854 he came to Kansas, locating near Lawrence.
Being among the first settlers in that part, he had many drawbacks to contend with, He
has done his part towards developing Kansas, In 1867 he located where he now resides.
He was marrie. in 1838, to Miss Kate Granger, a native of Sumner County, Tenn., born
September 25, 1817. They have had nine children—David, Benjamin, Mary, James, William,
Andrew; and lost three—Martha, Henry, and Alice. -

WASHINGTON ADAMS, farmer, Section 17, P.O. Thompsonville, is a native of Mls-
souri, and was born in Howard County, November 18, 1828. is father, William Adams,
was anative of North Carolina,.and his mother, Annie Todd, was a native of Kentucky.
Washington lived fora number of es in DeKalb County, Mo., engaged in agricultural

jursuits, and from there came to Kansas, locating south of where he now resides, on the

alf-breed Kaw land, in 1859._ Six years later he removed onto his present farm. He was
married in Missouri, to Miss Louisiana Garrett. They have three children—Serena, Emily
N., and Zerelda. Mr. Adams is one among the sterling citizens of Kentucky OMS

H. BETTYS, farmer, Section 32, P,O. Thompsonville, was born in Canada West, March
31, 1833, parents American. The subject of this sketch becainea resident of the United
States at an early age, when he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1858 he came to Kansas,
locating in Morris County. In 1860 went toColorado. In the fall of 1860 went to Texas,
where he was draftedin the Confederate Army. After Serving two years, deserted; went
to Old Mexico; from thence went to New Orleans; joined the Union Army; was mustered
out of service at Mobile, Ala.,on the 7th day of June, 1865, in pursuance of General Order
No. 77, A. G. O., Wac Department. He returned to Kansas, and in 1866, located where he
now resides. Was married in 1872, to Mrs, Ellen Johnson, They have one son by this
union, Frank. They went to Oregon in 1878, but returned to Kansas in the same year,

A. B. BROWN, farmer, P. O. Perry, 18 a native of Ohio, and was born in Butler County,
November 19, 1851; was there educated; his carly, days were spent in agricultural pur-
suits. In 1873 he came to Kansas, locating a few miles north of Perry where he farmed for
atime. His present farm, adjoining the site of Perry, is pleasantly and desirably situated.
ace Brown was married in Kansas, to Miss Mollie Shuster. They have two children—Ursie
an alter. :

VAL BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P. 0. Thompsonville, is a native of
Ohio, and was born iu Butler County, April 11, 1823, and was reared to manhood and edu-
cated in his native State, where he followed agricultural pursuits. In 1868 he came to
Kansas, locating where he now resides. He has been one of the most successful agricu]tur-
ists inthe county. In 1872 he was elected by the Republican party as a representative and
while in that capdcity acquitted himself creditably to himself and the satisfaction of his
constituents. Was re-elected in 1873, aud was in the extra session of 1874—the great fam-
ine or locust plague. He was married in 1844, to Miss Olive Willey, of Ohio. They have
eight children—Aurelia, M. N., L. E., . B. F., J.B., M.and Wade, Mr. Brown is a mas-
ter mason. He has done considerable during his sojourn in Kentucky Township towards
the advancement of its educational and religious interests.

P. FITZPATRICK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P.O. Thompsonville. This well-
known fellow e1tizen isa native of Ireland, aud was born in the County Clare, March 20,
1819. When he attained his twentieth year (1839), came to the United States, locating in
Louisville, Ky., where he engaged in contracting and was largely interested in developing
woe railroad interests of that State, and resided for sixteen years. He then immigrated to
Minnesota, taking up his abode near Caledonta, being one of the pioneers of Houston
County. Atthat time Miunesota was sparsely settled and owing to the long and severe win-
ters, the residents had m wy obstacles to contend with. While a resident there he was iden-
tified as a politician, being Justice of the Peace and otherwise officially represented in the
county. In 1862 he determined to seek a more congenial clime, and asa result of this
move, came to Kansas, locating where he now resides, in 1863. r. F,isone among the
public-spirited cilizens of his tuwnship, and has done much towards furthering the
interests of education. For several years has held the office of Justice of the Peace,
in which capacity he is still acting. He was married in Louisville, Ky., to Miss Johanna
Buckley. an estimable lady. They have five chitdren—Catherine A., Johanna F., Thomas

», Ellen

JOHN

 

.and Mary E. Mr. Fitzpatrick and family are members of the Catholic Church.
RF. GOEPFERT, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Perrys was born In Saxony, Germany,
February 16, 1833, came tothe United States in 1852, located in St. Clair County, Ill., where
he resided, engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1866, when he removed to Kansas; his
mother and the balance of the family went afterwards; the father having died, He has
since been identified among the leading farmers of Jeiferson County. His estate embraces
606 acres of land, 200 of which are under cultivation. Mr. Goepfert was married in 1865
i Miss Martha N. Thurston, They have four children—Theodore, Orlen, Ernst an
rus.

- A. A, HASTON, postmaster, merchant and station agent, Newman, Is a native of Mis-
souri, and was born in Howard County, May 6, 1825, was there educated. He was identified
with the early development of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas,and settled in Leaven-
worth in 1864, where he engaged asa trader in horses and cattle for the Government for a
few years. He came to Newman the time the town was laid out, was the first one who
opened a store there in company witb his partner, Mr. Newman, and has since been a resi-
dent. Heisaclever gentleman and eminently popular iv the nelghborhood, He was mar-
ried to Miss Mary F. Newman, a native of Kentucky, They have four children—Lizzie,
Lucy, Thomas and Henry.

HRISTOPHER HEBBE, farmer, Section 1, P.O. Perry, is anative of Germany, and
was bornin Prussia, December 13, 1828; was there educated and learned the blacksinith’s
trade. In 1854, came to America, For a time remained in New York,after which he came to
Milwaukee, Wis., working at his trade a while, when he went to Chicago, and for about two
years was in the employ of the Union, afterwards Union & American Car Works. In 1857,
came to Kansas, locating on the Kaw River, at Risiug Sun, in Jetferson County; here he
built ashop and did the first blacksmithing at thatpoint. Mr, Hebbe, although a strong
Free-state man, did not parade his opinion, nevertheless the opposition party gave him
considerable trouble. On his arrival at Rising Sun,when asked if he was Democratic or Re-
publican he answered that he was a Dutchinan, Becoming dissatistied with Rising Sun, the
spring of 1860, he removed his shop toa point now adjoining Medina, where he rented a
small amount of land and commenced farming in connection. Two years later he removed
to where he now resides, following blacksmithing for several years. He has been eminent-~
ly successful in Kansas, and now owns 860 acres of choice land. He was married in Mil-
waukee, Wis. to Miss Sophia M. Weis, of Saxony, Germany. _ They have nine children living
—John O., William C., Carl F., Mary S., Albert J., Esther L., George H., Frank T, and Em-
ma0O. They lost one daughter, Paulina, the first born. The family are identified with the
Lutheran Church. :

J. M. JAMES, liveryman, Perry, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Carter Coun-
ty, October 11, 1846. When ten years of age came to Missouri with his parents, locating in

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Jackson County, where he resided until they came-to Kansas, in 1867, living for a time in
Atchison County, after which came to Jefferson. Has been inthe livery business for sev-
eral years. 1n 1872 Miss Jane Presto became his wife. By this union they have three chil-
dren— T., Tilda M, and Jeremiah. :

. BR. JAMES, proprietor of James House, Perry, is a native of Carter County, Ky.,.
and was born December 1, 1819. Was reared inhis native State. On the 28th of Mareh,
1857, with his family, located in Jackson County, Mo., where they lived until 1867, when
they 'came to Kansas, locating in Atchison County. In 1868, took up his abode four miles
north of Perry, and has made his home in that part since, being for several years in the
hotel business. He was married in Kentucky to Miss Martha Moore. They have six chil-
dren—Mary, Martha, John, Jerome M., William H. and Eph,

JF. I ONES. farmer, Section 21, Kansasjhalf-breed Kaw Indian lands reserve, P,
O. Perry, was born in Montgomery County, Ky., November 27, 1820, where he was educated,
In 1851 hecameto Missouri, locating in Buchanan County, where he engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits until 1867, when he became a resident of Kansas on his present farm, Mr.
Jones is one of Jefferson County’s most solid citizens. He was married in Kentucky to Mra,
Nancy McCormick, of that State. They have five children—William T., Matthew F., Caro-
line, Celia and Sallie. ‘
GEORGE D. KING, teacher, Perry, was born in Lawrence County, Ill, June 22, 1833;
was there partially reared and educated. Atan early age removed to Arkansas, locating on
White River, where he resided a number of years. In 1865 cameto Kansas, taking up his
abode in Oskaloosa for atime, after which hécame to Perry. Himself and wife taught the
first regular district school in the village,and have since been considerably identified with the
educational interests of the State. For several terms Mr. King has taught in Pond’s Com-:
mercial Collegein Topeka. For some time he has given his attention to the insurance busi-
ness. Mrs. ng’s maiden name was Frances Stark; sheis a native of Illinois, and was
married in 1864. They have one daugh.er, Ida. 2

TOM KIRBY, Perry, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Wyandotte County. December’
21, 1840; was there raised and educated. Came to Kansas in 1857, locating for atime at
Indian Mill, now Thompsorville. He taught the first school at Newman, and pursued that
vocation mainly until 1861, when he enlisted in the Ninth Kansas; was one year on the Po-
tomac; served four years and was honorably: discharged, After the war located in Jeffer-
son, which has since been his home, with the exception of two years in Joplin, Mo. He
is well known in commercial circles, having been principally engaged in business
Mr. Kirby saw muchof the growth of Kansas, and is quite conversant with the early
troubles. He was elected by the Republican party in 1869 to the office of Treasurer of Jef-
ferson County. 1n 1869 he was married to Miss Sophronia Kirby. They have three children

—George, Miner and Walter. ~

WILLIAM LEACH, proprietor ofthe Perry flour mill, is anativeof England, and was
born in Bury, near Manchester, March 22, 1831. : When six months of age came to America
with parents, who settled at Taunton, Mass. In 1855, cameto Illinois, locating at Geneseo
where he learned the miller’s trade and resided for seventeen years, farming ten years of
thetime. He next went to lowa, locating at Stuart, bringing a mill with him from Illinois,
which was soon after burned out, and he builtasecondone. Cameto Kansas in 1878, lo-
eating in Labette County. He builta mill at Belle Plaine, Sumner County which he oper-
ated for a time, and the spring of 1881 came to Perry, where he establishe his present busi-
ness. Heis thoroughly skilled in the milling business, and does a large business._He was
married in Massachusetts to Miss Annie H. Blake. They have five children—Frank A.,
Ernst, Willard, Annie and Edith. .

THOMAS LEE, blacksmith and_wagon-maker, Perry, was born in Bradford County,
Pa., April 5, 1857. He was educated and learned his trade in the town of Bradford, In
1877 he came to Kansas, residing for a short time in Lawrence, when he came to Perry.
He has a large and solid trade, and is popular as a gentleman _ no less than as a blacksmith.

J. R. MARTIN, Postmaster and merchant, Perry. This favorably known gentleman is
anative of Ohio, and was bornin Warren County, April 30, 1886. When young _ he re-
moved to Huntington County, Ind., where he was educated. In 1858, he came to Kansas,
locating near Fort Scott, where he resided until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when
he started to return to Indiana, Arriving at Springfield, Ill., he enlisted in Company E,
Twenty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, This was in Juue, 1861. He was in the De-
partment of the Cumberland, and the headquarters First Division Fourteenth Corps. He
passed through the usual routine of warfare until the battle of Perryville: Ky., where he
was wounded, after which he was put on detached service for atime. Was Orderly for Gen.
Garfield at Chickamauga. Served through until the 28th of July, 1864,when he was honor-
ably discharged. After sojourning for a time in Indiana, in the winterof 1866 he came to
Kansas, and located north of Perry, where fora number of years he followed agricultural
pursuits. In 1881 he ang aped in merchandising In January, 1882, was appointed Post-
master. He was married in 1865, to Miss N. Smith, of Huntington County, Ind., formerly
of Warren County, Ohio. O.F. Has been secretary of

 

 

t Mr. Martin is a member of the I. O.
his lodge for nearly twelve years.

L, E, MERRITT, Perry, editor and publisher ofthe Kaw Valley Chief, Perry, is anative
of Illinois, and was born in Atlanta November 8, 1856. When about sixteen years of age he
moved with his parentsto Janesvile, Wis., where he learned his profession as a compositor
in the office of the Rock County Recorder. In 1878, be came to Kansas, locating in St. Mary’s,
In March, 1879, in company with his brgther A. H., he established the Polttawatomie Chief.
which they conducted until September, 1879, when the office was removed to Perry, and it
has since been known as the Kaw Valley Ch In 1881, the subject of this sketch became
sole proprietor. The Chief is indepeudent in politics, cuts close for items, and is appre-
ciated by alarge number of patrons. Mr. Merritt was married in 1880, to Miss K. B. Stark,
of Perry, Kansas. They have one daughter—Ella.

S. MICHAEL, farmer, No. 21, Delaware Reserve, P.O. Perry, was born in Buchanan
County, Mo., April 6, 1840. His father was among the first settlersof the Platte Pur-
chase. Mr. Michael resided in his native county until 1858, when he came to Kansas, and
his interest in this State dates from that time. February 1, 1862, be enlisted in Com-
pany B, Twenty-sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Participated in the battles of
Shiloh, Corinth, and other notable events. Was honorably discharged March 26, 1865.
Returned to Kansas, locating where he now resides. He was married in Buchanan County,
Hos to Miss Sarah C. Bretz. They have four children—Mary L., Maud A., Annie and Wil-

D, T. MITCHELL, attorney, Perry, is a native of Kentucky, and _was born in Mason
County, April 8, 1832. Was there educated and reared tomanhood. He took up the study
of law, which he mastered and has followed as a profession for a number of years. In De-
cember, 1856, he located at Lecompton, Kausas, aud opened a real estate office in connec-
tion with his law pragtice, He was prominently identifiedin that capacity up to 1865,
when heremoved to Lawrence, where he was a resident until the autumn of 1880, when he
took up his abodein Perry. Politically, Mr. Mitehell isa Democrat. In 1862-63 he wasa
member of the Legislature from Donglas County. In 1865-66, was County Attorney of
Douglas County. Foratime was publisner of the Standard at Lawrence. Heisa gentle-
man of liberal views, and thoroughly conversant with earty Kansas. He was married in
1Bta, to Miss A. M, Garrett, They have five children—Mary, William, Rose C., David and
PROF, J, H, QUEEN, principal of the Perry schools and identified with the educational
interests of Jefferson County, is & native of Indiana, and was born in Bartholomew County,
July 25,1853. When four years of age he emigrated to Iowa with his parents, locatlug in
Jasper County, where he worked on a farm during the summer and attended school durin,
the winter. e Jearned the trade of harness making in Earlham, Iowa, which he pursue
for atime. Inthe spring of 1871 he came to Jefferson County, and for ten years has been
one of theleading teachers here, Inthe fall of 1879, by request, he took the pringlpaiship
of the Perry schools, in which position he is now. He has attained considerable local
celebrity as & writer on educational affairs, always being fearless and outspoken, and has
written many interesting articles for the columns of the Oskaloosa Independent. _He was
married 1n the spring of 1880, in Lawrence, Kan., by the chancellor of the State University,
to Miss Allce Thompson, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, who also 1s one of the foremost teachers
mn RUGUST KAN, f

a R ; farmer, Section 1, P. O. Perry, was born in Hessian Germany, August
27,1830. Resided in his native country until 1850, when he came to America, Weeatiug in
Chicago, TL, where he followed the mil ing bus! ness for several years. In 1857 he came to
Kansas, locating in Douglas County, where be resided twelve years, being engaged princi-
pally in milling at Lawrence. From there he cametohis present abode. Dur! ng the war
he was in the Government employ in Arkansas, Missouri and the Southwest. Mr. R. is one
of the leading stockmen in Keutucky Township, and has made a success in farming by uu-
tiring industry. [He was married in Lawrence, in 1858, to Miss Eva C. Miller. They have
three children—Elizabeth, Amelia and Harriet. p

DAVID SAMPLE, farmer, Sec. 19, P. O. Perry. Few citizens there are in Jefferson
County who have not heard of David Sample,he being one of the oldest settlers in the county.
He was born in Princeton, Indiana, May 2, 1833. Came to Jasper County, Mo., at an
early age with his parents, where he was educated. For three years was a resident of Platte
County, Mo., in March, 1855, locating on the farm he still occupies. Here he built a
cabin, and roughed it through for a number of years, during the difficulties of the border,
which made it unwholesome for about all the residents. During the war, Mr. Sample be-
longed to the State militia, He was married ii Missourito Miss Nancy Oley. They have ten
children: Lucinda, John W., Mary, Martha, James, Rebecca, William, Katie, avid, Jr.
and Frederick. Two are deceased.

N. J. STARK, lumber dealer, Perry. This Fenial gentleman isa native of Massachu-
setts, and was born in Franklin-County August 1% 1817. At anearly age his parents emi-
grated to New York, locating on a farm in Erie County, where N. J. spent his earlier days
in tilling the soil. His father, Jediah Stark, was a New Englander. In 1845 the subject ot
this sketch came West, eae a Michigan. ‘he country at that period was in its crude
state, and Mr, Stark took an active part in furthering and advancing its bestinterests, He
 

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

was identified with the commercial interests of the State until 1865, when -
sas, locating in Perry. For several years was en, aged in the rocery Sade eT nie
with other business. Since 1879 he has been in the lumber tra e, has been for some time
Justice of the Peace, and has held other offices, Mr, Stark has been twice married, first to
Miss Mary Annis, of New York, now deceased. Had five children—Byron, Martha L., Fran-
aaa ro ‘deceased, one and Mary. ia Starks seat occurred in Michigan. His
rriett Van er, 0 SO
pr a member of the Magoiie Order, ackson County, Mich. r. Stark
i, farmer, No. 15 Delaware Reserve, P. O., Newman, A native of
Ireland, and was born in the County Meath in 1825: Resided in his native country “iatil
1849, when he came to the United States, locating in Frankfort, Ky. After residing
in Kentucky a few years, came to Kansas City, Mo., where he remained three years,
and on the 7th of March, 1860, located where he now résides, He built a log cabin, which
for compactness was not a success, consequently in stormy weather the faraity
with more fresh air than was congenial with good health. Mr. Supple had all the
drawbacks to contend with incidental to the first settlers of a new country. For.a few
years he was a resident of Pottawatomie County, living near St. Mary’s Mission. He was
married in Frankfort, Ky., to Miss Mary O’Brien. By this union they have had six chil-
dren--James, William, Annie, Mary, and Catherine; lost one, Julia, diéd when eight years
of age, The family belongs to the Catholic Church, ;

. SURBER, M. D., Perry. Was born in Indiana March 30, 1829. At an: early age re-
moved to Ohio, where he was educated, and took up the study of medicine. Afterattending
several courses of lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College, he engaged in practicing for a
number of years before graduating, which was in 1865 on 1854 came to Iowa, locating at
Winterset, where he pursued his profession until 1867, when Perry became his home. He
had, however, located in Kansas temporarily, in 1857, in Clinton, Douglas County. The
Doctor is a genial gentleman, closely identified in the community. He is the present Mayor
(1882) on rertys ia member ¢ pF tne Le oe Cine ; Charter member of the Perry Lodge. He

Y . J, Stuart, of Winterset, Lowa, —
Cassius Clay Gertrude, and Charles H. Caen: eae
Cc. L. THOMPSON; miller, Thompsonville.

was favored

n From this gentleman Thompsonville re-
ceived its present name. The mill site to the pioneers of Jetferson County Tee familiarly
known as [ndian Mills. Mr. Thompson is a native of Massachusetts, and was born in
Worcester County June 27,1832. Was there educated, and learnedthe miller’strade. In 1857
he came to Kansas, locating in Lawrence; engaged in freighting and other pursuits. From
1865 to 1868 he operated a saw mill at Williamstown, from which point he came. to what is
now Thompsonville. He has one of the finest flouring mills in the State, and his brands are
alwaysindemand. He also operates a saw-mill, turning out quantities of hard lumber.
He is an enterprising citizen, and justly merits the success he has had. He married in 1854
-Miss Ahn Muirhead, of Lubec, Me. They havetwo children living—Maud M. and Una
Belle. Also a young lady whom tney raised, by the name of Anna M. Fsson. i
 T, TOLLES, Postmaster and merchant, Thompsonville, is a native of Vermont. and
was*born in Windsor County January 19, 1847; was there raised and educated. Early
in life he pursued the vocation of a drug-clerk, and for a time clerked in the post-office. In
1869 he came to Kansas, locating in Lawrence, where he was engaged in active business for
several years, and came from there to Thompsonville, which at that time had no postoftice,
and was secured through his efforts. He is also notary public, and is engaged in merchan-
dising, Ho was married in 1876 to Miss N. E. Fay, of Massachusetts.
dren—Leon F. and John C. The father of Mr. Tolles, John C.,
Chase, were natives of Vermont, and of English extraction.

OSAWKIE TOWNSHIP,

This township is crossed by the Delaware River and a number of its tribu-
taries. Along these streams are some quite heavy bodies of timber. The sur-
face of the land is rough and hilly, Much of it is too rough for cultivation, but
affords good pasturage. The farms, though somewhar broken, are under a high
state of cultivation, and bountiful crops are raised. The chief industry, aside
from the orchard products, is cattle and hog raising, in which it takes the lead
over any other in the county, in proportion to its population and tillable lands.

It is the oldest settled township of the county, the first settlement having
been made in 1854, at the place where the Military road crossed Grasshopper
River.

The great majority of the early settlers were Pro-slavery men, and they laid
out the town of Osawkie on the east bank of the river. The Free-state men laid
out a town on the west side of the river, on the farm of Jacob U. Brown, and.
calledit Pleasant Hill, but it never’contained more than three or four buildings,
though during the Territorial troubles it was considered headquarters for the
Free-state men of the township.

On the division of the county into townships, Osawkie was one of the three
original ones formed, January 21, 1856, at which time David R. Sprague was
appointed Justice of the Peace, and John Busbe, Constable.

OSAWKIE.

This village is pleasantly situated on the east bank of the Delaware River,
and on the line of the Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern Railroad. The
present population is about two hundred. The town contains five stores, one
large flour and grist mill, one hotel, one livery stable, one blacksmith and wagon
shop, two churches, and a schoolhouse. The professions are represented by the
ministers of the churches, two school teachers, and one physician.

This is the oldest town in the county. The first settlement was made in
the spring of 1854, by W. F. and G. M. Dyer, who erected a store and started a
trading ranche on the old military freight road. They were accompanied by
their families, and the members of their household were the first to form a per-
manent settlement in the county. The store erected by Dyer Bros. is still used
for the same purpose, and is the one in which the postoffice is now kept. The
Dyers were caontained by William H. and O. B. Tebbs, and soon after by R.
McCauslin and Norris S. Knight. :

Early in the year 1855 a town was laid out by the above-named parties, and
lots were sold at a public sale in the following April. This was more than two
years before the land sales, and it was impossible to give a perfect title. A saw-
mill was erected, and during the next two years the town grew rapidly.

The land sales were to be held at this place, beginning in July, 1857. In
anticipation of this event, and hoping to make Osawkie one of the leading cities
of the Territory, several large buildings were erected. A very large hotel was
erected, at acost of many thousand dollars.

Until the land sales the improvement was great. At that time, hundreds
of cabins were standing, and temporary residents came by the thousands, Dur-
ing the land sales every building was crowded, and the outskirts of the town
were surrounded by the camps of land buyers, speculators and gamblers. Many
men came loaded down with gold, and every conceivable gambling device was
kept running night and day. Money was continually changing hands, and
everything was lively. Osawkie town-lots sold for a fabulously high price.

In 1855, when Jefferson County was organized, Osawkie was named as the
county seat. In October, 1858, the county seat was moved to Oskaloosa, and
Osawkie, which had been on the decline for several months, now entirely col-
lapsed, and was deserted by nearly allits residents, Soon after the removal of
the county seat the large hotel was burned down,

_They have two chil-
and his mother, Elizabeth

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For many years after 1858, the town was very dull, but after the later set-
tlement of the surrounding country, it became a quiet little country village. The
lee was completed in 1882, which gives the town a better prospect for the

uture.

The first church erected was by the Catholics, in 1863. It was kept up for
many years, but was abandoned upon a church being erected at Meriden, and
their building in Osawkie was sold in 1882.

The Brethren (German Baptist) Church was organized in 1862, by Revs.
William Gish and John Bowers, It thenhad eight members, The church was
built in 1869. The church now has upward of one hundred members. William
— is the bishop. The elders are J. A. Root, D. Preddy, J. Preddy and A.

earsol. :

The Church of Seventh-Day Adventists was organized in 1879. Rev. Mr.
Kennedy was the first pastor. The next year after thé formation of the society,
the church was erected. It has a membership of about thirty.

The schoolhouse is constructed of brick, is large, and two stories high. It
was built in 1865, at a cost of $1,800. The school is divided into two depart-
ments, each under an able teacher,

There is but one hotel. This the old hotel built in 1856, by William Cor-
man, and was the first regular public house in Osawkie. It is now known as the
St. Charles, and kept by Clark Shelton.

The Osawkie flour and grist mill is owned and operated by William Dail.
It is situated on the Delaware River, and is operated by water-power. It has
two run of buhrs, and with the improved machinery is valued at $15,000.. Its
grinding capacity is 150 barrels of flour per day.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN ARMSTEAD, stock-raiser and dealer, Section 4, P. O. Valley Falls. One of the
most extensive stockmen and real estate owners in northwestern Kansas isthe subject of

this sketch. Heisanative of England, and was born July 17%, 1837; came to the United
States when young. with his pareuts, living in different parts, eventually locating in lowa,
from which State he came to Kansas in the spring of 1857. His father, William Armstead,

is one of the best known citizens of Jefferson County. John has been a resident of the
county ever since 1857, afd has been eminently successful in farming and stock-raising.
Hew : married in Kansas, to Miss Rebecca Pitman. They have three children—Mary A.,
danse and Emma. Mr. Armstead’s estate comprises 1,217 acres, 440 of which are under
cultiv. tion.

WILLIAM ARMSTEAD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, P. O. Valley Falls. This
popular gentleman is a native of England, and was born in Yorkshire, in 1805. In 1850 he
came to the United States, locating in virginia, and afterward in Iowa, pursuing the voca-
tion of butchering. On the construction of railroads, in the spring of 1857, came to Kansas
and loc? ted in Jefferson County, where he has since been largely anterested in farming. He
was among the pioneers in his locality, and has contributed much toward the development
and advancement of educational interests. Mr. Armstead has been twice married, first in
England, to Miss Ann Richardson, Her death occurred in the United States. By this union
he has three sons living—John, Thomas, and Robert, His present wife was formerly Miss
Mary P. Taylor. They have two children, William and Mary Jane.

B, H. BALL, Superintendent Jefferson County Farm, Section 26, P. O. Oskaloosa. This
well known gentleman and pioneer citizen is a nativeof New York; was born in Oswego
County, January 4, 1837. When young came West with parents, who located in Lake County,
Ill, where the subject of this sketch was educated and reared. The autumn of 1858, caaie
to Kansas, locatlag in Jefferson County,where he has since been engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. In September, 1878, was appointed Superintendent of the County Farm. Mr. B. be-

longs to the Grange. He was married in Illinois, to Miss Elizabeth Gilmore. They havetwo
daughters, Capitola and Hattie. a
ILLIAM BOLES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P. O. Valley Falls. One of

Jefferson County’s ’55-ers, who has been prominent in developing its resources, is Mr.
William Boles. He is a native of Ohio, and was born in Butler County, December 4, 1826.
When two years of age he moved with his parents to Marion County, Ind., and in his twelfth

ear weut to Huntington County, where he was reared and resided until June, 1855, when

e came to Kansas. r, Boles passed through all the early troubles, bore up under the sea-
son of crop failures, by good management always having plenty. He never lost faith in
Kansas, speaking of it in high terms under the most abject circumstances. Largely through
his instrumentality the first school was established in the neighborhood, and he has always
been interested in school matters. During the war he was in the State militia. Mr. Boles,
being.a carpenter by trade, erected some of the old landmarks in the township. Among
these are the first store building in Osawkie, built for Dyer Bros. Few of the old settlers are
better known. He was married in Indiana, to Miss Mary Gettys, a native of Richland
County,Qhio. They have had eleven children, nine of whom are living—Emma J., Jessie W.,
Alber id ames, Mary E., Charlotta,Gertie, Lucy A., the eldest, and Edgar; two died, Sophro-
na an 08a. :

G. BOTHWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, P. O. Valley Falls, was born in
Essex County, Vi., July 25,1818. When fourteen years of age emigrated_with parents to.
Indiana, eventually removing to Missouri, thence to Iowa, locating in Mahaska County,
there residing until the spring of 1856, when he came to Kansas, locating where he now re-
sides, being one of the first in that locality. He immediately turned his attention to devel-
oping a farm, and has since been identified with the agricultural interests of the county.
During his first year in the State, he served in the capacity of Deputy Sheriff. During the
war was inthe State militia, and participated in the Price raid. e was married in Iowa,’
to Miss Jane ielsey. They have two sons, Charles and George J.

S. H. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, P.O. Osawkie. Among the pio-

neers of Jefferson County deserving of special mention isthe name of J. U. Brown, who,
with his family, located near Osawkie early in 1855, having come to the State in October,
e564, making a temporary stop on the Delaware Reserve land. He wasa native of Penn-
sylvania, and came from Lowa to Kansas. Fora number of years he was prominently iden-
tified with the farming interests, and for a time was in mercantile trade in Osawkie. His
death occurred in 1878. His son, S. H., was born in Bradford County, Pa., October 6, 1834;
came to Kansas in 1854, with parents, where he has since followed farming. Was married
in Kansas, to Miss Sarah Root. They have had eleven children, seven of whom are living—
William, Manual, Eliza E., John H., Harvey, Charles, and Mary E.; lost four—Ella, Jessie
F., Eddie, and an infant. The family are identified with the German Baptist Church.

. CARBER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, P. O. Valley Falls, was born in Hesse
Darmstadt, Germany, December 1, 1836; was educated and reared in his native country.
When nineteen years of age he came to the United States, locating for atime in Ohio,
thence to Illinois, from which State he came to Kansas in 1869, locating where he now re-
sides. Mr.C.is one of the most progressive farmers ofthecounty. He was married in
Illinois, to Miss Sarah Abbott, of Hancock County, an estimable lady. By this marriage
they have eight children—Lucina, Emma, George, Frank, May, Ella, Flora, and Mary J.

. M. COBB, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Valley Falls. This pioneer came to Kansas in
April, 1856, taking up his abode where he now resides. He had all the troubles to contend
with which were in vogue during the border warfare of 1856. Mr. C. is one of the leading
farmers of the county, and has figured substantialiy in the development of Jefferson
County, He was born in Orange County, N. Y., August 10, 1831. At an early age he re-
moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, thencetoOhio. Eventually he emigrated to Iowa,
settling in Jasper County, from which point he came Kansas. He was married in Iowa, to
Miss Indiana E. Dowler. By this union they have nine children—George H., Ida F., Thomas
C., Mary I., William F., Lewis M., Jr., Josephine E., Bepecga J., and Emma A.

WILLIAM M. DAIL, proprietor of the Osawkie Mill. This well known gentleman was
born in Stark County, Ohio, June 1, 1837. At an early age he removed to Ross County
with his parents, where he,was educated and learned the cabinetmaker’strade. The spring
of 1857 he came to Kansas, locating at Osawkie. He engaged in working as a carpenter,
and in later years for atime was freighting across the plains, From 1860 to 1869 he tended
the Osawkie Bridge. In 1869 he became owner of his present mill, which he has since
ope raeS with a considerable degree of success. Mr. Dail was married in Kansas, August,
1870, to Miss Kate Priddy. They have four children—Guy, Clarence, Adelaide, and Abbie.

JAMES GRIFE ITHS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, P. O. Osawkie, was born in
Cabell County, W. Va., December 3, 1828. Was principally educated and reared in Indiana,
from which State he came to Kansas in the autumn of 1855, locating in Osawkie Township,
Jefferson County, where he has since been a resident. Mr. Griffiths is one of the pioneers,
and has done ample share towards the development of the agricultural interests of the State,
being one of the most progressive citizens. He was married in Indiana, to Miss Leverna
Wilson. They have eight children living—Wilson, Jane, Alvin, Lucinda, Maria, Edna,
Mattie, and Maud; and lost one—Oscar. 3

ELIJAH HARDING, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 18, P. O. Valley Falls, Among

 

 
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the sturdy pioneers who roughed it through the trying times of early Kansas, and did his
ample share towards developing the farming interests of Jefferson County, was Mr. Hard-
ing. He came tothe State in the spring of 1854, and since that date his interests have been
in Osawkie Township, Heis a native of England, and was born in Cheshire, Sept. 26, 1826.
When sixteen years of age he emigrated to America with his parents, locating near Quincy,
Ill., where he was educated, reared, and resided until coming to Kansas, Mr. H. has been
twice married, both times ia Kansas, and both wives are deceased. He first wedded Mrs.
Luna Wilson, nee May, and the second marriage took place with Mrs, Liddie Rey.olds, nee
Burton. By the latter union he has three children—Eliza, Gilbert, and Noah.

GEORGE HAWK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P.O. Osawkie, This pioneer
is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Westmoreland County, May 26, 12s
was there educated and reared, residing until 1857, when he came to Kansas, locating where
he now resides. He had all the difficulties to contend withincidental to the first settlers in
anew country. He has been a coustant resident since that time, and has done much toward
the development of Jefferso. County, 'Mr, Hawk was married in Pennsylvania, January
18, 1838, to Miss Caroline Rugh, a native of that State. They have had six children—Amos,
Herman, Valeb, Benjamin, Almira, and Riley, Herman was @ soldier in the Secund Kan-
gas, and was never heard of after the battle of Wilson Creek.

FRED HOLLER, druggist Osawkie. This gentleman is favorably known to all whose
business brings them to Osawkle. Heis auative of Wayne County, Ind., and was born De-
cember 24, 1841; was educated and reared in Henry County, [nd., from which he came to
Kausas in the spring of 1866. His father, Christian Holler, also became a resident, locat-
Ing tu Osawkie Township, where they engaged in farming. Soon after, the subject of this
sketch, 1u company with his brother John, engaged in the drug trade, which business still
continues, Johan having withdrawn and embarked in trade in Topeka, Mr. Holler during
thelate Rebellion was a Sergeant in Company G, Highty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
serving three years, and particlpated in a number of general engagements, He was mar-

red a 1873, to Miss Caroline Hays, of Missouri. ey have two children—Jessie and
racie, : ‘
JAMES H. LOW, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Osawkie, is a native of Indiana, and was

born in Tipton County, May 27,1848. He was there educated and reared to manhood, his
earlier days being spent in tilling the soil. In 1864 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred
and Thirty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving four months. I: 1879 he came to
Kansas, and has since been nuinbered ameng the enterprising agriculturists of Jefferson
County. - He was married in Indiana, to Miss Eliza Ann Bennet. They have five children—
Lawrence, Jessie,.Charles, Clara, and Jennie, He is a member of the A. O. U. W.

W. C. MoCLENNY, farmer, Section 2, P. 0. Valley Falls, is a native of Illinois, and was
born in Madison County, May 29, 1839, and was there educated and reared. In 1856,
cameto Kansas, locating a claim where he now resides; he was then a comparative youth.
The border war was at that time at its zenith, and Mr, McC., being a stroug Free-soiler,
took an active part. In 1862, eilisted in Company I, Second Kansas Cavalry, being Ser-
peant of the company; participated at the battle of Pea Ridge and other engagements, serv-

ng until the close; was discharged July 4, 1865. After the war, turned hig attention to
farming, which he has pursued the greater portion of thetime. For three years, has been
aguard at the Kansas State Penitentiary. Heisa member of thel. 0.0. F, Valley Falls
Lodge, No. 86. He was married in September, 1866, to Miss Mary E. Byram. They have
three children—John E., Elias and Charles W.

. MOKEEVER, stock-raiser, Section 12, P. O. Valley Falls, was born in Chester County,
Pa.; when ten yearsof age, removed to Ohio with his parents, where he was educated and
reared. Forseveral years, was a resident of Louisiana; engaged in various pursuits, In 1857,
he cameto Kansas, taking up his abode in Douglas Township, Jackson County,and turned his
attention to farming. His financial status at that time was limited in the extreme, and for
the first few years, he harl many drawbacks to contend with. Mr, McKeever figured promi-
nently in the early development of Jackson County. Officially, he was County Commis-
sioner, for several years, assessed the county on one occasion, and was otherwise officially
identified. Heis a man of excellent judgment, and a deep thinker, and once his mind is
made up, it is difficult to change. He is progressive, keeping pace with the times, and by
untiring industry, has becume one of the leading stockmen of the West. His present farm,
on which he located a few fears ago, is one of the finestin the county. Mr. McKeever
was married, in 1861,in Buchanan County, Mo.,to Miss Elvira Means. They have nine
ehildren—Joseph .. W., James R., David ., William A., George V., Horace Greeley, Har-
vey H.and Nellie. Lost one Guy F.

JESSE NEWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, P.O. Osawkie, This gentleman
isasonof the pioneer citizen, V. F. Newell, and was born in Jefferson County, Kan., Sep-
tember 29, 1855. Here he has been educated and reared, following agricultural pursuits as
a vocation. He was married in Jefferson County, the autumn of 1882, to Miss Martha

Winkler. “
. EF, NEWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P. O. Oskaloosa. In the spring of
1856, Mr. Jesse Newell with his family came to Kansas, lacating in Jetferson County, He
owned the original town site where Oskaloosa now stands, and in thesummer of 1856, he
laid out the town of Oskaloosa, and named the town in honor of Oskaloosa, Iowa, the county
seat of Mahaska County, where he had resided previous to coming to Kansas. uring this
game summer he put upa steam mill. He wasa strong Free-state man, and was fearless
in denouncing the advocates of slavery, who took every possible opportunity of persecutin
him. He was a powerful man, physically, and did not hesitate to exercise his strengt.
where language failed to have the desired’ effect. Few men were more popular among the
Free-soilers. Himself and son were at Hickory Point battle, and at other skirmishes of
Jess importance. The first Free-state election in that part was held in a cabin on
his farm, five or six votes_being cast. V. F. Newell, his son, was born.in_ what is
now Ashland County, Ohio, February 14, 1831, where he was partially reared. Removed
with his parents to Mahaska County, Iowa, and came to Kansas in the spring of 1855. The
family locat-d on Blue River; after a short sojourn, located where V. F. now resides. He
made the first wagon trail from that neighborhood to Lawrence, labored assiduously in
farmlug during the early times, when not. wate 1ing or attending to troubles occasioned by
the border ruffians, He was marrledin_ Iowato Miss Harriet Spurlock, an estimable lady.
By this union they have five children—Jesse, Frank, John, Liddie and Nellie.

A. L. PEARSALL, miller and farmer, P. O. Osawkie. One who contributed amply
toward the early development of Osawkie Township istbe subject of thissketch. He was
born in Allegany County, N. Y., Seprember 2, 1835. Atan early age, came West with his
father, Albert, who located four and one-half miles from Chicago, Ill., where he kept hotel
for several years. The locality he occupied is now inside of the city limits. The famil
eventually moved to Iowa, and in January, 1855, emigrated to Kansas, settling on Roc
Creek, in Jefferson County. In 1857, located in Osawkie, A. L. Pearsall engag ng in the
milling business, in which branch he has been identified to the present time. imself and
father were strong Free-state advocates, taking partin theearly troubles. Both partici-
pated inthe famous Hickory Point engagement, Mr. Albert Pearsall’s death occurred in
1858. A. L. wa3_inarried in Osawkie Township, to Miss Catherine Brown, a native of
Penusylvania, They have three children—Ida, Stephen and Ada, The family is identified
with the German Baptist Church.

FREDERICK PIPHER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, P.O. Oskaloosa, Is a native
of New York, and was born in Cattaraugus County, January 11,1836. When twenty-one
Leas of age he came to Missouri, locating in Ray County, where he resided until attaining

his majority. Helocated permanently in Kansas in 1864, eight miles north of where he
now resides. He has been on his present farmsince 1868. In1861, he enlisted in Company
H, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, serving three years, and participated jn the battles of Helena and
Little Rock, Ark., and other engagements inthe Southwest. He was married ih Kansas to
ats ee A. qv ileon, They have had four children—Ida H., Charles D., Carrie A., and
lost one, Henry S.

J. M. PUDERBAUGH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 85, P. 0. Osawkie, This favor-
ably-known gentleman is a native of Ohio, and was born March 10, 1843. At an early age
removed to Wabash County, Ind., where he was educated and reared. In 1861, he enlisted
in Company I, Eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and three months,
participating in the battles of Vicksburg and other noted events. In 1864, he came to

ansas, and located in Jefferson County, and has since been principally engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. He wasa member of the State Legislature from the Ninth District for
the years 1881 and 1882. Mr, Puderbaugh is aman of profound judgment, thoroughly up
to the times, and @ fluent conversationalist. He was married in Kansas to Miss Matilda
Holler, a native of Indiana. They have six children—Calvin, Clara, Clay, Christopher,
ora, and Carl.

CLARK SHELTON, hotel and livery, Osawkie. The genial host who attends to the wants
of thetraveling public in Osawkie,is a native of Virginia, and was born in Wibeeling
April 16, 1834. Came to Illinois when Founs, residing in Tazewell and Peorta counties until
twenty years of age, when he went to Iowa, residing several years In different parts of the
State, eventually going to Texas, where he was engaged in the saw-millirg business for a
time. In-1865 hecame to Kansas, turning his attention to farming in Jefferson County.
During his sojourn he has developed 1,200 acres of Jand, In April, 1881, embarked in the
hotel andlivery business in Osawkie, He has been twice married, firstin Keokuk, Iowa, to
Miss Adelia Bateman. Has four children—Volney R., Thomas J., John H. and Highland
Mary. Mrs. §.’s dea’h occurred in Iowa, In Kansas he was married to Miss Isabelle Tillat-
son, daughter of William Tuillatson, one of the pioneers of the county. They have two
chifdren. Mr, Shelton is the right man, in the right place, as a hotel and livery Keeper, aud
is a staunch Democrat. 5

JACOB STEFFEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, P. O, Osawkie, was born in York
County, Pa., February 27, 1824. Was educated ani resided in his native State until he at-
tained his majority, when he emigrated to Ohio, afterward to Indiana, and in 1869, cameto
Kansas and located where he now resides. Mr. Steffey has bevn_a successful agriculturist,
and fs one of the solid farmers of his township. He was married in Ohio, to Mrs. Elizabeth
Hoffman, whose maiden name was Hosler. They have four ,children—Silas H., John M.,

“HISTORY OF KANSAS,

Ella, and Mahlon CG. Mrs. Steffey by her former marriage had two daughters—Susan and
Catherine,

N M.S FFEY, farmer, Section 35, P.O. Osawkle. This enterprising young agri-
sittemetis a tien of Indiana, and was born in Hamilton County in 1857. Was there par-._
tially educated and reared, his earlier days being spent in tilling the soil. In 1870 came to
Kansas. Was married in 1878 to Miss Eva Lake. They have two children—Claude B. and
Hally A.

Cc E, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 23, P. O. Oskaloosa, was born in
Wonalink Coney kaa, May 25, 1827. Was principally reared and educated in Boone Coun-
ty. Resided in indiana until 1861, when he emigrated to Minnesota, locating in Winona
County, engaging infarming. From there he came te Kansas ia the spring of 1866, locat-
ing where enow resides, Mr. Vancleave is numbered among the progressive citizens of
the county, He has been twice married, firstto Miss.Mary King, of Indiana. now deceased.
By this union they had three children, one of whom is living, William 8. His present wifo
was Miss L. Irwin. They have eight children living—Mary #., Mertie P., Emma B., Luella
M.,, Laura C., Irena V., Lillie F,and Sadie E. The family are members of the Methodist

3 ch.

EPA Pes WALKER, stock-raiser, Section 7, P.O. Valley Falls. He is.one of the pio-
neers of Jefferson County, and one of the most prominent stock men in the State. He was
born in Hancock County, Indiana, February 10, 1829; was there educated and reared. The
autumn of 1854 came to Kansas, locating temporarily on the Delaware Reserve. Since that
period has been a constant resident, doing much toward furthuring the best interests of the
State. He was married in Indiana, to Miss Liddie Bunker, of that State. Mr. Bunker,
hrother of Mrs. W., was one.of the first settlers of the county. He resides with the Walker
family.

ROCK CREEK TOWNSHIP.

This township is situated in the western part of the county, and in agricul.
tural resources is one of the wealthiest. , er

The first settlement was made in the fall of 1854, Wm. Wade having select-
ed aclaim at that time. He did not locate permanently, however, until the
next year.

tn January, 1855, a party composed of Aaron Cook, Geo. Cook, A. Pearsall,
and James Dempsey, of Black Hawk County, Iowa, arrived, and followed up
the military road west of Osawkie to Rock Creek, where Wm. Wade had select-
ed his claim, From there they went up the creek one mile, and here Dempsey
located a claim. The others located claims in the neighborhood.

For the first few years the settlement of the township was rather slow, as
compared with other parts of the county, and most of it was on Muddy and
Rock Creeks. :

The first marriage in the township was that of Peter Stuart and Miss Dunn,
in 1856. ’

The first business house, wasagrocery and whisky store, by Shields | &
Chubb, at Mount Florence, in 1856: That place was a station on the old mili-
tary freight road, and situated one and one-half miles southwest of the present
town of Meriden, and was laid out as a town site. It never grew to bea village
of more a half-dozen houses, and the site was afterwards abandoned. The site.
of Mount Florence is now owned and occupied by Henry Chubb, as a farm. He
was the original proprietor of the town site. :

The first postoffice in the township was established at Mount Florence in
1857, and C. D. Shields was appointed Postmaster.

_ The first school district was formed in 1859, a schoolhouse erected, and a
school taught, the same year, by Miss Elizabeth King, who was afterward Mrs.
Turner, and since deceased.

MERIDEN.

This enterprising and thriving town is situated at the junction of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, and the Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern Rail-
roads. The population numbers about three hundred and fifty, and is made up
of an intelligent and enterprising class of citizens. All branches of business
necessary fora country trade are represented. There are seven general stores,
one drug, one hardware, one railroad depot, three grain elevators and ware-
houses, one furniture store, two hotels, and two livery stables. ‘There are three
physicians, and two attorneys.

Meriden is located on the southwest quarter of Section 7, Township 10,
Range 17, east. It was surveyed and platted in October, 1872; and was on the
land owned and occupied as a farm by Albert Owens.

The first building was a railroad section house, erected in the fall of 1872.
The next was asmall building by N. Colby, a part of which was moved from
Mount Florence, in October. Dr. .A. Dawson completed the first dwelling in
November. About the same time a blacksmith shop was started in a building
moved from Mount Florence. The above constitute about all the improve-
ments of 1872.

After three hotly contested elections the township voted $20,000 in bonds
to the A. T.& S. F. R. R. Co., to secure the buildmg of a depot, which was
erected in 1873.

Early in 1873, the first store was erected by Wm. & Perry Riggs.

The ponernas was established late in 1872, and Frank Cunningham was
appointed Postmaster.

The first marriage was in the fall of 1872, and was that of Dr. A. Dawson
and Miss Dantie Graydon.

The first birth was that of Add. A. Dawson, in 1874.

The first death was that of Geo. W. Riggs, who died in 1874.

Since the foundation of the town it has continued to progress slowly, but
steadily, untilthe present date. One newspaper, the Meriden ews, is published
here by J. P. Coffin. :

. The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1873. The church was
built in 1877, and is a frame edifice. There is also a parsonage belonging to
the class. The total value of the property is about $2,600.

The United Brethren Church Society was organized in the neighborhood
long before the foundation of the town. ‘Their church was erected in 1880, and
is valued at $2,500.

The Catholic Church was organized in 1879, and in the following year the

church was erected. Its value is about $2,700. This church has about 150
members.

_ The Baptist Church was built in 1882.
ship and is in a prosperous condition.

The Christian Church has an organization, which although now prosper-
ous, is continually improving.

The society has a large member-
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

Meriden Lodge, No. 29, A. O. U. W., was organized early in 1880, with
about twelve members. A. Dawson was the first W. M.

; Jefferson Lodge, No. 107, A. O. U. W., was organized in August, 1882.
This is a branch from the old Meriden lodge, which was divided on account of
some differences,

~ .The village district school consists of two departments, each under acareful
nstructor. The schoolhouse is a large two story frame building ‘and was
erected in 1882. The district was formed before the foundation of the town,
and for several years school was taught in the old schoolhouse adjoining the
town site.

ROCK CREEK.

This is a railroad station on the line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad. It has a good railroad depot, and one store, but the town site has
not yet been surveyed,

The location of Rock Creek isa very pleasant one, and it is situated about
midway between the towns of Valley Falls and Meriden.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

HON. WALTER N. ALLEN, stock-raiser, P. O. Meriden, and editor of the Kansas State
Journal, Topeka, If we except the slavery question, no issue has entered so largely into
the politics of Jefferson County as the question of the issuance of bonds to railroad com-

anies, and no man has become more prominently to the front on this policy than the sub-
ect of this sketch, as will appear hereafter. W.N. Allen was born in Halifax County, N.
C., March 4 Baas His father was James V, Allen, and the maiden name of his mother
was Eljza Mason Johnson. Her father was a merchant of considerable prominence.
Walter N. was educated at Wake Forrest College, N. C. On leaving college he entered
Battles’ Law School at Chapel Hill, in that State, where he gave considerable time to the
study of his chosen profession, and on admission to the bar, entered upon the practice of
law in his native village. In 1857 be removed to Kansas, settling in Jefferson County. In
1858 he was appointed County Attorney, and the ensuing year was elected to the same
osition. In 1863 he was appointed Clerk of the District Court for Jefferson County by
on, William McDowell, Judge of the First Judicial District of Kansas. In 1865 he was
elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for Jefferson County. In this
osition he was an active and able opponent of the appropriation of 500,000 acres of land
which had been donated to Kansas by the United States Government) in aid of railroads
taking the ground, that these lands were reserved by the State Constitution for the suppor
, of thecommon schools. In 1867 he was elected Clerk of Jefferson County. During his
term of office the Board of County Commissioners submitted a Joins proposition to the
people of Jefferson County for subscriptions to the capital stock, and the issuance of bonds
therefor to the amount of $300,000 in equal Broporticns to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe and the Atchison, Oskaloosa & Lawrence railroads, and the Board declared the propo-
sition carried, ordering Mr. Allen as Clerk to make the entry subscribing to the stock of
those railroads, which he absolutely refused to do. Legal proceedings were commenced
against him and he was remanded to jail. He still resolutely persisted in his refusal, in
consequence of which he was not only kept in prison, but. removed from office. This
delay enabled the people to get out proceedings in injunction restraining the County

Board or any other officer from subscribing to such stock or issuing such bonds. This patri-:

otic, heroic determination saved the county from financial ruin and bankruptcy, and justly
gaveto Mr. Allen the credit of honorably discharging his duty to the people regardless of
personal consequences, In the bitter contest that ensued in the persistent attempts of the
ra!lroad companies to secure bonds, Mr, A. took an active part inj organizing @ political

arty in opposition to such gross injustice. He took the stump in advocacy of candidates

‘or County Comunissioners opposed to issuing bonds, and mainly by his efforts they ©

were elected on this issue alone in defiance of the regular nominee of the Republican
‘party which had then the majority of about 700 in thecounty. Mr. Allen was married to
iss J'nnie Walker, of Clinton County, N. Y..by whom he has one son—Pope, a highly
educated and promising young man. Mr. A. has not given his attention to the legal profes-
sion for a number of years, devoting himself largely to agricultural pursuits 0 1 hi. estate
near Meriden. Theseason of 1882 he enterrd the newspaper arena, securing an interest in
the Topeka Democrat, through which organ he worked assiduously and did much towards
electing Hon G. W. Glick, the present Governor. After the election, Mr. A., with his asso-
ciates, purchased the State Journal, a Greenback Baper and added the Democrat office to
thesame. The Journal is now the leading and official Democratic organ of the State. Mr.
A. is a genial, hospitable gentleman of strong convictions, generally sympathizing with
justice and on the side of the weak; his social qualities haye won him a host of friends,

LEWIS W. BONEWITZ, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P.O. Meriden. This ster-
Ing farmer was bornin Wayne County, Ohio, July 5,1850. When fifteen years of age he
moved wich his parents to Indiana, his father locating with his family in Allen County,
where Lewis was _reared to manhood and resided until he came to Kansas, locating in Jef-
ferson County in March, 1879. He was married in Ohio to Miss Margaret Chacey, a native
ofthat State. They havetwo children—Minnie and Jennie.

¢. 8. BURT, merchant, Meriden, was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, May 18,
1849; was there reared and educated, For a time was in business in Ohto, In 1870 he
came to Kansas and for several years pursued the vocation of a hardware clerk at Newton
Hutchinson and Great Bend. In March. 1880, came to Meriden and embarked in genera!
merchandising, carrying one of the largest stocks in the county. Mr. Burt is also pro-

rietor of the principal hotel in Meriden, and in the capacity of a host he is the right man.
Be was married in Ohio to Miss A. A. Crawford. They have two children—Lewis and
Orrin. : iS 2 :
S. H. CHACEY, farmer _and stock-raiser, Section 8, P. O. Meriden, isa native of Ohio
and was born in Wayne Couuty, January 22, 1843, was there educated and reared. In
August, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He partici-
pated in the battle of Shiloh and in the Nashville engagement. Was all through the Atlanta
campaign, serving until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. Hecon-
tinued to reside in Ohio, following farming until the spring of 1878, when he came to Kan-
sas. Mr. C, as a farmer combines the practical with the theoretical and has been eminently
successful, He was married in Ohlo to Miss Sarah E. Carlin. By this union they have six
ehildren—Maggie E., Herbert C., Vincent H., Charles R., Bertha, and James Garfield; and
lost one, Orba. Himself and family are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

L. A. CLARK, agent A. T. &S.F.R.R., Meriden, was born in Switzerland County,
Ind., May 29, 1854. e was there reared tomanhood. For three gears he attended college
at Hillsdale, Mich., after which hetook upthe study of law in Switzerland County. In
1875 was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice his profession, in connection
with which he was superintendent for two years of the Ohio River Telegraph Company.
In 1878 he cameto Kansas, entering the employ of the A. T. &S8.F., as agent, at Cotton-
wood. Came to Meriden in November, 1880. Mr. Clark is also agent for the W. U, Ex-
press Company, and local editor of the Meriden News. He was married October 12, 1876,
to Miss Mary C. McCulloch, of Switzerland County, Ind. They have two children, Claud
M., and, Pearl. He isa member of the A. O. ot U. W.

J. A. COFFEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 25 P. O. Rock Creek. Among the
hardy pioneers who braved all obstacles to makea home in the far West, and who con-
tributed the bone and sinew in making Kansas the great agmcuituret State it now is, 10 one
is more deserving of special mention than J. A. Coifey e is a native of Ireland, and was
Dorn in County Kildare, where he was educated, reared and resided until he was eighteen

ears of age, when the United States attracted his attention, and in 1839 he became a resi-
dent of Pennsylvania, where he engagedin a: ricultural pursuits and resided a number of
years. In 1857, with bis family, he emigrated to Kausas, locatin, in Rock Creek Township,
where he has since resided, pursuing the vocation of fare. r. Coffey has been identl-
fied in the county officially by being County Commissioner, Clerk of the first school Dis-
trictin Rock Creek Township, and other offices. In 1860 was on the committee in distribut-
ing aid to the needy in the State as a result of the protracted drought. In 1864, when Price
invaded Kansas, be shouldered his musket and went into the field to drive the invader
fromthe State, ‘In all capacities Mr. C. has been found to be the night man in the right
lace. Politically, he is of Democratic views. He was married in 1850 to Miss Elizabeth
alsh, of County’ Mayo, Ireland. By this union they have eleven children, Annie L.,
Thomas F., Mary J., Rose A.. William H., James E., John E., Joseph C., and Elizabeth;
losttwo, Elizabeth and Margaret. Ss .
.H, COFFEY, merchant and postmaster, Rock Creek. This gentleman is @ son of
the veteran citizen, Mr. J. A, Coffey, aud was born in Jefferson County, Kan., August 10,
1863; was here educated and reared, In 1881 engaged in business at Rock Creek; is a gen-
ial individual and favorably known throughout the western part of the county.

Ss. B. E, merchant, Meriden. This Kansas pioneer was born in Columbiana County,
Ohio, October 16, 1832. In 1845 he removed with his parents to Van Buren County, lowa,
and afterwards to Clark County, Mo. In the autumn of 1856 he came to Kansas, locating
temporarily at Manhattan. Hesaw Kansas in its crude state, residing here until 1861,
when he returned to Missouri and enlisted in Company C, Seventh Missouri, Hoe partici-

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pated in the engagements of Lone Jack, Mixes’ Mill, Pine Bluff, and others. Was taken
prisoner at Lone Jack, ut soon after paroled. At the Battle of Black Water was slightly
wounded, After serving over four years he was honorably discharged at Little Rock,
Ark. After the war he returned to Kansas, engaging in the stock business in Jackson
County In1867 moved to near Fort Scott, residing there until1874, when he returned;
has since made his abode in the vicinity of Meriden, engaging in trade in 1882. He was
married in Kansas to Miss Sarah A. Martin. They have four children, Lucy L., Otho E.,
Owen L., and LottieS. Mr. Cope is a member of the Masonic Order.

A. DAWSON, M. D., Meriden, was the first medical practitioner in Meriden, and has
attained a wide and well merited reputation in this community. He located in Meriden in
the spring of 1872, when the town fir-t sprang into existence, and built the first house east
of the railroad. The Doctor was born in Morgan County, Ohio, July 21, 1848. His paternal
ancestors were among the first families of the United States. His mother was a Sibley, of
the same family asthe Minnesota Sibleys. The subject of this sketch, after receiving the
benefits of a good education took up the study of medicine in the Cincinnati Medical Col-
lege, and afterwardthe American Eclectic College in St. Louis, graduating from the latter
institution. The Doctor has been twice raarried, each time in Kansas, First to Miss Dantie
Graden (now deceased), By this union he had one daughter, Ada A, His present wife was
formerly Miss Minnie Harrington. They have one son, Albert M. The Doctor isa mem-
ber of the Christian Church.

G. M. DIX, farmerand stock-raiser. Section 6, P. O. Meriden, is a native of Kentucky,
and was born March 8, 1834. When two years of age he removed with his parents to Henry
County, Ind., where he was educated and reared until the spring of 1851, when he located
in Pulaski County. Inthe spring of 1857 he came to Kansas in company with his father,
brother and other relatives, taking up their abode in Rock Creek Township, Jefferson
County, where he has resided ever since, being one among the pioneers ofthat part. Dur-
ing his long sojourn he has been closely identified, and few of the old settlers are more
favorable Known than George M. Dix. He served in Company B, Fourth Regiinent
Kansas Militia, and took partin the battle of Westport, Mo., October 23 and 23, 1864, For
upwards of twelve years he has been Justice of the Peace, and for eighteen years has been
on the school board. He was married in Indiana in 1858, to Miss Lucretia Higman. They
have three children Esther E., John P, and Nancy B. i

J. M. DOOLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P. O. Rock Creek, isa native of
Pennsylvania; was born in Luzerne County, July 6, 1830. Was educated, reared and
resided in his native State until 1858, when he came to Kansas, sojourning temporarily,
and going onto Pike’s Peak. His brother, Thomas Dooley, had preceded him to Kansas,
coming in 1857; he was one of the ploneers on Rock Creek. The autumn of 1869, the sub-
ject of this sketch returned to Kansas, remaining until 1860, when he returned tothe
mountains'pursuing the vocation of mining up to 1870, when he located where he now
resides. Mr. D.is one of the substantial and representative citizens of thecounty. He
was married in Kansas to MissMaggie Walsh. They kave twochildren, Thomas and Annie.

N. M. ELROD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 19, P. O. Rock Creek, is anative of In-
diana, and was born in Orange County, August 2, 1830; was there educated and reared on
afarm. When twenty-six years of age came to Missouri, locating in Cedar County. In
August, 1861, became a resident of Jefferson County, Kan. During the war was Corporal
in Company I, Fourth Kansas Militia, participating n the Price raid, Mr. E. 1s one of the
most substantial and progressive farmers of-Rock Creek Township. He was married in Mis-
souri, to Miss Amanda Gish. They have two children, Alvie A, and Julia B.

D. H. FRASER, farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 36, P.O. Meriden. This favorably
known gentleman Is a native of Canada, and was born January 10. 1832; was there edu-
cated and reired. When twenty-two years of age he emigrated to Wisconsin, locating io
Fond du Lac County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, In’1857 he came to Kan-
sas, taking up his abode in Douglas County, where he remained until 1860, coming to his
present location at that time, In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Kansas, partici-
pating in the battles of Cane Hill, Prairie Grove. Van Buren,and other noted events, serving
until the close of the Rebellion, when he was on the plains for atime, suppressing the In-
dians. After returning, resumed farming. Mr. Fraser is a substantial Republican, and was
elected to the Legislature, in 1873,by that party. He has been Justice of the Peace, and held
other township offices for a number of years. He is a man of gond judgmeut, well read, and
a fluent conversationalist. He was married in Fond du Lac County, Wis., in 1856, to Miss
Lucelia Turner. They have one son living, Willie. Their oldest+on, a promising young
man, was drowned in the Kansas River at Topeka, in the summer of 1882. Mr, Fraser is a
member ofthe A. O. U. W.

M. A. GARDNER, merchant, Meriden, was born in Yorkshire. England, February 2,
1834. Whentwo yearsof age came to the United States, with his parents, locating in Na-
varre, Ohio, where his father, James, owned and operated a tannery for several years.
Here he learned the tanner’s trade, and pursued the vocation in Ohio for a number of years.
In 1872 he embarsed in the manufacture of leather at Roanoke, Ind., continuing until the
spring of 1878, when he came to Kansas, engaging intradein Meriden. Mr. G.isalive
business man anda popular citizen. He was married_in Ohio, to Miss Sarah A. Rose, of
Clarksville, Greene Co., Pa. They have two children, James D. and William Austin, both
born in Navarre, Stark Co.,Ohio.

R. E. GILLULY, Postmaster. Meriden. This courteous and popular gentleman is a na-
tive of Michigan, and was burn in Lenawee County. July 23. 1852. Came to Kansas in 1867;
has since been a resident of Jefferson County For a few years followed the vocation of
school-teaching, and for a tine was engaged inthe drug trade in Meriden. In 1880 was
appointed Postmaster. Mr. G. isa member of the Masonic Order.

. N. GISH, liveryman, Meriden, was born in Botetourt County, Va., July 7, 1847.
When young he removed with his parents to Indiana, where they resided five years; thence
went to Cedar County, Mo., where they 1emained five years. In 1861 the family came to
Kansas, locating in Jefferson County, where his father, William Gish, was among the pio-
neers. P.N. has been a resident of Jefferson County for anumber of years, and has been
prominently identified in various pursuits. He is at present Justice of the Peace, and has
otherwise been publicly before the People. In 1878 he enga ed inthe livery business. He
is active M. W. ofthe A. O. U. W., Meriden Lodge. In 1866, Miss Susan Nininger became
his wife. They have four children—Julia, John, Mary, and Albert.

W. GISH, farmer and stock-ralser, Section 24, P. O. Meriden. This well known gentle-
man Is a native of Virginia, and was born in Botetourt County, April 6, 1810; was there ed-
ucated and reared, eventually moving to Indiana, thence to Missouri, afterward to lowa,
and in 1860, to Jefferson County. Kan., locating where he now resides. He was married in
Virginia, to Miss Julia Ann Howe. They have seven children—John, Amanda, Abraham,
Peter N.,Sarah, andSamuel. Alexander, the oldestof the family, isdead. Peter N.isin
business {n Meriden, and Samuel is engaged ‘n farming on the old homestead.

J. GRADEN, coal dealer, Meriden. This well known citizen came to Kansas in the
spring of 1857, locating in Jackson County, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits
for a number of years, and was prominently identified with the growth and. development of
the State. Heisa native of Obio; was born in Jefferson County, May 16, 1818; was there
educated, reared and resided until 1845, when he emigrated to Piatte County, Mo., where
he pursued farming until coming to Kansas. He was married April 29, 1840, to Miss L.
Grable, of Ohio. They have four children—Thomas, Robert, Lewis, and Cyrus. He isa
member of the Masonic Order.

T. C. GRADEN, farmer. P. O. Meriden, isa son of J. Graden, and came to Kansas in
1857, where he has been reared and educated, residing in Shawnee, Jefferson, and Jackson
counties, following principally, agvicultural pursuits. He is a native of Ohio, and was born
in Jefferson County, July 1, 1849, He was married in Shawnee County, Kan.,December 9,
1874, to Miss Criscildia Almeda Grady, of Piatt County, Ill. They have three children—
Hollis A., Amanda M., and Roscoe C,

GEORGE HENSLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 13, P. O. Meriden, is anative of
Illinois, and was born in Sangamon County, December 13, 1825. _ His father, Simon Hens-
ley, was one of the pioneer farmers in that county. George was there educated and reared,
residing untilthe autumn of 1866, when he came to Kansas, and has been identified with the
agricultural developments of Jefferson County since that time. Mr. has _ a desirable
farm, is a practical man, and one of the progressive men of hiscommunity. He was mar-
ried in Kansas, to Miss K. H. Huber. By this union they have three children—M,. J.
Horace H. and R. A.

DANIEL JILLSON. farmer, Section 25. P. O. Meriden, was born in Wrentham, Mass.,
April 4, 1809. At an early age with his parents moved to Attleborough, Mass., where he
was reared and educated. t eighteen years of age he went to Pawtucket, R.1., to learn
the carpenter’strade. His father, Abel Jillson, was a native of Massachusetts. His mother
belonged to the Massachusetts family of Hughes. Herfather was one of the number that
assisted in throwing the tt a overboard in Bosten harbor. Thesubject of this sketch came
to Kansas in 1859, locating in Topeka, where he engaged in carpentering. Many of the old
landmarks in that city are specimens of his handiwork. He was prominently identified in
Topeka until 1869, when he removed to his present farm. Mr. J. has been twice married,
tirst to Miss Mary Cowden, now deceased. By this union has four children—Daniel A.,
Albert J., Frederick E. and Mary E. His second marriage was with Barbara H. Hayes. He
is a member of the Raptist Church.

MELVIN LOWRY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P. O. Meriden, This well
known pioneer is a native of Indiana, and was born in Bartholomew County. November 6,
1825. as there partially educated and reared, coming to McLean County, Ill., at an early
day, where he resided until 1859, when he came to Kansas, locating at Fairfield. Had been
in Kansas. however, In 1857, engaging at blacksmithing, his regular trade. In 1862, en-
listed in the Second Kansas. Was in the Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, and other engagements.
Was on Red River and all through that campaign, serving through until the close of the
Rebellion,doing double service as soldier and blacksmith. After the war located in Oskaloo-
sa, where for four years he operated a blacksmith shop, since then has been engaged in agri~
cultural pursuits. Mr. L. is a citizen of sterling worth, enterprising, and keeps pace with
the times, He was married in Indiana, to Miss Emily Knight. By this union they have
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had seven children~Thomas F., Mary E., George W., J. D., Albert, Charles and Delbert.
Mr. L. isa member of the N. T, R., and is a strong advocate of temperance.

JEFFERSON McQUILKIN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, P.O. Meriden, isa
native of Ohio, and was born in Carroll County, October 8, 3. Was there educated and
reared, his early days being spent in tilling the soil of the Buckeye State. In 1863, enlisted
in the Sixty-third Onio Volunteer Infantry, serving 100 days, Mr. McQ. came to Kansas
the spring of 1878, buying up considerable land in Jefferson County, which has since been
hisbhome. He ranks among the progressive farmers of the county. He was married in
Ohio, to Miss Emma Keith of that State, By this union fhey have four children—Grant, Ira,
Lillian and Gilbert. Mr. McQ. is a member of the A. O. of U. W.

ELI W. METZGER, real estate dealer and agent, Meriden, is well and favorably known
throughout eastern Kansas. He was born in FCs Wey County, Ohio, June 28, 1844. The
spring of 1858 his father, Jacob Metzger, with his family, including Eli, emigrated to

ausas, locating ona farm near Easton, Leavenworth County, Thespring of 1860 removed
to Jefferson County, settling close to Osawkie, where the senior Metzger was identified in
agricultural pursuits fora number of years. At present, 1883, he resides in Oregon, The
subject of this sketch, in September, 1862, teudered hisservices to the Union cause, enlisting
in Company E, Eleventh Kansas, serving turough until the close, and participating ina.
the general engagements the “Old Eleventh” took part in. r the war he returned to
. Kansas, and the greater portion of the tims since has been in active business. In 1873,
embarked in trade in Osawkie, carrying on merchandising at that place until 1879, when
he removed to Meriden, opening a store which he operated up to the spring of 1882, when
he turned his entire attention to the real estate business, a branch he had conducted for
several years in connection with merchandising. Mr. Metzger has secured a copyright
on an abstract blank, which for simplicity, brevity and neatness, is unexcelled, ein,
thoroughly conversant with eastern Kansas, he has and is doing a large business in real
estate. Mr. M. isin every sense alive man, familiar with the events of the day, aud keeps
pace with phe promressi ve age, Heisa member of the A. 0O,U, W.

STEPHEN OGAN, merchant, Meriden, is deserving of special mention among the
*55-ers in Kansas. eis a native of Ohio; was born in Clinton County, January 20, 1818.
At an early age he removed with his parents to Wayne County, Ind., where he was educated
and reared. In 1854 emigrated to Iowa, and from that State came to Kansas the spring of
1855, locating in Shawnee VOUnty a short distance from where Meriden now stands. fir.
Ogan,in his early experieuce in Kansas,had all the difficulties to contend with that are inci-
dental tothe pioneer. He was a strong Free-state man, advocated his views boldly, and
-contributed amply towards making ansas a free State, During the war he enlisted in
Company H. Eleventh Kansas, serving two years, being on duty in the Southwest. In edu-
cational affairs,and in all matters,he has taken an active part in giving his ample support. A
few years ago he turned his attention to merchandising in Meriden, in which he has been
very successful. Mr. Ogan has been three times married, his tvg former wives being de-
ceased. His first wife was Miss Hannah Elliott, of Indiana. y this union had nine
children—Phoebe Ann, Jacob, Jane, Samuel, Harriet and Sarah. Lost three—Morgan, Ara-
bellaand John. His second wife was Miss Britts, of Pennsylvania, By this marriage had
two children—William; one dead, James. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Ann Stanley,
neeCauffman. Mr, O. isa member of the United Brethren Church.

. ALBERT OWEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 9, P. O. Meriden, is a native of Indi-
ana, and was born in Jackson County, November 19, 1841, and was there reared and edu-
cated. InSeptember, 1861, he enlisted in Company 8, Fiftieth IndianaVolunteer Infantry,
participating in the engagement at Parker Cross Koads, Salina, and other events of the war.
After serving three years Mr, Owen veteranized, serving until the close, and was mustered
out as Captain of Co npany A, Fifty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After the war he
went to Madison County, Iowa, residing until 1868, when he came to Kansas, locating in
Rock Creek Township, purchasing a tract of land on which the present town of Meriden is
now situated. When the A., T. &S. F. R. R, came through, in company with others, laid
outthetown. Mr. Owen has been identified largely with the agricultural interests of the
pownsl ps as well as the progress of Meriden. e@ was married in Indiana to Miss Nancy C.
Boole ney aye six children—William H., Mary F., Eunice B., Benjamin F., Naomi C.
an ert A. ‘ E

_. _W. E. RICE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 12, P.O. Meriden. Among the pioneers
of Jackson County, Kan., was Mr. D.S. Rice, who located there the autumn of 1854. He
was a nativeof Kentucky, and cameto Kansas from Missouri. He was numbered among
the progressive agriculturists up to thetime of his death, in 1878. W. E. Rice, his son, was
born in Trimble County, Ky., September 11, 1848. Came to Kansas when six years of age,
which has since been his home. Mr. Rice is one of the most extensive stockmen of the
township. He was married in Kansas to Miss M, A.Sherman. They have two children—
Elmer V. and Jessie Ethel. -

JAMES SAUNDERS, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Meriden, was born in Sussex, England,
March 15, 1817. When nineteen years of age came to America, taking up his abode in Car-
roll County, Ind., where he resided fora number of years, and was married to Miss Jane
Stanley. By this union they have one son, W. L. In the spring of 1865 Mr. S. came to Kan-
sas, locating in Jefferson County, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits. He is
_one of the substantial and progressive citizens of Rock Creek Township.

SMITH BROTHERS, “The Druggists,” Meriden. The first exclusive drug store in
Meriden was established in the spring of 1878, by Smith & Gilluly. Robert Smith, the
senior member still continues in that line. He was born in Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind.,
pul 9, 1852; was there reared and educated, receiving the benefits of the Newcastle high
school, previous to which he attended the Spiceland Academy. Came to Kansas in 1878.

Geo. H. Smith, the junior of the firm, was born in the town of Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind..

August 23, 1858. as educated and reared in the Hoosier State, and resided there until
1877, when he came to Kansas and engaged as a drug clerk at Clay Center; after this for a
few years he pursued the same vocation in Oskaloosa. In July, 1881, he joined his brother
in business at Meriden.

Cc. C. SWICKARD, merchant, Meriden, is a native of Ohio; was born in Franklin Coun-
ty, July 15,1851. Was educated and reared to manhood in his native county, Atan early
age engaged in clerking in stores, aud afterward as traveling salesman, first with Miller,
Greene & Joyce, and later with Carpenter Bros.; both houses well known in the Buckeye
‘State inthe mercantile circles. Eventually Mr. 8. became connected with the Revolving
Scraper Co., and traveled for that company in Illinois, lowa and Kansas. In 1880 he lo-
cated. in Kansas, making Meriden _his headquarters, and has since been identified with the
mercantile interests of thetown. He was married October 1, 1878, to Miss Ida A, Wagner,
a native of Franklin County, Ohio. By this union they have one daughter, Nellie. Mr.S. is
amember of the I, 0. O. F, Encamp ment, andthe K. o: His father, Levi Swickard, now
Weceased. woe a farmerin Franklin County. His mother, Lida A. Cashner Swickard, still
lives in fo.

W.R. TAGGART, farmer and_stock-raiser, Section 33, P.O. Meriden, is a native of
Ohio, and was burn in Wayne County, August 14, 1838; was educated and reared in
his nativecounty. In 1862 enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Voi-
unteer Infantry; was at Vicksburg and anumber of other general engagements; was on
the Red River expedition, where he was taken prisoner and held for thirteen months at Ty-
ler, Texas, being relieved from there at the closeof the war. Mr. Taggart resided in the
Buckeye State, following agricultural pursuits until the spring of 1882, when he became a
resident of Kansas, locating on his presentfarm. He was married in Ohio to Miss Rachel
Van Nostern. They have seven children—James A., Elmer _E., Jennie M., John, Wallace,
Joseph and Susan A. He is a member of the I, O. O. F, and Royal Arcanum.

G. W. TAYLOR, farmer and stock-ralser, Section 4, P.O, Meriden, tsa native of Ohio,
and was born in Huron County, September 17, 1842. Atan early age removed with parents

to Ashland County, where he was educated and reared. In November, 1861, enlisted in the
Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Col. J. A. Garfield’s regiment); he participated in
seventeen general engagements and a numberof skirmishes, serving through to the close,
when he was honorably discharged. Returned to Ohio, continuing to farm there until 1878,
when he came to Kansas, locating where he now resides. Mr. T. is a sterling and progres-
sive citizen. He was married in Ohio, to Miss Nancy Sloan, of Ashland County. They have
two children—James and Lizzie, Mr. T. isa Masou and a member of the A. O. U. W.

W. J. TAYLOR, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 7, P. 0, Meriden, One of theearly set-
tlers of Jefferson County was Mr. Joshua Taylor, who settled here with his family in the
spring of 1857. He built a cabin on the present town site of Meriden, and up to the time of
his deatu, which occurred in February, te61, was identified with the growth of the county.
He was a man of strong Free-state proclivities, advocating his views fearlessly. He was
associated with John Brown and Gen. Lane, and contributed an ample share toward the
suppression of slavery. None of the early settlers are spoken more highly of than Joshua
Taylor. His son, W. J., is a native of Indiana, and was born in Vermillion County, July 28,
1846; was principally reared and educated in Jetferson County, Kansas, In 1863 he enlisted
in Company F, Eleventh Kansas. He participated atthe battle of Lexington, and several
engagements with the regiment until mustered out, serving until 1865, the last year, being
on the frontier. He was married in Kansas to Miss Alice Seal, of Jackson County. The
have three children—Harry, Alti, and Nora, He is a member of the A. 0. U. W., and @

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DAVID TRIPP, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 8, P. O. Meriden, is one of Kansas’
worthy pioneers, and a gentleman well known to all the old settlers of Jefferson and Jack-
son counties. He was born in Somerset County, Maine, May 25, 1827. r
spending his earlier days tilling the soil of the “ rock-bound ” State, and receiving the lime
ited benefits of the common schools. When about twenty years of age came to Illinois, where
he followed farming for seven years; and after a temporary sojourn in Wisconsin, came to
Kansas, taking up his abode in Jackson County, October 9, 1855. Had been in the State,
however, in 1854, reconnoitering. Mr. Tripp located on Muddy Creek, where he built a
cabin, and commenced to develop a claim, being one of the first in that part. Jackson was
then Delaware County. It was in his cabin the first church services were held in that local-
ity, being of the Methodist denomination. Mr. Tripp assisted in organizing the first Sab-

Was there reared, _

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

bath-school, and wag closely associated with the early educational interests in that part
fe has always followed fariaing, and io Kansas has done his part towards opening up the
State and giving it the reputation it has attained in the agricultural world. e was mar-
ried in Maine to Miss Susan Hutchins. They nave had seven children: Ellen, Flavius D.,
Melvina, Jessie, and Fred. Lost two—Wallace and Alpine,

L. H. TRIPP, merchant, Meriden, may be numbered among those who took an active
part in the pioneer development of Kansas. He is a native of Maine, and was born in Som-
erset County, April 12, 1834. When 14 years of age he emigrated with parents to LaSalle
County, Illinois, where he spent several years onafarm. In the autumn of 1854 he came
to Kansas in company with his brother David, who located on Muddy Creek in what is now
Jackson County. Mr. Tripp entered the government employ, and was with an engineer corps
onthe survey of township 16, 1n 1857 helocated and opened a farm in Jackson County,
seven miles from the present site of Meriden, where he resided until July 16, 1861, when
he enlisted in Company A, Fifth Kansas Regiment. He wason duty in Arkansas, Missouri,
‘Texas, and other parts of the southwest, participating in over 100 engagements and skir-
mishes. Was at Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Cotton Plant, etc., serving three years and three
months, when he was honorably discharged. Returned to his farm, following agricultural
pursuits up to 1878, when be embarked in merchandising. Mr. Tripp is one of the most en-
terprising citizens of Rock Creek Township. He was married in Jackson County, Kansas,
in 1865, to Miss Maria Cope. They have six children: Laura A., Ardena, Mary M., Edward

L., Seth, and John. i ¢

H. G. TURNER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 5, P. O. Meriden._Onc of the best known
and most respected citizens of Jefferson County is H. G. Turner, Esq. He is a native of
Canada, and was born July 9,1808. His father and mother were American residents of
Canada at that time. When H. G. was quite young they moved to the State of New York
where he was educated and reared, residing there until 1855, when he emigrated to Wis-
consin, locating in Fond du Lac County, engaging in agricultural pursuits, and resided until
the spring of 1857, when he came to ‘tangas locating on Rock Creek. There he builta
cabin, and commenced the arduous duty of opening a farm, connected with the county's

vogress. During the war belonged to the State militia, and was out on the Price raid 18
ays. Officially he has held the office of Justice of the Peace aud treasurer of the township

for anumber of years, and identified with the school interests, | always to be found at the
helm, and ready to do his part in all the commendable undertakings that would in any way
be beneficial tothe community. He has been twice married, first in New York to Miss Ar-
mina Boyd, now deceased. By this union hadtwo children—Lucilla, wife of D. H. Fraser,
Esq.,and James S. The latter’s death occurred September 1, 1882, His second wife's
maiden name was Polly Hutchins. By this marriage they had six children, four of whom
are living—Thomas A., Armina B., Henry, and William H. Lost two—Asa and Calvin. The
latter died in the army. Five of Mr. Turner’s sons tendered their services to the cause, and
assisted in preserving the union, = 2 ‘i

E, A. W, GNER. agent for the A., T. & 8. F. R. R., Meriden, Came to Meriden in De-
cember, 1879. Heisa native of Pennsylvania, and was born February 16, 1858. Was edu-
cated, reared, and became proficient in railroad business in his native State. He is one of
Santa Fe’s most popular agents. December 1, 1882, he was married to Miss Millie Taylor,
of Kansas." 7 . ;

L. 8. WARNER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 6, P.O. Meriden. Is a native of Ohio;
was born in Wayne County October 23, 1853; was there educated and reared. His father,
Joshua Warner, came to Kansas in 1879, purchasing 320 acres of land, where L. 8, now re-
sides, The senior Warner was identified among the progressive citizens of the township up
to the time of his death, which occurred December 6, 1882. L. S. located in Kansas the
spring of 1879. He was married in Ohioto Miss Sarah Shutt. They have five children:
George E., Lorin, Lekos, Ossian, and Roscoe.

UNION TOWNSHIP.

This township is situated in the eastern part of the county, and contains
forty-two and one-half square miles. It is a little more than four miles wide,
and is ten miles in length from north to south.

This is a wealthy township, and is also one of the oldest settled. The first
to settle there was Andrew Rice, with his family, in March, 1855. During that
year several families located and selected claims, Among them were I. Fowler
and family, Dr. R. W. Hosford, W. C. Fowler, S. S. Dark and J. F. Willitts.

The first birth was that of Nancy E., daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Rice, on December 4, 1855.

The first postoffice was established in 1855, and was called Middletown.
William Butler was the first Postmaster. 4

The first store was a little grocery, kept in alog cabin, by Hugh Cameron,
and opened in the spring of 1856. :

The first school was one supported by a subscription from its patrons. The
schoolhouse was built of logs, and the material was hauled and the house built
by the citizens of the neighborhood, all the work being contributed. The first
school was taught in the fall of the year 1856, and was in the locality now in-
cluded in District No. 31.

The first marriage was in the fall of 1856, and was that of Austin Harvey
and Miss Marshall.

Fiom the date of the first settlement, what is now Union Township con-
tinued to flourish, and the settlement and improvement kept pace with other
parts of the county. :

Union Township was organized early in the spring of 1869, from territory
which until then formed a part of Oskaloosa Township. An election was held
the following April, at which time Robert Davison was elected Trustee, and S.
S. Dark and W. C. Fowler, Justices of the Peace.

The township still continues toimprove. There are now seven school dis-
tricts within its limits. The church societies are well represented.

There was no railroad within the township until the fall of 1881, when the
Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern Railroad was built across it from. east to
west, and until that time it contained no village, and now has but one. There
are three postoffices in the township—Grove City, Woodstock and. McLouth.

McLOUTH.

This is a pleasant and thriving little village, situated on the line of the
Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern Railroad, and not far from the eastern
boundary of the county. Its location is an excellent one, being in the midst of
a thickly settled and wealthy farming region.

The town was founded in 1881, and was so named from the original owner
of the land, and who still owns a portion of the town site. Though so new, it
already has a large country trade. Nearly all branches of trade are represented
by the business houses, and there are already good grain shipping facilities.
The population numbers about one hundred.

The town has a good school, which is liberally kept up by the public-
spirited citizens.

The Grange Store of McLouth, I. Pearson, manager, was originally at
Dimon, the store being moved when McLouth was laid out. The Grange was
organized November 16, 1878, and at once was incorporated. Commenced
business February 6, 1879. Charter members, thirteen. Among these were I.
Pearson, Joseph Vandruff, C. E. Andrus, C. E. Landon, W. F. Leach, A. P.
Reardon, T. P. Getchel and James Thornton. The amount of business done
in 1882 was over $10,000. Present membership, forty. ‘

The Methodist Episcopal Church of McLouth was organized December 13,
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JEFFERSON COUNTY.

. 1882, with the following members: Larkin Rice, chairman; Phillip Cresse,
secretary ; T. P. Getchel, treasurer, The names enrolled were Larkin Rice,
Phillip Cresse, T. P, Getchel, C. E. Landon, Rollie Taylor, Dr. J. F.
Wetzel, D. N. Daniel and J. W: McFarlane. Several of these were members
of the first Methodist Episcopal society of this part, which was organized in Sep-
tember, 1857, in Alexandria Township, Leavenworth County. ‘The first pastor
was Rev. Mr. Lovejoy. Services were afterwards held for a number.of years in
Round Grove schoolhouse. Larkin Rice was one of the leading members of
this pioneer church society.:

The Methodist Episcopal Church South, or what is known as the Plumb

-Grove Church, was built in 1871, at a cost of $2,000. The Methodist Episcopal
society was organized in that locality in 1857, Rev. Mr. Jones being the first
pastor. Among the original members were N. B. Hopewell, Jane C. Hopewell,
Margaret Faubian, W. Merideth, Nancy Merideth, J. H. Hopewell and Mary
J. Hopewell, " The first enrollment numbered thirty-five members. It increased
steadily until divided, and a portion merged into the Leverton class. Rev. A.J.
Lawless is the present pastor (1883). :

eft BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

B. L. ADDINGTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P. O. Woodstock, is a native
of Indiana, aud was born in Wayne County, March 2”, 1838; was there educated and re-
sided until seventeen years of age, when he emigrated to ore locating in Marion County,
afterward to Ringgold County, Which was his home until 1868, when he came to Kansas,
poulling in Jefferson County. “On the 4th of July, 181, he enlisted in Company G, Fourth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He participated at the battle of Pea Ridge; served thirty-eight
months, two years of thetime being a patientand cook inthe hospital. Mr. A. was mar-
ried in Marlon County Iowa, to Miss Rebecca Cade. Toney, have three children_living—
Jeremiah B., Ulysses herman, and Alexander Ellsworth. Politically Mr. A. is a Republi-
can; 1s a2 member of theI. O. O. F., and of the Grange. He and his family are members of
the Free-will Baptist Church. ~

NICHOLAS BLAKE, farmer, Section 17, P. O. McLouth, is a native of Germany, and
was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, October 12, 1836. When fifteen years of age he came
to the United States, locating in Pennsylvania, where he was reared and’ educated. He
traveled over eighteen States, eventually locating in Kansas in 1867. Has since followed
farming, in which he has been very successful.

E._U. BOND, Postmaster and merchant, McLouth, was born in Chicago, Ill. His father,
John Bond, emigrated to Kansas in 1861, settling on afarm near where McLouth is now
located. Here 5. U. was educated, reared, and has since resided. For several years he was
Postmaster at Dimon, where he was engaged in business. When McLouth was laid out he
was among the first to build and engage intradeinthenewtown. He was married in Kan-
sas, to Miss Jennie Whaley. They have one daughter by this union—Rosa. Mr. B. isa
member of the 1.0.0. F. = ;

A.J. BOVAMAN, farmer and teacher, Section 4, P. O. McLouth, is a native of Pennsyl-
vania, and was born in Perry County, June 23, 1854. His father, Rev. Abraham Bowman,
wasa minister of the German Baptist denomination of thatpart. A, J. after attending the
common schools received the benefits of the Bloomfield Academy. In 1874 he removed to
Crawford County, Ohio, where he pursued the vocation of school teaching for a time, and
two years later located in Sangamon County, Ill. Hetaugie school in Auburn, and resided
in that part ofthe country until the spring of 1878, when he came to Kansas. ‘In connection
with carrying on a farm he devotes a portion of his time to teaching. He was married in
Illinois, to Miss Sarah E. Kiinmel. They have had two children—Benjamin F., and one de-
ceased, Henry Ward. His wife isa member of the German Baptist Church.

W. CLINKINBEARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 9, P.O. Winchester. One of
the ’55-ers in Kansas who early identified himself with its farming interests, is the
subject of this sketch. He isa native of Kentucky, and was bornin Bourbon County. At
an early age he removed to Indiana, where he was educated and reared. When twenty-one
years old he emigrated to Missouri, living in the counties of Platte, Buchanan, and Clay.
until the spring of 1855, when he located in Jefferson County, Kas., where he has since
beena resident, settling where he now resides in 1856. Mr, C. has been twice married—
his first wife, now dead, was a Miss Moore, By this marriage he has one son—Edmond.
His present wife’s maiden name was Ann Eliza Allen, They have seven children by this
union—Allen, Dora, Garrett, Mary E., Louis, [ona Belle,and Thomas. Mr. Garrett Clinkin-
beard is a native of Jefferson County, Kas., born May 28. 1860.

__ _D. W. DANIELS, hardware merchaut, McLouth, is a native of Missour!, and was born
in Clinton County, January 12, 1848; came to Kansas in 1861, and has since been a resident
of Jefferson County. Fora time he was in the drug trade in Oskaloosa, and has been en-
gagedin various pursuits. He located in McLouth when the town was laid out, being one.
of the pioneer businessmen. Mr. D. has been twice married—first to Miss Lizzie May, now
deceased. By this union _he has one son—Benjamin F, His present wife was formerly
Miss Mary Brown, Mr. D.is a member of the A. O. U. W. : 2
. 5. DARK, farmer, Section 5, P.O. McLouth, is a native of Illinois, and was born in
Schuyler County, in January, 1838; was educated and resided in his native county until the
autumn of 1855,';when he came to Kansas. Mr. D. passed through much of the troubles of
1856, being in Leavenworth and Jefferson counties at that time, He was in Easton when
R, P. Brown was murdered, and saw other memorable events of the border war. He was
of Free-state principles, but took no part, except when obliged to for self-protection, He
has been a resident since 1855, following farming: He was married in Kansas, to Miss
~ Elizabeth Bond. By this union they have six children—Annie, 8. S. Jr., Edward, Henry,
Maggie, and John. 5
YLVESTER DAVIS, merchant, McLouth, is a native of Illinois, and was born in Sanga-
mon County, September 15, 1832. His father, George, was one of the first settlers of Spring-
field, Ill. ewasa blacksmith by trade, and Sylvester adopted_and learned the same
calling. His earlier days were spentin Salem, Ill. Mr. D, came to Kansas in October, 1872,
locating at Dimov, where he operated a blacksmith shopforatime, after which he turned
his attention to merchandising. Cameto McLouth the Season of 1882. Mr. Davis was mar-
riedin Itlinois to Miss Celia A. Tanneyhill. They have four children—Isham, Donny,
Laura, and Andrew. ss sea

MATT. EDMONDS, stockman, Section 5, P.O. McLouth, isa native of England, and
was bornin Monmouthshire. When eightyears of age came to America with his parents,
locating in Chicago, Ill., where they resided until 1859, when his father, Thomas Edmonds,
with family, emigrated to Kansas, Settling in Jefferson County, where Matt. has since been
aresident. ‘He located on his present farm in 1869, previous to that resided on Wild Horse
Creek and Oskaloosa. Mr. EK, has represented his district in the State Legislature, and has
otherwise been prominently identified. Politically he is Republican. In point of stock-
raising and dealing he is among the mostextensiveinthe county. During the war he was
in the Quartermaster’s Departmentat Fort Leavenworth. He was marriea in Kansas to Miss
Cynthia E. Level. They have seven children—Ida, Maude, Annie, Dora, Emma, Henry, and
an infant. >

JOHN FIDLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P.O. McLouth. Few of the pion-
eers in eastern Kansas are more familiarly known than John Fidler, Esq., who took up his
abode in Jefferson County, in April, 1855, building a cabin a short distance from his present
residence. Mr. F. passed through all the garly difficulties, which were numerous; has been
identified with the farming interests of the community, from 1855 to the present, and has
contributed his ample share generally to the progress of the State. He has been Justice of the
Peace; identified with the school interests of his district. Mr, F. isa native of Kentucky,
and was born in Spencer County, January 22, 1816. From his native State he emigrated
to Indiana, and eventually to Buchanan Connty, Mo., from which point he cameto Kansas.
He was married in Indiana to Miss Mary A. Crawford. ‘They have five children liying,
Nancy, Robert, James, Martha A., and William; twodead, Mary E. and John.

A. J. GARRETT, merchant, McLouth. Thé pioneer business man of McLouth, and one
who has figured prominently in the development of the town, is the subject cf this sketch.
‘He came to Kansasin December, 1868, locating in Jefferson County, where he engaged in
agricultural pursuits, and for several years held the office of Justice of the Peace; also for
four years was the Grove City Postmaster, When McLouth was proposed as a new town on
the L. &S. W. R. R.. Mr. Garrett came on the ground with a house, December 27, 1881, and
let the building down from the wheels; this was before the town was laid out. On the th of
January, 1882, he commenced selling goods; the building was 14x24. Besides being the
pioneer merchant, he was the first butcher, and kept the first place to accommodate the
traveling public.’ He erected the first sign and killed the first beef here May 25, 1882, and
dug the first well. Thelatter part of 1882 he builta large store, which he now ocecuples,
Mr. Garreft is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Washington County, March 16,
1838: was educated, reared and resided in his native cdunty until coming to Kansas. He
was married in Pennsylvania to Miss M. E. Reese, a native of Washington County. By this
union they have five children living—Zada B., A. J. Jr., NoraS., Martin R., and Daisie; lost
one, Allen, the fifth in the family. Mr. Garrett and family are closely identified with
the Methodist Episcopal Church. ‘ -

THOMAS pe GENSLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P. O. Winchester. Among

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north of Emporia in 1856. He became a resident of Jefferson County in 1868. Mr. G. spcnta

.number of years in Colorado, Montana, and other portions of the far West. engaged in min-

ing and various pursuits, He is one of the substantial pioneers of Union Township. Perry
County, Pa., is the place of his birth; he was born December 25, 1835; at an early age re-
moved to Ohio, where he was educated, reared, and resided until he came to Kansas, with
the exception of a temporary sojourn in lowa. He was married in Kansas to Miss Art Ann
Varber. By this union they have four children—Harry, Gracie, Russell, and Naoma, The
family are identified with the Missionary Baptist Church.

O. W. GLYNN, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. McLouth. One of the leading real estate
owners of Jefferson County, is Mr. Glynn. Heisanativeof New_York; came to Illinois
when young, and was educated and reared inSangamon County. In 1856 he came to Kan-
sas; saw considerable of the trouble in that year, being at Lecompton and other points
where the border difficulties were in vogue; his sympathies were strongly with the Free-
state party. During the rebellion he was a soldier and in the Quartermaster’s department.
In 1866 Mr. Glynn located permanently in Kansas, turning his attention to farming; he has
been a‘lding from time totime to his possessions, and the amount of land he now (1883)
controls will compare favorably with any in northeast Kansas. Officially he has served
the people as County Commissioner, for a numbey of years, and still retains that position,
being endorsed by both parties. Thehealtby financial condition of Jefferson County speaks
favorably for its County Commissioners. e has also served several terms as Trustee of
Union Township. He is a member of the].0.0. F. Mr.G. was married in Illinois to Miss
Caroline Davis, of Sangamon County. They have two children—Eugene and James M.

ELIJAH JONES, physician and surgeon, was born in Buchanan County, Missouri.
His parents were among the pioneers at the Platte purchase. Elijah was educated and.
reared in his native State, graduatiug in medicine, in the Medical Department of the State ~
University, at Columbia. e came to Kansas in 1878, where he has since pursued his call-
ing. He was the first physician to locate at Mc Louth, and has a large practice. He was
married in Missouri, to Miss B. H. Boggs, of that State. The doctor is also the senior mem-
ber of the firm of Jones Brothers, dealers in general merchandise, established July 5, 1882.
R. B. Jones, the junior member ofthe firm, is a native of Buchanar County, Mo.

LYMAN T. NELSON, agent forthe L. T. &8. W. R. R., McLouth, This popular young
gentleman is a nitive of Kansas, and was_born in Osage County, December 15, 1859; was
educated and reared in his native State. He became proficient intelegraphy and railroad
business generally with the A. T. &@S. F. Company. In November, 1882, assumed control
of the Me Louth office for the L, T, & S. W.

DR. I. PEARSON, McLouth, manager of Grange store, This very popular gentleman
is a native of Indiana, and was born in Raniolph County, June 30, 1824. At an early age
removed to Henry, Ind., where he was educated and reared, commencing early in life the
study of medicine, In which he tooka regular course, graduated, and practiced for a num-
ber of years. Fora number of years he was a resident of Howard County, Iowa, coming
from there to Kansas in 1867. He located a". Dimon, Jefferson County, and was favorably
known throughout that section as a practitioner until 1878, when he turned his attention to
merchandising, managing the Grange store at Dimon, until its removal to McLouth. The
doctor is a genial gentleman commanding the respect of all.
= W RICE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P.O. McLouth, came to Kansas
in March, 1855, and was the first settler of Union Township, Jefferson County, and has since
that date been identified with its interests. He passed through all the early troubles and had
many serious drawbacks to contend with, as_ he came to the State in limited circum stances,
having but $10. Tosuch men as Mr. R. the peopleare indebted for the sacrifices they made
in enduring the struggle for an existence in the pioneerdays. Mr. R. was a Free-state ad-
vocate, and was given considerable trouble by the opposing party on that account, which
was incidental to the times. Mr. R. 1s anative of Missouri, and was born in Boone County,
March 13, 1831. At an early age removed to Buchanan County, with parents, where he
was educated, reared and resided until coming to Kansas. He was married in Missouri to
Miss Rhoda Morris. They have ten children—John, Tabitha James, Louisann, Amelia A.,
Mary A., Emma V., Amanda V., William H..and Rhoda L. The family are identified with
the Baptist Church, ‘

LARKIN RICE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P.O. McLouth. Few of the pio-
neers of Eastern Kansas are more favorably known than Larkin Rice. He is a native of
Missouri, and was burnin Boone County, August 28, 1829. His parents were among the
first settlers of that county. Larkin was there principally educated and reared, living for a
time in Buchanan County. Inthe spring of 1855 came to Kansas, locating three miles east
of Winchester, where he resided two years, thence to the farm whichis still his home.’ Mr
R:ce was prominently connected with the early advancement of the educational and relig-
ious movements, andhis ardor in that direction has not yet ceased. He has never been a po-
litical aspirant, prefering the quiet of farm life. He was married in Missouri to Miss Nancy
E. Morris, By this union they have ten children—Sarah F., Lucy J., Mary A., Martha A.,
John W., Elizabeth, Larkin E., Leonora, Wilson, George A. Mr. Rice and family are identi-
fied with the Methodist Episcopal Church. :

J. F. WETZEL, physician, and_ surgeon, McLouth, is a native of West Virginia, and was
born in Lewis County, June 13, 1853. Afterreceiving the benefits of the common schools
ot Lewis County, he attended the State University at Morgantown. His medical education
he received first term in the Louisville Medical College, of Louisville, Kv.; second term in
the Kentucky School of Medicine, in the spring of 1878. Commenced his professional ca-
reer in Lewis County, continuing for one year. He next went to Wisconsin, lovating at Rock
Bridge, Richland County, where he pursued his calling until coming to Kansas, in the
spring of 1882, taking up his abode in McLouth. The doctor has been eminently success-
ful in his practice, never losing a patient over which he had exclusive charge, eisage-
nial gentleman, well-read in various works outside of the mevical, and is an entertaining
conversationalist. He was married in West Virginia, to Miss Lizzie J. Fishback, of the
Valley of Virginia. By this union they have had three children—Benton, Gaillard and Louis
Asbery. Lost one, their second born, Frankie Lieurance. The father of Dr. Wetzel, Lewis
S., is a native of West Virginia. Fora number of years he has been largely interested in
the oil wells and oil businéss generally in West Virginia. The subject of this sketch is a
member of the I. 0.0. F. The season of-1882 he built a store in McLouth, where he carries
a large line of drugs and stationery, and follows his profession,

RURAL TOWNSHIP.

The first settlement in this township was in October, 1854, and was by
William F., Alex., and Thomas R. Bayne, and Jackson Smith, who settled on
the Kaw half-breed lands, about two and one-half miles southeast of Williams-
town. The township was first a part of Kentucky, and was a part of the terri-
tory included in Sarcoxie, when that township was organized in 1862. In 1871,
the present township of Rural was formed. It had been a separate voting
place after 1868. :

The Kansas Pacific Railroad extends across the southern part of the town-
ship. Williamstown and Buck Creek are the only two railroad stations, and
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WILLIAMSTOWN.

This is the only village in the township, and is quite pleasantly situated in
the valley of the Kansas River, and on Stonehouse Creek. It has two stores, a
good schoolhouse, ten dwellings, and a population of about seventy.

The first store was opened in 1865, by Sam. Mitchell, who was soon suc-
ceeded by Julius Alvord & Bro. Very soon afterward, however, Mapes, Wil-
liams & Moore laid out the town, and Charles Williams & Bros, bought the
store. The founders of the town owned goo acres of land in the vicinity, which
they had purchased of the railroad company. They built asaw-mill, just south
of the railroad track, and endeavored to build up atown here. Another store
was soon opened, but the town grew but slowly on account of the antagonism
which had grown up between the settlers and the mill company,who had bought
land claimed by them, on which they had previously settled. Another cause for
the slow growth of the village was the fact that the railroad company laid out
the town of Perry, three miles further west, and used its influence in behalf
of that place.

The first postoffice was established immediately after the survey of the
town, and Charles Williams was appointed Postmaster.

The village school is a good one, and is liberally supported. It has but
one department. The schoolhouse cost $1,000, and is a frame structure.
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There is no church edifice in the village, but the Southern Methodist Epis-
copal and Christian Church societies are each represented by an organization.
The former has about thirty members, and the latter about fifty. The school-
house is used for religious meetings. There is also a Union Sunday-school,
which is well attended. :

There were, during the early history of the town, three foul and most bru-
tal murders committed, which gave it an unenviable notoriety. Neither of the
perpetrators of the above crimes was ever brought to justice. The rougher
element have now nearly all left the country, and the citizens of the village and
vicinity are of a moral and industrious class.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THOMAS R. BAYNE, stock-raiser, Section 22, P. O. Rural, Among tho settlers of

. Jefferson County of 1854, no one is nore deserving of special mention than the subject of
this sketch. He was born in Shelby County, Ky., May 16, 1836. At an early age he moved,
with his parents, to Jefferson County, Ky.,where he was educated and resided unl he came
to Kansas, in1854. The autumn of 1854 he located permanently where he now resides,
being the first on the Kaw bottoms. Included in Mr, Bayne’s estate is the historic ground
where the Boone family had settled a number of years previous to hlscoming. He was the
first Sheriff of Jefferson County, and has held the office of County Commissioner, At the fall
_ election of 1882, he was elected Representative from his district tothe State Legislature.
Politically he as veen a life-long Democrat. Mr. Bayne has paid considerable attention to
practical farming in Kansas, and has been eminently successful. He has been an active
worker in the affairs of Jefferson and Douglas counties, and since the organization of the
Bismarck National Fair, has been identified with thatassoviation During the troubles of
1856, Mr. Bayne took no part, atlen ging Strictly to his legitimate business, He was married
in Kansas, to Miss Susan Hatton, By this union they have five daughters—Maude, Fannie,
Nora, Bettie, and Jessie.

WILLIAM G. BAYNE, stock-raiser, Section 23, P. O, Williamstown. This popular
citizen was born in Shelby County, Ky., July 2, 1884; was there educated and resided until
seventeen years of age; came toJack on County, Mo. In 1853 he went, overland route, as
a passenger to California, requiriug 163 daysto make thetrip. For five years was engaged
in- mining, when he returned east of the Rockies; located temporarily in close proximlty to
where he now resides, with his father, Alexander Bayne, Eisq., who‘had settled there in
1854. William G. did notsettle down permanently until 1863, when he turned hisattention
to agricultural pursuits, in which capacity he has been siuce a close adherent. He has held
the office of Justiceof the Peace, aud Township officer. The years of 1880 and 1881, he
made an efficient Sheriff fur Jefferson County. He was married in 1860, to Miss Sarah Hat-
ton, of Indiana. They have four children—Minnie Belle, Henry Clay, Polly, and Ray.

L. H. BOUTON, druggist, was born in Cortland County, N. Y., March 4, 1825. At
an early age emigrated to Ohio with parents} locating in the Western Reserve, where he
was reared to manhood, educated and learned the blacksmith trade. In 1857 came to
Kansas, locating in Douglas County; he opened a blacksmith shop in Clinton Township
which he operated for over eighteen years. During his eariier experience there be ha
much to contend wit!,owing tothe guerrillas and other desperadoes. In 1877 came to Perry,
opened a shop which he conducted for atime, when he engaged in the drug trade. Is now
settled in Williamstown. Few of the eailier settlers are mure favorably known. He was
married in Ohio, in 1847, to Miss Vira A. Snow. They have eight children—EdwinS., Viola
A., Lyman C., Rosa J., James J., Carrie, Agnes, Albert Lee, 2 .

. W. GRAY, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Perry, was born in Fleming County, Ky., Feb-
vuary 16, 1831. asthere educated. When grown came to Platte County, Mo., where he
resided until 1855. When he came to Kansas in 1854, he had come to the State but only
temporarily. He settled on what in now knowu as the Sutter farm, a short distance south-
east of Perry, being one ofthe very first in that locality. He had considerable difficulty
with a would-be land agent, wlio made himself notoriously obnoxious to the settlers,
Largely through Mr. Gray’s efforts he was runout of thecountry. Hehad many difficulties
to contend with during the early days, on genera, principles, aud few of the old settlers
are more popularly kuown or more highly respected than G. Ww. Gray. Hehas always pur-
sued the vocation of farming, and has an attractive and comfortablebome. He was mar-
ried in Kentucky, to Miss KH. A. Markwell. By this uniou they have four children living—
L. J., Elias M., M. A. and Kate. Lost one—F. C.

G. W. HAM, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Williamstown, was born in Fleming County, Ky.,
April 2, 1825. Was there reared, and lived in Fleming and adjoining counties uutil 1868,
when he came to Kansas, locating where he nuw resides. Mr. Ham is one of Rural Town-
ship’s most sterling farmers. He was married in Kentucky, to Miss Dolly Ann Underwood.
They have five sons— William F., James M., La Payette, George L, and Nelson.

JAMES HERD, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Rural. Mr. Herd came to Kansas Terri-
tory in April, 1855, settling in Douglas County. Mr. Herd took an active part_in the
border troubles, being one of the staunch Free-state men. Was atthe difficulties at Frank-
lin, Kickapoo and other historic polnts. With the exception of five years spent in California,
where he was farming, he has been a constant resident of Kansas since 1855. Mr. Her
was born in England August 11, 1826, and arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., when nine months
old. Was reared and educated in Fayette County, Pa., and married to Miss Mackey V. Hill,
daughter of Isaac Hill. They had seven children—Corinne, the oldest, born in Greene
County, Pa., in 1852, and died in Chico, Bute County,Cal., in 1882;Samuel C., born in Spring
Hill Township, in 1856; Mary A. Herd, born_in Douglas County, in 1858, and married to
John € wnary in 1875, and resides in Fall Leaf, Leavenworth Co., Kan.; Bowen, Dorn in Leay-
enworth County, in 1860, and diedin 1864; James, born in Leavenworth County, in 1863;
Nancy ts., born in Leavenworth County, in 1868; Isaac T., born in Leavenworth County, in
1370. Samuel C. and Jane_reside in California. Mr. Herd was married to Miss Almira
Moore, of Gorges Township, Fayette Co., Pa., in 1881.

ASA D. JUDY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, P. O. Oskaloosa. Among the most
extensive real estate ownersin the county may be mentioned Mr. Judy. Heisanative of
Kentucky, and was born in Gallatin County, March 14, 1835. Was educated and reared in
that State, following agricultural pursuits in early life. In 1860, he emigrated to Buchanan
County, Mo., wherehe resided until 1869, when hecame to Kansas. His estate comprises
over 800 acres. Stock raising is his specialty, and he has been very successful in that branch,
being a practical stockman. He has fine blue grass pastures, and in_the propagating of

rass has done much towards its advancement in the community. He was married in

entucky, to Miss Frances Smalley, of Bourbon County, They have five children—Asa G.,
Alvin J.,O. W., Mary F. and H.B, Mr. Judy and family are identified with the Christian
Church.

JAMES MOKIBBEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P.O. Rural. Mr. McKibben
came to Kansas in 1858, locating at Mount Pleasanf, Atchison Couaty, In 1864 he removed
to North Lawrence, where for several years he was engaged in the saw-mill business. In
1870 he located where he now resides. He 1s a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in
Washington County, in June, 1827. Was educated and reared in his native State, and mar-
vied Miss Jane Melvin. They have had seven children—Marian, Edwin and Winfred; lost
four—Frank, Emma, Ina and Vernon,

ALEXANDER A. MAYHEW, Section 17, P. O. Rural, 1s a native of Allen County, Ky.,
Mr. Mayhew being the youngest but one of a family of fourteen children, whose father was
asoldier of the Revolution. Removed to Johnson County. Mo.,in early life. Was there
reared and educated, and in 1861 enlisted in Company D, Twenty-seventh Regiment Mis-
souri Volunteer Cavalry, and being captured and paroled by the rebels, was discharged b
United States, and came to Leavenworth County, Kansas, in 1862 and in 1865 settled his
present home in Jefferson County, where he now resides with his wife and familly,

VALENTINE ©. MAYHEW, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Rural, is @ native of Kentucky,
and was born in Allen County, February 15,1828. When young came to Johnson County,
Mo., where he was a resident for a number of years. Mr. M. came Lo Kansas, locating where
he now resides, the spring of 1865. He was married in Missouri to Miss Emmeline Smith,
By this moon they have six children—James 8., John W., Giles S., Livingstone G., Mary E.
and Martha E.

WILLIAM R, MAYHEW, farmer, Section 20, P. O, Rural, is a native of Allen County,
Ky., and was born in 1840. For a number of years was a resident of Johnson County, Mo.,
coming from there to Kansas in 1865. Has since been a resident of Jefferson County. He
was married in Kansas to Miss Nancy M. Barner. By this union they have two children—
Livingstone and Ida Belle.

DAVID MAY, farmer, Section 8, P. 0. Rural, isa native of Indiana, and was born in
Davidson County, in December, 1837. When young came to Missouri, his parents being
among the pioneers of Buchanan County, where David was educated and reared, He came
to Kansas in 1855, locating in Atchison County, where he resided until August, 1861, when
he enlistedin Company B, Fourth Kansas, until 1862, at which time the Third and Fourth
were consolidated into the Tenth. He was at the battles of Cane Hill and Prairie Grove, and
servedthirty-eight months. In 1865 settled in Jefferson County. He was married in Kan-
sas to Miss Fannie Jones (now dead). By this union has six, children—William, Martha,
Minnie, Margaret, Eddie andCharlie. His present wife’s maiden name was Mary J. Mere-
dith, also of Kansas. They have four children—John F., Thomas G., Simon C. and Philip H.

W. A. MISHEY., farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, P.O. Rural, isa native of Oblo, and
was born in Knox County, February 15, 1835. _Was there educated andreared. In 1856 he
came to Kansas Territory, locating In Douglas County. For nine years he was In the Gov-
ernment employ, teaming on the plains, after which he settled in Jefferson County. Mr.
Mishey 1s one of the substantial and representative farmers of Rural Township. For sev-

 

 

 

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eral years has been Township Clerk and otherwise {dentified. He was married in Kansas to
Miss Mary L. Roberts, an estimable dady of Mahaska County, lowa. They have five chil-
dren—Ora O., Zomoro B., Cora L., Fred G. and Loduska V.

Cc. O. THOMPSON, farmerand stock-raiser, Section 3, Town 11, Range 19, P.O. Oskaloo-
8a, a native Massachusetts, was born in Lowell, March 21, 1829. Was there educated and
iearned the painter’s trade, After attaining his majority, went to California in 1849, by the
way of Cape Horn; was there two years, returning to Lowell, and remained afew years, and
came West, eventually locating at Waukon, lowa, where he opened a shop and worked at
his trade forseveral years. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-seventh Iowa Volun-
teer Infantry, serving until the closeof the war. Was with Gen, Banks on the Red River,
and participated in a number of general eugagements. In 1867 he located at Lawrence,
Kan. He secured his present farm about that time, and set about making improvements,
His time has been divided since then between Lawrence and the farm. Mr. Thompson isa
practical man, and in his farming displays good judgment and the experience of many years
of observation. His orchard is one of the largest and most prolificinthe county, Officially
he is at present Justice of the Peace, and has been Treasurer of the School District for sev--
eral years. He was married in Kansas to Miss Alice Dickinson. Mr, Thompson is a mem-
ber of the A., F & A.M., Valley Lodge, No. 80, Lawrence.

CALVIN WEBR, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, P.O. Rural, Mr. Webb came to
Kansas inthe autumn of 1857, locating tn Allen County, where he resided until 1861. On
the 7th of August of that year, in companv with his brothers D, R. and D. W., enlisted in
Company H, Tenth Kansas, Participated atthe battles of Caue Hill, Prairie Grove and
other engagements, serving two years, His brothers served until the close. Came to Jefter-
gon County afrerthe war. Mr. W. 19 a native of Illinois, and was born in Franklin County,
September 3, 1835. Was married In Jefferson County, Kan., to Miss Elizabeth J. Hunter.
ey. fave Lave children—Amelia B., William D., Chester V., Cora M. and Philip. One
nfant dead. i

KAW TOWNSHIP.

This is one of the oldest settled portions of the county. - The first settle-

ae poe in 1854, by Jefferson Riddle, J. T. Wilson, J. Kuykendall, and R.-
. Beeler. ;
In 1855 the entire settlement comprised only nine families and one bach-

There were but a few acres of land under cultivation at that time,
During the early years of the settlement all this part of the county was
supposed to belong to Calhoun, now Jackson County,

In 1856 several families located on Muddy Creek, among whom was J. S.
Townsend, who brought in a stock of goods from Platte City, and opened a
store in a small log cabin on a claim which he had selected. During that year
considerable improvement of land was carried on and houses erected.

' The first death in the township took place in the spring of 1856, and was
that of Austin Coffman, who was killed by Orville Thompson, in a dispute over
a land claim.

The first public schools in the township were opened in 1863. @Mrs. P, M.
Gilbert taught in Grantville district, No. 37, and Miss Maria Cope, now Mrs.
L. H. Tripp, of Meriden, taught at Kaw City.

The first religious services were held in 1856 at the residence of A. S.
Wilson, by Rev. Mr. Bradford, of the Methodist Church.

In the spring of 1857 a town company, of twenty-five members, was
formed, and a town site, consisting of 320 acres, was laid off, and called Kaw
City. Its location was on the east side of the Big Muddy, at the base of the
hills, at the place where the wide valley of the Kansas River begins.

The new town was not a success, though some attempts were made to build
it up, A postoffice was established there in 1858; and James H. Jones was ap-
pointed Postmaster. The fees of the office were only $3 per year, and this
was all paid to the mail-carrier.

In September, 1858, the township was organized, and so named after the
Kaw River. It had previously been a part of Kentucky Township, with Sam-
uel S. Lockhart and John H. Bishop, Justices of the Peace. The first officers
appointed for Kaw Township were: A. J. Kleinhans, supervisor; A. S. Wilson,
treasurer, and J. H, Jones, clerk.

In the latter part of the year 1865, when the Kansas Pacific Railroad was
approaching completion, a station was built on the farm of D. W. Kleinhans.
It was called Kaw Station. The first regular passenger train came through on
January 1, 1866. The station was situated about one and one-half miles from
Kaw City, and the postoffice was soon removed there from the latter place, and
David Devore appointed Postmaster.

Mr. Kleinhans soon laid off a town at the station, and the name was
changed to Grantville, after which the Kaw City town site was abandoned, and
it is now covered with productive farms, There is, however, a stone school-
house and a frame church at the old site of Kaw City. :

The greater part of the tillable land of the township is under cultivation.
The population is made up generally of natives of the Eastern States, of Ger-
many, and of Ireland.

Grantville is the only village in the township, and this is but little more
than a mere railroad station. It has a” store, schoolhouse, and a few resi-
ag scattered about. The Methodist Episcopal Church there was built in
1868.

_ The first services of the Methodist Episcopal denomination held in the
neighborhood, were at Kaw City in 1857 by Rev. Mr. Griffith. The society was
organized in the fall of 1861, and services held at the residence of J. W. Gregg,
on the Calhoun town site, Rev. Mr, Early presiding. Among the original members
was Mr, and Mrs, J. M. Gregg, Mr. and Mrs. G. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs, B. Betts,
John H. Coffman, and Mrs. M. J. Kleinhans. The pastors that succeeded Mr.
Early were, Rev. Messrs, Griffith, Taggard, Bartrum, Buffington, Mush, Houts,
Trezise, D. B. Cambell and W. G. Cambell, Horsefield, Holland, Partlett. Pres-
ent pastor, Rev. George Winterbourne. The Grantville Church, a frame struc-
ture, was built in 1877 by the Rev. W. G. Cambell. The parsonage was
erected in 1864 by the Rev. Mr, Buffington.

__ The Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Grantville, was organized in 1858,
with seventeen members. Present membership, thirty. The first pastor was the
Rev. J. O. Foresman. His successors were Revs.Vincent Jones, H.W. Currin, W.
A. Hanna, then Mr. Foresman again, after which was the Rev. J. W. Faubian,
T. C. Downs, H. T. Gray, O. P. Noble, H. H. Lewis, and C. BE, Hedgepath.
Rev. J. W. Faubian is the present (1883) pastor. In 1866 their vresent frame
church was built at a cost of $1,200.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

R, P. BEELER, farmer, Section 36, P. O. North Topeka. He was born in Hardin
County, Ky., in what is now La Rue County, April 4, 1813, was there reared and followed
the pursuit of farming until 1833, when he came to Missouri, and in the spripg of 1854, lo-
cated a claim where he now resides, being one of the first farm openers in Jefferson County.

elor.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

,

He moved his family onto the claim in the spri ‘
pring of 1855. As a natu

had many drawbacks to contend with, coming in thattime. During Pue dark day DoE wane
sas Mr. Beeler tuok a firm stand with the Free-state party, and rendered much valuable
assistance towards the cause. He belonged to the State Militia, was Provost Marshal and
attended to picking up the straggling marauders that were devastating the country at that
time. During his jong sojourn in Kaw Towuship, he has done much towards the advance-
ment of education andother interests that would be beneficial to the community. Mr.
Beeler has been married twice. In Kentucky to Miss Margaret Castleman, now deceased.
Had nine children—Rebecca J., James, Isaiah, William, George, Martha, F
and lost one, John. He was married in Kansas to Miss Elizabeth Isaacs,
children—Delsie, Dora, Rush, Duard, Mary, Eva, Melda, and Berjamin.

J. B. BILLINGS, farmer, Section 8, P. 0. Grantville, is a native of Maine, and was born
in Hancock County, August 31, 1821; was reared and educated in his native State. For nine
years he followed the seas. In 1860 came to Kansas; being a strong Free-state man, he
entered the cause with a wholesoul. He belonged to the Topeka Battery, their duty being
to patrol the border. In 1864 he located in Topeka, where he resided several years, before
locating on his present farm; while there was City Treasurer and otherwise identified. He
has been: Justice! of He Peace tp paw Zownship; ie a nan of broad views and good judg-

:. oka, n., to Miss Mar . Betts.
three children—Ben. J Frank in, Susan v. and John By ees BY IS atom eae ave
‘i , farmer and stock-raiser, i i

genial gentleman is a native of Bartholomew County, ina aon Saat Born Shouse Ii ea
was reared and educated in that State, During the Rebellion Mr. B. enlisted in Company
H, One Hundred and. Fifty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, after serving nearly a year
was honorably discharged, on account of disability. Helived temporarily in Iowa, Minne-
sota, and other States, eventually coming to Kansas in 1878, since which time he has princi-

ally followed meriouliaral pursuits. He was married in Kansas to Miss Louisa Clark. They

ave three children—John C,, Col. Ellsworth, and Oscar. Mrs. B. is the daughter of Judge
G. P. Clark, of Kaw Township, one of the oldest settlers in that part.

JOHN BRANSCOM, stockman, Section 17, P. O. Grantville, is a native of Indiana, and
was born in Henry County, August 6, 1826. His father, Benjamin Branscom, was a Vir-
ginian: had been a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and settled in Henry County, Ind., at
an early day, where he followed agricultural pursuits to the time of his demise, in 1832.
There were four children in the family, John being the only son. He received the benefits
of the limited school facilities of the time, working assiduously on the small farm of which
he became principal owner before attaining his majority, by purchasing his sisters’ interests.
After operating the farm fora time he sold out, and, being inexperienced, soon disposed of
the proceeds, which left him quite poor. About 1850, with his mother and one unmarried
sister, he removed to Grant County, where he traded in stock fortwo years. Hethen moved
with his mother to Marion County, where he engaged in buying orses for the Chicago
market, -Eventually his mother took up her abode with one of her married daughters, aud
Mr. B. located in Kokomo, and for several years bought stock hogs. In 1857 he emigrated
to Kansas, settling in Jefferson County ona claim which be purchased, and turned his at-
tention to the stock trade. Though his means were limited, he was quite successful, and
he soon purchased 160 acresin the Kaw bottom. On this tract he made substantial im-
provements, an orchard, barn, fine dwelling, etc. By industry and good judgment he had
accumulated in thirteen years $30,000. in money and property, whieh be invested in 1870
in Texas cattle, and in one year lost all.’ There was a mortgage on his house for a sufficient
amount to swallow it when pressed for sale. Dire disasters would have discouraged most
men, but with Mr. B. it appeared to stimulate his energies. He purchased 160 acres of un-
improved land on the prairie, soon made good improvements, and phenix-like was rising
from the ruins, when, in 1875, some of his restless creditors forced him into bankruptcy.
Although thus released by law from all obligations to bis creditors, he renewed the obliga-
tions with the express understanding that he was to pay as fast as he could, and not to be
pushed by them in any way. He continued to liquidate as his circumstances would permit,
and in a few years paid up in full, He has been public spirited, and all commendable enter-
prises receive his hearty support. Although not connected with any religious society, he
contributed more than any other person tothe building of the Methodist dhuren in Grant-
ville. He originated the idea, headed the list and circulated the subscription. The same
interest manifested in public morals he displayed in the advancement of education. He
was married June 23, 185 i H

 

aura, Ambrose,
They have eight

7%, in the Territory of Kansas, to Mrs. Hedges, widow of W. H.
Hedges. ER Es union they have two children—Asa D. and Ada.
. M. CHRISMAN, merchant, Grantville, was born in Carter County, Ky., June 12,
1839; wasthere educated. Came to Kansas in 1866, locating in Tecumseh, Shawnee County,
where he was engaged in merchandising until 1872, when he came to Grantville. For five
ears he was the Postmaster, and has been in active business the greater portion of the time,
e was married in Kansas to Miss R. M. Byler. They have two children—Ernest L., and
C. A. Mr. Chrisman is a member ofthe Masonic Fraternity.

MICHAEL DINNEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P. O. Newman, is a native of
Ireland, and was born in the County Limerick. In 1847 cameto America, locating in the
East, where he worked for several years in the rolling mills. In 1856 came West, and in
1858 came to Kansas, but did not locate until 1859, when he settled where he now resides.
Mr. Dinnen is one of the largest farmers in the county, and one of its most progressive
citizens. His wife was formerly Miss Bridget Murphy. They have four children—James,
Catherine, John, and Michael, Jr.

H. Z. FRISBIE, farmer, Section 7 and 18, P. O. Grantville, vas born in Bradford County,
Pa,, June 8, 1819. Received an academic education at Franklin Academy,-Susquhanna
County, Pa., and Cazenovia, N. Y. In 1840 engaged in mercantile pursuits, at Orwell, Pa.,
for ashorttime. Read law in the office of Col. Harvey. of Wilkesbarre, Pa.; was admltted
ed to the bar of Luzerne County in 1850. In 1851 returned to Bradford County,
abandoned the legal profession, ‘re-engaged in merchandising until 1854, when he
removed to Bellevue, Mich. ‘In_1859, removed to the city of Battle Creek, as
the successor of Messrs. Collier & Wallace; was a stockholder and one of the directors
of the First National Bank of that city. On account of failing health removed in
1872 to Lawrence, Kan., where he invested in the Lawrence Packing House and lost the in-
vestment by decline in vaiues; removed thence to his present home. He was married in
1844 to Miss Mary E. Russell, of Pennsylvania, who died in 1858. They had four children
—Frank H. (deceased); Clarence L., merchant, 620 W. Indiana street, Chicago; Selwyn C.
merchant and Postmaster, Grantville, Kan.;and Charles H. In 1859 Miss Julia. Meéraca
became his wife. They have one son—George A., incharge of farm.

S. C. FRISBIE, Postmaster and merchant, Grantville, was born in Towanda, Pa., May
18, 1853. At an early age removed with his parents to Battle Creek, Mich., where he was
reared and educated. In 1872 came to Kansas, and in 1878 engaged in business and was
appointed Postmaster. Mr. F. is one of the popular fellow-citizens of the Kaw Valley.

P. M. GILBERT, stock-raiser, Section 20 P. O. Grantville, was born in Onondaga
County, N. ¥., June 12, 1831; was there reared to manhood and educated. In 1854 he went
to Wisconsin, locating temporarily in different parts ofthe State. In 1857 he came to Kan-
sas, locating in Kaw Township, where he has since beena resident, and numbered among
the largest real estate owners in that part of thecounty. In 1871 and 1872 he was station
agent at Grantville. He has been County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and other-
wise officially identified. He was married in New York, to Miss Mary J. Wood, an estima-
blelady. They have two children by this union—John and Hattie. Mrs. Gilbert taught the
first public school in the township.

GEORGE M. HORNING, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, P. O. Grantville, was
born in Wurtemburg, Germany, May 2, 1834; was educated and resided in his native coun-
try until eighteen years of age; came tothe United States, locating in the State of New
York, where he worked at his trade, that of blacksmithiug, which he had learned in the old
country. In 1859, came to Kansas, locating onthe Kaw bottoms, in Jefferson County, en-
paging in farming, which he has followed in Kansas since, with the exception of two years’

lacksmithing. r. H. is one of Jefferson County’s most enterprising citizens. He was

married in Kansas, to Miss Annie Scheffer, They have three children—Mary, Adelia M., <

and Maude E. i
HURD, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Grantville, is a native of New York, and was

.

born in Allegany County, January 14, 1839. InJune,1857, he came to Kansas, locating at
Indianola until 1862, when he enlisted in Company L, Fifth Kansas, He was on the border
service most of the time. Served three years, and was honorably discharged. After the
war, for several years, he attended the ferry on the Kaw, near Topeka. In 1872 he moved
on his present farm. Mr. Hurdis one of the successful farmers of the county. He was
married in Kansas, to Miss Elizabeth Enochs. They have six children—Fitsimmons, Le-
nora, Amy Cora, Ettie, Alta, and Colonel Delos, The family are members of the Metho-
dist Episcopal -Church. :

JAMES HENRY JONES, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Grantville, the present Sur-
veyor of Jefferson County, was born in Washington County, Va. His great-grandfather,
Robert Jones, lived and died in York County, Pa, J. A. Jones is the son of David Jones.
His mother, Margaret Jones, was the daughter of James Cole, of St. Clair Bottom, Smyth
County, Va. J. H. received his education in the common schools of Virginia. He was fond
of roving, and especially delighted in mountain rambles and scenery. Atthe age oftwenty
was appointed Deputy Surveyor of Smyth County,and when not actively engaged in the field,
employed his time in teaching school, until elected to the office of County Surveyor. Atthe
age of twenty-five years, he engaged with his uncles, James and Samuel Cole, in merchan-
dising, at Marion, Va., under the firm name of Cole, Jones & Co. In 1855, sold his interest
to his partners, and moved to Kansas. While officiating as County Surveyor in Virginia, he
spent his leisure hours in reading law, in the office of G. W. Jones, of Marion, and in Feb-
ruary, 1855, was examined by three of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, of Abingdon, Va.,
passing a very creditable examination, and by them was licensed to practice Jaw. He ar-
rived in Kansas in April, 1855..and traveled over the Territory until December. He then

urchased a claim on Big Muddy Creek, near the village of Grantville, and engaged in farm-
ng. He was a candidate for the Territorial Legislature in 1858, but was defeated by Col.

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Edward Lynde, He was a candidate for Representative in the first State Legislature, but
was again defeated. He taught school a few seasons in the early settlement of Kaw Town-
ship, and practiced law in Justice Courts. He was also civil engineer on the location of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad, having spenta part of two seasons in running the preliminary
lines on the western plains for that road. His military record consists in having been Lieu-
tenant of the Territorial militia during the administration of Gov. Wilson Shannon, and
being Captain of Company G, Fourth (or Jefferson County) Kansas State Militia, and par-
ticlpating in the Price raid. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Kan-
sas Legislature, in 1863, and 2 member of the Senate in 18b5-’66. He was elected in 1874,
again in 1877, and in 1879, which office he still holds. He served as Justice of the Peace
and Township Trustee in Kaw Township, for a number of terms, In 1866 he returned to
Virginia, remained there about a year, and served as Register of Voters of Smyth County,
by appointment of the Governor. Me was a member of Thompson Lodge, I. 0. O. F., 0
Marion, Va.; filled several offices in that lodge, and was Noble Grand when he left the State,
in 1855, but has not attached himself to any odge in Kansas. In religion he isa Presbyte-
rian, and in politics independent. Mr. Jones is thoroughly conversant with all the great
events of the day, isa man of sound judgment, and a gifted conversationalist. He was
married, January 17, 1856, to Miss Martha Hughes Wilson, in Jefferson County. Kan. Her
father, Rev. Anthony 8. Wilson, emigrated with bis family from Washington, County, Ky.,
the fall of 1855. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and fought the British at New Orleans.
He was prominently identified with the early settlement of Jefferson County. :
A. J. KLEINHANS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Grantville, was born in Belvidere,
Warren Co., N. J., April 25, 1831, was there reared and educated. When comparatively
oung he was employed in a commission house in Philadelphia. For a few years previous
0 1851, he was in trade with his brotherin New Jersey. In the year above mentioned
he went to California where he resided for three years, returned to New Jersey. In 1856
came to Kansas, locating where he now resides in1857.. He owned the town site-of Grant-
ville, and was among thé first settlers in that part. His present attractive residence was
the first fine building inthat part of the country. He was married May 5,1 59. to Miss
Mary J. Coffman, an estimable lady. Her father was a pioneer in Kaw Township. They
have four children, Della, Mattie A., John A., and Charlie H.
JOHN MONTAGUE, Stockvraiser and farmer, Section 23, P.O, Newman, was born in
County Tyrone, Ireland. He came to the United States about 1851; lived in different
States, eventually bringing up in Kansas, nearly a quarter of a century ago. He was among
the early settlers of Kaw Township, and passed through the ordeal o: roughing itin true
western style. He came to the State for the purpose of making a home. How well he has
succeeded may be inferred from the fact that his estate comprises 600 acres of choice land.
He has been closely identified with the growth and development of Jefferson County, He
was married in Long Island, N. Y., to Miss Catherine Montague, a native of Ireland. They
have two children, John and J oseph. : £
FRED. MORELLI, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, P. O. Grantville, was born in
Switzerland, November 1, 1832, was there educated, and learned the trade of masonry,
after which he came to the United States. In 1859 came to Kansas; in 1865 engaged in
farming, where he now resides. Mr. M. is one of the substantial farmers of Kaw Town-
ship. During the war he was in the State militia. He was married in Illinois to Miss
Bnods Conner. They have eight children, Maggie, Freddie, Mary, Jennie, Annie, Joseph,
eter and Mary. 4 7
G. H. RUSHMORE, stock-raiser and dealer, Section 22, P.O. Grantville, was born in
Albany County, N. Y.,"November 7, 1827; was educated and resided in his native county
until e! potest. years oF age, when he went to western Pennsylvania, and remained until
1854, when he came to Davenport, Lowa, residing for a time, thence to Iowa City, and in
May, 1858, took up his abode in Leavenworth, Kan. He engaged in the auction business,
and in that line did considerable work for the Government. For six years was in the United
States Revenue Service, and for several years was Inspector for the State. In 1868 moved
to Kaw Township,Jefferson County. The Office of Justice of the Peace he has held for a num-
ber of years and is at present an official inthat respect. He has held the office of County
Commissioner, and has otherwise been recognized in the county by the citizens. He was
married in 1856, at lowa City, lowa, to Miss Helen A. Peck, daughter of the Rev. Alfred
Peck. By this union they had one child, H. C.
S, S. TAYLOR, farmer, Section 13, P.O. Grantville,and pre rietor of the Grantville Nur-
sery, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born near Gettysburg, Adams County, March
2, 1835; was educated andreared in his native State, After a residence of nine years in
Ohio and four years in Indiana; came to Kansas in 1869, embarking in the nursery business
in Shawnee County. After a while mover to Burlingame where he conducted the same branch
of industry fora few years, and from the latter place came to his present location. He is
thoroughly conversant with nursery business, and has done much towards making the rep-
utation Kansas has attained for fineorchards. During the Rebellion Mr. Taylor served
fonr months in the One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mar-
ried in Indiana to Mrs. M. J. Brooks, They have one daughter, Grace G. Mrs. Taylor,
whose maiden name was M. J. Taylor had been twice married previously. By the first
with Mr. Lay, hadtwo children, J. Garfield and Alida, and by the secon marriage with
Mr. Brooks had one daughter, Nellie E. Be
W. H. WIBLE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 31, P. O. Meriden, is a native of Penn—
sylvania, and was born in Pittsburgh, October 6, 1841; was reared, educated and resided in
Allegheny County until 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, Fourteenth Pennsylvania
Cavalry; was on duty in the ‘Western Department, and participated in a number of general
engagements; was honorably discharged in November, 1864: returned to Pittsburgh, resid-
ing until the spring of 1868, when he came to Kansas, locating where he now resides. Mr.
W- is one of the solid farmers of the county. He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss
Mary A. Armstrong, of Butler County. They have three children by this union, John C.,
Laura F., and Daisie. Ss :
RIGHARD WRIGHT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P. O. Grantville. This enter-
rising citizen was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, May 5, 1847; at an early age moved to
Tino 8, residing in Peoria and Bond counties until 1865, when he came to Kansas, tak ng
up his abode the first few years in Tecumseh, Mr. Wright has been principally identifie
with the agricultural interests of the State. He was married in Kansas to Miss Matilda
Clark, daughter of Judge G. P. Clark, of Kaw Township. They have three children, Ollie

B., and two infants.
SARCOXIE TOWNSHIP.

This township formed a part of Kentucky, until the year 1862, when the
territory now comprising this township and Rural, was set off as a separate
one, and named Sarcoxie, after the Delaware Indian Chief of that name, who
lived on the bank of the Kansas River at the time when it formed the southern
boundary of Jefferson County.

The first settlements were made in 1859. Among the settlers of that and
the following year, were W. C. Ross, J. Stewart, W.A. Williams, Edward
Canovan, J. W. Byram, R. G. Elliott, and H. W. Williams.

The ‘first township officer was Oliver H. Hanscomb, who was appointed
Justice of the Peace, in August, 1863.

The settlement for the first few years was slow, as it was on the railroad
land over which there was so much controversy, and the settlers were afraid
they would not secure the land, as the railroad company had no title until
after the building of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. ‘The first man to buy his
land from the railroad company was J. W. Byram.

The first school was taught in a small log house built by John Large, and
was located on the southeast quarter of Section 36, Township 10, Range 19
east,

In the above-named house, the first Free Will Baptist Church organization
in the State of Kansas was effected. This was in May, 1866, and was the
result of a series of prayer meetings, which took the place of ordinary revival
meetings. But little preaching was done, but many professed conversion.
There was no minister of that denomination anywhere in the State nearer than
Hiawatha, and as the converts wished to be baptized, Jules L. Williams
started to see him to procure his services. He walked all the way, a distance
of seventy-five miles and slept out on the prairie every night. The minister,
Rev. A. Curtis, returned with him, baptized the converts, and organized a
church, which was the first one of any denomination in the township.

The first postoffice was Chester, established soon after the settlement of
the township. The next postoffice was Woodstock, established in 1870, with
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The second schoolhouse was in District No. 51, and was built of logs on
ae of the Muddy, and near the site of the present schoolhouse in that
istrict.

There is no town within the limits of the township, but it is well settled by a

thrifty and well-to-do class of farmers, the most of whom are natives of lowa
and Illinois.

During the hard times in years when crops were a partial failure, the
settlers made a livelihood by hauling wood to Lawrence, and selling it for
poe #50 per cord, and paying fifty cents toll over the Lawrence bridge
out of that.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. W.DAVIS, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Lawrence; was born in Shelby County, Ky.
April 7, 1828; was there ‘educated, and learned the carpenter’s trade. From Kentucky he
came to Illinois, where he resided for atime; thence he went to Missouri, opening a farm
in Cass County. He also sojuurned temporarily in Texas, and came to Kansas in 1862,
taking up his abode at Franklin, residing there until 1865. In 1866 he moved to Lawrence,
aud soon after to his present home, being amoug the first in that part of the State, He took
anactive interest in educational matters, and was one of the original organizers of the
Valley Grove school. He has been Towuship Clerk and otherwise officially honored. For
several years he operated a saw mill in Sarcoxie Township. Mr. Davis is a well-read
gentleman, and a man of good judgment and thoroughly conversant with the topics of the
times. He is a Mason and charter member of Valley Lodge, No. 6, North Lawrence, He
has been twice married; first to Miss Rebecca Linn (now deceased), By this marriage he
has four children living—William R., James N., Harvey E, and John M. His present wife
was formerly Miss Mary A. Lawnsdown; they have three children—Charles, Kdward and

sa B. ‘

J. H. ROBERTS, Postmaster, at Chester P. O., and farmer, Section 28. This gentleman
came to Kansas in 1868, settling in Sarcoxie Township, where he was identified as a farmer
until 1869, when he located where he now resides. In 1870 he was engaged in contracting
inthe southern part of the State, furnishiug rallroad ties. The autumn of that year was ap-
pointed Postmaster for the Chester office, which he has since held. Hehas also been Justice
of the Peace two terms, and identified with the school interests of his district. During the
war was in the State militia and participated in_the Price Raid. Mr, R. isa native of New
Hampshire, and was burn in Strafford County, December 8, 1828; was there educated and
reared. In 1856 emigrated to Muscatine County, Iowa, where he resided until coming to
Kansas. Hehas been twice married, first to Miss S. J, Blaisdall, now deceased, of York
County, Me. By this union had three children—Ida, Francicene, and Milton. His second
wife was \Lrs, Jane G. Good; her maiden name was Hill, By this marriage they have one
daughter—Sarah. Mr. Roberts belongs to the Grange.

A. C. SILER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, P.O. North Lawrence, is a native
of Ohio, and was born in Muskingum County, April 21, 1840; was there educated and rear-
ed, Atthe breaking out of the revellio 1 he tendered his services to the Union, enlisting in
1861 In the Sixty-fifth Ouiy VolunteerInfantry, Heparticipated ina number of general
engagements with his regiment, and at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain. In June, 1864, re-
ceived aeug shot wound through the left knee, which resulted inthe amputation of the
left leg above the knee; was discharged by reason of thesame, at Columbus, Onio, August
17, 1865. Mr. S. came to Kansas in January, 1871, locating where he now resides. Heisa
genial gentleman and a progressive citizen. He was married at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1867,
to Miss Lizzie Snite. Tney have four children—Eddie, Frank, Lillie, and Nora.

SAMUEL SILLIK, M. D., farmer and stock-raiser, Section.33, P. O. North Lawrence.
One of the representative citizens of Sarcoxie ‘Township, is the subject of this sketch. He is
a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Washington County, July 4, 1817; when twelve
years of age removed with his parents to Ohio, where he was educated and resided until he
attained his twentieth year, when he became a resident of Livingston County, ll. Early
in life he took up the study of medicine, more for an accomplishment than Eo practice as a
profession, however he has pursued the calling to a considerable extent, and has been em-
inently successful. The doctor isa staunch member of the Christian Church, and an untir-
ing worker in the cause of temperance. He was married in Ohio to Miss Esther Miller.
They have seven children—Sarah H., David A., Cornelia M., Mary E.. George F., EleithaJ.,
and Luella; lost one, Harrison. Thefamily came to Kansas in October, 1878, locating in
Linn County; became residents of Jetferson County in the spring of 1880.

ANTHO. SNOW, farmer and sorghum manufacturer,Section 33, P.O. Stanwood. This
fentleman is a native of England, and was born in Devonshire, August 27, 1888. Ip 1857

e went to Canada, where he resided until 1863, when he came to Kansas, locating in
Lawrence, where he resided for a few years, working at his trade, thatof masonry; he also
did considerable of the work on the asylum at Topeka. He was married in Kansas to Miss
Eldora Fulton. They have six children—Henry W., Laona, Grace, Mary A., George, and
Ethel L. Mr. snow makes a specialty of manutacturing sorghum molasses, an industry he
has been very successful ns

H. W. WELLMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 1, P. O, Lawrence, is_a native of
Kentucky, and was born May 8, 1833; was reared and educated in his native State, After
becoming of age, he emigrated to Iowa, residing for a time, thence to Missouri, from which
State, in December, 1861, he came to Kansas, locating where he now resides. Mr. W. is one
of the most extensive stockmen of the county. Officially he has been County Commissioner
one term, and has been identified with the school interests. He was married in Lowa to Miss
Mary A, Davidson; her death occurred in Kansas in 1878. The children born to them
were nine in number—Fallies K., D. Augustus, Lillie A., Sarah A., Harrison W., William
W., Worthy A., Besiora P.; lost one, Cammencia V. Mr. 'W. isa member of the I. O. 0. F.,

Lawrence odge. 0. 4.
MILO A. WOOD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, P. O. North Lawrence. Among the
early settlers of Anderson County, Kan., was Mr. J. A. Wood, who with his family se.tled
there in the autumn of 1858; his son, Milo A., is aative of Virginia, and was born May
15, 1852. Came to Kansas i 1858, where he was educated and reared, In 1866 the family
settled in Jefferson County on the farm now occupied by Milo A. Mr. J. A. Woods was
identified with the agricultural interests of the county up to the time of his death, the
autumn of 1878. The subject of this sketch spent several years in California engaged in
various pursuits. He was married in Kansas to Miss Annie E. Stone. They have two chil-
dren—Walter Scott and James Fuller.

FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP.

This township contains thirty-five square miles, and is situated directly
south of Osawkie, of which township it formed a part until October 6, 1871,
when, on a petition of J. H. Saylor and fifty others, the Board of County Com-
missioners cut off this territory, and organized it as a separate township. The
first election was held on November 7, at the Pleasant Valley schoolhouse, and
D. B. Baker was chosen Trustee, Jacob Metsger, Treasurer, and Samuel Mets-
ger, Clerk.

This township contains no towns. The Delaware River and Big Slough
Creek, with numerous tributary streams, cross it.’ The surface of the land is
generally very rough and broken, but along the streams isa great deal of good
timber land. Back from the streams the land, though rough, is devoted to crop-
raising and pasturage. Stock-raising is an important industry of the township.

The first school district in what is now Fairview Township was organized
in the year 1869.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

D. C. ADAMS. farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, P. O. Thompsonville, was born in

. Johnson County, Mo., August 7, 1839. Came to Kansas with his parents in 1854, his father
Calvin being one of the pioneers of Douglass County, where he engaged in agricultural pur-
suits, aad in which county D. C. resided for several years. During the war he enlisted inthe
Kansas First. Not being mustered into the ranks, he engaged in teaming, and was Wagon-
master in Government employ until the close of the war, r, Adams has a desirable home,
and is one of the most progressive farmers of the county. He was married in Kansas to
Miss Emily Roberts. he died, leaving one son, Carl. His second wife was Miss Rachel
Chetwood, They have three children—Harvey C., Addie and Ernest.
J.C. BAKER, farmer and stock -raiser, Section 29, P, O. Thompsonville. This well-
known citizen was born in Franklin County, Pa., July 19, 1830. When young removed with
parents to Warren County, Ohio, where he was educated, reared and learned the wagon-
making trade, which vocation he pursued as a journeyman for atime, and afterwards car-
ried on manufacturing for a number of years in Ohio and Indiana very successfully. He was

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

married in Indiana to Miss Mary Lacedig, of that State. They have ten children—Charles
T., Clinton A., Margaret E., Mary J., Flora B., Minnie O., George S., Joseph H., Johu D. and

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MatildaG. Mr. Baker caine to Kansas with' family the spring of 1867, locating where he

“now resides.

BENJAMIN BOWLBY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 23, P. O. Thompsonville, one
of Jefferson County’s most substantial citizens, is the subject of this sketch. e is a native
of Ohio, and was born in Williams County, October 10, 1844. At an early age removed to
Iowa, locating in Boone County, where in 1863 he enlisted in Company FK, Third lowa Vol-
unteer Infantry. He participated in the battle of Peach Tree Creek and other general en-

agements, serving until the close, After the war located in Macon County, Ill., which was
fis abiding place until 1867, when hecameto Kansas, and has since devoted his energies to
developing the resources of Jefferson County. and few men have been more successful, Mr,
Bowlby is at present (1883), aud has been for several years, one of the County Commission-
ers, and largely through his instrumentality Jefferson County was placed in its present
solld financial ‘condition. He was married in Kansas to Miss Sarah G. Hubar.

W.C. BRUNTON, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Osawkie, isa native of Indiana, and was born
in Tippecanoe County, February 4,1834. Atanearly age emigrated to Illinois, and fora
number of years resided in McDonough and Adams counties; also resided for atime in
Missouri,removing from there to Marshall County, Iowa, which was his abiding place
until 1865, when he cameto Kansas. Mr, B. isone of the representative agriculturists of
Fairview Township, He was married in Missouri to Miss Sarah J. Bise. By this union they
have twelve--children—John T., George W., Edna, Grant, Rosa, Minnie, Mattie, Walter,
Eddie, Sherman, Delbert and Nellie. _ During the war Mr. B. served three months in Com.
pany &, First Missouri, enlisting in 1861, : i :

WILLIAM CARR, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, P. O. Osawkie, This gentleman
1s anative of Ohio, and was born in Montgomery County, February 22, 1826. + When young
removed Lo Butler County, where he was educated and reared. In 1854 he emigrated from
the state of Indiana to low, were, in Tama County, and for eighteen years was identified
with its agricultural interests. Also for a time residedin Wapello County, coming from there
to Kansas in 1873. Has been a resident of Jefferson Cuunty since. r, Carr Was inarried
Indlana to Miss Naucy Arnold, Her death occurredin Tama County, lowa, in 1870. They
had nine children, stx of whom are living—Alexander, died in 1860; Mary E., John F.,
eres J., Clarissa A., Sarah M., died in 1879; Josiah E, George W. and Maria E, died

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EDWARD L, CARTER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P.O. Oskaloosa. Among
the pioneers of Jefferson County was Mr. Thomas Carter, who in 1857 settled with his fam-
ily one mile and a half west of where the subject of this sketch now resides. . L., his son,
is a native of Indiana, and was born in Tippecanoe County, January 21, 1843. This family
came to Kansas from Wapelio County, lowa. In 1862, Mr. C. enlisted in Company D, Elev-
enth Kansas, participating in most of the general engagements of the “Old Eleventh.”” For
several months was in the far West among the Indians, where he was wounded. Was hon-
orably discharged in September, 1865. He was married in Kansas to Miss M. J. Du Pea.
They have five children—Harry, Annie, Josie, Luella and Eddie. 3

. F, COOK, fariner and stock-raiser, Section 3, P.O. Osawkie. One of the first settlers
on Big Soldier Creek, in Jackson County, was Mr. George Cook, who settled there with his
family in the spring of 1855. He was identified with the early developmentand troubles
during the dark days. He kept a small stock of groceries and provisions at his place to sup-
By the wants of the people in that locality. In 1857, he moved to Big Soldier, Jackson

ounty. Mr. Couk was a staunch Free-state man, and his house was converted into a fort,
where the people assembled to defend against the border ruffians. On one occasion a party
of armed men were seen coming jn upon them, which created a greatfuror among the littie
party, and they at once prepared for the defensive. It was svon discovered that it was Jim.

ane and his men,and they were agreeably disappointed. Mr. Cook accompanied Gen.
Lane to Hickory Point. This affair occurred while Mr. Cook was living on Rock Creek,
three miles north of Mount Florence, having settled there in 1855. After an active career
in Kansas his death occurredin June, 1858. His son B. F., was born in Pulaski County,
Ind., February 25, 1850; came to Kansas with his father in 1855, and has since been a resl-
dent, pursuing the vocation of farming and stock-raising. He was married in Jefferson
County, Kansas, to Miss Capitola Ball, By this union they have one daughter, Elsie.

THOMAS FITZSIMMON S, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Oskaloosa, is a native of Ireland,
and was born in the County Cavin, April 25, 1838. Cameto the United States in 1851, set-
tling in New York City, where fur a number of years he was engaged in the grocery trade.
In 1858 enlisted in the Third United States Regiment, and served until the 18th of May,
1863 and was honorably discharged. During his term he was on duty in Kansas, Texas,
Florida and the far West. In 1879, settled permanently in Kansas, For over three years
was clerk in the Jefferson House, at Oskaloosa, and is well known to the travel ng public,
He was married in New York to Miss Rosa A. Conway. They have one son, 2 blacksmith,
in New York City.

JOHN JAMES, farmer and stock-raiser, Sectiou 2, P. O, Oskaloosa. One of the pioneers
of Jefferson County. He is a native of England, and was born in Somersetshire, in 1818;
was educated and reared in his native country. In 1850 cameto America, locating in New
York Puate, where he resided until the spring of 1857, when he emigrated to Kansas, and
settled in the locality where he now resides. Mr. James was in Jimited circumstances at
the time of his coming; his first purchase of real estate embodied fifteen acres: he kept ad-
ding from time to time, until his farm at present in size and value wiil compare favorably
with the majority in the county. In 1858 he assessed Osawkie Township, and has been
closely identified with the educational interests of his district for a number of years. He
was married in England to Miss Jane Emmery; by this union has three children—Eliza-
beth, Josephine and W. J, Mrs. James’ death occurred in Kansas a few years ago.

M. G. JUDY, farmer and stock -raiser, Section 21, P.O. Perry. This prowinent farmer
and stockman isa native of Kentucky, aud was born in Boone County, March 15, 1833. Was
educated and reared in his native State, his early days being spentin tilling the soil. For
anumber of years was a resident of Buchanan County, Mo., where he followed farm-
ing. Came to Kansas in 1869, locating where he now resides. as_ married in Kentucky,
to Miss Margaret Sleet, of Boone County. They have six children—Isabelle, Asa, Benjamin
S., Aleck, Dosia and Ada,

H. C. RAINES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, P.O. Osawkie. He is one of the
most prominent farmers of Fairview Township. He was born in Pettis County, Mo., Sep-
tember 13, 1830. Was there educated and resided unt! he atrained his twenty-fourth year,
when he removed to Mills County, Iowa. The spring of 1866 came to Kansas, locating
where he now resides. He was married in the State of Missouri, to Miss Hesther A.
Scringfield. They have ten children. William R., the eldest, is living in Fairview Town-
ship, and is engaged inthe same occupation as his father, and is the present Trustee of
Fairview Township, which position he has held for two years. James and John are in

ursuing the vocation of school teaching; George is also in California, went for
his health; David is attending school at the State Un versity, at Lawrence; Mary is married
to F. G. Stark, a farmer and stock-raiser in Fairview Township; Oscar, Emma, Grant and
ee SMT NE ta

CG. tH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 15, P.O. Oskaloosa. This pioneer came
to Kansas in AB6, and settled in Nemaha County, residing for a time, returned to lowa
aud remained until 1858, when he came again and located in Jefferson County. For nine
years he operated a blacksmith shop in Oskaloosa, being one of the early Vulcans of the
county. Mr. §.is a native of Tennessee, 2nd was born in Bedford County, December 2,
1816; was reared and educated inhis native State, where he learned the blacksmith’strade.
Prev ous to coming to Kansas he resided in Kentucky, Missouri, and Iowa, being among
the early ones in the Platte Purchase, Mo., and in Madison County, Iowa. In Missouri he
married Miss Catherine Bledso, By this union he has had twelve children, seven of whom
are llving—George W., Granville A., Elizabeth, Mary, Isaac, Abrah*m, and Henry. Lost
fye--Luc na, Armilda, James F., William C., and Sarah E. Mrs. Smith’ died September 7,

THOMAS WIELAND, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P.O. Osawkie. This gentle-
min is @ nattve of Switzerland, and was born Aus ust 24,1824; was educated and reared in

is native country, In 1846 he came to the United States, taking up his abode in Virginia,
where he resided until 1870, when he came to Kansas. During the war he was in the Vir-
ginia State militia, Mr. W. is one of the representative farmers of his township. He was
maericd in Virginia, to Miss Christina Miley. By this union they have had_seven children,
four livin —Edward § , J. B., Albert, and Walter. Lost three—Anton L., Peter, and Ame-

Aas Ma leland and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
6 sy ALGY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P. O. Osawkie, was born in Clinton

‘ounty, Ohio, January 11, 1848; was there educated andreared, His father, Charles Wiley,
was a farmer, and emigrated to Kansas with his family, including J. M., in 1861, locating
i efferson County. where he was identified up to the time of his death, in 1870. J. M. has
vec fl esident of the county since 1861, following agricultural pursuits, and stands among
he rae representative ones in that branch. He was married in Kansas, to Miss

WILLIAM WORKMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P.O, Th

, ’ ~ . , P.O, Thompsonville, was
porn ae Miller County, Mo., July 17, 1852; came to Kansas in 1862 with nis parents, his
taut er, acob, locating in Atchison County, near Monrovia. In 1864 the family removed to
ie erson ounty, where William has since been a resident following agricultural pursuits.

© was married in Kansas, April 27, 1879, to Miss RoanaFry. They have one daughter—
Myrtle; and rf Was TG Pree wie loeat
age Coane id one son—Eugene. Mrs. W. is a daughter of Mr. C. Fry, who located in Jeffer-
Co enn y, Kas., in 1868, and is still a resident of Fairview Township. He was born m Owen
¢ yun ve nd., in June, 1830, and was married in that State, in 1851, to Miss E. Halcher. B
: is union they have had eleven children, eight of whom are living, Mrs. W. being the sixth
lived. saeap ct aie ts Towa in 1858, and to Kansas in 1968, where he has since
firm of Fry & Workiran® charcoal-burning. The latter business is carried on by the

 

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SHAWNEE COUNTY. 531

’ SHAWNEE ‘COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

ails County is situated in the third tier of counties west of the

Missouri River and contains 357,120 acres of land. The face of the
county is such as is generalin the eastern part of Kansas, where water courses
thread the territory. It is rolling prairie, nearly 150 feet above the bed of the
water courses, with hills or mounds rising 100 feet above the land level.
The most notable elevations are in the western range of townships.« Burnett’s
Mound, the highest point in the
county, is situated some four miles
southwest of Topeka,in Mission
Township. The land is described
in the government and county sur-
veys as ‘‘ bottom land, 31 per cent ;
upland, 69 per cent; forest, 8 per
cent; prairie, g2 percent.” The
timber, natural growth, is confined
to the bottoms of Kansas River,
and the numerous creeks and
streams tributary to it. It consists
of elm, cottonwood, black walnut,
oak, sycamore, box elder, hickory
and ash,

The Kansas River flows through
the county in a southeasterly course,
being bordered on its north bank
by the towns of Rossville, Silver
Lake and Soldier, and on its south
bank by the towns of Dover, Mis-
sion, Topeka and Tecumseh. The
Wakarusa River, which, flowing
east and northeast, empties into
the Kansas River in the northeast-
ern part of Douglas County, has
its sources in the town of Auburn,
and waters the southern sections of
Auburn, Williamsport and Mon-
mouth—the tributary creeks flow-
ing into it on either side forming
the drainage and water system of
the three towns above named. The
towns lying on the borders of the
Kansas River, north and south,
are watered by the tributary creeks
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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

Concerning the origin of the names in this county, it is generally understood
that Shawnee County receives its name from that well known tribe of Indians,
Topeka is a Kaw word, meaning ‘wild potato ;” Wakarusa, “ river of big
weeds ;” Shunganunga, “the race course ;” Menoken, ‘‘a fine growth;” Half- °
Day Creek, named after a Pottawatomie chief; Mission Creek, so called because
of the old Kaw mission on its banks; Blacksmith Creek, from the Kaw black-
smith shop; Soldier Creek, because its banks were a favorite camping, ground
for soldiers passing from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley.

PRE-TERRITORIAL AND EARLY
RESIDENTS.

Q. The actual settlement of the
BoA county by white men dates from
the time of the territorial organiza-
tion in 1854. Prior to that time
the title to the land was vested in
the Indians occupying it, and their
half-breed descendants. Aside
* from these and a few settlers along
the route of the Leavenworth mil-
itary road, and the California emi-
grant road, the only white resi-
dents in the county were the
missionaries, teachers and, govern-
ment employes among the. tribes
of Indians inhabiting the country.
Probably the first white man
that actually settled among the
Indians of Shawnee County was
Frederick Choteau, who in the year
1830 started a trading post on the
west bank of Mission Creek, then
American Chief Creek, and about
two miles south of the Kansas
river, To this place the Kaws
removed one of their villages on
account of the establishment of
the post. During the same year
Rev. William Johnson, brother of
Rev. Thomas Johnson, of the
Shawnee Mission, commenced his
missionary labors among the Kaws,
residing at their village for the two
subsequent years. In 1835, the
southern portion of the government

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these is Cross Creek, running farm was established in the valley
through the town of Rossville; of Mission Creek, a portion of
Soldier Creek, the largest stream 1870. 1880. which was plowed the same sum-
on the north side, which enters the Auburn Township 662 e444 mer, by Major Daniel Boone, a
county in the northwestern pa.t of (a) Dover Township. 611 833 grandson of the famous Kentucky
the town of Silver Lake, runs a oe ree asi $82 pioneer, probably the first plowing
southeast through that town, Me- Monmouth Township 713 1176 within the limits of the county.
noken, and the southern sections ro Tee erates hip, including Silver’ Lake Gity. 1.416 "908 - Mission buildings were erected
of Soldier, emptying into the Kan- Soldier Township Si 1,430 2.531 during the summer of 1835, on the
sas nearly opposite. the city of To- (s) Topeka ‘Township ? 1.079 g'933 «north part of the farm, northwest
peka. Indian Creek is also a Topeka City........ : 5,790 15,458 quarter of Section 33, into which
northern tributary, entering Kansas Williamsport Township.. es Mr. Johnson and family moved,
River one and one-half miles be- 13121 | 29,033 and resided continuously there for
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South of the Kansas the principal

tributary streams are Mission (b)

Creek and Shunganunga Creek, (a) From partof Silver Lake, in 1871

the former watering the town of (e)

Dover, and the latter the towns of (£)

Mission and Topeka, the whole :

river system covering the county as with a network.

ponds in the county. .
The soil is a rich dark loam, varying from fifteen feet in some parts of the

bottoms, to a uniform surface covering the upland prairie from one to three

feet, There is no better soil for small grains and cereals of temperate latitudes.

The underlying formation is limestone, well fitted for building purposes, easily

quarried, and, when burned, yielding lime of fair quality. Beds of clay, from

which good brick are manufactured, are well distributed. Coal is found in de-

tached and non-continuous beds, some fifteen or twenty feet below the surface,

and is mined in a small way for local purposes in Topeka, Soldier and

Menoken.

Part to Mission, in 1871.
From part of Silver Lake, in 1879

Part to Mission, in 1871.

There are no lakes or

From parts of Townships of Dover and Topeka, in 1871.
Part to Rossville. in 1871; part to Menoken, in 1879.

sisting of Mr. Choteau’s establish-
ment, the mission, under charge
of Mr. Johnson and wife, the gov-
ernment blacksmith, and farmer,
and a few other employes, is the
first of which there is any record
within Shawnee County. Mission and Blacksmith creeks received their names
from the old mission and blacksmith shop situated near their banks. (See
Indian History, Missions). ;

The Papan brothers—Joseph, Ahcan, Louis, and Euberie—were Cana-
dians, whose father emigrated from Montreal and settled in St. Louis in the
latter part of the eighteenth century. Three of the brothers—Joseph, Ahcan,
and Louis—married respectively Josette, Julie, and Victoire Gonvil—half
breeds, their father, Louis Gonvil, a French trader, their mother a Kaw. These
three girls, by the terms of the treaty made with their tribe in 1825, were each
entitled to a section of Jand on the north bank of the Kansas River, their
special reservations covering the present site of North Topeka, and running
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west up the river. In the spring of 1840, Joseph and Ahcan, with their wives,
moved from Missouri onto one of these reservations, and were joined the follow-
ing year by Louis and wife. In 1842 the Messrs. Papan established the first
ferry across the Kansas River, long known as Papan’s Ferry. It was just above
the island onto which the Topeka City reservoir is built, the southern landing
being on the present farm of Mrs. Anthony Ward. The ferry was started to
accommodate the travel between Fort Leavenworth and New Mexico, but after-
wards became a favorite crossing for the California and Oregon traders and
emigrants,

In 1848 Louis Catalon and James McFerson moved to the Papan neigh-
borhood, and in 1850 Fred Swice and George L. Young became settlers in
what is now Soldier Township. :

When the Pottawatomies were removed from the Osage to the Kansas
River, the missionaries who had been employed among them, followed them to
the new location. The limits of their reservation were not very definitely fixed
at first, and the Catholic mission of Father J. B. Hocken was located too far
south, intrenching upon the Shawnee reservation, on the site of the present
township of Auburn. The mission was established in the fall of 1847. About
twenty log cabins were built and occupied by the Indians during the following
winter, and deserted by them in the spring, when they removed further north to
their own reservation. These buildings served as homes for the Shawnees for
several years, a part of them and 800 acres of land being purchased of them by
John W Brown, the first white settler in Auburn. Mr. Brown, a native of Bel-
mont, County, Ohio, came to the Shawnee Methodist Mission, near Westport, in
1849. He was then a young man of twenty years, by tradea blacksmith, in which
capacity he was employed by the government at the Shawnee Mission, and after-
wards at the Pottawatomie trading post at Uniontown. In July, 1854, he re-
moved from Uniontown to the deserted mission station, and, as above stated,
purchased land and cabins of the Shawnees, the portion upon which he settled,
and where he yet resides (1882) being the northeast quarter of Section 26,
Town 13, Range 14. The following month—August 11, 1854—Mr. Brown was
joined by a party of settlers from Missouri, attracted to the place by the repre-
sentation of its sole settler as to its beauty and desirability fof a location, On
the 12th of August, the following claims were made: E. Carriger, northeast
quarter of Section 31, Town 13, Range 15; W. F. Johnson, south half of Sec-
tion 14, Town 13, Range 15; M. A. Reed, southwest quarter of Section 31,
Town 13, Range 15; J. J. Webb, northwest quarter of Section 25, Town 13,
Range 15; B. B. Jones, northeast quarter of Section 25, Town 13, Range 15;
Eli Snyder, southeast quarter of Section 30, Town 13, Range 15; and L. T.
Cook, Section 27, Town 13, Range 14. ‘lhis party lived for some time in the
cabins lately occupied by the Shawnees, the little settlement being named
Brownville in honor of the pioneer settler.

In the fall of 1847, Jonas Lykins removed from Osawatomie, and located
in what is now Mission Township. He built a cabin, and in the following
spring commenced toimprove his farm. During 1848, the Baptist Missionary
Society erected a log mission building on Section 32, and in the following year
completed one of stone, in size 40x80 feet, near the former. They were both
built under the superintendence of Dr. Johnston Lykins. Rev. Robert Simer-
well, with his daughter Sarah (afterward Mrs. Baxter), and Miss Elizabeth Mc-
Coy, moved to this mission in 1848, and organized and taught an Indian school.
Aside from those immediately connected with the mission, there were but few
white settlers at this point. Among the superintendents were Mr. Saunders,
Mr, Alexander, Rev. John Jackson, and Rev. John Jones. Mrs. J. C. Miller
was at one time a teacher in the school, and Dr. D. L. Croysdale was Govern-
ment physician. The mission closed about 1859. The mission farm consisted
of 320 acres, a part of which, with improvements, was reserved for the benefit
of the Baptist Board of Missions, in the treaty of 1861 with the Pottawatomies.
Mr. Sidney W. Smith established his ferry across the Kansas, the southern land-
ing being near the Baptist Mission, in 1852. The ferry was run for eight
years. Mr. Smith moved to Uniontown in 1848, and into Mission Township
in March,1852, locating on the southeast quarter of Section 30, own 11, Range
15. The landing of the ferry on the south bank was on the same section.

TERRITORIAL SETTLERS.

August 13, 1854, Rev. Robert Simerwell* removed from the Baptist Mis-
sion, in what is now Mission Township, and made the first settlement in the
present township of Williamsport. He built a cabin, and in the fall a black-
smith shop, the first in the town. He lived upon his farm until his death, in
1868. Mr. Simerwell was followed by his son William, and Mr. Joseph
Drenan, who arrived August 14, the latter settling on the northeast quarter of
Section 27, Town 12, Range 15. Twelve days later, on the 26th, Messrs. Wil-
liam Matney and son arrived.

The first farm cultivated by a white man in Topeka Township, was the
north half of Section 25, Town 11, Range 15, by Clement Shattio, a French-
man, who came there from Uniontown, November 15,1852. The farm was
then owned by Alexander Bushman, a half-breed Shawnee Indian. It is situ-
ated one mile northwest of Topeka, on the south bank of the river, Mr. Shat-
tio was born in St. Louis, Mo.,1n 1800; came to Uniontown, June 15, 1848, and
was married there to Ann Davis (colored) in 1850. He lived on the Bushman
farm until August 15, 1854, when he bought out a Shawnee Indian’s claim on
the Shunganunga, located on the northeast quarter of Section 14, Town 12,
Range 15. His wife was born in Palestine, Crawford County, Ill. about the
year 1817. At the age of ten years she was stolen from her parents, who were
free, and taken to Missouri, which was then a slave State, After being sold
many times, she found herself, in May, 1848, in Uniontown. She bought her
freedom in 1849. Mr.Shattio died at Topeka in the summer of 1882.

The following is the record of settlers coming to Topeka Township in

1854:

 

*For more special notice, see Pottawatomle Missions (Indian history).

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ‘

May 5, Horatio Cox, from Missouri, located on the northeast quarter of Sec-
tion 4, Town 12, Range 16. The farm is two miles east of Topeka, near the
crossing of Deer Creek, on the Tecumseh road, June 1, Anthony A. Ward
bought the farm of a Kaw half-breed on the southwest quarter of Section 30,
Town 11, Range 16. Mr. Ward moved his family on to this farm, which
joins the city of ‘Topeka on the west, September 1, 1854. July 15, Robert Mat-
thews located on the southeast quarter of Section 33, Town 11, Range 16. He
built in the fall the first blacksmith shop in the township of Topeka. In July,
J. Jondron settled on the northeast quarter of Section 32, Town 11, Range 16,
and A. Berringer on the northeast quarter of Section 33, Town 11, Range 16,
July 25, Isaac Edwards settled on the southwest quarter of Section 27, Town 11,
Range 16, and D. Chilson on the northwest quarter of Section 34, Town 11,
Range 16, Edwards was imprisoned about eight years later, for the murder of
a colored man. He was hung at the jail in Topeka bya mob. August 14,
William R. Boggs bought a claim on the northeast quarter of Section 26,Town
11, Range 15. His farm is now the site of the State Insane Asylum. August
28, Gilbert Billard settled on the northwest quarter of Section 28, Town 11,
Range 16, and Charles Sardein on the southwest quarter, Section 28, Town 11,
Range 16, and Fred. Vascalders on the northeast quarter of Section 28, Town
11, Range 16, October ro, J. R. Warren settled on the northeast quarter of
Section 9, Town 12, Range 16, H. McConnell on the southeast quarter of Sec-
tion 9, Town 12, Range 16,and James McConnell on the southwest quarter of
Section 15, Town 13, Range 16, Mr. Thomas Warren, who arrived on the
same day, resided with his son, J. R., until his death, December 15, 1874, at
the age of 104 years. October 17, William Pickerel located on the southeast
quarter of Section 6, Town 12, Range 16. October 18, John Parkinson located
on the northeast quarter of Section 11, Town 12, Range 15. October 20, Phil-
lip Briggs located on the northwest quarter of Section 5, Town 12, Range 16,
In November, William Griffenstein located on the farm since owned by Mr. Slay-
ton. November 15, John T. Adams located on the southwest quarter of Sec-
tion 10, Town 12, Range 16. December 7, James F. Merriam, from Vermont ;
December 12, James Hickey; December 20, Freeman R. Foster and Robert
Mitchell; December 25, Dr. S. A. Martin ; and December —, John Long, set-
tled in the township. :

November 29, 1854, Enoch Chase, M.C. Dickey, J. B. Chase and George
Davis located on the present site of the city of Topeka, and December 4, C. K.
Holliday, D. H. Horne, F. W. Giles, L. G. Cleveland, and S. A. Clark arrived,
soon followed by T. G. Thornton, Timothy McIntyre, Jonas E. Greenwood,
George F. Crow and William C. Lenicar.

The settlers of Topeka Township in 1855, were as follows: Joseph
C. Miller, Frank L. Crane, W. W. Ross, John Ritchie, J. C, Jordan, John
Armstrong, H. W. Curtis, Charles Farnsworth, L. ‘W. Horne, R. A. Randlett,
O. C. Nichols, S. D. Conwell, Frank Dawson, C. A. Sexton, Henry Cowles,
John Perrin, Rev. Henry Burgess, Charles Frasier, C. A. Dexter, W.H.Wey-
mouth, Daniel Sayers, Ephraim Herriott, Horatio Fletcher, Samuel Herriott,
Daniel Bouta, H. Higgins, Johnston Thomas, King Smith, Antoine Bernier, H.
Terrell, A. H. Barnard, Robert Todd, Dr. M. A. Campdoras, Henry Griffin, C.
Durupt, Isaac Renfrew, J. Willetts, J. R. Jones, C. D. Howard, L. H. Went-
worth, Robert Gilbert, Daniel Sheridan, James Goodridge, E. C. K. Garvey,
James Chadwick, Dean Chadwick, C.C. Leonard, C. L. Terrel, Moses Dudley,
J. Orcutt, William Scales, H. P. Waters, James K. Bunker, James McNamee,
J. F. Cummings, Israel Zimmerman, Loring Farnsworth, E. Seagreaves, Abner
Doane, A. M. Lewis, Guilford Dudley, John R. Lewis, George F. Boyd, D.
Minnium, J. D. Clarkson, James Taggart, W. H. Weymouth, L.C. Wilmarth,
A. G. Thompson, W. F. Creitz, G. W. Hathaway, H. H. Wentworth, Gabriel
Wright, James Disney, Moses Hubbard, P. R. Hubbard, Eugene Dumez, C.N.
Grey, P. O. Connor, E. S. Parker, Jesse Stone, O. H. Drinkwater, Samuel Hall
Leonard Wendell, A. F. Whiting, W. E. Bowker, S. N. Frazier, M. C. Martin,
William P. Thompson, David H. Moore, W. W. Henderson, William Gibbons,
M. K. Smith, A. F. Hartwell, David Smith, Charles L. Wilbur, G. B. French,
E. Trask, August Roberts, H. C. Young, Nelson Young, James Cowles, R. M,
Luce, F. T. Tucker, Richard Gustine. ‘

July 18, 1856, Alfred and John Sage claimed and settled on the southeast
quarter of Section 35, Town 12, Range 13, the farm now being within the lin.its
of the village of Dover, and owned by T. K. Thompson. Mrs. Alfred Sage, then
Mrs. Mary Buell, came with the earliest Pennsylvania party to Kansas, and was
living in a little log cabin on the Wakarusa when the first Missouri invasionists
were encamped there. She afterwards lived « short time at Topelea, and from
thence moved to Dover, where she still resides. In the fall of the same year
(1856), Thomas and Albert Haskell, and John Rush arrived, and settled in
the neighborhood. In the spring of 1857, John and Noah Gibbs, William Col-
lins, and Jacob Orcutt arrived, and in the fall of that year Daniel Sayers,
T. D. Parks, and Jacob Haskell. Daniel Sayers was a mason, who came to
Kansas in 1854, and afterwards helped to build the old mill near the park in
Topeka, now torn down. He died in Dover, August 28,1860. Jacob Haskell
was the godfather of Dover, naming it from the village of Dover, N. H., which
place was his former home. From September, 1857, until the fall of 1867, Do-
ver formed a part of Auburn Township, being made a voting precinct October
a the polling place being a log schoolhouse on the site of the present
village.

In 1848, Abram B. Burnett, a Pottawatomie Chief, and a man of more
than ordinary ability, moved into the reservation just set apart for the tribe,
and settled near the base of ‘‘ Burnett’s Mound.” His farm, which was broken
the same year, was the home of himself and family until his death, in 1870,
and upon it he was buried. His name is identified with the locality, and it
seems very appropriate that one spot in Shawnee County should perpetuate the
memory of the old Chief, whose people once called so large a part of its terri-
tory their own.

__ ‘Burnett's Mound,” one of the oldest landmarks in the country surround-
ing Topeka, is a high peak to the southwest of the city. It was one of the ~
prominent points in the landscape which attracted the attention of the pioneers
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of 1854, and was called by them Webster's Peak, the name by which it was
known to Eastern emigrants for many years.

DEFUNCT TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

Uniontown was established in 1848 as an Indian Traders’ Post in the Pot-
tawatomie Reservation, in the western part of what is now Dover Township,
and about a mile from the south bank of the Kansas, For several years it was
the largest and most important trading point on the river; many of the pioneer
settlers of the new towns that sprung up after the organization of the Territory
having been residents of the place. ‘The late Thomas N. Stinson, afterwards
the founder of Tecumseh, built the first house at Uniontown in the spring of
1848, and was, while living there, a successful Government trader. Other set-
tlers soon followed and erected buildings, and intwo years the post had grown
into a little hamlet of fifty buildings, fourteen of which were stores. It was the
gathering place of the Pottawatomies for annual payment, a thriving trade being
carried on with them, and with the various persons employed for their benefit.
The old California and Oregon road ran near the village, by which Rocky Mount-
ain traders-and trappers passed over the adjacent ferry on their route to the
Northwest. Among the early residents of Uniontown, besides those above
mentioned, were John W. Brown (1851), first s-ttler in the town of Brownville;
Clement Shattio, the first settler in the township of Topeka; Hayden I. McMee-
kin, one-of the founders of the town of Indianola and a pioneer landlord in
Leavenworth city; Anthony Ward, who removed to a farm near the present
site of Topeka in 1854; A. G. Boone, whose father had lived in the near vicin-
ity when it was Kansas Reservation ; and Mrs. Falobia Green (1852), who re-
mained on the old town site. The following traders settled at the post and
erected buildings during the spring and summer of 1848; Ewing & Ewing, P.
E. Sarpie, Robert A. Kinsey, O. H. P. Polk, T. D.S. McDonald, as agent for
Choteau, McDowell, and W. W. Cleghorn. Dr. Gallimore, with his wife
and sister, J. R. Whitehead, John D. Laslie, and William Dyer were among
the very early settlers. 2

~ In 1849 and ’50 the cholera raged with fearful violence among the Indians.
Uniontown was almost deserted; only three of the traders—Messrs. Stinson,
Whitehead, and McDonald, remaining with Dr. Gallimore and family to assist,
as they might, in relieving the prevalent distress. Dr. Gallimore and wife con-
tracted the disease and died; the others escaped an attack. The sister was
taken to Westport by Mr. Stinson after the death of her brother, and along the
California road, over which they passed, they saw many corpses of those who
had suddenly sickened and died, away from friends, and deprived even of burial.
The mortality among the Pottawatomies was terrible—they died by hundreds.
Before the surviving whites left Uniontown twenty-two were buried in one pit.

When Kansas was organized as a Territory, and new towns began to spring
up in the valleys of the Kansas and the Wakarusa, the prosperity of Union-
town was at an end. In 1854 it was reduced to half its former size, and a year
later it was entirely abandoned as a trading post, although the Indians received
their payments there until 1859. The site of this old settlement is now the
farm of widow La Point, every trace of the town having disappeared. —

Tecumseh, the First County Seat.—The beautiful site on which the village
of Tecumseh was afterwards built, was selected by Col. T. N. Stinson for a
home in 1852. During that year he had sixty acres on Section 1, Town 12,
‘Range 16, broken and fenced, and on the 20th of March, 1853, he moved
on to the farm with his family.

Mr. Stinson was a native of Preble County, Ohio, where he was born
April 14, 1818. His parents removed to Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1822, where
they both died the following year, leaving him an orphan at the early and help-
less age of five years. In 1838 Mr. Stinson removed to Livingston County,
Ill. In 1843 he first came to Kansas, then the Indian Territory, settling Jan-
uary 3, at Pottawatomie. Creek, where he worked for a short time as blacksmith
at the “ Baptist Mission.” He then went to Westport, Mo., where he hired
with Simpson & Hunter, who had an extensive Indian trading house at that
point. He remained in their employ for nearly four years, being stationed at
Paoli, then at Pottawatomie Creek, and later among the Delawares. In 1848
he became a partner, and stationed himself at Uniontown, where he carried
on an extensive and lucrative trade with the Pottawatomie Indians until 1852.
Some time during that year he removed to the Indian village, near Burnett’s
Mound, established his, store, and there remained until February, 1854. At
that time he removed to the present site of Tecumseh, being the first white set-
tlerin that region. | He married in 1850, Miss Julia Bushman, an educated
Shawnee woman; and in the Government treaty with her tribe, they received
a direct grant of land, covering’ his present farm, on which he settled in 1856,
together with apart of the village plat of Tecumseh. He died at his house,
near Tecumseh, November 1, 1882. ;

Among those who located at Tecumseh during the spring and summer of
1854 ,were J. K. Waysman, A. D. M. Hands, H. Walker, Albert Byler, Joshua
Sartain, and Nathaniel Hedrick, all from Missouri, who came in May. In
June, David Copeland, James Herron, Reuben Lowe, Rev. J. B. Stateler, John
Horner, and Francis Grassmuck arrived. In July, Robert Edwards, October
—J. C. Nickum, Jehiel Tyler, D. Updegraph, and John Morris, Novem-
ber—James W. Small, William Vaughan Dr. D. W. Hunter, B. Sublette,
Osburne Naylor, Rev. Charles Jordan, J. W. Stephenson. December—Judge
Rush Elmore, Rev. H. J. Strickler, and Charles Stevenson,

In August, 1854, the site for the city of Tecumseh was located, the place
heretofore having been known as “Stinson’s.” The site covered 320 acres ;
240 being pre-empted for town purposes, and the balance owned by Mr.. Stin-.
son. The survey was made by C. C. Spaulding, August 15, 1854. The fol-
lowing gentleuten were the original proprietors of the projected city: Col. T.N.
Stinson, Judge Rush Elmore, Alabama; Judge S. W. Johnson, Ohio: Gover-
nor A. H, Reeder, Pennsylvania; Samuel H. Woodson and Abram Comings,
Missouri; Albert Elmore, Alabama; Dr. James M. Hunter, Missouri ;
J. W. Whitfield, Tennessee ; and Col. A. J. Isacks. ; ;

The site selected was ong of the most beautiful on the river; a high open

 

‘tent, October 10, 1854, his house not being built at the time.

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prairie, with deep ravines on each side, through one of which flowed the Shun-
ganunga, here a broad deep stream, bordered with heavy timber. Mr. Stin-
son’s house and farm were picturesquely situated near the Shunganunga, on the
eminence where the upland and prairie slope down tothe river. During the
winter of 1854 a sawmill was built by Messrs. Uptegraph and Morris, and a
store was opened by Messrs. William Vaughan and B, Sublette, the first mill
and store in the place. Rev. J.B. Stateler preached the first sermon in his
A ferry was
established by T. N. Stinson and J. K, Waysman in 1854, arranged with ropes
and buoys; the boat being of sufficient size to carry three teams or wagons at
each trip. A good road was constructed to the ferry landing, and the enter-
prise was considered an important one, the ferry being the principal crossing
for the route from Leavenworth tothe Sac and Fox and other Southern agencies.
A school was opened in the early spring of 1855 by William Ireland. Two
mail routes were established about the same time, one from Tecumseh to the
Sac and Fox agency, the other via Pottawatomie Baptist Mission to Union-
town and Wabaunsee.

Among the settlers of 1855 were the following: Eli Hopkins, W. Y. Rob-
erts, William A.,Stewart, William Hook, S. Ripple, Joseph Weaver, Benjamin
Newsom, Capt. E. Allen, J. Reed, Joseph Molton, William Riley, T, Strother,
Jesse Rumsey, Adam Bowers, John Bowers, Gus, Vaughan, George Rumsey,
Joseph Allen, A. Lovelace, Samuel Acland, Isaac Roberts, H. Carmichael, C.
C. Antrin, John Martin, W. O. Yeager, B. Fogle, Kenzie Stofield, V. Rush, .
Edward Hoagland, Eli Stofield, Rev. Mr. Piper, Dr. Snow, J. M. Pherson, N.
Shadley, William Shadley, Benjamin D. Castleman, A. Delap, A. Imes, Erastus
Moffit, William Frost, R. Carmichael, Rev. Paul Shepard, A. D. Reed, John
T. Lawrence, O. Moffit, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Ellis, William Ireland, John Scott,
William Jones, Henry Canfield. ,

At the session of the first Territorial Legislature, held at the Shawnee

Manual Labor School, July, 1855, the town of ‘Tecumseh was designated as the
permanent county-seat of Shawnee County. A strong effort was made to locate
the Territorial capital at Tecumseh, but Lecompton proved a successful rival.
Tecumseh received the following votes: Messrs. Croysdale, Strickler, Thomas
Johnson, Forman and Richardson.
The Tecumseh Town Association was incorporated August, 1855, and on
the 17th of September entered into contract with the County Commissioners for
the erection of a court-house and jail. The site for the building was donated by
the association, and early in the spring of 1856 the work was commenced. The
brick and stone work was done by parties from Westport, Mo., and the wood
work by Luther M. Carter. The court-house was of brick, forty by fifty feet in
size, two stories, with a portico supported by columns on the north. A broad
corridor, with offices on either side, extended from north to south, the jail being
in the southwest corner of the building. District and Probate Court was held
in Tecumseh during the spring and fall, and the village became headquarters
for the most distinguished Pro-slavery legal talent in the district.

A description of the town, its condition and prospects in the summer of
1855, appeared in an article published August 4 in the Kansas Herald (Leaven-
worth). The writer, after alluding to the completion of the steam saw-mill, and ~
the large amount of lumber ready for use, further says:

“ Three brick-yards are now in operation, and large quantities of brick have
been burned and are now ready for use. Dr. Hunter is putting up a large, brick
store ; W. A, M. Vaughan & Co. have a number of hands now engaged in col-
lecting material for a large brick store, which they will commence in a week or
two. The town company have contracted with Mr. Ayment for the construc-
tion of a brick hotel, seventy by forty feet, two stories high; and several other
parties are making arrangements for building as soon as the weather moderates,
and workmen can be obtained. In addition to the stores of Vaughan & Co. and
Ewing & Kavanagh, there are blacksmith and tailor shops, and a very good log
hotel, sixty by thirty feet, two stories high, and lean-to twenty by twenty feet.
This hotel contains sixteen good-sized rooms, is just finished, and the furniture
(entirely new) already put in.”

(Mr. Edward Hoagland was landlord of this hotel.)

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“A schoolhouse is now in course of erection, and lots have been purchased
by the Presbyterian. Methodist, Christian and Catholic denominations for the
erection of churches. The Methodists are making arrangements to put up their
edifice this fall. Society here will be of the first-class. Among those who have
sglected Tecumseh as their place of residence are Hon. Rush Elmore, Hon.
John W. Whitfield, Attorney-General Isaacsand other gentlemen of high stand-
ing, professional and social, who will soon have their families and slaves domi-
ciled here.”

The Methodist Church alluded to above was built during the year, Rev. J.
B. Stateler preaching the first sermon. The growth and prosperity of Tecumseh
for the two or three succeeding years was all that its people could desire. In
1856 a bridge company was formed which secured an exclusive charter of bridge
privilege at Tecumseh and for five miles west. The company contracted for an
iron superstructure to be built at Cincinnati, the bridge to be 600 feet long, with
two spans of 280 feet. The work of preparing abutments was commenced, but
the enterprise finally proved a failure. During 1857-58 mills were built, stores
well supplied with attractive merchandise opened on the streets facing the ‘‘Pub-
lic Square”; the “Tecumseh Lyceum and Library” was chartered; three news-
papers;'the Southerner, the Settler and the Vote-Book, lived their ambitious but
brief lives; pretty dwellings, with nicely cultivated gardens, were scattered
along the principal streets; the young folks had their merry gatherings and
dances, and those older and wiser hoped against hope until the final removal of
the county-seat to Topeka, with the prospect of its also becoming the capital of
the future State, decided the fate of the village. From that time the decay of
Tecumseh was as rapid as had beenits growth. In 1859 the public records were
removed to Topeka, and finally the court-house itself was sold at public sale,
its bricks and wood being utilized in the building of farmhouses in the vicinity.

QE the village, as above described, only enough remains to mark the ruin
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of the hopes ofits founders. A> single stone structure used for a store—the
only one in the place—stands like a sleepy sentinel, facing the level, unfenced
plat, grown rank with jimson weed and witch grass, once the “ Court Square.”
The streets are vacated, and the few dilapidated houses that remain, stand, many
of them, untenanted and windowless, in undefined localities, having a discon-
solate air, as if deserted by their owners and too poor to get away. A postoffice,

a country schoolhouse, anda plain brick church, Methodist, still linger on the-

site. Down what was the main street, going toward the river, the sides are
lined with a shaggy, untrimmed hedge, beautiful in its rank verdure, and at the
foot, where was the ferry landing, and where was to be the first bridge across the
Kaw, the river has gnawed away the bank into precipitous form. The trains
pass ever and anon, but no passengers stop at the village of Tecumseh; nosound
is heard save the hum of insects, the chirp of birds, and the long low of the
straggling kine, grown fat upon the rank grass of the deserted streets.

ochester.—The site of this much named town was selected by J. Butler
Chapman, in August, 1854. In his ‘History of Kansas,” published in 1855,
he states that the town is located ‘‘ one and a half miles from the river, (Kansas)
on a beautiful stream known as Conda River (formerly Soldier Creek).” It was
situated immediately atthe junction of the four great roads'of the Territory.
The proprietor states that it was laid out at right angles, with a number of large
public squares, for schools, churches, etc.; also that “‘ Being equal distant from
almost every settled point in the Territory, he ventured to say that no other
place had the claims for the seat of government that Whitfield had.”

The town was first named Delaware City, Messrs J. B. Chapman, James
A.Gray, and Fred Swice forming the town association. The name was soon
changed to Whitfield City, afterwards to Kansopolis, and finally to Rochester.

Among the settlers of 1855 were Vincent Cohe, Samuel Lockhart, C.C.
Leonard, J. F. Cailloz, E. Bollotte, T. Bruno, A. Colcomb, E. Chambourmiere,
A. Roberti, Aime Malespine, J. and H. Seal, J. E. Thompson and Thomas

enner.
: In 1856, as Kansopolis, it was still thriving, quite a little hamlet having
sprung up. An express ran twicea week between the place and Topeka, and,
until the location of the capital was practically decided, Kansopolis had aspira-
tions in that direction.

Among the settlers of 1856 in Soldier Township, were G. Cumings, J,
Johnson, James M. Harding, Joseph Middaugh, J. W. Price, Ezekiel Marple,
and William Owen.

Gen. W. T. Sherman, also, when a young lawyer in Leavenworth, in
order to eke out his not quite satisfactory income, turned farmer for a few months
in 1859; opening during the summer a farm on Indian Creek, for Hon. Thomas
Ewing, of Ohio, as a place of residence for his relatives, Henry Clark and Mrs.
Walker. Mr. Sherman, before their arrival, had superintended the erection of
a house and barn, and the fencing of 100 acres. The town site is now occupied
by a farm, no trace of the aspiring village remaining. :

Indianola was situated at the crossing of Soldier Creek, a mile and a half
from Papin’s Ferry, and on the road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley. The
land for the town site was purchased by H. D. MéMeekin, of Louis View, a
half-breed, and the town laid out in November, 1854, the proprietors being John
F. Baker, H. D. McMeekin, and George H. Perrin. The first public sale of
lots was on the 27th of June, 1855. A good frame hotel and other buildings
were erected, and the town attained quite a degree of prosperity, but like many
of its neighbors it was soon overshadowed by Topeka, It is now extinct.

Mairsville was located by Thomas W. Mairs, in 1855,0n the southeast quar-
ter of Section 20, Township 12, Range 17.

Washington. —T he town site of Washington was selected and laid out in the
spring of 1855. It was located on Section 15, Township 12, Range 17, a deep
ravine separating it from the town of Big Springs. The original proprietors of
the town were W. Y. Roberts, William Frost, William Riley, Joseph Molten
and Capt. E.Allen. A hotel was built at the place and kept by Capt, Allen for
several years. There is now but one house on the town site.

Kenamo was \aid out by Joseph Allen, in 1856, on the northwest quarter of
Section 10, To vnship 12, Range 17.

Williamsport (defunct).—The Williamsport Town Company was organized
in Lycoming County, Pa., in 1857, by citizens of the town of Williamsport in
that county. It consisted of twenty-five members, three of whom—Dr. A. J.
Huntoon, T. U. Thompson, and Joel Huntoon—located in the township, and
made improvements. :

A town site was selected and laid out one mile northeast of the present
town of Wakarusa, upon which one house was built by Mr, Huntoon. The
house was demolished in the hurricane of 1860, and the farm of Fillmore Purl
now covers the old town site.

Carthage—Cone’s History of Shawnee County gives the following sketch
of one of the towns of the past: ‘ The townof Carthage was laid out in 1857,
The original town company consisted of W. B. Stith, W. M. Jordan, C. P.
Clemens, J. B. Whitaker, and G. Bassett. A. D. Reed was the surveyor.
The town site was located on the east half of Section 34, and west
half of Section 35, Township 12, Range 16. The only house ever built
on the town site was built by W. B. Stith, A well was dug by the com-
pany near the center of the town site,in 1857. Nineteen years afterwards, a
horse, belonging to Joseph Lesties, fell into the well, there being no ‘town
pump’ to denote its locality. After a careful survey, the well was found to be
located exactly in the center of a laid-out road. The road, however, had never
been used, and after the horse fell in the well (where he is supposed to be yet),
C. A. Thrasher, Township Trustee, filled the well up, and thus perished Car-
thage.”

GENERAL POLITICAL HISTORY.

It is the purpose here to give the reader a view of political measures as
they affected what is now Shawnee County, but which in 1854 had no existence
whatever as a part of the then unformed Territory of Kansas. The word “ po-
litical” is used in a broad sense, and it will be unnecessary to state this fact
when the following pages, falling under this head, have been perused,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

On the 8th of November, 1854, Governor Reeder issued a proclamation
dividing the Territory of Kansas into seventeen election districts, the third,
comprising territory afterwards known as Shawnee County, being defined as
follows:
thencoup the same to Fistartuest sure, enence by a southerly line £0 the north bank of the
Wakarusa River, at the east side of the house of Charles Matney; thence up said river, and
its main branch, to the line of the Pottawatomie Reservation, and thence by the southern
and western lines of said reservation to the Kansas River, and down said river to the place
of beginning.

The first election in this district was for Delegate to Congress, the three
candidates being Hon John A. Wakefield, Gen. J. W. Whitfield, and Hon,
Robert P. Flenneken. “It was held November 10, 1854, at the house of Thomas
‘N, Stinson, at Tecumseh, the judges of election being John Horner, S. D.
Stateler, and.Anthony Ward. ‘The result of the election showed forty votes
for Gen. Whitfield, and seven for Mr. Flenneken—the Free-state residents tak-
ing no part whatever in the election. ee 7 ;

At the opening of the new year, 1855, the Territory was divided into three
judicial districts, Hon, Rush Elmore being assigned to the second, or south-
eastern, as Judge, with provision for holding court at Tecumseh in the spring
and autumn, The southeastern judicial included the third election district,
the first officers for the latter being John Horner of Tecumseh, appointed Jus-
tice of the Peace, December 5, 1854; C. K. Holliday commissioned as Justice
of the Peace, and Daniel Horne as Constable, January 22, 1855. The popula-
tion of the district at this time, according to a census taken in ; February by T.
W. Hayes was 252 persons—161 males; 9I females ; Io voters; I12 minors;
natives of the United States, 215; foreigners. 12; slaves, 6. ;

On the 8th of March, five days after the census returns were completed,
Governor Reeder issued a proclamation for an election to be holden on the 30th
of the same month, for the choice of members to the first Territorial Legisla-
ture. In the third district the election was held as in November, at the house
of Mr. Stinson, in Tecumseh, By this time party lines were very sharply de-
fined and the Free-state citizens of the district, for the first time, thought it-ex-
pedient to test their strength at the polls. Along the Wakarusa, and in the
thriving and ambitious town of Tecumseh, the Pro-slavery party was in the
ascendant, while the vigorous and rapidly growing town of Topeka was strongly
Free-soil. H. J. Strickler was the Pro-slavery candidate for member of the
Council, and Dr. D. L. Croysdale for member of the house. The Free-state
candidates were Jesse D, Wood for member of Council, and C. K. Holliday
for member of the house. The total number of votes cast was reported at 372,
divided as follows: Pro-slavery, 366; Free-state, 4; scattering, 2. As the
total numberof votes in the district had been given by the census of the pre-
ceding month at ror, so sudden and extraordinary an increase in the-adult Pro-
slavery male population, could only signify illegality in the voting, fraud in the
returns, or acombination of both. The judges of election appointed by Gov-
ernor Reeder, were L. B. Stateler, H. B. Burgess, and H. N. Watts. There
had been a disagreement among them as to the oath which they onght to take,
Mr. Burgess, being a Free-state man, favoring the foim prescribed by the Gov-
ernor, and the other two proposing to take the “organic act” as their guide.
The waiting crowd became impatient, noisy, and some of them became threat-
ening, especially towards Burgess, at the delay in organizing. The judges
finally resigned, and a Pro-slavery Board was chosen.

Although the congressional committee did not investigate the election
troubles in the Third Eléction District, and throughout the State, until the fel-
lowing year, the Free-state citizens protested against the election, and, on the
basis of the facts which did come to light, Governor Reeder ordered a new
election. to be held ut Tecumseh, on May 22, 1855. Daniel H. Horne, John
Ritchie, and Amos G. Adams, were judges of election. The Free-state candi-
date for member of the Legislature, C. K. Holliday, received 148 out of 149
votes cast.

The Pro-slavery party protested against this election—declared it illegal,
and absented themselves from the polls.

The Legislature convened at Pawnee on the 2nd of July. Mr. Holliday’s
seat as contested by, and awarded to, Dr. Croysdale, “elected” on the 3oth of
March.

The legislature thus fraudulently elected—and in which it is certain the
majority of the bona fide settlers of the Third District had no part, their chosen
delegate being refused a seat—proceeded, among other arbitrary acts, to define
the boundaries of Shawnee County, to locate the county seat, to establish a
Probate Court, and to appoint the commissioners and other county officers.
Under the rule thus set up it is apparent that the majority of voters in the
county were relieved of all the duties of citizenship, save that of paying taxes,
and, as the sequel shows, they concluded to forego that, until such times as they
might have some voice in making their laws, and choosing their officers.

The Congressional Committee took the testimony of many witnesses to the
frauds perpetrated inthe March election. They held. their sitting in March,
1856, among others examined being Rev. H. B. Burgess (the Judge of Election,
whom Goy. Reeder appointed); W. A. M. Vaughan, postmaster at Tecumseh,
Pro-slavery; Rev. Charles Jordan, D. H. Horne, one of the judges in the May

election; James Hickey and Lewis O. Wilmarth. The committee elicited the
facts given below :

On the 28th of March, 1855, persons from Clay, Jackson and Howard counties, Mis-
souri, began to come into Tecumseh in wagons, carriages, and ‘on horseback, armed with
Rane bowie-knives, and revolvers, They were provided with tents, and camped. close to

e town, and continued fora ie in and camping until the day of election. The night before
the election 200 men were sent for from the camp of the Missourians at Lawrence, On the
morning of the election, before the polls were opened, some 300 or 400 Missourians and
others collected in the yard about the house of Thomas N. Stinson where the election was ta
be held; armed with bowie-Knives, revolvers and clubs. They said they cameto vote and
whip the damned Yankees; and would vote witiout being sworn. Some said they came
to have a fight, nd wanted one.

Col. Samuel H. Woodson, of Independence, Mo., was In the room of the judges, when
they arrived, preparing poll-books and tally-lists, and remained there during the attempt
to organize. The room of the judges was also filled by many of these strangers. Tbe
judges could not agree concerning the oath to be taken by themselves, or the oath to be
administered to the voters. Mr. Burgess desiring to administer the oath prescribed by the
Governor, and the other two judges opposing it, During the discussion between the judges
Which lasted some time, the crowd outside became excited and nolsy, threatening and
SHAWNEE COUNTY.

cursing Mr. Burgess, the Free-state Judge. Persons were sent at different times, by the
crowd outside, into the; room where the Jadges were, with threatening messages, especially
against Mr. Burgess, and at last ten miuutes were given them to organize in, or leave. AS
the time passed, persons outside would call out the minutes left, witn threats against Bur-
gess if he did not agree to organize. Attheend ofthat time, the ju lges not being able to
organizes left the room, and the crowd proceeded to elect new judges and carry on the
i The Free-state men generally left the ground without voting: slating that there was no
use in their voting there. The polls were so crowded during the first part of the day that
the citizens could not get up to the window to vote. Threats were made against the Free-
statemen. In theafternoun the Rev. Mr. Gilpatrick was attacked and driven off by the
mob. A man, by somo called ‘‘ Texas,” made a speech to the crowd, urging them to vote
and to remain on the ground until the polls were Closed, for fear the  Abolitionists ” would
come there in the afternoon aud overpower them,and thus they would lose all their trouble.
For making an affidavit in a protest against this election, setting forth the facts, Mr. Bur-
gess was indicted by the grand jury for perjury, which indictment was pending at the
time of the investigation, fifteen months after, Mr. Burgess never having been informed
who his-accuser was, or what was the testimony against him.

A large majority, four to one, of the actual settlers of that District were Free-state men.
and there cannot be the least doubt that if none but the actual settlers of the District ha
voted at thatelection, the Free-state candidates would have been elected. The number of
legal voters in the District according to the census returns was101. The total number of
votes cast was 372, of which number only thirty-two were on the census returns.

In his testimony Postmaster Vaughan gave the names of seventy-five resi-
‘dents of the district which appeared on the poll list, and Mr. Burgess the names
of sixty-nine who did not vote at the first election held March 30. L. B. Stateler,
one of the Pro-slavery judges of election, deposed as follows: “‘ Ist—A consulta-
tion held by the three Judges in reference to the form of oath, two proposing to
take the Organic Act as their guide, the other (Burgess) determining to take the
form prescribed by the governor,

2nd.—T wo iudges wished to have clerks, the other (Burgess) refused to
have any, whereupon Mr. Watts resigned. The other two not agreeing as to
the manner of conducting the election, I proposed to Burgess that we all mutual-
ly consent to resign, to which he (Burgess) consented, and it was proclaimed from
the window to the assembled voters without, whereupon they proceeded accord-
ding to the governor's instructions in an orderly manner to elect other judges to
fill the vacancies, and proceeded to business. The Pro-slavery voters were
generally present and voted. The Free-soilers did not generally attend, though
not prevented from either attending or voting, as those who were present did
vote, By es

There was some excitement existing, at the time, in the Territory, which
was attributed by all sober reflecting men, to the Emigrant Aid Society’s move-
ments, in bringing into the territory a great number of men, at the time of the
election in March, most of whom were men without families, many of whom re-
turned soon after the election was past to their former homes. At our fall elec-
tion for delegates to Congress, the first time, I was appointed by the Governor
a3 one of the judges ; and a more quiet election I never witnessed; all parties
came together as neighbors, and voted and went their way; and so I think it
would have remained but for the foreign interference referred to above.”

The second election, for a delegate to Congress, was held October 1, 1855.
Tecumseh polled fifty-two votes, and Precinct, No. 110, twenty-three votes for
J. W. Whitfield, there being no Free-state candidates in the field.

On_August 14 and 15, 1855, the firstFree-state Convention in the Territory
was held at Lawrence. F. W. Giles and C. K. Holliday, of Topeka, being mem-
bers of the Committee on Resolutions from the Third District. On the 25th,
members of the party, from this distriet, met at Topeka to select delegates to
the Big Springs Convention, fixed to be held September 5. Resolutions were
passed favoring a free State, afree constitution, a free press, freedom of thought,
of speech and of action; unequivocally endorsing Governor Reeder’s course and
his character; appointing A. M. Jordan, of Tecumseh ; W. Y. Roberts, of Big
Springs; and A. G. Adams and James Cowles, of Topeka, as delegates to repre-
seat the district in the Big Springs Convention—Substitutes, J. Tyler and Wm.
Jordan, of Tecumseh, W. R. Frost, of Big Springs, and F. W. Giles, of Topeka;
and finally organizing the party of the Third District, with W. Y. Roberts, C.
K. Holiiday, C. W. Moffatt, Hiram H. Wentworth, and James Gilpatrick, as
Executive Committee.. In pursuance with the action of the Delegate Conven-
tion, held at Topeka, September 19, two. delegates for each legislative repre-
sentative were elected’on October 9, they to form the Constitutional Con-
vention. C. K. Holliday and W. Y. Roberts were the delegates from this
district; Mr. Holliday receiving 194 and Mr. Roberts 184 votes. ;

The sessions of the Topeka Constitutional Convention were held in Con-
stitution Hall, on Kansas avenue, the building being plastered by the Town
Association for the occasion. The convention was called to order Tuesday
morning, October 23, but only twenty-one members, less than a quorum, being
present, it adjourned to Wednesday, g o’clock A, M._ On Wednesday morning,
after prayer by Rev. Mr. Burgess, of Topeka, James H. Lane was elected presi-
dent; Samuel C. Smith, secretary; and Rev. H. B. Burgess, chaplain; Mr.Timothy
McIntire, of Topeka, was chosen door keeper, and Mr. Loring Farnsworth,
sergeant at arms; E. C. K. Garvey was reporter for the Topeka paper (Kansas
Freeman), which was issued every evening. The sessions continued sixteen
days,and was an event of special local as well as general interesttoT opeka, as
the attention of the people was directed towards the town at this time, as the
possible, if not probable, site of the future Capital of the State of Kansas. It
was now made temporary Capital; the permanent location of the seat of Govern-
ment to be fixed at the first General Assembly. 5

In case the constitution should be ratified by the people at the election on
the 15th of December following, an election for State officers and members of
the Generul Assembly was to be held January 15, 1856. At the election, on the
Topeka Constitution, the vote of Shawnee County was 236 for, none against.
The precincts were Topeka, Brownsville, Tecumseh and Washington. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected January 15, 1856, as members from the Third
District to the first Topeka Legislature: T. G. Thornton, Senator; Milton C.
Dickey, W. R. Frost and William Simerwell, Representatives. ;

On the 6th of June, 1857, Governor Walker, in a speech at Topeka, said:
“In October next, not under the act of the late Territorial Legislature, but
under the laws of Congress, you, the people of Kansas, have aright to elect a
delegate to Congress, and to elect a Territorial Legislature.” Believing in the
honesty .of this authoritative statement, the Free-state citizens of Shawnee

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County, in common with others throughout the State, in convention at Grass-
hopper Falls, resolved to contest the general election on the 5th of the follow-
ing October. A meeting, endorsing the action of the convention, was held at
Union Hall, Topeka, August 31, resolutions commendatory of its proceedings
being offered and adopted.

The last election under the Territorial Government was held November 6,
1860, William E, Bowker and John P. Greer being elected Representatives.

The first election under the State Government was held November 5, 1861,
and for further particulars in regard to general political matters, the reader is
referred to succeeding pages.

LEGISLATORS,

During the Territorial existence of Kansas, Shawnee County had in the
Territorial Council, Hiram J. Strickler, of Tecumseh, Cyrus K. Holliday and
Chester Thomas, of Topeka. In the Territorial House of Representatives the
county was represented by D. L.Croysdale, of Tecumseh, and M.W. McGee, of
“tro” (now in Osage County) in 1855; in 1858 by James A. Delong, of
Auburn; in 1859 by George B. Holmes,of Topeka ; in 1860 by William H.Fitz-
patrick, of Topeka, and S. R. Caniff, of Burlingame; in 1861 by William E.
Bowker and John P. Greer, of Topeka. ,

The Territorial Legislature of 1861 was in session at Lawrence when Kan-
sas was admitted asthe thirty-fourth sovereign State of the American Union, Jan-
uary 29, 1861, and the body adjourned February 2, 1861. Governor Robinson
was sworn into office February 9, 1861, and he issued a proclamation convening
the first State Legislature at Topeka, March 26, 1861,and where, the State capi-
tal having been located by a vote of the people November 5, 1861, annual ses-
sions of the Legislature were held thereafter, until January, 1877, the biennial
system began.

By the apportionment under the State Constitution the sixth election dis-
trict comprised the counties of Shawnee, Jackson and Jefferson, having two
senators and eight representatives. The first members of the State Senate from
this district were Hiram W. Farnsworth, of Topeka, and Edward Lynde, of
Grasshopper (now Valley) Falls. The Representatives were Henry Buckmaster
and Jerome Kunkel, of Jefferson County, A. Ray,of Jackson County, and Wil-
liam E. Bowker, Hiram W. Curtis, John E. Moore, S. R. Caniff and H, Heber-
ling, of Shawnee County; the two last named representing territory that is now
in Osage County.

Legislature of 1862.—In the Senate, Cyrus K. Holliday served the unex-
pired term of Senator Farnsworth, who accepted the position of Kaw Indian
Agent in 1861. The Representatives elected in November, 1861, were Paul E.
Havens and Azel Spaulding,of Jefferson County, Martir Anderson and Golden
Silvers, of Jackson County, and J. M. Huber, H. W. Martin, Jeremiah Sabin
and C. H. Welch, from the counties of Shawnee and Osage, then all Shawnee.

1863.—The Legislature of 1862 having made a new apportionment, Shaw-
nee County became Senatorial District No. 8, Representative Districts Nos.
4L and 42. District No. 41 embraced the townships of Topeka and Soldier, Dis-
trict No, 42 those of Tecumseh, Monmouth, Williamsport and Auburn.

1867.—By the new apportionment made by the Legislature of 1866, the
numbers of the representative districts and their respective territory remained
unchanged. :

1872.—The apportionment of 1871 made Shawnee County Senatorial_ Dis-
trict No. 20, and Representative Districts Nos. 56,57 and 58. No. 56em-
braced all the territory lying north of the Kansas River, No. 57 the Second,
Third and Fourth wards of the city of Topeka, and No. 58 the residue of the.
county.

rey7.— The apportionment made by the Legislature of 1876 continued
Shawnee County as Senatorial District No. 20, its Representative Distrists Nos.
62 63 and 64; their territory unchanged. State senators elected in 1876 were
for a term of four years, representatives for a term of two years, being a period
just double that of the previous terms of State legislators.

1882.—The act of 1881 to apportion the State for senators and representa-
sives constitutes Shawnee County Senatorial District No. 16, and designates the
Representative districts as Nos. 46, 47 and 48, the territory in each remaining
the same as in the former districts, 62, 63 and 64.

Biennial sessions have been held from 1877, representatives chosen in 1880,
being as follows: ~

Senate—D. C. Metsker, Topeka; House—John H. Foucht, North Topeka;
Thomas J. Anderson, Topeka; John B. Johnson, Topeka.

Mr. Johnson was elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives ; the
first honor of the kind that has come to a resident of Shawnee County.

The Representatives chosen in 1882 were: Thomas M. Jones, North To-
peka; George W. Veale, Topeka; J. B. McAfee, Topeka.

THE DISTRICT COURT,

During the organic existence of Shawnee County, it has had its Probate
Court, its County Commissioners’ Court, its Court made up of Chairmen of its
Board of Township Supervisors, its Territorial District and its State District
Court, and sessions of the United States District and Circuit Courts are also
held in this city. :

Attention is now called to the District Court in the Territorial periods,
which was presided over by Hon. Rush Elmore, a resident of Tecumseh Town-
ship, one of the three Territorial Judges, who held his first term of court No-
vember 8, 1858, with Erastus B. Smith, Deputy District Clerk; Loami McAr-
thur, Clerk; and Thomas W, Maires, Sheriff; the last term having been held
in November, 1860.

Jacob Safford, elected Judge of the Third Judicial District at the election
held under the Wyandotte Constitution, December, 1859. opened court in cham-
bers, April 25, 1861; Dr, James Fletcher was Clerk of the District Court, and
he appointed Hiram McArthur as Deputy, May 13, 1861. The first term of
court commenced October 7, 1861, Alonzo H, Hale being Sheriff, and Justus
Brockway, Prosecuting Attorney, : oe
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__ By the provisions of the Wyandotte Constitution there were five judicial
districts, and the third comprised the counties of Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Pot-
tawatomie, Riley, Davis, Dickinson and Clay. By an act of the Legislature of
1864, the counties of Jackson and Jefferson were detached from the first and at-
tached to the third judicial district, and Saline had also become a part of the
third district. °

By anact of the Legislature of 1867, the eighth judicial district was
formed, and in its formation there was taken from the third the counties of
Riley, Davis, Clay, Dickinson and Saline, and by an act of the Legislature of
1881, the counties of Jackson and Jefferson were detached from the third and
attached to the first judicial district, and the county of Riley was detached from
the eighth and attached to the third judicial district, the third district now
comprising the counties of Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Pottawatomie and Riley.

The term of office for the Judge is four years. Jacob Safford served from
December, 1859, to November, 1863; C. K. Gilchrist, from November, 1864,
to 1867; John T. Morton, from November, 1868, to February 1, 1883, when he
resigned, and Governor Glick appointed John Martin to fill the vacancy.

FIRST EVENTS.

The first transfer of land recorded in the county was by Mr. F. W. Giles,
in an unofficial manner—his records being afterward legalized. His first entry
was on the 7th of April, 1855, being a record of a transfer of land from W. C.
Linniker to J. T. Jones, of lot No. 8, block 54, now northeast corner Harrison
and Sixth; consideration, $30; witness, Thos. G. Thornton,

The first deed recorded by John Martin, Register of Deeds, was on the gth
of February, 1856. The deed was given August 6, 1855, by*R. W. Custard to
Wm. Carter, “for one-seventh of 320 acres of land, situated in the forks of the
Tecumseh and California roads, including the ‘ Big Springs.’” Consideration,
$100; witnesses, E. Banning, W. M. Harper.

The first business done in the office of W. O. Yeager, Probate Judge, was
on the 24th day of September, 1855. Wesley Garrett, a creditor of Preston
Huffaker, late of Shawnee County, deceased, appeared before Judge Yeager on
that day, asking that letters of administration be granted to him on the estate
of said Preston Huffaker. Bond, $400; bondsmen, Duke W. Hunter and
Thos. N. Stinson. Bond approved and letters granted. .

The first Senator elected from Shawnee County after the Wyandotte
Constitution was adopted, was H. W. Farnsworth, and the first Representatives
were W. E. Bowker, Hiram W. Curtis and John E. Moore

COUNTY LIMITS—TOWNSHIP DIVISIONS.

Shawnee was one of the original counties, established by the first Territo-
rial Legislature. The boundaries, as then defined, were erroneous, but were
established after the Territorial survey had been made. February 20, 1857,
they were thusdefined: Beginning at the southwest corner of Douglas County,
thence west with the section lines to the corner of Sections 14, 15, 22 and 23,
Town 15 south, Range 13 east; thence north with the section line to the mid-
dle of the channel of the Kansas River; thence down said river, by the middle
of the main channel thereof, to the northwest corner of Douglas County; thence
south with the west boundary of said Douglas County, to the place of begin.
ning, The entire county, as thus described, was south of the Kansas River,
and embraced the northern part of Weller, now Osage County. Weller County
entire, with Richardson (now Wabaunsee) County on the west, were attached to
Shawnee for civil and military purposes.

The first subdivision of Shawnee County into municipal townships was
made by order of the County Board, at their first session, September 14, 1855.
All the territory north of the Wakarusa River, was formed into Tecumseh
Township, all south of the same into Yocum Township. Topeka Township
was organized, February 23, 1857, and, inthe following autumn, the county
was again subdivided into the townships of Tecumseh, Topeka, Brownsville,
Burlingame and Wakarusa, each township to constitute an election precinct.
By act of the Territorial Legislature, February 23, 1860, the limits of the county
were changed as follows: The six government townships lying south of the
township line between Towns 13 and 14, were detached, ahd became a part of
Osage County, and, by the same act, there was detached from Jackson County
and added to Shawnee County all the territory previously belonging to Jackson,
and lying south of the second standard parallel, This tract extended the boun-
daries of Shawnee County north of the Kansas River, and made Topeka the most
central and convenient point for the permanent county-seat of the reconstructed
county. The addition north of the Kansas River, embraced a fraction more
than two congressional townships. This change in the county boundaries neces-
sitated a reconstruction of the municipal townships, and, by action of the County
Board, March 17, 1860, the county was divided into three towns: Tecumseh,
comprising all the eastern portion of the county lying south of the river; To-
peka, the territory north of the Kansas, and the northwestern portion, lying
south of the river ; and Auburn, comprising the southwestern part of the county.
These towns were subdivided April 20, Monmouth being set off from Tecum-
seh on the south; Williamsport, from Auburn, on the east; and the new terri-
tory north of the river erected into the town of Soldier. Dover was detached
from Topeka, on the west, October 1,1860. By act of the State Legislature,
approved February 28, 1868, the northern boundary of the county was extended
north, so as to include within its limits ‘the whole of Towns Io, from Range 13
east to Range 16 east (inclusive), except Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36, in the
last named township.” Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36, in Town 10, Range
12 east, were also added. This added four congressional townships on the
north, and completed the territorial area as it now is. Silver Lake was, by act
of the County Commissioners, March 16, 1868, set off from Soldier Township,
Rossville was set off from Silver Lake, on the west, January, 1871. Menoken,
the last township erected, was set off from Silver Lake, on the east, July 18,
1879. The present subdivisions are; Lying north of the river—Rossville,
Silver Lake, Menoken, and Soldier ; _lying south—Dover, Mission, Topeka,
Topeka City, Tecumseh, Auburn, Williamsport, and Monmouth

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

As at present constituted, the county is virtually in the form of a square of
twenty-four miles, the only variation being in the tract lying north of the Kan-
sas River, which lies five miles further west than that lying south, thus deflect-
ing both the east and west lines, north of the river, to the westward, that dis-
tance. The north and south lines are parallel, twénty-four miles in length, and
the same distance apart, running due east and west. It is bounded on the.north
by Jackson County; east by Jefferson and Douglas counties; south by Osage
County, and west by Wabaunsee and Pottawatomie counties.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

Under Territorial Rule.—As previously stated, at the first session of the
Territorial Legislature, held in 1855, the limits of Shawnee County were de-
fined, and the town of Tecumseh was designated as the county seat. A Pro-
bate Court was established, alsoa County Board of Commissioners, of which
the Probate Judge was to be chairman. By joint ballot the Legislature elected
the following county officers: Probate Judge, William O. Yeager ; County
Commissioners, William O. Yeager, Chairman, Edward Hoagland and William
Yocum ; Sheriff, George W. Berry (declined to qualify, and John Horner ap-
pointed September 24, by the County Commissioners). ;

The County of Shawnee was fully organized early in September, 1855, the
following additional officers having been appointed: County Clerk, Hon. John
Martin ; Treasurer, Thomas N. Stinson.

The first formal meeting of the Commissioners was on the 17th of Septem-
ber, 1855, the principal business before the Board being the providing of ways
and means for the erection of county buildings at Tecumseh. It was contracted
that the Tecumseh Town Association should erect the court house, said associa-
tion donating a site for the same, besides other town lots to the county. The
cost of the building was to be defrayed by territorial and county tax. During
this session of the Commissioners, the counties which had been united for civil
and military purposes, Shawnee, Weller and Richardson, were divided into two.
voting precincts as follows: Tecumseh Precinct and Precinct ‘‘ 110.”

On the roth of October, 1855, John Martin was commissioned by Governor
Shannon County Clerk and Register of Deeds, for Shawnee County. On the
15th, John Horner was appointed Assessor, and during the remainder
of the year and through 1856, all the surplus energy of the county officials
was expended in the effort to raise the requisite revenue for carrying on the
business of the county, including the funds for the payment of the balance due
on the county buildings at Tecumseh. ;

The Free-state men, not believing in the doctrine of taxation without
representation, were passive or active opponents of the tax gatherer, and the
duties of that official became so onerous and disagreeable that it was with diffi-
culty any person could be found willing to accept or retain the office. Mr.
Horner was followed in rapid succession by Edward J. Newsom, Gerard C.
t’Hooft, Anderson Imes, John C. Sims, William P. Fain, and Edward L. Yates
—the latter being appointed in the early partof 1857. During the same period
the office of Sheriff was held by George W. Berry, John Horner, Benjamin D.
Castleman, and James B. Whitaker.

On the 2tst of April, 1856, the following town corporations were notified to
file maps or plats of their respective towns, preparatory to an assessment of
town property for taxation: Tecumseh, Topeka, Big Springs, Washington,
“tro,” Brownsville, Paris, Council City, and Glendale. The notification found
the Free-state towns refractory, and the county officials were unable to increase
the, funds in the treasury to any great amount.

Free-State Rule.—Vhe first convention of the Free-state party in the county
was held at Brownsville, September 17, 1857. Judge P. C. Schuyler was chosen
president of the meeting, C. Clemans and H. Harvey. vice-presidents; F W.
Giles and O. H. Sheldon, secretaries. |The following nominations were made:
For Member of Council, Cyrus K. Holliday, Topeka; Representative, James
A. DeLong, Brownsville ; Judge of Probate, Philip C. Schuyler, Burlingame;
Sheriff, Jehiel Tyler, Tecumseh; Treasurer, A. Polley, Burlingame: Recorder,
F. W Giles, Topeka; Surveyor, Joel Huntoon, Topeka; County Commis-
sioners, Harvey W. Curtis and Hiram Shields. '

Justices of the Peace were nominated at a subsequent meeting as follows:
Joseph C. Miller, J. N. Frazier and P. T. Hupp.

_ A full Opposition ticket, both for county officers and members of the Ter-
ritorial Legislature, was nominated at Tecumseh. The result of the election
was an overwhelming victory for the Free-state ticket, and the end of the Pro-
slavery rule in the county. The vote by precincts was reported as follows :
Topeka, Free-state 335, Pro-slavery 57; Tecumseh, Free-state 153, Pro-slavery
57; Wakarusa, Free-state 91, Pro-slavery 5 ; Burlingame. Free-state 110, Pro-
slavery, none; Brownsville, Free-state 88, Pro-slavery, none. Free-state ma-
jority 711. .

The Free-state nominees were all triumphantly elected, and it was then
found that under the territorial laws, as then existing, severalof the offices were
non-elective—the sheriff, surveyor. recorder and justices being appointed by the
County Board. To meet thisexigency the new board at its first business meet-
ing, January 18, 1858, appointed Mr. Giles Clerk of the Board of Commis-
sioners, ex-officio Clerk of the Probate Court, and Recorder for Shawnee County.
Mr. Huntoon was made Civil Engineer, and Mr. Tyler received a commission
as Sheriff from acting Governor Stanton. November 30, 1857.

P. C. Schuyler, who was elected Probate Judge, declined to serve, and Ed-
ward Hoagland, Esq., after being appointed to the same office, commissioned
by the acting governor, and again elected by the Board of Commissioners, qual.
ie A the 26th of February, 1858, thereby also becoming Chairman of the

oard,

; Messrs. Miller and Frazier, who were elected Justices of the Peace, de-
clined to serve, the Territorial Legislature not having repealed the offensive
enactments of the first Legislature. Mr. D. H. Horne, who was elected Con-
stable, also refused to serve. ‘

The Board of County Commissioners, as finally qualified, were: Edward
Hoagland, President ; Harvey W, Curtis and Hiram Shields) =
_ SHAWNEE COUNTY.

The new board on entering upon its work had a task before it even more
difficult than to begin anew. Under the former rule, no bridges had been built;
no school system had been inaugurated; no revenue collected;—what had been
done was to levy taxes which could not be collected, and to build a court
house at Tecumseh, whereby a heavy debt was incurred, which the tax-payers
refused to recognize as binding on the county. Thus the incoming board found
the county matters in the worst plight possible—in debt, disorganized, every-
thing to do, and neither money nor credit wherewith to do it. They could
not even build a bridge over Deer Creek, except by an ingenious financial
device which should postpone the payment to a more propitious period. The
estimated cost of said bridge was nine hundred dollars, and the proposal for bids
for its construction provided the mode of payment as follows: “ The whole sum
payable in county bonds, redeemable proportionately at the rate of twenty per
cent per annum, and bearing interest at ten percent. The said proportion of
twenty per cent and interest to be receivable in payment of county taxes.” Ata
meeting, February 23,1858, the poverty of the county was confessed by the Sheriff,
he reporting to the Board that there was no jail or other provision for the safé
keeping or care of persons in his charge, and no provisions for paying the
board of several at that time in his keeping. Thereupon the fathersof the
dead-broke county gave relief to the over-burdened Sheriff, thus: “It is order-
ed by the Board that the Sheriffis hereby authorized to issue certificates of ad-
vance payment of any taxes for the county that may be hereafter assessed and
collectable, and apply the funds thus obtained by him to defraying the expenses
of boarding and guarding such prisoners, and that such certificates shall be re-
ceived in payment of any county taxes hereafter assessed.” What further pro-
gress the Board might have made in the administration of county affairs, was cut
short by a change in the form of government.

February 12, 1858, an act was passed by the first Free-state Territorial
Legislature, providing for the organization of Municipal Townships, with a

Board of Township Commissioners; the chairman of the several town boards in.

each county constituting the County Board of Commissioners. Under thé town
system, then established, the first Board of Shawnee County consisted of the
following named gentlemen: Topeka Township—Jeremiah Murphy; Tecum-
seh—Eli Hopkins ; Wakarusa—P. T. Hupp; Brownsville—A. H. Hale; Bur-
lingame—George Bratton. The first meeting of the new Board of County
Commissioners was held at the house of Eli Hopkins, then and now living in
the township of Tecumseh, a few miles east of the village, September 4, 1858.
Jeremiah Murphy was elected chairman of the ‘ Supervisor’s Court,” as it was
termed. No important transactions are recorded.

The desperate state of the county finances came up for special consideration
at the meeting held October 13, 1858. Although the Free-state party and bona
fide residents were now fully represented in the Board, the old debts, incurred
under bogus rule, still obstructed the collection of taxes, as the majority of tax-
payers would pay nothing so long as there was a chance of its being applied on
these outstanding claims. It will be remembered that the greater part of the
debt had been incurred in the erection of a court house at Tecumseh, and as the
designation of that place, as the county seat, had been made arbitrarily by the
Territorial Legislature, the residents outside of that town demurred against the
tax for the erection of county buildings, untrlsuch time as they should, by their
own vote, decide where they should be erected. Accordingly they ignored, not
only the bogus legislature, but the bogus county seat it established, and all the
debts incurred under the county government then set up.

At this meeting it was ordered: ‘‘ That the clerk make investigation of
the records and papers in his office relating to the indebtedness of the county
and manage the same in such concise and convenient manneras should enable
the Board at its next meeting to consider and take action upon the same with-
out hindrance or delay.” The clerk therefore, in connection with the chairman
of the Board, Jeremiah Murphy, under direction ofthe Board, made, on January
4, 1859, at a meeting held at Auburn, * an elaborate report, with resolutions,
which was adopted by the Board, and published. As a history of the early
financial management, and the final disposition made of the debts, the report is
given, nearly entire :

To the Citizens of Shawnee County:

WHEREAS, conflicting statements are in circulation in regard tothe financial affairs of
our said county, and consequent anxiety and _mi-trust, We, the undersigned County Board
of Supervisors, have deemed advisable and do hereby submit for general information a
detailed statement of allt claims against the County of Shawnee, so far as they are enabled
to alscover the same from the public records, together with the occasion thereof.

It appears from files in the Clerk’s office, that articles of agreement were drawn up be-
tween the Probate Judge and County Commissioners of Shawnee County and the Tecumseh
Town Association, bearing date September 17, 1855, whereby the said Town Association
contracted to ‘‘convey to the said Probate Judge and County Commissioners, or their suc-
cessors, the plat of ground in said town of Tecumseh, known as ‘Court Square,’ and also
lots No. 26 and 27, on the public square; and also for the construction of the brick-work,
mason-work, digging, foundation, and everything appertaining to that branch of the build-
ing and erection of a Court House for said county, on the terms following, to-wit: After the
rate of $12 per 1,000 onthe brick measurement when completed, and the usual mason’s
price, say at Wiest bork, for stone-work; the said Town Association to be paid for the same
in manner following, Viz.:

“ One-fifth to peassessed and tax levied and collected under the first term prescribed by
law, viz.: Commencing in February next (1856).”.

“ pwo-fifths in like manner in 1857, and the remaining two-fifths in like manner in
1858,—with 10 per cent on wholejsum remaining unpaid, commencing from the completion
of said work; county.debentures.or bonds to be delivered to said company in relative pro-
portions, payable as above specified.” 5

These articles were never fully executed, the same not having been signed by the said
Probate Judge and County Commissioners, nor by any one else on behalf of the county.

It appears that bonds of the county have been issued to the said association as follows,
to-wit:

July 20, 1857.......
August 15, 1857..

.-$ — 500.00
2,725.00
708 05

 

 

May 22, 1858.......0+5
, $ 3,933.05
These bonds bear interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, and thereon has
accrued an aggregate interest, at this date, Of.............ceceecseneeeees aitaieesieens 495.64
$ 4,428.69

 

* Under the act of the first Free-state Territorial Legislation, the meetings might be held
at such place in.the county as the Commissioners should determine, unti] a permanent
county seat was established, Meetings were held at Topeka, Auburn, otc,

537

In addition to this there is presented a claim, by the said association, for light-

ning conductors, put up during the summer Of 1858.............cssseeeeececuse ae 37.50
Showing a total of obligations to the said Town Association on account of the
“court-house,” at this date, of........... teens eee $ 4,446.19

 

It further appears that Duke N. Hunter, Superintendent of Public buildings in Shawnee
County, in accordance with Kansas Statutes, passed A. D. 1855, entered into articles of
agreement with one Luther M. Carter, of Westport, Missouri, whereby the said Carter
agreed to “furnish all necessary materials and labor, and in all respects finish the ‘Court-

ouse’ in the town of Tecumseh, so far as said building may require; brick-work, lathing
and plastering, and painting, excepted.” And said Carter was to receive therefor the bonds
of the County of Shawnee, to the amount of $3,213, payable, ‘‘one-third in one year from
1st of February, 1856; one-third in two years from 1st of February, 1856; and one-third in
three years from 1st of February,,1856; and bearing interest, at and after, at the rate of 10
per cent per annum from the date of said bonds. One-third of said bonds to be executed
and issued to said Carter, or his assigns, on the execution of securities on his part to the
contract; one-third when the roof is on, completed; and the remaining one-third when the

job is completed by said Carter.” i
It appears of record that the bonds of the county have been issued to Luther M. Carter,

  
 

  

as follows:
On the 18th of August, 1856.............ccccccceeeecccccceecenenceeeeeres igiaatea Rae as $1,071.00
On the 18th of December, 1856...... Peeve ia sees 771.00
Making of bondsissued to him.............. ns Heevecoa/Nve and dhanstesatonm Sienate Siorsician wien atelier + $1,842.00
Ana leaving an amount yet due him, according to the terms of the contract, upon
completion of his job, of..........+.. aiag +». $1,371.00
$3,213.00
The accumulated interest upon the $1,842 of bonds already issued is, at this date, 439.33
=
Making totai indebtedness to Mr. Carter, as per books, at this date, of.,..........- $3,652.33

On the 16th day of March, 1858, Mr. Carter presented before the Board of County Com-
missioners bonds against the county in the sum of $2.918, and demanded further bonds, in
payment of interest then due upon this sum, as computed by him, of $565.13, and thus show-
ing an indebtedness to him on that date, as claimed, of $3,478.13. -

How he came in possession of so large an amount of the bonds of the county does not
appear, but assuming that a larger amount bas been issued to him than from the books ap.
pears, and that, his claim actually amounted, on the 16th of March last, as he claimed, to t
au gt eRe then, the aggregate indebtedness to him at this date would be, interest
added, $3,750.

It further appears that county bonds were issued to E. G. Goforth, on the —— day of —,
1857, for painting done on the said building, in the sum of $200, but whether these bonds
bear interest is not known to us.

In addition to the foregoing, there has been paid, as per treasurer’s report, for lumber
used in and about the court-house, the sum of $91.30, and showing an aggregate expendi-
a on account of the same, amounting, at this date, to the sum of $8,556.49, as follows, to-
wit:

Bonds issued to Tecumseh Town Association............+ eee
Bonds issued to L. M. Carter, as claimed by him.
Bonds issued to E. G. Goforth, and interest....
Orders paid per Treasurer's report.

Total....... eer eee rrerrerriry) alsa) sits abacheitome seediesbansiwennesrenisenaseesataieas, $0,000.49

The committee further reported orders outstanding, amounting to $745.55,
which, added to the court-house account ($8,556.49), and a large amount of
scrip issued to jurors by the District and Probate courts, made the claims
against the county about $11,000. The report concludes as follows :

The so-called Legislature of Kansas Territory, sitting at Shawnee Manual Labor School,
in 1855, defined boundaries for Shawnee County, elected for us county officers, and pre-
scribed ways in which they might proceed to the erection of county buildings at an unlimited
expense, thus characteristically withholding from the people any expressions of their choice
in the location of their county seat and making them liable to onerous taxes for the erection
of county buildings, in place and in character,such as were entirely repugnant to their wishes,
We will remark in relation to the expenditures on: account of the “Court House,” that they
were made in the most reckless disregard of the wishes of the county; and, in relation to the
claims on account of the courts, during the years 1855, ’56 and °57, that they were without
the pale of any law of the pe»ple of Kansas; neither receiving the regards nor the respect of
any but the few who sought to impose them upon an unwilling and insulted people. _ We
therefore have considered that popular opinion, as well as our own feelings and duties, de-
mand of us, on behalf of Shawnee County, an utter renunciation of any indebtedness of our
county for any purpose whatever, accruing from any cause whatever, prior to October, 1857.
And therefore we, the Board of Supervisors of Shawnee County, Kansas Territory, do
hereb

Resolved, That we will consider no claim against our said county, grant no allowance or
order, and make noappropriation fur the payment of any claims accruing prior to the first
Monday in October, 1857. Fully repudiating and renouncing any and all liabilities of our
said county by reason of any contract, agreement, bargain, allowance or proceeding; either
through any person or persons having claimed authority thereto or otherwise, under any
pretense whatsoever.

 
 
 
 

J. MURPHY.
- ALONZO HALE,
GzEO. BRATTON.
F. W. GiLEs, Clerk.
Brownsville, K. T., January 4, 1859.

From the subsequent records it does not appear that any of the above
claims were ever paid or recognized as valid by Shawnee County. The repu-
diation was complete—not of an honest claim, but of an illegal debt incurred
by illegal means, through irresponsible agents,

At a meeting of the Board held June 21, 1859, Loring Farnsworth was
appointed County Treasurer, and R.M. Fish, Superintendent of Common
Schools. John P. Greer had been appointed County Attorney at the session of
May 2, 1859. , 3

The canvass of votes “for” or “ against” the Wyandotte Constitution, was
made by the County Board, October 18, 1859. and was: ‘‘For,” 555; “Against,”
50. At the same election the county voted: ‘For the Homestead act,” 516;
against it, 53.

ORGANIZATION AND ELECTIONS UNDER STATE RULE. *

At the election held November 6. 1860, William E. Bowker and William H. Fitzpatrick
were electéd representatives to the Territorial Legislature. Probate Judge, S. A. Fairchild,
County Attorney, Justus Brockway; County Superintendent of Public Instruction, R. M.
Fish; County Treasurer, L. G. Cleveland: County Clerk, G. W. Sapp; Register of Deeds,
Loring Farnsworth; Sheriff, Alonzo H. Hale; Coroner, G. W. Spencer; County Surveyor;
Joel Huntoon.

At the first election held under the Wyandotte Constitution, December 6, 1859, R. M.
Fish was again elected as County Superintendent of Pubiic Instruction; Alfred L. Winans,
Probate Juage; James Fletcher, Clerk of the District Court, and Jacob Safford, of Shaw-
nee County, was elected Judge of the Third Judicial District.

Under the system that obtained of three commissioners for each county,the first election
was held March 26, 1860, and the members elected were: William E. Bowker, George W.
Spencer, and J. M. Haywood. These men remained in office until January, 1861. In No-
vember, 1860, Mr. Spencer was re-elected for another term, and his associates then chosen
were Hiram C. Covill and Francis Grasmund. Mr. Covill was chosen Chairman at the Jan-
uary session, 1861. 7 .

n November, 1861, commissioners were elected, their term of office being two years.
Mr. Covill was re-elected, and Samuel Kozier and Henry K. Winans were elected as the
other members of the Board. 3 .

January 13, 1862, the Board was organized with Mr. Covill as Chairman. Hiram Mc-

Arthur was County Clerk, Jacob Smith was County Treasurer, aud Loring Farnsworth was
r of Deeds.

ae ra ril Mr. Covill resigned, and in November B. F, Kistler was chosen to fill the va~

cancy. He was re-elected in 1863, Samuel Benham and Jacob Haskell being his co-work-

ers, Mr, McArthur, Clerk; William E. Bowker, County Treasurer; George B, Holmes, Regs

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- elected Commissioners; Thomas M. James, Treasurer; James M.

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ister of Deeds. In January, 1864, Mr, Kistler was again chosen Chairman. In November,
1865, Mr. Kistler was again elected. Samuel Kozier and H. L. Shumway were elected as the
other commissioners; Mr. Bowker was re-elected Treasurer; P. I. Bonebrake was elected
County Cierk and Willian P. Thompson, Register of Deeds. :

January 11, 1866, the Board met and again made choice of Mr. Kistler as Chairman.

. January 7, 1867, Heury L. Shum way resigned his position as Commissioner, and Reuven
Steese was appointed as his successor. .

In November, 1867, George W. Spencer, A. G. Miller and E. Carriger were elected Com-
missigners; Hiram T. Bemuan, County Treasurer; P. I. Bonebrake, re-elected County Clerk
and W, bP, Thompson, Register of Deeds,

Atthe January session, 1868, of the
chosen Chairman.

In November, 1869, William Wellhouse, Golden Silvers and Harvey D. Rice were elected
Commissioners, and tie incumbents of the offices of County Clerk, Treasurer, and Register
of Deeds were again elected.

At the sessiou of the Board of County Commissionersin January, 1870, Mr. Wellhouse
was chosen Chairman.

In November, 1871, Golden Silvers was re-elected and E. Carriger and B. J. Ricker were

arr, Register uf Deeds,

Board of County Commissioners, Mr. Miller was

and Mr. Bonebrake was again elected Clerk,

Mr. Carriger was elected Chairman of the Board, at the session held January 8, 1872.

In November, 1873, Golden Silvers was again elected Commissioner; Harvey D. Rice
and Bradford Miller, his associates; the incumbents of the offices of County Clerk, Treas-
urer, and Register of Deeds were elected, and at the January session of the Commission-
ers’ Court, 1874, Mr. Silvers was elected Chairman,

In November, 1875, Bradford Miller was re-elected Commissioner; E, T. James, and
John Grise, were elected associates; Mr. Harr was again elected Register of Deeds; J. Lee
Knight was elected County Clerk; Chester Thomas, jr., County Treasurer; Mr. Miller was
elected Chairman of the Board of Couuty Commissioners, at their session, January, 1876.

On the theory that experience is always desirable in the office of County Commissioner,
by a constitutional amendment, adopted in November, 1876, three Commissioners wee
electedin the year 1877; the one in the First Commissioner District, for one year; the one
in the Second, for two years, and the onein the Third, for three years.

Allsthat part of Shawnee County, north of the Kansas River, is the First District; 1t
elected M, M, Hale, Commissioner; the Second, Third and Fourth Wards of Topeka; the
Second, elected David Brockway; the rest of Shawnee County, the Third, elected A.
Washburn. The county was thus districted, July 2U, 1871. |
eleant incumbents of the Clerk, Treasurer and Register of Deeds’ office were again

At the January session of the Board, 1878, Mr. Brockway was elected Chairman.

In November, 1878, A. C. Sherman was elected for three Wears, as the successor of Mr.
Hale, and at the January session, 1879, of the Board, Mr. Washburn was chosen Chair-

In November, 1879, John S. Branner was elected for three years as the successor of Mr,
Brockway ; Mr. Knight was for the third time elected Clerk; Bradford Miller was elected
Tréasurer, and Samuel M. Wood, Register of Deeds.

1880-81.—At the January session, 1880, of the Board of County Commissioners, Mr.
Washburn was chosen chairman. In November, 1880, Mr. Washburn was re-elected for a
term of three years. In November, 1881, J. Q. A. Peyton was elected as successor to Mr.
Sherman; George T. Gilmore, County Ulerk; Bradford Miller was re-elected County Treas-~
urer; Samuel M. Wood, Register of Deeds. _Mr. Washburn is the present_chairman of the
Board, H.C. Lindley was elected in November, 1882, as the successor of John $8, Branner.

SHAWNEE COUNTY IN THE WAR.

The history of the services performed by Shawnee County officers and soldiers is em-
bodied in the history of Kansas regiments, but especial mention sould be made in this
county record of companies raised and officered almost exclusively in Shawnee County.-
Among such wa3 Company A, Second Infantry ; Leonard W. Horne, Captain; Thomas Fulton
and L. H. Wentworth, Lieutenants. It was composed largely of ‘Tcpeka men, and bore an hon-
orable part in the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10,1861. Of the Fifth Cavalry, John Ritchie
was Lieucenant-Colonel; S. J. Jennings, Reuben A. Randlet, Joseph McCarty and William
C. Gilpatrick, Lieutenants in Compan . Twenty-four soldiers in Company /, Eighth
Infantry, were from the now extiuct vi lage of Indianolain Shawnee County, Milton Rose,
of that place, being First Lieutenant. Of the Kleventh Cavalry, Edmund G. Ross was Major,
J. E. Greer, Adjutant; James 8S. Kline, Chaplain; D. H. Horne, Sergeant- Major. : Company
E. of this regiment was largely recruited in Topeka, and the above named regimental offl-
cers were promot-d from thatcompany. Company H. of the same regiment was also com-
posed largely of Shawnee County men. The officers were Joel Huntoon, Captain; H. Han-
nahs, John T. Ridgeway, Lieutenants. Nathan T, Gregg was Captain, and Joseph D. Greer
and Henry C. Lindsey, Lieutenants of Company M, same regiment. . They were all Topeka
men. J. Finn Hill, of Topeka, was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourteenth Cavalry; H. C.
Haas and Robert H. Hunt, Majors inthe Fifteenth Cavalry; Orrin A. Curtis was Captain of
Comp :ny F. in same repiment. Shawnee County contributed largely to the Seventeenth
Regimentalso. John Ritchie and Daniel Horne, of Topeka, were both officers in the Third
Indian Regiment. Besides these and many others who should be mentioned did_space
allow, must be recorded the names of the officers of the gallant Second Regiment, Kansas
State Militia, which foughtso bravely and suffered so severely in the campaign against
Price in the fall of 1864. {twas emphatically a Shawnee County regiment, and the county
is justly proud of it. Thestory of its brave defense of its position when assailed by terrible
odds, is givenin the histury of the * Price Raid.” Below are the names of the officers:

orge W. Vea e, Topeka, Colonel; Henry M. Greene, Monmouth, Lieutenant-Colonel

(wounded battle of Blue); Andrew Stark, Topeka, Major; Edward P. Keliam, Topeka, Ad-

jutann: Samuel J. Reeder, Indianola, Quartermaster (taken prisoner battle of Blue): S. E.
urtin, Topeka, Surgeon,

The officers of Companies A and B were all citizens of Topeka. Of Company A, Daniel
H. Horne was Captain; 8. R. Remington, First Lieutenant; George O. Wilmarth and D. A.
Hunter, Second Lieutenants. Of Company B—A. J. Huntoon, Captain (taken prisoner battle
of Blue); James R. Parker, First iLbeutenant; Andrew Stark and §. W. Higby, Second Lieu-
tenants (Highy taken prisoner battle Blue).

Company C was raised and officeredin Tecumseh. J. B. Hammond, Captain; S. Tyler,
First Lieutenant; Hiram Ward, Second Lieutenant. .

Company D was aun Indianolacompany. Sterling B. Miles, Captain (wounded battle
Blue); G. T. Clark, First Lieutenant; Thomas H. Heller, Second Lieutenant.

Company E wasa Topekacompany. John H. Banks, Captain; William P. Douthitt, First
Lieutenant; Samuel Harriott, Second Lieutenant

Company G was from Auburn, H. E. Bush, Captain (wounded at battle of Blue); H. L.
sony irst Lieutenant; W. H. De Long, Second Lieutenant (died of wounds received

at Blue
Company H wasfrom Williamsport. Perry Tice, Captain; Joseph Young, First Lieuten-
. Winans, Second Lieutenant.
Ross Burns, Captaln; Tobias BIl-

ant; Henry
The Battery w.1s officered by Tonka men, as follows:
lings, First Lieutenant; Charles H. Wyckoff, Second Lieutenant.

THE COUNTY SEAT AND BUILDINGS,

Tecumseh was designated by the first Territorial Legislature In 1855, as the County
Seat. As has been shown it was never so recognized by a majority of the bona fide settlers
of the county, and so svon as the new order of things was established, all her claims ag
such, based onthe laws uf 1855, were repudiated, together with the debts incurred for
erecting @ court house there. The Commissioners, subsequent to the fall election of 1857,
held their meeting at various points inthe county; disregarding Tecumseh entirely, as the
seat of govérnment. The records were, however, kept there, and the Probate Judge
(Hoagland), held office and resided jn the town,

The first Free-state Territorial Legislature passed an act, which was approved Febru-
ary 12, 1858, which provided for an election in the several counties, for the selection by the
inhabitant voters, of a permanentcounty seat. Such elections were to be held at the same
time as that of Representatives tothe State Legis!ature—in the coming October. The locality
having the highest number of votesin any county was to become the legally established
county seat. It was provided that the poll books of the county seat election,from the several
precincts should be returned to the Probate Judge of the county, who should, within five days
thereafter, publish the result of the ballot for locating the county seat,and the place receiving
the highestiumber of votes, should, on this Published declaration, become ipso facto, the
county seat. The election occurred October 4, 1858, and resulted in a vote largely in favor
of Topeka. The poll-books and returns were returned tothe office of the Probate Judge
(Hoagland) in accordance witb the law, and the citizens only waited the publishment of the
canvassed vote to settle for all time being the location.

The judge, although in most matters disposed to do the fair. thing, felt keenly that
Tecumseh’s days were nuwbered, ifthe county seat were established at Topela, and his
love for his town rendered him first cunning, then recalcitrant, and finally when thwarted,
sullen and morose. Heignoredtiereturns altogetherforaseason, The five days expired,
within which time the returns must be publishedin order to confirm the location voted by
the people, and Judge Hoagland made no sign. Theresult of the vote was known to have
shown Topeka to be the choice of the people, and great indignation was evinced at the cun-
ning device of the judge tothwart them in their choice. He, however, stood out against the
murmurs, threats, and abuse of the indignant citizens, with a dogged stubbornness worthy
of a better cause, until the 16Lh of December, at} which date he published an extra judicial
manifesto, in which the vote was given, showing Topeka to have been selected as the.county

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

seat, but declaring the election invalid and void, for fourteen distinct reasons, which he
gave in justification of his decision.

His * reasons” weretoo numerous and elaborate for quotation, and had no influence on
the minds of any person, being put forth in Justification of the veglec: to publish within
the specified time, which in form, if not in fact, had invalidated this election. The triumph
of the jndge and his Tecumseh friends was short lived.

The Territorial Legislature, on January 25, 1859, pasced. the following special act :

“ Whereas, Atan election heldin_the County of 8 hawnee, Territory of Kansas, on the
fourth and fifth days of October. A. D., 1858, for the location of the county seat of the sald
County of Shawnee, by a direct vote of the péople of said county, the city of Topeka was

lected said county seat. 2
a: Therefore, BS it enacted that the County Seat of Shawnee County, in the Territory of
Kansas, shall be, and the same hereby is, removed and permanently located atthe said
city of Topeka.”

This Anaily settled the question. A bitter feeling long lingered in the breast of the
Tecumseh party, which aed one stadually as the town wentto decay. Time has well nigh

itas well asthe village itself. : :
ete ipeatton of the county seat being finally settled, the business routine common te all

-hew counties went on without aiy notalle hindrance, further than those incidental toa

lack of money and a depleted, or oftener empty treasury, These difficulties gradually dis-
appeared under the efforts common to corporations in straightened circumstances, The
enorts of the county board 1n 1859 were directed to the establishing of schools, the laying
out of roads, the building of bridges, etc. Temporary rooms were provided at rental, for
the various officers, and temporary accominodations for prisoners.

In giving a general view of the county’s political progress, under Territorial rule, the
reader will remember the exhibit made of its finances in January, 1859, and how the $8,000
expended upon the Tecumseh Court-House was flatly repudiated. After the county-seat was
fixed at Topeka, the expense of having prisoners boarded and guarded in the Douglas
County jail, was considerable, and the rents paid Jacob Safford, John Ritchie, Mrs. E. Mur-
phy, an other property owners on Kansas avenue, for furnishing county accommodations,
made the financial araln quite alarming. It was jot, however, untilin February, 1867, that
the citizens of the county decided, by an election held on the 12th of that month, to build a
court-house and jail. In March the Commissioners selected a site, on the southwest corner
of Kansas avenue and Fourth street, the land being purchased from F, L. Crane for $3,000.
In April a contract for its construction was entered into with Theodore Mills & Co., and in
August, 1869, the work was completed. The structure presents acreditable appearance,
being built of red brick, with stone trimmings. Itis three stories in height, with mansard

- roof; dimensions on the ground, 50x70 feet. Inthe first story, or basement, is the jail; the

second contains the various county offices, conveniently arranged; and the third, the court
and jury rooms, The court-house 1s heated by hot air furnaces, and all the interior arrange-
ments are modern, The total cost of the not over-elegant or pretentious building, was up-
wards of $60,000. Itis certainly, considering its size and durability, the most costly, if not
the most beautiful, county building in the State, .
At the general election, held in November, 1869, $12,000 was agreed to be raised by the
people for the purchase of a poor-farm and the erection of a poor-house. In January,1870,
he county purchased over 100 acres of land belonging to Enoch Marple, in the northeast
quarter, Section 5, Township 11, Range 16. In apr 1871, the asylum for the poor was
completed, and Daniel Dawson appointed Superintendent for the year ending March 15,

1872. John T. Hiller served for a number of years thereafter, until 1875. Ed. Sipes is the

- present Overseer.

ASSESSED VALUE OF SHAWNEE COUNTY.

In 1860, there were six municipal townships in the county of Shawnee; in 1882 there
are eleven, and also the city of Topeka. In all but three of these municipalities there are
railroad assessments, which in the aggregate maie, in 1882, eight per cent. of the whole
assessed value, In 1868 the city of Topeka was detached from the township, and its assessed
value was then greater than that of the whole county in 1860. In 1869 ithad reached
$2,000,000; in 1871, over $2,500,000; in 1872, $3,000,000; in 1882, nearly $4.250,000.
Shawnee County, in 1860, having a little over $1,000,000 assessed Prope in 1865 it
nearly $1,250.000; in 1866, nearly $2.500.000; in 1868 it was $3,000,000; i
see Ob ee in 1871, about $6,500,000; in 1881, about $7,000,000; in 1882, nearly

In March, 1860, Tecumseh, Topeka and Auburn townships were created, and in April,
Soldier, Monmouth and Williamsport. The total assessed valuation of real, personal and
city property. for 1860, was $1,178,994.71, divided as follows: Tecumseh, $179.500; To-
pe eer: Auburn, $166,415; Soldier, $146,419.71; Monmouth, $129,140; Williams-
por 695.

n 1861 the total county valuation was $1,197,409; 1862, $984,107; 1863, $1,266.580;
1864, $1,303,995; 1865, $1,446,765; 1866, $2,406.432; 1867, $3,639,926: 1868, $3.043,627.09
(U.P. R. R., $296,000 58 59.400, and A..T.& 8. F. R.

_B . $296,000); 1869, $4,699,583 (U. P. R. R..$269,.400 »T.& 8. F. R. R., $19,-
847); 1870, $4,696,253 (U. P.'R. R., $230,100, aud A., T. & S. F. R. R.,$84.000); 1871,86,494.-
100(U.P R. R., $199,125, and A.,'T. & 8. F.'R. R., $84,000); 1872, $6,700.549 (U. P. R. K.,
$185,850, and A.,T.& S.F, R. B., $106,500); 1873, $6,078,321 (U. P. R. R., $209,745, A. ©
&S. £. KR. R. $115.400, aud St_L., L. & D. R. R., $11,970); 1874, $6,024,079 (railroad prop-
erty, $423,819); 1875, 2 (railroad. property, $396,163); 1876, $6,068.420.66 (rail-

; . $5.776,8
road property, $535,283.58); 1

C0 OD

erty, f - $6.063.327.67 (railroad property, $518,448); 1878, $5,-
568,342.05 (railroad property, $509,825); 1879, $5.573.920.78 (railroad property, $533,328);
1880, $6,.497.997,15 (railroad property, $579,045); 1881, $6.938,557.05 (railroad property. :
$605,222); 1882, $7,840 862.13 ‘railroad property, $614,458). The valuation of the cily of
Topeka is, in 1882, $4,203.003.26.

Valuation by townships for 1882: Rossville, $385,166.54; Silver Lake, $311,688.30;
Menoken, $298,059.59; Soldier, $646,624.79; Topeka, $619,074.32; Tecumseh, $276,808.46;
on OU ED Baty 100-078 Williamsport, $260,868.46; Auburn, $193,130; Dover, $1y7,215;

ssion, 258. :

The Kansas Pacific Railway runs through the county onthe north side of the Kansas .
River; stations, Topeka, Silver Lake and Rossville. The Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Rail-
road runs through the county from north to south; stations, Topekaand Wakarusa. The Kan-
sas Midland Railroad, operated by the A., T. & S. F. Company, runs east from Topeka along
rus. south side of the Kansas River, extending to Lawrence and Kansas City; station, Tecum-
seh.

POPULATION AND OTHER STATISTICS,

The population of Shawnee County in 1860 was 8.513; in 1865, by the State census,
3,458; In 1870, 18,121; in 1875, by the State census, 15.417; in 1880. 30.092; itis now (Octo:
Ver, 1882), 34,187, Its percentage of increase from 1860 to 1870 was 273; from 1865 to 1875
it was 345; from 1870 to 1880 it was 128; from 1875 to 1880 it was nearly 90 per cent.

Topeka in 18765 had a population of 7.272; in 1880, 15,451; in 1882, 21,562.

In the spring of 1882 there were 68,3704 acres of corn under cultivation in the county,
and 9,668 acres of oats. In 1881 the acreage of winter wheat was 8,494. In March, 1882,
there were 130,592 bushels of old corn on hand. In regard to live stock, there were in the
county 8,575 horses. 10,038 milch cows, 22,472 cattle, 12,553 sheep, and 19,902 swine.

In 1882 there were 81 organized school districts, 91 scloolhouses, 133 schoolrooms; 54
male teachers employed In the county; 89 females. There were 128 teachers required for
the schools inthe county The average school tax levy was 8 mills. Average salary of male
teachers, $41.33; of females, $40.95. Certificates were granted as follows: 3 of first grade,
peek pec an of third; total, 101. County Superintendent Gage visited 82 schools; made

The school population of the county is reported as follows:

Between 5 and 21 years of age BOS rool iag6
Puplls etirolled........ areas os ; » 3674 = - 624 7,298
Average daily attendance... 102.077 ..2. : ts. 23150 21155 4'305

 

Value of school property, $265,000. School bonds issued during the yea: 7 -
enty- mune Achoolsiwere ta ht for fired months and oxek during the year: . ater SRO REO Ee

p v y. Two of the teachers em
Selool; i auended Wie County Normal institute, satay eerie igs tainiienpe mations

oun ormal Institute.—Conductor, William M, Crichton, for 1882; salary, $100. AS-
sistants, Charles G. Fox, $60; R. 8. Trainer,$10 Aver . ye r
an Sesion from July 31 toAugust 25. $10 Average attendance, 65; number enrolled,
Graded Schools.—Silver Lake.—R. S. Trainer, principal; a female assistant.
Aosevslles A E. Strowger, rincipal; one Greene eenehers
p hool purposes, : -19; teachers’ wages, $42,404.15; ex-
ended for rents and repairs, $13,636.09; library and school RDpeMEnA 6300 Si cites.
uilding and furniture, $10,678.15; for all other purposes, $21,790 22.

Topeka.—D. C. Tillottson; salary, $1,000 per year. Average pay, male teachers, $61.69;
female, $49.82 per month. School nine months in the year. Total cost of tuition per capita
per month, 61 cents. Amount of teachers’ wages, $21,587.92; number of male teachers, 9;
female, 37; total, 46. The school population of the city is thus reported:

   

Between 5 and 21 years of age.,..... oa 193 reer es90
Pupils enrolled............ i sescees 1,890 2,085 3,915
Average dally atiendance.. seeee HIBS TOT BIBRA

 

 
SHAWNEE COUNTY.

TOPEKA.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

In October, 1854, Cyrus K. Holliday, a young Pennsylvanian, arrived at
Lawrence, and the following month, in company with Dr. Charles Robinson,
agent of the New England Emigrant Aid Society, proceeded up the valley of
the Kansas to locate town sites for the fast coming Eastern emigrants.
Among others, the present site of the city of Topeka was selected as one
especially desirable, and the gentlemen returned to Lawrence.

About the 20th of November, Messrs. Enoch Chase, M. C. Dickey, George
Davis and Jacob Chase arrived in Lawrence from the East. After remaining
there a week, they started up the Kansas River for the purpose of securing
farms, and, should a favorable location be discovered, of founding a town ; hav-
ing the assurance of Dr Robinson that he would aid them by sending forward
emigrants to such place as they should select. Arriving at the present site of
Topeka on the 2oth, they decided that this was the location they desired, and
immediately made their claims—a quartersection,each. On the Lenora, the last
boat that steamed up the Missouri inthe fall of1854, were the following gentle-
men—all seeking new homes in ‘Kansas: ry W. Giles, Daniel H. Horne,
T. G. Thornton, Timothy McIntire; Jowas E. Greenwood, George F. Crow,
William C. Lenicar, L. G. Cle¥ and S. A: Clark. The party walked
from Kansas City to Lawrence, arriving Saturday evening, December 2. On
Sunday evening they held a meeting to decide on future movements. At this
meeting, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Holliday, and Mr. M. C. Dickey were present by
invitation, and spoke so favorably of the site upon which the latter, with his
three companions, had located, that the new comers decided to send four of
their party on the morrow, accompanied by Messrs. Robinson, Holliday and
Dickey, to examine and report on the advantages of the location for 4 town
site.. Messrs. Horne, Giles, Cleveland and Clark, were appointed a com-
mittee for this purpose—Mr. Horne being chairman of the committee—and
the party started “‘up the Kaw,” on Monday morning, December 4. They ar-
rived at their destination the same evening, and found the three settlers who
were ‘on the ground, busily engaged in erecting a log house at the foot of
what is now Kansas avenue; near where the old mill afterwards stood, The
house, although quite limited in dimensions and not finished, sheltered the
whole party during the night. The next-night, unfortunately, the rousing fire
built in the rather open fireplace reached the dry grass which hung in fes-
toons through the chinks in the roof, andin afew moments the flames and
smoke drove the tired and sleepy men to such shelter as one tent could afford.
The roof only was burned, and the next day the work of reconstruction com-
menced, All was well on the night of the 4th, and early on the following morning,
the sth, a thorough examination of the proposed town site was made by Mr.
Horne, andafter a brief consultation with the other members of the committee,
it was decided that here was the place, and this was the time to locate the
city ‘‘which was to be.” A meeting was held in the forenoon, of which C. K.
Holliday was chairman, and the nine men—strangers a few days before—then
and there organized a town company, and staked out the town which has in
less than thirty years grown to be the beautiful city of Topeka. Articles of
agreement were drawn up by which the town site wasdivided into one hundred
shares—each member of the company to receive one share, and the remainder
to be reserved for future settlers. Even at this pioneer meeting provision was
made that the future capital of the State should rival the national capital as
a city of “ mignificent distances,” and the broad avenues and spacious parks
ofthe Topeka of 1882, are begotten of the wisdom and foresight of the pioneers
of 1854. The first party that located surrendered their claims for the location
of the town site, and selected others adjoining. C. K. Holliday was chosen
President of the Town Association, the names upon the contract being C. K.
Holliday, F. W. Giles, Daniel 11. Horne. George Davis, Enoch Chase, J. B.
Chase, M. C. Dickey, L, G. Cleveland. Dr, Robinson was made dn honorary
member of the association, and returned to Lawrence on Tuesday, with
authority to send forward the remainder of the party. The proposed limits of
the city were two miles east and west, along the banks of the Kansas, and
oneand a half miles north and south upon the prairie. It was surveyed into
lots 758x150 ft. by Mr. A. D. Searl, of Lawrence—the Levee to be 130 feet wide,
and four of the principal avenues, each way crossing transverely the same width ;
the remainder of the streets to be 80 to 100 feet wide; the city association to
number fifty members. A meeting was held to choosea name for the new
town, and, after some difficnlty, Topeka was selected—the Indian word for
wild potato—which vegetable grew plentifully upon the rich bottom land along
the river. The name was suggested by Mr. Giles,

After the disastrous effects of the vst fre in Topeka had been remedied
Messrs. Horne and Cleveland built a sod hut, which they occupied during the
winter. This was near what is now the corner of Topeka and First avenues.

During the winter of 1855, about thirty-six persons joined the Topeka set-
tlement, six of the number being ladies, and Mrs. F. J. Case the first lady that
arrived. Her husband built a log house, with blacksmith shop in the rear, in
which they resided. Several sod huts and shake cabins were put up before
spring, besides a board shanty by A. W. Moore, which was the first boarding-
house, and where, according to the Lawrence newspaper could be found ‘as
good fare as any in the Territory.” January 13, 1855, the town received its first

newspaper puff in the following words, copied from the Herald of Freedom :

   
  

TOPEKA.

“A new town site with the above name has been selected, and is now rapidly filling up
with ee eople. It is located about twenty-five miles above this point, on the Kan-
sas River, and will probably be a place of considerable importance. Several of our most
active business men are connected with the movement, and they are bound to make it ‘go
ahead.’ It is said there is a fine country around it, and that nature has been prolificin ber
bounties, A steam saw- mill, and allthe various appliances of civilization, will be intro-
duced there, upon the first renewal of navigation in tie spring. The name is said tg be the
original Indian one for the Kansas River,”! -

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THE OLD ROAD.

When the settlers of 1854 came to the banks of the Kansas at Topeka,
there was no road directly up the river, that part of the country being broken
by ravines, ridges and streams. Leaving Lawrence, the traveler took the old
California or ridge road, and passed west over the high prairie, with the valleys
of the Kansas and the Wakarusa to the right and left, skirted in the distance
by dark fringes of timber. For about seven or eight miles after leaving Law-
rence, the settlers’ cabins were scattered thick along the road; then it was a
solitary drive until ‘the forks’ were reached, seven miles further on. This
point was the junction of the Tecumseh road with the California, the former
branching off to the northwest, and leading through a broken country to the
town of Tecumseh; the latter passing still farther west over the ridge, to turn
toward the south and cross the Kansas, fifteen miles above, at Papan’s Ferry.
At the forks there were a few cabins as early as the summer of 1854. Leéaving
Tecumseh, and proceeding west along the bottom lands near the river, now and
then passing a settler’s cabin, the emigrant, after proceeding about five miles,
came upon a beautiful rise of ground, and found himself in the new town of
Topeka—the Kansas River to the north, with its rich bottoms, and beyond the
river the heavily wooded reservations of the Papan’s; to the south, over the
prairie, the Shunganunga; the land rising wave above wave to the west,
with “ Burnett’s Mound” in the distance, marking the country of the Potta-
watomies, : s

Early in May, 1855, a new road was laid out, branching off from the Cali-
fornia highway, a little east of Big Springs, and running thence nearly direct to’
Topeka, a much more smooth and level route than by the Tecumseh road.
This road crossed the Shunganunga near the house of Mr. Cleveland, and con-
nected at Topeka with the old Papan Ferry—then owned by Messrs, Martin
and Coville—and thence by a road north of the Kansas, with the great military
road from Leavenworth to Fort Riley.

PROGRESS OF THE NEW TOWN.

In January, 1855, Messrs, Dickey and Holliday made a journey to Kansas
City as agents of the Emigrant Aid Society, to bring up the steam engine for
the new saw-mill, which was completed and put in operation in the spring.

In March, a postoffice was established, and Fry W. Giles appointed Post-
master. The office was kept in a log cabin, east of Kansas avenue, the cabin
bei g also used as a blacksmith shop by H. H. Wentworth. The emoluments
of the office amounted to the munificent sum of two dollars per week.

On the 21st of March the first church in town was organized by the Meth-
odists; Rev. A. Still, Presiding Elder; J. S. Griffing was appointed Pastor; F.
J. Case, class-leader, and H. H. Wentworth, Sunday-school Superintendent.
The first religious service was held ina grove on the bank of the Kaw. Early
in the spring a party of forty-two arrived, and the town plat was soon dotted
with the camps, wagons, farming implements, and household furniture of the
Pennsylvanian and Northwestern farmers who were waiting to commence work
as soon as the spring rains should make the earth ready for the plough. ‘To
accommodate the increased population, another boarding-house was opened—
“The Pioneer Hotel ”—a long cabin with berths one above another, around
the sides, and a long table in the center—one room. and everything handy.
Minium & Zimmerman were the first proprietors of this hotel, which was
nearly opposite where the Shawnee mill now stands. Guilford Dudley subse-
quently served as “‘ mine host” of the hotel, and it is remembered -by old citi-
zens that he managed to perform with efficiency and despatch the many and
various duties, appertaining to the position. The hotel soon outlived its use-
fulness—better buildings taking its place. It stood for several years, serving
as ashelter for cattle and known as the ‘“ Pine-away House,” and was finally
blown down by a Kansas breeze. In April, J. T.-Jones opened a store on the
west side of Kansas avenue, between Second and Third streets. On the 13th
of the same month, Farnsworth Bros. commenced their new store (afterwards
famous as Constitution Hall), the stone for the foundation being taken from the
ravine back of the Gordon House. During April Mrs. Enoch Chase joined
her husband, and they moved onto their claim west of the town site, and into
their famous new house, “with a wooden floor.” J.C. Miller commenced to
make tinware under a tree near the foot of Kansas avenue about this time, and
also on the 18th of April commenced the erection of the first brick house in
the city, near the corner of Kansas avenue and Sixth street. He occupied this
house for many years, after its completion, as a residence, having his tinshop
for atime in the basement. It is now (1882) the office of Drs. Mulvane &
Munk. Early in the spring R. L. Mitchell started a cabinet shop on the north-
west corner of Sixth and Harrison; L. W. Horne had a brick-yard in operation
a little out of town, and was advertising his readiness to supply all demands for
brick at $8 per thousand. Messrs. Giles & Cleveland moved onto their claims
on the Shunganunga; Daniel Horne found enough men to form a military com-
pany, which he organized and called the Topeka Guards; three ministers—Rev.
Messrs. Pool, Burgess and Wentworth, had settled within the limits of the
township, and the medical fraternity was represented by Drs, Martin and Mer-
riam. When May came, with its fresh leaves and flowers, the new neighbors
were ready for recreation and fun. Wives had come from their Eastern homes
to join their husbands—all were hopeful—and on the 17th of May, 1855, the
people gathered for their first merry-making in the new town.

First Picnic in Topeka.— The account of this early merry-making is
copied entire as furnished to the Herald of Freedom (Lawrence), May 26,
1855:

ee ToPprKa, May 18, 1855.

Editor Herald of Freedom.—Being appointed as a reporting committee to furnish you
the proceedings of the Picnic Party, which took place in Topeka on the 17th inst., and cause
the sameto he presented to you for publication, we, therefore, comply with this appoint-
ment, and beg leave to lay before rr the following report:— i

Some ten days ago the ladies of Topeka conceived the idea of getting up a picnic narty,
540

that the people of this region, who had come from different portions of our country, might
have an opportunity of becoming more thoroughly acquainted with each other, and to per-
petuate a custom, which is very prevalent in the Kast. The ball was thus set in motion,
which was to bring aboutthe happy result, which we are about to detall, and the time ap-
pointed was the 17th inst,

, Phe morning dawned upon us, and was just cloudy enough to make it comfortable, and
shield us from the scorching rays of old Sol, ‘The copious showers of rain, which fell
the night previous, gifectually prevented us from being discommoded by dust. The under-
brush was removed from the beautiful grove which skirts the Kansas River, by the enter-
prisin young men of the place, and when finished, was a most lovely site for our gather-

ng. he overhanging boughs, which nature had covered in rich green foliage, and the
soft verdant carpet spreail beneath our feet, made the place and the occasion delightful. In
.good time the ladies, of whom there were a goudly number, began to assemble, accompanied

y those made of coarser material.

‘The table—fifty feet long—which was spread with rich viands, fairly groaned beneath its
load of dainty food, There wasthe mammoth fish, which but the night previous was en-
joyin his native freedom in the murky waters of the Kansas River, now stretched at

ength on a large platter, prepared to grace the festive board. ;

A barbecue, and other like substantial food,came in for their share of attention. A
large and beautiful pyramid cake, surrounded by other minor ones, graced the table, while
from the apex, asif a natural product,a rich proton of prairie flowers shot forth their
smiling petals. Buttime would failus even if itdid nottire your patience, to glvea full
description of the good things which graced the festive board; suffice it to say, that aftera
blessing from the Throne of Grace had been implored by the Rev. Mr. Pool, the people
joined with much apparent zeal to relieve the tab
Wentworth, Rev. Mr. Poul, and Rev. Mr. Burgess—of our clty—and ‘Mr. Jordan, of Tecum-
seh, favored us with speeches, and thoug’ short, they were sweet, having a good deal of
pith, and were received with showers of applause.

Rev. Mr. Burgess was then introduced as Tuast-Master, by Mr. D. H. Horne, Master of
Ceremonies, and gave the followings

Qur Happy Homes in Kansas—Responding himself to the sentiment in a happy speech.

rd. U.
Our Territ

jler gave the following:
. Our Te. ory—May she soon become united as a free State, among the bright constella-
tions that form the stars and stripes of our glorious Republic. To which Mr. Stratton re-
Sponded.
A’ Sentiment— ;
Acqusintanes and friendship -we hope is now near,
‘or this is the sentiment given:
That we may be united together while here,
AS we hope to be, eventually, in heaven. e

 

e of its burden, after which Rev. Mr.

The Influence of Woman.—Ever elevating, purifying and refining in its tendency,and no-
where more welcome or more needed than here. We hail Its advent, and those who exert
it, as harbingers of better and happier times. This was responded to by Dr. Merriam in a
brief and happy speech.

Our Friends at Home—Far distant, but fondly remembered, may they be as prosperous
and happy as they are dearly loved.

sentiment:—
The bachelor lives a most miserable life,
Which cannot be improved till he marries a wife,

which was responded to b

Dr. Merriam, who said he could endorse the sentiment most
heartily; and was followed

y Dr. Martin in the following language:
I hope the bearded bachelor gentlemen willsoon get good wives, and by so doing improve
their appearance, as did some of our married friends, who had worn their beards through
the winter, but lost them on visiting Kansas City to meet their loved ones at the commence-
ment of this season, always returning—well shorn.

Voluntary toast given by a lady:

Ladies there are, no doubt, who would share

The homes of the bachelors, rude though they aie;
Then, bachelors, come, invite to your homes
These ladies, as to find them, they come.

To the Single Ladies:—God bless them; bless them, too, with loving husbands and un-

ON Laan

Here ’neath the shady bowers we ask all to come,
That we may with them linger awhile;

Here is trusting we may all have a home
In the land that was ouce drear and wild.

The Future of Topeka—May it be as full of prosperity and fruition as the present is of

~promise and hope,

The Maine Law—May it be to ropeka what the main pillar is to the Temple of Liberty;
having its foundation In the hearts of the people; may the superstructure be such as shall
withstand the shafts of adversity until its topmost stone shall be laid in triumph, crying
grace! grace! unto it.

his, andthe preceding were responded to by Dr. Merriam, by saying that the future
growth and prosperity of Topeka depended on the temperance and morality of its citizens.

Here the regular toasts were ended and voluntary toasts were called for.

. W. GILES: .

The Ladies.—May they be as successful in combining art and nature around their new
homes as they arein combining them around the table here to-day; then will the heart of
man be content.

Also by the same:

The First Prcnic in Topeka.—May it be the first of a series that shall annually call us
together in unalloyed friendship and union.

By D. Horne:—As this is the second Holliday in Topeka, may the third be graced with
the presence of the first, who is now absent in Pennsylvania.

‘hree hearty cheers greeted this toast. The pun is on the name of C. K. Holliday, Pres-
ident of the Topeka Association,
By F W. Giles:

Mrs. ¥.J Case—The first lady to bless Topeka with her presence; may she be blessed in
return, with a3 many happy days here as she shall desire, surrounded by good neighbors
and free institutions.

Dr. Martin:

Mrs T McIntire—The second lady who graced Topeka with her presence, may she live

to see vt flourish like a “ green bay tree.” $ P
By'T McIntire:

The Single Ladies of Topeka—Who represent the different portions of our Union, may
they succeed In effecting amore glorious wnion to themse] ves—to a man.

eS:

Miss H Hartweli—As she was the first unmarrled lady to grace Topeka, may some fine
gentleman see that she is soon offered an opportunity of gracing the kitchen and parlor.

Several more impromptu toasts were given, which gave general satisfaction, and called
forth much applause.

7 Fe vote was passed, thanking the ladies, various committees and the speakers and officers

of the day. A

The ornamenta! cakes remaining were sold at auction, the proceeds of which was voted
to be given towards the erection of the first church in Topeka.

inne, Ww gle passed offinw pleasant and agreeable manner, and all expressed themselves
well pleased,

Respectfully yours, Harris STRATTON,

JOSEPH C MILLER,
Henry P, Waturs.

During the last week in May, 1855, the first steamboat of the season, the
Emma Harmon, arrived at the Levee in Topeka, after a trip of six days from
Lawrence. Messrs. Allen & Gordon completed during the summer a store
30x60, on the corner ef Kansas avenue and Fifth street, and put ina large
stock of goods Cyrus K. Holliday built a shake cabin on his claim, adjacent
to the town on the east, which cost him $37.50, and was occupied during the
summer by Messrs. Hubbard and Mitchell—John Ritchie constructing his cabin
of the limbs of trees that Holliday and Giles left when they made their shake
houses. -

The first marriage in Topeka occurred in May, whenS. J. Thomas and
Harriet N. Hurd were united in the holy bonds, by Rev. Mr. Poole.

During the same month, May 30, 1855, Mr, William Scales lost a son~-the
first death in the little community.

HISTORY OF KANSAS. Soo

In the summer a son was born to Mr. Israel Zimmerman. The boy was
christened Topeka Zimmerman by Dr. F. L. Crane, and received from his gen.
erous godfather a gift of alot 75x150 feet. Dr. Crane had visited the site of
Topeka in October, 1854, and made a claim of land, and during the spring of
1855 had become a permanent resident, and erected a dwelling on his claim.

On June 5th, E. C. K, Garvey, recently from Milwaukee, arrived in To-
peka, accompanied by Mr. G. W. Brown, of Lawrence, the editor of the Her-
ald of Freedom, Mr. Garvey proposed to establish in the city a newspaper,
and to remove his family and business interests to this place, if sufficient en-
couragement should be offered to make the project a feasible one. A consulta-
tion was accordingly held in the little log cabin which served as ‘‘council
chamber” of the association, and it was resolved to donate to the gentleman
city interests 57-58-59, provided “ Esq. Garvey should establish a good weekly
newspaper without delay,” etc. F.W. Giles, Amos G. Adams, and Dr. S. E.
Martin were appointed acommittee to report to Mr. Garvey. The conference
ended in an arrangement whereby the town association agreed to erect a pub-
lishing house 18x24, and two stories high, for $400, for which they should
receive two hundred weekly copies of the forthcoming paper, for one year.
Other lots, which Mr. Garvey preferred, were given him, and the business of
securing a paper for the town was continued by appointing J. F. Merriam, H.
G. Adams, F. W. Giles, D. H. Horne, and S. E. Martin a committee to solicit
subscriptions, and John Ritchie, H. G. Adams, and T. McIntire, building com-
mittee. This was the first building erected in Topeka of sawed lumber, and
deserves somewhat special notice, as it is one of the few old Jandmarks that yet
remain to recall to the memory of the Topekans of 1855, the days of “‘ Auld
Lang Syne.” All that part of the building fronting on Fifth street, and built
of wood, was burned to the ground June 10, 1859. Mr. Morse was landlord of
the hotel at the time. The part fronting on Kansas avenue was saved, and
although changed in some respects, the same old building that was once ‘‘Com-
mercial Headquarters” in Topeka,—postoffice,variety store of manifold attrac-
tions, hotel, publishing house, and general rendezvous for a time for the
discussion of the vexed questions that then troubled men’s minds—still may be
seen on the southeast corner of Kansas avenue and Fifth street. It is some-
what overshadowed by the more pretentious buildings around, and seems in a
quiet way to be awaiting the time when the vigorous growing city shall find that
the old landmark has outlived its usefulness, and must give way to the pushing,
aggressive march of modern progress.

Mr. Garvey did not get settled in his new building, which was called the
“Garvey House,” until September, his household furniture and office fixtures
meantime arriving and being packed or scattered in all conceivable places along
the block on which the house was built. Although laboring under many diffi-
culties, Esq. Garvey managed on July 4th, 1855, to issue the first number of the
first newspaper in Topeka.

Early Newspapers.—The first number of the Kansas Freeman, E.C. K.
Garvey, proprietor, was issued as above stated July 4th. It was printed on the
open prairie, no office yet being ready, and made its appearance in the form of
a half-sheet, with an apology, stating that the large press which had been pur-
chased had not yet arrived from Kansas City, and no information could be ob-
tained of its whereabouts. Duringthe sessions of the Constitutional Conven-
tion, in October, the paper was issued daily; the energetic editor himself report-
ing all the proceedings of the meeting, The size of the Kansas Freeman was
eight inches by twelve. three columns toa page. It was printed byJ. F.Cum-
mings, and sold at two cents a copy.

In November, 1855. John Speer removed the Kansas Tribune from Lawrence
to Topeka and Wm. W. Ross became his partner. Their printing office was
in Constitution Hall—as yet unfinished—and during the following terribly cold
winter it was at times almost impossible to print the paper. In the issue of
January 28, 1856, the editor says the hands have been obliged to quit work for
four davs, on account of the exposed situation of the office—" paper froze up,
cases filled with snow, smoke blew down chimney,” and it was impossible to
get a better place. The paper was equally an object of pride to Topekans, and
hatred to the Pro-slavery papers in the Territory—its bold and fearless denun
ciations of the enactments of the Kansas Legislature, calling forth deep and
dire threats of vengeance, to which the determined editors replied: “It shall
never be destroyed while we have power to defend it, nor silenced until its press
and types are taken from us by violence, and, even then, their places should be.
supplied if it were possible to secure adequate means for that purpose.”

The Kansas Philomathic Institute—This, the earliest literary society in
Topeka, was organized in the winter of 1855-6. Discussions were held every
Saturday evening, and lectures were delivered on the evening of the first Satur-
day in each month. The officers elected for 1856 were: F. L. Crane, presi-
dent ; H. P. Waters, secretary ; L. Farnsworth, treasurer; J.C, Miller, corre-
sponding secretary; James Cowles, librarian; C. K. Holliday, historian; R. L.
Mitchell, cabinet keeper; L. G. Cleveland, R. Gustin and W. W. Ross, stand-
ing committee, At the first anniversary, which took place at Union Hall, Jan-
uary 3, 1857, an oration was delivered by L. C. Wilmarth, a poem by L. Farns-
worth, and a paper was read by Mr. J.C. Miller. There wasa paper published
by the members, called the Communicator, and the ladies, at this anniversary,
ponies a little paper, named the Snow Wreath, The library contained 700
volumes,

The Big Springs Convention,—To the Free-state citizens of Topeka, the
Convention at Big Springs was a prelude of something better to come at To-
peka—the beginning ofa series of well concerted and skillfully executed move-
ments to draw the attention of outsiders to the claims of Topeka as the future
capital of the future State. Accordingly the delegation to the Big Springs
convention, which started from Topeka September 5th, was a sort of triumphal
procession—headed by an immense wagon, ‘with music, and banners,” The
Topeka string band—Samuel Hall, L. W. Horne, and John B. Horne, with
violins, and D.H. Moore, with tenor drum, were among the musicians. The
delegation was active and enthusiastic in the convention, and the State Consti-
tutional Convention, which soon followed at Topeka, gave the citizens another
SHAWNEE COUNTY.

opportunity to keep the ball in motion, which they did uot intend should stop
rolling until it was securely lodged within the wallsof a State House.

PIONEER TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.

While the early settlers of Topeka were ready to gather in the grove on
the banks of the Kansas, to interchange memories of the “old home,” and
hopes and anticipations of the new, they did not neglect the “weightier mat-
ters of the law,” but at the very threshold of the new life in the West, deter-
mined to close the door against the arch intruder that ruins alike community
and family,

On the evening of May 14, 1855, a meeting of the citizens was held at the
boarding-house of Mr. A. W. Moore, to take into consideration the best means

_of preventing the sale of intoxicating liquor in the town. Capt. C. N. Gray

was chosen chairman and Dr. Merriam secretary.

Dr. Martin, in stating the object of the meeting, said: “Its well known
that liquor has been sold here, and not only to whites, but to the Indians; there-
by not only have the morals and reputation of the place been injured, but our
property and even lives endangered. Hardly a man can be found, either a
Northerner or a Missourian,;who does not condemn the traffic in ardent
spirits.’ :

Dr, Martin was followed by Capt. Sanford Henry, who urged the necessity
of adopting prompt and decisive measures to stop the evil, and moved the ap-
pointment of a committee to draft resolutions to be submitted to the meeting.
‘Messrs. Dyer, Ritchie and Emerson were appointed such committee, and report-
ed the following preamble and resolutions : :

WHEREAS, We, the citizens of Topeka, believe the sale of. ardent.spirits as a beverage
to be pernicious to the community, an unmitigated evil, producing drunkenness, debauch-
ery and disorder on the Sabbath, corrupting the morals, disturbing the peace, injuring the
reputation and hindering the prosperity and growth of the place; and,

. WHEREAS, The Topeka Association have prohibited the sale of ardent spirits—as they
had aright todo upon lots by them donated; and as proofs are abundant that one of our,

citizens is violating this arrangement by selling whisky, not only to whites, but also to In-
dians; therefore, — s

Resolved, That we, the citizens of Topeka, do hereby pledge ourselves to stand by each
other in the enforcement of the above prohibition; “peaceably, if we can; forcibly, if we

must;” and that in broad daylight.
Resolved, That we recognize the principles of the Maine Anti-Liquor Law, as being of

binding force among us, and hereby declare the same to be the law of this city and vicinity.

Resolved, That we pledge ourselves, individually and collectively, to do all that lies in
our pope for the enforcement of the above law in this vicinity,

esolved, That, to this end, we hereby appoint Capt. Sanford Henry as our Constable,
whose duty it shall be, on being presented with a written complaint of any three responsible
citizens, to immediately enter and search the store, dwelling or other place of which com-
plaint as Toads and seize and take into his possession, until otherwise ordered, such liquor

may find: : :

Resolved, That Messrs. Case, Bliss, Ritchie, Pierce and Trott shall be a committee whose
duty it shall be, to take into immediate consideration, any case arising under these resolu-
tions, and adjudge whether the liquors in question were intended for sale as a beverage;
and if so, to order their destruction; if not, to order their return to the owner.

Resolved, That we unitedly pledge ourselves to uphold in word and deed, our Constable
and Committee in the performance of their duties, and that we will mutually bear all attend-
ant expenses, :

It was then voted that Messrs. Irish, Weymouth and Whiting, be request-
ed to wait upon Mr. J. F. Jones and inform him of the action of the meeting,
and present him a copy of the above resolutions.

Messrs. Merriam, Stratton and Adams were appointed a committee to
draft a Constitution and By-laws fora Temperance League, and the meeting
adjourned one week.

A temperance demonstration celebrated the Topekans’ first 4th of July
in their new home. On the evening of July 4, 1855, a large number of the citi-
zens congregated on the prairie, near the town, determined then and there to
put an end to the selling of liquor in the town. After a short consultation the
mass meeting resolved itself into a “ committe of the whole,” and proceeding to
the place where it was sold, demanded of the proprietor his stock. He did not
quite accede to. the demand, but compromised by giving up all his liquor, on
the payment of a certain sum by the citizens. The barrels were rolled out, the
heads knocked in, and a grand display of fire-works immediately followed, wor-
thy of the young town and its staunch temperance pioneers,

« THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES, 2

Late one Saturday night in November, 1855, the call came to Topeka:
“Send men to help Lawrence.” ‘The next morning a meeting was held in
Constitution Hall, and the Topeka Guards, under Capt. Daniel H. Horne, were
immediately dispatched to the aid of the sister city. About one hundred men
shouldered their rifles and marched; leaving, itis said, only one able-bodied
man behind to take care of the women and do the necessary chores. When the
“boys” returned to Topeka—all officers—the solitary home guard was dubbed
good naturedly by them “‘ Major Splitwood,” an honorable title. The women
were told that the 77buxe office would probably be attacked during the absence
of the company, but they bravely urged their brothers and husbands to go, as-
serting their readiness to defend the office and their homes to the last. =

The Topeka boys, on arriving at Lawrence, were assigned quarters in thé
unfinished hotel, and there met John Brown, who supplied some of them—Red-
path among others—with guns, which they lacked. On their return they were
tendered a grand reception and supper by the ladies, at Constitution Hall;
Lane, Parrott, Redpath, and other distinguished Kansans making speeches on
the occasion.

The muster roll of this company, with their ages attached to the names, has
been kindly furnished by Capt. Daniel H. Horne. The members of the com-
pany were all residents of Topeka, and were called into service November 27,
1855. Daniel H. Horne, Captain, 27; Aseph Allen, First Lieutenant, 22; Lor-
ing Farnsworth, Second Lieutenant, 23; John Ritchie, Third Lieutenant, 38;
Joseph F. Cummings, Clerk, 24; Leonard W. Horne, First Sergeant, 30; William
F. Creiz, Second Sergeant, 26; W. W. Henderson, Third Sergeant, 21; James G.
Bunker, First Corporal, 41; Andrew S. Waters, Second Corporal, 24; Moses
Hubbard, Third Corporal, 22; Henry B. Cowles, Fourth Corporal, 21. Privates.
—Augustus H. Barnard, 22; George F. Boyd, 21; Leroy L. Brown, 22; Phillip
Briggs, 50; Franklin L. Crane, 45; Peter O. Convers, 21; Humphry Coburn, 21;
Jesse H. Crane; 16; J. F. Cummings, 24; George Davis, 29; Francis Davis, 30;

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Abner Doan, 29; Henry Damm, 26; Guilford Dudley, 21; James Dizny, 22;
Moses Dudley, 22; Charles Farnsworth, 32; Charles N. Gray, 25; Richard
Gustin, 26; Benjamin F, Gatchel, 24; Joseph W. Emerson, 38; Paul R. Hubbard,
25; George Hill, 38; George F. Hartwell, 21; Abel F. Hartwell, 25; Cyrus F.
Howard, 32; George W. Hathaway, 32; George L. King, 18; Robert M. Luce,
25; Christopher C. Leonard, 23; David H. Moore, 26; W. G. R. Miles, 28;
Joseph C. Miller, 35; McClure C. Martin, 21; Robert L, Mitchel], 24; Alonzo
W. Moore, 31; John Long, 42; Ozias Judd, 64; John W. Parsons, 16; James
Pierce, 42; W. W. Ross, 26; James Redpath, 22; David Smith, 31; Charles A.
Sexton, 22; William P. Thompson, 22; Charles L. Tyrrell, 27; Charles H.
Thompson, 19; James Taggart, 28; Theron Tucker, 21; Peter J, Wendall, 18;
Thomas G. Thornton, 28; Henry P. Waters, 27; John A. Wirt, 23; William H.
Weymouth, 32; Charles L. Wilber, 24; Nelson Young, 21; Harvey G. Young,
23; George H. Woods, 30; George F. Warren, 36. :

Messrs, Garvey, Cummings and Mitchell were taken prisoners during the
Wakarusa troubles and carried to Lecompton. The gentlemen being ‘‘ news-
paper men,” and having about their persons copies of the newly-printed “ To-
peka Constitution,” it was proposed by the mob that Mr. Garvey, being editor
of a Free-state paper, should pay the penalty of such crime then and there with
his life. Fortunately, better counsels prevailed and he was spared, and with
his companions liberated when the Wakarusa troubles ended.

The winter of 1855-56 was one of exceptional severity. A severe storm of
snow commericed on the 22d of December, and for the succeeding six weeks the
storms were almost incessant. The snow averaged fifteen inches in depth, the
roads on the prairie being nearly impassible. The thermometer sank to eighteen
degrees below zero, and in the poorly-built and often unfipished houses of the
new towns in Kansas there was extreme suffering. At this time there were but
very few houses in Topeka that were proof against the driving snow and cold
winds, and the Eastern emigrants, particularly the women, accustomed to all
the comforts of an old-settled country, had many a homesick hour when trying
in ue to keep the little cabin, or poorly-built house, warm enough for ordinary
comfort.

,

FIRST FREE-STATE LEGISLATURE,

On the 4th of March, 1856, the first session of the Kansas State Legislature
was opened. It was greatly feared that suitable accommodations could not be
provided for the large number of people that would be present, and objections
to. that effect had been urged by rival cities. Topeka. however, was equal to
the occasion. The Garvey house was always able to accommodate a few more.
Mr. Chase had established his boarding house on Quincy street, which became
famous before the close of the session, not only for good cheer and good fare,
but for a quiet influence exerted there, which won members of the Legislature
to feel that Topeka was the place of all places most suitable for the capital of
the State. oA,

In anticipation of the session of the Legislature, a new hotel was com-
menced in the winter on the site now occupied by the new Government build-
ing. Prof. Oakleys, an earnest Free-state man, who started the enterprise,
labored through the entire winter to hurry the work, even shoveling the-snow
away for his excavation during the most severe weather. The hotel was not
finished until summer. It was a three-story building, painted red on the out-
side, concrete walls to the third story. Mr, Harrison Nichols was the first
landlord of the house. .

On the 23d of April, 1856, there was a public sale of lots by the Topeka
Association. The average obtained was about $200 for ordinary sized business
lots. The full lots (75 by 100 feet), on the corner of Kansas avenue and Sixth

_ street, sold at the rate of $810 per lot.

EARLY SCHOOLS,

A private school was taught during the summer of 1855 by Miss Sarah
Harland, and on the 2d of January, 1856, ‘‘ The Topeka Academy ” was opened
by James Cowles, A. B., Principal, but the Town Association took no decisive
steps toward erecting a schoolhouse until February, 1856. On the 8th of that
month the subject was brought before the association, and Mr. Amos Trott was
appointed on the 2oth to the work of soliciting subscriptions and making a plan ~
for a schoolhouse. Two lots were set apart for a schoolhouse site the following
month, but the Emigrant Aid Society, which had agreed to build a schoolhouse,
in consideration of certain lots reserved to it, did not erect the building until
the summer of 1857, when a brick building, about 18x 24, and two stories in
height, was put up wn the southwest corner of Fifth and Harrison—the first
schoolhouse in the city.

CONSTITUTION HALL.

Jn the 13th of March, 1855, the brothers John and Loring Farnsworth
left Boston with the Second Emigration Company of 300 persons, under charge
of Dr. Charles Robinson, and arrived at Topeka late in the same month. In
Mr. Loring Farnsworth’s “‘ statement,’ deposited in the State Historical Rooms,
he says: ‘*We came across the Shunganunga towards night, and drove up upon
the town site, perhaps as far as where the State House now is. We could see
nothing, and thought perhaps we had mistaken the place, and we went back and
camped on the Shungununga. Next day we came over and found the town
down near the river; the town house, another log house a little east of it, and
east of Kansas avenue, two or three sod houses.” In April, 1855, Farnsworth
brothers commenced the erection of the building afterwards known as “ Consti-
tution Hall.” It was originally intended as a store for the proprietors, with
rooms to be rented for other purposes. It was situated on the west side of Kan-
sas avenue, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and was a substantial two-story
stone building, with a basement. The stone for the walls was taken froma
ravine back of the present site of the Gordon House. The foundation of the
building was 34x44 feet, and the inside measure of the hall about 30 x qo.
W. H. Weymouth worked on the building as carpenter, and William E. Bowker
as mason. Early in the fall, as soon as the roof was on, William W. Ross moved
in and started a printing office. The basement had been previously used for a
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meat shop, and the first story occupied by Mr. Joseph C. Miller and family as a
dwelling. Mr. John Farnsworth returned to the East early in the summer, and
his brother not being able to complete the building, it was hired by the Topeka
Association for the use of the Constitutional Convention (October, 858), the
association agreeing to plaster it in consideration of itsuse, From the time of
that convention, the hall, for many years, was used for all public meetings in
Topeka. The first Legislature—the Legislature of July, 1856, which was dis-
solved by Col. Sumner—the first church services of the Episcopal Church, local
political caucuses, lectures, all were held in Constitution Hall, while the base-
ment was utilized during the troublous years of 1856-57 as a place of storage for
the spoils which the “boys” succeeded in “jayhawking” from the common
enemy. By act of Legislature, approved March 2, 1863, the Secretary of State
was directed to enter into a contract on behalf of the State with Messrs. Gordon,
Mills, Gage and Farnsworth, to erect 4 temporary capitol building upon lots
131, 133, 135 and 137 Kansas avenue, in the city of Topeka. The building
was erected and taken possession of by the Statewfficers the following autumn.
This building embraced within its limits old ‘‘ Constitution Hall,” the princi-
pal room, in which was framed the first Free-state Constitution of Kansas, be-
coming the Senate Chamber of the new capitol building. Since the erection of
the State House, the building on Kansas avenue has been used for purposes of
trade, and in 1882 there are comparatively few, except the ‘‘old settlers” of
Topeka, who can point out the site of the building so famous in the annals of
the town.
KANSAS EMIGRANT ROUTE,

The southern terminus of this famous emigrant route, over which John
Brown and James Lane so often passed, was at Topeka, and Topeka people
felt a special interest in it. From Nebraska City to Topeka the route was 140
miles in length, and at the opening of the route, in May, 1856, there was not a
residence of a white man along its entire line. With the first train that passed
over the route was the Milwaukee company, Mr. E.G. Ross and family and Mr,
J. E. Rastall being among the emigrants. Col. M. C. Dickey, of Topeka, had
charge of the train through Kansas, the road having been previously staked out
by some of the members of the Topeka military company. In Iowa the
train was increased by a large number who had been recruited in the East
through the labors of Morris Hunt, Dr. George E. Cutler, Lane and others, and
on reaching Kansas it numbered five hundred persons and sixty wagons. After
passing the northern line of Kansas, parties dropped from the ranks, forming
settlements along the route, the last before arriving in Topeka being at Holton,
which was settled principally by Milwaukeans, On the 13th of August the re-
mainder of the train reached ‘Topeka, and crossing the ferry near the foot of
what is now Polk street, ate their first supper in Topeka at the Garvey House,
or Farmers’ Hotel, as it was called at that time, and were given a public recep-
tion in the evening at Constitution Hall.

Gen. Lane’s emigrant party, which entered the Territory under the siperin-
tendence of Col. Eldridge and S. C. Pomeroy, on the roth of the following Sep-
tember, and which was stopped by United States troops near the northern line,
and afterwards disarmed by order of Gov. Reeder at Indianola, a little north of
the Kansas River, arrived at Topeka on the 14th, and camped on the town site.

This route served as a path to safety for many colored fugitives. In 1857,
an underground railroad was established through the exertions of John Arm-
strong, of Topeka. The first car that passed over the track was in the shape
of a close carriage drawn by a span of mules. The northern terminus of the
Topeka branch was Civil Bend, Iowa. Among-the stockholders were Dr.
Charles Robinson, S. N. Wood and Maj. J. B. Abbott.

The last train that passed over the road, in 1859, had on board John Brown
and a party of his colored friends. When between Topeka and Holton the
fugitives were attacked by a horde of border ruffians, and were rescued from
their peril by a band from Topeka under command of John Ritchie. They then
passed over the road to safety.

TROUBLES OF 1856-57.

After the dispersion of the Legislature,* July 4, 1856, by United States
troops, the Free-state citizens of Topeka, in common with those of other towns,
felt that they were completely adrift, having no faith in the Territorial Govern-
ment, and no immediate prospect of a better. The Missouri River towns were
in the hands of the Pro-slavery party and it became almost impossible to pro-
cure even the necessaries of life. In the attempt to get supplies from Leaven-
worth or Kansas City, lives were often lost, and the teams almost invariably
captured. An organization was perfected at Topeka, some slight fortifications
thrown up on the lots on Quincy street which had been donated by the city to
the Methodist Church, the basement of Constitution Hall pressed into service
as a receptacle for prizes which should be captured in the foraging expeditions
of the company, and a regular system of reprisal on the enemy established,
which was carried on until supplies could be brought to Topeka ina regular
manner, without danger of attack from border ruffians. The Free-state organi-
zation at Topeka was known as Company B, Second Regiment Kansas Volun-
teers. Col. Whipple (Aaron D. Stephens), was Colonel of the regiment, and Wil-
liam F, Creitz, Captain of the company. L. C. Wilmarth was Chief of Com-
missary, and Dr. Crane’s little office, at the foot of Quincy street, served as a
sort of hospital for the sick and wounded. Expeditions were made by the com-
pany to the various Pro-slavery towns in the vicinity of Topeka—Tecumseh,
Osawkie, Lecompton. The company usually returned with supplies sufficient
to feed the boys for a time at least.

Frree-state version—In September the situation in Topeka was deplorable.
There was no food to be bought in the city. Mr. John Farnsworth’s team was
taken, with all his goods, by the border ruffians near Westport, and a man sent
from Topeka to try to get supplies at Leavenworth was murdered. While in
the adjoining Pro-slavery towns there was “enough and to spare,” the Free-
state men of Topeka literally feared they should “ perish with hunger,” unless

 

*See State History.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

they could supply themselves from the surplus wealth of their neighbors. Te-
cumseh was accordingly visited by “ Lane’s men,” and “taken,” the Leaven-
worth Herald says, “ even to the brooms.” The Topeka forces were com-
manded by “Col. Whipple,” and among them were Horne, Cleveland, Ritchie,
Moffett and others well known to Topeka. The richest prize was found at the
store of Benjamin D, Castleman, who lost, according to his own statement before
the Claim Commissioners, about $6,000, and never recovered anything but a
meal sieve and a tin pan, which some conscientious individual returned to him
on finding his trade-mark upon them. The victorious party returned to Topeka
with their spoils laden in several wagons, which they took out as ‘ army ambu-
lances.” At Osawkie, which place was visited soon after, the company cap-
tured thirty loaded muskets, the store of William Dyer being the main object
of attack. As soon as Governor Geary arrived, and the blockade was removed
from the Missouri, and food could_be got legitimately without risking life, all
these things cgased—they were war measures.

BULL CREEK.

The raid of the Missourians, under Capt. John Ried, on the town of Osa-
watomie, occurred on the 29th of August. The Topeka company was in Law-
rence at the time, having just reached the place in response to a summons from
from Gen. Lane. On the morning that the news was received at that place, in
company with the Lawrence company, they marched to Bnll Creek, where the
enemy had encamped on their return to Missouri, arriving about dark, after a
fatiguing march of thirty-five miles under a hot August sun, and with no water
for the last eight miles. A small body of cavalry had passed on ahead and
halted for the infantry tocome up. They found the enemy ready to receive
them, with four pieces of artillery planted in front of his camp. For some
reason, either of prudence or policy, Gen. Lane decided to fall back without.
attacking the camp. The command accordingly fell back eight miles to Black
Jack, where there was water, and rolling themselves in their blankets, laid down
for rest and sleep. 423

On the departure of the Topeka company to the assistance of Gen. Lane,
Sécretary Woodson ordered Col. Cooke, with his command, “ to proceed at the
earliest moment to invest the town of Topeka, disarm the insurrectionists, or
aggressive invaders against the organized Government of the Territory to be
found at or near that point, leveling with the ground their breastworks, forts
and fortifications, keep the head men or leaders in close confinement, and all
persons found in arms against the Government as prisoners, subject to the orders
of the Marshal.” ,

The news of this order reached the Topeka boys the morning after their
arrival at’ Lawrence on their return. They forgot their long march of the pre-
vious day under a burning August sun, forgot their fatigue, and only remem-
bered Topeka and the homes it contained. On their hurried march home they
passed the smoking ruins of six Free-state dwellings, which Woodson’s ‘‘ Terri-
torial Militia” had destroyed, the sight bringing terrible forebodings of even
greater disaster at the little village farther up the Kaw. When they reached
Big Springs they received the welcome tidings that all was well. Col. Cooke
was not the kind of a man to execute the inhuman order he had received. He
knew the limit of Territorial authority.

There is no doubt that ‘‘ Lane’s men,” as they were styled, were at this time
almost desperate, and ready to retaliate both in kind and degree the outrages
that had ben heaped upon themselves and friends. No man’s life was safe.
The roads were infested with armed robbers, and murders for the sake of plun-
der, or merely for difference of opinion, were of frequent occurence. The jour-
ney from Topeka to Lawrence could not be made witht safety, those two cities
being chiefly abhorrent to the enemy, and their residents more jealously
watched and suspected.

On the 3d of September, 1856, a detachment of about fifty from the en-
campment of *‘ Lane’s men” at Topeka, all mounted and armed, and under the
command of one Captain Cleveland, aided by Jameson and Charles Maffet,
made a raid on the neighboring Pro-slavery town of Tecumseh and committed
several robberies. The following day a larger detachment numbering some
two hundred, and also under the command of Cleveland, mounted and accom-
panied with wagons, marched into Tecumseh, and among other outrages, plun-
dered the store of B. D, Castleman, who had been a resident of the Territory
but two months, of everything it contained. Other places in the town were
robbed, but the largest amount of spoils was taken from Castleman’s store.
Everything was conbucatedagthng was too good or too mean for the plun-
derers. Groceries, dry goods, medicines, guns, tinware, brooms, hair oils, books
and three barrels of excellent brandy—all were loaded into the wagons and
taken to Topeka, where they weredivided among the crowd. Mr. Castleman
never received any of his property, or any pay for what was taken, with the ex-
ception of winety cents received from A. M. Fordan for a broom and meal sieve,
which was given him in the distribution of the spoils at Topeka, and which he
paid for when he found Mr. Castleman’s mark upon them. The persons con-
cerned in this raid were mostly newly arrived emigrants who,had come in over
the northern trail during August. The above facts are taken from the report of
the claim commission.

HICKORY POINT.

On the arrival of Gov. Geary in Kansas, Gen. Lane deternined to leave the
Territory by way of Nebraska,i He started from Topeka with a few men,
on the 11th of September, and on arriving at Osawkie learned that a large Pro-
slavery force was in the neighborhood. He sent to Topeka for reinforcements,
and was joined by about fifty men commanded by “Capt. Whipple.”* This

«Aaron D. Stephens, alias Capt. or Col. Whipple, was, as heretofore stated, an officer in
Gen. Lane’s Free-state force. He was born in Lisbon, New London County, Conn., and lived
in that State until the opening of the Mexican war, when he entered the United States ser-
vice, and was reported to bea very brave soldier. After his return he was imprisoned at
Fort Leavenworth for chastising an officer who was abusing a private soldier. He escaped
from confinement and came to Topeka, where his fearlessness and knowledge of mil!tar
movements made him a leader of the rather inexperienced military force. He assume
the name of Whipple when he escaped from Leavenworth. When J olin Brown left Kansas,
in January, 1859, he accompanied him, and was one of the ‘nineteen men so few” that were
with him at Harper’s Ferry. Mr, Stephens was executed at Charleston, Va., March 16, 1860.
 

SHAWNEE COUNTY.

company left on the evening of the r1th, and joined Lane at Osawkie the fol-
lowing morning. :

On the morning of the r2th, the “ Atchison Guards,” Capt. Robertson, then
on the way to Lecompton, burned the store of Capt. Crosby at Grasshopper
Falls, and then returned to Hickory Point, where they joined the force of Capt.
Lowe, whose property was threatened by Lane, and fortifying themselves in
several small buildings, the best being a blacksmith shop, awaited an attack.

Gen. Lane, with John Ritchie as Chief of Staff, arrived on the spot about
11 o'clock, and finding he could not dislodge the enemy without artillery, sent
to Lawrence for reinforcements. He then returned to Osawkie, and there re-
ceived the Governor’s proclamation ordering all armed forces to disband. In
accordance with the command, he instructed the Topeka company to return
home and to avoid any collision with United States troops, which they did.

_, Im the meantime, the Lawrence company, under Col. Harvey, and pro-
vided with a cannon, proceeded directly to Hickory Point, and on the morning
of Sunday, the.14th, had an encounter with the force there assembled under
Lowe and Robertson, which resulted in no particular advantage to either party.
On their return to Lawrence, Col. Harvey’s men were taken prisoners by United
States troops, and imprisoned at Lecompton. On the 18th of September, a

few days after the return of the Topeka company, Gov. Geary and United.

States Marshal Donaldson visited Topeka for the purpose of making arrests.
A squad of cavalry was stationed near the corner of Fifth street and Kansas
avenue, and a line of infantry and several pieces of artillery farther east on
Fifth The arrests were mainly confined to members of the company who had
been engaged in the late disturbances. Among the Topeka men arrested at
and about this time were Messrs. Mitchell, Ritchie, Kagi, Rastall and Sexton.
They were imprisoned at Lecompton.

- The indictments were mainly on the ground of participation in the fight at

Hickory Point. Kagi and Ritchie being accused of being in the affray on the —

14th, when Newhall, of the Atchison company, was killed, were with others in-
dicted for * murder in the first degree.” They were taken before the Terri-
torial Court, October 25, 1856, but their witnesses not being ready, their cases
were laid over. :

Mr. Sexton, who was Quartermaster of the company, was, im addition to
the general charge, indicted for ‘appropriating oats for the use of the cavalry
horses.” Mr. Ritchie, in addition to the general charge, was held to answer to
that preferred by Mr. Dyer, of Osawkie, according to his affidavit.

The prisoners were at first placed in the United States encampment neat
Lecompton, the “ Prisoners’ Camp” being a square of open prairie, guarded by
three lines of sentinels. The members of Col. Harvey’s company were in this
camp also. .

After examination, the prisoners were recommitted for trial, and imprisoned
in an old house, guarded by a company of militia under Col. Titus. At the
trial in October a few were acquitted, but the most were convicted of various
degrees of manslaughter, and placed in charge of Sheriff Jones being after-
wards transferred to the custody of Capt. Hampden, Warden of the Territorial
Prison, and a kind, considerate and humane, gentleman, of whose treatment
none complained. A part of the prisoners, among whom was J.H Kagi, of
the Topeka company, were afterwards remaved to Tecumseh, where they re-
ceived kind attentions and many favors from Mr. and Mrs Osborn, of the Free
State Hotel, and from other’ Free-state citizens. In a letter written to the
Kansas Tribune, dated ‘* Tecumseh, December 17, 1856,” Mr. Kagi says: “ At
Lecompton we were puzzled to keep. from freezing; here there is still greater
difficulty in keeping from smothering to death. For some time we have num-
bered sixteen men, in a brick-floored room twelve by sixteen, with one window
two feet square. We have one small box stove, with a single place for cooking,
In this Zo/e, as { may truthfully call it, we cook, eat and sleep, and pass away
Kansas life. * * * * There are now but twelve of us here. Old Mr.
Davis, and Mr. Hazeltine of the Wakarusa, have lately ‘been released by
giving bail to appear at the next term of Court at Lecompton, to answer to a
charge of murder at Fort Titus last August. Both proved by Pro-slavery wit-
nesses that they were at home, several miles distant from the fort at the time of
the fight. * * * * * C, A. Sexton, of your place (Topeka), was bailed
out last night on the same charge, by first proving an az. I may get out in
the same way to-day, but think it is uncertain. Cato has sworn that he will not
let me go, he cares not what proof may be brought in my favor, I have already
established by three witnesses that I was at or near Topeka at the time of the
cemmission of the offense with which I am charged was perpetrated at Lecomp-
ton. However, to-day I will introduce another witness, and if this will not
satisfy the court, I shall issue a draft upon my legs for bail bonds.” Mr. Kagi
was released upon giving bail to appearat the next term of Court at Lecompton.
He was one of the most uncompromising opponents of the Pro-slavery party,
a warm friend of John Brown, and therefore particularly obnoxious to the offi-
cers of the Territorial Government. Being a skillful phonographic reporter,
he employed himself after his release in reporting the various public meetings
and conventions, both Free-state and Pro-slavery, that were held in the vicinity
of Lawrence during the winter of 1857. :

While reporting the proceedings of the “‘ bogus legislature” at Lecompton,
January, 1857, he was again taken prisoner. The occurrence is given in his
own words, taken from his report of the proceedings: -

I should be able to give you more particulars concerning the doings of the Legislature
and convention both, had I not lost some of my notes yesterday. While correcting them, the
Marshal entered the Council Chamber where I was writing, and politely informed me that
Iwas his prisoner. Being, as the immortal Sam Salters would express it, ‘‘a law and abid-
ing man,” I immediately accompanied him to the court-room, intending to apply for bail.
Finding the Supreme Court in session, however, I went before Dr. Wood, who has been com-
missioned by Judge Lecompte to admit to bail, and gave bonds for my appearance at the
nextterm of court. I was arrested on the same charge for which I had but three weeks ago
given $5,000 bail. The object, as afterwards avowed, was to prevent me from reporting;
they supposing that being from home, I could not give the requisite boud immediately. As
I went from the hall with the Marshal, I left my notes scattered upon my desk. A friend

athered up a portion, hut the others were lost. Last night a crowd followed me to the plat-
orm of the stairs leading from the hall of the house tothe ground. with the intention of
throwing me off, but learning their purpose, I escaped by hurrying forward and mingling
with the crowd so as to prevent them from distinguishing me, I learned this morning that

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a plan has been secretly and deliberately laid to kill me to-day or to-night.
will yet be compelled to leave town.

Mr. Kagi’s forebodings in.respect to being prevented from further report-
ing proved correct. After the second day’s session he left Lecompton for Law-
rence, at which place he gave mortal offense to Judge Elmore by a statement
in one of his letters published in the Topeka paper, accusing the Judge of be-
ing concerned in an attempt to assassinate him. The affair resulted in a per-
sonal encounter between the parties a short time after at Tecumseh, both gen-
tlemen being injured.

Mr. Kagi subsequently was interested in assisting and forwarding emigra-
tion over the Nebraska route, and finally, joining fortunes with John Brown, be-
came his most trusted officer, followed him to Virginia, and there lost his life,
being shot while fighting at Harper’s Ferry. :

Col, S. S. Prouty, in his address before the Historical Society of Kansas,
January 27, 1881, says of him:

“ One of the correspondents of Eastern papers was J. H. Kagi, a native of
a Southern State. He was an Abolitionist and a bitter opponent of the insti-
tution of slavery. He ably wrote and valiantly fought for the Free-state cause.
There was not in the Territory a man of more generous impulses, or of greater
moral or physical courage. He, too, died a martyr for human liberty with Old
John Brown.”

All the prisoners remaining in the custody of Capt. Hampton at Lecompton
were pardoned and liberated by Gov. Geary, in March, 1857, in compliance
with numerous petitions, and on the ground that ‘their continued punishment
could neither subserve the ends of justice nor the interests of the Territory.”

Many of the prisoners had previously made their escape, among others John
E. Rastall and John Ritchie, of Topeka. The latter liberated himself from the
prison at Lecompton, and after visiting Topeka, went to Indiana, where he re-
mained some little time. The former escaped soon after he was taken, and
went for a time to Iowa. An act was passed by the Legislature of 1859 (Febru-
ary 11), granting amnesty for political offences, and under the protection of
that act, Mr. Ritchie again took up his residence in Topeka.

On Friday, April 20, 1860, Deputy U.S. Marshal L. Arms attempted to
arrest Mr, Ritchie for an offense (mail robbing) alleged to have been committed
in 1856. The arrest was in violation of the Amnesty Act, and was resisted by
Mr. Ritchie. The officer persisting, Mr. Ritchie shot him dead, Mr. R. stand-
ing in his own door at the time. A preliminary examination was held before
Justice Miller, of Topeka, on the following day. Mr. Ritchie was defended by
Lorenzo Dow, J. H. Lane, and A. L. Winans, Esq., and was discharged. The
citizens of Topeka held a meeting and passed resolutions approving his course.

With the winter of 1856-57, the hardest trials of the residents of Topeka
disappeared. The spring brought a large immigration, and affairs in the Ter-
ritory being comparatively quiet, if not settled, the city had a chance to look
more closely to its own special interests. After the incorporation of the city
the growth was so rapid that particular notice of private improvements or en-
terprises would be tiresome.

FURTHER PROGRESS,

Some account has already been given of the decisive measures taken by the
pioneer settlers of Topeka, to stamp out liquor-selling at the very outset of their
new enterprise. An organization called “The Temperance Union” was formed
at the opening of 1856, but the names of the officers are not published. At the
first annual meeting of the society, January, 1857, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President, H. W. Farnsworth; Vice-President,
A. F.-Whiting; Secretary and Treasurer, J. F. Cummings. Meetings were to
be held the first Wednesday evening in each month, Rev. L. Bodwell being an-
nounced as the speaker at the next meeting, February 14, 1857.

Two days after the meeting, the following pledge was circulated, and
received the signatures below given :

‘““We, the undersigned, owners of hotel buildings, and proprietors of hotels,
and-members of business firms, ready to do what we can to prevent the intro-
duction and sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst, do agree with each other,
and with the citizens of this community, that we will not sell, or encourage, or-
consent to the sale or distribution of intoxicating liquors to be used as a bev-
erage. (Signed.) Gordon & Bro, A. & L. W. Allen, Enoch Chase, Walter
Oakley. E. C. K. Garvey, J. Willets, J, Allen, D. M. Thurston, J. W. Farns-
worth, C. Twitchell. /

After several months’ trial, the temperance people, finding that their efforts
in the line of “counsel, reproof, and exhortation,” proved, in many cases, una-
vailing, made up their minds that patience and moral suasion had ceased to be
the sort of weapons most needed for the kind of warfare in which they were
engaged. The measure resorted to is indicated in an article in the Kansas
Tribune, the local paper of Topeka. In the issue of July 18, 1857, the editor
writes : :

“LIQUOR SPILLING.”

A case of this kind occurred in our place on Saturday, the 11th inst. It is said that about
$1,500 worth of liquors were destroyed at the various places where it had been kept for sale,

at had induced the owners to providesuch a quantity for thefuse of a staunch temperance
community like Topeka, we are atalosstoconceive. The affair was participated in by a
large number of our most prominent and respectable citizens, and, what is equally as im-
portant, with the entire approval of the ladies.

We sincerely deprecate the adoption of any measure which looks to violence, for the
remedying of apublic evil, but we regret still more deeply the necessity for such measure.
It is a choice of evils. Inthe absence of a}l municipal regulations for the suppression of the
traffic, no recourse was left our citizens but to take the matter in hand as thev did, or qui-
etly submit to the still greater evil and imposition of the unrestricted sale of liquor among
us, with its concomitant evils of drunkenness andcrime. To those who have been the losers
in this affair, we have no condolements or sympathy to offer. Most of them had been duly
warned of the consequences of persisting in the traffic-some of them had given written
pledges that they would desist from it, and all were engaged in it with a full knowledge of
the fact that a very large majority of our people were strongly opposed to it.

hether the action taken will have the desired effect, remains to be seen. We hope, for
the good of the community, as wellas those who have suffered in the destruction of the
liquor, that they will consult the feelings of those among whom they live, as well as their
own reputation, and allow themselves to be influenced accordingly. _

In this connectjon, we can not omit a word in regard to the position of the Town Asso-
ciation in reference to the sale of liquor in the town. A provision exists in the constitution
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of the association, whereby the owner of property under it forfeits the same by permitting
the sale of intoxicating liquor on it, and every man who has purchased property of the asso-
ciation, has done so with a full knowledge of that fact, thereby making the interdiction and
forfeiture perfectly valid and binding. This being the case, the association has the power
to preventthe sale of ardent spirits within its jurisdiction, and the public will hold its
members amenable to the charge of culpable neglect of duty and the public good, if they
0, not use every means at their disposal for the suppression of the nefarious traffic
mong us.

Soon'after the demonstration of the 11th of July,a mass meeting of the
citizens of Topeka and vicinity was called for consultation “on the present posi-
tion, aspect, and prospect of the liquor traffic in this place,” and to ascertain
somewhat definitely the sentiments of the people on the subject. H. P. Bur.
gess was chairman, and S. N, Frazier, secretary, of the meeting. -

By the following report, which was offered and adopted, it will be seen that
the participants in this meeting were in favor of deciding the temperance issue,
so far as Topeka was concerned, at the polls, The report was offered by the
following committee: S,P, Thompson, Walter Oakley, M. L. Gaylord, J.C.
Miller, and M. C. Dickey. It read as follows:

1st. The sale and use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage in Topeka, is a nuisance and
a plague, and all who regard the reputation and prosperity of the place, and the morals and
safety of its inhabitants, should uniteto banish this scourge from our town.

b Inthe absence of law for our protection, the people are justified in using force to
drive this traffic from our community—petition, persuasion, remnonstrance, and the ordi-
nances of the Town Association having utterly failed to accomplish this work.

8d. That this convention call an election of the citizens of Topeka and vicinity, on Sat-
urday, the 18th inst., the polls to be opened at two o’clock p. m., and to remain open till
sunset, to determine by ballot whether or not they are in favor of the sale of intoxicating
liquors.in their midst. :

4th. Ifa majority shall be found opposed to such sale, then a committee shall be elected
by ballot, whose duties shall be: 1st, to notif liquor dealers of the fact, and to request them
to desist from the traffic; and, 2d, if they refuse to comply with this request, to proceed to
search for, and, with the help of such citizens as they may call to their aid, to destroy all
liquors kept for the purpose heretofore designated.

Dr. Ritchie, H. P. Waters, and C. C. Tuttle, were constituted a committee
to give notice, and act as judges of said election.

As no notice of an election of the kind proposed, appears in the local pa-
per, it is presumed it did not occur; but the early temperance people fought
heroically to prevent the evil from gaining a secure foothold in the young town,
and it should ever be remembered and recorded to their credit.

 

AULD LANG SYNE,

Dr. F. L. Crane, one of the early Topeka pioneers, celebrated his seventy-
fifth birthday January 10, 1883, by a reunion of the old settlers. An account
of the gathering, which appeared in the Topeka Capital, is given below:

Our venerable and long-time friend, Dr. F, L, Crane, was seventy-five vears old on the
10th.inst. He took advantage of the occasion to invite to dinner at the Copeland all of the
members of the old Topeka Town Association who could be reached. The Doctor was vice-
president of that association. Some other gentlemen were also invited. The following isa
complete list of those who sat down to a well-spread table at 10 o’clock P. M. Those marked
* were members of the Topeka Town Association:

Daniel H. Horne*, H. W. Farnsworth*, G. G. Gage, Dr, Hogeboom. S&S. 8. Prouty, F. R.
Foster*, A. J. Huntoon, F. W. Giles*, Col. Holiiday*, noch Chase*, F. I. Bonebrake, W. P.
Douthitt, J.R. Mulvane, F. P. Baker, W. H. Jenkins, James Steele, G. W. Veale, Jacob
‘Smith, John Ritchie*, W. W. Weymouth*, O. T. Welch, Timothy McIntire*, G. A. Cutler’,
Silas Rain, Judge Greer*, John T. Morton, D. Auter, J. A. Hickey*, Cope Gordon*, Kirk

Rowley, A. B. Quinton, two sons of the doctor, George and Jesse, and_Frank, a grandson,
George's boy; F. G. Adams, H. F. Gee, H. Kline, 8. E. Martin*, Jacob Willets*, and Walter
a

ey*.

Of these, all but nine came into what is now the State of Kansas while it was yet a Terri-
tory. Dr. Crane and F. P. Baker sat atthe head of one table, and Col. Holliday and Judge
Morton atthe other. Col. Holliday acted as master of ceremonies. The dinner was equal
to the many good dinners that Cope Gordon has in the past given on such occasions, and
that is all that is necessary to say about it.

After all had eaten their fill, Col. Holliday Tapped on the table, and proposed the health
of the host, Dr. F. Ix Crane. Those who have known the Colonel inthe past, know how

2 happy he is on such occasions. Hespoke of his first meeting with Dr. Crane ona steamer
on the Missouri River, a stranger, and how he wasattracted to him by big ey ident uileless
disposition and honesty. He followed the course of the Doctor from that time to this, recit-
ing many thing exemplifying the men and thetimes. He said that it could be said of Dr.
Crane what Abe Lincoln said on an occasion, that his life had been passed ‘“‘with charity for
all, malice towards none,” and his old friends concurred with this view.

The Doctor was very much affected, and it was some time before he could control his
voice to reply to the toagt to him, which, by the way, was drank in cold water, standing. We
shall not attempt to report the Doctor’s speech, only giving afew points. Hesaid he remem-
bered circumstances which happened n 1811, and recited them, and that he was then but
three years old. He described the manners of the times when he was young. The spinnin
on the old-fashioned spinning wheels, the reaping of grain with sickles, the weaving o
cloth on.old looms, the threshing of grain with flails, the glass windows in vogue, only six
by eight inches, the wooden latches on the front doors, with the strings hanging out, the
great open fire-places, with logs for firewood, ete. After much of this kind which was inter-
esting, e related his first experience in Kansas, and closed as follows:

“T beg leave bo propose for the gentleman who accompanied mein 1854 up the Missouri
Riverin the steamboat F. X. Aubrey, whose valuable traits of character I then commenced

to learn and appreciate during our seven days from St. Louis. For him, the president of

the associatio: pray for long life and continued prosperity, with every comfort which he
knows so well how to appreciate.”

This called out Col. Holliday, who said that Dr. Crane, as vice-president of the Town As-
sociation, had more to do than he did with the allotments, and that his services for the asso-
ciation had been great. he first settlers started out with the intention of making Topeka
the capital of the State and succeeded, with the intention of making it the largest place in
the State, and have succeeded. The Colonel predicted that Topeka would in the next five to
eight years have as many thousand population as Dr. Crane had lived years. The Colonel
was very éloquent and very much in earnest.

Dr. G.:A, Cutler, Mr. T. McIntire, Col. Ritchie and James Steele were called out and
made short and appropriate speeches.

Col. Holliday then read letters of regret from G. F, Crowe, Guilford Dudley, J, Lee
Knight, S. T. Walkley, now of Springfield, Mo., William Stevens, of Kansas City, Robert

Klotz, formerly of this city, but now a member of Congress from Pennsylvanta, and ex-Goy,
Charles Robinson. ; :

The last two letters are worthy of publication, and we shall try to soon find room for at
~ least a portion of them.

At this stage of the proceedings Jacob Smith and G, G. Gage went to the door, and threw
pen, and wheeled in an elegant easy chair for the Doctor, which some of the friends
resent had purchased, and now presented to him with another neat little speech from Col.

olliday. The Doctor was too much affected to respond, although he tried to do so,

This closed one of the most happy events which has transpired in Topeka for some time,

Speaking of the dinner, a lady, over the signature of ‘‘ Katherine,” wrote
to the Kansas City Fournal as follows :

A remarkable number of our earliest citizens were present, and reminiscence was the
occupation of the happy hours, and that reminds me of the old opeka, and gives me an op-
portunity to say that this city was blessed in its earliest days by the presence of real ladies
and gentlemen, whose shaping influence has continued to this day. The population has been
remarkably permanent; a great flood of people have come in, but the families your corre-
spondent knew in her ‘FE yTihood are stillhere. What nice people they were, There were the
Wards, whose beautiful daughters were known all over Kansas. I doubtif any modern
Kansas belle has ever eclipsed Mary Ward; and there was the sweet singer, Mollie Camp-
bell, and the Hollidays, and the Gordons, and the Farnsworths, the Stewarts. the Kellams.
the Chases, the Giles, the Steeles, the Whitneys, and many others whose names are still
among us. The earliest ordinary and social gatherings here were marked by taste and re-
finement. The second generation of families now lead the young society here, and itis
pleasant to see the faces of the pretty young matrons of the “60s” repeated in the girls of
1883. Idoubt if any city has ever maintained a purer or healthier social life than ours, All

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this has been suggested by the mention of the gathering at the good Dr. Crane's. It is all
true, and the truth must be spoken even though it may sound like self-praise.

INCORPORATION,

Topeka was incorporated asa city by act of the Territorial Legislature, Hebrnary 14,
1857, Its boundaries, as defined in the act, embraced all ot Section 31 and the northeast
fractional quarter of Section 80, in Town 11, Range 16 east. Its limits were essentially the
same as the plat of the “town,” woich had been located by Holliday and his companions in
1854, a sketch of which has already been given. The title tothe land of the original town
plat was, as is well known, held in abeyance, subsequent to its occupation by the town com-
pany, in wait for the public sale by the Government. Minor disputes as to whom the origi-
nal pre-emption title woula be vested in at the time of thesale, had also occurred to increase
the uncertainty of thetenure of the town company, from whom and through wham all the
deeds to the numerous purchasers were ultimately to come. This uncertainty was a serious
hindrance to thegrowth of thetuwn; ‘ndeed, such as to debar many from investing in the
lots or making improvements thereon, who otherwise stood ready to buy and build.

The Wyandotte Floats.—In the treaty with the Wyandotte Indians, in 1854. in addition
to their reservation, the tribe was granted thirty-two “floating sections,” which might be
located on any ofthe public lands west of the Mississipp!, These sections (640 acres each),
known as ‘' Wyandot e Flozts,” were sold, some as low as $800. They could be located,
even before the public survey was made, and the title become complete beyond question, at
tie time of the location. They proved a most convenient mode of adjusting the difficulties
as to title to many of the new towns, . Hs

©. K. Holliday, being then President of the Topeka Town Association, in order to perfect
the title to the town site, bought, October 2, 1855, from Isaiah Walker, a member of the Wy-
andotte Nation, a“ Float,” and focated it upon the site of thetown. He purchased itlargely
with his own means, but dealing in good faith with the association, whose agent he was in
the transaction, had the transfers so made as to validate the title to all lands sold by it be-
fore or after hislocation. Thus the title to all lands on the original float. now in Wards 3
and 4 of the city, are traced in the abstracts to Isaiah Walker, who sold the floats to C. K.
Ilolliday, trustee, The notice of the location appeared in the Kansas Freeman, October 1,
1855, and read as follows:

To All Whom it May Concern:

The undersigned, holding by yirtue of his purchase from Isaiah Walker, made and con-
cluded the twenty-second day of October, in the year onethousand eight hundred and fifty-
five, agrantofland containing six hundred and forty acres, as provided by treaties betwecn
the United States Government and the Wyandotte Indian Nation, hereby notifies the public
that he has, 1n pursuance of powers and privileges lawfully vested in him by the said pur-
chase, selected and located one section of land, containing six hundred and forty acres,
pounded and described as follows, to-wit; Commencing at the common corper or Stake of
the farm claims of M. C, Dickey, Enoch Chase, D. H. Horne and Harvey G. Young, as deter-
mined onor aboutthe 29th day of October, A. D. 1855, by survey of A. D. Sear! i thence in
an easterly direction a distance of one mile to a post or surveyor’s stake; thence in a north-
erly direction a distance of one mile to a post or surveyor’s stake; thence in a westerly
directiona sistance of one mile to a post or surveyor’s stake; thence in a southerly direc-
tion a distance of one mile to the place of beginning; thesame containing one section of land -
of six hundred and forty acres,

All persons are hereby warned not to trespass upon said land, as the above vests in mea
complete title, and renders any settlement thereon by any person whatever completely null
and Vo: :

Done at Topeka, Kansas Territory, this first day of November, in the year one thousand,
eight hundred and fifty-five,

Cyrus K. HOLLipay.

At the time of the charter the village had grown to quite respectable dimensions, and.
had great expectations of future greatness and importance. It was the soon to be perma-
nentcounty seat; the capital (temporary) of the provisional State, undcr the provisional
Topeka constitulion; and the prospective railroad center (inthe minds of some of its san-
guine Droprietors) which it has since become. _In addition to these anticipatory claims to
greatness, it was, in reality, the third city in Kansas, being rivaled only by Leavenworth
and Lawrence. Fromm the local paper, and other sources, the following more detailed des-
cripaon ofthe city attoistimeis gathered: The population had increased to between 600
and 700, principally from the Northern and Eastern States; a few from Missouri and the
South. Intheimmediate vicinity of the town improved claims could be bought at prices
ranging from $1,000 to $2,000; a few miles out, they were sold at $300 or $400. Town
shares, embracing ten lots, brougbt from $400 to $600. Single lots, well located for busi-
ness purposes, 25x130 feet in size, averaged about $130. Dwelling lots, near business
streets, 75x150, were about the same price. Nochurch building had as yet been erected,
Constitution Hall being the usual place of holding religious services, The Town Associa-
tion had donated lots tothe Methodist Church, on Quiney street, but the spot was occupied
by fortifications builtin anticipation of * Border Ruffian raits.” The Congregational and
Baptist Churches had been organized—the former inthe cabin of James Cowles; the latter
in the basement of J. C. Miller’s house, on Sixth avenue. A schoolhouse was built for the
public school, on the corner of Harrison and Fifth streets, and a select school was taught
y Mr. James Cowles.

There were two hotels—_the “Garvey House,” and the “ Topeka House;” one newspaper
the Kansas Tribune; five general stores; J. W. Farnsworth, in Constitution Hall; Allen &
Gorden, corner of Kansas avenue and Fourth street; Murphy & Perley, in Garvey’s Block,
on Kansas avenue; J. Willitts, Kansas avenue, between Second and Third; and Amos
Trott’s general variety store.

Four physicians were located in the village—Drs. Martin, Penfield, Thurston and Cutler.
Messrs. Holliday & Thornton, attorneys, were at No. 6 Kansas avenue; Wheeler & In-
gersol, ciyil engineers, No. 87 Sixth street; Joseph C. Miller’s dwelling and hardware shop
was 83 Six.h street; Timothy McIntire, contractor and builder, had his office on Fifth
street, and Lewis C. Wilmarth, and R. N: Mitchell had shops on the corner of Harrison and
Sixth. Kellam Bro’s. new drug store was on the corner of Kansas avenue and Fifth street.
Two stage lines werein operatfon—the ‘Topeka and Manhatten,” and the ‘Topeka and
Lawrence.” Early inthe spring the Ritchie Block was commenced, on the southeast corner
of Kansas and Sixth avenues, and the ‘‘ Chase House,” on the south side of Sixth, near Kan-
sas—the first large brick building in the city. oes

 

 

EXTENSION OF CORPORATE LIMITS.

Atthe time Topeka was made a city its limits were confined to the origina: town plot;
lots 1 and 2, Section 80, and allof Section 81, Town 11, Range 16 east, being the square
mile covered by the Wyandotte float before mentioned, and some fractional parts of Section
80, lying north and along the river bank. Additions have been made from time to time, in-
creasing thecity limits fourfold since its incorporation. They havebeen as follows, in order

of date:
1) Town of Bugene (North Topeka)—was a) d. “C.

Holliday Mayer. Calne No, ap, Pe eee eg ee mae 1867, 0.%

(2) Crane's Addition—April 20, 1867, C. K, Holliday, Mayor. Ordinance, No. 29.

(3) Young's and Horne's Additions—~May 81, 1867, 0. K. Holliday, Mayor. Ordinance,

‘0. 40.
a DP yiupioon'a and Ritchie's Additions—June 1, 186%, C. K. Holliday, Mayor. Ordi-

(5) Holliday’s and Ritchie's Additions—August 27, 1867, C. K. Holliday, Mayor. Ordi-
nance, No. 55. fo? October 81, 1868, Orin T, Welch, “Mayor. ’ Ordinance, No. 70." (7%) April
20, 1869. 0. KK. olliday, Mayor. Ordinance, No. 74. :

(8) King's and Meisker’s Addilions—February 28, 1871, J. B. McAffee, Mayor. Ordi-
nance, No, 121. (9) February 6, 1872, D. H. Horne, Acting Mayor. Ordinance, No. 162.
oo) August 12, 1872, Orrin T. Welch, Mayor. Ordinance, No. 186. q) April 15, 1875, T.
‘ane ee Ordinance, No. 237. (12) March 12, 1880, M. H. Case, Mayor. Ordi-

, NO, 837.

Ordinance, No. 416, was approved February 25, 1882—J. C. Wilson, Mayor. It defined
apcurately the boundaries of the city at the time of its passage, including the various addi-
tlons above nained, The present limits of the city embrace nearly four square miles—three
on the south, and one on the north side of the Kansas River. i

The ward limits have been changed from time to time as additions have been made; the
present ward boundaries being in accordance with Ordinance No. 122, approved March 6,

871, which divided the city into four wards, as follows: The First ward frelnain all that
portion of the city of Topekalying north of the Kansas River; the Second ward ail that
ortion of thé city of Topeka east of Kansas avenue north of Eighth street and south of the
ine Four ata all ad vnon i elds of opokstavng Weak of Kanon nee noe
ortion o ecity of Topeka lying west of Kansa: el
of Eighth Btreet son south of the aoe ward, Paes snaacncaids
n of Eugene, now a part of the city of Topeka, was established as a station on
the Union Pacific road, being annexed by a city ordinance, published April 11, 1867. It was
surveyed by Capt. J. R. Ellinwood, in 1865, and during the same year the Pontoon bridge
connecting the town with Topeka, was built. On M
over the Union Pacific railway arrived at Eugene. The town was then a wilderness—the
depot and the warehouse of L.C. Wilmarth being the only buildings north of the river.
The arrival of the train was celebrated by the citizens of Topeka in good style. The Mayors
and Council of Wyandolte and Lawrence, the President of the Road z. M, Shoemaker.

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SHAWNEE COUNTY.

Gen. 3. H. Lane, and other distingutshed guests were entertained by the officials of the city,
Gen. Lane maki the speech of the occasiun.

As late as the winter of 1868, after it was wttached to Topeka, the Kaws were more num-
erous in the village than the whites, Kausas avenue north, wad a row of stumps, and a few
log-houses, occupied by fifteen families, with one or two stores constitnied all of what is
now a very attractive place, The fins, natural growth of timber on the Kansas and Soldier
bottoms, makes the site of North Topéka especially beautiful.

MUNICIPAL ROSTER,

In January, 1858, Franklin L. Crane, Thomas G. Tiornton, Milton C. Dickey, Loring G.
Cleveland aud Samuel F. Walkley, who incorporated the city of Topeka the previous year,
appuinted Loring Farnsworth, J.C. Miller, and A. FL Whitney, j idges of the first municipal
election, which tuok place January 28, 1858, ac the office of Moore, Hill & Co. It resulred as
follows: Miuyor, Loriag Barnaworcls President of the Cou icil, W. W. Ross; Register, 8, N.
Frazier, succeeded by Guilford Duley; Marshal, W. L, Gordon; Treasurer, J.C. Miller.
The o-fice of Register and Clerk were one and the same, and in thé ansence of the Clerk at
the meetings or the Mayor and Councumen, hei at several ditfereut places froin time to
tim, 0 1e of che Councilmen acted as Clerk, pro, tem. Ff om

1859: Mayor, Lorenzo Dow; President of th Council, J. F. Cummings; Recorder or
Clerk, Guilford Dudley; Marshal, John Fletcher; Treasurer, C. C. Kellam.

July 2, 1859, there was a special election, at which ©. K Holliday was cosen Mayor, C Cy
ae ng Councilman, and on or after August 10, 1859, David B. Smith was chosen Recorder
or Clerk,

1860: Mayor, H. W. Farnsworth; President of the Council, “ustus Brockway; Record-
eror Clerk, Jamvs Fletcher; Murshal, 8. L. Huncer; ‘Cr-asurer, Dwight Ferry; City Sur-
veyor, J, B, Wuittaker; Sireet Commissioner, J.B. Whitaker; Assessur, G. G. Gage. De-
cember 6, 1860, C. C. Whiting was elected Recorder.

1851: Mayor, Harris F, Ocis; President of tie Council, Justus Brockway; Register or
Clerk, Jun G. Otis; Treasurer, Uhurles King; Strees Comuussioner, J. W Emerso 1; Mar-
shal, lip rain Baker; Attocuey, William P, Douthitt; Assessors, Joshua Knowles, Theodore
Mill's, S. E. Martin; Auditors, 8. H. Fletcher, Josha Knowles, Justus Brockway. June 18,
1881, a special election was held, and N. W. Cox was elected Mayor to fill the vacancy occa-
sio red by the death of Harris F. Otis,

1862: M.yor, N.W. Cox; Presidents of the Council. Justus Brockway; Register or Clerk,
John &, O& 33, Treasurer, J. B. Billings; Marsnal, Ephraim Baker; Atturney, David Brock-
way; S"reet Commissioner, E. B. Williams; Assessors, J. Kuowles, A, F, Whiting.

3: _Mouyor, J. KF. Cummings; Presidentof tie Council, J. W Faruswortu; Register
or Clark, E, L. Wheeler; Treasurer, C. C. Kellam; Marshal, Byron Jewell.

1864: Mayor, Stmuel H. Fletc ier; President of the Council. J, W. Farnsworth; Regis-
ter 7 ler. G. O. Wilmarth; Treasurer, C. CU. Kellan, George W. Auderson: Marshal, By-
Tou Jewell,

1805: Mayor, William W. Ross; President of the Council, John W. Farnsworth; Regis-
ter or Clerk, G. UO. Wilmarth; Treasurer, George W. Anderson; Attorney, A. L. Williams;
Marsh:ul, Byron Jewell.

1866; Mayor, Russ Burns; President of the Council, John G. Otis, Hiram T. Beman;
Register or Clerk, G. O. Wilmarth; Treasurer, George W. Anderson; Marshal, John F. Car-
ter; Surveyor, J. B. Whittaker; Street Commissioner, John Armstro ‘g,

1857: Mayor, C. K. Holliday; President of tne Council, — ; Clerk, George O.
Wilm irth; Treasurer, A. J, Huntoon; Marshal, John F, DeLong; Eugiueer, Joel Huntoon;
Attorney, James W. S-eel.

_1868: Mayor, Orrin T. Welch; President of the Council, E. G. Moore; Clerk, George O.
Wilmarth; Murshal, O. F. Reed; Assessor, F. L. Crane; Police Juuge, Joh

 

 

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cuglueer, Joel Huntoon; Street Commissioner, Johu Arustrong; Treasurer, G. F. Merriain;
thorney, A, L. Williams,

_.1869: Mayor, C, K. Holliday; President of the Council, E. G. Moore; Clerk, George O.
-Wilmarth; Marshal, 0. F. Reed; Police Judge, George B. Holmes; Treasurer, AD. Craigue;
Kagineer, Jocl Huatoon; Street Commissiouer, O. F. Reed; Attorney, A, L. Williams.

1370: Mayor, J.B, McAfee; President of the Council, Harvey H. Wilcox; Clerk, H. C.

Holeomb; Murshal, 0. F. Reed; Assessor, W. C. Gilpatrick; Police Judge. George B. Holmes;

Kugineer, William T'weeddate; Street Commissioner, John S. Branner; Attorney, David
Brockway; Treasurer, A. D, Craigue. :

1871: Mayor, Orrin T. Welch; President of the Council. Daniel H. Horne; Clerk, R. H.
Cc. Svarle: Treasurer, A. D. Craigue; Marshal, Tobias Billings; Police Judge, John H. Put-
nam; Assessor, Gustavus F. Merriain; Engineer, William Tweeddale; Street Commissioner,
Joan $, Branner: Attorney, David Brockway,

1872: Mayor, Orrin T. Welch; Presideut of the Council, Daniel H. Horne; Marshal, Sam-
uel Hindman; Police Judge, George B. Holmes; Treasurer, A. UD. Craigue; Clerk, R. H. C.
Searle; Attorney, M. H. Cise; Police Judge, George B. Holmes; Engineer, William Tweed-:
dale; Street Commissioner, Michael Voorhees.

1373: Mayor, Henry Bartling; President of the Council, A. W. Knowles: Treasurer,
Peter 1). Cook; Clerk, R. H. C. Searle; Attorney, Ross Burns; Kugineer, Harry B. Mitchell;
Breet Commissioner, Michael Voorhees; Police Judge, George B. Holmes; Marshal, J. B.

annum. E

1874: Mayor, Henry Bartling; President of the Council, E. H. Blake; Treasurer,
Peter D. Cook; Clerk, R. H. C. Searle; Attorney, Ross Burns; Engineer, William Tweed-
dale; Street Commissioner, Benjamin Boyd; Police Judge, . Farnsworth; Marshal,
i. C. Lindsey; Assessor, A, J. Huntoon.

1875: Mayor, Thomas J. Anderson; President of the Council, E. H, Blake; Treasurer,
Peter D. Cook; Clerk, R. H.C. Searle; Attorney, B. J. Ricker; Engineer, Joel Huntoon;
Street Commissioner, Be jainin Boyd; Police Judge, George B. vimes; Marshal, H.C.

Lindsey; Assessor, A. J. Huntoon, zu
187s: Mayor, Thomas J. Anderson; President of the Council, George W. Veale ;
Treasurer, A. Ww. Knowles; Clerk, W. H. Cook; Attorney, Lewis Hanback; Engineer,
William Tweeddale; Street Commissioner, Benjamin Boyd; Police Judge, George B
Holmes; Marshal, H.C. Hindseys ‘
1877: Mayor, M. H. Case; President of the Council, S.S. McFadden; Treasurer, Albert
W. Knowles; Clerk, H. H.; Wilcox; Attorney. D.A. Harvey; Engineer, J. B. Whittaker;
ayreee Comumissiouer, Albert Fowkes ; Police Judge, Chester Thomas; Marshal, James
ustan.

1878: Mayor, M. H. Case; President of the Council, S.S. McFadden; Treasurer, Alfred
W. Knowles; Clerk, H. H. Wilcox; Attorney, D. A, Harvey; Engineer, J. B. Whittaker;
eireet Comuiissioner, J. T. Franklin; Police Judge, Chester Thomas: Marshal, Tubias
Billings. ‘

1879: Mayor, M. H. Case; President of the Council, S. S. McFadden; Treasurer. Alfred
W. Knowles; Clerk, H. H_ Whlcox; Attorney, D. A. Harvey Engineer. J. B. Whittaker;
Street Cominissioner, J. T. Franklin; Police Judge, Chester Thomas; Marshal, James
Dustan; Cval Oil Inspector, Charles L. Vanderpool.

1880: Clerk George Tauber; Engineer, Joel Huntoon.

1881-1883: Mayor, Joseph C. Wilson; Presidents of the Council, George W. Herron,
L. Norton, Jr., J. W. Griffith; Treasurer, A. M. Fuller; Clerk, George Tauber; Attorneys,
N.C. MeFarland, J. D. McFarland; Engineer, William Tweeddale; Street Commissioner,
Albert Fowkes; Police J udge, Chester Thoinas; Marshal, Thomas W. Cochran.

TOPEKA OF 1882.

The Topeka of to-day isin the transition state, between the yourg,rough vigor of stirring
western towns and the more regudated, substantial life of Eastern cities. Public and private
improvements are progressing at such a rate that within a few years her outward surface
will be harmonized and embellished tuto an enduring and a beautifulfurm. Already many
of her business blocks are solid and metropolitan in appearance; her streets are being
systematically graded; tasteful and cosily churc&es, and home-like and palatial residences
adorn the resident portions of the eity, testifying to her material prospeiity and her social
refinement. TopeKka’s avenues are broad, her founders seeming to havea vision of a west-
ern “City of Magnificeut Distances,” above whose evergy of life and developing form
should tower one of the most magnificent State houses of the country, and a beautiful and
costly custoin house. Two fine opera houses, several superior hotels, railroad shops, in
which are invested hundreds of thousauds of dollars, water aud gas works, well main-
tained schools, electriclights, telephones, manufactures of every description, large. whole-
sale and retail stores, ably conducted newspapers, polished society. present prosperity and
brisk life everywhere; hope, faith anda logically founded confidence that the Topeka of
the future is to be ove of the largest co'nmercial centers and the most charming cities of
the West. These facts and traits are what stand out so prominently before ail observing
eyes and minds. Without further preface the facts are presented.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

The following record of the growth and development of the public schools of Topeka 1s
given by F W. Giles in an article pablsbed in thecity directory (Rogers’) of 1878. After
alluding to the schoolhouse built hy the wmigrant Aid Soclely in 1857, of which mention
is made in * Karly Schools,” Mr, Giles says: ** Under the Districting of Shawnee County in
1841, Lhe city of Lobel, constitnated District No, 23. We have been wnableto tind any re-
cord of its proceedinys, except such suggestions as could be gleaned from atreasurer’s
book, dating hack to 1863;-from that we learn that the amonnt of revenue received from
the Counly Treasurer frum July 1863, to July, 1864, was $2,340.45, and for the year next
eer Ng, the disbursements were for teachers wages $1,628, and for incidental expenses,

35 .

545

In 1865 the Harris n Street schoolhoise was erected, being the first school building
vrected at the expense of the city. It comprised the front only of that building as it
uw s ands (1878), the site being tue sume as donated by the Topeka Association im 1856.

It had been supposed thatths amount of school room thus provided would be ample
for the wants vf the District for so.ue years, but duriug the year 1865 the increase of schul-
ars was equ el to the capacity of the room provided.

In 1865, a little wouden building on Sixth avenue, between Kansas avenue and Quincy
street—svulth side—was hired fur school purposes, and a school opened for colored culidren,
and in 1866 the colored school was putin the attic of the huilding, and the lower room used
for whire children, Baptist Hall was also used for scho >] purposes in 1866, andLin 18n7 a
school was held inthe "tale Block” (site of Costa's Opera House). A school was also held
it the basement of the building, on the southwest corner of Kausas avenue and Seventh
street, at various periuds.

The year 1867 hat been one of continuons excitement with the School Board, from the
pressing demands for more roum, more teachers, and more money for the schools, and 1868
dawned upon the nu with no prospect of immediate relief. Supported, however, hy an en-
lightened public sentiment that knew no way of relief frum the urgent calls for schools but
by supplying them, tne Board went boldly on tod» what could be done,

To add to the embarrassment of the Board, in the spring of 1868 tue Aid Company house
was sold, ai berains un ivailable f or schuol purposes,

On the luth of July the city voted an_appropriation of $10,009 for the purchase of sites
and the erection of school buildings, and ont 1e same day contracts were entered inte for
anald.tiontot e Avwrison Sehuol nidin sg aban expenditure of over 44,000. [1 Septem-
ber, the Board hired buildings at No. 51 Monroe street and at No. 2'1 Kansas av-nne, At
the close of 1863, nutwithst unling thee vargement of the Harrisou stre_t house, the city had
under rent at least four buildings for sehool purposes. 7

Onthe 5\.0f Miy tha Schou! Board determined upon the erection of more snacions ac-
commodations for the sehools, and asked tie eicv to vote an appropriation of $40.00 for
that purpose. Onthe 13th of Jilly, lots 50, 52, and 54, Monroe street, were purchased, aud a
building constructed at a cost of $2,100.

On the 23: Lof August the site of Lincoln School was purchased, at acost of $2,500. In
the fullof 1469, as ta wis purchased on Quiney ail Cairteenth streets. aud a school rouse
erected, at a cost of $2,300. Attnis time the citv had under rent for sehoot purposes, build-
ings or rooms at Nos. 110, 128,191 and 241 Kausas avenue; at 51 Munrve street, and a
church in the “bottom ” ~

Lincoln School hullding was under contract at $34,449. an’ the year closed with an esti-
mated requirewent for school expenses the ensuing year of $12,600. 7

By Januarv, 1870, th demands for more school room inthe First Ward necessitated ar-
rangements with an adjacent country district fur accommodations. During all of that year
the necessity for hired buildings costinu-d. Work upon the Lincoln building progressed
slowly, and it was September, 1871. before it was completed fur oecupancy.

In 1871, $18,000 was expended in building a new house in the First Ward, which was
accepted with special satisfaction on the 15thot April, 1872.. The Washburn schoo!house
was also purchased in August, 1871, ata cost of $15,000. Inthe fall of 1872, a lot was pur+
chased, ant temporary accommodations prepared, on Clay street, at a cost of $325 hus,
at the close of 1372. there were owned and occupied for school purp ‘ses, the Hareison puild-
ing, in its present capacity, the Quincy building, Monro- building, the old First Ward prop-
erly, the old Clay street house, Washburn building, the Thirteenth stre t property and
Lincoln in all its greatness. 1¢ was thought that these were ample for all existing and con-
tingent wants, anil that from the bu' dens of schoolhouse building the people might reason-
ably anticipate exemption, for some years at least, During 1873 aud 1874 matters went on
to general satisfaction.

In 1875, however, there came up a voice from the western part of the city that could not
be putotf. The First Ward building had been regarded as the most satisfactory result of
expenditure made, and it was determined to erect a similar house on Clay street. An appro-
priation for the purpose of $8.000 was made, and the house completed abour the close of the
year, to general satisfaction of all concerned. ‘The expenditures of T -peka for school build-
ings and furuiture, in the space of about ten years, aggregate fully 8125,000.

The school property, and the management of the school interests, is now (1878) vested
in the hands of a Board of Education, consisting of two members elected from each of the
four wards of the city, an'l hoiding their office for the term of two years, in accordance with
the provisions of an act of the Legislature, passed in 1872, regulating public schools in cities
of the second class. In 1878, twenty-eight teachers were employed, their salaries aggre-
gating about $16,000 per year. ¥

From the fifteenth annual report of the superintendent of city schools, itappears thatin
the school year of 1881-82 f-urteen schools had been regularly taught. These were Adams
Buchan wn, Clay, Douglas, Harrison, High School, Klein, Lane, Lincoln, Madison, Parkdale’
Polk, Quincy andSumner. Inthree of these, terms were abbreviated three weeks on ac-
countof small-pox. Expenses incurr d for all Burpeses, including salaries, repairs new
buildings and miscellaneous items, footed up §338,834.07. Forty-six teachers were em-
ployed at an average salary of about $400. During the year there was an average enroll-
ment of 1,202.12 boys, and 1,282 67 girls, or a total of 2 486.79. The per cent of altendance
on average enrollment was 93.3, a figure rarely reached in any of the schools of the State.
During the past year the system of half day schools has been tried in a few grades, and
been so satisfactory as to lead to its recommendaticn by the superinte:. dent for more ex-
tended application. The course of study has also been carefully revised to suit the necessi-
ties of the case, and is now one of the most rational and wellarrangedto be fuund any where.
Under the care of experienced teachers, ably seconded by the superintendent, the public
schools of Topeka may fairly look for most gratifying results, and though future Solons may
not occupy all the seats, the product of these schools will add tothe city and State many a
valuable citizen who can trace his success directly to this early training.

Topekt Board of Educatlon.—May 21, 1867, the citizens of Topeka voted to establish a
city Board of Education. The votefor the school law was 214, against the school law, 1.
The school board then elected was asfollows: First ward, one year, C. W. Parks, two years,
H. W. Farnsworth; Second ward, one year, L._C. Wilmartn, two years, David Broce’ ways
Third ward, one year, John Guthrie, two years, W. H. Butterfield. This election was he
under an act of the legislature, approved February 27, 1867.

Boara tor 1882: Kirst ward, John H. Foucht, M. R, Millerand 0. C. Skinner; Second,
Cc. W, Jewell, W. W. Gavitt and Orrin T. Welch; Third, A. M. Callahan, E. H. White and W.
B. Gibson; Fourth, C. P. Baker, H. X. Devendurfaid George S. Chase.

Washburn College.—Tiis institution was incorporated on the 6th of February, 1865,
under the name of “Lincoln College.” Inthe fall of the same year a stone building for the
use of the preparatory department was completed on the southeast corner of the capitol
square. Thebuildings had recitation rooms sufficiently commodious for 150 students, and
the first term of the college opened January, 1866, with five teachers and about thirty pupils,
The number of students the first year was ninety-two. Trustees.—Lewis Bodwell, presi-
dent; S. D. Storrs, J. D. Liggett, Ira H. Smith, Richard Cordiey, Harrison Hannahs, John
Ritchie, H. D. Rice, Williain HE. Bowker, J. W. Fox, H. W. Farnsworth.

Tho name of the institution was changed November 19, 1868, to Washburn College, in
memory of Hon. Ichabod Washburn, who donated $25.00) to the endowment fund. The
permanent buildings of the college were erected on a beautiful site comprising one quarter
section about one and a half miles southwest of the capitol, which was donated to the insti-~
tution by Gen. John Ritchie. Although under the especial patronage of the Congregation-
alists, the college in educa'ional methods and policy 1s entirely unsectarian.

Scholarships have been established, tuition free for children of home missionaries,
students intending to become ministers or teachers, disabled soldiers, soldiers honorably
discharged after two years’ service, and children of soldiers that died in the service. The

college as now a choice library, fine mathematical and philosonhical apparatus, and every”
facility for acquiring a most thorough and liberal education. The course of study is op-
tional—business, scientific, academic and collegiate. Peter MceVicar is now president.

The property of tiie college has been largely incre»sed since the donation of Mr. Wash-

 

burn and the gift of a quarter section of land by Mr. Ritchie, and now embraces an endow- -

ment of over $60,000. and 480 acres of land. The Jatter, ing near the city, is already of
considerable value, and is being sold for building lots at as high as $700 ner acre.

The college buildings consist of the large stone hall first erected, which was occupied in
1874, although not fully completed until several years later, and three cottages used as dor-
mitories. The first of these cottag? dormitories was built by funds largely derived from
friends in Hartford, Conn., ani is named the Hartford Cottage. Thesecond is named, though
hardly, fan the same reason, the New Haven Cottage. Both these are occupied by lady
students.

Athird building was ‘completed in the fall of 1882, but was not named, except as the
young men’sdormitory. Still another cottage, the Kansas, is projected. and Tunas to the
amouut of $2,000 have been raised for it. The cost of these buildings is about $5,000 each.
There are now about 150 students in attendance, and the number seems to increase as
rapidly-as room can be found for applicants.

The ficulty is as follows: Peter McVicar, M. A., D. D., president, professor of moral
and mental philosophy George M. Stearns, Bb. A., professor of the Gree< and Latin lan-
guages; J. T. Lovewell, Ph. D., professor of mathematics and natural science; Howard

liss, professor of French; F. W. Craigin, professor of German and zoology; Orestes H.
St. John, instructor in Reologys Jame- H. Carruth, M. A., instructor in botany; Miss Caro-
line L. White, preceptress of Ladies Department; Miss Mary Johnson, instructor in instru-
mental musie; M. A. Pond, instructor in penmanship; Rev. Albert Matson, instructor in
vocal music; Howard Bliss, M, A., librarian. | 4

College uf the sisters of Bethany.—This institution has grown to its present size and im-
portanee from a modest parish school started by Rev. Chailes Calloway, the first Episcopal
clergyman in Topeka. It was first opened for pupils in 1860 under the charge of Rev. N. O.
Preston, afterwards pastor of Grace Church, being then cailed the “Episconal Female Sem-
inary.’ Towards the close of the War of the Rebellion, the school suspended for a short

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time, but re-opened in September, 1865, under the charge of Rev. J. N. Lee, with seventeen
pupils. Commodious buildings were procured on the corner of Topeka avenue and Ninth
street, and the institution, being the only Protestant school exclusively for girls in the State,
and being under the care of experienced and able instructors, steadily increased in influ-
ence and popularity. In 1870, the school having outgrown the older building, anew and
elegant structure was commenced on a square of twenty acres, owned by the institution
in the west part of the city, and was completed in 1873. Onremoving to the new location,
a year before the completion of the building, the name of the institution was changed to
that under which itis now known—College of the Sisters of Bethany. It isthe aim of this
institution to begin in its kindergarten schoolthe education of girls, and carry them through
the primary preparatory, and collegiate departments, to the completion of their education.
How well t is is done is shown by the constantly increasing number of pupils especially in
the musical and art departments, which numbered in 1882 respectiy ely. 112 and 34. The
officers and faculty for 1882 and 1888 are: Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Vail, D.D., LL.D., presi-
dent, Christian doctrine; Rev. Joseph A. Russell, A. M., chaplain, moral science, mathe-
matics, evidences, book-kee ings r. T. C. Vail, bursar; Miss Florida Breiner, house-
mother, constitutional law, U. S, history; Miss Carrie E. Campbell, Latin, French, German,
physiology, astronomy, botany, English literature; Miss Emma F. Root, Jogic, mathemat-
es, and natural sciences; Miss ary S. Stewart, grammar, ancient_history, English
- branches, light gymnastics: Miss Emma Powell, Latin, Greek, Italian, French, belles-let-
tres; Miss Julia M. Watson and Miss Ruth Chamberlain, primary department; Mrs. Ruth
Giffin, kindergé rten department; Miss M. W. Warner, assistant in kindergarten; J. S.
Hougham, LL.D., lecturer in chemistry and natural philosophy; Mrs. H. T. Stone, instru-
mental music an Thorough bass; Mrs, M. W. Radway, Miss Frank A, Brookins, and Miss
Kate Gillmore, assistants in instrumental music; Miss Aletta Waterbury, vocal culture,
choral class, and elocution; Miss Marion J. Hall, drawing and painting; Mrs. C. H. Vail,
atron.

The school buildings are two in number—Wolfe hall,completed in 1878 at a cost of $8,500,
and Holmes hall, completed in 1881 at acost of $17,000. The former of these buildings is
five stories in height, 74x100 feet, and is built of rough Ashler stone. Holmes hall is four
stories in height, 40x80 feet, and of thesame durable and suitable material. Plans for a

_ large wing three stories in height, 116x52 feet, and also of rough Ashler, have recently been
submitted, and the building will probably be begun late in 1882, and completed in time for
use during, the ensuing school year. The cost will be $22,000. ‘When this work is completed,

 

the school will have a total property of $159,000.
The Oollege of the Sisters of Charity 1s located on Jackson street near Eighth avenue. It
was established by the Catholic Church in 1875, through the influence of Father Defouri,

then pastor of the Church of the Assumption, and under the special and immediate charge
of the Sisters of Charity. . =

Kansas Theological School—This institution, established especially for the education of

an Episcopalian clergy, is situated on Topeka avenue between Kighth avenue and Ninth

street, It is an incorporated institution and possesses property amounting to $25,000, The

school building is large and commodious, serving for the residence of the students and fac-

ulty. . Rey. Thomas H, Vail, President. The Kansas Churchman is also published and

- edited by the Bishop, having a large circulation and influence in denominational circles.

THE STATE CAPITOL,

From the time of the ropeka Constitutional Convention, when Topeka was designated
as the temporary capital, the citizens of the town were determined to leave no honorable
means untried to secure the honor permanently, All worked—men and women—the men in
conventions, the women at home, and the event proved that they worked to good avail.
Section 8, of the Wyandotte Constitution reads as follows: :‘‘ The temporary seat of govern-
ment is hereby located at the city of Topeka, county of Shawnee. The first Legislature un-
der this Constitution shall provide by law for submitting the question of the permanent lo-
cation of the capital to a popular vote. and a majority of all the votes cast at some general
election shall be necessary for such location.”

At the session of the first State Legislature at Topeka, March 26, 1861, an act was passed
to provide for the permanent location of the State capital. The first section of the Act reads
as follows: ‘‘ There shall be an election for the permanent location of the State capital on
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November A. D. 1861, and no place receiving a ma-
jority of all the votes cast, an election shall be held at each succeeding general election, on
the Puesday Succeeding the first Monday, until some place shall receive a majority of ail

e votes cast.

This election was a matter of great interest to Lawrence and Topeka, the principal com-
petitors for the prize, and all the political machinery available, was freely used by both par-
ties. The election took place onthe 5th of November, with the following result: Topeka,
7,996; Lawrence, 5,291; all others, 1,184. Total vote, 14,471.

During 1861, 1862 and 1863, the sessions of the House of Representatives were held in
a building, now forming a part of Crawford’s Opera-house, and the sessions of the Senate
were held in Ritchie’s Block (since burned) ou the southeast corner of Kansas and Sixth
avenues.

n the summer of 1863, the State erected a temporary Capitol building on the west side

of Kansas avenue between Fourth and Fifth (lots 131, 133, 135 and 137), which was occu-

jied by the State offices from the time of its completion in the fall until the fall of 1870.

At the legislative session of 1862, the Topeka Association, through its president, C. K.

Polliday. made a tender to the State of twenty acres of ground for the site of State build-
ings, which was accepted and deed recorded. An appropriation for building a State Capitol
was made by the Legislature of 1866, and work was commenced on the foundation, but the
stone used proving of poor quality, the work was abandoned.

The first appropriation fur the present State House was made in 1866, and amounted to
$42,000. Work was at once begun on the east wing and pushed quite rapidly, The founda-
tions having been laid it was decided to make the superstructure of a sort of sandstone,
found near Topeka and a few courses of this material were put in place before it was discov-
ered that it suffered so much from the weather as to be thoroughly unsuitable, It was then
discarded and the Junction City limestoneadopted. This change caused an extra expend-

’ iture on the east wing of some $10,000, which can hardly be charged to its actual cost.
In 1869 the work was so far advanced as to furnish quarters for the State officers, but it was
not until 1873, that all was completed. A report published soon after set the total cost of this
wing at upwards of $480,000. but as both bondsand scrip sold ata discount it seems more
accurate to place the figures, as is done by State Auditor Bonebrake, at about $450,000.

The first appropriation for the west wing of the State House was madein 1879, andthe
money expended in the Hacal yout of 1880, The funds thus applied consisted of $60,000, ap-
propriated directly from tke State treasury, and $31,592.48 derived from the half-mill tax
for 1879. The expenditures of the succeeding year amounted to $118,793.69, all derived
from the half-mill assessment. The fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, showed an outlay of
$72,844.21, and brought the grand total up to $283,230.33. Inthethird biennial report of
the State Auditor it was estimated that a little over 0 more would be needed for the

 

 

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$21,00
ae 9 éompletion of the work. This would make the total cost $305,000, from which expenditure

there will probably be but little variation, This wing contains besides the offices of various

State officers, the Representatives’ hall—one of the finest in the United States, finished in

thirteen different varieties of marble—the product of the quarries all overthe United States

‘and Italy. The spectators’ galleries are at the east and west ends of the ball. Upon the cell-

ing are finely-conceived, allegorical paintings, representing History, Justice, The First

Dawn of Liberty and Law. The building stone of the west wing is Cottonwood llmestone,
_ from Strong City, Chase County.

The main building, like the west wing, is built by funds supplied by a half-mill tax on
all taxable property inthe State. This forthe year 1882 amounted fo epee Os. The to-
tal taxable roperty of the State wasinround numbers, $160,000,000 in 1880, and $186,-
000,000 in 1888 The tax list of 1884 will probably aggregate over $200,000,000, and in-
crease more rapidly than ever before. It will readily bé seen that the increased revenue for
State House construction will be ample for all necessities. The contract for the foundation
walls has been awarded for $174,775, and work is well under way. When finished the
main building will be a fitting crown to the parts already completed.

- The plan is cruciform, the building being composed of a main central bullding, fronting
“north and south, and winks fronting east and west. lts total length from east to west, in-
clusive of steps, will be about 490 feet, andfrom north to south about 416 feet. The diam-
eter of the central portion through the peristyle, or range of columns above the base will
be 106 feet, and above the peristyle eighty-six feet. The body of the building stands ona
basement story eighteen feet above the ground. Abovethis are two stories comprised be-
tween the basement and Roman Corinthian entablatures. The sides of the building are
ornamented with pilasters bearing Corinthian capitals. The east and west fronts are
adorned with porticos with six fluted columns, the north and south frouts with porticos of
eight columns each

Under the system of direct taxation already explained this work will, it is thought, be
completed as rapidly as under the appropriation plan, yet i¢ must, from its very nature, be
an affair of from six toten years. Even inits little finished condition the State House is a
Jandmark for miles around, and when it shall be completed its lofty dome will glisten in the
upper air far above the haze of smaller buildings, a fitemblem of the mighty State, which
reared it.

INSANE ASYLUM.

Inthe laws passed by the Legislature of 1875, is one bearing date in March, which provides
for the institution at Topeka of an asylum for the insane, and appropriates $25,000 for the
erection of buildings. To this was added by Shawnee County agift of land located about two
miles northwest of the State House. Preliminaries thus arranged, the work of building was
begun on what is now the northeast wing. Progress was, however, slow, and when, in 1879,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Dr. B. D. Eastman was appointed superintendent, the two northeast buildings were unfin-
ished shells, By the first of June, of that year, thanks to the doctor’s energetic manage-
ment, sufficient work had been done to admit of the reception of patients, and the first name
was enrolled, This was followed by a large number who had been in waiting, and the two
buildings were soon filled. Work was then begun on the third building, which completes
the northeast wing, and it was pushed to completion. This gave reom for 250 patients, and
was for the time adequate, yet 1t was evident that much more room would be needed, and
the plans were changed to their presentform. As now projected the comple.e asy!um wil
have accommodations for 500 patients, and will consist of amain building tacing south,
with wings of three buildings, each branching off to the northeast and northwest. All these
buildings are of the limestone common in the county, trimmed with a different variety from
the Cottonwood quarries. Thelast appropriation for the institution cousisted of $75,000 for
buildings and $13,00C for lands. This brings the amount so far received up to about $191,-
100. aay phe completion of the work twice as much more will be needed, making a total of
abou 000. "

There are now under treatment 197 patients, who constitute but a part of the total num-
ber treated, as besides those removed to their homes as improved or partially cured, there
have been discharged entirely recovered. seventy elent.

It can readily be seen from the work done by this institution in the three brief years of
its existence how important itis that it should be given ample room for proper working,
and it can hardly be doubted that the necessary funds will be cheerfully appropriated for
further construction.

STATE REFORM SCHOOL.

At the elghteenth session of the Legislature, convened January 14, 1879, an act was
passed providing for a State Reform School, of which the Board of Trustees of State Chari-
table Institutions shoul-| have supervision and control, they to make and submit to the gov-
ernor on or before the 15th of December, 1880, such a law as they should deem suitable for
the government and management ot said school, the sameto be submitted by the governor
to the Legislature of 1881. The draft of the law for the government of the school, as sub-
maltted, was amended 1n some particulars by the Legislature, and so amended took effect
March 18, 1881. It provided that tne officers of the institution should consist of superin-
tendent, matron, and such other officers and teachers as should be found necessary.

Any boy under sixteen years “convicted of any offense known to the laws of the State,
and punishable by imprisonment;” any boy under sixteen ears, “with the consent of his
parents or guardian, against whom any charge of committing any crime or misdemeanor
shall have been made, the punishment of which, on conviction, would be confinement in jail
or prison;” any boy under the same age, “who is incorrigible, and habitually disregards the
commands of his father or mother or guardian, and who leads a vagrant life, or resorts to
immoral places or practices, and neglects and refuses to perform labor suitable to his years
and condition, and to attend school,” could be committed to the institution,

Provided, that before sentence and committal a complaint should be filed, setting forth
the charges complained of in writing; and before the court investigate the charge he should
give five days notice to all persons interested, of the filing of the complaint, and the time and
place of hearing of the same, and if on the final Hearing he is satisfied that the case comes
within the provisions of the act he may commit. Every boy committed shall remain until
he is twenty-one, unless reported by the superintendent as fully reformed, or bound as an
apprentice. These are merely some of the primary conditions, of which full particulars are
found in the published rules and regulations of the institution.

The site of thereform school is a farm on Soldier Creek, two and a half miles north of
North Topeka, and containing 16 acres, ‘The present building, which will, when filled to its
full capacity, accommodate one hundred and twenty-five boys, is now too small for the
number seeking admission. It is a brick and stone double cottage with wings. The school
‘was opened for the reception of boys June 6, 1881, under the management of J. G. Eckles,
Superintendent, and Mrs, Eckles as Matron. On March 1. 1882, J. F. Buck and his wife,
Mrs. L. A. Buck, became respectively Superintendent and Matron, and still fill those posi-
tions. The institution opened by the admission of two boys. Seventy-three were admitted
during the first year, seven discharged, six returned tothe authorities and twelve escaped.
Of these boys fifty-six were white, and sevénteencolored. The following are the names of
the Board of Trustees, January, 1883: Edwin Knowles, of Sabetha, president; C. E. Faulk-
ner, of Salina, secretary; A. T. Sharpe, of Ottawa, treasurer; J. M. Hogue, of Emporia, and
Cc. R. Mitchell, of Geuda Springs.

CITY AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

Water Works,—The erection of water works was first decided upon in September, 1881»
although the need for such great aid to the health and prosperity of the city had long been
apparent. The ordinance conferring power upon the Topeka Water Supply Company to put
in water pipes and perform the other work incident to such an undertaking is a volumin-
ous one, but may be briefly summarized as follows: Water was to be taken from the Kan-
sas River and properly purified; not less than fifteen miles of pipe should be laid; the priv-
ilege of necessary excavations in the streets, subject to the usual conditions, was given the
company; these rights were conferred for twenty years, and at the expiration of that time
the city agreed to buy the works of the company at a fair valuation, set by the District Court
of Shawnee County; the city rented one hundred and fifty fire hydrants, and had the right
to increase this number to three hundred, beyond which number the rental of fifty dollars
per year was abolished. A clause was alsoadded giving the Water Supply Company the
right to issue bonds, and providing for the free supply 0: water to the fire department, the

- city buildings, the public schools and six watering post fountains. It was also stipulated

that work should be begun by October, 1881, and water be laid onin the fifteen miles of
pipe by September, 1882, and thatthe city might enforce the laying of mains in any readily
accessible graded street. These terms were acceded to by the company, and work was at
once begun by the contractors, Messrs Russell & Alexander, to whom Wad been given the
entire work of construction, as also the furnishing of the pumping apparatusand thedigging
of the mammoth well which was to supply it. Forthis work they received $158,000 in cash.
This did not, however, include the purchase of the lands owned by the company, and con-
sisting of the island, containing about six acres, and eight city lots, on the south bank of the
river, Work was pushed rapidly, and on July 4, 1882, water was placed in the mains and
an official test made. The machinery was found adequate to the task, and threw ten one-
inch streams through fifty feet of hose, and one hundred feet in height. The pumps em-
ployed are of the Holley pattern, each of the two frames at the pumping works carrying

our engines and four pumps. Under ordinary circumstances but one frame is kept in
operation, but the other is always ready for instant use. While the power of these pumps
is officially stated at three million gallons every twenty-four hours, itis fully five millions,
as the regular working of the pumps of thirty-two strokes per minute might safely be
doubled, ‘The water Supply, while practically fromthe Kansas River,is drawn from a
giant well seventy-five feet Indiameter and extending seven feet below the bottom of the
river bed, This is located upon the island, while the pumping machinery Is upon the south
bank oftheriver, The officers of the company are: C. C. Wheeler, resident; M. H. Case,
vice-preside t; Byron Roberts, secretary; John Francis, treasurer; Robert Mood, superin-
tendent, The Directors are; C.C. Wheeler, M, H. Case, Byron Roberts, P. I. Bonebrake, D.
W. Stormont, W. S. Mellen, Geo, R. Peck, A. S. Johnson and §. S. McFadden,

Fire Department “Up to the year 1870 no steps had been taken towards protecting the
city from fire, and after the destruction of the post-office and other prominent buildings in
1869, it was deemed advisable to organize a Fire Department. In February, 1870, the city
authorities purchased fire apparatus to the amount o $8,000, consisting of one Silsby, third-
class, flre engine, hose-carts, hose, etc. In March, 1870, a volunteer tre departme t, com-
posed of sixty-five members, was organized under the following named officers: G. A. Finch,

president; H. T. Beman, vice-president; W. Peck, secretary; A. Knowles, treasurer; T.
tilings, chief engineer; A. Foulkes, foreman engine company; G. W. Veale, foreman hook
and iadder company. One of the first Purchases after the organization was effected, was a
pair of horses for the steam engine, One of these horses, “old Charlie,” now twenty-two
years of age, is still in the service on the “retired list,” and is the pet of the department,

During 1872 a Babcock chemical fire eugine was added to the apparatus. In April, 1872,
T. Billings was succeeded by GO, Wilmarth as chief ‘engineer, which position he has re-
tained up to the present time. Atthis time the only engine house in use was a building on
Quincy street, south of the old Methodist Church. In October, 1873, the department occu-
pled a large commodious stone and brick building, 50x100 feet, on Quincy. street, north of

he old Methodist Church, which was erected by the city forthat purpose. In 1874aCham-
plon two-horse chemical fire engine was purchased at a cost of $1.70 >

In January, 1875, the force was reduced to sixteen efficient men, and made a “ Paid De-
partment,’’ with its discipline increased and improved accordingly. In 1877 a new steam
fire engine was purchased at a cost of $4,200. Itis of the size known as “second-class,” and
is in every respect one of the finest steam fire engines inthe West, During the year follow-
ing the department moved into the new city building, erected on the corner of Seventh
and Kansas avenue, which place they still occupy, and which is provided with allthe mod-
ern improvements and facilities for quick and speedy work, as wellas affording comfort
and conveniences forthe men, The cost of this department building with all fis fittings
and fixtures necessary to the work, was $10,000. Asthe growth of the city increased, im-
provements were from time to time added to the working sppliances of the organization,
ond oe Giselpling and: aystem improved until ay the present time it is one of the ‘Tndispens-

organiz. :
aes hthe pride ofthe city. D ‘ganization, and is at that state of efficiency which

The present apparatus consists of two steam fire engines, three horse hose-reels, one hook
and ladder truck, two two-horse chemical engines and 3,300 feet of hose. The Gamewell
Fire Alarm Telegraph has been placed inthe service for the use of the department, ata
cost of $3,200, and now thirteen signal stations are located in various parts of the city.
SHAWNEE COUNTY.

By the close and careful inspection of fire risks and hazards, together with the strict
enforcement of tue building laws and the efficiency of this department, 1s attributed to To-
peka’s iminunity from disastrous fires.

Potice Department.—The present efficient police department of this city has grown into
an organization, without which the municipal government of Topeka would be endan-

gered,
At the first meeting of the first city council
of A. L. Gordon was confirmed, as City Marshal.
policeforce. In 1870 John Reed was appointed Marshal, and was assisted in his duties by
two policemen. In 1875, the police force was increased ‘to a chief of police and six men,
H. C. Lindsey, Chief. In 187%, the force, was reduced to five men; James Dustan, chief.
{n 1879, the force was increased to eight men, T. Billings, Chief. fn 1881, the force was
composed of eleven-men, which was Subsequently increased totwenty men, The present
police force number thirteen men, under T. W. Cochran, Chief, and J. F. Carter, deputy.
The Excelsior Coke and Gas Company.—On June 8, 1869, an ordinance was published by
the city authorities relative to proposed illumination of the city by gas. The provisions of
this instrument were in favor of the Excelsior Coke and Gas Company of Topeka, and con-
ferred the exclusive right to lay gas pipes in the public thoroughfares for the twenty-one
years ensuing. Theonly limitations set npon the gas company were the repairing of breaks
n the streets caused by their work; the erection of the gas works within the corporation;
uniformity in price with companies in other cities, and the completion of the work within
a year of the time of itscommencement. Work was begun at once, the building on the cor-
ner of First and Monroe Streets erected and the entire system placed in operation within
the requiredtime. Butthe immensely rapid growth of the city had not been estimated
and the works were hardly completed befor it was found necessary to construct additions.
Thus it went on from year to year until in 1880 it was decided to build anew, and the stone
structure now inuse was commenced. This work was completed in 1882, and crowned an
expenditure by the company of about $60,000. Representing this sum are the old and new
works and about ten miles of pipe, A large sas retort, having a capacity cf 60,000 feet,
was erectedin 1880. This can hardly Us regarded as a criterion of thé capacity of the
works as they can furnish 350,000 feét ¢..;23 daily. By January 1, 1883, improvements
now in progress will be completed and « «=p. city a for a city of 50,000 inhabitants
besecured. The force of men at the \.sr.8i. from six to ten, and on street work from five
to thirty. The present officers of the company are, Col. C. IK. Holliday, president; J. T.
Clark, secretary; D.'L. Lakin, treasurer; B. E. Chollar, superintendent.
The company was organized December 2, 1868, ©. K. Holliday havin,
from the first. ‘I'he works commenced supplying gas January 10, 1370,
and a half miles of pipe.
Topeka City Railway Co

hel.! February 11, 1858, the ‘appointment
From this dates the establishment of the

been president
aving laid two

M mpany,—This company was first chartered under the name of
The City Railway Co., September 10, 1880. Incorporators were, F. W. Giles, E. Wilder, J.
Thomas, J.L_ Shellal irger, P. MeVicar, J. W. Hartzell, Theodore Terry, and EF. C,
Devereaux. The first u.cectors were Messrs. Hartz il, Terry, Devereaux, Giles, and Wi’
der. The first officers were, F. W. Giles, president; i. C. Devereaux, secretary; E. Wilder,
treasurer. The capital stock was $25,000, which was increased to$35,000 in June, 1881:
The enterprise passed into new hands before the building was commenced. The new
officers and directors were: Directors—W. B. Strong, I. Ider, A. Prescott, Joab Mul-
vane, George 0. Manchester, J. W. Hartzell, and D. W. Stormont. Officers—Joab Mulvane,
president; E. Wilder, secretary and treasurer; J. Hartzell, superintendent.

Under this management the track was laid during the mouths of April and May, 1881;
from Topeka avenue, along Teuth avenueto Kansas avenue; thence north along Kansas
avenue across the bridge, and as far north as Gordon street. A branch was also built from
the main track east on Fifth street, to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger depot.
The road as then built gave transit along the fulllength of the principal street, to all the
leading hotels, the State capitol buildings, and to both railroad depots, The stable was
built on Tenth avenue, near Kansas avenue, and the road equipped with six ten foot and
two twelve foot cars, and twenty-eight horses. The business of the road was encouraging
from the beginning. Cars commenced running January %, 1881. 7

August <. 1881, a new company under the name of The Topeka City Railway was or-

anized, with a capital stock of $50,000. The incorporators were: G. O. Manchester, Joab
ulvane, T. J. Kellam, I, T. Lockard, J. F. Goddard and A. Prescott.

The directors were: Wm. B. Strong, &. Wilder, Joay Mulvane, George O. Manchester,
A. Prescott, J. W. Hartzelland D. W. Stormont. Officers were: Joab Mulvane, president;
E. Wilder, secretary and treasurer. The new company bought all the stock, property and
franchises of the original company, and continued the conducting of the business. Oc-
tober 1, 1881, Mr. Jesse Shaw was elected superintendent. On the morning of October 21
about 3 o’clock, a fire broke outin the barn which totally destroyed the cars, horses, an
tools of the company, involving a loss of nearly $8,000 above the insurance. The origin of
the fire was never discovered, and was supposed to be the work of an incendiary.

The barn was immediately rebuilt, and cars temporarily hired. In the following
December, new twelve fot cars were .purchased and put upon the road, being
drawn by mules. In April, 1882, the road was extended on Tenth street, as far west
as Polk street, and a double track-laid between Fourth and Tenth streets on
Kansas avenue. In June, 1882. the track was extended north from Gordon street to
Hartzell’s Park, and adequate additions made to the rolling stock of the road, The system
contemplates the laying of a track westward on Sixth avenue, from Kansas avenue, so soon
asthe grade is permanently established. Already the company have in operation four
miles of road, built in the most approved mauner, four foot gauge with solid Macadamized
road bed and tram rail. The company now runs seventeen cars, and owns upwards of
forty mules, Its barn, rebuilt on the site of the one burned, is 50x100 feet in size.

‘he officers for 1882, were Joab Mulvane, president; G.O. Manchester, vice-president;
E. Wilder, secretary and treasurer. Directors, besides the above, C. C. Wheeler, J. R. Mul-
vane, D. W. Stormont, and C. K. Holliday. __

Topeka Bridges.—The contract for building the first bridge across the Kaw, was let to
Messrs Jones, Kidney & Co., the work to be completed in May, 1858. The cost of the struc-
ture was estimated at about $12,0U0, the bridge to be 900 feet in length, with a turn-table
100 feet in length in the center, to admit of the passage of river boats. The officers of the
Bridge Company were: President, Dr. F. L. Crane; Secretary, J. Fin Hill; Treasurer, F.
W. Giles. It was finished according to contract, Saturday, May 1, 1858, and while it lasted
was a source of great pride to Topeka. The local paper o May'8, says: “ The tide of travel
across the river at this point is increasing daily and hourly. * * * Besidesthe local travel
for miles up and down the river, which is itsclEvery cousiderable, this is the point of cross-
ing for alltrains for southern and southeastern Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, California,
and much of the travel to Utah and Oregon.” Thearticle states that twenty emigrant teams,
or 250 head of cattle, can pass the bridge at the same time. The anticipations of the citizens
of Topeka in regard to the commercial prosperity which the bridge was to bring to their
doors, were speedily dashed to the ground. The great flood of July, 1858, raised the Kaw

‘to the flooring of the structure, and on the 17th it divided and was carried in sections down
the stream. :

i re re-established, and no other bridge was built until October, 1865, when a
watson Urinee Was completed, Dr. Crane being again president of the bridge company.
hat answered a pretty good purpose until the present bridge was finished, in 1870. This is a

“King’s patent wrought iron tubular arch bridge.” Six spans of 15y feet each set on stone
piers, a roadway for vehicles and a foot walk on either side. The net cost was $81,000. It
was first established as a toll bridge, buton July 15, 1871, the city and county voted the re-
quisite amount of bonds, and it was made a free bridge. The bri ge was commenced Octo-
Der 14; 1869, and finished February 24,1870. The officers of the Bridge Company were:
Mortimer Cook, president; C. N. Rix, treasurer; F, L. Crane, secretary, Cumpany incor-

porat-d January 5, 1865. nist
entering in Topeka are sketched in the general State history. ‘

The ello a tS caries Thght ana Power Company, was organized August 1, 1881. Capital
stock $100,000. Onetower has been built, aud a second one is proposed. Present officers,
1882: F. P. Baker, president; R. R. Moore, secretary and treasurer; directors, F. P.
Baker, P.I. Bonebrake, R. R. Mooré, W. H. Ward, N. Sneddicker, W. W. Gavitt and M.

dson. “, 3

any was organized in May, 1882. Capital stock, $10,500. Offi-

oevs tar crt tee residents I, N, Baker, secretary; J ohn Francis, treasurer;
. directors, $. E. Sheldon, I. N, Baker, John Francis, M. H. Case and C. B. Smith.

Telep one Exchange Company.—The Topeka Telephone Exchange Company was char-
tered July 31, 1880, the incorporators being W. B. Strong, John R. Mulvane, Joab Mulvane,
E. L. Smith and Joseph A. Corby. In October, 1881, the present telephone headquarters
were purchased of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and a permanent organization
effected, with the following officers: John R. Mulvane, president; W. B. Strong, vice “Dr eal-
dant; Joab Mulvane, treasurer; E. S. Smith, manager and secretary. The board of directors
is composed of these officers and James A. Corby. The company now has a capital of $16,-
200, stole = about 100 miles of wire and 180 telephones.

 

—. fico was established at Topeka March 3, 1855, Fry W. Giles being
apeninte Me nieeee The postoffice was destroyed by fire inthe ‘spring of 1869, being then
. th street. ° ‘ ‘
eerthe poatnesios Rave been as follows, in the order named: F. W. Giles, & Cc. Kellam,
8. H. Fletcher (postoffice destroyed in his administration). H. W. Farnsworth, Capt. Henry
King, T. J. Anderson, present incumbent, whose duties commenced in May, 1881. rl e
money order register was the only record. saved. at a aS ie TOAa The mouey on er
1865, Charles Clarkson fl . 1.
ood eae male ak iu = er the first class in duly, ASTE, ani ble elivery system was
i mnen are employed on the p .
ae eer dO ragaineant stone custom, house is being built on Kansas avenue, which
will soon be oceupied. When completed its cost will be not less than $300,000.

547

OPERA HOUSES AND HOTELS.

Topeka Opera House.—A stock company was chartered in October, 1881, with a capital
stock of $10,000, for the purpose of erecting au opera house. The work un the building,
located on thecoruer ot Seventh avenue and Jackson street, was immediately commenced,
and was completed and opened September 11, 1882. The structure, a substantial brick, 18
70x140 feet, with a stage 60x67 feet. The auditorium is divided into parquette, dress circle
and family circle, witha seating capacity of 1,500.

Constructed at a cost of $60,000, it is one of the most elegant and commodious temples
of amusement to be found in the West. This opera house has twenty-one laces of exit,
and when filled to its utmost capacity, can be emptied in one minute anda half, The pres-
ent officers of the company are (no president): George W. Herron, vice-president: George
M, Knox, treasurer; G. E. Quinton, secretary; George C. Crowther, manager.

Orawfora’s New Opera House.—This new opera house is the successor of the old
Costa’s opera house, remodeled by L. M. Crawford in 1880, and destroyed by fire on Decem-
ber 2, of the same year. The present building was erected in 1881 at, a cost of $40,0N0, and
opened on September 4. Numerous additions were made during 1882, and the house was
reopened September 11, 1882. Entrance
galleries and the auditorium. The latter is fit'ed with upholstered spring seat opera chairs of
the best construction, and carpeted from the doors to the stage with fine Brussels, Near
the stage are laced Bas log fires in open grates, and above them tail plate glass mirrors.
The stage is 80 x 50 feet; the seating capacity 1,000, and the aggregate width of the seven
entrances sixty-two feet. L. M. Crawford is sole owner and ma_ager,

kens’ Opera House is located on Kansas avenue, North Topeka, about three blocks
above the bridge. and was built by J. A. Lukens in the summer of 1880 ata cost in round
figures of $10,000. Its size is 60 x 70 feet, or a frontage of nearly three lots. It can seat
comfortably 800 people; hasasingle galery and a stage 20x50 feet. Arran, ‘ements have
been made for movable opera chairs which admit of the temporary use of the auditorium
as a ball room or skating rink, During the two years since its opening this theater has
maintained a reputation for bringing out only first-class companies, and has enjoyed a lib-
oral eal rom both sides of thetown. ‘Mr. Lukens has always been sole owner and

mager,

Topeka has as fine hotel accommodations as any city of its size In the country, Amon

the leading houses which have given her a reputation m~y be mentioned the splendid Wind- -

sor ilotel, opened in Febiu. rv, 1°91; the “Cid ¢ rdon,” builtin 1855, but enlarged and
finely furnished in 1°80 at a toval cu.; of »35,000, 2 vw called the “New Gordon;” Adams
House, built in 1871 at a cost of $55,0u; the ‘Dutton, erected in 1880 for $10,000, and the
Palace, rebuilt in 1878 at an expense of $12,000. The Copeland, when finished, will be as
complete in its appointments as any in Topeka. It will be opened in December, 1882; build-
ing and furniture to cost $55,000. The Fifth Avenue House stauds well also with the
traveling public. The Capitol Hotel was rebuilt in 1880 for $8,000.

THE PRESS.

The Kansas Freeman was founded July 4, 1855, by E. C. K. Garvey, editor and proprietor.
it was published as a Free-state weekly until October 23; a daily edition being issued dur-
dg tue ess ons of the Constitutional Convention. The paper suspended dur ig the spring
0: fs

The Kansas Tribune was founded by John Speer, and published at Lawrence from Jan-
uary 5, 1855. until the following November, Messrs. John Speer and S. N. Wood being asso-
ciate editors during that period. After suspending publication for a few weeks Mr, Speer
removed the paper to Topeka, and forming a partnership with W. W. Ross, issued the nrst
number at that place December 10, 1855. uring the session of the State Legislature,
the following spring (March, 1856,)a dally edition was issued, full Proceedings Being re-
ported. Mr. Speer’s connection with the Kansas Tribune terminated in Decem ber, 1856;
and Messrs, W. W. and E.G. Ross became editors and proprietors, In September, 1858,
Ross Bros. retired from the paper, its publication being continued by Shepherd & Cum-'
mings, and Jater by Cummings alone. In 1863-4 it was sold to Andrew Stark. Mr. Stark
issued a daily edition during the legislative session of 1864, and retained proprietorship
until the following spring. ay 5, 1865, Garvey & Holliday purchased it and resold to John
P. Greer, October 27, 1866. The paper was then issued as a daily for a shor time, Mr. Greer’s
proprietorship closing February 23, 1867. The Daily Tribune was re-issued December 6,
1867, by Messrs, Greer & Williams, and continued during the legislative session of 1868,
soon after which it was finally discontinued.

The Kansas State Record (weekly) was established by E.G. and W. W. Ross, October 1,
1859. _The changes in proprietorship were as follows: pring of 1861, W. W. Ross sold to
E. G. Ross; August 19, 1862, E. G. Rossto S. D. McDonald and F. G. Adams; February 1,
1863, F. G, Adams to F. P. Baker; February 6, 1868, McDonald to F. P. Baker.

The Kansas State Record (daily) was established by F. P, Baker June 8, 1868. April 20
1869, Mr. Baker sold half interest to Henry King. (For the succeeding month only a halt.
sheet could be issued owing to the destruction of the office by fire, April 3, 1869.) From
1870 to 1871 the Record was published by a joint stock compan —Henry King, president; F.
P. Baker, Becrelary: and business manager, On February 15, 1871, Henry King retired from
the concern, and G. D. Baker became president. Qn December 7, 1871; the Daily Record
was consolidated with the Commonwealth. The Weekly Record’ was continued by G. D.
Baker and S. D, McDonald, (who purchased the material of the Commonwealth Printing
Company), until May 25, 1875, when it also was absorbed in the Commonwealth.

"he Kansas Farmer, devoted to agrivulture and kindred topics, was established May 1,
1863, as the organ of the State Agricultural Society, and published monthly at Topeka, un-
der the immediate charge of F. G. Adams, secretary of the society. The paper was trans-
ferred to J. S. Brown, January 1, 1865, who removed it to Lawrence, and continued it till
August 1, 1867. It was then purchased by George T. Anthony, and .published by him at
Leavenworth, with George A. Crawford as associate editor and traveling agent til’ May 15,
1872, when it was issued as asemi-monthly, In January, 1873, the Farmer was sold to M.
S. Grant, who employed as editor Dr, A. G. Chase, who had been assistant editor under An-
thony. Grant continued the publication to November 15, 1873, when the establishment was
purchased by J, K. Hudson, who removed it to Topeka, January 1, 1874, and first issued the
paper as a weekly on the 7th of thesame month. The publication was continued by Hud-
son to May 1, 1878, when a half interest was sold to E.E. Ewing. Attheend of one year it
was re-purchased by Mr. Hudson, and was subsequently sold to DeMotte & Kicks in 1882.
It existed under the name of “Kansas Farmer Company;” H. C. DeMotte, president; R. R,
Brown, Ereasurey and business mauager; H. A. Heath, general business agent; William A:
Peffer, editor. s

The Kansas Educational Journal, Rev. Peter McVicar, editor, was established January
1, 1864, and had an existence of ten years—nine in book form, one as a quarto. It had nu-
merous contributors among the students of the State. 5

The Topeka Leader was founded DecemLer 9, 1865, J. F. Cummings and Ward Burlin-

‘ame, pruprietors. Mr. Burlingame edited the paper a few weeks, when he withdrew, and
fir. Cummings took sole charge until March 4, 1869, when it was absorbed in the Common-
wealth. In September, 1876, Cum mings and Johnson revived the Leader, but after a brief
existence it was again merged in the Commonweulth.

The Commonwealth was established May 1, 1869, asa daily and weekly Republican pa-
per, by S. S. Prouty and J. B. Davis, Ward Burlingame being chief editor. Jul » 1869,
Prouty sold his interest to A. W. Edwards and George W. Crane, but re-purchased Edwards’
interest in the latter part of the same montn, when the firm became Prouty, Davis & Crane.
Subsequently F. L. Crane and S. D. McDonald paught the interest of Davis & Crane, and the
firm became. S. Prouty &Co. December 7, 1871, the Commonwealth and Daily State Record
were consolidated under the name of the Commonwealth, which was published by a stock
company, S. S. Brouty, general manager; Henry King, managing editor. W. H. Rossin ey
became one of the editors of the Commonwealih in November, 1872, and April 1, 1873,
managing editor. Henry King became ublisher and managing editor, August 17. i873, Ss.
8. Prouty severing his connection with the establishment at that time. ‘October 20th of the
same year. the Commonwealth puilding with all its material, was destroyed by fire. The

aper was issuec in the form of a half sheet from the Topeka Blade office for a month.

hen George W. Veale beca’e the proprietor new material was procured, and the paper
issued in its old form. Mr. Veale remained proprietor until January 1, 1875, when the
aper was sold to F. P. Baker, who assumed control March 7, 1875, with’ N. L. Prentis as
ocal and news editor. June 1, 1876, Mr. Baker associated his three sons with him as part-
ners, the publishing company being F. P. Baker & Sons.
Company was organized under the general statutes of the State, and since that time'the pa-
per has been conducted essentially under the same management as heretofore. The capital
stock of the company is $75,000, divided into 7,500 shareswf $10 each. The paid up capital
$42,000. The officers are (1882) as follows: Floyd P. Baker, president; Nestor R. Baker,
secretary and¢reagurer; F. P. Baker, editor-in-chief; T. B. Murdock, managing editor;
Cc. C. Baker, city editor. The paper has been, and is now, the leading’ State organ of the
Republican party, its province as such being vigorously contested by the Capital.

The Topeka Capital was established, as an evening daily paper, by J. K. Hudson and E.
E. Ewing, who had, up tothat time, been jointly interested in the publication of the Kansas
Farmer, and inthe American Young Folks, started by Mr. Hudson, in 1875. With an ex-
cellent job office and the prestige of success in former journalistic ventures, the firm issued
the first number April 21,1879. It was quite modest in its proportions and pretensions,
being a five-column folio, independently Republican in politics, and professing to publish
the latest news. It was popular from the beginning. At the end of one month it was in-
creased in size to six columns; three months after to seven columns, and before the end of
its first year to eight columns. It was enlarged to its present proportions—eight pages, six
columns—January 1, 1881.

ishad, through heavy stuff curtains to the two

May 1. 1881, the Commonwealth
548

November 1, 1861, it was made a morning paper, published every day_in the year. It
has, from that day, increased cunstantly in patronage and popularity, aud uow takes rank
as one of the leading newspapers of the great West, being recognized throughout the Union,
outside the State, by more frequent quotations from its coluwns, than any other Kansas

ournal It remained under the proprietorship of Messrs, Hudson & Ewing until January
1, 1280, at which time the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Ewing becoming the proprietor
of the Kansas Farmer, and Mr. Hudson remaining as the proprietor of ‘I'he Capital,

August 9, 1881, the Topeka Daily Capital Publishing Company was incor;orated under
the provisions of the general statutes of the State, and, September 1, bought of Mr, Hudsun
the Capital with his publishing house, printing office, and the general good will of his whole
establishment, The company comprised some of the leading citizens and capitalists of the
State, and stands in credit equal to any like corporation in the country. The cash capital
of the company is $30,000. Its purpose as recorded was: “to publish the Topeka Daily and

Weekly vapital, and to carry on a general publishing and printing business.” Its officers
are kK, B. Purcell, Manhattan, Kas., president; W. A. Johuston, secretary; Jno. R. Mulvane,
Topeka, treasurer; J. K. Hudson, business manager; Henry King, editor-in-chiet.

Mr. J. K. Hudson was the editor of the paper until November 1, 1881, the date at which
it became a morning daily. At thattime Mr. Henry King became editor-in-chief, and now
(1882) holds that position.

The Capital, under the present business _and editorial management, already having
atlained the foremost journalistic rank in the State, gives well grounded hopes to its numer-
ous friends of becomilg the leading 1etropolitan journal of the central region, lying mid-
way between the great oceans 1n politics the paper has been always unequivocally Repub-
lican, and, on the question of the prohibition of the sale of spirituous liquors, since it
became a local issue, an outspoken advocate of prohibition, and the law as established by
constitutional amendment in Kausas, The BEsent company, in addition to the publishing
of the daily and weekiy editions of the Capital, print The Kansas farmer, The American
Young Foiks, Tne Educational, The Fatthf.t Witness, The Churchman, and other papers
and magazines. It has in connection with its pablishing office, one of the best appointed
and largest job-printing and book-binding establishments in the West, The Capital is now
the offictal State paper. :

. ‘The continued success of the paper, under the present able business and editorial man-
agement, seems assured.

The National Workman, a weekly seven-column paper, established May 25, 1882, and
devoted to the interesis of labor and labor reform and the anti-monopoly party. r. H. T,
Wakefield, editor and proprietor, all home print, one dollar per year. This paper js the
chief organ of the Knights of Labor of Kansas and western Missouri.

"he North Topeka Muil was issued Octover 20, 1882. F. H. Collier and W. E. Coutant,
publishers; C. G. Coutant and F. H. Collier, editors,

The North Topeka Times, Republican, established by C. Maynard, March 16, 1871, was
sold to J. V. Admire, May 30, 872, and re-sold to V. P, Wilson, January 1, 1874. The
Times was published as a weekly by ‘Mr. Wilson until the spring of 1875, when (it having
beeu removed to the south of the river), it was issued as an evening daily, until May 25,
1876, the publishing company being Wilson & Sons. It was then purchased by N. R. Baker,
be published by him for six weeks, with S. S. Prouty as editor, when it was merged in the

lommonwealth,

North Topeka Times (2d). Frank A. Root purchased the material of the Kansas Maga-
zine, and June 8, 1876, commenced the publication of the Times, a weekly Republican
paper, September 22, 1877, he sold a half interest to George S. Irwin, the publishers bein;

oot & Irwin. Frank A. Root severed his connection with the Times in December, 1879,
leaving Mr. lrwin as the manager. 1n November, 1881, Mr. Irwin was succeeded by F. H.
Roberts, J. S. Temple aud J. A, Carruth, Mr. Carruth stuying in but ashorttime, February
15, 1882, C. G. Coutant bought out Messrs, Roberts & Temple’s interest; by contract Mr.
Temple remained three weeks; Mr. Roberts, until J:.ly 1, 1882. Mr. Roberts has succeeded
his father, J. W. Roberts, on the Oskaloosa Independent (Jefferson County) and the paper
was under the complete coutrol of C. G. Coutant, who enlarged the weekly from a forty to
a fifty-column paper, from eight to ten pages. Under Mr, lrwin’s managemeut there was
an evening daily issued from the office for the last year of his connection with the paper.
Octolur 7, 1882, F.8S.Shembaugh & A, B. Whiling took possession of all the material,
books, good will, etc., of the Times, They putseveral hundred dollars’ worth of new materia.
in the office, and material from the Walout City Blade, of Rush County. Before the de-
parture of Mr. Coutant from the office, the Times had been managed by the “‘North Topeka

riuting Company,” and the Evening Republic was run fornine weeks. January 1, 186: it
was owed by A. B. Whiting and his son, H. S. Whiting, who is editor and publisher.

The Topera Blade was founded August 1, 1873, asa dail even "ng mndependent paper, by
J. Clarke Swayze. It was discontinued from January 31, 1874, until January 7, 1s7e when
its publication was resumed by Swayze, and continued until his death, March 27, 1877. The
paper was run under the supery sion of Mrs, Swayze until February 28, 1878, when it was

ought by Capt. George W. Reed, of Chicago, and published as a Republican paper, its
name being changeu in September, 1879. _.

The Kansas State Journal was established under its present name in September, 1879
it being the successor of the Topeka Blade, purchased by George W. Reed, who has remaine
the soie proprietor, publisher and business manager from then to the present time, Novem-
ber 10, 1882. His success has been such as to prove his ability, both as a business manager
anda journalist of the highest grade of excellence.

The paper was run as a Republican paper until about December, 1880, when it became
an organ of the Greenback and Labor Reform Party, and has coutinued the leadin
advocate of the advauce doctrines of financial reform since that time. Its first nomina
editor, after the new departure, was D. P. Mitchell. Failing health brought to his aid as
associate editur, Col. Samuel N. ‘Wood, who, on his death, which occurred September, 1881,
became sole editor, and has so remained siuce that time. The paper has now the largest
weekly circulation of any paper in the State, and is on a firm, financial basis, having, in ad-
dition to the patronage of the paper, puvlished daily and weekly, one of the largest and
most finely appointed printing establishments in the State,

The Lvening Herala.—This is a five-culumn fulio daily, published every evening. Its
pubiishers aud proprietors are Wesley C. Gregory, C. F. Duicher and George W. Brizier.
These gentlemen possess journalistic and pewspaper experience. It claims to be indepen-
deut, in politics, neutral in reliplon, and agyressive in jes devotion to principle,

The Pansas Valley Times.—This paper commenced its existence at St. Mary’s, Pottawat-
omie County, in 1874, its proprietor being O. LeRoy Sedgwick. In 1879, the paper was re~
moved 10 Russville, Shawnee County, and June 15, 1882, it was removed to Topeka, Mr.
Seugwick having disposed of it to the Kansas Valley Publishing Company. Its office is 70
Kansas avenue; its editor, F. W. Kroenke, who intends to make it the Central Real, Estate
Bauuer of Kansas. Mr. Kroenke is a uative of Germany. He landed at Charleston, 8. C. in
1846, and was there mally devoted to journalism until 1854, when he returned to Europe,
and was absent a year. He speaks fluently the German, French and English languages,

The American Young Fotks was established by J, K. Hudson, in 1875. It was a sixteen-
page illustrated monthly, tssued quarterly during 1875, and subsequently asa monthly. He
sold it in October, 1881, to Messrs. Longshore & Smith, by whom itis now (1882), pub-

ished. ’

= The Deutsche Zeitung and Kansas_Telegraph.—H. VonLangen, editor and proprietor.
This paper was established at Marion Center, May 6, 1880, aud was there continued until
December 1880, when it was removed to Atchisun, and changed to a small daily, and so re~
malned until July 27, 1881, when it was moved tu Topeka, and commenced as aseml-week-
ly, July 27, 1881, and on June 1, 1882, it was made an eight-page weekly. It is printed in
German, aid it has a circulation among the German farmers o the State, ar d of tne labor-
ing German population of the city. Nearly 100 copies are sent to different places in Ger-
many. Mr. VonLangen is an indefatigable worker in those things that he deems vital to the
best interests of his class of people in these United States, ,

The Colored Putriot —Tuis paper was started at Fort Scott in September, 1877, as The
Colored Citizen, by William L. Eagleson & Bro. They moved it to Topeka, July 15, 1878
And there the management was under Rev. Thomas W. Henderson and William L. Kagle-
son until May 15, 1880. It was known as the Herald of Kansas, for three weeks, ani on
June 24, 1879, it was run as the Topeka Tribune, by E. H. White, It underwent some
changes inthe autumn of 1879, and about the 1st of September, 1881, it was under the
management to which it had passed, brourhttoa close. April 20, 1882, E. H. White revived
it under the name of the Oolored Pa'riot, and it is at prose leased to Gregory, Dutcher &
YBrazee, the present proprietors of The Lvening Herald, an‘afternoon ually, published at 186
Kansas avenue, 7

The Kansas Methodist.—This paper commenced its existence as a monthly, in January,
1879; the office was 202 Kansas avenue; its publishers and editors were Rey. James E, Gil-
bert ‘and Rev. John D, Knox, Mr. Gilbert was then Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Topeka, and Mr. Knox was a banker and retired minister, performing only oc-
casional ministerial service. It was an eight-page paper. In aunary, 1880, Silas Slussen
became publisher, its editors remaining the saine. In December of this year, Rev. Mr. Gil-
bert having removed to Milwaukee, Wis.; entering upon the fielil of labor which Rev. O. J.
Cowles had occupied, his labors as editor terminated, January 6, 1881, the piper appeared
aS a weekly, Rev. O. J. Cowles, D. D., the successor of Mr. Gilbertas Pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, here, was associated with Mr. Knox as editor; Walter Oakiey was
associated with Mr. Slussen as publisher. In January, 1882, th & paper was increased four
inches inlength. Its price is $1.25 per year. Itis now ublished at 182 Kansas avenue.

D Bapers-the list of papers that have been born only to die, in this ambitious

city of thew est, is a long one, and includes many which, in their short day, made uo mean

Prerne Mane ka ebunes a campal n pa er was started by the Topeka Greenback Publish-
§ ¢ -weekly, October 15, ‘ :

me Te” Tanner or loubbiev Was ublished by M. R. Moore, and J. L. King, during the fall

of 1872, as a campaign paper in the interest o: Grant and Wilson.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The Topeka Bulletin, a dally evening paper, was published for one week, by L. M. Craw-
ord. F, ¢ Adams, editor,
The Living Age was published five weeks in the campaign of 1880; 1t advocated the
support of James B, Weaver for President. Edited by J. C, Hebbard.
Khe Independent, J. F, Cummings publisher, was issued for a few months in the fall of

The Kansas Staats Zeitung was established September 15, 1871, by George Tauber, and
published by him for about one year, The material was then purchased by A. Thoman and
others, who continued the publication of the paper during the campaign of 1872, in the
interest of Horace Greeley. The material was then employed in printing a Swedish paper
called the Kansas Monitor, which survived about a year.

The Star of Empire was published by the National Land Company, with Dr, W. E.
Webb, as editor, during the years 1869 and 1870. It was a monthly, and was printed ai the
Record office, a very large edition being issued. bs

The Advertiser, a monthly real estate paper, was published by Mills & Smith, commenc-
ing about 1868. It was afterwards published by J. P. Ennis & Co.

The Kansas Magazine was published by an incorporated company consisting of the fol-
lowing members: S. 8. Prouty, Henry King, D. W. Wilder, C. W. Babcock, T. A. Osborn,
John A. Martin, D. M. Valentine, M. W. Reynolds, and W. H.Smallwood. The company
was incorporated November 8, 1871. The first number of the Magazine was issued January
1872, Henry King being the first editor. James W. Steelesucceeded Mr. King as editor. At
the expiration of one year the Magazine was discontinued, October, 1873.
aan The Vy poG. Chopper, acampaign paper, was published by F. P. Baker, in 1872, in the

nterest ot Greeley.

The Commercial Advertiser was published in 1877 by E. F. Campbell,

The Capital Oity News was issued September 30, 1872, by an association of printers, the
company being L. H. Hascall, James W. Fox, W. #H. Johnson, and W. P. Newhart. It was
a campalgn paper, in support of Horace Greeley. J.G. Waters was editor. It ran two
months, the last issue being November 9, 1872. i

CHURCHES,

The First Methodist Eptscopal Ohurch.—On the 21st of March, 1855, 4 small number of
men and women niet and formed themselves into this church organization. Rev. A. Still
was the presiding elder, Rev. James S. Griffing the Pastor, and J. Case, class leader; H. H.
Wentworth, Sunday-school superintendent, The first quarterly meeting was held at the
house of Osborne Naylor. In 1856, G. W. Pipher was Pastor, and through his efforts, and
those of some of the members, the Town Company donated to the church the lots on the
west side of Quincy street, between Fifth and Sixth, for church purposes. In 1857 and 1858
J. V. Holliday was Pastor; in 1859 and 1860 Ira Blackford. In 1860 the chureh building
was commenced, and work was sufficiently advanced so that the basement was occupied as
a place of worship during the year. “ .

In 1861, and in 1862, John Paulson was the Pastor; and in 1863, and in 1864, Thomas
A. Parker; in 1865, 1866, and in 1867, John D. Knox. In 1867, the church building was

enerally improved; the steeple finished and the clock put in. In 1868. 1869, 1870, T. J.

eak was the Pastor. In 1870, the church building was enlarged. In 1871 and in 1872, D.

P. Mitchell was the Pastor. In 1873, 1874, and until August, 1875, J. J. Thompson was the

Pastor; but, atthat time, owing tu the transfer of the presiding elder—Rev. J. Boyutou—to

the Michigan Conference, Rev. J. J. Thompson was appointed presiding elder of the con-

Terence, ali Bev. D. J. Holmes became the Pastor, remaining as such through the years of
and 1877, .

In 1873, the long remaining debts on the church were paid; in 1877, the church buildin,
was beautified and stained glass putin the doors. In 187s, 1879, and until near the close o:
1880, Rev. James E. Gilbert was the Pastor. A parsonage was purchased in 1878 for
$2,500, and suitably furnished. The church membership at that time was 353; proba-
tioners, 109; Sunday-school scholars, 500, In 1879, the parsonage was sold and a new one

urchased at the cost of $7,000, on the southwest corner of Sixth and Harrison streets, In
ctober, 1880, O. J. Cowles was appointed Pastor, and he remains as such.

In 1881, the new church edifice on the southwest_corner of Harrison and Sixth streets
was erected, at a cost of $30,000. The building is 116x70, exclusive of steps and areas, with
the extension of the south end, ' wes' 33x40 feet. The auditorium is 68x57, wiih gal-
lery around three sides, It is forty-nine feet from floor to ceiling. The main walls are
sixty-two feet from the ground tothe peak of the gable. The roof is open timber work
handsomely decorated. The style of the exterior is English gothic, builtof stone. The
building is heated throughout with steam. There are two towers, the taller one at the
corner of Sixth avenue and Harrison street, 124 feet high, containing the bell and clock.
The partitions between the auditorium and Sunday-school room are so constructed as to be
opened, and thus the two rooms are thrown into one when desired. The seating capacity
of the buildin, , when all the departments are thrown open, is about 1300. The building
was dedicated by Bishop Hurst, June 11, 1882.

The First Congregational Church.—The history of this organization is one of the most
of any inthe city of Topeka or the county of Shawnee. This hisiory has been
so well delineated by President Peter McVicar, of Washburn College, in his memorial dis-
course of April 25, 1880, that the following gleanings are gathered therefrom.

The first sermon ever preached at Topeka was on December 29, 1854, by Rev. Samuel
Y¥. Lum, then pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church at Lawrence, at the house of

. A. A. Ward, near the bank of the Kansas River.

October 14, 1855, nine persons met in a smail cabin constructed of boards and oak bark,the
home of Mr. James Cowles, to consult in reference to the formation of an Anti-slavery Con-
grerational Church. Their names were, Rev. Paul Shepherd, John Ritchie, Wiijliaw E,

owker, Milton C. Dickey, A. H. Barnard, William Scales, H. H. Cowles, James Cowles and
Charles A. Sexton. Mr, Shepherd was elected chairman, and James Cowles secretary. A
comm ttee was appointed to draft articles of faith and covenant, and repurt on the fullow-
ing Sabbath. A subscription was started to procure funds wherewith to erect a house of
worship, and it aggregated $330 from those present. July 14, 1856, a meeting was held at
Constitution Hall, ‘to completely organize our body by the election of deacons, trusrees and
clerk.” James Cowles and H.W. Farnsworth were chosen deacons; John Ritchie, Milton C.
Dickey and H. P. Waters, trustees; Martin Luther Gaylord, clerk. Application having
been made by the trustees to the Topcks Town Association for a grant of suitable lots as a
site for a house of worship, a donation was made of six lots 25x150 eacn, on the southwest
corner of Seventh and Harrison streets, four of which constitute the present location.

The first pastor of this church, Rev. Lewis Bodwell, of Clifton, N. Y., who had come to
Topeka with acommission from the Home Missiquary Society, said in a repurt made to the
Society: ‘There was but little to cheer a minister of the Gospel.” One of the nine members
had gone East, another was in Ohio, a third was just recovering from severe illness, a fourth
was a territorial prisoner at Lecompton.

The clerk entered a minute pon the church records as follows: “We are perplexed and
somewhat cast down in view of the state of society, resulting from the outrages perpe-
trated upon the people of our Territory—outrages unparalleled in the history of our Nation.

Notwithstanding the discouragements of the Pro-slavery times, pastor and people went
to work, and on December 9, 1856, although the membership of the church was but sixteen,
it was voted to build a house of worship, and subscriptions to the amount of $700 were se-
cured, which, augmented by donations from friends atthe East, and pledges of citizens,
warranted the laying of a church foundation 42x70, early inthe autumn of 1867. year
later the walls were ready for the roof, but owing to the Jateness of the season and the lack
of means, the roofing was postponed till spring. June 19, 1859, a sweeping storm struck
the unprotected walls, and the greater portion of the rear and side walls were demolished.
In the autumn came a pledge of $300 from the American Congregational Union, and efforts
at rebuilding co" menced in the spring of 1860; but in the latter part of Muay another vio-
lent gale laid the south wallin ruins. A third time the building of the edifice was com-
menced, after the removal of the debris, and before 1861 the building was enclosed, and on
dpnuary 1 1861, the first sermon was preached in the sanctuary. Constitution Hall, Old
Union Hall, Museum Hall and the Brick Schoolhouse had been the worshiping places of
the congregation through these years. .

Jauuary 3, 1864, the house was dedicated; Mr. Bodwell preached the dedicatory ser-

cVicar was called to the pas-

interestin,

 

mon. The building cost $7,000. 1n October, 1860, Rev. Mr.
torare, and he remained in the work until July, 1866, when he was succeeded by Rev. Mr.
Bodwell, whose second term of service extended into the summer of 1869. Then Rev.J. G.
Merrill became Pastur, remaining for one year. Mr. Merrill was succeeded in September,
1870, by Rev. Linus Blakesley, the present Pastor; Mr. Merrill having entered upon the
geueral superintendency of Home Missions for Kansas.
During Mr. Blakesley’s pastorate there has been an increase of the membership of over
400. The necessity arising fora larger structure, on May 18, 1880, the contracts for the
resent edifice were let, and work on the same soon after began. ‘The building has cost
21,000, and is entirely free from de wt. It was dedicated January 2, 1881; Rev. Richard
ordley, D. D., of Emporia, preached the dedicatory sermon, The former church building
was occupied by the first State Legislature in the spring of 1861, and therein was born the
imouto of Kansas: ‘Ad astra per Aspera.” The present edifice is a2 model in its convenience
of arrangement. The form of the main auditorium is amphitheatral, the slips. being
curved and the sides descending and centering towards the platform. The spacious lecture
room adjoins the auditorium, which, by lowering the large stained glass windows between,
fan pened to increase the seating capacity of the church. Inthe rear of the pulpitis a
aul ul pipe organ, built by Hook, Hastings & Co., of Boston, Mass., and secured for the
chure nh through the * Monday Club,” an organization of the young people of the church and
the congregation, which has provided lectures and concerts from distinguished persons, for
the pepen ae Bratl Heation vt pes citizens of Topeka. .
t Baptis urch of Topeka was organized March 1,. 1857. Its constituent
members were Jesse Stone, Joseph ©. Miller, Sarah E, Miller, Christopher Fitzgerald,
\ SHAWNEE COUNTY.

Charles A. Bliss and William Jordan. The organization was effected in the basement of

the house of J. C. Miller, on Sixth avenue, Revs. James Gilpatrick and Edward Seagraves
being present,

Rev. R. M. I art of the time there-
after, unt.1C, C. Hutchinson became pastor of the church, June 18, tl

 

. Fish, of Auburn, preached for them a
359. Heremained with

them, being partly supported by the Baptist Missionary Board, until 1861. In 1862 they
completed a small hall over Mr. Miller’s store, which they occupied until January, 1879,
when they entered their new house of worship on Ninth street, opposite the State House.

The church consisted of about twenty-five members, when Mar. Hutchinson was com-
pelled to abandon the field, because of ihe pecuniary inability of the church, Rev. KE. Al-
ward received an appointment March 30, 1862, from the Mission Board, dividing his,time
between this church and the one in Burlingame, until 1865, when his whole labor was de-
voted to this church. He remained until the first of June, 1866, forty-seven persons
having been added to the church during his pastorate. October 21, 1866, Rev. Isaac Sawyer,
D. D.. accepted a callto the pastorate. He remained until June, 1868. Rev. H. B. Fitch
became the pastor, August 1, 1869, and remained one year. The foundation of the church
edifice was laid under the administration of Dr. Sawyer, and was so far completed that the
congregation occupied the basement. Rev. E. O. Taylor, of Chicago, took charge of the
church April 12, 1871, and remained two years and ten months. Rev, J. L. Moore, D. D., 0
Piqua, Ohio, supplied the pulpit a portion of thistime. Mr. Taylor’s labors closed the first
of February, 1874, and on July 6, 1874, Rev. C. Monjeau accepted the pastorate. For more
than five years he remained pastor, during which period all the church debts were paid, the
edifi ‘e was artistically completed, and the grounds graded and ornamented. Mr. Monj:au’s
labors terminated here early in 1880, and in February, 1881, Rey. C. C. Foote, from Phila-
delphia, came to this field of Jabor, and is the present pastor. The membership of the church
is now about 175. The average attendance at Sunday-school is about 120.

H. M. Billingsley, the long-standing Sunday-school superintendent, in 1882, was suc-
ceeded by Samuel Dalton,

race Bpiscopal Cathedral—In 1857, Rev. Charles Callaway began this mission. In
1869, the parish was organized with about twelve communicants. In 1864, Rev. N. O. Pres-
ton then having charge of the church, the edifice located on the southwest corner of Seventh
and Jackson streets was so far completed as to be open for divine service, From June,
1865, to June. 1869, Rev. J. N. Lee was Rector, when he resigned, and the Rev, Charles
Stewart succeeded him, remaining as Rector until March, 1871. For seven months there-
after, Rev. D. O. Kellogg, of Lawrence, officiated as Rector, In the autumn of 1871, Rev.
John Lukewell ministered to the church until June, 1875, when he resigned on account of
ill health, When he left. the church edifice had been so extensively remodeled, enlarged
and improved, as to constitute it virtually anew building. In January, 1876, Rev. Henry
H, Loring was called to the Rectorship. and in October, 1879, Rev. J.-F. Walker became
Rector, but his labors did not long continue, for death claimed him as her own, February
a 1880; iBu8 present Rector and Dean, Rev. Richard Ellerby, entered upon his labors

ugust 1, fs

Srirst Presbyterian Church.—On December 19, 1859, Rew A. T. Rankin, of the Highland
Presbytery, organized this church at the house of Mr. John Jackson, the members consist-
ing of eight males and nine females. The ruling eluers chosen were J. M. Hamilton and
Ephraim Herriett.

A session was held February 15, 1860, for securing right of corporation, and the follow-
ing named persons were recorded as members:

Mr. J. M. Hamilton, Mrs, M, A. Hamilton, H. H. Hukill, Mrs. M. V. Hukill, Charles
McDonald, Mrs. M. J, McDonald, Ephraim Herriett, E. B. Conklin, Mrs. H. Conklin,
W. H. Ei benateick Mrs. Fitzpatrick, Andrew J. Ritchie, John Plily, Mrs. Plily, John Jack-
son, Mrs. R, W. Jackson, Mrs. Freeland, Mrs. Deming and Mrs. W. P. Douthitt. John A.
Steele was Pastor; John Jackson, J. M. Hamilton, A. J. Ritchie and H. H. Hukill, trustees;
E. RB. Conklin, clerk. 2

The first house of worship was situated on the east side of Kansas avenue, between
Seventh and Eighth streets.

Rev. Mr. Steele was a native of Greenbrier, Va; he graduated at Athens, Ohio; took
a theological course at the Union. Theological Seminary, of Virginia; was ordained and
installed as pastor of the church at Stanton, Va., by the Presbytery of Lexington, Va. He
Tomoved with a colony to Grandview, Ill., where he built up a successful work in the min-
istry.

Consequent upon the drouth of 1860, there were removals from the place. The pastor
was absent East, obtaining assistance for the people of Kansas, and the residence of some
of the early members was lost. There were searcely any records for 1861.

The first certificate of transfer of membership was that of Mrs. Sylvia Blake, from the
Bors Canroh of St. Louis to that of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was here recorded December

Rev. Mr. Steele died October 12, 1864, aged sixty-two years. ,

From this time to November, 1865 the church was without regular services; then Rev.
S. T. McLure, a licentiate from Vincennes, Ind., commenced labors with the church, and
remained four months, April 5, 1866, there was a regular call given Rey. Joon Ekin, D. D.,
of the Presbytery of Miami, Ohio, aud he was installed as pastor November 7, 1866. There
were then about thirty-seven inembers,

The new chapel sifuated on the south side of Eighth street, east of the corner of Kansas
avenue, was opened for service October 5, 1867. It was avery fortunate selection of a site,
and the wisdom of its founders has been attested. November 28. 1868, Rev. Alexander
Sterrett, D. D., of the Presbytery of Indiana, came upon the field, and Rev. Francis S.
McCabe, of Franklin, Ind., who had commenced his ministerial lavors, September 28, 1868,
was, through Mr, Sterrett’s action, placed in full pastoral relations to the church, and from
January 1, 1869, to April 16, 1882, he has steadily lavored for the prosperity of this soeiety,
and through his ministry the communicants have increased tenfold, the number now ex-
ceeding 300. The church edifice and grounds are beautifully located, and their value is
R. B. Gemmellisthe Sunday-school superintendent; he has served for many years,
and there is a membership of about 300. Rev W. George succeeded Dr. McCabe in 1882

Rev. Dr. McCabe has gathered and organized several churches in Shawnee County.

(1). Bethel Church, seven miles southeast of Topeka, organized May 28, 1871.

(2). Pleasant Ridge Church, nine miles northwest of Topeka, organized July 16, 1876;
Silverlake and Kingsville Churches are its adjuncts.

. Wakarusa Church, twelve miles sou'h of Topeka, organized December 5, 1877.

(4). North Topeka Church, organized September 15, 1878.

Mission Center Church, six miles west of Topeka, organized January 16, 1881. All
of these churches, except Wakarusa, received their vriginal membership largely from the
Topeka Church. These churches have good houses of worship which are free from debt.
except Mission Center Church, which has obtained its grounds for the ehureh building and
parsonane and will build ere long. The aggregate value of this outlying church property

is $10 :

eek of the Assumption (Catholic).—This congregation, one of the oldest church
organizations in the cily, was organized prior to 1862, by Rev. James H. Defouri. The first
church edifice, the oldest in the city, was completed in August, 1862.

This building, located near the corner of Eighth avenue and Jackson street, is now oc-
cupied as a parochial school, under the auspices of the Sisters of Charity. The school,
which has an attendance of two hundred and forty pupils, employs six teachers. . 7

In 1881, the foundations for a new and more commodious edifice were lald. The build-
ing, which is a handsome brick structure, 56x115 feet,was completed in the winter of 1882-

E a cost of $20,000.
oe waco Cemetery, which was established in 1873, occupies a tract of five acres,
ing four miles southwest of the city, . Z
{ying Ourtshine Sabbath school of two hundred pupils is connected with the church, which
numbers seventeen hundred communicants under the pastorate of Rev. James Riley.

Congregational Church (North Topeka).—In May, 1866, Rev. Rodney Paine com-
meneed bis labors as a missionary in North Topeka, and in July, 1869, this church was or-

anized under Mr. Paine’s pastorate, with a membership of eleven: Rev. Rodney Paine,

artha Paine, C. R. Paine, z L. Paine, Deacon Elisha Ward and wife, Mr. and Mrs. George
Ward, Catharine Garamier, Elizabeth Van Order and Martha M. Finn, Rev. Mr. Paine
continued his labors until the autumn of 1870, when he resigned his charge in consequence
of ill health, Rev, John H. Barrows ‘succeeded Mr. Paine, as a stated supply for three
mouths, and he was succeeded by Rev. Walter M. Barrows who preached asa stated sup-
nly for hine months. In September. 1871, Rev. T. W. Jones was called to the pastorate, his
labors having commenced the Sabbath following the dedication of the present ehurch edi-
fice, which had been begun and finished during the ministry of Rev. Walter M. Barrows.

The first house of worship was 2 log building, then standing upon the southwest corner

venue and Laurent street.
~ eee crcateaiice is located upon the northeast corner of Laurent and Jackson streets.

It was dedicated August 13, 1871; the dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev. Wil-
liam Kincaid, of Leavenworth. The organization then numbered twenty-four. .

The edifice, including the ground and bell, which is an 800 pounds Meneely, the gift of
E, W. Baker to the church, cost something in excess of $4 000; the bell with its fixtures and
setting cost $655. . . : 3 -

Rev. H, C. Scotford succeeded Mr. Jones in June, 1876, and in September, 1877, he was
succeeded by its presentj pastor, Rev. Samuel P. Dunlap. The church is entirely free from
debt, and its prospects for an enduring growth and influence are very encouraging. Its
present membership is about seventy-five. Its Sunday school averages about seventy. _

Spiritualists.—The First Society of Spiritualists in the city was organized in the spring
of 1867, obtaining the services of occasional speakers. In the autumn of 1868 they
secured Mrs. H. T. Thomas, a distinguished inspirationalist, and they held meetings Sun-
days, morning and evening, at Odd Fellows Hall, No. 152 Kansas avenue, In September,
1868, the society was incorporated, and through the kind munificence of its President, Dr.

 

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F. L. Crane, it became the owner of a good house and lot, which was used asa parsonage,
In 1872, Mrs. Thomas passed to the higher life, and the society employed as lecturer, Rev.
T. B, Taylor, A. M., M. D., who, tor many years had been a leading and successful clergy-
man in the Methodi.t Episcopal Church.

Itis several years since there have been stated and regular public services of this
society, but weekly meetings are held each Sunday evening at the residence of Mrs. E.
Greer, northeast corner Sixth and Topeka avenues,

Lutheran Church, (Swedish).—This society hasa church edifice on the west side of
Tyler street, between Second and Third streets; was organized prior to 1868 with ten mem-~
bers, Present church edifice was erected in 1869-70. Present number of members twenty-
five. No regular pastor at present. 2 e

United Brethren Church.—This church was organized in July, 1869, with eight mem-

» Inthe following autumn they commenced the erection of their church edifice, 30x45
feet, located on the corner of Van Buren and Fourteenth streets, and it was completed in
an Rey. Loren G. Condry was their pastor and in 1872 the church had a membership of
North Topeka Baptist Church.—This church was organized April 4, 1869, by Rev. J.
Barratt, whocame to Topeka in September, 1868, and preached three months for the First
Baptist Church, which society then worshiped in ahall over J. C. Miller’s store. This
church then had a membership of thirty-five, and they desired Mr. Barratt to become their
pastor, but finding them unable to build a house of worship, he went to North Topeka and

here commenced a work which has ultimatedina very strong church. At the organiza-
tion there were eleven member. Their names are, J. Barratt, D. Barratt, A. C. Beckwith,
Anna Beckwith, O. Vaughn, Fanny Vaughn, Sophronia Vaughn, Esther Vaughn, Sevasta
Vaughn, Daniel Scott aud Jane Bickell. 5

The schoolhouse on the west side of Kansas avenue, between Laurent and Gordon
streets, had at fir-t been used by them in common with other denominations as a house of
worship; but, in 1871, the church occupied the basement of their edifice on the northeast
corner of Laurent and Harrison streets.

In 1879 the bnilding w s completed. The main audience room has a seating capacity
for 550 persons. The edifice is a beautiful two story stone bull ing 40515 feet ; ils cost was
$11,000; itisentirely free from debt, Its bell cost $225; is one of the clearest toned ones in
the city, and can be heard several miles from the church.

ev. Mr. Barratt, resigned his pastorate November 16, 1881, and his successoris Rev.

Cc. W. Gregory; The present membership of the church exceeds 200,and there is an average

attendance of 150 at its Sunday-school. The Superintendent,Mr. William G, Shaw,is a most

emcient and indefatigable worker, and he has had his reward in the great success attending
8 labors, 3

The ladies of the church have a Mission Society, and their minimum contribution to the
Home Mission cause has been five dollars per month, while tothe Foreign Missions they
make liberal contributions.

The First Swedish Church, (Topeka).—This church was organized December 31, 1880,
with twelve members. Its pastor is Rev. —————- Dolcrist, a graduate from a Swedish
theological seminary. Its present membership is about twenty-five. Their regular ser-
vices are held in the Swedish language, Their Sunday school is of recent origin and com-
paratively rosperous. .

Their church edifice on Sixth and Fillmore streets, was erected at a cost of $2,000. Its
present indebtedness is #300, :

The Madison Street Church (Topeka).—This organization was formed December 16, 1881,
with a membership of twenty-eight. Its pastor, Rev. A. N. Petty, came from Meriden,
Jefferson County,and le has been very successful in his fields of labor. The Sunday school has
an average of 100 members. The church building is on the east side of Madison street just
south of the Madison school building. It cost $2,000, and is free from debt.

The Perryville Church (Jefferson County).—The organization at Perryville, Jefferson
County, sixteen miles east of Topeka, on the U. P. R. R., was formed December 16, 1881,
with forty-two members. Their edifice cost $2,10U, and they have two Sunday schools,
averaging about seventy-five each. hs

Methodist Episcopul Church (North Topeka). Revs P.T. Rhodes, who had a large circuit,
embracing Grantville, Jefferson County, Indian Creek, Half Day and Rochester, in the
autumn of 1870, organized this chureh with a membership of seventeen, Ira Markham,
Permelia Curtis, Elias Pierson, Benjamin F. Kistler, Cynthia Smith and Mrs. Kelser were
some of the firs. members. Its membership rapidly increased and other religious organi-
zations have grown oul ofthis. The schoolhouse on Kansas Avenue was its first place of
worship, and in 1874 an edifice was erected on the south side of Laurent street on No. 85
Quincy, which consisted of a lecture room and two ciass rooms and contiguous to it was a
comfortable parsonage. 5

In 1880, this property was disposed of to a colored Methodist society and the congrega-
tion now worshipina very spacious and commodious structure which was completed in |
1881, at a cost of $7,500 and is situated on Kansas avenue just above its junction with Cen-
tralavenue. Itisa brick structure lighted by gas, and is still somewhat encumbered by
debts incurred in its construction,

Its first pastor was Rev, P. T. Rhodes, with the followin. From 1871 to

874, Rev. C. J. Lovejoy; in 1874, 1875 and 1876, Rev. J. B, Orwig; in 1877 and 1878, Rev.

successors;

1
. 8. P. Jacobs; in 1879 and a part of 1880, Rey. George W. Henning; since then Rev. James

Lawrence, who resigned, was succeeded by Rev. C.S, King. Church now (1882) without a
pastor. The Sunday school is largely attended and its management is in the hands of Mr.
. M. Baird, its etticient superintendent,

German Methodist Episcopal Church.—This church was organized in 1870 with ten mem-
bers, Rev. Jolin P. Miller pastor, A brick church edifice was erected by the society in 1871
on Jackson street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. 1t was 26x40; its cost was $3,000. The
society has sold this property and itis erecting (1882) a frame house of worship on the
northeast corner of Fifth and Tyler streets. The church has fifty members. H. Kreuger is
its pastor. W. Vesper is the Sunday-school superintendent, and the school averages eighty
members. The society expects soon to build a parsonage.

Unitarian Church.—The first Unitarian society was organized in August, 1871; articles
of association were adopted; in November a minister was called and officers were elected.
Rev, George Patton was the minister; the trustees were H. Bartling, C. Reed, E. §. Robin-
son, R. H. CG. Searle and Mrs, A. P. Wilder. A. P. Wilder was secretary and treasurer. The
place of worship was in Uniturian Hall, Kansas avenue near the corner of kighth avenue.
The Sunday-school, which was organized simultaneously with the society, had at the close
of the first year nearly seventy-five pupils. Its superintendent was Mrs, A. P. Wilder. At
alater period J. C. Collins, of Olathe, Kan., the Chief Clerk in the office of State Treasurer,
was added to the force of workers, but a subsequent removal of many of the early workers
from the city caused the movement to decline and die.

Untied Presbyterian Church.—The edifice belonging to this body of worshipers was
built in the autumn of 1872, and dedicated under the pastorate of Rev B.L. Boldridge. It
is tocated on the corner of Highth and Topeka avenues. The present pastor is Rev. W. E.

unlap.

Lutheran Church (German).—This society has a stone church edifice located on the south
east corner of Van Buren and Second streets, and it has a good frame dwelling for a parson-
age. The value of the church property and parsonage is $4,000. The church was organized
March 1, 1874, having nine yoting members. P.F. Germaine was its firs: pastor. There has
been a membership of considerable number who have removed to other places, and the
present number is eighteen. Its Sunday-school numbers fifty, and the pastor, F.Temekamp,
1s its superintendent. =

Universalist Church (North Topeka).—A Universalist Church was organized in
North Topeka April 3, 1874, by the Rev. V. P. Wilson, and the parish contained about twen-
ty families. The deacons were C. H. Bowen and C. 8S. Gregg. The trustees were C. T.
Tompkins, J. S. Morey and J. G. Schoonover. The first members of the church embraced
Cc. H. Bowen, Lucinda Bowen, S. C. Gregg, Matilda Gregg, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Schoonover,
Mr. and Mrs, C. T. Tompkins and Allen Gregg. The services were held in the schoul build-
ing and the membership reached about thirty. Allen Gregg was superintendent of the
Sunday-school, which numbered about seventy-five. Mr. Gregg returned to Springboro,
Ohio, and Mr, Wilson to Dickinson County, consequent upon which events the church or-
ganization came to a dissolution, but during the years 1880 and 1881, Rev. T. W. Woodson
preached at Union Hall aud other 1-laces for the Universalists.

Southwestern Holiness Associatin.—At Bismarck Grove in June, 1878, an organization
was effected embracing members who were residents of Missouri and Kansas, and the fol-
lowing named persons were among its officers: President, Rev. S. P. Jacobs; Vice-President,
Rev. J. W. Caughlan: Secretary, Rev. R. E, O’Byrne; Treasurer, Rev. J. H. Poland; other
members with the above as incorporators, Rev. A. M. Keirgan and H. C. McKinley. This
organization held their first annual meetingin December, 1879, in the Methodist church in
Lawrence; and in June, 1882 they became incorporated a. North Topeka. Their trustees
being H.C. McKinley William Embree, John W. Smith, Joseph Middaugh and George H.
Cramer, This association of Christians are quite numerous at St. Joseph and Chillicothe,
Mo., and thev are extending their work into Lowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. They have
as organs devoted tothe propagation of their tenets the National Holiness Association,
Holiness, by McDonald
& Watson, of the same place; the Guide to Holiness, at New York. Their first president,
Rev. S. P. Jacobs, being a former pastor of the North Topeka Methodist Episcopal Church,
quite an impetus was given the movement here in consequence, and quite a number of the
members of this church have gone into and helped develop this association. Mr. Jacobs is
now a missionary in India, and his work has culminated here in the erection of a church
edifice by a band of devoted followers, which isa neat brick building situated on the south-
east corner of Grant and Jackson streets, twenty-seven by forty-four feet, capable of seat-
ing 200 persons, erected at a cost of $1,300. Rev. J. B. Williams is their pastor and their
church services are held al the usual hours, Their Sunday-school has just been formed
bn? . HISTORY OF KANSAS,

with a membership of about thirty. Members are coming in from various religious organ-
izations and the tests required can be expressed in the followi ‘ie: :
livin, in eee light of Christian holiness. no Dewi oelel Cenlatasione. io He
or esbytertan Church (North Topeka).—This church was organized by Rev. F.S.
McCabe, late pastor of the First Presbyterian Charan of Topeka, Sepromber 13. 1878, with
twenty-six members. Their namesare: Dr. M, R. Mitchell, Mrs. M. M. Mitchell, Mr.
A. Miller, Mrs, E. J. Miller, Charles McDonald, Mrs. Mary J. McDonald, John N. Ross, Mrs.
Rebecca Ross, Miss Alice Ross, Mrs. S.C. Arnold, Mrs. C.F. Lyman, Mrs. Lizzie M. Hale,
Mrs. Elizabeih Norris, Mrs. Jane Taylor, Miss Annie Taylor, E. 8. Ward, Mrs. Z. N.
Ward, Mr. C. L, Ward, Mr. William A. Ward, Miss O. J. Ward, Miss I. F. Ward, Miss L. B.
Ward, Miss M. E. Ward, Mrs. M. J. Ward, Mrs. Mary Sage, and Mr. 0. P. Giffin.’ The Rul-
ing Elders were M. R. Mitchell, J. N. Rosé, and E. 8, Ward, The church first worshiped in
the school building on tbe avenue, but on November 16, 1879, they dedicated a neat, sub-
stantial stone building, 40x60 feet, which is located on Quincy street, between Laurent and
Gordon, nearly opposite the uincy School building. 1.8 cost somewhat exceeded $3,000.
In the southeast part of the edifice is a neatly finished and nicely furnished study and pas-
tor’s library, in which the weekly meetings of the Sunday-school teachers are hal Its
pastor, Rev. J. C. Miller, began his labors for the church and congregation December 12,
878, and he has been very untiring in his labors here, and at some outlying preachin
places. Its Sunday-school is under the superintendency of M. R. Mitchell, M. D., and
numbers nearly one hundred, Rev. Mr, Miller preached for the Bethel Church until 1881,
but since his labors have been exclusively devotedto upbuilding this work.

Wesleyan Methodist Churoh.—This church society erected their chapel in 1878, on the
ote of Jefferson street, between Third and Fourth streets. Rev. Mr. McIntosh is
“yy, Lhe Topeka Soctety of the New Jerusalem was organized in October, 1880, with Rev.
Howard C. Dunham as minister, and J. F. Goddard, J. F. Scott, and Edward Wilder, trus-
tees, The first services, with this end in view, were held at the residence of Mr. Edward
Wilder, No. 117 Harrison street,on the second’ Sunday of June, 1880, on which occasion
there were nine persons present. Services were held at the same place for overayear. In
the summer of 1881 an attractive little chapel was erected on the corner of Harrison and
Sixth streets, which was dedicated on Sunday, the 9th of Octover. A parsonage, in archi-
tectural harmony, with the chapel, is built within the same enclosure. This society,
although small, is steadily increasing, the attendance at Divine worship averaging about

 

fifty. The Sunday-school contains over twenty children and an adult class. Meetings are
heid, during a large part of the year, on Thursday evenings, for the study of religious truth
and the advancement of the interests of the society. The trustees fur the year 1882 are G.
¥F. Goddard, E. H. Davis, and Edward Wilder.

First Christian Church.—The people known as Disciples of Christ, Church of Christ, or
the Christian Church, were few in number among the first settlers of Topeka. In Novem-
ber, 1870, a roll of members was found of twenty-two names These brethren metina
hail until June, 1873, at which time ninety-fuur names had been enrolled. During this two
years and a half the congregation was wuder the leadershp of elders, with now and then an
evangelist, wio woulilremain but a shor. time, until Hider J, W. Mousen was called to be
their pastor, but whose stay was probably but a few months. All work having been sus-

ended in June, 1873, a3 far as seen from the records, all traces of organization seem to
have been lost u, to the year 1880, during w \ich period of about seven years, however,
several brethren who were Passive throug h preschect in borrowed houses. On the2d day
of December, 1879, Dr. S. T. Doud, of Leavenworth cry. reached In the Lutheran Church,
on Topeka avenue, and on the 11th day of May, 1880, began a protracted meeting in the
same house, which continued one week, resulting in the enrollment of about eighty names,
some of whoin afterward proved to be of the Christian connection and Advent persuasion,
There were three eldeis and three deacons with aclerk appointed by the minister at his
closing meeting, with the concurrence of the audience, toact pomnorarily1n securing a place
of worship and the services of a niinister to continue the work, rom neglect of duty the
above work was not performed, but by the persistent effort of afew individuals a call was
extended to Dr.S. T. Dodd, dated December 14, 1880, with ten names pledged to his sup-
ort and co-operation in a continued effort to permanently establish achurch in this city.
his permanent work accordingly began the ist day of Ja_.ur7, 1881, inthe Y. M.C. A,
-hall, under the management of Mr. Dodd as evangelist, who by tne 80th day of June, 1881,
had enrolled fifty-six names, all of which were ple ied to the work, at which time an organ-
ization was effected. A charter was secured for the “ First Christian Church, of Topeka,”
December 17, 1881, with Ira B. Miller, David Eckert, E. H. Rodebush, W. H. ‘Niccum, and
G. W. Faught as trustees,

Mr. Dodd having received a unanimous call to serve the congregation as pastor during
the year 1882, entered upon his duties with a desire to secure. at least, lots for building pur-
poses during the year, which result has nor at this date, July 25th, been reached, the sub-
scriptions for which are at present being taken, however. fhe present membership of this
ehurch is 140. It meets regularly in the Y. M. C. A. Hall, and has aSunday-school of 175

-members. ‘There is also connected with the congregation a Ladies’ Auxiliary Mission So-
clety and the Juvenile Band or * Helping Hands.”
hird Presbyterian Church.—The location of the church edifice of this society is on the
northwest corner of Third and Hancock streets. Was organized December 12, 1880, with
sixteen members, by Rev. F. S. McCabe, D. D., and Rev. J. W. Crawford. Present edifice 1s
a handsome stone structure, 35x58 feet, erected at a cost of $4,000. A Sabbath-school was
organized in connection December 12, 1880, and bas a present membership of 183 scholars,
under oe pastorate of its present pastor, Rey. J. W. Crawford. The church has a member-
ship of thirty-five.
Thana Buptist Church (colored).—This society owns its place of worship, at 79 First
avenue, East. : ;
Fourth Baptist Church (colored).—The congregation of this church have an edifice on
the corner of Second and Jackson streets. Was organized in 1870, with thirty-five mem-

bers. Present church edifice was built in 1871-72, ata cost of $1,200. Rev. William Bell,
resent pastor. 2 -

7 A, rizan Methodist Episcopal Ohurch.—This is the oldest colored church organization in

the cit: ie eae church edifice is on Monroe street, between First avenue and Second. Rev.

J. W. Wilkenson is pastor,

Methodtat ‘ipisedpal Ohurch of America (colored).—Was organized October 22, 1882,
with nineteen members, by Rey. B. Smith, P. E., and C,. E. Wortchell, pastor. Regular ser-
vices aro held on the corner of Fourteenth and Quincy streets.

\ Parkdale Methodist Episcopal Church.—This church organization have a house of wor-

ship on the northeast corner of Seventh and Lime streets. An organization was perfected
in the spring of 1881, with thirty-five members, by Rev. O. H. Call, who remained as pastor
until spring of 1882. Tne present church edifice, a frame structure, 30x60, was built in
1879 by the Quincy Street Methodist Episcopal Church at a cost of $1,600. Its present pas-
tor is Rev. J. Kester, Present number of communicants, 40.

Mount Olwet Methodist Episcopal Church (colored).—This society has an edifice on the
corner of VanBuren and Fourteenth streets, which is used by the Methodist and Presbyte-
rian denominations (colored), under the respective pastorates of Rev. J. Barton and Rev. S.

Rutter.

Protestant Episcopal Church (North Topeka).—The ‘Church of the Good Shepherd”
was organized March 6, 1881, Rev. Alfred Brown, rector, with eighteen members. The de-
struction of the rolling mills by fire in 1881 checked somewhat the growth of the church, as

uite a membérship, present and prospective, came from this. The church now numbers
orty-five and its Sunday-school is about fifty. Their presend place of worship is the hall
of the A. O. U, W., but they own three lots on the northeast corner of Quincy and Laurent
streets. They have the plans made and accepted for a chapel, which is to be a wooden struc-
ture costing about $2,500, which will probably be erected during the year 1883. The
site for their church edifice 1s an excellent one; on the corner north stands the spacious
uincy school building and on the other side of the streetis the Presbyterian Church edi-
Faith Ohapel; Faith Cwre.—On the southwest corner of Van Buren and Park streets is
located the bulidings above mentioned; erected in 1881. The chapel is a one story frame,
20x30 feet; the Cure is atwo-story stone building, 24x40, with a wing ou the south, 18x20.
Services are held at the chapel twice each Sunday; prayer-meetings are beld each Friday
evening, and there are special faith services held at the Cure each Wednesday afternoon at
three o’clock, Rev. C. A. Sexton, one of the pioneers in the First Congregational Church, is
the owner of the property, and he is the pastor, and humanly speaking, the healer. He pub-
lshes at the Cure Good Tidings, a weekly paper devoted to the system. Its issue is now
about 1,400; its regular subscription lisfin the city is about 100, and it goes into nearly
every State and Territory inthe Union. It is gratuitously distributed to charitable institu-
tions, including prisons and poor houses. he value of the whole property is about
$4,500; itis a quiet resort, having pure air and a supply of good water, Mr. Sexton regards
his work as under the organic control of the Holy Ghost. and his institution for the cure of
hysical maladies, and the obliteration of traditional false teachings, the accomplishment of
hese objects being through the power of the Holy Ghost, by the aying on of hands and
the anointing of oil, It aims to bring the conformity of prayer to the direct coming of the
kingdom of heaven on the earth, the fellowship of the Holy Ghost constituting membership,
the subject to be tested by the fruits of the life. There are no numerical statistics kep: of
the worshipers, or of those who have had bodily or spiritual healing. — 7

Lincotn Chapel Mission (colored, A. M.A).—The American Missionary Association is
one of the co-operative Congregational societies, organized in 1846, to civilize, educate and
Christianize, tue Indians, Freedmen, and Chinamen in America, The association has mis-
sions in Africa, and colleges, normal and common schools in the States, to forward the work
of its missions in this country. In October, 1881, Rev. R. F, Markham, who has labored
over seventeen years for the American Missionary Association, having had charge of the
mission work for the last five years in the vicinity of Savannah, Ga., was_sent to this State
by the parent association of New York, to see what could be done for the Freedmen of Kan-
sas, e visited Nicodemus, Graham County, and other parts of the State. After a careful
examination, however, he resolved to begin work at Topeka, fiuding over 5,000 colored peo-
ple here and nearly 50,000 in Kansas. In 1881 the chapel of the mission was completed,
corner of King and Lincoln streets, Over $3.200 has been expended in the purchase of land,
and the erection and furnishing of the building. Of this amount, the American Mission-
ary Association have given over $800, while the Smith American Organ Company, of
Boston, donated the organ. The chapel is 52x30 feet. Since April, 1881, when the Sunday-
school was organized, the work has greatly prospered, Sessions at first were held in the old
Congregational Church, Mr. Markham being assisted by Miss Lizzie Officer. The attendance
was then one hundred andeleven. Since then Miss Officer has been obliged to resign, on
account of ill health, and Miss A. D. Gerrish was appointed in her stead. The attendance
has increased to over three hundred, and many who did not know their letters have been
taught toread. Adults, who could not attend the public schools, have joinea the mission
night schools, and are making good progress. Musical instruction is also joined to religious
and intellectual exercises. Itis expected that the work here will be permanent. Rev. Mr.
Markham is the general agent of the association in this State, and is greatly encouraged at
the resulis of his labors in Topeka.

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (colored, North Tapeka), was organized in June,
1880, by Rev. P. Price, A frame church edifice was completed in October, 1882. Present
number of members, fifty-five. Rev. P. Price, pastor.

Second Baptist Church (colored ).—This society has an edifice on the southwest corner of
Second and Jefferson streets. Is pastors have been Rev. Thomas W. Henderson and Rev.
J. F. Thomas, Was organized prior to 1868. First church edifice, a frame structure, 20x40
feet, was built in 1868, and used until 1876 when the present frame building, 40x60 feet,
yas completed: Rev. J. F. Thomas, present pastor. Present number of communicants, five

undred,

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church (colored, North Topeka} This organization suc-
ceeded the congregation who now worship inthe Avenue Methodist Episcopa Church, and
its first pastor was Rev. W. O. Lynch, who came from the Gulf Region in 18 79. The mem-
bership was about thirty, and its Sunday-school about fifty. Rev. Burr Williams, of the
Holston Conference, Tennessee, was heré a few weeks, and the church 1s now withouta pas-
tor, the small-pox taking off the Rev. F. Landor, whose pastoral labors were sbort.

The Redmanville Methodist Episcopal Church (colored, North Topeka).—Rev. W. W.
Williams is pastor of thischurch. Its membershipis about fifty, and its edifice is a small
building situated south of the water works, on the Union Pacific R. R.

Second Baptist (colored, North Topeka).—This church was organized in the spring of
1880, by Rev. John F, Thomas, now pastor of the Second Baptist in the Second Ward, situ-
ated on the corner of Second and Jefferson streets. Its membership was then about thirty,
and now, under the pastorate of Rev. Sanford Griffin, it has grown to 105 members, and its
Sunday school numbers 120. Henry Galloway is its present superintendent. The building
joins the Ogee property on the north side of the railroad, northwest of the tank. Itisa
frame, 20x40; value, $1,500.

Mount Zion (colored, North Topeka).—This organization was formed in 1881. Its pas-
tor is Rev. I.S. Watkins, and its site for an edifice 1s between Laurent and Clay streets, Its
present membership is about fifty,

Thonias Shaw owns a small church edifice in Redmanville (western suburbs of North To-
peka), which makes a place for worship of some of the sometimes called Ironside element in
the Baptist Church (colored), Rev.Claiborne White is an o. casional preacher for this congre-
gation. The church members number about fifteen.

There fs also in process of erection another Baptist (colored) church, on Madison street,
in Fairchild’s Addition, and the society, numbering about thirty, employ Rev. E. Bradley
as their pastor, He has also another small charge at Redmanville,

The Israelites. —This band of worshipers have not become sufficiently numerous to
have asynagogue, Services on special holidays have been held in halls, and L. Diment, a
clothing-house dealer at 162 Kansas avenue, has performed the duties of Rabbi. Sunday-
schools have been held over the store of Rodgers Bros., 130 Kansas avenue,

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LITERARY, MUSICAL, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC,

The Topeka Library Association. — The germ of the present Library | Association
was planted by afew ladies of Topeka, ata meeting held Noveinber 12, 1870, when an
organization was formed, known as the Ladies’ Library Association, its object being the
establishment of a circulating library. The following ladies were the first officers elected:
Mrs. N. C. McFarland, president; Mrs, J. M. Spencer, vice-president; Emma J. Steele, sec-
retary; Mrs. H. King, treasurer. During the succeeding winter the ladies accumulated
about 150 volumes, and the library was opened March 11, 1871, in the carpet-room of
Messrs. Keith & Meyers, under the Opera House, the free use of the room being tendered
the association by the proprietors. ‘The membership, at this time, had increased to fifty,
aud the library was open for the delivery of books three hours each Saturday afternoon.
The growth and prosperity of the ladies’ association during the remainder of 1871, was
such as to warrant an enlargement of the original design, and at a meetin , January 17,
1872, at the residence of the vice-president, Mrs, J. M. Spencer, the Ladies’ Li rary Associa-
tion, by vote of the members, was merged in the Topeka Library Association. Articles of
incorporation were adlopteil, which were filed in the office of the Secretary of State, January
20, 1872, and on the same day a permanent organization was effected by the election of the
following officers: Presideut, Mrs. William Tweeddale; Vice-President, ‘are. J. M. Spencer;
Secretary, Edward Wilder; Treasurer, Mrs. H. Clarkson (resigned at first meeting of direc-
tors, and F. W. Giles elected in her place), Directors—Mrs, McFarland, Mrs. S$ encer, Mrs.
Dr. Baker, Mrs. William Tweeddale, Mrs. M. E. Leighter, Mrs. S. D, McDonald, Mrs. 0. T.
Welch, Mrs. Dr. S. E. Sheldon, Mrs. T. L. King, Miss Anna Ekin (resigned in favor of Mrs.
M. E, Whitton), Mrs. A. J. Huntoon, Mrs. H. Clarkson, Mrs. Captain Higgins. Advisory
Committee—Rev. Dr, McCabe, F. W. Giles, Prof, ‘Worral, A. J, Huntoon, E. Wilder,

 
SHAWNEE COUNTY. :

A life membership subscription list was opened—memberships $50 each—which, in a
Lew days, contained twenty-four names, This fund was applied ithe urchase of books,
and the furnishing of room 213 Kansas avenue. On April 8, 1872, the library was publicly
opened, with appropriate ceremonies—addresses, music, etc, ‘The library, at this time, had
increased to 639 volumes. In 1873 the membership was 214. In the fall of 1874, a more
commodious room being needed for the rapidly increasing library, a hall in the building of
Mr. Quick,on the corner of Seventh street and Kansas avenue, was procured, and the library
moved to that location, In the spring of 1878, the library was made free to the citizens, and
the city appropriated for its use $1,200 for one year. The sum appropriated by the city be-
ing reduced in amount after the first year, proved inadequate to the necessities of the asso-
ciation, and the deficiency was raised by public subscription, after the rooms had been
closed fora brief perjod. The library now contains about 5,200 volumes of well selected
oe and a convenient reading-room, liberally supplied with files of newspapers and

During the fall of 1880, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, and the
Union Pacific Railruad Company, donated to the library $25,000, on condition that the city
erect a building, in size and elegance commensurate with the worth anda importance of the
association, on Che State House grounds. The proposition was submitted to the Legislature,
and adopted at the last session, The building, which is near the northeast coruer of the
State House Park, facing Kighth avenue and Jackson street, is now approaching comple-
tion. It is constructed of native limestene, trimmed with Colorado sandstone and brick,
and is roofed with red terra-cotta tiles, Its dimensions are 116x565 feet, Upon the first floor
will be located the reading and lecture rooms, and those of the officers, The second story is
designed for an art gallery, but will be fitted with all the appurtenances of a theater, includ-
ing a stage and scenery, This room is thirty feet in height, and is lighted from the roof, for
the double purpose of giving hanging space and proper direction of light. The expense of
construction will be $35, 000. hen completed, the library will be no discredit to its inti-
mate association with the stately capitol, nor to the judgment of those who located it,

The Topeka Musical Union was organized January 16, 1869, with the following officers:
President, Dr. S. K. Martin; Secretary, James M. Barringer; Musical Director, Sor, M.F.
Price; Pianist, Mrs. Gov. Crawford. This society which was organized for the study and
practice of standard musical compositious, has achieved marked success, The result of the
conscientious study of its members is apparent in the higher standard of musical excellence
developed from year to year. Under the instruction and guidance of skillful directors the
Union is now able to interpret many of the compositions ofthe old masters, with credit to
themselves and pleasure to their listeners. Musical Union Hall, 199 Kansas avenue, is
leased by the society, which holds regular meetings for rehearsal every Wednesday even-
ing. The Union own a musicallibrary, a piano, double bass viol, etc. The present officers
(1882) are Dr. S. E. Martin, president; S. R. Remington, vice-president; James F. Griffin,
secretary and treasurer; R. N. Vincent, musical director; Miss Kate L.- Thomas, pianist;
ie Agams, librarian; Dr. S. E. Martin, Frank Drummond and 0. W. Fox, executive com-
mittee. 2

The Topeka Choral Soctahy wae organized in June, 1880. Ithas now a membership of
about thirty-six. Officers: . V. Hinckley, president; Mrs. J. Brown. vice-president; C.
i Leeper, secretary and treasurer; Henry Worrall, pianist; Carl Von Weller, musical

ireetor.

Modoc Club.—A male amateur club under the musical direction of Major T. J. Ander-
son The club renderthe popular music of the day in a most enthusiastic and stirring
style. ;

The Avon Olub was organized in 1870, and is the oldest club now existing in the city It
meets twice 2 month from October to April, celebrating the birth of Shakespeare by a ban-
quet on the 23d of April. -

The Kansas Academy of Science holds regular annual meetings in the State House, and

publishes annually a volume of proceedings. Officers: J. F. Lovewell, president, Topeka;
J. H.Carruth, first vice-president, Topeka; Joseph Savage, second vice-president,
rence; E, A. Popenoe, secretary, Manhattan; J. B, Brown, treasurer, Leavenworth.
__ The Topeka Scientific and Literary Club was organized in December, 1871. Re-organ-
ized April, 1878. The meetings of the society are held in Board of Education rooms, City
Hall, the exercises consisting of discussions, reading of essays, correspondence, etc, The
present officers are J. T. Loveland, president; L. A. Thomas. vice-president; Geo. S. Chase,
SeCrstArys Miss E, A. Lyman, treasurer, ,

The Swedish Libra y Association was organized in October, 1879, for the purpose of
starting a circulating library. The members nip is rapidly increasing and the association
are adding many new boukstothelibrary. Officers: President, Alex Rudolph; Treasurer,
Andrew-Johnson; Librarian, John Watts. ae
The Woman's Christian Association was organized March 27, 18/2. Its aims are to af-
ford relief to the destitute and assistance to those who are struggling to support themselves.
The society has achieved a nobie success, distributing its benefactions by an orderiy and
intelligent system, which helps the deserving without encouraging the idle. The present
officers of the society are Mrs. J. P. St. John, president; Mrs. S. E. Sheldon, vice-president;
Mrs. A. L. Griffith, recording secretary; Mrs. E. W. Bowman, treasurer; Miss O. P. Bury,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. S. A. Tharston, auditor.

Young Men's Christian Association.—This association was or, anized December 31,
1879, in the English Lutheran church, near the corner of Sixth and ‘opeka avenues. L,?.
Firey was temporary chairman; William W. Padrick temporary secretary. The number of
members at its organization were fifteen active, two associate and six honorary. Its first
officers were: President, C. E. Wheeler; Vice-President, James Easler; Secretary, William
W. Padrick; Treasurer, E, E. Collins. In June, 1880, the place of meeting was in tbe hal},
No. 220 Kansas avenue, and in January, 1881, they removed to 223 Kansas avenue with a
membership of eighty-five, which is (1882) 125. Its officers and board of directors are:
R. B. Gemmell, president; T. B. Sweet, vice-president; J. F. Griffin, treasurer; W. W. Bol-
jard, recording secretary; Wm. N. Fisher, general Secretary; E. M. Shelden, Methodist
Episcopal: HR. Hilton: First Presbyterian; J. H. Lyman, Congregational; S$. K- Cross,
Christian; L. P. Firey. English Lutheran; E. E. Collins, Adventist; A. Prescott, Baptist;
E. Bloomer, Baptist, Nort! Topeka; James Fulcher, Third Presbyterian; C. R. Hudson,
Episcopal. - ~ a

n The reading room is kept open from 7 to 9 o’clock each evening, except Sundays, and is
well supplied with the leading daily, weekly and the different religious newspapers; it has
also scientific journals and monthly magazines. | .

The Kansas Orphan Asylum.—This asylum, incorporated under the laws of Kansas in
the year 1866, is located at Leavenworth and has many auxiliary societies perfected and in
working order throughout the State, two of which are in Topeka. The object of the asylum

 

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is to provide a home for and educate all orphans of legitimate. parent e under fifteen years ~

of age. Itseeks tu protect the helpless, to shield innocent childhood from temptation and
consequent crime, when shorn of natural protection; to provide these waifs, out upon a
world’s waste with the blessings of a pleasant and healthful home. It has an auxiliary so-
ciety in Topeka. 3
Topeka Cemetery Association.—On the 5th day of December, 1854, a few gentlemen as-
sembled on the banks of the river Kansas, witn the beautiful rolling prairie before them,
and they then and there formed the Topeka Association; resolving to use their most stren-
uous efforts to build up a city, which should be the capital of Kansas, provided the assent of
the people could be obtained. . Se
n the spring of 1855 Mr. Joshua Abbott, from Andover, Mass., who was living in his
tent on or near lot 74 Kansas avenue, died of cholera, after a very short illness, and it was
then that the question of establishing a cemetery was first brought before the association.
No lands in Shawnee County had been pre-empted or even surveyed for pre-emption and
it was impracticable, then, to establish one. Soit was concluded to bury temporarily on
the town site, butso far away from residences that itshould not be objectionable. The city
was at this time surveyed no further south than Sixth avenue and the interment was made
as far away as the crossing of Tenth and Kansas avenues, as determined by the subsequent
platand survey. This locality, south of Tenth and eastof Kansas avenues, became quite
a grave yard in appearance Devore the Topeka Cemetery was established, there being then
not far from 100 interments made, all of which were removed tothe Topeka Cemetery after
it was established, in 1859, the city and township purchasing a section in said cemetery for
that purpose, viz: Section thirty-one of the grounds. The Topeka Cemetery contains Forty
five acres, it being a part of Section five, in Township twelve, Range sixteen east—a hand-
some roll of high prairie from the top of which the view is unsurpassed in the neighbor-
of the city. i
sa i 20 OF ‘February, 1859, an act was approved by the Governor of the Territory of
Kansas incorporating the Topeka Cemetery Association, the corporators being Lorin;
Farnsworth, F. L. Crane, C. 0. Keliam, A. F. Whiting, M. C. Dickey, John Ritchie, H. W.
Farnsworth, Wilson L. Gordon aud James T. Holliday. Notices of time and place of meet-
ing were sent at three separate times by the second corporator to the others, at the third of
whieh amajority assembled, and upon due consideration of the importance of the matter
resolved, That as F. L. Crane possessed the inost suitable land in the immediate vicinity of
Topeka, that he be requested to plat, survey and fence grounds fora cemetery; that he do
so upon his own responsibility, and that he get his pay from those using the grounds; and
further resolved that they, with the absent corporators, would make over the charter to
him, the said F. L. Crane. To make a plat of a cemetery without much information on the
subject aud without the help of other ‘plans from which, to copy gave full swing to the
faculty of origination. A plan was, however, immediately commenced, and when com-
pleted Mr. Crane and Mr. Loring Farnsworth proceeded to the ground and surveyed and
staked some eight or ten acres of sections and lots, leaving avenues twenty feet in width
and paths ten feet, with alleys four and five feet wide. The srounds were fenced, trees
and shrubbery planted and other improvements made. A considerable number of large
and handsome, with many smaller monuments, now ornament the cemetery, and it is ex-
pected that water may be introduced next year by connecting pipes with the city water
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Topeka Land League.—Thigs Land League was organized January 12, 1881. The regular
place of meeting is at the schoolhouse on Jackson street, and the regular meetings are held
on the first Monday of each month. Its present officers are as follows: President, William
Warren; Secretary, Michael Hogan; Treasurer, Timothy Donovan. The league has quite a
larg ‘0 membership, and it has made considerable contributions to the cause of oppressed

Lincoln Post, No. 24 (G. A. R.).—Organized in September, 1875. Its corps of officers are
as follows: Thomas Johnson, post commander; J. G. Searle, first vice post commander; S. "
P, Wade, second vice postcommander; George Taubcr, post adjutant; C. E. Wheeler, post
quartermaster; S. E. Sheldon, post surgeon; J. F. Carter, officer of the guard; J. C. Thomas,
sergeant major; J. Lee Knight, quartermaster’s sergeant. This was the first organization
ort us soldiers’ order in the county. Following are the sketches of the living organi-_

lions:

, Lincoln Posi, No.1 @. A. R.).—H. X. Devendorf, post commander; A, M. Fuller, senior
vice post commander; R. P. Pay, junior vice post commander; J. N, Hopper, adjutant; C.
M, Atwood, quartermaster; H. M. Billingsley chaplain; T. W. Durham, officer of the day;

  
   
 
  
 

  
  

 

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termaster sergeant. This post was organized June 29, 1881, and it now numbers more than
200 members. It holds its meetings on the first and third Saturdays of each month at the
Ancient Order of United Workmen’s Hall, over Rodgers Bros.’ grocery store, No. 182 Kan-
sas avenue.

General Rice Post, No. 71 (G. A. R.).This post was organized June 11, 1882, and its
memiberstup is about seventy-five. Its place of meeting is Odd Fellows’ Hall, over Knox’s
Bank, 202 Kansas avenue. Its officers are as follows: A. R. Wilkin, post commander;
William M. Hess, senior vice post commander; William Higgins. junior vice post com-
mander; P. H. Wood, adjutant ‘George L. Murdock, quartermaster) W. H. Wilson, officer of
the day; Charles Fernald, officer of the guard; S.S. Simonton, quartermaster sergeant; C.
B. Hopkins, sergeant major. in 7 .

Representatives of Supreme Council in Kansas (Masonic).—#. T. Carr, 33d degree, in-
spector general, Leavenworth; Charles Spalding, 32d degree, deputy inspector, Topeka.

The Kansas Masonic Temple Association.—This association was organized and incor-
porated under the: laws of the State of Kansas, November 7, 1881. Its officers are as follows:
President, Orrin T. Welch; Vice-President, Silas E. Sheldon; Secretary, Charles Spalding;
Treasurer, Theopilus P. Rodgers. Executive Committee—Orrin T. Welch, 8. E. Sheldon,
and T. L.‘Stringham. ee

The Grand Lodge, A., F. &{A. M. of Kansas.—This organization was made at Leaven~
worth, December 27,1855 A. L. 5855. “Bro. Richard R. Rees was elected the first grand
master andthe first grand secretary. John Guthrie, of Topeka, was grand master, K. W.,
in1878 Its first annual meeting held at Topeka, was on the second Wednesday of Febru-
ary, 1882. Its officersin 1882 are: William Cowgill, M. W. G. M., Fredonia; John H. Brown,
grand secretary, Wyandotte. , é 7

Zabud Council, No. 4, R. 8S. & S. E. M.—This council was organized under dispensation
in the year 1871,andundercharter October 17, 1873, with Comp, Stephen Babcock, T. 1. M.
It assembles at Masonic Hall, the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Its officers
in 1882 are: S. E. Sheldon, T. I. M.; Charles Spalding, secretary.

Topeka Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar.—This commandery was organized un-
der dispensation, October 6, 1869, A. O. 757, the dispensation bearing date June 5, 1869, A
O. 751. Their charter was granted October 18, 1869, A. O, 751, and they were duly organ-
ized under it December 27, 1869, A. O. 751, with ‘E.. Sir Thomas J. Anderson, E. C.; Sir
Orrin T. Welch, generalissimo; Sir Joel Huntoon, 0. G.; Sir B. M. Smith, recorder. Regu-
lar conclaves on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month, The present officers
(1882) are: _E.°. Sir Frank Drummond, E. C.; Sir Theophilus P. Rodgers, recorder,

Topeka Royal Arch Chapter, No. 5.—This chapter was organized under dispensation,
April 18, 1866, A. I. 2396, and constituted under charter, November 3, 1866, A. I. 2396, with
Comp. Thomas J. Anderson, high priest, and John Wayne, secretary. Regular convoca-
tions are held at Masonic Hall, the first and third Monday evenings of each month. Present
officers (1882) aye: Bryce McMurtrie, high priest; Charles Spalding, Secretarye, The pres-
ent officers are: P. G.H.P.,S. E. Sheldon officiating; J. C. Langston, M, E. H. P.; Frank
Brooks, E. K.; C. A. Eichenberg, E.S.; T.P. Rogers, treasurer; J. Lee Knight, secretary
W.S. Rankin, C. H.; C. M. Atwood, P. &.; W.J. Whitson, R. A.C.; J.B. Hibben, G. M., 3d
V.; J.S. Dantord, G. M., 24 V.; S. McKibben, G. M., 1st V.; Robert Edwards, tiler. 2

Topeka Lodge, Na. 1%, A. F. & A. M.—This lodge was organized under charter bearing
date October 18. 1859, A. L. 5859, with Bro. Joel Huntoon, W.
S. W.; and Bro. Samuel Walkley, J. W- Regular communications are held onthe first and
third Wednesdav evenings of each month. The present officers (1882) are as follows: L. E.
Echleman, W. M.; H.W. Farnsworth, secretary. The present officers are: P.M.,S. E.
Sheldon officiating; W. S. Rankin, W. M.; James Ramsey, S. W.; J. B. Hibben, J. W.,

 

M.; Bro. James T. Holliday,
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Albert Knowles,

treasurer; H. W. Farnsworth, secretary; E. R. Woodruff, S.D.; D. W.
Nellis, J. D.; J. &. Clark, S.S.; J. G. H. Gravely, J. $.; Rev. Albert Brown, chaplain.

Orient Lodge, No. 51, A. F. & A. M.—This lodge was organized September 6, 1867,
with John Guthrie, W. M., and Orriu T. Welch, secretary. Its charter was granted October
16, 1867. Regular communicat.ons on the second aud fourth Friday evenings of each
month. Its officers (1882) are: David Bowen, W. M.; Charles Spalding, secretary. The

resent officers are: P. G. M., Johu Guvhrié, officiating; C. A. Eichenberg, W. M.; J. L
Pumbern; ie Wri ee Mt uw On dd We i Tv RS Rogers, Prone Uren Trang Drummond, secre-

;_A. KK. n, S.D.; a, son, J. D.; C. T. Chesney, S. S.; F. J. Fuller, J. S.;
8. t. Dodd, chaplain; RoUert Edwards, tiler. "" Bene es renee .

GRAND BODIES OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.

Grand Commandery of Knights Templar.—This commandery was organized at Leaven-
worth, December 29, 1868, A. O. 750, with R. E. Sir Willian O Gould grand commander,
and KE, Sir E, T. Carr, grand recorder. The present grand officers are: R. E. Si
7 grand commander; R, E, sir -—grand recorder,

Unity Chapter, Lt, X., No. 1.—Lhis chapter meets at Masonic Hall, the first and third
Thursday evenings of each month. The officers for 1883 are: W. W. Phillips, M. W.;
Theophilus P. Rugers, secretary.

Oriental Lo tge of terfection, No. 3.—This lodge meets in Masonic Hall, the first and
third Thursdays of cach month — Its officers (1882) are: Charles Spalding, 32d degree, V.
M.; Theophilus P. Rogers, 321 degree, secretary. ~

Grand Royal Arch Uhapter.—On January 26, 1866, A. I. 2396, the representatives of the
three Royal Arch Chaptrrs of Kansas, viz: Atchison No, 1, Leavenworth No. 2, and Fort.
Scott No. 3, metin the Mason'e Hall, at Leavenworth, for the purpose of organizing a Grand.
Royal Arch Chapter for th) State of Kansas. M.., Richard R. Moose was elected the first

.H. P., and K. T. Carr the first granu secretary. February 26, 1866, A. L. 2396, the Grand

Royal Arch Chapter was organized under charter from tus Generali Grand Royal Arch
Cuapter of the United States, under date of February 12, 1866, A. I. 2396, and the officers
were dulv installed. The present officers (1882) are: Dr. Silas E. Sheldon, M. E. G. H. P.,

-John H. Brown, Wyandolte, grand secretary.

Golden Rule Lodge No. 90, A, H. & A. M (North Topeka).—Regular communications are
held at Masonic Hall, No. — Kansas avenue, North Topeka, the first and third Thursday
evenings ot each month.

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12, 1872, with Bro, Stenhen Babcock W. P., and Mrs. Ann E. Sheldon, W. M,

' officers are as tollows: Mrs. W. P.

Douthitt, W. M, Mrs. M. H. Case, sec-
retary. Regular meetings are held on
the second: and fourth Tuesdays in each
month.

The Masonic Mutual Benefit Society
of Kansas.—the object of this society
is to give financial aid and benefit to the
widows. orphans aul dependents of de-
ceased members. It was organized and
incorporated under the laws of the
State of Kansas, in March, 1873. Since
its organization, Lenefits have heen
paid amounting to more than $50 000.
It had 1,782 poiicirsin force. November

‘ . Its prese:.t offic-1s are: Presi-

dent, D. M. Valentine; Vice President,
John Guthrie; Secretary, D W. Nellis;
Treasurer, ©. W. Jewell, Medical Direc-
tor, S. E. Sheldon, Fina ice ommirttee,
John Fraucis, A. M. Callaham, and A.
H. Vance,

Maso ic Board of Relief.—This or-
ganizaliun is composed of the masters,
wardens aml secretaries of Topeka
Lodge No. 17. anil Orient Lod.e No, 52.
Its presentofficers are: Bryce McMur-
trie, c airman; Charles Spaulding, sec-
retar ; J. W. Farnsworth, treasurer. 5

‘America. Legion of Honor.—Coun- Misr WTA Sits
cil organizedin Topeki, Monday even- eo rr
ing, Janarv 22, 183, by P. L. Teeples, TTT
deputy grand commander, with a ci ar-~ wall
ter membership of eighty-three. The
following officers were elected to serve
during th
G. Spurgin; Vice Commander, Gecrge
Ww. Reed: Orstor, H. N. Castle; Past
Commander, D. W. Nellis; Secretary, C. |
L, Thompsen; Co lector, R. F. Fitzpat-
rick; Treasurer, KE. M. Sheldon; ¢ hap-

“Jan, H. R.Hilton; Guide, E L.Copeland;
Warden, Coit Farusworth; Sentry, F.
W. Fuller. Trustees—D. W. MeCollum,

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Chapter No. 6, Eastern Star.—This chapter was organized under charter March
Its present

Alle

. W. T, Hughes, John L. Truslow.
Medical

Examiner—s, KE, Sheldon; Al-
ternate Medical Examiner—J. 3. Hib-
ben. This society—the Legion of Honor
—originated in Bostun sume four years
ago, and at present has «membership
of about fifty thousand. The insurance
plan of this order varies from most
other seerct orders, in the fact thata
policy can be taken at from $500 to
%5,000, and the scale of asses-ments
. Js graduated by the age of the holder.
This society admits ladies as well as
gentlemen, and in that respect differs

1ost other like organizations.
frovne object ‘of the order of Ancient Order of United Workmen 1s to give equal protec-

i ‘all classes and kinds of labo ; to create a fund for the benefit of its members during
icniese or other disability, and in case of death, it provides for the payment of $2,000 to
the family ofeach member, or such person or persons as he may designate. The a ioption
of its secret work and means of recognition, are such as to insure the protection of its mem-
bers wherever the order may exist, and to 1mprove the moral, intellectual and social eundi-
tion of its members.

Grand Lodge of Kansas.—This Lodge was organized February 6, 1879; Dr. Silas E. Shel-
don was chosen P. G. M. W. Regular annual sessions are held in Topeka,

Crpital Legion No_1, Select Knights A. 0, U. IV.—Organized March 26, 1880. TH. A.
Needham, 8. C.; A.J. Huntoon, V.C.; C.F. Chase, L. C.; E. Mueller, recorder; A. J. Love-
Jand, Rec. Treas.; F. Puppendick, treasurer; S. §. Swinerton, chaplain; «|. W. Surtis, 8. B;
E. O. Eittreim, 8. W.; P 'W. Stoker, J. W.; 8. Haster, guard, The present officers are: A!
3. Huntoon, S. commander; T. D. Hamilton, V. commander; W. W. Proctor, L. commander;
F. Poppendick, Treas.; I. 8. MOH LOry Recorder 5 N. Chandler, Rec. Trea.; M. Lowenstein,
A, Moodhain, nep. to Gr. Legion.

Grand Legion of ‘anaes Selret Kents tyof A, O. 0. W.—Organized March 29, 1881. M.
Ezekiel, G.S.; H. D. Trokeys G. V.C.; LS. Page, G, L. C.

Capital Lodge No. 3.—This Lodge was organized October 1,1877. It meets every Thurs-
day evening at their hall, 130 Kansas avenue. Its officers for 1882 are: H, A. Needham, P.
M. W.; George W. Reed, M. W.; W. Chandler, F.; J. B. Hibben, U.; R. E. Cowdrey, G.; M.
Iizekiel, recorder; F. Poppendick, receiver; T. A. Beck, financier; W. Dunlap, I.W.; Bu

Doane, O. W. :
a Lodge, No. 11.—This Lodge was organized January 10, 1879. It meets the first
aude Fridays of each month, at the hall of Capital Lodge, No. 3. Its officers for 1882
are: F, G. Spurgin, P. M. W,; M. Holcomh, M. W.; R. A. Henderson, foreman; G. S. Over-
ton, overseer; George A. Ege, recorder; H, N. Castle, receiver; R. F, Fitzpatrick, financier;
-L, Van Dorp, guide; E. W. Patten, I. W.; James Boyd, O. W. Trustees—S. C.F.
Junod, G. Greenwald, Ele presets officers are: OC, D. Brusman, M. W.; C. , Bs;
h. P. Pay, 0.; H.G.Spurgin, R.; R. F. Fitzpatrick, F.; H.N. Castle, R.; J. ughes,
G. HLS. Hatley, I. W.; F.G. Hentig, T ; J. W. Redden, M. £ ; H. G. Spurgin, R. toG. L.
Oh Paw Valley Lodge, No 20, (North Topeka),—This Lodge was organized October 1, 1879.
‘ Cupital Lodge, No. 21, K. of P.—This Lodge was organized under dispenyation guly 26,
4878. 1t meets on thesecond and fourth Mondays of each_month, at the A, O. U. W. Hall,
No. 130 Kansas avenue. Its officers for 1882 are; A. K. Rodgers, C.C.; James Moore, P.;
J. D. McFarland, P. C.; A. B Quinton Vi J. uy geile: K. R, and S.; George W. Veale,
rn : Strickland, M. A.; T. C. Kellam, I. G.
ain name : f P.—This organization meets on the first and third Mon-

eae ES U. W. Hall, No. 130 Kansas avenue. Its officers for_1882
Gaye ov ene month, atthe A. O. U. W. , No. s pes eh won

ubert, C. C.;_E. E. Heath, P. C.; Frank Herald, P.; W.
FO See R. & S.; Frank smith, M. @; George W. Reed, M. A. William Ha-
wen, JT

Section Wo. 865 of the Hndowment Rank of the Knights of Pythiag,—Thig Insurance as-

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appeared in the summer of 1868.

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the summer of 1857. completed in the fall of 1858; burned in November, 1869. ‘The above is as it

: HISTORY OF KANSAS.

sociation for the members of this order was organized in October, 1879. It meets on the
second and fourth Mondays of each month, at the A. U. U. W. Hall, No. 130 Kansas avenue.
Its officers fur 1882 are: W.H. Rosiugton, president; ——— , Vice-president; James
Moore, chaplain; T. L, Sexton, secretary and treasurer; J. N. Strickland, uide.

Washenyton Lodge, No. 787, K of H.—This Ludge was orgauized under charter from
Superior Lodge, November 17, 1877. It meets on the second ald fourth Wednesday even-
ings of each month, atthe A. 0. U. W. Hall, No. 130 Kansas avenue. The present officers
are: Dictator, R. B. Welch; Vice Dictator, R. H. C. Searle; Asxistant Dictator, Wiliam
Chandler; Treasurer, S. E. Martin; Reporter, Leslie Maxwell; Financial Reporter, Wallis
Edson; Chaplain, A. M. Cailaham; Guide, Charles Cox; Guardian, Wm. E. Goulding; Sen-
tinel, H. A. Louis. . :
Kansus Lodge, No. 788, K. of H. (North Topeka).—Present officers: Deputy Grand Mas-
ter, J. A. Cook; L. M, Phillips, dictator; J. H. Bartoll, vice-dictator; J. A Miller, assistant
vice dictator; W. G. Shaw, reporter; Robert Norris, financial reporter; J. M. Steel, treas-
urer; A. J. Arnold, chaplain; J. H, Fought, guide; Wesley Case, guardian. W. G. Sh
was elected representative tothe Grand Lodge. “

The Temprrance Mutual Benefit Union of Kansas.—This is a Life Insurance Associa-
jon, differing from other Mutualsin several features, the most prominent among which
g that the person {usured is required to take aud keep a total abstinence pledge in order
hat his policy may be held valid. Its officers are ax fulluows: Honorary President, John P.
St Johu; President, A. B. Jetmore; First Vice-President, James A, Troutman; Second Vice
President and Treasurer, D, §. Skinner; Secretary, Charles E. Wheeler; Legal Adviser,
George W. Carey; Medical Adviser, M. R. Mitchell, M.D ; Board of Directors, As b. Jet-
more, Topeka; James A. Troutman, Topeka; D. L. Skinner, Topeka; Charles E, Wheeler;
Topeka; George W. Carey, Topeka; M. K. Mitchell, Topeka; Hon. Willard Davis, ex-Attor-
ney General, Topeka; Hon. William Sims, Topeka; Prof. George W. Hoss, Topeka; Hon.
J, Jay Buck, Emporia; John G. Haskell, Lawrence. State Agent, W, T. Curtis. This As-
sociation i3 very popular and its inembersbip is in excess of 1,200. Any person may become
a member of the Union between the ages of _elghteen andsixty-five. (1) By signing the

ledge in Boo faith and keeping it. (2) Passing due examination and paying the policy
ees ag requ red by law. It is a co-operative institution, and its motto is; ‘* Death to Intem-
perance, ; ‘

Kansas Legal Temperance Assoctation.—This association was organized after the State
election of 1880, consequent upon the triumph uf the amendment to the State Constitution
prolribiting the traffic in intoxicating peverages, Its corps of officers are as follows: Presi-
dent, Miss A. M. Way; Secretary, Mrs, M. E. Bouldiu; Organizer. Mrs. M. EK, DeGeer;
Attorneys, Davis & Jetmore. Its Objects were to secure friendly legislation to the will of

the people as expressed in the ameud-
ment, and Attorney Jetmore was in
frequent consultation with the Tem per-
ance committees of both branches of
the Legislature. Many of the better
provisio's of the prohibitory liquorlaw
are due to lis counsels. rs. DeGeer
conducted the publication of the Kan-
sas Legal temperance News.

Topeka Turn Verein.—This Associ-
ation was organized February 10, 1867.
In 1879 the Association erected a hand-
some hall in their garden. on the cor-
ner of Firstavenue and Harrisou street,
but in 1882, the hall being so sv all,
the Association built a Harrison street
front building in addition to the ol
hall, which contains a gymnastica
room; bar-ro mand a double covered
ten-pin alley. The building is 26x70;
onestory. The value of the building
an! grounds is $15.000 The present
officers are: Ernest Mueller, president;
Jacob Sebmidt, vice-president; H. Von
Langen, reeording secretary; P.
Schmidt, corresponding secretary; J.
Kraemer, treasure:; Karl Kietu. gym-
nastical teacher: F. Poppendick, M.
Ezekiel and W. Weidler, trustees.

COLORED ORGANIZATIONS.

Lincoln Chapter No. 2, Holy Royal
Arch Masons.—This organization meets
attheir hall, 240 Kansas Avenue, on
the frst and third Saturdays of each
mo' th.

Eucl ad Lodge A. F. & A. M.—This
lodge was organized in October, 1875.
It meets every alteruate Monday even-
ing in thei hall, 127 Kansas avenue.

Mount Maria No. 5, A. F. & A.M.—
This lodge meets on every Tuesday
evening,

Faith Western Lodge No. 3. [, 0.
GS. & D. of S —Tuis lodge meets every
Thursday eveling:

Reb. cen Chapter No. 2, Order of the
Eastern Sto —This order was organ-
ized May 23, 1879. It meets every
Wednesday evening. ‘
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This lodge was organized in October,
1875. 1t meets every alternate Monday
evening in their hall, No. 127 Kansas
avenue,
Mount Maria Lodae, No. 5,4. F. &
ss A. M.—This lodge was organized tn
April, 1878. Its meetings are held on
Thursday night of each week, at their hall, over 127 Kansas avenue.
h -wnee Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F., was organized March 2, 1857, at Tecumseh. It was re-
moved to Topekain February, 1858. All the original charter members are dead.
: hawnee Encampment, No. 8, was organized July 10, 1865. From this Shawnee Lodges
No.’s 40 and 79 have been Organized,
The officers of the several lodges are chosen semi-annually, and the election for officers
to be Installed in January next, will be chosen in November.
Shawnee Lodge No. 1, I. 0. O. F., was organized March 2, 1857, at_ Tecumseh. Francis
Grassmuch was thelast surviving member, He died at Fort Scott. T. P. Holleraft, N. G.;
Joni. Farran, Vv. G.; Thomas H. Brine, R. 8.; George W. Hopkins, P.S.; M. 8. Green

Begun in

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

F. W. Giles was the first banker and established the first bank in Topeka in 1864.
He was an express arent at the time, and commenced business in a modest way,
in the little one-story bullding where he bad his office, In February, 1866, he went into
partuership with C. W. Jewell, under the firm nameof F. W. Gi'esd& Go. They con-
canes 4 business together until April 1, 1872, when the Topeka National Bank was or-

The Topeka State Bank succeeded to the business of the Topeka National Bank. Aug-
ust 15, 1878, Charles W. Jewell and James F Griffin being the rineipal proprietors. The
ree peeincorporatel Its capital is $100,000.

ank,—This ban a i i
combo 30, 1868. nk was incorporated and organized under its present name, De

‘he principal incorporators were: John R. Swallow, Jacob Smith, D. W. Stormont, Ben-
amin Halze, awin Bodwell, J. W. Farnsworth G. W. Veale, Nathan P. Horton, David

rockway, Joshua Knowles, A. P, Benson, T. B. Mills, J. S. Knowles, D. H. Moore, E, G.
Moore, B. M. Smith, H. T. Benson and A, F. Horner.

, ane first directors were: Jacob Smith, John R. Swallow, John W. Farnsworth, W. A.
Ric! i ond Ne Stormont, GW. a caledoshna Knowles.B. M. Smith and George C. Cornig.
swallow, uence. : George C. Cornig, president; Jacob Smith, vice-president; John

he amount of capital at the time of its incorporation was $150,000. It was increased to
$160,000 November 40, 1871, Na to $1 r
capital an sirnis s ead, rch 1, 1878, it was decreased to $100,000. Its present,

@ first and last statement ofthe bank given bel a
well as its present strength as a banking Institution: SRO HRS Seen eens) Menarnonnt Ss

Statement, January 28, 1869,
ASSETS,

oisuis.a ee J4Nue as elsioslnigaa caine cinemas d ceeeneee 8 83,263

Loans and Discounts ae : 6
Grapes enunieehacn onmecen LUNGS

Cash on hand... VUVPPENeOneN ED eee: 3

 

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. SHAWNEE COUNTY.

Due from Banks and Bankers. soeceveceee$ 92,462 67
Fixtures and Expense...... » 4,266 47
Over Drafts..........ceceen - 1,562 82
Revenue Stamps,.....cecesseecsscces sig hsln elvan ois sissies betas digre o/e nbiejere aa(siain oie elsiiatejeierdin esses 191 19

$239,850 76
v8 83,500 00
204,954 27
2096 49

$239,850 76

 
 
 
 

 

= LIABILITIES.

Capital Stock paid in......
Due Depositors.....

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Statement, July 1, 1882.

  
 
  
 
  

 

ASSETS,

ORNS su acsedcenendaasanarnanddan Veavauriacvaneceesaaiged «pavedceaenen les pNadasmbeniausiine $291,817 99
Overdrafts - 5,175 78
Real Estate... w+ 33091 26
Tax-sale Certificates... 1,060 46
Bonds—Unitedl States and ScHOOL........cccescee cesene soseeceetesevaceeres sete seees 16,066 87
Due froin BankS........cee0.e0- 92.167 25

OLL...eeseee 10 000 00
Silver.... 3.005 60
Currency... - 29,800

: 00.
———— $133,972 85

$482,285 21

 

 
 

LIABILITIES. Ss
Capital Stock ......ccsccccsccsceececcnscccccesaee - $78,000 00
BUTpLUS... 42 Wu 00
ProfitS...ceccssceveereee . 10,909 82

 

——~—— $130,969 32

 

Individual...... $305,528 70

Due to Banks........ « 15.766 72

Certificates of Depos 30,020 47

————$351.315 89
$482,285 21

The present Directors are: J. W. Farnsworth, A. W. Knowles. Byron Roberts, D. W.
Stormout, Edwerd Wilder, Joab Mulvane, and John R. Mulvane, ‘The present oflicers are:
J.R. Mulvane, president; A. W. Knowles, vice-president; Byron Roberts, cashier, Mr.
Jolin 8. Mulvane, first became connected with the bank as cashier, in January, 1871. | He
has peel: eirbually the manager since 1878, and has held the office of President siuce Jan-
uary, i '

Citizens’ Bark, (North Topeka); Peter Smith and J. Thomas, proprietors. It was in-
cor ‘orated in 1872 but, in 1878, discontinued business under its charter, Mr, Thomas has
been connected with the bauk since July, 1873. Its business is geueral banking auu loan-
ing money on real estate for Eastern parties. :

Kansas Lvan and Trust Company—Incorporated March, 1873; capital subscribed,
$100,000; surplus and undivided profits $133,108. During the nine years (ending 1881) in
which the co npany wy93'L it bisiuessa ne loans hove amon ited to $4,579,479 78; in
1873 they amounted to $119,167.50; in 1881 to $1,045,225. Luans are made on improved
farms anid ci y property, also on farms and city lots where the money is tu be used for im-
provement of the property. ‘Chis is the pioneer company of its kind in the State. f

Nati-nal Loan and Trust Company, was organized June 26, 1874, B. Heywood presi-
dent; S. F. Parmelee became vice-president in 1875. Mr. Heywood remained presideut up
to the time of his death, which occurred in 1878. Sincethen Mr. Parmelee has been presi-
dent. The compizny has an authorized capital of $100,000. Loans are made principally in
the older portions of the State, aud on improved f.rms and city property. The company
als» deals in county and municipal bonds, It has_been for some years past, ani is now,,.en-

aged in the business of negotiating the sale of Kans:s public securities, aud iu effecting
ouns on real estate for Eastern capitalists and cor: orations.

A. Prescott & Co., pr vate bankers, transact a general business, the members of the firm
Deing Addison Prescott, E. B, Prescott, William B. Strong, P. I. Bunebrake, and George R.
Peck. They have aca ital of +60,0U0.

The Western Investment Compuny, was incorporated October 27, 1881. Its capital is
$50 OUD. A. Prescottis President, and M, Updike, Treasurer.

Central Bunk of K.nsas (successors to A. Prescott & Co.) was incorporated January 4,
1882, and business commenced three days later. Its officers are: Directors—A. Prescott,

resideur, Topeka; P. [, Bouebrake, vice-president, Topeka; John Francis, cashier, Tope-

a; C.C. Wheeler, H. P. Dillo', and George R, Peck, of Topeka; W. B. Strong, Boston,
Mass.; E. B. Purcell, Manhattan, Kansas. E. 8. Preseott, formerly director and assistant
cashier, does a general banking business, and deals in national and municipal bonds. , J. C.
MeFarlaud., Topeka, is the attorney for the Central Bank. 1t has now (October, 1882) a cap-
ital of $100,CO0O—490.000 of whichis subscribed. __. : ,

The First National Bank commenced business March 15, 1882. Paid up capital, $100.-
000; authorized, $500,000. Officers: Directorn—Theovore Curran, president; Dr, J. W.
Reuden, vice-president; D. A. Moulton, cashier; Wm. Wellhuuse, Wm. Sims, T. J.
Anderson. W. A. Johnson, J. D. Burr, George W. Woud, W. W. Manspeaker, and T. L.
Stringh m.. x

Gavitt & Scott. bankers and brokers, established their house in 1869. They loan money
on improved farms aud city property, on first mortgages only, They also deal in first-class
municipal aad school bonds, During twelve years they place i over $3,500,000 for Kastern
capitalists, and have never lost a dollar fur any of their investors,

Guilford Dudley, private banker, commenced business in 1869, and is therefore one of
the oldest who has engaged in this line in Topeka.

Joha Knox & Co.—This banking estavlishment was organized in December, 1873, the
head of the house being one of Topeka’s old and respected citizens, He has had a long ex-
perience in the banking business, having been formerly president of the Capital Bank. The
fir do a general banking business, negotiate mortgage loans on city and county property,
and buy an. sell county, city and school bonds. ‘ .

For sketches of other private banks and brokerage establishments, the reader is referred
to the biographical department.

MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.

A,, T, & 8. F. Shops.—The maifi shos of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Com -
any are situated in the northeast part of that portion of the cily which lies south of the
Kansas River, where the biidge of the A,, T. & S. F. R. R. Company crosses the saine. They
occupy tne site of what was formerly desiguated and described as the “King Wrought
Iron Bridge Manufactory and Iron Works,” of Topeka, ’
. fo aid said corporate association the city council passed an ordinance July 17, 1872, pro-
viding for a city election to be held August 16, 1872, for the purpose of voting on # proposi-
tion to grant and issue Topeka city bonds to the amount of $100,000, for the “King Wrought
Iron Bridge Manufactory and Iron Works,” of Topeka, Kansas, to aid in permanently.
establishing, erecting and furnishing, with all the necessary machinery, and continuing
thereat for the term Of twenty years to operate bridge shops, at the said city of Topeka.
The binds were vote |, buildings were erected, on a plan four times as ex pensive as were the
shopsat lola, Allen County, where the association commenced-their works in Kansas, and
where bonds had been previously voted. Andinasmuch as suits had been instituted to re-
cover matured interest on thesaid Iola bonds, andit bad been judicially determined that
the payment on the same could be avoided, phe precedes was thereby established by which
the Rebeka bonds, voted for said purpose, coul ¢ u
the work thereafter languished. Theodore Terry obtained a tax-interest in this property,
and John R. Mulvane, having obtained the interest of this defunct company, Mr. Mulvane
and Mr, Terry disposed of their interest to the railway company. ‘

Thug, the buildings and property of the “King Wrought Iron Bridge Manufactory and
Iron Works” became the nucleus of the railway shops of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa be
Railroad Company. . 5

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company commenced their work in these
shops, August 12, 1878, and they have so gone on step by step. increasing their business, as
to now have the shop divided into twelve distinct departinents, each oue being made dis-
tinct, and under the management of a separate foreman, their detailed classifications being
as follows: Carpenter shop, G. M. Peabody, foreman; machine shop, J. M. Luckey, fore-
man; blacksmith shop, William Hazen, foreman; paint shop, James Rastall, foreman;
boiler shop, H. S. Benton, foreman; brass moulding shop, James Swan, foreman; copper-
smith shop, Lewis Dutcher, foreman; erecting shop, Richard Witty, foreman; general re-
pair shop, F. R. Felton, foreman; upholsterin department, J, W. Trembly. foreman; car
shop, Henry Hull, master car-builuer; draughting room, John Phillips, chief draughts-~

ne

‘he carpenter shop employs upward of two hundred men; nearly one-fourth of the
whole number employed in aid about the shops; and the machine shop ranks next in force,
the number being about one hundred and fifty; the number in the blacksmith shop being
about one hundred,

 

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Throughout the entire establishment, system, like perfect clock-work, reigns supreme,
the several foremen in charge being complete masters of the situation, and the laborers up-
der thein take high rank as skilled workimen, every man Knowing bis place, aud being act-
uated by att ambition to fill It well: while every machine, running to its fullest capacity, is
exceedingly well adapted to the skillful perforinauce of the work for which it is designed.

From near the junction of Crane with Adams street the office is entered near the south-
west corner of the vuildiug, and here, over this large band of skilled artisons—many of the
finest mechanics to be found in this or any country, who are operating somepf the most
perfect pieces of machinery existing anywhere in the world—silting as manager, with his
master mind and directing intellect, is that prince of mechanic-, Mr, George Hackney,
superintendent of the locomotive and car departinent, assisted by his son, Mr. Clement
Hackney, assistant superintendent, who are surrounded by a most complete corps of office
assistants and clerks. This trained and experienced body of workers, upon whom is placed
a large degree of special responsibility, are classified as follows: J. C., Pusey, chief clerk; H.
A, Dunn, tel- grap operators J. G. H. Graveley. engineer’s time-keeper; H. L. Fowler. fire-
men’s time-keeper; H. A. Ammen, block time-keeper; E. W. Knight, distribution time-
Keener W. J. Byrth, mileage clerk; W. T. Clark, requisition clerk; H. F. Hartley, statement
clerk,
1 trough the office occupied by this managing element, all the employes of the several
mechanical departments, are each day of labor, required to pass. ‘i

The Block * Time ” system, perhaps the most perfect that las ever been devised for this
kind of establishments, is an inventiou of Mr. Hackney, the superintendent, and its workin;
is as follows: Each man, as he enters upon his labor, in passing through the office is haude
by the block clerk, a small block containing his number, which is in size about an inch aud
a half long, an inch wide and half anineh thick, On going out of the office, at the close of
the day’s labor, this block is returned through a hopper at thefront of the counter. A reg-
ister of the time the employe receives the block and when it is returned is kept by the cle: k
and thus a complete computation of time and wages is made and recorded for each man;
ten hours being considered “block time;” all over time is paid for, and all lost time de-

1u 1881,the railway company expended for buildings within the State,outside of Topeka,
as engine houses, round houses, machine and other shops, coal chutes, tenement house~ and
other buildings, the sum of $426,840; for iron bridges, steel rails aud stone ballast, $1,682,-
604. Indepeudent of this ls a couple of millions of dollars it has paid out during the time
foc labor aud salaries, most uf which hasatonce gone into circulation within the varicus
towns and cities of the State where it has been disbursed. The monthly pay rollof the
hundreds of mechanics, laborers and employes of ail grades In this city, is estimated at an
average of $120,0U0 per month, and the nine buildings rented in the city for office use ag-
gregate a rental of nearly $15,000.

uder construction isa two hundred foot extension, eighty feet in width, of the boiler
shop on the river bank; a large fire-pruof pattern. house, 50x100 feet; a forty-four bin cval
chute; a two story paint shop of eighteen car capacity; a large car shop on the east of the
main track between the main or Atchison line andthe Kansas City branch, and on the
south of the main building, a colossal round house, all of which expenditures will aggregate
nearly half a williun dollars, 4

In 1880, there were 144 locomotives made; in 1881, there were 126 old and new engines,
and the)e are now upwards of 300 engin: s in use on the road.

Wester. Foundry und Macaine Shop.—This business, carried on at the corner of
Second and Jefferson streets, was commenced by Cox, Stribling & Co., of Madison, Ind., in
1867. _The firm consisted of Joun Cobb, Thomas RK. Cobv U.K. Stribling, Ira H. Smith and
C. A. Bliss, the two latter named persone being of this city. September 4, 1868, the man-
agement was under Messrs. Smith and Bliss. The structure is built of stone and brick, the
walls having a thickness of two feet, stone being the inner, brick the outer material. The
original building was burned in 1875, and the buildings now standiug were erected in
1878-80. R. L. Cofrau, the present proprietor, made the purchase from the original pro-
prietors in July, 1876. Mr. Cofrau came from Wheelock, Vt.

yhe main building is two stories high, 50x125 feet; the boiler shop is 24x40; the black-
smith shop, 24x35; th: brass foundry, 30x30.

The value of the whole property is about $25,000. Its local work is mainly general re-
pairing; its specia.tv is mill machinery, and orders are coming in from all parts of the
pape rom Colorado and New Mexico. Its machinery is iu excellent order aud of the latest
styles. :

At the outset about half a dozen men were employed; now it numbers thirty among its
emplo) es; their average wages are $3 per cay. :

Cupital Lron Works.—These werks wee established in October, 1878, and articles of
incorpuration were filed May 31,1879. Akers, Russell and Martin were the proprietors.
The foundry has a two story frout, standing and facing on Seventh Street 60 feel; it extends
on Hulliday stieet 350 feet. The blacksmith shop is 30x80 feet. It has ten forges. The
machine shop faces on Seventh streec and ts 60x60. The office and pattern buildings are
west of the railruad track, opposite the foundry, 25x80 feet.

The present proprietors are as follows: Presiuent, William Fidler; Secretary and
Treasurer, C. H. Rodemer; Superi tendent, H. G. Williams.

Their offi-e and works are situated ons block south of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
passenger uepot. Much ot them work is forthe Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Com-
pany. They manufacture engines, pulleys, shafting, columns, pilasters, arches, liutels,
prismatic Hehe and diamond sidewalk plates, lamp and hitching posts, cast iron piles, pile
arivers and derricks, street and coal mine railway supplies, ornamental fencipg and mill
machinery. 2

They manufactured the iron roof of the west wing of the State House, and the iron work
of the guvernment building, corner of Fifth aud Kansas avenue. ‘The wruughtirun work
and stairway of the Windsor was manufactured by them, and their iron store and house
Erouts may be seen in Denver, Col., in Trinidad, New Mexico, and in the p ineipal towns of

ausas.

They manufacture stone crushers and ore reducers. Mr.John Hervey, one of the work-
men, has invented an ore crusher, for which he 1eceived a patent June 9, 1802, which 1e-
duces the ore to a fine powder, and obviates the necessity of astamp mill. He hasalsoa
mechanical movement adapted to several kinds of machinery, which is a power for valve
motion. There are sixty-five men employed in these works. Their prices are fium $2.5U
to $3 verday. The work turned out during the year amounts to about $125,000.

City Foundry.—Tuis fs situated near the northeast corner of Kausas avenue and Third
street, Charles Lindensclmidt, proprietor. Mr. Lindenschmidt manufactures i1on fences,
stairways and railing. aud wheelbarrows. His first place of business was on the east side
of Kansas avenue, between Fourth and Fifthstreets, He at first did considerable mouuld-
ing and a general work, but his line of labor now is mainly confined to the above specialties.

Barbed Wire Works.—The manufacture of barbed wire was commenced on Railroad
street, North Topeka, by Hulburt & Guuld, in March, 1879. In 1880, their interesis were
disposed of to J. S. Beverly, He sold August 1, 1880, his interests to O. Huckstadt, and
Charl. s R. Paine then commenced the business? renting of Mr. Huckstadt. The works are
now located at No. 110 Kansas avenue, North Topeka, where there is ashop 24 feet wide;
the front room is forty feet in length,the rear room is sixty feet. Since March 1, 1882, six per-
sous have been engaged in the shops. There are 1,00 pounds of barbed wire manufactured
daily, five barbing machines being in use. There is a large local retail demand. The wnole-
sale trade is at varivus puints on the Union Pacific aud Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
roads. Mr. Paine has invented a barb-cutter which works to a charm, making all the barbs
alike perfect It saves both labor aud matetial.

The Central. Flowring Milis (North Topeka).—This establishment, No. 68, Kansas _ave-
nue, L, P. J, Laurent, proprietor, fr nts fifty feet on the avenue aud 175 feet on Curtis
street. The front, stone part, is 51 feetin length; the wood part, in the rear, is 74 fe t,and
there are corn crils attached. It has three run of stones, with a separator, smutter and
prushing machine, aud a steam corn-sheller which can shell 200 bushels in an hour.

It has a cupola erected to elevate wheat and distribute it over the mill, and a switch
from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ferailroad runs along the north side of the miil on
Curtis street, A substantial brick smoke stack was‘erected in 1881, at a cost of $350. Ithas
a purifier costing about $400, which is used in manufacturing patent flour. It has a capacit:
to manufacture 5,000 pounds of four a day, and its corn buhr can turn out from 300 to 40
bushels of meal or corn chop per day. The flour is manufactured mostly for home con-
sumption.

The value of the mill property is $10,000. Mr. Laurent originally put up the millon the
Kaw half-breed lands, No, 5, as a saw mill, and he moved )t to North Topeka in 1869, aud
put 1t up as a flouring mill, where it had extensive patronage iu the then uew town of

eugene. +

sherbaiee D2 sltee ne presente owners of this mill are J. P. Griswold and J. L. Shella-
barger, of this city, and D. S. Shellabarger, of Decatur, 11., who obtained this property in
the spring of 1871. It had then three run of stones, aud employed five men. It new em-

_ploys ten men and has seven run of stones. The site is the southwest cor.er of Kansas ave-

jue and Third street, The main building is an attractive structure 40x50 feet. The store
house for fiour has a 45 feet front. The structure is tliree stories in height, and there is an
elevator whose capacity is 35,000 bushels. The mill can grind 1,000 bushels of wheat

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The mill was rebuilt in the latter part of the year 1879, and it was refurnished with new
machinery, and commenced under the improved reyime January 1, 1880. Its cost was
$18,000. It has a fine ninety horse power eugine, and it is heated by steam througbout. It
is aimodel mill from basement to roof, and its interior is finished in as tasty a manner as the
better class of business houses. This firm dealslargely in grain Their shipments of coun
have reached 50,000 bushels a year, and the average sale of their mill proms reaches
$200,000 a year. East, they ship flour to Chicago; north, to Iowa; west, to the Rocky Moun.
tains; south, to the Gulf of Mexico,
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The Inter Ocean Flouring Mills, were commenced by Mr. Gordon, of Wyandotte. When
the building was finished, in November, 1878, Thomas Page and Willis Norton purchased
the property, put iu the machinery, and started the mill, in July, 1879. Originaliy its capa-
city was 15u barrels, at present itis 200 barrels, It isa merchant mill exclusively. They
usethe Hungarian patent process, Wegman’s patent porcelain rollers, and W. D. Gray’s
patent noiseless roller mill. They give employment to twelve men, and wanufacture winter
wheat flour altogether, Their shipments are largely local, and to Iowa, [Ninois and Texas.

Topeka Milland Elevator Company was organized in 1882, with a cash capital of $100,-
000. hen completed, which will be in the fall of 1882, the buildings controlled by the
company will comprise a flour mill, capacity 225 barrels per day; a ress linseed oil
mill, capacity 750 bushels of seed daily, and an elevator with a capacity of 60,000 bushels.

flicers: }. G. Noel, president; J. D. Burr, secretary and treasurer. Stockhulders: L. Z.
Leiter, Chicago; George Hackney, J. D. Burr, and P. G. Noel, Topeka.

The Topeka Sugar Refining Company was organized in December, 1881. articles of in-
corporation being filed aboutthe 18th of February. Capital $50,000. ©. KX. Holliday, presi-
dent; George S. Brown, vice-president; Willis Norton, treasurer, and J. G. Slonecker,
secretary. The works will be ready for operation by October 1, 1882. The company will
start with a capacity of 200 bushels of corn per day. Will employ about twelve hands.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

FRANKLIN G. ADAMS was born in Rodman, Jetferson Co., N. Y, May 13, 1824.
He was bred on a farm and had the advantages only of a common school education and the
use of school district and town libraries. At.the age of nineteen, having removed to Cin-
cinnati he had the advantage of the private instruction of an older brother; of lectures in
medica: and law schools, etc. He taught school for a number of years in the Cincinnati
public schools, and, in 1852, graduated from the Law Departmentof Cincinnati College He
came to Kansas in March, 1855, aud settled with the Ashland Colony in Riley County. The
following spring he removed to Leavenworth, and the spring after to Atchison. 1n 1861 he
removed to Lecompton, and, subsequently, in the same vear to Topeka, where he resided
until the spring of 1864, when he returned to Atchison. Inthe spring of 1865 he went to
the Kickapoo Agency at Kennekuk, and in 1868 to Muscotah, residing there until August,
1869, when he returned to Atchison, In 1870 he removed to Waterville, Marshall County,
and in the spring of 1875 to Topeka, H has been identified with the literary and journal-
istic history of the Territory and State as follows: He became part owner ot. and editorial
writer, for the Squatter Sovereign at Atchison in the spring of 1857; in August, 1862, be-
came part owner and editor of the Topeka State Record; in 1868, being Secretary of the
State Agricultural Society had editorial charge of the Kansas Farmer at Topeka; in the
spring of 1864 established the Atchisun Daily and Weekly Free Press and was editor and
Principal pepgstor for most of the time untilits consolidation with the Champion in
August, 1868. He was editor and proprietor of the Waterville Telegraph in 1871-72, In
1873 he compiled and published the ‘' Homestead Guide,” a volume of 312 pages, giving the
history and resources of northwestern Kansas, In 1876 as Chairman of the Educational
Committee of the Kansas State Grange, he prepared a report on industrial education,
which was published in pamphlet and widely circulated as since made several other
such reports. Before coming to Kansas he compiled a’ Key to the Pronunciation of Geo-
graphical Names,” pronunciation given in the phonetic alphavet, which was published
by Truman & Spofford, Cincinnati. in 1850. In 1852. as Chairman of a Committee of the
Ohio State Teachers’ Association, he prepared a report on the spelling reform, which was
published in a pampblet of sixteen pages. Hecompiled ‘‘The Lives of the Presidents,”
@ volume which was vublished, with portraits, by Longley Bros., Cincinnati, in the pho-
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i in 1854, a volume of 219 pages. Among the many offices of honor ajid trust
oe slecnpuly filled are the following: He was Probate Judye of Atchison
County from April, 1858, to January, 1860. Was amember of the Leavenworth Constitu-
tiona: Convention from Atchison County in 1858. In March, 1861, was appointed by Presi—
dent Lincoln Register of the United States land-office at Lecompton—and went to reside
there. Moved the office to Topeka in September of that year, and held the office of Register
till January, 1864. Was Clerk of the United States District Court of Kansas from October,
1863, to ‘April, 1864, In March, 1865, was appointed United States Indian Agent for
the Kick upoos, aud held the office until August, 1869. In February, 1876, became Secretary
of the State Historical Society, of which position he is the present incumbent (1883). He

married Miss Harriet E. Clark, of Cincinnali, daughter of John H. and Margaret-Clark, at .

. io, September 29.1855. The have had ten children, of whom seven survive
ea EO erie January 13. 1859; Henry J., born at Lecompton, August 21, 1861;
Harriet. born at the Kickapoo Ageicy, ennekuk, February 20, 1867; George, born near
Atchison. October 10, 1869: Margaret L., born near Waterville, April 13, 1878; Samuel,
born at Topeka, December 3, 1877: Paul, born at Topeka, February 20, 1881. Mr. Adams
was all through the early and troublous times a staunch Free-state man, as appears in the
histories of the various counties in which he resided, So far as his life is embodied in the
history of the Slate and its institutions, the honorable record appears in the history itself.
As may be inferred from this meager sketch, he is and always has been polltically a Re-
publican of the strictest school,

: HISTORY OF KANSAS.

FRANK A, ALLEN, farmer and horse-trainer, Section 28, P. O. Topeka, owns seven .
acres, with frame dwelling, stable and heunery. He was born in Ohio, Greene County,
January 14, 1851, and caine to Kansas with his parents in 1855, locating on piceent place,
which isa partof the claim his father pre-empted. Was married May 27, 1876, to Miss
Jennie Rodgers. Mr. A. makes a Specialty of training horses fortrotting, runing, and
roadsters e has three fine blooded horses which he is training for exhibition at State
fairs healso trains wild and vicious horses bythe Rarey method. He has quite a large
hennery. about 400 hens of the best breeds, among them the brown and white Leghorns,
the light Braimas and white Cochins. Mr. A, was in the service of Col. Jennison during the
wat, carrying dispatches and giving information, and being ut a boy passed at all times
through the lines without exciting suspicion, doing a great deal of service which it would
have been impossibl: for a man to perform 7 7

ALBERT ALLEAUME, cigars, tobacco, and notions, came to Kansas in 1874 from
Paris, France. He was born April, 1843 in Alencon, province of Orne, He went to
Paris in 1861, and was engaged as a commercial traveler fora dry-goods firm for several
‘Kears. He was in Paris during the siege of that city during the Franco-Prussian war and
witnessed the terrible revolution of the Communists during those memorable and awful
days from March 18 to May 28, 1871, when the city was riot and human life was of no value
tothe mob. Mr. A. has some reminiscences of those days in the siape of qeges of shell and
ball picked up in front of his doorway in Paris or the morning of May 23 1871. In 1874
he came to Topeka. He is a member of the 1.0.0 F. Shawnee Lodge, No. 1.

LUTHER Mt. ANDERSON, school teacher North Topeka, was born in Lawrence County,
Ill. He was educated atthe Alton high school, and taught his first public school in that
city in 1866. sincethen hetaught at Oxford Miss., Greenville Miss., Columbia, Ark., at
Goodletsville near Nashville, Teun,, and also near “Evansville, Ind. He was a member of
the School Board of Greenville, Ind. in 1875; he moved from Evansville to Topeka, Kan.,
in August, 1878, and was there employed as teache. inthe Douglas school on Kansas avenue;
he is now teaching in the Lan¢ schoolon Topeka avenue: he has followed his profession
uninterruptedly since he begar teaching, and has always given satisfaction to his patrons.
His father, the Rev. D. W. Anderson. was Pastor of the largest church in the district, and
was well and favorably known in thatcity: he died in 1874. Mr. Luther Anderson was
twice married: hi: first wife, Miss Sarah P. Johnson, of Alton, Ill, died in March, 1864,

she was the daughter of Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Wood Rock, near the same city; they had two
children his present wife was Miss Josephine Fisher, of Columbia, ChicotCo., Ark. They
were marriec in 1875. and have four cbildren—one son, Thomas J. Anderson, is porter on
a Pullman sleeping car onthe A., T, & 8. F. R. R., from Kansas City to Denver. _

HON. THOMAS J. ANDERSON was born in Atwater, Portage County Ohio, May 29,
1839, and received a thorough English education at the Marlboro Union School conducted
by that able educator, Prof. ‘Holbrook, who subsequently founded the State Normal School
at Lebanon, Ohio. Though denied the advantages of the s -called higher education, at the
age of seventeen he bad laid a foundation broad and deep for the future on which, by
constant reading and keen observation he ha” built a superstructure which is seldom sur—
passed by college graduates, His father, Martin Anderson, was of Scotch-Irish extraction,
‘and his mother nee Ellen Houck, was of German lineage. He combines the best qualities
of both races. as is abundantly shown by his past life, wherein sagacity, activity, patience
and courage have been required at every step. Whether as subordinate or chief, he has
ever been a vigorous disciplinarian, and never failed to maintain order in every depart-
ment over which he had coutrol. without the petty acts which characterize the martinet, A
man of broad views and generous heart, he has always had hosts of warm friends upon
whose devotion he could depend in the most trying circumstances of a varied life. Al-
though a hard worker he also believes that certaiu hours should be devoted to refreshment,
and when they arrive he is ever ready to eujoy them with rare zest. In 1856 he went
to lowa from his native State. After a year’s residence there he joined his parents, and
with them removed to Kansas, locating at Grasshopper Falis, now Valley Falls. His father
was a Free-soiler. and on settling in this State gave his heart aud his hand to promote the
cause of freedom. identifying himself with the Free-state party, and being a speaker
of more than ordinary ability he rose rapidly from the rauks, and in 1864 was elected State
Treasurer His son following the good example set by his sire, became an active member
of the same party. and with him orgauized the Republican party in Jackson County, 1858.
At the election following this he was elected County Surveyor. But anon was heard the
noise of civil war, and our young surveyor was not slow in responding to the summons for
volunteers. Enlisting in the Fifth Kansas Regiment United Statcs Volunteers in June,
1861, upon its organization, he was appointed Sergeant Major, a position which he held
until the fall of 1861, when he was discharged from the ranks and commissioned Lieuten-
ant of Engineers on Gen. Lane's staff, and served with that officer until his ill-starred expe-
dition to Texas failed, when he was mustered out. In February, 1863. President Lincoln
appointed him Assistant Adjutant General, with rank of Captain, and he was assigned to
duty as one of the staff of Maj. Gen. J. G. Blunt, and organized the Fourteenth Kansas Cav<
alry and the Second Kansas Colored Infantry. In March, 1864, he was appointed to a
majorship, yet served as Asssistant Adjutant General under Gens. Thayer, Blunt, and
MeNell, of the Army of the Frontier, and while the latter was doing service in Arkansas,
was his Chief of Staff. For meritorious services he was breveted Lieutenant Colonel, and
two days later breveted Colonel. At the earnest solicitation of Gov. Crawford he re-
signed in April, 1865, to accept the appointmentof Adjutant General of Kansas, and having
reorganized his department he completed the military records in a style which has saved a
world of trouble t. the agents employed to settle the claims of the State against the Federal
Government. This position he resigned to accept the agency of the Kansas Pacific R. B.,
which he heli for over six years and then resigned to take the double office of General
Freight and Ticket Agent ofthe K. M. R. R. When that was purchased by the Atchison,
Topeka & Sante Fe Company he was appointed General Passenger Azent for the latter, and
continued in that department for nearly three years and then was appointed General Agent
of the company, in charge of its freight and passenger interests in Kansas, Colorado, and
New Mexico, with headquarters at Pueblo. from March, 1878. until fall of the same year;
headquarters from March, 1879, to September, 1879, at Denver, Col.; then at Kansas City
until he was appointed Postmaster at Topeka in 1881. During the years of 1875 and 1876 he
was Mayor ot Topeka, displaying superior ability in discharging the duties as Executive of
city government. In 1879 he was elected a representative in the Legislature of Kansas,
where he exerted a powerful influence in sha ing legislation tv promote the best interests
“of the commonwealth. He was re-elected to the house in 1881 receiving every vote cast in
the district; wasa delegate to the Chicago Convention in 1880, aud yoted for Gen. Grant
thirty-six times and carries theold guard medal. Was appointed Postmaster at Topeka in
March 1881, by President Garfield. Appoiuted Brigadier General Kansas State Militia in
July 1882 and Major General in August, 1882, by Gov. St. John, Chairman of Committee of
Thirty-eight, in charge of bho greag sold ers’ reunion held in Topeka in Septeusber, 1882.
Elected Department Commander, Grand Army of the Republir, Department of Kansas,
January 25 1883. Asamember ofthe A., F. & A, M., the free-will o erings of his breth-
ren in the way of official positions have been numerous. He was Worshipful Master of
Topeka Lodge, o. 17, during 1872; High Priest of Topeka Chapter in 1867 and 1868, and in
1870 71, and Eminent Commander of Topeka Commandery from its organization until 1873.
In 1867 he was elected Grand King of the Grand Chapter. In 1874-75 Deputy High Priest,
and in 1876 Grand High Priest. In 1870 he was elected Grand Captain General of the
Grand Commandery; nh 1871, Graud Generalissimo; in 1873, Duputy Grand Commander;
andin 1874, Grand Commander,

W. M. ANDERSON, of the firm of H. I. Cook & Co., hardware merchants, is a native of
Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, resided there until ‘1866, when he removed to Iowa City,
Iown, where he became connected with the First National Bank of that city, being cashier
of thatinstitution for five years of the time just rior to coming to Topeka to embark in
his present business, He was married in Topeka, February 21, 1883, to Carrie B. Shively.
a A. is. S memDer of the A., F. & A. M., and was a charter member of the K. of P. Lodge
at lowa 2

THOMAS ARCHER, attorney at law and notary public, was born in Jefferson County,
Ky., near Louisville, July 13. 1833. The next year his parents moved to Missouri, where
he lived until he was seventeen years of age. He then went to Pittsfield, Ills., and after re-
malning there three years returned to Missouri, which was his home until he came to
Kansas in 1857. Topeka was hip first location afte. going to Kansas, and with the exception
of three years spentin the army, has been his home ever since. He was. engaged in brick-

making one year subsequent to his arrival, and in lime-burning during the succeeding
eighteen months. From the beginning he ran an “underground railroad” with John
Brown? ‘vas with that patriot at the battle of the Spurs, fought near Holton, Jackson
Co., Kan, ndinhislasttrip through Missouri. He enlisted August 8, 1861. in Comp
A, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry and served until August 1), 1N6d. He was shot throug
the shoulder at the battle of Pine Bluff, October 25, 1863. and lost the use of his right arm.
Upon leaving the service he retui ned to Topekaand was for eighteen months engaged in
the grocery business. September 1, 1864. he was appointed Deputy Sheriff and held that
P sition twelve years, being Constable at the same time. He was admitted to the bar March

, 1872, and has been in active practice most of the time since. At one session of the
House of Representatives he was Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, and at the next Sergeant-at-
Arms. Heisa member oftheI O O. F and has held all the offices in that order, having
filled every chair in the subordinate lodge and encampment, andis P.M. of Grand Encamp-
ment, Heisa member of theG A. R., past post surgeon and a member of the Ancient Or-
der of Templars, a temperance organization of which he is treasurer; also member and past
chaplain of the For-sters. He was married in Topeka, September 26 1867, to Ruth C.
Hard, a native of Grand Rapids, Mich. They have two children—Lulu and Minnie.

N. B. ARNOLD, 413 Kansas avenue, North Topeka, born in Columbus, Ind., Sep-
tember, 1840. He jett there when quite young and went to Bloomington, in the same
State, and was educated at the State University in that city, graduating in 1862. He studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He practiced his
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who resided and practiced in North To:
c peka. He was married to Mrs. Fisk h
cernou, dnd., in 1876, “Mr. Arnold was Justice of the Peace in dhe aioe of iteneks for
Norn To eka. is brother, a graduate of the same university, is a leading druggist in
A. AUSTIN, now attorney and U. S. Commissione:
1n Lafayette, Ind., where he lived until his removal to To oper Maree Tyke tie foot
cated ae anne A Maite of HPtayette, ead law in the same place; attended the law
the winter of 1av7, Wutloie un Arbor, and was admitted to the Indiana bar in

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afayette he served for a time as Deputy Clerk of the Circuit ~

Court. He has been engaged in the practice of law since his location in Topeka, and has ©

seryed a Commissioner 8! nes November, 1880.
, manufacturer of furniture, was born in Burlington, Iowa, October 22
1856 He has worked at the business which he is now engaged a since ne’ was pee
years 0! tage, having been employed several years in Chicago, Galesburg, I11., and Ottumwa,

ova tt e came to Topeka in July, 1881, and has been engaged in furniture business here
8 nee attime He keeps an elegant stock of upholstered furniture, and if his patrons are
une le to make satisfactory selectionstherefrom he will manufacture to order, on short
notice, sucb goods as they may desire. He has ample facilities, and keeps from six to seven
men constant! employed in the manufacturing department of ‘his business, Mr. Bacher is

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amember ot the 1. . A, O. U. W., and the Turners’ Societ;
FRANK BAILEY, M. D, is a native of Galesburg, lll, His principal literary education
was acquired at Blackburn University, in Illinois, aed ab Wabhsh CAlege. Indiana. For

two years he attended the St. Louis Medical College, at St. Louis, and afterward entered
Starling Medica! College, at Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from ‘the latter institution. He
came to Topeka in November, 1882. Since February, 1883, he has been associated as a part-
wer with Dr. D. C. Jonesvone of the most skillful physicians of this city. Dr, Bailey is a son
of Rev. J. W. Bailey, D.D., of Columbus, Ohio, now one of the trustees of the Western Theo-
logical Seminary, of Allegheny City, Pa. Also for twelve years President of Blackburn
University, at Carlinville, 111, and pier to that time was for eight years one of the .profes-
sors of Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.

THOMAS H. BAIN, attorney and real estate agent, was born at Marysville, Union Co.
Ohio, December 27, 1852, and was educated in the public schools of his native county an
at the National Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio. He graduated August 18, 1876, and then
Great heud, where he remained watt January: 1c 188i, atehar date removing to Topeka,

2 a ned until January 1, , at that date removing to Topeka,
where he had established a business in October. 1880. He was admitted to the bar of Kan-

 

sas, December 5, 1881, and has since been engaged in practice at Topeka in connection with -

his real estate business. Mr. Bain was married at Ncrwalk, Ohio, September 25, 1879, to
Mary E. Martin, a native of Collins, Huron Co., Ohio. They have onechild—May, He is a
mamber of the} . 0. O. F. and Good Templars, being recording secretary of Shawnee Lodge

‘RB. Je BAIRD, carpenter'and builder, residence 90 Clay street, between Third and
Fourth. Came to Atchison, Kan., first in 1867, ona visit; returned to_ Washington, D. C.,
remaining there until the 21st of May, 1870, then started for Kansas. Located at Burling-
ton, Coffey County, where he remained a short time and then came to Topeka, where he has
since resided. Does a fair business and is successful as a carpenter and builder, Was a car—
ponter inthe United States Navy; wentirom Washington, D. C., in 1861, on the transport

aniel Webster, and sailed along the Virginia coast. Was transferred to Sackett’s Har-
bor, New York, and remained there about eight months, and then went to Harper’s Ferry,
being transferred to land service, following his trade.- Went home at the close of the war
from Harper’s Ferry. He was born in Washington, D.C., August 27, 1839, and remained
there, with the exception of his war service, until coming West, working at histrade. He
was married in 1873, in Topeka, to Miss Clara V. Fiery, formerly of Washington County,
near Hagerstown, Md. They have two childrenBessie V. and Joseph R.

ANDREW BAKER, blacksmith, Railroad street, North Topeka. Came to Topeka in
June, 1881, from Yankton, D. T. Was born February 3, 1839, at Fayette, Fayette Co.,
Ohio’ Moved with his father to Coles County, Ill., and worked in Government service as
blacksmith during the war at Mattoon. Remained there twenty-five years and removed to
Yankton in 1864. Was marriedin 1861 in Coles County, Ill; to Miss Martha Simpson.
Have four children—Mary A., Seth, Lydia and Ida.

ON, FLOYD P, BAKER is a native of Fort Anu, Washington Co., N. Y.,where he was
born November 16,1820. His grandfather, Reuben ‘Baker, was a native of ‘Massachusetts;
porn in the town of Rehoboth, May 30, 1758; served in the Revolutionary War, and at its
close removed to [ra, Vermont, and subsequently emigrated to Fort Ann, N. Y., settling
upon a farm which has ever since been owned by him and his descendents,the resent owner
being Hon. Isaac V. Baker, Jr., his great grandson, well known as aman 0 affairs in the
Staie, having represented his District in the State Legislature for ten consecutive years,
and now being State Superintendent of Prisons in the State of New York. Reuben aker
was married in 1783, to Lydia Mason, of Swansea, Mass. They had seventeen children,
The eldest, Nathan, was killed at Sackett’s Harbor, in the military service of his country,
during the war of 1612 Reuben, the second son, the father of Floyd P., was born in Ira,
Vt., November 9, 1784; died in Burlington, Towa, December 2, 1865. _ He married,
Angust 30, 1810, Miss Lois C Baxter, daughter of Moses Baxter, who served in the Revo-
lutionary War, and suffered imprisonment in Canada, for some months during the struggle.
Mrs. Baker was of Scotch descent, her maternal grandfather—Chaffee, being a Scotchman.
He was a soldier during the French and Indian War.prior tothe Revolut ionary War, and was
killed in ove of the numerous bloody encounters with the Indians, near Sandy Hill, Wash-
ington Co., N. Y. The subject of this sketch was the fourth son of Reuben and Lois (Baxter)
Baker His father was a school teacher, and found difficulty only surmounted by strict ab-
stemiousness.and pinching economy.in supporting the fast coming and numerous family with
which Provid-nce blessed him. In those days both poverty and honesty wer+ lore common
than now, and the shifts to raise a large fainily, Involved sacrifice, and developed characters
not common to the surroundings of ease and luxury that Prevail in these latter times. At
the aye of eignt years young Floyd went to live with Mathias Whitney, a farmer of

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nn. Heremained there until eighteen years of age, laboring on the farin, and ac-
quiring what education could be gained in the three months term of the winter district
schools. He was diligent and apt as a scholar, and made such use of these meagre advan-
tages as to fit himself as a teacher, and atthe age of eighteen he took charge of the school
at Hamburg, Erie Co, N. Y., where he remained six months, Inthe spring of 1839, he first
visited what was then the “tar West.” At Hillsdalo, Mich., he set u a blacksmith shop,
which he ran with indifferent success for a year. ‘In 1840 he returned to his native State,
and became agent for a line of packet boats ‘upon the Champlain Canal, then controlled ay
his brother. He wasalso agent for the winter stage line between Albany and Whitehal
then a part of the route between New York and Moutreal. He remained in charge of these
lines for nearly seven years during which time his residence was principally in Troy. In
1847, he Baye up his agencies and took a contract to build a section of two miles on ths
Hudson River Railroa . The coutract proved disastrously unprofitable, swallowing up the
savings of many years, and leaving him embarrassed with unpaid debts. He determined
again to try the West, and accordingly, having made as goorl a settlement of his wrecked
affairs as possible, removed with his wife and child to Racine, Wis., settling on a farm which
he carried on in connection with an insurance business for about three years. In 1850, his
wife died, and, in 1851, having re-married, be determined to try his fortunes in some dis-
tantor foreign land. With his wife and son he traveled with his own conveyance to St.
Louis, thence by boat down the Mississippi to New Orleans. There his only son sickened
and died. The heavy hearted couple ursued their weary journey, by way of Panama, to
San Francisco; thence, after a few months sojourn, they sailed for the Sandwich Islands,
arriving, after a tedious passage, in dunc, 1853. Within three weeks after lamivg he was
appointed ‘crown attorney and clerk of the district court of Hawaiian Islands, and removed
to Hilo, which was to be his permanent residence. Before getting settled he was obliged,
on account of the prevalence of smail-pox in Honolulu, from whence he had sailed, to en-
dure a season of quarantine confinement outside the limits of the town. The quarantine
hospital was in the crater of an extinct volcano. While there his second son was born, who
can certainly boast of as novel a birthplace as any man living. Mr. Baker performed the
duties of his office for nearly eighteen months, when, tiring of his semi-barbarous surround-
ings, he gave up his position and turned his face again towards his native land, In Febru-
ary, 1855, he sailed ‘for San Francisco From thence via the Nicaragua route, ho returned
tothe States,” and settled in Andrew County, Mo., where he remained until 1860 engage a
in farming and land speculation. He came to Kansas in 1860, first settling in Centralia,
Nemaha County. There he carried on farming, racticed law, and served at different times
as County Attorney, and Superintendent of Schools. He remained in Nemaba County for
three years, servilg is.a member of the State Legislature in 1861-62, from the district com-
posed of Nemaha, Marshall and Washington counties. In 1863, having purchased an inter-
est inthe Kan as State Record, he removed his family to Topeka. For nearly eight years
he remained connected with the paper, until its consolidation with the Commonwealth, in
1871, a* which time he retired, In 1872 Baker went to Denison, Texas, where he
established the Denison Journal, which he conducted with ability and success until 1874.
During his sojourn there, from ‘April, 1873, to the 1st of June, 1875, he held the office of
Postmaater. March 7, 1875, he purchased the office of the Commonwealth, with which he
has retained his connection as chiet proprietor and editor in chief to the presenttime. Dur-
ing the long period of his residence in Kansas, nearly a quarter of a century, his life has
be en interwoven with the political history of the State. He has,-as a journalist, shown that
peculiar ability, which, if acking ephemeral brilliancy, ends in lasting success. He has
during the time been at the head ‘of the mostinfluential journals of the Republican party in
Kansaa, and has done much in molding the destinies and directing the management of its
affairs. It is perhaps unnecessary to add that he has been from the beginning astaunch and
unswerving Republican, and with Nestor-like solicitude, has stood in defense of the
doctrines and organization of his party from first to last, being lured by none of the numer-
ous side issues which have presented themselves, to sacrifice or jeopardize its unity on the
reat national questions which alone insure it prolonged life and power. His rank among
angas journalists is at the head, he being now the President of the Kansas Editorial Asso-
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ciation. To him in a great measure Is the State indebted for the present historical State
collection, he being one of the early organizers of the Kansas State Historical Society, its first
Secretary, and an active and efficient member of its ex.cutlve board ever since its organiza-
tion. Mr. Baker has beep twice married. February 14, 1844, at Amsterdam, N. Y., he
married Eliza F., daughter of John Wilson She died at Kacine, Wis.,1n 1850. They haa
one son, Floyd P.bornin Troy N Y July 10, 1847, died in New Orleans January 5, 1853.
Maren 7, 1851, he married Orinda,daughte: of John C. Searle,of Racine, Wis., formerly from
Fort Plain, N.Y. They have hac fiv children, four of whom survive—Nestor R., born near
Hilo, Hawaiian Island, August 13,1853 Clifford C., burnat Moundville, Wis., May 31 1855;
Isaac N., born af Rochester, Mo., August 1.1857, and Minnie L., born in Topeka, May 21,
1863. Mr. Baker is amember of the Masonic Order, being made a Mason in is4c. He
also became an Odd Fellow in 1844, and has been at the head of the order in Kansas,
being Grand Master in 1862, and represented the order in Kansas in the Gi and Lodge of
the United States,in 1867. He visited Europe in 1878, as Assistant Commissioner to the
World’s Fair, in Paris, making the tour of Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, Ire-
land and Scotlana, while abroad. He was assigned the subject of Forestry, aid made a re-
port on thesubject, which was published with the other reports, Few men following the

eaceful avocations of life have had a more varied experience, and few carry the weight of
hardships,discouragements and coming years, more sturdily or cheerfully in the quiet even~
ing of success fairly won. On the 24th of July, 1882, he was appointed one of the Commis-
sioners of the Foresters’ Bureau of the Agricultural Department of the United States Gov-
ernment at Washington, and assigned to duty in the Mississippi Valley, and west to the
Rocky Mountains.

AUGUSTUS H. BARNARD was born in Manchester, Vt., April 9, 1832; lived there
until he was seven years of age, then his parents removed with t) eir family to Palmyra,
Mich., where he lived until he came to Kansas jn April, 1855, After stopping a few days at
Lawrence he took a claim on Deer Creek, one mile anda half from Topeka In the spring
of 1856 he became one of the organizers ‘of the Kansopolis Town Company and remained @
member of that company unti the spring of 1863; also engaged in farming and freighting.
In 1863 he removed to Leavenworth, where he continued in the freighting business until
the spring of 1869. He then removed to Fairmount, Leavenworth County. where he was
merchant, station agent, and Postmaster until the spring of 1871, when he removed te

Plaine, Sumner County, his famil being the first at that place, While there he was
engaged in farming, freighting, and hotel keeping. He kept the first hotel there and did the
first freighting to that place, oing as far as Florence for supplies. He remained at Belle
Plaine about eighteen months, then removed to Wellington, in the same county, where he
was engaged in hotel keeping until his removal from there. Tn 1875 he built the Hotel de
Barnard, which he recently leased, and removed to Topeka in September, 1882. While at
Wellington he served one term as a member of the Common Council. In_the early strug-
gles between the Free-state and Pro-slavery parties, he was always found among the fore-
most Free-state men. He was a warm personal friend of John rown, being frequently
with him, Mr. Barnard was married at Delaware, Delware Co., Ubio, May 26, 1860,
to Catherine Smith, anative of Galena, Ohio. They have two children—Nellie £. and
Edwina, two charming and accomplished young ladies. - f

GEORGE BATES located in Topeka in 1868, and was engaged in the dry-goods_busi-
ness in the city until January, 1881. Since March 15, 1882, he has been associated with
Henry Taylor inthe loan business. Mr. Bates is a native of Hampshire County, Southamp-
ton, Mass:, and spent the early years of his life in Trumbull, Ohio. .

W. L. BATES, of the firm of Bates & Clements, dry-goods merchants, was porn at Alli-
ance, Ohio, April 8, 1859, living there until he came to Topeka in 1868. He was educated at
Oberlin College. He has been connec.ed with the mercantile business since 1874, as a mem-
ber of the firm of G. P. Bates & Son, one year prior to the organization of the present firm
in January, 1881, Mr. D. A. Clements being now associated with him as a partner.

CARROLL N. BEAL, real estate loan broker. Came to Kansas and located at Leaven-
worth, September 20. 1862. He resided in that city about seven years, and then went to.
Louisville, Kansas, where he remained until the fail of 1875, en aged in mercantile, ab-
stract, banking and real estate business, when he removed to Topeka. He was with the
Kansas Loan and Trust Co., as examiner of securities about four pears, and then with the
National Loan and Trust Co., as secretary until May 6, 1882, when be established the firm of
©. N. Beal & Co., brokers and dealers in Kansas real estate securities, etc. He is also a
member of the firm of Beal Bros., bankers, at Louisville, Pottawatomie County, Kansas,
he and his brother having established that business there some ten years ago. He was
born in Vevay, Switzerland Co., Ind., his residence prior. to his removal to Leavenworth
being Indianapolis. He was married at Louisville, Kansas, July 8, 1872, to Cordelia C, Hug-

ans; ‘a native of Michigan, They have four children, Eldon M., ‘Don H., Ray C., and an in-
‘ant son,

F. A. BECKSTROM, house and sign painter, paper hanger, etc. Was born in Sweden,
February 5,1841. He there learned his trade, beginning in 1855 and serving an apprentice~
ship of six years. Was married in Sweden in 1865 to Miss Ingaree Nelson. hey are mem-
pers of the Swedish Lutheran Church. Heemigrated to America in 1868, lorating at
Chicago, where he worked at his trade two years. He then came to Topeka where he has
since resided. He has painted many of the rincipal residences and business houses in the
city. He has now an extensive business and employs eight to fifteen men,

B. S. BENNETT, carpenter,-was born in Lilinois in 1840; his father, Mr. B. C. Bennett,
having removed there from Pennsylvania in 1838, but returning again in 1846 settled in
Bucks County, where the subject of this sketch acquired the trade of a carpenter, waking a
cruise of three } ears in that capacity to European waters on board the United States sloop
of war ‘‘Jamestown.” Immediately upon his return to his native land in 1861, be enlisted
for three months in the Twenty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. On the expi-
ration of his term he immediately re-enlisted, this time as Corporal in Company K One
Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, Was mustered outin 1864, but again enlisted
or the third time and remained in the One Hundred and Fourth till close of the war when
he held the rank of ereeant Mr, Bennett was in eleven pitched battles to say nothing of
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- oaks, but such was his indomitable pluck that be refused to go into hospital, and was

shortly afterwards again bearing arms and assisted, while yet suffering from his wounds,
in repelling Longstreet’s attack upon Casey’s Division, on which occasion he was detailed as
sharpshooter; bad six balls through his clothing, and saw his company reduced from fifty-
nine to twenty-lour men, nearly all of the latter Deing wounded. Atthe close of the war he
returned to Pennsylvania and resumed his trade; and in 1878 took up 160 acres of land in
Kansas, finally locating in Topeka in 1881. He is a memver of the I. 0. O. F. and also of
Lincoln Post, G. A. R. f

E. BENNETT & SON, dealers in and breeders of Percheron Norman horses, corners of
Eighth avenue and Lincoln and Buchanan streets; have been 1n business in Topeka since
fall of 1880; were in the same business in Minnesota for three years prior to that time:
they have heretofore obtained their stock from prominent breeders and importers of
thoroughbred Percberon Norman horses in Illinois and Ohio. Are now making AIT alee.
ments to commence importing directly from France. During the year 1881 they handled
over 50 head Percheron Norman stallions, doing a business not much less than $100,000.
They are now buying land in and near Topeka on which to erect buildings for the accom-
modation of their business, which will be second to none in the United States when com-
pleted, Also they are anticipating building a sale stable in Topeka next year that will be an
ornament to the city as well as of service to their large and increasing trade. They are also
negonating for 2 number of sections of land not far west from Topeka for summer pasture
and for mowing purposes. Erasmus Bennett was born in Albany County, N. Y., March
29, 1834; bemg raised a farmer, following that occupation in the county of his birth for
thirty-five years. In 1868 he moved to A legany County, N. Y., where he remained until
1877 engaged In dairying, He then moved to Marshall, Minn., and commenced the intro-
duction of the Percheron Norman horses into Minnesota and Dakota, and followed the busi-
ness there unti) November, 1880 when he moved to Topeka, He was married in Albany
County, N. Y., February 14, 1850. to Miss Mary Meed, who died Maren 3, 1869. leaving two
children, Emily and Edwin R. He married again March 8, 1470, Miss Clara E, Brigham, of
Bradfcrd County, Penn., by, whom he has three boys, Frank E., Erasmus, Jr. and Lester E,
Mr. Bennett is a member of the Masonic order.

'W. A. S. BIRD, attorney.and counselor at law, came to Topeka, September 11, 1880, and
has been engaged in practice here since that time. He was born at Addison, Fa, August
31, 1855, and received his education at Somerset and Meyersdale, of that State, where he
taught school for five years, He removed to Falls City, Neb., March 19, 1878, and read law
there with Clarence Gillespie, until Beprerler 7, 1880, when he was admitted to the bar,
and atonceremovedto Topeka. Mr. Bird is a member of the I. O. O. F.

LINUS BLAKESLEY, Pastor First Courregationeh Chureh, was born at Terryville,
Conn., December 16, 1837. Fitted for college at imball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H.
Spent ‘two years of his college course at Amherst, 1856 to 1858, then went to Yale, from
which he graduated in 1860. Studied theology at Lane Theological Semiuary, Cincinnati,
Ohio. After graduating from Lane, in 1863, spent one year there as instructor in Hebrew.
Settled at Piqua, Ohio, in 1864, and preached there until 1870, when he removed to Kansas,
locating at Topeka, as Pastor of the First Congregational Church. The Church at that time
had a membership of 135, which had increased to 350 in 188%. The present church edifice
was completed in the spring of 1881, and is commodious nd beautiful. Mr. Blakesley was
president of the school boaid from 1877 to 1879 and _is an active and usefal citizen, and
worker in the cause of humanity and Christianity. He married Miss Nellie Treat, of Terry -
ville, in August, 1866, and they have six children, of whom—Henry A., Nellie L., Fannie E.
and Charles A. are now living.

Pp. L BONEBRAKE, State Auditor of Kansas, came to the town of Auburn, Shawnee
County, June 8, 1859. From that date until the fall of 1865, he remained in Auburn, en-
gaged in mercantile pursuits, farming and stock-raising.. In November, 1865, he was
élected County Clerk of Shawnee County, and held that position from January 8, 1866, to
January 8, 1876. In November, 1875. he was elected a member of the Legislature, receiv-
ing every vote cast in the city of Topeka, his district. In November, 1876, he was elected
Auditor of State, and held that office three terms, until January 8, 1883. He also filled the
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office of Auditor by appointment of the governor for three months prior to the beginning
of his first term, making a continuous official term of seventeen years. Mr. Bonebrake has
been member of the City Council one year, member of the Board of Education six years,
four years of the time serving as president of the board. He was president of the Capital
Bank, and Receiver of the First National Bank. He has also been vice-president of the
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secretary of the Masonic Mutual Benefit Society, of Kansa3, He was born in Eaton, Preble
Co., Ohio, September 25, 1835. His later education was acquired at Cornell College, Mount
Vernon, luwa, to which State he removed about six years prior to coming tu Kansas. He
was marnied at Attica, Lowa, December 13, 1857, to Martha L. Lowe. She was born, at
Crawfordsville, Moutgomery Co. Ind. They have buried two children and have two living
—Frauk M. aud Fred, B. Otis O. died atihbe age of seven, and Edith at the age of sixteen
months. Mr. Bonebrake is a member of A. F. & A. M., I. 0. O. F., and also of the Method-
ist Episcopal Church.

HE KANSAS BRICK COMPANY, located onthe K.C Branch, A. T. &S. F., one quar-
ter of a nile east of the city limits. The «company was organized January 1, 1882. with the
following officers: Thomas H. Bowers, president; Theo. Curran, secretary and treasurer;
Edward Hawes, general manayer Capital stock, $3.000, afterward increased to about
$10,000. The capacity of the yard is about 30.000 brick per day. Have two machines, the
Wilry, made at New York, and the Kennedy machine, made at Keokuk, Iowa. Fill orders
from all parts of the State, and manufacture all kinds of building brick. Manufactured in
1881 about 1,000,000 brick. Employ about twenty men during the brick season. Mr. Bow-
ers came to Kausas in August, 1879, from Minnesota, aud located at Topeka. Enlisted in
the army at the commencement ofthe war in Company B, Second Iowa Cavalry. Served
three years. Was with his command atthe battles of Pea Ridge, Wilson's Creek, Prairie
Grove and other engagements. Was with the Twenty-Second New York Cavalry three
menths, in the Shenandoah Valley.. Bears the scar of a saber cut on his ight arm, received

inaskirmish about New Market, Va., anc a bullet-woundin the right leg, received at Wil-_

son’s Creek. Wasa non-commissioned officer in his company. as mus ered out atuhe
close of the war, at Rochester N.Y. Was born December 29,1841, at Wheeling, West Va.
Resided in Wheeling until he was twelve years old, and went with his parents to Sr. Paul,
Minn. Remained there until 1879, engaged iu contracting and building. Has worked with
the Republican pany

C. H. BRADFORD, now treasurer of the Kansas Lumber Company, located in Topeka
February 1, 1881, avd was engaged in the drug business until he was elected to his present
potltion, January 1U, 1882. He is a 1 ative of Cortland, Cortland Go., N. Y., remaining
n his native town uutil his removal to Topeka. The Kansas Lumber Company was organ-
ized May 21, 1818. Cc. Ba wards, pi esidents R. E. Edwuius, vice-president; John
Mecollounny, secretary. Capital stock, $100,000. The present organization, Topeka Yards
is W. C. Edwards, president; J. R. Hathaway, secretary’ C. H Bradford, treasurer. In-
corporated January 10, 1882. z

THOMAS BRANDON, manufacturer of soda water, came to Kansas in the spring of
1864. from St. Louis, Mo. First located at Leave: worth, aud was in the employ of Brandon
& Kirmeyer. of that city. Cameto Topeka in 1871, and Jocated at his present place of busi-
uess. Hewas bors April 21, 1844, at Ashton on the Lyne, ear Manchester, Lancashire,
Eng. Came with his parents to America when sixteen years of age, locating in St. Louls,
He was married at Leavenworth, in 1866, to Miss Jane Fenney, born in the county of Dur-
ham, Eng, They have four children living—Mary J., Harry ¥., George 'S., and Bessie I.
Heisamember of the A, O. U. W., Capita Lodge. No. 8. anc of the Episcopal Chureh.

BYRON P. BRUCKWAY, was born in Topeka Township, Shawnee Co., Kan,, within one

resent city Jimits of Topeka, July 9, 1859. Helis ason of Justus and Charlotte

rockway, who located here In 1857. They were both born in Stepheutown,
Justus Brockway aud his brother David (who came here in 1859)
were for many years prominent wttorneysinthiscity Byron P. was educated in the city
schools of ‘Lopeka and for three years was a sLudent atthe Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
of troy, N Immediately after leaving there in 1879 he engaged in rafiroad business
being connected with surveying and other departments of the A., T. &8.F. R. R. most o
the time since. He was married May 81, 1882, to Cora E, Hammoud, a native of Zanesville,

Ohio. é

ED. BUECHNER. proprietor of the City Meat Market, North Topeka, Came to Kansas
in 1870 from Germany and commenced working ina shop jn Topeka, He moved tu his
present location in September, 1871. Was born March 17, 1845, at Coburg, Germany, Re-
mained ona farm for twenty-four years and then Game to America, He was married in
1872, in Topeka. to Miss Auna Haas, of Hessen, Germany. They have three children—
Katie, Henry and Fred. Heisamember of the A.O0,-U. W. Kaw Valley Lodge No, 20.,
Noith Topekay

H. E. OSH. came to Topeka March 20, 1863, and on the 19th of April located on Section
26, Township 13, ange 14 east, Auburu Township, which has been his home continuous-
ly since that time, with the exception of two years residence in Lawrence, to afford his boys
an opportunity to attend the State University. Mr. Bush has been engaged in farming and
stock -raising since his residence in Kansas. He has also held many offices, being Township
Treasurer about three years, ‘township Clerk one year, member of the State Lexisiature in
1871 and elected Sheriff in 1881. lie was berm Ouondage County, N. Y., Auguste 25, 1881.
His youth was spent in Jefferson County. N. Y¥., where he remained until he enlisted in
Battery D,First New York Light Artillery, He was in nearly allthe engagements unde) Gen.
George B. McClellan from Yorktown to Harrison's Landing, and was discharged from ser-
vice July 27, 1862, on account of disability caused by disease contracted in_the army. He
then returned to Jefferson County, where he remained until be came to Kansas. Inthe
fall of 1863 he became connected with the Kansas Mil tiaand was placed in command of
Company G. Second Kansas State Militia, This brigade was in active service auring the
Price raid, in October 1864. Mr. Bush was captured and shot in the battle of the Hig Blue,
October 23, and re-captured by the Federal troops at noo | on the 23d. He received three
shots through the left side of the head, one through his left arm below the ehoulder and an~

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other which penetrated his clothing and struck his right side, the bullet being removed
from his clothes considerably flatiened. He returned to Topeka about December 25, on
the first passenger train which passed through on the Union Pacific as far as Lawrence.
Mr. Bush was married atGannanoyue, Canada West, February 20, 1955, to Ellen Gorman,
who was born at that place, but afterward a resident of New York State. They lave lost
three children—Edwarit H., born January 4, 1856, died December 27, 1881; Harriet E., aged
about nine years, and Francina M., aged seven years. Their living chiliren are Charles ay
born February 15, 1858, and Edith E., born September 30, 1869. November 28, 1882, while
attemnring to arrest the notorious Cook Brothers, corner of Tenth and Tay Jor streets, To-
peka, Mr. Bush receive:l asevere gun-shot wound through the Inatep of the right foot.

‘W. H. BUTTERFIELD was born in Farmington, Me., January 26. 1813, He was edu-
cated in his native State, principally atthe academy at Farmington, of which town he re-
mained a resident until 1843. Hethen moved West as far as Ohio, located iu the city of Day-
ton, nd was for sixteen years principal of one of the largest schools in that place, and after-
wards for several years in book and stationery business there. From Dayton he came to
Topeka in April, 1866, and im nediately built a residence and became a citizen inthe true
sense of the word, devoting himself to the advancement of the educational interests of his
adopted city from the first. He organized, graded and classified the public schools, having
charge of them for two years, part of which time he taught personally. After an interim of
two years he again took charge of theschools, in the capacity of superintendent, which posi-
tion he occupied for nine consecutive years, his term of service ending August, 1881. The
High School is indebted to the efforts and suggestions of Messrs. Butterfield and Bonebrake
for i's organization, Mr. B. being a member ofthe Board of Education atthetime. He has
served for one year as County Superintendent of Public Instruction, andsix years on the
Roard of Examiners for the County. Mr. Butterfield was married in Farmington, Me., to
Hannah Elizabeth Norris, a native of Hallowell, Me. They have three children— William C.,
now of Des Moines, lowa; Augusta Norris, and Harry Norris, afarmerin Butler County,
Kan, Mr. RB. is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the various temperance societies,

CHANNING J. BROWN was born in Oakfield, Genesee Co., N. Y,, October 31, 1847. He
pursued his preparatory college studies at the Genesee_ Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, and
graduated from the classical department of Hamilton College. Clinton, N. ¥., in thé class of
1869, studying law at that institution and also at Batavia, N. Y. In 1869 he helped organize
the Genesee Colony, which founded the town of Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kan. Was sec-

         
 

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retary of the Blue Rapids Town Company for two years, and attorney at law and real estate
agent in the new town. The Genesee Colony was composed of 100 members, about seventy-
five of whom located in the town and vicinity in the early part of 1870. This was one of
the most successful colony oreanizations iu the State, the originators of the movement be-
ing men of judgment and Nberal means aud the location combining the advantages of
cheap and good lands with a rallroad already in operation. Inthe fall of 1874 Mr. Brown
was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and in the fall of 1876 to the
State Senate for the four yearsterm July 1, 1879. he was appointed Clerk of the Supreme
Vout Mr, Brown was married In Topeka, Kan., Septem per 10, 1881, to Julia E. Greer, 0:
Yellow Springs, Greene Cu . Ohio. Heisa member of K. of P. .

D. J. CALEB, coutractor_ and builder, caine to Kansas in 1870 from New Jersey, lo-
eating in Tongka in 1871. Hewas bornin Merthyr Tydvil, South Wales, the most emi-
nent place foriron works and mines in the world, September 30, 1834: remained in his
native county until he wus thirty years of age, and was apprenticed as a carpenter when ten
years of ave serving for seven years, and when seventeen years of age was a competent
contractor, Came to America in July, 1866, locating in Jersey City until 1870. He was
marrié tin December, 1868, in Merthyr Tydvil, to Miss Mary A. Nichols, a native of
Cardiff, They have four childrenlvor, Alice, Samuel and Lizzie. — .

NDREW M.CALLAHAM, dentist, came to Topeka in October, 1866, and has been en-
gaged iu the practice of dentistry sincethattime. For the last three years he has also-been
engaged in stock-raising, and has a stock farm in the southwest corner of Maple Hill
Township, Wabaunsee County. He has beena member of the School Beard since the
spring of 1881. He was born in Cass County, Ind., February 5, 1840, and lived there until
August, 1861, when he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Ui Au-
gust, 1862, he assisted in raising Company H, Seventy-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
and was elected Second Lieutenant of the Company ‘After serving eight months he was
taken prisoner near Rome. Ga., and remained in’rebet prisons nineteen months and ten
days, being released on parole in December, 1864. He was married at Lewisburg, O., April
4,1865, to Carrie A, Alderman, a native of that place. They have three children—Nellie L.,
Arthur G. and Myrtle Grace, and lost one son tninfancy. Dr. Gallaham is now Most Illus-
trious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Kansas, and in 1881 was Grand Commander
of Grand Commandery of Knights Templar.

J. W. CAMPBELL. attorney, located at Osage City in the fall of 1872, and! was there
prinelnal of the public schools Curis. Le7s-74. He then entered the junior class of the

tate University of Illinois, from which he graduated in 1876. He then read law at Cham-
paign and Topeka until 1879, when he was admitted to the har, and has since been engaged
in active practice at Topeka. He was born in Adams Township, Coshocton Co., Ohio.
March 24, 1851, and isa son of Patrick Steel Campbell, a prominent man in that partof
Ohio. In 1872 he graduated from the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, having taught
school two years previous to his graduation. Mr, Oamnpbell was married at Chica: o, during
the summer of 1879. to Eugenie Daniels, a native of Michigan, They have two children—
Winifred, born April 5, 1880, and Howard, born May 9, 1882. r, Campbell is a member
een Anontiy, and secretary and treasurer .of the Kansas and Migsquri Sunday=

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M. f. CAMPBELL, lawyér, was porn near Bloomin
1847, He was eciucated at the Indiana University, graduating from both the literary an
law departments of that institution. In 1869 he Came to Atchison, Kansas, where, after
continuing his studies in a law. office for nearlytwo years, he was admitted to the bar, and
soon after went to Waterville, Kansas, where he commenced the active practice of his‘pro-
fession. He was married in Waterville ou the 3rd day of September, 1871, to Louise
Adams, youngest daughter of the late Henry J. Adams, anda native of Ohio. ‘They have
three children—Anna, Art! Lee and Florence Powers. Mr. Campbell removed from

‘ton, Monroe Co., Ind., May 2,

rthur
Waterville to Topeka in December. 1872, anu in the spring of 1876 wits elected member of
the Board of Education of the city of Topeka, anu in the fall of the same year he was elected
to Tepresent his district in the Legislature for the term of twoyears.

GEORGE W. © YY came to Topeka in March, 1872, and engaged in newspaper busi-
ness, being one of the proprietors of the North Topeka Times for two years, and engaged
in the practice of law atthesame time. In the fall of 1876 he was elected Probate
aud re-elected in 1878. Mr. Carey was born near Owensboro, Hancock Co., Ky., May
16, 1836, His parents removed to Indiana when he was one and a half years of age, and
his home was in Warrick County, in that State, until he was sixteen, when he removed to
bury Rockport, Spencer Co., Ind., and remained there until 1868. In 1859 he entercd As-
University at Greencastle, Ind.. and from that place came back to Rockport, and enlisted
and assisted in raising Cumpany D, Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, having pre-
viously assisted in raising the First Indiana Cavalry. He was mustered in August, 1862, at
Evansville, Ind., elected Second Lieutenant of Company D, immediately promoted to First
Lieutenant, aud about a year later promoted to the Captaincy of the same Company. He
was wounded and taken prisoner at the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., December 16, 1863, re-
maining in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., until May, 1864, from whence he was taken to
Danville and thence to Macon, Ga, being kept at the latter place until the fall of 1864. He
was then a short fime at Augusta, Ga., and then at Charleston, S. C., where, onthe night of
the 27th of October, the yellow tever broke out among the prisoners and seventy-two died.
He was then imprisoned successively at Savannah, Ga., Wilmington, N. C., Columbus, §.
C., Savannah, Ga., anc finally taken to Annapolis, Md., whete he was released in April,
1865. He returned to Rockport, Ind., was admitted to the bar in 1867, and in 1868 was
elected County Treasurer and served two years. He was married at Dale, Spencer Co.,
Ind., June_2, 1867 to Mary A, McKinley. formerly of Cannelton, Ind. They have four
children—William F., Maud, George Edgar and Mary E. an infant daughter. Judge

Jarey was a member of G. A. R. whilein Indiana. Heis now a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church gnd I. O. O. F., and a lawyer by profession.

ADERIAL H, CASE, attorney at Jaw, has been engaged in the practice of law in Topeka
since July 15, 1859, the date of his location in the city, aving been also engaged, to some
extent, in farming. _1n 1861 he was elected District Attorney of the Third Judicial District,
which embraced thirteen counties, and held the office two years. He held the office of In-
ternal Revenue Assessor for his district, fifteen months. He was Assistant United States
District Attorney about five years, under United States Attorneys Emory and Samuel A.
Riggs. He is anative of Bradford County, Pa., and has been engaged in practice ever since
he came ‘a Kansas. His practice has been almost entirely criminal for the past fifteen
years, Charles Curtis being now associated with him in business. The number of men ac-
cused «f murder, whom he has defended, amounted in 1881, to 120, and he has assisted in
the prosecution of forty accused of the same crime, probably as large a number of criminal
caxes of that degree as any one law)er in the country has undertaken. Mr. Case has one
son, Daniel H., a native of Leavenworth.

HENRY_N. CASTLE, attorney at law. president of the Western Investment Company
of Topeka, Kan., and_secretary of the Southwestern Mining Company, owning mines in the
Black Range, New Mexico came to Kansas, March 1, 1871, and located at Newbury, Wa-
haunsee County, on eighty acres of land, farming and teaching school for many years in
that neighborhood then went to Cleveland, O., and commenced the study of law with
Grannis & Burton, in February 1878, remaining with them until September of the same
year, Hethen returned to Kansas, and completed his law studies with Ross Burns, of To-
peka, May 15, 1880, when he was admitted to the bar and has since that time been practic-
ing law in the city. Heisanative of Olmstead Falls Cuyahoga Co,, Ohio, where he was
born, February 23. 1853. He received his collegiate education at Oberlin College, graduat-
ing in 1876. He was married in Geneva, II]., May 26, 1880, to Marie E. Lane, a native of
Ohio. ey pave one child, William Larmon, born February 23, 1882.

_ PHILANDER CHASE CHAMBERLAIN, second son of J. S. and Mary C. Chamber-
lain, was born in Peoria, Il., September 28, 1850 Was educated at Hobart College, Geneva,
N. Y.; afterwards practiced law at Cambridge, 111., from which place he moved to Topeka,
Kan., in March, 1879 and has since that time been engaged on the editorial staff of the To-

eka Daily Capital as traveling correspondent. Mr Chamberlain was married at Cam-
ridge, Ill., to Mary A. Call, now deceased. He has one child, Mary Chase,

CHARLES BRO6G., dealers in groceries, confectionery. etc., have been in business in
Topeka the past four years. They carry astock of $500, and do avery good business,
Charles Charles was born in Greene County, Ala., in 1855. His parents moved to Scott
County, Miss., where he remained until he came to ‘Topeka, in 187 Heis a member of the
1. 0. 0.'F. Order George W. Charles, Jr.,was born in Greene County, Ala., in 1858, remov-
ing to Scott County, Miss., with his parents, when only afew years old. He remained there
until he came to Topeka, in 1878. He was appointed a State Guard at Jackson, Mig.,
in 1874, and held that position until he removed from the State, He is a member of the
Order of I. 0.0. F George Charles was born in Franklin County, Ala., May 31 1832. In
1851 he married, in Perry County, Ala., Julia Hendon, They have two children, Charles
and George W. e removed to Scott County, Miss., where he resided during the war. He
there learned the shoemaker’s trade, which he has since rollowed, He represented his dis-
trict in the Mississippi State Legislature in 1869-'70 and was Inspector of State Prison
nearly three years. He organized the Emigration Society in Mississippi, in 1876, and was
one of the prime movers inthe Exoduster movement. He was also Lieutenant-Colonel of
First Lincoln County Regiment, of the State of Mississippi, from 1873 to 1877.

GEORGE S. CHASE, was born in Charlestown, Mass., in October, 1850; came to
Topeka in 1855; his father, Enoch Chase, now a resident of chis city, having located here
in December, 1854. George attended the public schools of Topeka until 1867, he then
entered Washburn College, cemaining there until 1870, when he went to Harvard College
Law School, from which he graduated in 1873 and immediately returned to Topeka, bein
admitted to the bar thesame year and engaged 1n practice, which he has since continued,
trom 1875 until November, 1882, having charge of the law business of the Land Depart.
ment of the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe R.R.Co. Heisa member of the Topeka Board
of Education, having been elected in 1882. Heis Secr: tary of the Topeka Scie: tific Club, a
member of the Kansas Academy of Science, and Treasurer of the Sante Fe Mining Co.

ENOCH CHASE, son of Nathaniel and Harriet Ann (Doyle) Chase, was born in New-
buryport, Mass., August 29, 1824. He was educated at the common schools of his native
town, and was afterwards employed in the shipyard with his father until thu age 01 seven-
teen. Inthespring of 1841, he went to Boston and learned the trade uf upholsterer, in
which he became expert, and rollowed as his business. He was married while u resident
of Boston, to Miss Mary Jane Dunlap, a daughter of Martin and Mary F. (Freddick) Dun-
lap of Brunswick, Maine, ana 1t was while living in that city that their two children were
born—Isabelle M., born February, 9, 1848, now the wife of ex-Governor S. J. Crawford of
Kansas, and George Sidney born Octobe, 27, 1850, now a resident attorney o1 Topeka. In
November, 1854, Mi. Chase determined to Jearn for himself the truth of the current re-
ports in regard to Kansas, and came to the Territory with one of the Massacnusetts Emi-

rant Aid companies, arriving November 20, 1854; with eignt companions, and a wagon
oad of provisions, he started tor Lawrence, and arrived In that city 0 Brent expectations,”
after four days travel. Finding the accomodations of the Lawrence *‘ Hotels’’ not in con.
sonance with their Yankee ideas of cleanliness and comfort, the party built a sod house ot
their own, which they occupied a week, av the end of which time, four of the company
decided totry their fortune further west, “up the Kaw.” Accordingly, Enoch Chase, M.
C. Dickey, George Davis and Jacob Chase, bought the whole stock of provisions belonging
started in the proposed direction to locate a town forthemselves. On ar-
riving at the present site of Topeka, they selected Section 31, on which that city is now
lorated, and each selecting a quarter section, they drove their stakes and built a log house,
where now is the northwest corner of Kansas avenue ana First street While the house
was being built, Mr Dickey went back to Lawrence, and on his return a day or two later,
there came with hima larger_party, also desiring to locate a town, among whom were D.
H. Horne, Col. ©. K. Holliday, F. W. Giles, and others Mr. Chase and his companions sur-
rendered Section 31, for a town site,and took claims adjoining, and on December 5, 1854,
the Topeka Town Company was organized, of which Col. Holliday was President and the
united party members. The claim which Mr. Chase took was near the present site of Wash-
burn College, and there he built a house, which boasted the first wuotlen floor in Topeka,
and to which he took his wife and children, when they arrived, in March, 1855. The fol-
lowing October he moved into town and remained during the convention of October 23,
1855, bringing provisions from Lawrenceto supply the wants of the hun TY delegates.
After returning to his claim, and remaining a short time, Mr. Chase and wife located per-
manently in the city, and opened_a bonraing. house, which soon became famous as the
favorite resort of the most noted Kansas celebrities. Mr. Chase built a large frame house
on Sixth street, pear Kansas avenue, which was used as a hotel. and in 1857 he opened the
Chase House, now remodeled into the Capitol House. He also built and resided for years in
the stone house on the corner of Sixth and Jackson, now used as offices by the A., T. & S.
F. R. R. Co. Mr. and Mrs. Chase still reside in Topeka, and are among the most honored
and respected citizens of the city, to the improvement of which they have contributed so
largely.

CALEB CHIVERS, steam dyer, scourer, and merchant tailor, was porn in Buckingham-
shire, Eng., October 6, 1846, and there learned the trade of tailor. with bis father, James
Ohivers, following that business there until 1871, when he emigrated to America. He was
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Herbert C. and Gertrude E. In 1874 he entered the sewing machine and musical instru-
ment business at Leavenworth, carrying that on in connection with his business of st ain
dyeing and tailoring, until 1882, when he took charge of the steam dyeing and merchant tailor
businéss previously couducted by his futher at Topeka, for several years. His establish-
ment is supplied with the latest Improved machinery, aud the business, which is rapidly
increasing, now gives employment toseven men. He carries, also, a large stock of sewing
machines in connection with his other business. Heis a member of Leavenworth Lodge,
No. 2, I. 0. O. His father, James Chivers, deceased, was boin in Reading, Berkshire,
ngland, in 1816, and there learned the trade of tailor. Heafterwards went1o Eion, Buck-
inghamsbire, where he remained until 1853, following his business of \ailor. and doing a
arge business, employing twenty-five miu mostofthetime. Whilethere he was tailor to
“His Royal Highness,” Prince Albert. He there married Mary Hoar, of FPoughbourne, Ox-
fordshjre. They had seven children—Ephraim, Mary, ‘1 homas, Isaac, Caleb, Noah, Lot.
In 1853 he emigrated to America, locating at Baltimore, v ‘ere he remained a few years.
He went to Pike’s Peak, remaining a short time, and soun «1. i wards located a claim near
Junction City, where heremained ashorttime. He then«pcued a merchant tailor and dye-
ing business at Leavenworth, which he carried on until 1874, when he moved to Topeka and
established the steam dyeing and tailor business, which he carried on until his death, in
December, 1881. He was astaunch Republican, taking an active part in the early affairs of
the State. He wasamembir of Leavenworth Lodge, No. 1, 1.0.0. F.. of which he was
past grands also of Knights of Honor Lodge at Topeka, of which he was dictator.

THEODORE H. CHURCH. bookseller and stationer, was born in Butternuts, Otsego,
Co., N. Y., May 17, 1830, living there until 1852, when he removed to Rochester, N. Y¥., al-
ternating between that city and his native county until 1862, when he removed to Cairo,
Ll., living there and in Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri until he came to Topeka, in
September, 1869, where he has since been engaged in his present business. He was mar-
ried in Rochester. N. Y., August 7. 1856, to Sarah L. Bleloch, a native of that place, being of
Scotch-English Gescent, They have four children—Herbhert B., Willard 9. Mary Violet and
Alena. Mr. Church has been 4 member of the Board of Education. He isason of Simeon
and Anna (Bushnell) Church; father a native of New Hampshire and mother was born in

ermont.

HENRY S. CLARK, attorney-at-law and real estate agent; was born July, 1831, at
Hopkinsville. Ky., aud reared from the age of six years at Bloomington, Ill. He was edu-
cated at the Wesleyan College at Bloomington, and Shurtliff College, Alton, 11], and was ad-
mitted to the bar in Illinois, by Judge Davis, now Senator !rom that State. In 1855 he re-
moved from Illinois to Mexico. Mo., Where he residcd and practiced his profession until
1858, from which time until the summer of 1861 he resided in Rolla, Mo. He then eutered
the home guards which wi re afterward merged into the Missouri State Militia, being on
duty eighteen months, seven months in active service. He was then employed two years in
the civil service, recruiting, furnishing supplies and louking after and providing for the
refugees, In November, 1866. he removed with his family to Texas where he had an ap-
pointment as prosecuting attorney forthe eighth Judicial Ci:cuit under the p1ovisio: al

overnment of the State. He retained that office four years and afterward remained in the

tate engaged in practice until March, 1873, when he returned to Mexico, Mo, He removed
from Mexico to Topeka In May, 1880, and is engaged in the practice of Jaw and dealing in
real estate in that city. He was married at Mexico, Mo., November 11, 1851, to Fannie E.
Cassidy, a native of Bourbon County. Ky. They have three sons—Charles C., William H.
aad Georre A. Mr. Clark is a inember of the I. 0. O. F.. and K. of P. :

NEHEMIAH H. CLARK. M. D., was born in Farmington. Franklin Co., Me., June
22,1817. He received his literary education at the public schouls of his native county and
atthe Wesleyan Sem nary at Keut's Hill, Me. He attended four courses of medical Jectures
and-in 1842 graduated trom Bowdoin College, having commenced practice in 1841, continu-
ing in practice at Weld, Me., until 1844, afterwards at Welton until 1852 when he removed
to his native town where he remained until January, 1863.. From the commencement of
the war in 1861 until tue date before mentioned (January. 1863,) he was the examining
surgeon of soldiers for Franklin County. He then entered the service as contract surgeon,
serving in that capacity until the summer of 1864. In November, 1865. he removed to

uiney, Ill. On account of ili health he was obliged to Jeave that climate and resided in

inchester, in the same State, until he came to Topeka iu September, 1880, He was mar-
ried in Weld, Me., September 5, 1843, to Judith Newman anative of that plare, She died
May 15, 1852, leaving two children, Viola F. and Newman E., both now residing with their
father, the latter pursuing medical siudies. Doctor Clark is a member of A. F. . M.

D. A. CLEMENTS, of the firm of Bates & Clements, dr: oods merchants, was born in
Washington, Daviess Co., Ind., November 4, 1851 1n186bhe moved to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he was connected with the wholesale dry Foods establishment of Richardson, North-
man & Co., until March, 1868, when heeame to Topeka, being employed here for five years
in the mercantile house of F. Johnson & Son, afterward wit Keith & Billingsley for six
years, then with J.G. Funk & Co., untilthe present firm of which he isa member was or-

anized in January, 1881. Mr.C. was married at Topeka, October 12, 1875, to Jessie B.
Rhomas, a native of Towanda, Pa. They have two children—Thomas A. and Richard A,

H.C. CLEMENTS, auditor Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. First commenced
his connection with railways in 1870, as a clerk in the auditor’s department of the Kansas Pa-
cific Railway at St. Louis, Mo., advancing through the intermediate positions, was appointed
auditor in 1878, which position he retained until the consolidation ot the K. P.R. R. with
the U. P. R. R. After a short season devoted to recuperation he moved to Topeka, taking
Present position March, 1881 é ‘

H. M. CLINE, dealer in stoves and tinware, was born_in Fairville, Lancaster Co., Pa.,
July 8, 1847, living there until he came to Topeka, Kan., June 15, 1878. He was engaged in
the same business in Pennsylvania that he now carrieson. He was married to Amelia
Widenmeyer, of Harrisburg, Pa., a daughter of Wm. Widenm>yer, of that city. They have
one son, now ten years ofage. Mr. Cline enlisted 1n the spring of 1864 in Company H, One
Hundred and Eighty-sixth Penusylvania Volunteer Infantry and served with honor until
the close ofthe war. Heisa member of Kaw Valley Lodge No. 20, A.O.U. W.

O. F _CODINGTON. of the firm of Berdge & Codiugton, grocers, No. 128 Lake street,
came to Kansas in 1869, and located atSilver Lake, Shawnee County. Was born April 6,
1856 in Warren County, Ohio, and resided there until 13 years of age. Is a painter by trade
and has worked 1n various parts of the State and at Kansas City for about six years. Came
to Topeka and clerked for his brother-in-law, Mr. Berdge, for a few months and entered
into his present copartnersht in December. 1881. _ 7

THOMAS V. CODINGTON, contractor and builder. Has been in business in Topeka
sixteen years; business ran to $98,000 in the years 1871 and 1872. Did about $40,000 an-
nually in 1871 and 1872. Builtthe courthouse at Salina and built the school building at
Burlingame, Had the contract for the wood work on the Topeka water works buildings
and reservoirs. Constructed the building now occupied by the Topeka bank and has con-=
structed many business houses, Hason anaverage twelve men employed during the build-
ing season, beside sub-contractors in plastering and painting. Enlisted in September,
1861, in Company C, Fifty-Fourth Ohio, as a private organizer at Camp Dennison. Wasin
the Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth army corps, and operated mostly on the
Mississippi river. Was with his command and participated in the battles of Shiloh, Chick-
asaw Bayou, Arkansas Post and the siegeof Vick burg. Had his left fore finges shot off
and a fiesh wound in his right side at Shiloh, four balls striking his clothing at the same
time. Was with Sherman’s army from the battle of Shiloh untilafier the siege of Vicksburg.
Was mustered out as a private September 4, 1863, and was mustered in as an Officerof the
United States colored service. Second Lieutenant Company F, Fifty-Second United States
troops the same day, and did provost uty at Vicksburg until the close of the war, and was
finally raustered out at Meridan in July, 1865. He was born in Warren County, Ohio, Jan-
uary 26, 1838, and remained in his native county until he was eighteen years of age, en-
gaged in farming with hls father; then moved to Blanchester, Clinton Co., Ohio. in
1851 and learned his trade at which he worked until enlisting. Returned to Blanchester
after the war and remained until 1867 when he came to Topeka, which was then a village
of about 3,000 people. In the fall of 1874 he bought a farm near Tecumseh and
remained there until 1877 when he returned to Topeka, again engaging in contracting,
which he has since followed. He was marriedin May, 154, at Blanchester, Ohio, to Miss
Mary A. Blancett, a native of Clinton County, Ohio, They have four children—Chailes W.,
now agent for the B. A. & M. railroad at Alma, and has beenin_theemploy of the A. T. &
S. F.-railroad for five years; Addie, now Mrs. J. S. Warner, farming on Mission Creek,
twelve miles southwest of Topeka; Della M. and Nannie W. Mr. Codington is a member of
oe Commandry K.T. No. 5, Capital Legion No. 1, Select Knights A. O. U. W., Lincoln

ost No. 1, G. A.
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1841. He was educated at the La Grange Seminary in Indiana, His medical preceptor was
Dr. A. J. Willey, of Austin,Va, After pursuing a thorough course of study under Dr. Willey,
he atiended lectures at the Western Reserve Mec ical College, in due course of time gradu-
ating from that institution in 1861. Afterwards he received an honorary degree from the
Medical Department Iowa State University. Fortwo years during the war he had charge
of the Fifth Ward of Estes Hospital, and for eighteen years prior to removal to Topeka fe
was in general practice at Dubuque, Iowa. January 22, 1882, he cameto Topeka. He is a
member of the Eastern Kansas District Medical Society. While at Dubuque he was secre-
tary of the city and county medical societies,

__ b. T., COLDREN, real esta'e ana loan agent. located at Topeka December, 1870, and has
since that time been engaged in bus‘ness in that city, commenc ng rea) estate busiuess in
1879. Since April10, 1882, Mr. Bain_has been associated with him as partner. He was
born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, Octob: r 27, 1842. Whena lad of nine years he
removed with his parents to Iowa and located at Newton. Jasper County. R mained there
four years and again removed to Nevada, Storv County, in the sameSiate. July 27, 1862,
he enlisted in Company I, Eighteenth Iowa Infantry, in which he served tbree years, He
was wounded and taken prisoner at Poison Springs, Ark., April 18, 1864, and was in prison
in Texas until paroled'in March, 1865. He was discharged May 14, 1865. He then located
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at Boone, Boone Co., Iowa, but entered Bryant & Stratton’s Mercantile College at Chi-
cago in January, 1866. After completing his course he was engaged in lumber business in
Iowa for two years, and then emigrated to Kansas, He was married in Jefferson, Green
County, Iowa, November 27, 1867, to Mary L. Stiles, of Bethlehem, Ohio. Mr. Coldrenis a
member of G. A. R,

JOHN P. COLE, wholesale and retail grocer, was born in Portland, Me., March 31,
1834, but reared and educated in Newburyport, Mass., wnich was his home from the age of
two years until he came to Kansas in July, 1868. He'served in the United States Navy from
June, 1861, to July, 1868, being in active service all the time excepting sixty days furlough.
He served as sailor the first year and was then master’s mate elgiteen months and acting
ensign after August, 1864 having passed a satisfactory examination for that position.
After locating in Topeka he was in the laundry business about a year and then went into
the retail grocery business, to which he added a wholesale depariment in 1874, and now
carries on both branches, He gives employment to ten men. Hissales are principally in
Kansas and now amount to about $200,000 per annum.

J. S. COLLINS, real estate and loun agent, located in Kansas in November, 1856. He
first lived for three years at Wyandotte, then moved to Pottawatomie County, and lived near
Westmoreland until 1869, when he came to Topeka. He was born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N. Y., August 9, 1848. Judge.John Collins, father of James S., was one of the ear-
liest settlers of Kansas. He was borninIreland April15, 1810. Came to America when
eleven years of age, and located in Nova Scotia where he remained two years. He then
went to Little Falls, N. Y., and ran a woolen mill several years; and for three years prior to
coming to Kansas, he was at Watertown, N. Y., also superintending the constructlon and
running of woolen, mills. He came to ‘Wyandotte, Kansas, in November, 1856 bringin
with him a steam saw mill which be had made to orderin New York, and which he kep’
in operation in Wyandotte about three and a half years, it being one of the first steam saw
mills in Kansas. He then removed to Pottawatomie County, taking with him a steam saw
and grist mill, which he owned for about six years, and peated in connection with hisex-
tensivefarm., Mr. Collins was prominently connected with early Territorial interests. He
was one of the first judges of elections, and he instituted the first I. 0. O. F. lodge in the
Territory—Shawnee Lodge, No. 1—first known as Tecumseh Lodge, from the place where
it was organized: He was Territorial grand master of the I. 0. 0. ¥., and held the office of
Justice of the Peace for seventeen years prior to his death, which occurred July 8) 1882.
His family consisted of Joseph H., now post surgeon at Fort Union, N. M.; Mary Je now
Mrs. Wm. Gillespie, and a resident of Garrison, Kansas; John, Jr., now on the homestead;
and James S., now in real estate and loan business at Topeka.

H. I. COOK & CO., hardware merchants, established business in 1879. The firm is
composed of H. I. Cook, Christian States and W.M. Anderson. Mr. Cook is a native of

Mansfield, Ohio, where he resided until he came to Topeka, in 1872. He was employed as.

aclerk until the present firm was organized. Heis a member of the K. of P. as mar-
ried at Topeka in October, 1877, to Mary S. White, They have one,child, Clarence W.
W. Cc. COOK, contractor and builder, was born in Richmond, Ind., November 6, 1848,
living in that county, and in Randolph and Fulton counties until 1864, when he enlisted in
Company D., One Hundred and Thirty-seyenth INinois, under Capt. J. B. Johnson, well
known in Kansas; he was mustered out in Springfield, Ill, in the latter part of 1864, He
afterwards worked at his trade in various paces in Illinois, and in 1878, when he came to
Kansas, locating in Osage County; and of the summer of 1880 he moved to Topeka, and
since then has been engaged in Contracting and building. He was marriedin Michigan Val-
ley, Kansas, June 6, 1880, to Miss Linda Barnett. He is a member of the Spoon River
Lodge, No. 78, I. O. O. F., at Ellisville, Ill. ‘ - :
DR. J. R. COTTER, of the Allopathic (old school) School of Medicine, came to Kansas
December 17, I879, and located in Parkdale, Topeka, from Brownsville, Mo. Was born in
‘Washington County, Pa., January 2, 1828. and when a boy three years of age, moved with
his parents to Carroll Connty, Ohio, Remained there until 1850, and read medicine with
Dr. S. M. Stockon, a graduate of Jefferson, Philadelphia, and Bellevue, New York, hospi-
tal. Attended one course of lectures at Cincinnati Medical College. During the winter of
1854, when his course was about two-thirds completed, was called home by ‘sickness, and
did not return. Commenced practice at Dundee, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1849, where.
he remained about two years, and removed to Kossuth, Ohio, remaining in that section 0
the State for sixteen years. Inthe spring of 1865 he removed to Brooklyn, Iowa, where he
remained ten years in active practice, and removed from Brooklyn to Brownsville, Mo.,
where he remained five years, and came to Topeka, Was prottered the position of first sur-
geon of One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteers at the commencement of the war,
ut refused it. Was married April 25, 1850, in New Hagerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, to
Miss Martha I. Stockon, niece of Dr. Stockon. Mrs. Cotter was born in Chautauqua County,
N, ¥., November 10, 1835, and when ten years of age moved with her parents to New Ha-
erstown, Ohio, where her father kept store for several years, and moved to Muscatine,
owa, where he remained until the time of his death, in pepiemper. 1862. They have four
children living: Chas. R., now in the employ of the C., R. I. & P. R. R. at Brooklyn, Iowa;
_ Cornelia E.; Almer, now Mrs. Gilmore, of Topeka; Ethel A., now Mrs. Prentiss, of Sedalia,
Mo. and eeneet G. Dr. Cotter isa member of the i. 0.0. F. Deep Cut Lodge, No. 1818,
eep Cu hio. z
M. COUNCIL, contractor and builder. Came to Kansas April 3, 1867, from Lafayette,
Ind. Enlisted iu the army in August, 1862, at Thornton, Ind., in Company D., Seventy-
second Indiana, mounted Infantry. Was with his command at Chickamauga. and was in
Sherman’s campaign of 1864, and Wilson’s raid through Georgia and Alabama in 1865.
Was mustered out in July, 1865, at Indianapolis, Ind. The commané of which Mr. Council
‘was a Inember were engaged in the pursuit and capture of Jeff. Davis. Was married in
February, 1868, at Frankfort, Ind., to Miss Mary J. Bell of that place, and has six chil-
dren: Abram, Justin, Ida, Earnest, Lucy, and Cora. Was born in Marion County, Ind.,
July 27, 1840. Remained in native place about five years, and removed with his parents to
Hamilton County, Ind. Remained there about five years, and removed to Clinton County,
where he remained about four years, and moved to Boone County, where he remaine
avout eight years, working at his trade. After his return from the service, went to Lafay-
ette, and remained until coming to Kansas. Is a member of the Kaw Valley Lodge, No. 20,

A. 0. U. W.

SEPTIMUS M. COURSEY, plain and ornamental plasterer, Came to Kansas March
22, 1879, and located in Norton County, Kansas, where he homesteaded 160 acres on Section
23, Town 5, Range 22 west, where he farmed and worked at his trade until coming to Tope-
ka. Came to Kansas from Grundy County, lowa. Was born in Frederick County, Md.
March 5, 1849. Resided in his native county a short time, and lived in Pennsylvania and
Virginia. His father, Rev. Wm. R. Coursey, was a prominent United Brethren minister, a
member of the first English church of that name, and for several years presiding elder.
Rev. Mr. Coursey died July 1, 1881, in Washington County, Md. Young Coursey enlisted
February 8, 1864,in Mountville, Lancaster Co., Pa.,in Battery G., Second Pennsylvania
Veterans, Heavy Artillery, asagunner, First three months, lay in Forts Lincoln and Ethan
Al\en at Washington. Then joined the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Grant at Cold
Harbor, Va. Went to the front of Petersburgh, and partlelpated inthe bombardment. Re-
mained there until August, atid were ordered to Bermuda Hundred, and then went north
of the James. Participated in the capture of Chapman’s farm, September 29, 1864. The
same day were repulsed at Fort Gregg. Laid there until January Ist, and returned to
Bermuda Hundred, andremained until the surrender of Petersburg, and entered the city
the second day after the surrender, and then garrisoned the city and adjacent counties un-
til Lee’s surrender. Was mustered out at City Point, Va., Januiry 29, 1866. Resided a

ear at Foreston, Noble Co., Ill. Removed from there'to New Hartford, Butler Co.,
Towa, where he remained two years, working at his trade, and removed to Eldora, Hardin
County, and remained five months, Then lived in Grundy County until May 9, 1870, when
he was marricd to Miss Sarah E. Weatherly, a native of Owen County, Ind.; and then re-
moved to Marshall County, where he resided five years; and In 1875 moved back to Grundy
County. where he remained until coming to Kansas, Have five children: David F.
Fred W., Harvey M., Harry P., and Muriel. Isamember of Liscom Lodge, No, 242.1 0.
O. F., Liscom, Marshall Co., Iowa. Mr, Coursey has had large experience tn his line,
and does plain plastering, whitewashing, calsomining, cementing, and ornamental work,
sucb as centers and cornice work. :

JESSE COX, market gardener, Section 28, P.O. Topeka, Owns five acres one-half a
mile east of the city limits. Cameto Kausas in February, 1865, locating on his present
place. Has followed nothing but gardening; has made a good living for his family, erected
a good house and made other improvements costing over $2,000, all off these five acres. Was
porn in England in February, 1812. Came to the United States March 4, 1845. locating in
Greenbush, N. Y. In 1850 removed to Cleveland, Ohio; from Cleveland to Topeka, Kan.,
in 1865. He was married in 1832 to Miss Mary Hobley, from the city of Coventry. They
have nine chi!dren—Jane, Caroline, John, Daniel, David, George, William H., Charles E, and
Arthur F. He is a member of the £piscopal Church. =

DR. FRANKLIN L. CRANE, one of the oldest citizens of Topeka, was born January

10, 1808, at East Windsor, Hartford Co.,Conn. When a youth of sixteen he went to Hart-
ford, Conn., and for four years was employed as a clerk, afterwards studying and practicing
dental surgery in the office of Dr. John W. Crane, in the same city. When the detalls of
his profession we'e thoroughly mastered, he removed to Easton, Pa., residing in that city
engaged in the practice of dentistry from 4832 until he immigrated to Kansas in 1854. In
the latter part of 1854, Dr. Crane visited the Present site of Topeka, returned to Pennsyl-
vania for the winter, and in the early part of 1855 took up his permanent residence in the
then embryo town. He was a prominent and most generous member of the Town Associa-
tion, often sacrificing his personal interests for the advantage of hisadopted home. In 1859
the Topeka Cemetery was platted by him, and surveyed by himself and Loring Farns-
worth upon what was then his own ground, and afterwards beautified and made a pleas-
ant and attractive spot through the efforts of Dr. Crane. During the same year he was act-
Jng Mayor of the city, aud his influence was exerted wisely and judiciously to make Topeka
‘the seat ot Government, To all the early public enterprises looking to the welfare of the

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city he freely gave his influence, his time and his money, He was a zealous adherent of
the Free-state party and a candidate for Senator in the first Free-state Legislature, being de-
feated by three votes. Atthe breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company E,
Hleventh Kansas Infantry, serving three years in the Army ofthe Froutler—a part of the
time acting as hospital Steward,-and having charge of the small- pox hospital at Hildebrand
Mills, Indian Territory. After his return fromthe army he was chosen Presidet of the
Board of Education, and, aside from public duties, gave his attention to the management
of his real estate interests. Atthat time Dr. Crane owned one quarter section within the
present city limits, and at different times has donated enerously of his domain to further

ublic enterprises in the city—the five acres on which the depot of the A., T. & 8. F. R. BR, 1s
built and the five acres of the first foundry and iron works of the “~~ being his gift. Dr.

 

 

   

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Crane was married in October, 1838, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Howell. Four sons were born
to them—Jesse H., Franklin L., David O. and George W. Frauklin L. died at Fort Larned
during the war. ‘The Doctor is a member of the Masonic Order and the I. 0. 0. F. of To-
peka, His name is honorably identified with the early struggles of the A., T. & S. F, R. R.
Co., with the journalism of the city and with nearly every enterprise calculated to promote
the interests or insure the prosperity of the city he has helped to'build,

GEORGE W. CRANE, was born in Easton, Northampton Co., Pa., August 25, 1843. His
early education was such as the schools of Easton afforded. In 1853 he went to Hamilton,
Canada; where he remained ten years, during the time he completed his education at the
Central Sehool, of that city, and served three poy apprenticeship tn the nursery and florist
business, Atthe age of nineteen he wentto Windsor, Canada, e served as a clerk for
some eighteen mouths and for a few months after ran a ferry between Windsor and De-
troit. In March, 1865, he came to Topeka, where his father, Dr. Crane, had made his
home for some ten years previous. After a short visit he went to Fort Larned and re-
mained as a clerk in the sutler’s store, owned by his brother, for a year, then returned to
Popeka, where he engaged in market gardening for two years on the ground where the A.,

K .F.R. R. depot now stands. November 1, 1868, he first engaged in the manufacture
of blank books and Jegal and commercial forms, etc., in partnership with J. Y. Byron, un-
der the firm name of Crane & Byron. The business was continued until 1872. During this
time, although the buxiness increased, the firm was subjected to a fire which seriously crip-
pled their business, The firm dissolved in 1872, since which time Mr. Crane has conducted
the business alone, with the exception of two years, 1879-1881, when E, Kimver hada
seventh interest in the business. The business is now on a firm basis and the house ranks
among the first ofthe kind inthe West. The large building in which the manufactory is
located Is owned by Mr. Crane, The variety of work done embraces the manufacture of
blank books, printing, binding, stereotyping. seal engraving, publishing law hooks, records
and blanks of allforms, etc., ete. The business annually done exceeds $100,000, glving em-
ployment to some thirty-five operators. In July, 1869, he purchased a third interest in tite

opeka Commonwealth, including the State printing, the firm being Prouty, Davis
Crane. He disposed of his interest in the firm to his father, Dr. F.L. Crane, in 1871, since
which time he has confined himself exclusively to his manufacturing interest. Mr, Craue
is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the A. O. U. W. and K. of H. Heis as well known and as
favorably identified with the business interests of the city as any_old resident of the city.
Mr, Crane married June 15, 1870, Ella Rain, a native of E!khart, Ind,, and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Silas Rain, This amiable, beautiful and gifted woman died’ April 13, 1881, leav-
ing two children—Frank S. and Edna. Novemver F 1882, Mr. Crane married Miss Fannie
Kiblinger, of Elkhart, Ind., a cousin of his first wife, their mothers being sisters.
L, M. CRAWFORD, proprietor ofthe new Topeka Opera House and Crawford's Hotel,
was born at Mount Pleasant, Vinton Co., Ohio, uy 24,1845. Prior to coming to Topeka,
K WNoxan ber 16,1858, he resided for two years in each of the-following towns inOhio:
Chill cothe, Columbus and Zeleska, coming from the latter place to Topeka. He learned the
printers trade here, and had charge of the circulation of the Commonwealth for some time;
elng inthe newspaper business he was brought intimately in contact. with the managers
of various amusement organizations, and he frequently played them here on shares. In
April, 1880, he bought Costa's Opera House, and after remadelin it he conducted it until it
was destroyed by fire, Dec, 2, 1880. Heimmediately constructe:
the site of that which was burned, and in September, 1881, he opened it to the public; later
he finished it to its present complete shape, it being one of the handsomest and most con-
venient opera houses in the West. It has aseating capacity of about 1,000, contains two
galleries and four private boxes, His hotel which is connected with the Opera House, has
accommodations for fifty guests, Mr. Crawford has recently secured the site of a magnificent
Opera House at Atchison, southeast corner of Fourth street and Kansas avenue. The
B ans for construction are now being perfected by the architects, Itis the intention of Mr.
rawford to erect a ground floor theater, fifty-three feet frontage, 131 feetin depth, stage
to be 35x53, a hall basement which shall be adapted to banqueting, dancing, skating and
other purposes where a smooth floor may be required. Mr.Crawford is one of the most enter-,
prising manager to be found in the West, He was married at Topeka, January 15, 1869, to’
ary BE. Wright, a native of Ohio. They have five children—Orlin Thurston, Chester Park,
Bertha Eleanor, Albert Roy and an infant daughter, Edith.

CROSBY BROTHERS, ary goods merchants, established August, 1880, at 177 Kansas
avenue, where they are still located, During the busv seasons they give employment to ten
¢ en Ks Their business is almost exclusively retail. The firm is composed OrWwan T. Crosby
and E. H. Crosby, Jr. Wm. T., was born in Mansfield, La., December 20, 1852, spent two
years pa a half at the High School of Hartford, Conn., and when he was about seventeen
years of age he went to New Orleans, where he thoroughly learned the dry goods business,
pe 1g connected with the wholesale establishment of Yale & Bowling for-ten years, leaving
a eir emplo, and coming to Topeka in 1880. E.H. Crosby was born in Mansfield, La.,
H ore er 8, 1856; lived in his native place until he was thirteen years of age; hethen went
o Hartford, Conn., where he attended the High School for three years, then ‘located In St.

an entirely new house on

 
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Louis, where he was in the employ of Crow, Hargadine & C

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period of eight years, coming trom that house to ‘Ropelea in August, 1880. He Satie
at St. Louis, November 11, 1880, to Helen Dieckriede, a native of that city. ‘rYhey have one
child, Charles Bernard. Mr. Crosby is a member of the American Legion of Honor.

« BISHOP CRUMRINE, attorney at law, was born in Wasning.on County, Pa, February
9, 1841. He entered Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1859. aud remained there until the
fall of 1861, when he enlisted in the Kighty-fifeh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers for
three years, That regiment having the maximum number, he was not mustered in it, and
in August, 1862, he enlisted again 1n Company G, Fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Artillery
and was mustered out July 25, 1865, having been during his term of service on detached

: service a great part ofthe time. On his retura from the army he read law with his brother
Boyd Cruinrine of Washington, Pa,, and was admitted to practice there in 1867. In Oc-
tober, 1868, he removed to Topeka, Kan., where he was enraged in surve ing for about one
year, He was then appointed as a Justice of the Peace to filla vacanc tc
was then elected Justice of the Peace for one
practice of the law in thatcity.
native of Wellington, Ohio, in
0. BON AMIN M, CURTIS

, . came to Kansas, with his parents Harvey W., a -
tis, in the fall of 1855. They located in Topeka ‘Township two miles east or the Srceond
city, and there remained until about 1861, When they returned to Illinois. In 1870 they
came again to Topeka, and now reside in Section 12, Topeka Township, one and one-half
miles southwest of the city. Mr. H. W. Curtis was a member of the first Kansas Legisla-
ture. Benjamin M. Curtis spent his winters in Illinois, after his parents returned to. Kan-
sas, attending school during the winter months, until 1874. In that year he graduated
from McKendree College, and during the three succeeding winters was principal of a pub-
lic school at Summerfield, Ill, In 1874 he commenced reading iaw, continuing his legal
studies until he was aulmitted to the bar in the spring of 1878. He was then engaged in the
practice of his profession until November, 1880, when he was elected Clerk of the District

Court. Mr. Curtis was born at Paris, Edgar Co., 1iL.,September 3, 1851. On the 27th of August,
3874, he we mine h aE Summerville, bint Clair Go. Il, bo ds detia L. Peeples, a native of

V . ve buried two children, and have now living Nellie a race, twins,
ee is. is eae eG F.& A. M. + 0 yan . U. B Ep enane

5 5 , attorney, was born in North Topeka, January 20, 1860, and: was
educated in the public schools of ‘Topeka and the Quaker College at Council gees Morris
County. He read law with A. H. Case, and at the age of eighteen had rights of majority con-
ferred upon him by the District Court of Shawnee County to enable him to transact his own
business. He was admitted tothe bar June 9, 1881, certificate dated August 2, 1881, and
has been in partnership with A. H. Case since August 9,1881. He was admitted to practice
inthe United States Circuit and District Courts December 6, 1881, and to the Supreme
Court of Kansas May 4, 1882. Mr. Curtis is largely interested in North Topeka property,
both improved and unimproved. He was connected in 1878 asa reporter and associate
editor with the North Topeka Times, and was one of the proprietors of the Free Discussion,
his brother-in-law, J. E. Layton, being the other member of the company which issued the
two numbers of that paper.

0. A. CURTIS was born in Vermillion County, Ind., June 1, 1829, and lived at Eugene
until twenty-three years of age, He was married in Indiana in 1848, and by this marriage
had two children, Harvey and John. In 1851 he moved to Platte County, lI., remained
there three years and returned to Indiana, his occupation being farming, hotel keeping and
running flat boats. From Indiana he came direct to Kansas City, Kaun., arriving April 1,
1856. e left that city the same month, tu walk to the Quaker Mission, but night arrived
before he reached his destination, and on account of his Free-state sentiments he was not
able to procure shelter for the night ina house, The night came on very dark, but by a fash
of lightning he was able to find his way into the branches of a tree, where he rémained
through the night. In the morning he reached the Mission where he staid for rest aud to
dary his clothes, and then proceeded, stil] on foot, towards Lawrence, wading the swollen
creeks, and stopping at night in the house of a friendly Indian. He reached Lawreuce the
next day, staid one night at the Cincinnati Hotel, and the following day went to work for
Jenkins on the land claimed by Jim Lane, and in consequence of which he afterward
killed Jenkins, After working for Mr. Jenkins two weeks, he left Lawrence and went to
Leavenworth City, remained there one day and went to Fort Leavenworth with the inten-
tion of enlisting inthe regular army, but being disgusted with the way the soldiers were
treated, he returned to Leavenworth City, and the following day hired to a man at Kickapoo
to break prairie. After working a month he returned to Kickapoo on Sunday, the day
that Pardee Butler was sent down the Missouri River on a raft of logs. and other outrages
were committed. Remarking that “it was a shame,’ he was heard by some of the Kickapoo
Rangers, who threatened violence, and at the suggestion of a friend he hastily left town on
foot, crossed the Missouri River on the Burns Brothers’ ferry boat, and took the road from
Weston to Saint Joe, meeting Pro-slavery men on the way, who threatened to hang him
if he helped the Kansas people. He worked for a short time on a farm, and afterward with
business firms, traveling in Missouri and lowa, and finally returning to Kansas with P. B.
Plumb, now Senator from Kansas. The party obtained arms at Nebraska City, arrived at
Topeka September 25, 1856, when the company disbanded. He then went to work running
a ferry boat for Lewis Pappan, and after six weeks at that, hauled saw logs fur Covee till
April 1857. Hethen took aclaim in Rochester, sold itoutto Mr, Hiller, started a grocery on
Soldiers’ Creek, ran that two months,sold itoutand went to running ferry again for Pappan.
February, 1858, he returned to his old home on a visit, came back in May of thesame year,
started a saloon and did a good business untilthe pontoon bridge was washed away. Hethen
sold his saloon, re-established a ferry in com pany, with Lewis Pappan, and in February,185y,
married Elles Pappan, who died April, 1863. ‘Their children are Charles and Elizabeth
Curtis. In 1859, Mr. Curtis-obtained a charter for his ferry boat, in which he retained an
interest until 1865. In August, 1863, he raised a company. of militia, of which he was in
commandashorttime. He also raised Company F, of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, of which
he was mustered in at Leavenworth as Captain, in October, 1863. He was assigned to provost
guard duty at Leavenworth, being in command of that Department. Afterward ordered

est, and later to Topeka to protect the Legislature, where he remained until April, 1864.
He was then ordered t report to George H.Hoyt, at Olathe, where he remained three weeks.
In July, 1864, he was employed five days in scouting in Snye Hill. After the bushwhackers
were routed he returned to Olathe. He was then ordered to Cold Water Grove to protect
the border, on the line of Kansas and Missouri, with orders to report to Col. Jenni-
son at Mound City.. From there he was ordered to Bainesville on the border, and .thence
into Missouri in search of Price. The forces of Gen. Blunt were at Hickman’s Mills in
Missouri. Capt. Curtis was ordered with his men southeast to reconnoiter. He went to
the southeast of Lexington, and came back to within thee miles of the city. While here,
and being field officer of the day, Gen. Shelby’s Division advanced toward Lexington, 8,000
strong. Capt. Curtis reported to Col. Jennison, his commanding officer, who ordereu him
to take two mountain_howitzers and hold the enemy as long as he could. He had but 150
mien, but opened fire in a lane, and was soog driven back. Gens. Lane and Blunt coming up,
ordered him to take his company and go to a grove one mile to the left, and holdit till he
was re-inforced or ordered back. He held it till he was surrounded, and had to cut out the
best way hecould. He was neither re-inforced nor ordered Jack. He forced his way cut
through the rebels and _ every obstacle, and reached the command of Col. Moonlight,
and remained with the Eleventh until after he was forced back from the crossing of the
Little Snye. Atiter the battles of the Big Blue and Westport, Captain Curtis, who was then
at Kansas City, was ordered to take charge of a wagon supply train and follow the army
down the border as far as Fort Scott. On arriving at Fort Scott he reported to Col. Blair,
and was ordered by him to take two companies and follow the army, which was then in
Missouri, with a supply train of 200 wagons. He had a skirmish with bushwhackers at
Newtonia, and the next day reported to Gen. Curtis, turned the train over to the Quarter-
master, and was ordered to report with his company to Col. Jennison. Capt. Curtis was
with the pursuing army tothe Arkansas. On hisreturnto Fort Scott he obtained leave of
absence for thirty days, and came to Topeka on business. On Christmas, the 25th of De-
cember, 1864, he was married, at Olathe, Kansas, to Miss Lucy Jays. Hereturned to Fort
Scott aud took command of his company, was then ordered to Bainville, Kansas, and in
about two months to Fort Leavenworth as a witness inthe court martial of Major Lang.
He then returned to his company, and was finally discharged in April, 1865. After his
return to Topeka he ran a ferry one year, and in 1866 started a dry goous and grocery store,
which he ran about a year, and soldto John Smith. He then commenced shipping cattle to
St. Louis, in which business he remained about a year. In November, 1868, he went into the
Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry as Quartermaster Sergeant, and was mustered out in April, 1869.
In 1871 he went onto a farm in Jackson County, Kansas, where he remained a year, and then
re-commenced cattle shipping, in which he continued eight years, visiting all the large
Eastern cities, but doing most of his business in St. Louis. In 1879 he went to Arkansas
and contracted for wood, remaining until May 8, when he returned to North Topeka.
gugust 6, 1881, he went from North Topeka to’ Nebraska to work on the Missouri Pacific
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ear. Since thenhe has been engayed in the
He was married in August, 1872, to Helen L. Adams, a
eir children being two daughters and one son—Ada E., Mabel

 

., returning inOctober. The following month he went to Jefferson County to work on the

L. T.'& S. W. RB. R., retorningin February March, 1882, he left Topeka for Floridavia New
Orleans, to look after a 5,000 acre land interest in that State, which did not prove a success.
In May, 1882, he once more returned to Topeka, where he is now effectively engaged
~ working in the interest of prohibition. Mr. Curtis has traveled through twenty-nine dif-
ferent States and nine Territories, is now fifty-three years of age, and has never been con-
fined to his bed a day with sickness since his remembrance, a fact which speaks well for
the climate of Kansas, and for the constitution of this pioneer of North Topeka, Win.
Curtis, the founder of Eugene, or North Topeka. in the year 1865, was born in the State of
New York in the year 1800, and died at North Topeka, Kansas, March 3, 1873. He was
essentially a frontiersman of education and taste. He had alwaysadesireto beina new
country, and so commenced his westward journey when quite a boy. Came to Kansas in

or One year, and”

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1860, and settled in North Topeka when it was nothing’ but a wilderness, He was liberal

in his views, honorable in his transactions, geuerous, huspitable and kind, and through his

earnestness North Topeka was greatly benetited, Being the owner of most all of the land

in the city, he gave freely to the first churcnes and schoulhouses. We can safely say no man

has done so inuch for that city as he. Mrs. Ellen Curtis, daughter of Louis and Julia Pap-
an, Was a quarter Indian, half French and a quarter American. Born in Shawnee County,

Beet eae was inarried to Capt. O. A. Curtis in February, 1859. Died April, 1863, at
or opeka.

DR. GEO. A. CUTLER. The subject of this sketch was the youngest son of Major Jer-
vis Cutler, one of the early pioneers of Ohio, the grandson of Rev. Mannassah Cutler, D. D.,
LL. D., whose history is so closely interwoven with that of the State of Massachusetts, and
of the northwest territory, and a nephew of Hon. Ephraim Cutler, of Ohio, to whose efforts
more than to any other man, is due the salvation of that great State from the grasp of the
slave power in her territorial organization, Dr. Cutler was born in Nashville, Tenn., De-
cember 25, 1832. He graduated in medicine at the University Medical College, of New York
City, in 1853, and shortly afterward moved to Gentry County, Mo.. where he commenced the
practice of his profession. Upon the passage of the Kansas-'Nebraska bill, in May, 1854, he
moved with the first settlers intothe new Territo1y, and settled at Doniphan, which was then
being laid out, Th:s portion of the Territory was settled, in the main, ‘by citizens of Missouri,
many of whom, however, were Free-state men. Dr. C. entered actively upon the practice
of his profession, and took no part in politics until after the invasion of the Territory from
Missouri, at the first election for delegate to Congress, in November of thatyear. At this
election one of his most intimate friends, whose only crime wasthat of being a Free-state
man, was ruthlessly shot down. From that time hetook a decided stand ,in favor of Free-
state and free-speech. In thespring of 1855, he was selected by the 'Free-state party as a
candidate for the first territorial legislature. Gen. J. H. Stringfellow, who afterward
figured so conspicuously in the border troubles, was a candidate of the Pro-slavery party.
Dr, Cutler canvassed the district, which was a very large one, and made speeches at every
point. At Wolf River, and at Nemaha, large crowds of Missourians were collected, and he
was told that any aitempt to speak, would be to “sign his death warrant.” He did speak,
however, and perhaps the very ettrontry in doing so did more to save him from the mob,
than allelse. At the election the great mass of votes were cast by Missourians. At Doni-
phan they came—a veritable “army with banners,” stacked their arms in front of the vot-
ing place, and took possession of the ballot-box. Dr, Cutler received the entire Free-state
vote, and Gov. Reeder seni him the certificate of election. Long before the meeting of the
body it became apparent that it would be perfectly useless to take the long and expensive
trip to Pawnee, anit Dr. C. wisely stayed at home. Dr. Cutler was nextelected a delegate to
the Constitutional Convention, which met at Topeka, October 23, 1855.. Being amember of
the Topeka Town Company, he concluded at the close of the Constitutional Convention to
make that ;.lace his home; he opened an office there, and was one of the earnest workers in
making that town the future capital of the State. January 15, 1856, he was elected Auditor
of State under that constitution, his opponent being Hon. W. R. Griffith, afterward electeg
Superintendent of Public Institution. r. C, was a delegate tothe Free-state Convention,
which met at Topeka, July 15th and 16th, and was again elected Auditor of State, Angus 9,
1857, his opponent this time being Hon. J. K. Goodin, of Minneola. In the spring of 1859,
he, with a number of others started a 1 ew town at the junction of the Cottonwood and
Neosha, in what was then Breckenridge County. December 6, 1859, he was elected a mem-
ber of the first State Legislature, from the counties of Osage, Breckenridge and Coffey, his
opponent being Hon. J Winchell. He was an active member of the hody. During the
early part of Mr. Lincoln’s administration, Dr. Cutler was appointed United States Indian
Agent for the Creeks, one of the mostimportant positionsin the Indian service. Imme-
diately after receiving his appointment, Dr. Cutler started for his agency, but found that
the Indian troubles inthe Nation had culminated in a pitched battle, in which the Union
Indians had been defeated, nearly all their wagons and ponies had been captured. and they
had madea forced march to Kansas, barefoot and illy clad, in the most severe winter
weather. Hundreds were left dead by the wayside. The suffering they endured can scarce-
ly finda parallelin history. When Dr. Cutler found them they were on the Verdigris River
in astarving condition, living on their ponies, dogs, and such roots as they could find.
Much credit is due to the promptness and energy of the Superintendent of the Southern

Wm. G. Coffin, whose efforts to ameliorate their suffering were ably seconded
by Dr. Cutler. After the wants of the Indians were relieved, they were removed to the
neighborhood of Lexoy, in Coffey County, where they wentinto camp. Dr. Cutler helped
to organize the Indian regiments for the Union service, which were recruited mostly frcm
the tribes under his charge. In the early part of the war he had nearly all of the Southern
Indians to look after, and distributed, annually, provisions and elothing.. to the amornt of
hundreds of thousands of dollars. _He was Indian Agent during Mr. Lincoln’s entire ad-
ministration, but being an ‘*Anti-Johnson man,” he resigned soon after the Jatter’s inaugur-
ation. While agent he took many delegations of Indians to Washington, and did much to
alleviate their wants and place them in comfortable irc umstaices again. After quittin
the Indian service, Dr. Cutler moved to Texas, and settled atSberman. He there founded
the Sherman Patriot, and was appointed printer for that district by Gov. Davis, the Repub-
lican Governor. Whenthe K.& T.R. RB, approached Texas, Hon. R. S. Stevens, the
General Manager of that road, induced him to take hold of a new town that they intended
building up, on Red River. He did so, and issued his new paper from atent in the woods,
named the new town Red River Gaby (now Denison), andhis paperthe Red River Journal.
The first copy of his paper he printed with tle head lives in red ink, and the “ red headed ”’
newspaper was commented upon by nearly all the papers of the country. In six months
time the new town had 5,000 inhabitants, a growth unprecedented. Hon. F. P. Baker, now
of the Topeka Commonwealth, afterward became his partner in this paper. Seeing what
had been done at Denison, a committee from Dallas, Tex., waited on Dr. C., and offered him
$2,500 to start a paperiuthat town. He did so,founded the Dallas Daily Commercial,
which soon becaine one of the leading dailies of the State. During Mr. Cutler’s residence
in Texas, he came to be recugnized as one of the leading journalists of the State. He was
the originator aud one of the orgauizers of the ‘Texas Press Association,” comprising all
the leading journals of the State, and was president of the association in 1873. Inthis hur-
ried sketch much that might be said of one who, as one of that band of patriots, ‘took his
life in his hands’? daily, in the effort to reserve the future great State from the grasp of the
slave power, has been necessarily omitted. Dr. Cutler wasin every battle (perhaps with
two or three exceptions), that was fought on Kansas soil. He was by the side of the gallant
Shombre when he was mortally wounded at the charge on Fort Titus, and had a ball
through his hat and a scalp wound at the same volley. e had ahorse shot under him at
Hickory Point. Was one of those who knelt around the grave of the noble Hoyt when his
body was found, thrown in a hole like a dog, and took the oath of vengeance over his body.
Was with Brown in his battles with Lane and Montgomery; in fact, wherever there was work
todo, After the adjournment of the Free-state Convention, at_ Lawrence, Dr. Cutler was
taken sick with ty phoid fever, and lay at Gov. Robinson's housefor sometime. When he
became able to travel, he bired Mr. George Warren to take him home to Doniphan. On the
way up they avoided the town of Atchison, but on his return, Warren undertook to f°
through that place. He was arrested and searched; he attempted to swallow one of the
* League”? books, but it was “‘ choked up.” The ruffians next stripped him and made him
tell where he had been. He toid them he had been to take Dr, Cutl-r home. A wagon load
of men and anumber of horsemen were sent after the doctor, | They arrived at Doniphan
about 9 o'clock at vight, and found the sick man alone, and in bed. He was immediately
‘hustled ” into the wagon and started for Atchison. Upon arrival there, a courier was at
once dispatched to Weston, with the information that they had captured one of the leaders
of the Abolitionists, and, fearing a rescue, asked for reinforcements. About 3 o’clock inthe
night, the crowd from Weston came in, drunk and noisy. They swore they would hang the
Abolitioaist at once. Sheriff Whitehead, with more heart than the others, went in to where
the sick man lay, aud gave him a loaded pistol, telling him that they were determined to kill
him, and that he must defend his lite as best hecould. Thenext morning he was tried for
high treason before a ‘“‘ squire,” and convicted. He was finally given his choice to ‘hang ”
or be taken to Lecompton, where the Pro-slavery army was gathering, preparatory to
“taking Lawrence.” ‘he sick wan chose hanging, us he hardly expected to recover from
his sickness. After much argument and contention,it was finally «tecided to take him to Le-
compton, aud he was again hustled in the wagon and started under guard to the Pro-slave-
ry headquarters. At Lecompton he was placedinatent, Itrained hara, he was thorough-
ly drenched and hadarelapse. One night, in a delirium, he attempted to escape, crawled
about one hundred yards and then fainted. Hewas found the next morning and taken
back. Shortly after this he was exchanged and fell into the hands of good nurses at Law-
rence, who brought him up as from the grave. In writing the history of one who took part
in the daily events of a period so full of excitements and dangers as that of the early histo-
ry of Kansas, much must necessarily be left out. Dr. C. took part in nearly every import-
apt movement of the Free-state party in Kansas. He helped to recruit and organize the
“Ragged Regiment,” which Gen. Lane, Col. Dickey, Judge Morris Bunt and he piloted
through Iowa, and entered Kansas with about the 1st of August, 1856. Soon after entering
the State, a dispute arose as to the propriety of Gen. Lane’s secompany ing the “emigrants”
farther. Lane, Walker, John Brown, Dr. Cutler and others left the party. and made a
forced march to Topeka, arrived there in time to hear of the Pro-slavery outrages on the
Wakarusa, and started at once for the ‘‘seat of war,’’and consequently were in the various
figlits that followed in quick succession. Dr. Cutler married Miss Hattie A. Tuttle, at Topeka.
in February, 1857, by whom he had four children, two of whom, Chas. K., and Mary A., are
now living. His wife died at Centralia, Ill., during the spring of 1878. He afterward married
Miss Fannie J. Dougherty, formerly of Evansville, by whom he has had three children, but
one of whom is living—Nannie, Dr. C. is now living at Geuda Springs, Sumner Co., Kan.,
where he has a drug store, practices his profession. and is Postmaster.

SAMUEL DALTON, attorney, came to Topeka May 20, 1881, and has been engaged In
practice here since that time. ewas born in Orangeville Township, Orange Co., Ind.,
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March 30, 1848, and educated atthe State University at Bloomington, Ind. He graduated
from the law department of that ¢ liege in 1871, and commenced practice at Pauli, Orange
Co., Ind., but remained there only a month, e then located at Bowling Greer, Clay Co.,
JInd., nd remained there until April, 1876, when he removed to Terre Haute, making
that his home for three years, His next location was at Albion, Buone Co., Neb,, where he
resided until he came to Topeku, Mr. D, enlisted asa privatein Company K, Fifty-third
Indiana Volunteer Infantry February 22, 1862. and served until August 17, 1865, remain-
ing wich his r. giment throughout. Hé was at the battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, with
Grantin his march through MMissigsiDDt to Oxford, at the siege of Memphis, at Vicksburg
for forty -four days during the siege and with McPherson duriig his raid to Grenada, Miss.
After serving cwo years of first enlistment he re-enlisted as a veteran, and was with Sher-
man in his campaigu before Atlanta, his march to the sea, and on to Washington. He was
married in C iambersburg, Orange Co, Ind, December 17, 1872, to Elma Belle Boyd, a na-
tive of that county. They have two children—Estella, born June 7, 1874, and Nina, born
uly tie 1881 Mr. Dalton is a member of the I. O O. F, and the G. A. RB.

,_ BENJAMIN M. DAVIES, lumber merchant, came to qopeka in June, 187%. Prior to
this time he had been in busimess with his brother. James M. Davies, and Mr. Manspeaker,
until their mill buruedin July. InSeptember 1877, the firm engaged in lumber business,
from which Mr. Maispeaker retired in March, 1878, Davies Brothers having carried on the
business alone since that time. In 1877 they also started alumber yard in North Topeka,
and in 1880 established a receiving y rd, containing about five acres of ground. The busi-
ness in 1881 amounted to $150,000, with every prospect of a large increase in the future;
they keep seven teams and employ thirty 1uen the whole year. Mr. Davies was born in
Granville, Ohio, November 13, 1840.. Inthe spring of 1856 he moved to Cumberland Coun-
ty, Ills., where he remained until 1862, and then at Urbana, Ili., unt'l he emigrated to Kan-
sas, He was married in Greenup, Cumberland Co., Ill., August 11, 1861, to Elizabeth Cook,
anative of Logan Hocking Co., Ohio. They have two children—Lillian and Charles, Mr.
D. is a member of the A. F & A, M., Blue Lodge and Chapter, Kuignts Templar.

JAMES M. DAVIES came to Topeka in 1872 and erected buildings, but did not perma-
nently locate, and_eugaged in business until May. 1875. He then went into the groceiy
business with W. W. Manspeaker, and later engaged in the lumber business with the same
gentleman, They subsequently sold out both grocery and lumber business, and built a
flouring mill where the Inter Ocean Mills are now located. Their mills were destroyed by
fire in July, 1877 and they again wentinto the lumber business in September of the same

year.

BENJAMIN F. DAWSON, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Topeka. Owns 160 acres, 140 acres
in cultivation; has fine brick dwelling’ and good_ outbuildings, good orchard, hedges well
set, @ first-classfarm. Has occupied position as Director uf School Board, and is now Clerk
of District No. 36. Came to Kansas September. 1855: located on present farm; since that
time has spent three aud one-half years in the city of Topeka in business. He enlisted as
private in the Second Kansas Militia, just bef{urethe Price Raid, and was with his command
at the battle of Locust Grove, on the Big Blue, in Missouri, where he, with 2 number of his
command, were c tptured by Shelby’s Division, and after a forced march of six days, durin,
whicly many of his comrades lost their lives from sunstroke, exhaustion, etc., waS parole
and came home, but was never regularly discharged. Mr. Dawson was born in the State of
Indiana, in June, 1830. Moved with his parents to Illinoisin 1832, remaining there until
he came to Kansas, He was married April 4, 1861,to Miss Susan M. Wade, and has six
childiren—Carrie M., Emma, Mary E, William, Julia and Frank.

JOHN W. DAY, attorney, was born at Petersburg, Adams Co., Pa., April 12, 1833, and
when about one year of age remuved witb his parents to Ohio. He is a son of Rev. Isaac D.
Day, of the American Methodist Episcopal Church, formerly of the Cincinuati Conference,
but at the time of his death, which occurred near Lancaster, Ohio, of the Ohio Conference.
He was educated in the public schools of Ohio and at Waynesville Academy. in Warren
County, ofthe same State. After leaving school he learned the printer’s trade and worked
at it for three years prior to coming to Kansas on May 14,1856. His first location was at
Leavenworth, but after staying fora few months he went to Jefferson County and took up

 

sand in Jefferson Township, his postoffl: e address being Grasshopper Falls. In 1857 he was
elected County Clerk and Recorder of Jefferson County, and was ex-officio Clerk of the
Court. He retained that officefor four years, prosecuting the study of la'v at the same
time, and was admitted tothe bar at Oskaloosa in 1862. having practiced in the inferior
courts prior to thattime. In July, 1860, he became practically the manager of the Oska-
loosa indepen ent, anil retained the control and management of that paper until 1862, being
associate editor until 1863. He was appointed Probate Judge to fill a vacancy in 1861, and
in the fall of 1862 was elected to that office by the people but resigued in October. 1863, and
accepted the position of Acting Assistant Paymaster in the Navy He was firstorderel to
the Mississipni Squadron, but subsequently to the Gulf Squadron, where he remained until
September, 1865, arriving at Oskalousa September 30 of that month, He had determ‘ned
tolocate at Topeka when he leftthe navy, but his friends in Jefferson County had nomi-
nated him for Probate Judge without his knowledge and being elected he felt itto be his
duty to fillthe position. He was re-elected, and held that office for four years, subsequently
contining himself to the practice of his profession at Oskaloosa. until 1875,when he removed
to Topeka, where he has since heen engaged in practice. In 1859-60 he was Docket Clerk
of the Kansas Territorial Legislature. He was married at Oskaloosa, December 8, 1859, to
Mary J. Fairholm a native of Waynesville, Ohio. They have had two children, but both of
them dielininfaney. Mr. Day is an Odd Fellow, and amember of the First Presbyterian
el ‘opeka.
Chur OMASE. DEAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33. P. O. Topeka, owns 3820 acres,
160 under cultivation and 160 in meadow and pasture has good dwelling. outhouses and
orchard: has at present seven horses, fifty head of cattle and fifty head of hogs. Came to
Kansas in the spring of 1857, first locat’ng in Atchison County, and came to this farm in Lhe
spring of 1870, Has been Treasurer of the School Board. Enlisted as nrivate in 1861, in

Company D, Second Kansas Cavalry, and was with the regiment in ali its campaigns; ‘waa
in the engagements of old Fort Wayne, Parrott’s Grove, etc.; was promoted Lo vorporal
and Serg: aut, and mustered out January, 1865. Was born 1 Huron County, Uhio, Novem-
ber 18, 1835: came frum native place to Kansas Was warricd in March, 1870, tu Mrs, Har-
riet Reese: has two step-children—James VU. and Mary J.; lis own eulluren are, George Ag
Frank I_and Minnie. rs. LD, isa member of the Methodis. Episcopal Church.
HAMILLON J. DENNIS. was born in Franklin, Lenawee Cu., Mich., June 11, 1835,
After completing his preparatory studies he entered Michigan University at Anu Arbur,
graduating from the literary departinent of that institution in 1858, and frum the law de-
pats ment in18d1. Inthe fall of tie following year he emigrated to Kansas, fir st locating in
eavenworth, in which city he served two terms as City Clerk, and nine years 4s Clerk of the
District Court. March 1, 1881, he was appointed State Librarian by the Gevernor, on the
recommendation of the Judges of the Supreme Court. Mr. Dennis was married at Quincy,

-Ills., November 22, 1865 to Adelia M. Davis. They have three children--Zoe V., Mary H.

and Alta A.

H. X. DEVENDORF, is a native of Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., N. Y., where he was
born April 19, 1837, and resided until he came to Kansas in Octuber, 1876. 1n the summer
of 1864 he enlisted as a private in Company K, Oue Hundred and Forty-second New Yurk
{olunteer Ttantry’ aid was mustered out ag Urderly Sergeant 11 May, 1865. After lucat-

ng in Topekain
Topeka ommonwealth remaining in that pusition until January, 1879, aud subsequent-
eing txecutive Clerk tor Gov. St. Jonn. e was married in Peru, Berkshire 0., Mass.,
eptember 28, 1860, tou Sarah E. Cone, a native of that place. They have five children liv-
ing—Mary E., Chas. L., Minnie B., Alice K. and Lelia
cember 18, 1881, aged thirteen years. Mr. D. isa member of U. A. R.. and commander of
Lincoln Pust No. 1, which was organized June 29, 1881, with a membership of twenty-two,
and now has three hundred and eight active members; a!s0 a member of A. VU. U. W., and

» F.& A. M-

GEORGE DICK, M. D., homeopathic physician and surgeon, located in Topeka in Octo-
ber, 1869. and has been continuously engaged 1n practice inthe city since that time. He
was born near Hamilton, Butler Cu.. Ohio, December 28, 1828, that county remaining lis
home until he cameto Kansas He was educated at Miain! University, in Ohio, and St. Louis
Homeopathic Medical College, graduating trom tbe latter in the spring of 1861. Prior to
graduating he had practiced medicine iu Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, and iminediatly after

taduating he commenced practice iu Hamilton, Ohio. He was married at Cleaves, Ohio,

ebruary, 1849, to Deddy A. Ogden. a native of Ohio. phey have seven children—George
Edgar, Lou Ogden, Anna May May Jean, Sarah Albertie, Nellie Grant and Charles H. Dr.
Dick is a member of the Kausas State Humceupathic Meuical Society, the Western Academy
of Homeopatuy. and the Topeka Medical Society.

WILLIAM é. DICKINSON, general agent Arkansas Valley Town Company, and audi-
tor of the Land Department, Atchison, Topeka & Sauta Fe Railroad, was born in Maluue,
Franklin Co, N. Y¥., June 21, 1826. He was educated in the schuvls of his native county,
and at Bakersfield Academy, Bakersfield, Vt, He commenced clerking at the age of sixteen
years. After reaching his najority he c mmenced business on hig own account. In 1866
removed to New York City, where he continw d in mercantile business until the spring of
1872, when he removed tu Duluth, Minn., to take the position of general agent of the Nor-
thern vacific Railroad, retaining this position until Fevruary, 1875, when he was appoiuted
to the position he now holds.

H. P. DILLON lvcated in Topeka, October, 1876, and has been engaged in the practice of
law in the city tiuce that time; since 1879 associated with A. L Williams, Mr, Dillon, a son
of Judg> Dillon, of the United states Circuit Court, was born in Davenport, Iowa, and edu-
cated at Antioch Co.lege and at the lowa Law School at Iowa City. bor the last three years
he has been Master in C>ancery in United States Court. He is a director of the Central Bank
of Kansas, of the Manhattan & Blue Valley RK R., an | of the Salina & N. W. R. BR.

ISAAC DOBBLINS, market gardener aud stone mason Section 12, P. O. Topcrka. Owus
seven acres, well improved, gardens in summer and works at his trade in winter,
Came to Kausasin March, 1876 aud stopped in Topeka. Had but 312 on arrival, but went
to work at his trade, and by economy saved enough to buy two out lots. Sold them and
bought present place, locating here July 13, 1880. His place is worth $1,000. Burn in siay-
ery, in Maury Cuunty, Tennessee, December 21, 1828. Came from native place to Kansas.
Has beer twice married; first time to Catharine McFall, in 1850. Had three children by
first inarlane. Vine, Meliuda and Seward. Mariied secund time to Amanda Moore,
January 8, 1878. ewuber of the Benevolent Sucilety. also Knights of Wise Men.

SAMUEL DOLMAN, clothier, grain dealer and railrond contractor, was born in Grant
County, Ind., in 1834. Game to Kansas as a Free-state man in 1856, being then only a littie
past twenty-one years ofage. He engaged in mercantile business at Tecumseh, where he
‘was driven from his home by Buford’s men, who were border ruffians of the deepest dye.
Mr. Dolman then took the saddle and actively participated in the struggle betweeu the two
factions uutilSeptember, 1856 when he was arrested by United S.ates Deputy Marshal
Cramer and forty men, after adesperatestrugglu having his horse crippled in the dis-
charge of his duty in carrying messages from the people tothe Governor. He was incar-
cerated in the so-called Lecompton Prison with 110 other Free-state comrades, who had
been taken from various parts of the Territory. unuer the pretense of law, fur the crime of
treason, placed under guard of 300 men who were commanded by Cul. Titus, who was a
bitte’ enemy, the men under his command being most bitter Pro-slavery thugs from the
Dorder counties of Missouri. The prisoners remained in Lecompton Prison for eight weeks,
being fed on condemned Government bacon, with corn and oats chopped for bread. They
were crowded into one smallframe building: asaprison, with a double guard, and were
not even allowed to clean their quarters without being liable to be shot. .For eT Stortlug to
the insults of their keepers they were subjected to the most severe punishment; such as be~
ing bucked and gagged. 01 thumbs tied to the ceiling, guards placed over them tor the pur-
pose of shooting any man who might venture to relieve their comradesindi-tress This
was done under the Democratic rule, which was so conducted to sustain humati slavery in
the Terr:toryo Kansas. Mr. D. was married May 14, 1857, to Marinda K. Jordon she then
living five mile; eastof Topeka. Her father had been aslaveholder in Kentucky, but re-
moved to Illinois prior to coming to Kansas, where he came to do what he could to prevent
the extension of slavery In 1859 Mr Doiman, with his wifea done child, wentt» Pike’s

eak, After traveling over a cousiderable portion of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah,
during a period of seven years, he returned In 1866 to Kansas, where he has since been en-
faged in inilling, grain dealing, railroad contracting, and now is carrying on mercantile

usiness in North Topeka. e has two sons grown and married, C. S. and R. D.. who are
also in mercantile business Four other sous from six to sixteen years of age, and one
daughter, constitute the fainily of one of the early settlers of Kansas, Asa matter of gen-
eral historical interest, Mr. D. wants it stated that while imprisoned at Lecompton, Col.
Bigg-rton, one of the prisoners receive la proposition from Col. Titus that the prisoners
would be released if they would join him in his Nicaraugua Expedition. The offer was re-
Jected_and snurned not only by Col. Blegerton, but by all his comrades.

REV. THOMAS F. Du BLAZER, pastor of the English Lutheran Church at Topek
was born in Clinton County, Pa., near Muckeyville, June 27, 1841, and was educated ai
Springfield, Ohio, at Witten ure College. from which he graduated in 1871. He enlisted as
Sergeant of Company E, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry October 23, 1861; re-enlisted as a
veteran anil served until Alpuar 1865, participating in‘all the battles of his command. He
was wounded at the time of Kilpatrick's raid at Jonesboro in 1864, and once prior to that
time at Nashville, In 1862. In 1872 he commenced the study of theology at the Theological
Seminary at Spr na field Ohio, and was ordained at Nevada, O.10, in Uctober, 1873. He
commenced preachin at lucas, Richland Co., Ohio, and remained at that place for two
Jere: In the fall of 1874 he removed to Kansas City, Mo., and was for five years pastor of

he First Lutheran Church ofthatcity He was then for two years State missionary for the
Lutheran Church of Kansas, when he accepted a call to the First (English) Lutheran Church
of Topeka. which he still serves. Mr. Dornblazer was at one time nominated to the Penn-
sylvania Legislature, but declined the nomination, Heis a Good Templar and a member of
the K, of P. andG.A.R. He has been twice a delegate to the General Synod, and for three
yoars Pres.dent of the State Synod. He was married at Center Hall, Center Co., Pa... Sep-
tember 15, 1872, to Annie M. Shannon, daughter of John Shannon, Esq., a native of that
pings. They have four chiliren—Mabel E., John S., J osephine A. and Thomas Franklin, Jr,

eis at present Chaplain of Lincoln Post, Topeka, Kan.

8. H OWNS was born in Otiea, N. ¥.. November 14, 1838. From the age of seven
months he was reared in Cleveland, Ohio; educated in Ohio and Pennsyivania, In 1852 he
went to California, and spent six years in that reglon. From 1859 to 1860 he was w resident
of Colorado stnen after spending ashort time In Ohio he returned to Golorado and re-
mained until 1863. Hethen went to Idaho, now Montana Territory, and remained there
most of the time until he located in Mission Township, Shawnee Co., Kan, in Decemver,
1869, having urchased his farm in 1868, coming here at that time in the interests of the
Natioual Land Company. After three years spent in improving his farm, he went to To-
pelea and engaged in the lumber business, which he carried on for one year. He organized

he Patrons’ Mutual Insurance of Kansas, and was secretary of the company for two years.
Afterward engaged in agricultural implement business, besides being considerably inter-
ested in the shipment of corn from this point. For the last three years he has been engaged
in the milling business, besides having one of the best seed warehouses in Kansas. He is
now closing ont his stock of farm machinery, with the intention of devoting his entire at-
tention to milling and seed business.

GEORGE B. DIM DLEY, ornamental painter and sign-writer, was horn in Greenwich,
Conn., M'y 4, 1854. In 1857 his parents moved to Minnesota, and afterwards to St, Louis,
Mo., remaining several yeirs, About the year 1867 they moved tothe vicinity of Topeka,
ene ing in farming, which he followed several years. In 1876 he began painting and sign-
writing, at which he is very skillful, having the raputation of being the best sign and ornas
Mental painter in the city of Topeka. He understands perfectly all branches of the work,
He does some portrait painting, but makes ornamentaland car cature painting a specialty.

 

 

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Be was married at Topeka, November 25, 1877, to Miss Hattie Butler. They have one child

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GUILFORD DUDLEY immigrated to Kansas in the early spring of 1855, remained for
about three months in Lawrence, and then removed to Topeka, where he engaged in hotel
business tor a few months, aubeequently dealing in realestate, During the troubles of the
latter part of 1856 he served under Gen. J. H. Lane, a portion of the time as one of his
guards. In 1857 he again resumed his real estate and brokerage business, which he con-
tinued until 1862, when he was appointed Adjutant General of Kansas, and retained the
position one year andahalf, He then entered the employ of Carney & Stephens, wholesale
grocers of Leavenworth, as collecting agent in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexicoand Kan-
sas, Heremained' with the firm about three years, and again resumed his old business,
which he has continued to Ehe present time; his regular banking business being started in
1869. Mr. Dudley was Clerk of the Territorial Legislature in 1859, and City Clerk in 1861.
He is a native of Bath, Steuben Co., N.Y. and was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio. He
was married in Topeka, June 5, 1867, to Semantha V. Otis, a native of Rutland, Vt. They
have two children—Margaret and Guilford. Jr. . 3

CAPT. HORACE L. DUNLAP, attorney-at-law and Justice of the Peace, residence North
Topeka, came to Kansas in the summer of 1856, from Buffalo, N.Y. Was born June 19,
1832, at Bozrah, Conn. Moved to western New York when quite young. Wentto sea when
ears was inthe merchantand naval service. Was
aboard the United States frigate San Jacinto in her first voyage tothe Mediterranean, Has
visited nearly all foreign countries, and was promoted to the position of first mate. Capt.
Dunlap took a very active partin the border war of 1856, and was anactive Free-state
man. Was captured by the Pro-slavery men, and held as a prisoner at Leavenworth, and

ained his liberty by professing allegiance to their cause and joining them. By this means

e made nis escape, made his way to Lawrence, and joined John Wright’s company, which
was composed of Arkansas, Missonriand Eastern men. A younger brother of the captain
was also in this command, which was under Col. Harvey. Capt. Dunlap piloted the com-
mand back over the same ground followed by him while escaping. Inthe spring of 1857
Capt Dunlap organized a company of militia, and was ordered to Easton for the protection
of the ballot; at this time being the election of Delegate to Congress and a Territorial Legis-
lature. He was elected a member ofthe Legislature under the Wyandotte Constitution.
Participated in the fight onthe second attack on Lawrence. Was well acquainted with
John Brown, and knew all of the old man’s plans. It was by the influence and valor of such
men as Capt. Dunlap that the present liberal povernment of Kansas was made possible.
Capt. Dunlap enlisted in the army in April, 1861, in the Twenty-first New York, Company
C, as aprivate.* Was transferred tothe Fittieth Illinois Infantry ; promoted to Lieutenant
and Regimental Drillmaster. Was commissioned by President Lincoln as Captain, First
Regiment Missouri Volunteers(colored) Participated in the engagements at Fort Henry,
'Tenn., where he was wounded; at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, second battle of Corinth, where
he was again wounded. With Fiftieth Illinois while in these engagements. Received two
commissions, one asa Captain and one as Lieutenant. He was married in 1858, at Buffalo,
N Y., to Miss Mary Mugridge, of Rome, N.Y. They have one child—Lucy, now Mrs. Wil-
liam H. Davis, whose husband is a wholesale grocer of North Topeka, A member of the
Topeka Commandery, No. 5; is also a member of theG. A. R.

WILLIAM H. EARLY, M. D., was the fifth son of James and Sophia Early. His father’s
birthplace was Ireland, and his mother’s_was France. William was born near Lachine,
Canada, July’ 16, 1830. His boyhood was spent near Malone, Franklin Co., N. Y., from
which place he removed, in 1846, to Mansfield, Ohio, and remained one year. Hethen
spent one year in Ashland and one year in Coluinbus,; Ohio. From there ae went to New
Orleans. After spending a year there, he returned to Cincinnati,and thereremained until
He then eniigrated to Iowa, and located at Keokuk. He commenced reading medi-
cine with Prof. Hughs, in 1856. Commenced the practiceof medicine at Keokuk in 1860.
In 1862, he removed to Hancock County, Ill, and remained until April, 1863. He then re~

 

moved to Lancaster, Schuyler Co., Mo., where he was Contract and Examining Surgeon of

Militia three years. He then moved to Trading Post, Linn Co., Kan., July 5, 1866, and
remained inere. until 1869. He then moved to La Cygne, Linn Co., Kan., and remained there
until 1878. Aside from the duties of his profession, Dr. Karly was engaged in the drug and
general merchandise business for about twelve years. On November 5, 1878, the doctor
moved from Linn County to Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kan., and engaged in the practice of
medicine. The doctor is.agraduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, loc ited at
‘Keokuk, Iowa. He was a Delegate to the Republican State Convention, from Linn County,
in 1872 and 1876. He was Surgeon General of Kansas with rank of Colonel four years,
under Gog, Thomas A. Osborn. He is a member of the State Medical Society, and amember
of the Academy of Medicine and Surgery. Heisalsoa member of I. 0. O. F. and E. A. U.
He is Physician and Surgeon of Kansas State Reform School. He was the City Physician in
1882. Is also Physician of United States Jail at Topeka, Kan. He was married at Keokuk,
Iowa, September 2, 1855, to Miss Mary Irene Bruce, adaughter of Thomas Bruce, one of the

~ oldest citizens of Keokuk. Two of the doctor’s children diedininfancy. Those surviving

are William H., George W., Edward B., Mary S., Charles F., and Hattie B.

MRS. S.C. EASTER, bakery and ice cream parlor; also dealer in confectionery and
fruit. Came to Kansas in 1866, from Indianapolis, Ind. Has been in present business four
years, Was housekeeper of the Fifth Avenue Hotel for four years. Her husband died
eight years ago at Dallas, Texas. Was born February 4, 1854, at Terre Haute, Ind. Re-
sided in native place thirteen years, and removed to Indianapolis, and from thence to Kan-
sas, Mrs. Easter also owns a restaurant at Scranton, Kan. She has by her own industry
and economy acquired. her business and property, having been left at the death of her
husband Without adollar. Mrs. E. has one child, Hattie, nine years old. .

M. M. EATON, was born in Boston, Mass., May 22, 1809. When he was a child of three
or four years of age, his father moved to Newport, ‘Maine, with his family, at which place,
and in Palmyra, SBlymouth and Belfast, in the same State, M. M. Eaton resided until he
eame to Topeka, in May, 1870. After locating in that city he engaged in no active business

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for about six months, and then became connected with the manufacturing department of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Company, remaining with the company about three years.
In 1874, he engaged in mercantile business, which he has since continued alone until No-
vember, 1881, and since that time in partnership with J. W Plummer and A, W. Callahan.
Mr, Eaton was married in Belfast, Maine, February 1831, to Mehitabel Parsons, a native of
Ossipee, N. H. Oneson, Joho P., died at the age of twenty-two years, and they have five
surviving children—Thomas B., Mary Samantha, Addie J., Alonzo M., and Arabella J. Mr.
Eaton, while in Maine, was connected with the various temperance movements of the State,
and is a member of the Baptist’ Church.

EDSON & BECK, dealers in grain, flour and feed, 115 Sixth avenue, east, have
been in business the pastthree years. Business was established in 1870, by Mr. Edson, who
carried it on until F, A. Beck became a partner in 1879. They doa business of $40,000 per
year. handling all-kinds of grain exceptflax. They havea feed mill with a capacity of 400

ushels per day, grinding all feed handled bythem. They also bale all the hay they use,
They employ four men at their store and seven at the press which they run in fall and winter.
Capt. Willis Edson was bornin Knox County Ill, July 19, 1837, liviug there and in McDon-
ough County, I1l., until 1870; was engaged in mercantile business at Macomb and Galesburg
several years. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A. Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantry, serving
untilthe close ofthe war. Heenteredthe service as a private; was promoted to Secon
Lieutenant the following winter, and held that position until 1864, when he was made
Captain of his; Company, which position he held until discharged by general order at the
close of the war. ewas married at Galesburg, [1l,, July 11, 1868, to Miss Mary Roberts.
They have two children, Frank P. and Jessie. In 1870 he came to Topeka and established his
present business, carrying it on until the copartnership of Edson & Beck was formed. He

sa member of Topeka Lodge No. 17, A. F. & A. M., and of Washington Lodge No. 787, K.
of H., of opeka Lodge No. 3, A. O. U. W., and of Linculn Post No 1, G. A. R., at Topeka,

. C.. EDWARDS, president of the Kansas Lumber Company. was born at Virgil, N.Y.,
August 23, 1846. He-moved to Cortland, N. Y., while quite young, and resided in that
place until he was twelve years old when he moved to Chicago and worked on the lumber
docks one summer one and winter, as shipping clerk. The following year he went to Grand
Haven, Micn.,and for one year superintended the sawing and shipping from four saw-mills,
at the same time running plarge saw-wmill for J.P. Hart & Co. Inthesummer of 1869 he
started a lumber yard at New Windsor, Ill, and inthe fall of the same year he sold it and
ineries, remaining through the winter. In the spring of 1870 he migrated
to Kansas and located at Solomon City and engaged inthe lumber business which he con-
tinued a year and a half; in the meantime, during 1871, Siar ee the same business at Cot-
tonwood Falls, at Cedar Grove and at Newton, and during 1872 at Hutchinson and at Sterl-
ing. In 1873, he, with others, organized Edwards County, and it was named in honor of
him. At Kinsley, the county seat, Mr. Edwards erected several buildings, among others a
large hotel anda large brick block. He started a lumber yard, and also established other
brauches of business there. In 1873 headmitted D. J. Fairas a partner in the Sterling
yard, aud the firm of Edwards & Fair was organized. In 1874, his brother, R. E. Edwards,
came to Kansas, and the firm of Edwards Bros & Fair, was established at Sterllng, and that
of Edwards Bros. at Kinsley, Since thefirm of Edwards Bros. & Fair was organized in
1874, five yards have been started by that. firm, viz: at Nickerson, Reno County; Eliinwood,
Barton County; Lyons, Rice County, and Little River, Rice County. Edwards Brothers also
established lumber yards and hardware stores at Kinsley and Spearville. At Kinsley they
have a bank and dry goods and grocery stores, They also own a large cattle ranch in
Comanche County, atthe head of Medicine Lodge Creek. In1878 Mr. Edwards organized
the Kansas Lumber Company, with a capital of $100,000, principal office at Topeka. He has
been president and active manager of the company since its organization, and since then
has established yards at Carbondaie, Burlingame, Osage City, Burrton, McPherson Garden
City and other places. Mr. E.is now the largest owner of twenty-two lumber yards,ten hard-
ware store,a large saw-mill and lumber manufacturing company,employing over 250 men
besides his various other interests, comprising largeinvestments in real estate, cattle, etc,
Mr. W. C. Edwards was married at Tully, N. Y., May 20, 1874, to Nettie E. Johnson, a native
of New Haven, Conn. They buried one son of the age of eighteen months, and have two
children Hine dem Rufus and Benjamin Jonathan.

L. F. EGGERS, attorney, arrived in Kansas in 1869, andlocated at Valley Falls. Here-
sided at thatplace and at Oskaloosa until_1874 when he was appointed epistrar of the
United States Land Office for the Western District of Kansas and removed to Hays City, re-
maining therein that position until the fallof1878. In 1879 he was elected a member of
the House of Representatives, and in the fall of 1880 removed to North Topeka where he
still resides. Mr. Eggers is a native of Nittany, Walker Township, Center Co,, Pa. He was
born February 22, 1845, and after reaching theage of twelve, lived in Lebanon and Berks
Counties. He received his education at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., and in 1866
graduated from the Albany Law School, having previously read law with ‘Senator Bouchter
of Lebanon. During the warheserved a short time ina Pennsylvania regiment under
Major Greenwalt, and was at Gettsburg when Lee broke through the lines. He subsequently
assisted in recruiting, acting in the capacity of First Lieutenant of Company C, Two Hun-
dredth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. In1864 he sas placed in charge of an Ambol-
ance Corps at City Point, and was afterwards on detached service with the Army of the
Potomac. In 1872 Mr. Eggers was adelegate from Kansas to the Republican National
Convention which nominated Gen. Grant for the. Presidency, and was atone time Chair-
man of the Repullican Senatorial Committee of his District inthe west. He has been in
several of the State Conventions and has served in the Congressional and County canvass.
He was once elected Railroad Assessor; but, asthe land of the railroad was changed after
his election he never served in that capacity. Heisa member of the A, O. U. W., and has
been connected with the I. 0.0. F.. and the A. F,& A.M, Mr, Eggers was married in
North Topeka, April 6, 1882, to Olive A. Adams, of Bradford Co.. Pa.

AVERY L. EMERY, ofthe tirmof Emery Bros., manufacturers of galvanized iron
cornice work, etc., was born in Thorntown, Boone Co., Ind., February 4, 1853. avery
early age he moved to Girard, IIL, where helived until 1864 and then resided at Spring-
field, in the same State, until late in 1867, when he went to Richland, Wis., reniaining there
until 1871, then went to Chicago where he lived about one year, then spent one winter
again in Wisconsin; afterward for ten months was in Arkansas; then returned to Wiscon-
sin, where he continued to reside until he came to Kansas in March, 1880, residing in But-
ler and Elk counties until the spring of 1882, when he located in Topeka. He wasinthe
employ hereof W. A. L. Thompson until October 1, 1882, when he and his brother formed
acopartuershipfor carrying onthe manufacturing business in which they are now en-

 

aged. Mr, Emery was married in Forest Township, Richland Co., Wis., December 6,
TBt8, to LuonaM, Sandmire, a native ofthat county. They have one child—Mary Ella,
FRANK V. EMERY, of the firm of Emery Bros., manufacturers of galvanized iron

‘cornice, dormer windows and window caps, tin roofing, etc. Mr. E. was born at Thorntown,
Boone Co., Ind., December 21, 1848: from the age of nine years until 1864 he lived at Gir-
ard, lll., afterward at Springfield, Ill., until 1868; he then went_to Chicago where he
learned the business of manufacturing cornices, etc., with Emery & McFarland, beginnin,
work at $2 per day and finally commanding $4.50 per day. In the fall of 1874 he remove
to Wisconsin, where he remained until he came -to Kansas in 1880; locating first at Butler
County, remaining there until he cameto Topeka. ~ He was married in Chicago in Novem-
ber, 1871, to Laura M. Hyde, a native of the city of New York, but was reared in Chicago
from the age of two years. They have two children—George Hyde and ClaudeWilliam.

JOH . EMERY, of the firm of Stevenson, Emery & Taft, is a native of Flemington
County, N. J. He came to Kansas City, Mo., in 1876, and was for a year and a half a mem-
ber of the dry-goods firm of Bullene, Moone & Emery of thatcity. In 1878 he came to
Topeka, and is now @ resident of thatcity. The firm of Taft, Emery & Co. commenced
business in the spring of 1880, and continued under that firm-name until August 1, 1881,
when the present firm of Stevenson, Emery & Taft was organized, composed of George T.
Stevenson, buyer in New York, John 8. Emery, Edwin A. Taft and John R. Peckham ; the
latter becoming a partner February 1, 1882. Their business is extensive, giving employ-
ment to about thirty clerks, and now amounting to about 3200-000 per annum.

JOSEPH ENGELKE, North Topeka, blacksmith, came to Shawnee County, Kan., in
1860, and located on afarm. Came to North Topeka in 1874, and engaged in business with
H. Feuske, and commenced for himself athis present location in 1880. Was born January
14, 1855,in Platte County, Mo. Came to Kansas when two years old. Is a member of
Kaw Valley Lodge No. 20, A. O. U. W.

A. J. EWART, grocer, 107 Sixth avenue, Topeka, was born in Newton, Ind., in 1841;
his parents moved to Greenup, Ill., in 1853; his early school life was passed at his own home,

e completed his education in Bloomington, Wesleyan University. In 1862 he enlisted
in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment, Illinois Infantry; he served

about six months, when he was discharged for disability; his father, William Ewart, was a
farmer and mechanic, and is stil living atGreenup, lll. His mother died in 1851. Mr.
Ewart attended medical lectures in Cincinnati in the Physiometrical College in that city;
he soon after engaged in the mercantile business, butin January. -1881, hesold out and re-
moved to Topeka, where he established his present business. He was married in 1866 to
Miss Sarah Cook, daughter of James Cook, formerly of Ohio, now deceased; they have six
children, two sons and four daughters; the eldest, a daughter now sixteen, is atttending
the high school in Topeka.

JOUN E. FARMER, butcher, of the firm of Smith & Farmer, North Topeka, came to
Topeka in 1876. Afterward worked for Fowler Bro’s of the Anglo-American Packing and
Provision Co., of Kansas City, about three years. Was born July 1, 1855, in Berkshire,
England Remained in his native town until the age of 16, when he emigrated to Amer-
ica, settling in Chicago, where he worked at his trade. He has made three voyages to Eng-
land since coming to America. He is a member of the I. 0. G. T, Kansas Valley Lodge of
Kansas City, and is a member of the Baptist Church.

H. W. Wa NS WORTH was born‘in Brattleboro, Vt., October 13, 1816. He remained
and was educated in his native town until he entered collere at Williamston in 1836, from
which institution he was graduated in 1840. After leaving College he went to Alabamaand
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taught school until December, 1841, and then returned to New England and became Prin-

cipal of the Female Academy in New London, Conn., retaining the position until March,

1855. He then engaged in the railroad business one year, and March 4, 1856, turned his

steps toward the West, arriving at Lawrence, Kansas, May 9, 1856, and locating in Topeka
a few days later, Mr. ‘Farnsworth and partners built the first grist and saw mill which was

constructed on the town site, running it until January, 1861, and retaining a thirdinterest
until 1864. He was a member of the first State Senate, represenung the district comprising
the counties of Jefferson, Jackson and Shawnee, In June, 1861, he was appointed by Mr.
Lincoln agent for the Kansas Indians, and held that position-until October 1866. Decem-
ber 1, 1866, he was appointed one of three special commissioners to Inspect all the Kansas
Indian tribes, and take deputations of the various tribes—about thirteen in all—to Wash-
ington, to effect treaties preparatory to the removal of the Indiansfrom Kansas. During
the years of his connection with Indian affairs, Mr. Farnsworth resided at the Indian
agency house buton concluding his workin May. 1867, removed his family to Topeka to
the house he buil in 1856, and in which hestill resides. In March, 1869, he was appointed
Postmaster of Topeka by Gen. Grant, and held that office four years. He was Mayor of the”
city one term ehas always been prominently identified with the religious and educa-
tional interests of Topeka—being one_of the founders and for many years a deacon of the
Congregational Church, a trustee of Washburn College since its organization, and for sev-
eral years a member of the schoo. board, now and for many years itsclerk. Mr. Farns-
worth was married in Boston, Mass., March 17, 1842, to Della T. Lerow, a native of Orange,
Mass., who died June 5, 1850, leaving two children—Kate L., now Mrs. Carlos G. Akin, &
widow of Topeka, and Mary A.,now Mrs, Henry C. Akin, of Omaha, Neb. He was again
married at New London, Conn., December 8, 1855, to Harriet A. Stoddard, of New London.
They have five children—WillS., born in Topeka, September 10, 1856, Adaline L., born In
June, 1858; James W., born in April, 1860, Coit L., born at Kansas Agency, April, 1863;
Fred. C., born at Kansas Agency, April, 1866. Mr. Farnsworthisa mason of twenty-one
years’ standing, having been a member of Topeka Lodge No. 17 that number of years, and
secretary since 1876. ;

J. W. FARNSWORTH was born in Chautauqua County, N. ¥., and in earlylife re-
moved to Battle Creek, Mich., from whence he emigrated to Kansas in April, 1856, and
Tocated at Lawrence. Inthe following June he located in Topeka and commenced mercan-
tile business, in which he has been continuously engaged with the exception of about
eighteen months since that time, having carried on retail aud wholesale crockery business
since the spring of 1867. Mr. Farnsworth is a member of the Episcopal Church, and has
been a member of the board of trustees of the Episcopal Female Seminary—now Bethany
College—since its start. He has been severaltimes a member of the board of aldermen,
and for two or three terms president of the board,

G. W. HT, carpenter and foreman for Thomas V. Codington. Came to Kansas
in 1878 and located in Morganville, Clay County, from Cincinnati, Ohio. Remained in Clay
County one year and then came to Topeka, where he has since resided. Worked for the
A. T. & S. F. railroad in the bridge and building department. Did business for himself in
1880-81, and since then has been in the employ of Mr. Codington. Since learning his trade
has had the supervision of work and been foreman with the exception of about two years.
Enlisted in the army in the fall of 1862 in Cox’s Battery at Lexington, Ky Were on provost
duty for about two months, when Smith and Morgan’s forces tnade an attack on the city
and his battery disbanded and the men dispersed, some going to Louisville and some to
Cincinnati. Mr. Faught was among the latter, where he united with Col. Frank Woolford’s
(commonly known as "Little Frank”) cavalry This command did good service and were
always on the alert ready to strike the euemy when he least expected it. They met Mor-
gan's forces at Cumberland Gap and repulsed them, «t Knoxville they were_ordered to

ranklin and participated in the second fight. Went_back to Cumberland Gap and at
Green River repulsed Forrest and routed his forces. From there went to Winchester and
on to Wild Cat, where they defeated the enemy, as also at Big Hill beyond Richmond. There
met Smith’s forces and were defeated. Theforce that Mr. Faught was with fell back to
Covington and disbanded, Mr, Faught going to Cincinnati where he remained until comin
to Kansas. At Wild Cat the rebel batteries Were planted on the crest of a hillin the form o
a crescent, with the Union forcesin the ravine, Col Metcalf was ordered to silence the rebel
batteries. He attempted it but failed. Col. Woolford was then asked if hecould perform
the perilous task. He replied that he didn’t know, but would ask hismen. The response to
this call was a cheer and double quick march up the hill. Through smoke and dust, bushes,
and over logs the dust-brown heroes drove everything before them until they reached the
crest and planted the stars and stripes on the rebel works. Butit was atanawful cost. Mr.
Faught was in the thickest of this gallant and bloody charge, but his bosom friend, Dick
Diamond, a gallantand brave mar was killed. The next day one of the rebel generals in
command remarked: “There must have been a nestof wild cats in that Glen from thecries
last night.” Mr. Faught was born July 8. 1835, at Harrisburg, Pa., and when three years
of age removed to Woodford County where he remained until twenty-one years old, with
his father, a contractor and builder. From there went to Lexington where he remained a
short time,then went South, working at his trade in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama for
about three years when he returued to Lexington and was married in 1861 to Miss Anna
RB. Kidd, a native of Scott County, Ky. They have four children living: George W., Jennie.
W., Anna L. and John Mead. 1s a member of Morton Lodge No. 155, I. 0. 0. F., Liverty,
Ind., Warren Lodge No, 15, A. F. & A. M. Connorsville, Ind., and Damon Lodge No. 72 A,
ov. W., Cincinnati, Ohio, Isa member of the Christian Church of Topeka. Mr. Faught
was a Democrat prion to the war, but since then has been a Republican.

S. A. FELTER, was born in Greene County, N. Y., December 6, 1833; he removed with
his parents to Schoharie County, when about five years old, and resided on a farm, attending
district school in winter, and working in summer, until 1848, at which time he was ap-
prenticed to the printing business in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N.Y. After serving his
time, he left the printing office on account of ill health, and in 1852 entered the Gilberts-
ville Academy as a student, where he remained until 1856, teaching school, during his vaca-
tions; he then entered the State Normal School at Trenton, N. J., and after preduating from
that institution inthe winter of 1857, peceptod the position of principal of phet reining
school connected with the New Jersey State Normal School,.at Beverly. N. J He resigne
this position in 1859, to accept a position in the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Insti-
tute, Brooklyn, N. ¥. In 1861, he wrote and published the first of Felter’: Series of Arith-

metics, followed by a second volume in 1862, and athird in 1863 receiving an honorary ,

degree of A. M., from the faculty of Princeton College N.J He was married in October,
1863, in Gilbertsville, Chenango Co., N. Y., to Miss Lizzie Berndige, his wife died the fol-
lowing October, and he married in December, 1866, Miss Kate Nash, of New York, who
died October 8, 1867, leaving aninfantson. Mr. Felter resigned his position in the Poly-
technic Instiute on accountof ill health, and spent the winter of 1869-70, in traveling in
the States of New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, examining the district school system
of those States; he came to Kansas in July, 1870, and during the following winter taught
district school in Shawnee County’: heaccepted a position iu the State Department of Public
Instruction as assistant, during the incumbency of Hon. D. M. McCarty, which he held dur-
ing the term of Hon, John Traur, and which he resigned in 1876. The following year he
commenced the publication of Felter’s Elements of Bookkeeping, and has also since, in
Kansas, completely re-written Felter’s entire series of mathematical works. He was mar-
ried to Miss Lizzie Thompson, in April, 1876; in_1878, he commenced the school supply
business in Topeka, under the name of Western School Supply Company, admitting Z. F.
Riley, as partner, in 1879. The company publish school carus, and deal fn school furniture
and books, making a8 eclalty of blackboards and furnisiing school district libraries,
i WILLIAM H. VERNAL , ofthe firm Fernald Bros. Marble and Granite Works, 157
was born in Lafayette, Ind..in 1856; his father, Holmes Fernald,
living at the age of platy seven years; his grandfather, Benjamin
Fernald, is aiso living at the advanced age of 100 years; ho is a veteran of the war of 1812.
William Fernald came to this State in 1867, settling in Topeka; he was educated at the
Topeka high school, graduating in 1879; he was married to Miss Elva Moore, daugnter of
D. H. Moore, Esq., one of the first settlers of Topeka, coming here in 1855. Mr. Fernald has
made a tabletfor the Washington monument now being erected at Washington, D, C. It is
contributed by the State Historical Society; itis made of the Safford stone of Safford Sta-
tion inthis State, on the Sante Fe roadq; it is inscribed with the word “Kansas” in ralsed
letters, a shield of the State, or coat of arms, with the time of the Territorial organization
and the date of the admission of Kansas as a State,

WILLIAM R. FISH, proprietor of China Tea Store and Topeka Steam Coffee and Spice
Mills, was born in Jefferson County, Ind. in 1843, where he lived until 1859, when he settled
in Mattoon, 111, where he was in the grocery business twelve years. His father, Marshall
G. Fish, died in'1855. Mr. Fish came to Topekain 1881 and established the business alread
mentioned, which is the only one of the kindinthe State. He carries a very large stoc
and buys his goods direct from the importers in New York. He has twenty-eight varieties
of teas and sixteen grades of coffee. e has facilities for roasting and grinding a ton of
coffee a day, as well as grinding a thousand pounds of spices. Mr. Fish was married to Miss
Sarah Neavill, of Kinmundy, Itl.,in 1870. They have oneson. Mr, Fish enlisted in 1862 in
the Eighty-eighth Illinois, called the Second Chicago Board of Trade Regiment. He served
three years and was in eighteen general engagements, and was wounded before Atlanta.
He was mustered out of service in 1865 at Chicago. He is now a member of the Gen. Rice

and 159 Quincy street,

 

Post GA TSHER, register of United States land office, was born near Lancsater, Fairfield
Co., Ohio, February 5, 1823. He lived in his native town until September, 1848, at that

ed to Peru, Miami Co., Ind., where he engaged in the manufacture of car-
acini one. plows, etc,, and remained until he migratec to K&ansas in November, 1867,
and located at Topeka where he has since resided. He was engaged in the restaurant busi-
ness about two years and afterward in real estate, being appointed register of United States
land office in January, 1882, which office he still retains, Mr. Fisher was married at Lan-'
caster, Ohio, August 31, 1845, to Sarah A, McFarlin, a native of Maryland. Of their four
children but one is living, George W. John Wesley died at the age of eighteen years; Ben-

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

amin F. at the age of five years and Sarah A. at the age of thirteen months. George W.,
on of J. J. ‘Fisher, was Norn at Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, January 21, 1847, and
with the family removed to Indiana in 1848. He enlisted in Company A. One Hundred anda
Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, May 4, 1864, and was discharged September 22,
1864. Heagain enlisted January 26, 1865,in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-first

Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served until September 19, 1865; was mustered out at

 

Nashville, Tenn. He was educated at the public schools of Indiana and at Asbury Univer-
sity, at Greencastle, Ind., and immigrated to Kansas January 8, 1868. He has been mainl
engaged 1n real estate business since his residence in Topeka, and is now employed as cler
for the register and receiver of the United States land officein that city.

D. H. FORBES, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware; was born at Westboro, Mass.,
January 3, 1851; lived in bis native town until 1865, then went to Boston, Mass., and staid
until 1868 when he removed to Kansas City, Mo., where he was employed in the hardware
store of his brother until 1872, when he came to Topeki where he has since been engaged
in his present business. He was marriedin Topeka, March 4, 1873, to Celeste Mca fee,
daughter of Hon. J. B. McAfee; she is a native of Maryland, but was reared in Kansas
from infancy. They havetwo children—Lee Clinton and Benry Trowbridge. Mr. Forbes
is a member of the Congregational Church, 5

HON, CASSIUS G. FOSTER, 7udge of the United States District Court, located at Atchi-
son on his first arrival in Kansas in 1859 and remained a resident of that city, engaged in

.the practice of law until his appointment.as Judge of the United States District Court in

March, 1874, During the years of his residence in Atchison he was a member of the State
senate of 1863-84; served as Mayor of Atchisonin 1867. He removed to Topeka in March,
1879. Judge Foster was born in the town of Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., January 22,
1837. He commenced his legal studies at Rochester, N. ¥., and continued them at Le Roy,
yomaining at the latter place a year andahalf. He was admitted to the bar at Batavia, N,
Y.,in 1859. He was married at Lawrence, Kansas, September, 1878, to Angie V. Luding-
ton, a native of Massachusetts, her parents afterwards becoming residents of Lawrence.
Judge and Mrs. Foster have buried one child and now have an infant daughter,

REEMAN R. FOSTER, farmer, P. 0. Topeka, was born in Crawford County, Penn.,
April 1, 1832; his father, Robert F. Foster, had been in the war of 1812, and, although ad-
vanced in years, served for three months in the Federal army during the rebellion. Mr.
Foster located in Lawrence, Kas., in November, 1854, and joined the Topeka settlers the
following month, locating on 150 acres of Jand situated on the headwaters of Lhe Little
Shunganunga five miles south of Topeka on the Burlingame road where he still resides.
He has devoted his attention for many years to breeding and raising stock, and at present
he has about seventy-five head of cattle (thoroughbred to Short-horn), twenty horses and
col's (the latter from American mares by Norman horses), and 200 hogs. In 1862 he en-
listed in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was
mustered out in 1863. He participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam and
Chancellorsville, and afterwards in the Kansas militia in the "Big Blue.” August 13, 1857,
in Crawford County, Penn., he married Miss Martha E, Bowman, by whom he has three
children iiving. r, Foster was Township Trustee from 1869 to 1873, and represented
Shawnee County In the Legislature in 1874-'75. He isa charter member of Topeka Lodge,
No. 17, A. F. & A. M., and by his unti ving energy and well known integrity has contributed
much towards the welfare of his adopted State.

JW F T, was born near Crossville Perry Co., Ohio, March 17, 1846. He acquired
his education in the common schools of the county and at Hedelburg College at Tiffin, Ohio.
In March, 1879 he moved to Topeka and for the succeeding five years was engaged in
feaching in Shawnee and Jefferson counties. Hethen embarked in grain business, which
he continued about three years, the firm being Keever & Foucht, and next started a hard-
ware business in North Topeka, which he still continues; being also interested in mining
and smelting in Colorado; the companies with which he is connected being the Sabbath
Rest Mining Co., and Vulcan Smelting Co. He is director and treasurer of the mining, and
stockholder in the smelting company. Mr. F. was a member of the last Kansas Uouse of
Representatives, and has been a member of the Topeka School Board three years. Alsoa
member of the Congregational Church and Orders of A. F. & ArM., and K. of H. He was
married in Topeka, February, 1877, to Julia E. Dutton, a native of New York, and daughter
of M. R. Dutton, one of the early settlers of Kansas. They have one child livii®, Mabel,

7G AL FOULKS, clal
_ Cc. M. claim agent Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., was born in Mansfield,
Richiand Co., Ohio, August 29,01844. He was educated in his native town in 1862; he
enlisted inCompany C One Hundredand Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
served until the close of the war the ‘last year of his service being attached to the Ady tant
General’ office. In 1867 he moved to Kansas, locating in Emporia, whe he engaged in
clerking about two years; he then commenced business on his own account in Bidorado,
Kan., where he remained five [oars henes moving to Osage City. where he continued to en-
gage in mereantile business about four years.onger, After an interval spentin mining in
olorado, he became connected in January, 1881, withthe A. T. GS. F.R. R., holding the
position of right of way agent, with headquarters at Tepeka; was appointed to present
position in July, 1882. Mr. Foulksis a member of the ay. & A.M,

JOHN FREEMAN, shoemaker, came to Kansas in 1870 from Canada; was born In
1807, in Prince Edwards County, Va.; lived there until hc was about twenty years of age,
and removed to Monroe, Walton Co., Ga., where he remained nine or ten years, and went to
Indianapolis, He was for five years janitor of Henry Ward Beecher’s church at Indian-
apolis My, Freeman has an eventful history. While he was living at Indianapolis, and in
the year 1853, Pleasant Ellington, a citizen of Missouri, came there and claimed him as his

 

 

 
 

SHAWNEE COUNTY.

slave, and instituted suit accordingly, stating that Freeman had es.
‘ ca
(Ellington) was a resident of Kentucky, He: then caused the toRenmeny, ot Ti iaenrnitoe
sixty-eight days, during most of which time the United States Marshal required of the pris-
oner three dollars per day for guarding him, positively refusing to take bail, in any amount,
though offered to the amount of half a million. An offer was made by Freeman's friends to
buy him, but this was rejected by the claimant. Freeman was put to the expense of send-
ing to Georgia for witnesses to prove that he was a free man. otwithstanding this clear
evidence of the prisoner’s freedom, Ellington persisted in urging his claim, which made it
necessary to call other witnesses from Alabama and Kentucky. At last Freeman was dis-
charged, and gained his case, but found himself ruined in property; for he had not only
been deprived of his property for atime, but had been obliged to meet the expense of call-
ing the necessary witnesses from a great distance. By his industry and economy, Freeman
had acquired alittle property, but this was pledged for the security of his notes given to
pay the expenses of his trial—witnesses and attorney fees. His casé was laid before a gen-
erous public, and by liberal contributions he was finally enabled to pay his debts and save
his property. He was married in Indianapolis, Ind., to Letitia Draper, who at that time was
living with Mr. Beecher’s family. Isa member of the Fourth Baptist Church of Topeka
which he built and furnished out of his own private means. Have five children—Henry,
John, Jr Elijah, Martha, and Harriet. Two of the boys are farming, and one is in the em-
ploy of the A., T. & S. F.R. R. Co, Miss Hattie E. Freeman, Mr. F.’8 youngest daughter, is
a graduate of the Topeka High School, and expects to make teaching her profession, ,
A, M. FULLER is a native of Oquawka, Henderson Co., Ill., where he was born, Novem-
ber 26, 1843, and lived until April, 1861. At that time he enlisted in Company ¥, Tenth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, a three-months regiment; and when the regiment was re-
orgauized, re-enlisted in Company E of the same regiment. He participated in the various
engagements in which his regiment had a part, and was mustered out July 12, 1865. In the
following month he engaged in grain business at Lodi, Kane Co., Ill., where he remained
until he Migrated to Kansas. He located at Topeka in December, 1869, and after doing car-
enter work six months, crossed the river and ran the implement establishment of Isaac
orris, at North Topeka, fora year. He was then with Grawtord Gorham & Stone one
year. with W. W. Campbell & Bro. a year, and then for six years was in the employ of the
oline Plow Co., as traveling salesman in Kansas, southern Nebraska, and north Missouri.
February 1, 1879, he engaged in agricultural implement business in Topeka, which he still
continues. Mr. Fuller was City Treasurer from April, 1881, to A’ ril, 1882. resigning his
osition ab that time. He is a mom ber of me I, oO; B F., and G, A. a. He was married at
, Kane Co., Ill., December 18, 1868, to Susie B. Gardn i ;
has gne child, Augusta i a. er, a native of Illinois, by whom he
_ WwW. Ww. IT was born in Delaware County, Ohio, February 9, 1840. He completed
his schooladucation atthe Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1861. ‘Traveled in the {ntorest of
the I. 0. O. F. for five years. Located in Topeka, Kan.,in 1869. He is classed among the
successful business men of Topeka. He commenced the real estate and loan business in the
spring of 1869, Mr. Edwin Scott becoming his partner in 1870. August 1, 1874, the real

 

estate branch of their business was given up and the business changed to that of banking. .

Their business is large and remunerative. ey have just completed the finest business
block in the city, One of the business rooms will he used ty the firm as a banking
house: Mrs Gavitt is‘connected, either asa director or stockholder, in several important

ALBERT GANDY, merchant tailor, 206 Kansas avenue, was born in Newburg, W. Va.,
in 1851. His parents removed to Troy, Iowa, and he was educated in the schools of that
State. He wentto West Virginia in 1869, learned his trade and then returned to Danville,
Ill,. ané worked as journeyman until 1871. From that time until 1873 he was in Blooming-
ton, ILL, and then in Champaign until 1876 when he removed to Newton, Kansas, and estab-
lished himself in the merchant tailoring business, continuing until 1881, when he came to
Topeka, and engaged in the same business. Mr. Gandy’s father isliving in Cuba, Mo. His
mother died in 18538. He has four brothers; two, Charles and Lafayette, are in Missouri;
the others, William and Francis, arein Iowa, He isa member of the I. 0.0. F., No. 40; of
Topeka. Mr. Gandy has established a first-class reputation in the business which he follows,
and is a successful and energetic young man. He isa consistent member of the Methodiss
Episcopal Church of Topeka. He was married in 1881 to Miss Addie Morgan, of Danville,
Ill. They have two children. 7

L,. B. GARLINGHOUSE, Section 29, P, O. Topeka. Farmer, nurseryman and horticul-
turist and broom manufacturer, also raises fine stock; has at present forty head of cattle,
eighty acres all improved on his place, and forty acres in Williamsport Township. Manu-
factures brooms largely and ships by the car-load. Has an orchard of forty acres of thee
finest kinds of fruit, 3,000 apple, 800 peach, 75 pear and %5 cherry trees. Also
raises fine Norman horses, .Came to Kansas in the spring of 1870, locating on this
place. Has held the position as director on school board for two years. Born in Licking
County, Ohio, April 26, 1844, and came from his native place to his present farm. He was
married November 17, 1867, to Miss Matilda Hanawalt, whose father, George Hanawalt,
was acelebrated Methodist preacher in central Ohio for fifty years. Herfather and mother
are deceased. They have six children—Elbannis C., Orestes L., Almina T., George L., Lewis
F.and Nellie A. Both Mr.and Mrs. Gare teachers of music and are fine musicians, both
vocal and instrumental, and both are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. -

GEORGE GEIGER was born in Harrisburg, Pa., January 11, 1811, and remained a resi-
dent of his native State and city until 1832. He then removed to Circleville, Ohio, and lived
in Pickaway and Franklin counties, in that State, until he migrated to Kansas in April,
1866. Soon after his removal to Kansas, Mr. Geiger located with his family at the new
town of Ellsworth, being a member of the original Town Company. While there Mr. G.
engaged extensively in building and dealing in town lots, erecting seven buildings durin
his two years residence in the town, although at that time building lumber was worth $10
per 1,000 feet, and not easily procured atthat. He was also, during these years, engaged in
mercantile business and serving as the first Postmaster of Ellsworth, the business of the
office increasing during his incumbancy from $1 per month to $100 per month. He was
twice appointed Probate Judge of Elisworth County, but never qualified for that office.
March 4, 1868, he removed to Topeka and was engaged in mercantile business in that city
until 1874, nearly allthe years of his life from the age of twelve until 1874 having been de-
voted to that branch of business. .Mr. Geiger was married at Martin’s worry, Belmont Co.,
Ohio, June 17, 1852, to Mrs. Rebecca C. (Wallace) McGrath, a native of Harrisburg, Pa.
They have buried two sons—John, aged two years and eight months, and George, aged four
years. Their surviving children are Mary, now Mrs, Charles §,’Lee, of Kansas City, Mo.;

une. Ow Mrs. Dr. A. H. Thompson, of Topeka, and Malvina E., now Mrs. A. T. Rodgers,
of Topeka.

Te B. GEORGE, real estate dealer, was born in Charleston, S. C., February 21, 1826, and
subsequently lived in Louisiana and Ohio, emigrating from Stark County, in the latter State,
to Kansas in December, 1878. He entered the army in April, 1861, and served in the Th.r-
teenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry until October 24, 1864, being the adjutant of the regiment
from April 6, 1862, with rank of Captain. He started as Orderly Sergeant and was pro-
moted to Second Lieutenant of Compan K, October 25, 1861; to First Lieutenant May 13,
1862, and to Captain September 30, 1864, being never absent from his command a day dur-
ing his term of service. After the close of the war he lived four years in New Orleans. He
was married at Massillon, Ohio, March 21, 1863, to Anna J Jarvis, a native of Lewis
County, N.Y. She died August 1, 1875, at columbus, O, He married Nancy A. Stone, at
Cleveland, Ohio, in April, 1879. r. George is a member of A.' F. & A. M, and of G. A. R.

W. B. G. N, M. D., was born at Plqua. Miami Co., Ohio, February 14, 1838, that
place remaining his home until the spring of 1860. He graduated from the Ohio Medical
College in the class of 1860 and located at Morrison's Bluff, near Clarkville, Ark., where he
remained from April, 1860, to April, 1861. He then returned to his native town and en-
tered the army as contract surgeon about a month later. During the summer of 1862 he
was post surgeon at Camp Piqua, and subsequently served as assistant surgeon of the
Ninety-Fourth Ohio Volunteer nfantry, belng on detached service in the hospitals of the
Army of the Cumberland until July, 1863, when he rejoined his regiment, of which he was
commissioned surgeon in September, 1863. In August, 1864, he was commissioned surgeon
of the First Byigade, First Division, ‘Fourteenth Arm Corps. Made the march to the sea
with Sherman’s army and was finally dischargedin June, 1865. .In October of the same

ear he emigrated to Kansas and remained at eavenworth until the spring of 1866, when
he located at Springdale, Leavenworth County, and resided there until May, 1873, at which
time he removed to Topeka, his presenthome. Dr. Gibson has been coroner of Shawnee
County since January, 1876; also member of the Board of Education since 1877, chairman
of the committee on teachers; also. served as chairman of the building committee
since 1879; and secretary of the Board of Pension Examiners since 1878. He was married
in October, 1865, to Ada M. Barlow, a native of Dayton, Ohio, and a resident of Piqua from
the age of ten years. They have two children—BessieS., born June 23, 1871, and Fred D.,
born November 21, 1874. Dr. Gibson is 2 member of the State and Eastern District Medi-
cal Societys also of the A. F. &

 

A. M., andis surgeon inthe G. A. R.

I, GILBERT was born and passed his early childhood in Hardin County, Ky.
When he was three years of age, his parents moved to Prairie du Chien, Wis., and that place
remained his home until he was twenty-one. He then went to the headwaters of Red River,
at Red Lake, and traded with the Indians two years, and afterwards, for five years, with the
Indians and-lumbermen at Lake Pippin. He raised the Twenty-seventh lowaVolunteer In-
fantry in 1861, which was mustered into the service in October of that year, and was in com-
mand of the regiment, until he was promoted to Brigadier General at the Battle of Nashville,
being placed in command of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps. At
Mobile hie was brevetted Major General, but remained in command of his brigade until he was
mustered out after the close of the war. The firstarmy service in which Gen. Gilbert was en-
gaged was at Mill Lax, Minn., ashort Indian campaign of eighteen days. He wasthen ordered
to Cairo, Ill., and soon after reported to Gen. Sherinan, at Memphis, and took part in the
Mississippi campaign, pelng among the first to enter Holly Springs with his troops.

e partic-
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and lost 515 men; Marksville Plains, Old Oaks, Atachafalaya Bayou, after which he was
ordered back to Memphis, and subsequently with the command of Gen, A. A. Smith, fought
and whipped Forrest, at Tupelo; then the battle of Nashville, after which he was promoted
to Brigadier General; and finally at Mobile, where he took a prominent part in the gallant
and daring charge which resulted in the capture of Fort Blakely, and where he was brevet-
ted Major General. After the close of the war, he returned to Lowa, and located at Burling-
ton, where he was engaged in the lumber business until 1876, when he went to Colorado
and embarked in mining operations. He removed to Topeka in January, 1882, and is now a
resident of that city, having started a wholesale and retail grocery house, February 9, 1882.
Gen. Gilbert was married at Stillwater, Minn., November 6, 1848, to Susan A. Samson, a
native of New Hampshire. Their only child, John W., is in business with his father. The
General is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the G. A. R.

GEORGE T. GILMORE was born in Yellow Springs, Greene Co., Ohio, March 5, 1851,
and resided in his native town until he removed to Topeka, Kan., in June, 1871, He was
educated at Antioch College, and after leaving that institution, was connected with his
father for two years in the mercantile business. In 1871, he accepted a situation as clerk in
the office of thé Secretary of State, of Kansas. He served for six years as Secretary of the
Shawnee County Republican Central Committee, and was a member of the City Council, rep-
resenting the Third Ward of the clty of Topeka in that body. In 1879, he was promoted to
the office of Assistant Secretary of State, and held that position until January 9, 1882, when
he assumed the duties of the office of County Clerk of Shawnee County, to which position he
had been elected November 7, 1881. Mr. Gilmore was married at Yellow Springs, Ohio,
June 15, 1876, to Mary Ellen Anderson. Phelps A. and Mary A. are their two children.

J. ©. GORDON immigrated to Kansas in November, 1854, and remained at Lawrence
until March 1855, when he removed to Topeka, and commenced mercantile business there
the Following: May. He was associated with Asaph Allen, under the firm name of Allen &
Gordon, until 1856, when Mr. Allen sold his interest to G.F.Gordon, and the firm became Gor-
don Bros. In 1859, J.C. Gordon sold out to his brother, and engaged in agricultural pursuits
until 1863, at which time he rented the old Topeka House, on the present site of the Gov-
ernment building, corner of Kansas avenue and Fifth street, and kept it one year. In 1864,
he remodeled and changed his little store on Kansas avenue, just below Fourth street, intoa
hotel of fifteen rooms, which he enlarged, in 188), to a fine hotel of ninety-five rooms, and
sold in June, 1881, for $52,000. In 1881-82, he erected a fine residence in this city, which he
afterwards sold, and in June, 1882, commenced the construction of his new hotel on the
corner of Ninth and Kansas avenue. Mr. Gordon was born May 13, 1831, at Rushford, Al-
legany Co., N. ¥., where he lived until he moved to Kansas. He was married in Topeka,
August 4, 1857, to Mary F. Fellows, a resident of Topeka since 1855, and a native of New
York State. They have two children—Maria, now Mrs. James A. Troutman, and Anna.
Mr. Gordon is a charter member of Topeka Lodge, No. 17, A., F. & A. M.

WILLIAM C, GARVEY, local freight and ticket agent, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
R. B., was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in June, 1848. He moved to Kansas in August, 1855,
with his mother, his father, C. C. Garvey, having preceded them some months, The family
settled in Topeka, where he engaged in mercantile and reai estate business many “years.
Was 2 prominent Free-state man in the early days. The subject of our sketch was educated
in the district and high schools. Became connected with the A., T. &S, F. R.R. in 1874, hold-
ing a position inthe general offices. Was appointed agent at Topeka in 1876, three years
later being transferred to Denver, Col.; from there was seat to Winfield, Kan., and in Octo-~
ber, 1881, was again appointed agent at Topeka. He was married in Winfield, Kan., April-
14, 1880, to Miss Maggie, daughter of J. N, Dever, Esq., one of the first settlers in that sec-
tion. They have one child—Edward B. Mr. G. isa member of the Presbyterian Church, Is
alsoa member ofthe A., F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W. of Topeka. : ‘

R. B. GEMMELL, superintendent of telegraphs, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad,
was born in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pa., April 27, 1839, and received his education
in the district schools. In 1854 he became connected with the Pennsylvania Railway Com-
pany, at first being engaged inthe telegraphing department. After holding various posi-
tions in the service of this company, was finally appointed train master of the middle divi-
sion, having headquarters at Harrisburg and Altoona. He resigned in 1866, and removed
to Kansas to take the position of chief clerk and superintendent of telegraphs on the K. P.
R. R., three years later being appointed general freight and ticket agent of the same road,
with headquarters at Lawrence, retaining this position until 1872. , The next two years he
devoted to stock raising and other occupations. In 1874 he was appointed superintendent
of the Lawrence & Southwestern R. R., now known asthe Carbondale branch of the K. P.
R. R., Became connected with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., June 1, 1875, as chief
clerk of the general freight department. Was appointed to present position July 1, 1878.
Mr. Gemmell is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a very prominent member of the

.M. C. A., being at the present time president of the Y. M. C. A. of Topeka, and chairman
of the State Executive Committee. * . J

FRANK B. GLIFFORD, son of Charles M, and Elizabeth (Buckley) Gifford, was born in
Irving, Marshall Co., Kan., August 12, 1860, Only lived in his native place until he wasa
year or two old, then his parents Jocated at Manhattan, living there five or six years, after-
wards locating where they now reside, on what is known as “Elmwood Stock Farm” in
Madison Township, Davis County, one of the finest placesinthecounty. Frank left home
when he was eighteen years of age, and engaged in lumber business, with which he has
since been connected, at present with the Kansas Lumber Co., at Topeka.

FRY W. GILES, one of the first proprietors and founders of Topeka, traces his ancestry ~
in unbroken line to John Giles,who came from England and settled in Massachusetts asearly
as 1634. He wasthe son of John and Lydia Gilesand was born in Littleton, Grafton Co.,
N. H,, May 30, 1819. He was bred on afarm, enjoying the educational’ advantages of the
schools in the vicinity of hishome. Atthe age of fifteen years he left home, went to Web-
ster, Merrimac Co,, N. H., and entered the store of Wyatt Boyden, a merchant of that place,
to whom he was indentured until the age of twenty-one years. Mr. Boyden was an intelli-
gent merchant, but a strict, not to say hard, master, and under his tuition young Giles ac-
quired the exact and methodical business habits which have characterized his subsequent
successful business career. is apprenticesh|p being ended at the age of twenty-one, he
made what at that time would be deemed a quite extensive tour of observation through
New England and New York, prior to deciding on a permanent location. He finally, at the
age of twenty-two, first embarked in business for himself at_Littleton, N. H., where he
opened a general store and dealt considerably in real estate. He was fairly successful and
continued there in business until June 1, 1854, at which time he first came West, spending
the summer of that year in Chicago, The exciting reports of the border ruffian efforts to
capture Kansas for slavery, and the plots of Stringfellow and his co-adjutors to overwhelm
the anti-slavery settlers at the ballot-box, instead of intimidating Mr. Giles, impelled him
to go to Kansas with the determination to cast his lot with the then oppressed and outraged
minority of Free-state settlers, and with them to fight the unequal battle for freedom. He
accordingly came to Kansas, arriving at Kansas City on the steamboat ‘Genoa,” the last
boat up the Missouri, on one of the last days of November, 1854. Daniel H. Horne, T. G.
Thornton, Timothy McIntire, Jonas E. Greenwood, George F. Crow, William C. Linaker,
L. G. Cleaveland, and S. A. Clark, started with Mr. Giles, on foot, for Lawrence, which point
they reached December 2. Here aparty was formed of which Mr. Giles was oneto go fur-
ther up the river to examine the merits of the locality where Topeka now stands, as to its
advantages as the site of a future town. Here the party arrived on Monday evening,
December 4, 1854, and being pleased with the locality, onthe following morning, organized
a town company, and decided there to “build a city,” which has since grown to be the cap-
ital and leading city of Kansas. The details of the early settlement of the town are piven
in their proper historical connection, Mr. Giles was one of the original founders of Topeka,
where he has ever since resided, being intimately identified with every stage and phase of
its growth, from its earliestinfancy to the present time, He was the first postmaster, ap-
pointed in 1855. He early saw the necessity, in the disorder that prevailed, of preserving
some accurate record of the various claims and transfers of land titles until some recog-
nized authority might be established He accordingly took upon himself, gratuitously, the
thankless task of keeping a private record of all land conveyances made in Topeka, which
record was afterwardlegalized by act ot the Legislature, and adopted asa part of the records
ofthe county, No higher endorsement of the business foresight and acknowledged mer-
cantile honesty and accuracy of Mr. Giles could be evinced than that shown in the above.
He was elected by the Free-state party, in 185%, to the office of County Recorder and.
County Clerk, which office he filled until 1860. Atthat time he turned his energies more
strictly'to business pursuits. He was a Notary Public, was extensively engaged in the im-
portant trust of settling or administering on estates, was the leading conveyancer of the
city, an express agent, dealt largely in real estate, and during the closing years of the war
attendeded to the prosecution, or obtaining, of soldiers’claims. During this time no man
in Topeka was so nearly acknowledged as the fiduciary agent of the whole community as he.
June 1, 1864, Mr. Giles commenced the business of banking, thus becoming the first bank-
erin Topeka. In 1866 he entered into a co-partnership with C. W. Jewell, and continued
the banking business under the firm name of F. W. Giles & Co., until April i, 1872, at which.
time he, with associates, organized the Topeka National Bank, he becoming the president
of the bank which succeeded tothe business of his firm. He continued its president until
it was succeeded by the Topeka State Bank, which traces its lineage to the modest but sound
little banking house established in 1864, and its parentage to Mr. Giles, the first banker of
Topeka, whofoundedit. Nearly the whole business life of Mr. Giles has been spent in To-
peka, and heis closely and honorably identified with nearly every enterprise that has been
an important element in its moral or material progress and prosperity. In the multiplicity
of his business cares he has ever found time and seized opportunities to identify himself
with all public movements for the establishment of a high grade of schools, the fostering
of religious organizations, and [he encouragement of benevolent institutions in the com-
munity in which he still lives, enjoying the respect and esteem which his unostentatious
work justly merits. Mr, Giles was married to Miss Caroline A, Fellows, daughter of Capt.
Moses Fellows and Mehitabje (Eastman) Fellows, July 10, 1844.

J. F, GODDARD, traffic manager Atchison, Topeka & Santa,Fe R. R. Was born in
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Plymouth County, Mass., January 10, 1843. He was educated in the districtand high schools
of his native State. In 1857 commenced clerking in mercantile establishments in Boston,
Mass., in which occupation he continued until the breaking out of the late war. In the
spring of 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Forty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry. After a few months service was detailed to service in the Quartermaster’s De-
partment of North Carolina, remaining in this department until 1867, the last two years as
civil clerk. After a short interval spent in Colorado he settled in Chicago, Ill. In 1868 he re-
ceived a clerkship inthe feneral offices of the C.B,& Q.R.R. Was appointed assistant freight
agent January 1. 1872. During the years 1874 and 1875 held the position of general Freight
agent of the Hannibal & St. Joe R. R., in the latter year retnrning to the 0. B. & Q. R. R.,
when after acting a few months as claim agent he was reappointed to his old position. First
became connected with the A. T. &S, F, R. R. July 1, 1878, as general freight agent, being
appointed to Greats Dosition December 1, 1882.

A.GOLDSTANDT & BRO., dealers in clothing and gents’ furnishings, carry the most
elegant stock of clothing to be found in the West. Although having been located at Topeka
but a little over a year they have made for themselves an enviable reputation for square
dealing. Representations made by this firm can be relied onimplicitly. There are few
merchant tailors who are capable of getting up as fine suits as can be obtained at this estab-
lishment. Their line of furnishing goods, hats, caps, etc., has been selected with the same
attention to the requirements of the people. This firm also carries on a large dry goods and
eae store at Wamego, where they have been doing a lucrative business for several
I. E. GORHAM was born near Avon, Fulton Co., Ill, December 14,1839. He lived in
his native town until 1865, when he went to Odell, Iil., and there resided until he came to
Kansas, and located in Topeka, December, 1870. He engaged in fire insurance business, in
which he still continues January, 1871; also, in the sale of agricultural implements, which
business he has continued until the present time. R. J. Hulett is now associated with him,
under the firm name of Gorham & Hulett. Mr. Gorham is a strong Republican, having
been identified with the party ever since he was of age, For several years he has been
Chairman of the Sixty-fourth District Republican Committee. He is a member of I. O. O.
F. Mr. Gorham was married near Avon, January 9, 1861, to Eliza A. Patterson, of Union
Their three sons died in infancy, their only living child being Jennie.

RGE C. GRAVES, attorney at law, was born in the province of Saxony, Prussia,
September 2. 1830, and came to America with his parents in 1843, locating in Rochester,
N.Y, He acquired his education in Germany and America, and finished his law studies in
Rochester, In 1853 he settled in Des Moines, [owa, where he practiced law until August
29, 1861, when heraised Company D. Second Iowa Cavalry, and entered the service as Cap-
tain of that company. He re-enlisted as a veteran, and was made Lieutenant-Colonel of his
regiment, being commissioned Colonel just before leaving the army, November, 1865. He
participated in all the engagements of the Second Iowa Cavalry, at New Madrid, Corinth,
luka, etc., and was at one time in command of the entire brigade to which he was attached.
After leaving the army he engaged in practice at Memphis, Shelby Co., Tenn, where he re-
maineantil 1373, then removed to Omaha, Neb., thence to Topeka, Kan., February 13,

82, where he now resides, engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Graves was
married in Rochester, N. Y.. October, 1853. to Sarah A. Myrick, a native of New York State,
who died in 1866, leaving one son, Charles WW. At Omaha, January, 1878, he was married
to Miss Julia M. Werklein. .

HON. JOHN P. GREER, attorney at law. came to Kansas, September 22, 1856, and after
remaining a few days at Leavenworth. came to Topeka, and bought a claim one and one-
half miles west of Tecumseh, and engaged in farming. In 1857 he went to Tecumseh and
opened a law office there, which he removed to Topeka in 1861, but still resided at his farm,
which he afterwards rented, ana built a house in the city for the residence of his family.
Judge Greer published the Topeka Tribune, the first dai paper issued in the city, in 1861,
being editor at that time. It passed into other hands, and in 1865 he purchased’ the office
and again published the paper about two years, being editor-in-chief, with A. L. Williams
as associate editora portion of thetime. In 1869 he was appointed American Consul to
Matamoras, Mexico. where te remained a little over a year, and was then obliged to resign
his position on account of ill health, occasioned by the climate. Judge Greer was a mem-
ber of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, and of the last Territorial Legislature,
He was twice elected to the office of Probate Judge, and held district court. between the
terms of Gilchrist and Morton, being appointed by the governor to fill the position. He was
amember of Gov Robinson’s staff, with rank of Colonel, and has held the office of Justice of
1 He was born in Dayton, Ohio, October 21, 1824,
and educated in the schools of his native town. In 1849 he graduated from the law depart-
ment of the University of Indiana, but commenced practice at Troy, Miami County. before
he entered that institution. He wa3 admitted tothe bar of the Tenth Judicial District of
Indiana in 1846, and after leaving the law school was admitted to practice in the Supreme
Court of United States Court. In 1846 he removed to Bluffton, ells Co., Ind., and re-
mained there until he came to Kansas. He was married in Milton, Miami _Co., Ohio. June
22, 1845 to Elizabeth Patty. a native of Miami County. Judge Greer served in the Second
Kansas Militia (Col. Veale’s regiment), during the Price Raid, and was badly wounded at the
battle of the Blue. Judge and Mrs. Greer have two grandelitdren= the children of his son,
Elbridge Greer, who was Assistant Secretary of State at the time of his death, which oc-
curredin 1874. Elbridge Greer was Captain of Company I, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer
Infantry. serving a little more than three years, 2

JOHN GREIF, cigar manufacturer, came to Kansas in September, 1864, and located at
Leavenworth, remaining in that city until 1879. Hethen moved to Topeka, and commenced
the manufacture of cigars, in which he js still engaged, employing ten men in his factory
now, and only four in 1879, He is a native of Germany, born November 29,1845. He came
to America in 1863, and lived in Michigan prior to his removal to Kansas. He was married
in Chicago October 16, 1870. to Miss Minnie A. Rode, a native of Germany. They have
three children—Frank J., Emma M. and LeoM. Mr. Greif is a member of the A. F. & A.

M. Topeka Lodge. No. 17. Bs 2

W. H. GRIFFITH came to Topekain May. 1869. Has been ngincipally engagea in con-
tracting and building until March 1, 1882, since which time he has been engaged in the
lumber trade, He has also considerable rea! estate in the city. He was born July 29, 1843,
near Saltillo, Perry Co., Ohio, and lived in Perry and Muskingum counties until 1862 when
he enlisted in the Sixth Independent Company First Ohio Sharpshooters,and continued inthe
service until June, 1865, never receiving a wound or being captured. but returned safely
home, where he remained until February 18. 1868, when he was married near New Lex-

. ington, Perry County, to Sarah M. DeLong. of the same place. They have buried one son,
w

o died May 9, 1878, aged nine years, ald have two children living “Lottie and Birdie,
ages. ten and five respec 0.51, A. F. & A. M.,
of Kansas. i

JOHN W. GRIFFITH located. at Topeka in April, 1868, and was forfour years employed
ag a carpenter, and then until November, 1878. in contracting. He then engaged in lumber
business, which he continued alone, except during a few months, until October 15, 1882,
when he was made General Manager of the Kansas Lumber Company, at Topeka. Mr. G.
has been a member of the Topeka School Board two years, Alderman of the Third ward
since April, 1881, and President of the Common Councilstnce May, 1882. He was born wu ar
Saltillo, Perry Co., Ohio, June 28, 1841. In 1857 he moved to Hopewell, Muskingum Oo.,
Ohio, and resided there until he enlisted In Company G, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry, and was mustered into the service July 28.1861. He was wounded in the attack on
Atlanta, July 20, 1864. and mustered out July 29, at Columbus, Ohio. He returncod to Hope-
well after leavmg the army and was married in Madison Township, Perry Co., Ohio, No-
vember 16, 1865, to Sarah Dilts,a native of Madison Towuship. They have one child—
Mabel D. Mr. G. is a member ofG, A. R. and 1.0.0, F

WILLIAM RILEY GRIFFITH was born May 8, 1820, in Tippecanoe County, Ind. His
father, James Griffith. was a minister of the United Brethren Church. He received the rudi-
ments of an education at the district school near hig father’s farm, about six miles from
Lafayette. In 1843 he entered Asbury University, and graduated in 1847, On the 24th day
of December, of that year, he was married to Margaret Landes, and was soon after called to
Otterbein, Ohio, to take charge of the university of that name which had been recently
founded there, and of which he became first President. In September. 1850, the ravages of
cholera having spread terror throughout the neighborhood, the faculty of Otterbein Uni-
versity determined to temporarily close its doors, and Mr. Griffith having received a call to
take charge of a similar institution at Mount Pleasant, Pa., he removed there with his
family. Here he remained ailigently prosecuting his labors until 1854, when he, too, be-
came infected with the wild and weird contagion for the sunny slopes of Kansas which he
suffered in common with countless thousands of restless spirits in the older States. He ar-
rived in Kansas in the spring of 1855, and settled upon a farm in Bourbon County, five
miles from Fort Scott, on the Marmaton River. Before he was fairly settled in his new
home he was summoned to take a handin the stlrring events that were now transpiring on
every hand, and whatever the hazard or the cost, the summons was never made in vain.
Bourbon County is one of the eastern tier of counties, bordering on Missouri, and was, con-
sequently, during the whole of the Kansas troubles, overrun by desperate and marauding
bands of ‘border ruffians,” and it was said at the time of Mr. Griffith’s arrival, that the
county did not contain in all a dozen Free-state men. A hough danger to life and property
was constantly imminent, he never faltered in the avowal of his principles, nor lost an op-
portunity of exerting his influence inthe cause of freedom. Early in the fall he was sent
to Topeka as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, which convened October 23, and
he signed the celebrated constitution there framed. On March 10, 1857, he was a member
of the Free-state Convention which met at Topeka, and was a member of the committee to
draft an address to the American people. In July of the sanje year he was a member of a
Free-state Convention which met at Topeka, and was appointed a member of the Republi-
can State Central Committee. He was a,delegate to the Minneola Constitutional Conven-
tion, which met March 23, 1858. He was‘elected amember of the Free-state Convention
at Topeka, to nominate State officers under the Leavenworth constitution, and was re-ap-

ively. Mr. G. isa member of Orient Lodge,

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ointed a member of the Central Committee. On December 1, 1858, the Free-state men of
Bourbon and adjoining counties held a mass meeting for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the state of affairs on the border, and of devising ways and means to restore
peace and quiet. Mr. Griffith was made Exesidents and the convention, after discussing
various measures for the suppression of the troubles in the south west, passed resolutions ©
repudiating violence and lawlessness, and pledging themselves to speedily bring the guilty
to punishment, adjourned. OnJune 4, he was elected a member of the Wyandotte Constitu-
tional Convention, which met in July, and was chairman of the Committee on Education.
October 12, 1859. he was a member of the Republican State Convention which met at Law-
rence to nominate State officers, and on the first ballot received the nomination for Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, receiving forty-nine votes to sixteen for Elder Davis, of
Baldwin University. The election occurred December 6, and he received 7,598, to 5,287
for J. D. McGill, He immediately removed his family to Topeka, and assumed the duties of
the office, Onthe evening of February 9, 1862, on returning to his home he complained of
a severe headache. In afew hours he became unconscious. His malady baffled the skill of
physicians, and he breathed his last Fevruary 12. after an illness of only five days. He left
a widow and six children. Daring his residence in Bourbon County his life was several
times sought on account of his weil known Free-state principles. On one occasion his house
was surrounded and searched, but he happening to be away from home, escaped, On sey-
eral occasions he found it necessary to take his family ina wagon and travel by night into
some adjoining county, and remain concealed for days or weeks atatime, The wniversality
of the Pro-slavery sentiment, which was dominant in the minds of all ages and both sexes,
is forcibly illustrated by a circumstance that occurred shortly after the shooting of Roads
by Weaver, which caused intense excitement at the time. The fatal rencounter occurred
near Mr, Griffitb’s house, and being fully convinced that Weaver had acted wholly in self-
defense, he concealed his old neighbor and friend at the imminent risk of his own life and
property. His house was surrounded and search made for both Griffith and Weaver, but
they were concealed in the orchard and escaped detection. Mr. Griffith’s family still reside
at Topeka, with the exception of William R., who isin the hardware business at Emporia,

J.P, GRISWOLD, was born in New Haven, Conn.. but wasreared in Le Roy, Genesee

Co,N. Y. Began learning the miliing business at Batavia, in the same county, twenty-four
ears ago, remaining there until 1862, when he removed to Michigan. In 1863 he went to
eoria, Ill. Remained there until 1871, when he came to Topeka and engaged in the mill-
ing business here with his partner. J. L. Shellabarger. Mr. Griswold has been constantly
following the business which he commenced at Batavia when a boy. He is one of the direc-
tors ot the Topeka city railroad company. and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Charen. Bowe married at Batay la, N. Y., October 11, 1877, to Leila M. Garrett, a native
of Pembrook, Genesee Co., N.
. ¥, GRUBB, M, D., was born in Washington, Fayette Co., Ohio, December 27, 1841.
He received his literary education at the schools of his native place, and graduated from
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, Came to Dover, Shawnee Co., Kan., in March,
1869, where he reinained in practice (except during a period of a few months of absence in
the mountains on accouut of 111 health) until he came to Topeka in September, 1882. He
was married at Terre Haute, Ind., February 19, 1873, to Jennie Wiley, a native of Wash-
ington, Ohio. They have two children—Clyde and Loehr. The doctor is a member of the
Topeka Academy of Medicine and Surgery and of A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge No. 17, of
Topeka, and Fayette Chapter 103, atgWashington, Ohio; Topeka Commandery, K. T., No.
5, and GA. R., mopeka. He served three years in the United States army. i

HON. EUGENE N. GUNN, attorney, North Topeka, was born near Waterville, Lucas
Co., Ohio, May 8, 1844. Less than a year after his birth his parents moved to Fulton County,
Ohio. and he resided near Delta until he was about eighteen years of age. He was educated at
Waterville high school and at Seneca County academy, located at Republic, Ohio, and at the
age of eighteen years he removed to Oregon, Holt Co., Mo., where he began the study of law
With Senator T.'H. Parrish of that place. Was admitted to the bar inthe spring of 1865. He
came to Rush Centre, Rush Co., Kansas, in June, 1874. Atthe first election in that county
he was elected County Surveyor, served one year and was then elected County Attorney.
Afterward served another term as County, Surveyor. For a short time he was editor of The
Progress and later published d'he Blade in partners p with his law partner, Hon. F. 8.
Stumbaugh. In 1875 he platted Rush Centre. In 1877 more ground was added to the town
site and the name was changed to Walnut City. Mr Gunn remained in practice there until
1882, in the spring of which year he was appointed County Attorney by Hon. J. C. Strang to
fill the unexpired term of JudgeS. W.. Taylor. He resigned this office in July, when he re-
moved to North Topeka, where he now resides. He was married near Delta, Ohio, in Feb-
rnary, 1867, to Laura C. Tappan, a native of Fulton County. Ohio. They have five children:
Hogar S., Louisa May, Emma A., Laura E. and Lida L. Mr, Gunn isa Royal Arch Mason,
and was the first W. M. of Walnut City Lodge, in Rush County-

HON. JOHN GUTHRIE, son of William and Margaret (Japp) Guthrie. was born in
Switzerland County, Ind., July 2, 1829. His parents were both uatives of Scotland. His
‘ather was born in Perth, and received a collegiate education at the University of Edinburg.
His mother was born in Ayrshire, and came to America with her parents, who settled in
Indiana, while yeta child. He was reared to habits of industry on a farm, and received
the early educational advantages of the common schools. He studiously continued his edu-
cational course for years after his school-boy days were over. He taught school forsev-
eral years in Indiana, and during that period commenced the study of law. In 1854, he
gave up teaching and entered the law office of Hon. Lewis Chamberlain, of Logansport Ind.
e completed his professional studies. Being admitted to the bar, he commence
practice in the counties of Cass and Miami, and was, in October, 1857, elected District At-
torney for those counties, He held the office for some eighteen months then resigned, on
account of the inadequate compensation afforded by the emoluments of the office. He con-
tinued the practice of his profession with increasing success until the breaking out of the
Rebellion. In the fall of 1861 he recruited a company for the Forty-sixth Indiana Infan-
try—Col. Graham N, Fitch—and entered the serviceas Captain. He continued _in the ser-
vice during the following year. He was with his regiment at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., Benton,
New Madrid, Riddle’s Point and Island No. 10, Mo.; Fort Pillow and Memphis, Tenn., bear-
ing himself throughout as a true soluier should. At the close of 1862 his health became so
seriously impaired as to compel him to resign. He returned to Logansport and resumed
the practice of law. In 1863, whon Morgan made his raid into Indiana, Captain Guthrie, in
response to a Ms paiels from Gov. Morton, calling for aid, raised in Logansport and vicinity
a battalion of 196 men and bp them enrolled, mustered and en route for Indianapolis in
thirteen hours after receipt of Governor Morton's dispatch. In 1864 he received the unani-
mous nomination of his party (Republican ) for member of the Indiana House of Represen-
tatives. He was defeated by a small majority on purely party grounds. He came to Kan-
Sas soon after the close of the war and settled in Opeka, which has been his home since
May 10,1865. Hisability asa legal practitioner, and
many virtues as a private citizen have been fully appreciated and acknowledged by his
fellow citizens since, his settlement in the State. @ served as a member of the State
House of Representatives from Topeka three successive terms, 1868, 1869 and 1870, being
elected Speaker pro tem during the latter session. He was one of the Republican Presi-
dential electors chosen in 1872, and was selected to deliverthe vote to the Vice-President
in person, at Washington. He served as chairman of the State Republican Comunittee in
1872 and 1874, and successfuily conducted the political campaigns of those years. In 1875
he was appal nted by the Secretary of the Treasury one of the commissioners’ to locate the
site for the federal buildings at Topeka. He has been a leading candidate for the office of
Governor in the State nominating conventions of the Republican party, lacking in 1876 but
eight votes of receiving the nomination. Mr. Guthrie, as appears in the railroad ‘history of
the State, has been largely identified with the development of its railway system. He was
one of the early projectors and friends of the A., T. & S. F. road, in the days when it needed
friends most. He became an A. F, & A.M. in 1862: in 1875 and 1876 was Deputy Grand
Master, and served as Grand Master of the State in 1877. He was married in Logansport,
Ind., to Miss Mary C. H. Updegratf, a native of Ohio. — .

CI EMENT HACKNEY, assistant superintendent of the Locomotive and Car Depart-
ment, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R.R.,a son of Mr. George Hackney, was born in
Warrington, Lancashire Co., Eng., May 16,1848. He was educated in Milwaukee. Wis.
(where his father had settled in 1855) in the district schools and Lincolu Commercial Col-
lege in that city. He commenced his railroad life in 1860, serving an apprenticeship of
over three years in the shops of the Prairie du Chien R. R., at Milwaukee. In August,
1863, began firing on a locomotive and in August, 1865, was placed in charge of an engine,
which he continued to operate until 1871, when he resigned, to take the position of master
of transportation in the Milwaukee Irou Works, being also attached to the mechanical de-
partment. Removed to Kansas in June, 1878, to take present position.

GEORGE HACKNEY, superintendent of the Locomotive and Car Department, Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., was born in the town of Conyleton, Cheshire Co., Eng., May
26, 1826. He was educated in his native county and commenced the machinist’s trade as &
boy, About 1846 was employed in locomotive shops in Newton, England, and afterwards
in the shops of the London, Brighton & Lancashire R. R. at Brighton. In'1852 he came to
the United States, locating in New York City, where he was connected with the Hoe Print-
ing Press Works until 1855, when he move to Wisconsin and was appointed master me-
chanic of the Milwaukee & Mississippi R. R., having his headquarters at Milwaukee. He
retained this position about seven years then resigned, to engage in the manufacturing of
stationary and marine engines. About two years later accepted a position on the Chicago &
Northwestern R. R., at Chicago. Shortly afterward was appointed chief engineer of the
Milwaukee Iron Works and in this position superintended the construction of the extensive
Dlast furnaces and rolling mills of that company at Milwaukee. He was connected with
this company from 1865 until the spring of 1876, when the Works were absorbed by the .
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company. In_1876 Mr. Hackney was Sppointed master me-
chanic of the C., B. & Q. R. R., at Galesburg, Ill, where he remained until June, 1878, when
he received the apointment to the position he now holds.

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gaged in teaching the first winter. Inthe spring he purchased a farm in. Jackson County,
and upon which he resided for two years, from March, 1878, to March, 1880. Hethen came
to Topeka and has been engaged in the profession of an architect since that time. He
designed and superintended the construction of the Catholic Church, Mrs. Mallow’s resi-
dence, corner of Eighth and Harrison streets; J. S. Earnest’s residence, M. A.
Pona’s Business College, T. S. Lyon’s residence, the A., T. & S. F. hotel and de-
pot at Newton, recently erected at a cost of $60,000, the Presbyterian Church at Garnett, the
residence of A. A. Hurd, attorney of the A., T. &S..F. RK. R., James Brewer's residence,
James B. Haydon’s residence, the Hpiscopal Church at North Topeka, schoolhouse at Meri-
den, Kan., and the residences of William Brooks, C.M, Foulks, claim agent A., T. &S. F.
R. R., block of store buildings for G. F, King, at ‘Holton, G. W. Carey’s residence and many
others, and rendered valuable assistance in the design and detailing of the State House. He
was born near Hamilton, Canada, April 13, 1850, and at the age of fifteen months removed
to New York Cily, which was his home until six years of age. He then lived ona farm at
Brewsters, about fifty miles north of New York City, until 1869. Then taught school and
prepared tor college, and having earned $100 he entered Cornell University, at Ithaca, N

., and with that and what money he earned while in college, spent five years there and
graduated first in his class, June 15, 1876, taking the regular course in architecture and re-
ceiving the degree of Bachelor of Architecture at the time of his graduation. During two
years‘of nis college course he made drawings for the New York Condensed Milk Company,
and after graduating was employed by that company in the capacity of architect and super-
intendent of buildings and machinery until the sprig of 1877. He was married at Topeka,
January 10, 1878, to Etta J. Warden, a native of Elgin, Kane Co., Ill, They have one child
—Gertrude Ethelwynne, and lost one aged thirteen months. —

EUGENE HAGAN, attorney, is a native of Monroe City, Monroe Co,, Mo.; was educated
atthe Jesuit College at St. Mary’s, Kansas, and at University of Louisville, ., attending
the former institution from 1870 until 1873, when he entered the University before men-
tioned, graduating from the law department thereof in 1878, In November, 1878, he lo-
cated in Topeka with the well-known law firm of Peck, Ryan & Johnson until the dissolu-
tion of the partnership of that firm in the spring of 1882, since which time Mr. Hagan has
been associated in Brpctice with Hon. J. B. Johnson.

CLEMENT H, HALLOWELL, M., D.,was born in Bangor, Maine, August 13, 1854, He
acquired a literary and scientific education at Colby University, Waterville,’ Maine, from
which he graduated in 1876 with the degree of A. B., and his medical education at Boston
University, from which he graduated in 1879. He commenced practice at Lawrence, Mass.
in which place he remained a year; wasthen at Exeter, N. H., for a year and a half an
came to Kansas February 1, 1881. Dr. Hallowell is secretary of the Kansas State Homeo-
pathic Medica) Society, and a member of the Essex County Medical Society in Massa-

chusetts.

HON. JAMES R. HALLOWELL, now United States District Attorney, came to Kansas
and located at Columbus, May 17, 1869, since which time he has been continuously engaged
in the practice of law. Since his residence in the State he has served two terms in the
House of Representatives, and four years as Stat» Senator. He was also, for three years,
member of the Board of Regents of the Agricultural College at Manhattan, being appointed
United Stages District Attorney in June, 1879. Mr, Halloweil was born in Montgomery
County, Pa., December 27, 1842. When a youth of six or seven years, his father moved to
Indiana, in which State James R. received his general_and legal education, attending As-
bury University, at wreencastie, and reading law with P. M. Rice, of Rockville. April 11,
1861, he enlisted in Lew Wallace’s Zouave Regiment, Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Infan-
try, being mustered in on the 17th of the same month, for three months service, At the
expiration of his term he re-enlisted in Company I, Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer In-
fantry. Was promoted immediately to First Lieutenant, June, 1864, to Major; the follow-
ing day to Lieutenant Colonel, having previously served as Adjutant of the brigade, and
October, 1864, to Colonel of the regiment. He was mustered out January 16, 1866, and re-
turned to Indiana, where he remained until his removal to Kansas. fe was married in
Montgomery County, Ind., November 28,1871, to Samantha H. Montgomery, of that county.
They have one son, named Montgomery. Col, Hallowell is still a resident of Columbus, a
member of G. A. RK. and A. Fa& A. M.

T. J. HANKLA came to Kansas in 1869, and first located at Leavenworth, where he re-
mained about two years. In 1871 he moved to Emporia and engaged in hotel business,
which he carried on in that place until October, 1877, when he came to Topeka and leased
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, of which he was proprietor until June, 1882. He opened the Wind-
sor, February 1, 1882, one of the finest and best conducted hotels in Kansas, and of which
he is now proprietor. Mr. Hankla isa native of Boyle County, Ky.. which was his home
mo eee is brother Joseph has been associated with him since 1876; firm of T. J.

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HARRIS & McARTHOUR proprietors Fifth Avenue Hotel, built in 1872 and opened by
Mr. Bruno. The house contains forty-five rooms, and has a capacity for 150 guests. June
19, 1882, the present proprietors,-Messrs. Harris & McArthur, of Columbus, Ohio, assumed
control of the house, since which time they have greatly improved the house, and increased
patronage shows how well they perform the duties of hotel managers. dward Harris,
senior member of the firm, is a native of Belmont County, Ohio, where he was born June 1,
1835. Resided there until he was twenty -three years of age, and in 1858.moved to Picker-
ington, Fairfield County, where he continued to reside until moving to Kansas. For sev-
eral years wag engaged in raising and breeding fine stock horses and cattle, the horses being
of Hambletonian, Hiatoga and Morgans; the cattle were Short-horns. Was married in
February, 1858, near Barnesviile, Belmont Co., Ohio, to Miss Susan B. Atwell, a native of
that county, aud has two children living Maitland and Mary Bb.

HUBERT H. HARRIS, a resident of Topeka since April, 1881,was boru near Warrenton,
Warren Co., N.C., June 6, 1836. In 1844 he moved with his parents to Bedford, Tenn., re-
maining in that place until 1861, when he again moved to Harrisburg, Saline Co., Ill, where
he remained until he came to Topeka. He entered the United States service in 1862, enlist-
ingin Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, a company
which he was instrumental in raising. He resigned, January, 1863, being then First Lieu-
tenant of his company, on account of disability caused by sickness. He was admitted to the
bar of Llinois in 1868, and practiced in Harrisburg until his removalto Topeka, Mr. Harris
was married in Bedford County, Tenn., August, 1857, to Tabitha A. ells.“of the same
county. Their seven children are—Thomas D., William W., Flora, now Mrs. Pankey, of
Illinois, Anna and Edward, twins, and Minnie and Lulu. : i

J. W. HARTZELL located in Topeka in 1876, and for three years succeeding he was

roprietor of the Tefft House. In 1879. he bought out the Topeka Omnibus Company, and in
88u purchased the business of Bolmar’s Freight City Line, and incorporated the combina-
tion under the title of Topeka Transportation and.Omnibus Company; capital $25,000; J.
W. Hartzell, president and general manager, and H. F. Hartzell, Sec’y and Treas. When

Mr, H. bought the omnibus line, there were sixteen horses and four omnibuses employed,
now there are seventy horses, seven omnibuses and twenty freight wagons. They a 80. Fun

a large freight warehouse, having consigned to them all the uncalled-for fre1|
Pp. and A. T. &S. F. R. R., which accumulates in ten days after receipt. Mr. Hartzell pro-
jected and built the Topeka City Street Ry., and ran the road for four months, when he sold
tothe present company. He also established Hartzell’s Park, situated on Soldier Creek, on

. Kansas avenue extension, which contains forty acres fitted up pleasantly for pleasure par-
ties, with refreshment hails, boats for rowing and sailing on the creek, swings, etc. The ©
street railway was extended to the park during the summer of 1882, and large camp
meetings and Sunday-school conventions were held there Mr. H. was one of the charter
members of the Water-Works Company, and is a member of the first board of directors.

DAVID A. HARVEY, Probate Judge, 1s a native of Nova Scotia, but spent his youth and

was educated in Ohio, his residence being Moscow, Clermont County. In 1869 he came to
Topeka, and was for a time employed as civil engineer and SUV Of; being connected with
the construction of the A., T. & S. F. R’y. and County Surveyor. Jn 1874 he commenced the
practice of law, and was elected County Judge in November, 1880.

_NATHAN HARVEY, proprietor of the Harvey House, No. 226 Van Buren street, came
to Kansas in 1864, from Richmond, Ind. Farmed three years, and was Assistant Internal
Revenue Collector for five years. Mr. Harvey was engaged in farming and milling durin,
most of his life, ten miles west of Richmond, Ind. Was engaged in many works of internal
improvements in Indiana, among which were Whicewater Valley Canal, Indiana Central
R. RB., and the National Road, cutting timber and marking the course through the then
trackless forest, Was born November 21, 1813, at Richmond, Ind. In his boyhood days
went toschool in the log schoolhouse in winter and worked at clearing land in summer.
Was engaged one year iu propagating silk. Ex-Gov. James M. Harvey, of Kansas, was a dis-
tant relative of his. Mr. Harvey was born and bred in the Society of Friends, and 1s still oF
thatfaith. Mr. H. came to Kansas before there were any railroads, but was always anxious
to promote those important enterprises by all means in his power. Was married in 1833,
in Bartholomew County, Ind., to Miss Mildred Newsome, a member of the Society of
Friends. Have four children—James M.. a contractor on the State House and Government
Court House and Postoffice; Sarab J., now Mrs. Gilpatrick; Mary E., now Mrs. Worall, whose
husband, Prof, Worall, is superintendent of the agricultural exhibit of the A. T. &S. F.R.R.:
and Lydia E., who died in 1872. - : 5

JOHN G. HASKELL is’a native of Milton, Chittenden Co., Vt., where he was born
February 5, 1832. He is a son of Franklin Haskell, who was born in Weathersfield, Vt.
His grandfather was Gideon Haskell, born in Tolland, Conn. The family originally came
to America from Edinburgh, Scotland, settling about 1630 in the vicinity of Gloucester or
Beverly, Mass. Roger Haskell left Beverly, aud purchased aarge tract of land near Nor-
wich, Gonn., as early as 1708. Elijah, one of Roger’s sons, removed to Tolland, Conn. He
served during the revolutionary war as a soldier, and died soon after from disease con-
tracted by exposure in the service of his country. His widow, Sarah (Read) Haskell, re-
moved with her sons (among whom was Gideon, grandfather of the subject of this sketch)
to Weathersfield, Vt, in 1780. John was bred on a farm, and received the advantages of
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thereafter earned his living on a neighboring farm. He early showed a peculiar taste for
architecture and the sciences pertaining to structural work. Atthe age of seventeen he
was apprenticed to Mr. Edmund Jones, of Wilbraham, Mass., to learn the carpenter’s trade.
At the age of twenty-one he had learned thoroughly his trade, and by strict economy
accumulateda small sum of money. Determined to fit himself for his chosen profession
—an architect—he entered the Wesleyan Seminary, Wilbraham, where fitted for a collegiate
course, which he completed at Brown University, Providence, R, I. During these years he
wrought at his trade during his vacations, and practiced the strictest economy. In 1855 he
went to Boston, and there first began the work of hischosen profession, He was employed
by a leading a rchitectof the city for nine months, at the expiration of which time he en-
tered ‘into a copartnership with his employer, which continued for the succeeding eighteen
months. In 1857, on the death of his father. who had become a resident of Kansas, Mr.
Haskell removed to that State to look after the Interests of the family. He came at the
dying request of his father; and: by so doing, put behind him tbe most encouraging and
flattering prospects of his then well established and lucrative business. He was oneof the
earliest architects to make Kansas their home, and his ability and skillin his profession
soon found full appreciation in this new and untried field. His business increased rapid]

until the paralysis occasioued by the terrible drouth of 1860, when building, as well as all
other enterprises inv onutne the expenditure of money, ceased. For the succeeding six years
he did no building. In 1860 ne was engaged in the distribution of relief supplies to the Kan-
sas sufferers. In 1861 he wag made deputy Quartermaster General, and was active in the
outfitting of the first three Kansas regiments. He was mustered in as Quartermaster of the
Third Kansas Infantry, July 24, 1861. In June, 1862, he was appointed by President Lincoln
as army Quartermaster on the general staff of the army, witb _rank of Captain, and as-
signed to duty in the military division of Gen. James G, Blunt. He served as Chief
termaster of the Army of the Frontier until GAUUAX 1864. March, 1864, he was assigned
to duty as Chief Quartermaster of the depot of supplies for the Fifteenth Army Corps and

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the Department of Arkansas, at Little Rock, where he continued until the close of the war.
He was honorably mustered out of the service in November, 1865. For meritorious ser-
vices at Little Rock he was commissioned Major and Quartermaster by the President of
the United States. In 1866 he was commissioned Colonel and Quartermaster General of
the State of Kansas by Go , Crawford, which office he held three years. During his in-
cumbency he had charge of the fitting out of the troops for the Indian campaigns of
1867-68. Since the close of the war he has, with the exception above noted, applied him-
self closely to the duties of his profession, He deservedly ranks with the most skillful
architects of the West. In nearly every considerable village in Kansas are found monu-
ments of his taste and skill. In 1872 he associated in business with Lewis M. H. Wood, the
firm being Haskell & Wood, which still continues. The following impartial list of build-
ings planned or built by Mr. Haskell and the firm of which he isa member, attests equally
to their industry, skill and taste: Built or planned by Mr. Haskell—State Capitol, State
University, Washburn College, Bethany College, Chase County Court House, Greenwood
County Court House. Built or designed by Haskell & Wood—Osawatomie Insane Asylum,
Topeka Insane Asylum, State Reform School, Lawrence Opera House, Barton County Court
House, Topeka Opera House, First National Bank, Emporia, Hutchinson Opera House, Ly-
ons Schoolhouse, Halstead Schoolhouse, Arkansas City Opera House, Olathe Deaf and
Dumb Asylum; also many of the finest residences and business blocks in Topeka and other
Kansas cities. In 1878 Mr. Haskell was appointed superintendent of construction for the
new. United States Courthouse and Postotiice at Topeka, which position .he now (1883)
holds, and the exterior of the building iscomplete. Mr. Haskell was married to Miss Mary
Elizabeth Bliss, daughter of Luther B. Bliss, Wilbraham, Mass., December 22, 1859. They
have had three children. Two daughters still survive. Mr. Haskell first made his home
near Lawrence, upon the place first located by his father in September, 1854, where he
continues to reside.

J. R. HATHAWAY. now secretary of the Kansas Lumber Company, and president of
the Topeka Opera House Company, has been connected with the Kansas Lumber Company
since his location in the city, July, 1880. He is also secretary of the Western Investment
Company. Mr. Hathaway is anative of Cortland, Cortland Co., N. ¥. He removed to
Fargo, D. T.. in 1879, where he remained until he came to Topeka. The Kansas Lumber
Company was organized May 21, 1878. W.C. Edwards, president; John McCulloch secre-
tary. Capital stock, $100,000. The present officers are: W. C, Edwards, president; J. R
Hathaway, Secretary: C. H. Bradford, treasurer. Incorporated January 10, 1882.

EDWARD HAWES, general manager of the Kansas Brick Company, came to Kansas
May 14, 1877. and located at Topeka, from Newburg, Orange Co., N.Y. Has been in the
brick business for one year in Kansas; was born October 29, 1850, in Haverstraw-on-the-
Hudson, N. Y.; when quite young moved with his parents to Newburg, and remainea there
until coming to Kansas; engaged in the manufacture of brick, and for eight years prior to
coming to Kansas, was contracting and building; was married June 10, 1876, at Newburg,
566 :

-N. Y,, to Miss Charlotte Worsiey. who was born near Mariposa Canada, East. They have two
children, James Edward, and Mary Maud; isa member of Topeka Lodge No. —K. of P.:
is a member of the Republican arty, and of the Flambeau Club, of Topeka.

_ OLIVER H. HAY, of the firmof Hay, Gammon & Co., dry goods merchants, is a na-
tive of Charlestown, Masa. Wasa resident cf Brookline Mass., for about fifteen years
prior to his removal to Topeka in the spring of 1879. He had been engaged in the dry
goods business for over thirty-five years in Boston and vicinity, before coming to Kansas,

eing 2 member of the well Known firm of Spalding, Hay & Wales, wholesale and retail dry
goods merchants of Boston, Just prior to coming West._In March, 1879, the dry goods

ouse of Hay, Gammon & Co. was established at Topeka, F. R. Gammon, who had been in
the employ of Spalding, Hay & Vales and afterward in business for himself at Laconia,

N. H., isa native of Laconia, N. H. This firm have one of the most elegant dry goods es-

tablish ments in the State, giving employment toa dozen clerks. They doa retail usiness
and a jobbing business to some extent.

M.C, YY WOOD, .artist, was born in Saline, Mich., August 21, 1853. When he was
about six years old his parents moved to Kansas, locating near Topeka, He receiveda
good common sehool education, graduating at the High School of Vassar, Mich. He then
studiea painting at the Pennsy)vania Academy of Fine Arts, at Philadelphia. He returned
to Topeka three years ago, and now enjoys a good patronage. He makes portrait and
figure painting a specialty, although he gives considerable attention to scenic painting.

WM. R. N, attorney, and Justice of the Peace, was born in Sunmans, Ripley
Co,, Ind., august 14,1852. He was educated at the Indiana University, and’ Moore's
Hill College, graduating from the latter institution. He read lawin Versailles, Ind., and
commenced practice there, remaining in that place until he came to Topeka in the fall of
1878; engaged in practice bere until he was appointed Justice of the Peace, in April, 1880.
In April, 1881, he was elected tothe same position, and_re-elected April 8, 1888. He was
married at Sunmans, Ind..in October, 1878, to Emma M. Alden, a native of New Hamp-
shire. They have one child, Effie Pearl. The Judge i3 a member of Lodge No. 17, A.F.& A.M.

PROF, EDWIN E. HATH, teacher, was bornin Corinth, Vt., November 7%, 1846. His
parents removed to California in 1855. Prof. Heath received his education in the schools
of that State, graduating from the Stockton Seminary in 1862, He then returned to his
native State, and in 1866 graduated in civil engineering from the BradfordtAcademy. He
was then engaged fora year upon the survey of the Central Pacific R. R. in California,
atter which he entered the regular army and served his country upon the frontier for five
years, holding all the grades of rank from a private to quartermaster, sergeant, and hospital
steward. After leaving the army he was engaged for nearly two years in prospecting in the
silver mines of New Mexico, Prof. Heath came to Kansas in 1873, locating at Junction
City, where he held the position of teacher of the Grammar School until August, 1877,
when he removed to Solomon City, and for one year held the position of peinel al of the
school there. In November, 1878, he removed to Topeka, and has since been identified
with the educational interests of that city, where for four years he has been principal of
the Harrison School. Prof. H.is a prominent member of the K. of P., is also a member of
Frontier Lodge No, 25, I. 0. O. F. at Junction City; was representative to the Grand Lodge

n 1878, and:Chief Patriarch of the encampment two terms; married Miss Janet Miller at
Junction City, July 25, 1876, and they have two children, Jeanie Ruth, born April 28, 1877,
and_ Arthur Harvey, born June 20, 1879. 2

2 £RANK HERALD. attorney at law, was born in Tekonsha, Calhoun Co., Mich., July 9,

1849. He was educated atthe Seminary, Ypsilanti, Mich., and at the Michigan State ‘Normal

School, and graduated from the law department of Michigan University in 1875; admitted
to the bar of Indiana March 25, 1875, and began practice at Logansport in that State, where
remained until 1878, when he came to Topeka. In 1879 he formed a partnership with J.

W. Campbell, and they were associated together in practice of law for three years: since
that time Mr. Herald has had no partner. He is 4 member of I. O. O, F.and K. of P,

March 19, 1877, he was married at Bryan, Ohio, to Miss D.G. Hyatt, a native of that place,
and daughter of S. B. Hyatt, one ofthe leading citizens of the State. Mr. Hepala has one

child, George H., born August 28, 1882.. .

c. K. HERBOLDSHEIMER, grocer and general bottler of mineral water, came to Kan-
sas February 2, 1858, from Kalamazoo, Mich. Located first at Junction City, and was in
the brewing business fortwo years; moved from there to Lecompton, and remained one

ear and then came to Topeka; was appointed recruiting officer forthe Sixteenth Kansas

ry Gov. Carney, and served one year; enlisted in Company B, Forty-third Missouri Cavalry,

May 13, 1863, andserved three years; was operating against Bill Anderson and Gordenin~

Missouri chiefly; was acting quartermaster under Capt. Smith about two months; was mus-
tered outin June, 1865; was born at Herzogenourauch, Bavaria, Germany, December 12,
1843; came to America with his parents when eight years old,lived at Rochester, N. Y,
six months and moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he remained until coming to Kansas.
Was married March13 1870, at Topeka, to Miss Laura B, Lesser; they have five child-
ren living, Julia B., C. K. Jr,, Laura M., Lillian B. and Agnes; is a member of Turners’
Association and Lutheran Church, of Topeka.

D C. HEWITT, blacksmith and machine repairer, North Topeka, came to Lulu, Mitchell
Co.,Kan..in September, 1877, and engaged in blacksmithing and farming; came to Topekain
March, 1882, and opened a sbop on his present location; was born December 16, 1835, at
Carroll, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.; was married June 22, 1858, at Randolph, Cattaraugus Go.,
N. Y., to Betsy A. Spalding, of thesameplace. They have five children, viz., Louie May,
now Mrs. Geo. W. Ammons, of Kansas City; Grace L., Agnes L., William L., Daniel S. He
isa member of thel. O. O. F., Beloit Lodge No. 130, Beloit, Kan.; is also member of En-
campment: was ar active memberof I. 0.G. T., in New York, and is still an exponent of
the principles of thet Order.

. HIBBEN, M. D., was born in Laurel, Ind,, May 8, 1855. His father, Rev. Henry B.
Hibben, is 4 chaplain in the U. 8. Navy, now stationed at Philadelphia, and formerly pro-
fessor of inathematics in Newport and Annapolis, Dr. Hibben was educated at Middletown
Wesleyan University, Widdletown,Conn.,and of New York University, graduating from the
medical] department of the latter in the class of 1877. He commenced practice jn the in-
sane asylum at Flatbush, N. Y. and remained in that institution a year anda half, when
he went to Dighton, Mass., where be remained until he returned to Brooklyn and made ar-
rangements to come to Kansas, He located in Topeka, May, 1879, and has been associated
with Dr S. E, Sheldon as‘partner since September of thé same year. He is assistant secre-
tary of the State Medical Society and amember of the Kansas Eastern District Society,
City Physician, and Member of the Board of Health.

MYRON .HOLCOMB, contractor and builder, came to Kansas in 1869, locating at
Topeka. Has been contracting about five years, as had some large contracts, and busi-
ness has averaged $6,000 per year. Keeps an average of six menemployed. Enlisted in
Decatur, ILL, in 1862, Company E, One Hundred and Sixteeenth Illinois Infantry, as pri-
vate. Was with hiscommand at Chickasaw Bayou. Wasall throughthe siege of Vicks-
purg and at the surrender, Was at Arkansas Post, Jackson, Atlanta, Chattanooga. Was
with Sherman in his famous march to the seaand atthe fallof Atlanta, and at Goldboro
and Raleigh. Was promoted to Sergeant Major, and to Adjutant of the regiment in March,
1865. Wax mustered out at Springfield, 11l.,in July, 1865. Was born in Greene County, IIL,
April 29, 1829. Resided in native county eighteen months, and then moved to Sangamon
County where he resided until twenty-three years old, and learned his trade. Then moved
te Macon Uounty. Aiter the war moved to McLean County, and from there to Kansas. Was
married in Sangamon County, Ill., in 1852, to Miss Dorcas C. Winchell, a native of Franklin
County, N. Y.; they have four children; ‘Omar Alonzo, Carrie G., Lizzie K., and Minnie E.
Is a member ot 'ropeka Lodge No. 11, A.O. U. W. Family attend Presbyterian Church.

OMAR A, HOLCOMB, teacher, was born near Springfield, Il]., March, 1855. Removed
to Decatur when seven years old; resided there two years, then removed to Bloomington,
ILl.. where he continued to reside until 1869, when he came to Kansas, locating at Topeka.
Is a graduate of the Topeka High School, His first connection with the public schools was
as principal of Jackson School, which position he beld during the years 1879 and 1880. He
was then transferred to Lincoln School as principal, which position he has held two years.
Average attendance at Jackson about 270. Average at Lincoln, in 1882, about 660. Ho has
been steadily advanced since his connection with the schools. Has entirely reorganized the
Linco]n School, and it isnow under thorough discipline and in_ harmonious and excellent
working order. Married Miss Ella8, Fawkes, of Manhattan, February 28, 1879, and they
have one child—Bernice, born February 12, 1880.

M. C. HOLMAN, furniture dealer, 435 Kansas avenue, North Topeka, was born in Bris-
tol, N. H.. March 5, 1852. .He 18a son of Rev. C. Holman, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman,
now stationed at Corning, K 's.,and being at present Secretary of the Kansas Conference,
The subjec: of this sketch, M. C. Holman, only lived one year in his native town, then his
parents removed to Great Falis, in the same State, and afterward to Dover, N. H.; alsolived
at Lawrence, Mass. He was educated in the New Hampshire Conference College at Tilton
and came to Kansas with his parentsinthe spring of 1869,0n account of his father’s ill
health. Engaged in the grocery business at Ottawa until the spring of 1873; then was
book-keeper at Junction City until 1875, aad later was engaged in the furniture business
at Blue Rapids until the autumn of 1882, when he engaged in the same business in North
Topeka, which he still continues. He was married at Blue Rapids in the spring of 1878. to
Miss M. Emina Wright, of that place. ; 1

_D. HOLMES, druggist, 247 Kansas avenue, is a native of Mount Morris, N. Y.; born
September 19, 1836. InJune, 1856, he removed to Rockford, Ill, where he clerked in a
drug store tillthe breaking out of the war, when he responded to the first call, enlisting in
Company D, Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three months, the term_of en-
Jistmentin that regiment. In October, 1861, he enlisted again, this time in Battery E, First
Illinois Light Artillery; was ap ointed First Sergeant, and served with that command until
November, 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability resulting from sickness.
After leaving the service and regaining his health, he returned to Rockford, joined with
‘Samuel Norton in purchasing the store of his former employer, and_continued in the drug
pusiness under the firm name of Holmes & Norton till the spring of 1866, when he sold out
to his partner and removed to Lapeer, Mich,. where he was in the drug trade till the spring

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ; .

. after Known as the Tenth Regiment of Kansas Infantry.

of 1869, when, on account of failing health, he disposed of his business and took a vacation
of ayear andahalf. Having in view a healthful climate, he removed, in 1870, to southern
Kansas and opened a drug store in Thayer, Neosho County, where he carried on the busi-
ness till 1877, when he elosed out his interest there and made, as he hopes, a permanent
settlement in Topeka, where he since has been doing @ lucrative business, having one of
the most complete drug establishments in the city. Mr. Holmes was married in Chetopa
Township, Wilson County, in June, 1872, to Mary E. Waggoner, a native of Moline, Ill.
a rg ae ey member of the Presbyterian Church and the orders of the A. F. & A. M. and
eG. A. ‘ -

C. B. HOPKINS, architect, came to Topeka in June, 1868, and engaged in building
operations until the spring of 1881, when he became a partner of E. T. Carr, architect.
Among the buildings at Topeka which hechas planned may be mentioned the dwellings of
Edwin Scott, W. We Manspeaker and ude eFarland, Also the City Building, the Union
Block, J. D. Knox, Manspeaker’s Block, McLaughlin’s store building, Grange and Masonic
building at Manhattan, ete. He has also made the plans for schoolhouseg at Abilene, Man-
hattan and Sabetha; a bank at Minneapolis. Kan.,a church at Rossville, and other public
buildings. Mr. Hopking was born at Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., March 5, 1830. When an
infant his parents moved to Huron County, Ohio, which place remained his home for ten
yeurs. Hethen lived five yearsin Erie County, Ohio, six years in DeKalb County, Ind.,
and abouta year in Florida, Henry Co., Ohio. Thence he migrated to Erle County and
stayed asummer, then to Huron County, thence to Cleveland and finally to Upper Sandusky,
Wyandotte Co., Ohio, where he remained twelve years prior to his removal to Kansas,
He was married in Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio, July 4, 1856, to Rosannah_M. Washburn,
a native of the State of New York. They have four chiidren—George W., Eugene L.,
Francis M., and Ella May.

COL. DANIEL H. HORNE was born in Dover, N. H., February 26,1828. Lived there
until he was fifteen years of age; then went to Haverhill, Mass., where he learned the trade
of tanner and currier. After serving two years’ apprenticeship the embarked in the business
for himself at Salem: afterwards at Woburn, Charlestown, and Boston until he was twenty-
six years ofage. He was married at Woburn, Mass., April 22, 1849, to Maria L. Hovey, a
native of Cambridge, Mass. In November, 1854, Mr. Horne started for Kansas alone, arriv-
ing at Kansas City November 30. December 1 he first reached Kansas soil, andonthe 3d
of that month hé was selected, at Lawrence, as chairman of a committee to proceed west
from there and select a town site for thirteen members of the meeting of men who desired
tolocate together. The result of the investigations and judgment of the committee of which
he was chairman was the location of the Topeka town site. Atthe Lawrence meeting, Dr.
Charles Robinson, C. K. Holliday and M. C, Di ginal

 

ckey (neither of whom was o7 the or
thirteen before mentioned) came in and stated that there was a ood location twenty-five
miles west of Lawrence, on the Kansas River, Mr, Dickey stating that the land had been se-
cured by himself and three associates, Enoch Chase, Jacob Chase and George Davis, who

were then on the ground. Upon the representations made, the committee, composed of ,'

‘Daniel H. Horne les, L. G. Cleaveland and 8. A. Clark, accompanied by ‘Dickey,
Holliday and Robinson, proceeded to the point designated, where they found the Chases and
George Davis. These gentlemen and Mr. Dickey were given the choice of 160-acre claims
outside of the town-site limitsifthey would relinquish their rights to the claim where It
was proposed to locate the town, they, however, to also have equal rights as members of the
town company. Col. C.K. Holliday also became a member of the town company. The com-
mittee adopted a resolution providing that no distribution of lots or claims should be made
(except the selection of claims by Enoch Chase, Jacob Chase, M,C. Dickey and George
Davis), until the men they had left at Lawrence should arrive, so that they might have an
equal chance with the members of the committee in securing claims and lots. After their
‘arrival adistribution was made by lottery, Jonas C. Greenwood securing the first choice.

_ He selected a claim where the A., T. & S. F. shops are now located, which he immediately

disposed of to T, J. Thornton for a consideration of $15. Daniel H. Horne secured the
second choice, and selected a claim west of town site, where he now resides. TheColonel
has been engaged in farming more or less since his location here, also dealing extensively
in real estate. He waschosen Marshal of the Free-state squatters, and Captain of the To-
peka Guards, a Free-state organization. In the fall of 1855 he was captain of another mili-
tary conipany which was organized to proceed tothe relief of Lawrence, which had been
surrounded by the borderruffians. Prior to the commencement of the War of the Rebellion
he was commissioned, by Governor Robinson, Colonel of the Fourth Kansas Regiment,
Southern Division. Hehad reviously been elected Colonel py the members of the regi-
ment, composed of men from Osage, Wabaunsee and Shawnee counties. This regiment was
kept up until after the war broke out; then the men wentinto the First, Second and Fifth
Kansas Volunteers. In August, 1862, the Colonel enlisted as a private in Company E, Elev-
enth Kansas Volunteer Infantry. e was made First Sergeant-Major upon the organiza-
tion of the regiment. While with that command he participated in the battles of Fort
Wayne, Kane Hill, Prairie Grove, the taking of Van Buren, and minor engagements. In
Febraary, 1863, he was commissioned by President Lincoln Captain in the Fourth Indian
Brigade; served in that brigade untilit was mustered out of the service in the fall of the
same year. He was chosen, in the fall of 1864, Captain of Company A, Second Regiment,
commanded Oy oe George W. Veale, participating in a campaign of two weeks in pursuit
of Price, For his faithful and courageous conduct while engaged in this service he received
several manifestations of approval from the commander of the forces, the post of honor being
assigned to him of guarding the crossing where it was expected the rebels would attempt to
cross the Biue. During this time he was a candidate against Col. Veale for State Senator,
and was elected. He was a member of the City Council and President of the Board of Alder
menin 1871; being acting Mayor atthe time of the Chicago fire of that year, all money
from this point was sent by him to the sufferers, $5,400 being sent atone time. He organ-
ized the Topeka Manufacturing Company, completing the organization of that compa: uy
March 16, 1883. He is a member or the Congregational Church and ofthe A., F. & A.M.
He was one of the early constables of Topeka, having been commissioned by Governor
Reeder. The wife of his early manhood still lives to cheer him in the declining years of his
life. Their union hasbeen blessed_by a lange family of chidren, four of whom survive—
Georgia W., Daniel H., Jr., Mary and James B. Those deceased areas follows: Millard F..
who died at the age of three years; Lizzie, who died afew months after birth; Kittie an
Lillie, twins, died at six months; Samuel survivedantil he was nine years of age; a charm-
ing daughter, Rilla, died in 1883, aged twenty-three years.

JO HORTON, market gardener, Section 28; P. O. Topeka. Owns twenty acres,
Came to Kansas in 1870. First stopped in Lawrence for four years, and then came to To-

eka. Bought this place and Jocated on it in the fall of 1879. He was born in Lincolnsh

ngland, July 2,1827. Came to the United States in 1856, first locating in Rockford, :
and came from there to Kansas. He was married to Mrs Cecelia Weckman in 1879, Mrs.
H. having two children by a former marriage—Hilma and Daniel, and two children by the
present marrlage—d ohn and Charles. Mr. Horton is a member of the Baptist Church.

J.K, HUDSON is @ native of Carrollton, Carroll Co.. Ohio, where he wag_born May 4,
1840. He was the eldest of six sons of John and Rebecca (Rothacker) Hudson. is
father was of English parentage, and was engaged in active business life at various
points in Eastern Ohio tor nearly forty years, being a practical printer from early boyhood,
and during his residence in Ohio, the publisher of variousjournals, He wasamanof strong
moral and religious convictions which was evinced ina peculiarly upright life and exemplary
character, He was anactive member of the Methodist Church, a radical temperance re-
former, and a staunch Republican so long as he lived. He did’ honorable service. in the
Northern army during the late war, despite his years. He died in Kansas City, Mo., while vis-
iting his Bons, 1 June, 1877. His mother was of German parentage. She was one of the
million silent heroines who watched and suffered and waited during the war, and sufferin
made no sign. With herhusband and four sons in theservice, her heart with them, she wen
to her rest,ln July,1865—one short month before their safe return. The subject of this sketch
received his primary education in the public schools of Salem, Ohio, which was supple-
mented by a most thorough course of private study after leaving school. He learned the
art of printing in his father’s printing office, in Salem, Ohio, where the Anti-Slavery Buyle,
one of the most radical abolition journais of the time, was published for several years. ie
left Salem, Ohio, in July 1861, in com any with Barclay Coppick and several other com=

anions. and came to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where they immediately enlisted in the
hn pal te iment Kansas Volunteers (Lane’s Brigade), and commenced active service at
once: elng first marched to Fort Scott, thence to Kansas City, with the intent of relleving
4 gan at Lexington, Mo. He followed the fortunes and labors of his regiment,
ae ng the full duty of an American soldier, to Springfield, Mo., and late in the fall to
ound City, Kansas, where the command went into winter quarters. He was at this time
promoted fr om Orderly-Sergeant to Second Lieutenant of this company, Inthe spring of
7862 the Army of the Frontier was organized at Fort Scott, and the Third and Fourth
ansas Regiments, forming a part of the new organization, ‘were fonsolidated, being phere:
r. Hudson was appointed as
Parse jipuvenant of Company ©, in the new regiment, which was assigned iD tne ‘Third
ay err B) rigade. In the campaign of 1862, he was acting as Assistant Adjutant General of
u e tH ade. .He bore himself with bravery in the battles of Newtonia, Fort Wayne,
ane , Prairie Grove, Van Buren, and the various skirmishes in which’ his command
was ca aged, being especially commended in the official reports for personal bravery and
meri splayed at the battle of Prairie Grove. In 1863 he served on the staff of General
mY es, at Rolla, Mo. and subsequently as Aid-de-Camp to General Scofield, being
ata oned. at St. Louis, Mo, In December of that year he was promoted as or 0}
i e fee Missouri Colored Infantry, afterwards known as the Sixty-second Regiment
nited States Colored Infantry, He served during the campaign of 1864, with his regi-
ment, on the lower Mississippi, and the mouth of the Rio Grande in Texas. He subse-
quent y served on the staff of Gen. E. B. Brown, at Brownsville, Texas, and was mustered
9 ; u he close of the war, in July, 1865, having been inthe service four years. In Sep>
ao bers 865, he became a permanent residentof Kansas. He bought a farm in Wyan-
9 ounty, on which livea for eight years, being employed largely in stock raising and

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in the growing of general farm crops. During this period he became closely identified
with the agricultural interests of the State, being one of the Regents of State Sante
College, by the appointment of Gov. Osborn, During his term of service, largely through
his eiforts, the management of the institution was so changed as to make it practically sub-
sei ve the objects for which it was established, instead of the more theoretical and sectarian
interests that would have brought it ultimately into disrepute. In 1871 he wasa mem-
ber of the Kansas House of Representattves from the Thirty-seventh Assembly District,
and,in the Senatorial session of that election, voted for Hon. Samuel J. Crawford, as op-
posed to Hon. Alexander Caldwell, the successful candidate. The confidence of his fellow
citizens has been often evinced—in January, 1874, by twenty-four votes in the Kansas
Legislature for United States Senator; aud in the fall of that year by the nomination by the
Reform party as Congressional Representative from the Third District, running in the ensu-
ng canvass ahead of his ticket in every county in the district. His journalistic career
commenced 1873, at which time he purchased the Kansas Farmer. Since that time he has
been constantly identified with the press of Kansas, as appears in the sketches of the
various [publicanons with which he has been identified, all of which have been successful
in such degree as to place him in the first rank as to editorial and business abilit . He was
with his business partner, Mr. E, E, Ewing, the founder of the Capital, and its first editor.
He isthe business manager of the publishing company now owning it. Mr. Hudson has
ever been a Republican in politics, and on the temperance and other moral questions takes
advanced and radical ground. He has, since the question has become a factor in State poli-
tics, been a staunch advocate of the principle of prohibition, as now embodied in the State
Constitution,and in the Statutes based thereon. Mr. Hudson married Mary W. Smith, daugh -
ter of Edmund K. and Sarah T, Smith, in W xandotte, August 5, 1863. They have had four
children, three of whom survive: Mary », Anna Josephine, and Paul.
daugh er, Ada, diedininfancy. . :
ICHARD G. HUGHES, grocer, was born near Brookville, Jefferson Co., Pa., October
22, 1835. Lived in his native county until he was about twenty-five years of age, when he
removed to Oil city, Pa., where he was engaged in putting down oil wells, until he came to
Topeka in April, 1868 (after having “struck oil”), He engaged in grocery business soon
after coming here, on the corner of Sixth street and Topeka avenue, and continued in busi-
ness there until May, 1882, when he sold out, and_ built his present elegant store, No. 285
Kansas Avenue, and began business init about the middle of September, 1882. He is a
member of the Presbyterian Church and of theI.0. 0. F. During the early part of the
war, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and_ Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
but was rejected by the medical examiner. Mr. Hughes was married in Curllsville, Clarion
Co., Pa., May 28, 1858, to Catherine Benn, a native of that place. They have three children:
Speed Fry, Huber: Earl, and Leverte Winno.

Ss. B. ISENHART, attorney, was born at Tiffin, Ohio, Beptember 13, 1852. Lived only
two years in his native place, then his parents moved with their family to Bryan, Williams
Co., Ohio. He was educated at Bryan Normal School and at Oberlin College, He graduated
“rom the law department of the University of Michigan in March, 1879. In August, 1879,
he came to Topeka, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his professlon—about
one year anda half in the Office of Hon. J. M. Spencer, then alone in practice, until March,
1882, when Z. T. Hazen, his present partner, became associated with him. Mr, Isenhbart is
a member of Eden Lodge and Bryan Chapter, A. F. & A, M., in Bryan, Ohio.

JOHN D. JAMES, carpenter, has been a resident of Cloud County, Kansas, owning a
farm of 640 acres in that county, but has disposed of a portion of his land. Was elected
president of the National Farmers’ Alliance of the United States at the regular annual
meeting in Chicago in October, 1881. Has been connected with that organization for ten
years, and has visited every State in the Union, to organize subordinate State Alliances and
strengthen the cause, Has delivered addresses to nearly every State organization, explain-
{ng the objecis and aims, and the benefits to be derived therefrom. Has organized 223 sub-
ordinate alliances, and was for several years president of Cloud County Alliance. Is chair-
man of the finance committee of the Kansas State Alliance,and vice-president of alliances in
the First Congressional District of Kansas. Was nominated as County Clerk in Cloud County
in 1881, but declined for the reason that he preferred to devote his time toalliance work. Was
editor and founder of the Enterprise- Register of Dickinson County, and brought that paver
up to a degree of prosperity thatitnever before enjoyed. Was born in Ogle County, IIl.,
July 83,1848 Remained in his native county until he was thirty years of age—engaged in
farming. Learned his trade there. Came to Kansas in 1879, first. locating | at Concordia,
Cloud County, where he engaged in farming and_stock-raising. Came to Topeka May 27,
1882. Was married July 6, 1871, at Ashton, Lee Co., Ill, to Miss Maggie A. Putnam, a na-
tive of Montgomery County, N. Y., and a distant relative of General Putnam of Revolu-
tionary fame. Have two children—Henry L. and Kitty Louisa. Isa member of the Meth-
odist piscopal Church. :

HON. THOMAS M. JAMES, North Topeka, inspector of United States surveys, was born
at Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio, October 10, 1840. Remained in his native place until he was
sixteen years of age, then entered Obertin College, leaving that institution. while a sopho-
more. He left college, in 1861, and_assisted in raising an infantry company for the
Ome Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Volunteers, which was consolidated in June, 1862,
with the First Ohio Artillery, and Mr. James was made Second Lieutenant of Company B.;
promoted in November, 1868, to First Lieutenant of Company D. He continued in service
until several months after the close of the war. Returning to Ohio he began the study
of law, but soon thereafter was obliged to abandon it on account of ill health and he then
went to lllinois, where he remained until he came to Kansas, October 16, 1866 locating on
the northeast quarter of Section 17, Town 11, Range 16, being in Soldier Township, Shaw-
nee County, where he now resides. In December, 1868, he was appointed Assistant Internal
Revenue Collector, and in 1869 he removed to Topeka, but returned to reside on the farm
the following year, holding the office before mentioned, howéver, until July 1, 1872. In
1871 he was elected County Treasurer and assumed the duties of that office July 1, 1872.
He held that position twoterms. Afterwards for two years he served as Deputy Treasurer,
retiring from that position in the fall of 1878. He had been elected a member of the Legis-
lature in November of that year, and served as a member ofthe Kansas House of Repre-
sentatives during the session of 1879; afterwards giving his attention to his farming
interests, having extensive agricultural and stock interests. For a shorttime in 1882 he was
interested in mercantile business in North Topeka. In November, 1882, he was again elected
amember of the Legislature. He has held various township offices, being now treasurer
of histownship. He has always been prominently identified with the Republican party,
having been a delegate to several State conventions, Congressional conventions, and a mem-
ber of the Shawnee County Repyblican Central Committee. He was appointed inspector of
United States surveys March 2, 1882, Mr. James was married at Kansas City in January,
1870, to Laura A. Wendell, a native of Arrow Rock, Mo. They have three children—David
W., Louis A., and Thomas M., Jr.

J, M, JAMESON, M. D., was born in Williamson County, Tenn., April 28,1851. He re-
ceived a good common school education. After attaining his majority. he began the study
of medicine, first under a preceptor, and afterward taking a full course at Meharry Medical
Collego at Nashville, Tenn., graduating there in 1877. and locating in Nashville, where he
practiced medicine until the summer of 1881, when he located at Topeka. He there enjoys
a good practice, Heis the first colored graduate of any medical college in the South. e
is a member of the Masonic Order. ,

CHARLES JARRETT, market gardener and stone mason, Section 12, P.O. Topeka.
Owns five acres. Rents and gardens thirty acres in addition thereto. Came to Kansas Ma;
22,1876 landing in Topeka, where he worked at his trade for two years. In March, 1878,
bought and located here, renting the adjoining thirty acres. Enlisted as private, March,
1864. in Company C, Forty-fourth Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. Was in
the engagement af Dalton, Georgia, where he, with a large portion of his regiment, was
captured, but he succeeded in making his escape six days afterwards, making his way to
a block house, twenty miles from Nashville, Tenn., where he, with 360 men, were attacked
by 500 cavalry ofj/Hood’s command, holding them all the afternoon, and making their escape
in the night to Nashville. Was also in the Battle of Nashville. Was mustered out April
30,1866. Born inslavery in 1837 in White County. Tenn. Wentto Nashville in 1866; came
from there to Kansas. .Was marriedin 1857 to Harriet Cummings. Has five children—
Lucy, John, William, Samuel, and Mary. Isa member of the Benevolent Society

WILLIAM HALL JENKINS, son of Samuel Jenkins, one of the earliest candidates for
the presidency on the Abolition ticket, was born in Philadelphia, December 31, 1828, that
city remaining his home until 1857. .In his youth he learned the trade of saii-maker, and
also of macbinist, and in his early manhood served as Deputy Clerk of Circut Court four
years, and Master of Chancery six years. He afterwards removed to Princeton, Ill, and
engaged in abstract business. Thence he came to Kansas, March 1, 1868, settling first in
Lawrence, where he remained one year, and March 1, 1869, came to Topeka, since which
time he has continuously resided in the city, engaged in abstract and money loan busi-
ness, Mr. Jenkins was married in Philadelphia, October 15,1850 to Annie W. Charlton, a na-
tive of Kidderminster, England. Two children have been born to them, but one of whom,
Wm. Henry, isliving. Mr. Jenkins-is a member of A.F. & A.M. of I.0.0. F. and K,

P. .

CHARLES W. JEWELL was born at Marlboro, Middlesex Co., Mass., January 6 1827.
In 1846, at the age of nineteen, he removed to Harmon, Ohio, where he remained, engaged
in mercantile pursuits, until 1857, when, with his brother, Lewis R., he engaged in steam-
boating between Cincinnati and St. Louis, his brother building and being captain of the
steamer, ‘ Martha Putnam,” of which Charles W. wasclerk. February 14, 1860, he came to
Kansas, and first located about fifteen miles south of Fort Scott, on what was then known as
the Cherokee Neutral Lands. He engaged in Stock dealing at this point, and was so em-
ployed until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, being commis-
sioned Lieutenant of Company F. He remained in the army until he located in Topeka, in
1865, his family having moved to the place in July ot the preceding year. Lewis R. Jewell,
his brother, raised Company K, of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, in tne summer of 1861, and at
the organization of the regiment, in the ensuing fall, was elected Lieutenant Colonel, re-

 

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taining that position until he received his death wound at the battle of Cane Hill., Ark.,
November 28, 1862. His death occurred November 30, two days afterward. He was ana-
tive of Marlboro, Mass. After removing to Topeka, Mr. Jewell went into banking business
with F. W. Giles, the tirm being organized in February, 1866, as F. W. Giles Co., and
was continued until the Topeka National Bank was organized, April 1, 1872, Messrs. Giles
and Jewell being the controlling stockholders, and Mr. Jewell being vice-president of the
institution from its organization until August, 1878. The Topeka National was succeeded
by the Topeka State Bank,of which Mr. Jewell is now president. He was married at Water-
town, Ohio, to Susan A. Hendrie, a native of Stamford, Ccnn., but reared and educated in
Watertown, Ohio. Their children, of whom there are seven, are: Charles Eugene, James
Fred, Mary E., Kittie L., Fannie H., William B., and Susan.

. B, JETMORE, attorney, was born at Muncie City, Delaware Co., Ind., May 25, 1837,
and received his education at Muncie Seminary, In 1858 he was admitted to the bar in his
native town, and subsequently to the bar of the Federal Courts, as also those of the States
of Missouri and Kansas, where he stands at the head of his profession. A shorttime after
his admission to the bar he removed to Hartford City, Ind., where he was engaged in
practice until1871. He came to Missouri in July of that year, and located|at Warrensburg,
remaining there until April1, 1878, when hetcame to Topeka. He has been engaged
in practice here; S. M. Gardenhire having been associated with him since April 2, 1882.

Mr. Jetmore assisted in the formulation of the Prohibition Law, and himself framed the

Sixteenth Section, in regard to the prohibition of club rooms, and was the attorney for the
Kansas Tegal vonipetance Association, a society organized to assist in the enforcement of
ory Law.

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hire of Topeka, Aaron P. Datie Nevada, Abraham H., Myrtle M.,and DeForest. Mr. Jet-

more is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and both he and his wife are members of the Meth-

odist Church. Though nota politician, yet Mr. Jetmore is always found in the front of the
political fray in vindicating the principles of the Republican party, of which he has beena
member since the breaking out of the rebellion.

COL. A. JOHNSON, the oldest living son of the Rev. Thomas and Mrs. Sarah T.
(Davis) Johnson, was born atthe Shawnee Mission, in what is now Johnson County, Kan.
on July 11, 1832, and to the welfare of that State he has given the best years of a thou ntful
and laborious life. His early education was received at the mission school, founded by his
father,and subsequently at what is now Central College in Fayette, Howard Co.,Mo, From the
age of seventeen to nineteen, his educational course was continued in the academic department
of the Shawnee Mission school, under the direction of his old Fayette teacher,the Rev. Nathan
Scarrett. Having completed his studies in 1850-’51, he immediately entered upon a-busi-
ness life firstas a clerkin J. G. Hamilton’s Indian store, in Westport, Mo., and afterwards
as clerk and then as partner with A. T. Ward & Co., and their successors, J. Siddelsburger
& Co., in Kansas City. This house was theleading forwarding and commission house in
that part of the West, nearly the whole of the immense New Mexican overland traffic pass-
ing through it until as late as 1854. When Kansas became a Territory, Col., then Mr.,
Johnson, turned his attention to surveying, for which work he had been thoroughly fitted

: .. In the capacity of Deputy United States Surveyor, he
subdivided the Government lands in Johnson County, and surveyed the lands for the Shaw-
nee Indians, prior to their location by members of the tribe in severalty, under the termsof
thetreaty. The period of his government work covered four or five years. He had charge
of the Shawnee Mission school after 1858, at which time his father left it, until it was finally
closed in 1862. In March, 1855, not yet twenty-three years of age, he had been elected a
member of the first Territorial Legislature, being the youngest member of that body. He
was elected to the State Legislature from Johnson County, in 1866, and took a-prominent
part in the railroad legislation of the session. Col. Johnson was born and educated a South-
erner. But he believed, as did his father, in the institutions of his country and his kindred.
When the Government became endangered by civil outbreak, like his father he braved the
extreme dangers surrounding him, and_openly avowed his allegiance tothe Union. This
was in time for bim to vote for Abraham Lincoln, in 1860. He then made his first record as
a Republican, at the risk of his life, and his loyalty to party and country has never been tar-
nished, During the war of the Rebellion, he lived on the Missouri frontier, and was as.
thoroughly hated by the Missouri bushwhackers as any man in Kansas. He organized a
military company, which was subsequently made a part of the Thirteenth Kansas Militia,
of which he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel by Gov, Carney. He and his regiment were

 
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under arms, or doing military crvice on the frontier, for nearly four years. The Kansas
Militia service was perhaps the most arduous and dangerous of any which fell to the lot of
the American soldier of those times. The record of their work appears in the general State
history. Col. Johnson did the duty of a soldier faithfully and well. In 1866, the year of his
second election to the Legislature, he was appointed, Land Commissioner of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, which position he held until the spring of 1870, when he became
connected with the A.,T. &S. F.R. R. He acted as Sppraiser of railroad lands until 1873,
as tax commissioner during 1873, and was appointed land commissioner of the road in 1874.
He has since held the latter position, and in that capacity become identified, not only_with
the road, but with the developmentand growth of the whole region of Southwestern Kan-
sas, through which the road passes, and in which lies the immense land grant now rapidly
being settled by a hardy and industrious population. The area under his control is suffi-
cient to make an ordinary Eastern State, and the population settled upon it since his ad-

‘ mninistration exceeds 100,000, or one-tenth of the entire population of the State. He still
owns the site of the old Mission where he was born, the school where he was educated, and
the land surrounding the scene of his father’s missionary labors. This he claims as his
home. His residence has been in Topeka since his connection with the A., T. &S. F. RB. R.,
in 1870. Col. Johnson married Miss Prudence C, Funk, of St. Joseph, Mo., in October,1852.
She died in September, 1874. On June 18, 1877, he married Miss Zippie A. Scott, of Man-
chester, N. H. His surviving childrenare: Nellie, now Mrs. Edwin Scott; Fannie, now
Mrs, E. H. Davis; and Robert P., all residents of Topeka.

GEORGE Y. JOHNSON was born November 22, 1844, in Parke County, Ind. Was edu-
cated at Bloomingdale Academy, in the same county, and graduated both in the commercial
department of that institution and in the Indianapolis Business College. Resided in
Vermillion County, Lil, from November, 1849, until October, 1866. In 1866 he emi-
grated to Kansas, and located in Wakarusa Township, Douglas County, where he now
resides, his attention being devoted to fruit culture andShort-horn cattle. He has thirty
acres of his large farm devoted to fruit, and is thoroughly posted in everyone ertaining
to its best development and cultivation. He was secretary of the Kansas Valley Fair Asso-
ciation three years. He is prominently connected with the State Horticultural Society,
having been vice-president, treasurer and trustee at different times. He has also been sec-
retary of the Kansas State Fair Association, since January, 1881. Mr. Johnson is a member
of the Society of Friends, and an active Republican. He was married at Rockville, Ind.
March 20, 1866, to Matilda Hadley, alsoa member of the Society of Friends, and educated
at the Friends’ School, at Providence, R. I. They have four children—Henry Herbert,
Martha Elizie, Charles Hadley and Bertha.

CAPT. J. B. JOHNSON came to Kansas in September, 1865. Located at Oskaloosa, Jef-
ferson County. and engaged in the practice of law. InJanuary, 1877, he removed to Topeka
and formed a law partnership with George R. Peck and Thomas Ryan, which continued
until 1881, since which time he has been engaged in practice alone, Capt. Johnson was a
member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1868 and 1869, and was one of the Pres-
idential Electors in 1876. He is now a member and the Speaker of Kansas House of Repre-
sentatives, and chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. Capt. Johnson was
bornnear Canton, Fulton Co., Ill, January 21, 1844, and educated at Prairie City Academy,
McDonough Co. Til. He enlisted in the Fifty-fiftth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company
A, in August, 1861, Serving as a private until the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862, when
he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. Inthe fall ofthe same year he was compelled to
resign on account of disability caused by wounds. Inthespring of 1864 he re-enlisted in
the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was elected Captain of
Company D, and served until the close of the war, when he returned to Fulton County, Ill.,
and thence came to Kansas. He was married in Oskaloosa, Kan., November 11, 1866, to
Anna M. Carson, of Weston, Mo. Capt. and Mrs. Johnson have five children—Maud E.,
Madge C., Mabel C., Benjamin C. and Bradford N. The Captainis a member of G. A. R.,
A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter, and I. 0. O. F.

J.C. JOHNSON, traveling agent for Caleb Chivers, came to Kansas in 1855, from Platte
County, Mo., and located in Leavenworth County; went from there to Atchison, and from
thence to Topeka, in December, 1881. Wasin the Kansas State Militia in 1864, called to
Leavenworth to oppose Price’s raid into Kansas. Was born September 25, 1846, in Platte
County, Mo., and remained in bis native place until coming to Kansas, in 1855. as mar-
ried October 1, 1865, in Atchison County, Kan., to Mary E. Brown, a native of Knox Coun-
a Tenn. Has four children—Wyatt R., Sophia S., Jane E. and Pearl. Is a member of

hristian Church, Topeka,

N. JOHNSON,

 

. farmer, Section 35, Township 12, Range 15 west, P. O. Pauline, came to
Kansas in 1878, from Rockford, Ill., and located three miles north of Topeka, where he re-
mained two years, and then removed to his present location. Was born December 23, 1826,
in Charlestown, Sweden. Lived in Denmark two years, and worked at stone cutting. Came
to America in 1854, and settled at Rockford, where he worked for twenty-four years at
iron moulding, for N. C. Thompson, the celebrated manufacturer of agricultural imple-
wents, Was married in May, 1858, at Rockford to Caroline Larson, a native of Sweden;
they bave four children—Regina C., Olive B., Isadora and Vina. Isa member of the Swedish
Lutheran Church, of Topeka.

HON. WILLIAM A. JOHNSTON, now Attorney-General of the State, came to Kansas in-
April, 1872. Settledat Minneapolis, and engaged in the practice of law, being continu-
ously engaged in his profession until he was elected in 1880, Attorney-General. In 1876
Mr. Johnston was a member ofthe House of Representatives, and State Seuator from 1877
to 1880, serving also in 1878-79, as Assistant United States Attorney. He was born in
Greenville County, Ont., July 24, 1849, and moved to Illinois in 1864, where he lived, with the
exception ofa brief period in Missouri. until he came to Kansasin 1872. e was married
in Camden, Ohio, November, 1875, to Miss Lu B. Brown, of Camden. Mr. Johnston belongs
to the Masonic fraternity. Blue Lodge and Chapter. He still resides at Minneapolis, al-
though a member of the firm of Rossington, Johnston & Smith, of Topeka.

DANIELC., JONES, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in August, 1868. He
first settled at Junction City, where he resided until 1875. In January of that year he re-
moved to Topeka, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He
was born at Athens, Ohio, on the 5th of January. 1838, and at the age of twelve removed to
Paris, lll. He is a graduate of the Ohio Medical College, of Cincinnati, and of Rush Medical
College. From August 10, 1861, until the spring of 1866, he served as Surgeon of the Sec-
ond Illinois Cavalry. In 1866 Dr. Jones married Jennie E. Austin, a native of Schenectady,
N.Y. They have two children—Mattie and Adelia, Heisa member of the State Medical
Soriety, of which he was at one time tne president. He is also a member of the Topeka
Academy of pMedicine and pureery, president of the Eastern District Medical Society, and a
member ofthe A. F, .~M. 4

EORGE M. KELLAM, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Topeka, owns 200 acres here; 160 acres
under cultivation; has another farm of 400 acres twelve miles southeast, for grazing.
Makes corn growing and stock-raising a specialty, Hays fine stock: Galway Black Scotch;
just bought a bull for $680; has 140 head of cattle, and 29 horses; good dwelling and good
barn. Came to Kansas March 28, 1857, and located on this farm, pre-empting 160 acres,
Was born in Irasburgh, Orleans Co., Vt., May 13, 1828, Came from thereto Kansas. Was
in the Special Militia during the Price Rad, and’ was at the battle of the Big Blue, in Mis-
souri; was from home about three weeks. ‘Was married June 15, 1857, to Miss Julia 8.
Emerson. Has three children—Sabin E., EmmaJ.and Mary A. Isa Master Mason. The
first brick ever made in Shawnee County was made on his farm,

DANIEL IF. KELLER, plumber and gas-fitter, came to Kansas first January 6, 1880,
and lecated at Emporia, where he followed his trade and remained about six months. Then
moved to Kansas City, remained a shorttime, and came to Topeka, and, with the exception
of about five months, has been here since. Was born in Banden, County Cork, Ireland,
August 15,1839. Parents came to this country when he was about eight months old. First
located in London, Canada West. Remained there until about fourteén years old attending
school, and moved to Louisville, Ky., in 1857. Remained there until’ 1874; learned his
trade; worked at Cincinnati and Terre Haute, Ind.; also in Chicago. Was married in Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, October 9, 1869, to Miss Kate McCarty, a native of Wexford, County New
Ross, Ireland. Has three children—Daniel F. Jr., Lawrence and Joseph, {8 4 member of the

Catholic Church and a Democrat.

SCOTT KELSEY, farmer. Section 22, P. O. Topeka. Owns 187 acres, 165 of
which are under cultivation. Makes corn growing and stock feeding aspecialty. Came to
Kansas March 1, 1878, and located on his present farm. Has held the position of Township
Trustee while in Dearborn County, Ind.. where he lived prior to coming to Kansas. En-
listed as a seaman in the Mississippi squadron under Commodore Fitch in July, 1864, when
a boy only seventeen years ot age. as discharged in August, 1865, at Mound City, 11).

. He was born in Dearborn County, Ind., July 1, 1847. Moved to Decatur in 1874, and came
from thereto Kansas. He was married twice. the first time April 30, 1866. Married again.
January 31, 1874, to Miss Martha Connell. They have four children by the first marriage—
Grant, Ailen, Melvin, —-——-——; and by the second marriage two—Mercy P. and Jesse M.
Mr. Kelsey is a Master Mason.

CHARLES F. KENDALL, was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., April 15, 1844. His first
business location was at Grand Rapids, Mich., where he remained two years prior to enter-
ing the United States service in the fall of 1861. At that time he enlisted in the Fourth
Michigan Cavalry. Served about eighteen months In that regiment as Commissary Sergeant
of the company and subsequently of the regiment. He was afterward Commissary of the
Eleventh Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, Jater of a brigade, and still later of a division and
finally Post Commissary at Crab Orchard and other points in Kentucky, Tennessee and
Alabama. He was mustered out at Jackson, Mich., in 1865, and February, 1866, again com-
menced mercantile business at Grand Rapids, where he remained until he emigrated to
Kansas in the fall of 1868, and after remaining a few months at Leavenworth, located final-
ly in Topeka, in February, 1869. Since becoming a resident of this city he has been contin-

uously engaged in the mercantile business, wholesale and retail dry goods, His business is

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extensive and has rapidly increased-since he commencea, now amounting to abovt $100,000
er annum. Rese

P i. % KIRK, came to Kansas in the spring ef 1879, located in Wabaunsee County and

engaged in dealing in aco unt He removed. fo Topeka ju. a uly, 1882. He is now a member

he firm of J. 8, Collins so, real estate and loan a; 6
a HENRY KING was born in Salem, Ohio, in May, ig4i, He was of French and of Ger-
man ancestry. The family came to Hancock County, Ill,, when Henry was quite young, His
father combined farming with the practice of law, and was a friend of Abraham neoln, of
Owen Lovejoy and of Richard Yates. His mother was a woman of rare virtues and accom-
plishments. Yrenry worked at corn raising on the black, flat prairie of Western Illinois in
the summer and attended the country school in the winter, aving a great taste for read
ing and a general literary bent, his path naturally led out of the corn-field into the county
printin office, animated with the thought of doing some day go dservice forthe Republi-
ean party, of which he was an ardent youthful member. He . assed through all the various
journalistic gradations of advancement from the position of ‘devil’? to that of editor. Dur-
ng his editorial career he read law and was admitted tothe bar. In 1858 he went into the
office of the Quincy (1Il.) Whig, succeeding as editor Hon. J ohn T, Morton, late Judge of the
Third Judicial District of Kansas. November 25, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the
Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, being credited to the quota of the town of La Harpe. He served
as Quartermaster’s Sergeant, and was promoted to Quartermaster August 28. 1863. Hi
term expired October 28, 1864. He was at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and at Shiloh, bearing
his part with martial skill and fidelity in the struggle that there ensued, In the siegeo
Atlanta he was detailed for important special duty by Secretary Stanton, and in connection
with General Thomas’ operations in Tennessee, he was _ tendered the Colonelcy of his old
regiment, but he declined the proffered honor, deeming it unjust to stand in the way. of the
promotion of other commissioued officers in the line. e was content with the position and
rank of Captain. He received the highest testimonials as to his character as a soldier, Gov-
ernor Carpenter of Iowa, spoke of him as follows: “I never knew a man who combined so
much of practical business sense and administrative ability with so much literary taste and
culture, Heis a man who does more than he says, and is never found wanting.” Governor
Oglesby offered Captain King, on the expiration of his term, the position of State Military
Agent, but he chose to again put his shoulder to the journalistic wheel. In the spring of
1869 Gapt. King came to Kansas and on May 19, he assumed the position of political and
managing‘editor of the Topeka Daily Record. Hesald in his satutatory: Too much has
not and cannot be said in commendation of Topekaand of Kansas. ~The Record will be in-
dependently radical. All vital questions affecting the welfare of the people will be discussed
candidly and generously, yet firmly and with plainness of speech.” Afterwards Mr. King be-
came secretary of the Commonwealth Printing Company, andon July 16, 1872) be was an-
nounced as secretary and editor. Heretiredfrom the Commonwealth March 6, 1875. He
had been one of the editors of the far-famed Kansas Magazine, a state monthly, which had
had a comparatively brief but brilliant career, and which was warmly cherished by the
savants of Kansas, He has been a frequent contributor to Scribner and the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat; was president of the Editors’ and Publishers’ Association of Kansas in 1878 and
1879: in 1871 and 1877 he gave the annual address before this Association. He was secre-
tary of the Kansas State Relief Society inthe drouth-grasshopper period of 1874-75, and
performed the exacting duties of that position with noticeable fidelity, In May, 1880, he
delivered the annual address before the Missouri Editorial Association, at Sedalia. In
early life he married Miss Maria Louisa Lane, of the Lane family, distinguished in the his-
tory of Indiana and Kansas. She isa near relative of ex-Governor Albinus Nance, of Ne-
braska. Their son Henry has the literary tastes and studious tendencies of his father, and
their adopted daughter lends a charm to their happy home circle. Mr. King was ap; jointed.
Postmaster of Topeka in 1873, and held the position for eight years. He retired from he po-
sition in May,1881. In his address before the Editorial Association at Leavenworth, June
13, 1877, referring to his past history, hesaid: “Afterseven years of carousal in politics
and office-holding, I come back a jaded and repentant prodigal, tired of the mockery and
emptiness of the thing, its husks and its swine, to say that the happiest years of my life
have been spent in a Kansas printing office. There is too much politics in the State already,
and a great dealtoo much in our newspapers. The politicians are not the men to lean
upon, and with a newspaper, their schemes and ambitions are not the topic that should find
prominence in its columns. Politics isnot of balf the importance that politicians would

ave us think. Newspapers are not dependent upon politics for their life and strength and
opportunities for usefulness. That incessant nuisance, the office-seeker, is a creature with
whom the press should have nocommerce. There is ng patronage? and no luxury worth as
much as the manhood of 1 journalist. The Press made the State here in Kansas, and can
safely be trusted to guide and uplift in the future as it has done in the past. There is noth-
ing here but the soil and the sunshine, which the Press has not made or brought in. The
destiny of Kansas isin the keeping of the Press. Never before have there been such
chances for the newspaper to serve the State. The Press has but to be true to itself—to the
theory of its origin, the spirit of its growth, and it cannot be false to the State. When
everything has been done that is possible to do, when tne last stone shall have been putin
the femple.as it were, and the perfect splendor of itall shall gleam like a shaft of light across
the land, the Press can place its hand upon its jubilantheart, and, borrowing a line from
the Iliad, say to the State in truth and sincerity, and with an honest and conscious pride
‘All illustrious as thou art, I made thee such.’” ‘November 1, 1881, Mr, King became the
editor of the Oapitaland in that issue said: “It is now over eight yearssincetheincoming editor
of the Capitalthrew down the traditional shears and pencil-stub and went out into the cold,
wicked world to seek hisfortune. Hereturnsthis morning with the delightful feeling of one,
who wakes from an unhappy dream. Our guiding purpose is to produce a first-class ne wspa-
per: This is the basis, and the only one upon which we seek patronage. We desire nothing

jut prosperity and happiness for our competitors, with simply the rightrc served on our part
as we think we have the facilities and theopportunity, tomake the name of the Capital, like
that of rare old Abou Ben Adhem ‘lead all therest.””” In the Daily Capital of Tuesday
morning, March 27, 1883, appears the following: “Personal.—My connection with the Cap-
ital has ceased, for business reasons, and through an amicable understanding on the part
of allconcerned. Henry King.” J. K. Hudson, the original proprietor of the Capital had
the following card in the same issue: ‘The undersigned, until further notice, assumes ed-
iortal and pune management of the Daily and Weekly Capital. J. K. Hudson. Mon-

Y. March 26. i

KITCHELL & MARBOURG, hardware merchants, of the firm of William W. Kitchell and
A. Marburg, organized in November, 1882, being successors to Henry F. Gee, who suc-
ceeded George D. Hale, the latter having succeeded to the business of Hale & Smith. It
will be seen that the present firm succeeded to the business of one of the oldest hard-
ware houses in Topeka. Mr, Kitchell is a native of Olney, Ill. Mr. Marburg is anative
of Frankfort-on-the-Main; first came to America in 1875, returning to Europe in 1880,
remaining there until August, 1882, when ‘e returned to the United States and located at

peka.

H. F, KLEMP, M. D., was born in Prussia, August 6, 1835. He commenced his medical
studies in Europe and continued them two years, and also received instruction in the art of
mining from a professor at one of the Gymnasiums. In 1862 he emigrated to America,
and after remaining a few weeks a: Bellville, Ontario Co., Canada: Jocated at Berlin, in the
same county, and commenced the Hracties of medicine. He removed to Chicago in 1863,
and the following year entered Hahnneman’s Medical College in that city, from which he
graduated in 1867. In the fall of the same) ear he again commenced practice at Dwight,

IL, afterwards residing at Barton County, Mo., and Sedalia, Mo., until -he came to Kansas,
and located at Topeka, February, 1869, in which city he is ‘still engaged in practice. Dr,
Klemp is asclentific mining engineer and a proficient geologist, taking much pride and

leasure In both studies. eis a member, and was formerly Priest, of the Turner's Society;

8 a member of the State Homeopathic Medical Society, President of the State Examinin
Board of Ph Ysiclans, and member of Western Academy of Homeopathy. He was marrie
in Prussia in September, 1859, to Elslein Kathrina Trebble, a native of Prussia. Tpeir three
living children are William, Paulina and Carl.

. USSMAN, shoemaker, Nor h Topeka. Came t» Kansas in 1858, from Indian-
apolis, Ind. First located at Leavenworth and worked at his trade. Was fora time fore-
man of State prison work at Leavenworth, Was born at Lunburg, Hanover, Germany, May
12, 1825, and came to America when elghteen years old, arriving at Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan-
uary 9, 1844. Went to Indianapolis in 1851 and remained until coming to Leavenworth.
Mr. K. was an earnest and active anti-slavery advocate and voted with the Free-state party.
Was In the Kansas State militia in 1864, in pursuit of Price. Was married in 1846 to
Louisa Gaus, at Cincinnati, Ohio; they have six children—Edward, George, Mary, Emma,
Louisa and Julla, Edward isa farmer near Leavenworth and George is a machinist in the
A., T. & S. F, shops in Topeka.

REV. JOHN D. KNOX, was born October 28, 1828, on Brook's Run, Belmont Co.. Ohio,
received his collegiate cducation in Jefferson College, New Athens, Harrison Co., Ohio, and
graduated at Duff’s Commercial College. Pittsburgh, Pa,in 1857. While at school he was
licensed as an exhorter, February 23, 1850. Soon after leaving school was licensed as a
local preacher inthe Methodist Episcopal Church. In June, 1850, was admitted on trialin
the Pittsburgh Conference, held at Canton, Of10, and was appointed i unior preacher on the
Washington and Cambridge circuit, in Guernsey Vounty, Oblo. In 185 , With two vol-
leagues, he traveled the Deersville circuit, in 1852 the Cadiz circuit, and in 1853 the Butler
circuit, in Pennsylvania, securing In the latter the erection of a small brick church, which
the people named Knox Chapel, e little town atthis pointis still called Knoxville. In
1854 his field of labor was at Pittsburgh, where in common with many of his flock be was
stricken with cholera, Through the years of 1.55. 1856 and 1857 he was successively on
the 3ridgeport circuit, Ohio; at Lawrenceville station, Pittsburgh, agent for the Beaver
Female Seminary, and in 1858 and 1859 in charge of the Mount Pleasant and West Newton
circuits. In 1860 and 1861 he was on the Mechanicsburg circuit, in Indiana County, Pa.,

 

 
and in 1862 and 1863 was pastor of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, at Pittsburgh,
Pa, In 1864 he was at Bridgewater, and in the spring of 1865 was transferred to the Kansas
Conference and stationed at Topeka. He had charge of the Topeka church for three years,
the society and church enjoying a high degree of prosperity under his pastorate, He also
had charge of the Kansas Business College, and was elected County Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction. In 1869 and 1870 he was appointed Presiding Elder of Fort Scott District,

but resigned in consequence of ill health during the latter year. In_1871 he was elected.
President of the Capital Bank, in Topeka, and in 1873, made a trip to Europe in the interests
of the institution. January 1, 1874. the banking house of John Db. Knox

lished at Topeka. They do a general banking business and purchase and sell Kansas securi-
ties, loan money and invest money for Eastern parties. They have also a savings depart-
ment connected with the bank. Mr. Knox is connected actively with many societies, both
secret and benevolent. He has taken eleven degrees in the Masonic Society, is past grand
in the I. O. O. F. and has been chaplain in the G, A. R, He has been one of the editors of the
Kansas Methodist since its start, and is now editor-in-chief. He was married April 15,

1858, in Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pa., to Mary Dibert, of Somerset County, Pa. They have

eight chidren— David D., William C., Martha P., Mary R., Sarah E., John D., Olive B. and
OSCAR KRAUSS, manufacturer of saddles and harness, also dealer in leather, hides,
saddler’s hardware and shoe-findings, North Topeka, came to Topeka in the spring of
1869, from Hamilton, Ohio, Mr, Kraussis one of the progressive men of North Topeka,
and from a very humble beginning has built upa fine business. He moved into his present
commodious quarters in 1871. He was born, August 10, 1847, at Rodach, southern Ger-
many; completed a course of study at Ernestinum of Coburg, and when seventeen years of
age came to America and located at Hamilton, Ohio. He was married in 1873 to Augusta

ensky, of Leavenworth. They have four children living—Leopold, George, Tony and
John P. Heisa member of the German-Lutheran St. John’s Church, and was one of the
founders and supporters of that church, and also of the promising young college of that
name and denomination. =

WILLIAM J. LEA, of Topeka, western manager for the tna Life Insurance Co.
of Hartford, is of Scotch-Irish descent. Heis theson of Albert Gallatin Lea and Jane
(Rhea) Lea, and was born in Wilson County, Tenn. August 17, 1844. He received a partial
academic course at Cherry Grove Seminary in Illinois. His father died when he was thir-
teen years of aye, and by his death he was early thrown upon his own resources. He assisted
in the support of his widowed mother and obtained a good education besides. One year af-
ter his father’s death, not having a taste for farming pursuits to which he had hitherto been
brought up. he bound himself as an apprentice to learn the printer’s trade in the office of
the Macomb, Illinois. Hagle, where heremained for four years, During the lasttwo years
of his apprenticeship he became foreman of the printing office, and did much of the local
editorial work on the paper. In 1§60-61 he removed to Missouri, where he spent a year
and then returned to Illinois, The war having broken out, August 11, 1862, he enlisted as
a private in Company A Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantry. He served thirteen months as a
Corporal, when he was discharged for disability April 21. 1863. Having regained his
health he enlisted May 2, 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois
Infantry, serving until the regiment was mustered out September 24, 1864. During his
service he participated inthe bloody battle of Perryville, and also the defense of Memphis
during Forrest’s raid. On leaving the service he resumed the printing business in Gales-
burg, Ill,, being foreman in a printing office in that city fora year. In 1865 he removed to
Kansas City, and there worked ai his trade until, 1868. He then went to St. Louis, where
for eight months he took charge of a large job printing office. He again returned to Kan-
sas City, where he engaged for atimeas the city editor of the Kansas City Daily Adver-
tiser. In 1870 heremoved to Columbus, Kansas, and with his brother, A. T. Lea, estab-
lished the Columbus Independent. the firm being A. T. & W, J, Lea. Two yeais later, in
June, he moved to Oswego, Kansas, where he associated with F. B. McGiil, and started the
Oswego Independent. Six months later he sold out his interestin the paper, and entered
into mgrcantile business with Richard Taylor. This continued for six months, when he
went to Joplin, Mo., and started the Mining Journal After six months he moved to Bax-
ter Springs, Kansas, where he became connected with the Baxter Springs Republican.
He continued in this connection until 1876, when owing to ill-health he was forced to
abandon the newspaper business, and accepted a position as local agent of the land de-
partment of the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. In 1876 he became interested
in the Bonanza Lead Mines, just then discovered. In 1877 he became one of the original
stockholders in the Southside Town and Mining Company at Galena, being elected one of
the directors and secretary of the company. He disposed of his mining interests in 1878,
and afterward engaged in stock business until he became chief clerk in the office of the
State Superintendent of Insurance in 1879. He held that position until the fall of 1882,
when he became actively identified with the anti-St. John movement, which resulted in the
organization of the anti-St. John Club of Topeka, which was one of the principal motors
leading to the election of Gov. Glick. The club was organized on the motion of Mr. Lea,
and he was one of the first to advance money to further the interests of the movement. Mr.
Lea was educated a Democrat, but since the war and ever since he attained his majority he
has been a vigorous and consistent Republican. He holds to the reiigious faith of the
Cumberland Presbyterians. He is also an Odd Fellow and member of theG. A. R. He
was married July 7, 1873, in Troy, Ohio, to Miss Mary I. Harris, They have two children
—Rhea Harris and Edna Portia.

HIN A. LEE, grocer, is a native of Hunterdon, Hunterdon Co., N. J.; residea_in
Knoxville, lowa, fortwo years before coming to Topeka in 1859, having resided over five
ears in New York City prior to removal to Iowa. He enlisted in Company A, Second
Kausas Volunteer Infantry in April, 1861. After five mgnths’ service the regiment was re-
organized as the Second Kansas Cayalry, and he served in that regiment until the close of
the war, being mustered out as Captain of Company D. He participated in all battles in
which his command was engaged. Heis amember of I. 0. O. F.. Subordinate Lodge and
Encampment. Mr. Leé was married at LaSalle, Ll., to-Beulah Holmes, a native of Illinois,
They have three children—Beulah, Lizzie and Alexine.

MARTIN I. LEE, farmer, four and a half niiles southwest of Topeka, came to Kansas
in the spring of 1879, from, Alton, Ill., and for two years before coming to Kansas was a
jobber and importer of books and stationery at 407 Fourth street, St. Louls, Mo. Was born
June 28, 1826, in Berkshire County, Mass. Remained in hls ‘native county until he was
twenty-one years of age, attending school. Went to New Jersey and remained about four
years, and was engaged in teaching school at Dover. On leaving New Jersey, came to
Alton, Ill., and was engaged in selling books and stationery for twenty-five years. Was
also secretary of the School Board, and deputy County School Commissioner for a number
of years. Was married October 25, 1853, at Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Mass., to
Miss Lottie J. Crane, of that place. Isa member of the Presbyterian Church, and was elder
of that church for a number of years at Alton. Z

E. R. LENDBERG, restaurant, confectionery, grocery. cigars and tobacco, came to
Kansas in the fall of 1867, and located at Lawrence, and worked at cabinel mauling. Went
to Burlington, Kansas, in 1870, and caine to Topeka in 1882, and commenced business
where he now is. Was boru August 28, 1840, near Atvidaberg, a mining town of Sweden.
Came from there to Chicago June 24, 1867. Was married in 1870 at Emporia, Kansas, to
Nellie Anderson, of that place. Isa member of the Swedish Lutheran Church. _

Cc . EB. ENFESTEY, real estate and investment agent, was born in Marion,
Ind., December 25, 1841._ He was educated as a lawyer, and represented his district in the
Legislature of Indiana. In July, 1882, he came to Topeka, having Spent about ten years in
the Rocky Mountain regions, most of the time in Colorado, where he still has large inter-
ests. Mr. L. raised Company C, Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was
commissioned Captain of the company in April, 1861, serving until June 8, 1865. two years
of the time as Senior Aid-de-Camp, on the statf of Gen. Wm. B, Wood. He was in all the en-
gagements of his command. and was slightly wounded but_not disabled, He is a member
of the G, A. R.. I. 0. O. F., and is a Royal Arch Mason. He was married at Marion, Ind..
November 9, 1867. to Laura Brownlee, a native of that place. They have five children
—Mary B., Emma H., John W., Wm. E. and Fred. :

T, H, LESCHER, contractor and_ builder, shop 311 Madison street, residence 310 Mon-
roe stree , does a general contracting business. Has been in the business in Kansas
twenty-six years. In 1881 business run about $40,000, and some years has run to $150,000.
Had the contract for most of the work on the State University, and contracted for
most of the wood-work on the west wing of the State House. Did work on Washburn
College, and also on Bethany School.” Has an average of twenty-five men in his employ,
and at one time had seventy-five working. Hecameto Kansasin phe spring of 1856, and
located six miles south west of where Topeka nowstands. At that time the Lecompton
government was incontrol. Was anactive and earnest Kree-state man, and did duty in
the service in the Free-state party from Topeka tothe border, Wasa member of the State
Militia, and the fight with Price _at Westport. Lived at Lawrence sixteen years, and was
onthe Board of Education, and President of theSchool Board for five years. Was on the
City Council for three years. Helped-build the city after it was burned by Quantrell, and
superintended two-thirds of the work. Hewas born at Easton, Pa., March 18 27.
When about fifteen years of age went with h's sister to New York City, remaining there
until coming to Kansas. He ws married in 1858, on his farm near Topeka, to Miss Au-

usta Wood, who was born in Kentucky, and has six children —all natives of Kansas—viz:

essie A., now in Chicago, stucying music; George M.studying surveying and civil en-
gineering; Herman G., connected with the Capitol; Jane E., Susan C. and Theodore A. _

. GEORGE E, LILLIE and WILLIAM MILLIGAN, proprietors Topeka Lithographing
Co., established business in this city in November, 1882. They have facilities for doing all
kinds of lithographic work, and have already built up a large business with the bankers and
county officers of Kansas. It is certainly creditable to the capital city to have an establish-
ment of this kind, where work of a superior character can be obtained. Mr. Lillie is a native
of Edinburgh, Scotland. where he began learning the lithographing business twenty-three
years ago, when only twelve years of ago, He came to the United States in 1864. worked at

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the same business in Cleveland, Ohio, over a year, served three yearsin the regular army,
worked a short time in Chicago, afterward in the lithographic department of Mills & Co’s
large establishment at Des Moines for a period of twelve years, then with the Western
Lithographing Co. of the same city until he cameto Topeka in 1882. Mr. Milligan isa
native of Marysville, Union Co., Ohio. He learned the lithographing business with the firm
of AES $oz,0t Des Moines, Iowa, and was with that firm several years prior to coming to
‘opeka in i
. P. LEWIS, M. D., was born near New Lexington. Perry Co., Ohio. December 20, 1848,
and educated in the public schools and academies of pn as ace and McConnellsvilles He .
raduated from Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1873, and was awarded the
wson prize on surgery in competition with 213 students. Declining an offered position

 

in the Cincinnati Hospital, he commenced practice in his native town, and remained there
two years, removing thence to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he remained about eight years.
and was then appointed assistant physician inthe State Insane Asylum at Columbus, Ohio,
leaving that position to remove to Topeka, in March, 1881. He was married near New Lex-
ington, Ohio, September, 1872, to Sarah A. Brown, who died at New Lex:ngton, in Febru-
ary. 1879, leaving two children—Florence Luella and Olive St. Clair. In October, 1880. he
was married at Circleville, Ohio, to Mattie A. Shoemaker, of that place. They have one son
—Charles William. Dr. Lewisis a member of Kansas State Medical Society, Kansas Eastern
District Society and_I.0.0.F., and formerly was member of Academy of Medicine of
Zanesville, Ohio, the Muskingum County Medical Society, Ohio, the Perry County Medical
Society, Ohio, and the Hocking Valley Medical Association.

W.S. LINDSAY, M. D, assistant superintendent of Kansas Insane Hospital, has been
connected with tis institution since the opening,in June, 1879. His duties consist of im-
mediate medical attendance on patients and general oversight of wards. Isanative of
Ohio, and removed to Kansas in 1865, locating atGarnett. Practiced medicine five years
before entering the institution. Heis a member of the Kansas State Medical Society.

ISAAC T. LOCK ARD, real estate, loan and insurance agent, has been a resident of To-
peka since 1868, and during thattime has been continuously engaged in real estate busi-
ness, with the exception of three summers spent in the mining regions of Colorado, and one
summer in-New Mexico. Hewas bornin Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio, January 20, 1833,
and lived in his native town until he moved to Kansas in 1868. He was married at Dayton,
Ohio, October 6, 1857. to Nancy A. Miller, of Dayton. Mr. Lockard isa member of A. F. &
A.M.. Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Council; K. of H., and A. O. U. W. ede

J. T. LONG, dealer in meat, Kansas avenue, North Topeka, was born in Troy, Miami
Co.. Ohio, August 10, 1877. Helived atthat place on afarm until May, 1867, when he re-
moved to Topeka where he engaged inthe livery business. He has lived in Topeka the
whole time since, with the exception of two years residence at Minneapolis, Ottawa County.
He was appointed onthe police force and served in 1874 and 1875 in the city of Topeka. He
was married to Miss Lida McKensie, June 6, 1876. Mr. Long’s father died in Ohio, October.
1854. His mother is still living on the old homestead in Ohio. Mr. Long has one brother
and nine sisters Dann

rROF.J. T. LOVEWELL, M. A. Ph. D..was born at Corinth, Orange Co., Vt.,May 1, 1833,
residing there until 1853, when he entered Yale College, where he graduated in 1857, af-
terwards taking Ph. D. degree from the same college. Was Instructor of Physics in
Shefflela Scientific School a number of years, and was afterwards connected with the
Pennsy!vania State Cullege, and State Normal School at Whitewater, Wis..which position he
resigned to accept the position of Professorof Chemistry and Physics at Washburn College,
which hehas since held, During: the past four years Prof. L. has been president of the
Kansas Academy of Sciences. He was married at Hartford, Wis., in 1863, to Miss Mar-
garet Bissell. They have two children. Jed 7

WENTHAL BROTHERS, manufacturers and dealers in jewelry, etc., established at
Topeka in March, 1880. Firm is composed of A. F. & L. M. Lowenthal, both natives of
Syracuse, N. Y. where they learned the jeweler’s trade, having worked at it from their
youth, their father having been in the business for years. They carry a stock of about $20,-
000, much the largest stock in the city of Topeka, It would be difficult to find a better se-
lected stock of watches, fine jewelry, silver and plated ware anywhere in the country.
These gentlemen lave a deserved reputation for fair dealing, and their patrons can depend
implicitly on their representations. A. F. Lowenthalisa member ofthe A.F. & A.M. He
has been engaged in his present business for over twelve years. Mr. L. M. Lowenthal is
connected with the A. 0. U. W. 2

C. W. LUKENS, No. 125 Lawrence street, North Topeka, was born in Kosciusko
County, Ind., March, 1851, at which place he remained until the spring of 1881, when he
came to Topeka and associated with his brother, J, A. Lukens, and Mr. P. Smith in the pro-
prietorship of the Topeka roller skating rink, which is the largest west of St. Louis, being
75x150 feet. He was married in 1879 to Miss Laura A. Luce, of Wabash County, Ind.

J. A. LUKENS, of Lukens, Smith & Co, owners of skating rink on Van Buren and
Seventh streets and proprietor of Lukens’ Opera House, North Topeka. He was bornin
Wabash County, Ind., in 1847. In.186Y he came from that place to Topeka. He was edu-
cate: in the schools of his native State, and there followed the profession of teaching for
about seven years. Atthe time of his coming to Kausas, he first engaged in the hardware
business, afterward became a grain dealer and then erected the opera house bearing his
name. His parents both died many years azoln ENG Ian as one voter Thee nese ca

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sociated with him in the ownership of t x The Lukens Leathers are
among the most enterprising and successful men of the city of Topeka.

THOMAS S LYON, tank estate and loan agent, came to Kangas in 1880, and has been
in business for the past year in Topeka, He was born, March 15, 1833, at Huntingdon
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-ence, and Parsons; engaged inthe practice of his profession unt:

City, Pa., where the family resided until he was eight years old, when they moved to Hunt-

ngdon Furnace, Hunting on Co., Pa, He lived in that region until 1876, and then moved
to Illinois and located in Jacksonville; remained there eighteen months, and then lived in
Washington County, IIL, until he came to Kansas in May, 1880. He was married September
14, 1865, at Rensselaer. Jasper Co. Ind. to Nannie J. Wright, a native of that place, - They
have buried one and have two children diving Mnam. .and William M.

HON. E. P. MoCABE, Auditor of State, the subject of this sketch, was born of humble
parents in Troy, N. Y., October 10, 1850. His parents soon after moved to Fall River, Mass.,
seeing there a short time. They settled in Newport, R. I., where he attended the publ.c
schools, Leaving ihe grammar school there, he was sent to Bangor, Me., where he con-
tinued his studies until the death of his father compelled him to assist his widowed mother
in the support of a brother and sister. Drifting to New York he was employed by Messrs.
Shreve & Kendrick, 35 Wallstreet. Asin the case with all colored boys he had to make
various shifts, from clerk to porter, Finding allayenues in the East closed to ambitious
colored young men, he decided to foll »w Hurace Greeley’s advice to go West. Getting a
clerkship with Potter Palmer, the hotel king of Chicago, in 1872 he was promoted to
another in the Cook County Treasury, where he remained eighteen months. Tiring of
metropohtan life he floated to Kansas May 20, 1878, locating in Graham County, one of the
most sparsely settled in the northwestern tier,where in company with Abram ‘I. Hall, Jr.,of
Chicago—now editor of the Conservator—he engaged in the land business with some suc-
cess. As areward for valuable services rendered in organizing the county, he was ap-
pointed first County Clerk, and afterward elected to the position, from which he was
translated to Auditor of State of Kausas—one of the most significant political successes in
the upward career of the race—Kansas being one of the most prosperous of the Western
States. In 1880 Mr. McCabe married MissSarah Bryant, of Clinton, lowa. Mr. McCabe’s
career is illustrative of the possibilities of self-made men, who make their impressions
upon our times by sheer force of character. Mr. McCabe is st{ll a very young man, and
the successes which are possible in his life appear to us to be vast and honorable to him-
self and to hisrace. We can only hope to conquer by those qualities of head and heart by
which all other men conquer:

MARGARET MCUAFFERTY, proprietress of the Madison House. This house was
builtin 1871. The present proprietor took charge of it in 1874. It has a capacity of forty
regular. Mrs. MoCafferty was born in Catskill, N. Y., in 1830.
Her parents, James and Eliza Gilligan, came West when she was a child, finally locating in
St. Louis. She was there married, May 15, 1838, to John McCafferty, who was for a time
engaged in steamboating; afterward engaged in mining and farming; living at Galena, LIl.,
an Ay ectte County, Iowa, several years; afterward moved to Clayton County, Iowa, where
her husband died'in November, 1870. Nine children were born to them, eight of whom
are living—Rosa, James, Anton, Eliza, Maggie, Ella, Willie, and Charlie. They are all
members of the Catholic Church.

L. B. McCLINTOCK, insurance, real estate and loan agent, has resided in Kansas since
1870. He was one of the first settlers of Sedgwick County, his first location being seven
miles above Wichita, where he stated a littletown called Park City, and remained there till
1872; then located at Hutchinson, Reno County, amoung the first settlers, and remained there
until the spring of 1873, when he emigrated to Jackson County, and engaged in stock rais-
ing until 1875. In 1876 he went into the real estate and insufance business with Thomas
L, Ross, which connection was dissolved in 1880; and he went into the above business
alone in 1881. He was born at McGlintockville, Pa., July 14, 1848, and lived at that place
until! 1865. Hethen moved to Newcastle, Pa., and resided there until he came to Kansas.
He was married at Topeka, June 6, 1871, to Mary Emma Thompson, of Juniata County, Pa,
They have three children—Nellie, Edna Irene , and Arthur Thompson.

J. cCLURE was born March 24, 1838, in the city of Rochester, N. Y. In the
spring of 1856 he removed to Iowa, remained there a year, in Cedar Falls, and then moved
to Waterloo, in the same State, where he resided about twenty years, and until he came to
Topeka, in June, 1877.. While in Iowa he was Deputy Treasurer and Recorder, and subse-
quently First Recorder. Since his residence in Topeka he has been engaged in the abstract
business. Mr. McClure belongs to the orders of A. F. & A. M.aud K,

SAMUEL S. McFADD

 

of Py
2 YEN has lived in Kansas since 1857. His father pre-empted a
uarter section in Franklin County, and was living there atthe time of the Marais des
ygnes Massacre, notfaraway. The father went to Missouri at the time of the drouth, in
1860, leaving Samuel behind to take care of some cattle. The young man went to such a
country school as Kansas had then and worked to pay his board. But the father was a
pronounced Free-state man, and was soon compelled to leave Missouri. He left there in
the night, with the smaller children and household effects ina wagon. In May, 1861, and
among the first, Samuel McFadden enlisted in the Second Kansas, and served through the
Missouri campaign under Lyon and Sigel, being at Wilson Creek when Lyon was killed.
He was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth in Octover, and, in November, re-enlisted in
the same regiment. which was soon changed from infantry to cavalry. Thus he served as
a private soldier from the beginning of the war until April, 1865, and has two honorable
discharges. McFadden was in the battles of Wilson Creek, Dug Springs, Shelbina, Old
Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, and others of less note. He belonged to
the two-gun battery of bowitzers which played such an important partat Old Fort Wayne
at the time the four-gun Texas Battery (afterwards Hopkin’s) was captured. He received
no serious wounds during four years’ service as a private, and has never applied for a pen-
sion. In 1866 he was brevetted Captain “for meritorious services during the war.” Capt.
McFadden has been a clerk in the Adjutant-General’s office, and chief clerk for the State
Treasurer and State Auditor. No Judge of the Supreme Court, and no lawyer in the State.
isso familiar with every law relating to our State finances as Mr. McFadden and his skill
and accuracy as an accountant are unsurpassed. is é
N. C. MCFARLAND was born seven miles south of Washington, Washington Co., Pa.
April 23, 1822. He was educated at Washington College. He was an enthusiastic sup-
orter of Henry Clay in the Presidential campaign of 1844, he stumping his native county
no behalf of his candidacy. He commenced the study of law at Bucyrus, Ohio, under the
instruction of Judge Josiah Scott, and became his partner at the conclusion of his studies.
They removed together to Hamilton, Ohio, and the association continued until Judge Scott
was elected to the Supreme bench. He was selected by Gov, Todd to act as chairman of the
Butler County War Committee, in which capacity he labored faithfully to promote the cause
of the Union. In 1865he was elected by the Republican party to represent the counties of
Butler and Warren in the State Senate, and was made chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of that body. He was chairman ofthe Ohio delegation to the National Republican Con-
vention held in Chicago in 1468. He removed to Topeka in February, 1870, and entered
into the practice of the law. He was elected in 1872 to the State Senate, and became chair-
man of the Judiciary Committee. In 1879 he was appointed by President Hayes a meni-
per of tte Ute Indian Commission, (v ratify a treaty with that tribe, and in May, 1881, he
was appointed by President Garfield Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washing-
ton, which position heis now holding. James M, McFarland, tie only surviving child of
N. C., resides in Topeka, and is Assistant Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, He
was born in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, April 10,1851. He graduated from the Miam1{
University in the class of 1870, and movi dto Topekain June of the sameyear, when he
read law th his fathers office two years. Inthesummer of 1874 he became Chief Clerk of
the State Board of Agriculture, and was appointed Assistant Secretary in January, 1882.
In August, 1882, he was appointed State Stallstical Agent of the pepartment of Agriculture
at Washington, and he performs the duties of that position in addition to those of the State
He was married in 1876, to Nellie M. Morris.
J. MCINTOSH, optician, was born July 26, 1809, in Huntingdon County, Pa., where
he resided until twelve years old. His father having been killed in the war of 1812, his
mother removed with her children to Owensville, Bath Co., Ky., where be resided until
about twenty-three years old, working at shoemaking. He went to Terre Haute, Ind.,
working at his trade; was there married, in November, 1837, to Miss Margaret Bond, who
was bornin Sullivan County, Ind. They have six children living. In 1852 he moved to
Bloomington, Ill, working at his trade until 1868. He then began tho study of medicine,
making a specialty of the diseases of the eye, taking a course of two years, In 1870 he
moved to Kansas, locating first at Humboldt, afterwards residing in Emporia, Independ-
1881, when he removed
to Topeka, where he has since resided, At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted as
a private in Company F, Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry, serving inthe Army of the Potomac,
and taking part in tlie battles of Winchester, and Fair Oaks. He was detailed as Regi-
mental Ward Master, and afterwards transferred to the General Hospital at Woodstock,
Shenandoah Valley, remaining in that position until his discharge, in 1862, on account of
disability brought about by exposure during the winter, He and his family are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ;
MAJ. F. R. MCKINLAY, dealer in groceries, was born in Charleston, 8. C., December
20, 1845, residing there until 1879. Was there inarried, May 7, 1873, to Miss Anna Eliza
Levy. He held the office of School Commissioner of Orangeburg County, S.C., one term of
two years, beiiug commissioned December 14, 1872. ‘wo years later he was commissioned
Major and Engineer on the staff of First Brigade, Third Division, National Guard of the
State of South Carolina, holding that position until his removal to Kansas in 1879. He be-
an merchandising soon after his arrival at Topeka. Has since continued in business, deal-
ing in groceries, provisions, etc , his receipts being $1,000 per month. He takes an active
interest in politics, Has represented his ward in County Convention, and as an alternate
to the State Convention of 1882. : 7 x
JOHN A. McLAUGHLIN, gunsmith, Kansas avenue, was born in Indianapolis, Ind.,
September 27, 1826, and claimed that place as his residence until he moved to Kansas, in
1868. Servedin the Mexican War as Orderly Sergeant, Company D, inthe Fourth Indiana
Infantry, under Col. W. A. Gorman, who was afterward a member of Congress from Minne-
gota, and Governor of that State. At the breaking out of the Rebellion Mr. McLaughlin
entered the service as First Lieutenant of Company K, Eleyenth Regiment of Indiana Vol-

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unteers, in which he servel three months in Maryland and Virginia. He then raised a
company which constituted a part of the Forty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
Was in the battle of New Madrid and other battles, under Gen. Pope. Capt. M. hasin his
possession the garrison flag captured by his company, which was the first to enter Fort
Thompson atits capture. His command made part of tle Thirteenth Army Corps, upon its
organization, being in Gen. Hover’s (First) Division. He took part in the siege of Vicks-
burg, the Yazoo expedition, the capture of Jackson and other battles under Gen. Grant, and
was soon after transferred to Gen. Banks’ command in Louisiana, forming part of the Nine-
teenth Army Corps, and took part in the various actions of that command on the Tesche and
Red rivers under Franklin and Banks. Mr. McLaughlin was promoted to the rank of Major
of the Forty-Seventh Regiment inthe early part of 1862, and in the following winter was
promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, which he commanded most of the time
until the winter of 1863-64, when the regiment re-enlisted and went home to Indiana on
veteran furlough, He was then commissioned a Colonel, and went back in command of
that regiment to take part in the actions resulting in the surrender of Mobile and Shreve-
port. r, McLaughlin came to Kansas in March, 1868, locating at Topeka, where he has
since resided, cagrying on the business of gunsmith and dealer in firearms, sporting goods,
etc. He married’ Miss Louisa Morehouse, at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1851, and they have had
seven children. 2

REV. PETER MoVICAR, M. A., D. D., President of Washburn College, was born near
Eastport, Maine, in the province of New Brunswick. He graduated from Beloit College,
at Beloit, Wis., in 1856, and was employed as instructor In the same college. In 1860, he
graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, and soon after moved to Kansas. The next

ear he was installed as Pastor of the First Congregational Church, at Topeka, occupying
that position for six years. He was elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction of
angas, in 1866, Serv Lie two terms. In 1871 he was called to the Presidency of Washburn
ollege, a position which he still occupies, ss i

ALBICRT MAGOR, stone mason contractor and builder, came to Kansas in 1876, and
located in Topeka, from Montreal, Canada. Was born June 11, 1852, at Newton Abbot,
Devonshire, England. Remafned in his uative town until eighteen years of age, attending
school; completed English branches and business course, and went to Montreal, Canada, in
1869. ‘Spent four years in Pennsylvania and New York, engaged in his trade, which he
learned in Montreal, Last year completed a very fine residence for Capt, Winthrow, corner
Tenth and Harrison. Keepsseven menemployed. Was married in June, 1879, at Topeka,
Kan., to Mrs, Runkel, a native of Worthington, Greene Co., Ind.; they have one child, Effie F.
Is a member of First Methodist ppiseo pa Church, Topeka, Is a Republican,

WESLEY W. MANSPEAKER, was born in Bedford, Bedford Co., Pa., June 3, 1850,
that place remaining hfs home until he was thirteen years of age. He then removed to
Champaign, IIL, and there learning the tinner’s trade, w as engaged in that business until he
removed to Topeka, March 1, 1874. He commenced the retail grocery business in the city
immediately, and, in 1878, added the wholesale department. The business has doubled
since its start, now amounting to about $150,000 per annum, and giving employment to
ninemen. Mr. Manspeaker was married in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., Mo., May 1, 1870, to Teresa
Brown, a native of that place, They have one child—Lulu M . Mr. M. is a director of
the First National Bank, and a member of the A. F. & A. M., K. T., and I. O. O. F.

J. B. MARSHALL, contractor and builder, came to Kansas in 1871, from Canada West,
and located in Topeka, where he has since resided. Waselected Councilman from the First
wardinthe spring of 1882. Was Band Master of the First Regiment Band, Kansas State
Militia, which was organized in the city_of Topeka in 1876, by Mr. Marshall, as acornet
band, and became attached tothe First Regiment by an order of the governor, under the
State Militia law, in 1879. This band took the first prize at a band tournament cf the Bis-
mark fair, in September, 1880. It was in constant demand, and furnished music for all pub-
lic demonstrations in all parts of the State. They met President Hayes at Neosha Falls, at
the time he visited the State in the fall of 1880, and escorted the presidential party to
Leavenworth. Mr. Marshall was born February 2, 1850,in Cornwall, England. Remained
in his native country until he was about sixteen years of age, attending school and working
at his trade, and came with an elder brother to elleville, Hastings Co., Canada Wes& Re-
mained there working at histrade. While in Canada Mr. M. oceupied part of his time with
band music, being a member and cornet player of the Fifteenth Battalion Band. Was tmar-
ried in 1874, at Topeka, Kan,, to Miss Hilda Faulk, a native of Kent England, and_hastwo
Children—Albert and Johnnie. Is a member of Kaw Valley Lodge, No. 20, A. O. U. W.,
qopeka. and is recorder of thatlodge. Mr. M.isa heavy contractor, and employs from six

o ten men,

H. T. MARTIN came to Kanss August 18, 1868. His first location was at Lanesfield,
near Edgerton, in Johnson County. After remaining in that place about five years em-
ployed in farming, Mr, Martin came to Topeka in 1873, and engaged in photography, which
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as been his business since that time. He was born in Camden, Carroll Co., Ind., March 31,

841. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Forty-sixth Indiana Volunteer In-
fantry, and served until September, 1865. Participated in all the general engagements of
hiscommand, Atthe close of his term of service he returned to Indiana, where he re-
mained until hls removalito Kansas. Mr. Martin was married in Caraden, Ind., October
1866, to Mattie E. Leonard, a native of thetown. They have one child—Mand M.

HON. JOHN MARTIN, one of the prominent characters of the State of Kansas, comes
from a long and 1llustrious line of ancestors—lawyers, statesmen, public officials, soldiers.
The Revolutionary War, the Mexican War, the War of the Rebellion, carried in their ranks
heroic men (and women) who bore hishame. One evening during the siege of Augusta
and Cambridge, in the Revolutionary War, intelligence cameto Grace and Rachel Martin,
the wives of John Martin’sgreat uncles, that a courier, witb important messages, was to pass
that night, guarded by two British ofiicers. At the risk of their lives they waylaid the
party ina dark part of the forest, through which the road passed, and so suddenly attacked.
them as to give hem no time for thought or action. The whole party were taken prisoners,

aroled and allowed to go, after giving up bhelr dispatches, which were quickly sent by a
Trusty messenger to Gen. Greene. John Martin’s grandfather took an active part in the
Revolutionary War. Was Brigadier-General of the South Carolina State Militia, and for
many years 2 member of the Legislature, His father wasa native of South Carolina, in-
dustrious, and a man in every senseof the word. While yet a young man he moved to
Tennessee, where John Martin was born. November 12, 1833, being @ native of Wilson
County. The boy received a poor English education in the common schools near home,
working atintervalsonthefarm. Butallhis aims and tastes were for political life, and
he Is soon found divorced from mercantile pursuits, having been appointed chief clerk in
the post-office at Lebanon, Tenn. He had already commenced the study of law, under the
instructions of Judge Caruthers, Professor of Law inthe University. In the winter of 1854,
in company with Maj, B. J. Newsom, who had materially assisted him in his law studies, the
fous: man concluded to go to Texas, but learning from Hon. Rush Elmore, who had just

een appointed one of the United States District Judges for the new Territory, that he
v udge Elmore, ) Intended to reside permanently in Kansas, the two concluded to make that

heir home. In March, 1855, phey came onfrom Nashville with Judge Elmore, On the
evening of March 31, they arrived at Kansas City and next day went to the ola Methodist
Shawnee Mission, taking up their quar.ers with Rev. Thomas Johnson, then in charge of
the Liuenschool, Here they met Gov, Reeder, Judge Saunders, W. Johnston, Marcus J.
Parrott, M. I. Conway, Silns Woodson, (then Secretary of the Territory, ) and other promi-
nent gentlemen. H, D, McMeeken was there, having just been elected a member of the
Kansas Territorial Legislature. The mission was then (1855) the territorial seat of govern-
ment, and the new comers met almost every public manof the Territory. On April 7,
Judge Elmore and Mr, Martin went to Tecumseh, where the latter determined to locate.
Mr, Martin was elected assistant clerk of the Territorial Legislature, which convened in
Pawnee, J ay: 4, 1855; commissioned County Clerk and Register of Deeds of Shawnee
County {u Ootobér, 1855; admitted to the bar ai Tecumseh, December 3, 1856; appointed by
the Board of County Commissioners, County_Clerk and ex officio Register of ‘Deeds for
Shawnee County, which office he held until January 1858; appointed Gounty Attorne
August, 1858; Postmaster at Tecumseh for 1858 and 1859; also Assistant United States Dis-
trict Attorney during these years; March 6, 1860, Reporter of the Supreme Court of the
Territory. In 1868 and 1872 Mr, Martin was an unsuccessful candidate for State Senator
and member of the House of Representatives, respectively. He was elected to a seat in
the latter body in 1873 and 1874, and succeeédea in founding the State Insane Asylum at
Topeka, From 1861 to 1872 Mr. Martin was Chairman of the Shawnee County Democratic
Executive Committee, and during the latter year was appointed Chairman of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee. During the same year he served as a delegate to the Democratic
National Convention, and was a member of its Committee on Platform.

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In September,

1876, he was anantnously nominated for Governor of Kansas by the Democratic State *

Convention, and, although defeated, the campaign was a grand triumph for his party. In
January of the same year he had received the full party erate for United States Senator.
During the campaign of 1882 Mr. Martin was nominated by his party as Governor of the
State, but declined to run upon the platform adopted. In conclusion itis but justice to say
of Mr. Martin’s political character that he consistently and firmly opposed all the ultra
measures of the Pro-slavery leaders, which ultimately brought that party into such disre-
pute, During the Price raid he served as Orderly Sergeant of Company A, Second Regi-
ment Kansas Militia. Mr Martin is an Odd Fellow and a friend of education—an able
lawyer; atrueman. He was married November 12, 1860, to Miss Caroline Clements. They
have three children—John Elmore, born October 2, 1862; Charles Clements, born October
1, 1864, and Caroline, born May 29, 1871.

W. C. MARTIN, dealer in groceries, was born in Troy, Oakland Co., Mich., March 28,
1832, living there about twenty-eight years, Was there married, October 10, 1851, to Miss
‘jizabeth Toms. They have five children living—Morris Eugene, Clara Minnie, Cora May,
Alfred Brooks, Nettle Grace, In tne early part of 1860 he moved to Kansas. locating in Osa-
watomie, Mia) County engaging {n farming, which he followed until 1877, when he en-
tered the hotel business at Osawatomie, During the war he was inthe State Militia, and
helped to capture Quantrell, in one of his raids, He enlisted in Company A, Regiment Kan~-

 

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sas Infantry, serving. three Years as First Lieutenant. After the war, he returned to his
farm in Miami County, there holding the office of Justice of the Peace several years. He
moved to Topeka in the early part of 1882, engaging in mercantile business, carrying a stock
of groceries amounting to $800, and doing a Dusiness of $30 per day.

SAMUEL E. MARTIN, M D., physician and surgeon, is one of the ioneers of Topeka,
and probably the oldest resident physician in the State. On the 27th of November, 1854, he
located at Lawrence, where he remained until December 25th of the same year, when he
came to Topeka, and took a claim adjoining the present town site, on the west, Section 36,
Township 11, Range 15, and has resided continuously since that time intheplace. Dr. Mar-
tin was present, as attending physician, at the birth of Topeka Zimmerman, June, 1855, the
first child born within the limits of the city; also, January 1855, at the birth of Dick Ward,

son of Anthony Ward, who then lived in the little log cabin which is still standing on the

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farm of his widow. ‘Dr. Martin was born at Greenville, Mercer Co., Pa., June 18, 1826. He
lived in Pennsylvania until August, 1852, received his education in the schools and acade-
mies of his native State and Ohio, and graduated from the- Ohio Eclectic Medical College, at
Cincinnati, June 7, 1852. He commenced practice at Cussawago, Pa., where he remained three
‘months, and then removed to Kelloggsville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, remaining at that place
until November 1, 1854, the date of his removal to Kansas. He was married at Cincinnati,
Ohio, April 17 1856, to Maria M. Merrel, of that city, and daughter of William S. Merrel,
one of its early pioneers. Dr. and Mrs. Martin have buried one son, William Wallace, who
died at the age of two and ahalf years. Their living children are Mary stelle, John Milo,
and Mabel Ray. Dr. Martin was first president, and is now treasurer of the State Medical.
Society. Hels alsoamember of the Eclectic Medical Association of Kansas, and of the
National Eclectic Association of the United States. Besides these associations connected
with the medical profession, he isa member of A. F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter, Com-
mandery, and Scottish Rite, having filled the highest offices in the organizations. He is
also a member of K. of H. . \ :

LESLIE MAXWELL, real estate, loan and insurance attorney, came to Topeka in Oc-
tober, 1868, and resided in the city until 1874, being engaged in real estate business during
that time. He then returned to Pennsylvania, and remained there until he again came to
Topeka, in September, 1880, since which time he has been engaged in real estate business,
in connéction with Isaac T. Lockard since August, 1881. He was born in Butler County, Pa.,
June 23, 1846, that place remaining his home until he came to Kansas, Aiter his return
from Pennsylvania, he was in practice at Beatrice, Neb., fortwo years. He isa member of
the Presbyterian Church and K. of H. He was married in Austin, Ill, May 4, 1882, to

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ou SiOR GEORGE -MERRILL, farmer, Section 16, P. O.'Topeka; owns 120 acres, fifty-
five acres cultivated, and sixty-five acres in meadow and pasture; came to Kansas in the
fall of 1868, and_settled near Topeka, and located on his present place in 1879. Was Re-
ceiver in the United States Land Office in Topeka, from April, 1871, until April, 1675, and
has been a member of the School Board continuously since coming to Kansas, Entered the
army in September, 1862, as First Lieutenant of Company G, Second Missouri Cavalry, bet-
ter known as Merrill’s Horse, commanded by his brother, Lewis Merrill, an officer in the
Regular Army. He was on detached service continuously, acting as a Provost Marshal and
Judge Advocate of the Northeast District of Missouri, with brevet rank of Major. After
eighteen months’ service he resigned, and went to his home in Pennsylvania. He was born
in Pennsylvania, August 10, 1829; moved to Iowa in 1867, and from thence to Kansas. He
was married January 23, 1856, to Miss Sarah S. Hilbish. They have five children living—
James, Calvin, Katherine, Paul, and Emily; and four dead—Mary, Edward, Lillie, and
George. He isa member of the Presbyterian Church, ; .

HON. D. C. METSKER was born in Baughman Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, May 25,
1831. When he was nine years old, his parents moved to Cass County, Ind., and settled on a
farm four miles from Logansport. He lived on the farm, attending the schools in the vicin-
ity and the academy at Logansport, until the spring of 1853, when he removed to Kokomo,
Ind., and was employed as a clerk in a mercantile house one year. He then commenced the
study of law with Lindsey & Harrison, and was admitted to the bar in Indiana in 1856. He
cominenced practice in Kokomo, and continued until 1858, when he was elected County Re-
corder, and while holding that position was also County School Examiner two years. In
1861 he was appointed Députy United States Revenue Collector, but in 1862, being elected
Clerk of the Circuit Court, resigned the former position, He was Clerk of the Court until
1866, and from that time until he came to Kansas. in 1868, was-actively engaged in practice.
He located in Topeka in November, 1868, being that year contingent Elector.of the Presi-
dential ticket in Indiana. In 1872 he was elected Probate Judge, and re-elected in 1874. In
1876 he was elected State Senator, and re-elected in 1880, having been engaged more or less
in the practice of his profession, from the time of his locating in Topeka until 1878. Judge
Metsker was married near Logansport, Ind., in-October, 1852. to Mary McDowell, a native
of Ohio. Mrs. Metsker died June 23, 1882. leaving one child, Mary Edith, sixteen years of
age. Another daughter, Ada B. (Mrs. P. H. Adams) died May 30, 1881. Mr. ,Metsker is
now engaged in real estate and mining operations, the latter being princi ally in Colorado.
He has laid off three additions to the city of Topeka, known as Metsker’s First, Second and
Third Additions, all being east of the original city. He has also erected many buildings in
the city, and been prominent and generous in forwarding its public interests. He is a mem-
ber ofthe A..F. & A. M., and I. 0, &. F., having been through the subordinate offices of the
latter, and filled all the chairs of the encampment, and grand encampment ofthe State. |
BRADFORD MILLER, was born in Alliance, Stark Co., Ohio, August 26,1840. He is
the son of Rev. John B. Miller. He was educated at Mount Union College, Stark County,
Ohio,and taught school more or less during his early years of manhood. He enlisted in May.
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same year. Hesubsequently served until the close of the war, as Deputy Marshal of the
Seventeenth Congresstonal District of Ohio, He was afterwards, while th Ohio, connected
with the freight department of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R. He first came to Kansas
in July, 1868, and removed his family the following October, making Topeka his home.
He engaged in the real estate business until October, 1880. He was County Commissioner
four years, from January 12, 1874, to January, 1878. In March, 1878, he was appointed
City Assessor of Topeka, and made the assessment of that spring. He was elected County
Treasurer in November, 1879, and is the present incumbent of that office, Mr. Miller has
held a long and honorable affiliation with the Masonic Order. He was, before coming to
Kansas, W. M. of Alliance Lodge, No. 271, C. H. of Alliance Chapter, No. 83, and ©. of G.
of Alliance Council R. &S. M. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Miller was married in Columbiana County, Ohio, March 10, 1864, to Miss Harriet M.

Summers, a native of thatcounty. They have five children—Minuie S., Henry O., Martha,
Mary, and an infant son. 2S é
OHN A, MILLER, dealer in boots and shoes, came to Kansas in March, 1871; worked

as check clerk for the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company for five years, in North Topeka.
Was born January 18, 1843, in Stark County, Ohio. “Remained in native State until coming
to Kansas. Enlisted in Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteers, Ccmpany G, June, 1863. Was
most of the time in Virginia, Was in the service four months. Was married March 4, 1870,
at North Benton, Mahoning Co., Ohio, to Eliza J. Boohecker, of that place. Have three
children Iving, Cora M., Rosa C., and Leslie G. Mr. Miller was personally acquainted with
the late President Garfield. having lived _in his Congressional District, and having heard
him preach, Isa member of Golden Rule Lodge, A., F. & A. M., No, 90; Eugene Lodge, I
0. O. F., No. 79, and Kansas Lodge, K. of H., No. 788, Is also a member of the Presbyterian
Church of North Topeka.
REV. J. G. MILLER was born near the Rhine, in 1834, at a place called Munzinger,
Prussia. His father, a shepherd, led a party of colonists to Perry County, Ind., where he
urchased alarge tract of land. Rev, Mr. Miller was graduated at Georgetown College,
entucky, and then went to the University of Berlin, Prussia, where he finished his educa-
tion. His father was a Roman Catholic, and disinherited his son when he becamea Baptist.
Mr. Miller was pastor of the Baptist Church, at Louisville, Ky., three years. He afterward
moved to Missouri for the benefit of his health, and finally in 1858 he settled in Kansas, near
Topeka, where he bought a tract of land known as the “Miller Farm.” In May, 1859, he
married Miss Nancy Jane Jackson, daughter of Rev. John Jackson, a missionary of the
Baptist Southern Board. then located at Marion, Ala, Atthe breaking out of the war. this
Mission property, through the influence of Mr. Miller and his father-in-law, was trans-
ferred to the Northern Board, and is now known as the “ Bob Lee” farm, Mr. Miller is now
extensively engaged in stock: raising. Soon after he came to Kansas he organized a mem-
bership and built a very neat stone church at Silver Lake. His nearest neighbors for many
Tears were the Pottawatomie Indians, with whom he always maintained very friendly re-
ations. When the country became settled, he was the first School Trustee, and Mrs, Miller
was the first School Treasurer of this town. He became the prime mover in the organiza-
tion of the Township of Dover; also the Mission Township of Dover, Shawnee County. Mr.
Miller has had two children, both of whom died some years since. They now have an
adopted orphan child.

ENRY C. MINER, physician and surgeon, has resided.in Kansas since 1871. In
August of that year he located at Hiawatha, Brown County, and remained there until July,
1878, when he removed to Topeka, and engaged in practice for one year, at the corner of
Sixth and Kansas avenues. He was then in Wyandotte, Kan., one year, after which he re-
turned and located in North Topeka, Dr. Miner is a native of Sterling, Cayuga Co., N. Y.
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He began teaching in the public schools of that county at the age of nineteen, and read medi-
cine with F.S. C. Grayston, of Huntington, Ind. He attended his first course of lectures at
Chicago Medical College, in 1864-’65, after which he began practice at Laketon, Wabash Co.,
Ind,, where he remained four years, then removed to Roanoke, Ind., and practiced there
till August, 1871, In 1874, he returned to Chicago Medical College, where he graduated in
1875. He ‘pelongs to the A.O. U. W., and to the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter, and
Commandery, and is W. M. of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 90, A., F. & A. M.of Topeka. He isa
member of the State Medical Society, the Kansas Eastern District Medical Society, and of
the Board of Health of the city of Topeka. Dr. Miner was married at Wyandotte, Kan, in
November, 1879, to Mrs. A. M. Keating, of Akron, Ohio, his present wife.

M. R. MITCHELL, M. D.. phvsician and surgeon, was born in Rush Creek Township,
Logan Co., Ohio, November 10, 1835. He was educated in the public schoois of his native
county, and in Jefferso 1 College, at Cannonsburg, Pa., graduating from the latter institution
in 1862: In September of the same year, he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-eighth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, in which he served eighteen months, being subsequently commissioned
First Lieutenant of ‘the Twenty-seventh United States Colored Troops. After serving in
that capacity about eight months, he was promoted Captain, and three months before the
close of the war, raised to the rank of Major. He received a wound inthe face before Pe-
tersburg, Va., shortly after the Burnside mine explosion, and was taken to the Officers’
Hospitalin New York. He was then in Ohio a short time, before returning to his regiment,
being absent, in all, about two months, In October, 1865. he returned to Ohio, and com-
menced the study of medicine at Bellefontaine, and in March, 1868, graduated from the Ohio
Medical College at Cincinnati. Dr. Mitchell was married at Bellefontaine, March 10, 1868,
to Mary M. Fulton, of Rushsylvania, Logan Co, Ohio. They have two children, Porter M.
and Clara. Immediately after his marriage, he came to Kansas and located at Leavenworth,
where he remained ten months. He then removed to Fairmount, in the same county, and
there remained until 1875. In January of that year he went to Topeka as a member of the
State Legislature, and in June of the same year permanently settled there. He is a member
of the State Medical Society, of the Eastern District Society, and of the Academy of Medi-
cine and Surgery, being one of the charter members of the latter society. Dr. Mitchell is a
member of the G. A. R., and also an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church.

J. W. MOHLER, with the firm of Mohler & Rector, artists and photographers, was born
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in Indiana, July 24,1850. When he was Ss gite young his parents moved to Missouri. He
has since resided at various places in Missouri and Illinois, following his profession of
artist and photographer; came to Topeka in the early part of 1880, since which time he’has
been in business in the city, He enjoys a large patronage, doing a large portion of the first-
class work of the city. In 1865, he enlisted at Peoria, IJl,,in Company H, Third Illinois
Infantry as fifer, doing garrison duty at Detroit, Mich., nearly two years. He was married
in 1871 at Lamar, Barton Co., Mo,, to Miss Belle Niard. They have three children living—
Woodruff, Russell and Newton. He is a member of K. of P. Lodge at Nevada, Mo.
“ HON. RICHARD B. MORRIS, was born in Springfield, Mass., August 8, 1833; educated
“in the schools of his native State, employed in civil engineering as early as 1849, afterwards
completing a thorough course in that profession, at oue of the leading schools of that im-
portant science, becoming thoroughly skilled inthe details of that branch of knowledge,
afterwards following the profession of civil engineer, being connected with the construc-
tion of some of the leading railroads in New York, Connecticut, Ohio, Mississippi, Illinois,
Missouri and Kansas. In the summer of 1866, he lotated at Atchison. During the construc-
tion of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific R. R., he acted as its general agent; for four
years he was general agent of the Missouri Pacific R. R.Co., at Atchison: then for two
years he was connected with the K. C,, St. J. & C. B. R. R. He has an interest in a wnolesale
and retail hardware establishment at Atchison, atthe present time. In January, 1883, he
was appointed by Governor Glick, aud confirmed by the Senate, for the position of Superin-
tendent of Insurance, assuming the duties of that important office, July 1, 1883. e was
a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions which convened at Baltimore and Cin-
cinnati, and was a member of the committee, selected by the convention, to formally con-
ey to General Hancock, notice of his nomination to the presidency. He was an alternate
delegate to the St. Louis Convention which nominated Samuel J. Tilden for president, Mr
Morris has been oneof the most active and efficient members of the Democratic State Com-
mittee of Kansas continuously since 1870. Mr. Morris is @ member of the A. F. & A. M.
Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery; heis also connected with the K. of P., K. of H., and
4.0.U. W. He was formerly a director of the Atchison Savings Bank, Mr. M. was mar-
ried at Adrian, Mich., June 20, 1859, to Mary E Ripley, a native of New Hampshire, but
peared an Springfield, Mass. They have four children—Richarad H., Edward R., John B. and
ary L.

G. M, MORROW. M. D.. was born in Mifflin County, Pa., December 14, 1817. He was
educated at Academia, Juniata Co., Pa, He studied law one year; then began the study of
medicine. In 1848 he removed to Indiana, where he resumed his studies and finished
his medical education; commenced practice as a pnysician and surgeon in Carrol! County,
Ind.; remained in that State until 1869, when he removed to Shawnee County, Kansas,
where he has since resided, practicing his profession. He was appointed physician of the
county poorhouse, which position he held about five years. He was married May 22, 1856,
to Caroline P. Mahurin. They have six children, five daughters and one son. he oldest
daughter is married to Mr. L. T. Gage, Ex-Superintendent of Shawnee County schools. The
other children reside with their parents. Dr. Morrow was for one year a teacher in the In-
suivute trom a ulch he graduated

. TON, dealer in agricultural implements, came tc Topeka in October, 1879,
and until October 1, 1881, was employed in the storehouse offices of the A. T. &S, F. R. R.
Co. Hethen purchased the business of J. £. O’Brien, and engaged in his present business,

doing some jobbing but principally a retail business, handling the farm. machinery made by

N.C. Thompson of Rockford, IL, and the celebrated O’Brien wagons and carriages, manu-

factured by O’Brien Bros. Mfg. Co. in Tiffin, Ohio. Mr. M. is a native of Paris, Ohio, but,

for many years prior to his removal to Topeka, was a resident of Geneseo, Ill., having

Moved to that city in 1860. He was married in Geneseo, Ill, December 20, 1877, to Flora
mith. .

J. H. MOSS, attorney-at-law, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, and educated in the
schools and academies of that county, where he also _read law, and was admitted to the bar
in 1869. He enlisted in Company G, Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in December,
1862, received hi. discharge, and entered the United States Navy in the spring of 1863. He
served one year on the “Benton ” as seaman, arid was then made master’s mate, and went
on the gunboat “ Ouichita” for several months. He was then promoted mate, and assigned
to duty on the gunboat “ Abeona,” on which he served until.after the close of the war De-
cember, 1865. From that time until he came to Topeka, March, 1869, he remained at his
home in Ohio, engaged in farming, attending school, and the study of law. Since his resi-
dence in Topeka he has devoted himself to the practice of law, and to literature, J. H.
Moss was martied at Belmont farm, originally the Lee farm, owned by the father of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, Loudon County, Va., June 23, 1873, to Laura, daughter of F. P. Stanton,
formerly Secretary and Acting-Governor of Kansas Territory. Mrs. Moss was born at Mem-
phis, Tenn., her father being member of Congress from the Memphis Congressional Dis-
trict several terms, The three children of Mr. and Mrs, Moss are, Mabel, Ada Bessie and
Stanton Cooper, all being born in Topeka. A 2

0. BK. MOSS, A. B., M. D.. homecepathic physician and surgeon. was born in Niagara
County, N. Y. He took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.

  
    
    

    

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jJand Homeceopathic Hospital College, graduating from the latter lustitution in the spring of
1870. He began practice at Ashtabula, Obio, where he remained two years, and then
moved: to Zanesville, Ohio, whera he was engaged in practice until 1880 when he was
appointed Professor of Physiology and Microscopic Anatomy in the Cleveland Homeo-
pathic Hospital College, which chair he filled until he resigned, November 20, 1882, for the
urpose of moving to Topeka, Kan. After his resignation. the faculty adopted the follow-
ng resolutions; “Resolved, That inasmuch as Dr, O, B, Moss has removed to Topeka and,

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owing to this change of residence, has tendered his resignation as Professor of Physiology
and Microscopic Anatomy iu the Homeopathic Hospital College, Therefore, we, the fac
ulty, desire hereby to express our regret at his removal and resignation, sundering, as they
do, pleasant personal and professional relations. £tsolved, That we fully endorse Dr. Moss
as an able teacher and a skillful and honorable physician, and cordially recommend him to_
the confidence of the citizens of Topeka and the fellowship of the profession. N. Schneider.
.D., Dean; W. A. Phillips, M, D., Registrar.” r . ‘
D.’A. MOULTON. cashier of the First National Bank, is a native of Ironton, Ohio, and
spent his early years in that place. He was for a time engaged in fire insurance business
in Cincinnati, Ohio, as adjuster, and was afterward connected with the First National Bank
at Ironton, Ohio, for about seven years, severing his connection with the bank for the
eriod of one year, to act as secretary and treasurer of he Crescent Rolling Mill Co., at
omeroy, Ohio. In July, 1881, Mr. Moulton came to Topeka with a view of organizing a
national bank. Becoming satisfied of the advantages which Topeka possessed as a busi-
ness center he reported fo astern capitalists, and after a visit to tue East, returned to
Topeka in December, 1881, and in connection with others, made arran ements which
resulted in the organization of the First National Bank. which was opened for business,
Maren, . Mr. Moulton was married. at qrontons Ohio, March 2, 1875, to Alice H.,
2 d, a banker of Ironton. 4 ,
oa OER MULV ANE, was born in New Comerstown, Chio, and lived in his native
town until he was about eighteen years of age, when he moved to Princeton, Ill., and-
engaged in farming and in mercantile pursuits—first in dry goods and later in hardware
business. In 1873-74 he was a member of the Illinois State Legislature. In May, 1876, he
located at Topeka, having heen for some three years a stockholder in the Topeka Bank.
Soon after his arrival, he was made one of the bank directors, which position he sti:l re-
tains. He has always heen largely interested in farming and stock-raising, and owns much
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Town Co., president of Street R'y. Co., treasurer of the Topeka Telephone Exchange,
treasurer and director of the State Fair Association, a director of the Elk & Chautauqua
R’y Co., a director of the Burlingame Coal and Mining Co., and a member of the board of
directors of the Osage County Bank. He was married near Princeton, in Bureau Co, Ii.,.
to Sarah A. Ross, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Mulvane have five living
children, a little daughter, Hattie F., dying at the age of four years. Their remaining
children are—Xenia Adella, David W. (now a student at Yale College), William J., Maggie
and John J. Mr. Mulvane is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was one of
the building committee that had superintendence of the erection of the new church struc:

ure.
JOSEPH A. MUNK, M. D., physician and surgeon, is a native of Columbiana Count:
Ohio. He was born near Georgetown November 9. 1847, and was a resident of ‘aitiancs,

, Ohio, from his early youth, He acquired his literary education at Mount Union College,

Oblo, and graduated ‘from the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, Februar
1869. He commenced the practice of medicine at Lindsey, Ohio, and after a Ree at
two years at that place removed to Chillicothe, Mo., where he remained ten years, and from
there came to Topeka in April, 1881. During that time he was elected resident of the
Missourt Eclectic Medical Association and vice-president of the National Eclectic Medical
Assoclatlon. In 1864 he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, being the first recruit in lis company, and was mustered out in July,
1865. In January, 1873, Dr. Munk was married near Webater, Westmoreland County, Pa.,
to Emma 8S. Beazelle, of Webster, Their only child, a daughter, died in infancy. The
doctor has been acontributor to the Eclectic Medical Journal of Ohio, and the American
Medical Journal of Missouri for the last ten years, and also contributes articles on hygienic
and pan tiary topics to ins home papers.

. H. NN, M. D., is a native of Springfield, Mass., son of Curtis E. ain
and Surgeon U. 8. A., now stationed in New Mexico. L. H. Munn was civoaned atl ore
Dame College in Indiana, and at the Institute of Technology of Boston, Mass., three and a
half years atthe former institution and about two years atthe latter. While in Boston he
made special ana Chemistry, Botany, Physics, and Civil Engineering. He is a graduate
from the Medical epartment of the lowa State University and also from the Bellevue Hos-
pital Medical College of New York. He was Acting Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. A. for
over By CaE and ahalf. In June, 1882, he came to Topeka. After being alone in practice
about three months, he formed a partnership with Dr. J.C. McClintock, with whom he is
now associated. Or. Munn is a member of the Eastern Kansas District Medical Society and
of the repeka Academy of Medicine and Surgery.

- JOHN &. MULVANE, was born in New Comerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, July 6,
ad Heis the eldest son of David and Mary Ross Mulvane. His paternal grandfather,
John Mulvane, a Scotch-Irish farmer, emigrated from North Carolina to Ohio, and located
Heat New con orstowns while the Delaware Indians were still there, He was asoldier of
Mie # ep ir igin the war of 1812. Mary McCune Mulvane,his grandmother, was adaughter of
Mnsle i ames McCune, a Scotchman, who also was a soldier of the war of 1812. He recetved
aso ie government a patent for 112 acresof land,the reward of military service. This
Le nas jremeined in the family for three generations, and is now owned by the youngest
aras Rev, , Mulvane, who also has the old parchment patent. The maternal grandfather
fs iam Ross (a native of Cork, Ireland), who was sent from Philade phia to the

wilds of eastern Ohio as a Methodist missionary to the Indian i

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years, muntenl he emigrated to Ohio, Bureau Co., ll. He died at the ripe age of ninety -seven

yea Se on ng fought the good fight of an earnest disciple of our Lord Jesus, The maternal
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Works; and George P., of Principio furnaces, of Cecil County, Md. David Mulvane, his
father, was a farmer boy. He worked on the Ohio Canal, handled a wheelbarrow and
shovel, and drove an ox team. He was afterward a farmer, merchant and manufacturer,
and died January, 8, 1877, in his native town, at the age of seventy-two, leaving five sons
and two daughters. His mother, Mary Ross Mulvane, still lives, hale and hearty, in the
little village of New Comerstown. John R. Mulvane, when a boy, learned the tanner’s trade
in his father’s establishment, and in his seventeenth year entered his father’s general
merchandise store, and followed merchandising in the town of his nativity till 1865, when

 

he located in Princeton, Bureau Co., IIL, and there engaged in merchandising. His health
failing, in 1867 he sold out and spent parts of 1867 and 1868 with his wife, also in poor
health, at Kenosha Water Cure, Kenosha, Wis. While here, he made the acquaintance of
Col. G. W. Veale,of Topeka, Kan., and being pleased with the account he received of this
country, came to Topeka, Kan., in the winter of 1868-69,-where he still resides. He is
president of the Topeka Bank, and connected with several minor enterprises, as the Mis-
souri & Kansas Telephone Co., Topeka City Railway, ctc. With his brothers, Hon. Joab
Mulvane and D. A. Mulvane, he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. John R. Mul-
vane was married to Miss Hattie N. Freeman, a teachcr in the schools of New Comerstown,
daughter of Rev. E. W. Freeman, a Baptist minister, on July 16, 1857.

. D. MYERS, of the firm of Myers Bros., confectioners and bakers, came to Kansas in
1870, from Washington, Davis Co., Ind., and has been in business in Topeka ever since.
Was born January 25, 1857, at Washington, Ind., and remained in native town until coming
here, Isa member of Shawnee Lodge, No. 1, I. O. O. F., Topeka.

HERBERT A, NEEDHAM, secretary National Loan and ‘rust Company; was born at
Wilton, N. H., June 16, 1845, Learned the trade of printer in the office of the Vox Populi
at Lowell, Mass., where he resided at the commencement of the War of the Rebellion, He
enlisted in the Thirty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers in May, 1862, and served
with that command which was one of the very few New England regimentsin the Western
armies until July, 1865, when he was discharged as First Lieutenant. Came to Kansas in
September, 1866, locating at Humboldt, and engaged in the publication of the Humboldt
Union with W: T. McElroy, the present proprietor. Mr. Needham was County Clerk of
Allen County from 1872 to 1876. Kemoved to Topeka in the fall of 1876. Entered the em-
ploy of the National Loan and Trust Company ear ey in 1879, aud_was chosen secretary of the
company in the spring of 1882. He married Miss Frances C. Brinkley, at Humboldt, in
December, 1867, and they have two children living—Clarence L. and Bertha L.

DANIEL W. NELLIS was born inthe Town of Palatine, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Sep-
tember 11, 1845, and resided in his native county until 1865, being.educated in the schools
of the vicinity and the academy at Canajoharie. In 1865 he went to Albany, N. Y., and was
employed in the Treasurer’s office of the New York Central R. R. Co., remaining there until
he came to Kansas. He located in Topekain April, 1868, and was employed in a hardware
store about fifteen months, becoming book-keeper iu the office of the Kansas State Record
July 31, 1869, and later, occupying the same position in the office of the Commonwealth.
May, 1877, he engaged in fire, life, and accident insurance business, J. D, McCune becom-
ing associated with him in May. 1882. Mr. Nellis is a member of the A. F, & A. M., and has
been secretary of the Masonic Mutual Benefit Society since June, 1875, two years after its
organization: the society now has a membership of 2,220. : .

GEORGE M. NOBLE is a native of Clermont County, Ohio. He removed from Ohio to
Indiana, and afterwards to Champaign, Ill., where he read law, commencing the practice of
bis profession in Topeka in 1870. In August, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company D.,
Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After serving in that capacity eight months, he
was promoted to Sergeant Major, and remained in that position until February 23, 1843.
He was then appointed Adjutant of the regiment, and in ovember, 1864, was made Cap-
tain of Company C, same regiment, He tesigned June 20, 1865, and received a brevet
commission as Major after the close of the war. On léaving the army he went to Havana, .
TL, where he remained two years and then removedto Champaign. He was marrie
at Champaign, IIl., January 25, 1872, to Miss Eva Reed of Fredericktown, Ohio, a graduate
of Illinois Seminary. Mr.and Mrs. Noble have two children—Walter T. and George M., jr.
On his arrival in Topeka Mr. Noble devoted himself for a time to the general practice of
law, being also engaged to some extent in loaning money. Since the organization of the
Kansas Loan and Trust Company, of which company he has been secretary since its forma-
tion, and also general solicitor, he has given more of his attention to general practice. Mr.
Noble is a meinber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the A., F, & A. M. Blue Lodge
and Chapter. He is somewhat interested in mining, being secretary of the Vera Cruz Con-
solidated Gold and Silver Mining Company, and president of the Godrey Mining Company.

P. S. NOBLE came to Kansas in April, 1872, and located at Atchison, where he was
employed as court reporter and stenographer until 1878. In that year he was appointed
‘Adjutant General by Gov. Anthony and has twice since been appointed to the same office by
Gov. St. John. He is anative of Albany County, N. Y.; was born Novem ber 30, 1844, and
lived there till about six years of age when he removed to Prattville, Greene Co., N. Y. Five
years later he removed. to Bingham, and at the age of fourteen to St. Joseph County,
Mich. He was educated in the public schools of New York and Michigan, and after the war
he attended the academy at Elmira, N. Y. He enlisted August 24, 1861, in Company E.,
Eleventh Michigan Volunteer Infantry, of which regiment William L. Stoughton was
Colonel. He remained in that regiment until September 30, 1864, participating in ail

engagements, and was never sick, wounded, or off duty. He was then detailed as clerk on
Gen. Nevly’s staff and afterwards as clerk in the office of the Provost Marshal at Murfrees-
boro, Upon Jeaving the army ‘he returned to Michigan and lived at Decatur until he came
to Kansas. He was married at Decatur, June 17, 1868. to Emma Flogg, a native of Utica,
Oneida Co,, N.Y. They have one child—Dwight M., and lost two children in infancy, Mr.

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Noble is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the G, A. R., and pre rietor and editor of the
Smith County Pioneer, having purchased the same in July: 1882. e is a director of the
ie Protective Union and a director of the Leeds Gold and Silver Miniug Company of
Jolorado,

W. B. NORRIS was born in County Donegal, Ireland, May 1, 1833; emigrated with his
father and family to Green County, Wisconsin in 1845, where he was engaged in farimin,
until about 1853, since that time he has been engaged in the mercantile usiness an
farming until the autumn of 1880, when he removed to Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Norris’ first
wife was Miss Mary Green, who was born near Sheffleld, England, August 29, 1838. and

r about 1850 to Gren County, Wisconsin. W. B.
Norris and Mary Green were married October 1, 1862; lived together till May 8, 1876, when
his wife died leaving a family of five children, two dead and three alive. In December 10.
1880 another child died. On February 9, 1882, W. B. Norris and his present wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Bradley, formerly of Decatur, Indiana, were married. Mrs. E.. Bradley's first
husband John Bradley, died at New Orleans, March 17, 1865, in the service of his
gountry. leaying two sons who still live with their mother. W.'B. Norris’ first wife was
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church when married. In 1862 W. B. Norris united
with the church with his wife. Mrs. Norris was a devoted, faithful member and worker in
the Church while she lived. Mr. Norris’ present wife is a member of the Presbyterian
church, and since their imaeriage he united with that church. Mr. N. isa member of the I.
O. 0. F. Lodge, No. 74, and of the A. F. & A. M., Lodge at Dayton, Wisconsin. He has two
children, a son and daughter. Mr. Norris engaged in the grocery business bere January 6,

P. G. NOEL came to Kansas in 1857. His first location was at Atchison, in which place
he resided four or_five years, engaged in contracting and building. In 1861, he enlisted in
the Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served in that regiment over two years, when he
was discharged, and six months later, August 18, 1864, again entered the service as First
Lieutenant of Company E, Seventeeuth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, serving in the latter
regiment six months, ethen spent a short time at Leavenworth, and from that place re-
moved to Lawrence, where he resided about two years, engaged in mercantile business, in
which branch of trade he has been employed for the last fifteen years in various places in
Kansas—for eight years prior to removal to Topeka, at Fort Scott. In August, 1880, he came
to Topeka, and was for a year and a half associated with C. F, Kendall, in mercantile busi-
ness, when he became interested in the Topeka Mill and Elevator Co., of which heis now
president. Mr. Noel is a native of Rockville, Ind, and for some time a resident of Iowa.
He was married at Atchison, September 1, 1863, to Ella C. Phelps, of Bloomfield, Iowa.

JOHN NORTON. of the firm of Page, Norton & Co , was born in Springfield, Ohio, July
26, 1851, and received his education in the public schools ofthat city. After leaving school
he learned the trade of p1ttern-maker, which he followed for four years. He was subse-
quentiy manager of alinseed oil millin his native place, until May, 1881, when he came to

ansas. InJuly of the same year he became a member of the firm of Page, Norton & Co.
He is financial and office manager of the firm, and also has control of the sales department.

MILO NORTON, removed from Pennsy]vania to Kansas in the fallof 1871, locating in
Topeka in September, and removing his family the following November. Since his arrival
he has been continuously employed in insurance and loan business, being one of the first loan
agents inthecity. He is now local agent for the Northwestern Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Norton was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., August 19, 1818; in 1830 he removed
from his native town to-Erie County, Pa, then, in 1847. to Maysville, N. ¥., and again in
1854 to Meadville, Pa. Inthe fall of 1862 he went to Greenville, Mercer Co., Pa., where he
remained until his removalto Topeka, He was married in Conneaut Township, Ohio, Sep-
tember 9, 1862, to Mary Winsor, a native of Westfieid, Chautauqua, Co.,N. ¥. They have
three children, Frances Anna, Hattie C. and Frederick A. Mr. Norton isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, having been connected with it since January, 1836; for the
last eleven yearsas district steward of First Church, Topeka, and steward twenty years out
of the last twenty-five years. ;

_ FREDERICK ORTMAN, jeweler, settledin Topeka in May 1857, and engaged in re-
pairing watches andjewelry. He commenced dealing in jewelry belore the war, and has
continued in the same business since, having been longer in the business in the city than
any other person. He was born in Prussia, November 28, 1832, and came to America about.
1853. He remainedio New Jersey a year and a half,in sew Hampshire a year and a half,and
in Chicago a little over a year before coming to Topeka. Heisa member of A. F.& A, M.,
Blue Lodge, N. Y., and of the Turner Society,

JOHN & OTIS, farmer and dairyman. resides southeast of town, just over the bridge
across Shunganunga Creek, on Fifteenth street east; was born in Danby, Rutland Co., Vt.,
February 10, 1838; was educated at Manchester, Bennington Co., Vt., from whence he emi-
grated to Kansas in the spring of 1859 and located at Topeka, and engaged in the practice
oflaw. Being an Abolitionist he became deeply interested at the outbreak of the Civil War,
and aided, at an early period, in helping to organize the first regiment of colored troops
against much opposition and prejudice. He was a member of the votimteer infantry
company that went out from Topeka tothe Missouri border at the time of the Price Raid.
On the 4th of September, 1865,he was married at Glen’s Falls,N. Y.,to Miss Bina A. Numan. «
of that place. They have three children living, Daniel, Foster, and Alida. Inthe spring of
1866 he purchased a halfinterest in the quarter section of land on which he now resides,
and from that time on has been mostly engaged in farming; was for two years business
agent for the Kansas State Grange P. of H., and has been an earnest member of the Order
from its organization. In the spring of 1878 he turned his attention especially to the milk busi
ness; beginning with a dairy of twelve cows, he now has over sixty; runs two milk wagons,
and is selling, at retail, from seventy-five to one hundred gallons of milk perday; uses
horse-power to cut most of his hay and other fodder, and mixes his bran and other grain
up in the cut feed and finds it economy soto do; uses the Cooley Creamer for cooling his
milk, and_ prizes it very highly. Prior to, and during the war, Mr. Otis was a Black Re-

‘ , M. D., passed through the Territory in 1859 on his way to Pike’s Peak,
located in Perryville, Jefferson County, in 1872, and remained there in practice until
July 1, 1872. when he came to Topeka; was born in London, England, January 12, 1842,
and attended school until he was seventeen, when he came to America alone. Stopping
first at New Orleans. spent several years in traveling, and finally Jocated in Clarinda, Iowa,
and read mecicine in the officesof Drs. Barrettand Runbaugh; from there went toOmaha,
Neb., and remained a eer and removed to Fairfield, lowa, where, by his own exertions,
he earned money to atteud lectures at the Keokuk Medical College; from Keokuk he went to
Macon County, Mo., where he commenced the practice of medicine,and remained until 1872,
the Last two years living in Macon City; from there he cameto Perry, Kan., and.remained
until the following spring,when he went to Lawrence and builta small steamboat called the
Ida; returned to Perry, builtasmall steamboat of tentons burden and capacity for fift;
p_ ssengers called Perry Belle; finally took her down to the Missouri River, when she san
about three miles above Glasgow; returned to Jefferson County where he has since re-
mained until coming to Topeka; followed the sea for three years when a buy, and when he
made his trip to Pike’s Peak, went on to Salt LakeCity, a journey atthat time of perils and
hardship; was married June 5, 1879, at Wausawkee, Jefferson Co., Kan.,to Miss Ellen
Hays, who was born in Andrew County, Mo.,-and resided afterward at Albany. Clinton Co.,
Ky,; isa member of Valley Falls Lodge No.—, A. O. U. W. Dr. Page 1s one of the self
made men of Kansas; having commenced his profession when quite young with nothing
to rely on but his own industry and integrity with which he has moulded his preseit pros-

erity.

» THOMAS PAGE came to Kansas in March, 1871, and located at Topeka, where he en-
gaged in the milling business. He acted as foreman of the Shawnee Mills until 1879, when
he and Willis Norton purchased the Inter-Ocean Mills. July 1, 1880, John Norton became
associated with them under the firm name of Page, Nortun & Co. r, Page was born in
Frith County, Scotland, eptember 3, 1843, and came to America in March, 1866. He re-
sided in Saratoga County, N. Y., for three years, then at Rockford, [11., until he came Kan-
sas in 1871. He was married in Mount Vernon, Westchester Co., N. Y., March 38, 1880, to
Jessie E. McLintock, a native of Scotland. They have one child, David. Mr. Page is a
member of the Congregational Church.

ALPHEUS PALMER, farmer, Section 15, P. 0. Topeka; owns 100 acres, all under
cultivation; makes a specialty of raising onions and potatoes, also general farming and stock
feeding; cameto Kansas in August, 1856, joining Col. Harvey’s Company of Free-state
men of Lawrence, and was with them at. the engagements at Hickory Point, September
14, 1856, where they captured a body of North Carolinians, using cannon to dislodge
them from a log house and blacksmith shop; but his company was captured the same
night by United States Cavalry under Col.George P,Cooke, who turned them over to the border
ruffian authorities at Lecompton, and they were kept sometime in jail at Tecumseh, but
he being in, charge of the wounded made his escape. Mr. Palmer was born in Washington
County, Ohio, February 8, 1831; moved to Iowain 1855. and from there to Kansas. ar-
ried December 25, 1859.to Miss Martha Ann Harris, They have two children, James H.
and Jessie Fremont, February 9, 1872, his wife died; he was married again November
22, 1877, to Miss Arabelle J. Faton. Mr. Palmer isa member of the I. 0.0. F., and also of
the Patronsof Husbandry.

GEORGE PALMER, undertaker, was born in the parish of Westonzoyland, Bridge-
water, Somersetshire, England, March 1, 1847, He left home for America, Februarv 19,
1868; resided one year in Waukegan, Lake Co., Ill., then removed to Chippewa Falls, -
Wis., where he remained until November, 1871, when he first came to Kansas, locating
at Augusta, Butler County; after about one year’s residence there he returned to Europe,
spending about six months visiting friends and relations in England and Wales; May, 15,
1873, he came to Topeka. and this has been his home since that time. He was married
in this city, May 20, 1874, to Cordelia Frost, a native of England, born in Kent, near the
city of London. They have one child, Paul. Mr. Paimer is a member of the A.F. & A. M,
Blue Lodge. Chapter and Commandery; he is also connected with the Foresters and St.
George Societies; he has been connected with the business of an undertaker ever since his

emigrated with her parents and famil

 

* publican, butis now a member ofthe National Greenback party:
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youth: his ancestors for over 200 years having carried on the same business. He carries
Inuch the largest stock in Kansas, largely supplying the smaller dealers of the State; he is
generally known in Kansas as George B. Palmer, he having adopted the middle letter

B.” to avoid confusion which ensued on account of several gentlemen of the name
George Palmer, living at Chippawa Falls, while he was a resident of that place. At the
Leta a of this sketch, we give the name as it is registered in the parish church of his

LUTHER PALMER, farmer, Section 14. P.O. Topeka. Came to Kansas in the sprin
of 1857, and first located in Williamsport Township, PGame to this place in 1877. Has been
Constable and member of the school board. Wasinthe State illitia during the Price raid
and in the Locust Grove fight in Missouri, and captured, but made his escape three days
after. He was born in Washington County, Ohio, April 27, 1829. Moved to lowain 1855,
and came from there to Kansas. He was married March 29, 1855, to Miss Lydia L. Chap-
man. They have five children living—Maggie L., Horace G,, Olive M,, Charles §., Julia R.
Two children dead—Mary J.and Laura A. Mr, Palmer is a member of the I. 0.0. F. Is
also amember of the Universalist Church.

CHARLES W. PARKS, retired, was born in Grafton, Vt., August 21, 1823; removed to
Adrian, Mich,, inthe spring of 1844, where he resided for twelve years, and where, in
April, 1851, he married Miss Mary Gilman; from here he removed to Bryan, Ohio, where
he continued to reside until hisremoval to North Topeka in 1866. At the time of his ar-
rival in Kansas, the Kansas Pacific Railway was ia process of construction, and the men
came into North Topeka every night from theend of the track; one train a day, consistin
of one passenger and one baggage car, ran to this point from Kansas City. Mr. Parks built
and occupied the first house completed in North Topeka; some of the lumber used in it
costing him $105 per thousand feet; it had to be hauled by wagons from Leavenworth. Mr.
Parks conducted a hotel or boarding house and restaurant, furnishing meals for the train,
etc., and also worked for four years in the freight department of the railroad; continued in
the boarding business until the fall of 1882; was a member of the school board for seven
years, and a member of the Topeka City Councilfour years. To cast his first vote in Kan-
sas he had to go to Indianola, as there was no voting placein North Topeka; theriver was
crossed by a pontoon bridge, which had to be taken up every time of high water, The first
school in North Topeka had only eight Pupils. Mr. Parks has been a witness of the whole
growth of North Topeka, and of Tupeka from a very small village to a very flourishin
city of 25,0U0 inhabitants. He has one child, Adelbert W., born July 6, 1852, now marrte:
and residing at North Topeka, and engaged as train dispatcher forthe A. T. & S. F.R. R.

. .,,G F. PARMELEE, was born in Almond, Allegany Co., N. Y., May 2, 1842. He re-
sided in Allegany and Chautauqua counties until the breaking iout of the war, when he
enlisted in the army and served as Commissary Sergeant of the One Hundredth and
Lwelfih New York Volunteer Infantry for ayear, and for nearly the sametimein the
Paymaster’s department ofthe Army ofthe Mississippi. In 186: e went to St. Louis
where he wasemployed in a bank until hecame to Topeka inthe spring of 1872 and en-

aged in banking andloan business. Mr. Parmelee_became vice-president of the National
oan and Trust Co. in 1875, and at the death of Mr. Haywood in 1878,became president, and
still holds that office; besides the care of his banking business, Mr. Parmelee gives much
attention to the interests of his large farm property, and deals in real estate to some extent.

_ He is a director of the Tom Moore Mining Company; a director and secretary of the

eter Oem nats Association, and secretary and director of the Topeka Land and Water
Ly. .
: . R. PARLRIDGE, carpenter and joiner, No. 334 Kansas avenue, came to Kansas first
in 1844, remaining but a short time, and finally came in 1866. He enlisted in 1861 at Janes-

ville, Wis.. in Company E. Third Wisconsin Cavalry; came to St. Louis and Leavenworth;
was appointed and commissioned Second Lieutenant and Recruiting Officer Fifth Regi-
ment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, by Gov. Carney; he was discharged in Leavenworth. Was

born in Madison County, N. ¥. August 8, 1824; removed to Allegany County and remained
until eighteen years of age; then moved to Rock County, Wis.; enlisted in the Mexican
War; returned to Wisconsin and resided there untilcoming to Kansas, He has been twice
married; firstto Miss Ann L, Lyons in 1846; they had three boys, William W., Delano G.,
and Edwin, all of whom reside in Wisconsin. He was married again December 22, 1875, to
Miss Nellie M. Battorff; they have one child, Minnie; heis a Republican, :

: L. PATTERSON farmer and dealer in horses, came to Kansas in 1875 and_located
at Atchison, where he remained two.yearsin transfer business; afterwards sold goods for
John Perkins on the Central Branch K. P. R. R.; enlisted inthe army inthe spring of
1862, at Clarinda, Iowa,in Company F, Twenty-third Iowa; was with his command at Grand
Gulf, Champion’s Hill, Magnolia Church, Black River Bridge, Milliken’s Bend, Vicksburg,
Spanish Fort, Fort Blakely, Ala., West Plains, Mo., Little Rock, Pattersonville, La., and 2
number of other battles; was mustered outin August, 1865; was born August 2, 1832, in
Knox County, N. Y.; remained in his native county until five years of age, and moved with
his parents to Butler County, Ohio, where he remained five years and moved to Jackson
County, Ind., and remained until twenty-two years of age, engaged in farming, and then
moved to Montgomery County, lowa, where he engaged in farming until coming to Kansas;
was married ip 1852, in Jackson County, Ind., to Miss Elizabeth Discombes, a native o:
Butler County, Ohio; they had five children, Laura A., Olive, Lydia Jane, and Lu. Mrs,
Patterson died in 1869, in Villisca, lowa; Mr. Patterson was married again in April, 1871,
to Miss Emma Gourlay, at Villisca,a native of Washington County, Pa.; they have three

~ children, Kate, Cora M. and George; is a member of theG. A. R,, Villisca, Lowa.

J. D. PATTISON of the firm of Cline & Pattison, hardware merchants, North Topeka.
Was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in May 1842. After completing his education
he was engaged in teaching in his native State until 1867, when he removed to Lawrence,
Kansas, where he taught for one year, afterward being employed as a teacher at Valley
Falls, until 1870 when he discontinued teaching and settied on a farm west of Topeka, a
short distance, iving there until the Spring of 1881, when he engaged in the hardware
pusiness. He served in Company D, Two Hundred and Sixth, Pennsylvania Volunteer In-
fantry, from September 1864 until theclose ofthe war. Mr. Pattison was married January
13, 1870, to Miss Mattie E. Sharp of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, They have two sons
and two daughters all living with their parents in North Topeka.

WILLIAM UL, farmer, Section 31, P.O, Pauline; owns 144 acres, all improved:
jn addition to farming, he makes a business of raising and feeding stock; has seven horses,
sixty head of cattle, and forty-five hogs; was born in Ohio, August 6, 1834, and came from
his native place to Kansas inthespring of 1856, locatingin Topeka, and moved to this

. place in "Fal , 1868; was married November 11, 1868, to Miss Hester Ann Stewari, and has
ve children, Maggie E., William S., Grace N. Ida F., and Carrie E.; is a member of the
United Presbyterian Church. During the war Mr. P. was in the employ of the Government
inthe Quartermaster’s department, as Wagon Master, freighting in Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas and Colorado.

. P. PAY, carriage and ornamental painter, was bornin Dover, England, August 26,
1835; the following pear came to America with his parents and settled in Watertown, N. Y.,
where he lived until 1849; he then came West and located in Madison, Wis., after two years
came to Woodstock, Ill., and was married to Mrs, Ellen M. Dean, onthe 20th of November,
1856, who.had one daughter, Annette M. They have oneson, Frank G. In August, 1862,
Mr. R. P. Pay enlisted at Marengo, Ill., in Company A, Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry serv-
ing three years and four months; during that time he was transferred to the Forty-seventh

-United States Colored Infantry. holding the position of Quartermaster Sergeant, at the
close of the war he was discharged by general order; he then returned to his home in
Marengo, IIl., where he resided until 1866; he then went intothe employ of Garrett &
Lewis, Chicago, a3 foremanof the painting department of their carriage manufactory, re-
maining two years; hethen moved to Topeka, doing business for himself two years, and
then going into the employ, of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R.R.; he isa member of
the Topeka Lodge No. 11, A. O. U. W.; and of Lincoin Post No.1, G.A. R., at Topeka,

W W. PHILLIPS, came to Kansas April 23, 1855, and located at Brownsville (now
Anburn); he was engaged in farming until June, 1861. when he became Deputy Postmaster,
and was also employed as clerk in the store of Dr. CG. C. Moore, at Auburn; he was elected
County Assessor in the fall of 1862, which office he held during 1863 and 1864, at the same
time attending to outside business; in the fall and winter of 1864 he was clerking in Topeka,
and in 1865-66 was partner with his brother-in-law, Mr. Brown of Auburn, in a general
merchandise store, He afterward returned to Topeka and in the spring of 1868 ongiged in
the hardware business; the firm being T.H. Whitmer &Co, He was a member of this firm
until'1873, with his brother D. W. Phillips. He carried on a farm during the summer of
1874. and in the fall commenced the grocery business under the firm name of Phillips
Bros., which continued five years; since the spring of 1880 he has been associated with T.
L. Stringham in real estate business, Mr. Phillips is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio; his
youth was spent in Seneca Township in that county,
“GEORGE R. PECK, son of Joel Mungerand Amanda (Purdy) Peck, and a descendent of
wm. Peck, one of the founders of New Haven, Connecticut, was born in Cameron, Steuben
Co., N. Y.. May 15, 1843. He is the youngest, of a family of ten children, seven of whom
are living: Oscar D., Charles B., Eveline H., Adelaide C., Mary E., and Helen A, When he
was about six years of age, his parents removed to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm in
Palmyra, on which George spent the remainder of his boyhood, attending the common
schools of the town during the fall and winter until he was sixteen. He then commenced
teaching. studying in the meantime, and a year later was prepared to enter college. He re-
mained 2 studentin Milton College, Wisconsin, three terms, teaching during nis vacations.
He relinquished the idea of entering an Eastern college, to enlist, under the call for 300,000
additional volunteers in the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, in which he served three
months,. He was then promoted to First Lieutenant of Company K, Thirty-first Wisconsin
Volunteers Infantry, and to Captain of same Company in June 1864,remaining in that posi-
tion until he was mustered out in July, 1865. At the close of the war he returned to Wiscon-
sin, and commenced the study of law in the office of Hon. Charles G. Williams, of Janesville,
Wisconsin. He was elected clerk of the Circujt Court in the fall of 1866, and served two
years, completing his law studles during that time. After practicing in Janesville about

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

three years, he moved to Independence, Montgomery Co., Kan., in the fall of 1871, and
was appointed United States District Attorney, by President Grant, January 14, 1874, be-
ing re-appointed by President Hayes, after serving four years. Soon after his appoint-
ment as United States District Attorney, Mr. Peck moved to Topeka, and formed a partner-
ship with Thomas Ryan, afterward member of Congress from the Third District of
‘Kansas. Mr. J. B. Johnson was gubsequently admitted to the firm, which then became
Peck, Ryan & Johnson. Mr. Peck was married in 1866 to Miss Belle Burdick, of Janesville,
and daughter of R. §. Burdick of that place. They have three children—Mary E. (adopted),
Isabel and Charles B. " i

G. H. PICARD, M. D., was born in Cleveland, Ohio, August 8, 1850; resided there until
he,came to Topeka in July, 1869. He graduated from the Obio Medical College, of Cincin-
nati, in February, 1866. He served three years as County Physician of Shawnee County,
and during the same period he was City Physician of Topeka. Heisa member of the Amer-
dcan Medical Association, Kansas State, Eastern District, and of the Shawnee County Med~-

cat Societies. -

USTIN H. PIETY, general agent of the Hartford Life and Annuity Co., Safety Fund
Department, came to Topeka, February 3, 1882, and has been engaged in his present position
since his arrival. He was born at Terre Haute, Ind., August 9, 1839, and lived there until
April, 1861, when he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infaptry, and
at the battlé of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, was wounded and for a time incapacitated for active
service. In the spring of 1863, he was transferred to the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, and after
serving as a private three months was promoted to Sergeant Major of the regiment, and eley-
en months later was made Second Lieutenant of Company G. He was then detailed as Aid
de Camp on the staff of Gen. Grierson; after serving in that capacity three months, he was
promoted Captain of his company, and he retained that rank until he resigned, August 19,
1865. ‘Towards the close of his service he was promoted Major, but owing to the fact that
his regiment had been depleted below the minimum number required by Government, he
never served assuch. He returned to Indiana on leaving the army, and was engaged for
eleven years in selling agricultural implements to dealers. He then became connected with
the Adams & French Harvesting Machine Co., and had charge of their business in Kansas,
Missour! and Texas, until 1879. _He subsequently served two years as Deputy U.S. Marshal
in Indianapolis, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., and then engaged in the employ of the Life Insur-
ance Co. which he now represents, being located at Sedalia, Mo., and engaged in special
werk until he came to Kansas, where he now has control of the business of the company in
Kansas and Nebraska. Mr. Piety isa member ofthe A. O.'U. W. and the G. A. R, He was
married to Almeda M. Howe, a native of inneapolis, Minn., July 14, 1877. They have one
child, Roseoe C. He is the father of six children by a former marriage : William H. Mollie
M., Cora A., Ulysses S.,. Lulu and Robert. "i

J. W. PLUMMER, was bornin Marion County, Ind., March 18, 1840. ‘When he was
three years old his parents moved to .Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, where he remained until
1868, except during a eriod of about sixteen months, while he was in the army. He en-
listed in Company H, Third Indiana Cavalry, and served in that regiment twelve months,
when he was discharged on account of sickness, and after recovery re-enlisted in Company.
D, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until expiration of
term of service. In September, 1868, he removed to Topeka, and engaged in carpenter and
joiner work, which he continued about seven years, and from that time until November,
1881, was engagedin farming. In November, 1881, he formed a partnersbip with M. M.
Eaton and Mr. Callahan, and has since that time been in grocery business. e@ was mar-
ried near Eaton, Ohio, December 14, 1865, to Ann Bloomfield, a native of that place, Their
son, Eddie, died at the age of two years, and they have one child living, Bessie Viola. Mr.
Plummer is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of I. 0.0. F., andG. A. R.

C_B. POWELL, of the firm of Watt & Powell, manufacturers of and dealers in boots
and shoes, North Topeka, came to Kansas with his parents when one year old,in 1861, and his
father located on a homestead, about six miles from Topeka, Mr. Powell commenced as a
clerk in astore, and was in the employ of the A,, T.&S. F. R. Co. for about two years;
pone ite present business January 1, 1882; was born February 23, 1860, in Jackson

county, Mo.

A. PRESCOTT, president of the Central Baik of Kansas, came to Kansas in February,
1872, locating in Topeka the following fall. September 1, 1874, the loan and brokers
office of Prescott & Prescott was established. of which A. Prescott was senior partner. In

 

January, 1876, F. M. Prescott retired from the firm, and in

iid the hanting oat coaaitnd Quatadt igs eetaetoRe EERE Oe
Pick, E. B. Prescott, and William B. Strong acquired at teres hie houses Fhe Gena
Bank of Kanseneg et in Boe ug secure an interest in the house, The Central
Prescott was formerly a member of the procery Arm oF are Sect Cheat erat
Topeka; was one of the builders, and for a tline wie one of the dine at the “tty Re

 

 
SHAWNEE COUNTY.

Co. He is also one of the Sherman Stone Crushing Co., and one of th i
a 4 e@ proprietors of the
Topeka Omnibus and Transportation Co. He is a Native of Cheshire County, N. i es
F. M. PRESCOTT, treasurer of the Bank of A. Prescott & Co., incorporated, came to
Topeka in July, 1874, and about a month later engaged in banking, being associated with
Addison Prescott. Hecontinued in that business until January, 1876 and then engaged in
the grocery business at several points in Colorado and New Mexico, and, two years later, in
North Topeka. He remained in this business until January, 1882, and the following July,
became actively connected with the banking house of A. Prescott & Co., incorporated, as
treasurer. Mr. Prescott is a native of Kast Jeffrey, Cheshire Co., N.H. He removed with
his parents, in 1856, to Prairie City, Til 2 and resided there until he came to Topeka, in 1874.
He was married in Topeka, September 21, 1875, to Allie McClure, a native of Mt, Pleasant,
Henry Co., lowa. They have three children: Frances Pearl, Benjamin McClure and Mabei

ose.

SALMON S. PROUTY, son of Stephen and Sarah Almira( Willard) Prouty, was born in
Van Buren, Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 31, 1835. He vercan a common school education,
and at the age of sixteen years entered the office of the Phewix Gazette, at Phosnix, Oswego
Co., N. ¥., as an apprentice to the printer’s trade. Having thoroughly learned his trade, fe.
removed to Illinvis, and in February, 1856, became a partner of Simeon Wh teley in the
publication of the 4urora Guardian, a Republican paper which had been established by

is partner at Aurora, ILl., several years before, The partnership was of short duration.
In June, 1856, young Prouty, under the inspiration of Gen. James H. Lane, who addressed
an immense mass meeting on Kansas affairs in Chicago, joined a company of Kansas emi-
grants and set out forthe then exciting field ‘of strife. e party was thesame that as-
cended the Missouri on the ‘Star of the West,” and was turned back by the Missouri brig-
ands, who had at that time established a blockade of the Missouri River to all Free-state
emigrants. Mr. Prouty on the discomfiture of the party, went to St. Louis, where he
worked at his trade for u few months, awaiting a more auspicious time to enter the prom-
ised land. In the fall of 1856 he joined another Kansas party, destined for the Territory by
the more northern road through Iowa, afterwards kuown as Lane’s Route. The company
rendezyoused at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, from which point they started for Kansas Septem-
ber 25. On reaching the Kansas border, October 10, they were arrested by Col. Philip St.
George Cooke, as a part of the expected army of Lane, and conducted to near where North
Topeka now is, where, after an interview with Gov. Geary, they were released from arrest.
Soon after Mr, Prouty’s arrival he located uponaclaim in Douglas County, three miles
‘south of Prairie City, and during the winter of 1856 and '57, worked in the printing office
of the Herald of Freedom, Lawrence, of which Hon. Preston B. Plumb, now a United States
Senator from Kansas, was then the foreman. He soon became known as one of the most
fearless and outspoken Free-state advocates of the time. June 25, 1857. he issued the first
number of the Friemen’s Champion, at Prairie City. Its publication was continued for
avout one year, during which tlme some forty numbers were issued. It was a radical and
uncompromising Free-state paper, having for its motto, which it certainly lived and died
by, ‘Liberty or death.” He was the first Free-state Clerk and Register of Deeds of Doug-
las County, to which office he was elected in October, 1857. He held these offices until
March, 1859, at which time he resiened, with the intention of establishing a paper in the
then new miiing region about Pike’s Peak, at El Paso. now Colorado City. e issued the
prospectus of the Hl Paso Miner, but promised assistance in the enterprise not being
forthcoming, the paper never appeared. In September, 1859. he commenced the publica-
tion of the Neosho Valley Register, at Burlington, Coffey County. He ran the paper until
June #1, 1862, at which time he entered the service, being commissioned by Secretary
Stanton as Regimental Quartermaster of First Regiment of Indian Home Guards,
duous and faithful services during the succeeding two years are detailed in the military
history of the State and inthe history of Coffey County. Atthe close of his army services
he returned to Burlington and started the Kansas Patriot, which is still one of the leading
papers of the State. His connection with this paper ceased in January, 1869. at which time
e was enosen State Printer, being the first elected to that office, which had been recently
. created,” He held the office for four years, being re-elected in 1871. On his removal to
Topeka, where the duties of his office required him, he again became interested in journal-
ism. May 1, 1869, in connection with Maj. J. B. Davis, he issued the first number of the
Kansas Daily Commonwealth. This paper now, and ever since its establishment, is the
leading Republican journal of Kansas. Itremained under his editorial management until
August, 1873. Since that date, and up to the present time, he has been engaged in literary
and journalistic pursuits, being, from October 1, 1877, to November 1, 1881, the editor and
puviisher of the Junction City Union. During Mr. Prouty’slong and honorable career in
Kansas. his feltow-citizens have testified to his worth by the bestowal of manv offices of
trustand honor. He was State Printer four years, 1869 to 1878; Director of the State Nor-
mal-Scnool, Emporia, four years, 1866 to 1870: and has held numerous other offices of
trust. He was one of the Republican delegates to the Chicago National Convention which
nominated Gen. Grant for President in 1868. He has atso been identified with the develop-
ment of the railroad system of the State, as appears inthe general history. His acknowl.
edged literary and journalistic ability has placed him among the foremost editors and
writers in the State; and his long identification with the many. enterprises looking to the
development and progress of the State, marks him.as one of Kansas’s staunchest friends,
and as one of the people’s most disinterested benefactors. Mr. Prouty was married at Law-
rence, Kas,. May 81, 1858, to Miss Hannah Maria Whitehead, a native of New Jersey.
They have had eight children—Anella, born February 19, 1859, graduated atthe college of
the Sisters of Bethany, Topeka, and married Capt. Isaac Seymour in June, 1879, now a
resident of Brainerd, Minn.; Franklin Greeley. born May 29, 1861; Efa, born December
23, 1862, died July 7%, 1864; Sarah Eva, born April 25, 1865, married November 1, 1882, to
Fred A. Healy; Bertha, born February 14, 1867; Mina, born October 16, 1870; Edna, born
June §, 1873; Lena, born September 23, 1876.

A. B. QUINTON, was born in Lee County, Iowa, January 26, 1855, and received his
collegiate education at the Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, Mich., taking a select course
in the Literary department, and graduating from the Law department in March, 1876,
locating for practice the same year at Topeka, where he was married January 25, 1882, to
Georgie H, Hoffman, a native of Rochester, N. Y. F : i
+ SILAS RAIN, was born in Holmesburg, now part of Philadelphia, Pa., March 5, 1828,
and in 1836 removed to Ohio and located at Piqua, where his parents still reside. In 1848,
he went to Elkhart, Ind., and engaged in tailoring for a time, and ah bseguently kept hotel
at Goshen and Lapurte, until he removed to Kansas in the spring of 1869. Mr. Rain pre-
empted the last piece of government land left in Shawnee County, and engaged in farming
for about six months, and in 1871 located at Topeka and opened a livery business on the
north side of Sixth avenue, continuing his business in that location until October, 1876. He
is now on the south side of the same avenue, and engaged in the same business, having
puilt in 1882 a fine and complete brick stable, with all modern conveniences for the comfort
and safety ofthe horses. Mr. Rain was married at Elkhart, Ind,. June 22, 1850, to Minerva
A: now, anative of Chautauqua County, N. Y. They have buried both their children, Frank
‘and‘Ella. Frank died in 1861, aged two and a half years, and Ella R., wife of George W.
Crane, died April 13, 1881, aged twenty-seven years and nearly three months,

. RAWSON, of the firm of Rawson & Smith, grocers, North Topeka, was born in
Kaiamazoo, Mich., November 17, 1836, that being his home unt 1868. During the period
prior to this date, however, he served in the army and visited California. He served in the
army with honor until the close of the war, contracting disease while in the service from
which he has never recovered. From 1865 to 1868 he lived in Boston, Mass., most of the
time, being there to recruit his health. He has traveled extensively through the States and
Territories, visiting Pike’s Peak, Col., and many other Rocky Mountain points in 1854, go-
ing to California the same year. He moved to North Topeka in the spring of 1868, having
been married that spring to Miss C. E. Spaulding, of Hancock, N. H.. Mr. R. was success-
fully engaged in farming until he sold out in May, 1882. At that time he engaged in his

resent business, which is proving ‘very successful under his able management. He has
Been a member of hee = & A. 7 since 1867. Heisalsoa member of the G. A. R., and

lar and a Universalist.

= ee Ww REDD N, M.D.,was born at Bridgeville, Sussex vo., Delaware, August 30, 1834. He
received his education at the academy at Georgetown. in his native county, and at Dickinson
College, Carlisle, Pa., and pursued his medical studies at Jefferson Medical College, from
whies he graduated in March, 1857. In August of the same year he removed to Wapella,
De Witt Co., Ill., where he resided for three years. He then removed to Shawneetown,
Gallatin Co., Ill., making that his home _until 1879. During the war he had charge of the
Post Hospital of the Fifty-sixth IllinoisInfantry, and the Sixth [linois Cavalry, before
those regiments entered actual service, and was for several days on the field at Pittsburg
Landing after the battle. Dr, Redden came to Topeka in May, 1879, and about three
months after his arrival formed a partnership with Dr, D.C. Jones, which continues at the
presenttime. He is a member of the KansasState Medical Association, of the Eastern Dis-
trict Medical Society, and of the Topeka Academy of Medicine and Surgery. He also be-
longs to the I. O. O. &. an@ the A. O.'U. W., being one of the select knights of the latter

rder. Since coming to Topeka he has invested quite extensively in real estate. Heisa
director and vice president of the First National Band of Topeka, and also a director and
vice president of the Topeka Land Company. He was married at Shawneetown, Ill., June

< 51,to Emma L. Jones, a natl¥e of t' Bs place, and daughter of John T. Jones, a banker.

‘ e children—Miriam, Ruth and Lee.

ae nave nn, dentist, located in Sterling, Rice Co. Kan., October, 1878, whence he re-
moved to Topeka, in May, 1881. He was born in Fairmount, Marion Co., W. Va, May 17,
1857, and resided in his native town until the fall of 1870, when he removed to Peoria, Ill,
and from that place to Sterling, Kan. Mr. Reed has been en gaged in the study and practice
of dentistry since 1872. He is a member of the Kansas State Dental Society, and A., F. &
A

"GEO. W. REED was born in Portland, Me., December 12, 1844. He was educated in
the public schools of his native city. At the age of seventeen he left school and enlisted as
a soldier in the Fourteenth Regiment of MaineInfantry. He rollowed the fortunes and

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dangers of his regiment, as a brave young soldier should—with Gen, Butlerto New Orleans,
then under Sheridan through his brilliant and arduous campaigns in the Shenandoah Val-
ley. His term of three years having expired, he was discharged in January, 1865. He af-
terward enlisted in Hancock’s First Corps, and received his final discharge from army ser-
vice, April 16 1866. Returning to civil life, he engaged in mercantile business in Portland
until 1871, at which time he removed to Chicago, and engaged for atime in the real estate
business. While a resident of that city. he first became interested in the publishing and
journalistic business, He published two magazines, and, fora season was the publisher of
the Chicago Weekly Globe. While a resident of the city he gained the confidence of the citi-
zens and his party (Republican), and was elected a representative !o the Illinois Legislature
of 1876-77, from the Fourth Assembly District, within the limits of the city of Chicago. In
the summer of 1877, he came to Topeka, where he has since made his home, having be-
come successfully identified with the journalism of the State. He bought, February 28,
1878, the Topeka Blade, which, under its new name, The State Journal, tnrough his able man-
agement has become one of the leading daily jourrralsof the State. Mr, Reed married Miss
Lillie W. Scagell, of Portland, Me, September 27, 1869. They have four living children—Geo.
W. Jr. (born in Portland, Me.. F:b. 9, 1871). Willie (born in Chicago, Ill., June 8, 1875),
Grace. eaters (born in Topeka, Kan. January 15 1879) Hazelle (born 1n Topeka Kan.,

July 11 3

JOHN 8S. RHODES, dealer in groceries and provisions, residence 269 Tyler street, came
to Kansas in April,1880, from Wilmington, Delaware. Was born January 29, 1848, in Man-
chester, England, and his father came to America when he was eighteen months old,
and settled in Rhode Island. His father was a dyer and manufacturer of woolen goods,
at which young Rhodes worked until he was of age. ‘Went to Worcester, Mass., and learned
the carpenter trade. From there he went to Chester. Pa,. aud was in the employ of John B.
Roach, the great American ship builder. In 1877. Mr. Rhodes went to South America, and
superintended the launching of a vessel for the Panama Railroad Company. Remained
there seven months, and while the trip proved successful financially, it came near costing
him his life,as he was stricken down with Chagres fever. from the effects of which he has
not yet entirely recovered. Visited his native placegin Engiand in 1874. Mr. Rhodes owns
the property where he is doing business, and has erected a handsome dwelling at 269 Tyler
street, at a Cost of 2.000. Was married May 3. 1879, at Wi!mington, Del.. toMrs. Anna M.
Brown, of same place, who bad two children—Robert and Willie. ond Oy

COL, JOHN RITCHIE was born in Uniontown, Muskiugim Co, Ohio, July 17, 1817. His
parents removed to Westchester when he was a year and a half old, and he resided there
andin Butler County until he was thirteen. He then lived in Columbus, Ind., and afrer-
wards at Greensburg and Franklin, until the fall of 1854, when he visited Leavenworth,
Lawrence and Kansas City. March 12, 1855, he started again for Kansas, and April 3 ar-
rived at Topeka, and located on Section 6. Town 12. Range 16, which is still his residence.
He pre-empted a quarter section,and engaged in farming, and in building the Ritcnie Block,
where the first State Legislature met, the first brick block in the city. Mr. Ritchie
was a member of the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention, and of the Wyandotte
Constitutional Convention. He was an active participant in_thetroubles of 1856, and
was for a time a Free-state prisoner in Lecompton Prison. During the war be enlisted
as a private in Company A, Fifth Kansas Cavalry (Lane’s Guards), of which he was made
Captain after its organization. He was commissioned by the General Government to raise
an Indian regiment, and was Colonel of the regiment (Second Indian), and breveted Briga-
dier-General two weeks before thé close of the war. Mr. R. donated the land upon which
Washburn College is located, to that institution, during his early residence in Topeka. He
was identified with the Free-state cause from the first, and was a friend and ardent admirer
of John Brown, assisting him to escape from an attacking party when he was leaving Kan-
sas after his last visit, and sharing his bed the last night hespentinthe State. He was mar-
ried in Franklin, Ind., January 16, 1838, to Mary J, Shelleday, who died October 18, 1880,
leaving two children—Hale and John, Jr. Mr. R. was again married, at Franklin, Ind.,
Oeteber 27, 1881, to Mrs, Hannah Beall, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. R. isa member of A. F. &

A. :

BYRON ROBERTS, cashier of the Topeka Bank, came to Topeka in June, 1870, and
became connected with the Topeka Bank as assistant cashier, which position he hela about
five years, when he was elected cashier. He isa native of New Comerstown, Ohio. Has
resided at Loami, Sangamon Go., Ill., some four years, and also at Columbus, Ohio,
where he was Chief Clerk in the United States Pension Office. He attended Madison Col-
lege. His father, Lewis Roberts, was a civil engineer, helping to locate tbe Ohio Canal.
Mr. Roberts was married at New Comerstown, Ohio, December 23, 1858, to Gertrude Dent,
of Birmingham, Ohio, They have five children—Louis D., Carrie A.. George S., Gertrude
M. and.Mary B. Mr, Roberts is secretary of the Topeka Water Supply Company. He is
a member of A. F. & A. M., Lodge No. 17. -

A, A. ROBINSON, chief enginesr Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe R. R., was born in
Reading, Windsor Co., Vt., October 21, 1844; his parents moved to Wisconsin about 1855,
settling in Edgerton, Rock County. His preparatory course of study was taken at Milton
Academy, Rock County, Wis. In 1865 he entered the University of Michigan where he took
a ftull course,making pepedial study of civil engineering and the sciences,graduating in 1869
with the degrees of C. E. and B. S., three years later receiving the degree of M, S., from
his Alma Mater. While pursuing his studies at college, or during the summers of 1866-67
and ’68, he was connected with the United States Lake Survey. In May, 1869, he accepted
a position as civil engineer ofthe St. Joseph & Denver R. R.. while holding that position
making the survey between St, Joseph, Mos and the junction with the Union Pacific R. R.
First became connected with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R., in April, 1871. and
was appointed to present i position about 1873.

HENRY W. ROBY, M..D., isa native of Ohio. He was born inthe town of Harmony,
Morrow County, July 29, 1842, His father, with his family, removed to Wisconsin in 1846,
and settled on a farm in Sugar Creek, Walworth County, where he lived until 1850. From
there he removed to Monticello, Green County, and thence back to Ohio. where he re-
mained two years. He subsequently returned to Green County, Wis.,and_ took a per-
manent residence on a farm, where he remained for seyeral years. Young Roby, follow-
ing the fortunes and removals of his father’s family. was bred on the farms _he cultivated,
and received his primary education in the common schools accessible. At the age of sev-
enteen he ‘‘ bought his time,’”as it was termed, and set out sturdily for himself. By dint
of hard labor and strictest economy he managed to acquire a thoroush academic education,
during the succeeding three years, and to fit himself asa teacner, which calling he suc-
cessfully followed foratime. Attheageof twenty, in common with other patriotic young
men of the time, he turmed_hig, back on all the peaceful aims of life and went ouv to do
service for his country. Heenlisted asa private in Company K, Twenty-second Wis-.
consin Volunteer Infantry, August 2, 1862, and remained in thes ervice, doing unflinch-
ingly the faithful duty of an American soldier, until September 11, 1865, at which time he
was honorably discharged, after a continuous service of over three years. He partici-
pated in nearly allthe battles and marches of his regiment during that time, it eing a
part of ‘the Army of the Tennessee.” He was in eleven battles, and many minor engage-
mwents and skirmishes. During the term of his service he was a_ prisoner of war for a
month, He was captured with a part of his reg1ment at Thompson’s Station, Tenn., March 5,
1863, and transferred to Libby Prison, from which he was liberated early in the following
April. After ashort furlough, granted to recuperate his broken health, he rejoined his
regiment for continued service in the field. The close of his army service was in the Adju-
tant General’s Department in Washington, after hostilities had ceased, where he remained,
assisting in mustering the army out of service. Leaving the service he returned home and
spent a few months in rest and study with his family, in Green County. During the years
of his army service he bad commenced and persistently. studied to its mastery the art of
phonetic short-hand writing, and commenced to put his knowledge to practical use in
Bryant, Stratton & Co.’s Commercial College as a teacher of that art, soon after leaving the
service. This was in the winter of 1865-66, In thespring of 1867 the office of Court Reporter
in the various Courts of Wisconsin was provided for by act of the Legislature, and Mr. Roby.
after competitive examinations and other tests of skill, not necessary here to detail, was ap-

ointed: Official # honopraphic Court Reporter for the counties of Milwaukee and Kenosha.
From 1867 to 1876 he hell the office, and, in connection with his associates, had the official
reporting for sixteen different Courts, his being atthat period, the leading phonographic firm
in the West, and Going a more extended official reporting business than any firm in the
country. In 186%, while conducting his business as Court reporter, he also commenced the
study of law, and after the required examination, was admitted to practice at the Milwau-
Kee bar, in 1869. But, both his skill and success as a Phonographic reporter, and his prom-
ise of success as a lawyer, were to him, from first to last, subservient to a fixed purpose to
the attainment of which all his efforts were bent. From early boyhood his ambition had
been to becomea physician, and, to this end he labored from the bepinning: He began
reading medical works as early as 1860; through his army service, in hospitals and in the
field he gathered the invaluable medical knowledge which comes from no other experience;
for six years thereafter he continued his medical studies under the direction and advice of
Surgeon General E. B. Wolcott, then, and until his death, the most eminent surgeon in the
West, who was not more his instructor and his teacher than his friend. His rudimentary course
of reading inthe school of bomceopathic practice was pursued under the d'rection of James S.
Douglass, M. D., Milwaukee, whose reputation as a lecturer and writer, as well as
skillful practitioner, is co-extensive with the school of practice iu which he was so
bright an ornament, and of which he wasa staunch advocate and abledefender in its
early days. He had been a learned and successful practitioner of the old school for twenty-
five years prior to adopting Hommopathy,and was subsequently for several years a professor
in the Cleveland Homeopathic College. Thus having, under such favorable circumstances,
already laid the foundation of his medical education, he, in 1876, gave up his business, al-
ready established on a basisthat assured him an ample income for all future time, and en-
tered Rush Medical College for aterm, then the Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago,
from which he was graduated with the highest honor, February 22, 1877,writing the prize
clinical report on medical and surgical diseases of women, He remained in Chicago
576 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in the practice of his chosen profession until June 2, 1879, at which time he re- ter, of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Crisman, of London, Ohio; Mrs. Col. Stanley and daughter, of
moved to Topeka, where he has since resided, having established a large practice, the ex- Columbus, Ohio, and many ventlemen of note from Ohio, Ilinois and Kentucky, ben the
tent of which has already outgrown the city, and is increasing from year to year under the party reached Fort Hayes, Kan., the lamented Gen. Custer and Col. Cook, who were mas-
only true test, viz: skill‘in his profession as evinced in successful results.” Dr. Roby has _ sacred at the Black Hills, through Gen, Sturgis, gave them an outfit of horses and ambu-
been honored with many offices of trust and confidence, not only in connection with his lance wagons, ete.,for 4 day’s hunt onvhe Smoky Hill River. Milled about thirty buffalo
profession, but,in various other departments of science. Heisa member of the following in one day, had a big supper at a deserted Indian village, and a dance on the terra jirma,
medical societies and associations: Wisconsin State Homeopathic Medical Society; Illinois Took the train in the nigh: and reached the State fair at Lawrence, Kan., the nextday. In
StateHomceopathic Medical Society; Kansas StateHomceopathic Society—president in 1881; the fall of 1870, had another excursion party, but dia nov killso many buffalo. The follow-
andthe Chicago Academy of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons, He was for several ing winter Mr. Ryan wrote a book, alively representation of the State of Kansas, giving
Years the General secretary and assistant surgeon of the Clinical Society of Hahnemann his experience in buffalo hunting, etc, Also athered a great deal of useful information
Hospital, Chicago. Fortwo years he was provisional secretary, and is at present (1882) with regard to Kansas, her climate, soil, and her adaptation to farming and stock-raising,
vice-president of the Western Academy of Homceopathy, and_is a member of the Ameri- which book had a wide circulation, and was the means of bringing large numbers of emi-
can Institute of Homeopathy. He is also a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Arts, . grantsto Kansas. Mr. Ryan has now in manuscript an historical romance of the late war,
Science and Letters; the Chicago Philosophical Society; the Kansas Academy of Artsand founded on fact,called ‘The Triumph of Loyal Ambition.” The basis of the work is to illus-
; trate true and noble manhood, and true and genuine womanhood—to contrast the loyal
soldier with the coward and traitor. Mr. Ryan has been engaged in this work abouttwo
years, and hasshown atrue spirit of literary genius. He was married in Miami County, to
‘Miss Mary Cecil. Has but two living children—Mrs. Walling and Mrs, Head, both of To-
peka. Mr. Ryan is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Clurch, aud is a Republican,

HON. J. SAFFORD. attorney at law, located in Kansas in 1858, having resided since
1855 in Nebraska City, where he practiced law, and also served as member ofthe Territorial
Legislature during two winters, On emigrating to Kansas he locatea first at Lawrence,
but soon removed to Tecumseh, and remained there until Topeka was made the county-
seat, when he again removed to thatcity. He was elected District Judge at the first elec-
tion, under the Wyandotte Constitution, and served in that position four years, and after-
ward for six years on the bench of the Supreme Court. Since that time he has been
engaged in the practice of Jaw, and also somewhat in railroad affairs, baving been for sey-
eral years connected withthe A. T. &S. F, Ry., andthe Midland Ry. as director, and with ‘he
former as attorney. He is also director,secretary and attorney of the Leavenworth, Topeka &
South-Western, and the Topeka, Salina & Western, and organized the construction company
which has control of the building of the latter road. Judge Safford was born in Royalton,
Winsor Co., Vt., August 17, 1827. He went with his father, Jacob J. Safford “who was one
of the founders of Oberlin Gollege) to Oberlin, Ohio, when he was five years of age, and re-
sided there until he moved to Nebraska. He was educated at Oberlin, and married at that
place. He read law at Norwalk, Ohio, was admitted to the bar in 1254, and commenced
practice in Norwalk.

J. H. SAUNDERS, farme1 and stock-ralser, Section 28, P.O. Topeka, owns 320 acres,
160 acres under cultivation, 4nd 160 fenced and used as pasture and meadow. Good stone
dwelling, good out-buildings, stone corrals, aud all conveniences for handling stock. In
addition to the above farms, 160 acres of bottom Jandin Monmouth Township. Makes fine
stock a specialty. In cattle has nothing but Short-horn. Has a fine Clydesdale stallion. Has
at present time fifty-nine head of horses; 160 head of cattle, and 400 hogs. Came to Kan
sas April 10, 1863. first locating in Leavenworth County. Stayed there three years; then’
went to Lawrence, and engaged in the mercantile business, remaining there three years,
and from there to Soldier Township, 1n Shawnee County, locating on present farm in March,
1876. Was in the Kansas Militia during the Price Raid, and in the engagements at Inde-
pendence and Westport, Mo. Mr.S. was bornin Ohio, moving with his parents to Hen-

ricks County, Ind., when a child only five years old, coming from there to Kansas. Was
married November 21, 1852, to Mary A. Owen. Has six children—Walter W., William B.
L,, Grant E., Nellie M., Carrie L. and Aivin O, Isa Mason.

ARTHUR SAVOIR, employee of the livery, feed and sale stables, No. 118 Quincy street,
was born in October, 1861, in Kankakee, IJ. He lived in thar place until 1878, when he re-_
moved to Ellis, Kan., from there to Hugo County, and finally to Topeka, in September, 1881.
Mr. Savoir was educated in the schools of his native town. Hisfather was a business man
for many years, and now livesen Kankakee. His parents were originally from Canada. He
has four brothers and two sisters living in his native State.

SOLOMON SAWYER, confectioner, came to Kansas in December 1868. Commenced
present business in June, 1879. Was born in purer, County, N. C., July 1, 1840. Was
pressed into theservice of the Confederate army in 1861, and was compelled to work for the

outhern cause in various ways for over three’years, but finally made his escape, to_his na-
tive county, and remained concealed until the surrender of Gen. Lee. Came North in 1866,
and went to Ohio, where he remained until 1868, when he came to Kansas. Was married
in June, 1869, at Topeka, to Mrs. Jane Woods, who died about five years ago. Was married
again June 13, 1882, to Miss Sarah Mitchell, of 1opeka. .

EDWIN SCOTT, came to Topekain April, 1870, and commenced banking in the city
with W. W. Gavitt, since which time he has given his entire time to that business, Mr,
Scott waa born in Lyme, Grafton Co., N. H., August 29, 1841, that place remaining his home
until he was thirteen years of age, when he removed tc St. Charles, Ill. In 1861 he enlisted
in the Fifty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was appointed Hospital Steward of the
regiment, which rank he held during the whole term of his service, although for a time he
served on detached service as Chief Clerk in the purveyor’s office of Grant’s army, and later
in that of Sherman. He was mustered out in 1864, and then carried on the drug business at
Chattanooga, Fenn., for one year, when he went to St. Louis and remained in that city
three years, engaged in the same business. Mr. Scott was married at Topeka, November 21,
1872, to Nellie Johnson, a native of Johnson County, Kan., and daughter of Col. A. S. John-
aealinéd F SOn, laid Com mlsgOnEl Of ante oS: F. Relroads ui 7

i : i iterary societies. He has declined profes- 8. . Secretary of the Kansas Protective Union, was born in South Salem, Ross
eoanics ‘hoten frome peer rt iy Eee ere has already attained high rank Co., Ohio, September 30, 1840. He has been engaged in the life iusurance business for the
asa Sur eon, and as a homeopathic physician ranks among the foremost in Kansas. In the last twelve years. In 1881 he came to Kansas, after spending ashort time at Hutchinson;

rime of ‘a usefttl life, an ardent lover of his art, and a close and tireless student, his way he located at Topeka, and is largely owing to bis instrumentality the company of which he
veems open to the bighest possibilities in the profession. : is secretary was organized. Mr.Scott was married at Chillicothe, Ohio, in March, 1861, to

GEORGE ROPES, architect, came to Kansas in October, 1877, located nis family. an Maris perets Baird, a native of that place. They have three children—Lena T., Evan 8.

tice is profession in Kansas City In rvi 2

eas. eleven Te weet vide preparation of lane. ‘or the State House, and after the JOSEPH M. SHEAFOR, attorney and president of the Continental Mining Company.

lans were prepared took the position of superintendent of construction, and_also super- Was born in Winchester, Preble Co., Ohio, September 24, 1842. When eleven years of age
Patended the erection of the Topeka Library Building, located on Capitol Square. Mr. he went with his parents to Fairfield, Iowa, where he remained until he began the study of
Ropesis a direct descendant of George Ropes, who came from England and settled in Salem, law with Hendershott & Burton, of Ottumwa, Iowa, He remained in their office until be
Mass in 1637. Hisancestors following George Ropes. were, second generation—John, born was admitted to the barin November, 1864. In March, 1865, he went to Western Iowa. re-
in Saiem,1646; third generation—Samuel, born in Balen, 1686, died October 12 1761; fourth maining there until October, 1865, when he located at Burlington Coffey Co., Kan, There
generation—Benjamin, born 1721, died 1790; fifth generation—Bardy, born in Salem, 1763; he was engaged in the practice of his profession (his brother, M. V. B. Sheafor, being asso-
sixth generation, Georee: porn in Oxford, New Hampshire, 1800. died November, 1869. ciated with him) until the spring of 1873, when he removed to Topeka. While at Burling-

 

 

 

 

j iss n’was born in Newbury, Vermont, March 12, 1831. He residedin ton he was elected the first city judge, and at the time of his removal to Topeka he was
Se a eceaook until 1854, when ie wentto Boston, Mass., to study aichitec- serving a third term in that one, but not desiring any office he resigned. The Judge has
ture, and remained there inthe practice of his profession until hecame to Kansas. In been eminently successful in the practice of law, but having made profitable investments
1861, he married Sophia A. Tot, a native of Boston, and a lineal descendant of Ed- in Colorado mining property he is now giving almost his entire attention to those interests.

‘ame to Newbury, in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1637, Besides being a large owner in the stock of the Continental Mining Company, which repre-
ee ea Sho. She ancestors Of ‘Mr. Ropes arrived. He was a grantee of that sents seven very valuable mines, he is the individual owner of mines in Gunnison County.
. town, the second Town Clerk, and was annually re-elected until he was chosen Secretary of Col. The Continental Mining Company was orgauized under the laws of Colorado, January
the Colony, about 1651, and held the office until the usu 1p tion ofthe government by Sir 12, 1881. Its property is located in the Monarch, Chalk and Quartz Creek mining districts.
Edmond Andross, in 1686. Mr. Roper and_ his wife are both in the seventh generation,in He was married at Burlington, Kan., July 12, 1868, to Emma Dawson. a native of Logans-

i ines. They have three children—Ella Elson, Alice Hayward aud George ort, Ind. The Judge isa member of the A. F. & A.M. His brother, John W. Sheafor, has

their respective Hines. ther of the family is Lawrence, where the children ‘are recelving pean ay areier 1 ihe lnw Busitiess since 1873, although residing in Concordia, Kan., since
he State University, a orney.

thelr education 1p ROSSINGTON was born at Galena, Ill, July, 31, 1848. In 1850 his par- SILAS E, SHELTON, M. D., came to Topeka May 14, 1866 soon after the close of nis

lifornia, where he recetved his early education, and remained until he labors in the army as surgeon, and has been successfully engaged in the practice of his pro

LAL ga Cet aN pa After remaining a year and a half at this institution he fession in this city since that time, Dr. Sheldon was Borninr Garlisle roraine ae io
went, in 1866, to Philadelphia. and commenced newspaper work as reporter for the Bven- June 6, 1837. Hé received his earller education in the common schools of his native State
ing Telegraph resided in that city,.employed on the Telegraph, Morning Post, and En- afterwards completing a course of studies at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, and com

quirer until 1868. He subsequently resided in Washington for atime as hewspaper cor- monelng his medical education under the tutelage of the distinguished physician, Dr.
respondent, and from there went to Davenport, Iowa, where he was connecte with the Alexander McBride, with whom he remained two years. In 1858 he was a medical student
Journal of that city, and afterwards with the Argus, at Rock Island, In the summer of at the University of Michigan, and in 1859 at Cleveland Medical Colle; e, graduating from
1870, he commenced the study of law at St. Louis, and in November, 1870, came to Topeka, the latter in the spring of 1860. He commenced the practice of his profession in Cleveland,
where he soon became connected with the Kansas press. From 1871 to 1872, he had edito- remaining in his first location until he entered the United States service early in 1862, be-
rial charge of the Leavenworth Commercial, and on returning to Topeka served during one ing first Assigned by special appointment of Gov. Todd, of Ohio, to hospital duty on the river
session as Legislative correspondent of thé Commonwealth, and as editor-in-chief of the boats. July 23, 1862, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Thirty-second Ohio Volun-
paper from February, 1873, to June, 1875. Inthe summer of the latter year he was ad- teer Infantry, with thearank of Captain, commission dating from the 4th. May 9, 186

nitted to the bar, and has been, since that time, engaged in the practice of his profession. he was assigned to the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio IL: fanty as assistant surgeon, an

Mr. Rossington was married in To: eka, June 9, 1874, to Mary Eleanor Holliday, a native of promoted to Surgeon with rank of Major, which position he retained until he was appoint-

io. They have two children—Thressa and Florence. Mr. Rossington is a mem- ed Medical Inspector upon the staff of Gen. J.D. Cox, in 1864, serving in the latter capa

Monster CON re OFA. i. & A. M., and of K. of P, : until the close of the war. Dr. Sheldon was married May 9, 1866, to Kon Eliza, danmhter GF
A, 8. ROWLES, farmer and live stock dealer, four and one-half miles southwest of To- Captain John Ball, of Cleveland, Ohio. He As prominent ly connected with the Masonic fra-
peka, “came to Kansas in 1880, first locating with his brother, near Auburn, Shawnee County, ternity, having held the highest offices of the Order in the State. He 1s a member of Topeka
and éngaged jn farming. Located at his present place in May. 18 Was born in Cadiz, Lodge No. 17, Topeka R. A. Chapter No. 5, Topeka Commandery No. 5. and Zabud Council
Ohio, August 16, 1864, and remained in his native town Until he was four years of age, an No. 4, and has received fourteen degrees in the Scottish Rite. "He was Grand Commander
moved with his parents to Steubenville, and remaired one year, and then moved to Bridge- of the Znights Templar of the State of Kansas in 1876, and G. H. P of G. Chapter of Kansas
ort, Belmont Co., Ohio. Remamed there about eleven years and came to Kansas. in 1880 and 1881. He was first Grand Master Workman and is Grand Medical Direetor of
p t jelmont Co. She firm of Lockard, Maxwell & Co., real estate dealers, office under the _ the A. O. U. W. in the State, having held the latter position since February 1882. In 1879
Topeka Bank, residence 236 Buchanan street, came to Kansas first in 1868, from Colum- he was supreme representative of the Order, at the Supreme Lodge, which metat Nashville,
bee Ohio. Bornin Hardy County, Va., May 4,1813; when four years of age, his father Tenn. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor and G. A. R., bein "7
moved with his family to Clarke County, Ohio. Commenced the business of farming and representative from Kansas of the latter Order at their encampment in Baltimore in 1882.

stock-raisin Jumbus in 1865, and en- and i
rvals tradingin Kentucky. He moved to Columbus in , and @ «nd isan honorary member ofthe Kansas Valle: ical Society an =
counties, ooal au ints Sad ‘was su Serintendent of the Street_Railway for one year. In 1869 ganizations. He has been medical director of the Masonic Mutual Benehe association of
Bae ee ed a large exeursion party and buffalo hunt from Columbus and Cincinnati to Kan- he State since its organization in 1873. ,
org wawing about 225 persons in the excursion, of whom there were about twenty-five ALBERT P. SHREVE, book-keeper, was born in Richmond, Ind. He enlisted in the
8a) A number of persons of note were on the excursion: Mrs. Despyreandher husband United States army April 14, 1861, at Cincinnati, Ohio, in Company B, Guthrie Grays (after-
'd sons( Mrs. Despyre was formerly the wife of Mr. McDonald, the great horseman of wards the Sixth Ohio Volunteer inTantry Served three.months and was honorably dis-
oan ¢ the owner of Flora Temple); Theodore Talmadge, son and daugh- charged from the service, Was appointed paymaster’s clerk and reported to Major W. H.

ig for himself in 1835, which he followed successfully in Clarke and Madison Dr. Sheldon is a member of the State Medical Society. the Eastern District Medical Society
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SHAWNEE COUNTY.

Johnston, August 12, 1862, at Winchester, Va. Was appointed Payma: 1 ri
February, i864, and ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan and by the hie? Ri Retee, Of that
department ordered to Sioux City, Lowa, on the staff of Brig. Gen. Alfred Sully, as chief pay-
master, and from that timo until mustered out—September 30, 1868—he was engaged ta
paying the troops and fighting Indians in the upper country, consisting of Dakota, Mon-
tana, daho and Washington Territories. His wife was ‘Annie Gray, of Zeavenworth, Kan‘
they have three children—two boys and oue girl.
MANDES SHULER, farmer, Section 28, P. 0. Topeka. Owns 155 acres. Came to Kan-
sas in March, 1879, and located on presentfarm. Was born in Lehigh County, Pa., June
21,1828. Moved to Butler County, Ohio, in 1849. In June, 1850, went to California; in
1856 returned to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, where he was chief of the fire department for:
@ period of six years, and was presented with a fine gold headed cane for efficiency. - Was
married in December, 1856, to Miss Mary Dubbs as four children living—Buel, Henry
Frank and Maud, one (Charles) dead. r. S, has a good farm. Makes a specialty of whea
and corn. Wheat this year (1882) averaged thirty-three bushels to the acre and his corn
bids fair for eighty bushels to the acre; fair buildings,
HOWARD SILVER, teacher. Born at Dayton, Shio, December 2, 1850. Removed with
his parents to Urbana, Ill, in October; 1854. and continued to reside there until: 1877,
Graduated from the Illinois State Industrial University, class of 1872. Went to Wisconsin
in 1877 and taught two years in the schools of that State. He came to Kansas in June, 1879,
locating at Sterling. as principal of the schools at Raymond one year, his wife assisting
him. ext taught at Walnut City one year. Wasamember of county board of examiners
of that county and taught in county institute of 1481. Taught in the county institute of
Rice County three years in succession. Was engaged as chief clerk and book-keeper for
the firm of T. A. Butler & Co,, extensive contractors on the A., 'T. &S. F. R. R., part of the
Years 1880 and 1881, after.which he was employed in the general offices of the A., T. & 8, F.-
. R, at Topeka. Removed to Topeka in February, 1882, and was enrolled in the educa-
tional forces of this city and assigned to the Clay School as principal. He conducted the
Barton County Institute of 1880. Mr. Silver was married. at Champaign, Ill., September
17, 1873, to Miss Edna E. Foster, who had previously taught in the schools of Minnesota

 

and one year at Raymond, Kan. By this marriage he has four children—two sons and two -
of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, is 2 resident of «

daughters.

_ WILLIAM SIMS Secretar:
Mission Township, Shawnee County, his farm lying about seven miles southwest of the
city of Topeka, @ was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, May 22, 1831. He resided in
his native county until the spring of 1868, when he removed with his family to De Witt
County, Ill., being engaged in that locality in general agriculture for the four years prior to
his coming to Kansas, which event occurred in the spr ng of 1872. Mr. Sims’ farming ope-
rations consist princtpally in the growing and feeding of cattle and hogs, none of the pro-
ductions of his land being sold on the general market. He was married in Hopewell Town-
ship, Muskingum Co., Ohio, October, 1852, to Hannah A. Richey, a native of that town-
sbip- Their only surviving child is John B., who resides with his parents, having an inter-
est in his father’s busines. In March, 1862, Mr Simsenlisted as a private in Company, G,
Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In the fall of the same year he was transferred to
the Ninth Ohio Cavalry, of which regiment he raised Company A; About one year later he
was promoted to Major of the first battalion of the same regiment, having previously served
as captain commanding the battalion during the Major’s absence. Mr. Rims was amem-
ber of the Kansas State Senate in 1877 and 1878. and for several years was Treasurer of the

State Board of Agriculture, being elected its Secretary in January, 1882. He has been for -
Mr. Sims takes a large interest in all -

six years Master of the Kausas State Grange, P. of H.
foateer ertalning to agriculture and is ardently devoted to its interests, especially as it re-
SKINNER BROS., removed from Barton, Vt., to Topeka, Kan., in 1869 and worked for

S. E. Sweet, ice dealer, for one and one-half years, when they purchased the establishment,
and at the same time purchased Fred Fensky’s ice house, etc. They have been running the
two places since January. 1877, and have been doing a business of from $7,000 to $10,000
per annum. O.C, was married January, 1877, to Lulu Peck, and has two children—Ed-
ward, aged three, and Henry, aged one year. Mr. O. C. was elected a member of the school
board in April, 1882, for a term of three years, The two brothers, 0. C. and O. B.. were
born October 6, 1849, being twins. The name of the firm should have been Twin Bros., as
they have never separated and-have been in business together for years and have gotten
along pleasantly. O. B. was married November, 1881, to Aginus Patterson, of Tupeka, Kan.
C.F, SLAYTON, farmer, three miles southwest of Topeka. Came to Kansas with his
father in 1856, who pre-empted the farm now cultivated by Mr.S. Jr. Was born Octo-
ber 9, 1854, in Crawford County, Pa., where he resided until coming to Kansas. Mr S. was
in Colorado in 1880 working at the carpenter trade. Was married in the spring of 1879 to
Mies. Lillian Swan, of Shawnee County, Is a member of Shawnee County Old Settler’s So-
PROF. JONATHAN S.SLIE was born in Black Rock, N. Y., in 1838, and remained
there until 1845 when his parents removed to Rochester, N. Y. His father was a Congre-
gational minister, and editor of a Paper called the Closet, published in Rochester, N. Y. He
was also the author of several books on prayer, the last of which was entitled: ‘ The Holy
of Holies, or, The World’s Try-daily Concert of Prayer.” Prof. Slie was prepared for col-
lege at Cayuga Lake Academy, and graduated at Hamilton College in 1863. He taught at
alcott, N . ¥., two years, afterward at Corning Free Academy, He was principal of these
institutions, He married Miss Martha Hubbard, a graduate of the State Normal School, at
Albany, N. Y., in 1865. In the spring of 1866. Prof. Slie moved to Painesville, Ohio, where
he taught vocal and instrumental music, two years anda half. Hethen became a professor
of music, at Batavia, N. Y., in the State Institution for the Blind. He was also principal of
the Literary Department of the same institution. He cameto Kansasin 1871. Hesettled in
Manhattan, where he purchased property, and taught music untii 1874, at which time he
came to Topeka, pnd became Pro essor of music in Washburn College. He has been prin-
cipal of Clay Street Public School. and also of North Topeka School. In 1879 he went into
the general music business and continued until 1882, when he retired. He now resides in
a beautiful house atthe corner of Eighth and Polk, facing Bethany College. Prof. Slie’s
father was a native of New Haven, Conn., and his mother was from Hartford, in the same
State. H+ has had seven children, five of whom are deceased. Two sons remain, one—Wil-
ber H. Slie, but fifteen years of age, has visited England and many other countries. He is
now employed in Sexton’s printing office. Prof. Slie is a member of the Congregational
Church. He also belongs to the United Order of Ancient Templars, and is recorder of the

Order.

JACOB N. SLUSHER, foreman of car cleaners A,, T. &S. F R. R.Co. Came to Kansas
in May, 1871, from Owsley County, Ky.. and located in Topeka. Was in the émploy of the
A., T. &S. F. Co., first engaged in construction, then in the round-house. Was afterward
engaged by Kansas Rolling Mit] Company for about eighteen months. Was then in the car
department for about eleven months, and then farmed about three years near North To-
peka, and in September, 1879, again entered th serviceof the A., T. &S. F. Co. in the
paint shop, where he worked until April, 1881, when he was appointed to his present posi-
tion, His duties include the general supervision of car cleaning; has twenty men under his
immediate supervision and direets the overhauling and cleaning of coaches, sleepers, direc-
tors’ and palace cars, seerng that each coach before it goes out over this great national
-thoroughfare is in exact ‘‘ship shape.” Mr. S. also keeps the time of eleven men who are
engaged in preparing coaches for the paint shop. Was born in Harlan County, Ky., April
16. 1848. Remained in his native county until sixteen years of age, farming for his father.
Removed from there to Decatur County, Ind., the times being perllous and stringent in
Kentucky on account of the war. Remained in Indiana until 1865, engaged in farmin,
with his father and returned to his native county in Kentucky, where he remained until
1869. and removed to Owsley County, Ky., where he remained until coming to Kansas in
1871. Was married in May, 1868, at Wallin’s Creek, Harlan Co., Ky., to Miss Juda Jack-
son, 2 native of that county, and have three children living—Adaphair, Gilbert and Leona.
Is a member of Topeka Lodge No. 40, I. 0. O. F.

PLEASANT SMELSER, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Topeka. Rents and farms 160 acres
ofland. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1840 and moved to Miami County in 1350.
He was married in 1865 to Miss Sarah Swank and moved to Indiana the same year, and
came to Kansas in 1876 and first located in T-cumseh Township. He came to his present
farm in the spring of 1879. They have a family of six children—John A., Florence E. Jesse
& Josep bi E., Edgar C, and George N. Mr. Smelser is a member of the United Brethren
Shureh.

CHARLES B. SMITH, deputy United States District Attorney. is a native of Oswego,
Kendall Co., Ill,; read law in Chicago with Metage. Fuller & Culver, and was admitted
to the bar a short time prior to his location at Topeka; in May, 1873. Most of_the early
years of his life were spent in Ottawa, La Salle County, and Geneseo, Henry Co., IIL, before
going to Chicago. For three years after coming to Topeka he was_associated in law prac-

ice with Colonel Dennis, afterward with W. H. Rossington until 1881, when W. A. John-
ston, the present Attorney General, became a member of the firm. Mr. Smith has been
Examiner in the United States Circuit Court, and in 1880 he was appointed to his present
position of Deputy United States District Attorney.

HON, IRA H. SMITH was born in Seymour, New Haven Co., Conn., in 1815. _He grad-
uated at Yale Collegein 1842, and from the Yale Theological Seminary in 1845. In 1846 he
became pastor of the Congregational Church in North Haven, but was compelied to aban-
don the ministry and seek a more active occupation, on account of ill health. In 1846 he
married Miss Sarah Jane Bartholomew, of Wolcott, Conn.. by whom he had two sons and
two daughters, only one of whom is now living—Edward G., who Is a graduate of the Kan-
sas State University, and is at present in the employ of the L. T, & S. W. R, BR. Co. as a civil
engineer. Mr. Smith came to Kansas in the fall of 1854, locating upon what is now the
site of the railroad depot in Robinson, Brown County. He was engaged in the United States
Survey from 1855 1857. He represented Brown County in the Legislature in 1861, in
which year he removed to Atchison, where he became Recejver in the Land Office, and on

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the consolidation of the Atchison ana Topeka Land offices he removed to the latter place,
where he became Registrar, occupying the office until 1873. Mr. Smith was a member of
the Topeka Board of Education for several years, and is also a trustee of Washburn Col-
lege and a member of the Executive Committee. i

JACOB SMITH was born near Reading, Berks Co., Pa., June 24, 1829, and reared in
Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio. He lived in Bluffton, Ind., for three years prior to coming to
Kansas, and was married at that place in April, 1852, to Miss J. J. Foncannon, of Tiffin,
Ohto, In 1857 he immigrated to Kansas, and for about three months resided ona claim
which he purchased in Tecumseh Township. Since that time he has resided in Topeka,
and has become identified with many important interests in that city. He has carefully.
attended to his farming interests from the time of his first purchasing a claim, and now
owns the largest stock farm in Shawnee County. He has also carried on the hardware
business during alarge portion of his residencein Topeka. He was one of the corporators
and for nine years president, of the Topeka Bank, and was for a time president of the De
Soto & Pleasant Hill R. R ; alsodirector and treasurer of K.C., 1. & 8, W. R’y, and for five
joe County Treasurer. Mr. and Mrs, Smith have buried one child, the sole surviving one

eing Ida 8., wife of W. A. L, Thompson.

ON. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State, came to Kansas in March, 1860, and located
on a farm in Vermillion Township, Marshall County, where he remained until the early
part of the war. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Seventh Kansas Cavalry
and served in that regiment until he was mustered out, October 1, 1865, naving re-enlisted
asa veteran. Mr. Smith enlisted as a private, and served in that capacity until the last year
of his term of service, when he was promoted to Frst Lieutenant and Regimental Quarter-
master After Jeaving the army he returned to Marshall County, and the following month
(November, 1865,) was elected member of the Kansas House of Representatives. He be-
came County Clerk in January, 1870, holding the office two terms continuously, and after-
wards the office of County Treasurer for the same period. He was elected Secretary
of State in 1878, and re-elected in 1880. Mr. Smith was born at Elder’s Ridge,
Armstrong Co., Pa. July 29, 1837. His early education was acquired at the schools
and academy of his native town, and later at Jefferson College, Washington County. Pa.
from which institution he graduated. He was married in Vermillion Township, Marshall
Co., Kas., January 24, 1868, to Miss Jennie Edgar, a native of Galesburg, Ill. Their three
enildren Bre Mary, Clarence, and Ida. Mr.Smith isa member of the A. F.& A. M., K. of

. GA. R. an .of H.

PETER SMITH, banker, settled in Topeka in the fall of 1874, and has since been en-
gaged in banking at that place, being at present one of the proprietors of the Citizens’ Bank
of North Topeka. Heisanative of Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind, where he was connected
with the mercantile business before coming to Kansas.

D. E, SOWERS, attorney, was born in West Bethlehem, Washington Co., Pa., Bepten er
27, 1846, and educated at Bethany College, West Virginia. He came to Topeka in October,
1875, and has been engaged in practice here since that time. Mr. S. was married at Den-~
ver, Col., November 9, 1876, to Eva M. Alvord, a native of Davenport, Scott Co,, Iowa.
They have two children—Ella and Lulu. 2
_ CHARLES F. SPENCER, attorney at law, has been a resident of Topeka since 1857.
His father, George W. Spencer, anative of New York State, located in Topeka the preced-
ing year,removing his family in 1857. George W. Spencer was brought ta Kansas by his
desire to take part in the struggle to make Kansas a free State. He became a strong and
active Free-state man. He was one of the early County Commissioners of his county and
served in that capacity severalterms. He was County Commissioner during the bitter and
excited contest over the question of issuing the A., T. & S. F.R. R. bond-, and it was mainl
through his unwavering and fearless position in their favor that these bonds were issued,
and the building of this road was secured, whic soon afterwards so rapidly built up

of ropeka. He died in 1881, leaving a wifeand family, who
now all reside in Topeka. harles F, was born in Greenwood, Johnson Co., Ind., June 22,
1854, and was educated in the public schools and the Topeka High School. He was admit-
ted to the bar in the spring of Tere, and has been practicing his profession since then, and
is amember of the Topeka Bar Association,

P, J. SPRENG, farmer and stock-raiser. His farm contains 188¥ acres, situated four
and a half miles southwest of Topeka. He was born March 25, 1839, in Wayne County,
Ohio, where he remained until 20 years of age. In 1859 he emigrated to Lawrence County,
Ill. .Atthe breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-sixth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, October. 1861. Was at Shiloh, Corinth, Luka, Holly Springs, Vicksburg,
Jackson, Miss., Mission Ridge, and Lookout Mountain. He re-enlisted December 31, 1863.
Was all through the Atlanta Campaign, and Sherman’s march through Georgia, the Caro-
linas, and Virginia to Washington. as discharged at Louisville, Ky., July 2u. 1865 when
he returned to Illinois, and in October, 1866, came to Kansas and located his present home,
after which he again returned to Illinois, thence to Ohio, He is a member of Wooster
Lodge, No. 42, and Killbuck Encampment, No. 17. 1.0.0. F. of Ohio. He was married to
Miss Martha Finley, of Holmes County, Ohio, March 15, 1870. They have one child—Charles
W., born June 19, 1871. Came to Kansas in February, 1878, to permanently locate on and
improve his farm, a very handsome one, overlooking the capital of the State. __

PROF. GEORGE M. STEARNS, M. A., was born at Concord, N.H., April 12, 1852,
living there and in Hartford, Conn., until 1870, when he entered Yale College. from
which he graduated in the class of 1874. During the next three years he resided in New
York City. engaged in teaching. He was married in 1876, at Hartford, Conn., to Miss An-
nie M. Thomson, a native of Scotland. In 1876 he accepted the chair of Latin and Greek
in Washburn College, and now holds that position. Prof. S. is an earnest member of the Con-
gregational Church at Topeka, of which he isalso trustee. He is also treasurer of the
General Association of Congregational Churches of Kansas, and of the State Temperance

nion.

= J.M.STFEL, of the firm of Steel & Long, meat market, 437 Kansas avenue. North
Topeka, was born in Cuyahoga County, near Cleveland Ohio, in the autuinn of 1888 de
lived there until the spring of 1852. when he went to Indiana, He remained there puta
short time, however, when he returned to his old home. He movedto North Topeka, Kan.,
in 1868,and has resided there most of the time since. He was married to Miss Hester A. Mc-
Kenzie, of Emporia, Kan.,in1870 _Heis a member of Golden Rule Lodge of Free Masons;
heis alsoa member of the K of H. Lodge. Mr. Steel enlisted in Company A, Eighty-
seventh Indiana, in August, 1862 and remained in the service three years. He was inthe
Pioneer Corps of the Army of the Cumberland, which was afterward organized into the
First United States Veteran Volunteer Engineers’ Regiment, which was the only regiment
of the kindin service during the war. It was composed of volunteers from every regimen.
in the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Steel was not absent from his command five days
during the whole three years of his service.

STEVENSON & PECKHAM, wholesale and retail dry goods and carpet merchants ,firm
composed of Geo. T. Stevenson and John R. Peckham. Mr. Stevenson is anative of New
York, reared in the dry goods business inthe city of New York. Hespeuds much of his
time in that city now, giving his attention to the buying forthe house of which he isthe
head. John R, Peckham, the junior member of the firm,is a native of New York City,
where he resided _untilhe came to Topekain January. 1882. This firm is much the largest
of any in this city, doing a retail business of a quarter of a million dollars per annum;
they carry a stock of from $50,000 to $100,000 and give employment to forty clerks in the
various departments oftheir business. William R. Topping is one of the associate man-
agers of this large establishment. He was born at Bath. Steuben Co,, N. Y. October'l,
1849; came to Topekain August, 1882, having been prev:ously connected with wholesale
dry goods house of Sibley. Lindsay & Kerr, at Rochester. N. Y.

JAMES STEVENSON, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Topeka, owns 160 acres, 80 acres cul-
tivated, 80 in meadow and pasture; has somestock. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1880,
locating on this place. Born in the north of Ireland in 1846, and came to the United States
in 1869. locating in Boston, Mass., remaining there and working at his trade until coming
to Kansas. Was married September 1, 1880, to Miss Susan Dalzell. Has one child—Ag-
nace J. Is a member of the Congregational Church.

F. G. STILES, farmer and dairyman, Section 21, P.O. Topeka, owns 160 acres, ana
rents 320 acres in addition thereto, exclusively for meadow and pasture. Has 120 acres of
his own farm in cultivation in corn, oats and millet. Has a fine frame dwelling, milk-
house and dairy attached, and joining on to dairy are his barns for cows and horses. His
cow-barn is most conveniently arranged, having a capacity for sixty-eight cows, arranged
with four rows of cow-stalls, with bins above for oats and bran, and spouts leading to the
bins, for convenience in feeding; also ample accommodation for peed ne calves, He has
had a large horse-barn attached, so that he can go from his dwelling through the dairy
and barns without going out doors. He has forty-three cows milking, and ninety head in
all, and fifteen horses, He makesa specialty of the Jersey breed of cattle, and has a fine
full-blood Jersey bull, which is a model for beanty and size. Mr.S. was born in the State
of New, York, August 17, 1857, and came from his native place to Kansas May 13, 1880,
locating here. Was married August 14, 1878, to Miss Elizabeth Miller, and has two chil-
dren—Robert Ray and Cathie.

SAMUEL W. STONE, manager of the Topeka Underwriters’ Compact, was born at
Cornish, N. H., October 6, 1811. In 1841 he wentto Louisville, Ky.. where he engaged in
music-publishing business until 1855. carrying on at the same time a wholesale and retail
tradein musical instruments. He was then at Peoria, Ill., fortwo years engaged in flour-
milling, and subsequently at Pekin for three years inthe same business. In the spring of
that year he removed to Memphis. Tenn., where he was iu the music business until he came
to Kansas, in September, 1862. His first location was on a farm in Doniphan County,
where he resided until 1868. He then came to Topeka and opened a music store—the first
in that place. He dealt in pianos and organs. and at the same time carried on an insurance
business. In 1871 he added agricultural implements to his stock 1n trade, and three years
jJater discontinued his trade in musical instruments. farm machinery, etc., and devoted his
whole attention to the insurance business. He has been manager of the Topeka Under-
writers’ Compact since April 1, 1882, having control and management of all the companies
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doing business here, and is also engaged in the real estate business. He was married in
Hartland, Vt., February, 1832, to Mary Ann Head. She died in 1837, and four years later,
in April, 1841, was married at New Hampton, N. H., to Hannah T., daughter of Dr. Sim-
eon Dana, of that place. Mr. Stone isa member of the A. F.& A. M., 1. 0. 0. F., and 2 mem-
ber of the Episcopal Church. :

W. D. STONE, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons and buggies, of the firm of
Kennedy & Stone, was born in Wabash, Ind., in 1843, and was educated in the common
Sehools and Kokomo Normal School of his native State. He was in the dry goods business
in early life, but left that to become a soldier, and enlisted in Company F, Second Indiana
Cavalry. € was -on detached service nearly all the time, having command of Gen. Alex-
ander McDowel Mc 06k’s escort. He was in all the engagements of Nis command, at Shiloh,
Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga andin Sherman’s March to the Sea, He was
mustered out at Tndianapolis in October, 1865. He then went to-his home engaging
in business until the fall of 1867, when he removed to Gilman, Ill. In 1878 he
settled in Topeka, Kan. He has one of the largest farm implement establishments in the
State. Mr Stone was married to Miss Annie Ford, daughter of Dr. James Ford, of Wabash,
Ind., in 1868. They have one son and one daughter living. Mr Stone isa successful busi-
ness man, and the firm are construction contractors for seventy-five miles of the Topeka,
Salina & Western Railroad, from Council Grove to Salina. ;

E. E. STRAIT, firmer and stock dealer, Seccion 22, P. O. Topeka, has eighty-five
acres all cultivated. Makesa specialty of corn, hogs and cattle winter feeding. Came to
Kansas in 1865. First located in Topeka, In 1866 removed to Marion County, In 1866
came back to Topeka, where he was in various kinds of business until 1873, when he
bought his present farm. Held the office of Probate Judge while in Marion County also
was Councilman from second ward while a resident of Topeka, and is now Cle1k of School
District No. 36. Never enlisted, but was in Government employ in the Freedmen’s De-
partment for eighteen months; also had charge of a brigade of army wagons for a year.
Was born in Bradford County, Pa., February 15, 1838, and lived thery until he came to
Kansas. Was married October 18, 1861, 10 Miss Isabel Kiff, Has three children—Emma,
Lorena and eensta. i

. W, STRAWN, farmer, Section 31. P. O. Pauline, owns 160 acres, all improved.

Came to Kansas in June, 1860. First located on the Cherokee neutral land—now Craw-
ford County—losing his land there by the decision of the courts, and came to his present
farm in 1865. Was born in Winnebago County, IIL, in 1840, and came from his native
place to Kansas, going back toLllinois during the war. While in Lllinois was Township
Collector. Was married October, 1862, té Mary A. Bennett, Has seven children—W/lliam
., Lydia I., Ada M., Mary G., Anna B., May A. and Minnie.

THEODORE L, STRINGHAM, real estate dealer, came to Atchison, Kansas, in July,
1861, and was engaged in the furniture business for two years, then going toMuutana. In
1866 he returned to Kansas and engaged in the drug business at Topeka. He continued
this business for thirteen years, and has since been engaged in real estate, dealing in farms
and city property, and paying taxes and collecting rents for non-residents. Has been as-
sociated with W. W. Phillips since February, 1880. Heis one of thedirectors of the First
National Bank, secretary of the Trinidad Mining Company, director of the Board of Trade
and secretary of the Topeka Stock Yards. Heisalso a member of the A. F. & A. M. Blue
Lodge, and is one of the founders and the first Secretary of the Kansas State Fair Asso-
ciation. Mr. Stringham was born _in Lyndon, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., December 2, 1839,

and when four years old moved to Yorkshire Center, which was his home most of the time
until he came to Kansas. He was marriedin Yorkshire, N.Y., January 15, 1867, to Marie
+ L. Poor, a native of Cuba, N.Y. They have two children—Jennie A. and Frank D.

S. H. STROUP, farmer, three miles southwest of Topeka, came to Kansas in 1862, from
Bates County, Mo., and located first at Leavenworth and remained two years, and then
came to his presentlocation. He was born February 4, 1858, at Albia, lowa, and remained
a short time and moved with his parents to Missouri, where he remained until coming to

, Kansas, His parents reside at Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas.

~ GEN. F. 8.STUMBAUGH, attorney, North Topeka, was born near Shippensburg. Pa.,
April 14, 1817.. He was educated in the common schools of his native State, he resideu at
Hagerstown, Md., from the spring of 1841 until the spring of 1843; then returned to Penn-
sylvania and was located at Chambersburg until he came to Kansas, except during the
period that he wasinthe army.- As early as August 20, 1844, he became connected with
the military affairs of his native State being then commissioned captain of the ‘‘ Indepen-
dent Blues,” and was known as “ Franklin County Regiment,” State Militia. April 20, 1861,
“was commissioned Colonel of the Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, three months
service; September 20, 1861, he became Colonel of the Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Vol-
unteer Infantry, he, having been aboutone month raising the regiment, November 20,
1862, he was promoted to Brigadier General, but owing to ill health he was_ honorably
discharged December 7th of the same year, but entered upon staff duty with Gen. Couch,
and was at the battle of Gettysburg; but finally his health becoming worse, he left the ser=
vice in October, 1863. In 1866 and ’67 he wasa member of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
He was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1851, and immediately began practice at
Chambersburg. He was married in that city September16, 1841, to Sophia Cressler, a
native of Southampton rownstip, Franklin County Pa. They have five children living—
Isador A.,a farmer; GeorgeS, W., Leah E.,nowMrs. W.S. Davison, of Topeka; Thomas
J. aprinter, and Mary F.,an unmarried daughter. The General is a:member of the I. 0.0.
F., having joined that order in 1841; he is also connected with the Druids, K. of P., Amerie
can Mechanics Association and the G. A. R.; he came to Kansas in November, 1877, locat-
ing at Rush Centre, Rush County; was elected a member of the Kansas Legislature in 1878;
came to Topeka to residein February, 1881. He has been engaged in practice since he was
admitted to the bar, except while doing service in the army, bile at Chambersburg he
was in partnership for sometime with Hon. John Stewart, who was in 1882 candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania on the Independent ticket;~most of the time while at Rush Cen-

tre, Eugene N. Gunn was his law partner; now he is alone in practice.

CHARLES SUMMERS, proprietor of livery, feed and sale stabies, B street east, North
Topeka; was born in Alliance, Ohio March 4, 1858, a son of Andrew Summers, a banker
of that city lived there until September 20, 1875, when he moved to North Topeka, Kansas
where be has been engaged in his present business most of the time since. He was educated
atthe Alliance High School. He is a member of Kaw Valley bods , No. 20, A. O. U. W.
Mr. Summers married Mary E., daughter of T. H. Anderson, of North Topeka. They have
three children, one son and two daughters.

J. W.S IS, proprietor Surfis House, was born in Madison County, Ohio, January
10, 1834, remaining there until seventeen years old. Hethen went to Joliet, Itl, engaging
in farming until 1859. when he emigrated to Kansas, stopping one year in Missouri, He

* was married in Polk County, Mo., May 4, 1460, to Miss Mary Ragland, who was born in St,
Louis, Mo. After coming to this State he worked at his trade of carpenter. Soon after be-
an teaming, which he followed several years. He also opened _ his hotel, consisting of
Fourteen rooms,which he nowruns. Heis preparing to build a brick building, one hun-
dred by thirty-five feet, in order that he may avcummodate his increasing patronage. He
enlisted in 1864 in Company K, Third Colorado Infantry, serving about a year, doing duty
in the Indian service. r.S.isa member of Capital Lodge No. 3, A. 0. U. W., and of the
Select Knights of thesame order. He has always voted the Democratic ticket.

DANIEL kK. SWEARINGEN, transfer business,was born in Fayette County, Pa,, Aug-
ust 8, 1828, living there until 1843, when he and his family moved to Highland Coun We
Ohio, where he resided seven years. He has been twice married. He was first married in
Highland County, Ohio, in June, 1848, to Miss Caroline R. Finley, who died in July, 1866,
leaving four children—Alonzo D., Sophia C., Samuel P., and Daniel K., Jr. In August, 1867,
he was again married, in Highland County, Ohio, to Miss Sarah ©, Lucas, They have four
children living—Willle G., Mary Emma, Frankie W., and Fred, In_1850 he moved to Pike
County, Ill., where be resided six years, and then moved to Marion County, remaining two

ears, and then returned to Highland County, remaining there until 1870, when he moved to
ontgomery County, lowa, in which he resided until 1879, when he moved to Saline County,
Kan., remaining until December, 1881, when he removed to Topeka, He is ow engage
in the transfer business in Topeka. Mr. S. has served In two wars, He enlisted in
June, 1846, in Com any C, Second Ohio Infantry, serving one year. Joined Taylor’s army
immediately after the battle of Buena Vista, taking part in the succeeding campaigns itn
Mexico, In 1862, enlisted at Newport, Ky.,in Company E, Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, as
Sergeant, doing scouting duty and guerrilla, taking part in several engagements with Jobn
Morgan’s force, and at one time capturing a brigade under Dick Morgan, He served until
September, 1863, when he was mustered out at Russellville, Ky. Had four horses shot un-
der him, and his clothes torn off of him, but fortunately escaped unhurt, having experlenced
several hair-breadth escapes; also served sixty days in 1864, mostly doing patrol duty in

Columbus, Ohio.
§. P. SWIFT, M. D., 435 Kansas avenue, North Topeka, was born in Richfield, Summit
Co., Ohio, in 1823, where he remained until 1865. He’ was educated at the Western
Homeopathic College, Cleveland, graduating in 1860, He practiced his profession in his
native town until he removed to Missouri in 1865, He was a leading physician in Shelbina,
Mo., for fifteen years, or until 1880, when he came to Kansas, settling in North Topeka. Dr.
Swift was married to Miss D. E, Stofer, of his native town, in 1847. ‘They have four chil-
dren, two sons and two daughters, all of whom are grown up and in business in Missouri.
T. B SWEET, president of the Kansas Loan and Trust Company, located in Topeka,
January 1, 1878, organized the above company, and has been president since its formation.
Mr. Sweet is stockholder, director, and chairman of the executive committee of the Nebraska,
Topeka, Iola & Memphis Railroad, and president of Kansas Construction Company, which
has control of the construction of thatroad. Heis president of the Vera Cruz Consolidated
Gold and Silver Mining Company, director and treasurer of the Godfrey Consolidated Gold
and Silver Mining Company, treasurer, director and trustee of the Ticson Mining Company,
headquarters at Vera Cruz, N.M.; trustee of the Topeka Mining Association, and stock-
holder in the Trinidad and other mining companies. Mr. Sweet jg a native of Farimin: ton,
Me. He was born April 11, 1841, and lived in J'armlngton until October, 1859, He then

 

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ved to Champaign County, Ill, where he remained for about thirteen years, engaged In
drag business, tnd afterward in insurance business. While in Champaign he was ate cash-
ier of the First National Bank for two or three years, retiring from tbat position in April,
1872, on account of ill health. From Champaign he removed to Topeka, January 1, 1873.
He was married in Jacksonville, Ill., April 29, 1873, to Annie E. Brown, of Jacksonville,
daughter of Judge William Brown. They have three children living—Susie Brown, Mary
Balley, and Paul Bailey; one son, Willie Brown, died November 8, 1880, aged three years,
Mr, Sweet is a prominent member and licensed exhorter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Baker University, vice-president of Young Men's Christian Association, chairman of execu-
tive committee of State Sunday-School Association, trustee of Christ’s Hospital, treasurer
and member of conference board of trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church Extension So-
clety, treasurer of Kansas Conference EncGowmeut Fund of Baker University, and member
of the executive committee of Shawnee County Sunday-School Association.

H. C. SWINGLE, restaurateur, Topeka, cameto Kansas in 1869. Mr. S. is by adoption
a Kansan, having come to the State when he was nine years old.
was the nearest railroad point to Topeka, and the Kaw River was crossed on a pontoon
bridge. Was born September 27, 1858, at Seymour, Ind. Is one of the pioneers of Topeka.
Has been in the restaurant business about one year. Was married, March 20, 1881, at To-
peka, to Miss Ella Stout, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa.

EDWIN A. TAFT was born in Uxbridge, Worcester Co., Mass., February 27, 1824. He
lived in his native town and vicinity until 1845, when he removed to Providence, R. L.,
where he commenced his mercantile career, in the dry goods jobbing house of Cragin &
Hartwell, continuing with this house until 1851, at which time he removed to Boston, Mass.,
and was for several years salesman in the well-known wholesale dry goois house of Sweet-
ser, Gookin & Co., returning to Providence in 1858. Inthe spring of 1860 he established
a new dry goods jobbing house there, under the firm name of Taft, Steere & Co., for a term
of three years, at the expiration of which term he sold his interest in the business to his
partners, and, in 1865, took an interest in the manufacturing of cotton goods with the Put-
nam Manufacturing Company, of Putnam, Conn., continuing this connection until 1878, in
which year he visited Kansas, and decided to make the city of Topeka his future home,
Here, on the lst of April, 1880, he opened anew dry goods store, under the firm name of
Taft, Emery & Co. He was married, June 26, 1873, to Adaline §S. Emery, of Hunterdon
County, N. J. They have one child, Mary Emery. Mr. Taft is a member of the Episcopal
Church, and of the Masonic Fraternity.

CHARLES N, TAYLOR, grocer, corner Craneand Jefferson streets, came to Kansas, first
in May, 1846. Was born June 14, 1830, at Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio. Remained in native
place five years, and removed with his parents to Rockford, It, Enlisted in the United

tates Army,Company H, First Regiment, Lllinois Volunteers, Capt, James Hampton, Lieut.
John A, Logan, February 14,1846. Was engaged in fighting Indians in New Mexico, and
stationed at Las Vegas and Santa Fe. Returned to Fort Leavenworth, and was mustered out
»December 28, 1848. In November of same year joined an expedition to Salt Lake, and for
sixteen years following was in every department of the Government service. Enlisted in
the War of the Rebellion, Company , Third Indiana Volunteers, May 2, 1861. At theend of
seven months was discharged for wounds received at Ball’s Bluff, Va, Enlisted again in
Company H, Sixth Michigan Cavalry, Capt. H. L. Wise, commanding, September 15, 1862.
Was mustered out December 25. 1865, at Fort Leavenworth. Returned to Michigan, and
wentinto mercantile business, which he continued successfully until 1871, when he sold out
and cameto Kansas. Was married January 1, 1852, at Grand Rapids, Mich., to Martha J.
Snyder. Had two children—Frank, now Master-at-arms of the U. S. steamer Lackawanna;
William H., now engineer on theC., B. &Q. R. R. First wife died June 17, 1864, at Chicago,
Ill, Was married again, August 30, 1879, at Maple Hill, Kan., to Sarah J. Shultz. Is amem-
ber of G. A. R., ropeka.

IRWIN TAYLOR, of the firm of Davis & Taylor, is a native of Marysville, Mason Co.,
Ky., where he was born June 11, 1845. When quite young he removed to Campbell County,
and afterwards spent en years in Bourbon County, +, prior to coming to Kansas, He was
d at Cincinnati High School, Business Col ge and Law Coilege; graduated from the
atter institution, and was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati. He commenced practice in
Newport, Campbell County, and remained jn that place until 1872; then removed to Paris,
Bourbon Co,, Ky., from whence he emigrated to Topeka in December, 1881. He was mar-

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riedat Paris, Ky., June 11, 1872, to Miss Lizzle H, Hall, only daughter an

Hall, an extensive cattle dealer of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. ‘aylor ane ae che
Huston, Joseph Irwin, Mary Belle, Hall, Elizabeth Caldwell and Lucy. Mr. Irwin Taylor
traces his ancestry back six generations, to Edward Taylor, who came from England in 1692,
and settled at Middletown, Monmouth Co., N, J. Joseph Taylor, the father of Irwin,
was born in 1806; his grandfather, Joseph, was born September 27, 1770, and was married
to Jane Irwin, August 8, 1797; his great-grandfather, William Taylor, married Lucy Embly;
his great great-grandfather was Joseph, born 1720, married Elizabeth Ashton, and died in

; the next generation back was Edward Taylor, second son of the Edward Taylor that
emigrated from England. His wife was Catherine Monford.

R. ERASTUS TEFFT (deceased), was born at Lebanon, Madison Co., N. Y., December
27,1818. In 1834 he removed to Elgin, Kane Co., Ill. He afterwards became a private
medical student of Dr. Valentine Mott, of New York. attendeg his first course of medical
lectures at the University of New York in 1842-43, and a course at Rush Medical College in
1844-45, | He] graduated at the University of New York in 1847, and continued his studies
and practice with his brother, Dr. Joseph Tefft, of Elgin, until the spring of 1859 and thence
came to Topeka, removing bis family in July. and remaining in practice in the city until
December, 1879. une 7, 1840, he was married to Rhoda Kenyon, a native of New Berlin,
N.Y. She died January 26,1879, In the spring of 1859 he bought the lot upon which the

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Tefft House was afterwards erected,and built a residence upon it in the fall of the same
year. i ie hotel was built in 1865, Harris & Beasly, from Champaign, Ill., being the first
roprietors.

Pre wmilitia, He was also Coroner of Shawnee County several years, Besides the hotel. Mr.
Tefft built several dwellingsinthe city. He was a prominent member and trustee of the
Congregational Church. He died January 8, 1880. Inthe words of the report of the State
Medical Society of Kansas, ‘‘asa physician he was conscientiously scrupulous of Its honor,
and _as a citizen, enterprising and public-spirited.”

FRED ERASTUS TEFFT, son of Erastus and Rhoda (Kenyon) Tefft, was born in To-
peka, June 21,1861. He took his first course of medical studies at Rush Medical College,
and graduated from Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio, February, 1881. He is
associated in practice with his brother, Herbert K. e

HON. TIMOTHY DWIGHT THACHER is of English descent; his ancestors, if not illus-
trious, were of one of the leading families that shed lustre on the early days of the republic,
and helped with the Otises and Adamses to lay the foundations of the great Republican
structure, The Thacher family is one of the oldest in New England. Rev. Thomas Thacber,
son of Rev. Peter Thacher, of Salisbury, England, came to Boston June 4, 1635, only fifteen
years after the first arrival of the Plymoth colonists. He was eminent in all departments of
learning, and ranked among the lea ing ph sicians and theologians of his time. He was
the author of the first medical work published in New England, He also published one of
the early Hebrew lexicons and grammars for the use of Harvard University. From Feb-
ruary 16, 1669, to the time of his death, he was pastor of the “Old South Church,” in Bos-
ton. A century later his great grandson, Rev. Oxenbridge Thacher, associated with the
patriot, James Otis, was engaged in the discussion, through the press, of the abuses-of power
evinced in the government of the colonies. Drake—unquestioned authority—states that the
controversy, respecting writs of assistance, inaugurated and defended by these men, ‘was
nothing more nor Jess than the cause of independence.” Rev. Peter Thacher, brother of
Oxenbridge, at that time pastor of the Brattle Street Church, was a no less pronounced rebel
against the oppression of the British crown, Hedelivered an oration before the colonial
troops at Watertown, Mass., March 5, 1776, which was published and printed in several
successive editions. In it for the first time the grievances of the colonies against the
English Government were enumerated in words and order so like that of the Declaration
of Independence, which was penned by Jefferson, and promulgated on the succeeding July
4, as to seem a paraphrase of that immortal manifesto. Timothy Dwight Thacher is of the
seventh generation in direct descent from Rev. Peter Thacher, the patriot pastor of Brattle
Street Church, Boston. in 1776. He was the second child and oldest son of Mowry and
Melinda (Livermore) Thacher, His father was an intelligent farmer of Hornellsville, N. Y.,
where the subject of this sketch was born, October 31, 1831. He was bred on the farm, en-
joying the educational advantages afforded by the public schools. which at the age of fifteen
were supplemented by a single term atthe Franklin Academy. Prattsburgh, N. Y.. where
he acquired a fair knowledge of Latin, and imbibed classical tastes that subsequently im-
pelled him to further study. From fifteen to nineteen he worked on the farm of his father,
and in the lumbering region of western_New York. At the age of twenty he deter-
mined to acquire a thorough education. He accordingly entered the Alfred Academy,
where he fitted for acollegiate course. Having completed thoroughly the full course of.
preparatory study prescribed, he entered the junior class of Union College, Schenectady, N.
Y., in 1854. from which he graduated with honors, in the class of 1856. During the subse-
quent winter, 1856-57, he returned to Union College and began special studies in the super-
graduate course under Dr. Hickok and Dr. Taylor Lewis. At that time two old academy
Class-mates who had already settled at Lawrence, Kan., Lyman and Norman Allen. invited
him to join them and take the editorial charge of the Lawrence Republican, a Free-state
journal, which they were about to start. After consultation with friends, and in accord-
ance with the advice of Dr. Nott, he accepted the invitation, and thus entered the profes-
sion ofa journalist, contrary to the urdefined professional aspirations that had hitherto
urged him on in his educational labors. He arrived in Lawrence, Kan.,in April, 1857.
The young man did not come unheralded or unknown to his chosen field of work. He bore
with him letters of commendation from his old teachers, Drs. Nott and Hickok and Horace
Greeley, then in the flush of his wonderful journalistic career. They were all unneeded, as
he depended neither on his line of ancestry nor his friendly credentials for a start in life.
Confidently looking only to honest merit, backed by earnest endeavor to do the right, he
began his work as an editor with the first issue of the Lawrence Republican, May 28, 1857.
His editorial conduct of the new Free-state journal was such as to place it at once at the
head of the Free-state press of the Territory and insure its success as a business under-
taking. The paper was started under the proprietorship of Norman Allen. Hesold out in
the summer of 1858, to T. D. Thacher, and his cousin, S. O, Thacher and his brother S. M,
Thacher. Thus Mr. Thacher became part owner of the aper. He continued in editorial
charge through various changes of proprietorship until December 27, 1860, at which time
Mr. John Speer bought the paper, and for a few months Mr. Thacher was disconnected with
it. September 4, 1862, he bought the paper back, and continued its publication in connec-
tion with his brother, 8S. M, Thacher, until it was destroyed ‘in the Quantrell Raid, August

 

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21, 1863. April 15, 1863, Mr. Thacher purchased the Journal of Oommerce, published in
Kansas City, and himseif removed to that city, leaving the personal conduct of the Hepub-
lican for the few months succeeding until its destruciion in August, with his partner, S. M.
Thacher. He continued the publication of the Journal of Commerce until April, 1865, at
which time he sold it to Messrs. Van Horn & Hallowell, and, in the following September
removed to Philadelphia, and became connected with the Evening Telegraph, as chief edi-
torial writer, which position he held for over two years. In January 1868. he returned to
Lawrence, and on February 1, re-established the Republican. March 4, 1869, the paper
was consolidated with the State Journal and the Ottawa Home Journal, and afierwards
published as the Daily Republican Journal and the Western Home Journal (weekly). Two
years Jater Mr. Thacher became sole proprietor of the paper. Since 1877 the paper thus
established has been known as the Lawrence Journal, and has continued under his man-
agement up to the present time, 1882, During his long connection with Kansas journalism
he has evinced rare ability, and now deservedly ranks among the ablest journalists of the
West. His early espousal and vigorous and fearless advocacy of Free-state doctrines
brought him into political prominence almost as soon as he arrived in the Territory. He
engaged actively in the exciting work of making Kansas a free State, in no- wise confining
to the columns of his paper. e€ wrought to the full measure of his powers to strengthen
the Free-state party; spoke often and eloquently for the cause, and was one of the most in-
dustrious and efficient organizers of those trotiblous days. His political career has been
pattioncally consisteutfromthe beginning, and hisrecord inthe Republican party, which
© helped to organize, and of which he is still an honored and trusted member, has been
singularly free from the taints and blemishes incidental to an active participation in politi-
cal affairs through a period which has ‘tried and found wanting” nota few who were his
co-laborers in the same political field twenty years ago. On December 2, 1857, a convention
was held at Lawrence to protest against the Lecompton Constitution, It was at that time
the most important gathering of Free-state men ever held inthe Territory. Charles Robin-
son was the president of the convention and Gen. James H. Lane chairman of the commit-
tee on resolutions. The resolutions presented were drawn by Mr. Thacher. who was 2 mem-
ber of the committee, and William A. Phillips, the well-known correspondent of the New
York Tribune. They are quoted fully in the historical part ofthis work. The protest, as
embodied in the resolutions, created a profound sensation throughout the North, and did
much in moulding opinion and ultimately defeating the abomination. The convention was
re-assembled December 23, to decide whether the members of the Free-state party would
participate in the coming election for State officers under the provisions of the Lecompton
onstitution, Mr. Thacher sturdily opposed those who favored such a course, and ina
most exciting debate of two days, being the acknowledged leader of the anti-voting party,
succeeded in defeating the proposition A contemporary who was present thus writes:
“Without intention of hisown, Mr Thacher found himself the virtual leader of those who
opposed the plans of participating in the election, His speeches during this high debate are
still recalled by all Kansans, irrespective of the sides they took upon the question at issue,
as among the highest efforts of argumentative eloquence. Notwithstanding Gov, Robinson
and most of the older leaders of the Free-state party favored the policy of voting, the con-
vention decided against it, and adhered toits original position.” Prior to his work in the
two conventions above mentioned, he had spoken during the summer months at the various
conventions called to organize the Free-state party, and tothe same end had, during the
month of June of that year, made a speech, making a tour through the counties of Douglas,
Coffey Franklin, Allen and Anderson. Thus he became widely known as an able and fear-
less Free-state champion during the first six months of his residence in the Territory. He
was one of the delegates from Lawrence to the Constitutional Convention held at Leaven-
worth, from March 25 to April 3, 1858, where heretained his radical views successfully
against an earnest opposition, and with others prevented the word “white” from appearing
in the Constitution in connection with the rights of citizenship. In January, 1859, Mr.
Thacher was elected Territorial Printer by the Legislature. The Governor refusing to
recognize the authority of that body. the office proved an empty honor. Mr. Thacher was a
delegate to the convention held at Osawatomie, May 18, 1859, at which the Republican
arty was formally organized in Kansas. The convention was called to order by him and
its object briefly stated. He also served as one of the secretaries, and as a member of the
committee on resolutions, wrote some of the most radical parts of the platform adopted.
He was also a2 member of the Republican State Convention held at Topeka for the nomina-
tion of State officers under the Wyandotte Constitution, and made the speech nominating
Charles Robinson as Governor. He was also nominated as one of the Republican Presiden-
tial electors for 1860; the State not being admitted prior to the election, he consequently did
not serve. He, however, did good service during the campaign which resulted in the first
national Republican triumph. speaking during the autumn in the States of Michigan ang
New York, Mr. Thacher was chosen secretary of the State Republican Committee in May,
1861, and was chairman of the committee on credentials in the State convention of that
ear. At the Republican State Convention held September 17, 1862, he was strongly urged
y many friends, without solicitations from him, as a Congressional candidate, and his
name was presented, receiving fifteen votes on the sixth ballot. From 1863 to 1868. Mr.
Thacher was not a resident of Kansas. Since his return he has been a prominent and hard-
workin member of the Republican party as in the years before. In 1874 he was a delegate
to the Republican State Convention, and was chosen its president. During the fall of that
eat he made a thorough personal canvass of Douglas County, and restored it to the Repub-
ican ranks,from which it had been detached the year before by theso-called “Reform” move-
ment. He was elected the same fallas amember ofthe Kansas House of Representatives from
the Fifty-second Representative District, serving lit that body as chairman of the committee
on education. _ In 1876 Mr. Thacher was elected by the Republican State Convention as
delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention held at Cincinnati. He, with the
entire Kansas delegation, voted from first to last, for the nomination of Hon. James G.
laine, and further participated in the proceedings of the convention, speaking with telling
effect in favor of allowing delegates to vote irrespective of instructions. In_1860 Mr.
Thacher was admilted tothe bar but he never entered upon the practice of the legal pro-
fession. In 1880 Mr. Thacher was appointed Supervisor of the United States census for the
first district of Kansas, performing the duties of that officeina satisfactory manner In
January. 1881, Mr Thacher was elected to the post of State Printer for the term of two
Fears. beginning July 1, 1881. which office he now holds. Heis now president of the State
istorical Society, and one of the regents of the State University. Mr. Thacher has been
twice married, His first wife was Miss Catherine Faulkner Angell, daughter of Mr. Jesse
Angell, aprominent merchaut of Livingstone and Allegany counties,N.Y. They were
married in Danville, N. Y., September 9, 1857, She died in’ Lawrence, January 22, 1858.
His second wife was Miss Emma Elizabeth Heilman, daughter of Mr. William Heilman, of
Philadelphia. They were married at Philadelphia, May 18, 1861. They have had eight
children, viz., William Mowry, now business manager of the Lawrence Journal, born in
Lawrence, March 24, 1863; Eugene, born November 24, 1864, died in Kansas City, July 12, -
1865; ‘Horace Heilman, born February 11, 1866, died in Philadelphia, August 13, 1866;
Timothy Dwight, Jr. born April 22, 1867, died in Lawrence, February 10, 1881; Kate
Angell, born August 16. 1869; Clara, born April17, 1871; Edith, born September 2, 1877
and Solon Otis, born September 25, 1881. Asa matter of genealogical history, we give Mr,
Thacher’s line as faras we haveit: 1st, Rev, Peter Thacher, of Salisbury, England, 1595;
2d, Rev. Thomas Thacher, of Boston. Mass., 1620; 3d, Rev. Peter Thacher, of Milton, Mass.,
1651; 4th. Rev. Peter Thacher, of Middleboro, Mass , 1688, 5th, Samuel Thacher, of Middle-
boro, Mass.. 1717; 6th, Nathaniel Thacher, of Middleboro. 1767; 7th, Mowry Thacher,
Gloucester, R. I., 1802; 8th. Timothy Dwight Thacher, Hornellsville, N. ¥.. 1831.
R THOMAS, JR, farmer, Section 28, Town 11, Range 16, P. O. Topeka, owns
155 acres, all improved, with a fine dwelling and surroundings, a fine barn, and alPmodern
conveniences for successful farming. Makes aspecialty of growing corn and wheat and
stock feeding. Present wheat crops average thirty-seven and one half bushels to the acre.
Came to Kansas in October, 1858; first located at Williamsport Township, and came to his
present farm in September, 1876. Has been Sheriff of Shawnee County two terms; also
reasurer twoterms, also acting Adjutant-General of State underGov. Osborn. Was ap-
pointed by the President Captain and Assistant Commissary in the fall of 1862, and was on
uty in Denver, Col., and at Washington. D.C,in 1865. He was born in the State of
Pennsylvania, in April. 1837, and went to Minnesota in 1857, and remained there until he
came to Kansas, e was married September 26, 1866,to Miss Lorena M. Lindley. They
have one child—Lorena Lou. He is a Master Mason.

CHESTER THOMAS, SrR., was born July 18, 1810, in Troy, Bradford Co., Pa. He came
from an old Vermont family of Revolutionary fame, His school advantages were limited,
though he was taught the rudiments of an English education by his mother, an intelligent,
warm-hearted Christian woman. Study and observation, however, added largely to this
meager stock, and he became a man of intelligence. He held various public offices in Penn-
sylvania, during a period of twenty-five years, but was always interested in farming, and
dealt largely in stock, operatingasadrover. In April, 18&8, he moved to Kansas, settling
on a farm in Shawnee County. In 1859 he was elected to the Territorial Council, from the
eounties of Shawnee, Osage and Lyon, In 1861 he was appointed by President Lincoln to
be United States special mail agent for Kansas and the Western territories, embracing
Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. In 1862 he was appointed Captain
and Assistant Quartermaster, which position he held for two years, wheti he resigned on
account of 11] health. In 1864 he was chosen a Presidential elector, voting for Abraham
Lincoln. He was the associate and active friend of Hon. David Wilmot, author of the cele-
brated Wilmot Proviso, with-whom he co-operated for over twenty years. During this
period he was prominently connected with the political affairs of his State, and was in-
trusted by Wilmot and his associates with responsible positions in Philadelphia and other
portions of the State, and was regarded as one of the ables Delitical managers of those
Stirring times. He was devoted to the anti-slavery cause, and 1n Kansas took sides_with
the Republicans and James H. Lane. Few men in the State did more to promote the Free-
state cause. In the fall of 1861 the question of locating the State Capital was submitted to
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persistent effortsin behalf of Topeka, Secured the vote in its favor, He was the leading
spirit in the canvass, and his influence and SU NAEY, were absolutely necessary to secure the
snecessfulissue, He has been three times married, His first wife, Miss Thankful Sophia
Stevens, of Troy. P2.. wasa woman of eminently excellent traits of character. They were
married Februar 71833 and she died September 21, 1855. They had nine children, three
of whom are dead. He was married to his second wife, Miss Lydia L, Stevens, October 9,
1856. She wasan amiable and heroic woman, passed throug many thrilling scenes in
Kansas, and was the only woman who escaped from the terrible massacre of Gen, Blunt's
body guard at Baxter Springs, and rode sixty miles on horseback during the night, reach-
ing Fort Scottin safety. She died December 2. 1864, leaving two children. He married
his third wife, Miss Mary E. McComb, July 7, 1872. She is a prominent member of the
Episcopal Church, and a devoted Christian woman, They have had two children, one of
whom is deceased. He isnow serving his. second term as Police Judge of the city of

Topeka,

HERBERT KENYON TEFFT, M. 1D. son of Erastus and Rhoda Tefft, was born at
Elgin, Kane Co., Ill., September 8, 1848. Removed to Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kan., July, 1859.
During the war of the Rebellion he served in the Kansas State Militia. He attended Rush
Medical College during the fall and winter of 1869 and 1870. Wasa private student of Dr.

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aduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College March 1, 1873, since which time he has
ractice of medicine and surgery at Topeka, Kan., where he married,
December 22, 1874, his present wife, Emma A. Alkire, she was born in Circleville, Ohio,
December 11,1855. She removed to Topeka, Kan.,in the year 1866, Their two children
are—Lillie Agnes, born December 30, 1875, and Lois Ora, born February 11,1879. Dr.
Tefft is a member of the Kansas State Medical Society. :

FRANK 8. THOMAS was born in Canton, Bradford Co., Pa,, October 22,1859. His
arents removed to Kansas the same year, and settled on a farm near Topeka, his father,
hester Thomas, belng one of the early settlers of thetown. Frank S. was educated in the

public schools of Topeka, and at an early age began to assist his father. who was a Govern-
ment beef contractor, in his business, go ng to Texas at the age of twelve to herd cattle.
When he was sixteen he went into the office of George R. Peck, United States District Attor-
ney where he remained five months, engaged in writing testimony in the Laphain case, and
subsequently went to Wilkesbarre, Pa., and learned the drug business, remaining three
ears, In February, 1879. he returned to Topeka and served as Deputy Courty ‘Treasurer
n the office of his brother, Chester Jr. He is how Deputy County Clerk, and is also engaged
in real estate, loan and insurance business. -
THAN THOMAS, banker and lumber merchant, North Topeka, isa native of
Bucks County, Pa. In 1869 he removed to Homer, Champaign Co.. Ll., and was there en-
aged in the lumber business until he cameto Kansas. In January, 1870, he commenced
umber business at Topeka, in company with R. Thomas, his brother and in the following
year permanently located at that place. The lumber business was discontinued in 187%
‘aud they were engaged in stock dealing and banking until 1874, when R. Thomas retuined
to Illinois, Jonathan remaining and continuing in business as abanker. and also, subsequent,
to 1878, asalumber merchant. Since July, 1873, he has been connected with the Citizens’
Bank, the only banking establishmentin North Topeka, He has now a very extensive lum-
ber business, having yards at North Topeka, Meriden, Silver Lake and St. Mary,s.. Mr,
Hathaway. of St. Mary’s Kan., is interested with himintheSt, Mary’s Paras the firm being
Thomas & Hathaway at St. Mary’s, Mr, Hathaway being interested only in the yards at St,
Mary’s. At the various yards they doa business of $150,000 per annum. allretail. Mr.
Thomas is givlog his pormoual attention to both the lumbering and banking business,

DR. A. H. THOMPSON was born in Logansport, Ind. April 8.1849 and reared from the
age of three years in Juniata, Perry Co., Pa. He acquired his early education in the schools
and academies near his home, and his_professional educationin Philadelphia,
from the Philadelphia Dental College. Heisnow engaged in practice: at Topeka, and isa mem-
ber both of the Kansasand Missouri State Dental Socleties,also ofthe Kansas State Historical
Society and Kansas Academy of Science. Dr, Thompson was married in Topeka, December
9, 1875, to Fannie Geiger, a native of Martin’s Ferry, Ohio. They have one child—Isabella,

A. L. THOMPSON, hardware merchant, was born near Harrisburg, Pa. April 18
1848. In 1866 heremoved to Philadelphia and resided in that city until he came fo Kansas.
in May. 1869. After remaining in Topeka about nine months, he wentto Park City where
he resided a year. and thence movedto Hutchinson, where he carried on mercant! fo bust -
ness eighteen months, and then returned to Topeka. For the succeeding three years he was
engaged in cattle raising and dealing, and for the next two with Mr, Funk, in frente’ furnish-
ing goods. In August, 1876, he embarked in hardware business, which he stfll successfully
carries on, now giving employment to thirty hands in the various departments, The busi-
ness is wholesale and retail, and has increased 200 per cent in the last six years. Mr. Thomp-
son was married at Topeka, January 7, 1876, to IdaS., daughter of Jacob Smith, a native of
Indiana, they have one child—Helen.
' JOSEPH F, THRAPP, of the firm of Watson & Thrapp. real estate and loan agents, came
to Kansas October 28,1869, and after living at Alm abaunsee County, for about six
months, removed to Emporia and remained in that city aboutsix months. He then re-
moved to Winfield and stayed two years, from whence he returnedto Alma, and engaged in
farming, remaining there until he came to Topeka, in November, 1878. After locating In
Topeka he engaged in the mail and stage business, running the Alma and Dover stage seven
months, at the expiration of which time he went into real estate business with Mr. Watson,
He was born in Danville, Ill., November 28, 1849, where he lived until 1866, and subse-
quently n Ford and Champaign counties, Lil., until he cameto Kansas, He was married at
Ima, Kan., June 28, 1874, to Nannie Bowman, a@ native of Tnornton, Boone Co., Ind, They
have two children—Margaret O and Daniel B.
PROF. D. CG. TILLOTSON, Superintendent of the City Schools of Topeka, Kan., was born
in Steuben Township, Warren Co., Ind., March 11, 1852. He was educated in the public

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schools of his native State and of Kansas, besides betng also for a time under the instruction
of a private tutor. In 1866 he caine to Oskaloosa, Jetterson Co, Kan. At the age of nine-
teen years he began teaching in that county, and since that time teaching has been his pro-
fession. Inthe fallof 1879 he came to Topeka to take charge of the Quincy School, North
Topeka, of which he was principal until he was elected Superintendent of the City Schools,
in May, TOF Prior to coming to Topeka he had charge of the schools at Winchester, Jef-
ferson Co., Kan.

CHARLES E, TILLSON, dealer in meat, of the firm of Tillson & Hammond, 33 Kansas

avenue. Born in Sidney, Me., February 3, 1854. Was educated in the academy at Hollo-
weil, Me. He came to Kansas in Nuvember, 1881. His father, Jason Tillson, died many
years since. He hag two: brothers and one sister still living in his native State. The
present partnership of Tillson & Hammond was formed in December, 1882.
s. TLLSON, farmer, twd and one half miles south of Topeka, farms 320 acres. Came
to Kansasiu April, 1880. First came to the State in 1870, and remained one summer at Min-
neola, Franklin County; engaged In farming. Enlisted in October, 1864, at Honesdale,
Pa., Company A, Fifty-first ennsylvania Volunteers. Was with his command at the siege
of Petersburg. Was mustered out August, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. Was born at, Never-
sink, Sullivan Co., N. ¥., December 8, 1814, and remained there continuously until coming
to Kinsas; eagaged in farming. ‘Wus married December 9, 1872, at Grahamsville, Sulli-
van Co., N. Y..to Miss Celia M. Benton, and has onechild—Ellen J. Is @ member of the
Western Mutual Aid Society of Iowa. ‘

A. K. TIPTON, dairyman, twoand one-half miles south of Topeka, came to Kansas,
November 26, 1869, from Columbus, Ohio, and located'at Topeka; remained one yeaa, and
then moved to the farm where he now is. Was born February 8, 1850, at Columbus, Ohio,
and was engaged in butchering business with his fatber during his “boyhood. Mr, T., also
Jearned the plane- making trade, z

W. P. TOMLINSON was born in Lower Makefield, Bucks Co., Pa., November 15, 1836.
His only opportunities for receiving an education when young were in the common schools
of his native county, which opportunities were advantageously enjoyed. When elghteen

ears old he found his way to New York City and entered the field of journalism. Inthe
all of 1857 he was sent to Kansas as correspondent of the New York T'rtbune, and sent to
that paper graphic descriptions of the early troubles of the State. In December, 1858, he
returned to New York, where he published a book on Kansas in 1858, and the difficulties
experienced by her people during the border ruffianism. In January, 1859, he saile:t from
New York for Europe in the capacity of correspondentfor the New York Evening Post,
janding at Gibraltar, from which point he traveled on foot through Spal to the southern
frontier of France, and in due time reached Paris, in which city he remained several
weeks, when he crossed the channel to England. During the summer, fall and winter he
spent considerable time visiting Scotland and Irelaud, making the tour of those countries
ehietly on foot, graphically describing in his letters his observations of the different coun-
tries and their people. Much of his time abroad was passed in Kngiand, from which coun-
try he returned to New York in the spring of 1861, where he resumed hls journalistie
work, In 1862 h3 published a volume of pozms entitled “ Home and Abroad,” While
thus engaged he published several works, some of which contain the speeches of eminent

ublic men, besides other miscellaneous books. From 1865 to 1871 he was connected with

he National Anti-Slavery Standard, as publisher and associate editor. In the spring of
1872 be moved to Kansas, locating at Council Grove, in Morris county, where he was em-
ploved aslind agent for the M. K. & T. R. K.Co., which position he held until the spring of
1873, when heremoved to Rush County, where he established the Walnut Valley Stan-
dard, and published the same until 1877, when he moved with his paper to Ellis, Ellis
County, where hecontinuedits publication as the Standard. Mr, TomJinson was the first
Te preseniatiye elected to the Legislature from Rush County. In 1879 he removed to Rus-
sell, Russell County, where he established and published the Independent, and remained
there until the fallof 1881, when he removed to Topeka, assuming a position on the edi-
torial staff of tue Commonwealth, and while thus employed was appointed executive clerk

Gov. G. W. Glick, J nuary 7, 1883, entering upon the duties of his office immediately
thereafter. Mr. Tomlinson was married at Camden, Morris Co., Kansas, in December,

1872, to Miss Nellie M. Raceco, a native of New York State, the issue of which marriage is
one daughter —Jithe,

JAMES A. TROUTMAN, attorney, was born near Pleasant Grove, Fulton Co.,Ind.,
Deceinber 1, 1853, and in March, 1865, came to Kansas with his parents, and located in Te-
cumseh Townsnip, Shawnee County, His parents, William H, and Nancy (Smith) Trout-
man, at present reside in Topeka. e was educated in the public schools and at the normal
school at Leavenworth, and taught in Kansas and Missour: for three years after leaving the
normalschool. In July, 1876, hecame to Topeka and read law with Peck, Ryan & John-
son, until admitted to the bar in the spring of 1878. He edited the Kansas Temperance
Palladium for one year after the fall of 1879, forthe first ten weeks at Topeka and for the
remainder of the time at Lawrence, Since the discontinuance of that organ he has been

engaged in active practice asa partner of Judge Day, with whom he had
before engaging in the Prolibition campaign. Mr. Troutman is secretary of the State
Temperance Union, a position he has held for three years, and is first vice-president of
the Kansas Mutual Jsenefit Union—a temperance insurance organization. 6 has also
served for two years as prand worthy secretary of the I. 0. G. T.. and is at present the
official head of that order In Kansas.

D. TUTTLE, dealer in meats, of the firm of D. Tuttle & Co., 219 Kansas avenue, was
born in Durham, Conn., April 16, 1833. His father’s name was Joseph Tuttle, his mother’s
Pheebe Smith. Both were lineal descendents of old Puritan _stock. e remained at Dur-
ham on a farm until 1877, when_he moved to Topeka, Kan., and established one of the
largest meat-marketsinthecity. Ho was married in October, 1865, to Mary E. Newell, of
Connecticut. One dangzhter, Jennie M, Tuttle, was born October 26, 1867,

. A. TUTTLE, M. D., was born in Boston, Mass., September, 13, 1848 ; was edu-
eated In the. Rublis schools of Boston, and attended lectures at the Medical Department of
Harvard College. Forfour years he was associated with Dr. Braman, surgeon at Water-
town, Mass., Arsenal. Afterward, for three years, he was in practice on Elliott street, Bos-
ton, Onaccount of ill-health he removed to Auburn, Kansas, in 1879. Remained there
nntil 1882, and then came to Topeka, where hehas siace been in practice, besides being a
partner with George Williams in the drug business since February, 1883. Heis a member
of the Kansas State Eclectic Medical Society. The doctor was married at Boston, May 12,
1875, to Edith J. Lindsey, anative of Rockland, Maine, They have one child—Alice D.

OLIVER PRICE UPDEGRAFF mouey broker, is a native of Mount Pleasant, Jefferson
Co., Ohio, where he thoroughly learned the banking business, having been paying teller of
the First National Bank of that place for three years prior to coming to Ropeka in July,
1879. He embarked in the cattle business and other spectlatious when he first came
here, but within a year he commenced loaning money. making that his principal business,
although he has been identified with various enterprises, being one of the orig nal proprig-
tors and promoters of the Grand Opera House Co. At presenthe is associated with L. M. H.
Wood, in the management of that estavlishment, In the brokerage business, his father-
In-law, J. H. Gill, president of the First National Bank of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, is his
partion, the firm name being Gill & Updegraff. Mr, Updegraff was married at Mount

leasant, Ohlo, to Mary P. Gill. They have two children, James Gill and Oliver Price, Jr.
oiiver it aein bee of the K, of P., being vice-chancellor of Capital Lodge No. 21. Hels a

J, W. URSCH EL. B street, North Topeka, dealer in meat, was born March 6, 1845, at
Canton, Ohio. His parents still live in the same town. He remained at home on a farm
until the spring of 1875, when he came to Kansas, settling on a farm near Topeka. He
resided there until 1882 when he came to the city, engaginginuthe business which he now
follows. Hois a member of the Capital Lodge of Grangers: also a memb: r of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of North Topeka. Howas married to Miss Helen I. Van Fleet, of Lucas
County, Ohto, In March, 1871. They have two children, one son and one daughter. Mr.
Ursenel has three brothers and three sisters ying in Qhio and Indiana.

RT. REV. THOMAS HUBBARD VAIL, S.T.D., LL.D. was born in Richmond, Va.
October 21,1812, His parents were from New England; he was baptized in the Capitol at
Richmond, by Rev, Mr, Buchanan, who, for many years, was the assistant of Bishop Moore,
inthe Monumental Church, Onthe death of his father, which occurred in 1817, be, with
the survivors of the famlly, returned to New England, where he received his education, He
was graduated from Washington (now Trinity) sollege, Hartford, Conn., in 1831, and from
the general Theological Sem nary Now York, in 1885. He was ordained a deacon, at New
Canaan, Conn. June 29, 1885, by Rt. Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, 8.T.D.; January 6,
1837, he was ordained a priest by Rt. Rev. Alexander V. Griswold, 8.T.D. During three
mouths succeeding his ordination to the dzaconate he officiated in St. James Church, Phila-
delphias subsequently he removed to Boston, and was temporarily engaged as assistant to
Dr. Wainwright, then rector of Trinity Church; under his direction he went to Worcester.
Mass., and organizcd All Saints Church; in 1837, at Easter, he became rector of Christ
Church, Cambridge, Mass., where he remained nearly two years; in 1889, he removed to
Connecticut and assumed the rectorship of St. John’s Church, Essex; in 1844, he removed
to Westerly, R. I..and became the rectorof Ctrist Church, where he remained for four-
teen years, during which time he was a deputy tothe general convention from the Diocese
of R ode Island; in 1857, he returned to Massachusetts and became the rector of St.
Thomas’ Church, Taunton; in 1863. he removed to Muscatine, lowa, and became the rector
of Trinity Church ; in September, 1864, he was elected Bishop of Kansas, and was conse-
crated to that holy office In Trinity Church, Muscatine, Iowa, September 15, 1864, by the

t, Rev. Jackson Kemper,S.T.D., assisted by the Rt, Rev, Henry Washington Lee, S.T.D..
and the Rt. Rev. Gregory Thurston Badeil, D.D. He removed soon after to his new. field
of labor, settling in Tope ‘a. |Ag the first bishop, of tha diocese of Kansas, his work is 1denti-
fled with the Browth, armony and general prosperity of the church, When the bishop
first came to Kansas, hischarge suggested more of labor, faith and hope in the future than
of ease or present prosperity. Twosmal! churches were built—one at Wyandotte and one
at Lawrence—two were in process of erectlon—one at Leavenworth and one at Fort Scott,

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‘and the walls of churches commenced before the war, were standing at Topeka, Manhattan
and Junction City. Now there are thirty-one churches, fourteen parsonager thirty-two
organized parishes, thirty-eight missions outside the regular parishes, and thirty-eight
glerey. -There is a tine college, the College of the Sisters of Bethany, at Topeka, valued at
$150,000. the establishment of which is attributable to the labors of Bishop Vail, He is at
present engaged in the work of founding a.chureh hospital at Topeka, to be known as
Christ’s Hospital; the enterprise is sofar on tie road to consummation thatit is safe to record
it as another evidence of his Christian devotion and philanthropy, In addition to his labors
and responsibilities as recor and bishop the subject of this sketch has found time
for much valuable literary work. Among his published writings are: The Comprehensive
Church; Life of Lyde, with an edition of his poems; Plan and Outline of a public library,
with selections of books under inany heads, and many other minor publications, sermons,
charges, pastoral letters, etc. Bishop Vail married, at the age of twenty-three years,
Miss Frances Sophia Vose, youngest daughter of Col. Walter Burling, of Natchez, Miss.
They had nine children, of whom three survive — Thomas U., now a resident of To-
pokas J. Everett, Washington, D.C., and Maria, wife of Rev. Dr. Backwell, of Santa

arbara, Cal. Mrs. Vail died before his settlement in Kansas, April 22, 1867, he married
Miss Sedlie Bowman, only child of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Samuel Bowman, D.D., of Pennsyl-
vania, They have had two children, one of whom, a daughter, Ellen Sitgreaves,is now (18838)
twelve years of age. Bishop Vail received the degree of Doctor of Sacred Theolo , from
Brown University. Providence, R. I., in 1858, and that of Doctor of Laws from the Univer-
sity of Kansas, A. D. 1875.

HON. DANIEL M. VALENTINE jis a lineal descendent of Richard Valentine, who
came from Ene and and settled at Hempstead, Long Island, in 1644. There the family re-
mained till 1728, at which time, Richard, his grandson, removed thence fo Elizaveth, N. J.
From there, Daniel, a grandson of Richard last named, removed to Ohio with his family,
remained in Champaign County for a year or more, and finally settled in Shelby County.
John W. Valentine, son of Daniel, was born in New Jersey prior to the emigration of the
family to Ohio. He married Rebecca Kinkennon, a native of Tennessee. ‘They were the
parents of Daniel M. Valentine, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Shelby County,
Ohio, June 18, 1830, and removed with his parents to Tippecanoe County, Ind., in 1836. He
was bred on the farm of his father, till twenty y ears of age, enjoying such educational ad-
vantages as the public schools and the academies of the vicinity afforded. He subsequently
followed school-teaching and surveying. He removed from Tippecanoe County, Ind., to
Iowa, in 1854, first stopping at Jefferson, Greene County, then in Winterset, Madison Coun-
ty, and finally settling at Fontanelle, Adair County. He read law in Indiana and Iowa, and
was admitted to practice, at Winterset, 1n the spring of-1858. In 1859 he came to Kansas,
first settling in Leavenworth. In 1860, he removed to Peoria City, Franklin County, where
he lived till 1875, at which time he took up his residence at Topeka, the capital of the State,
where he has since continued toreside. Mr. Valentine was in active service as a private,
at the various times during the war period, 1861-65, Whenever the exigencies of the times
called the Kansas Militia into active service, to repel the frequent raids of the enemy into
the State, or nearits borders. He took part in tne short but successful campaign which re-
sultedin the discomfiture and defeat of the rebel invasion of Gen. Price. ~The estimate
in which he is held by his fellow citizens, is evinced by the Frequency with which they have
called him by their votes to offices of trustand honor. While 1n Iowa, he was County Sur-
veyor of Adair County during 1855-6-7, ancl Attorney for the same county in 1858, and un-
til his removal to Kansas, in 1859. Since becoming a resident of the latter State, he has
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from the same county; he served as Judge of the Fourth Judicial District, from 1864 to
1868, inclusive; and in 1868, was elected as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas, and
has been twice re-elected tu the same eminent position. Atthe Republican State Conven-
tion he was nominated for a third time as Justice, without a dissening voice, He is still an
honored occupant of the Supreme bench, where, after the long service of fifteen years, he
still retains the unqualified confidence of the peopl: as a justand honest judge, and the emi-
nent respect of the bar, for his long tried and often proved ability as ajurist, He isamem-
ber of the Masonic Brotherhood, ani has been for about twenty-five yvars a bright expo-
nent of the unostentatious charity which characterizes all true brothers of the mystic tie,
His early political affiliations were with tha Whig party. For many years past he has been
a staunch and unswerving Republican. His religious convictions are deep and all too broad
for cogmatic classification, covering more the domain of practical good works in the great
field of humanity than that of polemic contests as to the truth or falsity of formulated
ereeds. In all the walks of life his path is that of rectitude and honor, his reputation untar-
nished, and his character unstained. Judge Valentine married Miss Martha Root, of Fon-

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tanelle, Iowa, June 26, 1855. They have had twelve children. Those living are—D, Adel-
bert, Sarah Eva, John Win., Harry Edward, Martha Abbie, Maggie Elsie, Ralph Elmer,
Lilian Irene, Louis Franklin. Three children died in infancy. He has been a member 0

the Masonic order since December 15, 1858.

A. H. VANCE. County Attorney, was born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, November 7%, 1842. He
acquired his literary education in the schools of Mt. Vernon and at Oberlin College, and
studied law at Columbia Law School at Washington, D. C.. from which he graduated in the
spring of 1868, being admitted to the barin tue District of Columbia the samespring. From
that time until he removed to Topeka in November, 1869, he resided at Mt. Vernon, Ohio,
engaged in the practice of his profession. He has also been actively engaged in the prac-
tice of law in Topeka since his removal to that city. He was elecled County Attorney in
the fall of 1874, his term commencing January, 1875, and has held the office, by re-election,
continuously until the present time. He was married in ‘Topeka, Uctober 20, 1881, to Laura,
B. Wolf, anatiye of Cincinnatl,Ohio, but for several years a resident of Topeka. Mr,
aot isa member of A. F, & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, K. of H, and

. of P.
W. W. VANDERVERE, grocer, of the firm of Vandervere & Cockrell, 263 Kansas
avenue. Born in Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1837. Helived in Ogden until he reached
the age of \wenty-one, when he removed to Rochester, N. Y., and engaged in the business
of selling fruits. His health failing, he went to Michigan in 1861, where he again went
into business, and continued until 1878. He then became acoinmercial agent and traveled
until 1882, at which time he came to Lawrence, Kan. In February, 1883, he went into the
grocery business in the city of Topeka. He was married to Ursula R. Seely, of Cleveland,
Ohio, in 1857. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Com-
mandery, and isa successful business man. He entered upon the secret service of the
United Staies in the spring of 1877, continuing about five years,

COL. GEORGE W. VEALE, was born May 20, 1833, in Davies County, Ind, and is the
youngest child of James C. and Eleanor Aikman Veale, who were among the earliest set-
uers of Indiana. George W. spent his early years on a farm, working summers and attend-
ing the pioneer schools in the vicinity inthe winter. He made the most of his advantages,
however, and while yet a youth was able to enter Wabash College, Ind., where he re-
mained two years. The first year of his active business life was spent on the Lower Miss-
issippi, where he had charge of.astore boat Joaded with goods for planters and farmers,
and as clerk of an Ohio and Mississippi River steamer. In 1854 he engaged as clerk witha
wholesale dry goods house in Evansville, Ind., and subsequently became traveling and
collecting agent for thefirm. In 1856 he emigrated to Kansas and started a dry goods

 

business in Leavenworth County which he continued until the breaking out of the war of
the Rebellion, when he raised a cavalry company and was mustered into the United States
service as Captain of Company E, Fourth Kansas Volunteers. In June, 1861, he was com-
missioned Major inthe Sixth Kansas Cavairy in March, 1862, and served in that position
until October 10, 1863; iu July 1864, he was commissioned Colonel of Kansas State Militia,
and in the following October participated with his regiment, the Second, in the battles on
the border during the Price Raid; both commander and men being especially distinguished
for bravery and persistent determination in the hard fought engagements at the Mockaby
Farm and on the Blue. Thespring of 1866 he was commissioned by the Governor of Kan-
sas Commissioner for the sale of State lands; heserved as State Senator in 1867-68 and °69:
as Representative in 1871-73-75-76, and was again elected Representative in the fall of
1882, and served during the winter of 1883. Mr. Veale was one of the incorporators and
was prominently connected with the building of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R.R.,
and now has charge of the taxes aud other interests of the Kansas and Colorado property
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company; his time beiug mainly devoted to the interests of
thatroad. He was married January 20, 1857, to Miss Nannie Johnson, of Evansville, Ind.;
their family consists of two sons, G. W. Veale, Jr., and Walter I. Veale.

H. P. VROOMAN, located at Council Grove, Kan.,in May, 1876, remaining there two
years and removed to Eureka, at which place he resided until the fall of 1881, when he
removed to Topeka,’ He was born at Johnstown. Montgomery Co., N. Y., July 24, 1828, and
with his parents removed to Ohio, locating near Toledo in 1837; in May, 1850, he com-
menced the study of law; was admitied tothe bar in 1854, and in the fall of the same year
was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Monroe County, Mich.; he continued his practice in
Monroe and Port Huron until 1865, and then removed to Macon City, Mo., where he was ap-
pointed Judgeof Court of Common Pleas by the Governor of Missouri in the spring of 1868,
and elected to the same office the following fall; her: signed this office six years later, and
soon afte ward removed to Kansas. He was married at Kalamazoo, Mich., February 20,
1862, to Sarah Buffington, daughter of the United States Consul at Chatham, Canada. They
have six children, Frank R., Harry C., Walter W. Hiram G., Carl Schurz, and Roy B. Mr.
Vrooman is a member of the Congregational Church, and was the national candidate for
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas in 1878, and for Governor in 1880,

. HE. WALKER, North Topeka, was born in Franklin County, N. Y., July 24, 1847, liv-
ing there until the spring of 1849, when his parents removed with their family to Water-
town, Wis. That was their home until 1860, when they came to Kansas, locating at Baldwin
City, where J. E. worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner. December 14, 1863, he enlisted
582 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in Company G, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. He participated in the pursuit of
Price through Kansas and Missouri. Was in the battle of Powder River, and participated
in a large number of other engagements, He is a member of I, O. O. F., A. O. U. W., and G.
A. R. Mr, Walker is a son of Samuel N. Walker, one of the well-known Free-state
-pioneers of Kansas, ele new, engaged in grocery business in North Topeka, his son being
employed in his store. J. E. was married October 10, 1869, to Miss S. A. Wolfe, of Ottawa,
Kan. They have two daughters.

SAMUEL N. WALKER, merchant, North Topeka; was born in Burlington, Vt., August
18, 1816; removed to Watertown, Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1848; lived there and in that
vicinity until he came to Kansas in March, 1859. While a resident of Jefferson County,
Wis., he held various offices, such as Sheriff, Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, etc, His first

‘location in Kansas was at Baldwin City, Douglas County (held office of Justice of the
Peace there) where he resided until April, 1881, when he removed to Osage City, remain-
ing there until his removal to Topeka in October, 1882. He purehased his present store in
January, 1883. Since coming to Kansas.he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits con-
Siderable of the time, at present carrying on a retail grocery business. He isa member
of the Presbyterian ©hurch and has been prominently identified with church affairs all the
time he has been in the State, He is a inember of the Masonic Order. Mr. Walker was
married at Bangor, N. Y., August 13, 1848, to Catharine M. Horrigan, a native of Hawks-
bury, Canada. They have two children—Jerry E., with his father in'the store, and Velira
A., who will soon become a resident of Topeka.

W. H. W D was bornin Adrian, Mich., December 9, 1840. He acquired his cduca-
tion in the schools of his native town; graduated from Adrian High School, and read Jaw
with his father. When the war of 1861-65 broke oul, he organized a company, and finding
there would be considerable delay in having it attached toa Michigan regiment, took it to
Ohio. and joined the Forty-seveuth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in that regiment un-
til-August 9, 1864; he wasslightly wounded at Charleston, West Va., and was taken pris-
oner May 8, 1863, and confined in rebel prisons of Vicksburg, Atlanta and Libby about six
weeks, when he was exchanged, and rejoined his regiment before Vicksburg, July 3, 1863;
he served as captain of his company during thetime he was in the army, but was on de-
tached service during the summer of 1864, as Acting Quartermaster at odd Barracks,
Columbus, Ohio, and during the summer and fall of 1862 was Provost Marshal of District
ofj Great Kanawa, being relieved about January 1, 1863, in order that he might accompany
his regimentto Vicksburg. Mr. Ward articipated in the battles of Lewisburg and Charles-

on, Va., Arkansas Post, Haines Bluff, Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, Relief of Knoxville,
Resaca, Ga,, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, besides other minor engagements or
skirmishes. He was married at Adrian, Mich., April 20, 1864, to Miss Mettie J. Kost, a
native of Ohio, and a daughter of Prof. John Kost, of Adrian College; their four children
are Lorena E., Edith J., William K,, and Morgia. Capt. Ward isa member of G. A. R.
a F. < a M., K. of H., and A, O. U. W., and is president of ex-Prisoners of War Associa-

on, of Kansas. : 2 :

A. WASHBURN, farmer and county commissioner, Section 35, P. Q. Topeka, has 160
acres in the home farm, a mile and a half west of the State House; 100 acres under culti-

vation and the balance in pasture. The farm is all under fence and otherwise well im- :

proved; having alarge one and ahalf story frame house, barn, etc., and _an orchard of
about 400 bearing apple trees besides other fruits; in addition to this Mr. Washburn has
oneother farm near Topeka in a good state of cultivation. He was born in Staitord. Conn., in
1818, residing there until nineteen years old, when he went to Western New York; for
many years he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in Allegany County; in
1869 he became cashier of the First National Bank at Brockfort, “‘N. Y., holding that posi-
tionfor four years; he then removed to Kansas and located on his farm which he had pre
empted in 1857; he was married in 1841 at Rushford, N. ¥.,to Miss CastonGordon. They
have one child, Frank, Mr. Washburn is serving his second term as Commissioner of
Shawnee County, and is now Chairman of the Board; he has also been Treasurer of Topeka
Township, Shawnee County Agricultural (Society, and of Capital Grange, of which heis a
member; heisa member of the Methodist Bpiscopal Church; his grandfather, Nathan
Washburn, was a soldier of the Revolutionar. ar; was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and
for five years followed the lead of Gen. Washington through the battles of Long Island,
Monmouth, Stony Point; was at Vall y Forge during that terrible winter, and at many other
points of interest during the struggle for independence.

O. WATERMAN, the well-kuown carriage painter, was born at St. Joseph, Mich., aly
24,1845; when he was seven years old his parents moved to Minnesota, remaining until
1857, when they removed to Kansas, locating in Coffey County; he leared his trade with
his father, who wasa mechanic; he has followed the business the past twenty-one years.
During the past four years he has resided in Topeka and has carried on an extensive busi-
ness of $3,600 per year; he isa very skillful workman and controls the best trade in the
city; his work compares favorably with_any work done in Eastern cities; he enlisted in
1864 in Company C, Fifty-first Missouri Volunteers, serving until the close of the war. He
was married in Topeka, January 22, 1881, to Miss Lena Long; he is a member of the
Shawnee Lodge No. 40, 1.0. 0. F., at Topeka. é

GEORGE W. WATSON, Receiver United States Land Office and real estate agent, came
to Kansas September 20. 1867, Located at Alma, Wabaunsee County, and engaged in teach-

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ne Pe73-75. serving through four of these years as Clerk of the District Court
also. While a resident of Alma he engaged in the practice of law, and real estate, and held
several municipal offices, being City Clerk, City Treasurer and member of the School Board.
He was appointed Receiver ofthe United States Land Office in 1878, and removed to Topeka,
where he still resides, having held the office to the presenttime. Mr, Watson is a native of
Huntington County, Ind., born near Belden, July 29, 1844. He enlisted in Company K,
Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, August, 1861, and served until June, 1865, being
wounded and taken prisoner at the battle o Spring Hill, Tenn., March 38, 1863, and held

risoner three months before exchange was made. e was again wounded at the battle of
New Hope Church, in Georgia, during the Atlanta campaign. After leaving the army. he

returned to Indiana, and in September, 1865, removed to Champaign County, IIL, where he
remained until he located in Reansas. He is a member of the B A.R,, Ay F.& A.M, In
February, 1880, Mr. Joseph F, tbr xp became associated with Mr. Watson in real estate
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a: eS ATT. of the panak Wate & Powell, manufacturers and wholesale dealers in boots
and shoes, North Topeka, came to Kansas in the spring of 1870, from Aurora, Ill., and first
located in Marshall County, where he remained two years engaged infarming, Removed
to Leavenworth, and remained two years in boot and’ shoe business, and removed to Perry,
Jefferson County, where he remained three years engaged insame business, and came to
North Topeka Moy 10, 1876, and located at No. 35 Kansas avenue, and removed to his present
commodious quarters June 1, 1881. This is the only wholesale boot and shoe establishment
in Topeka, atid they have two traveling salesmen to represent them throughout the State
and adjoining territory. Mr. Watt is a member and one of the directors of the Topeka Board
of nt ant one of the directors of the contemplated Fort Scott, Topeka & Lincoln Rail-
road. Was born in Rome, N. Y., August 15, 1842. His parents moved to Lansing, Mich.,
when Mr. W. was a mere child, and remained there until he was fifteen years old, and had
learned his trade—that of shoemaking. He then worked at bis trade in various parts of the
country, in all of the principal cities of the United States, from New York fo San Francisco,
and has’ mastered every department of the shoe trade now known from “jour” to superin-
tendent and wholesale dealer. Was married September 18, BB 73. Ab Kansas City, Mo., to
Mrs, M. Powell, who was bornin Missouri. Isa member of Kaw Valley Lodge, No, 20,'A.
O. U. W..of Topeka,

L. J. WEBB, attorney, came to Kansas May 17, 1868, and located at Fort Scott. He was
admitted to the bar in the fall of that year, and in February, 1870, went to Columbus, where
he remained for one year, engaged in practice. He was-the first mayor of Columbus, In
May, 1871, he removed to Winfield, Kan., where he remained in practice until September,
1880, removing to Topeka at that date., While at Winfield he was for two vears member of
the House of Representatives, and also for two years member of the Republican State Cen-
tral Committee. He was chairman of the County Central Committee at the time of its
organization, and was fur several years chairman of the County Committee. Mr. Webb isa
native of Ridgebury Bradford Co., Pa. He was born August 5, 1846,and when six yeara
of age removed to Wisconsin with his father, He enlisted in Company H, Sixteenth Wis-
consin Volunteer Infantry, October 1, 1861,-and served in that regiment eleven months,
He was then discharged on accouut of disability, and almost immediately re-enlisted in
Company I, Thirtieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, his service to date five days before
his discharge from his old regiment, and served until July 15, 1865, returning at the close
of his service to Wautoma, Wis, which was his home until he came to Kansas. He was ed-
ucated in the public schools of ‘Waushara County, Wis., learned the printer’s trade, and
after coming to Kansas published the Cowley County Censor, the first pe spaper in Sowley
County. Mr. Webb was married in Bradford County, Pa., August 31, 1870,to Helen M.
Herman, a native of that county. They have one child—Mabel P.

CHARLES M. WELCH, son of Daniel,and Eliza (Camp) Welsh, was born in Marion
County, Ohio, September 19,1839. His father, of Irish descent, was born in Delaware
County, Obio, in 1817, afterwards lived in Marion County, Moved in 1847 to De Kalb
County, Ind., and in 1863 to De Witt County, Ill., where he stilllives. His mother, of Scotch
descent, was born in 1818, in Onondaga County,N.Y. Daniel and Eliza Welch have had eight
children, three only of whom are living Charles M., the eldest of the sons, had but limited
educational advantages, but through the instructions imparted by his mother, and what he
was able to acquire in the schools of the neighborhood, made sufficient progress to com-
mence teaching when he was but fifteen. In 1854 he entered Vienna Academy, Newville,
Ind., supporting himself by teaching in winter. In 1860 he went to Farmer City, Ill., and
taught school, returning the following year to Indiana, where he studied law with Judge
John Morris, of Fort Wayne. In August, 1861, he enlisted for three years in Company ,
Eleventh Indiana Volunteers, afterward a part of the First Division Thirteenth Army
Corps, Gen. Lew Wallace commanding. Inthe spring of 1864, the Eleventh was reorgan-
ized into a veteran regiment, and attached to the Army of Shenandoah, Gen. Phil. Sheridan
commanding. After serving four years and one month, Mr, Welch was mustered out in
September, $565, andreturned to Farmer City. He taught school there aud in the sur-
rounding counties until 1873, and was for the six following years vounected with the grain
house of J. O. Peckham & Co., of Farmer City. he being a part of the time at Kenney, 1fl. In
1877 he re-commenced his law studies with Judge Ingham, finishing them with Mr. Her-
rick, of Farmer. City. He was admitted to the bar at Springfield, June, 1877, and com-
menced the practice of his profession at Farmer City, of which place he was afterwards
elected Mayor, onthe temperance issue. He was married April, 1866,to Miss T. C. Ryan,

of Defiance County, Ohio, youngest daughter of John Ryan, of New York. He is now en-~

aged in the practice of law in Topeka, having located here June 20, 1882. His brother,
Rudolph B. Welch, is associated with him in practice, under the firm name of Welch &
elch.

ORRIN T. WELCH, insurance commissioner, came to Topeka August, 1865, and en-
gaged in insurance and real estate business, in which he continued until he was appointed
Commissioner of Insurance, by Gov. Osborn, in 1875, which office he still retaius by re-
appointment. Mr. Welch was Mayor of the City of Topeka in 1868, 1871 and 1872. Hewas
born in the town of Orieans, Jefferson Co., N. Y., December 3, 1835, and ,his early life was
spentonafarm,. In September, 1855, he wentto Michigan, and resided in Kalamazoo, in
that State, three years, prlor bo coming. to Kansas, He was married at Galesburg, Mich.,
March 31, 1858, to bie E, Simmons, a resident of Michigan, but born in New York. They
haveone child—Maud. Mr. Welch was elected Justice of the Peace, soon after his removal
to Michigan—while yet but twenty-one years old. After serving in that capacity four years,
he was elected a meinber of the Board of Supervisors, and retained the position tLree years,
axting meautime as Deputy Town Clerk, and was then elected by the County Board of Su-
pervisors as their delegate to the State Board of Equalization. During the war he was a
Inewber of the’ Board of Enrollment for the Second Congressional District, and was also
Draft Commissioner for Van Buren County, Mich., these years during the war, being the
only time be has been out of commission business Since he first engaged in it, when about
twenty years of age. He is a member of A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Com-
mandery, aud is director and president of the Masonic Temperance Society. He was di-
rector and president of the Citizens’ Building and Savings Institution during its successful
existence of eleven years, and also vice-president of the Topeka Iron & Steel Company, un-
til it ceased to exist.

DOLPH 8B. WELCH, attorney-at-law, and member of the firm of Welch & Welch,
was born near Spencerville, Allen County, Ind., July 23, 1850. His collegiate education was
acquired at the lllinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, from which institution he was
Rraduated in 1877, and immediately after became City Superintendent of Schools at Pon-

jac, retaining that position until he was elected President of the State Normal School
at Emporia, and came to Kansas in dugust, 1879, to assume the duties of the position.
Prior to this time he had been Principal of the high schools of Abingdon and Washington,
Til, and had read law at Pontiac while teachiug in thatcity. While he had charge of the
Normal School at Emporia he visited over sixty counties, lecturing before teachers’ insti-
tutes and other assemblages, and by his efforts and ability so increased the popularity of the
school that the number of pupils increased from ninety to 402 during the years he remained
there, He resigned his position inthe school January, 1882, to take effect June 16, 1882, his
Feslgnation ibs ANE JOE ihe pur Ose i entering into a law partnership wee bis brother

Y a opeka a me. The brothers are now engaged in the

under the firm name of Welch & Welch. Bae Pecan

JACOB WELCHHANS came to Topeka, May 16, 1868, and was engaged in masonry
work for abouta year after his arrival. In April, 1869, he was made Deputy Couuty Sur-
veyor and served in that position three years. He was elected representative to the State
Legislature in 1873 from the Fifty-eighth District, he being at that time a resident of Mon-
mouth Township, and iu 1875 was elected County Surveyor, and served two terms. Since
January, 1880, he has been connected with the office of the State Auditor. Mr. W. is 2 native
of German Temuship, Clarke Co., Ohio. He was born August 5, 1834, and lived in Clarke
County until 1863; then removed to Champaign County, Ohio, where he lived until he emi-

rated to Kansas. He was married in Champaign County, October 11, 1863, to Sarah
lizabeth Paliner, a native of Ross County, Ohio, They have tliree living children—Olive,
Frank Kverett, and Alice, having lost one child in infancy. Mr. W. now resides on Section
26, Township 13, Range 16. He removed to Monmouth Township in 1870, and is carrying
on a farm there, besides which he has taught school twenty-six terms, and served as Deputy
ClerelA one Caunty pens otic tour years. ae is a amen ber a ae Methodist Episcopal
,1.0.G, T., 1.0.0, F., rons of Husbandry, and severa r A
the Shawnee. Fount Poachers! Association, ee tenon Siegen a Se
i . of the firm of Bennett & Welsh, was born in Clark County, IIL,
December 13, 1846, living there until the spring of 1859, when his family moved to Topeka’
He enlisted in 1862 in Company M., ———Regiment, Kansas Volunteers, serving
until the latter part of 1865, being one year and a half on the Mis8ouri frontier, and the rest
of the time in the campaign against the Indians in western Kansas and Colorado. After his
discharge he returned tu Topeka and soon after began the business of carpenter and
builder, which he has since followed. He was married at Topeka, March 3, 1869, to Nuss
Mattie C. Durham. They have two children—Clifford and Myrtle, The firm of Bennett
& Welsh, contractors and builders, have been doing business together since the early part
of 1882. ‘They are among the heaviest contractors and builders in the city having done
the year 1882 over $700,000 worth of work, building the State Library, Copeland Hotel, and
other buildings. They employ on an average sixty-five men, devoting their attention

. i, attorney-at-law, came to Kansas in June, 1876, and located on
his farm in Mission Township, five miies west of Topeka, where he remained three years,

meanwhile teaching Adam’s School, T a i
an ehueeey ing hool, Topeka, being principal. Moved to the city in 1879

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the School Board for a term of three years, Began the publi-

ting and publishing the Topeka Tribune until November, 1881. April, -
SHAWNEE COUNTY.

cation of the Colored Patriot, the official organ of colored Kansans, April 20, 1882, and dis-
continued that paper July 20, 1882. Mr. White has taken an ‘active part’ in politics, has
always been an ardent Republ ican, was a delegate to the State Convention in 1882. He was
born in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tenn., November 27, 1847. In 1856, his father being
suspected of complicity with John Brown and the underground railroad, the family was
driven from the State, He removed with his parents to Debuque, Iowa, Returied to,
his native State in 1860 and was held by the Confederates one year, and was then captured
and detained by the Federals another year, when he went to Ohio and entered Wilberforce
College, near Xenia, Ohio, and remained one year, completing the preparatory course.
Then entered Oberlin College in the fall of 1865 and remained, with the exception of one
year which he spent in the South teaching, until graduating in the classical course in 1872.
He was arevenue collector in the Fifth District of Tennesee for six months and was then
appointed principal of the institute for colored youth in Philadelphia. Held that position
for three years, ineanwhile reading law with Judge Pratt, and graduated in Howard
University in the law department. Practiced his profession oe year in Nashville, Tenn.,
and was admitted to the Supreme Court of that State, and has since then been admitted to
practice in Kansas. He was married December 31, 1873, at Oberlin, Ohio, to Miss Caledo-
nia D, Scott, of that place, agraduate of the High School. They have three children—
Edward S., Viola M., and Donald Betran. Mr. White isa member and Grand Secretary of
International Good Templars, and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

A.B. WHITING, druggist, was born in Johnson, La Moille Co., Vé., in 1836, where he
residel until he cameto Kansas, April 19, 1856, locating in what isnow Madison Township,
Riley County, most of his farm however being located in whatis now Davis County. He
engaged in farming and freighting. At that early day he paid $104 for 1,000 feet of com-
mon flooring lumber on the levee at Leavenworth, freighting it a distance of 140 miles to
his home with ox teams, and was obliged to take his first grist tothe old Pomeroy Mill at
Atchison, also a distance of 140 miles. These facts are allvded to for the purpose of illus-
trating what a wonderful change has been wrought by t..0 construction of railroads in
‘Kansas. Mr. Whiting removed to Milford, Davis County, in 1864, and engaged in the flour-
ing and saw-mill business, using in his millthe boiler and engine which were thrown into
the river at Wyandotte by the border ruffians during the days of early excitement regard-
ing the slavery question in Kansas. Mr. W. also carried on various other enterprises at
Milford, being engaged in the mercantile business, building bridges, ferries across the
Republican River, etc. When he first located in Kansas he went beyond the extreme west-
ern borders of settlement. He stillowns an extensive fa: m in Davis County. In Septem-
ber, 1877, he caine to Topeka, and has had business interests here ever since, He spent the
most_of two years with the Exodus Relief Committee, and January 1, 1883, he and his
son, Harris L. Whiting, became proprietors of the North Topeka Times, Mr. Whiting was
married at Waterbury, Vt in 1858, to Kate A. Whitnei, a native of that place. They have
four children—Harris L. Mary H., Katie L., and Lillie B.

LOUIS WIKIDAL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 9, P. O. Topeka, owns 150 acres
here and 160 acres in Monmouth Township; makes 2 cpecialty of raising fine cattle—noth-
ing but thoronghbrel Durham; has at present ten head of horses and sixty-five head of
cattle. Came to Kansas in October, 1876, and located on this place. Was born in Canton,
Ohio, August 27, 1835, and lived in native town until coming to Kansas. His father, Mat-
thew Wikidal, is a well-Enown banker ot Canton, Ohio, and still active in business although
eighty-two years of age. Was married October, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth C. Williams; has
five children: Mary, Julia, Martha, William anQ Lewis. Mr. W. is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, aud Mrs. W.is a member of the English Lutheran Church. :

‘Bes Py LDER, car accountant A.,T. GS. F.1.R., was born in Weston, Windsor Co.,
Vt., July 22,1832. He was educated in the district schools ard at,an academy in his native
county, and ¢hen commenced his business life clerking in mercantile establishments; after-
ward engaged in business for himself in Brattleboro, Vt. From 1861 till the close af the

war he was connected with the Quartermaster’s Department. In1866 he removed to Kan-
sas and began a Stock ranch in the vicinity of Topeka; the following year moved into town
to take the position of Secretary of the State Fire Insurance Company, retaining this posi-
tion until the company wound up, reinsuring all its risks for a period of about five years,
He became connected with the A., T. & S. I. R. R. in 1872, holding a position in the treas-
ury office a few months; tho samo year received the appointment of car accountant, the
position at that time barely occupying his time, though now employing eleven clerks, all

f whom fird ample to do,
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brothers, only children of David Wilder, for many years Auditor of the State of Massachu-
setts. When about fourteen years of age he left school to enter the office of the Cunard
Steamship Compauy in Boston, where he remained nearly three years, and in 1860 entered
the office of the Superintendent of the B. & W. R. R.Co., where he became paymaster and
subsequentiy auditor, holding these offices until the consolidation of the company with the
W.R.R.Co., forming the present B. & A. R. R.Co. Early in 1870, having an attack of
the “ Western fever,” he accepted an offer to go to Hannibal, Mo.,as land commissioner
of the H. & St. J. R. RK. Co., tosucceed Mr. George S, Harris, who had just accepted the saine
position onthe B. & M. R. R. In thesummer of 1871 he was summoned by telegraph to
meet the Directors of the A., T.&S. F. R. R. at Topeka, and there accepted the posili»n of
assistant treasurer of the company. He has since been elected secretary and treasurer,
which office hg uow holds. on. Ginery Twichell, for many years President of the B. &
W.R.R. Co., and afterward President of the A., T. & S, F. R. R. Co., was a staunch and
warm friend, and Mr, Wilder gratefully remembers thathe is one of hundreds of Massa-
chusetts’ men who received their start in iife through this warm-hearted, noble friend.
Mr. Wilder was married, December 29, 1868, to Miss Mary C. Scott, of Phiiavlelphia, and
they have three attractive children. While yet a boy, Mr. Wilder acquired a fondness for
library work, having assisted his teacher in organizing, and operating the Public wibrary
at Brookline, Mass. His residence in Hannibal was marked by the organization and growt!
of a Public Subscription Library, which held an important place in that city, until the hard
times, which crippled many of the progressive people of the place, compelled the library
tosuccumb, Mr. Wilder has been secretary or president of the Topeka Library Associa-
tion continuously, with one break of lessthana year, since early in 1872, and counts it as
one of the chiefest of his pleasures that the library has grown constantly in favor with the
people until it has become a free library, with a beautifu building of its own on the most
prominent spot of ground _in Kansas. Mr. Wilder was brought up inthe church of the
New Jerusalem, which he joined with his wife soon after their marriage, and he has aided
materially in building up a little society of that faith and in establishing a house of wor-

i itin Topeka. .

ane Ww. WILDER. farmer, two and one-half miles south of Topeka, came to Kansas in
May, 1866, from Brattleboro, Vt. Has been Township Trustee and member of School Board
of Topeka Township; is also master of Capital Grange, No. 16, P. of H., of Topeka.
Enlisted inthe army July 12, 1863, in Company [1., Sixth Vermont Infantry, and was with
hig command at Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creck, Petersburg, and the final capture of
Richmond, Was born March J, 1838, at Weston, Windsor Co., Vt.; lived at Weston until he
was of age, and then moved to Brattleboro ana conga edi in the grocery business until he ea-
tered theservice. When mustered out he returned to Brattleboro, where he remained uutil
coming to Kansas. Was married March 2, 1866, at Westmoreland, N. H., to Miss Ellen E.
Sabin, of that place. They areboth members of, KX. of H,, and Capital Grange, No.16. Mr.
W is alsoa member of the Shawnee County Lorticultural Society. g

EDWARD A. WILHIDE, proprietor of Central Hotel, came to Kansas April, 1877, and
located at Abilene, Dickinson County, and engaged in carpentering. Came to Topeka i'Sep-
tember, 1881. and took charge of thé Central, Was born in l’rederick County, Md., October
5, 1834, and remained in his native town until coming to Kansas. Was married in 1856, at
Frederick, Md., to Elizabuth Caine, and have four children: Rebecca, now Mrs, R. Hughes;
William, Dellaaud Cora. Mrs. Wilhide died August 15, 1874, at Frederick, Md. r. W. i8
a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. The Central Jlotel has a capacity of fifty
persona, and is centrally ane pleasantly jocated. Mr, Wilhide isa millwright by trade, and

ile in Maryland,
sede HP TP LEAMS, attorney, came to Topeka, April 1, 1861, and has since been engaved
in practice in that place. Duriug the war he served in the Stato militia, doin |e border service
to some extent. He has held the offices of Alderman, City Attorney, County Attorney, Assist-
ant U. S. District Attorney (acting as U 8. District Attorney), District Attorney of the State
Courts and Attorney General; having beén clected to the latter office in 1870, and re-
elected in 1872. He is attorney for aut U. ui QR. Co., Kansas Division, and for ssveral
ions. His native city is Quincy, Zit. bs 4 ;

one SOL oe WILLIAMS, drugnisé, was born near Davidsonville, Md., August 10, 1848;
lived at Annapolis and in that vicinity until he came to Topeka in July, 1882; engaged in
drug business since he came to this city, Dr. E. A, Tuttle, from Boston, having been asso-
ciated with him since February, 1883. Their store is located on the northeast corner of
Topeka avenue and Sixth street i being the only drug storo in that part of the city, :

. "GEORGE O. WILMARTH has been a citizen of Kansas since October, 1855, locating in
‘Lawrence at thatdate. In 1859, he cameto Topeka and engaged in book and stationery
business, which ke continued tntil 1870, when he took charge of the Volunteer Fire De-
partment, being made chief eng neer in April, 1871. He has continued in the service since
that time, and is now chief eng.neer. He has also been for five years City Clerk. He was
born in Providence, Q. I., ‘Aprifd 3, 1843, and resided there until he immigrated to Kansas.
He was married at Attleboro, Mass., August 15, 1864, to Mary A. Siarkey, a native of tuat
place. They have buried two children—a son who died in infancy, and Edward G. who died

‘at the age of four years. Charles B., born January 19, 1872, is their only remaining child.

Mr. W. is 2 member of A., F. & A. M., Topeka Lodge, No. 17, and of A. 0. U. W.

‘H. ©. WILSON, eating house and bakery, came to Kansas in December, 1866; was born
in Giles County, Tenn., near Pulaska, February 4, 1849; went from Tennessee to Arkansas,
and from there to Nebraska, and thence to Kansas. Made atrip to Denver and Fort Kaspar
by freight teams in 1866. Was with the First Nebraska Regiment awhile, early in the war,
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whom are living, as follows: Joseph, Annie, Ogeal and Frankie. Is a member of A., F. &
A. M., Euclid Lodge, No, 2, Topeka; is a member of Second Bantist Church of that city.

HON. JOSEPH C. WILSON came to Kansas in October, 1867, and first located in Jack-
son County, whence, after six months’ residence, he removeu tu Atchison County, settled
near Muscotah, and engaged extensively in stock-raising. While here he was twice elected
member of the House of Representatives, and once to the State Senate. He served as chair-~
man of the Board of State Commissioners for investigation of all State institutions—charita-
ble, educational and penal. He was appointed Clerk of the Courtin April, 1875, and United
States Commissioner in December of the same year, both of which positions he still holds.
Since his removal to Topeka Mr. Wilson has been chairman of the Republican State Com-
mittee one year, and was elecred Mayor in the Spring of 1881, which position he now occu-
pies. He was born in Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., October 24, 1844, and married at_Rock-
ville, Ind., October, 1867, to Anna J. Morris, of Parke County, Ind. Mr, and Mrs. Wilson
have four childrens Einor, Mabel, Helen and Joseph C. Mr, Wilson is a member of A., F

. M., and of A. O. U. W.

JULIUS WLLTSCHEK, M. D., was born_in Vienna, March 4, 1848, and educated at
the Medical University in that city, from which he graduated in 1872. He came to America
in 1879, located in Topeka in Mareh of that year and has since been engaged in practice
in that city; he was married in Vienna, in May, 1873, to Elsie Weinehart, a native of that
city. They have two children, Zella and Mary. Dr. Wiltschech is a member of the State
and District. Medical Societies.

MARTIN B. WINGERT, carpenter, cameto Kansas in November, 1876, first locating
at Lawrence from Franklin County, Pa.; enlisted in the army in 1862,in the One Hun-
dred and Sixty-fifth Pennsylvania nfantry j was stationed at Suffolk, Va.; was mustered
out in Jaly, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa.; was born April 4, 1820, in Franklin County, Pa., six
niles east of Chambersburg, and remained in his native county until coming to Kansas; en-.
Fged in tanning and farming; was in the mercantile and other business five years in

ayetteville; was in ‘a tannery five years; was married December 30, 1857, in Cham-
bersburg, Pa., to Miss Rebecca Fry, a native of Franklin County; they have six children,
Mary A., Winfield, Scott, John W., Anna, Maggie and Edith; when coming to Kansas re-
mained in Lawrence two years, and came to Topeka in November, 1878, where he has
since resided, workinz at his trade.

\. SSMANN, baker and confectioner, North Topeka, ofthe firm of Wissmann &
Co.: came to Kansas in April, 1881, from Austin, Texas; was born March 27, 1848, at
Leopoldsthal, Germany; lived in native place twenty years; camet> America in 1867 and
located at Freeport, li.; went from Freeport to Rock Island, and then to Chicago in May,
1872, and engagedin stone-cutting; remained in Chicago until 1877, and removed from
thereto Texas; is a member of Lodge No. 239, I. 0. U. F., Freeport, ll, b
ENRY WOHLKE, carpenter, North Topeka, came to Kansas in 1864' from New York

City, and first located in the western part of the State and cameto Topekain March, 1881,
Was born December 21, 1845, at Hamburg, Germany; he remained in his native city until
seventeen years of age, and was ship carpenter; sailed on vessels in that capacity for about
eight years, and inade twenty-three trips to America on a steamship belonging to Hamburg,
American line, and was in various parts of the globe and finally came to America in 186
first locating at Lombard, near Chicago; he returned to New York and remained about

hen came to Kansas where he has since resided, working at his trade; was
ay 28, 1870, in New York City to Miss Catharina Wohlgehagen, who was born
in the Province of Schleswig, near Flensburg, Germany. They have three children,
Adolph, Lillia, and Ferdinand. Mr. W. isa member of Topeka Turn Verein, and of Capital

Lodge! 0. 3, A. O. U. W.

i EORGE W.W0O D,was born at Westford, Chittenden Co., Vt. ; in 1850 he engaged in the
wholesale ary goods in Boston, which he continued until 1855, when he removed to Gales-
burg, Ill, and carried onthe same business in that city uuvtil 1866, and then to Chicago,
where he formed the Chicago Brush Manufacturing Co,, of which he was secretary and a
director,and of the firm of Wood Bros.& Co, until 1870; in 1870 he was appointed Superinten-
dent of the United States Railway Mail Service,and held the sition until1872,at which time
he engaged in the mercantile business in Quincy,lll., where he remained until he emigrated
to Kansas and located in Topekain August, 1878; heis the proprietor of a large wholesale
and retail carpet establishment in Topeka, which in its varions departments gives employ-
ment to from fifteen to twenty hands, Mr. W._is one ‘of the directors of the First National
Bank and a member ofthe A. F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery_and of the
A. 0. U. W. He was married at Brattleboro Vi., April 3, 1858, to Adelaide Hastings, a
native of Cambridge, Mass. They have five children: Marian Hastings, now Mrs. W. D.
Dickinson, of Eldorado, Kan., Fred, Worthington, George Stanton, Arthur Hastings and
Harrington Mead. .

LOUIS M, H. WOOD, architect, son of Samuel and Lucy M. (Curl) Wood, was born in
Brownsville, Payette Co., Pa., November 22,1846. After attending the common schools and
academies in the vicinity of his home, he entered Waynesburg College, in Greene County,
Pa., where he remained two years; he subsequently took a two years special course of
study in architecture anit kindred arts at Cornell University; after leaving Cornell he re-
turned to Brownsville and remained one year; then spent < year in Chicago, from whence
he removed to Lawrence, Kan., remaining in that city from 1872 to 1879, when he located
at Topeka. Since 1872 Mr. Wood has been associated with J, G. Haskell, one of the oldest
architects in Kansas, and they have designed many ofthe finest buildings in the State,
among which may be mentioned thc Osawatomie Insanc Asylum, Topeka Insane Asylum,
State Reform School, Emporia National Bank, Barton County Court House, Fort Scott
Opera House, Salina Opera House, Lawrence Opera [louse, Topeka Opera House, Hutchin-
son Opera House, Arkansas Ci Opera House, Asylum for Deaf and Dumb at Olathe,
Asylum for Imbeciles and Feeble Minded Children, at Lawrence, Government Building
at Topeka, besides numerous elegant churches, school houses and private dwellings. Mr.
Wood was married at Cleveland, Ohio, January 10, 2874, to Miss Mary Burns, a native of
Cleveland, of Scotch descent. They have two_children, Samuel Curl and Edna Lucy.

. M. WooD, Registrar of Deeds, Topeka, ifan., was elected to his present office in
November, 1879, and in 1881 was re-elected to thc same office. Mr. Wood isa native of
Waterloo, Ohio, born June 18,1845; in 1857 he removed to Sidney, Champaign Co., IIL,
where heresided until September, 1861; at that time he enlisted in Company I, Tenth
Illinois Cavalry, commonly known as the ‘Champaign Rangers; ’”’ he served until January,
1865, and wasin nearly all the engagements of his command; for about two years he was
on detached service with the Army of thelrontier, and was under Gen. Carr at thc close of
this service. After leaving thoarmy heroturned toIllinois and was a student at Abing-
don College, Knox: County; he wasafterward employed with railroad engineering parties
in Missouri, on the Iron Mountain Extension and the Louisiana & Missouri River Rail-
roads; in 1869 he left railroad work, came to Kansas and located in Williamsport Town-
ship, Shawnee County, wherc he was cngaged in farming until 1871; hethen located ona
homestead in Osage County, Kan., where he remained until November, 1872, and came to
Topeka and accepted a clerkship in the post office, which position he held until October,
1879, when he was elected to his present office. He was married at Clarksborough,N.J.,May
8.1877. to Frances N. Gill, a daughter of Hon, D. B, Gill, and & native of Clarksborough. Mr.
Wood isa member of the G. A. R. :

COL. SAMUEL N, WOOD was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio, December 30, 1825. His

. randtather was a native of Rhode Island. He was the son of David and Esther (Mosher)
ood, who had with their parents emigrated to Ohio from their Eastern homes as early as
1817. The Woods and the Moshers were of the peace-loving society of Fsiends, no less
lovers of peace than humanity, and, as history records, the uncompromising foes of uppres-
sion and Of African slavery, alwaysandever, The subject of this sketch thus inherited the
Anti-slavery sentiments which became the ruling force in his character and life. His
paternal grandfather was a leader in the meetings of the Orthodox Quakers till the time of
is death. His maternal grandfather after 1828, when the division occurred, became
a leader in the more progressive wing of the brotherhood, followers of Elias Hicks, and
known ever since as Hicksites. Both these families of Friends were equally intense in their
hatred of slavery. They were from time immemorial A bolitionists of the deepest dye, and
ran successfully through Penney vania; Ohio, and all the border States, the under-
ground railroads to liberty for the escaping Slave. In such aschool young Wood was
nutured. He was bred to habits of sobriety and industry on a Quaker farm, and received his
early education in the schools in the vicinity, Io early became interested in the politics of
the country, and, af the age of nineteen, in 18<4, was selected as the Chairman of the
“« Liberty Party ” Central Committee of his county. James G. Birney was the Abolitionist
candidate for the Presidency at that time. Thus early in iife he struck out boldly for
conscience and right against the popular current. Heedlessof the applause or reproof
of men, he has fought under the commands of his conscience and his judgment ever since
that time. In 1840: ho supported VanBuren as the presidential candidate, as opposed
to Cass who stood nas Nery platform. In 1852 he Supported the straight Abolition
ticket of Hale and Julian, and canvassed his section in their favor during the canipalgn:
ly:

He was, during the campaign, challenged to c public discussion of the quéstions at issue
Judson A. Beebee, & lawyer of some repute in the neighborhood. He accepted the chal-
lenge, but the discussion never came off, Beebee declining to discuss such woighty ques-
tions with a non-professional farmer. Mr. Wood soon after entered the office of Messrs.
Stincheomb & Brumbaugh as a law student, and was admitted to practice at the bar
of Morrow County, Ohio, June 5, 1854. He was one of tho mosé earnest aine iucompromis-
ing opposers of the Kansas- Nebraska iniquity, aud on the p».eor of the biti, immediately
sold out his effects, and in accordance with a promise 7. made while the bill was
ending, “went to Kansas to fight the battle over again.” icf Morrow County, Ohio,
Mane 6, 1854, and traveled with his own team, accompamec »>s family, to Cincinnati;
thence embarking on a steamboat, he made the somewhat .cc._ ™s voyage by way of the
Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers, reaching Indevendence, Mo., June i6. Two days
after Mr. Wood, with his wife, entered Kansas on a tour of observaizon and in search of a
home. They .proceeded leisurely, stopping at short stages, aday or twoina place. They
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Sante Fe road, and back on that road to Independence. Shortly after his return, leaving bis
family in Independence, he, in company with Mr. Rolf, again went across the Territory on
horseback, and selected a claim, four miles west of the site of Lawrence, in the present
township of Wakarusa, where he resided during the exciting and troublous years of 1855-
56-57. He became early distinguished as a bold and outspoken Anti-slavery man, who
was not afraid to show his colors and defend them atalltimes. His life during the early
days of the Territory is interwoven in ineffaceable lines with its history. The reader of the
State history will not fail to trace the prominent part he took in the early struggles. He
was bothatalking anda fighting man, and, as such, incurred the intense hatred of the
border-ruffian element. He ear Mp became identified with the Free-state party, being a
candidate for election to the first Territorial Legislature. He first started a branch of the
U. GR. R., at Lawrence, assisting the first fugitive slave who appeared at Lawrence to es-
cape. This occurred as early as February, 1855. November 21, 1855, Charles M. Dow was
murdered by Franklin N, Coleman. The circumstances of the murder, the arrest of Bran-
son for participating in a somewhat turbulent indignation meeting at which Mr, Wood was
the principal speaker, his subsequent rescue b ood, Abbott and others, and the * Wa-
Karusa war ” which followed, constitute an exciting chapter in the history of the Territory.
Mr. Wood was twice arrested by “ Sheriff Jones ” for his participation in the Branson res-
cue, and was himself rescued at the time of his second arrest by his friends. His political
career was, from the beginning, such as to place him in the front rank of Anti-slavery and
Free-state advocates. He was a Kansas delegate to the National Convention held at
burgh, Pa., in 1856, at which the Republican party was first formed as a national organiza-
tion. and was also a delegate, the same year, to the Philadelphia Convention which noiml-
nated John C. Fremont for the Presidency, He participated in the Following campalyu,
speaking in Ohio and other Northern States.’ He was a warm advocate of the first move-
ment fora State government, known as the “Topeka” government, and subsequently
advocated the course which prevailed, of open and bold contest with the Pro-slavery
forces, at the ballot-box, In 1859 he removed to Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, where,
May 30, he started the Kansas Press, the first newspaper published in the county. In
October of the same year he removed it to Council Grove, Morris County, where as the
Council Grove Press it became the pioneer newspaper of that county also. He was the same
year elected a member of the Territorlal Legislature from the district comprised of Morris,

hase, and Madison counties, and was re-elected in 1860, holding during his term the
responsible position of Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Under the State Constitu-
ton he was elected-a member of the first State senate, where he was again honored with the
Chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee. Soon after the inauguration of Lincoln, he re-
ceived from the President an appointment as Collector of Customs at Paso Del Norte,
Texas, The war breaking out, he declined the appointment, resigned his position as
Senator, and enlisted. As Captain ofthe ‘‘ Kansas Raugers,’’ Compan 1, Secon
Kansas lnfantry, he fougnt with great bravery at the severe and har Wy contested engage-
ment at Wilson’s Creek. He was subsequently assigned to a battalion of Missouri troops,
“‘Fremont’s Battalion,” which he had recruited, serving with distinction, first as Major,
and subsequently being promoted as Lieutenant Colonel, With his new command he
fought at the battle near Salem, and formed a part of the command of Gen. Curtis in
his campaign through Arkansas. He resigned in 1863 and returned to Morris County from
which he was elected a member of the State Legislature, serving in the session of 1864. He
was re-elected in 1865, but an accident resulting in a fractured leg, prevented his serving
during the session for which he had been elected. In 1866 he was elected as Stute Senator
from Morris, Chase, and Marion counties. During the session he introduced the first reso-
lution ever offered in the Kansas Legislature favoring woman sutfrage. His mother
a contemporary of Lucretia Mott, and, like her a member of the society of Friends, had
forty years before presided over the first woman’s suffrage meeting ever held in Morrow
County, Ohio. 1n 1867 Mr. Wood started the Chase County Banner which in addition to its
record of local affairs, was the special advocate of the rights of women, including that of
suffrage. It was printed on the first hand-press brought into the Territory in 1833 by Rev.
Jotham Meeker, an Indian missionary, mention of whom appears in the Indian history.
The paper was edited by Mr. Wood until the spring of 1869, at whieh time he sold it out to
an association of business men of Cottonwood Falls. In 1867 he was appointed Judge
of the Ninth Judicial District. He himself lived in Texas in 1869-70, where he became
engaged in cattle-raising, bis family still residing in Kansas, In 1872, with many other
conscientious and leading Republicans, he for the first time broke from strict affiliation
with the party he had helped to found, and whose fortunes he had followed unfalteringly
through evil and good repute, and ardently supported Horace Greeley on the liberal Re-
publican platform adopted atthe time of his nomination. Since that time, although still
sympathizing with his old party on most questions at issue, he has independently advo-
cated financial and labor reforms, taking such advanced and radical grounds as ‘are im-
possible within the pale of either of the old parties. He edited the Kansas Greenbacker at
Emporia, from 1878 to 79, and since May, 188i, has been the editor-in-chief of the Kan-
sas State Journal, published at Topeka, where he has resided since his connection with it.
Mr. Wood served in the State Legislature as a member of the Assembly, in 1876 and 1877,
being elected Speaker of the House, the latter session. As appears in the railroad history
of the State, he was one of the early directors of the A. 1. &S. F. R.R., and has been
identified with many other public enterprises for the upbuilding of his State. Radical in
thought, upright in his motives, and honest in his purposes, few men in Kansas have better
earned the right to a respectful and considerate hearing from his fellow-citizens, and few
have the ability to plead more eloquencly. or_argue more efficiently with tongue or pen
thanhe. Mr. Woot married Miss Margaret W. Lyon, daughter of William and Elizabeth
Lyon, October 3,1850. Their children were: David, born August 25, 1851; William Lyon,
porn March 10, 1853; Florence, born January 20, 1857; Dearie, born uty 71865 5 Dearie
died July 12, 1879. ‘David Wood is in business at Montrose, Colorado, He is engaged in
forwarding goods into the mountain towns. He is unmarried, and in good worldly cir-
cumstances. William L. Wood is a well-to-do farmer in Chase County, Kansas. He has
460 acres of land. Hischildren consist of two boys andagir]. Florence is married to J.
B. Abbott, 2 nining engineer. They live at Lake City, Colorado. They have two chiidren,
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TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES.

The earliest facts connected with the settlement of the townships of Shaw-
nee County have been given in the general county history. It has been nar-
rated how the Choteaus set their stakes in Dover Township as early as 1830.
Record has been made of the missionary labors of Rev. Wm. Johnson in the
same locality ; also of the agricultural labors of Major Daniel Boone five years
later. Next the Papan brothers came into Soldier Township, in 1840, and
ran the first ferry across the river, just above the island, near the City of Tope-
ka. Auburn Township witnessed the arrival of the Catholic missionary, Father
Hocken, in 1847, and John W. Brown purchased the property which had been
improved for the Shawnees. In 1848, the Baptist Missionary Society was rep-
resented by Rev. Robert Simerwell, in Mission Township, Jonas Lykins having
settled in this township the year before. Abram B, Burnett, the well-known
Pottawatomie chief, also located on the Reservation of his tribe, and in 1852,
Clement Shattio opened up the first farm in Topeka Township, one mile north-
west of its present magnificent city. pene :

Uniontown, Tecumseh, Rochester, Indianola, Mairsville, Washington,
Kenamo, and Carthage—all virtually defunct towns and villages—had their rise
and fall—their aspirations, their decayed hopes--and have been accorded their
place in history. The facts which follow, together with the biographical
sketches of prominent citizens, will complete the county's history, as regards
subsequent settlernents in the townships, and the growth and present condition
of villages now alive.

TECUMSEH TOWNSHIP.

_ A full history of the rise and fall of the ancient village of Tecumseh is
given in the early history of the county. There is nothing now left of the vil-
lage but its name, which it retains in honor of receiving ‘at stated intervals,
mail favors from Uncle Sam. The township comprises an extent of good and
well-cultivated farms, generally tributary to the city of Topeka, where the farm-
ers do their trading, and where they find an excellent market for their produce.
There is therefore iittie probability, that a town of any importance will be
formed in this township, at ieast not fora number of years to come.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Regiment, |

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

DR, WILLIAM H. BROWN farmer and practicing physician. Section 15, Tecumseh Towt-
ship, P.O. Big Springs, Douglas County. Owns 350 acres, all in a fine state of cultivation with
the exception of thirty acres, which is timber, His wheat average 1s twenty-four bushels to the
acre, and oats sixty. Has thirty-eight head of fine grade cattle, eight horses and twenty
hogs. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1856 and located on thisfarm. Was appointed no-
tary public December, 1881, and stl holds that position, Was born in Pennsylvania, Oc-
tober 13, 1818, and moved to Ohio in 1832, where he studied medicine and graduated from
the Eclectic College in Cincinnati, going to Illinois in 1845, where he engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession. Coming to Kausas from there, he was married in the fall of 1851 to
Miss Susan L. Worrell, but has nochildren. Dr, B. was here during all the early troubles
and was frequently called on by the belligerents professionally. Went to see the Free-state
men while in Tecumseh jail. alee was sent for the night of the attack on the Titus House,
an st got away before the fight began.

PETER BUNCE, farmer, Seetion' 7, P. O. Tecumseh. Owns 160 acres; 100 acres in cul-
tivation, and the balance of -his farm in pasture and meadow. Makes a specialty of raising
fine horses, of which he has thirteen, Aliso sixty head of cattle. Came to Kansas in the
spring of 185%, stopping in Tecumseh the first year and locating. on his present farm in
October, 1858.. Mr. Bunce was born in New York, October 18, 1823, where he resided until
1848, wheu he went to Wisconsin, remaining there five years and returned to New York and
came from there to Kansas. Was married March 18, 1847, to Mary B. Kress, and has four
children—Jolm J., Alida L., George K. and Wesley M.

JOSEPH BURGESS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P.O. Tecumseh. Owns 180
acres here, and sixty acres near Tecumseh, He has about 110 acres improved and cultivated
and the balance intimber and pasture. Cameto Kansas in 1859, and located in Soldier
Township. Sold out in 1861, and went to Colorado, returning to Kansas and locating here
in 1878. Born in New York State, June 14, 1825, and moved to Missouri at twenty-three
years of age, Stayed one year, then spent several years roaming through different States,
Followed freighting across the plains for several years before locating here. He was mar-
ried in January, 1873, to Caroline Shott, and has two children— William and Joseph.

HN A, CAMPBELL, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Big Springs. Owns 160 heres: about fifty
acres in cultivation and 110 acresin pasture and meadow. Came to Kansas in the spring of
1867, locating on this place. Has been a Justice of the Peace for three years past. Enlisted
September 20, 1861, as private in Company * L,” First Regiment, Colorado Cavalry; on con-
solidation of the regiment to a battalion, was Company “ EK.” as on frontier duty, guard-
ing trains and mails and skirmshing with Indians occasionally; mustered out November
18, 1865. Born in Indiana, September 17, 1832, and.came from native place to Kansas,
when the war broke out,and enlisted from there. Married, Au-

pat ein Oneraag yen hy hy ents were Samuel E. and Emiline Thomp.
us 0 Mary C. Thompson, whose paren = -
Fon “rhey have fourchildren mina C., Annie M., Ella and*Larkin A. Is a member of

the Christian Church. :

J. P. CAMPBELL, farmer and frult-grower, Section 36, P. O. Tecumseh, owns twenty-
two acres with his residence and orchard, and 160 acres one-half mile south in the same
township, about fifty acres under cultivation, and 110 acres of pasture and meadow. Came
to Kansas in the fall of 1866, locating on this place. Has been Township Clerk for four years,
Enlisted as private in Company D, Seventy-ninth Bepiinent Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
and served with his regiment in the Army of the Cumberiaud. Was in the general engage-
ments of Perrysville, Ky., and Stone River, Liberty Gap, Tullahoma and Chickamauga,
Tenn. andall the actions of the Atlanta camnpal n, and was wounded in the hand at Liberty
Ga Was mustered vut June 23, 1865. . C. was born in West Virginia, November 26,
1826, removing to Pennsylvania with his parents when but three years of age. Removed to
Bgar County, Ill., in 1847, and came from there to Kansas. Was marrie March 7, 1855,
to Miss H. A. Quiett, whose pareuts were Esley and Fanny S. Quiett. Has seven children—
Edgar S., William W., Fannie F., Jane J , Grace G., Hattie H. andSamuelS. Isa member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Grand Army of the Republic.

ALEXANDER CELLERS, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Tecumseb, owns 220 acres, about 175
acres in cultivation and the balance intimber and pasture. Came to Kansas March, 1876.
Rented for one year in Tecumseh Township, and located on this place in 1877. Has veen
director on School Board for three years. « as born in Ohio, October 31,1824, and_came
from native place to Kansas, Was married March 29, 1859, to Miss Mary Powell. Has six
ch ldren—Isaac, Alexander, Jason P., Joseph, Sarah A.and Mary B. Is a member of the
Presbyterian Church,

AUGUST DREYER, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Tecumseh, owns eighty acres, about forty
acres under cultivation and the balance in pasture and meadow. Came to Kansas with his
parents when achild, living in Leavenworth and Jackson counties, and located here in the

‘ail of'1879. He was born in Missouri, September 14, 1854, and came from there to Kansas.
He was married February 5 1879, to Miss Lizzie Shott. Mr. D. makes a specialty of flax,
and thinks it a good spring crop, not subject toany insect, and yields a good return for

abor.

JAMES H. DUNN, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Topeka, owns 160 acres, fifty acres in culti-
vation and 110 in timber pastureand meadow. Came to Kansas in June, 1866, and located
on this place. Has been Township Treasurer for two years. Was born in Ohio, April 22,
1835, and moved from there to lowain November, 1855, and came from there to Kansas, Was
married November 20, 1863, to Miss Margaret Armstrong, and has two children—Annie
May and Robert M. 1s ainember of the Presbyterian Church.

JOSEPH ENGLAND, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Topeka, owns 160 acres; has 100 in culti-
vation, sixty acresin meadow. He also raises good stock, and has forty head of cattle and
forty head of hogs. Hasa fine stone dwelling and large barn, and all conveniences for suc-
cessful farming. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1870, stopping for a time in Topeka, and
located on this place in October of same year. Enlisted as a private, November, 1861, and
was mustered.intothe service as a member of the regimental band forthe Nineteenth
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Was in the battle of Shiloh, and mustered out in Octo-
ber, 1862. Was born in Ohio, September 1, 1842, aud came from native place to Kansas.
Was inarried November 6, 1867, to Miss Ellend John. They have five children—Anna
Belle, Josiah J., Jessie, Cora G. and Irene. Isa member of the Presbyterian Church.

THOMAS J. FAXON, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Tecumseh, owns eighty acres here and
eighty acres in Section 2, halfa mile north. Has ninety acres under cultivation, and seventy
in timber, meadow and pasture. Came to Kansas in the fall of 1870, locating on this farm.
Has been District Clerk for one year. Enlisted as private in Company E, Second Regiment
iowa Cavalry, May, 1861. Was at Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth and other minor engagements.
Mustered out in October, 1864; re-enlisted in Hancock's Veteran Corps in April, 1865, and
mustered out April, 1866. Born in Michigan, August 1, 1839, went to Iowa in 1859, and
back to Michigan in 1866, and from there to Kansas. Was married October 9, 1868, to Maria
C. Canfield, and has three children—Ralph H., Dell M. and Bessie M. Isa member of Grand
Army of the Repu blic,

J. G@. FLEISHMAN, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Big Springs, Douglas County, owns 320
acres, about 120 in cultivation, and the balance in pasture and meadow; has thirty head of
cattle and elght horses, Came to Kansas January 1, 1882, and located heie. Was born in
Germany, June 17, 1853, and came to the United States in 1868, locating in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
where he remained until coming to Kausas. Mr. F. was married January 1, 1876, to Miss
Ellzabeth Miller, They have three children: George, Samuel and Katherine,

JOHN S. GRIFFING, farmer, Section 84, P. O. Topeka, farms 128 acres, 10) acres
under cultivation. Owned by his mother, from whom he rents. Carries on general farming
and school teaching during the winter, Was born on this place, August 26, 1857. His father,
Jaies §. Griffing, was the pioneer preacher of this country, locating on this farm in 1854.
Mr. G, was married Uctober 1, 1879, to Miss Lizzie Pecham. He has one child—Frederick.

E, H. HARROP, HUrseryinan, Section 34, P. O. Topeka. Owns twenty-eight acres of
land, all in orchard and small fruit; he rents and farms 132 acres in addition thereto. Mr.
Harrop came to Kansas October 12, 1865; first located in Soldier Townsh! . Shawnee
County, removed to present location March, 1867. Mr. Harrop was born in Ep land in
1833, and in 1849 came to Philadelphia, where he was engaged inthe butchering business
for several years, then removed to New Jersey audfrom there to Juniata County, Penn.,
where he was married to Miss Martha Jane Allaman, March 17, 1856._In 1857 removed to
Monmouth, Il. 1 ining there eight years, engaged in farming. Has seven children—

» Edward J., John J., Calvin A., Lillia Bell and Horace William—the
two latter twins. Mr. Harrop is a member of St, George’s Soctety,also of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry; is Treasurer of School District, and has held that position for seven yeas,

. P. HEIL, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Topeka, owns 400 acres, fine home, orchard;
raises etoek has eight horses,thirty head of cattle. Cameto Kansasin the spring of 1859, first
located in Monmouth Township and came to present farm in 1867; born in Germany,January
26, 1808. Came to United States ini 1831, first locating in Baltimore, Md., and froii there to
New x OrK. Came to Iowa in 1857, and from there to Kansas. Has been twice married,
first In 1836, to Louisa Bulling and had six children—George, Frederick, Peter, Leonard,
penis pad Louisa. Married in 1849 to Mrs. Mariah Robr; they have two children—Joseph

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RAL DWIGHT JARVIS, farmer, Section 5, P 0. Tecumseh. Owns 160 acres
about fifty acres cultivated, 110 acres in timber and pasture. Came to Kansas in the spring
of 1877, first locating in Stafford County; came to present location in October, 1880. Was
born in New York in 1835, and removed to Ohio with his parents in 1849; went to West
Point military school for one year, 1852, and from there to Kenyon College in Ohio for one
year, finishing his studies in engineering and mathematics and also taking private lessons
n navigation. In 1854 went to sea, making a voyage to China and came back in 1857 and
farmed in Ohio until April, 1861. Was the first man to enlist in Stark County Ohio, April
17, 1861, and was elected to the, position of First Lieutenant of Compan E, Thirteenth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Lnfantty for three months. Re-enlisted for three years May
29th; elected and commissioned as First Lieutenant of Compan A, Thirteenth Regimen
Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years; promoted to Captain, October 25, 1861; Seamed

 

 

   

 
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to Major October 8, 1862, to Lieutenant-Colonel, December 24, 1862, and to Colonel, Jan-
uary 1, 1863. Was in all the battles and skirmishes in which his regiment was engaged;
among others, Carnifry Ferry, Cotton Mountain in West Virginia, and Shiloh, Stone River,
Chickamauga and Mission Ridge in Tennessee; after being mustered out of the service.

June 26, 1864, was presented with a Brevet Commission as Brigadler-General for gallant
and meritorious conduct at the battle of Mission Ridge, Tennessee, When in command of
the Thirteenth Ohi», he charged and took the heights in his front, routing and driving the
enemy and remainivg master of the field. Since the war Gen. Jarvis has spent four years
in Tennessee, returning to Ohio in 1868; was mail agent on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne &
Chicago for one year, returning to Tennessee, but_was compelled to leave there in 1871 on
account of his known sentiments; returned to Ohio and ollowed civil engineering until
coming to Kansas. Was married March 1, 1866, in Nasi ville, Tenn , by Parson Brownlow,
Governor of the State, to Mary L. Rodgers, a daughter of Gen, John B. Rodgers, who was
a private and Indian scout, under Gen. Jackson, in the Florida war, a General of the Ten-
nessee State militia during a number of years, and in 1825, when Gen. LaFayette visiled
Nashville, was Colonel, commanding thé escort that received him. In 1862 was recom-
mended by President Lincoln and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate as
direct Tax Commissioner for the District of Tennessee. General Jarvis and lady have three
bright children—Edwin R., Anna L.and Mary F, The General is a Mason and his lady
a member of the Episcopal Church. r

A. M. KISINGER, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Tecumseh, owns seven and three-fifths
acres, and rents and farms sixty acres in addition thereto. 'Was born in Virginia, Novem-
her 15, 1849. Came with his parents to Missouri when a child, and from there to Kansas in
1878, locating here. Hehasanice frame dweiling and other conveniences. Was married
in the fall of 1871, to Miss Matilda Dolby. They have three children—Frank, Arthur and
Nellie, Mrs. Hisiuger is amember of M. E, Church.

FRANK KUESTER, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Big Springs. Owns 160 acres, about fifty
acres cultivated, and 110 acres in timber, pasture and orchard. Makes flax raising some-
thing of a specialty, also feeds stock; has at present twenty-five head of cattle. Came to
Kansas 1n 1868, first locating on a rented farm two miles west of here. Bought and located
on the present farm in the spring of 1870. Was vorn in Germany in 1826, and was a soldier
fora period of ten years in the cavalry. Was engaged in the troubles in 1848, and was
slightly wounded. Came to the oltea States in 1857, locating in St. Charles County. Mo.
Was captain of a company of home guards for atime, and_afterwards in the State Militia,
and was in several skirmishes with the bushwhackers. Came from thereto Kansas. Was
married in 1857, to Katherine Ludewig. Have eight children—Henry, Bernard, Sylvester,
Millie, Theodore, Kate, John, and Conrad. Is a member of the Catholic Church. i

HARVEY LIEWRANCE, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Tecumseh. Owns 174 acres, eighty
acres cultivated and ninely fous in pasture, umber and meadow. Kaises some stock, has
twenty head of cattle and fifty head of hogs. Came to Kansas March, 1867, renting oue year
and locating on present farm in 1868. Has been Township Assessor for four years, and a
member of the School Board for three years, Enlisted as private in Company H, Forty-
eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, October 11, 1862, and was with hisregiment in most of
its campaigns. WAs in the engagements at Arkansas Post and Chickasaw Biutfs, and at Fort
Blakely, Ala. Was mustered out at Houston, Texas, October 11, 1865. Was born in Ohio,
August 16, 1842, and came from native place to Kansas. Has been married twice—Novem-
her 8, 1868, to Hexter A, Stevenson, and had twochildren, Clara E., and Mary F. Was mar-
ried again March 2, 1875, to Alice Reed; twochildren by s@cond marriage—Edna A. and Otto
R. Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Grand Army of the Repnblic,

ISAAC H. MILLIKEN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Big Springs, Douglas County. Owns
160 acres, about seventy acres cultivated and ninety in pasture. Has twenty-five head of
cattle, Came to Kansas in August, 1864, locating in Tecumseh Township. Moved in 1867
to Bangles County, and came from thereto this place in 1869 Has beena member of the
School Board fortwoterms, Enlisted in July, 1863, as private in Company RB, One Hundred
and Sixty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Detailed on duty in the Quartermaster’s
Department as teamster, and discharged on certificate of disability in August, 1864. Born
in Ohto September 11, 1844, and came from there to Kansas. as married December 12,
1866, to Miss Sidney H. Hilligoss, and has six children—Mary E., Nettie F., Lola B., Ger-
trude E., Rosa L., and Clyde. Isamember of the Seventh Day Advent Church.

ISAAC MORRIS was born in Dearborn County, Ind., February 22, 1824. He was the
son of Amos and Jvanna Morris, early settlers, who had emigrated from Pennsylvania. He
was bred ona farm, and received his early education inthe common schools. In 1840, he
removed to Henderson County, Il!._ In 1850 he wentto California, by the overland route
across the plains. Hereturned in 1852, and engaged in merchandising at Oquawka, which
he carried on until the spring of 1857, at which time he moved to Fort Scott. Kan., but mad
his first purchase of land, and first started his business, inVernon County, Mo. There here-
inained for three years, until the breaking out of the war. He at that time was carryinga
large and diversified business. He had a store, a saw mill, a grist mill,and was, in addition,
carrying on one of the largest farms in the vicinity. Hehad also a saw mill on the Osage
River, fifteen miles north of Fort Scott, near Mapleton. His business in Missouri was en-
tirely broken up, almost at the very commencement of the war. As early as July, 1861, his
store was robbed by a party of rebel raiders under Gen. Rains. He had, two weeks before
the raid, removed his family to Mapleton, and at the time barely escaped with his life. His
business and residence in Missouri were ended at thattime. Shortly after he removed his

 

  

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family still further from the enemy's country, settled them at Topeka, and himself returned to
his mill at Mapleton. There, insemi-military style, he continued business, There he organ-
ized a company of home guards, of which he was commissioned Captain. It was known and
designated in the State roster of militia as Company C, Sixth Regiment Kansas Militia, and
as such did service on the frontier during the war, whenever the militia were called upon,
and stood guard over the mill and surrounding country. Capt. Morris ran the Mapleton
mill for the next two years entirely for the government, furnishing lumber for stockades
and other army purposes, his company being subject to.duty constantly during the time.
At‘the close of the war he made Topeka his home, having large landed interests in the
southeastern part of Shawnee County, where he tmproved many farms. He built the Fifth
Avenue Hotel during 1869-70-71, and during those years purchased and commenced im-

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rovements on what isnow his home. His first purchase was a tract of treeless-prairie,

en acres in extent, what is designated as second bottom, It is situated one-half mile west
of the old town site of Tecumseh village, in whaton the old village plat is designated as
Stinson’s addition. At the time of his purenase it was but little improved, and the large
octagon house but partially erected. The first trees upon it were set out fourteen years ago;
now, 1882, the house stands completely embowered in shade trees, only the observatory
upon its top showing above them, and is approached through a long shaded lane from the
street. The grounds, by sulisequent purchases, now contain sixty acres, all under the
piehest state of cultivation, or covered with every variety of fruit-bearing trees indigenous
tothe cliinate—peaches, pears, apples. I.,is a model Kansas fruit farm, yielding a yearly:
increasing and ample income to the enterprising proprietor, who has literally made the
desert Lo ‘bud and blossom as the rose ” Itisa worthy example of what the soiland climate
of Kansas, coupled with Intelligent labor and patient work, can produce. Here Mr. Morris.
resides, sulin the full strength of manhood, enjoying the quiet and munificent reward of
his past toil. Mr, Morris was married January 6, 1847, to Miss Hannah Hollingsworth, of
Richmond, Ind. Nine children have been born to them, four of whom survive—Oscar N.,
George U., Arwilda Ann, wifeof Mr. H. U. Mudge, conductor on the A. 'T. & S. Fe Railroad,
and Emina, wife of Mr. J. W. Naylor. Ss

JAMES Y. MURNAN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Tecumseh. Owns eighty acres; has
under cultivation forty-five acres; thirty-five acres in orchard, meadow and pasture; has
some food stock, sixteen head of cattle and twenty hogs. Came to Kansasin the spring of
1879, locating on this place. Enlisted as private In the spring of 1864 in Company A, Two
Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment Pennsylvauia Infantry Voluateers, and mustered out in
July, 1865. Born in England. May 24,1841, Came to the United States in 1864, stopping in
Washington City and from there to Peansylvania, where he enlisted inthe army. After he
was mustered out of the service he was employed by a firm in Massachusetts to set up
machinery (being a machinist) and traveled in a great many Statesiu their employ, and came
from Massachusetts to Kansas. Was married January 29, 1871, to Angie Nichols. Isa
member of the Presbyterian Church, also of the I, 0. O. F.

MRS. MA. . NAYLOR, farmer, Section 35, P. OU. Tecumseh. Owns 160 acres, all in
cultivation. Came to Kansas iu the fall of 1854, locating on her present farm. Her hus-
band and father were at the first convention held in Tecumseh as well as at the first elec-
tion. Was here when the Free-state Legislature was broken up by the United States troops
under Major Anderson of Fort Sumter fame. Was born in Mead County, Ky., in 1822, and
moved to Indiana with her parents when only five years of age. locating at Montezuma, and
attended school in her childhood with the Indian children on the reservation. Removed to
Illinois in the spring of 1842, and remained there until coming to Kansas. as married in

4to Osborn Naylor. Her husband wasinthe State militia during the Price ratd and
captured at the Locust Grove fight in Missouri and died from the effects of over exertion and
starvation,a few days after reaching home, in 1864, Has- four children—Maria A., John
W., James R.and Samuel W. Her father, Charles Jordan, was a Jocal preacher of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and died in Topeka in 1872. The first quarterly conference
ever held in Kansas was at her cabin in the spring of 1855, by Elder Still.
the Methodist Episcopal Church. ‘

WILLIAM A. RANKIN, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Big-Springs, Douglas County. Owns
240 acres; about sixty acres in cultivation and the balance in timber, meadow and pasture,
Came to Kansas in October, 1881, and located here. Was born in Ohio, November 17, 1837,
and came from his native place to Kansas, Was married March 20, 1865, to Miss Parmela
Milliken and has two children—Joseph H. and Minnie M. Mr. R. is amember of the Chris-
tian Union Church, Isa Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

ALFRED S. ROBERTS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P.O. Big Springs, Douglas
County, Owns 171 acres, fifty under cultivation, fifty in  pasture,-sixty in meadow and
eleven intimber, He has thirty head of cattle. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1856 with
his parents, his father locating on the section west of this. When he was of age he bought
and improved a quarter section west of his father, but sold out and went to Chautauqua
County in 1869, and remained there elght years, improving a tract of land and dealing ex-
teusively in stock, but having lost two children and his family being in poor health, he sold
out and went to Colorado for his health. Came back to Leavenworth County, bought
eighty acres of land, improved it, sold out and came to his present location in 1880. as
held all the different positions on the school board as well as township. Was in the State
militia during the Price raid and was with his command at the engagements on the Big
Blue and Locust Grove, in Missouri. He made his escape by having a good horse and tak-
ing desperate chances. Mr. R. was born in Ohio, January 7, 1841, and came from there to
Kansas. He was married August 23, 1868, to Miss Ellen Crum, and has one child, Bosa. He
isa member and Elder of the Christian Church. Mr. Robert’s farm was the scene of @
bloodless atfray during the troublous times of 1856. A party of Texas Rangers came sud-
denly over a hill on the east side of his farm, but halted at seeing a few men and boys who
had met hunting for stray horses. Among them was Mr. R., who on seeing the Rangers
started to run, thinking they woule make a charge on them, but the Texas Rangers, thinking
they were the advance of Lane’s men and that they were trying to draw them into pursuit,
madea recipitate retreat, never stopping until they had crossed the Kansas River.

SSE W. STEPHENSON, farmer, P. O. Topeka, Sections 34 and 35. Owns 164 acres,
120 of which are under cultivation, with good dwelling and good out-buildings. Makes a
specialty of wheat and corn, but deals in stock, horses and cattle. Has been a member of
the school board several years. Came to Kansasin March, 1854, locating on his present
farm. Mr. S. attended the first public meeting ever held in Tecumseh Township, as well as
the first election, when they were driven away by an armed band of border ruffians, who
carried the election to suit themselves. Was in Atchison in 1861, when the first lead was
thrown from the Missouri side of the river. Enlisted in Company C, Second Kansas Cavalry
asa private. Was with his command in the battle of the Big Bluein Missouri during the
Price raid, and was elected to First Lieutenant and was mustered out at Topekain Novem-
ber, 1864. Mr. S$. was bornin Ohio, in 1828: atthe age of three years removed to Edgar
County, ILl., where he was married in 1851 to Miss Nancy Jane Jordan, remaining there
until he came to Kansas. They have nine children, viz—Emma E, Nancy Candace, Eva,
William, Mary E., Hattie J., Marinda L., Ulysses Grant and Jesse W. Mr. Stephenson has
been a member of the Methodist Church for the past forty years.

MRS. HARRIET S, STRICKLER, Section 31, P. O. Tecumseh, owns 160 acres, 110 under
cultivation; 12 acres in clover and timothy, and the balance in pasture. Mrs. §. isa native
of Tennessee and came to Kansas in 1857, joining her father, Fred. P. Stanton, who was
Secretary under Gov. Walker, and for a time acting Governor of the Territory, and who
came to Kansas some time previous and located in Douglas County, near Lecompton.
Miss Scanton was married to Gen. Strickler in November, 1861, and located on this place
directly after the marriage. Gen. Strickler was a native of Virginia. born in December,

831, and was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, and came to Kansas in 1854.
Was amember of the Territorial Senate, also was in command of the Territorial Militia.
Atone time, during the bordertroubles, he had Senator Pomeroy a prisoner, and for fear
he could not properly protect him released him. Gen.S. was Auditor of Claims during the
early settlement of Kansas, but after the Free-state party came in power retired from pol-
itics, Had held the position hoth as president and secretary of the Agricultural Society.
Gen. S. went out as a private in the State Militia, and participated in the fights onthe
border during the Price raid, doing good service by way of advice on military matters,
Two years previous to his death was in the employ of the Atctison, fopeka & Santa Fe
R. BR, Co., as Land appraiser on the line south of Topeka and through the Indian Territory.
He died August 31, 1873, leaving four children—Jacqueliss. Cause, Celeste and Frederick A.
Mrs. S. is not a member of any church, but is a strong advocate “or the Evangelists.

CAPT. THOM STRONG, farmer, Section 12, P. O, ‘Tecumseh, owns 160 acres,

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60 of which are under cultivation, and the balance in meadow ane pasture. He came to.
Kansas in March, 1881, and located on this place. He was born in Hartford, Conn., March
18, 1844. In 1853 he moved with his parents to Louisiana. Went to New York in 1856,
and in 1859 went to sea, following seafaring and commanding his vessel until July, 1880,
when he landedin Philadelphia and came to Kansas. He was married July 29, 1876, to
Miss Emily M, Miller. He isa member of the Episcopai Church.

G. W. TAYLOR, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Tecumseh, rents and farms 160 acres. Has
good teams, plows and other agriculturai implements. Born in Ohio, August 9, 1856, and
has nade that his home, with the exception of two years spent in New México—1879 and
780. Came to Kansas for a home, August 15, 1882, temporarily locating here.

RALPH VOORHEES, farmer, Section 7, P. 0. Tecumseh, owns 164 acres; 80 acres
cultivated, and 84 in timber, pastureand meadow. Came to Kansas, November, 1868. lo-
cating temporarily in this Township, near here. Bought and moved on this place in 1874.
Born in New Jersey, January 22, 1426. Atthe age of nineteen moved to Ohio, and came
from there to Kansas. Was married, December 15, 1848, to Miss Margaret E. Livens-
berger, and has one child—Rulif,

SAMUEL B. WADE, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Topeka, resides on his father’s (William
B. Wade) place, a part of which he rentsand farms, Makes corn-growing and winter siock
feeding a specialty. Came to Kansas with his brother in April. 1855, and went to his fa-
ther’s, who was located in Rock Creek Township, Jefferson County. Came to this place
with his father, May 17, 185%. Enlisted as private in Company A, Fifth Kansas Cav-
alry, July 16, 1861. asin most of the battles and skirmishes in which his command was
engaged. Wasinthe battles of Helena and Pine Bluffs, Ark. Also at Morristown, where
his first Colonel was killed in the latter engngement. \Was wounded, and carries the ball
in his body at the present time. Was promoted to Corporal and Duty Sergeant. Mus-
tered out at Fort Leavenworth, August 11, 1864. Was born in Wisconsin, October 3,
1837. When about eight years of age removed to Illinois. Came from there to Kansas.
Was married, March 7, 1872, to Miss Addie Hunt whose parents were Jacob and Eliza-
beth Hunt. Has one child—Elizabeth T. Is a member of the Grand Army of the Re-

ublic,
y WILLIAM B WADE, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Topeka, owns 240 acres, all in cultiva-
tion. Came to Kansas, December 2, 1854, and_loeated in Rock Creek Township, Jefferson
County; brought his family out September 11, 1855, remaining until May 17, 1857, when
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resent farm. Has served two terms as Township Trustee for Tecumseh Town

ustice of Peace in Illinois; also Postmaster. as born in Ohio in 1813, mov-

ear old. At the age of twenty-one went to Lilinois,

remaining there until coming to Kansas. Was married in 1836, to Miss Malvina C. Bur-

bank. wae six children —Samuel B., Spencer P.. Susan M., Mary E., Malvina C., and
en

JAMES K. WAYSMAN, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Topeka, owns 525 acres, about 300
acres under cultivation, and the rest in timber; has a fine stone dwelling, barn, out-build-
ings, and an elegant home. His was the first claim locate| in Shawnee County. He has
twenty horses, fifteen head of cattle, and fifteen hogs. He was born in Augusta County, Va.
September 5, 1816, and moved to Missouri with his parents in 1818, locating in Howar
County. In the spring of 1854, Mr. Waysman was extensively engaged in the stock busi-
ness, and started to California with 400 head of cattle, and when a short distancefrom wher
Topeka now stands, went into camp, where he first learned of the treaty with the Indians,
throwing the country open for settlement. He therefore abandoned his trip to California,
and located on his present farm, May 10, 1854. In his early set(lement, a party from West-
port came and located on the same land, and tried to run him off, but, after considerable
‘trouble and annoyance, he was allowed to remainin peace. He was married, in 1852, to
Miss Rachel M. Hand. They have five children—Mary A., Samuel D., Thomas W., John Ee

. and Virginia L. Mr. Waysman was engaged in freighting across the plains from 1859 unti
1863, when the Indians becoming troublesome, he retired from the business, and spent sev-
eral years in California, returning to this place in 1869, and has since remained here. Was
married in 1852, in Moniteau County, Mo. Went first trip to Callfornia through the Spanish
country aud Arizona, in 1849. His ‘second trip was in 1863, by way of Denver, Salt Lake
City, Utah, and was corraled by 400 Indians, at O’Fallon’s Bluffs, Neb., but he effected a
treaty with them by giving them some flour, meal, meat, and tobacco; then traveled up the
Platte River with them several days, perfectly unharmed and friendly, with his outfit, but
they committed many murders an depredations before and behind him, This was the be-
ginning of the Indian war. Mr. Waysman’s next trip to California was in 1880, leaving
‘Topeka August 6, making the trip through with stallions and jacks in 100 days, He has
crossed the plains to Califormia, overland, or with teams, five times. He had all of his fam-
ily with him on twotrips. His daughter, Vv L. W., spent two birth days on the Great Des-
ert of Dian. Mrs Waysman is now sixty-eight years old, and is anxious to make another
trip overland.

UTHER WOODFORD, farmer and fruit-grower, Section 18, P. 0. Topeka, owns 177%
acres, eighty acres under cultivation and in orchard, aud the balance of his fine farm In
timber, pasture and meadow. Mr. W. makes a specialty of manufacturing fine cider, which
he does by aprocess peculiarly his own, giving ita reputation wherely he finds ready sale
at remunerative prices. He also raises fine stock, has seven mules and fifty head of cattle,
Came to Kansas in 1857, in the spring, locating on present farm. Was in the State Millia
during the Price raid in Missouri,‘and was in the engagements on Big Blue and Locust
Grove, where he narrowly escaped capture, owing to the mettle and bottom of his horse,
and running the gauntlet of the enemy’s fire, r. W. was born in Ohio. December 27,
1825, where a greater part of his lifo was spent privr to coming to Kansas. He was seven

ears in Pennsylvania, and four years in California, returning from California to Ohio just
Before coming to Kansas. Mr. Woodford has for the step of his house a plank out of the
old jail at Tecumseh, studded with nails and still showing the ax marks made by the
friends a Prec stale men in releasing them from their prison during the troubles of 1856.
‘Mr. W. is a bachelor, a
. L. WOOD, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Topeka, owns eighty acres; has sixty acres under
cultivation and twenty in pasture, and has four horses,eleven head of cattle, and twenty-six
hogs. Came to Kansas in the fall of 1859, locating in this township. Came to this place,
January, 1870. Is Clerk of School Boara, and has been for twelve years. Has been Town-
ship Clerk for one term, and Constable. Enlisted as private in Company H, Eleventh Kan-
ss Volunteers, September 6, 1862, and was with his regiment in the engagements at Fort
Wayne, Indian Territory, Cane Hill, Van Buren, and Prairie Grove, Ark., and Westport and
Newtown, Mo., and was mustered out September 18, 1865. Was born in New York State,
March 13, 1835. Moved to Wisconsin in 1855, and came from there to Kansas. Was mar-
ried, February 8, 1866, to Alma Jordan, and has two adopted children, Charles R. and Au-
gusta A, Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also of the G. A. R,

SOLDIER TOWNSHIP.

In 1854, James Kuykendall, John Cunningham, R. J. Fulton, H. D-
McMeekin, P. Fleshman, W. S. Kuykendall, John B. Chapman, D. Milne;
James A. Grey, G. P. Dorris, James M. Hand, and Mr. Tipton, settled in the
township. A saw-mill was built by G. P. Dorris on his farm during 1854,
From September 4, 1855, to February, 1859, the county seat of Calhoun
County was located in what is new the southeastern part of Soldier Town-
ship, that portion of the township, forming a part of that county during
those years, and a part of Jackson County from 1859 to 1860. The history of
the most important point in Soldier Township, to-wit: North Topeka, is
given in connection with that of Topeka, to which it in truth belongs; also a
full account of its local institutions, churches, societies, etc. The personal
sketches of its business men appear with those of the city of which it is virtu-
ally a part. The personal histories following are of residents of the township
proper.

he came to
ship, Was
ing from there to Indiana when one

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

. REV. DAVID BARTRAM, farmer, Section 26, P.O. North Topeka, was born in Stafford-
shire, England, November 29,1817. He there learned the trade of blacksmith, at which he
worked many years. He there married, in January, 1844, Miss Elizabeth Bannister, who
died in 1881, leavin ten children--Mary Ann, Anna, Sampson, Sarah E., Mary, William,
Jane Ellen, Albert, Emma, David Henry. Soon after his marriay e he emigrated to Amer-
ica, settling in Bureau County, 1/1], where he remained until 1863, prorieing partly at his
trade and farming. Was tiere made a deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which
he had long beena member, and had been licensed to preach previous to his coming to
America, e still preaches occasionally, in the absence of the regular minister. In 1863 he
moved to Kansas, locating at present residence in Shawnee County. Has 400 acres in Sol-
dler Township—180 in cultivation, 120 in pasture, and the rest meadow. His farm 1s well
improved, has good Dulas of all kinds, a good orchard, etc.

DR. JOHN KRAZEE BUCK, Superintendent of Kansas State Reform School, was born
in Mahoning County, Ghio, August 17, 1831. His grandfather, William Buck, was a native
of Ireland, and emigrated to this country near the beginning of the present century, set-
tling in Pennsylvania, avd afterward becaine a pioneer settler of Mahoning County, Ohio.
The parents of the subject of this sketch were John and Phoebe Buck, his mother’s maiden
name being Phoebe Frazee. His father was an early abolitionist, and wasone of the two
men of his township who voted for James G, Birney fur President. He was also one of
the organizers of the Free Presbyterian Church. Dr, B. received his education at Poland
Academy, in his native county. He first engaged in teaching school, following that for
several years in Bourbon County, Ky. On September 2, 1858, he married Ada, L., daughter
of James Davis, then of Kerlin Center, Mahoning County now abusiness man of Salem,
Ohio. Two children, a son and adaughter, were the resultof this union, one of whom
Lillie A., is living. Soon after his marriage he removed to Salem, Ohlo, where he studle
dentistry. afterward locating at North Fairfield, Ohlo, where he began the practice of his
profession. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted as a membef of tite band connected with the
Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry Volunteers, serving in that capacity until the issue of the general
order dispensing with regimental bands, when he was honorably discharged from the
service at Nashville, Tenn. His oldest brother served in a Minnesota regiment, dying at
Fort Snelling, Minn., on his way home. After leaving the army, Dr. B. moved to M ssourl,
and enga ed in farming, but the climate not agreeing with the health of his family, he re-
turned to Ohio, and engaged in business with his father-in-law a year ortwo. He was called
ag an assistant in the Ohio Reform School, at Lancaster, Ohio, in the fall of 1869, remaining
seven years, holding the position of Principal of those schools the last three years. He was
then appointed superintendent of the Fairmount Children’s Home, near Mount Union. The
schoo! is designed to furnish a home for indigent children under sixteen years of age, inthe
counties of Stark and Columbiana, where such children can be properly trained and cared
for until they are adopted by cr intrusted to responsible families offering thein homes. He
was appointed Superintendent of the Kansas State Reform School in June,1881, but owing to
the pressure brought to have him remain at the Fairmount Home,he did not at that time ac-
cept, However, in February, 1882, he gave up his position there, and accepted his present
position March 1, 1882, bringin along and valuable experience to its management, which
will enable him to place the institution among the first inthe country. :

- A.J, DAVIS, farmer, Section 17, P. O. North Topeka, came to Kansas in 1877. locating
at present residence. Owns 160 acres one mile north of city limits, of which 130 acres a16
in cultivation, che rest timber and pasture. Was born in Marvin County, Ohio, February
29, 1832, and was reared in Hardin County, Chio, learning milling and millwrighting. He
afterwards moved to Champaign County, Ohio, which was his home until he came to Kan-
sas. He has built nearly forty mills of all kinds, including flour, saw mills, and distilleries.
He married in Hardin County, Ohio, July 1, 1832, Miss Ann E. Barrett, who was born in
Muskingum County, Ohio, They have seven children.

F. W. FLEISCHER, horticulturist, Section 7, P.O, North Topeka. First came to Kan-
sas in the fall of-1854, but did not remain. The following year he returned, being employed

 

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS. : ;

ag house carpenter at Fort Riley nearly a year. He left there during the winter uf 1855 and .
1856 and located at his present residen¢e in Soldier Township. He there has forty acres, all
in fruit except two acres, His vineyard comprises fourteen acres, the rest of his laud be-
ing devoted to apple,peach and other fruits. His peach orchard comprises over 1,000 budded
trees, He now has oue of the best fruit farmsin Kansas, Hodoesa business of $2,000 to.
$3,000 per year. In addition to this farm he has another two miles west of Topeka, which
he devotes to grain, He was born ijn Germany, March 7, 1824. there learning cabinet mak-
ing. He emigrated to America in 2850, landing at New Orleans, where he was married July
27%, 1850, to Miss Frederika Christina Kaler. ey have eight children living—William A.,
Mary A,, John T., Margaret A., Rudolph, Louis, George T., Blanch May.

Fi AMES M. HARDING, farmer, Section 18, Townshi 41 Rauge 16, P. O. North Topeka.
Was born in Medway, Mass., October 11, 1811, living in that State until six yearsold. His
father then muved with his family to Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky., where James M. remained
until about seventeen years old, when he went to Cincinnati, Uhio, He there learned to be a
machinist, working there about five years, Hethen wentto St, Louis, where he remained
until 1856,when he removed to Kansas; during his residence in St.Louls he was employed
for three or four years as engineer on the steamers Reveille, the Little Dove and the North
Bend, On his arrival in Shawnee County he engaged in milling, having a steam grist and
saw mill which he operated about eighteen years. He has since that time devoted his time
to his farm, which consists of 148 acres, of which forty acres are under cultivation and the
restintimber. He has been twice married, his first marriage occurring in Champaign
County, Ill., to Jane McElroy. She died three years later, in 1863. He married in Soldier
Township Mrs. Nancy E. Marple. They have one daughter—Laura Ann. He was in the
Kansas State Militia and took part in the Price raid in 1863. :

C. B. KILMER, northeast quarter, Section 26, Township 10, Range 16, Soldier Township,
Shawnee County. Is anative of New York. Was born in Syracuse, Ononcdago Co., October
1, 1829. When sixteen years of age he made his debut for a sea-faring life on a whale ship,
which he followed for a quarter of a century—for twenty years as captain, making vovages
around the world for a number of years;,was at the Sandwich Islands and on many whalin,
voyages. Wintered at Marble Island (Hudson Sea) the winter of 1864 and 1865. intere
at Repulse Bay in 1866 and 1867, when Dr. Hall was attempting his ** Franklin Research Ex-

edition ” to King Williams Land. Kept the noted explorer during the winter of 1866 and

867 and assisted him in his preparations, contributing supplies and _ in every way doing
what he could towards the enterprise. Dr. Hall endeavored to secure Capt. Kilmer to ac-
company him as Captain of the “ Polaris” expedition to the North Pole. After quitting the
sea he remained in Syracuse t!]l the spring of 1868, when hecame to Kansas, locating where
he now resides, He has a fine farm of 820 acres, His nautical education is here discernible,
everything in its place and in ship shape style. He was married in Lake County, IIL, in
1863 to Miss Mary G, Gray. They have four children—Charles J., Louis M., Frank D. and
George L. He is a member of the Masonic Order and R. A.

GEORGE W. KISTLER, farmer, Section 33, P. O. North Topeka, Was born in Cass
County, Ind., in 1833, lying there uncil twenty-three years old. He married in August,
1856, in Carroll County, Ind., Miss Emily Martin, who died in 1868, leaving six children—,
Frances, Lewis, Ida, Elnora, Charles and Emily. In 1869 he married, in Soldier Township,
Shawnee County, Miss Mary Bond. They have three children—William, Gracie and Harry,
He came to Kansas in 1856, locating in Snawnee County. He has a fine farm of 200 acres five
miles from Topeka, of which 160 acres are jin cultivation, the rest timber and grass land
under fence. is farm has good improvements, consisting of a two-story frame house,
barn and other buildings. ben he came to the State he engaged largely in stock -raising,
which he carried on for many years. During the war he was in the Kansas State militia
and participated in the repulse of Gen. Price in his attempted raid into Kansas. He is a

ason.

CAPTAIN J. H. MILLER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Meriden. Is a native Pennsyl-
vania and was born in Dauphin County, September i”. 1830. Was there educated ana
reared. In 1856 emigrated to Iowa, locating in Johnson County, where he followed agricul-
tural pursuits until 1869, when he came to Kansas, locating where he now resides. In 1861
he enlig§ted in Company B, Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was afterward trans-
ferred to the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, and did duty in the far West among the Indians, serv-
ing over three years, and was_honorably discharged as Sergeant. He was married in
Pennsylvania to Miss Sarah A, Hoake. By this union they have four children—Isabelle C.
iia L., Harry J.and Frank P. Mr. Miller is an active member of the I. 0. 0. F. an

eA. O. U. W.

J. & A. PEYTON, farmer and County Commissioner, Section 25, P.O. North Topeka.
Has 160 acres, 120 under cultivation, devoted to raising corn, rye, potatoes and other vege-
tables, Mr.P.deals largely in live stock,chiefly bogs, handling from 200 to 30U head per year.
He was born in Clark County, Va., March 13, 1840. When twelve years old he removed to
Muskingum County, Ohio, with his parents, residing there until 1870, when he moved to
Kansas, locating in Shawnee County. He was married in Muskingum County, Ohio, August
27, 1863. to Miss Mary C. Gander, who died in 1880, Jeaving three children—Elmer E.,
Frank T. and Hillis T. On November 24,1881 he married Miss Lucy E. Nelswender. He
is a member of Ohio Lodge No. 132, §, 0.0. F,, at Silver Lake, and Topeka Lodge No. 17%,
A.F.& A.M.,Topeka,Kan. He is an active Republican, :aking great interest in county politics,
Hejnow holds the office of County Commissioner. Enlisted in 1861 in Company D, Seventy-
elg th Ohio Infantry, serving until 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability.
Afterward re-enlisted, but was unable to be mustered into the service. He wasin the army
of the Tennessee and took part in the first battle of Fort Donelson. ,

A.W. PLILY, horticulturist, Section 7, P.@. North Topeka, came to Kansas in 1858,
locating in Shawnee County. He now owns 100 acres two miles north of Topeka, which he
has devoted to fruit growing the past seventeen years, Itis allin cultivation except fifteen
acresintimber. Thirty acresarein orchard. He makes a Specialty of winter fruit, and in
this does a business of $2,000 to $3,000 per year. He has pa d close attention to horticul-

3 n Kansas. He was born in Ross
County, Ohio, February 11, 1829, and was there reared. He afterwards visited the States of
Wisconsin, lowa and Minnesota, remaining six years, and in 1850 he went to Californi
where for eight years he followed gold mining and farming. Since that time he has reside
in Shawnee County. He was there married, October 15, 1862,to Miss Mary Gregg. They
have three children—Wesley, Walter, Allison. He has been a Republican since the organi-
zation of that party, For several years he was Justice of the Peace in Soldier Township.

WILLIAM W. REID, farmer, Section 16, P.O. North Topeka, was born in ayne
County, Ohio. November 25,1835, tiving in that and in Ashland County until February,1882,
when he moved to Kansas, locating in Shawnee County. He has one of the best farms in
Soldier Township. Itcomprises 160 acres, all under fence—sixty-five acres in cultivation,
the rest meadow land. Is preparing to make stock-raising a specialty. He was married in
Wayne County, Ohio, April 25, 1856, to Miss Sarah Sechrist. They have three children—
Martha Ellen, Austin P., William L. He served three years 1n the army in the late Rebel-
lion, enlisting in Company C, Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private; was after-
wards promo edtoSergeant., Was first in thearmy of West Virginia, in Kentucky, under
Gen. organ, and with Grant, at the Siege of Vicksburg, taking part in all the battles in
that victnity, Was senttothe Guif Department, and the following spring was with Gen.
Banks In his Red River campaign. k

C. D. SHIELDS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, Township 10, Range 16, P. O. Mer-
iden, came to Kansas in the fall of 1854, locating a claim a few miles south of where Meri-
den ts now Jocated, Mr. Shields established the postoffice known to all old-timers as Mount
Plorence, gave it the name, and was the first postmaster in that part of the county. He also
built a store and sold the first goodsthere, The greater portion of the time since 1854 he has
been a resident of Kansas, In 1858 he removed to Woodson County, Kan., near Belmont,
residing three years, During the war was in the State Militia for a few months. During
the border troubles his sympathies were with the Free-state Party. Mr, Shields is a native
of Pennsylvania, and wes born in Huntingdon County, August 21, 1833. _Atan early age he
emigrated to Henry County, Ind., where he was educated and reared. He has been twice
marelod jArey in 1858, to Miss Lucinda Dix, of Kansas, now deceased. By this union bas
four children—Emma A., Elizabeth E., Navada E., and Sarah M. His present wife was form-
erly Annie Cones. of Shawnee County. They have four children—Annie J., Flora V., Jona-

than _ C,, Bertie E.
EDWARD SIPES, Superintendent of Shawnee Poor Asylum, P. 0. North Topeka, was
born In St. Louis County, Mo., July 16, 1843. In:1861 hecame to Kansas, locating at Atchi-
son; he there enlisted in August, 1862. in Company D, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer In-
fantry, serving until July, 1865, in the Seventh Army Corps, doing duty chiefly in Arkan-
sas, Indian Territory, Kansas and Missouri, taking part in the principal battles in which
that corps was engaged: he was Corporal two years of his time. After his discharge he
returned to Atchison County, where for two years he engaged in farming. He then’ went
west and engaged in farming in Riley and other counties until 1876, when ke came to Shaw-
nee County, where he has since resided. He was appointed Superintendent of the Shawnee
County Poor Asylum in the early part of 1879, and has since held that position, giving per-
fect satisfaction to all concerned. Heisamember of the Lincoln Post No. 1,G.A.R., at
Topeka. He was married at Topeka February 19, 1879, to Miss Flora Wood. They have
two children living—William Paul and Thomas Huron. :

PERRY H. SMITH, farmer, Section 18, P. O. North Topeka, was born in Newsted, Erie
fo. . ¥., June 2, 1848, living there until nine years of age, when his parents moved to
Bu alo, and thence to Upper Canada; after an absence of four years he returned to Erle
County and resided there until 1870; he then married, August, ies, Miss Annie Wijiams,
who was born in Tippecanoe County, Ohio. In 1870 he came West, locatlne in September
of that year at Blue apids, Marshall Co., Kan., where he remained about five years, en-
gaged in farming. He then removed to Shawnee County, settling in Soldier Township. He
has a quarter section of land, 130 acres being under cultivation; has thirty acres in pasture.
He is the inventor of a Roller Attachment for a Grain Drill, consisting of asst of cast iron
wheels one and three quarter inches in breadth of tire, and twenty-four inches in diameter,
arranged in sets of two pinced together upon a short axle which is fastened to an upright
standard by means of a loose joint, each wheel working independently of all the other parts,
and all coupled together by wieans of an equalizer upon the top of which rests the driver’

 

 

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seat. This Places the driver in the best position to keep the drill hoes clean, to watch the
workings of the drill, and drive the team. Each wheel or roller followsin a track made by
the drill hoe and close to the drill, which assists greatly in cleaning the trash off the hoes as
the wheels are constantly treading on thetrash, crush ng all the lumps which fall in the
track and pressing the soil firmly on the seed, leaving the surface of the soil where the plant
is grown two to four inches below the general level of the field, the depth of the rut bein
determined by the adjustment of the drill, and the addition of weight to the attachment.
This affords a compactness of soil that will retain the moisture required to sprout the seed
and make it strong and vigorous, and far less liable to be affected by frost, drought or the
chinch bug, than is the weak and tender plant. The reason for it is this, if the seed roots on
the géneral surface of the ground, the wind works the dry and loose dirt away from under
the stool, leaving the principal roots hurtfully exposed to frost, to drought and the scorch-
ing sun; butif the seed is so sown asto root in arutora depression fromthe general sur-
face, then the action of the wind only covers the stool and with it all of the root, securiug
additional moisture and protection fom the biting frost or burning sun, while the com-
pactness of the earth in the track of the wheel of the Attachment anchors it, and prevents
the wind in any case from uncovering the plant root. The Attachment can be coupled to
any grain drill, and is being manufactured in North Topeka, Kan., by P. H. Smith & Co.

THOMAS WHITE STEPHENS, farmer, Section 80, P.O. North Topeka, was born in
Wayne County, Ind., August 27, 1839, living there and in Carroll and Pulaski counties un-
til July, 1861, when he enlisted in Gompany K, Twentieth Indjana Infantry, serving until
August, 1864, when he was discharged. He wasinthe Army of the Potomac, taking ‘part
in McClellan’s different campaigns, as well as those of other commanders; was at Fair
Oaks, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness ‘and Petersburg battles, and’ others; was
taken prisoner at Orchards, Virginia, being held five weeks and spending a portion of the
time in Libby Prison and Belle sle. He was four times slightly wounded, being protected
from serious wounds by his cartridge box and knapsack, once by a book inside his clothing,
a Bible taken from Chancellorsville battle pround, once wounded by a Confederate soldier,
Alexander Weant, and another time a ball struck his gun and shattered it. After his dis-
charge he returned to Pulaski County, Ind., there marrying ¢ n August 27, 1864, Miss Mary
E. Tyler, They have seven _children—Thomas E., Caroline E., James A., George A., Jobn
F., Frank F, and Harrison E. In 1877 he came to Kansas, locating in Shawnee County. His
farm consists of eighty acres, of which fifty are under cultivation and the rest grass land. He
Sarai. small herd of cattle of good grades. Heis a member of the Methodist Episco-

a rch, :

LEONHARD WENDEL, farmer, Section 8, P. 0. North Topeka, came to Kansas in
1854, locating where Topeka now stands. He there established the first bakery and eating
stand, remaining two years and then moved to present farm, consisting of 160 acres, sev-
enty acres being in cultivation, the rest timber and grassland, The entire farm is enclosed
by a hedge, besides having several wire fences. Has a good orchard, covering elght acres
and consisting mos ly of apple, though there are other varieties of fruit. He was bornin
the village of Kerch Brambach, Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, October 10, 1804, emigrating
to America in 1833. He landed at Baltimore and located at Bedford, Pa., where he was
married January, 1836, to Dorothea Oul, They have seven childrev—Ferdinand, George,
Jobn, Sophia, Laura, Elizabeth and Louisa, e and his family are members of the Luther-
an Chureh, —

JOHN M. WILKERSON, farmer, Section 7, P. O. North Topeka, was born in Madison
County, Ky., August 12,1844. When six years old he went, with his parents, to DeKalb
County, Mo, Two years later they moved to Buchanan County, Mo., where he resided until
1863, when he came to Kansas, immediately enlisting in Company_B, Fifteenth Kansas
Cavalry, DEptem Der 26, 1863, serving until October 19, 1865, in the Western Department.
Was in all the principal battles in Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory and Kansas, among
them being Big and Little Blue, Westport, Newtonia, and others. Was Sergeant of his
company; after his discharge he returned to Kansas, living on Muddy Creek in Shawnee
County, until the spring of 1879, when he moved to his present farm, consisting of 160
acres, all under fence; seventy in cultivation, the rest meadow land. He also com-

bines live stock and farming, keeping a small herd of good grades. He isa member of '

Kaw Valley Lodge, No. U. W. at_ North Topeka. Held the office of Justice of the
Peace of Soldier Township seven years, Isnow Town Trustee. He is also a member of Lin-

coln Post, No.1,G. A.R. He married in Jackson County, Kas., August 2, 1868, Miss
our children—Elizabeth, Annie,

Jane Cunningham, who died December 23, 1875, leavin
Oliver, Mollie J, He married in Buchanan County, Mo., Mrs. Amanda Stockton, December

; SILVER LAKE.

In the spring of 183, the United States Government, through its Indian
agent, Major Robert W. Cummings, selected for the Kaws a farm of 300 acres,
just east of the present site of the village of Silver Lake. This was afterwards
placed in charge of a superintendent, and various persons were employed by the
Government to teach the Indians the art of agriculture. Mr. Thomas Huffa-
ker, who removed with the Kaws to Council Grove, was one of the early super-
intendents,

After the treaty of 1846, by which the Pottawatomies were granted the
eastern portion of the old Kansas reservation, many white men came to this lo-
cality, and intermarrying with the tribe, became actual settlers on the lands, or
remained as traders or other government employes among the Indians. The
California and Oregon, and the military road from Fort Leavenworth, joined a
little east of this point, and passed through this section as the great highway
north of the Kansas River, making it particularly desirable for location,

Among the settlers of 1847 were the following: Charles Rodd, Stephen
McPherson, J. Frap, William Martell, Antoine Tacier, William Johnson, John
Harden, Allen Harden, W. H. Wells, William Alley, John D. Scroggins, George
Mullen, P. Malosh, Fred H. Counterman, Joseph Ogee, F. Trombley, Joseph G.
Kennedy, Lucius Darling, E. R’ Kennedy and sister, now Mrs. Beaubien.

Settlers of 1848: James A. Grey, Wesley Hopkins, C. B. Randall, H. Mc-
Donald, J. C. Vanderpool, Messrs. Van Horne and Brown.

1849: Charles Deane and E. M. Sloan.

1850: John Young, Samuel Cummings, L. B. M. Kennedy, Joseph Well-
felt, Joseph La Frame.

3852: Hiram Wells, J.C. Freeman, Enoch Stevens and Joseph Lawton.

1853-56: James Dahoney, D.S. Rankin, M. B. Beaubien, Napoleon Bran-
nan, George Peterfer, J. Johnson, and Abram Collins. :

The following are names of Pottawatomies or their descendents who re-
ceived allotments and still reside in the township: J. Copaugh, L. Ogee, Am-
brose Copaugh, Robert Oyee, M. B, Beaubien, N. Ogee, Charles Kennedy,
Phillip Beaubien, J. P.Ogee, E. R. Kennedy, Jr., Edward Beaubien, J. View, J.
E. Kennedy, Samuel Alley and William Alley. ; . :

During the years 1852-53, three ferries were established at a point a little
east of the confluence of Mission Creek with the Kansas. The locality was
‘known as -the “Great Crossing,” the ferries crossing the Kansas within a dis-
tance of three or four miles, the main crossing being at the Baptist Mission.
On the south were the settlements, stores and Pottawatomie Mission buildings,
and onthe north the roads leading off towards the great California highway.
Over these ferries passed an immense amount of travel, the California and Ore-
gon emigration by the Independence route passing the river at this and Papan’s
ferry below. . 7

The first of the ferries at the great crossing was established by Sidney W.
Smith, in 1852, the boat being built in Uniontown by Messrs. Kennedy and Free.
man. The second, a deck ferry boat, sixty by ten, started in 1853, was owned
and run by Hiram Wells and John Ogee. The third was established in 1853, by

‘Joseph and Louis Ogee. ; badats

In 1853 Capt. Alley and H. D. McMeekin started a store in the vicinity;
the next being opened by Sloan and Beaubien in a log cabin on tke bank of
Silvey Lake in 1854.

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Mr. M. B. Beaubien, whose mother was an Ottawa, settled on Soldier Creek
in 1847; went to Uniontown as a trader in 1850, and in 1854 settled at Silver
Lake, where he still resides. At the allotment, under the treaty of 1861 he re-
ceived a half section at Silver Lake and his wife 80 acres. He also received a
half section on Soldier Creek. Of the head men of the Pottawatomie tribe who
were present at the signing of the treaty, but four are now alive: Benjamin Ber-
trand of St. Mary’s; M. B. Beaubien of Silver Lake ; George Young, with the
Nation in Indian Territory, and Anthony Navarre, a Mormon preacher, also in
the Indian Territory. ;

The village of Silver Lake is situated on the southeast quarter of Section
g, Town 11, Range 14. The original proprietors of the town site were M. B.
Beaubien and A. T. Thomas, the latter now a resident of Topeka and Clerk of
United States Circuit Court. The village was platted in February, 1868, by
Mr. Huntoon of Topeka, and in July of the same year the first store on the
village site was built and started by Messrs. C.S. Palmer and M. B. Beaubien,
the first dwelling house having been erected by Mr. Palmer the preceding March.
In the spring of 1869,*C. S. Palmer opened the first hotel, now kept by A. A.
Pliley. Mrs. Nathan Lewis taught a school in her house in the following fall,
the little building being still occupiéd as a dwelling. 3

A postoffice was established in the spring of 1869, Mr. J. B. Oliver serving
as the first postmaster. He was succeeded in the office consecutively as follows :
James Smith, C. S. Palmer (1872), W. F. Johnson (1874), Fred Thomas (1881).

In 1873 John J. and J. B. Oliver built the Oliver House, which the former
still runs as a hotel. The village was a flag station of the Union Pacific Rail-
way until 1874-75, when a depot was built. The village contains three churches:
the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian.

The Baptist Church was started in 1877, Rev. J. G. Mauer being the first
pastor. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Rigby. Zhe Methodist Church was built
in1878, through the energetic endeavors of Rev. Mr. McNabb, the pastor in
charge at the time. The present pastor is William G. Campbell, and the
membership numbers over fifty. Zhe Presbyterian Church, organized since
1881, worships alternate Sundays in the Methodist Church. Connected with
the churches is a Union Sabbath-school of forty scholars.

.There is one fine school building in the village, and a graded school.

The present population is goo. It is a thriving little village containing two
hotels and the usual number of stores and shops.

Silver Lake City Mills, Dearborn & Hazlett owners, isleased bv Dearborn
& Hutchins. The mill was built in 1881, and is a stone structure, two stories
and a half, size 26x44. Engine room, 26 feet square, one story, tin roof, four
run of burrs, equipped with latest and best improved mill machinery. Late
improvements consist of Ohio double brush, Smith purifiers, electric: The full
capacity of the mill is 150 one hundred pound sacks in twenty-four hours, or
from 75 to roo barrels per day. The engine is a Payne automatic upright, 40-
horse power. ;

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN E, BEAUBIEN, farmer, P. O. Silver Lake. Has 180 acres, 100 acres under cul-
tivation on Section 27, Township 11, Range 12. Eighty acres in Wabannsee County on
Section 17, Township 12, Range 11. ome place has sixty acres under plow and forty acres
pasture, In 1882 had fifty acres in corn. Small orchard, 150 trees of all varieties. House
14x26, fourteen feet square, built in 1879, cost $600. Twelve head of cattle and eight head
of horses. He cameto Kansas in November, 1§47, his father being one ofthe first two
families that set foot on Kansas soil. First settled on Soldier Creek, opposite George
Young’s place. Resided there one winter and came over and settled on the Kaw bottom,
where they have since resided, and until recently the old house stood where his father,
Chas. H. Beaubien, died and where the three youngest children. were born. Of his
father’s family, his mother and six children now survive, and there are twenty-eight
grand-children and four great grand-children. His father was a half-breed and his mother
a white woman. His father diedin 1858. Mr. B. was born August 9, 1837, in Chicago, Ll.,
and when about nine years old moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he remained about
a year and removedto Kansas. Was married in 1857, at his father’s residence, to Miss Eliza
Alcott and has two children living—Benjamin M. and ElizaS. Wasa member of the Great
Light Lodge No, 134, A. F. & A. M., Indianola, and he now has hisdimit. _

MEDORE B, BEAUBIEN, farmer, residence near Silver Lake south. Built his residence
in 1870 at a cost of $6,000 The building is 46x20, two stories, containing eight rooms, with
an addition barn 16x22. Has a tract of two acres and an orchard of eighty bearing trees.
Has been in the mercantile business _ Was interpreter for the Pottawatomies and one of the
six commissioners appointed by the Nation and approved by the Governmentin 1851. Mr.
B. was born at Thompson’s Creek on Grand River, Mich., July 15, 1809. Was taken to
Mackinaw and Milwaukee with his father, Col. Beaubien, who, in an early day, was trader
for the American Fur Company. Carried on the fur trade with his father for several years
and removed to Chicago, where he remained until 1840. when he removed to Council
Bluffs, lowa, where he remained until 1847, interpreting for the Indians and selling goods,
and then coming to Kansas in the fall of 1847, his first location being on Soldier Creek near
where James Mead now lives, having there located 100 acres of Jand and openeda small
stock of goods. He then:removed tothe banks of Silver Lake and there can now be seen the
double log house then built by Mr. Beaubien as a store and residence. He continued as an
active and influential member of the tribe until they were naturalized and allotted the title
tothe land in severalty. Was married June 2, 1854, at Baptist Mission onthe Reserve
to Mrs. Theressa Harden, a widow and native of Chicago, Il.,and shethen had six chit-
dren. As the result of the marriage to Mr. Beaubien they bave had three children—Phillip
H.; John B, and George E. Mr. B. isa member of the Goud Templars Lodge, being at one
time Worthy Chief o: Otbaw atomale Lodge: Isa member of Tecuniseh Lodge No. 15, «. F,
& A Me awas afterwards dimitted to Lodge No. 34, and now holds a dimit from the Grand.

odge of Kansas.

AN, CAS*VELL, billiard parlor, over Wooiverton Bros’. drug store. Has three
Monarch tables and also deals in cigars and tobacco. Came to Kansas in 1876, first locatin
at Silver Lake, from Grand Haven, Mich. Was bornin Wooster, Ohio, July 5, 1848, an
remained in his native county until 1865; ‘engaged in clerking. Removed to Greenville,
Mich., and remained four years and learned the carpenter’s trade, and removed to Grand
Haven and continued to work at his trade until coming to Kansas. Enlisted in 1862 at
Wooster, Ohio, in Company E, Fourth Ohio Infantry, being only fourteen years of age, the
youngest inthe regiment, as mounted order! Was in the battles of Rich Mountain, Port
Royal and the seven day’s fight under McClellan at Harper’s Ferry. Was at Fredericksburg,
Falmouth, Gettysburg, Roman Gap, Winchester and several minor engagements. Was
mustered out in 1865 at Columbus, Ohio, and returned to Wooster. Was married in 1868
at New London, Ohio, to Miss Ada Frost. They have one child—Leonaid. Isa member of
Lincoln Post G. A. R., Topeka, and has always been identified with the Republican party.

EDWARD Z. CHILSON, farmer, located two miles southwest of Silver Lake on Section
20, Township 11, Range 14. Pays especial attention to fruit and vegetables. Deals largely
in sweet potatoes, having eighteen acres in 1881, when the crop aggregated over $1,500.
Has four acres of fruit trees all bearing. Designs to have a complete fruitfarm, and finds
a market in Topeka, Denver and Kansas City. Came to Kansas in 1869, firstlocatiny on the
Kaw River, two miles from Silver Lake, and established a ferry, which be operated for
eight years. Wasbornin Alexis, Warren Co., Il., March 24, 1845. Remained in bis native
county until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Second Illinois Volun-
teers, Company E, First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps. Was with his
command in sixteen general engagements, all under Sherman at Resacca, Altoonaand New
Hope Church. Was with Sherman in the Atlanta cainpaign and from Atlanta on the
Georgiaraid. After the surrender of Joe Johnston, marched 300 miles and attended the
grand review at the National Capital June 25, 1865, and was mustered out at Washington.
At the close of the war returned to Mercer County and remained three years and then came
to Kansas. Mr. Chilson was married in 1866, at Suez, Mercer Co, Ill. to Miss Maggie M.
Gilbert, a native of Muskingum County, Ohio. They have five children—Minnie, Lillie, Ella,
Willie and Annie. Is a member of Lake Lodge No. 50, A. F. & A. M. Silver Lake.

CYRUS CORNING, editorand proprietor of the Silver Lake Newe, a six-column folio—

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a tocal paper devoted to Silver Lake and vicinity, and champion of the National Greenback
Labor Party. The paper was established in April, 1882, and bas a liberal support from the
surrounding country Mr. Cornii g came to Kansas in the spring of 1876, first locating at
Lawrence and engaging in the practice ot law, having read in thé office of Barker & Allen,
of that city. Went to Junction City in 1878 and engaged in law and insurance, which he
coutinued until the spring of 1880, when he removed to NessCity, Ness County, and was
tkere during the county-seat struggle in that county between Ness City and Sidney, Mr. C.
being counsel for Ness City. Served one term as County Attorney, and’ removed to Topeka
in September, 1881, and established the Topeka daily Tribune, which continued about
three months, He then came toSilver Lake and established the News. Is also associate
editor of the National Workman, the State Greenback organ and organ of the Baulphts of
Labor. the Silver Lake News being a branch of that publication. Me Corning was bornin
St. Lawrence County, N. Y,, July 12, 1844. hen six years of age his parents moved to
Waukesha County, Wis. Remained in that section of the State until about twenty years of
age. Completed his education_at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., and at Ripon C: |-
lege. Spenta yearin Allen’s Grove Academy. Was Principal of DePere and Appletun
High Schools for five vears, Readiawin Wisconsin and practice some, Published the
Stockbridge Enterprise for about one year. Was married in 1870 at DePere, Wis., to Miss

a tie Harrison, a native of that place. They have five children—Eddieand Kva(twins),

illie, Mira and Nettie. Mr. Corning has been in political life about two years. Canvassed
the western counties of the State, and is the recognized orator of the Greenvack party. En-
listed in the army when nineteen years of age, in 1864, in the First Wisconsin Heavy Ar-
tillery. Did garrison duty at Forts Willardand Lyons, Was mustered out in July, 1865.
Has been connected with the Congregational Society.

MRS. DORA CRANEL, farmer, 160 acres one and one-half milesnorth of Silver Lake,
all improved and under cultivation. In 1882 had forty acres of corn, sixty-two acieg
of wheat, twelve of rye and fifteen of oats. House has six rooms, and was built in 1880 ata
cost of $1,100. Mrs. Cranelcame to Kansas in 1879, from Mt. Vernon, Il. Was born in
Austroda Fiersta, Hanover, April 13, 1623. When thirteen years old came to America
with her parents, settling in Evansville, Ind.. and remained there until married and moved
to Mt. Vernon, Was married to Frederick Cranel in Evansvilie, Ind., May 25, 1848, and

has three living children—Dora, Minnie and Thumas G. Mr, Cranel was a miller and dis- -

tiller at Mt. Vernon, Ind., and lost his property. Sold out and built at Shawneetown, II,
and continued in business un il the time of his death, March 9,1863. He was a descendent of
an ancient duke, and heir to immense estates in Hanover.

A.M. CROSS, watchmaker and jeweler, Silver wake, where he located about August
1, 1882, and has since been actively enga; ed in his business,. Came to Kansas May 1, 1882,
from Cornwailis, W. Va, Was born in Belmont County, Ohio, near Centerville, in 1857.
When about twelve years old moved to Stinesville, and from there to Cornwallis, W. Va.
in the year 1866, andremained until coming to Kansas Learned his trade there, and did
considerable work there and in Ohio. ;

Cc. W. EDSON, farmer and sheep-raiser, P. O. Silver Lake, has 640 acres on Section 3,
Township 11, Range 14, 160 acres on Section 2, Township 11, Range:14, nearly all pasture
land except 100 acres in cultivation. Has 1,050 sheep, aud until June, 1882, had 2,000
head, Handles for market and wool both. Markets his wool in Boston, Mass. Has sold
his fat sheep mostly in Topeka. His grades are Spanish and American inerino. Has been
engaged in sheep-raising almost twenty years. Has had experience in three States, and
thinks Kansas the best. ith roper care theloss is notover4 percent. Mr. Edson came
to Kansasin the spring of 1878, and has been in his present location three years. His res-
idence is 34x16, two stories and wing 32x22, with basément, and contains nine rooms be-
side the basement. Cost about $1,500. Horse-barn, 24x34, with basement. Will hold
eight horses and fifteen tons of hay, beside wool-room; cost $600. Sheep-barm, 40x100
feet. Will hold 1,000 sheep and fifty tons of hay. Cost $450. Has a tenement-house,
14x20, which cost $100, Hasone hundred full-grown soft maple trees, besides a peac! -
orchard of about thirty bearing trees and a young apple-orchard of one hundred trees. Mr.
Edson has already expended in improvements nearly $4.000. Has eight. horses ana elevcn
head of cattle. He was born in Prattsburg, Steuben Co., N. ¥., September 23, 1834, and re-
mained there untiltwenty-three years of age, engaged in the stock business, Then moved
to Macomb County, Mich. Handled sheep there fouiteen years, and was South for six and
a haif years ehgaged in buying and shipping black walnut, making his home at Metrop-
olis, Il[., and removed froin there to Kansas. He was married in January, 1876, at Me-
tropolis, Ill., to Miss Anna Evans, a native of New York. They have one boy—Charlie L,
born September 16,1879. Mr. dson is @ member of Lakc Lodgo No. 56, 4.7. & A. Me
Has always been identified with the Republican party. 7

P. P ENOs, station-agent, U. P. Ry., and postmaster, Kingsville, Kansas, has had

charge of station since 1874, Average business done about $10,000 per annum, Was born
in springfield, Lil., April 5, 1847, where he remained unt! 1870, when he went to Chicago.
Eugaged in abstract business with Handy, Paine, De Lue & Co. Has kept books for Au-
drew Wilson, and farmed some since coming to Kansas. Has 150 head of cattle. Was
married in july. 1879, at Topeka, to Miss Margaret Evans, a native of New York. lias
one child—William, [fsa Republican.
- STANLEY HATHAWAY salesman,’ in charge of lumber yard of J. Thomas. This
business carries a stock of about $3,000, aud sales will reach $25.000 per annum. Yard was
established in November, 1879, and Mr. H. has had charge since Junci 1862. He came to
Kansas in July, 1881 from Delaware County, Ind., and first located at St: Mary’s, where he
remained about six months and removed to Topeka, where he engaged in the lumber busi-
ness a few months in the yard of Thomas, Griffith & Co. He was born in Muncie, Ind., Feb-
ruary 9, 1862, and graduated at Muncie Central Academy

Cc. 8. HUTCHINS, of the firm of Dearborn & Hutchins, lessees of the Siiver Lake City
milis, came to Kausas first in 1880, and remained in Bridgeport, Topeka, and McPherson,
building and repairing mills. Returned to Elmira, N. Y., where he remaineda year anda
half, and returned to Kansas in March, 1882. Was born in New York, April 19, 1841, and
when an infant his parents moved to Deerfield, Mass.,and continued to reside there until
the commencement of the war, when he enlist: din the Thirty-third Massachusetts Infan-
try asa private; remained in that commana from July 26th unul November, and was trans-
ferred to the Forty-first Massachusetts at Baton Rouge, La., and formed the Third Massa-
chusetts Cavalry, He was a non-commissioned officer a-portion of the time; was with his
command at Port Hudson, Irish Bend, Pleasant Hill, was twice in the Red River Campaign
under Gen. Banks; was iujured in Western Louisiana and was in the hospital about six
months; was discharged on account of disability Ap)‘l 18.1864, at New Orleans, ae re-
turned to Leyden, Mass.;commenced his trade in 1859 at Greenfield, Mass., and with the
exception rs the time he wasin the army has followed it since. Isa member of Myrtle
Lodge, No. 131, A. F.& A. M., Havana, N. Ie was married iu 1870 at Horseheads, N. Y.,
to Miss Ada Alexander, a native of Bridgeport, NY. : .

IRA CGC. JOHNSON, fariner; 531 acres, two miles west of Silver Lake, all under fence,
and 1882 had 455 acres of corn, balance in pasture, orchard of 100 grafted apple treeg
and siuall fruit, about thirty acres of timber. House about 25x56, contains seven rooms and
was builtin 1875, 100 head cattle, twenty-five horses and mules. Generally keeps abuut
five men employed, and ships bis stock to Kansas City Came to Kansas in 1861, and lo-
cated at Fore Leavenworth; opened a grocery and rectifying establishment; afterward
moved to Atchison, but in a short time returned to Leavenworth, remainedabouttwo years
and took some goods to Colorado and sold them. Ou his return moved to Jefferson County,
and cemained about four years, and then moved to his present location, Was born in Wash-
ington Factory, Kent Co., R. 1., April 19,1810. Immiygrated to Ohio in September, 1817,
and resided in Champaign County until September 24, 1829, when he was married to Miss
Lavina Culver, a native of New York. Engaged successively in mercantile and distillery
business until 1856, when his property was destroyed by fire, andihencame West, Ins
two children—Lucy and Eason, Isa member of Chapter A. F & A.M. Was elected to the
Legislature in 1875, and voted for ex-Gov. Harney for United States Senator,

WILLIAM F,. JOHNSTON. farmer, one and a half miles east of Silver Lake, has 120
acres, about seventy of which are under cultivation; keeps nity wo head ol cattle, twenty-
eight hogs, one span horses, ponies, and mules, House 16x32 feet, story and a half adul~
tion 14x16, seven rooms in all, cellar, stable 16x36, stone wall, 100 feet long on the north
side. Has asix-acre orchard ot bearing app)v and. peach trees, Came to Kansas August
15, 1854, and is the oldest residentin this section of thecountry. First settled in Auburn,
and in 1868 moved to his present location,aud it was open prairie between him and Topeka,
which had not then been located. Was an active Free-state man, having come to the State
to ald that cause; was oneof the Jim Lane men and amember of the Auburn Vigilance
Committee. Mr. J. had many close encounters with the Border Ruffians, but always man-
aged to escape withoutany harm. Atthetime of the defeat at Osawatomie on his return
from the East, met a party of Missourians, who halted him and made threats of personal
violence, but being in possession ot their pass word and perfectly cool and collected, he pus
them off their guard and was allowed to proceed unharmed. Mr Johnston was born in
Washington County Pa., November 13, 1811 and moved to Ohio in 1820 to Hamilton Coun-
ty, eleven miles from Cincinnati. There learned ths trade of carpenter and cabinet-maker
and in 1847 started for Oregon. Proceeded as far as Independence, Mo., where some of the
party backed out and Mr. J. concluded to locate in Jackson County, Mo.. where he con-
tinued to reside until coming to Kansas in 1854. Mr. Johnston has been married four times
and las had seventeen children, of whom six girls and six boys are living, as follows: Mis-
souri A., Andrew J., George W. L. LauraS , Mary E., Robert B., John F., Stephen B., An-
nie &.. William E., Janie E., aod Rosa_B., all born in Kansas, except the firstfour. He is
amember of Topeka Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A: M., and of the Masonic Mutual Benefit So-
ciety, and one of the deacons of the Baptist Church of Silver Lake. Has been Justice of the

Peace. Township Trustee and Notary Public eighteen years, being*the first Justice and No-

tary appointed in the county. Helped to organize the first Sunday-school that was ever

organized in the Territory at Auburn in the Spring of 1855. Helped organize the first free
school at Auburn in the spring of 1856, Voted in the first election in_the Territory. when

there were twenty-seven votes in hig district, but Pro-slavery men carried it by over 2,000

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

votes by the aid of revolvers, bowie knives and, whisky. Mr. Johnston was appointe+ post-
master at Silver Lake in 1872, and held the office eight years. Was agent forthe 1.. P. RB.
R. for five years or until the telegraph office was established at Silver Lake, and built
the first depot at Auburn; had hig house, two-story, destroyed by a tornado in 1860, costing
$2,000, and raised nothing that year; rebuilt in 1861, one story,

EVAN 8, KENNEDY, farmer, P. O, Silver Lake; 220 acres on Sections 27 and 22, Town
11 Range 14 east; 200 acres under cultivation, balance timber, runs onto the Kaw River.
In 1882 had 120 acres corn, ten acres each of millet and rye; has twenty head of cattle
and fourteen horses; stone house twenty by forty, two stories and basement, builtin 1870,
at a cost of $1,500. Came to Kansas in 1847, and has resided on the same place ever since.
Moved from Chicago to Council Bluffs, lowa, in 1844, Remained there until the Pottawat-
omies came onto theirreservation, andcame withthem, Thetribe numbered 5,000 when
they came to this State. He learned the language sufficiently to do business with them. Wags
married in 1846, at Council Bluffs, lowa,.to Ke-bi-ali (signifying Susan), the daughter of
Wa-u-da-gah, a medicine man of the nation, and they have seven children—Charles H.,
Ransom B., Evan R., Jr., John, Edward, Valance Lincoln and Allan; all living except
Charles, who died in 1880; all born in Kansas except one, and on the same farm where Mr.
K. now resides, Mr. K. was nominally a member of the tribe. Was born in South Bend,
Ind., June 1, 1824, and wentto La Porte County in 1827, where he resided until coming to
Kansas, working at carpentering and farming. Helped organize Shawnee County, aii took
an active interest in the troubles of 1856, Was a member of State Militia during Price’s raid
and helped guard the capital. Three of his wife’s brothers were in the army, all members
ot the tribe atthe time they enlisted. Perhaps no man in the State is better posted on the
early settlementand history of Kansas than Mr, K. .

.R. KENNEDY farmer and ferryman, two and a half miles southeast of Silver Lake,
has forty acres of land, partly under cultivation and part timber. $8 born on the **Ken-
nedy farm,” Silver Lake Township. June 14, 1855,.aud was one of the first male children
borninthetownship, The Kaw Valley ferry is the only ferryin the county, and has lieen
running aboutseven yeas, and Mr. K. has changed the location seveial times, Does adbest
business in the fall, and can make $500 a year. r, K. can remember during the California
immigration when corn was one dollar and fifty cents a bushel, and prairie hay forty dollars
aton. Ilas been twice married; in 1874 to Miss Ellen Rock, who died in 1876 and had two
child ten an son and Madison; again in 1880 to Miss Margaret Ramer; they have one child
—George.

CILARLES R, KINSEY, farmer, 210 acres, two miles northwest of Sllver Lake, al] under
fence and 140 acres under cultivation. In 1882 had eighty acres of corn, thirty acres wheat,
200 apple trees, peaches and other fruits; house tweuty-two by sixteen, two stories; stone
stable and frame granary, fifty head of cattle, twenty ead hogs, four horses and two colts,
Came to Kansasin 1872 and moved to present location in 1879, Was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, December 16. 1856 and resided there until coming to Kansas. Was married
November 25, 1880, at-Topeka, Kan , to Miss Ida M.Edwards; they have one child, a boy—

.D, Mrs. K. 1s a member of Topeka Baptist Churen, f

»~THOMAS B, LOUDERBOUGH, farmer, five miles northeast of Silver Lake; has elghty
acres, five acres of timber. In 1882 had seventy-two acres of corn, The main part of his
house is twenty-four by sixteen, story and half, aud an addition of twelve by sixteen,
one story, six rooms in ail, builtin 1879, cost $750. Frame stable and corn-crib attached,
stable twelve by twenty-four, crib twelve by twenty. will hold 1,200 bushels. Hasa young
orchard of forty trees, and a hedge around most of his farm, He came to Kansas in Septem-"
ber. 187% locating in Silver Late Tow nani pe He moved to his present location in the fall of
18s1. Mr, L. was born in Bucks County, Pa., November 28, 1848, and moved to Delaware
when five years old. He was married in Silver Lake Township, March 1, 1881, to Miss
Ayers, a native of Indiana. Ho is a member of Ohio Lodge, No. 132, I. O. 0. F. :

MRS. H. McGEE farms 160 acres near Kingsville. In 1882 bad fifty acres corn, rye
forty, twelve acres oats. Came to Kansas in 1876, settling near Valley Falls, Jeffeison
County. Remained there until 1881, when they moved to present location. Husband’gname
was Jobn McGee, born in Kentucky, January 1, 1830. Went to Buchanan County, Mo., when
about seventeen years old. He was married in 1854, in Buchanan County, Mo., to Miss H.
Farrell, a native of Tennessee. Removed to Clarinda, Page Co., lowa, and remained two

ears, and came to Kansas. Has six children—Sarah, James, John, Fanny, Robert and
‘oxy. Mr. McGee d.ed in Clarinda, :

DR. A. G. MACILL, physician and surgeon, also dealer in drugs and medicines, post-
cfficc building, came to Kansas in July, 1879, from central Missouri, and located at Silver
Lake, opening a arug store. Did not design practicing his profession at first, but at the
urgent solicitation of friends, resumed the practice in the fall of 1881. Was bornin Bel-
mont County, Ohio, May 27, 1833, where he resided until 1844. when he removed to Cincin-
Dati with his parents. ‘Remained in that city uutil the spring of 1854, meanwhile atteiding
the lectures of the American Medical College,grad uating from that institution iii the spring,
of 1854. Commenced reading With Dr. A. H. Baldridge, professor of the diseases of women
and children. Then removed to Butler County, Ohio, and began the practice of medicine,
which he continued about three years, and removed to Cincinnati again, on account of fail-
ing health, Did some practice there, and remained until 1861, when he enlisted in the postal
service of the United States, which he continued for two years, traveling some, but making
his headquarters at Cincinnati. Resumed his profession, and in 1865 removed to Tipton
Moniteau Co., Mo., 163 miles west of St. Louis, Continued practice and drug business until
coming to Kansas. Was married in Missouri, to Mrs. Mar caret E. Kelley, daughter of M,
Sweeney, Esq,, late of Rock Island, IIl., and a sister of Hon. M. B. Sweeney. attorney for the
Rock Island railroad. They have three children—Nettie, now Mrs. Dofman, of Tanekas
Almina, and Ida. Mrs, Magill had one son when married to the doctor, Joseph Kelley, now
traveling for Wakefield’s Medicine Company, of Bloomington, III.

MRS. ANN MANGOLD, farmer, P. O. Silver Lake; 160 acres, eighty acres under culti-
vation, In 1882 had sixty acres of corn which averaged forty-five bushels per acre, House
stone, 18x24, two storics, three rooms, built in 1870; costabout $500. Barn, 14x60, stone,
one story and hay loft; willholdten ho. sand fivetons of hay; builtin 1873. Orchard of
fifteen acres, applcs, cherries and peaches. nearly all bearing. Has seventy-five head of
Cattle, eight horses, and sixty-five hogs. Cameto Kansas in the fall of 1868. Remained at
Auburn one year, then moved onto the Wakarusa; remamcd one year, and moved to
present Jocationin 1870. Was born in Hardy County, W. Va., August 30, 1821. Whensix-
teen years of age moved to Greene County,Ohio; remained there two years, and then moved
to Henry County. Ind. Hiram Mangol!, her husband, was born iu Hardy County, W. Va.,
April 23, 1824. They were married February 27, 1838, and moved to Indiana. Has seven
ehildren—Sarah, John, Harvey, Martha, Hiram, Lucinda, Frank. Mr. Mangold died Sep-
tember.13, 1874 He was a member of the Dunkard Church.

Ul. C. MILLER, farmer, seventy acres, one-half mile west of Silver Lake. In 1882 had
Bfty acres of corn, five acres of millet, eight head of cattle and two horses. Came tu Kansas
in February, 1875, from Scott County, Mo. Was born in Jefferson County, IIL, October 17,
1842; moved to St. Louis County, in 1847. and remained there until November, 1853, and
then moved to Scott County, Mo. Enlisted August 4,186] st Cape Girardeau, Mo., in Mis-
sourl State Militia, and December 12 joined Company F, Twentieth llinois Light Artillery.
Was in the battle of Shiloh, both sleges. and second battle of Corinth. His last general en-
gagement was the battle of Peach ‘Tree Ridge, where he was captured, July 22, 1864, and
remained & prisgney at Andersonville until December 18, 1864, and finally paroled and mus-
tered out at pring fold, Ill., February 22, 1865. Was married July 22, 1865, in Scott County,
Mo,, to Miss Mary A. Burkhardt, a native of France.

TPIOMAS NE SWENDER farmer, P. O. Silver Lake; eighty acres, on Section 23,Town
11, Range 14 three nies east of Silver Lake; all under cultivation and fence. 111882 had
fifty acres of corn, twenty acres of rye, ten acres of millet; has fifty head of cattle and thir-
teen horses, Main part of house, 14x28, story and a half; addition 20x28, six rooms in all:!
built in 1868, at_acost of $1,600. Orchard of 100 apple, fourteen pear, fifty-four cherry
trees and sixty grape vines. Cane to Kansas in 1868, from Columbus, Ohlo, where he was
born, February 27, 1868. Has always followed farming and stock-raising. Has always been
ie VOHN'S OLT VER, 1 Oli

A aR, proprietor Oliver House and livery barn, came to Kansas, August
27, 1857, from Philadelphia, Pa., and first located at Osawkie, Jefferson County, ‘andeen-
gaged in the carpentering business, as one of the first residents of the town, Remained
here until 1863, and engaged in the saloon business one year, and removed to the present
site of Rossville, and farmed until 1869, and then moved to Soldier Creek, buying a farm
of eighty acres, four and one-half miles north of the present town of Silver Lake, and re-
mained until 1871, aud then moved to the town and openeda saloon. In 1870, built the
present substantial brick and stone building, now occupied as the post-office and drug store
of Dr. Magill. The present hotel building was erected in 1873 and opencd September 16,
1875. The house is 25x75 feet, two stories high, and contains fifteen rooms with a capacity
of forty guests. Original cost, $2,100; with addition will make it $2,800. The hotel and liv-
ery barnwas built in 1880, at a cost of $1.500; size, 32x70, all stoue, with buggy sheds on
the west; capacity for twenty-five head of horses, ana loft will hold twenty-five tons of
hay. -Keeps, on an average, fifteen head of horses, four buggies aud spring wagons. Mr.
Oliver was born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 10, 1835, where he remained until June 5,
1855, learning the trade of cooper. ‘Went from thereto Alton, Ill. and worked at his trade
about one year. Removed to Peoria, and remained as clerk anout one year in the Massasoit
House. Returned to Philadelphia, and was married, June 22. 1857, to Mtss Emily L. Bos-
well, a native of that city. then came to Kansas. They have two children, Clara, now Mrs,
Edward Thompson, and Lizzie B. He is a member of the I. O O. F.,and Great Light Lodge,
A. F.& A. M.. Silver Lake, He wasa member of the Nineteenth Kansas Regiment, State
Militia, and participated in the battles of the Blue, Westport, and other engagements. ‘as
uartermaster Sergeant. Mr. Oliver's family were of the first white families to settle in
the Pottawatomie Reservation. He has been an active and prominent Democrat, and has
attended several conventions as a delegate.
GARRETT PALMER, farmer, P. O. Silver Lake, Section 10, Townshi
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a Silver Lake; moved to his present locos ino oe ee ae he fall of 1867, locatin
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Y., March 8, 1826; remained there until twenty-seven years of eee THEM Se eotod
from there to Kankakee County, [ll., and remained fourteen years, farming. Was married
November 3, 1849, in Cattaraugas County. N. Y., to Miss EB, t Strickland. They have had
three children, two of whom are dead. allace F. is now living with his father on the home

plate,
JOSEPH PETERS, farmer, 340 acres at Kingsville Kansas, In

corn, thirty acres of oats, forty acres of millet, Came to’ Kansas In Laie neh pore
pekathree months, moved to'Soldier Creek and remained one year, and from there to his
presentlocation, He was born in Lehigh County, Pa., December 1, 1836; when thirteen he
moved to Northampton County, and remained until coming to Kansas. En, ‘aged in milling
eleven years in Northampton, and at other times was engaged in farming. Enlisted in 1862
under a call from Governor Curtin, and was in the battle of Gettysburg, and was commis-
sioned as Captain. He was married in 1858 in Northampton County, Pa., to Miss Mary E.

Linn. They have six children living—Heury J., Johu F., Thomas S., Charles P., Morris S.
and Freddie R. Isa member of America Mechanics. Has always been an active Repub-

can.
JAMES B. QUINTARD, farmer, P. O. Silver Lake; 320 acres, 160 acr
farm, and 160 on Soldier Creek, four and a half miles north. Home arm all uider euliivas
tion. In 1882 bad 100 acres of corn. Has thirty head of cattle, three horses ana seven hogs,
all Berkshire. House 1s stone, 18x30, addition 10x25; main part one and a half stories, six
rooms in all; builtin 1869, cost $2,000. Tenement ‘house Tax6 and outbuildings. ‘Has
about 125 peach trees, about forty bearing. Cameto Kansas in the spring of 1860, when
there were no railroads, He was born in Norwalk, Conn., October 21, 1839, ‘and when quite
‘oung moved to Ohio. He was married December 17, 1869. in Knox County, Ohio, to Miss
‘adaline Watkins, a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and has eight girls— ary L., Francis
a Bion cele E. jiiice Ds: Maud i eae oF sud Maddie Is a member of the
7 i een &@ member of the Schoo itl
exception of one vent. ' : oard fourteen years, with the
a , farmer, P. O. Silver Lake; forty acres on Section 22, T. i

Range 14, all under plow and hedge fence around it. Has three horse: Eeireen eee
house 16x24, story and a half. built in 1876; cost $416, three rooms; orchard, 150 bear ng
trees; corn crib will hold 1,000 bushels. Came to Kansas in 1876 from Montgomery County
Mo. as born in Dearborn County, Ind., April 18, 1832, and resided there until thirty
years of age, working at coopering. Was married August 14, 1854, to Miss Sarah A. John-
son, who died in Montgomer, County, Mo., in 1876. as six children—Margaret J., Mary
O., David F., James F., Sarah F., and Albert Scott. Moved to Missouri in the fall of 1865
and resided here aaut coming to Kansas. 7 H
z ‘armer, two miles west of Silver Lake, has eighty acres all under -
tion and fence. In 1862 had seventy acres corn and ten DOTeS Tniltet. Has four heater
horses, seventy: head of hogs and twelve cattle. House 24x26, one story, built in 1875.
Came to Kansas in the fall of 1869, first locating near Topeka. Homesteaded in Nemaha
County and remained three years. Located at his present place in 1877. Was born in
Litchfield County, Conn., October 22, 1845, where he remained until 1869, and worked at
iron moulding @ portion of thetime, Moved to Iriquois County, Ill, and from there to
Kansas. Was married April 10, 1879, to Miss Martha S. Johnson, and ‘has two children—
Ida M. and William Stanley. Isa member of Ohio Lodge No. 138, I. 0. 0, F. Silver Lake,

an.
ED. SMITH, barber was born in Matamoras, Mexico, in 1851, and when
years old moved to San Antonio, and followed his trade, When seventeen moved toga
veston, Tex.; resided there about five years and then came to Lawrence, Kan,, where he re-
sidéd until September, 1881, when he came to Silver Lake. For many years was on the old
Chism trail in Texas, and from thence came to Oberlin and Fort Kearney, and McPherson.
.,in the cattle business, and for several months was foreman for Ben. Gallagher, of
Omaha, Neb., and was also inthe employ of McCathey, the noted Texas cattle man. Was
married in 1877 at Lawrence, Kan.,to Miss Henrietta Rodgers, and has one child, Hattie.
JAMES E. THOMPSON, groceries, restaurant, bakery and fruit stand, came to Kansas
in October 1854, tirst locating in Nemaha County. Was in the employ of McGraw’s Over-
land Stage Company from Independence, Mo., and drove through to Salt Lake City. Made
five trips forthem. Then in the fall of 1855 took a drove of 300 fat cattle from Leavenworth
to Laramie City, returned to Kansas and took a claim on the Nemahaand laid offa town
called Richmond, Asaimember of the Western Mining Company ran a store a short time
at Richmond and moved to Lecompton in the spring of 1856, where he built a boarding-
house and saloon; boarded the First and Second Legislature which metin Lecompton. Was
appointed the first Sheriff of Nemaha; also appointed Colonel of Northern Division of Kan-
sas Militia under Gov. Gearey’s administration. Left Lecompton in the spring of 1858 and
came on the first steamboat going to Topeka. Was familiar with all the historic men of
those days, and, losing all his pr-sperty, returned to Pekin, Il. in 1863. Remained there
until the close of the war and then returned to Kansas and settled on the Pottawatomie Re-
serve and helped to survey Silver Lake, and has been in the grocery business most of the
time since. e was bornin London, Madison Co., Ohio, January 26, 18338. When sixteen
ears of age moved to Pekin, Ill., and had a mail contract with his brothers, one of whom,
eG. was Postmaster at Pekin and afterwards was a pointed Surveyor-General of Kansas
under Gen. Calhoun. Mr. Thompson was married in 1855in Western Missouri to .Miss
Mary J. Smith, anative of Ross County,Ohio. They havetwo children, Edward, who was
the first male child born in Kansas at Lecompton, January 19, 1857, and Carrie. =
TOMSON, farmer, P. O. Silver Lake. Has eighty acres of land, all improved; a
story and a half house, containing five rooms, which was builtin 1872, and: cost $400. He
also has a two-story stone barn 20x24, built in 1879 ata cost of $500. He has an orchard of
400 apple, 200 pear, 100 cherry, and 1,000 peach, nearly all bearing, also 1,500 forest trees.
Was born in Warren County, Ohio, and moved to Franklin County, Ind. when three years
old, but soon after moved to Butler County, Ohio, where he lived till 1842, when he moved
to Preble County, Ohio. He lived in Preble until 1865, when he moved to ‘Hamilton, Butler
Co., Ohio., where he lived five years and then moved to Shawnee County, Kan., in 1870. He
worked at the carpenter trade continually till he moved to Kansas. e@ was married in
1840 to Miss Mary A. Barnhisel, a native of Perry County, Pa., but raised in Hamilton
Ohio. They have raised seven children, scar, Adaline, Isabel, Martha A., John,
Albert and Edwin. ‘Mr. Tomson was paraiyzed on his left side March 6. 1877. eis a
member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been a warm and earnest Republican frqm the
time the party was first organize is oes , , sat od :
HEN RY Dp. TUTTLE, M. D., physician and surgeon, located in Silver Lake in May,
1876. Came from Fort Leavenworth. He was born in Three Rivers, Canada, December 13,
28, When quite young he moved with his parents to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he re-
mained until grown, meanwhile completing his literary course and studying medicine un-
der Dr. Sage and Dr. Douglas, Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Gunn, who was afterwards
appointed Professor of Anatomy in Michigan University, and afterwards Professor of Sur-
gery in Rush Medical College. | From there he went to Grand Haven and other points in
Michigan, and subsequently to San Antonio, Tex., as Surgeon of Military Posts. Returned
to Fort Leavenworth and remained until the war commenced. In 1862 he received acom-
mission from Gov. Robinson as Assistant Surgeon in the Tenth Kansas Infantry, The fol-
of the same regiment by Gov. Carney, and held
that position until the close of the war. Was mustered outat Montgomery, Ala., and dis-
charged at Fort Leavenworth, where he resumed practice. In 1867 he went to Forts Union
and Sumner, New Mexico, acting as Assistant Surgeon for the Government. Remained
aboutsix months and returned to Fort Leavenworth, and came from that city to Silver
Lakein 1876. He was married in 1867, at Fort Leavenworth, to Miss Lucy Esseman, a na-
tive of Hartford, conn, s they have one son, Fred G., now editor and publisher of the North
onville, B: tone Co., Minn. .
Stat NTA MIN Ff, VANORSDOL, farmer and orchardist, P. O. Silver Lake, has 200 acres
under cultivation and enclosed, two and one-half miles northeast of Silver Lake, in Mono-
ken Township. In 1882 had sixty acresofcorn. Residence 1s 14x22 with an L 16x32, all
containing six rooms; built in 1880. Hecameto his present locationin 1870. Has an or-
chard of forty acres planted from one to ten years. Has about 2,500 apple trees, 1,000 bear-
Ing. In 1881 had about 500 bushels apples. | Has about 2,000 peach trees, about 600 bear-
ing. i
eral fruit. Mr. V. has accomplished this magnificent showing by hisown labor, besides
has a fine avenue shaded with soft maple, .ailantus, cottonwood andelm. He was born in
Shelby County, Ind., November 21, 1835. When five years old nis parents moved to Henry
County, Iowa, where he resided until 1861. He completed the classical course of the Iowa
Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in June, 1860, and enlisted the following
year In Company F., First Iowa.
term of enlistment of three months’men and removed to Ohio, locating in Preble County
and taught school until 1864, when he was made Major of the Thirty-fourth Ohio National
Guards, which was merged into the One Hundred and Fifty-sixth United States Vol-
unteer 100 day men. Was through Kentucky and in the battle of the Cumberland, Md.
Held his commisston as Major of the Thirty-fourth National Guards for five years. Read
law in Eaton, Ohio. Was admitted to the harin July, 1865. He was married in Preble
County, Ohio, in 1865 to Miss Nancy Pottinger, a native of Ohio. They have two children,
Mary #. and Thomas P, He isa member of the Ohio Lodge, No. 182, Silver Lake I. O. O. F.
and District Deputy Grand Master. With the exception of one year has held that position
since the organization of the Lodge. Has always been a prominent and active Repub-
lican.
¥. M. VANORSDOL, farmer and fruit-grower, two and one-half miles northeast of Sil-
ver Lake, “Has 160 acres, 110 acres under cultivation. Has about thirty acres in fruit;
peaches, apples and other fruit, In 1882 had thirty acres of grain. House 14x24, with an

lowing year he was promoted to Surgeon

Has 100 of each, pears and plums, and 150 cherry trees, vesides huving all varieties of.

Was atthe battle of Wilson’s Creek and completed the:

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addition 12x14, built in 1870 at acost of $700. Came to Kansas in 1869, and first located in
Topeka, remaining one year Moved tu his present location in 1872. Was born in Louisa
County, Lowa, September 18, 1845. When quite young changed his location, finall

in Hen ry County, Iowa, where he remained. nlisted in 1863, in Company K., Fourt!
Iowa Cavalry Was with his command in pursuit of Price, and at Memphis and Vicksburg.
and in Gen. A. J. Smith's command in Tennessee. Was through Alabama and Georgia
with Gen. Wilson, Was mustered out in August, 1865, at Atlanta,Ga. Returned to Iowa
and continued to reside there until coming to Kansas. Was married in 1866 at Mount
Pleasant, lowato Miss Kate Howe, and has five children; William, George, James, Frank
and Belle. Has always been a Republican.

GEORGE W. VANORSDOL, tarmer and fruit grower; 120 acres, situated two and one-
half miles northeast of Silver Lake, Land all under cultivation. Has 45 acres in fruit. Has
2,000 apple trees, 5 000 peach, 100 pears, 200 cherries, about one-half bearing. Apples are
all grafted with the best varieties. Mr, Vanorsdol has been in the fruit business for eleven

ears. Came to Kansasin 1870 from Henry County, Iowa, Was born in Shelby County,
nd., October 13. 1839, but moved to lowa when quite young. Started a nursery near Afton,
Union Co., lowa, in 1868, ran it three years and then came to Kansas, Enlisted in Company
E, First lowa Cavalry in 1861. Was in guerrilla warfare throughout Missouri and Arkansas
and in pursuit of Price. Was promoted to Sergeant. Was mustered out in 1864 at Daven-
ort, lowa, and returned to Henry County, lowa. Was married in 1864 at Mt. Pleasant,
owa, to Miss Samantha Lowell, and has six children living: May, Eugene, Jennie, Ira,
ered and Lizzie. Has always beena Republican. Is a member of the School Board, District
0. 2

WORDEN & HARDY. dealers in hardware, stoves, implements and tinware. Also buy
grain andiive-stock. Trade will average $15,000 per year. In 1879 bought about 200,000
bushels of corn. Finds a market in Kansas City and St. Louis for grain and stock. The firm
shipped the first six months in 1882 about ten cars of hogs, Mr. Worden came to Silver
Lake in 1875 and engaged in grain business, The following year opened a hardware store,
He was born in Syracuse N, ¥., March 22, 1848. Resided there until twenty-one years of
age, attending school and farming. Moved to Wayne County. Iowa, and improved 160 acres
of land in 1869. Returned to New York in 1872, bought his father’s farm and remained
eleven months, then coming West, Was married September 30, 1869, at Dexter. Mich.
Miss Lucy A. Dibble, a native of Michigan. They have four children’ Susie A., Monroe D.
Ralph E., and Charley. Mr; Worden is a member of Lake Lodge, No. 51, A. F. & A. M., also
of I.0. 0. F. Mr, Hardy came to Kansas in 1878. Was engaged with Mr. Worden abouta
year and a half and with Mr. Cross in grain business about six months. Was born in Jeffer-
‘80n County. Ohio, November 3, 1848. Came to Lucas County. Iowa, in 1878 and remained
two years and removed to California, where he remained two years, Was married Decem-
ber 28,1881, at Silver Lake, Kansas, to Miss Alice A. Towles, a native of Danville, Ind.

ROSSVILLE.

Soon after the Pottawatomies moved on to their reservation on the Kan-
sas River, the St. Mary’s Catholic Mission was established at a point a few
miles west of the present site of Rossville Village in the township by that
name. Settlements were made at a very early day in the country-adjacent to
the Mission, it being the nucleus of quite a large scattered population, in ad-
dition to that clustered around the mission proper.

The beauty and fertility of the Pottawatomie reserve, and the fact that it
was traversed by the California and Oregon road, one of the great highways of
the Territory, made it an especially desirable location, but while an Indian
reservation, ofcourse, no title to any land could be obtained except through
marriage relations with the tribe. Those who settled in the vicinity of Cross
Creek in 1847-48, were nearly all connected with the Pottawatomies in this
way. Among these settlers were John Bassho, Stephen McPherson, William
Martel, Alexander Rodd, Francis Bergeron, Anthony Tacier, Lawton and
William Nasseau.

(Metsepa, signifying the ‘‘ cross,” was the Indian name of the creex—so
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Soon after their settlement, Bergeron, Tacier and Lawton built a bridge
aeross the creek, at a point alittle above the present site of the village of
Rossville, on what is now Harrison street. Several bridges were built about
the same time in the northern portion of the reservation—one crossing Lost
Creek, and one Vermillion ; they were built for the benefit of the Indians at’
the Government expense, toll being collected only from whites.

In 1849 a pole ferry was started by Charles Beaubien and Louis Ogee,
crossing the Kansas River from the mouth of the creek to a point directly op-
posite, now in Maple Hill Township, Wabaunsee County.

The first store of which there is any record, was kept by William Dyer
(afterwards of Osawkie) in 1853. Col. A. G. Boone, and James Dahoney
afterwards built small log stores and traded with the Indians.

Mrs. Gibson Metty taught the first school in the township, commencing
her labors in a little log cabin near the creek with about fifteen scholars, part
white and part Indian. Miss Jane Woodward was also one of the very early
teachers. *

James Baldan, George James, George Stackhouse and Cyrus Higgin-
botham, were among thesettlers of 1855-58. 4

Dr. Robert S. Gabby, appointed Government Physician at St. Mary’s in
1857, removed to Cross Creek in 1861, and still resides at the village of Ross- °
ville. He was the first Justice of the Peace appointed in 1867. Mr. John
Baker, who came to the place about the same time, is also still a resident.

From 1847 until 1859 the Pottawatomies received their annuities at
Uniontown, from 1859 until their final payment in 1870, on the banks of
Cross Creek a little west of the present site of the village. At this point were
a few shanties, occupied by Anthony Navarre (who cultivated a small farm),
James Doheny and Lewis Bellaire, with their dusky families.

By the provisions of the treaty of 1861, land was allotted in severalty to
the various members of the tribe who preferred separate farms, the remainder
moving to the diminished reserve in Jackson County, At this time allotments
were made to some seventy-five white men and six or seven white women who
had married into the tribe. These old settlers own some of the finest farms in

. the county.

The site of the village of Rossville, comprising about 100 acres, was pur-
chased of Anthony Navarre, and So-na-ne-qua, his wife, by A.C. Sherman,
Col. George W. Veale, H. H, Wilcox and Fielding Johnson, the original pro-
prietors, in 1871, The depot on the Union Pacific road was at that time estab-
lished west of the creek, but thiough the influence of Messrs. Veale and Sher-
man, backed by an outlay of $1,000, 1t was removed to its present location in
the village. The town site was surveyed and platted by J. B. Whittaker,
County Surveyor, now residing in Topeka, the name of Edna being originally
selected for the village ; but Rossville finally decided upon both for village and
township. :

The first store on the village site was started by J. C. McIlvane. In
1873 Hartzell & Tatman established their drug store,
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The first township election was held in April, 1872, Samuel Real being
elected Trustee, James Cass, Treasurer, and Frank C. Saunders, Clerk.

In June, 1881, Rossville was organized as a city of the third-class. The
first city election was held June 27th, and the following officers elected: H.
H. Miller, Mayor ; S. V. Maxwell, Samuel Kerr, M. F. Tatman, John Stoyell,
and D. P. Elder, Councilmen ; C.W. Talmadge, Clerk; D.G. Smith, Treasurer ;
City Attorney, W. C Sherman,

Allof the above are the present city officers (1882) except C. W. Talmadge,
a vacancy being occasioned by his absence from the city; Gregg Navarre was
appointed in his place. ~

Rossville is a thriving, busy place, having now four organized churches—
Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Campbellite. One church “building
(Bap:ist) is erected, and the material on the ground to construct the Presbyte-
rian. Five schools are in operation, three during six months of the year, and
two during nine.

The Pottawatomie Land Agency, organized in 1870, and now in charge of
O. LeRoy Sedgwick, has jurisdiction over all the original Pottawatomie reserve
of thirty miles square, and lying on both sides of the Kansas river, except the
diminished reserve of twelve miles square in Jackson County. All titles are
traced to Indian proprietorship—the original allotment rolls being in the pos-
session of this office.

A new postoffice building has recently been erected by A. C. Sherman,
who is the present postmaster, :

The steam mills now owned by Mulvane Bros., of Topeka, and run by W.
M. Mitchner was built by J. C. McIlvane, James Baldwin, and James Stearns.
It has four run of stone, and manufactures patent flour, having a capacity of
seventy-four barrels a day. ‘ r 2

A brick-yard has just been started near the village by Mr. Mowers—his
first kiln of one hundred and ten thousand being burned in July, 1882. -

The village has now (1882) one hotel, the Maxwell House, kept by S. B.
Maxwell; five general stores—C. W. Higgenbotham’s, established July, 1882
(formerly Kerr & Higgenbotham); Kerr & Allen, established June, 1882; Peter
Shearer (formerly Shearer & Moss); January 1, 1882; Isaac Larrance (formerly
Lovejoy & Co.) ; August 1, 1880; and A. Urbansky’s branch store.

Sherman Bros. have a large hardware store and various industries of the
village are represented by J. T. Olmstead, shoemaker; George E. Cooke, Rich-
ard Mason, and W. S. Templin, blacksmiths, and E. A. Bushor, harnessmaker.

The physicians of the place are Drs. Gabbey, Miller, and McIntire. W.
C. Sherman is attorney at law.

The Kansas Valley Times was started by O. LeRoy Sedgwick, at St.
Mary’s, as the S¢. Mary’s Times, in 1874. It was removed to Rossville in
February, 1879, and published under the old name. Within the interim,
for one year, under different management, it was called the St. Mary’s Demo-
crat. In 1879 it was changed to Kansas Valley Times, andin June, 1882,
sold to F. W. Kroenke, who in July removed the office to Topeka, where the
paper is now printed. It has a weekly circulation of 1,300, mostly in Kan-
sas Valley. C. W. Talmadge, of Rossville, is the local corresponding editor.

Lhe Baptist Church was organized August 30, 1871, with the following
members: T. W. Meserve and wife, James Stearns and wife, James Pulman
and wife, Miss Mary Meserve; E. O. Taylor, of Topeka officiating. Rev. Wil-
liam Clark was first pastor. In the following January nine joined the Church,
Rev. Mr. Rigby is present pastor. Trustees: H. E. Close,C. W. Higgen-
botham, J. A. Smith, S. J. Oliver ; the present membership is thirty.

Rossville Lodge A. O. U. W.—Incorpor ted June 3, 1881, with twelve
charter members, as follows: H. H. Miller, M. W.; W. L. Huntington. F; S.
B. Maxwell, O.; C. W. Talmadge, R.; H. A. Cassabaum, F.; Peter Shearer,
R.; R. M. Henderson, G.; H.H. Miller, medical Ex. Present membership,
twenty.

Hesperian Lodge No. 111.—Charter dated October 17, 1872, C. W. Higgin-
botham, master; A. B, Gilman, S. W.; S. W. Spencer, J. W. Organ-
ized under dispensation August Ig, 1871, with the following names of Master
Masons: C. W. Higginbotham, G. W. Kirkpatrick, S. W. Spencer, A. B. Gil-
man, Thomas Kidman, Thomas Moss, R. L. Downing, Henry Farbach, B. W,
Higginbotham, H. B. Henderson, W.C. Bayless. Present membership, nine-
teen. Present officers: H. H. Miller, W. M.; C. W. Higginbotham, S. W.,
D. W. Holt, J. W.; Alf W. Spence, Sec.; Martin Smith, Treas.; R. Bevens;
J. D.; H. Kline, S.D.; H. B. Henderson, tiler.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ARCHIBALD ABBOTT, farmer, P. O. Rossville. Has fifty-three acres in Section 2,
allin cultivation. In 1882 cultivated seventy-five acres of corn, twenty acres of wheat,
ten acres of oats. Cameto Kansas January 8, 1866, locating in Topeka: rematued elght
months and removed to Salina, and ran asaw mill abouta year. Returned to Topeka and
remained until 1870, putting up hay on contract. Was born and raised in Kingston, Can-
ada West. Whileinthe United States, near South Haven, Mich., enlisted inthe army inthe
fall of 1861, in Company C, Third Michigan Cavalry. Was with hls command at Madrid,
Island No. 10, Shiloh, both battles of Corinth, Iuka, "Was with Grant at Vicksburg. Was
in Grierson’s command on his famous raid from Corinth to Iuka and Tuscumbia, Was
wounded, while under Gen. Hatch below Corinth, in the right leg. Was in the hospital two
weeks. as also slightly wounded in rightarm at Oxford. as mustered out in the fall
of 1864, at Detroit, Mich. Was married May 30, 1871, at Topeka, Kan., to Miss Elizabeth
Fields, a native of Wisconsin. They have five children—Katherine, Leonora, Charles, Nettle
A. and Bessie.- Mr. A.’s house is a frame, 16x28, three rooms. Crib 16x24, granary 10x12.
Has an orchard of twenty cherry and apple trees. Has followed threshing for three years,
Improved his ownland. Heisa member of the Republican party.

GEORGE E, ALLEN, of the firm of Kerr & Allen, dealers in general merchandise, Main
street. He hasbeen connected with the firm since April 1, 1882 He came to the State in
October, 1859, stopping in Tecumseh Township, Shawnee County, where he remain d until
1862. First engaged in running a mill, located on_the Whitestone, seven miles east of To-

eka, and there farmed with success. In the fall of 1862 went to Boulder County, Col., where
Ee engaged in coal business, marketing itin Denver, distant t enty miles. He remained
there about two years, returning to Atchison County in the fall of 1864. Engaged in stock
trading inthe city of Atchison for two years, and then returned to farming in Shawnee
County, Tecumseh Township. He remained here about two years, and then moved to the
southern part of the State, purchasing a piece of land in the Osage District, in what is now
Greenwood County. Remained nearly two years, and came back to his ‘‘first love,” locat-
ing one and one-half miles southeast of Rossville. Remained there nine years, and sold
out in February, 1882, and came to Rossville, where he has since remained. Was Town-
ship Trustee for one anda half years. Was born in California, Moniteau Co., Mo., October
6, 1840, ’ Remained in his native county until eighteen years of age, farming and milling
most of the time. He was married November 1, 1865, at Tecumseh, Kan., to Miss Louisa
Hopkins, a native of Lexington County, Mo. They have four children--Nesbit, Anna, George
qi

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

J and Gertrude, Mr, Allen isa member of the Democratic party and attends the Presby-
erian Church,

JOSEPH ANDREWS, farmer, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa. Is a member of
Hanover Lodge, No. 115, A. F. & A. M., of Loudonville, Ohio, and of Sylvan Lodge, No. 240,
I. 0. 0. F., of the same place. - A

W. THOMAS ANDREWS, farmer, two and a half miles southwest of Rossville, The farm
consists of 2U0 acres, which he aud hts mother own in common. The land is situated on_
Sections 4 and 9, Township 11, Range 13, and all improved except forty acres of timber. His
dwelling louse js 18x34 feet; two sLories, seven rooms and cellar; builtin 1879. His grain
house is 16x24 feet, and iis corn crib and stable 32x48 feet. In 1882 had 150 acres of corn,
five acres of millet, ten head of horses, thirty-five head of cattle and forty-five hogs. He
coms ta thie state in the spring of 1879, from McKay, Ashland Co., Ohio, where he was born

ecember 6, :

JOSEPH BESEAD, farmer, P. O. Rossville, on Mr. Sickle’s sixty-five acres, came to the
State April 16, 1875, locating at St. Mary’s. Remained there one summer and moved west of
town. From there came toeross Creek and remained two years. Was born in Monroe
County, Mich., November 21, 1824, and: came from there to Kansas. Was imarried in 1844,
in Monroe County, Mich., to ‘Miss Matilda Paxten, and had one child—Henry. Wife died in
1847. Was married in 1850, in Monroe County, to Miss Adeline Navarre. Have eight
children—Darrta, Matilda, Mary, Willie, Frank, Francis, Richard and Emma. Is amem-
ber of the Catholic Church and a Democrat. i a!

RICHARD BINNS, contractor and builder, the only contractor in the town, came to
Rossville in March, 1871, and has been constantly engaged at his trade, Has built most of
the business houses and residences in the place. In 1881 did $12,000 worth of work and
has done more than that In former years. Employs five and six carpenters. Came to the
State in 1870 and located in Topeka, aud came from there direct to Rossville. Was Justice
of the Peace for two years, and isa member of School Board. Built the first Government
building on the Pottawatomie Reserve at acost of $4,000. Was born in Fayette County,
Pu,, January 18, 1834. Remained in native county until about ten years of age, Moved to
Harrison County, Ohio, and remained until twenty-one, learning his trade and_attendin
the Friends’ boarding school at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, two years. Went to Richmond,
Ind., and remained, working at his trade until coming to Kansas. Taught school near
Richmond two years. Was married at Richmond, Ind., November, 1852, to Miss Elona
Hall, of that place. Has five children—William H., now milling in Jefferson County;
Horace M. and Frank, working with their father; Anna Laura, and Johu B. Mr. B.isa
member of Hesperian Lodge, No. 111, A., F. & A. M., Rossville. Is P.M. of that lodge. Is
«member of Friends’ Church, Lawrence, Kan. Was a delegate to the Republican State
Convention in 1882, and has always worked with the Republican party.

JOHN A, BOND, farmer, P. O. Rossville, Sections 19 and 80, Township 10, Range 13—
161 acres.all under fence and cultivation. Has 143 acres of corn, 100 bearing apple trees,
besides pears, cherries, plums and grapes. His house ts 14x28, L12x14, kitchen 12x14—
four rooms in all, Built in 1876 at a cost of $450. Barn 24x40, frame fourteen feet
high. Mr. Bond came to Kansas in the fall of 1868, first locating six- miles northeast
of Topeka; remained there one year and moved two miles northwest of Topeka; remained
there two years; moved west three miles and remained one year, and then bought a farm
one and one-half miles east of Rossville; remained there four years and moved to his
present location in 1876. Was born in Tyler County, W. Va., May 20, 1834. He re-
mained in his native county until coming toKansas. He was married in the fall of 1861, in
Tyler County, to Miss Thomas, analive of thatcounty. They have two children—Lydia and

liam Morris. Has 600 shade trees on his farm. Has always been a Republican.

WILLIAM BOND, farmer, three miles west of Rossville. Owns 278 acres in Sections
18, 19, and 20—all under cultivation and fence. Has 182 acres of corn, twenty-four acres
wheat, which will average eighteen bushels au acre. Has also sixty head of cattle; has
eight acres of meadow, 275 fruit trees—some are bearing—100 peee , 130 apples, and 45
other trees. Has about 300 Concord grape vines, and one-half acre raspberries. His
house is 30x42 feet, one story, containing five rooms; veranda entire front of house; cost
$800; commenced in 1876, finished in 1882. Barn 22x42; capacity, six horses; and crib
will hold 1,20 bushels of corm; mow will hold about six tons of ay, He has 100 shade
trees, consisting of cottonwood and maple. Blue grass yard. Has 1.005 rods of hedge.
Came to Kansas in 1869 and remained in Topekaseven months. Moved to. Lyon County in
the spring of 1870 and located seven miles north of Emporia; remained there about
eighteen months. Then moved back to Shawnee County, two miles north of Topeka, and
farmed for one year; then moved one mile east of Rossville; remained one year; removed two
iniles southwest of Rossville, and remained two and one-half years, and moved to his
present location in 1876. Was born in Tyler County, W. Va., March 13, 1836, and remained
until coming to Kansas. Mr. Bond was married February 23, 1861, in Tyler County, to
Miss Elizabeth J. Bond. They have five children— Walter, Benry, Mary, Margaret and
Cupid a ten-foot Eclipse wind-mill, twenty-five feet high. In politics he is a Re-

ubliecan.

WESLEY DAVIS, teacher, came to this State in 1877, locating in Rossville from Tyler
County, W.Va. Engaged in teaching school most of the tim Has taught for several
months in District No. 6, west of Rossville. The average attendance forty pupils. Has
a two years’ certificate, the highest grade in the county. He was born in Tyler County,

. Va., March 20, 1849. Remained in his native county until twenty-one years of age.
Attended High School, Antioch, Ohio, two years. Returned home and taught school a
number of terms before coming West. He was engaged in the cattle business for about
four, years, shipping to Baltimore and Philadelphia. Is an active member of the teachers’

JOHN DE GRAFF, farmer, one mile south of Rossville, 225 acres in Section 10, Lots 1
and 2, comprising 117 acres ir Section 9, and 132.83 acres in Section 3, in all 474.83 acres,
of which 300 acres are improved, balance in timber, consisting of walnut. hickory, hack-
berry, oak, and sycamore—all under fence except timber land. In 1882 had 200 acres
of corn, forty acres of wheat. Has thirty-seven cattle, forty-six_hogs, eight horses, and
thirteen calves. ‘The house is 20x36 one-story; has six rooms. First part was built in
1867, and cost then about $1,500. The addition was built in 1880 at a cost of $400. Barn is
20x30; capacity, eight horses and five tons of hay; built in 1878 ata cost of $500. Granary
12x16; will hold 900 bushels of wheat. Stone smokehouse 12x16, one-story ; cost $120.°
Mr. De Graff came to Kansas, July 7, 1865, and obtained his land through Lndian title.
‘When he came to Kansas there were not 1,000 people in Topeka, and Rossville had two
houses, and the white people oné would see were Government troops, freighters and
emigrants on their way to California and New Mexico. He located on his land In 1867.
Was born in Menoska Falls, near Burlington, Vt., August 18, 1882, where he resided until
about fourteen, and then moved with his parents to Rochester, N. Y., where they remained
about a year and then moved to South Bend, Ind., and rematned until coming to Kansas,
He learned the carpenter’s trade in South Bend of James Andrews, contractor and builder
of that city. Was married September 28, 1867, at South Bend, Ind., to Miss Frances
Navarre, a native of South Bend, and a lady of Iidilan extraction, being related to the Pot-
tawatomles. They have six children—Mary Frances, John Isadore, ‘len Alice, Joseph,
George, and William. The family attend the Catholic Church. Mr.’ De Graft has always
been an active Republican, He has seen the ups and downs of Kansas life, and in the fall of
1865 saw the krnsshoppers so thick that the trains could not run, and assisted in sanding
the track at Rossville so the cars couldrun. He has visited his Indiana home twice since
boralig West in 1872 and 1881, He has an orchard of 150 apple trees, 200 grape vines, and
other fruits. Has several comfortable tenement houses on his land.

JAMES DE VINEY, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Rossville, has eighty acres, all under
cultivation; has fifty acres of corn, balance rye and oats. House 24x 0, one and a half
storles, seven rooms audacellar, Granary 12x16; two horses, two mules, six head of cat-
tle, Has a young orchard, He came to Kansas in the spring’ of 1880, from Ross County,
near Chillicothe, Ohio, locating on his present farm, He was born in Columbiana County,
Ohio, October 18, 1840. hen quite young he removed to Ross County. and remained ui-
tll he came to Kansas. Mr. De Viney was married May 27, 1861, in Athens, Ohio, to Miss
{leppe Connor, of that place. They have one daughter—Jennie, Mr. V. enlisted, in 1862, in
the Seventh Ohio Battery. He was in the engagements at Murfreesboro, Franklin,
Vicksburg, and Mobile, Ala. He was mustered out in 1865, at Camp Dennison, Ohio. He
returned to Ross County, where he remained, engaged in farming, until coming to Kansas.
The family attend the Presbyterian Church.

HENRY FORD, farmer, three and a half miles southwest of Rossville, owns eighty
acres on Section 5, all under cultivation. In 1882 he had seventy-two acres corn, millet
and oats, Housa 18x40, story and a half, four rooms, Crib 10x16, hotas 1,000 bushels corn.
Smokehouse 10x12; three milch cows, four horses, eighteen hogs. He cameto Kansas in
February, 1863, locating in Manhattan, where he remained about two years in the employ
of the Kansas Stage Company, driving from Topeka to Manhattan until, the completion of
the K, P. R. R. He came to Rossville in the spring of 1867 and commenced improving his
farm. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio, May 13, 1836, and when quite young moved to
Wells county: Und, where he remained about five years, and moved to Hayesville, Ky..
where he remaiued a short time and moved to Chester, Ill.; worked thereand in Keokuk,
Iowa, and in northeastern Missouri and Illinois, and in 1860 went to Denver, Col., where
he was in the employ of the Western Stage Company for about three years, in various ca-
pacities, and freighted from Omaha to Denver. He was married in 1864, at Manhattan,

as., to Miss Mary Nedow, a native of Indiana, and they have five children—Alice, Benja-
pn Ida, Henry. ode. a ute has always queen, a Republican. Is Clerk of School Dis-

2%, § r . Bs >

pal Churer of Bowie, one ct No. 5. Isamember of the Methodist Episco
! RANKLIN, farmer, four miles due north of Rossville, owns 0

acres in a body on Section 10, Township 10, Range 13: over 300 acres ardomoriteaten,
In 1882 crops were as follows: corn, 100 acres; wheat, 100. Has 100 head of hogs, 50 cat-
tle, 24 horses, and 7 mules; header, reaper, mower, and all necessary farm machinery.
House 16x30, story and a half, and four rooms, builtin 1877. Barn 16x28. Orchard con-
 

SHAWNEE COUNTY.

sists of apples, peaches, and cherries, Mr, Franklin came to Kansas tn 1 first loca

in Jackson County, ton mile’ southeast of the county seat, remained a Maer once onde
moved to Nemaha County, twenty-four miles southeast of Seneca, and remained seven
years, improving i00 acres; then inoved back to Jackson County, to James Crossing, and
remained one year and a half, and then moved to Holton, where he remained about four
years. He removed to his present farm in the spring of 18693 enlisted 1n the Kansas State

{litia in 1864, te repel the invasion of Price’s army; wentto Independence and Kansas

City ; was out about two months; came into Shawnee County before the ratification of the
treaty with the Indians. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, December 5,1820. Remained
in his native c~ inty until 1833, and removed to Randolph County, Ind., and remained un-
til 1844, and aoved to Warren County, remaining several years, and moved to Jasper
County. now ..ewton, and remained until coming to Kansas. He followed farming nearly
all of the time, but worked in a mill before he was married. He was married in September,
1843, near Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind., to Miss Sarah Woodburn, of Preble County,
Qhio. They have six children living—William, living near St. Clair, Pottawatomie County}
Rebecca, now Mrs. Joy living one mile west of her father; Fred K., living one-half mile
west of his father; Jose nM.,, Alice L.. and Lucy Q,, living at home. He is a member of
the Unitcd Brethren Church. Has been a School Director for five years. Has always
worked with the Republican party, and has been a delegate to several county conventions.

JOHN FRITZ, farmer, P.O. Rossvilie, owns sixty acres on Section 36, Township 10,
Range 12, all improved and under cultivation, except twenty acres of timber. In 1882 he
had 100 acres corn, 32 acres wheat, and 27 acres sorghum; has25 head cattle, 4 mules, and 1
horse. House 18x24, story and a half, with kitchen 12x24, 7rooms in all; built in’ 1880, at
acostof $800, Barn 24x40—willhold 6 horses and 12 tons of hay. Corn crib will hol
1,200 bushels, Woodhouse. Granary 14x24, Mr. Fritzcame to Kansas in the spring 0!
1877 from Lee County, Ill. He was born in Somerset County, Pa., January 12, 1850.
When two years old he moved to Lee County, Ill, and remained there, with the exception
of seven years, until coming to Kansas. Was in the stock business seven years in Pennsyl-
vanie. When twelve poate old he lost. bis right an ina threshing machine in Penusyl-

7 , in Illinois, to Miss Mary Be i ia.
They. have one child—Charles, ~ ¥ Berkey, ainalive:ot ei ueriven
yR. ROBERT S. GABBEY, physician and surgeon, came to the Territory in 1857, being
appointed as Government physician for the Pottawatomie Indians, but first opened an
itice in Fort Leavenworth and came to the reservation in December, 1857. The reserya-
tion was then about thirty miles square and contained 2,770 Indians and forty-six whites,
as the Doctor remembers it. Served four years at St. Mary’s and was re-appoinled and
served two years more at Rossville. Selectéd a farm of 160 acres adjoining Rossville on the
east and still owns the land. It was one ofthe original Indian allotinent tracts. Was born
atCamdensburg, Pa., May 4, 1833.. Remained there until more than twenty-one years of
age. Graduated at Jetferson Medicat College, Philadelphia, in 1855, and graduated in the
literary course of the same institution, claSs of 1852. Opened an office in Terre Haute, Ind.,
and removed to Cairo, Ill, Remained a short time and removed to St. Louis, and various
places in the West and finally cameto Leavenwoitn in May, 1857. Has held the position
of Justice of the Peace for four terms in Rossville. Was nominated by the Democratic
convention in 1858 or 1859 for Representative of a large district, the convention being held
at Manhattan, but declined on account of his duties at Government physician. The Doctor
. has engaged in a variety of pursuits. Was in Montana Territory twice, engaged in mining
and was in mezcantile business for a time, but for the past five years he has devoted him-
self tohis profession. He was married in the fall of 1854, near Columbus, Ohio, to Miss
Anna Welton, ofthatcity, They have four children, all born in Kansas Frank, onthe farm;
Alice, now Mrs. McCabe, whose husband isa son of Rev. Dr McCabe, of Topeka, and em-
loyedin the Santa Fe offices; Anna, now Mrs. Reuben Gutshall, of Pueblo, Col., whose
usbanlis Deputy Sheriff and Sergeant of Police, and Albert, at home.
MARTIN HASS, farmer, P. O. Rossville, owns 60 acres on the northeast quarter of Sec-
_ tion 15, and eighty acres in the northwest quarter, all under cultivation. In1882had thirty’
acres ot corn, thirty acres of wheat aud twenty acres of rye and oats. Came to Kansas in
1857, locating in Jackson County, near Holton, where he remained until 1877, farming.
Enlisted in August, 1862, at Holton, Kas.,in Company B, Eleventh Kansas. as on the
frontier in Arkansas and Colorado, as escort for Government trains. Had a fight on the
North Platte, about 200 miles northwest of Laramie, with about 1500 Indians. Was
mustered outin 1865 at Leavenworth. Returned to Holton. Was bornin Richland County,
Ohio, July 9, 1844. When about seven years old moved to Tama County, Iowa, remaining
there about six years and came to Kansas. Was married in 1869 In Jackson County to
, Miss Eliza E, Burnett. They have five children: Julia A., Ida May, Nora B., Robert H.
end Eva Estella.- Is a member of Dunkard or German Baptist Church at Osawkie. Is a
ublican.

;LEONARD J. HOLLENBECK, billiard hall, Main: street, baeement of Mason & Nidow
building cameto Rossville in 1868. Went to Indiana in 1876 and remained one summer.
Has engaged in carpenter work for several years. In 1877 went to the Black Hills, remain-
ing one year engaged in pincer mining. He was bornin Albany County, N. Y., January 20,
1840, reinained there'until he was thirty years of age, working on a farm with his father.
He was married in the fall of 1860 in Scoharie County, N. Y.,to Miss Mary Smith, a native
ofthat County. They have two children: Hattie and Wilsey. Mr. H. has always been iden-
tified with the Republican party. es 7

WAKREN L. HUNTINGTON engineer of Rossville Milling Company. Came to Kan-
sas in March, 1878, and located at Rossville, from Hudson, St, Croix Co., Wis. Has been
engineer of the mill ever since coming to the State. Was bornin Middlebury, Addison Co,,

’ Vt., June 10,1848. Remained in native place until nineteen years of age attending school
and working. at his trade, which he commenced when thirteen years of age on the Vermont
Central Railroad. Wentto Wisconsin in 1867 and entered the employ of the C. M. & St. P.
R. R., running an engine on the La Crosse Division, which he continued for five years, and
went from that road to the West Wisconsin R. R., running from Elroy to St, Paul, on what
isnow the C., St. P,. M.& O. R. R. Came from there to Rossville, Kas. Was married at
Watertown, Wis., December 25, 1865, to Miss A. M. Mileham, anative of Pike County, Pa.,
and has one child, Stephen C., ten years old, born in New Richmond, Wis. Mr. H. is
tinancier of Rossville Lodge No. 75, A. O. U. W. Isa member of St. Paul Division, No. 150
Brothernood of Locomotive Engineers. Has always been identified with the Republican
arty. :
: MRS. ANNA JAMIESON, P. O. Rossville, owns 140 acres in Sections 23 and 26, Town-
ship 10, Range 13; ninety-acres under cultivation, forty acres of wheat, twenty-five of
corn, eight of oats, rye and millet. Has twenty-two head ot cattle. Came to Kansas in
spring of 1879 from Moline, Ill. Resided in Moline about twenty-eight years. Was born
in Sheffield, England, June 24, 1834. Cameto America when twenty-one years old. She
was married to William Jamieson in England, October 18, 1855. She has eight children:
Ecmund G., WalterS,, Alexander F., Stanton T. Harry, Arthur, William and Anna, Mr,
Jamieson died in 1870, in Moline, Ill. Mrs. J. isa member of the Episcopal Church.

HENRY A, KASSEBAUM, farmer, P O. Rossville. owns 2,420 acres of land, 1,300 acres
in his home farm, $00 inthe Kansas River bottom, and 920 acres south of the river, south
of BuffaloMound. His home farm is all under fence, and has three tenement houses, one
east of his residence, with four rooms and cellar, one southeast with two rooms, and one
half a mile west with tworooms. Has two tenement houses on river farm, one two-story
and one one-story. Theland south of the river is allingrass. Has one tenement house
there, story anda half, with three rooms. The iand is well watered, and contains some coal.
Mr. K.’s residence 1s 20x30, main part story and a half, with an L20x28_ all containing ten
rooms, well finished, with large cellar. Also has stone smokehouse, 10x20, with cellar;
stone chickenhouse, 12x16 feet; bis barn is stone, 30x50, two stories; three corn-cribs and
granary, one 14x80, two stories, stone below and frame above; cattlesheds, 16x14U; granary,
12x%8 "Has an orchard of 700 peach and 400 apple trees, all bearing. The house and barn
were built about eleven years ago, the former costing $1,800 and the latter $1,600. Mr. K.
also owns five lots in Rossville. Has 150 head of cattle, eight horses, twenty-five hogs,
thirty-six sheep, Is weil supplied with farm machinery, buggies, wagons, etc. His acre-
age of grain for 1882 was as dollows: . 280 acres wheat and rye, thirty of oats, millet thirty-
five, and about 300 acres of corn. Mr.K. came to Kansas in 1870, from Hancock County,
Ind. He was born at Brookmell, near Hanover, Prussia, and came to America when seven
years of age with his parents, who lecated at Cincinnati, Ohio, where they remained four:
and one half years. Moved-to Switzerland County, Ind., where his father purchased a small
farm, and Hénry helped clear the land, cutting timber, burning brush-aud splitting rails,
Remained there until about twenty-two years of age, and went to Cross Plains, Ind., and
entered a store with. James McGee. Remained in his store four and one half years, at the
following salaries: First year, $90; second, $110; third, $130; fourth, $140; fifth, at the rate
of $150. He saved $650 out of his salary, and was married March 25, 1860, at Olean, Ripley
Co, Ind., to Miss Mary L. Brobst, of Cincinnati, and went into mercantile business at Olean,
running a small country store, his wife running millinery businessin connection. He re-
mained there two years, and went to Indianapolis, opening a store on Massachusetts avenue,
in partnership with his wife, but only continued one year, and moved to New Palestine, six-
teen miles east of Indianapolis, and Started with small capital against great odds, but was
finally successful. They have had eight children, six living—Benjamin F., who is a gtadu-
ate of Baldwin College, having attained the highest excellence in peumanship; William N.,
Henry A., Jr., Edward W., Katie M.and EmmaS. Five were born in Indiana and three
in Kansas. Mr. K. isa member of Rossville Lodge, No. 75, A. O. U. W.; receiver of that
lodge. Is one of the deacons of the Presbyterian Church and a Republican,

SAMUEL KERR, of the firm of Kerr & Allen, dealers in general merchandise, Main
street, came to Kansas inthe spring of 1865, locating in Jefferson County, where he re-
mained seven years, clerking and merchandising on his own account. Removed tu Rossville
1n 1872; opened a store at his present place of business, where he has since been constantly.
The firm was first Kerr & McGrew; afterwards Kerr & Higgenbotham until the spring of
1882. Handled farm implements for about five years. Business will average $30,000 per
annum, first year’s business did not amount to over $10,000. He has been a member of

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Town Council, Mr. Kerr was born 1n Holmes County, Ohio, April 4, 1842, Remained in his
native county until twenty-one years of age. Attended school at Berlin, Ohio, and engaged
in farming; the last two years taught district school. Went to Allen County, Ind., remain-
ing one year, and from thereto Kansas. Is amember of Shawnee Lodge, No. 1, I. 0. O. F,

as married January 15, 1876, at Westfield, N. Y, to Miss Grace L. Copeland, a native of
Pennsylvania, and has two children—Walter and Freddie. Mr. Kerris amember of the
Democratic party. :

T. J. KIERNAN, farmer, P. 0. Rossville, west half of northeast quarter of Section 25;
eighty acres all under fence and cultivation; has fifty acres in corn and twelve acres 0!
oats which will average fifty vushels per acre; has thirty-one head of cattle and four horses:
house 12x26, and 10x14, three rooms, cellar under all; came to Kansas in 1860, locating in
Johnson County, remained @ short time ana went to Missouri and_remained until the war,
when he came to Kansas and enlisted at Lawrence 1n Company F, First Kansas Regiment;
was at the battle of Wilson’s Creek, and was diseharged at Leavenworth for disability; re-
turned to Illinois and wentto Montana Territory, remaining six years; discovered what is
now known as ‘‘Kiernan’s Fork oz Bear Gulch,” a valuable mine;came liome and located one
half mile west of Cross Creek and remained there eight years, then moved to his present
farm, Was born in County Caven, Ireland, in 1838; when twelve years old came to
America, first settled in New Jersey; remained four years, and moved to Lee County, IIl.,
was married in 1876 at St. Mary’s, Kan., to Miss Catharine Crosby, anative of Maryland.
They have three children—Michael J,, Mary E.,and Mathew J. Mr. Kiernan is a member
of Hesperian Lodge No. 111, A. F. & A. M.,and is identified with the Catholic Church and
votes the Democratic ticket. 7 es

ELZEY E. KINSEY, farmer, P. O. Rossville; has 240 acres, fifty-five under cultivation.
In 1882 had thirty-five acres of corn, ten acres of rye,four of oats; has fifteen head of
cows, and calves, two mules, two horses, seyen milch cows, and made 390 pounds of
butter from June, 1881 to August 1, 1882, which found a ready market in Rossville. Came to
he State February », 1876, from Belmont County, Obto; Jocated first with his father at
Silver Lake; remov :d to his Present placein 1877; was born in Belmont County, Ohio,
February 9, 1850, and engaged in farming and railroading; was married in the fail of 1874,
ut ineereey county, Ohio, to Miss Ada Harper, of that county. They have one child,

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HENRY LIPP, farmer. P. O. Rossville; owns 120 acres on Section 11, Township 11.
Range 18, and 156 acres on Section 4, Township 10, Range 18, which he will se for pasture
and hay land; hastwenty head of cattle, six horses and colts, house 18x32, one story; barn
40x44, sixteen feet high, room for eight horses, twenty ton of hay. and granary will hold
600 bushels of corn and 1,000 bushels of wheat, 800 bushels oats; has ninety acres corn ani
sixteen acres wheat, five acres oats and five acres millet; bas an orchard of eighteen apple
trees, cherries. grapes and small fruits of all kinds; he came to this State in the spring of
1868, and bought hig land and commenced improving it, There wag at that time a very
sparse settlementin Rossville Township. Mr, Lipp was bornin South Germany, March
8, 1847 and in 1867 removed to Illinois. -

HIRAM LYON, groceries, confectionery and lunch room, also agent for Singer Sewing
Machines; came to Kansas March 22, 1£78, locating in Elsworth County, engaged in farm-
ing; came to Rossville in September, loxw6, and has remained here ever since with the ex-
ception of six months in Topeka, when he wurkedin Santa Fe lumber yard; was born in
Owen County, Ky., January 2, 1651; remained in native county until twenty-three years
of age, farming with his father, when he went to Grant County, and remained three years.
There met with misfortune, his house being burned with all its contents. Was mar-
ried in November, 1873. 1n Grant County, Ky,, to Miss Relda Thomas, a native of that
county. ghey have two children. John F., and Mary E,. Mr. Lyon is a Democrat.

ISAAC McCULLOUGH. farmer. four miles north of Rossville; owns eighty acres in Sec-
tion 15, all improved and under fence; also owns about sixty acres in Section 10 Township
10, Range 8. across the creek; has twenty-five acres corn, seventeen acres of wheat, six
acres oats; house 14x16, story anda half, andtwo work horses. Came to Kansas in 1870,
located at Tecumseh, remained three years and came to his present location; was born in
Holmes County, Ohio, in September, 1845, moved to Allen County, Ind., in 1866, and re-
mained until coming to Kansas; was married in 1870 at Fort Wayne, Ind., to Miss Eliza-
beth Petit. They have five children--Charles, Fred, Flora, Olive and Hudson; is a
member of Cedar Bluffs United Brethren Church; has been Supervisor of Road District.
No. 52, and is a Democrat.

R. McCOLLOUGH, farmer; owns eighty acres, four miles north of Rossville, all under
fence; seventy acres under cultivation, pny acres in corn and twenty acres in wheat;
came.to Kansas March 25, 1878, from Fort Wayne, Ind.; was born in Hoimes County, Ohio,
December 18, 1851; resided there until nineteen years of age, then moved to Fort Wayne;
was married February 7, 1878, at Fort Wayne, to Miss Jennie Pring, a native of that place;
they havetwo children—Nora E., and Maggie E. Mr, McCollough is a Democrat.

DR. E.R. MCINTYRE. homeopathic physician and surgeon, office on Main street,
came to the State in 1870, locating at St. Clair, Pottawatomie County, where he remained
afew months, and in the fall of 1879 located in Soldier City, Jackson County, and remained
until November 1, 1881. He was born in Woou Co., W, Va., cighteen. miles south of Park-
ersburg, June 22, 1851. He remained 1n his native county until nineteen years of age,
coming direct to Kansas. He completed his literary education in the Homeopathic Hospi-
tal College, at Cleveland, Ohio, in 7875. Read medicine with Dr. M. B. Smyth, of the firm
of Smyth & Nunamaker, of Holton, Kan,, for one year, before attending college. Attended
Hahnemann C llege, of Chicago, during the winter of 1882. He was married September 12,
1878, near Valley Fails, Jefferson Co., Kan., to Miss Della Boies, a native of Reaver Co., Pa,
He is 2 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. of Rossville, and has always acted with
the Republican party.

Cc. C, McPHERSON, livery barn, west of Maxwell House, came to Kansas in 1870, and:
locate’ at Big Springs, ten miles east of Topeka; engaged in farming for one and a half

ears, aud came to Rossville and farmed until October, 1879, when he commenced livery

usiness. He keeps three buggies and two spring wagons, nine headgof horses, seven for
livery purposes, and two for farming, He was born in Vincennes, Ind., March 23, 1857, and
when an infant moved to Lawrence County, Ill. Remained there until eleven years of age,
and came to Kansas with Jobn Bush.

JAMES MASKILL, farmer, P. O. Rossville, leases of James Blanden sixty acres, under
cultivation. Has fifty acres of corn, and ten acres of oats; three head of horses. Came to the
State in the fall of 1869, from Kankakee County, Il!t. Was born in Connecticut, February
21, 1854, and moved to McHenry County, Ill. Remained there about ten years, and moved
to Kankakee County, and remained until coming to Kansas. Was married January 8, 1877,
atSt Mary’s, Kan.. to Miss Ann O’Brien, a native of Wisconsin. They have one child living
—Johnnie K, Edward, aged one year and nine months, died January 16, 1879. Isa member
of St Mary’s Catholic Church. Has always voted the Democratic ticket.

SAMUEL B. MAXWELL, proprietor of the Maxwell House, and foreman and head mil-
ler of Rossviile Milling Company. This mill has tour run of buhrs, and a capacity of 100
barrels of flour in twenty-four hours, Engine is 13x24, and is forty-five horse power. The
main building is stone, 45x50, two-stories and basement, now has two sets of rolls, and
the proprietors are contemplating additional improvements, consisting of bolting purifiers,
and will make it a *new- process” mill. Mr, M. came to the State December 8, 1877, lo-
eating tn Rossville, January 1, 1878, and has had charge of the mi}l ever since, putting in
nine months extra time an not losing a day. Came from Shelby County, Ohio, where he
was born, April 26, 1844 Movedto Logan County, October 29, 1873, and purchased the
Logan Valley Mills. Alsoowned amillat West Liberty, Ohio, at the same time. He op-
erated both of these mills until 1875, when, owing to a partial failure in the wheat crop,
was compelled to self both mills, and removed back to Shelby County, and remained there
until coming to Kansas. Was married September 4, 1862, to Miss Rebecca Fahnestolk, a
native of Cumberland County, Pa.. andas the result of said marriage have five children—
Jennie, now Mrs. C. W. Talmadge, of Rossville: William W., Cora E, Lulu E.and_ Irena J.
Mr. Maxwell enlisted in 1864, under acall of Gov, Brough, in Company K, One Hundred
and Thirty-fourth Ohio National Guards, as Orderly Sergéant, and was ordered direct to
Richmond. Participated in the bombardment of Petersburg and Richmond. and saw 100
days of hard service. Was mustered out September 20 1864, at Camp Chase, Ohio. Mr,
Maxwell purchased the old hotel property of R. Wood, at Rossville, October 13, 1879. At
that time it was a small building, very much run down, and inferior in every respect. In
1880 he raised the building, putting a stone foundation under it, building an addition 26x30,
two stories with basement, making theentire size of the house 26x58 feet, and more than
doubling its capacity. The hotel now has twenty sleeping rooms, two parlors, office, dining
room and kitchen, Mr, Maxwell hasmadeimprovements to the amount of $3,100, inside
and out, $1,000 being for furniture, making the hotel first-class in every respect. In con-
nection with the house is a first-class livery barn, 24x44, with a capacity of twenty head of
horses, In addition to these 1mprovements he has erected a wind-mill and force pump,
fifty barrel tank, with eighty feet of hose, to be used in case of fire, and for other purposes;
also an 1ce-house, twenty feet square. Mr. Maxwell owns the entire block on which this
property issituated. Considering the fact that hecame to the State without means, having

ost ali his property in Ohio, he has made _a creditable record, and justly deserves to be
classed with the enterprising and successful business men of Rossville. He has served a
term in the Town Council, and was most active in forwarding measures for the improvement
of the town, and was urged to allow the use of his name for Mayor, but declined. Is a mem-
ber of Rossville Lodge, No. 75, A. O. U. W., and foreman of the lodge. Is a member of the
Baptist Church, and has always acted with the Republican party, taking quite an active
part in politics.

__DR. HENRY H. MILLER, M. D., physician and surgeon, Main street, came to Ross-
ville June 20, 1872, and has been in constant practice here since. Was born in Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 4, 1650. He completed the course of study at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, graduating March 12, 1872, and came direct to Rossville. Mr. Miller isa member
and W_.M, of Rossville Lodge, No. 111, A. F. & A.M.; is alsoa member of Rossville
Lodge, No. 75, A. O. U. W. Is Past Master Workman and Examining Surgeon of that

 
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Order He was married April 13, 1876, at Rossville, Kan., to Miss Ella M, Wyatt, a native
of Greencastle, Ind_ Tney have two children—Emina and Henry. Dr. Miller took a partial
Hiterary course at Mount Union College. Has always been identified with the Republican
party.

i W. MILLER. carpenter and cabinet-maker, also dealer in furniture and undertakers’
goods came to Rossville in October, 1880, from Perry County Pa. He was born in York
County Pa., July 14,1841 Remained in tnat county until about thirteen years old, and
remcved to Franklin County; remained several years and moved to Perry County,
where he learned his trade aud remained until coming to Kansas. He enlisted September
15 1662 in Company K, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, as a private. Was inthe Western
army and was with his command at Nashville, Stone River, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and
Chickamauga. Was in Thomas’ raid against Hood, and captured many stores. Was pro-
moted to Sergeant March 15, 1865. Was imusteredout June 21 1865, at Nashville, Tenn.
Returned to Perry County Pa., where he carried on the furniture and undertaking busi-
ness He was married December 25, 1866, at Landisburg, Pa.,to Miss Elizabeth Gray, a
native of Pennsylvania. They have four children - Charles, George, Harry and Grace. Ti
Miller is a member of Ohio Lodge, No, 132,1.0 0. F. Silver Lake. Isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and, in politics, a Republican.

CHARLES MOWERS, brickmaker, yards adjoining town on the east, came to Kansas
in 1865, first locating in Johnson County near Shawneetown. Has veen in the brick busi-
ness ever since coming to Kansas. Remained in Johnson County nearly three years, man-
ufacturing nearly 3,000,000, all sold inthe county. Went from there to Davis County, and
made 600000 brick. Went to Phillips Couuty and remained there until coming to Ross-
ville, manufacturing 800,000 there. Has also contracted for the erection of buildings as
follows: Seminary and four stories in Kansas City, church, school buildings aud two
storiesin Wyandotte, bank and store at Kirwin. Came to Kansas from Burlington, Iowa,
where he lived for fourteen years, engagedin brick-making. He was born {n West Union,
Adams Co., Ohio, October 10, 1837, aud remained in his native county until about twelve
years of age, and removed to Burlington, Commenced his trade atten years of age, and
commenced for himself when eighteen. Wasone year at Milwaukee completing his trade.
He was married April 26, 1859, at Rushville, Ill, to MissSusan J. Bicknell. They have five
children living—Franklyn, Rosetta, Mary, Lillian and Essie. Has thecontract for build-
ing the Presbyterian Church, and burns about 400 000 brick at Rossville. Keeps five men
em loved. Is amember of the Methodist Episcopat Church and is a Republican,

CHAEL O’HALARON, farmer. Forty-eight acres of corn one mile east of Rossville.
Owns +wo horses anda mule. Cameto Kansasin Februgry 1860, from Ottawa, Ill. Was
born Sepiemper 29, 1854, and resided there engaged in arming until coming to Kansas,
Worked in Moline (Ill.) Plow Shops in 1875 His father died in 1868._ His mother owns
seventy-six acres on Section 1, Township 11, Range 13. Is amember of St. Mary’s Catholic

Church.

SAMUELOLDFIELD. farmer P.O Rossville, 160 acres Section 26. Has seventy acres
in cultivation Has 100 acres of corn, forty-five acres.of wheat,four acres of oats,twenty-five
acres of millet. House, story and a half frame, 25x30, fourrooms Frame barn, 16x28. Came
to Kansasin May 1878. Brought his family in March, 1880 from Rock Island, IU. Was born
in Derbyshire, England, May 14 1839, Remained there until March 31 1871 Was en-
gaged in avariety of occupations, mining and farming mostly When he came to America,

rst worked in Bureau County, Ill., at farming, then went to Rock Island County and re-
mained until coming to Kansas, Worked forC. R.1 & P R.R, eight months. as mare
ried June 4 1862 at Stony Middleton, Derbyshire, England, to Miss Emilie Goddard, of
that place, by Rev Ervin Smith. They hhave five children living—Mary A. William, John,
Fanny and Thomas, three bornin America and two in England, Joseph and Sarah died
in England. Mr. O. is doorkeeper of Rossvilie Lodge, No. 75, A. O. U. W.

S.J. OLIVER, farmer, P. O, Rossville, owns northwest quarter of Section 27 one mile
north of Rossville, all under cultivation. Has, in 1882, sixty acres of corn, twenty-two of
wheat, twenty rye, ten millet, sixvats. Runstwoteams, He has eighty head of cattle and
twenty ofhogs. He was born in Washington County Pa., January 6,1828, Lived there
until 1856. and learned the carpenter trade. Moved to Marion County, Iowa. Remained
there until 1859, and then went to Pike’s Peak. Returned to Greene County Pa., the same
year, and remained until he cameto Kansas, April 10, 1876 He was married in Greene
County, Pa., inSeptember, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Hoge, a native of that county. They
have had twelve children ten living—Samuel A., at Twin Lake, Col ; Phoebed,, now Mrs.
Kekley, of Twin Lake, Col , Mary A. George B., McClelland and Thomas J , twins, Har-
jet A. ateacher;S. J.,dr, Alice, Ida May and Elia Lee, twins Mr, Oliver was School
Director in Pennsyivania twelve years. Was Justice of the Peace, Road Overseer and
School Director. Has been Justice of the Peace for four and a half years in Kansas, and
School Director and Road Overseer at same time. Was master ot Waynesburg ( Pa.) Grange
‘or aboutthree years. Heis a Democrat.

JAMES S. OLMSTEA D,manufacturer of boots and shoes,also keeps a restaurant: came to
Kansas in 1868, locating at Topeka. Remained there until 1881, with. the exception of four
ears, when he came to Rossville. He was born in New Brunswick, February 9, 1832.
earned his trade when fifteen years of age. Worked in Presque Ile, Me. during
war. -Was married August 28, 1880, at Topeka, to Mrs, Lizzie Murphy, who had une child,
Eva. They haveonechild—Lula. Was an Orangeman and a member of the Sons of Tem-
erance in New Brunswick. Is a member of Ancient Order of Tempiars, North Topeka
odge. Was a Liberai in New Brunswick, but now works with tne Republican party.
He has worked in Missouri, l[owa and Nebraska, and attends the BaptistChurch.
- EDWARD E. PARTELAN farmer, one mile north of Rossville, owus 160 acres, the
northeast quarter of Section 27. all under tence, 30 acres under cultivation. In 1882 his
acreage was: fifty acres ot corn; twenty-seven acres ot wheat, yielding 514 bushels, erght
and one-half acres of oats, 540 bushels; four of rye, 100 bushels; twelve acres of millet.
Has tnree cows, five head of horses and mules. ouse 10x30; main part two stories, addi-
thor 14x16, in allsix rooms. Came to Kansas first in 1825,0n his way to Colorado and
Mexico. Has resided inthe State since January 1 1862. .First bought a farmin Brown
County. Lived there about three years. Movedt» Pottawatomle County, near Americus,
and remained about two and a half years, and moved into Shawnee County, on Cross Creek,
about five miles north of Rossville,and has since owned several farms on the bottom.
Bought his presentfarmin1879. Was born in Newport, Ky., September 27, 1830. Re-
meved to Eaton County. Mich. when quite young. Remained there about four years, Left
neme when sixteen years ot age. Went to Illinois, lowa and Missouri, and crossed the
Plains. Worked in Government service for several years. Was first driver on mail coach,
and afterwards conductor. Was captured by the Mormons in December, 1866, and held a
risoner until April, 1867 and was finally released when Government troops were sent to
Vian. Freighted. for seven years from Omaha, Kansas City and Nebraska City. Made
thirteen trips from Independence, Mo., to Salt Lake City. Commenced on his own account
re the winter of 1866 from Atchisonto Denver, In the summer of 1866 was attacked by
Indians near Julesburg, Col., and was shot with an arrow which he preserved for many
years. Was in Denver before it had aname and consisted 01 @ 10g hut occupied by an In-
Qian trader. Took a Government train through to New Mexico, during the war, and had
otfers of fabulous sums of money to deliver the train to Texas Rangers. Has been in all
the Western States and Territories. Wasin Kansas City whenit was a grove of cotton-
wood and a mere steam)oat landing, tributary to Westport,Mo. Made a trip to the Black
Hillgin 1878. Wasin Kansas during the border troubles, and was well acquaintea with
old Joon Brown and Jim Lane. Was married January 1 1861. in Warren County Iowa,
to Miss Elizabeth Wyatt. They have four children living: George, Ida May, Perry A., and
Eljen Gertrude. Isa member of Hartford Lodge I. 0,0, F.. Warren County. Iowa, While
living in Brown County, Kan,, “jayhawkers” came into his house and robbed him of about
700 in money and personal effects of value. His wife's father was in the Fifteanth lowa
olunteers and was wounded at Pittsburg Landing, anda died inthe hospital at Keokuk,
Mrs. P. is amember of the Baptist Church,

PAUL PATELL, carpenter, Rossville, came to Kansas in 1870, and first located at
‘Topeka.- He was born in Kansas City, Mo., September 21, 1833, where he remained until
1852. Then he startedfor California acrossthe Territories of Kansas, Colorado and Utah.
They had trouble with the Indians near Salt Lake, and wentthrough Nevada to Sacramento
City, Cal. Remained there about three years and went to the West Indies as asailoron a
‘merchant vessel. Worked as ship carpenter in the South. He was married in 1870, in
Louisiana, to Miss Elizabeth Lasha, and cameto Topeka in the same year. His wife and
child died at Topekain 1871, and he was married in the following year to Mrs. Josett Le-
framboy, a native of Chicago.

JOSEPH PERRY, P. O. Rossville, proprietor of Cedar Bluff Mills on Cross Creek, three
miles north of Rossville. Began to build the injllin 1869, and commenced running in Feb-
ruary, 1870. Commenced running saw millin 1875, and ranitthree years. Size of mill,
18x50. Stone foundation, framed to the bottom; water front fifty feet; three floors; four
stories on water front. Has two runs of buhrs. ses one of Bodine’s fhirty five -inch tur-
pine wheels. Head, twelve feet; dam; seventy-five feet span; height, nine feet; capacity of
mill, twenty bushels an hour, Grinds both corn and wheat. Sells most of his flour at home,
and on the Pottawatomie Reserve. Original cost of mill property’ over $6,000. Had a wash-
out on the dam in 1874, losing $1,000. Had awash-out in forebay in 1878, losing about
$300. Is enabled to run the year round in ordinary seasons, Came to Kansas in the spring
of 1857, locating in Linn County, remaining two years and moved to Jackson County.
Remained there until coming to Shawnee County, in the spring of 1869, and owns ten acres

- of land. Was born ip Grayson County, Va., and when 4u te young moved to Henry
County, Ind. Remained therea year or two and moved to Wabash County, where he re-
mained about twelve years. Moved to Pulaski County and remained about four years, and
removed to Ad ir County, Mo., where he remained until coming to Kansas. Learned to
saw lumber in Missouri and to run an engine, and learned milling since coming to Kansas,
Was farming and railroading in Indiana mostly. Worked on the New Albavy & Salem
Railroad about three years. as niarried in March, 1862, near Holton, Jackson County,
Kan., to Miss M. J. Hass, a native of Ohio, Their children are; Martha, Ellen, Martin R.,

 

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George H., Elizabeth V., Anna, Frank and Commodore. (Jos, L, died in 1876.) Is 2 member
of the Independent party, 7

THOMAS L. ROsS, farmer, P. O. Rossville, came to his present location from Topekain
April, 1882. Owns Sections 23 and 24, Township 10, Range 12, in Shawnee and Pottawat-
omie counties. Has 500 acres under cultivation, tenced with good, substantiai board and
wire fence. Had 285 acres of wheat in 1882, which piewer 6,000 bushels, 137 acres
yielded 600 bushels. Had 190 acres of corn, tive head of horses, Size of house, eighty-four
feet long; center part, 16x24, one arid a half story; rat-proof woodhouse and cellar; nine
roomsinthe house, Has cisterns, waste-p1pes and everything complete about his house.
Frame barn, 30x60 feet, sixteen foot posts, Lofts will hold about forty tons of hay. Came
to Kans isin August, 1573, first locating at Beloit, Soloman City, and has been in the real
estate and insurance businessin Topeka since 1870. Was born 1n Cincinnati, Ohio, in No-
vember, 1824. Removed from there to Northern Indiana, and resided in La Porte, Porter
and Jfenry counties, and in Berrien, Cassand Van !’uren counties, Mich. Was married in
Decem ser, 1845, at Valparaiso, Ind.. to Miss Lydia T. Hatch, a native of Medina County,
Ohio. They have three children; Alice, now Mrs. Drummond, of Topeka, William J., a
telegraph operator at the Board of Trade in Chicago, and Charles E., with his father, the
fainily are members of First Presbyterian Church, of Topeka. Mr, Ross is a member of
Buchanan Lodge No. 74 A. F, & A. M., Buchanan, Mich. Mr, Ross was for years the lead-
ing real estate dealer of Topekaand the State, and 1n 1881 bis land sales amounted to $1,-
000,000. He came tothe State with only $1, and has by diligence and integrity acquired a
competence, Mr. Ross has always been identified with the Republican party.

0. LE RUY SEDGWICK, agent for the sale of the Pottawatomie Lands and abstractor,
came to Kansas in 1870 and located in St. Mary’s.as sole agent for Pottawatomie Railroad
aud Indian Lands, Remainedin St Mary’s until 1878 and came to Rossville with the re-
moval of hig central office to this place. Has been very successful in business, and has by
constant and assiduous effort made Rossville the center of Pottawatomie land market, Mr.
Sedgwick bas a most complete set of abstract books, embracing the original Indian allot-
ment roll, from Government records, and a complete abstract record of all original Indian
titles, situated in Shawnee, Pottawatomic, Wabaunsee and ‘Jackson counties, 80 that the
tithe to any tract of Jand may be readily traced th rough allof its transfers to the final grant-
or, Insuring the purchaser an accurate abstract of title, Mr, S. conducted the Kansas Valley
Times from the date ot its establishment at St Mary’sin 1874,and after its removal to Ross-
ville in 1878 unt Lits final sale, June 15, 1882, when the outtit was removed to Topeka He
was editorand proprietor of this journal and its success is attested by the testimony of the
leading citizens of Kossville. Mr. 8. was atso engaged in banking a few years 1n St, Mary’s,
He wags born in BrooklyaN Y¥.,February 19, 1847; remained in his nativecity until twenty-
three years of age; did business in New York City in dry goods importing. Erected his present
handsome residence in 1860 ata cost of $4,000 and his commodious office in 1882 at a cost
of $1,500 Has alsoa well arranged barn, containing two good teams and carriages for the
convenience of parties desiring tolook atiand. Has also windmill and pump with hose at-
tached, to be used in case of fire or for irrigating purposes. He was married December 23,
1863, at New York City, to Miss Mary A Chadsey, a daughter of A, J. Chadsey « promi-
nent physician of that city. 1s a member of Rossville Lodge, No. 75, A. O. U. W.and Topeka
Lodge 0. 787, K. of H. :

ETER SHEARER, general store, Main street, came to Kansas in the winter of 1878,
locating In Rossville; commenced present business in January, 1881. Business willaverage
$10,000 per year; keeps onecierk. Beforeentering mercantile usiness engaged in his trade,
that of carpenter. Was bornin Perry County, Pa.. September 16, 1836, where he remaine
ROHLarieen, years ot age and removed to Cumberland County, Pa., remaining five years,
farming, and wentto Richland County Ohio, and remained one year, and moved to Steph-
enson County, Ill. where he remained several years and Jearned his trade, was in Henry
County, Ill,, and from there went to Canada, finally returning to Pennsylvania, and removed
from thereto Michigan, from whence he came to Kansas; was married January 10, 1866,
in Canada, five miles from Trenton, to Miss Madora Ackley, a native of Canada, His
father located here in February, 1877, and bought 120 acres of land, three miles west of
Rossviile, died April 30, 1878, and Mr. Shearer was administrator of his father’s estate.
Isa member of Rossville Lodge No. 75, A.O. U. W. and financjer of that lodge. Is a
member of the Democratic party.

A. C. SHERMAN, postmaster and dealer in hardware, implements and grain, Main
street. Senior member of the firm of Sherman Bros. Came te Kansas in 1870 and laid off
the present town of Rossville. Came to Topekain March, 1870, and speculated in real estate,
He engaged in real estate and stock business until 1875. He ‘puilt the first hotel in town in
1871; in the same year built his present commodious residence south of town, also built his
store building. He owns 200lutsinthe town. He opened a grocery in 1872. Ranit fortwo
years and closing out went inte the hardware tradein April, 1881. In May of the same year
W. C. Sherman entered the firm and it has since continued under the style of Sherman Bros,
They carry a stock of $10,000, and the trade will average $30,000 a year. The grain trade
will reach $100,000 ayear. He buys grain at Belyve and trades in car lots on the road and
ships to Kansas City, Mr. Shermar was appointed postmaster and took charge of the office
January 17,1680. He was elected County Commissioner inthe fall of 1878 and held that
position for three years, He enlistedinthe army August 16,1661, being only fifteen years of
age, in Company i. Eighteenth Indiana as a private. He was with his command in the en-
gegements at Pea Ridge, Ark.,and the capture of Fort Bc peranza, Ter ; Was mustered out at
ndianola, Tex., December 81,1863. Immediately re-eulisted as a veteran in the reorgani-
zation of his old regiment. and participated in the battle of Baton Rouge, La. He was with
Sheridan im the cainpaign of the Shenandoah valley. Atthe battleof Winchester the regi-
ment lost 27 men out cf 865 and Mr. Sherman came out unhurt. He wasin the charge
against Vicksburg and in the siege of that city, aud of Petersburg under Gen. Grant. He
was with Sherman’scommand at Atlanta and Savannah, Ga. He was mustered out at Darien,
Ga., and took passage on the steamer Homeward Bound and was wrecked on the Florida
coast but was rescued and finally reached Indianapolis, where he was mustered out Decem-
ber 22, 1865. Mr. Sherman was the youngest man Inthe regiment, never was wounded and
was in the hospital but a week during his long service 1m the army.
Vicksburg 64 days and nights without relief. He was born at Mt. Pleasant, Martin Co.,
Ind., March 20, 1846. Remained his native county untilenlisting inthearmy. On his re-
turn from the army he went to Washington, DavisCo.. Ind., and attended the Waveland
Collegiate Institute one year. Mr. Sherman was married October 16, 1866, at Waveland,
Ind, to Miss Lou Fisher, of that place, and as the result of this marriage has three children;
Alice M., Adraten F. and Daisy, Ne removed io a farm, remainedone year and then moved
back to Park County, remained two years and returned to Washington, Ind.,and engaged
in wholesale and retail dry gzoods trade which he contined for one year. His health falling,
he came to Kansas. When Mr. Sherman came to Topeka, it was the terminus of the Santa
Fe route, Mr. Sherman isa member of Hesperian Lodge No. 111, A. F.& A. M., and To-
poke Chapter No. 5, and Commandery No. 5 K.T.of Topeka. He is also a member of Lincoln

ost, G. A. R., No.1, Topeka. isanacrive and earnest member of the Republican party.
having tmbibed the vrinciples of that organization when quite young. his father be.nga
Ryominent anti-slavery worker and orator in Indiana; a member of the Know-Nothing and

Whig parties and at one time a member of the State Senate. The senior Mr. Sherman was
a cousin of the distinguished United States Senator and General Sherman. Mr, Sherman
has participated 1n many State conventions in Kansas, and was a delegate to the Wichita
congressional convention 1n_ 1876, 1t nominated Hon. Tom Ryan as a member of Con-
gress. Mr. Sherman's eldest daughter is attending Bethany College, Topeka.

REV C.'P. SLADE owns 83 acres three miles southwest of Rossville and also owns 80
acres in Pottawatomie County five miles from Olesburg. He pas 45 acres in corn, 10 acres
wheat and seven acres oats, orchard of 200 trees, 15 head of cattle, nine head of horses and
colts, Came to Pottawatomio county in 1868 and resided theretwelve years and came to
present location in March. 1881 He was bornin Greene County Ohio, October 8, 1835, and
when about five yeurs old moved to Miami County, where he remained until 1856, and
moved to Fouutain County, Ind, Worked in his father’s woolen mill until J7 years of age.
Mr. Stade was married September 8, 1862, at Warren, Ind., to Miss Mary M. Castle, a natlve
of that place. They have two children: William C, and Jennie T.. He is a regular ordained
min ster of the Christian church, Assisted to organize the first Free Wil! Baptist church in
Pottawatomie County, Kansas, and was the minister of that denomination for five years. He
finished lis education at Troy highschoolin Obio. Was the first volunteer from Fountain
County enlisting inthe army April 16,1861, in Company A, Tenth-Indiana, Capt.Cris Miller,
in three months’ service ;re- enlisted in the Sixteenth Indiana, June 13, 1862. He was taken

risoner at Richmond, Ky , by Kirby Smith; was exchanged in November,1862, Was at
leksburg, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Big Black, Jack-
son, Miss. on the Red River campaign. Was promoted First Lieutenant at New Orleans,
fee and pa istered our guy #0. OF the aante year at Indianapolis. Was justice of
1p, Pottawatomie .

fled with the Repnbiiean party. ounty,two years. Has always been identi

. aT. ,_famer, P. O, Kingsville, 800 acres under his control. In had
145 acres of corn twenty - five oars, twenty: millet. Has had charge of Mr. Wilsaeebnae
ness since 1874. Came to Kansas, March 6, 1866, first locating in Jefferson County, and
came to his present placein 1874. Was born in Carroll Co., Ind., June 9, 1841, remained
there until 1862, engaged in farming. Enlisted October 6, 1862, in the twenty-fourth
Indiana Battery. Was engaged on Cumberland River in pursuitof Morgan Was in the first
Battery of Burnside’s Army to cross the Cumberland Mountains. Was at thesieges of Knox-
villeana Nashville and in pursuit of Longstreet’s Army. Was at the siegeof Atlanta and
in the battie of Resaca, In uhe battle of Macon, Georgia, torty-seven men and two
comnnissioned officers were captured. The Battery marched over 4,000 miles during the
war Mr _ Standley took part in seventeen battles in all, and was mustered out August 3
B08 at Jndianapolis. Was promoted to First Corporal in the Marobo fight with John

gan, July 2, 1863 Returned to Logansport, In jana, and was married February 11,

1806" to Miss Char
rast Bertana auyilotte Moon, a native of Ohio, and has tive children—Maranda, Allen,

 

 

He was im tie rear of
6 eR aa

. SHAWNEE COUNTY.

JOHN STOYELL, agent and telegraph operator, U. P. R. BR. Came t
-P. RR, © Kansas in the
fall of 1872 and located at Wyandotte and hore learned. telegraphy and the railroad busi-
Came to Rossville in December, 1873. He was born in Cayuga Co, N. Y., July
25, 1842, and remained there until 21 years of age, farming with his father. Enlisted in
the army in the fall of 1863,CompanyL, Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, asa private. Short-
ly afterward was promoted to Sergeant. Was in Sheridan’s command ‘in the army of the
Shenandoah, and was at Richmond and Petersburg in the campaign of 1864 and 1865.
Was at the battle of Cedar Creek. Wastransferred inthe summer of -1865 to the Second
Heavy Artillery on the consolidation of the two regiments, and was promoted to Lieuten- °
ant. as at the battle of Cold Harbor. Was mustered outin October, 1865, at New York
City; remained a shorttimein New York, and came west, stopping in Kansas City and
Davis County, Mo., farming for about seven years and railroading. He was married in
1872, at Kansas City, to Miss Hattie Dougherty, a native of Virginia. He has always been
identified with the epublican party.

BENNET SWEARINGEN, farmer, P. O. Rossville. Has eighty acres, all under culti-
vation. Has an orchard of 200 peach and sixty apple trees. In 1882 cultivated thirty-
seven acres of corn, eleven acres of wheat, yielding 252 bushels, eight acres ot oats, yieldin,
264 bushels; five acres of rye, yielding ninty-one bushels. Has twelve head of cattle, an
twenty-one hogs. Mr.§.,came to Kansas in 1866, locating in 1868 at his present place.
Lived in Neosho County nearly two years. Was born in Meigs County, Ohio, February 4,
1842, When ten years old he removed to Fulton County, Illinois, and remained two years,
then removed to McDonough County, and farmed until coming to Kansas. He enlisted in
October, 1861, at Bushnell, Illinois, in Company F, Fifty-fift Illinois, as private. Was at
the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the Atlanta Campaign. Went
through with Sherman in his famous march to the sea, and was at Savannah and Atlanta.
Was wounded at Shiloh and Atlanta. Was in the hospital about four weeks. Was pro-
moted to Corporal October 1, 1864, and to Sergeant in June, 1865. He was mustered out in
August 1865, at Little Rockp Arkansas, and finally discharged August 27, 1865, at Chicago.
Was married November 2, 1866, at Iola, Allen Go, Kas., to Miss Mary J. Startup, a native
of Ohio, They have three children—Hattie E., Edna and AnnaS. Mr. 8. is a member of
the Christian Church; was Township Treasurer for five years. He is an active Republican
and has been a delegate to several Representative and County Conventions.

Cc. W. TALMADGE, bookkeeper, corresponding clerk and abstracter for 0. Le Roy
Sedgwick. Came to Rossville in February 1880, from Baldwinsville, New York. He is
local correspondent of the Kansas Valley Times, and was local editor of that paper for two
years in Rossville. He was born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co., N. ¥., October 5, 1856,
and remained in his native State until coming to Kansas. He attended school until 20 years
ofage. He tooka course of study embracing three years at Syracuse University fitting
himself fur_an architect, when conipleting his studies he went into a flouring mill at Le
Roy, New York, where he remained two years. He was married December 23, 1880, to
Miss Jennie Maxwell, daughter of 8. B. Maxwell, Esq., of Rossville. Mr. Talmadge, is a
member of Council Grove Lodge, No. 6, A. O. U. W., Council Grove, Kansas and is a
Select Bnigbt of that Order; also Councilman of the city of Rossville.

MELVILLE FL TATMAN, of the firm of Hartzell & Tatman, druggists, Main street.
Came to the State in 1863, locating in Jefferson County, engaged in drug store and farm-
ing. Wentto Mercer County, Missouri, and remained about one and one half years, and
came to Rossville in May, 1877. Clerked for Kerr & Higginbotham about one year and
then weut into partnership with Mr, Hartzell in present business, the only drug store in the
town. They did about $6,000 worth of business in 1881, and will run near that in 1882.
He was bornin Putnam County, Indiana, September 11, 1842. Remamed in his ative
County, until five years of age, and went with his parents,to Mercer County, Missouri. Re-
mained there about ten years attending school, and moved to Platt County, remaining
about four years, farming, and removed fo Clay County, remaining until coming to Kansas,
He learned the drug business in Jefferson County. as married at Rossville, April 13,
1880, to Miss Zura Estes, a native of Iowa. Mr. Tatman isa member of the Baptist Church,
and a Democrat.

ISAAC B. TROSTEL, farmer, P. O. Rossville. Owns eighty acres on Section 31, and has
seventeen acres of timber on the Kaw River. Has sixty-four acres under cultivation,
balance used for corral purposes, Is in school district No. 65. Has forty acres in corn,
twelve acresincats. The main part of the house is 16x28 feet, two stories and basement;
addition 16x22 feet, six rooms in all with kitchen and cellar under all. House cost $1,000. -
The barn, 28x82 feet, built in 1875, costing $500, has a capacity fortwelve horses and six
tons ofhay. Corn crib is 8x48 feet; will hold 1,460 bushels. Shop 16x20 feet, used for farm
implements. He has160 fruit trees, consisting of pears, apples and cherries, all bearing;
ha forty bushels of apples in 1881; 100 srapes bearing. -Has ornamental and evergreen
trees, as a patent diamond wire fence in front of yard; yard setin bluegrass. Has forty
forest trees, consisting of box elder, maple, poplar and walnut. Has cig ty-two head of
cattle, four work horses and ponies, three colts. Orchard is set to blue grass. Came
to Kansas March 2, 1877, and located on his present farm, from Perry County, Pa.,
where he was born May 20,1843, and remained there until coming West. Enlisted in first
three months’ service, Company C, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Did guard duty
onthe Maryland line, Re-enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-third Infantr:
nine months’men. Went to Washington and was sent to Virginiain front of Bull Run an
was in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Was mustered out at
Harrisburg, May 27, 1863, and again enlisted in Company A, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cav-
alry, six months’men. Wentinto Western Virginia under Gen. Winecook, as raiding
and skirmishing in Virginia, cutting off supply trains and railroads, Had one hard skir-

h at Greenfield Furnace, thirteen men were captured and four killed. Was mustered out
in January, 1864, at Harrisburg, Pa. Re-enlisted in the Seventh Battallion, 100 day volun-
teers, and did provost duty inthe State. In nine months’ service was promoted to Second
Corporal, In cavalry was Commissary Sergeant. In 100 day service wentin as first duty
Sergeant and was promoted as Adjutant of battalion. Was wounded in the right arm at
Fredericksburg, as finally mustered outin 1865, at Harrisburg, Pa., and returned to
Perry County. Was appointed Overseer of the poor in his native county in April, 1868, and
held the position for six years. Was married December 6, 1870, at Loysville, Perry Co.,
Pa., to Mrs. Sarah Bistline, who had three children—Florence §., Elizabeth, who died in
October, 1876, in Pennsylvania, aged eleven Years, and Katie May. Mrs, Trostel died Octo-
bor 24, 1881, at her home near Rossville, aged forty-two years and seven months. He was
a mew ber of Blaine Lodge No. 706, I. 0, 0. F., Blaine, Pa. Is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and has always been an active and ardent Republican, a

FRA VAN VLECK, farmer, P. O. Rossville, Section 9, Township 10, Range 13.
Owns eighty acres, seventy under fence andimproved. Has crys Bye acres corn, twenty
acres wheat, will average twenty, bushels per acre. House 16x24 feet. Cameto Kansas in
the fall of 1878, from Grundy County, Ill. He was born in Steuben County, near Addison
N. Y,, October 2, 1855. When quite young moved to Grundy County, Ill, and remained
until coming to Kansas. He was married April 8, 1880, at Topeka, to Miss Olive Kirkpat-
rick, a native of Indiana. They have onechild—Arthur, He was a member of the Gardner
Lodge, No. 515, of Gardner, Ill, 1.0.0. F. Has always been a Republican.

EV. W. D. WARD, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, was born in Shelby County, Ill.,
November 11, 1860. Atthe age of five years he removed with his parents to Clay County,
Ind,. where he remained until the commencement of his collegiate course. Heis a gradu-
ate of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., of the class of 1881,and a member of the Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity. In May, 1882, Mr. Ward assumed temporar: y charge of the Rossville
church, his pastorate including also the Presbyterian Church of Silver Lake. He is now
completin, his educational course at Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio.

ILLIAM WAX, P. O. Rossville. Owns 150 acres on the farm of John Parr, three
miles southwest of Rossville. Has twenty-six acres of small grain, balance corn. Came to
Kansas in August, 1878, first locating two miles west of where he now is, from Mason
County, Ill, He was bornin Juniata County, Pa., July 8, 1849. Moved to Illinois when
quite small; stayed but ashort time and went to Perry County Pa., where he remained until
he was fifteen years old, when he enlisted inthe Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers
and soon went into the Third Regular Cavalry. He wasin New Mexico, Colorado, Texas
and other western territories. Was mustered out June 24, 1868, at Fort Sumner, N. M.
Returned to Pennsylvania, then cane to Illinois and to Kansas, He was married Februar:
3, 1880, at Topeka, to Miss Zelmina Heolot. They have two children—Joseph V. and Mau:
A. Mr. Wax has always been identified with the Republican party. 7

DANIEL WILT, farmer, P. O. Rossville. Owns 190 acres north of Rossville, 160 im-
proved, In 1882 he had 100 acres of corn, twenty-two acres of wheat, seven acres of oats,

ve acres of mallet, three actes ee rye Has ve head of pearelh too ouvabe: tae twenty -
asaneat, substantial house, frame, twenty-eig. . e
to Kansas in the fall of 1876. First farmed

 

five hogs,
Barn 22x24 feet with basement. Mr. Wilt came
west of town and moved to his present farm in 1880, and has put all the improvements on
since then. Hecamefrom Perry County, Pa. Was born in York County, Pa., near Harris-
burg, October 10, 1885. Lived there until fourteen years of age and then went to Perry
County and learned the plasterer’s trade. Worked at his trade there until coming to Kan-
sas. Enlisted in the spring of 1865in Company F, Two Hundred and eighth Pennsylvania
Infantry. Was at Petersburg and Fort Steadman and in pursuit of Lee untilcaptured. He
was mustered outin May, 1865. Mr. Wilt was married in 1860 at Blaine, Perry Co., Pa., to
Miss Melinda J; Curren, a native of that county. They have nine children—John, Samuel,
Mary, Reuben, Salome, Julia, Roy, Fannie and Irvin, Mr. Wilt was once a member of the
1.0.0, F. and K, of P, Isa member of the Presbyterian Church and a Republican.
HENRY YORK, farmer, P. O. Rossville, 120 acres on Section 11, Township 11
Range 18; 100 acres under cultivation. 'In 1882 he had fifty-seven acres of
corn, six and a half of wheat, three millet, thirteen oats and eleven anda half rye; land all
under fence. House 24x32, story anda half, eight rooms, built in 1879, costing $1,200;-
barn 14x22, will hold five horses and two tons of hay; crib and granary 32x24, will hold
8,000 busirels in all; has fifteen head of cattle and three horses. Has an orchard of 180
apple trees and sixty cherries, all bearing. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1869, from

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Pekin, I. Was born in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, November 27, 1842. Re-
mained there until twelve years of age and came to America with his parents who located
in Cook County, Ill., where they remained one year, farming. They then moved to Macon
Cou .ty and remained about five years, engaged in farming, and then moved to Pekin,Taze--
well County, where Mr. York learned the harness making trade. He enlisted in 1864, under
the ca 1 for too day men in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Llinois Volunteers.
Did garrison duty at Cairo and some foraging and skirmishing in Kentucky. Was in the
service six months and was mustered out at Peoria, Ill.,in the fall of 1864. Returned to
Pekin and finished his trade which he continued to work at until coming to Kansas, run-
ning a shop of his own the last two years before coming here. Was married in the spring
of 1870, at Pekin, to Miss Emma Dumeer, a native of Monroe, Mich, and they have ‘five
children—Charles, Henry, Mary, Emma and Lillie. He was once a member of the Grange,
anda member of the School Board for two years. Mr. York owns a half interest in the
“Champion Hedge Trimmer,” a patent that is of practical utility, and is meeting with
great success. e has the entire county of Shawnee, and a half interest in eleven of the
northern tier counties bordering on Nebraska. 2
ELER H. ZICKEFOOSE, farmer, fouranda half miles northeast of Rossville, on
Section 1; owns 480 acres, 125 acres under cultivation. In 1882 had forty-five acres of.
wheat, will average twenty-two bushels per acre; fifty-five corn, five millet, twelve oats.
Frame house 16x18, one story; has_an orchard of 120 apple trees, forty. cherry, 100
each and eight pear trees. Came to Kansas in December, 1869, from West Virginia, first
ocating one mile east of Topeka a short time and moved seven miles west, remained one
year and moved one mile west of Silver Lake, remaining aye years; then moved two miles
north of Rossville, remained four years and moved to his presentfarm in August, 1880.
Was born in Highland County, W. Va., February 26,1831. Kemained in native county until
the Spring of 1847, following farming with his father, then moved to Richey County and
remained until coming to Kansas, Was a member of the State Militia and hadsome trouble
with the Confederates during the war on account of his loyal sentiments. Was Deputy
Sheriff of Richey County during the war, and as the sheriff would not ride in the south part
of the.county, he performed that perilous duty and had frequent encounters with the Rebs;
owned a very fleet mare and being acquainted with every foot of the ground and the moun-
tain path, always managed to elude his pursuers. When Hammond and Jones’ Confederate
Command made their raids in the spring of 1863, Mr. Z. saved two of his father’s horses by
putting them in asmokehouse. Was married in September, 1855, in Greene County, Pa.,
to Miss Mary Hammer, a native of BE. Va.; they have seven children living—Francis M.,
Samuel P., PhebaS., William H., Samson E. W., Otho R. and Sarah Etta—Asbury J. died
near Rossville, February, 1879, aged seventeen years. Mr. Z.isa member of the United
Brethren Church; is 2 Republican and his father was a Democrat, but now votes the Re-

publican ticket.
y DOVER TOWNSHIP.

Dover was established as a township in the fall of 1867, the boundary line
of the township being defined as follows: ‘Commencing at the northeast cor-
ner of Section 1, Township 13, Range 14; thence west to county line; thence
north on county line to where it crosses the Kaw river ; thence down the center
of the channel to a point where the section line between 34 and 35 intersects
Kaw river; thence south on said line to place of beginning.”

Fhe first town officers were elected May 5, 1868, and were as follows:
Trustee, E. M. Hewins ; Treasurer, James Bassett ; Clerk, Henry A. Kellam ,
Justices, Jacob Haskell and George Harden; Constables, M. M. St. John ang
W. Q. Harris.

John Sage was appointed Postmaster in 1862, the mail having been dis-
tributed for the previous year by Mr. S. Wooster, with consent of mail agents,
E. C. Chapin succeeded Mr. John Sage, Mr. Alfted Sage became Postmaster in
June, 1870, and held the office until 1873. Mr. Harvey Loomis succeeded hin-
during that year, and still holds the office.

The village of Dover was started in 1870, a store being built and opened
by Henry Snyder, which he sold during the same year to Alfred Sage. In 1872
another store was started by Winkler & Ticknor, now run by Rasson & Sage.

The first school taught in the village was by Miss Isabel Smith, a daughter
of Sidney W. Smith, who established one of the first ferries on the Kaw. There
are three religious societies—Baptist, Congregational, and Methodist. The
Baptists built a stone church in 1869. The society was started in 1868 with
fourteen members by Rev. Mr. Raymond. They have now about forty mem-
bers, with a Sabbath-school of about fifty scholars. The Congregationalists
built a wooden church in 1876; society organized in 1875, with eight members.
The Methodists first worshiped in the Baptist church, but have érected a church
of their own. The village contains about ten families, with the usual shops
found in a small hamlet.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. .

ALBERT H. ALDRICG, farmer, two anda half miles east of Dover, 160 acres on Sections
31 and 32—all under fence and fifty acres under plow, the balance is pasture and meadow.
Has seventy-five head of cattle, ten head of horses and forty head of hogs. House 16x24,
with an L 14x16; kitchen 10x16—11 roomsin all, Frame barn 12x24, room for six horses.
Has a stable for sixty cov’s, corn-crib, wagon and toolhouse, and granary. He came
to Kansas in 1871. Improved his present place in 1879. He was born in Lisbon, Grafton
Co., N. H., October 22, 1838. Lived in that county until thirteen, then moved to New York
City. Worked as locomotive engineer on the Hudson River &. R. until 1862, and then went
to work as engineer on military railroad for Government until April, 1864. In January,
1864, he was taken ill with the measles at Chattanooga, Tenn., and after his recover
almost lost the sight of both his eyes as a result of the disease, He returned to New Yor
and remained sixteen months and moved to Orleans County, Vermont, and farmed until
coming to Kansas,

P. E. C, BLADES, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Valencia; came to the State June 1, 1878,
and located in Dover Township, Shawnee County. He was born in Wooster County, Md.,
March 9, 1857. When seven years of age moved with his father to Pike County, Ill.
Remained until twerty-one years of age and for four years taught school in Pike County.
Attended Chaddock College, Quincy, Ill., and taught school in many towns in the county.
‘Was appointed Postmaster at Valencia and opened a general store at that point, which he
managed with success until October, 1882, when he sold out. He was married March 17%,
1878, to Miss Katie Harper, at Bishopville, Wooster Co., Md., and has one child—Effie M.
Has always voted the Democratic ticket. es

DR. A. W. CARSON, physician and surgeon, residence and office Main street. Located
here August 3, 1876, and came from Utica, La Salle Co., Ill., where he began practicing in
the spring of 1875. Was born in Brown County, Ohio, March 5, 1850. Resided there until
the fall of 1857 and moved to Washburn, Woodford Co., Ill., and from there to Eureka,
where he began the study of] medicine in the fall of 1872, with Dr. N. B. Crawford. Com-
pleted the scientific course and a part of the classical course in Eureka College in June,
1872. Attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the winters of ’73,
74 and 775, completing the course and receiving his diploma from that institution. Isa
member of the Kansas State Medical Society, and of the Topeka Society of Surgery and
Medicine. Was married August 28, 1878, in Dover, Kan., to Miss Hattie Gill, a native of
Wisconsin, They have one child. 5

H. P. CARY, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Valencia, has fifty acres, thirty acres in cultiva-
tion, the rest timber, Farm is well improved, having good stone house, barn, shop, cribs,
etc., besides a small orchard of bearing apple ana peach trees, Itis also well stocked with
live stock. He was born in Lee County, Ill., February 13, 1858. When eight years old he
went to Chicago, where he learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed until 1876,
when he went to Texas, remaining one year. Hesoon afterward came to Kansas, and on
August 14, 1880, he married Miss Maty 2 Neland, daughter of John and Euceba Neland.
Her father, John Neland, was born in Washington County, Vt., October 13, 1823, remaining
there until 1848, when he married Miss Euceba H. Govdall, a native of Windham County,
Vt. He then moved to that county and followed his trade of shoemaker until 1857, when
he came to Kansas. He located in Shawnee County, about five miles southeast of Topeka.
In January, 1873 Mr. and Mrs. N. moved to present residence, where they resided until his
death in 1875. They have seven cbildren—Julia M., John Wesley, Mary Eva, Charles E.,
William N., Benjamin F. and James Monroe.

ALBERT S. COREY, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Redpath, has eighty acres, forty acres
under cultivation; well improved, well watered, and well stocked. e was born in Spring-
field, Mass., January 1,1824. Began the poten’: trade when fourteen _years old, working
in the office of the Massachusetts Spy, at Worcester. He worked in different offices, learn-
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ing fully all branches of the business—composition, book and job printing. Before entering
the business, he attended the Baptist Seminary, and other schools at Worcester, After com-
.pleting his trade, he attended the Quaboag Seminary at Warren, Mass., fitting himseif for
journalism. He was foreman of the job department of the Springfield Republican during
the years 1853, ’54, and ’55. Hetaen returned to Worcester, and in 1857 he came to Kan-
sas, landing in Quindaro, a town onthe Missouri River, three miles north of Wyandotte.
He coinmenced work on the Quindaro Chindowan, a weekly paper published by John M.
Waldon. Inthe spring of 1858, Mr. Waldon retired ana Mr. Corey became the publisher
for the Quindaro Board of Trade, continuing until the fall of that year, when the paper was
sold and the material moved away. He then boughta farm four miles from Quindaro, on
which he lived until 1868. Was in Capt Clary’s Company of Militia, and helped to repel
the invasion of Gen. Price. While he was at Quindaro, he became well acquainted with Al-
bert D. Richardson,the celebrated author and brilliant correspondent of the Boston Journal,
who made his headquarters at Quindaro. Mr. Corey heard Mr. Richardson’s eloquent ad-
dresses at a meeting held at Quindaro, July 24,1857, to ratify the actionof the Topeka
Convention, and condemn Gov. Walker’s action, acting as secretary of that meeting. Dur-
ing the year 1863, and while the U. P. R. R. was in process of cunstruction, Mr, Corey was

employed in the office of the Wyandotte Gazette, which was doing much printing for that.

railroad, He was then placed in a position to learn the plans of the company, and was an
eye-witness ot the tragic death of Mr. Samuel Hallet, chiet contractor, who was shot by a
civilengineer. In 1868 he sold his farm and removed to Baldwin City, Douglas County,
where he commenced the publication of the Kansas Family Visitor, in partnership with
Cc. W. Bryan. The latter retired the next year when Mr. Corey moved his office to Chetopa,
Kan. and published the Chetopa Advance, in  partnerahy with John W. Horner, In May,
1869, he sold his interest in the paper to Mr orner, and in the fall of that year moved to
his present farm, He was.a member of the City Council when Chetopa was incorporated.
He was appointed Postmaster, in 1872, at Plow Boy, which was afterwards changed to Red-
path, and still holds the position. He was married at Sterling, Worcester County Mass.
April 3, 1848, to Miss Elizabeth F. Pratt. They have four children—Charles A., Lottie E.,
now Mrs. T. H. Gone, William A.,and Edward H. a

WILLIAM CUMMINS, farmer, P O Dover has sixty acres under cultivation and ninet
acres pasture on home farm, and 160 acres one mile north of his home place, in Section 14.
His home farm is on Section 26. House is 17x24, of stone, story and a halt, two rooms,
built in 1870 ata cost of $500. Barn is 17x32, and wil! hold eight head of horses and ten
tons of hay. Has fifty-five head of cattle, fiftv hogs, six horses, and one span of mules.
Came to Kansas in 1866, from Ottawa, Canada East. Was born in County Tipperary Ire-
land, in August. 1848. When about eighteen years of age, and in 1860, emigrated to Can-
ada, where he remained until the close of the wai, when he came to Kansas. Has followed
farming all his life, and his father was an under-steward in Ireland. Mr. C. has earned his

roperty, all since he came to America, by industry. Was married in July, 1878, in Topeka,

an, to Miss Ellen Matthews, a native of Kansas, Is a member of the Catholic Church, and
has always voted the Democratic ticket. -
. RUFUS N. EDWARDS, farmer. Sectior 30, P.O. Redpath, owns 120 acres, fifty acres
iv cultivation, well improved, good cne and one-half story frame house and other build-
ings: alsosmallorchard, He first came tc Kansas in 1870, locating near Hoyt, in Jackson
County fourteen miles north of Topeka, remaining one year. He then moved to Wabaun-
see County, where he resided until 1874, when he moved to Valley Falls, and afterwards to
Silver Lake, and in spring of 1882 he moved to present residence. He was born in San-
dusky County, Ohio, December 29 1857, remaining there until_nine years old, when he
moved to Wood County, Ohio, where he resided until he came to Kansas. E

ELI EWINGS, farmer P. Valencia, has 220 acres in Section 20, fourteen miles
west of Topeka; eighty acres under cultivation, balance pasture and hay land. House fraine,
18x22, built in 1877, at a cost of $280. Frame crib, which will hold $1,000 bushels of corn.
Has an orchard of 300 bearing trees. Crops in 1882 were good. He came to Kansas in
1876. as born in Steuben County Ind. March 14, 1857. He worked some at the car-
penter trade.

J. E, FLICKINGER, teacher in District No. 15, Dover, came to the State, October 12,
1879, from Union County, Ohio, where he was born, January 23, 1855. Completed his edu-
cation at Normal School at Ada, Hardin County, and also attended school at Delaware,
Ohio, in the Business College. Taught six terns of school in Ohio, before coming to Kan-
sas. Has also followed farming a jpoztion of the time. Owns a half interest in eighty-two
acres of land, twoand one-half miles east of Dover. Isa member of Somerville Lodge,
No. . I. O. O. F ,Somerville, Ohio,

. THEODORE FORBES, farmer, P O. Topeka, has eighty acres on Section 3, fifty acres
under cultivation, balance pasture and timber. House is frame, 14x18, stone basement,
three rooms, Stone stable 24x40—wil!l hold twenty horses. Crops were good in 1882. He
came to jepneas in the fall of 1880, from Richland County, Ohio, where he was born No-
vember C54,
was married in Richland County Ohio, in 1878, to Miss Mary A. Brook, a native of- that
county and has two children —Cora A. and Verta E. He is a member of the Baptist

Church.

WILLIAM N. FREDERICK, blacksmith, P. O. Dover, came to the State in October,
1869, locating in Cloud County. Worked inashop with his father, at Clyde, until Decem-
ber, 1881. as born in Schuylkill County Pa., December 29, 1854, and moved to Illinois
in 1862. Commenced his trade with his father after coming to Kansas. Was married
October 3.1875, at Clyde, Kas. to Miss A.C. Moore, a native of Iowa, and has two chil-
dren—Jessie and Frank. Worked in amillin Livingston County, Mo., for about sixteen
months. Removed to Dover in July, 1882. _

WILLIAM G. GILKERSON, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Redpath, has two hundred acres
on Vassar Creek, twelve miles west of Topeka, seventy acres in cultivation, the balance
hay land, pasture and timber; wellimpruved. Good house, large stone barn 24x48 feet.
with sheds 12 feet wide on each side. eis largely interested in the dairy business, mar-
keting 2,000 lbs.of butter annually, and expects to largely increase his stock the present sea-
son. e was born In Barnett, Vt., October 25, 1835. residing there until sixteen years old,
when he went to Wisconsin, working nearly a year in a hotel at Beaver Dam. He then
went into the pineries, remaining untilthe spring, when he went down the Mississippi
river as cook on a raft, stopping at Hannibal, Mo.,from there he went to Belvidere, Il}.

working for different parties until 1862, when be enlisted in Company G, Ninty-fifth Tlinois .

l1nfantry. Was at Champion Hill, Vicksburg. and other battles, and in the Red River Ex-
pedition. Atthe battleof Guntown he was captured, July 10 18¢4, and held a prisoner
several morths, at Mobile, Andersonville, Florence, and Milan, Ga, He was afterwards ex-
changed at Wilmington, N.C. He then went to Annapolis, where he remained fora time.
He was discharged at Springfield, Ill.,and went to Caledonia, Boone Co., Ill., golng into the
stock business. He was married in 1866, at Beloit, Wis. to Miss Mary Peters, a native of
Boone County, lll. They have four children living—Lazzie, Ernest, Marian, and Arthur.
After his marriage he continued in the drover business until 172, when he moved to Kan-
sas, locating at his present residence. Has held the office of Township Treasurer of Dover
Township one term by appointment. =

SOHN GREEN, farmer Section 23, k © Redpath, was born in Gloucestersbire, En-

land, September 11,1827. Heimmigrated to America when twenty-one years uf age, first

foeating at Cincinnati, Ohio remaining one year He then engaged in farming in Union
County, Ind., and Cass County, Mich., until 1869, when lhe moved to Kansas. In 1870 he
married Mrs. Philolia La Point, widow of Mitchell La Polnt. She was born in Wayne
County, Mo., December 15 1818 living there and at Pleasant Hill, Mo., until! 1852 when
she came te Kansas with a Mr. Benjamin Franklin, who located at Uniontown, engaging in
the business of gunsmith for the Indians, She was adopted _as one of the Pottawatomie
tribe, and married Mitchell La Point, a quarter blood Sauk Indlan, To him was allotted
the quarter section on which the old town stood. and to her elon acres, « partof which
was in Shawnee County Thefarm now consists of three hundred and twenty acres, sev-
enty acres in cultivation, the balance hay land and timber _ It has fine 1mprovements—good
house, two-story stone barn, 32x40 feet. with basement. It was built in 1875. at a cost of
$1,000. Itaffords shelter for thirty-six head of stock, and will hold thirty tons of bay, be-
sidesalargeamountof grain. In addition, are wagon sheds and granary. Six acres are
in orchard, partly bearing, consisting of all kinds of fruit. Large numbers of live stock are
raised on this farm, the receipts from cattle alone being over $1,600 in 1882, besides horses
and hogs. Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Congre ational Church at Plow Boy.

WILLIAM H. HEWINS, farmer. P. O. Dover, has 320 acres on Section 23. fifteen miles
south of Topeka, has uinety acres under cultivation, and fifty acres native timber, the
balance being meadow and pasture land. His residence is of stone, 16x32. story and a half,
containing five rooms and <ellar builtin 1871, ata cost of $750, Barn 16x36 built in 1879,
and will hola twelve horses,and is wellarranged for granaries and corn cribs, with commo-
dious loft for hay, cost $760. Has a bearing orchard of the best varieties of fruit. Has gen-
erally 100 head of cattle, and 50 to 100 hogs, and 15 to 25 head horses. €ameto Kansas
October 17%. 1858, and located in Wabaunsee County, where he remained until 1864
Changed his location several times. Worked on the K, P. road during its construction.
Was in the sheep business some two years, at Dover, in partnership with Mr Alf. Sage,
and settled on his present place April 17.1871. Was born in Berkshire County, Mass.,
March 26, 1831, and when quite young his parents moved to Lorain County. Ohio. Re-
sided inthe counties of Fond du Lac and Winnebago, Wis., and followed the lumbering
business several years, and came to Kansas in 1857. ‘Was married Christmas day, 1856, at
Plover, Portage Co., Wis., to Miss Hester a Mitchell, a native of Fountain County, Ind.,
and has three children—Ira, Edwin, and Hugh. Is a member of the Topeka Lodge, No. 17

.F. & A. M., and wasa member of Dover Grange P. of H, Has been Township Treasurer

two years.
10 OAARLES HOLMES, farmer, P.O. Dover; owns 120 acres on Sectious 30 and $1, about
fifty acres under cultivation, corn and millet is the crop; corn will average thirty-tive
bushels per acre; house is 14x22, a story and a half, containing four rooms and cellar; stone
wailand hay sheds, He has twenty head of cattle, four horses and sixteen head ot hogs.

Ran asaw-millten miles north of Mansfield, Ohio, for six years. He-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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He came to Kansay in 1869; was born in Leicestershire, England, October 80, 1847; came
to Canada in 1869, and from th2re to Kansas; worked as a porter in a hotel at Scarborough,
England, and other fashionable hotels until coming to America, He was married February
10, 1880 in England, to Miss Emily Walker. He has made two trips to England since com-
ing to America. He has one child—Charlotte. He belonged to the I. O, O, F., in England.
VID HOOD, on the farm ot Mr. F. Kendall, located twelve miles west of Topeka, on
Mission Creek, P. ©. Valencia. Had large acreage and good crops in 1882, and has a large
number of stock, Came to Kansas in 1868, trom Greenup County, Ky., after remaining two
ears in Massac County, Ili. Was born in Greenup County, Ky., March 24,1833. Enlisted
hh 1862 in Company A, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, which was confined to operations in
Kentucky. Remained in the service thirteen months; was married in 1858 near Greenups-
burg, Ky.,to Miss Mary A. Diggins and has seven children—William, Luginia, Mary,
Alice, Tobias, Clarence and Myrtle.

-HARLES P. JONES, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Redpath. Owns 120 acres, fifty acres
in cultivation, His house was the third house built on Vassar Creek; farm is well supplied
with fruit, chiefly peaches and grapes. He was born ir. Gibson County, Ind.. April 26, 1832,
living there untiltwenty-eight years old, when he went to Posey County, where he re-
mained eight years, when he returned to Gibson County, remaining there until 1866, when
he moved to Kansas, locating in Saline County; after a residence there of two years, he
returned to Indiana; the next year he again came to Kansas, setiling near Burlingame
where he resided several years, and then moved to his present residence, He married
in 1851, in Gibson County, ind. Miss Rachel Newman; they have four children living—
Harrison E., julia V., Bertha and Wilmot. He is a member of the Cumberland Presby-
erian Church.

GEORGE KEMBLE, farmer, owns 160 acres on Section 11, one and one-half miles
south of Dover. Has forty head of cattle, four horses, sixteen hogs. Came to Kansas in
December, 1880, from Onondaga County, N. Y. Was bornin Devonshire, Parish of Chitton-
bishop, August 16,1840; came to America in April, 1873. He learned the shoemaker’s
trade, which he carried on in England prior to coming to America; engaged in farming in
Ononda, w Count, N. Y., where he remained until coming to Kansas. Was married in
1863 in Dunsford, England, to Miss Emma Crispin and has four children—Augustus C.,
Frank, Albert and Henrietta. Mr. Kemble is 2 member of St. John’s Lodge L. 0. O. ¥F.,

Boveytracey, England. : 3

FRANK LA ORE, farmer, P. 0. Dover; owns eighty acres on Section 29, Township
12, Range 14; ten acres broken; stone house 12x15, story and a half; has seven cattle, two
horses and two pigs; came to Kansas in 1880. stopped at Topeka a short time and came on
to his land; was born in Rapede Parish, La.. and left there in 1864, going to La Grange,
Ohio; remained in Ohio until 1880, working on the lake and as hotel porter mostly; was
born in 1843; was married in 1869, at Cleveland, Ohio to Miss Betsy A. Brown; they have
one child—Hester. Is a toember of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM S. LAWLESS, farmer, P. O. Dover has eighty acres on the north half of the
northeast quarter of Section 24, Township 12. Range 13; has fifty-two acres under cultiva-
tion; frame house, threerooms and cellar; frame stable; orchard of two acres; came
to Kansas in March, 1882, from Springfield, Ti, where he worked ina watch factory two
years; was born in Cheshire, England, April 1, 1852; resided there until twenty-six years
of age, and learned the trade of a machinist; engaged in various occupations until coming
to Kansas; was married_in 1876 at Preston, England, to Miss Jane Harrison, and has
phree ebildren, living—William I., Mercy M., and Story. Is a member of the Baptist

urch,

HENRY MILLER, farmer, eighty acres, one and a half miles north of Valencia; also
works at the carpenter trade. Came to Kansas in 1877; was born in Steuben County, Ind.,
October 25, 1849; resided in that county. with the exception of one year in White County,
until coming to Kansas; was marrie intAugust, 1868, in Steuben County, Ind., to Miss
Minnie Ewings, a native of that county and they have five children—Mary, Martha, Court-
land, Elain and Easton. .

H. H. MINKLER, farmer and Justice of the Peace, P. O. Dover. Has 160 acres of land
northeast of the village. Hecame to Kansas in October, 1871, from Chickasaw County,
Iowa. He was born in Clinton County, N Y¥. June 25, 1830, and remained there until
twenty-one years of age, learning the trades of shoemaker and tanner. For twenty-one
years following this, he was employed as superintendent of railroac construction on various
railroads in the Northern States, and Upper and Lower Canada; was onthe Central Pacific
Railroad from Sacramento, Cal., to Salt Lake, Utah; returned to Chickasaw County, and re-
mained one year, then came to Kansas. He has been married twice, first in 1857, in Wis-
consin, to Miss Annis Bump, a native of Wisconsin; they had one child—Clara, now Mrs.
Waldo, residing near her tather Mr. Winkler’s wife died in March, 1859, in Rock County.
Wis. He was married again in 186%, at Clark’s Station, Nev., to Miss Sarah Clark, a native
of Pennsylvania. They have four children—Harry, James, Var andIda. He was elected
Justice of the Peace in 1877, and is vow serving his thirdterm. Heisa member of Alma
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., by demit.

, HIRAM MYERS, farmer. P. O. Dover, owns 80 acres on Section 36, all under fence;
thirty-five acresincorn. Has three cows, two horses, and twelve head hogs. Main part

of house is 16x26, story and half, ““L” 12x24. Frame barn, which will hold six horses and ~

 

is 18x24 feet. Came to Kansas, April 1, 1868. and settled in Highland, Doniphan Co. Kan.,
where he remained about six years, engaged in the furniture business. Movedto Cawker
City, and was Pastor of the Congregational Church there. Came to Dover, and was employed
as Pastor here, and at Alma. oved onto the farmin 1881. and has preached some since
then, Was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 28 1826. Remained in his native county
until 1854. Engaged in teaching school, and began preaching when twenty-four years of
age. Attended school at New Hagerstown Academy. Removed to Washington County, Towa,
organized the Moravian Church, and from there moved to Keokuk County, boughtan acade-
my palaing, and opened a school which he ran for two years, called Richland Academy, In
the fal! of 856, moved to Appancose County, Iowa, and preached at Moravia, and built a
chureh, In the winters of 1857-58, reached as an Evangelist for two years, then com-
menced the study of medicine, which he continued for two years.
Ul, where he practiced medicine until coming to Kansas. as married, in 1851, in Tren-
ton, Ohio, to Miss Eliza Speice,a nativeof Westmoreland County, Penna. ;they have two
children living—Mrs, Thompson, of Wabaunsee County, and Jessie. Has been 2 member
of 1.0. 0. F, and is a member of Central Ministerial Association of Kansas.

DAVID NOEL, farmer and blacksmith, Section 28, P, 0. Valencia. Has 114 acres, sev-
enty-five acres under cultivation, balance timber: well improved, with good house, barn
and granary, ete. Has also a blacksmith shop supphed with all necessary tools for general
work. Doesall kinds of blacksmithing and horseshoeing. His farm is very fertile, pro-
ducing good crops. It has also & good young orchard, besides a quantity of smallfrult. He
was born in Franklin County, Penn., July 10, 1844, residing there until seventeen years of
age, when he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers,
serving in the anny of Eastern Virginia, unctit 1863, when his commaid was consolidated
with the army of the Potomac, he having re- enlisted in 1863 in the same company. He
participated in all the principal battles in Virginia and Maryland. ‘At the second battleof

ull Bun, oe was captured and paroled in the field. He was promoted to First Sergeant,
holding that position until mustered out in July, 1865, Hethen wentto Wyandotte County,
Ohio, and afterward learned his trade at Upper Sandusky, following it until he came to
Kansas, in 1879. He was married, October 22, 1868. to Miss Delia Row ,& native of Tiffin,
Ohio They have five children—Nettie M., Charles E., William C., Cora D. aud Bessie E.
He is a member and steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Valencia.

ALFRED SAGE, farmer, Section 26, F. 0. Dover, Has 335 acres, all under fence, 130
acres under cultivation Has good improvements, large wo-story stone house, containing
eight rooms, builtin the fallof 1873, ata cost of $1,300. Barn is forty feet square. There
are also other buildings, such as cattle stables, granary, etc., and a stone house one-half a
mile north of his residence, containing eightrooms. He deals extensively in live stock,
keeping: 100 to 200 head of cattle. Hasalso a fine Percheron-Norman stallion, which Mr.
M. W Dunbam imported, and was bought by him ata cost of $2,000. He has also a store
room and general stock of goods at the village of Dover, which is in the charge of his son,
Squire, He is one of the best farmers in Kansas, and realizes large yields from his crops.
He was born In Somersetshire, England, August 6, 1833, and came to America with his
mother settling in Qnoudari County, N. Y, where he remained until twenty - one years old. -
He then moved to Iowa, and from there to Kansas in 1856, locating onthe ‘present site of
the village of Dover, in which vicinity he has since resided. In 1871. he purchased the
Snider Building, and in partnership with A. D, Craig, he opened a general store, which he
kept three years, He then sold out his interest and returned to his farm, where he resided
two years. He again entered business at his present stand. He was married at Onondaga,
N. Y., in 1854, to Miss Mary Bassett, a native of England. They had five chilaren—
Maggie, William, Squire, James and Dudley.’ His wife died October 28.1863. OnJuly 28,
1864 he married Mrs, Mary A. Buell, anative of Bedford County, Penn. Mr, Sage has al-
ways been an active Beni ican, and identified with that party since its organization.

HENRY V SAGE, farmer, P. O, Dover, controls 270 acres, 130 under cultivation, bal-
ance pasture, His crop in 1882 yielded a large and profitable harvest. Has forty head of
cattle, seven horses, and thirteen hogs. Came to Kansas in November, 1880, He was born
in onney Somerset, England, February 14. 1843, and came to America when quite young,
sett ng in Onondaga County, N.Y. Remained there until August, 1862, when he enlisted
n oinpany D, One Hundred and Twenty-second New York Intantry. Was with his com-
may at South Mountain and Antietam, and in all the engagements of the Sixth Army Corps
tian he Years after 1862, At the battle of the Wilderness received injuries which disabled
am rom achudt service, He was transferred tothe Eighty- fifth Company Second Battalion
vey ran z eserve Oorps, and remained there until the expiration of his term of enlistment.
i urned to New York, and went io Evansburg, Crawford Co., Pa + Where he engaged in

8 grocery business for two years, Returned to New York and remained three years, en-
gage 0 carpeptering, Removed to Livingston Count » Mo., iu 187], and for nine years
was engaged in bridge building on the Wabash Raliroad: Came from Missouri to Kansas,

Removed to Urbana,
SHAWNEE COUNTY.

Was married September 5, 1866, at Evansburg, Pa,, to Miss Emma McDowell, a native of
Crawford Coun ys Pa., and has three children—Orrie G., Gilbert S. and Leona. He is a
member of Mobely ‘Lodge, 344,A.F,.& A.M. Was master workman andamember of Ran-
dolph Lodge No. 80, A. O. U. W., and also a member of the K. of C. Mr, Sage is a member
of the Dover Methodist Episcopal Church,

L. M. SHEPARD, teacher, in District 57, P.O. Dover, came to the State July 1, 1882,
from Cincinnati, Ohio. Was born in Lorain County, Ohio, July 13, 1854. Removed to
Licking County in 1871. When two years old removed with his Jather to Dodge County,
Minn, Remained there about fifteen years, attending school at Groveland Seminary. Com-
pleted his studies at Dennison University. Removed to Cincinnati, and forfour years was
reporter for the Times-Star, and Agent for the National Associated Press of that city.

DAVID SHULL, farmer, eighty acres, the north half of the northeast quarter of Section
32, Town 11, Range 14, about ten miles west of Topeka, P.O. Valencia. Has about seventy
acres under cultivation, ten acres of meadow. Houseframe, 14x22, story and a half, seven
roomsin all, and cellar. Builtin 1877; cost $600. Has a frame stable, corral, and corn-
crib, which will hotd 2,000 bushels corn, His crops of wheat, corn, oats and other grain are
the best testimony of the excellent quality of his land and good husbandry. Hasan orchard
of about 200 trees, of the best varieties of fruit. Mr. S. has made a good start in stock-rais-
ing. Came to Kansasin 1871, and _ located in Shawnee County. Removed to his present
location from near Silver Lake, in 1877. Was born in Franklin County, Obio, October 24,
1851, and when quite young moved to Miami County, Ind., where he remained until coming
to Kansas. Was in the mercantile business two years at Silver Lake, in partnership wit
Cc, Owens. Was married in March, 1874, at Silver Lake, to Miss Maria Ayers, a native of
Miami County. Ind., and has four children—Claud C., William W., Daisy Dean and an in-
fant ae membey of Lake Lodge, No. 50, A. F. & A. M., and amember of School Board,

r 0. 6%.

GEORGESIDDALL, farmer, 78 acres, Section 3, Town 12, Range 14, on Blacksmith
Creek, elgnt miles west of Topeka; P. O. box 292. Topeka. Has about forty acres under cul-
tivation, balance of land timber and hay land. Stone house 16x26, one story, built in 1873.
Stone barn 28x30, will hold four horses and other stock. Has about five acres of bearing
trees in orchard. Came to Kansas in 1870, locating at his present place. Had a good cro)
in 1882, and will market about 300 busheis potatoes. Was born in Birmingham, Englan
February 18, 1841. Came to America in 1863. Learned the trade of a Britannia meta
smith, and worked at his trade in New York City, Newark, N. J., Middletown and Walling-
ford, conn. Visited his old home in Connecticut in 1882. Was married in England in 1861,
to Miss Mary Rudge, a native of Northampton. Is a member of Compass Lodge, No, 9, A.
F. and A. M., Wallingford, Conn.

MARCUS D. SNODDEY, farmer and market gardener Section 20, P.O. Silver Lake, owns
forty acres, nearly ali in cultivation, having good frame house, barn, etc. Has also a good log
house for tenant. He was born in Doniphan County, Kan., eight miles from St. Joseph,
Mo., September 25, 1847. Went with his parents to Atchison, residing there until his
mother’s death, in 1862, His father diedin 1851, among California emigrants. After his
mother’s death he remained with his grandfather, Thomas Poteet, near Atchison, until
1863, when he commenced freighting, continuing in that business about four years, when
he went to Southeastern Kansas and took up a claim, remaining one year. Then went to

- Richardson County, engaging in farming until 1871, when he went to Northeastern Texas,
remaining one year, when he returned to Kansas, settling in Little Soldier Creek, Shawnee
County, where he remained four years. He then married Miss Ellen Selsur, a native of
Ohio. They have two children—Edward and William H. Soon after his marriage he moved
to present residence. .

CARY SNYDER, postmaster and merchant, carries a stock of $4,500 and trade will ay-
erage $20,000. Also buys and ships grain and stock from Topeka. Grain and stock trade will
amount to $30,000. The trading territory will embrace a farming district of ten miles
square. Commenced business in 1877 in the building where Henry Snyder commenced
business in 1867, and was succeeded by Sage & Craige, and they by Loomis & pally, and
they by Poomis & Co., who were succeeded by Mr. Snyder. He was born in Washington
Cc. H., Fayette County, Ohio, January 11, 1857, and whentwelve years of age came to Kan-
sas; followed farming and attended the High School In Topeka three years, taking a full
course of study. He was married March 11, 1880, at Dover, to Miss Etta Beach, of Keene,
Kan., and has one child, Ray. Mr. Snyder handles all description of farm produce, be-
sides the property of the two cheese factories,in the neighborhood.
~~ JOHN J.ST.JOHN, farmer, P.O. Dover,owns agood farm on Section 30, seventy-five acres
under cultivation and the balance in meadow. Has efghteen head of cattle, five calves, three
‘horses and fifteen head of hogs. Has aframe house, 20x40, with three rooms and a frame
parn, 16x30, and stone smokehouse; hasanorchard of 100 apple trees, peaches, cherries,
grapes and other small frait;frame granary, 16x20; corn will average fifty bushels per
acre, Mr. St. John came to Kansas in 1860, locating in Topeka; remained two years and en-
listed August 20 in Company E, Eleventh Kansas. Spent most of his soldier’s experience
in Missouri and Arkansas. W2s mustered out at Fort Riley, and escorted the United States
mail from Larned to Fort Lyons, and was mustered out in 1865. He was married in August,
1862, in Auburn to Miss Frances E. Johnson,{a native of Missouri, and has three children:
Cynthia, Marquis M.,andEmilieC. Mrs. St. John died in 1871.

x JAMES 5. WARNER has 160 acres on Section 17, Township12, Range 14, P. O. Topeka;
has sixty acres under cultivation, twenty acres of tmber andthe balance hay land; house,
16x20, story and a half with basement, built in 1880 at a cost of $500; has about twenty
head of cattle, horses and hogs, In 1882 nad a good crop. Came to Kansas in 1872 and
located at Tecumseh, where he remained until 1878, when he removed to Gunnison County,
Colo., and interested himself fn mining operations. He owned an interest in the Anna Did-
ricka mine, which he disposed of to advantage. _In the spring of 1880 sold a one-third in-

- terest in the Spotted Tail Mine for $5,000. Mr. Warner still owns an interest in the Roths-
child, which he helped discover; also owns property in prosperous camp of Tin Cup. Was
born near Milwaukee, Wis., September 16, 1856. hen quite young his father moved to

‘ Seott County, Iowa. and remained until coming to Kansas; was married April 11, 1880, at
Topeka, Kan., to Miss Addie Coddington, daughter of Thomas Coddington, contractor and

Topeka. :

pm EN TAM G. WARRINGTON, tarmer, resides three miles northeast of Dover, Came
to the Statein 1868 from Davenport, [owa, and located at Columbus, Cherokee Co., Kan.;
remained there ten years and attended school; removed to Fairmount, Leavenworth Co.

Kan., and remained there until 1880, when he went to Topeka and cierked for Greenwal

& Co.. clothing merchants, 151 Kansas avenue; remained seven months; worked on the

railroad, and engaged in other occupations; was born in Scott County, lowa, August 25,1864.

G. W. WOODWARD, farmer, P. 0. Dover, owns the south half of the northeast_quarter
of Section 24, Township 12, Range 13, fourteen miles southwest of Topeka; has fifty-five
acres under cultivation, balance meadow; house, 16x24, and L, 10x12, story and a half; cel-
lar, 16x24, eight feet deep; porch on east and west sides; built in 1873 at_a cost of $900;
frame stables, granar and stone shed for cattle. Mr. Woodward’s farm produced good crops
for 1882.and he is well supplied with stock; owns a three year old Norman mare of imported
stock. He came to Kansas in 1865 and has since improved three farms in his locality, and
starting with comparatively notbing, has become fairly independent. He was born in Chit-
tenden County, Vt., March nf 1948; resided in his native county until 1861: engaged in
farming with his father, the Rev. Joho H. Woodward, a Congregational clergyman; who
was afterward chaplain of the First. Vermont Cavalry. Mr. Woodward enlisted in the
spring of 1861 in Company G, Second Vermont Infantry; was with his command at the
first battle of Bull Run, and in the Peninsula Campaign under McClellan at Malvern Hill,
Wiliamsburg, and Savage Station and Lee’s Mills: was a member of the Sixth Army Corps,
which covered the retreat from in front of Richmond and was under fire six days and
nights. He was disabled and aischarged August 11,1862; while in the service was promoted
to First Duty Sergeant; returned to Vermon and attended school at Williston Academy;
was Provost Marshal’s Clerk of the Fourth District of New York City for about eighteen
months, and returned to Orleans County Vt. He has been twice married: first, January 1,
1867, to Miss Emma D. Ward, of Danville, Vt., and has one child living, John W. Mrs. W.
died October 18, 1876, of consumption. He was married again March 7, 1878, at Milton,
Vt.. to Miss Ida C. Ladd, and has onechild, EmmaL, He is a member of the Congreg1-
tional Church at Dover and Superintendentof the Sunday-school. Mr. Woodward’s brother,
John W. Woodward, was Captain of Company M, First Vermont Cavalry, and lost his life at
Hagerstown, Md. He wasa graduate of the Vermont University.

LANDON T. YOUNT, farmer, P. 0. Valencia. owns eighty acres on Section 5, and twen-
ty acres on Section 27. His home farm all under cultivation and under fences; frame
house, twenty-four feet square, four rooms; stone dairy, 18x16. In 1882 had abundant
yield of corn, oats and millet; has forty head of cattle, and other stock; pays especial atten-
tion to dairy interests; milked fourteen cows eight months and made and sold 2,000 pounds
of butter: will increase his dairy to twenty-five cows fn 1883; came to Kansas In April,1862,
and located in Wyandotte County, where he remained unt:! March, 1865, when he removed
to Shawnee County, where he has since resided, with the exception of two years’ residence
in Mendocino County Cal. He was born near Dubuque, lowa, January 20, 1849. Was
married October 18, 1871, to Miss Regina Cobbs, a native of Washington County, Ohio, and
has two ebildren: Lillian and Leon L. When fourteen years of age Mr. Yount served In
Company F, Twenty-third Kansas Militia; was in the battle of the Blue and helped repel
Price’s invasion; was the youngest boy in the regiment. Mr. Yount has contributed some
valuable and well-written articles to the newspapers of the State.

 

 

AUBURN TOWNSHIP.

In December, 1854, Daniel Turner settled on a claim one and a half miles
northwest of the present village of Auburn, His daughternow resides on the

farm,

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In 1855, the following persons located in the place: Rev. James Gill-
patrick, Deacon George Holt, Henry Fox, C. Gillpatrick and Samuel Cavender.

The first house in Brownville was built in the fall of 1854, on the claim of
Eli Synder,

In April, 1855, a Sabbath-school, the first in the State, was organized with
ten scholars, and ten dollars’ worth of books. Samuel Cavender was superin-
tendent.

The first Methodist class in the State was organized at Brownville, in the
house of Mrs, Galt, in the fall of 1854. Rev. J. S. Griffin, who organized the
class, was appointed to the Wakarusa Mission, during the preceding summer, by
the Missouri Conference.

Mr. A. Preston taught the first school in Shawnee County, in one of the
old Shawnee cabins, commencing April 1855.

These early events, which took place before the organization of any town,
all occurred at the little settlement on the present farm of Mr. Brown.

Among the settlers of 1856 were Capt. John Price, W.S. Hibbard and
Daniel Haney.

In the latter part of 1856, a township association was formed, called the
Brownville Association, of which M. C. Dickey was president, and L. Farns-
worth, John W. Brown and Henry Fox, trustees. This association pre-empted
certain lands directly north of and adjoining the claim of Mr. Brown, upon
which a town site was located, surveyed and platted, by Jesse D. Wood. The
lands were described as follows: West half of northwest quarter of Section 24,
west half of southwest quarter of Section 24, east half of southeast quarter of
Section 23, and east half of northeast quarter of Section 23, Township 13, Range
14 east. The town to be called Brownville. :

Brownville was situated on the head waters of the Wakarusa, at the point
where the river receives its two tributaries, the three streams being here of nearly
equal size and well lined with timber. The Fort Leavenworth, the California,
and the Santa Fe roads, the great Territorial highways along which flowed the
currents oftrade and immigration to New Mexico, or the new towns along the
banks of the rivers and streams, were all within easy access, and the present and
permanent prosperity of the place seemed assured.

After the formation of the town it rapidly increased and soon attained a
population of 400. In March, 1857, a log hotel was built by the town company,
which was situated on ‘lot 101, Washington avenue,” and a two-story concrete
schoolhouse was erected, the first in the township.

A brickyard was opened in the spring of 1857, by Barney Williams. A
saw mill and blacksmith shop were already in operation, and during the year
William A. Simerwell and John E. Moore moved to the village and built a saw
and grist mill.

During the year 1857 the citizens of the village petitioned for the establish-
ment of a postoffice, tobe called Brownville. The petition was denied on the
ground that another office by that name already existed in the Territory. The
name of the town was accordingly changed to Auburn by a vote of the: citizens,
and the office established under that name.

In 1860, a paper called the Auburn Docket was started by D. B. Emmert,
now of Fort Scott. The first issue was on June 2oth, and it was continued
about a year.

A. H. Hale was the first town trustee, and W. F. Johnson the first Justice
of the Peace. :

The first church in the township was built by the Methodists, in 1856—
Rev. J. F. Griffin, pastor. :

The first Baptist preacher was Rev. James Gillpatrick, who was also the
first Postmaster, serving in that capacity in 1855, before the organization of the

_town, or the establishment of a regular office.

The first birth in the town and county was a daughter to Lindsey T. Cook
—Mollie, born December 22, 1854.

The first death was that of the sister of Eli Snyder ; the second, that of
Mrs. Gillpatrick.

The village of Auburn reached its height of prosperity and importance in
1858, at which time it had reasonable expectations of becoming the county seat
of “ old Shawnee County,” as it was more central than either Tecumseh or To-
peka, both in the extreme north of the county, or Burlingame, lying further
south, The plan devised that year, between Topeka and Burlingame, whereby
the southern tiers of towns were detached from the county, and territory added
north of the Kansas River, made Topeka nearer the geographical center, and,
on a popular vote, selected it as a county seat. Thus shorn of the prestige
attached always to the shire town, its growth stopped short. Later the loca-
tion of the A. T. & S. Fe R. R., some seven miles east, still further shut it out
from the busy world. With the old thoroughfare deserted. it fell into a decline,
and now, 1882, boasts a resident population of not over 150.

The village; not quite deserted, is still ‘Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of
the plain.” Flocks and herds feed on the unfenced prairies, extending milesto
the north and east, and the herdsmen still live in the village. Two churches
are there, a school, two stores, a blacksmith shop, a shoemaker, a wheelwright,
and perhaps a dozen neat dwellings. Beyond, to the south, is the brick mansion
of the original settler, Mr Brown, who still lives on the old Mission farm, the
site of the Indian village, “old Brownville,” not a vestige cf which remains.

There is now no mill in the town, the machinery was long since removed,
and the buildings have goneto decay. Two old stone structures, half unroofed,
with port holes on either side, still stand as reminders of early times. The
postoffice, the churches, and the school house the never-dying emblems of Re-
publican, Christian civilization,which ever planted, are perennial, still hold their
accustomed place in the little hamlet. The present postmaster of Auburn
Postoffice, is John Dyke. °

The Presbyterian Society was first organized. The Baptists worship in
the same church. The Methodists havealso a small organization.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

FRANCIS O. BLACK, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Auburn. Owns 160 acres, all enclosed
and sixty-five in cultivation, four acres in orchard and the rest in pasture and native
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meadow, Has four horses and eleven head of cattle. Wasbornin Clark County, Ohio, in
t ovember, 1830, and came from native place to Kansas, in April 1858, and located on this
ee Mr. B., although not married, is a leader in educational movements in his locality,

San active meinber of the Debating and Singing Clubs, and was for many years, contin-
nously on the School Board and has served two years as Justice of the Peace. 1s'a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church and an ardent worker in the Sabbath-school.

W. R. BLACK, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Auburn. Owns 160 acres, about forty acres in

. cultivation and the rest pasture and meadow, allinclosed. Has seven horses, forty head of
cattle and five hogs. He raises corn and millet principaliy. Was born inOhio, February 4,
1835, and came to Kansas in April 1858, and located on presentfarm. Was married March
20, 1872, to Miss P. A. Willey ;they have two children—Minnie EF. and Walter. Has been
Road Overseer two years, and on School Boardone term. Enlisted August 22, 1862, a8

rivate in Company *H,” Eleventh Kangas Tofantry— afterward mounted and served with
is company and regiment in Missouri, Arkansas, indian Teritory and on the plains, and
articipated in the engagements at Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Little Blue and
estport, at Westport had his horse shot. ‘as on the plains the last of the war as guard
of the roads and mails, and mustered out in September 1865. Is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. .

JOHN W. BROWN, farmer and dealer in stock, Section 26, P. O. Auburn. Owns 800
acres, all enclosed, has over five miles of stone fence, about 150 acres in cultivation 150 in
timber and the rest in native meadow and pasture; has a fine orchard and a brick dwelling,
18x40, with L 18x20, two stories high, with nine rooms, costing in 1860, when built, $4,500.
Stone barn 30x40, sixteen feet bosts, with sheds, corn cribs and every convenience for
handling stock successfully. Mr. B.is the pioneer of this county. Was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, May 9, 1832, and came from native place to Kansas in 1849, locating at the
Methodist Mission, in what is now Johnson County; at that time there were but three
houses where Kansas City now stands, In 1851 he was employed by the Goverment
to go into the Indian Country as a blacksmith, and in 1854 located on presenttarm,at which
time the nearest location of any white settlement, was sixty miles away. Was married in
1851 to Miss Elizabeth Perkins, a native of Missouri. They have five children—Edgar G.,
Frank, Fred. P., Eva and Harry. Mr. B. has served one term in the State Legislature.
Was in the State Militia during the Price Raid in Col. Veale’s regiment and partic pated io
the Locust Grove fight, when he was captured, but made his escape after belng a prisoner
three days. Isa Mason.

ELLIOTT CARRIGER, farmer, Section $1, P.O. Auburn, Owns 265 acres, about 130
in cultivation, the balanc in timber. Good frame dwelling and a fine orchard of selected

ruit. Has fourteen horses, forty head of cattle and 130 hogs. Bornin east Tennessee.
April 30, 1816 and lived there until twenty-three years ofage. He was married February
14, 1839, to Miss Angeline R. Allen, a native of Virginia, and emigrated West locating in
Jackson County, Missouri, in 1854. Came to Kansas and located his present farm and set
out anorchardin 1858. Mrs. Carriger died February 5, 1865. He has eight children—
Maggie J., Lucretia, Eva S., JohnC., William A., Amanda P., Mattie A.and James D. Mr.
C. was in the State Militia during the Price Raid and on duty in Topeka. Has been Count;
Commissioner of Shawnee County two terins, one term as chairman of the Board an
was Tax Collector and Duputy Sheriff of Jackson County, Missouri, before coming to

ansas.

MACK FLECK, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Auburn. Rents and farms 160 acres, seventy
acres in cultivation anc the rest in grass. Has four horses, ten head of cattle and ten hogs.
Was born in Ohio, March 6, 1856, and came to Kansas in 1861 with his parents, who located
on Section 31 in the same neighborhood where they reside at present. Was married
April 23, 1876, to Miss Mary Bell. They have three children—Bertha, Minnie and LeRoy.
Has made his homein Auburn Township, with the exception of four years spent in Colo-
rado, returning in 1881. hot

JAMES M. HARR, farmer and makes a specialty of raising fine horses, Section 18, P.
O. Auburn, owns eighty acres all enclosed and about fifty-seven in crops and the balance in
meadow. Crops are corn aud oats. Has at present thirteen horses, some very fine running
and trotting stock. Mr. H. was born in Pennsyivaniain 1844 and came from native State
to Kansas in 1867, locating for atime in Auburn, and -locating on this farm in 1880. He
was married in 1869 to Miss Jennie Engle. They have three children—Irving, Howard

 

 

 

and Edith. Heserved as Deputy County Clerk in 1872-73 and was then elected Register of
Deedsfor Shawnee County and served,until 1879. In 1880 was appointed by the Governor
Census Enumerator. Isa Mason. | i

JOHN A. LANE, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Topeka, owns eighty acres all enclosed and
and seventy acres in cultivation and tenin pasture; has at this time two horses, six cows
and twenty-five hogs. Was born in Iowa, August 4, 1848, and came to Kansas with his

arents in 1859, locating inthe village of Auburn, andflocating on this farm in 188?, which
B one of auumber of pieces of land purchased by his father at an early day. Was married
March 6, 1878, to Miss Sarah Luella. They bave one child—Parkison A. Is a member of
Methodist Episcopal Church; bas served on School Board one tern.

S. H. McGOWAN, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Waveland, owns 32U acres, about 160 in cul-
tivation, forty in timber, the rest in meadow and asture; has nine horses, fifty-five head
of cattle and seventy-five hogs. Was born in Knox County, Ohio, January 9, 1835, and
moved to Indiana with parents when rine years of age, and came from there to Kansas in
18638, first locating in Topeka, where he followed the cabinet business, locating on this farm
in 1872. Was married in 1865 to Miss Christiana Edmond, a native of Indiana. They have
five children—Myra, Frank, Charles, Lumas, Edmund. Mr. McGowan was in the Kansas
State Militia during the Price Raid and participated in the fight at Locust Grove in

Missouri.
SAMUEL H. MOORE, farmer, Section 7%, P. O. Auburn, owns 320 acres all enclosed and
200 in cultivation, and the rest in native meadow and pasture with the exception of fifteen
acres of timber. Has at this time six horses, two mules, sixty head of cattle and thirty
seven hogs. Was born in butler County, Pa., January 30,1831. In 1853 went West and
traveled through Iowa and Missouri, and in spring ot 1854 fitted out at Lexington, Mo.,
for a journey to California, going up the Kansas River by the present location of Topeka
and by. way of the Blue Valley and Fort Kearmey. Spent two years in California and re-
turned to Pennsylvania in 1856, andinthe fall of 1867 went to Livingston County, Ill., and
came from there to Kan.as in fall of 1868, locating on present farm. Was married Sep-
tember 30, 1852, to Miss Margaret Gibson, a native of Pennsylvania. They haveisix chil
dren—Catherine J., Eugene L., William A. C., Redick R., Ulysses H., and Mary C. Is an
active worker in educational concerns, and has beena member of the School Board for
thirteen years, and is an elder in the Presbyterian Church. os

MRS.MAR RAN, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Auburn, owns 160 acres, 100 tn cultivation,
sixty acres in timber, all enclosed; has at this time three horses, twenty-one hogs. Her
husband, James R. Moran, was born in Tennessee, March 22, 1822, and was married Janu-
ary 14 1846.to Miss Mary Hutchie. They moved to the State of Illinois in 1847 and came
to Kansas in 1854, locating on this place They werein poor circumstances and Mr, M. was
in poor health and they had to struggle to get a start, but by hard work and good manage-
ment they lived until 1859 when they raised a good crop; butin the spring of 1860 a fire
swept everything from them, house, crop and stock, and they barely escaped with their
lives; but they managed by close economy to get through this year, but Mr. Moran’s health
continued to grow worse until he died August 8, 1863. Mrs. M. has seven children—Nancy
A., Samuel M., Emma E., John W., Sarah L., Jamesand Frances M. Emma E. was married
to Truman B. Shumway, who served three years as a soldier in fgmpany G, Sixteenth
Regiment Kansas Volunteers and contracted Jung disease from which he dled at Colorado
Springs, Col., where heis buried. Mrs. Shumway is living with her mother who is an invalid
and conducting the farin with the assistance of her youngest brother,

NORMAN PAIGE, farmer, Section 6, P.O, Topeka, owns forty acres all encloseu and
under cultivation, Has just commenced in Kansas, having bought this place and located
on it August 1, 1882. He was born in Vermont August 30, 1822, and lived there until he
-was married in December, 1851, to Miss Minerva Newton. Spent four and a half years in
California with hisfamily; then returned to Vermont and came from there to Kansas,
locating on his present farm. They have two children—George V. and Grant L.

CAPT. J. L. PRICE, farmer and small fruit grower, P.O. Auburn, pwns forty acres in
the village of Auburn, three acres in orchard and twenty acres in cultivation, all kinds of
small fruits, and the rest in pasture, all enclosed and <livided by cross fences. Has five
horses, twelve head of cattle and eleven hogs. Was born in Newcastle County, Del., Aug-

ust 31,1827, where he resided until July 3,1856, when he started West, stopping two
months iu Chicago, and came from there to Kansas in September, 1856, stoppin alshort
is home

time in Topeka, and locating same year in Auburn Township, which he has wade
since, Was married June 27, 1850, in Philadelphia, to Miss Margaret J. Cheffins, a native
of Kent County, Del., a granddaughter of Maj. James Cheffins, of the Revolutionary army.
They haveseven children living, Laura M., AlceusF., AnnieL,, Olive K., John L., Jr., Mattie
J., Udella M. Oneson, Alonzo C., diedin Delaware, and Cassius M. (lay, killed on Battle
Mountain, Col., bya snow slide. Capt. Price is a member of the Methouist Episcopal Chureh;
also a Mason. Was Justice of the Peace from 1872 to 1874. Enlistcd asa private in 1862 in
Company I, Third Kansas Cavalry. Was consolidated with Second Kansas same year, and
transferred to Company H, Ninth Cavalry as seventh Corporal. After the battle of Locust
Grove, in Missouri, was made First Sergeant of Company. After the battle of Prairie Grove
went toLeavenworth with Gen. Blunt, when he pas promoted to Second Lieutenant of Com-
pany M. One year after was promoted to Captain of Company M., and served in that capa-
city until the Close ofthe war. Was in allthe engagements of his companyjand regiment
during the war; among others, Newtown, Little Rock, Cane Hill, Fort Wayne, Prairie Grove:
and mustered outin 1865. Isa Democrat.

JOHN ROBINSON, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Auburn, owns 240 acres, all enclosed, and
about 125 acres in cultivation, twenty-five in timber, and the rest in meadow and pasture,
Has eight horses, thirty-five head of cattle, and thirty hogs. Was born in Ohio, November
28, 1823, and. came to Kansas in March, 1864, Jocating on farm east of this,and coming. to
this place in 1866, Was married January 25, 1855, to Miss Margaret A, Thompson, ey

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

have three children, Joseph N., Thomas J., and Sally. Has been Road Overseer five years,
and Treasurer of School Board four years, and Director four years. Enlisted October 15,
1862, as private in Company G, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and_
served with his command in Tennessee. Was in the battle of Stone River and other en-
gagements, and mustered out August, 1868, on expiration of term of enlistment. Was in
the Kansas State Militia duringthe Price raid, and participated in the battle of Locust
Grove, where he was captured and kept a prisoner six days, losing his horse, which had
just cost him $140, and caught the small-pox, Returned home and gave it to his whole
familly, and has never been remunerated for his horse.

LEVI A. C, SMITH, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Auburn, owns 164 acres, about 100 in cul-
tivation, all enclosed, thirty-five acres in timber, and the rest in meadow and pasture, Has
four horses, three milch cows, and forty hogs. He was born in Massachusetts, October 12,
1 When a child moved to State of New York with his parents, and in 1842 came to IIli-
nois, and from there to Kansas, in 1867, locating on his presentfarm. Was married July
14, 1845, to Miss Rachel A. Miller. They have three children, Sarah R.. George S., and Guy

Is a member of Baptist Church, and has been a member of the School Board three

terms.

JOHN S. WALKER, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Grand Haven, owns 160 acres, about sey-
enty acres in cultivation, andthe rest in meadow and pasture, all enclosed. Has eight
horses, sixty head of cattle, and twenty-five hogs. Was born in Scotland, May 26, 1826, and
came to the United States in 1853, locating in Michigan, and came from there to Kansas in
.1858, and located on this place same year, but did not improve it until 1870. Wasin the

uartermaster’s Department as teamster from 1861 until 1869: most of the time at For
eavenworth, but hauling to Fort Riley and Fort Scott, and wason his way back to Fort
Leavenworth at the time Lawrence was burned, and was there same day. Was marricd
in 1876 to Miss Sarah Rouse,

SAMUELJ. YAGER, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Auburn, owns 240 acres, about 130 in
cultivation, fifty in timber, and the rest in pasture and meadow, allenclosed. Has at this
time twelve horses, fifty head of cattle, and forty hogs. Was born in Kentucky, March 13,
1833, and when two years of age moved with his parents to Indiana, where he remained
until he was sixteen; then returned to Kentucky, and when twenty-four seers of ago went
again to Indiana, remaining there untll coming to Kansas in Peprualys 1866, and locatin,
on his presentfarm, Was married October 7, 1864, to Miss Mary M. Terrell, a native o:
Ohio, They have four children, Willis H., Maud, Jesse M., and Garrett A. Is a megpber of
the Presbyterian Church, and is Director on School Board. Elected in 1880.

WILLIAMSPORT TOWNSHIP.

William Matney, from Virginia, settled on Section 30, Township 13, Range
16; and William Matney, from Missouri, settled on Section 28, Township 13,
Range 16, in August, 1854. :

On September 16, William Cokes, from Missouri, located on the southwest
of Section 28, Township 13, Range 16.

On December 15, Dr. Jesse D. Wood, from Kentucky, located on the
southeast of Section 33, Township 53, Range 15, and during the month, Darius
W. Herald, from Virginia, Dr. C. Lykins, and Mr. Stewart settled in the
township.

The following are the settlers of 1855: William Yocum, J. Babcock, J,
Carrol, H. M. Sharp, Isaac Baxter, Samuel Allen, Joseph Lykins, Robert Galt.
Robert Todd and William Armstrong. :

James W. Young and H. K. Winans settled in 1856, and among others, the
following arrived in 1857: Seth Todd, Edgar Winans, Alfred Winans, D. Kil-
by, Blakely & Bennett, R. Buttles, Chester Thomas, Sr., Daniel, Fred and Cy-
rus Fultz, Rev. Mr. Montford, Dr. A. J. Huntoon, J. Nelson, L. Buttles, Joel
ae J. M. Waugh, John Cunningham, T. H. Lescher, Simon Hawk, Mr.

urtis,

The first birthin the township was a child to Mr. and Mrs. Darius W.
Herald, born February, 1855. Mrs. Herald’s death—the first—occurred the
same month.

: a first marriage was that of Richard Steward and Polly Matney, in
1856.

In 1857, the first schoolhouse was built on southwest quarter Section 34,
Township 13, Range 15, at ShawneeCenter, so called from being within aquar-
ter of a mile of the geographical center of old Shawnee County.

Rev. James Gillpatrick preached the first Baptist sermon in the township,
December 16, 1854, in the cabin of Rev. Robert Simerwell.

WAKARUSA VILLAGE.

_ Inthe Township of Williamsport, was located and platted for a town site
in 1858, by Messrs, Mills and Smith, of Topeka. It ison Sections 25 and 36,
Township 13, Range 15, in the southera part of the township, and is a station
on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Road. Among those interested in this
town enterprise besides Messrs. Mills and Smith, were Messrs. G. T. Lockard,
J.P.Ennis and Zenas King, of Topeka, the town being first named “ Kingston,”
in honor of the latter gentleman. The postoffice having been previously es-
tablished under the name of ‘' Wakarusa,” the citizens were desirous that the
village also should take the name of the historical stream, and it was accord-
ingly changed.

'™n 1871, W,H. Mills, of Illinois, built a hotel and store at the station,
both of which are still run by him. ;

G. W. Hamilton was the first, and L. Merrium is -the present Postmaster,
the latter being appointed in 1876.

There is one church building in the village, which is occupied alternately
Pe oT Presbyterians and Methodists; the Methodist Pastor being Rev. C. N.

iggle.

Wakarusa village claims to have the finest district schoolhouse in the
county, if notin the State. It contains over a hundred inhabitants, and has
the usual number of village industries, besides the business of crushing stone
for railroad ballast. The Sherman Stone Crushing Company have located one
of their machines at the village, and employ from fifty to one hundred men.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

APPLETON F, BARKER, farmer anda stock-raiser, Section 1

eighty acres, all enclosed, with good dwelling, barn outbuildin fh D Nakarash, crete
ard: Bixty acres cultivated and twenty acres in pasture, Has five horses, thirty-six head
0 oabite and siateen hogs. He was born in the State of New York, April 4 1838, and in 1854
Tiove to llinois, and came from there to Kansas in 1858, locating on this section, east of
Here: ams to this place in 1869. Enlisted as a private in Company F, Sixth Regiment
: meas J nfantry, in 1862, but was detached at Fort Leavenworth to serve in the fort bat-
ery, an remained there about a year, and was then seut on recruiting service for four
Tont 3, And recruited eighty-four men, expecting to get ® commission and join the Second
ansas, ut had hismen taken and mustered inthe Fifteenth Kansas. Was offered a com-
mission in this regiment, but refused it and was mustered in as Quartermaster Sergeant, and
qeiained in that capacity during the term of service. Was most of the time at headquar-
ears and had CArgS of the stock, and was mustered out in May 20, 1865, by general orders
nN 0. 83. eee being mustered out he was engaged to go to Fort Laramie with a drove of
ones or the government, to supply Col. Moonlight. Started with fifty-four men in
¢ arge of the horses and sixty soldiers as guard, and about one hundred wagons with emi-
grants on the train, as the Indians were very bad. When above Fort Kearney the Indians

 
stampeded their horses, and they lost twenty-eight of the
near losing their lives while getting the horses wp, as the were. aigaceea aa hed aronning
fight, and had to stop and kill their horses for preastworks but were fortunately rescued by
a part ofsoldiers sent totheir help, He was marriedin 1858, to Miss Caroline A.
They have four children—George We, Ambrose A., Ida May and Sarah M. Heis one of the
School Board, and has been for a number of years. Has been Road Overseer for seventeen
years, algo Justice of the Peace for four years. Isa member of the First Baptist Church
‘Topeka, Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and Chairman of the Executive Committee
of 128 ‘Wakarusa Valley Sunday -school Association, and has been since its organization
ISAAC BAXTER, farmer, Section P. O. Aubur i i
and 240 in Auburn Township. Farm ine ‘Township ULHRA SAN Ic AoE
land for stock, Has twelve horses, fifty head of cattle and fifty hogs. Was born in Irelan
May 14, 1836, and came tothe United States when seventeen years of age, and located in
Oberlin, Ohio, and came from there to Kansas, March, 1855, first locating in Tecumseh
Township, and after his marriage, March 31, 1857, located’here. Mrs, Baxter is the daughter
of the Rev. Robert Simerwell, who came to Kansas Territory ata very early day asa
missionary to the Indians, and first located at Shawnee Mission.” She was for a long time
teacher in the different missions, until her marriage, since which tima she has resided here,
They have six children living—Robert 8., Witte Frank, Susan, Mary and Isaac. The
whole family are members of the Baptist Ghurch. Mr. B. was in the Kansas State Militia
during the Price raid and capture at the engagement at Locust Grove in Missouri, and
after four fays of hard marching and privations, was parolled and returned home, ' ~
CHARLES BROWN, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Wakarusa, owns 160 acres, about 115
acres In cultivation, twelve in timber and the rest in pasture. Has five horses, four head of
cattle, and twelve hogs. Was born in the city of New York, November 22, 1817. In 1849
was one of the first to try his fortune in the gold fields of California. Was there for three
years and was very successful. On his return he bought a farm_on Loug Island, ten miles
rom New York, and followed gardening. During the war he sold out and moved to Brook-
lyn and followed his trade of ship caller, In 1366 he left Brooklyn and came to Kansas,
locating on his present farm, € was married in December, 1850, to Miss Mary Page, a
native of the west of England, who came to the United States in 1848. They have three
Gaidoopal Cleake plied and Francis. The whole family are members of the Methodist

JAMES CARROLL, farmer and stock dealer, Section 36, P.O. Wakarusa, owns 240 acres,
all enclosed; 130 acres under cultivation, the balance in timber, meadow and pasture; has
twenty-four horses, 150 head of cattle and fifty hogs. He was born near Belfast, lreland,
in 1827 and came to the United States in 1852, locating at Oberlin, Ohio, and, came from
there to Kansas in March, 1855, locating on this place. He was married in 1866 to Miss
Caroline Link; they have six children living— William H., Annie, Cora, Nettie, Edward and
John. Was in Captain Perry Tice’s Company during the Price raid and participated in the
fight at Locust Grove, Mo.

JOHN S, CARTER, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Auburn, owns 240 acres, about 100 under
cultivation, the rest timber, pasture and grass; has seven horses, twenty head of cattle and
twenty-two hogs, He was born in Indiana, June 15, 1837, and came from his native place
to Kansas in 1865 and located here. He was married in March, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth F,
Simerwell, the daughter of Rev. Robert Simerwell, who was a pioneer missionary
among the Indians. rs, Carter was born January 24, 1835, at Shawnee Mission, in what
is now Johnson County. Kan., and is therefore the first white female child born in Kansas.
They have six children living—Fanny A., Johu R., Edgar Leroy, Lydia V.. Mary M. and
Isaac. Thetwo latter aretwins. They are members of the Baptist Church. This farm
originally belonged to Rev, Robert Simerwell, who located here before the United States
survey, on account of a large, never-failing spring. He was directed here by the Indians,
who represented it as a beautiful valley with plenty of water. The cabin he built on first
locating here is still standing, though fast going to decay, and there is a beautiful cotton-
wood tree on the place which grew from a switch he had used in driving from the Mission
home, which he stuck into the ground on his arrival and which measures six feet, ten and
one-half inches in circumference at three feet from the ground,

WILLIAM B. CLARK, farmer. Section 11, P. O. Pauhine owns 160 acres, about seven-
ty-five acres cultivated and the rest in native meadow and pasture; was born in Knox
County, Lil, Nov. 8, 1847, and came to Kansas in 1878, stopping in Douglas County and
came to present location in the spring of 1879; was married at Haunibal, Mo. December 2,
1868, to Miss Catherine A. Moore, whois a native of Galliopolis. Ohio, They bave five chil-
dren living—-Nora V., Walter H., Arda, May Pearl and Lawrence.

MRS. L. C. CONWELL, farmer, Section 30, P. O, Waveland, owns 160 acres, about 100
cultivated and the rest in pasture and meadow, has at this time six horses, thirty-two head
of cattle and fifty hogs. as & nice stone dwelling of nine rooms, good basement, barn, 32x
34, and fine orchard, Samuel D. Conwell was born in Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, May 14,1817,
and came from there to Kansas in 1856. first locating in Topeka for one year, then went on
the farm now owned by Chester Thomas, Jr..'and came to present location in the spring of
1877; was married in 1839 to Miss Louisa C. Binkley, native of Washington County. Md.
Mrs, Conwell has eight boys living—Rufus T., James M.. Samuel D.. Frank M., Thomas A.,
Ottawa V., Clarence W., Charles C., and four boys and one daughter dead. Mr. C. died on
this farm in 1878. Members of Methodist Episcopal-Church.

S. T. COUNTS. farmer. Section 20 P.O. Wakarusa. He has 160 acres, ninety of which
are under cultivation and forty 1n clover, all enclosed. He also hasten head of horses and
fifty-four head of cattle. He was born in Ohio, September 10, 18383, and came to Kansas in
February, 1877. Heserved in the war of the great Rebellion, in the Forty-second Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Jas. A, Garfield, Colonel,

JAMES DAVIS, farmer, Section 16. P.O, Auburn, owns 160 acres, sixty-five acres in
cultivation, ten acres of timber with water for a thousand head of stock, and the rest native
meadow; all enclosed; has four horses, twenty-five head of cattle, and eight hogs; was born
in the South of England, in February, 1828, and came to the United States when a_boy.
-Having an uncle in the State of New York, located there and remained there until 1856,
when be came to Kansas, first locating in Auburn, four miles west of here, and coming to
this piace in 1866. Was marrted August 13, 1852, to Miss Jemima Tomlins. They have five
children—Thomas, Chester, Alfred, Elizabeth and Annie; is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Enlisted as private January 2, 1862 in Company E, Sixth Kansas Cav-
alry, and served with his regimentin allits battles, skirmishes and campaigns until cap-
tured; was atthe battle of of Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Newtown and Mozart Prairie: was
wounded at Prairie Grove and captured at Mozart Prairie, near Fort Smith, Ark., and
marched 300 miles to Fort Tyler, Texas, where he was imprisoned for ten months, and liber-
ated after the surrender of Lee’s army, and came home by the way of New Orleans, and was
mustered out at Leavenworth, January 17, 1865. , < 2

RUSSEL U. FARNSWORTH, farmer, stock-raiser and dairyman, Section 28, P. 0.
Wakarusa, owns 800 acres, 110 acres in cultivation, forty acres of cultivated meadow, and
the rest in pasture and native meadow. He also rents and farms 320 acres in addition
thereto, His princpal crops are corn and millet, for feeding. Has a large barn to accommo-
date thirty-five milch cows, twenty calves and nine horses, with all conveniences, and loft,
for millet and hay and bins for feed, Alsoa mill, run by steam power for shelling corn
and grindin: teed, as well as sheds and yards arranged conveniently for stock and dairy
business. tas. at this time, nine horses, seventy-five head of cattle, fifty hogs. Is milking
twenty-seven cows; has made this year (1882)to present time about 2,500 pounds of butter;

~ average receipt per cow last year was $25.69, and a large proportion of these were young.
Was born in Grafton County. N. H., August 12. 1839 hen a child_moved with parents
Vermont, and remained there until 1858 at which time he cameto Kansas and bought 160
acres of his present farm with a Mexican War land warrant, and remained here one sum-
mner, then returned home, and remained there until 1861,in May, when he enlisted as a
rivate in Company G. Third Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in
he Army of the Potomac in-all its campaigns and marches, skirmishes and battles, partici-
pating in the actions of Louisville, Lee’s Mills, Yorktown, Williamsport, Gains ‘Hill, and in
all the engagements on the Chickahominy, and in front of Richmond, ending with the battle
of Malvern Hill, While the army was at Harrison’s Landing, wastaken with chronic diar-
rhoea, which terminated in heart disease and general debility, and was sent to General Hos-
ital, at Washington City; from there was sent to Convajescent Camp, and appointed Head
Bierk. and had charge ofover 5,000 men, but his health remaining poor, was ordered before
the Medical Board and was discharged, on Surgeon’s certificate of disability, in February,
1863. Soon after discharge from the army wentto Wisconsin for his health, and from there
to Colorada, in the fall of 1863 and spent four years in Colorado and freighting across the
Jains, and returned to his home in the Eastin 1867, where he was married same year to Miss
len K. Fairberry, and in 1868 came to Kansas, and located on this farm permanently,
where after a few years his wife died. Was married _a second time May 1 1877. to Miss
Isabel H. McDowell. They have two children—Josie E and Jennie A. Is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, also a Mason, |

WILLIAM s. HIBBARD. farmer. Section 26, P.O. Wakarusa, owns 178 acres, about
sixty acres cultivated and twenty-five acres in timber. andthe balance in native meadow
and pasture, all enclosed. He was born in New Hampshire, in 1828, Left home when

twenty-one years of age and wert to Boston and Washington City,and from there in 1850
to Ohio, engaging inthe iron business, and came from there to Kansas in 1857, locatin

near Auburn, and came to his present place in 1876. This farm was pre-empted by Rober

GC. Gault, a brother-in-law of Mr. Hibbard, who was one of the Boston Company, and who came
to Kansas armed with a Sharp’s rifle and a Bible, who at his death left this farm to his sister,
Mrs. Hibbard. Mr. Hibbard was married in 1859, to Miss Eliza M. Gault, who is a native o

Philadelphia, Pa., who came to Kansas in 1857, with her mother and sister, locating in Au-
burn Township, They have four children—Anna§., Harry L., David S.and JamesS. Mr.
Hibbard was a member of Capt. Busb’s Company in Second Kansas State Militia, and par-
ticipated in the fight at Locust Grove, Mo., during the Price raid, and was one of the un-
fortunate ones who were captured, but made his escape when three days out, but was cap-

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tured by Union scouts, being dressed i citizen's clothes. and taken to Fort Scott. and put
in the guard there until morning. but the same night there were a large number of rebel
peleonors put into the same prison, and the next morning sent under guard to St. Louis and

e had great difficulty in identifving himself so asco prevent being sent with them. Mr
Hibbard and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, he being one of the original
Elders of Auburn Church, organized in 1858, by the Rey. James Brownlee,

JAMES HUTCHINGSON, farmer, Section 29, P.O Wakarusa, owns seventy acres; fort:
acres cultivated, and thirty in fine timber. Has four horses, twenty-six head of cattle an
fourteen hogs, and farming in a fine state of progress, He was born in Yorkshiro. England,
February 21, 1835. Came to the United States when nineteen years of age and worked in
Paterson, N. J., ina factory, and from there went to Canada and remained one year. Re-
turning and locating for a time in Illinois, and from there to Missouri,working on the Han-
nibal & St. Joe Railroad, in its construction, and from there to Vernon County, Mo.. where
he was living when the war broke out, and where for a time he was unmolested, on account
of being an Englishman, and was at his home durin g the battle of Carthage, Mo., and heard
the firing of artillery plainly, but after that was subject to a great many annoyances, pnd
was importuned to join the rebel forces, and had to resort to a great many expedients to
save his life and property, at one time, passing himself off for a Rebel. Capt. Gatewood, in
order to p2ss their pickets in the night waen returning home. At mother time he entered
a Guerrilla camp in the night, when all were asleep. and helped himself to a gun, escaping
withoutinjury. But space wii! not permit us to give even a part 2f uhe many thrilling ad-
ventures which Mr. Hutchingson passeu through in this troubled time: enough to say that
finally he was 30 continuously anuoyed that he traded his farm for % yoke of oxen and
loaded what household effects ne coul:l on one wagon and made his escape into Kansas,
taking with him his wife, whom he'.ad married in September. 1859, and whose maiden
name was Sarah Markle, and three of her brochers, landing in Lawrence, Kan., in the fall of
C He went to work for a man near Lawrence, named Levi
Gates, and his three brothers joined Capt. Rankin’s Company as recruits,and were mur-
dered in the Quantrell raid, they having no arms to defend themselves with, not having
been armed vet, Mr. H.and Mr. Gates seized their guns and hastened into Lawrence, as
soon as they heard the firing, and were for five hours engaged in the fight, Mr. Gates
losing his life, and Mr. Hutchingson barely escaping when hard pressed by hiding behind a
stump and presenting his empty gun, and causing the enemy to seek cover, and securing
time to reload. After the fight was over, he went for his team and_ wagon, and hauled the
dead together and helped bury them. r. H. came to his present farm in 1871. and is and
has been an active worker for the promotion of education and improvement in every way.
He is a member of the School Board, and has been for the past ten years; is Road Overseer,
and has been for the past seven years, and was elecled Justice of ihe Peace in the spring of
1882, to serve fortwo years, His family of five bright, healthy daughters are his help in
farming. They are named Ida, Sophia, Sarah, Nancy and Mary. e is % member of the
Methodist Episcopai Church.

. E. JONES, farmer, Section 24, P.O., Wakarusa, rents and farms 160 acres owned by
his aunt,Ametta Woodlv; sixty*seven acres under cultivation,the rest enclosed andin native
meadow; has two horses,.wo ows and seventy-five hogs. Was born in Pennsylvania, august
6, 1840, and moved to Buchanan County, lowa, in 1868, and came to Kansas in 1881. locating
here. He was married in 1861 to Miss Emeline Ort. They have three cbhildren—Erastus E.,
Mary E. and Cora A. Is a member of the Presbyterian Church

OHN MacDONALD, teacher, Section 18, P.O., Topeka, owns 120 acres all enclosed and
about sixty acres under cultivation, the rest native meadow and pasture, _He was born in
Scotland, February 6, 1843, and came to the United States in 1866,landing in New York City.
where he remained two years and then came west to Pittsburgh, Pa. and traveled for 1 New
York publishing house for a time, finally locating in Kansas in March, 1370; located ona
farm in 1876 :n Williamsport Township, Shawnee County: After coming to Kansas he fol-
lowed school teaching as well as farming, and was county examiner for two years, and was
then elected to the position of County Superintendent of Public Instruction, which he filled
for two terms, and is at present elected to fill the same position for two years. He was
married September, 17, 1874 to Miss Ella A. Amy. They have two children—Roderick W.
and Hieonora Jane. Isa member of the Presbyterian Church, also of the State Teachers’

ssociation,

W. O. McELROY, farmer, Séction 18, P. O., Pauline, rents and farms forty acres all in
cultivation, principal crops are corn and millet, which he feeds to his own stock, Has three
horses, twenty-six head of cattle and twenty hogs. He was born in Ohio in 1850. ani came
from his native State to Kansas in February, 1878. first locating two miles east, and movea
here in the fall of 1880. Ho was married January 10, 1878,to Miss M D. Elliott. Tney
have two children—William A. and Rena M. “

EV. JOHN McQUISTON, tarmer and preacher, Section 8, P.O. Topeka, owns eighty
acres, all finely improved, with good dwelling, barn and out buildings. Has seven horses
and twenty-four head of cattle. He was born in Venango County, Pa., May 5, 1827> at the
age of twenty-seven he moved 'o Mendota, IIl.,where he remained four years and in
Bureau County one year, and came from therc to ‘Kansas in 1859. driving an ox team with
his household effects; first locating one-half a mile east of his present farm, purchasing nis
present location the following year. Buried his first wife and two children in Penpsyl-
vania,and two ‘n Illinois, He was married 2 second time December 4, 1851 to Miss Barbara,
A. Dixon, who was born and raised in Crawford County,Pa. Has two children living--Simeon
L. and Harriet R. Has buried two children in Kansas. Mr. McQ. is @ self-educated preacher.
gaining his position and education in the_ministry, commencing in 1860. for twenty: one
years he never missed one appointment. His work as a minister in the Methodist Episcepal
Church has been wide and extended, commencing 1n Wabaunsee County and then to Jack -
son County Shawnee County, Burlington, Lyon County,Auburn and then Wichita District. -
where he was appointed presiding elder <ver a territory comprising six counties which he
had to travel over four times a year, traveling each time distance of 800 miles, which
took him from five to six weeks. He livedin Wichita three years, from Wichita he
went to Winfield,and was there two years,transferred back to the Kansas conference, preach-
ing ac Desoto one year and at Tonganoxie one year. At the present time he holds a super-
numerary reiation in the conference, not having py special charge, et

WALTER MATNEY. farmer. Section 28, P.O. Wakarusa, rents and farms eighty acres
in this section from his father, and owns forty acres in Section 29, has three horses, twenty -
three head of catle and seventeen hogs. He was born on thisfarm July 2, 1859, his father
William Matney being one of che earliest settlers of this county coming to Kansas and locat-
ing here in August, 1854. Was married April 1i, 1880, to MissS. A, Predy they have one
ehild—Virginia.

W.dH. MILES, country merchant and hotel keeper, P. O. Wakarusa, was born in Ohio in
1842, and moved to Illinois with his parents when eight years of age, and came from
Illinois to Kansas in 1869, locating here and making chis his home since first engaged in
breaking prairie and running athrashing machine, In 1873 built his hotel,a two tory
house with basement, 22x40 feet with twelve rooms, also nas a stable attached. Kent
hotel and did a livery business, also boughtand shipped grain. In March, 1882 bougne a
store building adjoining hotel, size of store 18x28, 144 story, and ts rapidly building =
a good country trade. Average monthly sales co tho presen: time avout $1 000: has a goo
railroad trade and is fast running into @ good county vrade iocated on the road fiom
Fopeka to Carbondale,about twelve miles from Topeka and six mues from Carbondale no.th
and south, and from twelve to fifteen miles from any other store east and west. His hotel ss
also flourishing, being constantly fuliand largely transient, Was married in 1866 to Miss
Zilpha Isenhower and has three childen—Lewis, Frank and “ohn. Enlisted as private :o
Company C, Forty-fourth Illinois Infantry in 1861, and served with his regiment in
all its battles and campaigns: was at Pea Ridge, Corinth, Rienza, Stone River Chickamauga,
Mission Ridge, Buzzard’s Roost, Big Shanty Kenasaw Peachtree Creek Jonesboro, Frank-
lin, Nashville etc..was promoted to First Lieutenant and Captain, and mustered out Novem-
ber 15, 1865, Was wounded at Peachtree Creek. Is a Mason.

KATHERINE B. MOFFET, farmer Section 5, P. O. Topeka, owns 40 acres all under
cultivation. Raises oats, corn and millet; also raises stock to feed the products of the farm.
Has three horse and ten head of cattle. Came to Kansas with her nusband Orlando Moffet
dereased, in the spring 1855. Mr. Moffet was a native of New York State, born in 1818 ana
moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, with his parents when a child, ana at the age of twenty:
one moved to Iowa where he was united in marriage to Miss Katnerine B. Bean, May 10.
1839, and lived there until coming to Kansas. They have six children—Margaret M~
William H., Susannah, Isaiah B., Charles W., and Laura E., all members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Mrs, M, has been a member of the church for over fifty years. Mr. Moffet
died on his place February 11, 1875. Onthe accountof the trouples and scarcity of pro-
vision, took her children, one only two weeks old, and went back c Iowa in September,
1856, returning to Kansas the following May. On her way she saw a number of nouses
burned, the result of the troubles between the different parties. _

W. H. MOFFET, farmer, Section 16. P. 0. Topeka, owns eighty acres here, eiguty
acres in Auburn Township. forty acres on Section 5, this township, and 160 acres in Miten-
ellCounty. Has eight horses, and eighty-one head of cattle, forty-tive hogs. He was burp
in Henry County, Iowa, January 6, 1842, and came from his native place witn his
parents in the spring of 1855 locating in Tecumseh Township and removing to William -
sport Township in the spring of 1860. He was married February lu, 1868 to Miss M
Beam, and located on Ris present place, They nave‘three children—Josephine, Elia May and
Lucina. Isamemberof the Methodist Epigcopat Church, Enlisted as a private in Company
H, Eleventh Regiment, Kansas Cavalry in September 1462 and serv2d with his regiment in
Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Indian Territory. Was .n the fouowing engagements: Old
Fort Wayne, Indian Territory, October 22, 1862, Cane Hill, Arkansas, November 28, 1862.
Boston Montains, Arkansas, December 6, 1862; Van Burn, Arkansas, December 28, 1862.
Sinabar Hills, Missouri, August 14, and September 26 1863; Lexiugton, Missouri, Octover
19, 1864, Little Blue, Missouri, October 21, 1864; Big Blue, Missouri, October 22, 1864
Westport, Missouri, October 23, 1864. Was wounded in the shoulder at Lexington, but
continued in the campagin until Price was driven from Missouri. After the Missouri

 

 

 
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campaign his regiment was sent tothe plains to guard posts and trains where twenty-five
men of his company were killed by the Indians. He was mustered out at Leavenworth,
Kansas, September 13, 1865 on expiration of his term of service. Is a member of the Meth-
odist Eniscop 1 Church
- OLINE P. NELSON, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Wakarusa, Rents and farms 160 acres,
sixty-five acres in crops the rest in pasture and meadow, has at resent two horses, eigh-
teen head of cattle and fifteen hogs. Was born in Indiana in 1858, and came to Kansas
with his parents in 1859 and located on first farm west, where his father still resides. Was
married in March, 1881, to Miss Mary Summers, who is anative of Wisconsin. They are
members of the Methodist Episcopal. Church, i

MILTON POLLARD, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Wakarusa, owns 274 acres, about ninety
under cultivation and the balance in native meadow, pasture and timber, all enclosed; has
> young orchard, good dwelling and barn; has two horses seventy-five head of cattle and
sixty hogs, besides some property in the city of Topeka, He was born in New Ham shire
April 29, 1838; left his native State in 1856 and wentto Chicago, where he remaine four
years and went from there to Colorado in 1860 where he was engaged in mining for several

ears. In 1866 engaged with his brother, H. Pollard, in stock raising in Pueblo County,

olorado; in 1877 he moved.to northern texas with their herd of 2,500 head of cattle; sold
out in 1879 and came from thereto Kansas, locating on his present farm. He was married
in 1879 to Miss Zella Hopkins. They have one chilu—Milton C,

_ WM. T. PORTER, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Auburn, rents and farms 160 acres, seventy
cuitivated, balance in orchard, grass and meadow. Has four horses, fifty head of cattle,
twenty hogs. Was born in Ohio in 1854 and came to Kansas with his parents, who own
the farm he lives on, also the farm north. Was married inthe spring of 1877 to Miss Elia
Ri ds, whose father is a Baptist miuister in Washington, D. C. Is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

J. E. PRATT, farmer and stock dealer, Section 25, P. O. Wakarusa, Owns 120 acres,
all enclosed; about 105 in cultivation aud the rest in pasture; has seven horses to eae

cattle and fifty hogs. Was born in the State of New York, March 8, 1833, and
moved to Michigan in 1854 and came from there to Kansas in 1865, locating on this Dlace,
which is now in fine cultivation, with brick dwelling 16x80, with L 16x21, one and one-hal
..stories, Barn, corn cribs and out buildings for stock. Was married in September, 1867, to
Miss Jane Green; they have three boys—Lewis, Frank and George. Mr. Pratt enlisted a8
private in Company A, Twelfth Michigan Infantry in 1861 for three months; went with
is regiment to Washington, D, C., when he was detailed on special duty and remained until
the regiment was reorganized for three years, and served as Wagon Master for one year,
and then was detailed as Regimental Baker; was with his regiment in all its campaigns.
Was at Shiloh, Vicksburg Helena, and mustered out at Jackson, Michigan, May 1866.
THOMAS B. PRICE, farmer, Section 13, P.O. Pauline, rents and tarms eighty acres,
has sixty acres in crops and the restin native meadow and pasture. Came to Kansas in
Maren, 1882, and located on this place. Has two horses, ten head of cattie and six hogs.
‘Was born in Missouri in 1858, and came from his native place to Kansas. He was married
September 22, 1878, to Miss Ella Rush. They have two children—Lowe E., and Amanda L,

FILLMORE PURL, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Wakarusa; owns 20u acres, about 125
under cultivation, all enclosed, the rest innative meadow and pasture; has seven horses
eleven head of cattle, seventeen hogs; was born in Wayne County, Ind., July 23, 1851, and
moved to Scott County, UL, whena child, with his parents, and came from Illinois to Kan-
sas in September, 1875, locating on this place; was married November 21, 1872, to Miss
Katherine Casey; they have two children—Alice and Thomas; Mr. Pp. is superintendent of
the Sabbath school in this district, and an enthusiastic worker.

JAMES ROBB & BRO., farmers and stock feeders, Sectiou 25, P. O. Wakarusa, own

360 acres, about 165 acres cultivated and the rest in pasture and native meadow, all en—
closed and finel arranged for stock feeding; they have ten horses, seventy head of cattle
and165 hogs. James Robb,the elder brother, was born in Pennsylvania, November 6,1852,
_ and came from native place to Kansas, locating here in 1877; was married in July, 1879, to
Miss Annie Jones; they have one child—Harry. John T. Robb, was born November 13,
1856, and came to Kansas with his brother, and is associated with him in the business.
CAPT. PERRY TICH, farmer, Section 13. P. O. Wakarusa, owns 240 acres, about 160
under cultivation and the rest in native meadow and pasture; has nine horses, fifty head
of cattle and five hogs; he was born in Lebanon County, Pa., May 26, 1821, and in boyhood
moved with his parents into the valley of Virginia, near Middletown and spenttwelve
years there; his father then returning to Pennsylvania, from which place he came to Kan-
gas in the fall of 1868, locating on his present farm. He was married February 9, 1848, to
Miss Sarah C. Jones; they have seven children living—George M., Pluma &., Julia A,,
Martha M., Sarah &., Jerome K., and Hattie B. They are members of the Baptist Church;
Mr, T. isan active aud influential citizen of his locality, having represented this county in
the State Legislature of 1869; is and has been a member of the School Board for the past
vireaty one: ears, and Township Trustee at different times, in all eleven years. During the
dark days of the rebellion, Mr. Tice, with his command, Company H. of the Second Regi-
ment, Kansas Cavalry, State Militia, went to the borders and met and turned back the raid
under Gen. Price, in the engagement at Locust Grovein Missouri.

- J. ER, farmer, Section 33, P.O. Waveland, owns about 3,000 acres in this
State; 610 acres in a body on this farm all enclosed with stone fence; has 280 acres under
cultivation, forty acres in timber and the restin meadow and pasture, Was born in Ken-
tucky in 1809, and moved to Illinois in 1347, and came from there to Kansas in 1868. loca-
ting on this farm. He was married in 1832, to Miss Sarah M. Foster; they have ten chil-
dren—Benjamin F,, Jobn W., Henry C., Lucinda C., Louisa, Martha C., Janes E., Harriette,
Sabrina C., and William J. He isa member of the Christian Church, also a Mason. His
son, William J., who farmsthe place with his father, was born in Illinois, in 1858, and came
to Kansas with his parents he was married December 21, 1881, to Miss Lydia P. Yarring
ton; isamember of the Christian Church. They have had three daughters, alldead. The
first, Nancy Tandy, died in Kentucky; the other two, Mary Ann an Sarah J ane, died in
Illinois; alf lived from four to fifteen years.

PETER WELLHUUSE, farmer and stock dealer, Section 36, P. O. Wakarusa, owns 650

acres, 114 in Osage County; farms 270 acres, and the rest in native meadow and _ pasture,
all enclosed; has a fine frame dwelling 16x28, with gable front 8x10, two stories high an
L back 14x24, one story, containing nine rooms; has good barn and sheds for stock and
all necessary buiidings for the successful handling of stock. Bornin Ohio, December 30,
1841, and moved to lilinois in 1856 and came from there to Kansas in 1865, locating on
Present farm; was married in 1880, to Miss Mary Reed; they have one child—Callie L.
as appo!nted Township Trustee to fill a vacancy, and elected in 1881 to same position.
Mr. W. enlisted ag a private in Company I, Forty-first Regiment, Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry, August, 1861, and was with his compan and regiment in all thelr campaigns, bat-
tles, etc.; participating in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Jackson, Miss., siege of
Vicksburg and others, aud was wounded at the battle of Jackson, Miss., and was mustered
out in 1864, on expiration of histerm of service. He makesa specialty of feeding and
dealing in stock; has at this time six horses, fifty-three cattle and forty-five hogs.

DR. JESSE D. WOOD, ph sician and farmer, was born in Christian County, Ky., April
19, 1814, Was educated at the Hopkinsville Academy. Commenced the study of medicine
with Dr. John A, Steele, March 10,1 . Located for the practice of medicine at Fredonia,
Caldwell Co., Ky., December 5,1835. He was married to Minerva Jane Rice, of Fredonia,

January 19, 1836. Removed to Montgomery County, I1J., October 20, 1842; to the Territor
of Kansas October 5, 1854, and located onthe southeast quarter, Section 33, Township 18,
Range 15, Shawnee County, December 18, 1854. Hs first professional call was at 1 o’clock,
A. M., December 22, 1854, to Mrs, L. T. Cook, near Auburn, a distance of five miles, having
to ride bareback, and without auy road. On this day Miss Mollie Cook, the first white female
born in the bounds of Shawnee County, was born. Dr. Wood was elected to the Council of
the first Territorial (bogus) Legislature, May 22, 1855, Ousted, with other Frec-sjate mem-
bers, by that Pro-slavery assembly, July 4, 1855. He enlisted in the United States service
as Assistant-Surgeon of the Second Re; iment, Kansas Colored Troops (afterwards num-
bered and known asthe Eighty-third United States Colored Troops), Novembcr 1, 1868.
After a variety of service, in hospital, medical purveyor and other detached duties, he was
mustered out with his regiment, at Camden, Ark., October 10, 1865. He has been in qon-
tinuous practice of medicine forty-seven years, twenty-eight of them in Shawnee County,
Kan., on the same farm, and with the same people.

MILTON 8. YARRINGTON, farmer, Section 35, P.O, Wakarusa, owns 230 acres, all
enclosed and cut into flelds, with over five miles of hedge; about 120 acres under cultiva-
tion, and the balance timber, pasture and native meadow, He is too feeble to farm himself,
but his farm is carried on by his sons-in-law. He was born in Oneida County, N. Y., March
21, 1826. When eight years of age his parents moved tothe State of Michigan, where he re-
mained until he came to Kansas, in the spring of 1860, and stopped the first year in Green-
wood County with his father-in-law, John Potts, who was a native of Scotland, and came
tothe United States in 1852, andcameto Kansas in 1860. In 1861 Mr. Y. located on his
present farm, building his cabin on his place, and with the help of his wife and one horse,

auled the logs aud putup thecabin whichis still standing. He was married in 1854 to
Miss Mary Potts, They have five children—Hattie, Helen, Vernelia and Vercelia, twins, and
Lydia. Mr.and Mrs. Yarrington, John Nelson, and James Young and others, organized the
first Sunday-school in this locality, at Shawnee Centre schoolhouse, His wife acted as col-
porteur shortly after coming here, distributing the first Bibles and-Testaments sent out by
the societies of tbe Kast. Isamember ofthe Baptist Church. Mr. Y. was a member of the
School Board soon after the organization of the district until two years ago, and was Town-
ship Treasurer one year, and Justice of the Peace fiveterms,

JOHN H. YOUNG, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Waveland, owns 200 acres, all enclosed;
180 acres under cultivation and twenty acresin timber. He also owns 2U0 acres of land, all
enclosed, in adjoining counties. He has two horses, two mules, five inilch cows and 100
hogs. “He was born in Johnson County, Ind., December 22, 1845, and moved to Missouri
with his parents in 1855, and came to Kansas in 1857, and located with his father on an ad-
joining farm. - He enlisted as a private in Company'H, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, in Sep-

 

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tember, and was on detached service escorting mail on the plains a great portion of
his ee Stee ‘Was also engaged 1n scouting and keeping Qévada Indians on their
reservation, and was mustered out ovember, 1866, on general orders. After bein
tered out spent six years with his parents, and then wen to Pueblo, Col,, and from there to
western Texas, remaining there until June, 1882, when he returned to Kansas and bought
his ent farm. :
Barr. JOHN N. YOUNG, farmer, Section 4, P. 0. Topeka, owns 157 acres, about one
hundred acres under cultivation, and the rest in timber, pasture and native meadow, Has
five horses and. twenty-four head of cattle and twenty hogs. Capt. Young wag born in the
State of New York, May 22, 180%. In 1828 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, making that his
home, and following the river for seventeen years. two years as clerk and fifteen years as
master of his boat., In 1832 he wad in command of the steamer ‘Osage Valley,”’ and loaded
with Government supplies for the military posts on the Upper Missouri River, and went up
with his boat as far a3 Omaha, boing the third captain that had ever run his boat that far
up. During the war he was engage in the Quartermaster’s Departmentin freighting sup-
pliestothearmy. His three sons wereinthe army. The second son, George Washington
was slain in the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. Albert N. was three years Chief
Bugler inthe Fourth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry when the army was traveling throu h the
South, After leaving the river he went to merchandising on the corner of Fifth and Walnut
streets, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the tea business, and came from thereto Kansas, in March,
1873, locating on present farm. He was married August 12, 1882, to Miss Eliza M, Waters,
youngest daughter of Jacob Waters, one ofthe pioneers of Cincinnati, Ohio, and born in
Connecticut, and has five children Jiving—Nelson W., whois a surveyor in San Diego, Cal.:
Albert N., who was in the employ of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. fora number
of years, rising from a clerk to auditor of the road; he is now attending to his mining inter-
ests in New ‘Mexico: ‘Luther R., who is book-keeper in Richard & Co.’s hardware store,
Kansas City, Mo.; Jennie W., married to H, Stewart, clerk inthe office of the Santa Fe R. R.;
Martha E., married to Hugh Knox, of Dayton, Ohio. Capt, Young is a member of the I. 0.
0. F. The Captain has lived to see a great many changes. He was in Rochester, N. Y., when
there were only two houses there; in Chicago, Ill, when there were only four houses; and
where Kansas City now is there was only a mission building in the interest of the Catholic
Church, and when he first came to St. Louis it had only five or six thousand inhabitants.

MONMOUTH TOWNSHIP,

The first settlement in Monmouth Township was made August 17, 1854,
by Charles Matney, a Virginian, who settled on the southeast quarter of Section
21, Township 13, Range 17. His house, erroneously calied the house of
“Charles Matingly,” was the southeast corner of the Third Electoral District.

During the same year (1854) the following persons settled in the vicinity:

September 1, G. W. Berry settled on southwest quarter of Section 27,
Township 31, Range 16. :

September 15, Harvey Matney on northeast quarter of Section 20, Town-
ship 13, Range 17.

November 15,C. H. Buzzard on northwest quarter of Section 27, Township
12, Range 16.

November 20, James Linn on northwest quarter Section 14 Township 13,
Range 16.

November 20, Samuel E. Thompson southeast quarter of Section 20,
Township 13, Range 16.

In the latter part of December Dr. Moore, William Owens, and Mr.
Wentworth settled in the place.

In 1858 the following persons arrived: W. M. Jordan, William Mc+
Cutchen, John Morn, Hiram Shields, William Disney, Richard Disney, J. S.
Freeland, Frank Helton, R. O. Johnson, Aaron Coberly, Charles Allen, Harris
Lyons, Silas Lyons, Isaiah Cox, N. L. Williams, William Linn, John Helton,
J. W. Riggs, T. D. Kemp, and Joseph Coberly, Richland postoffice was
established in the fall of 1856: W.C. Murray was the first Postmaster. R.O.
Johnson was the first Justice of the Peace, and also first Trustee. The first
schoolhouse was built on the northeast corner of Charles Matney’s land. It
was built of hewn logs, in the fall of 1857, and is yet standing. The first death
in the township was David, son of Charles Matney, April 13, 1855. The first
couple married in the township were L. Pruden and Miss Eliza Helton, in the
spring of 185-, Rev. A. M. Thornton officiating. Charles Matney was the
‘father of the first white child born in the township,—born April 6, 1856.

The first sermon was preached by the Rev. W. A. Cardwell. in the summer
of 1856, at the house of R. O. Johnson. The only church edifice is located in
the north part of the township. It was erected by the Episcopalian denomination
in 1870. The Rev. J. W. Lee preached the first sermon. The first Sabbath-
school was organized in the year 1857.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

DANIEL ARMSTRONG, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Topeka, owns-160 acres, twenty-five
acres cultivated, the rest iu native meadow «and pasture, all fenced. He was born in Penn-
sylvania in the year 1812, making his horhe there until he came to Kansas in March, 1879,
locating on this place. He spent eight years of his lifein Ohio, _He was married April 19,
1838, to Miss Lavina Gardner, They have nine children living—Mary J., Curtis R., Harri-
ette, James W., Sarah E., Nancy E., Robert M., Lee E., and EllaS. r. and Mrs. A., also
several of the children, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. A. enlistetl
as a private in Company F, Sixty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1861, and
was withthe regimentin {ts cunpaigns; was captured inthe Valley of Virginia in 1863 and
taken to Libby Prison and to Belle Jsie and kepta long time, and finally was exchanged in
time to participate in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va. From there he went with his command
to the left of Petersburg, where he remained until mustered out in January, 1865 His son,
Curtis R,, was alsoin the army; enlisting as B priate in Company E, Sixty-second Regi-
ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, July 4, 1861; served with his regiment in all Sts
engagements; among them the Seven Days fight, in front of Richmond, Antietam, South
Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness, and was mus-
tered out July 8, 1864.

MAJOR L. J. BEAM, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Richland, owns 820 acres, about 200
acres enclosed, ninety acres under cultivation, one hundred in tlmber; raises general crops;
has a fine place, good stone dwelling and fine orchard; has eight horses, twenty head of cat-
tle, and twenty hogs. Was born in Ohio, March 8, 1839, and when eight years of age emi-

rated with his parents to Clinton, Ill., and came from there to Kansasin 1856, locating in

ouglae County, and came to thisfarm in tha spring of 1866. He was married August 13,
18 to Miss Sarah F. Ray, a native of New York, whose father, Luke E, Ray, was a citizen
oO Missouri, in 1861, and barely escaped with his life to Kansas, bringing his family, but
josing all his property for his Khown Union sentiments, They have five children—Dolfo R.,
Bonnie M., Cora Lee, Florence M. and Rose. Major B. was oue of the Free-state men in the
early history of Kansas and in all the engagements of those early battles; wasin the Cav-
alry under old John Brown, when they made the attack on Col. Treadwell’s camp of
Georgia j was under Captain Sam Walker, when he took Titus’ Fort and was well acquainted
with all the Free-state leaders; entered the service as Second Lieutenant of Company D,
Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, and was recruiting his company at Lawrence atthe time of the
Quantrell raid, but the day before had gone with a wagon to Leavenworth after arms for his
men, and saw the smoke from the burning town, but thought it a prairie fire; had seventeen
out of twenty-two of his men massacred; served with his company inall their campaigns,
being promoted to First Lieutenant and Captain of his company and Major of the regiment.
He was mustered outin October, 1865. Participated in Price’s raid, where he acted as
Adjutant Generalto General Blair, Resigned after four and one-half years’ service as
Justice of the Peace, and has been on the School Board for fourteen years.

CHARLES BESSANT, farmer, Section 31, P.O. Topeka, owns_193 acres, about eighty-
acres in cultivation and the rest in pastureand native meadow. His crops are wheat, aats,
corn, flax and millet. He was born in Marchwood, Eng., May 6, 1848; at the age of ‘ten
yeas went tosea, following that calling continually, going to China, Japan, East and West

ndies, South America, etc., and came to the United States in 1869, going to Cleveland, Ohio,
and sailing on the lakes for ten years as mate of his brother’s vessel, coming to Kansas in.
1879, locating on his present farm, He was married in 1876 on Christmas day to Miss Jane

 
SHAWNEE COUNTY.

M. Killey, who is a native of the Isle of Man. They have three children—Bl.
George, Mrs. B. is a member of the Episcopal Ghureh, : ane temee

CHAS. D. BUSH, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25, P.O. Topeka, owns eighty acres,
aboutforty-five under cultivation and the rest in meadow and timber, Mr. Bush was
born in Dayton, Ohio, August 13, 1846, and came to Kansas with his parents in October,
185%. He was married to Miss Alice Parsons, Christmas day, 1875. They have four chil-
dren. Mr. Bush has fifty grade cattle and a large stock of high class Berkshire swine;
his selections of the latter having been made from the herds of the leading breeders in the
West; he has served several terms as School District Clerk, and also four terms as Town-
ship Clerk. Mr, and Mrs. Bush are members of the Episcopal Church.

JACOB COBLENTZ, farmer, Section 26, P. O, Topeka; owns eighty-three acres, all
enclosed, and seventy acres in cultivation, balancein fine orchard; has a fine stone dwell-
ing, 28x39, two stories, with L 10x10 oné story; has four horses, ten head of cattle and
ten hogs; was bornin Ohio, May 11, 1830, emigrated to Indiana in 1848 and from there to
Missouri in 1857,and came to Kansas in 1865, stoppin at Big Springs in Douglas County,and
locating on this farm in 1866; was married Octo er 20, 1863, to Miss Louisa A. Lambert.
They have three children living—Samuel, Lucina and Josephine. Enlisted as private in
1861 in Company L,United States Reserve Corps Missouri State troops, for three months,
and reinlisted in Company I, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, and served with command most of
time; promoted to Sergeant and detailed in command of a guard of twenty-nine men to take
a boat load of Supplies to Col. Mulligan, then at Lexington, Mo.; when near that place was
fired upon from the river bank, and saw the rebel lines closing in on Col. Mulligan’s
troops, but thought it safer to go ahead and get to Lexington than to turn back, and suc-
ceeded in getting to Lexington after having twenty men killed; participated in the fight
at that place and was wounded, and when the place surrendered had only four men left of
his guard; was mustered out in winter of 1865 on expiration of term of service; has
served on School Board two terms; is a member of the United Brethren Church. Mr. C.
hasa relic of ancient times, being an old German Bible published in 1530, the seventh
ale printed of Luther’s edition and handed down from generation to generation in his

amily.
RUFUS T. CON WELL, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Topeka; owns seventy-five acres, and
leases and farms eighty acres in addition thereto; his wheat ¢ 1882) averaged thirty bushels
to theacreand his oats forty bushels: has ten horses, twenty-five head yof cattle and forty
hogs; was born in Ohio, October 21 1841, and came from there to Kansas with his parents in
1856, locating in popeka on the corner of Fifth streetand Kansas avenue where his father
kept a store; his father sold out and located on a farm in Topeka Township, locating on this
place in the spring of 1876; was married February 14, 1867, to Miss Mary A. Dawson, of
ount Pulaski, Ill. They have four children—Caroline R., Creed H., William R., Frank M.;
is a member of School Board and has been for three years past; enlisted as private in Com-
pany KE, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Infantry Volunteers, in 1862, and was with his regi-
ment at Cane Hill and Van Buren, Ark.; also participating in the Price .raid. and did duty
onthe plains; was mustered out August 12, 1865. 5

G. W. DAVISON, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Tepeka; owns 133 acres, about 100 acres
under cultivation and the rest in meadow and pasture; raises oats and corn; his oats
average sixty bushels to the acre. He was born in Pennsylvania, March 10, 1827, and
when a child moved to Ohio with his parents, in 1848 moved to Indiana, and came from
there to Kansas in 1868,locating in Topeka; bought and moved on this place in 1877; he was
married February 18, 1851, to Miss Mary M. McFarland, and has one adopted daughter,
Margaret. Mr. Davisonis a Mason and a member of the I, 0. Q, F.

ALFRED A. DISNEY, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Richland, owns 200 acres; about 100
acres under cultivation and the restin pasture and meadow; raises corn, wheat and oats;
sod broken; spring of 1882 yielded forty-two bushel oats per acre; has seven head of horses,
twenty- five head of cattle, twenty-five hogs. Mr. D. was bornin Iliinois, January 26, 1851

 

and came to Kansas with his parents when a child in 1856, locating on this farm; Was mar- |

ried to Miss Clara Zircle, October 30, 1870. They have three children—Loran, Eli and
Bertha. Mr. Disney 1s a member of the School Board, and has held that positlon for the
past ten years;also held position of Township Clerk for four years,and is at this time Town-
ship Assessor, which he has been for four years; waa in the State Militia during the
Price raid on_the border in a company commanded by his father, and particlpated in the
Locust Grove Fight, when the company lostthree killed, three taken prisoners and three
wonnded, out of a total of twenty-three, the strength of the company.

EM AND, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25, P. O. Topeka; owns 160
acres, 130 acres under cultivation, and the restin native meadow; raises corn, oats, wheat,
and flax, wheat 1882 averaged tothe acre twenty bushels; oats, forty bushels; and flax, ten
bushels; has seven horses, thirty-eight head of fine cattle and thirty-four hogs; has a
good stone dwelling two stories high, 27x28, with Lone story, 18x18, with porch in angle,
well, and cistern. New barn, two stories, 35x52, lower story stone with frame above; corn
crib and granary combined, 18x22, and all conveniences for stock and successful farming.
His farm is all enclosed as well as having cross fences with five miles of stock-proof
hedge, besides over 100 rods ofstone fence; has alsoa fine young orchard of hearly 1,000
fruit trees just beginning to bear, and all these improvements have been made in the last
twelve years by industry, energy, and pluck, as Mr. England started with the bare prairie
farm andnuomoney. He was bornin Ohio, December 13. 1844, and came from his native
State to Kansas in the fall of 1870, buying and locating on this place. He was married Jan-
uary 1, 1867 to Miss Martha Broslus, and they have a family of five bright little girls—
Lizzie, Cornella, Ruby, Effie, Grace, one boy. Marian, and the baby not yet named, r. E.
enlisted as a private in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in thefall
of 1863, and served with his regiment and company in the Twenty-third Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, his company being detailed for duty at Gen. Thomas’ hea
quarters for atime and engaged in skirmishing and Scouting at the time Gen. Thomas was
eaptured by Morgan’s men, his company recaptured him, . The next dayhis regiment was
with Gen. Stoneman on his raid into South Carolina where Mr. England -was captured and

aroled. having to walk 175 miles to get back into the Union lines and was mustered outin
ovember, 1865. Mr. England is now a member of the Schoo! Board and has been for the
pasl nine years. . 7

JOHN 8S. FREELAND, farmer, Section 27, P O. Topeka, owns 160 acres, seventy acres
under cultivation and the balance intimber, meadow, and pasture. Oats averaged forty-
three bushels to theacre. Has sixteen head of cattle and sixteen hogs. Came to Kansas in
November, 1854, and located on thisfarm. He has been a member of the School Board for
the past fifteen ears; was out with the State Militia during the Price raid, in the engage-
ments on the Big Blue and at Locust Grove. Was captured at the latter place witha
number of others, but made his escape in a novel way. He still held to his horse after cap-
ture, and being at the end of the line of prisoners and having his equipment covered
by a citizen’s coat that he wore, the Confederates being hotly engaged and wanting all their
men put him on duty guarding the prisoners, thinking him oneoftheirmen He accepted
the charge willingly, and, while their attention was engaged by the action going on, he stole
away with his horse anda good shot-gun that a rebel gave him to guard the prisoners,

oing through a cornfield, and made his escape. Mr. F. was born in Indiana August 7,
fee6 and moved to [Jlinois in the spring of 184% and came from there to Kansas e was
married February 12, 1857, to Miss Mary J. Lindsey. They have nine children—Hattie A.,
Hester H., ‘Luther, Lyra, Lidia, Benjamin, John, May and Julia, Mrs, F. is amember of the
Presbyterian Church. :

G. HALDERMAN, farmer, Section 6, P. 0. Topeka. Owns forty-seven acres; rents and
farms fifty acres in addition thereto; has forty acres of his own farm in addition, and seven
in orehard and grass. Born in Pennsylvania January 11, 1836 and moved to fowa im 1857
and came from there to Kansas in 1859, only staying one year, returning to Lowa and com-
ing to Kansas again in 1865 and locating here, Was arried March 9 1870, to Miss Mary
E. Bauer. whose father Adam Bauer is one of the oldest settlers of this loeallty: They
have five children—Oscar L. Charles D.. Allen, Frederick and Cliff, Members of Episcopal
vee om. HALL, farmer, Section 34 P.O, Topeka. Owns 320 acres, about 105 acres culti-
vated and the rest in native meadow, allenclosed, and with good improvements; general
crops, wheat, oats and corn, Crops ail good. Has this year (1882) twenty acres in flax. He
intends making sheep-raising a specialty, and is fitting his place for that business. He was
born in the State of New York in October, 1832. and in 1850 went to California, where he
spent twenty years; then returued to his native State and came to Kansas in January 1871,
locating on his presentfarm. He 1s a bachelor and a member of the I. O, O. F. .

JOSEPH P. HEIL, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Topeka. Owns 160 acres, about sixty
acres cultivated and the rest in native meadow. Has three horses, twelve head of cattle,
and twenty head of hogs. Was born iu the State of New York August 13,1849. Came with
his parents ta Iowa in 1857 and from there to Kansas in 1859, locating on Section 15,
Tecumseh Township, Came to present location in 1880; was married November 25, 1880,
to Miss Lizzie Bahumaier. and they have one child—Frank S. Are members of Methodist

i 1 Church, _ é
Episcgpa” M. HOWARD. farmer and practicing physician. Section 33, P. O. Richland.
Owns 200 acres, all enclosed, 100 under cultivation, four in timber, and the rest in pasture
and meadow. Has a fine young orchard, and raises general crops; wheat averages thirty

* Dushels and oats sixty: has six horses, thirty head of cattle, and sixty hogs, He was born in
. Ohio, October 16 1818; was educated as a physician in the Ohio Medical College at Cincin-
nati, taking his diploma in 1841. In 1843 he commenced the practice of medicine in
Franklin County. [nd., aud came from there to Kansas, in 1857 and located in this town-
ship, and came to his present farm in April, 1880. He was married April 23, 1843, to
Miss Isabel O’Harro; they have five children—Helen M., Marion, Flora Z., Hiram M., and
Nelson GC. He was inthe Kansas State Militia during the Price raid, in Capt. Disney’s com-
pany, and participated in the fight at Locust Grove, when they were overpowered. He
tried to make his escape but was ordered to surrender, which he did, and when he had sur-
rendered one of the rebels rode up to him and said, “'T will shoot you,” which he did. The
doctor threw up his arm and the ball struck it, going in below the elbow and passing out

 

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near the body, passed Into the body, where it still remains. After night crawled to a house,
and the next day came pretty near being killed by Union soldiers, who took him for a bush-
wacker, he being dressed as a citizen.

i. D. JACKSON, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Topeka, owns 160 acres, about 100 acres under
cultivation and the rest in meadow and pasture. Wheat average in 1882is twenty-three
bushels to the acre and oats torty-five, has five horses, twenty-five head of cattle and ten
hogs. Born in Indiana, July 4, 1820, in June, 1845, he moved to Iowa and spent two years
there, aud removed to Illinois, and came from there to Kansas in the fall of 1869. In 1850
he went to California crossing the plains, and was there for two years. Was married
October 12, 1842, to Miss Isabel C. Milholland, they have four children—Martha J.,Mary D,,

Amanda L, and Lewis Ek. Are members of the Christian Church.
_ HORACE G. LYONS, farmer Section 1, P. O. Topeka, owus 160 acres, about ninty acres
in cultivation, and ten acres in orchard and the rest in meadow and pasture; has ten horses,

twenty-six head of cattle and ten hogs. Was born in Susquehanna County, Penn., August 2,
1832, and came from native place to Kansas in the spring of 1856, locating on his present
farm, Has been Township Trustee for three years, and served on School Board for three

ears. Was married November 10,1876, to Miss Sarah A. Bush; they have three children—

ellie K., John H. and Jennie M.,and are members of Methodist Episcopal Church, In
1861,Mr. L.,being temporarily in the East,was in United States service for six months in che
Carpenters’ Department, returning to Kansas in time to engage in the repulse o1 Price in
his raid on the border and was captured, but was fortunate enough to make his escape, but
narrowly escaped falling in the hands of pushwhackers by hiding in the grass as they passed,
and returned home in gatety.

GEORGE W.McCLELLAND, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 29 P. O. Topeka, owns
320 acres, about 160 acres under cultivation and 160 acres in pasture. Wheat averaged 11
1882, twenty bushels to the acre, and oats forty bushels, Has five horses, thirty-five head
of steers and ten hogs. He was born in Sangamon County, Ill, February 27, 1832 and’
came from his native State to Kansas, December 23, 1§31. and located on this place. He was
married December 21, 1858, to Miss Mary C. Brown. They have six children—Fred E. is
married and livesin Tilinois; Frank B., Paul, Arthur, Melvin and Roy. all reside with their
parents. Mr. and Mrs. McClelland are both members of the Christian Church.

_ ALEXANDER McQUISTON, farmer, Section 10, P, O. Topeka, 9wns 160 acres, about
sixty acres under cultivation andthe rest'in orchard, native meadow and pasture has five
horses, twenty head of catle and twenty-four hogs. Mr. McQuiston was born in Penn-
sylvan ia February? 1834 where he lived until 1855, when he came to Illinois, and from
there to Kansas in July, 1858, locating on his present farm, pre-cmpting it, the deed being
direct from Washington and bearing James Buchanan’s signature. He was marrie
August 11, 1859, to Miss Mary Winders. They have one child living, Mary Alice, and two
dead, Eddie andIda. Heand his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal’ Church.
Mr. McQuiston is Justice of the Peace; has beeii appointed two terms and elected three
terms. He has been a member of the School Buard as Clerk and Director.

. Ww. ARD, carpenter resides in Monmouth Township, Richland P.O Cameto
Kansas in the spring of 1879, frum Caldwell County, Mo., where he resided nine years en-
Ba ed in farming and carpenter work. He was born August 24,1836. in Harrison County,

io; resided there until he was of age, and learned his trade of his father. He was mar-
ried January 7, 1858, at Mount Vernon, Knox_Co., Ohio, to Miss Sarah J. Woodruff, of
that place. They have cight children—Ida, now Mrs. Cole, of Loup, City, Neb.; Emma F
now Mrs. Du Mars, of Illinois; Osie C., Royal D., Naoma, Georgie, Effa, and Edward He
enlisted, in the spring of 1862, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, in Company Bb, Ninety sixth Regi
ment; was with his command at the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Vicksburg, Arkansas Post,
and Young’s Point. He was captured at Bayou Lafouchla, in the fall of 1863, and held fifty-
two days, and was paroled at New Orleans. He was mustered out at Mobile, Ala,. June 1
1865, and received his final dis charge in July, 1865. He returned home, and moved to Ce-.
dar County. Iowa, remaining five years, and then moved to Missouri. Heis a member of
he Lincoln Post. No.1, G. A. R., anda member of the United Brethren Church.

MOELLER, farmer,Section 24, P O. Richland,uwns 135 acres,about seventy acres
cultivated, and the restin timber, pasture and meadow; has 3ix horses, thirty head of cattle
and twenty nogs. He was born in Germany November 13, 1542; came to the United States
in October, 1864. locating in Illinois; moved to Atchison County Mo. in 13867 and came
from there to Kansas in January 13869, renting afarm for one year in this township and
located ip this place in 1870. e was married August 31, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Ruple
They have five children—Lena, Henry, Ida, William and Minnie: they are members of the
‘Lutheran Church.

A.M. RIGGS, farmer, Section 27, P. 0. Richland, owns 160 acres: about forty acres en-
closed, and in cultivation and the rest in timber; has a fine orchard of choice fruit; has six
horses, twelve head of cattle and ten hogs. Bornin Rockcastle County,Ky., December17 1837
and when four years of age his parents emigrated to Missouri, locating in Andrew County,
in 1850 went back to Kentucky and remained there one year and from there to Illinois
and to Jackson County Mo.,in 1852, and from there to Kansas in 1856, locating on this
farm, which was pre-empted by his father, who died January 10, 1866 In 1860 was en-
gaged in freighting across the plains to Fort Union. Enlisted in March, 1864 in Com-
pan B, Ninth Kansas Cavalry and was with his command at Little Rock and Duvall’s

luffs, and mustered out in August, 1865 at Leavenworth on general orders. Is amember

of the Methodist. Episcopal Church,

JOSEPH D. ROCKEY, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Topeka, owns 160 acres, about sixty-
five acres under cultivation and the rest in timber and pasture; wheat average is twenty-
five bushels to the acre, and oatssixty; has seven horses, twenty-five head of cattle and
twenty-five hogs; frame dwelling 12x80 with L_ 12x18, one and one half stories high:
barn 20x40, corn crib, 12x20; granary, 12x16. Born in Pennsylvania, August 18, 1839
moved to Illinois in 1865, and in 1869 moved to Nebraska, staying there one year .ud com-
ing to Kansas in the spring of 1870. locating in Osage County, and came to present farm in
1871. He was married October 13, 1864, to Miss Mary S. McKillip; they havetwochildren
living—Richard M., ana L. D. Rockey. r R. wite and son are members of the Seventh
Day Adventists. Mr Rockey was a@member ot the School Board while in Osage County
and has also served here to fill vacancy

FREDERICK ROUSSEAU farmer, blacksmith and wagonmaker, Section 24, P. 0.
Topeka, owns ten acres with frame dwelling, smith and wagon shop all combined, Is a
first-class mechanic in all the branches of his business as well as a practical engineer, hav-
ing testimonials from anumber of former employers in regard to the latter; he makes
wagons throughout, ironing the same himself as well as repairing every kind of implement
used by farmers that can be done without casting; has an extensive farmers’ trade extena
ing some fifteen miles north and south by nearly the same east and west, comprising about
200 of the best farmers of this vicinity; he hasanumber of labor-saving tools and appli
ances of hisown invention and manufacture, forthe savi' g of timein his work,-as wellas
a shop full of tools of his own description, needed in his business, so arranged that he can
lay his hands on them in a moment; he has an appliance for sl.oeing vicious or wild norses,
which is complete; he can puta horse in itin a moment so secure that he can usither kick,
biten or strike, and can’thurthimself or shoer; alsoa combined tie shrinker and shoe-
corker, an invention for measuringthe inside of a mortise and one for setting the proper
dish in a wagon wheel, and others which are completeinthemselves Mr R. was bornin
the State of New York, July 24, 1834. and went to Ohio with his parents when a child: in
1853 he went to Illinois, and from there to Lowa in 1861, and came from there to Kansas in
1867. living in Lawrenceforthree years, then locating on 2 tract of land in Osborne
County; but not being satisfied there he came back to Douglas County in 1876 and located
on this place in June, 1878, since which time, by industry and attending carefully to his
business he has built'up a fine trade. Mr. R. was married November 2, 1854, to Miss Eliza-
beth J. Corder; they have four children—Laura E., Lewis B. Lemuel Sey and John H He
is a member of the Seventh Day Adventists. :

THOMAS TAYLOR, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Topeka, 9wns 120 acres, about tlurty -
five acres under cultivation and the rest in pasture and native meadow; raises Gorn.sorghum,
hay, Oats, and handles stock in asmall may. He was bornin Herefordshire, England, No-
vember 16, 1828 and came to the United States by way of Canada in 1854, and to this State
in 1858, locating in Leavenworth, and was married in 1859. on Christmas Day. to Miss
Anna M. Chapman; they have six children living—Adelaide, Thomas R., Mary L., Edward.
Charles and Edith, and one dead—Esther. He located on his present farm in 1876. Mr.
Taylor enlisted at Leavenworth in 1862 as private in Company A, Eleventh Regiment,
Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and served with hisregiment and company in alltheir cam-
paigning in Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, and participated in the engagements of
old Fort Wayne, Pralrie Grove, Cane Hill, VanBuren and others, also the Price raid in Mis-
sourt in 1865; was on duty on the plains as guard for mails and stationed at Medicine Bow,
near Fort Halleck, where on the fifth of July he had a comrade killed at his side by the
Indlans, but made his escape and was mustered out at Leavenworth in Septenber, 1865. He
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. _

DR. ISAIAH M. TEVIS, farmer and stock raiser Sections 14 and 3, P. VO. Topeka,
owns 320 acres, about 150 under cultivation, the rest enclosed and used for grazing an
native meadow; he was born in Bracken County, Ky.. December 8, 1823, and moved to

 

Rush County, Ind., with his parents when about ten years old, and removed to Marion,
Ind., in 1852, and came from there to Kansas in March, 1874, loeating on his present farm.
He was married in Rush County Ind.,in 1849, March 25, to Miss Sidney Shellhorn, who
died leaving six children—Luther, John, Ezra, Adelia, Victoria and Clara, He married
again December 19, 1887, to Miss Mary J. Mobeeley; they have four children— Nicholas,

ary L., AnnaG.,and Martha H. Mr. Tevis enlisted as a private in 1846, in the Fifth
Indiana Regiment, commanded by Col. Jim Lane, for the Mexican War; was taken from the
ranks and did duty as hospital steward and was afterward detailed as Assistant Surgeon
of Regiment, and served in that capacity until mustered out in Madison, Ind. in 1848.
When the war broke out in 1861, Mr. Tevis recruited a company and entered the service as
Captain of Company I, Fifty-second Regiment, Indiana Infantry Volunteers, and partici-
pated in the engagements at Fort Donelson,where, on the third day of the fight he charged
600

with his company and regiment assisted by the Second Iowa Regiment, the left wing ofthe
enemy’s works taking them py storm an Cecupying and holding them, After this en-
pagement did post duty with his company at Memphis, Corinth and other points until mus-

ered out in the fall of 1862, being honorably disc. Argel.

H. M. ZIRKLE, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Richland; owns 125 acres, all enclosed; forty
acres in cultivation, five acres in timber and the rest in pasture and meadow; his wheat
averages twenty-eight bushels io the acre and oats fifty-two; has six horses, twenty-five
head of cattle and six hogs. Was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, May 3, 1843, and
when a child his parents emigrated to Ohio and he came from there to Kansas in 1869,
locating on present farm. as married in November, 1863, to Miss Margaret Hullipger.
They have six children—Elmer W., Ida E., Hattie B., Harvey E., Howard B. and baby not
named. Has been on the School Board four terms, and has In his son Harvey E., the lim-
berest boy in Kansas. ‘

WM. A. ZIRKLE, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Richland; owns 260 acres all_enclosed and
150 incultivation, twenty in timber and the restin pasture and meadow. Raises general
crops, his wheat average per acre in 1882 is thirty bushels and oats forty-seven bushels;
has comfortable frame dwelling, barn and out buildings; has seven horses, forty head o
cattle and forty hogs. Was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, in 1837, and when eight
years of age emigrated with his parents to Ohio, where he remained until 1869 when he
came to Kansas and located on his presentfarm.’ Was married in 1862 to Miss Susanna
Zirkle, a native of Ohio, They have eight boys and have never had sickness in their
family and never paid a doctor bill.

MISSION TOWNSHIP.

Among the early settlers in Mission Township, were Hiram C, Covil, of
Ohio, who located on the southeast quarter of Section 27, Township 11, Range
15, on the 25th of December, 1854. He was killed in the Price raid in 1864.

January 20, 1855, John Doty settled on the southeast of Section 10, Town-
ship 12, Range 15. In the same year J. C. Young settled on the southeast of
Section 27, Township 12, Range 15.

In 1856 Amos Trott, G. G. Gage, W. D. Paul, J. C. French, W. W.
Lewis and Mr. Scudder located in the township. :

Among those who settled soon. after, were James Brewer, James Swan,
John McComb, and Rev. J. C. Miller.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THOMAS BUCKMAN, farmer, P. O. Topeka, Section 7. Owns 240 acres, has eighty
acres under plough, ten acres in orchard, forty acres in cultivated grasses, balance in native
grasses andtimber. His house is a model of neatness and comfort, with good cellar and all
Modern conveniences; builtin 1872 at a cost of $1,800. A substantial frame barn with
stabling room for twelve horses and threshing floor, and capacity for twenty-five tons of
hay. A grain house which will hold 1,500 bushels of wheat; a crib for 1,000 bushels of
corn. Mr. B. has 100 head of cattle, and_a lot of choice bred hogs. His orchard is one of
the best and most complete in Shawnee County, aud includes all the fali and winter varie-
ties of fruit, such as by experience have been demonstrated to flourish best in Kansas. Mr.
Buckman came to Kansasin September of 1869, and has made his farm from the raw
prairie and his buildings, hedge and stone fences, fruit and ornamental trees, attest his in-
dustry and good judgment. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1824,
and is a descendant of the Buckmans who came to America in the ship elcome, with
William Penn in September 1682. When ten years of age moved with his parents to
Chester County, Pennsylvania, where they remained nine years and returned to Bucks:
County, Pennsylvania; removed to Columb: ene county, Ohio, in 1853, where he engaged in
the milling business, from there he went to Alliance, tark Co., Ohio, and engaged in mil-
ling and shipping grain, and came thence to Kansas, He was married in Trenton, New
Jersey, in November, 1847, to Miss Susanna Howell, of Bucks County Pennsylvania, and
has three children living—Anna, Edward and Mercy. While in A. jiance Mr. Buckman
was a member of the board of Health, Board of Education, and of the City Council. In
1876 was elected to the Kansas State Legislature and while a member of that body was _ap-

ointed Chairman of several important committees, and was a warm supporter of P P.
Prumb, for United States Senator. He1samember of Alliance Lodge A. F. &A. M. Was
born A and raised a Quaker, but has been connected with the Presbyterian Church since com-
in, ansas.

Bx M. COVILLE, farmer, P. 0. Topeka, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and in
November, 1854, Jocated in Lawrence, Kansas, where he remained a year, when he re-
moved to his present location. His farm comprises lots Nos. 11, 15 and 27, situated three
miles west of Topeka, on the Sixth avenue road, and extends back to the Kansas River.
The new branch of the Topeka, Saline & Western Rallroad runs through the lower part of
his farm, which consists of 186 acres, abouthalf of which is under cultivation, while about
thirty acres more is underlaid with coal which is now being successfully mined. There are
two shafts, averaging forty feet in depth, and giving employment to fifteen or twenty
hands. His father, H. C. Coville, was County Commissioner for several years, and a mem-
ber of the Kansas Militia, and was killed October 22, 1864, while repelling the attack of the
-rebel GeneralPrice, at the Big Blue, Jackson County, Mo. This gentleman was the first
person to open and work coal mines in this vicinity. The coal now mined by Mr. C. is dis-
posed of to local dealers, but before the railroad was built, was shipped in wagons tothe
various government posts within a radius of fifty miles. Mr. Coville is a graduate of
Washburn College, and taught school in Shawnee County for several years, Heis very
highly esteemed by the community. ;

WL FIRESTONE, farmer, P. O..Topeka, has 130 acres seven miles southwest of To-
eka, Has a fine lot of young cattle and good horses. Came to Kansas February 28, 1880,
rom West Salem, Ohio. Came to the State with no means and has accumulated a nice start,

wisely investing in young stock, Wasborn in Wayne County, Ohio, February 23, 1859, and
has resided there since with the exception of one year until coming to Kansas. Was mar-
ried March 1, 1882, in Oak Grange, Mission Township, to Miss Belle Fisher, a native of Vir-
ginia. Is a member of Oak Grange No. 665.

PETER HEIL, JR., farmer, P. O. Topeka, owns 160 acres on Section 13, eighty acres
under cultivation, balance hay land and native timber. In 1882, had about 1,6U0 bushels
corn, and fair yleld of other crops. amprovements consist of stone house 16x26, Story and
a half, with cellar, contains four rooms, builtin 1870 at acost of $800. Stone barn 28x70
feet, two stories, capacity eight horses and thirty cows, ten tons hay—cost $600. Mr, H. has
eighty head of cattle, nine horses and thirty hogs: a fine orchard of all kinds of fruit. Came
to Kansas in 1859 with his father, located nine miles southeast of Topeka, on Tecumseh
Creek, Enlisted in 1861 {n Company A, Fifth Kansas Cavalry. Did escort and scout duty
in Missouri, other operations on the Mississipp| and White rivers. Co-operated with Gen.
Banks in red river campaign, Was captured at Mark’s Mills and taken to Camp Ford, near
Tyler, Texas, where he was held ten months as a prisoner. Was mustered outin 1865
at Leavenworth. Was married December 24, 1865, at Topeka, Kan., to Miss Susan C. Cox,
2 native of Illinois, and has three childrei—Ernest K., Louls P. and Mabel Louise. Mr.
Heil has paid especial attention to the manufacture of butter and cheese. Made 1,684 Ibs.
of butter from January 1 until November 1, 1882, which sold for $463.43, and from June 1
to November 1, 1882, made 4,944 lbs. of cheese, which sold for $573.25, besides selling
$13.70 worth of milk. Mr. Heil has been Treasurer of School Board and Township Treas-
urer several times, Is a member ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church, and charter member
of Oak Grange, No. 665, and is also a member of Lincoln Post, No, 1, G. A. R.

BARTHOLOMEW HEINTZMAN, farmer, P.O. Auburn, Has 240 acres on Sections 26

 

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and 27; 160 acres under cultivation and balance meadow. In 1882 had 140 acres corn which
averaged forty bushels an acre, and about fifty tons millet. Has a stone house 14x36, sto:
and a half; corn-crib will hold 600 bushels; corrals; orehard of 700 apple and peaci
trees; has a large herd of cattle, and horses, and hogs. Came to Kansas in 1859 and pre-
empted 160 acres of Jand where he now resides. Was born near Strassburg in Lorraine,
Germany, about November 1. 1833. When nineteen years of age cameto America with his
mother and located in Seneca County, Ohio, where he remained until coming to Kansas,
Enlisted March 15, 1862, in the ird Kansas, afterwards the Second and Ninth. Was
stationed at Fort Riley and afterwardsin the Cherokee Nation. Afterwards were at Fort
Smith and in Arkansas; at Duval’s Bluff on White River; was mustered out in 1865. In
1866 took a trip across the plains with a volunteer company, In 1861 was Mayor of Auburn,
Is a member of the G. A. R.

ROBERT I. LEE, proprietor of Prairie Dell Farm, Sections 29 and 32, P.O. Topeka,
was born in Boston, Mass,,in May, 1847. Received his education at Concord, N. H. In
1867 he removed to Sangamon County, I1l., where he remained until 1869, when he cameto
Kansas, first settling in Jefferson omnty = In 1873 he bought his present farm, four and
one-half miles west of Topeka, and consisting of 320 acres, 225 acres in cultivation; entire
farm is under fence, a large portion of which is stone, The house which is of stone, is large,
consisting of two-stories and basement, Itis built on the side of an abrupt bluff and presents
a fine appearance. The barn is said to be the oldest building now Standing in Shawnee
County, being the old Indian mission school. It is 96x36 feet, two stories besides the base-
ment, and has a capacity for fifty head of horses. On the farm is also a half-mile track on
which are trained the many horses of speed kept and raised by Mr. Lee. He is very largely
interested in horses of speed, keeping over fifty head on hand atalitimes. He is the pio-
neer breeder of irotting stock in Kansas. He makes a specialty of Hambletonian trotting
Among the fast stallions owned by him are: overt McGregor, record 2:18;
Monroe, 2:27%; McCloud, 2:34; Winship, 2.34%; Coriondin, 2:38%; Hiram Woodruff, 2:41;
@ pacer without a record; Aladdin, son of Rysdik’s Hambletonian (trial, ) 2:38; another
untrained, and Fergus McGregor, untrained. Most of these horses are still owned by Mr.
Lee, and can be found at hisfarm. Mr. Lee was married at Topeka March 31, 1880, to Miss
Abbie Kimber, who was born near Philadelphia, Pa. a

A. F, LISHEAR, P. 0, Topeka, has eighty acres of land situated about nine miles west of
Topeka, forty acres under cultivation, balance pasture. Has a substantial stone house,
16x36, two stories, builtin spring of 1878, ata cost of $2,500, Has two stone barns, room
for stock, hay, and machinery. Came to Kansas in 1878, and engaged in stock business for
three years. Mr. F. has been in the employ of the A., T. & S. F. Railroad Company for some
time, and hasthe contract for all of the stone work on the lines in Arizona and New Mexico.
Was born in Baltimore City, Md., October 24, 1844, where he resided until coming to Kan-
as, engaged in his trade, that of stone contractor, and erected several public works in Bal-
timore. Was married in June, 1882, at Tombstone, Arizona, to Miss Sparks. Has four
children by former marriage. 7

Cc. A. LITTLE. farmer, P. O. Topeka. Sixty acres in Section 13; about twenty-three
acres timber and grass. Has a substantial two-story frame house, built in 1873 atia cost of
about $1,200. tT. L. makes a specialty of dairy business, and made about 900 pounds
of butter in 1881. Came to Kansas in 1878. locating near Topeka, and has resided in sevy-
eral portions of the county. Was born in Crawford County Pa.,July 21, 1842, where he
learned the carpenter’s\|trade. Enlisted in,1862 in Company K, One Hundred and Fif-
tieth Pennsylvania Infantry. His command was on detached duty as President’s guard
during three years’ service. Was mustered out at Washington City in 1865. Was mar-
ried in Shawnee County, Kan., Jauuary 28, 1873, to Miss M. E. Thompson, a native of Fay-
ette County, Pa., and have one child—Bertie B. Are both members of Oak Orange, No. 665,
and are connected with the Presbyterian Church. .

WOODFORD C. MADDOX, P. O. Topeka, cultivates thirty acres on the farm of Mr.
Heil. Commenced in a small way in 1877 to manufacture sorghum syrup, and since then
has enlarged his facilities to an average of 1.600 gallons per annum. Generally finds
amarket at fopeka, Has aStar horizontal crusher and Cook’s patent evaporator, which
will easily manufacture eighty gallons aday. In 1883 will put in a ten-horse power engine
and tanother evaporator. r. Maddox came to Kansas in 1872 from Johnson County. Mo.;
was born in Jennings County, Ind., January 27, 1841. When fifteen years of age removed to
Montgomery County, Ill., and remained there until enlisting in April, 1861,in Company B,
Seventh Illinois Infantry. Was a member of the Fifteenth Army Corps in the Army of the
Tennessee. Was with his command at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Mission Ridge, Tun-
nel Hill, Altona Pass, and Sherman’s march to the sea, and through the Carolinas to
Raleigh, where he was mustered out April 9, 1865. Was wounded at Goldsboro, N. C.
which partially disabled him, Was promoted to First Sergeant; moved to Missouri in
October, 1865, where he worked at his trade, that of astone-mason. Was married April 4,
1878, at Topeka, Kan., to Miss Magrie Brown, a native of Dearborn County. Ind., and has
one child—Irene. Was Deputy Sheriff of Johnson County, Mo., for about one year, and was
also employed in the secret service of the Government for about one year after the war,
with headquarters at St. Louis. Owns 160 acres of land on Sections 10, Township 12
Rauge 13 ission Township. Is a member of Lincoln Post, No.1, G. A. R., Topeka.

AMES NEELEY, farmer, on Section 24,nine miles south-west of Topeka,came to Kansas
March 15, 1869, locating near Dover, Wabaunsie County, and has been in his present neigh-
borhood since 1870; was born in Harrison County, Ind., September 25, 1827, where he re-
sided until coming to Kansas; learned the trade of a tanner when quite young; was mar-
ried in Harrison County, Ind., in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Weaver, and has tnree children
living—William H., Revilla A. and Lydia A. Mr, N. and family are members of the Wes-~
leyan Methodist Church, of Mission Township.

W. B. RAPIER, farmer, has 153 acres three miles southwest of Topeka, on Section 15;
forty acres under cultivation, balance hay land andtimber. Has a large frame house, two
stories, and frame barn, corn cribs, granaries and other substantial buildings. Came to
Kansas in March, 1880, from Hancock, Il]. Was born in Monroa County, Ind., November
14, 1822; resided there until 1850, engaged in farming. Has been twice married; first in
1840 to Miss Nancy Hansford, who died Angust 12. T3877. and by whom he had fourteen
children. The second marriage was to Mrs. L. Quick. Mr. R. has paid considerable. at-
tention to finel Norman horses, and now owns a match span of fine stallions. Mr, Rapier
has a fine orchard of 400 trees, consisting of all varieties of fruit. He is a member of Tope-
ka Lodge No. 51, A. F. & A. M., and also of Oak Grange, No. 665, P. of H.

THOMAS WHITE, farmer, P. O. Topeka, has 200 acres on Section 8; has 135 acres
under cultivation, balance hay land and native timber. In 1882 had fifty acres wheat, av-
erage yield, twenty bushels; oats, sixty bushels, and corn, forty bushels. His house was
built in 1882; size, 24x40, with porches on north and south, two stories and attic, cellar
underall. The house is of neat design and modern architecture, costing $2.000. Barn,
30x40, with capacity for twelve horses; 2,000 bushels of wheat, seven head of horses, and
twenty catlle and eighty hogs. Makes a specialty of pure Poland China hogs. Has a fine
young orchard of all varieties offruit. Came to Kansas in 1868, and located at his

lace in 1878. Was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, September 26. 1829, and when

wenty-five years of age moved to Peoria County, Ill. Enlisted in 1862 in Company E,
Seventy-seventh Illinois Infantry asa private, and was under Rosecranz in Missouri an
Arkansas, and under Grant and A.J.Smith; was with hiscommand in purveult of Price, For
rest and Quantrell, and in the second battle of Nashville. In the fall of 1863 was made Cap-
tain of Company v, First Mississippi Cavalry. Was mustered out July 1, 1865, at Memphis,
Tenn. Was married in 1856in Guernsey County, Ohio, to Miss Maria K. Stearling, a native
of Pennsylvania, and has nine children iiving—Alvin, Chartes E., John H., Minnie B., Della
M., Lieutenant F., Etta, James W. and Mand H. Is a member of Mission Center Presbyter-
ia Church, and treasurer of Kansas State Grange. Has been Justice of the Peace about five
D, R. YOUNGS, farmer, five miles southwest of Topeka, in Mission Township, P, 0. box,
987, Topeka; came to Kansas_in 1855 with his father and located on the present farm,

 

 

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from Layfayette County, Mo. Was born Februa-y 20, 1847, in Lafayette County, Mo., an
remained there until seven years old,
Ward, a native of Obio.

Was married in 1873 in Topeka, Kan., to Miss Esther

 
 

RANKLIN County is located in the second tier of counties west from
Missouri, and also in the second tier south from the Kansas River,
bounded on the north by Douglas County, on the east by Miami, on the south
by Anderson, and on the west by Coffey and Osage counties,

torial Legislature passed an act defining
the boundaries of the county as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of
Douglas County; thence south twenty-
four (24) miles; thence west twenty-four
(24) miles; thence north twenty-four
miles; thence east twenty-four miles to
the place of beginning. The county as
thus organized was, and is, twenty-four
miles square, containing an area of 576
square miles, or 368,640 acres,

The county is divided into townships
as follows, the area of each in square
miles being in parenthesis: Appooanse
(51); Centropolis (39); Hayes (30); Frank-
lin (36); Peoria (36); Cutler (43); Pot-
tawatomie (40); Richmond (34); Wil-
liamsburg (72); Greenwood (36); Ottawa
(48); Harrison (29); Ohio (46), and Lin-
coln (36).

TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND STREAMS,

The bottom lands comprise about
sixteen per cent of the surface. In the
valley of the Marais des Cygnes they av-
erage about two miles in width, in that
of the Pottawatomie about one mile, in
those of Middle and Ottawa creeks about
one half mile.

The uplands, comprising about
eighty-four per cent of the surface, are
generally level or gently undulating prai-
rie. The most uneven portion is in Pot-
tawatomie Township, which occupies
the southeastern corner of the county.
Ilere the highest hills rise about two
hundred feet above the level of Pottawat-
omie Creek, and are sometimes precip-
itous and difficult of ascent. There are
some hilly sections about four miles
southwest of Ottawa, about the same dis-
tance southwest, and also about two
miles west of Richmond.

The soil is a sandy loam, is generally
exceedingly fertile, and on the uplands
ranges from one to two feet deep, while
in the valleys of the streams it averages
three feet in depth. In the latter it is
in places immediately underlaid by
gumbo soil, superposited upon clay,
which latter is the subsoil on the uplands,
and being of a porous nature, forms ex-
cellent natural drainage.

At an average depth of from twelve
to twenty feet, good limestone is found,
well distributed throughout the county,
and in some portions sandstone, which,
however, is generally too soft to be of
much value for building purposes.

In Peoria and Pottawatomie town-
ships, more particularly the latter, a
species of granular limestone, or statuary
marble, is found. On the Pottawatomie
it is about one hundred and twenty feet

above the creek, in the bluff whichis here almost perpendicular.

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light chocolate, and the marble when polished makes beautiful furniture,
mantels, window sills and monuments.

Coal underlies about twenty per cent of the area of the county. It is found
most plentiful in the western and southwestern parts, and also about six miles

northwest of Ottawa. It crops out inthe
ravines, and attains in places a depth of
twenty feet. The vein averages two feet
in thickness, and the qualityis good. In
1881 about five thousand tons were
mined, mostly in Williamsburg Township.

About eight per cent of the county
is covered with timber. The timber
belts are confined to the streams,
Along the Marais des Cygnes the belt
averages a mile'in width, along the small-
er streams the belts average about one-
fourth of a mile in width, The native
varieties are the cottonwood, elm, hack-
berry, hickory, honey locust, mulberry,
oak, soft maple, walnut and willow.
The principal stream is the Marais des
Cygnes (Marsh of Swans), which enters
the county from the west, and flows
easterly through it into Miami county.
Pottawatomie Creek is second in size. It
enters near the southeast corner, and
flows northeastward into Miami County,
uniting at Osawatomie with the Marais
des Cygnes. Middle Creek rises in the
west part of the county and flows north-
eastward into the Marais des Cygnes
near Peoria. Ottawa Creek rises in
‘Douglas County and flows south into the
Marais des Cygnes near Peoria, Ap-
panoose Creek rises in Osage County and
flows southeast into the Marais desCygnes,
four miles -west of Ottawa. Eight
Mile Creek rises in Douglas County ard
flows south into the Marais des Cygnes,
ene mile west of* Ottawa. Hickory
Creek rises in the east part of the county
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IBM: 1880: county line. Turkey Creek rises in Mi-
a) Appanoose Townshi Sia 1,061 i i
(3) Centtopolis Township 1.084 O82 ami County and flows southwest into the
(ec) Cutler Township... i 1st 901 Marais des Cygnesa little east of the
ranklin Townshi 5 942 i f V
(a). Ereeaood Townsbip. roe Eee mouth of Hickory Cteek, Walnut
(e) Harrison Township... 923 958 Creek rises near the northeast corner of
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Ohio ‘Vownshi . 515 : 398 Ottawa Creek, four miles northeast of
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ti) Ottawa City. 2,044 ross Ottawa. Wolf Creek rises in the north
ce Beoria Township. ; 1,160 1,165 part of the county, and flows south into
‘ottawatomie Township..... i
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(a) Organized in 1870, from part of Centropolis.

(b) In 1870, part detached to form Appanoose.

(¢) Organized in 1872, from parts of Ohio, Peoria and Pottawatomie.
(d) In 1871, part detached to form Williamsburg; in 1874 part to Lincoln.
(e) In 1874, part detached to form Lincoln.

(f) Organized in 1871, from part of Ottawa.

(g) Organized in 1874, from parts of Greenwood and Harrison.

(b) In 1872 part detached toform Cutler; in 1874, part to Richmond.
(i) In 1871, part detached to form Hayes.

(j) Since 1870, South Ottawa Township merged.

(kK) 1n 1872, part detached to form Cutler. |

G) In 1872, part detached to form Cutler; in 1874, part to Richmond.

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Organized in 1874, from parts of Ohio and Pottawatomie.
Organized in 1871, from part of Greenwood.

It is located on the southeast quarter of Section 5, Township Ig, Range 21.
It has been named “‘ coralline marble,” being the same as the coralline marble

which has attracted so much attention in the Derbyshire quarries in England.
It is overlaid by five feet of dirt and three strata of common limeStone, averag-
The average thickness of the coralline
layer is about twenty ‘~ches, texture fine, and very tenacious, The color is a

ing about twelve inches in thickness.

ernment in 1825.

in the southwestern part of the county
and flows northeast into the Marais des
Cygnes, two miles east of Ottawa. Sac
Creek rises near Williamsburg and
flows southeast into the Pottawatomie,
in Anderson County. Sac Branch rises
in the southeast part of the county and
flows into the Pottawatomie, near Lane.
The county is well supplied with springs,
and good well water is obtained at a
depth of from twenty to forty feet. The
water obtained from wells is made hard

by the presence in it of carbonate of lime. bd

EARLY INDIAN RESIDENTS,

Franklin County was included in the tract of land ceded to the Great and
Little Osage Indians, November fo, 1808, and re-ceded by them to the Gov-

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“ Ottoways” (Ottawas) and the Government of the United States, which treaty
was ratified April 6, 1832, by the terms of which the Ottawas, numbering about
two hundred, and residing on Blanchard’s fork of the Great Auglaize River,
and at Oquanoxa’s village on the Little Auglaize River, in Ohio, ceded to the
United States two tracts of land, containing 21,760 acres, and received in ex-
change for the same a tract of land in Franklin County, containing 34,000
acres, to be located adjoining the south or west line of the reservation granted
to the Shawnees of Missouri and Ohio.

By the same treaty a second band of Ottawa Indians, residing at and
near the places called Roche de Beuf and Wolf Rapids, on the Miami River,
of Lake Erie, within the State of Ohio, ceded to the United States two tracts
of land, containing in the aggregate 28,157 acres, and received in exchange
therefor 40,000 acres, adjoining the lands assigned to the Blanchard’s Fork
and Oquanoxa's village Indians mentioned above. ‘

These two bands of Ottawas received therefor in the aggregate, within the
_ present limits of Franklin County, 68,157 acres of land. ‘The tract was situated
very nearly in the center of the county, and in shape was nearly in the propor-
tion of ten by twelve miles. The Blanchard’s Fork band came to their reser-
vation in 1836, and were soon followed by the Roche de Beuf band.

The chief of the first band was Notno, the chief of the second Com Chaw.
Shortly after arriving at their new homes the two bands united under one chief,
Com Chaw, continuing to elect him to that positiofi until his death. Besides
this chief they had a second or subordinate chief, a council, a constable, asses-
sor and collector, the taxes collected being used for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of government.

Their subsistence for the first year after their arrival was provided by the
Government. During this year they built bark huts in the woods, in which
they lived until taught by Rev. Jotham Meeker, who met them at Kansas City,
and led them to their reservation, to cut logs and make log huts, in which art
they soon acquired considerable skill. To aid them in the construction of these
houses the Government loaned to the first band $2,000, which was to be paid
when the lands in Ohio ceded to the Government were sold; and to protect.
them from the weather while their houses were building, the same Government
‘gave them “Russian sheeting sufficient for tents for their whole band,” as well
as other necessities.

The Roche de Beuf band were similarly aided to make their settlement
and homes. :

The change of climate proved quite unfavorable to their health. Chills
and fever, common to uncultivated countries, carried off in a few years half
their original number, notwithstanding the watchfulness and diligence of Rev.
Jotham and Mrs. Meeker. These and other troubles incident to a new country
being overcome, they made considerable progress in agriculture, and gained
considerable educational and religious knowledge.

The great flood of 1844 destroyed a great deal. of their property, and was a
great disaster and hindrance to their progress, After the subsidence of the
water, they removed their houses, which had been built in the valley of the
Marais des Cygnes for the most part, tothe high ground, log{by log 5 afterwards
making even more rapid progress than’ before the flood.

It is interesting to note some of their laws, which may have contributed
largely to this result. One of these laws prohibited theft; another, slander ;
another, the retention of a borrowed article beyond a specified time; another,
prohibited the selling or giving away of intoxicating liquors; another, fining
drunkards, $5 for the first offense, $10 for the second, and for the third offense
the guilty party was to be turned over for punishment under the laws of the
United States. .

During the first year there were no conversions, In the second year, David
Green experienced religion, and became of great assistance to* Mr. Meeker in
his labors among the tribe. After becoming somewhat enlightened, they ob-
served the Sabbath with great strictness.

On June 24, 1862, a treaty was made with the Ottawas, by which they were
to become citizens of the United States in 1867. By the same treaty, each head
of a family received 160 acres, and other members of the. tribe, eighty acres of
land in fee simple, and, in order to provide for the education of their posterity,
twenty thousand acres of land were set apart for the purpose of endowing a
school, and in addition, one section of land for a school site, said school to be
-for the exclusive and perpetual use of the Ottawa Indians and their posterily.

The Piankeshaws, Weas and Peorias, by the treaty of October 29, 1832.
had set apart a reservation which, in Franklin County, included a tract in the
east part, about twelve by fifteen miles in extent,embracing Peoria Township,
about one-half of Franklin Township, and about two miles of the north end of
Cutler Township.

By the treaty of February 23, 1867, this tribe of Indians agreed to dispose
of their allotments in Kansas, and to remove to a new reservation in the
Indian Territory within two years. By this treaty the adult Indians were al-
lowed to sell their own lands, and the chiefs to sell the lands of minors and in-
competents. ‘

The Sacs and Foxes.—On the 18th of February, 1867, a treaty was made
between the Sacs and Foxes and the United States, by which that confederated
band ceded to the United States their remaining lands in Franklin County,
and received in exchange a tract of land in the Indian Territory, south of the
Cherokee lands, not exceeding 750,000 acres in extent. In July this treaty
was ratified, and immediately thereafter, the lands were thrown open to entry
and settlement. 1 ;

The Chippewas and Munsees.—In 1854, the Chippewas, about three hun-
dred in number, were removed toa small reservation lying immediately west
of the Ottawa reserve. Their reserve was about seven miles long by two and
a half miles wide. In 1860, the Munsees or Christian Indians, about fifty in
number, joined the Chippewas. The reservation has been reduced in size

 

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

from time to time until now it contains seven sections, or 4,480 acres, one-half
in Greenwood, and one-half in Lincoln Township.

The Indians on this reserve now number sixty-three, only one of whom,
Edward McCoonts, is an original Chippewa, The total number of Chippewas
is twenty-six, and of the Munsees thirty-seven. Two of those counted as
Chippewas were originally Ottawas.

The members of this confederated tribe hold their lands in severalty with-
out the right of alienation, except to other members of the tribe, and this only
with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior. A few of them are good
farmers, and qualified intellectually to become citizens, but the most of them
prefer to subsist by days’ work, and upon their small annuity, than to cultivate
their little farms. The Government holds in trust for them $42,000, five
per cent. interest on which is their annuity.

They were under the Sac and Fox agency until that tribe was moved from
the county, since which time they have been attached to the Pottawatomie
Agency. ;

The missionaries (Moravians) among them have been Rev. G. F. Oehler,
who came out with the Munsees; Rev. Joseph Romig from 1861 to 1870;
Rev. Levi Ricksecker, 1870 to 1880; Rev. C. R. Kinsey. commencing in 1880,
About twenty-five of the Indians are members of the church, which is sustained
by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Heathen. A
school is taught by the missionary about six months each year.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS,

Owing to the fact that most of the land in Franklin County was occupied
by a number of different tribes of Indians, the titles to whose reservations were
not extinguished until 1862, 1864 and 1867, the settlement of the county was
not so early as that of adjoining counties. Along the northern edge, however,
on what was known as the ‘‘Shawnee purchase,” a strip of land about three
miles wide, the Shawnee title to which was extinguished by the treaty of May
Io, 1854, a number of settlements were made in that year. ~

The first settler in the county was Reuben Hackett. who located, nearthe
west line of what is now Hayes Township, on June 7. 1854, on the west branch
of Ottawa Creek, and near the north line of the county. Amos Hanna moved
in about the same time. Quite a number of others came into this part of the
county during the same year, among them, Rev. William Moore and four or
five sons, who settled about a mile east of the present location of Norwood.

In 1857, quite a large number had settled on West Branch: Jacob, John,
Lemen, William and Elvill Copple; Rudolph Miller and seven sons ; William
Hackett, C. P. Sherman, Louis Allison, Daniel Heverlain, a Mr. Craven, Wil-
liam Suiton, Daniel Storrs, Jesse and John Moore, a Mr, Wright, F. M.
Hodges, Thomas Mewhinney, Jacob Brunck, and David Hodges; and on the
east branch of Ottawa Creek, Esquire Merchant, Calvin and John Leonard
and John Heck.

The first settlers in Appanoose Township were Missourians, who came in
in 1856; C. Shrimp, Washington Baker, James Cleveland and Mr. Foster were
of the number. In 1857, Daniel Dean, T. H. Tutcher. Henry Horr, and
James Bellenny settled on the west branch of Appanoose Creek, and on the
middle branch, Moses Beeman, J. W. Wadsworth, and the widow Critch-
field, In 1858, there were added to the above the following persons: Thomas,
Tutcher, Sr., Alfred Tutcher, M. St. John, W. Beard, J. W. Davis, John Logan
and H. Gilbert. : *

Some time after this township was settled. J. H. Whetstone conceived the
idea of establishing a colony in its western part. To this end he purchased a
tract of land north of the Marais des Cygnes, and mostly in a solid body. con-
taining about fifteen thousand acres, This purchase was made in 1869. In
1870, S. T. Kelsey became associated with Mr. Whetstone. They then pro-
ceeded to lay out their purchase into small farms, with the view of selling to
parties designing to become actual settlers. and thus collect together a colony,
each one of whom should own a farm or village lot. To provide for those who
might prefer village life, the town of Pomona was platted and laid out in 1870.
Appanoose Township was organized May 17, 1871. It was formed out of part
of Centropolis Township and part of the Sac and Fox reservation.

The land now included in Harrison Township, in the center of the county.
was thrown open to settlement in 1865, when the Ottawas were removed. The
Indian lands were generally sold to the highest bidder, very little being pur-
chased by speculators.

The first settler was Enoch Pyle. in the fall of 1865. Later in the same
year, or in the spring of 1866, the following parties came into the township -
John Howell, Mr. Hood. James Hill, J. R. Dailey, Mr. Spencer and Michael
Hornbeck, In 1866 these were followed by W. L. John and Thomas Harnison,
Henry and Jacob Fouts, E. Walker, Mr. Smith and Charles Howell; in 1867
by N. Latimer, G. W. Castzdafner. Joseph Guy, Mr. Greeves, Mr. Skeeles, Mr.
Curtis, Mr, Payne and Dr. Van Schoick. During 1868 there was a large influx
of immigration, and this locality became quite thickly settled. Harrison Town-
ship was then organized. being taken in part from the Ottawa Reservation and
in part from Ohio Township. J. R. Daley built the first stone house on the
Ottawa Reserve outside of Ottawa. A schoolhouse was built in the Fouts
neighborhood. It has since been replaced by astone‘one. The first breaking
and fencing in the township was done by Enoch Pyle and the Harrisons.

The first settlement in Centropolis Township was made on Eight Mile
Creek, in 1854, near the present site of Centropolis. This was on land spened
up to settlement by the treaty of May ro, 1854 with the Shawnee Indians.

This pioneer party of settlers consisted of about fifteen members, whose
names, as far as can be ascertained, are as follows: Joab M. Bernard, Timothy
Keizer, Jacob Clark, I. C. Hughes, Thomas Doty, John F. Javens, Franklin
Barnes, Johnson Farris, Perry Fuller, Leander McClellan, John E. McClellan
and Mansfield Carter. They arrived at and camped on Eight Mile Creek on

. the evening of June 26. In the morning it was proposed to take a vote on the

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free State but two, Joab M. Bernard and Timothy Keizer. This matter being
settled, each member selected his claim, J. M. Bernard’s being immediately
east of and adjoining the present town site of Centropolis. This was on the
27th of June. John F. Javens built the first cabin on Eight Mile Creek near
Centropolis and Perry Fuller built on the town site. The first election these
settlers attended was in the fall of 1854, at what is now Prairie City, in Doug-
las County,; but finding the polls in the hands of Missourians, they returned
home without voting. The first birth in Centropolis Township was that of
Sarah C. Hughes, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. I. C. Hughes, March 22, 1855;
the first marriage that of Edwin Fusman to Mrs, Nancy Leverton, about April
+ sett and the first death that of Mrs. William E. Crum in the winter of
1855-6,

Some time early in 1855, J. M. Bernard opened a store on his quarter sec-
tion,and on the 3d of March was appointed Postmaster, the postoffice being ap-
propriately named after him, St. Bernard. The people thenceforth obtained
their mail at St. Bernard instead of at Kansas City, until 1858, when a post-
office was established at Minneola. J. M. Bernard being a Pro-slavery man,
the Missouri Legislature of Kansas Territory in 1855, located the county seat
at St. Bernard. The town, however, never either grew or prospered, and was
at last extinguished by araid on Mr. Bernard by Free-state men to'whom he
had become very obnoxious. When Mr. Bernard was gone there was nothing
left of the town, Noattempt has ever been made to revive it.

In 1855 Perry Fuller built a frame store on the present site of Centropolis,
for the purpose mainly of trading with the Indians. A town company was
formed the following year, and a thriving settlement grew up here.

The first settlers in Franklin Township, in the northeast corner of the
county, so far as we can learn, were Witlask Thornbrough and Lewis Reed,
who settled’on Walnut Creek, in 1856. Inthe early part of 1857 Dr. I. Pile
located there, also Nathan Mowry, a Mr. Phillips, George E. Sweetzer and Mr.
Armstrong. During the same year a large number of squatters made claims as
agents of speculators. In time, however, the whole township was taken up by
bona fide settlers, and is now thoroughly settled, there being but one vacant
quartersection.

The settlement of the southern part of Franklin County was greatly re-
tarded for some years by the purchase of the land by speculators, who persist-
ently held it at prices above the means of the majority of those desiring land
for settlement.

The first settler in what is now Ohio Township, is believed to have been

“Thomas Ivy, who located on upper Middle creek in 1855. During the same
year the following heads of families had selected claims upon the stream:
Judge Merritt, James Carter, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Epperson,
Jacob Bolman, William Agnew, D. R. Ricker, Hiram Howard and Calvin
Randall. ,

In 1857 the lands came into market and a large immigration set in,
mainly from Ohio. Among those who came were John Deitrich, Wm. Fugate,

. Joseph Smith, John E, Baer, Thomas, Ezekiel and Emanuel Jenkins, P. P, El-

der, W. E. Kibbie, John Hendricks, J. W. Iliff, D.C. Wetherwax, Abram
Shanks, Benjamin Briggs, B. C. Sanford, J. H. Cook, A. R. Morton, Reuben
Painter, David Baer, John Baer, William Servatus, Robert Cowder, William A.
Morton, James Carl, and Mrs. Johnson, all Free-state but the first two, In
1858, William Nightingale and James McFaddin, Pro-slavery, moved in from
Missouri. .

In 1837 the Pottawatomie Indians were removed to a tract of land on this
creek in the southeast part of the county, which has since been known by their
name. In 1847-48 they were removed to Pottawatomie County, and this part
of Franklin County, a few years afterwards, was thrown open to settlement.
The first settlers who came in were' two brothers, Henry and William Sherman,
Germans. Henry was afterwards known as “Dutch Henry,” and the crossing
of Pottawatomie Creek near his place’as “ Dutch Henry’s Crossing.”

In 1854 a few settlers came to this locality, whose names have since become
historic: Allen Wilkinson, James P. Doyle and his family, including three
sons named Drury, William and John, and also Rev. David Baldwin. In 1855
the following, among others, came to Pottawatomie Township : Joshua Baker;
Robert, David and Daniel Sturgen ; John Blunt, Sr. (father of Gen Blunt), El-
dridge and John S. Blunt, David Watt, William and George Partridge, John
Boutcher, J: A. B. White, and the, Kilbourn family. In 1856 the following
pioneers came: Judge James Hanway and histwosons, John S. and Brougham,
William, Ward and Robert Hodson, Robert Hamilton, Capt. J.G. Reese, John
Y. Verkes, John Powell, William and James Fitten, William H. Ambrose and
L. Dunham. In 1858 came Samuel, Asa and Dr. Holiday, Barton Needham

and John White
THE POTTAWATOMIE RIFLE COMPANY.

In 1886 the Pottawatomie Rifle Company was organized by settlers in the
Pottawatomie valley. It was composed exclusively of Free-state men, about
one hundred in number, John Brown, Jr., Captain. The object in view in
organizing the company was to protect the Free-state men against the Mis-
souri border ruffians, and to resist the enforcement of what was known as the
“ bogus laws” to wit, the laws passed by the Pro-slavery legislature. An inci-
dent will illustrate their mode of operating. At the election of March 30,
1855, at which time there were about fifty legal voters in the district, most of
whom, however, stayed away from the polls, 199 votes were cast, principally by
residents of Missouri. This was exasperating to the Free-state men, as by

_ similar frauds, perpetrated on the same day, the Missouri Legislature of Kan-

sas, which enacted the ‘‘ bogus laws,” had been elected. A short time after the
organization of the Pottawatomie Rifle Company, Judge Cato’s court was in
session at Henry Sherman’s house. In order to ascertain what was to be the
attitude of the judiciary in regard to the enforcement of the “bogus laws,” the
Pottawatomie Rifle Company proceeded to Judge Cato’s court, and stacking
their arms near ‘‘ Old John Brown’s Cabin,” approached the house in which
court was being held. The Tudge was delivering his charge to the jury. At

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the conclusion of the charge, they became satisfied it was the design to enforce
the obnoxious laws. To satisfy themselves still further, they handed a paper
to Judge Cato, upon which the following words were written: “We, the
citizens of this part of the Territory would thank the court to state, if he in-
tended in his charge to the jury, to be understood as recognizing and enforcing
the laws passed at the Shawnee Mission.” After reading the paper, the Judge
threw it aside, and excitedly replied, that ‘‘ the court could not permit itself to
be interfered with by outside parties.”

Capt. Brown thereupon cried out to his men in a loud voice, “‘ The Potta-
watomie Rifle Company will assemble on the parade ground!” This order
was enough for Judge Cato, and the next morning, court, jury and sheriff were
all making the best possible time towards Lecompton. It was about the same
time or shortly afterwards, that near the postoffice—then called Shermanville,
after Henry Sherman—Poindexter Manace was brutally flogged with ox-whips
in the hands of ruffians, under the command of Capt. Mitchel], one of Col.
Buford’s gang. Mr. Manace was considerably advanced in years, and entirely
inoffensive. He was accosted by Capt. Mitchell, with ‘‘ What paper do you
take?” Mr. Manace taking a copy of his paper from his pocket, replied “The
New York Zvibune, and I consider it a very good paper.” At this remark
Capt, Mitchell saidit ‘‘wasa d d abolition sheet, an incendiary publication,
and ought tobe burnt.” At this moment one of Capt. Mitchell’s party knocked
‘Mr. Manace down with a heavy ox-whip, and while he was prostrate upon the
ground, other ruffians joined in and punished him severely for being a Free-

~state man and a reader of the New York 77ibune,

This outrage caused considerable excitement in the neighborhood. The
rifle company met next day, and the meeting was attended by more than the
usual number. As a consequence the report spread that the abolitionists were
preparing to retaliate on Capt. Mitchell and his associates, for their brutal
outrage on old Mr, Manace. The next morning Mitchell and his Georgians
had left the neighborhood, to the great joy of the Freesstate men.

 

THE POTTAWATOMIE MASSACRE,

By the “ Pottawatomie Massacre” is meant the killing of James P. Doyle,
and his two sons,—Drury and William Doyle—Allen Wilkinson and William
Sherman, by John Brown and:a party of men under his command. The
massacre occurred on the night of the 24th and morning of the 25th of May,
1856, not far above the junction of Mosquito Creek with the Pottawatomie,
The object of the massacre was to protect the Free-state settlers, by terrorizing
in the most effectual manner the Pro-slavery men, settlers and non-settlers.

For the truth of history it is important that the facts connected with this
massacre, concerning which there has been so much controversy, and to which
attaches a peculiar interest, should be obtained as nearly as practicable. To
this purpose we obtained on August 3, 1882, in the presence of John Hanway,
one of the sons of Hon, James Hanway, the following statement from James
Townsley, the only surviving, communicative, eye-witness of the tragedy : *

“T joined the Pottawatomie Rifle Company at its re-organization, in May,
1856, At that time, John Brown, Jr., was elected Captain. On the 21st of this
month, Lawrence was sacked bya Pro-slavery mob, under Sheriff Jones, and
on the day of the sacking, information was received that a movement to that
end was in progress. The company was hastily called together, and a forced
march to aid ir its defense immediately determined upon. We started about
four o’clock in the afternoon. About two miles south of Middle Creek, the
Osawatomie company, under Captain Dayton, joined us. Upon arriving at
Mount Vernon, we halted for two hours, until the rising of the moon. After
marching the rest of the night, we went into camp, near the house of John T.
Jones, for breakfast. Just before reaching this place, we learned that Lawrence
had been destroyed the day before, and the question arose whether we should
goon orreturn, It was decided to go on, and we proceeded up Ottawa Creek
to within about five miles of Palmyra. We remained in camp undecided over
night, and until noon of the next day. About this time, Owen Brown, and a
little later, old John Brown himself, came to me and said information had just
been received that trouble was expected on the Pottawatomie., The old man
asked me if I would go with my team and take him and his boys down there,
so that they could watch what was going on. I replied that I would do so, my
reason being that my family was then living on the Pottawatomie, in Anderson
County, about one mile west of Greeley. Making ready for the tripas quickly
as possible, we started about two o’clock in the afternoon. The party consisted
of old John Brown, and four of his sons—Frederick, Oliver, Owen and Watson
—Henry Thompson, his son-in-law, Mr. Winerand myself. Winer rode a pony ;
all the rest rode in the wagon with me. We camped that night between two
deep ravines about one mile above Dutch Henry’s crossing.

After supper, John Brown first revealed to me the purpose of the expedi-
tion. He said it was to sweep the Pottawatomieof all Pro-slavery men living on
zt, To this end he desired me to guide the company some five or six miles up
to the forks of the creek, into the neighborhood where I lived, and point out to
him on the way up, the residences of all the Pro-slavery men, so that on the
way down, he might carry out his design. Horrified at his purpose, I positively
refused to comply with his request, saying that I could not take men out of their
beds and kill them in that way. Brown said, ‘Why, won’t you fight your ene-
mies.’ To which I replied, ‘I have no enemiesI can kill in that way.’ Failing
to prevail upon me, he decided to postpone the expedition until the following
night, when they would go, as the old man himself said, where they knew Pro-
slavery men to be. I then proposed to him that he take his things out of my
wagon and allow me to go home; to which he replied, that, ‘I could not go,
that I must stay with them; there was no other way of getting along.’ We re-
mained in camp that night and all the nextday. During the morning of this
day, the 24th, I tried to dissuade him and his boys from carrying out the expe-

 

*This statement is essentially the same as that made by him to Judge Hanway, which
was published several years since, and is corroborative testimony rather than new, as Mr.
Townsley reiterates and affirms the truth of his former statement, with what modifications
and additions he might choose to make,
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dition, and to this end talked a great deal. Brown said it was necessary to
‘ strike terror into the hearts of the Pro-slavery party,’ and taking out his revol-
ver, said to me, ‘Shut up! You are trying to discourage my boys. oe men
tell no tales.’ From the last remark, I inferred that I must henceforth keep
still or suffer the consequences. Shortly afterward I stepped down into the
ravine, when Owen Brown and Henry Thompson each picked up his rifle and,
without saying a word, walked down the banks of the ravine on either side of
‘When I returned. they returned. But little more was said during the
ay.

Sometime after dark we were ordered to march, and went northward,
crossing Mosquito Creek above the residence of the Doyles. Soon after cross-
ing the creek, one of the party knocked at the door of a cabin, but received no
reply. I donot know whose cabiu it was. We next came to the residence of
the Doyles. John Brown, three of his sons and son-in-law, went to the door,
leaving Frederick Brown, Winer and myself a short distance away, ostensibly to
see that no one escaped from the house, but really, as I believe, that Brown and
Winer might act as guard over me. About this time a large dog attacked us.
Frederick Brown struck the dog with his short two-edged sword, after which I
struck him, also, with my saber. I do not know whether or not the dog was
killed, but we heard no more of him.

The old man Doyle and his sons were ordered to come out. This order
they did not immediately obey, the old man being heard instead to call for his
gun. At this moment Henry Thompson threw into the house some rolls or
balls of hay in which during the day wet gunpowder had been mixed, setting
fire to them as he threw them in. This stratagem had the desired effect. The
old man and his sons came out, and were marched about one-quarter of a mile
in the road toward Dutch Henry’s crossing, where a halt was made. Here old
Fohn Brown drew his revolver and shot old man Doylein the forehead, killing
him instantly; and Brown’s two youngest sons immediately fell upon the
younger Doyles with their short two-edged swords. One of the young Doyles
was quickly dispatched; the other, attempting to escape, was pursued a short
distance and cut down also. We then went down Mosquito Creek, to the house
of Allen Wilkinson. Here, as at the Doyle residence, old John Brown, three
sons, and son-in-law, went to the door and ordered Wilkinson out, leaving
Frederick Brown, Winer and myselfin the road a little distance east of the
house. Wilkinson was marched a short distance south and killed by one of the
young Browns with his short sword, after which his body was dragged to one
side and left lying by the side of the road. :

We then crossed the Pottawatomie and went to Dutch Henry’s house.
Here, as at the other two houses, Frederick Brown Winer and myself were left
outside a short distance from the door, while old man Brown, three sons and
son-in-law went into the house and brought out one or two persons with them.
After talking with them some time they took them back into the house, and
brought out William Sherman, Dutch Henry’s brother. and marched him down

into Pottawatomie creek, where John Brown’s two youngest sons slew him with.

their short swords, as in the former instances, and left his body lying in the
creek.

It was Brown's intention to kill Dutch Henry, also, had he been found at

"home, as well as George Wilson, Probate Judge of Anderson County, had he
been found at Dutch Henry’s house, as it was hoped he would be.

The killing was done with swords in order to avoid alarming the neighbor-
hood by the discharge of firearms. What mutilation appeared upon the bodies
was consequent upon the manner in which the men were killed.

I did not then approve of the killing of those men, but Brown said it
must be done for the protection of the Free-state settlers ; that it was better that a
score of bad men should die than that one Free-state man should be driven out.
It was my refusal to pilot the party into the neighborhood where I lived that
caused us to remain in camp all night, May 23, and all day May 24. I told
him I was willing to go to Lecompton and attack the leaders, or to fight the
enemy anywhere in open field, but that I could not kill the men in that way,
The deeds of that night are indelibly stamped upon my memory.

In after years my opinion changed as tothe wisdom of the massacre. I
became, and am, satisfied that it resulted in good to the Free-state cause, and
was especially beneficial to the Free-state settlers on Pottowatomie Creek.
The Pro-slavery men were dreadfully terrified, and large numbers of them
soon left the Territory. It was afterward said that one Free-state man could
scare a company of them.

Immediately after the killing of William Sherman, the two sons of Brown
who had done all the killing, except the shooting of the old man Doyle,
washed their swords in Pottawatomie Creek. I did not wash my sword, hav-
ing donenothing with it but strike the dog.

Soon after midnight we went back to where my team and the other things
had been left, and remained there in camp until the next afternoon, Just be-
fore daylight Owen Brown came to me and said‘ There shall be no more
such work as that.’

In the afternoon we started back to join the Pottawatomie company under
John Brown, Jr. We reached them about midnight, in camp near Ottawa
Jones’ place. When daylight had come, some members of the company notic-
ing the blood and hair upon my sword, picked it up, and after examining it.
remarked, ‘There is no human blood upon that saber!’ This was the end of
the expedition.”

As to old John Brown's connection with this affair, thereis, without James
Townsley’s statement, abundant evidence, although he himself may, at certain
times, have positively denied it, as Redpath and Sanborn in their lives of him
state that he didrepeatedly, At other times when interrogated in regard to it,

he said, ‘I never shed the blood of a fellow man except in self-defence,
or in promotion of a righteous cause.” Ina speech at Cleveland, Ohio, March
22, 1859. he said he “hadnever killed anybody, although on some occasions he
had shown the young men with him how some things might be done as well as
others,azd ¢hey had done the business.” Hon. James Hanway,who was a member
of the Pottawatomie Rifle Company unde: Capt. John Brown, Jr., and present

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

with the company at the time old John Brown, with his party of seven men,
started off on his-Pottawatomie expedition, wrote a letter under date of March
12, 1860, to James Redpath, from which we quote:

“ They started in the afternoon, and ¢hree cheers were given to the success of
Capt. Brown and his men, Now,sir, what Iam going to relate to you I have never
mentioned to but one man living, and that is, one of the party made a proposi-
tion to me to join the company, and also, gave me such information in. regard
to their contemplated enterprise as to satisfy my mind that they were the chief
actors in the Pottawatomie tragedy.”

Ina letter published in the Kansas Monthly, for January, 1880, Judge
Hanway wrote: “I ventured to approach one of the eight; and from him I
learned the programme contemplated. In fact I received an invitation to be
one of the party, and being unwilling to consent before I learned the object, I
was made acquainted with the object of the expedition; it shocked me,” etc.

Judge Hanway also says, in his letter to Redpath, that after the return of
the party, ‘‘That portion of the company who resided near the Shermans on
Pottawatomie Creek recognized several horses which belonged to the ruffians,
and several of our men remarked that they hoped they would not take them
(the horses) in the neighborhood of Osawatomie, because they were well known.

A few days after the massacre two of Judge Hanway’s neighbors, Dr. Gil-
patrick and Elbridge Blunt, called on him and made particular inquiries “about
the dress of old John Brown—his leather cravat, light coat,” etc., etc. These
neighbors had started for Kansas City on the morning after the massacre, and
had called at Wilkinson’s for their mail, he being Postmaster. Mrs. Wilkinson
was sick in bed, and told them she feared her husband had been killed. She
also gave them a description of the ‘‘old man who appeared to be the leader of
the party’ who had taken her husband out of the house during the night. His
dress was also described by other women and men at Sherman, and in sum-
ming this part of the testimony up Judge Hanway says: “All I have to say is
that my recollection is that it agreed precisely with that worn by John Brown,
Sr. Of this there is no doubt.”

There can be no doubt that old John Brown was the leader of the party
that committed the Pottawatomie massacre. That he, with his own hand, shot
James P. Doyle seems almost equally well established. James Townsley has em-
phatically testified to it, over and over again. Brown habitually carried a re-
volver, and was too brave and consistent a man to influence other men, espe-
cially his own sons, to do what he would not do himself. He believed it was a
step necessary to prevent a similar massacre of the Free-state settlers by their
Pro-slavery neighbors, and that it was only a question as to who should strike
the first blow. At the time the blow was struck opinion was divided even
among the Free-state men as toits necessity, but as time has passed the numbers
of those living in the immediate neighborhood who approve of it has increased.

The question as to whether it was justifiable depends primarily on its ne-
cessity. And its necessity depends on whether there was a conspiracy among
the Pro-slavery settlers to massacre the Free-state men.

James Townsley says that George Wilson, whom Brown hoped to find and’
killat Dutch Henry’s, ‘‘ had been. notifying Free-state men to leave the Terri-
tory. He had received such a notice from him himself.”

Judge Hanway, in the same letter from which we have already quoted says:
“I was personally acquainted with the Doyles, Wilkinson and Sirerman andam
fully satisfied, as everybody else is, who lived on the creek in 1856, that @ dase
conspiracy was on foot to drive out, burn and kill; in a word, the Pottawatomie
Creek from its mouth to its fountain head was to be cleared of every man,woman
and child who was for Kansas being a free State.”

“I will give one item which has never been published. When the party
called at the house of the Shermans, Mrs. Harris, who was living there, com-
menced getting breakfast, believing the party that had arrived were friends who
were expected from Missourito carry out the Border Ruffian plan of clearing
the creek of Abolitionists. This important fact alone is evidence that John
Brown was correct in his predictions, This evidence came-through a moderate
Pro-slavery man, who was astonished to learn that such a plan was under con-
sideration ;

“Threats were made to various persons: ’Squire Morse, John Grant and
his family, Mr. Winer and others,

“Old John Brown was at my house at various times in 1858, He asked
me how the people on the creek regarded the killing of Sherman and the others
at that time. My remark was that ‘I did not know of a settler of ’56 but what
regarded it as amongst the most fortunate events in the history of Kansas—
that this event saved the lives of the Free-state men on the creek—that those
who did the act were looked upon as deliverers’

“ The old man said, ' The first shock frightened the Free-state men almost
as much as the ruffians, but I knew that when the facts were understood a re-
action would take place. If the killing of these men was murder,then I was an
accessory.’ The remark dia not surprise me, because I had heard his brother-
in law, Rev. S. L, Adair, say that the old man had said the same to him,

“Take in connection the fact of John Brownrunning into the Border Ruffian
camp witb his surveying instruments, and there hearing the plans on foot to
drive out or exterminate the settlers on the creek, and I think we have sufficient
reason to believe that our lives were in danger, and that John Brown and his lit-
tle band saved us from premature graves.”

In summing up this whole matter, it may be said that although, possibly,
the details of the massacre as they occurred may not have been brought to light,
or, in other words, although possibly we may not know which particular indi-
vidual of old John Brown’s party killed, which particular individual of the Pot-
tawatomie victims, yet it must be considered established that John Brown, Sr.’s,
party of eight men, including himself, killed the three Doyles, Allen, Wilkin-
son, and William Sherman, on the night of May 24, 1856, in a determined and
remorseless manner; that whether or not old John Brown, with his own hand,
shot old Mr. Doyle, it is established that he did lead the party from near
“Ottawa” Jones’ place to the Pottawatomie valley, with the definite and dis-
tinct design of murdering as many as ‘‘necessary” of the Proeslavery men living

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therein, and that he was not only present at, but commanded, the murdering
of each of the five miserable victims. is brain may not have conceived the plan
originally, and he may have been only the instrument selected by others; but
his brain conceived the method of the execution of the plan.

Time will test the truth of Mr. Townsley’s statement. It is corroborated
now in some particulars. That there was shooting was testified to under oath
by Mrs. Doyle, who said she heard two pistol shots, and by John Doyle, who
was spared on account of his youth, who said he saw a bullet-hole in his father’s
forehead. Knowles Shaw, who assisted in the burial of the mangled remains,
corroborates the statement of Mr. Townsley as to the places where the killing
was done, andalso as to the killing of thedog. This is as far as we can now go.
What has not been told, or told untruthfully, time will doubtless divulge.

The immediate cause of old John Brown’s starting off “on the war path,”
at that particular time, was that Major H. H. Williams had that day brought
the information to the camp of the Pottawatomie Rifle Company that ‘trouble
was expected on the Pottawatomie.” ’Squire Morse kept a little store on the
creek, and furnished, among other things, gunpowder to the Free-state men.
Morse had received notice to leave the Territory within three days, or take the
consequences of remaining, one of the charges against him being that of
‘smuggling in” gunpowder. He was very much frightened, and in fact white
with fear, when Major Williams saw him that morning, and he asked of the
Major what he should do, After giving ’Squire Morse the best advice he could
as to where to go for protection, the Major rode over to the company, with the
result already detailed,

The John Brown writers, as they may, not inappropriately, be styled, as
Redpath, Sanborn, Hinton, and Webb, for a long time strenuously contended
that he was not present at the tragedy; was in fact twenty-five miles away, and
was not at all cognizant of it until after it had been committed, basing their
argument on his own statements to that effect, and on the assumption that
“ John Brown was incapable of telling a falsehood.”

That he was present and did in fact command the murderers when they were
committing the murders, is now established and admitted by them. They still,
however, contend quite as strenuously that John Brown did not himself kill
anybody, basing their conclusion on the same argument as before; viz: John
Brown says he did not kill any one, and he is incapable of telling a falsehood;
therefore, etc. If it should some time be established beyond cavil that he did
actually kill some one of the five, his especial admirers will then say, as they do
now, in regard to his presence there, that they did not understand him, when
they understood him to say he did not kill anybody.

But why this studied and persistent attempt to defend him against the charge
of having shot old Mr. Doyle with his own hand? He himself frequently ad-
mitted that he “ approved ” of it, that he ‘‘endorsed” it, that ‘if it was murder
he Was not innocent,” ‘‘that he was an accessory;” and he even said to Col.
Samuel Walker, now living in Lawrence, that he ‘‘ was in commandof the party
and ordered the execution.” Is it so much worse to kill one, than to be present
at and order the killing of five? Or is it so much worse to lie than to murder ?
If so, then assuredly it is pressingly incumbent upon educators to introduce a
new system of ethicsinto our schools,

Henry Sherman was killed in March, 1857, whiletraveling the public high-
way, by two Freestate men. This murder was entirely inexcusable. For
although “‘ Dutch Henry” had done his full share of threatening Freestate
men, the time had now arrived when, on account of the thousands of Free-state
emigrants that were pouring into the Territory, he had ceased to be regarded
as dangerous to them or their rights. Private malice prompted the deed.

“ JOHN BROWN’S CABIN.”

This famous cabin was located one mile southwest of Lane Postoffice, in
this county, on the northwest quarter of Section 4, Township 19, Range 21. It
was built by Judge James Hanway in 1857, for pre-emption purposes, and was
occupied by himself and family about two years. It was made of oak, hickory
and walnut logs, was chinked and daubed, had floor, doors and windows, and
was withal a very comfortable cabin.

During the years 1857-58, John Brown was accustomed to visit Judge
Hanway’s family, then living in it, and-it was here he wrote his “ Parallels,”
published in the Lawrence Republican and New York 7ribune. Anderson, Kagi
and others who fell at Harper’s Ferry, often found an asylum in it, as did also
Col. Montgomery and his men, when pursued by Gen. Harney.

It was in a cabin about four miles southwest from Lane, owned by Charles
Severns, that John Brown successfully secreted eleven fugitive slaves for a full
month, when the whole country was filled with hunters in pursuit.

Old Jolin Brown never owned the Hanway cabin, nor professed to own it,
and never occupied it, save as a visitor or guest. -It was photographed by A.
W. Baker, of Ottawa, and by him named ‘‘ John Brown’s Cabin.” Being thus
named, the photograph of it met with immense sale all over the United States.

John Brown never owned a cabin in Kansas; but he erected one on con-
tract for Orson Day, a brother of his last wife, in the winter of 1855-56. This
cabin is located one and a half miles west of Rantoul, Franklin County.

THE FIRST FREE-STATE LEGISLATURE.

A Mass Convention was held at Centropolis, August 14, 1857. Similar
conventions were held at different places in the Territory during the same
summer and early fall. The question in each convention was whether the Free-
state men should take part in the election to be held October 5, of that year.
They believed it to be of vital importance to the people of Kansas that its
government should be controlled by the dona fide citizens of the Territory, in-
stead of as heretofore, by the citizens of Missouri. . They also believed that in
a fair election they could outvote the Pro-slavery residents of the Territory.
And as Governor Walker had repeatedly pledged himself that a full and fair
vote should be had before impartial judges, they agreed to participate in the
election, At that election the majority of the Free-state party, on delegate to

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Congress was 4,089, and they elected a majority of the members of the Territorial
Legislature, thus for the first time obtaining control of theirown government. It
was at this time that the short-lived town of Minneola came into existence. Le-
compton had too many Pro-slavery associations connected with it to be satis-
factory to the Free-state Legislature as a capital; hence although compelled
by law to meet there, they invariably adjourned each year for three years to
Lawrence to hold their sessions. The location at Centropolis not being any
more satisfactory than the associations connected with Lecompton, the idea
was conceived at Lawrence of starting Minneola. Perry Fuller was the lead-
ing spirit in the enterprise. He said that nine quarter sections of land, or
1,440 acres, lying one mile east of Centropolis, in a beautiful location, could be
secured for $3,131. This land belonged to the following parties: Charles L,
Robbins, Wm. E. Crum, Samuel T, Shore, Wm. Mewhinney, Terry Critch.
field, Joab M, Bernard, Frederick Ruch and two others. These men were will
ing to throw their interests into a town site, on condition of being made share
holders in the town company. The total cost of the land including attorney’s-
fees, building of necessary houses, filing plat, and conveyancing, amounted to
$3,700, A large number of people were desirous of becoming stockholders in
the town company, which when organized consisted of the following members,
those in italics being members of the Legislature: &. Gilpatrickh, James G.
Blunt, Jacob G. Reese, Gideon Seymour, Fohn Curtis, P,P. Orr, A. Barry,
C. Columbia, Henry Owens, Calvin Smith, Robert B. Mitchell, A. T. Stile,
Hivam Appleman, George H. Keller, Samuel Stewart, C. Graham, Wm. Pen-
nock, S. 8. Cooper, E. Learnard, B. H. Weir, James S. Emery, Robert
Morrow, G. DanfordS. B. Prentice, S.C. Russell, Terry Critchfield, Ralph
Mayfield, William Y. Roberts, William McClure, E. St. John, ¥. G. Patrick,
Daniel Sibbett, John Wright, H. Miles Moore, Augustus Wattles, Oliver
Barber, A. A. Famison, C. F. Currier, Joel K. Goodin, Hugh S, Walsh,
Gaius Jenkins, John Mann, A. J. Shannon, Edward S. Nash, Fohn P. Hatter-
sheit, R, G. Elliott, George Ford, Lyman Allen, A. R. Morton, J. A. Marcell,
C. L. Robbins, William E. Crum, Joab M. Bernard, Perry Fuller, John Good-
all, C. W. Babcock, O. A. Bassett, G. W. Deiteler, S. W. Eldridge, Charles
Robinson, Asa Reynard, T. Sampson, S. Stewart, John Speer, Charles Fenkins,
A. F. Mead, E. W. Morrill, Thomas McCage, 4A. G. Patrick and M. J.
Parrott.

The name, Minneola, was suggested by E. N. Morrill.. At the time the
organization of the Minneola Town Company was effected, the Legislature, in
session at Lawrence, passed an act under date of February 10, 1858, making
Minneola the capital of the Territory. One half-section was entered as the
town site, the rest of the nine quarter-sections were deeded to the Town Com-
pany, the grantors receiving Town Company stock in exchange. . Money was
raised by assessments and by mortgage; buildings erected, including a hotel,
and a hall in which the sessions of the Legislature were to be held, the hotel
costing about $8,000 and the hall about $1,500, and all in less than six weeks.
These men were in earnest about making Minneola the capital of the Terri-
tory and State-to-be. Ex-Judge Bassett was made secretary and surveyor, and
Perry Fuller, business manager. The same Legislature that made Minnecla
the capital, made provision for numerous railroads, all centering there. Maps
and bird’s eye views were made, representing this to be the case. Town lots in
the choicest locations were sold at exorbitant prices. Everything seemed to
betoken a brilliant future for the town. But ‘‘the best laid plans of mice and
men gang aft’ aglee.” The Territorial officers refused to move the substantial
portions of the government to Minneola. The legality of the act making that
town the capital was called in question, and being referred to the Attorney-
General of the United States, was by him declared to be in violation of the
Organic Act. In the meantime the Legislature had provided for a Constitu-
tional Convention to bz held at Minneola. This convention assembled March
23, 1858; James H. Lane was elected President of the Convention, and
Samuel F. Tappan, Clerk. There were seventy-two delegates present. In
order to dampen the hopes of Minneola and reduce her chances for becoming
the capital, soon after the convention was called to order, a motion was made
to adjourn. The contest over this motion lasted all day and until early in the
morning of the 24th, when the convention adjourned to Leavenworth, reas-
sembling. there on the evening of the 25th.

Failing to become the capital, Minneola soon began to decline, and the
town site is now divided up intofarms. The delegates to this convention from
Franklin County, were Joel K. Goodin and Jacob G. Reese.

HORSE THIEVES,

In 1858, a number of horses were stolen in the county. Suspicion fell on
two men named Shaw and Johnson, and finally their guilt became sufficiently
evident to warrant an arrest. They were taken toa house on upper Middle
Creek, tried by a “ Squatters’ Court,” and sentenced to be hanged. A party
headed by P. P. Elder came up from Ohio City to prevent the hanging, if pos-
sible, and succeeded for a time in saving the lives of the condemned. But at
night they were taken past the Sac and Fox Agencies to an island in the Marais
des Cygnes and hanged to a tree. This was a serious blow to the business of
horse-stealing in that part of the country.

In 1863, an organization, distinguished by the name of the “ Red Heads,”
existed in Missouri. They plundered and murdered Unionists and Rebels in-
discriminately. Mutual attempts were made to capture them, and they were at
length driven into. Kansas, locating in different parts of the State. In January,
1864, one of their number, James Bailey, went from Lawrence to Ohio City,
and went to work for John Hendricks. He also became mail carrier. At this
time, James Fitton was County Treasurer, and H. F. Sheldon, Register of
Deeds. Each had a key to the county safe, One morning in the latter part of
February, Bailey was missing, as was also a horse belonging to Hendricks, his
employer. It was also found that the safe had been opened, considerable money
stolen as well as some valuable papers, and Mr. Sheldon’s key to the safe could
not be found. While no suspicions were attached to Mr. Sheldon, yet, fearing
such might be the case unless the thief were caught, he adopted the most
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vigorous measures for the capture and return of Bailey, the suspected criminal.
Sheldon pursued, and captured him at Gasconade, Mo. Upon arriving at Jef-
ferson City, the prisoner was placed under guard, while Sheldon returned to a
railroad cut, in passing through which he had seen Bailey throw something out
of the car window. Here he found some $300 of the amount stolen, and some
of the papers. Bailey, after again escaping, and being recaptured, was taken to
Lawrence, where he was induced to confess belonging to the ‘Red Heads,”
and to give information which fastened upon them the guilt of numerous other
thefts in the county and vicinity, and which led to the breaking up of all their
many bands. Among those exposed by Bailey, were the old man Stevens and his
two sons, living near Stanton, Miami County, who had committed several thefts.
It transpired that the three had stolen a pair of mules belonging to a Mr. Tul-
loss, of Peoria Township, and one of the boys had stolen a span of horses from
a Mr. Roberts, and sold them at Fort Scott for $400. Upon his return he had
accepted from Mr. Roberts $25 to assist in finding and capturing the thief.
The mules had been taken to Leavenworth by the elder brother.

On the night that these developments were made, the father and younger
son were arrested by eighty-three citizens of the neighborhood, and hanged to
atree. The older brother was captured by the Sheriff, C. L. Robbins, and
taken to Ohio City. On the night of his arrival, he was taken to the woods by
about sixty of the citizens, and likewise hanged to a tree. These summary
proceedings had a tendency to discourage horse-stealing again for a time.

Through the confessions of Bailey and Stevens, the-leader of the whole
gang of “‘ Red Heads” was apprehended and captured. AY the time of his
capture he was playing the 7é/e of a Methodist minister, leading a camp meet-
ing in Jefferson County. He and four others were hanged within a mile of the
camp-meeting grounds. Bailey hanged himself in the Lawrence jail.

All the money stolen from the county safe was recovered, except about
$275. Mr. Sheldon was exonerated from all blame in connection with the af-
fair, ex-Gov. Wilson Shannon giving it as his opinion that reasonable care had
‘been exercised by him in protecting the county’s property, which was all the
law required.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY SEAT TROUBLES,

Franklin County was organized in 1855, and named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the
illustrious American philosopher. A partial set of officers was appointed by the Governor,
and in 1857 an election was held and a full set of officers chosen. Part of them declined to
qualify, and in the spring of 1858 the vacancies were filled. The first officers of the county
were as follows: Commissioners—J. A. Marcell, Wm. Thornbrough and John F. Javens;
J. A. Marcell being also Probete Judge; Clerk, Robt.Cowdin; Treasurer, T. J. Mewhinney;
Sheriff, C. L. Robbins; Prosecuting Attorney, P P. Elder; Register of Deeds, Wm. Austin;
Coroner, John Bingham. On March 15, 1858, the Commissioners at their meeting divided
the county into six townships, as follows: Centropolis, Chippewa, Ohio, Ottawa, Peoria and
Pottawatomie. Atthe first of the elections under the Wyandotte Constitution movement,
April 16, 1859, Franklin County cast ninety-one votes fora Constitution and one against
one, On the 7th of June, at the election for delegates to the Wyandotte Convention, Judge
James Hanway received 217 votes to'116 for Joab Tony. On October 4 following, Franklin
County cast 301 votes for the Wyandotte Constitution to111 againstit. Atthe election held
November 8, for delegate to Congress, Marcus J. Parrott, Republican candidate, received 265
votes to 172 for Saunders W. Johnson, Democratic candidate. Atthe same- election P. P.
Elder was elected to the Territorial Council, receiving 283 votes to 201 for Isaiah Pile, and
Henry Shively was elected to the House of Representatives by a vote of 221 to 216 votes for
John F. Javens. On November 6, 1860, James Hanway was elected to the House of Repre-
sentatives by 244 votes Lo 190 for all others,

Since Kansas has been a State Franklin County has had in the State Senate the follow-
ing citizens: P.P. Elder, Jacob G. Reese, D. M. Valentine, A. Wiley, P. P. Elder, N. Mer-
chant, A. M. Blair, W. L. Parkinson, J. P. Harris and A. W. Benson.

The following citizens of Franklin County have been members of the State House of
Representatives: . H. H. Lawrence, J. A. Marcell, D. M. Valentine, H. V. Beeson, G. W.
E. Griffith, Isaiah Pile, James W. Smith, Hugh A. Cook, James Heowaye Win. Pennogk, Ja-
cob G. Reese, William E. Kibbie, J. M, Loos, James N. Foster, H. P. Welch, T. C. Bowles,
John McClanahan, James Hanway, George T. Pierce, J. M. Loos, H. P. Welch, Wm. H.
Clark, Wm. H.Schofield, E. J. Nugent, Wm. Bateman, C. B. Mason, J. H. Harrison, P. P.
Elder, J. N. Foster, P, P. Elder, J. Dunnuck, R. E. Genness, P..P. Elder, James Robb, J. A.
Towle, GC. P. Crouch and W. B. Bass. Bie

The contests over the county seat have been numerous and exciting. It was first located
at St. Bernard by the Legislature in 1855. When St. Bernard became extinct, the county
seat was transferred to Minneola. An election was held March 26, 1860,to relocate it,at which
Ohio City received 248 votes, Peoria 206, and Minneola 182. No place having received a ma-
jority of the votes cast, another election was held April 16, 1860,-at which Peoria received
342 votes, and Ohio City 320, Then followed a contest between Peoriaand Minneola. The
latter place enjoined the removal of the records. A lawsuit followed, which Peoria won,
Minneola appealed to the County Court, and gained the decision. Peoria carried the case to
the Supreme Court of the Territory. Whilethe case was pending in the Court, the Terri-
torial Legislature passed an act re-gubmitting the whole matter to the people. This was on
January 21, 1861, three days afterthe Territory was admitted into the Union asa State.
The re-submitting of the question complicated matters to such an extent that Peoria had to
consultcounsel. Counsel opined thatthe Territorial Legislature had norightto pass any
law after the Territory becamea State, and advised pressing the matter in the Supreme

Jourt. The Supreme Court decided that as the Legislature had not been notified of the ad-
mission of the State Hate tie Union. its Hots were legals The case was therefore re-submit-
ted to the people and decided in favor o nneola,

The next Bieetion on the question was held March 25,1861. Ohio City received 243
votes; Peoria, 127; Centropolis, 98; Mount Vernon, 26; Minneola, 1. No place having
received a majority another election was necessary. This was held April 16, following.
Ohio City received 363 votes; Peoria, 37. Ohio City therefore became the county seat, and
soremained until after another election held August 1, 1864, decided the question in
favor of Ottawa. Atthis election Ottawa recelved 261 votes; Peoria, 40; Ohio City, 36, and
Centropolis, 1. Ottawa having a majority of the votes cast no other election was required.

FRANKLIN COUNTY IN THE WAR.

In the spring of 1861 there were 2,500 inhabitants in the county, scattered along the
northern and eastern borders, with a somewhat compact settlement a little south of the
center at Ohio City. The remainder of the county was given over to Indians on their
reservations, There was little village life, and no rallying points, and consequently those
whom patriotism impelled hastened to Lawrence and other near stations to enlist. Com-
pany D, of the Twelfth Infantry, was the only company wholly recruited in the county,  [t
was mustered September 25, 1862, and was officered by George W. Ashby, of Ohio Clty,
Captain; Henry Shively, near Stanton, First Lieutenant, and Alfred Johnson, of Peoria,
Second Lieutenant. But the county furnished, nevertheless, individuals or squads to almost
every regiment organized in the State, till there was hardly an able bodied man who was
not under arms. There were twenty enlisted men in the First Kansas Infantry and
about the same numberin the Second. These regiments participated in the bloody fight of
Wilson’s Creek, August 10, 1861, and the little town of Minneola alone lost in that

attle five men iuilteds The county also furnished sixteen men to the First Battery, a large
number to the Second Cavalry, and probably fifty to the Sixteenth Infantry. Less is known
in regard to the other regiments, and what little can be ascertained in any case is from
the fading recollections of survivors. The total enlistment and number of casualties and
deaths can only be rudely approximated, In October, 1864, Gov. Carney calied out the
State Militia to repel the invasion threatened by GeneralSterling Price. The Tenth Kan-
sas State Militia, among others, promptly responded tothe call. This regiment had been

recruited from Franklin and Anderson Counties. The regimental officers were William ~

of®Centropolis; Miles Morris, Lieutenant-Colonel, Garnett; A. Niley,
Fear eet a K. Goodin, Adjutant, Minneola; I. C. Hughes, Quarter Master, Min-
neola;’ Mr. F. Holiday, Surgeon, Lane. Company A, was from Centropolis and Minneola;
Companies © and D, from Peoria; Companies F and L, from Ottawa; Company G, from
Ohio City, and most of Company H, from Berea. There were no battles or s irmishes
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within the limits of the county.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

This Order, created in the interest of the agricultural class, and having for speci-
fic objects ‘‘ to develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood amon
them; to enhance the comforts and attractions of their homes, and to foster mutual
understanding and co-operation, ;” had its beginning in this county,in the organiza-
tion, February 14, 1873, of Franklin Grange No. 22, by J. A. Cramer, State Lecturer, This
Grange was in South Centropolis Towns Ip. and had for officers, W. S. Hanna, master;
G. G. Wharton, oversee: ; J. C. B. Wharton, lecturer, and M. Jenkins, secretary. Mr.Cramer
also organized, @ little later, Liberty Grange, Greenwoou Township; Ohio City Grange.
Ohio Township, and Wheatland Grange, Centropolis Township. Meanwhile, W. 8, Hanna, of
Franklin Grange, was promoted to county deputy,and pushed forward the work of organiza-
tion so energetically, that withina year there were thirty-three Granges in the county,
with a membership little short of onethousand. Mr, Hanna, now asubstantial farmer of
Ventropolis Towhship, as county deputy, state deputy, state chaplain and state lecturer,
successively, followed up the work three years, till he had visited seventy counties, lectured
in forty, and organized one hundred and forty (140) Granges. So rapid was the develop-
ment of this Order, Its decline, after a vigorous life of seven years, has been equally rapid,
till at date, there is scarcely an organization sustained inthe county. But the fruits ofthe
Grange have been neither transient nor insignificent. They are everywhere manifest in
the Breater consideration in which the agricultural community is held, in the more inde-
pendent bearing of farmers, and in their better acquaintance, not only with each other. but
with men and affairs generally. Fifteen years ago, it woul: have been difficult to find East
ov West,in any locality, so many farmers at ease in public meetings either in the chair,or in
debate on the floor, as are now to be found in thiscounty. The best features of the Grange
must in some form survive.

. SCHOOLS AND RAILROADS,

There are ninety school districts in the county, and eighty-nine schoolhouses. Accord-
ing to the census of 1881, there were 6 025 children between the ages of five and twenty-one;
4.543 enrolled, and 2,934 in average daily attendance, The number of teachers employed,
exclusive of the Ottawa public schools, 95; the average wages paid to male teachers was
$32.60; to females, $21.45. An advance in wages was made the next year, and a higher
standard of qualification required inthe teachers. The value of school sites and houses
was aE of furniture, $7,265; apparatus $1,537; and of books, $420; total value of school

roperty, 052.
e Ta 1881 the Franklin County Teachers’ Association adopted an eight years’ course of
study for distrfet schools. The highest studies for the eighth year are history, geography,
book-keeping, Frammar an arithinetic. The first class to graduate in this course in Frank-
lin County, graduated July 7, 1882, in district No. 41, W. A. Altman, teacher. The names of
pho Fadualee are Mary Lester, May Farnum, Agnes Farnum, Carrie Bohnet, Ella Gillett
an mma Gillett.

The first normal institute was held in 1874 by Prof. William Wheeler at the public
school building in Ottawa, There were about forty teachers in attendance.
1876 Prof. Wheeler conducted simirar institutes. In 1877 the first one was was held under
the present law, and each yor there have been 1n ajtendance about 150 teachers.

franklin County is well supplied with railroads. The Kansas City, Lawrence, Kansas &
Southern Kansas runs from north to south through the county. There is alsu aline operated.
by the same company,running from Ottawa, through Olathe, to Kansas City, fifty-five miles
distant. The Ottawa & Burliugton ruis southwesterly, from Ottawato Burlington in Coffey
County. The Leroy Branch of the Missouri Pacific runs from Osawatomie, Miami County,to
Ottawa, and the Kansas City & Emporia is in course of construction westward to Emporia.
The Missouri Pacific runs across the southeast corner of thecounty. , All these roads, ex-
cept the last, center in Ottawa, the county seat. . :

Railroad Bonds,—It may be questioned whether these roads would have been built with-
outlocal aid, 1t cannot be, whether they were. The first bond election was held Novem-
ber 6, 1866, on the question of voting $125,000 to the L. L, & G, Railroad, which was carried,
and the second was held September 23, 1867, on the question of raising the amount to $200, -
000. This was carried also on the condition that the cars were to be running to Ottawa by
January 1. 1868. The vote of Ottawa Township stood 425 forthe bonds, to twelve against.
All the other townships voted against the bonds by heavy majorities. Total vote for the
bonds was 533; against, 365. The road was completed to Ottawa, December 30, 1867. The
county had subscribed for and had received in payment for its bonds, $200,000 in stock of
the road. In 1869 the President of the road, James F. Joy, representing to the Commission-
ers that the only thing necessary ‘to secure the prosecution of the road,” was for the county
to surrender its stock, and the surrender of the stock was therefore made on the 19th of
July, that year, the county receiving in consideration of the surrender one hundred dollars
in cash, according to the county records.

n election was held April 6, 1869, on the Gueation of voting $100.000 in bonds to the
Kansas City & Santa Fe, on condition that $50,000 should be issued if the cars were running
to Ottawa by July 1, 1870, and $50,000 when they were running to the southern line of the
county. In this election those townships through or near which the road was to pass, voted
largely for the bonds, awhile those remote from the line voted largely against them. Otta-
wa’s vote was 504 for the bonds, to eight againstthem. The total vote of the county was
for them, ue against, 272. The road having been completed only to Ottawa, only $50,000
were issued.

On the 13th of September, 1870, an election was held on issuing $150,000 in bonds to
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, on certain couditions. Ottawa's vote in this case
was 662 for the bonds, to 24 against. The other townships followed the same rule as in the
rece ain case. Peoria stood 129 for, to 9 against; Pomona 25 for, to none against

he bonds. The total vote in the county for them 950 to 433 against. These bonds
were forfeited by the company failing to build the road.

n July 22, 1872, an election was held on issuing $50,000 to the Kansas City, Burlington
& Santa Fe, $100,000 to the Topeka, Ottawa « Fort Scott, and_$150,000 to Missouri, Kansas
& Texas. Ottawa voted 572 for the bonds, 30 againstthem. The total vote of the county
stood, for them, 1,032; against, 826. These bonds were all forfeited.

On April 15, 1879, an election was held on donating $20,000 in cash, and issuing $55,000
in bonds to the St. Louis, Kansas & Arizona Railroad, and subscribing for $55,000 of the
stock of the road, When the road was completed to Ottawa, the $20,000 in cash was to be

aid, and $25,000 in bonds issued, and the bonds Bald for by the delivery to the county of

25,000 of the stock, a like exchange of $10,000 when the road was completed through
the southeast part of the county, and also of $20,000 when the road_was completed to the
west line of the county, by way of Pomona, or within one mile of Centropolis. The main
line of this road was completed, and the Leroy branch to Ottawa, Subsequently the bonds
issued in accordance with this agreement were surrendered by the railroad company and
the stock by the county, and alsothe Pottawatomie township bonds, $12,000, voted at the
same time, for the same amount of stock held by that township. This exchange was made
November 22, 1880.

The Railroad Bonds at present outstanding against the county are 1st, $18,000 of the

first issue, of $200,000, upon which the interest has not been paid; interest seven per cent.

d, $238,600, upon which the Interest is six per cent, When the total railroad bonded in-
debtedness had amounted to $310,000, all but the $18,000 were refunded at eighty cents on
the dollar, and the interest reduced to six per cent.

GENERAL STATISTICS,

Some attention has been paid to the cultivation of artificial forests, and considerable to
the cultivation of fruit trees. For 1881, there were reported of honey locust trees, 11 acres;
of cottonwood, 14 acres; of walnut, 57 acres, and of maple, 75 acres, Of fruit trees the fol-
lowIng numbers were reported: Apple trees, bearing, 98,088, not bearing, 54,242; pear
trees, earlng, 2,462, not bearing, 5,852; peach trees, bearing, 79,947, not bearing, 26,082,
pine Frees: earing, 2,542, not bearing, 2,554; cherry, bearing, 23,722; not bearing,

There were reported for 1881, the following numbers of rods of the various kinds of
fence: Board, 38,536; rail, 128,163; stone, 82,203; hedge, 343,739; and of wire, 261.953.
In 1860, the population was 3,040; in 1870, 10,385; in 1875, 10,108; in 1878, 12,881; in
1880, 16,800; and in 1882, according to the Assessors’ returns, 16,491—divided among the
townships as follows: Appanoose, 865; Centropolis, 999; Cutler, 898: Greenwood, 7373
Hayes, 655; Harrison, 585; Ottawa, 892; Lincoln, 695; Franklin, 1,093; Ohio, 753; Peo-
Te OTS: Pottawatomie, 783; Richmond, 587; 'Willlamsburg, 1,407; and Ottawa City,

Tho total area of the county is 368,640 acres. Of this area 356,069 acres are taxable,
and 157,790 acres under cultivation. The aggregate value of the taxable lands is $1,956, -
669. The total number of village lots is 11,247, Of which 4,488 are improved, while 6,759
are unimproved; aggregate value of village lots, $562,107.90. The total value of personal
propery ayo ee -50; of railroad property, $438,799.61; and of all taxable property,

"The personal property of the county is divided into classes as follows: Horses. 9,288,
value $249,028; mules, 667, value $23,976; milch cows, 7,966—other cattle, 17.947, value
$223,978; sheep, 5,586, value $3,971; swing, 22,980, value $27,321; vehicles, 2,525, value
$40,794; shares in National Bank stock, $45,000; merchandise on hand, $145,738; other
pr operty, $323,492; making a grand total of $1,083,298, as assessed, from which, when the
constitutional exemption of $332,000 is deducted, there remains the taxable value of all
pergonal property, Pfbt gee. ORS ;

creage of crops in : Of winter wheat, 4,948 acres; spring wheat, 24 acres; rye, 133
acres; corn, 77,299 acres; oats, 9,490 acres; potatoes, 936 acres ne sweet "potatoes, 11 acres;

In 1875 and |

 
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

flax, 4,725 acres; timothy, 1,404 acres; clover, 2,526 acres; other tame grasses, 1,555 acres;
and of prairie grasses, 29,055 acres.

OTTAWA.

The city of Ottawa is pleasantly located on both banks of the Marais des
Cygnes, near the center of Franklin County. The original site was two half
sections of smooth prairie land—first bottom—principally on the south side of
the river. It derived its name from the Ottawa tribe of Indians, in the heart
of whose reservation it was laid out. The beauty of the situation had often
attracted the‘attention of the hardy pioneers, but Indian ownership prevented
the settlement until the spring of 1864. At that time title was obtained
through treaty and purchase in connection with the founding of Ottawa Uni-
versity. A town company was immediately organized, with C. C. Hutchinson,
then Indian Agent, and I. S. Kalloch as leading spirits, and including in its
number, James Wind, the Ottawa Chief, and John T. Jones, then minister,
Asa S. Lathrop, the company’s surveyor and attorney, and a few non-resident
politicians and capitalists. The early arrivals pitched their tents at pleasure.
But after the survey, J. C. Richmond, on the last day of March, raised the first
house in the new town, corner Walnut street and First. This old landmark,
somewhat dilapidated, still stands zz situ. One of the first necessities of the
settlers was postal accommodations. These were secured, and C. T. Evans
appointed Postmaster, The first white child born in the town site was ‘ Otta-
wa” Smith, son of Ed, Smith, whose prompt arrival secured to him a valuable
Main street lot, dedicated to that contingency. Under the liberal policy of the
company the settlement grew rapidly. J. H. Whetstone brought in a valuable
saw-mill. The Ottawa House, which has since been, by turns, hotel and post
office, stable, railroad depot, and stable, was erected. And the old Capitol
building at Minneola was taken down, removed to Ottawa, and again set up
on the northeast corner of Second and Mainstreets. Here G. S. Holt opened
the first dry goods storein town. The rest of the first floor was used for offices.
The upstairs was furnished as a hall—known as Lathrop’s Hall—and became
the general rallying place for town and county. In it were held the courts,
public meetings, festivals, and entertainments; and the Baptist Church wor-
shiped here for the space of two years, ministered to by Messrs. Kalloch,
Hutchinson, and others. Passing later into the Wilkerson House, this histori-
cal buitding was moved across the alley in 1876, where it still serves the pur-
poses of ahotel. In July the Chippewa and Ottawa reservations were erected
by the County Commissioners into a township, under*the name of Franklin
Township. On the first of August, 1864, Ottawa was made by popular vote the
county seat of Franklin County. The county officers at the time were, C. L.
Robbins, Sheriff ; H. F. Sheldon, County Clerk and Register of Deeds; John
Malruft, County Treasurer; and H. P.Welsh, Jacob Sumstine, and Mr. Bicketts,
County Commissioners. Among other notables early on the ground, should be
mentioned P, P. Elder, C. A. Bunting, G. W. Beeman, Judge Valentine, James
Davis, E. J. Nugent, and D, W. Zimmerman, who, without capital, but with
indomitable pluck, carried to completion two years later the Luddington Hotel.

By June, 1865, Mr. Kalloch had issued the first number of the Western
Hfome Fournal, This paper, ably conducted and widely circulated, became
greatly instrumental in attracting settlers and building up the town. One year
later Ottawa was incorporated as a town, and the control of its municipal af-
fairs passea from a town comp4ny to a Board of Trustees. That fall the brick
public school building on Walnut street was completed and school opened.
And, under the auspices of the Trustees of the Ottawa University, two depart-
ments of the college were started, namely, an Indian schoo! on Hickory and
Second streets, with forty pupils, and an advanced grade for the whites in the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Main street.

During the winter of 1866-7 a bridge company, organized for that purpose,
constructed the fine suspension bridge at the foot of Main street.
tinued to operate it as a toll bridge till the city purchased it eight years later
and made it free. :

In October, 1867, the town, by a vote of 127 to 29, was elevated to the rank
of a city of the second class; and at the first city election, held November 30,
Asa 5. Lathrop, was elected Mayor. , ole ee Me,

Shortly after, the City Council granted the first license to sell intoxicating
drinks. And there were good citizens who suspected the City Government
was sprung for that very purpose, because license could not be obtained
under the former government. Asa matter of fact, the outcome of it added
nothing to the sobriety or orderliness of the village, but considerable to its
budget of expenditures. January, 1868, brought to the city the first locomo-
tive over the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad. Then followed
three or four years of great activity and prosperity. Many fine buildings
were erected, the machine shops secured, a steam fire engine purchased, and a
public school building completed, at a cost of $30,000. The year 1878
brought an end to the license system. .s :

The city has three parks within its limits. Forest Park lies north of the
river and contains forty acres. Much of the primeval forest remains, affording
ample shade. The park is without a rival in Kansas for natural attractions.
College Park is situated in the southern part of the old city limits, and con-
tains sixteen acres. The Central Public School building stands upon it.
Court House Square fronts on Main street, a little south of the center of
business. It is wadorned by the jail. The jail, located on the public
square, is a substantial two story stone building, erected in 1867. The
county voted $20,000 in bonds for that purpose. J. H. Whetstone was the
contractor. ;

Governmeni—The city is divided into four wards and is officered by a
Mayor, a Marshal, a Council of eight, Clerk, Attorney, Police Judge, two Con-
stables, and a School Board of eight. The Mayors have been successively :
Asa. S. Lathrop, 1867; R. E. Jenners, 1868; H. P. Welsh, 1869 70; J. W.
Magee, 1871 ; H. F. Sheldon, 1872-73; J. A. Davenport, 1874; H. F. Sheldon,
1875-76; P. P. Elder. 1877; A. W. Benson, 1878-79-80 ; L. C. Wasson,
1881-82. 4

Ottawa has three fine halls, one court-room, four large hardware stores,

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two stove and tin-shops, eleven dry goods, twenty groceries, three clothing
stores, three boots and shoes, two book stores, one drug store, four millinery,
three jewelry, four confectionery and bakery establishments, five stables, seven
hotels, one billiard saloon, half a dozen eating houses, three extensive lumber
yards, etc, etc.

It supports eleven lawyers, as many doctors, four dentists, a score of real
estate and insurance men, one private banker, and some street brokers. The
population is 5,000.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The first school election held in District No. 30, which district included about the same

territory as was included in the Ottawa Reservation, was held November 23, 1864, at the
office of the County Treasurer, at which time Joseph Wilkin, G. W. Beeman and H. F. Shel-
don were chosen directors. On the 6th of January, 1865, a contract was signed by Miss
Mary Ward, now wife of H. J. Smith, President of the First National Bank, to teach a four
months school in the district for $50 per month. Miss Lottie Myers was engaged as as-
sistant teacher.
.__ On February 28, 1865, an election was held for the purpose of voting on the question of
issuing $2,000 in bonds for the purpose of building a schoolhouse. The bonds were issued,
and the schoolhouse was built in 1866; atwostory brick 30x50 feet, and costing,
standing on Railroad street between Second and Third, 1t was dedicated about October 1,
the dedicatory address being delivered by Prof. P. Fales, atthe time, President of the Ot-
tawa University; J. N. Holloway, one of the historians ef Kansas, was the first principal in
this schoolhouse. His three lady assistants were Miss F. M. Ricksicker, Miss L. M. Hem-
ingway and Miss Mary Kelsley. In 1867, G. V. Ricksicker became principal, and in 1869,
Prof, Arthur succeeded him, In 1870, Prof. William Wheeler succeeded Prof. Arthur, and
has been retained in his position ever since,

. After 1866, Ottawa increased in population quite rapidly, and more school room was
soon needed. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was rented, and after a few years,
purchased by the Board of Education. The Whetstone building, standing on Main street,

mmediately north of the Marais des Cygnes was rented for a term of years.

In the spring of 1872, the schooi district of which the town of Ottawa forms a part, after
numerous failures to do so, voted to issue $30,000 in bonds for the purpose of building a new
public and high school building. School was opened in this building in April, 1873. It is
a three story, brick, twelve-room building, above a stone basement; was completed with-
out the issuance of additional bonds, and is altogetherjone of the finest and most convenient

school buildings in tate.
The schools the es have attained and sustain a high rank, which is doubtless owing
to the rule followed he Board in retaining the superintendent steadily in his position.

 

OTTAWA UNIVERSITY.

_This institution was organized in 1860, under the name of Roger Williams University,
This was the result of steps taken Previously. by the Baptist denomination of Kansas, the
charter of the school being grante by the Ter! itorial Legislature, February 20, 1860.

At that time the Ottawa Indians, through the untiring labors of Rev. J otham Meeker,
lad made considerable advancement in civilization, and had begun to appreciate the value
of education. For some years they had been thinking of setting apart a portion of their
reservation for the purpose of endowing a school, but no steps to that end had yet been
taken. When, therefore, the Roger Williams University was established, the Ottawas be-
ing nearly all Baptists, sent an invitation to its trustees to meet them with the view of mak-
ing some arrangement by which their children might attend the institution. The in-
vitation was accepted by the trustees, and a meeting was held December 5, 1860, attended
bya committee of four of the trustees and eight of the Ottawas, including the chief and
councilmen.

As the result of the meeting, the Indians agreed to donate to the University 20,000 acres
of their average lands, and the trustees agreed to raise funds to aid in the erection of build-
ings, and to educate fifty of the Ottawa children, from four to fourteen years of age, for
thirty years, and at the end of the thirty years to give the Indians ten perpetual scholar-
ships in the University. S

.Lhis agreement in substance was put into a treaty concluded June 24, 1862, and one ad-
ditional section of land was set apart for school purposes. Five thousand of the twenty
thousand acres of land were allowed byfthe treaty to be sold, and were sold August 20, 1862,
to John W. Young and I. S, Kalloch for $6,250, and the proceeds devoted tothe erection of
proper buildings, and to other improvements upon the school section. :

‘his treaty provided for a board of seven trustees, and named the following five mem-
bers of the board: John T, Jones, James Wind, Willliam Hurr and Joseph King, Ottawas,
and John G. Pratt, a citizen of Kansas, and authorizea the Ottawas to select two other citi-
zens is Kansas as members of the board. 1.5, Kalloch and C. C. Hutchinson, were the two
selected.

Nothing is said in the treaty about Roger Williams University for the reason that Sec-
retary Usher deemed it unadvisable to appear to endow a denominational institution. On
the 21st of April. 1865, the trustees incorporated themselves under the laws of Kansas, as
fhe Ottawa university, aname preferred by the tribe and deemed more appropriate by the

Trustees,

By the spring of 1866, a good temporary school building had been procured. Tue school
was opened and remained in full and satisfactory operation one year, when if wasjsus-
pended to await the completion of the new cut stone pulling in course of construction.
This building was finished in the spring of 1869, at a cost of $40,000. School opened in it
May J, and continued until the fall of 1874. On January 9, 1875, the inside and roof of this
building were destroyed by fire, the walls not being materially injured. Within ninety
days from the time of the fire, the building was re-roofed, joisted and partitioned, and in
1876 was again ready for occupancy. ‘. cee ne ss .

The Indians retained their interests in and rights to education in the university until
1873, when, having moved tothe Indian Territory, a separation of their interests from
those of the white Baptists was effected. Of the 15,000 acres left, about 3,000 acres were
sold for $16,000, ana 1,280 acres were allowed the trustees to meet their liabilities; the
balance of the lands, together with the $16,000, were returned to the Indians. This separ-
ation was authorized by Act of Congress. . : 4

The “Trust Lands” consisted of the remainder of the reservation after the “head
rights,” school lands and donations had been set aside, and which were held in trust by the
Government of the United States, to be sold for the benefit of the tribe. The trustees of
the University purchased from the Government 7,858 acres of these lands for $13,792.22, for
the purpose of selling them at a profit for the benefit offthe University; 7,247 acres were sold
for $34,000, and afterwards the balance was also sold. .

The first faculty was Prof. P. Fales, Miss Lucy Hatch and Miss Fannie Thomas. The
first faculty in the new University building was Rev. Robert Atkinson, Miss Lucy Hatch,
Miss McClelland, Miss Emma Topping, Miss Emma Deford and Miss Ruth Gifen. 7

At the first session of the school, which commenced in May, 1869, there were eighty-
three students, only three being Indians, balance white.

An endowment of $50,000 is in process of procurement, | ;

Ottawa University building was erectedin 1866, The walls are of limestone, faced with
cut sandstone. The cap-sills, corners, etc., are of limestone, It is three stories high, in-
cluding the basement, 40x65 feet in size, and elegantly finished. Connected with it is one
section of choice land, adjacent to the city. Through the land winds asmall stream fringed
with timber. It is divided into fields of convenient size by osage orange hedges, and
adorned with shrubbery, and forest, fruit and ornamental trees.

CHURCHES,

The Ottawa First Baptist Church dates its origin as far back as 1887, when the
Rev. J. Meeker began his labors as missionary among the Ottawa Indians, then recently
arrived on their reservation, in what is now Franklin County, So devotedly was the work
prosecuted that by 1846, sixty-one converts had been baptized. Mr. Meeker entered upon his
rest in 1855. On his death, John T, Jones, ap Indian convert. as evangelist and afterwards
as duly ordained minister, ministered to the spiritual wants of his people, and continued so
to do till their dispersionin 1870. the greater part guing to their reservation in Indian
Territory, a part to their old home in Michigan, and a few remaining. From the
founding of Ottawa, the church held services within its limits, as being central, but did not
erect a building. Near the old ford onthe eastside of Main street, Mr. Jones erected a
small schoolhouse for the Indian children, and there for a time preached on Sabbaths to
the picturesque multitude. Afterwards, in succession, services were held with tolerable
regularity inthe Mission school building, southeast corner of Hickory and Second streets,
int. §. Kalloch’s library, Walnutand Third, and for afew Sabbaths in the brick school-
house, now engine house, on Walnut. Bat wherever. held, the gatherings of these strange

i always attracted the attention of the new comers. 7 7
Morne Hecona Ba tist Church of Ottawa was organized May 4, 1864. At the time of organi-
zation, 1 S Kailoch was chairman of the meeting, and C.C, Hutchinson, secretary. The
New Hampshire Confession was adopted as the articles of faith of the church. In order to
complete the organization, a second meeting was held, July 27. and still another August 2) 3
By November 1, there were nineteen members, as follows: 1.S. Haltech Caro ine a ae
loch, I. M. Kalloch, Charles T. Evans, Esther A. Evans, T. 0. pears a * Heemaneds -
Lackey, C, C, Hutchivsoz, Martha Hutchinson, Simon A. Keisting, Catherine P. Ke Z,
heldinalittle buildin,

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A. H. Dow, Fanny Dow, Nancy §. Filson, D. Brinkerhoff, Isalah Supernau and wife, and
Pauline Supernau. The church was incorporated April 9, 1867. Religious services were

standing on the present site of the Masonic Block, for about two
years. The front two-thirds of the present church building was erected in 1865. In the
spring of 1871, an extension of about 16x18 feet was made to the church, which made the
total length of the building sixty feet inside, Inthe summer of 1880, an addition was
made to the church, to meet the needs of the Sunday school, The church, as it now stauds,
including.this addition, cost avout $3,000. The society owns thirteen lots, twelve of them
having been obtained from the Ottawa Town Company, the thirteenth having been presented
by Mrs. J. T. Jones iu 1877. The first Pastor was Rev. I. S. Kalloch, who served from Sep-
tember, 1864, to January, 1865. In August following, Rev. Isaac Sawyer commenced his
pastorate, whicn continued until September, 1866. From this time until January, 1868, the
church depended on supplies, at which latter time Rev, Frederic Greaves became Pastor,
and served one year. In November, 1869, Allen Ridell, D. D., took charge, but on account
of failing health, preached: only about six weeks, and in about three months died. His
death was a great bereavement tothechurch, Rev. A. B. White became Pastor in August,
1870, remaining about two years. Rev. A. C, Peck then followed, and remained about a
year. In May, 1874, Rev. I. N. Clark became Pastor, remaining one year. Dr. Anderson
then served as Pastor one year, from September, 1875, to September, 1876. In July, 1877
Rev. J.P. Stephenson became Pastor, and at the present writing remains in charge. At
the first. meeting of the church, May 4, 1864, a comunittee, consisting of Messrs. Sears, Ev-
ans and Lackey, was appointed to organize a Sunday school. This organization was effected

. in about three weeks. since which time there has always been a good Sunday school con-

nected with thechurch. The total nnmber of members that have been connected with the
church is 490, number received by baptism, 187; number that have died, 26; and the pres-
ent membership is 227,

Lhe Chird Baptist Church (colored), enrolled at its organization in 1868 seven mem-
bers. Somewhat later a site was secured at the corner of First and Sycamore streets, and a
small frame dwelling moved thereon and fitted up asa church. This gave place in 1878 to
a good frame building with a seating capacity for 230, and built at a cost of $1,300. The
membership is 105. In connection with the church is a Sunday school, started 4nd conduct-
ed for a number of years by M. L. Laws, a godly man, then a member of the Second Baptist
Church. The average attendance is about sixty-five.

Methodist Episcopal Church.—The members of this church were gathered in 1866 under
the leadership of Rev. Mr. Adams. Meetings were held in a room then known as Robb’s
Hall. Thenextspring Rev. Mr, Satchwell, a member of the Kansas Conference, was sent
to the church as its first accredited minister. The society then met in Pickrell Hall. Rev.
Mr. fesle vaucceeded in 1868 and remained two years. During his ministry the present
spacious church edifice was erected, at the corner of Third and Walnut streets. This is the
largest church building in town, having beside the assembly-room, which will seat 600
persons, a basement story containing lecture-room, class-room and study. Rev. Mr. Houts
was sent to the church in 1870; but his health failing, Mr. Fisher completed the year. Then

_B. Kelly for three years; Rev. Mr. Pye fortwo years; F. B. Charrington, a
returned foreign missionary, for three years; J. H. Hanna for three years, and in the spring
of 1882 Rev, Mr. Tucker, A parsonage was erected within the church enclosure in 1872.
Two hundred and sixty-five members are onthe church roll. A very flourishing Sunday
school is sustained, numbering 300.

The First Presbyterian Church of Ottawa was organized in April, 1866, at the house of
A.S, Lathrop, by the Rev. Wm. H. Smith, and consisted of nine members. At the first
meeting of the church, Rev. Andrew Parsons, of the Presbytery of Otsego, N. Y,, was in-
vited to become their Pastor. He accepted the invitation and began his work with the
churchin July, Heserved the church acceptably nearly four years. His successors have
been Rev. John Elliott, Rev. R. N. Adams, and Rev. D, C. Milner. Mr. Milner has been
Pastor since May, 1875. Services were held at first in Pickrell Hall, and later in the brick
schoolhouse on Walnut street. With some aid from the Board of Church Erection, and
$2,000 from R. D. Lathrop, a wealthy Christian merchant of New York, the society erected
in 1867, on the corner of Main and Fifth streets, the building which they still occupy. It is
of dressed stone, 50x30 feet in dimensions, with a seating capacity of 300. The first cost
was $5,000. A frame addition was attached in 1881, with a further capacity of 100 seats.
A fine bell was hung in the belfry in 1871, but soon became cracked and discordant. The

- life of the church is well manifested in its excellent Sunday school, which attracts and holds

alarge number of the young people of the city. The average attendance is little short of
two hundred. Thereis also a Young People’s society for social, intellectual and religious
culture which meets bimonthly, and is doing a good work.

The United Presbyterian Church, situated northwest corner of Cedar and Sixth streets,
is a frame building erected in 1867, at a cost of $800. The church proper was organized by
ausasin July, 1867, twenty persons entering into church fellowship.

E. C. Cooper was the earliest supply. After him Rev. Messrs. Humphrey and Imbrie.
Rev. W. R. Hutchinson became Pastor in 1873. The membership is eighty-four. The Sun-
day school enrollmentis 114.

Christian Church, southeast corner of Fifth and Locust streets, was organized in 1869,
by Warren Skeels. Hesupplied the pulpit for two years. The house is 32x46 feet, and was
built in 1872, or rather in the fall of 1873, for the first building when ready for lathing was
blown down: the loss was $2,500. There is no salaried minister, but from time to time

rotracted meetings have been held by N. Shaw, A. Brown, A. C. McKeever, Mr, Poole, W.
B. Wilson and others. The church has had sore trials, especially the schism of 1881, out of
which sprung ‘‘The Church of Christ,’ but is now harmonized. Isaiah Pile and C. A.
Sponsler are the elders, Harvey Keller, clerk. The present membership is sixty-five, and
there is in connection with the church a prosperous Sunday school. ‘A

The Church of St. Joseph was organized by Father Guindon in 1869. A church buildin,
was commenced in 1871 on Poplar street, between Fourth and Fifth. The outside ha
just been completed except that the doors and windows were not in place when a sudden
gale tumbled the structure into utter ruins. Disheartened by this untoward event, no fur-
ther effort was made for some years to rebulld, but services were held at stated periods in
the various halls intown. In 1877, a smail_house with several lots on Mulberry Street, be-
tween Third and Fourth, was purchased and filted for worship. Four years later, within
the same enclosure was erected their present capacious church, and atacost of $2,500.
Father Bogardus, on alternate Sabbaths, ministers to the congregation, which consists of
about seventy-five families. .

The African Methodist Church, asit is called, vas organized by the Conference about
1869. The ministerial roll is, Rev. Messrs. Daniel Oaks, J. B. Wallace, W. W. Weir, J. W.
Wilson, P. P. Howard, W. L, Harrod and J. W. Wilson. The successive church houses have
been, first, asinall frame building on First and Mulberry streets; then a larger building
on the east side of Oak street, between Fourth and Fifth; and finally, in 1879, on the same
site, a substantial stone building, costing $1,600 and capable of seating 300 persons. The
membership is 113. The Sunday school has an enrollment of 170.

The First Congregational urch, Ottawa, was organized December 4, 1870, by Rey.
James Chew, who became its first Pastor, and ministered to the Church until August 9,
1874. He was succeeded by Rev. R. M. Tunnel, who was Pastor from December, 1874, to
September, 1875. Rev. James G. Dougherty, the present Pastor, entered upon his work
April 19, 1876.

7 The present house of worship was dedicated November 21, 1871. The church was
organized and supported at first by the American Home Missionary Society, but for the past
three years has been self-supporting, and has made considerable contributions toward the
support of feebler churches. The present membership is seventy-five. TheSunday school
enrolls 100.

The Swedish-American Lutheran Church was organized 1n 1879, under the ministry of
Rev, August Sandberg, with a membershtp of seventeen. They set about bullding, the
same season, and erected, at a cost of $1,500, on the corner of Fifth and Cedar streets, a very
tasty and substantial stone church, which is not only an ornament to the city, but a monu-
ment to the liberality of its founders, The Pastor is Rev. A. Lawson. There are thirty-
five members, anda Sunday school of fifty members,

The Swedish Hvangeltcal Lutheran Church was established Jn Ottawa in 1874, Worship
was maintained regularly after the Lutheran formulas till 1879. Divisions having arisen.
both wings prepared to build. The old church built for itself a home on the corner of Third
and Cedar streets, at a cost of $1,300. There services are conducted every Sunday, though
at present they have no stated supply. The church counts forty communicants, and a Sun-
day school of about the same number.

The Church of Christ, as a body of believers, was organized In the summer of 1881 with
amembership of thirty, and on the basis that there shall not be taught or practiced in the
church anything for which there is not a command, an example, or a good and reasonable
inference in the New Testament Scriptures.” Most of the membership had been previously
identified with the Christian Church, corner of Fifth and Locust streets. Their withdrawal
was occasioned by the introduction into the service of instrumental music, and by other
innovations not commanded by Scripture, The same summer, a lot was secured on the
West side of Main street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and a plain but commodious
frame church edifice erected at a cost, for lotand building, of $2,000. And, warned by pre-
vious experience, the church has endeavored to protect itself in its purity of worship and
against op ressive majorities by providing inthe title deed that the use of instrumental
music in the church the holding of fairs, festivals, or socials, lectures—any and all prac-
tices, in short, not exclusively religious—shall work immediate forfelture to the partici-
pants of all rights and privileges, legal and otherwise, in the church. :

Regular services are maintained by the brethren, by evangelists, and by traveling elders
or bishops, but they do not permit the services of a stationary paid ministry.

SOCIETIES.

24, 1. O. O. F., was instituted January 26, 1867. Among the charter
santo ware. a A’ pew, now grand master of the State, and H. P. Welsh. They hada

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

hall of their own over the store of L. N. Stacher for a series of years, but on the completion
of the Hamlin Block, northeast corner of Second and Main, became joint lessees with
several other societies, of what is known as Masonic Hall, The lodge has seventy members
in good standing. The officers are: O. A. Frost, N. G,; L. V. Stine, V. G.; J. G. Pierce, treas-
urer; S. Devore, secretary.

Tancrea Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar, was instituted June, 1878, with nine
charter members. 8. E. 8. Johnson was the first eminent commander. This ancient order
also meets in Masonic Hall. Members, 57%. Officers; H. J. Smith, EK. C.; D. Deford, general<
issimo; J. B. Shaffer, captain general; W. T. Pickrell, treasurer; J. A. DeValley recorder.

Pranklin Lodge, No. 18, A. F. & A. M. is the oldest of the orders in the city, having been
instituted in the spring of 1866. There were thirteen charter members. Cc. Richmond
was the first worshipful master. Theorder now numbers 178. Meets in Masonic Hall. D,
H. McGhee, W. M.;.J. V. DeValley, treasurer. :

Ottawa Lodge, No. 128, 4. F. & A. M., counted among its charter members in 1871, H.
D. Crane, B. C. McQuesten, L. C, Wasson, J. L. Hawkins, A. W. Benson, C. D, Crane, W. W.
Jordan, ‘i. W. Walton and'Dr, A, H. Knapp. First officers were B. U. McQuesten, W. M.;
H. D. Crane, 8S. W.; J. H. Cook, J. W. Thelodge numbers eighty members and meets in
Masonic Hall. James Elliott is W. M.; C. R. Meigs, secretary. :

Ottawa Ohapter, No.7, Royal Arch Masons.—This order instituted in 1867, now numbers
fifty-seven. It meets on second Wednesday of each month in Masonic Hall. The officers
are William Fessenden, H. P.; J. A. Deleally, king; W. T. Pickrell, scribe; E. H. Gregg, sec-
retary, and D. Deford, treasurer, ;

Union Ohipt-r, No. 65, Eastern Star.—This Masonic order embraces both women and
men. Instituted in 1877. Mrs. C. D. Crane was chosen worthy matron, and C, UC. Hobart,
worthy patron. The membership is fifty and the place of meeting, Masonic Hall. The
present worthy matron is Mrs. D. C. Young. Mrs. §. L. Patrick is secretary. i

Olive Branch Lodge, No. 33 is an order of York free and accepted Masons, instituted
among the colored people of Ottawa, in 1875. They number thirty, and meet in the hall
over Hanes & Manning’s store, George Hawkins is senior warden. é

George H. Thomas Post, No. 18, G. A. H., was established in 1880. Meetings are held
second and fourth Fridays at the Court Room. The object of the Post is to cultivate loyalty,
and to lend a helping hand to old soldiers aud their families in their hours of need. The
enrollment is 110. A. W. Benson is commander; D. C. Young, adjutant, and J. S. Cloud,
quartermaster, ' 3 “4

In addition to the societies already enumerated, there are five into which the element of
mutual protection enters prominently, although the social and educational features are not
ignored, as follows:

Knights of Honor, Lodge No. 807.—Instituted in 1877, membersiyp 101. Lodge room,
Masonic Temple. J.S. Cloud, past dictator; A. H. Sellars, dictator; H. B. F. Kellar, repor-
ter and J. A. DeValley, financial reporter.

Knights and Ladies of Honor—Esther Lodge, organized March, 1879; membershi
twenty-six; Mrs. Sarah E. Kellar, protector; Mrs. Myra Mottram, secretary; meets in ha)
of Knights of Pythias. =

Knights of ything, incorporated April, 1879; meets Wednesday of each month in their
own hall, east side of Main, and third door south of Second. The membership is seventy-
two; the officers are W. F, Harris, chancellor commander; T. W. McFarlane, vice-chancel-
lor; P. Devore, master of exchequer; D.C. Hardin, master of finance; H. Altman, keeper
of records; C. W. Gano, prelate; L. Mathias, master at arms.

Equitable Aid Union -No. 283, organized in 1881; membership forty; meets in the
hall of sents of Pythias. H. D. Wiliiams is chancellor; J.S. Cloud, advocate; C. H. Cor-
win, president; Mrs. Hannah Thorson, vice-president; Mrs, Fyfe, secretary.

7 Order of Mutual Protection—Queen City Lodge No, 15; organized April, 1881; member-
ship eighty; place of meeting, Pickrell Hall. J. H. Cook, president; R. W. F. Stein, vice-
president; B. Lillard, secretary. . 7

Ottawa Library A ssociation.—This society having for its object ‘‘ intellectual improve-
ment,” had its origin in a ‘‘ Reading Club” formed among a few ladies in 1870. Ata meet-
ing of the club held September 20, 1872, the present name was adopted, and an organiza-
tion completed with the following officers: rs. M. L. Ward, president; Miss Lucy Hatch,
vice-president; Mrs. L. N. Stocher, treasurer; Mrs. $. G. Norris, secretary. Board of Di-
rectors—A. W. Benson, Mrs. C, D. Crane and Mrs. Ludington. At that time there were
forty-five volumesinthelibrary. The library was kept inthe old city council room, the
city furnishing lights and fuel, till its removal five years agu to the present comfortable

uarters on the east side of Main, threedoors north of Third street. Tue association has

een principally sustained by the zeal and energy. of its many lady friends, of whom safe
mention may be made of Mrs. 8. G. Norris, dead; Mrs. M. L. Maul and Mrs. T. C, Sears, now
non-residents. Judge T. C. Sears, bas been the most liberal benefactor, having given at one
time $50 in money, and at another $500 worth of new books. The library now numbers 1,500
well selected bound volumes. Books are drawn by the members—who become such on pay.
ment of $2 annually—Tuesday and Saturday evenings. The reading room is open tothe

ublic without charge six evenings in each week except in summer. It is well supplied with

eading periodicals and newspapers, The resources of the association are membership fees,
donations, an annual appropriation of $200 by the city council, and various devices in the
way of entertainments carried through by devoted friends. The officers are E. E. Fuller,
president; D. 0. McAlister, vice-president; Mrs. R. A. Wasson, secretary and treasurer,
and a Board of Directors, consisting of Mrs. E, E. Fuller, Mrs.C, D.Crane, Mrs, Peter
Shiras, Mrs. O, W. Barrettand Dr. L. C. Wasson. .

THE PRESS, BANKS, AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The Ottawa Home Journal was established in the fall of 1865, by I. S. Kalloch and C. T
Evans. This paper was more literary than political, acquired a large circulation, and was
largely instrumental in attracting immigration to the county. In 1857 John Kitts bought
a half interest in the paper, but,in a few months dissolved partnership with Kalloch, took
the job department, an started the Ottawa Register, publishing it under the editorial man-
agement of M. L. Laws, until March 10, 1858. During this month Prof. P. Fales and John

tts purchased the Home Journal, changed its name to T'he Republic, continued its politics
Repubiican, and published it under the editorial management of Prof. Fales until September
13, 1869. Onthis date C, Godfrey Patterson, of New York, purchased the Republic and
changed its name to the Ottawa Journal. Patterson edited the paper. In January, 1870,
L. J. Perry bought a half interest, retaining it less than a month. In June, 1871, E. H. Snow
and C. W. Nelson bought the paper, On January 18, 1872, Nelson sold outto Warren An-
derson, who sold out to Snow in the following month of August. On May 20, 1873, Louis
Melins became half owner, and on March 1, 1874, John Bain bought a third interest. The
paper supported Greeley. for Presidentin 1872. On December 4, 1874, the firm of Snow,

elins & Bain bought the Lawrence Republican, mortgaging the Journal office, and ran
both papers until by foreclosure the Journal fell into the fants of John Hutchings, of Law-
rence, who ran it with Mr. Diggs as editor, as a Republican paper, until January 22, 1876,
when it finally suspended, was sold and removed to Kansas ty.

The Democratic Leader was established by John Bain, October 28, 1871, and was edited
by Major A, J. Allen until January 18, 1872." From this time to August 10, 1872, it was ed-,
ited by H. H. Hand, at which time it was sold to the Liberal Publishing Company, who con-
solidated it with the Liberal. In March, 1878, the press and material of the Leader were

urchased Dunit Cooper, and removed to Garnett, where they were used in publishing the

The Ottawa Republican was started in March, 1873, by A. 'T. Sharpe, who purchased the
Liberat and changed the name to the jtepublican. The editorial department yas conducted
by George B. Jenness. J. N. Murdock bought a half interest in Se tember, and became
editor, At the end of six months Sharpe again became sole owner, Murdock remaining in
connection with the paper aseditor, January 23, 1875, Jenness again assumed editorial
char; e. soaeinul tg until May 10. 1807. when Sharpe assumed control.

S starte ebruary 11, 1 » dD Cc. x. B. .

The pp or wasiaus ended Octoler 26. 1873. ER, Ve Ue ae RCT CR re

é awa Weekly Times was started June 6, 1874, by the Paul Brothers, and con-
tinued till May 5, 1875, when the subscription list was turned over to the Republican.

The Ottawa Triumph was started AunuSL 5, 1875, by E. H. Snow, who continued to con-
duct it until April 1, 1877, when it was sold to a stock company, and changed from a Green-
back toa Republican paper. Under the Journal Publishing Company the name of the paper
was changed to the Ottawa Journal and Triumph, F. A. Marcell, editor. Subsequently Mr.
Snow became proprietor of the paper and changed the politics back to Greenbackism.

The State Press was started by M. M. Bleakmore, October 12, 1878, at Ottawa, It was a
Democratic weekly paper, and was continued several years. X

The Puen City Herald was established January 5, 1882, at Ottawa, by D. O. McAllister.
It i: aoe ght-column folio, Democratic in politics: and is devoted to literature, local news,

rohibition and: free-trade. At the start the Herald seemed to meet with popular favor
aving attained in six months a bona fide subscription list of 800.
P see Pirat National Bank of Ottawa grew out of the well-known private bank of P.
onl or ; 0., which was started in 1866 at the southwest corner of Main and Second
aires 8, th Sloca ity of the bank ever since. It passed into a national bank in 1870 with P. P.
ager. rea enn, - A. Skinner vice-president, R. W. Thacher cashier, and a capital of
$ 000. rae 875 A. M. Blair and H. J. Smith bought most of the stock and merged therein
aipulvate yale of their own, Blair becoming president, Smith cashier. Recently Mr. Blair
Bor Wiese prestlent a at Terie pemge meacey The officers are: Smith president, Skin-
#1 55, 745 deposits, $199,600, é uly statement showed loans and discounts,
e People’s National Bank of Ottawa, Kansas, was the 1,910th bank organized under
the national bank law. It commenced business January 1, 1872, with s
president and B. C. McQuester cashier, It soon established ‘eae in ne aver ane conde

favor and confl-
ence of the people, and has enjoyed ten years of uninterrupted success, paying five divi-
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

dends to its shareholders and accumulating a large surplus fund. I1s present officers and
owners are: J. P. Harris president, and Peter Sitiras cashier They have had the manage-
weut for the past six years, and have so conducted the business as to make it one of the
leading Institutions of the State. It gets a large business from the counties of Franklin,
Osage, Miami, Anderson, and Coffey. They do a strictly legitimate bankin, business, its
owners being engaged in no outside enterprise, but devoting their entire attention to the
bank. Its deposi S are atthe present time $200,000, and cash capital and surplus fund
$70,000. The safe and vault of Hall’s Safe and Lock Company are of the finest and best
moder workmanship, have all the latest improvements, and with time attachment to
The Ottawa Oil Mill, located just north of the river on Walnut street, is owned and
operated by G. T. Potterf. It has been in operation since 1873. Capital invested is $9,600.
It has one hydraulic press whose power is 500 tons. Three barrels of oil, either] inseed or
castor, are manufactured daily.

The Ottawa Mil, a substantial stone flouring mill, was erected in 1867 by James Davis,
on Main and First streets, and was first run by Kirby & Wright. Crane & Wightman
afterwards enlarged it and added an elevator. EE Fuller came into possession two years
ago. The millhas fourrun of bulhrs, with capacity to manufacture daily 20,000 pounds.
Tue elevator has storage capacity for 15,000 bushels. Capital invested, $32,000.

The Forest Milt, situated on Walnut street, south of the river, is a large frame structure
built by O. W. Baldwin and Frank Pope M™ 1872, at a cost of $25,000. A dam and elevator
were added in 1875 at a cost of $15,000. Water is mainly used as power. but steam is at hand
against emergencies. There are fiverun of buhrs, manufacturing one hundred and twenty-
five barrels of flour daily. The storage accommodations are 27,600 bushels. John Kin-
neard and J. P. Laird. the owners and manufacturers, have made extensive and costly im-
provements during 1882, some $15,000 being expended in new machinery.

The Excelsior Millis the name of the supurb flouring establishment erected on Main and
Tecumseh streets in 1881. Itisof plain but massive architectural proportions, and equip-
ped within and without with the best modern appliances and machinery. The cost was
about $38,000. There aresevenrun of buhrs. One hundred and twenty barrels of flour are
daily manufactured. H. D. Crane, J. B. Shatter, and William Shires own and operate the
mill under the firm name of H. D. Crane & Co.

Allof these mills manufacture fine grades of flour.

The Franklin County Foundry, situated on the south bank of the river at the foot of Main
street, is owned and carried’on by $. D. Clark, whois himselfa most capable and ingenious
machinist, Almost anything in metal hecan manufacture, By a “ blast” of his own inven-
tion and make he readily fuses large masses of iron in thirty-five minutes. The railroad
shops make large demands for his castings. The building is 50x50 feet, two stories, with an
annex fortheengine. Twenty men are employed. 5

2 Machine Shops of the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern railroad, are situated in
the northern part of the city. To secure them, the city, by a vote of 479 for and 13 against,
voted, September 13, 1871, aid to the amount of 360,000 in bonds, besides giving the site
which cost $7,000 additional, The shops were erected next year at a cost of $100,000 for
buildings and machinery. The main shop is 110x116 feet, 22 feet high. There are besides,
a wing 60x120 feet, two offices 21x23 feet, a storeroom 21x23 feet, and an engine house 63
feet deep, having fourteen stalls. All these are solid stone structures. The actual force
employed in and around the shops is two hundred men. The monthly pay roll aggregates
$9,000 T. D. Volh is the master machinist; John Johnson, general foreman; J, ee Lindzy,
foreman of car shop; Moses Mitchell, foreman of blacksmith shop; W. H. Hodge, foreman
of paint shop. :

Furmture Factory and Saw and Planing Mill.—This establishment, located on Hickory
street just south of the river, is the enterprise of J, Jeffries & Co. At date (August, 1882), it
is completed but notin operation. The principal building is frame, 36x60 feet, two stories
high. There are attached a large stone drying room and an engine room, 15x30 feet. The
factory will employ ten men. ‘

Ottawa Furniture Company.—Under this title a company was organized in 1870, with a
capital stock of $16,000. After a year’s unprofitable operation, the stock was sold at 50 per
cent, of cost to A. Gottschalk & Co., who have since successfully carried on the business.
Their goods are first-class and extensively sold through this State and Texas. Thirty-five
men are employed in the factory. Besides the factory,which is just west of the town, there
are two extensive warenouses, one at the southwest corner of Main and First streets, the
other on Walnut between Third and Fourth.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

. PAUL M. ADAMS, wholesale and retail grocer, isa native of Lowell, Mass., and came
to Kansas in July, 1869, locating in Ottawa with his father, who originally established this
business about that time. ‘The subject of our sketch began business as a clerk with his
father and was also for atime employed as clerk in real estate and insurance business at
this place. In October 1881, he joined W. Fessenden in this business, and on January 25,
1882 took sole charge of the same. He carries a fine stock of about $3,000, and does quite
a large retail and jobbing business. "

JOHN C. ARMSTRONG, watchmaker and jeweler, was born at Troy, Miami Co.,

 

 

Ohio, in October, 1844, and reared on a farm in Coles County, Ill., his parents having re--

moved there when he was quite young. At the outbreak of the war Mr. Armstrong enlisted,
but was not allowed to serve on account of his youth. He, however, re-enlisted May 10, 1864,
in Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth [Illinois Infantry, and served five months,
principally in Missouri. He learned the trade of watchmaker at Mattoon, Il]. Was amem-

er ofthefirm of H. Joseph & Co., watchmakers, etc., of that place for about thiee years,
In December, 1869, he came to Ottawa, Kan., and in January following engaged in this bus-
iness in a small way, carrying a stock of about $300. His trade has enlarged yearly, and he
has now the finest establishment of the kind in Ottawa, carrying @ stock of avout $5,000 to
supply the demands of his business. Mr. Armstrong is popular with the business commun
ity, and is widely known throughout the county as an expert watchmaker.

REV. ROBERT ATKINSON was born August, 1833. He began his studies for the
ministry at Louisburg University, Pa, graduating at the Madison University in 1856, and
at the Theological Seminary twelve years later. e was the Pastor of the North Baptist
Church at Newark, N. J. until 1868, when he resigned, coming to Ottawa, Kan,, in January
1868. He was district secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society until 1876,
when he resigned and becamesecretary of the Baptist Educational Workin ausas up to
1880. Mr. Atkinson has been a trustee of the Ottawa University since January 1868, and
was Treasurer of the same up to 1876. In 1875, the University was destroyed by fire and
he devoted two years of his time a!most entirely to the rebuilding, Although Mr. Atkinson
is notat present pastor of any special charge, he devotes considerable of his time to tne organ -
izing and opening of Bapti-t churches in this State. He has since his arrival in this State also
been identified with farming pursuits, owning in this county, 1,620 acres of land. He owns
the ‘City Mills,” of Wyandotie, Kan. Has been president of the Kansas Millers* Associa-
tion for the past six years. Is adirector of the Burlington and Ottawa Branch of the A., T.
&S. F.R. R.,Co., and is chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Franklin
County, and is president of the Board of Trade of Uttawa. Er,

ON. .C. BABCOCK was bornin Rutland County, Vt., in 1839, and came west to
Scott County, Iowa, atthe age of fourteen years, where he followed farming. He enlisted
August 1, 1861, in Company C, Second Iowa Cavalry. Was promoted to Second Lieutenant
in June, 1863, and to Captain in 1864, serving until October, 1865, two years of which
period he acted as Regimental, and then as rigade Quartermaster. After the war he
Settled in Eau Claire, Wis., and for three years was a member of firm of Crane & Babcock,
carrying on asaw mill; then farmed for atime in Clinton County, Iowa. In 1872, he tcame
to Kansas, and for eight vears followed farming pursuits in Mitchell County. In the fall of
1874 he was elected to represent that county in the State Legislature, and was Justice of the
Peace for two years. On July the 9th, 1881, he purchased the Eclipse livery, sale and ex-
change stables, at Ottawa, anda month later admitted J. H. Gants to a artnership, since
which time the business has been conducted under the style of Babcock & Gauts.

A. H, BALDWIN, merchant, was born in Richland County, Ohio, February 11, 1837, and -

reared on afarm. Cameto Kausas in July, 1860, and engaged in mercantile business at
Aubry, Johnson County, under style of Taylor & Baldwin. A year or so later, removed to
DeSoto, that county, where they carried on business until 1880, under style of Taylor,
Baldwin & Co. This firm, in 1865, opened a branch store at Ottawa, under the management
of Mr. B., and since 1880 A. H. Baldwin has, in company with his brother, A. B. Baldwin,
continued the old business, Mr. T. retiring in that year. This firm is the oldest in this
place, in their line, eneral merchandise, and carry a stock of $20,000. The subject of our
sketch was elected freasurer of Ottawa in 1866, and again in 1878, one year each term.

ELI BANGS, proprietor mammoth livery and sale stables, was born in Lenawee County,
Mich., in February, 1850, and two years later emigrated to Page County, lowa; his parents
died when he was young, and he made his livelihood, being employed in various capacities;
October, 1870, he came to Ottawa, Kan., and was employed in teaming, etc., until 1874, when
he got a contract to carry the United States mail between Ottawa and Osage, Kan., in which
business, he was engaged for eight years; in June, 1878, he engaged inlivery business at
this place, and for several years had branch stables at Osage City and Linden, under the
style of Bangs & Gardner ‘ he has Sn SIREN. barn in which he carries twenty-two horses
to supply the demands of his livery business. :

FRANKLIN BARNES, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Wood County, Va.,
November 8, 1818, and during his youth resided on afarm, after which he learned the trade
of cabinetmaker; in 1845, he removed to_ Jackson County, Mo., where he followed cabinet-
making; he came to Franklin County, Kan., in October, 1854, located at Centropolis, and
built the first clainy house in the County. Mr. Barnes pre-empted 160 acres, and resided on
the same for some twelve years; he took an active part with the Free-state party in the
troubles of 1856, and served on the Kansas State M: litia during the late war; in 1866, he
emigrated to Sonoma County;Cal.,on account of his wife’s ill health,there he farmed and was

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also engaged in teaming; in 1871, he returned to Franklin County and follow. d his trade
for three years at Pomona, since which time he has given his attention to agricultural pur-
suits, in which he is assisted by his four sons—Charles T., Robert F., Albert W,, and Sal-
vanus P, Mr. Barues, has resided on this farm since Deceraber, 1881; it consists of 440
acres, 160 of which are under cultivation. Mr. Barnes served as Constable two years, and
in times of court he assisted C. L, Robinsas Deputy Sheriff.

HON. WALTER B. BASS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Orange
County, Vt., December 4, 1828, and reared on a farm, receiving his early education at Kim-
bail Union Academy ; in 1850, he went to Kentucky and taught school, and two years later
removed to Will County, Il., where he resided tor some eighteen years; here he conducted
a farm of 320 acres, and was largely engaged in raising stock, for several years he held the
office of County Commissioner; in December, 1868, he came to Franklin County, Kan.,
locating on his present farm in Ottawa Township: he owns 338 acres, all improved, and in
connection with farming pursuils is largely engaged in raising cattle and horses. Mr. Bass
was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1880. He was married in Orange County,
iis in February, .1856 to Ellen Lynde; they have three children—William, John and

8. F. BEELER, contractor and builder, was born in Washington County, Md.. February
20, 1842, and reared onafarm. On August 1<, 1862, he enlisted in the Baltimore Battery,
and served thirty-eight months, after which he went to Springfield, IlJ., and worked asa
carpenter ; in March, 1866, came to Kanses, located in Douglas County, farmed for a few
months, and in the following winter moved to Franklin County, and tor eighteen months
gave his attention to farming pursuits; in 1871, he came to Ottawa; was oneof the
organizers of the Ottawa Furniture Company, and employed inthe same about a year; in
1872, he engaged in his present business; he employs some five or six men, and has built
quite a number of the leading buildings in the place, among which are the Ottawa Furni-
ture Company’s factory, and the Glucose factory. He represented the Third ward in the
city council for four years, ‘.

A. BRANT, of Brant & Beachy, insurance and retal estate agents, is a native of
Somerset County, Pa., and was for some years oneal ed in the mercantile business in the
State of Maryland. During the war he served with the NewYork Engineer Corps. In 1869 he
moved to Pleasant Hill, Missouri, where he engaged in the insurance and real estate busi-
ness with his present partner, U. M. Beachy.- In 1870 they opened_a branch business at
Ottawa, Kansas, and Mr. Brant located here at that time. In 1873 the business at
Pleasant Hill, was closed and both partners now devoted themselves to their business inter-
ests at Ottawa. They arethe oldest established firm in this line in this place and represent
many prominentinsurance companies. Mr, Branthas been since 1880 special agent for
Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas for the Western Assurance Company of Toronto, Canada.
Both are men of considerable experience in this business. 3
Ss. A. BROWN & CO., successors to Chicago Lumber Yard, dealers in Jumber; this
business was established in 1879 and purchased by this firm a year later. They carry a
stock here of five to 600,000 feet; havetwo branchesin this county, one at Lane where a
stock of 300,000 feet is carried and the other at Wellsville where the stock amounts to about
three to 400,000 feet. The firm have some fifty lumber yardsin this State in which they
carry an average Supply of 20,000,000 feet of lumber, besides large quantities?of lime and
building material. he senior partner 8S, A. Brownresides in Chicago. The resident part-
ner atthis place, E, C. Robinson, was born in Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, October 1, 1848.
He came to Kansas in 1867, located at Ottawa and was for two years employed asa clerk in
the grocery business. In 1870 he went to Thayer, Neosho County, engaged in the grocer;
business and in 1874 added hardware, implements, etc. He continued business there until
early in 1880 when he came to Ottawa and became associated with S. A. Brown.

. C. CAMPBELL, livery and deater in blooded horses, was born in Butfalo Valley,
Union Co., Pa., in 1833 and was reared in Butler County, Ohio, where he learned the car-
penter’s trade and followed itas an occupation. In June 1861 he enlisted in Company D,
Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry and shortly afterward was promoted to Second Lieutenant.
In the spring of 1864 he was transferred to the Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry and was promoted
to Captain, and early in 1865 to Major, commanding the regiment and was mustered out in
August of that year. In 1865 he engaged in the livery business at Oxford, Obio, continuing
there for some three years. Inouly 1870 he came to Ottawa and engaged in the livery
business in company with H. Tettt, who retired from the firm about five years latter. In
June 1878 he also engaged in running an omnibus line and conducting transter_business,
He is also an extensive dealer in blooded horses. Mr. Campbell represented the First ward
in the city council for four yeais. s ‘

S. M. CAMPBELL, Agent, “K.C. L. & S. K, R. R. Co.” Was born in Franklin County,
Pa., and reared on afarm. He began business life at Sidney, Ohio; was in the employ of
the D R._R. Co., for several years, as baggage master, telegraph operator, etc. In
in charge of Douglas

 

1869 he came to Kausas, located at Lawrence and was Deputy Sheri:
County Jail, for overayear. In 1871, he entered the employ of the K. C., L. Ss. K. R.
R. Co. Was station agent at Wellsville for five years, at lola for a year, Coffeeville two
years and at Independence, Kansas until December 1881, when he was appointed passenger
and freightagent at Ottawa, entering upon his duties in January 1882

J.J. CAMAC, manufacturer and dealer in harness and saddlery hardware, etc. Was
born in Shelby Counyy, Il]., November 19, 1846, and learned trade of harness maker at
Windsor, that county, serving an apprenticeship of three years, after which he worked at
his trade there for three years and about the same length of time at Unionville, Putnam Co.,
Mo. In October, 1871, be came to Franklin County, Kan., and farmed for about two years.
In October, 1873, he engaged in this business at Ottawa in asmall way, and has by indus-
try and economy increased his business until he is now carrying a stock of $5,000, t6 supply
the demands of his trade. He gives employment to about five men in his manufacturing

epartment. fs

J. D. CHAMBERLAIN, dealer in groceries, queensware, etc. Is a native of Barry,
Pike Co., Ill. He for some years followed farming and stock raising. He came to Ottawa,
Kansas in October 1872, andsome time afterward engaged in the business of raising and
dealing in live stock, following itfor five years. He engaged in his present business Feb-
ruary 5, 1879, under the style of Piersol & Chamberlain; six months later he purchased the
interest of his partner and has since conducted the business alone. Mr. C. carries a fine
stock of goods of about $3,000, and has quite an extensive trade in the city and county.

JOHN CHENOWETH, undertaker and dealer in furniture, was born at Brompton, Eng-
land, April 21, 1829; emigrated to New York City in 1832, where he learned the trade of
cabinetmaker with his father, and followed it afterward as a jourmeyidan, In 1851 he en-
gaged in the furniture business, remaining in itone year, then in Same business in Yates
County, N. Y., for a year, after which he returned to the city and was employed at his trade
and also as asalesman; and fortwo years during the war worked inthe United States ar-
mory at Springfield, Mass. In 1868 he came to Ottawa, was employed at his trade for two
years, and farmed two years in Osage County. Returning to Ottawain 1871, he engaged in
present business. Was in company with I. A. Beeler from 1873 to 1877. His principal
business is as an undertaker, and has a good furniture trade, for which he carries a stock of
about $2,500. Mr. Chenoweth was married in New York City, September 18, 1850, to Mary
E. Hall. She died in 1868, leaving two children. He was married again in 1864, to Mary
A. Jones. They have seven children.

S. D, CLARK, proprietor of the Franklin County Foundry, was born in Springfield,
Mass., in 1824, and served and apprenticeship of three years to the machinists’ trade there
and in Boston, after which he was for seven years employed in the locomotive works in the
latter city; three years superintendent of locomotive works at Portland, Me.; three years
at Norwalk, Ohio, as foreman of Toledo and Cleveland railroad shops; six years as master
mechanic of the D, V. R. R. shops at Keokuk, Iowa, and during the war wasemployedin
the marine department of the United States Government. He then went totbe oil regions
of Pennsylvania, and was for two years superintendent of the Mendenhall mining company.
Coming West, was fortwo yearsor more Superintendent of the Keystone Iron Works at
Kansas City, and for a timein charge of the Kansas City bridge over the Missouri River.
Was foreman ofthe L. L. & G. R. K. shops for a year, and came to Ottawa in March, 1873,
inthe employ ofthe K.C., L. & 8. K. R. R. Co. In 1874 he built his present foundry, and is
now doing a large business in manufacturing and repairing all kinds of machinery, cast-
ings and mill work, giving employment to some twelve men,

HON. WM. H. CLARK, attorney, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in January, 1839,
Emigrated to Monmouth, LIl., twelve years later; here he attended Monmouth College, and
was also for ful engaged in farming pursuits. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company
F, Eighty-third Illinois Infantry, and after considerable service was promoted _to Captain
of the Sixteenth United States Colored Infantry, serving untilJune, 1866. In July of that
year he came to Kansas anil practiced law for eighteen months at White Cloud, Doniphan
County. In 1868 hecame to Ottawa, and at once opened an office for the practice of his pro-
fession at this place. He has been for the past six years associated in his practice with F.
A. Wilkinson, and since 1873 has been interested in the book and stationery firm of Clark
Bros., of that place. Mr. Clark was elected for a term in 1872 to the State Legislature.
From 1878 to 1880 was Postmaster at this place, and elected Justice of the Peace and Police
Judge in the spring of 1881.

ENRY L. COK, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Ottawa, was born at Clymer, Chautauqua
Co., N. Y.. March 11, 1833, and was reared onafarm. Atthe age of twenty-one years he
emigrated to Aurora, Ill., where he learned the carpenter’s trade and followed it as an oc-
cupation, In August, 1857, he came to Kansas, localing: at Prairie City, Douglas County,
and worked at his trade. In July, 1863, he returned to Illinois and conducted a sash, door
and blind factory at Elgin. In March, 1865, he enlisted in Company C. Sixty-fifth Dlinois
Infantry, serving four months, aftr-r which he returned to Prairie City and followed farm-
ing for two years. Inthe spring of 1868 he came togFranklin County, farmed in Williams-
burg for five years, andinthe winter of 1873 mo#¥eéd on to his present farm in Ottawa
Township. Mr. Coe has 240 acres all improved, ten acres of which is a fine fruit orchard.
He ls aise engaged in raising stock. He was elected Trustee of his township in the spring
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E. H. CORWIN, photographer, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, June 29, 1847. Emigrated
to Canton, Ill, in 1855. He enlisted at the age of sixteen years, in Company K, Seventh
Anois and was one of the youngest soldiers in the army, At the battle of Nashville,
Tenn., December 16, 1864, he received a severe gunshot wound in the left thigh, and was
mustered outin the fall of 1866. The subject of our sketch first gave his attention to pho-
tography in 1869, and has followed it continuously for thirteen years, Besides having
a natural ability for lighting and posing, he has received the superior instructions of some
of the best photographers and artistsin the United States. In November, 1879, he estab-
lished himselfin this business at Ottawa, Kan., and in the short time he has been here has
built up areputation for fine artistic work, and his splendidly finished photographs are
known throughout the State. Mr, Corwin’s reputation as an artist, etc., in this business 1s
second to none in Kansas, Hetakes pride in his profession, for which he has an ardent
love. His gallery is located in the Opera House Block. Here he has a suite of rooms hand-
somely furnished and decorated with some of the specimens of his skill. He has the faculty
of making you feel at home, and is popular throughout the community.

¢. D, CRANE, merchant, was born in Batavia, N, Y., in 1833. He learned to be a prac-
tical miller in his youth, and followed that business for some years in the Staté of Iowa. In
1859 he crossed the plains to California, where he followed milling at Knight’s Ferry for
some eighteen months. Returning east to Iowa, he carried on extensive ouring mills at
Cascade for about six years. In thespring of 1869 Mr. Crane came to Ottawa, Kan. Was
for two years engaged in milling business at this place inthe firm of H. D. Crane & Co.,
after which he engaged in dry-goods business, etc.,in company with T. R. Wilkerson,
under style of Crane & Wilkerson. This firm dissolved some five years later. and Mr. Crane
now carries on a large trade in dry-goods, notions, etc., carrying an average stock of $15,-
000, and is one of the leading enterprising merchants of this city.

F. E. CRANE, manufacturer and dealer In lightning rods, 13 a native of Cascade, Iowa,
and there he learned the trade of tinner. Some seven years later he went to West Union,
Iowa, where he was engaged for some time in selling lightning rods. He came to Kansas
in 1878, located in Ottawa, and has since been engaged in the lightning rod business. For
two years he represented Rayburn, Hunter & Co., of Chicago; since then he has been also
engaged in manufacturing rods, making from 135,000 to 180 000 feet of rod annually, He
has in his employ some eighteen men. On September 9, 1882, he purchased an interest In
the Mammoth Livery Stables, and that business isnow conducted under style of Bangs &
Crane. They are also extensive dealers in horses, mules, etc,

H. D. CRANE & CO.,, proprietors Excelsior Mills. This firm is composed of H. D. Crane,
W. M. Sheras and John B. Shaffer, Mr. Crane is the practical miller of the firm. He isthe
oldest engaged in the business in Ottawa. Mr, Shiras has resided here for about oleae years,
and was previously engaged in banking, realestate and mercantile business, ‘he third
member Of this firm, John B. Shaffer, has been a resident of Ottawa for about six years, and
previously followed banking and loan business, The mills were built in 1881, at a cost of
$15,000, and fitted out with the best improved machinery, etc., at a cost of twenty to
twenty-five thousand dollars. They arerun by an engine of 95-horse power, and have a
capacity of 120 barrelsperday. These mills are the finestin the county, being built of
limestone. The firm do a large trade throughout this and the States of lowa and Texas.

. D. CRANE, of H. D. Crane & Co., proprietors of Excelsior Mills, was born in Gene-
see County, N. Y., March 7, 1831, removing with his parents to Dubuque County, Iowa, in
1848. awo years later he began business life, being: employed in the Cascade Mills, where
he remained for fifteen years; then he and his brother, ©. D. Crane, rented and conducted
the mills for several years. He came to Ottawa, Kaun., in 1869, and at once engaged in mill-
ing business in company with his brother and A. J. Wightman. These mills are still known
as the Ottawa Mills. In’71C. D. Crane sold out his interest, and the two remaining part-
ners conducted the business up to about July 1880. Shortly afterwards Mr. Crane formed
a partnership with M, M. Shiras and John B. Shaffer, and built the Excelsior Mills, which
are conducted under the style of H. D, Crane & Co. .

L. CRAWFORD, contractor and builder, was born in Knox County, Me., in 1834.
Here he learned the trade of carpenter, serving an apprenticeship of three years, after
which he followed itas a journeyman in the, cities of Portland and Boston, and was for
three years ship carpenter on the packet ship, ‘‘Atmosphere,’’ running from ‘New York to
Liverpool. ‘e came to Ottawa in the fall of 1867, and at once engaged in this business. He
is the oldest contractor in this city. Mr. Crawford has confined himself exclusively to the
building of business and dwelling houses, and has erected many of the most prominent
ones inthe city. He employs a force of from eight toten men. The subject of this sketch
has been secretary of the Ottawa University for the past three years, and is at present a
member of the City Council. ¢ |

MILO R. CULBERTSON, grocer, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in September, 1835,
and was reared on a farm. ‘Was then for six years off and on employed in sash, door, and
plind, factories at Wooster and Cincinnati. Mr. Culbertson enlisted-in October, 1862, in
Company F, Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry, serving ten months. In March, 186§, he came to
Franklin County, Kan., and for four years was engaged in farming pursuits. In September,
1872, located in Ottawa, and established the business in company with Jno. Elliott, whom
he bought out two years later. Mr. C. has a nice trade locally and in the county, to supply
the demands, of which he carries a stock of about $2,000.

HN R. DAILY, farmer, Section 27, P. O, Ottawa, Was born in Decatur County, Ind.,
Janfiary 6, 1831, and was reared onafarm. In 1854, he removed to Jefferson County, Ill.,
where he followed agricultural pursuits. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Eleventh
Illinois Infantry, and served three months, He then assisted in enlisting a body of men
who were mustered into Company F, Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry; he was appointed
Second Lieutenant, and served two years, after which he settled in Marion County, IIL,
where he was engaged in contracting for railroad building, etc. While residing there, was
Justice of the Peace for a year and United States Commissioner for the Southern District of
Illinois, which position he beld a year and then resigned. Mr. D, came to Franklin County
Kan., in February 1865; he farmed in Harrison Township for two years, after which, for
about two years, engaged in the grocery business in Ottawa, since which time he has fol-
lowed agrtcultural pursuits, In February, 1878, he located on his present farm. He owns
eighty acres, seventy of which a e under cultivation, and has a good orchard. He received
the Greenback nomination in 1880 for State Representative.

HON, COULSON DAVENPORT was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., February 19,
1809, removing with his parents to Belmont County, Ohio, ten years later. His father, Jno.

. Davenport, was for many years a merchant there, and the subject of our sketch continued
to carry on the original business of the father at Barnesville, Ohio, in company with his
brother, for some thirty years. During the war he was for four years a member of the Ohio
State Legislature. In November, 1873, he came to Ottawa; he 1s not actively engaged in
business, but devotes his time to looking after his farming interests and improving his city
property. He owns in this county some 335 acres, and is also interested in raising live
sto:

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DR. J. DAVIS was bornin Fayette County, Ohio, January,7, 1834, and was reared in
the same county. He studied medicine with his father, in Greenfield, Ohio, aud gradu-
ated at the Homeopathic Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio, in the class of 1852-53, and at
the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College, in the yearfollowing. He practiced in Greenfield
until 1862, when he removed to Circleville, Ohio, and continued his practice at that place
until October, 1868, when he came to Ottawa, and atonce o ened an office for the practice of
his profession at this place. Dr. Davis isa member of the State Homeopathic Medical So-

8. Member of State Medical Hoard, and ts also a mem-
He has been in active practice over thirty

 

ciety, and was president of itin 187
ber of the Western Institute of Homoeopathy.

ears.

- GEORGE W. DAWSON, manufacturer and dealer in monuments, tombstones, etc., was
born at Sand Ridge, Des Moines Co., Iowa, in 1850, and reared on a farm. He came to Kan-
sas, in 1872. “locating at Independence; was for several years engaged inthe lumber busi-
ness with his father, and also connected with the marble business. In 1874 he was
appointed Reporter of the Eleventh Judicial District Court, following that in connection
with other work of the same nature until the latter part of 1880. Was then employed for a
year astraveler for D. H. Dickinson, marble dealer, Chicago. In May, 1882, he came to Ot-
tawa, at once established this business, and, although a newcomer, has already made him-
self a reputation for first-class work, and is doing an increasing business, :

DR. i S. DE FORD was born in Fayette County, Pa., December 15, 1839. He studied
medicine in Uniontown, that county, with Dr. F. OC, Robinson, after which he attended
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduatin in the spring of 1863, and was almost
immediately afterward examined and appointed ssistant Surgeon in the United States
Navy. The doctor served until March, 1866, principally in gunboats on the Mississippi
River, under Admiral Porter. Was then examined for the Regular service, but changing his

" plang, he came to Kansas, locating in Ottawa, in May, 1866, and has since practiced his pro-
ession successfully at this place. During the first five years of his residence here, was also
engaged in the drug business, in compan with his brother. Daniel De Ford. The doctor
was for five years County Coroner, also xamining Surgeon for United States Pensions;
and is a member of the State Medical Society.

WILLIAM L. DELANO, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Ottawa, was born at Watertown,
Jefferson Co., N, Y., December 8, 1883. In 1848 he removed with his parents to Jefferson
County, Wis. He educated himself, working mornings and nights to pay for his tuition.
He not only received a good common school education, but he attended Beloit College and
State University of Wisconsin. In 1853 he went to Washington County, IIl., and engaged
in working on the I. C. R. R. Ingthe spring of 1859 he emigrated to Kansas, settling in
Gentropolls Frankiin County. fis business was for a time shoemaking, it being the best
means that presented itself for a livelihood. During the years he has resided in this State
he has several times been employed as a teacher in different parts of thecounty. In 1868
he moved onto his present farm in Ottawa Township, and has since given his attention to
agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. He owns in this county some 500 acres of improved
land, and is considered one of the prosperous farmers of the neighborhood. Mr. Delano

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

also took an active part in the late Rebellion. Inthe fall of 1863 he was appointed Second
Lieutenant of Company A, Eighth Kansas State Militia, and in February, 1864, was pro-
moted to Captain. Shortly afterward he tendered his resignation and enlisted as a private
in Company M, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. When the company was mustered
into service he was appointed Commissary Sergeant, serving untii September 26,1866. He
united with the Patrons of Husbandry in 1873—a society. for the protection of farming in-
terests—and held various offices. He'was elected secretary of Pomona Grange in 1875 and
treasurer in 1876. In 1863 he was elected County Assessor. but dil not serve on account
of his entering the United States Army, He was President of Franklin County Sunday As-
sociation in 1882. Mr. Delano was married in April, 1859 to Harriet KE. Haseltine, daugh-
ter of C P. Haseltine, of Wisconsin. They have one daughter—May B.

DANIEL DEAN. of Sands & Dean, merchants. was born in Harrison County, Ind., Sep-
tember 23. 1830, and was reared on afarm. In 1850 he removed to Washington County,
where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and also conducted afarm. He came to Franklin

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County, Kas., April 15, 1857, and pre-empted 160 acres on Section 35, Appanoose Town-
ship, on which be resided until the fall of 188%. when he inoved to Ottawa. He owns 712
acres improved land, 280 of which are under cultivation. He embarked inthe mercantile
business at Ottawa, September 1 1882, in company with his present partner, Benjamin
Sands, While residing in Appanoose, Mr. Dean was Justice of the Peace from 1866 to 1870.
During the late war he served in Company A, Tenth Kansas Militia, for three months. He
wakmarnied in 1850, at Palmyra, Ind. to Nancy A. Avery. They have a family of six

C, F. DIETRICH, of Wright & Dietrich, dealers in stoves, tinware, ete.; was born in
Ohio Township, Franklin Co. Kan.. June 1861. His father, Jacob Dietrich, was a
farmer, and died in that township in 1863. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm
and followed farming as an occupation In September, 1881. he came to Ottawa, and in
company with T. Z, Wright, purchased the stove and tinware business of the old-established
firm of J.L. Hawkins & Uo. They carry a fine stock of about $6.000. and also do a large
business in the manufacture of tinware. Mr. Dietrich although a young man, has accu-
mulated by industry and economy all his present means,

A. P. ELDER, of Branson & Elder hardware merchants. was born in Kenduskeag,
Me., April 17, 1854. Came to Kansas in 1858, aud resided with his father, Hon. P. P. Elder,
at Ohio City, Franklin County In 1874. he engaged in the grocery business at Ottawa, in
the firm of Cobb & Elder, This firm dissolved a year later and Mr. E. continued the busi-
ness alone. In 1876, he engaged in the hardware business, and in February, 1881, consoli-
dated his business with that of H. C. Branson, under style of Branson & Elder. Th's is one
of the oldest hardware houses in thecity. They manufacture tinware, and also deal in im-
plements, etc., carrying, in all, a stock of $25.000. Mr. Elder has always been prominent in
society and politics,and hag held many local offices of trust. August 28, 1882, he was
nominated by the National Labor party as their candidate for Secretary of State, and al-
though defeated, he ran over 4,000 ahead of their candidate for Governor.

ON. PETER. P, ELDER was born in New Portland, Somerset Co., Me,, September
30, 1823; here he read Jaw for several years, but followed farming as an occupation. In
1851, he went to Penobscot County; and was for a few years engaged in the mercantile
business. He came to Franklin County. Kan., ip April, 1857, and practiced law at Ohio
City for some years. In 1866, he came to Ottawa and engaged in the banking business,
under the style of P. P. Elder & Co., which bank was merged, in 1870,into the First National
Bank, Mr. Elder being president of the same for two years, He has, since his arrival in
this county, In connection with other pursuits, been engaged in farming, and since 1872,
has devoted his time exclusively to the management of his farms and stock business. He
is one of the most extensive farmers In this county. owning at this time 1,400 acres of land.
Mr. Elder has always been Identified with the interests of thiscounty and State. He was &
member of the first Board of County Commissioners, and elected Lieutenant-Governor of
ihe State, n 3879 bass, glected a the. Territorial Senate in 1859-6U, and Staté in 1868, pag
. . Inthe la ‘0

res on ceunt of i hoe. er year, was elected Speaker but was force
Y. Superintendent of Ottawa City Schools, was born near Youngs-
town, Mahoning County Ohio. June 23, 1852. and came with his father, Benjamin Ester’ ty
to Ottawa, Kan., in November, 1868. He was educated at the Ottawa University and in
1870, began business life as a school teacher. following that occupation in this locality for
three years. He then received an appointment to West Point, and attended there for four
ears; passed a successful examination, and June 15, 1877. was commissioned Second
ieutenant in Company L, Tenth United States Cavalry, in which he served five years,
principally on the western frontier participating in the Apache and other Indian wars;

returned to Ottawa on receiving the appointment to his present position, in June, 1882.

FRANCIS P.GATES, breeder and trainer of racing borses, P.O.Ottawa, was born in Maps-
field,Ohio, March 19,1835.and reared on a farm. In 1857, he wenttoOmaha, Neb., wherehe
remained for about seven months, engaged in building, ete., after which he returned to his
homein Ohio. In July, 1861. he enlisted in Company ©, Third Ohio Cavalry; was shortly
afterwards appointed Second Lieutenant, a year later promoted to First, Lieutenant, then
Captain, and in 1864, to Major of the regimént; was mustered out as Senior Major in Aug-
ust, 1865. Inthe spring of 1866, he came to Kansas, and was for about six years engaged
in trading and shipping stock between Ottawa and Kansas City. In 1872; he located in
Ottawa, and engaged in farming and stock-raising. He owns 480 acres of improved Janda,
and in connect! on with his farming pursuits, he built, in 1880. a large and commodious
stable, where he makes a specialty of breeding and training blooded horses. He owns the
famous horses Red Jacket, Bluebole and Seal Skin, all with a record of less than 2:80. The
Ma or was married in Ottawain January 1871, to Jennie V. Bain, and they have a family

WILLIAM B. GATES, farmer, Section 20, P. 0. Ottawa, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, in
1838, and reared onafarm. After reaching the age of manhood he was for atime employed
asa commercial traveller. On September 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Third Ohio

 

 
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Cavalry; was promoted November 23, 1863, to Second Lieutenant, to First Lieutenant, De-
cember 2, 1864, and to Captain on the 14th of December of the same year. He served until
mustered out August 4, 1865. He then was for a year engaged in the hardware business, at
Shelby, Obio, after which he emigratea west to Kansas City, and engaged in livery business
in company with his brother, Francis P. Gates. In the spring of 1870 he came to Franklin
County, Kan,, located at Ottawa, and was for about six years engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. in 1876 he entered the employ of Emerson, Fisher & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, man-
ufacturers of carriages, etc.,as a traveling salesman,in which capacity he was engaged
some four years, and in the spring of 1880 moved on to his present farm, which consists of
320 acres, 115 of which are in cultivation. Mr. Gates is also a breeder of Durham Short-
horn and Devonshire cattle, and fine horses. On his place is a good substantial residence,
built of stone, and a fine orchard. The subject of this sketch was married at Plattsmouth,
Neb., October 26, 1870, toSarah A. Buck. They haveafamily of three children.

JOHN WESLEY GIBSON, farmer, P. O. Ottawa was born in Calvert County, Md., Jan-
uary 17, 1832, removing when quite young to Noble County, Ohio. Some years later he
went to Statford, Monroe County, and was employed in the mercantile business as a clerk
forfour years. Emigrating to lowa he settled in Keokuk, and continued in the mercantile
business, being employed as atraveling salesman, and while engaged in that capacity came
to Ottawa, Kan., in the spring of 1865, and purchased his present farm, He however con-
tinued his mercantile pursuits at Keokuk for some four years, after which he took the man-
agement of a wholesale hat and ca Q

en settled on his farm, since which time he has devoted his time to the management of
the same, and the breeding of fine Durham cattle. His farm consists of eighty acres, all well
improved. He was married in Monroe County, Ohio, in November, 1857, to Mary E. Haw-
kins. They have two children—Jane E. and Annie G.

0. C. GILLETTE, farmer, P.O.Ottawa, was born in Yates County,N.Y.,in September, 1833,
and eleven years later accompanied his parentsto Berrien County, Mich. ere for some
time he followed farming as an occupation, and for nine years carried ou asaw-millin the
firm of Gillette & Drew. Mr. Gillette enlisted during the war, but was not accepted on ac-
count of illhealth. Hecameto Kansas May 1, 1874, and purchased his present farm, in
Ottawa Township, Franklin County, on which he has since resided. He has 260 acres of
well-improved land, is largely engaged in producing grain and breeding Poland-China hogs.
Mr. ailletie is one of our enterprising farmers, and is highly respected throughout the
community,

JOEL KISHLER GOODIN, son of John and Elizabeth (Kishler) Goodin, of Ohio,
was born in Perry County, Ohio, ebrusry. 24, 1824. His father, who was of Scotch-Eng-
lish descent, and a man of much ability, died at his home in Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio,
January 20, 1877, aged seventy-seven years. His mother, a prominent and esteem ed
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died in Kenton in 1858, leaving seven chil-
dren. Joel, the eldest of the family, was educated in the common schools of Tiffin, Seneca
Co. Ohio,supplemented by a course of study at the Norwalk Seminary,and the Columbus Ac-
ademic an ollegiate Institute, bothin Ohio. His attention whilein school was more es-

ecially devoted to scientific and business branches, his vacations being occupied as clerk

n mercantile business, When he was twenty-three he took charge of the settlement of the
mercantile business of his father, the latter having sold out hisstore. He also commenced
the study oflaw inthe office of Bradley Camp, in Kenton, with whom he subsequently
formed a partnership in r. al estate and brokerage business, which continued about three
years. He was admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of Ohio, February 28,
1854, having previously been in mercantile business at Kenton, Ohio, about two years, an
for ashort timeonafarm. He was married at Bucyrus, Crawford Co., Ohio, January 8,
1846, to Miss Elizabeth Christ, who later was one of the honored pioneer women of Kansas,
and who died in Cincinnati, Ohio, May. 21, 1870, at the age of forty-six years, leaving two
sous—Charles W. and John F.C. On May 16,1854, Mr. Goodwin with his wife and two
children started for Kansas, and on the 16th of AUER, 1854, settled on the Wakarusa, four
miles southwest of the present site of Lawrence, where he lived with his family through the
troublous and ecclting years of territorial strife, and was known at home and abroad asa
staunch and reliable Free-state man, and an open, outspoken friend to the cause. He was
appointed by Governor Reeder as the first Justice of the Peace in Kansas Territory; was one
oF the Free-state candidates for the first Territorial Council, and delegate or officer in nearly
every Free-state Convention heldinthe Territory. He was Clerk of the House of Represent-
tives under the Topeka Constitution when the Legislature was dissolved by Colonel Sumner,
July 4, 1856; Clerk of Territorial Council in 1857, and Auditor of Statein 1858. In the lat-
ter year he opened office as an attorney in Douglas County and subsequently removed to
Ottawa, Franklin County, where he is still engaged in the practice of his profession. He
was elected Kansas State Representative in 1866, and re-elected to same position in 1867.
His present wife was Mrs. Catharine A. Coffin, nee Taylor, of Baldwin City, and daughter of
Rev. Nathan Taylor, formerly president of Baker University.. Mr. Goodwin is a member of
the I. O. O. F, and has passed all the chairs in Subordinate Lodge and Eneam pment; was a
charter member of Grand Lodge of Kansas, and has been representative to that body sev-
eral times. -
_ ALBERT RUDOLPH WILHELM GOTTSCHALK, of the Ottawa Furniture Co., was born
in Prussia, April 5, 1839, attended the Polytechnical College for three years, emigrated to
America in 1859, was for two years employed in New York as a weaver and salesman in the
furniture business, and for two years as salesman in the mercantile business, Quincy, Ill.,
also for two years at St. Louis, Mo., then engaged in the mercantile business, fortwo years
at St, Charles, Mo., started in 1867, a furniture business at Kansas City, Mo.,and_after two
years’ activity, removed to Olathe, Kan, In February, 1872, he came to Ottawa, Kan., pur-
chasedin company with C. M. Ott, of Olathe, Kan., the business of the Ottawa Furniture Co.
Mr. Gottschalk has the whole management of the business, which is an extensive one, em-
ploying some thirty-four men inthe factory, besides which the company has a large retail
store and several large ware rooms. Mr. Gottschalk was married in Quincy, Ill., in 1866 to
Mary Dieffenbach. They have six children—Clara, Albert, Edward, Robert, Birdie and

George. 5 aks

Wit. -G. GRABENDIKE, grocer, was born in Sangamon County, Ill., May 16, 1844.
and rearedon atarm, In August, 186%, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-
fourth INinois Infantry, and-served threetyears. In the fall of 1868 he came to Franklin
County, Kan., and farmed for four years inthe southern part of the county. In February,
1873, fe settled in Otiawa, and fortwo years was engaged in teaming and draying, and on
duly 14, 1875, engagedin the flour and feed business,adding a stock of groceries afew months
later. yr. Grabendike began business in a very small way at first, and has gradually in-
creased, until he has now quite an extensive local trade, and carries a nice stock of about

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FRANK GRAFF, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Indiana County, Pa.,
August 27, 1843, about eight years later his parents moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., and after-
wards to Columbiana County, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch assisted his father in
the mercantile business. He came to Franklin County, Kan., in the fall of 1869, and located
on his present farm. He has 120 acres, seventy of which are in cultivation. He is a breeder
of pure Berkshire hogs. Mr. Graff makes a specialty of fine poultry, Heis the proprieter
of the Franklin County Poultry yards, located three and one-half. miles northwest of the
city of Ottawa. He has made a success of this business, and he sells annually large

uantities of high class poultry and £888, through the Western and Southern states.
mong his fancy fowls are, Plymouth Rocks; black, white and partridge Cochins, Bantams,
Black Hambur 3, Brahmas, Leghorns, Houdans aud_many others, besides fine ducks and
eese. In this line he has had alarge experience. Mr. Graff was married in Columbiana
ounty, Ohio, August 28, 1868, to Phoebe Gore, a native of that county. They have one
daughter. : 7 .
ei ‘& MILNER, manufacturers and dealers inbootsandshoes. This business was
eebtignea in March, 1876, and is the oldest exclusive boot and shoe house in the city of
Ottawa. The firm is popular, and carries a stock of $9,000 to $10,000, to supply the demands
of their large and increasing trade. James A. Guy, the senior member, was born in Ross Co.
Ohio, in 1836, removing three years later with his parentsto Delaware County, he learned
the trade ofshoemaker. Taught school for several years, andfarmed for sometime in
Union County. In March, 1865, be came to Kansas, located at Lawrence, and for eighteen
months conducted a meat market, having a beef contract with the United States Government.
In November, 1866, came to Ottawa, farmed for some four years, and in January, 1870,
engaged in bakery and grocery business, in company with 8. Piersol, they conducting the
concern together for six years, and in March, 18 6, Mr. Guy embarked in the boot and shoe
Dusiness. M. C. Milner is the practical man of the firm. He has been a resident of Ottawa
some twelve years, and has had a large experience in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

RICHARD HALEY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Ottawa. Is a native of Ohio, and
was reared in Holmes County in that Stateon a farm. There he had a farm of 80 acres,
which he conducted until the fall of 1878, when hetraded itfor his present farm, in Ottawa,
Franklin Co., Kansas. on which he has since resided. Mr. Haley has a fine place, consisting
of-200 acres, all well improved, and is extensively engaged in raising cattle and hogs.

‘A, R. HAMILTON, came to Kansas in 1868 and settled in the village, now city, of Ot-
tawa, Franklin County. He has taken a great interest, with others, in building u and im-
proving both the city and farming property. He owns one farm, consisting of 3800 acres, a
part of which lies within the city fimits. r. Hamilton has one son, Newell A., who has the
management ofthis farm. This farm was formerly owned by Mr. Wilson, the chief of the
Ottawa tribe of Indians. He has also built a number of the beststoresin the city.
-“"DELLAND C. HANES, of Hanes & Manning, general merchants, was born in Men-
ard County, Ill., March 12, 1854, and reared oh a farm and was also for a shot time em-
ployed in mercantile business at Elkhart, Ill, In June, 1870, he came to Ottawa, Kansas,

‘as employed as clerk in general merchandise business for about six years, after which he
established this business in company with P. E. Fuller. In December, 1878, Mr, Hanes
urehased his partner’s interest, and on the 28th of that month formed a partnership with
W W. Manning, his present partner... Mr. Hanes is also largely interested in city property
and devotes part of his time to the improvement of the same.

house at Kansas City, where he remained two years.”

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_ ENOCH HARPOLE, attorney, was born in Clark County, Oblo, in May, 185, aud came
with his father, William Harpole, to Kansasin the spring of 1857, residing with them in
Chase County. In 1860 he returned with them to Williamsville, Sangamon Co., Il. The
subject of this sketch studied law at Springfield with Gov. S. M. Cullom and also at the Iowa
State University, where he graduated in 1873 and was admitted to practice at the bar before
the Supreme Court of Illinois in January, 1874, after which he practiced his profession in
Springfleld, that State. In 1878 he returned to Chase County, Kansas, practiclng there un-
til he came to Ottawa in 1880, at which time he opened a law office at this place.

HON. JOHN. P. HARRIS, president of People’s National Bank. Was born in Marietta,
Ohio, in July 1839; emigrated to lowain 1855. He came to Franklin County, Kansas, and
engaged in farming with his brother in the vicinity of Centropolis, On November 1, 1861,
he-enlisted inthe First Kansas Battery and served three years. In 1866 he located in Ot-
tawa and for a year was engaged in farming and real estate business. In 1869 he was
appointed Deputy County Treasurer under his father, A. Harris; served two years and was
elected County Treasurer in 1869, and re-elected in 1871, serving in all four years, He then
moved on to his farm and gave his attention to the management of the same, owning at
that time in company with his brother soine 1,200 acres in this county, In 1877 he return-
ed to Ottawa, became associated with Peter Shiras in the People’s Bank, and was elected
president of the same, which position he has since occupied. He was elected in 1876 to
the State Senate to represent this county for a term of four years.

M . HARRIS, lumber dealer; was born at Marietta, Ohio, April 4, 1842 and .
emigrated to Kansas with his father in’1859 and assisted him in farming, near Centropolis,
Franklin County. In August 1862, he enlisted in the First Kansas Battery, serving twoyears
and then fora year in the Second Tennessee Mounted Infantry as Adjutant with the rank
of First Lieutenant. In 1866 he came to Ottawa and was employed as a clerk in the bank
and also in county treasurer’s office until 1874, when he was elected treasurer of the county
and served two years; was then for a year Deputy United States Internal Revenue Collector,
after which he was assistant cashier in the First National Bank for about two years. Inthe
spring of 1878 he purchased his present business, it having been established by K. MeDon-
ald in 1868. He carries a stock of from 250,000 to 300,000 feet of lumber. Mr. Harris held
the office of City Treasurer for five years and represented the Second ward of Ottawa in the
City Councilfor aterm. He is also largely interested in farm lands.

..__ WILLIAM E. HARRIS, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddlery, etc., was born
in Hamilton County, Indiana, March 25,1844. Emigrated to Coffey County, Kansas, with
his parents in October 1857. He resided with them at Ottumwa, that county and assisted his
father in the hotel business, also farmed there off and on. In 1863 he took charge of the
Ottum wa hotel, conducting it off and on for ten years and during a portion of that period
was engaged in this business. In June, 1873, he came to Ottawa and followed the grocer;
business for afew months, then teaming, etc., until August, 1875, when at his mother’s
death he returned to Ottumwa and carried on hotelfor a few months, returning here in
February, 1876, again engaged in teaming and also carried on a_hotelfor nine months. In
January, 1878, he engaged in this business and has done well. He carries a nicely assorted
stock of about $1.500. 2

JOSEPH LYONS HAWKINS, was born at Flamboro, Ontario, September 21, 1840. He
was for three years engaged in stove and tinware business at Burford, Ontario, and in
January, 1866, emigrated to Kansas, locating in Ottawa; was employed in the stove and tin-
ware business for some months, Thefall of 1867 embarked in the same on his own ac-
count, and carried on an extensive business at this place until September 1881, when he
soldout. He was also for six years of that period connected with the stove and tinware
firm of Mabery & Shimmons, at Lawrence, Kansas. Mr. Hawkins is at present engaged in
building enterprises, and is largel interested in'the Ottawa Opera House and block, just
finished, in company with Messrs Ring & Smith and A. W. Barker. This block is the finest
in the city. The subject of this sketch is one of the enterprising men of Ottawa; he has for
the past eight years represented the Second wardinthe City Council.

CHRISTOPHE R. HECK, dealer in ice, was born in Germany, April 14, 1819, and three
years later hisparents emigrated to Northampton County, Pa., where the subject of this
sketch was employed as a teamster, and also worked on the canal boats. In 1840 he removed
to Wayne County, where he followed agricultural pursuits, He came to Kansas in Septem-
ber, 1857; for a month he resided at Leavenworth, then came to Franklin Cénnty. He pre-
empted 160 acres in Hayes Township, and resided on the same until Februarv, 1865, when
he came to Ottawa. Hecarried onthe Union House for a short time, then for eight
was engaged inthe butcher business, since which time he has been engaged in dealing in
ice, Mr. Heck, hasa double ice house, which has a capacity of 1,500 tons, and he is doing
an extensive business. In September 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Kansas State Home
Guards, and served five months; was also fot a time in Kansas State Militia. In 1872 he
was elected city councilman, from the First ward, and served something over three years.

r. Heck was married in Northampton County, Pa., March 1, 1840, to Elizabeth Coleman:
she died in 1866, leaving ten children. He was married again in Northampton County, Pa.,
in March, 1868, to Angeline Coleman.

WILLIAM H. HODGE, foreman of painting department K. C., L. & 8. K. R. R. Co.. was
born in Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio, in 1843, and reared on a farm in Linn County, Iowa.
He came to Kansas in 1859; located in Coffey County, and followed farming pursuits. On
October 13, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, and served until dis-
charged, February 10, 1865; after which he went to Lawrence, Kas., where he learned the
trade of painter, and followed that occupation there for some years, and was for seven-
teen months int. © employ of this company in that capacity. 6 came to Ottawa in 1876,
and has since been in the employ of this company, and was appointed to his present position

May 1 2. <

CHARLES F. HYDE, dealer in implements and grain, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in
May, 1852. In 1854 he removed to Syracuse, N. Y., where his father died a year later. He
then became an inmate of the Orphan Asylum at that place for twoyears, when he was
brought West, to Sandwich, Ill., by Rev. Mr. Vanmeter, and was taken incharge by Andrew
Miller, with whom he remained for six years; after w hich he worked on various farms in
that vicinity for eighteen months. Retuining to Syracuse, N. Y., he was forayear em-
ployed as a bookkeep >t in aflour-mill. He then once more came West to Sandwich, where

e followed farming and mechanical pursuits until about twenty-four years of age, when

he went to Portage City, Wis.,and purchasing the Western Advance, published the same
for eighteen months. In 1877 he came to Kansas; was for a short time engaged in the fur-
niture business; established the State Register, a weekly paper, at Spring Hill, Johnson
County, and for a time followed mercantile pursuits in Cherokee County. In February,
1880, he came to Ottawa and engaged in hispresent business. Mr, H. was married July 3.
1876, to Vina Ewing, daughter of Dr. J. Ewing, of Portage City, Wis. They have one son
Mrs..Hydeis a graduate of Fox Lake Baptist College, and for fourteen years taught school
in Columbia and Chippewa counties. Mr. H.is the inventor of the new improved barb
wire, which has arevolving barb; also inventor of the improved combination barb fence.

JOHN JEFFERIES, of J. Jefferies & Co., musical merchandise, was born in England,
June 9, 1819, and emigrated to America in 1842, He taught school for someten to fifteen
years in the States of New York, Kentucky, and Iowa; after which he conducted a farm
in Mahaska County, lowa, for about fifteen years. In 1861 he opened a store on his farm,
earrying iton there for some years, then at Oskaloosa for two years. In 1872 he went to
Canyon City, Col., and was for several years engaged 1n coal-mining, andis now also inter-
ested in that business. He came to Ottawa, Kas., March, 1876. and engaged in_his
present business. His partners are Henry §S., his son, and J. C. Barrickman, The
also carry furniture, undertakers’ goods, books, etc. In August, 1882, they built an
opened a furniture factory at this place, in which they employ some ten men. They carry
a stock in their store of $10,000, and do the leading business at this place in their Jines.

F. JENKINS, farmers’ grocery, was born in Morris County, N. J. May 9,1838. He
learned the trade of carriage-ironer at Morristown. N, J., serving three years as an appren-
tice; also clerked for a time in the mercantile business. In 1860 he emigrated to Terre
Haute, Henderson Co., Ill.,and opened a blacksmith, carriage, and wagon factory, which
he conducted until!he sold out, and came to Ottawa, Kas., April 26,1868. He at once
established the grocery business in company with Charles F. Elias, who retired from the
concern in 1876, since which time Mr. Jenkins has conducted the business alone. He is
very popular with the city and farming community, and has an extensive trade throughout
the county, carrying a nicely assorted stock of groceries and provisions, queensware, glass
and plated ware, cutlery, etc., worth about $2,500 to $3,000. oe

JOHN JOHNSON, assistant master mecbanic K. CL. & 8. K.R. R.Co., was born in
England October 20, 1842, and learned the trade of machinist at the Worcester Engine
Works, serving as an apprentice about seven and a half years; after which he was em-
ployed for some two years as foreman of the shops, Then employed on the ‘ Red Star”
steamship as engineer for a short time, and while in that employ went to Egypt, Malta, ete.
Emigrated to America in 1866, and was for several years employed in the shops of the L. S.
& M.S. R.R. Co. at Cleveland, Ohio; and also was with the A. & G. W. R. R. Co. in same
capacity for some years; and in Louisville, Ky.,employed as a machinist. In November,
1876, he came to Ottawa, Kas., and at once entered the employ of this company as engineer
and machinist. Four and a half years later he was made foreman of the machine shop,
and nine months later assistant master mechanic. He bears the reputation of being a very
fine machinist, and has had a practical experience of twenty-six vears. fi

S. E. W. JOHNSON late proprietor of Johnson House, was born at Lyme, New London Co.,
Conn., in 1824. He was for six years in theemploy of the Shore Line R. R. Co. as conductor,
running between New Haven and New London, Conn. gpnd for six years was ticket agent at
Avon, N. Y., onthe Erie R. R. Inthesummer of 186% he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-
sixth Connecticut Infantry, and was mustered out in 1864, on account of sickness. Shortly
after his enlistment he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, having recruited the
principal part of that company. In 1867 he was appointed ticket agent ofthe Erie R. R. Co.
at Avon Springs, N.Y., resigning on account of ill health. He came to Kansasin 1869, lo-
cating at Lawrence. Conducted the Lawrence House for some six or seven years. In 1877
he came to Franklin County; settled in Williamsburg, conducting the Franklin House during

ears

 
' R. Newton, was a dentist.

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the building of the K.C., B. & S. F. R. R. In November of that year he came to Ottawa, and
rap an eating house at K. ©., L, &S. K. R. R. station, and in April,1881, he opeued this hotel,
which is the leading one in this place, and has good ‘accommodations for fifty guests.

HARVEY B. ¥. KELLER, Kopister of Deeds, Franklin County, was born in Staunton,
Augusta Co., Va., January 11, 1844, emigrating six years later with his parents to Jones
County,Iowa. He came with them to Kansasin May, 1857, and assisted them in farming
in Douglas County. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Third Kansas Regiment,
which was, in March, 1862, organized into the First Kansas Battery. He was wounded b

‘un-shot in the left Jeg at Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7, 1862, and discharged June 29,

865. In August of that year he came to Franklin County, farmed fur a short time, then
engaged in the same capacity in Linn County. Returned herein 1867, farmed for one year,
then in Morris County for some years. In 1874 he settled in Otrawa, farmed for a year, and
for three years engaged in teaming, after which he again gave his attention tofarming, On
the 4th of July, 1879, he met with an accident by the premature discharge of a cannon,
which seriously injured his hands. He was elected to his present office in November of that
year, and re-elected in the fall of 1881. :

INNEARD & LAIRD, proprietors Forest Mills aiid Elevator. This concern is one of
the solid institutions of Franklin County, The mills and elevator rank among the best in
the State. The millshave a capacity of 150 barrels per day. Have five run of buhrs, and
both water and steam power. The firm doa large business in this State and through Texas.
John Kinneard has been connected with the business since 1873, and J. P. Laird, Jr., since
July, 1880. ancy. also do a large business in grain.

. KINNEAR, civil engineer and surveyor, was born at Circleville, Pickaway Co.,
Ohio, December 15, 1824, and at fifteen years of age began to study surveying and civil en-
gineering with his father, David Kinnéar, and followed that occupation In that county up
to 1868. In connection with his profession, Mr. Kinnear also, for a considerable portion of
that period, conducted a farm of about five hundred acres. In November, 1868, he came to
Ottawa, and has since followed his profession at this place; also to a limited extent been en-
ea ed in farming pursuits and d-aling in real estate. He was elected Surveyor of Franklin
oa aty jn gos in 1877, and again in fall of 1881, and Engineer of the city of Ottawa in

pring o: i

JOHN LESTER, florist, etc., was born in Kent County, England, in December, 1817, and
reared on a farm. Emigrated to Amsterdam, N. ¥,,in 1841. Here he followed farming for
three years, and for three years in Virginia. He then moved to Washington, D. C., where
he was employed as a gardener for ten years, and for five years conducted a large flower
and market garden on hisown account. He then went to Cape May, N. J., where he had
charge of a large private garden. In April, 1868, he came to Ottawa, and was for five years
employed in the nursery of the Ottawa University, three and ove-half years of which period
he was manager ofthesame, Mr. Lester was for seven years janitor of the Ottawa High
School. In 1877 he engaged in his present business, His place is one of the most beautiful
in thecounty, his grounds being laid out in magnificent flower beds, which are principally
attended to by his daughter, who has made a success of the cultivation of flowers. Mr.
Lester has two large green-houses, 2.000 square feet of glass is used in covering the same.
Here are stored all varieties of tropical plants, exotic flowers, etc.

FRANCIS M. McCALLY, contractor for brick and stone work, was born in Lewis
County, W. Va.,in 1842. Herehelearned the trade of stone mason, and for some years
followed the same as a journeyman in Bracken County, Ky. He came to Ottawa March 10,
1870, and was for five years employed by R. W. Crossett, contractor for mason work, and in
1875 embarked in his present business. He does quite_an extensive business in his line,
employing at times from twenty to forty-five men, and to facilita'e tne work in erecting
buildings uses the Sweetland Lightning Elevator for hoisting material, etc. Among the
many buildings Mr. McCally has erected here are the Jefferies Brick Block, “Ober” Brick
Biock, Ottawa Opera House, and the handsome stone block known as the Headquarters, He
is the leading man in this business in the City of Ottawa..

JOHN McCURRY, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Montgomery County,
ILL, June 9, 1839, and until sixteen years of ageresided onafarm. Hethen followed mer-
cantile pursuits at Walshville, thatcounty. On August 23, 1862, he enlisted in Company L,
Third Illinois Cavalry and served two years and nine months. He came to Franklin Uounty,

Kan., in August, 1865, and located 01 his present farm, which consists of, 160 acres, ninety.

of which are in cultivation. He raises considerable live stock, and has a fine orchard. The
subject of this sketch was married at Prairie City, Douglas Co., Kan.. in 1867, to Eunice M.
Seward. They have a family of three children—John, Nettie and Fannie.

DAVID McGHEE, manufacturer of boots and shoes, was born in Bedford County. Va.,
in November, 1838. He learned the trade of shoemaker in Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., Ky., and
followed itasa journeyman. He enlisted in October, 1861, in Company C, Fourteenth Ken-
tucky Infantry; was promoted to Second Lieutenant November 1,1862, and to First Lieuten-
ant a year later, and servedin all three years and three months. After the war he engaged
in the manufacture of boots and shoes at Catlettsburg, continuing there until 1871, when he
came to Ottawa, Kan., engaging in thesame business, butsold out in the fall of 1872 and
returned to Kentucky. ere he remained for three years employed in mercantile business
and working at his trade. Came again to Ottawa in 1876; worked for his father in this busi-
ness until 1880, when he succeeded him inthe manufacturing business. He does the lead-
ing trade in this line in the city. :

W. W. MANNING, of Hanes & Manning, dealers in general merchandise. was born
November 20, 1851, near St. Louis, Mo. Upon the breaking out of the war of the Great Re-
bellion the family removed to Ohio, where he was educated. At the age of sixteen he began
teaching in the district schools of his county. After two years he followed the “star of em-
pire” westward and settled in Kansas. After spending one year teaching in the district
schools of Miami County, Kan., he was appointed teacher in tte City Schools of Ottawa,
Franklin Co., Kan. He served as teacher in these schools for six years, and until he was in
1876 appointed. County Baperintendent of Public Instruction. He was elected to that office
in the fall election of that year and served two years. December 28, 1877, the firm uf Hanes
& Manning was established, and since that time the firm has been doing a large and increas-

ing business.

S PASPER P. MASON, farmer, P.O. Ottawa, was born at Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt.
December 10, 1830, and reared on afarm, In 1853 he moved to DuPage County, Ill.,farmed
there for a time; then in same business in Will and Sangamon counties. Hecameto Frank-
lin County, Kan.,, in 1867, and located on Section 6, Township 18, Range 19, Ohio Township,
where he resided until the fall of 1882, when he changed his residence to Ottawa, He still
owns his farm, which consists of 184 acres, all highly Improved but ten acres of it, which is
intimber. Mr, Mason was Trustee of Ohio Township in 1873, °74 and °@5.

REV. DUNCAN C. MILNER, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was born in
Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio, March 10, 1841. He had his early education in the
public schools and was a teacher for soine years, He enlisted as a soldier in the Ninety-
ele uth Regiment Ohto Volunteer Infantry, and was shortly after eppoiuted Sergeant

ajor, and six months after was promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant. He was
discharged from the service in March, 1864, on account of a wound received atthe battle of
Chickamauga. He graduated at Washington and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in
1866, after which he was in Union Theological Seminary, New York, for two years. After
receiving itcense from the Presbytery of Brooklyn, early in 1868 he went to Osceola, Mo.,
and for three and a half years had charge of the Presbyterian Church there, and enga ‘ed in
home mission work. After leaving Osceola he had charge of the Third Presbyterian
Church of Kansas City for three years anda half. In May, 1875, he came to Ottawa. Dur-
ing the gain paign for the prohibitory amendment he was a member of the Executive Com-
mittee of the State Temperance Union. He served for several years as a member of the
Executive Committee of the State Sunday-School Convention. He is now president of
the Sunday-School Assembly of Kansas and Missouri, Mr. Milner Jn December, 1882,
resigned his charge at Ottawa, and accepted a call to the important church at Atchison, Kan.

MOSES D. MITCHELL, foreman of blacksinIth department of the K. 0., L, & 8. K. R. R.
Co., was born in Yorkshire, England, in September, 1842, where he learned the blacksmith
trade, serving an apprenticeship some seven years. in 1864 he came to America and
worked in Bridgeport, Conn., for six months; afterward followed his trade at Quincy, Il].
two and one-half years; then in the shops of the C., B. & Q. R. R, Co,, at Aurora, IIL, unti
he came to Kansas in August, 1876, locating at Ottawa. He entered the employ of this com-
pany as fureman of the blacksmith shop.

W. J. NEWTON, dentist, was born in Knox County, Ill., in February, 1850. His father,

He studied and practiced with him for some years, and was for
three years a member of the dental firm of K, Newton & Co., their headquarters belng at
Savannah, Ohio, and having various branch offices in the neighboring cities. The subject
of our sketch was forced to cease practicing on account of delicate health, and for three

ears resided on the tablelands of Cumberland Mountains, Tenn. In February, 1872,
he came to Ottawa, Kan., and at once established himself inthis business. He has‘a large
and lucrative practice throughout Franklin and the adjacent counties

EDWA H. PARAMORE, clerk of the Fourth Judicial District Court. Was born in
Darke County, Ohio, August 20, 1849, and came with his father, Dr. J. I. Paramore, to Otta-
wa, Kansas, in May, 1866. He began business llfe at this place two years later. Was em-
ployed as bookkeeper, etc., in newspaper office, bank and mercantile business. He was
elected to his present position in November, 1880. Mr. Paramore has also been Clerk of the
city of Ottawa for about eight years, He was married in Ottawa May 4, 1873, to Miss Fannie
Pennock.

DR. JESSE I. PARAMORS#® was born in Falmouth County, Ky. May 24, 1820, and
studied medicine in Dearborn County, Ind., with Drs. Bowers and LeRoy for several years,
and graduated at the Ohio Medical College in 1859. The doctor began the practice of his
profession in 1848 at Castine, Ohio, removing to Arcanum, Ohio, in 1853. In 1862 he en-
tered the employ of the United States Government, and did duty as a post surgeon. Two
years later he went to Greenville, Ohio, practicing there until-1866, when he came to Ottawa
and has since practiced his prefession at thisplace. The doctor is chief surgeon of the K,

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C., L. & S.'K. R. R. Co., local surgeon of the M. P. R, R. Co., and examining surgeon for
United States Pensions. He 1s the oldest practicing physician in the city.

HON. WILLIAM L. PARKINSON, president and general manager of the Ottawa Sugar
Company, was burn in Marshall County, Va., in June, 1842, and reared on a farm, In the
fall of 1863 he enlisted in the First Virginia Infantry, and served until discharged one year
later on account of physical disability,after which he was for some time a student atWaynes-
burg College, *Penn., graduating there in 1866, and was admitted to the bar. He prac-
ticed his profession at Wheeling, Va,, until the spring of 1869, when he came to Ottawa ana
continued to practice here for eleven years. Mr. Parkinson has always, since his arrival in
this state, been largely interested in farming and raising stock, and at present owns in this
county some 1,700 Bores offarm land. The Ottawa Sugar Company was organized in Janu-
ary, 1882, and in July following Mr. Parkinson purchased a controlling interest in the
same, since which time he has been president of it, The company has a capital of $25,000,
and does a large business in the manufacture of syrups. Mr. Parkinson was elected to the
state Senate in 1874. Was a member of the Kansas State Board of Centennial Commission-
ers and attorney for Franklin County in 1878-79. :

SAMUEL L. PATRICK, deputy clerk of the District Court, was born in Brimfield,
Mass., August 10, 1833, and four pears later removed with parents to Ogle County, IIl.,
where he was reared on a-farm. In 1852 he moved to California and for four years followed
mining pursuits, after which he returned to Ogle County. On July 17, 1861, be enlisted in
Company EK, Thirty-fourth Illinois Infantry, and having recruited the same was elected
First Lieutenant, September 7, 1861, and promoted to Captain, March 22, 1862, for services
at the battle of Shiloh. He resigned in February, 1864, on account of ill ‘health, and for sey-
eral years was incapacitated from doing business. Then was for two-years engaged in mer-
cantile business at Algonquin, 11. In February, 1868, he came to Frauklin County, and lo-
cated in Centropolis aid has since been interested in farming and stock raising pursuits,
In the fall of 1874 he was elected clerk of the District Court, and moved his place of resi-
dence to Ottawa. He was re-elected in the fall of 1876 and again in 1878. Mr, Patrick was
appointed to his present position in 1880. He still owns his farm in Centropolis Township,
consisting of 320 acres. In August, 1878, he enlisted in the Ottawa Company of Kansas
State Militia. He was promoted to_First Lieutenant of the Company at the organization of
the First Regiment of Kansas State Militia; was promoted to Major, January 14, 1880, to
Lieutenant Colonel June 19, 1880, and to Colonel of the Regiment, June 27, 1882. =

WILLIAM O. PICKRELL, breeder of blooded cattle, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Sanga_
mon County, Ll, February 27, 1830; reared on a farm and followed farming and stock rais
ing there, Th March, 1865, he came to Franklin County, located in the city of Ottawa and
for three years conducted a meat market, In 1868 he moved onto his present farm in Otta-
wa Township. He owns inthe county, 855 acres of land, is one of our largest farmers, and
isquite extensiveiyengaged in breeding Short-horn cattle,and thoroughbred Berkshire hogs.
His cattle have taken several premiums at the Franklin County fairs. Mr. Pickrell also
makes a specialty of breeding Norman and Clydesdale horses. He was elected sheriff of
Franklin Gount in the fall of 1876 and re-elected in 1878. The subject of our ;ketch was
married near Keokuk, Iowa, January 11 54, to Hannah J. Reed. They have seven
children: Ida M,, Reed, Fannie H., Jesse, Elizabeth, Allie and Waiter.

GEORGE F, POTTERF, proprietor of the Ottawa Oil Mills, was born in Preble County
Ohio, January 4, 1819, and reared on a farm, and was also for some years employed in oil
millsin that locality. He then engaged in the manufacture of oil at West Alexandria, Ohio,
conducting mills at that place for twenty-five years. And also, in connection with this.
followed farming pursuits, and has now a farm there of 220 acres. In September, 1877, he
came to Ottawa, and at once took charge of these mills, having some two years previous
securedthem. Lie is the only one engaged in this business in Franklin County. The mills
are fitted up with the latest improved machinery for the manufacture of oil from flax seed
and castor beans. The refuse from the crushings of the latter is largel.
lands, with considerable success. Mr. Potterf is also largely engage
and castor beans for the Eastern markets.

CHARLES L. ROBBINS, grocer, was bor) at LaGrange, Loraine County, Ohio, June 22,
1833, and reared on aiarm. In April, 1856, he came to Kansas, locating in Centropolis,
Franklin County, and took an active part in the ‘‘ unpleasantness ” of those times, his prin-
cipal employment consisting of farm work. Was elected Sheriff of the county in 1858,
being the firstto hold that office; servedtwo years, and was Deputy for two years, and again
elected Sheriff in 1861 aud 1863. In 1865, he engaged in the livery business at Ottawa, in
firm of Robbins & Jeness; two years later, his »artuer sold his interest to H. Tefft, with
whom he continued for two years. In 1869, he was again elected Sheriff; served aterm of
two years, and in 1871, established his present business; carriesa stock of some $6,000, and
has a very extensive trade. Mr. R. was elecied County Assessor in 1865, for aterm of two
years; was appointed County Cummissioner early in 1873 to fill a vacancy, and elected in
the fall; re-elected in 1874—term two years; and again in 1881—term three years.

HENRY H. RODGERS, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Ottawa, was born in ay ete County,
Ohio, March 29, 1841; removed in 1848 with his parents to Shelby County, I1l., where he
was reared on a farm, and for some years carried on a fifty-acre farm on his own account,
Came to Franklin County, Kan., September 29, 1867, and located on his present farm,
which he hasimproved from raw prairie. He owns 269 acres, 140 of which are under
cultivation; also raises considerable stock, and has a fine orchard. Mr. Rodgers was mar-
riedin Shelby County, Ill., October 16, 1862, to Hannah C. Tull. She was born in Shelby
County, Ill, November 25, 1844; they have a family of four children—three born in Shelby
County, Lll., and one in Kansas,

WILLIAM RUFUS RODGERS, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Fayette
County, Ohio, in 1838, and ten years later removed with his parents to Shelby County, IIL,
where he was reared 01 a farm, and for some years conducted a forty-acre farm on his own
account. He came to Franklin County, Kan., September 29, 1867, and located on his present
farm, which he has improved from raw prairie. Mr. Rodgers owns 300 acres of land, of
which 190 are under cultivation. He also raises consideratle live stock, and hasa good
orchard. He was Treasurer of Ottawa Township for five years. Mr. R. was married in
Moultrie County, Ill, in 1863, to Lucy Weeks. They have a family of seven children,

JONATHAN RUE, dealer iu groceries and confectionery, was born near Monmouth, N.
J., in 1817; resided for some time in Virginia,-and began business life in Ohio at the age of
eighteen years, following mercantile business, as a clerk, in Warren and Bridgeport for
three or four years; then farming in Scioto County ; in 1848, went to Illinois, settling in
Adams County; followed farming pursuits for several years, after which he crossed the
Isthmus to California. Two years later, he returned East, and settled in Henderson Coun-
ty, IL, and engaged once more in farming. In 1861, he embarked in the mercantile busi-
ness at Terra Haute, lnd., carrying on a general store there for eigbt years. In May, 1868
he came to Uttawa, Kan., and at once cngaged inthis business.
has @ good trade in the city and adjacent COUNTY:

J. A. SAMPSEL, manufacturer and dealer in cigars, tobacco, etc., was born in Fayette
County, Pa., in 1855, and learned the trace of clgarmaker at Uniontown, Fayette Couuty,
serving as an apprentice some four years, after which he worked as a journeyman, and for
two years carried on acigar factory, at Greensburg, Pa, He came to Kansas in October,
1881; remained for several months In Leavenworth, engaged in this business; came to
Ottawa in May, 1882, and purchased the cigar store and manufactory of H. J. Acker; he is
the only one engaged in the manufacture of cigars in Franklin County; has quite an exten-
sive trade In Southern Kansas; employs five practical cigarmakers, and turns out 20,000 to
25,000 claurs monthly. g

BENJ. SANDS, of Sands & Dean, general merchants, was born in Cattaraugus County,
N. ¥., February 6, 1848, and came to Kausas in 1856, locating with his father, Charles A.
Sands, at Minneola, who conducted a mill at that place, and the subject of this sketch was
employed in the same up to 1867, when he came to Ottawa, following mercantile business
as aclerk for about six years. Was then in that business on his own account at Centropolis
for several years, after which he returned to Ottawa, and was again employed as aclerk.
in March, 1880, he embarked in general merchandise business, purchasing the stock of A.
B. Cobb. On September the 1st, 1882, he admitted as a partner Dan, Dean. They do a
large trade. carrying a fine stock of about $6,000.

ZRA V. SAYERS, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Ottawa, was born in Miami County, Ohlo,
in 1838 and reared on a farm. He taught school in the Southern States for several
years, and in August, 1861, went to Macomb, Ill., where he enlisted. in Company D, Twenty-
eighth Illinois Infantry, serving three years. After the war he read law at Troy, Ohio, for
three year, and during two years of that period held the office of Deputy Clerk of District
Court In July, 1868, he came to Franklin County, and has since followe | agricultural pur-
suits, Since September, 1879, he has resided in Ottawa. He has about 365 acres of land in
Lincoln and Ottawa Townships, on which there are three residences. He cultivates 250
acres of his land and raises considerable livestock. Mr. Sayers is a successful farmer, and
is considered one of the enterprising men of the county,

DWIN M. SHELDON, proprietor Ottawa Soap Factory, was born in Chautauqua
County, N. Y., March 18, 1847, and reared ona farm. He came to Ottawa in January, 1870.
Was Deputy Register of Deeds for atime, and in 1872 was elected Clerk of the District
Court, which position he filled for two years. In the fall of 1874 he entered into this busi-
ness, Joming C. 8. Lothrop. InJ BOUALY 1879. he purchased his partner’s interest, and_has
since conducted the business alone. anufactures principally laundry soap, of which he
makes 300,000 pounds per annum.

C. E. SHI RAS, dealer in groceries, provisions, and wooden and willow ware, was born
in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 29, 1856, and came to Kansas in the spring of 1875, locating at
Ottawa. He was for two years employed ‘as aclerk in the People’s Bank. In 7 he en-
gaged in dry goods business in company with C. D. Crane, remaining in that business about
two years. as then not motlvely engaged tn business until January, 1882, when he pur-
paged Dis Present Sate Uisnment: rom a a Urethane Ws i palzas. & he subject of our sketch

‘ted up store, carries a stock of about $ , and is doing a large trade.

PETER SHIRAS, cashier People’s National Bank, was born in Lawrence Gounty, Ohio,

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August, 1843, removing with his parents two years later to Cincl
life at the age of twenty-one years. Was for coven years a member of tha’ a tag aracat
John Ellison & Co., and disposed of his interest in that concern to come to Ottawain May,
1872, He purchased at that time an interest in the People’s National Bank and was elected
vice president, which position he occupied until 1877, when he associated with J. P. Harris,
since which time he has acted as cashier, and owns 2 one-half interest in the concern ,

HORACE J. SMITH, President of the First National Bank of Ottawa, was born in Sus-
quehenhe County, Penn., January 27, 1838. Emigrated to Oregon, Ogle Co.,, Ill, in 1856.

as Deputy County Clerk and Register of Deeds for four years, and elected Gounty Treas-
urer in 1861.” While holding that office, he enlisted, and'was mustered into Company K
Ninety-second Illinois Infantry, September 4, 1862.. He was Shortly afterward elected
First Lieutenant, and six months later promoted to Captain of Company B, serving untilthe
summer of 1865. In June, 1866, he came to Ottawa, engaged in hardware business under
style of Smith & Case, in which business he remained for some years. In 1872, he, with
others, organized The Ottawa Bani, and was cashier of the same for three years. ‘In July,
1875, in company with A. M. Blair, he purchased the controlling interest in the First Na—
tional Bank, being elected cashier. In February, 1882, Blair sold out his interest to C.
C. Minton and others, and Mr. Smith was at that tline elected president of the same,
_ J. G. SPENCER & CO., dealers in general merchandise, The resident partner of this
firm, J. G. Spencer, was born in Jersey County, Ill., in 1831; reared on a farm, and began to
earn his own livelihood at the age of fifteen years.’ When twenty-one years of age, he en-
paged in Brocery business at Fielder, a small town in his native county, follow ing it there
or some five years, and for ten years at Auburn,same county. He then came West, traveled
for three ye.rs in the State of Kansas, engaged ‘in trading, étc, In 1870, he located in Otta-
wa; was for a year engaged in real estate business, after which he followed farming pur-
suits for five years. n_1876, he took charge of the Hamblin House, and conducted itfor a
peat, then again gave his attention to farm ng. In March, 1878, he embarked in his present
usiness alone, admitting Jno. Piper, of Virden, Ill., in September, 1880. ‘Ihe firm carry a
stock of $8,000; and do: ea extensive business. irs. Spencer also carries on a millinery
usiness in i hg. r. 8. was married at Fielder, I1)., in x 7
They bave three children—Lioyd, George and William. ‘ 185 ts 10 Mary Hayes

THOMAS H. STARLING, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddles, trunks, etc.
Was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1829, and learned trade of harness maker at Chilli-
cothe, serving as an apprentice some five years; after which he followed his trade as jour-
neyman in Burlington Iowa and St. Louis, Mo., for about four years. In 18 3, he went to
California, aud remained there three years, and on his return East, again settled in St.
Louis. In March, 1862, he enlisted and wasemployed in the United States Ordnance De-

artment until the war closed, In 1866, he engaged in harness business near St. Louis, and
in August, 1870, removed to Ottawa, Kan., and at once opened in same business. He has a
nice stock of $8,000 and employs several men in his manufacturing department.

STEELMAN & ‘BROTHER, contractors and builders. This business was established in
1869, in a small way, by Daniel E. Steelman, and in 1871, he was joined by his brother
Thomas B. They have by industry and close attention to their affairs, elevated themselves
until they are doing the most extensive business in their lineinthis place, They have
erected many prominent buildings in this city, among which is the Ottawa Opera House.
The brothers are natives of Atlantic County, N. J., and learned the trade of carpenter and
builder in Springfield, Lil., where they were both employed as journeyman in this business
for some years, Daniel E, came to Ottawa in 1869, and engaged in present business, his
brother following him in 1871. They are enterprising men, and popular with the business
community.

REV. JAMES P. STEPHENSON, Pastor of the Second Baptist Church, was born in
Geauga County, Ohio, June 23, 1845. Ho took a classical course at Oberlin, Ohio, gradu-
ating in 1867, avd a three years’ course at Rochester Theological Seminary, N.Y., sradu-
ating in 1871, and was ordained in December of that year at Paw Paw, Mich., where he had
charge of a Baptist Church for seven months, after which he was engaged in mission work
in the ofl regions of Pennsylvania, then in charge of the First Baptist Church of Warren,
Ohio, forthree years. He came to Ottawain July, 1877, and at once entered upon his duties
as Pastor of the Second Baptist Church. He is a member of the Executive Board of the
State Baptist Convention of Kansas, and a Trustee of the Ottawa University.

GEO. D. STINEBAUGH, of Stinebaugh & Barnett, real estate, was born in Crawford
County, Ohio, August 13, 1840, andrearedon afarm. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Com-
pany B, Fourteenth Ohio Infantry; served three months and re-enlisted September 1,in Com_-
pany’ H, Thirty-eighth Ohio Infantry; was mustered out in August, 1865. Atthe ‘battle of

onesboro, Ga., on September 1, 1864, he ‘ost his left leg by two gunshot wounds, After the
war he attended college at Toledo, Ohio, for a short time, and cameto Franklin County,
Kan., in March, 1866; followed farming for a year; he then removed to Ottawa. Was
elected County Clerk in 1867, aud re-elected five consecutive times, serving in all twelve
years. Inthe spring of 1880 he engaged in real estate business in company with A. G. Bar-
nett. They doa Jarge business, and are land agents for the K.C., L. & 8. K. R. R. Co., and
the M. P. R. R. Co. [n:1867 Mr. Stinebaugh held the office of Enrolling Clerk of the House
of State Representatives. ‘

.F IFT & CO., dealers in hardware implements, carriages, etc. W. F. Swift, the
senior member of the firm, was born in New Bedford, Mass., in March, 1845, and for sev-
eral years followed mercantile business there as aclerk, He came to Ottawa in June, 1866,
followed the cattle business for a year and clerked for a short time in hardware business.
In 1868 he joined H. J. Smith in ardware business, they continuing together for three
years. Mr, Swift then engayed in brokerage and loan business, following it for about three
years. In 1874 he once more engaged in hardware business, purchasing the stock of A. W.
Anderson, and a year later admitted to a partnership Sanford Topping, who came to Ottawa
in 1874, ahd was for some three or four yearsemployed as aclerk in this business by its
former owner. The firm carry afine stock of goods, averaging in value from $12,000 to
$16,000, and do a large trade locally and in the neighboring counties.

R. D. THAYER, farmer, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Randolph County, N. C., in 1838,
and reared onafarm. He resided fora short time in Indiana, Illinois aud Missouri, and
came to Franklin County with his father, B. M. Thayer, in 1860, with whom he resided un-
til 1867, when he moved on to his present farmin Ottawa Township, He is tbe owner of
ninety acres of land, all wellimproved, eighty of which are undercultivation. During the
war Mr, Thayer was in the employ of the United States Government, teaming, etc. He was
married in Ottawa, Kan., December 31, 1865, to Miss Hannah Matteson, and this union has.
been blessed with three children. i

. D. THAYER, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Ottawa, was born in Randolph County,
N. C., May 29, 1840, andreared on afarm. He resided fora short period in the States of
Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, and came to Kansas with his father, B. M. Thayer, in Octo-
ber, 1860, and resided with him in Franklin County until 1867, when he moved on to his
present farm in Ottawa Township. Mr. Thayer has 160 acres of improved land, and
inakes a specialty of raising stock. During the war he was employed teaming for the
United States Government. Hetakes an active part in local politics, and has held several
township offices, He was marriedin Franklin County in March, 1870, to Mary M. Noss.
They have two living children—Elson and Howard, and twodeceased—Bertha an‘ Clarence

ALBERT TUTCHER, farmer, Section 16, Ottawa, Franklin Co., Kan., was born in Eng-
jand, June 21, 1840, and a year later his parents emigrated to Delaware County, N. Y.; in
1847 to Chenango County, N. Y.; in 1852 they moved to Stephenson County, Ill., where the
subject of this sketch was reared onafarm. They moved from there by wagon to Frank-
Iin County, Kansas, in the summer of 1858, reaching theirnew homeon August 24. Fol-
lowing agricultural pursuits, during the late war he served about _two years in Company
A, of the Tenth Kansas Militia, In February, 1865, he removed to Ridgeway, Osage County,
where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for one ear, in company with H. D. Tutcher, an
elder brother, at this time, selling the busiuess to his partner. Hé was married to Miss Eliza
J. Young, of Marian, Douglas Co., Kan., on March 28, 1865. In 1866 he engaged in the saw-
mill business in company with Harry Horr, in Shawnee County, ten miles south of Topeka,
until June of that year, when they moved the mill to Franklin ounty and continued in the
business until the spring of 1879, when he moved on his present home, forty acres of Eight
Mile Bottom Land, with about five acres of a fine orchard and small fruits of all kinds, Dur-
ing the winters‘of 1869 and 1873 he carried an a meat market at Ottawa in connection with
his farming pursuits. He served as Deputy Sheriff of thecounty in 1874, '75, °76 and '%7,
and in 1879 was nominated for Sheriff on the Greenback ticket, but was notelected. He is
engaged at this time as traveling salesman and agent for A. H. Andrews & Co., of Chicago,
Ill./manufacturers of school, bank, office, library and opera house furniture. His family
consists of the wife, four daughters and two sons, -

SAMUEL WALGAMOT, manufacturer and dea er in marble monuments, headstones,
ete., was born in Franklin County, Pa., in 1823, and seventeen years later removed to Spring-
field, Iil., where helearned thetrade of stone cutter, and followed it ag an occupation in
the Southern and Western States for eight years. In 1854 he engaged in this business at
Chatham, Sangamon Co,, Til, carrying an extensive trade for three years, after which
he gave his attention to farming pursuits for several years and again embarked in this busi-
ness at L:ncoln, Logan Co,, Ill., following it there until 1866, when he moved to Christian
County, continuing there for a year ors», He came to Kansas in May, 1867, and worked at
his tradein Topeka. In the spring of 1868 he came to Franklin County, located near
Centropolis and followed farming pursuits, and in the spring of 1880 he engaged in this
business, doing business under the style of Walgamot & Co. Healso has a fine farm in
this county consisting of 100 acres.

MMOR W. WALTON, of E. W. Walton & Co., general merchants, was ‘born in Salem,
Ohio, May 12, 1883. He assisted his father, who was engaged in the hardware business.
In 1858 he began the study of medicine at Canton, Ohio, with Dr. E. . Walker. and gradu-
ated in Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in the class of 1860 and 1861. arly in
the latter year he was appointed ActingAssistant Surgeon of the United States Army; was
for eight months examining surgeon at Harrisburg, Pa.; then an Inspector in the depart-

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ments of South Carolina and Georgia, serving until the fall of 1865, after which he went to
Warrensburg, Mo., and engaged in the drag business in company with R. L. Walker, The
were burned out in the spring of 1867, and in September, 1868, the subject of our sketc!
came to Kausas and was one of the organizers of Montgomery County, and also of Verdigris
City. the first county seat of that county. There he practiced medicine, delivering the first
child born inthe county, In December, 1868, he came to Ottawa and engaged in the mer-
cantile business in company with his father-in-law, E. L. Walker, who died in 1872, ana at
whose death, Lizzie L., wife of Mr. Walton, became a partner in the business. Frank L. Don-
aldson was also until quite recently interested tn the business. Mr. W. began with a stock
of about $500, and histrade has enlarged until he now carries a stock of general merchan-
dise valued at about:9,000. He and his wife also own four farms in this county, compris-:
ing 500 to 600 acres. In 1870, in company with George W. Hamblin, he made the first addi-
tion to Ottawa, known as the Hamblin & Walton Addition.

L C. WASSON, dentist, was born at Dexter, Washtenaw Co., Mich., August 12, 1843.
He began the study of dentistry about 1859, with Dr. Cooper of that place, remaining wilh
him two years; then a student for six months with Dr. Allport, of Ch cago, Ill. In 1863 he
opened an office at Dexter, Mich., for the practice of his profession, remaining there until
he came to Ottawa, Kan., April 12, 1867. e at once established himself in business at this
place, and has now a very large practice. From 1869 to October. 1872, he was associated
with Dr. W.H. Shulze, now of Atchison, Kan. Mr. Wasson represented the Third ward in
the City Council in 1877 and the Fourth ward in 1878 andin May 1881 was elected Mayor

of the city for aterm of two years, -

HN C. WATSON, grocer, was born in Ontario, Canada in 1847 Emigrated to
Springfield, Ill., in 1864, where he taught school for several years. He cameto Kansas in
September, 1869, locating at Ottawa He was employed as a teacher in the public schools for
threeyears. In 1874 he engaged in this business style of the firm at opening was Moore
& Watson; two years later the firm sold out and Mr. Watson has since conducted the busi-
ness alone. Hehas anice trade and carries a stock of $1,000 to $1200 Mr. Watson was for
a considerable time a member of the city school board.

ADAM WEAVER, breeder of blooded stock, Section 31, P. O. Ottawa, was born in
Marysville, Union County, Ohio, August 1, 1842 and there he followed farming. He enlisted
August 12, 1862in Company F, Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served one year and
was disabled by gun shot wound in the left arm at_the battle of Stone River and again in
both legs on the Cumberland River. He came to Kansas December 30, 1868, and located in
Franklin County and has since followed agricultural pursuits. In 1879 he moved onto his
present farm, which consists of 840 acres all improved, and since 1876 he has been engaged
in breeding pedigreed Short- horn cattle. His cattle have taken many premiums at the
County fairs and he is making a success of the enterprise. He was married at Marysville,
Union Co., Ohio, March 9 1865, to Jennie Longbreak and they havea family of two chil-

dren, Clara and May fs

HON. H. P. WELSH, attorney, was born in Roscoe, Coshocton Co., Ohio, July 26,
1834, He studied law at Centreville with Harvey Tannehill, and was admitted to the bar at
Bloomfield in September. 1855; was shortly afterward elected prosecuting attorney of
Appanoose County, Iowa, and served two years. He cameto Franklin County, Kansas, in
May 1858, and practiced law at Miuneola, also farmed forfour years. In the spring of 1865 _
he came to Otte wa and has since practiced his profession atthis place. He-was the first
Clerk of the Districtin this county, was County Commissioner for six years, and served
one lerm as County Attorney, He was Journal Clerk of the House of State Representatives
in 1863 and 1864, and was elected tothe State Legislature in 1867 and again in 1869. He
was electe’ one of the first Trustees of the city of Ottawa, in 1866, and el ected Secretary
of the Board; was elected Mayor of the city in 1869 and re-elected in 1870, and City Attor-
ney inthe spring of 1880. Mr. Welsh was married in Centreville, Iowa, in 1856. to Mary
Shaw; shedied May 25, 1870, leaving five children—Laura, Minnie, Rose, Florence and
Harlen. He was married a second time in Ottawa, in June, 1871, to Isadore A. Crawford.
They have one son, Roy.

THOMAS F, WESTFALL, Sheriff of Franklin County was born in Sangamon County
Ill, December 22, 1838. A year later emigrated to Jefferson County. lowa, with his father;
assisted him in his wagon-making shop. In 1856 he returned to Sangamon County, and
followe'l farming. On the 15th of August, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, 26th Illinois In-
fantry and served through the war. Mr. Westfall came to Ottawa, in February, 1871. and
was employed in lumber business for some eight years. He was elected Sheriff in the fall
oF 1879, and re-elected in 1881. He was married in Sangamon County, Ill., to Arminia J.

arrett.

W. A. WESTOVER & CO., dealers in boots and shoes This firmis composed of W. A.
Westover and Charles 8. Wolsey, the latter being connected with business in Chicago. Mr.
Westover manages the business principajly. The firm do a large business and carry a large
and well assorted stock of about $10,000 to $12 (100.
linois, May 9, 1857, and came to Ottawa, Kansas in the fall of 1876; was for several years
employedas a clerk in, general merchandise business, and in August, 1879, engaged in his

resent business in company with F. P. Gould, who retired from the concern in July, 1880.
harles 8. Wolsey of Chicago taking his place.

ALPHEUS J. WIGHTMAN, treasurcr of Franklin County; was born in Granville,
Licking Co., Ohio, January 12, 1829, and was employed as a clerk in the postoffice and gen-
eral store at that place for several years. In 1849 he removed to Dubuque, Iowa, and six
months later crossed the plains to California, where he followed mining for two years, re-
turning to Cascade, Iowa, where he farmed until he came to Ottawa, Kansas, in 1869
built the Ottawa Mixs, in company with H. D. Crane, Continuing in that business until 1880.
Mr. Wightman has always since his arrival in this State been identified with farming pur-
suits. e at present owns 321 acres inthis county. He has represented the Third ward
in the City Council for the past ten years, and was elected County Treasurer in November
1881, entering upon his duties in October 1882. 7

J. H. WILHITE, dealer in stapleand fancy groceries, notions, etc; was born in Ozark
County, Missouri in 1835, and removed shortly afterwards with his parents to Jefferson
City, Missouri, and followed farming and teaming in that neighborhood. In 1854 he came
to Kansas, farmed for a year in Linn County. then located in Anderson County, where he
was engaged in farming and stock raising for about twenty years, He participated in the
troubles of 1856, enlisting under the banner of John Brown. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted
in Company G, Seventh Kansas Cavalry In October, 1863, he had his horse shot under him
at Corinth, Mississippi, and his right leg was broken by the falling of the animal]. He served
until November 1, 1865. The subject of this sketch came to Ottawa in 1874, and at once
embarked in this business. He carries a stock of $1.200 to $1,500

WILLIAM H. WOODLIEF, farmer and breeder of blooded cattle, P.O. Ottawa: was born
near Cincinnati, Ohio, December 27 1839 andrearedonafarm He enlisted August 6, 1861
in Company G, First Ohio Cavalry, about a year later was promoted to Second Lieutenant
and for six months, during the year that he held that rank. acted as Adjutant of the regi-
ment; was then promoted to Captain, serving until he resigned October 1 1864. After the
war he embarked in the mercantile business and also engaged in contracting for building
work, etc. Was for three years Postmaster at Withamsyille, and for three years at Mamies-
ville, Ohio; al-o had United States Mail contract there from 1872 to 1876._He came to
Franklin County, Kan., in April, 1877 and purchased the Toy-Jones estate. He has 1,040
acres of land, all fenced, 400 of which are under cultivation. He is largely engaged in breed-
ing blooded Durham cattle and draught horses, Several of his cattle have taken premiums
at the Franklin County fairs, He served during 1881 as trustee of the Township of Ottawa.
Mr. Woodlief is one of the largest farmers of this county and is also largely interested in
contracts for carrying the United States mails at the cities of Omaha, Nashville, Savannah
New Orleans, Cleveland and Buffalo.

D. C. UNG, of Sumner & Young, abstract and loan office, was born in Essex County,
N. ¥., May 4, 1836. At the age of fourteen he accompanied his parents to Warren
County, where he assisted them in farming, aud also taught school for several years. He
attended Troy Conference Academy, Vermont, then Fort Edward Seminary. New York,
aud afterward the Chicago University, where he graduated in Law, June 30, 1864. Mr.
Young enlisted in June 1861, in the Thirty-fourth Illinois Infantry; was appointed Orderly
Sergeant and served two years, He was severely wounded in the right arm and taken prison-
er at the battle of Murfreesboro, in December 1862, parolled six weeks later and in about
six months exchanged. After his graduation he practiced law at Dixon, Illinois; In 1865
he removed to Toulon, Illinois, practiced there until 1870, when he joined the Greeley
Colony and went to Colorado where he was engaged in handling cattle in Weld and Lari-
mer counties for six years. Mr. Young came to Ottawa, Kansas in November 1876 and at
once became associated with William Sumner in their present business. :

JOHN YOUNG, farmer, P. O, Ottawa, Franklin Co, Kan. Was born in Allegheny
County, Versailles Township Pa,in 1806. Was married to Elizabeth Gregory, February
2, 1828, They brought up a family of five chilureu—George M., William G., John A., Eliza
J.and Frank M. Mr, Young was manager of Coal Works near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
for many years. He removedfrom Pennsylvania to Warren County, Iowa, in the spring of
1858 and from thence to Kansas in the fall of thesame year, settling in Douglas County. fif-
teen miles southwest of Lawrence. Three of his children accompanied him from Pennsyl-
vania and are stillresidiag inthisState. After living in Douglas Connty about ten years.
he disposed of his property there in 1868 and removed to Franklin County, buying lands
from the Ottawa Indians, about five miles northwest of the city of Ottawa, Section 16:
Township 16, Range 19, where heat present resides. Mrs, Young died here, February 25.
1878. The farm consists of 440 acres of well improved iand, well stocked with cattle, hogs.
ete., and is managed by his son, William G. Young.

CENTROPOLIS,
As elsewhere stated, the first settlement was made on the site of this town
by Perry Fuller. In 1855, he established a store here, for the purpose of traffick-

Mr. Westover was birn in Elgin, Il-
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ing with the Indians. His stock of goods was supplied him by West & James,
of Kansas City. A very large business was at once established, the aggregate
sales amounting to $50,000 per year. In 1856 Mr. Fuller took William Moore
into partnership. The new firm bought out West & James, and continued the
business for themselves. About this time the Centropolis Town Company was
organized, with the following members: Perry Fuller, John F. Javens, Frank-
lin Barnes, George Powers, Samuel T. Shorés, William Moore, J. K. Goodin,
George W. Smith, Benjamin C. Westfall, Samuel Mewhinney, Ralph Mayfield,
Cyrus K. Holliday, William Y. Roberts, and Cyrus F.Currier. The design of the
Town Company was to make the new city they were founding not only the county-
seat, butalso the Territorial capitaland thefuturecapital of the future State, hence
the name Centropolis, suggested by Joel K. Goodin. While such hopes were enter-
tained, the town grew quite rapidly, and lots were sold at what seem now exorbi-
tant prices, $500 being readily obtained for a lot which now would not sell for
much more than ten cents for farming purposes. This was in 1857, just before
the commencement of the similar mushroom growth of Minneola.

In 1856, quite a number of business and dwelling houses were erected.
Dr. Hall opened a dry goods and grocery store, which within two years was
sold to H. H. Bliss. George Powers started a boarding-house, and, ir 2°77,
erected a building especially for a restaurant. Jacob Long built a trading
house, and among other commodities sold liquor to the Indians. In order to
break up this traffic, Messrs. Fuller & Moore purchased Long’s stock of liquor,
and knocking in the heads of the barrels, let it flow out onto the prairie. The
squaws, however, sorry to see so much valuable “fire water” wasted, gathered up
as much as possible of it, with buckets, as it flowed away.

In 1857, the Town Company built a large steam saw-mill, which was oper-
ated the first year by J. A. Marcell, and the second by J. M. Loos. The year
1857 was the most prosperous that Centropolis has seen. ,At that time there
were in all about thirty buildings in the town, among them being four saloons
and a prosperous gambling-house.

The first teacher in Centropolis was William Cator, who taught in 1855.
The present schoolhouse was built in 1877. It is a neat one story frame build-
ing, will seat eighty scholars, and cost about $1,200.

The Methodist Church was organized in 1856. Their first minister was
Rev. Mr. Kilpatrick. The subsequent ones have been: Rev. Messrs. Moore,
Still, Stewart, Parker, Hahn, Fisher, Rice, Adams, Davis, Ferril, Mooth, Clock,
Bratton, Wilson, Rhodes, and Holland.

The Christian Church was organized in 1858. The ministers of this
church have been Revs. Messrs. Hutchinson, Brown, Gans, Jeffries, William
Nelson, Wilson, Allumbaugh, and C. Curl.

The Onion Baptist Church was organized in 1860 with fifty-five members,
by Elder Abel Scott. The ministers of this church have been Revs. Messrs.
Elliott, Thacker, Ezra Johnson, A. J. Johnson, Daniel Smith, W. Williams,
and Creel. The present membership is thirty-five.

The Dunkards were organized in 1865. In this and adjoining counties,
Douglas and Osage, they have about sixty members in their organization.
They are a peculiar people, being quite clannish and exclusive, seldom marry-
ing outside the church. They are unusually devout, remarkably industrious and
reasonably prosperous. In dress they are plain but neat, the women epecially
being very attractive,

One of their cardinal doctrines in religion is that one should wash
another’s feet, and the church is divided on this point into two sects, the one con-

tending that the washing and the wiping of the feet should both be done by the
same person, the other that the washing should be done by one person, the
wiping by another. There are differences between the two sects on other
points equally important.

All the churches, except the Methodists, use the schoolhouse for religious
purposes. The Methodists built a church in 1858, which was used for a num-
ber of years by all denominations, each having aided to build it; but differ-
ences arising which could not be conciliated, the church building was sold, and
another erected by the Methodists for their exclusive use. This church was
built in 1880, and cost about $1,000.

Since 1860 Centropolis has made but ‘little progress. It contains two
general stores, one hardware store, two blacksmith shops, one wagon and one
machine shop, one grist mill, one cabinet shop, one hotel, one schoolhouse, and
twenty-three families, about 175 inhabitants.

The Press.—The first newspaper in Franklin County, aside from the mis-
sionary paper published by Rev. Jotham Meeker, was started at Centropolis
in the fall of 1856, by W. H. Austin. It was named the Kaxsas Leader, In the
spring of 1857 it was sold to the Minneola Town Company, moved to Min-
neola, and named, by Gen. Lane, the Minneola Statesman. It was edited in
turn by Joel K. Goodin, Owen A. Bassett and Benjamin Sanford. When it
was decided that Minneola was not to be the Capital, the Statesman suspended,
the press was purchased and taken to Burlington, and the type scattered.

The Yournal was started at Centropolis March 9, 1864, by Charles W.
Goodin, son of Joel K. Goodin. It was a small, boys’ paper, 4x6, and acquired
a circulation of about 500. It was suspended September 3, 1864.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—OENTROPOLIS TOWNSHIP.

SAMUEL H. BARNETT, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O. Ottawa, was born in Warrer
County, Ky., January 21. 1827, andtwo years later emigrated with his parents to San-
mon County, Ill., where he was reared on a farm and followed farming and stock-raising
in that county until December, 1869, when he came to Kansas, and located on his present
farm in Centropolis, Franklin Co. His son, Charles W., managed the farm up to September,
1881, Mr, Barnett residing principally in the city of Ottawa. He has 540 acres of land, all
improved and is quite extensively engaged in raising and feeding cattle for the Eastern
markets. The Subject of this Sketch was elected a County Commissioner of Franklin
County in 1871, and re-elected in 1873, and Treasurer of the county in 1875, and re-elected
in 1877, holding each officetwo terms, each of two years. He was elected Treasurer of
Franklin County Agricultural Society in July, 1882. Mr. Barnett was married in Minard
County, Ill., September 12, 1852, to Mary J. Hanes, of Greene County, Ohio, who died Feb-
ruary 16, 1857, leaving three children—Margie, Charles and Olive. ewas married again
in Fulton County, M. Septem ber 18, 1862, to Lucinda Dunlap, of Ohio. They have three

— n, William and Alice. .
ae a BLISS, farmer, P. O. Centropolis, was born in Washington County, Vt., in April,
1833. Helearned trade of iron moulder, and was employed in that capacity in the manu-
facturing towns of Massachusetts, etc. In November, 1856, he came to Kansas, and was
for afew weeks employed in Leavenworth, In December, 1856, he took up a claim in Cen~

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

was also engaged in mercantile business. On August 15, of that year, he enlisted in
the First Kansas Battery, serving three years, principally on detached service; on his re-
turn he built a saw-mili, which he stii! conducts attimes, About 1873, he went to Chicago,
and for three years was in the employ of the American Book Publishing Company. Return-
ing here in 1876, he once more embarked in mercantile business, and in June, 1880, sold
outto I. A. Wellman, since which time he has given his atiention to his farming interests,
saw and sorghum mills, and also raises considerable live stock. He owns 180 acres of im-

land. =

POT HLN BRADSHAW, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Centropolis. Is a native of White County,
Tenn.; his parents removed to Morgan County, Il., when he was very young, and he re-
sided there in all about forty-seven years, engaged in agricultural pursuits; he had a fine
farm of about200 acres, and eighty acres of timber land, Mr. Bradshaw came to Franklin
County, Kan., in October, 1866, and located on bis present farm, which consists of 160
acres, all wellimproved. He cultivates about 100%cres of his land; has five acres in fruit
trees and also raises considerable live stock. 2 , ;

E. §. CLARK, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Centropolis, was born in Canada, in May, 1845;
his parents emigrated shortly afterward, to Stephenson County, Il)., where he was reare
onafarm. In December, 1863, heenlisted in Company G, Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry,
and served two years and nine months, After the war he followed farming in Ogle County,
Il. Hecameto Franklin County, Kan., in 1867, and was for a short time employed on the
farm of Dr. Abraham Still; the Woetor died December 31, 1867, and shortly afterward Mr,
Clark took the sule management of the farm. e moved on tohis present farm in the fall:
of 1882. He has 360 acres,of which he cultivates about seventy, und is extensively en-
gaged in ralsing live stock. Mr. Clark was married in Franklin County, November 25, 1869,
to Marovia Still, daughter of Dr, Abraham Still, who came to Kansas as a missionary to the
Indians in 1853. They have a family of two children—Perlie and Earl. The widow of the
Doctor still resides here; she is the oldest actual settler residing in Kansas.
in 1800, enjoys good health and is quite energetic.

REV. ASA BARN ALL, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Ottawa, was born December 10, 1823, in
Montgomery County, Ky. and when nine years of age his parents removed to Hendricks
County, Ind. In the fall of 1849 he removed to Davis County, where he farmed for a year.
In 1850 he went to the western part of Lowa, locating in Mills County. near Glenwood, where
he made a farm on the Missour! bottom. This he sold in 1853,to go to Councill “Bluffs.
However, as the Mormons were the principal residents of that town, he remained only a
few weeks, removing to Madison County, Lowa, near Winterset, where he !mproveda farm.
In the spring of 1860 he removed to Kansas, in Douglas County, near Baldwin City, where
he improved a good farm and lived on it through all the troubles of the Rebellion. He fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits in Douglas County until 1874, when he went to Lawrence, for
the purpose of educating. hisson. The son’s health failing, he removed on bis present farm
in Franklin County. This he well improved, and has one of the largest fruit farms in
the county. Rev. Asa Darnall has been a religious man for many years. In 1848 he

oined the Christian Church; 1851 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and

as ever since been an active member. He was licensed as a local preacher in 1867, and has
done considerable work in that capacity. He was married February 14, 1842, to Miss Sarah
Eliza Scott, oldest daughter of Solomon J. Scott, M_D. They have two living children—
William Simpson. born April 17 1856, at Winterset, Iowa, and Sylvia Euarcha, now Mrs,
Ashby, born eptember 16, 1844, at Milroy, Ind. 3 7

CHARLES W. EVERETT, farmer Section 29. P. O. Centropolis. is a native of Delaware
County, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm. and for some years conducted a farm on his
own account. Hecameto Kansas in November, 1877, and lecated in Agency Township,
Osage County where he lived four months, and then came to Franklin County. locating in
the western part. A year later he moved onto his present farm, He now has a fine im-
proved farm of 203 acres. On his place is a fine residence ad large barn, also a wind-mill,
which provides plenty of water for house use, and for his stock, he being quite extensively
engaged in raising the same. = -

CALVIN J. GAMBLE, farmer, Settion 36, P. O. Ottaws, was born in Franklin County,
Pa..in February, 1840, and reared onafarm. He enlisted .n September. 1861. in Company
H, One Hundred. and Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry. and served one year. He was shot in
the back of the head, at Fredericksburg. and in the right t):ig‘1, at battle of Chancellorsville.
In 1864 he removed to Crawford County, Ohio, where he conducted a farm of 600 acres,
Mr. Gamble came to Franklin County, Kan., in the fal] of 1866. For eight years he farmed
in Hayes Township, and in 1874 moved on to his present farm. Hehas 240 acres of land,
120 of which are in cultivation, and he raises considerable stock. Has an orchard of two
and one-half acres, in various fruits. Mr. Gamble was married in Franklin County, Pa., in
September, 1863, to Margaret A. Mackey. a native of that county. They have a ‘amily of

our children.

REUBEN HACKETT, farmer, Section 33, P. 0. Ottawa, was born in the Province of
uebec, Canada, March 31, 1810. is parents emigrated seven years later to Posey County,
nd., where he was reared ona farm, and also for some years was engaged as a pilot, etc.,

on flatboats running on the Mississippi River, during which period he educated himself.
In 1834 he moved to LaSalle County, I1l., where for some years he carried on farming in an
extensive way. Hecameto Franklin County, Kan., June 7, 1854, and pre-empted 160 acres
in Centropolis Township, on which he resided for twelve years. In 1866 came to his pres-
entfarm. Mr Hackett has 133 acres of land, 110 of which are under cultivation, and on
his place are two coal mines, He took an active part with the Free-state party in the
troubles of 1856, and during the late war served inthe State Militia. He was the first Jus-
tice of the Peace elected in the county, and servedin that capacity for about seven years.
He is quite a literary character. and has written a number of articles on Science, The Early
Days of Kansas, and many other subjects, arid is alsoanantiquarian He isthe owner of
auite arumber of specimens, fossils, etc.. the resultof his own research. The subject of
this sketch was married in Posey County, Ind., October 9. 1834. to Matilda Jones, a native
of that State. They havea family of three children—William Emma J. and EllaG., who
was the first white child born in the county.

WILLIAM S. HANNA, farmer and stock raiser. P. 0. Ottawa. Was born at Lima,
Livingston County N Y. July 10. 1840 emigrating with his parents nine years later to
Walworth County Wis., where he was reared onafarm, Received his education at ANen’s
Grove Academy, where he Braduated in 1868. In 1864 he enlisted in the Fortieth Wisconsin
Infantry, serving four months. After the war he taught schoolin Walworth County, Wis..
for about four years, and during two years of that period was assistant county superintend-
ent. Then teaching in Jennings County. Ind.. for a year, and also at Madison City, Inds.
for several months. About 1868 he emigrated to Albany. m., where he followed teaching
asan occupation In July, 1870, he came to Franklin County, locating with his father.
Andrew J. Hanna, in Sentropolis, and for about four years hetaught school, He was then
commissioned by the Kansas State Grange to organize county and local Granges, and organ-
ized 140 intwo years. In 1875he was elected chaplain of the State Grange for two years,
and then lecturer of that body. which office he occupied for four years. He purchased his
present farm in Centropolis Township in 1871. and moved onto the Same in 1876. He has
now 260 acres, allimproved,andis also engaged in breeding blooded Short-horn cattle,
and Poland-China hogs. In1875 he was elected a member of the County board of examiners
on education and served two years, and was Justice of the Peace nine years. Mr. Hanna
was married in Franklin County, Kansas, September 7 1876. to Margie A. Barnett. They
have one daughter, Cora D.

IRWIN O. GHES. farmer, P.O. Centropohs, was born in Jefferson County, Tenn.
January 1, 1825, removing to lowa with parents when quite young, and in 1838 to Andrew
County Mo., where he followed farming and milling. Mr. Hughes came to Kansas June 27,
1854, and located in Franklin County on his present farm, consisting of 160 acres, in Sec-
tion 19. Township 15. Range 19, and has since followed farming pursuits, and to some ex-
tent also engaged in raising stock. The subject of this sketch participated in the Pro-sla-
very troubles of 1856, and during the late war served as Quartermaster in the Tenth Kansas
State Militia. He was elected Justice of the Peace in Territorial times, and served several
terms, and has since 1864 been elected at each consecutive election. Mr. Hughes was mar-
ried first in Andrew County, Mo., to Eliza Clark, who died in 1860, leaving four children,
He wad married asecond time at Gentropolis. in June, 1866, to Jane Logan. They have twu
¢ ren.

HON, JOSHUA MARSDEN LUCE, was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., August 18.
1830. At the age of twenty years he removed to Kentucky, where he taught school for one
ye" For three years he was employed in the capacity of salesman at Nashville, Tenn.

He then returned to New York and remained for two years. In March, 1857, he removed
to Kansas, locating in Franklin County, and took a claim; here he opened up afarm and
operated asaw-mill, and pursued other vocations. In 1861-63 he wasan Indian trader,
and returned to hisfarm and continued his farming pursuits in conjunction with stock-
raising which he pursued until 1877, Hethenopeueda country store in Centropolis, aid
still follows that occupation. He has held various public offices. In 1858 he was Enrolling
Clerk of the Territorial Council, and was afterward for atime assistant clerk of Hon. Hugh
8. Walsh, Secretary of Kansas Territory, and Acting Governor in 1859; was appointed AS-
sistant Indian Agent for the Sacs and Foxes. In 1866 he was elected a member of the Kan-
sas House of Representatives, and re-elected in 1870. In 1867 he was appointed Clerk in
the United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, in which cay acity he served one year.
He refused to py the political assessments to the arent of the Congressional Republican
Committee, an though highly complimented for his fidelity and efficiency, was politely in-
vited to step down and out. The amount demanded was only 5 per cent of his salary,
which was $2,560 per annum, or about $128. He then accepted a clerkship in the United
States Treasury Department. which he resigned in lessthan a year and returned to his
farm in Kansas. He has generally been a Democrat in political ideas, but during the war
was a staunch Union man, and affiliated with the Republican party. He was married at
Centropolis, August 10, 1860, to Miss Susan C, Keithley.

JASPER ST. JOHN, Postmaster, was born in Town of Milton, Saratoga Co,, N. ¥,

fropolis. Franklin County, and has followed farming off and on ever since, From 1858 to
18

She was born

 

 
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: FRANKLIN COUNTY.

May 13, 1605. He was reared ona farm and also learned the trad
e of tann rr’
following that occupation there and in Cattaraugus County. In 1848 he removed Aoteneee
County and oné year later to Huron County, Ohio, where he carried on atannery, He came
to Kansas in October, 1858, and located in Ventropolis, Franklin County, farmed up to 1865,
When a engaged in pusiness as Econ an was appointed Postmaster in January,
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Alty heres, beatles some town Oroperee. sma, y in farming pursuits. He owns a farm of
0 » farmer, Section 21, P. O. Centropolis, was born in Park
Ind., in 1832, and was reared ohafarm. In 1855 he removed’ to Vermillion “bounty tk :
where hefarmed. In July, 1857, he came to Franklin County, Kansas, and pre-empted 160
acres of land, on which he still resides. _ He now owns 872 acres, 200 of which are under
cultivation, and he is largely engaged in kalsing stock, On his place is a fine orchard of
about five acres. Mr. Shoaf was married in Fotntain Count , Ind, in_18538, to Margaret
Sowers. They have eight children living—Matthias D., Fliza ge Elmer E , Samuel E., Sol-

omon 4e Eddy E., Thomas T., Jacob L., and three deceased, William H., Ulysses U., and

GEORGE WASHINGTON SNYDER, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Ottawa, was born in
Richland County, Ohio, in 1838, where he followed agricultural pursuits. He came to
Franklin County, Kas., October 12, 1868, and located on his present farm. He has 400
acres of land, 220 of which are in cultivation, He raises considerable cattle, and is a breed-
er of pedigreed Poland-China hogs. On hisplace is a fine orchard of about three acres. Mr.
Snyder was married in_ Richland County, Ohio, in 1864, to Martha J. Billow. They have
four living children and five deceased. | .

DR. JOSHUA C. B. WHARTON, Section 34, P. O, Centropolis, was born in Claremont
County, Ohio, April 29, 1820, and reared onafarm. He studied medicine with Dr. W.B.
Hubble, of Amelia, for two years; attended the Cincinnati Eclectic Institute for a while,
and also the Cincinnati! Eclectic College, where he graduated in 1856. The Doctor began
the practice of medicince in Cynthiana, Ohio,in 1846; four years later he removed to Peters-
burg, Highland County, and five afterwards to Melroy, Ind. where he continued to practice
his profession. In 1858 he went to Mattoon, Ill, andin 1859 to Humboldt, Ill., where he
prac iced about ten years. He came to Franklin County, Kas., in May 1868, and located on

is present tarm; he has 200 acres, eighty of which arein cultivation. It was the Doctor’s
intention to cease practicing when he came to Kansas, on account of poor health, but four
years after his arrival he resumed again, and he has now an extensive practice.

WILLIAMSBURG,

This enterprising town is in Williamsburg Township, in the southwest
corner of the county. Thirty thousand ‘acres of land here were purchased of
the Sac and Fox Indians by Wm. B. McKeen, and of him by the Southern
Division of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, through the advice of E. M.
Bartholow, at the time Land Commissioner of the Road. Attracted by the
abundance of excellent coal in that part of the county, a number of parties
purchased land in 1867, among them M. V. Swift. Quite a number of perma-
nent settlements were made in 1868, by Roger Hickok, A. C. Henderson,
Albert Supernau, William H. Schofield and others. James F. Dane and Mr.
Schofield owned the town site and Mr.Schofield named the town Williamsburg,
after his own name, William. In June the town company built the first house,
a frame, 16x20, and one and a half stories high. The second building was of
stone, erected inthe spring of 1869, for a store, by Rev.C. Holman. After a
year or two Mr. Holman sold to D. Fogle, who had arrived out in August, 1869.
Dr. Aitken opened a drug and grocery store in 1870, and John Boston who ar-
rived in Williamsburg, April 2, 1870, started a wagon shop that year. Lott
Wainwright started a blacksmith shop in 1869.

The school district, No. 51, was organized July 16, 1868, and the school-
house was built in the summer of 1870. The first school was taught the follow-
ing winter by Miss Helen M. Beardsley.

The first birth was that of a son of Albert Supernau; the first marriage
that of P. M. Widener to Miss Helen M. Beardsley, December 6, 1871, and the
first death that of Samuel Widener, August 30, 1870.

~The Methodist Church was organized in 1868 with about twelve members,
by Rev. A. K. Johnson. They used the schoolhouse until 1878, when they
built a stone church, at a cost of about $2,500. The present membership of
the church is about sixty. A Sunday school was organized in May, 1870, Wm.
H. Schofield first superintendent.

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church was organized in 1878, with twelve members,
by Rev. L. L. Holden. Religious services were held in the schoolhouse until
the completion of the Methodist Church, in which they worshiped until the
summer of 1882, when their own church was completed at a cost of about
$1,400. Present membership thirty.

The Williamsburg Mill was built by Mr. Schofield in 1870. It isa large
two story stone structure, costing over $20,000, has three run of buhrs, and is
located on a lot adjoining the town site on the north, at the head of Tequa
Creek. The machinery is propelled by steam.

The Williamsburg Bank was established in April, 1881, by E. M, Bar-
tholow & Co., on the principle of not receiving deposits. The business done
by this bank is principally that of loaning money.

F. W. Olson's Bank was opened in January, 1882. This is also a pri-
vate institution ; does a general banking business ; receives deposits and loans
money. .

‘Staufier’s Hotel was erected in May, 1881, and was the first hotel built

_here, although a private residence, built*by William H. Schofield, had been

used as a hotel years before.

At the present time Williamsburg contains four general stores, one hard-
ware, one grocery and two drug stores; one harness, two blacksmith, two
wagon and two boot and shoe shops ; two agricultural implement dealers, three
lumber yards, three physicians, one newspaper, and has about four hundred in.-
sabtants. It fas one newspaper, Lhe Weeey Gazelte, established April 3,
1880, by Frank Bennett. This is a four-column folio, devoted to local interests,
and neutral in politics.

SILKVILLE.

This name is applied to a collection of private buildings owned by E. V.
Boissiere, whose farm consists of 3,600 acres, and is under the manage-
ment of Charles Sears. The buildings consist of a large three-story stone
dwelling house, a large three story frame cheese and butter factory, a one-story
stone building in which to feed the silkworms, and a similar building for black-
smith shop and stable, besides barns, etc. There are twenty acres of mulberry
trees, planted in 1870. In 1872 the first cocoons were made. Since that time
the business of growing cocoons has been continued more as an experimental
and pioneer business in this country than as a profitable enterprise. The
growing of cocoons has been quite successful, The brisk, dry, pure air of
Kansas is excellently adapted to the raising of healthy worms, and the mul.

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berry tree grows as rapidly as the peach. The hereditary diseases to which
the worm is subject in France, Italy and Japan are rapidly cured in the pure,
sound atmosphere of Kansas, when aided by a severe selection of the repro-
ducers. It has been demonstrated that the quality of the silk made in Kansas
is equal to that of the best Italian silk, which has heretofore commanded the
highest price. The great difficulty in the way of silk culturein the United
States is the lack of reeling facilities. A machine analogous to the cotton gin
seems to be essential to its successful introduction, at least so long as we have
high-priced labor, and no protective tariff on raw silk. The invention of ma-
chinery for successfully transforming cocoons into raw silk, will solve the
question of silk culture in America, and open a new field of industry, in the
raising of cocoons, to which women are especially adapted.

RANSOMVILLE.

This mining town is situated on the Kansas City, Burlington & Santa Fe
Railroad, two miles from Williamsburg, It is named after J. H. Ransom, who,
in 1880, after examining the quality of coal at this point and comparing it with
that at Fort Scott and Carbondale, leased forty acres of E. M. Bartholow, and
opened a mine by sinking a shaft. He afterwards purchased 320 acres, and
started astore. The postoffice was established early in the summer of 1882,
Mr, Ransom being appointed Postmaster. The town consists of about thirty-
five small frame cottages, occupied by the miners,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP.

ALEXANDER L. ANDERSON, merchant, was born in Delaware, Ohio, April 22, 1836,
and was reared onafarm. Hestudied medicine at the Ann Arbor University, graduating
in 1859. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry. Thirty
days later he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and to Captain afew months later, He
served in all four years, two of which were in detached service. Was for atime member of
a military commission, which was held in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. He came to Kansas
in December, 1865, locating at Ottawa. Was for a year engaged in the grocery business,
after which he carried on a hardware establishment up to May, 1877, when he removed to
Williamsburg and at once engaged in general merchandise business. He has a fine store
and carries a stock of about $10,000. In August, 1882, he admitted to a partnership his son
John B., and the style of the firm has slnce been Anderson & Son. Mr. Anderson has 820
acted of land in this county, and is also engaged in breeding cattle and fine thoroughbred

orses. : 5

JASPER ATKINSON, farmer, Section 26, P.O. i Villiamsbure, is a native of Gallia
County, Ohio, where lhe was reared ona farm. In 1863 he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-
second Ohlo Infantry, serving something over a year, after which he followed agricultural
pursuits in Gallia County until 1868, when he removed to Grundy County, Mo., and for -
ayear carried onafarm and also @ saw-mill; then went to Polk County. Neb., where
he farmed five years; was for a while not actively engaged in business on account of
ill health, and in November, 1878, came to Franklin County, Kan., and located on his farm.
He has eighty acres of land tnintys ve acres of which are under cultivation, and is quite
largely engaged in raising live-stock. He has on his placea fine orchard and also a good
imestone quarry.

J “ACOELL. BARNETT, dealer in general merchandise, was born at Henrysburg, Belmont
Co., Ohio, December 27, 1825, and reared on a farm; and was also for bnree ars engaged
in merchandise business in Monroe County, Ohio. He enlisted in June, 1861, in Company
I, Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, serving three years, He received two wounds in the arm and
breast af the battle of Gettysburg. In the spring of 1866 he came to Kansas and was
engaged in furniture business at Ottawa for a year, and in farming two years; also con-
ducted a grocery business for two years. In 1871 he came to Williamsburg and at once en-
gaged in mercantile business; sold out in 1873 and carried on business at Princeton for
two years, In1875 he returned tothis place and at once established himself in present
business. He has an extensive trade and carries a stock of $7,000.

ELIJAH M. BARTHOLOW, banker, was born on the banks of the Potomac River, Vir--
ginia, February 22, 1815. He studied law in Frederick County, Md., and was admitted to
the bar at that place. He, however, turned his attention to mercantile pursuits and for
several years had the management of a large wholesale house in Baltimore. In 1857
he went to Dubuque, Iowa, and practiced Jaw about five years, In 1861 he removed
to Washington, D. C., where he practiced his profession until 1864, when he was induced to
come to Kansas as financial agent of the east division of the U. P. R. R, Co. He held this
position for four months, and wasthen made general superintendent of that division, and
eighteen months later was appointed land commissionerfor thatcompany. Mr. B. hereto-
fore had his residence at Wyandotte, but on being appointed land commissioner moved to
Lawrence, acting for the company there for four years. In 1870 he engaged in the
practice of law at that place. In 1876 be moved to Sillianshury, and opened a lawand
real-estate office which he still continues. He organized the Williamsburg bank at this

iace in 1880 in company with H. Craik, The firm dissolved in 1882, and Mr. B. now con-
Hacts the busness, Mr. Bartholow was the first general superintendent of the first railroad
in Kansas, the Union Pacific, Eastern Division, and was the first land commissioner in Kan-
sas of same road. . .

JOHN M, BARTHOLOW, agent, K. C. L. andS. K. R. R. Co., was born in Frederick, Md.,
in 1845, and resided for several years in Baltimore and Washington. He came to Kan-
sas in April, 1864, and was appointed station agent at Lawrence, of the U. P. R. R. Co.,
the first to hold that position in the State. In 1865 he was appointed bookkeeper for
the land department of that Somspany, in which position he remained until February,
1867 Hewas then engaged in hardware business for ayear. Afterwardsin banking and
insurance business until he sold out in September, 1876, and came to Williamsburg. He was
engaged in farming pursuits and stock raising for about seven years. On May 22, 1881,

bein,

— he was appointed to his present position and at that time was also appointed agent of Adams

Express Company. . | |
FRANK BENNETT, editor Williamsburg Gazette, born February 19, 1859, in Macon
County, Ill., in which county his father was a merchant, His education was received in the
common school, after which he clerked in his father’s store two years. He then learned the
printer’s trade, and became foreman of the Morning Review, Decatur, Macon Oo., IIl.,
which position he held eignteen months, at the end of which time he came to Williamsburg,
nd established the Gazette,
- RICHARD C. BIRD, farmer, Section 2, Township 18, Range 18,P. O, Homewood,
was born in Tazewell County, Ill., August 8, 1838, and reared in Sangamon County, where
he followed agricultural pursuits. In August 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Seventy-
third Regiment Illinois Infantry, and was discharged seven months later on account of
physical disability, caused by accident while in line of duty. Mr. Bird lost his right hand
by the premature discharge of a cannon while celebrating the Fourth of July, 1864, at
Buffalo, Sangamon Co., Ill. He came to Kansas in October, 1866, resided for a short
time at Ottawa and also Prairie City. In February 1867, helocated on his present farm.
He owns 244 acres of land and leases 160 acres, cultivates 200 acres and is an extensive
raiser of live stock; also breeds fine Norman draught horses. He had his residence
destroyed by firein August, 1881, and immediately built his handsome house. His farm is
well improved with good orchard, barns, hedges, etc. Mr. Bird is one of the represent-
ative farmers of his township. He was assessor of the township in 1877, 78, 79 and °80.
Has always been and is still a straight Republican in politics,

HEWITT CRAIK, law, realestate and insurance office, was born at Louisville, Ky., in
February, 1848, and began business life as a clerk in an insurance office, which occupation
he followed for several years. Inthe winter of 1870 he came to Kansas, locating near Cot-
tonwood Falls, Chase County, where he followed farming pursuits for about six years, and
during four years of thatperiod held the office of Justice of the Peace, In thesummer of
1876, he came to Williamsburg and has since been interestedin farming and stock raising.
In 1880, hejoined EK. M. Bartholow and organized the Williamsburg bank. In June, 1882,
he sold out Ais interest and purchased the real estate business of Beatty & Hedges, at this
place. He makes a specialty of commercial law. Mr. Craik has been Justice of the Peace
at this‘place forthe past three years. He is a prominentmember of the A, O. U. W., and
the Knights of Pythias, being a charter member and first presiding officer of eacb. :

DANIEL FOGLE, of D. Fogle & Son,dealers in general merchandise was born in Dauphin
County, Pa., February 8, 1832 and was reared in Brookville, the county seat of Jefferson
County, he learned the trade of harness maker and also that of tanner, his father being en-

aged in the latter business, after which for some years he carried on a harness shop and a

‘annery and was also from 1853 to 1863 interested in lumber business. During the war he
served for three months inthe Pennsylvania State Militia, In 1869 he cameto Franklin
County, Kansas and for four years followed farming pursuits. In February, 1873, he pur-
chased the business of J. L. Barnett at this place and has since carried on mercantile busi-
ness. He began with a stock of about $4,500; his business increased so that now he carries
an average § ock of $15,000, to supply the demands of his trade, He is also interested in

 
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farming, has in this county 375 acres of land. He admitted hisson Ben. C. to a_partner-
ship, January 1, 1882. This firm has one of the largest stores in the county. Mr. Fogle has
been identified with the local offices of this place since his arrival inthe county. Was
Justice of the Peace and Township Treasurer for some years and a member of the district
school board for ten years. ;

PHILLIP J. FREDERICK, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Homewood, was born in Westches-
ter County, N. ¥Y., September 5, 1834. In 1850 he moved to Sangamon County, Ill, where
he learned the trade of cabinet maker and also followed agricultural pursuits. He enlisted
July 19, 1861, in the Forty-first Illinois Infantry, On October 31, 1862, was promoted to
Second Lieutenant for services rendered at Pittsburgh Landing and Fort Donelson. He was
mustered out August 20, 1864. Inthe spring of 1866 he came to Kansas and iocated in Cen-
tropolis Township, Franklin County, where he farmed for a year. In the spring of 1867 he
moved on his present farm. He owns 250 acres, 200 of which are in cultivation, and is
largely engaged in raising cattle and hogs. Mr. Frederick was for six years Justice of the
Peace, and in the fall of 1882, he received the Republican nomination for County Commis-
sioner. He was married in Sangamon County, Ill., August 31. 1862,to Frances Dickerson.
They have five children. :

HEDGES BROs. & KLEHL, livery, feed and exchange stable. This firm has a mammoth
stable with a capacity of fifty horses. They carry fourteen horses for the demands of their
business, and itis one of the best stables in the county, The firm is composed of George
and John Hedges and H. H. Kiehl. Thelatter was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., Feb-
ruary 25, 1852. Ten years later he removed with Hie parents to Wyandotte County, Ohio,
and two years later 10 Hancock County. Hecameto Kansasin the spring of 1870, locating
at Linden, Osage County, where he followed farming aud stock raising for nine years. He
came to Williamsburg in October, 1879, and purchased an interest in this business,

BALLARD HUDDLESTON, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Homewood, was born in West Vir-

inia in 1822, and seven years later his parents emigrated to Sangamon County, Ill, where
fe was reared on a farm, ani for many years conducted a farm for himself. He came to
Kansas in the spring of 1868, and resided for a few monthsin Douglas County, moving on
to his present farm in the fall. He owns 165 acres, all improved, and raises considerable
stock, making a specialty of breeding fine horses. On his place is a fine orchard of about
four acres. Mr. Huddlestun was married in Sangamon County, Ill, to Miranda Ridgeway.
She died in 1855, leaving four children. He was married again September 9, 1858, to. Isa-
bell Roberts; they havea family of four children. 4

CHARLES W. 1VEY, farmer, Section 27, P. O, Williamsburg, was born in Schuyler
County, Lil., April 14, 1842. In December, 1855, he came to Franklin County, Kas., with
his father, Thomas lvey, and assisted him in farming in Ohio Township; was also for
about four years engaged in trading with the Indians, After the war he,learned the
trade of blacksmith, working at it about two and ahalf years, In 1869 he moved to
Osa e County, where he followed agricultural pursuits for some twelve years. 1n the fall
of 1879 he returned to Franklin County and located on his presentfarm. He owns ninety-
three acres of land, of which eighty-five are under cultivation, and is also extensively en-
gaged in raising cattle, horses, and hogs, for which he has excellent facilities, having on his

remises a never-failing stream of water. Mr. Ivey was married in Franklin County, in
Qovember, 1867, to Sarah J. Alexander. They have three children—Mary E., Oria, and

mae RY T. JOHNSON, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Homewood, was born in Morgan
County, Ill., December 19, 1845, and reared ona farm, He enlisted December 28, 1863, in
Battery F, Second Illinois Light Artillery. He was taken prisoner before Atlanta, Ga., July
22,1864, and imprisoned at Andersonville until exchanged two montis later, He served
one year and eight months, after which he taught school for a time in Morgan County, Ill.
He also taught school in Franklin County, Kas., six winter terms. Mr, Johnson came to
Franklin County, Kas., March 26, 1869, and located on his present farm. He owns 167 acres
90 of which are under Cultivation. Also raises considerable cattle, making a specialt: of
- the high grades of Short-horns. Mr. Johnson was married at Jacksonville, Ill, March 4,
1869, to Mattie E. Riggs. They have a family of five children, all burn in this State.

ZACHARY T. JOHNSON, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Homewood, was born in Morgan
County, Ill., January 5, 1843, and reared on a farm; and also taught district school for a
term. He enlisted December 28, 1863, in Battery F, Second Illinois Light Artillery; was
taken prisoner at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, and imprisoned in Audersonville until ex-
changed two months later, He served one year and eight months, after which he taught
schoolin Morgan County, Ill. Mr. Johnson cameto Franklin County, Kas., March 28, 1869,
and located on his present farm. He owns 165 acres, 60 of which are under cultivation,
and there is alsoanice orchard on hisfarm. He raises considerable live stock, making a
specialty of graded Short-horn cattle. Taught district school here for six years, Mr. John-
son was for three years a member of the County Board of Examiners on Education. He
was married at Ottawa, Kas., March 19, 1873, to Minerva Gott, a native of Ohio. They have
afamily of two children. i

MILTON H. LUSK, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Williamsburg, was born in Morgan County,
TL, in 1845, aud was reared on a farm. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, One
Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Infantry, and served three years, In May, 1869, he came
to Franklin County, Kas., and located on his present farm. He owns 320 acres of land, and
cultivates 118 acres. He makes a specialty of raising cattle and hogs. On_his place is a
fipe orchard and residence. Mr, Lusk was married in Franklin County, Kas., January 5,
1879, to Millie Harlan. They have one son—E, Winfield.

ROBERT McCLURE was born in Gibson County, Ind., March 16, 1825. Was reared
onafarm. He moved to St. Louis, Mo., inthe year 1846, where he was for about twenty
years engaged in buying and shipping live stock, principally to New Orleans, La., and for
some three years was engaged in commission and forwarding business. In 1869, himself,
wife and five children came to HKranklin County, Kan., and located on his present farm.
Mr. McClure owns a section of land, and cultivates about 200 acres of it. The balance is
all fenced and occupied for pasture. He is also an extensive raiser and feeder of cattle and
hogs. On his place is a nice residence and fine orchard of all kinds of bearing fruit. He has
two artificial lakes of water, which he designs stocking with fish. Hisfarmis one of the
bestimproved inthe neighborhood. _ 7 i

"THOMAS MOGLINN, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Emerald, was born in Ireland, Decem-
ber 27, 1830. Heemigrated at the age of nineteen years to St. Louis, Mo., where he was
for some five years engaged in the mercantile business. In 1857 he came to Franklin
County, Kan., and pre-empted 160 acres near Ohio City, and _ has since followed agricultural
pursuits, Inthe spring of 1865 he moved on to his presentfarm. He has 540 acres of Jand,
all improved, 180 of which areunder cultivation. Heis also engaged in breeding Short-horn
cattle and Poland China and Berkshire hogs, Mr. McGlinn was elected Trustee of the
Township in thespring of 1882. Since February, 1882, he has had charge of the Emerald
Postoffice. He was married at Ohlo City, Kan., July 30, 1862, to Elinor Butterworth, widow
of Adam Butterworth. They havea family of eight children.

PATRICK MoLINDON, tarmer, Section 12, P.O. Willlamsburgh, was born in Ireland,
in 1844, and emigrated with his parents to America in 1850, residing with them in the
Eastern States until November, 1860, when he came with them to Franklin County, Kan.
His father, James McLindon, pre-empted thisfarm, and the subject of our sketch farmed
with him. On May 20, 1878, his father died and his son Patrick took entire charge of the
place. Heis now the owner of 400 acres of land, and js extensively engaged in ralsing
stock. Duving the war he was in the employ of the United States Government as a teamster,
and also for atime served in the Kansas State Militia, Mr. McL. was married in Franklin
County, August 25, 1875, to Annie O'Neil. They have a family of four children—James,

hn and Margaret.

Bern NIEL MAGRATH, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Williamsburg, was born in Ireland, June
10, 1845. When quite young his parents emigrated to West Virginia, and he came with
them to Kansas in the fall of 1859. His father, Terence Magrath, located in Anderson Coun-
ty, and the subject of thissketch assisted on thefarm., Durin the war he was employed
in'teaming for the Government. In 1867, he came to Franklin County, and engaged in
agricultural pursuits for himself. In 1868, he located on his present farm, He owns 246
acres, fifty of which are under cultivation. Mr. Magrath js extensively engaged in feeding
cattle for the Eastern markets, and raises Short-horn stock, hogs, etc., besides which he ts
largely engaged in feeding cows for dairy purposes. He was married in Garnett County,
Kan., in January, 1867, to Mary Williams; she died March 22, 1879, leaving four children—
Emma, Alice, Mary and Margaret. Mr. Magrath was married a second time, in Franklin
County, August 16, 1881, to Amelia Law, anative of England, They have one daughter—
tsa WARD MAGRATH, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddlery, etc. Was born
in Ireland, in 1850, and emigrated with parents when very young to West Vir inia. In the
fall of 1859, he came with his father, Terence Magrath, to Kansas, and assisted him on the
farm in ‘Anderson County for some years, and during two years of that period attended
Mount Carmel College, in that county. In 1874, he removed to Ottawa, learned trade of har-
ness maker, and followed itas an occupation in that city until the spring of 1879, when he
came to Williamsburg and purchased his present business. He has quite a large trade and
gives employment totwo menin the manufacturing department. He carries a stock of
sone $3,000. Mr. Magrath was married at Fort Scott, Kan., November 20, 1879, to Mary
Kating, 2 native of Ohio, They have one daughter—Julia.

MICHAEL MAGRATH, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Emerald, was born in England, in
1848. When quite young he emigrated with his parents to Vir; nia, and in November,
1859, came with them to Kansas, and assisted his father, Terence Magrath, on his farm in
Anderson County. In May, 1879, he moved across the line into Franklin County, and lo-
cated on his presentfarm. He owns 560 acres of land, and is principally engaged in rais-
ing cattle and bogs. He was qernen in Anderson County, May 13, 1879, to Mary A.

+ have one son—J ohn. f
Mepore RY MALOY, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Wiliamsburg, was born in Miami County.
Ohio, January 15, 182i, and reared on a farm, and also, for twelve years followed school
feaching in that county and likewise engaged for three years in the States of Texas and

- on a farm in Richland County, Ohio.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

-alssissippi; in 1855 he moved to Randolph County, Ind., ana for fifteen years conaucted
an iron ead hardware business at Union City; in 1896 he came to Franklin County, Kan.,
and located on his present farm; he has 160 acres of land, 100 of which are in cultivation,
and on his place is a fine orchard; he also raises considerable live stock. Mr. Maloy has
for some twenty-four years, also, acted as a local ministér of the Methodist Episcopal
Church; inthe spring of 1882 he organized the Sack Creek Sunday school and superin-
tends the same.

JAMES W. OLSON, banker, was born in LaSalle County. Ill.. August 18, 1839, and was
reared on a farm; on August 9, 1861 he enlisted in Company F Thirty exh Tilinois In-
fantry, and was nustered, out September 23, 1864, after which he ‘ollowed mercantile
business as a clerk at Newark, Il]. In 1867 he came to Kansas, but remained only a few
months. In the spring of 1868 he located at Quenemo, Osage County, where he carried on
mercantile business, and also conducted afarm for five years. In the fall of| 1874 he came
to Williamsburg and engaged in the mercantile business, continuing for some years and
in the spring of 1882 embarked in general banking and exchange business. Mr. Olson is
a charter member of the G. A, 4. Resaca Post No. 80, and is at present commander of the

same : es :
WILLIAM PEDDICORD, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Williamsburg, was born in Wash-
ington County, Pa., October 18, 1817, and a few years later emigrated with his parents to
Licking County, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm, and followed farming as an occupa-
tion in that county until about 1856, when he moved to LaSalle County, IIl., where for fif-
teen years, he carried on quite an extensive stock farm; in 1871 he came to Franklin Coun-
ty, Kan., and for thirteen montns followed agricultural pursuits in the neighborhood of
Ottawa,after which he moved onto his present farm; he has about 160 acres, 100 of which are
in cultivation, and he is also quite an extensive fruit grower; on his place is about thirty-
five acres of fine timber, and he hus also one of the best and most convenient farm houses

in the county.

JAMES Xi. ROBBINS, farmer, Section 14, P. O, Homewood, was born at LaGrange,
Ohlo, In 1835, and reared onafarm. He came to Franklin County, Kan., in 1856, an
located in Centropolis, where he was employed at general farm work. Mr. Robbins took
an active part in the troubles prevailing at that time, being a strong supporter of the Free-
state cause. In the spring of 1860, he went to Colorado, where he was for eighteen months
engaged in mining; returning to Franklin County in 1861, he again farmed, and in the
spring of 1862, he enlisted in the First Kansas Battery, serving until the close of the war,
since which time he has followed agricultural pursuits, locating on his present farm in
February, 1869; he owns 110 acres, sixty of which are under cultivation, and he also raises
considerable live stock. Inthe early days of the settlement of the county, he was for sev-
eral Rears Constable and Deputy Sheriff, and served in 1877 as Trustee of this Township.
Mr. R. was married in Franklin, in 1867, to Mary Douglas; they have a family of three
ehildren—Phyettie, Ellen and Idonia.

CHARLES T. SEARS, manager of E. V. Boissiere’s farms, etc., Section 36, P. O. Wil-
liamsburg; was born in New Jersey, and reared onafarm. He also resided for some years
in the city of New York, engaged in express and transfer business. In December,
1875, he came to Franklin County, Kan., and took charge of the farm, orchards and stock-
raising interests of E. V. Boissiere, who is largely engaged in the production of ra-v silk, at
tis place. Mr. Sears has under his control about 3,600 acres of land. His father, Charles
Sears, manages the silk works, s

HENRY STAUFFER, hotel and bakery: was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and reared

In 1854 he removed to DeWitt County, Ill., where he
followed agricultural pursuits, and was for five years superintendent of the County Poor
Farm. In1 he came to Kansas, and located in Williamsburg, and opened a restaurant
and bakery, In 1880 he closed the restaurant and engaged in hotel business. Mr, Stauffer
has a large bakery and his hotel is a good one, and he isa popular landlord. Has aecommo-
dations LOE forty guests. He is also engaged in farming pursuits, owning a farm of 160 acres
in Osage County,

STACY H. STEPHENS, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Williamsburg; was born in Shelby
County, Ind., in 1842, and reared in Washington County, Ohio, ona farm. In 1864 he en-
listed in Company F, One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Infantry, and served eleven
months, In the fall of 1869 he came to Franklin County. Kan., and located on his present
farm. He owns 170 acres of land, 65 of which are under cultivation, and he is quite an ex-
tensive stock-raiser. On his place is a fine orchard of about five acres. Mr. Stephens was
married, in Neosho County, Kan., ii February 1870. to Catherine Powell, a native of

io.

HON. JOSEPH A. TOWLE, Postmaster; was born in Newmarket, N. H., August
2, 1840. His father was a merchant, and he assisted him in his business, until reach-
ing the age of twenty-two years, when he engaged in the clothing, boot and shoe business,
carrying it on for about five years. Shortly after the outbreak of the war he enlisted at
Boston, Mass., in the Second Massachusetts Cavalry. Was appointed Orderly Ser-
geant, later to Quartermaster’s Sergeant, and some time afterwards to Assistant Quarter-
master, with the rank of Second Lieutenant, serving until the war closed. He came to
Kansas in July, 1867, and located in Franklin County, near the town of Williamsburg and
has since followed farming pursuits and stock-raising. He owns 320 acres of land, and
has also been for the past four years engaged in farming, in company with his father-in-
law, Dr. Witherspoon; they have together 800 acres. r. Towle was elected to the State
Begislavure in 1879, and served one term. He was appointed Postmaster at this place in

ctober i

E. C. WALTON, proprietor of the Williamsburg Mills, was born in England in 1844, and
learned tke trade of miller with his father, following it there as an occupation for about
five years, In 1865 he emigrated to Youngstown, Ohio, and worked at his trade in mills in
that locality. He made a trip to Australia in 1873, following milling there for eighteen
months, an again in Youngstown, Ohio, until February, 1877, when he came to Williams-
burg, Kansas. Was fora year employed in fitting up mills, elevators, etc., and in 1878 rented
his present bullding, and has since conducted an extensive custom and merchant millin
business. The mills are run by steam, the engine having a power of sixty horse, aud 4,000
to 5,000 pounds of flout, etc., are turned out daily.

W. C. WHITE, dealer in hardware, tinware, stoves, implements, etc., was born in But-
ler County, Pa., and reared ona farm. Attheage of thirty-two years he engaged in the
hardware business in that county, following it on his own account for over nine years. He
came to Kansas in October, 1880, and locating in Williamsburg at once engaged in this husi-
ness. He carries a fine stock of hardware, stoves and tinware. Does quite an extensive
pads: in the manufacture of tinware, and is the only exclusive hardware house in the
place.
NATHAN WILLISON, agent for S. A. Brown & Co., dealers in lumber and grain, is a
native of Newport, Ky. His father is engaged in this business at that place, and the subject
of our sketch assisted him in the same for several pears and was for three years engaged in
the grocery business. He came to Kansas April 5, 1882, locating in Fort Scott, where he
was employed by this firm in their lumber yard at that place. On June 21, 1882, he came to
Williamsburg and took charge of the yard at this place.

WELLSVILLE,

This town is located on the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas
Railroad, near the northeast corner of the county, and is surrounded by gently
rolling, fertile prairie, now converted into excellent farms. The town site was
purchased in 1870, of J, Emerson, by P. P. Elder, of this county, and J. B.
Shute, of Chicago, the latter of whom platted the town site. In August of
that year J.C. Sinclair and C. C. Cox built the first dwelling house, and in
the fall, H. N. Brockway opened the first store. About the same time Aaron
Brown started the first blacksmith shop. Mr. Brown, as also J. N. Bell, com-
pleted a dwelling house in the spring of 1871. The second store was opened
in 1872 by Parker & Ray. A hotel was built in 1875, designed when built for
a residence, but afterward remodeled. A drug store was started in 1876 by
Paul Laberrier. In 1877, an elevator was built, at 4 cost of $5 000, with a
capacity of 1,200 bushels. In 1878, Nathaniel Steen started a wagon shop. In
1879, E. E. Wilkins purchased the town site, and by pursuing a liberal policy
towards men who desired to locate for business er residence purposes, has done
much towards building up a thriving village.

The first school was taught by Miss Ella Brown in 1871. The present
schoolhouse was erected in 1881. Itisa two-story frame building, 32x56 feet,
twenty-four feet high, will seat 260 pupils, and cost $3,500.

The postoffice was established in 1872, W. S. Brockway being appointed
first Postmaster. With the exception of about six months, he has held the po
sition ever since.

The first birth in Wellsville was that of Catharine Kennedy, daughter of.
Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy, in 1870; the first marriage that of Tohn C,
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Heffley to Miss Della Tinny, December 25, 1878 ; and the first death that of a
daughter of Aaron Brown in May, 1871.

Wellsville contains at present four general stores, two drug stores, two hard-
ware stores, two blacksmith shops, one furniture store, one lumber yard, one
wagon shop, one newspaper, and about 300 inhabitants,

The Congregational Church was organized in 1873 by Rev. T. C. Kinney,
and a church edifice erected the same year, at a cost of $1,400. The member-
aki upon organization was eight » at present there are fifty members on the
roll,

. _ Lhe Baptist Church was organized in 1875, The first minister was Rev.
J.P. Stevens. Their church was erected in 1877, ata cost of about $2,000.
The present membership of the church is sixty.

Lhe Methodist Church was organized in 1881 by Rev. J. W. Stewart. In
June of the same year they dedicated their church, which had been just com-
pleted, and cost about $2,500. The present membership of this church is
sixty.

The United Presbyterians organized a society in 1882, but as yet have
no church building erected.

Wellsvitle Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 135, was organized in 1876, with seven
members, and the following officers: John Widney, N.G.; F. P. Wellman,
Sec.; and L. W. Hostetter, Treas. The present membership is forty-five.

Wellsville Lodge, 7. O. G. T., was organized in the fall of 1881, with the
following officers: J. A. Laing, W.C.; Miss M. E. Brockway, V.T.; H.N.
Brockway, P. W.C., Frank Colwell, Sec; and C.F. Johnson, Treas. The
lodge now numbers fifty members.

The Wellsville News was started by Dr. H. M. Bennett April 20, 1882.
Itis a five-column folio, and is devoted to local news, and the interests of
Wellsville and vicinity It attained a circulation of 300 copies within three
months from its establishment. :

LE LOUP.

Le Loup is a small station and postoffice on the Kansas City, Lawrence
& Southern’ Kansas Railroad, eight miles from Ottawa. It was at first named
Ferguson, after Robert Ferguson, who was one of the first settlers, and who
owned the land upon which the town was located. It is situated on level
prairie,and though a small place, is quite an important shipping point for
grain, hay and stock.

- Among those to locate early at Le Loup or Ferguson, were the following
persons: J. A. Stonebraker, who in company with Mr. Ferguson built the
first house, in 1870; William Hogan, George Morley and Dr.'Combs. The
Postoffice was established in 1870, Mr. Stonebraker being appointed first Post-
master. In the same year J. A. Stonebraker opened the first store.

The first school wasiaught by Cyrus Jenkins, in 1879, in a schoolhouse
just previously built in the south part of the town. The first sermon was
preached in the depot, building by Rev. Dr. Pile, in 1872.

Old settlers say thatin the early history of the village its progress was re-
tarded by the sale and use of whisky. It is now in a thrifty condition, being
inhabited and surrounded by a good, industrious class of people.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—FRANELIN TOWNSHIP.

JAMES BARNETT, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Wellsville. Was born in Preble
County, Ohio, February 2, 1837, and when quite young moved with his parents to Mont-
omery County, Ind., where he was reared ovafarm At eighteen years of age he attended
abash College, where he took a three years course of studies,and graduated at the In-
diana State University, inlaw, in 1861. Mr. Barnett enlisted April 2, 1861, in Company G,
Eleventh Indiana Infantry, and served four months, after which he gave his attention to
agricultural pursuils. Inthe early part of 1863, he enlisted in the Indiana State Militia,
and took an active Bare durin’g the Morgan raid. ter the war he again farmed in Mont-
gomery County,Ind. Inthe fall of 1868, he came to Kansas, and located on his present
farm in Franklin County. Mr. B. has afarm of 280 acres, 200 of which are under cultiva-
tion; also raises considerable live stock. He was Trustee of Franklin Township for three
years, and in the fall of 1882, receivedthe Republican nomination tor Representative in his
district. Heis adjutantof G. A. R. Post, Lookout Mountain, No, 96, at Wellsville.

HOWARD M. BENNETT was born in June, 1847, at Philadelphia. His early education
consisted of a two years course in the Philadelphia high school, and a two years appren-
ticeship to the wholesale notion business. In 1868, he removed to DuPage County, Ill., and
for two years followed school teaching; then in Benton Harbor, Mich., engaged in fruit
business. In 1870, he cameto Franklin County, Kan.,farmed for four years, and taught
school during the winters. In 1874, he began the study of medicine at Davenport, Iowa,
with Prof. Hazen, of lowa University, and afterwards continued hisstudies with Drs, W. H.
and J. F. Baker, and also attended Aun Arbor University, where he graduated in 1878. Re-
turning to Kansas, he practiced medicine-at Ottawa for cight months, and near LeLoup this
county, for abouttwo years. In June, 1881, he moved to Wellsvil'e, and engaged in drug
business, commencing with a stock of $200. In April 1, 1882, he admitted as partners, Bal-
lard &Co., of Davenport, lowa, and the firm now carries an assorted stock of about $3.000.
Mr. Bennett established the Wellsville News, April 20, 1882, and this paper is now widely
knownthroughout the county. 7 :

H. N. BROCK WAY, of H. N. Brockway & Co., dealers_in general merchandise. Was
bornin Hamburg, Conn., in 1834. He came to Kansas in February, 1857, and in 1858, lo-
cated onthe ‘*Black Jack,” Douglas County, and engaged in general merchandise. In 1863,
he was burned out by guerrillas, but with His usual energy, immediately built a new store
and resumed; was aiso Postmaster at that place for some years. In the fall of 1871, he re-
moved his stock to Wellsville, and has since carried on business at this place. In 1873, he
formed a partnership with W. S. Brockway and M. S. Parker; the former sold out his inter-
est about a year later, anuthe remaining partners carry ov business under style of H_N.
Brockway &Co. They carry a stock of $5,000 to $6,000. Mr. B. is also engaged in farming
pursuits, has some 600 acres. :

W. S. BROCK WAY, merchant, was bornin Hamburg, Conn.. in 1842, Was for some
two years employed as aclerk in New York City. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company
A, Tenth Connecticut Infantry, serving until the fall of 1862, when hewas discharged on
account of wounds received at Roanoke Island, N. C., February 8, 1862. He came to Kan-
sas in 1864, but remained only ashorttime, In 1866, heengaged in the mercantile busi-
ness at Hamburg, Conn., continuing there until the fall of 1871, when he returned to Kan-
sas, settling in Wellsville. Was for two years engaged in the mercantile business with his
brother, H, N. Brockway, after which he established his present business, beginning in a
small way at first. Now carries astock of $4,000 to $5,000. Mr. Brockway is Postinaster
at this place, having been appointed in 1872, and has been a Notary Public since 1876.

EZRA A. CARPENTER, tarmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wellsville, was born in Fair-
field County, Ohio, in 1836, removing nineteen years later to Jones County, Iowa, where he
was engaged in agricultural pursuits, Hecameto Franklin County in June, 1864, and lo-~
cated on his present farm, in Franklin Township. He owns 160 acres, all improved, culti-
vates eighty acres, and raises considerable live stock. He has a fine residence, and an
orchard and grove of avoutten acres. Mr. Carpenter was married in Jones County, Iowa,
in 1862. to Susan Battorf, anative of Ohio. They havea family of seven children.

SAMUEL W. CASE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Le Loup, was born in Putnam
County, Ind., June 29, 1848, and was reared on a farm. He came to Franklin County in
1871, and located in Franklin Township, and has siuce followed farming and stock-raising.
He moved on to his present farm on Section 7, Town 16, Range 21, in April, 1879. Mr. Case
has 218 acres ofland, 130 of which are under cultivation. He breeds considerable Short-
horn cattle and Poland-China hogs. He was elected Justice of the Peace mn 1875, and re-
elected in 1877 and 1879. In 1876 he received the nomination for State Representative on
the Greenback ticket, but was not elected. Mr, Case was married in Montgomery County,

  

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Ind., October 23, 1867, to Amanda Gray bill. They have a family of six children—Flora E
Emma L., Sarah B., Alva C., Francis M. and Martha E.

EDWARD CHAMBERS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wellsville, was born in Fayette
County, Pa., May 7, 1841, and was reared onafarm. Hecameto Kansas in 1859, and farmed
for a year near Stanton. He then went to Clark County, Iowa, and engaged in farming pur-
suits. July 17, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Sixth Iowa Infantry, and was discharged in
December 1868, and re-enlisted as a veteran January 1, 1864. in the same company, serv-
ing until July 24, 1865. He participated in twenty-six engagements, and was wounded

: three times. After the war he returned to Fayette County, Pa., and farmed for three years.

Inthe spring of 1870 he came to Franklin County, and located on his present faim, in

Franklin Township, He owns 240 acres of land, allimproved, and is quite extensively en-

gaged in raising live stock. Mr. Chambers was married in Fayette County, Pa., Febiuary
5, 1866, to Phebe E, Adams. They have afamily of two children—Klizabeth and Frauces.

W, H. COLLINS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wellsville, is a native of Fayette County,
Pa. He was reared on a farm, and fur some years was engaged in farming on own account.
After which he was’for five years engaged in mercantile business at East piberky La On
September 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry. as pro-
moted to First Lieutenant in 1863, and a few months later to Captain, serving until Novem-

ber, 1865. In February, 1878, Mr. Collins came to Franklin County, locating on his present
farm in Franklin Township. He owns 200 acres, all improved, and is quite extensively en-
gaged in raising stock. He received the nomination for County Clerk on the Repub ican
ticket in 1881, but was defeated by asmali majority. Mr. Collins is commander of G. A. R.
Bost, Lookout Mountain No, 96, lucated at Wellsville.

OBERT M. FERGUSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O. Le Loup; was born at Plain-
field, Will Co., Ill., in June 1853, and was rearedonafarm. In the spring of 1876 he
came to Franklin County, and located on his present farm in Franklin Township. Mr. Fer-
guson has 450 acres, 200 of which are under cultivation. He is also quite an extensive
raiser of cattle, etc., and attimes buys and sells cattle, hogs and grainto some extent. He
was married in Franklin County, in the fallof 1878. to Miss Mary Lister, who was born
here, a daugher of Edmund Lister, a largedealer and raiser of stock. He is one of those
that took Horace Greeley’s advice, Came West and is growing up with the country.

JOHN HARTUNG, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddlery, etc; waS born in
Prussia, July 6, 1841; emigrated to America in 1854 and learued the trade of harness maker
in St. Louis, Missouri, and followed it there as an occupation. In April 1861, he enlisted in
Company C, Third Missouri Infantry, and served four months, after which he wasemploy-
ed at his trade by the United States Government at Rolla, Mo., for two years. In 1865 he
came to Kansas and worked at his trade in Leavenworth, and Inthe following spring went
to St. Joe, Mo., and a few months later to St. Luuis, following his trade there up to 1869,
then in the satne capacity at Paola, Kansas, for six months and carried on the business
there for two months; removing to Olathe, Kansas, he carried on his business at that place
for nine years, and in 1878 moved to Wellsville. He has a nice stock of about $1,500, and
Aug built up good trade in thisline. He was elected a member of the School Board in

‘ust, é .

E. K. ULLLS, merchant; was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., June 16, 1833, and until
the age of nineteen, he assisted his father in a custom wool carding establishment. He then
farmed for ive years in that locality, two yearsin Boone County, Ill., and one year in Wal-
worth County, Wis. In May 1857, he came to Kansas and for a year conducted a house
painting shop. In September 1858, he went to Emporia, and there followed mercantile

usiness asa clerk, He pre-empted in 1858 a claim in Chase County, and moved on to the
same a year later and farmed, and also carried the United States mails between Cotton-
Wood Falls, Einporia and Council Grove, returning to Walworth County in 1859, and farm-
ed for two years. On August 15, 1862 he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-eighth Wiscon-
sin Infantry, serving until the war closed. In 1866 he went to Westport, Mo., and car-
ried on mercantile business for ten months, then in Ottawa, Kansas, fortwo years in the
same business and for five years engaged in house painting and seven years clerked in the
mercantile business. In October, 1880, he came to Wellsville and engaged in this business.
ra pasa fine store and carries a stock of $3,400. He was elected Treasurer of the townin

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L. W. HOSTETTER, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Wellsvile; was born in Montgomer:
County, [nd., in 1833. He assisted his father in conducting his farm, until his death in 1667,
after which he farmed on his own account, and was quite extensively engaged in raising
stock. In September 1870, he came to Franklin County, and located on his present farm in

~Franklin Township. Mr. Hostetter is one of the largest farmers and stock-raisers in this
county; he owns 1,200 acres of land, 700 acres of which are in cultivation. On his place he
has a mile of stone fence, about seven miles of osage hedge, and a magnificent residence,
besides houses for his tenants. He hasalso a fine orchard, consisting of about eight acres in
various kinds of fruittrees. Mr. Hostetteris what is termed a beef and pork maker, mak-
ing a specialty of fattening cattle and hogs for the Eastern markets, and also raises quite a
number of fine draught horses.

CAREY McLAIN, dealer in and raiser of live stock, P. C. Wellsville, was born at
Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio, February 28, 1832, where he was engaged in farming and
stock raising. In 1853 he moved to Kendall County, Ill., and carried on an extensive stock
farm for someyears. In the spring of 1868 he came to Kansas, located at Baldwin City,
Douglas County, and was for two years engaged in dealing 1 live stock. Inthespring of
1870 he cameto Franklin County and settled:on his presentfarm. Mr. McLain has a farm
in this county of 640 acres, in a high state of cultivation, and has 160 acres in Douglas
County, and 172 in Miami County. He makes a specialty of fattening stock for the Eastern
markets, He has made a success of the culture oftame grass. The growing of this grass
with any success has long been doubted Ly the farmers of this county. Mr. McLain has
several hundred acres of land on which he is growing tame grass, having a bountiful crop
vearly. He has madea success of producing the same, sowing the seed on raw prairie
land, without any cultivation whatever. Mr. McLain was married in Kendall County, LI.
in 1856, to Julia AnhieSatterly. They have a family of three children.

JAMES C. SIMMONS, dealer in live stock. was born in Warren County, Ind., December
23, 1850, and came to Kansas with his parents in 1857. They located at Lawrence. His
father was engaged in the live stock business at that place and the subject of this sketch
assisted him on the stock farm until he reached the age of seventeen years, when he went
to Texas and was employed for four years on a stock ranche in thatState. In 1871 he
moved to Miami County, Kas., and took charge of his father’s farm, consisting of 640

His father died in 1873 and James C. continued to manage the estate tor the heirs

acres,
for several years longer, and was also engaged in dealingin stock. In the spring of 1876
he went to Deadwood City,or the Black Hills, and was engaged in the cheap John business,

which consisted of trading in second hand miner’s outfits. Returning in Noveniber of
that year he located in Wellsville and has since followed the business. .

JAMES C. SINCLAIR, of Sinclair & Smith, dealers in hardware implements, ete.,
was born in Fayette County, Pa.,in February, 1841, ard was employed in stg®k raising.
In April, 1861, he went to Henry County, Ill., where he followed the same business. On
August 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry until No-
vember, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability. In May, 1868, he came to
Franklin County, and was for two years employed in working on farms. He then rented
Jand and followed farming and stock raising for about five years, after which he devoted
his time to stock raising exclusively up to July, 1881, In February, 1882, he engaged in
this businessin c.mpany with C. A. Woodward, who sold out some months later to J.
W. Smith, his presentpartner. They carry astock of $5,000, and do the largest business
in their line at this place. Fe

SAMUEL SINGER, agent for S. A. Brown & Co., dealers in lumber, Wellsville, was
born at Cadiz, Ohio, in 1844. Atseventeen years of age he removed to Greenfield, where he
was employed in a planing-mill. In June, 1868, he removed to Cedar County, lowa, where
he learned the trade of carpenter and builder, remaining there two years, then at Browns-
ville, Neb., fur two years, after which he followed histrade at Salt Lake City for eighteen
months, then in various townsin Montana for ten months. Returning to lowa he carried
on business as a contractor and builder: In July, 1878, he came to Kansas, locating at
Wellsville; hassince been engaged in contracting and bullding: and has erected many of
the leading buildings in this place. He was appointed agent for S. A. Brown & Co’s lumber
business at this place in June, 1882. .

WILLIAM STICKEL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wellsville, was born in Fayette
County, Penn., in 1833, and reared on a farm. In 1858 he moved to Cedar County, lowa,
where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He came to Kansas in April, 1865, and lo-
cated on his present farm in Franklin County. He owns 160 acres of land, all improved,
and cultivates 145 acres of it. He hasan orchard of seven acres, and a good stone quarry
on his place. He is also engaged in raising choice cattle and hogs. Mr. Stickel was elected
a Commissioner of Franklin County in 1869 and served two years. Was also Township
Trustee for several years. He was married in Cedar County, Iowa, in 1859, to Elma Wheat-
ley. They have four children—Lucy M., Mary M., Matilda J. and William W.

. E, WILKINS, real estate, was born in West Mire inig April 1, 1818, and reared on a
farm, and was also for a year employed in mercantile business at Evansville, In 1840 he
emigrated to Winchester, Adams Co., Ohio. Was for twelve years engaged in mercantile
business, after which he embarked in the business of dealing and trading in Western lands.
Was also for several years engaged in pork packing at Ripley, Ohio, and for a year in same
business at Maysville, Ky., and farmed for two years. In November, 1871, he came to
Wellsville, Kan., purchased a farm and followed farming and. dealing in live stock and
lands. In 1879 he purchased the town site of Wellsville from P. P. Elder and others, and
now gives his attention to the improvement of what remains unsold.

PRINCETON.

This thriving village on the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Rail-
road has grown up since the building of the road, in 1869. It contains about
618

twenty buildings, and a number of enterprising and prosperous business men
and mechanics. It is situated very near the site of a town which has now be-
come historic, and of which nothing remains to-day but its history. This town
was known in its palmy days, as Ohio City.

In April, 1857, the Ohio City Town Company was organized, consisting of
the following members: J. M. Hendry, P. D. Ridenour, A. R. Morton, A. H.
Ross, J. W. Iliff, Reuben Painter, L. DeStigner, Jacob Bolman and R. W.
Gilchrist. Ohio City was laid out the same month, and a hotel, the first build-
ing in the city, erected. It was a two story frame, the lumber for which was
hauled from Kansas City. Wm. Morton was the proprietor. The hotel was
burned in 1864. A second hotel was built by J. H. Cook, and is now a tene-
ment house on one of P, P. Elder’s farms, this farm being the former town site.
The first store was erected by J. W. Iliff, the money being raised by popular
subscription. W.E. Kibbie built the first frame house, adjoining the town.
He also taught the first school, and was the first Postmaster. The name of the
Postoffice was at first Bowling Green, but in time the number of Free-state

~ people increased so much as to outnumber the Pro-slavery men, and in conse-
quence the name was changed to Ohio City.
} _ The first sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Finckbine. The first regular
minister was Rev. H. C. Moys, a Methodist. P. P. Elder was the first Justice
of the Peace, and also first Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors.
The first steam saw mill was erected by Morton & Painter on Middle Creek, a
little above Ohio City, the frame of which is now used for the frame of a barn
on T. Jones’ farm at Princeton.
» The first Fourth of July celebration was held in 1857, at Ohio City, with
great enthusiasm. An arbor was built, in which a bountiful feast was spread.
Rev. Mr. Andrews was orator of the day, Dr. Finckbine was chaplain of the
day, and W. E. Kibbie read the Declaration of Independence.

One of the first, if not the first attempt in the county to prohibit the liquor
traffic by high license, was made in Ohio City. B. C. Sanfurd had opened a
saloon. The County Board attempted to close it by requiring Sanford to pay
a license of one hundred dollars. To their surprise Sanford paid the amount
required, and went on with his business. The next year in order to certainly
close the saloon, the license was raised to $250! To the great surprise of all,
Sanford without apparent difficulty paid this sum also, and again went on with
the business. Some time afterwards it was discovered, and the astonishment
of all may be imagined at the discovery, that Weatherwax, one of the greatest
temperance advocates in the town, had loaned Sanford the money with which
to pay his $250 license ! !

After several contests Ohio City became the county seat, in 1861; but in
1864 when the Indian title to the land in the center of the county was ex-
tinguished, a lively town sprang up at Ottawa, and at an election held August
I, 1864, the county seat was removed there; where it still remains. At the
hight of its prosperity, Ohio City contained about 100 inhabitants. But as
Ottawa grew, many of the people moved away to the new town and county
seat, others to other places, and still others into the country, and now nothing
is left of Ohio City but its name, and a few historical relics of the past such
as the following document, which we have transcribed, verbatim et literatim and
which may be styled a model of its kind:

State of Kansas, t
Franklin County.

Mariag of A. A. Gregg and S. E. Watkins. a

I hereby certify that [ solemenized the mariag of Anton A. Gregg, born inthe State
of Ohio, Bas county, old 23 years, and resides at Ohio City, Franklin, with Sara E.
Watkins, born in Potters county, Misoure, old 17 years, at the 8 day of Januar, A. D. 1865,
and was living at the house of W. Gregg. é

JOHN DEITRICH, J. P.

Homewood is a small town on the Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe -
Railroad, south and a little west of the center of the county, in Ohio Town-
ship. It is pleasantly situated in the midst of a rich agricultural district, and
contains a post-office, store, and about twenty inhabitants.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—OHIO TOWNSHIP.

JOHN BECHTLE, farmer, P. O. Princeton, was born in Clark County, Ohio, August 27,
1835. In 1852 he removed to Knox County, Ill., where he followed agricultural pursuits. He
came to Kansas in 1867, located at Ottawa, and was employed in various capacities, and
farmed for 4 year in Centropolis, In 1870 he located on his present farm, Ohio Township,
Franklin County. He owns eighty-five acres of Jand, sixty of which are under cultivation,
and a fine orchard consisting of several acres; also raises considerable live stock.

WILLIAM A. C K, farmer, P. O. Princeton, was born in Oxford County, Me.,
in 1838. In 1851 he emigrated to La Salie County, Ill, and eight years later to Shelby
County, where he learned the trade of wagon-maker, and followed that occupation for
about ten years. Mr. Clark enlisted in 1864 in Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-elghth
Illinois Regiment, and served five months. Ile came to Kansas in June, 1872, located in
Franklin Township, Franklin County, and followed agricultural pursuits. In March, 1882,
le moved on to his present farm in Ohio ‘Township. He owns 214 acres on which there is a
fine orchard of about ten acres, and is quite extensively engaged in raising cattle and hogs,

ALVAH ELDER, farmer, P.O. Princeton, was born iu Somerset County, Me., April 7
1825, where he was reared on a farm, and after reaching the age of manhood followed agri-
cultural pursuits as an occupation. In November, 1 @ enlisted in Company D,
Thirteenth Maine Infantry, serving until August 20, 1865, He came to Franklin County in
April, 1868, and located on his present farm in Ohio Township. He owns 160 acres of im-
proved land, is quite an extensive raiser of live stock, and has quite a number of cows for
dairy purposes. ory. Elder was elected Justice of the Peace in 1880, and 1s senior vice-
commander of G. A. R, Post, Princeton, No, 111.

W.S. FINLEY, banker, stock farmer and lumber dealer, P. O. Williamsburg, was born
in Crawford County, Pa., in 1831. Here he was employed for several years as clerk in gen-
eralstore. In 1857 he moved to Kewaunee Wis., and entered the employ of D, Slauson &

general merchants; served one year and formed cuo-partnership’ with L,
P. Congdon (Fin ey & Congdon)in grocery and drug business. Later became member of
lumber firm of Taylor, Slauson & Co. Sold out in 1867, and moved to Fond du Lac, Wis.,
engaging in lumber and milling business, in firm of Hamilton & Finley; remained in that
business till 1879. Served one termas County Treasurer of Kewaunee County. Wasa
member of State Legislature, Session of 1860-61. Was the Republican candidate for Mayor
of Fond du Lae, and defeated by asmallinajority. In October, 1878, came to Ohio Town-
ship, Franklin Gounty, Kan., having purchased the John E, Baer farm of some 760 acres,
one of the best in the country, with fine buildings and Improvements, establishing a stock
business; also the lumber business at Princeton, firm of W.S, Finley & Co, Is proprietor
of the Williamsburg Bank, to which he gives most of his attention. ~
ABRAHAM FUNK, merchant, Homewood, was born in Butler County, Pa.. y
. 1829, and was reared in Beaver County, onafarm, He learned the trade of lasterer at
Pittsburgh, and followed it there for four years. He came to Kansas in March, 1858, and
located in Leavenworth, and worked at his trade for three years, In May, 1861, he en-
listed in Company G, First Kansas Infantry. A few months later was promoted to Second
Lieutenant, and then to First Lieutenant, and some time afterward to Captain. He was
mustered out in August, 1864, after which he returned to Leavenworth and engaged in the,
mercantile business. In 1869 he was appointed sutler to Gen. George A. Custer’s Regiment,
and filled that position one year, Returning to Leavenworth, he disposed of his stock, and

Co., lumber and

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HISTORY OF KANSAS. -

moved to Platte County, Mo., and was for about eight years engaged in mercantile and agri.
cultural pursuits at Hampton. In 1878 he came to Homewoud and purchased a stock of
general merchandise, and has since couducted business at this place. He carries a stock of
about $3,000, and is also engaged in farming 160 acres vf land. He was appointed Post-
master at this placein 1878. Mr. Funk was married at Allegheny City, Pa., about 18538, to
Margaret Simins. She died in 186), leaving two children—James and Annie. He was
married again in Leavenworth, Kansas, about 1865, to Mollie Schupbach. They have three
children— William, Jennie and Bessie.
HOMAS GETCHELL, lumber merchant, was born at Alton, N. H., in 1831, and reared
onafarm. In 1851 he wertto Portland, Maine, where he learned the trade of cooper. Two
ears later he removed to Buffalo, N. Y.. and followed his trade there for three years; then
ih Crawford County, Pa., for a year, and again in Buffalo for three years. Finally returned to
Crawford County, where he worked at his trade until August 15, 1862, when he enlisted in
Company K, One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Infantry. Was appointed Second
Lieutenant, anda few weeks later promoted to First Lieutenant, and May 4, 1863, made
a Captain. Hiscompany served principally as aguard at the residence of President Lincoln,
Capt. Getchell was mustered out of service June 15, 1865, and returned to Crawford County, .
Pa., where he again followed histrade, In 1868 he went to Fond du Lac, Wis. Was fora
ear employed in saw mill and Jumber business, and for seven years worked as a cooper.
e came to Kansas July, 13, 1876, located in Williamsburg Township, Franklin County,
and followed farming pursuits. In the spring of 1878 he came to Ohio Township. Was
employed on the farm of W.S. Finley, and in the spring of 1879 engaged in lumber busi-
ness at Princeton with Mr. F., under style of W 8. Finley & Co. The firm carry a stock of
about $3,000. Capt. Getchell has full charge of this business. He is aiuember of the Dis-
trict School Board. :

THOMPSON JONES, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Princeton, was born at Monroe,
Butler Co., Ohio, in 1832, and sixteen years later removed with his father, William
Jones, to Lee County, lowa, where he followed farming pursuits. He came to Franklin
County in 1857, and jocated on hig present farm in Ohio Township. A year later he re-
turned to Iowa, and resided with his father. 1m. the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company G,
Fourth Iowa Cavalry, and was mustered out as Corporal early in 1865, after which he re-
turned to his farm in Franklin County, on which he has sinceresided. He, however, took
a trip to Colorado in 1875, and remained there several years, engaged in stock raising pur-
suits. Mr. Jones has a wellimproved farm of some 365 acres, on which there is a spiendid
orchard of about fifty acres, and he is extensively engaged in raising and dealing in live
stock. He laid out thetown of Princeton in 1871, and his farm adjoins the same. He served
one term as a Commissioner of Franklin County. Mr. Jones is a member of G. A. R. Post,
Princeton, No.111. He was married in Lee County, Lowa, in 1859, to Melissa B. McMillan.
they have a family of six children—Ida, George, Fred, Elva, Noraand Mark.

ON. WILLIAM E. KIBBE, farmer, P, O. Princeton, was born in Jefferson County,
N. Y., in 1833, and reared on a farm, in 1851 his parents removed to Erie County, Pa,.
and in 1854 he went to Kentucky and taught schvol near Lexington. He cameto Kansas in
March, 1867, and pre-empted 160 acres of land in Ohio Township, Franklin County. Mr.
Kibbie has now 320 acres of land all wellimproved, and is one of the leading farmersin this
vicinity. He has a fine orchard of about six acres, and raises considerable live stock. He en-
listed September 1, 1862, in Company D, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, and served until July
, 1865. He was elected County Assessor in 1860, and served two years, and in 1866
elected to the State Legislature. r. Kibbie was married in Franklin County in August,
65, to Pamelia Weatherwax, daughter of D. Weatherwax. They have a family of five
children—Jennie, Fannie, Mamie, Milo, and Levi. : : : s

HARDIN W. LEEDS, of Leeds & Leonard, merchants, was born in Jacksonville, Ill., in
1849, and was reared onafarm. In 1872 te engaged in business in the firm of Fish. Foster
& Co., dealers in musical merchandise. Selling out his interest, he came to Princeton,
Franklin County,in September, 1873, and inthe following spring established a general
merchandise businessin company with J. R, Thornbury, remaining in partnership with
him for six months. He wasthenfor two yearsin company with E. L. Warren, and for
several years with T, Z. Wright. In January, 1882, he admitted his present partner, Wil-
liam Leonard. ‘This is the oldest established and by far the most extensive business house
inthe place. Mr. Leeds is the oldest merchantintkis part of the county, is well known
throughout the country, and the trade of the firm is continually increasing. The firm have
lately purchased the business of G. W. Harshberger, at Richmond, thiscounty. Heis also
individually extensively engaged in the hay and grain business. Mr. Leeds was elected
Treasurer of Ohio Township ifi 1878, and has been re-elected yearly ever since. He was
appointed Postmaster at Princeton in July, 1881.

LIAM LEONARD, of Leeds & Leonard, merchants, was born at Orleans, Orange

Co., Ind., in 1836. Reared on a farm, and also taughtschool for some years. He enlisted at

Paola, Ind., in August, 1861, in Company I, Thirty-eighth IndianaInfantry. Was appointed

Second Lieutenant, a year later promoted to First Lieutenant, and in 1863 to Captain, serv-

ing principally inthe United States Signal Corps, on the staffs of Generaljs Nelson, Critten-
den and Howard. He was mustered outin September, 1864, after which be was engaged in
mercantile business at Orleans, Ind., for four years, and during that period was also Deputy
Collector of United States Internal Revenue. He came to Kansas in 1869, and located in
Shawnee County, where he followed agricultural pursuits for three years. In 1872 he moved
to Franklin County, and has been interestedin farming pursuits since. He has about 170
acres of land located within halfa mile of this place,on which he resides. In January,
1882, he purchased an interestin the mercantile establishment of H. W. Leeds, at Prince-
ton. The firm do a large business throughoutthe surrounding country, and carry a fine
stock of about six to eight thousand dollars to supply the demands of their trade. They have
two stores, roceries and dry-goods. Mr. Leonard was elected a Commissioner of Franklin
County, in 1877, and served one term, and is commander of G. A. R. Post, Princeton,

o. 111.

WILLIAM SERVATUS, deceased, was born in Prussia, March 29, 1831, and followed
agricultural pursuits. In 1854 he emigrated to Utica, N. ¥Y., where he was employed as a
painter fortwo years, after which he removed to Dane County, Wis., where he was em-
ployed at generalfarm work. Hecameto Franklin County, Kan., April 28, 1857, and pre-
empted 160 acres in Ohio Towuship, where he foilowed farming and stock-raising on an
extensive scale. Mr, Servatus was married at Montrose, Dane Co., Wis., May 18, 1857, to
Delia F. Matts, anative of Pennsylvania. He died February 4,1881. His widow Mrs.
Delia F. Servatus, still resides on the old homestead. She owns 820 acres, alt well im-
proved, on which there is a fine orchard of about twelve acres.

ANDREW SHARP, farmer, P. O. Princeton, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in July,
1824, and reared ona farm. He was for six years engaged in buying and shipping. In 1855
he emigrated to Canada, and engaged in farming near the city of Hamilton. Inthe fall
of 1868 he came to Franklin County, Kansas, and located on his present farm, consisting of
197 acres in Ohio Township; his place is weltimproved; has a fine orchard of about five
acres, and three acres of maple grove, He is quite extensively engaged in raising cattle
and hogs, Mr, 8. hasbeen Road Overseer in his district for six years. He was married in
Scotland, in 1846 to Amelia Hood. They havea family of five children.

HORATIO TAWNEY, farmer, P.O. Princeton, was bornin Richland County,Ohio, June 7,
1834, and fourteen years later removed to Williams County, Ohio, where be followed farm-
ing pursuits and also learned the trado of carpenter With his brother. He cnlisted in Company
O, One Hundredth Ohio nEAniry: and was mustered into service August 2, 1862. He was
taken prisoner at Limestone Station, Tennessee, on September 8, 1863, and held until
March 14, 1864. He was mustered out June 20, 1865. In December of 1865 he came to
Franklin County and purchased his present farm in Ohio Township. He has 100 acres, all
well improved, on which there is a good orchard of some three acres; also raises consider-
able stock, Mr, Tawney does considerable work in bullding, etc. through the country, three
of his sons attending to the farm and stock. He served one term as Trustee of the Town-
ship some ten yearsago. Ife was married in Williams County. Ohio, to Elizabeth A. Stein-
baugh. They have eleven children, nineof whom were bornin Kansas. Mr. T. isa mem-
ber of the G._A. R. Post, Princeton, No, 111. .

JAMES R. THORNBURY, physician and surgeon, was born in Morgan County, IIL, in
1842, and reared on a farm, e enlisted in July, 1862, in Battery F, First Reg’ ment of
{llinois Artillery, and served until mustered outin July, 1865. Hethen gave his attention
for a short time to agricultural pursuits. In 1866 he moved to Cambria, Macon Co., Mo.,
where he taught school. In 1868 he began the study of medicine with Dr. J. W. Proctor,
and also took a course at College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Lowa. In 1872 he
came to Franklin County, located at Princeton and has since practiced his profession at this
place, Since his arrival here he took another course at the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons at Keokuk, graduating in the class of 1877-78. The Doctor has been a member of
the Kansas State Medical Society since_1880, and is alsoa member of the Franklin County
Medical Society, He is adjutant of the G. A. R. Post, Princeton, No. 111.

POMONA,

The orginal town site of Pomona consisted of 320 acres. It is beautifully
situated, ten miles west of Ottawa, on elevated ground, and in one of the most
picturesque locations in the State.

The first building on the town site was erected for a residence by A.
Jones. The first business house was built by Rev. L. Ricksecker, and was used
for a drug store and postoffice. The second business house was put up by A. H.
Scranton. It afterwards became the Pomona hotel. William Hayes erected
the next business house, and was followed by John Parkinson, who built a resi-

 

 

 

 
 

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dence. Quite a number of other residences were built within a short time.
Nelson Reynolds erected a stone blacksmith shop, and McCord & Wilson a
wagon shop.

In 1870 a furniture manufactory was established by John Krause & Sons,
and the steam flouring mill was built in the same year by H. O. Kelsey. The
building is of stone, two stories high and is fitted up with the most approved
machinery. It has three run of four foot buhrs, the total expense of mill and
machinery being about $20,000.

Within a year from the building of the first house in the town, a two story
stone schoolhouse was erected, with room sufficient for two hundred pupils.
The cost of this building was $5,000. The first sermon preached was by Rev.
L. Rickseckerin May, 1870.

_ The Methodist Church was organized in April, 1871, by Rev. William
Wilkins, with thirty-five members. Religious services were held in the stone
schoolhouse until 1880, when a frame church building was erected at a cost of
$600, The present membership of the church is seventeen. The ministers of
this church have been the following; Revs. William Wilkins, —— Buffing-
ton, J. McNulty, J. D. Baldwin, William Whitney, J. W. Clock, J. D. Brat-
ton, E. F. Holland, and —— Melvin.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1873 with nine members. The
first regular minister was Rev. L. Newcomb. He has been followed by Revs.
D. H. Starkey, M. Bone and Shull. The present church building was
erected in 1879, at a cost of $1,000.

: Lomona Lodge, No. 138, A. F. & A. M., was chartered October 16, 1873,
with fourteen members. The officers were Benjamin F. Snyder, W. M.; Hans
Wood, S. W.; W. Wait, J. W.; Sanford Topping, Secretary. The present
membership is thirty-six. The lodge room is in the second story of a fine large
ie store building, 24x64 feet, erected in 1881, by J. Parkinson, at a cost of

5,000,

_ At the present time Pomona contains two general stores, two hardware
stores, two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, one furniture factory, one drug
store, one hotel, one agricultural implement dealer, two physicians and about
three hundred inhabitants. : i

Pomona is essentially a colony on a unique plan. The central idea of its
founder, was not to provide each colonist with cheap land, but rather to collect
together a class of people who had attained the elevation of a certain moral
plane, and that each should own mucii or little property, according to his ability
to pay for it in cash or on time. No one can buy property in this colony with-
out signing a contract not to sell intoxicating liquors to be drank as a beverage.
Inexperienced colonists are given such advice as they may need in any line.
Special attention is devoted to providing such educational advantages as the
majority may need. An industrious, sober, intelligent, moral and prosperous
colony is the result.

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—ArPANoose TOWNSHIP.

REV. JOSEPH M, BONE, farmer. Section 28, P. O. Pomona, was born in Wilson Coun-
ty, Tenn. He resided in Moultrie and Christian counties, Ill., for some ferty-five years. In
1836 he entered the ministry of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Moultrie County,
and continued to preach for some forty years, in connection with which he also conducted a
farm. Hecameto Franklin County, Kau., in 1875, and located in Appanoose Township,
and moved on to his present farm some two years later. He and his son, Thomas A. Bene,
have 320 acres of land, and are extensively engaged in raising Jive stock.

JA 'S W. DAVIS, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Appanoose, was born in England in 1817.
Was employedfor some years in a glove factory, and in 1834 emigrated to Syracuse, N. Y.
For seven years he was engaged in the manufacture of salt, after which he went to Wiscon-
sin, and followed agricultural pursuits in Walworth and Winnebago counties. In Novem-
ber, 1857, he came to Franklin County, pre-empted 160 acres, on which he has since resided.
He now owns 144 acres, sixty of which are under cultivation. Has an orchard and raises
considerable live stock. During the late war he served in the State Militia. Mr. Davis was
married at Syracuse, N. Y.,to Mary Ricaby. She.died in Franklin County, September 17,
1872. Mr. Davis has six children—Samuel, James ‘W., Alvin, Hannah, Mary and_Anna.
Mr. Davis was married again in Lawrence, Douglas County, in 1877, to Mrs. Mary Barnes.

JAMES Y. DEAN, farmer, Section 86, P. O. Appanoose, was born in Appanoose Town-
ship, Franklin Co., Kan., August 16, 1857, and reared on a farm. Heisthe sonof Daniel
Dean, one of the early settlers of this county. The subject of our sketch moved on his pres-
entfarm March 1, 1882. He has seventy-two acres, all improved, and sixty-two acres of
which are in cultivation. Mr. Dean was married at Ottawa, Kan., December 28, 1880, to
Ellen Nelson, daughter of W. W. Nelson. : S43,

G. W. EATON, deceased, was bornin Delaware County, Ohio, in 1828,.and was reared
in DeKalb County, Ill. In 1856 he removed to Buchanan County, lowa, where he followed
agricultural pursuits. In October, 1867, he came to Franklin County, Kan., and located on
ection 26, Appanoose Township. He was appointed Postmaster of Appanoose in May,
75. Mr. Eaton was married in DeKalb County, Il., April 20, 1856, to Sophronia Gandy,
his union was blessed with eight children. He died in this township May 3, 1879; his
widow still resides on the farm. She has 160 acres, all well improved, and is Postmistress

of Appanoose postoffice. = | ;

MICHAEL H. HORNBECK, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Pomona, was born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, March 15, 1833,and rearedonafarm. He taughtschoolin Union County in
connection with agricultural pursuits for about seven years. Mr. Hornbeck came to Frank-
lin County, Kas., in 1865; farmed in Harrison Township. He was elected Justice of the
Peace at the organization of the township, in which capacity he served two terms; and in
the fall of 1871 moved to his present farm. He has 195 acres, 100 of which are under culti-
vation; has a fine orchard of about eight acres, and is entensively engaged in raising live
stock. He was Trustee of Appa:oose Township in 1877 and 78, and Treasuer in 1879 and
280. Mr. Hornbeck was married in Union County, Ohio, October 4, 1854, to Isabelle Elliott.
They have seven living children and two deceased. E

JAMES W. JAMES, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Centropolis, was born in Wales, Decem-
ber 15, 1819, and learned the trade of plasterer. In 1839 he enlisted in the Royal Marines,
and served thirteen years. Mr. James participated Jn the Anglo-Chinese war, and has seen
considerable service in various portions of the globe. He came to America in 1853, and
worked at his tradein various Eastern and Southern States. In March, 1858, he came to
Kansas, and located in Leavenworth; in the fall of that year he came to Franklin County,
locating shortly after on his presentfarm. He owns 144 acres, 65 of which are in cultiva-
tion. He has anice orchard of about 200 trees of various kinds of fruits. During the late
war he served as Captain of Company A, Tenth Kansas State Militia. 3

WILLIAM KEETHLY, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Pomona, was born in Knox County,
Tenn., in 1827. When young nis arent em rated to Cass County, IlL, and he was reared

here on afarm. In 1847 he enlistedin the Unil :
taeyed one year in the Mexican war, after which he followed farm work in Cass County.
In 1855 be came to Kansas, but only remained a few months. In the fall of 1858 he re-
turned to this State and farmed for eleven months in Franklin County, after which he again
returned to his home in Cass County. In 1863 he removed to Quenemo, Osage County, Kas.,
where he was employed in the mercantile business fora year, andfor atime at Fort Gib-
son. In the latter part of 1855 he came to Franklin County, located in Centropolis, and
was employed at farm work, also as carpenter, etc. In 1870 he moved on his present farm
which consists of sixty-five acres, all improved, fifty of which are in cultivation; and he

$a nice orchard. 2 a a
nas a RSS. LAWRENCE, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Pomona, was born in Nelsor County,
Ky., in 1822. When very young his parents moved to Perry County, Ind., where he was
reared on a farm. In 1847 he went to Henderson County, Ill., where he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits. In November, 1875, he came to Franklin County. Kas.,and located
on his present farm, which consists of 320 acres of land; he also owns 320 acres in Green-
wood Township, and is an extensive raiser of live stock, On his place is a fine residence

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RUFUS C. MOEATHRON, farmer, Section 26, P. 0. Appanoose, was born in Canada,
May 24, 1887, and emigrated to Stephenson County, Ill., with his parents, in 1848, where he
was emplo ed in general farm work. On May 24, 1869 he enlisted: in Company. G, Fifteenth
Illinois Infantry. He was immediately elected First Lieutenant. On May 17, 18 53, was pro-
moted to Captain, and to Major July 7, 1863. He was mustered out of the service in Au-
gust, 1864, and on March 13, 1865, received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He
came to Kansas in the fall of 1864, and located in Franklin County, on his present farm.
He has 240 acres, of which he cultivates 100, and raises considerable live stock. e was
Justice of the Peace here for several years, aud was elected Treasurer of the township in
the spring of 1882. Mr. McEathron was married in Douglas County, Kan., February 3,
1867, to Fannie Toucher. They have two children, Susan M. and Rufus.

ANDREW J. MoMAKIN, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Ottawa, was born in South Carolina
in 1827, and in 1839 removed to Cherokee County, Ga., where he followed agricultural pur-
suits. In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-eighth Regiment of Georgia Confederate TEgORs,
and served as commander of Company B of that regiment during the war, after which he
returned to his farm in Cherokee County. Mr. McMakin came to Kansas in October, 1870;
resided one winter in Leavenworth, and then came to Franklin County and located on his
presentfarm. He has 165 acres, ninety-five of which are in cultivation, and he raises con-
siderable live stock. =

DAVID L, MONTGOMERY, farmer, Section 36, P. 0. Appanoose, was born in Allen
County, Ohio, February 3, 1830. He was reared on a farm, followed agricultural pursuits,
and was for some time employed on boats running onthe canal. He came to Franklin
County, Kan.,in March, 1860; remained, however, unly a few months, when he moved into
Osage County, and farmed there for three years, after which he followed agricultural pur-
suits in Franklin and Douglas counties, and on November 16, 1869, he finally made a per-
manent settlement on his present farm. Mr. Montgomery has seventy-six acres of land,
five of which are laid off in fruit trees of various kinds, and the balance he uses for grain
farming. He was married in Auglaize County, Ohio, in 1855, to Mary A. Hook. They have
a family of seven children.

HN PARKINSON, dealer in live stock, was born at St. Augustine, Fulton Co., Ill.
July 28, 1842. His parents emigrated to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1856, and a year later to
Franklin County. locating in Centropolis. The subject of this sketch assisted his father on
the farm up to 1860, when he went to Colorado and remained seven months, Returning to
Franklin County, he, one year later, engaged in farming on his own account. In 1867, he
branched out into raising and dealing in livestock. Heowns in this county 1,800 acres of
land, In 1871, in connection with other pursuits, he embarked in mercantile business at
Pomona, selling out in 1878, to Jonathan Parkinson. In February, 1882, he purchased an
interest in the business, which is conducted under style of J. Parkinson & Co.; Jefferson
Mundy is also a partner in the firm, and he and Mr. Jno. Parkinson _ have, since May, 1881,
been interested together in live stock business. They are large dealers, purchasing heavily
in the Western States and Territories.

JOHN F. PATTON, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Pomona, was born in Coshocton County,

Ohio, March 7, 1840, and a few months later his parents moved to Edgar County, Ill, where
he folloc ed, after arriving at maturity, agricultural and mechanical pursuits. He enlisted
in May, 1863,in Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-third Indiana Infantry, and was
mustered out in December, 1864. Mr. Patton came to Kansasin March, 1866, resided for
about three months in Douglas County, then removed to Topeka, where he was employed
as a stone mason on the State Capitol for three months, after which he followed agricultur-
al pursuits in Osage County for abouttwo years, when he made a trip to Edgar County, IIL,
where he remained eight months; returning to Kansas in 1869, he farmed for a year in
Douglas County. In July, 1870, he came to Franklin County, and located on his present
farm, He has 327 acres, all improved, cultivates 120 acres and is quite extensively engaged
in raising live stock. He has a good orchard of about three acres. Mr, Patton was elected
Justice of the Peace in 1875, and has been re-elected at each election since. He was mar-
ried in Douglas County, Kan., in March, 1870, to Mary J. Tefft. They have a family of three
children—Dora A., Edith E., and Edward C.
_ SYLVESTER PAUL, Sr., Section 29, P.O, Pomona, was born in Monroe County, N. Y.,
in October, 1829, and reared on a farm, In October, 1853, he removed to Walworth County,
Wis., where he conducted afarm of about 400 acres. During his residence there, he was
Justice of the Peacefor sometime and aiso Assessor. In February, 1865, he enlisted in
Company K, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry, serving four months, Mr. Paul cametoKan-
sas in November, 1873, and located athis present residence, which is on the outskirts of
Pomona, Franklin County. He has 332 acres, all well improved; 130 of which are in culti-
vation. On his place he has erected a fine stone residence, which cost $3,000, and a good
barn. He has a good orchard, several stone quarries, and has put up a wind mill, which fur-
nishes an abundantsupply ot water. Mr. Paul 1s largely engaged in raising live stock.
From February, 1878, to July, 1882, he was also engaged in mercantile business at Pomo-
na. This he sold to his son, Sylvester Paul, Jr., who is still engaged in thesame,

ELIAS RICHARDSON, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Pomona, was born in Kentucky in 1846,
and when very young his parents removed to Canada, where he was reared ona farm. In
thefall of 1871 be came to Franklin County, Kas., and located on his present farm. He
owns 108 acres of land, sixty of which are in cultivation. He has a nice orchard and raises
considerable stock, Mr. R. was married in Canada in 1868 to Frances Jones, They have a
family of seven children. ie

JACKSON STEELE, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Appanoose, was born in Monongahela
County, W. Va., February 13, 1837. He was reared on a farm and for six years worked in
iron works in that locality. On June 1, 1861, he enlisted in the Third Virginia Infantry,
serving until some time in 1864. He then re-enlisted in the Virginia Cavalry, and was
mustered outin 1866, Inthe spring of 1867 he came to Kansas, and located‘in Douglas
County, where he resided for four years, In the latter part of 1870 he came to Franklin
County and located on his Present farm, which consisis of eighty acres, sixty-five of
which are in cultivation and five acres in orchard. He was postmaster at Appanoose from
1871 to 1873, and from July, 1878, to July, 1882, carried the United States mails from Bur-
lingame to Appanoose. Mr. Steele was married in Henry County, Il, in 1867, to Sarah H.
Holland. rhey have a family of eight children.

CLARK TEIFFT, farmer, Section 5, Township 16, Range 18, P. O. Pomona, was born in
Washington County, R. I., September 28, 1827, and was reared on a farm untileighteen years
of age, when he learned the trade of blacksmith, at which he was employed for about seven
years. Healso worked in the cotton mills inthatlocal;ty. Cameto Kansas November 19,
1854, settling in Douglas County, where he presempte 160 acres of land and improved and
farmed the same for about fifteen years. Thisfarm he still owns. During his residence
there he was Justice of the Peace for four years. Inthespring of 1870 he came to Frank-
lin County and located on his presentfarm, He has 240 acres, 100 of which are under
cultivation, He has a nice orchard and is a raiser of graded Short-horn cattle and Poland-
China hogs. He was an active supporter of the Free State cause in the troubles of 1856. Mr.
Tefft was married in Washington County, R. I., December 13, 1846, to Claricy A. Larkin.
They have two children—Mary J., now Mrs. J. F. Patton, and Milton D., who farms near
his father’s place. v

DR. EBEN TOPPING, drugs, paints and oils, was born in Montgomery County, N. Y.
in 1823. Was for a short time engaged in mercantile business in the county. He’ studied
medicine at the New York State Medical College at Albany, and at Cincinnati, Ohio Medical
College, where he graduated in 1849. He then practicedin Lewis County, N. Y., for a year.
In 1850 he went to Sauk County, Wis., where he practiced, and was also engaged in drug
business. In 1864 he removed to Union County, Ill, where he was engaged in fruit grow-
ing on an extensive scale, He came to Kansas in the fall of 1867, located in Ottawa, and
carried on a nursery business up to 1877, when he moved to Pomona, where in connection
with his practice he carries on a drug business. :

DENNIS WARD, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Appanoose, was born in Ireland in 1835.

arents located in Jersey County, II1.,

 

Fourteen years later emigrated to America; his
and he was employed at farm work. In the fall of 1854 he came to Kansas, locating in Don-
iphan County, and was for three years employed in freighting. In 1857 he came to Frank-
lin County and was employed in teaming Indian supplies, etc., and for a time in teaming
for the United States Army during the early portion of the war. In February, 1863, he
enlisted in Company K, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, serving until the close of the war, after

is attention to agricultural pursuits, In 1868 he moved on to his present
farm. Mr, Ward has 250 acres, 200 of which arein cultivation. He has just lately built
a fine stone residence on his place, and he is an extensive raiser of cattle, etc. He was mar-
ried in Osage County, Kan., in-1870, to Louisa Dooty; she died about 1875 leaving one son,
William Thomas, r. W. was_married again in Douglas County, Kan. in 1878, to Mary
Fall, They have two children—Mary and John. ;

JOHN H. WHETSTONE, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Pomona, was born in Hardin
County, Ky., April 4, 1829, and four years later his parents emigrated to Coles County, Il.,
where he was reared on a farm. In 1849 he went to Shelby Connty, where he pur-
chased 1,000 acres of land, and improved the same. Here he carried on an extensive grain
farm, and also raised stock. In 1859, in connection with his agricultural pursuits, he
engaged in mercantile business at Windsor, where he continued until he sold outand came
to eansas in May, 1864. In the fall of that year he located at Ottawa. and built the first saw-
mill in that region of country, and conducted the same for about two years, after which he
embarked in real-estate business. Mr. W. purchased about 15,000 acres of land in one
body in Franklin County. On this he placed twenty and one-half miles of wire fencing and
130° miles of Osage hedge. This land he has gradually disposed of until he has now 1,500
acres which he uses for farming purposes; 400 acres are in cultivation, and he has an
orchard of about 3,000 trees, principally apple and peach. Mr. W. moved on to his present
farm in 1874. Owing to the large amount of land he had on hand Mr. W., in 1875-76. made
several trips East in the interest of emigration, and was very successful, bringing to Frank-
lin County a large number of people from Illinois and other Eastern States, His farm ad-
joins the town of Pomona, which he laid out in 1870. He is still the principal owner of the
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town site. The subject of our sketch is one of the enterprising men of this coun’ He was
one of the most energetic business men of Ottawa during its Sarly settlement, a did con-
siderable towards making it what itis.

WILLIAM WISCOMBE, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Appanoose, was born in England in
1804, and after reaching marurey, conducted a hotel for about sixteen years. In 1859, he
emigrated to Franklin County, Kan., and farmed for several years; then in Shawnee
County. In 1870, he returned to Franklin County, and located on his present farm, which
consists of eighty acres, all highly improved. He cultivates some forty acres, and has on
his farm about four hundred rods of stoue fence.

DAVID YECK, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Pomona, was born in Adams County, Penn., in
1844. When quite Poung his parents emigrated to Logan County, Ohio, where he was

- reared on afarm., He came to Kansas in July, 1866, and located in Osage County, where he
rented land and engaged infarming. Inthe fall of 1869, he came to Franklin County and
located on his present farm, which consists of 407 acres. Mr. Yeck cultivates onl fifty
acres of hisland. He makes aspecialty of raising cattle, and uses his land rineipally for
posite. He breeds high grades of Durham Short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs, On

Js place he has put out a nice orchard of about two hundred trees of various fruits.

LANE,

This town is located at the middle of the line between Sections 33 and
34, Township 18, Range 21, in the beautiful Pottawatomie Valley, and on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad. The postoffice was established March 21, 1855,
and named Shermanville, after the Sherman brothers, who then lived here.
Allen Wilkinson was the first postmaster. The place was for along time
popularly known as “Dutch Henry’s Crossing,” because Dutch Henry lived near
the crossing of the creek. The crossing is now within the limits of the town,
but of Dutch Henry’s cabin, which was during the early border troubles a resort
for the Pro-slavery settlers and border ruffians, not a vestige now remains.

The postoffice was abolished August 28, 1856, and re-established March
14,1857. At the suggestion of Mrs. Judge Hanway, the name of the postoffice
and town was on January 28, 1863, changed to Lane, in honor of Gen. James
H. Lane. The first store, and the only one here for a number of years, was
started and kept by Duncan Holiday.

Modern Lane began with the building of the railroad from Paola to“Leroy.
The first attempt to build this road failed in 1873. In 1879, Commodore Gar-
rison, who owned the Missouri Pacific, worked up the franchises along the line,

_and built from Paola to Le Roy. In 1880, Jay Gould bought the Missouri
Pacific, and gave to Pottawatomie township her $12,000 in bonds, receiving
therefor the $12,000 in stock of the road held by the township.

When the road was built a new town was laid out and platted, adjoining
‘Lane on the northeast, and named Emerson, The town company was com-
posed of F. M. Shaw, M. Mellen, J. W. Walter, S. W. Devore, Mr, Emerson
and others. This new town soon began to build up. Dr. Jackson erected two
large two-story buildings; E. R. Beeson & Co., built a store; D. Crummin
opened a lumber yard; the grange store was removed here from Amo; Mr.
Johnson built‘a hotel; Mr. Fowler, a blacksmith shop, and a number of dwel-
ings were erected. Soon aftera disagreement sprang up in regard to the name.
Mr. Garrison selected the name Avondale, which was given to, and retained
by, the station until 1881. In 1880 a petition was circulated and largely signed
to have the postoffice removed to, and called by the name of Avondale. This
project was strongly opposed by some of the old settlers, and after a bitter
fight, Elder Hendrickson was made Postmaster, and the name “ Lane,” re-
tained, The Lane Town Company was then formed, and the town of Lane laid
out. The town company was composed of John S. and Brougham Hanway,
W. H. Ambrose, L. Hendrickson, D. L. Welsh, and others, and for eighteen
months the two rival towns of Lane and Avondale, each tried to build itself
up at the expense of the other. During the latter part of 1881, the strife
ceased, prosperity began and peace-reigned. The Lane mills were built this
year, and a new two-story, rough coralline marble schoolhouse, costing $3,c00,
besides about thirty dwelling houses. During the first six months of 1882,
about twenty dwellings were erected, making the tota] number in the town sixty.
Besides these there are about twenty-five business houses, among them one
hotel, three general stores, one drug store, one boot and shoe store, two milli-
nery stores, two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, oneagricultural implement
depot, one marble shop, a number of church organizations, and about three
hundred inhabitants. ,

Lincoln Park is located just across Pottawatomie Creek, north from the
village. In this park T. J. Crowder erected in the spring of 1882, a tabernacle
40x80 feet, to which all the denominations resort for religious services, there
being no church building nearer than that owned by the Society of Friends,
three miles east.

The Lane Advance was established July 1, 1881, by Wilber & Leidom.
April 15, 1882, Mr. Leidom sold his interest toS. W. Winter, and on July 1,
1882, Wilber & Winter sold the paper toH. J, Newberry and T. J. Crowder,
its present proprietors. It is an eight column, four page weekly, independent
in politics, and devoted to temperance, morality and public improvement. The
Advance is an Independent paper, but the editor is astrong prohibilionist. The
paper is well edited, strictly moral, devoted to the upbuilding of Lane and
vicinity, and especially the moral and intellectual features of its society.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—PoTrTawaTOMIE TOWNSHIP,

JOHN T. BAKER, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Lane, was born in Putnam County,
Ind., March 2, 18438, and ten years later removed to Jackson County, Mo., where he resided
with his parents for a year, and came with them to Franklin County in October, 1855. His
father, Joshua Baker, located in this township, and John T, assisted him in farming until
1868, when he began on his own account. In 1875 he moved onto his present farm, in
Section 36, Township 18, Range 20. He has 320 acres, all improved, and 1s quite extensive-
ly engaged in breeding high grades of Short-horn cattle and Poland China hogs. He enlisted
August 30, 1862, in Company D, Twelfth Kansas Infautry, and was mustered outin July,
1865. Mr. Baker was Clerk of the Township three terms, and in 1879 was elected a County
Commissioner for three years. He was married in Douglas County, Kan., March 4, 1875, to
Hattie Ashby. They have a family of two children—Elizabeth and William.

. JOS . BAKER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lane, was born in Putnam County,
Ind., September, 24, 1838, and came to Franklin County with his father, Joshua Baker, in
the fall of 1855. He assisted his father in forming in the township forsome years. Inthe
summer of 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Twelfth Kansas, and served untli July, 1865.
In the spring of 1867 he moved on to his present farm in Section 31, Township 18, Range
21, He owns 160 acres, all highly improved, and is quite an extensive raiser of cattle and
hogs. He hasa fine orchard on his place. Mr. Baker was Justice of the Peace for two

ears, and was elected Trustee of the Township in the spring of 1882. He was married in
jami County, Kan., in the spring of 1867, to Eliza Shear, a native of New York. They have

a family of two children—Joshua and Gertie.
E. R. BEESON, of E. R. Beeson & Co., merchants, was born in Richmond, Ind., April

2, 1833, and reared in Highland County, Ohio, In 1850 he emigrated to Canton, Ill., where
he was employed as a clerk in mercantile business, He came to Kansas in 1860, located at

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Osawatamie, and was engaged in freighting and dealing in live stock, traveling in Kansag
and other Western States, erie 1872 he catire to Lane, purchasing the business and stook of
D. Holladay. He conducted a general merchandise business for four years, after which be
devoted himself to farming and stock business. In Jecember, 1878, he again engaged in
business at Lane, in compan ewan Ss. ai. Braith, of Paola oie ie do an extensive busi-
ness, carrying a stock of $8,000 to su 16 demands o. eir trade. '

THOS) J GROWD farmer, bP Lane, was born at Springfield, Ill., May 28, 1835,
and for some fifteen years carried on a large stock-breeding farm in Sangamon County | In
1872 he went to Nebraska and was engaged in stock-ralsing and farming in Saunders
County. In 1874 he came to Kansas and located the Beulah Colony in Crawford County,
He was president of the colony, and remained there engaged in agricultural pur suits over
a year, after which he removed to Wyandotte. During the winter montbs he was engaged
in dealing in coal at Kansas City, and inthe summer traveled in the interest of emigration
for the e C., L.& 8. K. R. RB. Co., in which business he was engaged for some four years.
Resided then at Lawrence for a year, and during phat period located and opened up Bismark
Grove, in the interest of the railroad company; then located and resided at Merriam Park,
Johnson County, for two years. In April, 1882, he moved to Pottawatomie, Franklin
County, and resides a short distance from the town of Lane, He owns in this township
eighty acres of land, forty of which he has improved, and is known as Lincoln Park; the
balance hefarms. Mr. Crowder has also a farm of forty acres in Miami County, and is
just about to engage in the breeding of fine stock.

S. W. DEVORE, of Devore & Mellen, real estate and loans, was born in Morrow County,
Ohio, and reared on afarm, He learned the trade of carpenter and builder, at Cardingtou
Ohio, and followed it as an occupation. In June, 1861,he enlisted in Company Hy Fourth
Ohio Infantry, serving three years, Re-enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Seventy-
fourth Ohio Infantry. Was appointed First Sergeant, and six months later promoted to
Second Lieutenant, serving oie year. Hecame to Kansas in 1868, located at Paola, and was
employed at his trade for two years, after which he came to Franklin County, and for three

ears followed farming pursuits. Moving intothetown of “ane, he again worked at his
trade, and in March, 1879, opened a real estate and Joan office. The firm name was Walter
& Devore, ane former retired: from the business September 1, 1882, and Morris Mellen
was ad mifted to a partnership.

ERASTUS DICKERSON. farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Richmond, was born in Sanga-
mon County, Ill., October 10, 1836, and was for some years engaged in agricultural pursuits,
In February, 1871, he came to Franklin County and located on his present farm, in Potta-
wotamie Township. He owns 290 acres of land, and cultivates 150 acres of it. His farm is
well improved, and he has a fine residence and orchard onthesame. Mr. D. is one of the
largest farmers and raisers of stock in this section of country. Hewas Trustee of the Town-
ship for three years, and Clerk for one. Was elected Justice of the Peace in February,

CHARLES H. GLINKMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O, Lane, was born at Waterloo,
Canada, August 22, 1844, where he learned the trade of carpenter and builder. In 1865 he
came to the United States and followed his trade in Chicago, St. Louis, and Moberly, Mo. In
July, 1870, he came to Franklin County, and located on big present farm, on Section 80,
Town 18, Range 21. He owns 278 acres, and Is one of the leading farmers and stock-breed-
ers ofthis Township. On his farm he has a nice residence, ainply supplied with water from
springs. These springs also supply his barn with water, and are used to supply a large pond,
which Mr, G, is Bbout making, in which to breed carp, etc., fortableuse, He, in connection
with his farming pursuits, also at times does considerable work as a carpenter and builder.

HON. TOULS HENDRICKSON, farmer, P. O. Lane, was bornin Jefferson County, Mo.,
August 19, 1830, where he learned the trade of stone mason, and worked at the same there
until 1855, when he moved to Jackson County. In 1857 he joined the Missouri Methodist,
Episcopal Conference, and preached for four yearsin Cential Missouri. Removed in May,
1861, to Jersey County, Ill., where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and also acted
as a local preacher until November, 1866, when he came to Kansas, locating in Ottawa. He
farmed for a year, then joined the Kansas Methodist Episcopal Conference, and for ten years
resided at Osawatomie, Miami County. Was fortwo years in charge of that circuit, and
for eight years acted as a local preacher. In 1868 he embarked in business there as a con-
tractor and builder. Amongthe many buildings he erected in Osawatomle is the Public
Schoolhouse, In 1876 he was elected to the State Legislature, to represent District Thirty,
In 1877 he moved to Rottawatomie Township, Franklin County, and engaged in farming
pursuits, On his farm he discovered coralline marble, and has built at Lane, from this fine
stone, the Public Schoolhouse, Lane Mills, and a magnificent residence for himself. In
1 hemovedtoLane. In J uly, 1881. was appointed Postmaster at that piace, and also
about that time engaged in mercantile business, selling out the latter an resigning his
postmastership in August, 1882. Mr. Hendrickson is now, in connection with his agricul-
tural pursuits, engaged in conducting a portable sawmill. His residence farm,consisting of
160 acres, adjoins the town of Lane. He owns inthe county 270 acres of land, and raises
considerable stock. z

Cc. L. KELLEY grocer, was born at LaGrange, Oldham Co., Ky.,in 1853 and during
his early years was employed for a short time asa clerk in the mercantile business. In the
spring of 1872 he came to Kansas, locating at Louisburg, Miami County; was employed for
some six years as a clerk. In 1880 he engaged \ the Brocery and drug business at that places
continuing until August, 1882, when he sold out and removed to Lane, He atonce engag
in this business and has the only exclusive grocery store inthis place. Mr. K. has had
considerable experience in this line, as his neatly kept place and finely assorted stock wili
show.

DR. A. J. McINTOSH was born in Hendricks County, Ind., in April, 1832. At the age
of sixteen years he began the study of medicine at Jamestown, Ind., remaining with br
Smart as a student for five years; afterward continued his studies at the Cincinnati Medical
College. In 1853 he began the practice of medicine at Monroe Courty. Wis., continuin;
there for five years. In 1857 he came to Kansas, located in Olathe, practicing there until
1862, when he returnedto Wisconsin; he was appointed surgeon of the Sixteenth Wisconsin
Infantry, serving in that capacity until three years later, after which he practiced at
Keokuk, Iowa, for three years. 1n_ 1868 he returned to Olathe, Practicing his profession
there until 1871, when he went to Brosley, Mo., residing on afarm and following his pro-
fession. He also attended lectures at the Missouri State Medical College, graduating in
March, 1878. In 1879 the doctor removed to Louisburg, Miami County, an., and on De-
cember 22, 1881, came to Lane. He associated with him in his practice in July, 1882, Dr. J.
A. Ambrose. Dr. McIntosh is a member of the Kansas State Medical Society.

JAMES A. MILES, merchant and Postmaster, was born in Platte County, Mo., January
11, 1847, and reared on a farm, and followed farming in that county on his own account,
after arriving at the age of maturity. Ou December 1, 1863, he enlisted ix Company E,
Sixteenth Kansas and served two years, Mr. Miles came to Kansas in April, 1881, and
located in Pottawatomie Township, Franklin County, where, in connection with farming
pursuits, he conducted a portable saw mill. On August 5, 1882, he came to Lane and pur-
chased the general merchandise business of L. Hendrickson; although here but a short

me, Mr. Miles has a good trade and carries a stock of about $3,500. He was appointed
Postmaster at this planed September, 1882.

HORACE J. NEWBERRY, the’ present proprietor and editor of the Lane Advance,
bought out Messrs. Wilber & Winter in June, and tock pogmession July 1.1882. Was born
in Guthrie County, Iowa, November 13, 1855 ; isa twin, his mate belug a girl—name
Eunice M, Newberry; has two other sisters, twiis—Effie Ann and Emma Jane: also two
bro hers, Ezra Walter and George Leander, all living. His parents were John Wesley and
Mary Newberry—he was born in Washington County, Ohio, February 8, 1832; she was born
near Nashville, Tenn., February 16, 1824, maiden name Cooper. Horace J. and Eunice are
the oldest of the family. All received a good common school education. Horace worked
on the farm until nearly of age, when he learned the painter and paper hanging trade, in
which he was successful, being a first-class workman. In 1877 he began corresponding for
several newspapers. From Iowa his parents moved to Illinois, thence to Kansas in Sep-
tember, 1865, settling In Miami County. ‘In 1870 they returned to Illinois, and in Novem-
ber, 1876, again moved to Kansas, stopping at Ottawa, From Ottawa they moved to Lane,
thelr present home, Horace was married March 14, 1880, to Miss Lydia H. Allen, of Ohio
City, Franklin Co, Kan.; January 20, 1881, a son was born—Horace Elmer. Horace J.
has _a neat home on the southwest corner of Fifth and Cedar streets, Lane.

HENRY H. PATTON, agent for S. A. Brown & Co., dealers in lumber and grain, was
born in Marion County, Ohio, January 25, 1840, and reared ona farm, In July, 1861, he
enlisted in Company H, Fourth Ohio Infantry, and served four years, after which he
farmed in Marion County until April, 1869, when he came to Kansas, locating at Greeley,
Anderson County, since which time he has been interested in farming pursuits, He has an
improved farm there of about Forty acres. In November, 1881, he moved to Lane and took
charge of the lumber yard and business of S, A. Brown & Co., at this place.

ON. JACOB G. REESE, farmer, P. O. Greeley, was born near Eaton, Preble Co.,
Ohio, November 20, 1825, and was reared there and in Butler County. He became a prac-
tical printer and compositor, and 1n 1847, removed to Greenville, Ohio, where he published
the Greenville Banner, a Whig paper, for two years, after which he became associated with
E. B. Taylor, and published the Greenville Journal,a Whig and Anti-slavery organ, for
one year, e then bought out Mr. Taylor, and continued to publish the Journal for the
period of seven years. In March, 1857, he came to Franklin County and located on his
present farm, pre-empting the same. He owns 140 acres of land, and is engaged in agri-
culture, horticulture and stock-raising. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, fe recruited
Company F, Eleventh Kansas Infantry, which was mustered into service September 11,
1862, and Mr. Reese was at that time elected Captain of the company: eight months later

 

 

_the regiment was changed to cavalry. Capt. Reese was commander of the post at In«epen-

dence, Mo., for a period of nine months, and also did staff duty for Gen,.McKean, acting for
four months as Inspector-General and Chief of Cavalry. He participated in the battles of
Fort Wayne, Ind. Ter., Cane Hill and Prairie Grove, Ar! resignin on account of ill health,
in March, 1865. In 1858, Mr. Reese was elected Chairman of the Board of Township
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Trustees, and acted as County Commissioner for one year. Was elected to the State Senate
in 1861, and to the House of Representatives in 1865. Mr. Reese was marrleu at Green-
ville, Ohio, in 1852, to Kienora Stamm, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio. They have
one son—Lloyd O, Much of his time is now spentin the congenial employment he finds in
the production of articles for the periodical press.

ALBERT SMITH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lane, was born in Macomb County,
Mich., October 4, 1842, and reared ona farm. In the fall of 1865, he came to Franklin
County, and has since been engaged in farming and raising stock. In 186%, he moved on to
his present farm in Pottawatomie. Mr. Smith owns 198 acres of land, and makes a specialty
of raising cattle and hogs, He was married here in August, 1871, to Christina Wilson, &
native of illinois, They have a family of five children, all born in this county. i

DANIEL K. WATKINS, farmer, P. O. Lane, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in

November, 1831, removing a few years later to Montgomery county dnd: where he fol-.

lowed agricultural pursuits, He came to Franklin County March 2, 7, and pre-empted
160 acres; remaining only a few months, he returned to Indlana. Inthe fall of 1862 he
enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Indiana Infantry, and served twenty-six months, after
which hetaugbtschool. Inthespring of 1866 he returned to Kansas,and was employed
on a farm near Ottawa, and in December of that year moved on to his present farm, in Sec-
tion 30. Township 18, Range 21. He owns 320 acres of land here, all improved, 1380 of
which are under cultivation, and is also engaged in breeding Short-horn cattle, etc. Mr.
Watkins served one term as Trustee of the township. He was married at Ottawa, Kas., in
December, 1866; tojMrs. Kinny, widow (formerly Hannah Nofsinger). They have a family
of four children.

DR. WILLIS M. WRIGHT was born at Des Moines, Iowa, December 14, 1860. The
doctor attended four courses of lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute, of Cincinnati,
Ong. graduating June 6, 1882. The doctor located at Lane, Franklin Co., Kas., July 15,

GREENWOOD.

Greenwood Township was organized in 1865. It was originally a part of
Ohio Township. The first settlement was made in 1863 by William Night-
ingale, the Sac and Fox agency having been removed in 1863 to Quenemo,
Osage County. Among other settlers who came into the Township soon afterwards
were Enos Reynolds, Fred Miller, James Moore, William Crum, George
Logan, and Harrison Reed. ,

The first election was held at Mr. Nightingale’s tavern in 1866, and the
first schoolhouse, a log one, was built that year. The town of Greenwood is
located where the Sac and Fox Agency formerly was, The first agent of the
Sac and Foxes was a Mr. James, whose sons have in later times been con-
founded with the notorious Frank and Jesse James, of Missouri. Perry Fuller
succeeded James as agent, and brought about the treaty by which the Indians
received their lands in severalty. This treaty provided for the building of
houses for the heads of families. Robert S. Stevens secured the contract, and
built the houses of stone, that being the most abundant material suited to the
purpose. Upon the completion of the houses, the Indians converted them into
stables for their ponies, themselves calmly sleeping in the tents as before, with
the exception of Keokuk, their chief, and a few others. A number of traders
have been located at this agency, among them H. S, Randall, William Pennock,
and Thomas McCage.

When the Indians were removed it was determined to start a town. Judge
G. B. Greenwood, of Arkansas, then United States Commissioner of Indian Af-
fairs, assisted in making the treaty. Perry Fuller, William Pennock, Thomas
McCage, H. S. Randall, H.B. Denman, and Thomas Connelly laid out the town
and named it after Judge Greenwood. Two or three houses were built, but
the town never prospered, but instead, passed rapidly out of existence.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—GREEN WOOD TOWNSHIP,

DAVID W. BURROWS, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Trumbull
County, Ohio., January 1, 1829, and was reared onafarm. He learned the trade of black-
smith and followed 1t as an occupation in Trumbull and Putnam counties for some twenty-
threeyears. He enlisted October 15, 1861, in Company F, Fourth Oh‘o Regiment, and
served until mustered outin Noveiber, 1864. After which hereturnedto his blacksmith
establishment at Ottawa, Putnam Co., Ohio. Mr. Burrows came to Franklin County, Kas.,
in the fall of 1870. and located on his presentfarm. He owns eighty acres, all improved,
thirty-five of which are in cultivation, and he raises considerable live stock. Mr, Burrows
has a fine place. On his farm is a splendid orchard of various kinds of fruit, besides a
nice residence, grove, etc. He is also engaged in bee culture, of which he has made quite a
success.

JOHN DAVIS, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Pomona, was born in Parke County, Ind., May
1, 1833, and reared onatarm, In February, 1864, he enlisted in Company I, One Hun-
dred and Forty-ninth Indiana Infantry and served nine months, after which he again fol-
lowed farming pursuits in Parke County. Mr. Davis made his first visit to Kansas in the
fall of 1859, and resided for a year in Douglas County, and in March, 1870, returned, locat-
ing in Hayes Township, Franklin County, where-he farmedfur twelve years. During his
residence in that district Mr. Davis served one year as Trustee of the Township, one year as
Clerk, one year as Treasurer, and also one year as Justice of the Peace. He moved on to
his present farm in March, 1882. He owns 320 acres, 125 of which arein cultivation, and
he raises considerable Short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs. His house is one of the
old Indian trading posts and was buiit many years ago. The wellon his premises has been
in use since about 1804. id Danis eras maried) in Parke County, Ind., in 1856, to Louisa

rome. They havea family of six children. 4
ae 3 M,.GRI HIN, farmer, Section 1%. P.O. Pomona, was born_in Brown County, Ohio,
Apri 10, 1826, and was reared ona farm. In 185] he removed to Pike County, Il, where
he was engaged for four years in farming, and for six years carried on the mercantile
businessin Time. Heenlistedin August, 1861, in Company E, Twenty-eighth  lilinois
Infantry and was appointedFirst Lieutenant, havin recruited the company. OnJd annery
1, 1862, he was promoted to Captain and served until mustered out, November 8, 1864,
after which for two years he conducted a hotel at Time, Pike Co., lll. Mr. Griffin came
to Franklin County, Kas., early in 1869, located in Greenwood Township, and has since
followed agricultural pursuits. In 1879 he moved on to his present farm, which consists
of 160 acres, all wellimproved. He hasa nice orchard and makes a specialty of raising
and dealing in livestock. He is commander of the G. A. R. Post, No. 86, at Pomona. In
the fall of 1882 he received the Republican nomination for State Representative of his dis-

trict. ;
a} E HARRIS, farmer, Section 35, P.O. Homewood, was born at Marietta, Wash-
ington One Ohio, May 7, 1852, and on June 10, 1859, came with his father, Asa Harris, to
Franklin Gounty, Kas., with whom he resided in Centropolis until 1866, when the family
moved to the city of Ottawa, and three years later to Greenwood Township, He assisted
his father on the farm until 1873, when he embarked in agricultural pursuits on his own
account. In 1874 he located on his present farm. He owns eighty acres, all highly im-
proved, and makes a sapeclally. of frain-corm ing.
f various kinds of fruit trees. 2

i873 to Lucian Oswalt, a native of Ohio. They have ‘a family of three children—Menton

., and Mary E.

oe ere ir: RAN SOM, merchant, was born at Panama, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1836.
He was for some years, engaged in the mercantile business, and in February, 1868, came to
Kansas, Locating at Burhn ton he conducted a dairy farm for abouta year. Removed to
Clinton, Douglas County, and followed agricultural pursuits, im connection with which he
conducted saw and grist mills for six years. In 1875 he went to Lawrence and engaged in
the coal business, mining for the same at Carbondale. In 1§78 he came to Franklin County;
located at Williamsburg, where he was engaged in coal-mining for some time, and was
also Postmaster for eighteen months. He moved to his present location in the tall of 1881,
and engaged in general merchandise business; carries @ nice stock of about $2,500, and
hasa good trade. He owns several coal mines at this place, which yield about 1,000 tons of
coal per month, and givesem loymelit to sixty men. Mr. Ransom also owns 791 acres of

, and raises considerable live stock. k aes

land ARRISON REED, farmer, Section 16, P. 0. Pomona, was born in Virginia in 1815,
and reared in Hamilton County, Obio, where for atime he followed agricultural pursuits,
after which he learned the trade of cooper, and worked atit for some years. In 1845 he
removed to Schuyler County, LiL, and there he conducted afarm. In 1865 he came to
Franklin County, Kas., and located on his present farm, He owns 320 acres of land, 200 of
which are in cultivation and also raises considerable live stock. On his premises is a fine
orchard of various fruit trees, comprising about seven acres. Mr. Reed is widely known

 

He has a fine orchard, consisting of”
Mr. Harris was married in Ottawa, February 13. .

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throughout his neighborhood as Deacon Reed. He was one of the organizers of the Mis-
sion Baptist Church in this locality, and to-day is one of its most active members.

JAMES L. SMITH, farmer, Beetion 26, P.O, Ottawa, was born in Green County, Ky.,
March 23, 1845, and reared on a farm. He came to Franklin County, Kas., in 1865,
located at Homewood, but remained only a few months, returning to his home in Kentucky.
He returned again to Franklin County in March, 1868; was employed at general farm work
near Homewood, and in 1869 located on his present farm, He owns 140 acres of land, 70 of
which are under cultivation, and he is quite an extensive raiser of live stock. He has a nice
orchard of about two acres, and produces considerable fruit, Mr. Smith was married at
Ottawa, Kas., in July, 1868, to Emily A. Dyle, of Virginia. This union has been blessed
with a son—William Leonard.

PEORTA.

Up to 1857 Peoria Township belonged to the Peorias, Weasand Pianke-
shaws. In April of that year the land wasthrown upon the market. Previous to
that time, a few persons had entered the Township in anticipation of that event,
among them Alexander Rice, Dr, Cusick,Wm. Adkins, Madison Osborne, S. R.
Smiley and J. McLain. Upon being offered, the land was nearly all immedi-
ately bought up at prices ranging from $1.25 to $2.50 per acre. During the
year 1857, Albert Johnson settled and opened a store, and around his store
gathered the nucleus of the future town of Peoria. It is beautifully situated
on a promontory projecting between the valleys of Hickory Creek and that
of the Marais des Cygnes. Albert Johnson was appointed first Postmaster,
and also first Assessor, the latter appointment being made by the County Board.
In the year 1859 a strife sprang up for the possession of the County seat. It
was then at Minneola; Peoria and Mt. Vernon contended for it against Min-
neola and Ohio City, at the general election. Peoria was successful. Min-
neola forbade the removal, and a law suit followed in which Minneola was suc-
cessful as elsewhere detailed. .

The first election in Peoria was held in the fall of 1857, at which there.
was cast but one Democratic vote. During this yeara Mr. Fisher, instigated
by interested parties, jumped the claim of a Mr. Wright. As the quickest way.
of settling the difficulty Wright shot Fisher, killing him instantly. The instig-
ators of the jumping laid the case before the Secretary of the Territory. The.
Secretary replied that Franklin County had a Sheriff recently, appointed, and
suggested that it was the Sheriff's duty to attend to cases of that kind. By an
examination of the records it was found that Wright was himself Sheriff of
the Ccunty. It was then concluded politic to drop the whole affair.

The first Free-state meeting-in the County was held at Peoria, at which
P. P. Elder was nominated for Prosecuting Attorney, and Judge Curtis for
Delegate to the Territorial Convention whose duty it was to nominate a Dele-
gate to Congress.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—OHI1O TOWNSHIP.

HON. WILLIAM BATEMAN, of Bateman & Johnson, merchants, came to Kansas in
March, 1857, and located at Peoria, Franklin County, and has since been engaged in raisin:
stock and farming. In 1860 he engaged in mercantile business,and about a year later ad mitter
his present partner, A. Johnson, They carry astock of about $2,500,and are largely interested
in carne and dealing in live stock. They own as a firm 1,200 acres of land in this county,
815 of which are under cullivation. Mr, B. was Postmaster at this place from 1862 to 1872,
and was elected to the State Legislature in the latter y Gets He was married at Peoria, in the
spring of 1865, to Margaret Hunt. They have five children.

CHARLES BOSWORTH, farmer, P. VU. Wellsville, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio,
in 1824, where he followed agricultural pursuits and wasalso for some years engaged in the
lumber business in Portage and Trumbull counties. Hecameto Franklin County in July,
1869, and located on his present farm, on Section 22, Township 16, mange 21. Heisalarge —
land owner, and one of the most extensive farmers inthis county. e owns in Franklin
County 1,650 acres, and in Miami County 880acres, and cultivates in all 1,500 acres, besides
which he feeds and fattens large numbers of cattle and hogs for the Eastern markets. On
hisresidence farm isa beautiful homeand a good orchard of five acres, besides _ barn, etc.
Has also on his land six houses, etc., for the ase of his tenants.
in conducting his farming interests by hissonGranville.

DA URTON, farmer, P. O. Peoria, was born in Virginia, September 12, 1812, re-
moving a year later with his parents to Lawrence County, Ind., where he learned the trade
of wagon-maker. At the age of twenty-seven he moved to St. Clair County, Mo.,and engaged
infarming. About 1850 he went to Lafayette County,and about four years conducted a wagon
shop. Hecameto Kansas in September, 1854, located in Douglas County, and was em-
ploved at general farm work, an participated in the troubles of 1856, taking an active part
with the Free-state advocates. In March, 1857, he located on his present farm in Peoria,
He has 290 acres of land, and is also engaged to some extentin breeding and raising hogs.
Was also from 1858 to 1860 engaged in mercantile business at this place. Mr. Burton has
been Treasurer of the township for the past six years. He was married in Lawrence
County, Ind., in 1833, to Mary A. Fentress, who died in 1847, leaving seven children. He
was married again in St. Clair County, Mo.,in September, 1858, to Martha P. Green. Mr.
Burton lost a son, Charles E., in the Union cause during the war.

HAROLD HOWARD, farmer, P.O. Peoria, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., Feb-
ruary 22, 1830. Six years later his parents emigrated tv Kalamazoo County, Mich., and the
subject of this sketch followed farming pursuits in that county up to July, 1855, when he
came to Kansas, residing in Leavenworth County; pursued farming for about six years.
He took an active part in the troubles of 1856,asa supporter of the Free-state cause,
About 1861 he moved to Miami County, where he cortinued to conduct a farm until the fall
of 1865, when hecameto Franklin County, locating on his present farminu Peoria. He
owns between eight and nine hundred acres, 700 of which arein cultivation. Mr. H.is one
of the most extensive grain growers in thiscounty. Shortly after his arrival here he built
a saw-mill, and conducted it for about fourteen years, in connection with his farming pur-
suits. During the war he served in the State Militia. Mr. H was married in Kalamazoo,
Mich. in March, 1864, to Isabel Burney. They have four children—Carrie, Clarence, Emma
and Nellie. -

HARMON IMES, merchant, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, August 26, 1834. His
parents removedto Stark County, Ill., thirteen years later, and lhe was reared there ona
farm, and for ten years carried onafarm for himself. In November, 1865, he came to
Franklin County, and located on a farm, since which time he has been engaged in farming
and raising stock. In thesummer of 1880 the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company built a
station on his farm, which is now called Larimore Station, and Mr. Imes was appointed
agent, a position which he still occupies. In November, 1880. he embarked in the mercan-
tile business, aud now has quite a nice trade throughout the surrounding country. He car-
ries a stock af about $2.000. Hewas appointed Postmaster of this placein August, 1881.
Mr. Imes owns in this county 260 acres of farming land, and the entire town site of Lari-
more. He was married in Stark County, Ill., February 24, 1861, to LydiaShade. They have
a family of seven children, five of whom were boiu in this State.

: ALFRED JOHNSON, of Bateman & Johnson, merchants, was born in Randolph
County, Ind., August 16, 1833. He learned trade of plasterer, and followed that occupation,
in connection with farming pursuits foralivelihood. In April, 1856, he came to Kansas,
locating in Douglas County, and took an active hand in the troubles of 1856, supporting the
Free-state party. In March. 1857, be came to Franklin County, and was one of the organ-
izers of the town site of Peoria, where he has since resided. e was the firstto engage in
mercantile business at this place, carrying a stock Of general merchandise up to1859. In
1861 he became associated with hispresent partner, William Bateman. In June, 1862, Mr.
J. was appointed arecruiting officer, and recruited Company D, of the Twelfth Kansas
Infantry of which he was elected Second Lieutenant. as promoted to First Lieutenant
in fall of 1863, and to Captain early in 1865. Was mustered out in July, 1865. The firm
own 1,200 acres of land, and are largely engaged in farming and raising cattle. Mr. John-
son was appointed Postmaster at this place in 1857; heldittwoyears. Was Te-appolnted
in 1872, and is the presentincumbent. He was married in Peoria, November 27, 1879, to
Florence M. Carey. They have two childreu—Lela and one infant daughter.

DAVID JOHNSON, farmer and dealer in hogs, P. O. Peoria, was born in West Virginia,
September 22, 1819, and seven years later his parents moved to Randolph County, Ind. At
twenty-one years of age he learned trade of plasterer, and in connection with farming
pursuits, followed that occupation for a livelihood in that county up to September, 1860,
when he came to Franklin County, locating in the town of Peoria. e farmed and carried
on a hotel business for about twenty-one years, In 1881 he moved on to his present farm’

Mr. Bosworth is assisted
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in Peoria Township, Mr. Johnson has 826 acres of land in the county, is an enterprising
farmer, and is also engaged in raising and dealing in hogs, making a specialty of producing
the Berkshire breed. During the war he served in the Kansas State Militia. The subject
of our sketch was married in Randolph County. Ind., March 12, 1853, to Jane B. Thomp-
son. They have two children—Catherine, now Mrs. George S, Fisher, and John T.

OHN F. LAMB, farmer and stock raiser, P.O, Wellsville, was born in Lycoming
County, la., July 17, 1833, and moved with his parents the same year to La Salle County,
ill,, where he was reared on a farm, and was for three years engaged in grain business, at
Ottawa, Ill., in firm of Lamb & Shuler, in connection with agricultural pursuits. He came
to Franklin County, October, 3, 1871, and lucated on his present farm in Peoria Township.
Mr. Lamb owns 720 acres of land, 300 of which are under cultivation, and heisan exten-
sive raiser of live stock. He was elected a Commissioner of Franklin County in 1877,
served two years, and was re-elected in 1880 for a three year’s term.

EDMUND LISTER, farmer and stock breeder, P. O. Peoria, was born in Lincolnshire,
England, February 18, 1831, andrearedonafarm. In 1851 heemigrated to Will County,
Ill., where he farmed forthree years. In 1854 he crossed the Plains to California, remain-
ing on the Pacific Slope for four years, engaged principally in mining. He came to Frank-
lin County in September, 1859, and purchased 160 acres in Peoria Township, on which be
has since resided. Mr. Lister is an enterprising farmer, now owns in this county 640 acres
of improved land, 200 of which he devotes to stock raising purposes. Heis engaged In
raising cattle of the graded Durham class, draught horses, and Cottswold sheep.

BEREA.

Rev J. N. Smith brought into the southern part of the county, in 1857, 4
smal] body of United Presbyterians, whom he gathered into a church under
the name of the “Berean.” Their first house of worship was erected in 1858,
of native lumber. This gave place in 1870 to a larger and better frame build-
ing which cost $1,400. The town was laid out in 1858, but had no growth as
atown. A postoffice was established there in 1863. The Associate Presby-
terians built a church in 1867. These two churches, a store built by the town
company, a schoolhouse, built in 1861, and a half dozen houses well scattered,
constituted the town. When in 1870 the postoffice was removed to Richmond,
a new railroad town, three miles west, this ended the town,, but the settlement
has been from the first one of the most thrifty, straightforward imaginable, with
a vote from sixty to eighty always cast solid on the side of temperance, educa-
tion and every good cause.

The first minister was Rev. J. N. Smith. The first child born, his son,
Garrett Smith. William Aikin taught the first school in the winter of 1857-58.
The first town officers were Rev. J. N. Smith, Alexander Garrett and M. L.
Carson. Each church has now a membership of seventy.

Richmond was named after J. C. Richmond, who laid out the town in 1870,
on the completion of the L. L. & S. Railroad to that point. It is the cenetr
of considerable trade, although the village is very small, There are two
churches, a Presbyterian, organized in 1871 by Rev. Mr. Lyman, witha present
membership of fifty, and a Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in 1877, by
Rev. Mr. Feables, with a membership of twenty-five. There are also a good
school-house, one large dry goods and grocery store, a church, depot building
and boarding house, hotel, three or four small shops, etc., etc.

Norwood is a small settlement in the northern part of Franklin County, on
the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Railroad, situated on level prairie. It
was named after Henry Ward Beecher’s novel of that name. ‘The postoffice
was established in 1873, D. W. Moore appointed first’ Postmaster. Balch &
Hedrich opened a store in 1878. Norwood contains one store, the postoffice
and about forty inhabitants.

Larimore is a small town on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad about
six miles southeast of Ottawa,

Rantoul is also a small station on the same road about seven miles further
to the southeast. One mile west of this town old John Brown built the cabin
for Orson Day, and a few miles south is where. in February, 1855, John Brown,
Jr., Jason Brown, Owen Brown, Frederick Brown and Salmon Brown:selected
claims, and erected cabins.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—RICHMOND TOWNSHIP.

GEORGE C. AIKEN, breeder of Short-horn cattle, P.O. Richmond, was born in Guern-
sey County, Ohio, July 21, 1846, and was reared ona farm. Inthe spring of 1870 he re-
moved to Clay County, Ill., and followed agricultural pursuits for two years, after which he
conducted a bakery. restaurant, etc. Hecame to Franklin County, Kan,, in August, 1876,
and locatedin Richmond Township. He owns 240 acres of land, and since April 1, 1880,
has heen engaged in the breeding of thoroughbred Short-horn cattle. Among his herd are
the famous cows Lady Cundiff, Lady Altahain and Belle of Richmond, and the noted bull,
Richmond Favorite. He isalso engaged tn breeding Cotswold sheep, Poland-China hogs
and Partridge Cochin fowls. Mr. Alken has a nice farm, avell cultivated, on which there is
agoodorctiard. He was Jus‘ice of the Peace at this place for several years.

LORENZO H. BROWN. farmer and dealer in live stock, P.O. Richmond. was born in
Allegany County, N, Y., and reared in Calhoun County, Mich., where ke followed agricul-
tural pursuits. In September, 1868, he came to Franklin County, located in Richmond
Township, and_has since been engaged in dealing in live stock, and since June, 1882, in
company with James McCracken. He also taught school for some years. In 1878 he moved
on to his present farm, in Section 13, Township 19, Range 19._ He owns some 250 acres, all
improved, and is an extensive raiser of sheep; has a flock of 700 head.

GIDEON BURGESS, farmer. P. V, Riciimond, was born at Litchfield, Conn., in 1812,
where he was reared ona farm, In 1832 he removed to Allen County, Ind., where he fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits and was Jargely engaged in raising stock. Mr. Burgess was
one of tlie largest farmers in that county, owning over 1.000 acres of land, He made a trip
to Kansas in 1871, and purchased considerable land in Harvey County but only remained a
year. In June, 1880, he came to Franklin County and located on his present farm, In Sec-
tions 17 and 18, Township 19, Range 19. He is the owner of 1,0C0 acres of land in this
county. and 160 in Anderson County, and is a very large raiser and dealer In Ilve stock,

MARTIN L. CARSON, farmer and stock-ralser. P, O. Richmond, was born in York
County, 8. C., March 16, 1820, and at eighteen years of ne removed to Monroe County,
Ind., where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1850 he moved to Monroe County,
Jowa, where he farmed until the spring of 1855, when he came to Franklin County, Kan.
He remained only a few months, and in September, 1857 he returned and pre-empted his

resent farm, on which he has since resided, He owns ninety-three acres, all well improved

ut sixteen acres. which is intimber. He has a fine orchard, and also raises con-iderable
stock. From 1859 to 186% he also conducted _a saw and grist mill in this neighborhood, and
during the war served in the State Militia. He was for some six years Justice ot the Peace.
Mr. Carson was married in Monroe County, Ind., September 30, 1840, to Mary E. Wylie.
They havea family of five children—Samuel F., John D., Emily A.. James N. and Jona-
th:

., January 6, 1845, and came to Franklin County, Kan., with his father in Sep-
ant ies an assisted him in farming in this township. At the outbreak of the war he
was for six monthsinthe employ of the United States Government as a teamster, and on
March 6, 1862, enlisted in Company A, Third Kansas Infantry, and two months later was
mustered into Company C, Tenth Kansas Infantry, serving until March 5, 1865, after which
he once more gave bis attention to agricultural pursuits, He moved on to his present farm
in November, 1870. He has forty-six acres in a high state of cultivation, a fine orchard of
about 200 trees, all varieties of fruit, and makes a specialty of breeding Poland-China hogs,
He alsoowns twenty-seven acres of timber land. Mr. Carson was married in Franklin
Gounty. November 28, 1867, to Margaret Garrett. They havea family of four children—
Celia D., Fannie M., Alice J. and Harry M.

ANDREW G. CUNNINGHAM, farmer and stock-ralser, P. 0. Richmond, was born in
Putnam County, Ind., September 25, 1845, and in April, 1859, came to Franklin County,
Kan., with his father, Jobn A, Cunningham, whom he assisted 1n farming in this township
for several years. Was for several years in the employ of the United States Government

a8 AMUEL F. CARSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Richmond, was born in Monroe’*

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

during the war as teamster, and also served some time in the Kansas State militia. In the
spring of 1870 he moved on to his present farm on Section 14, Township 19, Range_.20. He
owns ninety acres, all improved, and is principally engaged in grain farming.
anice orchard, consisting of two acres of trees of various fruits. Mr. Cunningham was
married in Ottawa, October 18, 1870, to Matilda Wynkoop. They have five children--
Susan, David, Enoch, Boyd, and Theresa, -

JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Richmond, was born in
Putnam County, Ind., October 18, 1837, and reared on a farm. He came to Franklin
County, Kan., in the spring of 1859, and farmed with his father for some years. He enlisted
July, 24, 1861, and was mustered into Company C, Tenth Kansas Infantry in January, 1862,
serving until August, 1864, after which be faimed for some years. In 1877 he moved to
Ottawa and conducted an express and transfer business. In the spring of 1881 he returned
to Richmond Township and located on his presentfarm. He has 16U acres all improved on
which there is an orchard of 500 trees. Mr. C. was married in Franklin County, Kan., in
November, 1864, to Frances Spencer, a native of Indiana, They have a family of three
children—Charles J., ElmerandStella, __

N A. DAVIDSON, breeder of pedigreed. Poland-China hogs, P, O. Richmond, was
born in Franklin County, Pa., in August, 1853, and when young accompanied his parents to
Washington County, Iowa. In 1869 he came with them to Franklin County, Kan., and as-
sisted his father in farming until 1875, when he began1o farm on his own account, and in the
spring of 1879 moved on to dels presentlarm He owns eighty acre-, all wellimproved. Mr. D.
is making a specialty of breeding fine hogs, of which he has cishty-five head. Among his
herd are the famous Zouave, No. 1187, A. P. C. R., Jit, Rover, Dick Raven, A. P. C. R., and
Ohio, No. 2779, O. P. C. R., all of the purest blood of Poland-China breed, also Beauty and
Lady Cook. His stock was awarded five premiums at the Ottawa and five at the Garhett
Fair in 1881, and six at O:tawa Fair in 1882. Mr. Davidson is known throughout the State
as one of the most enterprising and successful farmersand breeders. He was married in
Pranklin County: Kan., in 1877. to Alice E. Carscn, daughter of M. L, Carson. They have
one son—Charles. :

JOSEPH DAVIDSON. firmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Richmond, was born in Venango
County, Pa., and was reared on a farm, following agricultural pursuits there until 1856,
when he moved to Washington County, Iowa, where he carried on a farm of 160 acres, He
came to Franklin County, Kan., Novenber 10, 1869, and located on his present farm. Mr,
D, had some 500 acres, but has given considerable land to each of his sons. He now has
240 acres, 140 acres of which are under cultivation; and he also raises considerable live
stock, On his place is a fine orchard of about 700 trees, and he is building a new residence
which will cost $1,500 to $2,000. He was married in Mercer County, Pa., to Elizabeth
Montgomery, February 28, 1852. They have a family of eight children, five boys and three
girls,

JNO, ENDSLEY, farmcr and stock-raiser, P. O. Richmond, was born in Lincoln County,
N.C., January 17. 1830, aud six years later emigrated with his parents to East Tennessee,
where he was reared on the Big Spring farm in Blount County. In October, 1854, he re-
moved to White County, Ill., farmed for a year, and then went to Washington County, Iowa,
where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He came to Franklin County, Kan,, May 1,
1858, and pre-empted his Bpeseut farin, He has 160 acres all highly improved, with or-
chards, barns, and a fine residence. He is principally engaged in raising and fattening hogs
and cattle. He also owns another farin of 16U acres three miles northwest from his home
farm, and sixteen acres of timbered Jand in Anderson County, for the use of the home farm.
Mr. Enilsley servedinthe Kansas State Militia during the late war, and was at the battle
at Westport, Mo. He was at Gardner, Johnston Co., Kan.,on the night it was sacked by
guerrillas from Missouri, and had to succumb when their clicking Jocks and glittering car-
bines were brought to bearupon him. Mr. Endsley was Justice of the Peace for four years,
from March, 1867, to March, 1871. In 1873 and 1874, lhe was Trustee of the township, He
has since 1876, taken meteorological observations daily in the locality. He was marriedin
East Tennessee, March 4, 1852, to Hetta Allen. They have had a family of four children—
games A., Isaac A., Jobn K., w. o died in 1878, at the age of twenty-one years, and Nel-
sons. 2
¢ G. W. HARSHBERGER.,. merchant, Richmond, is a native of Bedford County, Peun.
His parents emigrated to Lanark, Carroll Co., Iil., when he was very young, and bere he was

for five years employed as a clerk in mercantile business. He came to Franklin County,

Kah., in March, 1871, located at Richmond, and at once established himself in general mer-

chandise business, with a stock of about $1,200. His trade has iuereased voor! until he is
now compelled to carry a stock of about $6,000, to supply the demands of his business; he
was also agent for the K.C. L. & S. K. R. R. Co. until March 15,1881. He was appointed

Postmaster at this place in the fall of 1871. In 1875, he was elected Treasurer of the town-

ship, and has been Ter elected yearly since. 7 7

JAMES L. HENDERSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Richmond, was born in
Guernsey, County, Ohio, in 1835, and fourteen years later removed with parents to Mercer
County. Ill, and wasrearedonafarm. In 1868, he went to -Albia, lowa, and engaged in
mercantile business for two years. He came to Franklin County, Kan.,in the spring of
1871, and located on his presentfarm. He owns 160 acres, 150 of which are under cultiva-
tion. He is quite an extensive breeder of Berkshire hogs and fattens considerable cattlé
for ons Hastermmark ets. On his place is a fine orchard, consisting of 300.trees of various

inds of fruit.

ELIJAH PERKINS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Richmond, was born in Bath Coun-
ty, Ky., November 13, 1833, and at eighteen years «f age moved to Park County, Ind.,
where he followed agricultural pursuits. He came to Franklin County, in November, 1867,
farmed in Harrison Township twelve years, in Pottawatomie a year, after which he moved
on to his present farmin Richmond Township. He owns 160 acres, ali well improved; has
an orchard of eight acres, and is engaged in raising and fattening cattle for the Eastern
markets. Mr. Perkins was married in Parke County, Ind., February 14, 1854, to Sarah E.

Magill They have afamily of nine children living, and two dead.

RANCIS M. SHEPHERD, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Richmond, was born in Jack-
sonville, Ill, February 20 1833, and reared on a farm, also worked as a carpenter. In July,
1862, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and _Twenty-second Illinois Infantry, and
served three years. Hecame to Franklin County, Kan., in October, 1868, and farmed for
some tour years near Ottawa. Inthe spring of 1872, he moved on to his present farm in

. Richmond Township. He owns 186 acres, all well improved, and raises considerable live
stock, making a spec nity of breeding thoroughbred Short-born cattle. Mr. S. is considered
one of the enter reine ‘armers of thistownship. He was married in Carlinville, D1, in
the spring of 1868, to Kate Cobb.

ILLIAM E. SPEARS, farmer and stock raiser, P, O. Richmond, was born at Peters-
burg, Menard Co.,, Ill., in 1842, and reared onafarm, In the fall of 1862 he enlisted
in Company F, One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, At the retreat from the
battle of Guntown Miss., in July. 1864, he was taken prisoner and imprisoned. for three
months in Andersonville, and two weeks in Mobile prisons. He was mustered out of the
service August 20, 1865, after which he conducted a stock farm in Menard County. In
March, 1869, he came to Franklin County, Kas., and located at Ottawa, and was for two
and a half years engaged in the livery business. In 1873 he purchased and located on his
present farm in Richmond Township, He owns 440 acres, fifty acres of itin timber, 175
under cultivation, and five to six acres in an orchard, and the balancein pasture, ete. He
is a large raiser of live stock. Mr. Spears was for several years Justice of the: Peace,
Trustee of the zowuship for two vears, and Clerk of the same one year. He was married in
Montgomery County, Ill, in 1877, to Susie M. Hostetter, They have two children, Edwin
and Arthur,

CUTLER TOWNSHIP,

FRANK BOWKER, farmer, P. 0. Ottawa, was born in England in 1882, and two
years later emigrated with his parents to Jersey County, Ill., where he was reared on
afarm and after roaching the age of maturity followed faring as an occupation. In the
spring of 1865 he came to Kansas, and located on his present farm, consisting of 148 acres
in Cutler Township, Mr, Bowker is quite extensively engaged in raising ‘cattle and hogs.

LORGH W. CARTZDAFNER, farmer, P. O. Rantoul, franklin Co., Kas., was born in
Catoctin Valley. Frederick Co., Md., January 25, 1828, and was rearedona farm. At the
age of twenty-one he immigrated to Franklin County, O., and for nearly two years con-
ducted a stationary engine, after which he gave his attention to farming pursuits. In the
fall of 1866 he came to Franklin County, Kas.. aud located in Harrison. Township, where
he improved a farm and resided on it for nine vears. Was Township Clerk the two first
terms and afterward Treasurer for oneterm. In 1876 he removedtohis piese.t farm in
Cutler Township, and has resided here since. He has about 160 acres, all well improved,
and on his place is a fine orchard and vineyard. He is quite extensivel engaged in ralsing
live stock. Mr, Cartzdafner was nominated on the Greenback ticket in the fall of 1882, for
County Commissioner. He was married in Delaware County, O., October 5, 1854, to Martha
Guy. ‘They have a family of five children, John M., Amasa B., Charles M,, Frank D.,
and Florence M. a

QUINCY D. COLE, farmer, P. O, Ottawa, was born in Montpelier, Vt., in June, 1822
and was reared on afarm. Some years later he removed to Jefterson County, Wis., an
engaged inthe manufacture of furniture. In 1849 he crossed the plains to California and
remained there about two and one-half years engaged in various enterprises, after which
he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in the manufacture of furniture until 1859, when
he went back to Vermont and followed farming pursuits for some seven years and then
resided in Chicago for ashorttime. In October, 1867, he came to Franklin County and
was for a year engaged in dealing in live stock at Ottawa. In 1868 he moved to his present
farm. Mr. Cole has 320 acres of land, all improved, and is extensively engaged in raising
cattle for the Eastern markets. He was married in Jefferson County, Wis., in July. 1851,
to Caroline Waldo. They have four children—Arthur A., Willie D., Frank L., and Luna A.

DANIEL C, CUTLER, farmer, P. O. Rantoul, was born on the Muskingum river, Ohio,
February 20, 1799. Seven years later his parents moved to Hamilton, Essex Co., Mass.
 

About 1816 he returned to Ohio and engaged in farming pursuits. I
» In ht
place and went to Adair County, Iowa. Farmed for two Gears: and in iach 1857, Sig 10
ranklin County, Kas., locating on his presentfarm. Has resided here since.
ship of Cutler is named after bis wife. Mr. Cutler owns 1,000 acres of Jand in this county
and is one of our largest farmers. His business is managed entirely by his son. On his
lace is a fine orchard, he being one of the most extensive fruit growers of the county.
e was about the first Postinaster appointed in this part of the country, and was placed in
charge of the Rantoul postoffice in 1859 and held it for several years. He was also a
County Commissioner during 1859 and 1860. ‘Mr. (‘utler was married November 5, 1834,
to Betsey Larkin, who was born in Meigs County, Ohio, August 8, 1806. They have one
son, Charles C,, who was born August 23, 1835. The Cutlers are widely knowa through-
out the country for their hospitality, and they Biya a hearty welcome to the stranger.
.D.HA put, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Rantoul, was born in Schuyler County,
N. Y., October 26, 1 39. and reared on a farm; afterwards followed mercanille business
therefor four years, In the fall of 1867 he camé to Kansas, and located on his present farm
in Cutler Township. Hethas 160 acres of land, on which he has erected a fine stone house,
and has a fine fruit orchard of about four acres. Heis also engaged in raising cattle and
hogs. In 1876 Mr.Hawley was appointed agent for Messrs. Reyburn, Hunter & Co., of Phila-
delphia, manufacturers and dealers in lightning rods, which firm he still represents. He
was married in Yates County, N. Y , to Mary Roberts, who died, leaving no offspring. He
was married thereagain about 1872, to Nettie Bartholomew, and they have a family of
three children—Mary I ., Cora A, and Charles R. :
S. A, HESTER, farmer, P. O. Rantoul, was born in Fleming County, Ky., February 4,
1834. His parents removed when he was young to Jones County, Iowa, and he was reared
there onafarm. He came to Franklin County arch 22, 1857, and located in this Town-
hip and farmed for four years. then went to Douglas County, returning eleveu months later
he located on his presentiarm. Mr. Hester enlisted in June, 1862, in Company GC, Second
Kansas Cavalry, serving five months, then enlisted in the Tenth Kansas State Militia, in
Kansas Cavalry, serving untilthe war closed. After the war he was also, in connection with
his farming pursuits, engaged in conducting a sawmill for sevoral years, He has 195 acres
u the county, and is quite extensively engaged in raising thorough-bred Short-horn and
raded cattle and Poland-China hogs, In February, 1879, Mr. Hester went to Custer Coun-
'y, Col., and became interestedin mining. He is now quite extensively engagedin gold and
silver quartz mines in fhatreston, and makes freqnenttrins therein behalf of those inter-
ests. r. Hester was married in Cutler Township,in 1858, to Mary E. Perkins. She died
in 1869, leaving three children—Mary E.,

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Zoa and Juda. He was married again here, in
1870, to Olive E. Bartram, and they have five children—C ra, Milo C., Harry, Zetta G. and
Scott A. The subject of our sketch wus Treasurer of Peoria Township for five years, and
Trustee of Cutler Township for five years. In 1880 he received the nomination for Sheriff
of the county, on the Greenback tickel, and lost the election by a very small majority.

_ SIMEON H MERRILL, M. D., Rantoul, is a native of Dover, Maine. He studied medl-
cine and graduated at Pittsfield Gollege, Mass., in 1862, and_at Bowdoin College. Bruns-
wick, Me., in 1863. The-Doctor also passed examinations at Bellevue School of Medicine,
Twenty-sixth street, New York, and School of Physicians and Surgeons, at Twenty-third
street, New York. During the war he was appointed Assistant-Surgeon in the U.S. A., and
did service for some sixteen months in the military hospital, at Augusta, and was for some
years engaged in the aera tice of his profession at Jefferson, Me. Thedoctor came to Frank-

in County, Kan., in January, 1868, and located on his present farm one and a half miles
south of the village of Rantoul, andin connection with his agricultural pursuits, continues
to practice medicine. He owns some 400 acres of land, and is quite an extensive raiser of
stock. He is assisted in the management of his farm by his son, George S.

THOMAS G. STEWART, P. O. Ottawa, breeder of Short-horn cattle, was born in Wash-
ington County, Pa., in 1831. Ten years later his parents moved to Virginia, where he was
reared on afarm, In 1848 he moved to Warren County, IIl., where he followed agricultural

ursuits, and in the fall of 1866 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Douglas County. He
armed for four years, and in the spring of 1870 came to Franklin County, locating on_his
resent farm in Cutler Township. He owns 240 acres of land, and is engaged in breeding
hort-horn cattle, Berkshire hogs, and Norman draught horses, Several of his Short-horn
cattle took premiums and sweepstakes at the Franklin County Fairs of 1881 and 82.
has on his place a fine orchard of about eleven acres, and a beautiful grove of cedars.
Mr. Stewart is considered one of the enterprising men of the county.

A. D. REED, farmer, P. O. Rautoul, was born in Wyandotte County, Ohio, January 8,
1834, andreared onafarm. Removed to Iowa in 1854, and came to Kansas inthe fall of
1855, with his father, Robert Reed, who still resides here. The subject of our sketch set-
tled on his present farm, in Cutler Township, Franklin County, in the spring of 1856, and

has resided on it since. He owns 240 acres of improved land, and is quite extensively en- %
gaged in raising, cattle, Sheep, and hogs. During the late war Mr. Reed served in the State |’.
as., October 30, 1866, to Myra T. Mitchell, ;

Militia. He was married in Franklin County,

and they have a family of three children -Stella, Vincent M., and Jessie.
BYRON H

”
. REED, stock-raiser, P.O.Rantoul,was bornin Fairfield County,Ohio, Decem- °

per’13, 1831, and reared onafarm. In 1854he removed toIowa, and came to Kansas in the
fall of 1855, locating in Franklin County, near here, and resided with his father, Robert
Reed. About 1872 he purchased Bis present farm, but did not move his family on to it un-
til 1878. He has 228 acres of land, and makes a specialty of dealing in and raising live
stock. He made atrip to Denver, Col., afew years ago, and is interested in mining pursuits
in that State. Mr. Reed also corresponds for several of our leading Western newspapers.
During the war he served in Company D,Twelfth Kansas Infantry asa private. He was ten-
dered a commission several times, but preferred to remain in the ranks. He was married
at Paola, Kas., July 26, 1877, to Annie V. Denison. They have a family of two children —
Harold B. and Albert E. A | :

UINCY A. SEYMOOR, raiser and shipper of live stock, P. O. Rantoul, was born in
Licking County, Ohio, November 15, 1845, and came to Franklin County in October, 1857,
ocating with his father, Benjamin J., at this place. His father died in the March follow-~
ng, and Quincy lived on the farm with his mother until March, 1861,when he enlisted in the
Second Battalion M. S. M., serving until the battalion was mustered out a year later. He
hen teained for the Government eight mouths, after which he purchased a team, and was
for about three years engaged in breaking prairie, At the age of twenty years he purchased
eighty acres of Yand in this neighborhood and engaged in farming and stock-raising. In
1882 he moved to his present place of residence and succeeded in having the M. P. R. R.
Co. place the Rantoul station on hisland. He resides within a few rods of the same, which
gives him splendid facilities for shipping his stock. In 1860 Mr. Seymour had little or no
means, and worked for his board-at Osawatomie, Miami County. eowns now 410 acres
of improved land; is the sole owner of the town-site of Rantoul, and is one of the largest
stock-dealers in the county. Mr, Seymour was married in this county in March, 1868, to
Martha E. Wise. They have two living children—Frankie and Jimmie; and one deceased—
Charlie.

 

a HAYES TOWNSHIP.

OLIVER J. BODLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Ottawa, was born in Richland
County, Ohio, May 26, 1836, and when a youth removed to Bureau County, Ill, where he
was engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising; also did considerable business in
teamingand grading. He came to Franklin County, November 3, 1876; was for a time en-

aged in coal-mining at Williamsburg. In March, 1879, he moved on to his present farm,
fi Hayes Township. Mr. Bodley is one of the leading farmers in the county, and is quite
extensively engaged in stock-raising. He uses about 850 acres of land, of which he culti-
vates 400 acres; the balance is used for stock purposes. ‘

JOHN COPPLE, farmer, Section 23, P. 0. Norwood, was born in Clark County, Ind.,
March 31, 1835, and reared ona farm. He came to Kansas in November, 1854, and for two
years resided in Leavenworth County. Early in 1857 he came to Franklin County and re-
empted 160 acres of land, on which he still resides. He now owns 215 acres, 115 of which
are in cultivation, and he is also largely engaged in raising live stock, In 1874 Mr. Copple
built on his-farm a handsome residence, at a cost of about $1,000; and he has a capacious
barn, with a stone foundation, which cost about $1,400. He was married in Leavenworth
County, Kas., in 1858, to Sarah E. Rasdall. They have three children—Melinda F., Laura,
and.Jacob.,

&. W. HUME, farmer, Section 1, Township 16, Range 19, P. O. Ottawa, was born in
Utiea, N. ¥.; and nine years later, his parents emigrated to Grundy County, Ill., wheze he
was reared on afarm. He enlisted August 1, 1861, in Company G, Thirty-sixth Illinois
Infantry, and was mustered out as Sergeant October 15, 1864. Mr. Hume was taken pris-
ouer at the battle of Murfreesboro, January, 1863, but was paroled shortly afterwards.
After the war, he followed agricultural pursuits in Grundy County. He came to Franklin
County, Kan., in January, 1872; resided for one year in Ottawa Township, and then located
on his present farm. e owns 560 acres of land, all improved, and cultivates 160 acres.
His principal business is stock-raising, making a specialty of graded Short-horn cattle and
Poland-China hogs. Healso hasa good orchard of about four hundred trees. Mr. Hume
held the office of Clerk one year, Trustee of this township for two years, and in 1877 re-
ceived the Democratic nonin alion for eben of the county. That party being in the
minority, in this county, he was not elected.

ELSON MERCHANT, farmer, P. O. Media, was born at Lyons, Wayne County, N. Y.,
May 24, 1830, and was reared ona farm. In December, 1857, he came to Franklin County,
and pre-empted 160 acres in Hayes Township, on which he still resides.
acres in this county, all improved, and is quite an extensive farmer and breeder of stock.
He was Justice of the Peace at this place for sixteen consecutive years, Assistant- Assessor
of Franklin County for several years, Engrossiog Clerk in the State Legislature in 1868, and
Sergeant-at-Arms in the ‘State Senate in 1869 and 1870._ Mr. Merchant served in the Kan-
gas state Militia during the war. He was married in Wayne County, N. Y., January 29,

 

FRANKLIN COUNTY.

He owns 320°

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1851, to Julia A. Griffith. and they have a family of six children—Herschel N., Lydia E.,
Netile L, Foster P., Clarence M. and Charles. e

JAMES A, PURDY, agent K.C. L. & S. K. R. R. Co.,LeLoup, was born at Hillsboro, Ohio,
January 15, 1835. His father was a merchant, and for some years the subject of our sketch
followed mercantile business as a clerk, and was for ten years engaged in business for him-
self at Newmarket, Highland Co., Ohio. In 1862, he removed to Illinois, farined for some
three years in Edgar County and nine years in Douglas County: was then located for two years
at Mattoon Ill., employed as collector for the Howe S. M.Co, In June, 1876, he came to
Franklin County; located at Pomona, and was for two years engaged in agricultural pur-
suits; in December, 1878, he came to LeLoup; was appointed station agent, as before men-
tioned; agent for the Adams Express Co., and Postmaster March 14, 1879. He has also for
the past four years been engaged in dealing in grain and baling hay. The style of the firm
oA t 7 Posies is Purdy & Mundy. They are also extensively engaged in farming and
stock-raising,

A.C. SHINN. farmer, P. O. Ottawa, was born in West Virginia, and_ was reared on a
farm in Hancock County, Ill. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Twelfth Illinois
Cavalry, serving until mustered outin June, 1865, He and wife came overland through
Missourito Kansasin February, 1866. locating on his present farm in Hayes Township,
Franklin County. Heis the owner of 400 acres of improved land, and is engaged in farm-
ing, stock-raising and fruit-growing. Mr. Shinn is one of the leading farmers in this
county, and has served two years as Vice-President and two as President of the Franklin
County Agricultural Society. e

WILLIAM SLATER, farmer, Section 35 and 36, P. O. Norwood; is a native of England,
and previous to coming to Kansas, he was for twenty-five years engaged in agricultural
pursuits in Grundy County, Ill. He came to Franklin County, March 1, 1882, and located on
his present farm. He has 557 acres of land all improved, 270 of which are under cultivation,
His principal business is stock-raising; on his place is a tine orchard of ten acres; he is as-
sisted in his business by hisson, Alfred Slater. who isa partner in the land.

SAMUEL K. WICKARD, farmer, Section 19. P. O. Media; was bornin Parke County,
Ind., May 7, 1825, and when very young, his parents emigrated to Butler County, Ohio,
where he was brought up in the business of agriculture. His educational advantages were
those of the common school; however his application to books was such that atthe age
of nineteen he became one of the popular teachers in the public schools in his county. Con-
tinued in the business for seven years during the winter seasons, the summers he spent on
the farm with his father. He early embraced the Christian religion and has been a faithful
advocate of the doctrine of the Church of Christ ever since, and leaving the impression
wherever he has been of a faithful Christian worker. He was married in the year 1850
to Mary E. Bridge, of Butler County, Obio, and in January 1855, moved to Carroll County,
Ind., where he engaged in the business of agriculture. After four years of great success, he,
in consequence of the decease of his wife, returned to Butler County, Ohio. and bought a
farm and began the business of shipping stock and grain in connection with his farming.
In 1869 in company with three other gentlemen, purchased a rotary saw mill and en-
gaged in the manufacture of lumber under the firm name of Wickard, Crane & Co.; con-
tinued in this business for seven years, adding thereto the manufacture of ditching tiJes,
continuing his shippiug business, from the station on the Cincinnati & Indianapolis Junc-
tion R., known as Ogles station, near Oxford, Ohio. In 1863 he assisted in recruiting a

company of 100 men fur the Sixty-ninth Ohio National Guards, Thomas Moor, Colonel, and’

was elected Captain by an unanimous vote ofthe company. After about one year’s drill, in
obedience to the President’s call for the Hundred Days’ men of Ohio, they were mustered
into the servicein May, 1864,as Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Regiment,
Ohio National Guards. They served four months, were permitted to return home with their
arms in Sep ember, 1864, in time to see that the draft was quietly executed in their county,
there having been organized resistance threatened. In 1869, Mr. W. sold out his entire
eifects andcameto Franklin County. Kan., arriving at Ottawa, May 2. His intention was
to purchase a stock-ranch somewhere in the State and engage in the cattle business, but
his plans were very suddenly changed, by a Providential interference, in the sickness of
his family and the decease of his wife and youngest child. He then concluded to locate in
Ottawa and engage in the grocery business, which he did under the firm name of S. K.
Wickard & Co.; his partner was a nephew of his, who hadasmallinterest with him. After
continuing the business successfully for two years. he decided. that he liked the country
better than the city, and in 1871, he moved to the farm, where he now lives, and since that
time he has confined himself chiefly to agricultural pursuits; he has 267 acres, all under
fence and mostly under good cultivation, In politics, Mr. Wickard was @ staunch Repub-
lican, ever since the organization of the party, till about 1872, when he became dissatisfied
and allied himself with the party of Reform, or Greenback party, and in 1873 he received
the nomination of the party forCounty Treasurer; losing the election by only sixty-eight
votes, and getting all the votesin his precinct, except two. In September, 1882, he was
nominated by the same partv for State representative, but was beaten by a small majority;
the bares, being in the Punority tn his district, his election was not expected.

JHARLES C. WIGHTMAN, of Stacher & Wightman, merchants, Le Loup, was born at
Cascade, Iowa, in 1856, and when very young moved with his parentsto Germantown,
Ohio, and was for some years employed with his father in the United States Internal Rev-
enue office at that place. In 1874 he came to Kansas, located at Ottawa, and was for about
three years employed in the flour mills of H. D. Crane & Co. About 1877 he entered the em-
ploy of L. N. Stacher, in dry-goods business, and in November, 1881, formed a partnership
with him, and opened a general merchandise business at this place. The firm do a large
business, and carry a stock of about $3,000.

LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

GEORGE BURGE, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Springfield, I1l., Octo-
ber 12, 1838. He was for twelve years employed in the postofiice at that place as a clerk, In
August, 1868, he came to Franklin County, and located on his present farm. He owns 138
acres, 100 of which are under cultivation, and has a fine orchard of about five acres. He
makes a specialty of raising hops. Mr. Burge was burned out in 1874, losing a $4,000 resi-
dence. e, however, was not discouraged, but with his usual energy pushed ahead, and

-to-day is one ofthe representative farmers of thistownship. Heisalso to a limited extent
engaged in bee culture. Mr. pute was married in Springfield, Ill., in November, 1864, to
Martha Clark. They have two children—Georgeand Frank.

ADAM JOHNS, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Ottawa, was born in,Germany, October 9,
1848, and emigrated to Erie County, Pa., in 1864, where he learned the trade of blacksmith
and followed it for a livelihood. e came to Kansas in 1866, and was employed at bis trade
at Fort Scott for four months; then at St. Louis, Mo., for eighteen months. In 1868 he re-
moved to Franklin County, and followed his trade for a few months at Ottawa; then carried
on a blacksmith establishment for two years; since which time he has given his attention to
farming pursuits. In September, 1882, he moved on to his present farm, He has 235 acres,
six acres of which are orchard, and he cultivates 170 acres. Mr. Johns is also an extensive
raiser of cattleandh gs. He was married in Ottawa, Kan., in 1869, to Agnes Helfen. They
havea family of three children—Annie, Antony and Agnes.

SAMUEL McCULLAGH, breeder of pedigreed Berkshire hogs, Section 4, P.O. Ottawa,
was born at Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1842. In April, 1859, he emigrated to Sanga-
mon County, Ill., where he was employed at general farm work. In the fall of 1865 he came
to Franklin County, Kan.; farmed for one year in “hio Township, after which he moved on
to his presentfarm. He owns 160 acres of land, 100 of which are under cultivation. Mr.
McCullaugh is the most extensive breeder of thoroughbred Berkshire hogs in the State of
Kansas, e keeps nothing but pure bloods; has in allabout 180 head. In his herd are his
famous _boars—Plantagenet, No. 2919; Young Carlisle, No. 6810, and Royal Duke, No.
3601, and the famous sows—Belle; Clerinont, No. 2498; Liverpool Belle, No. 6994; Queen
of Pleasant Valley, and many others. He is also a breeder of Short-hdrn cattle. Mr. Mc-
Cullagh’s farm is situated about three miles southwest of the city of Ottawa.* He hasa
very pretty. place, and calls it the Plessant Valley Farm.

JOHN V. POLLINGER, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Ottawa, was born in York County, Pa.,
January 31, 1840, and rearedonafarm. At sixteen years of age he removed to Huron
County, O 110, where he was employed in agricultural pursuits. In 1860 he went to Shelb:
County, Ill, farmed for a while, and on February 16, 1863, he enlisted in Company 0, Tenth
Illinois Cavalry, and served until November 25,1865. -He came to Kansas in 1866, located
in Ottawa. He was for a while engaged in teaming, and also carried on a billiard hall. In
1867 he engagedin agricultural pursuits in Greenwood Township, which he has followed
since. In 1872 he moved onto his present farm. He owns eighty acres of land, seventy of
which are under cultivation, and he has quite a fine orchard. Mr, Pollinger was six years
Trustee of Greenwood Township, and Trustee of Lincoln Township in 1876. He was elected
Justice of the Peace in the spring of 1882.

ABNER RIDDLE, farmer, P. O. Ottawa, was born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1814.
and five years later his parents removed to Sangamon County, Ill.. where the subject of our
sketch followed farming pursuits. He was a Commissioner of that County. for eight years.
In October, 1867, he came to Kansas and located in Lincoln Township, Franklin County,
and has since been engaged in farming and raising stock. He moved onto his present farm
in Section 15, November 10, 1879. He has 190 acres, thirty acres of which are in orchard.
He raises considerable Short-Horn cattle,and is a breeder of draught horses. He was
elected a Commissioner of Franklin County in 1871 and served two years.

JACOB WILKERSON, breeder of pedigreed Poland-China hogs, Section 29,P.0.Ottawa,
was born in Randolph County, Ind., in December, 1851, and reared on a farm. In the spring
of 1872 he came to Kansas and assisted his father, John Wilkerson, in farming, in this
township. <A year later his father died and he and his brother William conducted the farm
together for some years. Inthe spring of 1878 he moved onto his present farm. He owns
eighty acres all improved, forty-five of which are under cultivation. He is making a spec-
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ialty of breeding Poland-China hogs, and is quite successful. He was married in Franklin
County, July 14, 1878, to Miss H. N. Leachman, a native of Illinois,
son TULIAM H. WILKERSON, farmer, Section 24, P. 0. Ottawa, was born iz Randolph
County, Ind., March 14, 1849, and reared ona farm. He came to Franklin County, Kansas,
ie September, 1870, and located on his present farm. For about three years he farmed with
is father, since then for himself. He has 360 acres of land, all improved, cultivates 210
acres of it and makes a specialty of fattening cattle and hogs for shipment. He has two good
houses on his land and an orchard of three acres. Mr, Wilkerson was elected trustee of this
township in 1880. He was married in Franklin County, Kansas, September 21, 1876, to
Pauline L. Cannon, They have a family of three children: John N., Lucy J. and Jessie H.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP,

ABRAHAM ANDERSON, farmer, P. 0. Ottawa; was born in Sweden, June 22, 1834,
and while residing there followed farming pursuits, In October, 1867. he “emigrated ou
tawa, Kansas; was for five years employed in a stone quarry, and for about four years
worked as a stone mason. In October, 1876, he moved onto his present farm in Harrison
Township, Franklin County. He owns 135 acres of land, allimproved. He has on his farm
several good stone quarries from which he has taken stone and built himself a fine residence
and barn, Mr. Anderson was married in Sweder. in December, 1855, to Stoofa Billman.
They have a family of five children: August J., Alfred, Carl R., William E., John H, E,

'HOMAS W. HARRISON, farmer, and stock raiser, P. O. Ottawa, was born in
Porter County, Ind., March 31, 1844, and reared at Russellville, Putnam County. In June,

HISTORY OF KANSAS’

1862, he enlisted in Company K, Eighth Indiana Cavalry. serving bhree years. In the spring
of 1866 he came to Franklin County and located on his present farm in Harrison Township,
He has 120 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, and laid off with osage hedges and
wire fences. He is quite extensively engaged in Talsing stock for the Eastern markets and
breeding thoroughbred Poland-China hogs. The township derived its name from his father,
-W. L, Harrison, who resides here. The subject of this sketch was married in Harrison
Towne, Franklin County, October 5, 1876, to Lillias Perkins, They have two children:
Bernice B. and Bruce, Z
HARLES B. JONES, farmer and dealer in live stock, P. O. Ottawa; was born at
Woodsfield, Monroe Co., Ohio, September 7, 1831, and rearedonafarm. He was for some
ears engaged in farming pursuits for himself and dealing in live stock in company with his
lather for fifteen years. Sle enlisted in April, 1861, in Company B, Twenty-fifth Ohio In-
fantry, serving two years; was elected First Lieutenant at time of mustering the company,
and promoted to Captain a year later. He came to Ottawa, Kansas, in 1869; was for four
months engaged in procery. business with W. M. Presbaw, and since then in live stock
business in company with him. Mr. Jones moved on his presentfarm in Harrison Town-
ship, in June, 1977, He has 160 acres, and his residence is but a short distance from the
city of Ottawa. He has on his place a fine orchard of 20 acres, and deals quite extensively
in cattle and hogs, buying and fattening his stock for Eastern markets, Mr. Jones was
married at Woodsfield, Ohio, February 6, 1862, to Eliza Archbold. Shedied in March, 1863,
leaving one son, Edward A. The subject of our sketch was married a second time in
Woodsfield, in March, 1867, to Matilda Manning; they have four children: Clayton, Maud,
Samuel P. and Charles L. .

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/ JOHNSON COUNTY.

J OHNSON County is located in the eastern part of the State. It is bound-

ed on the north by Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties, on the east by
Missouri, on the south by Miami, and on the west by Douglas County. It is
twenty-one miles from north to south and twenty-four from east to west, con-
taining 475 square miles, or 304,000 acres. At the first organization of the
county, in 1855, the Kansas river con-
stituted its entire northern boundary,
but in 1859 the present boundary was
established.

The surface of the county is gener-
ally undulating. About ten per cent. is
bottom land, ninety per cent. upland.
The bottom lands are from one-half
mile to two miles in width. The central
and southwestern are the highest por-
tions, the streams having their sources é
there and flowing thence toward the
north, east and south.

The soil is from one foot to six feet
in depth, is very productive and adapt-
ed especially to winter wheat, corn, oats,
potatoes and wild and tame grasses.

The timber belts along the streams
average’ one-half mile in width, and
comprise sixteen percent. of the surface.
The principal varieties that grow are
ash, hackberry, hickory, oak, sycamore
and walnut.

The streams are not large, but suf-
ficiently numerous. The Kansas River
runs along the west two-thirds of the
northern boundary,and receives as tribu-
taries, Cedar,. Clear, Captain’s, Kill,
Mill and Turkey creeks. Blue and In-
dian creeks run eastward, and two forks
of Bull Creek run south. There are
numerous springs, and good well water
is obtained at an average depth of
twenty-five feet.

There is considerable limestone and -

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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

THE SHAWNEE INDIANS.

Previous to the advent of the Shawnee Indians in 1828, but little was
known of what is now Johnson County, by white people. In common with the
whole of the present State of Kansas, it was occupied, when occupied at all,
by the Kaw or Kansas tribe of Indians.
The whole territory abounded with
game of every description, Along the
streams, where they could find shelter
in the timber, were to be found bears,
beaver, mink, otter, wolves, etc., and on
the open prairie, antelope, deer and elk.
Buffaloes ranged in immense numbers,
but seldom east of Morris and Chase
counties. In 1825, the Shawnee reser-
vation in Kansas was set apart for these
Indians, in accordance with a treaty
concluded with them that year.

In 1828, the Fish band, so named
from their Chief, about one hundred in
number, were removed here, from the
vicinity of Cape Girardeau, Mo. In 1829
Rev. Thomas Johnson, ‘a Methodist
Episcopal missionary, came to the reser-
vation under the auspices of the church,
and established a school for the educa-
tion of the Indians. This school was
located about six miles west of West-
port, between the Kansas River and
Turkey Creek. In 1830 some members
of the tribe oh their way from Ohio to
this reservation, were exposed, in St.
Louis, to the smallpox. Upon arriving
at the village located near the site of
the present Glenwood depot, they halted
and infected the portion of the tribe liv-
ing there. The disease broke out with
great virulence, most of the Indians in
the village died, the others fled to other
localities. In 1832 the remaining bands

WYANDOTTE GO.

 

some sandstone in the county, the for-
mer being extensively used in building,

of the Shawnee Indians were removed

 

 

and a tough variety of the former is - duets

now being sawed into flagging stone, Gardner township”.

window sills, etc. There isalso excellent Lexington Township | |..

brick clay wees ier
The first white hunter to behold Olathe City........... ;

the soil of Kansas, is believed to have Q/athe Townshi

been Jacob Pursley, who in 1802 crossed

the eastern part of the present State

  

   
 
  

 

Oxford Township,
to New Mexico, Other adventurous

 

Shawnee Township. oe
Ip,
spirits followed and soon quite a trade

Spring HUI City... 0. settee veeetenee

1870 1880 here from Auglaize and adjoining coun-

as fae) ae ties in Ohio. After all had been re-
944 17321 moved here they numbered about 1.000.

1,256 2.042 Foranumber of years after their removal

i298 1.330 they continued their accustomed modes

1817 2.285 of dress, habitation and of making a

1998 ea3 living—living in wigwams and subsist-

aa aar7 ing on the products of the chase ; but as

é game steadily grew scarcer, attention to

13684 | 16,853 the tilling of the soil was forced

CY WEE BEEN ed __ -aborwnee 502 upon them, and they began to erect

 

 

Spring Hill Towns
was established between Santa Fe N.
M., and Booneville, Mo., the latter place
being then the frontier town of the West. In course of time Independence,
Mo., secured the trade, and became fora time the starting point for all westward
bound expeditions of whatever kind. The trade grew to such an extent that
about the year 1825 the Government employed Maj. Sibley to establish a wagon
road from the Missouri line to Santa Fe. This road ran through Johnson
County about four miles south of Olathe, and crossed the Missouri line near the
present location of Little Santa Fe, Mo.

buildings more substantial than wig-
wams.

___ They also at length effected a change in their form of government. Atthe
time of the removal of the Shawnees from Ohio, they were divided into three
bands, each band being presided over by a Chief. The principal of these three
chiefs was John Perry, who retained his position at the head of the tribe until
his death in 1850. He was succeeded by John Francis, who reigned four years,
when he died. The young men of the tribe attempted, at the time of Perry’s
death, to introduce the principle of electing their chiefs, but the old men de
JOHNSON COUNTY.

feated them. At the time of the death of Francis the young men made a sec-
ond attempt to overthrow the hereditary principle of government, and were this
time successful. Capt. Parks was elected Chief for two years, and remained in
office eight years, .Graham Rogers succeeded and served two years 5
Charles Bluejacket then served four years; Graham Rogers was then re-elected
and served two terms, when he died, and Charles Tucker was then elected.*

The. boundaries of the original Shawnee Reservation in Kansas, as fixed
November 7, 1825, and conveyed to them by deed, May 11, 1844, contained
1,600,000 acres of land. Almost precisely ten years afterwards, on May 10,
1854, they ceded to the United States all of this magnificent reservation but.
200,000 acres, which they reserved for homes for themselves.

Under this treaty the “Black Bob band” of the Shawnees, a distinct or-
ganization within the tribe, received, as was their choice, and had “assigned and
set apart in a compact body to be held in common” by them, such a portion of
this 200,000 acres as was equivalent to-200 acres for each member of the band;
or more accurately, according to the survey, 33.392.87 acres. .Black Bob was
their recognized Chief. Being of limited intelligence they preferred to main-
tain their tribal organization and customs, and to hold their lands in common.
An article however was incorporated into the treaty under which they might at
any time “make separate selections frcm the tract assigned to them in com-
mon.” This privilege they did not avail themselves of until 1866,but continued
to live as had been their wont, making but little progress, and spending most of
their time in visiting other tribes and hunting, until the breaking out of the war,
when on account of the losses and sufferings to which they were subjected from
bushwhackers on the one hand and Kansas-thieves and jayhawkers on the oth-
er, they left their homes, went tothe Indian Territory in a body, where they re-
mained until peace was_proclaimed, when about one hundred returned for the
purpose of disposing of their lands.

The other community of the Shawnees remained on the reservation as they
were until the survey of their lands into head rights of their own selection was
completed, as contemplated and provided for by the treaty of May 10. 1854.
By this treaty’ they each received 200 acres in severalty in any part of the res-
ervation they might choose, surrendering all claim to the rest, which was thus
thrown open to settlement by white people. The Indians very naturally
made their selections where there was timber, along the creeks, and when their
selections had all been made there was but little land left for the white man but
open prairie. As a consequence of this state of affairs numerous conflicts arose
between the two races over the timber question; and as so often before and
since, the civilized man conquered, and it was not long before he was allowed
to help himself to the Indian’s timber unmolested.

As soon as it was known that a large portion of the reservation was
thrown open for settlement large numbers rushed in to secure claims. Many
claims were thus taken, ‘‘improved,” and sold at the first favorable opportunity,
so that but few of the earliest settlers remained in the county. Those who
came to buy, usually came to stay.

A. Coffman secured the contract for surveying the Shawnee lands as selected
by the “ head right” community, and was sworn to secrecy in relation thereto.
Instead of living up to his oath he permitted a young man in the employ of Dr.
John T. Barton and Ed. Nash to accompany him, and each evening to make a
copy of the day’s field notes, and received $1,000 for the privilege. It was thus
easy for the Doctor and his partner to dispose of the choicest lands not taken
by the Indians at a considerable profit to themselves, and the settler was cer-
tain that no Shawnee could dispute his claim.

Among those who settled in the county during this year (1857) were the
following persons, on the Free-state side: ‘Thomas E. Milhoan, William Will-
iams, Rynear Morgan, William Holmes, Dr. Irving Jaynes, J. D. Allen, J.C.
Forrest, and L, F. Bancroft; and on the Pro-slavery side, Dr. J. B. Morgan,
‘Col. J. T. Quarles, T. H. Ellis, A. Slaughter, James H. Nounan, C. C. Catron,
W.S. Gregory, Jonathan Gore, A. J. Turpin, Dr. Shuck and M. T. Wells.
There was a considerable number of others in different parts of the county, as
may be seen by referring to our sketches of the separate towns.

During the time of the occupancy of the entire county by the Shawnee In-
dians, but few white men became residents of it, and they only in some connec-
tion with the Indians. The earliest were the Choteau brothers, Frenchmen,
who built trading houses among the Shawnees and Delawares in 1828 and 1829.

Rev. Thomas Johnson and family came in 1829. His son Alexander S.
Johnson, was born at the Mission, July 11, 1832, and was thus the first white
child born in the county. Other children of Rev. Mr. Johnson born at the
Mission were Eliza S., A. M., W. M., Laura L., Cora and Edna, seven in all
with Alexander S.

Samuel Cornatzer came to the Mission in 1844, Mr. Crockett, nephew of
Davy Crockett, January 24, 1847: and at different times, Perk Randall, John
Bowles, Isaac Parish, Samuel Garrett, .John Owens, John Boyle arid Calvin

Cornatzer. %

THE ‘BLACK BOB” RESERVATION.

This reservation is situated in the southeastern part of the county, at the
sources of the Blue and Tomahawk creeks, consisting of 33,392.87 acres, lying
in Oxford, Aubry, Spring Hill and Olathe townships, The Indians to whom
the reservation belonged abandoned it near the beginning of the war. As
it was most excellent land—fertile soil, well watered and timbered—settlers
rushed in at the close of the war and soon every quarter-section of it was occu-
pied by a claimant. This was in the years of 1865 and 1866.

About the same time, certain other parties, not actual settlers on the lands,
among whom were Gen. James G. Blunt, J.C. Irvin and Judge Pendery, con-
ceived the design of buying up a portion of this land for the purposes of specu-
lation. This was in October, 1867. An examination was made of the treaty of

* For more special mention of Shawnee Indians and Missions, see sketches of Indian
Tribes in General History.

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1825, by wiuch the Shawnees were granted the reservation including Johnson
and a portion of Douglas and Miami counties, which was deeded tothem May
II, 1844; and also of the treaty of May 10, 1854, by which the whole tract was
re-ceded to the Government, and then 200,000 acres retroceded to the Shawnees.
At this time the Shawnees had divided into two bands—the severalty, or ‘thead
right” community, who selected their lands in severalty, and the ‘‘ Black Bob”
band, whe chose to hold their lands in common, under the treaty which also
gave them the right to select 200 acres eachas a head-right at any future time.
Messrs. Blunt, Irvin & Co. became satisfied that the title to the lands vested in
the Indians. and hence that having selected his head-right under the treaty, any
Indian could sell it and convey a valid title to any person, by complying with
the rules and regulations of the Interior Department of the Government for the
sale of Indian lands.

These rules were: That the consideration mentioned in the deed was a
fair one, that the amount so mentioned had been paid to the grantor by the
grantee, and that the transaction was free from fraud. The Indian Agent was
under obligation to attach his certificate that these rules had been complied
with, in the execution of the deed.

Certain of the Indians having applied therefor in the year 1867, received
patents for their shares of the land in severalty, and sold them to different par-
ties for various prices.

The first sale was made October 28. 1867, to J. C. Irwin, who purchased in
the aggregate 3,600 acres. The next sales were made November 7, 1867, to two
of the settlers, Wm. II Nichols and John Wordens; and subsequently, but
prior to January 11, 1849 anumber of sales were made to other settlers, among
whom were William Thomas, J Nichols, Edward P. Robinson, Wm. S. Duffield
apd William T. Quarles. Sales were made also to other speculators, until in
the aggregate the land covered by sixty-nine patents had been sold, the price
received by the Indians being on an average $4.80 per acre,

Two protests against the further issue of patents to the Indians, setting
forth that gross frauds were being perpetrated, and that the Indians were being
swindled out of their lands by the speculators, having been received by the
Government, Acting Commissioner Mix, on the 13th of December, 1867, tele-
graphed Agent Taylor to suspend delivery of the patents tothe Indians. This
was done and the sale of the lands arrested in consequence. Notwithstanding
a few of the settlers had purchased their selections from Indians who had re-
ceived their patents, the great majority refused to do so, believing their title
should come from the Government. and not from the Indian. In the meantime
the settlers kept on improving their claims, and have now converted the: reser-
vation into one of the fairest and most productive portions of the county. Both
settlers and speculators kept an agent in Washington forsome years looking
after their respective interests ; the one party attempting to obtain from Con-
gress confirmation of the validity of the Indian patents, the other attempting to
have them set aside and the title declared to vest in the Government. Neither
party has thus far been successful. Congress, however, didin 1879, pass a reso-
lution instructing the Attorney General of the United States “‘ to cause a suit
in equity to be brought in the name of the United States in the Circuit Court
for the District of Kansas to quiet and finally settle the titles to lands claimed
by or under the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indiansin Kansas, or adversely
thereto.” In accordance with this resolution, suit in equity was brought in said
court in 1880, and is still pending.

Such of the Black Bob band as were enabled to find purchasers for their
lands before the sale of the same was suspended, in December, 1867, removed
to the Indian Territory and united themselves with the Cherokees, in accord-
ance with an agreement made between the tribes and approved by the Presi-
dent of the United States, while the greater portion of them who had returned

- to Kansas in order to sell their lands, were by the suspension of the sale pre- -

vented from doing so, and were“ forced to remain in Kansas without a home,
their lands being occupied by trespassers by virtue of the suspension referred
to” (E. S. Parker, Commissioner).

We quote as follows from the Annual Report of Indian Affairs of Super-
intendent,Foag, for 1870:

“Anticipating the fulfillment of their arrangements with the Cherokees for
future homes, many of the Shawnees have already removed thither, and most
of those yet remaining will remove very soon, even though they may not be
able to dispose of their estates in Kansas advantageously, being obstructed as
they are by prolonged and unjust legislation. As guardian of these Indians,
the Government has permitted her citizens so far to violate her just statutes as
to enter upon, occupy and improve, in undisturbed possession, their fairest
lands, thus adding to the wealth and comfort of the citizen outlaws, to the dis-
comfort and pinching poverty of her suffering wards, some of whom have been
driven from their humble but loved homes, and compelled, if permitted a rest-
ing place on soil of theirown, to occupy such portion thereof as the coveting
and unwelcome intruder did not desire for himself. These lawless occupants
of the soil of others, have for years, from the proceeds thereof, retained counsel
at the seat of Government for the security of these lands to themselves, in co-
operation with their members of Congress ; and in a recent bill, in reference
thereto, provision is made for the retaining said lands on the payment of $2.50
per acre, when if they were removed therefrom or compelled to pay to the out-
raged owners a price which a fair competition would secure to them, as justice
should secure it, these [ndians would at once remove to the Cherokee country
with means sufficient to enable them to open and improve homes and surround
themselves with the necessary comforts of life, for lack of which many of these
poor Shawnees have gone to premature graves. This lingering injustice has
continued the Shawnee agency two years longer than its natural life, at an un-
necessary expense to the Government, and while this class of intruders are en,
joying their ill-gotten incomes, the Black Bob Shawnees are appealing to their
guardian, the Government, foraid to keep them from starvation, for which pur-
pose some five hundred dollars has been expended the past year.”

The settlers and speculators have all through freely indulged in the appli-
cation to each other of exceedingly uncomplimentary epithets ; politicians have

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found the question of the title to the. Black Bob lands a fruitful source of per-
sonal controversy and warfare, and asa result of the manner of the management
of the whole matter, the Indian has certainly suffered most cruel wrongs, no
matter in whom the title to the lands may ultimately be decided to inhere.

EARLY POLITICAL TROUBLES.

The first election held in the Territory was in the fan ot 1853, before the
organization of the Territory. At this election, Rev. Thomas Johnson, of the
Methodist Church, South, then in charge of the Shawnee Mission, and one of
those who had introduced and then held slavesin the Territory, was elected
delegate to Congress, for the purpose of urging upon that body the organization
of the Territory; but having been elected without authority of law, he was not
admitted!to a seat as such delegate. He, however, remained in Washington
during the session and until after the Kansas-Nebraska bill had become a law,
the latter part of May, 1854. At this first election, Indians as well as whites,
voted, notwithstanding the fact that they were not citizens of the United States,
and consequently had no right to vote—an unpropitious beginning for the fu-
ture Territory and State of Kansas. But when the question of Territorial or-

-ganization was yet unséttled, almost everyone about the Indian missions and

elsewhere, government agents and employes, missionaries and teachers, were all
but universally Democratic and Pro-slavery, and the Indians imbibed and car-
ried into practice the political views of their teachers—religious and secular.
The principal exception to this rule was the case of the Friends, or Quakers,
who were always and consistently anti-slavery, to theirhonor be the fact recorded
and perpetuated.

At the election of March 30, 1855, for members of First Territorial Legis-
lature, Rev. Thomas Johnson was elected from Johnson Cotinty to the Council
(now called Senate) and his son, Alexander S. Johnson, to the Legislature. The
Legislature was convened at Pawnee, near Fort Riley in Davis County, and
organized by electing Rev. Thomas Johnson, President of the Council, and
Dr. J. H. Stringfellow, Speaker of the House. Almost immediately after organ-
ization, an act was passed locating the capital of the Territory at the Shawnee
Mission, and the Legislature adjourned to this, the first capital, on the 16th of
July. One ofits first acts was the organization of the settled portions of the
Territory into counties. Johnson County was named in honor of Rev. Thomas
Johnson, President of the Council. Bills were passed for laying out towns and
villages in various counties, but none in Johnson County, as it was entirely
covered by the Shawnee reservation. Isaac Parish was appointed Sheriff of the
County, and William Fisher. Jr., Probate Judge. The County. was thus organ-

ized and officered nearly two years before any of its land came into market, and -

before any white people except those connected with the Indians, were allowed
to reside in it. At this session of the Legislature the road leading from Kansas
City, Mo., to Santa Fe, N. M., passing through the center of the county, was
declared a Territorial road ; a road was located through the northern part of
the county to Lawrence, Lecompton and Fort Riley, and another along the
eastern line of the county from Westport, Mo., to Fort Scott.

On the 23d of Octobér, 1855, the Free-state Constitutional Convention
assembled at Topeka. Johnson County was not represented in this convention,
its people being too intensely Pro-slavery. A constitution was adopted by the
convention, the most important feature of which was a clause prohibiting
slavery in the State. On the 15th of “December, the Topeka Constitution was
submitted to the people and received a large popular vote outside of Johnson
County. Almost the only anti-slavery people in this county at the time were
the Hadleys—Jeremiah and his three sons, Samuel, T. J., and J. Milton Had-
The head of the family,
Jeremiah Hadley, came out in August to assume the duties of superintendent
of the Shawnee Quaker Mission. The Hadley family were fearless advocates
of the Free-state cause.’ A young man by the name of John Lockhart, of some
ability, and good education, residing at the Mission with the Hadleys, was
elected to represent Johnson County in the Legislature, under the Topeka
Constitution. This Legislature was summoned to meet at Topeka, July 4, 1856.
The members assembled in accordance with the summons, but were not per-
mitted to organize, being dispersed by Col. (since Major General) Edwin V.
Sumner, acting under orders from President Pierce.

These were troublous times in eastern Kansas generally. Johnson County
escaped at this period in a remarkable. manner, although suffering considerably
at a later period. This escape was owing, doubtless, to the facts that the county
was not open to settlement, and that the most of the few settlers here belonged
to‘one political party. Still there were a few incidents which should be recorded
as tending to illustrate the character of the times.

In August, a party of border ruffians went to the Quaker Mission, and
after threatening to kill the superintendent, Jeremiah Hadley, stole six horses
and a mule belonging to the Mission, and a carriage owned by Levi Woodard,
and went away.

On May 14, 1858, Montgomery, and a band of his followers,surrounded the
house of John Evans, a farmer now residing in the county, and who at the time
was a Pro-slavery man, living three miles northeast of Olathe. Forcing an en-
trance into the house they warned Evans to leave the Territory within ten days,
Evans replied that he should not go, and in fact did not go. Montgomery took
about $800 in gold, besides other property belonging to Evans, and a gold
watch and some money belonging to Patrick Cosgrove, who was Sheriff at the
time, and departed. t

On another occasion while John Lockhart, mentioned above as having
been elected to the Free-state Legislature, and Calvin Cornatzer were on their
way to Chillicothe, about three miles west of Shawnee,some armed Missourians
overtook them, threatening to arrest them as being in sympathy with Jim
Lane. But by adroit explanations by Cornatzer himself and by Dr. Barton,
who was then living at Chillicothe, both Lockhart and Cornatzer were allowed
to go free. These explanations did not remain satisfactory, however, very
long. For in a few weeks thereafter a squad of Missourians sought Lock-
hart at the Mission, and searched the building thoroughly for him. He saved

HISTORY OF KANSAS

himself this time by dextrously slipping from one room into another that had -
been searched. And the same summer Cornatzer was arrested at the instance
of two of his Pro-slavery neighbors, who accused him of being a Jim Lane
man. He was taken to Tecumseh, lodged in jail, but released next day;
the charge not being sustained.

In addition to these comparatively mild experiences there were some fla-
grant outrages committed within the limits of Johnson County. One -of these
was the case of a young Missourian, named Cantral. A few days previous to
his “trial” and murder, he had participated in the ‘‘ battle of Black Jack” on
the Free-state side, under old John Brown. He was taken prisoner by a party
of Missourians under Gen. Whitfield, who were passing through Johnson
County on their way to Westport, Mo. They camped for the night about two
miles west of Olathe, and during the evening tried Cantral for ‘treason to the
State of Missouri”! He was, of course, convicted, and shot for his crime.

One of the most cold-blooded murders committed on the border was the
shooting of Major Gay, U.S. Agent for the Shawnees. He was so shocked at
the barbarities committed by the members of his party that he expressed his
sympathy for the Free-state men, with the result above indicated; being shot
while riding with his son near the Methodist Mission. :

A remarkable battle was fought in the western part of Johnson County,
this same year. Being fought on Bull Creek, and the rout of one of the armies
being complete, it is spoken of now by some Kansans as “The first battle of
Bull Run.” Gen. Lane met the Pro-slavery forces under Gen. Reid where the
village of Lanesfield was located. Lane’s forces numbered about four hundred,
while Reid’s were about fifteen hundred. After a few shots had been exchanged
by skirmishers on either side, Reid ordered his men to fall back. This order
was obeyed with alacrity, the men, panic-stricken, falling clear back to West-
port, Mo., a distance of thirty miles, without stopping to rest their jaded steeds.

After the fight, Gen. Lane’s men burned the residence of Richard McCamish,

as a retaliation of his having taken part in the fight under Reid, as was re-
ported. Other Johnson County participants in the bloodless battle of .Lanes-
ville, under Gen. Reid, were Samuel Garrett, P. Cosgrove, S. B. Myrick and
Jerry Williams. There were none under Gen. Lane.

During the summer an attempt was made by Joel Grover to organize a
company within the county to act with the Free-state men, but owing to the
limited number in the county who sympathized with the cause, the attempt
was abandoned, _

In the fall of 1856, Perk Randall was elected a member of the Legislatura
Rev. Thomas Johnson holding over as a member of the Council.

Perhaps nothing more clearly shows the purpose of the Slavery propagan-
dists, and their utter and wanton disregard of the principles of right and liber
ty, than the records of early elections in a small precinct named Oxford, in
Johnson County, near the Missouri line, containing eleven houses. October 5,
1857, an election was held for Councilmen, Senators and Representatives in the
Legislature. On the 19th of the month, Governor Robert J. Walker issued
a proclamation rejecting the whole return from Oxford precinct. This return
was a manuscript fifty feet long, containing 1,628 names, mostly of imaginary
voters. Onthe 2oth a Democratic meeting was held at Lecompton, of which
Major G. D. Hand, of Johnson County, was secretary. The meeting passed a
long series of resolutions severely condemning the Governor for his action in this
matter. Had the return been admitted it would have changed the party char-
acter of the Legislature, transferring from the Free state to the Pro-slavery side
three Councilmen and eight Representatives. On the 21st of December, 1857,
an election was held on the Lecompton Constitution, Oxford precinct again
distinguished itself by casting 1,214 illegal votes. Shawnee at this election cast
729 illegal votes. At this election, W. J. Sheraff, A. A. Cox, H. W. Jones
and J. B. Willey were chosen Representatives in the Legislature from Johnson
County. On January 4, 1858, an election was held for the election of officers
under the Lecompton Constitution. Oxford precinct now showed a marked
improvement over both of its other attempts, casting only 696 illegal votes.
On the 29th of the same month in which this last election was held, a census of
Oxford was taken in accordance with an act of the Legislature, which census
showed that the precinct contained but forty-two voters. At the three elections,
above mentioned, the ¢o/a/ vote cast in the precinct was: October 5th and 6th,
1,628 votes ; December 21st, 1,266 votes; January 4, 1858, 738 votes. We may
certainly say with truth that in each and all of these efforts a zeal worthy of a
better cause was shown.

In April, 1859, a proposition to hold a Constitutional Convention was sub-
mitted to the people of the Territory. The proposition was sustained, and the
convention assembled at Wyandotte on the first Tuesday in March, 1859. John-
son County was represented in this convention by John T. Barton (Dem.) and
John T, Burris, (Rep.), Col. Burris has the honor of being the first outspoken
Republican in this then Democratic stronghold, and the first Republican
elected at a general election. On the first Tuesday in October, following, the
constitution framed by the Wyandotte Convention, was adopted by the people
by a majority of nearly 4,000—10,241 for ; 5,530 against it.

During the summer the Republicans, for the first time in the history of
the county, organized and put in nomination candidates for the various
county offices and two candidates for Representatives in the Legislature—
J. E. Hayes, of Olathe, and Dr. Scott, of Shawnee. For Representatives the
Democrats nominated L. S. Cornwell, of Olathe, and Charles Simms, of Spring
Hill. They were elected over their Republican competitors by majorities of
88 and 126 respectively.

The first Legislature of the State of Kansas met at Topeka, March 26,
1861, Johnson County being represented therein by John Lockhart in the
Senate, and by J. E. Corliss, J. F. Legate and J.E. Hayes in the House. In
the following fall the Republicans won their first general victory in the County,
electing J. F. Legate to the Senate, and W. H. M. Fishback, W. M. Sheen,
and Eli McKee to thie House, by respectable majorities, and all the county off-
cers as related below : : .

In 1862, they elected W. H. M. Fishback to the Senate bya majority of

 
JOHNSON COUNTY.

136; Charles H. Stratton to the Legislature by a majority of 119, and William
Williams by a majority of 29, the Democrats electing D. G. Campbell by a ma-
jority of 28. % :

Since that time, Johnson County has been honored in the Senate by the
following gentlemen: ,

James B. Abbott, elected in 1866; A. Arrasmith, in 1868; G. M. Bowers,
in 1870; John P.St. John, in 1872; W. W. Maltby, in 1874; J. M. Hadley,
elected in 1876 for four years; L. W. Breyfogle, in 1880, present member.

In the House of Representatives, the following gentlemen have been
elected from Johnson County at the dates appended to their names:

John T. Burris, A. S. Johnson and Gerrit C. Rue, in 1865; M. B. Lyon,
Albert Johnson and J. W. Sponable, in 1866; J. P. Robinson, D. G. Campbell
and J. B. Bruner, in 1867; R.E. Stevenson, D. B. Johnson and J. T. Rankin,
in 1868; John T. Burris, John H. Lusher and Frederic Ridlon, in 1869; Wil-
liam Williams, D. B. Johnson and I, D. Clapp, in 1870; J. H. Connelly, T. G,
Stephenson and A. Taylor, in 1871; Thomas James, J. M. Miller and A. Bel.
den, in 1872; W. W.. Maltby, George F. Rogers and Thomas Hancock, in 1873;
D. G. Campbell, R. E. Stevenson and Z. Meredith, in 1874; D. G. Campbell,
W. H. Toothaker and George F. Rogers, in 1875; George W. Ridge, Henry
Perley and E. Clark, in 1876, for two years; L, W. Breyfogle, Archibald Shaw
and J. B. Bruner, in 1878; J. B. Hutchinson, Austin Brown and Rezin Addy,
in 1880.

WAR HISTORY.

‘From the time of the failure of the “ English Bill,” in 1857, there had been
comparative peace on the border. It then became evident to the Pro-slavery
party everywhere that, even with the aid of the Government, the “ institution ”
could not be forced upon Kansas. Efforts to that end‘therefore ceased. The
seasons of 1858 and 1859 were mild and propitious. Crops were good, immi-
gration heavy, trade lively, money plenty, in short, prosperity reigned. In
1860, the great drought, mentioned elsewhere, was very disastrous and dis-
couraging.

In 1861, when the war came on, Johnson County, in common with other
counties bordering on Missouri, had peculiar reasons for looking forward to the
future with grave forebodings. Although peace had reigned near four years,
it had been the peace of conquest on the one hand, of defeat on the other. The
defeated party was just across the line in Missouri; the hearts of which party
were filled with a smoldering hatred which rieeded but the first spark of war to
rekindle it into flame and fury. When that spark was struck by the attack upon
Fort Sumter, the exultation of this party was unbounded. They looked upon
the North as cowardly, upon the South as invincible, and an easy victory as a
logical sequence. To wreak vengeance upon their foes, they were fully deter-
mined, now that opportunity had come, and they had many foes in Johnson
County. ;

Alhough knowing well what to expect, most of this county’s people re-
solved to remain at home and do their duty as it should develop from day to
day. ‘A few of the more timid moved to localities they considered more safe.
The county furnished its full quota of soldiers throughout the four long years of
the war for the Union, who did their full share. of noble fighting. In about
three weeks after the first call for troops a company of fifty men was enlisted
and organized, with’S. F. Hill, Captain ; James W. Parmeter, First Lieutenant;
Warren Kimball, Second Lieutenant ; and John K. Rankin, Third Lieutenant.
These officers were commissioned May 14, and the company was assigned to
the Second Kansas Infantry as Company C. Upon the second call for volun-
teers a second company was organized, of which J. E. Hayes was Captain ;
Thomas E. Milhoan, First Lieutenant ; and F. H. Burris, Second Lieutenant.
For some time this company belonged to the Fourth Regiment, but in the spring
of 1862, it became Co, A. of the Tenth Regiment, Captain Hayes resigning
to accept aposition in the Twelfth Regiment, Lieut. Milhoan being promoted
to the captaincy. John T. Burris, who had been commissioned Lieut. Colonel
of :the Fourth Regiment was assigned to the Tenth with the’same rank.
Thomas McGannon, of Olathe, was made Adjutant of the regiment.

In the winter of 1861-2 the Second Regiment ‘of Infantry, having served
out its three months term of enlistment, was re-enlisted as cavalry for three
years, Johnson County furnishing part of one company, and two officers: Pat
Cosgrove, as First Lieutenant of Co. G., and G. M. Waugh, Second Lieutenant.
In May, 1864, Pat Cosgrove was promoted to the Captaincy of Co. L., and Jo-
seph Hutchinson, of Olathe, promoted to fill the vacancy. G. M. Waugh be-
came Lieut. Colonel of the Second Arkansas Infantry, and was serving in that

ity at the close of the war. . ;
eee Naty an entire company was.raised in Johnson County for the Eighth
Kansas Infantry, and was assigned as Co, F. of that regiment with J. M. Had-
ley as Second Lieutenant. This was in the fall of 1861. On March 15, 1862,
Sec, Lieut. Hadley was promoted to ‘the First Lieutenancy of Co. G., Ninth
Cavalry, and May 15, 1865, was commissioned Major, retaining that rank until
the expiration of his term of enlistment. : ; ;

On May 3, 1863; T. J. Hadley, who had enlisted as a private in Co. F.,
Eighth Regiment, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in Co. L., Fifth Caval-
ry. Among those who enlisted in this latter company, was Col. A. Payne, of
Monticello, who in the early days had beena leading and influential member of
the Pro-slavery party in the county ; but who with many others of similar views,
could not follow his party into the struggle for the dismemberment of the Un-
ion, Tn the latter part of the summer of 1862, Wm. Pellet, of Olathe, was

-commissioned to. raise another company of infantry. They were quickly en-
listed and organized, with J. W. Parmeter, Captain ; and Wm. Pellet, Second
Lieutenant, But, as they were almost immediately taken prisoners and paroled
by Quantrill’s guerrillas, they were not assigned to active duty in the field, As
Company Hi. of the Twelfth Regiment, they performed garrison duty at Forts
Leavenworth, Larned and Riley, until August, 1865, when they were mustered
out. j 4 é . aint

- A company was raised, also for the Twelfth Regiment, in the vicinity of
Gardner a Borie Hill, of which John T. Gordon, of Lanesfield, was Cap-

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tain; George Ellis, First Lieutenant; and James H. Berkshire, of Spring Hill,
Second Lieutenant. This regiment was finally ordered to Ft. Smith, Arkansas»
where it became a part of the brigade under Gen. Steele. While marching to
effect a junction with Gen. Banks, at Shreveport, La., they met the enemy on
the 30th of April, 1864, at Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas. A heavy battle was
fought, and early in the engagement, Lieut. Col. Hayes was struck above the
knee by a minie ball, inflicting a dangerous wound.

The horrible massacre at Lawrence, which occurred August 21, 1863,
aroused the citizens of Kansas to renewed efforts in behalf of the Union and the
defense of their own firesides. The Fifteenth Regiment of Cavalry was raised
immediately after the Lawrenceraid. C. R. Jennison, the notorious jayhawker,
who had been Colonel of the Seventh Regiment, was appointed Colonel of the
Fifteenth. George H. Hoyt, a notorious red-leg, was commissioned Lieuten-
ant-Colonel, and John M. Laing, Major. This regiment,was composed princi-
pally of veteran soldiers, veteran red-legs, and veteran jayhawkers, imbued with
an intense hatred of the rebellion, brave even to recklessness, and animated
with a spirit to avenge the great and peculiar wrongs of Kansas.

Johnson County furnished one entire company to this regiment, besides a
number scattered through other companies, and the following officers: John A.
Wanless, ot Shawnee, Captain Company A; James Wilson, of Spring Hill, First
Lieutenant; D. W. Wallingford, of Olathe, Second Lieutenant; John Roberts,
of Olathe, Second Lieutenant of Company K, and John Francis, editor of the
Olathe Mirror, Regimental Commissary.

This regiment distinguished itself in 1864, fighting Gen. Price’s army,
when on its famous raid. Outsideof this it had but little opportunity to give
proof of the material of which it was composed, but during the series of battles
incident upon that raid. a portion of the regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel
Hoyt, at the battle of the Blue. made one of the most gallant sabre charges of
the war.

LOCAL ‘BATTLES AND RAIDS.

The first battle of the war within the limits of the county is distinguished
by the name of the battle of Blow-hard. It was fought in August, 1861. The
farmers between Olathe and the Missouri had previously held a meeting at the
house of Gabriel Reed, and determined to station night patrols on the roads
leading into Missouri. From the opposition of one of their number who was
present, it was promptly inferred that he wasa Rebel sympathizer.

Shortly after the meeting, Pat. Cosgrove and Joseph Hutchison went to
Little Santa Fe on official business, They failed to return at the time they
were expected, and it was learned next day that they were held as prisoners in
Missouri. A company of one hundred men was soon organized, armed with
almost every conceivable kind of weapon, and marching with patriotic afdor on
Little Santa Fe. fully determined to rescue the prisoners, at whateyer cost.
After marching about five miles the company halted, sending forward two of
their number to reconnoiter. While awaiting the return of this little reconnoi-
tering party the balance spent the time in speculating upon the number of
ghastly rebel corpses that would bestrew the ground next morning around Little
Santa Fe. unless those prisoners were surrendered on demand. While thus
engaged, a long black line of horsemen was suddenly discovered approaching
from the direction of the objective point of their march, and our brave warriors,
as suddenly losing all solicitude as to the fate of the prisoners whom they had
so recently been so anxious to rescue, instantly instituted a retrograde move-
ment towards Olathe, the rapidity of which would have done credit to the most
ambitious pedestrian. Upon reaching the summit of a ridge they looked back.
Their pursuers were not in sight. A part of them.therefore halted, and hastily
threw up a fortification of timber, sixty feet square by two feet high. In this
fortification about twenty awaited the expected attack of the Rebels, the re-
mainder meanwhile hastening on toward home. The Rebels did not attack.
They did not emerge from the timber along Tomahawk Creek. Upon investi-
gation, it was learned that they had merely come out to escort Franklin and his
family back to Missouri among their friends.

_ The prisoners themselves soon returned, not having been harmed nor mis-
treated in any way. Thus happily ended the battle of Blow-hard.

_Gennison's Raid.—Shortly after the happy termination of this “battle,” C.
R, Jennison made a raid on Olathe. He had raised a company with a view of
joining a regiment then being organized at Leavenworth, but not being accepted,
he decided to do some independent work. Arriving at Olathe, he arrested L.
S. Cornwell, Mr. Drake, Judge Campbell, and a family named Turpin, on the
charge of being traitors and rebels. These parties were searched for weapons,
sworn not to take up arms. against the Union, and released. L. S. Cornwell
and Drake left the county in consequence of this raid,and Jennison was never
punished for his arbitrary proceeding. : :

Quanirill's Raid.—September 6, 1862, was the night of Quantrill’s famous
raid upon Olathe. He had doubtless been informed of the defenceless condi-
tion of the town. Uis band consisted of about one hundred and forty men.

_Upon approaching Olathe, they killed a young man named Frank Cook, who

had shortly previous enlisted in the Twelfth Kansas, and also two brothers,
John J. and James B. Judy, who had also enlisted in the Twelfth Regiment.
Upon entering Olathe, the inhabitants being taken by surprise, they marched
through the town, invaded the houses and stores, stole considerable property and
goods of various kinds. corraled the citizens in the public square, and in the
melee shot and killed Hiram Blanchard, of Spring Hill, who tried to prevent
them from stealing his horse, also Phillip Wiggins and Josiah Skinner. After
ee his designs, Quantrill led his men back into Missouri with their
plunder.

This raid was a severe check to the prosperity of Olathe, or perhaps it
would be more correct to say, a powerful aid to its decline. Its business men
had lost heavily by. the raid, and but little of the property stolen was ever re-
covered. The people felt insecure, being subject to raids by both friends and
foes of the Union. Afterwards soldiers were stationed in the town for protec-
tion, and the citizens felt more secure.

Emboldened by his success at Olathe Quantrill repeated his experiment at
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Shawnee, Gn the 17th of October following. At this place a great deal of prop-
erty was stolen, and nearly the whole town burned down, fourteen houses being
entirely consumed, and others considerably damaged by the fire. A Mr. Stiles
and a Mr. Becker were killed in the town, and five others besides, outside, one
of whom was James Warfield and another an Indian,

In February, 1863, George Todd, one of Quantrell’s lieutenants, attacked
Spring Hill with a force of ten men, taking the town entirely by surprise, as had
been the case at Olathe and Shawnee. Although considerable property was
stolen and destroyed, no murder was committed at that time.

During the year, however, the people all over the county were ina state of
continual alarm, as an occasional depredation of some kind, or murder, would
be reported. Among the citizens of the county shot and killed this year were
William Reece, and a Mexican trader and one of his men, all in the vicinity of
Indian Creek.

On the 2tst of August, 1863, occurred the Lawrence raid. On their way
thither, Quantrill’s forces passed through Johnson County, camping near Aubry
for supper.

_ During the remainder of the war, however, the border was amply pro-

tected. One of the steps taken was the enrollment and arming of the militia of
the State. The Thirteenth Regiment, consisting of 500 men, was raised in
Johnson County, Julius’A. Keeler being commissioned Colonel, Alexander S.
Johnson, Lieutenant-Colonel, and William Roy, Adjutant. W. H. M. Fish-
back, of Olathe, was Brigadier-General, in command of a division, and Harry
McBride, Adjutant-General of the same brigade. The duties of the militia,
although arduous, were cheerfully performed, and produced a sense of security
and protection which could not have been well otherwise obtaiged. Being citi-
zens of the county, they were simply protecting their own and their neighbors’
homes.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, OFFICIAL ROSTER, ETC.

The county was organized, as has been stated, in 1855, but there was no full complement
of officers until March, 1857, when Gov. Robert J. Walker appointed the following: Com-
missioners, John T. Ector, John Evans, and William Fisher, Jr ; Probate Judge, John P.
Campbell; Treasurer, John T. Barton; Sheriff Pat. Cosgrove. The Commissioners held
their first meeting on September 7. and appointed John Henry lake, clerk, aud Samuel C,
.Wear attended as deputy-sheriff. At this meeting but little business was transacted. An
election wag ordered for the purpose of electing county officers, which was held on the first
Monday in October, but owing to some informality connecteu with it, declared void. The
second meeting of the Commissioners was held October 28, at which time the townships of
Aubry, Lexington, Monticello, McCamish, Olathe, Santa Fe (now Oxford), Spring Hill, and
Shawnee were organized and special commissioners appointed to prescribe their bound-
arles, Gardner, then a partof Spring Hill Township, was soon afterward separately or-
ganized, Atthe third meeting of the Commissioners, December 7. Constables were appointed
for euch township: Anderson Tate, for Olathe; N.T. Milliner, for Monticello; David P.
Wear, for Shawnee; T. M. Powers, for McCamish; Robert Victor, for Gardner; Jacob But-
trum, for Oxford; and R. Todd, for Lexington. .

In March, 1858, the first conuty election was held, with the following result: Commis-
sioners, John T. Ector John J. Evans, and William Fisher, Jr.; J. H. Blake, Register of
Deeds; James Rich, Clerk of the Board of Commissioners; Pat. Cosgrove, Sheriff; Jona-
than Gore, County Attorney; S. B, Myrick, Deputy Clerk; and Samuel Wear, Deputy Sher-
iff by appointment. Intbe followin September John M. Giffen was appointed County At-
torney to fiil the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Jonathan Gore.

There seemsto have been no attempt at this election on the part of the Free-state men
to elect a set of officers, the county being too overwhelmingly Democratic, But they did
inake an attempt to arrest John T. Evans, on account of his connection with operations in
1856. John Lockhart was the Jeader of this party. After chasing Evans on the upen prairie
most of the day they relinquished the attempt, returned to Olathe and arrested Judge
Campbell, and took him to- Lawrence for trial. Judge Campbell was soon afterwards
released,

In the fall of 1859 the following county officers were elected by the Democratic party:
Probate Judge, E.S. Wilkenson, Clerk, S. B. Myrick; Treasurer, A. B. Squires: Register
of Deeds, J. H. Blake; Sheriff, Pat. Cosgrove, County Attorney,G. M. Waugh; Sur-
veyor, A. Slaughter; Superintendent of Public Instruction, W. Christison. All the officers
elected at this time were good men and sufficieutly well qualified to perform the duties
of their respective offices acceptably tu the people with one exception, that of the County
Treasurer. Heturned out to be an utterly reckless and dishonest official, and atthe cnd of
his term to be a defaulter toa very large amount. In compensation or in part compensa-
tion to the county he offered to turnin Johnson County scrip, which was refused by the
Board of Commissioners. Suit was brought and a judgment obtained against him for
$6,000. He again tendered scrip which was again refused, and as a result his boudsmen
were released. The county secure t nothing on its judgment, and Squires left. The county
officers elected in the fall of 1861 were ail Republicans, though some of them had but re-
cently joinedthe party, This was the case wih 8. B. Myrick, who had fought at the battle
of Bull Ureek under Gen. Reid and had been repeatedly elected to the office of Clerk by
the Democrats. The officers elected were as follows, the figures attached to each name be-
ing the jnajority received: Coinmissioners, Ejias Mason, G. W. Roberts, and Adam Sheets;
Clerk, J. H. Jackson (61); Register of Deeds, S. B, Myrick (15); Treasurer John W.
Sponable (53); Sheriff, Jolin Jones (92.)

Since the above election the county officers have been as follows:

Commisstones. elected in 1863. D. M. Williams, Kvan Shriver and Elias Mason; in 1864
Thomas Hogan, to fill a vacancy; in 1865, D. M. Williams, W. C. Smith, and C. L. Dille; in
1867, B. ¥. Hollenbeck, John Brady and J.ln Fulgher; in 1869, W. H. Brady. John Brady
and H, W. McClintock; iu 1871, Tuomas Douglas, J. B. Marshall and WH. McOlintock;
in 1873, J, A. Hibbard, J. E. Barnard and V. R, lllis; in 1875, L, F. Watts, J. A, Hipbard
and Alexander Miller; in 1877, Thomas Douglas, T. G. Stephenson and Thomas P erce,
Hereafter two Commissioners hold over, and one Js elected each year, In 1878, C. Zenring
is elected for three years; in 1879, T. G. Stephenson; in 1880, A. Hritz; 1n 1881, C. Zehring.

Judges of Probate have been as follows: ¥. Blodgett elected in 1862, re-elected in
1864; 1b. P. Noteman, in 1866, 1868 and 1870; G. F. Hendrickson in 1872, and at every
successive clection until the present time.

Sheriffs—John_ Janes, in 1863; J. M. Hadley, in 1865 and 1867; A. J. Clemmans, In 1869
and 187 ieee Reitz, in 1878; A. J. Clemmans, in 1875 and 1877; Willfam Julian, in

and . ~ :

Ae at Clerks—F. E. Ilenderson, in 1863, 1865 and 1857; John T. Taylor, in 1869 and

1871; Joseph Martin, in 1873, 1875 and 1877; Frank Huntoon, in 1879 and 1881.

Clerks of District Court—J. T. Weaver, elected jn 1861; 8.3. Myrick, tn 1864 and 1866;
T. J. Hadley, in 1868; J. M. Hadley, in 1870, 1872 and 1874; . H. Lott, tn 1876, and at
each succeeding election since. ;

e Treasurers—J W.Sponable, elected in 1861 and 1863; Col, J, E. Hayes, in 1865; J. II.
Blake, in 1867 and 1869; J. B. Bruner, in 1871 and 1873; H. A. Tayloi, In 1875 and 1877:
A. G. Carpenter, in 1879 and 1881. .

County Attorneys—A. S. Devinney elected in 1864: William Roy, in 1865; John ‘I,
Burris, in 1566; J. L. Wines, in 1868: Frank R. Ogg, in 1870 aud 1872; J. W. Green, in
1874; J. P. Hindman, i 1876; John T, Burris, in 1878; John A, Rankin, in 1880.

County Surveyors—R. Morgan, in 1861; I. C. Stuck, in 1863; M. J, Burke, in 1865; Frank
LL. Weaver, in 1867; I. C. Stuck, in 1869 and 1871; D. Hubbard, in 1873; J.P. Hindman, in
1875; A. G. Carpenter, 1877; T. A. Parker, in 1879 and 1881. ,

uperintendents of Public Instructio —L. F. Blodgett, elected in 1861; O.S. Laws,
1862; W. H. Smith. 1863; O. S. Laws, 1864; C. E, Lewis. 1866 aud 1868; J. B. Pollock;
70: B.S. McFarland, 1872; A. Renwick, 1874; Frank Murdock, 1876 and 1878; W. J.

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aie of Deeds—S. B. Myrick, elected in 1861; J. E. Clark, 1862 and 1863; I. 8. Far-
ris, 1865-67-6 and 1871; A. H. Lott, 1873; E. L. Caress, 1875-77-79; R. E. Stevenson, 1881.

County Assessors—T. T Cadwallader, elected in 1861; W. B. Thorn, 1863; John T..
Taylor, 1865; Wm. Wiiliams, in 1867, after which time the office was discontinued.

Atthe organization of the county, the county seat_was located where Shawnee now
stands, which place was then known as Gum Springs. Early in the summer of 1858, parties
interested in the town of Olathe had an election called on the county seat question. Olathe
was successful in this election, which was heldin May. Butas under the Territorial laws,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

such elections had to be ordered by the Governor, and as inthis case the Governor had not
heard of the desire of the citizens to change their county seat, the change itself was unwar-
ranted because illegal. Governor Denver, upon hearing of it, ordered the officers back to
Gum Springs, and accordingly, having held their last meeting at Olathe ou the first of June,
they returned to Gum Springs on tue 6th. Thereupon, those desiring Olathe to be the
county seat went to work and had an election for Jocating it there held some time in Octo-
ber ina legal manner. They were again successful, and tue officers moved to Olathe about
the 27th of the same month. In 1859 the jail was built by J, E, Hayes. It isa substantial
stone building and cost the county $6,000. In 1859 Fred. W. Case erected the building on
the corner now used as a part of the Court House, at a cost of $1,200; in January, 1865, the
county bought the balance of the lot on which this corner building stood for $85, and dur-
ing this latter year the new portion of the building was erected at a cost of $2,825, making a
total cost of the Court House of $4,110.

RAILROADS,

Johnson County is cross-d by five railroads: The Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf,
entering the county near its northeastern corner, running in a general southwesterly di-
rection and leaving the county near the middle of its southern boundary; The Kansas Vity,
Lawrence & Southern Kansas, using the line of theformer road to Olathe and then run-
ning southwesterly to Ottawa; the St. Louis, Lawrence & Denver, entering the county at
the north west corner, running southeasterly through Olathe and to Pleasant Hill, Mo.; and
the Kansas & Midland Raijlroad, running along the Kansas River through the northwest
corner of the county; andthe Kansas City & Olathe, running north from Olathe and con-
necting with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe at Waseca. i

An election was held November 7, 1865, on the question of issuing $100.000 in bonds tn
the Kansas Clty & Neosho Valley Railroad. The people ardently desiring the advantages of
rallroad communication with the outside world, voted for the bonds with enthusiasm, 598
for, to 265agalustthem. This road is now the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf: It was
commenced in the summer of 1867, completed to Olathe November 19, and to the south line
of the county in 1869. ;

On the 6th of April, 1869, another election was held on the question of issuing $100,000
in bonds in aid of each of two railroads, the St. Louis, Lawrence & Denver, and the Kansas
City & Santa Fe, now the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas, There had been held
two previous elections on the same proposition, at both of which the bonds had been, voted
down, but at this election they carried by_a vote of 1,301 for, to 627 against them more,
thantwotoone, The Kansas City & Santa Fe road was completed to Ottawa in 1870, and the
St. Louis, Lawrence & Denver was built from Lawrence 1o Pleasant Hill, in 1871.

In the year 1873 the county refused tv pay interest on the first issue of the bonds, on
the ground of alleged illegaliry oftheir issue. A Jaw suit was the consequence, which ter-
minated in a compromise. There are now outstanding against the county $283,000 in
bonds, $167,000 in five-twenty, six per cents, and $116,000 insevemper cent bonds, matur-
ing in December, 1899. Tue assessed value of allratiroad property in the county is $750,-
000, the annual taxes upon which, at three per cent, amount to $22,500. The interest on
the bonds amounts annually to $18,140; so that the taxes naid by the railroads each year
exceed the interest on the bons by about $4,000, which applied to the payment of the
principal wouldin twenty years amount tu $80,000. If weadd to this the enhancement in
the value of real estate and all kinds of farm products, resulting from the existence of rail-
roads in the county, it would seem thatthe issuance of bonds ‘was_not altogether a bonus
without equivalent, as some parties have tried to make ita pear. Immediately upon set-
tling the terms of the compromise, a sinking fund was established for the purpose of retir-
ing the bonded indebtedness of the county at as early aday aspracticable, and it is more
than probable that the last dollar of debt will be paid in good faith Jong before the maturity
of the bonds. The opposition to the payment of the interest on the bouds was not sustained
by the sober second thought of the people, and those who favored meeting the obligations
of the county, have overwhelmingly !riumphed in succeeding elections, as could only be
the case in an intelligent and honorable community like that in Johnson County.

COUNTY SOCIETIES.

Gardner Grange No. 68, Patrons of Husbandry, was instituted in 1873, and was the
first grange in Johnson County. During the year, and the first few mouths of 1874, thirty-
six granges in all were instituted, with an aggregate membership of 1,200. During the first
three years of the existence of the granges, the objects aimed at, were merely social and
intellectual, but in 1876 the Johnson County Co-operative Association was instituted, with
the view of entering the commercial field, and in July of thal year, business was begun in
Olathe with one store, which confined itself to the grocery line, and in which there was
invested $800. From time to time the busine~s was enlarged by the addition to it of dry
goods, boots and shoes, hardware, agricultural implements ‘and wholesale goods. In
1881, the capital invested had increased to $30,000, and the business of the year
amounted to $250,000. This amount includes the business done atthe centrat store at
Olathe, and the two stores, one each at Stanley and Edgerton. In 1882, there was a branch
store established at De Soto, and one at Gardner. ‘

Pomona Grange No. 118, P. of H., was established in 1878, with D. D. Marquis, master.
and W. R. Walker, secretary. This grange is composed of delegates from the subordinate
granges in the county, of which there are now twenty, instead _of thirty-six, as at first, the
membership reinain’ 1g in the aggrerate the same, namely 1,200.

The Johnson County Publishing Association, was instituted in 1878, in which year the
Olathe Leader, a weekly, four page paper, was established under their proprietorship, with
S. E. Avers, editor. InJune, 188], it was Sulatged to au eight page paper, its name changea
to the Kansas Patron and Farmer, its editorial management Placed In charge of R, E. G.
Huntington, D.D., and the paper itself advanced from a mere county paper, to the official
organ of the Kansas State Grange,

The Agricultural and Mechanieal Fair Association, was organized in 1867, and the first
pounty fair held October 1st, 2d and 3d of that year, but the business of the association be-
ing a osing one, its organization was discontinued.

Normat Institute —In 1877, the Legislature passed laws providing for, and regulating
normal institutes, ‘hese laws provide that the session uf each iustitute shall be not le s
than four weeks, and that a competent conductor and instructors shall be employed. The
first normal institute in Jonson County was held in Olathe, in the summer of 1877, since
which time they have been held annually, and have been attended on an average by
about one hundred teachers.

 

STATISTICS.

The public schools of the county aro generally in a Hourishing condition, and have ex-
cellent Schoolhouses. In 1882, there were niuety-four districts; 6,379 children of school
age; 107 teachers employed, at an average salary for the male teachers of $38 01 per month,
and for the females of $29.18. Estimated valué-of school buildings and grounds, $78,000;
furniture, $8,000; apparatus, $1,500; books, $300. Total value of schoel property, $87,800.

There has been considerable attention patd to the planting of foresttrees. In 188],
there were 152 acres of walnut, 184 acres of maple, 16 acres of honey locust, 60 acres of
Lotbouwood, 6 acres of catalpa and 255 acres of other varieties, making a total of 673

More attention has been paid to fruit than to forest culture. Inthe same year, as given
above, there were growin, 158.747 apple trees, 6,064 r tree 5 pea é
Diu tees and v.84 chery 847 pp ,064 pear trees, 106,106 peach trees, 5.304

he principal crops, there were raised 43,404 acres of winter wheat, 1,182 acres of
rye, 57,169 acresof corn, 7,487 acres of oats, 996 acres of potatoes, 26 429 cores hee 9254
acres of tinothy, 19,221 acres of clover and 12,254 acres of prairie meadow.
GARI tae ee ae fencerare used OF board rence, ihere were 90,585 rods; rail,

1 5 3 , 20,666 rods; hedge, 7 rods; an 3 ¥
16 Pod af feiea 828,397, or 891 nulles ee of wire 88,345 rods—total number

e, the personal and real estate of Johnson County had advanced to the followin
figures: horses, 7,260, value, $251,777; cattle, 16,643. value, $191,525; mules, 1.150, value,
Sob aR sheep, 1,647, value $2,491; hogs, 16,628, value, $46,077; goats 4, value $12; vehi-
cles, 2,306, value, $49,701; stocks, $13,900; moneys, $62,321.50; money invested in mer-
chandisitug, $96.794; in manufactures, $3,865; nutes and mortgages, $145,874; farming
gre Be eee al oener personal property. $222,088.50; tolal of personal property,

. 7 Ae m ssumac ti s
$) a total of taxable property, Seri. 845 vustitutional exemption of $325,000, there remains
faxable value of real estate is a8 follows: Number of acres of taxable lands, 262.142.
value $2,016,470; village lots, 8.374, value $349,224 ; railroad property, S7z.850. total
taxable value of real estate, $3,128,244.02. Grand total of taxable property, $4,00v,089.02.

In 1860, the population of the county was 4,364; in 1870, 13,684; in 1875, 14,580; ‘in
1878, estimated at 18,139; in 1880. according to Unitea States census, 16,864; in 1881
wecgrdlng to tsgas0r!s returns, 15,228. ; i

Otal assessinent of property for the following years: For 1865, $2,651,000; 1870, $3.-
008.000; IFRS HL UOU GSO, 367900) TaRk, 88: aE BR bal Sony

s ¢ i gz ‘ one-thirdreal value, brings t t
kinds of property in the county up to a trifle over $12,000,000. . sai cc

 
OLATHE,

This city, the county-seat of Johnson County, is situated very nearly in
the geographical center of the county. It is a thriving city of 3,000 inhabitants,
and a railroad center, The city itself and its surroundings are very attractive.
Art has added much to nature, and even before the growth or planting of trees,
hedges and shrubbery, and before the building of houses and fences, and the
embellishmert of grounds, nature here, in her wild state, was such as to lead
the beholder to exclaim, ‘‘O-Ja-the /’” Shawnee for beautiful, hence the future
name of che city.

This was in the spring of 1857, when Dr. Barton with a party came out to
survey the town site of the future county-seat. With the party was a Shawnee
Indian, named Dave Dougherty. The proposed location of the future city was
pointed out by Dr. Barton to his companions, from the ridge east of town. After
viewing it a few moments, the Indian exclaimed, as aboye recited, “O la-the!”
(beautiful), Barton at once decided on Olathe for the name of the town.

The town site being selected, building upon it was at once commenced.
Early in the same spring Dr. Barton and Charles A. Osgood built the first house
in the town, It was of rough lumber, 12x14 feet, stood near the present site of
the Olathe House, and served as a grocery, drug store, dry goods store, saloon
and hotel. The second house was built by Col. Clarkson and Jacob Thuma.
{t was a one-story frame building. 15x24, of cottonwood boards, and stood near
the northeast corner of the public square The third house was built by Gen.
Dick Taylor, a son of Zachary Taylor, President of the United States. Soon
after this, a number of other buildings were’ erected, and the town was thus
fairly started. During the year 1857, the following persons came to Olathe and
became citizens of the new town: Jonathan Milliken, J. B. Whittier, Charles
A. Osgood, C M Ott, J. H. Blake, John P. Campbell, S. F. Hill, Charles
Mayo, Beattie Melaffie, and Henderson Boggs.

Jonathan Milliken took a farm near the town, built the first substantial
house, and the next year was married to Miss Emily L. Whittier, a second
cousin to the poet Whittier, and the first white woman in Olathe.

J. B Whitt.er rented two small buildings near the southwest corner of the
square, and opened the first hotel in the town, under the name of the Umon
House In the management of this hotel he was assisted by his sister, Miss
Emily L. Whittier., Among the guests at the Union House during the summer
of 1858. were Gen. James H. Lane, S. C. Pomeroy, afterwards United States
Senator from Kansas, A D. Richardson, Old John Brown, the martyr, and the
mildest mannered Quantrill.

S. F. Hill opened a store on the west side of the square, and remained in
business here until some time during the war, when he died. C. A. Osgood
opened a farm adjoining the town on the south, the first one opened up in
Johnson County. John P. Campbell, a cousin of James K, Polk, came here
from Nashville, Tenn. He was looked upon as a brilliant and promising law-
yer in that State, but he impaired his faculties by the use of alcoholic stimulants,
and died of consumption in the early years of the war. C. M. Ott opened a
small bakery, upon a capital of fifteen dollars, and by tact, energy and fair deal-

“ing, became quite a wealthy and highly respected citizen. Henderson Boggs
built the Olathe House, ran it as a hotel for some time, and sold it to Thuma &
Scott, who in turn sold it to Benjamin Dare. Mr, Dare dared to extract a
check from’a letter directed to L. F. Crist. Being apprehended, he gave bonds,
secured his bondsman, S. F. Hill, and left Olathe, never to return.

The first marriage in Olathe was that of D. W. Wallingford to Miss Eliza-
beth Swartz, early in 1857. The attraction between these two persons was
sudden as well as mutual, they being married in four days after first meeting.
The county records bear no evidence of this marriage having occurred. The
first recorded marriage was that of Charles Osgood ‘to Miss Caroline Roberts,
June 15, 1857, which was solemnized by John P. Campbell, then Probate

udge.
i The Southern Methodists commenced a church building this year, but did
not complete it, for in about two months after commencing it, a storm leveled
it to the ground, a discouraging event in the straightened condition of the
society’s finances. 2

The first child born in Olathe, was a daughter to a slave mother, which,
however, did not live. The first white child born was Julia Osgood, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Osgood, the birth occurring March 20, 1858.

The first death was that ot a-carpenter, C. R. Jenkinson, who died in 1857,
from the effects of cutting his knee with anadze.  __

Early in the history of Olathe, Dr. Barton and Ed. Nash opened an
office for the sale of real estate. Owing to their having purchased the field notes
of the survey by Coffman, as previously related, they really had a monopoly
of the claim business and realized very handsome returns. Dr. Barton was,
during his residence in the county, its leading Democratic politician
and leading physician. He remained in Olathe until 1859 or 1860,
when he left the town from motives which though highly honorable,
were, to nearly all, very mysterious. Two days previous to the time
of his appointed marriage to Miss Josephine Wilkenson, he conveyed
to her by deed all his real estate in the county and suddenly departed, leaving
his marriage contract unfulfilled. During the war he was medical purveyor for
the western department of the Confederate Army, receiving his pay in confed-
erate scrip, which upon the termination of the war was worthless. After the
war he went to Texas, where he made considerable money speculating in cot-
ton, traveled extensively in Europe, and finally settled in Kansas City, Mo.,
where he now resides.

INCORPORATION, SCHOOLS, ETC.
Olathe was incorporated {n 1857, but as this was by the ‘Bogus Legislature,” doubts
existed in the minds of the town company as to the legality of the incorporation. It was

therefore re-incorporatedin 1858, and on September 14, 1859, its first board of trustees were
elected as follows: J.T. Barton, A.J. Clemmans, Jonathan Milliken, L. §. Cornwell, and
S. F. Hill. : :

During the war the city government was in a very chaotic condition; wery little effort
was made to keep records intact or in good shape, bul after the war was over O. athe was in-
corporated as a city of the third class, with the following board of trustees: R. K. Steven-
son, chairman; Charjes Sennet, G, F. Hendrjckson, William Vickers, and B. F. Pancoast.

- JOHNSON COUNTY.

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In 1870 the town was organized as a city of the second class, having at the time 2,045
inhabitants. The election was held in April, at which time a mayor, marshal, police justice,
and four councilmen were elected, ‘The first mayor was William Pellet. He was succeeded
by W. H. M. Fishback, who was elected successively in_1871, 72 and 73; J. H. Dow was
elected in 1874 and 75; J. L. Price, in 1876 and 77; 8. R. Bureh, in 1878 and 79. At this
tlme the term of office was changed to two years. Mayor Burch jesigned in December,
1879 a Je eariner being elected to fill the vacancy. I. 0. Pickering, present Mayor, was

ected in :

The first school in Olathe was taught by E. M. Annette, in the little frame building
erected by Dick Taylor. The stone schoolhouse on Lulu street was erected in 1868, at a cost
of $10,000. The cily having outgrown its school accommodations, on December 7, 1881, an
election was held, at which $15,000 in bonds was voted for the purpose of building a new
schoolhouse, by a vote of 89 for the bonds to 69 againstthem. On the 25th of May, 1882,
another election was held, at which $5,000 was voted for the purchase of a site for the pro-
posed new schoolhouse. A

The Olathe College was established in 1873 by Prof. F. R. Poole, at the solicitation of F.
R. Ozg and W. H. M. Fishback. Prof, Poole had previously presided over a similar insti-
tution at Macon, Mo. At the outset the Olathe College was a success, and it continued to
prosper for some years, and graduated large numbers of both sexes. In addition to the
commercial branches, common and higher English, and classical studies were taught.
Gradually the professor, on account of an unfortunate habit of the use of alcoholic stimu-
lants, lost his popularity, and sold his collegé in 1877, to McKeever and Shepherd, who in
turn sold to McFarland & Hammond in the fall of 1878, they selling in the spring of 1880
to Prof. Keaue, under whom the college failed, Prof. Poole’s successors were all worthy
gentlemen, but their experience demo: strates that besides goodness, something else is re-
quired tos ully manage a Commercial College.

Kansas Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.—The first efforts in behalf of the deaf in
Kansas were made by Prof, P. A. Emery, of the Indiaua Lustitution. This was in 1862.
On March 5, of that year, the Legislature made an appropriation for the school which was
located at Baldwin, Douglas County. Appropriations were likewise made in 1863 and 1864.
During the early part of this latter year he removed the school to Topeka, and in the fall

it over to B. R, Nordyke a mute, who continued it through the first months of the
winter of 1864-5. On February 10, 1865, the Legislature made a small appropriation to
assist Prof. Joseph Mount, a mute, to re-open the school at Baldwin. On February 15,1 is
the Legislature organized the ‘Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb,” by appointing a Board of
Trustees, located 16 at Olathe, anu made an appropriation for its support. The first or
Charter Board of Trustees were, as near as can now be ascertained, a8 follows: Warner
Craig, of Baldwin, president; Frank E. Henderson, of Olathe, secretary; J. K. Goodin, of
Baldwin, auditor; A. S. Johnson, and George H. Lawrence, both of Jolinson County. The
board held their first meeting at Olathe, November, 1866, in the new stone building, then
recently completed for the Institution by Col. J.E. Hayes. The State purchased \he build-
ing and grounds (twelve and a half acres) of Col. Hayes, for $15,500, and subsequently of
other parties, 160 acres of land fcr a farm for the benefit of the Institution, two and a half
miles from Olathe. Prof. Thomas Burnside took charge of the institution April 18. 1867,
and resigning in November was succeeded by Louis H. Jenkins, who held the position until
the spring of 1876, at which time Major T. C. Bowles was elected, and remained in office
urtil bis death in April, 1879 J. W. Parker, of the Michigan Institute, was then elected,
wholn one year resigned, and was succeeded by W. H. De Mott, LL. D., the present in-
cumbent.

In 1873 the Legislature made an appropriation of $20,000 for the erection of the east
wing of anew building, which was erected in 1874. In 1880 the west wing was completed,
the Legislature having made an appropriation for the purpose of $19,000. Buth wings are
of brick, three stories high above a stone basement. :

On Mareh 11, 1877, the name was changed by the Legislature to the ‘‘ Kansas Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb.” -

Previous to 1876 there had been admitted to the institution 156 pupils; in 1876, there
were admitted 17; in 1877, 18; in 1878, 28; in 1879, 27; in 1880,'33; in igi, 37. Total
number admitted up to 1882, 316. There are now 170 on the rolls, 140 of whom are in
attendance, 10 waiting to be placed on the rolls, and 40 awaiting admission.

 

 

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The Church of Christ was organized at Olathe April 16, 1860, by G. W. Hutchinson and
Pardee Butler, Evangelists, with about twenty-five members. Most of the time up to 1873,
Elder William Gans conducted religious services. The chutch has experienced several re-
vivals, at one of which twenty-five members were added to their number. In 1872 there
were forty-five members. A very neat chureh Buliding wae erected on Park street in 1869, ©
at a cost of about $3,500; butin 1881, on account of the building of the Olathe & Kansas City ~
Railroad close to the church, it was removed to the corner of Chestnut and Lulu streets.

~ In 18%4, Elder J. H. Painter was engaged, who served half timeto 1875. Then followed
Elders J. A. Elliott, one-fourth time, to April, 1876; William Gans, one-half time to April,
1877; A. C. McKeever, one-half time to June, 2 3 J. W. Monser, one-fourth time from
January 1, 1830, to October, 1880; and Henry Coggswell. whole tiie, from April, 1881, to
April 1, 1882. The present membership is eighty, and the church with reason looks tor-
wart) the accomplishment of & prauder work in the future than in the past.

The First Methodist Episcopal Church ot Olathe was organized with sixty members in
1865, the organization was perfected in 1868, In 1869 a church building, 86x60
feet, was erected at acost of $5.000. ‘The lot is 38x143 feet, the building in excellent
repair, and the church organization in sound financial condition. The ministers of this
church have been as follows: Revs. C. KE. Lewis, beginning in 1868; J. Nesley, 1870;
J.T. Hanna, in 1872 ; H, D. Fisher, in 1874; J. Biddison, in 1876; Dr. T. H. Phillips, in
1878; A. E. ‘Higgins, iu 1880; and Mr. Hill, in 1881. Thechurch isinahealthy and grow-
ing condition, with 180 meimbers ou the roll.

The First Congreyation«wt Church of Olathe was organized October 24, 1865. with six
members, by Rev. Lewis bodwell. A church building was erectedon Chestnut street, be-
tween Park and Lulu, in 1870, costing $4,000. The first regular minister was Rev. Lincoln
Harlow, whocommenced his Jabors with this church December 1, 1865. He has been suc-
ceeded by the following: Kevs.G. A. Beckwith, commencing October, 1867; F. T. Ingles,
October, 1870; F. W. Adams, January, 1673: E. N. Bartlett, October, 1873; Leavitt Hart-
lett, October, 1874; H. P. Case, September 15,1878, and P. F. Werl, September 25, 1881.
The church 1s in excellent condition for future work, with eighty-six members on the roll,

The Old School Presbyterian Church was organized October 1, 1865, with eighteen
members, by Rev. William Wilson; thoughas early as 1859 the Presbyterians had com-
inenced their labors in Olathe, Revs. J. C. Beach, William Smith andA.'l, Rankin having -
acted as missionaries and prepared the way for the organization of the church. In 1867 a
frame church building, 34x55 feet in size, was erected atacostof about $2,500. Succeed-
ing Rev. Mr, Wilson was Rev. John McKean, commencing his pastorate January 7, 1868;
then followed Revs. N. A. Rankin, April, 1869; J. H. Miller, January, 1872; J. H. Clark,
January, 1873; WR. L. Carrett, October, 1-76; W. E. Williamson, February, 1880. The
church is in a flourishing condition, with 100 members.

The United Presbyterian Church of Olathe was organized November 10, 1866, with four- ~
teen members, by Rev. D.'T. McAuley. Their pastors have been Revs. Andrew Renwick,
from 1869 to 1874; J. W. McClenahan, from 1877 to 1879; and their present pastor, com-
mencing July 1, 1880. Membership May 31, 1882, 100. :

The present church edifice was erected in 1870, at acost of about $1,500. A new one
is in coutemplation, to cost «bout $5,000. :

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized with about twelve members in
1868 by Rev. ls. F. Bates. From the time of the organization to 1879, the colored Baptists
worshiped with tbeir Methodist brethren, but in that year a separation became desirable,
and was effected. The Methodist Episcopal Church erected a house of worship costing
nearly $1,000. Since 1877 their ministers have been as follows: Rev. D. Carter, com-
mencing his pastorate in 1877; Rev. E. Ferguson, in 1879; Rev. Daniel Coles, in 1880;
Rev. Spottswood Alexander, in 1881. The membership is now thirty-two. A Sunday
school was organized in connection with the church, in 1869, which has been continued
ever since.

The Reformed Presbyterian, or Covenanter Church, was organized in Olathe with forty-
nine menibers, in September, 1865, being the first church of this denomination organized

n Kansas. Rev. W. W. McMillan was settled as its pastor in April, 1866, and has been the
only and fs stillits present pastor in Olathe. Its membership is now seventy-nine. Its
contributious for all religious purposes for 1881, were $1,127.

In November, 18.1, the Pleasant Ridge portion of this congregation effected a separate

organization, with tweuty-nine members, there being no pastoral] change until in the spring
of 1873. In May, 1874, Rev. M. Wilkins was settled as pastor and served until his death,
July 12,1880. Its present pastor took charge in October, 1881; its place of worship is five
miles east of Olathe, andits membership fitty-two.
_ This denomination wherever found is radical in its character, forward in reform
movements, and never received into, nor tolerated slaveholders iu 1ts communion. While
its members have borne arms in every national conflict for right and liberty, yet they re-
frain from the exercise of the elective franchise—believing the National constitution to
be, though in many respects most excellent, yet iu some things infidel and immoral. i

The Roman Catholic Church was organized in Olathe with about twelve members. in
1864, by Rev. Father Myers. He was succeeded by Revs. Father Dustermann, in 1866,
Father Pichler, in 1868; Father Cerius, in 1871; Father Pichler, in 1874; Fatuer Casey, in
1875, who stillremains. In 1880 the church commenced the erection of a large brick
building at the corner of Chestnut and Santa Fe avenue, which when completed will have
cost about $12,000. “

The First Baptist Church at Olathe, was organized March 27, 1870, with fourteen mem-
bers. Their house of worship was built in 1873 at a cost of $2,200, since which time im-

 
630

provements have been made at an expense of $800. The pastors of this church have been
as follows: Rev. R. P. Evans, from June, 1872, to August, 1876; Rev. F. S. Witter, from
March, 1877, toJuly, same year; Rev. N. Hines, from September, 1878, to July, 1880; Rev.

.L. ¥ail, commencing March, 1882. There have been two hundred and fifty-nine members
received into the church, and there are now one hundred and thirty-eight. A Sunday school
was organized in May, 1872, which has now one hundred scholars on the roll.

Olathe Lodge, No. 19, A. F. & A. M., was chartered October 18, 1859, having then
twelve members. Its first charter officers were John P. Campbell, W. M.; John T. Burris,
S. W.; John T, Barton, J. W. The lodge has at present eighty members.

“Olathe Royal Arch Uhapter, No. 10, was chartered October 18, 1867, with thirteen mem-
bers. Its first officers were Viet Rees, high priest; A. J. Clemmans, king; Peter Julien,
scribe. It now has forty members eurolled.

_ Olathe Star Chapter, No. 3, of the.Order of the Eastern Star, was chartered in 1869,
with thirteen members. Its first officers were Prof. Louis H. Jenkins, . P.y Mrs. Jen-
at The membership is now fifty-five, forty of -
adies. =
; Olathe Lodge, No. 59, [. O. O. F., was instituted July 7, 1870, with six charter mem-
bers. The first officers installed were W. A. Offenbacher, N. G.; R. E. Stevenson, V. G.;
A Amos, secretary, and J, P. Ralston, treasurer. The present membership is forty-

ree,

Harmony Lodge, No., 84,1. 0. O. F., was instituted December 29, 1871, with sixteen

charter members. The officers first installed were W. Williams, N.G.;S R. Burch, V. G.;

R. Brown, secretary, and S. S. Blitz, treasurer. The present membership is seventy-

two. ‘

The Olathe Rifles were organized in December, 1880, under the statutes for the organiza-
tion of the militia, The officers of the company at its organization were the following:
Captain, S. R. Burch; First Lieutenant, H.S. Miller; Second Lieutenant, Thomas Mc-
Gannon. The company is one of the largest in the State; has a very fine band connected
with it, and is in excellent discipline,

NEWSPAPERS AND BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The Olathe Herald was the first paper published in Johnson County. The first issue
appeared August 29,1859. In politics if was Democratic; it was ably edited and did good
work in aiding the settlement aud growth of the then new county. It acquired a circula-
tion of twenty-five hundred. Quantrill paid the office a visit September 6, 1862, after
which John M. Giffin, its editor and_proprietor, gathered up its debris and sold it for $306;
original cost having been $3,500. In addition to his newspaper office, Mr. Gitfen also los
through Quantrill’s eforts, accounts and notes to the amount of $13,000, and the manu-
seript of an algebra, for which he had been offered $5,000, and fifteen cents royalty on each

ook sold.

The Olathe Mirror was established in 1861 by John Francis, at present, associate editor
of the Chicago Heligio-Philosophical Journal, which position he assumed in 1868. S. E.
McKee bought the Mvurror and published it until his death, in 1871. _It was then purchased
by T. J. Hadley, who changed itfrom a Republican to a Liberal Republican paper, and
through itscolumns supported Horace Greeley for the presidency in 1372. ‘he Mirror
passedinto the hands of Pollock & Aikman, who sold itto Pollock & Ogg, and they in turn
to McCandless. In 1873 the Mirror and News Letter were consolidated, andthe new journal
was conducted by M. V. B. Barker until it was soldto J. A. & H. F. Canutt. In the early
part of 1882, it was purchased by Hutchinson Bros., live newspaper men, lately from Ohio.

The Western Progress was started by W. H. McGown, in August, 1872. In December
following it was purchased by James Wilson. While under his management it was devoted
to the cause of the people, and was the determined foe of corruptionists and rings. It took
the position at that time that the missions of both the Democratic and Republican parties
were at an end, and that some new party must rise from out theirruins. Subsequent events
have proved that editors are not always prophets. A.S. McCulloh was proprietor of the
paper until 1879, when it passed into the hands of George Higgins, and in 1880, the Gazette
purchased its subscription list and good will. ‘

The News Letter was started in February, 1870, by J. A. & H. F. Canutt, as the fourth
newspaper enterprise in Johnson County. It was consolidated with the Mirror in 1873, as
above narrated, 3 :

The Olathe Gazette was established July 24, 1879, by John Hindman, as a five-column
folio, all print.. Subsequently it was changed to a seyen-column folio, half print. While
under Mr. Hindman’s supervision it was independent in politics. In 1881, it was purchased
by W.S. White, its present editor, who changed its: politics to Republican, and returned to
the all print programme. The paper is devoted mainly to county and local news, and
pbough Republican is not slavishly so. In May, 1882, it again passed Into the hands of John

indman,
The Monthly Visitor, a Catholic paper, was established in April, 1882, by the Catholic
Mutual Benevolent Publishing Co., at Olathe. Itis the only paper that gives the Leaven-
worth diocesan news,
The Johnson County Democrat was started May 18, 1882, by W.C. Paul. Typograph-
ically itis one of the neatest papers published in the State. -Politically it is devoted to the
interests of the Democratic party and is anewspaper principally devoted to local news. It
is Heme Democratic paper pu lished in the county since the suppression of the Herald by
uantrill.
. ol. J. E. Hayes, commenced business in Olathe, as a banker and dealer in exchange, in
1869. In 1871, the bank was organized as the First National Bank of Olathe, Col. J. E.
Hayes, president, Charles L. Hayes, cashier. In 1874, the bonds were surrendered and

rivate banking resumed, under the title of the ‘‘Hayes Bank ” This bank was closed in
878. and immediate] rerorgaiized as the Johnson County Bank, by George B. Lord & Co.,
and was operated by George B. Lord, until August 1880, at which time R. M. Atchison took
charge of it, and still continues as general manager and cashier. 2

Cc, E. Waldron & Co., commenced the business of banking in Olathe, in 1870, putting up
atwo story brick building on the southeast corner of Park and Cherry streets, at a cost of
$10,000. In 1876, they were succeeded by the People’s Savings Bank, Dr. S§. A. Christy,

resident, which in its turn was succeeded by Price, Ott & Miller, bankers, January 1, 1870.
n September, 1879, the bank was purchased by John Harris & Co., who still conduct the
business, with W. H. Smith, cashier,

The Vlathe Mills,—These mills are situated on Cedar street at the crossing of Mill Creek,
They were erected in 1869 by C. M, Ott, their present owner. The main building is 44x72,
twoandahalf stories high, principally stone, and with the machinery and engine, which
is of fortv-horse power, cost $18,000. It has three run of buhrs, and a capacity of 300
bushels of wheat in twenty-four hours,

In 1882, the building was raised a story and a half, and roller mills put in as an experi-

ment, with a view of substituting tnem for the buhrs in use up tothattime. The total ex-
pense occasioned by the change will be about $15,000, and the result will be that the capa-
city will be increased 100 percent, and the flour produced will be much cleaner, much
whiter and more nutritious than that produced by the ordinary bubr mills.
. The Pearl Mills, were builtin 1880 by Reed and Jones, at the corner of Santa Fe and
Cherry streets. The building is 40x65 feet, of brick, three stories high, and:cost $12,000. In
this mill are three run of stones anda pony, and its capacity is 300 bushels per twenty-
four hours, The engineis forty-five-horse power, boiler fifty. During the first four
months of 1882, the mills solda quantity of flour equivalent to 1,810 barrels,

_ Olathe coutains at the present time three general stores, five dru atorya six groceries,
four hardware stores, six agricultural implement dealers, four grain dealers, three livery
stables, three furniture stores, two jewelry stores, four bakery and confectionery stores,
five hotels, three lumber yards, one broom manufactory, four blacksmiths, one brick yard,
three harness shops, and 2,850 Inhabitants. ‘

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

NEWTON AINSWORTH, breeder of thoroughbred stock, Three miles south and a JItle
west of Olathe, is a farm, now under a high state of cultivation, which is of some past io0te
from an occasional mentionin history. Its noteworthy feature was a lone elm tree, the
stuinp of which is yet standing. This fact and that of its belng the first farm opened in that
part-of the county, gaveittue name of the Lone Elm farm. Its proprietor, r, N, Ains-

‘worth, is one of the early pioneers of Kansas. He was horn in Dayton, Ohio, March 23, .
1835, and reared on a farm in Miami County. Removing Westin 1856 be located at Quin-
daro, Wyandotte Co,, Kansas, and during the rise of that place speculated in Jots and town
stock. The mvcans1hus gained secured him his present comfortable homestead upon which
he located in the spring of 1857. During the border troubles and the war following, Mr.
Ainsworth was much of thetime in government emplay, mostly freighting across the lains
to the military posts. Heis the owner of 320 acres of land in this county, and is largely en-
gaged in breeding thoroughbred Short-horn cattle and Cotswold sheep, His exhibit in
Cattle carried off first premiums at the Kansas City expositions of 1873 and 1874, Mr. Ains-
worth is a charter member of the Love Elm Grange organizedin 1873. He was married at
Leavenworth, Kansas, in the fall of 1869, to Rosa Hamill of that place; they have five chil-
dren: David, Ralph, Harry, George and Homer,
JOSEPH H. ANDEBTON, of Sylvester & Anderton, stone quarry and stone saw mill,
was bornin Beaver Co., Penn.,June 23, 1859. Here he learned the trade of stone-cutter,serv-
ing two years as an apprentice, after which he worked at it there as a journeyman for a
year. In June, 1878, he came to Kansas and resided in Olathe and during the first six
months worked at his trade in Kansas City; after which he settled in Olathe aud for some
months worked a renred quarry; then bought one and has conducted it since. In March,
1881, he joined C. O. Sylvester and they built a saw mill for the purpose of cutting the stone

for buil ing : Purp ases, ete. 7

ABRAHAM ARTMAN, farmer, P O. Olathe; was born in Westmoreland County, Penn.,
February 11,1839. Atthe age of nineteen years he went to Augusta, [nd., and learned the
trade of wagon maker, and followed it for twelve years. In June, 1869, he came to Kansas

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and located in-Olathe, opening a wagon shop, which business he ceased in the following
March, moving onto his present farm at that time, consisting of 160 acres. He is quite ex-
tensively engaged in breeding cattle aud horses. Has a fine orchard of about five acres, and
a quarry from which is obtained a fine grade of building stone. He was married in Augusta,
Ind., March 3, 1859, to Mary E. Shellhammer. They have four chiluren: May, Byron Lk.,
John BE, and Daisy. : :
W. C. BARRETT & CO., dealers in grain, flax-seed, coal, etc. W.C. Barrett, the senior
partner of this firm, has for overtweuty-five years been engaged in the grain business. His
first experience was in shipping in flat boats on the Wabash River and its tributaries, and
was for fifteen years engaged inthe business at Champaign, Ii], He was also, during the
winters of 1862-63 and 1863-'64, engaged in pork business in Chicago, Il., in the firm of D.
Gardner & Co. Hecameto Olathe in August, 1877, and at once established this business.
In 1880 he admitted to partnership J. M. Miller, and his son, B. F. Barrett, since which time
they have opened branches at Ocheltree and Edgarton, this county, business at the Jatter
place being under the style of Barrett, Judson & Co. In 1880 the firm handled 65,000 bush-
els of flax, 150,000 bushels of grain; in 1881, 40,000 of flax and 150,000 of grain. They also
do an extensive business in coal'and considerable in castor beans.
ALBERT D. H, physician and surgeon, was born in New Berne, N. Y., September
3; 1839. _He began the study of medicine in 1854, serving an apprenticeship in drug busi-
ness in Cincinnati, Ohio, for three years, for which he received a pharmacist’s certificate,
after which he followed the business‘as a clerk until hecame to Kansas, pepleimber 3. 1858,
at which time he resumed his medical studies with his brother, Dr. E. E. Beach, au Wyan-
dotte, In the fall of 1861 he went to Cincinnati, and attended the Eclectic College for two
terms, Returning to Kansas in September, 1862, he located in Olathe, and at once began the
practice of medicine. For three years during the war the doctor had charge of the military
hospital at this place, with the rank of acting Assistant-Surgeon, U. S. A., and during the
years 1876, ’77, °79, and a portion of 1881, held the office of ounty Physician. ‘Dr. Beach
was married in Olathe, July 19, 1863. to Frances R. Josselyn. They have one son—Leon

gar,
GEORGE H. BEACH, hardware and implement dealer, was born in North Bend, Ham-
liton County, Ohio, September 3, 1847. e came to Kansas with his father, Rev. I. C.
Beach, in the fall of 1857, and lived with his parents in Wyandotte City until the spring of

58, When his father removed to Olathe, Kas.,and built one of the first residences in Olathe.
George lived with his father until the spring of 1864, when he went to Colorado and
secured a position as clerk in a sutler store at Fort Garland, which he filled for thirteen
months. Returning to Olathe, he was appointed Deputy County Clerk, filling that position
for over one year; was then Deputy Postmasterfor eighteen months. In 1868, he pur-
chased one-half interest in the Olathe Mirror, and conducted it for one year, in company
with Sam. E. MeKee. Mr. Beach wasthen Assessor of Olathe City and Deputy Clerk of
District Court, three years. In 1874, he purchased his present business. His stock then
amounted to $2,000, which he has increased to $20,000. His store-room he has increased
from 65 feetto 143 feet, two stories high with large-ware-room adjoining. He is also
interested in mining in Colorado, and owns one-half interest in a large stock ranch in
western Kansas, He was married at Olathe, Kas., in January, 1880, to Eva Hull, a native of
Tilinois. ghey have one daughter, Lora.

JAMES BELL, physician and surgeon, was born in Washington County, Pa., and was
reared in Muskingum County, Ohio, onafarm. He attended the New Concord College for
several rears. graduating in the scientific department in 1848; then attended the Cleveland
Medical College, graduating therein 1850, after which he practiced at New Concord for
thirteen years. The doctor, seeking for higher honors, attended Jefferson College, Phila-
delphia, graduating in 1868, after which he returned again to his practice in New Concord.
The doctor was for many, gears amember of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at
Zanesville, Ohio, and in 1859 received a diploma from thesame. In July, 1869, he came to
Olathe, and at once began to practice. Three years later he was jotmed by his brother Doug-
lass, who remained in partnership with him until some some in 1879. Two months later
Dr. Bell admitted toa partnership his student, Dr. H. E. Mastings. The subject of our
sketch was for five years County Physician of Johnson County. Has been a member of the
Kausas State Medical Society for ten years. Is a permanent member of the American Med-
ical Association, and is chairman of the Board of State Medicine.

WILLIAM A. BOLES, principal of Olathe public schools, was born in Milton, Saratoga
Co., N. Y.. July 7, 1831, and reared in Trumbull County, Ohio, on a farm, until he reached
the age of fourteen years, when he learned the trade o: harness-maker, serving as an ap-
prentice some three years. He then followed itas a journeyman for two years, during
which period he studied and improved his early education. He then turned his attention to
teaching school, following it in the State of Ohio for two years, then in district schools in
Kentucky fortwo years, inthe public schools of New Albany, Ind., for six months, and
again in district schools of Kentucky fortwo terms, after which he taughtinthe public
schools of Louisville fortwo years, and was principal of public schools of Lexington, Ky.
for five years, and again in Louisville for three years as principal of public schools. In 1868
he went to Shelbyville, Ind., and was superintendent of public schools there yntil the latter
part of 1876, when he came to Kansas, locating in Lawrence, He tvok charge of the public
schools of that place, remaining there until he came to Olathe, August 1, 1880, at which time
he entered upon his presentduties. Mr. Boles has been engaged in conducting schools for
the pest thirty years, twenty-five of which he has been either principal or superintendent.

ARRY BRICKELL, was born at Niles, Berrien Co., Mich., August 18, 1855, and
reared on a farm, and followed farming as an occupation until he came to Olathe, Kan.
March 28, 1878; for a year he was engaged in various capacities. In July, 1879, he entered
the employ of Geo, B. Lord, and has since been in charge of the Olathe Wievator and Mill.
Mr. Lord handles large quantities of grain, and also has a large coal trade in the winter.
ue reales in St. Louis, Mo., and Mr. Brickell has the management of his affairs at this
_. , WILLIAM BRONAUGH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Olathe, was born in Kentucky
in 1832. Here he assisted his father in conducting a hotel for two years, and was for the
same Jength of time employed as a clerk in mercantile business. tn 1854 he removed to
Jackson County, Mo., where he engaged in farming. In August, 1856, he came to Kansas,
and the following February located on his present farm, He owns 160 acres of land, ali
well improved, on which there is a fine orchard of his own planting. of about three acres.
He is Treasurer of the District School Board. Mr. Bronaugh was married in Kentucky in
1859, to Nanoy Hunt. They have four children—Lila, John, George and Lena,

A. A. BROWN, of Brown & Thompson, hardware merchants. Was born in Otsego
County, N. Y., in 1840, and reared in Kalamazoo, Mich., where he studied the profession of
dentistry. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Second Michigan Infantry, serving three
mouths; and on the 12th of August following re-enlisted in Gompany I, Second Michigan
Cavalry; was almost immediately promoted to Quartermaster’s Sergeant, and during
the last year of the war acted as Quartermaster at Franklin Post, Tenn., and was musteren
out of the service in September, 1865. He came to Kansas in January, 1866, locating at
Topeka, Was for a yeir employed as baggagemaster on the K. P. R. R., after which he was
employed as a clerk in hardware for some eight years, and during that period he learned the
trade of gas and steam fitter. He was also fore ghtyears a member of the Topeka Cornet
Band, and for two years had charge of the fire department building at Topeka. Was then
for three years engineer at the State Insane Asylum, and for three years engineer at the
State Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Hecameto Olathe January 1, 1882, and in company with
O. D. Dickey purchaser the hardware stock of W. B. Walker. ‘They conducted the business
together until April 13, 1882, when Mr. Dickey sold out his interest to G. S. Thompson. Mr.
Brown was married at Topeka, Kan., in 1875, to Lila Little. They have one son—Clarence

8. R, BURCH, postmaster, was born in Dresden, Ohio, March 1, 1842, and r dl on
afarm, Inthe spring of 1857 he removed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ies ite followed Tarm=
ing and school-teaching, On September 11, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Twelfth lowa
In antry. and served four and one-haif years as a soldier, passing through various grades
in the army, and for the last nine months of his service was Adjutant General on the staff
of Major General Chetlain, After the war he gave his attention to farming, near Cedar
Rapids, until he came to Olathe, in November, 1868. June 1, 1869, he opened t. ve American
House in company with Peter Cochran, who retired ten ycars later, he continuing in the
business, with Henry Cochan as a partner, until in February, 1882, when he was joined by
H. 5. Miller, his present partner inthis business. Mr. B. was for six years a member of the
City School Board, and (uring four years of that time filled the office of president of the
same. | He represented the Second Ward in the Clty Council two terms, and was elected
BLuyor of Olathe in 1878, and re-elected_in 1879. resigning to accept the Postmastership
in epruary, 1880. He was married in Fairfax, lowa, July 4, 1868, to Marla Cochran, 2
native of Ohio, They have three children —Mirtie, Jessie, and Sylvester R., Jr. :
oi ANDERSON L. BURGESS, attorney at law, was born at Hubbard, Trumbull Co.,

io, uly 13, 1849. His father, Nelson Burgess, was a Methodist minister, ‘Henderson re-
side wie him in some thirteen different States, Finally settled in Olathe, Kas., in 1866.
re sted, in the summer of 1867, in Company D, Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry, which was
ass: gne ‘0 fhe comimand of Gen. George A. Custer, and server about six months. Return-
ing re. was orto or three years employed on various farms in the county, and in 1870
egan | names fe as a clerk inthe store of J.C. Morgan & Co., Olathe, and a year later
mas ad mit ed to a partnership. Mr. M. sold out his interest in about a year to i. Roedel,
and rt urgess continued in the business with him until some time in 1873, when he sold
ou and began the study of law in the office with Gov. John P. St.John. After four years’
Glose study he was admitted to the bar June 20, 1878, before the Tenth Judicial District,
since which time he has practiced law at this place,’ He is a member of the Sloans Legal
o lon He. aye eerited in Slee pesembse 80. 1874, to Sadie M, Shreve, a native of Illi
Goldie Hiian, born Petri tein wo children—Lucy E., born March 10, 1877, and
RRIS was born in Butler County, Ohio, December 8
grandfather, Jeremiah Burris, was a soldier in the Revolitlon, and was at he taser at

 

 
 

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th

f Edward Taylor, held the office of Sergeant-Major
under Gen, Anthony Wayne, and participated in the Indian warfare of his time, in aalor
he parents of the subject of this sketch were John Burris and Eunice (Taylor) Burris, He
was bred on a farm and acquired early only the limited education which the common
sel ools afforded. At the age of eleven years, he removed with his parents, to Kentucky,
where he lived until eighteen years of age. He supplemented his poor educational advan-
tages with hard study at home, while assisting his father in farm work, and thus fitted him-
selfasateacher. In 1847, he went to Iowa; soon after his removal to that Territory, the
war with Mexico having broken out, he enlisted for the war, as a member of the Mounted
Rifles, afterward known asthe Third United States Cavalry,’ He served until the close of
the war, and then returned to Iowa, where, receiving his soldier’s land warrant, he located
it, and cultivated tlie land until 1852, at which time he sold his farm, opened a hotel, and
established a ferry on the Iowa River, at Fredonia. Iu the fall of 1852, he sold out his busi-
ness, and commenced the study of law, He was admitted to the barin 1853, and commenced
the practice of his profession at Washington, Iowa. In 1855, he was elected Judge of the
County Court, On the expiration of histerm,he entered into partnership with a brother, who
had located a town on the Mississippi, ealled by the family name of " Burris,” and moved
to that place. The venture proved disastrous in a business point of view, and resulted in
nearly a total loss of the accumulations of the previous years. In 1859, he came to Kansas,
and settled at Olathe, and renewed the practice of law. ‘He was, in 1859, elected a member
of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, and was thus one of the framers of the Con-
stitution of the State, He wasin Washington in the spring of 1861, and during the threaten-
ing days of early treason, served as Sergeant in the company known as the Frontier Guards
of which Senator James H, Lane was Captain. He returned to Kansas, having received
the appointment from President Lincoln of District Attorney for the new State, and entered
upon the duties of his office. In August, 1861, he enlisted, and became Lieutenant- Colonel
of the Fourth Kansas Infantry, He continued in the servicein the Fourth until its consoli-
dation with the Third into the Tenth Kansas, and in the latter until the close of the war.
He bore himself as a brave soldier should, throughout the numerous skirmishes and battles
in which his regiment was engaged. For the various batties in which he was engaged, the
reader 1s referred to the history-of the regiments in which he held command. At the close
of the war he returned to Olathe and resuined the practice of his profession. In 1865, he was
elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, of which body he was elected
the Speaker. In 1866. be was elected Attorney of Johnson County, and in 1869, was ap-
pointed Judge of the Tenth Judicial District. During this year he was again elected as
tace Representa ye. He has ever taken au active part in the politics of the State, being
identified with the Republicans up to 1878, since which time he has voted with the opposi-
tion. Outside of politics he has been identified with many enterprises for the advancement
and welfare of his State, He was oneof the projectors and organizers of the Missouri
River, Fort Scott & Gulf R. R., serving as one of the directors of the road for three years,
He has been a staunch and unswerving friend of the State Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb,
at Olathe, he having introduced the bill into the Legislature whereby it was located at that
lace. He was matt ed October 4, 1849, to Miss Martha Ann McGannon, daughter of
euben McGannon, of Louisa County, Iowa. They have one son, Rev. Alfred T. Burris,
and Lwoy Sata Biers eunié and Eunice.

. Ww. , contractor and builder, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Octo-
ber 11, 1831. He learned the blacksmith’s trade there, serving as an apprentice some six-
teen months; then working as a journeyman, and carrying on the business for eight years.
After which he learned the trade of carpenter and builder in Richland County, Ohio, fol-
lowing it there until he came to Kansas, in March, 1866, since which time he has been _en-
gazed in his present business as a contractor and builder. Among the prominent buildings

e has erected here are the Methodist Episcopal Church, Baptist Church, Harris & Co.'s
Bank building, J. E. Clark & Son and Walker Bros.’ business houses, Olathe Central
School building, costing $13,100, and many others. Mr. Bushong was elected Representa-
tive of the Second Ward in the City Council in the spring of 1878, and againin1881. He
was married in Richland County, Ohio, September 22, 1853, to Nancy Saviers. They have
four children living—Keturah Ann, Ida Loretta, Elmer Ellsworth, and Melvin Saviers; and
two dead— William Charles and Linie Pearl. :

E, L. CARESS, of E. L. Caress & Son, grocers, was born in Bedford, Ind., March 22. 1837.
Here he learned the trade of blacksmith, following it for four years as a journeyman, after
which he carriedon ashop. Hecameto Kansas in the fall of 1865, locating in Shawnee
Township, Johnson County, and for several years conducted a blacksmith shop, after which
he was for two years in the employ of the K.C., Ft.S. & G. R. R. Co., as ticket agent, He
then gave his attention again for sometime to his blacksmith shop. In 1874 was elected a
Trustee of the Township, and again in 1875, which position he resigned in the fall of that
year, having been elected Recorder of the county, which position he held for three consecu-
tive terms, of two years each. Since he entered upon the duties of County Recorder, Mr.
Caress has resided in Olathe. In January, 1882, he engaged in his present business, with
his son, C, E. Caress. :

AUS CIN G. CARPENTER, Treasurer of Johnson County, was born in Indiana County,
Pa., December 16, 1832. Here he studied civil engineering, and was employed in the ca-
pacity of engineer for some years on railroads inthe State of Ohio, and afterwards super-

Yorktown, His maternal grandfather,

' intended the grading of railroad workin the State of Iowa, for some months, then in same

capacity in Stephenson County, Ill.,for ashorttime; after which he was employed in the
fing ner Corps of the Madison & Portage City Railroad, at Portage City, Wis. He came
to Kansas 1n April, 1857; located in Allen County, where he was engaged in farming and
surveying, and for two years held the office of County Surveyor. On October 16, 1861, he
enlisted in Company D, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, which was’ partially formed from the lola
Battalion, originally organized by James Lane. Mr. Carpenter served as Battalion and
Regimental Quartermaster, until Janaary, 1863, when he resigned and joined his company
as First Lieutenant; in August following, was appointed Post Quartermaster at Pleasant
Hilland Harrisonville, Mo. In April, 1864, he again joined his company as Lieutenant, and
went south with his regiment to Fort Smith, Ark., and served until December 20, 1864, af-
ter which he returned to Allen County and farmed. In December, 1865, he came to John-
son-County, and engaged in-farming, in Shawnee Township, where he still has a finely im-
roved farm of 300 acres. Mr. Carpenter was appointed Surveyor of Johnson County in
anuary, 187%, and elected to the office in the fall of that year for aterm of twoyears. He
was elected Treasurer of the county in the fall of 1879, and again in 1881. The subject -of
-our sketch was married in Andrew County, Mo,,in March, 1865, to Maggie Duncan. She
died in December, 1871, leaving one son, John C. Mr.C. was married again at Olathe, in
1872, to Mary A. Freeman. They have one daughter—Margaret M.
FRED WW: CASE, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., March
19, 1826,.and reared in Washtenaw County, Mich., nis occupation being that of a farmer.
In'1850, he emigrated to_California, where he remained for six years engaged in placer
old mining. Returning East, he came to Kansas in May, 1858, and purchaseil his present
‘arm ; resided in the city of Olathe for four years, and in 1862 mov<don to his farm, where
he has since resided. He is an extensive farmer; owns 480 acres, 370 of which are under cul-
tivation, the balance being used principally for stock-raising purposes. He is a member of
Olathe Grange, No. 118. Mr. Case was married in Johnson County, in the fall of 1861, to
Ruth E. Gregg, a native of Ohio. They have four children—Hattie, Harry, Sheldon and

na. 7 : 2

REV. MICHAEL J. CASEY. Pastor St. Paul’s Catholic Church, was born in Ireland in
March, 1851, and educated at All Hallow’s College, graduatin from there June 24, 1875,
and was ordained by Bishop James McDevitt. In September of that year, he came to Kan-
sas, and shortly afterwards entered upon his present duties. :

DR. GEORGE CG. CASTLEMAN was born in Canada West, December 28, 1830; was
reared on a farm; worked for some years in_a woodenware factory. Here he began the
study of medicine, whiclr he continued in Jefferson County, N. Y., till 1853, when he began
its practice. In this he continued there and in Canada till 1855, when he went to Iowa,

racticing in various counties in that State till 1865, when he went to Quincy, Adams Co.,

ll, and three years later to Missouri, Hecame to Olathe, Johnson Co., Kan., mn March,
1878, where he now resides. The doctor isa healing medium, known as “The (so-called)
Faith Doctor;” uses no medicine in his general practice, effecting his cures through the use
of his hands; has practiced in this way for over thirty years. Thousands of letters of in-
quiry reach him every year, but owing to the cost in time and money. he now answers no
letter (professionally) unless it contains atleast$1. He is a member of several liberal
societies in the State and in the United States; is a member of the Executive Boards of the
Kansas Liberal Union, and of the National Spiritual Association. :

ANDREW J.CLEMMANS, hardware merchant, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio,
November 28, 1833. andlearned the trade of blacksmith at Bridgeport, that county, serv-
ing an apprenticeship of four years. He followed his trade as a journeyman in Illinois for
aShort tine, and came to Olathe, Kan., it the spring of 1858 and opened a blacksmith shop,
which he conducted for about ten years. In 1868, he engaged in hardware business in
company with F. Gilbert, and in the winter of 1878, became sole proprietor of the same,
The stock carried at the opening of the business was about $800, which has since been in-

creased to $20,000,to supply the demands of his trade. Mr. Clemmans was elected Sheriff of:

Jobnson County in the fall of 1869: re-elected in 1871, 1875 and 1877, serving, in all,
ight years. - e °
. eo ELCOME CURTIS, farmer and dealer in live stock, P.O, Olathe; was born in Noble
County, Ohio, December 22, 1837, and in company with his father, Hiram Curtis, carried on
a large stock farm, and was also for eight years engal ed in mercantile business at Carlisle,
that county. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1869, locating in Johnson County; was for
several engaged in company with his father in speculating and dealing in farm lands. In
1870 he removed onto his present farm, consisting of 200 acres and all well improved. He
owns some 321) acres of land and is largely engaged in breeding blooded cattle, and also
dealing inlive stock. On his land are several stone quarries, valuable for building pur-
poses, Mr. Curtis is one of the leading men in this neighborhood. He is a member of the
Grainview Grange. The subject of our sketch was married in Noble County, Ohio, in-1857,

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7 Se A. Oshell. They have seven children; Etna, Orin, Mina, Forest, Idella, Nabum and

aisy.

EDWIN E. DAVIS, farmer, P. O. Olathe; was born in Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio, in 1851,
and rearedonafarm. At sixteen years of age he engaged in railroading, first as a brake-
man and then as a conductor of freight trains. Followingthat business in Ohio, Indiana,
and Illinois on various railroads, until he came to Kansas in January, 1879, at which time
he purchased forty acres in the township of Olathe, and has since given his attention ta
farming. He now owns eighty acres of land, all wellimproved. Mr. Davis is a member of
Lone Eim Grange, No. 152, and is now serving his second term as master of that body. He
was married at ndianapolis, Ind, April 26, 1878, to Carrie F, Griggs, a native of Memphis,
Tenn. Ahey have one daughter, Georgie L., born here. s

OHN W. DENNIS, farmer ani stock raiser, was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 6.
1836, and was reared ona farm. In 1852 he moved to Knox County, IIL, where he followed
farming and stock breeding, He was a member of Company’ A, Ninth Missouri Infantry,
afterward changed to the Fifty-ninth Illinois. In 1867 he removed to Cass County, Mo.,
and in 1871 came to Olathe and located on his present farm overlooking the city of Olathe.
Mr. Dennis has 175 acres of land; all finely improved by himself in the past twelve years.
He has on his place a fine residence and barn andis largely engaged in breeding fine cattle
and hogs, On his place is a splendid orchard of four acres. r. Dennis was_married in
Knox County, II], in 1868, to Louise J. Barnett. They have three children: William F.,
Edwin Lee and Carl.

E. P. DIEHL, fruit grower, was born in Adams County, Pa., August 20, 1832. At the
ape of twenty-two years he removed to Kentucky, where he was engaged in the manufac-
ture of chairs at Paducah fortwo years, after which he went to Charlestcn, Mississippi
County, and was for a time employed in the construction of railroads, and served for four
years as Deputy Sheriff of that county. Heenlisted in November, 1861, in First Illinois

avalry, Company I; served eleven months, Hethenorganized Company A, Fiftieth illi-
nois Infantry and was appointed Second Lieutenant August 9, 1864; promoted to First
Lieutenant in September, and to Captain in November, serving until August 5, 1865. Some
time after the war he settled at Osborn, Ohio, and for three years was engaged in conduct-
ing anursery. He cameto Olathe September 13, 1868, and has resided on his present place
since. He owns forty acres, all of which he has set outin fruit trees, berries, grapes, etc.
For about twelve years he also carried on a nursery, but now gives bis attention to the cul-
ture of fruit almost entirely. Lake Chanute adjoins: his place and Mr. Diehl supplies the
surrounding country with ice during the summer. He was married in Canton, Ohio, August
19, THOR. to Emma Brownwell.. They have four children: Alice A., Ella E., Eva J. and
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J. H. DOW, merchant, born in Erie County, N. Y., October 22, 1835. He began business
life in Washington Territory, where for four years he was engaged in merchandising,
freighting, mining, etc., and afterward in the mercantile business in Sycamore, Ill, for two
years. In February, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-second Illinois In-
fantry, served six months, and re-enlisted in the One Hundred aud Forty -seventh, serving
until January 20, 1866. - Shortly after this he came to Olathe, Kan., and at once engaged in
this business, in company with J. G. Flinn, and a year later became sole proprietor. The
business was begun with a stock of about $5,000..which has since been increased untila
stock of abont $60,000 is now carried to suppl the demands of the trade, Mr. Dow was
elected Mayor of Olathe in 1874, und re-elected in 1875.

JOHN Q. EGELSTON, physician and surgeon, was born in Dearborn County, Ind., No-
vember 6, gp Bet and was reared Oo. _ fort. a t the age of | iw enty.- One he began the study of
medicine, attending the medical college at Evansville, Ind., for two courses. He then prac-
ticed medicine in Lee County, Iowa, for aboutseven years, after which he attended a course
of lectures at the medical department of the State University of Iowa, graduating March 1,

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breaking out of the war, when he engaged inthe performance of contract service for the
United States army. In th»summer of 1862 he was appointed Assistant-Surgeon, Twenty-
fifth Missouri Infantry, and in 1864, Surgeon of the Forty-third Missouri Infantry, in which
positions, in connection of that of Medical Director of the Central_ District of Missouri, he
served until the close of the war. Hethen removed to Independence, Mo., where he was
engaged for five yearsinthe practice of his profession, and for a time in the drug trade.
He came to Olathe in September, 1870, and has followed his profession at this place ever
since. The doctor has the reputation of a fine physician, based on an experience in his pro-
fession of over thirty years’ active practice.

OLIVER H. EYLAR, farmer, was born in Adams County, Ohio, August 28, 1834. His
father was a tanner and saddler, and the subject of this sketch was employed with him for
some years, after which, for seven years, he carried on mercantile business at Winchester,
and was also engaged in manufacturine saddles, etc. On August 7, 1862, he enlisted in the
Seventh Ohio Cavalry: was appointed Second Lieutetant, a year later First Lieutenant, and
in ayear more was promoted to Captain, serving until July 4, 1865, after which he resided
for two years in Jackson County, Mo. In March, 1868, he came to Johnson County, located
in Oxford Township, and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He has 160 acres of land
in Section 8, Township 14, Range 25, all improved, and raises considerable stock. He has
quite recently changed his place of residence to Olathe, where he intends to reside, although
is about to purchase more land and farm on an extensive scale. Mr, Eylar was married in
AY County, Ohio, November 24, 1857, to Elma S. Bunn, they having seven living
¢ ren.

A. BE, FARNHAM, farmer and stock deal¢ r, was born in Steuben County, Ind.,in 1832, and
reared on a farm; at the age of twenty-thre. years he removed to Galesburg, Ill., where he
was engaged in teaming and working on raij road for a year; in 1862,he returned to Indiana,
and in March, 1863, came to Kansas, took uf a claim in Gardner Township, Johnson County,

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residing on the same until 1875, when he removed to the city of Olathe. He owns about
290 acres of land; is largely engaged in farming, and since 1875 also engaged in dealing in
jive stock. Mr. Farnham owns considerable property in this city, and has a fine orchard
of three acres on his old homestead in Gardner. 1
FRANK P. GAINES, dentist, was born in Richmond, Mo., August 27, 1841, and began
business life at the age of eighteen years as aclerk in the dry guods business where at Roach-
port, Mo., following it for one year; he thenfarmed with wis father in Howard County,
Mo., tor five years, after which he wentto Jacksonville, Ill, where for four years he was
employed in dry goods business. In 1872, he began t» study and practice his profession in
Carrolton, Mo., and a few months later removed to Richmond, where he continued to prac-
tice until early in 1878, when he had all his property destroyed by acyclone, and in July,
1878, be came to Olathe and opened an office for the practice of his profession, and is now
the leading dentist ofthis place, having succeeded in building up a large practice,
WILLIAM M. GELLETT, dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Albany, N. Y., Novem-
ber 12, 1834, He began business life in St, Louis, Mo., in 1850, being employed for abouta
year as a clerk in mercantile business; then in Ottawa, 11]., fora few months, and in Peoria
until 1859, In June of that year he came to Olathe, and was employed as a clerk until the
summer of 1861, he joined the “Shriver Olathe Scouts,” serving six inonths; on his return
here he purchased a stock of general merchandise, and carried on business until cleaned
out in the Quantrell raid. In August, 1862 he assisted in organizing Company H, Twelfth
Kansas _ Infantry, and was Sppointed Second Lteutenant of the same, promoted to
First Lieutenant in 1864 and served until August, 1865. In 1866, he was appointed
Deputy Treasurer of Johnson County, and filled that office two and a half years, was then
for someten years engaged 11 general mercantile business in company with J. E. Sutton,
and on October 14, 1879, opened in his present business. Mr. Gellett was elected Mayor
of Olathe In 1870, and served one term. e@ was married in Olathe, May 38, 1869, to Jessie
utton; they have one son—James §.
HN M.GIFFEN, attorney atlaw, was born in Belmont County, Ohlo, February 10,
1830, and reared on a farm, and also for some years studied law and medicine, and was ad-
mittedto the bar November 10, 1856. He returned to Kansas inthe spring of 1857, and
re-empted 160 acres in Shawnee County. In December of that year he entered the office of
Gov. Denver as clerk, remaining in his employ uutil March, 1858; le theu settled in Olathe
and practiced law; was appointed attorney of Johnson County enorely, after his arrival
here, being the first to hold that office. and same up to 1861. In 1859, he
established the Olathe Herald, and conducted it up to September 6, 1862. Mr. Giffin has
devoted his time off and on to practicing law, farming and improving real estate for the
Bast twenty-four years. In 1880 he received the Democratic nomination for Secretary of

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_ FREDERICK GILBERT, hardware and agricultural implements; was born in Boston
England, July 20, 1888, aud emigrated to Canada, at the age of nineteen years, he learne
the trade of wagon Iaker at New Castle, Ontarlo, serving as an apprentice three years:
removing to Michigan, and followed his trade as a journeyman in Pontiac for two years,
and one year at Albion, after which he wentto Spring Port, that State, and carried on a
wagon and repair shop for nine years, and then worked at his trade in Indiana and I!linois,
forayear, In August, 1865, he came to Olathe and at once opened @ wagon making aud
repair shop, conducting it fur two years; he then joined A. J. Clemmens and, and opened an
implementestablishment. A few months later they added astock of hardware, and con-
‘tinued to conduct business together until 1878, when Mr. Gilbert sold out; a year later he
inoved to Bonita, this County, where he eugaged iu general merchandise, also dealing in
coal and grain... Remained there only two years, butis still interested in buildlng property
there, besides which he owns some 400 acres of farm land. In November, 1881, he return-
ed to Olathe; in February, 1882, engaged in the implement business; in the summer of that
year he built a brick building, and afew mouths later he engaged in the hardware busi-
ness, with a stock of about $5,000, and is now conducting two separate establishments. Mr.
Gilbert was elected Treasurer of the city of Olathe, in the spring of 1879, for a term of one
year. He was married in Olathe in 1874, to Mahalia Jane Keefer, of Indiana. They have
two children—Lerty and Lulu. :

JOHN M. GRIM, farmer, P. 0, Olathe; was born in Perry County, Ohio, in 1843, and
was generally employed for some years in farming and blacksmith work. In March, 1860,
moved to Hillsborough, Henry Co., lowa. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Sixth
Iowa Infantry, and servedthree years. In 1865 he engage _in stock business ii Wapello
County, lowa, and two years later removed to Platte County, Mo., where he remained until
he came to Kansas, March 1877. He lias one of the finest improved farms in Olathe Town-

i ne orchard and residence. Mr. G. is largely engagedin breed-

ing blooded horses and raising graded cattle,

 

HON, JOHN M, HADLEY, proprietor of Johnson County mills; was born in North Car-
olina, January 25, 1835, and reared on a farm in Morgan County, Ind. He came to Kansas
in March 1855, and located at Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, and tarmed for two sea-
sons; during the winter of 1856—57, he returned and taught school, in Morgan County, Ind.,
and in the spring ofthe latter year, settled near, Emporia, Kan.,an d farmed there fora year,
then in Monticello Township, Johnson County, «or three years, where he was engaged in
farming and teaching school; here he was elect;.d Justice of the Peace, and held the office
for three years. In October 1861, he enlisted in-Company F, Eighth Kansas Infantry, and
yome moaths later was promoted tu Second Lie. tenant, serving in that capacity for fifteen

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

months, during six months of which period he was Post Adjutant, at Fort Leavenworth. He
was Preiioged to First Lieutenant iu ine Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and served eight months ou
the statf of General Thomas Ewing, as Acting Assistant Adjutant; was then promoted to
Captain and returned to his regiment; in May 1865, was promoted to Major of the regi-
meut, and inustered out in theiatter part of that year—he then located at Viathe, Kan.; was
elected Sheriff of Johnson County, in the fall of 1865, and re-elected in 1867, and 1869. In
1870 he was elected clerk of the District Court, and re-elected in 1872 and °74.- 1n the
spring of 1877 he opened a law office in company with George W. Wilson, continuing with
him for a year, after which he engaged in the mercantile business, at Gardner, this county,
but remained there only ashorttime He purchased his mtll property at De Soto, Johnson
County, in June, 1880, and added large improvements tothe same. These m flls are valued
at $5,000, and have a capacity of 5,000 pounds of flour per day. He owns some 600 acres of
land inthis county, and is engaged in farming and raising stock. Mr. Hadley was elected
in the fall of 1876, to the State Seate, from this county and served two years, He
was married at Olathe, December 20, 1866, to Harriet Beach; she died February 18, 1875,
leaving two children—Estelle and Herbert. Mr. Hadley’s mills are at De Soto, and he gives
them his personal attention, butthe residence of himself and family is at Olathe. e

J, M. L, real estate and insurance agent, was born in Goshen,-N, H., August 11,
1819. Atfour years of age he went with h § parents to Bennington County, Vt., where he
lived till seventeen years old. Then went to Windsor County, Vt.,to school. In six years
returned to Bennington County, and there worked in a woolen factory with the exception
of three years. Worked at farming until 1847, and then moved to Winnebago County,
Wis., and for fifteen yeats was engaged in farming and mercantile business. Moved to
Mendota, Ill, living there six years, most of the time engaged in grain business. In 1868
came to Olathe, Kas., and fora year or so was engaged in the mercantile business, and
since then has devoted himself to real estate and insurance business, He isthe oldest in-
surence agentin the place; alsomakes a specialty of collections. Mr. Hall represented
the First ward in the City Council for two terms and was elecied a member of the School
Board tn 1880. and President of that body in the spring of 1882. ;

THOMAS HAMILL, physician and surgeon, was born in Lawrence County, Pa., in 1830,
and educated in the schools of thatcouuty. He then attended the Eclectic College of Cin-
cinnati, Ohto, graduating in the spring of 1855, after which he practiced in New Midile-
town, Ohio, for six months, aud in Keokuk, Iowa, uutil he came to Kansas in April, 1857,
where he was for a few months engaged with his brother in the stock business. In Feb
ruary, 1858, he removed to Johnson County, and for ashort time resided on a farm in
Olathe Township, moving into the town in the following May, and began the practice of
his profession at this place. In 1862 he wentto Leavenworth and remained a year, and
during that period held the office of coroner. Kemoving to Colorado was appointed Acting
Assistant Surgeon First Colorado Cavalry, serving until the fall of 1865, after which he
attended the St. Louis Medical College fur aterm, then the Humboldt Medical College, at
St. Louis, Mo., graduating in April, 1867. Returuingto Olathe has since devoted himself
to his profession. The doctor was married in Springfield, I1]., October 21, 1869, to Bettie
W. Short, a native of Ohio. They havetwo children, Ava and Lloyd,

JAMES M. HAWORTH was born in Clinton County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Isa
member by birthright of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Previous tothe war, was
engaged in farming and merchandising. Was for many years connected with the Clinton
Cuunty Agricultural Society, filling the position of pil ent, in 1861. Was elected County
Treasurer in 1856, and re-clect. din 1858, holding the office four years and three months,
his term closing in September. 1861. when he recruited a company, of which be was elected
Captain, and going to Camp Chase, was assigned to the Fortieth Obio Infantry, which regi-
ment was ordered to Eastern Kentucky, and becaine a part of a brigade under command of
Gen. James A. Garfield, on whose staff he served as A. A. A. General, until the General was
ordered to another partofthecouutry. In 1865, he removed to Cincinnati and engaged in
the wholesale drygoods business, until 1870, when broken health, requiring a change of
climate, he removed to Olathe, Kas., from where, in the fall of 1872, he was appointed
United States Indian Ageut and placed in charge of the Kiowa and Comanche Indians,
near Fort Sill, Indian Territory, remaining there until April, 1878. He was one of a coimn-
mmission for locating the Sioux, inthe summer of 1878, soon after which he was appointed
a special Indian Agent at large, and on February, 1879, was appointed a United States Ind-
ian Inspector, which position heheld until July, 1882, when he was- appointed Inspector of
Indian Schools, an office created by the session of Congress which lad just closed, the
duties being of asupervising care of all the Indian schools in the United States, excepting
the five nations in the Indian Territory. ss ae

CUL, JOSIAH E. HAYES (deceased). The subject of this brief sketch was born in New
Hampshire, in July, 1817.. He was educated principally at the common schools. In 1834
he went to Putnam County, Ill, and in 1851 to Bureau County, In 1857 he moved to Olathe,
Johnson Co., Kan., which town he made his home the remainder of his life._ The home o
his adoption is largely indebted to his energy and business ability for her prosperity. He
erected numerous buildings in the town, among them the stone building belonging lo the
Kansas Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, the American Hotel, and the Jail, and was hiun-
self interested at different times in various kinds of business. In 1861, at the breaking out
of the war, intommon with many other patriotic men of the county. he entered the army,
and became Captain of Company A, Fourth Kansas Infantry. In 1862, he was promoted to
the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the Twelfth Kansas Infantry, which position he held until the
close of the war. Inthe fall of 1863, his regiment was ordered to Arkansas, It formed a

art of Gen, Steele’s command. which was attempting to form a junction with Gen. N. P.
anks, at Shreveport, La., when onthe 30th of April, 1864, an eupazement occurred be-
tween Gen. Steele’s command and a large force of rebels at Jenkens’ erry, Ark,. endin
the defeat of the Uniyn forces. Early in the engagement, Col. Hayes was struck just below
the knee, bya minie ball. The ball was split vy striking agaiust the bone, one part pass-
ing out of the leg, the other part passing around and above the knee joint, and up back of
the thigh bone, nearly to the hip joint. The Union forces upon their retreat left the
wounded upon the field, and all, Col, Hayes among them, became prisoners in the enemy's
hands. His leg was amputated on the field, by Dr. Redfield, of Fort Scott. He was at first
taken to Camden, where he remained four months, suffering great pain and inconvenience
from his wound. He wasthen removed to Shreveport, La., where he remained until ex-
changed in February, 1864, when he proceeded homeward, reaching Olathe March 11, 1864.
So:ue time subsequently an operation was found necessary, in order to remove the portion
of the ball that had passed up the thigh, This was successful, and Jed to the rumor that a
second amputation had been performed, which was not true. Mrs. Hayes, upon learning
that her husband was wounded and a prisoner, immediately determined upon going to him.
Neither could she be turned aside from her purpose by the earnest entreaties, persuasions
and tears of her friends. After a hasty preparation, she started at once for Little Rock, and
proceeding thence under flag of truce to the rebel lines, she was permitted to go to Camden,
where the Colonel lay, traveling the whole distance, forty mniles, through the enemy’s coun-
try with a1ebel suldier for a driver, She remained with her husband until he was ex
changed, andin all human probability, through her constant watchfulness aud care, saved
his life, and brought him home with her to their children and friends. Inthe fall of 1865.
he was elected County Treasurer, In 1869 he commenced the business of banking in Olathe,
as detalled under the head of the Johnson County Bank. In 1870 he was elected State
Treasurer, and in 1872 re-elected by a majority of $0,000. April 30, 1874, he resigned his
office, and was succeéded by John Francis, of Iola, Allen County, who was appvinted the
next day. On account of the danger of traveling atthat time with money on the person,
County treasurers Nery ponerally. refused to settio with the State Treasurer im auything but
draftson New York, "These drafts were collected through two Topeka banks. When the
financial crisis of 1873 came upon the country, the New York bank having in charge these
collections for the Topeka banks suspended. This led to the suspension of the Topeka banks,
and thts to the embarrassment of the State Treasurer, who had at the time about $75,000 in
rocess of collection. The State was reimbursed over the counter of the Hayes Bank in
lathe, Col, Hayes being made good in part by the receipt of other property, some of it west~
ernland., While Col. Hayes was guilty of atechnical violation of the State law. which re-
quired State taxes to be paid in lawful money, and while his political enemies eagerly seized
upon this technical violation of the law asa convenient weapon with which to defeat his
aspirations toward further political promotion, yet the State lost not one dolar through the
dereliction, and not a shadow of suspicion rested or rests upon the integrity or character of
Col, Hayes. Preceding State Treasurers had received County taxesinthesame way, Itwas
Col. Hayes’ misfortune to be in office when the crisis came, and tie who had Heard his coun-
try’s call, who had gone to the fure front of the battle and left a limb, almost his life upon
her altar, was here destined to suffer injustice through a wide spread combination of cir-
cumstances for which he was no more to blaine than is the nan whois caught and destroy ed
by the flerce cyclone. On account of his failing health occasioned by the constant trouble
with his wound, he started February 23, 1881, to Eureka Springs, Ark., reaching there on
the 26th ofthe month. Nothing could avail. He died on March 8th, and was brought home
to be buried. He had been twice married—the first time to Louisa Fanning, of litinois, in
1838, and the second time to Miss Nancy A. Potter, on March 28, 1850. irs. Hayes is a
woman of extraordinary intelligence. firmness and devotion, a bright example of that forti-
tnde which crowned so many American women during the years of trial w lle the Rebel-
lion lasted, Besides Mrs. Hayes, four children survive—Charles L., Emma J ., Arthur L.
and Holly E. Hayes.

JOHN HARRIS, banker, was born in Madison County, Ohio. May 10, 1889, and reared
in Appanouse County, Lowa, receiving a college education at Mout Pleasant, Iowa, In
1858 he came to Kansas, locating in what isnow known as Miami County, where he fol-
lowed farming until the breaking out of the war, whenhe returned to Appanoose County
and in August, 1861. enlisted in Company M, Seventh Missouri Cavalry, aud served until
February 3, )863, He then assisted in raising Company H, Eighth Iowa Cavalry, and at
its organizationin June, 1868, was elected Br penne and a vear later promoted to Second
Lieutenant, in which capacity he served until September, 1865. He then farmed in Jeffer-
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that position until October. In July of the same year he became connected with G. M. Knox.
and engaged in the banking business with him in Newton, Kas. In April, 1878, he became
sole proprietor of this bank, and conducted it alone until June, 1879, when he sold out and
shortly afterward came to Olathe, at which time he purchased the People’s Savings Bank.
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Harris bought out Mr. Smith and thus became sole proprietor. Mr. Harris was married
in Appanoose gounty, Iowa, in 1859, to Irene Hallock. She died July 29, 1880, leaving
five children, Mary E., John A., Elmer E., Edith and Justin K.
E. HEATON, Marshal of the city of Olathe, was born in Delaware County, Iud.,
October 22, 1845, and was reared onafarm. He enlisted in December, 1861, at Lafayette,
Ind., in Company D, Fortieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Was in the following
_ battles: Shiioh, Tenn., Perrysville. Ky., Stone River, Tenn., Nashville and Franklin, Tenn.,
Mission Ridge, Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn., and onthe Atlanta Campaign, embracing all the
battles from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga. Served three years in the department of
the Cumberland in the Fourth aud Twenty-first Army Corps. as mustered out of service
in 1865 at Huntsville, Ala., his term of service having expired. He returned home to White
County, Ind., in 1866; moved to Illinois, lroquols County, near Gilman, and followed farm-
ing. In 1868 he moved to Olathe, followed the business uf stone-mason until 1878, when
he was appointed to the office of City Marshal. Was re-appointed in 1879 and 1880 and
1881. He took a very active partin the temperance cause in Kansas. In politics he is a
Republican. He married in 1869 at OJathe, Kansas, Miss Estell Newburry. They have
two children living—C. E. and J. E., and one, F. E., deceased.

- P.K. HEDRICK, proprietor Olathe Marble Works, was born at Greenbrier, Va.,
January 18, 1846, and at seven years of age removed with his parents to Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Here he learned the trade of stone-cutter when but seventeen years of age. In October,
1865, he enlisted in the Twenty-nintb Lowa Infantry, and served until the war closed; after
which he worked at his trade in Oskaloosa. In the fall: of 1869 he came toOlathe, and for
a time was engaged in farming. In 1872 he opened the Olathe Marble Works, th's bein
the only business of this kind in the place. r, Hedrick is a fine workman as his wor
shows, and began the business ona small scale, which has increased until he now gives ein-
ployment to four men, and is compelled by the demands of trade to keep on hand a large
And handsome stock of monuments, mantel-pieces, etc. Heisalso the owner of the Cri s-
tal Limestone Quarries, situared two and a half miles northwestof Olathe, on the Pleasant
Hill branch of the A., T. &S. F. R. R. Here he has some eighty acres of the finest kind of
limestone, and to the development ot which he is now giving considerable attention, as it is
injarve demand allthrough the State. Mr. Hedrick was married in Olathe in 1872, to Min-
nie Russell. They have two children—Clyde and Eva.

REV. EDWARD F. HILL. Pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in
Clermont County, Ohio, in 1836; entered the Inwa Conference in 1857; traveled one year,
and then located to attend the Lowa Wesleyan University, at Mount Pleasant. He also at-
tended Peak’s Academy, Ohio. In 1861 he entered the Cincinnati Confe ence of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, and had charge of various churches in Ohio until he came to
Kansas, April 1. 1873, locating at Burlingame. He had charge of the Methodist Episcopal
Church there for a year; then at’Salem four years; and at Clay Center three. years. In
March, 1881, he came to Olathe and entered upon his present duties. He was ordained a
deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Cincinnati, Ohio, in September, 1862, and or-
dained elder at Greenfield, Ohio, September, 1864, He labored in the church some twenty-
three years, and has been the means of bringing into the church over 2,000 persons. He
was married at Cincinnati, July 8, 1868, to Sarah L. Green. They have five children—
Charles M., Edward F., James #., Sarah L.and Mary, 7 sie

AMUEL H. HILL, farmer, was born in North Carolina in 1836; removing with parents
in 1847 to Kentucky; was reared on a farm; 1n 1856 he removed to Macoupin County, I1.,
where he carried on a large stock farm. He came to Olathe in 1869, and located on his pre-
sent farm. Mr. Hill is one of the leading farmers of this county; he owns 400 acres of land,
and is also largely engaged in breeding Poland China hogs; his place is well improved, and
on ithe hasa fine residence, and an orchard, consisting of some three or four acres.
He isa member of the Lone Elm Grange, Mr, H., was married in Macoupin County, Il.

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in 1860, to Eliza Kent; they_have nine children—Martha, John W., George, Annie, Mary,
Addie, Charles, Samuel and Elmer. 2 , i

SOL. HISEY, of Hammond & Hisey, undertakers and dealers in furniture, was born in
Columbiana County, Ohio, January 12, 1831. Here he learned the trade of carpenter and
builder, serving as an apprentice some three years, after which he followed it in Colum-
blana and Union counties asa journeyman. On August 12, 1862, he enlisted In Company A,
Oue Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Infantry; in June, 1863, he was promoted to Sergeant
and wounded at the battle of Chickamauga inthe following September, by a musket shot
in the right thigh, and taken prisoner by the Confederates; but he was paroled eleven days
later, and exchanged in May following; he served until his discharge June 19, 1865, after
which he returned to Ohio and followed histrade, Inthe fall of 1868, he cameto Olathe,
and was engaged in business as a carpenter and builder until March, 1881, when le joine
J. A. Hammond in the furniture business. Mr. Hisey was married in Union County, Onio,
November 28, 1852, to Maria L. Garwood, of Ohio; She died July 27. 1875, leaving one
daughter—Jennie KE. He was married again at Olathe, September 21, 1879, to Mary H. Peck.
They have one child—Eva Maud. 2

D. P. HOAGLAND, farmer, was born May 8. 1833, at Barlow, Washington Co.,
Ohio; at the age of fifteen he removed to Virginia; went to school at Marshal
Academy in the winter, and was for three years employed on fiat boats
in the; summer, running on the Ohio River; then in the State of Iowa for several
years, employed as a clerk and also as a carpenter, then in Springfield, Il,
working as a carpenter. He came to Kansas in 1857, and bought a claim two miles
west of Oxford, Johnson County, but lost it, it being claimed to bea military reservation.
He resided in Kansas City for a short time engaged in contracting and building, and has
als» conducted a hotel for a few months, He moved to Cass County, Mo. In 1858, built a
saw and shingle mill which he conducted for two years. He voted for Lincoln in 1860 and
nearly lost his life in consequence; he was fired at several times aud ordered to leave the
country, In 1861 he came to-Olathe and turned his attention to farming. In_ February,
1862, he enlisted in the Missouri State Militia and served two years; he has resided on his
protent farm since 1864, and is largely engaged in breeding Short-horned cattle, etc. He

as a fine orchard on his place and ownsin all some 400 acres. He is secretary of the
Olathe Grange, and County Commissioner. Mr. Hoagland was married in Cass County,
Mo., in 1859, to Sarah J. Farmer; she died in June, 1878, leaving three children—Fred,
Roddy Proctor and Clarence Farmer. * ‘ :

MYRON C. HOLCOMB, manufacturer and dealer in furniture, was born in Monroe
County, N. Y., May 23, 1827, and nine years later accompanied his parents to Hillsdale
County, Mich., where he assisted his fatherin clearing two timber farms, and also worked
for some years atthe trade of painter. Residing with his parents until about twenty-
six year of age, after which he worked at painting in De Kalb County, Ill., for some five
years, and 1n other parts of that State and Michigan, until he came to Kansas in June, 1860,
at which time be pre-empted 160 acres in Lyon County, and returned home to Michigan.
During his absence his claim was jumped, and on returning to the State in the spring of
1862 he settled on 160 acres in Gardner Township, Johnson Jounty, and this he farmed for
five years. In 1867 he came to Olathe, and was ein pio yed as a painter for a short time,
then established a teaming and transfer business which he carried on for ten years. In
1878 he purchased fis present business, and in the pastfour years has increased the stock
from $600 to $5,000. Mr. Holcomb had little or no means on his arrival here, and suffered
many hardships while residing on his farm, He was a meinber of the militia during the
war, and was molested onseveral occasious by guerrillas, but notwithstanding all draw-
backs, he stuck to his homestead and eveouraged and assisted by his wife, and is now in
more than comfortable circumstances. He was married at Fremont, Ind., March 1, 1859,
to Susan Phenicie, a native of Maryland, ‘ :

DAVID HUBBARD, of Hubbard. & Jones, proprietors of the Pearl Mills, was born in
Charlestown, N. H., in 1833, and reared on afarm until twenty-one ears of age, when he
moved to Carrolton, Ill., where for four years he was engaged in teachingschool. He came
to Kansas in 1857, locating in Douglas County, where he farmed for four years. In 1861 he
was appointed County Surveyor, aid filled jt for aterm, having obtained a knowledge of
surveying in his early education. After this was foi'two years employed as aclerk inthe
United States Commissariat Deparnent and in 1865 was appointed Assistant- Assessor
United States Internal Revenue, for Wyandotte, Johnson and other counties in Kansas; this
position he filled until 1870. _He came to Olathe to reside in 1869, and for a time was en-

aged in farming pursuits. In 1873 was elected to the office of County Surveyor, and the
ollowing year engaged in milling business in company with A Buch, conducting the Ott
Mill for three years, after which they conducted a inill at Cherryvale, Kan., for three years.
In April, 1881, Mr. H. joined E. C. Jones in present mills. In 1863, while residing on his
farm in Douglas County, Mr. Hubbard was called out from his home by Dick Yaegar, one of
Quantrell’s band, and shot through the left lung, an injury from which he has never thor-
oughly recovered. ~ :

W. J. HULL, Superintendent of Public Instruction for Johnson County, was born in
Warren County, IIl., June 2, 1854, and came to Kansas with his mother, November 27, 1865,
residing on various farms in Johnson County until the spring of 1869, when he came to
Olathe, and for three years attended school at this place, after which he went to Delavan,
Til., and attended the high school therefor ayear. Returning to this county in the fall of
1873, he was employed in teaching district schools until the fall of 1880, at which time he
was elected to his present office. and entered upon the duties of the same January 1, 1881.

. W, & C. W. HUTCHISON, editors and proprietors of the Olathe Mirror, aré the sons
of Rev. S. M. and Emily P. Hutchison, of Washington. Guernsey Co., Ohio, and both grad-
uates of Muskingum College, located at New Concord, Muskingum Co., Ohio. The senior
member of the firm was for four years a teacher in Muskingum County, Ohio, conduct-
ing normal schools during the sunimer. In 1879 he went to Peoria, Ill., and en-

ged in teaching a graded school near that city. Afterwards he turned his attention to
Journalism, establishing the New Concord Enterprise, being connected with several Ohiv
newspapers as correspondent. In September, 1880, be purchased the Cambridge (Ohio)
Herald, conducting it as a Republican newspaper until March 1. 1882, when he sold out,
came to Kansas, purchased the Olathe Mirror and News Letter, and at ance began such im-
provements in the officeas has made it the leading newspaper in Johnson County, and one
of the best on the eastern border, -C, W. Hutchison, the junior member of the firm, camej'o
Kansas July 4, 1882, having, like his brother, some experience as a journalist, a well-devel-
oped business knowledge, and a fine education. They received the endorsement of many
leading Ohio papers, M. W. Hutchison was born at Zanesville, Obio, September 24, 1854.
Cc. W. Hutchison was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio, May 18,1861. Besides the brothers in
the newspaper business, the remaining members of the family, including the mother, are
residents of Johnson County: L. M. Hutchison, M. D., a graduate of Kentucky School of
Medicine, who practices his profession in Olathe; Miss Lulu A. Hutchison, an élocutionist
of more than ordinary ability, and Miss Leora E. Hutchison, the youngest of the family,
who is largely endowed with musical gifts, All are popular in the community in which

ey reside.

ETER JULIEN, physician and surgeon, was born in Warren County, Ohio, April 15,
1811, moved to Shelby Couny in 1813: there lived and studied medicine with Dr. L. Hous-
ton, and practiced for fifteen years, after which he attended for three terms at the Physio-
Medical College, Clneinnatl, Brad uaring in the class of 1848-49, then continued his) ractice
in Shelby County until 1851, afterwards in Logansport. Ind. He came to Kansas in 1857;
traveled all over Kansas and South Missouri, and settled in i yanet City in 1858, and
practiced medicine five years; then moved again to Logansport, Ind., for two years. | Re-
turning to Kansas, he settled in Olathe in September. 1865. He resumed his practice at
this place, and, since August, 1881, in company with Dr. R. A. Williams, Since 1871 the
doctor has also been engaged in conducting an establishment for medical baths. He was
married in Shelby County, ’hio, January 9, 1833, to Catherine Castle. She died in 1848,
leaving four children—Findley, William, Melvina, Nelson. The doctor was married a second
time at Vienna, Ohio, in the fall of 1859, to Margaret Stewart. They have one son—Edward.

JULIEN & MAHAFFIE, livery and feed stables;this business was established by this
firm in 1867, and is the oldest of the kind in the city; they. began in a small way at first but
have increased their business, until they now have some tweuty fine horses and. ten full
livery outfits. William Julien, of this firm was born in Shelby County, Ohio, April 9, 1841;
nine years later removed with his father to Logansport, Ind., and was educated in the
Seminary there. He came to Kansas, in August, 1857, and was for a short time engaged
in prospecting, finally settling on a claim in Linn County, in the spring of 1858, on which
he resided for a short time, then to Wyandotte, about two yearsin theemplov of the Kansas
Stage Company. In the fall of 1862 he went to Kansas City and engaged in the livery busi-
ness in company with B. L. Rigvins; he also in that year enlisted in the One Hundred apd
Thirteenth Missouri Mounted Infantry, aud was appointed Second Lieutenaut of Company
&, and served two years. In the fall of 1864, he sold out his interest in the livery business
in Kansas City and came to Johnson County, Kansas. He wis until October, 1868, engaged
in farmiug in Olathe Township, when he sold his farm and cameto this city and engaged
in bis livery business in company-with his brother Nelson Julien. Sold out in 1871, to I.
N. Phillips and in company with Harry McBride bought grounds and built Elm’ Park
track stables, sold the same in 1873 and engaged with W. A. Mahafiie, in 1874, in the pres-
ent business. He represented the Second wardin the City Council four years and held the
office of City Treasurer four years and served as Deputy Sheriff during 1871. °72, °73 and
74. He was elected Sheriff of Johnson County in November, 1879. and re-elected in 1881,
for two years. Mr. Julien was married in Olathe, December 22, 1364, to Isabel Mahaffie;
they have two children—James A., and Effie M.

ULIUS A. KEELER, house mover, builder, etc.; was born in Norwalk, Ohio, April 28
1832, there he learned the trade of carpenter and followed that occupation for a livelibood.
He came to Kansas, April 20, 1856, and located in Lawrence and was engaged in emigration
interests and also worked some at his trade. In January, 1857, he removed to Linn
County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Second
Kansas Infantry, and served six months, but was forced to retire on account of severe in-

 

 
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juries received from being kicked by a horse. He was then engaged in recruiting and for a
Ume in 1862 was in charge ot Camp Instruction, near Leavenworth City, In the fall of
1862, he organized the first regiment of colored soldiers that was mustered into the United
States service, and drilled them for three months, but was too lame! ogo sto the service. On
January 1, 1863, he came to Olathe and worked at his trade for a few months, 1n May of
that year, he was commissioned by Governor Carney, First Lieutenant of the Sueriif of
Johnson County’s Posse. In the fall of the same year he was commissioned to organize the
Johnson County Militia aud was elected Colonel in which capacity he served until the
organization was disbanded in the spring of 1865. Since the war, ne has fullowed his
present business, and was also for several years engaged in agricultura) pursuits, Mr.

<eeler has a field roller of his own invention which took a diploma at the Kansas Exhibi-
tion of 1872. and which he pavented July 20, 1875. He is engaged in manufacturing the
same, and does considerable business. ‘

WILLIAM KELLY, farmer. was born in Ireland, June 17, 1826, and followed farming
as an occupation. In 1851 he emigrated to Boone County, I1l., and for six years worked as
a brick mason and plasterer, also farmed to some extent. He came to Kansas in the spring
of 1859, and worked arented farm in Johnson County for two years, and in 1861 moved on
his present farm; he ncw owns 400 acres in this county and is quite exteusively engaged
in raising stock. During the late unpleasautuess Mr. K. served in the State Militia. e
was married in Canada, in 1855 to AunieJ. Lundy, They have nine children—Mary A.,
Isabel, Alexander, William J. Sarah J., Kitty Samuel J., Thomas H. and David C.

JAMES LAMASNEY, dealer in horses aud mules, P.O, Olathe, was born iu Ogdens-
burg, N. Y.,in 1842. In April, 1860, he came to Kansas and located in Olathe, and assisted
his father, John Lamasney on his farm for five years, after which he embarked in that
business for himselt, following jt for avout five years. In 1870 he engaged in livery busi-
ness at the city of Olathe, carrying it on for about eight years, and then commenced his

resent business. He is a large dealer, and buys principa ly for the Kansas City markets.

e moved to his present residence, known as Elm Park,”?in December, 1881, on which
he has a fine brick stable and a race-course, known as the Elm Park Track, which he uses
for training his horses. In this place he has some eighty acres, and Js, in connection with
other business P rsuits, engaged in farming. He was married at Leavenworth, Kan., in
1865. to Alice H. Hale. They have five children—Catherine Maria, James H., Lena L., Ben-
jamin and Ivory Legate.

IVORY H LEGATE, druggist, was born in Edinburg, Ind., August 21, 1855, and edu-
cated in the schools and college at Hanover and Indianapolis, Ind. He came to Olathe in
the early part of 1876, and in company with J. R. Brown purcuased the drug store of J. H.
Blake. They carried on this busiuess until some time in 1877, when they purchased a
grocery, bakery and meat market; the entire business being carried.on under the style of

rown, Legate & Tilford, until August, 1878. when Mr. Legate withdrew from the firm
taking the drug stock, fixtures, etc., as his interest, and has since carried on that branch o
the business alone. He has a fine store, {he stock and fixtures of which are worth $5,000;
building. $6,000 or more. Mr. Legate is manager of the Hayes Opera House, and also of the
Olathe Rifle Band.

ALVA LEWIS, stock farm, was born near Dayton, Ohio, in 1817, and a few years .ater
emigrated to Clinton County, Ill., with his parents, where be was engaged in farming and
dealing in stock until he came to Olathe in 1865. He has a fine stock farm on Cedar Creek,
and Is largely engaged in breeding cattle, hogs, etc. Mr. Lewis owns in this county over
500 acres of land, and is considered one of the Jeading farmers in this part of the country.
He was married in Clinton County, Ill., in 1841, to Augusta Jane Stevens. She died in 1849,
leaving two childreu—John W. and Augusta Jane. In 1851 he married Mahalia Rhboten.
They have eight children—Eugene, Oliver, Frank, Walter, Annie, Fannie, Maud and Kate.

OHN T. LITTLE, attorney at law, was born iu Circleville, Ohio, in November, 1844,
and was reared in Champaign County, in that State. He enlisted in May, 1864, in the One
Hundred and Thirty-fourth Ohio Infantry, serving three months. Jn September, 1865, he
began a read law at Urbana, with Gen. John H. Young, remaining with him until admitted
tothe bar in March, 1868, at the Supreme Court of Ohio. He came to Olathe in August,
1868, and at once engaged in the practice of law, and in 1877 became associated with the
Hon. John T. Burris, his present partner. He was elected City Altorney for Olathe in April,
1882. Mr. Little was married in Olathe in 1875, to Mary Bundy, a native of Iowa. They
have two children-Chancy B.and.John T., Jr. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney for
Johnson County, Kan., atthe November election, 1882.

_ HARVEY C. LIVERMORE, general manager of the Johnson County Co-operative Asso-
ciation, was born in Deansville, Oneida Co., N. Y.,in 1850. Here he was reared to general
mercantile business, and at the age of eighteen began business for himself, continuing it
until he came to Kansasin 1871, locating in Douglas County. Was for one year engaged in
farm.ng, after which he moved to Lawrence, where he became associated with the Douglas
County Co-operative Association as a salesman, remaining in that employ untilJuly, 1876,
when he came to Olathe, and at once entered upon his present duties, Mr, Livermore was
elected to represent the Second ward in the City Council in the spring of 1882.

ALEXANDER H. LOTT, Clerk of Tenth Judicial District Court, was born in Seneca
County Ohio, September 27,1846. Here he followed farming until lie enlisted in the fall of
1863, in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-third Obio Volunteer Infantry, He served
fortwo years, principally under Generals Sigel, Crook and Sheridan, andparticipated in the
famous battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher’s Hill and Opequan Crossing, and was at
the capture of Petersburg and Richmond. Atthe capture of the former he received a shell
wound, on the 31stot March, 1865, in the right arm, which necessitated amputation. After
the war he attended Baldwin University and Republic Academy, Ohio. n the spring of
1868 he came to Kansas, located in Monticello Township on a farm, and was or five years
principally engaged in teaching school. He was elected Register of Deeds in 1873, and at
that time moved to Olathe. Was elected to present office in 1876, azain 1n 1878, and again
in 2880, AE. LOU was married in Olathe, in May, 1879, to Rose Bb. Thomas. They have one
son—Frank B.

R. M. LOVELL, druggist, isa native of Marion County, Ill. He enlisted in August,
1862, inthe One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Infantry, and having assisted 1n raj sing
Company H of that regiment, was.appointed Second Lieutenant of the same, and promote:
to First Lieutenant in the summer of 1864, serving until June 1865, He served principally
inthe Fifteenth Army Corps, and participated iu the engagements of Resaca, Dallas, Ken-
esaw, siege of Atlanta, and many others He was with Sherman in all his movements after
the fall of Atlanta, his regiment being one of those which stormed and took Fort McAllister,
thus opening up communication with the outside world. He came to Kansas April 3, 1868,
locating in Olathe. at which place he purchased an interest in the drug store of B. E. Martin,
and in March, 1869, became sole proprietor of the same. Mr. Lovell has a nice stock, worth
about $2,500, and is doing an increasing business. .

HARRY McBRI DE, fruit grower, was born in Orange County, N. Y., in 1840, and reared
in New York city, where he learned the drug business, aud was employed in that business
at South Bend, Ind., forfour years. In 1860 he came to Kansas, locating in Macamish,
Johnson County, and for several years wasengaged in the mercantile business in the village
of Lanesfield. ‘In 1862 he was appointed United States Assessor, and held the office some
three years. In 1864 he came to Olathe, and for ashort time engaged in the mercantile
business. About 1866 was appointed United States Internal Revenue Collector, and filled
that position two or three years, after which he embarked in the speculation of Indian lands,
and has been interested in the same since. He has resided at his present location since 1870;
has some forty acres, all Jaid out in fruit trees, grapes, etc. Mr. McBride was elected to the
State Legislature in 1864, and served one term. He was married at South Bend, Ind, in
1860, to Mary L. Brown. They have four children—Charles A., Eugene B., Fred and
Carrie A.

J. F. MOKAIG, farmer, was korn at Carlisle, Obio, April 24, 1833, and reared on a farm;
also learned trade of brick-maker, and was for # year imployed in that capacity in Danville,
Ill., and two years in Logansport, Ind. Hecameto Olathe March 14, 1857, and located on
his present farm, consisting of 160 acres. In September, 1862, he enlisted in the Tenth Kan-
sas Theantr , serving nant July, 1865. Mr. McK. now owns 460 acres of land, and is largely
engaged in breeding blooded cattle and hogs, and has five acres of his place laid outin fruit
trees. Heisacharter member of the Lone Elm Grange. Mr. McKaig was married at
Olathe. December 25, 1860, to Elizabeth F. Dankf, They have eight children—Mary E.,
Sarah E., Robert H., Flora, John C,, CoraG., Nelli: R. and Arthur i. ‘

JOSEPH MCNULTY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Olathe, was born in the city of New
York December 19. 1828, and reared in Columbiaya County, Ohio, At twenty-one years of
uge removed to Butler County where he followed farming for some years, and for a year in
La Fayette County, Mo. Hecameto Kansas April 24, 1860. and located on his present
farm. He owns 160 acres in Olathe Township, all wellimproved. He isa large farmer and
works considerable rented land. During the late “unpleasantness” he served in the State
inilitia. Mr. McNulty was married in Butler County, Ohio, January 18, 1858, to Bridget
Giblin, They have six living children, William H., Annie J., Mary E., Francis, Catherine
aud Harry. ' .

S. E. MACKEY, dealer in lumber, etc., was born at Frankfort, Ohio, January 31, 1842,
and reared in Chillicothe. Wasfora number of years in the employ of the Miami &
Cincinnati Railroad Company, and for three years engaged In mercantile business. In
August, 1872, he came to Kansas, locating in Lawrence, and was for two years engaged in
conducting a grocery business. In September, 1874, he came to Olathe, and was for
several years inthe einploy of thest. L, L. & Ww. . R. Co., as agent at this place,
also at the same time engaged in dealing in grain, coal, etc. Inthe latter part of 1875 he
purchased his present luciness, which Sas Dut asmalloueatthattime, but has increased
until a stock of $7,000 or so is carried to supply the demands of histrade. He is the pro-
prietor of the oldest lumber yard in Jobnson County, and Jately purchased the lumber
yard, ete.. of J. C. Rogers & Co., at Spring Hill, this county, where he also carries on a

Bra ee eM MAHAFFIE, partner of the firm of Julien & Mahaffie, was born in Jasper

 

 

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ounty, Ind., in December, 1846, and came to Kansas with his father and resiaed on a farm -
ee iim until 1868, when he juined Col. Chapman’s engineer corps on the Fort Scott &
Guif R. R. He ran the first line to the Indian Territory that was.made for the Fort Scott
road, In 1869 he settied on a claim in Labette County, Kas., and remained there until the
spring of 1871. He joined Mr, Julienin the livery businessin 1873. He was married in
Olathe No ember 25, 1875, to Clara B Cox, anative of Fayette County, Ohio. They have
four children, Miles, Mamie, Nellie and Homer. fe

DAVID D. MARQUIS, farmer. P, O. Olathe. was born in Washington County, Pa.. in
1828, and fourteen years later rewoved to Bellefovtaine, Ohio, and for several years fol~
luwed farm work, after whicn he farmed rentedJaud for two years. Selling out he re-
moved to Dayton and attended school, maintaining himself by teaching vocal music In
1850 he engaged in book business in the firm of Eis, Marquis & Co. This firm continued
for some twelve years. In May, 1862, be enlisted in Company B, Ninety-eighth Illinvis
Infantry, and was almost immediately elected Captain. Two years later was promoted to
Major of the regiment, and a year tater to,Lieutenant Colonel. After the war he settled in
Richland County, Lil, Was elected Treasurer of that county in 1866 and held the office
two years. Afterwards was for atimeengaged jn mercantile, stock and grain business,
under the style of Byers & Marquis. Mr. Marquis camé to Kansas October 81, 1871. and
located on his present farm. uearthe city of Qlatbe. He has 120 acres of well improved
land and an orchard of over 1,000 trees. He Js a member of Johnson County Pomona
Grange and Olathe Grange No. 118. He was married in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1859,
to Agnes Byers, They have four children. -

JOHN B, MARSHALL, insurance and real estate, was born in Porter County, Ind,, July
23, 1843. He served about one year in the late war, first as Sergeant of Company C, One
Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry, afterwards as Second Lieutenant in Com-
pany B, Oue Hundred and Fifty-first Indiana Infantry. After the war he entered into the
dry goods business at Valparaiso, Ind., remaining there until the spring of 1868, when he
cainé to Olathe, and engaged in drug busiuess, carrying it on until 1875, when he engaged
in hig present business; also makes aspecialty of collections, In 1870 he received the Dem-
ocratic nomination for State Senator, that party being largelv in the minority, he was not
elected. In 1871 he was elected a Commissioner of Johnson County, serving two years,
Mr. Marshall was married in Valparaiso, I. d.,in Jure, 1869, to Mary Bartholomew. She
died in Ne-vember, 1871, and Mr. Marshall was married a second time, in Olathe, to Mrs,
Laura Neibert (widow). They have four childreu—Clara, Wade D., Johu B., Jr., and May-
nard G. 1 i j

MANUEL G. MIULER, dealer in groceries, etc,. was born in_Bracch County, Mich., in
1843. Resided with his parents for sometime iu Boone County, Iowa; then again in Branch
County, following farming. In August, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, Seventh Michigan
Light Artillery, serving eleven months. He came to Kansas November 29, 1865, locating at
Fort Leavenworth, employed by the United States Governmentin various capacities, until
March, 1866, when he went to Lawrence, Kan., anit for some inonths was employed in the
construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. In July, 1866, he was giveu charge of a Section,
which position he held until March, 1869, when he came to Olathe. Inthe following month
he opened in his business with a stock of $1,400, which has since been increased to $5,000.
In August, 1877, he sola out, and joined C. M. Ottin milling business, but in the fall of that
year again started in the grocery business, still retaining bis interestinthe mill. Mr. Ottis
also his partner in the store. Mr. Miller was married in Branch County, Michigao, in
March, 1867, to Mary E. Phenicie. They have two childreu—Jessie and Louisa. é

BRANSON MILLIKAN, farmer, was bor» in Monroe Cou ty, Ind., November 23, 1824.
Emigrated with his pare ts to Parke County in 1829, and followed farming as an ocenpation.
He came to Kansas iu March, 1858; located in Olathe, moving 01 to his present farm in
September, 1857. He is an extensive farmer, has 160 acres iu this place and eighty acresi :
Miam1 Cou: ty, and is also engaged in raising stock, Mr, M. served in the militia during
the war, He was Treasurer of the School District for thirtee» years, and is a charter mem-
ber of the Lone Elm Grange, organized in1873. Mr, Millikan is universally esteemed by
his neighbors for his honorable dealing a: d strict integrity. He was married in Parke
County, I d.,in 1847, to Harriet Shup. They have nine childreu—Isabella, Mary C., James
B., Amanda, Han: ah J., Sarah, Hattie, Allen a: d Maud. ;

JONATHAN MILLIKAN, farmer, was born in Monroe County, Ind., in January, 1827,
and three years later removed with his pare: ts to Parke County. To 1851 he nade atrip to
New Orleans on a flat-boat, went twice to Iowa, taught school in Indiava, and in 1853 made
two more trips to Iowa, not suiting himself, he went to Nebraska, and in May, 1857, came to
Olathe and took up a claim of 160 acres, and oa this he still resides. In’ 1857 he built the
first substantial dwelling house erectedi. the town of Olathe. He is largely e gaged in
farming; owns) éarly 200 acres of la: d, and also rents cousiderable. rT. M. was the first
Assessor electedin the Township. He was married in Olathe, November 25, 1858, to Emily
L, Whittier, of New Hampshire. They have four children—Minme E. Mardie B., Orion
Whittier and EllaL. Mrs. Millikan was the first white lady to locate in Olathe. She is a
cousi .of Commodore Nutt and second cousin to the poet John G. Whittier. 2

M. A. MORROW, merchant and farmer. P. O. Bonita, was bornin Allegheny County,
Pa.,1n 1855. His parents removed to Mercer County, Lll., four years later. He came to
Kansas in October, 1869, residing at Ocheltree; he attended school and also assisted his
uncle in his store. He was fora year employed in the mercantile business at Olathe, and
in November, 1879, purchased the stock and business of F. Gilbert at Bonita. In Novem-
ber, 1881, he admitted Thomas Stevenson as a partner, and the business is now conducted
under the style of M. A. Morrow & Co. Mr.M. was appointed Postmaster at Bonita in No-
vember. 1879, and is agent for the K.C.,F $8.4 G R. R. and Adams Express Company.
He owns eighty acres of land in partnership with his brother, J. N. Morrow; and is, in
connection with his other business pursuits, engaged in farming.

J. W NORVELL, of Mariner & Norvell, general merchants, was born in Shelby County,
Ind., August 2, 1847, and was reared on a farm until he reached the age of nineteen years,
when he went to Independence, Mo., and was for five poms employed as a salesman in the
mercantile business with J. May & Son. He came to Kansas in 1872 and located at Olathe,
and at once established the business 1n company with E. J. Mariner, with a stock of about
$7,000 worth of goods, which has since been increased to $20,000, to supply the demands
of their increasing trade. Mr. Norvell was married in Independeuce, Mo., February 7,
1871 to Eva Mariner, a native of Tennessee, They have four children—Edna May, Mary
B. P., Jessie I., and Grace Aileene.

FRANK R. OGG, attorney at law, was born in Lawrence County, Ind., September 15,
1845. He began business life in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, there remaining
with him as an assistant about four years, and during that period also read law with Put-
nam & Freidley; after which he attended the Indiana State University, fraduating in the
Law Department January 31, 1868. In February, 1869, he came to Olathe, Kas., and at
once began to practice law in company with Gen. H. M. Fishback, remaining in_part-
pership with him fora year, since then alone. He makes a specialty of trial cases. In the
fall of 1870 he was elected County Attorney, re-elected in 1872; and from October, 1874, to
February. 1879, also held the office of Postmaster of that place. He is local attorney for
the A, T.&8. F. R.R.Co. and the K.C, L. & S. RB. RB. Co. r. Ogg was married at hea-
ford, Ind., November 14, 1869 to Mary E. Daggy. They have two children living—William
F. and Josephine M,

CHRISTIAN M. OTT proprietor of the Olathe Roller Flour MiJls, was born in Germany
October 31, 1835; came to America in 1849. and resided in Alton, Iil, where he learned the
trade of baker and confectioner, serving an apprentigesnip of four years. He then worked
at his trade in New Orleans until the spring of 1857, when he came to Kansas, and was for
a short time engaged in the bakery business in Independence, Mo. He then opened a bak-
ery and grocery store in Olathe, conducting it for twelve years. In 1868 he built his pres-
ent mills, and has run them, except three years, since. He has just added rollers, which are
machinery for making new process fiour. The engine has a capacity of fifty-horse power,
and the mill consumes 500 bushels of wheatdaily. In 1878 Mr. Ott also opened a furniture
factory and store at Ottawa, Kas,,in company with A. Gottschalk. His interest in this is
managed by hisson Henry Mr. O, was married in Olathe, in September, 1860, to Justina
Schieve They have four children—Henry Albert, Charles, and Emma.

MARTIN V. B. PARKER, attorney-at-law, was born in Coles County, Ill, in Novem-
ber, 1840, and was rearedon afarm. At the age of fourteen years he went to Jacksonville,
Ill., and for six years off and on attended the lijinois College, graduatingin 864. Intheearly

art of the war he enlisted aud served sixteen months. After graduating at Jacksonville

© attended the law school at Albany N. Y., graduating in May, 1866, and shortly after-
ward opened a law and real estate business at Lee Summit, Mo. In the spring of 1868 he
came to Olathe and engaged in the practice of law in company with John P. St. John.
Eight years later they dissolved and Mr. Parker conducted his law and real estate business
alone until quite recently when he became associated with A. J. Smith. Mr. Parker is
largely interested in farming. He owns some 700 acres of land in this county, all under
cultivation He was married in Jacksonville, Ill, in the fall of 1866 to Emma Woodward.
They have five children, May L., Effie E., Luella, Zulu and Zella.

JAMES W. PARMETAR, of Parmetar & Divelbiss, architects and builders, was
born in Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1832. Here he learned the trade of carpenter and builder,
serving as an apprentice some four years, after which he followed itas a journeyman. for
about five years, then in the same Capacity in Bureau County, Ill, for seven years, and for
some time in Niles, Mich. where he studied architecture, etc. He came to Olathe in March.
1858, pre-empted 16 | acres in Oxford Township. this county, and resided on the same “off
aud on” for ashorttime, Since his arrivalin this place he has devoted his time to his
present business, and since the spring of 18° 2 has been in partnership with L. W. Divelbiss.

n Apr iL 1861, Mr. P enlisted in the Second Kansas Infantry, and having assisted in rals-
ing Company C, was elected Kirst Lieutenant of the same and served six months, He then
assisted in organizing Company H, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, and was appointed Captain
of itin August, 1462, by Gen. Jaines Lane, and in that capacity served some three years,
two years of which he was in charge of Fort Larned, Kas, Captain Parmetar was taken
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prisoner during Quantrell’s raid, in Olathe, but shortly after paroled. The subje
Sketch was married.in McCamish Township, Johnson County, October 13 ieeg to thon
J Gray, a native of Ohio. They have oneson, Charles W. ; :
WILBUR C. PAUL, editor of the: Johnson County Democrat, ~ new Jeffersonian
ournal, which was introduced to the public in May, 1882. Mr.’ Paul wasborn in New
isbon, Ohio, June 8, 1853; then Jivedin Alliance from the time hé was nine until he be-
came thirteen years of age, there attending school and working in printing offices during
his vacation. hen he was fourteen: years of age his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio,
and there he-rfrom choice rather than necessity—carried routes and sold papers on the
streets, always employing the spare momentsin acquiring a knowledge of printing. In
1872 he came to Kansas, settling In Ottawa, from which place he has roamed about for
four years of the ten that have elapsed since his sojourn there, finally finding his Mecca in
Olathe, where he is endeavoring to exert an influence for good,

s. Cc. PETTEGREW, formerly of the firm of Hubbard & Pettegrew, dealer in
lumber, coal and grain; was born in Dearborn County, Ind., September 30, 1849;
came to Kansas in August, 1866, locating in Olathe. Engaged inthe lumber business in
company with his father, under the style of W. G. Pettesrew & Son, wh'ch firm lasted about
two years, He then managed the lumber yard of Lots aw, Quade & Co. for two years, and
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$1,500, which they afterward increased’ to about $4,000. August 1, 1882, Mr. Pettegrew
bought out Mr. David Hubbard’s interest in the firm, and now the style of the firmisS. C.
Pettegrew. The firm has a capital of $6,000. In connection with the business Mr. Pette-
rew also does a limited amount of building,.ete. Heis a member of the Olathe Lodge No.
£9, I, 0. O. F., and is at present treasurer of that body. 7 ;

ISAAC O. PICKERING, attorney _at law, was born in Freeport, Harrison Co., Ohio,

February 18, 1842, and was rcared in Fulton County, I]. He came to Kansas June 1, 1859,
and farmed for a short time in Johnson County, and then_in Woodson County. During the
winter of 1860-61 he taughtschool at Winterset, Iowa. In November, 1861, he enlisted in
the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, Company F In 1862 was promoted to Staif Sergeant, and in
1864 to First Lieutenant, and although he held a regimental office was principally employed
on the staff of Gen. Reynolds, serving inallfour years, After the war he engaged in the
mercantile business at Leavenworth, and at the same time carried on a livery business at
Olathe, continuing in both only a short time; he then engaged in the hotel business at
Olathe in company with J. T. Weaver, following that until 1869. when he sold out and
purchased 820 acres of land in Labette Cou: ty. and engaged in farming, losing in four years
all he had accumulated heretofore. During 1867-68 and 69 Mr. P., in connection with his
business pursuits also read law, and was admitted to the barin Labette County at the Dis-
trict Court in February,1872. In 1873 he returned to Olathe and was variously engaged until
the session of the Legislature of 1875, when he was elected Assistant Chief Clerk of the House,
At the expiration of his official term, he returned to Olathe and entered the law office of
Gov. John P. St. John, with whem he is stillassociated. He is also engagedin farming, and
is interested in mining enterprisesiu Colorado, He was elected at'orney of the city of Ola-
the in the spring of 1878-79-80, and Mayor of the city in 1881 fora term of two years. Mr.
Pickering is a member of the Executive Committee of the State Temperance Union, 5

J.R.F, PILCHER, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1832; was educated at Denni-
son University, Granville, Ohio, Taught school in Ohio and at New Madrid, Mo., nearly
two years. Graduated at Cincinnati Law School in 1860. He served in the Confederate
army.- After the war, hetaughbt in Indiana, and came to Kansas in 1868 and engaged in
mercantile business in Olathe. He is at present engaged in Jumber and real estate.

FRED E. PRATT, manager for the G. B. Shaw & Co. lumber yard. This yard is a
branch of the Kansas City yard of G. B. Shaw & Co., and was established January 25, 1882.
The firm has some twenty-five lumber yards in the State of Kansas. They carry a stock
here of about $10,000. r. Pratt, who is manager of this vard, was born in Groton, Tomp-
kins Co., N. Y., in 1855, and reared in Anoka County, Minn., where he learned the profes-
sion of land surveyor, and was employed at it forsometime. He came to Kansas in 1875,
and was for three years employed inthe lumber business in_ Sterling, after which he re-
turned to Anoka, and wasfor afew months employed in the State Bank atthat place. He
then returned to Kansas, and was employed by the Western Lumber Company: in various
parts of the State. He then went to Kansas City, Mo.,and entered the employ of G. B.
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.W, H. SMITH, of John Harris & Co., bankers, was born in Bloomington, Ind., May 13
1841. At thirteen years of age heremoved to Louisville, Ky., where he was employed in
anking and mercantile business as bookkeeper for about seven years, Returning to In-
ana, he enlisted, in May, 1862, in Company A, Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry, aud was
seharged in 1863, on account of ill health; after which he was- employed as a bookkeeper
Louisville until 1869, when he entered the wholesale notion house of H. S. Buckner &
Co. as a partner, remaining in that business two years. 1n 1871 he went to Clear Creek,
Ind., and fortwo years was engaged in mercantile business under style of Martin & Smith;
and again in Loutsvilleas bookkeeper for three and one-half years. Returning again to
Clear Creek, was variously engaged until he came to Kansas, in March, 1879, at which time
he located in Newton, and was for six months employed as a bookkeeper in a grocery busi-
ness. Hethen came to Olathe, entered the employ of John Harris, banker, as cashier, and
in January, 1881, purchased a one-half interest inthe concern. Mr.S. was married at Lou-
isville, Ky., to Annie E. Mitchell, a native of that place. They have five children—Marian,
Hunter, Kimma, Blanche, and Mabel. 5
DAVID P. SNELLING, dealer in coal, etc., was born in the city of Columbus, Ohio,
in June, 1839, and in 1851 moved to Chippewa Falls, Wis., where he wax employed in saw-
mills as sawyer, etc., forsome years. In October, 1859, he enlisted in the Thirteenth Uni-
ted States Infantry, Company G, and served five years, ani when mustered out he held the
rank of First Sergeant. He participated in some eight or nine regular engagements, and
was wounded at Black River, Miss., and at the battle of Chancellorsville. After the war
Mr. Snelling gave his attention to farming in Jersey County, Ill. Hecaine to Olathe, Aug-
ust 20, 1866, and for two years was engaged in selling merchandise through the country,
after which he engaged in the coal business, being the first to open inthatlinein Olathe, In
1878 he estabiisned a telephone exchange at this place. In May, 1881, the same was merged
into the Olathe Telephone axchange, of which he isastockholder and is agent for the
same, Mr.§, is interested. in the sand trade at De Soto and Lawrence, Kan., from which he
ships sand allthrough the State. He was married in Jersey County, IIl., in the fail of 1865,
fo arriet H. Ford. They have five children — Austin, Herbert, Grace, Gertrude, and

umont.

JAMES STEVENSON, farmer, was born in Nova Scotia, Ca., May 1, 1844. His parents
removed to Alleghany County, Md., seven years later, and thence to Gallatin County, where
they remained three pears and removed to Perry County, IIL, where he learned the trade
of blacksmith, and fol owed it as a journeyman there for some years. On April 20, 1861, he
enlisted in Company, G, Twelfth Kausas Infantry, serving three months, and re-enlisted
August 16, 1862, in First Illinois Light Artillery, and served three years, His brother
George also served in the same battery, Mr. Stevenson came to Kansas, June 23. 1867, and
purchased eighty acres of land, on which he still resides: His brother George has also
eighty acres, and the, brothers farm together. Both farms are finely improved—with
orchards, groves and hedges. They are extensive farmers, and also raise considerable
stock. Both are members of the Lone E)m Grange, No. 152. Mr. Stevenson was married
in Olathe, November 7, 1872, to Sarah J. Byers, who died August i4, 1873,

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HON. ROBERT E. STEVENSON, Recorder of Johnson County, was bornin Morgan
County, Il1,in December, 1839. as educated at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Il., and
«graduatedin medicine at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1869, He enlisted April 15
1861, in Company B, Tenth Lilinois Infantry, and after his graduation at Rush College, was
appointed Assistant-Surgeon, Seventy-third Illinois Infantry, serving until February, 1854.
He then went to Jacksonville, Ill., and practiced: also carried on a drug business. Mr. Stev-
enson came to Kansasin 1867, and Jocatedin Olathe, andfor about seven years followed
farming ane dealing in stock. His farm consisted of 160 acres adjoining the city, and eighty
acres of it has since been turned intoa town addition. In 1874 he engaged in grain busi-
ness, following it for five years, after which he entered the employ of the United States Mail
Service as route agent on the Santa Fe R. R. This he resigned to accept his present posi-
tion, having been elected tothe same in November, 1881, Mr. Stevenson was elected to rep-
resentthe Olathe districtin tho State Legislature in 1868, and again in 1874. He was ap-
pointed chairman of Indian Raid Commission in 1879, anda delegate to the Repubiican
National Convention held in 1872 at Philadelphia. The subject of our sketch was married
at Jacksonville. Ill.,in April, 1864, to Celesta A. McCartney, a native of Belmont County,
-Ohio. They have four children—Charles McC., M. Kate, Jay and Margaret J.
ISAAC C, STUCK, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in-Loudon County, Va., September
29, 1829. Studied civil engineering and surveying in Washington, D. C.. and in 1847 com-
menced as assistant on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and continued on that work until its
completicn to Cumberland, Md., in 1851. In June of that year he accepted a position as
assistant engineer on the North River Canalin Virginia. In°1852-53 was assistant engi-
neer on the extension of the Morris & Essex Railroad, from Dover to Hackettstown in New
Jersey, and in 1854 was assistanton the Iron Mountain Railroad in Missouri, and in April,
1855, came to Kansas, and froin that time until 1861 was engaged surveying lands for the
Government in Kansas and Nebraska. When not engaged in surveying he was examiner
and draughtsman in the Surveyor General's office, and in February and March, 1856, while
the office was at Wyandotte, he drew from the plats of actual surveys, the first sectional
map of Kansas. In 1857, when the office was at Lecompton, he madea map of Douglas
County, showing upon its face the names of settlers at that time upon each quarter section
ofland. Thismap wasengravedat t. Louis, Mo, In 1861commenced farming, andin 1862
was elected Captain of Company C, Thirteenth Regiment, Kansas State Militia, and served
tillthe close of the war. In 1865 he sold his farm and went to New Mexico, where heagain
engaged in Government surveying. In 1868 returned to Johnson County, Kan., and located
upon the farm where he now resides. Mr. 8. was elected three or four times Surveyor of
Johnson County, filling that office in all six or eight years. Heis not only a thorough syr-

 
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yeyor: but one of the finest draughtsmen in the State. Mr. S. was married in 1862, and lost
nis wile in 1876, and in 1880 married a second time, aud now has a family of five boys and
RUS O. SYLVESTER, proprietor of the Olathe Foundry and Machine Shops, was
born at Port Clinton, Ottawa Co., Ohio, April 24,1885. In 1847 his father, Willian b. Sy!-
vester, moved to Manhattan, Lucas Co., Ohio; in 1849 moved to Attica, Fountain Co., lnd.
At eighteen years of age young Sylvester wentto Milwaukee, Wis., where he served three
ears as an apprentice to the macliinist trade, in the Reliance Works, with Decker & Seville.
e@ was then made foreman of the machine shop under A.G. Wald, general manager. In
1861 he moved to Attica, Ind., and in 1862 enlisted in Company C. Kighty-sixth Regiment,
Indiana Volunteers for three years, During his service he was wounded three times. Was
atthe battle of Murfreesboro, was all through the Atlanta Campaign; was promoted to
First Lieutenant at Powers Ferry, Ga,. July 16 1864. After the Atlanta Campaign he was
taken prisoner at Huntsville, Ala. January 18,1864, and was taken to Galesburg, Ala.,
whence he escaped an: made his way back, a distance of 150 miles on Lookout and Sand
Mountains, to within about eight miles of Bridgeport, Ala, Here he was captured by a
band of bushwhackers, and then he thought it was all up with him; but he had forged a
parole, and thissaved him. They detained him to find out whether the parole was genuine,
aud that night he escaped with a duuble- barreled shotgun. He was then on Sand Mountain
—the mountain was covered with snow, and he had no shoes on his feet; by slow travel
however, he got down to the Tennessee river, where he found a slab on the bank, He tied
the locks of his gun close under hisarms, and crossed the river on the slab. His limbs were
utterly benumpbed with the cold water. but he had the gun, and now inade his way back to
the Union lines. In July, 14865, he was mustered out, and then went to Janesville, Wis.
There he had charge of the round house of the ©. & W. R. RB, for two years. He then
moved to Williamsport, lud., and opened afoundry. Three years later he was burned out
and removed to Attica, Ind., and there conducted a foundry until March, 1880, when he
came to Olathe, Johnson Co., Kan. and established his present business. He does a large
trade in repairing farm twachmery and making farm rollers, and since March, 1882, has
been running a saw millin connection with his present business. -

HENRY A, TAYLOR, Deputy County Treasurer, was born in Fairfield, lowa, in No-
vember, 1847, and rearedin Keokuk. Here for a time he studied law, but finally gave his
a‘tention to bookkeeping, ete.. fullowing it there until he came to Olathe, in May, 1870.
Shortly after his arrival here, he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the County, and filled that
position for three aud a half years. In November, T875, he was appointed eputy Treasur-
er of the County, and served something over two years. luthe fall of 1875, he was elected
‘Treasurer of Johnson County for a two years term, and re-elected in 1877, without opposi-
tion. Mr. Taylor has occupied his present office since October, 1880, In January, 1881, he
was also appointed Financial Agent for the County, and compromised and settled indebted-
ness for thesame, which had been in litigation for some ten years, this employing the prin-
cipal part of his time for overayear. The subject of our sketch was married in Olathe, in
June, 1872, to Harriet H. ‘Taylor, a native of Sycamore, Ill. They have one living daughter
—Kate V., and one decersed—Mary.

G. ADAM THEIS, farmer, was born in Germany, January 8, 1830, and reared on a
farm. In 1852, he emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was employed as a night-watch-
maninahotel. He came to Kansas in 1857, located in Johnson County, and followed tarm ~
ing and stock-raising in Olathe Township. Mr. Thies’s farm was located in Section 21,
Township 13, Range 24, cousisting of 160 acres, all well improved; this he traded about
three years ago, fur 240 acres of land in Anderson County, where he is interested in farm-
ing, etc., but still retaius his residence in this county, He was married in Johuson County,
Kan. in 1863, to Elizabeth N. Gammon. They have three children—William, Mary H. and

xeorge H. 2

S. G@. THOMAS, farmer, was born in Fayette County, Ind., in 1833, and was reared on a
farm. He learned the trade of carpenter, and was employed at it there and in Madisou'
County some twelve years. In 1861, he turned his atteution to farming, and followed it in
that couuty some six years, aftec which fur one-year he resided in Rush County and a year
in Jackson County, Mo. He came to Olathe in December, 1868, and located on his present
farm, which consists of 16U acres, all well improved. He has a nice orchard and gruve on
his premises. Mr. Thomas was married in 1861,in Madison County. Ind..to Susan M.
Busty she died two years later, leaving one daughter—Jessie. He was married a second
timein Rush County, Ind., in December, 1866, to Margaret Ball. They havetwo children—
Zov O., and Olon C.

GEORGE L. THOMPSON, of Brown & Thompson, hardware merchant, was born in
Kickapoo, Leavenworth Co., Kan., December 15, 1855. He began business life at the age of
about fourteen years, entering the employ of the K. C., Ft. 8. & G. R. R.Co. He worked for
asborttimein the general offices at Atchison, then as baggageman for three years, after-
ward as station ageut at varivus placesin Kansas, remain ug ti that employ in all about
elevenyears. Was then employed in the offices of M, P. R. R. Co. at Atchison for a year in
the capacity of clerk, assistant train master, and chief operator, after which he went to
Colorado, where for two months he was employ edin mercantile business, then four months
in Florida, engaged in railroading. Returning to Kansas in March. 1882, he settled in Ola-
the, and in April joined A. A. brown in this business. Mr. Thompson was married in
Olathe, in 1878, to Miss M. J. Dobbins, ‘They have one infaut daughter.

D. H. WALLICK, farmer and stock-raiser, was bornin Holmes County. Ohio. in 1832.
‘and was reared ouafarm. After reaching manhood, followed farming as an occupation,
He enlisted August 9, 1862.in the One Hundred and Secund Vhio Infantry, Company G, and
servedthree years. Hecaineto Kansas in April, 1569; was for two years engaged in farmin
in the neighborhood of Olathe City, and then moved on to his présent farm,five and one-hal
miles south west of Olathe City, cousisting of 160 acres, in March, 1871. is place is splen-
didly improved and he has on it a fine crchard of three and one-half acres. eis a charter
memberof the Lone Ein Grange. Mr. W. was married in Holmes County, Ohio, in April,
1862, to Sarah Moore. ‘hey have three children—Elzora, Delbert L. and Franklin.

J.D. WALKER. farmer, was Lorn in Tioga County, Penn.,in 1826,and reared in Peoria
County, Ill, where he followed farming for many years. In 1869, he came to Olathe, and
located on his present farm, consisting of 160 acres, all improved by him in the past twelve
years He is also engaged in raising hogs of the Poland-China and Berkshire breeds. Mr.

alker is assisted in conducting his farm by his three sons—William, Percy and Bay:

GEORGE WUITE, farmer and dealer in stock, was born at Alden, KrieCo. N. Y.. in
1828; removed to Princeton, Bureau Co., Ill, in 1844, anda year later engaged in the mer-
cantile business asa clerk. In 1848, he wentto St. Louis, Mo., and was employed in the
saine capacity for a year; then clerked on steamboats ou the Illinois and Mississippi 'ivers.
Tu 1850, he crossed the plains to California and followed miuving for a short time, and for a
few uonths was employed asa clerkin ahotelin Sacramento; returning home early in
1852, he engaged inthe grocery business in bureau Country. remaining there some three
years, after which he again tvok to boating on the Misstsstppl River fora shorttime. In
August, 1855, he cameto Kansas and followed mercantile business at Leavenworth. In
January, 1857, he came to Olathe and located on his present farm. which consists of 165
acres, His place is well improved with fine buildings and an orchard. Mr. White is con-"
sidered oneof the largestraisers of hogsinthecounty. In Beptember, 1862, he was ap-
poiuted Under-Sheriff, and ,re-appointed in 1864, SEV INE in all, about forty munths, r
White was married in St. Louis, Mo., Octover 16, 1855, to Laura V. Strode. They have nine
living children—H. b., Minute M., Kddie C., Charles, Schuyler C., Ida EK., Laura, John and
Hattie M ; onedeceased—Frank 8., who died May 30, 1882,

ALFRED WILEY, farmer asd stock-raiser, P.O. Olathe, was born near Zanesville,
Ohio, in 1837, and reared jn Fulcou County, Ill, where he began business tife as a clerk in ®
mercantile business, fullowing that occupation fur several years. He came to Kansas in
1859 ; located in the city of Olathe, and wasfor some five years engaged inthe provision
businessin company with his brother. His father came to this State In 1864, and the boys
engaged in farming with him; and three years later the subject of sketch took afarm on his
ownaccount. In 1875, he moved on tohis presentfarm in the township of Olathe. Mr,
Wiley is ove of the progressive farmers of this county. He owns 400 acres of land, five
acres of which he has Jaid out in a fine orchard; and is largely engaged In raising live stock,
making a specialty of graded cattle and blooded hogs. Heisa member of the Grand View
Grange, No. 438; was elected master at its organization, and is the present incumbent of
that office, having been elected yearly. Inthe fall of 1861, he enlisted—for three years—in
Company C, Second Kansas Infantry. Mr, Wiley was marrledin Anderson Connty, Kansas,
Hib US66. to Sarah J. Bull. They have six children—Charies, Lina, Loulsa, Ell, Viola and

ward,

W. Fk. WILEY, farmer, Section 15, P. O, Olathe, was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1815,
and when very young his parents emigrated to Jefferson County, Ohio. He learned the car-
penter trade wich his father, and followed that occupation in Morgan County, Ohio, until

840, when he moved to Vermont, Fulton Co., Ill. There he was engaged in building, mer-
cantile, grain and pork business. In 1856, he moved to Heury County, Iowa, and embarked
in mercantile business at Salem. Two years later, he moved to Kansas City, Mo., and there
heavain followed contracting and building. He was forced toleave there on account of
his Republican sentiments; andin June, 1861, he located at Olathe, Kan, where, in connec-
tion with others, he conducted a flour mill for about two years. He then gave his attention
iv agricultural pursuits, and in 1875, moved onto his present farm, He has 160 acres, all
improved, and a@ very fine orchard. He was marriedin Morgan County, Ohio, in June,
1836, to Revecca Todd. They have seven children.

Bonita is a small town situated about five miles south of Olathe on the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. The village was first named
Alta by the Railroad company on account of it being at the highest point on

‘Legislature in 1855, as the place of holding its first sessions.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

their road; but there being another postoffice in the State by that name, the
name of this town was changed to Bonita, Spani:h for beautiful. The name
is very appropriate, because of the beauty of the surrounding rolling prairie,

The first settlement was made here by Frank Temple and William Jobi,
October 17, 1879. The postoffice was established in December, 1879, F. Gil-
bert being appointed first Postmaster. Mr. Gilbert also opened a store in the
same month on the north side of Main street. The first birth was that of John
Temple, December 1, 1881, dnd the first death that of Miss Annie McElheny,
July 17, 1880.

SHAWNEE.

Shawnee (formerly Gum Springs) is situated in the northern part of the
county, one mile from the railroad station at Merriam, on undulating prairie
adjoining timber. It was named after the Shawnee Indians. The first set.
tlement here was made by J. D. Allen, August 10, 1857. Other early set-
tlers were William Hoimes, Richard Williams, J. T. Rowland, W. B. Maupin
and A, W, Wear. E

The first marriage that was solemnized here was between Timothy Keeser
and Martha Patton, September 9, 1857; the first birth that of Robert P. Keeser,
June 10, 1858; and the first death, that of Mrs. W. B. Maupm, in July, 1858.

The first school was taught in the spring of 1858, in an old Indian meet-
ing-house. The first schoolhouse was built in 1866, near the southwest corner
of the public square. In September, 1857, Rev. William Holmes preached
the first sermon in the town. A church was built many years previous to the
location of the town, called the Shawnee Indian Methodist Episcopal Church

South).
The postoffice was established in July, 1858, M. P. Randall first Postmas-
ter. In 1858, W. B. Maupin built a steam saw and grist mill about 400 yards
west of the public square. F. Conant opened a store on the south side of the
public square August 10, 1857. :

At Shawnee (or Gum Springs, as it was then called) was held the first Dis-
trict Court in the fall of 1857, where resided all the county officers, J. D. Allen
was appointed Justice of the Peace by the County Commissioners, in Septem-
ber, 1857, and has held the office ever since.

At the present time Shawnee contains two dry goods stores, one grocery,
one blacksmith, one harness shop, one hotel, other places of business and about
4oo inhabitants. ; ; :

The town was twice pillaged and burned by Quantrell, the first time in
1862, and again in 1864, burning thirteen houses at each time and murdering
four or five of the people.

Shawnee Methodist Mission was located two and a half miles southwest of
Westport, Mo. At the present time there remain the following buildings, which
were for many years the scene of the labors of Rev. Thomas Johnson and others
for the advancement of the Indians:

The former residence of Rev. Mr. Johnson, a two-story brick, the main vart
being 24x52, and the wing 24x42, costing when built about $20,000, iu 1:80
it was purchased by Robert Plunkett, of Kansas City, and by him put in thor-
ough repair, and occupied asa hotel. This building was used by the bogus
Besides this hotel
there are two other large brick buildings, one of them, during the days of the
Mission, used as sleeping apartments by the students in attendance upon the
mission school, which is a two-story brick, 100x30; and the‘other also.a two-story
brick building, 110x30 feet, which was used for the mission school. Both these
buildings are occupied by teyant families, and are gradually going to decay.
There is also a district schoolhouse, built in 1873, and a store, blacksmith shop
and postoffice. Here is a mineral spring, said to possess great healing powers,
which was called by the Indians “medicine water.” About a mile southwest of
the mission is a famous spring, which has long been known by the name of
“Cottonwood Spring.” It is at this place that Fremont pitched his first camp
after leaving Independence, Mo., on his tour across the plains, and hence the
spring is sometimes called Fremont’s Spring. A stream of excellent water, one
and a half inches in diameter, constantly flows from it with considerable force,
the temperature of the water being 54°.

Mrs, Elisabeth Carter.—This history is indebted to the Kansas Historical
Society for the following sketch: At the time of her death, Mrs. Carter was the
oldest white woman born in Kansas, and was probably the first white female
child born within the limits of the State. She was the youngest daughter of
Rev. Robert Simerwell, and was born at the Shawnee Baptist Mission, John-
son County, January 24, 1835. When she was about three years old her father
moved to Pottawatomie Creek, now in Franklin County, Kan., where she com-
menced her education in the Indian school taught by Miss E. McCoy.~ Her
father then sent her a few terms to school in Missouri, after which she attended
the Monticello Seminary in Illinois, for three years, She taught one year at the
Pottawatomie Baptist Mission School, which was situated about three miles
west of Topeka. Her mother’s health being poor she returned home in the
summer of 1855, to Six Mile Creek, in Williamsport Township, Shawnee
County. Her mother died in November of that year. In 1859 she taught
schoo] in what is now District No. 4, in Williamspart Township, in a little log
dwelling house which was built by her father. About the year 1869, she taught
aterm among the Ottawa Indians, near Ottawa, previous to the Government
grant founding the Ottawa University. In the summers of 1861 and 1862, she
taught at Shawnee Center, Williamsport Township, and in the village of Au-
burn in the years of 1863 and 1864. In the summer of 1865, she taught in
Ottawa, on the corner of Locust and Second streets. She was married to John
S. Carter, March 1, 1866, since which time she has lived near the village of Au-
burn, Shawnee County. She was converted in her fifteenth year and was bap-
tized by Elder Jacob Knapp at Alton, Ill., and has been an active member of
the Baptist Church ever since. She died after a week's illness of pneumonia,
January 3,1883. The funeral services were conducted by her Pastor, Rev. Mr.
Stevenson, who spoke from the words, “Blessed are the dead who die in the

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JOHNSON COUNTY.

Lord.” She leaves, besides her devoted husband, six children, the oldest four-
teen and the youngest four.

LENEXA. 2

Lenexa is situated on the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad,
seven miles northeast of Olathe, and is surrounded by an excellent farming
country, The Railroad Company bought the town site, in 1869, of C. A. Brad-
shaw, laid out the town and disposed of lots to different parties, among whom,
were D. Brickley and Dr. G. M. Bower. The first store in the town was opened by
Lee Freeman, in 1869; the second by Dr. Bower, in 1870, and the third by Rush
& Gintner. H. D. Gillette moved to Lenexa, in 1870, and started the first black -
smith shop. Among the early settlers in the town were James Rush and Ed-
win Bradshaw. David Duff moved in in 1871. The postoffice was established
in 1870, Lee Freeman being first Postmaster. The first birth in the town was
that of Willis Bower, January 19, 1869; the first marriage, that of John Bower,
to Miss Mary Bradshaw, in 1873, and the first death, that of George Bower,
also in 1873. .

The Methodist Church was built in 1878, costing $1,200, during the pas-
torate of Rev. E. H. Bailiff. Mr. Bailiff has been succeeded by Revs. John
Griffiths, A. G. Murray and W. Zimmermann, the present pastor. The Catholic
Church was organized, and their church edifice built in 1881. The building
cost $1,000, and is a neat frame structure.

The Fountain Head Mill, was erected in 1879, by John Ernshaw and C,
W. Miller. It is a two story frame, with two run of buhrs, and cost 4,000. It
has a capacity of thirty barrels of flour in twenty-four hours.

Lenexa contains at the present time two stores, two blacksmith shops, two
churches, the grist mill, and about seventy-five inhabitants.

‘

ILECTOR.

Hector is situated on moderately level prairie. The first settlement was
made here by John Dyche, in 1857, other early settlers were J. D. Jennison,
Levy Clark and Thomas James. In 1858 the first school was taught by John
Hollingsworth, in a house belonging to Levy Clark. A schoolhouse was built
in 1865. : The postoffice was established in 1866, John Dyche being appointed
first Postmaster.

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized in 1868 or 1869, and
a church building erected about the same time. Itis a brick building 28xqo
and cost $4.300. The Methodists have a frame church which was built at
an expense of about $3,000. In the year 1868, a difficulty arose between Thomas
‘Cisad and Louis Jarbo, about an eighty acre piece of land, in which the latter
was killed. Cisad gave bail, left the county and never returned,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP.

JAMES D. ALLEN, Shawnee, was born in Greensburg, Ky., in 1812. He began busi-
ness life when very young; was forten years in the office of Clerk of that county and Cir-
cuit Court. In 1833 he moved to Sangamon County, Ill, and for ten years was engaged in
mercantile business at Athens, then returned to Greensburg where he followed the same
business until he cameto Kansasin August, 1857, at which time he located in Shawnee and
engaged in mercantile busines-, carrying it on for several years, since which time he has
devoted himself to farming and gardening. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in
November, 1857. and has been elected every second year since, with the exception of two
years during the war, when he was driven off by the guerrillas, He has for the past twenty
years been Notary Public, and was a member of the first Constitutional Convention, heldin
March, 1858, at Minneola. Mr. Allen was inarried In Sangamon County, Ill., in 1835, to
Adeline Constant; they have two children: Martha E. and Emily F.

THOMAS ARCHER, merchant,Shawnee, was born in England,Mareh 24, 1825,and reared
onafarm. Emigrated to America in 1854,and resided in Schenectady and Scotia,N. Y.,where
for two years he followed farming, tlren in Kane County, Ill, where he was employed in
teaming. In March, 1859, he came to Kansas and located in Shawnee and engaged in farm-
ing. In 1861 he returned east, residing for a short time in Kane County, IIL, then in Porter
County, Ind., for two and a half years employed teaming in the lumber business. In April,
1864, he returned to Shawnee and engaged in general merchandise business, and is now the
oldest nerchant residing in this place. He also owns 160 acres of land which he farms.
Mr. Archer was married in Kane County, Ill., July 9, 1856, to Elizabeth Earnshaw. They
have four children; Lydia A., Sarah, George W. and Thomas H.

HON G. M. BOWER was born in Mesopotamia, Trumbull Co., Ohio, August 17,
1831. He isa graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y. In 1854 he emigrated
to Kendall County,-Il.; and began the practice of his profession in 1856. In 1866 he came
to Kansas City aud located in Shawnee, Kansas, in 1867, and in Lenexa in 1869. He en-
gaged 1u the drug business at that time in connection with the practice of médicine, and
soon after purchased the town site. Was elected to the State Senate in 1871. In 1876. his
health failing he sold out his business; traveled in Ohio and subsequently in Colorado. In
1878 located with his family at. Larned, Kansas, and carried on general merchandise at
Livingston, also practicing medicine. Returning to Lenexa in June, 1880, he again engaged
in business, dealing in general merchandise, grain and agricultural implements, alsolarg ly
in sheep husbandry. ‘the doctor was married in Plattville, Ill, January 5, 1865, to Miss E.
B. Brickley. They have three children living: Kittie May, Willis B. and Mary EK.

HON, LEWIS W. BREYFOGLE, farmer, P. O, Lenexa, and dealer in live stock, was
born in Delaware, Ohio, September 17, 1836. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner
oud Follow ci that VOCAUOH FOr a livelincods. In See pe tur a Bl

‘ollowing it for ear in Morrow County, then i is L
prain business, “ane subject of this sketch came to Johnson County, Kansas, in 1866; for a
year he was employed in freighting across the plains to New Mexico for the Yujted States
government and ‘iti 1867 settled on his present farm. He owns about 600 avées, all im-

5 he engaged in the

 

 

 

I i i ly engaged in breeding Short-horn cattle and blooded hogggdnd dealing
Pitre eraek.” Hele fifteen acres of orchard on his place and his farm is considered one of
the finest in the county. He waselected in 1879, to the State Legislature and in 1881 to the

s 5 te. Mr, Breyfogle was married in Morrow County, Ohio, March 25, 1860,
Liazie Mt. Shaw, who died Rugust 19, 1865, leaving two children: Frank L. and Jessie F. He
was married again uy Shawnee. N Svember 20, 7, to Laura A. Pennock. ‘They have four
4 ie E., Grace Warren an arles C,
oT ON. be. CAMPBELL, farmer and fruit grower, P. O. Merriam, was born February
13, 1821, in Williamson County, Tenn. His parents moved to West Tennessee, near
Paris, Henry County, when he was quite young, where he lived until 1849, when he emi-
grated to Ouachita County Ark., near Camden. In 1856 he came to Kansas, but on ac-
count of the political troubles prevailing at that time he turned his course and settled in
Andrew County, Mo. In 1859 he cae to Kansas, locating in Wyandotte County, Hecame
to this, Johnson County, in the sprin i a
he moved on to his presen i farm which now adjoins the town site of Campbellton. He has
turned his attention principally to fruit growing and has one of the best orchards of fine
fruit in the county. His originual farm consisted of eighty acres; eight acres of this he
laid out iu lots in the town of Campbellton. He was elected totne State Legtslature in
1862, 1863, 1864, and 1867, on the Democratic ticket, and in 1874 aud 1875 as an Indepen-
dent. In 1875 he joined the National Greenback party and supported Peter Cooper for
President. Mr. Campbel! was married in 1847 in Tennessee to Miss A. V. Cooley. They
have five children, Hannibal, Alice, James, Edward, and Frederick. 7 “
CALVIN A. CORNATZER, farmer, P. O, Lenexa, was born in North Carolina in 1827.
In 1850 he came to Indian Territory, and engaged as a laborer on the Methodist mission
farm, then at the Quaker mission, and contrary to the customs of the time-, he in 1855
married Miss Emily Smith, a Quaker, and in 1857 located on his present farm, which con-
sists of elghty acres. He confines himself principally_to grain farming and gardening.
In 1856 he was arrested by the Sheriff of this county, Isaac Parish, and confined in Le-
compton jail for one day, for aiding and abetting the Free-state cause. He early espoused
the causé and was known to have voted for Jim Lane. He isa man of strict integrity, a
Close observer of nature’s works has an excellent memory, remarkable faculty for telling

 

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a story well, aud is surrounded by a pleasant family of six children, viz.: Alice. Geor,
Minnie, Hattie, Willian and Sulietts. P y iain

PERRY G. CROSS, farmer, P.O, Merriam, is a son of Washington Cross, who was
born in Virginia in 1€09, and who came to Kausas in the fall of 1857 aud located near the
Shawnee Mission. He diedin September, 1867, leaving afamily of seven children, Ben-
jamin F., James, Perry G., George W., and three daughters, Harriet, Sarah C., and ‘Ange-
mima. The brothers farm and own 540 acres of land in joint partnership, Perry G., the
subject of this sketch, farms‘near the Shawnee Mission “He was born in Virginia, in 1841,
and caine tothis State with his father, He is also extensively engaged in dealing in stock,
and breeding blooded cattle. During the war he served three years as Lieutenant of
Company D, Thirteenth Kansas Militia, Mr. Cross was married in Jackson County, Mo.,
ia 1887, to Hettie McMinn. They have five children, James, Ada, Musette, Ernest and

ella.

JOHN DYCHE, farmer, P. 0. Hector, was born in Kast Tennessee, December 4, 1825,
and reared on a farm.. At the age of twenty-three years emigrated to Webster County,
Mo., where he carried on farming and stock raising. In 1854 he came to Kansas, stake

out his present farmin Shawnee Township, and returned to'Missouri. Three years later
he built a small house on the place and in 1861 moved his family here. He owns 120 acres,
all improved, and has a nice orchard. He is engaged in grain and stock farming. During
the war he served in the State Militia, Mr. Dyche has since 1876 also had charge of
Hector postoffice. He was married in Clay County, Mo., January 10, 1861, to Louana
Chaney, a native of that county.

BENJAMIN KARNSHA W, farmer and stock-raiser, Shawnee, was born in England, Feb.
25,1836, Here he learned the trade of machinist, serving as an apprentice some six years.
He immigrated to America in 1854, and was for several years employed as a machinist in
Batavia, Kane Co., Ill. In February, 1857, he came to’ Kansas, and purchased from the

, Shawnee Indians 160 acres of land, in Shawnee Township, Johnson County, since which

time he has been engaged in farming and raising stock. e€ owns 212 acres of land, all un-
der cultivation. Mr. Karnshaw was for six years School Director of this District. He was
married at Batavia, November 7, 1856, to Bridget Cochran. They have six children—Jo-
seph, James, Benjamin, Jr,, George, Effie and Alice.

JOHN EARNSHAW, proprietor Fountain Head Mills, Lenexa, was born in England:
November 10, 1830. Immugrated to America in 1854, and resided in Kane County, III,
where he was employed in various mills in that locality. He came to Kansas in the spring
of 1858, and located in the town of Shawnee, Was employed for a short time in digging
wells and excavating for building purposes, after which he gave his attention to farming
exclusively for some sixteen years or more. In 1878 he built his mill and opened the same
in March, 1879. The mill has a capacity of twenty barrels per day, and Mr. E. is doing a
large business, being very popular with the farming community. ‘Mr. E, is still engaged in
facming; he owns eighty acres, all wellimproved. He was married in Kane County, IIl.,
January 3, 1858, to Jane Miller, a native of England. They have five children—Nathaniel,
Juiia, Rose B., John and Harriet. -

J.C, FERGUSON, farmer, P. O. Shawnee, was born in County Derry, Ireland, August
31, 1828. Immigrated to America at the age of sixteen years, located in Emmetsburg, Md.,
and learned thetrade of saddler, then resided for a short time at Charlestown, Va. In 1846
he enlisted in Company B, Stxth United States Infantry, and served through the Mexican
war. Inthe spring of 1849 his regiment was quartered at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. e
served, in all, five years, one year of which was in Company B, First United States Light
Dragoons. In 1851 he entered the employ of the United States Government. as scout and
guide. In 1859 helocated in Shawnee Township, and has since given his attention to farm-
ing, moving on to his present farm in 1863. He has 200 acres, 120 of which are under culti-
vation. For some years he was engaged in breeding stock, but of late years has confined
himself principally to grain farming. Mr. F. had no means on his arrival here, and has by
industry and economy accumulated a fine property. He is a charter member of Greenwood
Grange, No. 1,087, and has been master for the past four years. He was married in Shaw-
nee in October, 1859, to Harriet Cross, They have four children.

HENRY W.G. FINCH, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O. Shawnee, was born in Virginia,
in 1809, and reared onafarm. In1829 he removed to Tennessee, and two years later to
Chariton County, Mo., where he farmed for a year, then went to Lafayette County, He
came to Kansas in March, 1859, located in Shawnee Township, and has since given his at-
tention to farming. In March, 1861, he moved on to his present farm. Mr. Finch owns
160 acres of land, all wellimproved; hasa_fine orchard of about six acres. and is also en-
gaged in breeding Short-horn cattle. He was for four years Director of the Schoo
Board. Mr. Fitch was married in La Fayette County, Mo., in 1843, to Harriet Bratton, who
died in 1859, leaving four children—David, Robert, William and Miriam. He was married
a second time in Johnson County, in December, 1861, to Octavia A. Porter, of Kentucky.
They have two children—Mary Ida, and James Griffin.

JOHN R. FOSTER, farmer, P. O. Merriam, was born in La Porte County, Ind., in De-
cember, 1840. His parents moved to St. Joseph County, and he was reared there on a farm.
He studied law at Ann Arbor University, Michigan, graduating in March, 1866, after which
be practiced law at South Bend, Ind., for thirteen years In April, 1880, he came to
Shawnee, Johnson Co., Kan., and located on this farm, having purcbased the same
from Henry Coppock, who settled on the same in anearly day. Mr. Foster has one of the
finest improved farms in the county; it consists of 276 acres, which are ina high state of
Sule enon his magnificent residence adjoins that of his father-in-law, Mr. George Mil-

urn.

B. F. HOLLENBACK, merchant, Shawnee, was born in Kendall County, Ill., in 1836; his!
father was a merchant and he resided with him there until tweuty years of age, when he
accompanied him to Cass County, Mo., and assisted him in farming and raising stock. The
subject of our sketch came to Kansas in August, 1861, located in Olathe Township, Johnson
Cou ity, and was for a year engaged in farming. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company
H, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, serving until July, 1865; after the war he settled in Shawnee
and engaged in the mercantile business in company with Thomas Archer; a year later they
dissolved and Mr. Hollenback engaged in this business alone; he is also engaged in farming,
owning in all some 68!) acres of land. In 1866, he was appointed Postmaster at this place,
and still holds that office, and was a Commissivner of Johnson County, for two years, and
Treasurer of the Township for several years. Mr. H. was married in Kendall County, Ill.
in 1854, to Catharine E. Brown, They have seven children—Frank P., Nannie E., Phoebe
B., Charles R., William P., Benjamin T., and Stella M.

JOSEPH D. JESSUP, farmer and fruit grower, P.O. Rosedale, was born in Wayne
County, Ohio, August 5, 1838, and reared on a farm in Hamiiton County. In March 1867,
he came to Kansas and located on his present farm, which consists of eighty acres, all ina
high state of cultivation; his land is a portion of the old Baptist Mission. Mr. Jessup is
quite extensively eugaged in the cultivation of fruit. He hasa fine orchard of some ten
acres, two acres of raspberries and an acre of grapes; he is also engaged in raising cattle of
the Devonshire breed, Mr. J. was married in Johnson County, November 2,1876,to Asenath
E. Johnson; they have one son—Ralph W. -

GEORGE KNAUBER, shoemaker, Shawnee, was born in Germany, July 10, 1828; here
he learned the trade of shoemaker, serving as an apprentice about five years, and also
served eight months as a soldier inthe Bavarian army, He immigrated to America in
1851. and was employed at his trade in New Orleans, Cincinnati, St. Louis. and Westport,
Mo., for some seven years. He came to Shawnee, Kan.,in April, 1858, and engaged in the
manufacture of boots and shoes; on June the 6th, 1862, he was burned out by the guerril-
las, and went to Wyandotte, where he remained for a short time, and from thenceto Kan-
sas City. Returning to Shawnee in 1864, he spain resumed business. Mr. K. is also engaged
infarming. He owns eighty acres of land, forty of which he cultivates. He has for the
past three years been Clerk of the pownship-. He was married in St. Louis, Mo.. in 1855, to
Margaret Schwartz; they have five children—Adam, George, Robert, Mary and Theo-

dore.

THOMSON A, LEWIS, farmer and stock raiser, P, O. Red Clover, was born in Warren
County, Ky., April 15, 1824, and for many years followed farming and stock raising in that
locality. He came to Kansas, October 17, 1858, and located on his farm in Shawnee Town-
ship. He owns eighty acres, all well improved, and has quite a nice orchard of various
kinds of fruits. He is also engaged in raising stock, principally cattle of the Durham breed
During the war he served in the Kansas State Militia. He was married in Butler County,
Ky., about 1854, to Elizabeth Porter, a native of that place. They havethreeliving children:
William T,, Annie M, and Margaret, and one deceased, Carrie.

GEORGE MILBURN, farmer, P. O. Merriam, was bornin England in 1820, and immi-
grated to America in 1834. He began business life as a clerk at Mishawaka, Ind.. and for
fourteen years followed mercantile business at that place. In 1857 he began the manufac-
ture of wagons, being a member of the firm of George Milburn & Co. In 1869 the business
was organized into a joint stock company, styled the Milburn Wagon Co., of which he was
president until he resigned in February, 1880. Mr. Milburn was for many years President
of the Wagon Makers’ Association of the United States, aud also was fursome time Presi-
dent of the South Bend Iron Works. During his residence at Mishawaka was also engaged
in several milling enterprises. He came to Kansas in April, 1880, and located in Shawnee
Township, Johnson County. Heisa very large Jand owner, having 645 acres of well-im-
proved land in this county and 5,440 acres in Bourbon and Crawford counties. The latter
property has on it forty miles of fencing and is used for stock rais ng purposes.

LIVER R, merchant, Lenexa, was born at Batavia, Kane County, IIL,
March 20, 1855, and came with his parentsto Kansas in the spring of 1858, He was reared
on a farm inShawnee Township. In September, 1874, went to Greene County, Iowa, where
he farmed, and attended and taught school, In May, 1878, he returned to Kansas and as-
sisted in building the Fountain Head Mills, aud in August, 1879, engaged in general mer-
chandise business at this place. He carries a nice stock of about $2,500. Mr. Miller is also

ostmaster at this place, having been appointed’ in November, 1879. He was married at
one xd January 7%, 1880, to Mary 0, Brown, a native of Kansas. They have one son,
Clyde W.
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JOHN NALL, farmer and stock raiser, P, O. Red Clover, was born in North Carolina in
1832. Emigrated witn parents, six years later, to Tennessee and five years after to Texas
County, Mo., where he was reared ona farm. In thespring of 1866 he came to Kansas and
for some two years farmed in Bourbon County. Inthe spring of 1869 he came to Johnson
County and located on his presentfarm. He owns 240 acres all well improved but forty
acres which is timber iand. On his place there is a fine orchard of about seven acres. He is
quite an extensive breeder of Short-horn cattle, mules, horses anc hogs, and is also engaged
in bee culture, During the war he served for three years in the Thirteenth Kansas Sate
Militia. Heis amember of Corinth Grange. Mr. Nall was married in Bates County, Mo.,, in
1857, to Nancy J. Sells, who died in 1870, leaving three children; Tilman Howard, Benjarain
Franklin and Tabitha Josephine. He was married again in Johnson County in January,
1872, toSusan Emma Mooney, of Virginia. They have five children: Robert Lee, Minnie
L.. Margaret C., Susan Asenatha and Matthew Emery. -

JAMES D. TENISON, farmer, P. 0. Hector, was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., in
1823, emigrating with parents when quite young to Shelby County, Ills.. where he farmed
andtaughtschool. In 1847 he removed to Dane County, Wis., where he followed farm~-
ing, mining and teaching school. He came to Johnson county, Kan., in 1855, and located
‘on his present farm in Shawnee in 1857. He owns 130 acres of land all wellimproved; has
a fine stone residence on his place and a good orchard. During the war he served in the
militia and for several years was Justice of the Peace.. Mr. Tenison was married in
Fayette County, Ills., in 1846, to Lucy Wilder. They have ten children—William H., Levi
L., George A., Elizabeth A., Mary J., Sarah J., Lathe E., Charles A., Howard E, and Clar-

ence E.
JOHN WIEDENMAN, farmer, P. 0. Westport, Mo., was born in Germany in 1830; here
he learned the carpenter trade and followed it for a livelihood In 1854 he emigrated to
America, came West and in 1855 located in Shawnee, Johnson Co., Kan., where he followed
his trade for two years. He then went to Pike’s Peak, Col., and a year later to Iowa, then
to Westport, Mo., where he remained until 1866 when he removed on to his present farm.
He owns 160 acres all well improved; has an orchard of some four acres, and one acre of a
vineyard. In 1879 he built a beautiful residence on his place at a cost of some $15,000. Mr.
W. was married in Westport, Mo., in 1859, to Kate Bart—she died in 1860; and he was mar-
ried again in 1861.to Margaret Bart, who died in April, 1879, leaving three children—Mary,
Christian and John. Mr. W. was married againin Johnson County in August, 1879, to
Charlotte Didlotfson. They have one daughter—Julia.

~ REV. FATHER ALBERT M. WEIKMANN, pastor of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,
Shawnee, Kan., was born in Wurtemberg, Germany. February 10, 1850. He studied for six
‘years at the College of Gmuend, Wurtemberg, Germany. In 1867 he emigrated to America,
continued his studies at St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis., and was ordained a priest
by Bishop Fink, at Leavenworth, Kan., August 27, 1872, and in December of that year
was sent to Frankfort, Marshall Co.. Kan,, where for two years he,bad charge of St. Joseph’s
Church and other missions; then in 1874 in charge of St. John’s Church, at Hanover,
Washington County. He came to Shawnee in July, 1876, and entered upon his present

duties.

PETER WERTZ, grocer, Shawnee, was born in Prussia in 1834 and reared on a farm.
He emigrated to America in 1855 and was some three years employed as a farm hand near
Milwaukee, Wis. In April,1858 he came to Shawnee anu made his home here, but worked
in. Westport, Mo., in aierist mill for nearly two years; was then in Colorado, engaged in
mining for two years. e@ enlisted October 28, 1861, in the First Colorado Cavalry, Company
I, and was shortly afterward promoted to Commissary Sergeant serving in all threo yeare

After the war he returned to Shawnee and _has followed farming since. In 1870 he also

engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Wertz held the office of Clerk of the Townshi
for two years, and was elected Treasurer of the same in the spring of 1882 He was married
in Kansas City-in 1867 to Theresa Waller, who was born in Wurtemberg in 1843 and emi-
grated to America in 1847 with her parents and located in Weston, Mo., and in 1858 they
moved to Wyandotte, Kan. They have eight children—John, Peter, Sebastian Theodore,
Mary, Rose, Henry, Joseph and Gertrude. ~

SPRING HILL. ‘

This very oeautiful town is situated in the southern part of the County, on
the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, ten miles south of Olathe.
The surrounding country is gently undulating, and the soil exceedingly fertile.
Vegetation grows in extreme luxuriance.

The first settler in the township was James B. Hovey, who arrived at the
present location of the town in March, 1857. About two weeks afterward, Wil-
liam Mavity arrived, and settled where the railroad depot now is. Immediately
afterward, S. B. Myrick and E. F. Davis came in and took up the adjoining
claims. J. B. Hovey and E. F. Davis became associated in holding the town
site. The survey was made May 18, 1857, and the town named by Mr. Hovey,
after Spring Hill near Mobile, Ala., a town considered by him one of the most
beautiful he had ever seen. It was Mr. Hovey’s opinion that Spring Hill, Kan.,
might be made to fully rival in beauty the older town in Alabama.

In the fall, Mr. Davis sold his interest in the town site to A. B. Simmons,
William A. Jenkinson, and J. P. Lockey, and Mr. Hovey sold a portion of his,
interest to H. E. Brown, James McKoin, and Edwin Walker. In January,
1858, a town company was organized of the above named persons, J. B. Hovey
elected President, and A. B. Simmons, Secretary.’

The first farmer in the township was George Sprague, whose farm adjoins
the north half of the town on the east. Mr. Sprague made the first improve-
ments in the township, building the first good board fence, the first good barn,
and the first good two-story frame dwelling. Mr. Sprague settled herein 1857.
Quite a large number of others came into the settlement the same fall, among
them, D. F. Dayton, James Sweeting, B. H. Stiles. W. G. Davidson, David
‘Sprong, Hiram Mitchell, J. H. Jackson, Thomas Jenkinson, William Sowers,
and W. R. Rutter.

The first building in the town was known as the Spring Hill Hotel, built
by J. B. Hovey, in the summer of 1857. The postoffice was established in the
fall, J. B. Hovey being appointed the first Postmaster.

In the spring of 1858, A. D. Richardson bought an interest in the town, be-
ing admitted on the same footing as if he had been an original member. Dur-
ing the same spring, the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized, a building
erected which served the purposes of church and schoolhouse, and Rev. Rich-
ard P. Duvall became the first resident minister, L. B. Dennis the first pre-
siding elder.

The first store was opened by W. G. Davidson, in the winter of 1857-
58, the second in 1860, by a Mr, Prunty.

The Methodist Episcopal Organization erected a new church edifice in 1868,
aca cost of $2,700. The membership is now two hundred.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1861, with four members, all
women. At present there are seventy members on the roll, The church was
built in 1869, costing also $2,700.

. The Methodist Protestant Church was organized in 1871 and 1878.
church was built at a cost of about $1,200.

There is also a colored Baptist Church organized in Spring Hill.

Tn 1869 the railroad reached the southern part of the county. The town
being situated on high Jand, and as considerable cutting down through rock
would be necessitated if the road should be built through or near the town, which
would cost according to the estimates of the engineers of the road $15,000, the
eople of Spring Hill were asked to contribute that. sum to enable the company
to build through and establish a station at the town. © This they declined to do.

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The company therefore built the road one-half mile east of the town, and. estab-

lished their station two miles north, at Ocheltree, possibly as a kind of punish.

ment to the Spring Hill people for refusing to contribute the $15,000, or per-
haps expecting the town to be moved to the station, as Lanesfield_was moved
to Edgerton. For some time the trains did not stop at Spring Hill, and the
people had to go to Ocheltree for their mail, and to take the cars, This was
very inconvenient, and an effort was made to induce the company to reconsider
the matter of a station at Spring Hill. A. D. Richardson, who at the time
owned sixty-four lots in the town, went to see Mr. Joy, with whom he was well
acquainted, in reference to the matter, and was successful . the people of Spring
Hill and vicinity contributing $1 500 toward putting in the side-track.

The first schoolhouse was builtin the spring of 1858, and in the summer
following Mrs. Duvall taught the first school. The present fine large frame
schoolhouse was built in 1868, at a cost of about $4,000. In the spring of 1882
an election was heid for the purpose of voting bonds to build.a new schoolhouse,
which was defeated by a vote of twenty-three for, to ninety-two against.

Spring Hill contains six general stores, besides the Grange store, one dry
goods, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, three drug stores, two hotels,
four blacksmiths, two agricultural implement dealers, two grain dealers, three
mills, one newspaper and about 700 iphavitants, 215 children of school age.

The Standard Mills were built in 1871, by Miller, Gristy & Jenkinson, at a
cost of $25,000. The mill is three stories above the basement, has four run of
buhrs, and a capacity of eighty barrels of flour in twenty-four hours. June 1,
1882, the mills became the property of H. L. McLachlin & Bro. ;

Besides these mills there are two small feed and grist mills, one driven by
steam, the other by a wind mill. ;

The Spring Hill Enterprise was established December 7, 1870, asa Re-
publican journal, by Buel & Sprague. Sprague bought the interest of Buel
January 24, 1871, and soon associated with himself Dr. Parker. Dr. Parker
then bought out Sprague’s interest and conducted the paper as a Democratic
journal for atime. Early in 1872 W. H. McGown became the owner, changed
the name tothe Western Progress, and the politics to Republican.

: OCHELTREE.

Ocheltree is situated on the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad,
eight miles south of Olathe. Like all the other towns in Johnson County, it is
surrounded by an excellent agricultural region. The town site, containing
seventy acres, was laid out in 1867, by a town company, consisting of Wm. A.
Ocheitree, Mr. Bayless, Edward H. Allen and Howard M. Holden, and the
plat was recorded under the name of Spring Hill Station, it being the design
of the railroad company to have no station at the town of Spring Hill, two
miles south,

The first building in the town was built in the winter of 1857-58 by J. H.
Jackson. It was occupied as a store and dwelling house by William Auld,
whose family was the first to settle in the town. The second building was
erected by a Mr. Baker, in the summer of 1868, also for a store, for which pur-
pose it is still used. A dwelling house was next erected by J. M. Miller and
James McElheney, and in the same summer of 1868, eight or ten other build-
ings were put up by various parties. :

The postoffice was established in 1870, J. M. Miller being appointed first
Postmaster. A son of Mr. Miller's was the first child born in the town; a Mr.
Henry and Miss Eliza Hess were the first couple married, and Ham Elam was
the first to die, in 1872. The first schoolhouse was one moved ‘into the town
from the country. The present school building was erected in 1880. It is a
two-story frame structure, and cost $2,000.

Ocheltree contains one store, one agricultural implement de-ler, one black-
smith, three grain dealers and about forty inhabitants.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—SPRING HILL TOWNSHIP.

E. H. AINSWORTH, farmer and fruit grower, P. O. Ocheltree, was born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, August 1, 1882, and was reared in Miami County. Atthirteen years of age
he turned his attention to house ainting, following it for six years in Shelby County, and
during two years of that period also studied dentistry, after which he practiced that pro-
fession for eleven years, He came to Kansas in October, 1862, but remained cnly a- short
time, returning to _his home in Ohio. In 1866 he came again to Kansas, For a year he
farmed in Wyandotte County, then moved to Johnson County and located on his present
farm, He has 160 acres of Jand all well improved, twenty-five of which are laid out in 9 fine
orchard, Mr, Ainsworth is also engaged in breeding grade cattle and Poland-China hogs.
He was married in Warren County, Ohio, March 16, 1858, to Jane G. Anderson. They have
three children, James B., 9, Ewing and Charles. Mr. A. isa charter member of the Ochel-
tree Grange and was for five years master of the same.

Ww. G. ANDERSON, breeder of Short-horn cattle, P. 0. Ocheltree, was born in Warren
County, Ohio, In May, 1839. and reared on a farm there, and after reaching the age of
manhood carried ona stock farm until he sold out and came to Kansas in August, 1868, at
which time he located on his present farm, He owns 240 acres all well improved for stock
farming. He has for the past seven years given special attention to the breeding of Short-
horn cattle. His stock is principally from the famous bull Oakland Favorite, whic he used
in his herd for several years; has now the noted bull “Constance Henry Second,” bred by
Ware & Berry, of Kentucky. Mr. A. has none but fine stock on his farm, imported from
Ohio and Kentucky. He is also largely engaged in breed)ng Mambrino blooded horses and
Poland-China hogs. He has one of the finest stock farms of this nature in the county, and
several of his cattle have taken premiums av the fairs of Paola, Kas.. and Kansas City, Mo.

JOHN M. CADDY, hardware merchant, was born in Waltham, Mass., in 1850, removing
when very young to Greene County, Ohio; he learned the trade of tinner there, serving asan
apprentice some four years; he came to Kansas in 1871, Jocatlng th Spring Hill. Was for a
year employed asa clerk inthe hardware business, after which he purchased the stock,
etc,, and conducted the business until the spring of 1873, when he sold outand moved to
Boston, Mass., where for a year he worked at his trade, He then removed to Greene County,
Ohio, and worked atit there nntil 1877, when he returned to Spring Hill and engaged in
this business, He has a nice business and carries a stock of $3,500. He was a member of
the city council in 1879, and also during that period filled the office of City Clerk. He was
elected Mayor of Spring Hillin the spring of 1881 and re-elected in 1882. Was married in
1872, at Spring Hill, to Rebecea Berkshire; they have one son, Edward A.

L. CHAMBERLIN, proprietor of the Spring Hill Mills, was born in Warren County,
Ohio, in 1845 and reared on a farm, and followed farming as an occupation. He enlisted
in 1864 in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Ohio Infantry and served afew months, after
which he again returned to hisfarm, He came to Spring Hill, Kausas, in the sprin of
1869, and has been engaged in farming ever since. He has some 200 acres of Jand, all
under cultivation; he has also engaged 1n grain and live stock business since 1872, and in
April, 1882, ne purchased the Standard Mills atthis place and now conducts them as the
Spring Hill Mills and elevator. They are run by steam and havea capacity of 100 barrels
of flour per day. Mr. C. was married in Spring Hill, January, 1872,:to Fannie Coons, daugh-
ter of Dr. I, A. Coons, of this place, They have two children, Gale and June.

ISRAEL A. COONS, M. D, Spring Hill, was‘born July 10, 182%, in Fairfield County,
Ohio. He studied medicine at the Ohio Medical College and the Starling Medical
College, graduating at the latter in 1852. He practiced medicine at Dayton, Ohio, and

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vicinity, until the spring of 1861, when he entered the army as surgeon of the Fourteenth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, inthe three months’ service. On his return, he was commissioned
surgeon of the Thirty-eighth Regiment Uhio Volunteer Infantry, and served, in all, about
two and one-half years—a large part of the time as Brigade Surgeon, and for a short time
Medical Director of adivision. He had charge of a hospital ou the battle field of Stone
River, The doctor was formerly a member of the State Medical Soclety of Ohio, and one
of its Vice Presidents in 1854. In 1869, he removed from Middletown, Ohio,—where he
had been practicing after ropuEning from the army,—to Spring Hill, Kansas. where he has
been engaged in active practice, eis @ member of the American Medical Association, of
the Kansas State Medical Society and the Miami County Medical Society, of which he has
been Pres dent for two years.

JOHN H. DAVIS, M. D., Spring Hill, was born in Warren County, Mo., June 15,
1831, and was reared on afarm. He began the study of medicine in September, 1852, with
Dr. Worthington, of Danville, Mo., remaining with bim some two years, after which he
attended the Missouri University at St. Louis, graduating there in thé spring of 1856, The
doctor practiced in Highland County, Mo. He went to St. Louis and attended the St. Louis
Medica College, graduating from the same in March, 1865, after which he practiced in
Franklin County, Mo., and in 1876, entered the employ of the M. P. R. R. Co., as surgeon in
the company’s hospital. He cameto Kansas in May, 1879; located at Louisburg, Mi
County; and in the Spring of 1882, he removed to Spring Hill.

DOCTRESS C. A. DAYTON isa Gaughter of Satuuel Herbert, of Herkimer County, N.Y.,
where she was born. She began the study of medicine with Dr. John E. Todd, of Bald-
winsville, N. Y.; also took a partial course at Casselton University, Rutland, Vt., being un-
able to complete the same on account of the antipathy towards her sex in the study of
medicine. She began the practice of medicinein 1849 at Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co., N.
Y.; from there, went to Butler, Branch Co, Mich., and practiced there nearly five years;
thence to Casselton, Rutland Co., Vt.; then to St. Albans, and in January, 1859, she came to
Spring Hill, Kan., and has had considerable success in the practice of medicine at this
place. In 1831, she was married to Amon A. Dayton, now deceased, and had one son—Dr.
Hiram E. Dayton, who was killed at Blue Springs, Mo., while acting as a scout for Capt.
Oliver’s command, January 27, 1862, by Quantrell’s men.

JOHN 8. GASAWAY, Postmaster and bookseller, Spring Hill, etc., was born in Jef-
ferson County, Ind,, January 15, 1838, and reared onafarm, He enlisted August 22, 1861
in Company E, Third Indiana Cavalry, and when mustered out three years later, he held
the rank of Commissary Sergeant; after this he returned to Jefferson County and taught
school for some years. In 1871 he came to Kansas and located in Spring Hill; opened a
photograph gallery and conducted it for six years. He was appointed Postmaster und en-
tered upon the duties of his office March 8, 1877, and at that time opened business with a
stock of stationery, books, etc. He was elected a memher of the City Council in the spring
of 188u for aterm, and is at present Director of the School Board, Mr. Gasaway was mar-
Hed in Spring Hill July 16,1873, to Wilda Smith. They have one son—Carl W., born in

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J. A. HIBBARD, farmer, P. 0. Spring Hill, was born in Orleans County, N. Y., in 1818;
here he jearned the trade of carpenter and followed itas an occupation. In 1840 he removed
to Fulton County, Ill., and remained for some years engaged at his trade, then renoved to
McDonough County, whete he followed farming. ‘Mr. Hibbard came to Kansas in 1865 and
located on his presentfarm. He owns 160 acres of land ail of which he has improved, and
five acres of which he has laid outinafine orchard. He is also engaged to some extent in
raising stock. He was married in 1846 at Milwaukee, Wis., to Jeanette Webster: she died
in 1847. leaving one son—Hiram H. Mr, Hibbard was married a second time in Fulton
County, [l., in 1849, to Elizabeth Randall, who died in 1875, leaving seven children—Ed-
mund H., Lawrence A., Bruce L., Priam H., William R., George A.and_ J. Morris. Mr. H.
is a charter member of the Morning Grange, No. 227, and was master of the same for two
terms. Was County Commissioner of Johnson County Kan., two terms.

R. HOGUE, hardware merchant, was born in Monmouth, IIL, in 1837, and reared on
afarm. He came to Kansasin 1858, locating in Miami County, Kan., where he pre-empted
160 acres of land and engaged in farming. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I,
‘Twelfth Kansas Infantry. “He was taken prisoner at the battle of Saline river, in Arkansas,
on Apri! 30, 1864; was held as a prisoner at Princeton, Ark.,‘for forty-four days, when he
made his escape, and after two nights and one day’s travel,‘reached Little Rock, Ark. He
served three years, and when mustered out held the rank of Sergeant. After the war he
returned to his farm in Miami County, where he remained until 1875. In 1875 he took a
trip to California—s pending one year to recruit his health; then returned to his farm,where
he remained until 1878, when he removed to Spring Hill and took the management of the
Spring Hill Co-operative Association, in which position he remained about three and one-
half years. In May, 1882, he purchased the hardware stock and business of A. F. Wiley &
Co., at this place, and now devotes his time to the management of the same. Mr. Hogue
was married in Westport,. Mo., in November, 1860, to Emily Hogan. They have one
daughter—Edith May, now Mrs. Sibley. ‘

ESSE H. JACKSON, merchant and Postmaster, Ocheltree, was born in 1817, in St.
Clair County, Ill. He was married to Amelia Taylor, daughter of Rev. Stephen L. Taylor, in
1841, and emigrated to Jackson County, Iowa, in 1847; remained there till 1858. e was
the means of having the Otter Creek postoflice established, and was Postmaster for about
five years, most of the time holding the office of Justice of the Peace. In 1858 he came to
Johnson County, near Spring Hill, and located on-his present farm, which consists of
eighty-five acres, situated on Section 11, Township 15, Range 23. This place he has well
improved with hedges, groves and orchard. He was appointed Postmaster at Spring Hill in
1861 or 1862 and held the office for some two orihree years. Was elected County Clerk in
3863 and moved toOlathe. Atthe expiration of his term as County Clerk received the ap-
pointment of Postmaster at that place which office he filled for two years. He then moved
back to_his farm near Spring Hill, and in 1875 or 1876 received the appointment of Post-
master at Ocheltree, which office he still holds. He has filled the office of Justice of the
Peace for six years in Spring Hill Township; has also been Notary Public. Mr. Jackson is
now sixty-five years of age, enjoys reasonable health, and is still able to attend to his regular
routine of business. He has four children living, the oldest upwards of forty years old.
His wife istwo years younger than himself, and enjoys good health.

URIAH F. LOEL EN (deceased), was pornin Washington County, Penn., in October,
1815, and two years later his parents emigrated toOhio. On October 10, 1837, he was mar-
ried to Miss Nancy Waddle, a native of Virginia. phey have raised a family of five children:
Margaret, Sarah J., John, Mary and Nellie. Mr. Luellencame to Kansas in 1869 and lo-
cated on a farm adjoining the city of Spring Hill in 1870, and followed farming and the
breeding of draft horses of the Norman stock. In 1873 he wasawarded a premtum for the
best yearling colt at the Kansas city exposition. Mr. Luellen died here, November 25, 1877,
much regretted by his many friends and acquaintances. His widow still resides on the
farm with her daughter Nellie, who is married to Mr. Andrews. 2

JAMES V. MOCABE, farmer, P. O. Bonita, was born in Perry County, Ohio, 1839, and
followed farming as an occupation. He came to Kansas in 1867, locating in Anderson
County. He rented some land ana farmed for a short time; in the following spring he came
to Johnson County and purchased 160‘acres in thetownship of Olathe. Avout five years
ago he purchased another 160 acres in Spring Hill Township, and moved onto the same in
the fall of 1981. He now owns 320 acres of land, all well improved, and is quite an exten-
sive farmer. His residence farm is very beautiful; on this farm he lately erected a fine
house which is worth some $3,000, and the place is tastefully laid out with orchards, groves
and hedges; all this is the result of his industry and thrift. Mr. McCabe was married in
Perry County, Ohio. in 1862, to Margaret Minough. They have eight children: Mary, Rose,
Kaward, John, Phillip, Raphael, Josephand Alice. :

HIRAM MITCHELL, dealer in grain, Spring Hill, was born near Logansport, Ind., in
1827, and when very. young removed to Henderson County, Ill., and seven years later to
Knox County, where he followed farming and stock raising until 1849, when he crossed the
plains to California and for about two years carried on an extensive livery businessin Sac-
ramento, Returning East in 1852, to Warren County, Ill., he again devoted his attention to
farming, ete. He came to Kansas June 18, 1858, located in Spring Hilt Township. Johnson
County, on 160 acres of land, and farmed for about twenty-two years. In 1861 he engaged
in live stock business and has since carried itonin an extensive manner. Is also engaged
in grain business, In 1880 he moved into the city of Spring Hill, andin May, 1882, erected
a large, commodious barn, and in company with two.sons, Lewis and John, engaged in
livery business. Mr. Mitchell was married in Warren County, Ill., to Ocena Sprague.
They have six living children, Louis, John W., Eva., Clara, George and William,

HEN RY PERLEY, deceased, was born in Winchenden. Worcester Co., Mass., October
8, 1820, and was for Some years employed in the wooden ware factories of that locality,
and while thus employed gave himself acommon schooland academic education, Atthe
age of seventeen years he began to earn his living as school teacher and followed that voca-
tion off and on until he reached the age of thirty-three years, when he removed to McDon-
ough County, lil., and improved a prairie farm of 240 acres, and followed, farming until
twelve years later, when he engaged in the nurser business. While there he was Trustee
of the Prairie City Academy for over five years. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1869
and located here, where he lived till his death, He had 160 acres overlooking the city of
Spring Hill. His land is all wellimproved. He for six years also carried on @ nursery at
this place. Mr. P. had one of the finest orchards in the county, having on his place over
4,000 fruit trees of all varieties. He also rented eighty acres of land which he evoted to
farming purposes, Mr. Perley was elected to the State Legislature inthe fall of 1876 and
served oneterm. Thesubject of our sketch was married October 26, 1854, to Eveline Smith,
and they had two children, Mr. Perley died September 11, 1882.

‘WILLIAM A. PERRY, farmer and stock dealer, P. O. Gardner, was born in Jersey
County, Il, in April, 1845, and was reared on a farm after which he conducted a farm of

is own, consisting of 120 acres, Inthe fall of 1871 he came to Kansas and located on his
present farm. He owns 160 acres, all well improved, He is also engaged in raising cattle

iami

* Isabella Mathers, a native of that county,
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_ also engaged in dealing in live stock, ete.

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in Barber County, this State, in company with J. W. Dennis, and is one of the leadin

farmers of the neighborhood. He isa member of the Lone Elm Grange. He was marrie

in Alton, IIL, inthe summer of 1872 to Mary A. Bergin.

REV. A, M. REYNOLDS, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was born in Rich-
mond County, Va., February 19, 1844, and reared on a farm in Pickaway County, Ohio. He
enlisted June 1, 1863, inthe Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered out in
August, 1865. Immediately after the war he turned his attention to the ministry, and
studied for the same at Blackburn’s University, IIL, until the spring of 1873, after which he
attended the Lane Seminary at Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated there in January, 1875; was
ordained at Blue Ball, Ohio, in November of that year, and had charge of the Presbyterian
Church of that place for four years. He came to Spring Hill, Kan., in August, 1879, and at
once entered upon his present duties. 2 7

JAMES W. ROBINSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Spring Hill, was born in Greene
County, Ill., in 1842: He has always followed farming as an occupation. In 1869 he came
to Kansas, and located on his present farm. He bas one of the best improved places in the
county. He owns 240 acres of land, and has on his premises a beautiful home and a fine barn
and orchard. Mr. Robinson is largely engaged in stock-raising, in connection with his
farming pursuits, and is one of the leading menin the township. He isa member of the
Morning Grange, and holds the office of overseer of that body. He was married in Macon
Gounty, lll, in December, 18€9, to Margaret Rieves. They have two children—Ina and

ssie.

PETER STAML, farmer, P. O. Spring Hill,was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., January
19, 1826, and reared’on a farm in Union County. There he carried on two farms, one of
106 acres and another of 76, for many years. He came to Kansas October 31,1878, having
purchased his present farm some tine previous to his arrival. He has 160 acres in this
farm, which is one of the bestin thecounty. 1t is all splendidly improved, with groves,
hedges and orchards. His residence is equal to any in the county, and is beautifully situ-
ated, commanding a fine view of the surrounding country and the city of Spring Hill. He is
a member of the Ocheltree Grange. Mr. Stahl was married in Union County, Pa., in 1854, to

This usion has been blessed with eight children.

STEVENSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Spring Hill, was born in Lan-

caster County, Pa., in 1835, and was reared on afarm near the city of Pittsburgh. In 1855
he moved to Marion County, Ind., where he was employed as a carpenter for about three
years. He came to Kansas and located on his present farm January 16, 1858. He owns 240
acres of land, all well improved, and has one of the finest placesin the surrounding country.
He islargely engaged in raising stock. October 1, 1861, he enlisted inthe Fifth Kansas
Cavairy, Company I; was promoted to Second Lieutenant January 1, 1863, and was mus-
tered out July 8, 1365. Mr. 8. is a member of the Ocheltree Grange, and at one time filled
the office of secretary of that body. He was married in Marion County, Ind., in 1860, to
Martha J. Negley. They have a family of four children—Nellie, Lizzie, George and Birdie,

MONTICELLO.

Monticello Township is in.the northern part of the county, and on ac-
count of the heavy bodies of timber it contained, was from the first a favorite
place of residence with the Indians, A number of white men came in prior to
white occupancy, and marrying Shawnee women, were adopted into the tribe.
Among these, Isaac Parish, Samuel Garrett and John Owens, the first two of
whom came in in 1847.

Among those who settled in the township in 1857, immediately after the
county was opened up to settlement by the whites, were Rev. C. Boles, Francis
Brown, T. J. and J. M. Hadley, Jacob Larver, W. Massey, L. W. Mawpin, W.
J. McCarthy, Col. A. Payne, B, B. and G. W. Walker, J. E, Corliss, J. W. Hawes
and Jesse Wilson.

Monticello town was laid out in June, 1857, by the town company, of which
Col. A. Payne was President, and W. J. McCarthy, Secretary. Among those
who moved into Monticello this year were C. Brassfield, A. J. Cordray, M. and
F. P. Shannon, and J. M. Reed, the latter of whom built a large and commodi-
ous hotel, which was accidentally burned in 1862.

In 1857, Rich & Rively opened the first store.
cinity was taught in 1857, about a mile west of town.
was built in the town in 1865, and a school taught in it that year.
office was also established this year.

Rev. C. Boles preached the first sermon. In 1880,.a Methodist church,
40x50 feet in size, frame and neatly finished, was built about one and a half
miles southwest of the town, at a cost of $2,000.

In 1858, the town was almost entirely torn to pieces by a tornado, but it
quickly recovered, and for some time was ambitious of being the county seat,
but failed of the distinction on account of not being centrally located. ;

At the present time the town contains two general stores, a blacksmith
shop, a school house, about fifteen houses and about sixty inhabitants. It is
beautifully situated on rolling prairie, about nine miles north of Olathe.

Wilder is situated in the northern part of Monticello Township, on the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., and on bottom land about a mile from the
Kansas River. It was so named after E. Wilder, of the above named railroad
company.

The first settler in the town was Simon Walters, in 1877, during which
year the postoffice was established with L. S. Haynes, first Postmaster.

The first marriage was that of William Glynn, to Miss Mary Bradley, No-
vember 20, 1878 ; the first birth, that of Jesse A. Johnson, November 21, 1879,
and the first death that of an infant child of James King, in May, 1879.

Rev. C. Boles preached the first sermon here. A saw mill with small grist
mill attached was built just east of town by P. P. Hall, in 1879.

The first school in the vi-
A schoolhouse
The post-

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—MONTICELLO TOWNSHIP.”

HENRY S. BELL, farmer, P. O. Olathe, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 4890,
and reared in Indiana, where he followed farming, draying, ete., for some years. In April,
1868, he came to Kansas and located on his present farm. r. Bell is a progressive farmer,
and has,one of the handsomest homesteads in the township. His house is nearly surround-
ed by a fine orchard. Besides his farming pursuits he is largely engaged in raising stock.
He is a member of the Grand View Grange, Mr. Bell has four sons—Thomas, Harry, Clark
and Robert. The latter assists him in conducting the farm. The family own in all about
240 acres, all in a high state of cultivation. :

N BRADY, farmer. Section 28, P.O. Monticello, was born in Indiana County, Pa.,
July 10, 1816, and there for some twenty years he carried on a large stock farm, and was
\ e came to Kansas in April, 1865, and located in
Johnson County on his presentfarm. He had at first 160 acres, but disposed of eighty
acres afew yearsago. Hisljand isall improved, and he has a good fruit orchard and
grapery. Mr. Brady also owns forty acres in Section 19, Township 12, Range 23, and a farm
of 160 acresin Dickinson County, this State. He was elected a member of the Johnson
Board of County Cummissioners in 1866, and_ re-elected in 1868, and during the last term
of membership was Chairman of the Board. He was elected Trustee of Monticello Town-
ship in the spring of 1878, and served one year. He was married in Centre County, Pa., in
1844, to Catherine S. Lee, and they have nine children. 3

WM. C. BROWN, farmer, P. 0. Cedar Junction, was born in Lee County, Iowa, March
4, 1855, and came to Kansas with his father, Oliver D. Brown, and assisted-him in farming
until his death, February 22, 1880, since which time the subject of our sketch has farme
the place on his own account. He has 100 acres of land, ninety of which are under cultiva-
tion, and in connection with farming pursuits raises considerable cattle and hogs.

JOHN W. BURCH, farmer, P. O. Cedar Junction, was born in Dresden, Muskingum Co.,
Ohio, October 4, 1839. At eighteen years of age he removed to Linn County, Iowa, and fol-
Jowed farming. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Twelfth Iowa Infantry, and
was promoted to Sergeant, and served four and a half years. In the spring of 1867 be came
to Kansas and located on his present farm. He has a beautiful place, consisting of about
200 acres, and is engaged in connection with farming pursuits, in breeding cattle. Mr. B,
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was Treasurer of this Township for two years, He was married in March, 1866, to Martha
Cochran, They have four children living—Georgia, Carrie, Hattie and Nellie,
JOHN C, COLLINS, farmer and stock-raiser, near Cedar Junction, Johnson Co., Kas,,
was born near Keene, in Jessamine Co., Ky. He was the eighth child of Lewis Collins, a
well-to-do farmer, His mother was the daughter of George Cleveland, a wealthy farmer’
and stock-dealer. Both branches were natives of Virginia, coming to Kentucky in an early
day. Mr. Collins never knew much of a mother’s love and care, she having died when he
was three years old, and his father never married again. At the age of thirteen years, hav-
ing the advantage of a country school education, he went to Mortonsville,a village in
Woodford County, Ky,, and lived with his brother-in-law, who was a merchant, and en-
tered his store as clerk, He remained in Mortonsville several years, and during his stay
had considerable experience in the postal service and hotel business, giving a part of his
time tostudy, Attheage of nineteen years he began the mercantile business on his own
account, his father favoring him with the use of his name in the business, Two years
later, his father, who had been a companion, died. In June, 1852, he was married to Miss
Eliza C. Dishmon, of that place, and moved out to the old homestead, giving his attention to
the farm until 1855, when he, with his then small family accompanied by his brother,
George L. Collins, moved to Clay County, Mo., where he fo lowed farming and breeding of
blooded stock. In March, 1860 he came to Kansas, brin ing some of his best horses and
cattle, jacks and jennets with him, and located on Cedar Creek, in a neighborhood of Shaw-
nee Indians, who were then thickly settled along the creek. Succeeding in the purchase of
some of their timber lands, he, together with his brother, built and operated a steain saw
and grist mill, and remained there during the Rebellion. He furnished a considerable
amount of lumber to the Government; and also furnished lumber and built houses for the
Indians, thus securing some of theirlands. In 1865 he commenced the improvement of hig
present farm, moved on it the following year, and continued to improve and farm until
871. Leaving thefarm in the hands of his brother, he went to Topeka to take the pusl-
tion of Chief Clerk of the State Treasury, conducting that office nearly four years. He re-
moved to Olathe in 1875, and engaged in the grain business. Remained there until the
fall of 1877, since which time he has resided on his farm, now well improved, with 200 «
acres enclosed, 50 acres plauted in black walnuts, pines, and other forest trees; orchards,
vineyards, small fruits, etc. Pastures well set in blue and other tame grasses. Well stocked,
ineliding high-grade and thoroughbred Durham cattle. He has a family of eight children,
boys and girls, the eldest daughter being married.

PETER D. COOK, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Wilder, was born in Cardington, Morrow Co.,
Ohio, June 19, 1838, and reared in the city of Columbus. In.1852 he went to the coal regions
of Pennsylvania, and was employed as surveyor and engineer in the coal fields of Huntie
don and Bedford counties until 1856, when he returned to Ohio and engaged in mercantile
business in Franklin County. In the fall of that year he moved his stock to Galena, Ohio,
and in 1857 closed out and went West through Illinois and_Indlanagand taught school for
some two years. He came to Kansas in 1859; returned to Decatur, Ill, afew months later
and_again taught school, and was also for a time engaged in grain commission business.
On June 10,1862, he enlisted in the Seventieth Illinois Infantry ; was mustered out in October
following, aud shortly afterwards came West to Johnson County, Kan. Mr. Cock took up
a claim, but abandoned it inthe spring, and going farther west, engaged in mining and mer-
cantile pursuitsin Idaho. Inthe spring of 1865 he returned to Iflinois, and engaged in
in business at Springfield. This he sold out in the summer of 1866; came West again, and
located in Topeka, where he engaged in the grocery business, in company with his brother,

.§. Cook. In 1874 they disposed of their grocery store, but continued in partnership in
real estate and general Speculation until November, 1879. The subject of our sketch was
elected Treasurer of the city of Topeka in 1870, '71. 72, °73 and 74. ‘In 1874 he purchased
his present property in Monticello Township, Johnson County, and four years later removed
here. He has 466 acres of fine land, andin June, 1881, had surveyed and laid out on hisland
the town of Wilder. He is also largely. engaged in raising live stock. Mr. Cook was one of
the first directors of the K.C., T. & W. R. R., built in 1875, He isa prominent Mason; has
held various high offices in Chanter, Commandery, etc., at Topeka, and stillz tains his con-
nection with the same.

EDWIN S. CORLESS, farmer, P. O. Cedar Junction, was born in Rock County, Wis.,
June 15, 1842, and came to Kansas in 1857 with his father, J. K. Corless, who settled in
Monticello, and who carried on farming 1m an extensive mauner. He died in June, 1877,
leaving three children—Edwin, Willian and Mary. The subject of our sketch has about 200
acres of land, all under cultivation, and is also engaged inraising stock. During the war
he served three years in the Sixteenth Kansas Infantry. He was married in Johnson
County, Kan., in 1870, to Alice Brown. She died in the spring of 1879, leaving three chil-
dren—Frank, Lloyd and Harry.

DAVID J. FRAME, farmer, P. O. Wilder, was born in Loudoun County Va., in 1836
and reared onafarm. After reaching the age of manhood he removed to Greene County,.
Ohio, and for eight years was employed on a farm; removing to Platte County, Mo. he
farmed on his own account for six years. He came to Kansas in March, 1871, and’ located
on his present farm which consists of 120 acres, all highly improved. Mr. Frame is largely
engaged in stock raising in this and Reno County. He was married in Platte County, Mo.,
in 1868, to Miss AnnuSmith. They have five children: Alice, Eliza, Herbert, Laura and

James.

SAMUEL GARRETT, farmer, Section 3. P. O, Wilder, was born in Devonshire, England,
March 24, 1831. There he learned the trade of stone cutter and followed that occupation
for a livelihood. Inthe spring of 1849,he immigrated to Anderson County, Texas, but bein
deceived in the purchase of some lands he remained only a few months, and on the 2uth o:
July, 1849, he came to Johnson County, Kansas; resided a year with the Shawnee Indians.
In 1850 he moved to Council Grove, this State, and for three years traded with the Kaw In-
dians. In the early part of 1854 he returned to Johnson County, and located on his present
farm. On November 10, 1853, he was married to Betsey Captain,a member of the Shawnee
tribe. and continued to reside here with that nation until about 1870, when they moved to
the Indian Territory. Mr. Garrett accompanied them, and resided there some six years.
He owns there 1,100 acres of land. In December, 1876, he returned to his residence ii this
county, and devotes himself tothe management of his farms. He has here 900 acres besides
large quantities of live stock. Mr. Garrett’s first wife died, leaving bim with a family of
six children, and ne was married again in the Indian ‘Territory, about 1874, to Miss Sidnie

Smith.

JOHN GLYNN, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Wilder, was bornin Ireland, August 31, 1826
and reared onafarm. In 1850 he emigrated to West Hoboken, N. J., and was for sever:
years employed tn a watch case manufactory in that city. In 1859 hecame Westto Kansas
City and engaged in contracting for three years, July 13, 1868, he enlisted in Company B,
Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and was discharged August 14, 1865. He then carrjieu on the
Gilliam House and saloon in Missouri City for three years. In July, 1868, he came to
Jvulnson County and located on his present farm. Mr.Glynn has 175 acres of rich bottom
Jand and raises considerable live stock. He was married in West Hoboken, N. J., in Novem-
ber, 1854. to Miss Ellen Maguire. They havea family of nine living children.

W. P. HAIGLER, farmer, P. O. Monticello, was bornin Randolph County, Va, May 9,
1824, and reared onafarm. In1855he emigrated to Henry County, Iowa, and followed
farming as an occupation; was also for several years engaged in mercantile business at
Winfield, in that county. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1861, locating on his present
‘farm, which consists of eighty acres, all well Improved, on which there js a fine orchard of

four acres. He also has twenty acres of timber land. Mr. H. was married in Pendleton
County, Va.,to Mary Hinkle.’ They have five living children, Anna, Emma, Lucy, Chris-
-tina, Elbert, and three deceased, Mattie, Virzinia,;and Mary Alice.
-« WILLIAM HARPER, farmer, section 33. P. O. Monticello, was born in Pendleton
“County, West Va:, February 28, 1832, and reared onafarm. In 1857 he moved to Henry
County, Iowa, farmed there two years, then to Randolph County, Mo. He came to Kansas
in fall of 1861, and located in Johnson County on his presentfarm. He has elghty acres, all
highly improved, on which there is a fine orchard and grapery. Duringthe Rebellion Mr,
H. served in the Johnson County Home Guardg,- He was married in Pendleton County,
Va., July 19, 1855, to Ellen Hinkle; they have one son, Charles P.

J. D. HAZLETT, farmer, Section 28, P. O- Monticello, was born in Indlana County, Pa.,
January 8th, 1835, and reared onafarm. He learned the trade of carpenter there anid fol-
lowed that occupation for a livelihood. Inthe gprin of 1865 he came to Kansas and
located on his presentfarm. He owns 181 acres of land, 123 acres of which are under cul-
tivation, and also hasa good orchard. Mr. Hazlett devotes his time principally to con-
traéting aud building. Heisa brother of Absalom Hazlett, who was a follower of John
Brown and was hung for his anti-slavery principles in Virginia. Mr. H. was married in
Johnson County, Kansas, April 31, 1866, to MalonaR..Stephenson. They have two living
ehildren, Archie and Addison, and four deceased.

WILLIAM HUNDLEY, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Olathe, was born in Henry County, Ky.,
April 12, 1832, and removed with parents to Platte County, Mo., In 1840, where le was
rearedon afarm. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1855; located in Leavenworth
County, where he followed agricultural pursuits and lime burving. In 1857 he came to
Johnson County, but only remained afew months. Returning to Leavenworth he again
followed Jime burning,’carrying on that businessin connection with agricultural pursuits.
In 1870 he returned to Jchnson County, and has since given his attention to farming and
raising stock. He owns 240 acres, all well improved, and has on his place a fine orchard.
He is a charter member of Grand View Grange. Mr, H. took an active part with the
¥ree-state party inthe troubles of 1856, and also served in the Kansas State Militia during
the late war. He was married July 17, 1856, to Mary Roberts. They have a family of seven
! hildren.

WON, DAVID B. JOHNSON was born in Mayfield, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, July 1, 1840. In
1842, his father and family emigrated to Lake County, Ill, and in 1858, moved to DeKalb
County, Ill. 1n1859, the family came West, and settled in Shawnee Township, Johnson Co.,
Kan. ‘In 1861, the subject of this sketch joined the Union Army for the suppression of the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

rebellion; served as First or Orderly Sergeant, Recruitin: Commissioner, Sergeant Majer
and Assistant Quartermaster until December, 1865, when he was discharged at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kan., with his regiment. During his nearly five years’ service he enjoyed perfert
health, and never failed to discharge his duty as a fearless and. consistent soldier; morally,
Mr. Johnson was an exemplary soldier, and being a teetotaler as tothe use of spirits,
tobacco, cards, etc., his record as a soldier stands without a blemish. After his discharge
:from the army, he remained at home on his farm, near Shawnee, until the following fall,
~yhen he entered the State University at Lawrence, where he completed a thorough business
education. In 1869, he, waselectedto represent his districtin the State Le; islature, and
although among its youngest members, secured the passage of abilt by which the State
assumed the payment of a war claim of $500,000. This famous measure had been
before the three preceding sessions of the Legislature an as often failed to become a law.
But itremained for our young legislator to announce to his constituents, who were largely
interested in the claim, the paymentinfull, {n 1870, he was re-elected by a vote of- three
to one, notwithstanding the district had given amajority vote the previous year for the
opposite party. During this session there were two questions hefore the Legislature that
thoroughly tried the honor, gritand judgmentof Mr. Jobnson. The first wasthe memorable
senatorial election that sent Alexander Colwell tothe United States Senate. Immediately
before casting his vote, Mr, Johnson rose in his place, and with uplifted hand, swore that
he would not vote or support any man that he had reason to believe would use money to
secure his election, and his votes corresponded to his oath. The second was the scheme to
divide the important county of Johnson. In this contest Mr. Johnson showed a degree of
determination and judgment that might have been accorded older and more experienced
heads; aftertwo years hard contest, he returnedto hiscounty withthe scheme defeated,
his enemies vanq'fshed, and-a law on the statutes to prevent its re-occurrence; and every-
where went the ha;py greeting, ‘‘ Welldone, f'ithful servant.” In 1874, Mr. Johnson was
married to Miss Alice C. Pearson. formerty of Elkhart, Ind. They have one child, a bright
boy—Jesse, three years of age. Tn 1877, Mr. Johnson leased his farm near Shawnee, and
purchased a store building and stock of goods from Walters & Holsinger, at Wilder. He is
now do'nga general mercantile business, carries alarge stock of goods, and does a large
and profitable business. Besides merchandising, Mr. Johnson is engaged in shipping
stock, grain, sand, etc., and darmoly, engaged infarming. In politics, he is an active, sound
and consistent Republican, ana a leading, enterprising citizen of his county, and enjoys the
confidence and friendship of alarge acquaintance. i

BOYD KAY, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Olathe, was born in Bedford County, Pa., April
4, 1856, and came to Kansas with his father, Thomas Kay, in February, 1866. He assisted
his father in farming in Monticello Township, Johnson County, until in the spring of 1876,
when he began to farm on hits own account, He movedon to his present farm:in March,
1881. Has 220 acres, all improved, 210 of which arein cultivation. Also raises consider-
able live stock. Mr. Tey is a member of the ‘Union Horse League.” He was married at
De Soto, this county. July 1, 1877, to Emma Jackson. 3

THOMAS J. KAY, farmer and dealer in live stock, Section 14, P. O. Wilder, was born in
Bedford County, Pa., March 3, 1833; reared on a farm, and after reaching the age of man-
hood carried on a farm, and also raised considerable stock for some years. In November,
1865, he came to Kansas and located in Munticello Township, Johnson County. In October,
1881, he moved on to his present farm. He has 120 acres of Jand,‘all improved, and a nice
orchard. Mr. Kay is also engaged in dealing in grain and live stock. He was for two years
Trustee of the township. He was married in Bedford County, Pa., December 22, 1853, to
Mary E. Smith and they havea family of six children.

LEWIS D. KENTON, farmer, Section 9. P. O. Wilder, was born in Champaign County,
Ohio, September 30, 1814, and reared on afarm. In 1839 he removed to Jasper County,
Ind., where he conuucted an extensive stock farm. In November, 1864, he came to John-
son County, Kas., and located in Monticello Township. Mr. Kenton owns 280 acres of
land, of which 150 are in cultivation. On his placeis a good orchard, and he also raises
considerable live stock.

¥F, L. KUCKER, farmer, P. O. Monticello, was born in Germany in 1836, and in 1844
emigrated to Randolph County, lL, where he was reared and followed farming as an_oc-
cupation. Inthe Spring of 1874 he came to Kansas and located on his present farm. He is
one of the progressive farmers of the county, owns 280 acres of land, 240 of which are
under cultivation. He has a beautiful residence which he builtin1880. Mr. K. was mar-
ried in Randolph County, Ill., in 1862, to Mary C. Reitz. They have five children—George,
Charles, Mary, Emma, and William.

M. J. MANN, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Wilder, was born in Muskingum, Ohio, January
3, 1837, and about 1850 his parents moved to Putnamville, Ind., where he tearned the car-
penter trade, which occupation he followed in various portions of that State until June,
1857, when he came West and located in Johnson County, at a small plaee called Princeton,
where he carried on asmall grocery business in company with his brother Aaron. A year
later he returned to Indiana. In 1859 he again came to Johnson County, located in Olathe,
and followed contracting and building fora yearor so, when he returned to Indiana and
was employed in a pork packing estublishment_at Terre Haute. Early in 1865 he enlisted
in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served four
months, after which he again emigrated West and farmed fora year at Westport, Mo, He
then came to Monticello Township, and in 1868 located on his present farm. He has 190
acres, all improved, and raises considerable live stock. Mr. Mann was married at Olathe,
Kan. in October, 1859, to Priscilla Logan. They have a family of two children—Charles and

Ss.

NICHOLAS REITZ, farmer, P. O. Monticello, was born in Mouroe County, IIl., February
4, 1839, and reared onafarm. He enlisted August 1, 1862. in Company H, One Hundre
and Seventeenth Illinois Infantry, serving until August 5, 1865. He came to Kansas in
March, 1868, and located on his presentfarm. He owns some 200 acres, 185 of which are
under cultivation. Mr. R. was one of the Trustees of this township for several: years, and
elected Sheriff of the county in 1873, serving a term of two years. He was married in
Monroe County, Ill, July 24, 1860, to Magdaline Huth. They have five children, Martin,
Mary, Julius, Milton and Amelia,

: R. W. A. H. SPRATT, Section 12, P. O. Monticello, was born in-Withe County, West
Virginia, March 19, 1808. After reaching the age of manhood he becaine connected with
. the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was for eight Feats engaged as an itinerant preacher,
In the year 1832 he preached to the Delaware and Shawnee Indians in Kansas, He studied
medicine at Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., and graduated there in the class of 1840
aud 1841. He then practiced medicine in various parts of the State of Missouri until March,
1869, when he came to Kansas. For eighteen months he practiced his profession in Wyan-
dotte County. Then came to Johnson County, and has since resided on his farm, practicing
but very little. He has 120 acres of land, all well improved.

HON, THOMAS G. STEPHENSON, farmer, P. O. Cedar Junction, was born in Hamp-
shire County, Va, February 15, 1823, and removed with his parents to Athens County,
Ohio, in October, 1824. In July, 1841, he ramoved to Lee County, Iowa, where he followed
farming and stock-raising. He was for two years County Commissioner of that county, and
in the fall of 1861 was e'ected Representative to the State Legislature, and served two terms.
He came to Kausas jn 1866 and located on his present farm, Has 240 acres of land, eighty-
five of which is in cultivation. Has an orchard of about four acres, apple, peach and cherry.
In 1869 he was elected Justice of the Peace and served about four years, and in the fall of
1871 was elected Representative to the State Legislature for aterm of two years. In 1877
was elected County Commissioner of Johnson County for a term of two years, and re-elected
ed In the fall of 1879 for a term of three vears. Was Chairman of the Board continuously
for four yers, and with the assistance of his associates effected a compromise of all the rail-
road bonded indebtedness of Johnson County, reducing the same from the sum of $41,800
bo $28,800. ty; Stephenson nas mained iy enmark, Lee Co., Lowa, September 6, 1845, to

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dren—Lucle, Marie, George, Susie, frankie ay Esa of Denmark. They have six chil

LEXINGTON.

‘Lexington Township is in the northwest corner of the county. The first
settler was J. Weathers, who built a cabin in March, 1857, on the northwest
corner of Section 10, Township 13, Range 22 east. In this township are De
Soto, Prairie Center, Cedar Junction and Crozier Station.

-Lexington was laid out in 1857, three miles from De Soto, and for a num-
ber of years was its rival town. A two-story hotel was built by Mr. McKinney
in 1858; it was burned down in 1859, and re-built by Mr. Potter in 1860. De
Soto was a Yankee town, Lexington a Southern town, hence there was political
as well as business rivalry between the two. But the latter town was gradually
deserted, and its site is now an excellent farm.

PRAIRIE CENTER.

 

 

Prairie Center is located in Lexington Township, about ten miles directly,

west of Olathe. It was so named because it is situated on prairie, and nearly
equally distant from four other towns lying in different directions—Edgerton,
eight miles south; Gardner, seven miles southeast; De Soto, seven miles nearly

 
 

JOHNSON COUNTY.

northeast, and Eudora in Douglas County, about eight miles northwest. It thus
seemed to be in the center of the prairie, the. towns named being as it were on
the circumference. The first settlement was made here by David Vestal, April
9, 1871. Dr. W.C. Barnes came in in February, 1877, and H. T. Simmons in
November. The postoffice was established in February, 1872; David Vestal ap-
pointed Postmaster, who had opened a store the previous year. In 1874 the
first school was taught by Edwin Stanley, in a schoolhouse built that year, and
in which Rev. Charles H. Lovejoy preached the first sermon in the town. The
Friends built a church this year, one-half mile north of the postoffice. Recently
there have been built two other churches, one by the Methodist Episcopal or-
ganization, the other by the Free Methodists.

At the present time there are in Prairie Center, besides the three churches
and postoffice, one store, a blacksmith shop, a wood workman and about seventy-
five inhabitants. The surrounding country is excellent farming and grazing
oe and is settled up quite thickly with an intelligent and enterprising class of

armers.

The first child born in Prairie Center was Eli J. Vestal, July 27, 1874, and
the first death that of Melissa A, Vestal, May 13, 1875. ‘

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DE SOTO.

‘This town is situated in the northwestern part of the county, on the south
bank of the Kansas River. The surrounding country is rolling, partially tim-
bered and fertile prairie. The town was laid out in the spring of 1857 bya
town company composed of B. W. Woodward, James F. Legate, James Findley,
and G. W. Hutchinson, and named De Soto, after the great Spanish adventurer
of that name.

The first frame building upon the town site was occupied for a short time
as a store by Zera Nichols. During this same year, 1857, Stratton & Williams

‘puilt a saw-mill on the river bank, employing D. Rolfe to construct the mill
and run the engine one year. Mr. Rolfe arrived July 12, 1857, and was so well
pleased with the country that he sent for his wife and family,-who arrived
April 3, 1858. During the year 1857, two or three buildings were erected in
De Soto. In 1858, Perry Teters, erected a double dwelling in which his family
and that of John Van Rankin lived for sometime. In August of this year
the De Soto hotel was completed, and Mr. Rolfe moved into it, thus being the
first hotel keeper in the town. John Van Rankin started the first regular
store, in 1859. The postoffice was established in 1860, with James Smith first
Postmaster. as Fa

The Methodist Church was organized in 1858, Elder Beach being the first
minister, Services were conducted for some years in private houses, and in
the hotel, until in 1870, a stone church was built at a cost of about
$2,500. ;

The Presbyterian Church was also organized in 1858. They built a stone
church in 1879, costing $2,000. Rev. William H. Smith became Pastor in 1860,
and still remains in charge.

The first birth in De Soto, was that of a child of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Gentry, the death of which child was the first death.

The first marriage was a double one—Truesdale Barclay to Miss Melissa
Gentry, and Robert Todd to Miss Mary Gentry, the ceremony occurring in
1859. = ; é

De Soto now contains two general stores, two drug stores, one hotel, one
notion store, two blacksmith, one wagonmaker, and about seventy-five inhabi-
tants. ; :

In 1879, a brick flouring mill was erected near the railroad depot, by.
Skinner & Barrett. It is two stories high and contains tworun of buhrs, The
mill is now owned by J. M. Hadley.

WASECA.

This town is located in the northern part of the County, in the Kansas
River Valley, at the junction of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, with the
Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad. The surrounding country
is somewhat hilly and covered with timber.

The first building completed was put up by Henry Gallagher. It was
commenced on the roth and finished on the 11th of March, 1882. ‘] he second
was the section house, commenced in January and finished toward the latter
part of March, 1882, costing about $1,200, William Childs completed a resi-
dence about the same time. The railroad depot was finished in-June.

The postoffice was established June 26, M. W. Robinson, Postmaster. A
Union Church organization was effected between the Methodists and Baptist
early in the summer. On August 1, 1882, about seventy-five people were living
in houses, and one hundred and fifty in tents. a

The town site is owned by E. R.. Courtney, who filed his plat July 17, 1882.
Waseca is thirteen miles from Kansas City, and has one of the finest springs in
the county.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP.

JAMES BURNETT ABBOTT, was born in Hampton, Windham County, Conn., Decem -
ber 3, 1818. His paternal ancestors were English. They trace their genealogy back to
George Abbott, who tradition says emigrated from_Yorkshire, England, about 1640, and
settled in Andover, Mass.,in 1643. He lived and died on the farm ownedin 1847 by John
Abbott a descendant of George, of the seventh generation, Asa Abbott, grandfather of the
subject of this sketch, on account of being a cripple, took no personal partin the war of the
American Revolution, His patriotism was however as intense as that of any of the Revo-
lutionary fathers, for although not subject to mary, duty himself, he employed a substi-
tute, and paid him ten dollars per month, throughout the seven years of that eventful
struggle. Asa Abbott married Mrs. Sarah Fuller, whose first husband, Stephen Fuller, had
been killed by the Indians, in the Wyoming Massacre, July 3, 1778. In a book compiled in
1847, by Rev. Abiol Abbott, D. D., and Rev. Ephraim Abbott, entitled, ‘‘General Register
of the descendants of George Abbott, of Andover,” page 55, istound the following sketch:
“Stephen Fuller married Sarah Bidlock, He,with others taken by the [ndians,in the Wyom-
ing battle, July 38,1778, was led to a wheat field where the Indians piled around them
sheaves of wheat, and burned them to death. The Fort was surrounded and taken, the
men cut to pieces, and the women and children perished in the flames of the Barracks. A
few escaped by flight, Mrs. Fuller with some others, wentin boats down the Susquehanna
to Northumberland, and in about fourteen days she returned to the battlefield to seek the
body of her husband, She found the heads of the men scalped, and their bodies so cut,
bruised and torn, and altered by the summer heat, that-she could not recognize an individ-

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ual. From this distressing scene she went to her house, hoping to obtain some clothin;

and provisions; but the Indians and Tories had been there. The feathers of her be

were emptied on the floor, and her bedding, clothes, furniture and provisions all
taken away. About the evening twilight, she went to the river, and called to the
boatmen to take her across, but they, fearing there might be Indians or Tories
tying in wajt to kill them, would not go for her. She therefore passed alone the
anxious, fearful night. Soon after she returned to Hampton, Conu., on horseback
accompanied only by her daughter, two or three years old, who afterwards married
Judge Ebenezer Griffin, of Hampton, Conn. Mrs. Fuller afterwards married Asa Abbott.”
James Abbott, son of Asa and Mrs. Sarah Fuller Abbott, was a Captain in the war of
1812. He was a man of good education, ateacher by profession, a.lover of music and a
skilled musician, He was aman of superior moral character, and of great liberality in his
religious views. Hemarried Asenath Burnett, daughter of James Burnett, a soldier of the
American Revolution, whoserved during the entire period of that long conflict, under
General Putnam. Mrs. Abbott was a woman of great energy of character, a strict, kind-
hearted Puritan, and most devoted wifeand mother. She was born in 1791, and died in
1873. The Burnett family is supposed to be of Scotch descent, James Burnett Abbott, was
the son of James and Asenath Abbott. His education was obtained primarily in the Con-
necticut common schoo]s, but was finished at the Academies of Pottsdam and Gouverneur
inthe State of New York. After leaving the academy he taught school two winters, When
eighteen years old he broke his leg, which misfortune rendered farm labor impracticable
for him. ‘He accordingly learned the shoemakers’ trade, and afterward worked in a tin-
shop until he became again able to resume his labors on the farm. Upon the attainment of

 

 

his majority he married Amanda Atwood, of Gouverneur, N. Y., returned to Connec-
ticut and entered mechanical business. From 1840 to 1854, he was engaged in various in-
dustries,—making pencil-cases, forks, spoons, and spectacles, slectro p ating, and electro-
typing; manufacturing boots and shoes in Connecticut, gold pens in Cincinnati, and actin)
as inspector forthe Rogers Bros.?mammoth plated-ware, establishment at Hartford. He
was one of the first successful electro-platers in the United States. In 1851 his wife died,
and in 1852 he was married to Elizabeth Watrous, a Hartturd lady. In_1854, in company
with the third party of New England immigrants, he came to Kansas, He arrived at Law-
rence, October 10, and fixed his residence at that place, but located his claim near the Wak-
arusa, from which fact he was known in those early days as ‘“Abvott of the Wakarusa
Country.” Across that river he built Bianton’s bridge, which was indicted by the border
ruffians as a nuisance, for the, to them, sufficient reason that it accommodated more Free-
state than Pro-slavery men. He was appointed by Governor Reeder, one of the judges of
the election of March 30, 1855, Upon the decision of a majority of the board of which he
was a member, in favorofthe right of the Missourians to vote, he withdrew from the
board. During the following summer he joined a militia company, which was raised for
the defense of the Free-state men and their interests. Of this company Henry Saunders
was elected Captain, and Mr. Abbot:, Lieutenant. Lieutenant Abbott was sent to Boston
to procure arms for thecompany. He returned to Kansas with one hundred and seventeen
Sharpe’s rifles, and a twelve pound howitzer. From St. Louis to Kansas he was watched at
every turn and movement, suspected of being James B. Abbott, by certain parties who
had learned what his errand East had been, and on that accountfollowed him with the in-
tention of putting him outof the way. Mr. Abbott, however, who was travelling under
the name of J. Burnett, was not for 2 moment off his guard. He sang songs and played
cards frequently with the very men who were set as spies upon his trail. uring a game
of cards, one of these spies attempted to throw him off his guard by saying suddenly to
him, “abbott, it’s yourturn to deal, isn’t it?” Abbott looked around asif to learn who had
been addressed, and replied, ‘* You must be mistaken, it is my turn.” Such was Mr. Ab-
bott’s continuous calm presence of mind, that every attempt to make him reveal his
identity was equally futile. Subsequently one of these Bples was a deputy under Sheriff
Jones, and at the attempt to arrest S. W. Wood, recognized Abbott asthe man who had out-
witted him onthe boat. The Sharpe’s riflesand howitzer had been shipped on a different
boat from that on which Abbott returned; the former having been taken apart, packed in
as short boxes and casks as possible, and consigned as hardware to Harlow Hutchinson &
Co., merchants at Lawrence; the latter was shipped from New York in boxes, but did not
arrive until November. On November 21, 1855, occurred the murder of Charles W. Dow,
This murder caused the most intense excitement. A meeting
the Free-state men was held next day, at the place of the murder, for the purpose of in-
vestigating its cause and deciding what action if any should be taken with reference there-
to. On arriving home from the meeting, Lieutenant Abbott was informed that Sheriff
Jones had passed his house about six o’clock in the evening, with a posse of fifteen armed
men, on his way to arrest an old man named Jacob Branson, who was a personal friend of
Dow, and the principal witness of his murder. Some half dozen men who had attended the
meeting had stopped at Abbott’s house on their way home. With them a consultation was
held and it was decided that Abbott.and S.'N. Wood should immeviately ride over to Bran-
son’s, and ascertain what had been done hy the posse, aud return to Mr. Estabrook’s house,
about half way between Branson’s and Abbott’s, where it was agreed that the Free-state
settlers should assemble for consultation. On the arrival of Abbott and Wood at Branson’s,
they learned that Branson had been captured and carried away by force of arms without
being given any authority therefor;his captors leaving his wife in doubt asto what his destiny
was to be, leaving the impression on her mind, however, that he was in some manner to be
killed, An attempt was made to follow the trail of the posse, but they soon scattered in dif-
ferent @irections over the prairie and it was impossible to learn what direction they had
taken, but it was expected they would make their way to Franklin, then a small border
ruffian village about three miles east of Lawrence. So the posse hunters returned to Esta-
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brook’s and directed the men assembled there to report at once at Abbott's house, which the:

had todo on foot. Abbott and Wood rode back on a double quick, and upon arrivin| there
found some half dozen men, and one boy named Howard Dix. ‘Some were armed with
sporting rifles and some with Sharpe’s rifles, while the boy was armed with a gun without
a Hock and one man with nothing but a pocket full of rocks. While this little party were
consulting as to what course to pursue, the posse was discovered coming from thé south
in the road passing on the west side of and very near to the house; Lieutenant Abbott im-
mediately called for every man to form on the north side of the house and waited till the
posse came within about ten paces, when with their pieces to aready, the Lieutenant led
his men across the road in front of the Sheriff's posse, which halted without orders from
Jones, A tolerably full account of the rescue of Branson from this pointis given on pages
116 and117. One incident omitted there, is given here. Branson having ridden over to his
friends, found himself unable to alightfrom his mule. He was over sixty-five years old,
and weighed nearly two hundred pounds,and having ridden for over two hours a miserable,
old, sharped-back mute, with neither saddle nor blanket, was so exhaused and chafed as
tobe helpless. Mrs, Abbott, therefore, who was standing at the left of the little square, rar
and helped him to dismount and to walk intothe house. In accordance with the advice of the
Free-state leaders, at Lawrence, the rescuers of Branson dispersed and secreted themselves
forthetime being. During the troubles of the Sprin of 1856, Lieutenant Abbott was in
command ofa company. and participated in the first fight at Frauklin. He afterwards com-
manded the Third Regiment of Free-state, Infantry ad acted as officer of theday at Law-
rence, when 2,700 Missourians laid siegeto thetowi. He was a member of the first. House
of Representatives, and afterwards elected Senator under the Topeka Constitution, He was
a@memberof the House of Representatives of the first State Legislature, and was State
Senator during the years 1867 and 1868. 111859 he led the party which rescued Dr, Doy
from the St. Joseph fail a full account of which daring exploit will be found in the history
of Douglas County. From June, 1861, to the tall of 1866, Major Abbott acted as agent of the
Shawnee Indians. During all the tine he was their agent he took a paternal interest in
their welfare, and managed their affairs with strict integrity, good judgment and capacity.
He has always been their friend and the able champion of.their rights, as against the poll- «
ticans who would feign ride into poNcr by aid’of the votes of the settlers upon their reser-
vations. When the rebel General Price, threatened to overrun Kansas in the fall of 1864,
he organized a company of Shawnees, consisting of every adult nale member of the tribe,
exeen one, on the reservation, anu those who were already in the volunteer service, and
led them on a number of dangerous and successful scouting expeditions. Inthe winter of
of 1880—81, he initiated a movement for the Ormanizetion of aState Asylum and school for
feeble-minded children. He successfully urged the Governor to recommend an appropri.
tion for that purpose in his annual message; he then carefully prepard bills providing for
the organization and had them early introduced into both branches of the Legislature, and
by devoting his entire time and energies during the whole session to eulisting the sympa-
thies of every kind hearted member of both houses, he succeeded in The very last hour of
the session in getting his bill passed, and the school is now in successful operation, anu one
of the permanent instil utions of the State. 1tcan be truly said that no act of his eventful life
affords him more peatlication or satisfaction than this. He still resides at De Soto, and by
his neighbors is esteemed for his personal worth and generosity. Heis as kind hearted and
charitable as he has always been modest, chivalrous and brave. fs .

J S. BEECROFT, Postmaster, De Soto, was born in Mercer County, N. J., in 1836,
and reared on a farm, after which he resided for some time in Fulton County, Ill. He passed
through Kansas in 1857, and located in Butler County, Neb., where he was engaged rapch-
ing for four years. Returning to Kansas in 1861, he settled at Leavenworth, aud was for sev-
eral years engaged in furniture business and employed in various capacities in that neigh-
borhood, in all some nine years, after which he wentto Butler County, Neb., and took up a
homestead, residing on itfor ayeat, then went to Kansas City, where he engaged in furni-
ture business. Inthe spring of 1879, he came to De Soto, and at once engaged in general
merchandise business, in which he has since continued. He was appointed Postmaster in
Septem ber, 1880, and is Treasurer of District School Board. Mr, B. was married in Butler
County, Neb., in the spring of 1861, to Elizabeth Wakefield. They have four children—
Laura, peorge Charles, and Maye

JNO. M. URTON, agent Johnson County Co-operative Association, De Soto. Was born
in Douglas County, Kan., October 23, 1860. In 1876, he moved to Olathe, and was employed
as a clerk in the store of this co-operative association until August, 1881, when he was ap-
pointed agent at Stanley. this county, aiid removed to this place February 17, 1882. The
association carry a stock here of some $4,000, arid Mr. Burton is a popular manager.

SAMUEL COOK, farmer, P. O. De Soto, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in August, 1830,
and rearedonafarm. He wasfor many years largely engaged in dealing inlive stock in
Knox and Morrow counties, andfor two yearsin grain business. In September, 1861, he
enlisted in Company D, Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry, andserved three years. In October, 1864,
he turned his attention to railroading; was for ashort time employed as baggage master on
the P., Ft. W. & C. R R., at Crestline, Ohio, and for three months worked asa carpenter in
Iinois. In June, 1865, he came to Kansas, and has since given his attention to farming.
He has 160 acres in Lexington Township, all improved. His principal occupations are rais-
ing corn and dealing in live stock, Mr, Coak was married in Mansfield, Ohio, October, 1854,
to Miss B. N. Cook. , They have nine children—Alice, Edwin W., Mary B., Eva P., Harry L.,
Edith G., Samuel H., Arthur R. and Madge L.

JAMES HENRY KIRBY, farmer, Section 14,P. O, Olathe, was born jn Albemarle
County, W. V., January 23, 1834, and six years Jater his pareuts emigrated to Indiana,
thence to Saline County, Mo., where he wasreared onafarm, Attwenty-one years of age
he learned the trade of carpenter, and followed that occupation for a livelihood until he
came to Kansas, in August, 1861, locating in Miami County, and turned his attention to
farming. Inthe spring of 1863. he came to Johnson County, resided for two years in Gard-
ner Township. then moved on to his presentfarm. He has eighty acres allimproved. Has
quite a fine orchard and raises considerable live stock, During the rebellion he served in
the KansasState Militia. Mr, Kirby was married in Platte County, Mo., in 1856, to Mary
T. Victor, They havesixchildren. _ ke ‘

ALEX. LEAMER, farmer, P.O. Prairie Centre, seasuorn in Haldersburg, Blair Co.,Penn.,
November 29, 1842 1n 1856 he came to Kansas, locating with his uncle, ‘William Leamer.
at Lecompton, Douglas County, and was employed in mercantile business, In the fall of
1862 he enlisted in the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, serviug three years. In 1865 he came to |
Lexington, Johnson County, purchased at that time forty acres; has now 160 acres all well
improved, and is largely engaged in breeding blooded hogs, r. L. has been _ Trustee of
the township since 1878. He was married at Prairie Centre in 1866 to Mary Ochel; they
have four children—Anna A., Sarah L., Harry and Jessie,

A M. MARTIN, faimer, Section 11, P. O, De Soto, was born in Clark County, Ind.,
February 1, 1833, and fifteen years later moved with his parents to’Cincinnati, Ohio, where
for five years he was employed as aclerk in mercantile business. He then moved to IINli-
nois and followed agricultural pursuits in Sangamon and Macon counties. In August,
1862, he enlisted in Company LK, Fifteenth Illinois Infantry and served until the war closed,
Mr. Martin came to Kansas in the spring of 1868 and located in Lexington Township, John-
son County. He has a farim of 160 acres, all highly improved, and raises considerable live
stock. Hé was married in this county 1n November, 1869, to Mary A. Wear, ‘They have
four childrei—James, Jeniie, Myrtle and George E. :

THOMAS W. OSHEL, farmer, P. O, Prairie Centre, was born in Monroe County, Ohio,
February 17, 1841, and reared on a farm. Heé enlisted September 1, 1864, in Company I,
One Hundred and Beventy slat Ohio Infantry, serving until June 22. §1865. He came to
Kansas in February, 1866, locating ou his presentfarm. Has 140 acres of improved land
and raises considerable cattle and hogs. Hewas Justice of the Peace for six years and
Numerator for the census of 1880. Heisachbarter member and secretary of Spoon Creek
Grange No. 311. Mr. Oshel was married iu Johnson County, Kans,. beeember 5, 1867, to
Jennie Leamer, They have four children—Kate, Norah, Sarah and Genevra.

CHARLES B. PELLET, farmer, P. O. Prairie Centre, was born in North Brookfield
Mass., in October, 1827, and reared onafarm. In 1849 he went to California angl followed
mining for about sight years. He cane to Kansas in August, 1857, locating in Lexington
Township, has since followed farming and stock-raising. He owns some 680 acres of land
and is one of the leading farmers of thecounty. On his place is a fine orchard of about
twelve acres, aud seven miles of Osage orange hedging. Mr. Pe!let was married in Novem-
ber, 1862, to Kate Leamer. They have oneson—Henry.

SOLON ROGERS, farmer, P. O, Prairie Centre, was born in Hendricks County,Ind. June,
1848, andreared onafarm. In December, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Fourth Indiana
Cavalry, serving until the war closed In March, 1867, he came to Kansas and located in
Lexington Township, moving on to his present farm in 1869. He has 453 acres of land; is
quite an extensive grain farmer, besides which he handles considerable live stock. Mr, R,
was married in Hendricks County, Ind., April, 1866, to Sophie E, Hadley. They have two
children—Eva E. and Herbert K.

DANIEL ROLI, farmer and hotel keeper, De Soto, came to Kansas in July, 1857, and lo-
ated at De Soto, Kan., in Johnson County, and has lived there since, Mr. Rolf was born in
Hillsboro, N. H.,March 2,1807.and lived in his native State eighteen years,and wentjto Hart-
ford, Conn., and remained one year, and moved to Massachusetts, and remained there
twenty-three years, and removed from there to Ohio in 1847, and Jocated in Marietta, where
he built the first bucket and tub factory west of the Allegheny Mountains. He remained
there until he came to Kansas. He was married in Massachusetts in 1829, to Miss Hannah
Norcross, & native of Massachusetts. He has three children living, by his first wife—
Sarah M.. Anna, and LydiaC. He was again married, in 1845, to Miss Adeline Stone of
‘Massachusett<, They have two children living—Clara E. and Elenorett, Mr. Rolf has been
Postmaster of De Soto for eight years, and Justice of the Peace for the same time. He is
one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this town and county,

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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CAPT, THEODORE SCHERMERHORN, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Olathe, was born
August 20, 1834, at Bath, Steuben Co. N.Y. When quite young he emigrated to East
Smithfield, Pa.. with his parents, and from 1848 to 1850 was employed at cabinet trade.
Then went west, through Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, and in the spring of 1853 went with
Capt. Ruggles’ party to California, overland, wintering in Salt Lake City, and working at
his trade, He witnessed the encounter between United States troops and Mormon citizens.
He was for three years engaged in mining pursuits, and then until 1859 worked at wagon.
makers'trade. Returning to Illinois, via Panama, he enlisted August 15, 1861, at Freeport,
in Company B, Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry. He passed up and down the Mississippi
and Tennessee rivers, and with Sherman to the Sea, participatingtin eighteen engagements,
and marching 9,800 miles. Was promoted to Second Lieutenant March 5, 1864, to First
Lieutenant the May following, and to Captain June 6, 1865, and was mustered out July 7 of
thag year, He came to Kansas in the fall of 1865, and located in Lexington Township, John-
son County, since which time he has followed agricultural pursuits. He owns 200 acres of
finely improved land, and is quite a prominent member of the Pioneer Grange, No. 69.. The
Captain was married in this county. to Mrs. Sallie Williams, widow January 20, 1866. She
died March 11, 1882, leaving six children. i :

DAVID VESTAL, merchant, Prairie Centre, was born in North Carolina, in 1831, and
reared in Hendricks County, Ind. Here he was employed in the mercantile business, and
algo taught school. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1861. locating at Spri g Dale,
Leavenworth County. Was for five years engaged in the mercantile business, In 1866 he
came to Johnson County, and located in Shawnee, where he followed the boot and shoe busi-
ness. Several years later removed to Hesper, Douglas County, and continued the business
there. In 1871 he came to Prairie Centre; has since bee 1 Postmaster, and also carries on
mercantile business, and farms on a limited scale, Heis Treasurer of the School District,
Mr. Vestal was married in Lyon County, Kan., in 1864, to Miss M. A. Moon, who died in
1875, leaving three children—Charles, Levina, and Eli J. Mr. V. was married a second
time at Tonganoxie, Leavenworth Co, Kan., in May, 1878, to Catherme Pearson.

CARDNER.

Gardner, so named in honor of Gov. Gardner, of Massachusetts, is beauti-
fully situated on level prairie, ten miles southwest of Olathe, on the Kansas
City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad. It was surveyed and platted in
1857 by a Town Company composed of O. B. Gardner, Benjamin B. Francis,
A. B. Bartlett and others, who built the first house in the town.- This was a
frame building, 14x20, and designed merely for temporary purposes. Benjamin
Davis kept the first hotel in a small log building ; thtn in a frame one, and in
the spring of 1858, J. W. Sponable built and opened a store, the first in town.

The Town Company built the stone hotel in 1857. It was 36x40 feet and
two stories high. Daniel O'Sullivan was the first blacksmith, having opened
his shop in the fall of 1857. Dr. W. M. Shean arrived in 1857, and was the
first physician in the town. In the spring of 1858, S. H. Church and S. G,
Sponable started the second store, and for some years both stores in Gardner
did a wholesale as well asa retail business. In the same spring W. H. Page
started a shoe shop. ;

The first school taught in Gardner was a private one by Miss Myra D.
Shean, now Mrs. L. W. Swan. The school district was organized in the win-
ter of 1858-59, and the first public school taught the next summer by Miss
Mary Williams. A stone schoolhouse was built in 1861, and in 1879, a fine
two story frame schoolhouse at a cost, including furniture and apparatus of
$3,000, ,

The first church organization was that of the Methodists, a temporary one,
in 1857. They were re-organized in 1859, and built their church edifice in
1878, at a cost of $2,200, and dedicated by Rev. J. C. Telford, who was minis-
ter at‘the time. He was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Wolford, and then came Rev.
Mr. Osborn.

The first child born in Gardner was a daughter to Mr.and Mrs. O. B.
Gardner, July 25,1858. The first marriage was that of W. J. Ott to Miss
Emma Davis,,in the fall of 1859, and the first death that of Asa Thayer, in
June, 1858.

The Presbyterian was the first permanent church organization in the town,
having been effected in 1858. Their church edifice was erected in 1870, at a
cost of $3,000. Their ministers have been Rev, Messrs. Beach, William H.
Smith and J. N. Rankin, the present incumbent.

The Catholic Church was organized in 1870, after the completion of the
railroad to this place, and their church building erected in 1870, costing about
$2,000. :

The Baptist Church was organized in 1878, and their church built in 1879,
at a cost of $2,000, Their ministers have been Revs. W. A. Stewart, A. Jen-
kins and S, A. Smith. “

A Grange store was opened here May 29, 1882, under the auspices of the
central store at Olathe, with S. McMillan as manager.

Gardner now contains four general stores, one hardware store, two black-
smiths, one agricultural implement dealer, two drug stores, two hotels, and
about two hundred and fifty inhabitants.

Gardner Lodge A. F. & A, M., No. 65, was organized in October, 1871,
with eleven charter members, and the following officers: E. Clark, W. M.; I.
B. Uhl, S. W.; J. B. Bruner, J. W.; I..D. Clapp, secretary. The present
membership is thirty-four. Gardner Lodge I. 0.0. F. No. 23, was organized
September 21, 1866, with five members, and was the only Odd Fellow Lodge in
the county, The charter members and officers were as follows: W. I. Bigelow,
N.G,; V.R. Ellis, V.G.; G. M. Waugh, P.G.; Wm. Roy and Isaac Darland.
The present membership is forty-two.

The Good Templars were organized February 6, 1879, with twenty-seven
members. The officers were S. F. Wilson, W. C. T.; Miss Tennie Humbert,
Vv. T.; Walter Jones, secretary; Miss Lillie Ott, financial secretary, and Miss
Georgie Ott, treasurer, The present membership is ninety-three.

The Gardner Library Association was organized in 1862. The library
contains at present 600 volumes.. ,

The town of Gardner was sacked October 25, 1861, by Up Hays’ ‘gang.
No houses were burned and no murders committed, but about $3,000 worth of
goods were stolen from the stores.

; At the breaking out of the war Gardner Township had 103 voters, and
signalized herself by sending into the army eighty-three soldiers.

_. O. B. Gardner, after whom the township and town were both named, was
killed in the fall of 1864, by Jesse James, when on the way to Fort Smith, Ar-
kansas. He was Chaplain of the Thirteenth Regiment, and had been North
with a party of refugees, and was on his return to the regiment.

 

 
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_., Newton, Charles,

1859, to Ellen O’Hara,

1818, ‘and reared on a farm,

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JOHNSON COUNTY.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—GARDNER TOWNSHIP.

J. B. ARMSTRONG, M. D., was born in Lee County, Lowa, in.1848, and reared in Appa-
noose County onafarm. He enlisted in April, 1861, at eighteen years of age, and July 17
of that year was mustered into Company D, Iowa Infantry, At battle of Shi ‘oh wounded in
left hip; June 27, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain he was wounded twice, once in the left knee
and again intheleft lung. He served in all about four years, being in all the battles of
Sherman’sarmy. After the war he began the study of medicine at Cincinnati with Dr. J.
M. Sturdivant and attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, graduating
in the class of 1867 and 1868. Inthe fall of 1868 the doctor came to Gardner and at once
began the practice of his profession, Since 1873 has off and on carried on a drug store.

rincipally for the accommodation of his patients, Heis also interested in farming, own-
ng in allsome 320 acres oflandinthiscounty. Mr. Armstrong holds the office of Examin-
ing Surgeon for the United States government pensions since 1871.

Vv. R. ELLIS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Gardner, was born in Virginia, July 2,
18383, and was reared on a farm in Rush County, Ind. Hecameto Kansas in October, 1857,
and located.on his present farm in Gardner Township, Johnson County, which he has im-
proved to a high state of agriculture, He owns some 200 acres, seven of which are laid out
inafineorchard. Heisalso engaged in the breeding of blooded stock. During the late
war Mr, Ellis served in the State Militia. He was elected a member of the Board of County
Commissioners of Johnson County in 1873 for a term of two years, and was for sixteen
years a member of the District School Board. He is a charter member of the Gardner
Grange No. 68, organized in 1873, aud was the first master of that body, and is the present
incumbent. Mr. Ellisis one of the leading farmers’of the Township, Was elected a member
of the State Legislaturein 1882, without opposition. B :

A. B. FRITZ, farmer, was born in Montgomery County, [fa., January 26, 1828. At the
age of sixteen years he learned the trade of carpenter and followed it inthat neighborhood
for about three years, and for some time in Philadelphia as acontractor. He came to Kan-
sas in the fall o: 1857, and was for.a few months employed as acarpenter in Leavenworth
and moved onto his present farmin Gardner Marc
which four or fiveisan orchard. Heserved inthe militia during the war. Mr. Fritz isone
of our go-ahead farmers and has his premises well improved. e was elected a Commis-
sioner of Johnson County in the fal! of 1880, for a term of three years.

J, HOBART HUNTING, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Gardner, was born on Mount
Desert Island, Me,, July 3, 1821. —He was in his younger years employed on afarm; also he
jearned the carpenter’s trade.. In 1846 he inoved to Lake County, Ohio, living there and in
Ashtabula County fourteen years. He firstcame to Kansas in 1858 and purchased the south-

east quarter Section 35, Township 14, Range 22 east. He move.l his family there in the
spring of 1860 and has since resided on the same. Mr. Hunting was married in Guilford,
Me., in 1846 to Miss Sarah G. Robbins, daughter of Deacon Chandler Robbins of that place.
They have had five children, three of whom are living,namely, George Hobart, Charles Da-
vid and Frank Edward, and engaged instock raising in Russell County. Born of Puritan
stock in both parents, his father a Baptist minister, he has given credit to his ancestry by
being a radical in his opposition to slavery, rum, tobacco,secret societies and church gam-
bling, and his children have not degenerated from the old stock. /

WILLIAM EK. KELLY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Gardner, was born in Ireland

ecember 4, 1837, and immigrated to Butler County, Ohio, in 1845, withhis mother. Here
he was for some years employed at general farm work. In 1857 he removed to Peoria
County, Il, where for about thirteen years he carried on a large farm and was largely
engaged in raising stock. Hecame to Kansas February 27, 1870, and locate: on his present
farm in Gardner Township, Johnson County, This place he has finely improved in the past
twelve years. He hasa fine orchard of about five acres, and a splendid residence which
was built in 1880. His farm is divided up with beautiful Osage orange hedges.. Mr, Kelly
now owns about 327 acres of land, and is considered one of the most substantial farmers
inthe county.. He is a member of the Lone Elm Grange. The subject of our sketch was
married in Butler County, Ohio, March 11, 185%, to Catherine Dowd. They have a family
of fourteen children. 3 -

WILLIAM J. McCLINTOCK, farmer, P. 0. Gardner, was born in Allegheny County,
Pa., March &, 1838. At the age of sixteen years he removed to Bureau County, Li., and
followed farming as an occupation. He enlisted September 10, 1861, in Company B, Thirty-
third Illinois Infantry, and in 1863 was transferred into the United States Arm Hospital
Pepartment, and served in all five years, after which he was en agedin mercantile business
in McDonough County, Ill, until_he sold out and came to Kansas in March, 1868. He
farmed for about one year at Lanesfield, Johnson County, then moved on to his present
farm. Mr. McC. has a well improved farm of 120 acres, anda nice orchard of about four
acres. He is a member of Gardner Grange, No. 68. The subject of our Sketch was mar-
ried in Bureau County, Ill. in October, 1866, to Mary A. Bell, a native of England. They
have six children—Eliza, Georgia, Austin, William, Ralph, and Agnes,

J MEAD, farmer, P, O. Gardner, was born in Ireland in 1831, and at the age of
nine years he einigrated with his parents to Lake County, Il]., where he learned the trade
of blacksmith, serving an apprenticeship of three years. He then worked at his trade as
a journeyman in the States of Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan. In 1866 hecameto
Kansas, located in the city of Olathe, and for about sixteen years conducted a plow and
pblacksmith shop, six years of which he was in company with A. E, Moll. In the spring of
1882 he moved on to his present farm, consisting of 100 acres in Gardner Township, all
wellimproved. He also owns considerable property in the city of Olathe. Mr, Mead was
married in Winnebago County, lll., in 1858, to Mary T. Godfrey. This union has been
blessed with five children—Thomas, John B., Mary T. aleA.and Ella A.

EV. WILLIAM J. OSBORN, pastor of First ethodist Episcopal Church, was born
in Trumbull County, Ohio, December 20, 1838 and reared on a farm. He followed school
teaching several years in Pennsylvania and Indiana, and was for three years engaged in
mercantile business in Stark County, Ohio. He began the study of law in that county in
1868, and two years later commenced studying for the ministry. In 1874 he began as a
local preacher. T. 0. came to Kansas in 1877, had charge of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Linden for three years, after which he had a church at Auburn, Kas., until the
spring of 1882, when he came to Gardner and entered upon his present duties. He was
ordained a Deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Salina, Kas., in March, 1878, by
Bishop Elder, and Elder in March, 1882, at Abilene by Bishop Warren. |

WILLIAM J, OTT, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Gardner, was born in Maryland, Oc-
tober 17,1827,and reared on afarm in Virginia. H

 

 

 

 

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e followed farming in that State until 4855,
ed te Marshall County, Iowa, where for about two year's he was employed asa
ee mer tn Aprils 1857, he came to Kansas, pre-empted 160 acres in Gardner, Johnson
County, and has since given his attention principally to cultivating his farm and raising
stock, making a speciality of breeding horses anc mules. Has also, off and on, done consid-
eraple work as a carpenter and builder since his arrival in this State. He owns at present
150 acres of land. Mr. Ott was married in Gardner, Johnson Co., Kas., in 1859,t0 Amy D.
David. They have nine children—Georgie A., Lily V., Elsie A., Charles W., Thonras B.,
alj and Louisa. :
Mabel Dike Bt PEARCE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Edgerton, was born in Boone
County, Ind., August 6, 1831, and during his early youth assisted his father on the farm
and inthe saw and ftour mill, Ateighteen years ot age he moved to McDonough County,
Til. and was for some years engaged in farming and raising stock. He caine to Kansas in
March, 1866, and located on his present farm, in Section 3, Township 15, Range 22. He has
some 337 acres, 320 of which are improved. On his place he has avery fine residence,
which he erected in 1870 at acost of over $2,500, He cultivates 270 acres of his land, and
is largely engaged in breeding Short-horn cattle and blooded hogs Mr, Pearce was
elected @ Commissioner of Johnson County in the fall of 1877, and held the office three
years, He was married in McDonongh County, IIL, December 27, 1865, to Sarah Belie Flem-
ing “They have six children—Mina B., obn, naward, Vinnia, Albert, and Allen. Mr.
urce is rof Edgerton Grange, No. 435. ; .
ea ae Oe MEY” farmer and Stock-raiser, P. O. Spring Hill, was born in North
Carolina, in 1837, and reared on afarm in Surrey County. In 1 60 he came to Kansas, and
located in Gardner Township, Johnson County, purchasing at that time 160 acres of land.
He ig one of the largest farmers in this township; owns 360 acres of land, 225 of which are
under cultivation; besides which he is largely engaged in breeding Durham cattle, and
thoroughbred hogs. Since the spring of i881, he has been residing on the southeast quar-
ter of Rection 8, Township 15, Range 23. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I,
Twelfth Kansas. Infantry, and served three years, principally on detached service. Mr.
Ramey isa member of Morning Grange, Ao 227; has held the offices of master a ae
tary, and is at present Overseer of that body. u 1 Nes
; i ho died in November, 1878, leaving seven children—Dora,
na, te eee ace Schuyler, and Mattie. He was married again at Paola,
" } Toline Reeves. eee
ae An eecem ber, ee hmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Gardner, was born in Pirthshire, Scot-
land, March 20, 1830, and educated in the city of Edinburgh. In 1854 he emigrated to
America, and for somé years resided in Fond du Lac County, " vis., where } he followed farm-
i as in September, an i a, I s a
wl quarto of Ration Jo hepnshil 3+ ABNE™ Baya a a Guang Revise
‘armi i k. On October th> i ) ‘
Surg ars ” ee promoted to Corporal, ete pecond Me
ber, 1865, held the rank of First Li ‘ | a
ma ered eWardner Grange, RD, 68. He was married in Fond du Lac, Wis., November 14,
‘a native of Greene County, N, Y. They have eight living children—
William J., Isabel, Catherine, Charles, Fred, and Jessie; and two

Me., September 24,
clerk in mercantile

Mary A., Mathalia M.,

deceased. a a :
ician and surgeon, was born in Somerset County,
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business, after which he turned his attention to teaching and followed that occupation about
twelve years. At the age of twenty-four years and during a portion of the time he was en-
paged in teaching; he also studied medicine. In thespring of 1857, he came to Kansas,
ocated in Gardner, Johnson County. For the first five years he farmed and practiced, since
then has devoted himself entirely to his profession. The doctor was elected inthe fall of
1861, tothe State Legislature, and served one term. Heis a member of the State Medica)
Society andthe American Medical Association. 1n 1870, he went to the St. Louis Medica
College, and graduated in_the Spring of 1872. The subject of our sketch was married in
Somerset County, Me., in November, 1840, to Anstres Dudley. They have three children—
Myra D., Chandler M. D. and Edward P., engaged in the drug business at this place.

CLARENCE R. SHEDDEN, farmer, P.O. Gardner, was borin Northumberland County,

Penn., in 1854. and reared on a farm, and was for two years engaged in farming in Cass
County, Mich. He came to Kansas June 22, 1875,and located in Shawnee Township, Johnson
County, where he farmed 160 acres. Early in 1882 he purchased his present farm, consist-
ing of 160 acres, and moved onto the same in April, that year. He has one of the finest and
best improved farms inthe county. Heisamember of Gardner Grange No. 68. Mr, Shed-
den was married in Northumberland County, Penn., May 17, 1877, to Jennie M.Tweed. They
have two children, William Dean and Tweed R. .
RUFUS THORN, farmer, P. O. Gardner, was born at Sanbornton, N. H.,in 1813, and at
the age of fourteen years he was apprenticed to the trade of cabinetmaker, and was em-
ployed at it there and in Boston forseveral years. In 1834 he removed to Warren County, Ill,
where he resided for about twenty-three years and engag: d in farming; was also for some
years in thefurniture and general merchandise business at Berwick that county, and held
the office of Justice of the Peace for several years, He came to Kansas in the spring of
1857, locating on his presentfarm. He owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in breeding
Durham and Jersey cattle and Poland-Chinahogs. Mr. Thorn was Justice of the Peace for
several years, also a member of the District School Board, and is at present clerk of that
body. He was married in 1833 at Portsmouth, N. H.,to Abby A. Bowen, who died early in
1855, leaving two children, George A.and Rufus F, Mr. T. was martied a second time in
Henderson County, Ill., in tie fall of 1855, to Ruth L, Cross; she died October 11, 1869, leav-
ing five children—Laura R., Charles A., Mary E.,Emma and Ruth O, He was married
again June 25, 1870, at Olathe, to Elenora A, Anderson.

ISRAEL B. UHL, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Gardner, was born in Somerset,
County, Pa., September 8, 1834, and was reared ona farm in Holmes County, Ohio; here he
was employed in farm and carrenter work until 1863, when he moved to St. Joe County,
Ind., and was employed in a like manner, In March, 1866, he came to Kansas and pur-
chased his present farm in Garduer Township, moving to the same in the following Novem-
ber. In the spring of"1869 he moved to Olathe, where le followed the trade of carpenter
until the spring of 1873, when he returned to hisfarm. He owns 240 acres of Jand all well
improved, has a fine orchard of some four acres and a beautiful residence, Mr. Uhl was
married in Holmes eonay, Obio, in 1858, to Margaret Moore, who died in 1869, leaving two
children, Wilbert A. an Emery S. He was married againin Holmes County in 1872, to
Margaret Gieselman, a native of Wayne County, Ohio. They have three chil dren—Frank
E., Harvey L, V. and Elsie.4Mr. Uhl is a member of the Gardner Grange, No. 68, and is the
present Secretary. of that body.

R. W. VICTOR, farmer, P.O. Gardner, was born in Green County, Ky., in 1844. In

arents to Platte County, Mo., and March 3, 1857, accompanied
them to Gardner Township, Johnson Co., Kan. is father, Jacob Victor, located on the

 

 

 

 

‘ southeast quarter of Section 18, Town 14, Range 23, and there died, June 7, 1858, since

which time Robert has conducted the homestead, except for a few years while absent from
the county. February 28, 1879, Clara Victor, his mother, died, and, according to previous
arrangement, the homestead was divided between himself and histwo brothers. He, hav-
ing bought the interest of one brother, gave him ninety acfes. November 18, 1881, he dis-

osed of his share, and purchased eighty acres three miles northwest of where he is n0w

‘living, and at this timeis farming the remaining seventy acres belonging to his brother.

“Edgerton in the summer of 1871.

in 1871, at a cost of $2,400.

During the late war he served, fur a few days only, inthe State militia, Mr. Victor was
married in 1864, to Louisa E. Wilson, of Gardner Township. In August, 1874, his wife
died, Jeaving five children—Lizzie, Walter, William, Clara, and Nellie. September, 1876,
was married again; has one child by this marriage, Earl. Mr. Victor, for seven years, has
been a member of Gardner Lodge, No. 23, I. 0.0. F.

COL. G. M. WAUGH was born in Oswego, N. Y., September 12, 1822. His parents emi-
grated to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1832. He remained on the farm until eighteen years of
age, and then for three years attended the Oberlin College, after which he read law with

essrs. Tiffany & Wakefield, at Elgin, Ohio, In 1844 he removed to Ozaukee, Wis., and was,
inthe fall of that year, admitted to the bar, Then practiced there until 1852, when he took
his family across the plains and settled in Placerville, Cal. A year later, removed to San
¥rancisco, where for four years he was engaged in the practice of law. In 1857 he came to
Kansas, locating in Gardner, on the southwest quarter of Section 6, Town 15, Range 23,
wherevhe stillresides. In 1858 he was elected a commissioner of Johnson County, and in
1859, County Attorney, filling the former office one year, and the latter two years. In 1861
he eslistedin Company G, Second Kansas Cavalry, and was subsequently promoted to Sec-
ond_Lieutenant of his company, and for a year served as Judge Advocate of the army of
the frontier, and for eight months as Judge Advocate of the district of Southwestern Mis-
souri, In 1863 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Arkansas Infantry,
and was in command of that regiment until the close of the war. In 1870 he engaged in the
grain business at Gardner, following it some four years. ‘The subject of our sketch was
married in 1844, to Harriet L. Sherman, of Wakeman, Ohio. They have three children—
Sarah E., Alida M., and Hattie M,

W. J. WILSON, wagon and blacksmith shop, was born in Washington County, Ohio,
September 12, 1843, and some years later removed with his parents to Iowa, and \hence to
Missouri.: In March, 1859, he came to Gardner, Kan., and was employed in farming. In
January, 1862, he enlisted in the First Kansas Battery, Independent Light Artillery, and
served over three years. When mustered out heheldthe rank of Sergeant. Returning to
Gardner, he again for some time gave his attentiontofarming. Then served two.years as
an apprentice to the blacksmith trade. In March, 1871, he p urchased his present Sho and
business, and now has the leading trade and oldest shop in this place. Mr. W. was married
at Olathe, Kan.,, in January, 1872, to Elizabeth R. Jack, They have four children—CarrieJ.,
Elmore E,, Joseph D., and Jessie L. ‘

CLARK WYRICK, of Ward & Wyrick, deaiers in grain, etc, was born in Dubuque,
Yowa, in 1852, and came with his father, H. Wyrick, to Kansas, in 1860. The family settle
ona farm in Gardner, Johnson County, aud the subject of our sketch followed farming as
an Secu pation until the winter of 1878, when he engaged in the grain business, in company
with J. B. Ward, This firm does a large business, handling during the season of 1880 over
100,000 bushels of grain, Mr. Wyrick is a ember of I. O. O. F. Lodge No. 23, at this place,
and at present is Vice Grand. 3

EDGERTON.

Edgerton is situated in the southwestern part of the county, near the junc-
tion of two branches of Bull Creek. The land here is of excellent quality, the
surface of the country is gently undulating and considerable building stone is
found along the creeks. The town is located on the farm of Judge David Mar-
tin, oné of the oldest settlers in this part of the county, he having come here in
June, 7857. The railroad was completed to this place in July, 1870, .and the
station named Edgerton, after the chief engineer of the road, hence the name of
the postoffice and town, ?

The first building erected other than the railroad station, was a dwelling
by Creel & Morse in the fall of 1870, The first store was built by S.C. Rankin
about the same time, and the second by Dr. Rezon Addy ; shortly afterwards
Reuben Perkins built the first hotel in 1871; D. C. Dewyer moved his black.
smith shop from Lanesfield to Edgerton in July, 1871. The first family that
moved into the town was that of A. V. McKim, in the fall of 1870. The Pres-
byterian Church built in Lanesfield at a cost of nearly $2,000, was moved to
Rev. J. N. Rankin was pastor at the time
and continued to minister to the church until 1881, when he removed to
Gardner, being succeeded in Edgerton by Rev. Mr, Stout, present incumbent.

The United Presbyterian Church was organized here and built their church
Their ministers have been, Rev. J. W. Martin,
until 1874; Rev. J. N. Smith from 1875 to 1881; and Rev. W. A. Anderson,
commencing in 1881.

The Methodist Church was moved from Lanesfield to Edgerton in 1873
and rebuilt at a cost of $1,200. The ministers of this church have been: Rev.
J. C. ‘Lelford, Rev. Mr. Havermill, Rev. J. O. Roberts, and the present pastor,
Rev. Mr. Osborn.
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The schoolhouse was built in 1871. It is a two-story frame and cost
a The first school taught in it was by Robert B. Quay, in the winter
of 1871-2,

Edgerton Mills, Larrick Bros. proprietors, was built in the Yall of 1879.
The building is a three-story frame, and with the machinery cost $9,000. It
contains three run of buhrs and a pony, propelled by a steam engine of forty-
horse power, and has a capacity of 200 bushels in twenty-hour hours.

A grange store was started November 1, 1880, with S. B. Barker manager.
~~ In addition to this store there are three general stores, two drug stores, one
hardware store, four agricultural implement stores, two hotels, and a popula-
tion of about 350.

Edgerton is the home of S. M. Crockett, whose father was a nephew of David
Crockett of historic fame. Mr. Crockett moved into the county January
24, 1847, with his father who, at that time, came to the Methodist Mission to
assist Rev. Thomas Johnson in teaching the Shawnee Indians. Mr. Crockett
bears the distinction of being the earliest resident of the county now living
within it. :

McCAMISH.

McCamish was laid out in 1857 by Richard D. McCamish, and named
after its projector. At the time there was quite a number of settlers in the
township, among whom were C. L, Dille, B. F. Detar, O, Hulett, Judge Mar-
tin, James Pyle and R. Perkins. Previously to the laying out of the town a
postoffice had been established here and named Hibbard. McCamish was
situated on Bull Creek, near the center of the township, arfd about two miles
northeast of Edgerton.

In 1858 a rival town was laid out across the creek from McCamish, and
named ‘“‘Lanesfield,” in honor of Gen, James H. Lane,

McCamish grew, though very slowly, then ceased to grow and was at
length abandoned as a town. Lanesfield, its rival, outstripped it and became
a town of some size, having at one time three stores, three churches, and nearly
100 inhabitants, but when the railroad was built from Olathe to Ottawa, the
whole town, with its stores and churches, moved to Edgerton, in order to se-
cure the advantages of railroad communication.

. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—Mc CAMISH TOWNSHIP.

HON. REZIN ADDY, physician an surgeon, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in
1828. He read medicine with Dr. J. G. T. Holsten, at New Concord, Ohio, and also attended
Cincinnati Medical College, from which he graduated in 1844. He then. practiced at Lan-
cas.er Landing, Ill., for some years, and in Guernsey County, Ohio. The doctor came to
Kansas in June, 1858, located at McCamish, Johnson County, where he practiced his
profession for some thirteen years, after which he removed to Edgerton, ana has continued

o practice at this point with good success. He was elected to the State Yegislature in 1880
for . cern of two years, :

W. BALCH, Edgerton, was born in Logan County, Ky., April 25, 1811. His.

grandfather was the Rev. James Balch, who graduated at Princeton College. His father
was Maj. Amos P. Balch, who served in the war of 1812. His father immigrated with him
in 1814 to Indiana, Parke County. There he went toa district school till he was nineteen,
thence to Hanover, and then studied medicine under Dr. Brooks, a graduate of New York,
and practiced with hiin several years in Greenville, 11]. Was calledto Memphis, Tenn.,
early after the Rebellion broke out to attend a hospital of sick soldiersin 1863, and moved
to Kansas in the spring of 1864, with aninvalidsonsent home from the army sicx. He,
his son, died August 28, 1864. He also had a son killed at the siege of Vicksburg, May 23.

_ 1864. Inthe fall of 1864 he joined the State Militia, and served three months as Company
Surgeon, and at the time of the great battle of Westport, or the Price raid, he had sixty-five
men, women and children posted at his house for three days, He attended many sick and
wounded in Olathe; had a large practice in Olathe for several years. Hasa large family of
nine children, five boys and four girls; all married but two boys_and one girl, and all
settled in Kansas. He is seventy-two in April next, and welghs 237 pounds.

JOHN M. BURNS, farmer, P. O. Edgerton, was born in Kentucky May 6, 1816. Twenty
years later he removed to Boone County, Ind., where he was educated as a surveyor, and
followed that profession sixteen years, and during thirteen years of that period held
the office of surveyor of that county. He then turned his attention toagriculture. In
March, 1859, he came to Kansas, located in the Township of McCamish, and has since been
largely engaged in farming and raising stock. He owns some 700 acres of land, and is con-
sidered oue of the largest farmersinthis county. Mr. Burns is a member of Edgerton
Grange, and at present holds the office of treasurer of that organization, and has for many
years been a member of the district schoo) hoard ; is also treasurer of that body. He was
married in Boone County, Ind., December 22, 1841, to Spicy A. Wiley who died in 1851,
leaving two children—Joseph A. and Eliza J. He was married again in Kentucky in
Ccroner 1854, to Mary Stephenson. They have four children—Henry C., Mary A., Lulu Q.,
and Betty.

CH ARLES M. DICKSON, farmer, P. O. Hdgerton, was born in Crawford County, Ohio,

‘ June 17, 1833, and reared on a farm, in what is known as the Dickson settlement. ecame
to Kansas in September, 1860. Was for six months engaged in sheep raising in Linn
County, and in April, 1861, removed to Miam1l County, where he farmed until the fall
of 1867, when he went to Ottawa, and for two years was engaged in real estate and mercan-
tile business, returning to his farm in Miami County in 1869, In the spring of 1876 he
moved on to his present farminthistownship. Mr. Dickson owns 560 acres of improved

~Jand, 380 of which are ina high state of cultivation, On his place there is a fine orchard of
six acres, and his residence 1s known for its beauty throughout the surrounding country.
He is also engaged in breeding Short-horn cattle. While residing in Miami County he
served one terin as County Commissioner. He was elected master of Edgerton Grange, No,
435, at its organization in 1873, and is the present master, having held the office since with
the exception of one term. Mr. Dickson was married in Crawford County, Ohio, in
February, 1853, to Sarah Handley. They have four children.
* “HON, CLARK L. DILLE, farmer, P, O. Edgerton, was born in the State of Ohto, Sep-
tember 18, 1816, and wasrearedonafarm. In 1853 he went to the Cumberland Mountains
in Tennessee, and was engaged for several years in raising sheep and hogs. In 1856 he
started for Kansas, but on account of the troubles he wintered in lowa and came to Kansas
in April, 1857, and located in this (Johnson) County. Mrs, Dille being the first white woman
to settle in the township. Mr. D. has anice farm of 120 acres on Section 82, Township
14, Range 22. He is carrying on quite a dairy business, and is also ougnged in
breeding Durham cattle and Blanco horses, When the county was first organized Mr. Dille
was Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, He was again elected in 1865. In
1864 he was electeil to represent his district in the State Tepisiavure, He was married near
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1840, to Margaret H. Anderson, They have four children, Alfred

: B., Levantia, Ida B., and Clark L. Jr. j

~ D.C. DWYER, merchant, Edgerton, was born in Ireland May 15, 1845. Here he learned
the blacksmith trade, and in 1862 emigrated to America, and was for five years employed

-as a blacksmith in the States of Massachusetts and New York, In 1867 he cameto Kansas,
Jocated in McCamish, Johnson County, and for over two years conducted a blacksmith shop.
In August, 1870, he came to Edgerton and opened a shop at this place, and has conducted
the same, off andou, ever since. He opened a hardware store at this place two years later,
and is now doing a large business in thatline. He also hasan establishment where he car-
ries a stock of general merchandise. This he opened in 1876. Mr. D. has been very suc-
cessful and has now three distinct establishments, He is the oldest merchant jn the place,
and built the first substantial building in the town, z 3

WILLIAM FIS JER. JR., farmer and stock raiser, P, O. Edgerton, was born in Boone
County, Ky., December 28, 1831. While attending Bart'ett’s Commercial College at Cincin-
nati, Ohio, he was employed by the American Fur Company as book-keeper, and immedi-
ately removed to Westport, Mo., in 1851, and for three years actéd as book-keeper; then
until 1857 he was engaged by the company, inspecting and buying furs, attending to Indian
payments, etc., and when Kansas was thrown open for settlement he took a claim in John-
son County, which was subsequently known as the Fair Grounds, southwest of Olathe. He
has been residing on his present farm in McCamish Township since about 1867. He has a
nice place consisting of 160 acres, all well im roved. Myr. F. was one of the charter men-
bers of the Olathe Town Company ; the first Probate Judge of the county. During the war
he freighted Government stores from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, New Mexico. Jan-

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pes George, ae Julia, and Lottie, and t

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

uary 1, 1864, he was married, in Johnson County, to Levantia Dille, of McCamish Town-
ship. They have one daughter, Miss Corgte.
TARR CK BROS., proprietors Edgerton Mills. This firm is composed of A. S. and
J. L. Larrick, both practical men in this business. They butlt these milis and opened them
for business March 4, 1880. The capacity of the mills is thirty barrels offiour per day, and
about 10,000 pounds of meal, feed, etc, A.S. Larrick, the senior in this: firm, was born in
Noble County, Ohio, November 80, 1643, and reared on a farm, He came to Edgerton,
Kansas, in October, 1860, and was for some four years employed by his father, Joseph Lar-
rick, in the Bull Creek Mills, then gave his attention to farming until be engaged in this
business. He was married in Douglas County, Kansas, May 24, 1866, to Elizabeth Mc-
They haveseven children, Corey E., Ottie L., Earl T., Paul F., John O., Samuel

be J. L, Larrick, the other member of the firm, was born in Noble County,
Ohio, July 9, 1851. He came to Edgerton, Kansas, with his father, in August, 1860, an
was for some nine or ten years employed in the Bull Creek Mills. ‘In 1876 he turned his
attention to farming, following that in this neighborhood until he engaged in milling wath
his brother. He is at present holding the office of Treasurer of the school district. Mr. L,
was married in Cass County, Mo., in 1869, to Margaret Reese. They have five children,
Charles R., James H., Jennie, Dola E, and Minnte M.

DR. OVID 5. LAWS, farm ter ane SEOCK - ralgey
see, April 6, 1827. © studied medicine w YT. ‘
tended Franklin College, Tenn., graduating there in the fall of 1851, The doctor then taught
school for some time, after which he attended the Eclectic Medical College, and graduated
in the spring of 1854. He then practiced for three years in Kentucky. @ came to Kansas
in November, 1856, and in Mav, 1857, located in McCamish Township and practiced his pro-
fession. Inthe spring of 1859 he moved to his present farm, on Section 32, Township 14,
Range 22. He owns 240 acres, and is principally engaged in fruit growing and raising
stock. Has a fine orchard of ten acres; also practices medicine to a limited extent, He was
elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Johnson County in 1862 and ’64. The doctor,
in company with his brother, N. the winter o

K
S. and William

Pp. O. Edgerton, was born in East Tennes-
R. Bard, of Woodford County, Ill., and at-

 

M. Laws, wrote * history of Kansas in
1857-58, but owing to some misunderstanding with the publishers, the work was not issued.
He ig fond of tlie fine arts, and has painted hundreds of portraits and landscapes in 01], be-
sides innumerable sketches and drawings. Dr. Laws was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
March, 1853, toSusan W. Jones. They have six children—Olive M., Paul J., Cora 'z., Stella
C., Ovid 8, Jr., and Junius,

THOMAS C. MARSHALL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Gardner, was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, November 15, 1826. In 1832 his parents moved to Fulton County, Ill., wher
he was rearedon a farm. Atthe age of eighteen he went to Lafayette Connty, ‘Wis., an
from thence ‘to Grant County, Wis., bis occupation being that of faymer. In 1850 he crossed
the plains‘ > California, remaining there for three years, and) eturned home, and crossed
in 1854; ap, ia crossed the plains to the Pacific slope. In 1856 returned to Fulton County. In
May, 1858, he came to Johnson County, Kan., and Jocated on northeast quarter of Section
28, Township 14, Range 22, where he resided until the spring of 1880, when he removed on
to the section adjoining, Mr. Marshall is one of the largest farmers and stock-raisers. He
owns 425 acres of land, 355 of which are under cultivation, and is extensively engaged in
breeding high grades ef Durham, Short- horns, and Clydesdale horses, and Poland-China

 

hogs. He enlisted in March, 1862,in Company I, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, serving until May,
1863, and discharged on account of disability. He is a member of Belleflower Grange, No.
621. Mr. Marshall was married in Fulton County, Ill., July 15, 1857, to Patience Musgrove.

They have three children, Thomas F., James A. and Charles W., who still live with him.
He has buried three sons and one daughter. September L7, 1874, he lost his wife, and in
1876 was married to Jane A. Seabourn, of Knox County, Ill,

WILLIAM D. SIPES, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O, Edgerton, was born in Harrison
County, Ind., January 24, 1818, and reared onafarm. At the age of twenty-five years he
removed to Wapello County, lowa, and followed farming there fur some years. He came to
Kansas in June, 1857, and located onthe northwest quarter of Section 33, Townsbip 14,
Range 22, on which he now resides. He has now eighty acres, all well improved, on which
there is a good orchard and a splendid residence, which he builtin 1881... Mr. Sipes is also _
engaged to some extent in raising native cattleand horses. He was married in Harrison
County, Ind., in 1842, to Mary Gibbs. They have four living children, Maria, Wilford, Cath-
erine and Lily, and two deceased. Sarah and William.

JAMES A. WALKER, Postmaster, Merriam, was born in Kentucky, Dec. 7, 1831, and
reared on a farm; also wasfor several years employed in a country store; afterwardsin New
gone, Lincoin County, Mo. where he was employed in farming and clerking. In 1854 he went
St. Lou's, Mo., and for six months attended commercial college, after which he was em-
ployed asa clerk for a year, in Platte County, Mo., and for three years in Kansas City, He
came to Kansas in 1858, located at Shawnee, and at once engaged in mercantile business,
carryin iton until October 17, 1862, when he was driven out by Quantrell’s men, He then
went to Kansas City, and served in the Missouri State Militia. He participated in the “Price
Raid Fight” at Westport, Mo., which lasted three days, and served in all two and one-halt
years, during which time he was also engaged in business at Kansas City. In July, 1868.

e returned to Shawnee, and again carried on mercantile business, and in Setober, 1872. re-
moved his stock, etc..to Merriam. He carries a nice stock of goods and has a large trade,
being very popularin this locality, Mr, Walker wasappointed Postmaster of this place in
July, 1874, and appointed Notary Public April 15, 1881.

OXFORD.

Oxford was situated in Oxford Township, adjoining Little Santa Fe, in
Missouri. It was laid out in 1857, Christopher Columbus Catron being one of
the early settlers here, and the leader in the enterprise of laying out and build-
ing up the town. In the three or four years following, Oxford grew to be a
town of some importance, containing at the breaking out of the war a number
of good stores, which carried on a large trade with the surrounding country.
Its citizens, however, being for the most part in sympathy with the Southern
cause, joined the Confederate army, or the bushwhackers, or moved with their
personal property, including slaves, to Texas,or some othe» Southern State.
The dwellings and other buildings thus left unoccupied, were used as barracks
for Union soldiers, and were in most instances des!royed in various ways. By
the close of the war there was little or nothing left of the town, and now noth-
ing marks the site of the once famous town but beautiful green pastures and
waving fields of grain.

It was here that the famous Oxford frauds were perpetrated. Or, to speak
more accurately, it was here a regular election was held on October 5, 1857, at
which but one or two illegal votes were cast, but the returns from which elec-
tion were taken by Henry Clay Pate, to Little Santa Fe that night, and to which
a large number of names were added, the same operation being repeated next
day at Westport, Mo., until in the aggregate about 1,600 names were added to
the forty-two or three names of legal voters who had in a proper manner de-
posited their ballots on the day before.

Morris is on undulating prairie. It was so named after one of the super-
intendents of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R.

The first settlement was made in 1866, by Samuel Weir and John
McCaughey. Rev. M. B. Griffin preached the first sermon in McCaughey’s
grove. The postoffice was established January 21, 1879, R. P. Edgington being
appointed first Postmaster. A store was opened here January 28, 1880, by J.
W. Hunter. ‘

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—oxForD TOWNSHIP.

ROSWELL ALLEN, farmer and stock-raiser, P, 0. Lenexa, was born in Orleans Count:
N. Y., July 24, 1824; emigrated to Clinton County, Tll., in 1840. ta Mae 1847, he enlisted
and went to Mexico, under Col. Alton R. Easton; after seventeen months of service he was
discharged at Independence, Mo., and returned to Clinton Count: , Ill., where he turned his
attention to farming; in 1861 he went to Colorado and engaged a mining with Quartz Mill
until 1864, when he went to Montana and engaged in gulch digging; returned home in
3865, and in the spring of the year following came to Kansas and located on his present
arms he owns 560 acres of land, all well improved and is largely engaged in raising graded
out Jean Berkshire hogs. Mr Allen was married in Clinton County, [ll., November 26,
846, to Clarissa Bradshaw, a native of npand: They lave at living children—Henry,
hree deceased, Annie, Cli .
OOKS, farmer and stock-raiser, P, 0. M Hon, waa Word tn Gee

JOHN W. 4 .
County, Obio, December 26, 1888. orse Station, was born in Carroll

He learned the trade of carpenter and for several years

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followed that occupation. He took an academic course at Richmond, Oblo, after which he
gave his attention to teaching school. In 1857 he came to Kansas, but remained only two
seasons, during which time he followed his trade; returning home he taught school and
worked as acarpenter, In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry; was Appomted Second Lieutenant and promoted to First Lieu-
tenant in 1863, and to Captain in 1864, serving, in all, some three years, After the war he
resided in Akron, Ohio, and was for two years engaged in the boot and shoe business. He
returned to Kansasin May, 1868, and located on his present farm, which is the northwest
quarter of Section 2, Town 14, Range 24. His farm he has improved yearly until now it is
under a high state of cultivation. On his place he hasa zood, orchard of about six acres,
and a-splendid residence, which cost some $8,500, Mr. Crooks was married in Carroll
County, Ohiy, in 1859, to Charlotre Amos, who wied December 23, 1860, leaving one daugh-
ter, Charlotte. He was married again in Akron, Ohio, if, 1865, to Mary CO, Harper: she died
December 23, 1876. abey. had four children—Jaines, Edgar, Helen and John,

~ CHARLES HENRY EWING, farmer, P. O. Olathe, was born in thecity of New York,
November 8, 1836, and reared in Randolph County, Ill., where he followed farming. In the
gprin of 1865 he came to Kansas and located on his present farm in Oxford Township in
the following fall. He has 160 acres of land, nearly all of which 1s under cultivation, On
his place isa fine orchard, and his farm is tastefully Jaid off with Osage orange hedges.
He is quite extensively engaged in raising hogs. Mr. Ewing was for fifteen years 2 member
of the District School Board, and has had many other local offices. He was married in Ran-
dolph County, Ill., November 3, 1859, to Jane Bickett, a native of Scotland. They have
seven: ehildren=Mary E., Thomas 8., William R., Charles H., Henry E., Minnie A., and Ly-

JOHN EWING, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O. Olathe, was born in Ireland, in January.
1827, emigrating to Americaten yearslater. He resided for four years in Kentucky, then
removed tu Randolph County, Ili., where he learned the trade of blacksmith, and for many

ears carried on a general blacksinith business in connection with which he also farmed.

n April, 1866, he came to Kansas, resided for a short time in Franklin County, and in the
following August located on his presentfarm. Heowns over 400 acres of land. His resi-
dence farm is splendidly improved, being laid outin fields of forty acres; on this place he
has some seven or eight miles of beautiful hedge and one of the prettiest residences in the
county. Mr. Ewing is quite extensively engaged in raising cattle and blooded hogs. He
was married in Randolph County, IIL, In 1851, to Elizabeth J. Ewing, of New York. This
union has been blessed with twelve children, five of whom are living—Thomas J., Mary A.,
Charles §., Fannie M., and Eva J. . :

HON. THOMAS N. HANCOCK, farmer, P. O. Stanley, was born in Wyandotte County,
Ohio, in December, 1839. At the age of eight years his parents moved to Marshall County,
TIL, where he was reared onafarm. In September 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Seven-
teenth Illinois Infantry, and served three years. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1866 and
located on his presenttarm. He has 240 acres and is quite extensively. engaged in raising
stock. In 1873 he was elected to the State Legislature and served oneterm. Mr. H. was
married in 1868, at Yates City, Ill., to Elizabeth Corbin. They have three children, Eva-
lenah M., Lyman E., and Inez 8. :

JAMES HUTCHESON, farmer, P. Q. Olathe, was born in the County of Armagh, Ire-
land, on January 1, 1829, and emigrated to America when very young, and was reared in
Guernsey County, Ohio. _In 1845 he removed to Pittsburgh, Penn.; where he learned the
carpenter trade, remaining there until 1852, after which he returned to Guernsey County
and took afarm. In October, 1858, he removed to Page County, Lowa, where he followed
farming: He came to Kansas April 8, 1865, and located on his present farm in Oxford
Township. He has 200 acres, 180 of which are highly improved, and three acres of which
arean orchard, His principal business is grain farming. Mr. Hutcheson was married
in Lawrence County, Penn., in 1852, to Sarah Martin, who died in March, 1862, leaving
four children, Robert J., Sarah A., Jemima M. J. and Isabella M. He was married again in
Page County, Iowa, October 22, 1864, to Sarah S. Taggart, a native of Indiana,

JEFFERSON KENNEDY, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Meadow Brook, was born in
Peru, Indiana, in 1848; emigrated with his parents, in 1851, to Jackson County, Mo., and
was reared onafarm. In August, 1862, he enlisted, at Kansas City, in Company B, Sixth
Kansas Cavalry, and served three years; he came to Johnson County, Kansas, and assisted
his father in conducting a farm in Oxford. In the spring of 1870 he moved on to his present
farm in Oxford Township. He has eighty acres all under a high state-of cultivation and is
quite extensively engaged in ralsing and dealing in live stock. Mr. Kennedy was married
in Johnson County, in December, 1869, to Elizabeth Franklin. They have five children,
Cora, Walter, Gertrude, Franklin and Sidney. ;

H. L. MARDIS, merchant, Stanley, was born in Laurel County, Ky., in January, 1845,
and reared on a farm. He came to Kansas in October, 1866, located with his father in
Oxford Township, Johnson County, and assisted him in farming until 1868, when he was
appointed Postmaster at Stanley, which office he still holds, He has, since 1867, been
engaged in mercantile’ business, for the past seven years in company with his father,
John Mardis, under style of Mardis & Son, He is also engaged in grain business aud
farms to someextent. Mr. M. was married in Oxford Township, in June, 1873, .o Medora
Wallis. They-have three children, Walter, Mabel and Myrtle G. 2 c

JOSEPH M. MARVIN, breeder of blooded stock, P. O. Olathe, was born in the city of
New York, March 25, 1833,.and reared in Randolph County, Ill, where he was for some
years engaged infarming. He came to Kansas in October, 1860, remaining only a short

me, retiirning to his home in Randolph County. In 1864 he finally settled in Oxford Town-
ship, moving on to his present farm in the spring of 1866. He owns 160 acres of land, all
wellimproved. His principal business is breeding Jersey cattle and Normandy apd Ham-
bletonian horses, also mules. Mr. Marvin also has a fine orchard of twelve acres of various
kinds of fruit. During the war he took an active part here and in Randolph County, III.
Mr. Marvin was married in Randolph County, IJl.. in February, 1855, to Agnes Redpath.
They have five children, Jane R., James H., Mary E., Margaret A. and Fannie R, |

DR. J. §.. STOUGH, farmer, P. O. Lenexa, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Feb-
ruary 28, 1827. He studied medicine at Kenyon College, Knox County, Ohio, and attended
Rush Medical College, Chicago, IU., graduating from the latter in 1853. The doctor began
the practice of medicine in 1850 in DeKalb County, Ind., where he continued for about
twenty-nine years. He°came to Kansas in February, 1879, practiced at Longton, Elk
County, until October, 1881, when he cameto Johnson County and located on his present
farm near the statioh of Lenexa. He has some eighty acres of land—forty for farming pur-
poses and forty of timber, The doctor has quite an extensive practice, notwithstanding his
short resideuce, being quite popular in the farming community. 7

J TOWNER, farmer and stock-aiser, P.O. Olathe, was born at Crown Point, N, Y.,
and reared on a farm, and also learned the carpenter trade, which he followed there and in
Livingston County, Ills., for some years. He spent ten years in traveling through various
Western states. In May, 1864, he came to Kansas and located on his present farm in Oxford
Township, He has here 320 acres, 240 of which are under cultivation and four acres or-
chard, ie is engaged to some extent in raising stock. Mr. Towner was married in Living-
ston County, Ills., in 1855 to Caroline Williams. They have eleven children—Ephraim,
Rhoda, John, Warren, Henry, William, Franklin, Norah, Lorena, Benjamin and Matthew.

. HENRY WEDD, tarmer and stock-dealer, P O. Lenexa, is a native of England and im-
utigrated to America at the age of thirteen years, locating in Kalamazoo County, Mich., for
five years; he followed farming; then near Rochester. N. Y., eugaged in same capacity.
In 1358 he came to Kansas, and in 1859 to Johnson County, locating in Oxford; he was en-

aged in farming and stock- raising, in compauy with J. C, MeCoy; wen the war broke out
fe ‘was compelled to leave, and resided for a short time in the city of Olathe. In 1862 he
moved on to his present farm in Oxford Township. He had little or no meaus when he
arrived here; has now 740 acres of land nearly all improved, and is largely engaged in
dealing in Short-horn cattle, Norman horses, and Berkshire hogs. _On his place he has a
fine residence an d a good orchard of four acres. Mr. W. was married in Monroe County,

, ¥., duly 3, 1846, to Lucy J. Converse. They have seven children—Henry, Charles,
George, Mary, Willard, Albert and Elizabeth.

AUBRY.

Aubry Township was organized by the County Commissioners May 11,
1858, Previously to this time a large number of settlers had taken claims in
this part of the county, the first of whom was Wm. H. Brady, who selected his
claim February 22, 1857. : .

The town of Aubry was surveyed and the Town Company organized in
March, 1858. The company was composed of A. J. Gabbart, President;
Greenbury Trekle, Secretary; Wm. H. Brady and Felix Franklin.

The first school district was organized in the summer of 1858 ; a school-
house, 20x24, was erected, and the first school taught by Sylvester Mann.
Rev. Mr. Duval preached the first sermon in February, 1858, in A.J. Gab-
bart’s house. The first church organized was of the Christian denomination,
in May, 1859, by Rev. A. Clark. oa

The first snertage was that of Samuel Medell to Miss Nancy Middleton,
in September, 1858. The first birth was that of a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvester Mann, in 1859. and the first death, in the township, was that of a son
of A. Purley, in September, 1859.

  

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The township of Aubry was a bloody battle ground’ during the border
troubles and during the war. Five newly arrived citizens, who went out one
evening to gather honey, promising their wives to return early, were murdered
by Quantrill’s men, and the place of their burial is not known. Greenbury
Trekle, a Mr. Whittaker, Washington Tullis, Ellis and John Cody, all
were killed by border ruffians, the latter treacherously murdered by one pre-
tending to be a reformed rebel, and wearing the Union uniform at the time.
Greenbury Trekle’s father, seeing Quantriil’s force passing into Kansas from
Missouri, informed the commandant at Aubry that a raid into Kansas was on
foot, which warning, had it been promptly acted upon, might have prevented
the sacking of Lawrence. For sounding this note of alarm, old Mr. Trekle
lost his life. On January 31, 1864, Norman Sampson was murdered by Dan.
Vaughn’s men, who were dressed in the Union blue, and who professed to be
Union soldiers.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—AUBRY TOWNSHIP.

MALRY CAVE, farmer, P.O. Aubry, was born in Boone County, Ky., November 27,
1819, and reared in Clay County, Mo.; here he farmed, and also learued the trade of har-
nessmaker, and was for one year cugaged in traveling in the fur trade through the various
Territories, In 1858 he came to Kansas, Jocated in Aubry and engaged in farming, but
only remained a short time, returning to Clay County, Mo. He gave his attention to the
harness business for several years, after which he located on his present farm, which con~
sists of 160 acres of land, all well improved. Mr. Cave was one of the organizers of the
township of Aubry. He was married in Clay.County, Mo., February _8,*1848, to Charlotte
A. Tuer ys They have seven children—David T., Wm. S$. Thomas A., Uriel, Leonidas, Mal- °
ry, Jr., and Mary.

AS. G. CASE, farmer, P.O. Aubry was born in Montgomery County, Ky., Septem-
ber 11, 1835, where he was reared on afarm. In 1857 he removed to Cass County, Mo., and
in May, 1858, came to Kansas and located on his present farm inthe year following, He
has 240 acres of land, allimproved, and is quite extensively engaged in cattle raising; also
has a small but fine orchard. Mr. Case held the office of Justice of the Peace at this place
for about ten years. He was married in Bath County, Ky., in February, 1857, to Annie
Spencer, They have nine children—Eutopia, Eveline, Harriet B., Marcus L., Maggie, Mary,

Annie, Ida and Sarah. e :

PHILIP CONBOY, farmer, P.0O,, Aubry, was born in Ireland in 1833, emigrated to
America in the spring of 1851, and was generally employed _ for three years _in the city of
New York; then for four years engaged in teaming in Dixon, Lee County, Ii]. In 1857 he re-
moved to Westport, Mo., where he followed farming. He came to Kansas in 1866, and lo-
cated on his presentfarm. He is now the largest land owner in the county; has in all 1,120
acres of land, and is largely engaged in breeding blooded cattle and hogs. , Mr. Conboy was
married in New York in ebruary, 1854, to Sarah McCargle. They have nine children—
Andrew, Mary J., Arthur, Maggie, Thomas, Sadie, Kate, Ellen and Phillip.

TILLMAN EVERETT, farmer, P. O. Morse Station, was born in Kentuc! vin 1817, and
reared in Clay County, Mo. Was for some years employed in teaching school, and for five
years engaged in mercantile business in Missouri. He caine to Kansas in the spring of
1869 and located on his present farm, which consists of 160 acres, ina high state of cultiva-
tion. Mr. Everett was married in Davis County, Mo., in 1842, to Mary Spencer. They have
a family of eight children. 2

JAMES LISLE, farmer, P. O. Spring Hill, was born in Holmes County, Ohio. March,
1862, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Second Ohio Infantry, and served five
months, He re-enlisted May 4, 1864, in Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Ohio
Infantry, serving 132 days. In the fall of 1865 he came to Kansas, and for two and one-
half years followed farming and carpenter work in Spring Hill, then farmed in Miami
County for about nine years. In March, 1877, he located on his present farm in Aubry. ~
He has 160 acres, all well improved, also considerable property at Spring Hill. Mr. L. has
for the past founyears been Clerk of the District School Board. He was married in Olathe,
December 15, 18€8, toSarah M. Meek. They have six children—Minnie Pearl, Luna M.,
Ettie, Annie S., Matilda M. and Bertha A. is oldest daughter, Minnie Pearl, is an accom-
Piished plager on the orean. She is thirteen years old.

- HON. JOHN H. LUSHER, farmer, P. O. Aubry, was born in Switzerland in September,
1825, and reared onafarm. Emigrated to America in 1845. Residedinthe city of New
York one year, then in Orleans County, where he learned the cooper trade, and followed it
for six years. Engaged in farming in lowa and Illinois. In 1858 he settled in Cass
County, Mo., and gave his attention to farming. In 1861 he came to Kansas
and located on his presentfarm. He has now 400 acres of jand, and is extensively en-
paged in breeding cattle and hogs. His place isone of the best improved in the county,

as finehedges and orchards. Mr. L. was for eight years Notary Public, and six years Jus-
tice of the Peace. In 1871 he was elected to the State Legislature and served one term, He
was married in Orleans County, N. Y.; January, 1849, to Miss E. C. Torry. They have four
children—Rudolph 0O., Wallace D., Lewis W., and John R, a

WILLIAM MARKS MOUN, farmer, P.O. Aubrey, was born in Medina County, Ohio,
January 30, 1849. In 1855 his parents emigrated to Grundy County, IlJ., where the sub-
feck of our sketch was reared onafarm In 1868 he came to Johnson County, Kan., located
n Aubry, and has since given his attention to farming an _ raising stock. His farm con-
sists of 215 acres, 165 of which are under cultivation. Mr. Moon was married in Aubry in
June, 1871, to Ella Turner, a native of Ohio. They Lave three children—Florence E.,
Roland, and Lena M.

ANIEL H, RYAN. farmer, P. O. Aubry, was born in Canada, January 6th, 1839.
When seven years old his parents immigrated to Monroe County, N. Y. In the spring of 1858
he enlisted in Company I, Fifth United States Infantry, from Which he was discharged in
1863. He then crossed the plains from Atchison, Mo., to Denver, Col., and farmed in that
neighborhood. In 1866 he came to Kansas and located on his present farm. He owns 220
acres, the greater part of which are under cultivation, fifty-five being in pasture and two
acres in orchard. 4

THOMAS S. SLAUGHTER, farmer, P.O. Aubry, was bornin Fairfield County, Ohio,
April 1st, 1832. He learned the printing business, and ca:ried on the Lancaster Gazette for
three years. In June, 1855. he went to St. Paul, Minu, where he engaged in the real
estate business, and laic.out the towns of Cambridge and Anoka, andin fae , in company
with Gov. Marshall, of Minnesota, established the St. Paul Press. In August, 1862, he en-
listed in Company I, Sixth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and having assisted in raising
the same, was elected captain, and served three years, In June, 1867, he came to Kansas,
and located on his present farm, which consists of 240 acres of land, 130 of which are
under cultivation. His pri neipal business is stock-raising. Mr. Slaughter was married at
Lancaster, Ohio, June 10,1855, to Maria Louisa MeAboy. They have five children—
Robert F.. Thomas §&., Jr., Flora, Minnie, and Chase D.

SAMUEL SLUSHER, farmer, P.O, Aubry, was born in Putnam County, Ind., Decem-

ber 1, 1838, and reared in Floyd County, Ya. ‘On October 1, 1861, he enlisted in Compan
D, Fifty-fourth Virginia Infautry, and when mustered out three years later, held the ran
of First Lieutenant. After the war he gave his attention tofarming in Hendricks Count:
Ind, In the fall of 1867, he came to Kansas and located on his present farm. He has 180
acres of land, and is quite extensively engaged in breeding live stock, making a speclalty of
hogs. Mr. Slusher was married August 21, 1873, in_ Butler County, Kan., to Susan Van
Huss. hey have a family of three children—Joln H., Dellie M., and Anna E.
__ ENOCH F. THOMPSON, dealer in Jive stock, Aubry, was born in Adams County, 1l1.,
in 1836, and reared on afarm., He came to Kansas, Aprii 5, 1858, and located on his pres-
ent farm, and pre-empting 160 acres; he has now 720 acres and is one of the most exten-
sive farmersinthecounty. He is also largely engaged in rai ing blooded cattle and hogs.
His land is all well improved, and on his place he has a fine artificial forest, and large or-
chards of various fruits. Mr.T.was amember of the boardof organizers of Aubry Township.
Has _ held various local offices, and during the war he served in Company I, Second Kansas
State Militia. He was married in eUpTy. May 15, 1864, to Monimia Watts; they bave four
children—Howard F., Elijah D., Laura M., and Florella A.

. JOSIAH WATTS, farmer, P.O. Aubry, was born in St. Charles County, Mo., January
18,1824. Heisasonof Anthony B. Watts, and a descendant of Daniel Boone. He was
reared on a farm, and for some five years also taught school. In 1849, he crossed the plains
to California, where he remained two years; returning east he engaged at New Santa Fe,
Jackson Co..Mo. Mr. Watts came to Kansas, May 9, 1858, and
land, on which he now resides, He has now 480 acres of land. of which 400 are under
cultivation. He was married at New Santa Fe, Mo., June 8, 1854, to Sarah
J. Mann; they have six children—Banaugh, Samuel, Bolivar, Adah, Leo and Dillard.

A. M. YOUNG, merchant, Aubry, was born in Kentucky, April 24,1824. In 1835 he
emigrated to Lewis County, Mo., and was employed in farming until 1850, when he crossed
the plains to California, where he remained for five years engaged in mining, In 1857, he
came to Kansas; locating at Paola, he engaged in mercantile business. In the following
spring he came to Johnson County, and followed the general merchandise business, at
Spring Hill, until 1865, after which he cameto Aubrey, and has since been engaged in mer-
cantile business at this place. Since 1865, he has held the Postmastership of the place, and
has been Treasurer of the Township for some fifteen years, He was married in Lewis
County, Mo., in 1857, to Elizabeth Hamilton; they have six children—Lizzle, Eliza, Maurice,
Minnie, Mattie, and Lulu,

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oe EY County lies in longitude eighteen west from Washington and in
It is bounded on the north by Osage
County, on the east by Franklin and Anderson counties, on the south by Wood- .

eighty-eight north latitude.
son County, and on the west by Lyon
and Greenwood counties. The general
surface of the county is undulating,
and. 13 per cent of the territory is bot-
tom land, 87 per cent upland, 8 per
cent forest and 92 per cent prairie. The
average width of the bottoms is two
miles. The average width of the tim-
ber belts is one and one-quarter miles,
and the varieties of the timber are
hickory, walnut, ash, oak, sycamore,
cottonwood and hackberry. Coal un-
derlies a large portion of the area of
the county. The quality is good and
the average thickness of the veins is
fifteen inches. Lime and sandstone of
good quality aré found throughout the
county, and fine flagging stone is ob-
tained in Rock Creek and Neosho town-
ships.

The Neosho River enters the
county from the west, eight miles from
the northern boundary and nineteen
miles from the southern boundary, and
runs southeast, leaving the county and
entering Woodson on the south, five
miles west of eastern boundary line and
nineteen miles from western, The
Ozark range of mountains forms in
Coffey County, north of the Neosho
River, and the streams that rise in this
county north of the Ozark range, flow
into the Marais des Cygnes River and
from thence into the Missouri. The

streams that rise in the county south of .

the Ozark range flow into the Neosho
River and from thence into the Arkan-
sas. The streams that rise north of
the Ozark range are as follows :
Pottawatomie, North Long, Frog, Colc,
Coal, Joe and Sand. Those that rise
south of the Ozark range are as follows:
Turkey, Big, South Big, Four-Mile,
Otter, Rock, Troublesome, Eagle, Hick-
ory, Lebo, Wolf, Lost, Crooked, Long,
Kennedy, Spring, Benedict, Scott, In-
dian, Rock, Dinner, Locke, Price,
Badger and Varnel branch of South Big
Creek.

The quality of the soil is black
limestone and it is best adapted to the
growth of wheat and corn, though
everything that can be produced in the
soil of the West can be raised here.
The uplands and valleys have the same
character of soil, but the uplands re-
quire more rain than the bottom lands,
owing to the inability of the former to
retain moisture like the latter. The
soil is productive and yields abundantly
of every product adapted to this latitude.
Fruits ofall kind do well. The county
possesses superior advantages for the
growth of live stock. Tame grasses
grow luxuriantly, corn is always a sure
crop and the climate is healthy. The
farmers are rapidly accumulating wealth

* by raising cattle and hogs, and markets
for their stock and grain exist in their
own county. Superior water powers

‘abound in the Neosho River all along its course through the county, and sub- for
stantial improvements have been made at Burlington and LeRoy. The manu-
facturing interests have been only slightly developed’ in the county as yet. A
flouring mill at Burlington and a flouring mill at LeRoy are the only institu-
tions whose motive powers are propelled by water.

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(a) Avon Township....... ... i 905 dsg
Burlington City... é 960 2.011
(4) Burlington Townshi 640 6TH
(¢) California Township 645 838
(ad) Hampden Township, . A sige 585
e) Key West Township... . ...........55 os G4
f) Le Ro ens tip. including Le Roy 1,094 Qg5
{9 Liberty Township ... ee 752
(h) Neosho Township. 604 64d
(4) Ottumwa Townshi 833 TA8
(j) Pleasant Township...... ra 1,021
(k) Pottawatomie Township.. 520 “471
(4) Rock Creek Township, =. sara 658
Am) Spring Creek Township 516
(n) Star Township 436
. 6,201 11.438

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(a) 1n 1870, part detached to form Hampden; in 1872, part to Spring Creek; in
1877, part_to Star,

(b) In 1870, part detached to form Pleasant,

(¢) 1n 1870, part detached to form Pleasant.

(@) Organized in 1870, from parts of Avon and Ottumwa.

(e) Organized in 1874, from part of Ottumwa,

(f) Part detached in 1872 to form Spring Creek.

(9) Organized in 1871, from part of Neosho,

(h) In 1871. part detached to form Liberty,

(4) _In 1870, parts detached to form Hampden and Pleasant; in 1874, part detached
to form Key West. :

(J) Organized in 1870, from parts of Burlington, California and Ottumwa.

(k) In 1870, part detached to form Rock Creek.

(l)_ Organized in 1870, from part of Pottawatomie.

(m) Organized in 1872, from parts of Avon and Le Roy.

(n) Organized in 1877, from part of Avon.

delegates to a
election held October 9,

adopted by that body.

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constitutional

EARLY -HISTORY. .
Prior to 1854, it is not known that any white man ever lived in the county.
The Sac and Fox Indians, whose reservation was north of the county, had a

burial ground near the site of the city
of Burlington, and an Indian trail from
the Sac and Fox agency to the buffalo
hunting ground in southwestern Kan-
sas, also ran through the county, cross-
ing the Neosho” River at the point
where Burlington now stands, and this
trail was used for many years after the
settlement of the county. The first
white man whois known to have settled
in the Neosho Valley was Frederick
Troxel, who erected alog house in the
woods three-fourths of a mile south of
the present town site of Le Roy. Mrs.
Troxel was a sister of Gen. John B.-
Scott, one of the founders of Le Roy.
Gen. Scott and Thomas Crabtree were,
at this time, Indian traders at the Sac
and Fox agency. Mr. Troxel moved
immediately into his cabin, upon its
completion, with his family. They
were the first white people who ever
lived in Coffey County. Ahijah Jones,
with his son George, and William: R.
Saunders and his brother Alban Saun-
ders, all from New York, Janded at the
present site of 1,e Roy December 27,
1854. They went down the river and
crossed, came up on the south side and
crossed again to the northeast side,
about three miles above Le Roy, where
Jones selected his claim and built a
log house. William R. Saunders and
his brother both selected land on Long
Creek, where they built houses, and
then went back for their families, re-
turning to their new homes in Febru-
ary, 1855. Washington Vickery, who
had been down in 1854, brought’his
family in the spring of 1855, and set-
tled in the river bend, about 2 mile
west of Le Roy. Levi Heddens ar:
rived September 15, 1854, and is said
to have been the first white man that
ever crossed the: Neosho River with a
wagon. In March, 1855, Dr. Hamilton
Smith settled near the mouth of Eagle
Creek. He was a native of Indiana.
April 25, 1855, he settled near what is
now Ottumwa. He was anardent Free-
state man, and distinguished himself in
the cause. During the summer of 1855,
he led a company of Free-state men
from this county to the defense of Law-
rence, from the attack of Pro-slavery
ruffians from Missouri, The company
did patrol duty for about six weeks at
the fords on several roads south and
east of Lawrence, living on the beef

from Dutch Henry’s herd that had

been taken by the company under the
command of Capt. John Brown, Sr.
Smith was a member from Coffey
County of a convention held in Tope-
ka, September 13, 1855, to take meas-
ures to form a State constitution, and
he was one of a committee that was
appointed by that convention to pre-

pare an address to the citizens
of Kansas, calling an_ election
convention at Topeka. At an

LO 1855, he was elected a delegate to the
Topeka constitutional convention and assisted in framing the constitution

> y. Ele was one of the proprietors of Ottumwa
and died at that place in February, 1858, Thomas Bowen settled on the
 

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present town site of Ottumwa about the last of April, 1855. He, with his
family, moved from Ottumwa, Iowa, and when the town of Ottumwa was
started, it was named in honor of the town from which he came in Iowa. He
was an ordained minister of the Missionary Baptist Church. He was elected
a member of the Legislature under the Topeka constitution and was a mem-
ber of that body when it was dispersed by Col. Sumner, of the United
States army, by order of Franklin Pierce. He was the first man elected
to any legislature from Coffey County. He died near Ottumwa in 1859.
Morgan Dix came to Coffey County in the spring of 1855, from Indiana,
striking the Neosho River at Le Roy, and passing up the river by the way of
Stubblefield’s, he settled near Ottumwa, where he has resided ever since.
Simpson Despain also settled near Ottumwa early in the spring of 1855, and
lived there until he died in 1874. Hiram Hoover, Judge Strawn and Joe
Lebo also settled at or near Ottumwa the same spring; also a Mr. Crall settled
on Lebo Creek at the same time. John Bowen (a son of Thomas Bowen, before
referred to), and a daughter of Mr. Crall were married in April, 1856, by the
Rev. Matt. Fennimore. Andrew Johnson married « daughter of Mr. Bowen
about a month before,

Lhe Hampden Colony was organized in Hampden County, Mass., March
1, 1855. The organization was for the purpose of effecting a settlement in
Kansas. W. A. Ela was the first secretary. The colony, when it left Massa-
chusetts, consisted of upward of 70 souls. It arrived at Kansas City, April 14,
1855. Its original destination was Lawrence, but upon its arrival at Kansas
City it was induced by S. C. Pomeroy to locate in the Neosho valley. Mr.
Pomeroy and George L. Gaylord had previously visited the Neosho valley, se-
lected the Hampden town site, and also taken claims in the vicinity. Mr.
Pomeroy selected a timber claim on the river, which was a‘terwards jumped
and pre-empted by Wm. Whistler. Mr. Pomeroy employed Ahijah Jones, who
then lived near the present town site of Le Roy, to erect a cabin on his. (Pome-
roy’s) claim. When Mr. Jones appeared on the ground, with men and tools to
erect the cabin, he found William Whistler and several Sac and Fox Indians
erecting a cabin on the same claim. To avoid a difficulty, Mr. Jones threw up
the job ‘and withdrew with his force, leaving the field clear to Mr. Whistler,
who subsequently pre-empted the claim. Messrs. Pomeroy and Gaylord, on
their return trip to Kansas City from the Neosho valley, stopped at the Sac
and Fox agency, where Robert A. Kinzie and John H. Whistler were engaged
in trading with the Indians. Learning from Mr. Pomeroy that an Eastern col-
ony would probably locate in the Neosho valley, Messrs. Kinzie, John H.
Whistler, and his son, William Whistler, immediately started for that locality,
and made claims in the vicinity of the place selected for the town site of
Hampden by Messrs. Pomeroy and Gaylord. Mr. Kinzie and John H. Whist-
ler crossed the Neosho River and took claims on each side of the present site of
Burlington. The land between their claims, on which is now the city of Bur-
lington, was reserved by Messrs. Kinzie and Whistler for a town site. William
Whistler jumped the Pomeroy claim, as has been previously mentioned. The
Hampden colonists purchased teams and supplies at Kansas City and arrived
at Hampden on the 26th of April, 1855. The colony at this time consisted of
the following persons: W. A. Ela and wife; H. W. Ela; Charles Morse and
family ; Rev. Richard Knight and family; J. R. Pierce, wife and child; S. P.
Pepper and family; Andrew Harrington and family; J. R. Harrington; S. R.
Harrington; Ebenezer Harrington; Theodore Denecke and family; J. B.
Wetherby and family ; William Blaisdale, sen.; William Blaisdale, jr. ; Chaun-
cey Morse and family ; Lucius Morse; Mr. Lombard; N. F. Crocker; Lin-
coln Morse; J. C. Chapin; J. L. Chapin; G. H,. Church; L. G. Currier; B.
F. Holland ; Charles Dagenkalb ; G. M. Abbey; P. Knowlton; C. Knowlton;
A. B. Sampsom; B. F. Pease; H.O. Pratt; John B. Pepper; George F. Mer-
rick ; Henry Aldridge ; Silas Smith; Henry Reynolds; L. Richards; D. W.
Seiders; C. G, Athearn ; Athearn ; Franklin Rhodes; H.R. Allen; J.
G. Hart ; Harvey Bliss; C. H. Grant; D. Haley; Levi Proctor; J. Blackford;
E. H. Smith ; Mr, Peasley; Mr. Eaton; J. A. D. Clark; E. T. Hilis; Alberto
Hills; Thomas Y. Proctor; Mr. Newcomb; W. H. Higgins; Bushee;
—— Bushee; Albert Flanders; Charles Hopkins; Mr. Joslyn; George Law
and wife ; T. B. Church; Luther C. Smith; Mr. Turner; B. E. Whittaker,
and Luther Rice. The first thing done was to select claims. Mr. W. A. Ela,
being a practical surveyor, and being also prepared with the proper instru-
ments to, do surveying, laid off seventy claims, and on the first of May, 1855,
the colonists drew these claims by lot. The hardships experienced by these
pioneers were too severe for a large number, who soon retraced their steps to
their old New England homes. Those'that remained had to combat the ills that
human flesh is subject to in all prairie countries. Conspicuously among their
physical ailments was the inevitable ague. On the 16th of July, 1855, Mrs. J. R.
Pierce gave birth to'a son, who lived only ten days. The corpse was enclosed
in a match box and buried on the town site by Albert Flanders. “Mrs. Pierce
survived her child only a few days. In November, 1855, T. Y. Proctor was
married to Lydia Harrington. W. A. Ela opened a store at ‘Hampden imme-
diately after the settlement of the colony, and also kept a private postoffice
for the benefit of the settlers in the Neosho valley. The mails were brought in
private conveyances from Kansas City. All of the settlers in the valley, from
Humboldt to the Cottonwood River, obtained their mail matter at Mr. Ela’s
office. In June of that year Mr. Dagenkalb, while asleep on the bare ground
in company with Theodore Denecke, was awakened by feeling something
crawling over his face. He seized the creeper and jerked it suddenly to the
ground. Upon examining the object, it was found to be a monster rattlesnake,
which had been killed by the jerk and dash. This circumstance alarmed the
colonists and caused them to speculate upon what might result should any be
bitten by arattlesnake in the absence of the usual remedy for such an accident.
The result was that whisky afterward constituted a portion of Mr. Ela’s stock
of goods. It cost twenty-two cents a gallon at Kansas City, and retailed at his
store for fifteen cents a pint. In the summer of 1855 the machinery for a «aw
mik wassent to the Hampden colony by the Emigrant Aid Company, through
the instrumentality of S.C. Pomeroy, its Kansas agent, but owing to the ina-

 

 

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bility to procure water on the town site it was never put in operation. This
mill was afterward removed to Burlington. Hardin McMahon came from In-
diana to Coffey County in October, 1855, took a claim one mile below Strawn,
on the Neosho River, where his family yet resides. He was the first probate
judge elected by the people in Coffey County. Wesley Stubblefield came to
Coffey County in the fall of 1854, and in March, 1855, took a claim about ten
miles northeast of Burlington, on the road to Lawrence, which is still known as
the ‘‘old Stubblefield place," and was for many years a convenient stopping
place for citizens of the county. Mr. Stubblefield died in November, 1872.
James A. Grimes came to Coffey County with his family in the fall of 1855, and
took a claim about four miles southeast of Burlington, on the Neosho River. Of
the family remaining, M. E. Grimes, David Grimes and Lindsay Grimes are
still residents of the county. ‘

POLITICAL HISTORY.

Enos Strawn and George Vail were elected delegates to the Big Springs
convention, that passed resolutions denouncing the bogus statutes, September
3, 1855. At anelection held October 9, 1855, Dr. Hamilton Smith was elected
a member of the Topeka constitutional convention and assisted in framing the
constitution adopted by that body. The first Justice of the Peace in Coffey
‘County was Gen. John B. Scott, who acted under authority of the bogus laws
in 1855. é

Organization of the County.—On the 22d day of July, 1855, the boundary
lines of Coftey County were established by an act of the Legislature, and de-
fined as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Welles County, thence
south twenty-four miles, thence west twenty-four miles, thence north twenty-
four miles, thence east twenty-four miles to place of beginning. The county
of Welles, above named, is now Osage. The county was not organized for
‘business unti: February, 1857. Then it was organized by 7 act of the Legis-
lature, and the same Legislature. by joint ballot, elected John Woolman, Pro-
bate Judge; E. C. Amsden, Sheriff; Richard Burr and Samuel Lock, Commis-
sioners. The same Legislature located the county-seat temporarily at Le Roy,
and provided -for the election, at the next general election of three Commis-
sioners, to locate the county seat permanently. John Evans, John Wooster, and .
Enos Strawn, were elected such Commissioners, and proceeded to locate the
county-seat permanently at Le Roy.

Coffey County was named in honor of Col. A. M Coffey, a resident of
Miami County, but a member of the Territorial Legislature of 1855. He repre-
sented the Fourth District, consisting of Franklin, Miami, and Linn counties.
While in the Legislature his motto was. ‘‘The Union. it must be preserved.”
He was an agent of the Confederate tribe of Indians, and Colonel of a Con-
federate regiment in the Indian Territory during the Rebellion. As late as
1878, the Colonel was a resident of southwestern Missouri, his native State be-
ing Kentucky, where he was born in 1804.- The first term of Commissioners’
Court was held at Le Roy, February, 1857. Alexander Hamilton filed his bond
in the sum of $1,000. as County Clerk, and was authorized by the board to
draft a plan for a temporary court-house. By authority of the court, Richard
Burr procured a set of books for the Probate Judge, and for the Commission-
ers’ Court. At a meeting of the board in April, 1857, Alexander Hamilton was
appointed a special agent to borrow $800, for the purpose of putting up county
buildings. On the 2oth of April, Mr Hamilton tendered his resignation as
special agent, which was accepted, and no further action was taken in regard to
county buildings. The board met and adjourned, from time to time for-want
of business, until the 18th of August, when they established three election pre-
cincts: one each at Le Roy, Burlington, and Ottumwa. At that meeting, Town-
ship 23, Range 16, was organized as a school district, but as the organization
was premature, it never had any official status and was soon abandoned. On
the 21st day of September 1857, the board established an election precinct at
Neosho City, and appointed Judges of Election, Charles Vandevere, Noah Van-
devere and J. R. Dewitt. The Judges of Election appointed at the same time
for the other precincts, were as follows: Burlington—W. A. Ela, M.E. Grimes,
Charles Morse; Ottumwa—Huiram Hoover, Hardin McMahon, Enos Strawn ;
Le Roy—Alexander Hamilton, F. W. Holcomb, James Beard. On the 26th
day of September, 1857, the county was divided into four municipal townships,
to-wit: Burlington, Le Roy, Ottumwa, and Neosho City. The next meeting
of the Board of Commissioners was held in Le Roy, January 18, 1858. At that
meeting Hiram Hoover was elected Assessor of Coffey County, J. M. Elliott
appointed Surveyor, and Thomas Crabtree filed his bond as County Treasurer,
January 21, 1857, J. L. Bacon was appointed County Clerk. In October, 1857,
O. E. Learnard was elected a member of the Territorial Council, which met
in January, 1358,

Officers of District Court —The first term of court ever held in the county
was held in Hampden some time in 1855, by Hon. Samuel D. Lecompte.
then Chief Justice of the Territory. The Second Judicial District, composed
of eighteen counties, was organized, and Hon. Rush Elmore, Associate Judge
of the Territory, was assigned to it. The first term of the District Court in ‘
this county commenced September 5th, 1859, Elmore, Judge ; L. McArthur,
Clerk, (by A. Jones, deputy); John Chess, Sheriff; and William R. Saunders,
County Attorney. Hon. Rush Elmore continued Judge until the admission of
Kansas in 1861; L. McArthur continued to be Clerk of the court for the same
time, with Silas Fearl a portion of the time as deputy. During the years 1860
and 1861, John Chess was Sheriff and William B. Parsons, County Attorney.
Courts were held twice each year. O. E. Learnard was elected first Judge
of the Fifth Judicial District, under the State organization, but was appointed.
Lieutenant Colonel of ‘the First Kansas, and resigned his position as Judge,
having never held a term of court. Hon. R. M. Ruggles was appointed to the
vacancy, and in the fall of 1861 was elected to the office. During the year 1862,
William R. Saunders was District Attorney, Ahijah Jones, Clerk, and M. E.
Grimes, Sheriff. During 1863, George H. Lillie was District Attorney and
M. E. Grimes still Sheriff. During 1864 and 1865, A. S. Howard was District
Attorney. H,N, Bent was County Attorney during 1866, and until the fall of
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1867, when Silas Fearl (who was that fall elected to the office) was appointed
to the office. Silas Fearl was County Attorney from 1866 to 1871, and A. M,
F. Randolph from 1871 to 1875,-when he was succeeded by William B. Par-
sons, who was elected in 1874. Parsons resigned the office in March, 1876,
when Judge Peyton appointed Samuel C. Junkins to fill the vacancy; Mr.
Junkins held the office until January, 1877, when he was succeeded by C. B.
Graves, who was elected in the fall of 1876. November 5, 1878, Silas Fearl
was elected County Attorney and has served in that capacity since. The last
time he was elected, was the 7th of November, 1882. J. H. Watson succeeded
R. M. Ruggles as Judge in 1865, and held the office until 1873, when he was
succeeded by E. B, Peyton. November, 2, 1880, Charles B. Graves was elect-
ed Judge to succeed Peyton and is still serving in that capacity. L. W. Morey
succeeded Ahijah Jones as Clerk, by appointment, and Matthew Fennimore by
election, who held the office until 1864, when Samuel C, Junkins was elected to
the office and held it four years. Jacob F. Harlan succeeded Junkins, and
held the office six years, until January, 1875, when he was succeeded by R. H.
Adair, who was re-elected, without opposition, in 1876, and re-elected again
in 1878. In 1880, Adair was succeeded by William B. Patton, and in 1882,
Patton was succeeded by C. P. Allen; the present incumbent. W. J. Sanders
was Sheriff four years, commencing in 1864; S. J. Carter succeeded him, hold-
ing the office four years. John Chess, Senioz, was elected Sheriff in 1871, but
died before entering upon his duties; Martin B. Hoover was appointed to fill
the vacancy, and in the fall of 1872, was elected to the office, and re-elected in
1873, holding the office little over four years. Mr. Hoover was followed in
1876 by John E. Williams, who was elected to the office in the fall of 1875.
Owing to Mr. Williams’ poor health, the entire business of the Sheriff's office
was transacted by James M. Lane, Mr. Williams’ under sheriff. Mr. Williams
died in January, 1877, when Mr, Lane was appointed by fhe Governor to fill
the vacancy. Lane was Sheriff until January, 1878. when he was succeeded by
Delos Miller, who was elected to the office in the fall of 1877 and re-elected in
the fall of 4879, and served until he was succeeded by Thomas Cross, who was
elected November 15, 1881, and who is the present incumbent.

Probate Fudge.—John Woolman, the first Probate Judge, was elected by
the Legislature in February, 1857. He was succeeded by Hardin McMahon,
who was elected by the people in 1858; he served but a short time, and was
succeeded by William R. Saunders, Mr. Saunders resigned before he had per-
formed any official duties, for the following reasons: Under the United States
law it was inade the duty of the Probate Judge, when called on, to pre-empt
town sites for the use and benefit of the occupants. The Burlington Town
Company were anxious to have the present site of the city of Burlington pre-
empted in the spring of1859. Mr. Saunders, for some reason, was afraid to as-
sume the responsibility of pre-empting the town site, and expressed a desire to re-
sign, rather than do so.

In February, 1859, Col. Learnard, B. L. Kingsbury and Charles Persall
drove to his residence on Long Creek, received his written resignation, drove
from there to Lecompton, and presented the same to Gov. Medary. The resig-
nation was accepted, and on the 1st day of March, 1859, B. L. Kingsbury re-
ceived the appointment of Probate Judge, and on the 2d day of March, 1859,
pre-empted the present site of the city of Burlington. B. L. Kingsbury was
succeeded by Enos Strawn, who held the office but a short time,and was suc-
ceeded by J. D. Carney, who held the office until January, 1861, when he was
succeeded by M. Fennimore, who held the office until January, 1862, when he
was succeeded by H. N. Bent, who held the office until January, 1868, when he
was succeeded by J. M. Rankin, who held the office until January, 1872, and
was succeeded by William A. Allison, who held the office until his death in No-
vember, 1875. On the 22d day of November, 1875, B. L. Kingsbury was ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy, and in November, 1876, he was elected Probate
Judge, and re-elected in 1878 and 1880, “November 7, 1882, Charles O. Brown
was elected Probate Judge.

County Treasurer—Thomas Crabtree, the first County Treasurer of Coffey
County, was appointed January 19, 1858, and held the office until January 1,
1860; William Manson, from January, 1860, to January, 1, 1862; A. F. Wilkin-
son, from January, 1862, to January, 1866; J. M. Lane, from January, 1866, to
July 1, 1870; C. H. Graham, from July 1, 1870, to November 1, 1873; H. E.
Cowgill, from November 1, 1873, to July 1, 1874; S. J. Carter, from July 1,
1874, to October 1, 1878. H. E. Cowgill was elected in November, 1877, to
succeed S. J. Carter. Cowgill was re-elected in November, 1879, and was suc-
ceeded by D. V. Mott, the present incumbent, who qualified October g, 1882.

County Superintendent.—The following is a list of County Superintendents
in the order of their election: 1859—H.H. Johnson ; 1860—Lewis Morey;
1862—Lewis Morey; 1864—John M. Rankin; 1866—B. Wheat; 1868—Wil-
liam Crow ; 1870—J. S. Kline; 1872—George N. McConnell; 1875—John M.
Rankin; 1876—P. K. Wadhams, appointed July, 1876; 1876—-P, K. Wadhams,
elected; 1878—-——— Robinson ; 1880—John C. Gray ; 1882——John C, Gray.

County Clerk.—Alexander Hamilton was the first County Clerk, being ap.
pointed by the Commissioners in December, 1857, and held the office until
January 4, 1858, when J. L. Bacon was appointed County Clerk, H. B. Beall
succeeded Bacon, and entered upon his duties in May, 1858, and was succeeded
by Silas Fearl on the 16th day of June, 1858, who continued in office until the
6th day of April, 1859, when he was succeeded by Ahijah Jones, who held the of-
fice until the general election, November 8, 1859, when Thomas M. Sanders
was elected and entered upon his duties January 20, 1860. On the gth day of
July, 1860, Mr. Sanders resigned and Orson Kent was appointed to fill the va-
cancy. In November, 1860, B. L, Kingsbury was elected and continued in of-
fice until January 11, 1862, when he was succeeded by I. E. Olney, who was
elected November 5, 1861. Mr. Olney was succeeded by Isaac Cabbage, in
January, 1864. Mr. Cabbage, was succeeded by S. C. Junkins, who was elected
November 7, 1865, and entered upon his duties in January, 1866, and served
four years, Allen Crocker succeeded Mr. Junkins, who also- served four years,
and he was succeeded by Job Throckmorton, who served four years, until Janu-
ary, 1878, when he was succeeded by his brother, W, H, Throckmorton, who was

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

elected November 6, 1877. Robert H. Adair, the present incumbent, was
elected November 8, 1881, and succeeded W. H. Throckmorton, January 7,
1882.

Register of Deeds.—First Register of Deeds, Alexander Hamilton, from July
6, 1857, to May 3, 1858; Sylvester I. Bacon, from May 3, 1858, to January 5,
1859; Judson A, Walkling, from January 5,1859, to January 9, 1862; Hiram
Hoover, from January 9, 1862, to January 8, 1864; F. A. Atherly, from Jan-
uary 8, 1864, to January 8, 1866; P. S. Patton, from January 8, 1866, to Jan-
uary 12, 1868; W. H. Bear, from January 12, 1868, to present time. He was
last elected November 25, 1881.

Legislative.—By the apportionment of July 18, 1857, the counties of Shaw-
nee, Richardson, Davis, Wise and Breckinridge constituted the Seventh Coun-
cil District, the counties of Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dorn and McGee
constituted the Eighth Council District, and the counties of- Butler, Hunter,
Greenwood, Madison, Welles, Coffey, Woodson and Allen constituted . the
Ninth Council District. These three council districts, consisting of the Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth, and containing eighteen counties, had apportioned to them
only two Councilmen, who were voted for-at large by the people of the eighteen
counties. Oscar E, Learnard. of Coffey County, and Cyrus K, Holliday, of
Shawnee County, were elected, October 5, 1857, to represent these eighteen
counties in the Territorial Council. By this same apportionment of July
18, 1857, the counties of Richardson, Davis, Wise and Breckinridge consti-
tuted the Twelfth Representative District; the counties of Welles, Madison,
Butler, Hunter and Greenwood constituted thé Thirteenth Representative
District ; the counties of Bourbon, Godfrey, Wilson, Dorn and McGee con-
stituted the Fourteenth Representative District; the counties of Woodson,
Coffey and Allen constituted the Fifteenth Representative District, and the
counties of Anderson and Franklin constituted the Sixteenth Representative
District These five representative districts, embracing nineteen counties,
were allowed only three members. At the election held October 5, 1857,
Samuel Stewart. of Allen County, C. Columbia, of Wise County, and John
Curtis, of Franklin County, were chosen to represent these nineteen counties.
August 9, 1857, Hamilton Smith. of Ottumwa, was elected a Senator under the
Topeka Constitution. December 21. 1857. John T. Cox, of Ottumwa, was
elected StateSenator, and Allen Crocker, of Avon Township, Representative,
under the Lecompton Constitution. March 4, 1858, R. A. Kinzie, D. A.
Hawkins and J.M. Elliot were elected delegates to the Leavenworth Constitu-
tional Convention. In June, 1859, Allen Crocker, of Coffey County, and
Samuel E. Hoffman, of Woodson County, were elected delegates to the Wyan-
dotte Constitutional Convention from what was officially designated as the
Twentieth District. November 8, 1859, John C. Lambdin, of Butler County,
was elected a member of the Territorial Councilfrom the Thirteenth District,
consisting of the counties of Coffey, Madison, Hunter, Butler, Chase, Godfrey
and Greenwood. ‘At the same election O. H. Shelcon, of Osage County, and
George W. Nelson, of Coffey County, were elected Representatives to the Ter-
ritorial House from the Twenty-second District, embracing those two counties.
Deceniber 6, 1859, J. W. Kerr, of Coffey County, and E. P. Bancroft, of Breck-
inridge County, were elected State Senators under the Wyandotte Constitution
from the Twelfth Senatorial District, and at the same time O. H. Sheldon, of
Osage County, G. A. Cutler, R. W. Cloud and G. H. Reese, of Breckinridge
County, and Benoni Wheat and W. R. Saunders, of Coffey County, were elected
Representatives from the Twelfth Representative District. The first Legis-
lature under the Wyandotte Constitution did not convene until the 26th of
March, 1861. Before its assembling J. W. Kerr, who had been elected
State Senator from Coffey County, died, and the vacancy was filled by the elec-
tion of Hiram S. Sleeper, of Breckinridge County. March 5, 1861, G. A. Cutler,
who had been elected Representative from Lyon County, removed to Coffey
County before the first State Legislature convened, and lived there during his
term of office. November 6, 1860, D. A. Hawkins, of Coffey County, and J. M.
Winchell, of Osage County, were elected Representatives to the Territorial
Legislature from the Twenty-second Representative District. November 5,

‘1861, O, H. Sheldon, of Osage County; P. P. Plumb, P. B. Maxson and C. V.

Eskridge, of Breckinridge County; and F. W. Potter and J. H. Leard,.of
Coffey County were elected Representatives to the State Legislature from the
Twelfth Representative District. November 4, 1862, F. W. Potter was elected
to the Senate from the Eighteenth District; Ilorace Tucker was elected Repre-
sentative from the Sixty-first District, and W. R. Saunders was clected Repre-
sentative from the Sixty-second District. November 3, 1863, Job Throck-

“morton was elected Representative from the Sixty-first District, and W.R.

Saunders was elected Representative from the Sixty-second District. November
8, 1864, F. W. Potter was reelected State Senator from the: Eighteenth Dis-
trict; Job Throckmorton was re-elected Representative from’ the Sixty-first
District, and W. B. Perry was elected Representative from the Sixty-second
District. November 2, 1865, Charles Cochrane was elected Representative
from the Sixty-first District, and A. V, Coffin Representative from the Sixty-
second District. November 6, 1866, James Rogers, of Osage County, was
elected State Senator from the Eighteenth District ; Job Throckmorton was
elected Representative from the Sixty-first District, and Allen Crocker Repre-
sentative from the Sixty-second District. November 5, 1867, Harrison
Kelley was elected Representative from the Sixty-first District, and P. H.
Smith Representative from the Sixty-second District. November 3, 1868, M.
M. Murdock, of Osage County, was elected Senator from the Eighteenth Dis-
trict. J. A. McGinnes was elected Representative from the Sixty-first District,
and E. E. Coffin was elected Representative from the Sixty-second District.
November 2, 1869, Hardin McMahon was elected Representative from the
Sixty-first District, and E, E. Coffin Representative from the Sixty-second Dis-
trict. November 8, 1870, M. M. Murdock, of Osage County, was re-elected
State Senator; Charles Puffer was elected Representative from the Sixty-first
District, and Charles B, Butler was elected Representative from the Sixty-
second District. _November 7, 1871, Charles B, Butler was elected Represen-
tative from the Sixty-first District (the whole county at this time constituting

 
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this District). November 5, 1872, Charles B, Butler, of Coffey County, was
elected State Senator from the Twenty-second District, consisting of the
counties of Coffey and Woodson, and S. K. Cross was elected Representative
from the Sixty-first District. November 4, 1873, F. W. Potter was elected
Representative from the Sixty-first District. November 3, 1874, D. W. Fin-
ney, of Woodson County, was elected Senator from the Twenty-second Dis-
trict, and B. L. Kingsbury Representative from the Sixty-first District.
November 2, 1875, Jacob Baer was elected Representative from the Sixty-first
District. November 7, 1876, D. W. Finney was re elected Senator from the
Twenty-second District. At this time the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Repre-
sentative Districts were embraced within the limits of Coffey County. At the
election on the 7th of November, 1876, Jacob Baer was elected Representative
from the Fifty-eighth District, and Butler Wood Representative from the
Fifty ninth District. At the same election D. W. Finney was re-elected State
Senator from the Twenty-second District. At this election the Senator was
elected for four years and the Representative for two years, it, being the first
election of legislators under the constitutional amendment providing for bi-
ennial sessions. November 5, 1878, Jacob Baer was elected Representative
from the Fifty-eighth District, and Butler Wood Representative from the
Fifty-ninth District. November 2, 1880, Harrison Kelley was elected Senator
from the Twenty-second District; A. W. Jones was elected Representative
from the Fifty-eighth District, and John Geisey Representative from the
Fifty-ninth District. At the session of the Legislature in 1881, a new ‘appor-
tionment was made, when the counties of Coffey and Franklin were constituted
the Thirteenth Senatorial District, Harrison Kelley, then Senator from the
Twenty-second District, consisting of the counties of Coffey and Woodson,
holding over for two years more. At this same apportionment, in 1881, Coffey
County was constituted the Forty-third Representative District. November 7,
1882, Samuel J. Carter was elected Representative from the Forty-third Dis:
trict.

COUNTY SEAT STRUGGLES,

The act of the Territorial Legislature organizing Coffey County, approved
February 17, 1857, located the county seat, temporarily, at Le Roy. The same
act also provided for the election of three commissioners by the people of the
county at a special election, for the purpose of selecting a site at the most prac-
ticable point near the center or the county for the permanent location of the
county seat. An election for commissioners was held in pursuance of that act
September 25, 1857. Concerning this election Judge Enos Strawn makes the
following statement: ‘There were only five candidates at that election—Mr
Wooster, east of Le Roy, Mr. Evans, west of Le Roy, Dr. Cutler (then of, Bur.
lington), myself, and the name of the fifth candidate I have forgotten. [F.A
Atherly says that.Clark Tritt was the name of the other candidate.] The elec-
tion came off on the 25th of September, 1857. I received 476 votes, Evans and
Wooster received 346 votes each, and Cutler and the otaer man were a good
ways behind. After I found out I was elected I went to Lawrence to see the
Burlington Town Company. The company held a meeting and proposed to
give Coffey County the park in Burlington (now partly occupied by the school-
house and court house), forty lots around the park, and finish the bridge across
the river then in erection, providing the commissioners would locate the county
seat at Burlington. I then saw Evans and Wooster ; they agreed to meet me
at Ottumwa on the roth of November, 1857, When I arrived there they had
gone home. They left word for me to meet them at Le Roy on the following
Monday at 12 o’clock A. M., when we would locate the county seat. _ John
T. Cox and I went to Le Roy on the day appointed, arriving there at 11
o'clock A.M. Evans and Wooster had met there, located the county seat at
Le Roy, and gone home. The whole town was drunk. The candidates on the
Burlington ticket were Doctor Cutler, myself, and the man whose name I have
forgotten ; and the Le Roy candidates were Wooster, Evans, and myself. Of
course, the Le Roy ticket waselected. Wooster and Evans located the county
seat at Le Roy; Ihad no hand in it. I was sworn in as locating commissioner
by Alexander Hamilton, in the timber at Le Roy.” Owing to the fact that
the territorial authorities were Democratic, in harmony with the politics of the
people of Le Roy, it was deemed inexpedient by the Burlington people to contest
the election, and therefore nothing was done about it.

By an act of the Territorial Legislature, approved February 12, 1858, the
county seat was removed from Le Roy and located, temporarily, at Burlington.
The same act also provided for its permanent location by a vote of the people at
the next general election (October 4, 1858). From June 5, 1858, until October
of that year, the sessions of the Board of Supervisors were held at Hampden,
where the County Clerk, Silas Fearl, resided, but all of the other county officials
resided and held their offices at Le Roy. The first meeting of the Board
of Supervisors held at Burlington was on the 5th of October, 1858. On the
5th of June, 1858, it was ordered by the Supervisors, at their meeting at Hamp-
den, that a jail should be erected at Burlington, ‘the county seat,” but on the
26th of the same month this order was revoked. On the 26th of June, 1858,
the Supervisors passed an order directing the County Clerk and Register
of Deeds to ‘remove their respective offices as near the center of the county as
can be provided for by the Board of Supervisors.” The Board of Supervisors at
this time consisted of seven members. Each township had three Trustees, and
the Chairman of each township was ex officio, a member of the County Board
of Supervisors. The seven municipal townships then in existence were Le
Roy, Avon, Ottumwa, Pottawatomie, California, Burlington, and Neosho.

At the election for the permanent location of the county seat held October
4, 1858, the result was as follows;

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: Burling- Neosh

Precincts. LeRoy. ton. Hampden.|Nashville. City.
Neosho., ‘ 1 24 0 0 0
Avon .... 3 11 1 2 0
Burlington 5 149 0 0 0
LeRoy 197 7 0 0 1
DO GAL ss ccicisiesinneie acginion loalsiotecdye sak ssia0 : 206 191 1 2 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

The foregoing table is taken from the records in the office of the Secretary
of State at Topeka. No record of this vote or of any proceedings of the
Supervisors in relation to it can be found in the County Clerk’s office of Coffey
County. For some unexplained cause Le Roy was not officially declared the
county-seat, although the county officers continued to hold their offices at that
place. On the 7th of March, 1859, Kush Elmore, Judge of the Third Judicial
District, arrived at Burlington to hold a session of court for Coffey County.
Neither the Clerk nor Sheriff was in attendance, their offices being held at
Le Roy. In pursuance of the Judge’s order these officials immediately removed
to Burlington with their official records and the court was held there. From
that time Burlington was officially recognized as the county-seat. March 11,
1859, a peremptory mandamus was issued from Judge Elmore’s court, com-

_ manding S. J. Bacon, County Recorder, to remove his office-to Burlington.

At the session of the Territorial Legislature heldin January and Februaiy
1860, the boundaries of many county lines were changed and new coun.
ties formed for the purpose of giving central locations to towns aspiring to be
county seats. Many members of that Legislature were elected on the county
line issue. The. members of the House from the Twenty-second Representa-
tive District, consisting of the counties of Osage and Coffey, at that session
were O, H. Sheldon, of Burlingame, Osage County, and Geo. W. Nelson, of
Le Roy, Coffey County. On the Ist of February, 1860, Mr. Nelson intro-
duced House Bill No. 174, an act defining the boundaries of Shawnee,
Osage, Neosho, Coffey and Woodson counties. The purpose of this bill was
fully explained in the minority report of the committee on county lines and
county-seats to whom the bill was referred. The majority report recommended
the passage of the bill and was signed by E. Lynde, Chairman, James H.
Jones and George W. Nelson. The minority report was signed by H.R. Dut-
ton and Thomas Lindsey, and was as follows: 5

__ The undersigned members of the Committee on County and County Lines, respectfully
dissent from a report of the majority of the Committee on Honse Bill No.174. “An Act de-
fining the boundaries of Shawnee, Osage, Neosho,Coffey and Woodson counties,” for the fol-
lowing reasons: First, from a careful consideration of the petition and remonstrances
presented upon the subject, we are satisfied that a majority of the epgople interested are
opposed to the proposed change. Second, the bill] reduces the size of four important and
well organized counties, viz: Jackson, Shawnee,Coffey and Woodson—the latter to the extent
thatit would be impossible to maintain a county organization, while there is not a single
petition from that county asking the proposed change; but, on the other hand, 182 voters
out of 200, the whole number in the county, remonstrate against such change. The bill
reduces Coffey County from twenty-four to eighteen miles in width, and organizes Neosho
County with only fifteen miles in width, subject to settlement, thereby greatly enhancin
the expense of supporting these county organizations, Third, we are further satisfied tha’
this whole scheme has forits only object the making of county seats in localities where
nothing but this proposed kind of legislation would ever place them, as by the provisions of
the bili, three county seats already existing are destroyed and four new ones are estab-
lished; and, further, that this is but the inibatory step toward carving out the whole terri-
tory, for the purpose of b ilding up certain loca) interests, without regard to the public in-
terests or the public good, and the undersigned respectfully protest against that system of
legislation which is continually directed toward some local and in many instances personal
interests, to the exclusion of these more important measures which merit and demand our
whole time and attention.

The majority report of the committee, recommending the passage of the
bill, was rejected by eleven yeas to twenty-one nays. This action on the reports
was not had until on the 17th of February, the intervening time between the
Ist and the 17th being occupied by the friends and opponents of the bill in
laboring ‘with the committee to adopt recommendations favorable to their re-
spective sides. Petitions and remonstrances from the people of every county
interested in the bill poured in upon the Legislature.

On the 2oth of February Mr. Nelson introduced House Bill No, 411, “An
Act to change the boundary between the counties of Coffey and Woodson.”
This bill proposed to attach six miles from the southern portion of Coffey
County to Woodson County and to make Le Roy the temporary county seat,
February 23 this bill passed the house by thirty yeas totwo nays. The mem-
bers voting in the affirmative were Messrs. Brown, Brooks, Chandler, Caniff,
Cornwell, Cave, Dutton, Elliott, Fitzpatrick, Heath, Jones, Lombard, Lindsey,
Murphy, McMath, Martin, Noel, Nelson, Parks, Pierce, Robertson, Reynolds,
Steward, Sims, Shively, Sheldon, Scott, Sopris, Whitehead, Wagstaff and Mr.
Speaker.

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. Bartlett and Wood.

February 25,1 the Territorial Council, James M. Hendry and Chester
Thomas submitted a majority report on House Bill No. 411, recommending
its indefinite postponement. C. G. Keeler submitted a minority report, recom-
mending its passage without amendment. The majority report was adopted by
eight ayes to five nays. The councilmen voting in the affirmative were Messrs.
Benton, Hendry, Mathias, Palmer, Stewart, Thomas, Woodward and Mr. Presi-
dent (Updegraff). Those voting inthe negative were Messrs. Beebe, Christi-
son, Elder, Keeler and Lambden.

Mr. Nelson then introduced a bill providing for another ‘ permanent
location” of the county seat of Coffey County, which passed the House but was
defeated in the Senate. ‘

This brief history of the effort to change the boundaries of Coffey County
has been given here to show the cause of the many conflicts that occurred in
this county on the county seat question. Le Roy and Ottumwa had hopes of so
dividing the county as to make both places the centers of new counties that
might be established by such division. Subsequent efforts were made to
change the county lines, but they were always thwarted by the opposition of
Burlington before they assumed any formidable proportions,
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In April, 1861, another act for the ‘‘ permanent location” of the county seat
of Coffey County was passed by the State Legislature. The bill was introduced
by Dr. G. A. Cutler, of Le Roy, and the act was approved April 30. The first

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

No town having received a majority of the votes, another election, to be
confined to the two points receiving the highest-number of votes at the first
election, was ordered by the County Commissioners to be held November 21,

 

 

 

 
    

 

 

 

 
 
   
 

election under the act was held June 11, which resulted as follows : 1865. This election resulted as follows : 5
Le Roy | Burlington |Hampden Precincts. Burlington. |Hampden.| Ottumwa.
Hampden.... 4a | 3 | at 4 as 24 30 0
Nashville. 37 1 31 Nashville: 33 Be 9
0 22 34 California, 40 25 0
5 17 52 Burlingto! 149 0 0
2 24 1 Pottawatomie. 17 4 0
130 9 0 {UMD W&.ecesee, ceeesees vee 33 36 1
2 136 Le Roy.... _ 143 g
217 193 | 159 INCOBDO sisisis ciate, iaiedut-ad nen GauaaegarGadeadeaWsneNetiasem ae 2 J is
NOtal sies:-m aii. Fees antiias wits 342 289 1

 

 

No town having received a majority of the votes, another election was held

November 5, at which Le Roy received 303 votes, Burlington 275 and Hamp-.

den x. No record by precinct is given of this vote. January 7, 1862, the board
of County Commissioners met at Le Roy. Neither the County Clerk, I. E. Ol-

‘ney, nor his official records appearing, Dr. J. Jenks was appointed clerk po tem.

who served as such through that session of the board. At the next meeting of
the board, April 7, Mr. Olney was in attendance and recorded its proceedings.
Other county officials, however refused to recognize Le Roy as the county seat
and did not remove their offices thither. Suits were instituted against them
compelling the removal of their offices to Le Roy. and a suit was also in-
stituted against Ahijah Jones, District Clerk, compelling him to remove his of-
fice from Le Roy to Burlington. These were mandamus suits. The petition
for the mandamus against Jones was heard by Judge R. M. Ruggles during a
session of the court at Le Roy, August 21 1862. The “case was entitled
“State of Kansas on the relation of B, L. Kingsbury and F. A. Atherly vs.
Ahijah Jones, Clerk of the District Court of Coffey County; petition for man-
damus.” The petition was granted and a writ of peremptory mandamus was
ordered, commanding Mr. Jones to remove his office forthwith to Burlington,
The ground upon which this petition was granted was that the County Commis-
sioners, having failed to publish a proclamation for a second election on the
county seat, the second election was void. The judge therefore decided that
Burlington was still the county seat. In vindication of the commissioners it
may be stated that the required proclamation was ordered by them to be pub-
lished in the Veosho Valley Register. at Burlington, and a copy of the procla-
mation was handed by the County Clerk, in timely season, to the editor, who
left the copy on a composing stand while absent at dinner. Upon his return
the copy was missing. He immediately notified the County Clerk of the loss
and requested another copy but it was never furnished. Mr. Jones took an ap-
peal to the Supreme Court and was allowed to retain his office at Le Roy upon
his filing a bond in the sum of $200. In pursuance of this decision of the
judge, at a special session of the Board of County Commissioners, held at Le
Roy, August 26, the following order was passed :

Itis ordered by the Board that the County Clerk County Treasurer,-Register of Deeds,
Sheriff and Probate Judge immediately proceed to occupy the several offices provided for
them in the town of Burlington, which is decided, to be the county seat of the county of
Coffey by the District Court for said county. Said offices to be held in the upper and lower
rooms of Kingsbury’s building, in said town, and the County Clerk is requested to notify
said officers of said order.

Harpin MoManon,
I. E. OLNEY County Clerk. R. B, WoopWoRTH,

A. A. Burr, the other commissioner, was present, but did not sign the
order.

The next meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held at Bur-
lington, October 6, 1862. All of the county officers, with the exception of Dis-
trict Clerk, had removed their offices to Burlington. At the January, 1863, term
of the Supreme Court of the State, the decision of Judge Ruggles in the man-
damus case was affirmed, Ahijah Jones thereupon removed his office to
Burlington, February 16, 1863. The District Court, Judge Ruggles presiding,
met at Burlington, and that session of the February term was held there.

April 7, 1863, in pursuance of a petition of three-fifths of the voters of the
county, another election was ordered to be held on the 19th of May, 1863, for
the ‘permanent location” of the county seat of Coffey County. The election

‘resulted as follows:

 

   
  
 

 

 

 

PREOINCTS. Burlington Hampden. Ottumwa. |Spring Creek.

Burlin ton 83 3 0 0
Ottumwa. 3 22 81 0
Le Roy 0 94 0 1
ANON fos 2 ssaee tosg ceeeast ee 5 69 0 0.
California.. ...... 17 14 12 0
Pottawatomie... 0 14 1 0
Neosho.........,- 3 26 6 9 0

Total.... .... sn Gics, secbeaeee 134 222 44 1

 

 

Hampden having received a majority of all the votes cast, was duly declared
the county seat by the County Commissioners, May 23, 1863. The first session
of the Board of County Commissioners at Hampden was held in August, 1863.

The next election for the ‘permanent location” of the county seat of Cof-
fey County was held November 7, 1865, in pursuance of a proclamation order-
ing the same, issued by the County Commissioners October 3. A petition for
the election, signed by three-fifths of the voters, had previously been presented
to the Board. The result of this election was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Precincts. Burlington, |Hampden.| Ottumwa.

Hampden .. ..- 18 36 1
Nashville a 10 35 3
Burlington.. 122 0
California 19 3 46
Le Roy.. 2 94 30
Neosho. 36 4 2
Ottumwa... 0 -.-.-- ont; vee 6 11 83
Pottawatomie........ -..e..e.- 00s ase 6 8 0

TNO GA sais ococesteaness aad wailed pudndeb sia iawacnasemouiae 219 191 | 165

 

 

 

 

of County Commissioners, January 1, 1866, the Board of County Commis-
sioners met in the upper story of the Hurlbut building, in Burlington. This
story was rented one year for county offices for $100.

October 26, 1866, the County Commissioners issued an order for another
election for the permanent location of the county seat of Coffey County, to be
held December 4, in pursuance to a petition for such an election, signed by
three-fifths of the voters. The result of this election was as follows:

 

 

  
 
 
 
  
 

 

Precincts. Burlington. | Ottumwa, Hampden. Blank,
Nashville..............e;ceeeee eee oe 21 17 - 0 9
Hampden.... hace Bh ey rantays ae Bea 66 1 2 1
Burlington .. 158 1 0 0
Califorsia 26 45 0 0
Le Roy.. 2 153 0 0
Neosho. 29 23 0 0
Ottumwa.. ot Ses ‘| 12 90 0 0
Pottawatomie...... Sia daldlanier Sor intdsess 14 0 0 0

Total sviesiicicacinsieie: dent mites nevaewisie inlets 328 330 2 1

 

 

 

No town having received a majority of the votes, another election was or-
dered by the County Commissioners, to be held December 18, 1866, which
resulted as follows :

 

 

   

 
  
  

 

Precincts. Burlington. Ottumwa. Blank.

Nashville . 28 32 0
Hampden. 80 8 1
Burlington 194 0
California. | 18 61 0
Le Roy.... | 6 171 0
Neosho.... | 41 29 0
OUD WS sides, aac abe eewanzere. as. t 24 3 94 0
Pottawatomie.... i 2 3 _ 0

Mobabs: | stimasag Ander saryeetgenaee wodenges | 416 | 399 1

 

 

Burlington was proclaimed the county seat by the County Commissioners
on the 22d of December, 1866.

This was the last election for the ‘‘permanent location” of the county seat
of Coffey County. The county seat has remained at Burlington since No.
vember 25, 1865. The main cause of the many elections on this question was
the hope of the people of Le Roy and Ottumwa of dividing the county, as
has been previously stated. It was believed by them that by locating the
county seat either at Le Roy or Ottumwa the prospect of so dividing the
county as to make both towns centres of new counties, would be strengthened.
Again there were other people who assisted in keeping the agitation alive for
mercenary motives. A courity seat election afforded them opportunities of
selling their votes and influence to the highest bidder. At the last election a
contract was made between the managers in the interest of Burlington and a
Le Roy man, whereby the latter was to receive $50 for every vote cast at Le
Roy for Burlington. Six votes for Burlington were clandestinely cast at Le
Roy at that time, for which the “party of the second part” received $300.
These county seat elections reeked with corruption, and all interested parties
and participants were’more or less tainted with it.

RAILROAD HISTORY.

The first Territorial Legislature, at its session at the Shawnee Mission in
the summer of 1855, chartered the South Kansas Railroad Company. The
road was to commence at the boundary line between Missouri and Kansas, di-
rectly west of Springfield, Mo., and run to the west line of the territory, so as
to extend the southern branch of the Pacific railroad in the direction of Cali-
fornia. This road, if built, would necessarily have run through the centre of
Coffey County. During that same session of the Territorial Legislature a
charter was granted to the ‘Central Railroad Company of Kansas Territory,”
the road of which was to commence at Roseport, oppusite St. Joseph, Mo., and
run southwest to Lecompton, and from thence southward via the Neosho val-
ley, in the direction of Galveston Bay. These were the two first railroads
chartered that proposed running through Coffey County. February 12, 1858,
the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson Railroad Company was chartered
by the Territorial Legislature. This road was to commence at Leavenworth
and run to Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, via Lawrence and Minneola,
with a branch commencing at the crossing of Deer Creek, in Allen County,
and running from thence up the Neosho valley to Fort Riley. This company
was organized December 10, 1857, at Leavenworth, and Dr. J. B. Chapman
was its first president. Burlington was the headquarters of the Neosho valley
branch, and a preliminary survey of this entire branch was made during the
summer of 1858, and some grading was also done on the road in Coffey County
that year, to save the charter. This was the first railroad work ever done in
Coffey County. June 14, 1858, the Jefferson City & Neosho Valley Railroad
Company was chartered. This company was authorized to construct a railroad
through the counties of Linn, Anderson, Coffey and Breckinridge, in the Ter-

 

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ritory of Kansas, beginning at a point on the Missouri State line to be deter-
mined by the company, and to continue the Osage Valley & Southern Kansas
Railroad, chartered: by the Missouri Legislature and approved November,
1857, and running thence westward ninety miles, via Moneka, in Linn
County, Hyatt, in Anderson County, Hampden and Ottumwa, in Coffey County,
to Emporia, in Breckinridge County. The first Directors were Josiah Lamb,
John O. Wattles, Augustus Wattles, R. Gilpatrick, W. F. M.' Arny. W. L.
Webster, Moses E. Grimes, W. A. Ela, John T. Cox, G. W. Brown, E. P.
Bancroft, Marcus J. Parrott, and J. W. Denver. The first officers were as fol-
jJows: W.F.M.Arny, president; E. P. Bancroft, vice president; John T.
Cox, secretary; John O. Wattles, treasurer. Meetings in the interest of this
road were frequently held at points along the proposed line and the president
made visits to Washington to obtain aid from the general government
to assist in the work. of building the road. The war killed the project.
February 5, .1860, the Fort Scott, Neosho & Sante Fe Railroad
Company was chartered. The road was to commence at the boundary line be-
tween Kansas and Missouri, east of. Fort Scott, where the same shall be inter-
sected by the Fort Scott branch of the Tebo and Neosho road and run westerly
vta Fort Scott, the valley of the Marmaton, to a point in the western or southern
boundary of the Territory of Kansas, in the direction of Santa Fe, by the most
feasible route. Corporators: William R. Judson, H. T. Wilson, A. G. Osborn,
George A. Crawford, C. W. Blair, A. Ellison, B. L. Riggins, J. H. Couch, E.
S. Lowman, William R. Griffith, J. A. Smith, John Vetetoe, T. P. Killen, Jesse
Parsons, Jr., P. G..D, Morton, J. C. Lambden, G. T. Donaldson, H. Brownson,
N. B. Blanton and Isaac Tibbetts, February 27, 1860 was chartered the Olathe
and Southern Kansas Railroad Company. The road was to commence at or near
Olathe, in Johnson County, and run to’ some point on the southern
boundary of the Territory, va Peoria, Burlington and Chelsea, Corporators :
Tsaiah Walker, Ed. S. Nash, Alfred Johnson, A. D. Downs, L. S. Cornwell, Je
E. Hayes, O. E. Learnard, William P. Overton, Charles G. Keeler, William
Donalson, James McGrew, Thomas Ii. Swoap, P. P. Elder, J. M. Hendry, J.
C, Lambden, G. D. Donaldson and P. G. D. Morton. February 27, 1860, was
chartered the Western Railrodd Company. The road was to connect with the
Jefferson City and Neosho Valley Railroad at Hampden, and run southwesterly
via Chelsea to the southern boundary of the Territory. Corporators:
John J. Sanders, Charles Morse, John Russell, Isaac Sanders, David
Grimes, W. A. Ela, John M. Espy, Alva Townsend, H. Brownson, J. C, Lamb-
den, P. G. D. Morton, Perry Woodruff and William Tulk. February 27, 1860,
was chartered the State Line, Osawatomie and Fort Union Railroad Company.
Thé road was to commence at seme point of LykinsC ounty, and run southwest-
erly to the south boundary of the Territory. in the direction of Fort Union. Cor-
porators: E, W. Robinson, John B. Schofield, A. Hunt, R. Gilpatrick, W.
F. M. Arny, John T. Cox, O. E. Learnard, G. W. Nelson, J. C. Lambden, Dr.
Ashmore, Thomas Lindsey, William L. Webster, Penrose Johnston and P. G.
D. Morton. February 27, 1860, was chartered the Missouri River, Southern
Kansas, Fort Union and Pacific Telegraph Company, which proposed the con-
struction of a telegraph line from Jefferson City, Mo, through Southern Kan-
sas and Fort Union to the Pacific ocean. -Corporators: Juhn B. Scott, G. W.
Nelson, John T. Cox, W. A. Ela, W.F,.M. Arny, D. W. Houston, William
Spriggs, William L. Webster, Augustus Wattles, Andrew Stark, R. B. Mitchell,
J. B. Huggins, C.S. Lambden, P.G. Barrett, H. Brownson, P.G. D. Morton and
G.T. Donaldson. February 27, 1860, was chartered the Topeka and Southern
Kansas Railroad Company, which proposed the construction of a road from
Topeka to the southern boundary of the State, in the direction of Galveston
via Burlingame, Superior, and Ottumwa. Corporators: Loring Farnsworth,
John Ritchie, P. C. Schuyler, J. M. Winchell, John T. Cox, Lyman Allen, J.
A. Smith and J. D. Carney. The Topeka, Burlington & Verdigris R. R. Co.
was chartered July 16, 1869, with the following Board of Directors: S.S.
Prouty, J. M. Rankin, IJarrison Kelley, P.C. Schuyler, M. M. Murdock, J. Mather
Jones, H. J. Gregory, J. A. Coffey. Andrew Akin, T. H. Walker. Corporators :
S. S. Prouty, C. K. Holliday, John Guthrie, T. H. Walker and L.C. Wilmarth.
This road was to commence at Topeka and run to the south line of the State,
via Burlington. Coffey County voted to issue bonds to the amount: of $150,000
in exchange for stock in this road, and Wilson County voted to issue $200,000.
The panic of 1873 killed the enterprise. November 8, 1878, the Kansas City,
Builington & Southwestern Railway and Telegraph Co. was chartered with
the following Board of Directors: W.-H. Schofield, Joseph P. Hale, Alfred
R. Fisk, Charles H. Stone, Henry L. Chandler, Samuel Fisk, Orson Kent, A.
B. Schofield, James Houston, E.C. Manning and Edwin Tucker. This road
was to commence at Kansas City, Mo., and run through the counties of John-
son, Miami, Franklin, Coffey, Woodson, Wilson, Elk, Chautauqua, Butler, Cow-
ley, Sumner, Harper and Barber, and if necessary through other counties to
some point-on the south line of the State. None of these roads were construct-
ed. - About all of the work that was done on the most of them was in drafting
the charters and completing the organizations. :
Missouri Pacific Railway, Neosho Division—On the 25th of September,
1865, the Union Pacific Railway Company, Southern Branch, was chartered, with
the following board of directors: Robert McBratney, James R. McClure, T.
S. Huffaker, S. M. Strickler, G. M. Simcock, R. B. Lockwood, E. Goddard, R.
H. Abraham, B. B. Maxson, J. H. Watson, G. R. Ilarper, Peter Harvey, M. M.
‘Baker, John T. Cox, Harrison Kelley, F. W. Potter, John B, Scott, S.S. Prouty,
A. V.Coffin, N. S. Goss, Isaac N. Dow, and James Crane. The charter contem-
plated the construction of a railroad from some point at or near Fort Riley, Kan-
sas, to New Orleans, La., crossing the southern boundary of the State near the
Neosho river. November 3, 1865, the directors effected an organization at
Emporia by the election of officers as follows: J. H. Watson, president; N.S.
_Goss, vice-president; S. S, Prouty, secretary; Robert McBratney, correspond-
ing secretary; P. B. Maxson, treasurer. The complete history of this road is
given in another part of this work, in the general history of Kansas. Only
that portion which affects Coffey County will be mentioned here. Work on
the road was commenced at Junction City in the winter of 1868-69, and in Jan-

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uary, 1870, the locomotive entered Coffey County. February 22, 1870, the com-
pletion of the road to Burlington was celebrated, in a most imposing man-
ner, by an assemblage of thousands of people. A portion of the multitude
was an exeursion party of six hundred people from Topeka and intervening
points, which came on a special train of twelve cars. The entire legislature, in-
cluding its officers, and also all of the State officers, were of the excursion party.
‘A band of music accompanied the excursionists from Topeka. The party went
to Junction City over the Kansas Pacific Railway, and from thence to Burling-
ton over the Southern Branch. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road was not at that time completed to Emporia. The excursion party, upon
its arrival at Burlington at 4 P. M. was greeted at the depot by the thundering
of artillery and shouts from two thousand throats. The hungry excursionists
were immediately ushered into an immense tabernacle, where dinner was
served. In the evening a meeting was held in the Episcopal Church, which
was presided over by F. A. Atherly, president of the village. Addresses were
‘made by Gov. Harvey, John R. Goodin, Byron Sherry, T. Dwight Thacher,
Judge Kingman and others. The excursionists remained in the village that
night and departed at 8 o'clock the next day. There were not as many inhab-
itants in Burlington at that time, as there were people in the excursion party.

On the 29th of June, 1867, the people of Coffey County voted to subscribe
for stock to the amount of $200,000, and to authorize the Board of County Com-
missioners to issue bonds therefor, to the Union Pacific Railway Company,
Southern Branch. On the 14th of November, 1868, the railway company
assigned these bonds and all other franchises which they possessed to the Land
Grant Railway & Trust-Company, in consideration of an agreement of the said
Land Grant Railway & Trust Company to. build, equip and operate a railroad
from Junction City to the south line of the State. The Land Grant Railway
& Trust Company was chartered by the State of Pennsylvania, which was
authorized to do business in any State, Territory or Country, except Pennsylvania.
It was this company that built and operated the road. In the spring of 1870,
when this company demanded the $200,000 of bonds of'Coffey County the com-
missioners refused to deliver them, on the ground that the Land Grant Rail-
way & Trust Company had no legal existence outside of the State of Pennsyl-
vania, which had created the organization. Jandamus proceedings were insti-
tuted in the supreme court against the County Commissioners, and at the
July term, 1870, the writ of mandamus was refused. the supreme court sustain.
ing the position of the County Commissioners. Coffey County thus evaded the
issuance of these bonds.

In 1869 the name of the Union Pacific Railway Company, Southern Branch,
was changed to Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company. August: 13,
1880, this company was consolidated with the Missouri Pacific system, and that -
portion of*the road between Junction City and Parsons is now known as the
Neosho Division of the Missouri Pacific Railway. : :

Missouri Pacific Railway Company, Arizona Division—February 29, 1869,
the Paola & Fall River Railroad Company was chartered, The ‘charter pro-
vided for the construction of a railroad from Paola to Fall River, via Garnett
and Neosho Falls. Subsequently the route was changed, substituting Le Roy
for Neosho Falls. A portion of the road bed was graded at an early day, and
some townships in Coffey County issued bonds in exchange for stock in the en-
terprise. Owing to financial embarrassments the company failed and work on
the road was abandoned. January 16, 1879, charter was granted to the St.
Louis, Kansas & Arizona Railway Company, one division of which was to com-
mence at or near a point in the county of Miami, where the eastern boundary
line of Kansas was intersected by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, and
to run southwesterly through the State via Coffey County. This company pur-
chased the old road bed of the Paola & Fall River Company and completed the
road to le Roy January 11, 1880. August 13, 1880, this road was absorbed by
the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and is now known as the Arizona Di-.
vision of the Missouri Pacific. July 1,-1880, bonds were issued in exchange for
stock in this company, as follows: Avon Township, $2,000; Le Roy Township,
$35,180; Le Roy city, $20,866 ; Spring Creek Township, $16,580; total $74,-
606. :

Ottawa & Burlington Railroad —The Kansas City, Burlington & Santa
Fe Railway Company was chartered February 4, 1870, with a board of incorpo-
rators asfollows: John M. Rankin, John T. Cox, L. W. Morey, F. A. Atherly,
P.S. Patton, Charles Puffer, Orson Kent, H. L. Jarboe, Job Throckmorton, D.
P. Metcalf, J. M. Lane, Theodore C. Bowles, A. M. Blair, Daniel De Ford.
James Robb, J. W. Magee and Noah Pixler. Thecharter provided for the con-
struction of a railroad from Kansas City, Mo., to some point in southwestern
Kansas, in the direction of Santa Fe, N. M., via Ottawa, Burlington and Eure-
ka. This road was completed to Burlington April 1, 1878. On the 31st of
March, 1877. bonds of Coffey County to the amount of $100,000 were issued to
the company in exchange for stock. -The completion of the road to Burlington
was celebrated in an enthusiastic manner by the citizens of that city. An ex-
cursion party from Kansas City, numbering about one hundred people, includ-
ing the Board of Trade of that city participated inthe celebration. A twelve-
pound Parrott gun was burst during the firing of a salute in honor of the excur-
sionists. On the return of the excursion party to Kansas City the next day,
they were accompanied by several hundred people from Burlington and neigh-
boring localities. January 17, 1881, this road was sold at Sheriff's sale, at Ot-
towa, to Alden Speare, Charles S. Tuckerman and Lucius M. Sargent. Febru-
ary 19, 1881, these gentlemen, together with George H. Nettleton, J.S. Ford, J.
B. Emmert, Ira Harris, M. E. Jones and John W. De Ford, formed a new cor-
poration for the operation of this road, under the name of Ottawa & Burlington
Railroad Company. It is now operated by the Kansas City, Lawrence &
Southern Kansas Railroad Company, which is a part of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe Railroad system.

Prospective Railroads —The St. I.ouis & Emporia Railway Company was
chartered February 2, 1881, with a board of directors as follows: H.C. Cross,
C. Hood, William Martindale, Van R. Holmes and L. T. Heritage. The char-
ter authorizes the construction of a road from Emporia to the eastern boundary
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of Kansas in the direction of St. Louis via the counties of Coffey, Anderson and
Linn. Burlington is assured of being a point on thisroad. The Nebraska, To-
peka, Iola & Memphis Railway Company was chartered June 17, 1881, with a
board of directors as follows: F. W. Giles, P. G. Noell, T. B. Swett, H. L.
Northrup, J. H. Richards, George A. Bowlus, J. D. Hill, Caleb H. Malin and
B. F. Hobart. The charter authorizes the construction of a road commencing
at some point at or near Topeka and running in a southerly direction through
the counties of Shawnee, Osage, Allen, Neosho and Ciawford to some pointon
the east line of Crawford County, in the direction of Memphis, Tenn. Janu-
ary, 1882, Coffey County voted té issue $125,000 in bonds in exchange for
stock in this company. The Kansas & Nebraska Central Railway Company
was chartered August 1, 1882, with a board of directors as follows:
T. L. Wilson, A. M. Ayers, Ira D. Bronson, Loring Farnsworth, J. M. Davies,
L. H. Garden and D. H. Horne. The-charter authorizes the construction of a
road from Fort Scott to Topeka, via Waverly in Coffey County.

MILITARY HISTORY.

- When the first call was made for volunteers for the Union army in the late war the men
of Coffey County responded prompt . Company G of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry was
mostly made up at Oftumwa and Le Roy, and Company E of the same regiment, from
about Burlington and vicinity. Many enlisted in the Ninth Kansas Cavalry and ’
regiments. In September, 1861, nearly every able-bodied man_in the county ralll
Fort Lincoln, Bourbon County, in response to a call for aid from Gen, Lane, of he Kansas
Brigade, who was expecting an attack by the rebelarmy that had just defeated Lyon at
Wilson’s Creek. All of the clothing and camp and garrison equipage that was designed for
the First and Second Kansas Regiments, valued at $1,000,000, was in store at Fort Lincoln.
Those reglnents were at that time with Gen. Sturgisin Missouri, and it was Suspected by
Gen. Lane that the rebels, after their victory at Springfield, designed seizing the stores

_ that were in transitu from Fort Leavenworth to Sturgis’army for the Kansas regiments.
A detachment from the rebelarmy, under Gen. Rains, did come within a few miles of
Fort Scott, where it was met and repulsed by Lane's brigade. The volunteers from Coffey
County and other portions of the Neosho Valley defended Fort Lincoln and labored on the

earthwork, while Laneand his vrigade were at the front. In May, 1862, the First and

Second Indian re iments were organized at Le Roy from Refuges Indians, In 1861, Col.

W. G. Coffin, of Indiana, had been appointed Superin endent of Indian Affairs for the

Southern Su erintendeney: The headquarters of that superintendency were at Tahlequah,

Indian Territory. In thefall ofthat year he attempted to Bo to his headquarters with $60, -

000 in gold for the Cherokee Indians ina Government ambulance, and with asmall army
escort. From the Osage Mission he was_accompanied to Crawford Seminary by Father
Schoenmaker, the founder of the Osage Mission. Deeming it unsafe to proceed further,
Col. Coffin sent word to John Ross, principal chief of the Cherokees at Tahlequah, that the
money for the Cherokees was at Crawford Seminary and could be obtained upon applica-
tion for it atthat place by Mr. Ross. After waiting several days and receiving neither a
visit from Mr. Ross or agent, nor any messare from him, the Colonel grew uneasy. Upon
the urgent request of ascout named Bill Brooks (anephew of Preston 8. Brooks, of South
Carolina) the Colonel turned back and went to Washington, and subsequent events proved
that his retreat was made none to soon, as Mr. Ross was scheming to capture the Colonel
and money, with the probable intention of apprcpriating the money to his personal use.

‘During Gol. Coffin’s absence in Washington several thousand Indians from the Indian
Territory, who had been driven from their homes by rebel Indians, took refuge on the
Verdigris River, near the present-town of Corrie: They arrived there during the months
of November and December, 1861. Their leader was Opothleoholo, a Creek, who had

 

 

 

fought Jackson in the Creek war in Georgia. and who was believed to be over one hun- -

dred years old at the time of thisexodus. Two or three severe battles were fought in the
Indian Territory between these refugees and the rebel Indians. They were accompanied
on their march by their squaws and papooses. Their only means of transportation were
ponies, Their sufferings were intense, and many died from exposure and hunger.

Col. Coffin having succeeded in securing the removal of his headquarters from Table-
quah to Le Roy, removed the refugees to that place during tne winter of 1861-’62 The
tribes represented there were Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, Uchee,

uawpaw, Keechi, Southern Shawnee, and Southern Delaware. The refugees numbered
about 8,000 souls. In May, 1862, the Firstand Second Indian Regiments were organized
at Le Roy. The field and staff officers were white men, and those of the First Indian Regi-
ment were as follows: Robert W. Furnas (since Governor of Nebraska) Colonel; Stephen
H. Wattles, Lieutenant Colonel; William A. Phillips, Major; J.H. Gilpatrick, First Lieuten-
aotand Adjutant; 8. S, Prouty, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Lieut. Prouty served
as Quartermaster until February 28, 1863, when he was relieved by Lieut. John T. Cox,
who served until September, 1863. Lieut Prouty then succeeded Lieut. Cox and filled the
position until mustered out, October 12,1864. John Chess, of Le Roy, was commissioned
First Lieutenant and Adjutaht May 28, 1863, and served as such until the regiment was
mustered out. The field and statt officers of the Second Indian Regiment were as follows:
John Ritchie, Colonel; David Corwin, Lieutenant Colonel; M. B.C. Wright, Major; E. W.
_ Robinson, Adjutant; George Huston, Quartermaster; Charles Brown, of Coffe: ounty,
First Lieutenant; anil Jule C. Cayot,of the same county,was Second Lieutenant in the Thir
Indian Regiment, which was subsequently organized in the Indian Territory. Mostof
the teamsters of the First Indian Regiment were citizen employees, and were residents of
Coffey County. Charies Puffer, of Burlington, served six months under Lieut. Prouty in
‘thecapacity of Quartermaster Sergeant, though he was never mustered into the service.
During the campaign in the Indian Territory, (uring the summer of 1862, over one-half
of tne soldiers of the First Indian Regimeut déserted and returned to Le Roy owing to the
want of military discipline. In November of that year Lieut. Prouty was ordered by Gen.
Blunt, commanding the army of the frontier, then operating in northwestern Arkansas, to.
goto Coffey County and make an effor. to induce the deserters to return to their command.
The Lieutenant, accompanied by Sergt. Puffer and a couple of Indian soldiers, proceeded to
Burlington, and there established his headquarters. A supplytrain, filled with commis-
sary stores and clothing, followed him from Fort Scott. By good tactand management on
the part of Lieut. Prouty and his ass letants, all of the deserters were soon in canip in Bur-
lington and over a hundred new men enlisted. About six hundred Indian soldiers were
encamped at Burlington, with only one white officer tocommand them, The Lieutenant
divided his commanit into four compauies, over which he placed an Indlan commissioned
officer, supplied his men with clothing, arms and rations, marched his men a distance o:
two hundred and fifty miles, and delivered them tothe regimentat Rhea’s Mill, Arkansas,
without the desertion ota man. The bigvest half of the regiment was with him, and the
only white assistant he had was Sergt. Pulfer. His command served as an scort to a
supply train from lore Scott to Rhea’s M ll, Hea was absent from his regimen’ ess than
twomonths. Coffey County furnished other officers during the war as foll’ws: O. E.
Learnard, Lieutenant Colonel of the First Kansas; W A. Jenkins, Lieutenant Colonel of
the Fifth Kansas; 8. R, Harrington, Major of the Fifth Kansas; Harrison Kiley, Captain
Company B Fifth Kansas; James 8. Hunt, Captain Company E Fifth <ansas; H. N, PF.
Reed, Gaptain Company I Ninth Kansas; Clark McKay and George W. S. Bell, Captains
Company F Twelfth Kansas; George W. Stevens, First Lieutenant and Commissary Fifth
Kansas ;James M. Lane, First Lieutenant Company E Fifth Kansas; Ansel D. Brown, Iirst
Lieutenant Company F Fifth Kansas: William KE McGinnis, First Lieutenant Company K
Fifth Kansas; James M. Heddens, First Lieutenant Company K Fifth Kansas; Charlies
Cochrane, First Lieu'enant Company F Twelfth Kansas; Delos Miller, Second Lieutenant
Company H Fifth Kansas; William J. Brewer, Second Lieutenant Company K Fifth Kan-
sas; John M. Singer, Second Lieutenant Company H Ninth Kansas; Allen Crocker, Second
Lieutenant Comvany F Twelfth Kansas. Ducing ths Price Raid in October, 1864, the Six-
teenth Regiment Kansas State Militia, seven companies of which were of Coffey County,
went to the front and did honorable service throughout the campaign. The field and staif
officers of the regiment were as follows: .F. W. Potter, Colonel; N. 8. Goss, Lieutenant
Colonel; William B. Perry, Major; S. C. Junkins, First Lieutenant and Adjutant; Orson
Kent, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster: William Manson, Surgeon. The line officers

 

 

‘0 were asfollows: Company A, Joseph Jenks, Captain; D. H. Holt, First
eeaante NU, Terrill, Second Lieutenant. Company B, A. A. Burr, Captain; George
Geisey, First Lieutenant; Theodore O’Leary, Second Lieutenant. Company C, Curtis Phil-

Sapiain; John A, Robinson, First Lieutenant; William B. Perry, Second Lieutenant.
UPS Shee wD James A, Stewart, Captain; Payton Casner, First Lieutenant; Asa whitney,
Second Lieutenant. Company E, Mark McLeese, Captain; J. 8. Harrell, First Lieutenant;
Joseph Leabo, Second Lieutenant, Company I, John Douglas. Captain; Samuel J. Carter,
First Lieutenant; Warren Crandall, Second Lieutenant. Company K, Charles Puffer, Cap-
tain; Job Throckmorton, First Lieutenant; Thomas Arnold, Second Lieutenant. During
the Price Raid, Lieut. Prouty served on the staff of Maj. Gen. Curtis, who commanded the

Army of the Border.
RECORD OF CRIMES, CASUALTIES, ETC,

, Dr. Hamilton Smith, committed suicide at Ottumwa, with a shot gun.
Feet an 186, Leonidas Williamson, while attempting to walk a¢gross the Neosho
River on ice, 3t the mouth of Lebo Creek, broke through and was drowned,

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

April, 1858, 4 man named Claywell, hanged at Le Roy, by a miscellaneous collection
of citizens, by order of a Squatter’s Court, he having been convicted by that court of the
crime of horse stealing. :

_ Inthe fall of 1858, Alexander Hamilton killed John Haney, in a shooting affray at Le-
Roy. Hamilton was examined before a Justice's Court and acquitted. i
July 20, 1860, Victor Moquett, shot through the head by a rifle ball and killed, on South
Big Creek. The fatal shot was fired by Dr. William Brown. The parties were deer hunting
alone, The doctorclaimed that the killing was an accident, the ball having struck 4 large
stone, from which it glanced and lodged in Moquett’s head. No coroner’s inquest was held,
nor did the doctor have a legal examination, :

October, 1860, Willlam Shaw and E. A. Green, of Burlington, murdered by Osage In-
dians, at a camp on the Cimmeron River. Inthe camp were William Shaw, A. E. Green, A.
G. Holland, Andrew Franklin, Jr., Austin Higley and Isaac Yingling, all of Coffey County,
They left Burlington October 15, 1860, with two wagons, each drawn by a span of horses, a
Supply offorage and provisions, and three extra horses. They were on a buffalo hunt.
When the camp wasattacked, all escaped and fled to another camp of white men, twenty
miles distant, exceptShaw and Green, The escaped party returned the next day, with as-
sistance, but found nothing but the dead budy of Shaw, whose head had been severed from
the body and placed upright on his breast. Green and allthe property were missing, and
were never beard of since. .

June 10, 1861, Mary Wiley and her son Willlam, aged about six years, murdered in bed,
thenight. Their bodies were hacked to pieces. The murdered parties lived in a
small house on the farm of John Johnson, about two miles west of Le Rov, south of the
river, ‘Mr. Johnson’s family lived in another house,.on the same farm. Mrs. Wiley was
supposed to bea mistress of thesenior Johnson. William Harrison Johnson and Wesley
Johnson, sons of John Johnson, of mature years, were missing after the murder. They
were Indicted by the Grand Jury of Coffey County. on the charge of being the murderers,
and Matilda Jobnson was also indicted on the chargeof an accessory after the fact, Ma-
tilda appeared before the October term of the court, was tried andacquitted. Her brothers
did not appear, having never been seen after themurder. Shortly after the trial of Matilda,
the whole family disappeared. — 5

March 28, 1862, Joseph P. Moore, found dead in his wagon, on the prairie, two miles
from his home, in Pottawatomie Township, near the Glenwood schoolliouse. He Jeft his
home on the 14th of March, with a wagon and a span of horses, fo 69 to LeRoy to get some
grist. Failing to return home that day, as was expected, his friends supposed he had gone

o the Verdigris to do some hauling for the refugee Indians. When found, his body was de-
void of clothing, his head was hairless, his bed clothing was chawed into rags, and the
wagon-box was gnawed to the bed. These devastations had been done by his horses,
hitched to the wagon, in their efforts to appease their hunger. One horse was standing and
the other lay dead. It is supposed that Mr. Moore got lost on the prairie, and that his death
was caused by a congestive chil}, to which he was subject. While he was lying in the slum-
ber of death on the bleak prairie, his friends at home elected him fo the office of Justice of
the Peace, a position he was holding at the time of his decease.

September 25, 1862, William Hamilton, killed Addison Vandever, near Le Roy, during a
fight between the two parties ata horse race. Hamilton struck Vandever a fatal blow on
the head with a board. August 22, 1864, Hamilton was convicted of inanslaughbter in the
third degree, and sentenced to an imprisonment of three months in the County Jail. ‘

In the spring of 1863 William Gibson, drowned by the sinking of a ferry-boat, in
the attempt to cross the river at Burlington. 3 .

September 18, 1864, C. R. Key’s residence, on his farm near Burlington, destroyed by
fire, with all of its contents, including a valuable law and miscellaneous library. Loss,

September 17, 1864, a negro named Sam, disemboweled by a negro named Smith,
during a drunken frolic at a dance at Nichols’ farmhouse in Neosho Townsnip, five miles
south of Burlington. Smith was then shot through the head and killed by ano her negro.
Sam diedthe nextday. All of the surviving parties were brought before Ahijah Jones,
Justice of the Peace at Le Roy, on Monday, August 19, but owing to his inability to disen-
tangle the evidence, the matter was referred to the people, who ordered the entire mob to
leave thecounty. The order was obeyed.

February 2, 1865, William Hastings, of Franklin County. murdered by an Indian named
Wa-tee-chee, near Pottawatomie Creek, Coffey County. astings was ridingin a lumber
wagon when he was shot by the Indian, who approached on horseback, in the rear,
Hastings, after he was shot, wentto place bis wallet, containing $500 in money, under a
bag of corn, when his murderer fled, supnosing Hastings was reaching for a pistol. Hast-
ings drove two miles to a farmhotse, where he died the following night. Money was the
motive forthe murder but the murderer did not get it. Wa-tee-chee was hanged for this
murder at Lawrence. January 19, 1866. e 2

March 12, 1865, the residence of Rev. Peter Remer, at Burlington, occupied by- the
family of F. A. Atherly, destroyed by fire. Household goods saved; loss $2,000 :

April 13, 1865, the wife of Sam Bull, colored, shot through the head and killed by a ball
fired through the window from the outside at the house of her lrother-in-law, Rufus, in
Neosho Township. The murderer was supposed to be her husband, with whom she would
not live.

May 8, 1865, the safe of the store of the Perry Brothers, at Le Roy, broken into and robbed
of $6,000 in money.

August 21, 1865, a German named Shank drowned while attempting to cross the Neo-
sho River at Hamilton’s Crossing, in a wagon drawn by aspan of horses. Everythirg lost.

November 25, 1865, Lewis Clark, a white man, shot a negro woman named Curry, on
his farm, three miles norttiwest of Le Roy, and then fired a shot at her-son, John. Ts.
Curry and her son were attempting to release some hogs, owned by them. which Clark had
confined in an enclosure on his premises. John returned the fire, which instantly killed
Clark, and then ran away. A party of men and boys from Le Roy hanged John’s wife to a
tree, with the expectation of extracting from her information of the whereabouts of her hus-
band, but she stoutly denied any knowledge of his hiding place. She was released without
materialinjury. The elder Mrs. Curry recovered from her wounds. John subsequently
returned and is now a respected farmer, living with his wife near Ottumwa.

January 7, 1866, the wife of Luther Hewlett, of Hampden, killed hy a fall from a horse
near the residence of Mr. McQuiston, in Eagle Creek, California Township,

February 28, 1866, John M. Singer, of Ottumwa, robbed of $185 in monev by two
highwaymen, after the exchange of several shots, a few miles this side of the Verdigris

River.
8 Stan 1866, destruction by fire of the residence of J. H. Howard, at Burlington.
088, $1,000.
: May 24, 3866. Jerome A. Smith, died at Le Roy, from injuries received by the kick of a
horse, May 20. :
September 8, 1866, visitation from grasshoppers.
. November 25, 1866, destruction by fire of the residence, with all of its contents, of M. E.
Grimes, in Avon Township. Loss, $1,200. During the previous summer he suffered a heavy
ecuniaryloss byafreshet. October 11, an infant son died; November 10, his dry kiln,
led with Bnishtug walnut lumber for the Episcopal Church at Burlington, was destroyed
by fire, involving a loss to him of $600.
May 20, 1866, John Brashier, aged thirteen, drowned while bathing In the river, near
the rerky crossing at Burilngton,
Al r 5, }867. an Infant son of John Russell, in Avon Township, killed by a fall from
a rocking-chalr, :
August 29, 1869, Wilson Hamilton, shot and killed by Jack Taylor, in Burlington, dur-
ing a family quarrel. Both were colored. ylor was convicted of manslaughter in the
pecond degree and sent to the penitentiary, where he died before the expiration of his sen-
ence,
September 1, 1869. David Watrous, of Cottey County, killed by the explosion of a steam
voller at Tinmbered Hill, Labette County.
January 18, 1870, Lewis Highland, aged twenty-four, hanged to death from the crotch
of a tree, into which ‘he had been thrown by thesudden rolling of a tree top lying on the
ground, which he was trimming, on the farm of Hardin McMahon, in California Town-

ship.

Beptember 30, 1871. Timothy Pearson, stabbed Joseph M. Vetetoe in the neck, with a
knife, causing death, at Le Roy. Pearson was sent to the penitentiary, but was soon after-
wards pardoned.

December 23, 1871, Stephen Brown, murdered Harvey Deaver, at the residence ofthe
later, near Ottumwa. The murder was committed with a pistol. ‘The murderer was sen-
tenced to the penitentiary for ten years. :

March 5, 1872, Alexander Louther, a bachélor, aged forty years, blew the top of his
head off by a charge fr«m a gun fired by his own hands, during’a fit of insanity, at his resi-
dence, in Rock Creek Township. .

March 11, 1872. Frank Fear], aged about six years, shot and killed his mother, Mrs.
Silas Fearl, with a self-cocking revolver, with which he was playing, at the familly resi-
Gentrareh 38, 1872 the Burli : i: 1

arc é e Burlington postoffice was entered by burglars in the night and
robbed of $460 in: :cney and stampa % % ®

‘May 11, 1872, Eli.ha Denecke, aged twenty years, was impaled upon the tines ofa pitch-
fork, In his own hands. He fell upon the tines by-the giving away of the roof of a shed,
upon which he was standing and from jyulel hg was vitching old hay. He died within a
few minutes from thetime of the accident. This occurred on the farm of Charles Tom-
linson, across theriver from Burlington.

August 16, 1872, William Watkins. a young married man, aged twenty years, drowned
while attempting to cross the Neosho River in a dug-out, at the ford at Job Throckmorton’s.

August 28, 1872, William Tipton Reck, died from Injuries received by a fall from a pony,
on Long Creek, thrée days previous, z :

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COFFEY

November 25, 1872, George W. Beard, aged fourte
° ‘ en, committed suicide by hanging, on
account of reproof from his mother for not ee terine some calves, on Spring Creek. ee
duly 81, 1 73, hurricane on Big and Turkey Creeks, destroylng crops and several houses.
ecember 5, 1878, M. C. Dow, of California Township, killed by the accidental discharge
of his own gun, near Halftree, while rabbit-lunting.

August 29, 1874, William McDonald shot and-kitled Michael Pointing,in Key West
Township, Pointing was atthe head of a party which had been organized for the purpose
of stampeding a herd of Southern cattle, under the charge of McDonald. After firing the
fatal shot McDonald fled, but was afterward _ arrested in Texas in the spring of 1878, by
een de eae eee eee beae ts Carey County, He was convicted of manslaughter in

, n of the District’ Cour
fora fakes offwenty Seats . , and sentenced to the penitentiary
anuary 29, 5, Albert Wetherby, whose home _was one mile south of Burlington,
killed by the accidental discharge of his own gun, on Fall River, while returning home in
company with James Martindale,

- May 9, 15%6, Henry Godsey, aged 23, drowned in Eagle Cr 0
to rord e ih ahorse. 7 aie g! gle Creek, which he was attempting
une ll, . M. Hedges murdered George S. Cook with an ax, while the latter was
asleep, at the residence of Mr. Coy, in Pottawatomie Township. Both had previously kept
an auction store at Burlington, and were on their way to Wyandotte, Kansas, at the time of
the murder. Hedges was convicted of murder inthe second degree and committed to the
penitentiary for aterm of twenty-one years, He was subsequently pardoned.

September, 1877, E. M. Sharp, living on Big Creek, Neosho Township, blew the top df
his head off by the accidental discharge of his gun,

April 3, 1878, Charles Best shotand Killed Patrick Mahan, in a saloon broil, at Burling-
ton, uring The night of the celebration over the comuletion to Burlington of the Kansas
City, Burlington & Santa Fe Railroad. Best was convicted of manslaughter in the third
degree and sentenced to imprisonment for six months in the jail of Greenwood County.

June 29, 1878, Bradley P. Ford, aclerkin the Central House, Burlington, accidentally
drowned while attempting to ford the Neosho River at Burlington. His body was not re-
covered until eight days after the drowning. —

November 15, 1878, Theodore O’Leary, smothered to death ina coal pit, on his farm, in
Rock Creek Township. He was buried alive in the pit by the caving {n upon him of the

roof.
June 25, 1879, Stephen L. Stouder, aged 33, drowned in a pool of water two feet deep,
near Strawn. He is supposed to have been stricken with a paralytic fit.
October 28, 1879, Mrs. Worth Elliott, the youngest daughter of the deceased Gen. John
B. Scott, burned to death, at the family residence, on Big Creek, ten miles west of Le Roy.
Her clothes caught fire by the explosion of a coal oil lamp, which she was carrying in her
hands. Her body was burned to a crisp.
. January 21, 1880, Etwin_S: Henderson, a resident of Burlington, burned to death in
the office of the Cherryvale Globe, during its destruction by fire.
_ May 9, 1870, Henry Grifith drowned, while attempting to cross a ravine in the front of
his residence, near Bangor, which had been filled with water by the bursting of a water

spout.

May 26, 1880, Elisha Baldwin, aged 15 years, son of J. M, Baldwin, killed by lightning
on Turkey Creek.

April 18,1880,a tornado swept through the county, destroying houses at Strawn, Burling
ton and Waverly: No lives lost.

pus me 1880, George Geisey, thréwn from his horse and killed, in front of residence,
near rs

April 29, 1881, five business houses destroyed _by fire in Burlington, involving a loss of
$15,000. The houses were owned by C, A, Clark, J. M, Allison, S. 8. Freeman, H. G. Beatty
and T. J. Goodwin. :
if May 16; 1881, John La Rue, killed by lightning, on his farm, four miles east of Bur-

ngton. 4
ay 80,1881, J. V. Blakely, aged 40, of Parsons, a freight conductor on the Missouri
Pacific, crushed to death while engaged in coupling ears at Le Roy. 3
a Jul Aso 1881, Leonidas Goodall, killed by a fall from the top of a load of hay, in Star
township.

June Bs. 1882, William Olds, killed by the accidental discharge of his revolver, at the
William Crotty Crossing of Big Creek. The revolver fell from his pocket while he was
putting his head in the creek and the contents were discharged by the hammer striking a
stone.

January 22, 1882, five business houses destroyed by fire at Waverly, involving a loss of
$6,900. Among the houses destroyed was the hotel.

STATISTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL.

The population of Coffey, by townships, as taken by the County Assessor on the first of
March, 1882, was as follows; Avon, 525; Burlington, 671; City of Burlington, 2,181; Califor-
nia, 975; Hampden, 574; Key West, 711; Le Roy, 1,071; Liberty, 835; Neosho, 648; Ottumwa,
920; Pleasant, 1,123; Pottawatomie, 551; Rock Creek, 992; Spring Creek, 516; Star, 457.
Toval in the county, 12,750. aay ;

The number of organized school districts in Coffey County, November 1, 1882, was 80;
Number of districts Sustaining public schools three months during the year, 78. Assessed
valuation of all property in the county, $2,625,363.66._ Average per cent, levied for school
purposes, 01%. Estimated value of school proverty, $75,000. Number of school buildings,
98. Number of schoolrooims, 110. Cost of maintaining schools during the year 1882, $30,-
761.11. Average length of the school year, 28 weeks. School population, 2,380 males and
1,871 females. Number of teachers employed, 51 males and 76 females. :

The history of the formation of the several townships in the county is as follows: Pot-
tawatomie, Ottumwa, California, Avon, Burlington, Le Roy and Néosho were established
June 5, 1858, at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at Hampden. At # meeting of the
Supervisors November 3, 1859, the pumber of townships was reduced to four, viz: Avon,
Le Roy, Ottumwa and Burlington, February 13, 1860, the seven townships were re-estab-
lished as existed prior to November 3, 1859. Rock Creek was established October 3. 1870;
Pleasant, Hampden and Liberty, February 6, 1871; Spring Creek, November 11, 1872; Key
West, January 5, 1874; Star, April 18, 1874. es

e The first agricultural fair in the county was held on the farm of Henry W, Ela, near
Burlington, October 9, 1860. The ladies that rode horseback for premiums at this fair were
Mrs. Judge Kingsbury. Mrs. Packard, Miss Julia Kinzie, Miss Ann Heddens, and Miss

Bundy, They wereall awarded prizes by the judges. ;

The monster ox, weighing 3.000 pounds, that has been exhibited throughout the coun-
tryin W. W. Cole’s circus and menagerie, was raised on the farm of Crandall & Baldwin, in
Coffey County. 5 .

Tithe spe of 186, a hail storm visited Le Roy, in which werefhailstones weighing a
pound and a half. The stones went through the roofsand sides of houses like shot, Live
stock was killed and many houses were damaged by the storm.

~ During the Price raid the Kansas Patriot, at Burlington. suspended publication from
October~8 to November 5, 1864, everybody connected with the office having gone to
thefront. The editor was engaged Inthe battle of Westport. - oa -

Chronological: November 1,1864, Captain Charles Puffer’s company of militia was treated
to a supper by the ladies of Burlington, on its return from the Price raid. ‘ Wednesday, No-
vember 2, 1864, sixinches of snow on the ground in Coffey County.—December 2, 1864,
Atherly Bros’. cotton gin arrived._December 4, 1864, Company “HE,” Fifteenth Kansas,
went into winter quarters on the Howard place, in Burlington. Curtis Johnson, Captain;
John Smith, First Lieutenant; W. H. Bisbee, Second Lieutenant. Bighteen men, includin
three commissioned officers, were wounded in the Price raid. Capt. Johnson and Lieuf,
Bisb e were among the wounded. Three men died from their wounds.—January 2. 1865,
Burlington ladies gave a dinner to Capt. Johnson’s company.—danuary 2, 1865, John Mc-
Williams died at Burlington. He was a blacksmith, could quote Shakspeare by the hour,
had traveled all overthe world, and was an originalcharacter. He was an uncle of Katy
Putnam, the distinguished actress,—January 13, 1865, Captain Johnson’s company broke
camp and departed for Fort Smith.—February 25, 1865, Capt.ePuffer, with his company of
militia, seized 130 head of Indian cattle in possession of John Osborn and John McMahan,
on the Verdigris.—March, 1865 ten thousand buffalo hides arrived at Orson Kent’s store,
Burlington, during the month.—April, 3, 1865, an oyster supper given to Col. F. W. Potter
by citizens of Burlington, in recogaition of his services in destroying the traffic in Indian
cattle. Resolutions of thanks to Col. Potter and Capt. Puffer’s company of militia were
adopted.—April16, 1865, ilJumination of the houses of Burlington over the news of Lee’s
surrender. The issue of the Burlington Patriot of April 15th says: ‘'The boys in town
made the anvils crack like thunder on Thursday evéning last, at the reception of the news
of thesurrender of Lee’s Miserables. The air was clear and still, and the anvils seemed to
partake of the enthusiastic sentiment that perzided the hearts of the townspeople, for they
never spoke moreeloquently. For ourself, we felt as though we wouldliketo have heard
a million-pounder touched off, so the report could be heard in ‘hold Hingland,’ to waken up
the ideas of the people over there asto the true state of things on this side of the ‘big
salty."—A pril 23, 1865, the Burlington Patriot appears in mourning over the death of
Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated on the night of April 14.—April 17, 1865, organ-
ization of the Neosho Valley Immigratian Society. S.S. Prouty, president; J. H. Howard,
vice-president; Orson Kent, secretary; William Manson, treasurer, J. A. Walkling,
Charles Puffer ana C. L, Edwards, executive committee.—July, 1865, Le Roy granted a city
charter by H. N. Rent, Probate Judge. A. V. Coffin, President; Ahijah Jones, A. V. Coffin.
G. H. Dickinson, Thomas Crabtree and William Thornburg, Trustees.—July 15, 1865, awild
burtalo killed near the residence of Judge Enos Strawn, in California Township.—August 3,
1865, suit instituted in the District Court-against ¥, W, Potter, Charles Pu fer, Orlando

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Walkling, Charles L. Edwards and Thomas Arnold, by Silas Fearl, ay
amount of $2,500 by the forcible seizure by the defendants of Indian cattle, claimed to be
the property of the plaintiff.—August 10, 1865, a free dinner was given by the people of
Ottumwa to returned soldiers in Coffey County, and their wives._January 24, 1866, Dr. J.
C. Callaway, a former resident of Burlington, died at Oskaloosa, Lowa, of pulmonary con-
sumption.—February 8, 1866, George W. Stevens died at Kansas City, Mo., and buried in
that city with Masonic honors.—March 28, 1866, Almira, wifeof W. A. Ela, of the Hamp-
den colony, died near Hampden, aged fifty-one years.—March 30, 1866, death of the wife of
Wesley Stubblefield.—May 30, 1866, married at the residence of 8. S. Prouty, by Rev. W. H.
Hickcox, A. D. Brown to Miss Katie C, Morey.—September 15, 1866, Isaac E. Olney, who
published the Hampden Expositor, died at Garnett.—November 6, 1866, first daily mail

rom Ottawato Le Roy, Burlington aud Ottumwa,—February 23, 1867, the Bir ington
Patriot gets discouraged over the prospects of obtaining government aid for the Union Pa-
cific Railway Southern Branch, and advocates the voting of $1,000,000 in bonds for the en-
terprise by the counties interested.—March 18, 1867, snow five inches deep in Coffey
County.—April 4, 1867, J. M. Manson and William Throckmorton returned from a ten
days’ trip through the counties of Anderson, Franklin, Linn, Bourbon and Allen, in search
of vegetables for the Burlington market, but without success. They could not even obtain
forage for their horses.—April 24, 1867, a shock of earthquake felt in Coftey County.< May
11, 1867, market prices in Burlington as follows: Flour, $10 per 100 1bs.; corn meal, $2.50;
potatoes, $3.50; pork and bacon 20 cts. Money exceedingly, scarce, and grasshoppers hatch-
ing ont and threatening destruction of crops.—May 20, 1867, a fall of snow in Coffey

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BURLINGTON.

The act incorporating the Burlington Town Company was approved Feb.
ruary 20, 1857, The corporators were O: E. Learnard, Charles Motse, J. A.
D. Clark, T. T. Parsons and C. W.Southway. The first president of the com-
pany was C. W. Babcock, and the first secretary was B. W. Woodward, both
of Lawrence. The father of Burlington was O. E. Learnard, « native of Bur-
lington, Vt., in whose honor the town was named. In January, 1857, O. E.
Learnard, F.'A. Atherly, A. H. Vince, Edward Murdock, H. W. Watrous-
John Bishop and others arrived. They were the first occupants of the town
site. They boarded with Charles Morse, across the river, three miles distant.
The first house on the town site was a combination of two small houses, pro-

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL, BURLINGTON,

cured at Hampden, and made into one for a provision store for James Jones,
the first merchant. It was located east of the present ‘Central Hotel,” about
midway between that hotel andthe river. The second building erected was a
‘log house, built by Edward Murdock, and used by him for a wagon shop. The
third building erected was the ‘Burlington Hotel,” on the site of the “Morris
House,” built by F. A. Atherly, on contract with the Burlington Town Com-
pany, the lumber for which was rafted down the Neosho River, some thirty-five
or forty miles. During the building of the hotel, in May, 1857, Rev. Peter
Remer and family arrived. Mrs. Remer being the first woman that had ever
appeared on the town site, she was greeted with cheers by the workmen at the
hotel. The boys regarded her as the loveliest and handsomest lady they had
ever beheld, though it is possible that her beauty was hardly comparable with
that of Mrs. Langtry. Mr. Remer and his family located at Burlington, the
ardent admirers of Mrs. Remer abandoning the work on the hotel until a house
could be erected for the family. The “Burlington Hotel” was designed simply
for a boarding house, and it was located near the river for the accommodation
of the mill hands, When the time arrived for the erection of the hotel proper,
it was intended that it should be located on the south side of Rock Creek, on
the site now occupied by the office of S. A. Brown, and make that the nucleus
forthe town. The original town site consisted of 320 acres. In the spring of
1857, Dr. Samuel G. Howe, the Boston philanthropist and husband of Julia
‘Ward Howe, located a Wyandotte “float,” of 640 acres, adjoining the town
site on the west. One-half of this “float” was surveyed into lots and became a
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part of the town. The other part of the “float” is still owned by the heirs of
the deceased Dr. Howe. Inthe summer of 1857, Dr. Manson and Dr. Venard
arrived and took claims near town. Dr. Manson erected an office for himself
on Hudson street, a few rods east of what is now the Central Hotel. This
was the next building erected after the hotel. The first landlord of the hotel was
Francis Britton. In 1857 a bridge was constructed across the river, near the
site of the present bridge, by the town company, but it was carried away bya
freshet in 1859. The first steam saw mill in operation in the county was
started at Burlington in the spring of 1857. It was removed from Hampden, to
which place it had been sent by the Emigrant Aid Company. It could not be
operated at Hampden for the want of water, George W. Stevens erected the
first store building, in the summer of 1857. Orlando and Judson A. Walkling
erected a storehouse about the same time, and opened therein a stock of gen-
eral merchandise, August 7, 1857. The first celebration in Burlington of “the
day that made us free,” was July 4, 1857. William B, Parsons was the orator.
me 1859, the town site was pre-empted by B. L, Kingsbury, Probate
udge. 2
During the war period Burlington was at a standstill. A large proportion of
the voting population of’ the town and county had gone into the Union army,
and no new settlers came into the county. The darkest day the town ever ex-
perienced was on the 19th of May, 1863, when the county seat was removed to
Hampden, by such an overwhelming majority, it looked as though the people
of the county were determined to crush Burlington, and her people were about
ready to throw up the sponge. The next day S. S, Prouty, who was then
at home, temporarily absent from the army, said he would put up $500 for the
purpose of erecting a building for a woolen carding mill and purchasing the
machinery necessary to put it in operation providing that three others would do
likewise. Within an hour the company was organized, consisting of S. S.
Prouty, F. A. Atherly, D. P. Metcalf, and Augustin Holland. <A two-story
building was erected at once, the machinery procured, and the mill put
in operation, This gave renewed hope to the struggling town and convinced
her enemies that Burlington was not yet ready to die. The carding mill finally
developed into a large woolen factory, and a cotten gin.was added'to it. Con-
nected with the factory were F. A. Atherly, Levi P. Heddens, Henry W.
Atherly, and James Davidson. Cotton growing was attracting some at-
tention in the county at that time. Orsen Peck, a farmer on North Big
Creek, realized $800 for his crop in 1864, and 18,000 pounds of lint were
ginned at the Burlington factory in 1865. In 1869 the Excelsior Water Mill
was built by Cross & Sons, at a cost of $55 000, including dam and races. In
‘September, 1875, Hon. William Martindale purchased the property and still
owns it. The Burlington steam mill was completed in 1870 ata cost of
$16,000; the Burlington schoolhouse was completed in 1873 at a cost of
$28,000. The first bank in the county was organized under the name of
Jarboe, Garretson & Co., and began business April 16, 1870. The firm consisted
of H. L. Jarboe, N. P. Garretson, D. W. Stormont, and M. Bailey, the latter two
of Topeka. The bank was conducted under the management of N. P. Garret-
son, until it was reorganized as the Burlington National Bank April 29, 1872,
with a capital of $50,000; H. L. Jarboe president, N. P. Garretson cashier.
Burlington has steadily prospered and grown since the completion of the rail-
road te the town in 1870. It now has a population of about 2,500, and nearly
every branch of business is represented there.

NEWSPAPERS.

.

In September, 1859,S.S. Prouty arrived in Coffey County with his family
and a printing press, arrangements having previously been made with citizens
of Burlington for his establishment at that place. In consideration of the pub-
lication by him of a newspaper in Burlington one year, he was to have twenty-
five average town lots, a guaranty of 300 subscribers at $2.00 per subscription,
and house and office rent free for one year. The houses were to be ready for
him by the 1st of September. He arrived on the 6th of that month, from Prai-
rie City, where he had previously lived and published the Freemen’s Champion.
The houses were not ready for him whén he arrived, nor had the first steps
been taken toward securing any. He was told that he could deposit his goods
temporarily in the first story of a little building which is now a portion of the
Central Hotel, on the northeast corner of Third and Hudson streets. The first
story was vacant, but the family of Mr. Slayton occupied the second story.
While Mr. Prouty was in the act of storing his goods in the unoccupied room,
Mr. Slayton appeared and ordered Mr. Prouty to move on, as the building was,
as Mr. Slayton said, under his charge. Mr, Prouty commanded his oxen to be
yoked to his two wagons, and gave directions to move out on the prairie and
camp south of town. It was then his intention to go to Le Roy and es ablish
his paper there, as liberal inducements had been offered him, by citizens of that
place, to make LeRoy his home. About this time, George W. Stevens appeared,
and hearing of Slayton’s treatment, offered Mr, Prouty a refuge in his building,

_which offer was accepted. Had it not been for the timely appearance of Mr.
Stevens, Mr. Prouty would soon have’been in camp, and all the money in Bur-
lington would not have induced him to return to that place. Mr. Prouty’s goods
were stored in the first story of Mr. Stevens’ building, which was neither plas-
tered nor lathed. A flag was stretched across the room, in front of which was
put up the printing press. Inthe rear lived his family. In this room, on the

. 4th of October, 1859, appeared the first number of the Veosho Valley Register,
the first paper printed in Burlington. October 4, 1859, was also the day when
the present constitution of the State of Kansas was adopted by‘a vote ¢f the

"people. The press on which this paper was printed was brought to Kansas in
1834, by Rev. J. Meeker, a Baptist missionary among the Ottawa Indians. Mr.

’ Prouty published the Register until December,1862,when, being then First Lieu-
tenant and Quartermaster of the First Indian Regiment, he leased the office to
I. E. Olney for one year. At the expiration of Mr. Olney’s lease, the paper

again appeared with Mr. Prouty’s name as publisher, H. N. Bent being the.

editor. In March, 1864, William Payne leased the office, and about a month
afterward bought the office of Mr. Prouty, the latter being still in the army.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Mr. Payne died in July following, and the office then fell into the hands of Silas
Fearl, who discontinued the paper. September 3, 1864, S. S. Prouty com-
menced the publication of the Kavsas Patriot, at Burlington, and continued to
publish it until April 15, 1869; when he sold the office to J. F. Cummings, and
removed to Topeka, to discharge the duties of the office of State Printer, to
which he had been elected by the Legislature of the previous winter. May 20,
1869, Mr. Cummings sold the Padsiot to A. D. Brown, who has continued its
publication ever since. January 1, 1870, Mr. Brown changed its name to The
Burlington Patriot. May 5, 1874, Peter Bell commenced the publication of
the Voice of the People, which only lived until the following November. It ad-
vocated J. C. Cusey for Governor and J. K. Hudson for Congre§s, and then
gave up the ghost. February 11, 1875, the first number of The Jndependent
appeared in Burlington, with the name of A. H. Smith as editor and publisher.
June 29, 1877, B. F. Smythe bought out Mr. Smith, and published the paper un-
til October 19, 1877, when he sold a half interest to John E. Watrous. June
7, 1878, Mr. Smythe sold his interest to LeRoy Armstrong, when the firm name
became Armstrong & Watrous. Mr. Armstrong retired from the paper July
16, 1880, since which time it has been owned and published solely by John E.
Watrous. Previous to the date of the retirement of Mr. Armstrong, the poli-
tics of the paper had always been independent. Since it has been under the
sole management of Mr. Watrous, the paper has been Democratic. The poli-
tics of the Meosho Valley Register was Republican, that of the Voice of the Peo-
ple Reform, and the Patviot has always been Republican. The Burlington
Republican was started January 4, 1882, by George. Sweesy and W. S. Hebron,
under the firm name of Hebron & Sweesy. After a few weeks Mr. Sweesy re-
tired, and Mr “ebron has since been sole proprietor and editor. Republican
in politics.
CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Church of the Ascension—(Protestant Episcopal), Burlington. Organized December 8,
1862, under the name of St, Andrew’s Church. by Rev. W. H. Hickcox, Deacon. Corpora-
tors: Orlando Walkling, Silas Fear], John Whistler, H. N. Bent, S. R. Harrington, M. E.
Grimes, S. S. Prouty, B. L. Kingsbury, Orson Kent, D. P. Metcalf, J. A. Walkling. At a
meeting of thecorporators December 11, 1862, Vestrymen were elected as follows:
Walkling, D. P. Metcalf, (wardens), Silas Fear], H..N. Bent. John Whistler. J. A. Walkling,
and S. R. Harrington. September 9, 1863, Mr. Hickcox was admitted to priest’s orders,
and on the same day he was unanimously elected rector of the church. The name of the
church was changed to Church of the Ascension in 1871. Tbe church edifice was erected
in 1866, at a cost of $3,000. The fence enclosing the churchyard was constructed by Mrs.
S.8. Prouty and Mrs. George H. Carpenter. the labor being performed by their own hands,
and the money to purchase the lumLer having been obtained from the proceeds of a church
festival. The evergreens in the yard were procured by Mrs. Prouty and set out by her
ona hands, Naine of present Rector, Rev. Joseph Wayne. Number of communicants,

orty-nine. ; :

Congregational Church of Christ, Burlington._Organized November 25, 1868. Incor-

eporated April 2, 1869. First Pastor, Rev. J. M. McLain. First services held in the Episce-
pal church and town hall. Church edifice erected in the fall of 1879, of wood. Value of
church property, $3,000. Present Pastor, Rev. Joe! Harper. Number of .members, fifty-

wo.

Methodist Episcopal Church of Burlington.—Organized in July, 1857, by Rev. M. Fen-
nimore, with seven members. Preseut membership, 190. Value of church edifice, $5,000.
Value of parsonage, $1,000. Present Pastor, Rev. J. A. Hyden.

First Presbyterian Church of Burlington.—Organized June 26, 1870, by Rev. R. M.
Overstreet, with a membership of_seveu. Chartered September 30, 1870. First pastor,
Rey. S.G. Fisher. Present Pastor, Rev. J. H. Ralston. Number of members since organi-
zation, eighty-eight. Present number of members, sixty-one. Frame church building

i grecked daring the summer of 1881 ata cost of $3,500. Cleared from debt and dedicated
une 11, .

St. Francis Xavier Church (Catholic) of Burlington.—Organized in the spring of 1871,
by Rev. Father Francis Heller. Present Pastor, Rev. Father Angelus Havepeter. Present
membership about fifty families. Value of church property, $2,500.

The Baptist Church at Burlington was organized about the year 1861, by Rev. J. B.
Taylor. It has a church edifice, costing about $2.000, which was erected through the efforts
of the venerable Rev. H. K. Stimson, aged nearly eighty years, who is the Peter Cartwright
of the Baptist Church. He still lives at Burlington and occasionally preaches,

There is a Christian Church at Burlington which has an edifice worth about $1,200.

Burlington Lodge, No. 66, A. F. & A, M.—Organized under dispensation December 27,
1866, with officers as follows: George H. Carpenter, W.M.; W. F. McAllister, S. W.;

Silas Fearl, J. W.; J. A. Walkling, S. D.; Peter Brandon, J. D.; S. S. Prouty, treasurer;
J. M. Lane, secretary; M. Fraker, tyler. Lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge ot Kansas
Octoher 21, 1868, and the first officers under the charter were as follows: S. J. Carter, W.

.; 8.8. Prouty, S. W.: W.J. Sanders, J. W.: H. If Jarboe, treasurer; C. B. Graves,
secrelary; George H. Carpenter. S. D.: Orson Kent, S.D. The officers elected December
27, 1881, were as follows: R.P. Douglass, W. M.; Thomas Cross, S. W.; W. Buck,.J. W.;
D. Eppinger, treasurer; J. A, King, secretary; T. J. Adair, S. D; L. £. Steele, J. D.;
William Helm, S.S.; C. H. Smith. J. S.; William Wigston, chaplain; A. W. Maxwell,
tyler. Number of members, sixty.

Burlington Lodge. No. 29, 1. O. O, F.—Chartered October 11, 186%, with the following
members: William H. Hickcox, W. A. Adair, T. J. Adair, J. M. White, P. W. Lamb.
Present officers: S.S. Brandon, N. G.; F. P. Wells, V.G.; 0.
Sanford, secretary; R. H. Adair, district deputy; William Davidson, sitting P. G.; C. 0.
Brown, Rep. Nuinber of members October 16, 1882, sixty-three. :

Knights of Pythias. ( Burlington} Organized October 27, 1882, with thirty members.
First officers: G. C. Nichols, C.0.; A.C. Sims, P. G.; B.C. Dunkin, V. C.; . J. La Rue,
Jr, K. of R. and 8.; D. V. Mott, M. of E.; A. Peasley, M. of F.; I. E, Brandon, M. at A;
R. 8. Harris, 1, G.; James Metgler,O.G. °

 

E. Sanford, treasurer; G N.

BIOGRAPHICAL CKETCHES.

ROBERT H. ADAIR, County Clerk, came to Kansas in July, 1858, and located at Bur-
‘ington, and has lived there since. Mr, Adair was born in Bourbon Gounty, Ky., May 19, .
1848. Attwo years of age his parents moved to White County, Ind., and he lived there until
he came to Kansas, in 1858. r, Adair was married in Fountain County, Ind:; December
28, 1870. to Miss Jennie Pixley, a native of Indiana. and has two children—Benjamin F, and
Bertha R. He was clected Clerk of the District Court in 1874, and held that office for three
terms, and in 1881 was elected County Clerk, which positionhe now holds. Mr, Adair isa
printer by trade, and pe bahed the Neosho Citizen, in connection with John S, Gilmore. He
Sa member of the Odd Fellows’ society, and is a highly respected citizen of his town and

county.

DR. JOHN M. ALLISON was born in Charleston, Coles Co., l]., in 1845, and lived in
in his native State for twelve years, aud moved to Pihadeteia ail vas io Ghee city ten
years. Moved to Burlington, Kan., in 1870, and éngaged in the book business, and estab-

ished his present busin~ss in 1874, and has been engaged in that business since. Dr. Alli-
son |s.a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, in the class of 1869. He was married
in Buriington, March 30, 1881, to Miss Clara’ Link, a native of Paris, Il. Dr, Allison isa
member of the I. 0.0, F. andthe G, A. R. He enlisted in 1864, in Scranton, Pa., in the Fif-
teenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served with that regiment until the close of the war.
Fe LUCIUS ARMSTRONG, grocer, was born in Indiana, in 1851, and lived in his native
State eighteen years. He moved to Michigan and lived there eleven years, and came to
jean seein. Teena ie Bertingtan. pera He has since been engaged inthe grocery
i % P rrie i
native of aiehigan ig n Michigan, in 1875, to Miss Adelaide Westcott, a
f |. BEARD, Register of Deeds of Coffey County and attorney-at-law; is also
engaged in Faring and stock-raising, Mr. Beard cane to Kansas in 1858 firststoy ping in
Lyon Sountyyand ocating in Coffey County February, 1859, where he has since resided. He
was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1839, and when an infant his parents moved to near
St gosepn, Mo., where he lived until coming to Kansas, Was married, April, 1879, to Carrie
» Cain, of Iilinois. Have one child, Alice. Is and always has been'a Re ublican, Was
secretary of the Quantrell Raid Commission in 1875. Was admitted to the Barin 1876. Was
electe ealster of Deeds in 1867, and has held the office ever since, Is an Odd Fellow.

H. G. BEATTY was born in Xenia, Ohio, in 1841, and Hved in his native State twenty-
One V GATE and enlisted in the army, in the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served
with that regiment during the war, and was a Lieutenant of Company B, and ‘Quartermis-
ter of the regiment at the Close of the war. Mr. Beatty came to Kansas and located at Law-

 

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> Dusiness about eight miles southwest

_and James H.

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COFFEY

rence, and lived there one year, and moved to Burlington in 1866,.and engaged in the gro-
cery business, and established the first general grocery in the town, and B the oldest ere
chant in the city at present. He was married in Richmond, Ind., in 1868, to Miss Alice M.
Williams, a native of Delaware, Ohio, and have three children, Frank, Minnie and Robben.
Mr. Beatty is School Director and Township Trustee, and is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and

‘also is 4 member of the Episcopal Church.

THOMAS N, BELL, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Burlington, was born in Hamilton Coun
Indiana, in 1846, and lived in his native State twenty-fuar years. Heenlisted in teens
the Thirty-fourth Indiana pent uent, and served with that regiment until the close of the
war, He then returned to Indiana and remained there until 1869, when he came to Kansas
and located in Coffey County, near Burlington. Here he is engaged in farming and stock
raising. Mr. Bell was married in Coffey County, Kansas, in 1873, to Miss Lydia Ryan, 2
native of New Brunswick, They have four children, Charles N., Henry A., ‘Mary A., and
Uriah P. He is a member of the Masonic order, and also of the Baptist’ Church.

8S. W. BOWERS was born in Pennsylvania in 1828, ana lived in his native State seven
years, and moved to Clark County, Ohio, and remained in that State thirteen years, and
moved to Champaign County, LIL, and lived there ten years, and moved to Kansas in
the spring of 1870 and located in Burlington, and has been engaged in house and sign paint-
ing. -Mr, Bowers was married in Champaign County, IU, in tesa, to Miss Lora Orme, a
native of Ohio, and have two children, Charley aud Grace. Mr. Bowers was married again
in Burlington, in 1872, to Miss Nellie Laughton, a nativeof Vermont, aud have four chil-
dren, George, Gerty, Glenn and May.

WAN EL D. BROWN, postmaster and editor, was orn in Livingston County, N. Y., in
1858. and lived in his native State about seven years, and removed with his parents to
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1843, and remained there about two years, aud moved to Mic. igan and
lived in that State abou" ten years. Moved to Walworth County, Wis., in 1848, and re-
mained there until the spring of 1855, when he removed to St. Paul, Minn., and remained
in that State until the spriug of 1857. and came to Kansas and Jocated in Greenwood County, '
and lived there until the spring of 1861, when he enlisted in the Third Kansas Regiment
and served one year with that regiment; was transferred to the Fifth Kansas Cavalry and
served with that regiment until near the close of the war. Mr. Brown was the Lieutenant
of Company A of the Third and F in the Fifth Regiment, and was married in Burlington in
May, 1866, to Miss Katie C. Morey, a native of Connecticut, They have three children,
Edward, Dwightand Ira. Mr.-Brown is the postmaster at Burlington, and is editor and.

eee oe ne Burlington Daily Patriot, and isa member of the Masonic order and the

CHARLES 0. BROWN was born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1848, and lived in that
State six years; moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Iowa, and lived there about
seven years, and came to Kausas and located in Coffey County. He has been in the grocery
business for three and a half years ending September, 1882. He was married in Burling-
ton, in 1875, to Miss Alice C,Raukin, a native of Illinois. They have two children, Harry and
Bernard. Mr. Brown has been County Surveyor for two years and Deputy Treasurer for
four years. In November, 1882. was elected Probate Judge for Coffey County. He is a
member of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the State of Kansas.

CHRISTOPHER BROWN was born in the State of New York in 1818, and lived in his
native State two years, and moved to Wisconsin and lived there twenty-four years, and
moved to Minnesota and lived there one year, and removed to Missouri and lived in that
State six years, and came to Kansas in 1871 aud located in Burlington. Mr. Brown was

 

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married in Wisconsin, in 1845, to Miss Adaline Fletcher, a native of New York. They had
one child, Morse V.. Mr. Brown was married the second time in 1858, to Mrs. A. E. Fol-
linsbee, a native of New York, and have three children, Adda, Adella and Amy. Mr.

Brown was early in life a Democrat, and became a Republican in 1855 and supported that
party until 1876, and has been identified with the Greenback party since, and is an
agnestic on religious questions.
A. L. BURGESS, express agent, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., in 1849,
and lived in his native State six years. He moved with his parents to De kcalb County, 11l,,
and lived there twelve years. He came to Kansasin 1871, and located at Ottawa, where he
lived eight years, and came to Burlington in 1879, and has been a clerk in a dry goods store
until he engaged as an express agent for the Adams Express Company, in 1881. Mr. Bur-
gess was married in Burlington, in 1871, to Miss Adda Brown, a native of Wisconsin, and
they have one child—Albert L., Jr. Mr. Burgess is a member of the Kuights of Pythias,
AMUEL J. CARTER, farmer _and stock-raiser, and a director in the Burlington Na-
tional Bank. Mr. Carter came to Kansas in 1860, and located in Coffey County, and has
lived in the county since. He was born in Pennsylvania, in 1832, and lived in his native
State fourteen years, and moved with his parents to Fairfield County, Ohio, and lived there
fourteen years, when he removed to Sangamon County, Ill., and_lived there two years, and
then removed to Kansas. He was married in Ohio, in 1851,to Miss Elizabeth Lake, a na-
tive of New York, and has had four children—Sarah A., Victorine, Emma, Josephine. Mr.
C. lost his wife in 1869, and married again in 1870, to Miss Alice Dunn, a native of Indiana,
and has had three children—William. -, Samuel J., Hiram H. Mr. Carterhas been Justice
of the Peace for eight years, County Commissioner two years, Sheriff two terms, and Treas-
urer of Coffey County twoterms. Heis a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and
is now a candidate tor Representative. -Hé is a member of the Masonic Order and of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Carter is an extensive cattle breeder.

~ JOHN FP. CHESS, City Marshal, was born in Brownville, Fayette Co., Pa., in 1851, and
at four years of age his parents moved to Ohio, and he lived there uniil 1857, and then
moved to Kansas, and located in Le Roy, Coffey County, and lived there three years, and
moved to Burlington and remained two years, and moved back to Le Roy, and lived there
until 1869, when he located in Burlington, and has lived there since, being the resent City
Marshal. He was married in Le Roy, Coffey County, in 1875, to Miss Abby McQuiston, a
native of Pennsylvania, and they have three children—Sybil, John, and James. Mr. Chess
is a member of the Masonic Society, and was one of the early settlers of Coffey County.
His father, Jolin Chess, was born in Washington, Pa.,in 1824. He was ma) ried in 1848 in
Pennsylvania, to Miss C. V. Bassett, They have had three children—George W., John P.,
In 1855 he moved to Obio, and from there to Kansas in 185%, and was prom-
inently identified with the history of Kansas until his death, which occurred tn Le Roy,
Coffey County, December 28, 1871. He-died of congestion of the lungs, at the age of forty-
eight. He held the office of Sheriff for two terms in Coffey County. He served in the army
with distinction, as Captain in one of the Indian regiments. He wasa prominent railroad
contractor in Kansas at the time of hisdeath. He had been elected Sheriff of the county for
athirdterm, Mr. Chess was a member of the Masonic and Odd-Fellows societies. _ .

. CHARLES H. CLEVELAND, was born in Bath, N. H., August 4, 1847, and lived in
New England and Canada until twelve years old, when his parents moved to Grinnell, lowa.
He attended sebool there for about three years, after which he went Into-a store in Musca-
tine, Iowa, staying there about five years. He cameto Kansas in 1870, remaining but a
year and a half, when he wentto Lawrence, Mich., where he remained two years, and then
returned to Burlington, Kas., where he has since resided. In February, 1877, he associated
himself with Mr. Ed Climer, forming the firm of Climer & Cleveland, dealers in dry goods,
elothing. etc. The business was highly successful. In May, 1882, he purchased the inter-
est of Mr. Climer, and since that tinie has conducted the business by himself. He was mar-
ried in January, 1880, at Baldy Citys Kas., to Miss Vivia Kirkpatrick, a native of Iowa.

r.C, is a member of the I. 0. O. F. ' . :
a SDWARD CLIMER was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1836, and lived in his native

ich., and remained there two years,
and moved to California in 1854, and Jived: there five years, aud returned and located in
Bourbon County, Kan., and lived there two years, and moved to Coffey County and has lived
in the county since and in Burlington for five years. He has been engaged in merchandis-
ing in Burlington and recently retired from business. Mr. Climer was married in Bourbon
County, Kan., in the fall of 1860, to Miss Elmira Clark, anative of Illinois. They have one
hh rank, ' i 2 =
: ” E. COWGILL has been Treasurer for Coffey County for five years and has just re-
tired from that office. Mr. Cowgill,came to Kansas in 1866, and located in Douglas County,
and came to Burlington, Coffey County, in 1870, and has lived there since. Mr. Cowgill was
orn in Greencastle, Ind., in 1845, and lived there till hecame to Kansas. He was married
in Douglas County, in 1870, to Miss Belle Nash, a native of Illinois. They have one child,
Mary E. He is a member of the Republican party, the Masonic Order and also of Odd
Fellows. ei A 5
rHOMAS CROSS was born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1843, and lived in his native State
ewoner tee Sars and. enlisted in 1861 inthe Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
re-enlisted ii 1864 in the Eighth Ohio Cavalry and served with that regiment until the close
of the war, and returned to Uhio and remained a short time, and moved to Shelby County,
Ind., and lived there three years, and came to Kansas in 1869 and located in Burlington,
and has been en, aged inthe milling business until he was elected Sheritf of Coffey County
one year since. t Cross was married in Clark County, Ohio, the 27th of September, 1866,
to Miss Emina Akin, a native of Ono. They have two children, Cory and Glenna. Mr.
Cross is a member of the Masonic Society. ¥
C rmer and stock raiser, also extensively engaged-in the cattle
ee eee from Burlington. Mr. {gana cane to Kansas in
ed where he now lives. He was born in Maryland in , at one year of age
Hieerede maven to La Salle County, Ill., he lived there till 1860, and has lived one year in
Towa, five years in Colorado and one year in Utal and then came to Kansas. He was married
in Diinois, in 1861, to Miss P. E. Armstrong, a native of Illinois. They have five children—
Gertie, Rose, Millie, George and Julia. Mr, Cretty is a large cattle dealer and handles an-
t head of cattle. :
nu ay Oar W. CROW, lawyer,engaged in practice for eight years in Pike County, Ill., and
Burlington, Kan. Mr. Crow was boru in Huron County, Ohio, 1850, and lived in his native
State eight years and moved with his parents to Illinois and lived in that State until 1879,
and then removed to Kansas and located in Burlington where he now lives, He was married

 

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in Pike County, IIL, in 1877, to Miss Jennie Widby, a native of Illinois, and has one child, T.
Lyle. Mr. Crow is now running for County Attorney on the Demucr:tic ticket. Heisa
young man of ability in his profession. 4

J. L, DAVIDSON, wheelwright, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1847 and lived
in his native State thirteen years, and moved to Illinois and lived there two years, and
inoved to Kansas in 1861 and located near LeRoy, Coffey County, and he and his father run
a woolen factory in Burlington about seven years; and after that engaged in farming and
has been en aged in manufacturing wagons and buggies. He served one term as Deputy
Treasurer of Coffey County and has been Deputy Sheriff of the county, and inten:s to soon
engage in the grocery business. Mr. Davidson was married in Burlington in_1876 to Miss
Eillian Cc. a ing, @ native of Kansas, They have three children—William L., Phoebe P.

nd James H.

JOHN W. DENSLOW was born in Westchester County, N. Y., in 1828, and lived in his
native State twenty-five years, and moved to South America, and froin there to Australia,
and lived in Australia about fifteen years, and returned tothe United States and located in
New York and remained a short time and removed to Chicago, and lived there about twelve
years, and came to Kausas in 1878 and located in Coffey County and engaged in sheep-rais-

ng. He engaged in the hotel business in Burlington in 1881. He was married in Aus-

tralia in 1862 to Miss Jessie Hunt, a native of London, Eng. They have five children—Olie,

Walter, einue, Joseph and Gracie. Mr. Denslow is proprietor oz the National Hotel of
urlington.

GEORGE H. DICKINSON, was born inthe State of New York in 1839, and lived in his
native State until the fall of 1857, and caine to Kansas and located in Coffey County at Le
Roy, and lived there about fifteen years, and located in Burlington, in the saddle and har-
ness business in 1872. Mr. Dickinson was married in Woodson County, Kan., in 1861 to Miss
Elizabeth Quiggle, native of Pennsylvania. They have five children—Amy E., John E.,
Mary M.. Lotta and Ray. Mr. Dickinsonis a member of the I. 0. O. F., and of the Congre-
gational Church, He is one of the oldest settlers of Coffey County. M

DR. ROBERT P. DOUGLASS was born in Philadelphia County, Pa., in 1841, and lived in
his native State twelve years, and removed with his parents to Ohio, and lived in that State
until he came to Kansas in 1866. Dr. Douglass was married in Burlington in 1871 to Miss
Clara O. Prouty, a native of Ohio. Dr. Douglass was educated as a physician in the Eclec-
tic Medical Institute, of Cincinnati, and graduated from that institution In the class of
1866, and came to Burlington and engaged in the practice of his profession. Is a member
of the Masonic Society. ;

L, J. DYKE was born in’Franklin County, N. Y., on January 18, 1842, and when quite
small his parents removed to Erie County, Pa. He Sived in that State until 1877, serving as
County Treasurer in 1870-71, when he came to Kansas and located in Burlington and en-
ga ed in farming and stock-trading for three years, and established the furniture business

n Burlington in 1880 and has been engaged in that business since. Mr, Dyke was married
in White bigeon, Mich., in 1869 to Miss ‘Sarah Baer, a native of Ohio. They have three
children—Elan, Eddie and Freddie. Mr. Dyke enlisted in 1861 in the One Hundred and
Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infanry, and served with that regiment until July 20,
1865. He lost an arm inthe battle of Peach.Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, on July 20,
1864. Heis a member of the I. O. O. F., the United Workmen and the Grand Army of the
Republic. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and has been a member of the City Coun-

cil of Barlington:

SILAS FEARL, lawyer and present County Attorney for Coffey County. Mr. Fearl
came to Kansas in the spring of 1857 and Jocated in Coffey County in July of that year, and
has been a resident of that county since. He was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and
lived in his native State twenty-five years and then came to Kansas, Mr, Fear! assisted in
organizing the Republican party in Kansas and was a member of the Territorial convention
held at Osawatoinie in 1858, and has been Mayor of Burlington two terms, and has been,
and first held the office of, County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for Coffey County,
and has held the office of County Attorney for twelve years. Mr. Fear] was married in Bur-
lington, in'1859, to Miss Dora Denecke, a native of Massachusetts, and has four children,
Charles E., Frank E., Mary-E. and James, Mr, Fearl lost his wife in 1872 and marrie
again, in 1875, to Mrs. Lizzie Deaven, a native of Tennessee, and has three children by his
second wife, Belle E., William and Nelly. Mr. Fear] is a member of the Masonic order and
is in good standing as a lawyer and highly respected by his associates. a

L, A. FE N was born in Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio, in 1828, and lived in his
native State twenty-one years, and moved to Fayette County, Ind., and lived there
two years and moved to Oregon and lived in that State two years, and moved to
California and lived there three years, and returned to Oxford, Ohio, and remained a
short time and located at Connersville, Indiana, and lived there five years, and came
to Kansas in 1865, and located at Lawrence, and lived there four years and removed
to Emporia, and lived there a short time and located in Burlington in 1869, where he has
since engaged inthe bakery and confectionery business; was married in Fayette County,
ind, in 1861, to Jennie Minor, a native of Indiana, They have two children, Mary au

elly.
M. L. B. FLOYD, Deputy Register of Deeds, and physician by profession. He came to
Kansas in 1877 and located in Burlington. He was born in Adams County, Pa., in 1836.
and lived in his native State fifteen years, and removed to Hocking County, Ohio, and lived
in Ohio about twenty-two years, practiced medicine about eighteen years in the Hocking
Valley, and removed to Livingston County, Ill.,and engaged in the practice of medicine,
remaining about four years, and removed to Mah

 

ahaska County, Iowa, and remained there
one year and then remoyed to Tazewell County, Ill., and remained there one year and then
removed to Kansas. Mr. Floyd was married in ‘Hocking County, Ohio, in 1865, to Miss
Emma _E. Blake, a native of Ohio, anid have three children, Patrick M., Thomas J.,
‘Willie B. He is independent in politics and holds to the Catholic faith. uf

EDGAR E. FOLLENSBEE, jeweler, was born in Marshall, Dane Co., Wis., September

8, 1852, and lived in his native State eleven years, then moved to Clinton o., Mo., and lived

‘jn that State from 1867 to 1872, then removed to Kansas and _ located in Burlington, Cotfey
County, and was engaged in the nursery business five years, the grocery business for three
years, and has been inthe jewelry business for two years. He was married in Burlington,
in 1878, to Miss Lelia Jackson, a native of Washington County, Iowa.

JOHN D. FRAZIER is engaged in the practice of law and has been engaged in the
practice of his profession in Clinton County, Ind., and Burlington, Kan., for about seven
years. Mr. Frazier came to Kansas in May, 1872, and located in Burlington, Coffey County,
and taught school for two years, and returned to Indiana and engaged in the practice 0
law, and remained in that State till October, 1881, and returned to Burlington and located.
Mr. Frazier was educatea at the Law School at Ann Arbor, Michigan; he was born in -
Clinton County, Ohio, in 1848, and lived in his native State five years and removed with his

arents to Clinton County, Ind.,and remained in Indiana until he cameto Kansas, Mr.

razier enlisted in September, 1864, in the Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and
served with that regiment one year. He was married in Clinton County, Ind., in May, 1 5
to Miss Martha J, Kent, a native of Indiana, and has three children, Emma F., Josie F, and
Junia. Mr. Frazier is a member of the Masonic order.
~ 1,8. GARWOOD, merchant tailor, was born in Ohio, in 1820, and lived in his native
State until thirty-three years of age, and moved to Marshall County, Iowa, in 1853, and
lived in that State eleven years, engaged largely in farming; returned to Ohio and lived
there three years and cameto Kansas in the fall of 1867, and located in Burlington, Coffey
County. He was married in Clinton County, Obio, in 1845, to Miss Mary Ann Baker, a na-
tive of Ohio. He had five children by his first wife—Wilber, Charles, Edward, Mathias and
Deliah J, Mr. Garwood was married in Ohio, in 1863, to Miss Phebe James, his present
wife, anative of Ohio. They have one child—Robert. He is a member of the I. O, 3. F.

JOSEPH GIBBON, undertaker, was born. in Durham, England, in 1831, and lived in
England thirty-eight years, and came to the United States, July, 1869, and located in Bur-
lington, Coffey Co., Kan., in March, 1870, and engaged in the carpenter business for four

ears, and erected the best buildings in the city during that time, and then engaged in the
Farniture business, and 1s now in the undertaking, picture, picture frames and window
shade business. Mr. Gibbon was married in England, in December, 1854,to Miss Jane
Quthwaite, a native of Yorkshire. England. They have four children—John W., Thomas
O., Elizabeth Ann and Joseph. Mr. Gibbon has been a member of the City Council for five
years, and isa member of ihe United Workmen, and a prominent member of the Methodist

iscopal Church. ;

e CALVIN H, GRAHAM, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., May 22, 1833, and lived in hisna-
tive State nineteen years,and crossed the plains in 1853, to California, and lived in that State
seven years, and returned Lo Pittsburgh, Penn,, in January 1860. Hetook a coursein the Iron
City Commercial College, and in September, 1860, removed to Parke County, Ind., and en-

agect in milling business there for five years, and came to Kansas in 1866, and tocated in
fo Roy, Coffey County, and has lived there since, excepting four years at Burlington, as
Treasurer of Coffey County, and has been Docket Clerk of the State Senate for eight years,
and is general manager of the Excelsior Mills, at Burlington, and has been the largest
wheat grower in Cottey County, and isa member of the Executive Board of the State Horti-
cultural Society. Mr. Graham was married near Pittsburgh, Penn., February 23, 1865, to
Miss Elizabeth A. McKelvy, a native of Pennsylvania. They have seven children—Maggie
M., Anna lt., Mary M., Ralph K., John D., Lizzie and Fanny. Mr. Graham is an Odd-Fellow
and a Royal Arch Mason. : :

JOHN C. GRAY, was born in Vermont, in 1851, and Jived in his native State until 1878,
and then came to Kansas, and located at Le Roy, Coffey County. He was married in Frank-
lin County, Kan., in 1882, to Miss Belle Jamison, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Gray was
Principal of Le Roy school for two and one half years, until elected to his present position,
in 1880, of Superintendent of Public Instruction for Coffey County. Heis a member of the
Masonic society and is an Odd Fellow. Mr. Gray was educated at Dartmouth College, in
Hanover, N; H., and graduated from that institution in the Class of 1878, 7

JOHN HAHN, meat’ market, was born in Germany, in 1858, and lived in his native
country seven years, and came to the United States with his parents and located in Decatur

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County, Ind., and lived In that State for seven years, and came to Kansas and located in
Burlington in 1872, and engaged in the butcher business, and is now engaged in that busi-

ness.

JAMES W. HALL, merchant,was born in Michigan in 1857, and lived in his native State
nine years, then removed to Indiana with his parents, and remained one year, and came to
Kansas In 1866, locating at Leavenworth. Hc lived there one year, and then moved to Kan-
sas City and lived there one year, came to Coffey County, Kansas, and located at Le Roy, and
lived there until 1874, when he came to Burlington and was engaged in railroad business
about four years. In March, 1882, he engaged in the book, stationery and jewelry business.
aot, Hal was married in Burlington, November 2, 1882, to Miss Adelia Brown, a native of

REV. JOEL HARPER, was born in Plymouth, England, in 1842, and lived in his
native country until October, 1881. and caine to the United States and located at Burlington
Kansas, in charge of the Congregational Church of that place, and has been the Pastor of
that church since. Mr. Harper was educated in the Plymouth pubtic schools and in the
Western Congregational College, in England, and graduated from that institution in the
class of 1876. He has been engaged in the ministry about twelve years in connection with
the Congregational Church, and served his last congregation at Ivy Bridge, near Plymouth
for eight years. He was married in Plymouth, England, in 1865, to Miss Anna E, Gay;
they have three children—Richard, Thomas and Joel,

VIRGIL O. HARTER, was born in Michigan, in 1850, and lived in his native State
about eighteen years, and moved to McDonough County, Lil., and remained there one yen
and moved to Lawrence, Kansas, and remained there a short time and moved to Burling-
ton, Coffey County, in 1870, and engaged in the dry goods business for two years and re-
moved to Cowley County, and lived there two years and returned to Burlington, and is a
member of the firm of 8S. A. Brown & (o., lumber merchants. Mr, Harter, was married in
Burlington in 1877, to Miss Susan M. Bigelow, a native of Michigan. He is a member of
the Episcopal Church. -

WALTER S. HEBRON, editor, was born in Marshall County, W. Va., in 1849, and
lived in his native State until 1860, and moved to Richland County, Ohio, with his parents:
and in 1863, enlisted in the army in the Kighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served
until the close of the war, and returned to Ohio and lived in that State until 1870 and came
to Kansas, and located in Harvey County and lived theie eleven years, and moved to Bur-
lington in 1881, and started the Burlington Republican, a forty-eight column, home print
paper. Mr, Hebron was married in Harvey County, Kan., in June, 1881, to Miss Mary
Dempsey, a native of Kentucky, and have one child—Vena. Mr. Hebron is a member of the
Masonic Order and the Grand Army of the Republic.

J. N. HENDERSON, carpenter, was bornin Ohio in 1834; emigrated to fowa in 1848
and located at Fairfield, Jefferson County. Moved to Daviess County, Mo., in 1858; returned
to Iowa in 1862 and enlisted in Company B; Nineteenth Iowa Volunters. Served two and
one-half years. Was discharged for disability February 8, 1864. Was married in Iowa in
1858, to Miss R. J. Sheafer, a native of Preble County, Uhio. Havé three children: Fannie
¥., Katie and Bertha. Emigrated to Kansas in 1869, and located at Burlington and went
into the furniture and undertaking business. Isa member of the Odd Fellows and has rep-
resented his lodge three different times in the State Grand Lodge. Is also a member of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, and has represented his lodge twice in the State Grand
Lodge. Is now engaged in contracting and building. =

B. C. HILL, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Ohio, 1828, and lived there thirty-two
years. Moved to Iowa, then came to Kansas in 1861; located in Burlington. township. Is en-
gaged in farming and stock raising. Was married in Ohio in 1850, to Miss Rebecca A. White,
of Ohio. They bave had ten children, of whom three are dead, William B., Abbie Ann and
Josephine, The living children are, Spencer P., Eliza Jane,James H., Samuel L., Charles G.
Garrett M. and Jediah D. His wife is a member of Baptist Church.

RANK HOFFMANS was born in Germany in 1850, and proved to the United States in
the fall of 1869, and located in Brown County, Ill., for one year and then cameto Kansas
and located in Burlington, in the grocery and provision business.. He was mar-
ried in Brown County, IIl.. in 1873, to Miss A. M. Weigand. They have five children:
Francis, Mamie, Lottie, Cornelius and Emma. Mr. Hoffmaus isa member of the Catholic
Church. He established business in Burlington in 1872 in conection with the firm of Sand-
ers & Hoffmans and has been engaged in business in Burlington since, Z

FREDERIC HOLLOPETER, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Clearfield County,
Pa., 1827, and lived there until 1871, then came to Kansas and located in Burlington Town-
ship. Has been engaged infarmiug since. Was married in Pennsylvania in 1850, to Miss
Susanna Reams, a native of Pennsylvania, They have six children: Alva D., Myron N.,
Alice A., Edith A., Effie D.and Mary B. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN HOLLY WOOD, merchant, was born in Manchester, England,.in 1831, and moved
to the United Statesin 1857. He located in Paterson, N. J, and lived there twelve. years
and came to Kansas in 1669, and settled in Burlington, where he was engaged in weaving
for some time; he bas since been engaged in the notion business for five years. Mr. Holly-
wood was marriedin Paterson, N.J ,in 1875, to Miss Amelia Nielson, a native of Denmark.
Mr. Hollywood enlisted in the Seventieth New York Voluuteer Infantry. and served three

“ years; then re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-tirst New York Volunteer In-
Faubry and served with that regiment until the close of the war.
URTNEY HOLMES, was born in Lockport,.N. Y.,in 1829, and lived in his native
State four years, aud moved with his parents to Wisconsin, and lived in that State until
1857, when he came to Kansas and located in Coffey County, and removed to Morris County
in 1859, and lived there until the spring of 1878, and returned to Burlington and was en-
aged in the cattle business until 1881, when he engaged in the livery business in Burling-
on. Mr. Holmes. was married in Emporia in 1864, to Miss Anna Edwards, who came to
Kansas in 1855, and is a native of England. They have three children—Willie W., Ella M.
ang ae Maude. Mr. Holmes was Second Lieutenant in the Clark’s Creek Company of State
ae

DR. D. O. HOPKINS, was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1835, and lived in his native State
until he came to Kansas in 1873,and located tn Burlington,and engaged in the practice of med-
icine. Dr. Hopkins retired from the practice in 1880, and has since been engaged in loaning
money. He was married in Ohio in September,1858, to Miss Amy Cross,a native of Ohio. They
have one child by his first wife—Laura A. He lost his wife in 1 66, and was married in Kan-
sas in March, 1872, to Miss Mary E. Stoutemyer, a native of Ohio. Dr. Hopkins was edu-
cated in medicine at Starling College, Columbus, Ohio, and in the Cincinnati Surgical Col-
lege and was engaged in the practice of his profession from 1858 to 1880. He isa member
of the Independent Urder of Odd Fellows. -

H. F. HOYLE, was born in Preston, Lancashire County, England, and lived in his native
country twenty-two years, and came tothe United States, aud has traveled in a number of
the States, and located in Lucas County, Ohio, for five years, and came to Kansas in 1878,
and located in Burlington, and eligaged in the liardware and stove business, Mr. Hoyle was
married in Burlington in 1879, to Miss Ava Page, a native of Wisconsin; they have one

child—Grace. Mr. Hoyle is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

R. C. DDLESON, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, in 1847, and lived in his native
State eighteen years, and came to Kansas and located at Burlington,and has lived in thattown
since. r. Huddleson was marrted Jn Burlington In 1876, to Miss W. C. Colwell'a native of
Virginia. They have two children—Topsy and Grace.
fasonle fraternity, and is engaged as an engineer, and Is one of the old settlers of Bur-

ington.

REV. J. ALBERT HYDEN, was born in Loudon County, East Tenn., in 1830, and was
educated at the Hiwassu College, East Tennessee, in 1849-53; then was ficeused as a local
preacher inthe Methodist Episcopal Chureh South, in which capacity he preached and
taught until 1858, when he was received into the Holston Conference of the Methodist Epis-
eopal Church South, in which he traveled as an_itineraut minister until after the breaking
out of the late war of the rebellion. Though a Southern inan by birth and education, yet he
took sides with the Government of the United States, and when the Federal troops occupied
East Tennessee he was commissioned Chaplaln in the Regular Army by President Lincoln,
which position he held till after the close of the war. In the meantime the Chureh South
charged him with want of loyalty to the Confederacy and expelled him, though they after-
ward reinstated him at their General Conference, The spring before the close of the war
Mr. Hyden, Governor Brownlow and Judge Gillinwater called a convention of the loyal
Methodists to meet at’ Knoxville, E. Tenn., for the purpose of arranging to organize the
Methodist Episcopal Church inthe South. The spring following Bishop Clark organized

- the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr, Hyden resigned § posi
tion as Chaplain in the Regular Army. and was appointed by Bishop Clark, Presiding Elder
of the Athens District, and in the midst of great peril he organized and remained on the dis-

trict four years, at the close of which he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Chattanooga
District, remaining on it three years. He then resigned the district and went into the regu-
dar pastorate of the church, serving as Pastor on the Athens Circult two years, and Cleve-
land Station three years. He organized the ‘Grange High School” of the State, and was
Principal of it one year. During his residence in his native State he was Superinteudent of
Public Instruction in the county of McMinn four years, and filled many other places of profit
and trust. In 1877 he was transferred from the Holston Conference tothe South Kansas
Conference, and bas been in the regular pastorate in said Conference ever since. He is now
the Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Burlington, Coffey Co., Kan. Mr. Hyden
was married in 1853, to Miss Nany M. Steed, of East Tennessee. They had four crildren—
William H., Tennessee L., John A., Cora B.. He was married the second time to Miss Nancy
J. Crawford, of Knoxville, E. Tenn. they have four children—Mary, James, Eugene and
Lizzie, Mr. Hyden was Governor Brownlow’s Pastor when he (Brownlow) was arrested by
the rebels and put in prison. He was afterwards his intimate friend and traveling compan-
ion, when the Southern loyalists ‘swung round the circle” after President Joinson. He
was with him in all that wonderful campaign that saved the Republican party at that
time from disruption. ;

Mr. Huddleson is a member of the _

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

H. L, JARBOE, banker, farmer and stock-raiser, came to Kansas in 1866, and located at
Burlington, He-was born in Ralls County, Mo., in 1841, and at one year of age his parents
removed to Warsaw, Ill, and remained there five years, and removed to Muscatine, Iowa,
and remained there nine years, and removed to Rochester, Lowa, and lived there two years,
and returned to Muscatine, and remained three years and enliste in-1861, in Company H,
Eleventh lowa Volunteer Infantry, and served with that regiment for four years, and was
mustered out in July, 1865, at the close of the war. Mr, Jarboe came to Kansas and located
in Burlington, and established the Burlington National Bank, aud is also a partner of the
banking house of M, Bailey & Co., of Chanute, Neosho County. He was married in Fulton
County, Ill, to Miss Adda Webster, a native of Illinois, They have three children—Frank
W., Harry L.and Maude. Mr. Jarboe isa member of the Masonic Order.

CHARLES KAHNT, was born in Germany, in 1844, and lived in bis native country sfx
years. Removed to the United States with his parents in 1851, and located in Pike County,
IIL, and lived in that State four vears; removed to Dubuque, Iowa, and lived there eighteen

ears, and came to Kansas in 1873, and located in Burlington, Cottey County, and engaged

n manufacturing boots and shoes, and Is a general merchant in that line of goods, He was
married in Villisca, Iowa, in 1871, to Miss Sophia Swearingen, a native of Ohio. Theyhave
ohees children—Joanna, Etiel and Fred. Mr. Kabnt is a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, ae

GEORGE KEENEY was born in Kentucky, in 1828, and when quite small his parents
moved to Monroe County, Ind., and lived there about twenty-five years, and moved to Cass
County, Ind., and lived there eight years, and then moved to Piatt County, Ill, and remained
there eight years. He then moved to Woodson County, Kan., and lived in that county seven
years, and located in Burlington in 1878, and engaged in the hotel business, and has been
engaged in that business since as proprietor of the Central House. Mr. Keeney was married
in Indiana, in 1846, to Miss Ruanua Hoover, a native of Indiana, and have five children—
James, John Mary E., Isaac and George W. bs a x

WILLIAM J. KENT was born in Boston, In 1832, and lived in his native city about twen-
ty-five years, and spent about six years in traveling in different States, and came to Kansas
in 1858; and located for a short time in Kansas Falls, now Junction City, and returned to
Boston, and came to Kansas again in 1861, and located in Leavenworth, and lived there sev-
eral years, and then removed to Coffey County, and has lived in that county since, excepting
a short time that he livedin Detroit, Mich. Mr. Kent was mariied in Boston, in 1856, to
Miss Lizzie E. Morse, a native of Massachusetts, and have one _child—Frederick H. He lost
his wife and married again in Leavenworth, in 1868, to Miss Sarah E. Coffman, a native of
Towa, and has four children by his second wife—Allie, Minnie, Willie, Artie.

ORSON KENT, banker, broker and dealer in real estate, came to Kansas in 1857, and
located in Coffey County, and has lived in that county since. He was born in Lyman, N. H.,
in 1838, and lived in hia'native State seventeen years, and moved to Illinois. Remained
there until be came to Kansas. Mr. Kent was married in Burlington, in 1864, to Miss Kate
Stimson, a native of New York, They have three children—Marion R., Fanny S. and Rich-
ard H. Was County Clerk in 1860. Is a member of the Masonic Order, and is a member of

the Episcopal Church.

J UDGH BURTON L. KINGSBURY was born in Bradford County, Pa., in 1832, and
lived in his native State until he removed to Kansas in 1857. He was married in Burling-
ton, Coffey Co., Kan,, in July, 1860, to Miss Lucy A. Vince, a native of Ohio, and a daughter
of A. H. Vince, one of the first settlers of Kansas. Mr. Kingsbury has five children—Ed-
ward, Lizzie, Lucy, George and Emil. He has been Probate Judge of Coffey County for
seven years and has been a member of the State Legislature of Kansas and Regent of the
Agricultural College for five years and has been County Clerk of Coffey County and Clerk of
the District Court. Mr. King‘sbury is a member of the Masonic society and of the Episcopal

urch.

ROBERT A. KINZIE (deceased), was born in Chicago, Ill., February 8, 1810; went to
Kansas in 1851, and traded threc years among the Pottawatomies and three years among
the Sacs and Foxes; removed tv Burlington in the spring of 1857; commissioned Paymaster
in the United States army, wit the rank of Major, in May, 1861; was stationed at Wash-
ington, D. C., until April, 1864, when he went to Santa Fe, N. M., where he remained until
the summer of 1868, when he returned and wasstationed at Chicago, upon the staff of
Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan. He remained there until his death, which oecurred at Chicago,
December 13, 1873. He was twice brevetted (Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel). He was
present at the scene of the Chicago massacre, but none of the Kinzie family were harmed,
for the reason that they had invariably been kind to the Indians. . 7

FREDERICK KRUEGER was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1834, and lived in his na-
tive country twenty-six years, and moved to the United States and located in New Jersey,
and lived there two years, and moved to Wayne County, Mich , and lived there six years and
came to Kansas in 1869 and located in Lawrence, and lived there one year and moved to
Burlington, Kan., and engaged in the market business and established his present grocery
business in 1879. He was married in Michigan in 1863 to Miss Wilhelmina Mueller, a na-
tive of Germany, and has four children—Louisa, Robert, Emma and Otto. Mr. Krueger isa
member of the Masonic Order.

J. M. LANE was bornin Boone County, Ind., in 1838, and lived in his native State
twenty-two years, and moved to St. Paul, Minn., and remained in that State one year, and
returned to Indiana and resided in Indiana until 1857, when he came to Kansas and located
in Burlington. He was married in Lyon County, Kan., in 1866, to Miss C, A. McGennis, a
native of Indiana, and has fourchildren—Elmer L., James H., William M. and Anna M.
Mr. Lane has served as Treasurer of Coffey County for four and one-half years, and Sheriff
of the County for two years. Mr. Lane is a member of the Masonic Order and is at present
engaged in the real estate and brokerage business in Burlington, the firm being Lane &

ent. :
RICHARD S. LANG, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in England in 1840 and
lived in his native country eleven years; hethen moved to Canada, lived there until 1863,
then he moved to the State of New York, lived there three years, then moved to Kentucky,
lived there four years, then came to Kansas, lived iu Burlington, engaged in masonry eight
years; since then has lived onafarm. He was married in 1864 to Miss Fannie E. Wigston,

 

a naeye of England. They have two children—William and Clara. He isa member of the

O. F. and a member of the Congregational Church.

2 J. UE, JR., was born in Utlea, Ill, in 1845, and lived in his native State
twenty-five years, until 1870, and came to Kansas and located in Burlington, Coffey
County, and engaged in the grocery business for two years aud then established his present
business of clothing and gents’ furnishing goods. Mr. La Rue was married in Nebraska
City in 1875, to Miss Vachti Holmes, a native of Indiana, and have two children—Edward
H. and James D. He is a member of the Kaights of Pythias.

HIRAM MCALLISTER was born in Philadelphia in 1812, and lived in that city ten
years, and moved toSusquehanna County, Peun,, and lived in that county until he was
twenty-seven years old, and returned to Philadelphia and lived there until he was forty-
two years of age, and came to Kansas in April. 1855, and located in Prairie City, fifteen
miles southwest from Lawrence, and remained there from 1855 to 1868, and moved to
Burlington, Coffey County, and has lived there since. Mr. McAilister was married in Sus-
quehanna County, Penn,, in 1880, to Miss Orilla Fox, a native of Hartford, Coun. The
have three children—William F., Mary E.and Ellen S._ Mr. McAllister has been Schoo!
‘Trustee and clerk in a dry goods and grocery store in Burlington, and is now janitor of the
public school naling. eisa member of the Episcopal Church, and is one of the oldest
settlers of the State of Kansas.

W. McMULLEN, M. D., was born in Manchester, England, and removed to the United
States with his parents atthe age of three years, and located at Philadelphia, and liver
there about elght years, and moved to Augiaize County, Ohio, and lived in that State until
he came to Kansas in 1866, and_located in Burlington, Coffey County, and engaged in the
practice of his profession, Dr. McMullen was married in Auglaize County, Obio, in 1856,

0 Miss Mary Douglass, a native of Philadelphia; they have two children—Verbena and
ware Ny He lsa member of the Masonic Order and also of the Congregational Church.
Dr“McMullen was educated in his profession in the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincin-
nati, Ohlo, and Bradnated from that institution in the class of 1856, and practised in Aug-
laize County, Ohto, for eleven years, and cameto Kansas, and engaged in practice in Bur-
Iington, The doctor has heen State Medical Examiner from 1879 to 1881.

ARCHIBALD C. MAJORS, railroad agent, was born in Adams County, IIL, and lived in
his native State twenty-seven years, and moved to Kansas, locating at Burlington in 1870,
and engaged as agent of the M. K. T, R. R. Co, tor six years, and was in the hardware busi-
ness for two years, and then engaged as agent forthe Kausas City, Lawrence & Southern ,
Kansas R. R., and 1s in that business now, and owns and directs a first-class meat market,
and owns quite a large amount of proper in Burlington and Coffey County. Mr. Majors
was married in Burlington, in 1876, to Miss Hattie Willet, a native of onlo. They have
three children—Leigh W., Jessie B. and John H. He has been treasurer of the Board of
Education, and a member of the Christian Chureh, ss

GEORGE E. MANCHESTER, lawyer, studied law in St. Johnsburgh, Vt., with Walter
P Smith, And after completing his studies, he removed to Kansas, in 1877, and located in
Burlington, and commenced the practice of his profession, and has lived there since. Mr,
Manchester was born in Barret, Vt.,in March, 1852, and lived in his native State twenty-
five years, and then came to Kansas and_located where he now Jives. He was married in
Emporia in January. 1878, to Miss Kate R. McPhee, a native of Vermont. They have one
child—Lemuel.R. Mr, Manchester has been City Attorney for Burlington. He isa lawyer
of education and ability, and is one of the rising young attorneys of the State of Kansas.

Dr. WILLIAM MANSON, was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1830, and lived !n his
native State about twenty years and moved to White County, Ind., and lived in that State
about seven years and came to Kansas in 1857, and located at Burlington, and engaged in
the practice of his profession, Dr, Manson was éducated at Rush Medical College at Chica-
go, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1855, He has been engaged in the
practice of medicine for twenty-eight years in the States of Indiana and Kansas, He was

 
COFFEY COUNTY.

married In Burlington, in 1858, to Miss G. H. Kinzie, a native of Chicago, Ill.; have four
children—Kate, Robert,’ David and Carrie, Dr. Manson has been County Treasurer tor Cof-
fey County, Coroner and Pension Examiner for the Government; is a member of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows.

ACOB MANZIE, meat market, was born in Switzerland, in 1831, and lived in his native
country until 1854, aud came to the United States and located in Indiana and lived in that
State until 1869,and came to Kansas and located in Topeka for six months, and then came to
Burlington and engaged in the butcher business, and has been engaged in shipping stock.
He was married in Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1856, to Miss Dora Colekorbk, a native of
Bavaria. hey have five children—Jacob, John, George, Henry, and Freddy.

E.S. MARTIN was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 23, 1841, and lived in his
native State about fourleen years and removed to Tazewell County, Ill, and lived in that
State for twenty-elght years and came to Kansas in the spring of 1880, aud located in Bur-
lington, Coffey County, and engaged inthegrocery. Mr. Martin was married in Delavan,
Oil, in February, 1865, to Miss Mary Kidder, a native of Maine. They have two children—
Effie and Myrtie. Mr. Martin isa member of the Masonic Order, the G. A. R., and a mem-
ber of the firm of Manson & Martin, grocery and provision dealers. He enlisted in 1861, in

the Eighth Illinols Infantry, aiid served one year and was discharged on account of disabil- -

ity from ganshot wound received in active service. :

JOHN MENARY, miller, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1855; he remained in hisna-
tive country until 1880, and came to Kansas, and located in Sumner County and remained
there one year, and caine to Coffey County in 1882, and located in Burlington. He lived one
eer jn Winfield, Kan, Mr. Menary is a single man and is the head miller of the Burlington

DAVID P.METCALF was born in Illinois, in 1817, and lived In his native State forty-
two years, and came to Kansas in 1858, and located in Coffey County and has lived in Bur-
lington since his location. Mr. Metcalf was first married in Ihinois, in 1835, to Miss Eumily
Willhite, a native of Kentucky, and had four children by his first wife—Mary, Thomas J.
W., Bentonand Sarah. Mr. Metcalf was married again, in 1861, to Mrs. Minnie Hussa, He
has one child by his second wife, named Walter. Mr. Metcalf lost his second wife and mar-
ried agar, in 1877, Miss Nancy Ellis, a native of Virginia, and has two children, Lora and
Cora, ‘Mr. Metcalf has been Justice of the Peace for Burlington aud is one of the oldest set-
tlers of Coffey County, and has been very prominent in building up the town of Burlington,
and has been a large older of property in Burlington, i.

J.B. METZLER was vorn in Obio, in 1857, and lived in his native State about sixteen
years, and came to Kansas and located in Coffey County, and engaged in farming for about
seven years, and has been in the drug business In Burlington for one year, Mr. Metzler was
married in Cottey County, in 1880, and 1g a member of the Knights of Pythias,

J. A. MOSHER was born iu Ontario County, N. Y., and lived in his native State seven-
teen years, and moved to Wiscousin, and lived there nine years, and moved to Minnesota,
and lived {n that State.two years, and then came to Kansas in 1880, and located in Burling-
ton, and established the jewelry, business. Mr. Mosher was married in New York, in 1870,
to Miss Lydia A. Rickard, a_native of New York. They have one child—Leon M. Mr,
Mosher is a member of the Royal Arcanum. -

D.V. MOTT, County Treasurer, was recently installed in the position. Mr. Mottcame to
Kansas in November, 1869, and located in Burlington, and has lived there since. He was
born in Miami County, Vhio, in 1848, and lived in his native State twenty-one years, and
came to Kansas and located where he now lives. Mr, Mott was married in Coffey County in
June,.1871. to Miss Alice Holmes, a native of Wisconsin, and had four children, two of
whom are living—Arthur J. and Letta. Mr. Mott held the office of Deputy Treasurer for
four years. Heis amember of the Knights of Pythias, and isa good business man and a
highly respected citizen of his town and county.

DR. G. C. NICHOLS was born in Madison, Dane Co., Wis., in 1849, and lived in his native
State sixteen years, and moved to Minnesota and lived there four years, and returned tu
Wisconsin and remained there until he came to Kansas in 1878, and located In Burlington,
and engaged in the practice of medicine. He was educated in medicine in the Pultie College

_ of Cincinnati, and the Hahnemann Homeopathic College of Chicago, and has been engaged
in the practica of his protession for five years, He was married in Burlington, in. 1879, to
Miss Emma Carter, a daughter of the Hon, Samuel J. Carter, of Burlington. They have
one child—Earl. Dr. Nichols is a member of the Knights of Pythias,

DR. WILLIAM F, OSBORN was born in Fayette County ‘a., in 1830, and lived in his
native State twenty-three years, and removed to Quincy, 1 I, and lived there until 1857,
then removed to Chicago, and remained there three years; then moved to Memphis, Mo.,
and commenced the practice of medicine. and also tuok editorfal charge of the Memphis
National Democrat, entering warmly into the political issues that were then about to con-
vulse the nation, strongly advocating the cause of the Union, and opposing the secession
movement. In 1861 he returned to his native State and entered the army as Assistant Sur-
geon of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; was promoted and made Surgeon
of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and remained with that regiment until it was
mustered out of service at the close of the war. He then located _in Mount Pleasant, Pa.,
and practiced his profession there until 1870, when he removed to Burlington, Kan., where
he has since resided. Dr. Osborn commenced the study of medicine in Quincy, with Dr. W.

S. Everett; took a six months’ course at the Michigan University, then went into the office

of Dr. Daniel.Brainard, of Chicago, and graduated at Rush Medical College, February 15,

1860. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar as a practicing attorney in Burlington,

in 1872. He was married in Fayette County, Pa., in June, 1875, to Miss Frances Freeman, a

native of that county. They have two children, William F.and John L. The doctor is

a member of the Masonic Order, and I. 0.0. F. He is a member of the Presbyterian

Church.
PETER S. PATTON was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1818, and at the age of twelve
his father moved tu Cass County, Ind., in 1830, and_ remained there seven years. In 1437
he returned to Ohio, and remained there until 1855; moved to Lowa and located in Fair-
field, Jefferson County, and lived there until March, 1860, when he moved to Dottey County,
Kan. Mr, Patton was married in 1842, in Butler County, Ohi», to Miss Anna M. Oglesby, a
native of Ohio, They have four children by this marriage—Cynthiana, Melissa J., Joseph
W., and William B, Mr. Patton lost his wife in the spring of 1854; was married again the
same year, in Butler County, Ohio, to Mrs. Carolina Brown. Mrs, Brown had three children
—Charles O., Mary Auna, and Rachael Brown. Mr. Pattonhas two sons by his second wife,
Samuel D. and Isaac H. Mr. Patton, in the early part of his life, was a carriage-maker, an
was engaged in merchandising from 1853 to 1857, and from 1860 to 1866, was engaged in
farming in Coffey County, Kan. In 1866 was elected Register uf Deeds of Coffey County,
and moved to Burlington, and held that office two years; was appointed Postmaster of Bur-
lington, and held that office ten years, and since has been engaged in the hotel business, He
a a member of the Masonic Order. He lost bis sight in 1860, and has been totally blind ever
since, e = 5
W. B, PATTON, Clerk of the District Court of Coffey County, came to Kansas in 1860,
and located in Coffey County, and has lived in the county since, and in Burlington since
1865. Mr. Patton was. born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1849, and lived in his native State six
years, and removed with his parents to Jeffersou County, lowa, and lived there until 1860,
when he came to Kansas. Mr. Patton was married in Batavia, N. Y., in 1874, to Miss Elva
L. Crippen, a native of New York. He was manager of the postoffice in Burlington for five
years, and_was Clerk of the District Court for Coffey County in 1881-82. Pane
CHARLES PUFFER was born in Lewis County, N. Y., in 1825, and lived in his native
State nineteen years, and removed to Janesville, Wis., and lived there seven years. Re-
moved to Winnebago.County, Wis., lived there and in Waupaces County until he came to
Kansas in 1858. He was married in Wisconsin in 1857 to Mi
Indiana, and has six chlidren Mary, :E., Charles H., Edwin ¥F., Emma J. Nellie M., and
Katie E. Mr. Puffer was Captain of the militia of Company K, Sixteenth Regiment. and
was elected to the State Legislature in 1870, and served one term, and in 1873 was ap-
pointed one of the Commissioners of Public Institutions of the-State, and served two years,
and has been five years a member of the City Councilfor Burlington, He is a member of
the Christian Church, Heis at present engaged in the arog business in Burlington. —
REV. J. H. RALSTON was born in Fairview, W. Va., June 25, 1851, and livedin his
native Statetwenty years. He received his literary education in Washington anu Jetferson
College, and his theological education atthe Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny
City, Pa., graduating in the class of 1879. He was licensed to preach April 18, 1879. Came
to Kansas in May, and was ordained as an evangelist in the Presbyterian Church Nov. 5,
1879. He was installed as Pastor of the Presvyterian Church in Burlington early in the
spring of 1882. He was married in Cannonsburgh, Pa.,in March, 1880. Mr. Ralston com-
menced his work in Burlington with only.eight members and _ no property, and has now
about sixty members and a commodious church that cost $4,000, and a flourishing Sabbath

chool.
HON. A, M. F. RANDOLPH was born in Allegany County, N. Y., and educated at Alfred
Academy, N. Y., and at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., where he graduated June 29
1853. During the most of his school life he supported himself by teaching school an
working ouafarm, He taught school in Covington, Ky., from March, 1854, to April, 1859,
_ being most of the time Assistant Principal of the High School, In June, 1856, he received
from Allegheny College the degree of Master of Arts. Read law with Stevenson & Kin-
kead, of Covington, and in April, 1859, was admitted to practice in the Courts of Kentucky.
mn duly, 1859, he went to St. Loui-, aud remained a short time, and thence to Memphis,
cotland Co., i

 

 

 

 

Mo., and located in the practice of Jaw, and remained until August, 1861,
when he returned to Covingion, Ky,, where he resided until October, 1868. Engaged in
teaching school; was Principal of the High School in 1864 and 1865. He was a member of
the first company of the first regiment raised for the Union cause in 1861 in Kentucky,
which company became part of the Forty-first Kentucky Regiment, In October, 1868
he came to Kansas, and in November of that year located in Lawrence, where he staid until
October, 1869, when he settled in Burlington as an attorney-at-law. Was elected County
Attorney of Coffev County for two terms; was Attorney General of Kansas from January,

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& native of lowa. They have two children—Fred

ss Hannah Butler, a native of .

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1875, to January, 1877. In October, 1876, was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court
of the United States. Mr. Randolph servedas a member of the Legislature of Kansas in
1879, and was appointed Reporter of the Supreme Court of the State April1, 1879. Mr.
Randolph is engaged in the practice of law as well as Reporter for the Supreme Court, and
occasionally contributes articles for the press.

JAMES RED D; lawyer, has been engaged in the practice of his profession since
1864, and has been in his present location since 1867; the firm name being Redmond &
Junkins, Mr. Redmond came to Kansas in November, 1867, ana located in Burlington
and has lived there since. He was born in Greene Couuty, N. Y., in 1831. and lived in his
native State about four years, and removed with his parents to Seneca County, Ohio, and
lived there till 1850, and from 1853 to 1856 lived In Indiana and removed to Illinois in
1858, and lived there till December, 1860, and returned to Ohio and remained there tall
1861, and enlisted in Company B, Forty-ninth Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to
First Lieutenant, and resigned on account of disability in August, 1863, and returned to
Ohio and received an appointment as Colonel of a regiment; but on account of disability
did-not enter theservice again. After his return he took a course of lectures at the Univer-
sity of Michigan and }cated in La Grange County, Ind., in the practice of law, and remained
there till he came to Kansas in 186%,

ORIAH RUCH,was born in Pennsylvania in 1830, and lived in his native State eighteen
years, and moved to Butler County, Ohio, and lived in that State about ten years, and moved
to Indiana and lived there three years, and moved to Platte County, Ills., and lived there
about five years, and came to Kansas in 1877 and located in Chanute, Kan., and lived there
two years and came to Burlington in 1879 and engaged in the carpenter business, and since
eugaged in the hofeland bakery business. He was married in Butler County, Obio in 1859
to Miss Mary A. Gift, a native of Ohio. They lave five children—Emma, Laura, Alice, Josa-

hine and Franklin. Mr. Ruch is a member of the Masonic Order, and he enlisted ‘in the
ist United States Veteran Volunteer Regiment in 1864 and served until the close of the
war in .

WILLIAM J. SANDERS, grocer, was born in Putnam County, Ind., in 1832, and lived
in his native State twenty-four years, andin 1856 moved to Union County, Iowa, and re-
mained jthere one year and came to Kansas and Jocated in Coffey County in 1857, and
engaged in farming. He was married in Coffey County in_1868 to Mrs. Sarah Bradford, a
native of New York. Mrs. Bradford had one child—Letta Bradford. Mr, Sanders has tive
children—Vannie T., Ollie M., Mary A., William R. and Walter H. He was elected to the
office of Sheriff of Coffey County in 1864, and held that office for two terms; and was Mayor
of the city of Burling on two terms and member of the City Council one term, and has been
Under Sheriff two terms, and Deputy County Assessor for two terms. Mr. Sanders estab-
lished business in Burlington in 1872, under the firm name of Sanders & Hoffman, and has
been engaged in business there siuce. He is a member of the Masonic Order.

ORANGE E, SANFORD was born in Summit County, Ohio, on January 4, 1842, and
llved in his native State twelve years, and moved to Menasha, Winnebago Co., Wis.
and lived there twenty-three years, aud noved to Burlington, Kan., in 1875, and enga; ed
in the grocery business and grain buying. Mr. Sanford was married in Wisconsin in,1865,
to Miss Amanda M. Bowman, a native of Wisconsin, and has one child. jing Henry Cc.
Mr. Sanford lost his wife in 1873 and was married again in 1876 to Miss Mary M. Johnson,
W. and Mable M. Mr.S8. isa member of the

. F. He enlisted in 1861 in Company _C, Tenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and
coe until October 5, 1864, and was in the Government employ thereafter until the close
of the war. "

WARREN C. SEARS was born in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., Mass., August 1, 1834. In

‘the spring of 1854 he left the home of his childhood to seek his fortune in the West, and lo-

cated in Albany, Whitesidé Co., Ill., remaining there but one year, He again located at
Amboy, Lee Co., Ill, where in 1857 he married Miss Nannie A. Ives, youngest daughter
of Almon Ives, and there two children were born to them, a daughter, Clara, and a son,
Frank W. In 1863 he removed to Jo Daviess County, IIl., where he remained nine years,
the last six years of which he served as cashier of the Farmers’ National Bank of Warren.
In the fall of 1872 he returned to Amboy, where he remained until the spring of 1878; when
he removed to por nRtOn Coffey County, where he is now engaged in the drug business. —

LORENZO 8S. SHEFAR was bornin Kentucky in 1809, and livedin Kentucky about six
years, and moved to Bedford Gounty, Ohio, with his parents, remaining there thirty-seven
years, and moved to Iowa, and 1ived inthat State about sixteen years, and came to Kansas
and located in Coffey County 1n 1865, and has lived in Burlington fourteen years, and has
been engaged in boarding and hotel business. Was married in Ohio, in 1837, to Miss Catn-
erjne Messick. They have eight children—Peter, Jane, Martin, Nancy, Joseph, Harry, John
and Frank. Mr. Shefar was married againin Burlington, in 1873, to Clarissa Messick, a
native of Iowa, and have one child, Clarence B. .

A. C. SIMS was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., in 1844, and lived in that State till
1867, and moved to Kansas and located at Garnet, and lived at several ointsin Kansas, and
located in Burtington in 1880, and engaged in the harness business. r. Sims was married
in Anderson County, Kan., in 1873, to Miss Elinora Knouff, a native of Ohio. They have
two children, Leoto and Bvoni. Mr. Sims is a member of I. 0. O. I. and Knights of Pythias,
and is also a member of the Presbyterian Church, x %

CHARLIE N. SINCLAIR was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, in 1855, and lived in his
native State twenty-one years, and came to Kansas in1 76, and located at Burlington, and
has been engaged in contracting, building and carpenter business, He was married in Bur-
lington, January 18, 1682, to Miss Charlotta L. Putter, a native of Wisconsin, Mr. Sinclair
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Burlington, bs

C. E, SISSON, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in New York, Ontario County, in 1851.
In 1876 moved to Texas; in 1878 moved to Kansas, located near Burlington. He is foreman
for Taylor Bros., importers of and dealers in fine blooded stock sheep, cattle and hogs. Mr.
Sisson is a very enterprising young man. i : %

H. K. STIMSON was‘born in Saratoga County, N. Y., October 4,1804, and lived in that
State fifty-four years, then moved to Michigan, and was settled as Pastor of a church in
Adrian, Mich., three years, and lived po Gy Care in Wisconsin. Mr. Stimson came to Kan-
sas in in 1864, and located at Humboldt, and lived there one year, and moved to Ottawa in
1866, and remained three years. He came to Burlington in 1868, and has lived there since.
Mr. Stimson organized a company in 1861, and joined the Ninth New York Cavalry, and was
Captain of Company A, and had command of the First Battalion; in 1863 was disabled,
and came to Kausas and was appointed Puryeyor in the service. He has been Pastor of the
Baptist Church of Humboldt, Ottawa and Burlington, and has written the book entitled
“From the Stage Coach to the Pulpit; or the Adventures of H. K, Stimson.”

CASPAR STOFFELS, veterinary surgeon, was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1844, and
lived in his native country twenty-three years. He cameto the United States in 1868, and
located in Freeport, lll., and lived there eleven years; then coming to Kansas, he located in
Burlington, in 1878. Mr. Stoffels Is a veterinary surgeon, and is engaged in the practice of
dis profession in Burlington, and is also engaged in the cigar and tobacco business, and is
areut for the Lloyd Nort German Steams ip Company. He is a member of the Catholic

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ESDRAS SWAN, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Ohio, in 1826; lived there twen-
ty-five years, then moved to Iowa, located in Davis County, lived there until 1874; he then
came to Kansas, located near Burlington, and is engaged in stock-raising and farming.
Was married in Ohio, in 1848, to Miss Eliza Stewart, a native of Pennsylvania, They have
three children—Aronda, Silas and Mary. -

SILAS R. SWAN was born in Davis County, Iowa, and lived in his native State twenty-
one years, and moved to Burlington, Coffey County, in 1874, and bas been engaged in the

ractice of medicine for three years. Was educated in medicine in the St. Louis Medical

ollege, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1879, and commenced the prac-
tice of his profession in Burlington. Dr. Swan was married in Burlington, in 1880, to Miss
Lizzie Cross, a native of Indiana. Dr. Swan is Coroner for Coffey County, and is Medical
Examiner for the Mutual [Insurance Company, of New York. |

DR. J. J. THOMPSON was born in Bradford County, Penn., in 1834, and at two years of
age his parents moved to Lee County, Ill., and lived there fifteen years, then moved to
Whiteside County, Ill., and remained there until 1855; he then came to Kansas, and
stopped in Leavenworth City a short time, and crossed the plains to Salt Lake City, and re-
mained there three vears, and returned to Illinois in 1858, and remained one year, and came
to Kansas again in 1859, and crossed the plains to Pike’s Peak, and remained there one
year, and returned to Illinois in 1860, and in 1861, enlistedin the Sixty-eighth illinois Vol-
unteer Infantry, and served six mouths, and then re-eulisted in the Fourteenth Illinois
Cavalry, and served with that regiment until the close of the war; was promoted to assist-
ant surgeon of the regiment. After the close of the war he went to Old Mexico, and re-
mained there three years, and removed to Texas, and remained in that State three years,
aud came to Kansas and located in Parsons, and engaged in the practice of medicine, an
practiced in Montana, Columbus and Humbolt for several years, and came to Burlington in
1880, and engaged in the practice of medicine. Dr. Thompson was married in Anderson
Gounty, Kan., in 1881, to Miss Azilia, a native of New York. They have one child—Anna L.
He is a member of the I. O. O. F. .

JOB THROCKMORTON, farmer and stock raiser, about one and one-half miles from
Burlington. Mr, Throckmorton came to Kansas in 1857 and located in Coffey County, and
has lived in the county since. He was bornin Warren County, Ohio, in 1834, and lived in
his native State till 1857, wlien he came to Kansas. He was married in Miami County, Ohio,
to Miss Catherine ©. White, a native of Ohio, and have six children: Sarah A., Luella F.,
George, Charles F., Mary A. and EvaJ. Mr. Throckmorton was County Trustee under the
Territorial Government, and has served two terms in the State Legislature; also has been
County Commissioner and County Clerk for four years, and is now a candidate on the Re-
publican ticket for the Legislature. Isa member of the I. 0.0, F.,and a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Is extensively engaged in raisiug a good stock of cattle and
hog:. . : ‘
e ‘AMES P. TYSON was born in Canada in 1848, and lived in his native country until

 
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1873 and moved to Emmetsburg, Iowa, and lived there about eight years, and then came to
Kansas and located at Burlington and engaged in the milling business in the Burlington
City Mills, Mr.Tyson was married in Canada, in 1871,to Miss Maria Pierce,a native of Canada.
, They have three children: Mary E., Jane A. and Charles H. Mr, Tyson is 4 member of the
Episcopal Church. Milton C. Tyson was born in Canada in 1844, and remained there till
1872 and moved to Iowa, and lived in Iowa ten years and moved to Burlington, Kansas, and
engaged in the milling business with his brothers,

DR. WILLIAM M. VENARD, physician, was educated in Starling Medical College, Co-
lumbus, Ohio, and graduated from thatinstitution in the class of 1858; also graduated from
the Columbus Medical College in the class of 1878. Dr. Venard located In the practice of
his profession in Shelby County, Ohio, in 1860, and practiced there till 1870 and removed to
Kansas and located in Burlington, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession
there since. Dr. Venard was born in Warren County, Ohio, November 4, 1829, and lived in
his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in Shelby County, Ohio, in 1862,
to Miss Elnora McGennis, a native of Ohio, and’ has one child, Carrie. ry, Venard has
built upa goad Rractice ang is highly respected in his profession. .

PHILIP K, WADHAMS was born in Litchfield, Conn,, in 1880, and lived in his native

State about six years and moved with his parents to Knoxville, Tenn,, and remained there

-about fourteen months, and moved to [llinois, and lived in that State about twenty

years and removed to Nebraska in 1859, and lived in that State five years and returned to
Illinois in 1864, and remained there five years and came to Kansas In thespring of 1869, and
located at Burlington. Coffey County, where he now Hives, He was married in La Balle
County, Ill, in 1865, to Miss Mary A. Metcalf, a native of Illinois. They have three children:
Philip E., Eugene O, and Guy M. Mr. Wadhams has been Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion for Coffey County two aud one-half years, and Trustee of his township three years, and
has been assistant Postmaster for four years. Heis a member of the United Workmen So-
ciety and has been a member of the Congregational Church for fourteen years,

WILLIAM WAGNER was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1850, and when he
was quite a small boy, his parents moved to Indiana, and located in Brown County, and
lived there seven years, and came to Kansas in 1871, and located in Burlington, Mr. Wag-
ner was married in Burlington, in 1875, to Miss Rose German, a native of New York; they
have vo children—Willlam ¥., and Mary. Mr. Wagner is a member of the Catholic

sChurch.
‘J. A. WALKLING was born on Long Island, N. Y., in 1835, and lived in his native State
seven years, and moved with his parents to La Fayette, Ind., in 1842, and lived there one
year, and removed to Beloit, Wis., and remained there eight years, and removec to St.
Louis, and lived there till 1857, and came to Kansas, and located in Burlington, Mr, Walk-.
ling was married in Burlington, in 1865, to Miss Mary McAllister, a native of Philadelphia.
ghey have three childreu—Francis A., Eugene L. and Mary E, Has been Register of
Deeds of Cotfey County four years and Postmaster six years, and has been in his present
position as Justice of the Peace for four years. 2
< A. P, WATERBURY was born in Jetferson County, Wis., in 1845, and lived in his na-
tive State eighteen years, and moved to Minnesota, and lived in that State about one year,
and enlisted in the First Minnesota Veteran Regiment, and served five months and was must-
ered out at the close of the war, and located in DeKalb County, Mo., in 1865, and remained
there till 1873, and came to Kansas and located in Burlington and remained one year, and
moved to Nevada and lived inthat State four years, and went to Arizona, and was there
nine months and returned to Nevada, and remained one year and moved to Montana, and
remained there a short time and moved to Colorado, and was there eleven months and re-
turned to Kansas and has been in Burlington since, and engaged in the hardware and stove
business. Mr. Waterbury was married in DeKalb County, Mo., in 1880, and is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and Grand Army of the Republic. While in thé mountains, was
engaged in mining and milling. :

JOHN E. WATROUS was born in DaneCounty, Wis, in 1844, and lived there until
1857; came to Kansas with his parents and located in Coffey County; wis married in Bur-
lington, in 1869, to Miss Florence L. Smith, a native of Indiana; they havetwo children—
Lester D., and Paul B. Mr. Watrous enlisted in the army in 1863, in Company L, Fifth
Kansas Cavalry, and served with that regiment during the war, and was mustered out in
October, 1865; he is editor and proprietor of the Burlington Independent, which was estab-
lished in 1874. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. 4

G. C. WATTLES was born in Erie County, Pa., and lived in his native State thirteen
years, and moved to Earlville, Ill,, thence to Amboy, Il, and lived in that State until he
came to Kansas, in 1878, and located at Burlington in the drug business, Mr, Wattles, was
married in Amboy, Ill, to Miss Netta A. Haskell, in 1875, a native of Canton, Ill., and has
one child—William C. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and Kansas Pharma-
ceutical Association. : 3

. E. WEAVER was born in Shenandoah Valley, Va., in 1838, and lived in his native
State eight years, and moved with his parents to Allen County, Ohio, and lived in that
State until 1870, and came to Kansas and located in Butler County, and remained there
till the spring of 1871, and moved to Burlington, Coffey County, and engaged in the stock
business, and farming, and engaged in the livery business, in the spriug of 1882. Mr.
Weaver was married in Allen County, Ohio, in 1862, to Miss Isetti M. Field, a native of New
York; they have four children—Samuel D., Lizzie M., Anna D. and Jane. Mr. Weaver
is a member of the United Workmen. “ A

J.J. WEIGAND, blacksmith, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1841, and lived
in his native State fourteen years, and moved to Brown County, Ill.,and remained there
until 1870, when he moved to Kansas and located in Burlington, Coffey County, and en-
gaged in the blacksmith business. Mr. Weigand was married in Tilnols, in. 1866, to Miss

arah Wagner, a native of Ohio, They have six children—Helen A., Charles F., James J.,
Elizabeth, Mary, and Gregory J. My. Weigand enlisted in 1862, in Company D One Hun-
dred and Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer In antry, and served until the 25th of July, 1865,

d was wounded at Fort Blakeley, Ala., in 1865, and was discharged on account of canister

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shot in the left thigh. :

JOHN H. WHISTLER (deceased), was born in Chicago in 1808, and was the first white
child born within the present limits of ‘the city; wentto Kansasin 1847, and traded with
the Pottawatomie and Sac and Fox Indians until 1857, when he removed to Burlington.
He was in Detroit, Mich., at the time of the Chicago massacre, and was a part and parcel of
Hull’s surrender. His father was Col. William Whistler, who was commissioned as Ensign
in the United Stites Army in 1801. In 1803, when aSecond Lieutenant, he was married.
He was made prisoner of war at Hull’s surrender, and taken to Montreal, and soon after-
wards exchanged. He died at Newport, Ky., December 3, 1863, with the rank of Colonel,
which position he had held for many years. His age at the time of his death was eighty-
four years. His widow died at Newport, Ky., February 12, 1879, aged ninety-one years.

TT, J. WIDBY, lawyer, has been in practice since June, 1879. e completed his course
of study at the Union College of Law, at Chicago, Ill., in that year, and came to Burlington
and engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. ‘Widby was born in Pike County, III.
in 1852, and lived in his native State until 1879, when he came to Kansas. He was married
in Burlington, in September, 1881, to Miss Josie Rankin, a native of Kansas. He is chatr-
man of the Republican County Central Committee, and is City Attorney for Burlington, and
is a member of the Masonic Order.

THOMAS L. WILLIAMS, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Indiana in 1840, lived
there twelve years; he then moved to Missouri, lived there two years; then moved to Kan-
sas; then moved to California in 1859, and remained there till 1863, He then returned to
Kansas, stayed there ashort time, then moved to, Missourl, and remained there one year.
In 1866 he came back to Kansas, located in Coifey County, and has lived there since. He
was married in Indiana, in 1864, to Miss Sarah I, McCom bs. They have five children—
Frank, William, Mary, Peter, and John. He is a member of the Christian Ohurch. ‘

‘W.'J, WILSON was born In Ireland, in 1843, and lived in his native country twenty-' wo
years, and removed to the United States and located In New York, aid lived there about two
years and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and remained there three years, and came to Leaven-
worth, Kan., and lived there eight years, and then removed to Burllngton, Cottey Gountys
and has lived there five years engaged in the dry goods business, and has been in that busl-
ness since in his present location, e@ was married in Brooklyn, N., Y., in 1866, to Miss Lu-
ticia McGee, a native of New York; they have four children— William k., imma L.. Fred R.
and. George VW. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Masonic order and also of the Methodls

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. L, WOODFORD was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., In 1847, and lived in his native
State nineteen years, and moved to Whiteside County, Ill., in 1866, and in the spring of
.1870 he came to Kansas and located in Burlington, Coffey County, and engaged In the gro-
cery business in 1878. and has since been engaged in that business. r. Woodford was
married in Baldwin City, Kas., in 1871, to Miss Sarah Smith, anatlve of Missouri. They
have four cundren na Grace, Ralph, and Robert. Mr, Woodford is a member of the
Odd Fellows Society, and is Chairman of the Democratic County Committee; is a member
of the Congre etlonal Church, and has been Superintendent of the Sabbath-school of his
church since ; ,
JAMES E. WOODFORD was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1845, and lived in his
_native State until 1866, and-moved to Sterling, Ill., and lived in that State ten years, and in
the spring of 1876 vame to Kansas and located in Burlington, Coffey County, and engaged
in the grocery business. Mr. Woodford was married in Sterling, Ill., in 1872, to Miss Ella
M. Pettegrew, a native of Illinois. They have three children—Plorence, (liver, and James,
Me Woodford is a prominent business man in Burlington. At present he is Mayor of the
city, :

LE ROY.

The land upon which Le Roy now stands was pre-empted, or rather
claimed, by John B. Scott and Frederick Troxel. The latter sold his interest

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

to Thomas Crabtree, and when Richard Burr arrived from California in 1856,
he purchased a third interest in the town site, A Mr. Holcomb made the sur-
vey in 1857. The first frame house on the town site was built by Thomas
Crabtree and Isaac Chatham, in the fall of 1855. It stood north of where the
Le Roy steam mill isnow. The frame consisted of straight, young, hewn wal-
nut trees, and the shingles and weather boards were riven out of logs of the
same timber and shaved smooth. This house was afterward moved to where
Mr. Crabtree lives now, but before the wheels were taken from under it some
some one borrowed it to secure a claim, and it did service for a while in that
capacity for different claimants, until it was finally peacefully deposited on Mr.
Crabtree’s farm. John B. Scott kept the first postoffice and a country store in
a log house on the Wilkinson farm. He was also the first Justice ofthe Peace
in the county, having received his commission in 1855. In 1857 Jerome A,
and P. H. Smith opened a store in a double log house on the lot south of Mr,
A. McConnell’s present residence. The same year two saw-mills were put up,
one by Futhey, Harvey & Co., on the present site of the Neosho Valley Steam
Mills, and one by Smith & Murden, south of Sixth street, close to Mr. R. C,
Wood's farm. A great strife was inaugurated between these two rival compa-
nies as to who would be first in having their mill running. The whole settle-
ment became interested and took sides, one way or another, and considerable
betting was done on the issue of the strife, the main commodity being whisky.
Futhey, David Hosick and the Herdy brothers finally carried off the palm and
won the bet by running the first log on the gangway and sawing off the first
slab by daylight on the 5th of November, 1857. The flour mill, on a small
scale, was attached in 1859. and the following year the main building was put
up. The town now began to improve rapidly. The first frame house con-

structed out of sawed lumber was that of Mr. Ringle, which is still standing.
A two-story hotel was built in 1859, by a Mr. Fisk, on the lot east of Mr. Ahle-
field’s present residence, but it was destroyed by a gale in 1860. The present

hotel was built in 1858 by Mr. McLaughlin, and was finished the following

year by Elisha Amsden. In 1859, a substantial schoolhouse was erected, the

largest and best in the county for a number of years, until the present fine two-

story schoolhouse was completed in, 1869. Dr. Geo, W. Nelson built the
first brick house in 1859, the brick being burned by John Cottingham. Le Roy
kept steadily growing, and was the largest and most prosperous town in the
county until 1870, when Burlington jumped ahead and left her.

NEWSPAPERS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

October 20, 1866, the first number of the LeRoy /oncer appeared, under
the management of William J. Kent and William Higgins; William J. Kent,
editor, January 26, 1867, Mr. Kent withdrew and was succeeded by Lucas
Everett, and the paper was then published by Higgins & Everett until May 4,
1867, when Mr, Everett retired and was succeeded by Thomas H. Graham.
The firm name was then Higgins & Graham, until October 14, 1867, when Mr.
Graham retired and was succeeded by J. Higgins. The Higgins brothers con-
tinued the publication of the paper until May, 1868, when it was suspended, and
during the following summer the office was removed to Neosho Falls. October
30, 1869, J. R. Jennings started a paper at LeRoy, which he named LeRoy
Pioneer, because the electrotyped heading of the-defunct paper was found in
the city and appropriated by him for his paper, for economy’s sake. His paper
lived only till January, 1870. The Southern Kansas Advocate was started at
LeRoy in May, 1870, by C. H. Goodrich and Robert Waddell, who issued the
paper until November 1, 1870, when it was discontinued. All of the foregoing
papers were republican in politics, R.F. Eagle published the LeRoy /ndex
for about one year between the years 1872 and 1878. The first number of the
LeRoy Reforter appeared December 12, 1879. It was issued by S. H. Dodge,
who retired after the appearance of the first number. The next issue of the
paper appeared December 26, 1879, Lankton & Clark, publishers: January
23, 1880, those gentlemen retired and were succeeded by B. Frank Smythe.
who published it until May 15, 1880, when Frank Fockele became a partner,
the firm name being Smythe & Fockele. September 17, 1881, Mr. Smythe re-
tired and the paper has since been published by Frank Fockele. Independent
: politics. LeRoy has a population of about 900, and is a thrifty, promising

own.

The First Presbyterian Church of LeRoy was organized August 20, 1870,
Its first pastor was Rev. John Creath; it has no pastornow. The number
of members since the organization of the church have been 16. The pres-
ent number of members, 12, It owns no church property.

Methodist Episcopal Church—The first sermon preached at LeRoy was by
Rev. Benoni Wheat, a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church,at 3 P.M.
June 14, 1857, in an unfinished building intended for a hotel. The first conference
preacher sent to take charge of LeRoy circuit was Rev. M. M. Haun, early in
the spring of 1858. He remained in charge for two years, preaching at many
points for miles around, September 10, 1866, a church building was dedicated
in LeRoy for the Methodists by Rev. Z. Paddock, of Lawrence, Kan. The
church enterprise began in 1862. In 1868 a parsonage was erected at a cost of
$700, through the efforts of Rev. J, H. Leard, then pastor. The church was
organized in 1858. Present pastor, Rev. H. J. Walker.

Prairie Lodge, No. 39, [. O. O. F.—Chartered December 3, 1868, by the
Grand Lodge of Kansas. Charter members: George W. Anderson, D. J. Dib-
ble, Ahijah Jones, A. R. Quigg, R. B. Southard, W. F. Thornbury. First offi-
cers: Geo. W. Anderson, N. G.; A. R. Quigg, V. G.; A. Jones, R.S. Present
officers: William C. Rollins, N. G.; Frank Fockele, V. G.; I. T, Ozburn, Sec.
E. Robinson, Treas.; J. K. Snodgrass, Warden; J. A. Scroggs, conductor ; A.
Burger, I G.; John Brutchen, R.S. to N.G.; H. W. Smart, L. S, to N.G.; T.
B. Robinson, R.S.to V. G.; T. J. Cottingham, L. S.to V.G. Present number
of members in good standing, 49.

LeRoy Lodge, No. 2820, K. of H—Organized August 29, 1882, with the
following officers: H. J. Walker, past dictator; J. A. Scroggs, dictator ; I. T:
Ozburn, vice dictator ; H. W. Smart, asst. dictator; Frank Fockele, report-
er; G. W. Robinson, financial Rep.; E. Robinson, Treas; A. Heininger,

 
COFFEY COUNTY

Chap.; J. R. Snodgrass, guide; Henry C. Kennedy, guardian; Charles Mc-
Quaid, Med. Ex.; J. M. Quiggle, Frank Fockele, Chas. McQuaid, trustees.
Number of members, 26,

Neosho Lodge, No. 27, A. F. & A M.—(Le Roy.) — Organized in April,
1859, under dispensation, and chartered by the Grand Lodge of Kansas the
same year, First officers: A. F. Wilkinson, W. M.; J. A. Stewart, S. W.;
George W. Nelson, J. W. Present officers: J. A. Stewart, W. M.; Levi Knox,
S. W.; Thomas Crabtree, J. W.; E. Robinson, secretary ; J. G. Schlatter, treas-
urer; Joseph Holloway, 8. D; Jacob Ahlefeldt, J. D.; Butler Wood, tiler;
Joseph Robinson, chaplain. Number of members, twenty-two.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HENRY R. BALDWIN was born at-Lake Mahopac, Putnam Co., N. Y., on the 27th of
August, 1837. Remained there until he was twenty-two years old. Hethen weut to Ohio
and was married to Miss Maggie H. Palm, who lived in Manstield, Richland Co., Ohio.
They then went to his farm in Medina Co., Ohio, where he continued in the farming busi-
ness for ten years. Sold his farm and weut to Kansas; located in Woodson County. Aiter re-
maining there two years he sold his farm of 820 acres and purchased another three and one-
half miles north of Le Roy, where he engaged in raising graded stock. They have one
ehild—Laura L, V. Baldwin. Mr, Baldwin came to Le Roy in 1870 and is a prominent citi-
zen of that section of country. .

. H. BRUSCHIN was born in Germany 1n 1834, and lived in his native country twenty
years, and.came to the United States and located in Ohio in 1854, and remained there five
months, and moved to Iowa and lived there about one year, and moved to Chicagu and
lived there one year, and came to Kansas in 1857 and located in Le Roy, and_has been en-
gaged in the shoe business since, excepting six years that he was engaged in farming. Mr

ruschin was married in Le Roy, in 1861, to Margaret A. Dickerson, a native of Canada.
They have seven children—Anna, Charles, Lena, John, Lotta, Orliff and Bessie. Mr.
Bruschin was Mayor of Le Roy for four years, and is a member of ihe Masonic and Odd Fel-
lows soclettes, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. _
. . ALFRED V. COFFIN was born in Guiltord County, N.C., in 1819. Entered asa
tanner’s apprentice from 1838 to 1841, and lived in that state until 1853 and then moved to
Pickens County. Ala., remaining there a short time, removed to Hendricks County, Ind., and
re ided there till January, 1868, when being appointed Directing Physician for the Southern

Indian Superintendency came to Kansas and filled that position for two years and then lo- —

cated at Le Roy, Coffey County, and resumed ‘the general practice of his profession, which
he has coutinued down to this time, except serving as Representative in the Legislature of
Kansas, term of 1866. Dr. Coffin received his medical education at the Jetferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, in 1842-3. He was by intuition an uncompromising enemy to human
slavery, whether physical or mental, and at great personal hazard and physical effort
during 1851-2 aided thirty-two slaves, including one young woman, to reach Canada. He
was married in Randolph County, N. C.,to Miss Mary Is. Johnson, a native of that county,
June, 1847, by whom he has two daughters—Luella C. Albertson, of ITendricks County, Ind.,
and Olma C. Smith, of Anderson County, Kansas, He was married again November, 1863,
to Miss M. F. Randell, anative of Illinois; they have two children—M. Estella and Alfred
Velano. The doctor isa thorough liberal in religion—‘‘freedom for all and privilege for
Hone, | anid fo al) the dogmas of orthodox Christianity utterly infidel, and a life member of the
Treenback party.

E. E. COFFIN was born in Parke County, Ind., in 1836, and lived in his native State
twenty-five years, and moved to Kansas in 1662, and located in Le Roy. Coffey County, and
has been engaged in the stock business, He was married in Le Roy, Cotfey County, in 1864,
to Miss Mary Smith, a native of Chautauqua County. N.Y. They have two children—Sybil
and Dewey. Mr. Coffin lost his wife in December, 1871, and married again in Niles, Mich.,
in 1873, to Miss Kate Smith, a native of
and Carl; he has been a Representative in the State Legislature for two terms, and has been
three times Mayor of Le Roy. and Town Treasurer, and is amember of the Masonic Order,
and independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias, and is a member of the
Society of Friends.

L. C. COTTINGHAM, farmer, P. O. Le Roy, was born 1n Illinois, in 1844; he came to
Kansas, in 1877, he located at Le Roy, is engaged at farming and stock-raising; was mar-
ried at Le Ror, in 1871, to Miss Mary k. Woster, of Lllinois; have five children—John, Oilie,
Lulu, Lee and Millie: is one of the early settlers of Kansas. ~° a

OSEPH M. DRAPER, was born in McLean County, IIl., in 1846, and lived in his na-
tive State until 1856, and came to Kansas, and on account of the border ruffian war, went
back to Illinois and remained _there until 1857, and returned to Kansas, and located
near Le Roy, in Coffey County. Prior to 1870 he was engaged in -farming, and in 1870 en-
gaged in merchandising in Le Roy. Mr. Draper is a member of the firm of Hoseck &
Draper he is one of the oldest settlers of his town and county. elt :

EK L. ELLIOTT, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1854, and lived in his native
State about five years and moved to Clinton, Henry Co.,Mo., in 1859, and remained there one
year and came to Kansas in the fall of 1860, and located in Coffey County, and has lived.in
that county since, excepting five years he spent in Texas, and has been in the grocery busi-
ness in Le Roy about four years, andis also engaged in farming and stock-raising.. Mr.
Elliott is a member of the Masonic Order and I. O. O, F. : 2 :

FRANK FOCKELE, born in Prussia, Germany, in 1843, came to the United States in
1864. Being principally engaged in teaching, he resided successively in lllinois, Canada,
Onbio and Missouri, and moved to Kansas in 1871. After a short residence in Burlington,
he came to Le Roy, Coffey County, where he has been permanently located eversince, After
teaching three terms, he engaged in business, and in 1880, he formed a co-partnership in
the printing and real estate business with B. F. Smythe, then editor of the Le Roy Lteporter,
In 1881 he bought out his partner’s interest and is now sole proprietor of the above named
paper. F. Fochele was married in 1868 to Miss Mary Morrisey, a native of Vermont, by
whom he hasthree children—Blanche, Frederick and Frank. He is a member of thel. O,
O. F., and Knights of Honor, Treasurer of the city of Le Roy, Clerk of the School District
Board, agent for the Home Insurance Company of New York, and Springfield F. & M. In-
surance ompany of Springfield, Mass., also agent for the North German Lloyd Steamship

ompany.

aC uN W. HANEY, farmer, P. 0. Le Roy, was born in Dane County, Wis., in 1843, and

 

 

lived there until he was eleven years of age. i
there one winter, and attended school. Went to Leavenworth and remaingd there the win-
ters of 1854 and ’55, and inthe spring located at Lawrence, remaining there one year. In
1849-his father and a party of men, while crossing the plains on their way to California,
were surrounded by 600 Indians, who demanded the surrender of one of the company, Wil-
liam Jinks, of Kentucky, for the murder ofa squaw, for which crime they skinned him
alive. His father was Deputy United States Marshal, and during that fall nine men came to
his house and broke the door in, and he killed the leader, and the balance of them ran away.
In the spring of 1857 he moved to Ottawa, an’ remained there ashort time; then moved to
Coffey County and located in Le Roy Township. In May. 1858, his father was killed by a
Pro-slavery:man. His father was a Free-state man. Mr. Haney was married in Le Roy,
in 1872, to Miss Maria Lock, a native of Illinois, They have two children, John TY, an
Hattie H. He.has been a Township Trustee. Isa member ofthe Masonicorder. Enlisted
in the Thirteenth Illinois Infantry, serving three months; then went to Wisconsin and en-
listed in the Third Wisconsin Infantry, and served until the close of the war. ,

ISAAC HEMPY, farmer, P. O, LeRoy, was born in Ohio, in 1831, and in 1860 went to
California, in 1866 Treturned'to Ohio, and in 1880 came to Kansas and located on a farm in
LeRoy Township, Coffey County. He was married in Ohio, in 1856, to Miss Ann E.Smart,
a native of Ohio, They have four children—Maggie L., Thomas G., Wilber J. and Tena M.
He isa member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. While in Cali-

ornia Mr. Hempy was engaged in mining. F hs 4.)

DAVID C. HOSIOK Was born in West Virginia, in 1832, and lived in his native State
twenty years, and moved to Marshall County, Ili.. and lived there five years, and came to
Kansas in 1857, and located at Le Roy, Coffey County. Mr. Hosick first engaged in the mill-
ing business in’Le Roy, and was one of the company that built the steam mill at that place,
and has been for fifteen years engaged in the mercantile busine s, and is the leading mer-
chant in the dry goods business in Le Roy, He was engaged in farming for about four years.
Mr. Hosick isa siugle man, and has been identified withthe Republican party since its or-
Fa HOST CI b in West Virginia, in 1850, and in 1857 came to Kansas and lo

iC, SICK was born in Wes rginia, in 1850, a1 zi : ansas ll lo-
cated in Leavenworth; lived there from 1857 to 1873. In 1873 went to Texas, avd remained
a short time, and returned, and in 1874 Jocated in Le Roy, Coffey County, in: the grocery
‘business. Mr. Hosick was married in Le Roy, in 1875, to Miss Belle Baldwin, a native of
New York. They have two children, Tes and games Isa member of the Masonic order, and
has held several positions of trust in the community. <4 :

AHIIAH JONES was horn in Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y., March 1, 1805, and lived there
until 1849. then went to California and remained there nearly five years, and returned to
New York and staid there four months; and then removed to Kansas in the fall of 1854 and
jocated in Coffey County, and has been a resident of Le Roy for twenty-one vears, Was
married in February, 1829, in Oneita County, to Miss Mary Lillybridge, a native of Conn ec-
ticut, and has one child living, George U., in California. Was married again in 1862 to Miss
Sarah Funk, a native of Illinois. @ has held the offices of, County Clerk, Clerk of District
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HENRY MARTIN was born in Norway, in 1845, and lived in his native country twen-
teewe years, and caine to the United States in 1858, and located in Wisconsin, and lived
there two years, aud moved to Iowa, and lived in that State nine years, and came to Kansas
in 1879, and located at LeRoy, Coffey County, and engaged in farming and railroad con-
tracting, and is now engaged in dealing in farm machinery and wagons. Mr. Martin was
married in Norway, in i868, to Miss Pemeli E. Larson, a native of Norway. They have five
children—Ludwick, Barrett, Albert, Lena and Henry. He isa member of the Masonic Order
aud of the Lutheran Church. ~*

» MILLER was born in Herkimer Connty, N. Y., in 1837, and lived in his native State
eighteen years, and traveled inthe Western States three years, and located in Kansas in
1857, at LeRoy, Coffey County, an from 1857 to 1861, engaged in the milling business, and
in 1861 enlisted in Company G, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and served with that regi-
ment three years anda half, Mr, Miller was promoted from a private to the Second Lieu-
tenancy of his company. Atthe close of the war he returned to LeRoy, and engaged in
milling until 1878, and was elected Sheriff of Coffey County, and served four years. During
that time he lived in Burtington, and has since been engagedin the milling business in Le-
Roy, and is also engaged infarming. Mr. Miller was married in 1866, to Miss P. F. Garner,
and have two children—Maude A. and Nora B. Mr. Miller was County Commissioner for
four years, and Mayor of LeRoy. Isa member of the Masonic Order, and Independent Or-
der of Oda Fellows.

JACOB MILLISON was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1844, and lived in his
native State twenty-oue years, and moved to Owen County, Ind., and lived there four years,

- and came to Kansas In 1870, and located at Middletown, Wilson County, and Jived there

eleven years, and moved to LeRoy, Coffey County, in 1881, and engaged in merchandising
and hotel business, under the firm name of Plumerfield & Millison, and_keeps the Commer-

cial Hotel. He was married in Pennsylvania, in 1866, to Miss Mary N. Ruff, a native of
Feqnevivania, They havetwo children—Orin and Ency. Was Postmaster two years at
own.

ALFRED MoCONNELL was born in Essex County, New Jersey, near Newton, and lived
in his native State twenty-six years, and moved to Cotfey County, Kan., and located at-Le-
Roy in 1857, and has lived there since, and was engaged in the milling business from 1858
to 1874, and'then engaged in farming and stock-raising, and is now in that business. Mr.
McUonnell was married in Coffey County, in 1860, to Miss Mary Holmes, a native of New
York. They have two children—Bertha and William L. He is idéntified with the Democratic
party, and is a large farmer and stock-grower in Coffey County, -. .

JOSEPH McoMURTRY was horn in Kentucky in 1844, and lived there about six years,

- and moved with his parents to Missouri, agd remained there ashort time, and came to Kan-

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sas in 1854, and located at Chetopa, and lived there from 1854 to 1862, and came to LeRoy,
Coffey County, and has been engaged in the milling business about twelve years, Was two
years a teamster under Col. Prouty, during the war. Mr. MeMurtry was married in LeRoy.
in 1876, to Miss Sarah Ringle, a native of lowa. They have one child—D., Jessie. Mr. MeMur-
try 's a member of the I, O. O. F. i *,

DR. CHARLES McQUAID, was born in Scotlandin 1849, and moved to the United
States with his parents when quite small and located in Chicago, until he came to Kansas in
1872, and located in Le Roy, Coffey County, and has been engaged in the practice of medi-
cine since, and has been in the drug business about seven years. Dr. McQuaid was educated
in medicine at the Chicago Medical College, anc graduated from that institution in the class
of 1872. He was married in Burlington in 1873, te Miss Emma Kerr, a native of Indiana,
and have one child—Will. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and Order of Odd Fellows, '
and Knights of Honor. Dr. McQuaid has been in the practice of his profession for twelve
years, and for ten years in Coffey County.

EDWIN MORTON, was born in Maine In 1829: went to Massachusetts in 1849. Was
married to Sarah A. Beedle, a_native of-that State, in 1854. Wentto Kansas in 1857, and
settled in Avon Township, Coffey County, where he pre-empted land, Was during the war
United States Detective. Moved to Le Roy in 1867 and engaged in liquor business, in which
he remained fourteen years, since which has been engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Was elected Councilman of thé city of Le Roy, May, 1873, and, served one year; was elected
again to the same position in 1882, and_is serving at the present time. The names of chil-
dren are—Edwin F., William A., Mary E., Clara and Charles G, ;

OLLIN NORTON, was born in Connecticut in 1870, and lived in his native State four
ears, and moved with his parents to Ohio, and lived in that State sixteen years, and went
to California in 1850, and returned to Ohio in 1860, ancl remained there a short time, and
came to Kansas in the spring of 1861, and located in Le Roy, and has been engaged in the
milling business. Mr. Norton was married in Ohio in 1861 to Annette Sherman, a native of.
Ohio, and has three children—Minnie, Daisy and Paul. Heis a member of{theI. 0. 0. F.
Captain Orliif Norton, brother of Rollin Norton, was killed inthe Price raid in 1865, at
Bentonville, Ark. He was Captain of Company L, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry. /
AAC T. OZBURN, was born in Perry County, Ala.,.in 1839, and lived in his native State
ten years, and moved to Tishamingo County, Miss., and lived there seven years, and in 1856
moved to Kansas and located in Greenwood County, and lived there six years. and moved
to Le Roy, Coffey Co., Kan., and has lived there since and engaged in the carpenter and
cabinet business. In 1870 he engaged in the livery business, and is now in that business.
Mr. Ozburn was married in Missouri in 1859, to Miss Susan Tibbitts, a native of Indiana.
They have three children—Amanda F., Thomas W. H. and Rhoda EK. He has been a mem-
per of the City Council of Le Roy, and is a member of the 1. O. O. F. and the Knights of
onor.

J. M. QUIGGLE, was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, and lived in his native State seven
years; moved to Fulton County, Ill.; lived in that State thirteen years; came to Kansas in
1858 and located in Le Roy. Mr. Quiggle enlisted in the army in 1862,in Company F,

nfantry, and served with that regiment until the close of the
war, when he returned to Le Roy, and _ has been engaged in the harness business since. He
was married in Le Roy in 1868. to Miss Elizabeth Chambers, a native of Indiana. They
have two children—William D, and EvaM. Mr. Quiggle isa member of the I. 0.0. F. and
Knights of Honor.

ELIJAH ROBINSON, was born in Montreal, Canada, ‘in 1832, and lived in Canada
seven years. Moved to Pickaway County, Ohio, and lived there until 1860, and came to
Kansas and located in Le Roy. He was married in Le Roy in 1861 to Miss Jane Garner, a
native of Kentucky. They have three children—Eddie E., Mattie J.. and Bessie L. Mr.
Robinson engaged in mercantile businessin January, 1861, and has been in business in
Le Roy since, and is @ member of the firm of E. Robinson & Bros. Mr. Robinson was Post-
inaster of Le Roy for eight years, and was Assistant Adjutant with rank of Lieutenant Col-
onel, in organizing the State militia, aud has been County Commissioner for four years,
and Mayor of Le Roy. Heisa meinber of the I. 0. 0. F., A., F. & A, M., and K, of H.

DK. G. W. ROBINSON, P. O. Le Roy, was born in Pickaway, Ohio, in 1850, and at
eleven years of ave his parents came to Kansas in 1861, and located near Le Roy. He was
educated in medicine at the Chicago Medical College, and graduated from that institution
in 1879, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession since in Le Roy. His father,
John Robinson, was born in Ireland in 1801, and moved to Canada in 1818; remained there
until 1838, then moved to Ohio, and lived there twenty-three years. In 1861 cameto Kan- .
sas, and located near Le Roy. He was married in Canadain 1827 to Miss Mary M. Wil-
liams. They have ten children—Samuel L., Joseph, Elijah, Josiah, Rebecea, John W.,
Joshua, Albert R., George W., and Thomas B. He was a meinber of. the Methodis
Episcopal Church. His mother was bornin 1810, and is now living with Dr. G. W. Robin-
son

. B. ROWE, was born in Jefferson County, Mo., January, 1855,- and lived in his native
State until the fall .f 1869, and came to Kansas, and located near Osawatomie and lived
there a few years, then returned to Rolla, Mo,, and engaged in the drug business; remained
there one year and came to Kansas, and located in Le Roy, Coffey County in April, 1881,
and engaged in the drug business, Mr. Rowe was married in Miami County, Kansas, in
March. 1881,to Miss Maud Smith, a native of Kansas. He is a member of the I. O. QO. F. and
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was formerly engaged in teaching and his wife is
now engage in teaching in Le Roy. 2

J.G. SCHLATTER was born in Germany in 1833, and when an infant his parents
moved to the United Sta'es, and located in Crawford County, Ohio, in 1833, and lived in
that State until 1855, and moved to Iowa, and livedthirteen yearsin that State, and came
to Kansas in 1866, and located in Le Roy, Coffey County, and has heen engaged in the car-
penter, and joiner business, and for three years past has been in the lumber business in Le

oy. Mr. Schlatter was married in Iowa, in 1859, to Miss Euphemia Kniffin, a native of
Canada. They have four children—George W., Alva, Silva,and Francis. He is a member
of the Masonic order, and of the Lutheran Church. :

J. A. SCROGGS was born in_)’eaver County, Penn., in 1834, and lived in his native State
until 1856, and traveled in the Western and Southern States one year, and locatedin Elk-
hart County, Indiana, in the fall of 1857, and remained in that State until 1869, and ‘moved
to Topeka, Kan., and lived there until the spring of 1871, and moved to Paoli, Miami
County, and lived there until January, 1880, and came to Le Roy, Coffey County, and en-
gaved in theundertaking and furniture business. Mr. Scroggs was married in Indiana
in 1863. to Miss Mary E. Martin, avative of Indiana, and have two children—Ralph M.
and Mabel L. Mr. Scroggs isa‘<member of the Odd Fellows Society and the Knights of

onor,

CHRISTIAN SNYDER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Leroy, was born in Crawford
County, Ohio, in 1827. Went to California in 1850, returned in 1453; went to lowa the same
year.’ He was married lo Miss Nancy McMahan, .a native of Meigs County, Ohio. in 1854,
Emigrated to LeRoy Township in 1858. They have had ten children, all are living bu’ one
—Henry J., Joseph W., William A., John H., George E., Addie, Ella, Charles E., Freddie R.
(dead), and Arthur C,

JAMES A. STEWART, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1828, and lived in his na-
tive State two years, and moved with his parentsto Pennsylvania, and livea in that State
twenty years, and moved to fulton County, Ill., and lived there about nine years, and came

 
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to Kansas in 1858, and located in LeRoy, and engaged in blacksmithing. Was engaged in
the hardware business about three years. Mr, Stewart was married in Fultun County, IL,
in 1851, to Miss Frances S. Quiggie, a native of Pennsylvania, and has three childien—
omas Me rancls A.and EmmaJ. Mr. Stewart has been Township ‘Trustee for two years
and Town Treasurer, and is a member of the Masonic order and of the Baptist Church.
ELIJAH S. WADE was born in New Jersey, in 1830, and lived in his native State twen-
ty-one years, and moved to New York City and remained there thirteen years, and came to
ansas in 1866, and located in Leavenworth. and lived there two years, ani came to LeRoy,

Coffey County, and has lived there since. Mr, Wade was married in New York City in 186], -

to Miss Sarah E. Anderson, a native of New Jersey, They have two children—Kdward H.

‘and William. Mr, Wade has been Town Clerk for two years and Postmaster thirteen years.

He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is engaged iu general merchaudising in

eRoy.
KEV, HENRY J. WALKER was born in Preston, Pingland, May 24, 1835. His parents
removed from london to America, in 1846, settling in Dane County, Wis., where he re-
mained until1857. He was educated partly in London, and partly in Wisconsin, inthe pub-
lic schools, and acquired by-dint of strenuous private effort, a fair education. On October
. » he was married to Miss J. Wrigglesworth, a native of Sheffield, England, by whom
he has the following living children— Walter H., Clara K., Alice L., Charles J., William ¥.
and Frederick J, On Starch 15; 1855, he was converted, and soon after jojned the United
Methodist Church, and was licensed as a local preacher by it. He jolned. the Methodist Epis-
copal Church by letter, at Fulton, Wis., October 16, 1857. Ou May 21, 1857, he issued the
first number of the Mazomanie Herald, at Mazomanie, Dane Co., Wis.; disposed of that
paper andissued the first number of the Stoughton Independent, at Stoughton, Wis., on
September 22d of same year. This he afterward sold, remuving to Milwaukee, where he
worked as a compositor on the Milwaukee Daily Times, a Douglas organ, from its first to its
last issue, which were just seventeen. The nextthree years he spent as a photographer,
moving from place to place, till he ceased his career inthat direction at Council Hill Sta-
tion, Jo Daviess Co., Ill., in 1861. Heenlisted at Mazomanie, Wis., September 26, and mus-
tered into Company A, Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry, December 2, 1861, and remained with
the regiment till it was mustered out in August, 1865. He was a fifer for two years, and
then entered the ranks as a veteran, and on July 2, 1864, was commissioned, after being
elected by the regiment officers, as its Chaplain, by Gov. Lewis, of Wisconsin. He was or-
dained a Deacon by Bishop Ames, at Newburgh, N. Y., April 15, 1864, in order to qualify
or the Chaplaincy, and ordained Elder by Bishop Scott, at Portage, Wis., in 1869. He pub-
lished the Soldier’s Bydget, at Humbolit, Tenn., in 1862, and was local reporter of the
Natchez ( Miss.) Daily Courier, inthe fall of 1863. He jolned the West Wisconsin Confer-
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Brodhead, Wis., in September, 1865, remainin
in it until 1873, having been stationed at Wauzeka, Sextonville, DeSota, Spring Green an
Beetown, and served as its Assistant Secretary. He removed to Kansas, in 1873, and was
transferred to the South Kansas Conference, by Bishop Merrill, and.has had charge since.

 

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

CHARLES S. BAYLEY, farmer, P. 0. Ottumwa, was born in Dodge County, Wis., In
1844, and lived there until he came to Kansas in 1871 and Jocated in Ottunwa ‘Township,
and engaged in farming and stock raising, and is a large trader in.stock, Mr, Bayle
married m Wisconsin th 1877 to Miss Mary A. Sawyer, a native of Wiscorsin. ayley
iva member of the I. O. OU. F. and is one of the leading farmers and stock growers of Coffey
County. ss
HENRY BURGER, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Erie County, Pa., in 1833, and
lived in his native State until he came to Kansas in 1857, and located in Coffey County, and
remained there until 1860, and returned to Pennsylvania, and lived there until 1866, and
returntd to Kansas and located in Ottumwa Township, Coffey County, and engaged in
farming and stock raising. My. Burger was married in Coffey County, Kas. ln 67, to
Mrs. Sarah Y. Samuels, a uative of Indiana, aud was married again in 1872, to Miss Susan
Thayer, a native of Obio. They hese five childrens Lillie, Altheae, Mary, Henry and Grace.

is a ber of the Christian Adven urch. :

Mend YMA CHANCY. farmer, P. O. Ottumwa,was born in Maury County, Tenn., in 1832,
and lived in his native State until twelve years of age, and was taken. to Arkansag and lived
there until 1863, and enlisted inthe Eleventh Arkansas Regiment and served with that
regiment three years and was mustered out in 1866, and came to Kansas and lived at Bur-
lington for two years, and in 1869 moved on to bis farm vf 160 acres in Ottumwa Township,
Coffey County, and is engaged in stock raising. He was married in Arkansas, in 1852, to
Miss Pei lie Horton. They have cne child. He was married again in 1866 to Miss Amanda
Bean, and has five children, Darthola, Walang, Oliver, Lucy Elien, and Elizabeth. Heisa
member of the United Brethren Church. : 2 ‘

MUEL DIX. farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Putnam County, Ind., in 1854 and
when quite small his parents moved to Kansas and located in Ottumwa Township in 1855
and has lived there since and has been engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. Dixisa
single man. Morgan Dix, his father, was born in Mason County, Ky., in 1810 and lived there
twenty years and moved to Putnam County, Ind., and lived there until he came to Kansas
in 1855 and located in Ottumwa Township and remained there until his death, which oc- -
curred the first of March, 1882. - Mr. Dic was one of the Se eon of Coifey County
and_was highly respected by the people of his township and county.

HENRY ¥ RY. tfariner, ‘i Oo. cen wa, was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1826, and
lived in Ohio aboutten years and moved with his pareiuts to Putnam County, Ind,, and
lived there about six years, and moved to Keokuk County, Iowa, and lived there about
elght years and came to Kansas in 1885, and iocated in Ottumwa Township, Coffey County,
and was engaged for some time in milling in Burlington and Ottumwa, and has since been
engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. Fry was married in Iowa in 1853 to Miss
Samantha Warner, a native of Ohio, by whom he bad four children, Albert, George, Graldus
and Augustine, He was married agaii in 1867 to Miss L. Despain, and have three children,
Catherine, Elwood and Charles. Is a member of the Christian Church. ¥

JONES, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Indiana, in 1843, and lived in

JOHN T. 1
then, of Wichita,Peabody, Wellington, Florence, Cottonwood Falls,Strawn and LeRoy. In? that State about fifteen years, and moved to Illinois, and Jived there about ten years, and

76, he was elected Assistant Secretary, and in 1877-78-79, Secretary of that Conference.
In 1874, he obtained a charter from the State of Kansas for the Arkansas Valley Collegiate
Pnatituts, located at Wichita, of which he was elected President of its first Board of Di-

REV. BENONI WHEAT was born in Virginia in 1807 and lived in his native State for
fifty years, and moved to Kansas in 1857, and located in LeRoy Township, and has lived in
LeRoy four years. Mr. Wheat has been preaching for forty years, and preached the first
serinon in this section of Kansas in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.
‘Wheat was a member of the first State Legislature and assisted in organiziug the Stute Gov-
ernment, and has been County Superintendent of Public Instruction and Police Judge of

Roy. Is engaged in farming, but has retired from active labor. r. Wheat was married
in Virginia in 1830 to Miss Rachel E Chapman, a native of Virginia They have eight
children—John J., Charles W., Samuel H., Henry C., Josephine, George K., Robert C. and

ary A.

ISAAC M.WOODARD, miller, P. O. Le Roy, was born in Indiana, 1848; lived there twelve
years, then came to Kansas 1860, located at Atchison, lived there eigut years, then moved
to Topeka, lived there four years; he then came to Coffey County and located at Le Roy, aud
has been engaged milling business as member of the firm of Woodard & Norton. Was mar-
ried in 1880 to Miss Estheria W.Sheppey. Is a member of the Knights of Honor, alsoa mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church. :
~ JOHN M. WOOSTER, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1819
and lived there until 1832, and moved to Ohio and lived there until 1841, then moved to
Illinois and remained there until 1856; came to Kansas and located on a farm in Cotfey
County and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, and is a millwright by trade. Was
married in Illinois in 1846 to Miss Marien Haugham,a native of Ohio. They have two
children—Charles and Mary. He was one of the Locating Committee of the County and isa
monn Der of the I. 0. O. F., and of the Christian Church, and was a member of the State

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OTTUMWA.

Among the early settlers of Ottumwa were Dr. Hamilton Smith, J. G.
Shaubell, James Harris, John T. Cox, Jonathan Lyman and Dr. Joseph Jenks.
September 15, 1857, Jonathan Lyman issued the first number of the Ottumwa
Fournal, which was the first paper printed in Coffey County. Only two num-
bers were issued. The press on which this paper was printed was removed to
Linn County by Mr, Lyman in 1860. By an act of the Legislature, approved
February 25, Ottumwa was incorporated as a town, the act of incorporation
providing for a Board of Commissioners consisting of five members, a Marshal,
Assessor, Collector and Treasurer. The Council was clothed with full power
to regulate the municipal affairs of the town. The Councilmen designated by
the act of Incorporation were: Ebner H. Hoult, William R. Smith, James
Harris, J. W. Kerr and Enoch ,Maudlin, The Western Christian University
was an institution located by the Christian Convention of the State of Kansas
which met at Emporia in October, 1862. The first Board of Trustees were
John Moore, G. B. Taylor, John M. Rankin, N. B. White, Pardee Butler,
John T. Cox, James Lee, Solomon G. Brown and Peter Smith. A building
costing about $8,000 was erected in 1863. All but $2,000 of this money was
raised in Ottumwa. An academic department of this institution was put in
operation in the spring of 1863, under John M. Rankin as principal, wherein
was taught all the branches and science usually included in the preparatory
course of colleges. One hundred and thirty students attended the first year.
O. S. Laws, and Mrs. M. A. Hitchcock were employed as assistants the first
year. Mr. Rankin retained the position of principal until 1867, during which
time the school earned an excellent reputation for thoroughness and dispatch,
and was well patronized from all parts of the State. Mr. N, Dunshee suc-
ceeded Mr, Rankin as principal, who resigned at the end of the year 1868,
when the school closed on account of financial embarrassments. In 1871 the
building was destroyed by fire and the institution sank out of existence. The
fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. Since the destruction
of the University building Ottumwa has not made much progress, and the town
now numbers less than two hundred inhabitants. .

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

HARMON ALLEN, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Vermont in 1807 and _ lived

there until nine years old and his parents moved to Delaware County, Ohio, and llved there
eleven years. - He then spent one year in trading on the Ohio river, and Jovated at Ripley,
Ohio, in 1842, and remained there some time, and moved to Indiana ant lived there until
1868, and came to Kansas and located in Ottumwa Township, Cotfey County, and has b en
engaged in farming and stock raising since. He was married in Kentucky in 1887, to Miss
Eifeabern F, Knott. They have four children—Rebecca A., Alonzo W., Jolin H. and
Henry C.
ABNER BALL, farmer, P. 0. Burlington, was born in Tennessee In 1820; when he was
one year old, his parents moved to Indiana; he lived in that State sixty-one years and came to
Kansas in 1882 and located in Ottumwa Township, Coffey County, and is engaged in farm-
ing and stock raising. Mr. Ball was married in Indianain 1843 to Miss Elizabeth Farley,
who was born in Virginia. They have two children, James W. and John KE,
member of the Masonic order and of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

Mr. Ball isa te

came to Kansas In 1867, and located in Burlington, Coffey County, and lived there until
1879, and removed to Ottumwa Township and eligaged in tarming and stock raising. Mr,
Jones was married in Illinois, in 1864, to Miss Louisa A. Ambern, a native of Indiana, and
has three children, Fran: is, Flora L.and Louis C, Mr. Jones enlisted in 1862 in the One
Hundred and Fifteenth IJinois Volunteer Infantry and served with that regiment six
months, and was discharged on account of disability. He isa member of the Grand Army
of the Republic and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. bs

HARRISON: ELLEY, farmer, P. O, Ottumwa, was born in Wood County, Ohio, in 1836,
and lived in Ohio until March, 1858, and came to Kansas and located in Ottumwa Town-
ship, Coffey County, and has been engaged in farming and stock raisiog. Mr. Kelley was
married in Ohio in 1855, to Miss Tabetha McCombs. He lost bis wife and was married again
in 1861 to Miss Caroline McCullough, a native of Ohio, and have four children, Harry,
Hermar, Artie and Fanny. Mr. Kelley is a member of the State Senate and has been a
member of the House of Representatives one term and was a Director of the State Peni- -
tentiary for five years and Assessor of Internal Revenues for three years, and is a member
of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Kelley enlisted in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry in
1861 and was promoted to First Lieutenant of his eumpany, and was appointed Captaln of
Company B, of the same regiment, and served until the close of the war with that regiment.

HENRY H. KLOCK, merchant, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y.. in 1835, when he
was one year old his parents removed to Pennsylvania. lived there about eighteen Ras
and removed to Peoria County, Ill., lived there until 1861, when he enlisted in the Ninth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with that regiment for three years, At the close
of the war he went to Alabama, and lived there three years, came to Kansas inthe spring
of 1868 and located in Ottumwa, Coffey County; was engaged in teaching for four years
and has been in the mercantile business since. Mr. Klock was married in 1868 to Miss
Emeline Butler, a nafive of lowa. -They have three children, Ross V., Mary A., and Grace

. Mr. Klock has been Justice of the Peace, and School Examiner and Postmaster for
eight years, and is a member of the Advent Christian Church and a minister in that church;
is also a member of the G. A. R. q <

WILLIAM J. MANSON, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Miami County, Ohio, in
1842, and lived in his native State until 1867,and came to Kansas and located in Burlington
and lived there one year, and then located in Hampden Township, Coffey County, and re-
mained ashort time, and moved to Ottumwa Township where he now lives, and is engaged
In farming and stock raising. Mr. Manson was married in Troy, Ohio, in 1864, to Miss
Kate Garley, who was born in Pennsylvania; have one child, Clara B. Mr. Manson isa
member of the Baptist Church and is one of the prominent farmers of Coffey County.

JA . PRESTON, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Fayette County, Ill, in
1851 and lived in that State sixteen years, and came to Kansas in 1867 and located in Ottum-
wa Township, Coffey County, and has been engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr,
Preston was married in Burlington, in 1873, to Miss Lucinda J. Fleming, a native of Indi-
ana. They have two children: Ivy M.and Benjamin A, His father, Stephen Preston, was
born in Pennsylvania in 1808, and at thirty years of age moved to Illinois and lived there
until he came to Kansas in 1867 and located in Cotfey County and lived in that county until
his death, which occurredin March, 1873.

HENRY RICHARDS, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio,
and at five years of age his parents moved to Grant County, Ind., and lived there twenty-
three years, and came to Kansas in 1858 and located in Ottumwa Township, Coffey County,
and was engaged in merchandising for fourteen years, and engaged in farming and stock
raising, and is raising a good grade of cattle and has some Short-horn cattle and the Berk-
shire and Poland-China hogs, and a good_stock of horses and a fine farm of 540 acres of
land, Mr. Richards was first married in Indiana, in 1848, to Miss Mary J. Reeder, who was
born in Indiana, and has one child, John. He married again in 1857, to Catherine McCor-
mack, a native of Indiana, and have seven chiltren: Anna Z,Martha J.,Mary H. M., Arthur

J., Louls, David H, and Daniel E. Mr. Richards has served as School Trustee, and is @
member of the Democratic party and a member of the Predestinarian Baptist Church, and
has been a preacher in that church for twelve years. A firm believer in the faith of
election and predestination.

JOHN G. SHAWBELL, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Lancaster County, Penn.,
in 1820, and lived in bis native State until 1856, and came to Kansas and located in Leaven-
worth, and remained there four months, and moved to Coffey County, and located in Ot-
tumwa Township, and has been engaged in farming and hotel keeping, and was formerly
engaged in blacksmithing. Mr, Shawbell was married in Pennsylvania, in 1841, to Miss

aria Evans, who was born in Pennsylvania. They have five children: Sarah M., Louise
E., Francis M., Anna W, and Clementing 8. Mr, Shawbell enlisted in 1861, in Lane's Brig-
ade and In 1862 was transferred to the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and served with that Regi-
ment during the war and was discharged in December, 1865. He isa member of the Ma-
sonic order, and the G. A. R., and has been Constable and Deputy Sheriff.

. W. B, SHAFFER was born in Holmes County, Obio, in 1884, and lived in Ohio
until 1868. and came to Kansas and located in Ottumwa, Coffey County and engaged in the
practice of medicine. Dr. Shaffer received his medical education in the Miami Medical

ollene in Ohio and graduated from that institution in the class of 1855 and commenced
the practice of medicine, and has been engaged in the practice for twenty-seven years.
Dr. Shaffer was married in Ohio in 1869 to Miss Lucretia C. Hetich, a native of Ohio. By
this union they had five children who are now living—Lula, Frank, Grace, Lucretia, and

iiliam. Mrs. Shaffer died May 10, 1882. Heis a member of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. Dr. Shaffer was Assistant Surgeon of the Eighteenth Ohlo Volunteer Infantry and
resigned this position, and was afterwards appointed Assistant Surgeon of the One Hundred
and & ighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served in that position until the close of

GEORGE A. SMITH, blacksmith, was born in Indiana in 1831 and lived in that State
until the fall of 1866, and came to Kansas and located in Greenwood County and lived there
sixteen months and removed to Ottumwa, Coffey County, and has been engaged in black-
smithing. Mr. Smith was married in Indiana in 1852 to Miss Mary A. Bolton, a native of
Vi telnia; they huve three children—Ransome C , Jonathan, and Adelpha, Mr. Smith enlisted
in the army in 1862 in the Eighteenth IndJana Battery and served first six months and re-
enlisted in the same Batlery and served until the close of the war. He isa member of the
G. A. R. and of the Missionary Baptist Church.

8. C. WHITNEY, fariner, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Essex County, New York, in 1826
and lived there elghteen yearsand moved to Licking County, Ohio, and lived in that State
seven years and moved to Springfield, Lilinols, and lived there twenty-one years and came
to Kansas in 1871 and located in Franklin County and lived there nine years, and located in
Ome Township, Coffey County, in 1880, and has been engaged in farming and sheep
raising. Mr. Whitney was married in Springfield, Illinois, in 1852, to Miss Isabel Wolga-
mata native of Pennsylvania and has five children—Barbara H., David, 8. Betsy, Katy,and
May. Mr. Whitney is'a member of the Advent Church.

 
COFFEY COUNTY.

STRAWN.

This town is situated in Pleasant Township, on the south bank of the
Neosho River, and is a point on the Neosho diviston of the Missouri Pacific
Railway. The town site was surveyed in 1871. The first settlers were Enos
Strawn, Hiram Hoover, J. Chesnut, J. Jacobs, W. Jacobs, T. L. Harrell and E.
Benedict. It contains two stores (a dry goods and grocery by Mr. Wingard,
and a grocery by Mr. Fletcher), ashoe shop by Mr. Prather, one blacksmith
shop, a hotel kept by R. Smith, and the postoffice by F.,Newkirk. On the
west side of the town, on an eminence overlooking the country, stands a fine ~
large frame schoolhouse, 26x40, with a bell, An iron bridge costing $15,000
spans the river, near town. Valuable limestone and sandstone quarries are
on the town site. Population about one hundred and fifty, ~

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.

THOMAS BAKER, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Burlington, was born in Crawford County
Ind., in 1841, and lived in his native State about twent years, He moved to Kansas in
1862, and remained in that State three years, and in 1865 went to Denver and remained a
shorttime, He then removed to Montana, and lived there two years, at the end of which
time he returned to Indiana and.stopped a short time, then came to Kansas and located in
Pleasant Township, Coffey County, aud engaged in farming in 1868. He was married in
Coffey County, in 1869, to Miss Mary C. Heffron, a native of Kentucky. They have four
children—Michael, James, Mary and Cathalie. Mr. Baker isa member of the Democratic
party, and has been Town Trustee, and is now County Commissioner for Cotfey County.

WILLIAM F. BAKER, farmer, P. O. Hartford, Lyon County, was born in Gettysburg,
Penn.,, 1n 1829, and lived in his native State until 1852, and moved to Akron, Ohio, and lived
there one year, and moveil to Iowa, and remained there until 1857, and caine to Kansas and
located at Emporia, and lived there twenty-two years, and removed to Pleasant Township,
Coftey County, in 1879. He was married in Pennsylvania, in 1846, to Mrs, Mary A. Spaug-
ler, They had one child—AndrewC. Mr. Baker was: married again, in 1872, to Phoebe

M. Spurgeon, a native of Indiana. They have four children—William L., Benjamin F.,
Charles P. Bertha N; was a Justice of the Peace for four years, and served eleven years
on the School Board; is a member of the I. 0.0. F. and United Workmen; is 2 member of
the Christian Church.

DR. WILLIAM A. DUMBAULD, P.O, Strawn, was born in Perry County,.Ohio, in
1846, and lived there thirty-one years, and came to Kansas 1n_ 1879, and located in Coffey
County, and engaged inthe practice of medicine in Strawn. He was educated in the Cin-
cinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and graduated from that institution in the class of
1874, and has been eugaged in the practice of his profession since in Ohio and Kansas. He
was married in Licking County, Ohio, in 1867, to Miss Jennie Walker, a native of Ohio.
They have three children—Lida, Della and Bun, Dr. Dumbauld is a member of the Masonic

- Order and the I, O. O. F., and is amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He studied
medicine with Dr. B. Coleman, of Homer, Ohio, for three years. — "

H. E, HEFFRON, farmer, Section %, P.O. Burlington, was born in Kentucky in 1851,
and in 1855, when he was four year of age, his parents moved to Kansas and located near
Leavenworth He lived there two years and moved to Coffey County in May, 1857, locating

‘in Pleasant Township, where he engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married in
Coffey County, in 1876, to Miss Mary Grennan, a native of New York. They have two chil-
dren, Michael and Rosey. Mr. Heffron is a member of the Catholic Church. «

GEORGE HUNT, Section 18, P. O. Burlington, was born in Sullivan County, N. Y.
When he was quite young his parents moved to New Jersey and lived there about eighteen
years. Hethen came to Kansas and traveled through the State in 1856, and went to Lowa in
that year and went to Council Bluffs where he remained two years. He went to California
in 1858, and remained there one year and returned to New Jersey and lived there until
1861. In this year he enlisted in the Third New Jersey Regiment and served in that regi-
mentthree months. Went into the Quartermaster’s Department and remained inthe army
until 1864, when he went to Montana and in the following winter went to Colorado and en-
listed in the Colorado Militla and served three months.on the plains, fighting the Lndians,
thence returned to Montana from there to Kansas in 1867 and located in Pleasant Town-
ship, Coffey County, and engaged in farming. He was married in Coffey County, in 1869, to
Miss Jane Heffron, a native of Kentucky. They have four children—Burroughs, Thoinas,

Margaret and PhillipC. ~ a

ILLIAM W. JOHNSTON, farmer, P O. Burlington, was born in Ireland 1836. He
came to the United States in 1852 and located in Iowa, In 1°57 he came to Kansas, located
in Pleasant Township, Coffey County, and engaged in farming. He was married to Miss M.
E, Sayers, of Nebraska, Is a Democrat and one of the early settlers of Coffey County.

J. A. KENNEDY, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 1841,
and lived there fourteen years; removed to Indiana in 1855, and lived there three years. He
eame to Kansas in 1858, locating first at Lawrence and lived there two years, engaged in
milling. He went to Coloraclo in the spring of 1860 and returned in the fall of that year to
Lawrence, where he remained until 1865, when he moved to Coffey County and located at
Ottumwa and lived there seven years, being engaged in milling and stock raising on a farm
fortwo years;then he moyed to Burlington and lived there eight years, engaged in the
grocery and stock business; he then moved from Burlington to his farm in Pleasant Town-
ship in 1882. He was married in Strawn, Coffey County, in 1868, to Miss Martha M. Strawn,
anative of Indiana. They have onechild, E. A. Mr. K. isa member of the Masonic Order,
and is an old citizen of the State of Kansas and one of the leading farmers of his township
and county and has been a large dealer in stock, e Sky Bib ots 59

CHARLES KING, farmer, P.O. Burlington, was born in Ohio in 1846,and in 1867 came

County, where he engaged in farming. He

to Kansas, and located near Ottumwa, in Coffe , i
illiamson, a native of Ohio. They have two

was married in Ottumwa to Miss Cyrene v
children. Mr. King is &@ member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlisted in
Ohio in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with
that replinent until1865. Remained in Ohio until 1867 when he came to Kansas.

"FL M. NEWKIRK, railroad agent, Strawn, was born in Kentucky in 1842, andin 1872
cameto Kansas, and wentinto business as a merchant at Strawn until 1875. In 1873 he
was appointed station agent of the M. K. & T. R. R., and is engaged in handling grain. He
was married in Kentucky in 1870 to Miss Lillie A. Wingard. They have four children—
Arthur, Samuel, Minnie, and Mary. Heis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

JAMES JACORS, farmer, P. O. Strawn, was born in Allen County, Ohio, in 1833; lived
theretwenty -two years, and came to Kansas in 1855, and located in Coffey County, Le Roy
Township, and moved to where he now lives, in Pleasant Township in 1857. Has been en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising, andis a large dealer and shipper ot live stock. Mr,

acobs’ was narried in Allen County, Kan., in 1863, to Miss Nancy 8S. Hall, a native of
Georgia. They have four children—Mary Lizzie, Anna May Charlie Clinton, and Florence
Alta. Mr. Jarobs has been Township Treasurer, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
~Church, and of the G. A. R. He enlisted in 1862 in Company F, Twelfth Kansas Volunteer
f Infantry and served three years. » ts

JAMES M. PIERATTD, farmer, section 36, P. O. Strawn, was born in Kentucky in 1844,
and lived there ten years. He came to Kansas in 1854, and located in Douglas County, and
lived there until 1867, wher he came to Coffey County and located ona farm in Pleasant
Township. He was married in Douglas County, Kan., in 1864,to Miss Margaret J, Ken-
nedy, a native of Ohio. They have four children—Marian R, William I., James M., and
Martha. His wife died September 29, 1882, aged thirty-five years, two months and twenty-
five daya Mr. Pieratt is a large farmer and stock-raiser, and is engaged in shipping
cattle. :

WILLIAM SCOTT, farmer, P. O. Hartford, Lyon County, was bornin Henry County,
Ind., in 1851, and lived there Seventeen years, and came to Kansas and located in Leaven-
worth County in 1869, and livedtheretwo years and came to Coffey County in 1871, and
located in Califoruia Township, and now resides on his farm in Pleasant Township. Mr.
Scott was married in Cofféy County in 1872 to Miss Mary E. Souder, a native of Indiana.
They nave three children—Phillip, W.lber, and Victor, Mr. Scottis engaged in farming
and stock-raising. oe ‘ <
CONLEY F, SMITH, merchant, St-awn, was bornin Virginia in 1852, and lived there
sixteen years. In 1869 he came to Kansas and located at Strawn, and engaged in farming.
In the spring of 1882 he engaged in merchandising. He was married in Strawn in 1876 to
Miss Susie A. Daytong, a native of Indiana, ‘hey have one child—Eliza E. Mr. Smith’s
father, Emanuel Smith, was born in Virginia in 1818, and lived in his native State
about ‘fifty years, and came to Kansas and located at Strawn, Coffey County. He was
married in Virginia in 1838, to Miss Eiiza Mann, a native of Virginia. They have eleven
ehildren—Lydia, Catharine. Emeline, William, Caroline, James, Conley, Archimadis,
L. H., and Eliza. Mr. Smith is Postmaster at Strawn. 2 . 4
ENOS STRAWN, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Strawn, was born in Perry County, Ohio, in
1812, and lived there twenty-five years; then moved to Delaware County, Ind., and re-
mained there until 1855. when he came to Coffey County, Kan,, and located in Pleasant
Township, where he is now engaged in farming and stock-raising. _He was first married in
Delaware County, Ind., to Miss Mehethelan Dodd. They had six children—Rebecca, James,
Joshua, Martha, Phineas and Jane. Mr. Strawn was married to his second wife in 1860,
Miss Sarah Farrell, of Trumbull County, Ohio, They have two children—Kate and Sarah.
Mr. Strawn has been Probate Judge of Coffey County one term, and one of the commission-

‘ children—Lillie £., Stllie E. and Eda L.

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ers appointed to locate the county seat. He has been a Justice of the Peace for forty-one
rs.

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N. S. WILKINSON, merchant, Strawn, was born in Indiana, in 1843, and lived there
until 1865. Hethen came to Kansas, and located in Coffey County, where he has been en-
agel in farming and stock-raising, and is now amerchant, He was married in Coffey
ounty, in 1868, to Miss Adelia Price, of Indiana. They have five children—Ada, Clara,

Anna, Nathan and Charles. He isa member of the Baptist Church, .
D. L. WINGARD, inerchant, Strawn, was born in South Carolina, in 1825, and lived there

twenty-five years, when he moved to Georgia, and lived there fourteen years. He moved

to Indiana in 1864, and to Kentucky in 1867, and came to Kansas in 1872, locating at Strawn,
Cotfey County, asa merchant. He was married in South Carolina in 1848. He lost his first
wife, and was again married in Georgia, in 1852, to Miss Lorena Shaw. They have three
¢ . He was again married in 1868, in Kentucky, to
Miss Maggie A. Newkirk. They have four children—Gracie, Frankle L., Lennie K., Agnes
S. Mr. Wingard has been a Notary for five years, and agent of Adams Express Company,
and is a member of the Christian Church.

WAVERLY.

This town is situated in Rock Creek Township, three miles south of the
Osage County line and five miles west of the Anderson County line. It is a
point on the Ottawa and Burlington Railroad. In the spring of 1878 the town
was platted by Isaac Pierson, who owned the farm on which the town was lo-
cated. The town company was chartered in 1880, and the corporators were:
W. H. Schofield, Orson Kent, James Houston, Isaac Pierson, J. W, Hammond
and Thomas Donnell. The officers were as follows: James Houston, presi-
dent; Isaac Pierson, vice-president ; Thomas Donnell, secretary ; Orson Kent,
treasurer. The first house was a story and a half building, erected in 1878 by
A. N. Sylvester, for a store. Several small houses for residences for railroad
men were also erected that year. In the spring.of 1879 Thomas Donnell erected
a frame building for a dry goods store, which he kept himself. Several dwell-
ing houses were also erected in 1879. In 1880 J. W. Hammond built a house
for a general merchandise store for himself. Campbell & McSherry built a
frame house for a hardware store, for themselves ; Z. H. Brock built a story and
a half building, the first story of which was occupied by Mrs. I. E. Murray, for a
millinery store, and the second story by Mr. Brock for his residence; Peter
Weikert built a story and a half frame building, the first story of which was oc-
cupied by Weikert & Butler, for a billiard hall, and the second story by the same
parties, for a photograph gallery. Some dwelling houses were also erected that
year. - '
In June, 1882, a bank was established at Waverly by R. R. Fisher and
John L, Senior. In the same year a hotel 48x48 was erected by H. A. Sunday.
The town has two lumber yards, two drug stores, two hardware stores, five
general merchandise stores, two millinery stores, one livery stable, one restau-
rant, one notion and stationery store, one furniture store, one tinware and stove
store, with tin shop, one confectionery store, one flour and feed store, one
blacksmith shop, one wagon shop, two carpenters, two lawyers, two doctors,
two preachers, two school teachers, two real estate offices and three live stock
shippers. Coal and flagging stone are found on the town site. This is an ex-
cellent trading point, and the supply of goods in the town has never yet been
sufficient for the demand. It isthe best shipping point for livestock and grain
between Ottawa and Burlington. The Waverly Mews was started October 5,
1882, by J. L. Senior.

CHURCHES.

The Waverly Presbyterian Chyrch was organized May 1, 1880, with a
membership of eleven. First pastor, Rev. W. M. Pocock, who still  officiates.
Present membership, forty-eight. Number of persons connected with the
church since its organization, fifty-one. New and substantial frame building.
Value of church property $2,000.

In 1881 the Congregational Church erected an edifice which cost. $1,200.
The church subsequently disbanded and sold its property to the school district
for a schoolhouse. The Presbyterians erected a church edifice in 1882, costing
$1,800." The Methodist and New Light churches have no edifices.

OTHER CHURCHES IN THE COUNTY.

Pleasant Hill Christian Church, was organized May 15, 1872, with a mem-
bership of thirty-two; first pastor, Rev. William C. Wilson; church building,
frame, valued at $1,000; present number of members, eighty-four; name of
present Pastor, Rev. A. H. Britton. .

North Big Creek Baptist Church——Organized in May, 1871. Rev. J.
Mickel, first pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. J. Heritage, in December,
1871, who is still pastor, The church meets in the “ Coley Hill Schoolhouse.”
It has no church property. Number of members, thirty-eight.

Rock Creek Presbyterian Church—Organized April 20, 1870.
stone church, in good repair, valued at $1,500. A frame parsonage valued at
$450. First Pastor, Rev. W. R. Erskine. Number of members, when or-
ganized, fifteen; present number of members, seventy. Whole number of
members connected with the church since its organization, 171. Present
Pastor, Rev. W. M. Pocock.

Hickory Creek Baptist Church—Organized March 12, 1876. Pastor, Rev.
A. H1. Petty. Number of members, eighteen. No church property.

There is a Methodist Church, or class, at Ottumwa, with a membership of
nineteen; another in Key West Township, with a membership of seven; another
in Hampden Township, with a membership of fifteen; another in Star Town-
ship, with a membership of five; another at Carter’s in Neosho Township, or-
ganized in 1858; another at Sunnyside, Avon Township, organized in 1876;
another at Strawn, another at Glenwood, another at Waverly and another on
Long Creek. ‘The church at Sunnyside has an edifice, and the church at
Waverly has a parsonage valued at $700. The Waverly church was organized
in July, 1881, by Rev. H. J. Coker, the present pastor. There are also other
Methodist classes in the county.

A good

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—ROCK CREEK TOWNSHIP.

J. W. BIXLER, merchant, was born in Pike County, Illinois, October 21, 1858. In 1861
his parents moved to Kansas, and located in Lyon County, and remained there until 1867;
moved to Ottawa, Franklin County, and lived there until 1871. He removed to Osage
County, and located in Waverly, Coffey County, in October, 1882, and engaged in the mer-

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cantile business. He was married in Ottawa, Franklin County, in October, 1880, to Miss
gosephine E. Frone, a natiye of New York; they have two children, Carrie A., and
_ ZENUS H. BROCK, clerk, was born in Scioto’ County, Ohio, in 1846, and lived in
his native State about nine years. He moved with his parents to Illinois, and located in
Edward County for four years, and then to Clay County for four years, and then to Fayette
County for two years, and to Effingham County for ten years, and to Shelby County‘or three
years. In 1878, he came to Kansas and located in Rock Creek Township, Goffey County. He
as lived in Waverly about three years, He was engaged in farming aud _carpentering

. business until 1880, and has since been clerk in Hammond’s dry good store. He was mar-
viedin Effingham County, Il, in 1867, to Miss Cynthia Ann Wright, a native of Indiana.
They have one cide Schuyler Cc. Mr. Brock is a member of the Masonic Order, and of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and enlisted in1864, in the One Hundred and Forty-third [-
linois Regiment, and served 100 days, then he enlisted in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, and
served with that Regiment until the close of the war,
FULTON Ww. BR N, farmer, Section 12, P, O, Waverly; was born in Augusta County

Va., in 1837, and livedin lis native State until 1869, when he came to Kansas, aud located
in Rock Creek Tuwnship, Coffey County, two miles north-of Waverly, and engaged in farm-
ing. Is also acarpenter. Mr. Brown was married in Virginia, in 1864, to Miss Mary A,
White, a native of Virginia; phey nays seven children—Eugene F., Benjamin S, Ldward

c B. Sidney B., Hugh H., Robert and Clarence. Mr, Brown is an elder in the Presbyter-
JOHN J. CAMPBELL, merchant, was born in York County, Pa., in 1846, and removed

with his parents to Hardin County, Ohio, at the age of six years, 2nd lived there until Jan-
uary, 1879; in this month he came to Kansas, and located at Ottawa one year, and came to
Waverly in 1880, and engaged in the hardware business when there were ouly two
business hoases in the town, He was married in Waverly, March 380, 1882, ty Miss Lizzie
J. Christy, adau hter of J. W. Christy, of Waverly.

ALFRED CA MAN, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Waverly; was born_in Fayette County,
Ohio, and moved with his parents to Indiana, at two years of age; lived tu that State about
twenty-four years; then moved to Tazewell County, Tl, and lived there about twety years.
He came to Kansas in the spring of 1881, and located in Rock Creek Township, Coffey
County, and_enyayed in farming, near Waverly. Mr. Carman was married in Illinois, to
Miss Mary J. McCoy, a native of Ohio; they have six children—Mary K., Martha E., Minnie
E., Ruth M., Maria and Caleb K.

JOHN Q. CARMAIN, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in Indiana, 1846; remained in
his native State twelve years, then went with his parents to Llinois; remained there tweuty-
two years, then came to Kansas, located in Cottey County, Rock Creek Lownship, Was mar-
ried in Illinois, 1868, to Miss Victoria T, Baker, a native of Tennessec, He lost his wife in
February, 1869; married again, 1871, to Miss Mary A. Been, a native of England. They
have four chiidren—Elva J., Malissa E., Alfred H. and Babe E, His father, Henry Carmain
was born in Maryland, 1790; he.came to Ohio, 1818, remained In Ohio six years, then came
to Indiana. He was married, 1829, to Miss Mary Wright, a native of Delaware. :

HIR: = RK, P. O. Agricola, was born in Canada, in 1843, came to Illinois in
1850, came to Kansas in 1867, located in Douglas County in 1880, removed to Coffey County,
locating on a farm in Rock Creek Township, near Waverly. Was married in Franklin
County, Kan., in 1870, to Miss Eliza Shepard, anative of Wisconsin. They have two chil-
dren—Waiter and Werter. Eulisted in 1861 in Company F, Thirty-fourth Illinois Regi-
ment, reinained with this regiment two years, then re-enlisted in the same regiment as a
veteran, reniained until the close of the war. =

HENRY A. CLUTE, farmer, P.O. Waverly, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., 1840,
went to Michigan, 1844, came to Kansas, 1882, lucated at Waverly. Was married in Michi-
gan, 1868, to Miss Florence Cossman, a native of Michigan; have seven childrei—Charles,

Schuyler, Homer, George, Henry, Sidney and Eva G. Enlisted in Company H, Merills
Caveiry, 1862; remained with this compauy until June,1865; was on detached service, under
Rosecrans. Is also a grain dealer at Waverly, Kan, 2
_ THOMAS DUNNELL, real estate agent and attorney-at-law, was born in Pennsylvania
in 1837, and lived in his native State until 1858. when he moved to Ohio and lived there a
short time, then moved to Itlinois. He remained in the latter State until 1868, then came to
Kansas and located at Ottawa, where he remained two years. He reinoved to Osage County
in 1870, and lived there until 1881, where he engaged in farming. He was afterward clerk
of the District Court for Osage County and has been inthe drug business since. He is new
engaged in the real estate and land ageucy business iu Waverly. Mr. Donnell was married
in Warren County, IIl., in 1864, to Miss Margaret A. Foster, a ative of Illinois. They have
two children—Join F., and Mary A. Mr. Donuell isa member of the Presbyterian Church,
LYMAN BG. FLINT, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in Genesee County, N. Y., in 1816,
remained in his native State twenty-three years. He then removed to Ohio, remainedin
this State six years, then moved to Iilinois, remained there until 1864, then came to Kansas,
-lovated in Anderson County and remained there until 1880, then came to Coffey County and
located in Rock Creek, near Waverly. Has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. He
was married in New York in 1835, to Miss Huldah 0, Lewis,a native of New York. Has
seven children—Dellie J., Maryette F., Francis M., Annah D., Caroline M., Luey D. and
Laura A. Belongs to the Christian Church. Mr, Flint came to Kausas in time of war and
had to guard his houseevery night. He was one of the early settlers of Auderson County.
Cc. RS E, wagon-maker, was born iu Pennsylvania in 1845, and livedin bis
native State about eighteen years. He then moved to Ohio, and livedin that State from
1852 to 1859; then returned to Pennsylvania and remained there ten years, and came to
Kansas ln £869, locating in Lyndon, Osage County. There he remained about two years;
then moved onto a farm, lived there a short time, and returned to Penusylvania; remained

there four years, then returned to Kansas in 1877, and located on afarm in Osage County. ~

He lived there four years, and came to Waverly, Coffey County, in the spring of 1882. Mr.

Forsythe was married in Pennsylvania in 1877, to Miss va M. Contlin, a native of Penu-

sylvania. Heisa member of the Presbyterian Church. Enlisted iu 1864 in the One Hun-
redth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war.

DAVID A. GORSUCH, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in Ohio in 1820; went to Cali
fornia in 1875, remained there six months then came to Kansas. Located in Franklin Coun-
ty near Ottawa in 1877; moved to Ohio in 1878; came to Kansas and located on a farm on

ock Creek, in Coftcy County; has lived there since. He was married in Wayne County,
Ohio, in 1842, to Miss Maria Kirnerer, a native of Ohio. They have five children—LKva,
Thomas E., Heurietta, Temperance E. and W. EK. Gorsuch, He has belonged to the Masonic
Fraternity, and to the Disciples’ Church for many years. He is a large shipper of stock, and
has a large vein of coal on his farm. | =
. S. GREEN, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in New Jersey in 1830; went to Ohio in
1834; went to Illinois in 1861: came to Kansas in 1866; first located on a.farin near Bur-
lington, Coffey County, in 1876; moved to his farin in Rock Creek Township, Coffey County,
near Waverly. Was married iu Coffey County, Kansas, in 1867, to Mrs. liza A. Prout, a
native of lowa,_ They have six children—Richel, Andrew J., Marion I., John D., Rebecea
E. and Charles R. Enlisted in Company K, Sixty-second Regiment, Illinois Volunteers; re-
mained with this regiment until 1865; was mustered out at Springfield, IL!.

J. W. HA OND, merchant, was born in Cedar County, Lowa, in 1848, and lived in
his native State twenty-two years. He moved to Kansas in 1870, and located in Osage Coun-~
ty, living in that county ten weal) In the spring of 1880 he Jocated iu Waverly and engaged
An general merchandising. r, Hammond was married in Osage County iu 1870, to Miss
Adelaide Sears, a native of Illfnois, They have two children—Willard 8, and Charles. Mr.
Hemimond was Postinaster at Lyndon, Osage County. He is a member of the Masonic Fra-

ernity.

ISAAC N. HAYS, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in Fenhaylvania in 1841; remained
in his native State twenty-seven years; theu came to Kansas and located in Douglas Coun-
ty; remained there until 1872, then moved to Harvey County, Kan.; rematned there nine
years, then came to Coffey County; located on a farm in Rock Creek Township, nea Wa-
verly; has engaged in farming and stock-growing. Was married In Pennsylvania in 1863,
to Miss Satie A. Martin, a native of Pennsylvania, Has four children—Malburn IL,

. Minnie, Cora E. and Oscar C.; belongs to the Presbyterian Church.’ Mr, Hayes enlisted
September 1,1861, in Company H, One Hundred and Second Infantry Regiment Pennsyl-
-vania Volunteers; remained with this regiment one year; was mustered out at Harrison
Landing, Va.; was in the Seven Days’ battle in front of Richmond,

ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, merchant, was born in Lee County, West Va., In 1819, and
lived in his native State seven years. He then moved to Kentucky with his parents, and

‘remained there until ten years of age, when his parents moved to Madison, Lud., and lived
in that State until 1864; moved to lowa and remained there three years; removed to Osage
County, Kan., in 1879, and livedin that county until 1881; moved to Waverly, Coffey County,
and engaged in the grocery business, and is also engaged in farming. He was married in
Indiana, in 1840, to Miss Rachel Davidson, anative of Virginia. They have ten children—
William, David, Mary J., Emily, Daniel, Angeletta, Joseph Jerome U., Malinda, Bathsuba,

He is a member of the Christian.Church,

. T. HUTCHISON. farmer, P. VU, Agricola, was born in Center County, Pa., in 1847,
Came to Illinois in 1865; ca:1.e to Kansas in 1870; located in Jobnson County in 1878; came
to Rock Creek Township, Cotfey County; located o+a farm near Agricola. Belongs to
Grand Army of Repnblic. Wasin State militia in Illinois, 1863. , 2

ANDREW J. JAMES, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Waverly, was born in Montgomery
County, Va., and at the age of five years moved with his parents to Rush County, Lud, and

lived in thas State until 1860; moved to Illinois, and lived in that State six years and came
to Kansas in 1866. He located in Rock Creek Township near Waverly, in Coffey County,
and engaged in farming. Mr. James was married in Johnson County, Ind., in 1844, to Miss

‘Sophia Cunningham, a native of Indiana, They have eight children—Joshua, David, Jon,
George, William, Frank, Ephraim and Sarah. He has been Town Trustee and Town Treas-
urer, and was recently elected to the office of County Commissioner. He has been identified

with the Republican party since 1860. ‘

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

JOHN JAMES, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in Indiana in 1852; remained in his
native State ten years, then went with his parents to Illinois; remained there seven years;
then caine to Kansas; located in Rock Creek, Coffey County; has been en
and stock-raising. He was married in Coffey County, Kan., in 1877, to i
son, 2 native of Indiana, They have two children—Nora and Myrtle. His wife
the Christian Church. .

JOHN W. JENNINGS. farmer, P.O. Agricola, was born in Iowa, in 1855. Came to
Kansas in 1876, to Osage County in 1882; came to Coffey County; located on a farm in Rock
Greek, near Waverly. He was married in Louisa County, Iowa, in 1877, to Miss 8. V. Bemis
anative of lowa. Hastwo children—Laura J. and E, May. He belongs to the Methodist
Episcopal Church, :

JOSEPH H. KEMP was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1853, and lived in his
native State sixteen years. He’ moved to Illinois and lived in that State five years, then re-
turned to Ohio and remained there five years, and came to Kansas in 1879 and located in
Franklin County. Here he remained until the fall of 1882, then located in Waverly, Coffe
County, aud engaged in the drug business there. Mr, Kemp was married in Ohio, in 1874,
to Miss Anna Whitman, a native of Ohio. They have one child, Elsie.

JAMES LINDSEY, real estate agent, was born in the State of New York in 1848, and
lived in hisnative Stute five years. Moved with his parents to Michigan, and lived in that
state aboutseventeen years, then came Lo Kansas in 1870 and locate! in Ottawa. Here he
lived nine years, and Inoved to Waverly, Coffey County, in 1880, and engaged in farming.
Subsequently he was for a time in the hardware business, and is now engaged in the‘real
estate business and land ageucy. Mr. Lindsey was married in Ottawa, in 1874, to Miss
Emma Martin, a native of Ohio. They have two children; Mary and Ella. He was one of
the first settlers of Waverly, . A : .

WILLIAM MARRIOTT, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in England, in 1853. Cameto
the United States in 1874; located first in Illinois.. Caine to Kansas in 1877, located at Bur-
lington, then moved same year to Rock Creek Township, Coffey County. He was married
in 1878, to Miss Mary ‘Turner, a Native of Ohio, They have two children: Anna L. and
Laura ic Belongs to Presbyterian Church; is Clerk of School District; has seventy-five

head of Short-horn and Jersey cattle. aa
ALEXANDER MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in Ireland in 1830; came to

_the United Stafes in 1848. locating in New York. In 1850 came to Illinois; in 1873 came to

Kansas and located on a farm near Waverly, Coffey County; has lived there since. He was
married in New York, in 1852, to Ann Clark, a native of Ire.:and; have threechildren: Fan-
nie William G, and Alexander. He was married again to Mrs. Mary A. Patterson, a native
of Maryland, in Illivols, in 1862. They have five children: Erskin Marion, Jesse W., El-
dridge Newton, Mary J. and Trilious Ira, Relongs to the Free Masons. ‘When the civil
war broke out he enlisted in Company A, Eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, for three
years. He stayed with the regiment throughthe battles of Fort Donelson and Pittsburgh
pending, In the last named battle he was wounded and afterwards discharged for disa-
bility. In-the winter of 1863 be re-enlisted in the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, Company M.
He stayed with his company till February 21, 1864, when he received a wound in the right
shoulder which crippled him for life. oe 2

_ GEORGE MASSIE, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was bornin Ohio, in 1852; remained in
his native State until 1876, then moved to IlJinois; remained there until 1880, then came to

Kansas. Located in Franklin County. near Ottawa; 1881 came to Coffey County; located
in Rock Creek Township near Waverly. Has been engaged in farming and stoc raising.
Was married in Ohio, in 1876, to Miss Mattie Ramsey, a native of Ohio; has two children—
Laura M. and Harry A. Belongs to Christian Church. Mr, Massie has taught school eleven
years; is a young man much esteemed. s 2

WILLIAM C. MORRISON, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1822.
Went to New York in 1842: went to Pennsylvania in 1847; went to New York in 1850; went
to Wisconsin in 1856: went to Minnesota in 1859; went to New Yorkin 1861; went to Cali-
fornia in 1862; wentto New York in 1864; went to Illinois in 1865; wentto Michigan in

876; went back to Illinois, and came to Kansas in 7867. In 1870 went to Coffey County and
located on afarm uear Waverly. _He was married in Warren County, Pa., in 1844, to Miss
Esther Stoddard, a native of New York. Enlisted in Company C, Ninth Regiment Volur-
teer Cavalry; remained with this company one year. Is a member of the Free Masons, also
of the Odd Fellows. : .

J. A, NASH, restaurant, was born in Erie County, Pa., in 1835, and lived in his native
State forty-three years. He moved 'o Kansas in 1878, at:d located in Rock Creek Town-
ship, Coffey County, where he engaged in farming. Is now located in Waverly and engaged
inthe restaurant business. He was married in Erie County, Pa, in 1856, to Miss Martha
A. Lilley, a native of New York. They have two children, Calley M. and Robert. Mr. Nash
is a Justice of the Peace, and has been a Constable, and is a member of the Masonic order,

__ J. G. PAINTER, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1847, and
lived in his native State until 1878. Came to Kansas and located near Waverly, ona farm,
and engaged in farming and stock-ralsing, also buying and shipping grain, bogs and cattle.
He was married in Ohio, in 1869, to Miss Phoebe Jaggers, a native of Ohio. They have two
chara Georgiana L. and Charley E. Mr. Painter is raising the Berkshire and Poland-

shina hogs. : z :

ISAAC PEARSON, farmer, P.O Waverly, was born in Ohio, 1826. Came to Indiana,
1847. Came to Kansas,1868; located first in Franklin County. In 1871,came to Coffey County,
located on a farm in Rock Creek, near Waverly. He was married to Miss Rebecca Hollo-
way,-a native of Indiana, in 1849. They have six children—Francis, Hulda, Mariette, Mar-
garet N., Sarah, Lydia A. He belongs to the Christian Church. ®

Cc. A. PHILLIPS, druggist, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1854, and lived in
his uative State until 1868. Then he removed to Pennsylvania, and lived there until 1876.
Moved to Tennessee, and remained in that State until 1881, when he cameto Kansas, and
located at Waverly, Coffey County, and engaged in the drug business,- Mr. Phillips was
jarred: in Mana, in 1881, to Miss Lizzie Webster, a native of Indiana. They have one
child, an intant.

JESSE ROGERS, farmer, P. O. Waverly, was born in New York, 1817. In 1843 moved
to Ohio: 1845, moved to Michigarf; 1870, caine to Kansas; located on a farm in Rock Creek.
Coffey County; has lived theresince. Was married in Rushford Co., N.Y., 1839, to Miss Mary
A. Bates, a native of New York. They have six children—Lucenna, Sarah, Thomas A., Clara,
Edgar and Ida, Was married again in Michigan, 1872, to Mrs. Rena Cole. He belongs to the
Presbyterian Church, Enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Regiment Michigan Volunteers.
Served with this Freshmeat two years and eight months, and was honorably discharged. -

_ JOHN L. SENIOR, banker, was born in Montgomery, Urange Co., New York, in 1854,and
lived in his native State twenty-five years. He came to Kansas in July, 1880, and located
at Waverly, and engaged inthe practice of law. Mr. Senior studied law in New York State
and was admitted to practice in the courts of New York in 1880. He is now engaged in the
banking business in Waverly, Corey County: He 1s a single man and was educated at
Rutgers College at New Brunswick, New Jersey, and graduated from that institution in
1878. Isa member of the Presbyterian Church in Waverly. Mr. Senior is 4 member of the
banking firm of Fisher & Sentor.

JOHN EF. STARK, contractor, was born in Charlestown, West Virginia, and lived in that
State until 1854, then moved to Covington, Kentucky, and remained there a short time, re- .
turned to Virginia, and in 1861 cneaged in the Quartermaster’s Departinent in the army .
and remalned in that department until 1865; was engaged in selling goods and farming in
West Virginia until 1875, when he moved to Iowa and remained there one year. He came
to Kansas in_the spring of 1876 and located in Johnson County for two years; then lived in
MuPherson County two years; and moved to Waverly, Cotfey County, in 1880, and engaged
In contracting and bulla ug. Mr. Stark was marriedin West Virginia in 1863 to Miss Martha
E. Peeples, a ative of Virginia; they have four children—Maude, Harry, Clyde, and Claribel.
Mr, Stark is a member of the Knights of Honor, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

H. A. SUNDAY, hotelkeeper, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, in 1833, and lived in his
native State until 1860, he then moved to Iinois and lived in DeWitt County for five years,
returned to Ohio in 1865 and lived in Ashland and Williams counties until he came to Kan-
sas In May, 1881, and located in Waverly, Coffey County, and engaged in merchandising.
He sold out his business in October, 1882, and built a large hotel. e is now proprietor of
the Waverly Hotel. Mr. Sunday was married in Ohio in 1855 to Miss Mary Ann Barnes. He
lost his first wife and was married again in 1862 to Miss Maria Staffer, a native of Ohio.
They have three children—Arthur J., Flora M., and Blanche D. Mr. Sunday is a member of
the Masonic Order, and is identified with the Democratic party.

»N. SYLVESTER, was born in Dearborn County, Ind.,in 1832, livea in his native State till
1852, then went to California, returned to Minnesota in 1859, left Minnesota in 1860; went
to Colorado the same year, stayed there till the fall of 1862; enlisted in the Second Cavairy
Volunteers, served in the army till February 1, 1865; was mustered out, came to Johnson
County, Kansas, and was married -to Miss Eliza J. Williams; was engaged in farming for
three years Went Lo Kansas City and clerked for three years; returned to Olathe and went
to merchandising; was in that business for ten years then moved to Waverly, Coffey Co.,
Kan,, and engaged in the merchantile business. His first wife was born in’ Kentucky;
they had one child, David B. After the death of his first wife was married to Mrs. Emma
Bonelrale 3 Native of Pennsylvania. Was the first Postmaster at Waverly, and a member

. DAVID C, THAROMAN, farmer, P. O. Agricola, was born in Adams Count: hio
1834, moved to Kentucky 1858, came to Kansas 1871, first located on a eee Os 6
County 1874, came to Coffey County, located on a farm in Rock Creek Township, near Agri-
cola; was married in Lewis County, Ky., 1861, to Miss Catherine Mur hy, native of Ken-
tucky; they have three children—Samuel W., Sarah F., and John T. Was married again in
Kentucky, 1867, to Rebecca Murphy,a native of Kentucky; have six children—Elmer C.,
Mary G., Albert M., James A., Eliza J., and. Clyde A.; belongs to Methodist Episcopal

«Enlisted in Company E Twenty-second Regiment Kentucky Volunteers, re-

mained with this Company tw: Y :
eae Listen? y two years, was in battles of Champion Hill, Black River Bridge;

 

 

 
COFFEY

DR. E. TILTON, now engaged in farming near Waverly, Kansas, was born in Knox
Cqunty, Ohio, January 13, TBee remained in his native State Seventeen ears, and then
went to Indiana, where he studied medicine with Dr. Curry, of Lockport, Cass County, and
Dr. Jerolamin, of Logansport ; commenced the practice of medicine in Wh'te County, and
then went to [/linois and practiced medicine at Howard’s Point and in the vicinity of Van-
dalia, Fayette County, and then located in Teutopolis, Effingham County, his practice In the
two counties running over a period of about five years. Then made a trip to California
and returned home at the end of the year 1850, by way of the Isthmus of Panama and New
Orleans, Having residedin Effingham County six years, moved back to Fayette County, re-
mained there about four years, then moved to Rice County. Minn., remained two years and
then moved to Lowa,remained there about four years,and came to Kansas, located on a farm
in Mtami County and remained there sixteen years, then came to Coffey County and located
ona farmin RockCreek Township, near ayeverly: where he is engaged in farming and stock
raising. He was married in Illinois in 1848, to Rovilla Griffith, a native of New York; has
seven children—Winfield S.. Mary L., Albert W., William E., Emma M.,, Allin J., and Sher-
man J. Belongs to the Baptist Church. ce

THOMAS W, TRUITT, farmer, P.O. Agricola, was born in Kentucky in 1839, moved
to Iliinois in 1865, came to Kansas in 1869, was married.in Kentucky in 1862 to Miss Pris-
cilla Waring, a native of Kentucky, They have seven children—Rebecca, Millie, Richard,
Frank, Alice, Mary and Hattie. Belongs to the Metho list Episcopal Church of Agricola.

WALTER M. TUTTLE, blacksmith, was born in the State of New York in 185%, and
lived in his native State twenty-four years. He came to Kansas in February, 1882, and lo-
cated in Waverly. Coffey County, and engaged in the blacksmith business. Mr. Tuttle was
marriedin New York in 1879, to Miss Anna T. Shoonmaker, a native of New York. They
have one child, Mary B. Mr. Tuttle is an active, enterprising young man, and a good black-
smith. 3
DR. CHARLES VAN ORMAN was born in Medina County,Ohio, in 1839, and lived in his
native State ten years. He moved to Baraboo County, Wis., and lived there ten years, then
moved to Illinois and remained there from 1859 to 1861, and enlisted in the Thirty-fifth
Ilinofs Volunteer Infantry, and served three years with that regiment. Afterward he
joined the One Hundred an forty eighth Illinois Regiment, and served till the close of the
war. He located in Missouri in the fa
Returned to Illinois and remained two years, and came to Kansas in 1881 and located in
Waverly and engaged in the practice of medicine. He was educated in medicine in the
Ohio Medical College and the American Medical College of St. Louis, and has been engaged
inthe practice of medicine since 1861. Dr. Van Orman was married in Pana, Illinois, in
1864, to Miss M. J. Patton, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four children—Charles E.,
William M., Marion and Joseph. Dr. Van Orman is a member of the Masonic fraternity
and the J. O. O. F., and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

JAMES F, WHITE. farmer, Section 12, P.O. Waverly, was born in Virginia in 1844,
and lived in his native State until he was twenty-two years of age.. He then moved to Mis-
souri aud lived there two years, and came to Kansas in 1869, locating in Rock Creek Town-
ship, Coffey County, where he is engaged in farming, two miles north of Waverly. He
a al So engaged in raising Poland-China hogs. Mr, White isa member of the Presbyterian

hurch, a

JOHN C. WHITE, farmer, P. O. Agricola, was born in Virginia in 1837; went to Cali-
fornia in 1856; came back to Virginia in 1861; came to Kansas in 1877: located on a farm
in Rock Creek, Coffey Gounty 5 was married in Virginia, in 1865, to Miss Martha S. Parmel,
anative of Virginia, They have two children—Nettie J. and Charles B. Married again in
Ruck Creek, Coifey Co., Kan., in 1877, to Miss Serepta Treweltt, a native of Illinois; have
two children—Willie W. and Carrie M.; belongs td the Methodist,Church, Enlisted in
Company I, First Regiment United States Regular Cavalry; served with this regiment five
years; was wounded twice; served.under Geo. b. McClellan, Booker and Burnside.

THOMAS WILLIAMS, farmer, P. 0. Waverly, was born in LycomIng County, Penn., in
1834; moved to Obio in 1835; went to Indiana in 1838; came to Kansas in 1874; located
first at Burlington, Coffey County, in 1876; moved to Rock Creek Township; located on a
farm near Waverly. He was married May 14, 185%, to Miss Eliza J. Shafir, in Indiana;
have nine children—William B. Amisa J., Joun C. E., Sarah A., Martha B., Charles M.,
Maud E., Dora J and Cora A.; belongs to Odd Fellows; wife belongs to Presbyterian

urch, ; Bo

EDMUND WRIGHT, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Waverly, was born in Cayuga County,
N, Y., in 1822, and livedin his native State twelve years. Removed to Ohio, and located in
Morrow County, living there until 1878, when he came to Kansas and located in Rock
Creek Township, Coffey County, near Waverly; here he has been engaged in farming and
stock-raising, and in raising hogs, cattle and horses. Mr. Wright was married in Ohio, in
1844, to Miss Elizabeth Harden, a native of Ohio. They have one child—Zoe. a

DEFUNCT TOWNS.

Hampden.—This town was settled by the Hampden colony, previously re-
ferred to, April 26, 1855. On the 5th of the following August the owners of
the town site had their first drawing for lots. On Sunday, April 29, 1855; Rev.
Mr. Knight preached the first sermon on the town site, and, as far as known, it
was the first sermon ever preached in Coffey County. May 22, 1855, the first

‘ Sunday school in the county was organized at Hampden. _ Several houses were
built in the town during the years 1855 and 1856, and its projectors and owners
expected to make it the leading emporium of Southern Kansas. The establish-
ment of its rival, Burlington, across the river, in 1857, gave a check to the
growth from which it did not recover until the removal of the county seat from
Burlington to Hampden, in 1863. August 18, 1859, Enos Strawn, Probate

‘Judge of Coffey County, deeded the town site to John M. Espy and Amasa
B. Sampson in trust for the occupants, and on the same day Messrs. Espy and
Sampson conveyed the property to Rueben H. Farnham, of Lecompton.
September 19, 1860, Mr. Farnham conveyed the property to Isaac E. Olney, of
Clinton, Mo. Major A. C. Marvin, of the same place, was understood to be a
silent partner of Mr. Olney in the purchase, Mr. Olney immediately removed
to Hampden and erected a dwelling house there for his family. In the fall of
1863 and in 1864 several houses were erected there and the removal of the
county seat there revived the hopes of its friends. June 4, 1864, I. E. Olney
issued there the first number of the Hampden £xositor, which lived a preca-
rious existence until the spring of 1865, when the office was removed to Garnett,
The town received a death blow in November, 1865, by the removal of the
county seat to Burlington, and no efforts have ever been made since to revive it.

Neosho City,—This town was founded in 1856 by Marcus J. Parrott, Joel K.
Goodin, and others, in Neosho Township. A hotel, store, saw mill and other

' buildings were erected there at an early day. The town failed, however, to at-
tract settlers, and by-an act of the Territorial Legislature February 27, 1860,
the town was vacated and the plat and record annulled. ,

Nashville —This town was located on Section 14, Township 21, Range 16,
in’ Avon (now Star) Township. Its founders were W. J. Sanders, John J.
Sanders, G. W. Campbell and Mr. Caseboom. Platted in the spring of 1858,
it had at onetime a store, blacksmith shop, postoffice and a half dozen dwell-
ing houses. It was finished by the drouth of 1860 and is now a farm.

Chickasaw.—Started in 1857 by parties in Louisville, Ky., as a rival to
Hampden. Its location. was a mile east of Hampden. It was purely a paper
town, no improvements ever having been made there. :

Aurora.—As the story goes, a couple of men were sent to Kansas in the
summer of 1857, to select a town site for a company in Aurora, Ill. The two
agents’started from Lawrence in a wagon, with commissary stores, including a

jug of whisky, intending to select some point on the Neosho river for the town.
On the second night out they camped on a bleak prairie, about six miles south
of the Torquois Creek, in what is now Rock Creek Township, Coffey County.
During the night the whisky gave out, and there being no prospect of repien-
ishing their stock without returning to Lawrence, they selected the spot where

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they camped that night for the town site and returned to Aurora, where they
made a flattering report to the home company of the result of their mission.
The new town was called Aurora, was surveyed and platted, a house was erect-
ed, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to dig a well. Nothing else was done
and the enterprise was soon abandoned. The house was occupied for many
years by Thomas Dixon and family, and the place was known as ‘‘Dixon’s”
Lone House.” It was kept as a house of public entertainment.

Oread.—This was a paper town, located near the farm of Wesley Stubble—
field, ten miles northeast of Burlington. It was started as a speculation by a
party of Lawrence men, of which Governor Robinson was the head, in the
winter of 1856-7. The town was surveyed by B. L. Kingsbury in the spring of
1857, and many shares in the town, of ten lots each, were sold by the pro-
prietors. No houses were ever built there.

Pottawatomie.—On Section 17, Township 20, Range 17, was located the
town of Pottawatomie, in the spring of 1858. The town was surveyed by
Orson Kent, but it was never platted. George W. Fletcher and Harmon
Hozier erected houses there, and that was all ever done to make a town there.

Cali fornia.—This was located on Benedict Creek, California Township, on
Section 9, Township 20, Range 14, in the spring of 1858. No buildings were
ever erected there. ‘

Bangor —This town was located on Section 9, Township 23, Range 14, at
the junction of Dinner and South Big creeks. ‘fhe founders were from Bos-
ton, Mass., and the first settlements and improvements were made in 1872.
The members of the colony, before leaving Boston, elected township officers
from among their number, supposing that the place they were going to was an
uninhabited wilderness. Twelve business and dwelling houses were erected
there, but owing to dissensions among the people the town sickened and died,
and the buildings were removed to neighboring farms. The last building re-
maining was the hotel, which was removed by F, A. Atherly in October, 1882.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—SPRING CREEK TOWNSHIP.

JAMES H. BEARD, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was born in Rockingham County, Va., in
1823, and lived there twenty-seven years, and moved to Illinois and lived there seven
years, and came to Kansas in 1857, and located in Spring Creek Township, Coffey County,
and has been engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married in llinois, in 1852,
Miss Julia Funk, a native of Illinois; they have seven children, John W., Florence J., Cyn-
thia A., Merriet L., George, Mary and Nevada. Heis School Treasurer and is a member of
ne Democratic party, and is engaged in raising Short-horn cattle and Berkshire and Poland

na hogs, ‘

JAMES W. BROWN. was born in Madison County, Va., August 1, 1829, was raised ona
farm. Was married to Miss Malinda A. Samuels, June 5, 1852. In the fall of the same year
moved to Cass County, Ill, and made farming and stock raising a business. In 1866 moved
to Jackson County, Mo., bought a farm and continued farming and stock raising, sold outin
the fall of 1879, moved to Kansas, Spring Creek Township, Coffey County, bought a farm
and is now engaged in stock raising. Thay have raised ‘a family of six children, four sous
and two daughters—Thomas J., Charles W., Samuel B,, Franklin O.. Olive E. an eL,

VERMILLION BYFIELD, farmer, P. 0. Neosho Falls, was born in Indiana, in 1837,
and at five years of age his parents moved to Illinois and lived there until 1865, and came to
Kansas and located on a farm in Spring Creek Township, Coffey County, and has heen en-
gaged in farming and stock growing. He was married in Illinois, in 1859, to Mary E. Emel,
a@ native of Indiana. They have seven children—William A., Emma F., Olive M., Charles
A., Sarah Florence, Leonard L, and Thomas W.

JOHN D. GILLESPIE. farmer, P, O. LeRoy, was Yorn in Pennsylvania, in 1839, and
came to Kansas in 1872 and located in Spring Creek Township, Coffey County, and is en-
gaged in farming and stock growing. He was married in Pennsylvania, in 1865, to-Miss
Marthe E. Cassady, a native of Pennsylvania. They have two children, William I. and

nnie. :

_._ JAMES K. McCONNELL, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was _ born in New Jersey, in 1820, and
lived there until 1857, and came to Kansas and located in Spring Creek Township, Cottey
County, and has been engaged in farming and stock giowing. He was married in Cotfey
County, in 1859,-to Miss Belle Hathaway, a native of New York. They have three children
—George, Charles and Isabella. He is a member of the Republican party. 4

, PEYTON MILLER, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was born in Virginia, in 1832, and lived there
nineteen years. and went to Bloomington, IIL, and lived there until 1857, and came to Kan-
sas, and located in Spring Creek Township, Coffey County, and has been engaged in farm-
ing and stock-raising. He was married in Illinois m 1855, to Eliza J. Hodge, a native of
Iilinois. They have two children—John H.and James. Mr. Miller is one of the early set-
tiers of the county. :

GEORGE W. PARSLEY, farmer, P. 0. LeRoy, was born in Jackson County, Ind., in
1828; lived there forty-one years, and cameto Kansas in 1869, locating in Spring Creek,
Coffey County, and has been engaged In farming and stock raising; has spen part of his
lime in teaching school. He was married in Indiana, in 1855, to Miss Catherine Love, a na-
tive of Indiana, They have eight children--Victor, Harley, Frank, George, Robert, Rolph,
Lizzie and Mina, He has been County Commissioner threé years, and Town Trustee. Heis
a member of the Free Masons, :

FREDERICK SCHRUMP. farmer, P. O. LeRoy. was born in Germany, in 1882, and
came to the United States in 1857, and located in IJlinois, and in 1858, he came to Kansas,
and located in Spring Creek. Tow RSID. Coffey County, and is engaged in farming and stock

rowing. He was married in Coffey County, Kan., to Miss Delia Williams, a native of In-

iana, and have one child—Lizzie. He was married again in 1871, to Miss Mary Englebrick,
a native of Germany. =

HARVEY T. SHORT, farmer, P, O. LeRoy, was born in Lawrence County, Ind., in 1831,
lived theretwelve years and moved with his parents to Illinois, lived there until April,
1855, and then came to Kansas, locating in Avon Township, Coffey County; now lives in
Spring Creek, and has been engaged in farming and stockgrowing. He was married first
in Erie County, Penn., in 1856, to Miss Clarissa A. Blair, a native of Pennsylvania. They
had one child--Leonard. His wife diedin 1860. He was married again in 1866,to Mrs.
Frances J. Gormley, a native of Illinois, and widow of J. W. Gormley, who died in the
army. Mrs. Short had two children by a former marriage—Alice, who isa resident of Cof-
fey County, and a school teacher, and Wilber W., who is a resident of Fair Play, Park Co.,
Colorado. They have five children—Royal D., Lula E., Lynden L., Frankie E. and Nellie G.
He is a member of the Christian Church. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Company D,
Geventi. Regiment Illinois Cavalry, and served four years; was mustered out November 17,

JOHN B. SMITH, farmer, P. 0. LeRoy, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1834, and came to.

Kansas in 1876, and located in Spring Creek Township, and has been engaged in farming

and stock prowing. He was married in Pennsylvania in 1862, to Miss Eliza Baseley, anative

of Bonney vane, and have four children--John, Lizzie, Charley, Arthur; is a member of the
aptis urch, 5 5

JOHN K. SNODGRASS, farmer, P. 0. Le Roy, was born in Indiana in 1836, and
lived there twenty years, and moved to Iowaand remained there a short time, and moved
back to Indiana and remained there four years, and returned to lowa and stopped one year,
and came to Kansas in 1862 and located in Spring Creek Township, Coffey County, and is
engaged in farming and stock growing. He was married in 1859 to Miss Margaret A. Bolen,
a native of Indiana. They have four children—William E., Eva Louie, Florence and
Walter. He is a member of the 1. O. O. F. and of the Knights of Honor. |

LAFAYETTE STALEY, farmer, P. O. Le Roy, was born in Iowa in 1852 and lived
there twelve years and moved to Missouri and lived there until 13879, and came to Kansas
and located on Spring Creek, Coffey County, and engaged in farming and stock raising. He
was marred in Cottey County, Kan., in 1877, to Miss Florence Beard, and have two chil-

ren—Earl and Pearl.

CHARLES STOULTZING, farmer, P. O. Le Roy, was born in Germany, 1832, lived there
fifteen years, then came to the United States, located in Pennsylvania, lived there four years;
came to Kansas, 1856, located in Spring Creek Township, Coffey County: has been engaged
in farming and raising fine stock. He was married in Coffey County, 1862. to Mrs. Matilda
Russell, a native of Indiana, who came to Kansas, 1857; they have two children—Charles E.
and Frank. Mrs. Russell had _five children by her first husband—Elizabeth, Nancy, Eliza
A., Christopher and Johu W. Mr. Stoultzing is County Commissioner of Coffey County, also
a member of the Christian Church. 3

SAMUEL SWECKER, farmer, P. 0. Le Roy, was born in Virginia in 1832, and
lived there until he was twenty-one years old, and removed to Illinois and remained vhere
until 1857, and came to Kansas and located inSpring Creek Township, and has been en-

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aged in farming and stock growing. He enlisted in 1861 in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer
Cavalry, and served with that regiment three years and four months. He was married in
Spe Creek Township, Coffey County in 1868 to Miss Amanda Philips, a native of Lllinois.
They have two children—Etta and Lillie. He isa member of the I, 0. O. F.

ALEXANDER 8. VANORDSTRAND, farmer, P. O. Lé Roy, was born in Pennsyl-
vania in 1827, and lived there thirty vears, and moved to [1linois and lived there until 1868,
and came to Kansas and located in Spring Creek Township, Cotfey County, and has been en-
gaged in farming and stock raising. He was married in Pennsylvania in 1846 to Miss

artha H. Kelly, a native of Pennsylvania. and have five children—John, Isaac, Parker,
Elizabeth and Alexander. He is a Justice of the Peace and isa member of the Presbyterian

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PETER WIMER, farmer, P. 0. Le Roy, was born in Virginia in 1831, and lived
there twenty-four years, and moved to Illinois and lived there twelve years, and came to
Kansas in 1867 and located in Spring Creek Township, Coffey County, and has’ been en-
gaged in farming and stock growing ever since. He was married in Virginia in 1863 to

iss Mary Kains, a native of Virginia, and has three children—Elias J., Virginia S. and
George. e lost his wife in 1869 and married again in 1870 to Miss Sarah J. Hammer, a
native of Virginia, and have two children—Howard H.and Mary J. He isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church,

NEOSHO TOWNSHIP.

JAMES ALLEN, farmer, P. O, LeRoy, was born in Ireland in 1803, lived there until
1830. He then came to the United States and located in Ohlo; in 18d8 he came to Kansas,
located in Neosho Township, Coffey County, and engaged in farming and stock-raising. He
was married in Ireland to Miss Margaret McCartney, a native of Ireland. They have four
@hildren—James J., Alexander, Jane and Maggle.

. J, ALLEN, farmer, P.O, Leroy, was born in Ohio, 1844; he came to Kansas, 1868,
located on hisfarm in Neosho Township; is engaged in farming and stock-raising; was
married in Coffey County, 1873, to Miss Nancy Bryles; one of the early settlers of Kansas

J. A. CAVEN, farmer, P.O. Burlington, was born in Ohio, 1830; lived there until 1852,
then moved to Illinois; moved to Lowa, 1856; moved back to Illinois, 1864; came to Kansas,
1870; locatedin Neosho, Coffey County, and engaged at farming, He was inarried in Ohio,
1856, to Miss Ann M, Winans, of Ohio. They have two children—Rutnu EK. and John A. Mr.
Caven has been Town Clerk and is now Trustee.

ISAAC COX, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Indiana in 1818, lived there until
1848, then moved to Iowa, In 1858 came to Kansas, locating in Neosho’ Township, Coffey
Count . Has been engaged in farming since. He was married in Indiana, in 1840, to Miss
Rode! th Carson, of Ohio. He was married again in 1849 to Miss Kiyett, of North Carolina.
They have five children—Hannah M., Nancy J., Mary J., Clark and’ Eva, Mr. Cox is Town
Treasurer, and is agreenbacker. Mr. Cox served in the State Militia during the Rebellion.

WARREN CRANDALL, farmer, P.O. LeRoy, was born in Ohio, 1833; attwo years of
age his parents moved to Ilinois; 1852, he went to California, remained there six years, re-
turned back to lllinois and came to Kansas; 1858, located near LeRoy; 1859 located in Ne-
osho Township. He was married in Woodson County, Kan , 1860, to Miss Isabelle Jones, of
Ohio. She came to Kansas with her parents in 1859. They have four children—Ollie F.,
Louis E, Warren.t., LolaB. Mr. Crandall is one of the largest stock dealers in Kansas, has
a fine farm of 4,200 acres of land; has trom 500 to 600 head of cattle, 400 hogs. Mr. C. has
the largest ox ever raised in Kansas; at five vears old, it weighed 3,175 pounds. He has his
farm an well fenced with stone, wire and hedye. :

W. H. DINSMORE, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Ohio in 1840; Jived there
until 1868, then came to Kansas, locating in-Coffey County. Removed 'o Ohio in 1874, and
removed back to Kansas in 1881; located in Neosho Township, Coffey County, ani is en-

aged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in Ohio in 1878, to Mrs. Hannah M.
Hipp, maiden name Ewing, a native of Ohio. She had one child by her former marriage,
Anna R. They have one child, Edna M.

“JAMES DOUGLAS, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Manchester, England, in
1826, and in 1831 his parents came to Philadelphia, Pa, In 1851 he moved to Ohio, Came
to Kansas in 1857; located_in Neosho Township, Coffey County; is engaged in farming and
stock-raisipg, and is one of the early settlers of Kansas. a

LEWIS C. DUNN, farmer, P. LeRoy, was born in‘Indiana in 1852; lived there until
1866. He came to Kansas, located at LeRoy, Coffey County; lived there six months, then
moved to the farm he now occupies_in Neosho Township. Has been engaged in farming
and stock-raising. Was married to Miss Sarah Carter, iu Coffey County, in 1873; they have
one ¢hild, Samuel A. :

HN P. HAMILTON, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was born in Ohio in 1835, and moved to
California in 1852. Came back to Ohio in 1854; remained there till 1857; then carae to Kan-
sas, locatinf in Neosho Township, Coffey County. Has been engaged in farming and stock-
raising since. Was married in Ohio in 1855, to Miss Mary Mathison, a native of New Jer-
sey; have children—Loren B, Lushen E., Flora E., Johu P., Harriet J., Clyde M., anil Don
Carlos; lost his wife in 1872. Married again in 1875, to Miss Erett Elliott, a native of
Illinois; bave three children—Blanche, Earl, and Grace. Is a member of the Masonic
Order; is also one of the School Board. 7 3 ;

WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, farmer, P. 0, LeRoy, was born in Obio in 1827; lived there
until the spring of 1852, when he went to California, where he remained two years, work-
ing inthe mines. He then returned to Ohio, lived there until 1855, when he moved tu Illi-
nois, where he lived one year; th: nce to Missourl, where he lived eizhteen months, In
1857 he moved to Kansas, and located in Neosho Township, Coffey Cuunty,where he has been
engaged in farming and stock-raising since. He was married in Ohio, in 1848, to Miss
Permelia Hamilton. They have five children—Charles W., Imogene L., Lulu F., Mattie M.

Cora E.
and eve Pp. HEDDENS, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Ohio in 1831, and in 1834
his parents moved to Indiana, and in 1854 came to Kansas, located in Neosho Township:
engagedin farming. He is one of the earliest settlers, and the first white man that settled
in this township. He was marriedin Coffey County, Kas., in 1858, to Miss Susie Herrington,
anative of New York. They havetwo children—James and Levi. He isa member of the
Odd-Fellows. His wife’s family caine to Kansas in 1855. Her sister, Lydia Herrington,
was married to T. T. Proctor, September 4, 1855, by Mr. Knight, a Congregational minister,
whocame with the colony and preached regularly. She was the first white woman married
in Coffey County. :

JOHN HOLT, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Arkansas in 1830; came to Kansas
fn 1865; located in Bourbon County. In 1870 came to Neosho, Coffey County, and is en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in Arkansas, to Mrs, Abba Warnick,
in 1855. He isa member of United Church. . :

Cc. L. W. INGWERSON, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was born in Germany in 1831; lived there
until 1854; came to the United States; located In Illinois; lived there until 1863; he then
came to Kansas and located in Neosho Township, Coffey County; lias been engaged in farm-
ing and stock-raising since. He was married to Miss Adaline Lake, in 1859; has six ehil-
dren—Charles A., Samuel A., Matilda, William A.. Lewis J., AmellaA, He isa member of
the Baptist Church, and was a member of the State Militia,

WILLIAM LAPSLY, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born Jn Ireland In 1832, and in
1836 came to the United States and located in Vennsylvania until 1859. In 1863 he enlisted
in the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and_ served untilthe close of the war, Came
to Kansas in 1865; located iu Neosho Township, Ooffey County. Is a farmer and Carpenters
and was married in Pennsylvania, tn 1855, to Mary Lapsly. They have three children—
Robert, Ella, and George. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church,

DAVID L. MOSLEY, farmer, P, O., LeRoy, was born in Indiana in 1823, He came to
Kansas in 1857, locating-in Neosho Township, and lived there until his death, in 1859. He
was married to Miss Sarah McCausland, in 1853. They have two children—William B. and
Edmond L. Edmond L. was born in 1857,in Kansas City, Mo. When an iufanthe came
with his parents to Kansas, locating in Neosho Township. Has been engaged In farming,
He was married to Mis8§ Sarah Raber, in 1879. They have onechild—ErmaL. He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. :

WILLIAM B. MOSLEY, farmer, P. 0. LeRoy,;was_born in Indlana in 1854, and at
three years of age came to Kansas, locating in Neosho Township, Coffey County. He was
married in 1876 to Miss Florence Raber. They have two children—Alpha EK, and Eff:
He is a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

G. M. REDFURN, farmer, P. O, LeRoy, was born in Ohio in 1848, lived there till 1866;
then to Iowa, lived there seven years; caine to Kansas 1874, located in Neosho Twiship,

C unty and engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in 1869 to Miss
Sortey go Suicon, of iio. They have six children—Luella, Walter, Jasper, Austin, Alta
and Lulu. '

LORENZ SCHLICHTER, farmer, P.O. Burlington,was born in Germany 1822. _ Came to

wae
ren. a-
hild—Edith, He is'a member of the School B 878 to
4} dburg. They have one child—Edith, He is a member of the School Board,

Cae SIMMONS, farmer, P.O. LeRoy, was born in Kentucky in 1846, lived in his native
State seventeen years, then moved to Lilinois. He came to Kansas in 1871 and located in
Neosho, Coffey County, is engaged in farming. He was married in Rarltigton in 1874 to
Miss M. V. Carter, of Oblos a ney eee three children—Samuel B., Haley O. and Charley.

a the Masonic Fraternity. 7

Re FOSEEH Db. SMITA, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was born on the Atlantic Ocean while his
parents were coming to the United States. Was raised in Pennsylvania, lived there twenty-
four years, then removed to Iowa, remained there until 1871, then came to Kansas, located
in Neosho Township, and has been engaged in farming since. He was married in Iowa in
1853 to Miss Martha E. Heininger, a native of Pennsylvania. They have seven children—

- the United States in 1839, located in Clark County, Ind., then moved to Louisville, Ky, then

Towa, and in 1857 came to Kansas, located in Nevsho and engaged in farming.
Married in Louisville, Ky., 1847, to Martha Scuiwlitcher. They had seven ent

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Emma F., Edgar _H., Marvin L., Ida B., Cora I., Mattle E.and George A. Mr. Smith isa
member of the Presbyterian Church. He enlisted in 1862 in the Twenty-second Iowa In-
fantry; served with that regiment until the close of the war,

WILLIAM . TWY N, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Virginia, in
1844; when hewas a boy his parents moved to New York; 1879 he came to Kansas,
located in Neosho, Coffey County, is engaged in farming; was married in New York, 1879,
to Miss Elizabeth Hays, of New York; they have one child—Marshall E, Is a member of
the Baptist Church.

OALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP.

GEORGE ANTRIM, farmer, P. O. Strawn, was born in Indiana in 1851, and lived in -
bis native State eighteen years, and came to Kansas inthe spring of 1870, and located in

‘Coffey County, and is now engaged in farming and teaching school in California Township,

Mr. Autrem, was married in Co: ey County. Kan., in 1872, to Miss Sarah J. Sanders, a na-
tive of Indiana: they have four children—Harry M., Charles V., Franklin G., and Elmer, He
has been Township Clerk for four years, was Justice of the Peace for two years, and is iden-
tified with the Republican party. >

JOHN BEAVERS, farmer, P. O. Strawn, was born in Virginia, in 1823, and at six years
of age, his parents moved to Indiana, and lived there until 1864, and cameto Kansas and
located in Califorma Township, Coffey County, and has been engaged in farming and stock
raising and fruit growing. Mr, Beavers was married in Indiana, in 1848, to Miss Elizabeth
Hopkins, a native of Virginia; they have onechild—Saral. Mr. Beavers was married again
in 1858 to Miss Ruhannah Cochran; they have three children—Jacob W ,Aukah and Edwin’
O. Mr. Beavers is a member of the Old School Baptist Church. _ a

LEWIS V. BOWMAN, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Richland County, Ohio,
January 1, 1825; 1n 1840 his parents moved to, and settled in, MiaimiCounty, Ind., where
his mother died in December, 1845; after afew year his father married a second time,
Young Bowman and his stepmother did not agree very well, and he left home, went to La
Porte County, in the spring, returned the same fall, went to Henry County in December,
1852, became acquainted with Miss Mary E. Beach, and married heron April 4, 1859, and
remained there; in 1863 was drafted in the service of the United states, employed a sub-,
stitute and in March, 1864, movedand settled in Califormfa Township, Coftey Co., Kan.,
where he has been engaged in farming and stock-raising; was a member of State Militia in
phat ie kuown ae the famous Price raid in the fall of 1864. They have three children—Sarah

«, Lizzie and John. "

THOMAS L. HORRELL, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Strawn, was born in Madison County,
Ohio, in 1827, and lived jn his native State about thirty years. In 1857 he came to Kansas,
and located in Coffey County, where he has been engaged in farming and stock-raising since,
Was inarried in Coffey County, Kan., in 1858, to Miss Claretta Benedict, a native of Ohio;
they had one child—Emma. He was married again in 1872, to Henrietta Finnan, a
native of Ohio, and hav one ehild by his second wife—Tbomas L, He was again married in
1879, to Martha Nelto. Mr. Horrell has been table and County Commissioner for four
years, andis a large farmer and stock-vaiser near Strawn.

ISAAC HOOVER (deceased), was born in North Carolina in 1812, and at two years of
age his parents moved to Indiana, and lived there until he came to Kansas in 1857, and lo-
cated in California Township, Caffe Conmty, and engaged in farming, and lived there until
his death, which oeeurred in June, 1863. r. Hoover was one of the early settlers of Coffey
County, and was highly respected by the people of his township and county. His wife, Su-
san Hoover, 1s stil) Siving, at the age of sixty-six years. Samuel L. Hoover, son of Isaac
Hoover, was-born in Lncdtiaua in 1844, and lived in his native State until 1857, and came to
Kansas with his parents and located in California Townshtp, Coffey County, and has been
engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Hoover was married in Coffey County. Kan., in
1869, to Miss Elizabeth Lawrence, a native of Pike County, Ohio. They have six children—
David L., Edwin T., Frank E., Carrie C., Linnie and Harry L. His wife is a member of the
Society of Friends. Mr. Hoover is School Director and Treasurer of his township. He en-
listed in 1862 in Company D, Second Kansas Cavairy, and served with that regiment until
the close of the war. 7

JACOB HOOVER, farmer, P. O. Strawn, was born in Blunt County, Tenn., in 1808, and
at four years of age his parents moved to North Carolina, and lived there about two years,
and then moved to Indtana, and lived in that State from 1814 to October, 1857. Then started
for Kansas; wintered in Missouri; landed in Kansas in the spring of 1858 and located in
California Township, Coffey County, and has been engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Mr. Hoover was married in Indiana in 1829, to Miss Sarah Lowe, who was born in North
Carolina in 1812, and died in Kansasin 1875 _Outof thirteen children but five are living—
Silas W., George L,, Martin B,, Andrew and Eliza E. Mr. Hoover was one of the first Com-
missioners in the county, and_ known as a Republican. Of late voted with the Greenback
party. His mother, who is still living with him, is ninety-five years old.

OSEPH JENKS, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in England in 1815; at the age of ten years
came with his parents to the United Strtes and located in Maryland, and lived there three
years; removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1828, and lived there until 1833; lived in Miami
County from 1833 to 1837; moved to Ripley County. Ind., and lived there until 1851; moved
to Edgar County, I!l.. and remained there until 1858, and came to Kansas and located in
Ottumwa Township, Coffey County, and has lived in Ottumwa and California townships
since. Mr. Jenks was married first in Indiana in 1§37,to Miss Mary Arnold, a native of
Virginia. They had four children—Francis F., Llewellyn B.. Thomas J. and Joseph H.
His wife died in.1853; he was married again in_1855, to Miss Nancy Mars. They had_one
child—George. ‘His second wife died in 1863. Was married again the same year, to Mrs.
Jane Webster.’ They have one child—Josephine. He is divorced from his last wife. Dr.
Jenks commenced studying medicine in the spring of 1885 with Dr. George Keifer, of Troy,
Ohio, and remained with him one year, and attended two courses of lectures in the Cincin-
nati Medical College, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1837-38. He then
studied with different eminent physicians until 1840, and altended a course of lectures at
Louisville, Ky., and graduated inthe class of 1840. He they commenced the practice of
medicine, and has practiced in Indiana, INinois and Kansas for over forty vears. Dr. Jenks
is a member of the Christian Church, and was financial manager of the Western Christian
University at Ottumwa, Coffey County. He has been very prominent and active in advanc-
ing the cause of ‘education in Kansas. He organized a company of State Militia, and was
elected Captain of the company during the late war, and was called into active service dur-
ing the Price raid Into Kansas. In politics was an old line Whig, and since the organiza-
tion of the Republican party has been a staunch Republican.

OMAS J. JENKS, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Ripley County, Ind., in 1844,
and at eight years of age hii parents moved to Illinois, and he lived In that State until 1858,
aud came to Kansas and located in Coffey County, and has been engaged in farming
and stock-raising. Mr, Jenks was married in Coffey County, Kan., to Miss Sarah E; Beavers,
a native of Indiana, They have seven children—Mary L., Frederick R, RuhannaJ., Rosie
M., Joseph, Phillip S. and Lydia EB. Mr Jenks is a member of the G. A. R., and enlisted in
1862, In Company I, Twelfth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served with that regiment
until the close of the war,

MATILDA JONES, P. O. Strawn, was born in Stokes County, N.C. in 1825; lived in that
State seven yeas Moved to Indiana with her parents in 1832. Was marriedto William
King {n 1848, who was a farmer, bora in Kentucky in 1815, and died in Indiana in 1860.
‘They had three children—John F., born in Indiana in 1849; Mary C., born in Indianain
1850, and married to Thomas J. Goodnight in 1868, and moved to Kansas in 1869; Francis

-y born In Indiana in 1853, and died in Indiana in 1854. She was married to William
Jones tn 1866, who was born in North Carolina in 1804, lived in that State forty-two years;
moved to Indlana in 1846: lived in that State twenty-three years: moved to Kansas in 1869
and located In California Township, Coffey County, where he died 1n 1870. Mrs. Jones owns
and rosides on a farm tn California Township, Coffey County, Kan,

THOMAS M. LANE, farmer, P.Q, Strawn, was born in Harrison County, Ind., in 1826,
and lived In his nattve State until 1859, and came to Kansas, and located in Californta Town-
ship, Coffey County. and has been eugaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Lane was
married in Roone County, Ind., in 1845, to Miss Sarah A. Dooley, who was bornin Ken-
tucky, and dled in 185%. They had three children—Jasper N., Cordelia A., Squire M. He
was married again in 1865 to Miss Maria P. Benedict, a native of Ohio, and she died in 1875.
They had one child, Eldo B, Mr. Lane has been identified with the Republican party since
its organization, and was a member of the militia during the war, and rendered valuable
service in protecting the State from invasion by the rebels.

WILLIAM LAWRENCE, farmer, P. O. Hartford, Lyon County, was born in Illinois in
1845, and at three years of age his parents moved to Ohio, and lived in that State elghteen
years. aud came to Kansas in 1864 and located in Coffey County, and has been engaged in

arining and stock-raising. Mr, Lawrence was married in Coffey County, Kan., in 1869, to
Miss Rose 1. Smith, who was horn in Iowa. They had one child—Cora. He was married
again in 1874 to Miss Phoebe Tennis, a native of Illinois. They have two children—Eddie
and Frank. Mr. Lawrence has been Treasurer of his township, .

. 8. MAUCK, farmer, P. QO. Strawn, was born in Indiana in 1841, and lived in his native
State until 1868, and came to Kansas, and located in California Township, Coffey County,
ful has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. r, Mauck was married in Indiana,
in 1864, to Miss Ellen Dawson, who was born in Indiana, They had_two children, William
i and Anthony. M. He lost his wife in 1871, and married again In 1875 to Miss Margaret

over. They have three children, Jessie H., Isaac H. and John L. Mr. Manck is a mem-
ber ofthe. R fee te uel in the Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry
a eeount, of alsabti ty . was wounded at Perryville, Ky., and was discharged on

. T. NE IRK, farmer, P. O, Strawn, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., in 1881, and
lived in his native State until March, 1879, and came to Kansas and located in, dott Coun
ty. and has been engaged in farming, and is a carpenter by trade. Mr. Newkirk was mar-
ried in Jefferson County, Ky,, in 1858, to Miss Anna E. Barnes, who was born in Ohio. They

 

 

 
 

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have ten children—James E,, William E., Mar i
iB e y E., Jolin _R&., Lillie L. A .
Lee, Ruth and George F. Mr. Newkirk is a ember of the Masonic order angotiie Me he!
dist Episcopal Church. His wife died the 19th of September, 1880. ; :

E. S. OGBORN, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Frederick Count . Md., in 1630, and
at rye years of age, his parents moved to ‘Wayne County, Ind., and lived | in that State until
1857, and moved to Kansas and located in California Township, Coffey County, and has been
engaged in farming since. Mr. Ogborn was married in Wayne County, Indiana, in 1852, to
Miss Lydia E. Hoover, a native of Indiana. They have five children—Mary L.. John 'B.
George We Anna B. and Katie R. Mr. Ogborn enlisted in’ 1862, in Com any F, Twelfth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served with that regiment three years Bu was mustered
out at the close of the war. He isa member of the G. A. R., and is Township Trustee of
California Township, and is a member of the Society of Friends. While Mr. Ogborn-was in
the army, Mrs. Ogborn was attacked by the Indians, and she defended herself and family
until assistance came from the neighbors and the Indians were driven away.

_JACKSON P. ‘ON, farmer, P. O. Hartford, Lyon County, was born in Virginia in 1839,
aud lived in his native State twelve years, and moved with his father to Morgan County,
Ohio, in 1851, and lived there two years and moved to Marion County, Iowa, and lived there
four years, and came to Kansas in 1857 and located in Chase County, and lived there until
1874, and removed to Coffey County. and located in California Township, and engaged in
farming and stock growing. Mr. Peyton was married in Chase County, Kan . in 1872, to
Miss Elizabeth R. Spurgeon, a native of Indiana. They have two children—Rhoda I. and
Dalton L. Mr. Peyton and wife are members of the Advent Christian Church.

CLARENCE 8S. PERKINS, farmer, P. 0. Strawn, was born in Hartford County, Conn.,
in 1847, and when he was four years of age, his parents moved to Wisconsin. He lived in
that State about twelve years, and in 1862, enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Vol-
unteer [nfantry, and served with that regiment three years. At the close of the war he
moved to Michi; aM, and located at Grand Kapids for four years. In 1870, he came to Kan-
sas, and located in Coffey County, where he engaged in farming ‘and stock-ralsing. Mr.
Perkins was married at Grand mpids, Mich., to Miss Sarah Thompson. They had one child
—Mary E.: He lost his wife in 1875, and married again in 1878, to Miss Priscilla B. Rippey,

- anative of Scioto County, Ohio. They have one child—Minnie.
PHILIP SOW DERS, farmer, P. O. Strawn, was born in Indiana, in 1824, and lived there
about forty-five years, and came to Kansas {n 1871, and located in California Townshi ip,
Coffey County, and engaged in farming and Sstock-raising. Mr. Sowders was married in
sndisna, in te ities ABS aren eae ee 2 native Oana iana. They have six children—
oe " ret, Lou B., Mattie an attie, is
Biethodise Boiscopal Chureh, see His wlfe is a member of the
S SON, farmer, P. O. Ottumwa, was born in Kentucky, in 1829, and at four
years of age his parents moved to Illinois, and lived there about thirty vente. and came to
ansas in 1859, and located in California ‘Township, Coffey County, and has lived there
since, excepting one year that he lived in Iowa, and has been engaged in farming and chair
and wheelwrighting. Mr. Wilson was married in Vigo County, Ind., in 1849, to Miss
Nancy C. Wurton, who was born in Indiana. They have nine children-Thomas J., John
A., James A., Joanna, Mary M. J., Sarah T. E., Nancy J., Harriet A. and Anna.

AVON TOWNSHIP.

_. JACOB BAER, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1832, and
‘lived in Ohio eighteen years, and moved to Indiana in 1851, and lived there seventeen
ears, then moved to St. Joseph County, Mich., in 1866, and livea there until the fall of
870, and came to Kansas and located in Burlington, Coffey County, and was en ‘age in
merchandising for nine years, and has been located on his farm in Avon Townsh p about
‘three years, and is now engaged in farming and stock-raising, Mr. Baer first came to Kan-
sas in the spring of 1856 and remaiued until July, 1857. He lived in Lawrence during the
border troubles, and was a member of the Free-state party, Mr. Baer was married in In-
diana, in 1860, to Miss Eliza Smith, a native of indiana. They have five children—Argus
M., Elwood E., Bertrand, Alta and Ida, Mr. Baer wasa member of the State Legislature
in 1876, and was re-elected in 1877. He has been a Justice of the Peace for four years, and
is a member of the Masonic Fra‘ernity, and of the I. 0. O. F.

SAAC B. DOBELL, farmer, P. O. Westphalia, was born in England in 1828; lived
there until 1880: hecame tothe United States; locatedin Oregon; remained there six
months; moved to Kansas April, 1861; located in Avon Township, Coffey County; has a
large farm of 1,000 acres of land; is engaged in raising fine stock. Mr. Dobeil was married
in England,in 1863,to Miss True Robison, who was born in America and raised in En ‘land.
They have five children—William, Isaac, James L., Alice True, Harold H. Mr. Dobell was
Captain In the English Army, of Sixth Company,of Thirty-first Battalion, and served about
fourteen years, He was engaged in England as a wineimporter. Mr. Dobell is a promi-
nent and wealthy citizen of Coffey County.

JACOB GIESY, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Ohio, in 1851. At three years of
age his parents moved to Lowa and lived there three years, and came to Kansas in 1857 and
located in Avon Township, Cottey County, and has been engaged in farming and stock rais-
ing. He was married in Coffey County, Kansas, in 1871, to Miss Harriet E. Sutten, a native
oflowa. They have five children—Carrie, Walter, Jennie, Clifford and Johnnie,

WILLIAM GROBENGESSER, farmer, P.O. Le Roy, was born in Germany, in 1823, and
in 1852 he came to the United States and located in Illinois, and lived there five years, and
came to Kansas in 1857 and located in Avon Township, Coffey County, and has been en-
gaged in farming and stock growing. He was married in Chicago in 1857, to Miss Sophia

roan, a native of Germany. They have four children: Harry, Willie, Louisa and Betty.
He is a member of the Lutheran Church. ;

ABEL JONES, farmer, P. O. Le Roy, was born in Ohio in 1840. and lived there until
1861. He then enlisted in Company G, Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry and served with
that regiment until the 27th of November, 1862, aud was discharged on account of disabil-
ity caused by a wound which he received at-the battle of Hatch’s River in 1ennessee, Octo-
ber 5, 1862, by which he lost anarm. He returned to Ohio and afterward went back to the
Quartermaster’s Department of the army, and was in the employ of the governinent until
the close of the war. He then returned to Ohio and in April he came to Kansas and_ located
on afarin in Avon Township, Coffey County, and has since been engaged in farming. He
was married in Coffey County, in 1867, to Miss Cornelia J. Rooney, and have five children:
Etta, Cass, Libbie Addie and Aaron. He has served two terms as Township Treasurer and
is a member of the Christian Church. 7 as

. W, MARTIN, farmer, P, O. Burlington, was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1841,
and lived there until 1878, then came to Kansas and located in Avon Township, Cottey
County. Is engaged in farming and stock raising, and is making a specialty of feeding sheep
and raising Berkshire hogs. He was married in Ohio, in 1880, to Miss Lida Tilton, a native
of Ohio. They have one child. Heis a member of the I. O. 0. F. i

L, 8. ROBINSON, farmer, P. 0. Le Roy, was born in Ca::ada in 1829, and lived there ten
years, and his parents moved to Ohio, and he lived there twenty. nine years; then moved
to Kansas in 1868, and located in Le Roy, Coffey County, living there two years; moving to
his home in Avon Township, and has been engaged in farming and stock-raising since,
He has been a school teacher for a number of years. He was married in 1853, in Pickaway
County, Ohio, to Miss Rachel B. Gray, a native uf Ohio, and have four children—Emna A.,
Stanley D., Walter B., George S , and Luella M, He has held the office of Justice of the
Peace, and is 2 member of the Methodtst Episcopal Church. He enlisted inthe army in
1862, in Company A, Ninetieth Ohio Vol unteer Infantry, and was transferred to Company
K, Elghth Regiment V. R. C. in 1864, stationed at Camp Douglas, Chicago, LIl., and served

with that regiment till the close of the war, and held the position of Sergeant.

POINTON RUSSELL, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Maryland in 1814. At
one year of agé his parents moved to Ohio, and lived there until 1855, and moved to Iowa,
and remained there untilthe fall of 1856; hethen moved to Missouri, and in March, 1857,
tame to-Kansas and located in Avon Township, Cotfey County, and is engaged in farming.
He was married in Ohio, in 1841, to Miss Elizabeth‘S, Smith, a pative of Ohio, They have
three children—Martin L,, Anna, and Catherine. His son, Martin L. Russell, was born in
Ohio in 1842, and lived there nine years, and moved with his parents to Iowa, aid came to
Kansas jn the spring of 1857 and located in Avon Township, Coffey County. He moved
to Ohio ip 1874, and remained there five years. He was married in Ohio, in 1877. to Miss
Maggie dravetora, a native of Ohio, and have two children—Austin P. and MichaelS.

i ©. SPURGEON, farmer, P. O. Le Rov, was born in Ohio in 1823; lived there thirty-
one years, then moved to Indiana; lived there fifteenyears. Came to Kansas in 1869, located
in Le Roy, lived there two years, then moved on his farm in Avon Township; engaged in
farming. Was married in Adams County, Ohio, in 1849, to Miss Mary A. Mason, a native of
Ohio. Have four children—Oscar C., Flora E., Sarah A., and Anna, Has been a Justice of
the Peace; was president of the Agricultural Society one year: is a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church; is superintendent of two Sunday-schools. i i

J. B. STINEBURGH, farmer, P.O. Le Roy, was born in Ohio in 1836; lived there thirty-
two yesrs, and came to Kansas in 1868, located at Ottawa, Franklin County, and lived there
until 1878, then moved to Coffey County, Avon Township. and has been engaged in farming
and stock-raising since. He was married in Ohio, in 1858 to Miss Minerva A. Clark. They
had two children—tosie and George S. He was married again in 1870, to Miss Martha L.
Jones, a native of Ohio. They have three children—Harmon, George, and Hattie. Mr.
Stinebugh is a Justice of the Peace, He enlisted in 1862 in the Thirty-eighth Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry, and served until the close of the war; was wounded at Atlanta, Ga.

WILLIAM F. ORNBERRY, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was bornin Rush County,
Ind., in 1833, and lived there sixteen years and moved to Iowa and lived nine
years. and moved to Kansas in 1859, and located in Le Roy. Coffey County, and

lved ‘there until the spring of 1868; he then moved to Neosho Township, Coffey
County, and lived there two years, and has lived twelve’ years on his farm in Avon
Township and is engaged in farming. He was married in, Iowa in 1853 to Miss Sarah
J. Kirby, anative of Tennessee. He enlisted in 1861 in the Ninth Kansas Cavalry and

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served with that regiment three years, Hehas been Treasurer of his township and is @
member of the I. O. O. F., and also of the Masonic Order. His facher, John Thornberry, was
born in Fayette County, Ind., fn 1813, and lived in his native State until 1849 and moved to
Iowa and lived there until the spring 1862, and moved to California, and in the spring of
1864 moved to Oregon, and in 1870 came to Kansas and located in Avon Township, Comer
County, and lived there until his death, which occurred December 6, 1882. His wife is still
living, at the age of seventy-three years, She was born in 1809, -
CLABOURN WILSON, farmer, P.O. Burlington, Kan., was born in Waco, Madison Co.

Ky., April 10, 1855, and lived there sixteen years, and came to Kansas in the spring of 1871
and located In Avon Townshin, Coffev County, anq has been engaged in farming and stock
raising. He was married Sept. 19. 1876, to Miss Margaret Arnold, a native of Kentucky.
They have two children —Mirtie and Lizzie. He has been Township Clerk for three vears
and is a member of the Christian Church, His father, J. C. Wilson, was born in Estill
County, Ky., November 8, 1820, He lived there fifty-one years. He wis married to Miss
Glaffree A. Cox, a native of Kentucky, on the 10th day of February, 1852. Thev have three
children—Lizzie, Clabourn and William, He was Judge of the Estill County Court in Ken-
tucky for four years, He was a member of the Christian Church, He came to Kansas in
the spring of 1871 and located in Avon Township, Coffey County, and engaged in farming
and stock raising. He died on the 6th day of June, 1874.

HAMPDEN TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT BURK, farmer, P. 0. Burlington, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio,
in March, 1814, and lived there until 1852, and moved to Wells County, Ind.,
and lived there five years, and moved to Illinois and remained there three
years, and came to Kansas in 1860, and located in Anderson County, and remained there
about fifteen years, then moved to Coffev County and located in Hainpden Townshin, and is
engaged in farming. He was married in Ohio in 1834 to Miss Catherine Swauk, a native of
Ohlo. They have eight children—William, Wesley, George, Emery, Peter, Bodley, Delia and
Tabitha, Mr. Burk has been a Justice of the Peace. r

JAMES COOK, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in_ Pennsylvania in 1839; lived
in his native Stat@nine years, He mover with his parents to Indiana and lived there until
the spring of 1875, then he came to Kansas and located in Hampden Township, Coffey
County; has been engaged in farming and stock raising since. He was married in Indiana
in 1870 to Miss Sarah A, Williams, a native of Indiana. They have six children—Grace,
Aurea Sue, Myrtie M., Cleophis and LujieG. Mr, Cook isa member of the Free Masons.
He enlisted in October, 1861, inthe Third Indiana Cavalry and served three years and was
mustered out December 1, 1864.

’ ES DAVIDSON. farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in
1821 and lived there until 1858, and removed to Illinois and remained there four years, and
came to Kansas in 1862, located in Neosho Township, Coffey County, lived there four years,
then removed to Burlington and engaged_in woolen manufacturing; remained there thir-
teen years, then removed to his farm fr Hampden Township and has since heen engaged in
farming, He was married in Delaware County, Ohio in 1844 to Miss Phoebe A. Lake, a na-
tive of New York. They have six children—William M., Josiah L, Andrew J., Irene A.,
John D.and Samuel J. Mr. Davidson started t1e first woolen manufactory in this part of

the State in 1863 and carded the first wool ever carded in Coffey County. 7

WILLIAM M. DAVIDSON, farmer, P.O. Burlington, was born in Fairfield_County,
Ohio in 1845 and lived in that State until fourteen years of age and moved to Jefferson
County, Il}., and lived there about four years, then came to Kansas in 1862 and located in
Hampden Township, Coffey County, and has been enka ed in farming and stock- raising.
Mr. Davidson was married in Burlington, Coffey County, Kan., in 1876 to Miss Alice Halli-
piter, a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children—Corey M., Eva R. and William

. Mr. Davidson is a member of the I. 0.0. F. and A. O. U. W.

HENRY W. ECA. farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Vermont in 1838 and moved
to Lowell, Mass., in 1844, lived there until 1849. then moved to Springfield, Mass., Hampden
County, joined the Hampden County Colony, March, 1855, for Kansas, locating in Hampden
Township. Coffey County, has been engaged in farming, He was married in Coffey County,
Kan., in 1866 to Miss Lou Jones. who was born in Illinois, They: have two children—Cora
“M. and Frank W. His wife died in 1877. He was married again in 1879 to Miss Laura Vail,
a native of Ohio. They have one child—George. Mr. Elaenlisted inthe spring of 1861 in
the. Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Served with this regiment three years and four
months and was mustered out in September, 1864. He is Township Treasurer and “Schoot
Treasurer. Is one of the first settlers of Cotfey County; still living on the claim he tonk
May 1, 1855. The only member of the second company of emigrants from Massachusetts

ving.

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J. W. EUBANKS, farmer, P.O Burlington, Kan., was born in Tennessee in 1834, and at
five years of age his parents moved to Johnson County. Ark. He lived there thirty years
and came to Kansas in 1864 and located in Hampden Township, Coffey Co., Kan,, and has
been eugaged in farming. He was married iniJohnson Connty, Ark., in 1853, to Miss Sarah
Arbaugh., a native of Arkansas. They have five children—Mecia, Callie, Albert, Adelia and
Josie. Mr. Enbanks enlisted in 1863 in the Third Arkansas Infantry; was commissioned
Cap'ain of Company K, and served from December 1 to June 1, 1864, and resigned his posi-
tion om account of wounds. Hethen moved with his family to Kansas, where he is at the
present date. =

JOHN GOOCH, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in England in 1844, and lived there
until 1866, then came to the United States and located in Kansas, Hampden Township,
Coffey County. He was engaged inthe butchering business in Burlington for four years
and is now living on his farm in Hampden Township, and is engaged in farming and -
stock-raising. He was married in Burlington in 1870 to Miss Lillie Carey, a native of Kan-
sag. He lost his wifein 1875, and married again in 1880 to Mrs, Martha Walters. His wife
has been married four times, and had four children (all now living) by her first husband, Mr.
Webber. Their ntimes are—Charles, James, Mary and Eva. Mr. Gooch is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, . 3 ‘

LINDSELY R, GRIMES, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Vermont in 1839; lived
there until 1855; he then came to Kansas, located in Hampden Township, Coffey County,
Is alarge farmer and dealer in stock. He was married in Coffey County, Kansas, in 1867,
to Miss Safrona Whetstone, who was born in Iowa. They have four children—May, Mattie,
fltle and Beat: He wasamember of the State militia, and is identified with the Repub-

ican party.

DAVID L. HOLMES, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in 1845, in Wisconsin, and
.lived in his native State twelve years, then came with bis parents to Coffey County, Kansas,
in 1857, and located in Hampden Township, and has been engaged in farming since. He was
married in Morris County, Kan<as, in 1872, to Miss Lizzie Tedstone, a native of England,
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh,

EDWIN W. JENKINS, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Carrollton, Carroll Co.,
Ohio, in 1836, and at the age of five years, his parents moved to Iowa, He lived there un-
til 1857. He then came to Kansas and located at Lawrence, and lived there about one year,
He then went to California and returned in 1858, and located in LeRoy, Coffey Co.,
Kansas, and remained there inthe dry goods business until 1861. He then raised a com
pany and joined the sixth Kansas Cavalry, and was promoted from private to the captaincy
of Company G. He served with his regiment. for three years and seven months, Capt.
Jenkins was married_in Jefferson County, Arkansas, in 1864, to Miss Mary F. Keeler, a
native of Arkansas. They havethree children—Laura E., Sallie L.aud Eugene W. He is
engaged in farming and stock raising. 2 *

MERVIN M. KIGER, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was bon in Fairfield County, Ohio, in
1847, and lived in his native State until 1879, and came to Kansas aid located in Hampden
wownship. in Coffey County, and is engaged in farming and stock growing. Mr. Kiger was
married in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1869, to Miss Sarah J. Barr, a native 9f Ohio. They have
five children—Phoebe A,, Hannah R., Anna J., Roy and Thomas, Mr. Kiger is a member of
the United Workmen, an‘I his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh.

HORATIO N. F. READ, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Adams County, Mis-
sissippi; lived there till twenty years of age, then came to Kansas, located in An-
derson County. Remained there until 1861, and enlisted in the Niath Kansas Cavalry and
served four months as a private ; was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and was promoted
to Captain of CompanyI. Served in that position until March, 1865.':Was then mustered
out. He was married in Anderson County, Kansas, in June, 1858, to Mtss Martha J. Wal-
Jace. They had five children—Margaret L., Martha A., Mary, John W. and Garland H.
His wife died October 8, 1877. He was married again in Chicago in 1832, to Miss Nellie
Evans, a native of St. Louis, Mr. Read has been trustee and assessor of his township. Is
a member-of the Grand Army ofthe Republic. Captain Read cast his first vote in Kansas
for afree State. He has been a Republican since. 7

RGE F. REINHARDT. farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in Weitenburg,Germany

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“in 1841, lived in-his native country thirteen years. Came to the United States. with his parents

and located at Springfield, 11]. Lived there till 1861. Hethen enlisted in the First Illinois, —
Cavalry and was transferred to the Sixteenth Ilinois Cavalry and served three years.
was mustered out of the service in 1864, and returned to Illinois and remained there till he
came to Kansas in the spring of 1880, and located in Hampden Township. Coffey County.
Engaged in farming aad stock raisiig. He was married in Springfield in 1866. to Miss
Catherine Weiss, a native of Germany. They have six children, George F., John W., Mary
A., Katie, Bertha J., Julius M. Heis a member of the Lutheran Church.
W. H. WILLIAMS, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in OaAto, March 26, 1837. At
one year of age his parents moved toIndiana, Iu 1875 he came to Kansas and located in
Burlington, Cottey County. Remained theretwo years. In 1877 he moved to his farm in
Hampden Township, Coffey County. Has been engaged in farming and stock raising. He
was married in Indiana in 1861 to Miss Nancy 5: Bell, anative of Pennsylvania. They
have four children—E)mer G., Carey V., George M., Alice B. Heis a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic. He enlisted in 1862 in the Fourth Indiana Cavalry and served
three years, and was Quartermaster Sergeant.

 
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ISAAC YINGLING, farmer, P.O, Burlington, was born in Ohio in 1884, and lived there

until he was twenty-one years of age. He then moved to Iowa, where he remained eighteen

months. He then came to Kansas in March, 1857, and located in Hampden Township,

Coffey County,-and_ has been engaged in farming and stock growing. He was married in

«Anderson County, Kas., in 1863, to Miss Delila Burk, a native of Ohio, and has four chil-

dren, Sarah, Frederick, Homer, and Cyrus. Mr, Yingling has been Township Trustee and
8s now Township Clerk, and was a member of the State Militia during the war.

KEY WEST TOWNSHIP,

JACOB E, BAUMGARDNER, farmer, P.O. Key West, was born in Pennsylvania ‘in
1811. Remained in his native State uncil 1865, then moved to Ilinvis in 1870. Came to
Kansas and located in Key West, Coffey County. Has been engaged in farming and stock
raising since. He was married in Pennsylvania in 1837 to Miss Mary Anu Baumgardner,
a native of Pennsylvania. They have five children, Amanda, Sarah, William B., Eliza B.
and Francis O. He belongs to the Second Advent Church.

ALEXANDER H. BRITTON, farmer, P. 0. Section, was born in Ohlo 1836, he re-
mained in Ohio until 1856, he then went to Indiana, lived there five years, then went to Mis-
souri, lived there one year, then returned to Indiana, 1875, moved to Ohio; in 1879 came to
Kansas, located in Emporia, engaged at preaching; remained there one year then moved to
Chase Co., Kansas; 1876, came to Coffey County, located in Key West, engagea in farming
and raising fine blooded stock; was married in Ohio, 1860, to Miss Clara Ayres, of Ohio, bas
five children—Lula A., Robert H., Sherman G., Edith M., ana Horace; helongs to the Ma-
sonic fraternity also belongs to I. 0. O. F.; is a Pastor of the Christian Church. Enlisted in
Company E. Eleventh Indiana Cavalry Regiment. 1868, remained with this Regiment until
1865; was wounded while in the battle at Nashville.

; JOHN W. BROWN, farmer, P.O. Section, was born in Ohio 1824, remained in Ohio
until 1865, then moved to Lowa, remained there twelve years, then caine to Kansas, locate
in Key West, Coffey County, has been engaged in farming and stock raising alice. Helis
also a mason by trade. He was married In Ohio, 1850, to Miss Rachel Gray, a native of Vir-
giniaz they have two children—Vincent W. and Mary M.; belongs to Methodist Episcopal

urch. eg

LEMON COPPLE, farmer, P. O. Key West, was born in Indiana, 1837; remained in
his native State until 1852, then went to Missouri, stayed there one year, then came to Kan-
sas 1853, located in Ottawa. Came to Coffey County, 1878, located in Key West Township, has
been engaged in farming and stock growing; was married in Lawrence, Kansas, 1865. to
Miss Elizabeth Daniels, a native of Illinois; they have five children—Clarence, Edward, Cal-
vin, Maria, and James; belongs to Christian Church, was in Kansas State Malitia.

ARK JENSON, farmer, P. O. Halls Summit, was_born Denmark in 1839, re-
mained in his native country until 1866, then caine to the United Slates, locating in Wiscon-
sin; remained there a shortjtime, then traveled through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Colo-
rado, came Lo Kansas in 1860 located in Key West, Coffey County. Has been engaged in
farming and is astonemason; belongs the Lutheran Church. :

EDWARD ROMARY, farmer, P. O. Key West, was born in Kent, England, in 1839,
remained in his native country about twelve years, then came to the United States with hig

arents who located at. Ottawa, Illinois, remained in Ottawa eight years and then came to

ansas, located in Key West Township, Coffey County, and has remained there since en-
peed in farming and stock raising. He was married in Butler Co., Kansas, in 1865, to Miss

ester S. Show, a native of Ohio. Has five children—Maud. A., William _E, Charles E.,
Arthur E., and Albert E. Mr. Romary belongs to the G. A. R., enlisted in 1861 in Company
A. Fourth Regiment Kansas Volunteers; this regiment was put in with the Third making
the Tenth Regiment, He served with this regiment until 1864. Is the Postmaster at Key
West, aud is also a merchant. :

HENRY ROMARY, farmer,_P. O. Key West, was born in England in 1842. Came with
his parents to the United States in 1852, and located at Ottawa, Lll.; remained there: until
1860, then came to Kansas and _ located in Key West Township, Cotfey County. Re was
married in Ottumwa, Kan., in 1866, to Lucy Bouton, a native of New York. They have six
children—Hester L., ‘Willis H., Edith E.," Josie A., Mary G., and Bab E. Mr. Romary be-
longs to the Christian Church; is one of the School Board. He enlisted in 1861 in Company
H, Eleventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Remained with this regiment three
months, and was discharged on account of disability. Was one of the ausas State

dlitia. es

WILLIAM ROMARY, deceased, was born in England in 1812. He came to the United
States iu 1852, and located first at Ottawa. Ill. Came to Kansas in 1860, and located on a
farm in Key West omnes, Coffey County. Was one of the first-settlers of Key West,
Mr. Romary died March 5, 1869, leaving his wife, an old lady of fifty-six years of age. She
is now seventy-one years old, has good health, and does her own housework. When they
landed at Ottawa, Ill., they had 55 cents left; 50 cents of this they paid a drayman to take
their luggage toanold hut. Mrs. Romary has a plate that an old negro gave her with the
first meal of victuals they ever_ate at Ottawa. rs. Romary took in washjng and made
enough money to buy astove. She has used the same stove for thirtv-one years. She now
has afine farm in Key West; has also many other things thatshe bought of the Indians
when they first caine to Kansas. Her son, Arthur Romary, was born in Ottawa, IIL, in
1852, and came with his parents to Kansas in 1860. When Mr. and Mrs. Romary came to
Kansas they only had $10 left; with this they bought corn, on which they lived during the
winter, Mr. A, R. Romary has now 400 acres of land in Key West Township.

GREEN B. TRAYLOR, farmer, P.O. Key West,was born in Kentucky in 1823; remained
in his native State until 1858, then came to Kansas, located in Miami County, remained
there until 1865, then came to Coffey County, located at Ottumwa, engaged in farming;

.also owned a mill; came to Key West Township 1870; has been engaged. in farming an
stock raising. Was married in Kentucky in 1850 to Miss Margaret A. Rice, a native of
Kentucky. Has five children—Coperna, Mary W., Carrie H., Eliza L.. Fannie W. Mr.
Traylor was inthe Mexican war in Company B., Third Kentucky Regiment; remained
with this regiment one year. Wasinthe Kansas State Militia; was Captain of Maysville
Company i was Justice of the Peace for six years. Belongs to Christian Church.

ACOB E. WHILDEN, farmer, P. O. Key West, was born in North Wales in 1840; re-
mainedin his native country one year, when his parents immigrated to America, and

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

settled in Pennsylvania; remained there two years, next moved to New Jersey. Tho year
following they went on to New York, remained there four years, then emigrated in 1849
to Illinois. Here Jacob E. remained fifteen years, then went to California, remained there
three months, andthen went to Virginia City, Nev., engaged in contracting in oars and
timbers. In 1870 he moved to Treasure Hill, Nev.; engaged in-livery and water business
whilethere. In 1873 hecameto Great Bend, Kan., engaged in railroad contracting, re-
mained there nine months; then came to Coffey County, and located at Key West Township,
and engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married in Key Westin 1874 to Miss
Callie R. Traylor, a native of Kentucky. They have two children—Alice M. and Frank L,
He belongs to the I. O. O. F., and his wife belongs to the Christian Church. He bas been
Township Treasurer, also County Commissioner of Coffey County. Mr, Whildon is a large
stock man.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.

RUSSEL CATLIN, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born in New York, 1861; in 1865, his
areuts moved to Chicago; he came to Kansas in 1880, located in Liberty Township, Coffey
County. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising; his mother, Cornelia H. Catlin, was
born in New York, lived there untfl 1864, shecame to Kansas in 1880. She has four chil-
dren—Russel, Sophia B., Grace N., and Hamilton. 7

i. E. COY, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in New York, in 1820; was married to
Miss Lucy Coleman, April 8, 1846; a daughter was born 1847, Thellena Coy. Lucy Coy .
died 1849. E. E. Coy. moved to Michigan, in 1851; was married to Miss Fannie E. Rumery,
in 1857; they have three children—Frankliu E., born in Michigan, in 1853. They moved to
Illinois, in 1856,,where Eugene D., was born, in_1859, and Lucius M., in 1864. Moved to
Kansas In 1865, and settled in Ottawa, Franklin County; moved to Pottawatomie Township,
in 1875; moved to Liberty Township, 1877.

FRANKLIN E. COY, farmer, P. O. Burlington; was born in Michigan, 1853. In 1856
his parents inoved to IlJinois, came to Kansas in 1865, Jocated in Franklin County, 1879; he
moved to Liberty Township, Coffey County; has been engaged in farming and stock-rais-
ing. Mr. Coy ts a single man, . 7
GEORGE F. HOLT, farmer, P.O. Burlington; was bornin New Hampshire, in 1836, lived
there twenty years, He then traveled in commercial business; he went to California, in
1858, remained there until 1866, he returned to New Hampshire: lived there two years; In
1868, he came to Kansas, and locafed in Liberty Township, Coffey County; is engagedinu
farming. He was married in New Hampshire, 1866, to Miss Harret Howard, of Boston,
Mass, They have three children—Frank L., Howard J., Mary J. Has been Trustee of
Liberty Township for eight years, and is a member of the Baptist Church.

G. WHITE, farmer, BO. Burlington; was born in Ohio, in 1842, and remained until 1869,
he then came to Kansas and located on Big Creek, in Liberty Township; is engaged in farm-
ing and stock-raising. Was first married to Miss Lottie, a native of Ohio, and have three
children—Frank, Harris, Wesley; lost his wife in 1876; married again in 1878, to Elizabeth
Watkins, is a member of the United Brethren Church. .

 

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STAR TOWNSHIP.

. PETER CAYOT, farmer, P. O. Avon, was born in France, 1828, lived there seventeen
years; came to United States, located in Maryland, remained there four years, then inoved
to Washington County, Iowa, lived there three years; in 1853, went to California, remained
there three years, was engaged in mining; he returned to Lowa, lived there two years, came
to Kansas, 1858, located in Star Township, Coffey County; has been en aged in farming and
stock-raising. Was married in Iowa to Miss Cecile Poire, a native o: Trance. They have
three children—Peter, William L. and Clara. Helas a fine farm of 600 acres. 4

JAMES LANDIS, deceased, was born in Miami County, Obio, in 1839, and in 1866 he
moved to Illinois and lived there until 1870 and came to Kansas and located in Star Town-
ship, Coffey County, and has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married
in Illinois, in 1868, to Miss Rosa Simmons, a native of Kentucky. They have one child,
George W. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He enlisted in 1862 in the
One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years and was mustered
out of the Service at the close of the war. He died in Star Township, August 3, 1880.

JOSEPH POIRE, farmer, P. O. Avon, was born in France in 1831, lived there twenty
years, then came to the United States, located in Iowa, and remained there six years; came
to Kansas in 1861, and located in Star Township, Coffey County. He was married in Coffey
County, in 1862, to Miss Christine Cayot, a native of France. They have eight children—
Kate, Millie, Cecilia, Minnie, Cynthia, Maggie, Julius and Willie,

J, H. WATROUS, farmer, P.O.Burlington, was born in Dane County, Wis.,and lived there
eleven years and moved with his parents to Kansas and located in Star Township, Cotfey
County, and has been engaged in farming and stock-growing. He was married in Burling-
ton, in 1877, to Miss Jennie Woodworth, a native of lowa. They have one child, Helen. e
is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlisted In 1863 in Company L, Fifth
Kansas Cavalry, and served with that regiment thirteen months, and was mustered out of
the service with his regiment.

POTTAWATOMIE TOWNSHIP.

LEWIS, FOSTER, farmer, P.O. Burlington, was born in Troy, Pa., in 1834, remained in
his native State three years, then moved with his pareuts to Ohto, remained in Ohio about
five years, then moved to Johnson County, Ind., remained there three years, then moved
to Lake County, Ind., remained there until 1857, then came to Kansas, He located jn Potta-
watomie Township, Coffey County, and has been engaged in farming and stock growing,
He was inarried in Lake County, Ind., in 1855, to Roxania A. Knapp, anative of Ohio. They
have five children—Mary E., Charles L., William O., Cornelius A. (deceased), Elijah D. and
Harriet E. Mr. Foster was one of the first settlers of Coffey County, was very pour when he
came to Kansas, and has endured many hardships of a new country. He now has a fine,
large farm, and improved with fine buildings. Enlisted in 1862 1n Company F, Twelfth
Kansas Infantry regiment. Was taken prisoner in April, 1864, was a prisoner for ten
months and was mustered out in 1865. Was wounded at the battle of Jenkins’ Ferry. :

 
 

 

 

 

ALLEN COUNTY.

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ALLEN COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES,

fe County is located in the southeastern part of the State, in the
second tier of counties west of the Missouri River, and about fifty
‘miles north of Indian Territory. In extent it is twenty-one miles north and
south, and twenty-four miles east and west, containing 504 square miles, or
322,560 acres, q
i" The county is divided into ten townships as follows: Osage, Deer
ee Geneva, Iola, Elm, Marmaton, Elsinore, Salem, Humboldt, Cottage
rove. é

The county is well watered by
numerous streams, which abound with
springs of clear, cool water. Good well
water is obtained in most parts of the
county at a depth of from twenty to
thirty feet.

The largest stream is the Neosho
River, which enters the northern part
of the county from the west, flows south-
east, then nearly south through Gen-
eva, Iola, Humboldt, and Cottage Grove
townships. The principal tributaries
on the east are Indian and Martincreeks
in Geneva Township; Deer Creek,
flowing through thetownship of the same
name; Elm Creek, flowing through Elm
Creek and Iola townships; and Coal
Creek, flowing through Salem, Hum-
boldt, and Cottage Grove townships.
The principal western tributaries are
Onion Creek, flowing through Iola and
Humboldt townships ; Owl -Creek, in
Humboldt Township; and Scatter Creek,
in Cottage Grove Township.

The Marmaton River rises east of
the center of the county, and flows
southeast through Marmaton and Els-
inore townships.

Big Creek rises in Marmaton Town.
ship and flows southwest across that,
Elsinore and Cottage Grove townships.

Little Osage River rises not far from
the head of the Marmaton and flows
northeast. Its tributaries are Middle .

 

OPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).

panied by his family, consisting of his wife, two boys, and three girls. He also
had sixty head of cattle. Heat once built a cabin, started a post, for the pur-
pose of trading with neighboring tribes of Indians, and the next summer
opened a farm. This post became a favorite resort of the Sac and Fox Indians,
and often a very large number of them were camped in the timber along the
river. Fuqua always strove to please them, gave dog feasts and other enter-
tainment, and sold flour, groceries, calico, beads, and other articles to them at
a very high price. Fuqua made money rapidly,and kept up the post for a
number of years, but finally abandoned it, and still later, in 1863, sold his large
and well improved farm and immigrated
to Oregon. :

‘The second settlement in the coun-
ty was made by B, W. Cowden and H.
D. Parsons, who arrived in March, 1855,
and selected claims'in the valley of the
Neosho River, near the mouth of Elm
Creek. At that time there were about
four hundred Osage Indians camped in
thé heavy timber along the river, in the
immediate neighborhood, Parsons had
formerly been a trader among the Osa-
ges, therefore the pioneers were well
received by the Indians, who insisted on
their settling in the immediate neigh- °
borhood. They therefore made the
lodges of the Indians a temporary home
until their claims were selected, when
they at once began the erection of a
cabin on Parsons’ claim. Tt was com-
pleted the latter part of the month, and
the two pioneers left the country for a
short time. Parsons soon returned,
however, to find his cabin occupied by
a band of Missourians, who proposed
locating in the neighborhood. They
refused to give up the cabin or claim,
whereupon he appealed to Little Bear,
Chief of the Osages, who at once sum-
moneda council of his braves, and it
was determined that the Missourians
were bad men and should be driven from
the country. A band of warriors started
to carry out this decree, and on their

 

 

Creek on the north and the South Fork
on the south,

 

Cottage Grove Township
Deer Creek Township..

(a) Elm Township.......
(b) Elsinore Township...

The general surface of the country
is slightly rolling, though much more
level than the greater portion of eastern
Kansas. The bottom lands along the
streams average one and one-half miles
in width, and comprise one-tenth the
area of the county. The remainder is .

(a@) Marmaton Township..é.............05
(e) Osage Township......

  
   
  
 
 
 

Geneva Township ........... yovaisyatdearonssaiaetaqava:, 045
Humboldt Township, Including Humboldt Ci
(c) Iola Township, ineluding Iola City........

Salem Township ..........0.,ecseceeeceeeseceee :

 

the gently rolling or level upland prai-

 

rie,
Humboldt City...

Along the Neosho River isa heavy Iola City........

  

appearance the rascals were so thor-
1870. | _1880. oughly frightened that they appealed to
794 999 Parsons to intercede that their lives
614 #33 + might be spared, prémising to leave the
458 1,054 country at once. Parsons doing so, the
a.bee of party started immediately for Missouri,
1,759 2307 and never returned.
ae ie The next settlement was madé near
vas aedseeaneinusenanenuees 271 678 the mouth of Deer Creek, the same
7,022 | 11,303  SPring, by Major James Parsons, and his
two sons, Jesse and James, and Mr.
1208 } Bae Duncan, The creek on which they set-

 

 

 

belt of timber which runs through the
entirecounty. There is also good timber
along the Little Osage and Marma-
ton rivers, and Scatter, Big, Owl,
Coal, Elm, Rock, and Deer creeks, and ®)
along the other streams of the county.

.-The average width of timber belts is one mile. The principal varieties are
hickory, oak, hackberry,elm, sycamore, cottonwood, and black walnut. There
is also a large acreage of cultivated timber.

It is believed that coal underlies the greater part of the county at a great
depth, though this has not been fully demonstrated. Only surface coal has
been found in paying quantities, and only enough of this for local domestic
purposes, and not of a very good quality. The most coal has been found in

. Townships 25 and 26, of Ranges 18 and 19, and Township 24, Range 20, and
‘along the Little Osage River.

Every township of the county is well supplied with a good quality of stone,
and in abundant quantities. The principal kinds are blue and red limestone,
and red sandstone.

ia) In 1871, detached from Iola.
b) In 1876, Marmaton set off.
(c) In 1871. Elm and Osage set

In 1876, Marmaton set off.

EARLY HISTORY.

The first settlement in the county was ‘undoubtedly that of. Richard J.
Fuqua, who is said to have settled in January, 1855. He located in the valley
of the Neosho River, in the northwestern part of the county. He was accom-

off.
a) Detached from Elsinore and Osage in 1876.

tled was so named from the large num-
ber of deer found. in the timber along
its banks. ss

During the spring and summer
settlement progressed quite rapidly, the
most of it being along and near the
Neosho River. Among the first settlers were H. H. Hayward, W. C. Keith,
Henry Bennett, Elias Copelin, James Barber, Barnett Owen, A. W. J. Brown,
J. S. Barbee, Thomas Day and Giles Sater. On Martin Creek the prominent
settlers of that summer were Thomas Norris, Jesse E. Morris, Anderson Wray,
George Hall, Dr. Stockton, A. C. Smith, Augustus Todd, Michael Kiser, Hiram
Smith and Mr, Martin. The creek was so called in honor of the last named.

Though. many of the early settlers of the county were Pro-slavery men, but
few slaves were brought into the county. Henry Sater owned two or three,
Giles Sater one, who was soon set free, his master being opposed to slavery ;
James Galbreath owned one; Hurlston, five or six, and Dunbar several. The
Free-state people showing so much antagonism toward slaveholders, it was not
long until most of the slaves were either liberated or taken from the county by
their masters,

During the summer and fall of 1856, immigration continued, though not
in very large numbers. Prominent among the settlers of that year were Nimrod
Hankins, William M. Brown, Carlyle Faulkner, Carroll Prewett, Henry Doren,
G. A. Gideon, William Mayberry, Thomas Bashaw, M. W. Post and Joseph
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Ludley. The two last named came in February, 1856, being engaged in the
survey of the standard parallels. They finished this survey with the fifth parallel
through Allen County, and concluded to locate at or near Cofachique. Some
time during the following summer, Ludley brought a small saw mill from
Westport, Mo., and set it up in the timber neir Cofachique and began opera-
tions at once. The mill was run by hors: power, and was the first mill or
other machinery to be put in operation in Allen County. After running it for
some time Ludley sold the mill to Drury S. Tye.

The first marriage to take place in the county was that of James Johnson
to Marinda Barber on August 14, 1856. The ceremony was performed by A.
W. J. Brown, the Probate Judge of the county. :

The second marriage in the county was that of George W. Young to Sarah
Bennett, October 1, 1856. One of the County Commissioners, B. W. Cowden,
officiated and in the acknowledgment of the ceremony signs himself as Asso-
ciate Judge.

The first death to take place was that of James Barbee, at Cofachique, in
1856, and the second was that of a young daughter of Isam Brown, which took
place a short time after. ; :

In the spring of 1855 a party of Pro-slavery men from Fort Scott formed

a town company and laid out a town on the high land east of the Neosho
River, a short distance west of the present railroad track, and about on the
north line of Section 10, Township 25, Range 18 east. The town was named
Cofachique, and James Barbee was elected the first president of the company.
The first to settle on the new town site was James Barbee. The Legislature
in July, 1855, passed an act incorporating the Cofachique Town Association.
The incorporators were Daniel Woodson, Charles Passutore, James S. Barbee,
Samuel A. Williams and Joseph C. Anderson. The Legislature also empow-
ered the Association to locate and hold a tract of land not to exceed nine hun-
dred acres, around the proposed town site, and passed an act making Cofa-
chique the permanent county seat of Allen County.
: During the summer of 1855 the town was located and staked out. The
first store was opened by: James Galbreath. This was soon followed by an-
other, owned by H. D. Parsons and Mr. Lynn. The next store was opened by
Johnson & Owens, =

For about two years this was the only town in the county, and as a new
town was for a time quite successful. Several stores had been opened and
Cofachique was known far and near. There was a heavy trade with the neigh-.
boring tribes of Indians, and for a time the town had good prospects.

Until the summer of 1857 there was no postoffice nearer than Fort Scott,
and all mail was brought over bya carrier employed by the citizens for the-
purpose. The first mail route established by the government extended from
Fort Scott to Cofachique, and regular mail service began July 1, 1857. Cofa-
chique was established as a postoffice in the spring of 1857, and Aaron Case
was appointed Postmaster. : :

Until 1857 this was the only town of the county, but during that year
other towns were started and Cofachique began to deline. In 1858 the county
seat was removed, and the next year the greater part of the town was removed
to Iola, that town having just been started. The old town site of Cofachique
is now covered with farms, and nothing remains to show that a town ever
existed there. 2 -

The principal cause of the failure of the town was that, being in a hilly
region it was difficult of access, besides which it was almost impossible to ob-
tain good well water. Another reason for its failure was that it was settled
by Pro-slavery men, generally, and during the early political troubles a com-
pany of Pro-slavery men was stationed there, which caused some excitement,
and created a feeling of enmity toward the town, and when the towns of Tola
and Humboldt were started on either side it was not long until Cofachique be-
came entirely depopulated. During the more prosperous years James Faulk-
ner an 1 Aaron Case were the principal business men.

During the year 1857, there was quite a heavy immigration to the county,
yet as in previous years, most of the settlements were made along the valleys
of the streams, or on the adjacent upland prairies. The greater settlements
formed that year were along and near the Neosho River and its tributaries.
The town of Geneva was laid out inthe northwestern part of the county,
and Humboldt in the southwestern part. Both of these towns prospered and
still exist. Their complete history will be found in the description of the
towns of the present.

In the spring of 1858, a heavy immigration again commenced, The set-
tlers of that year were of an exceptionally good class, and the growth and de-
velopment of the county was healthy and natural.

A great part of the settlement of the year 1858, was in what is now Deer
Creek Township, along and near Deer Creek. In the fall of 1857, a small
colony had been formed in Parke and Johnson counties, Indiana, for the pur-
-pose of miking a settlement, and building up a town, which was to be named
Carlyle. After the selection of the site north of Deer Creek, in 1857, two
young men, P. M, Carmine and R. V. Ditmars were left to build cabins. Jn
the spring of 1858, the colonists began to arrive. Among the first were T. P.
Killen, J. M. Evans, S. C. Richards, J. W. Scott, David Bergen and HI. Scott.

The Carlyle colony selected 320 acres for a town si.e and proposed to
build a church, schoolhouse and make other improvements calculated to insure
the speedy building up of the proposed town. Finding many difficulties if the
way of making a prosperous town, the project was abandoned, and the site cut
up into farms, which were soon opened.

Though not successful in building a town, the colony prospered. A post-
office was secured, and a postal route established from Leavenworth via Hyatt,
in Anderson County, Carlyle and Cofachique to Humboldt, in 1858.

A church and schoolhouse was afterward built, a high school kept up, and
part of the time there has been astore, while it has always retained the post-
office. The place is well known and it has always been a prosperous and pro-
gressive neighborhdod. . ;

When the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston railroad (now the K. C.,

finally started off together, but Harris did not return,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

L. & S. K. R. R.) was built, Carlyle was made a station, but has not yet be.
come a town, and is only known as a prosperous country place.

Florence was the name of a town site which was projected in the year 1858.
Its location was east of Carlyle and north of Deer Creek. It was started asa
rival to Carlyle, and it was expected that'it would some time secure a railroad.
Among those interested in the project were Harvey Allen, J. B. Justus, D.C.
VanBrunt, D, Rogers, M. M. Hann, W. ©. Eastwood, F. M. Powers and R. B,
Jordan. As a town the project was a failure, and the site is now covered with
farms, while the name of Florence lives only in history. ; es

A Vegetarian Settlement.— In the year 1855 a colony of vegetarians
organized in the Northern States for the purpose of forming a settlement in
Kansas Territory. C. H. DeWolf, of Philadelphia, was elected president; Dr.
McLauren, treasurer, and H. S$, Clubb, of New York, secretary. This colony re-
fused to indulge in the use of any kind of meat, tea, coffee, tobacco, or other
stimulants, and lived only on weeds, vegetables and fruits. Though each col-
onist was to own his own property, the colony was to be co-operative to a certain
extent. In the fall of 1855 Dr. McLauren was sent to select a location. The
place chosen was on a small creek about six miles south of Humboldt. In the
spring of 1856 the secretary arrived with a number of the colonists. The most
of them came during the months of April, May and June. Among the mem-
bers were Watson and S.J. Stewart, who arrived on May 19, 1856, They
camped on Capt. Coffin’s land adjoining Humboldt, and the next day went to
the colony, where they found about one hundred persons camped in tents. But
not being satisfied with some of the arrangements of the colony, they located
claims elsewhere.

During the summer and fall of the year 1856, there was much sickness and
the greater number of the colonists left the country. Of those left who settled
permanently were Charles Baland, Z. J. Wizner, Watson and S. J. Stewart.
The only remembrance of this colony is the fact that the stream on which they
settled is still known as Vegetarian Creek.

_ First Mail Routes.--Vhe first mail route established in the county was
from Fort Scott to Cofachique, and’service commenced July 1, 1857.

On January 11, 1858, a mail route was established from Leavenworth to
Humboldt, via’ Hyatt, in Anderson County, Carlyle and Cofachique. In April
the contract for mail service was let, and commenced on the Ist of the following
July. Just before the service began, Dr. J. W. Scott, H. Scott and J. M. Evans
took a load of poles and marked a trail between Carlyle and Hyatt. The first
mail was carried by Zack Squires, on a little mule. The trail, in Allen County,
extended nearly along the line now followed by the K.C.,L.& 5. K.. R.R. It

was not long until the business along the route was sufficient to put on a two-"

horse hack, after which passengers and light freight were carried. The hack was
followed by a two-horse stage, or “jerky,” and as business increased, this was
in turn followed by a four-horse stage, which was kept on the route until the
completion of the railroad in 1871. Squires is favorably remembered by all
the old settlers along the route on account of his doing so many errands in
Lawrence and other places for them, free of charge. The mails on the route
were first weekly and afterward changed to tri-weekly.

LAND AND POLITICAL TROUBLES.

Allen County was formed from a part of the territory included in the New
York [ndian Reservation, which, at the time settlement commenced, had just
been ceded to the United States Government. In 1855, Joseph Ludley, with a
party of surveyors, began the survey of the standard parallels of the Territory
of Kansas, and finished in February, 1856, with the fifth standard parallel,
which passed through Allen County, a short distance north of the present town
of Humboldt. North of this parallel, the land was soon surveyed into towns
and ranges, and then into sections. South of it, the town and range lines were
not surveyed until 1857 and 1858, and the section lines not until 1859. In the
meantime, after the town and range lines had been run, the settlers employed
surveyors at their own expense, and had the section lines laid off, which were
afterward found to nearly correspond with the Government survey.

When the settlers first located, they selected claims in or adjoining the

timber, and while professing to hold but a one quarter section, many of them '

staked off and held a square mile. As this was the most desirable land, it caused
much trouble as the settlement progressed. The Territorial Legislature passed
a law allowing 320 acres to each settler, 160 acres as a timber, and 160 acres as
a prairie claim, This was contrary to the law of Congress allowing 160 acres
to each settler, and caused trouble among the settlers. There was a greal deal
of quarreling, but except in few instances violence was not resorted to. The
settlers organized a *‘ squatter’s court,” which, though having no legal authority,
did much to preserve peace among the contestants over land-claims. The de-

cisions of this court were prompt, generally just, and usually acceded to by the.

contestants,

The land difficulties kept up for several years, and there were many assaults,
but only few of them resulted in bloodshed. One of these was the shooting of
Anderson Wray by Anderson C. Smith, The latter had a claim on Martin
Creek, which was bid off at the land sale at Fort Scott by Wray. Some neigh-
bors returning, found Smith on his claim and told him of it. Though late in
the evening, he at once started for Fort Scott, angry and swearing vengeance on
Wray. About 4 o’clock the next morning he came up with the Wray party,
who were camped on Turkey Creek. He at once sought out Wray and began
firing at him. Two shots took effect in his body, but the wounds did not prove
fatal. © The difficulty was afterward settled between them.

A young man named Winn selected and occupied a claim a few miles west
of Humboldt, but did not file on it at the land office. In 1860 he went to Mis-
souri to secure work. In his absence aman named Harris went to Fort Scott
and bought the Winn claim by private entry. When Winn returned and learned
the state of affairs, he at once called on Harris and demanded that he give up
the land, which he refused, and a serious quarrel at once arose. The two men

: a The next day his body
was found with a bullet-hole in the head. Winn was arrested on suspicion, and

 
ALLEN COUNTY.

examined by a Justice of the Peace. He admitted the killing, but claimed it to
be in self-defense. He was held to bail, but was never brought to trial, This
was the first homicide known to have been committed in the county.

During the early political troubles between the Pro-slavery and Free-
state men Allen County suffered but little. The Valley of the Neosho was
separated from the counties on the east and north, where the strife was great-
est by broad and uninhabited prairies. Both elements had settled in the
county, with the Free-state men largely in the majority. The latter class
were made up generally of Western men, who were moderate and conservative
in their views, and were willing to allow the Pro-slavery men the right to their
own opinion, so long as no open demonstration of violence was made. The
headquarters of the Pro-slavery men were at Cofachique, and at one timea band
of armed men were stationed there, which caused some anxiety and a feeling
of animosity toward the residents of the town, but there was never but little
danger on either side. No serious trouble took place, no lives were lost, and
little or no property was destroyed, and not one cent of the Free-state relief
fund of 1856 was expended in Allen County.

THE WAR RECORD,

As soon ds the news of the breaking out of the Rebellion reached Allen
County nearly all the able-bodied men hurried to enlist in defense of the Union.
In 1861 the Iola Battalion was formed, and from the county were three com-
panies, commanded by Captains Coleman, Flesher, and Killen, which served
in the Ninth Kansas. In the Tenth Kansas Regiment were two companies,
one. commanded by Capt. W. C. Jones, and the other by Capt. N. B.
Blanton.

The county being on the southern border of the State, it was considered
in danger of invasion from the Missouri guerrillas and the hostile Indians of
the Territory. The scene of most the military operations in the county were
inand about Humboldt. In the summer of 1861 a company was organized
there with N. B. Blanton, Captain; S. J. Stewart, First Lieutenant. J. H.
Signor was afterward Second Lieutenant. Capt. Isaac Tibbetts organized a
company of infantry, and Capt. J. N, Phillips a company of cavalry. During
the same summer a regiment was organized in Allen and Woodson counties.
Orlin Thurston was Colonel ; James Kennar, Lieutenant Colonel; and N. S,
Goss, Major. This was the Seventh Kansas Regiment, for the defense of
Kansas, and was under command of Gen. J. H. Lane. While this regiment
was with Lane in Missouri there were but very few men left at home to pro-
tect the settlements, and the most of the farming and other work for the main-
tenance of the families of the soldiers was done by the women and child-
ren.

Sacking of Humboldt.—While the Allen County soldiers were away with
Lane, a raid was made on the unprotected settlement of Humboldt on Sep-
tember 8, 1861, by a band of Missouri guerrillas, Cherokee Indians, and Osage
half-breed Indians, under command of Captains Matthews and Livingstone.,
Matthews had been a trader among the Indians, had married an Osage squaw,
and lived where Oswego now is. He had great influence among the Osages
and incited them to take sides with the Southern Confederacy. At Humboldt
they sacked the stores and dwellings, carrying off all the money and valuables
they could find without resistance, all the men being absent. Z
Burning of Humboldt.—At the time of the raid in September, Dr. George
A. Miller was absent trying to obtain authority to organize a company of Home
Guards. He succeeded in this, and on his return organized a company of in-
fantry in the town, which was composed of old men, boys, and a few of the
militiamen who had returned to Humboldt as soon as they learned of the raid,
to help protect their defenceless families. A company of cavalry was also or-
ganized in the neighborhood, composed of farmers, and commanded by Capt,
Henry Dudley. These companies accompanied by Col. J. G. Blunt, went in
the pursuit of the guerrillas, and succeeded in overtaking them, when a skir-
mish took place, during which the outlaw, Capt..Matthews, was killed. The
Home Guards returned, and for several days the cavalry was sent out regularly
as a scouting party, it being feared that another attack would soon be made on
the town. The infantry remained at home, and were always upon guard. Soon,
however, there appearing to be no danger, the} cavalry were allowed to return
_ to their homes, Late in the afternoon of the 14th of October, 1861, a body of
Rebel Cavalry, under command of Col. Talbott, dashed into Humboldt. The
Home Guards, comprising less than Io0 men, were taken completely by sur-
prise, and it was impossible for Capt. Miller to get them together. The town
was soon filled with armed men, who kept up a continual firing of guns and pis-
tols. A few of the men by running succeeded in making their escape, but the
others weresoon captured and placed under guard. It was supposed that they
would all be shot by the outlaws and the Indians who accompaniedthem. The
“only resistance offered was by Capt. Miller and Charles Baland. The captain
finally gave up his arms, pleading that the women and children might be saved,
even though he expected tobe murdered. The town wasthen set on fire, but
before this was done, the Rebel officer ordered his. men to allow the women and
children to remove.their valuables and household goods from their dwellings,
and even ordered them to assist. The rebel officers claimed that Humboldt
was burned in retaliation for the burning of Osceola, by Gen. Lane, and the
killing of Matthews. Nearly all the buildings were then set on fire. The
churches were saved, also the Masonic Hall. Of the other bui!dings not, set on
fire was the house of Dr. Wm. Wakefield, who, when he saw that he was in the
power of the enemy, invited the officers to take supper with him. Amongthem
was Capt. Livingstone. A few other houses were saved where there were women
too sick to be moved. Among these was the residence of Col. Thurston, whose
wife was unwell, and Mrs: Goodwin, the wife of Hon. J. R. Goodwin, sent her
to bed and told the rebels she was too-sick to be moved. The land office
and court house building was set on fire, but after the departure of the rebels
the fire was extinguished, but not until many valuable papers among the records
were destroyed. Coffey’s store wasset on fire, but the rebels had in their ex-

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citement poured out a barrel of black molasses, thinking it to be tar, and this
did not burn very well, besides which Mrs. Coffey had just been washing, and
the wet clothes were thrown over the burning portion, extinguishing the fire.
The raiders did not stay long, departing early in the evening. The men they
had captured were taken a short distance and then released. They returned in
time to help save some of the burning buildings. During the entire trouble the
women behaved nobly. By their coolness they succeeded in making the in-
vaders believe that an armed force was onthe way from Iola, therefore they
hastened their departure. The land office had just been opened, with J.C.
Burnett, Register. He managed to speak to his sister, Miss Kate Burnett, now
Mrs. S. N. Simpson, telling her to save $25 ooo in ]and warrants that were in the
office. Obtaining permission to go to the office for a candle, she secured the
warrants, and dropped themon the prairie in the high grass. Judge J. R.Good-
in and his wife had been absent all day, gathering wild grapes, and were just
approaching the town from the west. The judge jumped out of the vehicle and
told his wife to drive away, but instead of this she went to Mrs. Thurston’s resi-
dence and aided in saving it. Numerous other heroic acts were performed by
the women. The better portion of the town was entirely destroyed. There
were only a few Luildings left,and someof these had been badly damaged by
the fire. The only man killed was farmer Seachrist, who was running away
trying tosave hismules. He was ordered to stop, but not doing so, he was
shot and fatally wounded. All the horsesthat could be found were taken by
the rebels. Besides this but little property was stolen, and outside the town no
damage whatever was done, The rebel force numbered 331 men, who were all
well mounted and thoroughly armed. ‘

After the burning of Humboldt it was considered to be in danger, and a
military post was established there. There were no events of note until the
Price raid in 1864. The militia of the county was organized into a battalion,
known as the Allen County Battalion, and was composed of six companies,
three from Iola and the northern part of the county, two from Humboldt, and
one from the extreme southern part of the county. The officers were: C. P.
Twiss, Colonel; Watson Stewart, Major, Among the Captains were J. M.
Moore and G. De Witt, of Humboldt, and D. C. Newman, of the southern part
of the county. This regiment comprised all the able bodied men of the county,
between the ages of sixteen and sixty years. The militia forces of the entire
Neosho Valley were commanded by Major General J. B. Scott, of Le Roy, and
under him the Allen County Battalion was ordered to Fort Scott. At the mili-
tary post of Humboldt a block house was built, anda small force of the Eleventh
Kansas stationed there under command of Major Haas. Besides this force,
Captains Moore, DeWitt and Newman, under command of Major Watson Stew-
art, were left to protect the town against invasion. All remained at Humboldt
except Captain Newman’s company, which acted as scouts and was stationed on
Big Creek. Maj. Haas ordered this company to come to Humboldt, which
Capt. Newman refused todo. This gave rise to considerable difficulty between
the two officers, Maj. Haas had charge of the government supplies of rations,
etc., which he refused to issue to the Big Creek company until it should remove
to Humboldt. The stores were kept at the German Church, in charge of a Ser-
geant. Newman’s company being out of rations Major Stewart made a requisi-
tion on the post commander for five days’ rations for the company, which was
refused. Major Stewart then ordered the Captain to help himself to the rations
and to receipt to the Sergeant. This was done, upon which Major Haas or-
dered Maj. Stewart and Capt. Newman under arrest. It was impossible, how-
ever, to carry out this order as the militia all took sides with their own officers.
After the militia disbanded, Capt, Newman was arrested but was released the
next day. After the companies under Maj. Stewart had remained in camp for
three weeks they were ordered to Fort Scott, leaving Capt. Newman and his
company, and a few colored men under Capt. E. Gilbert at the Humboldt post.
During the entire period of the war there were a great many loyal Indians scat-
tered over the county, they having been driven from the Indian Territory by
the Indians who were in sympathy with the rebels.

CALAMITIES,

Up to the year 1860 the county had been quite prosperous, but at that time
the terrible drought came on. In September, 1859, light showers of rain fell,
but for the next eighteen months there wasno rain to wet the earth to the depth
of aninch, During the winter of 1859-60 there was no snow, and in the spring
the earth was perfectly dry. Notwithstanding this crops were planted, but
during the summer hot winds swept over the dry and parched earth, burned to
crisp all vegetation except occasional fields of corn in the valleys and ravines
where a partial crop wasraised. The population of the county was a little up-
ward of 3,000, and with their crops all or nearly all destroyed, and the entire
territory suffering from the same cause, the prospect for the settlers to escape
starvation seemed small. Most of them had come in during the two preceding
years and had not yet got their farms fairly open, while nearly all their surplus
money had been spent. With suffering and starvation before them, a great
many of the settlers, a majority, left the county, returned to the East, and only a
few of them came back. The braver settlers remained, but many of them exper-
ienced much suffering. Their teams and stock were in a poor condition, for
besides the ruin of the crops, the grass of the upland prairies was so scorched
and dried up that but little hay was put up.

In the Eastern States aid societies were organized and provisionsand cloth-
ing were contributed liberally. Most of these goods had to be obtained at At-
chison, from S. C, Pomeroy, the distributing agent. The trip was along one and
many of the settlers had but ox teams, therefore it took some time to go, and
considerable suffering was endured on the way, as the winter was severe with
many cold storms,

Grasshoppers ——The first appearance of grasshoppers in any considerable
numbers, after the settlement of the country, was in the fall of the year 1860.
But little damage was done, as the drought had already destroyed most of the
crops. Eggs were deposited, and in the spring of 1861, the young locusts
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hatched out in great numbers, and in some localities did considerable damage
before their departure, which took place some time in June.

Again in September, 1866, the grasshoppers visited the county in im-
mense swarms, and ina few days all vegetation yet green had disappeared
from the face of the earth. Their eggs were deposited everywhere, but the
winter being wet, and the ground alternately freezing and thawing, the greater
number of them were destroyed. Those that hatched did some damage in the
‘spring of 1867, but by the middle of June nearly all of them were gone, flying
off toward the northwest.

The next .visit of the grasshoppers was in August, 1874, when they ap-
peared in myriads. The dry weather had: already dried up the crops to some
extent, and some of the corn was already too nearly matured to be injured,
but all that was green was soon destroyed. As before, large numbers of eggs
were deposited, and as the winter was dry, nearly all of them hatched out in
the spring of 1875. So thick were the young grasshoppers that they destroyed
all vegetation, in about two-thirds the area of the county. Before attaining
sufficient size to have wings, they would hop from one field to another, and
would sometimes pile up in drifts several inches in thickness. The greater
part of the wheat crop was utterly destroyed, as well as the other small grains
and vegetables. The first plantings of corn were destroyed, but early in June
the pests began to fly away, and by the 17th of the month nearly all of them
had disappeared. Corn was then re-planted, and the locusts having destroyed
the young weeds, it grew very rapidly and yielded an abundant harvest, being
one of the very best corn crops ever raised in the county. ,

So great a portion of the crop of 1874 was destroyed by the drought and
grasshoppers, that in many parts of the county some of the settlers were left in
a suffering condition. Aid societies were formed, and provisions, clothing and
grain were ,sent by the citizens of other States for the needy settlers. On
January 11, 1875, the County Commissioners appointed Isaac C. Cuppy and
Robert Cook to go to Ohio and Indiana to solicit aid, and gave $25 to each to
help pay expenses. ‘

One cause of the destitution was the fact that large numbers of the settlers

. had lately located, spent ‘all their money in opening their farms, and a partial
failure of crops left them in a crippled condition. Thoroughly discouraged,
hundreds of them left the country, never to return, Large quantities of grain,
provisions and clothing were distributed among the settlers. It is probable
that much of it went to those that could hardly be said to be in a destitute con-
dition, yet it is true that the large numbers of people were so much in need that
they were fully warranted in asking help. Had the settlers theirfarms opened,
paid for, and a very little surplus grain and stock, this would not have, been
necessary. At the present time, a crop failure no greater than the one above
mentioned, would produce no perceptible effect other than making strict
economy necessary.

Lynching of Dalson.—On the night of June 27, 1870, deed occurred
which caused a great deal of excitement, and the indignation of most of the
citizens. It was the lynching of E. G. Dalson, who was confined in the county
jail, on the charge of having murdered his adopted: son. Late in the night

‘three men appeared at the jail and demanded admittance, claiming to have
brought a prisoner from Neosho County for safe keeping. Sheriff John Har-
ris opened the door, when several men rushed in, and demanded the key to
Dalson’s cell, This was refused, when the mob tried to overpower the Sheriff.
The Deputy soon came to his aid, but the mob soon succeeded in disarming
them and getting possession of the jail, after which they broke into Dalson’s
cell, placed a rope around his neck and dragged him out. The next day a
search was made and the body of Dalson was finally found hanging in an old
building at Cofachique. The old man had bornea good reputation in the
southern-part of the county where he had lived. It is said that before being
hanged he confessed the crime, stating that he had had occasion to chastise the
boy, and finding him hard to conquer, had thrown him down and placed his
foot on his neck, with no thought of doing him a serious injury. On raising
his foot he found the boy lifeless, and fearing the consequences, he hid the body
where it was afterward found. The hanging of Dalson was generally depre-
cated by the citizens of the county as an unwarrantable crime and eff rts were
made to ferret out the participators and bring them to justice. A man named
R. T. Stevens was arrested as having been a member of the mob, but he was
afterward released on bail.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND FIRST ELECTIONS.

The first session of the Territorial Legislature, in July, 1856, fixed the boundary of
Allen County as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of Anderson County, thence
south thirty miles, thence west twenty-four miles; thence north thirty miles thence east
to tie place of beginniug. It is said the name was selected in honor of Hon. Willlam Allen,

‘of Ohio.
Othe Legislature also passed an act providing for the speedy organization of the county,
and appoiuted Charles Passmore Probate Judge; and Barnett Owen and B. W. Cowden,
‘commissioners. These were to fori a county court to appoint other officers and transact
the business of the county, The Probate Judge was to be chairman of the board of com-
missioners, and as Judge, he had powers near yaqual to those of the District a tg 08 at the

resent time. The Legislature also appointed William J. Godfrey, Sheriff, and designated
Rofachique as the permauent county seat.

The first meeting of the county coinmissioners was held at Cofachique, May 7, 1856. B.W,
Cowden and Barnett Owen were present and sworn in,and the commissioners’ court declared
open. J. S. Barbee, at whose house all,the early commissioners’ meetings were held, was
appointed County Clerk, but beyond this, little business was transacted. The next commis-
sioners’ meeting was held June 2, 1856, and A.W. J, Brown was appoined Probate Judge in
place of Charles Passmore, deceased. James Johnson was appointed Sheriff; H. 1 ay-
ward, Treasurer; H. D. Parsons, Coroner; and ©. 33. Houston, Surveyor. The county was
then divided into three precincts. Deer Creek comprised all that part ofthe county north of
the mouth of the creek uf the same pame, Richard Fuqua and Hiram Cable were appoint-
ed Justices of the Peace; and William Sater, Constable | Cofachique precinct comprised all
that part of the connty from the mouth of Deer Creek, south to the fifth paraliel line.
Joln Dunwoody and William Avery.were appointed Justices of the Peace; and Ozias Owen,
‘Constable. Cole Creek precinct comprised all the southern part of the. county. Thomas
Bashaw and Elias Copelin were appointed Justice of the Peace; and James Brady, Cun-

table,
8 A meeting convened at Topeka, September, 19, 1855, to consider the project of holding
a Free-state Constitutional Convention. The delegates fromthe Sixth District, of which
Allen County formed a part, were Hamilton Smith, James F. Brannan, and Thos. J. Addis.
‘An election of delegates to a constitutional convention was ordered to be held on Oc ober
9th, following. There was an election precinct formedin Allen County, the voting place
being designated at the house of Richard_J, Fuqua. The judges of election were Rich-"
ard J. Fuqua, William C, Keith, and H. W. Humphrey. The clerks were George W.

 

each of these men is said to have received twelve votes.

“Hiram Ward, A.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Goodrich, and Jacob Sherlock. In this precinct Willlam R. Griffith, John Hamilton, A. W,
Brown, and William Saunders, were voted for, Thereis no record of the election, but
Besides the persons above men-
tioned, the following named are sald to have voted at this election of October, 1855: Mar-
ion Medlea, Gaston Reeves, Gullfurd Norris, James Johnson, Hiram Hayward, John
Moberly, David Ward, Henry Bennett, David Dotson, Isam Prewett, Giles Sater, William
Darden, William Sater, Hiram Cable, Augustus Todd, Thomas Owen, John Kyser, D. D.
Brown, Edmund Henley, G. W. Jatkson, Anderson Wray, H. D. Parsons, James Hertson.
Jones, and A. H. Brown. The delegates who were elected from the
district to the Topeka Constitutional Convention were James Phenis, T. H. Burgess and
N. Vandever.

The first term of thx United States District Court was held at Cofachique in 1856. Judge
Sterling G. Cato presided, J. S. Barbee was Clerk, and James Johnson, Slieriff. There is no
record of this term of court, and very little was done.

The second term of the United States District Court was held at the same place in Octo-
ber, 1858, Judge Williams presiding; J. B. Lambkin was Clerk, and J. E, Morris, Sheriff.
The grand jury was as follows: L. EB. Rhodes, Thomas H. Bashaw, Thomas Dean, J.B,
Young, Jacob Buzzard, Moses Neal, Michael: Kiser, Robert Culbertson, Simon Camerer, A,
G. Carpenter, J. C, Redfield, William Pace, Charles Barton, D. Reese and Rufus Wood,
There were a number of civil cases before the court, and indictments were found against
Leonard Fuqua, for assault and battery with intent to kill Josiah C, Redfield and assault on
'p. P. Phillips, and several others on the same charge. Among the indicted were Homer C,
Leonard, A. C. Smith, A. C. Spencer, Henry Spencer, Edward Cushion and William Fuqua.
These were nearly all the result of disputes over land claims, and further than indictments
the cases were not prosecuted.

EARLY COUNTY AFFAIRS.

The meetings of the Board of County Commissioners during the year 1856, seem to
have been few. On June 16 the Board met, but no business of importance was transacted.
she next meeting took place on August 8, a full Board being present. On this date a couuty

ax of 2334 per cent* on each $100 was levied, also a poll tax of 50’cents upon each voter.
An election of county officers under the “bogus laws’? was to take place in October, and at
this meeting the Commissioners appointed Election Boards. In Deer Creek precinct, Giles
Y. Sater, James Parsons and William C. Keith were appointed Judges of Election, the place
for holding which was designated at the house of Isam Brown, In Cofachique precinct, Wil-
liam Avery, G. A. Gideon and William Mayberry were appointed Judges of Election, which
was tobe held at the county-seat. In Cole Creek precinct the election was designated to take
lace at the house of W. G. Winburn, and Henry Bennett, Elias Copelin and Thomas H.
ashaw were appointed Judges.

There is no record of the election being heJd as appointed, in October, and as this was
under the bogus laws, which the Free-state citizens, who were ina large majority, refused
to recognize, it is probable that the election was not held, as it is found that some of the old
officers held over till the election of 1857, Brown, Cowden and Owen managing the affairs of
the county upto that time, a

Allen County was in the Fort Scott district, which was represented in the Legislature
elected in 1856, by Blake Little in the Couucil and B. Brantley and W. W. Spratt in the House.

On August 19, 1856, it was ordered that a court house should be built at Cofachique. Lots
were secured, J.S. Barbee appointed Superintendent of Buildings, $210 appropriated to
pay the*expenses and Jevied an additional tax of fifteen mills on the dollar.

Though preparatious had been made to build, the order and appropriation,together with
the tax levy, was revoked by the Buard of Commissioners on January 5, 1857. the same
meeting a county tax of 4334 per cent (according to the records) was levied on ajl taxable
property, and a poll tax of 5) cents on each resident who owned property subject to taxa-
tion. A bounty of 25 cents each was offered for wolf scalps. Jacob Sherlock was appointed
County Assessor, but he not qualifying for the office, Nimrod Hankins was appointed in his «

lace, and at once proceeded to assess the property of the county, and ata meeting of the

Jom missioners on March.30, 1857. presented his list of the taxable property in the county,
which made a total value of $34,515.50. The Commissioners then revoked the tax levy made
on January 5, and instead levied a tax of one-sixth of one per cent, and allowed the Asses-
sor $24 as his salary. oe

In April, 1857, preparatory to a new Legislative apportionment, a census was taken of
the counties of Allen, Bourbon, McGee and Dorn which showed a total population of
2.622 for the four counties, of which 645 were legal voters. This gave the district four
delegates _to the Lecompton Constitutional Convention, and at the election in June Blake
Little, H. T. Wilson, Miles Greenwood and G. P. Hamilton were elected. J.S. Barbee was
a candidate, but was defeated. All the candidates were Pro-slavery men. -

In the new apportionment Allen County in connection with seventeen others was enti-
tled to two Councilmen. Allen was also one of the nineteen disfranchised counties which
as a district was entitled to three Representatives. Tbe election was held October 5, 1857.

ov. R. J. Walker had promised that there should be a fair election, therefore the Free-
state men determined to vote in full force, instead_of refusing to participate as before, -
The candidates for Delegates to Congress were M. J. Parrott, Free-state, and E. Ransom,
Pro-slavery. The result in Allen County by precincts were as follows; Deer Creek, one
Pro-slavery vote, and thirty-three Free-state. In Cofachique, sixteen Pro-slavery votes,
and twenty Free-state. In Cole Creek, three Pro-siavery votes, and twelve Free-state.
Total, twenty_Pro-slavery votes, and sixty-five Free-state. At this election 0. E.
Learnard and C. K. Holliday were elected Councilmen, Christopher Columbia, John Curtis,
and Samuel I. Stewart, Representatives. J. D. Passmore was elected Probate Judge; Jesse
Morris, Sheriff; Elias Copetin and T. J. Day, Commissioners.

The first meeting of the new Board of Commissioners was on January 6, 1858. J. H.

Signor was appointed Clerk; Z. J. Wisner, Assessor; George A. Miller, Coroner.

arch 9, 1858, A. G. Carpenter was elected as a delegate to the Leavenworth Consti-
tutional Convention from Allen County. Atthe election onthe adoption of the Leavén-
worth constitution stood 134 for to 4 against.

On March 15th the Board of Commissioners met at the blacksmith shop of Layton Jay,
at Cofachique, and proceeded to organizethe county into townships. Deer Creek. was a
strip six miles wide across_the northern part of the county. South of it was another six
mite strip which was named Cofachique Township. Next south was Humboldt Township,
which extended across the county and was six miles wide. Theremainder of the count
comprised the township of Cottage Grove. The Legislatureyhad a short time before change
the county seat to Humboldt by request of the citizens of that town, without consulting the
wishes of the voters of the county: therefore the Commissioners adjourned to hold their
next meeting at the office of Orlin Thurston, at Humboldt.

On August 2, 1858, an election was held on the Lecomption constitution, under the Eng-
lish Bill, which resulted in 28 votes for, afid 268 against,

On October 4, 1858, members of the Legislature and county officers were elected.

The Free-state Legislature in 1858 abolished the Board of Commissioners, and provid-
ed fora County Board of Supervisors instead, which was to be composed of the chairmen
of the different townshtp boards. This system was kept up until 1860, when the Commis-
sioner system was again adopted. B, G. Stone was the first Chairman of the County
Board of Supervisors, -

On February 8, 1859, the County Board of Supervisors met at Humboldt, ‘No business
of importance was transacted.

‘The Board of Supervisors met at Cofachique on February 14, 1859,formed Geneva Town-
ship and called an election,

On April 5, the Board met at Humboldt and canvassed the vote of the election of March
28, for or against the formation of another State Constitution. The result was as follows:
Geneva, 49 for, and 4 against; Humboldt, 70 for; Cottage Grove, 15 for. There were no
returns from Deer Creek and Cofachique townships. -

On June 7, 1859, a delegate to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention was elec.ed.
Te were 344 votes’ cast, of which J. H. Signor received 175, and Charles S. Clark,

At the election of October 4, 1859, for or against the adoption of the Wyandotte Consti-
tution, 403 votes Were cast, of which 244 were for, and 159 against. On the homestead
clause chere Were aun votes for. and on votes against. 3

ist liquor license granted in the county was on Aj
Neal and Weldon $. Main-of Humboldt. ? Meas ea) A609, Thomas's

Osage precinct was formed on August 23, 1859.

At the November election, 1859, there were 410 votes cast. Dr. John W. Scott was
elected Re resentative; H. H. Hayward, Sheriff; Simon Camerer, Judge; S. A. Ellis,
Attorney; J. H. Signor, Clerk; J. M. Perkins, Register of Deeds; William Doren, Treas-
urer; Merritt Moore, Superintendent of Schools; A.G. Carpenter, Surveyor; and Charles

Hugsma, Coroners

n December 6, 1859, an election was held for State and County officers under the
Wyandotte Constitution. At this election 310 votes were cast in the county. William
Spriggs and P. P. Elder were elected Senators for the 10th District, composed of Allen, AN-
derson, and Franklin Counties; W. H. H. Lawrence. Jacob A. Marcelle, W. ¥. M, Arny,S.
J. Crawford, B. L. G. Stone, and N. B. Blanton, as Representatives from the same counties
Bee ros cual ane Lecthory in. 1860, and De John W. Scott was elected in his place-

i , Y was obate Judge; J. H. ;

ritt Moore, Superintendent of Schools, oes Hae ees LE Nes tee

*Though it thus appears on the county records, it is probable that this tax was meant to
be but 23), cents on each $100. This tax was revoked a @ subsequent meeting January, 5,

 
ALLEN COUNTY.

On the fourth Monday in March, 1860, a spectal election was held, and resulted in the
election of J, G. Rikard, Probate Judge: J.C. eeatae Sheriff; H. W, Signor, Treasurer;
H, Doren, County Assessor; G. E. Zimmerman, D. B. Stewart, and N. T. Winah, Commis-
stoners, At the same election Humboldt was made the county seat.

At the election of November 6, 1860, the result was as follows: Henry Doren, H. D.
Parsons, and D. B. Stewart, Commissioners; W. Y. Martin, County Assessor; C. P. Twiss,
County Attorney; John C. Douglas, Superintendent of Schools; John W. Scott, Representa-
tive. The other county officers, as well as Watson Stewart in the Council, held ove

The first regular election after Kansas became a State took place in Novem
Following is the result of the vote in Allen County:
tative;.J. E. Childs, Probate Judge; J. C. Redfield, Sheriff; A. G. Carpenter, Surveyor; A.
Stewart, Assessor; E. A. House, Register of Deeds: Z. D. Wisner, Superintendent of
Schools; B. F. Pancoast, Clerk of the District Court; M. Simpson, County Clerk; John A.
Hart, Coroner; Nimrod Hankins, Treasurer; Thomas Jackson, Commissioner.

:

ber, 1861.
D. M. Valentine was elected Represen-

 

COUNTY-SEAT CONTESTS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS,

Before the organizatfon of the county, the town of Cofachique had been projected by a
compapy of Pro-slavery men from Fort Scott, and by their efforts the county was organized
in J ae 1855, by the first Territorial Legislature, and Cofachique designated as the perma-
nent county-seat, This being the only Pro-slavery settlement in the county, this act caused
some dissatisfaction among the Free-state men. Yetno great strife was stirred up, it bein
centrally located, until after the town of Humboldt was located in 185%. The founders o
the last-named town numbered among them some influential men, who, unknown to the
eltizens of the county, Sppeared before the Free-state Territorial Legislature early in the
year 1858, and secured the passage of an act locating the county-seat at Humboldt. .

From the first there was a great deal of dissatisfaction among the residents of the cen-
tral and northern parts of the county with the location of the county-seat at Humboldt, and
on March 26, 1860, an election was held on its re-location. Iola, which had been.started the

‘year before, and Humboldt, were the principal contesting points. The result of the elec-
tion was that 562 votes were cast for Humboldt, 331 for Iola, 72 for Vernon, 4 for Venter,
and 2 for Cofachique, the first-named town retaining the county-seat.

_ The people in the vicinity of Iola, and in the northern part of the county, were still dis-
satisfied, and for several years thereafter the county-seat question entered largely into
every political campaign. Much strife and bitterness of feeling was thus engendered be-
tween: ENG EW 0 sections of the county, and harsh accusations and recriminations were the
order of the day.

After the strife had been Kept up for a number of years, a county” seat election was
again ordered, to take place on May 10,1865. Atthe election of that.date, 285 votes were
east,of which Lola received 243 votes, Geneva 35, Humboldt 2, and Vernon 2. Iola
was therefore declared the county-seat, and the records and county offices removed
there at once, since which time it-has remained there, and the sectional strife has abated,
until there is little bitterness of feeling between the two sections, and the county-séat is
considered as permanently located. ‘

hen the county-seat was located at Iola, the town company donated 100 lots to the
county, to aid in the construction of public buildings. In July, 1866, bonds were voted to
help raise the necessary funds, and not long after a building was purchased of George J.
Eldridge, and used for county offices and all court house purposes. In 1877 the present
court house was purchased for $1,800, and the old one was sold to the school district to use
for aschholbouse, for $500. The court house is built of stone, has all the necessary office
and court rooms, js well furnished, and is valued at $10,000. -

- The jailis a strong stone structure, and was built at a cost of $10,000, in county bonds,
which were voted in August, 1868. The next year the building was erected by White &
Hays, at a contract price of $8 400.

In November, 1871, a tax of $5,000 was voted, to purchase and fitup a poor-farm. On
February 12, 1872, a tract of land comprising 175 acres was purchased of David Funk-
houser, for $26 per acre, and J. W. Driscoll was appointed keeper of the poor-farm. With the
puildaings and other improvements that have since been made, the value of this property has
increased to fully $10,000. .

The affairs of the county have always been well conducted. There has never been a
defaleation by any county official. The present officers are men of exceptional ability, and
carefully guard the interests of the county. T.S. Stover is County Clerk; W. H. McClure,

-Treasurer; J.S. Fast, Register of Deeds; A. C. Scott, Clerk of District Court; W.G. Allison,
Probate Judge; David Worst, Sheriff; J. L. Henderson, Superintendent of Schools; G. De-
‘Witt, Surveyors A.J. Fulton, Coroner; George A. Ainos, Couuty Attorney; A. J. McCarley,
George W. Moon and Hiram Lieurance, Commissioners. ~

LAND LEAGUE AND RAILROADS.

On some of the lands in the county granted to and claimed by the L., &. & G. R. R. Co.,
miany settlers have located, and claim the lands as belonging to the Government, and sub-
ject to pre-emption. They have therefore organized themselves under the name of a
“and league,” to contest the rights of the railroad company. The land in question is claimed
by the railroad company to have been granted to them by the act of Congress of March 6,
1863, and lies between the ten and twenty mile limits of the above named company, outside
the limits of the M., K.& T. R. R. lands, and mainly in Towns 23, 24, 25 and 26, and in
Ranges 21 and 22, and comprises about 29,000 acres. There has been considerable trouble,
which grew out of the contest over this land, and several deeds of violence have been com-
‘ mitted, The question of ownership yet remains unsettled, The settlers claim that the lands

outside the ten mile limit belong to the United States Government, on account of the road
not having been completed to its intended_terminus by the time agreed upon, and that the
lands unsold by the State by March 3, 1878, reverted again to the United States’ Gov-
ernment. :

The. first railroads were built in Allen County in 1870, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad being completed across the southwestern part of the county in the spring, and the
Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad across the county from north to south, on
the east side of the Neosho River, in the fall of the same year. Bonds were voted by the
county to aid in the construction of each of these roads.

In'1880, bonds having been voted by the different townships on the line, the Fort Scott
& Wichita Railroad was-built across the county from east to west, passing through Iola.
~" Besides the above roads, bonds have been voted to the Nebraska & Kansas Central Rail-
road, which will, if built, pass through the county on a line nearly parallel with the Kan-
sas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad, formerly known as the L., L. & G. R. R.

STATISTICS OF GROWTH.

For the first few years in the history of the county it will be seen that it grew quite rap-
idly, In 1860 there was a population of 3,082; During the years of the war the country devel-
oped but slowly. From 1865 to 1870 there was a steady increase, the population then num-
bering 7,022. For the next three years the country settled rapidly, and numerous improve-
ments were made, as well as thousands of acres of land brought-under cultivation. This
period was perhaps the most progressive one in the history of the county; money was plenty
and nearly every one did business, or bought property to the full extent of his capital. The
result was that with the financial panic of 1873, foliowed by the “grasshopper raid”’.of 1874,
nearly all improvement stopped, value of property depreciated, and many of the’ settlers
(nearly one-third) left the county. In 1875 the population numbered 66,38. The next
year times began to look better, aud by 1878 the population was 8,954, With the increas-
ing prosperity of the country, the population numbered 10,436 in 1881, while-improve-
ments that were made kept pace with the settlement, In 1882 the population had increased
to 11,098, with a total valuation of property at $2,331,576.72. The value of manufactures was

~$50,900, with the value of annual products $150,000. In the county were eighteen church
buildings, having a seating capacity of 4,345, and valued at $39,700. There are sixty-nine
school districts, besides those that join with other counties, all have good houses which are
well seated, many of them supplied with improved apparatus, and conducted, generally, by
an energetic-and skilled class of teachers.
© A elatice atthe fi ures eon Shows i sae
ounty. ere were in F acres of spring wheat,
of winter wheat, producing 84,725 bushels; conn, 57,698 acres, 2,598,410 bushels; rye, 53
acres, 954 bushels; oats, 5,965 acres, 208,775 bushels; barley, 5 acres, 140 bushels; potatoes,
716 acres, 57,280 bushels; sweet potatoes, 24 acres, 1,800 bushels; sorghum 374 acres,
33,660 gallons; castor beans, 1,594 acres, 14,346 bushels; flax, 4,990 acres, 49,900 ‘bushels;
broomcorn, 4,963 acres, 2,481,500 pounds; millet and Hungarian, 4,086 acres, 12,258 tons;
timothy and clover, 148 acres, 327 tons; prairie hay, 33,829 acres, 50.743 tons; wool clip of
past year, 28,216 pounds. The value of garden produce was $6,695; poultry and eRe:
7,946; milk sold, $265; of horticultural products, $1,393; animals sold for beef, $222,942.
The number of pounds of cheese produced was 15,700; of butter, 219,555. The number
of horses and mules in the county in 6,108; of cattle, 20,106; sheep, 4,769; swine, 10,983.

About one-fourth of the county is open to stock range, which with the numerous streams
makes this industry profitable. There is good grazing tor about six months. There being
no herd law it costs about $1 per head for pasturage. Prairie hay costs about $2 per ton.
Sheep and swine raising are attended with great success. Of the last, Berkshires and
Poland-Chinas are the favorites.

the agricultural resources and wealth of Allen
a ielding 1,200 bushels; 3,389 acres

 

 

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HUMBOLDT.

This is a thriving business town, situated in the southwestern part of the
county. The location is a desirable one, on the level valley lands on both the
east and west banks of the Neosho River. The business portion of the town is
on the east side of the river and about one half mile from its bank. Coal Creek
forms part of the southern limits. The two railroads are the Kansas City,
Lawrence & Southern Kansas on the east side, and the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas on the west side of the river.

The population of Humboldt is about 1,400, and the town is at present
about at a standstill, though there are prospects of increased progress in the
near future. There are here some of the best business houses in the county,
and the town enjoys a large and prosperous trade. The Neosho River fur-
nishes an abundant water power which is -already being utilized for manufac-
turing purposes: The citizens are of a substantial class and progressive.

EARLY HISTORY.

In the fall of 1856 B. M. Blanton, a Methodist missionary, in making a trip
through southern Kansas became impressed with the idea that this was an ‘ex-
cellent point for the foundation of atown. He returned to Lawrence and told
his brother, N, B. Blanton, and J. A. Coffey of this selection, advising them to
locate a town site. In March, 1857, J. A. Coffey selected the site, and with the
aid of a pocket compass made a temporary survey. He found an abandoned
log cabin there; it had been built the spring before by some claimant who
abandoned the country. In the fall of 1856 Charles Baland, who was sick, aban-
doned his claim near there and moved into the cabin, where he spent the winter,
and in the spring, intending to leave the country, he presented. the,cabin and
his claim to the land to Mrs, E. H. Young, but finally decided to remain, and
located another claim where his farm now is. Coffey finding a claim on the
land paid $20 for it to secure peaceable possession. He then returned to Law-
rence, where he and Blanton met a German Colony, which was induced to help
them form a town. ; :

The German Colony was organized in Hartford, Conn., during the winter
of 1856-7, and consisted of F. M.Sz2renbets, Jacob Schleicher, William Lass-
man, John Frixel, Franz Trontz, — Landerwasser, A. Senner, H. Zwanziger
and N, Kemmerer. All of these with the exception of the last named, who did

. not come until a year later, arrived at Lawrence in March, 1857. There they

were met by Blanton and Coffey, who induced them to locate on their town
site. The Humboldt Town Company was organized and the town so named in
honor of Baron von Humboldt. Among the members were J. A. Coffey, N. B.
Blanton, F. M. Serenbets, J. H. & H, W. Signor, Dr. Hartman fand A. D.
Searle. The German portion of the colony arrived on May Io, 1857, and were
soon followed by Coffey, Blanton and others.

The first house built was one of logs built for J. A. Coffey, at a cost of $25.
It was located on Bridge street, on the east side of the river. The next house
was built southwest of Coffey’s “in the summer of 1857,and was known as
“ Bachelors’ Hall.” It was occupied during the summer by Dr. G. A. Miller,
R. M. Works, J. W. Sperring, J. H. sae H. W. Signor, B. H. Whitlow and
W. W. Pollock. During the same summer, a man by the name of Clark, built
a two story log hotel. In June, J. A. Coffey opened a store in a cabin in the
timber near the river. This store was soon after sold to W. C. O’Brien.

During the summer of 1857, Orlin Thurston, a young attorney, was per-
suaded to locate at Humboldt, and put up a steam saw mill. He soon began
sawing lumber, and then building began on the prairie portion of the town
site, where the business center now is. Before this most of the building was
in the timber along the river.

In the spring of 1858, Charles Fussman opened a tin shop,‘in a log cabin,
in the timber. ; ae

The first frame building erected was on the corner of Eighth and Bridge
streets, which was a residence and store of J. A. Coffey. It was afterward part
of the cigar manufactory of W. H. Holtschneider, destroyed during the fire of
January, 1883. ;

In the spring of 1858, a steam saw and grist mill was opened by W. C.
O'Brien. The mill was hauled from Jefferson City, Mo., and required the use
of nine yoke of oxen and one span of horses, It took fifty-four days to make
the trip both ways, The mill was in operation by May Ist, and had one run of
buhrs. It was the first grist-mill in the county.

During 1858, the town grew quite rapidly. Prominent among the settlers
of that year was John R. Goodin, who has since distinguished himself as a Dis-
trict Judge, and as a member of Congress,

The first physician to locate in Humboldt, was Geo. A. Miller, in 1857.
His office was first in a tent, and his sign as “physician and surgeon” was
nailed to a jack oak tree. . \

The postoffice was established in 1858, and A. Irwin'appointed Postmaster.
A postal route had been established from Lawrence, the same year. Before
that time the mail was brought from Fort Scott by private carriers. Among
them were S. J. Stewart and a young man named Dotson. The mail was
weekly until 1865, when it was changed to tri-weekly, and not long after to daily.

The first brick was made at Humboldt, in 1859, on the place now owned
by Capt. O. S. Coffin, adjoining the town on the south,

Prior to the year 1860, meetings of the town company were held at
Lawrence, and some of the members never removed to Humboldt. On June
2oth, however, the company reorganized and was incorporated under the name
of the Humboldt Town Association, which was composed of N. B. Blanton,
J. A. Coffey, J. H. Signor, H. W. Signor, Geo. A. Miller and W. C. O’Brien
The town site was entered on November 16, 1860, by J. G. Rickard, in trust for
the Town Association.

In 1861, the United States Land Office was removed to Humboldt from
Fort Scott. N.B, Blanton had been elected a member of the first State Legis-
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lature, and all his work had been in the interest of Humboldt. He voted for both
Lane and Pomeroy for United States Senators, securing from them the promise
that the land office should be removed to his town. J.C. Burnett was Regis-
ter of Land Office, and Charles Adams, son in law of Lane, was Receiver.
Senator Lane gave them orders to select a new location.. Humboldt finally se-
cured it, but the Town Association had to give 200 lots in order to obtain it.
The removal was effected and the office opened for business, September, 23,
1861, in a building on Bridge street, the old red frame structure now used as a
barber shop. It was then used as the court house as well,

From the foundation of the town, until the summer of 1860, its growth
was quite rapid. There was then a population of perhaps 300, and there were
about fifty buildings. The drought of that year had such an effect on the coun-
try that for the remainder of the year and early in 1861, the town progressed
very slowly. During all its earlier history, Humboldt was more prosperous
than most of the Kansas towns, having such a large.trade with the Indian tribes
on the south and west.

_ In 1861, the war broke out, and most of the able-bodied men having en-
listed in the army, but little building was done. Then in September of that
year, the town was robbed, and about one month later was burned by rebel
raiders. Only a few buildings were left, and until the close of the war, but few
new buildings were erected.

The first building of any consequence that was erected after the raid, was
the ‘‘ red store,” on the corner of Bridge and Eighth streets, now a part of the
store of Neal & Cunningham. The lower story was built by Col. W. Doudna,
and the upper one by the Masonic fraternity. This was followed by a few more
buildings.

In 1866, the town began to progress quite rapidly, and a number of fine
structures were erected. Among them were the schoolhéuse, Catholic church,
the brick block on Eighth street, of which the Monroe House now forms a part,
and a number of other good buildings. During the next three years the growth
of the town was quite rapid. ‘ 2

In 1865, a treaty was effected with the Osage Indians which permitted ac-
tual settlers to ehter 160 acres each, at $1.25 per acre. This land was sold in
1868, and the Land Office being at Humboldt, brought an immense trade to the
town, which made it for some time one of the most thriving business places in
the State.

On April 2, 1870, the M., K. & T. R. R. was completed to the town site.
To secure this road, the city voted $75,000 in bonds. The citizens also bought
for $1,300, 160 acres of land on the west side of the river, of which they gave
to the railroad company ten acres lor depot grounds and right of way, and the
ae ees was divided into lots, of which the railroad company received one-

alf.

In October, 1870, the L. L. & G. R. R. (now the K.C., L.& S. K.R. R.)
was finished to Humboldt and the event was celebrated the following month.

The years 1870 and 1871, were marked by the rapid growth of the town.
Large numbers of buildings were erected, some of them being constructed of
brick and stone. Property greatly increased in value until it was almost im-
possible to buy lots. An iron bridge,was built across the Neosho River by the
Humboldt Bridge Company, which was composed of some of the leading men
of the town and various other improvements were made.

In 1872, the improvements of the town was not so rapid, and the inflated
prices of property began to decrease. In 1873, the great financial crash seri-
ously affected the business of Humboldt, and this was followed by the general
devastation of crops by grasshoppers the following year, which resulted very
disastrously to the town, some of the merchants failing in bus ness, while
many of the citizens moved away. Then followed a-dull period, but before it
commenced th2 town had arrived to nearly its present proportions. J'or the
last ten years, while it is true that at no time has there been any great pro
gress, Humboldt has always held its ground as a prosperous business town,
and if slowly, improvements have steadily been made and at the present
time its future prospects seem more favorable than at any other period in its

~ history.

The Fire of 1883.—Since the burning of, Humboldt by the rebels in 1861,
noted in the history of the county, there have been very few fires. The last
one occurred on the night of January 11, 1883. About eight o'clock the fire
was discovered in the brick building owned by Dayton, Barber & Co,, on
Bridge street. The lower floor was occupied by the grocery store of Charles
Lehman, and the upper story by law offices, and the /zacpendent Press printing
office. On the same floor II. D. Smith and family and Mrs, Lydia Sniff re-
sided. All had gone to church and left a lamp burning in the printing office
and it is supposed it exploded. ‘The building was soon in flames, and to pre-
vent the fire spreading further, the cigar factory on the east was torn down. On
the west was Curdy’s double store, over which were law, insurance, and real
estate offices, as well as dental rooms. This building was soon covered with
men who, by hard work, saved the building. The greater part of the goods,
furniture and fixtures, were carried from all these rooms, except Smith’s private
rooms and printing office, the contents of which were all destroyed. The dam-
age to the goods, as well as to Curdy’s building, was great, but most of the prop-
erty, except Smith’s, was insured for nearly enough to cover the losses,

CITY GOVERNMENT.

Humboldt was organized as a village on April 6, 1866, by an order from A. lL. Dornberg,
the Probate Judge. The trustees appvinted were Orlin Thurston, W. Doudna, J. C. Red-
field, George A. Miller aud’ N. Kemmerer. Orlin Thurston was elected chairman, aud
Charles Baland, clerk.

In the spring of 1870, Humboldt was incorporated as a city of the third class, W. W.
Curdy was elected Mayor; T. L. Byrne, Clerk; and..J. C. Redfield, Treasurer. The Council
was composed of Moses Neai, Charles Fussman, William Rath, W. H, Andrews and N,

Kemmerer.

At the present time the city can hardly be said to have an organized government. Some
years ago bonds toa large amount were voted to the Fort Scott narrow-gauge railroad,
Which were to be patd when the road was completed across the townsite from the M. K. &
T, tothe K.C., L. & 8. K.R.R. The track was laid for that distance, but the road was
never finished. The city, feeling the elaim for bonds to be unjust, dropped its leading city
officers, that a suit could not be brought against the corporation. ‘Therefore, there is now

“which time W. Tt. McElroy has been sole editor and proprietor.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

no Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, or President of the Council. Yet to keep up some form of gov-
ernment. two members of the council are elected and perform the regular duties of a city
board. The only other official is the City Marshall.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND SOCIETIES,

‘

The first school was taught in 1858, by S. W. Clark. The next teacher was Prof. Hand,
who, in 1859 and 1860, began the erection of an academy. The drought coming on, this was
abandoned, In 1860, the teacher was Miss Myra Pilcher; in 1861, William Hart; Miss
Kate Burnett, 1862. : . 2

The improvement of the schools has kept pace with the progress of the town, and now
there are seven departments, four being taught in one schoolhouse, and the other three in
another. The old schoolhouse was builtin 1866. Theschool isin a very prosperous con-
dition and under charge of Prof. H. C. Ford. ,

In 1856, Rev. C. R. Rice, of the Methodist Episcopal Church Soclety, preached jn the
neighborhvod of Humboldt, and was followed in 1857 by Rev. Mr. Thompson. Thé first
sermon was preached in Humboldt in 1857, by Prof. F. M. Serenbets. He preached Ii} both
the English and German languages. During the years of 1859 and 186U. Rev. A. Coffey, a
Baptist minister, preached in Humboldt and throughout the county. Among other early
ministers were Rev. Messrs. Garrison Cable, 8. M. Webb, [. Knottand W. W. Witten.

The first church erected was that of the United Brethren in Christ, began_in 1859 and
finished the following year, Among the leading members of this society were N. B. Blanton
and family and Evart DeWitt ar.dfamily. This church was for some years used as a union
chureh for all denominations, also for a schoulhouse.

The first Sunday-school was organized in the Union Church on May 13. 1860, by Revs,
I, Knottand $. M. Webb. It wasaunion school, and Dr, William Wakefield was elected
the first superlitendent. This school was kept up during the suinmer for every year ex-
cept that of 1862, until April 1867. It was then succeeded by the Methodist Episcopal
Sunday-school, of which Dr. ‘William Wakefield was elected superintendent. ie

Methodist Episcopal Church.—This church was organized in the summer of 1860, with
John Tripp, class leader, and Rev. Mr. Bukey, minister. The church was built in 1870. It is
located ou New York street, 1t has always been prosperous, and has a large membership.
Rev. Mr. © &. Pattee 1s pastor. « -

The Evangelical Association.—In the year 1860, the Germans built a house of worship
on Bridge street, east of the public square. The church was under the charge of Rev,
Dubbs. Some time afterward there was some difference of opinion among: the members,
and the Evangelical Lutherans withdrew, since whici time the old society has been known
as the Evangelical Association. The society is prosperous, with Rev. H. Toedman the
present pastor.

German Evangelical Lutheran Church.—In the year 1863, this church society built their
brick church with astone front, William Lange was the first pastor. ‘The church has
always enjoyed prosperity. Rev. F. Karth is the present pastor.

St. Joseph's Cutholic Church._Many Roman Catholics located at Humboldt at an early
date. In 1865 steps were taken to build a church in the northern part of thetown. Theciti-
zens contributed liberally,and in due time their house of worship was completed. The
church has quite a large membership, under charge of Rev. Father Charles L, Kearful.

The Presbyterian Church.--On July 12, 1968, this chureb society was organized by Revs.

A. T. Norton and James Lewis. The first members were James Blyth, C. P. Ives, H. A.
Curdy, Naomi Goodin, Kwma Wakefield aud Mrs. Eliza Savercool. Rev. James Lewis was
pastor until 1875. The society is prospe1ous, and Kev. W. B, Chamberlain is now pastor.
The Sunday-schvol was organized in 1868, and has since been kept up.
‘The Baptist Church.—Services were hetd by this church denomination from the first
year of the history of Humboldt. An organization was soon effected. Among the promi-
nent members were Rev. H. K. Stimpsun, A. L. Dornberg and family, and Dr. George A.
Miller and family. Occasional services were held until the church was re-organized, on
January 30, 1870. There were then eleven members, and Rev. a. Hitchcock was the first
pastor. The church was built in 1872, beiug dedicated on May 19 of thatyear. Itissitu-
ated on-Ninth street.

The Christian Church.—This society has an effective organization, and services are held
regularly. Rev. G. W. Taylor isthe pastor. The cbureh was organized at quite an early
date, the prominent members being Elders Brown and Sbaw, and the families of E. H.
Young. oO. B. Young. and Phineas Cox.

eosho Lodge. No. 919, K. of H.—Was instituted February 21, 1878, with sixteen mem-
bers. Of the first officers, E. R. Russell was dictator, J. W. Patterson, reporter, and-W. D.
Brewer, financial reporter. The lodgcis nowin a prosperous condition, with forty mem-
bers, J. Rath is D.; J. B. Torbeit, Rep.; W. E. Wolfe, Treas.; E. C. Eldrid e, F. Rep.; J. P.
Brooks, V. D.; L. Allaire, A. D.; J. R. Lowey, chaplain; G. H. Fox, G.; E. F. Bailey, guardian;
J. N. Uttersen, P. D. Since its organization there bave been but two deaths, those of C. M.
Watts and I. G. Smith. ;

Alpha Lodge, No. 258, Knigh!s and Ladtes of Honor.—Was instituted March 17, 1880,
with fourteen meinbers. J. W. Patterson was protector; Mis. N. M. Russell, V. P.; Mrs.
F, Patterson, Sec.; E. C. Blaricige. F Sec.; E. R. Russell, Treas.; Mrs. E. C. Biaria e, cha,
lain; G, H. Fox, G.; Mrs. E. A. Allen, guardian; R. H. Williams, sentinel; G. H. Allen, P. P.
The lodge isin a prosperous cor.dition, though the membership has increased but little
since organization. J. W. Patterson is P. P.,G. H. Fox, P, The other officers are the same
as above, having all been re-elected.

Vicksburg Post, No. 72, G. A. #.—Was organized June 9, 1882, with thirty members.
Its meniberghip ls now fifty, and is ra idly increasing. The first officers were G. A. Nichol-
etts, P. C.; G. W. Moon, Adj.; G. De Witt, S. V.C.; L. A. Garrett, J. V.C.; James B. Young,

. M.; E.R Russell. The present officers are the same.

Pacific Lodge, No, 29, A,, F. & A.M.— Was chartered October 17, 1860, with I. N. Phillips,

.M.; A. W. J. Brown, S. W.; A. G. Carpenter, J. W. The other charter members were
Drury Tye and J. R, Frost. The present W. M. is George H. Fox; secretary, H. C. Ford. The
lodge is in a prosperous condition, and has fifty-four members.

| Humboldt Lodge, No. 30, I. UO. O. F.—Was instituted under_a charter dated June 24,
1867. The charter members were Peter Long, J. L. Samson, J. C. Chambers, G. Wilson and
1. Agen s. The lodge is now in a prosperous condition and has a large membership.

alley Chapter, No. 11, R.A. M.—This chapter was chartered on October 19, 1869. The -

first officers were W. H. Andrews, H. P.; J. G. Fisk, king: J. S. Fletcher, scribe. The present
membership is forty, and the condition of the chapter good. J.S. Webb is H. P.: D, Me-
Leod, Ki, é J. H. Bales, S.; C. E, Blackmer, Sec.; Peter Long, Treas.; G. A. Amos, C. H.; G. H.

THE PRESS, BANKS, MANUFACTURES, ETC.

The Humboldt Herald was established on November 16, 1864, by Maj. Joseph Bond,
J. H. Young soon became a pertner, and Hon. J. R. Goodin was the local editor. This
paper existed about oue year and was then discontinued.

: The Humboldt Unton was established, April 16, 1866, with Orlin Thurston, editor, and
W.'T, Mcklroy, publisher. It was then a seven-column folio. On January.1, 1867, Need-
ham & Mcilroy became proprietors, and on August 1, 1868, the entire paper was purchased
by McElroy, On April 1, 1872, T. G. Sherman became a pariner, and on the first day of the
next OcLober, W. R. Spooner was admitted to partnership, he having a one-third interest.
The last named sold his share in the office to D. B. Emmett, on April 1, 1872, and he, one
year afterward, sold to McElroy & Sherman. On June 1, 1874, Sherman retired, since

The Union is Republican
in Dolteles. ANd is one of POA arrest and best papers in the county.
tu uthern Kansas Statesman was establish >
vel, in was diseonctnued nae ablished, October 27, 1870, by Berry & Camp
The Southwest was the name of a weekly newspaper, tablish ol.
G.P.Similth & Son It only existed fora few months, pe aS ee Eeen Ys ©
The R al Estate Heporter was established in 1870, by Emmert & McCullock, and was
published forone year,
The Kural Kansan was established in 1873, by D. B. Emmert, and was published for
ee ea whenit as discontinued. z
The Inter-State is a six-column quarto, weekly newspaper, Democratic in politics, and
is published by B, F. Buri, The paper was estab! shea, crober 1, 1876, by A. B Dunk, dt
is the only Democratic newspaper published in the county, 7
The Independent Press.—On January 1, 1882, H. D. Smith & L. A. Hoffman started this
paper, which has always been Independent in politics. In July, H. D. Smith became sole
proprietor, (AG be uresent tine, We E. Sth oe W. O, Strandburg are publishers, and H.
j i 3 ce was burn x
resume the publication of the paper. Se ae aman ar nee ee
ope history of the banking institutions of Humboldt, is as follows: In 1869, Pratt &
TenkEyek founded a bank, and continued in partnership until 1870, when they dissolved.
Pratt & Dayton then founded the Humboldt Baak, and Bacon & TeuByck, the Allen County
Kank, which failed the next year, In 1875, the Humboldt Bank passed into the hands of
Dayton, Barber & Co, who are still its proprietors. - i
The Humboldt Witer Flouring Mill occupies the site of the old O’Brien grist mill, It
was rebuilt by him in 1866. In 1875 O’Brien & Lindsay put In a dam. making a water-
power mill, The entire property was afterward parehased by William Lindsay and im-
provements made until it is now one of the best mills in the State. Flour is manufactured
y one new patent process, and the capacity of the mill is one hundred barrels per day.
ress pperated uy steamy Ie wastullt 8 iat uy Fortaie ploviueon @ Ger at sow ope:
. u ty Torber: ekin 0 ope-
rated by Greenfield & Co., and a@good quality of Hour is made. oe ae eeeyoene ee
ALLEN COUNTY.

Lander’s Carriage Factory is operated by Charles Lander i Y
street. Wagons, carriages, buggies, phietons. ete. are TunaMreationed i ease oS ee
Redfield 8 Carriage Factory is located inthe northern part of the town, and is owned
and operated by W. A. Redfield, who turns outa good quali y of work, making all kinds of
Humboldt Furniture Factory is situated on the west bank of the Neos iver, on Bridge
street, runs by water-power, and is owned and operated by Utterson & HeLco” The m ae
ufacture of furniture began in 1875, and has since been kept up. Eight hands are em-
ployed, and about $6,000 paid out annually. The value of the actory is about $4,000.
Humboldt Woolen Mull.—In 1882 E. Stickler purchased the old brewery on the east bank
of the Neosho River, on Bridge street, and began work to construct a woolen mill. The
building is to comprise two wings, one 20x45 feet, and the other 16x45 feet. The machin-
ery is on the ground and the mill nearly ready for work, Itisto bea one-set mill of six
looms, and will requiresten operatives. The capital is $10,000. Itis proposed to soon add

amine Neosho Valley Lond
‘ eosho Valley La’ Agency.—This is one of the institutions. not only of Allen
County, bub or all southeastern Kansas. It was organized in 1875, with George 2. Bowlus,
the former land broker, as general manager, and J. H. Richards as its attorney. Mr. Bow-
lus carried his already extensive business into the new concern. It advertised largely in al-
most every State and Territory in the United States. It has published books, papers, statis-
tical information, circulars, corresponded, and by eve Ly fair means laid before home-seek-
ers everywhere, reliable facts concerning that part of Kansas particularly known asthe Ne-
osho Valley. It has not therefore been local or altogether selfish, but has been a most im-
ortant factor in all that part of Kansas within the radius of its labors and influence. It is
ardly necessary to say that its imimediate vicinity has been greatly benefited by it, and its
population wonderfully multiplied. During its years of existence it has required the most of
the time of one person to auswer the numerous inquiries from all parts of the country and
supply statistics asked for. They have carefully boxed and shipped to many commercial
centers of the country samples of the various cerials, grasses, roots and fruits of this rich
valley, In 1882 they sent a large selection of these sainples to Hon. Frank Dundore of the
Philadelphia Exchange, and were exhibited to the great satisfaction of the Stock Exchange
and others of that city, until literally carried away piece-meal by the multitudes who came
to wonder an‘ladmire. The following article is taken from the Philadelphia Bvening Star,
of July 3, 1882: ‘* An agricultural fairin a broker’s office; the wonderful display of fruits
and cereals made by Kansas at the Centennial exhibition will be long remembered by those
who saw it. That the things exhibited were not grown for an international exhibition
has been proved repeatedly, by the exhibitions given since of the wonderful fertility of the
soil of that State. One ofthe finest exhibitions of whatthe State can do, if not the finest,
was seen this morning in the office of F. Dundore & Co., brokers, 38 South Third street. The
stock board closed, and therefore the brokers had plenty of time on hand to view the exhi-
bition in Mr. Dundore’s office. They availed themselves of the opportunity so unanimously
that when the reporter entered the place he thought he was attending an agricultural fair.
Mr. George A. Bowlus, of Iola, Allen County, Neosho Valley, Kansas, a personal friend of
Mr. Dundore, sent him by express a box containing specimens of the cereals, fruits and veg-
etables,that are raised in that vicinity, and could beseen on the farms at the time the box
was expressed, June 29. There were inthe box large app'es, almost ready for eating, more
than ordinary sized crab apples, on ons, some of which would weigh a pound; Lima beans,
the pods of which were fully three inches long; new potatoes, averaging two to a pound;
large, luscious blackberries, peaches almost ready for picking, specimens of flax fifty-four
inches in height, oats that had grown fifty-eight inches and were remarkably heavy, clover
as full of the flower as an egg is of meat, three feet high; timothy thirty-eight inches high;
wheat as thick, heavy and white as seen anywhere, and corn seven feet high, full of ears.
Mr. Bowlus, in a letter accompanying the box, sald that the corn was growing if that section
at the rate of four inches a day, and if the weather was as good as it had been there would
be the largest crop ever fathered inthe State. The wheat, oats and flax had al) been cut, and
had yielded more than the most enthusiastic farmer anticipated. The exhibits are certainly
remarkable, and go to show what.the great West can do.” But its’ work seems to be just
begun. Its proprietors seem to lever tire of their ceaseless round of toil. New features are
to De added, a regular bureau of statistics and current information is to be established. A
paper to be regularly published, not only as an advertising medium, but of general news. A
traveling agent and correspondent to be putin the field. A land agency, as arule, is a pri-
vate enterprise, operated for making toney ti the ways characteristic of too many_such,
and altogether selfish in its plans and purposes, but the manner in which the Neosho Valley
Land Agency of Tola is conducted, (emonstrates that a land agency under the management
of competent and conscientious|men, whose lives and business have been worked into the very
foundation walls of the cominunity may rise to a dignity and office of an institution such as
we have already deciared this to be.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

H. B. ADAMS, farmer, Section 1, P.O. Humboldt, was born near Cleveland, Ohio, in
1845, and shortly afterwards his parents moved to Green County, Wis.,where he was reared
onafarm. In June, 1862, he enlisted in the Eighth United States Infantry, Company B,
and served three years, After the war, he wentto Stephenson County, Ill., where he was
employed in farming and teaching school. Inthe fall of 1872, he came to Kansas, and
located on his present farm in Allen County, east of the city of Humboldt. Mr. Adams has
240 acres of improved land, and since his arrival in this State, has also taught school iu the
county. In connection with his farming pursuits, he was fur two years teacher in the pub-
lic schools in Humboldt, During 1881 and 1882, he attended the Normal School at Paola,
graduating in June of the latter year,

CHARLES F, BUCHHALTER, real estate, loan and insurance office, was born in Ger-
many, January 20, 1852, and two years later his parents immigrated to Reading, Penn.
There he learned the trade of hatter, and followed that occupation about six years. He
came to Kansas in Mach, 1876, located in Allen County, and for four years followed agri-
cultural pursuits. In March, 1880, he moved to Humboldt and engaged in real estate busi-
ness, also making a specialty of loaning money for‘ Eastern capt talists, and transacting
ageneral insurance business, In June, 1882, he made atrip to Europe, remaining there
several months, traveling through England, Ireland and Scotland, in the interests of immi-
gration to this State. . .

EVAN CALLANTINE, contractor and builder, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in
1835, and learned the carpenter trade at Marion, Grand Co., Ind., where he followed it for
three years, as an apprentice. In 1856, he moved to Champaign County, IIl., aud worked at
his trade, In 1859, he went to Douglas County, and in June, 1861, enlisted in Company D,
Twenty-first Illinois Infantry; was discharged in April, 1863, and re-enlisted in First
Mississippi Marine Brigade, serving until December 1865. He then worked at his trade in
Illinois, Missouri and Montana. ecame to Kansas in March, 1871; located in Humboldt
and engaged in his present business, following it for two years; then in Chicago for about
four years, returning to Humboldtin 1877, Mr. C. has quite a nice business, He is a good
builder, having had some twenty-three years’ experience.

JOHN B. CHARLES, dealer in live stock, was bornin Rusbford, Allegany County, N.
Y., September 11, 1851. Removed to Fort Scott, Bourbon Co, Kan., in 1868, with his
father, Jonathan Charles, from Churchville, Monroe Co., N. ¥Y. Spent one year attending
and teaching schoolin Fort Scott, one year in farming, in Vernon County, Mo., but made
his start in the summer of 1871, by breaking prairie with the old-fashioned ox team, and
bought a few calves with the proceeds; worked for the Howe Sewing Machine Co. one year.
In January, 1874. in company with his cousin, Frank N. Bannister, who had just come
from Monroe County, N. Y., commenced_buying, bunching and selling young cattle, under
the firm name of Charles & Bannister. The dry summer of 1874 drove them to Big Creek,
Allen County, in search of feed, where they were located for four years. In 1879, he made
headquarters at Humboldt, summering eattle in Allen and Woodson counties, where Mr. C,
owns 720 acres of land, and wintering on straw and stalk feed in Neosho ounty, Business
increased until they handled about %,000 head yearly, selling to parties from Illinois, Ne-
braska and Missouri, as well as Kansas. Mr. Bannister withdrew January 1, 1882, Mr. C,

ontinuing the business. He was married September 14, 1880, to Teresa Neal, daughter of
res Neal. She was anearly settler, being born ator near Humboldt, They have two
children.

JOSEPH A. COX, carpenter and builder, was born in Madison County, Ky., February 22,
1846, and learned thé carpenter trade in Bartholomew County, Ind., serving an apprentice-
ship of some three years. In 1366 he removed to McLean County, Ill., where he farmed
and worked at his trade, and was also for a time in Champaign County. He came to Kansas
in March, 1875, locating at Humboldt, and engaged in his present business. He has a nice
trade, both here and in the country, where _he has built several schoolhouses. Mr. Cox is a
practical builder with an experience extending over twenty years,

ROBERT E. CULBERTSON, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Humboldt, was born in Hart
County, Ky., July 2, 1832 and there hespent his youth on his father’s farm. He came to
the Territory April 30, 1857, and to Allen County May 29, 1857, and pre-empted his present
homestead. During the late Rebellion he served in the Kansas State Militia. In the spring
of 1864 he moved to Oregon, where he followed agricultural pursuits in Douglas County for
some four years and returned to his farm in Allen County on November 14, 1878. Mr. Cul-
bertson is among the largest farmers in this county; he has some 940 acres of land, 500 of
which is uncer cultivation, and he is an extensive raiser and dealer in cattle, hogs, etc. He
was married in Allen County, Kan., June 8, 1861, to Miss Adelia E. Smith; they have a
family of five children. ‘4 -

LLIAM CUNNINGHAM, of Neal & Cunningham, merchants, was born in Allegheny
County, Penn., in 1837, wasreared onafarm, He taught school for a time, was for five
years principal of a ward school in Pittsburgh, and during two years of that period was also
engaged in oil and mercantile business in the O1l Regions of Pennsylvania. He then traveled
for a publishing house eighteen monthsand for two months in life insurance business, During .

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the war Mr. Cunningham served three years in an independent Battery of Pennsylvania Ar-
tillery. He came to Humboldt in February, 1871, was for three yours employed in lumber
business; had a store at Kalida, Kan., for two years, after which he returned to Humboldt
and was again employed in lumber and mercantile business. In May, 1880, he joined Moses
Neal ijn general merchandise business. The firm have two stores, dry goods, etc., and
groceries, the latter being under the management of Mr. Cunningham.

E. C. ELDRIDGE, of Eldridge & Dunbaugh, grocers, was born at South Deerfield,
Mass., January 31,1853. In 1856 his father, James Monroe Eldridge, emigrated to Law-
rence, Kan., where he died a year later, The subject of this sketch was reared and educated
in Lawrence. In 1870 came to Humboldt, was employed for two years in the real estate
business, and for nine months as clerk in Pratt & Dayton’s Bank. In 1873 he embarked in
the grocery business. In October, 1876, he became associated with his present partner, K.
P. Dunbaugh. A year later Mr. Eldridge sold. outand joined D, M. De Cow in the same
business, remaining in partnership with him about four years, when he again beeame asso-
ciated with Mr. Dunbangh. The firm do a large business; to supply the demand they carry
Bue stock of about $5,000. Mr. Eldridge was Clerk of Humboldt Township for five consec-
utive terms.

R. D. D. FIFE, homeopathist, was born in Marshall County, Ind., May 10, 1849, and
reared on farm. He was educated at Southville College, Ohio, and at Hahnemann Col-
lege, Chicago, IIl., where he graduated in 1871, after which he practiced at Plymouth, Ind.
The Doctor came to Humboldt, Kan., April 17, 1878, and has since practiced his profession
ie uis place, with good success, and has an excellent reputation asa physician in his

ocality. :

PAUL FISHER, farmer and stockraiser, was born in Columbiana County, Onio, in 1825, .
and was reared on a farm in Beaver County, Pa. His father’s farm in Pennsylvania came
up to the line between Ohio and Pennsylvania, about three miles from where subject was
born and where his father lived and died. At the age of twenty-one years he went to South
and was employed in the lumber woods of Louisiana and Mississippi for three years. In
1849 he returned home and in 1852 went to California, where he was for two years en-
gaged in trading in general produce and live stock. Returning East he located in Jones

ounty, Iowa, where he followed agricultural pursuits. In 1855 he came to Kansas, but
only remained a few weeks, going to Texas, where he engaged in stockraising and where he
has some 2,000 acres of land. He returned to Kansasin May, 1861, and located in Allen
County, on a farm two and a half miles northwest of Humboldt and engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits, etc. In 1868 he removed to Humboldt and was for two years engaged in the
hardware business; selling out his interest in that business, he has since given his attention
to looking after his various farms and raising and trading in live stock, He has in this
county over 2,000 acres of Jand and as much more in other portions of the State.
, ROBERT E, FITZSIMMONS, dealer in cigars, etc., was born in Warren County, Penn.,
in 1846, and moved with his parents to Allen County, Kan., in June, 1858. He resided with
them on the farm in Geneva Township for four years. Was for four years engaged in stage
driving, etc.; then carried the United States mail from Humboldt to Eldorado, Kan., after
which he entered the employ of Peter Long, dealeriin wines and liquors, at this place, with
whom he remained some seven years. In June, 1881, he embarked in his present busi-
ness. <
HENRY C. FORD, Superintendent of the Public Schools, was born in Jackson County,
Mo,, in 1853; reared on a farm in Lawrence County, Mo., and for five years followed ag =
cultural pursuits in Bates County; during the winters he was employed in farm work. re
‘ord educated himself. In the winter of 1878 he came to Kansas and attended the Normal
chool at Paola, frum which he graduated in July, 1879; then, wishing to perfect himself in
he higher branches of education, he attended, during his vacation, ete., the State Normal
chool of Emporia, graduating in June, 188]. Mr. Ford came to Humboldtin the summer
of 1880 and has had charge of the schools of this place since. He is one of the best edu-
eated teacher's in this portion of the State and stands high in the community. He is a
promineut member of the A., F. & A. M. P

J. H. GARDNER, proprietor of the Palace Meat Market, was born in Anne Arundel
County, Md., July 4, 1840, and was reared on a farm. In 1863 he moved to Washington, D.
C., where he was employed for the Adams Express Company for two years, after which he
had a grocery and provision stand in the city market. On May 6, 1870, he came to Hum-
bolat, worked two years as a carpenter, and on June 1, 1872, embarked in his present busi- °
ness. Mr. Gardner began business in a small way, and has by industry and energy built up
an extensive trade. e manufactures hains, lard, sausage, etc., and gives employment to
five men. He owns seventy-five acres of land, located three-fourths of a mile from the city,
where he keops his live stock, and on which he has erected extensive slaughter houses.

CHARLES G. GEISSLER, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddlery, etc., was born
in Germany in 1846, and in 1852 his parents immigrated to St. Louis, Mo., where heJearned
the trade of harness maker, serving as an apprentice five years, after which _he followed it
asa journeyman in that city and Kansas City. InJuly, 1866, he came to Humboldt, was
employed at his trade and in agricultural pursuits for one year, after which he worked asa
journeyman at Fort Scott, Leavenworth, Lawrence, Paola,ete. About 1870 he returned to Hum-
boldt,and three years later engaged in his present business,with astock of about $600. He has
built up a nice trade, gives constant orn proyment to two men in the manufacturing depart-
ment, and carries astock of about $3,500.

HIRAM H. HAYWARD, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Humboldt, was born in Greene
County, [nd., and was reared onafarm. In 1853 he removed to Lawrence County, Mo.,
where he followed agricultural pursuits, He cameto Kansas in April, 1855, locating in
Humboldt Township, Allen County, and has since been engaged in farming. Inthe fall of
1866, he moved on to his present farm, He has 304 acres of land, a fine stone residence,
and on his place is a good orchard. He enlisted October 19, 1861, in Company E, Ninth
Kansas Cavalry, and served until January 16, 1865. Heis the oldest settler now residin
ia the county, and was the first County Treasurer, elected in 1857. He was elected Sheri
in 1859, and is at present Treasurer of his township. He lost his left leg by an accidentina
threshing machine In August, 1869, but still carries on a farm in which he is extensivel,
eugaged, Mr, Hayward was married in Greene County, Ind.,ir 1849, to Miss Elizabet.
Stallcup. ler nave a family of four children, ‘ :

MARTIN HENRICHS, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddlery, etc., was born in
Prussia, August 29, 1844. In 1851 heemigrated to St. Louis, Mo., with his parents, later to
West Point, Iowa. In Mount Pleasant, Iowa, he learned the trade of harness and saddle
maker. During the war he worked in Burlington Iowa, Quincy, Ill, and St. Louis, Mo.
and also worked fifteen and one-half months for the Goverument at V.cksburg, Miss. In,
the year of 1866 worked in Leavenworth, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo. In July, 1866, he
cameto Humboldt, Kan., and purchased a house and lot on the east side of the square, and
a stock of harness, saddlery, boots and shoes, etc., and carried on business_for fourteen
months;then moved to Lawrence County, Mo.; continuing business at Mount Vernon until
January, 1882, when he returned to Humboldt, bringing stock, etc., with him. He has a-
nice trade at this place, employs two men, and carries a stock of about $2,000. 1s running
a branch shop at Chanute, Kan., and employs two men there.

W. H. HOLTSCHNELDER, manufacturer of cigars, was born in Germany in 1848, and
learned this business with his father, who was an extensive manufacturer of cigars. In
1863 he immigrated to Missouri, and resided with his parents in Osage and Moniteau coun-
ties. In 1869 he began to work as a journeyman cigar-maker, following that occupation in
various States. Inthespring of 1871 he beganto manufacture on his own account at
Humboldt. His business was small at first, but he has by industry and energy built up a
wide and extensive trade, He employs in his factory twenty-aye to thirty men, and manu-
factures over 50,000 cigars per month. Mr. H. isthoroughly versed inthis business, hav-
ing had a practical experience of over twenty-three years.

JACOB O. HUTCHINSON, contractor and builder, and manufacturer of Wallace Wind
Mill, was born at Mount Blanchard, Hardin Co., Ohio, September 15, 1844, and eleven

ears later removed to Joues County, Iowa, and there learned the carpenter trade with his

ather, He worked at it there for a time, and_was also for four years in Montana and
Utah, where he principally followed ranching.. He came to Humboldt, Kansas, on Novem-
ber 17, 1869, and worked for five years at his trade as a journeyman, since which time he
has followed the business as a contractor. In the spring of 1881 he purchased the right to
sell and manufacture the Wallace wind mill. He has for one year been in partnership
wit!) James McManus, an experienced carpenter and builder. The firm does considerable
work throughout the country.

REV, FATHER CHARLES L. KEARFUL, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, was
born in Cumberland, Md., in 1845. He was educated at Annapolis Seminary, and at
Mount St. Clemens Seminary, Howard County, Md. In August, 1871, he went to St. Joe,
Mo., where he was ordained by Bishop J. J. Hogan in March, 1872. Was then in charge of
church at Brunswick, Mo., for three years, afterwards Rector of St. Joseph’s Cathedral, St.
Joe, Mo, for two years, and was also during that period chaplain to the Convent of the Sa-
cred Heart. In September, 1877, he came to Kansas, was stationed at Clifton, Washington
County, and had charge of some eight churches in the neignborng counties. He came to
Humboldt August 11, 1878, and entered upon his present duties.

NICHOLAS KEMMERER, grocery and bakery, was bornin Germany in 1832. There
he learned the trade of saddler. In 1852 he immigrated to New York and worked at his trade
there and in Connecticut up to August, 1858, when he came to Humboldt. He opened a
saddlery and harness manufacturing establishment, which he conducted up to July, 1878.
He then engaged in his present business. He has a nice trade, and carries some $2,000 in
stock. Mr. Kimmerer is also agentfor the North German Lloyd’s 8. S. Co., and for some
six years was a member of the City Council. He was married in Hartford, Conn., in 1854, to
Mary Zwari Zingred, and they have a family of five children.

ISAAC KLING, dealer in groceries, hides, furs, pelts, etc., was born in Germany in
1833. There he was employed in the business of his father, who was engaged in buying
and selling all kinds of merchandise. In 1854 he immigrated to America and followed ped-
dling in various States. At the outbreak of the war he sold out his stock at Quincy, DL,
and moved to Pike County, where he was engaged in general merchandise business. Inthe

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fall of 1869 he came to Kansas. For five years he carried on business at Eudora, and in
1874 located at Humboldt. Was for two years engaged in dealing in hides, wool, etc., after
which he farmed for five years in Neosho County. Returning to Humboldt he embarked
in his present business. Mr. K. has a nice trade and carries a stock of about $1,200.
ARLES LANDER, carriage factory, was born in Sweden, September 3, 1844. He
learned the trade of blacksmith there and worked at it for some years. In June, 1867,
he immigrated to Chicago, Illinois, where he was employed at his trade in the shops of the
Illinois Central R. R. Co. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1871, located at Humboldt,
and for four months worked as a blacksmith, after which he embarked in his present busi-
ness in a small way. He has by industry and energy built up quite a large business. His
factory building stone, besides which he has two wooden buildings for storage and
the woodwork manufacture. He emplo sten men. Builds wagons, fine buggies, and has
also blacksmith and repair shop. Mr. L. has also a farm of 160 acres in Saline County, and
auotheror) 160 acres in Wilson County. He is a member of the I. O, O. F, and an enterprising
mM.

WILLIAM LASSMANN, contractor, stone mason, etc., was born in Germany, January
19,1829. Here he learned the trade of stone mason and plasterer. In 1853 he immigrated
to America, and was for three years employed inthe cotton mills near Paterson, N. J.;
afterwards at Hartford, Conn., for afew months, He came to Kansas in May, 1857, and lo-
eated in Allen County, and took an active part in laying out the town of Humboldt, where
he has since resided. He has followed his trade at this place for about twenty-six years, be-
sides which he is also engaged in the manufacture of bricks, making about 300,000 per an-
num, and hasalso anice farm of about sixty-five acres.

ILLIAM LINDSAY, proprietor of the Humboldt Water Mills, was born October 13
1827, at Versailles, Ripley Co., Ind._In 1848 he made atrip across the plains, and arrived
at Oregon City, in the Willamette Valley, making the trip, after reaching Missouri, in four
anda half months. That winter—1848 and ’49—being the most severe on record, Mr. L., de-
cided upon going. to California. Hereached there just as the gold excitement was running
high, and immediately engaged inthe mining bus ness, From the mines he went to Sono-
ma County, where he engaged in farming for five years. In 1864 he returned to Indiana,
and on October 29, of that year, married Miss Nancy Boatman. The next spring he returned.
to California and engaged in farming, bu, only remained two years. After three years’
residence in Missouri, he again crossed over the mountains, remained in California six
months, and then went to the Nevadamines. He returned to Indiauain 1865. Made two
trips to California, and returned in the next eighteen months. After his return from the
last of these overland journeys, he purchased a flour mill at Friendship, Ripley, Co., Ind.
In 1878 he disposed of his mi ling property and went to Austin, Texas, where he engaged
in the wholesale grocery trade. ot liking the business, he disposed of his interest and
came to Humboldt, Kas., wherefor afew months he tried his hand in the cattle market.
He then built a dam across the Neosho River, and wentinto partnership with W. C,
O’Brien, in the Humboldt Mills. In 1877 Mr. O’Brien retired, and his place was taken by
Mr. D. M, Blackwood, who remained in the business until Seprember, 1881, when Mr. L
bought his interest, and has since been sole proprietor, The mills are run entirely by wa-
ter-power. He manufactures his flour by the gradual reduction system, and the mills have
a capacity of 80 to 100 barrels of flour per day, besides 24,000 pounds of meal, etc. Mr. L
has lately built a fine stone warehouse, capable of storing 16 car loads of flour. Mr. and
Mrs. Lindsay. have had three children—Hattle, Nevada and Lycurgus. 7

_ P. 8. LIKES, real estate, oan and insurance agent, was born at Flemingsburg, Fleming
Co., Ky.,in 1826. In 1845 he removed to Wausau, Wis., where for five years he followe
lumbering, afterward went to California, where he was engaged in mining for three years,
retiring, last located in Pike County, Ill., where he speculated in farming lands, etc. In
July, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, ‘Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry, and was at once
elected First Lieutenant in October, 1862. He was mustered out on account of physicial

- disability, and was shortly afterwards appointed Deputy Provost, of Ninth District of Il-
linois. In 1864 he substituted and went to Camp Butler, Ill, as Sergeant of “Sub and Draft
Camp.” Five months later he was mustered out to receive a Captain’s commission, in which
capacity he served until January 21, 1866, after which he was not actively engaged for two
years. In the spring of 1868 he came to Kansas and located in Allen County, and followed
agricultural pursuits, up to 1877, when he sold his farm, movec to Humboldt, and embark-
ed in real estate business. In November, 1882, became associated with his present partner,
W. A. Squires. The firm do an extensive real estate and_ loan business, In 1879, Mr.
Likes was appointed local land agent for the K. ©., L. & 8. K. R. R. Co., and is also sub-
agentforthe M. K. & T. R. R.

P. R LONG, tobacconist, was born in Madison County, IlJ., February, 18, 1829. He
spent his youth on a farm and some years later in milling, conducting a saw and grist mill
for about two years. In June, 1857, he moved to Jasper County, Mo., and in 1858, came to
Kansas. Hetook a claim in Cherokee County, on the Cherokee neutral Jands, opened up a
farm and resided there until July, 1861, when he moved to Humboldt. During the late re-
bellion, he served three months in what is known as “ Jim Lane’s Tads.” In October, 1862,
he embarked in the wine and liquor business and carried on a wholesale and retail trade at
this place for many years, and during that period also carried on afarm for seven years,
Mr. Long has recently engaged in his present business. He was elected a member of the
board of commissoners, for Allen County, in the fall of 1864, and re-elected in 1866, and in
1868 and again in 1876, for one year, and for three years in the fall of 1877, serving in all
ten years. r. Long is a2 member ofthe A., F. & A. M., and is at present treasurer of
Valley Chapter, this place. He was also a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge of this place
but resigne some years 280. while holding the office of noble grand. :

WILLIAM T. MoELROY, Postmaster, was born in Washington County, Pa., in Decem-
ber, 1845; eleven years later his parents moved to Mahoning County, Ohio. In 1860, he
began to learn the trade of printer,at Warren, Trumbull County, which business he follow-
ed until in January, 1865, when he enlisted In Company D, One Hundred and Ninty-sixth
Ohio Infantry, serving one year. In March, 1866. he came to Humboldt, Kan., was engaged
in publishing the Humboldt Union, for nine months; he joined N. J. Needham, in January,
1867, and purchased the paper; this firm dissolved in August, 1868, and Mr. McElroy has
been sole proprietor since. He was appointed Postmaster at this place in January, 1880.
He is a prominent member of the A., F. & A. M., and was for three years secretary of the
chapter at this ace,

OHN M. MOORE, contractor and builder, was born in Parke County, Ind., March 6,
1828, reared on a farm, and also learned the trade of carpenter, following itas a journey -
man. He came to Kansas in March, 185%, and resided one year in Shawnee County, near
Topeka. In March, 1858, he came to Allen County and took up a claim on the Neosho River.
. Two years later he removed to Humboldt, since which time he has carried on business as
contractor and builder, and was for a time engaged in constructing railroad bridges in Mis-
souri. He did the wood work on allthe principal churches in this city. Mr. Moore enlisted
in June, 1861, in Company D, First Kansas Infantry, and, after having served about a year,
was disabled and disc. aged. During the latter portion of the war he served in the Kansas
State Militia as Captain of the Neosho Valley Rangers.

GEORGE W. MOON, farmer, Section 6, P. VU. Humboldt, was born in Butler County,
Ohio, in 1838, and was reared on afarm. He was also employed in mills in that county and

in the State of Indiana, near the State line. On September 5, 1862, be enlisted in Company
B, Sixty-ninth Ohio Infantry. He wastaken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga, Bep-
tember 20, 1863, and confined at various' Rebel prisons, such as Belle Isle, Andersonville,
Libby, etc., for about seventeen months. He was mustered out after serving threo years
and eight months. Mr. Moon came to Allen County, Kansas, In 1868, and located at Hum-
boldt Township, at which time he embarked jn agricultural pursuits and was also for some
time employed in Houring mills at Humboldt. In 1871 he removed on to his present farm,
He has 160 acres, all highly improved. He was Clerk of the Township several years, and in
the fall of 1881 he was elected, for a term of three years, a member of the Board of Com-
missioners for Allen County. -

.G WGENT, merchant, was born in Clark County, Ind , in 1817, reared on a farm
and also learned the trade of cooper. At the age of twenty-four he moved to Cass County,
Mo., where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. In the suinmer of 1861 he organized the
Missouri, Cass County, Home Guards, was appointed Colonel of the same, and served two
years, when he resigned, and in 1864 he was elected to the Missouri State Constitutional
Convention. After the war he was located at Washington, D.C.; for about eight years
engaged in looking after the. war claims of the irregular troops of Kansas and Missouri.
He then owned and conducted the Leland Hotel at Kansas City for several rears, and
engaged in merchandise business at Platte City, Mo. In 1880 he came to Humboldt and at
once embarked in dry goods and notions business; he has a nice business and carries a
stock of about $3,000.

G. A. NICHOLETTS, real estate, loan and insurance agent, was born in England in 1840.
He served some six years as Lieutenant in H. M. Sixty-eighth Light Ipfantrv and Second

ueen’s Royals. In May, 1861, he immigrated to New York, enlisted in the Eleventh New
Qork Cavalry, and was appointed Sergeant Major of the regiment; fas promotatl to Second
Lieutenant, July 17,1862; First Lieutenant, September-27, following. and to Captain, in Sep-
tember,1864, serving until mustered out of the service in October,1865,after which he again
resided in England for two years; returning to America in 1867, he engaged in cotton plant-
ing for a year in Tennessee. Wasthen Deputy Clerk of Chancery Court for two years, af-
terward Clerk of Chancery Court, Tallahatchie County, Miss., for five years. In August,
1879, he came to Humbolde and embarked in the real estate business, In May, 1881, he be-
came agsoclated with No Raunells, his present partner. Mr. N.is commander of the G.

. R. Post, Vicksbur, 0. 72. .

. RiOsEs NEAL, ae Neal & Cunningham, merchants, was born in Franklin County, ILL,
November 15, 1833, and reared onafarm. In August, 1854, he came to Kansas and took up
a claim in Shawnee County, which is now the town site of Topeka. This claim, however, he
abandoned in a few weeks, and, going to Douglas County, took up a claim there, on which
he resided until February, 1858, when he moved to Humboldt and took up another claim
two miles north of the present town, which he improved and still retains, é embarked in

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ntile business shortly after his arrival, and from 1863 to 1868 was also a licensed
Thdian trader to the Osages” In 1869 he disposed of his business and gave his attention to
his farms. From 1870 to 1872 he was engaged in freighting forthe Government. In 1877
he again engaged in mercantile business at Humboldt, and in 1880 admitted his present
partner, William Cunningham. They have two stores, general merchandise and groceries,

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in which they carry about $10,000 in stock. Mr. Neal is the oldest resident merchart in
Humboldt; he owns some 400 acres of land in the county and raises considerable stock. He
was appointed Postmaster of the place in 1859 and held ittwo years. During the Rebellion
he served in the Allen County Guards, first as Lieutenant, then as Captain.

JAMES PEERY, grain dealer, was born in Monroe County, Ind., April 10, 1843. In
1857, his parents moved to Cumberland County, Hl. He enlisted April 21, 1861, in the Thir-
ty-eighth Illinois Infantry, Company H, in which he served four years. After the war he
learned the trade of carpenter at Paris, TL, serving as an apprentice some three years. He
came to Kansas, September 2, 1868, located in Crawford County, near Jacksonville; there
be farmed and also carried on business as a contractor and builder for about six years.
During bis residence there he was Trustee of the township two years and Bridge Com-
missioner two years. His next location was Parsons, where he carried on an extensive busi-
ness as a builder, after which he conducted a farm twelve miles from Parsons for two years.
In 1878, he moved to Henry County, Mo., and followed building, etc., at Montrose. In Feb-
ruary, 1882, he came to Humboldt, was largely engaged iu raising broom corn, and on De-
cember 6, of that ee he embarked in his present business.

DANIEL P. PRATT, manager for L. A. Brown & Co., dealers in lumber, grain, etc., was
born in Boston, Mass., December 24, 1849. At eighteen years of age he removed to Chicago,
Ill., where he was employed in hardware business until 1874, when he moved to Peoria.
Here he joined two of his brothers, and established the East Ipdia Tea Company, which
concern carried on eight stores; selling out his interest in this business, he came to
Kansas in October, 1878, located at Council Grove, Morris County, where he was employed
as a carpenter and builder for eighteen months. In September, 1880, he moved to Cherry-
vale, Kan., and entered the employ of this firm. Eighteen months later, he moved to Ameri-
cus. Kan., and was for seven months in charge of their yard atthatplace. Mr. Pratt came
to Humboldt in August, 1882, and entered upon his present duties. The firin do the leading
business in their line at this place.

WILLIAM RATH, of Rath Bros., blacksmith and general repair shop, was born in Ger-
many, in 1840, and partially learned the blacksmith trade there. In 185%, be immigrated to
St. Louis, Mo., where he continued to work as a blacksmith for two years, afterward at Linn
Creek, Mo., where he farmed and followed his trade. In the summer of 1861, he enlisted in
Company I, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, and served three years, after which he returned to
Linn Creek. In November, 1866, he came to Humboldt, and in company with his brother,
John R., embarked in this business. This is the oldest firm in this Business in Huinboldt;
they havea fine stone building for a shop, and do a large trade. Mr. Rath has been a mem-
ver of the City Council of Humboldt for some years, and in the fall of 1878, was elected to
the State Legislature from his District.

HAL D R. REDFIELD, dealer in musical merchandise, sewing machines, etc., was
born at Twinsburg, Ohio, and was reared on a farm and in a saw mill. Some years later he
moved to Coldwater, Mich., where he was for two years employed in a photograph gallery.
He then removed to Hillsdale, The subject of this sketch came to Hum noldtan the tall of
1866, and was for two years employed as a clerk in the mercantile business, after which he
eueaged at his present enterprise: He deals in all kinds of musical instruments, sewing
mach Hes, etc. and also teaches vocal and instrumental music
WILLIAM A, REDFIELD, manufacturer of carriages, buggies, etc., was born at Kill-
ingworth, Conn., May 10, 1831, and began business life at the’ age of eighteen years,
embarking ina carriage repair shop, which business he conducted fora number of years,
and was, also, for some fifteen years, engaged in merchandising, atthe same place. He
came to Humboldt, Kas., in 1869, and engaged in the hardware business, selling out in Jan-
uary, 1872, and buying back the same stock in September. 1873. Inthe spring of 1873, he
also started the business of carriage bulldingjand repairing,and has built up quite an exten-
sive trade. In his establishment he employs fifteen men. Mtr. Redfield_was for five years
Treasurer of Humboldt Township, also for two years a member of the City Council.

ARMSTEAD M. RICHARDS, fruit grower, in Section 3, P. O., Humboldt, was born in
London Co., Va., Dec, 26, 1826, and when young, his parents moved to Adams County, IIL,
where the subject of this sketch carried on a farm for twenty-five years, and was largely
engaged in growing peaches, of which he had a large orchard. ' In November, 1879, he
came to Allen County, Kas., and purchased his preseut farm, situated one mile east of
Humboldt, consisting of 160 acres, thirty of which is in fruit trees and berries; also a
small vineyard of two acres, His fruit orchard is one of the finest and most extensive in
the county. His place is wellimproved, has a splendid residence, etc.; he ig also breeding
Berkshire hogs. r. Richards has another farm, one mile and a half east of Humboldt, on
Section 2, consisting of 112 acres, on which his son, Stephen, now resides,

EZRA R. RUSSELL, physician. was born at Galesburg, Ill., January 80, 1840. He
began the study of medic: ne in 1869, at Ellisville, Ill., with Drs. Morris and Hull. On
August 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Elghty-third [Ninois Volunteer Infantry, sery-
ing in the ranks until December, 1863, when he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the
Twelfth United States Colored Infantry, by the Secretary of War, which position he
retained until October, 1865. He afterward attended Jefferson Medical College at Phila-
delphia, graduating March 10, 1866, and in June following, immigrated to Lawrence, Kas.,
where he followed his profession, 1n 1869, he was appoin ed Assistant Surgeon Nineteenth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry, serving six months The Doetor came to Humboldt in January,
2870.5 and gine Lae fonlowed ne provession: at pas place, jn connection with which he also

® e Doctor has bee -
Doldt for the past four yents, n a member of the Town Council of Hum
ACOB SCHLEICHER, Street Commissioner and Ci

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Octover, 6: 1824." ‘There he learned the trade of tallor. 1b 1864. Lelmaslocntad to Bea

1854, heimmigrated to Hartford
ALLEN COUNTY.

Conn,, where he worked at his trade. In May, 1857, he moved to Allen County, Kas., and
took up a claim of 160 acres in Humboldt Township, where he followed agricultural pur-
suits until 1864, when he moved totown. He was for some time in the hotel and livery
business, and also, for some time, carried on a hotel restaurant. Mr.S8. was among those
who first laid out the town of Humboldt. He was appointed City Marshal in 1865, served
three years, aud was again appointed in 1879. In 1874, he was made Street Commissioner,
served two years, and was re-appointed in 1879. He was married in Germany, in 1853, to
Katherina B. Zwanziger. They have a family of six children, $s

EDWARD STICKLER, proprietor of the Humboldt Woollen Mills, isa native of Ash-
land County, Ohio, was born in 1837, and in 1847 commenced his trade and continued as an
employe till 1857, then commenced business for himself in Richland County, Onio. In
1866 he removed to Johnson County, Iowa, near lowa City, where he built a mill and did
a successful business for fourteen years, making all kinds of fine goods, such as -have re-
ceived several State diplomas together with numerous county diplomas. As the business
increased and the water power was limited, he removed his machinery to Iowa Falls, Har-
din Co., lowa, where he did a large business, furnishing convict goods for Iowa, Nebraska,
and Kansas prisons,and as there was not sufficient wool he had to import wool from Kansas.
So hesold out ana settled in Woodson County, Kas., and farmed till he could sell it, and
then commenced building a sample woolen mill at Humboldt, Allen Co., in 1883, where he
expects to remain and work up a large business in the midst of a good wool country. He
also has two sons operating a fine business in Washington, Iowa, Asa mechanic heis
amon ihe patentists, and has a recent patent on a windmill which he contemplates manu-
facturing in connection with the woolen mill. With thirty-six years experience success
might be expected. He was an orphan boy sent out in the world at the age of ten years, in

ELIJ AH STROSNIDER, stock-raiser, Section 20, P. O. Humboldt, was born in Monon-

ahela County, W. Va., April 25, 1838. There his father carried on an extensive stock
‘arm. In the spring of 1859 he moved to Scotland County, Mo., where he lived until April
25, 1860, when he came to Kansas and pre-empted 160 acres of land in Woodson County
and turned his atteution to improving the same. In thespring of 1861 he enlisted in the
Tenth Kansas Infantry and served four years. Mr. S. was commissioned Second Lieuten-
ant, but was not mustered, the warclosing. Returning tohis farm he resided there two
years, aud then moved to Humboldt, Allen County, where he engaged in the wholesale
liquor business, which he carried on for about twelve years. Inthe spring of 1881 he
moved to his present farm. He has 520 acres of land and is extensively engaged in raisin:
stock, making a specialty of mules, of which he ownsa large number. Mr. S. was marrie
in Allen County Se tember 20, 1868, to Mary Beck. They havea famlly of three children.

DR. GEORGE W. TAYLOR is a native of New York and a graduate of Byracuse Medi-
cal College. The doctor began the practice of medicine in his native State about 1846. In
1853 he moved west to Princeton, Ill., where he continued to reside until April, 1881, when
he came to Humboldt, Kas., to reside, He has since the fall of 1853 been connected with
the Christian Church, is now preaching, and has fullcharge of that church at this.place.
He also practices medicine and has anice farm of about 160 acres.

HARMANN ™HOLEN, restaurant and confectionery, was born in Germany September
9, 1853. He was for four years employed as a sailor on the ocean, and in 1872 immigrated
to Clinton County, Ill., where he was employed in agricultural pursuits. Hecame to Kan-
sas in 1877, located at Humboldt, and engaged in grocery business, selling hls goods in the
country in exchange for butter, eggs, etc. In 1878 he purchased his present business from
J. Hamberger, and has now the oldest established restaurantin the place. He is also en-
gaged in manufacturing and bottling soda water, etc., in which business he employs three
men, Mr. T. carries on an extensive trade in ice. He has two large ice houses, capable of
storing some 2,000 tons.

JOHN N. UTTERSON, of Utterson & McLeod, proprietors of Humboldt Furniture Fac-
tory, is a native of Scotland, boru in November, 1848. There he learned the trade of cabi-
netmaker, and at the age of twenty-one years immigrated to Chicago, Ill., where fora few
months he worked at his trade. In March, 1870, he came to Kansas, and a few months
later located at Humboldt; was employed in the furniture store of A. Bush, and in July,
1871, purchased the business; in 1875the manufacturing department was added, and in
November, 1879, David McLeod was admitted to a partnership. ‘Che firm carry a fine stock
of furniture, etc., and have a large factory where they manufacture furniture, nndertakers’
goods, etc., giving employment to six men or more. A description of the manufactory will
be found in the county history.

._ JESSE J. VAN FOSSEN, Section 39, P.O. Humboldt, Kas,, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio,
in 1830, and was reared on a farm in Shelby Couty. In 1853 he emigrated West to Eldo-
‘rado County, Cal., where he followed mining pursuits for eight years, and farmed one on
Grizzly Bend, Sacramento River, Butte Co., Cal. In July 1, 1862, he came to Allen County,
Kas., and located on his present farm. Mr. Van Fossen has 552 acres in Allen County, Kas.
His residence farm consists of 222 acres, all well improved, and he is an extensive raiser of
live stock. During the war he served in the Kanas State Militia. He is a prominent mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity: is treasurer of the lodge at Humboldt, and holds the office
of scribe In the Chapter at that place. Mr. Van Fossen was married in Allen County, Kas.,
in March, 1863. to Amelia Bartels. They have a family of three children.

__&. N. WERT, proprietor of the Humboldt Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, was born at
Cincinnati, O10, January 20, 1839. Six months later his parents immigrated to Montgom-
ery County, Ind.; there he learned the trade of carpenter, and worked at it till September,
1863, at which time he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Infan-
try. Was mustered out June 20, 1865, after which he was employed as a carpenter in In-
diana. He came to Kansas in November, 1867, and located in Allen County, and was for
three years engaged in agricultural pursuits. Moving to Humboldt, he opened a realestate
and law office with others, under the style of Gilbert, Suits & Wert. Three years Jater he
sold out his interest, and was employed as atraveling salesman until October, 1880, when
he engaged in ae present business. He deals extensively in horses; has fine barns and

‘ood livery stock. 3
el DR. i E. WOLFE, dentist, was born in Fairfield County, in 1846. He was educated at
Fairfield Union Academy, and studied dentistry at Lancaster, Ohio, with Drs, Scott & Cri-
der; also attended lectures at Pennsylvania Dental College, Philadelphia, The doctor be-
ganthe practice of his profession in 1869, at Philadelphia, but shortly after returned to
Lancaster, Ohio. In December, 1870, he came to Humboldt, and_at once opened an office
for the practice of dentistry, He has also an office at Chanute. The doctor is also a mem-
ber of fhe Kansas State Dental Association, and bears an excelleut reputation as a skillful
dentist. In connection with other pursuits, he is also interested in farming and stock-rais-
ing, and has a fine fruit orchard of fifteen acres.

JAME YOUNG, capitalist, is a native of Morgan County, Ind., where he was
reared on a farm, and also taught school in that locality for several years. He came to
Allen County, Kan., May 9, 1857, and located near the present townsite of Humboldt. He
farmed for some two years and was also interested ina saw-mill. About 1859 he embarked
in mercantile business as a clerk, and was employed in that capacity until September, 1861,
when be enlisted in Company G, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and was appointed Quartermaster
Sergeant. He wasmustered out, January 16 5 Returning to Humboldt he followed
mercantile pursuits, for some years. In the fal! of 1875 he was elected Treasurer of Allen
County, and re-elected in 1877, serving in allfour years. Mr. Young has considerable real
estate and devotes his time principally to the management of the same.

SALEM TOWNSHIP,

CHARLES ADAMS, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Humboldt, was born in Ireland in 1835,
and four years later immigrated with his parents to Quebec, Can., thence to Detroit, Mich.,
and some years later to IlJinois. He was for some years employed in steamboating on the
Illinois and Mississippi rivers, In 1860 he settled in Miami County, Ohio, where he farmed
for five years, then in Bureau County, III., engaged in the same capacity. He came to Allen
County, Kan., in March, 1870, and located on his present farm, which consists of 100 acres
of finely improved land, seventy-five of which is under cultivation, and he has a nice orch-
ard of about five acres. Mr. Adams is quite an extensive stock-raiser. He was married in
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 18617, to Addie B. Hogan, and they have a family of ten children.

RICHARD CLINCHY, farmer, Section 3. P. O. Humboldt, is a native of Ireland, and
immigrated to the city of NewYork in 1858 where he was engaged in the wool business, car-
rying on a large trade until he disposed of the same and came to Allen County, Kan., in
August, 1879, at which time he located on his present farm. Mr.C, is one of the largest
land owners in this section of country. He has some 900 acres and is an extensive stock-
ralger, as fern is finely improved, with a magnificent residence, good farm building and
a nice orchard.

MILTON HAWLEY, farmer, Section 25, P.O. Humboldt, was born in Stark County, Ohio,
February 2, 1834, was reared on a farm. In 1858 he moved to Cedar County, lowa, where
he followed agricultural pursuits for a time, then in the same capacity in Johnson County,
In October, 1869, he moved to Saline County, Mo., and in 1870 came to Kansas, locating, in
February, 1871, in this township, and has since been engaged in farming and raising stock.
In 1876 he moved on to his present farm, which consists of 160 acres, all well improved,
and on which there is a fine orchard of about four acres. Mr. Hawley is one of the enter-
prising men of his neighborhood. He has filled many of the local offices, and in 1875 was
elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners, which office he filled two years.

LEONARD B. PEARSON, farmer, Section 30, Township 25. Range 19, P. O. Huinbolat,
was born in Belleville, Jetferson Co., N. Y., July 2, 1832; learned the blacksmith trade with
his father. Atthe age of eighteen years he took to sailing on the Jakes and followed that
occupation off and on for ten years, during which period he educated himself. In 1§61 he
came west to DuPage County, lll., where he was for a time engaged in company with his
brother in the manufacture of edge tools, and also taught school. Mr. Pearson served his
country during the late war. He enlisted May 10, 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and
Thirty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served some seven months. He came to

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Kansas November 22, 1870, and located in Allen County, since which time he has followed
agricultural pursuits. He moved on to his present farm in November, 1872. He has 320
acres all improved, and raises considerable stock. He occupies the position of historian in
the Old Settlers Association of his township. Mr. ». was marri d at Downer’s Grove, Du
Page Gounty, Ill, March 25, 1867, to Jane C. Dixon. They have four children.

JOSEPH W. PINE, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Humboldt, was born in Frederick County,
Va., in 1830. He learned the trade of blacksmith in Berkley County, and worked at it there
until 1856, when he moved to Muscatine County, Iowa, where for ten Tears he carried ona
blacksmith shop. In May, 1866, he came to Allen County, Kan., and located on his present
farm. He hasa finely improved place consisting of some 400 acres, on which there are
good stone fences, fine orchards and residence. e also Lo some extent follows blacksmith-
ing in connection with agricultural pursuits, and isa large raiser of cattle and hogs. Mr,
Pine is one of the represeubitive men of his township; he is a staunch Democrat and is
President of the Old Settlers Association of his township. eis

COTTAGE GROVE TOWNSHIP.

JOHN DAY, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Humboldt, was born in Parke County, Ind., De-
cember 21,1840. and reared ona farm. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-
First Indiana Infantry, and served three years, after which he followed agricultural
pursuits in Parke County. Hecame to Allen County, Kan., in October, 1869, and located
on his present farm, which cousists of 160 acres, all well improved, He has a nice orchard
and raises general farming stock. Mr. Day is one of the enterprising men of his township,
and has filled many of the local offices. a

JAMES A. GARRETT, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Humboldt, is a native of Highland
County, Ohio. Moved to Polk County, Iowa, in 1847, where he owned a farm of 187% acres
within five miles of Des Moines. In 1852 he went to California, where for four years.he
followed mining pursuits; in 1856 returned home. In 1860 went to Colorado anu engaged
in maining ; returned inautumn of same year, and followed farming until 1867, when he
sold his farm and bought ten acres near Kansas City, Mo., and engaged in horticulture. He
sold out in August, 1879, and located on his present farm, which consists of 226 acres all
improved—150 acres under cultivation, balance in pasture and meadow.

LYLE A. GARRETT, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Humboldt, was born in Highland County,
Ohio, March 18, 1823, and was reared onafarm. Attwenty-four years of age he moved to
Polk County Iowa, where he was employed at farming, and in 1852 immigrated to California,
and for four and a half years was engaged in ranching and mining pursuits; returning east
to Polk County, lowa, he again gave his attention to agricultural pursuits. On August 7,
1862, he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-third Lowa Infantry, was promoted to First Lieu-
tenant in October, 1863, and served inall three years. In 1867 he came west to Missouri,
locating near Kansas City, where he carried on a fruit farm of ten acres. Mr. Garrett came
to Allen County, Kan., in May, 1879, and purchased his present farm; he has 345 acres, 165
of which are in cultivation and four in orchard, besides which he is au extensive stock-
raiser, making a specialty of that business. * i

JOHN GEISSLER, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Humboldt, was born at St. Louis, Mo., in
1843, and reared in Madison County, Til., where he followed agricultural pursuits. He
came to Allen County, Kan., in the spring of 1866, and took up a homestead in this town-
ships on which he resided for one year, then moved on to his present farm, which consists
of 60 acres, seventy of which are in cultivation, and he raises considerable live stock.
his place is a nice stone residence, and he has two acres of fruit trees, grape vines, etc.
Mr. Geissler was married in Allen County, Kan., in 1868, to Caroline Ott; their family
consists of seven children, all born in this county.

IRA W. NOYES, farmer, Section 26, P, O. Humboldt, was born at Oxford, Me., in 1849,
moving with his parents to Sauk County, Wis., in 1855, from thence to lowa,and then reside
in Lawrence and Barton counties, Mo. in May, 1862, he came to Kansas, locating in Neosho
County with his father, David B. Noyes, and in the spring of 1864 came to Allen County,
since which time he has resided on his present farm, which consists of eighty acres, ail well
ianproved. He has served three years as Clerk of the township, and in the spring of 1882
was elected Trustee and re-elected in 1883. Mr. Noyes was married in Neosho County,
Kan., in March, 1877, to ElmiraJ. Wheatley, and their family consists of four children,

JACOB M. PHEBUS, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Humboldt, was born in Carl County, Ind.,
in 1837, and reared in Madison County, lowa, where his parents removed shortly aiter his
birth; there he followed agricultural pursuits, and was also employed in same capacity in
Cass County. In 1855 he moved to Otoe County, Neb., where he farmed until May, 1867,
when he came to Allen County, Kan., and located on his present farm. He hasin all 126
acres of land, sixty-five of which are in cultivation and fourinuorchard. He is also an ex-
tensive breeder of hogs. Mr. Phebus was Justice of the Peace in this township for two
pears, le was married in Cass County, Neb., in 1859, to Mary Lewis, they have a family of

our children. *

HON. SAMUEL J. STEWART, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Humboldt, was born in Miami
County, Ohio, March 28, 1833, and ten years later his people moved to Champaign County,
Ill., where he was reared on a farm. He came to Allen County, Kan., April 7, 1856, aud
located on his present farm. He has now 410 acres of land, all well improved, 200 of which
are in cultivation, and five inorchard. His principal business is the manufactureof cheese,
which he carries on quite extensively, and is the only one engaged in that line in this
county. He was elected a member of the First Free-state Territorial Legislature of Kan-
sas, in 1857. During the late war, he took an active part in raising men, and on August 7,
1861, enlisted in Company G, Fourth Kansas Infantry. He was appointed First Lieutenant
at once. His company was afterwards consolidated into Company H, of the Tenth Kansas,
and on February 2, he was promoted to Captain, serving until mustered out, August 18,
1864. The Captain was elected in November, 1882, to represent his district in the State
Legislature. e has for many years been a member of the A. F. & A.M., at_ Humboldt.
The subject of this sketch was married at Monticello, Piatt Co., Ii, in 1868, to Miss Emma
Heath; they have six children, all born here. ?

IOLA.

This town is the county seat of Allen County, and is pleasantly located in
the level valley of the Neosho River, on the west side of that stream, and on
the north side of Elm Creek, nearly at the confluence of the two streams. The
town is situated a short distance northwest of the center of the county. The
railroad connections are by the Kansas City, Lawrence & Kansas Southern
railroad, running through the county from north to south, and the Fort Scott
& Wichita railroad extending across the county from east to west.

The population of the town, according to the census of 1882, was 1,070,
but this has increased largely during the past year. The different branches of
business are well represented, and a large trade is carried on. The buildings
are of a very good class and compare favorably with those of other of the older
Kansas towns,

The history of Iola begins with the year 1859. After the location of the
county seat at Humboldt, by the legislature of 1858, there was a great deal of
dissatisfaction, and a number of citizens of the county selected the present site
of Iola, with the intention of ultimately securing the county capital.

On January 1, 1859, a large meeting of the citizens of the northern and
central portions of the county, was held at the Deer Creek schoolhouse, near
the residence of J.C. Clark. It was determined to organize a town company,
which was immediately done. A constitution was then adopted and officers
elected. J. W. Scott was president; John Hamilton, vice-president; J. M. Per-
kins, secretary; James McDonald, treasurer; A. G. Carpenter, B. L.G. Stone
and H. D. Parsons, directors. The town company numbered between fifty
and sixty members. Among them were Wm. C. Keith, W. H. Cochrane, J.C.
Redfield, D. Horville, J.C. Clark, Simon Camerer, J. F. Colborn, L. E. Rhodes,
James Faulkner, Eli Lawrence, W. M. Brown, N. Hankins, W. F. Brooks,
John A. Hart, J. F. Cornell, Carlyle Faulkner, J. M. Faulkner, J. B. Lambkin,
M. A. Simpson, J. C. Parsons, Rufus Perkins, H. D. Parsons, Wm. Lewis, A.
Case.

The officers of the company after due consideration of different points se-
lected a site for the proposed town, about two miles north of Cofachique, at the
confluence of Elm Creek and the Neosho River. The site was owned in part
by J. F. Colborn and W. H. Cochrane. The claims on two quarter-sections
were bought, and were soon after surveyed into lots by A. G. Carpenter.
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The town company worked hard to get the town started. A meeting was
held to choose a name. Several were proposed, and the choice was determined

by ballot. Some one had proposed the name Iola, which was the Christian
od of the wife of J. F.Colborn. As a result of the vote, this name was
chosen,

Meetings of the company were held every week during the first year and
efforts made to induce settlement. By the close of the year a number of lots
had been disposed of, several buildings erected, and other improvements made,
as all who bought lots were required to make some improvements at once.
The residents of Cofachique despairing of making their town a success, joined
with Iola, and most of them moved to the new site, all working together in the
endeavor to secure the location of the county seat at once. ;

The first building on the town site was a small log cabin owned by D. B.
Bayne. He, afterward, late in 1859, built a frame house addition to it. It is
now the residence of Wm. A. Cowan.

The first building erected after the town was surveyed was a dwelling
completed early in June, 1859, by J. F. Colborn, who had lived on the claim of
which the town site formed a part, since 1857. On the completion of the
house, Mr. Colborn and his family moved into it, thus being the first settlers in
the town of Iola.

The first birth in Iola was that of Luella E. Colborn, daughter to J. F. and
Mrs. Iola Colborn, on June 29, 1859. She still resides in Iola, the wife of Wm.
P. Northrup.

The first sermon was preached in the unfinished residence of J. F. Col-
born, in May, 1859, by Rev. Mr. Hawley, a Methodist minister. He was soon
followed by Rev. Nathan Taylor, a minister of the same denomination. In
1860, religious services were also held, under the leadership of Rev. E. K.
Lynn, a minister of the Presbyterjan Church.

During the year 1859, two stores were established by Aaron Case and
James Faulkner, who had moved their buildings and goods from the old town
of Cofachique.

The first hotel was opened in 1859.

The postoffice for the neighborhood had previously been at Cofachique,
and Aaron Case was Postmaster, but in 1859, the office was removed to Iola,
Case still being Postmaster, though James Faulkner attended to it, as his
deputy, until he was appointed to the office a short time after.

In 1860, a number of buildings were erected, and the population increased
to about one hundred and fifty. Two more stores were opened—a dry goods
store, by D. B. Bayne, and a grocery, by J. M. Cowan.

The improvements of 1860 were nearly all made in the spring and early
summer. In the latter part of the year the effects of the drought were so badly
felt, in addition to failing to secure the county seat, that business became very
dull, and for a time all of the citizens were much discouraged.

In 1861 the war broke out, and as nearly every able-bodied man in Iola,
as well as the county, had entered the army, there was no chance for improve-
ment; and until the close of the war, in 1865, the town grew to be no larger
than it was in 1860.

In 1865, after the return of the citizens from the army at the close of the
war, the town began to improve steadily, and so continued until the year 1870,
at which time it was incorporated asa city, and having secured the L., L. & G.
R. R., rapid strides were made for the next two years in the improvement of
the'town. Several manufacturing establishments were in project, and some of
them were built.

Among other heavy institutions at that time, was the King Bridge Manu-
facturing Company, which located the Bridge shops at Iola, in 1871, In
January of that year, the city voted bonds of $50,000 to secure the location of
the shops, which were built at once, and were large and substantial structures
of stone, costing upward of $32,000, and by July of that year, work was com-
menced. For some time large numbers of men were employed, and a heavy
business was done. But with the monetary panic of 1873, the value of bonds
so depreciated that the company failed, and removed their machinery. They
received bonds in payment, generally, for their bridges and work, and for this
reason the “crash” ruined them. They afterward tried to collect the $50,000
in bonds voted by the city of Iola, but failed in doing so. The buildings and
several acres of land on which they were located were sold at Sheriff's sale for
$1,100, being purchased by several citizens of Iola, They are still unoccu-
pied, though well adapted for a manufactory for almost any purpose.

During a period, from 1873 to 1876, business in all branches was very
dull, and little improvement in the town was made. But since the last-
named year, the city has steadily progressed until its present proportions
have been attained. The greater number of the best business houses and
residences have been built within the last three years. At the present time
the town is growing very rapidly, and considerable building is being done by
the wealthier and most substantial class of citizens, while several new manu-
factories of various kinds are in contemplation, and drawing a trade as it
does for a radius of several miles, in a quite thickly settled agricultural
country, Iola may be said to be one of the most prosperous of Kansas towns.

Iola was incorporated as a city of the third class in March, 1870. The
early journal of the city disappeared during the trouble with the King Iron
Bridge Company, relative to the payment of the city bonds voted to that com-
pany, which has caused some trouble regarding the legality of some of
the ordinances and acts said to have been enacted by the first City Council.

- The city as a corporation is now in a prosperous condition, having no liabili--
ties other than the $26,500 in bonds voted to the Fort Scott & Wichita Rail-
‘road. The present city officers are J. W. Scott, Mayor; Wm. P. Northrup,
Clerk ; A. J. Clark, Treasurer; T. F. Strickland, Marshal. The Council is
composed of the following gentlemen: W. G Allison, J. T. Beatty, C. D.
Elliott, W. H. Richards, and L. B. Roach.

The first school in Iola has been mentioned in another place. A public
school was at once established, and has since kept pace with the development
of the town, new departments being added from time to time as required.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

There are now eight departments, all in a prosperous condition and under
careful and efficient teachers, of whom Prof. C. C. Robbins is principal. The
school is kept in two buildings, one a large two-story stone structure, erected
in 1868, and has an imposing appearance with its twin towers. The other
building is a two-story frame, and situated just south of the stone school-

house. ~
THE PRESS AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS.

The Allen County Courant was the first paper published at Iola, and was established
January 5, 1867, by W. H. Johnson. July 27, 1868, Messrs. Talcott & Acers purchased the
concern, and the name of the paper was changed to the Neosho Valley Register. On August
6, of the following year, Mr. Acers sold out to his partner. Mr. Talcott continued the
paper until August 24, 1870, when he sold the sameto M. M. Lewis. Lewis changed the
name to Kansas State Register, and continued until December 10, following, when he re-
tired. Talcott again assumed entire charge of the paper, and changed the name back to
Neosho Valley fegister. In March, 1871, he sold the concern toG. M. Overstreet, W. G.
‘Alison, and H. W. Perkins, under the firm name of Overstreet & Co. They continued the

per until January 1, 1872, when Overstreetand Perkins sold out to Messrs. Allison and
Wh ker, ouls Walker & Co, conducted the paper for three years, and on January 1, 1875,
Messrs. Allison & Perkins took charge. They changed the name tothe Iola Register, an
eontinued its publication for two wears. January 1, 1877, G. D. Ingersoll purchased Alli-
gon’s interest, and September 16, 1878, H. A. Perkins bought Ingersoll's interest and be-
came sole proprietor. The paper has been Republican under all its different names and
proprietorships. H.A. Perkins continued the publication of the Register until October,
1882, when he sold it to the present proprietors, Scott Bros. & Rohrer, who are making it
one of the largest and best weekly papers in the county.

e Presbyterian Ohurch.—Toe first sermon by a Presbyterian minister was preached in

Tola, by Rev. K. K. Lynn, in the fall of 1860, the services being held inthe upper part of
the old frame building, now known as “the old Colborn store building.” Regular services
were held by Mr. Lynn until the organization of the Society, June 24, 1864, by Revs. E.
K, Lynn, Austin Warner, and Elder J.M.Evans, The original members were Rufus Per-
kins, John McClure, John N. Covert, Mesdames Jane E. Covert, Hannah J. Bostwick, Eliza-
beth Parsons, Susan Post. Sarah A. Terrill, Thrasher; Sarah Jones, Longstreet; Effie
Twiss; Misses Mildred Terrill. Lizzie Case, and Nancy Terrill.

In 1868 the church was built, being dedicated in September of that year. It is a neat
brick structure thirty-five by fifty-five feetin dimension. Since the organization of the
society there have been added by letter 140; by profession, 83: dismissed by letter 87; de-
ceased, 13; expelled, 4; removed, 19. The present membership is_115, of which number
Sarah Jones and Susan Post are the only original members. Rev. E.S&. Miller, the pastor,
has had charge of the church since June, 1878.

The First Bap ist Church was organized November 20, 1869, by Revs. A. Hitchcock and
F, L. Walker, the titst named being settled as the pastor. The members were W. D.,
Nancy and Zerilda Wilson, James Burns, Martha Duff, 8. I. Stanher, Sarah E. Rutledge, Mary
Stanher, Elizabeth Wilson, Anna Apple, Alfred Foults, and Sabina WelJer. There are
now eighty members. The erection of the church was begun in September, 1871, and it
was dedicated September 1, 1872. Rev. T. C. Coffey, the present pastor, took charge in De-
cember, 1880. In 1873 there were over 100 members, which decreased to twenty-five in
1880. The society is now out of debt and in a prosperous condition. '
The Methodist Episcopal Church, of Iola, wasformerly a part of Deer Creek Circuit,
The church was organized during the first year ofthe history of the town. In 1870 Iola
was made a station under charge of Rev. E. A. Graham, and a church thirty-four by fifty
feet in dimension was erected, and dedicated, with Rev. D. P. Mitchell, officiating. Then
followed a few years of prosperity. Inthe year 1871, the pastor, W. W. Welsh, reported
fifty members and seventy-three probationers and a Sabbath school of 120. 1n the year

L. M. Hancock was pastor and reported good progress. The years of adversity which
came upon the town and the country, affected also the prosperity and growth of the church,
yet, at no period was the church without a pastor and regular services, and a Sabbath school
was maintained and some degree of prosperity accompanied the work, and in 1880, uncer
the pastoral labors of Rev. D. T. Summerville, the church building was enlarged and other-
wise improved at a cost of $1,400, and was re-opened and dedicated November 28, 1880.
by Bishop Bowman. There are at present 125 inembers and a Sabbath school of 100. The
church has no debt tocarry. It has acomfortable ho ne for the pastor and a good degree of
prosperity. Rev.S.S. Weatherby, A. M., is the present pastor. dose

The Christian Church has an organization in Iola, which is in a prosperous condition.
The society has no house of worship, but meetings are held regularly at the court house.
Rev. Thomas Bartlett is the pastor in charge.

Lola howe, No, 21, I. v. O. F., was instituted February 1, 1866, by 2 proclamation from
the Grand Master of the State, to John A. Hart, Peter Long, H. C. Bostwick, George W.
Riley andJohn P. Arnett. The first meeting was held May “, 1866, and C. P. Twiss, John
Harris, John Francis, Cyrus Simpson. Dennis McCarty and William C. Thrasher were initi-
ated, . C. Bostwick was elected N. G.; John Harris, G.; John Francis, Sec.; W. C.
Thrasher, Per. Sec.; and Cyrus Simpson, Treas. The lodge owns a hall, which is well fur-
nished. N, F. Acers is the present noble grand.

lola Lodge, No. 38, A. #. & A.M. was instituted early in 1863, and chartered on the
20th day of October, the same year. The first officers under the charter were: J. F. Col-
born, W. M.; J. Brown, S. W.; H. D. Parsons, J. W.; William Avery, Treas.; B. Brewster;
Sec. The other charter members were: C. S Clark, Daniel Brown, A. Ww. Thompson,
William H. Cochran. The lodge is now ina prosperous condition and has a membership of
seventy. The present officersare: A.J. Fulton, W. M.; H. M. Miller, 8S. W.; L. M. Sawyer,

. W.; J. F. Colborn, Treas,; R. W. Duffy, Sec.

| Salem Chapter No. 4, Order of the Eastern Star, was instituted August 7, 1878, with
thirty-Lwo members. The first officers were: Johu Francis, W. P.; Eliza Gillihan, WwW. M.;
Mary Woolomers, A. M.; Nettie Cochran, Treas.; Ruthie Tozer, Sec. There are now forty-
five inembers, aud the chapter is tn a prosperous condition. The present officers are: Seth
money We P.; Iola Colborn, W. M.; 8. A. Tozev, A. M.; Eliza Gillihan, Treas., and R. w.

uF, . i %

McVook Post, No, 51, Grand Army of the Republic.cWas organized April 10, 1882, with
fourteen members, The first officers were W. G. Allison, P.C.; S. Stover, adjutant; James
Burns, 8. V. C.; J. W. McClure, J, V.C. The post has now fifty members, and is in a partic-
sar papeperous condition. The present officers are L. M. Sawyer, P. C.; J. L. Henderson,
adju .

lola Lodge, No, 98, Ancient Order United Workmen.—Was instituted April 6, 1882, with
sixteen members. ‘The first officers were C. H. Boulson, P.M. W.; D. D. Smeltzer, M. W.;
T. T. Anderson, foreman; R. I. Updegrat, Rec.; A. Gifford, F.; L. Bb. Roach, O.; W, P. North-
rup, R. The present officers are D. B.D. Smeltzer, P, M. W.; C. W. McNeal, M. W.; P. Moss,
foreman; J, W. Coutant, Rec.; C,H, De Clute, F, The lodge now numbers twenty-tive mem-
bers, and is In @ prosperous condition,

Neosho Lodge, No. 43, Knights of Pythias.—This lodge was organized November 9, 1881,
with nincteen members, fifteen of whom were named inthe charter. The first officers were
L. B. Roach, P. C.; 3B. O. Davidson, C. C.; N. F. Acers, V. C.; P, H. Harris, K. of R. &8.; J.C.
Gordon, M. at A,; J. M. MeNutt, M., of F.; Charles B. Sheffer, M. of E.; W. P. Northrup, . G.;
A. Il, Bumgardner, 0. G. The lodge now numbers thirty-five members, and is rosperous.
The present officers are B, O. Davidson, P. C.; N. F. Acers, C.C.; R. W. Duffy, ¥ Cc. LB.
Roach, P.; H. A. Perkins, M, at A.; A. Gifford, K. of R. & 8.; W.S. Lawrence, M. of ¥.; W.
P. Northrup, M, of E.; D. B.D. Smneltzer. I. G.; A. Brewer, O. G.

lola Lo tge, No. 1902, K. of H.—This lodge was instituted November 29, 1879, and char-
tered August 19, 1880, with the following members: L. A. Thrasher, J. C. Murray, J. B.
Fours, He A Ferklus, ere ertan De M Osg. Ee D. Brown, I. N. Templin, "CA.

» AP. Bri , KE. J, Thayer, W. D. Chastain ili oe .
Gray, George Burris, and Hi. W. Taloote i; p Hutchinson, S. T. Ellis, H. P.

ola Temple, No. 9, U. O, A. T.—This temple ir i
following charter members: I. N, Templin, Dr. wis, Henanicha ooo ore eee

J. Clark, De Moss, L. D. Hendricks . Brown, P. H, Harris,

~L. » J. 0. Murray, J. H. Vannuys, E. J. Thayer
James Templin, A. M. Clark, S. M. Bell, A. E. Wri . De ‘ obinso :
iremplin, mplin ayue Mi Brawacee Tight, M. De Moss, David Robinson, BE, A.

. A. Murray, W.H, McClure, E. Richar n, Je
Griffiths, E. A, Vannuys, F. A, Cassidy, A. L. Crosby, Joseph Baker, Mary E. Heme ‘Many
Richardson, Samuel Baker, James Cassidy, J. B. Young, Ella F. Gowan, William Davis
Harriet Vancil, J.S. Kline, John Paxton, James Burns, W. J. MeDonald,-Laura M. Arnett,
William J. Huck, L. H, Gorrell, ©, A. Steele, John A. Christy, G. M. Bell, ‘Joseph Pike, J. P.
Vancil. On the organization of the temple, many entered Without taking a mortuary mem-
bership, but upon a decision of the Supreme Temple, they either complied or were dropped.
The temple now uunibers fifty mortuary members. and is in a very prosperous condlaon.
The present officers are Willlam Cowan, P. T.; Dr. W. S. Hendricks, ? and examining sur-
eon; Mrs. Mary Richardson, V.T.; Mrs. Lizzie Cowan, L.; J. H. Vannuys, Rec,; David
eon Treas.; William Davis, F.; Mrs. Harriet Vancil, Mar.; E. Richardson, @; J.P.
Lola Mineral Well.—In the fall of 1872, a company was formed ir
of prospecting for coal on the Cochran faim, one- half mile southwest gen Ae euenose
Drilling was com menced, and asix-inch bed of coal was discovered ata depth of seventy-five
feet. At the depth of 736 feet, a jet of gas and water was struck, which afterward proved of
value for its medicinal and curative properties. From this well 10,000 feet of gas issues
each day, and is of value for lighting purposes, and is also used for warming the baths that
have been established. In the spring of 1874, the well and six acres of land were purchased
by R, W. & N, F. Acers, who have made many improvements, opened a hotel, bui cottages,
ALLEN COUNTY.

and bath-rooms, and are making it a summer resort, which is visited by hundreds of inva-
lids, annually, and the water is said to possess curative properties, equalto Eureka, or Hot
Springs, of Arkansas. Following is an analysis of the water, by Prof. W. K. Kedzie, of Kan-
sas Agricultural College.

pomperature of Water
Specific Gravity of Water.

Total mineral matter to the gallon as follows:

   

  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Chloride of Sodium.........
Chloride of Potassium...
Bi-Carbonate of Calcium....
Bi-Carbonate of Magnesium
Bi-Carbonate of Iron.......
Silica... cece eee ee
Organic Matter... sina
Suspended Matter....... itesieaces es aia nlacaat tata Ale acai “
pape: Abundant Traces, Bromides, Distinct Traces,
OlDlisiveaeienasiewense ve cieeRaebaNh wedIeraRemed Dee Te ataeie eA: Seueoassieieninciaierainiariints

Cubic Inches of Carbonic Acid Gas to the Gallon.................005 cies wie eee 145.892

Iola Water Flowring Mills are located on the Neosha River; are operated by water
ower, the site being one of the best on that stream, The mills are owned and carried on
y ue firm of W. E, Davis & Co., having a capacity of about 150.barrels of flour. and feel

each day.

Lola Steam Flouring Mil's are located in the western part of town, east of the railroad
track, near the depot; are operated by steam power. The proprietors are Thayer & Co., and
care is taken in the manufacture of fine flour.

Smith’s Novelly Works is a new factory established in January, 1883, for the manufac-
Hor vir locks and other iron and brass works, The machinery, moulds and furnaces are

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well adapted to the work, and the new factory opens with excellent prospects for success.
ola Carriage Shops are owned and operated by William M. Knapp and William Kins-
ley, and were estavlished in 1882. The shops are in continual operation, and carriages, bug-
‘ies, Sulkies, spring wagons, all light and heavy vehicles are manufactured. This is the
argest establishment of the kind in Southern Kansas.
The Banking House of L. L. Northrup is a private bank, which was established in 1869,
by L. L. Northrup, who has since continued the business. Itis the only institution of the

kind in town, and is in asound condition.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

NELSON F, ACERS was born on a farm in Kane County, I1l., on March 4, 1839. He is
the son of Roswell W. Acers, now living at Iola, In 1855 he removed to Geneva with his
parents, and there he had the advantage of the common schools of the town for four years.
He then entered the Michigan University where he studied for some time, but before
graduating he returned home to begin the study of law. After studying for one year in the
office of Major J. H. Mayborne, at Geneva, het entered the law department of the Albany
University where he graduated in the spring of 1862, and was admitted to practice before
the Supreme Court. e then returned to Geneva and began the practice. @ was married
September 23,1868, to Ellen A.Conant, daughter of Win.Conant, a merchant of Geneva. Inthe
spring of 1865 he came to Allen County, Kas. located at Iola, and began the practice of his pro-
fession, which he continued until August, 1876, meeting with good success. He was elected
Attorney of Allen County i 1866, and re-elected tn 1868. [In the fall of 1874 he was chosen
Probate Judge of Allen County, for one term. He was nominated on the Democratic ticket,
inthe fall of 1882, as Representative tothe United States Congress, in opposition to Hdu. D.
C. Haskell, the Republican nominee. Mr, Acers made a strong race for the office. and was
defeated by the small plurality of 3,485 votes. In July, 1868, he became associated with
Judge H. W. Talcott in the publication of the Register, at Tola. In the fall of 1869 he sold his
interest In the paper to his partner. Inthe summer of 1868 Roswell W. Acers followed his
son to Kansas and settledin Iola. In 1872 acompany was formed in Iola, for the purpose
of digging for coal. Ofthis company, both Acers were members, While drilling for this
purpose they struck a mineral spring, a description of which will be found in the general
county history.§in the spring of 1874, Nelson F. Acers and his father purchased the interest
of the other stockholders in the well; also six acres of land surrounding it. On this they
built a hotel, several cottages; set out trees for shade and ornament, and it is now quite a
fashionable summer resort. : : ;

. G ALLISON, Probate Judge, was born at Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind., June 25,
1840 He learned the trade of prilter there, and followed that occupation for some years.
on July 1, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving
until the close of the war. Returning to his home in Indiana, he again followed the print-
ing business, and also read law for several years. In March, 1871, hecame to Kansas, lo-
cated at Iola, and in company with others, published the lola Register until early in_1876.
In the fall of 1875 he was elected Probate Judge, entering upon the duties of the office in
January, 1876; he was re-elected in 1877, 1879 and1881. Judge All son,is aJeading mem-
ber of G. A. R.. McCook Post No. 51, and was commander of the post during 1882.

ANDERSON & DE CLUTE, dealers, in clothing, boots and shoes, etc, This firm is
composed of William W, Anderson and C.H.DeClute. They are natives of Coldwater,
Mich., where they had a large experience in this branch of trade. In October, 1879, com-
‘ing to Kansas, they located in Iola, and engaged in their present business with a stock of
$2,000. They have a large and constantly increasing trade, to supply the demands of which
they now garry a stock valued at $8,000. This firm have a fine store room in the Iola Opera
House Block, and are members of the Opera House Association, Mr. De Clute being secre -
tary of that body, and Mr. C. M. Charlotte treasurer.

G, W. APPLE, photographer, was born in Claremont County, Ohio, in 1828. Four years
later his parents moved to Marion County, Ind, where he was reared ona farm, In 1847 he
enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Infantry and served through the Mexican War, after which he
learned the trade of chair-maker at Dayton, and followed that occupation until 1851, when
he went to California and there engaged in mining pursuits. In 1857 he began the study of
photography in San Francisco, and three years later went to Mexico and engaged in his
profession. Early in 1862 he returned to Indiana, During the War of the Rebellion he
‘ollowed the army, in the capacity of a photographer, until the surrender of Vicksburg,
December, 1863, when he returned home and opened a gallery at Indianapolis. He came
to Iola, Kan., in December, 1867, and at once established a photograph gallery He has been
very successful and has accumulated considerable property. Mr. Apple was for six years
member of the City Council and Mayor of Iola for one year.

JOHN W. BALE, farmer and dealer in live stock, Sectiun 18, P.O. Humboldt, was born
in Hart County, Ky., in 1844, and during his youth assisted his father in farming, On
September 15, 1861, he enlisted in the Fifteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; he was
wounded in the right hand at the battle of Chickamauga, and served until January 17, 1865.
In April, 1867, he came to Kansas, resided for afew months in Leavenworth, and in Octo-
Der came fo Allen County, locating on this farm, which consists of eighty acres well
improved. He alsohas 172 acresin Humboldt Township and has for the past twelve years
been largely engaged in buying and shipping live stock, is also an extensive raiser of cattle,
etc, . Mr. Bale was for eighteen months Deputy under Sheriff Hodson, of thisCounty. He is
an active member of the A., F. & A. M., and is one of the officers of Valley Chapter, at Hum-
boldt. He was married in Hart County, Ky., October 29, 1866, to Amanda Defever. They
have a family of two children, James W. and Frank F.

T. M. BARTELS, dealer in groceries, queensware, etc., was born in Muskingum County,
Ohio, September 14, 1850. He resided for some years in Bureau County, IIL, and in July,
1860, came to Kansas with his father, Christian B., whom he assisted in farming in Iola
Township. In.1875 he moved to the city of Iola and engaged in the harness and saddlery
business, in company with his brother, William L, Bartels, with whom he continued for
about two years. He then engaged in his present business, in partnership with E, Richards,
who retired from the firm two years afterward. Mr. B. has a large trade and carries astock
worth $2,000. :

WILLIAM L. BARTELS, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddlery, etc., was born
in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1842. At eight years of age he removed with his parents to
Bureau County, Ill, where he worked afterward at the harness-maker’s trade, In the
spring of 1860 he.came to Kansas and located at Humboldt. In Septem ber, 1861, he enlisted
in Company G, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, serving until January 16, 1865, after which he fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits in Iola Township for about five years. In 1870 he returned to
Humboldt and was employed as a harness-maker until 1875, when he came to Iola and
embarked in tbe business on his own account, following it for six years. For sixteen
months he was engaged in the grocery business, and in January, 1883, he again began the
manufacture of harness, etc. He carries a stock of about $2,000, and has the leading trade
jn thatline. In April, 1881, he was elected Mayor of the City of Tola, and is an active mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity. i . 7

BEATTY BROTHERS, undertakers and dealers in furniture. This firm is composed of
J. T. and D. R, Beatty. They are natives of Canada, and when young, their parents
removed to California, vhere both followed sheep farming for about ten years. In Janu-
ary, 1878, they came to Allen County, Kas, and followed agricultural pursuits in Osage
Township. In June, 1879, they moved to Iola, and for a year, conducted a meat market,
after which they built their. handsome brick and stone store-building, and embarked in
this business. They began with a stock of $1,000, and business has increased until they

 

 

 

now carry $3,000 to $4,000, to supply the demands of their trade. J. T. Beatty {sa member ,

of the City Council.

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i A. W. BECK, dealer in agricultural implements, grain, etc., was born in Crawford
County, Ohio, in 1845. Atthe age of seventeen years, he began business life, asa clerk, at
Sandusky, being engaged in that capacity for three years. For a time he carried on the liv-
ery business at Crestline, in the same State. ay, 1870, he came to Kansas, locating a
few months later at Iola, where he engaged in general speculation, until 1872, when
embarked in the grocery business, Two years later, he added a stock of drugs, and two
years after disposed of his business interests and located ona farm in Eli Township,
where he was engaged in stock raising, until March, 1882. For the past ten years he has
been engaged in the grain business, and in the winters of 1876 and 1877, he also carried on
an extensive coal trade at Iola, In 1875, he embarked in the implement business, and car-
ries a stock of from $3,000 to $4,00U of all kinds of farming machinery, wagons, buggies,
ete. Mr. Beck still owns a fine farm consisting of eighty acres.

DR. C. H. BOULSON, homceopathist, was born in Germany, in 1832, and atthe age of
fourteen years, immigrated with his parents to Jackson, N. J., where he assisted his father
in blacksmithing. At the age of twenty years, he began the study of medicine, with Dr.
Richinond, of Melville, with whom he remained three years, and afterward attended Hah-
nemann Medical College at Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1859. The Doctor prac-
ticed in Pittsburgh, Pa,, for about ten years, at Booneville, Ind., for three years, and had
charge of mineral springs at Ottawa, IIl., until April, 1877, when he removed to Kansas,
located at Iola, and has continued to practice with good success. On account of his immense
practice, he has lately aamitted his son. James C., as an assistant.

BRINKERHOFF BREWSTER, deceased, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1834,
where he was employed in mercantile pursuits. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1857,
located in Geneva, Allen County, where he remained for about a year, returning to
New York. In 1860, he again located in Iola, Allen County, and engaged in the mercantile
business, also opening an Indian trading post at Osage mission. About 1876, he disposed
of his merchandise business and opened a loan and real estate business, which he curried
on through an agent. Mr. B. returned to Wayne County, N. Y., where he resided for some
eight years, returning to Iola in 1876, after traveling two years for his health. He died at
Canon City, Col., February 15, 1878. and was buried in his native State. Mr. B. was married
at Iola, June 26, 1864, to Maria L, daughter of John M. Cowan, an early settler of this State,
His widow and chiliiren occupy a pleasant residence, north of Lola.

DANIEL C. BRUBAKER, of D. C. Brubaker & Son, dealers in general groceries, was
born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1818, where, for some years after reaching the age of
manhood, he carried on a farm, then engaged In same capacity in Wabash County, Ind,,
for several years, and for six years in La Salle County, Ill. He came to Allen County, Kas.,
in September, 1859, pre-empted 160 acres in Iola Township, and opened up a farm on
which he resided some twelve years. In 1872, he moved to the town of lola, and embarked
in grocery business, continuing it fortwo years. and during that period he engaged in the
livery business, which he conducted about four years, after which he again gave his atten-
tion to agricultural pursuits, for about two years. In the fall of 1882, he erected a fine
brick and stone building at Tola, and inthe spring of 1883, engaged in his present business
in company with his son, Lemar H. Brubaker. They carry a nice stock of about $2,000.
During the late war, Mr. B, was for three years Wagon Master inthe First United States
Indian Regiment.

J. J. CASMIRE, of the firm of J. J. Casmire & Son, dealers in hardware, stoves and tin-
ware. Mr. Casmire was born in Germany in 1835, and when eight years of age his parents
immigrated to Ohio, He learned the tinners trade at Ravenna Portage Co.,Ohio and followed
it in that State and Illinois, as a journeyman. In the spring of 1865, he came to Iola, Kansas,
and engaged in the hardware business in partnership with F. F. Meister with whom be con-
tinued for five years. In 1872 he was joined by W. M. Hartman, whose interest he purchased
some eight or nine years later, and took into partnership his son, B. A. Casmire. This is the
oldest established hardware house in the city of Iola. The firm do an extensive business
and carry a stock of $6,000. Both members of the firm are practical tiuners, the senior hav-
ing had thirty-three years experience. . .

HON. JOHN A. CHRISTY, Justice of the Peace, was bornin Fleming County, Ky., in
1812 and was reared onafarm. In 1831 he went to Illinois and served one year inthe
Black Hawk war, Returning to Kentucky hefollowed agricultural pursuits for eighteen
years. During his residence there he was Sheriff of Fleming County two years, Constable
two years, and Captain of Militia seven years. Returning to Illinois he followed agricul-—
tural pursuits in Hancock and Grundy counties, and for four years was Justice of the Peace
in the latternamed county, In May, 1860, he came to Allen County, Kansas, and located in
Deer Creek Township, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1867, he
moved to Wyandotte County, where he resided on a farmand was Justice of the Peace for
four years. In 1871 he returned to his Allen County farm, and in 1879 removed to the city of
Iola, Mr, Christy owns 320 acres of improved land and is quite extensively engaged instock
raising. In 1864 he was elected to represent his district in the State Legislature. and was
instrumental in Jocating the county seat at Iola. § held the office of Justice of the
Peace in this county for five years and was Police Judge one term.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLARK, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Iola, was born in Switzer-
land County, Ind., in 1839, and reared on a farm. He came to Allen County in March, 1858,
and located on Rock Creek, where he farmed witb his father, John Clark. Shortly after
the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Second Kansas Infantry, but was not mustered,
and on September 30, 1861, he was mustered into the Third Kansas, afterwards transferred
to the Fifth Kansas Infantry. He served about three years, after which he again gave his
attention to agricultural pursuits in this county. In 1869 he removed to Neosho County

 

- where he continued farming until in the spring of 1882, when he returned to Allen Couuty,

and located on thisfarm. Mr. Clark raises considerable cattle and hogs, and has a nice
farm of 160 acres, well improved. He was married in Allen County, December 27, 1864, to
Emma J, Castator, and they have a family of fourchildren. |

REV. THEODORE C. OEY pastor of the First Baptist Church, was born in Monroe
County, Ind., November 11, 1847. e was prepared for college at Ladoga (Iud.) Seminary,
in which he taught one year. Then entered Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, 111, where he
graduated as Bachelor of Artsin 1871, and thenas Bachelor of Divinity in 1874. Mr. Coffey
was ordained inthe Baptist ministry at Tuscola, Ill, where he became pastor in October,
1874. In 1875 he supplied the Upper Alton Baptist Church, and was pastor at_Kirkwood,
suburb of St, Louis, in 1876, and at Appleton, Wis., for more than two years. He came to
Burlington, Kansas, in January, 1880, where he was pastor, and in December, 1880, came to
Iola and entered upon his present duties. . 3

JOSIAH F. COLBORN, retired merchant, was born in Noblesville, Ind., February 7%,
1829, removing with his parents when quite young to Clay County, IIl., where he was
reared onafarm. Atthe ageof eighteen years he was apprenticed to the blacksmithing
trade. In 1850 he crossed the plains to California where he remained two and a half years,
employed in teaming, mining and working at histrade, Returning to Clay County, Lil, he
embarked in mercantile business at Lewisville. Mr. Colborn came to Kansas October 24,
1857; located in Allen County and took up a claim (on this claim is now located the city ot
Iola); for a year he followed agricultural pursuits; then for a time conducted a blacksmit:
shop. In 1862 he engaged in mercantile business, following it as a clerk until the fall of
1865. when he engaged in general merchandise business in partnership with N. Hankins.
Two years later he purchased his partner’s interest and conducted the business alone until
1882, when he closed out. Heisnuw enneged in building and improving. his property, etc.
Mr. Colborn was a member of the first Board of Supervisors of Allen County, and for the
past three years has been Treasurer of Iola Towuship. Heisaleading member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity in th’s county. . . t

ROBERT COOK, breeder of registered Poland-China hogs, Section 35, P. O. Iola, was
porn in New Jersey, in 1826, and five years later his parents moved to Warren County,
Ohio, where his father carried on a stock farm. In 1853, the subject of this sketch began
breeding Poland-China hogs in that county and carried on an extensive business in that
line, shipping his pigs to all parts of the United States. Also raised Short-horn cattle, He
came to Iola Township, Allen County, in the fall of 1872, bringing with him a car load of
fine stock, and at once established himself in the business, In the summer of 1873 he
moved onto his present farm, about a half mile south of the town of Iola, where he has
thirty-seven acres fitted up for breeding purposes. His place is called Mound Villa. Amon,
his breeders are the famous females Kate Franklin, Kate Gilespie, Kate Gilespie Second,
and Belle of Kansas; males, Star of Kansas, Cook’s U.S. Ohio Second, aud many others, all
fine registered stock. He has also a fine herd of Short-horn cattle. Mr. Cook is doing a large
business, shipping hogs for breeding purposes east, west, north and south. His hogs have
taken many premiums at fairs in thisState. Mr. Cook is an experienced breeder. eis a
memver oh phe Ohio Poland-China Record Association, and was one of the vice-presidents
durin =

JAMES W. COUTANT, manager for S, A. Brown & Co., dealers in lumber, etc., was
born in Ulster County, N. Y., December 4, 1833, and there he learned the carpenter’s trade,
and in 1856 he moved to Green Lake County, Wis,, where he worked at his trade, and was
also for atime at Natchez, Miss, In August, 1859, he came to Kansas and located
at Fort Scott, and for twenty years carried on business as a contractor and builder. He was

‘for four years a member of the Ft. Scott City Council, and also served one term as Assessor.
In August, 1879, he came to Iola, and at once entered upon his present duties. During the
Rebellion Mr. Coutant served in the Kansas State Militia. Heisa prominent member of
the A. O. U. W., and also of the K. of H. | ‘

W. A. COWAN, merchant, was born in Pulaski County, Ind., December 9, 1842, and
reared ona farm. On June 21, 1860, he came to Allen County, Kansas, with his father,
John M. Cowan, who located in Iola. The subject of our sketch learned the trade of cabi-
netmaker, and followed that occupation for a livelihood. During the late war he served in
the Kansas State Militia. In 1867 he engaged in the grocery business, continuing, how- —
ever, in that line only for one year. Was then deputy-postmaster at this place for about
twelve months, after which he was employed in the Rrocery’ business for four years. In
1873 he embarked in the grocery business in company with W. H. Richards. Six years
later he sold out his interest in that firm and built a fine store building and engaged in busi-
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ness alone. He carries a fine stock of groceries and drugs and does a large trade. He is
also agent for the Pacific ExpressCompany, Mr. Cowan was Clerk of Iola Township for
eight years, and amember of the City Council for a year.

W. A. CUMMINGS, proprietor of the Allen County real estate agency, was born at
Howard, Parke County, Ind., November 23, 1855. Twelve years later his parents moved
to Rockville, Ind., and in the fall of 1869 they came to Allen County, Kansas, locating on a
farm at Carlyie, The subject of our sketch assisted in conducting the farm for some seven
years. From 1876 to 1882 he taught in the public schools, in 1879 and 1880 reading law, at in-
tervals, in Iola. In May, 1882, he purchased his present business. Mr. C., although compar-
atively a young man, is well liked in the community, and is building up quite a nice busi-
ness. He acts as real estate, loan and insurance agent.

W. E. CO., proprietors of the Iola water mills. W. E. Davis, of this firm,
was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1839, and was reared at Ottumwa, Iowa, where his father was
engaged in farming and milling. He came to Kansas in 1867, located in Allen County, near
Iola, and engaged in milling in company with his father, E. S. Davis, and his brother, gorge
S. This firm ran a steam saw and grist mill. About 1876 the firm style changed to W. KE,
Davis & Co., composed of W, E. and George S, Davis, and Eilas Bruner. In June, 1880
they built their present mills, one mile west of Iola. The mill runs two buhrs on wheat and
one on corn, manufacturing about $8,000 pounds of flour per day and 150 bushels of corn-
meal. The machinery is run by a wheel of fifty-four horse power, and they have an abund-
ance of water. This firm have an excellent reputation for the flour they manufacture, and
their principal brands, the Peerless, Standard, and Boss, are widely known throughout the
surrounding counties. W. EK. Davis attends principally to the outside business and to the
conducting of the saw-mill. His brother, George S. Davis, is the practical miller of the con-
cern. He was born at Marietta, Ohio, in March, 1845, and learned his business with his
father at Ottumwa, Iowa, and here. Elias Bruner, the third member of the firm, is a prac-
tical enginger of many years’ experience.

_ 5S. T. ELLIS, proprietor Iola livery and sale stables, was born in Knox County, Ohio,
in 1834. He learned the trade of printer at Mount Vernon, that county, and in 1854 move
to Dane County, Wis. There he carried on a farm, and for a short time worked at his trade.
Three years later he emigrated to Shelby County, Ti, where he followed agricultural pur-
suits. On November 10, 1868, he came to Allen County, Kan., located on a farm near Iola,
and conducted it for six years. Removing to Iola, he carried on a meat market for four
years, since which time he has been engaged in buying and selling horses, mules, etc. In
duly, 1881, he purchased his present stables. He does quite an extensive business, and has
in his stables twelve to sixteen good roadsters.

JOHN EVERHART, of Richards & Everhart, contractors and builders, was born in
Morrow County. Ohio, in 1833, where he learned the trade of cabinetmaker, and followed
the trade as a journeyman in Steuben County, Ind., and Kane County, Il. In August, 1861,
he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, and served twenty-eight months.
Mr. Everhart came to Iola, Kansas, in April, 1871, and has since been engaged in contract-
ing for general building work. He has been associated with his present partner, John
Richards, for about four years. Mr. E. is a fine workman, and has had many years? prac-
tical experience, both as a cabinetmaker and as a builder.

JESSE 8S. FAST, Register of Deeds, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in April, 1837,
At the age of seventeen years he lost his left leg in a railroad accident. He was employed,

revious to coming to this State, in teaching school, clerking, etc,, in Ohio, Illinois, and In-

ana. In November, 1868, he came to Kansas, located in Allen County, near Humboldt,
and followed agricultural pursuits, also carried on quite extensive dairy business. He still
owns his farm there, consisting of eighty acres, nicely improved. He was elected Register
of Deeds in the fall of 1877, and entered upon the duties of the office in January, 1878. He
was re-elected in 1879 and 1881. .

GEORGE W. FRENCH, M. D., studied medicine at the Kentucky School of Medicine in
1856 and ’57, and later at the Chicago Medical College, where he graduated in 1870. He
has practiced in all about twenty-five years, being located in Franklin County, Il inois, Lin-
coln, Nebraska, Logansport, Indiana, and in Iola since the latter part of 1882. During the
late Rebellion he was for eighteen months in the employ of the United States Military Gov-
ernment, as a surgeon. and is a physician of excellent reputation.

JOHN C. GORDON, attorney at law, was born near Monmouth, Warren Co., Ill, Au-
gust 12, 1860, and came with his parents to Allen County, Kas., March 25, 1870. For five
years he worked on the farm of his father, in Osage Township, Allen Co.,"Kas. In 1875 he
commenced teaching school, and followed teaching for three years. Inthe year of 1878 he
commenced reading law, aud some time during the year 1879 he entered the office of Judge
. W. Talcott, and was admitted to practice in the District Courts of the State of Kansas at
Lola, the 12th day of December, 1881, since which time he has followed his profession at this
place with good success. Mr. Gordon was associated _in the practice of his profession from
the spring of 1881, until January 10, 1883, with J. H. Fisher, now Assistant County Attor-
ney. Mr. Gordon is a charter member of the K. of P. Lodge of this place.

DR. WILLIAM SPINKS HENDRICKS, son of Rev. John Hendricks, was born in Ran-
dolph County, N. C., March 31, 1828. During his boyhood he was put toa trade. At the
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rowed the money with which he took a two year academy course. In the year 1852 he
moved to Henry County, Ind., making the entire distance on horseback and alone. For the
two first years after reaching indiana he taught school. In 1854 he began the study of
medicine with Dr. Luther W. Hess, with whom he continued fortwo years. He then prac-
ticed for two and a half years at Markleville, in Madison Co., Ind. In June, 1858, he mar-
ried Nancy Manzy, of Rush County, Ind., with whom he has lived up to the present time.
From Madison County he moved to Blountsyille, Henry Co., Ind., where he continyed to

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ractice for about twelve years. During the winters of 1858, ’59 and ’60 he took two
pourses of lectures at the Ohio Medical College. graduating in the spring of the latter year.
The doctor came to Kansas in April, 1870, located at Iola, the county seat of Allen County,
and at once opened an office for the practice of his. profession. He was one of the first
movers in the cause of temperance in this county, and is to-day an active supporter of pro-
hibition. In 1874 he was nominated on the State Temperance ticket for A roasurer and in
1880 on the Temperance ticket for Representative from his district. The doctor is a self-made
man, a good physician, and of excellent moral character. : :
HENRY i HENDERSON, of Henderson & Awrine, dealers in hardware, stoves, etc.,
was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1846, reared on a farm, and for a year taught school.
He studied at the University of Wooster for several years and graduated in 1871; afterwards
taught school in Vermillion Institute, Haysville, Ohio, for a year, and at the Oniversity of
Wooster for the same length of time. In August, 1873, he came .west to Allen County, Kan.,
taught for one year in the Geneva Academy, and was for a year principal of the Iolaschools,
In 1875 he went to California and remained for two years in Oakland teaching school. Re-
turning in 1877 to Iola he was again principal of the public schools for a oat. In 1878 he
engaged in his present business with a stock of about $3,000. In August, 1882, he admitted
to a partnership C. Amrine. The firm do a large business, carrying a fine stock of goods

their trade :
some $5.00, to supply the demands of their tr. was born in Vermillion County,

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MROD HANKINS, stock-raiser, 0
1. Maren 1, 1831. He followed agricultural purenite in McDonough and Fulton counties,
Ill.” until March, 1856, when he immigrated to Kansas. He located in Iola Township, Allen
County, and followed farming. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Ninth Kansas
Cavalry; in the spring of 1862 he was promoted fo First Lieutenant, and served until June,
1865. After the war he was for about a year engaged in mercantile business at Iola, in
rtnership with J. F, Colvorn, after which he moved on to his farm Section 4, Township 25,
Range 18. He has 420 acres of improved lands, and 18 extensively engaged in raising
and dealing in live stock. Mr, Hankins was married at Iola, Kan., November 1, 1866, to
Pieters ‘ase, daughter oF Aaron Case, whe came fo: HAnsa6 long before it was thrown
open for settlement; they have a family of four living c) . :
PROF, PLINY H. HAR Is, teacher, came to Kansas in the fall of 1877, located at Iola,
Allen Co., and has ever since been prominently identified with the educational interests of
the State. He has served as Superiucendent and Principal of the Iola public schools ever
since he came to the State. Has conducted county institutes in Chautauqua, Brown, Anderson
and Woodson Counties. Is an active and influential member of the Kansas State Teachers
‘Association. Was mover of the resolution to appoint a committee on revision of the Kan-
gas school laws, and served as chairman on that committee. Their report, at present writ-
ing, has not been acted upon, Heis at_ the present time serving as special deputy grand
chancellor at_large, and instituting officer of Knights of Pythias. as born in Hancock
County, Il., June 4, 1844; son of John arid Sophia Harris. is mother’s maiden name was
Hatchett, and her father and two of her brothers were distinguished ministers of the Chris-
tian Church, Prof. Harris entered Abingdon College when only thirteen years of age. He
taught his first school when sixteen years of age, and with the exception of eleven months
spent in teaching, he attended Abingdon College from the time he entered until he gradu-
ated, June $0, 1865. Since his graduation he has taught in the graded schools of Illinois
and Kansas. He also conducted seven county institutes in the State of Illinois, and was
president of the Pike County Teachers’ Association six years. He was at one time editor of
the Beacon Educational Journal for two years. In addition to his other professional duties
he was actively By Ek in ministerial work for about six yearsin [llinois, Was ordained
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at Barry, Illinois, der A. C. Lucas, and served two years as pastor of Barry Christian
Church.’ He went to Texas in August, 1873, and while there was correspondent of the Chi-
cago Tribune. He returned to Adams County, Ill., in February, 1875, and finally came to
Kan<as in the fall of 1877. He was married in Adams County, Ill., April 1867, Maggie
A. Doughty, daughter of Milton and Minerva Doughty. _ She is anative of Kentucky. By
this union he has three children—Arthur Percy, Olive Lillian and Lulu Maud. He belongs
to K. of P., I. 0,0. F., A. F. & A. M., Knights of Honor, A. O, U. W. and U. 0. A. T. :

DANIEL HORVILLE, raiser and dealer in live stock, Section 28, P. O. Iola, was born in
France in 1823, and immigrated to America in 1845. He located at Lexin| ton, McLean
Co., Ii!., where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. In the fallof 1856 he came to
Kansas, and in the following spring pre-empted a claim in Iola Township, Allen County,
and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved on to his present farm,
near the city of Iola, in 1860. Mr. Horville has in this county about 1,200 acres of land
and is an extensive dealer in cattle, etc., and also raises large quantities of live stock.
During the late Rebellion he served in the Kansas State Militia. He was 4 member of
the Board of Commissioners of Allen County three consecutive terms of two years each.
Mr. Horville is an active member of the A., F. & A. M. at this place, and is a member of
Valley Chapter at Humbolat. . 5

SAMUEL F. HUBBARD, deceased, was born in Wilkes County, N.C. He followed agri-
cultural pursuits for some years, then moved to Tennessee, where he carried on general
merchandise business for three years. Inthe spring of 1857 he came to Allen County and
pre-empted 160 acres on Section 17, lola Township, and was extensively engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits and stock raising. Mr. Hubbard took an active part in the educational
interest of his district and was for some years a member of the School Board. During the
late Rebellion he served iu the Kansas State Militia. He was married in Wilkes County,
N. C., to Miss Parmelia C. Spencer, a native of that place. He died in Allen County, Kan., in
February, 1870, leaving five children. His widow still resides on the old homestead and
carries on the farm which consists of 360 acres.

ALBERT G. JONES, stock-raiser, Section 20, P.O. Iola, was born in Green County,
Wis., in 1844, and spent his youth on a farm adjoining the town of Decatur. He came to
Allen County, Kan.. with his father, William Jones, in May, 1860. In the year following
his father locatedon this farm where he continued to reside until his death in November,
1871. The subject of our sketch always attended tothe matters of the farm and is now the
owner of the original landand home. He has 86U acres, and Is extensively engaged in
raising cattle, horses, etc. During the Jate war he enlisted, but was not mustered in on ac-
count of ill-health. He was, however, employed in the Quartermaster’s department of a
colored brigade in Arkansas for a year, and also served for some time in the Kansas State
Militia. Mr. Jones was married at lola in 1869, to Mattie M., daughter of Dr. John A. Hart.
They have four children—A lbert William,aged 13; Pearl, aged 11; Ruby, aged 5, and Roscoe
G., aged 3. Mr. J. is an active member of the A., F. & A. M., and 1. 0. 0. F,, of Iola.

* C.aKELSO, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Iola, was born in Mineral County, West Virginia,
in 1837, removing in 1853 or ’54 to Roscoe County, Ohio, where he was employed in farm-
ing. On November 28, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and
served three years and seven months, in the band of thatregiment. In 1866 he moved to
‘Iroquois, IJ}, where he farmed two seasons. Hecameto Allen County, March 1, 1868, and
located on a farm in Iola Tow nsttD 4 for eleven years he followed agricultural pursuits, and
also carried on anursery. In 187 he moved to Humboldt and for a time conducted a saw-
mill, His mill is portable, and he saws in various places, The mill is now located four
miles from the city of Humboldt. Heemploys some ten men, and manufactures about 5,000
feet oF lumber per day. Mr. Kelso has a nice farm of ninety-seven acres, all well im-
proved.

WILLIAM M. KNAPP, Proprietor of the Iola Carriage Works, was born at Bellefont-
aine, Ohio, December 15, 18 1, and there learned the trade of carriage painting from 1858
to 1861. In June, 1868, enlisted in Ninth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and served twenty-six
months, after which,in company with two other men, carried ona carriage factory at Belle -
fontaine, Ohio. In 1867 moved to-.Howell, Mich., and engaged in hardware business two
years; 1869 meved to M uncie, Ind., and engaged five years with Miller Carriage Company
of Bellefontaine, Ohio, havin, charge of the branch at Muncie, Ind.; 1875 went to Union
City, engaged in carriage business one year,in bakery and grocer fifteen months; 1877,
returned to Muncie, was in the drug business six months; in aye 878, with Mr. William
Kinsley, bought the Miller Carriage Company branch factory at Muncie, Ind., and engaged

usiness; on February 21, 1882, moved their stock, machinery, ete., to Iola,
Kan., and commenced business March 1, 1882. Mr. Kinsley died, April 20, 1882, and Mr.
Hen ApD has since managed the business. This factory does a large and extensive business in
southern Kansas, and makes a fine grade of first-class work only. Mr. Knaj bp has perma-
nently located at Iola, and will make it his home forgood. A description oft e
be seen in the county history.

Rk. H. KNIGHT, attorney, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, November 9, 1849. In
1864 he removed to Jefferson County, lowa, where he was reared on a farm, and at the age
of twenty tw ocars he began to read Jaw with the Hon. D, P. Stubbs. He was admitted to

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the bar at Fairfield, in Apr 1, 1875, and at once opened an office at that place for the practice
of his profession. In December, 1880, he came to Iola, Kan., and at once opened a law
office. Although but a few years a resident of this place, he is rapidly acquiring an enviable

reputation for success in his profession. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
_. OTTO KRUEGER, of serugeer & Gray, meat market and dealers in hides, etc., was born
in Germany, April 6, 1845, and in 1851 his parents immigrated to La Salle County, Il, _ In
April, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and served four
ears and five months, He received a breast wound at the battle of Pea River, Ark. Mr. K.
earned the butcher business in Chicago, Ill., where he served as an apprentice some three
ears, after which he followed the business in La Salle County, Ill, for nine years. In 1878
e came to Allen County, located in Deer Creek Township, and for three years followed
agricultural pursuits. In September, 1882, he engaged in his present business, in partner-
ship with H. P. Gray. This firm do alarge business In theirline. They manufacture hams
and sausage, and pack considerable pork, They have fifteen acres of land west of the city,
which they use for pasturing their live stock, and on which they have erected a slaughter-

house.
IRA B. LAWYER, farmer, Section 21, P. 0. Iola, was born_in Frederick County, Md.,
May 14, 1826. There he was employed for some five years in flour mills, aud for six years

in Jefferson Flouring Mills, Clinton County, Ind, Hecame to Kansas in April, 1857, and
ALLEN COUNTY.

located on his present farm. He has 134 acres of fine bottom land. Mr. Lawyer makes a
specialty of raising live stock; he has quite a number of high graded cattle and Cotswold
sheep. On his place is a very neat residence, and a good orchard of about eight acres. Dur-
ing the tate war he served in the State Militia. Mr. Lawyer has been married three times.
His first wife died without leaving any children, He was married a second time in Jeffer-
son, Clinton Co., Ind., in 1857, to Mary E. Utz. She died in 1863, leaving one son, George W.,
aud Mr. Lawyer was married again, in the fall of 1864, in Washington County, Ind., to Mrs.
Redus, 2 widow formerly Mary A. Patton. They have two children—Franklin G. and

A, J. MoCARLY, dealer in live stock, Section 25, P.O. Iola, was born in Jessamine
County, Ky., in 1844, and when nine years of age accompanied his parents to McLean
County, Ill, where he was employed in milling, etc. In May, 1860, his step-father, T. G.
Whitelock, came to Allen County. Kan., and the subject of our sketch, and his brother, Lake
McUarly, came with him. The brothers began to farm on their own account in 1863, since
which time they have continued in partnership. They have two farms adjoining each other,
one 120 acres and the other of eighty. A.J. resides on the former, and his brother on the
latter, in Section 5. Both are well improved, and each has a nice residence, barn, orchards,
etc. For the past twelve years they have been largely engaged in raising and dealing in
cattle, etc. Lake McCarly was born in Jessamine County, Ky,, August 17, 1846. Both broth-
ers served in the Kansas State Militia during the war. . J. McCarly wes elected a mem-
ber of the Board of Commissioners of Allen County in the fall of 1879, and re-elected in

JOHN M. McDONALD, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Iola, was born in McLean County, III.,
February 22, 1842, and in October, 185%, his father, James McDonald, came to Allen County
and located on this farm. The subject of our sketch has always made this place his home,
and given his attention to agricultural pursuits. His father died here, April 11, 1874. Mr.
McD. has 120 acres of land, all improved; has an orchard of four acres, and nice buildings
onhisplace. He also raises considerable live stock. In October, 1861, he enlisted in the
Ninth Kansas Cavalry, was appointed Sergeant of Company E, and served three years and
ten months. He was elected Trustee of his township in the spring of 1881, and again In
1882. He is acharter member of the G. A. R. post at Iola, and is Q. M. of the same. Mr. McD.
was married at lola, August 19, 1866, to Lavina A. Anderson, who came to Kansas with her
parents in 1857. They have a family of three children.

CORNELIUS W. McNEIL, manager of L. L. Northrup’s lumber yard, was born in But-
ler County, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1834; there he was reared on a farm, and also for some years
carrid on afarm for himself. In 1871 he moved to Pettis County, Mo., where he was em-
ployed in a lumber yard, and also conducted a farm for sume seven years, He came to

ansas March 1, 1879, locating on a farm in Allen County, near Iola, where for two years
he followed agricultural pursuits. He then moved into the town of Iola, and has since been
engaged in his present capacity. He still owns his farm, which consists of eighty acres all
well improved. Mr. McNeil is master workman, of lodge of-the A. O. 6. W. at this

V. E. SMITH MILLER, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was born in Jen-
nings County, Ind., in 1846. Six months after his parents moved to Johnson County,
where he was reared on a farm, He received his preparatory education in Hopewell
Academy, In 1868 he entered Hanover College, graduating in 1873, Mr. Miller was Su-
perintendent of the Public Schools at North Vernon, Ind., for two years. In 1875 he en-
tered the Union Theological Seminary at New York City, and graduated in the spring of
TTB: He came to Iola, Kan., in June, 1878, and took charge of the church of which he is
8 € pastor.

H. M. MILLER, undertaker and dealer in furniture, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, in
August, 1838. At the age of sixteen years he went to Iowa, and there worked as a car-
penter and cabinet maker, also taught school. Returning home in 1861, he enlisted on
September 3, in Company E, Third Ohio Cavalry. Nine months later he was promoted to
First Lieutenant, and appointed assistant commissary of musters, serving in that capacity
until 1864, when he was appointed military conductor on the United States railroads of the
army of the Tennessee. e was mustered out in1865. After the war he came west and
locatedin Bates County, Mo., where he was employed at his trade and in teaching school
until 1873, when he went to Adelphi, Ind., where he was employed as acabinet maker for
five years. In June, 1878, he came to Iola, Kan., and engaged in his present business with
a stock of $1,200, which has since been increased to $5,000, tosupply the demands of his

rade,

EDWIN P. MINOR, farmer, Section 36, Town 24, Range 18, P. O. Iola, was born_in
Huron County in 1831, and was rearedin Hartford and New Haven counties, Conn. Re-
turning to Ohio at the age of seventeen years, he learned the carpenter trade in Lorain
County, and also worked in saw mills. e came to Kansas in the fall of 1856, and for
months worked at his trade in Lawrence, after which he moved eleven miles south of that
city and conducted afarm. Inthe fall of 1859 he moved to Eureka, Greenwood: County,
where hé followed agricultural pursuits.
sas Regiment; was afterward transferred to the Fifth Kansas Cavalry, serving three years
and one month. Returning to Lorain County, Ohio, he became employed in the saw-
mills of that locality, and was also for two years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania. In
1870 he returned to Kansas, and located at Iola, and carried on business as a contractor and
builder. In the fall of 1878 he moved on to his present farm. He has eighty acres, seventy
of whichare under cultivation. Mr. Minor was married in Lorain County, Ohio, in 1854,
to Laura Clark, a native of that place. They have a family of three living children.

L. L. NOR’ OP was born in Geneseo, N. Y., April 12, 1819. He learned the woolen
manufacturing business, and in 1840, engaged in the business on his own account, at Al-
bion, N. Y.; in 1846, was burned out and removed to Lafayette, Ind., and two years later
removed to Thorntown, Ind., where he continued in the woolen manufacturing business
until 1858, when he sold out his factory. Atthe earnest solicitations and representations of
the Union Settlement Company,a company Who had selected a large body of landin‘northwest
corner of Allen County, Kan., aud laid off a half section of land into lots, and called it Gene-
va, he was inducedto bring on a stock of goods and saw mill to that place after Iola was laid
out. He started a branch store there, and removed to that place in 1862; in.1869, closed out
his branch store at Geneva; in 1877 took in his son, O. P. Northrup, as partner in the store,
under the style, O. P. Northrup & Co. In 1869, he engaged in banking, and is now doing a
large and extensive business. He has also a lumber yard at Iola and at Yates Center, Wood-
son County, and has several thousand acres of land in the county.

. P. OVERMYER & SON, contractors and builders. This firm is composed of S. P.
The father came to Iola, Kan., in Apr , 1879, established this business
e largest business in their line at

place.

and J, S. Overmyer.
and the following year was joined by hisson. They do t! i t
this place; have built the opera house here, besides many of the leading business houses
and fine residences. S. P. Overmyerisanative of Lycoming County. Penn., and learned
the carpenter trade in Juniata County that State. He has had forty-seven years experience
as a practical builder and carpenter. The son learned his trade at Williamsport, and has
followed it for some fifteen years; both are thorough mechanics, and stand well with the

community.

M. W. Post (deceased), was born in the State of New Jersey, in May, 1834; reared in
Western Virginia, and also for atime resided in the States of Illinois and Ohio. In the
spring of 1856, he came to Kansas, being engaged 1n the United States Government Survey,
In the spring of 1861, he pre-empted 160 acres in lola Township, Allen County, and opened
up a farm. arly in 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and served
three years and six months, after which he devoted himself entirelyto the management of
his farm. Mr, Post was married in Iola, Allen Co., Kan., April 8, 1858, to Miss Susan E.
Terrill. He died here in February, 1881, leaving five children—Henry E., Minnie A., Edna
E., gereh gud Bennie Ellen. His widow still continues the farm, residing on eighty acres
on Section 22. a

HUGH L, W. REAGAN, farmer, Sections 28 and 29, P. O. Iola, was born in Polk County,
Mo., December 4, 1836, and reared on afarm in Barry County. He came to Kansas, August
18, 1854, resided in Linn County, and in June, 1855, moved to Allen County. He pre-empted
160 acres of land on the Neosho River, and was employed in general farm work. Heen-
Heteg Ocpeber 19, 1861, in Company D, Ninth Kansas Cavalry. Was mustered out Decem-

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W. H. RICHARDS, senior member of the firm of Richard, Lakin & Ireland, dealers
and jobbers in groceries, etc., was born in Lebanon County, Pa., in 1833, and was reared in
Franklin County,where he learned the carpenter’s trade. This trade he followed in Mary-
land, Virginia, Ohio and Illinois. In October, 1865, he came to Iola, Kan.; for a year he
followed his trade and then opened a bakery and restaurant and carried on this business
for three years; about 1870 he embarked in the grocery business in company with W. A,
Cowan with whom he continued for about seven years. About one year later he became as-
sociated with his present partner C. A. kin and John E. Ireland, and Mr, Richards first
began business with a stock of $200, and has by industry and energy accumulated consid-
able property and built up a large and extensive trade, and is building a residence which
when completed will cost $10,000. The present firm carry a stock of about $5,000. The
subject of this sketch has been a member of the City Council forfour terms; he is a promin-
ent Odd Fellow and is treasurer of that lodge at Iola.

W. H. RICKETTS, dealer in groceries, queensware and tinware, was born in Coshoc-
ton, Ohio, November 29, 1843. He resided with his parents in the States of Illinois, Indi-
anaand Missouri. In 1861, he removed to Franklin County, Kan., with his father, whom
be assisted in fazming. On August 21, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Twelfth Kansas In-
fantry, and served three years, afterward farmed for one year, then traveled
four years for patent rights. In 1870, he moved to Wilson County, where
he farmed for two years, after which he traveled in the patent right busines two years. He
then went to Independence where he was employed in the lumber yard of S. A. Brown &
Co., until the spring of 1876, when he took the road as traveling salesman for a marble
firm, at Leavenworth. In September, 1881, he located at Iola, conducted a billiard hall for

 

 

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vie then embarked in his present business He has agood trade and carries a
i stock. .

JOSEPH HARVEY RICHARDS was born near Gosport, Ind., April 7, 1844. His father,
Rezin Richards, and mother, Elizabeth Fane Richards, were brought to that State by their
parents when children, in the first settlement in that part of the country. His paternal grand-
mother was a member of the Harlan family,of Kentucky and Virginia,of whom Senator Har-
lan, of Iowa, is also one. His maternal grandmother was a member of the Newell family, of
Kentucky, of whom Col. William Newell, of the Revolutionary army, was the sire. His
paternal grandfather was a descendant of a prominent Welsh family, and died in early life.
His maternal grandfather, Jesse Evans, was one of the very first settlers of Western In-
diana, and though altogether self-made, was agrand character, and contributed much to
the building up of that State and her splendid institutions, The subject of this sketch was
reared on a farm until about the beginning of the War of the Rebellion, when his parents
had just moved into the town of Waveland, Ind., the seat of Waveland Collegiate Institute
for the purpose of educating their chldren. Here he attended school until the sprin,
1862, when, having got the “ war fever,” and being hardly old or large enough to enlist,
wandered out to Carlyle, Allen Co., Kas., where he remained until the fall of that year, and
thence went to Illinois, whither his parents had moved in the meantime. Here, after work-
ing for his father on the farm until the latter part of the year 1863, he enlisted into the One
Hundred and Twenty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served faithfully with his regi-
ment from Vicksburg to New Orleans, from New Orleans to Mobile, and the siege of Spanish
Fort; thence to Montgomery, Ala.; thence to Meridian, Miss.; and was in all the engage-
ments of that campaign. At this point his regiment’s time having expired, he, with others,
was transferred to the Thirty-third ‘linois Infantry, and was finally mustered out with
this regiment about the 1st of October, 1865. He then returned to his alma mater, Wave-
land College, for the purpose of completing his course. He graduated from this College in
the class of 1868. Thence be went to the city of Crawfordsville, Ind.,and pursued the
study of law with Gen. Lew Wallace, who was then in the active practice at tbat place.
Thence, early in 1869, he went to Lafayette, Ind., and compleced his law course under the
tutorage of Judge Samuel Huff, and in the fall of that year began the active practice of
his profession with his uncle, Andrew J. Evans, at the Delphi bar. His health becoming
much impaired about this time, he made arrangements to come back to Allen County, Kas.
He married and brought with him to Kansas, Laura Lois Lakin, of Greencastle, Ind., a
woman of much more than ordinary intellect, education and refinement, and a pupil of
Oxford (Ohio) Female Seminary, and a graduate of the same class with him from Waveland
College. Making his residence in Iola, Kas., his present home, in 1870, he directly entered
into the practice of the law, and has gradually built up a large and lucrative business. He
is a conscientious lawyer; makes it a rule of practice to discourage litigation, take no bad
cases, but to fight to the last such as he does espouse. He lays no claim to either a dazzling
brilliance on the one hand, nor great profundity upon the other; but he is fairly entitled to
the weli-earned reputation of being an able advocate, safe counselor, close reasoner, and
ready debater, He is no politician, and has no political ambition or aspiration. He has

 

never been a candidate for political honors, and has little faith in politics or political par
ties. If he has ambition it is in the line of his profession. When he first began the practice
in Kansas he was defeated for the office of Probate Judge by five votes. He was a few years
after that elected by an overwhelming majority to the office of County Attorney, which office
he filled to the expiration of his term and declined to be a candidate for re-election. He has
occupied the position of Alderman, Mayor, or City Attorney of Lola most of the time sInce
his residence there. He is now assistant attorney for the St. L., Ft.S. & W.R.R., and gen-
eral solicitor of the Nebraska, Topeka, Iola & Memphis R. R., which last road he organ-
ized, and is at this time, together with other citizens of Iola, and of Chicago and Philadel-

hia, engaged in constructing. He was also influential in building the first-named road and

orating it upon its present route. He is officially connected with several other new railroads
of Kansas and generally identified with the railroad interests of the State. He is one of the
attorneys of the Historic Settlers’ Protective Association, familiarly known as the “Land
League” of Southeastern Kansas, and referred to in another part of this work. He is at-
torney for the famous Neosho Valley Land Agency, also referred to in another part of this
work, which he and George A. Bowlus, who has been with him in alljhis enterprises, organ-
ized in 1876. He takes great pride in his town, county and State, and- contributes freely to
build them up. He is in every sense a builder and opposed to tearing down. He isa member
of the Masonic order, and whilst that is probably the exponent of his religious creed, he is a
believer in all the fundamental principles of the Christian religion. He has good law and lit-
erary libraries, and loves to read them. He wields a strong, swift pen and is fond of literary
exercises, being prominent in all local literary exercises. His family consists of his wife,
mentioned above, and two bright and promising children, a boy and a girl, Ralph and Rena.
They have acheerful, hospitable home, and their neighbors and friends often gather there
to spend a pleasant hour. ;

YRUS M. SIMPSON, Postmaster, was born at Rockville, Parke Co., Ind.,December 9,
1844, In April, 1859, he came to Allen County, Kan., and located with his father, Prof.
Mathew A. Simpson, on DeerCreek. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Ninth
Kansas Cavalry, serving until January 16, 1865. Duringa portion of this period he was
Company Clerk, and was also employed in the Quartermaster’s office. After the war, he
followed agricultural pursuits for three years, and in the fall of 1868, engaged in business
at Iola, as dealer in general merchandise, continuing until the spring of 1871, when he sold
out, Shortly afterward he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the District Court. Inthe fall of
1872, he was elected Clerk of the Court, and was re-elected in 1874, and 1876. During a
portion of this period he read law and was admitted to the bar January 25, 1879, and
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practiced for two years in partnership with J. H. Richards. He was appointed Postmaster:

n March 7, 1877. He was elected to the City Council for three terms, Mayor of the cit
ary and was aco) City Attorney for nearly two years. He is a prominent member of the I.
. FranaG,. A. R,

JAMES SIMPSON, contractor and builder (retired), was born in England, October 22,
1824; there he learned the carpenter trade, and followed that occupation as a journeyman,
In 1849, he immigrated to Rochester, N. Y.; was for a year employed at his trade, then en-
gased in same capacity at St. Louis, Mo., for eighteen inonths; removing to Jacksonville,

il., he carried on business as a contractor and builder for three years, and then_in same
business at Decatur, Ill. Mr. Simpson came to Kansas in July, 1869, located at Iola, and
engaged in the boot and shoe business, which he carried on for about two years, since
which time he has not been actively engaged in business, He owns considerable property
In Iola, and his wife has for over ten years been carrying on a large millinery establish-
ment. Mr, S.isaprominent_ member of the Masonic fraternity; he is deputy district
grand-master of the I, 0, 0. F., at this place, and has for several years been Street Commis-
sioner for the city of Iola.

7) 'H, SON & CO., proprietors of the Iola Lock and Novelty Works. George Smith,
the senior member of this firm was born in Staffordshire, England. For seven years he
worked as an apprentice to the tradeof machinist and locksmith, after which he followed
it as a journeyman in the principal cities of England. In 1861, he immigrated to America;
was employed at his trade in New York, Connecticut and other States, and in 1869, opened
a lock manufactory and brass foundry in New York City. On account of increasing the size
of his works, he moved, in 1872, to Brooklyn. His business still enlarging, he moved, in
1874, up the Hudson River to Nyack, where he continued to carry on avery large business
until burned outin 1879. Shortly after he moved to Kansas City, carried on a lock factory
for two years, and in October, 1882. came to Iola. Heat once established this business in
partnership with his son Joseph. They havea large-building and ample facilities to carry
on an extensive Jock manufactory aud brass foundry. A description of their works may be
found in the county history,

ON. R. B. STEVENSON, dealer in drugs, etc., was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in
1843, and at the age of eleven years moved to Iowa, with his father, who conducted hotels
in various parts of that State. In 1864, he was employed in the sutlers’ department of the
Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry. He was also employed for three years as clerk in the post-
office at Ottumwa, Iowa, and clerked in the mercantile business, In the fall of 1870, he
came to Iola, and for fourteen months carried on a news stand in the postoffice. In the fall
of 1871, he was elected Register of Deeds, and served two years. In 1874, he embarked In
the drug business, and is ow the oldest established druggist inthe city. He carries a fine
stock of drugs, books, notious, etc., and has an extensive trade. He was elected to repre:
sent his district in the State Legislature in the fallof 1880. Mr. Stevenson is an_active,
Suterprising man, notwithstanding the fact that he is a cripple, having lost his left leg in
1858. by an accident in asteam grist mill. .

TINDALL S. STOVER, County Clerk, was born in Hancock County, Me., January 18,
1844. His father was a sea captain, and he made several voyages with him. In February,
1863, he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-first Maine Volunteer Infantry, serving until the
war closed. Mr. Stover came to Kansas, September 1, 1866, was for a year employed as a
a clerk in mercantile business, at Leavenworth, then came to Allen County, locating in
Humboldt; was employed in the capacity of clerk in a store, until in 1869, when he formed
a partnership with W. W. Curdy, and embarked in the general merchandise business; this
firm dissolved some two years later, and Mr, S, assisted in organizing the Humboldt Manu-
facturing Co., and occupied the positions of secretary and treasurer, until in 1878, after
which he was employed in mercantile pursuits. In November, 1875, he was elected Clerk
of the County, entering upon the duties of his office in January, 1876. He was re-elected in
1877-79, and in 1881. Mr. Stover is a prominent member of the Masonic order, and one of
the leading men inG. A. R., McCook Post No. 51. c L

HON. HENRY W. TALCOTT, Judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Kansas, was
born in Valparaiso, Porter Co., Ind., in February, 1839. His father, William C, Talcott, was
proprietor of a weekly paper, and the subject of this sketch learned the trade of printer, and
for some months Published the Valparaiso Republican. His father was also a lawyer.
Young Talcott studied under his puidance, and was admitted to the bar in 1860, after which

i ce of law. On June 19, 1861, he enlisted in the Thirteenth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was assigned to a position as musician in the regimental
band. shortly afterward he was detailed by Col. R. S. Foster to perform a portion of the
duties of adjutant, which position he filled until August, 1862, when he was mustered out
with the band. On his return to Valparaiso, he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Circuit

he gave his attention to the pract

 

Court of his district, which position he filled for five years. During about three years also
of that period he was Deputy Collector of the United States Interual Revenues, During the
time of the “ Military Draft’ he was enrolling officer for Porter County. The judge came
to Kansas in March,1868, locating at Iola, and at once opened an office for the practice of his
profession. In partnership with Nelson F, Acers, in July of that year. he purchased the
Allen County Courant In 1869 the law firm dissolved and the judge purchased his part-
ner’s interest in the paper and continued to publish the same until the spring of 1871, when
he disposed of it and gave his sole attention to the practice of law. Inthe fall of 1873 he
was elected Railroad Assessor for the Seventh Judicial District; but the office was shortly
afterward abolished. Judge Talcott was appointed to his present position by Governor Os-
born in January, 1875, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Hon, John R.
Goodin, who had been elected Representative to the United States Congress. He was
elected to the same office in the fall of that year. and re-elected 1n the fall of 1879.

E. J. THAYER, of Waters & Thayer, proprietors of the Elevator Mills, was born at
Chelsea, Vt.,in 1840. At the age of fourteen years he removed to Clinton County, Obio,
where he was employed in grist mills and at general farm work. In August, 1861, he en-
listed in Company D, Thirty-ninth [llinois Infantry He was promoted from Orderly Ser-
geant to Captain in 1864, and was mustered out January 16,1866. In June of the same

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

year he came to Kansas and located in Bourbon County, where he followed agricultural
pursuits until 1878, when he came to Iola, He at_once purchased a building and put in
milling and elevator machinery In September, 1881, he admitted his present partner, H.
Waters, They do quite an extensive business in their custom flouring mills, and also deal
in grain ¢coal, ete, i a

5 R. §. TOZER, dentist, was born in Cheshire County, N. H., in 1832. There he learned
the jeweler’s trade and gradually merged into the practice of dentistry. In 1846 he moved
to Pike County, Ill., where he engaged in the same business. Early in 1849 he moved to
St. Louis, Mo., and there studied surgery. Inthe spring of 1850 he went to California, where
he was engaged in ranching and also practiced dentistry: Nine years later he returned to
Illinois, where he carried on an extensive farm in Macon County, The doctor came to
Kansas in September, 1866, and six weeks later located in Iola, where he has since practiced
his profession. He owns twenty-five acres of land near town, and raises live-stock. His
wife has quite an extensive green-house and is widely known in the county for raising all
kinds of flowers and exotic plants. The doctor is the oldest resident dentist in the place.
He isa member of the Kansas State Dental Association, and was for several terms 2 mem-
ber of the City Council of Iola. 7 fice

KONRAD J. WEITH, blacksmith and wagon shop, was born in Peoria County, IIl,,
February 25, 1849. Learned the trade of blacksmith at Pekin, IIL, and followed that occu-
pation for alivelihood. He came to Kansas in 1870, located at Iola, worked for a few
months as a jontueyinan blacksmith, and in 1871 embarked in his present business. Mr,
W. has the oldest establishment of this kind in lola; he is an experienced blacksmith, hav-
ing worked at the trade some seventeen years. In the wagon shop he employs an expe-
rienced mechanic, and is doing a large business.

HON, DAVID WORST, Sheriff, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., September 30, 1837,
and reared onafarm. Attheage of twenty-six years he removed to Ashland County,
Ohio, and farmed for a year. Then two years in Seneca County, after which he movea
west to Illinois, and for four years followed agricultnral pursuits in Cumberland County.
In 1871 he immigrated to Redwood County, Minn., where he was extensively engaged in
farming, raising stock, etc. Inthe fall of 1876 he was elected to the Minnesota State Leg-
islature, Mr. Worst came to Allen County, Kas, in September, 1878. He located in Elm
Township, and has been engaged infarming. He has a good farm consisting of 160 acres.
The subject of this sketch was elected to his present office in the fall of 1881, and entered
upon the duties of the same in January, 1882. 7

E. WRIGHT, dealer in groceries, queensware, etc., was born in Ashtabula County,
Ohio, December 15, 1841, and was reared on afarin. During the war of the Rebellion he
was in company with several others largely engaged in shipping live stock from Chicago,
and after the close of the war carried on a farm in Huron County, Ohio, and also dealt in
live stock. Inthe spring of 1869 he came to Allen County, Kas., and followed agricultural
pursuits in Elm Township for about nine years. For three years he held the office of Town-
ship Trustee, In March, 1879, he purchased his present business from Messrs. Briggs &
qeren and is gradually building up a goodtrade. He is an active memtrer of the A. O.

GEORGE W. ZIKE, dealer in general groceries, was bornin Morgan County, Ill., Jan-
uary 7, 1850. In December, 1859, his parents came to Kansas, locating in Elm Creek ‘Town-
ship, Allen County, where the subject of this sketch assisted them on the farm. In the
spring of 1864 he enlisted in Company 1, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, and served nineteen
months. Returning home he took up a homestead adjoining his parents’ farm, and fol-
Jowed agricultural pursuits till the spring of 1880, when he sold his farm and moved to
the city of Iula, In January, 1881, he engaged in grocery business. He carries a stock of
about $1,000 and has quite a nice trade. Mr. Zike was married in Allen County, Kas., July
18, 1875, to Mary E.Swap. They have one son, Luther William.

ELM TOWNSHIP,

JOSEPH D. CARTER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 28, P. O. Iola, was born in
Rush County, Ind., May 30, 1835, where he followed agricultura) pursuits. In November,
1866, he came to Kansas, located in Allen County, Elm Township, and has since followed
farming and stock raising. In March, 1875, he moved onto his present farm. He has here
forty acres and eighty acres in another farm. He has on his placea fine orchard and maple
grove. Mr. Carter raises considerable live stock and is gradually branching out into breed-
ing Short-horn cattle. He was married in Morgan County, Ind., November 7, 1854, to
Lucinda Hamilton. They have three chiidren.

GENEVA.

This town is situated in the northwestern part of the county, north of the
Neosho River, and between Martin and Indian creeks. The location is a beau-
tiful one, and the place is surrounded by a thrifty and enterprising class of citi-
zens. The village contains a store, postoffice and blacksmith shop, and has a
population of about one hundred.

The town of Geneva was founded in the summer of 1857. A colony was
formed in New York under the leadership of Ephraim Fisk, and another in
Michigan under the leadership of Merritt Moore. These united, forming the
Union Settlement Association, among the prominent members in which were
Dr. B. L. G. Stone, G. L. Wait, S. T. Jones, Rev. G. S. Northrup, I. A. Hol-
man, P. P, Phillips, E. J. Brinkerhoff, J. H. Spicer, A. P. Sain, H. R. Somers,
Frank Ureidenberg, J. C. Redfield and J. M. Mattoon.

The colony selected the northwestern part of Allen County for a location,
and started out with great expectations, There were about 300 families en-
gaged to settle at once. It was decided to locate and lay out a town compris-
ing not less than 640 acres of land. The present site of Geneva was chosen on
account of the fertile prairie land around, as well as the heavy timber so close
along the banks of the streams. It was decided to at once begin the building
of a large structure and to found a non-sectarian college and academy.

Plans having been made for so much building and so many families having
promised to locate, the next thing was to erect a saw-mill. Therefore a con-
tract was entered into with L. L, Northrup that he should build a steam saw-mill,
and that the colony should, in turn, give him 160 acres of good timber land and
furnish him all the sawing he could ‘do, and pay him $15 per thousand feet.
The mill was brought and set up on the bank of Indian Creek, in the summer
of the year 1858. But the sawing was not provided in any great quantities and
L. L. Northrup soon opened a store.

., Fhough the settlement started with such brilliant prospects, the idea of
building a large town was soon given up. Not one-fourth of the projected col-
ony of 300 families ever came, and those who did were rather poor, and through

the lack of money and settlement the college was not bui
afterward took its place, a - er decane

The settlers from the first were an intelligent and enterprising class of peo-
ple, who regarded the moral and mental culture of the young as one of the first
things to be looked to, after opening their farms, therefore churches and schools
were established.

There was at first considerable controversy over claims, which resulted in
occasional riots, but aside from this the neighborhood has generally been very
peaceable. ;

_ Geneva continued to exist as a small town, and by the year 1869 it con-
tained two stores, one blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, a hotel, a Congrega-
tional Church built of stone, and an academy. This building was a frame
structure two stories high, and the school had been established in 1866, and
was then as now, under charge of the Neosho Presbytery. The population was
then about one hundred. From the above date until 1872 some improvements
were made, and several business enterprises were undertaken that afterward fell
\hrough, It was expected that a railroad would be built through that part of
ALLEN COUNTY,

the county, and when the town failed to secure it, it began to go down, and
now it can only be said to be a thriving country village, surrounded by a pros-
perous settlement.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN J. BLACK, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Iola, was born in Licking County, Ohio
August 5, 1834, and was reared in Illinois. His father was a farmer. The subject of our
sketch also resided for several years in Marion County, lowa. He came to Allen County in
the fall of 1857, and pre-empted 160 acres in the township, on which he resided some fifteen
years; after which he moved on to his present farm, which consists of sixty-seven and one-

alf acres of tine bottom land, nearly all of which is cultivated. Mr. Black raises con-
siderable live stock, making a specialty of Poland-China hogs. During his residence in
this State he has been several times in Colorado, engaged in freighting, etc. During the
late Rebellion he served in the Kansas State Militia. Mr. Black was married in Anderson
County, Han. webraary 1h 1864, to Savon FP, Stigenwalt, whe died January 5, 1978, leaving
‘i . Bl rried again al 8 . Lu Tr,

They have four children. . Piste ADE 2) 4874, To. EimunaC. Luyste

J RACY CORNELL, farmer, Section 12, P, O, Iola, was born in Fountain County
Ind., October, 1826, and reared on a farm. After reaching the age of manhood he carried
on a farm of his own, of 173 acres. He came to Allen County in the fall of 1858, pre-empted
160 acres in Iola Township, where he resided some twelve years, and then moved into Ge-
neva Township. About ten years ago he settled on his present farm, which consists of 130
acres of fine bottom land, all improved, and on which he has erected a handsome home and
farm buildings, Heis quite an extensive raiser of cattle, etc. During the late war he
served in the Kansas State Militia, and was for three years deputy under Sheriff A. Brown.
Mr. Cornell was married in Fountain County, Ind., in the fall of 1848, to Phoebe Jane
Booe. They have a family of eight children.

EPHRAIM FISK, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Geneva, was born at Strafford, Orange Co.,
Vt. September 10,1811, and spent his youth onafarm. In 1842, he moved to Wyoming
panty. N. Y., where he was employed_in agricultural pursuits, and also worked in woolen
mills in that and Seneca County. (a March, 1857, he came to Kansas and located on this
farm. Heconducted the farm ‘until lately, when he turned it over to his step-son, Alroy
B, Curtis. Mr. Fisk took up 160 acres of raw land on his arrival here, and made a highly
uaprow ed farm of it. He has been a deacon of the Congregational Chureh in this locality

ALONZO W. HOWLAND, dealer in live stock, Section 29, P. O. Geneva, was born in
Saratoga County, N. Y.,in 1834, and reared on afarmin Calhoun County, Mich. He has
earned his own livelihood since thirteen years of age. Mr. H. was employed for some time
in grocery business, and also learned the trade of stone mason in Calloun County, He
came to Kansas in April, 1859; located in Allen County, pre-empting 160 acres in this
township, on which he.resided some five years. In 1864, he moved on to his present farm,
Section 29, Township 23, Range 18. Myx, H. had very small means on_his arrival in this
State, He worked some at his trade, and farmed, and by industry and energy, has made
himself one of the representative men of Allen County. He owiis about 440 acres of land,
and is an extensive raiser and dealer in live stock. On his place is a fine stone residence,
which he built some fourteen years ano and an orchard of about 500 fruit trees. Mr. H.
was elected a member of the Board o Commissioners of Allen County, in 1872, and re-
elected in 1874. He was married in Calhoun county, Mich., when twenty years of age, to
Miss Eveliue Gardner, who died here in May, 1873. leaving three children. He was mar-
ried again, in Allen County, Kan., in December. 1874, to Miss Emma Harlow.

REV. SALATHTEL M. IRWIN, Section 25, P.O. Geneva, was born at South Salem,
Ross Co., Ohio, November 23, 1836, aud received his preparatory education at the Presby-
terian Academy of that place, after which he altended Hanover College, Ind., graduating
in 1861, and then taught Hanover High School for two years. Mr. lrwin attended Prince-
ton Theological Seminary for three years, graduating there in April, 1866. He was
licensed to preach in 1865, and ordained a minister in the following year, at Little Osage,
Mo., where he had charge of the Presbyterian Church for one year. In September, BET
he cameto Allen County, Kan., and has since resided at Geneva. He has charge of the
Presbyterian Church here, also the Liberty Presbyterian Church, and the chureh at Car-
lyle. During his first six years’ residence at this place, he was principal of the Presbyterian

cademy. Mr, Irwin has a nice farm here of about 135 acres, and has also eighty acres in
Woodson County. 2

CHAS. L, KNOWLTON, merchant, Geneva, was born in Clark County, Ind., June 23,
1849, His father was a doctor and also carried on a farm, and the subject of our sketch as-
sisted him in the latter business. The doctor resided for four years in Cumberland County,
Ill, and in April, 1867, moved to Allen County, Kan, locating at Geneva. His son, Chas.
L. accompanied him, and-was engaged in agricultural pursuits in this township until
January 15, 1882, when he embarked in general merchandise business. He carries a nice
stock of about $3,000, and is building up a good trade. He also has a small farm of fifty.
threeacres. Mr. Knowlton is a wember of the order of A., F. & A. M., and is one of the
trustees of Tuscan Lodge, No. 82, at Neosho Falls.

JONATHAN M. MATTOON, Postmaster, Geneva, was born in Jefferson County, N. ¥.,
December 17, 1813, and worked ou his father’s farm uniil twenty-one years of age, He
then learned the trade of machinist and worked at itin New York and Detroit, Mich. He
came to Allen County, Kan., in the spring of 1857, located at Geneva, and was employed as a
carpenter. He was Deputy Postmaster under Dr. Stone, from 1858 until 1861, when he was
commissioned Postmaster, an office which he has filled ever since. He qlso carries a small
stock of goods and hasasmallfarm. My.M has been Justice of the Peace since 1359, and
is also Notary Public. He served a two years term on the Board of Commissioners for Al-
Jen County, during the war, The subject of this sketch was married in St. Lawrence
County, N. Y., in 1837, to Lucy Hancock, she died in 1859, leaving six children and two of
these, sous died inthe late war. Mr. Mattoon was married again in Allen County, Kan.,
in January, 1861, to Nancy Dickey. They have two daughters. te ‘

JONATHAN H. SPICER, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Geneva, was_born in Plymouth, N.
H., April 12, 1816, and reared principally on farms in the State of New York, His father
Jabez Spicer was a medical doctor and a missionary of the Presbyterian Church, but
also engaged in agricultural pursuits. .The subject of our sketch was, during the years of
1851 and 1852, in the employ of the Panama Railroad Company, in charge of a body of men
engaged in building a railroad across the Isthmus. In 1853, he went to California, where
he remained one year engaged in mining pursults: Returning east he carried on mercan-
tile business at Wacousta, Clinton Co., Mich , for three years. Mr. Spicer came to Kansas,
in the spring of 1857, and located on his present farm in Allen County. He has 167 acres of
land all improved, has a nice orchard, and is quite an extensive raiser of cattle, horses, etc.
On October 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, serving three years
and threeinonths. He was Quartermaster Sergeant of the regiment. He was for some years
Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, at this place. Mr. S. was married at Watertown,
Mich.,September 3, 1839, to Miss Emily Phinney. They have oneson, Duane D.

J.C. THOMAS, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Lola, was born in Shelby County, Ind., nm 1842,
and in 1858 caine to Kansas, locating in Coffey County. He in company with others
built a saw mill in Neosho City. About two years later he moved to Madison County,
but remained only a short time. In 1861 he built a flouring mill at Burlington, Kan,
and shortly, afterwards returned to Indiana on a vessel; while there he enlisted in
July, 1862, in the Seventy-sixth Indiana Infantry and served thirty days. Returning
to his mill at Burlington he conducted the same until 1863 when he sold out and move
to Iola, where he ran a steam saw and grist mill. In 1865 he sold his interest, and in 1866
moved onto his present farm. He has 125 acres of fine bottom land and raises some stock,
etc. In 1876 he purchased a saw mill which is now located on his farm on the banks of the
Neosho River, This mill has a capacity of 2,000 feet of lumber daily and gives employment
at times to fivemen. Mr. Thomas is a practical sawyer and machinist. _ y

DEXTER L. WARNER, proprietor of the Geneva House, was born in Franklin County,
Mass., March 12,1842, and reared on a farm. He enlisted May 6, 1861,in Company D,
Twelfth Massachusetts Infantry; was shot in left_hip joint at Groveton, Va., August 30
1862, and discharged May 26, 1863. Returning to Franklin he remained until 1871, when
he moved to Worcester, where he was employed as a painter and also worked in boot
factory. Three years later he moved to Oxford where he was engaged in the capacity of a
clerk in general merchandise business. In July, 1879, he came to Allen Couuty, located in
Geneva Township and followed agricultural pursuits. In April, 1882, he engaged in bis
present business and _also coutinues to farm sme. Mr. Warner was elected Trustee of
Geneva Township in February, 1882, and again in February, 1883.

 

DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT B. ARNOLD, Superintendent of the County Poor Farm, P. O. Carlyle, was
born in Gibson County, Tenn., August 6, 1839. He was reared on a farm, but at the age of
eighteen years entered an apprenticeship to learn the carpenter’s trade, This trade he ful-
lowed in his own neighborhood until March, 1863, when he removed to Hadley, Ill, to
keep from being conscripted in the Rebel Army. He remained there until 1866 when he
returned to.West Tennessee, where he followed his trade until 1874, when he removed to
Reno County, Kan. In September, 1877, he located at Humboldt, Allen Co., Kan., where he
continued work at his trade until the following January, when he established a grocery
store at Carlyle, which be carried on fortwo years. On Marci 5, 1880, he took charge of
the County Poor Farm as Superintendent, which position he has since retained. He was
married February 23, 1868, to Miss Mary Eckley, of Kenton, Tenn. They have seven chil-
dren—Sophia, Flora, Martha, Ephraim }., Harvey E., Mary M. and Robert B. Mr, Arnold
is a meinber of the Presbyterian Church, also of the Masonic fraternity. _

JAMES C, COFFIELD, farmer, Section 29. P.O, Colony, was born in Grant County,

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Ind., November 15, 1845, and came to Allen County, Kan., in July, 1860, with his father,
Samuel Coffield, who located in this Township. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Conlpany
H, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, was shot through the left leg at Newtonia, Mo., September 3

1862; he served until mustered out January 16, 1865, after which he followed agricultural
pursuits. In 1868 he was appointed Clerk of the District Court at Iola and served eighteen
months, then for two years acted as Treasurer of the county for nis brother-in-law, John
Francis, who held that office. Mr. Goffield then followed mercantile pursuits at ola. In
1878 he turned his attention to farming and in the spring of 1882 moved on to his present
farm, which consists of some eighty acres. He was Deputy United State Marshal at lola for
four years. Mr. Coffield was married in Allen County, Kan., July 4, 1872, to Sarah J. #ul-
wider, and they have a family of four living children—Fred C., Clifford F., Lewis E and

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WILLIAM DAVIS, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Humboldt, was born in Johnson County,
Ind., January, 1838, and reared onafarm. In 1859, he entered astore at Franklin, that
county, as a clerk, and was engaged in that capacity several years. In April, 1861, he
enlisted in Company H, Seventh Indiana Infautry, served three months, and re-enisted in
Company F, of the same replant; was promoted to Second Lieutenant, early in 1863, and
mustered out, September 20, 1864, after which he followed mercantile pursuits at Frank-
lin, Ind, He came to Kansas in 1869, located at Iola, and engaged in mercantile business
in the firm of Davis & VanNuys, continuing in that business until October, 1875. Was then
for three yearsemployed in traveling for the Presbyterian Board of Publication. Inthe
fall of 1878, he was elected Clerk of District Court, at Humboldt, and re-elected in 1880.
Mr. Davis has 157 acres of improved land, and has quite recently given his attention to
agricultural pursuits.

.. HON. LEWIS EDMUNDSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, P. O. Iola, was born
in Allegheny County, Penn., July 10. 1831, and reared in Lawrence County, where he
learned the trade of plasterer. In 1856, he moved to Champaign County, IIll., where he
worked at his trade. Mr. E. came to Allen County, Kas., inthe spring of 1860, and pre-
empted his present farm, which consists of 160 acres. This he has improved, has built a
nice home, and has a good orchard of about four acres. He also has a fine residence and
orchard in Iola, wiiere heat times takes up his residence. In October, 1861, he enlisted in
Company E, Ninth Kansas Cay elt and, having passed through the various grades, was
promoted to First Lieutenant, early_in 1865, serving until July 17, of that year. In the fall
of 1868, he was electeu to the State Legislature. Mr. EB, was marriedin Champaign County,
Iil., in 1858, to Annie A. Thrasher, who died in 1862, leaving one child, Annie EK. He was
married again, in 1872, at Deer Creek, Allen Co., Kas., to Alice M. Wisner. They have four
children—Nellie V., Eugene S., Margaret N, and lewis A. 7

M. M. RT. stock dealer, Section 15, P.O. Iola, was born in Greene County, Tll., in
1839, and reared on afarm, In the fall of 1859, he came to Allen County, Kas,, located on a
farm near Iola, and has since followed farming, dealing in live stock, etc. In the fall of
1861, he enlisted in Company E, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and was mustered out as Sergeant,
three years later. For the past twelve years, has been largely engaged in buying and ship-
ping live stock, in company with Nimrod Hankins. Mr. Hart was, also, for some time,.
engaged in grocery business at Iola, with I.S. Welsh. This interest he sold out in 1883
and now resides on his farm in this Townshlp, which consists of 227 acres of well improved.

and.

SAMUEL G. JORDAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12. P. O, Carlyle. was born at
Gloucester, N. J., March 24, 1849, and came to Allen County with his parents in the spring
of 1857. He owns 120 acres of land on Deer Creek, on which are a large orchard and goo
farm buildings. He was married, October 29, 1872,t0 Miss Jennie D. Demaree of Wave-
land, Ind. They have four children, and are both members of the Presbyterian Church,
Robert B. Jordan, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Mexico, Perry Co., Pa.
in 1811, and moved to Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1850. Inthe spring of 1857, he move
to Allen County, Kas., and settled in Deer Creek Township, where he lived until his death,
February 22, 1876. His widow, Mrs. Emeline Jordan, survives him and lives with her son,
Samuel G. She was born in Juniata County, Pa., December 9, 1817, was married Septem-
ber 6, 1836, and had eight children, four of whom are now living. Both she and her husband
united with the church atan early period of their married life.

BARTHOLEMEW A. GSTRETH, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Colony, was born in
Muskingum County, Ohio, August 19, 1833, was reared on a farm and followed agricultural
pursuits for a livelihood after reaching the age of manhood. Mr. L. first came to Kansas in
1857, but did not engagein any business. Was for a short time employed on the Govern-
ment survey. Inthe spring of 1869, he closed out his farming interests in Ohio and located
on his present farm in Allen County. He has 240 acres of land, sixty of which are in culti-
vation, and he is quite an extensive stock raiser. His place_is well improved, has a good
residence, stone fences, and an orchard of six acres. Mr. L. 1 i of his school

¢ . has filled several
district offices,such as Treasurer, Director and Clerk, He was married in Muskingum
County, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1864, to Lorena Stoneburner. Their family consists of six children,
four of whom were born in this State. noads

VV. EPHRAIM K. LYNN, now a retired clergyman residing on a farm, Section 35, Al-
Jen County, Kas., P, O. Carlyle, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., in 1814; while young, he
moved with his parents to Washington County, Ind. In the spring of 1833 he entered col-
lege at South Hanover, Ind., and graduated in the fall of 1839. In 1840 he was licensed to
preach the gospel by the Presbytery of West Lexington, Ky., and in the spring of 1841 was
ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry by the Presbytery_of Louisville, Ky. He
was at first stationed at Rridgeport, in the vicinity of Frankfort, Ky., where he remained
until 1844, when he went to Georgetown and supplied the pulpit there until the year 1848,
when he returned to Washington County, Ind., s ending: six years oflabor in New Phila-
delphia, when he went to Hopewell, in Johnson Co., Ind., and labored for two years. In
1854 he removed to Champaign County, Ill., where he lived until 1856, when he went to
Mercer County, Ills. In the fal! of 1860 to Allen County, Kas., and located on the farm on
which he now resides, in Deer Creek Township. He has been actively engaged in the minis-
try for forty-two years. He has been twice married; first, to Miss Harriet Briggs, in 1839,
and next to Mrs. S. M. Thompson, in 1874.

DAM MAIER, farmer, Section 21, P.O. Colony, was born in Germany, January 1,
1839, and in 1855, immigraced to Michigan, where for three years he was employed at tarm
work: thenin same capacity in Logan County, Ills. In the fall of 1866 he came to All-n
County and located on his present farm. He has 400 acres of land, 200 of which are in culti-
vation, and two acres inorchard., His place is well improved, and heis an extensive stock
raiser. Mr. M was for three years engaged, also, in conducting a meat market at Iola, and
was in grocery business for two years in company with Emanuel Richards, to whom he sold
his interest early in 1883. The subject of our sketch was married in Logan County, Dls., in
the spring of 1862, to Johanna Green; their family consists of five children, three of whom
were born in this State. .

C_G. MULL, farmer, Section 36, P. 0. Carlyle, was bornin Washington Township, Parke
Co., Ind., October 3, 1842, and was reared on a farm, Leaving his parents? home atthe
age of twenty-one, he enlisted in Company F, Eleventh Indiana Cavalry, being mustered
in November 9, 1863. He served in the army of the Cumberland, under Gen. Thomas, aud
was in active service until his discharge in July, 1865. He then returned to Parke County.
where he lived until the following spring, when he went to Vermillion County, Ills., and in
the fall of 1866 came to Allen County, Kas., and located at Iola, where he worked at the
carpenter trade until the fall of 1868, when he enlisted in Company C, Nineteenth Kansas
Volunteer Cavalry, to serve on the plains against the Indians. In the spring of 1869, he was
discharged, and in June returned to Allen County and located in Deer Creek Township,
where he worked at his trade. In 1871 he purchased a farm and the next vear began farm-
ing in connection with other pursuits. He now owns 200 acres of land, one-half of
which are under cultivation, and on which are two houses and other suitable farm buildings.
For the past five years he has been a contractor, working taxes forthe K. C., L. &S. K. R. e
employing a number of men and teams, Heis one ofthe leading men of his township in

ublic affairs. He was married September 21, 1871, to Miss Laura P. Adams, of Deer Creek
owns who was bornin Kentucky. Botk are members of the Presbyterian Church.

ROBERT HARVEY STRICKLER, Postmaster and merchant, was born in Parke County
Ind., November 22, 1852, and came to Kansas with his father, Moses Strickler, who lo-
cated in Deer Creek Township, Allen County, inthe fall of 1866. The subject of our sketch
assisted him on the farm for about seven years, then conducted a farm on his own account,
In the spring of 1882 He purchased a merchandise stock at Carlyle, and has since carried on
business at that point. © was appointed Postmaster in March, 1882. Mr. S was married
at Iola, Kas., March 24, 1881, to Martha Martin; they have one child—Burton E.

Z. J. WISNER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lola, was born in Niagara County, N. Y.,
February 7, 1825. When eleven years of age he removed with his parents to Fayette
County, Ind., where he was reared on a farm, In 1841 he removed to Rush County where
he lived for twelve years when he went to Iowa, where he resided on a farm until 1857,
when he removed to Allen County, Kas., and located on aclaim adjoining the town-site of
Cofachique, where he remained for eight years, when he removed to his present farm on
Deer Creek. He owns 213 acres of land which is all fenced. Of this land 100 acres are culti-
vated; 30 acres, meadow; 40 acres, timber; 5 acres, orchard, and the remainder, pasture.
He has 43 head of cattle, 75 hogs and 5 horses. Mr. Wisner was married in February, 1850,
to Miss Nancy Davis, of Rush County, Ind. They have five children, all living in Kansas,
of whom, Kansas Lily, Ruby O., and Carl A,, are still at home. Mr. W has been for two
terms Superintendent of schools of Allen County, and two terms County Commissioner,
and three terms ‘Trustee of his township. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company G,
Fourteentit Feanses Cavalry, and served until August. 1865, when he was discharged and
mustered out. is

JOHN W. WISE, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Iola, was born in Sallne County, I11., October
1, 1846, and came to Allen County, Kas., in June, 1857. In thespring of 1858 his father,
W. H. Wise, pre-empted this farm and the subject of our sketch assisted in conducting the
same until 1870, siuce which time he has farmed on his own account. He has 160 acres,
principally fine bottom land, and is also engaged in raising livestock. He has an orchard
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on his place of about two acres. Mr. W. held the office of Justice of the Peace for a term.
Heer elie in Anderson County, Kas., April 4, 1872, todulia F. Price, and they havea

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MORAN,

ROBERT DAWSON, of Dawson & Mann, merchants, was bornin Warren County, IIL,
February 26. 1849, and came to Kansas, locating on the Osage River, Allen County, with
his father, Miles B. Dawson, who took up a homestead. The subject of our sketch returned
to Warren County, Ill., after a brief stay here of six months. There he remained some
eighteen months, employed in the manufacture of brick. He was also for some time in
the States of Colorado and Arkansas. About 1877 he engaged in agricultural pursuits in
Allen County, and was engaged in that capacity until October 1, 1881 when he embarked
in general merchandise business at Moran, with a stock of about $500. The business in-
creased rapidly, and in February, 1883 he admitted Daniel G. Mann asa partner. The firm
have a fine trade, to supply the demands of which they carry a stock of $4,000 to $5,000.
Daniel G. Mar, of this firm, was born in Clark County, Ill, in 1853, He has for twenty -
three years been aresident of Allen County.

ASTWOOD, contractor and builder, was born at Berry, Genesee Co., N. Y., Ma)
1, 1832, and learned the carpenter trade at Angelica, Allegheny County, attheage 0
fourteen years, He then followed it as a journeyman and contractor, in Pennsylvanta,
Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin, He came to Kansas February 12, 1866, locating in Deer
Creek Township, Allen County. He worked as a builder, etc., there and at Iola, for some
nine years. He then purchased a farm in Woodson County, where he carried on business
as a contractor and builder for'a short time. Returning Kast he followed the same business
in Ashtabula County, Ohio, until October, 1879, when he again came West to Kansas. He
followed building in this and Anderson County, and in August of 1882 he moved to tbis
place, since which time he has conducted quite a nice business inhis line. He has had a
practical experience of over thirty years as a builder,

DR. ELAM B. ELLIS, was born in Adams County, Ohio, and is about thirty-ejght years
of age. He was reared on a farm in Appanoose County. Lowa. He began the study of med-
icine with Dr. G. P. Smith, in that county, and also attended the Iowa State University,
where he graduated in the spring of 1867. He then taught school in ray anoose and Davis
counties, and continued his medical studies. He came to Kansas in 1870, located in Butler
County, where he took up a claim and resided there some two years. Moving to Anderson
County he followed agricultural pursuits and also traveled through the State lecturing on
theolos viand science, In July, 1876, he moved to Linn Connty, where he practiced two
yeurs, then in Ozark, Anderson County, where he practiced and carried on a drug-business.
Ju April, 1882 he moved his stock of rugs to this place, continuing business in that line in
ponuection With his practice. The doctor is also about to engage in the real estate and loan

usiness.

JONATHAN E, HOBBY, dealer in groceries and quesusware. was born March 5, 1848,
and reared ona farm. Hecame to Kansas April 18, 1872, and was for four and one-half
years employed asaclerk in mercantile business at Fort Scott, after which he traveled in
New York, Colorado and the Black Hills, for about a year. Returning to Fort Scott, he
opened in company with R. F. Wilcox a marble factory. A year later they moved the busi-
ness to Beloit, Kan., and after continuing there for two years Mr. Hobby Sold out his inter-
est to his partner. In October, 1880, he went to Colorado, remained only a short time, then
for afew months carried on grocery business at Fort Scott. He came to Moran in March,
1882, and embarked in his present business.

JOHN HONSTEAD, contractor and builder, was born at Van Wert, Ohio, in 1851, and
reared onafarm. Atthe age of nineteen years he learned the trade of carpenter, and fol-
lowed it in that locality until the fall of 1879, when he came to Kansas. Mr. H.1

 

- located in
Neosho County. He was fora year empioyed at his trade in Chanute, after which he farmed
for a year or more. On February 4, 188%, he came to Moran, and at once embarked in busi-
ness as a contractor and builder. He built the public schoolhouse at this place, and many
of the principal business houses and residences. He has had a practical experience in busi-
ness of thirteen years.

NEWELL SOUTILARD, dealer in furniture, groceries, grain and coal, is a native of
Fairfax, Franklin Co., Vt. He was employed for many years in railroading. He was con-
ductor for one year, and general freight agent at Columbus, Ohio, for the G., C. & C. R. R.
Co., for four years, and general agent five years. Was for two years general freight agent
for the Logansport & Burlington Railroad, at Logansport, Ind. After which he moved to
La Crosse, Wis., where he was for twelve years employed in the manufacture of lumber.
In the spring of 1880 he came to Kansas, and located at ClargsOurg. Bourbon County, where
he engaged in the coal business. In February, 1882, he removed to this point, and at once
opened his present establishment. He buys and ships grain quite extensively.

W.J. STEELE, dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware, etc., was born in Waveland, Mont-
gomery Co., Ind., February 27, 1853._ In August, 1868, he came to Allen County, Kan., and
for four years resided on a farm in Geneva Township. He then took up his residence near
the city of Iola, and taught district schools in this county for about seven years, after which
he was for one year employed as a clerk in a hardware house at Iola. On January, 2. 1882,
Mr. Steele embarked in his present business, with a stock of about $6Uu. His trade has
gradually improved, aud he has now invested in stock about $1,800. He also has a general
repairing shop in connection with his hardware establishment, and is the only merchant in
this line at this place.

MATHEWS BROTHERS, dealers in general merchandise. The firm {s composed of
Lewis D. and Thomas A. Mathews. They established the business February-14, 1882, with
a stock of about $1,500. In June following they erected a handsome stone building and
now carry a stock of about $5,000, to supply the demands of their trade. They also deal ex-
tensively in grain. Both brothers were bornin Yadkin County, N. Y. The eldest, Lewis
D., on August 17, 1855, and Thomas A. on July 12, 1859. They came to Kansas in 1868,
with their father, William Mathews, who still resides on his farm, in Deer Creek Township,
Allen County, where the boys were brought up. They are active, enterprising young men.

DAVID H. MITCHELL, dealer in lumber, building material, etc., was born in Warren
County, Mo., March 15, 1846, and raised onafarm. Heenlisted Mareh 18, 1862, in Com-
pany D, Third Missouri Cavalry, serving three years, eighteen months of which period he
served as a musician. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1867, locating in Miami County, near
Paola, where he farmed for three years, then in same capacity in Franklin County for three
years, again in Miami County for six years. In August, 1881, he moved to this place and
on March 30, 1882, engaged in his present business with a stock of about $2,000. which has
since been doubled to supply the demands of his trade, Mr. Mitchell was the first business
man to locate at this place and open an establishment,

MARMATON TOWNSHIP. ?

DREW L. BAIR, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Bronson, Bourbon County, was born in
Warren County, Ill., December 9, 1833, and reared ona farm, At eighteen years of age he
went west to California, where he followed mining pursuits for some six years, after which
he returned east to Wayne County, Iowa, and followed agricultural pursuits there until
1865, when hemoved to Illinois, In the fall of 1866 he came to Allen County, Kansas, and
homesteaded 160 acres in Osage Township, which he improved and resided on until Janu-
ary, 1882, when he sold and moved onto his present farm, which consists of 160 acres, well
innproved. He was Treasurer of the Osage School District for five years.

WILLIAM CULBERTSON, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Bronson, Bourbon County, was born
in Ireland, December, 1846; came to Alerica in 1854, and resided with his parents in New
Jersey and Knox County, Ill. Inthe spring of 1868, he came to Allen County, Kansas, and
has since resided in this township, He has now about 500 acres of land, 150 of which are in
cultivation. His main business is raising live stock in which he is quite extensivelyengaged.
He has on his place about five.acres of orchard. Mr. Culbertson was married in Allen
County, in August, 1873, to Rachel M. Rogers,who died in the spring of 1879, leaving one
daughter, Alice. « .

ADOLPH E, FEHLEISEN, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Moran,was born while his parents
were crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Germany, in 1840, and was reared in Ripley County
Ind., where he learned the trade of carpenter. During the war he served as a soldier from
July 14, 1861, until August 22, 1864, participating in the engagements of Pea Ridge, Cor-
inth, Stone River and others. After the war he settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he carried
on business as a contractor and builder; was also for a short timein New York, and one
year in San Francisco, Cal. He came to Allen County, Kansas, in September, 1878, and lo-
cated on his present farm which consists of 320 acres, all finely iupproved: He has quite a
nice orchard and is an extensive stock raiser. Mr. F. had charge of Fairlawn postoffice two
years and was Clerk of the townshipfor one year. He was treasurer of Moran Cemetery
Association and is now secretary of that body, and is also Treasurer of the School District,

No. 54.

GEORGE McLAUGHLIN, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Moran, was born in Brown County,
Ohio, May 12, 1835,and reared ona farm, In 1866 he moved to Jackson County, Mo., where
he farmed until 1869, when he came to Kansas, locating in Brown County; he followed ag-
ricultural pursuits. In September, 1871, he came to Allen County, and located on his pres-
entfarm. He has now 490 acres of land, 200 of which are in cultivation. He is a large and
extensive raiser of live stock, and also has on his place a fine orchard of about six acres. Mr,
McLaughlin is one of the representative farmers of this county. He was married in Brown
County, Ohio, in 1860, to Abbey J. Pickerill. They have a family of nine children.

JOSEPH G. NORTON, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Moran, was born +t Castine, Hancock
Co., Me., in 1824. He learned the trade of shoemaker at Braintree, Mass., and was em-
ployed at it in that State for some twenty-six years; also for about four years near Clucin~

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

nati, Ohto. He came to Allen County, Kansas, in March, 1872, and located on his present
farni. He has in all 323 acres of land, all improved. Has on his place a fine orchard
and five acres of furest trees. He is quite an extensive farmer, and cultivates 125 acres of
his farm and raises considerable live stock. Mr. Norton has for six years been Treasurer of
his School District. He 1s one of the enterprising men of his locality, and is assisted in his
business by his son, Clarence J. ‘ yi

S H. ROSS, P. O. Moran, money to Joan, was born at Bridgewater, Vt.. in 1817,
and was reared onafarm. In the year 1832, he moved with his parents to Medina County,
Ohio, where he resided five years, then in Philadelphia, Pa., employed five years ina spruce-
root ‘bee. and ginger pop factory, after which he moved to Tazewell County, Ill., where he
followed agriculture, buying and selling catile five years, and in the same capacity in
Shelby County, Mo. In February, 1862, he enlisted_in Missouri State Militia; served
eighteen months. In 1864 moved to Hancock County, Ill, and two years after to LaCrosse,
Wis., where for twelve years he followed the logging and luinber business. Mr. Ross came
to Kansas in October, 1878, locating in Osage Township, Allen County, where he farmed
and bought and sold stock, in company with his son, William A. Ross, aud in the fall of
1882 moved to Moran. He hasa farm of sixty acres adjoining the town site, and another of
160 acres north of it. :

JOHN N. SAPP, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Bronson, Bourbon County, was born at Circle-
ville, Pickaway Co., Ohio, August 16, 1840. There he learned the trade of tinner. On August
11, 1862, he enlisted in Company B,.One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, and served
until July, 1865. He then moved to Oneida, Knox Co., 11J., where he engaged in stove and
tinware Bhainess, carrying it on for three years. Hecame to Allen County, Kansas, in No-
vember, 1868, and located on his present farm. He has in all 400 acres, 130 of which’are in
cultivation and considerable in forest and fruit trees, besides which he raises, to a large ex-
tent, live stock, During his residence at this place he was also for three years employed as
a tinner at Humboldt. r. Sapp has been Treasurer of this ‘'ownship for the past four
years, He was married at ‘Oneke a, 111, in the fall of 1867, to Rebecca Culbertson. They have
three children.

OSAGE TOWNSHIP.

DR. ALBERT A, ALLEN, farmer, Section 21, P. 0. Ozark, Anderson County, was born
in Seneca County, N. Y., ip 1824, and when young His: parents moved to Summit County,
Ohio, and later to Wisconsin. esludied medicine at Whitewater, Wis., with Drs. Clark &
Rice. The Doctor began the practice of medicine in 1849, at Zanesville, Il]. In 1852 he re-
moved to California, and practiced there in the mining country for four years. Returning
east he located in Illinois and continued his practice in Greene and Jersey counties, He
came to Kansas in June, 1859, and located on his presentfarm. His homestead consists of
160 acres, all highly improved, 130 of which are under cultivation, and has also a fine or-
chard. ane Doctor continues to practice his profession in connection with his agricul-
tural pursuits, .

ROBERT E. BRAY, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Moran, was born in Jefferson County,
Ind., August 11, 1854, and a few years later came to Kansas with his father, E. C, Bray,
who resided one year in Bourbon County, then_moved to Osage Township, Allen County,
where he continued to farm until his death, in May, 1871. The subject of our sketch has
followed agricultural pursuits on his own account for the past seven years, and located on
his present farm in 1881. He has 160 acres improved, with nice residence and farm build-
ings. Mr. B. was married in Allen County, Kan., in 1877, to Hannah M. Frederickson,who
died in May, 1881, leaving one son—AlDert L. e was married a second time at this place
in January, 1883, to Mattie McCoy.

DEMAS D. BRITTON, farmer, Section 20, P. O..Ozark, Anderson County, was born at
Terre Haute, Ind., February 16,1839. At the age of sixteen, he removed to Clay County,
that State, and was employed ix general farm work. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the
Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three months. He re-enlisted in the
Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company D,in August, 1862. He was wounded
September 19, 1864, at Winchester, Va., in the side of the head; taken prisoner and held for
twenty days. Heserved untiltbe war closed, after which he again followed agricultural

ursuits in Clay County. Mr. Britton came to Allen County in November, 1866, and
ocated on his present farm, which consists of 170 acres, all improved. On his placeisa
fine orchard of about four acres, and he breeds considerable stock. He was married in Clay
County, Ind , October 16, 1866, to Coatney A. Pate. They havea family of five cbildren.

JOHN J. CLOSH, dealer in live stock, Section 27, P. O. Ozark, Anderson County, was
born in Jersey County, 1!]., September 4, 1831, and assisted his father, who was engaged in
supplying wood for manufacturing purposes, fuel, etc., in the St. Louis market. Atseven-
teen years of age, he began to work ona farm, and followed that occupation for five years,
after which he embarked in mercantile business, in company with W. W. Felter, at Field-
ing, that county, with whom he continued in partnership for about four years; was then in
same business, in company with Peter Felter, at Otter Creek Landing, and during that
period also did an extensive business in shipping grain and lumber to St. Louis, Mo., for
three years. In 1862, he sold out at Outer Creek Landing and purchased the merchandise
stock of W. W. Felter, at Fielding, continuing that business until November, 1863, when he
ceased, and embarked in live stock business in firm of Buzby, Evaus & Close, and while in
that Grm he went to California, returning East in May, 1865, with adrove of horses, which
he disposed of in Utah, where he engaged in general speculation until May, 1866, when he
returned home to Ihinois, He wasthen employed in managing a mercantile business in
Jersey County until April, 1867, when he once more engaged _ in live stock business. He
came to Kansas in September, 1867, or a prospecting tour, and in April, 1868, located on
his present farm in Allen County. He has, in all, some 340 acres, all improved, 220 acres of
which are in cultjvation and 11 acresin orchard. Mr. Close is an extensive feeder and
raiser of live stock. He was Clerk of his School District for nine years, and served two
years as Treasurer of the township. a

ABRAM DONICA, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Ozark, was born in Vigo County, Ind., May
13, 1838, and reared ona farm. In 1856 he moved to McLean County, Ill, and engaged in
agricultural pursuits. On September 5, 1861, be enlisted in Company G, Fourth Illinois Cav-
alry, was appointed Sergeant, and promoted to Second Lieutenant in November, 1862, to
First Lieutenant October 9, 1864, and to Captain March 2, 1865, serving until discharged,
June 18, 1866. Mr. D. came to Allen County. Kan., in September, 1866, and located on his
present farm. He purchased at that time 153 acres, and has now 343, allimproved. On his
place is a fine residence and an orchard of two acres; and he raises considerable stock. He
was Trustee of the townshipin 1874 and 1875, and has filled several other local offices. The
subject of this sketch was married in Allen County, Kan., May 23, 1867, to Miss Tabitha

ann. Their family consists of four children.

EDWARD G, GILBERT, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Ozark, Anderson County, was born in
Harrison County, W. Va, in 1882. In 1850 he moved to Champaign County, Ohio, where he
was employed in general farm work, In the fall of 1860 be came to Allen County, Kan., and

urchased his farm, but only remained a short time, returning to his home in Ohio. Dur-

ng the war he served in Company F, Oue Hundred aud Thirty-fourth Ohio National Guards,
and was from the 2nd of May, 1864, until August 31, in the United States service. In De-
cember, 1865, he returned to Allen County, and has since, resided in thistownship. He has
820 acres of land, one half of which are under cultivation. Also has a fine orchard, and is an
extensive raiser of Ilve stock, which Is his main business. He was Treasurer of this town-
ship for three years. Mr, Glibert was married in Allen County, Kan., August 19, 1866, to
Mary E. Tucker, and they havea family of five children.

ABRAM F, HOFFMAN, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Ozark, Anderson County, was born in
Somerset County, Pa., October 19, 1836. Atsixteen years of age he moved to near Dayton,
Ohlo, and was employed in farming. During the war he served one hundred days in the
Ohlo National Guard. In October, 1870, he came to Kansas and located on his present farm.
He has 820 acres, of which 100 acres are in culvivation and three acres in orchard. He is
also an extensive raiser of live stock, and is oue of tne representative farmers of the town-
apip. Mr. Hoftman was elected Treasurer of Os..ge Township, in February, 1882, and again
in 1883. He is also Treasurer of his school district.

WILLIAM RIGGS, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Ozark, was born in Warren County, IIL,
September 20, 1838. Reared on a farm, and after reaching manhood farmed on his own
account. He came to Kansas in March, 1873, and located on his present farm in Allen
County, which consists of 320 acres, all improved, 150 of which are in cultivation. He has
a good orchard on his place, and in 1882 built a very fine residence. Mr. R. is quite an ex-
tensive stock-ralser, and is one of the enterprising farmers of this county. In the spring of
1882 he was elected Trustee of the township, and served one term.

JAMES STAINBROOK, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Bronson, Bourbon County, was born in
Muskingum County, Ohio, August 26, 1832, and was reared ‘onafarm. In 1867 be moved
West. to Moultrie County, [1l., and October 1, 1869, came to Bourbon County, Kan. Resided
for ashort time near Uniontown, Bourbon County, and in Mareb, 1871, cameto Allen County
and located on this farm. He has in all 240 acres, all finely improved, and is largely engaged
in raising live stock, He has also a nice orchard of about three acres, and has built himself
ie ne His farm is divided off with stone fences, with a never-failing spring in

ROBERT STANLEY, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Ozark, Anderson County, was born in
Warren County, Ohio, November 8, 1829, and reared in Clinton County on a farm, where
he also carried on quite an extensive farm on his own account. He came to Allen County,
Kan., November 14, 1868, and located on his present farm, which he entered as a homestead
in 1869. He owns in the county 640 acres, 240 are in his residence farm, which is finely
improved, and on which there is a splendid residence and an orchard of avout five acres.
He is an extensive dealer in live stock, and is one of the leading men of this township.

E ND D. WOLF. farmer Section 34, P. O. Xenia, Bourbon County, was born at
Athens, Ohio, December 3u, 1806; there he learned the trade of tanner, In 1838, he moved
DICKINSON COUNTY.

to Forter County, Ind., where he followed agricultural pursuits; there he also built large
flou> mills, and carried them on for six years. In Octover, 1868, he came to eaaae nnd
located in Woodson County, where he farmed for some four years, after which he moved to
Allen County, and located on his present farm. Mr. Wolf isalarge and extensive farmer;
he owns in this county 400 acres of Jand, and 200 in Bourbon County. He cultivates 200
acres of his property, and raises large quantities of live stock. Heis one of the leaders in
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S. S. KIRKHAM, carpenter and builder, P.O. Savensburg, was born in an B
County, Iowa, in 1843, and was reared and educated in Tlinots, received Hite aunentian ae
Rushville, At the breaking out of the war, he enlisted in Company G, Missouri Home
Guards, and did service in it until January, 1862, was honorably discharged, He then re-

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enlisted in Company C, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, and did active service in that until the end
of the war, when he was honorably discharged as Second Lieutenant, Company C. After the
war he went to California, his people having lorated therein 1864. He carried on mining for
a few years, returning to Kansas and marryingin 1870, when hg returned to California and
carried on mining until 1873, when he came back and located at Louisburg, Kan., and car-
ried on contracting and building until 1878, when he located in Hepler, Kan., and carried
on a lumber trade ‘until February, 1883. He married in Paola, Kan., June 1, 1870, Miss Liz-
ale Miller, who was born in Cole County, Mo.,and reared in Miami County, Kan. They
havea family of four daughters—Minnie, Ethel, Flora and Fannie. The family- are mem-
bers of the Christian Church. He is a member of Hepler Post, G. A. R., No. 143. His farm
contains 160 acres in Section 32, Elsinore Township, Allen County, of improved laud, well

- fenced and watered, and stocked, good buildings, and an orchard of 350 trees of nicely as-

sorted fruits, besides has 1,000 forest trees.

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Abilene City 2,360
(a) Banner Township. ° 333
(b) Buckeye Township.... 561
{@ Center Township, inclu 1,101
(ad) Cheever Township... 579
(e) Flora Towns ip satsiie oe 388
(f) Fragrant Hill Township 477
(9) Grant Township....... 639
(h) Hayes Township... 554
(4) Holland Township. 367
(j) Hope Township..... 647
(k) Jefferson Township. 667
(1) Liberty Township..............e.e0cses eeeee 893
(m) Lincoln Townsh 894
(n) Logan Township 469
(0) Newbern Townsh 583 640 -
(p) Noble Township..... 553
(q) Ridge Township... 405
(r) Sherman Township.. 177 440
(8s) Union Township....... 574 677
(t) Wheatland Township..........ccceeceeeceetreenereenereetetreeee tees ive 816
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Enterprise City 3 411
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a) Organized in 1877, from part of Jefferson.
) Organized in 1873, from part of Grant.
) In 1873 name changed from Lamb.
(ad) Organized in 1873, from part of Grant.
(e) Organized in 1879, from part of Willowdale.
(f) Organized in 1880, from part of Sherman.
{y) Parts detached in 1873, to form Buckeye and Cheever.
(h) Organized in 1877, from part of Noble.
Organized in 1873, from parts of Lincoln and Newbern. In 1878, a part de-
tached to form Wheatland.
(j) Organized in 1872, from part of Ridge.
B Ck) Organized in 1878, from part of Newbern. In 1877, part detached to form
anner. '
(1) Organized in 1873, from part-of Union.
(m) In 1872, part detached to form Willowdale; in 1873, part to form Holland.
(n) Organized in 1877, from parts of Newbern and Union.
(o) In 1872, part detached to form Ridge; in 1873, parts to form Holland and
Jefferson; in 1877, part to Logan. ‘
: ®) Organized in 1873, from parts of Lamb and Union. In 1877, part detached to
‘orm Hayes.
ae (q)__ Organized in 1872, from parts of Newbern and Union. In 1872, part detached
o form Hope.
(r) Th 1880, part detached to form Fragrant Hill.
(s) In 1872, part detached to form Ridge; in 1873, parts to form Liberty and
Noble; in 1877, part to Noble.
(t) Organized in 1878, from part of Holland.
FI (uw) Organized in 1872, from part of Lincoln. In 1879, part detached to form
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ICKINSON County is in the third tier of counties from the north line of

the State, and in the sixth tier from the east line or about one hundred

and thirty miles west of the Missouri river. Measured from north to south, the
county is thirty-six miles, and from east to west, it is twenty-four miles. The
county contains 544,640 acres, or 851 square miles. It is bounded on the
north by Clay County, on the south by Marion County, on the east by Davis
and Morris counties, and on the west by Saline and Ottawa counties. The
north, south and west boundary lines of the county are perfectly straight, but
the east line is somewhat irregular. From the point where the Smoky Hill River
leaves the county to the northeast corner, is ten miles, and at this point the
county widens ‘two miles to the east. Running south from this point eight
miles, it again widens two miles to the east, and four miles farther south it nar-
rows two miles to the west, from which point the boundary line is due north
and south. Commencing at the north line of the county and running south,
the county for the first ten miles is only twenty-two miles wide ; for the next
eight miles it is twenty-four miles wide ; for the next four miles it is twenty six
miles wide, and thence to the southern boundary line, a distance of fourteen
miles, it is twenty-four miles wide. The great stretch of territory embraced in
Dickinson County; is divided into twenty-two civil townships, named and
Jocated as follows; The eastern tier includes, commencing at the northeast

corner, the townships of Fragrant Hill, Noble, Libertyand Union. The next
tier includes, Sherman, Hayes, Centre, Logan, Ridge and Hope. The next
Cheever, Buckeye, Grant, Newbern, Jefferson and Banner; and the western tier
comprises, Flora, Willowdale, Lincoln, Garfield, Wheatland and Holland.
Dickinson is strictly a prairie county, the surface of which is undulating
There is little or no diversity of scenery, but a general sameness applicable to
every portion of the county, With the exception of the northwest and south-
west portions of the county, which are somewhat broken and bluffy, the face of
the county is one vast expanse of beautiful prairie. Itis not low and flat, but
rises and falls in gradual undulations. Along the Smoky H_]l River and the
larger creeks, are beautiful valleys ranging from one-half to three miles wide,
and along nearly all the streams are fine belts of timber, some much wider than
others, ranging from less than one-fourth to a mile in width. The varieties
consist, chiefly of ash, walnut, hackberry, elm, oak and cottonwood, although
some other varieties are found in small quantities. The timber land embraces
about three and a half per cent of the county, the heaviest bodies being along
the Smoky Hill River and Lyon Creek. Chapman, Deer, Turkey and Holland
creeks are also quite well timbered, but Mud Creek in the northwest portion of
the county has but very little timber. Scattered over the face of the county
are a great many artificial groves, and fine orchards which tend to break the
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monotony of the scene. A more beautiful prairie country would be difficult to
find. There are neither low marshes, high bluffs, nor sudden declivities, except
the irregularities in the surface of the northwest and southwest portions of the
county, Streams of pure, clear water are found at intervals ofa few miles, and
while the surface of the county presents a rather monotonous scene, it is rather
pleasing than otherwise,

First in point of importance is the Smoky Hill River, which runs through
the center of the county in an easterly direction, entering the county at Solomon
City on the west, and leaving it about a mile north of the southeast corner of
Noble Township on the east. Its point of leaving is not quite five miles north
of its point of entry. Its course is extremely serpentine, sometimes turning
due south then directly north, then again bending to the west, when, making
another bend, it runs eastward. Itis a stream of great permanence, and no
matter how long the drought or dry the season it always contains quite a flow
of water. All the other streams and creeks in the county are tributary to the
Smoky. Its southern tributaries are Holland, Turkey, Lamb, Deer and
Lyon creeks. Holland Creek has two forks, east and west, both of which rise
in Holland Township, which is the southwest township of the county, and al-
most at the southern boundary line. The west fork runs almost due north and
the east fork north by west,so that when they have traveled a distance of about
ten miles they form a junction in Wheatland Township, and at this point ITol-
land Creek proper begins. Still pursuing an almost due northerly course, it
empties into the Smoky at the southwest corner of Grant Township. The length
of the creek is about twenty miles, and it is well timbered. The next southern
tributary of the Smoky is Turkey Creek, which has three branches known as
the West, Middle and East branches. The West Branch rises in Banner
Township, about three miles north of the southern boundary line of the
county; the Middle branch rises in the same township just at the south
boundary line: and the East branch rises in Hope Township, at the south
boundary line of the county and about five miles east of the Middle Branch.
The East and Middle branches are each about seven miles in length, and the
former running north by west, and the latter north by east, both meet and
form a junction in the northeast corner of Banner Township, from which point
the stream takes the name of East Branch and continues its course due north.
The West Branch is about twelve miles long, and after running due north about
five miles it inclines to the east and pursues its course through the entire
length of Jefferson Township and part of Newbern, where it forms a junction
with the East Branch, and from thence its course is due north until it empties
into the Smoky at the south of Grant Township and about three miles south of
the city of Abilene. Lamb Creek is about twelve miles long and has its rise
on Section No, 20,in Logan Township. It runs due north and skirts the town
of Enterprise on the west, passing which it inclines slightly eastward and
enters the Smoky in Center Fownship, Deer Creek is east of Lamb Creek a
few miles, and while it is only some eight or nine miles in length, it is quite
heavily timbered. Carrie Creek is quite a stream of some fifteen miles in
length, which rises in the nerthern portion of Ridge Township, and flows in a
northeasterly direction until it emptiés into Lyon Creek, a littlé north of Lyona
at the eastern boundary line of the county. Lyon Creek has also three branches
known as the East, Middle and West branches. The West Branch rises in
Hope Township, and runs in-a northeasterly direction, emptying into Lyon
Creek at Woodbine on the south line of Liberty Township. This branch
is about twelve miles long. The Middle and East branches form a
junction in Union Township, about three miles northeast of Aroma at which
point Lyon Creek proper begins and flows north by east until it leaves the
county at its east line, two miles north of Lyona, The northern tributaries
of the Smoky Hill are Mud Creek and Chapman Creek, both of which are fed
by several streams of lesser note. Mud Creek rises in the northwestern cor-
ner of the county in Willowdale Township, and runs in a southeasterly direc-
tion, passing through Buckeye and Grant townships, skirting the city of
Albilene on its way and entering the Smoky about two miles south of the town.
‘Chapman Creek is the longest stream in the county next to the Smoky Hill
River. The entire length of the creek is nearly, or quite, seventy-five miles.
It takes its rise up in Cloud County, and enters Dickinson County at a point
named Industry on the northern boundary line of the county. Its course is
southeast, running across the northeast corner of Cheever Township, thence
diagonally across the western portion of Sherman Township, thence south by
east through Noble Township, until it unites with the waters of the Smoky at
the east side of the town of Chapman. All the streams, except Mud Creek,
are reasonably well timbered and some of them quite heavily so. There are
no springs in the county of any note. Good well water, however, can be ob-
tained at depths ranging from twenty to sixty feet.

Dickinson County has but very little waste land, and the acres are but few
that are not susceptible of cultivation, No better soil can be found anywhere
than in Dickinson County. It is all alluvial, upland as well as bottom land.
Tt is subsoiled with limestone and clay. The soil in the valleys of the streams
and creeks is of great depth and richness, Soil has been taken up from a
depth of twelve feet which has produced wonderful garden crops, proving con-
clusively its almost inexhaustible nature. The upland soil is equally as good
as that of the bottom, the only difference being in quantity. The soil is not
quite so deep on the upland as it is in the valleys, although its average depth
is from three to six feet. No matter how thriftless the farmer, or how shiftless
the manner in which he cultivates the land, it will take many years before any
impoverishment of the soil will be noticeable, The extent of the valleys has to
be seen to be comprehended. They are not Jittle narrow strips of level land
bordering the margins of the streams, but wide, beautiful valleys of miles in
width. Valleys of many of the Eastern rivers, such as the Connecticut and Mo-
hawk, sink into insignificance compared with those of the Smoky Hill. In
many places a man can stand on his own threshold in these valleys and view
tracts of land three and four miles square, the soil of which is not only unex-
celled but unexcellable. There is nothing known to agriculture that the soil
is not capable of producing. All kinds of cereals are of easy production,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Wheat, oats, corn, rye, barley, all can be successfully raised with the least pos-
sible amount of labor, If the adaptability of the suil excels in any one partic-
ular it is in favor of wheat. This crop is sown in the fall and is much more
certain than corn, alt is usually harvested in the latter end of June and begin-
ning of July, and with anything like ordinary rains a good crop is always cer-
tain,. Corn, however, is not as certain, but this is not owing to any fault in
the soil. It is not that the soil fails to produce, or that the cultivation of corn
is too expensive, because there is no crop that can be raised with greater ease,
but the uncertainty springs from a different source. Frequently, not only
Dickinson Co inty, but the entire State is visited by simoons, or hot winds from
the south, which usually last for several days. These hot winds generally come
in the latter end of July or beginning of August, and before their coming is felt
all the small grain is harvested and secured. Not so with corn, however, for this
is the time when it has either begun to tassel or has tasselled. While in this
advanced state the hot winds come along and in a few days not only the corn
but all other vegetation is scorched and parched; and the years when these hot
winds come the corn crop is a failure. Were it not for these Kansas would be
one of the greatest corn growing States in the Union, and Dickinson would be
one of the greatest corn raising counties in the State.

To show what Dickinson County soil is capable of doing in regard to

wheat raising a statement made by Hon. J. S. Hollinger, of Chapman, will suf-
fice. Mr. Hollinger said that between September 3 and 5, 1877, he sowed 100
acres of wheat on Section 27, Township 13, Range 4, which was harvested from
June 15 to 20,1878,with an average yield of forty-six and a half bushels to the acre.
The soil was upland and theseed was drilled in, one and three-eighths bushels to
theacre. The variety was Fultz, of which he had 500 acres in all,which averaged
thirty-four bushels per acre. The soil is not only beautifully adapted to all
kinds of agricultural pursuits, but is also well suited to horticulture and arbori-
culture. Apples, pears, peaches, plums, and all kinds of small fruit can be suc-
cessfully and profitably cultivated. Forest trees grow very rapidly, and all the
attention they require after being planted is to protect them from prairie fire.
In 1858 one Mr. Bradfield settled on a claim close to where the town of Abi-
lene now stands. In plowing the land he discovered that quite a large number
of cottonwoods had sprung up the year before which he did not disturb, and
owing to the foresight displayed then, is attributable the fact that on the same
spot there is now a beautiful grove, with trees measuring two and three feet in
diameter. In addition to the other adaptabilities of the soil is to be added that
of stock raising, The wide ranges which the county affords, its numerous
streams and creeks of pure, living water, and the superabundance of rich
nutritious grasses, make it very desirable for stock raising purposes.
_ The climate and atmosphere of Dickinson County are not the least of its
excellencies and attractiveness. The air is pure and dry, and the atmosphere
clear and invigorating and free from all impurities. There is no trace of ma-
laria, nor are there any low marshes, miry sloughs, or stagnant pools to impreg-
nate the air with miasma and spread seeds of fever and disease. Pulmonary
complaints are unknown to the natives, and where these exist- among new-
comers, unless strongly confirmed and of long starding, they soon disappear.
Catarrhal affections are unknown, and persons affected with these and similar
ailments on coming to the county, soon get rid of them after settlement The
salubrity of the climate is due, chiefly, to the excellent system of natural drain-
age, by which all surplus water occasioned by heavy rainfalls is carried to the
streams and creeks, so that there are neither marshes nor ponds to emit their
poisonous vapors. The winters are short, and only on rare occasions do they
approach severity. Very seldom does snow lie on the ground longer than a
few days, at the farthest. In the summer season, although the mercury in the
thermometer climbs away up‘into the nineties, there is generally a miti-
gating breeze, and no matter how excessively warm the day, the evenings and
nights are always cool and pleasant.

No mineral has yet been discovered in the county to any extent. Several
attempts have been made to discover coal, but the only sucess met with was the
discovery of a few thin veins of very poor quality in the vicinity of Chapman's
Creek and Holland Creek, which were not worth working, and gave no en-
couragement for further attempts at development. Large quantities of good
limestone, suitable for building purposes, are found in various portions of the
county, and chiefly in the neighborhood of Enterprise. Here, also, are found
in large quantities deposits of potters’ clay, which is not used to any extent.
In the southwestern portion of the county are extensive beds of gypsum which
might be profitably utilized both for fertilizing, building and making lime.

EARLY HISTORY.

Dickinson County has no pre-Territorial history, as the first settlement that
took place within its borders, of which there is any authenticated account, took
place on Chapman Creek in 1855, and was made by a family named Lenon.
The following of this family was of a rather doubtful character, it being sup-
posed that horse stealing was their chief business. How far these suppositions
were correct has never been definitely known, but certain it is that in 1858, so
strong was the suspicion against them, that they were driven out of the county,
The next settler in the county was T, F. Hersey, who came in the fall of 1856,
and located on a claim on Mud Creek, adjacent to where the city of Abilene
now stands, and the following spring his family followed him and moved into
the log cabin he had prepared for them. Dickinson County, like most all other
counties in Kansas away from the bank of the Missouri River, suffered under
that erroneous impression that it was a country unfit for human habitation, and
as a consequence, settlers came in very slowly. At the time the county was or-
ganized, in 1857, there was not over a half dozen families in the county. The
county was named after Daniel S. Dickinson, of New York, who, while-United
States Senator from that State, introduced in the Senate, in 1847, resolutions
respecting Territorial government which embodied the doctrine of popular
sovereignty. Prior to its organization, and for a long time subsequent thereto,
it was attached to Davis County for judicial and municipal purposes, and occu-
pied the position of a municipal township. In 1857, C. W. Staatz settled on
DICKINSON COUNTY.

Lyon Creek, being the first settler on this creek in Dickinson County. In 1858
quite a number of new-comers arrived, and settled in different portions of the

‘county, on the various streams. Among these were A. J. Markley, who settled
on Turkey Creek; William Lamb, who located at what is now Detroit, on the
Smoky; A. Packard, on the Smoky, a little southeast of Detroit ; John Irwin,
the Pritchard brothers, G. W. Freeman, on Chapman Creek; J. F. andC. F.

_ Staatz, William Brusson, on Lyon Creek, and E. W. Bradfield on Mud Creek.
At that time no one thought of settling on the upland prairie, every new arrival
seeking the bottom lands in the valleys of the creeks and streams, for the double
purpose of securing better land and being close to timber. Green Lamb, John
Nash, James Long, William Mulhagen, Dr, Gerot, Henry Long, John Long,
Nicholas White, H. M. Rulison, and a few others were among the 1857-58 set-
tlers. At that time, and prior thereto, and for some time subsequent, the wide
valley of the Smoky and the extensive level plains of the prairie formed the
choice hunting groands of the various Indian tribes located to the north, south,
east and west of what is now Dickinson County. From the south came the
Kaws, whose chief village was at Council Grove, in Morris County; from the
north and west came the Sioux, Pawnees and Cheyennes, and from the east came
the Delawares and Pottawatomies. The country abounded in deer, elk, buf-
falo, antelope and all other kinds of wild game, and even for years after white
settlement commenced, these kings of the prairie roamed the plains of Dickinson
County in countless numbers. The early settlers, being located far apart, seldom
saw any human being but the red man as he roamed the prairie with knife and
rifle in quest of game, and the only sound that disturbed the silence was the
crack of his gun, Even as late as 1860, the region of the Smoky was a favorite
retreat for the Indians. Thus it was that in the fall of that year, Capt. Sturgis,
of the United States Dragoons, then stationed at Fort Larned, after a futile at-
tempt in pursuit of the Sioux, to punish them for some heinous depredations
committed by them, after Laving been out-manceuvred by the Indians for weeks,
he, supposing they had gone south, finally found them on the Smoky, where he
attacked them, destroyed theircamp, killed quite a number, and captured a good
many more. The first prairie broke in the county for farming puiposes was on
the Lenon claim on Chapman Creek in 1857, and the next was by T. F. Hersey,
close to where Abilene now stands. The year 1859 witnessed quite a good many
new arrivals, many of whom took claims and settled in the county, whilst others,
afraid to wrestle with the inconveniences and discomforts of frontier life, after
viewing the beautiful valleys and wide prairies, turned their faces eastward and
started back. Among those that remained was James Bell, who took a claim
in the Smoky Hill valley, about a mile from the present town of Abilene, and
upon which he continues to reside. The other settlers who came that year lo-
cated in different portions of the county, some in one place and some in another,
just as they were guided by fancy or judgment. To settle in Dickinson County
at that early date was no small undeitaking, but one surrounded with dangers
and difficulties. In the first place, tribes of savage Indians were almost contin-
ually roaming over the country, and although they professed to be friendly, there
was no telling at what moment, under some real or supposed injury, or the
wild whim or caprice of some treacherous chief, an indiscriminate slaughter
of the whites might commence. Experience had shown that when the savage
thought there was anything to be gained by treachery, there was no depend-
ence to be placed on him. Again, the necessaries of life were only to be had
at great risk and inconvenience. In the days of 1857-58-59, there was scarcely
ahorse in the county,oxen being used almost entirely for farm work and
travel. Statistics show that even in 1860 there were only twenty-three horses
in the whole county. The early settlers found no difficulty in raising grain,
the great trouble arose in finding a market for it and a millto grind it. Kan-
sas City and Leavenworth were the nearest points where they could have
their grists ground or do their trading, but these were distant 160 to 170 miles,
and to make the trip there and back with an ox team required about a month,
These trips were not often made, probably once or twice a year, but when the
“old man” went to market or mill, the whole family had to go, because the
country being so sparsely settled, and settlers being so far apart, and Indians
so plenty, it was not deemed safe to leave the family behind.

Under Territorial Law, a company that platted and laid out into town lots
forty acres was entitled to 160 acres, and this accounts for the multiplicity of
towns laid out in all new counties in territorial times. One of the requirements
of the law was actual occupancy. This law was widely taken advantage of by
parties who did not wish to comply with the pre-emption law. Hence, as early
as 1857, shortly after the organization of the county, a party consisting of
Nicholas White, H. M. Rulison, and Dr. Gerot, formed themselves into a town
company and located what was known as the town of Newport. The place
chosen for the town site was Section 3, Town 13, Range 3, about a mile east of
where Detroit now stands. Forty acres of the section were laid off into town
lots, and a log cabin was erected on each quarter section, besides a store,
eighteen by twenty, built of hewn logs. The object of putting a log cabin on
each quarter was to secure the entire section, but whether they succeeded in
their object the record saith naught, although it is presumable from the evi-
dence that they failed, from the fact that the company disbanded the following
year and abandoned the site. Newport, however, became the first county seat
of the county. The‘first officers appointed for the county were appointed by
Governor Denver in 1858, who, at that time, was Governor of the Territory,
and were as follows: Commissioners, William Lamb, James Long, and Wil-
liam Mullhagan ; County Clerk, Dr. Gerot; Treasurer, John Lamb: Sheriff,
Henry Long; and Register of Deeds, John Long. It-was by this first board
of County Commissioners that Newport was declared the county seat. Up to
this time, and for some time subsequent, Dickinson was attached to Davis
County for judicial and municipal purposes, and not until 1859 was there a
voting precinct in the entire county, the nearest voting place being Kansas
Falls, on the west line of Davis County. Unfortunately for this history, the
records of the proceedings of the County Commissioners during Territorial times
were destroyed in the great fire by which Abilene was visited in January, 1882.
In 1859, however, a voting precinct was established at Newport, at which

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twenty votes were cast at the election held in November of that year. This

_ closes the Territorial period, and early in the following jyear, 1860, Kansas be-

came one of the Statesin the Union. The population of Dickinson County at
that time was 378, and this included every man,woman, and child in the county.
The first regular election held in the county was in the fall of 1860, after
Kansas had been admitted asa State. The Smoky Hill River running almost
through the center of the county from west to east, divides the county into
nearly two equal parts; one north and the other south. To accommodate the
voters on both sides of the river the County Commissioners established two
voting precincts, one on the north side of the river at Newport, and one on
the south side at A. J, Markey’s, on Turkey Creek, or, as it was then called,
Union City. Atthis election the following were the county officers chosen:
Commissioners, E. W. Bradfield, William Mullhagen, and G. W. Danks; As-
sessor, J. F. Staatz; Treasurer, J.C. Abbott; County Clerk, T. F. Hersey;
Register of Deeds, R. H. Hunt; Surveyor, Green Lamb; Probate Judge,’
Gotlieb Gugler. Scarcely had these officers qualified for their respective of-
fices when the county seat question began to be agitated. At this juncture,
one C, H. Thompson, who, in the spring of 1860, had moved into the county
from Leavenworth, and located on a tract of land east of the farm of T. F.
Hersey, conceived the idea of laying out a town, which idea he immediately
carried out by having a portion of his land surveyed and laid off into town
lots. The uaming of this town in prospective was given to Mrs.
Hersey, who named it Abilene. After the town was laid out and named, a few
rude log cabins were speedily constructed, and Abilene entered the lists as a _
contestant for thecounty seat. The other contesting places were: Union City,
Smoky Hill (now Detroit) and Newport. ‘he voters were not many, but the
contest was none the less lively for all that. Union City was on the south side
of the river, and the other contesting places north of it. Newport had the advan-
tage of whatever prestige was to be gained from being then the county
seat. The settlers on the south side of the river were much less in
number than those on the north side, but they had the advantage of
being united, as there was only one place south of the river that as-
pired to the honor of becoming the county seat, and on this place they
concentrated their voting strength. The chances of Union City were
very encouraging, as the people on the north side of the river were divided
between Abilene, Smoky Hilland Newport. Thompson and Hersey saw that
unless a union could be made with the supporters of some of the other points,
the county seat would not only be lost to Abilene, but to the north side of the
river, and all their energies were bent to prevent this if possible. How it was
accomplished is yet a mystery, but certain it is that they succeeded in getting
the settlers on Chapman Creek to withdraw their support from Newport in
favor of Abilene, and by this move they secured the victory. The election on
the county seat question took place in the spring of 1861, and the canvass of
the votes showed Abilene to be the choice. Besides the places mentioned as con-
testing for the county seat, there were towns, in name only, scattered all over
the county. There was a piece of ground to which was given the name of Lon-
don Falls. Then there was the town of Centreville, another named Arapa-
hoe; the name of another town was given to a place about three-fourths of a
mile west of Mud Creek; then a party from New York located and named a
town adjoining, SandSpring. Bruce City was the name given to a place at the
mouth of the Solomon River, and White Cloud was located about a mile east of
the present site of Solomon City. Asif there were still a scarcity of towns.
John Erwin located a town on his farm, and about the same time some one
else located a town in the southeastern portion of the county, to which he gave
the sweet sounding name of Aroma. How densely all these towns were peopled
may be ascertained from the fact that in the 851 square miles embraced in Dick-
inson County, there were at that time but 378 souls, all told. The effects of
the extreme drouth of 1860, by which Kansas was visited, were felt in Dickin-
son County as well as in all other portions of the State, not only in tHe destruc-
tion of crops, but in putting a stop to immigration. From 1860 un il after the
war closed, the newcomers that settled in the county were very few, nor did
they come in any great numbers for several years afterwards. A few would
come at interval:, and if suitable locations could be found in some of the stream
valleys, they would settle, but if not they would go elsewhere. All this time
there was not a single settler on the prairie, and not until 1867 did any one ven-
ture to open upa prairie farm. The first toso venture were John Reeves and
Edmund Kelly, who located in Newbern Township in 1867, and went to work
turning over the virgin sod. It is questionable if the opening up of these farms
by Reeves and Kelly did not do more for the advancement and development of
Dickinson County than any other thing that could have happened. Prior to
that time it wasthe universal belief that the uplands of the prairie were alto-
gether useless for farming, and were fit only for grazing purposes. This delu-
sion was soon dispelled and when it was found that as good farms could be made
on the upland prairies as on the bottom lands in the valleys, the new comers
increased, and at this date, 1882, some of the finest farms in the county are
prairie farms. In the years of the early settlement of the county, several at-
tempts had been made to raise fall wheat, but without success. This failure
was not caused by any defect in the soil, but to other and quite natural causes.
Fires had swept over the surface of the soil for a great many years before settle-
ment, during which the soil nearest to the surface had undergone a process of
baking, as it were. When the sod was turned over it would soon lose what little
humidity it possessed and become perfectly dry. In those days grain was sown
broadcast, and before it could take root, strong winds would come and blow,
not only the seed out of the ground, but a good deal of the soil with it, conse-
quently there would be no crop, and hence the sowing of fal] wheat was discon-
tinued. The attempt was not renewed until the fall of 1866, when it was un-
dertaken by the Hodge brothers, who made a success of it, and since that time
but very little spring wheat has been raised in the county, fall wheat hav-
ing supplanted it. The year 1869 was rather a disastrous one
for Dickinson County, owing to the floods that occurred in June of
that year. Mud Creek and Chapman Creek overflowed their banks,
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and the entire country north of the Smoky Hill was submerged. Abi-
lene was under water—cellars wére flooded, and in most of the houses water
stood two and three feet deep. People had to leave their homes, and as many
as three hundred people were quartered in the “ Drovers’ Cottage,” kept by
Mr. Gore, for several days, and even there the water was a foot deep on the
ground floor. What crops were in the ground were completely washed out,
and twelve persons were drowned by the flood The year 1870 is chiefly re-
markable for the number of nev settlers that located in the county that year,
and also for the county seat contest between Detroit and Abilene, in which the
latter was successful. In February of that year, a party from Ohio who had
come to Kansas to select a location for a colony, were so well pleased with
Dickinson County that they concluded to look no farther. Lands were selected
for the colonists, and on the 5th day of April following, the Buckeye Colony ar-
rived in Abilene, where they remained until houses for their accommodation
were built on the lands that had been selected for the colony. These landsare
located in Township 12, Range 2 east, which is now one of the civil townships
of the county, and is known as Buckeye Township. The colonists num-
bered about 200 in all, and among them were: M. P. Jolley, J. T. Stevenson,
W. R. Moore, Lot Deming, J. T. Simmons, John Hummell, J. R. Wilson, W.
S. Lafferty, A. K. Ruse, Stephen Winsler, George Purvess, Joseph Kennedy,
Wm. Jackson, Joseph Underhill, followed shortly afterwards by a good many
others. Mr. V. P. Wilson was the organizer of this Buckeye colony. In Sep-
tember of that same year a County Agricultural Society was organized, but af-
ter an existence of a few years, the property of the society passed into the hands
of others, and now fairs are held under the auspices of a stock company. In
that month, also, quite an accession was made to the population, by the arri-
val of Joseph Wilson and twenty others, who emigrated from Bureau County,
Ills., and settled in Dickinson County. The first fair held in the county, was,
on October 18, 1870, onthe farm of James Bell, near Abilene. The year 1871
was one of large immigration into the county. As early as March, a colony of
about forty persons arrived from Michigan, and settled in what is now Hope,
but what was then part of Ridge Township. Among the colonists were: N.
Thurstin, A. Hanquenet, D. Chartier, M. Chase, Mr. Robinson and others.
In the spring of that same year, Rev. W. B. Christopher, of Illinois, with a
colony of about fifty persons, located in the county, and selected Cheever, one
of the northern townships, as their place of settlement. In March, 1872, quite
a colony arrived in the county from Tennessee, under the leadership of W. E.
A. Meek and A. L, Evans. The members of this colony numbered about sixty,
and their place of location was in Ridge and Hope Townships. in the southern
portion ofthe county. About this time, also, quite a number of settlers ar-
rived from Adams County, Pa., who selected Cheever Township as their place
of settlement. The number of new settlers coming to the county kept in-
creasing each year until 1879, when one of the most complete and perfectly or-
ganized colonies that ever entered a new country, arrived in Dickinson County-
In point of numbers and equipment it far exceedéd anything that had preceded
it. All told, they numbered nearly three hundred persons. The leaders of the
movement had been traveling through Kansas for some time seeking a location,
and finally decided upon Dickinson County. When they had selected the Jands
for the colony, they immediately went to work and had a large frame building
erected in Abilene, 28x80 feet, for the accommodation of the colonists upon
their arrival, until suitable buildings could be erected upon their lands. On
Friday, March 28, 1879, the first company arrived in Abilene, which consisted
of thirty persons from Frederick County, Md., and on Saturday morning, up-
wards of two hundred arrived from Lancaster, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon
and Franklin counties, Pa., and these were followed later by others. In re-
ligion they are what is known as “River Brethren,” and in order not to be de-
prived of their privilege of worship, they brought with them a minister, Rev.
Benj. Gish, and a bishop, Rev. Jesse Engle, so that from the time they started,
there wasa perfect church organization in the colony. The colony divided on
its arrival in the county, some settling north of the Smoky, and some south, in
the vicinity of Belle Springs. They brought with them fifteen car loads of
freight, and in noting their departure from Pennsylvania, the Marietta Times
said that they took with them not less than $500,000 in money. In November,
1871, the cattle trade business was closed up in Abilene, and moved to counties
farther West. From the commencement of the business to its close, it had
been a source of a good deal of trouble to many of the farming community.
Companies were formed to oppose tne driving of Texas cattle through the
county, which often led to serious disturbances between the cattle men and
farmers, the latter being sometimes fought off and sometimes bought off. From
that time forward the county advanced rapidly, each year adding hundreds to
its population, and thousands of dollars to its material wealth; and now the
position occupied by Dickinson County as an agricultural and stock county, is
in the first rank.

ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIPS,

There was no division of the county into civil townships until 1867, when
on April 3, of that year, the County Commissioners divided it into five town-
ships, as follows :

The territory described as follows, constituted Newbern Township. Com-
mencing at the southwest corner of the county, thence east on the south line
of county to the southwest corner of Section 34, Township 16, Range5; thence
north to Smoky Hill River, thence west along said river to west line of county,
and thence south to place of beginning.

Union Township embraced the following described territory: Be-
ginning at the southwest corner of Section 35, Township 16, Range 3,
thence east to southeast corner of the county, thence north to the Smoky Hill
River, thence west along said river to the east line of Newbern Township, and
thence south on said line to place of beginning. These two townships em-
braced all that portion of territory lying south of Smoky Hill River, which is
more than half the county.

Grant Township commenced at the northwest corner of Township 11,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Range 2, thence south on the range line to the Smoky Hill River, thence east
along the river to the west line of Section 2, Township 13, Range 3, thence
north on the section line to south line of Township 11, Range 3, thence west to
east line of Range 2, thence north to north line of county, and thence west to
place of beginning. .

Sherman Township commenced at the northwest corner of Township 11,
Range 3, thence south to north line of Township 12, thence east on town line
to southwest corner of Section 35, Township 11, Range 3, thence south to the
Smoky Hill River, thence east on said river to the east line of the county,
thence north on the east line of the county to the northeast corner of the coun-
ty, and thence west to the place of beginning.

Lincoln Township commenced at the northwest corner of the. county,
thence south on west line of county to the Smoky Hill River, thence east along
the river to the east line of Range 1, thence north on said east line to north
line of county and thence west to place of beginning. 3

By this division three townships were established north of the river and
two south. Whilst the territory north of the Smoky Hill is considerable less
than that south, yet at that time, the few settlers that were in the county were
located, chiefly, north of the stream. Each of the three northern townships ex-
tended from the river to the north line of the county, and each of them had an
embryo town, Chapman on the east, Abilene in the center and Solomon City on
the we:t. A new township, to which was given the name of Lamb, was organ-
ized, November 6, 1869,embracing a part of what is now Cheever, Buckeye,
Grant, Newbern, Ridge, Union, Liberty, three-fourths of Noble, nearly all of
Sherman, and all of Hayes, Center and Logan. It was nine miles east and
west, and twenty-six miles north and south, and completely spoiled the symmetri-
cal proportions of all the other townships excepting Lincoln. On January 5,
1870, just two months after its formation, the boundary lines of Lamb Town-
ship were changed, and in changes that were made subsequently, it lost its iden-
tity altogether. .

Ridge Township was organized February 20, 1872, and comprised Town-
ships 15 and 16, Range 3, but subsequently it was subdivided, and 15 wasmade
Hope Township. :

Willowdale Township was organized February 21, 1872, and comprised
Townships 11 and 12, Range 1, by which formation Lincoln was nearly obliter-
ated.

On March 15, 1873, a general reorganization of townships took place, by
which old boundary lines were wiped out, and new ones created.

Holland Township comprised Townships 14, 15 and 16, Range I east.

Buckeye Township comprised Township 12, Range 2 east.

Sherman Township comprised Township 11, Ranges 3 and 4 east.

Liberty Township comprised Townships 13 and 14, Range 4 east and
that portion of 14, Range 5 east, belonging to Dickinson County.

Lincoln Township was made to comprise Township 13, Range I east.

Union Township was comprised of Townships 15 and 16, Range 4 east.

Newbern Township was composed of Township 14, Ranges 2 and 3 east.

Grant Township was cut down to Township 13, Range 2 east.

_Center Township was created and comprised Township 13, Range 3 east.

Cheever Township was formed of Township 11, Range 3 east.

Noble Township comprised Township 12, Ranges 3 and 4 east.

Jefferson Township was made to consist of Townships 15 and 16, Range
2 east.

: On April 10, 1877, other townships were created by changing the bounda-
ry lines.

Banner Township was taken from the south of Jefferson, and is composed
of Township 16, Range 2 east.

Logan Township was taken from the east of Newbern, and consists of
Township 14, Range 3 east.

Hayes Township was taken from the west of Noble, and comprises the
west five miles of Township 12, Range 3 east.

Wheatland Township was created on January 9, 1878, by taking Town-
ships 14 and 15, Range I east, from Holland.

Flora Township was established in 1879, by a division of Willowdale, giv-
ing Town 11, Range t to the former, and Town 12, Range I to the latter.

Fragrant Hill Township was created February 10, 1880, by dividing Sher-
man north and south, and giving the west half to the former.

Garfield Township was organized September, 1882, by dividing Wheatland
east and west, and giving the north half to Garfield.

_ The foregoing is the history of the organization of the various townships
in the county as at present constituted, of which there are twenty-two in all.

GROWTH IN POPULATION.

For ten or twelve years after the county was organized its population in-
creased very slowly, and it could not well be otherwise. The county was then
on the extreme west of civilization, and was part of that vast plain set down by
some geographers as the “ Great American Desert.” Up until 1866 there was
not a foot of railway in the county, and the long distances settlers had to go to
mill and market were detriments to impede settlement. When it finally did
take a start the population increased with wonderful rapidity, and although the
ravages of the grasshoppers in 1874 gave ita temporary check, it soon recov-
ered and grew more rapidly than ever. In 1860 the ‘county had a population
of 378 ; in 1870 it was 3,043 ; an increase in ten years of 2,665, or an average
of 266% per year. Fully three-fourths of this increase occurred after the com-
pletion of the Kansas Pacific Railway through the county, or between 1866 and
1870. In 1875 the population of the county was 6,841, being an increase in five
years of 3,798, or 1,133 greater thanthe increase during the preceding ten years.
In 1878 another census was taken and at that time the population of the county
was 10,850, being an increase in three years of 4,009, or 211 more than the in-
crease from 1870 to 1875, and this, too, notwithstanding the temporary check
immigration received from the grasshopper raid of 1874. The United States
census of 1880 gives the population of the county at 15,070, showing an in-
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DICKINSON COUNTY.

crease In two years of 4,220, this being 211 more than the increase for the three
preceding years, The census taken by the various assessors in the spring of
1882 sets the population down at 15,693, and now, November, 1882, it is esti-
seca at al ore than 16,000. ,

tis by the material growth of a county that the prosperity of the people
can best be judged. The evidences of material civentomert ae to be cen is
every hand, in beautiful, well stocked farms, fine houses and commodious barns;
in thriving towns and villages ; in mills and manufactories ; in numerous school -
houses and churches, and in the general prosperity that seems to accompany all
branches of business. That Dickinson County has advanced wonderfully in
material growth is best shown by statistics. Referring to these it is found that
in 1860 all the live stuck in the county was included in 23 head of horses, 3
mules, 7 sheep, and 105 head of cattle. Ten years later, 1870, the value of the
agricultural products of the county alone amounted to $171,882. In 1872 the
total acreage ot field crops was 38,448; in 1873 it was 43,265.53; in 1874
it was 51,887, This was the year of the great grasshopper invasion, when the
people of Kansas were rendered so destitute that a great many of the people
had to receive aid and assistance from those of other States, but notwithstand-
ing this, the acreage of field crops for the following year, 1875, exceeded that of
1874 by 19,124.12, the total for that year being 71,011.12. In 1876 it was
88,825.60; in 1877 it was 133,510.46; in 1878 it was 166,002.06 ; in 1879 it
was 185,483.61, and in 1880 it had reached 217.197.74. A better understanding
of how the county has grown in material wealth may be had by comparing the
value of products of 1870 with that of 1880. In the former year it was only
$171,882, while the latter reached to $1,832,537.64, showing an increase in ten
years of $1,660,655.64. That the material wealth of the county is increasing

 

 

largely each year may be seen by comparing the live stock in the i
2 county in
1880 with that of 1882. .
' Year. Horses. Mules & Asses Cows. jotner Cattle. Sheep. Swine.
1880. 6,667 1,024 5,136 7,388 ‘
1882. U573 1,006 5,329 13,076 2b tS Baba

 

 

 

 

 

 

The large increase in cattle and sheep shows clearly that the people are
becoming alive to how profitably stock-raising and sheep raising can be carri-d
on where there is an abundance of rich pasture, pure water and wide ranges,
and in all these Dickinson County excels. The number of acres in cultivated
farms in 1882 was 385,749, valued at $4,014,473. There were erected 251 farm
dwellings during the year ending March 1, 1882, valued at $74,329. The total
acreage of field crops in 1882 was 241,450, an increase of 24,252.26 over that of
1880, The value of garden products sold in 1880 was $11,255; in 1882 it was
$UI,733., The value of poultry and eggs sold in 1880 was $14,443, as against
$26,897 in 1882, The value of animals slaughtered, or sold for slaughter, in
1880, was $177,861, whereas, in 1882, they amounted in value to $286,147.
The amount of wool clipped from sheep in the county in 1880, aggregated
25,368 pounds, whereas, in 1882, it reached 58,479 pounds. The vast increase
in the two last items alone show with what, gigantic strides the people of the
county are marching to material prosperity. The product of butter in 1880 was
296,589 pounds, and in 1882 it was 400,176, an increase in two years of 103,587
pounds. There were cut in 1881 500 tons of tame hay, and 43,865 tons. of
prairie hay, representing a value of at least $221,825. Other evidences of the
material prosperity of the county are shown in the advancement of arboricul-
ture and horticulture. Forest trees have been planted to the extent of 4.220
acres, and over 100 acres are devoted to nurseries. The number of apple trees
in bearing, according to the assessor’s returns for 1882, was 13,760; pear trees
2,295 ; peach trees, 207,174 ; plum trees, 23,249, and cherry trees 9,296. The
number not in bearing was: apple 37,185, pear 2,963, peach 130 697, plum 13,-
Io2, and cherry 23,723. Over 100 acres were devoted to the culture of straw-
berries, raspberries and grapes, Of fence there were in the county, in 1882, of
board, 24,316 rods ; of rail, 3,012 rods; of stone, 22,699 rods ; hedge, 411,900,
and wire, 100,191, or an aggregate of 562,118, representing a value of nearly
three-fourths of a million of dollars, and $200,000 more is represented by the
agricultural implements in the county. The foregoing statistics ouzht to be
sufficient evidence to satisfy any one of the growth of Dickinson County in ma-
terial wealth.

RAILROADS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, PRESS,

There is only one railroad in the county, the Kansas Pacific, which runs across the en-
tire county from east to west. Itfollows the course of the Smoky Hill River, and runs
along its north bank, some places touching the very margin of the stream and at others
being two or three miles from it, owing to the windings of the river. It enters the
county at the southeast corner of Noble Township, and passes through the towns of Chap-
man, Detroit, Abilene and passes out of the county on the west at Solomon City. The road
was built through the county in 1866.

The educational interests of the county are in keeping with the general progress and
advancement of the other interests of the county, The schoolhouses are all in good condi-
tion and the sites are fenced. Nearly all of the school buildings are located on the prairie,
and although located in these exposed positions, but very few have taken any steps to orna-
ment the grounds by setting out shade trees. Inside, however, the buildings are well seat-
ed, and well supplied with maps, charts, plober, dictionaries and other school apparatus.
There are at present (1882), one hundred and twelve school districts in the county, and 114
schoolhouses, of which pumber, three are constructed of brick, eight of stone, and 103 of
wood. The ponoel populaslon of the county in 1882, between the ages five and twenty-one
years, was 5,508, divided as to sex into 2,833 males and 2,670 females. The number of

ils enrolled in the public schools during the year was 4,701, of which 2,897 were males
emales, The average daily attendance was 2,757, divided into males, 1,334, and
females, 1,423. The total number of teachers employed during the year was 133, of which
sixty-five were males and sixty-eight females, The average salary per month paid to
teachers was, males $36, females $31.50. Besides the 114 public schools, in the county
there are two private schools, giving employment to three male teachers, the pupils of
which number 140. School bonds were issued during the year to the amount of $13,600,
and the total bonded indebtedness of the various school districts in the county was $31,820.
A tax of twelve and half mills was levied for all school purposes, and the estimated value of
all school property in the county, including buildings and grounds, was $95,000. There
was in the hands of the District Treasurer, on August 1, 1881. $4,959.45, and the receipts
during the year amounted to $57,578.30 making a total of $62,537.75. The expenditures
during the year amounted to $45,713,29, so that on August 1, 1882, the amount inthe hands
of the District Treasurer was $16,824.46. Whilst there are only 114 schoolhouses inthe
county, there are 130 schoolrooms, which arises from the fact that the school buildings in
Abilene, Solomon City, Enterprise and Chapman. contain two, or more rooms. The school-
house in Abilene, which has just been greatly enlarged to meet the demands of the com-
munity, is a large, elegant brick building and would be an ornament to any city. i

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and one Methodist, and also one Catholic about a mile south of Chapman. In Union Town-
ship there two, one German Lutheran, valued at $2,500, and oue German Baptist, valued
at $2,000. In Liberty Township there are two, one German Methodist, valued at *2,500, and
one Methodist, valued at $4,000. In Center Township, aside from those in Enterprise,
St Gee two, both Swede, one Lutheran, valued at $1,800, and one Free Church, valued at

In Hope Township there is one, Catholic, valued at $800.

In Banner Towns ip there is one, German Lutheran, valued at $2.500.

In Jefferson Township there are two, one Lutheran, valued at $2,000, and one Baptist,
valued at $1,000.

In Wheatland sownship there is one, United Presbyterian, valued at $1,200.

In Garfield Township there is one, Presbyterian, valued at $1,800.

In all, there are twenty-nine church buildings in the county, all of which are located
south of the Sinoky Hill-River, excepting those in Chapman, Abilene, and Solomon City. In
the territory north of the river there are a 200d many ehureh organizations that mect for
worship in the various schoolhouses, 1n addition to all these the River Brethren have two
church organizations both of whicn are numerically strong.
nite” are four newspapers published in the county, of which the following is a

The Chronicle,—This is a weekly paper, published at Abilene, It was established Feb-
ruary. 1870, by V. P. Wilson, and with him as sole editor and proprietor. Mr. Wilson was
the prime mover in organizing the Buckeve Colony, and waschiefly instrumental in getting
it to locate in Dickinson County. He continued to run the Chronicle until May, 1873, when
he sold it to Henry & Lebold, at which time J. W. Hart became editor. Subsequently Henry
& Lebold sold the paper to the Dickinson County Publishing Association, Mr. Hart still re-
taining the editorship. Some time later the paper was sold to Hart & Simpson, after which
Simpson disposed of his interest to Hart, who is now sole editor and proprietor. It is pub-
lished weekly, four pages, eight columns, Republican in politics, and has a circulation of

_. The Gazette.—Is published at Abilene, and was established December, 1874, by V. P.
Wilson & Sons, who became, and contin eto be, sole editors and proprietors. The paper is
printed on a steam power Potter press. It is issued on Thursday of each week, four pages,
nine columns, is Republican in politics, and has a circulation of 1,800.

Solomon Gazelte.—Is published at Solomon City, and was established July, 1879,
by J. Claude Hill, and with him as sole editor and proprietor, which he still continues to
Meee a weekly, four pages, eight columns, Independent in politics, and has a circulation

Enterprise Register.—Is published at Enterprise, and was established in March, 1882. by
the denver prise Publishing Company, with J. D. James, as editor, who continued to edit the
paper until June, 1882, when he was succeeded by J. H. Brady, the present editor. The
aera wieeat four pages eight columns, Independent Republican in politics, and its

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FIRST EVENTS.

First SETTLERS.—Centre Township : Lenon family in 1855, but who left in 1858. The
next were John Nash, William Lamb, A. Packard and W. H. Lamb, in 1858. Grant Town-
ship: T. F. Hersey, in 1856, James Belland E. W. Bradfield, in 1858. Liberty Township:
c. W, Staatz, 1857; J. F. Staatz, C. F. Staatz and Willtam Brusson, 1858. Noble Township:
G. W. Freeman, John Erwin and the Pritchard brothers, 1858. Union Township: The
Kandt family, the Koepkes, and A. S. Blanchett, 1859. Itidgeand Hope Townships: Set-
tled by the Michigan Colony in 1872, among its members being N. Thurstin. D. Cartier, A.
Henquenet, M. Chase, and others, about forly inall. Buckeye Township: M. P. Jolly and
J. T, Stevenson, 1869, followed by the Buckeye Colony in 1870, numbering about 200 souls.
Cheever Founalip : First permanent settler was M. H. Price, 1865. Several attempts at
settlement had been made prior to this time, one as early as 1859, by a family named
Hevington, from North Carolina, and by a family named illiams, in 1860. ‘fhe Hev-
ingtons took their departure in 1860, and the Williams followed in 1860.. The
next attempt at settlement in the township was made by two brotbers named Murphy,
in the snring of 1861. A few months satisfied them and they leftin the fall of that same
year. The next settler was Mr. Price, in 1865, followed by Robert Kimball and family, in
1866, Mr. Kimball lost his wife by cholera, in 1867, after which he left the county, leaving
Mr. Price the sole settler in the township until 1869, when William Warnock and family
settled on the claim abandoned by Kimball, and George Shry on the claim abandoned: in
1861, by Murphy. Mr. Warnock was drowned that same year in Chapman Creek, after
which his family moved ont of the township, and Mr. Shry, becoming discouraged moved
back to the State he came from, and thus again were Mr. Price a ‘d family left the sole in-
habitants of the township. In 1870, Eli George, Rev. J. Lattimer and K. W. Dow, and these
were followed in 1871, by a colony from Ilinois, known as the “ Prohibition Colony,” or-
ganized by Rev. W. B. Christopher, and numbering about fifty souls. Flora Township:

. C. Iliff, and Harrison Flora, 1870. Jefferson Township: M. Rubin and C. Hoffman, 1860.
Banner Township: H. Nottorf, 1860. Newbern Township: A.J. Markley and J. W.
Shepard, 1859. Sherman Township: Daniel Jones, 1864, followe:t soon after by Kerby,
Clemens, Smutz, Shields,’/Dever brothers, Bayless and others. Logan Township: J. G.
Miller, William Hilcher, John Erick, D. J. Kimmerly and C. W. Abhey. Willowdale
Township: W. G. Lewis, 1869, followed in 1869, by G. W. Garten and William Campbell.
Hayes Township: L. K. Warnock, G. B. Smith and the Thisslers. Garfield Township: K.
G. Fleming, A. R. Cormach and J. H. Carkhuff, 1870. Wheatland Township: Henry
{faker and Orlando Bonner, 1870. Lincoln Township: H. Whitley and William Frost
n 2.

The first birth and the first death that took place in the county occurred in the family
of C. F. Staatz, on Lyon Creek, The birth was thatof C. F. Staatz, Jr., which occurred on
the 24th day of June, 1857, and his place of birth was the emigrant wagon with which his
parents had moved iuto the county, the log cabin into which the family afterwards moved,
not being completed at the time. The first death was that of Julia Staatz, achild of Mr, and
Mrs. C. F. Staatz, which occurred in October, 1857. The first marriage in the county was
that of David Beigart to Miss J. F. Staatz, in 1859, so thatthe Staatz family had the first
birth, the first death, and furnished one of thecontracting parties to the first marriage that
took placein thecouuty. The first school organized in the county was in Liberty Town-
ship, on Lyon Creek, in 1859, the first teacher being William Mueller, or Miller.

The first church built in the county was by the German Methodists, who erected one of
logs on Lyon Creek early inthe spring of 1861, and which served the double purpose of
being used as a church on Sunday and a schoolhouse during the week. Of this first church
Rev. Peter May was pastor. The first instrument recorded in the county, as shown by the
books in the office of the Register of Deeds, bears date February 23, 1859, and is a deed
from Samuel Shively to N. B. White, G. W. Churchill, and H. M. Rulison, conveying the
northeast quarter of Section 3, Township 13, Range 3 east, of land in Kansas Territory,
containing 165.55 acres, the consideration being $500.

The first store opened in the county was by **Old Man Jones” at Abilene in 1860, which
was a kind of country store and saloon combined. :

The first hotel builtin the county was the Drovers’ Cottage, by Joseph G..McCoy, in
1866, at Abilene, of which the first landlord was Col. Gore, who bought the house in 1868,
and who continues to run the house still, under the name of the Cottage.

The first newspaper. published in the county was the Chronicle, established at Abilene,
February, 1870, by V. P. Wilson.

MANUFACTORIES AND MILLS.

The manufactories in the county are but few, although there are several good water
powers in the county that might be profitably and advantageously utilized. The largest
manufacturing establishment in the county, aside from the flouring mills, is the svap fac-
tory in the suburbs of Abilene. It is nota mammoth establishment, but it does quite an
amount of business, and makes all kinds of soap, from choice toilet to the long yellow bar.

The Abilene Foundry and Machine Works is quite an establishment, and does an exten-
sive business, The business was established in 1879, by Whitehurst & Co., but prior to
that time Mr. Whitehurst had been en gaged in carrying on a blacksmith shop and carriage
manufactory, which, in addition to the foundry and machine works, he still conducts.
Connected with the foundry establishment isa planing mill and several turning lathes.
The combined business gives employment to quite a number of men.

Inthesummer of 1882, Mr. Jones & Son started an establishment, on a small scale, in
the suburbs of Abilene, for the manufacture of wind-mills, in which they employ several
hands. A similar institution is carried on at Enterprise, which was established, in 1882, by
Teets & Bros., who are doing a good business. The Monarch is the name of the mill they
manufacture. There are twelve flouring mills in the county, the greater portion of which
run continually night and day. The mill at Industry. on the north line of the county,
owned by J. C. Kesseburn, is a large frame building, with five run of stone, and does alarge
mnilling business. It is located on Chapman Creek,

Sutphen’s Millis also on Chapman Creek, about six miles north of Chapman Village,
This is also a wooden building, and of small capacity, having only two run of buhrs.

The Woodbine Mill, erected in 1872, and owned by J. A. Gillett, is a wooden structure,
with four run of stones, and does quite an extensive local business. It is located at the
village of Woodbine, near the junction of the east and west branches of Lyon Creek.

L. Schleagle owns and operates a smalltwo-run mill on Turkey Creek, in the south
part of Newbern Township. The building is frame, and its business strictly local. It was
erected in 1874. ° .

The Enterprise Mills, owned by C. Hoffman & Son, are quite extensive. Oneisaframe
building, with three run of buhrs, and the otheris astone building, which was erected in
1873, and run for several years as a woolen mill, after which it was converted into a flour-
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ing mill, with all the latest and most approved machinery. These mills do an immense
business, and run nearly night and day the year round, except Sundays. The frame mill 1s
40x60 feet and fifty-four feet high. The stone mill is 40x80 feet and seventy feet high,
having four stories anda basement. This mill hasseven run of stones, They are among the
finest mills in the State. :

The Abilene Mill is a water-power mill, and is located on the Smoky Hill River, about
two miles south of the city of Abilene. It was erected by Kiddoo Bros, in 1873, and has
four run of buhrs,

The City Mills at Abilene were erected by Peter Marx in 1879. It 1s a frame mill, 35x40
feet, aud three stories high, with a basement, The present proprietors are Stoddard &
Humphrey. ltisa steam mill, with four run of stones. The engine is of forty-five-horse
power, and the capacity of the mill is seventy-five barrels per day.

The Dickinson County Mills are located in Abilene. They have just been completed,
and are about starting into operation, These mills were built by a chartered company,
known as the Johntz & Rice Mill Co. The main building Is 40x60 feet, with an L, 16x24,
and four stories high, Irrespective of the basement. The mill has thirteen ran of buhrs,
and is supplied throughout with the lates improved machinery. Excepting the engine
and boiler-room, which is of brick, the other portions are solidly constructed frame-work.
The engine is of 125-horse power.

The Solomon Valley Mill, located at Solomon City, was erected in 1872 by William
Smith. Itis a water mill, anda better location for power could not be desired, Itis built
at the confiuence of the Solomon and Smoky Hill rivers, is 30x50 feet, three stories high,
has sixrun of buhrs, is supplied with the latest improved machinery, and manufactures
200 barrels of flour per day.

., rhe National Salt Works at Solomon City ¢onstitute one of the finest manufacturing
industries in the county. $60,000 have been expended on these works within the last two
years, and though yet in their infancy, manufacture salt equal to that of Syracuse or Sagi-
naw, and when fully developed, can produce it in endless quantities, as the supply of brine
is inexhaustible.

__ There are many excellent water privileges, lying idle, which could be profitably util-
ded. and no better opening could be desired for the establishment of one or two woolen
mills.

POS'T-OFFICES,

Abilene—Grant Townsbip, W. 8. Hodge, Postmaster.
Solomoa—Lincoln Township, D. W. Wil M.
Detroit—Center Township, 8. E. Vaile, P. M.
Enterprise—Center Township, F. H. Viering, P.M.
Chapman—Noble Township, Geo. Snyder, P. M.
Sutphens Mill—Noble Township, W. H. Sutphen, P. M.
New Chillicothe—Fragrant Hill Township, J. L. Kirby, P. M.
Industry—Cheever Township, Y. Monroe, P. M.
Cheever—Cheever Township, Thomas Ayers, P. M.
Keystone—Flora Tewnship, Jonas Freet, P. M.

Poplar Hill—Flora Township, R. B. iyda , P.M.
Carrollton—Holland Township, L. A. Peck, P. M.

Belle Springs—Newbern Township, Miss M. Bolinger, P. M.
Newbern—Jefferson Jownship, Mrs. Wm, Murry, P. M.
New Basil—Jetterson Township, E. F. Haberline, P.M.
Rhodes—Banner Township, J. A Seamans, P. M.
Midway—Banner Township, J. D. Fry, P. M.
Henry—Banner Township. J.D. Scott, P.M.
Dillon—Hope Township. B. F. Barnes, P. M.
Hope—Hope Township, Martin Pease, P. M.
Plympton—Ridge Township, D. M. Ross, P. M.
Rosebank—Hope Township, Donald McKay, P. M.
Redwood—Union Township, Dan’l Weaver, P. M.
Aroma—Union Township, A. D. Blanchett, P. M.
Woodbine—Libverty Township. H. B. Scott, P. M.
Lyona—Liberty Towuship, J. J. Muenzenmayer, P. M.

MURDER—LYNCHING,

So far as known there has been but one case of lynching in the county, and this oc-
curred in 1872. The circumstances that led to it are as follows: At that time there were
two men in Abilene who were partuers in the business of tailoring. Their names were
Kelly and Johnson, and their shop was a small frame house on First street. Here they
cooked, ate, slept aud worked, this style of iiving being much less expensive than boarding.
At that time there was a man living in the northern part of the county named Elsizer,
who made frequent visits to Abilene, and during these visits would usually stop at Kelly’s,
where he would have the free use of Kelly’s cooking utensils and dishes, and also the priv-
ilege of making hiinself a bed upon the floor at night. One Saturday Elsizer came to town
and, as usual, stopped at Kelly’s. Johnson had a claim outin the country, and before El-
sizer came in he and Kelly had divided what cash they had, about $600, Johnson taking his
portion with him out to hisclaim, Elsizer made himself at home as he usually did, but it
so happened while he was there that an agent, by the name of Grimes, who occasionally
went to Kelly’s to have a smoke and a Chat, stepped in to pay his customary visit. While he
stayed there Elsizer cooked his supper, and while he was doing this Grimes left. Sunday
came, and though Kelly did not make his appearance there was not much notice taken of
it. Monday caine, but Kelly’s shop remained closed all day, On Tuesday the nelenbore began
to suspect that there must be something wrong and broke open the door, when_the first
thing that met their gaze was the lifeless form of Kelly, with his head cleft open. Suspicion
immediately fixed the deed upon Johnson. He had not been seen in town since Saturday,
and Kelly’s shop had not been open since Saturday night, and he must be the murderer,
Johnson was arrested and found himselfin avery critical position. Was he not Kelly's

artner? Yes. Did he and Kelly not divide $600 between them on Saturday? Yes. Did

e not kuow that Kelly hadthis money? Yes. Why should he go out to his claim at that
paricular time? Here was where the difficulty arose for Johnson, because nobody
iving on his claim, and there being no settlers in the vicinity of where his claim was
located, to prove an alibi was impossible, and if ever an innocent man found himself in a
tight place it was Johnson. At this stage of the proceedings Grimes made it known that he
had seen Elsizer at Kelly’s on Saturday evening, and saw him cook his supper there. There
stood the table with one plate upon it and one cup and saucer, just as they had been used,
and there was the frying pan with a little of the meat still in it that Elsizer had left. Sus-
picion now turned from Johnson to Elsizer, and the Sheriff started immediately for
Elsizer’shome. He found him gone, and then ne Aushed on for Junction City as fast as
possible. Arrived there he Baye a description of Elsizer to the ticketagent, and inquired if
such a person had purchased aticket. The agent told him that a man answering to that
description had purchased a ticket for Clucinnati but a short time ago, aud would possibly
take the next train. The Sheriff waited, and just as the train pulled tuto the depot Elsizer
came in-a great hurry to get on board, but just as his foot touched the first step of the car,
the Sheriff took him by the shoulder and said, “f want you.” He was brought back to Abi-
lene, where he had a@ preliminary examination, and the evidence against him was con-
clusive. Allof Kelly’s money was found upon him except what he had paid for the ticket, On
Friday night he was taken from the jail by a mob, and conveyed to IMarvey’s old mill, on
Mud Creek, in the western part of town, where he was hung tin one of the mill sheds,
Next day he was found and an inquest held on his body, the verdict rendered being death by
hanging, at whose hands to the jury unknown. Thus in one week, less one day, from the
time Kelly was murdered, Elsizer, his murderer, was hanging a corpse in the shed of the

mill.
ABILENE.

The town of Abilene was laid out in 1860 by and on land belonging to
C. H. Thompson. The town is situated about two miles north of the Smoky
Hill River, and is located on Sections 16 and 21, Township 13, Range 3 east.
As originally laid out, the town embraced only forty acres, and in the spring of
the following. year, 1861, it was made, by the vote of the people, the county
seat, which it is now, and has continued to be since that time. Among the first
to locate in this new town was Jones, commonly known as ‘‘Old Man
Jones,” who erected a log house which he turned into a store where, with many
other things that were sold, was whisky. This was the first place in shape of a
store that was opened in town. One by one, settlers kept dropping in and log
houses commenced to be quite numerous. Shortly after Jones had opened his
store, Dr. Moon built a more pretentious one, which was known for many years
as the Frontier Store. The growth of the town was rather slow until after the
advent of the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1866, From that time on its growth
became quite rapid, and the erection of log houses ceased, giving way to neatly
constructed frame buildings. About this time Joseph G. McCoy, the pioneer

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

western cattle shipper, arrived in Abilene. Mr. McCoy was a gentleman of
large means and wide experience, and he conceived the idea of making Abilene
the shipping point for Texan cattle. Satisfactory arrangements having been
made with the officials of the Kansas Pacific road, circulars were printed and
distributed all over Texas, setting forth the advantages and benefits drovers
would derive from driving their herds to Abilene. Not satisfied with this
means of disseminating information in regard to the town, agents were sent
down to talk up its advantages and desirability as a shipping point for cattle.
Then the papers in the Northern and Eastern States were brought into requisi-
tion to acquaint buyers of the immense herds of cattle that would be at Abi-
lene, for sale, at a certain time. All this gave the place a wide notoriety, and a
great many people flocked to Abilene. Anticipating a rich harvest from the
drovers, cattle-men, and cow-boys, a class of people located in town, whose so-
ciety could be well dispensed within any community. No sooner was Abilene
established 4s a cattle point, than the town was surrounded by a crowd of cut-
throats, black-legs, thugs, gamblers, and prostitutes. This class put up houses,
fitted up gambling dens, opened up saloons, and had everything in readiness to
carry on their nefarious practices, when the cattle trade commenced. Up to
that time there was no regular hotel in town, and in order to accommodate the
drovers and cattle-men it was necessary one should be built. To supply this
demand, Mr. McCoy erected quite a pretentious hotel, for those days, to which
he gave the name of the “ Drovers’ Cottage.” This was in 1867, but now that
he had the hotel, a difficulty arose in finding some one to run it. Mr. McCoy
went to St. Louis to look up a landlord, and there he encountered Mr. and Mrs,
Gcre, with whom arrangements were made to take charge of the “‘ Drovers’
Cottage,” and in less than a week from the time Mr. McCoy left Abilene, Mr.
and Mrs, Gore were established in the ‘‘ Cottage” as proprietors. The follow-
ing year they purchased the property of Mr.‘McCoy, which they have contin-
ued to own ever since, and although the ‘‘Colonel,” Mr. Gore, has experienced
many vicissitudes since that time, he still acts the part of the genial Boniface.
His experience with cattle men and cow-boys, properly written, would make
quite a volume. Abilene was now fairly established as a cattle point, and
became known as a cowboy town. Whilst the cattle trade made Abilene quite
a business point, it did not add anything to the morals of the place, and many
men who had embarked in business would not bring their families to locate
where bad men, vile women, and gross immorality, prevailed to such a large
extent. From 1867 until 1872, Abilene was an out-and-out cow-boy town. The
cow-boy is a character of frontier life, and a very bad character at that. Away
from all humanizing influences of civilization, and many of them fugitives from
justice, when they strike a town and become half or three-fourths drunk, they
give full license to all their base and evil passions. They have no regard for
law, morals, or virtue, defying the first, deriding the second, and outraging the
third. Roaming the wide prairies, mounted on a wiry mustang, with a huge
pair of Mexican spurs on the heels of his boots, a great broad-brimmed
white hat on his head, two or three revolvers strapped round his waist,
and a bowie knife stuck in his belt, he follows his herds until the time
comes to ship, when he starts with the cattle for the trading point. Usu-
ally, the cowboy is reckless, bold and daring, having neither respect for man,
fear of God, nor dread of hell. When two or three hundred such char-
acters congregate in a town it seems as if pandemonium was let loose.
These, with those other male and female cancers, who make their living
by gambling, killing, stealing and prostitution, are what the cattle trade
brought to Abilene. This, however, was only a mixture of the bitter with the
sweet, because the impetus that the cattle trade gave to business, sent Abilene
far ahead of competitive points. The original town of Abilene was located on
the north half of the northwest quarter of Section 21, Township 13, Range 2,
east; but after it became established as a trading point for cattle, the town gave
such promise of growth, that Thompson and McCoy’s Addition was added in
1868, comprising the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 16, Town-
ship 13,Range 2, east; followed in 1869 by Southwick and Augustine’s Addition;
then Rice and Bonebrake's Addition; next Rice and Austin’s Addition; next
Fisher's Addition; next Kuney and Hodge’s Addition, in 1870, and this put an
end to the additions for several years. Excepting the “ Drovers’ Cottage,”
already mentioned, there were no frame buildings erected in town until 1868,
when G. B, Seely built a frame store, with rooms above for a dwelling After
this, stores aud residences went up quite lively, notwithstanding the regular
visits of the cow-boys. In 1869 the town was incorporated as a city of the third-
class, of which the first Mayor was Joseph G. McCoy. In 1870, a brick and
stone court house was built at the corner of Broadway and Second street, and
this was the first building in town of any othet material than wood. That
summer, James B, Hickok, known throughout the West as ‘Wild Bill,” came to
Abilene. The following year he was appointed Marshal of the city. He was a bold,
bad man, and had no respect whatever for human life. He could draw a revolver
in less time, and fire with surer aim than any other maninthe West. Nor did he
stand long upon the order of drawing. He was a terror to the cow-boys, he
having caused several of them to bite the dust on short notice, and thought no
more of killing a man than he would a dog. He was afterward killed h'mself
by a cow-boy, in Deadwood. In 1872, Lebold & Augustine built the Mer-
cantile Block, a handsome row of brick storerooms, with offices above. In that
year the cattle trade was moved to a point farther west, and Abilene was rid of
the cow-boys. Nor was the getting rid of these the most important feature, in
a moral point of view, connected with the removal of the cattle trade; because
with it went all the gamblers, cutthroats, blacklegs, and prostitutes, with which
the place had been infested since the cattle trade had been established at Abi-
lene. People now breathed a purer atmosphere, and they could walk the streets
without fear of insult or molestation. Men who had been in business, now
sent for their families, and a better class of citizens came and located in town.
Up to that time there was but one church in town, a frame building erected by
the Baptists in the year 1868. The first permanent bank in town was that of
Augustine & Lebold, established in 1873. What is now the Merchants’ Hotel
was built in 1870 by Kerney & Guthie. It is a goodly sized frame building,
DICKINSON COUNTY.

and when first opened it was known as the Winnesheik House. It 1875 T. C.
Henry built the Henry House. This is the only brick hotel in town and is a
very fine building. The ground floor is divided into five compartments. In
the center is the hotel office; in the east end is a large dining room and
kitchen, and in the west end is a telegraph office, ticket office, and goodly sized
waiting room for passengers. The building is three stories high, and the.upper
floors are all used for hotel purposes. In 1876 the Presbyterians erected a very
fine stone church, but in 1881 it was so damaged by a wind storm as to neces-
sitate the erection of a new building, which is now in course of completion, and
when completed will be a magnificent brick edifice. In 1874 the Catholics
built a brick church, as also did the Lutherans in 1878. The first regular
schoolhouse in town was of stone and was erected in 1877, and the first teacher
was W. T. Wiley. In 1878 the Kirby Bank was established, and in 1879 the
Methodists built a-very handsome brick church. So rapidly had the town
grown and so-bright were its future prospects that C. H. Lebold enlarged the
limits of the city by adding an addition in 1876. Two years later.another ad-
dition was added known as Lebold’s Addition, and in that same year the city
limits underwent further enlargement by having added Lebold & Fisher’s Addi-
tion; and in the following year, 1879, the boundary lines were further extended
by taking in Bonebrake & Bidwell’s Addition; so that the original town site of
eighty acres, as located in 1860, had grown to such an extent by 1880 as to in-
clude nearly a section and a half of land, or g60 acres. In 1875 the town was
greatly improved by the Johntz Brothers, who had located in Abilene in 1869,
erecting a handsome brick block with four rooms on the ground floor and rooms
for offices above: This was followed in 1876 by T.C.. Henry putting up an
elegant brick building, being that in which the Kirby Bank is now located.
In 1879 Northcraft & Parent added a very neatly finished brick block to the
improvement of the town. In order to keep pace with the times Berry Brothers
in 1880 put up a very fine brick building, having a double storeroom below,which
they occupy for their business, the upper floor being used for county offices and 4
court room. In that year, also, a handsomely finished two-story stone build-
ing was erected by the First National Bank. The erection of the Opera
block by Mr. Bonebrake, gave Abilene a building that would be a credit to a
much larger place. It may be said that this great improvement was made in
1879, although it was not completely finished until early in 1880. Itis a brick
building, having a frontage of 120 feet on Second street, by eighty-five feet
deep, and is three stories high. The ground floor is divided into four store
rooms; on the_second floor is the opera hall, with a seating capacity for 1,000

persons, and two or three rooms used for different purposes; the third story is—

used as a storeroom, and therein is placed a tank of roo barrels capacity, which
supplies the boilers with water, and which can also be used in case of fire.
The brick block in which J. B. Case now carries on business was erected by Mr.
McCurdy in 1881. It is what is called a double building, two stories high, all
of which is occupied by Mr. Case. While these substantial improvements were
being made, many of less note also took place. Between 1870 and 1880 three
frame elevators were built, not, however, on a very extensive scale. One was
built by Johntz Bros., one by Gordon & Giles, and one by a combination of
farmers, which was named the Grange Elevator. Besides these, quite a num-
ber of one-story frame stores were built, but the most important improvement
prior to 1880, outside of those already mentioned, was the erection of the City
Mills, erected in 1879 by Peter Marx. While all these great improvements
were going on in the business portion of the city, many very handsome dwell-
ings were being erected in the resident portion. The resident portion of the
city is fully up to, if not in advance of, the business portion. Some of as hand-
some residences as are to be found in all central Kansas, are in Abilene, and
the surroundings of all display a taste for neatness and cleanliness.

January, 1882, will be a month long remembered in Abilene. About 1
o’clock onthe morning of the 17th of that month the court house, situated at the
corner of Second street and Broadway, was discovered to beon fire. Broadway
runs north from the railway track, and was, at that time, the principal business
street in the city. “Fire! fire! fire!” rang out in the stillness of the night, and
soon the bells of the city spread the alarm, and in a short time people from
all quarters of the town were hastening to the scene of conflagration. It was
but a short time after the alarm was given, when the flames burst forth from
the windows of the court house and soon reached the roof. All efforts to ex-
tinguish it were unavailing, and a good, stiff wind blowing from the southwest
soon carried the flames to the adjoining wooden buildings on the north of the
court house. In a short time the fire was beyond control, and, leaping across
the street, the wooden buildings on the east of Broadway were soon in a blaze.
Two entire blocks, which constituted the chief business portion of the city,
were entirely consumed, with nearly all their contents. The loss occasioned by
‘the fire amounted to $100,000. Nearly all the county records were burned up,
excepting those of the Register of Deeds, whose office was in another building.
All the court records, those of the Probate Judge and County Clerk, Treasurer,
and Superintendent of Public Instruction, with many others were all con‘umed.
The loss occasioned by the fire was severe, but the people went to werk brave-
ly, cleared away the rubbish, and before the summer had closed beautiful brick
business blocks stood where,. before the fire, had been nothing but wooden
buildings, A $30,000 court house is now, November, 1882, nearly completed.
It is a magnificent-brick build ng, and stands in the centre of a plat of ground
nearly opposite the depot, or Henry House. Among the improvements of 1882
isa large and magnificently constructed $25,000 brick schoolhouse, which
stands at the head of Broadway, and which contains twelve class rooms. Be-
sides this, there is a very fine schoolhouse on the south side of the railway
track, which may be termed a primary, or preparatory department, as there is
no class there above the Second Reader. Another of the 1882 improvements is
the mammoth flouring mill just finished, and about to be started, by the Johntz
& Rice Mill Company. This mill is to be known as the Dickinson County
Mills. The main building is 4ox60 feet, with an L 16x24 feet, and all sixty-
five feet high. The mill is located on the west side of the town and will be
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fitted up with all the latest improved machinery, and has thirteen run of buhrs.
The water works, Holly system, is not the least of the improvements that have
been made during the year. Church improvement has not been neglected, and
the Episcopalians have just completed a very neat and comfortable frame edi-
fice in which to worship. Abilene is located in one of the finest valleys of the
State, that of the Smoky Hill, and is well situated for both the Eastern and
Western markets. It is about 165 miles by rail from Kansas City, and is very
near the extreme limit of the great agricultural region of Kansas, so that the
town occupies a good position to supply the Colorado and mountain markets.
It is one of the best grain points onthe line of the Kansas Pacific Railway.
The town has eight churches, two large schoolhouses, two steam flouring mills,
one foundry and machine shop, one soap factory, several blacksmith and wagon
shops, three newspapers, three banks, three lumber yards, and houses repre-
senting all branches of business. The population of the city is now estimated
at 3,500, and, situated as it is, inthe centre of the great wheat belt, is destined
to be as progressive in the future as it has been in the past, and seated as the
town is, in a valley unsurpassed in richness and beauty, surrounded with the
choicest agricultural country under the sun, inhabited by an energetic, pro-

gressive, and industrious people, well may Abilene be named “The Beautiful

City of the Plains.”
CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Presbyterian. Was organized May 11, 1873, with a membership of fifteen, In 1876
they built a very fine brick church, and in 1879. a parsonage. In September, 1881, this
chureh was so injured by a wind-storm, as to renier it;unfit for further use as a house of
ear, a heautiful stone church edifice was
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worship, and it wastorn down. Inthe following
erected on the original site, which is avery handsome building.
of the church until now, 1882, it has had but one pastor, who is the Rev. W.
The present membership is 100, and the church property is valued at $11,000.
Lutheran.—This church was organized, Oct. 22,1870 with a membership of thirteen.
The first pastor of the church was Rev. Wm, E. Crebs. The membership of the church
kept gradually increasing until 1878, when it was decided to build a house in which to wor-
ship. Early_in that year, they erected a beautiful brick edifice, which was dedicated on
Auzust 13, Rev. Mr. Crouse, of Bucyrus, Ohio, preaching the dedicatory sermon. The
church has now a membership of 120, and is under the pastoral charge of Rev. George A.
Bowers. The value of their church property is $6,000 2
Methodist Episcop.l Church.—An organization of this church was formed in Abilene, il
1871, by Rev. J. 8. Kahar. The membership at that time was fifteen. A complete organi-
zation, however, was not effected until 1872, at which time Rev. John (urts became pastor,
In 1879 the membership was large enough to enable them to erecta commodious and well
finished brick house of worship The present membership of this church is 200, and the
present pastor is Rey, E, W. Van Deventer. The church property is valu: d at $6,000.
Baptist.—This church has the oldest organization in town, an association having been
formen in 1868, and in that same year they erected a v+ry neat frame edifice in the south
part of the town, which they continued to oecupy as ahouse of worship until 1880, when it
was sold to the United Brethren. This church organized with only séven members, and
their first pastor was Rev. J.R. Downer. They have recently purchased a beautiful piece
of ground upon which they will build a $10,000 church next year (1883), and for which
preliminary steps are now being taken. The present membership of the church is sixty,
and the present pastor is Rev, George Mariam, .
tholic.—Prior to 1874, the members of this church had no house of worship in Abi-
lene, the nearest being at Solomon City. In that year, they erected a brick chureh in the
southern portion of the city. It is quite strong in membership, and includes all Catholle
families for miles around Abilene. The church has no resident pastor, the officialing cler-
gyman being Rev. Father John F. Lary, who resides at Solomon City. é "

_ Eptscopaltan.—The members of this church do not exceed twenty-five in number. Until
this year, they have had noregular place of worship. They have just completed; however
(1882), a very neat and comfortable frame edifice, at a cost of $2,500. This church divides
territory into parishes, and the parish to which Abilene belongs is St. Johns’, of which Rey.
Joseph Young ispastor, whose residence is at Salina. The number of communicants is
twenty-five, although the number baptized into the church is many more. —

__, Universalist.—In 1870, the members of this church in Abilene organized themselves
into an association, and built a small, but neat, frame church. They had no regular minis-
ter, but yet services were held regularly in the church, which were chiefly conducted by
Mr. V. P. Wilson. In 1873, Mr. Wilson moved away from town, after which the building
was closed up until 1876, when it was sold to the Campbellites, or Christrans. The members
still kept up their organization, however, aud in 1881, erected another house of worship.
Numerically, the church is rather weak; having only about twenty meinbers, and being
without a regular pastor.

United Brethren.—Organized in 1880 with thirty members. Shortly after organizing,
they purchased the church building owned by the Baptists, and which was erected by them
in 186. The church has now amembership of forty-five, and has been under the charge
i pee pastors Rev. H. D. Herr, since its organization. The church property is valued at

200.

Christian.—This church_has had an organization in Abilene since 1874. In 1876, the
members purchased, of the Universalists, the small frame church that they “had erected in
1870, in which they still continue to meet for worship. At present, the church has no pas-

tor.

Western Home Lodge, No. 60, I. 0. 0. F., of Abilene, was organized September 14, 1870,
with five charter members. The first officers of the lodge were: J. G. Northcraft, N. G.; W.
H. Eicholtz, V. G.; D. R. Gordon, secretary; V. P. Wilson, treasurer. The present officers
are: W. A. Morton, N. G.; S. Hammon, V.G.: M. V. Brillbart, R.8.; A. S. Davidson, P. 8.;
J. E. Bonebrake, treasurer; H.C. Junkins, W.; W. W. Herr, C.; V. Meyer, I.G.; and A. L.
Haines, O.G. The present membership is 123. , .

Benevolent Lodge, No. 98, A., F. & A. M., of Abilene, was instituted November 10, 1870,
with ten charter members. The first officers of the lodge were: J. B. MceGonigal, M.; C.
Kilgore, 8S. W.: John Johntz, J. W.; T.C. Henry, secretary; V.P. Wilso :, treasurer; W. H.
De Groot, S. D.; Alvin Nixon, J. D.; M. Nicolay, 8.S.; A. T. Shroyer, J. S.; and T. N. Wiley,
T. The present officers are: G. C. Kenyon, M.; A.C. Roming, S. W.; C. W. Brooks, J. W.;
John Johntz, treasurer; T. S. Barton, secretary; R. McCormick, S. D.; J. P. Quinn, J. D.; and
E. Bishard, T, The present membership of the lodge is seventy-two.

Abilene Lodge, No. 98, A. O. U. W., was organized February 25, 1882, with thirty-two
charter members. The first officers of the lodge were: D. W. Jacoby. P. M. W.; W. H.
Eicholtz, M. W.; W. D. Volk, F.; L. Geanque, O.; A.H. Paul, R.; R. Waring, |Fin.; D. L.
Pisle, Rec.; M.V. Brillhart, G.; L. ; J.J, Miller, O. W. The present officers are:
W. 4H. Eicholtz, P. M. W.; W. D. Volk, M. W.: L. Geanque, F.; A. R. Paul, O.; M. V. Brill-'
hart. R.; R. Waring, Fin.; D. L. Pisle, Rec.; W. W. Herr, G.; H. Harnish, I. W.; John Corno,
O. W. Present membership forty. :

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. E. BONEBRAKE zame to Abilene in 1871 and commenced dealing in farm machinery
inasmall way. In the fall of the same year he added hardware, and kept adding to his stock
until it included everything in the line of hardware and farm machinery. In 1879 he built

the J. E. Bonebrake Opera House at a cost of $45,000, with magnificent storerooms on the

first floor. The building is 75x120 feet, heated by steam and lighted with gas throughout, and
is occupied on the first floor by the J.E.Bonebrake Hardware Company,whbich was organized
January 1, 1882, with a paid-up capital of $75,000, and did a business of $180,000 during
the year 1882. Besides being president of the hardware company he is president of the
First National Bank, the Kansas Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company, and the Abilene
Water and Gas Company. He was born in St. Joseph County, Ind., June 15, 1848; was
raised and educated in his native State, and was married to Miss Elvira A. Martin of the
same place; they have two children, Grace and Howard. 3
W. H. H. BONEBRAKE, merchant, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, June 2%, 1845.
When young moved with his parents to St. Joseph County, Ind., where he was raised to
manhood and educated. In 1863 he enlisted in the Twenty-first Indiana Battalion Light
Artillery and participated in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and others of less importance,
and was honorably discharged June 27, 1865. He then located at South Bend, Ind., where
he engaged in various pursuits until 1869 when he moved to Chillicothe, Mo., where be re-
mained for some time contracting and building; after which he returned to South Bend,
Ind, where he operated in coal and lime for eighteen months. In 1872 he came to Kansas
and settled in Abilene. where he was employed as clerk until 1882, when he became a
artner in the firm of J. E. Bonebrake & Co. This firm carries a stock of $50,000 and does a
Trusiness of $185,000 per year. Married in Kansas City; Mo., September 23, 1872, to Miss T..
B. Hanna. She was born in Pope Cuunty, lll., September 10, 1851. They have three chil-

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dren—Arthur F,, Myrtle, and Ralph. Mr. Bonebrake 1s identified with the Republican party
and is a member of the K. . and the A. O. U. W. A
Y BRADFIELD, farmer, Section 39, P. O. Abilene, was born in Darke County,
Ohio, December 2, 1830, and was raised and educated in St. Joseph County, Ind. She was
Married in Cass County, Mich., June 5, 1851, to E. W. Bradfield, a native of Virginia,
born in Louden County, December 24, 1826, and was educated in the States of Ohio and In-
diana. He came to Kansas in 1858, and settled in Dickinson County, where he engaged in
farming. He died June 21, 1879, leaving an estate of 700 acres*two miles southwest of
Abilene, where Mrs. B. is engaged in agricultural pursuits. She has a family of seven chil-
dren—Bartlett B., Vinelda V., Jesse J., Ellis E., Dora D., Anna A. and Mary M. Ee
JOHN J. COOPER, dealer in live stock, was born in Canada, September 20, 1847, where
he was raised and educated and soon after engaved in farming, which he pursued until
1869, when he came to the United States and settled first in Neosho County, Kan., for a
shorttime. He moved to Dickinson County, in 1871, pre-empted and homesteaded 160
acres, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1877, when he located in Abilene,
where he is engaged in buying and selling live stock. Mr. Cooper is a Republican, and he
served two terms in the City Council. He was married in Abilene, Kan., September 20,
1872, to Miss Jane Etherington, a native of Huron County, Canada; born August 12, 1851.
They have five children—William E,, Maria A., Ida M., Florence L. and Minnie M.

AMES CULBERTSON, Probate Judge of Dickinson County, located in Abilene, en-
‘aged in the practice ot law February 10, 1870, since which he has practiced his proteasione
he firm name is now Culbertson & Mead, tormed in July, 1880. Mr. ©. was Couuty At-

torney in-1870, City Attorney from 1872 to 1880; was elected Probate Judge in the fall of
- 1880. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, October 36, 1845, lived in his native city until 1857,
when he moved to Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio, where In 1867 he entered the law office

of Judge Crane of. the latter place, and read law some time under him, and then with Robert.

Spry of the same place. He was admitted to the bar in 1869, admitted to the bar in Abilene

in April, 1870. He was married in 1878, to Miss Mary Corylind Junken, of Abilene. He is

a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Knights and Ladiés of Honor, also Abilené Post No. 63, G. A.

_ He enlisted in July, 1861, as a drummer boy in Company I, Twenty-sixth Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served until November, 1862, and was discharged on account of
disability contracted in the service; heafterward Served in recruiting service for some time,

WILLIAM T. DAVIDSON, secretary Kansas Farmers’ Insurance Company, and general
insurance agent. Abilene is the home office of the above insurance company. Itwas chartered
by Kansas State Legislature. He 1s also engaged in the life insurance business. He first
came to Abilene March 17, 1871, at which time he engaged in the stock business, then
into bookkeeping and clerking, and from that into the insurance business and real estate,

Was Deputy Sheriff of Dickinson County four years. Born in Lawrence, Pa. July 26, 1842,

raised and educated in his native State. Enlisted August, 1864, in Company C, Fifth Regi-

ment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, transferred to Cumpany B same regiment, then made
the skirmish Company of Two Hundred and Fourth Regiment Fennsylvania Volunteer

Infantry. He participated in all the battles of his command; mustered out July 8, 1865. He

then attended the Iron city Commercial College, graduating March 9, 1867. :

WILLIAM R,. DRYER, cashier of the First National Bank of Abilene, first came to

Abilene to locate in 1879. He had been interested previously in real estate, owning a farm

of 600 acres of land; he also has a grazing farm where he keeps 250 head of cattle and
2,000 sheep, He has buildings on his farms costing upwards of $5,000.. He was born in On-
tario County, N. Y., February 3, 1841. He was raised and educated in his native State. He
was 4 clerk in the Flour City Bank of Rochester, N. Y., for three years. Was hookkeeper
in the New York State Treasury for four years, also in Adjutant General's officein New
York State for one year. 2 2

W.H. EICHOLTZ, city undertaker, all kinds cabinet work, scroll sawing, turning,
laning, etc. He opened the business in 1870; was the first established business of the
ind in Abilene. He tirst came to Abilene in March, 1870, and engaged in his present busi-
ness, employs four or five men, and keeps a stock of about #6,000, using two floors,seventy -five
feet deep by twenty feet wide; also part of another building. He was born in York County,
Penn., Maren 5, 1843, Enlisted in June, 1861, in Company B, Eighty-seventh Pennsylvauia
Volunteer Infantry. Participated in all the battles of his command, and was taken prisoner
atthe battle of Winchester, in June, 1863; confined in Libby and Belle Isle prisons ten
weeks, parolled, exchanged, and returned to his regiment, and was mustered out in Octo-
ber, 1864, aud then completed his trade of cabinet making, and wen! to Mendota, Ill, and
worked in an organ factory until coming to Kansas. He was married in 1868 to Miss Mary
A. Gross, of York, Pa, They have three children—William Martin, Hattie M., and Gracie
A. He isa member of the I. 0. O. F., K. of P., and. A. O. U. W., and Abilene Post No. 63,
.A. R, Has been a member of the City Council for ten years, and is the present chief
of the fire department.
L, H. FAULKNER, of the firm of L. H. Faulkner & Co., dealers in clothing, gents’ fur-
pishing goods, hats, caps, boots and shoes, opened trade in 1880. Carries astock of about
14,000. F. B. Bearce, of Chicago, isthe company. They occupy the first floor and base-
ment of roomstwenty-four by seventy-five feet, Sales equal $25,000 per annum. Mr,
Faulkner was born in Boston, Mass., in 1453; raised in Plymouth, Mass., attended school
until twenty-one years ofage. Hethen began asa traveling salesman for a Boston boot
and shoe house, and continued four years. He then came to Abilene, Kan., and engaged in
his present business. He was married in 1876 to Miss Hattie E. Bearce, of Turner, Maine.
They have two children—Jennie B. and Arthur H,

: ENRY H. FLOYD, firm Rice & Floyd, dealers in general stock, sash, lumber, doors,
blinds and building material, stock $10,000. They have done business as a firm since 1873,
being the oldest established business of the kind in Abilene. Mr. Floyd began the above
business in the spring of 1871, and continued until the above copartnership. He was born
in Newburyport, Mass.,in 1849. Was raised and educated in his native State, finishing his
education iu the Putnam Academy. He located in Abilene in the spring of 1870. e is
now Mayor of thecity and Clerk of Grant Township, and director of the First National
Bank, secretary of Dickinson County Fair, and a stockholder inthe Johntz & Rice flouring
mills. Has a cattle ranch under the firm name of Floyd & Boardman. They have 600 acres
fenced and 100 cattle.

GEORGE A. FREEMAN, dealer in real estate, loan and abstract office, also insurance

_ agent. He opened the above business on his own account in January, 1881. He first located
in Abilene in March, 1878, when he engaged in various occupations forsometime. Hehad
charge of a large wheat farm for sometime. He then engaged as clerk for parties in the
real estate business urtil opening the above office. He was bornin Monroe County, N. Y.,
August 9, 1852, where he was raised and educated. He. clerked for ten years ina house
furnishing store in New York for one firm. He wasthrown on his own resources at the
age of fourteen years, and has since worked his own way.

RANK GAKCELON, of the firm of Austin & Garcelon, physicians and surgeons. Dr.
Garcelon began the practice of medicine in Abilene, June 1, 1882, in company as above
stated. He was born in St. Albans, Me., June 6, 1848; spent his boyhood days in East Liv-
ermore. He attended the Lewiston Falls Academy several years. He then entered thu
Medical Department of Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me., where he graduated in medi-
cine in 1870. Began the practice of medicine in East Livermore, where he continued until
1878; then went to Weston, Mase, practiced a year, when he returned to East Livermore,
and continued his profession until coming to Abilene. He was married in 1877, to Miss
Nellie Coffin, of Harrington, Me. They have one son—Harris Garcelon, Hejs a member
of Androscqgetn Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, anda member of the Maine Medical As-
sociation, 32

A. M. GERMAN, proprietor of livery and sale stables, was bern in Montgomery County,
N. Y., February 14, 1813. In 1819 he moved to Lincoln County, Can., where he was raised
and educated, after which he turned his attention to farming and stock raising until 1846
when he located in St. Marys, County of Perth, and engaged in hutel-keeping for mary
years. He came to [Cansas in 1869, and settled in Dickingon County, on hig present place,
of 640 acres. In 1880 he moved to Abilene, where he engaged in the ilvery and sale trade,
He has been married three times, first in Oxford County, Can.. May 25, 1833, to Miss Mar-
garet Pickard, a native of Canada, who was born July 22, 1817; died July 25, 1839. By this
marriage or union they had two children—Richard D. and Margaret E. The second time
to Miss Hester Ann Johnson, at Buffalo, N. Y., July 4, 1847. She was born in Oxford Coun-
ty, Can., August 24, 1827; died July 25, 1849. By this marriage he had one child—Lavelle,
born atSt. ary. Can., May 13, 1849. The third marriage was to Rebecca Johnson, on
May 22 1851. Sheisanative of Canada, born August 23, 1829. By this marriage he had
ten children—Cicero, Guadaloupe, Blanche, Leonidas, Edith, Laclede (deceased), Pythias,

‘ Demosthenes, Laclede the second, and Bismarck.
- COL. J. W. GORE, proprietor of the Cottage House, Abilene, Kas, This is a large su-
burban hotel, containing thirty rooms, with accommodations for thirty guests, t was
erected in 1867, at a cost of $10,000, and opened to the public. Itis a quiet, homelike place
for Kansas sojourners. Mr. Gore is a native of New York City, born in 1833. Has kept

hotel nearly all his lifetime, and pleasure-seekers, or the business world, who stop at the
Cottage House will finil a wholesouled host.

J. A. HANSBROUGH, photographer, was born in Cooper County, Mo., October 8, 1840.
He recefved the foundation of his education in his native county, and finished his course at
Lexington, Mo., after which he served an apprenticeship at carriage painting. This occu-
pation he followed at Lexington, Mo., until 1861; he then moved to Kansas City, where he
engaged in the art of Phiotogra hing, which bas occupied his time iu various cities, some of
whieh may be mentioned—Lexington, Mo ; St. Louis, Mo,; Atchison, Kas.; Platte City, Mo.,
and Wamego, Kas.— for twenty-one years. In 1878 he settled in Adilene, where he engaged
in his occupation with satisfactory results. He was married in Pottawatomie County, Kas.,

October 20, 1874, to Miss Nannie P: Powell. She was born in Baltimore, Md., November

24,1853. They have three children—Bessie, Charles A.,and Gussie P.

Co. G. HAWK, County Treasurer Dickinson County, first located in Abilene in the spring
of 1874; came as Deputy to County Treasurer office under O. H. Lebold; worked in that ca-
pacity four years. He was then Clected to the above office in the fall of 1877, taking charge

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the following year. By re-elections has since held the office, He was born in Navarre, Stark
Co, Ohio, ‘August 1; 1947: raised and educated in his native State. Married in 1873, to
Miss Anna Nixon, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, They have two children—Edith I. and
Hiorence N. Mr. H. isa member of the Knights of Pythias. ;

. H. HAZLETT & CO., dealers in general line merchandise, first opened the trade in
1867. It was the first established general store in Abilene; they then carried from $500 to
$1.000; they now carry a stock of $35,000 and do an annual trade of $60.000. They occupy
two floors, forty-six feet front and eighty-five feet deep, besides the basement, Employ
eleven clerks, The company is H, H. Hazlett and E. E. Hazlett. H. H. Hazlett was born in
Zanesville, Ohio; lived in hfs native State until fifteen years of age; went to California
where he was engaged In business for some time, and died in 1881. EK. E. Hazlett first came
to Abilene, Kansas, in 1880, and became partner in the above firm. He was born in Zanes-
ville, Ohio, January 10, 1852; was raised in the drug business; bow has a drug store in Phil-
delphia, Pa. He began the study of medicine in 1876, graduated in medicine in the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvaniain 1880; graduated in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1874.
He is a member of the Masonic order.

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HON. JOHN M. HODGE was born in Carroll Co., Ohio, February 4, 1825. He was edu-
cated in his native State, studying medicine in Willoughby Medical Collece and at the med-
ical college of Cincinnati, by which last institution he was graduated a doctor of medicine

n 1850. For fourteen years he was associated in the practice of his profession with the
emivent Dr. Alden I, Bennett, Early in 1861, at the solicitation of Governor Dennison, he
accepted the position of Quartermaster of the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel
; cou ey Matthews commanding. He acted as Quartermaster of Camp Jenkins, near Louisville,’
ty under General O, M. Mitchell. At Camp Wickliffe, Ky.. he acted as Quartermaster ot
a e Brigade commanded b Brig. General Jacob Ammon, of the Twenty-fourth Ohio. In

al » 1862, he became Acting-B)igade Quar ermaster of the Twenty-third Brigade, Army
o a e Ohio, Colonel Stanley Matthews commanding. Colonel Matthews says of Dr. Hodge:
a ‘n all these different positions, most of which he served under my eye, he discharged fis
aby, in all respects perfectly, showing untiring zeal, great faithfulnéss and complete knowl-
ee ge ot his business, In my opinion he is the best officer in the Quartermaster’s Department
att mot with in the service.” Although thecondition of his health almost preciuded the
poss ity ot active service, he struggled on, however, kept up by a highly patriotic nature,
ol he sp endid work until after over two years of arduous duty, he was compelled by an
agar pvated sickness to resigu. His record in the army is an enviable one, as numerous offi-
cla, au private documents, emanating from the highest authority, attest, all of which
conten upon him i degree of loyalty and administrative ability second to no one. Dr.
‘ odge was a presidential elector at the early age of thirty-one on the Fremont ticket, a rare
POnoEdn that period of American politics, ‘After partial! regaining his health he located
ty endota, Il “y where he engaged in mercantile pursuits until his removal to Abilene,
Me n the spring of 1870. Since his arrival inthis State he has borne a prominent part in
pot cen ways having been an uncompromising Republican, and has represented his county
ne eg slature twice—in 1874-79. He has repeat edly been elected a delegate to various
con eut ora county, state and congressiona)—of the dominant party. In the summer of
18% re H odge was appointed Receiver of the United States Land Office at CawFer City,

Ww th bremoved to Kirwin, Phillips Councy, m January, 1875; he remained there until

SS n 1880 he was appointed Register in the Salina Land District. Dr. Hodge. since his
cation in Dickinson County, has taken an active part in the development of the wonderful re-

our CES of Woutral Kangas. He was married August 22, 1847 to Miss Olive M. Tinker, of

poll var, ; ie Dr. Hodge has a beautiful and cultured home at Abilene, where he has also

Ey soneiy usiness, Highly respected all over the State for his ability and integrity, he
ay be classed, without any attempt at affectation, one of her prominent public men.

JOHN JOHNTZ, President of the First National Bank of Abilene. The above bank was
pene lior business June 2, 1879; capital equals, $75,000; surplus, $8,660; deposits equal
$60,000. A. W. Rice is vice-president, W. R. Dryer, cashier, baring the life of the above
panic it has discounted 6,200 notes, amountiug to $1,350,000. without the loss of a dollar.

r. Johntz is also engaged in a general stock of merchandise, under the firm name of
Jobntz Bros, They opened the business in the spring of 1870 and carry a stock of about
10:00. and employ five clerks, Mr. John Johntz first came to Abilene, Kansas, in the fall
3 869. He has been City Treasurer a number of years. He was born in Tuscarawas

ounty, a September 8, 1840. He way raised anid educated in his native State, and was
inarried in. 1 70 to Miss Hettie Lebold, of the same county, Ohto, They have a son and a
Gag hter: Edward and Carrie. Mr, Jolntz is 1 member of Askelon Commandery, Knights
emplar, and Masonic order of Abilene, Kansas, He is also lar ely interested in the exten-

sive Johntz & Rice Flour Mills, just compl
from this, the thirtieth district, fay fall, asso" located Bere," He Was SIBGIEd NtBis Sesto
| DICKINSON COUNTY.

M. P, JOLLEY, fir Jolley & Langellier, dealers in real estate, loan and insurance
offices, The: began the business January 1,1882. He firstcame to Abilene in January,1870;
farmed until 1872, Elected to the office of Connty Clerk in fall of 1871. By re-elections held
the office until January, 1882. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, April 29, 1846; was
raised and educated in his native State, where for ten years he followed the produce busi-
ness, Enlisted in August, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred,and Twenty -sixth Regiment
Ohio- Volunteer Infantry, Participated in all battles of his command; mustered out in
Columbus, Ohio, in June, 1865. Married in March, 1866, to Miss Sarah V. Evans, a_native
of same place, They have five children: Mary E,, William A., Charles W., Morris R. and
Ralph E, He isa member of I. O. O. F., Knights of Honor, Ancient Order United Workmen

.aud Lhe Methodist Episcopal Church. -

JOHN R, JONES, firm J. R. Jones & Son, manufacturers Jones’ Patent Wind Mills, with
arevolving tower, They began the business in April, 1882. They attach a feed grinder to
their wind miils, thus making a great saving to farmers. Mr. Jones first came to Kansas in
1871. Engaged in farming and blacksmithing until 1879, when he came to Abilene. He
was born in Pennsylvania in 1830. Parents move to Guerusey County,Ohio, where he lived
on a farm until coming to Kansas. Married in 1851 to Miss Margaret North, a native of
Ohio, They have seven children: James E., Miles, Harriet, Jane, Amos, Mary and. Wil-
liam, Mr, Jones enlisted in 1861 in Company E, Seventy-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry; ‘was a non-commissioned officer; ‘was a prisoner twenty-three months. Partici-
pated in all the battles of his command when not a prisoner. Mustered out in Brownville,
Texas, March 8, 1866. f a

C. KILGORE, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Abilene, born in Armstrong County, Pa., June 23,
1818. When young moved with his parents to Franklin County, Ind., where he was raised
to manhood and thoroughly educated. In 1842 was admitted tothe Franklin County bar
where he practiced his profession for twenty-five years. In 1867 he came to Kansas and

settled in Dickinson County. Wasiu the Kansas State Legislature, and has held the offices
of Probate Judge, County, puperiutendent and Justice of the Peace. He was married in

Franklin County, Ind., March 12, 1836, to.Miss Julia A. Keeler, a native of New York, born
in Essex County, September 15,1810. .They have three children: Elwood, Adelaide and
Sophronla.. Mr. Kilgore is a Republican.

W. N. KING, M. D.., first cameto Abilene, Kas., in January, 1878,- born in Westmore-

land County, Pa., December, 4, 1826, moved to Hoimes County, Olio, in 1833, and to Knox

County, Obio, in 1858, to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1868. Raised and educated in Holmes County;
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graduated at the Jeffe: son Medical-College, of Philadelphia, Pa.,-in the spring of 1858.
gan the study of medicine in 1849; has practiced since 1852. After graduating, he practiced
is profession at Millersburg, Obio; went.to Knox County in the fall of 1858 where he
practiced twelve years. He wassurgeon of the Fifty-sixth Keriment, Ohio Volunteer In-
fautry from October, 1861, unfil he resigned.in August, 1863. Re-enlisted in the spring of
1864, as surgeon of the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
After returning he attended a course of medical lectures at the College of Physiciavs avd
Surgeons, of New York City. He was married in 1852, tu Miss Sarah Mills, of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio; they have four children—Rev. Howard A. L., Millard Mc L. Elizabeth, now
married to Mr.-C. C. Shaler, and Mace. Dr, King is a member of the Masonic order, also
Abilene Post, No. 63, G. A. R. Hehas performed three remarkable operations of ovariot-
omy, the tumors Weighing respectively seventy-two, sixty and fifty-six
were all successful. His was the first operation of the kind west of Topeka, Kas.

ROBERT KNOX, dealer in coal, ice, organs and séwing machines, He opened the busi-
ress in.1876; employs two men and teams in the business. Keeps a stock of about $4,000.
He located in Abileve in the spring 1870, farmed until 1880. Boin in England, July 31,
1830 Came to America 1854, settled iu Henry County, Il., and engaged in coal mining and
shipping coal until 1864, thence to Kansas, He was married in 1853, to Miss Isabella Arm-

. Strong, a native of England. They have five children—Emma_E., Alice B., Lillie J., Bessie
V., and Maggie M. r. Knox is a, member. of the Masonic order, Kuights-and Ladies of
onor.

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- .C. H, LEBOLD, banker, was bern July 12, 1844, near Bolivar, Tusearawas County,
Ohio. The name is a corruption of Leopold, and is of German origiu, His parents were
Frederick and Asna Lebold. No special records ofthe family have been preserved. The
grand-parents of both his father and mother were ja .dlords or land-owners in Germany,
aud_ were possessed of cohsiderabie wealth. His father was an extensivefarmer in Ohio.
C. H. Lebold attended the common schools of his neighborhood in the winters, and assisted
in the management of his father’s farm during the summer, until seventeen years old. Af-
ter that time, also, he attended Greensburg Seminary during the summery, and conducted a
school during the winters to provide means for his acadeinic course. . This he continued
until twenty-two years of age, receiving a very |horough education and being weil grounded
in the-rudimentary brayches. This independent and self-reliant oourse is an Index to his
character, aud to the success which he has Subsequently’ achieved. In 1866 he bought a
good and well-improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres, near Bolivar, Ohio, and en-
tered vigorously into the practical business of farming. At theend of two years he sold his

farm, and spent considera le time intiaveli:g, and looking for an eligible location for his ~

future home and business operations. The States of lllinois, Iowa aud Kansas particularly
engaged his attention, and, after comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the soil,
climate, production and prospective development of each, he formed a decided. preference
for Kansas. In_1869_he, iu partnership with Jacob Augustine, bought from Hon. C, H

Thompson and J. G. McCoy, the town-site of Abilene, Dickinsou-Co., Kas,, aud also Thom):-
son and & McCoy’s addition to that place. They immediately opened an office for the sale
of town property, and in connection with it established the ‘National Union Land Office.”
This business they conducted very successfully for aboutthree years, and in 1872 sold the
books and good will of the office to T. CG. Henry for $5.000. Prior to this, however, they had
bought the banking house of Kellogg, Newman &Co., and one year later, that of W. 3B.
Clark & Co., thus uniting in ove establishment allthe banking business of that young and
thriving city. Inthe tall of 1873 Jacob Augustine withdrew from the banking business,
and was succeeded by J, M. Fisher, the firm name being changed to Lebold, Fisher & Co,
Besides the above banking business, Mr. Lebold is largely interested iu real estate in Abi-
lene and vicinity, consisting of lots 4, 6 and 8 ou Broadway, Abilene, on which large brick
stores were erected in 1882, at a cost of $15,000. Also, 240 acres of fine land adjoining the
eity on the west, all cul ivated, etc. He-is also owner of the town-site of Hays City, Ellis
Co.. Kas., where he has a large amount of real estate, consisting of some of the finest, farms
in Ellis County. He is also proprietor of the rown-site of Bunker Hill, in Russell Co., Kas.,
and various farms in that vicinity. Mr. Lebold bas erected the finest dwelling house west
of Topeka. It is built of cut stone, and in full view of passing trains on the K. P. R. R.,
western part of Abilene City. He was elected Treasurer of Dickinson County in 1873, and
re-el ected in 1875, serving two full ternis, 10 the entire satisfaction of his constituents. In
1880..he was elected a member of the State Legislature He is a member of the Masonic or-
der, nd a¢ommunicant in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was married October 25,
1866 to Miss Amanda Nixon, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, who died October, 19, 1875. He
wns Married to his second wife, Miss- Fannie H. Urie, of Cannonsburg, Pa., November 7,
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O. L, MOORE, County Attorney and attorney at law, began his. profession in Abilene
in March, 1882. He first.came to Kansasin July, 1874. Taught school at Enterprise. Kan.,
three years. Began the study of law in 1875, being in the office of S. A. Burroughs.a year,
and same Jength of time in the office of John H. Mahan. Admitted to bar of practice in
November, 1878. He then practiced law in Solomon City until March, 1882, when he came
to Abilene.“ Born in West Virginia, November 10, 1849. After getting a common school
education in his native State, he. complsted a course in Mt. Union College, Ohio. He then
came to Kansas. Enlisted March 20, 1864,.1n Company M, Third Regiment West Virginia
Cava‘ry, and was attached to Gen. Cusler’s division; participated in all battles of his com-
mand; was at the surrender of Gen. Robert E, Lee. Mustered outin Wheeling, W. Va., July 4,
1865. He is a member of Abilene Post No. 63, G. A. R. and 1.0, 0. F.

M. NICOLAY, dealer inlumber and building material, coal, etc., opened the business
in December, 1880. Carries a stock of $8,000. He-first came to Abilenein Feb: uary, 1866;
farmed fur six } ears, then engaged in inerchandising until 1875, then served.two yeais as

“Sheriff of Dickinson County, 1876-77; tlven engaged in the packing business one season,
then into the grain business two years, when he engaged in his present business. Born in
Germany, February 12, 1837. Came to America in 1853 and followed railroading in Ohio
until 1868, when he came to Illinois and followed saine business until coming 10 Kansas.
Enlisted 1864 in Company A.Twentieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Mustered out
in Chicago, U1., July; 1865. He was married in 1858 to Miss Louisa Pfeifer, a native of Ohio.
They have one son—Jesse T. Mr. M.isamember of the, Masonic Order and Abilene Post
No. 63, G. A. R.. He was eleeted County Judge of Dickinson County in the fall of 1866. He
has served as lownship Trustee of Grant Township five years. , : e :

A. H. PAUL, of the firm of Paul & Jacols, comtractors and builders. .Among the nota-
ble buildings they have erected in Dickinson County are the court house at a cost of #24,000,
Dr, William H. Austin's residence, C. Hotiman’s residence, in Enterprise, at a cost of $6,000,
and four large brick stores at a cost of $20,000. They employ from eight to fifteen men.
Keep 4 carpenter shop where they run a six-horse power engine aid do all kinds of casing
and cornice work.’ He first located in Abilene, Kan., September 20, 1878; worked at his
trade sume time, then at contracting and building. He was then Assistant in the County
Clerk’s office a number of months, then formed the above partnership in March, 1881. He
was born in Newton, lowa, in 1856; lived in lowa until’ 1858, when his parents moved to
Knox County, Ohio, and Jived until 1861; thence to Harrison County, Ohio, until 1878.
Began the carpenter’s trade at the age of seventeen years. He was married in 1880 to
Miss Mary K. Lyons, of Bridgeport, Ohio. They have one daughter—Katorah M.. Mr.
Paul is a member of the A. O. U. W. t

E. F. PARENT. dealer in general stock,dry goods and groceries, began trade in 1877,

and carried a stock of about $1,000, and now. carries a stock of about $5,000. He first
located in Abilene, Kan., in 1870 and first followed contracting and building about five

years, He now occupies aroom 24x70 feet. He erected his store building of brick two

pounds, which.

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stories high in 1879 at a cost of $5,000. He was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., mebraary
28, 1843; raised aud educated in his native State, aud moved to Rockford, Il. in 1858, .
clerked there in a store until 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Forty-fifth Illinois Vol-
unteer Infantry, and participated in all of the battles of his command, serving as Sergeant
Major; mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., June 2, 1865. He then engaged in merchandis-
ing at the Big Black River, Miss., two years; traveled for his health three years, then came
to Kausas, He was married in 1867 to Miss E. J. Dobson, of Rockford, Ill. They have
three children—Minnie E,, Jennie J. and Sarah E. He isa member of the Blue Lodge and
Chapter A,, F. & A. M., K. o sa .U.W., Albilene Post No. 63, G. A. R., and the Presby-
perian Gaur en Has been Township Trustee three years and seven years a member of the
oof Board.
A. W. RICE. of the firm of Rice & Floyd, dealers in lumber and building material.
Opened the trade in 1870, It is the oldest established lumber yard in thecity. Mr. Rice is
Jargely interested in raising live stock. He has a stock ranch in Ottawa County, Kan., in
company with other parties, where they expect to keep from 500 to 1,000 head of cattle. It
is called Rice Stock Ranch. The firm is composed of John and Christian Johniz, A. W. and
M. H. Rice, Mr. A, W. Rice is also largely interested in the Johntz & Rice Automatic
Flouring Mills. which were erected in 1882 at a cost of $30,000. The mills are 36x60 feet,
64 feet high, with an elevating capaciiy of 25,000 bushels; grinding capacity, 150 barrels
in 24 hours, They have the jatest improved machinery, etc. Mr. Rice is vice-presilent of
the First National Bank of Abilene, of which he is a stockholder, He hasJaid out two addi-
tions to the town site of Abilene. He was born in Erie County, N. Y., December 12, 1837.
Parents moved to Boone County, Il]., 1848. Mr. Rice was Mayor of Abilene 1879-50. He

first came to Abilene in March, 1870.

i. ROBINSON, contractor and builder, began business in Abilene, Kas., 1876;
employs about ten nen during the building season. Among the notable buildings he has
erected are the following: T. H. Henry’s residence, costing $10,900; J. B. Case’s residence,
costing $5,000; John Warfield’s residence, costing $3,000; Bonebrake Opera House, costing

: » including inside work; remodeled and rebuilt Henry Hotel and added a third
Story; Methodist Episcopal Church, costing $5,000; rebuilding Abilene Schoolhouse, cost-
ing $10,500; Rothschild's brick block, costing $8,000, and many others. He first located in
Abilene, June 7, 1876, and immediately began the above business. He was born in Chester
County, Pa., September 27, 1836. moved to Canton, Ohio., 1865, enlisted, February 20,
1862, inCompany B, Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was made.
Second Duty Sergeant. He participated in all battles of his command, being forty-one bat-
tles, and was inustered out, May 24, 1864, wounded in battle of Wilderness, Was married in
1859, to Miss Eliza J. Livingston, of Cuester County, Pa. ‘They have five children—Eliza J.,
‘Kennard, Pauline, Iraand Emma. Heisa member of Abilene Post No. 63, G. A. R., LO.
O. F.. A. O. of A. M., and K. of H. ; i

SIMON ROTHSCHILD, dealer in clothing and gents’ furnishing goods, hats, caps, etc.,
opened the busiuess, August 1, 1878, in company with his brother Jacob, uuder the firm
name of Jacob Rothschild & Bro., and continued until July 19,1880, when Simon opened
business for himself. He carriesan average stock of about $10,000, and occupies a store
24x70 feet,’ He was born in Germany, February 12, 1850, came to America in 1864, and
Jocated in New York City, was a salesman a year, thence to Philadelphia, in clothing busi.
ness, as clerk, until March, 1872, when he went to Corinth, Miss., and took charge 0
2 clothing house a year, then returned to Philadelphia and clerked in sameclothing house
as before. He went to, Vicksburg, Miss., in March, 1878, and took charge ofa clothing
house until he came to Kansas. He was married, in 1875, to Miss Mina Lowenstein, a
native of Germany. Mr. R. is a member of the B'nai Brith Jewish order,and Kascher, also a
Jewish order, being president of the latter. zs

T. E. SEWELL, dealer in books, stationery, musical instruments, pictures, fine goods,
carpets, wall pene etc. He carries an average stock of about $12,000. Opened trade in
January, 1872. His is the first and only store in Abilene where such a geueral-stock is
kepton haud. Ae came to Dickinson County, Kas., in 1871, for agricultural purposes, but
sgun gave, that up and became interested in the above. He was born in Quebec, Can., March
13,1844, His parents moved to Troy, N. Y.. in 1845, lived there until 1852. He enlisted
in 1861, in Company G, Twenty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Intfautry; was
wounded, June 27, 1362, before Richmond. Hethen became a clerk in the war depart-
ment until the fall of 1871, resigned in August of that year and cameto Kansas. He was
married in 1867, to Miss Antoinette Crittenden, of Clifton Springs, N, Y.. They have three -
ebildren Albert, Grace and Anna. Himself aud wife are members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church... 7 _ ‘ a

7 . G. SMITH, dealer in drugs, paints, oils and druggists’ sundries. He opened the trade
in the spring of 1878; carries a Stock of about $3,500. He first located in Dickinson County
in the spring of 1872, homesteaded some land and taught school until he began the above
business. He was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1847, was brought up in his native
State, and moved to Ford and Champaign counties, Ill.,in.1864, where he began as clerk
in a drug store, and stuched medicine until he came to Kansas. e attended two courses of
lectures at Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, Ill. He was married in 1879, to Mrs.
Augusta Boneggen, a native of Prussia.

. H. S. TISDALE first caine to Russell, Kas., in the fall of 1875, where he began work
for H. Wentworth & Co., who are large dealers in hardware, stoves and tinware, pumps,
etc. They_opened trade in Abilene, April, 1881. Carry astock of $5,000, occupy in:
rvoms 75x24 feet. When the above company began a store in Abilene, Mr. Tisdale located
there and 100k charge of it forthem. He was bornin Ontario, Can., 1857, raised and edu-

cated in his native country. Heisamemberof Knights and Ladies of Honor, of Abilene,

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¥F. M. UPSHAW, dealer in general household furniture. He opened the trade in the
spring of 1878; carries a stock of about $5,000. Sales equal about $16,000 perannum. He
located in Dickinson County in June, 1867, when he engaged in farming until beginning
business. He was born in Peoria, Lll., October 20, 1830, lived in Peoria and native State
about thirty years, and married, in 1851, to Miss Julia B. Reed oflatter city. They have
five children—Virginia b,, William L., Melinda, Ida and George S._ He was driven out of
Missouri, au 4861; by the Rebels, on account of his Onion sentiments, losing all his property.
He wentto Canton, Ill, and Peoria, same State, 1emaining some time, finally coming to

Kansas,
SOLOMON CITY.

In 1865 H. Whitley, John Williamson and Lutner Hall, organized them-
selves into a Town Company, and conceived the idea of laying out a town at
the mouth of the Solomon River on land belonging to H. Whitley. For this
purpose the southwest quarter of Section 18, Township 13, Range 1,-east, and
the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 13, Township 13, Range 1
west, was surveyed and platted in 1866 by Daniel Mitchell. The town site
contains 234 acres and is located on the west line of the county, part of it ex-
tending into Saline County. The built-up portion of the town, however, is on
the east side of the line in Dickinson County. The Solomon River coming
down from the northwest enters the Smoky Hill River at this point, and it is at
this point of confluence the town is situated, being nine miles due west from
Abilene. The town is surrounded by a very fine agricultural country, consist-
ing of wide stretches of beautiful rolling prairie, and along the Solomon and
Smoky there is considerable timber. The growth of the town has not been
very rapid, and the business houses erected have, like those of all other new
western towns, been of rather inferior order, being, in most part, rather small
wooden buildings. Within the last two years there have been signs of a change
for the better, and more substantial improvements are now being made. Among
the first to start in business in town were H. Whitley and Lyman Field, the
former having built the first residence in town and also the first store, and both
in 1867. Either that year or the one following G. B, Hall built the Hall House,
which was the first hotel in town. The building of the Kansas Pacific Railway
that year, which crossed the Solomon River just above its mouth, decided the
location of the town. Impressed with the importance of the point the town site
was enlarged in 1871 by Geis’ Addition being added. The Baptists having
formed an organization a year or two previous, in 1870 built a very neat frame
church, but ante-dating this three years the Catholics had erected a frame house
of worship. In 1866 a company was organized under the name of the Conti-
nental Salt Company, who commenced boring about three-fourths of a mile west
of town, At the depth of sixty feet a good vein of brine was struck, upon which
the company erected works and commenced the manufacture of salt. In 1871
the Presbyterians built avery fine frame church of goodly size and elegant
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finish. The place by this time was commencing to assume quite an urban ap-
pearance with its churches, stores, hotel and residences, Tlie water power at
Solomon is excellent and capable of turning a vast amount of machinery, but
until 1872 it was allowed to go to waste, when William Smith erected a very
fine grist mill at the confluence of the two rivers, ‘his mill improvement
helped the town wonderfully in regard to drawing trade there. The town by
1871 had grown sufficiently to enable it to be incorporated, and that year it
became a city of the third class, of which G. B. all was the first Mayor.
Thinking the town site not sufficiently large to enable the young city to grow
to what it gave promise in the future to be, Hall and Whitley did in 1874 en-
large the limits by another addition, which were still farther extended by the
same party in 1878 by an additional addition. At that time great hopes were
entertained by the people, from the fact that the Solomon Valley Branch of the
Kansas Pacific Railway was commenced to be built that year, with Solomon
City as its initiative point. In 1876 the Solomon Valley Bank was established
by John Legrange, but subsequently passed into the hands of E. G. Clark.
Stores kept gradually going up, residences were becoming more numerous, a
better class of buildings were erected, and business transactions were Jargely on
the increase. A second hotel was added to the town in 1877, which was built
and opened by Mr. McCloud. In July,1879, the Solomon Sentine/ was established
in town by J. Claud Hill, which gave to the people and the city an organ,
through which they could make known the beauties and advantages of Solomon.
In 1881 a new salt works company was organized, or rather, new works were
- commenced under the operation and management of the National Land Com-
pany. This company sank a well adjacent to that operated by the Continental
Company, and at a depth of sixty feet, tapped a vein of stropg brine. They
_ then went to work and erected buildings, into which they put the necessary
machinery for the successful manufacture of salt. The new works are quite
extensive, and were put up at a cost of between $50,000 and $60,000. After
being in. operation a short time, the new company purchased the old works of
the Continental Company, so that both are now owned and operated by the
National Company. They manufacture about 10,000 barrels of salt yearly, the
greater portion of which is shipped to the mining regions. They supply nearly
all the local trade, and make a very excellent article of table salt. The year
1881 witnessed the establishment of another bank in town under the name of
the ‘Citizens’ Bank,” and which was established by Rogers, Wilson & Co. As
yet, not a brick or stone business house had been erected in town, but early in
1882 the Dewar brothers completed a large, magnificent brick building, with a
storeroom on the ground floor and offices above.- A short way from the Dewar
brothers’ building, the Wall brothers have erected a large brick building some-
what similar to that of Dewars’. This building is not yet completed, but will
be by the close of 1882. A new brick schoolhouse is also in course of construc-
tion, and while it is not going to be very large, containing only four rooms, it
will, doubtless, be large enough to meet the demands of the community at pres-
ent and for some time tocome. The cost of the building is to be $6,000. In
this year of 1882, also, the Catholics have erected a very fine brick church, at a
cost of over $7,000; so that 1882 may be set down as the year of brick improve-
ments in Solomon City. While the Catholic, Presbyterian and Baptist are the
only church buildings in town, the Methodists are not without a place in which
to meet for worship. As early as 1868, the Methodists had an organization in
town, but instead of erecting a church they put up a building with a storeroom
below and a hall above, and in this hall they meet for worship.
societies are represented in town by the Masons and Odd Fellows having a lodge
each. ‘The first school in town was organized in 1867, with Miss Blair, now
Mrs. A. P. Collins, as teacher. The first Postmaster in town was H. Whitley.
There are thirty places in town where goods are sold, representing almost
everything usually kept in stores. There are three small elevators in town,
with a fair representation of blacksmith and carpenter shops. There is no uni-
formity in the buildings, and the town is scattered over a good deal of territory,
There are some very fine residences, and ample space for the erection of more,

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Presbyterian.—An organization of this church was effected in 1870, with fifteen members*
In 1871 they built a very fine frame church, neatly finished, and with good seating capacity"
Their first pastor was Rev. J. L. Jones. The Present membership of the church is sixty, and
the present pastor is Rev. George Pearson. Their church property is valued at $2,500.

Gatholic.-This church was organized in 1868 by Rev. Father De Mautier. Atthat time
it had a membership of between forty and fifty, and that they might have a place in which
to worship, they erected a small frame church. The membership is now several hundred,
and they have just completed a very elegant brick edifice. The present pastor is Rev. Father
Lary. The property of the church ts valued at $8,000.

Baptvst.—Organized 1868, with less than ten members. In 1870 they put up a very neat
frame house of worship. The first Pastor of the church was Kev. J. R. Downer, The chureh
has now a membership of about forty, and the officiating pastor 1s Rev. George Mariam. The
property of the church is valued at $1,200.

ethodist.—Organize 1868, with ten inembers, The first pastor was Rev, Mr. Phillips.
They have no church edifice, but own a building, the lower part of which they rent, and the
upper partis a hallin which the congregation meets for worship. The church has a good
membership at present, and the pastor is Rev. W. A. Saville.

Solomon Lodge, No. 73, 1. O. O. F., of Solomon City, was_organized 1873, with five char-
ter members. The first officers were G. Garten, N. G.; S. Baldwin, V. G.; W. P. Witken,
Sec.; T. L. Garten,P. S., and Job Lee, Treas, ‘The present meimbership is thirty, and the

resent officers are L. B. Rogers, N. G.; James Barr, V. G.; F. Crowell, Sec., and J. L. Gal-

raith,. Treas.
“Solomon Lodge, No. 105, A., F. & A. M., of Solomon City, wag instituted In. 1871, number
of charter members not piven. The first officers were B F. Willey, W. M.; S. L. Choate, 8,

W.;d.S. Sutherland, J. W., and Dr, Searle, Treas. Present membership, thirty-five, Pres-
ent officers are F. KF. Marvin, W. M.; C. W. Adams, S. W.; N. F. Follott, J. W.; L. J. Quan-

trell, Sec.; L. Field; Treas.; A. Sutherland, S. D.; G. G. Griffin, J. D,, and E, Z. Butcher,

nen BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE B. HALL, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Solomon, Dickinson County, first
¢ame to Junction City, Kan., in 1860, ona prospecting tour; located in July, 1868. He was
transient for two years, Went into the hotel business in 1865. 1n 1866 he erected the
Hall House, at a costof about $7,000. Had to haul the material by teams from Leaven-
worth, a distance of 172 miles. He then keptthe hotel nntilthe fail of 1877, after which
he engaged in farming. He owns a farm of 200 acres adjoining Solomon City, 150 acres of
which 1s cultivated. is hotel was the first building of the kind erected in Solomon, and
the second frame building. Hehasbeen Mayor and inember of the City Council several
years. Has been County Commissioner of Saline and Dickinson counties a term in each,
and Town Trus ee. Born in Ontario, Canada, December 19, 1828. He was rajsed in his
native country, and lived there until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1866 to Miss
Electa Robacker, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four sons and two daughters—
Ada Mary, George, Kate, Newman, Robert aud Fred L. Mr, Hall has participated in

several Indian campaigns.

. battles of his command.

Benevolent .

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

v. C, WILL, of the firm of J. C. Hill & Co., proprietors of the Solomon Sentinel. He
caine to Solomon, Kansas, in guly. 1879, and began the publication of the above named
newspaper, and now has a circulation of 1,182. Mr. Hill also deals in real estate, and is a
fire insurance agent. He was born in New Brunswick in 1845, Went with his parents to
Chicago, I1J., in 1848, where he was raised and educated. He first engaged inthe com-
mmission business for sume time, and then began journalism. He was also principal and
proprietor of the Irving Military Academy, of Lake View, IIL. for three years. He began
Journalism in 1866, being connected with the Helena Hera'd at MWelena, Mon., which he
continued until 1868. when he returned to Chicago, I!l., and became engaged as an edu-
cator and printer until comingto Kausas, Served as aun officer in the voluuteer and regular
army of the United States. -

DR. A. LEWIS, physician and surgeon, first. came to Abilene, Kan., in 1877, where he
practiced his profession until 1881. ethen came to Solomon City, where he has since
continued his practice. He was born in Muskingum County, in Zanesville, Ohio, October
16, 1823, where he was raised and educated. After primary schooling he went to the
Zanesville Academy, under Prof. S. Howe, where he remained three years. Hethen entered
the Granville University of Ohio, and graduated in 1848, after which he began the study of
medicine in the medical office of Dr, Jum Watkins, where he continued for three years,
when he entered the Ohio Medical Cullege atCincinuati, where he continued one season,
and then returned to his instructor, where he read and practiced there three years. Hethen
entered Zanesville Academy of Medicine, and graduated in 1860. In 1862 he was made
Captain of Company I, First Regiment Ohio Heavy Artillery, but was3 transferred to the
medical corps at Knoxville, Tena, Was also made Post Surgeon at Fort Clay, Ky. He was
mustered out in 1865. Hethen began the practice of his chosen profession at Zanesville,
Ohio, and continued until the fall of 1876, when hecame to Abilene. Kan. He was mar-
ried in 1848 to Miss Mary J. Vickers, of Zanesville, Ohio. They have three children—
Carrte, now married to Mr. A, Fackler, of Dickinson County; Minnie M., now married to Mr.
H. J. Johnson, of Emporia, Kan.; Elmer, now doing geueral diug business in Solomon
City: He carries a stock of about $2,500 in drugs and medicines, He opened the busi-
ness August 10, 1882. Mr. Lewis was twice Presidential elector for Gen. Scott and U. 8.

rant.

W.S. MOON, farmrr, Section 36, P. O. Abilene, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, Sep-
tember 29, 1814, where he was reared aud educated. After completing his studies he ap-
piled himself to the study of mediciue, In 1847 hemoved to Kokomo, Ind., for ten years,

n 1857 he came to Kansas and settled in Dickinson County, whee he engaged in farming
In 1864 he moved to Abilene and engaged in merchandising. Was also
Postmaster during that time, He then located on his present place of 160 acres and
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has been twice married, first in the State of Ohio, to
Miss Joujlotty G. West, in 1885 She died in Clinton County, Ohio, December 30, 1840. By
this union they had one child, Jesse W. The second marriage occurred in Clinton County,
Ohio, October 1845, Miss Margaret Brown being the bride, She was born in Philadel-
phia County, Pa,, Augu:t 26, 1820. They have three children—Rebecca J., now Mrs, Potter;
Jouillotty_E, Tate, and Melvina, now Mrs. Quinn. K

H. PARMENTER, JR., firm H. Parmenter & Co,, dealers in staple and fancy ary goods

ened trade in June, 1880. Carry a stock of about
‘armenter first located in Saline County, Kan., ip
September, 1866. Mngaged in farming until 1880. Bornin Newport, Rhode sland, May
19, 1844, being raised and educated in his native State. He first engaged in merchandising
in his native city, where he continued until coming to Kansas. Married, in 1879, to Miss
Effie R Everieigh, of Junction City. They have one son—Ebert B. Mr. P. has served sev-
eral \erms as Justice of the Peace in Saline County. Heis now the Township Clerk. He is
a member of the Masonic Order anid Knights of Honor, His wife was the third child born in
Davis County, Kan., aid the first to be married that was born there.

L. B. ROGERS, firm Rogers, Wilson & Co., bankers, proprietors Citizens’ Bank of Solo-
mon City. This bank wasopened for business March 1, 1881. Tl:ey do a general banking
business and’collections, Also place loaus on real estate. Amos EK. Wilson is cashier,
Their deposits run from $15,000 to $20,000. L. B. Rogers, the president, was born in Green
Lake County, Wis., March 18, 1857. Came with parents to Kavsas in 1871 and located in
Solomon City. He was educated in Manhattan ollege, and attended the St. Louis, Mo.,
Law School two vears, graduating in 1878. Admitted to the bar in Kansas City, Mo., the
same year. Admitted to bar of practice in Abilene, Kan., fall of later} eat He began the
practice of law in Solomon City, where he has since continued. He has served as Post-
inaster one and a half years, and isnow Mayor of tbe village and Township Clerk of his town.

JERRY SHEAHAN, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware, agricultural implements
and seeds. He opened the trade September 1, 1871. Now has the oldest established busi-
ness of the Kind in the city; and carries a stock varying from $8,000 to $12,000. He was born
in Rockford, Ill., June 10, 1847, where he was raised and educated. He has been Town-
ship Treasurer two terms and three terms City Councilman. Married, in 1874, to Miss Mary
L. McMillan, of the same city. They have three children—Bradford.C., Charles G, and
William A. He enlisted in Company K, Col. Mulligan’s brigade, and participated 1n all the
t He was mustered out _in Richmond, Va., in the spring of 1865.
He is a member of Solomon Post No. 110, G. A. B., and adjutant of the same. :

CHARLES L. SHERMAN, dealer in a general line of drugs and medicines, paints, olls,
etc, He opened trade In 1875, carries a general stock of $2,0U0. He locatedin Solomon in
1870, clerked ina drug store until he went into business for himself. He was born in Bos-
ton, Mass., September 12, 1854; was raised and educated in his native city. He attended
the Chauncey Hall Military School for four years, then came to Kansas. He has served as
City Clerk, and now is a member of the City Council and the K. of P..

WALL BROTHERS, (lealers in a general line, dry goods, boots and shoes and groceries,
also agricultural implements of all kinds, opened trade in March, 1880. They carry a stock
of about $12,000, not including ine plemente: They erected a brick store, 25x100 feet, thir-
ty-two feet high, at a cost of $5,0 0, in the fall of 1882, and occupy the same in their busi-
uess. They employ four men in the store,
M., James S., and

for some time.

and groceries, hats, caps and notions, o
$10,000 to supply theirtrade. Mr. H.

The firm is composed of three brothers, Philip
Michael A. James Wall first located in Detpbos, Ottawa Co., Kan., in
1871, where he engaged in stock-raising and farming until May 1.1881. He was born in
Ireland in 1842, aud came to America, with parents, 1850. He was married in 1874, to Miss
Bridget Hodge, a native of Ireland. They have five children—Nathaniel, Edward, Benjamin,-
Katie and Mary. Michael A. Wall was born in LaSalle, Iil., July 29,1857. He was raised
and educated in his native city, came with his brothers to Delphos, Kan., in 1872, and
moved with them to Solomon. He was married, in 1880, to Miss Jenuis Hare, of Delphos.
They have one daughter—Alice, He is a member of City Council of Solomon. Mr. ilip
Wail, the senior member of the above firm, first came to Delphos, Kan,, in 1872, and en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising, which he continued until coming to Solomon City in
the spring of 1880. He has taught twelve terms of school in Saline and Dickinson coun-
ties. He was burn in County Tipperary, Ireland, May 6, 1844, came to America 1850, with
arents, He studied for a Catholic priesthood in the Seminary of The Lady of Angels, at
iagara Falls, N. ¥,, about four years, taking also a course in classical studies. e@ also
attended St. Vincents Seminary for the Lazarist Order of Priesthood, asa novice, but find-
ing his vocation was not that for the priesthood, left there and came to Kansas. He was
married, A pri 18, 1873, ta Miss Heatle A Harrington. of Newport, R. I, They have three
: i y, an ugustine, r a
Beate: Harlin Hota pired to any publicotice. inicabuacermbinmmaasies
. W. N, Postmaster, look charge of the office in April, 1881; first located in
Solomon in February, 1872, and engaged in feaching school five PO Te n rincipal of
the Solomon City schools.” He was appointed County Superintendent of Publ instruction
for Dickinson County, and served out the unexpired’ term, then became traveling agent for
a New York City pu lishing company two years, and then took charge of the postofiice.
He was born in Marion County, Ohio, January 31, 1836. Left his native place when a small
boy, and lived for twenty years in Scioto County, Ohio, and there learned carding and spin-
ning. Married in Ohio, In'1858, to Miss Aronine Evans, of Lebanon, Ohio. They have two
children—Amos E., and Nena May. He moved to Mason City, Ill., in 1866, where he en-
gaged in merchandising until coming to Kansas. He is a member of the Masonic Order, K.
of H,, and the Methodist Episcopal Church. Amos E, is now the cashier of the Citizen’s
Bank of Solomon, and part owner of thesame, He isalsoa graduate of Kansas Agricul-
tural College of Manhattan, Was for three years cashier of the Solomon Valley Bank, Solo-
mon. ean. ea May 1880, of Mason Hodge, and Methodist Episcopal Church. Nena M.,
May, A rt Marter, & gra E
now (1882) res} des th Davis county, ee zg uate of Emporia, Kan., Normal School,
D , dealer in all kinds of household furniture nt.
He first located where Solomon City now is, June 4, 1859. is ROME GAD eee at
Mud Creek, now Abilene city nine miles off, Nearest postoffice was then Junction City,
thirty -five miles away, and the nearest grist mill, was Council Grove, sixty miles across the
country. His main market was Leavenworth, Kan., 170 miles by wagon road, which with
only Riyoke of oxen, was tedious business and satis lonely for Mrs, Whitley who often re-
mained in their lonely shanty for days alone, when Mr. W. was at millor market. After over
a year they were pleased to welcome a neighbor who settled two miles away, but many of
the new comers soon starved out and were obliged to leave, so that at times rospects look-
ed gloomy for settlement. For meat they subsisted chiefly on buffalo and wild turkeys
which were then verv plenty, but in the Welter Of 1859-60, buffalo meat grew very scarce,
rabbits and corn meal, with par ‘
Mr. W. through well directed efforts soon made the wil 1 prairie Disa ee ocr with
the rich golden grain, which of course soon drove the wolf from their door, never again to
return. e broke up the land where Solomon City now stands, for a farm. in the spring of
1860, and planted it with corn, But the simoons of the reat plains seemed to decide the
ques lon for no crops that year, for everything in the shape of crops was withered and
dried up with the intense héated winds, which prevailed in July and August, ‘he follow-
ing year they were blessed with a bountiful crop, which seemed toinstill new life and vigor
into the almost disheartened pioneers. His first grist of wheat he took to Council Grove,

 

 
DICKINSON COUNTY.

sixty miles by wagon road, leaving his wife alone for ten days, at the end of which time, he
returned with the proceeds 150 pounds of flour. The whole time occupied in-threshing the
grist and taking it to mill and returning with the flour, took up twenty days. Thisisa
Hood illustration of what the early pioneers in that county were obliged to contend with.

e was elected Justice of the Peace in the fall of 1860,and Dyire-elections has held th’s office
eighteen years. Was elected Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. He carried
all the records of the county in acarpetsack. Born in England September 14, 1830. Came
to Canada with parents in 1840; lived at home until twenty-oue years old, then went to
Minnesota.Territory, to seek his fortune, landing in St. Paul, penniless; he finally found
work and remained twu years, then returned to Canada, and was married in the fall of
1858, to Miss Catharine Hall, a daughter of deacon Jabez Hall, near Toronto, Canada, They
had three childrev—Charles, Nellie and Lulu; Charles is a student in the Normal Schvol of
Toronto, Canada. Mr. W. is a member of the Masonic Order, 1, O. O. F., and Baptist Church.
He was the first Postmaster of Solomon City, being appointed in the falll of 1860. He opened
the first store in the fall of 1863; opened the furniture business, of which he is now a part-

ner, in the fall of 1865.
ENTERPRISE,

This is the name of a town situated on the south bank of the. Smoky Hill
River, six miles east of Abilene. The name is very appropriate, because, al-
though a small place, the people are full of enterprise and energy. The town-
site was surveyed and platted in 1872 by G. R. Wolfe, at that time, County
Surveyor. In January, 1873, a town company was organized, of which V. P.
Wilson was president; John Johntz, vice-president; C. Hoffman, treasurer,
and T.C. Henry, secretary, The plat of the town and the necessary certifi-
cates were duly filed in the office of the Register of Deeds, and Enterprise
took its place as one of the towns of Dickinson County. The town is beauti-
fully located. Between it and Abilene the Smoky Hill River makes a very
sudden turn to the northeast, and after flowing in this direction about two miles
turns almost due south for a half or three-fourths of a mile, when it again bears
to the east. It is on the south bank of the river where this second bend occurs
that the town is located.” Opposite the town, on the north side of the river, the
bank is low and heavily timbered, but on the south side and west of the iron
bridge that spans the river at this point, the bank is about forty feet high, and
south of this is ail beautiful rolling prairie, Some 200 0r 300 yards east
of the bridge, on the north side of the river, isa large elevator, erected: in

_ 1882 by C. Hoffman, the capacity of which is 50,000 bushels. Directly across
from the elevator, on the other side of the river, is a frame grist mill, and be-
tween this and the bridge the dam is built. This mill was built by Mr. C. Hoff-
man in 1868, four yearsjbefore the town of Enterprise was started. Its dimen-
sions are 40x60 feet with an L 12x16 three stories high and a basement. It has
three run of buhrs, and its capacity is 100 barrels of flour per day. The river
here makes a curve, and contiguous to the frame mill, and only a few feet from
it, is a large stone mill. This is-one of the finest mills in the State. This also
was built by Mr. Hoffman, in 1873, but then it was the purpose of the owner to
use it as a woolen mill, and it was used as such until 1881, when it was re-
modelled and refitted for a flouring mill, and supplied with all the latest im-
proved mill machinery. The dimensions of the mill are 40x80, and four stories
high. It has seven run of stone, and its capacity is 200 barrels of flour a day.
The first person to erect a building in town after the site was surveyed and
platted, was John Latto, who put up a building on Factory street, one part of
which he used for a store and the other for a dwelling. This was in the spring
of 1873. Prior to this, however, in 1869, the year after Mr. Hoffman erected
the frame mill, a store was built and opened by Senn & Ehrsam, but this was
before there was any such town as Enterprise. Two miles north of Enter-
prise, on the K. P. Railway, is Detroit, a village containing a few, houses, a
store, and a small depot. In 1878, the railway company built a switch from
Detroit to Enterprise, and this switch constitutes all the railway facilities of the
town. It is the mills that give vitality to the town as they draw trade from
a large stretch of country, and so excellent is the water power, that.no matter
how dry the season there is always an abundant flow to keep the mills running
the year round. In 1878, a very handsome brick schoolhouse was erected in
town at a cost of $7,000. The building stands on quite an elevation at the
head of Factory street,and can be distinctly seen from Abilene. There are
two church buildings in town, one Methodist and one Lutheran. Both are
frame, the former of which was built in 1877, and the latter in 1881. The
town has two hotels, the Pacific and Travelers’ Home, both frame. The former
was built in 1873 by Edward Parker, and wasthen known as the Central House,
and the latter was built shortly after by Jacob Schneider, and was opened under
the name of the Union House. For a town located away from the main line of
a railway, it gives evidence of wonderful enterprise and progress. \,There are
eighteen stores of one kind or another in town, five of which are built of brick.
-The first brick stores in town were erected in 1878 by C. Hoffman and G. R.
Lamb, on the east side of Factory street, and these were followed in 1880 by
C, F, Staatz, J. F. Buhrer and A. J. Logback, who erected similar buildings on
the west side of thestreet. The business of the place is divided into seven re-
tail mercantile houses, one furniture store, one drug store, two millinery shops,
two harness shops, one boot and shoe store, two tin shops, one book and station-
ery store, one paint shop and one carpenter shop. Besides these there are two
lumber yards, one wagon factory, a cooperage in which are employed several
men, two good livery stables and a printing office.. In the manufacturing line,
aside from the flouring mills, there is the machine works of J. B. Ehrsam,where
steam engines and mill machinery are mariufactured. The building of these
works is 20x80 feet, located on the bank of the river and operated by water power.
From ten to twenty men are constantly employed inthe shops, Then there
is the establishment of Teats Bros., or the ‘‘Monarch Windmill Company,” but
recently established. In this establishment is manufactured the “Monarch
Windmill,” the making of which gives employment to thirty men, This institu-
tion is also located on the bank of the river and is operated by water power.
It is a live. prosperous, thriving town with a population of 500, who seem to
be determined by their energy and go-ahead-ativeness to make the place in
reality, what its name indicates, one of Enterprise.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Methodist.—This church was organized in 1872, with a very small membership, by Rev.
Mr. Eichenberger. In 1877, they built a very handsome frame church in which to worship.
The church has now ®@ membership of sixty, and the pastor is Rev. E. Eberhart. The
church property is valued at $1,800.

693

Lutheran.—Was organized in 1880, by Rev. Albert Vogel, with about thirty members.
In 1881, they erected a small frame church. It has now a memberthip of forty-five, but at
present is without a pastor. The property of the church is valued at $7

Enterprise Lodge, No. 140, I. 0.

00.
O. F. of Enterprise, was organized in 1875, with seven
charter members. VP son, N

The first officers of the lodge were, V. P. Wilson, N.G.; John Wagner,
.G., and R. 8. Holesworth, secretary. The present membership is tweuty-five, and
present officers are, O. C. Price, N. G.; J. Woodward, V.G.; F. R. Price, secretary, and S.
Holesworth, treasurer.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. F. BUHRER, merchant, born in Switzerland, December 20, 1846; was reared and
educated in his native country. In 1863, came to America and settled in Fulton County,
Ohio, where he engaged in boring artesian wells for five years. In 1871, he came to Kansas
and settled in Dickinson County, where he engaged iu farming. for sometime. His landed
estate consists of 320 acres of fine farming land. In 1877, he came to Enterprise, where he
engaged in the hardware and grocery trade. He carries a stock of $3,000, and does a busi-
ness of $13,000 per year. He has been twice married, first in Fulton County, Ohio, April

, 1871, to Miss Harriet Weckerly; she was a native of Ohio; died in Dickinson County,
this State, November 17, 1879; to Miss Sophia Staatz, she is a native of Kansas, born April
8, 1862. They have two children—Charley and Harriet.

A. G, EYTH, druggist, born in Germany, May 16, 1848, where he was educated. After
compl. ting his studies, he learned the drug business, which he has since pursued, He
came to America in 1868, and first located in Cincinnati, Ohio, for two years. In 1870,
came to Kansas, and settled in Junction City, where he engaged in the drug trade for -
eighteen months, and in 1872, moved to Enterprise, where he opened a drug store; carries
a stock of $1,500, and is doing a business of about $7,000 per year. Married in Junction
City, Kan, July 3, 1872, to Miss Emily Staatz. She was born in Prussia, Germany, August
15,1 eaOie They have six children—Carrie H., Paulina A., Augustus L., Sophia E., Adolf J.
aud Emil. 3

C. HOFFMAN, miller, born in Switzerland, August 1, 1826, where he was educated,
and soon after learned the art of milling, which he pursued in his native country until
1855, when he cameto America, and first located in Washington County, Wis., where he
worked at the carpenter’s trade for sometime, He came to Kansas in 1857, and settled in
Leavenworth, where he pursued the trade of carpenter for three years, when he came to
Dickinson County, and engaged in farming until 1868. He then moved to Enterprise, and.
erected a mill, four stories, 30x50 feet, propelled by water, which is now used for custom
work. In 1881, he began operations inthe Enterprise Mills, a stone building, five stories,
38x80 feet, propelled by water, capacity 200 barrels RE day, with elevator capacity for
40,000 bushels. He was married in Switzerland, April 30, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Senn,
born in Switzerland, November 30, 1830. They had two children—Christian B. and Leon-
hart. Leonhart died in 1855. Christian B. is now Represeutative of the Seventy-fifth
District, He was County Treasurer for Dickinson County a number of terms, and repre-
sented his county in the Legislature in 1870 and 1871. i.

WILLIAM LAMB, retired, born in Randolph County, N. C., December 28, 1806.
He was educated 1n his native State, and soon after learned the trade of wagonmaker, after
which he moved to Butler County, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for sixteen years.
In 1855, he came to Kansas and located in Shawnee County, where he engaged in various
pursuits: fortwo years, He then returned to Ohio, where he remained for ove year, when

ne returned to Kansas and settled in Dickinson County, where |.e engaged in farming for a
number of years. In 1869, he represented Dickinson Gonnty ti the Legislature. He was
County Commissioner for nine years, and Postinaster for twelve years. He was married in
Butler County, Obio, December 31, 1830, to Miss Jane Wilson, & native of Ohio, born in
Butler County, October 3, 1811. They have seven children—Naucy A., Johu W., A. H.,
Greene R., William H., Jane and Charles W, 4

CHARLES LEWIS, merchant, born in Hernford, England, March 29, 1849. He
was educated in his native country, after which he engaged in the mercantile trade until
1870, when he came to America and settled in Dickinson County, Kan., where he turned his
attention to farming and milling for quite a while, when he engaged as traveling salesman
for three years. In 1881, began merchandising at Enterprise, where heis doing a good
business, Married in Enterprise, Dickinson Co., Kan., Miss Amelia C, Myer. She was
born in Jefferson, Kan., September 10, 1855. They have three children—Amelia, J.
Llewellyn and Hallan, Mr, Lewis isa member ofthe A, F. & A. M.

_ J. F. STAATZ, merchant, is a native of Germany. born April 5, 1837. Was reared in
his native country until fourteen years of age. In 1851, came to America, and located in
Watertown. Wis., where his time was occupied, as engineer, for’six years. In 1857, he
came to Kansas, and settled in Dickinson County, where he engaged in agricultural pur-
suits for about fifteen years. In 1863, was elected County Treasurer, and was the first
County Assessor of Dickinson County. He located in Enterprise, in 1874, where he is
engaged in gerieral merchandise. Carries a stock of $12,000, and has a trade of $20,000 a
year. He has been twice married; first to Miss Catherine Biegert, April 8, 1861. She was
born May 16, 1840, and died March 28,1871. By this union they had four children—
Sophia C., William H., Llewellyn and Edward J. The second marriage occurred in Dick-
inson County, Kan., October 7, 1871, to Miss Mary Gantenbein. She was born in Switzer-
Jand, March 1, 1847. By this marriage they have four children—Anna W., James H., Ade-

laide and Olivia.
CHAPMAN.

This is the name of asmall town on the Kansas Pacific Railway, and
situated on the north bank of the Smoky Hill River. It is two miles north and
ten miles east of Abilene, and about one-half mile west of the point where
Chapman Creek empties into the Smoky Hill River. The town site comprises
the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and lot No. 2, in Section 32,
and a part of lot No. I in Section 31, Township 12, Range 4 east. The land
thus described belonged to James Streeter and S. M. Strickler, who, in 1871,
had it surveyed and platted into blocks, lots, streets and alleys, the surveying
and platting having been done by E.C.Smeed. To the place thus described
and platted was given the name of Chapman. During the eleven years of its ex-
istence its growth has been exceedingly slow, the present population not being
more than between two and three hundred. It is surrounded by a beautiful
and well settled country, but in a business point of view its location is bad.
Twelve miles west of it is Abilene, the county seat of Dickinson County, and
the same distance east is Junction City, the county seat of. Davis County, with
other smaller towns about midway between these points. The place, however,
has several stores, and, considering the number of competing points surround-
ing it, does a very fair business. About three-fourths ofa mile northeast of this
town, on Chapman Creek, and about a mile and a half from the mouth of the
creek, there is a grist mill, known as Jackman’s mill, which was erected in 1868.
Lf 4 good surrounding country makes a good town, then Chapman ought to be
a good one, because there is a splendid country north, south, east and west of
it, the trade of which is contended for by other points. Before the present town
of Chapman had an existence, there was a place known by that name, although
to give it a definite location is difficult, as the name applied to all the territory
bordering on the creek of that name. Evidence, however, seems to establish
the fact that the name applied to the high ground north of the present town-site,
as there were a few houses there, and in fact, a small store, the present town
not having been located until some years after the advent of the railway. This
town has four mercantile retail stores which do a general business, neither of
which is confined to any one particular line of goods. It has also a drug store,
a hardware store, a lumber yard, one hotel, and one good livery stable. It has
an elevator with a capacity of about ten thousand bushels. About three years
ago a very fine stone schoolhouse was built in town at a cost of about $4,000,
and while it is not a large building, it is sufficiently commodious for the wants
of the community. In the town properthere are two churches, one Methodist and
one Catholic, the latter, however, not yet quite finished. In 1880 the Methodists
erected a church which was blown down and completely destroyed in the spring
of 1882, with considerable other property in town. They lost no time, however,
but immediately commenced to erect another which has been very recently com-
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pleted, and was dedicated on Sunday, November 26, 1882, Rev. E.‘W. Van De-
venter of Abilene preaching the dedicatory sermon. The Catholics have nearly
completed a magnificent stone church, which will be ready for occupancy early
in 1883. It is a grand edifice and a great improvement to the town and has
been erected at a cost of $20,000, The place never could have been very pre-
tentious, because in all the contests that have taken place for the county seat,
the records fail to show among the cortestants the name of Chapman. While
the place is known as Chapman by the people of the county, and is always re
ferred to by this name, it is not the name given to it by railway officials, and
when announcing the place on the trains, conductors and brakesmen call out
Hazleton, but no such place as Hazleton appears either on the map or the rec-
ords of the county. :

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

F. B. LILLIE, druggist, was born in Erie County, Pa, May 19, 1855. He was reared and
educated in his native State, after which he taught school for one year in Erle County, Pa.
In 1878 he came to Kansas and located in Abilene where he was employed as teacher for
sometime. In 1880, he settled in Chapman, where he also taught school fortwo years. In
1882 purchased a stock of drugs and opened a first-class drug store. He was married in
Pon ee 29, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Tyler, a native of England. She was

GEORGE SNYDER, merchant, born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 2, 1816; was reared and
educated in his native city, after which he became clerk in his father’s store for some time.

. He was a merchant of hiladelphia until 1842, when he moved to Crawfordsville, Ind.,

where he engaged in the. mercantile business for quite a while, He then located at Lafay-
ette, Ind., where he still continued in merchandising until 1865, when he came to Kansas, and
first located at Fort Riley, where he was clerk in the Quartermaster’s Department for one
year, after which he moved to Ellsworth, where he remained for one year: thence to Chap-
Inan, and in 1867 began general merchandising, andis doing a business of $15,000 per year,
In 1867 was appointed Postmaster, which position he still holds, Married in Crawfords-
ville, Ind., March 3, 1844, to Miss Mary L. Scott, a native of Virginia; born in Fairfax
Gounty, July 29,1815. They have four children—Annie L., George %, Julia M., and
.__O. L, THISLER, farmer, Section 36, P. O.Chapman, was born in St. Joseph County,
Mich., October 8,-1849. When young moved with his parents to Iroquois County, Ill., where
he was reared and educated; after which he engaged in farming and stock ratsing until
1872, when he came to Kansas and located in Dickinson County, on his present place of
1,000 acres of land, where he is engaged in farming, breeding Short-horn cattle, and the
celebrated Norman horses, He was married-in Dickinson County, Kas., January 1, 1874,
to Miss Flora E. Jackson, a native of Fulton County, Ill; born October 29,1859. They
have one child—George R. Mr. T. is identified with the Republican party.

MISCELLANEOUS,

CAPT. HENRY BAKER, farmer, Section 23, Wheatland: Township, P. O. Abilene, born
in Evansville, Ind., February 14, 1840; moved with his parents when young to Memphis,
Tenn., where he received the benetits of the city schouls until 1861, when he enlisted in
Company E, Twelfth Regiment Illinois Infantry, aud served for three months; after which
he attended the Academy at Paris, Ill., and yraduated in 1862. He then joined the naval
service at Cairo, Ill., as seainan; soon after appointed Master Mate, andin April. 1863, was
promoted cele Ensign, for gallant copduct. His second promotion to Acting Master was
in July, 1864, which position ke held until the close of the war. He returned to Evansville,
Ind., where he remained for two years, when he removed to St. Yaul, Minn., where he en-
gaged in merchandising until 1870, when he came to Kansas and located in Dickinson
County, on his present place of 800 acres, where he is engaged _in farming anu-stock rais-
ing. arried in Edgar County, Ill., October 3, 1876, to Miss Nancy T, Steele, a native of
Edgar Gounty, Meg born February 15, 1845. They have three children—James S., Annie

-, and Charles C.

J. F. BAXTER, farmer, Section 34, Wheatland Township, P.O. Abilene, born in Tomp-
kins County, N. Y., July 15, 1834, and moved with his parents to Winnebago County, Ill.,
where he was reared aud educated; after which he turned his attention to agricultural pur-
suits until 1877, when he came to Kansas and purchased his present estate of 1,520 acres,
when he is engaged in farming and stock raising. Married in Winnebago County, ILl., April

i 5, to Miss Harriet Grommon, a native of Ohio; born November 3, 1845. They have
four children—Sarah J., Lincoln L., Harry N., and John W.

_J. B. BAXTER, fariner, Section 6, Holland Township, P. O, Carlton, was born in Perth-
shire, Scotland, August 12, 1839. Was raised and educated in his native country; soon
after engaged in farming until 1870, when he came to the United States, and first located
in Will County, Ill., for a short time. He came to Kansas in 1870, and settled on his present
place of 400 acres, where his attention is principally turned to stovk raising. He was elected
Justice of the Peace of Holland Township in 1881. He martied in Scotland December 1,

66, Miss Amelia Amiss, a native of Scotland, born December, 1846. They have seven
children—Alexander, Magele C., Ellen, Jesse A., Joanna C., May, and Amelia A. Mr, B.
is identified with the Republican party. < ‘

CLEMENTS BELL. farmer, Section 12, Wheatland Township, P. O. Abilene, was born
in Ireland December 16, 1845. Was brought to America when young, and was raised and
educated in Muskinguin County, Ohio. In 1861 enlisted in Company 1, Seventy-eighth
Regiment Ohio Infantry, and participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Champion
Hill, Atlanta; at the latter place was captured and confined in the Andersonville prison at
Savannah, Ga,, until the close of the war; after which he located in Chicago, III., for some
time engaged in various pursuils. In 1866be removed to Johnson County, Mo., where he
farm 2d for five years, and in 1871 came to Kansas and located in Dickinson County on his
estate of 560 acres. Marriedin Johnson County, Mo., October 28, 1873, to Miss Mary E.
Foster. She was born in Johnson County, Mo., June 8, 1853. ‘They have four children—
Carrie L., Sue L., Clements W., and Mary,

W. H. H. BETZ, farmer, Section 21, Liberty Township. P. O. Chapman, was born Frank-
lin County, Penn., Nuvember 5, 184U. Was raised and educated in his native State; farm-
ing has always been his occupation. In 1878 he moved to Kansas, and located in Dickin-
son County on his present place of 240 acres, where he is engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. Married in Franklin County, Penn., December 31, 1862, to Miss Sarah C. Diehl, a
native of Pennsylvania, born in Franklin Count July 4, 1843. They have seven children—
Clara M., Iva L., Edwin G., Michael D., Birt R, Rasin, and Ora P.

OLANDO BONNER, farmer, Section 28. Wheatland Township, P. O. Abilene, was born
in Oneida County, N. Y., July 10, 1847. When young. wag taken by his parents to Lorain
County, Ohio, where he was raised and educated. In 1864 he enlisted in Company E, One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and was mustered out at Columbus,
Ohio, in 1865. 1n 1867 he moved to Winnebago County, ILl., where he engaged in Agricul-
tural pursuits until 1872, when he came to Kansas and settled in Dickinson County on his
present place of 640 acres, where he js extensively engaged in farming and stock raising.

n 1874-75 he was County Commissioner, and in 1880 was census enumerator, He was
married in Winnebago County, IIl., Mareh 8, 1869, to Miss Clara M, Miller, a native of
Livingston County, N. Y., born February 23, 1848. They have one child, Gertie A,

J. M. BRADFIELD, farmer, Section 6, Newbern Township, P. O. Abilene, was born in
Loudoun County, Va., January 1, 1819. hen young, was taken by his parents to Belmont
County, Ohio, where he was principally reared and educated. In 1835, moved to Grant
County, Ind., where he finished his studies and _ soon after learned the cabinetmaker and
joiner’s trade, which he followed in Indianaand Lowa for twelve years. He first came to
‘Kansas in 1862, remaining a short tine, and returned to Binggol County, Lowa, where he
remained untii 1869; he then returned to Kansas and located jn Dickinson County, on his

resent nome of 320 acres. He has becn Justice of the Peace, Township Trustee, Assessor,

‘ownship Treasurer, Township Clerk, etc, Married in Grant County, Ind., October 31, 1844,
to Miss Elizabeth Martin, who was born in Preble County, Ohio, November 20, 1827. They
have seven children—Joel W., James A., Hugh M., Winfield M,, Clarence E., Jerome S. and
EmmaJ. Mr. Bradfield isa Repu blican.

J. J. CLEMONS, farmer, Sherman Township, P. O. Sutphen's Mill, Section 26, born in
Livingston County, N. Y., November 11, 1820, and was raised and educated in Steuben and
Monroe counties, N. Y.,after which he moved to Allegany County, N. Y¥., where he en-

aged in farming until 1870, when he cameto Kansas and settled in Dickinson County, on
Rig resent place of 480 acres, where he is engaged in farming and stock-rajsing. Married
in Livingston County, N. Y., January 13, 1842, to Miss Rebecca Litchard, a native of New
York, born in Lexington County, October 22, 1822. They have nine children—R. R., Julius
E., James A., Clarence L., James E., Lela A., Adela L., Loretta E. and Martha L.

A. R. CORMACK, farmer, Section 4, Garfield Township, P.O. Solomon City, born in
Philadelphia, Pa., February 23, 1831, where he was raised and educated. His first occupa-
tion in life was bridge and stone contractor, which he followed for sometime, after which
he settled in Knox County, Tenn., where he engaged’ in farming for seventeen years. In
1862, he enlisted in Company D, First Regiment of Thomas?’ Legion, and participated in the
battles of New Hope, Winchester, Fisher’s Hill aud Cedar Creek, Va.; was wounded and
taken prisoner at the latter, and was confined in the various Northern prisons until the close
of the war, He returned to Knox County Tenn., where he remained until 1871; he then

 

 

“ HISTORY OF KANSAS.

came to Kansas, and first located in Junction City, where he engaged in the coal trade for
seven years. 1n 1878, he came to Dickinson County, and settled on his present farm of 160
acres. He was married in Knox County. Tenn,, July 12, 1854, to Miss Mary J. Carter; she
was bornin Knox County, Tenn., October 19, 1838. They have eight children —Mary S.,
William A., Robert S., John P., Lucy A., Oney, Ernest and Charley. Mr. C. is a Democrat,
andis amember of the A, F. & A. M.

L. DEMING, farmer, Section 28, Buckeye Township, P. O. Abilene, was born in Harri-
son County, Ohio, October 23, 1823. He was reared and educated in his native Stare, and
his time was occupied until 1870 in merchandising and farming, when hecame to Kansas
and settled in Dickinson County, on his present estate of 120 acres, where he is engaged in
farming and gardening. He was married in Steubenville, Ohio, March 24, 1847, to Miss
Frances E. Urquhart, a native of Ohio, born in Harrison County, Ohio, November 5, 1828.
They have nine children—James W., William B., John L., Newton A., Johnston G., Moses
E., George, Annie and Mary. Mr. D.isa Republican. =

K. G. FLEMING, farmer, Section 8, Garfield Township, P. O. Solomon City, was born
in Armstrong County, Pa., September 2, 1844. He_received his education in his native
County, and Completed his commercial course at Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1862 he enlisted in
Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
and participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Laurel Hill,
Spottsylvania, North Ann River, Merchantsville Road, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Five
Forks, and other important. battles—received a wound at the Jatter place. He was dis-
charged, August 18, 1865. He came to Kansas in 1870, and settled in Dickinson County,
where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was married in Solomon City, Kan.,
April 23, 1874, to Miss Helen Blair, a native of Des Moines, Iowa. She was born September
8, 1853. They have four children—Lillie G,, Stella G., Fred B., and Samwnuel B, Mr. Fleming
is a member of the Republican party. ' 2

HARRISON FLORA, farmer, Section 34, Flora Township, P. O. Poplar -Hill, was born
in Stark County, Ohio, June 30, 1841, where he was reared and educated, after which his
time was devoted to teaching school untilthe breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in
Company D, One Hundred and Seventh Ohio {nfantry, as a private, and upon organization
of Company was commissioned First Sergeant, and participated in the battles of Fredricks-
burg, Chancellorsville, and was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; re-
joined the regiment December 20, 1868, at Coals Island, S. C., and-in September, 1864, was
promoted to First Lieutenant. ‘This position he held until the close of the war. He then
returned to his native county, where he taught school for sometime. He came to Kansas
in 1873, and settled iu Dickinson County. on his present place of 240 acres, where he is
engaged in farming and stock-ralsing. ‘e was married in Stark County, Ohio, January 20,
1867, to Miss Mary Sinclair. She isa native of Stark County, Ohio, born August 15, 1848.
‘They have nine children—Wilbur B., Harley C., Charles C., Carlotta H., Hermine §., Flor-
ence, Harry, Earle and Frank D.

NELSON FRIZ, farmer, Section 16, Newbern Township, P. O. Abilene, born in Or-
leans County, N. Y., March 21, 1834, was raised in his native State until twelve years of age,
when he moved to Ottawa County, Mich., where he completed his studies, after which he
engaged in farming until 1879. Hethencame to Kansas and settled in Dickinson County,
where he engaged in farming and stock-raising. His landed estate consists of 720 acres
ofland. Married in Allegan County, Mich., October 23, 1859, to Miss Mary Brown. a native
of Lorain County, Ohio. She was born April 14, 1842. They have four children--Mabelle
L., Perry L., Glyde N. and Blanche. 2 7

J. S. HOLLINGER, farmer, Section 27, Liberty Township, P.O. Chapman, born in
Franklin County, Penn., August 26, 1829, was reared and educated in his native State, soon
after turned his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1871, when he moved to Charles-
town, West Virginia, and engaged in the manufacture of carriage material for two years.
In 1873 came to Kansas, and settled in Dickinson County. His estate cousists of 3,000 acres,
and is one of the finest improved farms in central Kansas. His attention is occupird chiefly
in wheat growing. and the yield is from 25,000 to 40,000 bushels per annum. In 1876 rep-
resented Dickinson County in the Legislature, was also Chairman of County Commissioners
the same year. Married in Franklin County, Penn., February 14, 1852, Miss Annie M.
Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, born in Franklin County, in 1830. They have eight chil-
dren—Laura J., William H., Abram L., Charles, Walter S., Minnie, Edwin, and Joseph 8.

DR. H.:'B. JONES, druggist, Industry, Cheever Towrship, born in Witney, Oxford,
England, June 21, 1836, and is a graduate of Oxford College, after which he began the
study of medicine. Huving graduated at London, England, in 1866. he _ came to America
in 1870 and located in Junction City, where he remained for one year. In 1871 moved to
Wakefield, Kan., where he lived for some time; from there to Victoria, Ellsworth County,
thence to Clay County, and in 1876 settled in Industry, where he is engaged iu the drug

rade. ‘

JOHN KASSEBAUM, miller, Industry, Cheever Township, born in Hanover, Ger-
many, Odtober 8, 1835, where he was reared and educated. Soou after learned the shoe-
maker’s trade. which he pursued in his native country for eleven years. In 1869 came to
the United States, and first Jovated in Clay Centre, Clay Co., Kansas, where he worked at his
trade for seven years. In 1877 moved to Industry and purchased an interest in the In-
dustry Mills. This mill is a frame building, 32x40 and three stories high, propelled by
water, with capacity for eighty barrels per day, and is doiug alarge custom and merchant
trade. Mr. K. is identified with the Republican party.

O. W. KIRBY, farmer, Section 1, Garfield Tuwnship, P. O. Abilene, born in Greene
County, Pa.; June 6, 1845. Was taken by parents when young to Woodford County, IIl.,
where O. W.-Wwas reared and educated. Soon after turned his attention to agricultural pur-
suits, which he followed until 1882,- when he came to Kansas and settled in Dickinson
County, on his present place of 120 acres, where he is principally engaged in_ breeding and
raising fine stock. He married, in Henry County, 111, February 25, 1871, Miss Amelia
Lyon, anative of New York, born in Oswego County, August 17, 1850. They have had six chil-
dren, four of whom are living: Anna L.,, Clara E, Agnes E., Arthur W.—Stella aud Howard
are deceased, Mr. K. Is identified with the Republican party.

A. J. MARKLEY, farmer, Section 3, Newbein Township, P. O. Abilene, was born in
Ashland County, Ohio, June 3, 1828. When young was taken by parents to Fulton County,
Ill, where he reached maturity and was educated. In 1850 immigrated to California, where
he engaged in mining and dealing in live stock forsome time. 1n 1855 located in Monroe
County, Lowa, and engaged tn general merchandising for one year. He then moved to Cald-

<well County, Mo,, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1859, when he came
to Kansas and settled in Dickinson County on his present place of 8370 acres. He has been
twice married, first In Caldwell County, Mo., February 14, 1857, to Miss Sarah E. Mussie,
w native of Missouri. born in 1839; died in Dickinson’ County, Kansas, July, 1863. The
had by this marriage three children—Stephen A. D., Mary J. and Elizabeth. The secon
marriage occurred in Peoria County, Il]., December 25, 1864, to Miss Sedilla Shepard. She
is a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1846. By this untonthey have eight childien—Joua-
than, Conrad, Sarah, EHa, Alford, Jacob A., Mattie and Alfonzo.

DAVID MATTESON, farmer, P. 0. Pope Hill, Section 34, Township 11, Range 1 cast,
Flora Township, was vorn in Greenwich, R. I September 17, 1839, and when young moved
with his parents to Luzerne County, Pa. where he was reared and educated. In 1856, he
moved to Walworth County Wis, where he remained until 1861, when he enlisted in Com-

any A, Tenth Reginent isconsin Infantry. He participated in the battle of Perryville,
Kcy,, and Stone Rivor, Tenn., and was discharged at Milwaukee, Wis., November 3, 1864.
He then returned to Walworth County, Wis. and engaged in farming until 1870, when he
moved to Barton County, Mo., where he remained for three years, and thence to Kansas,
and locate | tn Dickinson County, on his present place where he'is engaged in farming and
stock raising, Was married In Walworth County, Wis., September 17, 1860, to Miss Maryett
Brown, a native of Ontario County, N. Y., born August 9, 1841. They have five children—
Charles D,, Hattie A.. William A., Henry E., and Nettie A.

W. R. ‘MOORE, farmer, Section 28, Buckeye Township, P. O. Abilene, was born in Tus-
carawas County, Ohio, March 7, 1838, aud was raised and educated in his native State, He
enlisted in 1861 In Company F, Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Infan try, for three months, after
which he re-enlisted in Company A, Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Infantry, and participated
in the battle at Stone River, where he was wounded, He was mustered out at Chicago,
March, 1865, when he returned to his native State and engaged in the mercantile ‘trace
until 1870. He then came to Kansas and settled in Dickinson County, on his present place
oF ROU e Areas erred a Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1868, to Miss Nartha ere-

an io. he was born in h ren—. oe =

Sauce L, Charles and igdith 848 ey have four children—Ammy E.,, Flor.

é rr , Section 1, Banner Township, P.O. Dillon. Born in Hanover, Ger-
many, January 22, 1819. Was raised and educated in hiv native country, In 1848, he
came to the United States, and first located in Watertown, Wis., where he engaged in the
butcher trade for some time, after which he moved ona farm near Watertown and é! aged
in agricultural pursuits for three years. In 1859, he came to Kansas and located in Bour-
bon County for a short time. In 1860, he settled in Dickinson County, where he now
resides, His estate consists of 350 acres.’ Mr. N. is one of the first settlers of Dickinson
County. He was married in Watertown, Wis., December 6, 1850, to Miss D. F. Hemming.
She was born in Prussia, Germany, June 27, 1830; died in Dickinson County, Kas., august
26, 1882. He has three children—Ernest F., William E. and Annie M.

A. I. POGUE, farmer, Section 5, Garfield Townshi ,» P, O. Solomon City. Born in
Greene founty, Pa., July 31, 1842. When young, moved with his parents to Woodford
County, Ill.. where he received his education. Soon after, he en aged in merchandising at
Ba rbury, Livingston Co., Ill, for twelve years. In 1877, he moved to California
where he remained for one year, engaged in various pursuits. He then located: in Park
County, Colorado, where his time was occupied in mining, for three years, with satisfactory
results, and in 1881, he caine to Kansas and purchased his present place of 3,500 acres,
* ere he is em loyed in farming and stoek raising, His present wheat crop amounts to 25,-
o O bushels, r. P. and brother are owners of 19,000 acres of land. He was married, in

airbury, Livingston Co., L1l., October 15, 1869, to Miss Maria E, Kettering, a native of

 

 
 

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England, born in St. Johu’s Square, L
ir “ahr Boon ete obnia Sa ondon, June 9, 1845. They have one child--Charles

W. ROBSON, horticulturist, Section 22, Cheever Township. P. O. Cheever, was born
in East Lothian. Scotland, March 16, 1818, where he was reared and educated. In 1840 moved
toShropshire, Eng., where he engaged in horticulture for ten years. In 1850 came to
America and first located in Ju Daviess County, Ill., where he pursued his profession for
twenty years. Came to Kansasin 1871 and settled In Dickinson County on his present place
of 160 acres, where he is engaged in farming and horticulture. Was appointed State Bot-
anistin 1875. He has been twice married—first in Shropshire. Eng., in Tga4. to Miss Jane
Lowe. She was born in England in 1818, and died in Jo Daviess Couuty, Ill., October, 1865.
By this union they hal seven children—John E., Lizzie W., Anna, Jennie, Louisa D.,
Roger and Nellie. The second marriage occurred at Galena, Ill, December, 1869, to Mrs,
Isabella Brison, She was born in Baltimore, Md., July 25, 1886, and has by a former mar-
riage three chlidtren—James, Charles and Annie C.

‘JESSE SIMMERS, deceased. He and his wife were born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
Married there August 28, 1857. Came to Kansas in 1870, and settled ona farm in Buckeye
Township. Mr. Simmers died May 5, 1877, leaving five children—Carrle L., Oscar E., AT-
thur J., Cornelia B. and Mary E.

J\MES SIMPSON, farmer and dairyman, Section 38, Buckeye Township, P.O. Abilene,
was born in Nottingham City, Eng., April 14, 1885. His parents came to America in 1846,
and settled in Madison County, Ohio, where James was raised and educated. After which
he located in Lafayette, and engaged in merchandising for seven years. In 1863 he moved
on a farm near Lafayette, ghis, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1879, when
he camé to Kansas an. settled on his present estate, where the farm and dairy occupy his
attention. He was married in Madison County, Ohio, March 23, 1858, to Miss Margaret
Snider, a native of Madison County, Ohio. Was born November 7, 1838. They have nine
children—James E., Annie, John, Minnie E,, Clay, Bessie, Ida M., Nellie and Celesta G.

B. SMITH, farmer, Section 35, Wheatland Township. P. O, Carlton, was born in Putnam
County, N.Y., April 13, 1829, and raised and educated in Westchester County, N.Y. His early
life was spent on a farm, after which he engagedéin the mercantile trade until 1876, when he
came to Kansas and settled in Dickinson County on his present place of 480 acres, where he
is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in Putnam County, N.Y.. June 1,
1856, to Miss Catherine Ellis a native of New York, born in Putnam County June 20, 1835.
phey have ten children—Ida M., Byron S., Louisa P., Annie L., Benjamin, Katie A., Frank
D., Susan A.. Phoebe J. and Charles A. . 3 :

G. B. SMITH, farmer, Section 82, Hayes Township, P. 0. Detroit,” born in Middlesex
County, Conn., August 21,1815; when quite young tnmoved with his parents to Monroe
County. N. ¥., where he was reared and educated; soon after learned the carpenter’s trade,
which he followed for thirty years. In 1867 moved to Madison County, Ohio, where he en-
gaged in various pursuits for two years. 111869 he same to Kansas and located in Dickin-
son County, where he is engaged in farming and fruit growing. Married in Genesee
County, N. Y.. October 15, 1844, Miss Lucy M. Hebbard She was bornin Hampton, Conn.,
August-3,1821. They have two children: Albert L. and Frank E. Mr. Smithis a member
of the Republican party.

WILLIAM A. SMITH, farmer, Section 6, Buckeye Township, P. O. Abilene, was born
in Chacahoula Parish, La., October 22, 1843, and inoved prith parents to Wyoming County,
Pa., where he was raised and educated, In 1862 enlisted in Company B, One Hundred an
Seventy-first Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, and in 1864 re-eulisted in Company E,
Sixty-third Reg ment New.York Infantry. Participated in the battles of the Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Coal Harvor, Petersburg and others, and was discharged July 1865, at Al-

 eéxandria, Va., after which he returned to Wyoming County, Penn., where he engaged in the
mercantile trade for some time. In 1870 came to Kansas and settled in Dickinson Count:
on his present place of 160 acres. Married in Dickinson County, Kansas, April 30, 1872,
Miss Elsie J. Moore. She was born in Iowa, August 28,1854. They have three children:
Elizabeth M., Lyman F, and Blinna, 5 é i

THOMAS STEVENSON, farmer, Section 22, Wheatland Township, P. O. Carlton, born
near Glasgow, Scotland, March 28, 1843. In 1845 his parents came to America and settled
in St, Clair County, Ill., where Thomas was raised to manhood and educated, after which he
engaged in farming in his adopted State until 1882, when he came to Kansas and purchased
his present place of 320 acres, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits. Married in St.

 

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Clair County, Il!., December 29, 1864, Miss Mary J. Berry, a native of Monroe County, IIl.;
bore patel 5, 1843. They have six children; Willlam J., Mary A., Ida M., Minnie J.
atie ani Z2ie.

A. J. STERLING, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Midway, Banner Township, born in Preston
County, W. Va., May 25, 1825. Was raised and educated in his native State; soon after en-

aged in farming, which he pursued until 1863, when he enlisted in Company B, Fourth
Reni ment West Fireinia Cavalry, and was mustered out at Wheeling, Va., in 1864. He then
returned to his native State, where he remained until 1865, when he moved to Whiteside
County, IIL, and engaged tn farming until 1871 when he came to Kansas and located on his
prerent place of 371 acres of land. He was married in Preston County. W, Va., August 22.,
1848, fo Miss Elizabeth S. Scott. She was born in Fayette County, Pa., February 18, 1829,
They have fon children: prellssa Eee Jose A Marian F., Miles W., Mary J., Waitman F.
W., Winfield L., Charles M., Annie E, an illipS. :

'W. H. SUTPHEN, farmer, Section 36, Fragrant Hill Township, P.O. Sutphen’s Mill, was
born in Otsego County, N. Y., May 1, 1818, where he was reared and educated. Soon after
engaged inthe mercaiitile trade at Roseboom, Otsego Co., N. Y., for some time. In 1843
moved to St. Lawrence County, N. ¥., where his attention was given to a ricultural pur-
sults for about seventeen years. In 1860) returned to his native county, where be enganed
in insurance business for twelve years. In 1872 came to Kansas, and settled in Dickin-
son County on his estate of 120 acres. He has been Supervisor of Roseboom Township. In
1878 erected the Sutphen Mills, a frame building twenty-six by thirty-six, three stories,
and propelled by water; capacity, twenty-five barrels per day. In sane! 1880, was ap-

ointed Postmaster at his present residence, Married in Otsego County, N. Y., in 1843, to
Ariss Nancy Duffin.. She was born in the year of 1821. They have six children—Oville H.,
Orcelia, Gilbert, Egbert N., Orrille, and Andy F. . :

‘JOHN WATTS, farmer, Section 3, Holland Township, P. O. Carlton, was born in Eng-

land, October 6, 1833, Was raised and educated in his native country, after which he en-

aged in farming until 1862, when he came to the United States, and first located in Tomp-
Rifts County, N. i where he engaged in farming and stock raising until 1871. He then
moved to Kansas and settled in Dickinson County on his present place of 1,360 acres, where
he is engaged in farining and stock raising. He has been Township Treasurer and Super-
visor for five years. Marriedin Tompkins County, N. ¥., March 3, 1869, to Miss Thirza
Mortimer, a native of Yorkshire, England; born June 24, 1842. Mr. W. is a Repub-,

Hican.
R: C. WILSON, farmer, Section 18, Buckeye Township, P. O. Abilene, was born in
Mason County, Ky., December 30, 1823. When young was taken by parents to Mont-
gomery County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. Soon after learned the cooper
trade, which he pursued until 1861, when he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-ninth Regi-
ment Ohio Infantry, and was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., September 11, 1862. He
returned to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he remained until 1866, when_he moved to
Fra'klin County, Ind,, and engaged in farming for sometime, He came to Kansas in 1870
and settled in Dickinson County. Hislanded estate consists of 167 acres. Married in Day-
‘ton, Ohio, June 7, 1847, to Miss RebeccaGrove. She was born in Montgomery, Onie: Oc-
tober 12, 1831. hey nave seven children Mary. A., Winfield S., Chrystiana, Lydia F.,
Sarah L., George G., and Ransford C. _' a Bc
GEN. CHARLES R. WOODS, retired, Section 2. P. O. Abilene, born in Licking County,
Ohio, February 19, 1829. He was reared and educated in his native State. In 1848 entered
West Point and graduated in 1852; soon after appointed Second Lieutenant of First Infan-
try, and was stationed in Texas for three years, when he was transferred to the Ninth i
fantry. where he served until 1860. Hethen raised the Seventy-sixth Regiment of Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and joined General Grant atthe battle of Fort Donelson, in 1862, and
was promoted to Brigadier General for services at the siege of Vicksburg, after which he
continued with the Army of the Tennessee, and was honorably discharged September 1,
1866. He then received the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Thirty-third Infan-
try, at Newport Barracks, Kentucky, and in 1873 was promoted to Colonel of the Second
Infantry; holding this office until 1874, he was retired by reason of disability. General w.
owns a farm of 700 acres near Abilene, in Garfield Township, where he is engaged in farm-
ing and stock-raising. conducted by his son, R. I. Woods. He was married in Newark,
Ohio, August 2, 1860, to Miss Cecilia Impey. She was born in Licking County, Ohio, in
-1842. They have four children—William E., Robert I., George H. and Frances B.
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ALINE County is situated
almost in the center of the
State. Let a map of Kansas be
taken and folded once from west
to east, and then once from north
to south, and the point where the
fold-marks cross each other will
be just three miles west and one
mile south of the southwest cor-
ner -of Saline County; so that
were a line drawn through the

center of the State from north to”

south, the west line of the county
would be only three miles east
of said central line. The county
is bounded on the north by Ot-
tawa County, on the south by
McPherson County, on the east
by Dickinson County, and on the
west by a portion of Ellsworth
and Lincoln counties. The
county contains. 460,800 acres,
or 720 square miles. This terri-
tory is divided into twenty civil,
or municipal, townships. The
line of the sixth principal me-
ridian passes between Dickinson
and Saline counties, so that the
eastern tier of townships of Sa-
line County is in Range 1, west
of that meridian. The formation
of the county is square, being
twenty-four milesnorthand south,
and thirty miles east and west.
This square formation is uninter-
rupted,excepting one point in the
northeastern portion of the coun.
ty, where Dickinson County by
some legislative invasion has ac-
quired a small piece of territory
about a mile long and one-half
mile wide, which constitutes
part of the limits of Solomon
City. Saline County is about 180
miles west of Kansas City, or
‘ the Missouri River.

The surface of the county
may be classified into: first, level
or flat land; second, rolling or
undulating ; and, third, high or
upland, each of which bears
about the same proportion to the
whole as the other. The level
land is confined, chiefly, to the
creek and river bottoms, which
vary in width from three to ten
miles. These vast stretches of
bottom land, while they appear
perfectly flat, possess excellent
drainage, but the gradations of
the surface are $0 gradual as to
be almost imperceptible. The
center of the county seems to be
one great basin, with the city of
Salina located in its center.
This basin extends for miles,
when the land rises and forms
the sides. The tops of these sides

_are not uniform in height, but
break off into waves, dipping
here’ and rising there, but

still maintaining their circular form. North of Salina, the country is much
more uneven, and the land much higher than it is south. Away to the north,
andalmost on the northern boundary line of the county, rises up far above all
the other elevations in that locality, what is known as “ North Pole Mound.”
To the east, plainly visible for many miles before it is reached, looms up “Tron
Mound,” which is distant from Salina about eight miles. A little south of west,
jutting away up from surrounding altitudes, rises what is known as “ Soldier

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(a) Cambria ‘Township.... sani
(b) Dayton Township... este $38
(c) Elm Creek Towushi) 1,109 457
(ad) Eureka Township. esha! 385
(e) Falun Township... sees 566
(f) Glendale Township., ae 835
(a) Greeley Township... ane 616
(h) Gypsum Township. aa 455
(4) Liberty Township.... sens 480
(j) Ohfo Township... cis 607
(k) Pleasant Valley Tow eee 425
Salina City..........666- . we 918 8,311
(1). Smoky Hill Township....: sau "750
(m) Smoky View Township, sees 940
(rn) Smolan Township..... .. eens 842
(0) Solomon Township.. af 581 : 509
(p) Spring Creek Township, 726 1,200
(q) Summit Township......-... sss ‘148
(r) Walnut Township.. ais 912 466
(8) Washington Township. ... -- 0.66 ceeseeeeeee wikis 8371
4246 14,008
BrOOK VNC CHY gonsinniaed saw scoa aeaarwmscansrainn eramgeneaes sidlesIniemeniste a ay sieve faraietataitheit ies i 201 511
(a) In 1878, from part of Elm Creek.
(b) 1n 1877, from part of Solomon,
(c) In 1871, part to Smoky Hill; 1n 1878, part to Cambria.
dad) In 1873, from part of Gypsum.
e) In 1871, from part of Walnut; in 1880, part to Summtt,
) In 1880, from part of Pleasant Valley.
@ ma 1844, mom partor gmoky Bolle 1873
nh , from part of Solomon; in ) part to Eureka,
(4) 1n 1872, from part of Walnut, 2
(Gj) In 1871, from part of Spring Creek; in 1874, part to Washington,
(k) In 1873, from part of Spring Creek; in 1880, part to Glendale,
(lt) In 1871, from part of Elm Creek, in 1879, part to Greeley,
(m) In 1876, from part of Walnut.
(nm) In 1874, from part of Walnut.
(p) In ARAL, part to Oho: In'1873, park to Pleasahe Vall
p n , part to o:in 3, part to Pleasant Valley; in 1 ls
(q) Jn 1880, from parts of Falun and Spring Creek, ui 880, part to Summit.
(7) In 1870, published Walnut Grove; in 1871, partto Falun; in 1872, part to Liberty; in 1874,

part to Smolan
(s) In 18

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in 1876, part to Smoky View.
4, from part of Ohio.

western portion of the county,
in a northeasterly direction from
creeks uniting about four miles

the southwest corner of Elm C

the course of the stream is northe

Cap,” this name having been
given it from the resemblance it
bears to a soldier’s head dress.
South from Salina about fifteen
miles, and close to the southern
boundary line of the county..is a ©
range of very high hills which
loom up in the distance like
mountains. To this range of
hills is given the name of the
“Smoky Hill Buttes.” On the
outer edges of the county the sur-
face is considerably broken, but
on the uplands, between the val-
leys, it is undulating. A good
deal of the high land in the
county is altogether unfit for
agricultuial purposés, and fit only
for grazing. The county is al-
most exclusively prairie, and
what little timber, there is, is
confined to narrow strips along
the margin of the streams and
creeks, the aggregate area of
which does not exceed one per
cent of that of the county. These
timber belts seldom reach a half
mile in width, and very frequent-
ly not one-fourth. The varieties
of timber are ash, oak, elm, and
cottonwood, the latter kind being
by far the most plentiful. The
county is well supplied with
streams of pure clear water, and
along these streams are beauti-
ful valleys, varying from three to
ten miles in width. The lands
included in these valleys em-
brace about thirty per cent of the
entire land of the county.

Very few counties in the
State are better supplied with-
water courses than Saline Coun-
ty. First in importance is the
Smoky Hill River, which enters
the county from the south, at the
southwest corner of Smoky View
Township, and runs almost due
north for a distance of about
eighteen miles, until it reaches
Salina, when its course becomes
nearly due east, which direction
it maintains until it leaves the
county at its east line about one
mile south of Solomon City. The
Smoky is not a wide river, but
the permanency of its flow is
never interrupted by drouths, no
matter how long or how dry the
season. Next-in importance is
the Saline River, which enters
the county from the north, twelve
miles from the northwest corner,
and flows in a southeasterly di-
rection across Elm Creek Town-
ship, part of Cambria, and emp-
ties into the Smoky Hill at the
northeast corner of Greeley
Township. Mulberry Creek and
its branches, flow in a south
easterly direction from the north-

while Spring Creek and its branches flow
the southwestern portion of the county, both
west of the city of Salina, from which point
ast until it empties into the Saline River at
oe (of reek Township. The east and west branches
of Dry reek have their rise at the south line of the county, and run ina north-
easterly direction until they reach Solomon Township, whence its course is due
SALINE COUNTY.

north, skirting Salina on the west on it sway, and empyting into Mulberry Creek
about two miles north of the city. Gypsum Creek and its branches constitute
the water courses of Solomon, Eureka, and Gypsum townships, these being the
three eastern townships of the county lying south of the Smoky Hill River.
Gypsum Creek is a stream about forty miles long and has it rise in McPherson
County. It has, however, several branches in Saline County, and among them
are Hobb’s Creek, East branch of Gypsum, Middle branch, and West branch,
with two or three other lesser branches, all’ of which empty into the Gypsum
proper on its way north to join the waters of the Smoky. Some five or six
miles of the Solomon River run in a southeasterly direction across the north-
eastern corner of the county, the mouth of the river being at Solomon City,
where a junction is formed with the Smoky Hill.

There are several very excellent springs in different parts of the county,
the largest of which is on Dry Creek. The creeks, with the eaceptions of
Dry Creek, which occasionally goes dry, are as permanent in, their flow as the
rivers. Mulberry Creek is a stream about twenty-five miles long, and Spring
Creek is about twenty miles in length. There is no scarcity of good water
in any portion of the county, the streams and creeks being so distributed
as be only a few miles apart. Good well-water can be obtained at depths
ranging from thirty to seventy feet.

CLIMATE,

The climate of a country may be such, notwithstanding }ts richness of
soil and other natural advantages, as to render it a very undesirable locality in
which to reside. This, however, is not the case in Saline County, because one
of its greatest attractions is beauty of climate and healthfulness. Were there
no counteracting influences, the heat in summer would be rather excessive, the
thermometer often indicating ninety degrees and upwards. In an atmo-phere
heavily charged with humidity, this would be almost intolerable, because the
heat, if not regulated by moisture, is, nevertheless, subject to its influence, and
in cases where the air is deeply impregnated with moisture, the heatis felt to be
much more oppressive than in places where such humidity does not exist. Thus
it may happen that the heat may be more oppressive in places where the ther-
mometer indicates eighty degrees of heat, than it is in others where it indicates
ninety. Now, while the thermometer in summer may indicate in Saline
County ninety or ninety-five degrees of heat, it may be more easily borne then
in other places where it indicates ten or twelve degrees less,and this owing to the
humid condition of the two atmospheres. The atmosphere of Saline County
being dry and clear, considerably modifies the heat, and brings it to a temper-
ature which enables it to be borne without being oppressive. This is one com-
pensatory influence, or condition, to counteract the excessive thermometrical
heat. Another is to be found in the fact that there is always a constant current
of air in circulation, and calms but seldom take place. Another feature about
the climate is that no matter how warm the day, the nights are cool and pleas-
ant, without any of that sultriness or oppressiveness as to render sleep impos-
sible. Asa rule the winters are open and seldom severe. Snow rarely falls at
one time to a greater depth than six inches, and seldom lies long on the ground.
‘The winters vary, however, as to severity, and also as to duration, but general-
ly they are mild and open. There are no ponds or pools of stagnant water
to impregnate the air with impurities, nor are there any sloughs or marshes to
breed and spread malaria. The atmosphere is dry and clear, and the air invig-
orating, and bronchial and pulmonary affections are unknown unless where the
person coming to locate brings the seeds with him, and these, unless too deeply
rooted, soon become eradicated under the influences of the reviving and health
imparting climate, by which this section of country is characterized.

The nature of the soil is that which chiefly characterizes that of all ceritral
Kansas. Itis a very dark loam, composed in most part of decomposed vege-
table matter and sedimentary deposits left upon the surface as the waters reced-
ed. In the formation of the soil acertain amount of alkali was added from
time to time by the ashes created from the tall rank grasses and other vegeta-
tion consumed by prairie fires. The soil is very rich and very deep, both on
upland and on lowland, in many of the valleys reaching to a depth of fifteen
feet. This,-however, is not the case on what may be set down as_ highland, a
distinction being made between 474 and upland. The land included in the
latter classification is that embraced in the ridges of rolling prairie dividing the
streams and the valleys thereof, while the higa land is that on the outer edges
of the county in the neighborhood of “Smoky Hill Buttes,” “Iron Mound,”
“North Pole Mound,” and ‘Soldier’s Cap.” The soil of this latter class of
land is very far from being equal to that of the upland or valleys, and for agri-
cultural purposes is next to worthless. It affords good pasture, however, and
for grazing purposes is quite valuable. The soil is well adapted to the culti-
vation of all kinds of cereals, and all kinds of tame grass can be cultivated to
great luxuriance. There is probably no soil anywhere that requires so little
labor to produce abundant crops. Roots of all kinds are of easy production.
Fruit culture, both large and small, can be successfully and profitably conducted,
and with any degree of reasonable care and attention large fruit crops can be
realized. Trees grow with surprising rapidity, and the wild grasses of the
prairie grow to great luxuriance. The quality of thesoil is such as to afford
the husbandman rich rewards for the smallest possible amount of labor. The
countycis, strictly, one adapted to agricultural pursuits, and its wide stretches
of prairie, covered as they are with rich and nutritious grasses, with an abun-
dance of pure, clear water, makes it a very desirable locality for stock raising.

No mineral deposits have yet been discovered in the county. Several
borings have been made in quest of coal, but none has yet been found. A
good quality of sandstone can be found in almost any part of the county. A
very excellent quality of fire and pottery clay has been found to exist in con-
siderable quantities in several portiéns of the county and also extensive quan-
tities of pure gypsum. At the mouth of the Solomon River are very fine salt
wells which are being extensively and successfully operated. These works are
close upon the limits of Solomon City, in Dickinson County, in which place the
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Salt Works are set down as being located at Solomon City, leaving the infer-
ence that this extensive manufacturing enterprise is located in Dickinson Coun-
ty, whereas, in reality, the works are in Saline County. ;

Tree growing has lately received a good deal of attention, and there is no
soil on which tree culture can be carried on with greater success. This branch
of industry cannot only be successfully followed, but profitably, People are
commencing to realize this, and much more attention has been given to arbori-
culture within the last two or three years, than in all the years preceding.
Necessity, no doubt, had a good deal to do in bringing the people to a realiza-
tion of the necessity of devoting a good deal of care and attention to tree cul-
ture. The scarcity of timber, and dearth of coal, rendered fuel extremely high,
and this doubtless, brought the people to see the necessity for tree planting. In
1880, the aggregate number of acres in the county planted to forest trees was only
430. In 1882, however, the number of acres devoted to this industry had
reached 1,721, which goes to show the increased interest that-is taken in, and
attention that is given to, arboriculture. Aside from the acres devoted to forest-
ry, a goodly number are given to wind-breaks, shade and ornamental trees, of
which there is scarcely a farm in the county but that has more or less. The
varieties planted are chiefly soft maple, honey, locust and cottonwood, and box-
elder, cottonwood largely prevailing, and box-elder next.

EARLY HISTORY.

More or less uncertainty usually hangs around the question as to who was
the first settler in the county, and while the question is one of but little, if any,
importance in the multiplicity of transactions and incidents that make up the
history of a county, yet it is one upon which men are more tenacious in their
opinion than upon almost any other. The first attempt at settlement in what
is now Saline County, of which there is any authentic account, was that made
by P. B. Plumb, now United States Senator from Kansas, Major Pierce, now a
resident of Junction City, and one Mr. Hunter.

This party, as early as 1856, came as far west as the mouth of the Saline River,
where they projected a town on the south side of the river, to which they gave
the name of Mariposa. The name sounds very nicely, and why it was not
named Plumbville, or Piercetown, or Huntersburg, is yet a mystery. The se-
lection of the site showed their good taste, because the place chosen was a de-
lightful spot. The town grew to the dimensions of one log house above ground,
and a well underground, when it was abandoned, and Saline County was left
without an inhabitant. Col. Plumb went to Emporia, and afterward became
United States Senator, another verification of Shakespere that ‘“there’s a divini-
ty that shapesour ends, rough hew them how we will.” The attempt of the par-
ties mentioned, can not be called a settlement in any sense. The second ses-
sion of the Territorial Legislature, chartered, in 1856, a company that had been
organized under the name of the ‘‘ Buchanan Town Company,” taking its name
from the individual who, in that year, was elected to the office of President of
the United States.

This company was granted wonderful powers. They could build cities,
construct railways, improve water privileges, and erect salt works, and to aid
them in doing all these things, they were to have several thousand acres of land.
No use of being niggardily over a few acres of land, especially as it was not
theirs to give, the whole being the property of the United States Government.
However, acting under the powers conferred, during the summer of 1857 aset-
tlement was attempted to be made at a point near the mouth of the Solomon
River, in Saline County. A large tract of land was selected, a portion of which
was set apart for a public square. Ejght log cabins were erected by the com-
pany, two on each side of the square, and the town of Buchanan was new es-
tablished. The name, however, had no attraction, and only two of the cabins
were ever occupied. :

The head of this enterprise was Richard Mobley, who resided at Ogden,
in Riley County, and who was a member of the Lecompton Constitutional Con-
vention. He occupied one of the cabins with his wife and child, but the latter
dying soon.after, Buchanan was abandoned, and once more Saline County was
left without a settler. The log houses were, some two or three years afterward,
destroyed by prairie fires, so that the last vestige of Buchanan. perished in the
flames. a

In the spring of 1857 W. A. Phillips, who for some time previously had been
traveling through the settled portions of Kansas, conceived the idea of making
a tour on foot through a portion of the unsettled territory with the object of se-
lecting a town site. To accompany him on his tour he engaged the services of
an Englishman named Smith. Providing themselves with blankets, arms, am-
munition, and stowage for several days provisions, they started out, taking con-
veyance as far as the vicinity of Fort Riley. From there they stated out on foot,
following up the Smoky Hill River as far as the Saline, the course of which they
followed for a short distance when they crossed to the Solomon, which they
partially examined for a town site. By that time their rations were becoming quite
low, and as there was no place nearer than fifty miles where they could replenish
their store they struck for the Republican. They followed the Republican and
Kaw until they reached Manhattan. Here they renewed their stock of provisions
and started out again, following up the Blue till they came to the forks, where
a few stakes were driven to indicate that the claim was marked. Following the
West branch of the Blue they came to the Military Road, and turning into this
they followed it until they reached Marysville. From Marysville they struck out
for Richmond, a distance of fifty-one miles, which they accomplished in one day.
Their journeyings extended over a period of two weeks and the average dis-
tance traveled each day was forty miles. To this trip is to be attributed the
first permanent settlement in Saline County, because after thoroughly examin-
ing the grounds over which he traveled for a town site Col. Phillips determined
to locate on the banks of the Smoky. In accordance with this determination
in February, 1858, he returned to the Smoky Hill Valley in company with A.
M. Campbell and James Muir, three sons of “ Auld Scotia,” although somewhat
degenerate or they would have given some name to the town they located to in-
dicate in the far-off future that the founders of it were Scotchmen by birth al-
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ough Americans by choice. On their way up the Smoky they passed through
what had been established as Buchanan, where they found the log cabins sull
standing but vacant. On arriving at the Saline they found that sume one had
' put up a log cabin on the northeast bank of the stream, not far from the Gov-
ernment bridge, and close to the cabin was a haystack at which some buffaloes
were eating. On going up to the cabin they found it deserted and not a living
thing of a domestic nature was to be seen around the premises, From the Sa-
line they pushed on up to’ the Smoky until they reached that point where the
river turned due south and here they drove their stakes, located a town site, to
which they gave the name of Salina, and this was the first permanent settlement
made in Saline County. In March, 1858, John and Goothart Schipple, brothers,
being the party who had erected the log cabin on the bank of the Saline, re-
turned and settled upon their claim, which they had only temporarily aban-
doned during the winter of 1857-58. At that time allthe country west of the 6th

principal meridian was unorganized territory, known as the Arrapahoe dis- ~

trict. What is now part of Colorado was embraced in this district, and any
person from this region, in a convention or other like assemblage, would
be addressed as the “gentleman from Arrapahoe.” Saline County was in-
cluded in this unorganized territory, but in February, 1859, the Legislature
passed a bill organizing and defining the boundary lines of five counties
west of the 6th principal meridian, among them Saline County. The first
stock of goods that was ever brought to Saline County was brought
by George Pickard in 1858. The great floods that occurred in that year,
washed away all the Government bridges on the Smoky, Saline and Solomon
rivers. On reaching the Solomon, Mr. Pickard found the bridge gone

and in order to get his goods across the river he had to construct a raft of wood —

and buffalo rabes, on which he succeeded in getting them*over, but in a some-
what damaged condition. The washing out of the bridges necessitated the lay-
ing out of a road on the south side of the river from Salina to Wyandotte,which
was 2 very difficult and arduous task. Before starting for his stock of goods,
which was not very large, Mr. Pickard had erected a small log house on Iron
avenue, where the Opera House now stands, and here he deposited his stock
and opened up for business. He had not been in the business but a few months
when he sold out to W. A. Phillips, who increased the stock and established A.
M. Campbell as salesman. In 1859 another store was started by H. L. Jones,
making store number two. In 1858, quite a number of new settlers arrived,
most of whom located in Salina or its immediate neighborhood. Among these
was one Dr. Graw,a German, who came from Illinois. The doctor had two

great passions, one for the violin and one for speculating in town sites. His.

great desire was to lay out a town that should stand as a monument to his
name, and in order to accomplish this he selected a piece of land on the banks
of the Saline. At that time none of the lands west of the sixth principal
meridian had been surveyed, but the doctor resorted to the primitive methcd
of measuring with astrirg. To assist him in the survey, he took with him A.
M. Campbell and A. C. Spillman, and when they had measured off what the
doctor supposed to be a mile square, he gave the prescribed limits the name of
Grawville, and promised Campbell and Spillman four lots each for their serv-
ices. The doctor having located his town, immediately left, since which time
nothing has been heard of him. In the spring of 1859, a great stream of
fortune seekers passed through Salina on their way to the newly discovered
auriferous fields of Pike’s Peak. Salina, at that time, was the westernmost sta-
_tion on the Smoky Hill route to the Far West. They passed through with
every conceivable idea of conveyance. Some went]on foot, some on horses,
some on mules, some on ponies, some with hand-carts, and some were furnished
with good teams and outfits.
first hotel in Salina, at the corner of Santa Fe and Iron avenues, he having
hauled the pine lumber used in its construction, and the doors and windows
from Kansas City. This building he afterwards sold to H. L. Jones, who oc-
cupied it as a store and hotel, Mr. Jones attending to the store part of the busi-
ness, while Mrs. Jones, highly qualified by education and training, attended to
the hotel part. During that year also, Israel Markley, a man of good business
tact and a great deal of energy, erected two or three houses, and Salina com-
menced to make quite an appearance. The Legislature of 1859, as already
stated, passed a bill organizing the county and defining its boundaries, and by
the same act created A. C. Spillman, Israel Markley and Charles Holtzman, a
Board of County Commissioners, and the men so nominated became the first
Board of Commissioners in the county. This Board met for the first time on
the 26th day of April, 1860, and organized by electing Charles Holtzman, chair-
man and A. C. Spillman, clerk. The Board was sworn by Hugh M. Morrison,
a Justice of the Peace. The following is a copy of the entry of the oath ad-
ministered as taken from the Commissioner’s journal :
TE .RITORY OF KANSAS, SALINE COUNTY,
Salina, April 27, 1860.

Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for Saline County, Charles
Holtzman, Israel Markley and A. ©. Spillman, created County Commissioners under an act

entitled ‘An act to organize the county of Saline and define the boundaries thereof,” and
were duly sworn to a faithful performance of their duties.

\

HuGH M, Morrison.
Justice of the Peace,

On May 5, 1860, the Commissioners divided the county into two muni-
cipal townships, named respectively Elm Creek and Spring Creek. An elec-
tion was also ordered at the same meeting to take place on the first Monday
in July, forthe election of county officers, the voting place to be at the house
of W. A. Phillips. At that election D. L, Phillips, Israel Markley and Charles
Holtzman were chosen Commissioners, Jacob Cass, Treasurer, and L. F.
Parsons, Sheriff? The records do not show that any other officers were chosen,
at that election, but in October, 1861, the Commissioners appointed R. U.
Bishop, Clerk and Register of Deeds. In the spring of 1860, another crowd
of gold seekers passed through the county, bound for Pike’s Peak, and with
them was one Dr. Cobb, who had come from Virginia. On reaching Salina,
the doctor concluded he would go no farther, and leaving the party, he selected
a claim on the river, a few miles below town, on which he located, and in the
fall of that year he died, and was buried in a coffin, or box, made of two-inch

It was in that year that W. A. Phillips built the.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

plank, At that time the great need of the county, and Salina especially, was
a grist and saw-mill, as there was none nearer than about fifty or sixty miles
and no pine lumber for building purposes could be had nearer than Kansas
City, and to make the trip there and back required from two to three weeks.
Plenty of good native timber was to be found along the streams of the county,
lug to prepare it for use required a saw-mill. In order to supply this want,
W. A. Phillips, whose knowledge of the milling business scarcely enabled him
to distinguish a millstone from a ‘hopper, went to the eastern portion of the
State and purchased a grist and saw-mill, and a lathe, which he hauled to Sa-
lina by team. They were set up on the Smoky, and fora time the old saw
was kept buzzing at a lively rate. As a paying investment, Mr. Phillips as-
serts that he might as well have thrown his money into a furnace in full blast;
but it helped the town, if it did not help him. ;

When Kansas was admitted, as a State, into the Union, in January, 1861,
the population of Saline’ County, all told, did not exceed, if it reached, 150
souls. All the settlers in the county were located either in Salina or within a
few miles of it. Little, if any, immigration had yet ventured into the county.
What the population of the county was at that time may reasonably be con-
cluded from the fact that, in the fall of 1861, there was not over thirty voters in
the county, EI. L. Jones, who was elected to the Legislature that fall, receiving
only twenty-four votes in the county, with no opposing candidate against him ;
and to Mr. Jones belongs the honor of having been the first member of the
Legislature elected from Saline County. The war commencing in less than
three months after the admission of the State, put a stop to immigration, and
seriously threatened the existence of Salina. Of the few men in the county at
that time capable of bearing arms, nearly three-fourths went into the Union
army, and among them, W. A. Phillips, who rose to the rank of Colonel. If
the settlers of Saline were few, they were loyal almost to a man, and did not
hesitate in leaving the homes they had made for themselves through hardships
and difficulties, when their duty called them to the field. Among those who
went to the war from Salina, was L. F. Parsons, who went out as Second Lieu-
tenant, and came out as Captain; and D. L. Phillips, who enlisted as a private
and was mustered out as First Lieutenant.

The first election that took place in the county, under the State law, was
held in-November, 1861. A full county ticket was nominated, and the offi-
cers elected were: Commissioners, Henry Whitley, G. Schippel, and R. II.
Bishop; Probate Judge, A. A. Morrison ; Sheriff, John McReynolds; Treasur-
er, Ransom Calkin ; County Clerk, H. H. Morrison ; Register of Deeds, H. H.
Flagg; Assessor, Robert McReynolds; Survéyor, James R. Mead; Coroner,
Robert Crawford ; Justices of the Peace, Daniel Alverson and Peter Giersch.
In those days there stood in the center of the intersection of Santa
Fe and Iron avenues, a tall flag pole, from which, on certain occasions, the
Stars and Stripes would be unfurled. It so happened in 1861 that one Col.
Lynde, with his command, was stationed in New Mexico, and, being more in
favor of secession than the Union, he, with the officers under him, surrendered
the command to the rebels, who, after taking their arms, paroled them. In
marching eastward they followed the Smoky Hill route, and, in gcurse of time,
reached Salina, which, at that time, was the most western point on that route,
Just as they were entering town, A. M. Campbell ran up the Star Spangled
Banner on the flag-staff, and let it float out on the breeze, as an indication that
they had set their feet upon loyal territory. The sight of the old flag brought
forth a cheer from the men, that Lynde and his officers could not restrain,
which showed plainly that, if their officers had proved treacherous, the men
were true. During the existence of the war Saline County had very little to
excite either the avarice of bushwhackers or the vengeance of the Indians, but
yet what little there was seemed to be sufficient to attract the attention of both.
The first visit was from the Indians, who, in the early part of 1862, concluded
to chase out or kill every white person inthe Smoky Hill Valley. West of.
Salina werea number of ranchmen whom the Indians attacked first, several of
whom they killed. The alarm soon spread from ranch to ranch, and being too
weak to offer any organized resistance, those who had escaped hastened to Sa-
lina, where a stockade was erected and every preparation made to give the
savages a warm reception, which caused the Indians to change their course
without attempting an attack. The next hostile visit the people received was
in the fall of that same year, from a gang of about twenty bushwhackers. So
suddenly was the dash made into Salina, and so unexpectedly, that the people
were altogether unprepared to meet it, and from the verymoment the gang
entered, the town was at its mercy. Meeting with no resistance, they at-
tempted no personal injury, but houses were entered, stores ransacked, and
wherever any powder, ammunition, arms or tobacco were found, the marauders
appropriated it. The firearms they could not carry off with them they de-
stroyed. Everything thought to be of service to the people in case of pursuit
was destroyed. On leaving they took with them twenty-five horses and six
mules, the property of the Kansas Stage Company. Alter they had gone, it
was discovered that they had overlooked one horse, and this was mounted by
R. H. Bishop, who rode to Fort Riley, and covered the distance. fifty miles, in
five hours. A party of soldiers was sent from the Fort, but, of course, the bush-
whackers did not wait for their arrival, but had goneto more inviting fields.
This was the last visit of the kind that the county had during the war.

At the meeting of the Board of Commissioners, held April 7, 1862, the
county, which, for some time prior, had constituted two townships, was thrown
into one, by abolishing that of Spring Creek. At the meeting of July 7, 1862,
a poll tax of $1.50 was laid on every white male inhabitant of thé county. On
August 16, 1862, the county was divided into three Commissioner Districts.
The following is a copy of an entry made in the Commissioner’s journal: “Sa-
lina, Saline -County, October 6, 1862. This being the time for the regular
meeting of the board, but W. W. Morrison being the only member present,
no business could be transacted, it was decided to adjourn to meet on Satur-
day, the 18th October, 1862.”

___ The years of the war were years of little or no progress in the county, and,
in truth, things were rather retrogressive than progressive, and in 1865, when
_ on a portion of these lands.
* from Galesburg, Ills., under the leadership of Olof Thurstenburg, numbering

SALINE COUNTY.

those who had gone to the war from Salina returned, they found the town in a
sadly dilapidated condition. New life and energy, however, were instilled into
the people, and in a short time the place once more became prosperous. Few
settlers, however, came to the county, but one by one they commenced drop-
ping in. The first to come afier the war was Ernst Hohneck, who located
about nine miles southwest of Salina, at what is now Bavaria, where he opened
up a ranch and started a little store. For years he was out there solitary and
alone, without a neighbor within miles of him. At as early a date as 1867, it
was deemed necessary to build a jail, and on the 13th day of April, in that
year, the County Commissioners ordered one built at a cost not to exceed
$2,500. In 1868 mounted messengers came dashing into Salina with the alarm-
ing news that the Indians were up on the Republican, perpetrating terrible
deeds, outraging women, killing children, and murdering and scalping every
white man they found. The*people became greatly excited, and telegraphed
the facts to Gov. Crawford at Topeka. The first train from Topeka west
brought the Governor to Salina, where he instantly called for volunteers to go
out to the scene of the troubles. All the time it took to raise a company of
sixty men, was just that required to arm themselves and get mounted. ‘the
Governor took command of the company, and that day they rode as far as
Churchill, in the southwest corner of Ottawa County. Learning there that there
were no Indians between the Saline and the Solomon rivers, they rode as far as
Minneapolis, and from there they pushed on to Delphos, on the northern
boundary line of Ottawa County. At that point they camped for the
night, and a party of six was sent out to scout as far north ‘as Lake Sibley,
in Republic County. M. J. Mills and M. D. Sampson, of Salina, consti-
tuted two of the party. They reached Fort Sibley that night, but met no
Indians on the way. Next day the scouting party started southwest for Asher-
ville, on the Solomon River, to which point the main body of the company
had ridden from Delphos, The people within several miles of Asherville had
collected there, both for protection and defense. Two of these men, who lived
only a short way out from Asherville, started out to their homes to get some
milk, but before they reached there a party of Indians rushed down upon them
from the bluffs, killed them and-scalped them, and rode off before the com-
pany had time to mount. Several dead bodies were found—some men, some
women, and some children. The men had all been scalped, the women out-
raged, and the children fastened to the ground with arrows, The dead were
buried, and, after performing this painful duty, the company returned to Salina,
where it disbanded. _

In 1868 the tide of immigration turned towards Saline County, and a great
many settlers located in the county during the year. They came by families
and they came by colonies, and a great many came singly and alcne. A com-
pany of Swedes was formed in Chicago, who sent out an agent to select lands
for a colony, and, being pleased with Saline County, he purchased 20,con acres
of land in the southern portion of the county of the railroad company. Soon
thereafter, a colony of Swedes, numbering seventy-five, came out and located
That colony was followed soon after by another

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The farmers, as a general thing, live in good houses and are surrounded with
everything to make their homes pleasant, comfortable and happy.

The first deed of conveyance that appears on record in the office of the
Register of Deeds, is one from L. F. Parsons to Ransom Calkins, conveying
the western half of the northwest quarter of Section 12, Township 14, Range 3
west, the consideration being $130. The same quarter section could not be
purchased now for less than $7,000. The instiument was dated September
18, 1861. The first case docketed for trial in court was ‘J. R. Allen vs. Ham-
ilton & Tyler,” the date of docketing being July 7, 1865. The suit was
brought on account, and the amount involved was $119.50.

GROWTH.

When Saline County was organized in 1859, there was not over one bun-
dréd people in the county, and these were all located in and adjacent to Salina..
What the population of the county was in 1860 is not shown by the census of
that year, which, doubtless, is attributable to the fact that the county was not,
in reality, organized until July, 1860, when the first county officers were elected;
but those residing in the county at that time say that in 1860 Saline County
did not contain more than one hundred souls, Settlers to any extent did not.
commence to locate in the county until after the close of the war, although be-
tween 1860 and 1865 there had been a few isolated cases of settlement in dif-
ferent parts of the county. The first authenticated report of the population of
the county to be found is the census report of 1870, and by this the county is
given.a population, at that time, of 4,246. That most of this number settled
in the county between 1865 and 1870 is very evident, because in nearly all of
the townships there are no settlers to be found whose date of settlement ante-
dates the former year. The fact that the Kansas Pacific railway was not built
through the county until 1867, also supports the supposition, and statements of
settlers, that the increase in the population reported in the census of 1870, took
place during the last half of the decade.
that the population of the county in 1870 was 4,246. The State census of 1875
gives the population at 6,360, an increase in five years of 2,114, or within a frac-
tion of an average of 423 each year. The years of 1874 and 1875 were those in
which the people of Kansas were thrown into destitution by the grasshopper
raid; but notwithstanding this, the census that was taken in 1878 sets the pop-
ulation of the county down as-being 9,530, being a gain in three years of 3,170.
or something over 1,000 per year. Seventy per cent of the population at that
time was rural, and thirty per cent urban, which would indicate that the great.
majority of the new settlers located in the country. The United States census
of 1380 gives the population of the county as being 13,880, thereby showing an
increase in two years of 4.350, or an average of 2,175 for each year. This is,
certainly, a wonderful increase in so short a time, and speaks well for the nat-
ural advantages of the county. Those cumpetent of judging, estimate the pop
ulation of the county now, December, 1882, at not less than 16,000. |

' The rapid growth in the population of the county is not any more won-
derful than its material growth, and is not quite so surprising, when the draw-
backs consequent upon grasshopper raids and drouths are considered. The

about sixty, who located in Smoky View and Smolan townships. Afterthata -total acreage of field crops in 1874, including wheat, rye, corn, barley, oats,

constant stream set. in, and settlers began to locate in nearly every portion of
the county. The following year a large colony from the Western Reserve,
Ohio, under the leadership of D. E. Fuller and T. J. Thorpe, came to the county,
arriving on the first day of April, 1869. This colony numbered over two hun-
dred souls The lands they selected were around Bavaria, at that time known.
as Hohneck, in what is now Ohio Township. They came supplied with tents
and a complete outfit. At that time there was not a house in the entire town-
ship but Hohneck’s Ranch, and another one that had been built by Hohneck
as a brewery, but which wasthen unused. About fifty ofthe colonists quartered
themselves in the old brewery, and the remainder lived in tents until their

. claims were located, and buildings erected. This colony-took up all the even

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sections of land in Ohio Township within a radius of two miles. With this
colony came Warren Cooley, E. S. Cooley, Charles Cooley, Asa Case, A. F.”
Shute, A. W. Hawley, A. L. Patch, O. Hubbard, Charles Culp, E. W. Ober,
J.B. Hamilton and many others, All that were married of the colonists,
brought their families with them. These accessions enabled Saline County to
take a wonderful step to the front. In 1870 another colony came from Henry
County, Ills., under the leadership of Eric Forse. There were about seventy-
five, all told, in this colony, most of whom locatedin Falun Township. From
that-time until now, the immigration has been more gradual, but every year
since has added its number of new comers to the population ; some years more,
some less, but every year some. The court house was built in 1870, Rev. Wm.
Bishop donating to the county a block of ground for the purpose. The first
couple in the county to get married was A. M. Campbell and Miss Christina
“A. Phillips, who were joined in matrimony in 1858. At that time there was
neither a minister of the gospel nor a Justice of the Peace in the county, and
they were constrained to make a trip to Riley City, in Davis County, in order
to be united, The distance they had to travel was about sixty miles, so that
their wedding tour was equally divided, one-half being accomplished before the
ceremony, and the other half after they had become twain in one flesh. To

. this couple was born the first child to whom was given birth in Saline County,

Miss Christina Campbell, who was born on the 25th day of October, 1859.
The first death in the county was that of the child of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Mobley, which occurred in 1857, in what was laid out as the town of “ Bu-
chanan,” and the next was that of Doctor Cobb, inthe fall of 1860. The first
store opened in the county was by George Pickard, in the spring of 1858, who
sold out to W. A. Phillips, in the summer of that year, A. M. Campbell becom-
ing his salesman. The first postoffice established in the county was at Salina,
‘in November, 1861, with A.M. Campbell a's Postmaster, which position he now
holds, and has held, uninterruptedly since that time, covering a period of twenty-
one years. The county is, at this time, December, 1882, in a very prosperous
condition. It is well supplied with good roads; the rivers and streams are well
bridged both country and towns are well supplied with schools and churches.

buckwheat, Iri-h potatoes, sweet potatoes, sorghum, castor beans, cotton, flax,
hemp, tobacco, broom corn, rice corn, pear] millet, millet and hungarian, tim-
othy meadow, clover meadow, prairie meadow, timothy pasture, clover pasture,
blue-grass pasture, and prairie pasture, was 54, 740 acres. In 1875 the total
acreage was 65,569.79, and in 1876 it was about the same, theacreage that year
being nine acres less than the year preceding. ‘The cause of this was the ter-
rible depression that followed the destruction by the grasshoppers in 1874-75,
and the uncertainty created as to future visitations from such destructive pests.
In 1877, however, the acreage of field crops reached 107,549 acres, and kept
increasing each year until 1880, when the total number of acres in the county
devoted to field crops was 162,842. Such an increase in acreage is indicative
of incredsed material wealth. In 1874 the acreage of fall wheat was 12,804
acres, whereas in 1880 it was 89 918 acres, or 35,178 more than the total acre-
age of all field cropsin 1874. A comparison of a few years will suffice to
show how the county is advancing in material wealth in other respects. In
1879 the value of the live stock in the county was $637,563, and in 1880 it was
$710,125.50. Inthe former year the number of horses in the county was.
4938; mules and asses, 724; milch cows, 3,150; other cattle, 5,445; sheep,
3,902; swine, 13,934. In 1880 the number of horses was 5,332; mules and
asses, 860; milch. cows, 3,462; other cattle, 6 188; sheep, 5,257; swine, 15,502.
While this increase is not strikingly large, it shows a steady and enccuraging .

.advancement. By turning to stock, wh'ch is rapidly becoming the leading in-

dustry of the West, and comparing the value of animals slaughtered or sold for
slaughter for the years 1879-80-82 a better understanding may be reached as to
how the county is advancing in material prosperity. The value of animals
slaughtered or sold for slaughter during the year ending March 1, 1879, was
$62,939; in 1880 it was $144,233, and in 1852 it was $163,845, being an in-
crease in three years of $100,906, showing conclusively that the farming com-
munity is taking much greater interest in stock raising than heretofore. The
returns of the various Township Assessors as returned to the County. Clerk in
the spring of 1882, and not yet published, show that the number of. acres in
the county included in farms was 273,677, the assessed valuation of which was
$2,873,012. The number of farm dwellings erected in the county during the
year was 102, valued at $27.738. The acreage of winter wheat, sown in the
fall of 1881, was 70,540 acres; rye, 3°995; spring wheat, 1882, 1,483; corn,
55,247; barley, 274; oats, 10,951; Irish potatoes, 657; sweet potatoes, 28; sor-
ghum, 914; flax, 49; tobacco, 13; broom corn, 1,487; millet and hungarian.
1,379; pearl millet, 300. Of grasses in cultivation and under fence there were
of timothy meadow 128 acres; clover, 50; prairie, 2,812; other tame grasses,
32. Of pasture there were of timothy 39 acres; clover, 10; other grasses, 256;
and prairie, 19,934; making a total acreage of field crops of 170,578 acres. In.
1881 there was cut of tame hay 345 tons, and of prairie hay, 26,911 tons.
Garden products were marketed to the amount of $3,349, and poultry and eggs

However, it is fixed beyond dispute .
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were sold to the amount of $23,237. There was sold of milk, other than that
sold for cheese or butter, to the amount of $4,316. Of cheese there was manu-
factured 14,470 pounds, and of butter 282,926 pounds. The wool clip for the
year was 36,712 pounds, Aside from the increase in cultivated acreage, in live
stock, and in the various other productions that properly belong to the dairy
and farm, there are other evidences of material prosperity which indicate that
great interest is being awakened in other industries which will tend greatly to
advance the material wealth of the county, and also add greatly to the comforts
of home. Horticulture of late years has been receiving considerable attention,
and now instead of importing apples from other counties and States, sufficient
are raised in the county for home consumption with some to spare. The num.
ber of apple trees in bearing in the county is 8,499, pear trees, 551; peach trees,
67,349; plum trees, 10,746; and cherry trees, 3,214. There are not in bearing,
apple trees, 41,088; pear trees, 4,280; peach trees, 68,561; plum trees, 11,422;
and cherry, 9.916. These numbers are being increased yearly, and there are
very few farmers in the county but that have young orchards set out. Farms in
the county, generally, are well fenced, the Osage orange thorn being mostly in
use. The fences in a county, representing as they do an average cost of about
$1 25 per rod, are indicative of material wealth. This class of wealthis rep-
resented by 10,202 rods of board fence; 3.325 of rail; 4,390 of stone; 218,124
of hedge; and 68,477 of wire, making a total of 304,518 rods, representing a
value of $380,647. Another item of wealth is represented in the agricultural
implements in the county, the value of which, according to the various Assessors’
“returns, amounts to $87,956. The true valuation of all property in the county
_ in 1880 was $4,708,232.11, which, since that time, has been greatly increased.
The indebtedness of the county at that time, including that of county, town-
ship, city, and school, amounted to $134 329, so that in a material point of
view the progress of the county has been such as ought to satisfy her most en-
thusiastic and sanguine admirers.

RAILROADS, SCHOOLS AND MANUFACTURES,

_ The first railway to enter the county was the Kansas Pacific, which was built in 1867,
Irenters the county about two and one-half miles south of the northeast corner, and
crosses the Solomon River a little way above its mouth at Solomon City. It crosses the
county diagonally in a southwestern direction, the principal stations 1n the county being
Salina, Bavaria and Brookville. In 1878 the Solomon Valley Branch was built, but only a
small portion of this passes through the county. Starting at Solomon City it follows the
east bank of the Solomon river, and runs diagonally across the northeast corner of the
county, a distance of about five miles, when it enters Ottawa County. The nestroad built in
the county was the McPherson branch of the K. P. This branch was constructed in 1879,
and Is thirty-five nnlesinlength. The road starts at Salina and runs south to McPherson,
which is the seat of justice of thecounty ofthat name. About halfthe entire length of this
branch is located in Saline County, the stations being Assaria and Bridgeport. The Topeka,
Salina & Western Railway has been located through the county, and on this work is being
pushed as rapidly as possible, and which, itis expected, will be completed as far as Salina
sometime in 1883. i 7 ‘

The first school taught in the county was at Salina, in 1861. the teacher being Miss
Thacher. Her pupils were few, and a very small room accommodated them. This, in fact,
was the only school in the county for a number of years, and even that, small as it was, an-
swered the purpose until 1867, when atwo-story frame building was erected at the corner
of Santa Fe avenue and Ash street, which has since been converted into a stable. There
are now, however, in the county, seventy-six schoolhouses, which contain ninety
schoolrooms. Of these, six are built of stone, sixty-eight of wood, and two of brick. The
school population of the county, between five and twenty-one years of age, in 1852, asshown
by the annual report of the County Superintendent for that year, was 4,808. of which 2,39
were males and 2,413 females. The number enrolled, however, was 1,245 less than the
population, being 1,839 males, and 1,724 females, or a total of 3.563. The average attend-
ance was still less, being only 2,243, or 1,141 males and 1,102 females. To teach this num-

ber of pupils, ninety-five teachers were required, of whom forty were males and fifty-five
females. The total number of months of school taught in the county,during the year was 600,
the male teachers averaging 5 19-20 months, and the female 6 32-55. The average salary
paid was, to males, $33.75, and to females, $25.40. Besides the public schools, there are in
the county four private schools, witha pupil enrollment of 205, and which employ four
teachers. The estimated value of school property in the county is $95 000, and the bonded
indebtedness is $23,285. It required for all school purposes during the year a tax of one
and one-third per cent. of the assessed valuation of the property in the county. The num-
ber of teachers examined during tue year for certificates was 102, of whom ninety-three
were granted certificates and nine were rejected. The average age of applicants was twen-
ty-one years, and of those who received certificates the average age «as twenty-two years.
OF the certificates granted ten were first-class. fifty-three second class, and thirty third-
class. There was in the hands of the District Treasurer, on August 1, 1881, the sum of $6,-
264.36, and the receipts from other sources during the year amounted to $36.815.77,
making a total of $43,180.13. The expenditures during the year for all school purposes
amounted to $32,955.57, leaving a balance in the hands ofthe District Treasurer on July
31, 1882, amounting to $10,124.56 But very few of the grounds surrounding the school-
houses are ornamented with shade trees, anit a good many of them are not even fenced.
Some of the schools are well supplied with maps, charts, and other apparatus, some only
reasonably well, while others are rather deficient in these articles. he schools in Salina
are graded, and in the city, in 1882, there were 1,196 persons of school age, of whom 519
were males and 647% females. Thenumber of pupils enrolled was 875, of whom 426 were
males and 449 females. The average daily attendance was 584; males 280, anil females

In the city schools there were thirteen teachers employed, two males and eleven fe-
males. Nine months school were Faughe during the year, aud the average salary paid to
teachers was, males, $80.50 per month, and females, $37.63. The total amount paid teach-
ers in the city for the year was $5,528.75, and the current expense account for the year was
$7,272. These figures speak of a wonderful change since 1861, when one small room, about
12x14 feet, was amply sufficient for school purposes. The city schools are under the charge
and management of a superintendent, whois denominated Principal. All the schools fn
the city are under his supervision, and for his services he receives a salary of $1,000 per
annnm,

A good deal of interest 1s taken In manufacturing enterprises, and those who have em-
parked in them have, so far, found their investments to be quite profitable. According to
the statistical record in the County Clerk’s office for 1882, the amount invested fn inanufac-
turing enterpris+s in the county was $294,800. Of this the greater portion was invested in
flouring mills. Of the flouring mills four are operated by water power and two by steam.
Three tof these mills are located at Salina, one of whieh was built by Gower Bros. in
1873. This is a water power mill and the amount invested In ft Is $20,000. In 1878
also, F. Gn odno & Co., erected a large steam mill near the depot in which the capital in-
vested is $75, . 7

Another large flouring mill was erected in 1875, by C. R. Underwood & Co., ata cost of
$40,000. This is a water mill and stands on the west bank of the Smoky, a litte north of the
bridge that spans the river at Iron avenue. ,

‘At Bridgeport, in the southern portion of the county, there is a very good grist mill,
owned by Hopkins & Mills. This millis operated by cable power derived from the Smoky
Hill River. 1t was built at a cost of $12,000.

- At Brookville, on the K. P. Railway, about eighteen miles west of Salina, the City Mills
of George Marshall & Co., are located. The mill is operated by steam and was built ata
of 8,000. ‘
Coe Silemon City, but located in Saline County, isthe water flouring mill of Newmiller &
Wooley, the cost of which is $2' ‘s

“The works of the National Solar Salt Company, at Solomon City, are also located in
Saline County, the estimated cost of which is $75,000.

In Bavaria Syrup Works bave been erected by Crawford & Denton in which the capital
invested is $7,000 : ‘

In Salina there 1s a carriage and wagon manufactory owned by A. B. Dickinson in which
from ten to fifteen hands are constantly employed, Andrew Muir & Co, have quite exten-
sive agricultural implements and Plow Works on Iron avenue, which give employment to
quite a number of men.

Eberhardt & Co., havea factory on Iron avenue where from ten to fifteen men find con-
stant employment in making bed springs and woven. wire mattresses,

Until lately a broom factory in Salina did a thriving business, and gave employment to

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

quite a number of hands, but for some time past it has ceased operating, but is now

about being revived. :
Attention hag been directed of late, to dairying and cheese making, and several cream-
eries and cheese factories are now in existence in variqus portions of the county.

COUNTY SOCIETIES,

Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical Association.—This association was organ-
ized on the 3d day of May, 1881, with a membership of ninety-six persons, The association
was organized to take the place of the old agricultural soelety which had become disorgan-
ized and Uismembered. The purposes for which the association was formed, include all
those sought to be accomplished by the separate existence of an Agricultural and Horticul-
tural Society. The main object of the association is to advance the agricultural, horticul-
tural and mechanical interests of the county, and to encourage and promote those indus-
tries that will best advance the development and progress of the county. To accomplish
these objects, fairs are held annually, at which liberal premiums are offered, and paid, to
those having the best exhibits in the different classes in which they are entered. The first
fair of the association was held in the fall of 1881, and was a graud success in every par-
ticular, as was also the one beld in September, 1882. There are no prettier fair grounds
in the Staté.tban those of the association. These, however, belong to the county, but the
association has free use and control of them so Jong as it shall hold fairsthereon. These

rounds are known as Oak Dale Park, ané are situated on the bank of Smoky Hill River, in
Rast Salina. The enclosufe contains forty-five acres, anda more delightful spot for hold-
ing fairs could not be selected. Around the outer edge of the park is a beautiful grove of large
trees, which afford ample shelter from the sun, while there is neither a shrub nor a bush to
interrupt afull view ofthe track and the center of the grounds. Good stalls, sheds and
stables have been erected for horses, cattle and other animals, and no expense has been
spared to make the park one of the most delightful resorts in the State, It is open the year
round, so that the people of Salina have a beautiful retreatin summer. The officers of the
association are. A. P. Collins, president; W. H. Wheelock, vice-president; J. M. Greeley,
secretary; M. M. Briggs, treasurer. In addition to these there is a board of directors cou-
sisting of nine members. , ‘

Gypsum Creek Farmers’ Club.—This club was organized in 1872, by the farmers living
along Gypsum Creek, hence itsname. Turee townships are incinded in the organization—
Gypsum, Eurekaand Solomon. These arethe three townships that form the eastern tier in.
the county, south of the Smoky Hill River, and it isthrough these that the Gypsum Creek
runs. Tlie membership of the club, however, {s not confined exclusively to theresidents of
these three townships, as farmers of other townships may be admitted. Itis strictly non-
political in character, its only object being to create a sociability among the farming com-
munity, and to bring. them together for the purpose of discussing those subjects in which
they are most deeply interested, and from which mutual benefits may be enjoyed. When the
club was first formed, its meetings were held weekly, but after some years they were held
monthly, and areso held now. There isno regular place of meeting, but, like church socia-
bles, are held atappointed places. The meetings unite pleasure with business, and are in
the nature of basket sociables. Atthese meetiugs, essays and papers are read, and opinions
exchanged on those subjects most Jnferesting to farmers, including agriculture, horticulture,
arboriculture, stock raising and kindred topics. The club has a membership of 200, the pres-
ent officers of which, are—F. H. VanEaton, president, and Ed. Gillum, secretary. The first
Officers of the club were—Jonathan Weaver, president; H. E. Grider, secretary, and C. A,
Kingman, treasurer.

POST OFFICES.

Assaria, Smoky View Township, E. E.Swanson, Postmaster; Bavaria, Ohio Township,
Orlo Hubbard, Postmaster; Berwick, Walnut Township, T. C, Ritter, Postmaster; Bridge,
Eureka Township, H. C. Grider, Postmaster; Brookville, Spring Creek Township, L. C,
Warner, Postmaster; Crown Point, L. C. Dudenbastle, Postmaster; Dry Creek, Falun
Township, Nathan McCumber, Postinaster; Falun, Falun Township, O. Forsee, Postmas-
ter; Gypsum Creek, Gypsum Township, Fred Sorenson, Postmaster; Mentor, Walnut
‘Township, Matthew Maxwell, Postmaster; Mulberry, Pleasant Valley Township, Walter
Chilson, Postmaster; New Cambria, Cambria Township, S. P. Donmeyer, Postmaster;
Pliny, Gypsum Townsbip, A. B. Chapinan, Postmaster; Poheta, Solomon Township, C. J.
Ramsey, Postmaster; Salemsburg, Smoky View Township, John A, Ahleen, Postmaster;
Salina, Smoky Hill Township, Alexander M. Campbell, Postmaster; Torry, Walnut Town-
ship, A. C. Wait, Postmaster.

SALINA.

The city of Salina, as originally surveyed and platted, was located on the
southwest quarter of Section 12, and northwest quarter of Section 13, Town-
ship 14, south, Range 3, west of the sixth principal meridian. The founder of ©
the town was W. A. Phillips, who succeeded in organizing a Town Company,
of which he was president, and composed of the following members: W.
A. Phillips, A. M. Campbell, James Muir, Robert Crawford and A. C. Spill-
man. The survey of the town was commenced in March, 1858, and was con-
tinued at intervals, until March, 1862, when it was completed. On March 30,
1859, the company was granted a charter by the Sixth Territorial Legislature
of Kansas. After the company was organized, additional members were
added from time to time, and on the 14th of February, 1862, Robert H. Bishop,
Ransom Calkin and Rev. William Bishop were added as members. The
plat of the survey was filed for record on the 14th day of April, 1862, and
Salina takes its place on the map as one of the towns of Kansas. The town
is beautifully located, and stands in the center of a rich and fertile valley, on‘
the banks of the Smoky Hill River, just where, coming from the south, it
makes.a bend to the east. The town is located on both sides of the river, the
greater part, including all the business portion, being on the west side. It is
somewhat in doubt as to who built the first house in town, but from the state-
ments of the earliest settlers, it will scarcely admit of a doubt that W. A.
Phillips put up the first house ever erected in the city. It was a large
log house and stood on what is now Iron avenue, between Santa Fe avenue
and the river. Whatever doubt may exist as to who put up the first house,
there is none as to who opened the first store ; the credit for this being attrib-
uted to George Pickard, who opened a kind of general store, on a small scale,
in a log house in the summer of 1858, and this was followed a few months after
by another which was opened by A. M. Campbell ina small house on what is
now Iron avenue. In 1859 another store was opened by H.L. Jones, and
these three, Pickard, Campbell and Jones, were the pioneer business men of
Salina. At that time the county was almost without settlement; what few
settlers there were being located in and about what is now Salina. The chief
trading of these stores was with the Indians, who came from all directions to
the Smoky ITill valley to hunt. Robes and skins were the chief articles the
red men would bring to trade, and these they would give in exchange for pro-
visions, ammunition, and, occasionally, a little poor whisky. These robes and
skins received from the Indians would be loaded. up in wagons by the traders
and hauled to Leavenworth or Kansas City, where they would be sold, when
the merchants would load up again with goods and start back for Salina.
About a dozen families included all the settlers in the county prior to 1860, and
these were mostly located at Salina. Among these were W. A. Phillips and
his brother, D. L., George Pickard, A. M. Campbell, James Muir, Robert
Crawford, A. C. Spillman, H. L. Jones, John and Gothart Schipple, Mes.
Link, Israel Markley, Thomas Coonrad, Charles Holtzman and Simon Garlitz
In 1860, a few additional settlers located in the town, and among these were
Rev. William Bishop and his brother Robert, and Ransom Calkins. Settlers
came in very slowly, and the war commencing early in 1861, immigration

 
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to the county virtually stopped, although a new comer would occasion-
ally drop in at long intervals. The first attempt at anything like manufactur-
ing in the county was a saw-mill erected at Salina on the Smoky, by W.A.
Phillips, which was kept’pretty busy for some time sawing the native timber
into lumber for building purposes. In 1862, the people of the town were
thrown into a state of great consternation by a too well founded report that
hostile Indians were approaching from the west, massacreing all the white peo-
ple they found. Some were inclined to pooh-pooh the idea, but when the
ranchmen came into the town, after several of their number had been butch-
ered, and confirmed the report, they discovered that it was a matter that re-
quired other action than mere pooh-poohing, The consternation became gen-
eral, and a regular panic seized the community, Those who had settled east
of Salina made for Junction City and Fort Riley, and those west and in the
immediate neighborhood of Salina hastened to town. Seeing the danger
that threatened them, and knowing the terrible results of an Indian
massacre, which was likely to take place, they immediately set to work
and built a stockade 50x150 feet, on the north side of what is now Iron avenue,
nearly opposite where the Metropolitan Hotel now stands. These prepara-
tions were made none too soon ;. for the Indians, meeting with no opposition
on their way, came on with a whoop; but seeing that the people of Salina were
prepared to give them a warm reception, they gave the place a wide berth; and
thus Salina escaped a massacre.

The town made but very little progress during the years of the war, and
until the Kansas Pacific Railway was. built in 1867 its growth was extremely
slow. With the coming of the railroad came a stream of immigration and
Salina pushed rapidly ahead. Prior tothe advent of the railroad there was
neither a schoolhouse nor church edifice in town, although there were several
church organizations. A school had been taught, however, since as early as
1862, the first teacher being Miss Thacher, who taught in the small frame
house on Iron avenue. Anticipating the railway, which was then being pushed
towards Salina as rapidly as possible, W. A. Phillips, in December, 1866, had
surveyed and laid off intolots “ Phillips’ Addition to Salina.” Ante-dating
this by a month, ‘‘ Jones’ Addition” was added, and in April, 1867, “ Calkins’
Addition” was added, followed in May of the same year by the ‘‘ Depot Addi-
tion.” In 1867 a two-story ‘rame schoolhouse was built on the corner of
Santa Fe avenue and Ash street, being the building now owned by C. T.
Hilton, and by him used as a livery stable. The first teacher that taught in
this school was Philip Wickersham. Now that a good schoolhouse was
erected, churches soon followed, and in that same year, 1867, the Methodists
built the first church in town, a small frame on Ash street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets, being that now owned and occupied_by the colored Metho-
dists. With the coming of the railroad, a better class of buildings commenced
to spring up, and instead of the original log cabins and board shanties, neat
frame residences were erected. The firstframe residence put up in town. was
by B, J. F. Hanna in 1868. From 1867 to 1869 the town advanced very rapidly._
In 1867 C. R. Underwood built a grist and saw mill on the Smoky, at Salina,
which was operated by both steam and water power. In 1869 the Baptists:
erected a very neat frame church, and many comfortable residences were put
up, besides several very gocd stores. In 1870 there was a. lull in immigration,
but a great many very fine improvements were made in town, among which
was the erection of quite a large and handsome Presbyterian Church. The
business of the town increased rapidly, and as the country settled up, north,
south, east and west, trade was greatly augmented. By 1871, Salina was quite
noted as being one of the most flourishing towns in the State. The town was
all life and everything in the. business line was in the most flourishing con-
dition. The town had grown to considerable proportions and could boast of
some very fine buildings. The first building in town that can be said was used
for hotel purposes was a frame building erected by W. A. Phillips, who occu-
pied it for some time as a residence, when he sold it to H. L. Jones, who used
it in the double capacity of a store and hotel for some time, when he in turn
sold it to Hamlin & Wooley. The first building erected in town expressly for
hotel purposes was the ‘‘Planters’ House,” which was built by T. L. Webster
in 1866. Asa hotel it has long since ceased to exist. In 1867, after the com-
ing of the railroad, one Mrs. Emma Bickerdyck built a large frame hotel close
to the depot, which still:stands, but being about half a mile from the business
portion of the city, and the railroad failing to draw business that way, its hotel
career wasshort. In 1870, the people having previously voted bonds to erect
acourt house, a very fine stone county building was erected on the square,
bounded by Elm street on the north, Park street on the south, Ninth street on
.the east, and Tenth street on the west. The building stands on a beautiful
plat of ground, surrounded by a nice artificial grove of maple trees of seven or
eight years’ growth. The ground floor of the building is divided into county
offices, and the upper floor is used fora court-room.

After the completion of the court house, J. M. Postlewait, in 1871, erected
the Pacific House, at the corner of .Ninth and Park streets. It is a large,
frame building, with a frontage of eighty-six feet on Park street, and 130 feet
on Ninth street. It stands just across the street from the court house, and
three blocks from the business heart of the city. ‘Phe building and furnishing
of this house was a great improvement to the city, and also of vast conven-
ience to the traveling public. While these improvements were being made,
others of less importance were going on, but none of asubstantial character,
excepting the two-story brick building erected on the west side of Santa Fe
avenue, for a bank, now used by the First National Bank, and which was
built in 1871 by John Geis & Co. The year 1871 had been one of great pros-
perity for Salina, and on Christmas day of that year everybody was feeling
happy over their own individual prosperity and that of the city. In the midst
of their felicity, however, just as they were about sitting down to partake of
their Christmas turkey, the town was startled by the cry of “ Fire!” The cry
was taken up by péople as they ran, and ‘‘ Fire! Fire!” passed rapidly from
street to street. The bells rang out the alarm, and many a Christmas dinner
was left untouched. The fire originated in a saloon on the west side of Santa

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Fe avenue, and spread rapidly from building to building until it was checked
by Geis’ bank building, constructed of brick, and which had only been
erected a few months previously. Some of the frame buildings south of the
bank building were torn away to prevent the spread of the fire, but before it
could be extinguished, several business houses, with the greater portion of
their contents, were destroyed, entailing aloss of about $20,000, which was
quite 4 blow to the young and prosperous town. Salina at that time was a
city of the third class, having been so created in 1870, C. H. Martin being the
first Mayor. An effort was made by the City Council to pass an ordinance,
prescribing fire limits in the city, and to prohibit the erection of any buildings
within said limits, except those constructed of either brick or stone, but, for
some cause or other, the ordinance failed to pass. Although 1871 closed so
disastrously, it was a prosperous year for Salina, and one of great improve-
ment. Besides those buildings already mentioned as having been put up that
year, four very elegant churches were erected, the Catholic, Methodist, Chris-
tian and Episcopalian. Of these, the two former are brick, and the fwo latter
frame, but all are handsome edifices. The fire of December, 1871, had one
good effect, in that it caused many of those who put up business houses after-
wards, to use other material in their construction than wood. Thus in 1872,
Hamlin & Wooley put up a fine stone building on the southwest cor-
ner of Iron avenue and Santa Fe avenue, which was the best improvement
to the town up to that time, and is among the best buildings in the place yet.

About the same time Oscar Seitz, who had been doing business in the town for
a number of years, erected a two story brick building on Santa Fe avenue,
nearly opposite to that erected by Hamlin & Wooley, the lower room of which

he continues to occupy as a drug store. Adjoining this, to the north, and
simultaneously with the Seitz building, the Ratcliffe Bros. erected one of a simi-

lar character, and both together make quite a fine appearance. During that,
year another church edifice was added to the number already built, by the

Swede Evangelical Lutherans, a very neat frame structure. As indicative of
the extent to which it was supposed the town would grow, it may be well to

s'ate that, in-addition to the additions already mentioned, Bishop’s was added

in February, 1870, and Holland’s in May of the same year. In June, 1872,

the corporate limits were further enlarged by Geis’ Addition, and in November

of that year, they -underwent further enlargement by the accession of Carrol’s

Addition. Bishop & Blodgett’s Addition was added in June, 1874; Oak Dale

Addition in August, 1878 Bube’s Addition and Phillips’ Second Addition in

October, 1878 ; Berk’s Addition in November, 1878 ; and Prescott’s Addition in

April, 1879. These are the additions to the city of Salina, as shown by the

county records, and if there are any more the records fail toshow them. The

limits of the town are now sufficiently extended so that, so far as room is con-

cerned, its growth need not be stinted. :

In 1872 Salina became a cow-boy town, or a cattle trading point. The
business men of the place had expended a good deal of money to secure the
trade that would be derived from the town being made a trading point for
cattle, but having secured it, the people soon discovered that it was not such a
desirable thing to have after all. The trade in itself was good enough, and the
business of the merchants in town was greatly increased thereby, but the town
became infested with such a crowd of disreputable characters, both male and
female, that whatever advantage was gained in trade was more than counter-
balanced by loss in morals, and when the cattle trade moved westward two
years afterwards, the citizens of Salina were more rejoiced at its departure than
they were at its coming. The year 1873 was one of rapid advancement, and
many good residences were put up, but the chief improvement that year was
the erection of a large brick schoolhouse. The town had grown so rapidly that
the frame schoolhouse erected in 1867 was totally inadequate to meet the de-
mands of the community, and the people voted to issue $30,000 in bonds to
erect a school building that would not only be sufficiently commodious, but
would also be an ornament to the town. The building is among the finest in
central Kansas, and not the least feature about it is the ample and beautiful
grounds that surround it. The rooms are large and well ventilated, the hails
and stairways are wide, affording excellent means of exit in case of fire or other
disaster. It is substantially built, neatly finished, and the style of architecture
is beautiful. Ia 1874, the residence of W. A. Phillips was destroyed by fire,
and the Colonel was obliged to take up his abode in less pretentious quarters.
He, however, the following year, erected a large brick residence, which, with
its surroundings, is the finest in town, so that if he was the loser by the fire the
city was the gainer. In 1875 also, C. R. Underwood & Co. built a large flour-
ing mill, at a cost of $40,000, which is run by water power. In 1878,
F. Goodnow & Co. erected a large steam flouring mill near the depot, at a cost
of $75,000; and while these improvements were going on, Whitehead brothers,
John Underwood and John A. Nelson erected a brick block, on the south side of
Iron avenue, a little west of the bridge, containing threestorerooms below, with
office rooms above. More money was expended in improvements in 1875 than
any yer that preceded it. If 1875 was a year of great improvement, it was also
one of some disaster. The effects of the grasshopper raid in 1874 were felt in
all branches of business, and a good deal of uncertainty existed asto the future.
In that year also another disastrous fire visited the town, by which a great deal
of property was destroyed. Several buildings on the west side of Santa Fe
avenue were wiped out by the conflagration, and likewise a large livery stable,
in which thirty horses perished. The loss entailed was about $25,000. This
fire had the effect of awakening the City Council and business men to a:sense of
the constant danger they were exposed to by having wooden buildings in the
business’ portion of the city. An ordinance was passed prescribing fire limits,
and forbidding the erection of any wooden buildings within said limits. In the
following year, being 1876, a very handsome brick block was erected by Schwartz
brothers, on the south side of Tronavenue, a little west of Santa Fe avenue. On
account of the year in which it was built, it was named the Centennial Block,
and about the same time a building similar in character was erected just beside
it by the firm of Markland, Dodge & Moore. Nearly all the improvements
made in the centennial year were confined to dwelling houses, of which a goodly
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number were erected, and among them many of the better class, The grandest
improvement in town was made in 1877. This was the erection of the Opera
House, a magnificent three-story brick building on the southeast corner of Sev-
enth street.and Iron avenue, The dimensions of the building are 48xt00 feet;
the ground floor being fitted up asa double store-room, the upper portion being
‘finished off in opera house style, with stage, scenery and gallery, It is a mag
nificent building, and was put up and finished and furnished by a joint stock
company, composed of the citizens of the place. The city, in 1878, advanced a
aaa and was created a city of the second class, of which A. W. Wickham was
_ fhe first Mayor. Up to that time the Pacific House was the only first-class
hotel in town, but as already stated, it was located about three blocks from
the business portion of the city. John Ericson conceived the idea of put-
ting up a hotel more convénient to the business center, and the result of
this conception was, that, in 1878, he erected a brick hotel on the west side
of Santa Fe avenue, a little south cf Iron avenue, to which he gave the
name of ‘‘ Grand Central,” The following year witnessed the construction of the
McPherson branch of the Kansas Pacific Railway, a branch that runs from
Salina to McPherson, a distance of thirty-five miles. The construction of this
branch road gave quite an impetus to building in town, and many brick build-
ings were erected during the year. Miller, Haggard & Peterson put up the
“Commercial Block,’ a neat row of brick buildings, directly opposite the
“Grand Central Hotel.” Eberhardt & Sudendorf, and Briggs & Gebhart,
erected together two brick buildings, side by side, on the east side of Santa Fe
avenue, and opposite to these, two more were erected by A. F, Shute and J, C.
Rash & Son. Another good improvement of that year was the erection of the
Metropolitan Hotel, which was put up by W. P. Thacher. It is a neatly con-
structed brick building, and is located on the southwest corner of Seventh
street and Iron avenue, on the opposite corner from the Opera House. . At the
close of 1879 the business portion of the city was commencing to make a very
fine appearance, with its numerous brick stores and large plate-glass windows,
_while at the same time, the resident portion, especially in the southern part of
town, gave evidence of rapid improvement in a number of very fine residences.
The year 1880 kept pace with the one preceding it, and that year witnessed
the erection of a large stone business house on the nrothwest corner of Santa
Fe and Iron avenues. The building was erected by G. C. Kothe and Oscar
Seitz, and is now occupied by the firm of Ober & Hageman as a dry goods and
grocery house. Opposite to the “Centennial Block,” on Iron avenue, Dr, Daily
erccted a brick biock containing three store-rooms and apartments above.
The church improvement that year was greatly advanced by the erection of a
large brick edifice by the English Lutherans, It is a building that would be
an ornament to any city, and is of beautiful design. From the time the large
brick schoolhouse was built in 1873 the population of the city had increased so

rapidly that,-notwithstanding the spaciousness of the building, it was found to ,

be too small to accommodate the number of school children in the city. To
supply the demand for more room, bonds to the amount of $10,000 were voted,
and with the money realized from these bonds a very neat two-story six-room
brick schoolhouse was erected in the northern part of town almost opposite to
the courthouse. The year 1880 was the one in which Salina reached its climax
in the line of improvements, and since that time, little, if any, improvement
has been made. Salina is a beautifully laid out town, with wide streets and
avenues, and can boast of one of the handsomest parks in the State of Kansas.
The park is named “Oak Dale,” and is located on the east side of Smoky Hill
river. It contains about fifty acres, the western boundary of which is formed
by the river. The center of the park is a clear, ypen space, on which a half-
mile track has been built, where horses can test their speed. Outside the track
and all the way round, is a beautiful grove of large shade trees, and take it for all in
all, itis one of the neatest parks in the State. The business of the place is rep-
resented by’two auction and commission houses, five dealers in agricultural im-
plements, three in boots and shoes,'two in books and. stationery, four bakeries,
three banks, one store, exclusively clothing, four drug stores, two furniture
stores, seven general merchandise, ten groceries, six hotels, two, the “ Pacific”
and “ Metropolitan,” being superior and the others inferior, four hardware,
three jewelry stores, four bakeries, and four restaurants. The manufactories of
the place are represented by two large flouring mills and one smaller one, a bed
spring and wire mattress manufactory, 2 carriage and wagon factory, a foundiy
and agricultural implement works, and two cigar factories. There are six grain
elevators in town, three lumber yards, two marble works, five blacksmith shops,
four livery stables, and two wagon shops. There are ten church edifices in
town, a courthouse, an opera-house, and two good school buildings. The press
is represented by the Yournal, [Terald and Independent. The population of the
city is estimated now, 1882, at 3,500.

CHURCHES, PRESS AND SOCIETIES.

The church growth of the county has kept pace with Its progress in other directions,
The first church orgar ization in the county was effected in 1860, when Rev. WUllam Bishop
and Rev. A. T. Rankin perfected an organization of the Presbyterian Church, From this
small beginning the church interest has grown until now there are seventeen church cdifices
in the county, and several organizations that hold service in schoolhouses or in halls. The
church history of the county commences with the organization of the Presbyterian Ohurch
in 1860. wuterdan,—When this church was first organized it had but six members and the
pastor was Rev. William Bishop. The chureh received but few accessions until after
the close of the war, but all through that trying period it preserved its organization.
With the growth in population its membership Increased, and in 1870, they erected a very
haudsome frame edifice. The church has now a meinbership of 230, and its present pastor is
Rev. W. A. Simkins. Its property is valued at $6,000. A large Sunday school is couducted
in connection with the church, of which F. Robb is superintendent.

Methodist. This church was Organized in 1865, with tweuty members, The first pastor
was Rev. E. GC. Chilson. In 1867, the organization erected a small wooden church build-
ing on Ash street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, which they used for worship until
1869, when it was sold toa number of individuals. Possession was not given for some two or

~ three years afterward. Steps were immediately taken to erect a larger and more substan-
tlal building, and in 1872 a fine brick edifice was erected on Eighth street, the first service
in which was held on Christmas Day of that year. The church has, at present, a member-
ship of 250, and its pastor is Rev. J.A. Antrim. The property of the church is valued at
$8,000.. [ts Sabbath school is largely attended, of which the superintendent is J. O, Wilson.
Catholic.—Was established in 1866,by Father De Mauritier, while engaged in missionary
work inthe West. Its beginning in Salina was very small, not exceeding twenty families
In the entire:county, most of whom resided In, or close to Salina, The first reguiar pastor

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

was ey Father Fogart;
housé tn which to worsh
ner of Iron avenue and Eigh
is included the Catholic families in nearly ever,
deut pastor is Father Maurer. The property of the church is valued at $11.500.

Episcopal.—Was organized In April, 1870, at the store-room of, R. T. Watson. The
membership was not Jarge, by any means, but steps were immediately taken to erect a
church, audin the following year a very neat frame edifice was completed on Ninth street.
This church has now @ membership of nitvety. and the resident rector is Rev. J. W. Young.
The property of the church is va ued at $2,000. ° 25

English Lutheran. Was organized in’ 1868 by Rev. J.C. Young. To trace the early
history of this church is. somewhat difficult. The citizens who had purchased the frame
church on Ash street of the Methodists, after the Jatter had surrendered possession, offered
the free use of the building toany Protestant church organization that would furnish a
minister who would conduct services in the German language. After some delay, the ser-
vices of J.C. Young were secured, who preached alternately in German and English. After
atime, the party who owned the building donated it to the German Lutherans, Mr, Young
was continued as pastor, until succeeded in 1877 by Rev. A. J. Hartsock, and in the course
of afew years the church became known as the English Lutheran. They oceupied the lit-
tle church on ASh street until 1880, when a much larger edifice was required, and during
that year they completed one of the handsomest brick churches in Central Kansas. Having
no further use for the little frame church on Ash Street, it was sold to the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, colored. Themembership of the church at present is 125, and the pastor is
Rey. Mr. Kissle. Tbe church has a good Sunday school, of which F. A. Smith is superin-
tendent. The property of the church is valued at $10,000. i

Baptiat.—Was ovgauized in the spring of 1868, with fifteen members, by Rev. J, R.
Downer. - Inthe following year, they built-a very neat frame church in which they stili
continue to hold service. The church has a membership now of seventy, and the present
pastor is Rev. A. M.Steward. The church property is valued at $3,000. The Sabbath
school connected with the church is under the superintendend of L. Austin, -

Swedish Lutheran.—Was organized in 1870 by Rev. Mr. Dablsten. Two years afterwards
they erected a fine frame edifice on Seventh street. The church hasnowa membership of
fifty, and the pastor iy Rev. A. M. Le Vean. The property of the church is valued at.$2,000.

‘Lutheran Misstonary.—This church organization was effected in 1877, by Rev. H. Blom
organizing a little band of thirty members. The organization bas had no regular pastor,
the work being misstonary, but in 1878 they erected a brick edifice on Seventh street. It
now has a membership of forty. The property of the church is valued at $2,500.

Methoust Episcopal (colored).—Organized 1878, by Rev, W. Wright. They purchased
In 1881 the small frame church on Ash street, built-bythe Methodists in 1867, where they
still continue to worship. The church has a membership of forty, and continues under the
pastoral charge of Rey. W. Wright. The church property is valued at $1,000.

The foregoing churches are all located in Salina, but, besides these, there are several
others located at different points over the county. At Brookville the Methodists have a
very fine church pulling and strong membership. In Dayton Township the Catholics have
an organization and bui ding. The Methodists in Walnut Township have an organization
of sixty members, and a good church building valued at $1,500. In Smolan Township there
is an organization of the Swedish Evangelical Church that numbers fifty members, and
who own and occupy a small frame edifice for service. In Smoky View Township there are
two church buildings, one, 4small one, belonging to the Swedish Evangelical organization,
and the other a mag ulicent frame building that was erected ata cost of $6,000. and which
is the property of the Swedish Lutherans, the mem bersliip of which numbers 450, A8-
saria the Evangelical Lutherans have a very fine church building, which they erected in
1878. This church has a membership Fu Dering 160. There arealso in the county several
church organizations that hold service in school buildings and halls. The progress of the
Church has kept pace withthe other interests of the county. The aggregate church mem-
bersbip in the county is 3,265, being equal to about one-fifth the entire population.

Salina Herald.—This is the oldest newspaper in the county, and was established at Sa-
lina in 1866, by B. J. F. Hanna, who remained sole editor and proprietor until the 25th of
March, 1882, when T. G. Nicklin, having parchased the paper and office two weeks previ-
ously, took possession, and under whose ownership and management the paper is at present
conducted, he being sole editor and proprietor. It is a weekly paper, and under Mr. Hanna’s
management was an eight column folio. After Mr. Nicklin came into possession of the
Office, the paper was charged to a nine column folio, only two pages of which were printed
in the office, the inside being what is known in newspaper parlance as “ patent.” In politics
the paper is Republican, and has a circulation of 800. :

, Saline County Journal.—This |paper was established in February, 1871, by W. H. John-
son and M. D. Sainpson, who were sole editors and proprietors. It remained under this
management until June, 1872, when Johnson sold out his interest to L. E. Sampson, brother
tou.M. D. Sampson. The paper remained under the management of the Sampson Brothers
until December 9, 1880, when L. E. sold his inte: est to M. D., who, since that time has been,
and is at present, sole editor and proprietor. It is a four page, eight column, weekly paper,
all the work upon it being done in the office. It is Repubtican in politics, and has a circula-
tion of 1,500. In connection with the office, Mr. Sampson conducts a book and job printing
establishment, whereall kinds of book, job and blank work is executed.

Salina Independ«nt.—This sheet has heen but recently launched in the newspaper world,
having been established in October, 1882, by W. H. Jobuson, who is sole editor and propri-
etor. It isa four pa:e, seven column weekly, with patent inside. It is Independeut in poli-
tics, and has a circulation of 400.

Fellow , Salina Lodge, No. 28, I. 0. O. F.. was instituted June 3, 1867, with ten
charter members. The first officers of the lodge were—B. J. F. Hanna, N. G.; A. B. Chap-
man, V.G.; E.L. Norton, R.S.; Willis K:sler, P.sS.. and C. W. Tressin, treasurer, The
lodge hag now a Jarge membeiship and the present officers are—G. F. Suppie, N.G.; Fd.
Smith, V.G.; L.O. Wight, R.S.; J. H. Gibson, P. S.; E.L. Norton, Treas.; R. H. Bishop,
W.; Wm. Cole, Con.; F. Ferlin, O. G.. and F. A. Smith, I. G.

Sinai Encampment, No. 18, I QO. F., was instituted July 25, 1871, with eight charter
members. The officers were—H. N. Leonard, C. P.; B.J. F. Hauna, H.P.; E. L. Norton,
8. W.; J. W. Sullivan, J. W.; and A. 8. Norton, scribe. The present membership of the en-
C, P.; J. H. Gibson,

, who was resident Father at Solomon City, They had no regular
Xp until 1871, when they built a brick church on the northeast cor-
ighth street. The church has now a membership of 850, in which

township inthe county. The present resi-.

 

   
  
 

campment is thirty-five, and the present officers are—L. M. Tuttle,
.P.; J. L. Norton, S W.; J. R. Chapman, -J. W.; E. L. Norton, scribe, and R. H. Bishop,
treasurer, The Odd Fellows own the hall and building in which they meet.

Masons, Salina Lodge, No. 60, A., F.- . M., was instituted November 19, 1866, with
seven charter members. ‘The first officers of the lodge were —G. G. Lowe, W. R, D. Mob-
ley, S. W.; B.S. Robinson, J. W. The lodge has now eighty-three members, the present
WwW. M. hele D. Whitehead and A. Bondi, secretary,

Salina Royal Arch Chapter, No, 18, A.. F. & A. M., was instituted October .16, 1872, with
fourteen charter members. The first of the chapter were—C. R. Underwood, H. Py Bd.
Hanna, E, K., and Osear Seits, E. S. The present membership is Forty=10ur and the preseut
officers are—J. D, M. Conrad, H. P.; Samuel Gradwohl, E. K., and_T. 8, Garver, E. S.

Askelon Commandery, No. 6, K. T., A. B. Dickinson, E.C,; D, Whitehead, recorder,

G. A. K., Salina Post, No. 27, G. A. R., was instituted September 11, 1882, with fourteen
charter members, Officers—L. M, Tuttle, C.; Ed. Wittmann, S.¢.; M. D. Sampson, J. C.;
L. C. Hussey, 0. of D.; Sweetland, O. of G.; F. A. Smith, Adjt.; D. Addison, 8. M., ‘and
Enochs Lincoln, chaplain.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

)D. J. ADDISON, Mayor Salina, was born March 17, 1848, in Randolph County, IIl., was
a private in Company E, ‘Thirty-eighth Illinois, was discharged February 7, 1866; caine to
Kansas 1867. as married In August, 1872, at Sparta, Randolph Co., iil. to Miss Eva U.
Wilson. Elected on Council 1879, resigned 1880 and elected Mayor. Has been in the gro-
cery trade for four year,

THOMAS ANDERSON, stock-raiser and farmer, P. O. Salina, settled on his farm in
April, 1861, Section 1, Township 14, Range 3 west. Has about 290 acres on several sections,
215 ot which he cultivates; his farm is nicely located. He has served two terms as Town-
slip Trustee and 1s the present State Senator for Thirty-sixth Senatorial District, elected in
the fall of 1880 for four yearsterm. Republican in politics. He was born in Scotland on
March 24, 1838. Came to America 1855, locating in Randolph County, It, where he farmed
Meee Erie Lo an nens: He was miarned an agoe to Miss Jane Crawford, of Randolph

y, Ill.; y have nine children—Maggie M., I is . i a
Elizabeth J., Annie and James Alex. pe Ee ES ee re Op ATES

C.W. BANKS, law firm, Banks & Cunningham. They do a law collecting and loan busi-
ness. Hefirst came to McPherson in spring 1871, being the first County Attorney of that
county. He remained there avout three years, located in Salina, in January, 1875, and opened
a law office. Was chosen City Attorney in April, 1881, held the office since, Born in Schoharie
Vounty, N- Y., October 28, 1826. Educated in Lake County, Ohio. Began the study of law in
1860, admitted to the har in McPherson, 1871. He was ateacher-for many years in Ohio.
Married in 1852 to Miss Sarah A. Huckins, a native of Indiana. They had fivechildren, Mary
A., Sarah fy Ida M., Charles N. and Dora. Wife died in 1866 Again married in 1869, to
Miss Sarah A. Closson, a native of Vermont. Heisa member of Salina Lodge, No. 28, I. 0.
O. F. He isa stockholder and director in the First National Bank, and attorney for same.

CAPT, W. W. BARTLETT, meat market and dealer in live stock. Began the business
in January, 1878. They sell $15,000 worth of stock ina year, buy large lots of cattle and
hogs, which they ship per car load,. During the past year the ave bought and shipped
$80,000 worth of live stock. The firm name is Bartlett & Jenkins. Mr, B. was born De-
cember 21, 1820, in Cornish, N. H. Parents moved to Vermont when he was a small boy,
and located in Orwell. Immigrated to White Hall, N. Y., when he was seven years of age;
they remained there a number of years and then went to Aurora, where he engaged in the
SALINE COUNTY.

live stock business tu 1853. He soon moved to Joliet, where he continued sto nd butch-

ering puslncss ann ny Sherif ot ul Rouny, Til. in 1860, hela ne mene ni hn
; undre: egiment

elected Ca peain in ts company, ig » Ulinois Valunteer Infantry. Was

ssion ge, and many skirmishes. esigned in 1864. Hethen moved to Winterset,

Hadisoneo.. lowa, ee ere ngage ip rhe Btocke business eight years, thence to Salina.

2 » Th, 0 Miss Rebecca Koon Q
two children, Jennte harles : , of the latter place, They have

~ We AS, proprietor Kansas Central Land Agency, established by his father, John
W. Berks, in TBO, and conducted by the latter antl ‘Getober. 1880, Shen H. W. one
took charge ofthe same. He now deals in lands, city lots and all kinds of real estate; makes
a specialty of controlling lands and farms for non-residents, and does a general loan and
insurance business, H. W. Berks first came to Salina in 1871, was educated in the Kansas
State University, at Lawrence, and in 1876, went into business with his father. He was
bormin Philadelphia, Pa., July 11, 1857, and lived in his native place until he came to Kan-
sas, His father is alsoa native of Philadelphia, Pa., where, for many years, he followed
real estate and conveyancing business,

R. WILLIAM BISHOP, Superintendent of Public Instruction for Saline County, He
first located In Lawrence, Kan.,in fall 1858. Was Pastor Presbyterian Church fintil fall
1860. He then removed to Salina, and took charge of the Presbyterian Church as Pastor,
until 1864. He then became Pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church and Principal of the
Highland University watil fall 1869, when he returned to Salina. He was County Superin-
tendent of Schools from 1872 to 1875, inclusive. He then went to Independence, Kan., and
became Pastor of the Presbyterian Church two years. Returned to Salina, where he has
since lived, Was re-elected County Superintendent in fall 1878, and by re-elections has
since held the office. He was born in Scotland, December 9, 1824, came to America with
parents in 1833, locating in Lexington, Ky. He was educated in Jacksonville, Illinois, Col-
lege, and after graduating, in 1847, with titles of A, B. and A. M.. became teacher in the
same, two years. Taughtthree years in Princeton, N. J. Was six years Professor of Han-
over College of Indiana, Was ordained to the boly ministry, in 1854, his first charge {was
1B Lawrence, Kale He ras inarricd in Hanover, a, in 1854,!0 Miss Emma kh. Hynes of

ardstown, Ky. e was the first p: esident o. e Lawrence University. He is a member of
Blue and Royal Arch Lodges, A., r & A M. of Salina, Kan. ”
_ .. H. BISHOP, Justice of the Peace and dealer in real estate. He located his land claim
in 1860, moved his family in November of same year one-half mile west of town site, Sa-
lina, where he engaged in farming until 1868. He then went into the insurance and real
estate business, which he has since followed. He was County Clerk of Saline County several
years, up to 1867; acted as Deputy Register of Deeds prev lous to the latter date. He had
charge of every record in Saline County at onetime. as a member of the State Legisla-
ture In 1863-64. Elected Justice of the Peace in 1874; by re-elections bas since held the of-
fice. Born in Scotland. He graduated from Illinois Vollege, at Jacksonville, in 1856. He
was married in 1858, to Miss Mary Lewis, a native of New Orleans, La. They had twelve
children, nine of whom are living—Ebenezer L., Marshall, Glover, deceased; Anna, de-
ceased; William, Mary A. deceased; John, David, Mary, Richard, Norman and Emma. He
is a member of the Masonic Order, I. O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias. In early times he
frequently had troubles with Kansas jayhawkers,and remembers looking down the bar-
relof many a revolver held in their hands.

M, M. BRIGGS, of the firm of Briggs & Gebhart, dealers in general line of hardwareand
farm implements; opened the trade in 1876; carry an average stock of about $22,000, in two
stores, keeping one at Lindsburg, MePherson County, and a large store at Salina. He is also.
a director in the First National Bank of Salina.” He first located at Lawrence, in 1870,
where he was a salesman for E. B. Fish & Co. until*1871. In August, 1872, moved to Sall-
na, Kan., aud engaged fur same firm in general hardware store until 1876. He was born in
Milwaukee County, Wis., June 23, 1849; lived in Wisconsin untilhecame West. Married in
1877, to Miss Clara Macy,f Ottawa, Ill. They have three children—Frank M., Walter and
Allen. Heisatmember of the Knights of Honor and City School Board.

JOHN BOCHI, gardener and. florist, first came to Salina, Kan., in October, 1878, when
he began the above business. He occupies four lots, 150x200 feet each, inthe east part of
the city, planted with ail varieties of flowers and exotic plants, trees, small fruits and
shrubbery, etc, This is a fine garden, beautifully located, and is favorably known by all
substantial citizens of Saline County. He was born in Switzerland, August 3, 1842; he fol-
Jowed the same business in his native country, coming to America in 1867, set led in Pitts-
burgh, Penn.; there he worked for Allegheny City as florist, etc., until he came to Kansas.
He was married in 1870, to Miss Barbara Stoll. a native of Switzerland.

GEORGE A, CARMONY. farmer, Section 28, P. O. Salina, was boin in Carlisle, Cumber-
lana Co., Pénn., November 18, 1814, whete he was reared and educated: soou after engaged
in milling, which he pursued fora uumber of years; he was also engaged in the same busi-
ness.at Xenia, Ohio, fur quite a while; from Ohio he moved to Cedar County, Lowa, where he
was engaged in farming and «listilling for seven years. In 1849, went1o California, and en-
gaged in mining, which he pursued at odd times for thirty years, during which he made
several furtunes, but, like many others, met with heavy losses. He was also engaged in the
live stock trade in California and bordering States for quite a while. In 1872, came to Kan-
sas, and settled in this county, and isengaged in farming, Married in Philadelphia, Penn.,

May 1, 1871, to Miss Amelia C. Sherzher, a native of Philadelphia, born in 1824. Mr. C. is

a Republican. ‘

TOSEPH J. CRIPPEN, western manager for the firm of Crippen, Lawrence & Co., deal-
ersinreal estate and loan agents. They have an eastern office at Coucord, N. H., established
in 1873. Office in Salina was openedin 1880. Since starting they have loaned over $3.000,-
000. They employ four men regularly in their western office. Joseph J. Crippen was born
in Boston, Mass., January 24, 1848; moved to New England Village, Mass., where his
parents now reside, when a sinall boy. Was educated at New London Literary and Scien-
tific Institute, New London, . First. clerked in a. store at Canaan, N. H;
then served as Army Paymaster’s clerk, clerked several years in the State Treas-
urer’s and’ Auditor’s offices at Concord, N. H., was assistant cashier of the
Kirst National Bank, Concord, N. H.. seven years. Moved to Lawrence, Kan., in
1873, and was cashier of a bank there, From there moved to Salina, where he has since
resided and had charge of the western business of Crippen, Lawrence & Co.

DR. J. W. CROWL Heys Phyaleian and surgeon, came to Kansas in January, 1865, and lo-
cated in Salina in spring of 1867, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of

medicine. He was born in New Orleans, La., March 6, 1843; educated in St. Louis, Mo. Uni-
versity; graduated in 1859. He then began the study of medicine at St. Louis Medical Col-
lege, tak’ ng two courses of lectures, but not being Fwenty one years old, was too young to
graduate. He then-went into the Thirteenth Missouri Veteran Cavalry,.as Surgeon; was
withthe regiment inall its engagements as their surgeon; mustered out November 15,
1866, by a special order to that effect, at Leavenworth, Kan. He then took a course of lec-
tures at St. Louis Medical College, graduating in the spring of 1867, at the hea | of his class.
In a short time afterward came to Salina. arried, August 15, 1871, to Miss Matilda 8.
Clarkson. of Philadelphia, Penn. They have three childreu—James Wallace, Mary Agnes
an ith, .

R. Jc W. DAILY, practicing physician and surgeon, located in Salina, Kan., Septem-
ber, 1869, and continued the practice of medicine. He was born in Bracken County, Ky.,
May 3, 1838. Graduated at minence College, Henry County, Ky.,in 1860. Began the

_study of medicine in 1861. Graduated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery,
June 24,1864. He practiced medicine for about fifteen years, and then graduated af the
Homeceopathic Hospital College at Cleveland, Ohio, March 12, 1879, and immediately re-
turned to Salina and resumed his profession. He was A. A. Surgeon in the United States
Army, and for several months Chief Surgeon of the Fifteenth United States Infantry. He
was on duty at the general hospitals at Atlanta, Chattanooga and Louisville. He had charge
of the left wing of Camp Douglas Hospital from March until June, 1865, at which time he
was honorably discharged. Was married November 30, 1865. to Miss Drusie Cauffield, of
Brookfield, Ohio. They have two children—Charles C. and Mary Belle, He is a well known
writer for the press, : :

LE TT A. DAVIS, Superintendent of Public Instruction. The father of the sub-
ject of this sketch was U. C. Davis, a native of Vermont, and his mother was Phebe Davis,
whose nativity was Ohio. L., A. was born in Portland; Ore., June 23, 1855. When oue
year old his parents moved back to Vermont, where they remained until Leverett A. had
attained his fifteenth year, and where, in the public schools of the Green Mountain State,
he received his early education. In the winter of 1870 he moved with his pareuts to Kan-
sas, where they located uponafarmin Saline County. There he attended the high school
in the city of Salina for three successive years, leaving which he took upthe profession of
teaching, which he followed until January 8, 1883, when he entered upon the duties of
County Superintendent of Public Instruction, he having been’ elected to that oftice at the
general election held November, 1882. Onthe 28rd day of Dece.uber, 1879, Leverett A.

. pave and Miss Josephine S. Marks, a native of Indiana, were joined in marriage in Saline

ounty, Kan.

qT. i. DAVIS, local agent for the Union Pacific Railroad, of Kansas Division. He first
came to Leavenworth in the spring of 1872, and went to work for the above railroad com-
pany as their agent, where he remained seven and one-half years; thence to Salina, in

uly, 1879, and took charge of the depot and business. He is also agent for the Pacific Ex-
ress Compal y. He was born in Fayette County, Ky., September 21, 1836, and educated in
is native State. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1853, where he was an office boy one and one-
half years. He was then a bill clerk for Goodrich, Willard & Co., a wholesale grocery firin,
five years. In 1861 he went to Indianola, Warren Co., Iowa, and engaged in merchandis-
ing until 1872, excepting one yea", when he made a ttip across the great American Plains on

a trading tour, after which he went to Leavenworth. He is a member of Blue Lodge,
Masonic Order, of lowa. Married in January, 1866, to Miss Esther A. Shepard, a native of
Ohio. They have two sons—CharlesC. and Howard C,

A. B. DICKINSON proprietor Salina Carriage Works, began the manufacture of car-

V. and Ch

 

 

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riages in his present location January, 1877. His factory building. is twenty-five by
seventy-two feet, alin addition he has a storeroom twenty by forty feet as a repository.
Employs a capi'al of about $1,500 on which he does an annual business of from $6,000 to
$7,000. Born in Madison County, N. Y., October 31, 1845, where he was raised and edu-
cated; soon after learned the trade of blacksmith, which he pursued until he came to Kan-
sas, and engaged in his present business. Marriedin Madison County, N. Y¥., October 20,
1879, to Miss Lucy A. Robinson, a native of New York; born in Madison County, 1848. By
this union they have one child—Thomas L. Heisatnember of A., F. & A. M.

. If, DIHLE, manufacturer of and dealer in harness, saddles, and everything generally
fonnd in a harness shop, He opened the business in 1863, having the first and oldest es-
tablished business of the kindiu the city. Employs five men. Mr. D. first came to Salina,
July 3, 1863; has followed the harness business since. He was horn in Prussia, Germany.
September 2, 1837. Came to America in 185%, locating in Detroit, Mich., and engaged in
the manufacture of harness, Served in the late war; wounded atthe battle of Fredericks-
burg, and discharged in the hospital at Philadelphia, Pa., when he came to Salina. He was
married in 1864, to Miss Jane Glueder, of Mecklenburg, Germany. They have six chil-
dren—Amanda, Ida, Amelia, George W., Josephine and Elsie. He is a member of the
Masonic order. és

HART & SUDENDORF Gealersin lumber and building material of all kinds,
They have yards at Salina, Lindsberg and McPherson. They opened the lumber business
in July, 1879, and carry a large assortment in the three places, Mr. C. Eberhart came,to
Kansas in 1865, remained two years at Leavenworth doing carpenter work. He afterwards
became asalesman inalumber yard until he came to Salina in 1867, He was born in Ger- -
many: January, 1841. Came to America in 1848; was raised afarmer. The family located
in Washington County, Wis., where he lived until he came to Kansas. He bas traveled in
many portions of the United States. He enlisted in the fall of 1861 in Company D, Twelfth
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the battles of his command. Mastered
out in December, 1864. Married in 1865 to Miss A. C. Lampert, a native of Switzerland.
They have eight children—A. Catharine, William, John, Charles, Henry, Freddie, Frank,
and Alma, Heisa member of the Masonic order of Salina, Kan. Heis a Republican in
politics.

DR. AUGUST ENGSTROM., physician and surgeon, dealer in general line of drugs,
medicines, anu druggists’ sundries. He began the practice of medicine in Salina in 1877;
opened drug business the same year. He was born in Sweden February 17, 1857; educated
in his native country; also obtained part of his pharmaceutical education there. Came to
America in 1873, locating in Boone County, Iowa; began there as a prescription clerk, also
continued the study of medicine under Prof. Herbert Ensign, then surgeon for the Chicago
& Northwestern Railway. Continued until the latter part of 1875, when he wentto Chi-
cago, Ill., and attended the Chicago Medical College until ne came to Kansas in 1877. Mar-
vied in Chicago in 1882, to Miss Christina Breaton. He is a member of the Eclectle Medical
Association of the State of Kansas. Was arepresentative to St. Louis, Mo., in 1881.

_ oT. F. GARVER, law firm of Garver & Bond, came to Topeka in February, 1871, where

he engaged in the practice of law until August, 1871, when he removed to Salina, where he

has since followed the same. He was boru in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa., Novem-

ber 4,1845. Took a preparatory course at Selin’s Grove, and a collegiate course at the

Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., graduating in 1867. Graduated in: Albany, N. Y.,’
Law School in 1869. He began the practice of law in Chambersburg, Pa. Was adinitted to

the bar in 1869, and practiced law in the latter city until 1871, then came to Kansas. He

has been a member of the City Council and Board of Education. Was married in 1870 to

Miss A. M, Diller, of Lebanon, Pa. They bave two children: Bertram S. and Robert D. He

is a memver of the Masonic order and the K. of H. 5 .

JACOB L. GEBHART, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Salina; settled on Section 1, one
and one-half miles northeast of Salina, March 27, 1870. Owns 240 acres of Jand, 160 of
which is cultivated. He has been Township Supervisor and member School Board since
1874. Born near Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, January 2, 1837; raised on a farm; lived
in his native State until he came to Kansas.. Married in 1864to Miss Julia A. Gebhart of
same county and State. They have five children: ClaraS., Maggie N , Newton B., Bessie 0.
and Emil Jackson. Mr. Gebhart has just completed a fine frame dwelling, two stories high,
at a cost of $3,000. He is a Democrat in politics. ne oe

ILANDER GREGG, farmer and stock-raiser, came to Salina, Kan., in the spring of
1877 and located on Section 26. He owns 560 acres on Sections 26, 35 and 25, 240 acres of
which is cultivated. The Saline River divides his farm. He therefore has plenty of water
and timber. He raised sixty acres of wheat in 1882 that averaged twenty-four bushels per
acre. He was born in Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio, January 29, 1819. He was the first white
child born in that sly. He was raised and educated there, and was Mayor of Sandusky in
1868-69, member of the School Board seven years, and Township Trustee a number of
years, also a Harbor Commissioner. Married in 1840 to Miss Mary E. Wells, a native of
the latter city, born in 1822. They have seven children—Ezra B., Jesse D., Walter S., Fre-
mont Benjamin, Harry H., Mary Clemantine and Helen. Mr. Gregg and wife are members
of the Episcopal Cuurch. .

F. GOODNOW, of the firm of Goodnow & Co., proprietors of Salina Steam Mills and
Elevators, 45x60 feet, five stories high, propelled by steam power, with a capacity of man-
ufacturing 300 barrels per day; alsotwo elevators with a capacity respectively of 20.000
and 30,000 bushels. They employ seventeen men, Mr. Goodnow was born in Huron
County, Ohio, September 10, 1847. He was raised and educated in his native coun y; began
life as a dry goods clerk. He moved to Salina, Kan., in 1870,and opened a lumber yard,
which business he continued until 1878. He then engaged in the above busiuess. He was
married in Huron County, Ohio, December 20, 1872, to Miss Kate B. Brown, a native of the
latter county, born January 24, 1850. They have two children—Robert W. anc Walter L.

DR. J. B_ GROGER, physician and surgeon; he first located in Salina October 1, 1866,
and immediately began the practice of medicine, which he has since continued. He was
born in Genesee County, N. Y., August 7, 1828; was raised in his native county and educated
at Wyoming Seminary and Warsaw, Wyoming County; graduating at the age of twenty-
three. He began the study of medicine in 1851, under Dr. J, A, Maltby. He entered the
Cincinnati, Ohio, College of Medicine and Surgery in 1860, practiced some during his
tuturship, and graduated in 1863. He then practiced his professron in Louisville and -En-
dianapolis, and finally located_in Chicago, Ill, and practiced one year; thence to Pithvle,
Pu, one year, thence to Cory, Pa., and practiced through the winter of 1865. He then came
to Tupeka, and remained a short time, and thence to Salina, Was married in 1864, to Miss
Lottie Siupson, a native of Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. He is a member of Scottish Rite.
Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, Thirty-second Degree. He has been Couuty Curo-
ner for the past ten years; is Examining Surgeon for United States Pension Departinent, at
Selinaand vicinity; is medical examiner for Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York,
New York Life Lusurance Company, New York, and Northwestern Life Insurance Company,
Milwaukee, Wis.; Knight Templar of Askalon Commandery, No. 6, Salina. Was Cuunty
Physician: for several years,

ISAAC HAGLER, farmer Section 31, P. O. Salina, was born in Jackson County, III.
March 10, 1844, where he was reared and educated. Was engaged in farming in his native
county until 1874, when he caine to Kansas and purchased a farin and is engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits. His farm comprises 160 acres of fine farming land conveniently located to
Salina, In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-first Ilimois Volunteer Infantry, par-
ticipated in the battles of Vicksburg, Nashville, Spanish Fort aud othes of less importance.
Was discharged in 1865. Married in Jackson County, Ill, April30, 1866, to Mrs. Lucinda
Davis, born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 10, 1842. They have a family of six:children—
Emanuel Davis, William N., Josiah, Martha A., Don and Berty. Mr. H.is identified with
the Republican party. -

NEIL HAGGART, of the firm of Haggart & Woodward. dealers in_ groceries, queens-
ware, etc., also keep a general stock of tobacco, cigars, etc. Opened trade October 1, 188U.
Carry a stock of about $2,500. Mr. H. first located on a farm three miles east of Salina in the
spring of 1871, farmed uutil 1877; he then became a clerk in the boot and shoe trade some
time. He erected a store building 60x25 feet, two stories high, at a cost of $4,000. He was
atraveling salesman for A. G. Leouard, Chicago, a boot and shoe dealer, for a year, then
became a partner in the above business. He was born in Livingston County, N. Y., October
5.1848, educated in his native State; moved with parents to Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis., in
1861, where he completed his education. Married in January, 1871, to Miss Niargua
Woodard, of Salina, They have one son—Cecil Neil.

O, P. HAMILTON, County Surveyor Saline County, came to Topeka, Kansas, in May, 1859,
where he took several government contracts, etc. He also erected 137 houses on contracis, at
a total cost of $90,000, for the Kaw Indians, at Council Grove, Kansas.. He moved to Salina
in June, 1862, where he engaged in farming, contracting, surveying, etc. He became en-
gaged in U. 8. Govt. Mining Survey in Colorado fuur years. Was also engaged three or four

ears in the frontier Indian wars, etc. He was the second County Clerk of Saline County.

Vas Probate Judge from 1868 to 1870, inclusive; elected County Surveyor fall of 1872.
From 1877 until June, 1880 was Land Surveyor K. P. KR.R.Co. Heis oue of the original pro-
jectors of Topeka, Salina and Western Railruad, and nowadirector, Was re-elected County
Surveyor in fall of 1881, getting every vote in the county but one, Now carries on a farm.
Born in Brown County, Obio, September 4, 1827; educated in southern Indiana, where he
lived until fall of 1858. Moved to Elgin, Lil, and remained until May, 1859.
HON. LEWIS HANBALK was born in the town of Winchester, Scott Co., IIL,
March 27, 1839. He was the eldest of six children born to William and Ann Hanback. His
father was a portrait painter by profession. In 1840 his parents moved from Winchester to
Quincy. where they resided until 1844, when they moved to Madison, Ind., where they
dwelt until 1848, and then moved to Switzerland County, Ind. Here the family remained
until April, 1850, when they again returned to Illinois settling ona farm near Quincy, In
1855 another change of residence took place, the family going to Camp Point, Adams
Co. Il., where, on May the 1st, 1855, William Hanback, the father of Lewis, died, his
wife surviving him by not quite twelve months, she having died in the following March,
leaving a family of six children, of whom Lewis was the eldest. Now left tothelr own pro-

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74 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

tection, the children became separated, and Lew!

q + 8 hired out to a farmer, which occupation
he followed until 1860, His early education was acquired in a rural common school, but
anenh 8 Parents died he attended the Cherry Grove Seminary, of Knox County, TL, during
ine an ors of 1858-9 and 1860, closing his term on the Ist day of June of the latter year.
eohoniaes ng his term at the Seminary he went to Morgan County, IIL, where he taught
s oa roug, the winter of 1860-61. The war coming on he enlisted, April 19, 1861, at
FC ReODY fi Ill, in the Harding Light Guards, which afterwards became Company 8 of
iM é Tenth Illinois Infantry, His term of three months expiring, he re-enlisted as a private in
gompany i of the Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry, but was mustered into the service as
ta erly Sergeant. Subsequently he was promoted to the rank of Second L-eutenant.
ny commission bearing date November 7,.1861, the day on which was fought the battle of
j elow . _He served in-his regiment under General Grant during his campaign in Ken-
Hal y, in January, 1862, and also in the advance upon Columbns, Ky., in March, 1862. Par-
us pated the siege of Island No. 10 in March and April, 1862. and was present atthe cap-
tare.o nion City, Tenn., in April, 1862, Was with Gen Pope when he joined the Army of
ul er panes at Hamburg, Landing, and took part.in the advance upon and siege of

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guarding the Memphis & Charleston HR. R., and in September marched from Decatur, Ala.,
to Nashville, Tenn,, where the divisions of Gens. Nealey and Palmer were cut off from
communication and were besieged by the Rebels until relieved by the advance of Gen,
Rosecrans, In November, 1862, he was appointed Gelade Inspector, and was assigned to
the staff of Col. G. W. Roberts, cummanding brigade, r. Hanback was_actively eugaged,
in the battle of Stone River, and was in theadvance upon Tullahoma, inJune, 863. Onthe

. [st of July, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. He was a participant
.of the battle of Chickamauga, on September 19 and 20, 1863, and tn the stege of Chatta-
nooga which followed shortly afterward. In November, 1863, he was appointed on the
staff of Gen. Sheridan, and served in that ‘position in the battle of M sslon Ridge, Nov.
25, 1863. Subsequently he was transferred to the staff of Gen. U. G, Harker, and went with
the army ordered to Knoxville to relieve Gen. Burnside. In May, 1864, was present at the
advance upon Atlanta, and served on Gen. Harker’s staff until that omcer’s death at the
batile of Kenesaw in June, 1864. In August, 1864. he was commissioned as Captain of
Company K in the Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and after the death of Gen,
~ Harker he served until the close of the war on the staff of Gen. L. P. Bradley as Assistant
Adjt. Gen of Brigade, and was mustered out at Springfield, Ill. on September 20, 1864.
After being mustered out of the service he went to New York, where he attended as a stu-
dent the law school at Albany during the winter of 1864-65, after which he returned to
‘ Illinois, where, on August 9, 1865, he was married to. Miss Hester A. Cooper, of Chapin,
.Morgan County, by whom he has had six children, three of whom are dead. The names of the
living are—Clara, born June 6, 1866; Edwin, born December 21, 1867, aud Grace, born May
, 1870. Immediately after his marriage he moved with his young wife to Topeka, Kansas,
where he opened a law office and commenced the practice of his profession. In the spring
of 1867 he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, witch position he held until the
fall of 1868, when he was elected to the office of Probate Judge of Shawnee County, which
office he held for four successive years, having been re-elected in 1870. In 1876 he
was elected Assistant Chief Clerk of the lower house in the General Assembly, and in
1877 was Assistant Secretary of the Senate. In March, 1878, he was appointed Assistant
“U.S. Attorney for Kansas, which position he held until October 1, 1879, when he was nom-
inated by the President to the office of Receiver of the U. S. Land Office at Salina, which
nomination was confirmed by the Senate. On receiving this appointment he moved with
his family from Topeka to Salina, which place now is and has been his permanent place of res-
dence. On June 29, 1882, he was nominated by the Republican State Convention as candi-
date for Congressman at large, to which office he was elected by a large majority on No-
vember 7, 1882, and will take his seat in the National House of Representatives a8 a mem-

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oer TEC TAN HARMS. dealer in and manufacturer of cigars, smokers’ articles, etc. His
factory is No. 230. ‘He keeps an average stock of about $1,500 worth, He first came 10 Sa-
lina, Kas., in 1873; worked at cigar making two years; then opened business for himself.
Employs four men in the manufacture of his goods. He was born in Germany, December
29 gas; Learned cigar making in his native country. Came to America in 1867. Lived
in 'New York City and followed his calling until he came to Kansas. He was married in
1870 to Miss Mary Landwehr, a native of Germany. His wife’s parents came to America

_ has also practiced Jaw.

when she was a yearold. They have four children—Anna, Lottie, Emma and Maggie. He
is a member K. of P., and the Salina Mzennerchor.

CHARLES HASKIT,-farmer, Section 13, P, O. Salina, was born in Clark County, Ill.
til 1859, when he caine to Kansas and settled. in this county, and is engaged In aericultural
pursuits on his farin of 320 acres. Married {n_ Edgar County, Iils.,, February 22, 1856, to
Miss Susan Rogers. She was born in Clark County, Ills, February 5. 1836. They have
three children—Thomas J.. Lucy A. and John J.

CHARLES T. HILTON, proprietor livery, sale and feed stables, opened the business in
the fall of 1875; keeps a good stock to supply all demands. He located in McPherson Coun-
ty, Kas., on a farm in the spring of 1873, and farmed a year. Thentook a contract for car-
rving the United States mail four years, and weut into his present buisness, He has been a
February 4, 1830; was reared and educated in native county. Was engaged in farming un-
meinber of the Vity Council of Salina for four years. He was born in Lincoln County Me,,
May 31, 1839. Lived in his native State until the summer of 1861, when he enlisted in Com-
pany B, Eighth Re iment Maine Volunteer Infantry, participated in all the battles of his
cominand; was non-commissioned officer. Re-enlisted in the winter of 1863 as a veteran
in the same company and regiment, and participated in all the battles of his regiment. Was

romo‘ed to Second Lieutenant, in the spring of 1865, in the One Hundred and Seventeenth

nited States Colored Infantry, was sent to Texas. Promoted August, 1865, to First Lieu-
tenant, and appointed Regimental Quartermaster, also held the positions of Post Quarter-
master, and Post Commissary at Ringgold Barracks, Texas. He was mustered out in the
fall of 1867, in New Orteans, La. He afterward farmed five years in Missouri. Was mar-
ried in Maich, 1866, to Miss Henrietta J. Glidden, of Kennebec County, Me, They have
four children—Harry Vernon, Vivian, Daisy and Henrietta, He is a member of the Masonic
order, and G. A. R., of Salina, Kas.

OLOF ‘LCOMB, photographer, established the business in Salina, June 1876, Doesa
business of $200 per month. He was born in Sweden, May 16, 1847. Came to America 1868
and settled in Galesburg, Ills., where he learned photographing; afterward kept a phoro-
graph gallery two years in Woodhull, Ills. Then went to Galesburg, Ills., where he re-
mained in business until he came to Kansas. Heisamember I. O, O. F., ete., e

LLIAM T. HOUSER, physician and surgeon, first locatedinSalina Kan,, August
7, 1880, where he continued the practice of medicine. Born near Fort Recovery, Mercer Co.,
Ohlo, January 22, 1849. Educated in native county, Began the study of medicine in 1870,
in Ohio, entering the office of J. H. Adams, M. D., where he continued two years. He then
entered the Physio Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating in thé spring of 1874,
He then began the practice of his profession in Winchester, Ind.; continued two years and
went to Huntsville, Ind, where he contiuved in practice until be came to Salina. Married in
1879, to Miss Iida B. Pierce, of Harrison, Ohio. They have one daughter, Mary Maggie.

S. P. HUGHES, farmer, Section 26, P. O, Salina, was born tn Venango County, Pa., Octo-
her 12, 1844. He was reared and educated in his native State. In February, 1864, he enlisted
in Company L, Fourth Pennsylvania Yolunteer Cavalry, passin through many: of the not-
able events of the late war, “Was wounded in February, 1865, at Hateh’s Run, Va., and was
discharged July 1, 1865, after which he returned to his native State and engaged in various
pursuits until 1867, when he came West, and settled in Ellsworth County, this State, aud re-
inained there until 1876, and then moved to this county, where he is engaged in farming
an stock-raising. He was married in Ellsworth County, this State, May 29, 1878, to Miss
Agnes Connor, born a’ Niagara, Canada, March 14,1861. By this marriage they have two
ehildren—John E, and Reuben P. Mr. H. is a member of the Republican party.

BENJAMIN JENKINS, of the firm of Bartlett & Jenkins, first came to Salina, Kan.,
January 1, 1878, and engaged in live stock and butcher business. He was born in Wales
June 7, 1846. Came to America in September, 1870, locating in Joliet, Ill., where he farmed
two years, He then followed various occupations in Joliet two years; worked in the butcher
business three years, then came to Salina, Married in February, 1882, to Miss Margaret E..
Leweh, of Marysville, Marshall Co.. Kan. They are members of the Baptist Church, D

DR. J. W. JENNEY, physician and surgeon, located in the practice of medicine in Salina
May 2, 1870, where he has since continued his profession. orn in Huron County, Ohfo,
October 26, 1844. Educated in Oberlin College, Ohio. Began the study of medicine in 1866,
entering the Cleveland Homeopathic College, where he continued sometime. Then prac-
ticed in Zanesville, Ohio, and other places several years, finally graduating from Jatter col-
lege in 1868. Then located in Somerset, Ohio, where he continued in practice until he came
to Salina, He enlisted in the one hundred day service, Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-
sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; served full time, and mustered out in September,
1864. He was married in 1874, to Miss Emma C. Tucker, of Minneapolis, Kan. _They have
three children—Warren C., Mary G. and Charles M, He is a member of I. O. O. F. and K. of
P, of Salina, and examining surgeon for Salina Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F.; also examiner for.
seansns Benevolent Life Insurance Company, aud for Ohio Valley. Protective Union, of

heeling, W. Va.

FREEMAN KINGMAN, dealer in general line hardware and agricultural implements,
opened the trade under the firm name of Kingman, Hayward & Bowen, January 12, 1880;
changed to Kingman & Co,. in February, 1882. They carry an average stock of abaut $20,-
000, not including implements. They employ four men. He first tocated in Salina tn 1869;
engaged in farming about nine years; then in the coal business until he began the hardware
triude. He was bornin Fremont, Tazewell Co., Ill., August 30, 1837. Received his education
in native State. Went to California in 1858. where he engaged in merchandising and min-
ing until the fall of 1869, when he came tu Salina, Married in 1862, to Miss Mary J. Thomp-
son, of Jackson, Mich. They have three children—Frank, Ellen B., and William Freeman.
Frank was born in California; Elen B. born in Boise Valley, Idaho, and Freeman in Saline
County, Kan. He has beena member of the County Board, a Township Trustee, and isa
mem)her of the Masonic order.

JOHN F. LAUTH, in charge of the hardware store of M. Schwartz, of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
They deal in a general line hardware and agricultural implements, paints, olls and glass.
The business was opened in the spring of 1871. They now carry a stock of $12,000 and em-
ploy five menin the business, and occupy a building 24x80, basementand two floors. r.
Lauth first came to Salina, Kas., in 1877, and clerked sometime, after which he took charge
of the above business. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,in 1853. Educated in his native city.
Then clerked for several years in a factory of railroad supplies.

b. A. LITOWICH, firm of Litowich & Wolsieffer, dealers in general merchandise, first
came to Salina, Kas., in 1871, where he engaged in the mercantile business, keeping dry
goods, olorhing, ete., under the firm name of A. sical & Co., changed to Litowich & Witt-
nan in 1373. In 1877 he went out of the business till the spring of 1878 The present firm
was formed November, 1879, He was born in Poland December 17, 1849. Was educated
in his native country and came to America in 1868 and located in New York city, where he
engaged for a short time in window glazing, then into peddling notions, ete., and finally
got a horse and wagon and carried the business on until 1871, when he came to Salina, Kas.
He was married in June, 1882, to Miss Juliette Rothschilds, of Muscatine, lowa. He ts a
member of Encampment Lodge, I. 0. O. F., of Salina, Kas.

FRANK W. MCULELLAND, law firm of Lovitt & McClelland, began the co-partner-
ship duly 5, 1881. He located in Salina, August 1, 1880 and went in company with John
Foster and continued until the present co-partnership was formed. He was born in Ply-
mouth, Ohio, October 31, 1856. Was educated in the High schvuols of Postville, lowa, and
the law department of Lowa State University, graduating in the June class of 1880. He
was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Gourt and United States District Court forthe
southern division of Iowa held at Keokuk, lowa. He began first the study and practice of
law at McGregor, Iowa, in the law office of Noble, Hatch & Freese. He isa member pf the
1, 0.0. F, of Postville, lowa,

R. H. MARKLAND, of the firm of Markland, Dodge & Moore, dealers in general mer-~
chandlse, They opened the business in the fall of 1876; carry a stock of about £30,000.
‘They occupy their own building, erected in 1876, size of which is 24x105, two floors and a
basement, Costof the building, $7,500. They employ six men in the business. R. H.
Markland came to Salina in 1876 and became a partner in the above firm. He was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, In 1844, was educated in Oregon and at St. Joseph, Mo., parents moving
to Oregon Jn 1859. He first clerked four years in the mercantile trade, then in 1868. went
into business for himself in Quitman, Mo., where he continued until he came to Kansas.
He enlisted in April, 1862, in Company C, Sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Servéd six
months, Re-enlisted in Company F, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, and participated in-all the
battles of his command. Was mustered out in St. Louls, Mo., in 1865. Mr. Markland was
married In 1872 to Miss Callie Bean, of Ohio. They have two children—Lillie and Harry,
He is a member of the Masonic order of Missouri.

REV. P. MAURER, Cushalle prtest, first came to Sedgwick, Kas., in September, -1880,
and _ took charge of St, Mark’s Church until November, 1881, when he was transferred to
the Sacred Heart Church, of Salina, Kas., where he hag since preached. He was born Jn
Alsace, France, October 15, 1844. Educated in Strasburg, Alsace, entering the theological
seminary as a student of that place in October, 1856, and graduated in the fall of 1865.
He then immigrated to America and did missionary work in Minnesota from that time
until 1880, when he came to Kansas as befor« noted. . Y

F.C. MILLER, cashier Salina Bank, The above bank was opened for business Navem-
ber'l, 1875. They do an exclusive banking business and exchange with Eastern city banks
and the principal cities of Europe. Deposits equal to $60,000. r. Miller located at Salina,
Kan,, in 1875. He was connected with local land departinent of the K. P. R. R. some time.
He then went into the Salina Bank as book-keeper, became cashier April 1, 1880. He was
born in Preble County, Ohio, February 14, 1856. Went to Lawrence, Kan., in 1872. isa
praduate of Lawrence High School. Married January 4, 1881, to Miss Margaret E. Rash, of

ennessee. . :

JOSEPH MOORE, Clerk of the District Court, Saline County. He first came to Salina
in March, 1878, being a telegraph operator for the K. P. R. R. until December, 1880. Has
served as Justice of the Peace in Spring Creek Township, and Police Judge of Brookville;
He was born in Ireland, August 8, 1852. His parents came to the
United States in 1862, and located in Clevelani, Ohio, where he received his education. He
was @ messenger boy in the ofl regions of Pennsylvaniaa year; at the same time gained &
knowledge of telegraphy. He then became operator at Petroleum Center, Penn., one year.
Thence tu Cleveland, where he operated for old Cleveland & Erie Railroad Company until
SALINE COUNTY.

the summer of 1867, when he worked f i
a h or the Philadelphia & Erle Company at rious stiv-
tions until the spring of 1863; he was then apprenticed toa brickeltyer fot three venike
during odd times operated fot Atlantic & Great Western R. R.Co. Went to Caicago, LL, in
the spring of 1872, and engaged in brick-laying for sometime. He then accepted a position
as train dispatcher at Trenton, Mo., for., R. 1 & P. R.R. Held tuat position until the
sumuner of 18787 Rebwened to Ohlo and worked at brick-laying until 1875. He then accept-
eda position as aggage master at Leavittsburg, Olio, at which place he began reading law.
He was Inarried dune 30, 1874, to Miss Olive A. King, of the latter- place. They have two
children—Bessie G. and Nettie A. He isa member of Salina Lodge No. 28, I. 0. 0. F.
ROBERT MUIR, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Salina, came to Saline County, March
18, 1861, and located on his present place, Section 1, Towuship 14, Range 3 west.
acres of very fine land with water and timber, all of which is cultivated. His wheat
averaged thirty bushels er acre in 1882; this, however, is an exception. He was born in
Scotland, December 27, 1837; raised on a farm, and came to America with an uncle in 1850,
and settled in Randolph County, Il. His parents yet livethere. He resided in that eountry
until 1861, when he came to Kansas. Mr. Muir was married in 1865 to Miss Nancy Kenni-
son, a native of Ohio. They have seven children—Andrew C., Robert Asa, Anna C., Jane
ilsou, Emma B., Nellie and Brice. He was a member of the Kansas State Milltia during
Price’s threatened raid and Indian troubles of 1864-65, serving as First Lieutenant.
" E. L. NURTON, Justice of the Peace, United States Commissioner and Notary Public,
rst came to Salina in May, 1867, where for a short time he envaged inthe manufacture of
concrete brick, then inthe hotel business forthree years. Hethen divided his tine be-
tween his farm and the above offices. Sold his farmin 1878, He was bornin Herkimer
County, N. ¥., January 28, 1820, and educated in his native State. Went to Utica, N. Y., in
1851, thence to Peoria, Ill., where he followed house painting until 1858; then went into
the hotel business in Monwouth, Il, until 1860. Kept hotel a year in Galva, Ill hen en-
listed in Company D, Seventeenth KRegient Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated
in the battle of Shiloh; was then placed on detached dury, ana discharged in 1863 on ac-
count of disability, but remained in the quartermaster’s department until December, 1864.
He then engaged in raising cotton near New Orleans a year; returned to Peoria,
lll, thence to Kansas. He was married _ in 1843 to Miss Sarah A, Payne, a native of
London, England. They have two sons and two daughters—A didison A., Charles E., Miriam
E. and Alice ©. He is a member of the Masonic order and I. O: O. F. :

. M. PALMER, manufacturer of foreign and domestic marble tombstones, etc. Opened
the business 1n 1875. carries stock of about $1,000, and employs three men in the business. He
first located at Brookville, Kan., in the fall of 1869, and engaged in the stock busines. until
he came to Salina in 1875, where he went into the flour and feed business until he began the
present business. He was born in Chenango County, N. Y.. in 1882, and was educated in his
native State, being raised inaholel. He began boating in 1869 on the Illinois and Missis-
sippi rivers, Became the proprietor of a steamboat until the war broke out, when he ten-
dered his steamboat and his services to the Government, which were accepted. He was
placed inthe Transportation Mississippi river department until the fall of 1864, when he sold
; his boat and moved to Morgan County, Ill.; here he engaged in the packing business until the
fall of 1865, then moved. to Jacksonville, Ill, and was elected Sheriff of Morgan County, in
which office he served until 1868. He represented his county 1n the lower house of the
Illinots Legislature in 1869-70. He then returned to his native place, and in a few inonths
came to Kansas. He was martied in 1855 to Miss Frances J. Davis, of Plainfield, N. Y.
They have two ehilaren—Minnie D. and Fred. LHe was County Commissioner of the First
District of Saline County four years. Has been Chairman of the County Central Committee
ten years. He has been delegate in every Democratic County and State Convention for the
past ten years, He was one of the two delegat s from Kansas who jumped their instrac-
tions and voted for Samuel J. Tilden in the National Democratic Convention. Was a candi-
date for Secretary of State on the Democratic ticket in 1876. He is a member of the Masonic
order, from night Templars down; heis past eminent, commander. etc. Heis a member
of Salina Lodge, No, 28.1. O. O. F., Askelon Commandery. No. 6, K. T., Salina Chapter, No.
18, R. A. M. Salina Lodge No. 60, A., F.& A.M. Heis interested inthe Ruby & Treasury
Company in mountain mining, Gunnison County, Col.; also a stock-holder and director of
Elk Mountain, San Juan, Mining Company. ~

WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS, is of Scottish birth, but immigrated with his father whena boy
to Randolph County, Ili. On reaching man’s estate he practiced law and edited a news-

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paper in Chester, Ill., and at the same time contributed to many newspapers and
magazines, He wrote several books, among them "Scenes and Characters of Back-
woods Life,” “Paul Persimmon,” and: the “Conquest of Kansas.” In the spring of
1855, he became a member of the New York Tribune staff, for which paper he had contrib-

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utel for several years. In that year he went to Kansas as their Kansas correspondentand
for several years after, and has often written editorials and other articles for it and other
papers since, In 1857, he conceived the idea of fuunding a colony, and uade a jour: te of
mauy hundred miles, early in the spring of that year with a Mr. smith, for a companion,
He examined the valleys of the Smokey Hill, Solomon, Kepublicau aud Blue rivers, and
from these observations deterinined on the location uear where Salina now stands. In
February, 1858, he made the location of the town site anu it was surveyed aud building at
once commenced. His first two companions in fixing the Tow site were A. M. Campbell
and James Muir. These were reinforced by many other colonists. The original town
company as first organized was composed of Messrs, William A. Phillips, A. M. Campbell
James Muir, A. C. Spiluian, Robert Crawford and David L. Phillips, to these were added
Rev, Win. Bishop, Ransom Calkins and Dr, Lull. The title of the town site wis obtained
in 1863. Col. Phillips, inaddition to being the general business agent for the company,
met the greater portion of the expense incident to ils early history. In 1858 he hada large
double log house built fora hotel. 1¢ stoud on the suutiiwest corner of Iron avenue and
Fifth street. He also placed the first store or stock of guods in town, yh: re was no store
nearer than Junction City at that time. 111859 he purchased and hauled 1o Salina a grist
and upright and cireular saw mill, In that year he built a frame hotel building on the
northwest corner of Santa Fe and lron avenues, hauling the pine lumber, doors, window
sash, ete., trom Kansas Uily and Leavenworth. He at diferent times las erected miny
other buildings in town, and has constantly, by money iufluenceand Jabor striven to build
up the town he had founded, When the war broke out he at onee enlisted, raised the Third
Kansas :uid tendered it to President Lincoln and it was ace pted On ils consolidation he-
was appointed by President Lincoln, Major of the First Indian Regiment which he aceept-
ed as the command was marching immediately to the front, In July 1862, he was pro- -
moted tu Colonel of the Third Indian, a Cherokee Regiment. (A month Jater he bad com-
mand of the [Indian Brigade. Thatcommand was conposed of civilized lidiaus, who were
uniformed and drill: d like white troops. It contained two regiments of Cherokees, one of
Creeks, with battalions aud companies of Seminoles, Uches, Natches, Shawnees, Delawares
and Osages. At the close of 1862, Colonel Phillips under instructions from Washington,
reorganized the Indian command on amore thorough and intelligent plan. January 5,
863, he received from General Schofield. command of a division in the field, including the
Indian troops, parts of the Sixth ani Ninth Kansas, Hopkins’ Battery, the First Arkansas
Battery, the First Arkansas Cavalry, and First and ‘Second Arkansas Infantry, the Tenth
Illinois'and Third Wisconsin and other commands. In the same year he received com-
mand of two Districts, the western half of Arkansas_and the Indian Territory. He con-
tinued in command of a separate army in the field until the war closed, and took part in
nearly all the engagements that were fought in that country; the command fighting its way
down through sonth and west Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory, until ordered
to hold the line of that river. He made several expeditions trom that point south, aud was
enerally successful as a Commanier. He received three slight wounds, nove of which
‘orced him to leave the field, and had four horses kiled under him inbatule. Atthe close of
the war. he returned to build up Salina, which at that, time looked somewhat dilapidated,
The building of the Pacific Railway was secured and from thatiime Salina grew steadily.
Col. Phillips has heid several public positions of distinction. He took partinall the early
conventions In the State, was a member of the Legisiature, spokesman of the Kansas Dele-~°
gation in Chicago, in 1860, was elected to the Forty-third Congress, having received the
nomination of the Republican party by acclamation; was re-elected to the Forty-fourth
and Forty-fifth Congresses, serving with distinction.. The most nutable publie measures
supported by him were amendments to the land laws, timber culture, postal savings banks
and postal telegraph, the retention of legal tender and restoration of silver cuinage.
DAVID L. PHILLIPS, farmer and gardener, located on Section 12, in the east part of
the village of Salina, in October, 1858, He now has forty acres of fine land, thirty of
which he cultivates, He has ten acres of good timber, and afine orchard with all varieties
of fruits. He assisted. to organize the town in 1859, aud was a member of the town com-
pany. Their nearest postoffice was Topeka, They got their mail about once in three
months the first year, They afterward fgot it aveekly by the Pike’s Peak express
stages. The nearest grist mill was Couticil Grove, sixty-five miles away. Buffalo, deer,
and all kinds of wild animals roamed over the country near to them, almost unmolested,
The early pioneers had many buffalo hunts, and skirmishes with native tribes of Indians.
He was born in Scotland, August 29, 1837, and came with his parents to America, in 1839.
settling in Randolph County, ll. He was raised on a farm and lived in Ulinois for twenty
years. Married in 1866, to Wiss Carrie E. Conant, of the latter county, Il. They have!tive
children—Olive, Maggie, David L., deceased, Bessie, Clyde and Robert. He was a member
of the State Militia during Price's threatened raid, He is au elder in the Presbyterian
cChuren. .
. M. POSTLEWAIT, of the firm of Jeffres & Postlewait, of Pacific House, a first-class
hotel of Salina. Kas, Have accommodations for fifty guests; free bus from alltrains, The
hotel was erected in the fall of 1570, two stories high and 130x80 feet. Opened to the pub-
llc in February, 1-71. They employ twelve domestics of all kinds. Mr. Postlewait was
born in Mifflin county, Pa., in 1839, and was educated in his native State. where he lived
until 1870, when hé came to Salina, Kas. He was married to Mrs. Jeffres in 1880. He
enlisted, in 1861, in Logan Guards, of Lewiston, Pa., ani participated in all the battles of
his command, in the three months’ service. Re-enlisted in the Fortyeninth, Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteer Band, and served until the general order for all bands, in 1863.
M. Ss. PRICE, farmer aud stock raiser, P. O. Salina, first came to Saline County, Kas.,
May 1. 1866, and located on Sections 19 and 30, Cambria ‘Township. He owns 16U
acres, 120 of which are under cultivation. Has a fine location, He hax served as Justice of
the Peace three terms. He is an active temperance worker and president of the sabhath
schools of the State of Kansas, He has followed the business of auctioneer for the past six-
teen years. He was born in Livingston County, N. Y., February 16. 1832, and w as raised
as amiller and engineer, and followed the same formany years, Moved to Ogle County,
IIL, in 1853, where he operated a steam saw mill and flonring mill, three years, then
farmed until he came to Kansas. He enlisted in the spring of 1864, in Company F, Thirty-
fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, participated in all the battles of jiscommand,
and was discharged in the hospital of Chicago, Iil.. November 1864, on account of paralysis
contracted in service. He was married in 1853. to Miss Ellen A. Palmer, of Ogle County,
Il. They have six chiluren—Albert, Augustine H., Heury R., Willie L, Mat and Minnie
elle. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. P. is also a member of
Salina Lodge No. 28, I. 0. 0. F., and Kansas Valley Detective Horse Association,
CHARLES S. RADCLIFF, Sheriff Saline County, also a member of the firm of Radcliff
eneral line hardware, stoves and tinware. Elected Sheriff in the fall of
81.’ He first located in Salina in January 1870, when he engaged in the hardware busi-
ness, which he nas siuce continued. He has aiso been connected with tne furniture and
packing business. Wasa member of the City Council in 1875, ana Mayor of Salinain 1876-
77-78. He was born in Hagerstown, Washington Co., Ma., December 17, 1845. Educated
in his native State, which he left in 1860, going to Springfield, iL, and finished his educa-
tion, where he also learned the tinner’s trade, remaining there until he came to Kansas,
Was married in 1871, to Miss Irene S. Putuam, a native Of Illinois. They have three child-
ren—Clarence P., Nellie and Robert William. He is a member of the Masonic order and

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HOWARD CG. RASG, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade May 1. 1873. The
firm is J. ©. Rash & Son, | They occupy two floors aud basement in a building 28x100 feet,
which they erected in 1879, at'a cost of $6.000. They carry an. average stock of about $18,-
000, and employ seven persons in their store. Howard C. and his father, J... Rash,
located in Salina in 1870. He was born in Salina, Jackson Co. Tenn., November 3, 1855.
His parents moved to Dallas County, Mo., in 1857, but were obliged to leave there during
the exciting times of the late rebellion, on account of Union sentiments, when they move
to Duquoin, Ill, where he was educated, After moving toSalina, Kas., he attended the
agricultural college at Manhattan a year. He was marriéd in 1875, to Miss Ella Under-
wood, a daughter of C, R. Underwood, of Salina. They have three children—Leon C.,
Claude R.. and Roma W._ He is identified with all temperance organizations in Salina,

E. D. RITTGERS, miller, firm C, R. Underwood & Co., proprietors of the Western Star
Mills and the Smoky Hill Mills. Mr, Rittgers came to Morris County, Kansas, i 1858, where
he engaged in farming for four years, then followed teaming from Leavenworta west for
two years, then carried on the saw mill business for two years in Morris County. In 1808

 

“he moved to Salina, erected a saw mill and ran the same for four years, then with C.

Underwood erected a steam grist mill, three stories; capacity, 100 barrels per day. He ran
this for three years, then in company with C. R. Underwood & Co., erected the Western Star
mills; three stories high; capacity 200 barrels, which he has run ever since. In 1874C. R.
Underwood & Co. bought the Smoky Hill Mills, three stories high; capacity 100 barrels. E.
D. Rittgers was born in Hocking County, Ohio, August 22, 1836. Moved to Polk County,
Iowa, in 1853, where he obtained a common school education, and_farmed till he came to
Kansas. He was married in Salina, Kansas, in 1880, to Miss Jennie Myers, a native of
Iowa. He isa member of I. 0.0. F.

DR. FRANK M. SCHNEE, dentist; follows the profession in all its branches. He first
located in Salina, Kansas, in February, 1879, and opened a dental office, since which time
he has followed the profession, being stationary at alina. He was born in Huntingdon
County, Pa., January 1, 1855; was educated in his native State and began the study of den-
tistry in 1874; practiced since 1875. He attended the Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur-
gery 1n 1875 and 1876, and began the practice of his profession at MeAlvy’s Fork in 1876,
where he continagi not he came to Kansas and opened a dental office here. He is amem~-
ber of the I. O. O. F. of Pennsylvania. ‘

OSCAR SEITZ, dealer in Feneral drugs, medicines, paints, ofls, window glass, varnishes
and druggists’ sundries, Opened the trade in the fall of 1866; now is the oldest druggist firm
in Western Kansas. He located in Leavenworth, Kansas.as clerk in the drug business, in 1864.
where he remained until he came to Salina. He was born in Germany, October 17, 1838.
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America in July, 1857; remained in New York city until the following fall when he went to
Mineral Point, Wis., where he remained until July, 1858, as a clerk in the drug business,
He then went to St. Louis, Mo., in the drug business until the first call for troops in 1861,
when he enlisted in Capt. James Buell’s Light Artillery. He was made Hospital Steward in
Paducah, Ky. A few months afterwards he went to Culumbus, Ohio, where he was engaged
inthe drug business until 1864. He was married in 1869 to Miss Johanna S. Wulp.a native
of Hesse Cassel, Germany. They have five children: Charles, Theodore, Cornelia, Henry
and Jenny. He is « member of the Masonic Lodge, also of theI. O. O. F.

ROBERT §, SEK, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Salina, was _bornin Wayne County, N. Y.,
September 28, 1840. When five years of age was taken by his parents to Shiawassee County,
Mich., where he was reared and educated. Soon after moved to Canton, Fulton Co., IL,
where he worked in the machine shops for some time. In 1861 he enlisted in Company L,
Seventh Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and was discharged in June, 1862, on account of disa-
bility; re-enlisted in the spring of 1864 and participated in the battles of Spanish Fort, Fort
Blakeley. and others of less importance, aud was discharged July 13, 1865. He returued to
Fulton County, Illinois, where he remained for one month then caine to Kansas and settled
in this county and 1s engaged in farming. Married in Macomb, McDonough Co. Ill, No-
vember 14, 1865, to Miss Sarah A. Beneil, a native of Fulton County, Ill; born February 3,

46. By this marriage they have six children: Charles A., Carrie E., Cora A., Lillia A.,
Sarah E. and Gracey G._ Mr. See is a Republican.
_. COL, JOHN G. SPIVEY, attorney-at-law, came to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1856, engaged
in a hunting and prospecting tour, remained until 1858, when he went to Columbia, Mu., re-
mained there and in Kansas until 1859. He married in Cobumbia, Mo., 1859, Miss Lucy
F. Wilkinson, of Bardstown, Ky. His wife died in March, 1860. He then located in Oska-
Joosa, Kan., where January 1, 1861, he was married to Miss Marietta L. Havens, a sister of
P. E. and A. B. Havens, of Leavenworth, Kau. He remained in Oskaloosa until June,
1861, hethen went into the Southern States and became Captain of Company F, First Ar-
Kansas Regiment, soon afterward was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of same regiment.
He participated in twenty-eight different battles of the war. In the batue of Corinth, Miss.,
he left 176 men dead on the field out of 333 on the start, He was publicly thanked by Gen.
Earl Van Dorn for gallant and meritorious conduct while under fire. He was actively en-
gaged in the army until July 3, 1865, when he surrended at Shreveport, La. He then went
to Leavenworth, Kan., remained ‘a short time, then to Nebraska Clty where he engaged in
the practice of law withS. H. Calhoun, now on the Supreme Bench; after a number of
months he went with B. J. Franklin, of Kansas City, to Rocheport, Mo., and practiced law
some time, then in company with the latter party went to Umaha, Neb,, where they prac-
ticed law until January, 1869, returned to Leavenworth, Kan., and practiced a year, and in
spring 1870 came to Salina, He was elected County Atcorney in the fall of 1878, by a larger
majority than any man in the county; serveda term. He was Probate Judge and Prosecut-
ing Attorney of Jefferson County, Mo., some time prior to the Rebellion. He was bornin
Craven County, N.C., November 4, 1833, educated in all the principal schools of his native
State. Began the study of law atthe age of eighteen, admitted to bar in Leavenworth, Kan.,
at the age of twenty-one, qhey have three children—Nettie, Dotty and John Paul. He isa
member of the Masonic Order I. 0, O. F. and Temperance Society.

GEORGE F. SUPPLE, dealer in a general line of agricultural implements, making a
specialty of the McCormick harvesting machinery of all kinds. He opened the business in
the spring 1879, and generally employs about four men in the trade. His sales equal about
$10,000 per annum of farm machinery and $4,000 worth McCormick machinery, His sales
of wagons, buggies and sewing machines equal about $2,000. Hesettled in Lawrence in
spring 1873, where he engaged as traveling salesman for McCormick Company Six years,
thence to Salina. Born in St, Augustine, Fulton Co., Ill, December 8, 1844, educated in his
native State. Married in 1875, to Miss Alfredda Place, of Lawrence, Kan. They have two
enildren, Robert E.and Arthur L. Heisa member of Salina Lodge No. 28, I. O. 0. F.

. B, STIMMEL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Salina, came to Saline County in April,
1869, settled on his place in August of same year, Section 36, Township 14, Range 3 west.
Has 175 acres with 165 cultivated. Held office Town Clerk since 1878. He was born in
‘Harrisburg, Pa. September 18, 1824, raised on a farm, lived in mative county until he
came to Kansas. Enlisted August, 1863, in Company H, Two Hundred and First Regiment
‘Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, promoted First Lieutenant and Regimental Quarterinas-
ter, mustered out in July, 1865. Returned to native county and worked as brakeman, train
despatcher and conductor nineteen years and nine months for P.C. R. R. Married in 1850,to
‘Miss Matilda Garverich, of Dauphin County, Pa. They haye five sons and one daughter—
George R., Philip P., EdwinS., Harry G., Kate E.and Benjamin B. Jr. He is a member of
the Masonic Order, 1. O. O. F. of Pennsylvania, and Lutheran Church of Salina. —~
‘SWEET & HASKELL, retail dealers in all kinds fresh and salt meats, also dealers and
shippers of live stock. They located in business in Salina, Kan., June 29, 1882, coming
from Bangor, Me. They are doing a fine trade. Mr, Haskell was born in Bangor, Me., 1845;
he followed the live stock business for many years in his native State. He enlisted in 1861
in Company F, Twelth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and served in all battles of his
command two years, when he re-enlisted in the field right after the battle of Port Hudson,
_was made Orderly Sergeant, was mustered out in.New York City 1865, was wounded Sep-
tember. 19 1864, in the battle Winchester, did: not participate in other battles afterwards.
He is a member of the Masonic Order. I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. of his native State. He bein
Benign vice: commander of his post. He was married in 1866,to Miss Olive L. Page o

angor, Me. i :

M. D. TEAGUE, cashier of First National Bank, came to Kansas in January, 1881, and
accepted the above position. The above bank was opened July 1, 1881. ‘The deposits equal
$80,000. They doa general banking business. Their uniform interest is 1 per cent per
month, They exchange with Merchants National Bank of Kansas City; United States
National Bank, New York City. Mr. Teague was born in Aroostook County, Me., April 25,
1848; educated in common schools of his native place, and Holton Academy, Me. Was
raised on a farm; he followed merchandising eight years, and was Deputy Collector of Cus-
toms at Fort Fairfield, Me., about two years, then resigned the office and came to Kansas.
He was married in 1870, to Miss Clara W. Collins, of Caribou, Me. They have three children
Gao Charles C., Madge N. He is a member of the Masonic order, and Kansas Beneyo-
lent Society. Zz

LUTHER M. TUTTLE, City Marshal, Salina, also Constable and Under Sheriff of Saline
County, and Deputy United States Marshal. He first located in Salina, in June, 1870.
He engaged in painting a year; followed the butcher business a year; he was then ap-
pointe City Marshal in 13874, by elections and appointments, has since held

_ the above offices; has been Constable since 1874, now serving the third
term as Under Sheriff. He was born in Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass, July 14,
1828; lived in native State until twelve years old. His parents moved to Lorain
County, Ohio, where he lived until he cameto Kansas. He was educated in his native State.
Enlisted in Company’ B, Second Ohio Cavalry, in AU UaL 1861; participated in all the bat-
tles of his command. e received promotions to all the offices under and including First
Lieutenant. Was wounded in battle at Harperstown; confined in Finley Hospital three
months, and mustered out as First Lieutenant, Camp Chase, Ohio, in October, 1865. Mr.
Tuttle was married in 1851, to Miss Almira Horton, a native of Vermont. They have seven
ebildren—Lucelia, Heury—now married—Edwin R., Myra—now married to Mr. Robert
oO’Conner—Moegeie L., Rhoda and Ethel. He {isa member of 1.0.0. F., and K. of P.

. R. UND£RWOOD, firm C. R. Underwood & Co., proprietors Western Star Mills, which
were erected in the season of 1873, size 56x60 feet, three stories high and basement with
eight feet head. There are two sets of rollersand sevenrun of buhrs, all latest improved
machinery; capacity 150 barrels per day, costing over $50,000. They also own a grain
elevator 86x32 feet, with a capacity of 35,000 bushels. The game firm own the Smoky Hill
Mills, one and a half miles southeast of Salina, where they also own extensive stock yards
and keep constantly from 600 to 700 head of hogs, and all facilities for feeding and shipping
thesame, They raise, fatten and sell from eight to twelve car loads of hogs peryear. He
first located in Salina, Kan., in 1868, and engaged in the stock business until 1870, when he
became interested in milling as before noted. He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio;
parents moved to Clinton County, Ohlo, in 1856, where he received a common schoo! edu-

_ cation, He engaged in surveying and engineering in Ohio; moved to ‘Shelby County, Ill,
in 1859, where, until1869. he was engaged in_contracting and puting. Ho erected the
large court house in Jacksonville, Il], From Illinois he came to Salina, Kan.

. R. WAGSTAFF, came to Kansas in 1864 as a soldier, being a member of Company H,
Second Regiment Colorado Cavalry. Mustered out 19th of June, 1865, Fort Riley.” He
was Sergeant of his company; he enlisted in the western slope of Colorado, in 1862; he

articipated in all the battles of his regiment, and was one of sixty men who charged into a

ebel camp in Missouri, and cleaned out over 700 Rebs; after his discharge from the army,
he took up a homestead on Saline River, where he farmed ashort time; was appointed Sheriff
of Saline County, in 1866,officiated in that capacity until January 7, 1871; he also speculated
in real estate, read law, etc., and in latter year was admitted to the bar of practice, In April,
1871, was appointed Receiver in the United States Land Office; held the same until October
1, 1879. He has since practiced law before land office in Salina. He also has considerable
interest in mining in Colorado. He is known asa prominent Republican politician of Sa-
line County. Born in Cambridge, Ohio, November 2, 1842; educated in Council Bluffs, lowa;
married January 1, 1867, to Miss Sarah Morrison, of Salina, Kan. They have two sons an
two daughters—John William, Mary, Charles and'Ruth. Heis past commander of Askelon
Commandery: No. 64 P st master Salina Lodge, No. 60, A., KF. & A. M.; a member of Salina

odge, No. 28, I. 0. O. F.

JONATHAN WEAVER, Probate Judge, Saline County, first settled in the eastern part
of Douglas County, Kan., April, 1857, and engaged in breaking up the prairie and teaming
during the summer of 1857. He then returned to Ohio and lived until 1860, where he was
engaged in farming and teaching school. He then returned to Douglas County and pur-
chased a farm of 240 acres, which he carried on until the autumn of 1860. Returned to
Ohio and remained until 1865, working as before, and then came to Kansas with a herd of
sheep, which he had purchased in eastern Ohio. He continued farming and stock raising

until 1870, when he sold out and moved to Lawrence and became a teacher in the city
schools until January, 1871, when he removéd to Saline County, settling twelve miles
southeast of Salina, following farming anc _ stock raising, etc. He was elected to the State
Legislature in the fall of 1873, and served the ensuing term. Farmed, étc., until the fall of
1878, then removed to Salina, Was elected Probate Judge in the fall of 1878, and is now
serving his third terin, He was born in Washington County, Pa., February 27,1836. Was
educated in Columbiana County, Ohio, being a student in the Mount Union Sentinary> Mr,
Weaver was married in 1865,to Miss Elizabeth J. Gaver of Columbiana County, Ohio:
They have five children, Norman H., Homer J., Maggie B., Mary I. and Ralph F, Heisa
member of Salina Lodge, No. 28,1.0.0.F. i ; .
A. H. WHITE, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Salina. born in Alleghany County, Md., January
16, 1827. When quite a boy moved with his parents to Preston County, W. Va., where he
was reared and educated. ' Farming has always been his occupation. In 1849, moved to
Peoria County, Il., where he remained for one year, then to Marshall County, f1l., where
he was engaged in farming for twenty-two years, In 1879, came 'o Kansas, and settled in
this county. His estate consists of 320 acres of fine farming land. He has been twice married,
first in Preston County, W. Va, May 25, 1849, to Miss Grace Mason. Boin in West Vir-
inia, August 22, 1813. Died in Marshall County, Ill, October 5, 1872. By this marriage
hey had one child, John H. On September 10, 1874, in Marion County, .Va., Miss An-
nie L. Thayer became his wife,a na ive of West Virginia, and was born Mareh J, 1841.
They have a family of three children, Bird B., Buelah B. and Benjamin F. Mr. W. is iden-
tified with the Republican party,
L, O. WIGHT, proprietor real estate and loan office, also insurance agent, also keepsa

. complete abstract of all real estate in Saline County. Opened real estate business in 1867,

insurance 1869, loan 1875, and abstract office 1879, which he keeps posted to date. He first
located in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1865, was ona government surveying tour in Nebraska,
having a contract from the Government for surveying, which he followed until fall, 1866.
Then went to Lawrence, where he was arailroau engineer six months, came to Salina in
spring 186%. Hewas born in Friendship, Allegany Co., N.° Y., May 2, 1845.. Educated at
Alfred University, worked his own way through college, completing academic, mathemati-
cal and partly languages. He has been County Surveyor of Saline County, ten years. He
lias also officiated as Township Trustee and City Councilman. Mr. Wight was married in
fall 1869, to Miss D, Ik. Hall of Livingston County, N. Y. They haveone son, Arthur, He
is a member of Salina Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F. 7

J.O. WILSON, attorney and councellor at law, collecting agent, etc. First cameto
Kansas, in 1874, taughe school five years, then loeated in Salina, where he began the prac-
tice of law. He was born in Elmore, Ottawa Co., Ohio, March 4, 1856. Educated in Ann
Arbor, Mich., graduating from the law Hepariment of that University 1882. He was for
some time a student at St. Louis College of Michigan. previous to attending Anon Arbor
University, He began the study of law 1876, was admitted to the bar 1n June, 1880, in Dis-
trict Court of Saline County. = a

ALBERT A. WISE, manufacturer and dealer1in cigars, tobacco and smokers’ articles,
began the business in the spring of 1880. He caries a stock of about $14,000. Doesa large
jobbing trade, and employs eight men in his factory, No. 338. Born in Austria, March 29,
1844; came to America in 1859, locating in Harrisonburg, Va.. where he engaged in thecigar
and confectionery business, until he came to Salina, Kan. Married May 2, 1869, to Miss
Minnie Loewners, of New Hope, Va., a native of Austria. They Lave four children—Lenora
A., Rudolph L., Mauriceand Edwin. Heisa member of Masonic Order of Salina, also a
member B’nai b’rith Hebrew Society, and Cacher Schall Bassel.

EDWARD WITTMANN, Recorder of Deeds for Saline County, first cametoSalinain July,
1870, and engaged in the restaurant business and merchandising until 1878. Elected Re-
eovraer in the fall of 1879; re-elected fall of 1881. He was born in Germany, June 29, 1837.
Came to America 1863. with a brother; settled in Mayville, Dodge Co., Wis. Enlisted in October.
1864, in Company K, Thirty-fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Participated in
many skirmishes. Mustered outin New Orleaus, La,, fall of 1865. Returned to Mayville,
Wis., and engaged in the insurance business until he came to Kansas. r. W. was marriec
in October, 1866, to Miss Sophia Klemfeldt, a native of Germany, but came with parents to
America at the age of two years. They have four children—Edmund, Charles, Ella and
Clarence. He is a member vfSalina Lodge, No. 28, I. 0. O. F., also Zion Lodge, No. 5, K. of
P., Endowment Section No. 577 K, of P. e is also a member of State Grand Lodge, I. 0.0.
F. He was a member City Council 1874-75; City Treasurer, 1876-77. ‘

JOSEPH H.WOLSIEFFER, of the firm of Litowich & Wolsieffer, dealers in general mer-
chandise, dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, groceries, etc. They opened the trade in
November, 1879. Mr. H. A. Litowich began the businessin 1871. They keep an average
stock of $23,000, and employ seven persons in the trade. They occupy the first and second
floors aud basemment of the building, 30x100. Their building was erected at a cost o
$6,500. Mr. Wolsietfer was born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., September 26, 1856, where he lived
until 1877. te was educated at St. Vincent’s College, Westmoreland Co., Pa., and gained a
thorough knowledge of business. He was married in 1§880,to Miss Adaline Schwartz, of
Pittsburgh, Pa. They have one daughter.

BROOKVILLE.

The above caption is the name of a thriving, prosperous town containing
about 600 inhabitants, and which is the last station west in Saline County on
the Kansas Pacific Railway. The town was laid out and surveyed by the Kan
sas Pacific Railway Company in April, 1870. Itis located in the south part of
Section 3, Township 15 south, Range 5, west of the sixth principal meridian.
In June, 1870, the limits were enlarged by adding a small addition, and in
September following quite an extensive addition was added. It was made the
western terminus of the second division of the road, and among the first build-
ings erected was the round house and shops of the company. The land on
which the town is located being the property of the railway company all the
assistance the company could render in building up the place was given. With
this assistance, and supported by a good surrounding country, the town had for
a time a pretty rapid growth. It is a smart, neat looking little town, but aside
from its growth there are not very many striking incidents associated with its
history. “The fact of its being the end of a division of the road attracted a good
many people to the place, but to John Crittenden is due the credit of being the
first Jona fide settler in town, During the first year of its existence the town
had grown so rapidly that in the second year it became a city of the third class
by operation of law. The records of the place do not show who had the honor
of being the first Mayor, but all agree in saying that it was William Brownhill.
Aside from the necessary buildings erected-by the railroad company the first
house in town was put up by M. P. Wyman, and the first store in the place was
opened by George Snyder. Nothing of avery startling nature occurred to excite
or agitate the people until December, 1874, when on the third day of that month
a tragedy took place that horrified the entire community. At that time one
Barney Bohan kept a saloon in the town, and on the day mentioned two bro-
thers, Williamand Thomas Anderson, who were engaged in business in the place,
were in Bohan’s saloon, but what passed between them to lead to the tragedy
will never be known. Whatever it was, however, or what was the nature of
the provocation that Bohan had, if any, certain it is that he shot and killed the
two Anderson brothers in his saloon. Excitement over the double murder ran
very high and loud threats were made of lynching, which would have been put
into effect but that Bohan was hurried off to Salina, where he was lodged in
jail. The placing him in jail did not prevent an effort from being made to
lynch him, and one night a large party came to the jail with ropes already pre-
pared to carry out the mandates of Judge Lynch, but the Sheriff having been
informed of what was going to take place took the necessary steps to prevent
the prisoner from being lynched, which he succeeded in doing. Bohan was
tried at the following term of court for the murder of William Anderson and
convicted, but an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, where, the case was
reversed. He was next placed upon trial for the murder of Thomas Anderson,
found guilty and convicted, He was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, but

 

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atter-being there about four years he went insane and is now in tne State Insane
Asylum, Brookville is a live, prosperous town, whose people are enterprising
and energetic. The business of the place is represented by four general mer-
chandise stores, one furniture store, one hardware store, one jeweler, one milli-
nery, one wagon shop, one boot and shoe store, one drug store, one flour, feed
and produce, one cigar and tobacco store, one elevator, one restaurant, one
flouring mill, two hotels, one livery and feed stable, and two lumber yards;
while the Zvanscript looks after theainterest of all and the community in gene-
ral. The Methodists have a very neat church building in town, and the Con-
gregationalists quite a strong organization but no edifice. For a small town
Brookville has a schoolhouse far superior to many in larger cities. It isa
handsome brown stone building, neatly finished, elegant furnished with seats,
desks, etc., and well ventilated. The town gives evidence of life, energy, and
progress; and, though modest in its claims, does a much greater business than
many places much more pretentious.

Knights of Pythias, Cydon Lodge, No.5, Officers: Wm. Hogben, P. C.;
E. R. Switzer, C. C.; A. G. Meyers, V.C.; Ed. Wittman, P.; Gust Behr, M. of
F.; Adam Scheidel, M. of E.; C. C. Fleck, M. of A.; John Foster, I. G., and
Gust Schultz, O. G. , 2

Brookville Lodge, No. 209, A., F. & A. M.—R. B. Ingraham, M. W,; J. B.
Paul, S. W,; R. R. Titus, J. W.; Ed. Blanchard, S. D.; M.S. Amos, Sec.; W.
H, Gentry, Treas.

Brookville Transcript——This paper is established and published at Brook-
ville, a thriving town, located on the Kansas Pacific Railway, in the west part
of the county. The paper was started in November, 1879, by Albin & Tupper,
under whose joint management it was conducted for a short time, when Aldin
retired, leaving Tupper as sole editor. In 1880 Tupper was succeeded by F.
E. Jerome, who issued but three or four numbers of the paper, when Iams &
Simons took possession. -In 1881 Simons withdrew from the management, and
Iams continued in charge unti) the latter end of the year, when the possessor-
ship was transferred to W. L. Evans, where it still remains, with F, J. Ulsh as
sole editor and publisher. It is a four page, seven-column, weekly, republican
in politics, and has a circulation of about 600,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN M. CARY, merchant, Brookville, born in Wayne County, N.Y,, August 20, 1830, and
was raised and educated in Saratoga County,N.¥. In 1849 immigrated to Weston,Mo., where
he engaged in the drug business for some time, and in 1850 moved to Santa Fe, New Mex-
ico, and remained there a short time. He then weut to Califurnia, where he engaged in min-
ing until 1852 with satisfactory results. He then returned to his native State anu engaged in
civil engineering tor one and a half years, when he located at Troy, N. Y., enga; in the
wholesale hard ware trade for twenty-five years. In 1877 moved to Los Angeles Caland kept
ahotel for two years. Hethen came to Kansas and first located at Ellsworth, engaged in
merchandising. In 1882 settled in Brookville and engaged in the present business. Mar-
ried in Wayne County, N. Y., February 19, 1852, Miss Julia A. Lreland, a native of New En-
gland, born in 1826. They have twochildren—Louis C., and Delia EB.

W. H. GURIRY, proprietor of Brookville Livery and Sale Stables, born in-Clark Coun-
ty, Ky., January 27, 1826, where he was reared and educated. In 1841 moved to Johnson
County, Ark., where he engaged in planting for four years. He was a soldier in the Mexican
war and participated in the battle of Buena Vista, and others of lessimportance. He then
returned to Arkansas where he remained for one year, when he moved to California and
engaged in stock-raising and mining for two years. He next located in Goliad County,
Texas, where he lived for twenty-one years, engaged in stock-raising. In 1872 came to
Kansas and settled in Brookville, where he is engaged in the livery and stock trade. Mar-
ried in Goliad County, Texas, November 15, 1860, Miss Nannie A. Stribling. She was born
in Alabama, June, 1840. They lave five children—W. A., Nannie, G. J., J. H. and Bruce 8,
He is the present Mayor of Brookville.

DR. W. E. REYNOLDS, born in Allegany County, N. Y , December 26, 1856, where he
was raised and educated. After completing his studies he began reading medicine. In 1879
and 1880 attended the lectures at Butfalo, N. Y., and graduated at Joplin, Mo., with honors
in 1882, after which was elected Professor of Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy and Minor
Surgery, where he served for one term. He came-to Kansas in July, 1882, and locatedin
Brookville, where he is engaged in his profession. He married in New York April 4, 1880,
Miss Ella R. Cook. She is a native of the State of New York, born June 17, 1862. They
have one child—Frank E. : 7

JAMES ROE, merchant, was _born in Sussex County, N. J., March 24, 1845. When
young was taken by his parents to Pennsylvania, where he was reared and educated. Soon
after learned the trade of mason, having made it his principal occupation for twenty years,
He worked at his trade for ten yearsin the State of Michigan, In 1869 moved to Kansas
and first settled in Lincoln County, where he still pursued his occupation, thence to Brook-
ville, and in 1880 began his present business. Carries astock of $3,000, and does a business
of $1,300 per year. Married in Brookville, Kas,, October 4, 1878, to Miss Rachel L, Waters,
She was born in Warren, Ohio, in 1856. They have one child, Myrtle 2

J. SKELTON, farmer, Section 20, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, September 15, 1840. He
was raised and educated in his native State, and soon after learned the trade of butcher,
which he followed for ten years inthecity of Cleveland. In1864 imoved_ to* Sheffield,
Ohio, where he engaged in the same business until 1879, when he came to Kansas and set-
tled on his present place of 160 acres, and where he is engaged in breeding and raising fine
stock. He is also in the butcher trade. Mr. S. was married at Sheffield Lake, Ohio, in
1864, to Miss Nellie Gibson. She was born in Cleveland, Ohiv, in 1848. They have four
chilidren—Elmar, Blanche, Fred and Eddie. _ ; :

JOSEPH STAUBER, merchant, was born in Manitowoc, Wis., November 10, 1855, and
was raised and educated in Fond du Lac. After completing his studies he learned the tin-
ners trade and worked at Fond du Lac, Wis., for seven years. He came to Kansas and
located at Brookville in 1878, and worked at his trade for three months. In 1879 opened
a general hardware house on his own account, carrying a. stock of $3,000, and _is doing a
business of $10,000 a year. Married in Fond du Lac, Wis., September 11, 1878, to Miss
Carrie Gerber. be isa naive OF Wisconsin, born in Fond du Lac, February 12, 1856.

have two children, J. H. and E. H. 7

ane . N. STEARNS, M. D., was born in Greenfield, Mass, September 11, 1828, where he
was reared and educated. He received his medical education in New England, and in 1860
located at Montgomery Park County, Col., and began the practice of medicine. In 1862 he
enlisted in Company A, Second Regiment Colorado Cavalry as a private and was soon after

romoted Acting Assistant Surgeon, and was honorably discharged June 8, 1865, at Fort

iley, Kas. He then returned to Park County, Col., and was elected to the Legislature and
was Speaker of the House. In 1867 was elected to the Stale Senate, where he served two
terms. In 1870 he came to Kansas and located at Brookville. Married in Independeuce,
Mo., April, 1806. Eo Milas Dora Hotsenpiller. She is anative of Missouri, born in Indepen-
dence, May 16, 1843. ;

L. C. WARNER, merchant, was born in Chenango County, N. Y., August 13, 1849, and
was reared and educated in Broome County. In 1868 was appointed conductor on the Del-
aware & Lackawaua Railroad, where he served for four years. In 1872 came to Kansas
and located at Brookville and receivedthe commission as conductor onthe U. P. BR. R.,
which position he held for five years. In 1878 was appointed Postmaster of Brookville.
He has in connection with this appointment a general merchandise store, carrying a stock
of $7,000 worth of goods and is doing a business of about $30,000 a year. He was married
at Winchester, Va., September 28, 1870, to Miss Nettie Crandal, a native of Chenango
County, N. ¥. Miss Crandal was born September 29, 1851. They have two children,’ Roy
Cc. and Lee H. .

BAVARIA.

This is the name of 2 small place on the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway,
nine miles west of Salina. The place was originally known as Hohneck, a man by
the name of Ernst Hohneck, who settled in that locality in 1865, having, in Feb-
ruary, 1871, surveyed and laid out a town to which the name Hohneck was
given. This place was afterwards vacated, and in October, 1877, E. F. Drake

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had twenty-five acres of the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 34,
township Iq, surveyed and laid off into town lots, and to this place was given
the name of Bavaria, In 1879 the town site was enlarged by adding Hohneck’s
Addition. The place has not grown very rapidly, and does not contain more
than 1soinhabitants at the utmost. It is without either church building or hotel,
although the Congregationalists have a strong organization. The nearest ap-
proach to a hotel in the village is a boarding house kept by Mrs. S. Terry.
There is one drug store in the place and one general store. The general store,
is owned by John Geissler, who also runsa coal and lumber yard. Two grain
elevators, a wagon shop, a blacksmith shop, a schoolhouse, and a few dwelling
houses make up the village. A syrup factory has been recently established at
the place by Denton & Geissler, which adds considerably to the importance of
Bavaria, ,
ASSARIA.

Assaria is the name of a small village on the McPherson branch of the Kan-
sas Pacific railway, about twelve miles south of Salina. It is surrounded by a
fine farming country, which is occupied by thrifty farmers. The village was
laid out by a town company in June, 1879, and is located on Section 12, Town-
ship 16 south, Range 3, west of the sixth principal meridian. The president
of the company was Highland Fairchild. The village contains one church, one
schoolhouse, one hotel, two general merchandise stores, one drug store, two

_grain elevators, one lumber yard and a blacksmith shop. The population of

the place does not exceed 125.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOSEPH DUNCAN, merchant, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, September 18, 1851; was
reared and educated in his native State, gaining considerable mercantile experience. vame
to Kansas in 1870, and located at Brookville, and was Assistant Postmaster for two or three
years, under Leslie and Hogan, the first Postmasters at this point. In 1874, started the lum-

er and coal business, and in 1875 was put in as manager, with full contro) of the large
store here, called Beebe & Co., though still retaining the lumber business, which he hired
some one to take charge of forhim. In 1878, bought a livery barn near the store, and still
continues that business in connection with the store and lumber yard. In 1882, he took in
a partner and bought out the firm of Beebe & Co., and moved the stock to the City Hall
building, where they carry a stock of general merchandise, under the firm name of Dun-
can & Cary. They carry a stock of $12,000, and doa business of $35,000 per year. He is
also proprietor of the Brookville Furniture Store. He married in Ellsworth County, Kan.,
January 1, 1875, Miss Carrie C. Henry, anative of Pennsylvania. She was born in Arm-
strong County, Pa., July 20, 1852. They have two children—Ida M. and Mary E.

D. T. HOPKINS, farmer, P. O. Bridgeport, Section 25, born in Union County, Ind.,
December 9, 1833, and_was raised and educated in Decatur County, Ind.- In 1854, he
moved to Des Moines County, lowa, where he engaged in farming until 1861, when he
enlisted in Company K, Fourteenth Regiment Iowa Infantry. He participated in some of
the hard fought battles, and was taken prisoner at Shiloh, and was confined in various
Southern prisons, and was paroled at Macon, Ga. He then re-entered the service, and was
discharged at Davenport, Iowa, in 1864. He cameto Kansas in 1866, and located on his
present place of 360 acres. He is also largely Interested in a flouring mill at Bridgeport.

he mill isa five story building, 30x44, propelled by water, and consumes about 450 bush-

els of grain per day. Married in Des Moines County, Iowa, November 11, 1858, Miss

Nancy Husted. She was born in Union County, Ind., January 28, 1838. They have nine

chi laren—-Mary: E., Lillie S., Cora, Josiah W., Nettie, Albert, Robert, Edward H. and
ae

JOHN H. JOHNSON, merchant, born in Sweden, December 14, 1841; when young,
came to America with parents, and first settled in Chicago, Ill., where J. H. was educated.
Soon after, learned the trade of bookhinding, having worked at the trade in Chicago and
Kansas City for thirteen years. In 1868, was appointed by the first Swedish Agricultural
Land Agency of Chicago to locate acolony. He was, therefore, instrumental in locating a
large colony in southwestern part of Saline County, and since has been merchandising in
various parts of the State until 1881, when he became a merchant of Assaria. Married in
Lindsborg, McPherson Co., Kan, December 21, 1870, Miss Catherine G. Lindh, born in
Sweden, May 18,1848. They have eight children—Elizabeth P., William O., John 2., Annie
c., Emma S., Hannah C., Agnes O. and Mary C.

D. McPHAIL, retired, P. O. Assaria, born in Scotland, July 6, 1845. He was educatediz
his native country, and was employed as a steamboat clerk for many years in Scotland. He
caine to America in 1856, and located in Fond du Lac County, Wis., where he engaged in
steamboating and farming until September, 1864; he then enlisted in the United States Navy,
and was promoted to petty officer, and in 1865 was discharged for disability. He came to
Kansas in 1866, and settled in Saline County, where he engaged in farming until 1879, when
he was appointed station agent at Assaria until 1882. He was married in Rosendale, Fond du
Lac Co., Wis., February, 1866, to Miss Mary E. Fairchild; she was born in Newburg, N. Y.,
They heve six children—George W., Laura, Charles, Herbert, Ednaand an infant not yet
named.

DR. R. M. KNOX, physician, born in Elkhart County, Ind., September 8, 1848. where
he was educated. After completing his studies, he engaged in school teaching for five
years, and reading medicine during vacation. In 1872-72, attended « course of medical
lectures at Cleveland, Ohio, and completed his medical education at Detroit, Mich , in 1874.
He then located at Wabash City, Ind., and began the practice of medicine, where he re-
mained for two years. He continued his practice at various points in Indiana until 1878,
when he came to Kansas and located in Assaria. He has, in connection with his practice, a
drug store. The doctor was married in Elkhart County, Ind., May 5, 1874, to Miss Marga-
ret Blue, who was born in Elkhart County, Ind., February 8, 1850. They have two chil-
dren—Roscoe C, and early M- 4

E. E. SWANSON, merchant, born in Sweden, March 26, 1854. He was educated in his
native country; came to America, and first loeated in Jacksonville, Ill., where he engaged
in various pursuits for some time. In 1872, came to Kansas, and engaged in business for six
years. In 1877, moved to Lindsborg,’ McPherson County, where he remained for one year.
Hethen engaged in farming until 1881, when he located at Assaria, and is engaged In mer-
chandising. He was married in Salina, Kan., February 21, 1877, to Miss Hanuah C. Han-
soni ane was born in Sweden, July 27,1855. They have three children—Esther M., Carl J.
and Lyda E, 2

O. H. THORSTENBERG, dealer in lumber, born in Sweden, October 14, 1828, where he
was educated soon after, learned the trade of cabinetmaker, having worked at the trade
seven years 1n his native country, he came to America in 1854, anu settled in Chicago, en-
gaged in various pursuits for some time; after which he moved to Galesburg, Ill., where he
worked at his trade for eleven years, and three years for the C., B. & Q. R. R. In 1869, came
to Kansas, and continued his trade in Salina for a short time; he then moved to his farm,
where he remained until March, 1880, when he engaged in his present business. Mr. T. was
instrumentalin settling his part of the county, and is one of the founders of Assaria. Mar-
ried in Galesburg, Il]., August 21, 1856,to Miss Martha Nelson; she was born in Sweden,
May 17, 1831. They have one child—Esther.

MISCELLANEOUS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

N.C. BALDWIN, farmer, Section 9, Greeley Township, P, O. Salina, was born in Scott
County, Ind, March 7, 1842. He was ralsed and educated in his native State, In 1861, en-
listed in Company B, Forty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in 1864.
After the war he returned to Scott County, Ind., and made fatming lis occupation in that
State until 1876, when he came west and settled in Saline County, Kan., and is one of the
representative agriculturists of this county. Married in Scott County, Ind,, August 13,
1870, to Miss Isabelia Miller, a native of Scott County, Ind., born June 12, 1852. They have
two children by this union— William E. and Escodora. Mr. B. is a strong Republican.

- P, BARRITY, farmer and stock - raiser, Section 6, Township 13, Range 2 west, Cam-
bria Township, P. O. Salina, settled on his present home in the fall of 1870; owns 640 acres
of land in company with his son, David C. hey have about 150 acres cultivated. Their
school district was not formed when they first Jocated, and no improvements near them.
He w.s born in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Mass., February 20, 1818. Being raised on a
farm he has made that his occupation. Moved to Bennington, Vt., in the spring of 1845,
and lived there until 1867: thence to Elyria, Ohio, until he cameto Kansas. Has been
Township Treasurer one year. Married May 1, 1844, to Miss Anna M. Curtis, of Lanesboro,
Mass. They had two children—Florence and David C. Florence is now married to Mr. D.
W. Dow. Mrs. Barritt died in May, 1864. He was again married in October, 1874, to Mrs.
Clarina A. Dawson (Polly). They have two children—Lula A, and Oliver P.

. T. BASSETT, farmer, Section 19, Walnut Township, P. O. Salina, was born in Andes,
Delaware Co., N. Y., August 19, 1834. When quite young he was taken by his parents to
- ica in 1853 and first settled in Lawrence

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Branch County, Mich., where he was reared and educated. After completing his studies he
learned the carpenter’s trade, which he followed for five years: In 1857 he came to Kansas
and engaged in various pursuits, until the breaking out of the Rebellidn, when he enlisted
in Company 8, Second Colorado Cavalry. Was discharged at Leavenworth, Kas., in Decem-
ber, 1864. For two years he was engaged in trail: with the Indians. Came to this county
in 1866, and_is tbe owner of 500 acres of fine farm land. He was married in this county,
February 1, 1872, to Miss Jane Irwin, who was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., October
14, 1847. ‘They have onechild—Louie 5. Mr. Bassett is a Democrat.

. B.S. BEAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Elm Creek Township, P. O. Salina, first located
one mile north of Salina, Kas.. on a homestead, November 3, 1860; farmed until 1870; sold
out and bought astock farm of 170 acres inthe northwestern part of Saline County, where
he engaged extensively in the stock business until the spring of 1879, when he moved on
his present place, west one-half of Section 20, Township 13, Range 38. He now owns 320
acres of fine farming land, 220 of which is cultivated. Mr. B. has served on his School
Board for years, He was a member of the Kansas State Militia during rebel Gen. Price’s
threatened raid, and during the Indian troubles of 1864 and ’65. He was married Decem-
ber 6, 1860, to Miss Sarah M. Morrison, of Ohio. They were the first couple married in
Saline County. Mrs. B. is a daughter of Rev. A, A. Morrison, now of Salina, They have
four children—Margaret A., Nancy E., Mary Jane, and Willie Lincoln. They are members
of the Presbyterian Church. Eliza is now inarried to Mr. John. A. Mayo. When Mr, Bean
first came to Saline County they were obliged to go into a stockade several times at Salina
for protection from the lawless Indians, aid the whole country was a complete wilderness.

ELD, tarmer, Section 12. Grecley Township, P. O. Salina, was born in Lehigh
County, Pa., September 29, 1826. He was taken Grd parents to Crawford, Pa., where he
was reared and educated. Soon after learned the carpenter’s trade, which he followed
principally for twenty-five years. In 1849 moved to Adams County, Ill., where he was en-
gaged at his trade and farming for about twenty-one years. He came to Kansas in 1870,
and settled in this county, and is engaged in agricultural pursults. His landed estate con-
tains 560 acres, conveniently located to Salina. Married in Adams County, IIL, in January,

. 1852, to Miss Lucinda Vandertep. She was_born in Canada, in 1830. By this union they

have six.children—George W., Robert W., Mark, John, Oliver G., Jonas
M., deceased. Mr. B. is a Republican.

S.J. BERG. farmer, Section 15, Welnut Township, P. O. Salina, was born in Cambria
County, Pa., September 8, 1848. He rcceived a liberal education in his native country.
After completing his studies, was engaged in the milling business until 1874, when he came
to Kansas, and was employed as carpenter for the K. P. R. R. for two years, after which he
moved to Salina, and was a coal merchant for some time, In 1878 moved to his present
home, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits. His farm consists of 158 acres. Mar-
ried in Salina, in this county, December 80, 1878, to Miss Sue A. Dill. She was born in
Blair County, Pa..in 1850. By.this marriage they have two children—Mary K, and Ruby

. Mr, Berg is a Republican,

._ A. P. COLLINS, farmer, Section 36, Solomon Township, P. O. Solomon City, was born in
Seneca County, Ohio, October 20, 1835. He received the foundation of his education in
Seneca and Delaware counties, and graduated in 1860 at the Ohio Wesleyan University
with honors. In 1861 enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Michigan Infantry as a private. In
1862 promoted First Lieutenant, and in 1864 was transferred to Gen. C. C. Andrews’ staff,
where he served until February 7, 1865. He was engaged at the battles of Shiloh, Corinth,
Vicksburg, Helena and Little Rock, and was honorably discharged in 1865. During the
same year located at Natchez, Miss., and was engaged in merchandising for two years. [n
1867 came to Kansas aaict settled in Saline County. His landed estate consists of 950 acres
of fine farming land. He was married in Dickinson County, this State, March 26. 1868, to
Miss Sarah E. Blair, a native of Des Moines County, Iowa, horn January 8, 1850. They
have five children—Oliver E, Sarah E., Albert W., Frank N. and Loretta M. Mr. C. has
een County Saperintendent forfour years, and was a member of the Legislature of this

strict, 5:

S. W. COLLINS, farmer, Section 2, Solomon Township, P. O. Solomon City, was born
in Seneca County, Ohio, December 10, 1837, where he was educated. Soon after engaged in
sawmilling near Tiffin, Ohio, which he pursued for four years. In 1864 enlisted in Com-
pany K, Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Lufantry, and was discharged in August, 1865 then
returned to his native county, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for some time, In
1868 came to Kansas and settled on his present farm of 675 acres, conveniently located near
Solomon City, on which there are large gypsum beds, from which land plaster and plaster
of Paris are made, and which eventually will be very valuable. He was married in Seneca
County, Ohio, October 3, 1867, to Miss Sophronia A. Boyd, a native of Ohio, born in Seneca
County, Olio, March 8, 1845. By this marriage they have four children—Laura A., LenaE.,
Herbert B. and John R. Mr. C. is a Republican.

JAMES COLEMAN, farmer, Section 10, Gypsum Township, P. O. Pliny, born in Oxford,
England, December 25, 1820, where he was reared and educated. In 1849 he embarked for
South America, where he purchased atrading vessel, and where he remained for fifteen
years, trading on the south, east and western coasts of Africa. Was with Livingston durin
the year 1849. In 1866 came to the United States and located in Chicago, Ljl., for abou!
three years, engaged in various pursuits. He came to Kansas in 1869, and settled in Saline
County on his prexent place of 160 acres, where he is eneaged in farming. He was married
in Saline County, Kansas, April 14, 1880, to Miss Kate McCollum. She was born in Butler
County, Penn., in 1837.

S. bP. DONMYER, dealer in general merchandise, grain of all kinds, farmer and stock-
raiser, New Cambria. He first located in New Cambria in Spring 1872. He was the first man to
open a store, and the only one, The postoffice is also kept in his store. He erected a grain
elevator in 1874 at a cost of $4,000, ¢: pacity of which is 15,000 bushels. He carries a stock
of general merchandise of about $2,000. He erected a fine cut stone building 48x50 feet.
twenty-six feet high, two stories and basement, at a cost of $4,000. He owns about 1,200
acres of land within a radius of six or seven miles, 800 acres of which is cultivated, He
was born in Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pa., January 13, 1832. Raised onafarm. Lived in his
native State until coming to Kansas. Married, in 1856, to Miss Susan J. Coby, of latter
county: They have six children—Sarah, Rebecca, Lizzie, Simeon E., Harry S. and Julius

neent, ¢

J. A, FISHER, farmer, Section 16, Solomon Township, P.O, Salina, born in Blair, Blair
Co., Pa., July 1, 1852; was educated in his native State. He early formed a taste for
farming and has followed itas a vocation from his youth. He came to Kansas in 1878 aud
settled inthis county and is engaged in agricultural pursuits, His estate consists of 160
acres. He was inarried in Huntingdon County, Pa., March 11, 1875, to Miss Alma J. Waite,
a native of Pennsylvaniag born July 22, 1855. By this union they have two children: How-
ard D. and Lucy. B, Mr. Fisher is fdentified with the Republican party. »

BENJAMIN W. GARDNER, farmer, Elm Creek Township, P. O. Salina, was born in
South Kingston, R. I., January 4, 1827. He worked ona farm until 1849, then went to Cal-
iforniaand followed mining. He remained there till 1861, then returned to Rhode Island.
After a few vears went to Michigan; engaged in farming and lumbering, working part of
the time in-a saw mill, In 1858 hecame to Kansas, stopping in the vicinity of Junction
City ti 1861. Hethen went toColorado; engaged in mining for about five months, then 1e-
turned to Junction City, Kansas, and remained Iu that vicinity till 1863. In the spring of
that year he married Miss Martha A, Hunter of Indiana, In June, 1863, he went to Saline
County, and made a claim on the Salfne River, seven iniles northwest of Salina, now district
No. %. His nearest neighvor lived four miles east. He made some improvements, and in
the spring of 1864 he and two others, who had also made claims near him, moved thelr
families. Their principal meat for a few years was buffalo, of which there were numbers on
the hills near his claim. Onthe 16th of June, 1864, fear of the hostlie Iudlans compelled htm
totake his wife and the wives of histwo neighbors, whowere absent,to Abilene,twenty miles
distant, by night. There was so much danger, that in August he moved to Junction City
and rented a house, and remained till winter. Here his son Willlam was born, Ile then
‘moved back to Saline County, and lived four miles east of hls claim for about a year, then
returned to his claim, In 1868 his wife died, and in February, 1870, he married Catherine
Ross. a native of Indiana. He has one son—William H. Mr. Gardner has been lame In both
legs for ten years. caused by working in cold water in California.

S. 8. GODF , farmer. Section 20, Walnut Township, P. O, Berwick, born in Wasli-
tenaw County, Mich.,Sept. 23,1834. Was taken by his parents in his youth to Oakland County,
Mich.; where he completed his studies at the State Normal School. He made farming his
occupation in his native State. In 1866 came to Kansas and settled in Walnut Township, He
has a farm of 640 acres, of first-class land, Has held the office ot Justice of the Peace for

uite a while. Married in Livingston County, Mich., December 25, 1857, Miss Eudocia C,

ammond, a native of Livingston Co., Mich., born March 10, 1839. They have eight chil-
dren: Hiram H., Hattie E., Carrie K.,Pheba A., George F., Amos W., Champlin R. aud War-
ren. Mr. Godfrey is a strong Republican.

DENNIS HARKINS, farmer, Section 15, Eureka Townsaly, P. O. Bridge, born in Ire-
land, August 5, 1837. He was educated in his native county, In 1851 moved to Yorkshire,
England, where he remained for two years, engaged In various pursnits. He came to Amer-

ass., where he worked in a hat factory for some
time. He then moved to California where he engaged in farming and mining for eight
years. In 1864 enlisted in Company O, Fourteenth Regiment New York Cavalry.and was (is-
chargedin 1865. He came to Kansas in 1866 and settled in Saline County, where he is en-
gaged in agricuitural] pursuits. Mr. Harkins is a Republican.

INO, HARMON, farmer, Section 2, Cambria Township, P.O. New Cambria; born in War-
ren County,Ind., March 13,°28 where hewas reared and educated. Farming has always been
his occupation. In 1853, he lmmigrated to Wayne County, Iowa, where he lived for two years,
He then moved to Mercer County, Mo., where he remained for five years; thence to Kan-
sas, in 1860, and settled in Dickinson County, where he farmed for some tine. He moved
to.this county in 1865, and settled on his present home. He was married in Mercer County,
Mo., October 15, 1854. to Miss Matilda M, Hunter, a native of Scotland, born in the town of
Grenock, August 3, 1830. They have one child—John W.

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

GEORGE W. HIXSON, farmer, Section 30, Solomon Township, P. 0. Salinas was born
in Ross County, Ohio, February 28,1844. Moved with his parents to Chillicothe, Peoria Co.,
Ill., in December, 1844, where le was raised and educated. Blacksmithing was his oceu-
pation until September 27, 1861. when he enlisted in Company M., Eleventh Illinois Vol-
unteer Cavalry, under Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. He took an active part in the battles of Shi-
loh, Corinth, Lexington, Tennessee, Parker’s Cross Roads and many others, Was mus-
tered out in October, 1865, After the war he returned to Llinois aud settled in Marshall
County, and engaged in farming for four years. He then moved to Stark County, where
he remained until February 2, 1874, when he came west and settled inthis State. | His
farm contains 16) acres. He was married in Marsball County, Ill,, September 29. 1869, to
Miss S. A. Seelye, a native of Berkshire County, Mass ; born December 8. 1843. They
have one child—George E., born October 13, 18:0. Mr. Hixson is identified with the
Republican party. ¥

OMER HOWERTON, farmer, Section 1, Solomon Township, P. O. Solomon City, was
born in Manchester, Dearborn Co., Ind,, June 8, 1835, where he was educated. He began
life as a boatman on the Ohio aud Mississippi Rivers, which he followed for some time. In
1861, he enlisted tn Company D, Third Indiana Volunteer Cavalry; was soon after pro-
moted to Commissary Sergeant ofthe same company, and was discharged November 18,
1863, at Baltimore, Md, bv reason of disability. He soon returned to his native county
and engaged in farming for two years, when he moved into Lawrenceburgh, Ind., and
engaged in merchandising for five years, In 1871, he came to Kansas, and first settled in

_ Abilene, Dickinson County, where he was a merchant for a shorttime, thence to Saline
Jonnty, and is engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was married in Dearborn County,
Ind., Avril 14,1864,to Miss Mary KE. Burk. a native of Dearborn County, born November
30, 1836. By this union, they havetwo childreu—Eugene B., and Alice M.

DANIEL HUMBARGER, farmer andstock raiser, P.O. New Cambria, Cambria Town-
ship, came to Saline County in the fall of 1857. His father took up some land, butthe fam-
ily were obliged to leave on account of Indian troubles, going to Salina Block House erected
for protection of pioneers of the then wilderness. ‘The above gentleman assisted to erect
it, He recollects of ten persons being killed by the Indians. He spent most of his time on
the plains of Kansas and Arkansas Or five years during the early troubles. Many times
he was obliged to travel nights to get to places of safety from the Indians. He located on
his present farm in the spring of 1865; took the land in 1863. He has followed farming and
stock raising since. He {s located on Section 33, Township 13, Range 2 west, owning 200
acres of land, 150 of which is cultivated. Born in Richland County, Ohio, Yebruary 27,
1840. He served as Second Lieutenant of Company B, State Volunteer Militia of Kansas,
during Price’s threatened raid and Indian troubles of 1°64-65. Married in 1863 to Miss
Annie Giersch, of Washington County, Wis. They have five children—Peter, Solomon, Mary,
Andrew and Leon. - s 2

PETER HUMBARGER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Salina, Section 13, Township 13,
Range 3 west. Mr. Humbarger owns 800 acres fine land, 440 of which is cultivated; he
makes a specialty of wheat, cattle and bogs. He came to Saline County, Kan., in July. 1865.
There were ouly five settlers in his school district when he located; he resides in District
No. 11, and has a fine location with plenty of young cultivated timber all about his home.
Born in Perry County, Ohio, November 26, 1829, lived in his native State until 1851, being
raised onafarm. Spent four and a half years in California in mining, millwrighting and
carpenter work, then returned fo his native place and followed farming; moved to Fayette
County, in northeast Iowa, in 1856, and farmed until coming to Kansas. He was married in
1856 té Miss Susan Staats, of Ohio; they have five children—John, Thurston, George W.,
Lovina D. and Henry. : s

WILLIAM JUKES. farmer. Section 32, Greeley Township, P, O. Salina, was born in
Jackson County, Ill, December 3, 1853, where he received the benefits of the common
schools of his native county until 1868, when he came to Kansas and completed his studies
at Salina, He hasafarm of 160 acres and is engaged in_agricultural pursuits. He was
married in Salina, this county, December, 13, 1879, to Miss Ella M, Ritter, a native of Min-
nesota, born May 24, 1859; they have one child—Mabel O. A

Cc. A, KINGMAN. farmer, Section 18, Eureka Township. P. O. Bridge. Born in Taze-
well County, I!l., June 4, 1837; be was educated in his native State. In 1859 immigrated to
California and engaged in mining for about seven years with satisfactory results, Iu 1866
returned to his native State, where he remained for two years engaged in farming. Came
to Kansas in 1869 and settled in Saline County; farming was his occupation until 1875 when
he moved to Salina and was a merchant of that city antil 1879. He then moved to his pre-
sent homeand is engaged. iu agricultural pursuits, Married in Butte Connty, California,
February 26, 1862, to Miss Ellen G. Thompson, born in Monroe County, N. Y., July 15, 1842;
they nave four children—Trene, Charles M., Edward and Lucy E. ;

ATRICK McENTEE, fariner, Section 8, Greeley Township, P. O. Salina, was born in
Ireland, April 27, 1821, raised and educated in his native country. In 1846 came to_Amer--
ica, and first located in New York City for one year engaged in various pursuits. In 1848
moved to Philadelphia, Penn., where he was engaged as contractor in stone and brick work
for about thirty years, In 1878 he came to Kausas and settled in this county on his'present
hoine of 160 acres. Married in Ireland, AugGSE 15, 1846, Miss Bridget McGrath; she was
born in Ireland in 1826. They have by this marriage six children—Emuma J., Thomas,
James, Eugene, Charles and Joseph. Z :

L MALTBY, farmer, Section 19, Walnut Townshtp. P. O. Salina, was born in _Wood-
burv, Conn, July 14,1814; when quite young was taken by his parents to Sullivan County
N. Y., where he was reared and educated. Iu 1845 moved to Vanderburg County, Ind., an

_ was employed as a schoul teacher, and where Jie farmed for three years. In 1848 came to
Kansas and settled in Riley County, where he lived for eight years on a farm: thence to this
county and settled cn his present home, which consists of 220 acres. Married in Vanderburg
County, Ind., October 3, 1850, Miss Sarah Achison, a native of Ireland, born August 4, 1821;
they have six children—John A., Herman W., William, James C., Eliza J.and Louie, Mr.
Maltby is identified with the Republican party.

T. D. W. MANCHESTER, attorney-at-law, notary public and farmer, Section 14, Eu-
reka Township, P. O. Bridge, was born in Cayuga County, N. ¥., October 18, 1840. Moved
with his parents to Racine, Wis., in_1847, where he was educated. In 1861 entered Law
Department of University of Albany, Albany, N. Y., graduated with degree of LL. B. Be-
gan the practice of law with Thatcher & Sherman, No. 61 Wall St.. New York City. Aftera
short time he returned to Racine, Wis, aud enlisted August 14. 1862, as Commissary Ser-
geant of the Twenty-secoud Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Was captured with part of his
regiment at brentwood, Tenn., March 25, 1863, and taken to Libby Prison, Richmond, Va;
after exchange took part in the Atlanta cunpaign, and Sherman’s march through Georgia
and the Carolinas. Was honorably discharged at Milwaukee, Wis., June 28, 1865, and again
entered on the practice of the law, at Racine, Wis. In 1870 was employed as Principal of
the Fifth Ward Grammar School, in said city. Came to Kansas May, 1871, and settled in
Saline County, where he is engaged inthe law and farming. He has beeu three times elected
Justice of the Peace of his township, and has been president, secretary and director of the
(Fpstiin Valley Farmers’ Club, He was married at [ves Grove, Wis., October 2, 1866, to
Miss Permelia K, Noble, born at lves Grove, August 29, 1847. They have two children—
Charles N. and Lucy E.

NSON MILLER, farmer, Section 16, Eureka Township, P. O. Bridge, born in Dodee
County, Wis., July 15, 1845, where he was educated. He enlisted in 1863, in Company D,
Third Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, and participated in the battles of Atlanta, the great
march to the sea, and others of importance, aud was honorably discharged August 25, 1865,
after which he returned to Chester, Wis., and was freight agent for the Chicago & North-
western R. R., for three years, He came to Kansas in 1871, and settled in Satine County,
where he is en: Red in farming. He is County Commissioner, having served three years.
A10 WAS MATTIE n wana is., April ae Let to Miss eye E. Alla, she was Durnil

, County, s., September 1, . They bave four children—May &.,. Hattie
A,, Ralph E. and Zilla E. P ‘ 5 oe

WILLIAM MUIR, farmer and stock-raiser, Elm Creek Township, P. O. Salina, came to
Salina in April, 1860, and soon located on his present place, Section 2, Township 14, Range
3, west. Has 297 acres of fine farm land, all improved, with £lm Creek running through
ir; tine body timber, etc. Wheat went thirty bushels per acre, in 1882. He was born in
Scotland July 16, 1835; came to America in 1854, and settled in Randolph County, Ills.
where he farmed until 1860, then came to Kansas. Married in 1868 to Miss Annie Johnson,
a native of Indlana. they have three children—Jane, Willie, James. Wife died 1875.
Was again married Jn 1877, to Miss Mary Crowther, a native of Illinois. They have two
children—Nettle and an infants on.

GEORGE W. PERRILL, farmer, Section 36, Walnut Township, P. O. Assaria, was
born in Brown County, Ohio, June 13, 1839. He was educated in Brown and Pike counties,
Ohio. He came to Kansas in 1858 and seitled in Osage County, and was engaged in farming
and merchandising for quite a while. In1876 moved to this county and purchased a farm
of 160 acres and is engaged in farming. Married, in Osage County, this State, October 18,
1863, Miss Louisa P. Todd, a native of New Jersey, and was born December 12, 1842. They
have six children—Joseph P., Henry T., Maggie W., George A,, Annie V. and ‘Mary L. Mr.
P. is a Republican.

C. POST. farmer, Section 8, Eureka Township, P. 0. Salina. Born in Jefferson County,
N. Y., July 17, 1843. Moved with parents to Rock County, Wis., where he was educated.
In 1862 enlisted in Company E. Third Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry, and participated in the
battles of Perry Grove, Ark., saxter Springs, Kas., and others, Mustered out in 1865. He
then returned to Rock County, Wis, where he engaged in farming for two years, He came
to Kansas in 1869, and first settled in Lawrence, where he remained for six months, Then
to Salina, where he was engaged in merchandise for five years. In 1875.moved to his pres-
ent place. Mr. Post married, in Rock County, Wis., November 29, 1866, Miss Eveline
Macomba, a native of Erie County, Penn, Born June 26, 1843. They have two children—
Emmat., and George C, Mr. P. is a Republican. -

§, POST, farmer, Section 17, Eureka Township, P. O. Salina, born in Jefferson County,
N. ¥., January 20, 1846, When quite young was taken by his parents to Rock County, Wis,

 
SALINE COUNTY.

where he was raised to manhood and educated. In 1862 enlisted in Company E, Third Wis-
consin Volunteer Cavalry, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He then rocatned to Rock
County, Wis., and remained there for six years, engaged in farming. 1n 1871 came to Kan-
8as, settled in Salive County, and is engaged in farming. Married’ in Rock County, Wis.,
November 29, 1866, to Miss M. KE. Shaw, born in Kock County, Wis., January 2, 1848. They
TRepALTGae one le ees Myrtle S., Mary eisle De pest Ss. Mr. P. is identified with the
¢ ‘ty, 1S a radical temperance man, being identi ibi

tn Hansas since Ienad been Hi eee & fled with the Prohibition party
MES STEED, farmer, Section 4, Walnut Township, P.O. Salina, was born in Kent,
England, July 31, 1828, where he was reared and educated He cameto America in 1846,
and settled iu Cleveland, Ohio, and was a boatman on the Ohio Canal for twenty-six years.
In jazz purchased a farm in Pike County, Ohio, and engaged in agricultural pursuits for six
ears, after which he sold out and began anew boating. which he tollowed until 1880, when

e came to Kansas and settl.d on his present home. e is engaged in farming and stock-
raising. Married in Cleveland, Ulio, in 1864, to Miss Mary Wells, a native of that State,
born July 8, 1849. They have five children— Ida M., Ella R., Lizzie B., Cora B. and Mary A.
He is a meinber of the Kepublican party.

DAVID REESEK, farmer, Section 34, Solomon Township, P. O. Poheta ;born in Switzer-
land County, Ind., Jun: 18, 18338. When young moved with parents to Warren County, IIL,
where David was educated. From 1858 to 1865 was traveling agent for agricultural imple-
ments. He came to Kansas in 1865, locating on his present place of 730 acres in Saline
County, where he has since been identified in agricultural pursuits. He has been Justice of
the Peace of thigstownship. Married in Galesburg, LI], June 11, 1868, to Miss Eliza Taylor;
she was born in Sangamon County, Ill., January 29, 1838. They have seven children—Wil-
liam_ M.. Harry A., Minnie ¥., IsaJ., Daisy B., Lotta M. and Doud A.

T. C. RILTER, farmer, Section 17, Walnut Township, P. O Berwick, was born in Penn-
sylvania, June 2, 1849. Was raised and educated in his native State, and began life as a
farmer, and made it his principal occupation. In 1878 he came.to Kansas and settled in Wal-
nut Township, and is engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1881 he was appointed Postmas-
ter at Berwick, which position he still holds. He was married in Lightstreet, Columbia Co.,
Pa., to Miss Percilla Wright, a native of Columbia County, Pa., born June 5, 1652. By this
marriage they have three children—Clara R., Harvey A. W. and Ida E,

HENRY ROSMOND, farmer, Section 29, Greeley Township, FP. O. Salina, bornin Den-
mark, October 16, 1841. Was reared and educated in his native country, after which he was
engaged in merchandising for five years. Came to America in 1862, and enlisted in Com-
pany ©, Second Rhode Island Cavalry, and was mustered out in Company I, Third Rhode

slaud Cavalry, iu 1865. In 1866 was engaged in mining in the West, until 1869 with satis-
factory results. During the same year came to Kansas and settled in this county, and is en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising. Married in this county, June 7, 1873, to Miss Emina
Shelden, a native of Denmark, born September 4, 1845. ‘They have a family of four chil-
dren—Ella, May, Fred and Ferdenand. Mr. R. is a Republican,

GOTTHARY SCHIPPEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Elm Creek Township, P. O. Salina,
He first came to Saline County, Kan., in the middle of June, 1857. He first came to cut- hay
for his stock; also dealt somewhat with the Indians.* He was soon obliged to leave on ac-
count of the unfriendly Cheyennes, who were very numerous and powerful. He also had
some dealings with the Kaw Indians. He went to Kansas City and brought some goods to
Kansas Falls. Chopped wood and ran a saw-mill during the winter of 1857-58, and the fol-
lowing spring returned to his land claim in Saline County, where he began farming and
stock-raising, locating on Section 29, Township 13,Range 2. He now owns over 1,1,00 acres of
fine land, with about 600 acres cultivated. hen he first settled in Saline County the first
neighbor was at Chapman’s Creek, thirty-five miles east.
the uearest postoffice, and the nearest grist-mill was at Council Grove, sixty miles away. It
took about a week with ateam of oxento make the round trip. The nearest market was
Kausas City, 200 miles away. Inthe spring of 1859 he built a ferry -boat, crossing the Sa-
line River at his farm, and kept it up for nine years. He was born in Germany, May 6, 1835.
Came to America in 1852 and settled in Iowa, and farmed until he came to Kansas, He was
married in 1872, bo Miss Clara Wary, a native of France. They have four children, F. Gott-
Natta: Clara, EK. John and Leon Paul. Mr. Schippel has been a member of the City Council

or SIX years

JAMES SHARP, farmer, Sections 13 and 24, Elin Creek Township, P. O. Salina, was born
in Irela.d, May 8,1820. He received his education in his nativecountry. He is a flax-dresser
by trade, having worked at his occupation for ten years in his native country, Came to
America in 1847, and pursued his occupation in the New England States for quite a while.
In 1850, moved to Michigan, aud_was eugagedin mining for two years, when he returned
East and remained until 1858. He then moved to Fayette County, Mo., where he lived one
year. In 1859 cameto Kansas and settled on his present home, and is engaged in farming.
He was married in Fall River, Mass., November 12, 1854, to Miss Ann O’Neill, who was
born in lreland, February 1, 1827, By this union they lave a family of four children—Jane,
William A., James R. and Annie G. = iq 7

FRANK R. SHAW, farmer, Section 25, Walnut Township, P.O. Salina, was born in
Bomanville, Canaua, September 27, 1860, where he was educated. He was raised with an
agricultural experience. In 1877 he came to America aud settled in Saline County, Kas., on
his present place of 36U acres of fine farming land, aud is engaged in farming and stock-
raising. He has a choice lot of fine stock that will compare with any in the State. Mr. Shaw
is a member of the Democratic party.

f R. SPENCER, farmer, Section 2, Gypsum Township, P. O. Pliny, was born in Not-
tinghamshire, England, February 9, 1842, where he was raised and educated; after which
he engaged in farming until 1858, when he came to America and first located in Jo Daviess
County, Ll.,ona farm, where he remained until 1862, when he enlisted in Company F,
Ninety-sixth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and was discharged March 19, 1865. He returned
to Jo Daviess Cou: ty. Ill., where he remained until 1870, when he came to Kansas and set-
tled in Saline County, on his prese tplace of 210 acres, where he is engaged in agricultural
pursuits. He was iarriedin Jo Daviess County, IIL, July 4, 1865, to Miss Caroline Sherk, a
native of Illinois, born in Jo Daviess County, November 29, 1846. They have tive children
—Pheba E., Albina M., Charlie J., Harry R. and Frank T. .

DENNIS SULLIVAN, farmer, 8- ction 17, Walnut Township, P.O. Salina, was born in

Oldham County, Ky., January 16, 1820, where he was reared and educated. Began the
coopers’ trade soon after, which he followed for many years. In 1852 moved to Clark
County, Ind., where he engaged in farming until 1859, when he moved to Edgar County,
Il, where he farmed for two years, from there he moved to Clark County, Ill., remaining
there two years, he came to Kansas _«and settled on his present farm, containing 400 acres.
Married in Oldiam County, Ky., July 2, 1850, to Mrs. Zerilda Crim, a native of Oldhain
County, Ky., born May 14, 1821. By this union they have six children—Elizabeth L.,
Nancy E., William A.M., Thomas J., Alonzo N. and Susan A. Mr. S. is a Democrat,
J. H. TAYLOR, farmer, Section 32, Solomon Township, P. O. Silina, was born in Greene
County, Ill., March 17, 1841, where lie was educated. In 1861, he enlisted in Company D,
Thirty -second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, participated in the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg,
Atlanta and others, was captured at Marietta, Ga., September 9, 1864, and was imprisoned
in South Carolina until his exchange in 1865, was mustered out in June, 1865. He then re-
turned to his native State and engaged in teaching school in Macoupin County for some
time. He came to Kansas in 1872, and purchased his present home where he is engaged in
agricultural pursuits. Married in Carrollton, [ll., October 6, 1848, Miss Frances E, Brown,
bora m Greene County, LIl., February 9, 1839. They have an adopted daughter, Nellie J.
Mr. Taylor is a Republican.

Fort Riley, fifty miles off, was.

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JONATHAN TINKLER, farmer, Section 26, Eureka Township, P.O. Pliny, born in

Durham, England, March 26, 1845. ‘His parents came to America in 1849, and settled in
Jo Daviess Conny lil, where Jonathan was educated; after completing his studies be-
came a farmer of Illinois for seven years. He then immigrated to Idaho where he engaged
in mining for some time with satisfactory results. He returned to Jo Daviess County and
pegan anew farming. which he continued until 1873, when he caine to Kansas aud settled
in Saline County. e has 800 acres of land where he is farming and breeding fine stock.
He was married October 14, 1866, in Galena, LIL, to Miss Lena Apple, a native of Germany,
who was born October 14, 1848. They have seven children—Anna, Charlie, Rozella, Joseph,
Thomas, Edwin and Amanda M. Mr. Tinkler is also interested in general mercantile busi-
ness near by where he keeps aJl articles found ina country store.

WILLIAM E. TINKLER, farmer, Section 27, Eureka Township, P. O. Pliny, was born
in Durham, England, May 20, 1842; came to America with his parents in 1849, and located
in Jo Daviess County, Ill, where he was educated. Enlisted in 1862 in Company D, Third
Regiment Missouri Cavalry, as private; participated in the battles at Hartsville, West
Plains and Five Forks, Ark., mustered out in November, 1863, when he returned to Jo
Daviess County, IIL, and engaged in farming until 1869, at which time he immigrated to
Kansas, locating on his present place of 320 acresin Saline County, where he has since
been identified in agricultural pursuits, He was married in Jo Daviess County, Il, April
14, 1865, to Miss Hannah Sherk, of that county, she was born August 7, 1848. They have
seven children—Emmerson H., John W., Jonathan, William H., Jessie S., Arthur and

artha.

THOMAS TINKLER, farmer, Section 1, Gypsum Township, P. O. Pliny. was born in
Durham County, England, January 22, 1831, where he was reared and educated, after which
he was employed as clerk in his native country until 1849, when he came to America and
located in Jo Daviess County, Ill, where he engaged in lead mining for three years. In
2852 immigrated to California, where he followed mining and Cealing in stock for seven
years. He then returned to Jo Daviess County, IIl., where remained for four years, then to
Idaho where he was employed ia freightii'g for about two years, and in 1865 returned to Jo
Daviess County and, purchased afarm, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for ten
years. In 1875 came to Kansas and settled in Saline County. His estate consists of 800
acres, where he is engaged in breeding Short-horn cattle. arried in Jo Daviess County,
lll, August 31, 1859. Miss Kezia Raison, she was born in England, December 8.1838. They,
have nine chiluren—Esther A., James T., Louisa E., William k., Jonathan A., Lorenzo E.,
Eliza K., Laura L. and Walter F.

. J. TREMAIN, farmer, Section 4, Smolan Township, P. O. Salina, was born in Lewis
County, N. Y., June 5, 1826. When auite young was taken by his parents to Medina County,
Ohio, where he was raised to manhood and educated. In1845 moved to Clayton County,
lowa, where he engaged in farming nntil 1861, he then enlist: din Company E, Ninth Iowa
Infantry, and was discharged in 1862; re-enlisted August, 1863, in Fourth lowa Independ-
ent Battery, and was discharged July 14, 1¢65. He returned to Iowa and remained two
years. In 1868 came te Kansas and settled in this county. He has been twice married, first

n Medina County, Ohio, December 31, 1835, to Miss Roena Chapman, a native of Ohio,
born March 9, 182x, died in this county April 22, 1877._ By this union they had seven chil-
dren—Celestia A., Squire (., Willis M , Adaline, Carrie L., Burton L., and Lucy. In 1878 Re-
becca King became his wife. Mrs. Tremain is a native of Mercer County, Penn., born August
20, 1840. ‘They have two children—Horace M. and Feay L.

R. S. TURNER, farmer, Section 10, Greeley Township, P. O. Salina, was born in Mas-
sac County, Ill., January 26,1854. He was raised and educated in his native State, and
made farming his chief occupation in his native country until 1873, when he caine to Kansas
and settled in this county and is engaged in agricultural pursuits. Married in this county
June 22, 1876, Miss Rebecca Albright, a native of Pennsylvania, born in Somerset Coun-
ty, March 2, 1845. In polities he is a Republican. wa:

DR. VAN EATON, farmer, Section 30, Township 14, Range 1, west, Solomon Township,
P.O. Salina, was born in Jacksonville, Morgan Co,, IL}., October 10, 1834, He was raised

_ ona farm in his native county, where he received the benefits of the common schools and

completed his course of studies at Jacksonville in 1854, In 1856 he entered the Missouri
Medical College at St. Louis and graduated in 185%. He then located in Cass County, Tll..
where he began the practice of medicine. In 1862 he enlisted in the Eighth Missour: Vol-
unteer Cavalry as Assistant-Surgeon, soon after was promoted to Surgeon of the same reqi-
ment; was discharged in September, 1865; he then settled in Carroliton, Greene Co., Ill,,
where he pursued his profession until 1870, when he came to Kansas and purchased a farm
in this county, and is engaged In farming as well as in the practice of medicine. He was
married in St. Louis, Mo, March 28, 1855, to Miss Hannah A. Cavanaugh. a native of Phil-
adelphia, Pa., born April 2, 1835. They have two children—Lulu B., and Frank H.

Bb. F. WHITEHEAD, farmer, Section 27, Eureka Township, P. O. Bridge. born in Pick-
away County, Ohio, February 24, 1842. He was educated in his native State. Soon after
engaged in teaching school, which he pursued for about eight years. Enlisted in 1864 in
Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment, INinois Infantry, and was discharged
in 1864. He returned to his native State and engaged in farming until 1869 when he came
to Kansas and settled in Saline County, and is e: gaged in farming. He has served as Town-
ship Trustee. He was married in Pickaway County, Ohio, the 5th of April, 1868. to Miss
Sarah A. Hoover, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, 1849. They have three children
— Herschel, Sarah KE. and Florence M. 4

GEORGE W. WILSON, farmer, Section 26, Smolan Township, P. O. Mentor, was born in
Ohio County, W.Va., August 27, 1845, where he was reared and educated, and made farming
his occupation until 1878, when he came to Kansas and purchased 160 acres conveniently
located to Salina, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was married in Brook
County, Va., January 1, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Cruson. She is anative of Belmont County,
Ohio, and was born September 23, 1848. They have six children—Eva W., James M., Lewis
C, George W., Clark W., and Roy C, Mr. Wilson is istehtified with the Democratic party.

BARTHOLOMEW WOLSIEFF ER,farmer and stock-raiser,Section 23,Elm Creek Town-
ship, P.O. Salina. He first located at the above place, in March, 1878. He has 200 acres of fine
Jana, with ninety cultivated. Born in Germany, December 21,1821; was raised ona farm until
sixteen years old, and then learned the blacksmith trade, which he has followed twenty-five
years of his life. He came to America in 1839, settled in Sing Sing, N. ¥., where he lived
about two months, then went to Luzerne County, Pa., and worked on a canal six months,
thence to Williamsport and worked for a hotel keeper eighteen months and various
occupations, then served two years at his trade there and in various other places, alsotwen-
ty-four yearsin coal mines, at his trade, thence to Salina, Kan., and began farming; married
in 1846, to Miss Catherine Zinz, a native of Prussia, Germany. They have four children—
Anthony T., Jacob, Joseph H., and Eliza, all married. Eliza married to Mr. Leon Warz, and
living near by Mr, Wolsietfer. He is a member of his school board.

- AUGUST ZIEBELL, farmer, Section 31, Walnut Township, P. O. Salina, was born in
Prussia, March 27, 1837. He was educated in his native country. In 1857 came to America,
and first settled in Watertown, Wis., where he engaged in various pursuits until 1861,when
he enlisted in Company A, Third Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, and served throughout the
war. He participated in the engagements of Cedar Mountain, Culpepper, Gettysburg, An-
tietam, Harper’s Ferry, and was (lischarged in 1865. He then returned to Watertown, Wis.,
where he remained for two years; moved to Kansas in 1867, and settled in Salina, and en-

aged in the butcher trade for six years. He moved to his present place in 1874, where he
is farming; married in Salina, Kan., June 4, 1869, to Miss Augusta Johnson, she was born
in Sweden, in 1847. They have four children—Ellen, Emma, Hilma and August.

 
710

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

/ BROWN COUNTY.

 

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

ROWN County is situated in the northeastern portion of Kansas, being
located in the first tier of counties, from Nebraska. Doniphan County

lies to the east, Atchison and Jackson counties to the south, and Nemaha
County to the west.

Brown County has, according to the Government survey, two per cent. of
bottom land and ninety-eight per cent.
of upland. It is also divided into eight
per cent. of forest and ninety-two per
cent. of prairie. The average width of
the bottom lands along the line of
streams is one mile.

The varieties of timber found in
the county are: Walnut, oak, hickory,
cottonwood, elm, linn, box elder, soft
maple, sycamore, willow, mulberry,
cherry, hackberry, buckeye, honey locust,
crab apple and plum. The average
width of natural timber belts does not
exceed one mile.

The principal streams of the count
are the Walnut, running ina genera
northeasterly course and emptying into
the Nemaha River, the Delaware, run-
ning southeast into the Kansas River,
the Wolf River southeasterly into the
Missouri, Roy’s Creek northeast to the
Nemaha,Gregg’s southeast into the Dela-
ware, Little Delaware southeast to the
Delaware, Spring and Mulberry creeks
run southeast into Walnut Creek, Pony
Creek northeast.

Water is found at various depths
but rarely at more than forty or less
than twenty feet depth.

Coal is found in thin veins at differ-
ent points, but has never as yet been
successfully worked.

Stone is abundant throughout the
county, both limestone and sandstone
appearing frequently. As a rule this
stone crops out of the surface and can
be obtained without great trouble or
expense. It is used for foundations,

JACKSON

+ School Houses

CO.jJA TC HIS ON CO;

 

POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

_ ©] furnished you the information for the item in your report upon the authority of
Hon. John Martin, of Topeka, who was a clerk in the Legislature during which the county
was originally established and named—the session of 1855—the first territorial session,
held at Shawnee Mission, in Johnson County. <r ,

Mr. Martin’s recollection was quite clear on the point, and his information was so ex-

licit that I had no doubt of its correctness, Since seeing Major Morrill’s letter to you, I
fave made further inquiry on the subject ot Mr. Alex, S. Johnson and Mr. H. D. MeMeekin,
of this city, both of whom were members of that first Territorial Legislature. They fully
agreed with Mr. Martin, that the county was named i HOnOL oF pipers G. Brown, of Mis-

n you rt. In respect to the orthography of the name, I have exam-
sieslepl, suatated In Yaurreners P ined, and find the following facts:

The act of 1855, ‘defining the boundaries
of the counties of Kansas,’ gives the spelling
Browne. It is soin the published statutes an
A journals, and so in the enrolled bill preserved

n the Secretary of State’s office.

But it does not so occur in the enrolled
pills of the second session of the Legislature,
held in 1857,commencing at Lecompton, Jan-
uary 4 of that year. In the enrolled bills of
that second session the final e is dropped from
Brown County. This is so in an act redefining
the boundaries of the several counties of the
Territory, and the same is true asto ail of the
enrolled bills of that session, including one
redistricting the Territory for legislative pur-
poses. But in the published statutes of that
session, 1857, the name is invariably printed
with the final e—following the statutes of

1845.

The enrolled bill is the highest authority
of variance like this. It was then the Legisla-
lature of 1857 that changed the orthography
from Browneto Brown. The Jatter orthogra-
phy has since been followed in Kansas stat-
utes, =
Major Morri]l was a member of the House
of Representatives at the third legislative
session, and the first page of the House jour-
nal of that session shows that he appeared as
the member from the Fourth and Fifth dis-
tricts, embracing Brown and Nemaha coun-
ties—the final e being omitted in the journal
as in all the laws and proceedings of thatses-

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sion.

Albert G. Brown’s name was not spelled
with a final e. If, then, Messrs, Jobnson,
Martin and McMeekin are correct, as they
doubtiess are, in their: recollection, that the
Legislature of 1855 intended to honor the Mis-
sissippi Senator, by giving his name to the
county, aclerical error was made in the en-
Tollment of the bill—an error which went into
the printed statutes of that and the succeeding
sessions, and so iuto the early records of the
county. There was no member of the Legis-
Jature from Doniphan named Brown,nor from
that part of the Territory, during these early
Le. sessions. Brown was attached to Doniphan at
the first session, and detached at the second.
In the act detaching, it was named Brown,
without thee.

The Legislature, at its second session, was:
Pro-slavery, and could not in dropping the e
have made the change for the purpose of hon-
oring old John Brown. Noformal aci in regard
to the name was ever passed, other than those

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Geo. W. Bubach, of Hiawatha, (
states that the change in the climate of f
Brown County during the past thirteen (a) Mission Towns
years has been marked in several par- (*) Morrill eee:
ticulars. First in the formation of dew; ( Powhattan Township .
whereas the absence of dew in the months ‘ a ep inson cow ne Pes
of February and March formerly proved

c) Irving TOWnENID:
Disssiayas .

a) Hamlin Township..........0066 ccaceenees
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detrimental to the growth and luxuri-

 

ance of evergreens—arbor-vitae (red
cedar), Norway spruce, etc., and also to

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succeeding Legislatures in acts in which the
1870. 1880. same occurs have simply followed the ortho-

graph fixed by the acts of 1857.
o. Weahospiiaicee . aaavteden. ues 1,025 tis not singular that Major Morrill should
wees 22849 have fallen into error in this matter. Doubt-
2,300 "O67 less he had not at the time taken notice of the
ne 1,789 recise facts, John Brown’s ‘trail’ crossed
ae 972 Brown County. It isa settled tradition in that
us 756 section that the county was named after the
3 1,214 Oldmartyr, It gives me no pleasure to dispel

és 1145 the error,”
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ae 970 This theory seems improbable for
2300 | 12,817 ™any reasons, but chiefly from the fact.
aE that the final e appears in the records:

 

 

of the first two Legislatures, and not at

 

small shrubbery, there is now a heavy

: In 1879, detached fr Ireek.
formation uf dew through those months. CRO ee ee eae Hata ee Walon
The winds also are less violent tban (c) In 1872,

‘Irw

during the earlier years of settlement, (d) In 1872, formed from parts of Claytonville and Lochrane.
and a difference between the climate (e) In 1879, detached from Walnut Creek.

: (f) In 1879. detached from Irving.
and that of States farther east is noted g In 1872, oerapist from Lochrang. |
. . h) In , detached from Claytonville,
in regard to spring frosts. In the more, (4) In 1872, formed from parts of Lochrane and Walnut Creek.
eastern States a cold raw day in spring (J) In 1877; detached from Claytonville,

2, formed from parts of Walnut Creek, Irving and Lochrane,
pareeet oft to Hiawatha; in 1879, to Padonia; name published

a later date. It is hardly to be believed:
that the law makers did not know the:
old hero’s name to a letter. Among a.
large class of the early settlers, the opin-
ion that the county was named in honor’
of Hon, O. H. Browne, was very gen--
erally received. Browne was a member
of the Legislature in 1855, when the

 

is usually followed bya heavy frost
the next morning, but here at the
close of a cold day, as the wind goes down, the temperature generally rises,
and the fruit is saved from destruction by frost. Mr. Bubach is confident that
Kansas will eventually be one of the finest fruit growing States in the Union.

NAMING THE COUNTY.

The first Territorial Legislature of 1855 districted a large part of the new
territory into counties, and assigned names for all. In all places where the
name of the county appears that year, it is spelled Browne. In the report of
-1875 of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, the statement was
made that the county was named in honor of Hon. Albert G. Brown, of . Mis-
sissippi, who was a United States Senator at the time of the passage of the
Kansas-Nebraska bill. This statement was backed by a letter from Judge F.
G. Adams, an old resident of Kansas, who says ; e.

counties were laid out and named, andi
aa that body designated the new counties.
by the names of its own members. From a letter of Dr. J. H. Stringfellow,
now of St. Joe, Mo., and a member of the Legislature of 1855 from Atchison,
is taken the following extract, which seems to be conclusive:

“There is an error regarding the name of Brown County which should be corrected, as:

dt te ely, yolhecome.s part of tl & fucure mistory of Kansas, Iam not surprised that the
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intervened since thelr Ceca long a time has elapsed, and such tremendous events have

© name of the county was originally Browne, after a very brilliant and very eccentric

member of the House at-the time, O. H. Browne, of the then Third Representative District,

and resident of what is now Douglas County, where he died some few years since. There

wete several Souutigs named after members of the one or the other of the two houses, viz:

Jonr mn, a ber ev. Thomas Johnson, a member of the Council; Lyking, after. Rev. David

iw) nine OF ‘ De anger ex indian. MISslONATY 5 Coffey, after A. M. Cottey. of the Council

Marshall of the fiderson, r Joseph C, Anderson, of the House; Marshall, after F.I

© above gentlemen, I think only two are now living--F. I. Marshall, now of Colora-

do, an enterprising, intelligent man, and highly respected: and J. G, Anderson, now, I

epnal aig Pace a very intelligent lawyer, and all of them men of unblemished per-
BROWN COUNTY.

In addition to this, there have been published letters from various mem-
bers of the first Territorial Legislature, and all agree that O. H. Browne, who
died a few years ago, was the godfather of the county. The reason for the
dropping of the final e has never been satisfactorily explained, but as it appears
in all the records of the Pro-slavery Legislature, and in none of those of the
Free-state body, the presumption that some long forgotten political project was
at the bottom of the change is by no means improkablé.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

Prior to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill there was, as far as is

known, no settlement of whites inthis county. Wandering hunters had passed
through on their excursions and may have been enticed by the abundance of
game in the neighborhood and other favoring circumstances to halt for a con-
siderable length of time, yet permanent settlement was unthought of. Long
trains of “ prairie schooners” winding along the divides over the old California
trail passed near where Hiawatha now stands and the Indian bands scoured the
level prairies and pitched their ¢azdes at innumerable points, yet none thought of
continuous residence. .

The earliest records state that Thurston Chase and James Gibbons staked
claims on Wolf Creek on May 11, 1854, and made some small improvements,
but returned to the East in less than a month. Two weeks later a party com-
posed of C. H. Isely, Peter and Christ Luginbuhl left- St. Joseph for an explor-
ing trip through this part of the country. The second day’s travel brought them
to.a point a few miles east of the site of Hiawatha, where they camped near a
small stream just before nightfall. With night came a storm which pelted and
drenched them to a disheartening extent. To add to their troubles the dis-
covery of a band of mounted Indians was made by the gleam of the lightning.
In the morning the Indians had disappeared but the party were more than will-
ing to abandon their venture, and made good time back to St. Joseph. In June
of the same year W.C. Foster came to Brown County, but passed through and
settled in the eastern part.of Nemaha County, having been informed that this
section was a part of the Indian Trust Lands. On learning his error he re-
moved the same fall to Brown County where he still lives.

From this time forward the tide of pioneers poured into the fertile country
and before the close of 1854 the farms of the newcomers dotted the land in every
direction. From Major E. N. Morrill has been obtained a partial list of those
who came to Brown County during this period. E. R. Corneilison and Wallace
Corneilison August 3; Thomas Brigham, Henry Gragg, Isaac Sawin, Marcellus
Sawin, John, William and King Belk, J. L. Wilson, William and Thomas Dun-
can, B. F. Partch, Jacob Englehart and Benjamin Winkles.

The fall and winter of 1854-55 was one of those rare, genial seasons which
occasionally come to Kansas, and the tide of immigration was unchecked. From
this time dates the erection of the residences of many of the substantial settlers
of the county—Amasa Owen, J. K. Bunn, Henry Smith, Stephen Hughes and
his wife (who is said to have been the first white woman in Robinson Township)

_and a host of others whose claims to the remembrance of posterity have been
forgotten, :

In the spring of 1855 a Settler’s Protective Association, or Claim Club,
was formed by the settlers on Walnut Creek for the purpose of enforcing the
rights of those who had staked out claims and were dona fide settlers. This was,
it will be remembered, in the year of the border ruffian or bogus legislature
excitement, when armed Missourians took possession of the polls and elected a
legislature to suit the views of themselves and Pro-slavery friends in Kansas.
Such proceedings aroused, as they well might, a sense of insecurity in the pos-
session of claims, and the natural determination to make, by a sense of innate
justice, laws of their own. Matters, however, never came to a serious head,
and beyond quiet enforcement of the law, there was no incident worth preser-
vation. Coupled, however, with the law relative to claims, was one relative to
the sale of “fire water” to the Indians, which brought about an incident strong-
ly characteristic of the times and the men. The story, as related by Hon. E.
N. Morrill, is as follows:

The first trial for violating this code took place at the house of Jesse Padon—a smal |
Jog-hut which all the settlers prior to 1862 will remember as standing on the banks of the
Valnut, near Schmidt’s saw-mill. Complaint was made that Robert Boydand Elisha Os-
born had been selling whisky to the Indians. The settlers, sixteen in number, bad gathered
with the firm determination to enforce their laws at all hazards; but one in the whole set-
tlement was absent, aud he was too ill to attend. When they were ready to proceed, E. R,
Corneilison called their attention to the fact thatthe accused were not present, and asked
that they besentfor. This was summarily overruled, and the trial went on. Witnesses
were examined; the testimony was brief and to the point, and after a very short deliberation
a verdict of guilty was rendered, and it was decided that the stock of liquors of these men
should be destroyed, and that they should pay a fine of $20 and leave the county at once.
Padon was appointed to carry out the sentence, and the others all wentalong to assist in en-
forcing thelaw. The house in which Boyd & Osborn kept their liquors stood at the edge of
Pilot Grove, about three miles from Padonia, When the squad arrived at the house of
the accused they were called out and informed that they had been tried, convicted and sen-
tenced, and that the officers of the Jaw were then and there prepared to enforce the order.

They replied that they would cheerfully give up their liquors and pay the fine, but begged
not to be forced to leave their homes. They also promised faithfully that they would never

again be guilty of a like act. After the party.had duly considered the matter and taken a
“snifter” all around, they concluded that it was too bad to waste such valuable Property 5
so the parties paid the fine of twenty dollars, promised to sell no more to the Indians, an
were allowed to retain their liquors andremain at their homes. The twenty dollars were
equally divided among the posse, each receiving $1.25 for his day’s work, and all returned
to their homes.

Two years later a claim club was formed at Hiawatha. This year (1857)
saw an influx of great numbers of speculators who took claims, and after hiring
the erection of a shanty andthe breaking of a few acres of land, returned.
These men were sometimes not over nice in choosing their lands with reference
to the right of predecessors, hence arose the need of a body with power to make
good its claims. It was no uncommon thing in this year to see as many as fifty
speculators hanging about the Benton House, the only building in the town,
awaiting for the completion of work on their claims. :

The first business house erected in this county, was a cross-roads store, built
in 1857, by M. L. Sawin, near the old Carson schoolhouse. The first recorded
marriage was that of Hiram Wheeler and Eliza E. Root, which took place on
July 30, 1857. This was followed in September by that of J. Roberts and

 

 

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aes Sarah McCready, and of Captain John Schilling and Miss Susan Meisen-
eimer.

The first child born in the county was Isaac Short, who saw the light in
August, 1855.

The first fourth of July celebration in the county, took place in 1857, on
the farm of John Roe, on Mulberry Creek. Speeches were made by W. C.
Foster, D. McFarland, W. G. Sargent and others, and the crowd of about two
hundred had a highly patriotic and very good time. #

The same summer religious services were held on the farm of E. H. Niles,
and a Sabbath school was organized by Mr. David Peebles. A school was
taught near Robinson the same year by David Guard, of Indiana. ‘

The first postoffice in the county was that at Claytonville, established
August 8, 1858, with George E. Clayton as Postmaster. Prior to this time
there had been postal service of a private character, established in the summer
of 1857, to supply the pressing need of news from the East, felt by all the
settlers. Iowa Point, in Doniphan County, was the nearest postoffice, and
Philip Weiss was hired by the settlers to go there weekly with a requisition for
their letters. For this duty two dollars a trip was paid, and the carrier eked
out his income by carrying passengers and freight. A postal route from St.
Joseph to Marysville, Kan., had been ordereri in 1855, and this would have sup-
plied Highland and Hiawatha, but it was not put in operation until 1858.

The rapid growth of the county in 1857, led to the establishment of a
number of postoffices, of which the following is a list: Claytonville, George
E. Clayton, Postmaster, August 8; Mount Roy, Shelton Duff, Postmaster,
September 2; Padonia, Orville Root, Postmaster, October 20; Hamlin,
Edward H. Niles, Postmaster, December 5 ; Carson, M. L. Sawin, Postmaster,
December 9. The following year, Poney Creek, Robinson and Hiawatha, were
established, after which the war broke out, and no postoffices were created
until 1864.

INDIAN LANDS,

The Iowa Trust lands, held in trust for the Iowa tribe of Indians, em-

_ braced several thousand acres of the best lands of Brown County. Early in

1857, as the tide of immigration began to pour into the county, it became evi-
dent that a portion, at least, of these lands must pass to the possession of the
whites. They were therefore condemned by the order of the Secretary of the
Interior, and advertised for sale at public auction. On June 4, 1857, they were
put upon the market, and, owing to a sort of furor which had arisen for their
possession, brought very high prices. Little immediate settlement ensued
from this sale, as the buyers were largely speculators, On the other hand
many who had squatted upon them previously under the impression that they
were free government lands, left at once. It was several years before the lands
were permanently occupied.

The original reservation of the Kickapoo tribe occupied parts of Brown,
Atchison, and Jackson counties, and included a territory of about the space of
a full sized county. It now embraces about eight congressional townships.
The treaty with the tribe by which they gave up part of their possessions
was made June 28, 1862, and was ratified on May 28, 1863. By this
act, the Central Branch, Union Pacific Railway, obtained possession of some-
thing over 125,000 acres of land, lying principally in Brown County. For
this the Kickapoos received the government price of $1.25 per acre.
During 1866 the lands were advertised for sale, but it was not until April 13,
that the first sale was made. Then camea rush for this part of the county
and rapid settlement followed.

RAILWAY MATTERS,

As early as 1860, an effort to secure a railway from St. Joseph, Mo.,
through the northern tier of counties was made, and four miles of track was
built between Ellwood and Wathena, in Doniphan County, Work was stop-
ped the following year by the breaking out of the war, and for five years the
scheme lay in abeyance. In 1866 a bill granting 125 000 acres of land to the
Northern Kansas Railway passed the Legislature. On May 12th of the same
year a meeting was held at Hiawatha, and Samuel Lappin was elected presi-
dent, F. H. Drenning, secretary, W. B. Barnett, treasurer, and D. E. Ballard,
land agent of the company. The following gentlemen were elected, Directors:
E. N. Morrill, Samuel Lappin, F. H. Drenning,-W. B. Barnett, D. E, Ballard,
Thomas Osborn, Samuel Speer, George Graham, J. E. Smith, J. D. Brumbaugh,
and E. C. Manning.

Three days later an election to decide the question, ‘‘Shall the people of
Brown County subscribe $125,000 to the capital stock of the Northern Kansas
Railway ?” was held, and resulted in the defeat of the proposition. On June
16, 1866, an amended proposition asking for bonds to the amount of $100,000
was carried by a majority of 102. Shortly after the Northern Kansas was
merged in the St. Jospeh & Denver City Railway. This railway company was
not, however, ready to build at once, and the matter lay in abeyance until
several yearslater. On January 5, 1369, a request was received by the County
Commissioners for a slight modification of the contract, so that the bonds of
the county might accrue to the railway as the road was constructed and not be
reserved until its completion. This proposal was submitted to the people
at the general election of the same year, and resulted in a vote of 422 for, to
288 against the measure. In accordance with this vote Hon. E. N. Morrill,
then County Clerk, was ordered on April 14, 1870, to subscribe $100,000 to
the capital stock of the railway company, which was done. The road was com-
pleted the following year, trains running to Robinson in February, and to a
temporary depot near Hiawathain March.

It is of rare occurrence that a railway in a single year makes all arrange-
ments for right of way, for its relations with cities and villages en route, and
completes its track of more than ahundred miles in a single year. Yet this
has been done by the Missouri Pacific. In July, 1881, the project of running
an extension from Atchison, Kan., to Omaha, Neb., was first broached. On
July 31, @ petition signed by two-fifths of the resident taxpayers was presented
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tothe County Commissioners, calling for a ‘special election to determine
whether the county should subscribe for the $10,000 of the stock of the Mis-
souri Pacific Railway Company. In accordance with this petition an election
in the several townships was ordered for August, 1881, On August 20 the
election was held simultaneously in Mission and Padonia, and a week later in
Hiawatha and Washington townships. This resulted in favor of the proposal
in all but Padonia Township, and it was accordingly ordered that the County
Clerk for the county subscribe the required amount to the Railway Company,
issuing to piy therefor ten bonds of $10,000 each, having twenty years to run,
and payable at the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas in New York City.

In the latter part of May, 1882, the new line was completed from Hia-
watha to Omaha, and the link between Atchison and the former place was
nearly finished. Itthen was decided thata freight division should be made
either at Hiawatha or Falls City, andCol. Everest, attorney for the railway,
made overtures to both places looking toward the location of the round house
and shops of the road. Meetings were held at Hiawatha, and the demands of
the railway in return for the location of these buildings stated. They were in
brief the relinquishment of the stock of the company, and the donation of a
long and narrow strip of ground suitable for side tracks and buildings. After
some discussion of this proposal it was acceded to and a committee appointed
to draw up a contract for the county. Land to the amount of twenty acres,
lying north of the old depot was purchased at a cost of $2,200, and a deed of
the same transmitted to the officers of the Missouri Pacific. The land will be
at once put in shape, and the construction of the buildings be begun. ‘It is
hard to estimate the amount of benefit accruing to the town from this action,
which brings an immediate increase of population of, at least 200 and
sets afloat each month a large amount of money. With the increase of the
business of the road will come more workmen and more trade for the mer-
chants of the town, and it would not be surprising to see, ten years hence, a
population of railroad men only of a thousand people.

THE GRASSHOPPERS.

‘“«The year we were grasshoppered” isa stock reminiscence of all who
lived west of the Missouri as early as the close of the war. In this county
these pests failed to put in an appearance prior to 1866. In August of that
year, however, the rumor of their approach was freely circulated, and on the
seventh of the next month the van of the great army touched the western line
of the county. ‘Three days Jater the grasshoppers reached the vicinity of Hia-
watha, anda day later passed beyond it. Behind them stretched the bare,
blistered earth denuded of vegetation and parched in the summer sun. In the
cornfields were seen the stripped corn stalks with the pendant ears nibbled and
oftentimes half eaten; green leaves, grasses and everything of that nature had
vanished. Luckily the ears of corn were so far advanced as to present Jess at-
tractive food than in the milk stage, and, although injured, the crop was hy no
means totally destroyed, and the farmers had the consolation that it might
easily have been far worse.

The damage of the fall was but a tithe of the mischief done, for the eggs,
which had been deposited in every convenient spot, produced in the spring a
countless host of young which foraged for about a month, and then left ez
masse to be seen no more that year. This exodus took place in June, and
those who had Jost their crops were enabled to replant in time to yet realize a
good harvest. .

Two years later these pests made a second appearance but did no great
damage either in the fall or in the succeeding fall.

For five years thereafter the county saw nothing of the “ Pride of the
West,” as a local paper dubbed these voracious destroyers. But in 1874 they
reappeared from the West and madea clean sweep from the Rockies to the
Missouri river. This had been a very dry season, and barely half a reasonable
crop could have been harvested, but none of the farmers were called upon to
go through the formality of harvesting. The work of devastation did not stop
here, but was continued on the orchards, special attention being given to apple
and peach trees. Leaves of any sort seemed to be fish in the net of these
things of universal appetite, but in some cases, as reeorded by a writer of the
time, the fruit was also destroyed or badly eaten. The bark of the trees was
sampled, and in some instances so thoroughly as to completely girdle the tree
and destroy it. Major Morrill says:
bacco plants were utterly destroyed. Again they laid their eggs in immense
numbers, the ground being literally perforated by them. Heavy freight trains
on the railroads were frequently delayed for hours by their gathering on the
track in large numbers, the wheels crushing them and forming an oily, soapy
substance.” This picture it must be remembered is drawn, not by one who has
made a failure of his life in Kansas, and wishes a valid excuse for leaving, but
by one who can safely be called the most successful man of the county, or even
of this part of Kansas.

The farmers of the country do not seem to have very fully understood the
modus operandi of their foes, for the following spring theyjplanted large fields of
grain without the least apprehension of danger from grasshoppers. With the
coming of spring and sunny days came a change that altered the velvety
green of the fields to a plain dirt color and swept away the young wheat as
clearly as a tornado could have done. Before the first of June the loss of all
grain was nearly completed, and shortly after the grasshoppers took wing and
disappeared. The work of replanting was at once begun, although the hope of
getting a full crop was small. It was Hobson’s choice, however, and a large
acreage was put under cultivation. How anxiously the farmers watched the
weather may be imagined. But when the months swung around and harvest
time showed a plentiful supply, the hardships of the early summer were nearly
forgotten.

COUNTY MATTERS.
The order for the first Territorial-election was issued at_a meeting of the County

foners held September 17, 1855, tn Doniphan County. Browne was organized as a
Seal township with provision for the election of a delegate to Congress, eWiliiam Cc

“Tomato plants. onions and even to- -

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

iam Parket and E. W. Short, were appointed Judges of Election, and the place
ePhniding tae une was at the house of W. C. Foster, on the South Fork of the Nemaha. The
electiou took place October 1, 1855, and resulted in the casting of four votes—all for J. W.
Whitfield as Delegate to Congress. A year later Whitfield received sixteen votes as dele-
gate and X K. Scout, B. O. Driscoll and T. W. Waterson, seventeen votes each, as-members
of the Territorial Legisiature, although all the latter three resided in Doniphan County.
The third election held in the county took place on June 13, 1857, and was called to select
delegates to the Consticu.ional Convention at Lecompton. At this election the counties of
Brown and Nemaha formed an election district, aud Cyrus Dolman receiving forty-four
votes against thirty-six cast for Henry Smith, was chosen delegate. The growth of the
county, was, according to this showing, very slow, but it must be remembered that the
flerce fight between the Pro-slavery and Free-state forces was in progress; that the Free-
state or Anti-slavery party refused to vote, and that this vote of eighty ballots, was no cri-
terion of the actual number of legal voters in the county. At the regular fall election of
this year, held on October 5, the Free-state men were out in foree and brought outa full
vote of allinthe county. The total vote at this time was two hundred and eight; of which
the Free-state party hac one hundred and thirty-six, aud the Pro-slavery seventy-two,
This vote was divided as follows: a

Free-state. - Waluut Creek, forty six: Lochnane, ten; Irving, forty-three; Claytonville,
thirty-seven. ‘ "

Pro slavery.—Walnut Creek, three; Lochnane, eleven; Irving, twenty-three; Clayton-
ville, thirty-five.

This wag a final defeat for the Pro-slavery party, and they never afterward played any
noteworthy part in the politics of the county. Democracy seems to have ever been in sympa-
thy with the Southern element. and to have shared its fortunes, for at thistime Brown and
Nemaha counties elected a representative, and the Republican candidate, Maj. E. N. Mor-
rill, received two hundred and eighty-three votes; his opponent obtaining but little more
than one-third of that number. 2

n July 22, 1856, the County Surveyor was directed by the County Commissioners of
Doniphan County to survey the joint boundary line between Doniphan and Brown counties,
This was done. and Brown County was separated from Doniphan by an act of the Legisla-
ture of 1857. The Legislature of the following year transferred Township 5, Ranges 15 and
16, to Jackson County. Th.s left the county in its present shape; an exact square, twenty-
tour miles on each side. 5 2

The first County Clerk was James Waterson, who was appointed in 1857, but did not fill
afull term. and was followed by David Peebles, who continued to hold the office through
the following year, Those who Nave succeeded to the office are W. B. Barnett, 1859: Henry
Graves, 1860; H. R. Dutton, 1860: E. L. Pound, 1860-62-64; E. A. Spooner, 1864-65; J.
Kelsey, 1866; E. N. Morrill, 1867-69-71-73; Henry Isley, 1874-76-78; Jon E. Moon,
1 -80-82. : e

The following have held the office of County Treasurer: John Dunbar, 1857; Richard
L. Oldham, 1857: Moses P. Proctor, 1857; 8. Wade. 1858-60; G. J. Englehart, 1860-63; E.
L. Ponnd, 1863-65; W. B. Barnett, 1865-67-69; A. McLaughlin, 1869-71-73; H. Seburn,
1875-77; J. F. Ruelim, 1877-79; William Welcome, 1879-81, and to the present time.

The first Register of Deeds of whom the records make any mention. was D. Peebles, who
was elected in 1861. He was followed by J. W. Oberholtzer, 1863-65-67, J. H. Klinefelter,
1867-69: J. W. Oberholtzer, 1869-71; A. R. Platt. 1871-73; F. D. Houlette, 1873-75; E. D.
Benner, 1875-77-79; James K, Allison, 1879-81-83.

The first Probate Judge was W. W. Guthrie, elected in 1861. E. A. Spooner was elected
in 1864, and held office we 1868. He was succeeded by D. K. Babbit, 1868-70-72; T. B.
Dickason. 1874-76-78-80- 82. ¥

The Cienks of the District Court have been J. G. Kelsey, elected in 1862; E. N. Morrill,
1866; H. J. Aten, 1870; Henry Anderson, 1872; J. W. Oberholtzer, 1874; L. H. Eilely, 1876;
W. M. Welcome, 1878; S. Wilson, 1880. ;

On page eighty-four of the laws of 1857 is an act approved in February of that year,
and reading as follows: “* * * That Claytonville be the temporary seat of justice of Browne
County. * * #7 °

AGT he election of October 6, 1857, three Commissioners were chosen to make a selection
of a permanent County Seat. At a meeting of the Board, h ld on December 14, the duly
elected Commissioners, I. P. Winslow, Isaac Chase, and_I. B. Hoover, organized and pro-
ceeded at once to take a vote forthe new County Seat. T'is vote resulted in the casting of
one vote each for Hiawatha, Carson and Padonia. Manifestly there w:s no probability of
a choice, and, to aid in ma’ ing one, the Commissioners the following day, visited the towns
already voted for, ind also Hamlin. At this time Mr. Carson offereu one-half the building
lots of the town and $1,500; Hiawatha each alrernate building lot, aud a court-house twen-
ty by thirty feet; and Padonia a square of ground, and a $3,000 court-house, for the prefer-
ence. Having received these propositions the Board hela a meeting, and took 4 fresh vote.
This resulting as before. a third ballot was taken with the result of two votes for Carson,
and one for Fadonia. A fourth ballot resulted in the casting of three votes for Carson and
its. consequent selection. This, it will be remembered, was in December, 1857. Inthe Jan-
uary following, the work of the Commissioners was upset by the passage of an actof the
legislature authorizing an election to be held on April 5, for the purpose of submitting to
the people the final location of the County Seat. At this election the vote, as 1eturned,
showed irregniarities in four precincts, and they were thrown out. The vote was thenfan-
nounced as follows: Hiawatha, 128 votes; Carson, 37; Hamlin, 25: Claytonville, 20; Wash-
ington, 13; Prairie Springs, 4; Padonia, 2. Hiawatha having received a ciear majurlty was
then declared the County Seat. a

The first County Court House was built at Claytonvilie, in accordance with an order of
thefCounty Commissioners made at their meeting March 31, 1857. In this order it was
specified that the building should be thirty by twenty feet, and be enclosed hy June 1, of that
year, A tax of one-sixth of one per cent. Was levied to defray the expense of this work, and R.

. Oldham appointed Building Commissioner, At the August meeting of the Com nissioners,
Mr. Oldham reported that the building had veen completed by Mr. A. Heed, at a cost of
$ 00, and was satisfactory. The same year this structure was sold to Samuel A. Wade for
$100. After the brief County Seat location at Carson where no court house was built, and
the final removal to Hiawatha in April, 1858, the County Commissioners ordered the ex-
penditure of $2,000 fora Court House and Jalil, and appointed Joseph Klinefelter as special
conimissioner to supervise the work, On the death of Mr. Klinefelter, shortly after, H. R.
Dutton was appointed Commissioner of Public butldings, At the November session the
Commissioner reported that he had contracted with 8, W. Wade to build the Court House,
and that it would be completed by August 1, 1859. This building, from the time of its com-
pleticn until the erection of the present fine Cour’ House in 1878, occupied the center of the
public square. When room was needed for the work on the fuundations of the new struc-
ture, the old court house was-torn down and the heavier portions used in the construction
of two small dwellings near the residence of H. M. Way.

In the fall of 1877 It was decided to hold an election to determine whether a new court-
house should be huilf bv the county, The proper notices having been posted by the County
Commissioners the election took wace at the time of the regular fall ejection in November,
and resulted in the polling of 798 votes for public buildings and 655 against. On Febru-
ary 12, 1878, E. P. Carr, of the firm of Roper & Carr, of St. Joseph, Missouri, was appointed
architect of the new structure and ordered to draw up plans and specifications, For this
work there was to be pald three and one-quarter percent of the costof the buildifg. On
April 12 of thts year the County Commissioners ordered that bids for the construction of the
new court house be advertised for, It was stated in the advertisement for bids that the cost of
construction would be paid im four installments of equal amount, due on Deeember 20, 1878,
June 20, 1879, December 20, 1879, and June 20, 1880. Bonds in double the amount of the
cost of construction were also yeuuired from the successful bidder, In response to the notice
of the County Commissioners bids were recetved from the following parties: G. Amann, of
Hiawatha, $19,625. H. A. Day & Co., of Nelson, Nebraska, $19.63; Randell Hickox, of
Omaha, Nebraska, $19 438; Anderson & Liddell, of Leavenworth, $18,790; J. A. McGonigle,
of Leavenworth, $18,743. These bids were opened on June 5, 1878, and the contract award-
ed to J. A. McGonigle, of Leavenworth, bonds being fixed at $38,000.

To secure funds for meeting this new obligation a special tax of three mills was levied
for the years 1879 and 1880.

On December 11, 1879. the County Commissioners at their regular meeting voted to ac-
cent the new court house and at once placed $16,000 insurance upon it; $4.000 in each of the
following comnanies—Pheenix, of Hartford, Connecticut; Aetna, of Hartford, Connecticut;
Home of New York, North British and Mercantile, of London and Edinburgh. The County
Clerk was then directed to proceed to St. Joseph and centract for furniture for the new quar-
persis TNs {lone ata cost of $1,605, the county had as neat and beautiful a structure as need

On the lower floor are the offices of the County Clerk, Recorder of Deeds, Probate Judge,
Treasurer, Superjutendent of Instruction. On ‘the second the office of the Prosecuting
Attorney and the county court room.

WAR RECO

(The history of the Thirteenth Volunteer Infantry of which Company I of this county
formed a part, is given in the General History.)

The Brown County Guard was raised in 1861 by Capt. Ira J. Lacock, and at once pro-
ceeded to Atchison to join the First Kansas Infantry. Finding tt impossible to be attached
to this regiment, as it was already full. the Guard proreeded to Leavenworth, where they
were aga ndisappointed. Being unable to become attached ta any force destined for the
front the company returned to Hiawatha and disbanded. On October 13, 1864, Brigadier-
Gen. Sherry sent the following letter to Lieut. H. M. Robinson, of the Brown County
Militia: “Dear Sir:—You will notice from the within order that the entire militia of the
State is ordsrod .nto actual service for thirty days, unless sooner discharged; and that the

 
militia of this District are ordered to report to me at Atchison forthwith. You will attend
to the matter in your county. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
RON SHERRY,
Brigadier General.”

The enclosed order to which Gen. Sherry referred bore date of October 9th, and issued
from the headquarters of the Kansas State Militia at Topeka. The order’ for Brown,
Nemaha, Douiphan and Marshall counties required an immediate rendezvous at Atchison.
Iu obedience to this command, Brown County sent a force, which as reported at Atch-
ison, consisted of: Fiawaha Company, composed of sixty-five men; James A. Pope,
Captain; John Walters, First Lieutenant; Jacob Sparr, Second Lieutenant. Walnut Creek
Oompany, composed of Forty-one nen; I. N. Speer, Captain; Levi Morrill, First Lieuten-
ant; William Belk, Second Lieutenant. Robinson Company, composed of 100 men; Samuel
W. Swayze, Captain; L. Slagel, First Lieutenant; William Gear, Second Lieutenant. Roys
Creek Company was not at this time reported.

The departure of the militia for the front was immediately followed by the organiza-
tion of the Home Guard, which in twenty-four hours secured an enrollment of seventy-
nine, “including the colored men and a few hoys who wished to be enrolled.” Lieut.
Perkins was made captain of this force, and perfected a plan for meeting and repelling any
attack, by the rapid concentration of the force spread over s-veral miles. That the sudden
departure of the militia was a great loss to the county is proven with the utmost clearness
by stray items which appear inthe county paper of the time. Women were reported as
gathering corn left standing in the field, as loading wood and acting as teamsters, and, at
4 pinch, as millers. In one instance, Mr. Livermore, of the Hamlin Mills, was ordered upon
“detached duty,” this’ being nothing less than hurrying to his mill and turning out a
stock of the staff of life for those whose lot at home was as rugged, in many ways, as that
of the “boys in blue” at the font. E

This force served at the front and on guard duty until the close of the war, when it was
disbanded and returned home. Many of its members moved to other points, but a,good
number are still within a few miles of the county seat, and have reared a second genera-
tion, who, should their country call, would probably turn out with all the fire and patriot-
ism of their sires, and re-enact the brave deeds of twenty years ago.

In 1860 the population of this County was 2,607: in 1870, 6,825; in 1875, 8.928; in 1880
12,810. ane pnotuded Hiawatha and Robinson, the former of which had 1,376 population

:

COUNTY SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES.

Private or subscription schools were taught inthe county from nearly the date of first
settlement, and records of this work have been found as early as 1856. There was, how-
ever, no regularly organized district prior to the Carson District organized on March 11,
1859, by County Superintendent J. A. Stanley. The first School Board. was elected on the
21st of he following month, and was as follows; Noah Hansen, Director; I. B. Hoover,
Clerk; A. M. Kendall, Treasurer. The report of the County Superiniendent of Public In-
struction for this year shows an enrollment of 204 children of school age. and an attendance
of ninety-five in the two schools (Carson and Myers Districts) There were that year four
regularly organized schoo! districts, but there was no teaching in two of them.
‘i in 1878 Brown County had seventy school districts; in 1880 this number had increased
0 eighty-one.

The number of pupils enrolled was, in 1879, 3,161; in 1880, when the biennial report
was issued, 3,623; and in 1881. 4,067; with au average attendance of 2,349.

During this period the number of teachers em ployed had increased from eighty in 1879
and eighty-five in 1880, to 125in 1881, when the amount of yearly salaries-paid was $23,-

The total expenditure for all school purposes in 1880 was $24,461.89; the assessed valu-
ation of all school property, $3,300,129.
c Brown County Agricultural Association was organized in 1864,and purchased a fine

site for a fair ground at the southeast of the town. This was a portion of the lands of W. B.
Barnett and covered twenty acres. On this was laid out a half-mile track, said to be one of
the best in the State, and in the center was a floral hall about forty by eighty feet. Aftera
few years, however, the society fell into neglect and was practically disbanded. The Brown
Courty Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical Company then took control of the
grounds and buildings, and retained them up to 1880, when the Brown County. Exposition
Association was organized as a joint stock coinpany under the State law In 1880 the man-
agers of the society decided to still further improve its facilities, and_a strip of ground on
the north of the old space was purchased of Maj. E. N. Morrill fur $400. This last purchase
coverstenacres. Upon adding this ground the Floral Hall was removed from the center of
thetrack to aspace northeast of the judges’ stand, and near the main entrance. Stables
have been fitted up, on the south side of the track, for the convenience of training blooded
stock, and ample stalls furnished for other classes of domestic animals. On the north
of the judges’ stand is a row of seats for the accommodation of those who attend trials of
speed. These will be extended the coming season and form a convenient amphitheater,
The society has expended, thus far, not less than $6,000, but it stands ready to do as much
more as inay be necessary to make its grounds worthy of the attendance of the best classes
of stock and stock fanciers. The present officers of the society are J. M. Boomer, president;
T. L. Brundage, secretany. aah. 4 c

The Brown County Improved Horse Association has its headquarters at Hiawatha, and
is compos -d of some of the best breeders of blooded stock in the county. Its organiza-
tiondates from February, 1882. when the following officers were elected: J. Beaty, presi-
dent; S. Detwiler, secretary; John Walters, treasurer. The tive stock no’v owned by the
association consists of four thorough-bred draft stallions, three 6:1 whom are located at
Hiawatha. These animals are alt from Illinois, where they were imported from France and
England. The infusion of new blood from this foreign stock can not fail to be of great
value to the farmers of the entire county.

STATISTICS.

The following statement of the amount of land devoted to the production of the various
staples of the State aud County from 1874 to 1880 inclusive is of great interest as exhibiting
an actual example of the growth of this section: In 1874 Brown County had 17,547 acres of
winter wheat; in 1880, 31,645 acres; in 1874, 855 acres of rye; 1n 1880, 1.859. Spriug wheat
covered 13,978 acres in 1874; 12.224 in 188V. Barley was raised on 5,789 acres in 1874; on
2,485 in 1880. Oats were planted on 8,233 acres in 1874; on 9,571 in 1880. Potatoes in-
creased from an acreage of 587in 1874 to 1,176 iu 1880. Pearl millet was first planted in
1880. A glance at these figures shows that while the winter wheat area nearly doubled in
six years, spring wheat decreased as did» barley. Corn meanwhile nearly doubled its
acreage, and potatoes showed the largest proportional increase of all products of the soil.
The total value of products for 1880 was $1,844,711.66.

HIAWATHA.

Hiawatha, the county seat of Brown County, is located in one of the most
beautiful plains of this prairie country, and not far from the geographical center
of the county. From the upper floor of any large building can be seen a mag-
nificent amphitheater of twenty square miles of gently undulating prairie, which
seems to so melt in the distance that the eye is scarce able to discern where
earth ceases and the ‘cape flyaway” of the clouds begins. Spread over this
space are the substantial houses and well-kept fields which show long residence
and careful tillage. Within the city, grouped around the public square and on
Oregon street, are ‘the chief business houses. Radiating in every direction are
neat residences with trim, well-kept yards, and here and there the costly build-
ings which indicate that individual wealth has already been acquired from the
growing trade of the yet new country. ;

The first house erected in Hiawatha stood on the northwest corner of Sixth
and Oregon streets, and was occupied by Partch and Barnum asa hotel, and
later by A. Sellig, who managed it until the building of the old Hiawatha
House. This was in the early summer of 1857, and claims in the county were
constantly being taken by speculators from other States, who, after making
slight improvements and erecting claim shanties generally departed, either to
return another year or to sell their claims. It was no uncommon sight to see
these men, who rarely did their claim work personally, lounging about the
old hotel to the number of forty or fifty. The first term of the District Court
was held in this house. ; 3;

The second building was built by a Mr. Partch, and stood on the east side
of Sixth street, opposité the Court House. It was occupied as a general store

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by H.R. Dutton and B. L. Rider. In 1858 it was sold to W. B. Barnett, af-
terwards of the banking firm of Barnett, Morrill & James, now a promi-
nent citizen of Hiawatha. In 1857 there were but two buildings on the town
site.

The first postmaster of Hiawatha was H.R. Dutton, who was appointed
July 13, 1858, and held office four years. He was followed by Joseph Pascal,
who also retained the office for four years. In 1866 H. Graves received the ap-
pointment W.B. Barnett was Postmaster from 1870-74, and yielded to H.
Graves, who, however, failed to fill the full term and was succeeded by N. E.
Chapman on April 5, 1878. Mr..Chapman was in turn succeeded by J. D.
Blair on May 8, 1882.

During this time the postoffice had been located successively at the store
of H. R. Dutton, on lot 77, Oregon street ; in Pascal’s drug store, on the east
side of the square; on lot 79, on Oregon street, and finally in the Opera House
building, on Sixth and Oregon streets, where it is at once centrally and com-
modiously located.

On April, 1871, Hiawatha elected a full corps of city officers as follows:
Mayor, J. Schilling; Clerk, H. J Aten; Treasurer, James A. Pope; Marshal,
J.B. Butterfield ; Assessor, F. J. Heller; Police Judge, J. W. Oberholtzer; At-
torney,C. W. Johnson. The Councilmen were J, W. Pottenger, B. F. Killey,
G. Amann, H. M. Robinson, H. C. Wey. .

The Mayors who have served since Mayor Schilling are as follows: A.
McLaughlin, 1872-73; George Amann, 1873-74; H.J. Aten, 1874-75-76; A.
A. Holmes, 1876-77-78 : A. R. May, 1878-79 ; W. M. Welton, 1879-80;C. HH.
Lawrence, 1880-81 ; J. D. Blair, 1881-82; G. Amann, 1882-83,

The City Clerks since 1872 have been: W.C. Maxwell, 1872-73; D. M.
Reed, 1873-74; A. N. Ruley, 1874-75; Charles Wolf, 1875-76; II, M. Waller,
1876-77; A. T. McCreary, 1877-78-79; C. N. Welcome, 1879-80-81; T. L.
Brundage, 1881-82-83.

The City Treasurers have been as follows: J. W. Oberholtzer, 1872; A.
R, Platt, 1872-73; Charles Wolf, 1873-74-75; G. T. Woodmansee, 1875-76;
Charles Wolf, 1876-77 ; Harvey Seburn, 1877-78 ; J. E. Moon, 1878-79-80-81-,
82-83.

The earliest record of the public schools of this place bears date March
25, 1870, and records the election of E. Bierer as Director; B. F. McCoy,
District Clerk, and Gregory Amann, Distiict Treasurer. The next record is a
year later,and records the election of Mr.C.D.Lawrence,as Director—a position
he has ever since held. It was at this time decided to purchase two lots on
Miami Street in the northeast part of the town as asite for a schoolhouse. In
1873, what isnow known as “the old schoolhouse,” was built on these lots at a
cost of $6,000. This structure was of native stone, and was fifty by thirty-two
feet, and two stories in height. On April 4, 1873. the appointment of three
teachers was recorded. These were L. S. Herbert, Principal; and Miss Albee
and Miss Welcome, Assistants. ‘

Doubtless the stone schoolhouse was considered a commodious building
and suited to the needs of the school for a number of years to come; but it is
evident that the estimate of the city’s growth fell far below the realization; for
in 1874, only a year later, it was found necessary to obtain better accommo-
dations, At a’meeting held on April 10, 1874, it was decided to build a new
“permanent schoolhouse,” not to exceed in cost $35 000, One-third of this
sum was to be expended in the first year, and the remainder during successive
years. In the fall of 1875 Miss Mary A. P. Cracraft and Miss Mary Maxey
were added to the force of teachers, and, the school room proving utterly insuf-
ficient, a room was hired of D. C. Swayze, and used for the primary depart-
ment, taught by Miss Liggitt,

On February 22, 1875, the board having received the petition of more than
one-third of the legal voters of the district, praying for a special election to
determine the questiou of issuing bonds in $15,000 for building a new school-
house, set an election for March 6 of the same year. These bonds were to
have ten years to run and were coupled with the condition that none should be
sold for less than ninety-five per cent of their par value. At the special election
of March 6:the vote stood 146 for and 58 against the bonds. The issue.
of bonds having been decided upon it became necessary to choose a building
site. “At a meeting held March 8, 1875, an election to decide which of a number
of eligible localities should be selected was called for March 20. At this Jater
meeting the present site known as “site four” and the property of Mr. Bowers,
received fifty-four votes and a clear majority over all.

A call for plans and specifications was next in order, and after examination
of a number submitted, those of Steiger, Boetner & Co.,were accepted. The con-
tract for erecting the structure was then offered and finally awarded to Mr. G.
Amann at $13,000.

The school building thus obtained has seven rooms and a large department
foreach. Its teachers are L. D. Whittemore, principal; Misses Lizzie Herbert,
Lizzie Isles, Jennie Isles, Lou Chance. R. D. Kiner and Mrs. Eliza M. Cook.
With an enrollment of over 400 scholars it can readily be seen that ere long the
“ permanent” quarters which six years ago seemed sufficient for a long time to
come will shortly be too small. As long as practicable the schoolrooms, which in
addition to the original heavy outlay have received numerous improvements,
will be used. During the year 1881-82 steam heating was intrcduced th-ough-
out the building at a cost of $1,400.

Hiawatha may well be at once proud of her attractive school, its efficient
teachers and the rapid growth which necessitates a constant increase of both.

FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRES.

The fire department of Hiawatha was organized in 1874, with a member-
ship of thirty, and 11. M. Waller as Chief. After running in this form till 1876,
Mr, Waller resigned, and E. Allendorf took charge of the department, where
his name still appears as Chief. At the time of the organization, in 1874, a
truck, with hooks and ladders, was purchased. Jn 1876 a Babcock Fire Extin-
guisher was added to the apparatus. In 1877 the hook and ladder truck was
repaired and new ladders procured. The apparatus is placed in a building
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west of the new National Bank Block. The department meets on the first
Monday of each month.

The city has but one cistern for fire purposes. This is located on the
northeast corner of the square, and is supplied by a well close to it, water be-
ing raised by a wind-mill. It is proposed to place two more fire cisterns at the
northwest and southwest corners of the square, where, owing to the slope of
the land, they could readily be filled from the conduits of the court house roof.

On Thursday, November 30, 1871, the most destructive fire which has
ever visited the city broke out in the drug store of Mitchell & Zehrung, on the
east side of the Public Square. The flames were discovered about 2 A.M., and
had made such headway as to preclude allidea of saving the building. Atten-
tion was then turned to saving the household effects of Mr. Mitchell, the senior
partner of the firm, who occupied the upper story asa tenement. After various
courageous attempts, the firemen were beaten off by the dense smoke and suffo-
cating fumes from the burning drugs, which added, by constant explosions, to
the danger of the situation. Abandoning their apparently futile work on the
drug store, the citizens turned to the adjoining structures, which were all of
wood and consequently in imminent danger. On the north was a residence,
but as it was about twenty feet from the burning building, and the wind blew
fiercely from that quarter, it was comparatively safe. On the south the boot
and shoe store of J. B. Butterfield, the boot and shoe shop of F. Zimmerman,
and the hardware store of A. M. Blakesly. These were all of wood and with
the inadequate means at hand it was manifestly impossible to save them. At-
tention was then turned to the removal of théir contents, and the stock of the
two nearest merchants made a hasty exit. In the third building was a large
stock of shelf and heavy hardware and a number of stoves which, spite
of incessant labor, could not be rescued. Next to the south stood the jewelry
store of Mr. T. B. Dickason, and the fine residence of Mr. I. Boker. To save the
latter it was decided to tear down the jewelry store, and having removed all
‘the stock, the firemen made short work of the building, which was a smal] one.
The removal of this connecting link checked the advance of the. fire, and it
was from that time readily managed.

The total loss by this fire was about $12,000. Of this Mitchell & Zim-
merman lost $3,000—well insured ; Butterfield, $1,c0o0; Zimmerman, $400 or
$500; Blakesley, about $6,000; and Dickason, about $500.

On Sunday morning, October 5, 1879, watchman Huff, in making his two
o’clock round, discovered fire in the upper part of the Hiawatha House. This
hotel, which was built nearly twenty-two'years before, was in 1879 of an ex-
tremely composite order of architecture. The older portion of this was of brick,
but a large frame addition had been made to it, and it was on the upper floor
of this part that flames were discovered. A large crowd of citizens turned out
in response to the alarm of the watchman, and were soon actively engaged in
fighting the flames; but though burning slowly, the house was evidently
doomed. Attention was then given to rescuing as much as possible of the
furniture of the house and the personal property of its inmates. Mr. Ellis T.
Carey, who was running the hotel, was fully insured. The hotel proper was
also insured to the amount of $2,000, which nearly offset the loss. The de-
struction of this hotel was a loss to the town for the time only, the erection of
its namesake more than compensating for any divergence of trade through lack
of hotel facilities.

PROHIBITION AND THE HIAWATHA CLUB.

One of the most exciting events that has occurred in the history of Hiawa-
tha was the suppression of the Hiawatha Club. In 1875 the City Council
denied all applications for licenses to open saloons or drinking places of any
description. For a time this suddenly enforced prohibition was effectual.
Sundry bibulous individuals, under the pressure of uneasy cravings for spiritu-
ous elevation, may have experienced symptoms calling for the aid of the drug-
gist, and been granted relief; but there is no record of their manceuvers. In
October, however, a new factor appeared upon the scene, in the formation of
the Hiawatha Club. There was no doubt of the aim of this organization, but
if kept strictly in accordance with its avowed plan, the city authorities could
take no legal cognizance of its workings. It was-indubitably a clever scheme.
The object of the circular gotten out by the club and numerously signed by the
people of the neighborhood was as follows: ‘‘We the undersigned hereby
agree to and with each other to form and arrange a club for the purpose of
social enjoyment, said club to have its rooms in the city of Hiawatha and to be
known as the Hiawatha Club. Dated this seventh day of October, 1875,”

On the same date F. W. Rohl and H. Staufl opened the club rooms in a
building owned by J, W. Pottenger and located on lot ninety-one, Oregon
street. Business was very brisk from the day of opening, and the crowd ex-
changing pasteboard checks for the irrigating fluid was constantly renewed. To
all appearance the purchase of beer and whisky checks was all that was needed
to acquire membership. On October 13th the club, as additional safeguard
against the enforcement of the prohibitory law, adopted a regular constitution
and by-laws, and elected a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer,
who, with five trustees, formed the board of managers. Provision was also
made for annual elections and monthly meetings, and also for the due proposal
of persons desiring membership, and the payment of a small entrance fee. To
overcome any delay in refreshing the tired of other places who might bein need
of liquid support, it was added that ‘‘any member may invite gentlemen to the
rooms of the association for a single day on registering his own name with that
of the visitor in a book kept for the purpose.”

At this meeting several rules for the conduct of the club were adopted,
among them one reading: “This house shall be open from nine o'clock in the
morning, daily, for the reception of members, and close-at twelve o'clock (mid-
night).” This did not involve the enforced departure of members of the club
then in the house.

_ Twodays later Mayor II. J. Aten issued an order for the closing of the
club room for two days, ending on Saturday, October 16th, at midnight. This
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

order was at once enforced by City Marshal G. T. Woodmansee. On the fol-
lowing Monday, however, the Hiawatha club was again in full blast, and for
two days the flow of beer and the ardent was unchecked. On the 2oth the
Marshal, by order of the Mayor, made a second attempt to close the club
rooms, but was met by Rohl] and Stauff and a delegation of members and un-
ceremoniously hustled into.the street. Nothing daunted, the preserver of the
peace made at brief intervals other fruitless efforts to gain possession of the
rooms, and finally called to his aid Thomas McLaughlin, J. K. Klinefelter and
G. E. Selleg, with whom he succeeded in bursting the door and ousting the
club party. The doors were then locked and the posse separated. Soon after
the club party proceeded to the office of W. J. Richardson and procured a
warrant for the arrest of the City Marshal, G. T. Woodmansee, and his assist~
ants, on a charge of riot. They then returned to the club room, broke in and
resumed business. Matters were getting serious and the feeling of the citi-
zens was at fever heat whenthe suit brought by Rohl on behalf of the club was
called before W. J. Richardson, Justice of the Peace. The Marshal and his
party were defended by the City Attorney, A. R. May, Ira J. Lacock and C, E,
Berry; the State appearing by the county attorney and Flon. James Faloon.
A verdict for the defendants was rendered and the cost of suit taxed upon the
plaintiffs.

These proceedings had brought considerable odium upon the club, and
the better pertion of the citizens who had at first patronized it, began to with-
draw. Rohl & Stauff, however, continued the sale of beer and whisky and
the place became the-scene of the most disgusting debauches. This went on
until November 18th, when the worthy pair who ran the business were arrested
for violation of the city statute in regard to selling liquors. Convicted on the
22d before J. P. Mulhollen, the defendants appealed to the District Court and
continued business. Again arrested on the 27th and tried on December 2,
Rohl & Stauff pursued the same course. On December 14 the Mayor issued
a writ to the City Marshal ordering the abatement of this nuisance. This was
the signal for the fiercest battle of this notorious contest. The Marshal armed
with the writ of abatement presented himself at the club room, only to be met
by the proprietors with drawn revolvers, and the warning that an attempt to
interfere with their business would have fatal results. Yielding to superior
force the Marshal retreated and made preparations to meet force with force.
Raising a posse of twenty men he again appeared at the cluh room and made
a forcible entry early on Christmas morning, 1875, capturing the books and
papers of the society, destroying all the stock, and barricading the doors of
the room with billiard tables and furniture, the posse wentintocamp. Guards
were placed at the outside of the building, and within the room, and for nearly
two weeks the conquerors held the captured citadel. A large part of the mem-
bers of the club and personal friends of Rohl & Stauff, lived in the country,
at some distance: from Hiawatha, and when the news of the capture of the
club room spread, gathered in a large crowd near the building. -No attempt

~ was made to retake it, however, though there was much loud talking, and san-

guinary threats were made.

This was practically the end of the business of the Hiawatha club. Pe-
titions and counter petitions, and actions for ejectment were indulged in by
various parties, and numerous and uninteresting processes gone through, with
the final result of the surrender of Rohl & Stauff and their confession of in-
ability to pay their fines. Confined in the city calaboose, the prisoners were
one night rescued by their friends, but they were shortly after returned. Short-
ly after (April, 1876), a compromise was effected through the efforts of two
pastors of thecity. Roh! & Stauff withdrew their suits against the city and
its officers and on payment of the costs of suit were liberated. It is stated that
a large part of the funds raised to meet these expenses were raised by the tem-
perance party, Rohl & Stauff being bankrupt.

This ended the practical discussion of the temperance question in Hia-
watha and it has never been revived.

CHURCHES,

The First Methodist Episcopa: Church, was not the only first Methodist Church in the
eity and county, but the first chureh_ of any denomination. In 185%, Hiawatha formed
part of the White Cloud and Sabetha Misstou,which was under Rev. W. E. Butt, presiding
elder. Inthe following year Rev. J. Shaw was appoined presiding elder, and a year later
Rev, James Lawrence became preacher In charge of the work on this circuit. He was fol-
lowed in 1860, by Rev. Mr. Green, and in 1861, by L. D. Price, and William Buffington,
the latter of whom continued his work through 1862. O. H. Mitchell served in 186:
in 1864, the Hlawatha class was organized by L. D. Price, presiding elder, and J. Shaw
preacher Incharge, In 1865, BE. S. Arrington supplied the church and through his efforts
and those of the presiding elder, D. P. Mitchell, a subscription for the purpose of building
achurch edifice was set in circulation. This resulted in securing $1,135, which was in-
creased the following year by $791 secured by the earnest efforts of Rev. J. M. Titcomb,
the preacher of the year, Encouraged by so favorable a financial showing, the society com-
menced work on the building and the corner stone was laid July 4,1866,by Rev. W.K. Mitch-
ell of Atchison, The same year the walls were raised and building was then stopped, as $1,-
800 above the amount subscribed had been expended and the society were unwilling to
run further in debt, In April, 186%, work was resumed on the building, under the agree-
ment that the Indebtedness of the society should not be increased. At the same time an
additional subscription of $200 was secured. In September, 1868, the church extension
society donated $68.65 and in March of the followin ear $221. During this time the
Ladies’ Mite Society donated various sums aggregating $300. The structure was completed
late in 1868, and dedicated on December 13th, by Rev. A. B. Leonard. At this time an
effort to raise the entire church debt, then amounting to $1,800 was made, and $50 more
than thatsum subscribed. It was found however that interest to the amount of $300 had

accrued and this was taken care of by the trustees. f

Slightly prior to this time the Hiawatha class numbered (1867) eleven members and the
veer Reo Rey. J. A. Simpson, supplied also Padonia, Claytonville, Carson, Terra-

In 1869-70, Rev. P. M. Buck. now a missionary in India, was in charge of the church.
He was followed by Rev. Mr. Dudley, September, 1870 to March, 1871. Revs. J. Amos
and Blackstock, who worked together in 1871; J, P. Shackelford, in 1872-78: S. P. Jacobs,
in 1873-75; C. L. Shackelford, in 1875-77; J. ‘A. Simpson, in'1877-79; William Friend,
in 1879-82: W. H. Underwood, in 1882. During 1873, the Women’s Foreign Missionar
Society, of Hiawatha, was organized and in 1877, during the pastorate of C. L. Shackleford,
$1,200 was raised and in June of that year, the entire debt removed.

In 1878, it was decided to build a parsonage and almost the entire amount necessary
was subscribed. The building was begun in October, and finished, at. a cost of $1,200, on
Se ats 1879. The society now holds $7,000 worth of property, free of debt, The mem-

A Sabbath school was organized at an early day and now has twenty-two teachers and
244 scholars, 1t is under the superintendence of i. J, Wagstaff.

The First Baptist Ohurch of Hiawatha was organized on August 18, 1860, by Rev. H. S.
Tibbitts, assisted by Rev. P. Frink, and Rev, E. Alward. Atthe time of organization the
society numbered but fifteen, but it has grown Bnely, during the twenty eventful years of
its existence, and now has enrolled 130 members. The pastors who lave held successive

 
BROWN COUNTY.

charge are: H. S. Tibbitts, Helson Alvord, A. F. Willard, G. Gates, A. Alward, George Mitchell
W. KR, Coanelly and J. F. Howard, who is the present incumbent. A church Malfies was
erected in 1871, at a cost of $3,200. It stands on Fighth street, near Utah.
tuo superintendents ot Witiagetaate eed wien a momar or chin and was under
z . e present time i i
125, 1 #1gunder the superintendence of M. Smalley. e its membership has increased to
6 First Congregationa urch of Hiawatha, was organized June 5, 1869, with a mem-
bership of fifteen, under the charge of Rev. G. A. Hoyt, who remained counected with the
society until his death, in May, 1870. On May 1, 1870, Rev, D. W. Comstock was installed as
astor and held the postion until September 9, 1871, when he was succeeded by Rev. H. P.
Robinson. Rev. J. D. Liggett began his pastorate on August 12. 1873, and retired nearly
ive years later, when, on May 22, 1878, Rev. George W. Skinner became Pastor. Rev. J. B.
Richardson, the present Pastor, was installed August 31, 1880. A church building was
begun in 1873, and dedicated in January ofthe following year, but was not at that time fully
completed. The total cost of this structure was $4.000.

A Sabbath school was organized on eobruary 22,1874, with E. N. Knapp as superin-
tendent. Mr. Knapp was followed by Major E. N. Morrill, who now holds the position.
An active and successful school of over 200 is now in regular attendance. :

The First Presbyterian Church of Hiawatha, was organized on April 10, 1870, by F. E.
Sheldon, who, while stationed at Troy, Doniphan County, preached once in six weeks at
Hiawatha for more than two years, ending his labors at this point on July 7, 1872. Atthe
commencement of this work the membership of the society was five: Mrs, Jane Pricer,
Mrs. Susan M, Adams, Eugene Adams, Edward CG. Work and William B. Brown. In 1872
it had crept to seven, and a year later to thirty-nine, Mr. Sheldon was followed by Revs S.

. Davis, S. F. Farmer, S, T. Davis, D. R. Todd, 8S. F. Farmer and §. G. Strange, who
still holds the pastoral oftice.

The church edifice which since its erection in 1873, has been the constant care of the
society is 30x40 feet on the ground floor, and cost as stated in the records, $2,938. The first
services held in this building took place on August 17, 1873, and shortly after the dedicatory
services were held. Original members of the little band that by zealous work achieved the
task of bundling this church, and dedicating it, free of debt, to the service of God, may well
teel ead: of their record. The society now has enrolled 110 members and is in an active

A Sabbath school was established in September, 1872, but the earliest record bears date
nearly a year later and 1t1s supposed that the record of the first year was lost. Itis known
that W. S. Brown was the first superintendentand that John E. Moon was the first secretary.
In 1873 the school had an average attendance of thirty-two scholars, and had as teachers
four gentlemen and two ladies. The school now numbers seventy, and has nine teachers,
Its officers are W. S. Brown, superintendent; S. A. Fulton, assistant; Mrs. G. T. Pricer, sec-
retary and Mrs. D M. Reed, treasurer, — .

The African Methodist Church, of Hiawatha, was organized by Rev. Robert Kay, in
1872, Following the custom of she Methodist Episcopal Chuich, the service at this point
has been conducted by new preachers yearly. The list.of incumbeuts is as follows: F.M.
Dale, 1873; J. Myers, 1874; J. B. Wallace, 1875; C. H. Brown, 1876; Mr. Carr, 1877; I. W.
Reed,'1877; A. H. Daniels, 1878; William Webb, 1879-80-81: J. H. Walton, 1882. ‘The society
has a church building in the southeast part of the town, in which services are held each
Sabbath | This structure, which is twenty by thirty feet, was erected at a cost of four hun-

* The Christian Church was started in the spring of 1876, by Rev. James McGuire, who
came to Hiawatha, and, although located at Padonia, preached occasionally at the former
point in the old court house, is last sermon was delivered in the Presbyterian Church, on

he last Sabbath of March, 1877. Rev. J. F. Berry preached occasiona)ly during 1877, and
in December of that year, Rev. A. Williams preached twice. On September 13, 1877, a ver-
bal contract was made for the old stone schoolhouse, now owned by the German Reformed
Church. Services were held in this piace until about the close of the year, when a misun-
derstanding having arisen between the school board and the church society, the place of
worship was moved to a room occupied for court purposes in the Knapp Building, north of
the public square. On April 14, 1878, the society was organized by J, F. Berry, assisted by
Elder A. Williams, of Iowa, and had a membership of twenty-six. On May 16, 1878, lots
81 and §3, on Kickapoo street, were purchased at an outlay of three hundred aid twenty-five
dollars, and a building committee, consisting of J. E, Davis, H. M. Waller, W. B. Patrick,
R, J. Young and L. H. Eddy, was appointed, Upon the resignation of two members of this
committee shortly afterward, A. H. Thomas and P. W. Hull were appointed to take their
places. Money for building purposes was pledged to the amount of two thousand dollars,
‘and subscriptions were made due August 13, 1878. Without waiting for the maturing of
the subscriptions, work was begun on the building, and by August, the foundations were
completed. From this time the propress of the work was very rapid, and on October 19,
when it burned, the work on which two thousand five hundred dollars had been expended,
was nearly complete. Toa numerically weak society this loss was a very serious one, yet,
on the Monday, October 21, following the fire, the building committee met and devised
means for rebuilding, Work was begun at once, and on the anniversary of the day which
saw the destruction of the first, the second structure was dedicated. The expense of this
latter building was two thousand dollars. The present membership of the church is sixty-
two, and the total enrollment from the beginning, ninety. Pastors who followed Mr. Berry
have been J. T..Williams, C. H. Pierce, Professor 0.-C. Hill and W. D. Swain, who still h's
charge of the church. The Sabbath school of this society was organized on April 4, 1880,
with Prof. R. S, Iles as superintendent, and Miss Ida Waller as secretary. The first enroll-
mentnumbered nearly fifty. Mr. A. H. Thomas succeeded Prof. Isles, after one year, and
still holds the position. The present officers of the school beside the superintendent, are W.
D. Swain, assistant, Miss Lizzie Punchon, secretary. The attendance has increased to fifty-
seven. :
The United Presbyterian Church of Hiawatha was organized on October 28, 1876, with
a membership of seven. This work was by Rev. Marion Morrison, a missionary of the Pres-
byterian Home Missionary Society. Rev. D. M. Galvin supplied the society at this point for
eighteen months. To him succeeded Rev. J. A. McCalmont, who preached for three months
and was followed by Rev, M. M. Brown._ Mr. Brown was relieved after six months’ labor
and in July, 1879, Rev. J. P. Black was settled as stated supply. In this position Mr. Black
labored with so much zeal and success as to considerably increase the church membership
and in April, 1881,was duly installed as Paster. The society now numbers fifty-two and has
services each Sabbath in New Hall in Thomas’ Block. A project is now on foot to secure
building lots and erect achurch. A Sabbath school was organized in April, 1880, under the
superintendence of C. M. Williamson, who held the office one year and then yielded to Wil-
jiam Bachelder who still holdsit. Beginning with an attendance of twenty the school has
risen to an average of forty-six. __ 7

The First German Reformed Church of Hiawatha was organized in 1872. Rev. John Beck,
Pastor. In 1869 there had been a church organized called The German Evangelical Church,
and fora number of years the two little congregations struggled along, neither of them bein
able to build a church or maintain a Pastor. Inthe fall of 1876 the two-churches united,
reorganized and employed Rev. E. Richards as Pastor until September, 1877, when the
church called Rev. Abraham Balliger, who has since that time been Pastor. At this time
the society numbered thirty-eight. Services were held in the county courthouse until
March, 1878, when the old school building in the northeast part of the town was purchased
and fitted up for church purposes. Atthetimeit was sold to the society the house was in
very poor repair and mainly on this account was disposed of for $1,200. Immediately on
its acquisition the upper portion was fitted with seats and a pulpit and neatly finished, and
the lower converted into a parsonage, It is now valued at $3,000. The society now has a
membership of sixty and has services every second Sabbath. - :

A Sabbath school was organized in January, 1878, under the superintendence of Mr. H.
Isley, who held the office until 1880 when he removed from the town and was succeeded by
Mr. F. Lemly, The school which started with an enrollment of forty has still about the
same average attendance. ; sf tog

The Evangelical Church, or perhaps more properly, the Evangelical .4 ssociation of Hia-
watha was organized in April, 1881, under Rev. Philip Fricker, who remained its Pastor
for one year and was followed by Leon C. Schuacke, the present incumbent. At the time of
organization the society numbered fifteen and in the year of its life has nearly doubled,having
now more than twenty-five members. A church was begun in the summer of 1881, shortly
after the formation of the society, and completed the same year at a costof $2, 300. Lts
dimensious are thirty-two by fifty-two feet and its seating capacity 400.

A parsonage eighteen by twenty-four feet and two stories in height has been contracted
for and will be erected during 1882 on the lot adjoining the church, It will cost about

 

“A Sabbath school was organized on April 10, 1882,and has an attendance of nearly
@ighty scholars. It is under the superintendence of J. M. Lapley.

THE PRESS.

The first newspaper published in this county was the Brown County Union, wiich first
appeared in the spring of 1861. In these early days of the county, and during the excite-
sment of the civil war the publication of a country paper was an unprofitable and laborious
task, and Dr. P. G. Parker, the father of this pioneer infant, may have even felt a sense of
pellet wien it went up in a furnace of fire the winter after ifs birth. No attempt was made

0 revive it. i

Volume 1, No. 1 of the Union Sentinel appeared on August 20, 1864, under the editor-
ship of Mr. H. P. Stebbins. The prospectus gives a ringing definition of the aim of the
paper and its policy suitable to the time—the closing year of the war in these words: ‘“‘The

_Union Sentinel’ is the title chosen —‘ Union’ indicating not.a mere name—a sentiment—but ,
hat we shall stand by aud adyocate the cause of the Union in no dubious terms or equivo~

 

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cal language.” This issue also contains the particulars of the massacre ofthe overland
trains of Niles, Constable, Varney and Young at a point nearly two hundred miles west and
closes with the statement that ‘‘ Not a ranch is inhabited between Fort Kearney and Den-
ver, or this side of Kearney, the inhabitants having fled.” The same paper flies the National
ticket of Lincoln and Johnson, and under the caption of “the latest news ’’ gives notes from
the battle field where "heavy fighting near Petersburg” is followed by “Gen. Sherman is
also battering away at Atlanta with heavy shells,” and other brief mention of things which
stir strangely memories overlaid with the dust of twenty years, The next column details
briefly the abrupt demise of one Bennet, who had acquired an unsavory reputation as a borse
thief, and was caught red-handed. Taken to Wathena, in the next county, Bennet at-
tempted to run away but sixteen shots were fired, five taking effect and wounding him
severely. The third page contains notices of a Camp Meeting to be held near Padonia, the
first fair of the county to be held the coming October, and_the law relative to drafted men.
_ In the second issue of this paper under date of August 27th is the call for a Teachers’ In-
stitute to be held at the Carson schoolhouse, five wiles west of Hiawatha, on September
22d and 24th, 1864. This order is signed by Noah Hanson, County Superintendent, and
makes the hearty announcement: ‘The people of the neighborhood will welcome stran-
gers and friends who may attend to the hospitalities of their homes.” Under the head of
‘New Arrangement,” the editor congratulates the town on the fact that the proprietor of
the old Hiawatha House, Mr. Sellig, has taken the contract for carrying the mail once a
meshbelwcen Padonia and Atchison, and will leave Hiawatha each Friday, returning on
aturday.
A little later is found a notice of the introduction of sorghum culture in the county and
the manufacture of syrup from it. st
In the Sentine', of September 30, 1864, appears a recora of the first teachers’ institute of
the county and of the forthcoming first annual exhibition of the Brown County Agricul-
tural Society, which was stated to have a membership of over one hundred.
Two months later appears a notice of a movement to build a church to be open to an
Evangelical minister. In the same issue appears the notice that Robinson parties ha

raised one thousand dollars and were using it in boring for coal.
On August 16, 1866. Mr. Stebbins sold the paper to Ira J. Lacock and J. W. Ober-
holtzer, who made several improvements in it and finally sola it on November 7, 1867, to

David Downer. In his hands publication was continued for nearly three years, when, like
the wonderful “ one horse shay ” of Dr. Holmes, it returned to dust without the least warn-

ng

The Hiawatha Despatch was started April 30, 1870, by A. N. Ruley, and from that date
to April 4, 1878, the publication continued under the same control. For the first two
months of its existence the Despatch was a seven column folio, but was then enlarged to an
eight column sheet, and as such ran tothe end of its race. Upon the retirement of Mr.
fuey the paper passed into the hands of W. T. Stewart, who conducted it until March 1,

The first number of the Brown County Advocate was issued on June 25, 1874, by Davis
& Watson, E. A. Davis, editor. Like many another literary bautling, the new paper de-
votes a large amount of space to its aims and personal explanations. Cutting loose from
both the old parties and extending his hand to the anti-monopoly grange element, then just
becoming prominent, *he editor says, ‘The old Democratic is dead, and the Republican
party stinks with corruption.” This emphatic, but impolitic announcement, is followed by
an expressed preference for Charles Francis Adams and Lyman Trumbull as President
and Vice President. Ina column alittle further on he says, “In getting the first number of
the Advocate to press we have labored under the disadvautage of havivg a boil onthe little
finger of the right hand which has been so intensely paintul that we have had but little
rest or sleep for a week; notwithstanding we have worked steadily and unceasingiy to give
the people a paper which we hope will win their applause and merit their patronage.”
This is upon the editorial page and just opposite itin another columnisalater bulletin
about the finger. Following this is the announcement ‘Lack of news in the Advocate this
week must beattributed that we are yel without exchanges.” The paper at this
time was a nine column folio of large size. In the second issue is given the text of the law
then recently adopted, relative to free distribution of newspapers in the county where
published. yr. Davis retired from the editorial chair after afew issues of the paper and
with Mr. S. L. Roberts formed the firm of Davis & Roberts. The paper continued to be
published by this firm until February, 1875. when Mr. Davis’ connection with the paper
finally ceased and Mr. D. L. Burger took his place. In the following October the naime of
the publication was changed to the Kansas Herald. -

At this time A. T.»McCreary purchased an interest in the business but after a trial of a
few months retired and the firm was as before Burger & Roberts. On August 14, 1876, M.
8S. Foote purchased a half interest in the paper and Mr. Burger retired from the cares of
business. Upto January 1, 1878, the paper had been a four page one, 24x36 inches, but
upon that date it was enlarged to 25x38. Inthe latterform it was run up to January 1,
1882, when a still greater addition was made, the new size being 31x46 inches.

On May 15, 1882, Mr. Foote retired from the position he had so skillfully held and Mr.
T. L. Brundage bought his interest, Mr. Roberts still retaming the editor’s chair and the
attendait shears,

In politics the Herald has been “every time and always” Republican. It has also been
fortunate in the constant guidance of an editor skilled in his profession and thoroughly .
conversant with the needs of histownand county, April 1st, 1883, Mr. Roberts sold his
interest to his partner, T. L. Brundage, and retired from the business, locating at Teka-
mah, Neb., in the mercantile business. On Mr. Roberts retiring Mr. Brundage secured
the services of Mr. G. M. Wellman, aman of long experience. who took charge of the ed-
itorial work. Through a persistent, thorough and careful business management the paper
has acquired a circulation of full 2,000—a fact creditable to both editors and readers.

In September, 1877, the North Kansas Sun began to irradiate the surface of Brown
County. The new luminary was fathered by W. F. Gordon, was of the Democratic order,
and was a “patent outside,” twenty-six by forty inches. Democracy does not seem to have
been very profitable in those days, asthe Sun, aftera cary existence of three months,
died in December, 1877. In January following Mr. Charles B. Ellis, of Robinson, published
the Sun for three weeks. In the spring of 1879 George Christie and George B. Moore started
the Hiawatha Sun. Inthe fall of this year Christie purchased Moore's interest, and con-
tinued publication until the fall of 1880, when he leased the officeto Mr. A. N. Ruley, in
whose hands it remained up to the spring of 1881, when the office was purchased by L. G.
Parker, of Missouri, who removed it to Highland, Doniphan Co., Kan., where it is now
owned by Mr. George E. Moore.

The Weekly Messenger was started on December 10, 1881, by Wharton Bros. It was at
first a three-column, four-page paper of small size, but was enlarged with the March 11,
1882, issue to an eight-page paper. It has already attained a circulation of 450 copies, and
bids fair_to develop into a successful newspaper. It is issued on Saturday of each week.

The Hiawatha World was started as the successor of the Despatch by the World Print-
ing Company, March 1, 1882. The Company consists of D. W. Wilder, John B. Campbell,
and Cyrus B. Bowman. The paper is an eight-column follo, twenty-six by forty-eight
inches, and has a circulation of 300 above the list purchased from the Despatch, aid esti-
mated at 1,200. It is issued Thursdays.

SOCIETIES,

Hiawatha Lodge, No, 35, A. F. & A. M., was organized under a dispensation, July 3,
1860, and chartered on October 16, of the same year. The first officers of the lodge were W
B. Barnett, W. M.; J. G. Kelsey, 8. W.; James Round, J. W. The other charter members
of the lodge were, W. W. Guthrie, 5. W. Wade, H. R. Dutton, J. A. Vaughn, I. B. Hoover,
Benjamin Watkins, J.C.Scott, Joseph F. Babbit. Meetings are held every Saturday on or
before the full moon. The present membership of the lodge is 102. The following are the
present officers; L. R. May, W. M.; C. H. Uawrence, 8. W.; E. Hoye, J. W.; G. Amann, treas-
urer; J. Sherret, secretary; S.M. Pratt,S D.; A. D. Brown, J. D.

Masonic Hall, which is used by the subordinate lodge, the chapter and the commandery,
was built in 1880-81, and dedicated in May of the latter year. Its cust to the society was
Mount Horeb Chapier, No. 43, R. A. M.. was organized under a dispensation by E. T.
Carr, September 10, 1879. The first officers of the chapter were as follows: L. R. Yates, H.
P.; P. W. Hull, K.; E. Hoye scribe; N. Morrill, treasurer; A. R. May, secretary; T. Mc-
Laughlin, C. H.; A. H. Lawrence, P. 8.; J. Schilling, R. A. C.; J.M. Hillinan, 3d vail; G. H.
Cake, 2d vail; H. M. Robinson, 1st vail. In addition to these officers the chapter had the
following members: J. W. Oberholtzer, A. Schilling, G. H. Adams, N. F. Leslie, A. W. Hoyt,
and A.J. Lievengood, The presentmembership of the chapter is seventy. The following
is a list of the present officers: E. Hoye, H. P.; A. R. May, K.; C. H. Lawrence, scribe; E.
N. Morrill, treasurer; J. Sherret, secretary; T. McLaughlin, C. of H.; S. M. Pratt, P.S.: A.
1. Brown, BR. oe WwW, Beemer, 3d vail; G. H. Cake, 2d vail; A. Schilling, Ist vail.
Meetings are held in Masonic Hall each Wednesday after full moon.

Hinwatha Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar, was organized under a dispensation
June 16, and the organization

      

erfected July 16, 1878, with a membership of fifteen, and the
following officers: John L. Philbrick, E. C.; Ww. Brown, generalissimo; R. M. Willianis,
Cc. G.; John Schilling, 8. W.; C. H. Lawrence, J. W.; G. W. Skinner, prelate; John M. Hill-
man, warder; R. May, recorder; Robert racy, treasurer; A. Schilling, sentinel. At
the present time the commandery has amembership of sixty and the following officers: J.
Schilling, E. C.; E. Hoye, generalissimo; T. McLaughlin, C. G.;C. H. Lawrence, prelate; A.
R. May. 8. W.; H.M. Robinson, J .; E.N. Morrill, treasurer; 8. M. Pratt, recorder; A,
Schilling, standard bearer; S. C. Hall, sword-bearer; G. H. Cake, warder; N. E, Chapman,
sentinel. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall on the third Tuesday of each month.
Hiawatha Lodge, No 83, 1. O. O. F., was chartered on October 8, 1872, with the follow-
ing members; J, W, Oberholtzer, R, S$. Fairchild, A. N, Ruley, W, R, Scull, Bennett
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Hicks, Samuel Slater, W. Slater, C. V. Pyle, Jeremiah Slater, H. L. Bradley ana J. Slater.
The first officers of the lodge were: J.’ W. Oberholizer, N. G.: CG. V. Pyle, V.G.; A. N,
Ruley, R. S.; J. EB. Anten, P. S.; BR. S. Fairchild, treasurer; $s. Hill, warden; J. D. Blair,
conductor; G.S. Weathers, 1. G. Since its organization the membership of the society has
enjoyed a steady growth, and in 1882 numbers an even bhnndred. The present officers
are; Joln E. Morris, P.G.; J. C. Thomas, N. G.; J. N. Davis, V. G.; G. H. Wheeler, R. S.;
R, E. Hickox, P.S.; J. E. Moon, treasurer; Jolin V. Rollins, warden; H. J. Albee, 1. G.;
William Pierce, O. G.: W. Frazier, conductor. Until 188! the lodge rented a room for
lodge purposes, but when the building of the First National Bank was being erected con-
tracted for an additional story,which was built, The lodge now has asuite of four largerooms
measuring as follows:’ Main lodge room, thirty-five by sixty-five feet; Dg room,
twenty-five by thirty-five feet; kitchen, fifteen by twenty feet; reading room, fifteen b:
twenty feet. These rooms are owned and used incommon by Hiawatha Lodge and Hore
Evcainpment, and have cost the two orders $4,000. In addition to this heavy outlay,
regalia and personal property to the value of $1 200 are stored in thedress and commit-
tee rooms. Although begun in 1881, theserooms were not occupied until the spring of 1882.

Mt. Aoreb Encampment No. 33, I. 0. 0. F., was organized in February, 1880, and had
as charter members H. J, Aten, J.:D. Blair, John E. Moon, James Falloon, J. K. Kline-
felter, H. F. Macy, A. A. Holmes, W. S. Hall, J. W. Belts, H. M. Waller and J. E. Morris.
The first officers of the encampment were H. J. Aten, C. P.; H. M. Waller, H, P.; J. E.
Moon,'8. W.; James Falloon, J. W,

Hiawatha has inaiutained, nominally, two lodges of Good Templars, but practically the
latter was simply arevivai of the older body, Prairie Flower Lodge ‘No. 104 was insti-
tuted in 1868 with a membership of twenty-six and the following officers: KR. C, Chase, W.
Cc, T.; Mrs. W.S. Bristol, V. T.; J. K. Klinefelter, secretary; W. S$, Bristol, L. D. During
the active agitation of the temperance question the lodge had an enrollment of over one
hundred, but when the main fight was over the attendance dwindled, and finaily, in 1875,
the lodge passed quietly out of existence,

_ Hiawatha Lodge, which was instituted in 1878 by J. B. Campbell, G. W. C. T., had at the
time of organization thirteen members. The following officers were the first aud only ones
of the new lodge: J. K. Klinefelter, W.C. T.; Mrs, W. S. Bristol, V. T.; Thomas Grant,
secretary; Miss Minnie Robinson, treasurer; W. §, Bristol, L. D. This organization lapsed
before the completion of the first taree months term. i

_ Star of the West Division (Sons of Temperance) No. 38, was organized In October, 1877,
with a membership of nearly100. Atone timethe numerical strength of the Society had
increased to nearly 150._ The first officers of the Society were: R. ©. Chase, W. P.; J. K.

Klinefelter, S.; Mrs. T. L. Brundage, treasurer. In the winter of 1879, the Society having
accomplished its chief aims, dicd a natural death. Its last officers were: R. ©, Chase, W
P.; Mrs. M. W. McLaughlin, A. A.; Arthur Macy, C.; Miss L. Robinson, A. C.; C. Chase,
secretary; Mrs. L. Brundage, treasurer. During its existence the» Society: met on each
Friday evening in Odd Fellows Hall. :

Star of Hope Lodge, No. 1,338, (K. of H.), was organized on January 14, 1879, with a
membership of fourteen and the following officers: R. C. Chase, D.; $.M. Pratt, Pp, D; A.
McLaughlin, V. D.; J.C. Thomas, A. D.; A. Carruthers, chaplain; A. Lawrence, reporter;
A. O. Dickason, F, R.; Charles Wolf, treasurer; Thomas McLaughlin, guide; B. F. Partch,
guardian; Eli Allendorf, sentinel. The Society now has a membership of Boventycbeven
and the following officers: J.S. Henry, D.; J.C. Thomas, P. D.; T. G. Wagstaif, V. D.; C.
George, A. D.; J. B. McNamara, chaplain; T. Daniels, guide; T. L. Brundage, reporter;
Charles Wolf, F. R.; J, E. Moon, treasurer; G. M. Blair, guardian; Henry King, sentinel.
Meetings are held on the second sna fourth Mondays in each month in Odd Fellows Hall.

The Hiawatha Library Association was organized on February 11,1870. Donations
were made by citizens of the town,and anumber of books, including some valuable editions
of standard works gathered together. A room in the stone building now occupied by Dr.
Yates’ urug store was secured and opened to the public, and later a rogm in the old court
house. The library did not, however, flourish as it should have done, andthe Association
died out about 1873, the books still on hand being transferred to the public school building,
wherethey now remain the property of the city.

the Morrill Public Library was opened on Monday, May 29, 1882. The sum of $2,000
was donated by Maj. E. N. Morrill on condition that the city would furnish adequate rooms
for library purposes, and also bear the expense of lights and attendance. This proposition
was accepted by the City Council, and Maj. Morrill at once paid the sum offered to the City
Treasurer. Five Trustees were then appointed, two by Major Morrill and three by the
city, to have charge of the purchase of books ana the subsequent conduct of the library.
These trustees were as fol ows: E.N. Knapp, president;Mrs. H. B. Wey, corresponding
secretary; Capt. J. Schilling, treasurer; Dr. S. M. Pratt, recording secretary; and R. C.

, Chase. Subsequentto the donation of Maj. Morrill. Mr. Charles Janes offered $500 and a

yearly donation of $100, and also presented aset of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, valued at
$160. A cozy room overthe bank of Morrill & Janes was at once fitted up, and all the
jatest appliances for comfort in reading or consultation putinit. The first installment of
books was received May 25, andthe opening followed as soon as the necessary work of
cataloguing and arranging could be done. The present rooms will probably be enlarged
upon the completion of the new L building adjoining, and when that is done the books, for
which there is now no room, will be purchased. Such an institution has long been needed
in the city, and the citizens owe much to the public spirit of the man who has assumed the
burden of its creation.

The Hiawatha Cornet Band was organized on January 1, 1882, and consists of four-
teen members andadrum major. The bandis under the leadership of W. B. Kingsley,
whoin adrill of three montus tas broughtthem to avery creaitable condition. Instrn-
ments to the value of a little more than $350 have been purchased by the organization for
its members, and others ofa nearly equal value belong to individual members. Meetings
are held in the County Court House each Monday and Thursday.

The Kansas Mutual Life Association (Home office, Hiawatha, Kas.), was chartered
under the ( benevolent) laws of the State of Kansas, January 16, 1882. It was,organized by
and with the following named persons as its officers, viz., J.P. Davis, president; Henry
Graves and Samuel C. Davis, vice-presideuts; E. N. Morrill, treasurer, aud John E, Moon,

secretary. Directors ehosen for the first year, E. N. Morrill, J, P. Davis and John E. Moon. .

The Trustees are, J. P Davis, E. N. Morrill, Henry Graves, S. C. Davis and John E. Moon.
The plan of Life Insurance adopted being the mutual, wherein members insuring one an-
other, paying a stipulated sum to the association annually for transacting their business,
The cost of carryiug a policy outside of the sum charged for expenses, being governed by
the actual losses experiesiced, the assessments for death losses being made only upon tle
death of a member, audthe member paying in proportion to the amount of his poticy,
and his agear joining. The association also offers an inducement to its members, in what
it appropriately terms its ‘Expectation Indemnity,” viz., any member Jiving to the age
estimated according to American mortality table, that he will Ilve, may if he chooses, sur-
render his policy and be repaid the amount he has pal into the treasury on death claims,
and expectation Indemnity, together with four per cent interest on such amounts. G ving
the member achance (if necessity demands) to have the benefit of the saving during his
own life.

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BANKS, ELEVATORS, MILLS, ETC.

First National Bank of Aiawatha.—Tii's inst tution was chartered In October, 1881, and
began business on November 22, in the new building, corner Oregon and Seventh streets,
The capital of the bank is fifty thousand dollars. Its officers are, M. S. Smalley, president!
S. A. Fulton, cashier. D. K. Rabbit, v ce-president. ‘The board of directors con ains, besides
the above officers, E, Moser, Col. 14. Bierer, J. C. Thomas, J, Beaty. The elegant three-
story building which contains the bank, was erected in 1881, at a cost of seventeen thousand
dollars. It is fifty by ninety feet on the ground floor, and is of St. Louis brick, with stone
trimmings.

Morrill & Janes’ Bank.—This firm was formed on January 1, 1871, under the title of
Barnett, Morrill & Co. and transacted business in a room over the stoue drug store on Ore-
gan near Sixth street.

In 1872 the present bank pullding was erected at a cost, including the lots, of $8,500
Its size is twenty-five by fifty feet. It has two stories, but only the first Is in use for bank-
ing purposes. In 1882, an L shaped building was built around the bank, making the whole
structure fifty by one hundred feet. This bank ts a private one and makes no statement of
capital or assets, but is universally considered one of the most rellable in the State,

The Speer Blevatvr.—The Speer Elevator was built in 1873, ata cost of $10,000. The
main building is twenty-six by forty feet and two stories in height. The ground space cov-
ered by the building anda ditions istwenty-six by ninety feet. The capacity of the ele-
vator is 15,000 bushels. Power is furnished by an engine of fifteen horse power. The
shipments of the past season (1881-82) were a trifle in excess of 250,000 bushels. The ele-
vator has always been under the management of its builder, Mr. I. N. Speer, although
since 1879, the stvle has been I. N. Speer & Co.

Hiawatha Elevator.—The Hiawatha Elevator was builtin 1873, by Mr S. P. Gaske!l, at
a cost of $12 000. The storage capacity of the elevator js 12,000 bushels. Shortly after the
completion of the building the firm becaine Gaskell & Welcome, and under this style ran
till 1879, when Mr. J. H. Smith, its present owner, purchased it. During the past season
(1881-82) this elevator handled in round numbers 250,000 bushels of grain. Power is furn-

ished by an engine of fifteen horse power.

Hiawatha Mill.—The Hiawatha mill built in 1868, by Covode & Snively, atacost of

‘$14,000. and stands near the tracks of the St. Joseph & Western and the Missouri Pacific
Railway. The building is 75x35 feet, and two stories and a half in height. The machinery
of the mill consists of four run of buhr-stones, three of which are used for wheat and one
for corn. Power is furnished by a boiler of eighty and an engine of forty-horse power. The
mill has a capacity estimated at the reduction of 140 bushels of wheat and eighty bushels

of corn daily. It furnishesemployment to four hands when running on day time, and to
six when employed night and day. Yhe property was purchased in.1§82 by Me. P. D. Tobie,
who now Operates il. .

Hiawatha House.—The Hiawatha House was built in 1880-81, by the Hiawatha Hotel
Company, which came into being for the Sole purpose of erecting, what the town had long
needed, a first-class hotel pulldiig: The hotel stands opposite the public square and on the
corner of Fifth and Utah streets. Itis constructed in the most substantial manner of brick;
has three stories on the north and two on the south and east sides, and contains forty rvoms.
It is under the inanagement of Mr. J. Q. A. Jeffers.

The Upera House Butiding.—In the summer of 1880, a cumpany styled the Hiawatha
Building Company, was organized for the purpose of erecting a large building on the corner
of Oregon and Fifth streets. The capital stuck of this new company was $25,000. Work
was begun iinmediately after the érganization of the company, andthe building completed
the following season. ~The ground space occupied is seventy-five feet on Fifth street and
eighty feet on Oregon street. On the ground floor are three stores, each twenty-five feet
front and eighty feet deep. Un the second floor is the Opera House, 80x50 feet, with a stage
20x15, and on the third fioor the hall of the Masonic fraternity.

The Second Floor.—The Opera House which, as the only place of its sort in the town,
deserves special mention, is very neatly fitted up with folding chairs for 300 spectators, but
has room for half as many more. The Scenery consists of four sets of “flats,” very neatly
painted, At each side of the stage are dressing rooms of convenient size. The entrance to
the house is by a broad, straight stalrway leading from Oregon street. _

The Third Floor.—The lodge room of the Masons embraces the entire third floor, and
was luilt for them by the bullding company, ata cost of $3,500. Its size is the same as that
of the Opera House—80x50 feet. i

The First Floor.—The corner store of this building is occupied by the postoffice. The
second by S. C. Hall, and the third by the drug store of Hulse & Kinsey.

BIOGRAPHIVAL SKETCHES.

JOHN lL. ALLEM, gardener, was born in Bucks County, Pa., November 3}, 2845. He
was 4 graduate of the State Normal School, of Millersville, in 1870, after which he eugaged
in schoo] teaching, 1n April, 1880, he came to Kansas, locating in Hiawatha, and in the
fall of the same year, began teaching. During the spring of 1882 he started gardening ina
small way, but being very successful at it, and finding it profitable, has mrehased twenty
five acres of land one-quarter of a mile north of the city, which he is fitting up with all the
improvements pertaining to a first-class garden. He has also facilities for irrigatin
number of acres during the dry season, which is the only improvement of the kind in
Brown County. Mr. Allem was married in his native State, December 24, 1874, to Miss
Minnie Trexler, of Lancaster County. Their family consists of ason and daughter—Walter
and Edna.. The subject of this sketch is a member ot Hiawatha Lodge, No. 83, of the I. 0,
O. F,, and is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church of this city.

JAMES L. ALLISON, Register of Deeds, was originally from Llinois, was born October 9,
1836, in McDonough County. After avtaining a coinmon sehool education, he attended
Mount Pleasant High School. During the spring of 1861 Mr. A firstcame to Kansas, and
Joecated in Doniphan County. He removed to Brown County in 1864, where his time was
divided between agricultural pursuits and school teaching. He served four terms as Trus-
tee of Walnut Township, and in 1879 was elected Register of Deeds, being re-elected in
1881. Being agentleman of tact aud decided alility, he is admirably adapted to fill this

osition, discharging the various duties in a faithful aud competent manner. He isa mem-
r ofthe Congregational Church of Fairview. yi be

STEPHEN W. ALDRICH, Surveyor of Brown County, was born in Tioga County, N. Y.,
in 1887. His education was acquired in the High School of Lonsdale, R. I.. where he was a
student a number of years, Hethen foratime studied and practiced civil engineering,
which he quitin June, 1861, to volunteer wilh Battery A, of the First Rhode Island | ight
Artillery, This battery figured extensively in the battles of the Potomac and took an active
part in all the engagements from Bull Run to Cold Harbor, Va, After serving his country
three years, he returned home and at once began a thorough course at Bryant & Stratton’s
Commertial College at New York City. Here he continued until 1866, his instructions In-
cluding telegraphy. Atthe expiration of thattime, be came West to Brown County, Kan.,
and made school teaching his vocation. In 1§69, he was elected County Suryeyorfor two
years, and during the fall of 1881, was re-elected to the same office, which he is thoroughly
able and competent to fill. As a teacher, Mr. Aldrich has no peer in the State, meeting
with the approbation of scholars and parents wherever his field of labor has been,

GREGORY AMANN, earpenter and builder, and Mayor of the city, made his first advent
in Kansas in 1855. He only remained afew days, however; then returned to Holt County,
Mo. In 1857, he came_again to this State, and took upaclaim on Mulberry Creek, on the
southeast quarter of Section 138, Walnut Township, but worked at his trade, which was
that of carpenter,in Hiawatha. During the year following, he located permanently at
Hiawatha. [n 1861, Mr. Amann entered the great rebellion as a private inthe Tweuty- fifth
Missouri Regiment, enlisting atSt.Joe. After serving six mouths, he returned to k ansas,
and in 1864, was enrolled among the State Militia for the suppression of the Price raid.
Mr. Amann was born at Wurtemberg, Germany, November 17, 1835, and learned his trade
in native country. In 1853, emigrated tothe United States, and furatime worked at bridge
building on the railroadsin Kentucky, Mr. Amann was tbe first person initiated in the
Masonic Order at Hiawatha, Lodge No. 35, and is alsoa member of Mount Horeb Chapter,
No, 43, and Hiawatha Commandery, No. 13. Heis the oldest citizen living in Hiawatha,
and was one of the original councilmen of the city. In 1873, he was elected Mayor of -Hia-
watha, filling that position one term, and‘in 1882, was re-elected to that office. He does
the most extensive carpenter and luilder busivess in Brown County, employing from
eight to twelve nen in the season. Was married, in 1867, to Miss Ella Warnake,

HOMER E. AUSTIN, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Hiawatha, is a native of Addison County,
Vt., and was born November 21, 1851. He is the son of Andrew Austin, deceased, who came
to Brown County, Kan., in the fall of 1867, and located on the same place where his family
stilllive. He also was born in Addison County, Vt, in December, 1819; was reared on a
farm, and during his entire life was devoted to that occupation. Inthe spring of 1866, he
removed to Howard County, Iowa, where he lived until his emigration to Kansas, He was
a inember of the Baptist Church of Hiawatha, and dled in April, 1878. aged fifty-nine
years, Since then, his son, Homer E., has run the farm, which consists of 180 acres, eighty
of which belong to his mother, she remainder to Homer KE. It is all fenced and cultivated,
pormlug a very fine farm, excellently improved. He is a member of the same church as his

ather was, =

SETH BARNUM, farmer, Section 29, P. 0. Hiawatha, was born In Addison County,
VE., January 17, 1806. Heisthesonof Elihu and Tahamer Barnum, who were both of
Seotch Irish descent, and related to the Hon. P. T. Barnum, the great showman; his mother’s
maiden vame being also Barnum. After receiving a practical education, he chose farmin
as his vocation, and followed the same in Vermont until 1850, then removed to Crawfor
County, Pa., where he farmed extens'vely up to the time of his emigration to Kansas. This
occurred jn 1860, when he drove through from Pennsylvania, with five yoke of oxen and a
span of horses, settled on the farm where he now lives, which bas been his home ever
since, He owns 188 acres of land in Brown County, 160 of which are in the home farm, and
allis under a high state of cultivation, nicely improved with farm building, choice fruit
trees, and In fact every thing pertaining to a prosperous, well regulated farmer’s home. Mr,
Barnum has always taken an active part in the Danae w and settlement of Hiawatha and
the surrounding country, and his influence was felt in the location of the county seat at
elty. He was one of the original meusbers of the Universalist Church Society, of Hiawatha
and has always contributed liberally for the support of the cause of Christianity. Mr. Bar-
nun has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Polly Parch, whom he married in
Vermont State, October 25, 1829, and who dled November 8, 1873, leaving six children, of
whom fourare boys, and two girls. His present wife was Miss Rachal Ramsey, a native
of Cookville Parish, Tenn., to whom he was married March 13, 1874.:

A BAUM, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. O. Hiawatha; {s a native of Ohio,
born May 13, 1828, in Crawford County, subsequently removed to Holt County, Mo., where
he worked on a farm with his parents, until 1858, he then removed to Kansas, and settled
first at Council Grove, Morris County.’ Here he improved a farm and lived until 1864, when
he moved to Brown County, and has since resided on his present farm. He is the possessor
of elehty acres of as fine farming land as is to be found in the county, all under cultivation
and wellimproved. Mr, Baum has been a member of the School Board of his district. His
wife was formerly Miss Amanda Harden, born inOhio, They are the parents of four child-
pete ane of whom is dead, Cornelia. The other three are James E., Malvina and

GEORGE W. BERRY, farmer, Section 16, P, O. Hiawatha, came to Brown County,
Kan,, during the fall of 1870, locating on Section 10, Hiawatha Township. Here he broke
prairie and Improved a farm and in 1872, removed to the place where he now. lives. This
was partially improved, and contains 160 acres, and by careful attention and industry, hehas
made it one of the best yielding farms, for ‘the size, in this section of the country, Mr.
Berry was born in Montgomery County, [li., November_14, 1843. In the fall of 1862, he
enlisted with Company G, of the Thirty-first Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served in
all engagements of his regiment, of any note, until the close of the Rebellion. He then
returned to Green County, Wis., to which State he had removed previous to the war, and
purened farming. He was married September 29, 1867, to Miss Esther S Miller, of that

tate. Both are original members of the Christian Church, of Hiawatha. They are the
parents of two children—Nellie M. and Jesse J.

W, W, BEYMER, of the Hiawatha Nursery, was originally from Ohio; was born in
Washington, Guernsey County, February 13, 1834. He went from Washington, Ohic, to
Rellevue, Huron Co., Ohio, while yet ‘a young man, worked at the saddle and harness
business several years, and about the closing of the rebelion, moved to Hiawatha, Brown
Co., Kan, Sold nursery stock until 1875, when he started in the nursery business for him-

 

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Pies, sinall fruits, ete west of the Missouri river. He employs several men as canvasers
0 sell his Stock, andis meeting with decided success, He is a gentleman who throughly
understands his business, and in apples alone, has at the Present time 185,000 growing in
in his nursery, and keeps adding to his wade every season, Mr. Beymer is’ conected with
the Iliawatha Lodge, No. 35, and Mount Horeh Chapter, No. 43. of the A. F. & A. M., was
also one of the charter members of Bellevue, Onio, and has been a member of the encamp-
ment and subordinate lodge of the I. O. O. F., fora quarter of a century. He was married
in Bellevue, Ohio. in 1862, to Miss Isadore C, Sheffield, of that city. *
tii OL. EVERHARD BIERER, attorney-at-law. The Bierers, or Behrers, according to
he German orthography, were a numerous, influential and wealthy family in Wurtemburg,
Germany, where they held various honorable positions in the civil and inilitary service of
the State. George Bierer, a grand uncle of the Colonel, commanded a regiment inthe
Austrian army during the middle of the eighteeuth century, and was created a Baron for
distinguished military services, ,particularly at the sieze of Belgrade, Servia, in 1788-89.
Col. Bierer is of pure German ineage, his ‘parents being both born in Wurtemburg, the
father, Everhard Bierer, born at Wiernsheimn, January 6, 1795; the mother, Catherine M.
Ruckenbrout, at Malmshetm, October 28, 1798, and both emigrated with their parents to
America in 1804 and settled in Pennsylvania. Everhard Bierer and wife were members of
the Lutheran Chureh, and pa-sed their married life in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., where
the subject of this sketch was born January 9, 1827, and where his 1other died July 15,
1858, and his father August 2, 1876. He received a liberal education in the private schools
aud at Madison College in his native town, where he graduated in 1845, having completed
a, special course, embracing the higher mathematics, natural and mental sciences, the Latin
Jauguage and English literature. eating the college he entered the office of Joshua B.
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killed before Richmond in 1864), and was admitted tothe bar in March, 1848. He practiced
his profession successfully until April 23, 1861, when he left his office and raised a company
of volunteers and entered the military service of the United States as Captain of Company
F, Eleventh Regiment Penusylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. He served in the Army of
the Potomac, and was in the battles of Drainsville, Mechanicsville and Gaines’ Hill, where,
when the whole of Fitz John Porter’s corps was broken.and retiring back toward the Chick-
ahominy River, Captain Bierer rallied part of the regiment, including his company, for
probably the last inetfectual stand on that bloody field, and he was captured with his com-
mand June 27, 1862, aud taken to Libby Prison, from which he was released by exchange
on the 14th of the following August. Six days afterward he was granted twenty days’ leave
of absence on account of sickness, and went home, but on learning by telegraph of the im-
pending battle at Buil Run, be returned to the‘army and rejoined his command on the day
of the battle, August 30, andina few days afterward, September 14, 1862, participated in
the engagement at South Mountain, Md., where he was severely wounded in the left arm,
the ball passing through the elbow joint and lodging in the forearm, from which it was not
extracted until the 25th of the following November, and from which he is crippled in bis
arm forlife. Having become couvalescent, October 24 he was appointed Commandant of
Camp Curtin. Harrisburg, Penn., with the rank of Colonel, where he organized the 171st,
172d, 173d, 176th, 177th-and 178th Regiments Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. and No-
vember 18 was commissioned Colonel of the One Hundred and Seventy-first, After serv-
ing in various parts of southeastern Virginia and in North Carolina, his regiment was or-
dered to Washington, N.C.,where he was placed in command of a brigade and in temporary
command of the military district of the Pamlico, He was alsoat several times 11 com-
mafd of Gen. Prince’s Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, Major-Gen. J. G. Foster com-
manding. He was in an engagement at Blount’s Creek, near Washington, N.C., April 7,
1863, commanding a brigade under Gen. F. B, Spinola. Spinola’s forces were obliged to
retire before superior numbers under the Rebel General Hill. To Col. Bierer was assigned
the cominand of the Rear Guard, The duty was critical, the enemy crowding upon him in
heavy force nearly the entire night. 1n the midst of intense darkness, through pine forests
and cypress swamps the march was conducted, and he finally succeeded in bringing off the
column with the trains and all the wounded. July 1, 1863, he returned with his regiment
to Virginia and went with General Dix on his expedition to Richmond. The expedition
marched from the White House landing to within eight or ten miles of Richmond, and after
some skirmishing with the Rebels, Dix ordered its return to Fortress Monroe. Col. Bierer
with his regiment went to Washington, thence to Harper’s Ferry, where he joined General
Meade, and onthe 7th of that month was given a permanent brigade command, and as-
signed to duty as Military Commandant of the District of the Monocacy, embracing all
Western Maryland, with headquarters at Frederick City, Md. September 26, 1863, he was
mustered out of the service, the regiment’s term of enlistment having expired on the 8th of
the previous August, nu T I

Veteran Reserve Corps, Dut not liking that service, resigned his command and permanently
retired from the army. In October, 1865, he removed from Pennsylvania to Kansas and
settled -on-a beautiful farm one mile east of Hiawatha, Brown County, and resumed the
practice of his profession. The Colonel was originally a Democrat, and as the nominee of
that.party was elected in 1850 the first District Attorney of Fayette County, Penn., fora
term of three years. Believing that the Democratic party had become the mere propagand-
ist of slavery he became a Republican in 1856, led the forlorn hope for Fremont in Fayette
County, Penn., Democracy, and had the satisfaction of seeing the county carried for Lincoln
in 1860 by a majority vote of one ina poll of about 10,000. He became during the wara
personal frieud of Abraham Lincoln, and always regarded him as the greatest and best man
of the age. In 1864 he was elected oneof the Presidential Electors by the Republican party
of Pennsylvania, and in 1868 was the Representative from Brown County in the Kansas
Legislature by the suifrages of the same party. In 1868 he voted for Grant, but with con-
siderable reluctance, as he could not endorse the reconstruction and financial policy of

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the party, and in 1870 renounced all connection with the Republican party. His vote in
1872 was cast for Greeley, and in 1876 for Tilden, whom he considered honestly elected,
and regarded the action of the majority of the Electoral Commission as a gross fraud and
outrage, perpetrated deliberately for partisan purposes, and resulting in seating a President
who was not elected to the office. He became @ member of Fort Necessity No. 253, 1. 0. 0, F.
at Uniontown, Penn., in February, 1852, and subsequently joined the Iucampment, Has
been District Deputy Grand Master, and District Grad Patiiarch of the order in
Pennsylvania, where he is stilla member both of Grand Lodge and Grand Eucampment,
He was also made a Mason at Uniontown in 1864, and has attained all the higher degrees of
the order, and is at present affiliated with Hiawatha Lodge No. 35, A. l, & A M, He is quite
liberal and decidedly individualized in his religious Suleds and beliefs, He accepts the
inspirations of the moral and religious teachings of Scripture, the divine lawship and pre-
existence of Jesus, the efficacy of His example for purposes of redemption, and a condition
of future rewards and punishments; denies the inspiration of the historical records and the
ceremonial and civil laws of the Jews, the doctrine of the Trinity, vicarious sacrifice and
etérnal punishment; accepts asalvaticn by conduct, notby belief, ald includes al) the family
of the Great Father who act according to their highest conception of right, He has been a very
careful student of both the Uld and New Testawent writings, and his present views are the
result of a thorough acquaiutance with the Scriptures, and extensive knowledge of Ecclesi-
aayic history and Polemics, He has also studied carefully the Koran, the Buddhist and
Brahminical Seriptures and the teachings of Confucius, which have also to some extent
influenced and modified his religious belief, He was married April 8, 1852. at Brownsville.
Fayette Co., Penn., to Ellen, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth ‘froutman Smouse, a lady of
exteusive family connections in Alleghany County, Md., and in Bedford aud Somerset
counties, Penn. Her maternal grandfather wasa soldier in the war of the Revolution,
They are the parents of eigh+ children, s!x_sons and two daughters, all of whom are living.
The eldest son, Everhard, gradnated from Kiausas University in the class of 1877, and is vow
au Examiner in the Pension Office in Washington, D.C.; the second son is now one of the
Jeading merchants in Hiawatha. In person Col. Biereris stout and robust, nearly six feet
in height, of iron frame, aud was never sick excepting during the latter part of his confine-
mentinu Libby. Heisthe sixthina family of seven sons and four daughters, all of whom
are yet living and in.good health, the oldest of whom is sixty-six years of age, and the
youngest forty-four. -

LIEUTENANT GEORGE M. BLAIR, farmer and stock raiser, Section 16, P. O. Hia-
watha, is a native of Scotland, born in Glasgow June 27, 1835, He came to the United
States in 1849 with his parents, David and Mary Blair, who settled in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, where they were engaged iti farming. In 1861 George entered the
Rebellion as a volunteer iu the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D. For gallant
and aclive service he was in 1863 promoted to Second Lieutenant, and in the spring of 1864
to First Lieutenant. After serving until the close of the war he returned to Pemsylvania
In the spring of 1869 he came to Brown County, Kansas, and purchased eighty acres of
unbroken prairie land. To this he has since added as much more, and cultivated and-im-
proved the same until he has now a fine farm, surrounded by beautiful Osage orange hedge,
‘There is a six acre orchard containing many choice varieties of apple and peach trees,
also various kinds of smaller fruit. Mr. Blair is identified with the Masonic Order, and
with the K. of H, Star of Hope Lodge, No, 1338, Hiawatha, Was married in Pennsylvania,
in 1857, to Miss Harriet Henderson, native of that State. Mr. Blairand wife are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. F ‘

JOHN D. BLAIR, Postmaster, is a native of Canada, born December 13,1842, in the city of
Hamiiton, Ontario. Learned the trade of paiuter, and in 1864 came to the United States
aud worked at that oooupaien in various places previous to his settlement in Kansas. This
occurred in the fall of 1870, choosing Hiawatha as bis future field of labor. From that time
until 1877 he was extensively engayed at house and sign painting, employing from three to
ten men as the business of the season demanded. He then accepted the office of Constable
and Uuder Sheriff, being also appointed U.S. Deputy Marshal, during which time he did
wu extensive collecting business. Served two years as amember of the City Council, and
was Mayor of Hiawatha oneyear. During this time he made great improvenients In the
city, and was the first to build tenant houses there, which caused a big boom in this enter-
prise. In April, 1882, Mr. Blair was appointed Postmaster by President Arthur, and is a

entleman fully competent to fill this important position. He is a member of Hiawatha
odge, No. 83, anda charter member of the Encampment No. 33, ard_at this wriling is
Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the I. O. O. F. of Kansas. He is a member of
the Masonic Lodge at Hiawatha, and also a member of Diamond Lodge, No. 56, Knights of
Pythias. He was married March 12. 1873, to Miss Lizzie Hall, daughter of H. B. Hall, de-
ceased, who was one of the first merchants of Brown Coutity. at
_ ABRAHAM BOLLIGAR, pastor of the German Reform Chureh, was born in Canton
Aarjan, Switzerland, December 24, 1844. After receiving a common school education, he
attended St. Chrischyna Theological College, where he graduated in 1868. He was imme-
diately consigned tu a mission in the United States. at Fianklin, Sheboygan Co., Wis.°
Here he com pleted his course of studies, and was afterwards sent to Allamakee County,
Iowa, where he took charge of his tirst parish. After remaining there three years he went
to. Wells County, Indiana, and from there to Hiawatha in 1877, where he established the
German Reform Church, and has since been pastor of the same. He was married July 7%,
1869, in Iowa, to Miss Mary Berner, who is also a native of Switzerland.

ARTHUR D. BROWN, of the firm of Brown & Lemons, family grocery store, was for-

merly a resident of Gariard County, Kentucky, born August 15, 1844. From 1867 to 1875
he was engaged at merchandising in the town of Laucaster, same county, but his store was
then destroyed by fire. In February, 1880, he came to Hiawatha and established the above
pusiness house, where he has a live. pros perous trade, and an excellent stock of goods. Mr.
Brown took partin the great Rebellion, being in the Confederate Army, with the Sixth
Kentucky Regiment for abouttwo years. He is amember of the Blue Lodge and Chapter
of the Masonie Lolge at Hiawatha, and worships at the First Presbyterian Church. His
wife was Miss Ella Harris, of Mississippi. Joseph Lemons, of the above firm, came to
Hiawatha in April, 1880, and from that time until the organization of this firm in January,
1882, was employed at contracting for the digging of wells:and erection of tanks along the
line of the St. Joe & Western R. R. from St. Joe, Mo., to Grand Islandy Neb. Heis a native
of Crawford County, Wis., born October.3, 1845, and duriug the latter part of bis residence
there was employed at furnishing bridge timbers for the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien
R. R. Was afterwards extensively engaged at contracting for railroad ties cn the line
between Gallatin, Mo.,and Omaha, Neb., from which latter place he removed to Kansas.
' GEORGE W. BROWN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Hiawatha, is a native of Illinois, and
was born November 18, 1843, in Pike County. He followed the occupation of farming in
his native State until the fall of 1870. then came to Kansas, and locating first on Section 6,
Mission Township, Brown County, where he improved afarm of 145 acres. In 1879 he be-
came proprietor of the farm where be now lives. This cor sists of 160 acres, all well, culti-
vated, and forms a thrifty and well regulatedfarm under Mr. Brown’s judicious manage-
ment. There is an orchard of over 200 choice fruit trees, and this is fast becoming one of
the important features in the culture of this State. Mr. Brown married, January 15. 1866,
Miss Martha Greens, of Illinois, by whom he has four children—Charles E., Ida A., Gorge
H.,and Gracie E. Mr. Brown and his wife are members of the First Baptist Church of
Hiawatha, He has been a member of the Board of Education of his town for a number of
terms, and was also a soldier in the late war, volunteering in 1861 with the Thirty-third
Illinois Infantry, Company I, and veteraned in the same iegiment and company in ’64.
Berend bis country until December, 1865, and took an active part in all the engagements of
his regiment, :

WILLIAM S. BROWN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 5, P. 0. Hiawatha, came
originally from. Ross Connty, Ohio, where he was born December 8, 1841. After acquiring
a common school education he was cngaged in farming in the Jumber trade until the break-
ing out of the rebellion, when he enlisted with Company A’ of the Eighteenth Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry in August, 1861. audserved until his regiment was discharged in November.
1864, acting in the capacity of Sergeant most of the time, Was in Nagley’s division of
Thomas’ corps, and took an active part iutbe battles and skirmislies of the Army of the
Cumberland. Atthe hattle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863, Mr. Brown was wounded
in theleftelbow. In June, 1865, he came westto Holt County, Mo., where he made his
howe until the fall of 1867, when he concluded to try his fortunein Kansas. This he did
by purchasing some land in the Kickapoo Reservation. which forms a portion of his
present farm. He was one of the first settlers on this reserve, and is now the possessor of
some 280 acres under cultivation, with the excention of eighty acres of native timber. He
has a fine orchard, embracing three acres of choice fruit trees of ¢very kind indigenous to
this State. Mr. Brown is engaged to some extentin stock raising, and his experience in
this line has proved very profitable tohim. At present he hason hand about thirty-five
head of graded cattle and 100 hogs. Mr. Brown and -his wife are members of the Presby-
teria Church, Hiawatha, She was formerly Miss Frances Middleton, of Ohio, whom he
married in June, 1865. Their family consists of three daughters and a son—Laura A.
Jessie J..Nellie B.. and Samuel T.

GEORGE W. BUBACH, proprietor of the Hiawatha fruit farm, was born_in Lancaster
County, Pa., March 3, 1814. In early life_he followed the occupation of farmer, living in Ohio
nine years, in Princeton, Bureau Co,, Ill., twenty-one years.and in 1869 came to Hiawatha,
His intention was to start a nursery, but soon found it difficult to compete with Eastern
agents and abandoned that project. He then started in the fruit raising business, devoting
his entire farm of eighty acres to this enterprise. Many persons predicted failure for him
in this line, but by careful industry and the devotion of his time and energy to it, has
made it a decided success. He has ail kinds of peach, plum, cherry, apple, apricot, and in
fact all the kinds of fruit grown in the country; also two acres of blackberry vines which
in 1882 yielded over 200 bushels, and a visit to his farm will at once convince auy person

that Kansas is fast assuming importance as one of the most extensive fruit growing States ~

inthe Union. Mr. Bubach is classed among the most extensive fruit growers in the State,
and he says of the four States that he previously lived in, he would not exchange Kansas

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for any of théta. He was married in Ohio in 1838 to Miss Mary Byers. They are the
parents of three sons and two daughters, all of whom areliving on farms of their own, and
making a success of fruit growing and stock raising. .
JAMES BUSSING, physician and Surgeons senior member of the firm of Bussing &
Woods, was born in Washington County, N. Y., October 4, 1838. Was reared in Ohio and
Indiana. Entered the service of the United States in the One Hundred and Twentieth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August, 1862, at Mansfield, Ohio. Was in the battles of Chickasaw
Bayou, Arkansas Post, Magnolia Hills, Siege of Vicksburg, and Jackson, Miss. Was cap-
tured on Red River March 3, 1864, and confined in the rebel prison, Camp Ford, Texas,
until May, 1865. Was mustered out of the United States service July 7, 1865, He then
went to Monmouth, Ill., and finished his literary education. Commenced the study of
medicine in 1868, and graduated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, lowa,
January, 1875, came to Hiawatha, Kan., and has since continued to practice lis pro-
fession at that point. Dr. Bussing is a member of the State Medical Society of Kansas, also
aruling elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Hiawatha, through whose instrumen-
tality it was organized, Dr. William M. Woods, junior member of the firm, is a native of
Macoupin ae Til, was born June 28, 1850. He graduated from Blackburn University
in 1870, and in 1878 and 1879 attended Rush Medical College of Chicago. Two years later
- was a student of Louisville Medical College, graduating from the latter in February, 1882.
i a ane of the samme year Dr. W. came to Hiawatha, Kan., when the above firm was es-
ablished.
CASE, MOLAUGHLIN & CO., dealers in general merchandise; this extensive business
house was established in the fall of 1876 and known as E, Case & ¢o.; the,latter being John
S. Lemon. They operated successfully, and during the spring of 1878 Thomas McLaughiin
was added to the firm. ’ Two years later Mr. Lemon retired, A. McLaughlin taking his place;
and in October of the same year Mr. Case also retired, From that time until March, 1882,
the firm was known as McLaughlin Bros., and was then changed to its present name. it
consists of Edward Case, Andrew and Thomas McLaughlin and Christian F Joss. They
have a fine store room, 110x25, which is well filled with one of the most extensive and
complete stocks of general merchandise to be fuund in Brown County or the surrounding
counties. Some idea of the magnitude of the business conducted by this house may be
fortaed when we state that their sales for the year 1881 amounted to over $60,000, ln
addition to the four partners there are two clerks employed, and all the members of the
firm are thorough competent business men, with years of experience in this line. The
MeLaughlins were originally from Holmes County, Ohio, where both were born; Andrew,
the elder, was a soldier in the reat rebellion; he enlisted in 1862 with Company I, of the
Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was, raised to the position of Quartermaster
Sergeant. He took an active part in all the engagements of his pop lneit, and served until
the close of the war. He came to Kansas during the spring of 1858, locating at Higulond,
Doniphan County, where he worked at the carpenters’ trade for one year. At the time o
the great mining excitement in 1859, Mr. McLaughlin went to Pike’s Peak, but returned
to Kansas the year following and settled at Hiawatha. He was elected Treasurer of Brown
County in 187u and held that oflice two terms. He served one term as Mayor of the city
and is at this writing one of the County Commissioners. His brother Thomas has been
Councilman of Hiawatha three terms. Edward Case,-of this firm, was formerly from
Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. Came with his parents to Kansas in 1859 and commenced
farming with his father, E.Gase, at Troy, Doniphan County, Heafterward ran a bootandshoe
store in that town, and in 1869 moved to Hiawatha and purchased the stock of W. B. Barnett,
running for two years. Mr. Case took part in the late war, volunteering jin 1862 with
Company A, of the Eighty-fourth Illinois infantry, at Quincy, Il, He served until the
close of the war, participating in all the principal engagements of his regiment. Christian
¥. Joss, junior member of this firm, is a native of Holmes Co,, Ohio; cameto Kansas with his
parents in 1858, and settled at Leavenworth City: removed to Brown County in 1864, and
ia since been aresident of the same. His connection with the above firm dates from
arch, 2.
WILLIAM CLEMENT, retired farmer, was born in Butler County, Pa., August 5, 1618.
He lived at home working on a farm with his father until 1836, then removed to Lenawee
County, Mich., where he improved afarm and worked it successfully until 1851; at this
time he removed to Grant County, Wis.,and for a number of years was known as one of
euterprising farmers of Glenhaven TUWUSHID: In 1870 he came to Brown County, Kan.,
located on Section 24, Hiawatha Township, wh re he resided three years; then his health
failed and he removed to the city of Hiawatha, where he has since been aresident. Mr.
Clement was asoldier in the late war; he enlisted with Company H, of theyThirty-sixth
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, taking an active part in his country 8 service for two years
and seven months. Ais son William was also a participant§with the Thirty-third Wiscon-
sin Volunteer Infantry. The subject of this sketch was married May 20, 1839, in Michigan
to Miss Joanna Ayers; the names of their children are asfollows: Louisa, now Mrs, Wil-
liam Brew, of Hiawatha; Margaret A. married James Miller; Anna, now Mrs. eeorge
Sprague; George W., Francis A., John A. and Nettie M., now Mrs. James Dunn. Mary E.
married Charles Chandler, of Hiawatha, Kan. f
c. CLARK, General Insurance Agent forthe Farm Department of the Phcenix Insur-
ance company of Brooklyn, N. Y., for the counties of Brown, Doniphan and Atchison
(sucereding T. J. Hayes, Esq.), and special agent for the Kansas Mutual Life, was born in
Northampton, Mass., March 1%, 1826, and lived in his native State until his eleventh year
when his parents removed to near Cleveland, Ohio, where they lived seven years, and then
removed tu Geauga County, in the same State, where they resided for a great number of
years, and where some members of the family still live. Mr, Clark. was educated in the
public and normal schools of Ohio, among others, at the Geauga Seminary, better known
as the ‘'Chester Cross Roads School,” being the same institution of learning once attended
by Garfield. Mr. C. attended and taught schools in Ohio until his twenty-second year,
when he returned to New England, where he was engaged in the insurance business for
several years—principally in his native State and in Maine. While here Mr. C. learned the
then new art of daguerreotyping and traveled extensively and took pictures in the principal
Southern and Western cities. He was thus engaged for.aperlod of seven years, and then sel-
tled at Wellsville, Ohio, where he married and opened a gallery which he operated for a
, Shorttime, and then removed to La Salle, Lil., where he resided nearly a year. Hethen (in
1857) visited the States of Kansas and Nebraska, and after asojourn of several months, re-
turned to Ohio, locating at Youngstown, where he operated a daguerrean gallery for three
ears, and removed from there to Pennsylvania, where he resided until 1870, in which year

 

eremoved to Kansas and Jocated near Highland, where he was engaged in teaching and -

farming, and where he resided until the spring of 1882, when he removed to Hiawatha,
where he re-engaged in the insurance business, has since resided and which city he intends
making his future home. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, He was married
in Wellsville, Ohio, February 5, 1856, to Miss Sarah M. MCGICUE AO, a native of Pennsyl-
vania. They have had three children, two of whoin are living. is only son, Charles T., a
_ graduate of Highland Oniversity, valedictorian of his class, and for a year principal of the
high school at Atchison, having received his appointment after a severe competitive exam-
ination, a young ylawyer of reat promise, was drowned September 2, 1881, at Doniphan
while bathing in the Missouri River. He was admitted to the bar at Atchison in 1879, pass-
ing a brilliaut examination, and at the time of his death had alrearlly won an enviable repu-
tal ae as an OLNLOE audlawyer. Mr, Clark has two daughters left, whose names are Willie
and Grace B. -
THURSTON CHASE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 13, P.O! Hiawatha, was born 1
Bartholomew County, Ind, February 22, 1831. Son of Isaac and Clarinda Chase, the former
of English, the latter of Irish descent, her family name Clark. His father was a miller by
trade and pursued that vocation successfully in Indianafor many years, Mr. Chase received
such education as bis county afforded in that early day, then helped his father jn the mill
and on the farm until he became of age. He then started out to hoe his own row in the
world, and made atrip to Cincinnati, He did not make Say ete, however, by this move,
and returned to his native county, where he lived until June, 1852, this belng the date of his
first move in a westerly direction. This terminated at Winterset, Towa, where he accepted
a position on the Engineer Corps, then making a preliminary survey for the Davenport &
Council Bluffs Railroad. Atthe expiration of two months he went toapolnt on the Mis-
souri River, now known as Nebras, a City, which was then an Indian trading post, and
known in those days as Old Fort Kearney, Here he clerked among the traders until the
latter part of the year, when he removed to St, Joe, Mo. In January, 1853, Mr. Chase first
came to: Kansas, and foratime lived with one Mr. Harden, who kept atrading post where
the present village of Wathena is now situated, in Doniphan County, While residing with
him he marked out a claim which was the first one in that county, Then returned to Mis-
souri, followed various occupations and was married in Andrew County, to the daughter of
Nicholas and Julia Deakins, who were very early settlersin that part of Missourl; her
Christian nameis Harriet. In May, 1854, Mr. Chase returned to Kansas and took up a
claim on the southwest quarter of Section 11, Township 3 and Range 18, and was the first
white settler; took up the first claim and made the first improvements in Brown County. In
February, 1855, he brought his family from Missouri and established them on hisclaim, and
proclaimed Kansas his future home. On July 4, 1856, his wife dled and about the same time
the country was involved in trouble with the border ruffians. Mr. Chase, therefore,
canvassed the county-in the interest of the Free-soilers, with a petition which was for-
warded to President Buchanan. Avoutthis time hesold his first claim and in October of the
same year bought the claim where he now lives, which was just enough improved to hold,
and for which be paid $100 for 160 acres of land, November 16, 1856, be married his sec-
ond wifé, Matilda C. Proctor, daughter of Moses Proctor, one of the earliest_setilers in the
county,by whom he had three children: George W., Mary E., now Mrs. Jesse Miller of
Doniphan County, and Jobn C, Mrs. Chase died March 19, 1864, and at this time the sub-
_ ject of thissketch was serving his country ii the war of the Rebellion, having taken twenty-
“tive men from his own county, to St, Joe, Mo., where they were enrolled with the State
Militia, Mr, Chase being elecced Second Lieutenant, In the spring of 1862 he returned to

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Kansas, recruiting a portion of Company H, of the Thirteehth Kansas Volunteer Infantry,
and upon the organization of the sane was defeated by two votes as Captain. He entered
the army as a private, but after about three months’ service was taken sick and released to

ohomé. Upon his recovery recruited a part of Company H, of the Fourteenth Kaisas

olunteer Cavalry, of which he served as Orderly Sergeailt until the close of the war. Then
returned home and has since given his attention to farming and stock-raising. He was
married August 30, 1865, to Miss Olive Teas, by whom he has four children: William T, Jane
T., Eddie T. and Alfred L, The second child, Jane '.. died September 26, 1870. Mr. Chase
wus one of the original members of the first Methodist Episcopal Chureh society, organized
inthe county, aud also of the first School Board, of which he has been: Director since, He
has seen a great deal of the hardships of pioneer life, but those are past and to-day he. is
surrounded by everything that can make life comfortable, owning agood farm of 320 acres,
with excellent improvemeuts in every shape,

REUBEN OC. CHASE, green house and nursery, is a native of Otsego County, N. Y.,
porn February 1, 1835; received a common school education in his native county, and also
attended the Franklin Institute in Delaware County. At the completion of his studies he
secured a situation to teach in Cooperstuwn Seminary, and afterward became principal of
the graded school at Unadilla, Hetook part in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting with
Conmpany E, of the Third New York Volunteer Cavalry, but after serving one year, his
health ‘failing from exposure during service, he was discharged. He returned home and
October, 1862, married Miss Julia A. Houghton, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, In the spring of 1864
Mr. Chase re-enlisted with the First New York Engineers and served until the close of the
war, aid then returned to his native State and resumed school teaching. In 1867 he came
to Hiawatha, permanenuy locating on the place where he now lives, lu 1870 he was elected
County Superintenaent of Public Instruction, which position he held three terms, having
previously been pring! al of the Hiawatha school, He also taughtthe same schoolin 1880.
Mr. Chasé established his uursery in 1876 and now has twenty-five acres in all kinds of
fruit trees best adapted to this Western climate. Heis also proprietor of two large green
houses, 18x60, where anything in the form of choice house or garden plants and cut flowers
in veautiful designs may be found. He was powaehip Clerk of Hiawatha a number of terms,
and is now one of the Trustees of the Morrill public library. He has always been a strong
advocate of temperance and was largely instrumental in ridding Brown County of that able
assistant of hunian depravity, the saloon. He is connected with Hiawatha Lodge, No. 83, I.
0. O, F,, aud isa charter member of the Star of Hope Lodge No. 1338, of the K. of H., and
was first presiding officer in said Lodge, .

CHARLES T. CORNING, proprietor of City Laundry, was formerly from Ozaukee
County, Wis., where he was born April 27,1847. Here he received a common school edu-
cation and worked in his father’s blacksmith shop until August, 1864, when he enlisted in
the Ninth Wisconsin Light Artillery and served until the close of the rebellion. During the
spring of 1868 he came to Kansas with his herents, William B. and Alvira Corning, and
located at Hiawatha. For some time after his arrival here he was engaged in freighting on
the railroad to St.Joe, Mo. ‘Then commenced draying, which business he pursued in connection
with the ice business until Apri), 1882. Atthis time he established the first-steam laundry
in Brown County. This is supplied with all the modern Improvements, employs ifom six to
eight persons, and is fast becoming one of the leading enter prices of the city, Mr. Corning
served as Constable of Hiawatha for three years, and during a portion of that time was
Deputy Sheriff under Benjamin McCoy. Mr. Corning 1s°a member of Hiawatha Lodge
No. 35, Mount Horeb Chapter No, 43 and commandery No. 130f the A., F. & A.M. Was
married in Wisconsin 1866 to Miss Jane L Adams, of Fond du Lac.

HON. JOHN P. DAVIS, President of Kansas Mutual Life Association, and also of the
firm of Knapp, Moon & Davis, abstractors and real estate agents, was born in Ohio January
29, 1829, in Ashland County and moved to McDonough County,III.,in 1855,where he was ex-
tensively engaged in farming and stock raising and shipping: came to Kansas jn the fail of
1873, locating two and one hajf miles enst of Hiawatha, where he owns one half section of
laud. now forming one of the finest and best improved farms in Brown or the surrounding
counties. His farm residence was atwo story frame building, 33x34, of modern style and
architecture, and is well surrounded by ornamental and forest trees of his own planting to-

_ the extent.of eight acres; there is alsoa fine orchard consisting of all kinds of choice iruit

trees, and in fact every thing that goes to make up a_well regulated and successful farm,
with large barn and other comfortable out buildings. Mr. Davis is also extensively enga dL
in raising fine graded stock. For a number of years previous to his connection with the
above firm dealt largely in grain and live stock. He represented Brown County in the Legis-
lature two years with marked ability. For a number of years he bas been a member of the
Agricultural Society of Brown County, serving as president three years of thattime. In the
fall of 1882 Mr. Davis built and moved into a very fine two story residence, large and con-
venien!, of modern stvle and architecture, located on corner of Third and Miami Streets,
Hiawatha, Kan. His residence grounds contains two acres and is tastefully arranged with
fruit an 1 ornamental trees. He bas always taken an active part in the advancement of the
interests of his county and State, doing all in his power for the future of the same. Heisa
member of the 1.0.0. F. Was married in Illinois in 1858 to Miss Sarah Horrabin, 2 native
of England. Both have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a quarter of a
century. Mr. Davis is aleading and inspiring worker in every movement for the moral
and material advancement of the county; holds a high place in the popular confidence and
is one of the foremost aud best men in this region.

JOHN H. DAVIS, farmer, Section 25, P.O, Hiawatha, was born in Washington County,
Penn., August 2,1818. He took part in the Mexican war, enlisting with the Second Penn-
sylvania Regiment inthe Westmoreland Guards on the 9th of January, 1846. He re-
moved to Winnebago County, Ill., in 1854, where he followed farming, and was married
February 21, 1856, to Miss Margaret Hayes. On the 29th of March, 1872, Mr. Davis came
to Kansas and located on Section 36, Hiawatha Township, and improved eighty acres of
land, Atthe expiration of two years he removed to his present farm, where he has 120
acres, forty of which is in pasture and the remainder under a high state of cultivation, The
entire farm is surrounded by hedge and divided iuto twenty-acre fields by cross fences.
Mr. Davis and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Hiawatha, They
are the parents of six children—Samuel T., a resident of Macomb County, Ill.; Nancy J., mar-
ried to ohn Woods, of Wheeling, West Va.; John C., George B., William ‘T. 5, and Martha,
now Mrs. S, C, Hall, of Hiawatha.

S.C, DAVIS is a native of Ohio, born May 11, 1828,in Columbiana County. His
occupation was that of tailor: in the early portion of his life, in 1852, he made a trip across
the plains to California, and in 1868 visited the gold regions of Montana, returning home in
a Mackinaw boat down the Missouri River, starting at its head waters, being on the tour
forty-five days; but during the latter part of his residence in Olio he was a fire insurance
agent. In the spring of 1881 he came to Hiawatha, Kan., became interested in real estate
and in March of the year following, moved his family to and became a citizen of Hiawatha.
Mr. Davis was one of the founders of the Kansas Mutual Life Association, and upon its
organization was elected vice-president of the same. He has generally been successful in
his business operations. He was married March 2, 1852, to Miss Lorella C. Grubb, of Ash-
land, Ohio. They have two children—Ida A., now married to A. E. Slocum, of Ashland,”
Ohio, now a resident of Hiawatha; and Odelphia O., married to L. Hermon, of Hiawatha,

LUTHER DAVIS, farmer and stockraiser, Section 35, P. O. Hiawatha, is a native of
Ohlo, and was born April 20, 1837, in Huron County, and has always followed the occupa-
tion of farming. At tie breaking outof the Rebellion he enlisted with the First United
States Engineers, in which he served his country two years. He returned to Ohio where he
lived until the spring of 1870, when he came to Kansas. He ownsa well-improved farin of
160 acres, which, when he became possessor of it, was unbroken prairie, and at the time of
his settlement in this State he didnot have money enough to purchase a cow. The im-
proveiments are good and substantial, consisting of a fine pared two-story stone residence,
other buildings such as are necessarv on a well-regulated farm, and a large peach and apple
orchard. Mr, Davis isa member of the K. of H. Star of Hope Lodge, No. 1338, ‘Hiawatha.
His wife was Miss Susanna Beck, whom he married in Ohio in 1860, ¢

ELI DAVIS, farmer and stockralser and shipper, P. O, Hiawatha, is a native of Ohio,
born November 3, 1832, in Ashland County. His parents were Amos and Nancy Davis, and
he is the third of seven sons, four of whomare now residents of Brown County. In 1854
Mr » Davis reinoved to McDonough County, I1., and was an extensive farmer of that locality.
During the fall of 1873, he came to Kansas, purchased 160 acres of partially improved land,
one mile west of Hiawatha, and has made of it a fine farm. He now owns 220 acres in
Brown, and 160 in Nemaha counties, and in addition to his farming interests, is engaged in
buying and shipping live stock, sending olf over 200 car-loads during the year of {sei Was
married in Ohio in 1853; his wife’s maiden name, Hannah Chandler. They are the par-
ents ot four children Jiving—Martha J. Judson, Simeno B, and Herbert. r. Davis and
wife are members of Methodist Emscopal Church, also of the K. & L. of H., while the former
js connected also with the K, of H. Star of Hope Lodge, No. 1338. F
i SAMUE TWILER, proprietor of Walnut Row Stock Farm, Section 17, P. O. Hiawa-
! a, came to Kansas in the spring of 1875, and inthe fall of the same year, purckased_ the

and composing the farm where he now resides. This was a partially improved farm of 320
acres, which Mr. Detwiler has cultivated and improved ntl itis now in+a fine condition,
surrounded by a beautiful hedge fence, in fine order. The farm is also crossed with this
fence, dividing it into fields convenient in pasturing stock, He has gone into fruit raisin
qu te extensively, having ayoung appleorchard of 400 trees, and nearly the same amouni
oF beac trees, in addition to which he has fifty choice grape vines, and other small fruitsin
a an ane Mr. Detwiler has been engaged at buyin and, shipping stock with J. P. Davis
‘ Es orm number of years, and raises a good deal of the same on his farm. He was born

n rank in County, penn April 17, 1837, but while yet a Iad, his parents removed to a
coun a a the same name in Ohio. Here he was reared, and ‘after acquiring a common
gehog ed ucation, worked on a farm until coming to Kansas, He has been married twice.
a e@ fire ime in Ohio, in 1859, to Miss Anna Hoffman, who died in 1862, leaving onedaugh-
er Se Ss os jueeried his present wife in 1865. She was SareptaJ. Lehman, anative of

. Y are both active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Hiawa-:
BROWN COUNTY.

Ong sue een parents onto Children 8 nne E. ent

ni mbersof Brown County Agricultura!
Association, and of Brown Co nty Horse Association, and ts secretary of the latter named
organization, Is also a member of the K. of L. Star of Hope Lodge, No. 1838.

THOMAS B. DICKASON, Probate Judge of Brown County, came to Kansas in May,
1869, and opened a jewelry store at Hiawatha, which was the first of the kind in the county.
This he conducted for twelve consecutive years, and is now succeeded by hisson, A. O. Dick-
ason. In 1874, Mr. Dickason was elected Probate Judge of Brown County, and this office he
has ably aud efficiently filled since by making many true and lasting friends ainoug the peo-
ple. Judge Dickason was born in Jackson County, Ohio, April 2, 1824. His education was
such as was affurded by the common schools of that early day. [1 1853, he was elected
County Treasurer of that county in which capacity he served eight years, his last term be-
ing from 1863 to 1865; during the former year Morgan made his famous raid through Ohio,
He and his men hunted like wolves for the county funds, but Mr, Dickason having been ap-
prised of their coming, had secluded himself and the money inthe fields and the woods,
and thereby saved himseif andthe county funds. In 1865, he emvarked inthe jewelry busi-
ness, but at the expiration of three years, quitit and spent one year in traveling through
the Western States, finally settling down as stated above, Ile was re-elected Probate Judge
November 7, 1882, for two years more. He was married in his native State in 1854, to Miss
Revert A. Reasoner. He is a member of the Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, of the

BENJAMIN W. DODGE, family grocery store, West Hiawa‘ha, was born August 3
1834, in Waldo County, Maine. The early portion of his life, from 1854, to 1867, was passed
in California, part of the time followiug the occupation of miner, the other part engaged in
merchandise. In 1867, he returned to his native State, and two ) ears later caine to Kansas
to look up a location. His choice finally centered on Hiawatha, where he became a merchant
in 1870. Inthe spring of 1871, Mr. Dodge commenced running a grocery store, but after a
short time changed to an extensive d. y goods and grocery house. This he run until May,
1882, when he removed to his Bren eut situation, starting the first store in West Hiawatha,
and erecting the first dwelling house in this same locality. Mr. Dodge is a gentleman of ex-
cellent business qualities, and by close attention to business, and the superior class of goods
kept, has secured his share of the patronage of the people.

DAVID FELLER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 36, P. O. Hiawatha, was formerly
from Switzerland, born September 3, 1835. Learned the shoemaker’s trade in his native
country, and after coming to the United States, lived firstin Tuscarawas County, Ohio. In
1859, he removed to Benton County, Iowa, where he followed the occupation of farmer for
eighteen years, and was married tliere in 1860, to Miss Maria Cechrisct, whose birthplage
was Switzerland. During the fall of 1877, Mr. Feller came to Kausas aud purchased the
farm where he now lives, which contains nearly 200 acres of fine farming land, all under a
high state of cultivation, and surrounded and crossed by an_ornaimental as well as useful
hedge fence. Some of his improvements are a good substantial residence, barns and other
necessary outbuildings for the accommodation of stock aud produce, anda fine three acre
Orchard in bearing, He and his family are members of the German Reforin Church, Hia-

HN T. FULLER, farmer, Section 26, P.O. Hiawatha, Is-a native of Massachusetts,
born near the city of Boston, August 9, 1850. Is the eldest son of George atid Louisa Fuller,
Who were descended from the old New Eugland stock, his mother’s maiden name Jefferson.
While he was yet a small child, they changed their place of residence to Pike County, Ill,
and here he attended school during the witters aud worked on-the farm summers, until
eighteen years of age. Then left home and went to Jacksonville, same State, where he
learned the carpenter's trade, and afterward worked at the same at Springfield, until bis
removal to Kansas. ‘This transpired in the summer of 1866, when he settled-on his present
farm of 160-acres, Atthattimeit was all wild prairie, but by perseverance and industry,
Mr. Fuller has made of it a successful and profitable enterprise, and itis now all highly culti-
vated, and possesses a young orchard, bearing. He was married in 1874,to Miss Ella F.
Weeks, of New Hampshire. hey have two sons, Walter W. and Frank L.

~ JOHN H. FRASER, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Hiawatha, and of the firm, Fraser &
Burt, dealers in agricultural implements. Was born in Mouroe County, N. Y., December
18, 1836. Removed to Kane County, Ill, with his parents, in 1841, where he followed the
occupation of farmer to a considerable extent. In 1862, he enlisted with Company I of the
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served in the same till
the close of the great Rebellion. Mr. Fraser was married in that State in 1866, to Miss
Margaret Miller, andin 1870 came West to Kansas, locating ona farm five miles east of
Hiawatha, where he has since made his home. In 1871, he commenced in the pump and
windmill business, in connection with his farming, and in February, 1882, removed his
business to Hiawatha, and formed a co-partuership with Mr. Burt in the farm machinery
line. He is a member of Star of Hope Loge, No. 1338, of the K. of H.

REED FRETZ, proprietor of Union Hotel, is a native of Pennsylvania, born March 20,
1850, in Bucks County. Was reared on a farm and previous to coming to Kansas, followe
the produce commission business in Philadelphia. During the fall of 1876, he was married.
to Miss Maggie Landies of that city, audin the year following came to Kansas, located in
Brown County, on a farm which was partially improved, near Hamlin. This he run until
November of 1881, when he sold his farm, and purch:sed the property where he is now
running hotel. This is a three story frame structure, with thirty-two rooms, and can fur-
nish excellent accommodations for about thirty-five of the traveling public, who will always
find in Mr. Fretz, an obliging landlord, and one thoroughly acquainted with his business.

PHINEAS W. FULLER, faimer and stock-raiser, living on the northwest quarter of
Section 26, three miles west of Hiawatha, was born in Pike County, Ill., March 6, 1846. His
parents removed to Cambridge, Mass., in the fall of 1864,taking Phineas W. with them.

nile there he attended the Cambridge High School, with the expectation of going through
college, but losing his health, he started on the 3rd of July, 1866, for some portion of the
West. Jolning his brother, John T., in Illinois, they both came to Brown County, Kan., ar-
riving here July 17, 1866, and both settled on wild and unbroken prairie land. Mr. Fuller
cominenced with 160 acres, but has since added enough to makea half section. Itis now
highly improved, and surrounded with hedge and wire fence. His outside and cross fenres
would make a continuous string six miles long; he has also twenty gates. He has one of the
Inost convenient barns in the county on his farm; its dimensions are 30x54, with eighteen-
foot posts, a basement under, providing sbelter for thirty head of cattle and seven horses;
has capacity for storing 1,500 bushels of grain and thirty-five to forty tonsof hay. Since
the spring of 1872 he has grown an orchard of 400 trees of choice fruit, his crop of apples in
1882 being 200 bushels. He was inarried in 1871, to Miss Emogene Trink, daughter of Rev.
Prentis Trink, from the State of New York. Mr. Fuller and his wifeare members of the
First Baptist Church of Hiawatha, The schoolhouse for District 29 is on the southeast cor-
ner of hisfarm. Mr, Fuller is extensively engaged in stock-raising, keeping avout seventy
head of grade cattle, a drove of very fine Poland-China hogs, and a small flock of thorough-
bred Cotswold and Southdown sheep. :

THOMAS J. GIBSON, dentist, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., August 31, 1829. He
received an academic course of education, and at the age of nineteen years began the study
of dentistry. He subsequently attended one course of the Baltimore Dental College in 1853,
-and since that time has been in the constant practice of his profession. Was married at
Milwaukee, Wis., in 1866, to Miss Joanna Enright, and in 1870 went to California to reside,
The climate did not agree with his wife’s health, however. and_he was obliged to seek
another locality. By the advice of Dr. Samuels, of Omaha, Neb., he settled at Falls City,
same State, where he practiced successfully until 1876. At that time he came to Hiawatha,
and is the oldest resident dentist in Brown County, and the oldest in years of any in the
State, Mr Gibson served three years and six months in the Confederate army, as Brevet-
Colonel in J.C. Breckenridge’s Corps, and during that time was wounded five times, but
none of a serious nature. % :

JAMES T. GRIMES, senior member of the firm of J. T. Grimes & Bro., wholesale and
retail dealers in pumps, windmills, etc., was formerly from Rockford, I]l., where he was
born October 1, 1841. He learned ‘the plumbers’ trade, and was employed in that line of
business from the spring of 1867 until he came to Kansas, twelve years later. He served
three years in the war of the Rebellion with Company A, of the Twelfth Illinois Volunteer
Cavairy. In November, 1879, Mr. Grimes came to Hiawatha and established the above
business, of which a decided success has been made. The firm keep four teams traveling
through Brown and the surrounding counties, for the sale and delivery of goods. They also
operate a well augur, which is'‘a new but very much needed enterprise in Hiawatha. He
was married on December 4, 1867, at Rockford, Ill., to Miss Jane M. Cox, of that city.

CORNELIUS GRISSON, farmer, Section 6, P. O, Hiawatha, isa native of Tennessee,
born June 23, 1832. When-ten years of age went with his mother to IJlinois, where they
lived for atime in Springfiela; subsequently removed to Union County, same State; thence
to Mason County, and here the subject of this_sketch was married in 1866, to Miss Nancy E,
Hale. During the spring of 1868 he came to Kansas, purchased some unimproved land, and
proceeded to make a home here, which he has certainly done, as a visit to his- well-
regulated, finely improved farm will testify. He is the possessor of 260 acres, all under cul-
tivation with the exception of forty acres of native timber. Their family comprises four
daughters and four sons. ‘ A ,

AMES G. HANNA, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 34, P. O. Hiawatha, is a native of
Huron County, Ohio. Was born October 3, 1841. Wasreared on a farm, and in 1861 vol-
unteered in the first three months’ call, when the Government issued orders for troops. He
was notenrolled, however, but subsequently enlisted in what was known as Hoffman’s
Battalion, in which he served his country nineteen months. December 23, 1864, he mar-
ried Miss Harriet M. Heller, who was boru in the same county as himself. During the
Spring of 1§68 he came to Kansas, settled on Section 85. Hiawatha Township, and improved
a farm of 160 acres, Here he lived until the spring of 1874, when he sold out, with the in-
tention of going to Oregon to live, but being disappointed with the country, he returned to
Kansas, and purchased the land where he now lives, but the improvements have all been

tha, to which’ society they belong.
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put on it by himself. Mr. Hanna has made a decided success of farming in_this State, and
thinks that Kansas surpasses the Mastern States in that respect. He has not had a failure of
crops for fourteen years, He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He and_his wife are
connected with the First Baptist Church, Hiawatha. They are the parents of two daugh-
ters—Ada A. and Ella J.

JOSEPH D. HARDY, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Hiawatha, came to Kansas in March, 1858,
and in the April following pre-empted the land coinprising a part of the farm where he
now.ives. He however located at Hiawatha, commenced freighting from White Cloud,
and pursued this and various other pursnits until he begau improving hisland. In August,
of 1860, on account of the extreme drought, he returned to New York, and in August, 1862,
he enlisted in Company F, of the One Hundred and Highteenth New York Infantry, and
served until the close of the Rebellion. He however still retained his claim, and in 1866 re-
turned to it, and has since resided there, Is the possessor of 360 acres, all improved, and is
quite largely engaged in stock-raising, Mr, Hardy was born at Westport, Essex County, N.
Y., August 2, 1835, and during the early portion of his life, or until he first came to Kansas,
devoted his time to school teaching. In June, 1866. he was married to Margaret, daughter
of Joun and Margaret Ormiston, who were of Scotch origin. He and his wife are members
of the Congregational Church. They have two daughters—Isabel and Linda. In 1873 Mr.
HL was elected Representative from Brown County, and has always been identified with the
promoters of the welfare of the town and county. His father was a soldier in the war of
1812, while his grandfather was a participant in the Revolutionary war.

WILLIAM HAUBER, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Hiawatha, first became a resident of this
State in the spring of 1857, coming here with his parents. However, when of age, which
was in 1859, he returned to Andrew County, Mo., where he had been raised, but was born
in Clark County, Il., October 31, 1838. In 1862 he enlisted with Company E, of the Thirty-
fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the Rebellion, after which
he came to Kansas again in 1865, Lived with his parents till the fall of 1867, when he pur-
chased the land comprising his present farin, which he has broken and cultivated from its
original wild state, He is the possessor of 104 acres, with good substantial improvements,
in the way of residence and farm buildings, and a fine orchard. Mr. Hauber’s wife, Lizzie,
is a daughter of John Maglott, of Hiawatha Township. They were married in 1870, and are
the parents of five sons—John F., George U., Martin H., Daniel C. and Osear O.

THOMAS J. HAYES, attorney-at-law, was born in Brown County, Ohio, March 4, 1850.
His education was aequired in the high schools of Chenoa, Ill., after which he read law at
Bloomington, in the same State, in the office of Carr Brothers, and in 1872 was adinitted to
the bar, On the 15th of March, 1873, removed to Cherokee, Crawford Co,, Kan. Was ad-
mitted to the barin this State before Hon. B. W. Perkins, now a meinber of Congress.
Practiced law in Cherokee, Kan., with A. D, Polk; now a prominent lawyer in Minneapolis,
Minn. (under the firm name of Hayes & Polk), Removed to Waterioo, Lowa, in 1875, and
continued the practice of Jaw unde: the firm name of Hayes & Polk. Also owned a set of
abstracts of Black Hawk County, lowa. Removed to Sabetha, Kan., in May, 1876. Was
married to Miss Ella S. Herbert, of Hiawatha, Kan., July 31,1877. Removed to Eldorado
Kan., August 3, 1877, and from there to Hiawatha, Kan., February 1879, where he now
lives, He has held the totlowing offices: City Attorney of Chenoa, Iil., Justice of the Peace
in Cherokee, Kan., and is now a member of the City Council of Hiawatha, Kan.. and County
Attorney of Brown County. He isa member of the following Lodges—Odd Fellows. K. of

» K. & of L. H.

DANIEL HAZEN, farmer and stock raiser,Section 23; P. O. Hiawatha, was born in Ver-
mont, on an island in Lake Champlain, August 13, 1828. Arriving at the age of twenty-one
years he removed to Franklin County, N. Y.. where he was engaged infarming and mer-
chandlsing until his emigration to Kansas. This transpired in-the spring of 1871, when
he settled in Brown County, Mr. Hazenis proprietor of the farm where he lives, which
contains 160 acres, also of a quarter section in the same township, Section 11. In addition
to this he has 300 acresin Nemaha County, His home farm is under a high state of cultiva-
tion, and finely improved, and this, when he became possessor of it, was wild, unbroken
prairie land,. He has set out a great many choice fruit trees, until he 10w has about four
acres in fruit culture. He engaged in stockraising quite extensively, having vow on
hand about fifty head of graded cattle. He was married in Vermont, in 1847, to Miss Laura
Kinsley, of that State. While a resident of New York State, Mr. Hazen served as Justice of
the Peace several terms, and held several other positions of trust. His experience of twelve
years living in this State, has convinced him that the climate of Kansas 1s unexcelled for,

healthfulness, and as far as agricultural interests are concerned, goes far ahead of the old
Vermont hills, and also of New York.

LYNN S. HERBERT, Police Judge, Justice of the Peace, and Insurance Agent, was for-
merly from Pennsylvania; born Noveinber 29, 1822, in Fayette County. Received a liberal
education in the High schools of bis county, and during his residence in that State, made
teaching his vocation, with the exception of the years between 1862 and ings. when he was
engaged in general merchandise, Mr, Herbert came to Kansas in June, 1872. He selected
Hiawatha for his future home, then returned to his native S ate, andin the September fol-
lowing, moved his family to their western home in Kansas. His time has been mostly de-
voted to school teachivg. Mrs, Herbert was formerly Harriet J. Roberts. They were mar-
ried in Pennsylvania in 1848. Both are members of the First Presbyterian Church, of
Hiawatha, and Mr. Herbert belongs to Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, A., F.& A.M, Their fam-
ily comprises seven daughters and one son; all of the girls have held ‘certificates for teach-
ing school.

MORRIS HESSELBERGER, of the firm, S. Hesselberger & Co., ary-goods and clothing,
isanalive of Germany, born in Hesse-Darmstadt, March 29, 1839. Immigrated to the
Uni‘ed States in 1856, and lived with his uncle at New Haven, Connecticut, where he at-
te.dedschool. During the spring of 1860 he came to Atchison, Kan., and until 1864, was
exteusively e: gaged a: freighting across the plains to the mountains and as far as Salt Lake
City, sometimes running as many as ten four-niuled teams. After this he settled in Chey-
enne City, started a grocery store, and until 1876, was a successful merchant in that place.
He then came to Hiawatha, openedad Fy foods and clothing store, and was the second ex-
clusive store of the kind in the city. Mr. Hesselberger belongs to the Masonic fraternity,
also to the K. of H., i 1 Star of Hope Lodge, No. 1838. He was married in Chicago, in 1869,
to Miss Henrietta Gacobi, who was born in Baden, Germany. Both are members of the K.

L. of H., of Hiawatha, : 5 z

EDWARD HOYE, of the firm of Hall & Hoye, meat market, is a native of Summit Co.,
Oiho, born February 29, 1852. He came to Hiawatha in 1871 and commenced working ina
meat market, which has since been his vocation. In the spring of 1879 he became a partner
with Mr. Hall, and they are now doing a heavy and pres erous trade. Mr. Hoye is con-
nected with both the lodge and encamptment of the Odd Fellows society at Hiawatha ; is a
member of Hiawatha Lodge No. 35, and Mount Horeb Chapter No. 43, of the A., F. & A. M.,
and of Hiawatha Commandery No. 13. Sebastin C. Hall, senior member of ths firm, ha 1s
from Virginia; born in 1844." Came to Kansas in 1865, commenced freighting across the
plains, and afterwards spent anumber of years in the mines of Colorado. In 1873 he re-
turned to Kansas, located at Hiawatha, and prey ous o embarking in this business in 1875,
was employ dat various occupations. Mr. Hallisamember Hiawatha Commandery No.
13; Hiawatha Lodge No. 35, and Mount Horel Chapter No. 43, of the A., F, & A. M., and is
one of the live business men of Hiawatha. fs :

ALBERT H, HULSE, of the tirm of Hulse & Kinsey, druggists, was born at Troy, Doni-
phanCo., Kas., February 2, 1859; his parents were Richard and Esther A. Hulse, who set-
ileda Troy in 1856 and began farmi g, where they still reside. In 1881 Albert H. Hulse
came to Hiawatha from Atchison, where he had beeninthe drug business two years. On
July 4, of this year, he established this business house, and on the 17th of August following,
Mr, Kinsey became his partner. The store is 80x24, of modern design, and about the finest
finished in the inside of any store-room inthe State. The style of shelving originated with
Mr. Hulse ; the counters are of elezant jet finish, li .ed with gold. The shelving is ineight-
foot sections, all enclosed with plate-glass, in a sash sliding upward. The face of the divis-
ions between the sashes is covered with elegant plate glass mirrors, which gives ita very
beautiful appearance indeed. Theirs ock is choice and complete in every detail; in fact,
the ent re establishment is such as is seldom met with outside of large cities. F. A. Kin-
sey, of this firm, is a native of Indiana, born in Apr 1, 1857. Came with his mother to Kan-
sas, in 1870, locating in Troy, and previous to coming to Hiawatha, was engaged in mer-
chandising. : bad

JOHN E, HUNTER, farmer, Section 14, P.O, Hiawatha, was born October 19, 1826, in
Lawrence County, Pa. Is ason of Thomas and Margaret Hunter, who were of Scotch-Irish
descent, his mother’s family name, Elder. John E. learned the carpenter’s trade, which he

In the fall of 1881, he came to Kansas and purchased the
farm where he now lives. This consists of eighty acres of well improved farm land, sur-
rounded and divided into five fields (convenient for pasturing stock) by a beautiful hedge
fence. He hasalso a fine young orchard, bearing, of over 200 choice fruit trees. Mr. Hunter
married in his native State, in 1854, to Miss Jane Patton, by whom he has three children—
William E,, Marv F., and James E, & 2

STEPHEN HUNTER, Sheriff of Brown County, was born_in Wayne County, Mich.,
August 15, 1843. Came with his parents, William and Sarah Hunter, to Kansas, in 1860.
His father purchased a farm in Padonia Township, Brown County; his mother’s maiden
name was Ross. In 1863, Mr. Hunter enlisted at Falls City, Neb., inthe Second Nebraska
Volunteer Cavalry, and for one year served on the frontier of Dakota and Nebraska. At
the expiration of that time he returned to Kansas, and commenced farming in Brown Coun-
ty, which hecontinued untt! the time of his election to County Sheriff in the fall of 1879. In
1881 he was re-elected to the same office, and was the first man to_ serve two terms in that
capacity, in the county. Mr. Hunter was married at Highland, Doniphan Co., Kan., in
1870, to Miss Lizzie Simpson, of New York City. He belongs to the Knights of Honor.

ORENZO JANES, retired banker, was originally from Vermont; was born February
19, 1806, in South Hero, Grand Isle County. His parents moved to Georgia, Franklin
County, in the same State, when he wasa lad of about fifteen years, where they were en-
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gaged atfarming. In the early part of 1830, he was married to Miss Lucena M. Post, whose
ather died in 1882, at the advanced aye of ninety-eight years. In 1831 he commenced in
the mercantile bysiness at Georgia, and followed it until 1850. Both himself and wife
worship with the Congregationalists. He was Town Clerk and ‘Treasurer of Georgia, Vt., for
thirteen consecutive years. In 1842 he represented the Town in the State Legislature.’ In
1851 he, with his family, moved toSt. Albans, Franklin County, where he began in the
mercantile business and took an interes: in the First National Bank of that place, and was
one of its directors. In the spring of 1870, he went with C. D. Lawrence to Hiawatha, Kan.,
and 1n the January following he became a member of the banking house of Barnett, Mor-
rill & Co.. and in 1874 he moved with his family to Hiawatha, where they still live.
Charles H. Janes, eldest son of the above and junior member of the banking firm of Morrill
& Janes, was born in Georgia, Vt., December 2, 1837. He was a graduate of the high school
of that State, and was afterward book-keeper in his father’s store at St. Albans; he came to

. Kansas in January, 1871, becoming cashier and representing bis father’s interests in the

firm of Barnett, Morrill & Co. In 1876 he became a partner in the same, purchasing his
father’s interest. He isa member of the State Historical Society of Kansas, aud is one of
the leading and representative men of the city of Hiawatha, He is ameinber of the Banker’s
Mutuai Aid Society. and was one of the instigators of the Hiawatha Building Company,

. Which has a capital of $25,000; wlan of the Hiawatha Hotel Company, with a capital of $20,-

000. He was narried in New York City, in 1862, to Miss Mary ‘I. Banta, of that place.
LIEUT. CHARLES W. JOHNSON, County Attorney of brown County, was formerly
from Hick:nan County, Tenn., where he was born September 19, 1834. He is the son of

» Hugh and Lucinda Johnson, his father dying when Charles W. was only six months old.

His mother afterward married Boujanin Jounson, brother of the deceased, who cune to
Tennessee from [llinois, to settle up his brother’s estate; after the marriage they returned
to Bond Conity, Ill., where Charles W. was reared aud educated at Georgetown, Ill, under
the tuition of J. P. Johnson, now of Highland, Kan., and in 1858 entered McKendree Col-
lege at Lebanon, where he was a student for two years, He then commenced reating law,
and August 4, 1862, enlisted as a private in Capt, Harries’ command of the One Hundred
and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infautry. After serving until February, 1863, he was pro-
moted to Second Lieutenant, and served in this capacity until the close of the Rebellion,
His regiment participated in the siege of Vieksburg.and various prominent battles,and was

_ afterward transferred to the Department of the Gulf and took part.in the first and second

Red River expeditions. Lieut. Johnson was captured at the battle of Mansfield, April 8,
1864, and was detained a prisoner at Camp Ford at Taylor, Texas, until the close of the war
Returning to his old home in Illinois, he entered the law office of William H,. Herndon, for-
merly a partner of President Lincoin, and in April, 1867, was admitted to the bar. His
first practice was in Springfield, Ill., where he opened au office, and March 25, 1868. was.
married in that city to Miss Aunie KE. Ogden, of Owego, N. Y. During the fall of 1869 he
came to Hiawatha, Kan., opened an office and has since practiced his profession there and
at Atchison, where he lived from 1874 to 1879. He was elected to his present office in 1880.
is ig member of the Masonic fraternity and is identified with Washington Lodge, No. 5,
0: chison,

PHRRY JOHNSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 89, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in
Indiana, July 7, 1838, but was reared In Knox and Warren counties, Ul, In 1858 he
cros-ed the greag plains of the West, and during the Rebellion acted as scout for the Union
ermay, for nearly three years, making his hea‘quarters at Fort Leavenworth, Kas. He lost
two brothers during the war, who were killed while serving in the same capacity as himselt.
in March, 1877, he came to Kansas for the purpose of making a home for himself and fain-
ily, and in the June following moved to his present residence. He owns 144 acres of land,
all under a high state of cultivation, with about five acres of orchard bearing fruit. In the
fall of 1879 his resid :nce was destroyed by fire, but it was immediately replaced by a good.
substantial structure, one and one-half stories high. His farm is well supplied by a good
barn and outbuildings, and, in fact, everything pertaining to a well regulated farm. Mr.
Jolnson was married October 20, 1862. in Illinois, to Miss Mary Davis, and previous to
counting to Kansas was a resident of Fremont County, Iowa, for nine years.

JOHN W. KAUFMAN, farmer, Section 32, P. O. H
Pa., March 27, 1846. When fifteen years of age he enlisted in the great Rebellion with the
One Hundred and Sixty-second Penusylvania Volunteer Infantry Company A, at the first
three months call, After serving four mouths he returned home, and soon after removed
to Sandusky County, Ohio, where he followed the occupation of farming. Here he was
married in October, 1868, to Miss Sarah A. Tea, a native of the same Stare as himself. He
subsequently came to Kansas, and for two years operated his father’s farm, on Wolf river,
in Doniphau County, then removed to lowa Township, improved a wild prairie farm of 160
acres, and in 1879 changed his place of abode to Leona, same county. Here he improved
another farm, on which he lived till the spring of 1881. when having a chance to sell out
with decided advantage to himself, he did so, and immediately came to Brown County and
purchased the farm where he now lives. During his residence in Doniphan Courty Mr.
Kaufinan held the office of Justice of the Peace, and always took an active part in all public
enterprises. He isa member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellows’s fraternity, the latter
in the lodge at Leona, Doniphan County. '

EWIS KESSLER, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Hiawatha, isthe son of Ambrose Kesler,
who came to Kansasin May, 1858, and located in Waluut Township, Brown County. Here
Lewis lived until December, 1879, when he was married to Miss Katie L. Schafer, of Illi-
nois, when he commenced farming for himself. During the spring of 1881 he purchased
eighty acres of land, which comprises his present farm. This is all under a high state of
cultivation and nicely improved. Mr. Kesler was born October 1, 1857. Heand his wife
are members of the devangelical Church at Hiawatha. They have one infant son, unnamed.

MICHAEL L. KLINFEFELTER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 26, P. Hiawatha,
was vorn in Morrill County, Ohio, August 13, 1841. He las always followed the occupation.
of farming. first at home with his parents until twenty-three years of a , then started at
the business for himself. He seryed four months in the Rebellion with Company I, of the
One Hundred and Tuirty- ixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Was married February 16, 1865,
to Miss Maria Shell, who was born in Germany, on the Rhine, but came with her parents to
the United States while yet a little child, locating in Morrill County, Ohio. In 1869 Mr. K,.
emigrated to Kansas, and in the fall of the same year established himself on his present
place. This contains 160 acres, which he has improved from wild, unbroken prairie land.
It is all under fence, aud contains a choice apple and peach orchara of seven acres. His
family consists of five children, Laura E., Mapgle K., John S., Cora M., aud Effa,

JACOB K, KLINEFELTER, of the firm of Speer, Klinefelter & Ely, attorneys-at-law
and loan anil collecting agents, was born in Columbia«a County, Ohio, August 8,1837,but was
reared in Morrow County, where his parents removed while he was an infant. His parents,
Joseph and Elizabeth Klinefelter, were extensive farmers in that locality, and in 1857 they
came to Brown County, n., and settled on a farm two miles east of Hiawatha. Here
Jacob Kiinefelter lived until 1862, when he enlisted with Company I. of the Thirteenth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry. In May, 1863. was appointed Sergeant of his regiment, which
he continued until mustered out in April, 1864. He then enlisted with the Fourth Arkansas
Volunteer tufantry and was First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the same until the close of
the Rebellion. Hethen re urned to Kansas and commenced farming. In March, 1867, Mr.
Klinefelter was married to Miss Luciuda Hall, who died May 23,1870, leaving one daughter,
One year later he removed to Hiawatha, where he followed carpentering until January,
1881, this belng the date of his connection with the above firm Mr. Klinefelter has been
employed in the office of the County Treasurer nearly ever since his return from the war,
His present wife was Miss Abbie M. Osborne, whoin he married August 12,1878. Helsa
meiber of the I. 0. 0. F., Hiawatha Lodge No, 83, and Encampment No. 33.

OHN KNEISEL, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Hiawatha, was born November 11, 1827, at
Hesse Cassel, Germany. Was there engaged at farming and in 1851 emigrated to the
Dnited States, and for some years lived in Erie County, Ohio. In 1855 he commenced farn-
ing there, which has since been his vocation. Came to Kansas in 1878 and purchased 160
acres of land, which under his careful management has become a fine thrifty farm, all under
cultivation. Mr. Kneisel was married in Ohio in 1853 to Miss Catherine Smith, by whom he
has seven children—Henry, Eliza, JohnC., George, Catherine, Emma and Martin. Mr,
Kneisel and family are members of the German Reform Church at Hiawatha.

JOSEPH KOCHER farmer, Section 29, P. O. Hiawatha, is a native of Germany, born
March 26, 1831, in the Stateof Wooudenvurg. He learned the trade of stonemason, and
worked at it in his native country until 1856 when he immigrated to the United States, his
destination Beloit, Wis. In1860 he removed to Howard County, Mo., where he followed
his trade till the fall of 1861. Then enlisted with the First Missourl! State Militia, Co n-
pany G,, and served his country three years. Then went to Booneville, Mo., but only re-
mained there a short time, coming to Kansas in 1865, Lived in Atchison until June, 1866,
when he removed to Hiawatha and commenced operations in his line of work, This he
pursued until 1880, since which time he has turned his attention to farming. Mr. Kocher
contracted and erected the first s'one building in Hiawatha, and has done the stone work on
‘a good many of the prominent buildings of brown County, including the courthouse. He is
a member of Hiawatha Lodge No. 35 of the Masonic Urder. Was married in the fall of
186 to Miss Ellen Headers.

JOHN KREBS, stonemason and contractor, was born in Switzerland February 22, 1842.
He learned the trade of stonemason in his native country, and that of slate-roofing in the
city of Paris, France. In 1869 he immigrated to the United States and was a resident of New
Philadelphia, Ohio, nine months previous to coming to Kansas. In 1870 he selected Hia-
watha as his future abode and immediately began work at his trade. His trade has kept on
steadily increasing, both in the line of stonemason and slate-roo ing, until he now does an
active and profitable business; employs from five to ten men as the season demands, and has
contracted in.the erection of some of the most prominent buildings in Brown and the sur-
rounding counties. Is the oldest resident mason in Hiawatha, Mr. Krebs was married in
New Philadelphia, Ohio, February 22, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth Oeliler, who was born
November 18, 1848, in Switzerland,and whose parents immigrated to the United States when

she was seven years of age,

iawatha, was born_in Union County, «

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

JOHN H. LANGE, farmer, Section 36, P.O, Robinson, was born in Germany, near the
city of Cassel, capital of Hesse, October 14, 1835. He followed the occupation of farming,
and in 1852 immigrated to the United States, In October of the year fullowing he lucated in
Menard County, Ill., where he lived at the breaking out of the Rebellion. 1 1861 he volun-
teered with Company I. of the Thirty-second Illinois Infantry and served in all the prin-
cipal engagements of his regiment, iucluding Pittsburgh Landing, Vorinth, and all the
battles in Sherman’s march to the Sea, He served until the cluse of the war, then returned
to Illinois, and in July of 1865 came to Kansas anc located at Robinson, Brown County, en-

aged in agricultural pursuits, and during the winter of 1866 was united in matrimony to
aroline, daughter of Conrad and Soph a Halberstadf, who settled in Brown County in 1858.
In 1870 Mr Lange purchased the land where he now lives, which was then entirely un-
broken, and_now consisting of 160 acres finely improved. He las been two terms Clerk of
the School Board of the district in which he lives. Heand his wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Chureh at Robinson. Their family consists of four girls aud four boys,

CHARLES D. LAWRENCE, retired merchant, was born in Cayuga County, N, Y., Feb-
ruary 1, 1823, He received an academical course of education at Aurora, and in 1846 was
a graduate of the State Normal School at Albany. He then engaged at teaching, and for
soine time was Professor of Mathematics at Bethel College, Russelville, N. ¥ e subse-
quently went to Nashville, Teun., where he conducted a boarding school up to the time of
the breaking out of the Rebellion, which brokelim up, At this time he accepted the posi-
tion of Professor of Mathematics in the State Normal School at Alhany, where he contin-
ued one year, and atthe expiration of that time became clerk jn the Commissa y Department
under Col, K. N. Morrill, of Hiawatha, At the close of the Rebellion Mr. Lawrence returned
to Nashville, 1enn., and until September, 1866 was Principal of the High School there. He
was then elected Superintendent of Public Instruction by the Board of Education, Gen. W.
B. Bates betng hiscompetitor, This position he filled until his removal to Hiawatha in the
spring of 1870. Here he erected the building now occupied by his successurs, where he
became asuccessful merchant, and after ten years’ labor inthat line, retired. Mr, Lawrence
has served two years on the Board of Rezents of Kansas. In 1848 he married Mary G. Sa-
bin, of Ontario County, N. ¥., who died in September, 1865. The were the pareuts of
four sons, viz: Charles 'G., now one of the leading lawyers of St. Paul, Minn,, Albert, a
merehant in Hiawatha; Dana, Inthe banking business in Montana, and James A. The
present Mrs. Lawrence fs a daughter of L. Janes, of Hiawatha, her name Charlotte J.
‘They were marrted in 1866. a

CHARLES H. LAWRENCE. harness manufacturer and dealer and Deputy Sheriff, is a
native of New York State, born May 13, 1844, in Dutchess County. He left home when
fourteen years of age to earn a livelfhoud for himself, and in 1863 engaged at inlitary rail-
roading in the South, at which he coutinued up to the time of his migration to Kansas.
This occurred in the spring of 1870, when he became a resident of Hiawatha, and for afew
years dealt in real estate. From 1874 to 1876 he served as Deputy Sheriff of Brown County,
and in the fall of 1875 was elected Sheriff of the same. This office he held for two years,
and in 1877 parcha-ed his present business trom J. O. Gardner, said business having been
established i 1870. He keeps six workmen constantly employed, manufacturing his own
stock, and has a trade of twenty thousand dollars per annuum. Mr. Lawrence was one of
the instigators of Brown County Exposition Association, of which be served one year as
Secretary and twoas Marshal. Isa member of Hiawatha Lodge No. 35 of the a. F. & A.
M., and acharter member of Mt. Horeb Chapter No, 43. He belongs also to Hiawatha
Commandery No. 13. He has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Lottie M,
Beardslee. whom he married at Battle Creek in 1870, and who died five months afterwards.
Was married In 1879, at Hiawatha, to Miss Emina J. Haughton, ‘

SAMUELS LEEDS, contractor and builder, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, No-
vember 14, 1845. When buta lad he removed with his parents to Pike County, [ll., where
he learned the trade of mwillwright, which has since beenhis vocation. In 1868 Mr. Leeds
came to Hiawatha and began the business of contracting and erecting mill elevators

throughout Kansas and Nebraska, and has since done a heavy business in this line of work,
He has at present on hand contracts for nine large elevacors in the above named Sates, em-
loys about sixty men, and does the most extensive business of the kind in the State, Mr;
eeds served two years in the Rebellion as a volunteer in the Seventh I!linois In-
fantry Company G. He is connected with the Star of Hope Lodge No. 1338 of the K. of
H. To give some idea of the magniturle of the above gentlem1n's work we will state that he
erected an elevator in Sabetha, Kansas, with a capacity of 60,000 bushels; another at_Falls
City and Auburn, Nebraska, of the same dimensions, and a number of others in different
localities of the same capacity. Also tbelarge flouring mills at Woodlawn, Kansas.

DR. WILLIAM D. LEWIS, physician and surgeon, was forinerly from Pittsburgh, Pa.,
where he was born July 14, 1847. Received his education in the High Schools of that city,
and was afterwards employed four years as mechanical draughtsman in the office of the
Patent Attorney there. Ln 1867 he became engineer on the Union Pacific R, R., and from
the time he quit that until his location in Kansas, was engaged in the drug business at
Salt Like City. During the fall of 1859 Dr. Lewis located at Hiawatha and gave his atten-
tion to farming and stock raising for three years; then accepted a position in the drug store
of J. W. Potienger, where he read medicine and practiced pharmacy. [1 1878 he attended
the St. Joseph Hospital Medical College, graduating from the same in the spring of 1879.
Returning to Hiawatha he began the practice of his profession, to which he has since
given his undivided attention. Dr. Lewis is a member of the State Medical Society of
Kansas, also of the District Medical Association of Missouri. He helongs to the I. 0. 0. F.,
and is connected with both the Lodge and Encampment of Hiawatha. is wife was for-
merly Miss Ida Baker_whom he married in September, 1874 at Hiawatha. 2

STEWART LITLE, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Hiawatha, came originally from Virginia,
where he was born in Harrison County, September 12, 1830. His attention was given to
stock raising and farming in that State and Pennsylvania previous to cuming to Kansas,
This oceurred in the spring of 1868, and he first settled on a farm near Atchison, butin the
spring following removed to Brown County, and was one of the first white setilers on the
Kickapoo reservation. Here he livedtwo years. then removed to Doniphan County. and
from that time until! March, 1882, farmed in Wolf River township; then removed to Brown
County, purchased eighty acres of excellent land, which he is improving as rapidly as pos-
sible.” Mr, Litle married, October 1¢, 1856, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Miss
Jane Litle, a native of that county and State. Both have been inembers of the Methodist
n iscopal Church for a quarter of a ceutury, and are now identified with that society at

awatha,

NA‘HANIEL D. LOOSE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 24, P. O. Hiawatha, isa na-
tive of Fairfield County, Obio, was born May 2, 1846, but reared on a farm in Sandusky
County, in the same State. In 1863 removed to Mouroe County, Mich., where he made his
home until his removal to Kansas; this occurred in the fall of 1868, and he settled on his
present farm during the yearfollowing. He is the possessor of 276 acres of the finest farm

and inthe county, all under cultivation, which he bas improved himself, as he located on

wild prairie. Mr. Loose taught school the winter of 1866-67 in Monroe County, Mich.,
and has served as a member of the Board of Education of his district for a number of
terms. He has been a member of the Evangelical Chureh Society since he was fourteen
peas of age, and his grandfather, John Driesbach, was one of the founders of that sect
n Pennsylvania. Mr. Loose and wife were original members of that church at Hiawatha,
Mrs. Loose was formerly Miss Catherine Wonders. They were married _in Ohio in 1868
and are the parents of three children—Flora M., John KE. and Laurel A. They have also an
adopt daughter—Eva Taylor.

ROBERT McQUILKIN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 31, P.O. Hiawatha, came orig-
{nally from Indiana County, Pa. Born June 17, 1820. During early life he learned the car-
peur trade, at which he was sulseg uently employed seven years, but since that tune he
has given his attention tofarming, In May, 1869, Mr. MeQuilkin started for Kansas to seek
a wider fleld of lavor, locating 1y Brown County on the same place where he now resides.
This contains 120 acres, which he took right out of the wild expanse of prairie, but which
he has cultivated and improved untilitis now valued at fifty dollars per acre. He has a
fine bearing orchard of 300 apple and nearly as many peach trees, also a grove of forest
trees, all of which are of his own planting. The farm buildings are good and such as are
necessary on a farm of these dimensions, and the whole is enclosed by a handsome hedge.
Mr. McQuilkin was married in 1946, in Pennsylvania,to Miss Eliza Willets, Both are connect-
ed with the Methorist Episcopal Church, Hiawatha. They have six children— William L.,
Mary. Alner W., Hattie, Nannie and Martha.

JOHN MAGLOTT, farmer, Section 33, P. 0. Hiawatha, was born near the city of Worms,
in the village of Henpenheim on the Rhine, Deceniber 27, 1820. He lived on a farm with
his parents until 1838, when all immigrated to the United States, locating in Richland
County, Ohio, near Mansfield. Here his father improved a farm and died at the allvanced
age of ninety years and four months, In 1842 John moved to Andrew County. Mo., and
from there to Kansas in the fall of 1855. Here he pre-empted a claim in Brown County and -
then returned to Missouri until the spring of 1856, when he brought his family to Kansas
and lorated on a 160, for which he paid $100 (the claim he had he presented to one of
his relatives). Here he has lived since, improving his land and adding to it until he now
has 460 acres, of which eighty is native timber. Mr. Maglott was one of the earliest set-
tlers in Hiawatha Township, and while Kansas was yet-a Territory he served one term as
Justice of the Peace, This satisfied his ambition as far as public office was concerned, and
he has since avoided it. In November, 1844, he was married in Missouri to Miss Catherine.
Meisenheimer, who was born in the same place as himself. He and his wife are original
members of the Evangelical Church at Hiawatha, and were most liberal contributors in the
erection of the present edifice; the parents of five children--Lou sa, married to John Bar-
num; Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Hauber; Mary, the wife of Jacob Moser; Barbara E.,
now Mrs. Frank Wonder; and George T. C., the son. He sold 176 acres of the home place
and Is Ay Lng now In Hlawatha, having retired and quit farming 5

HUGH H. MATHEWS, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Hiawatha, is a native of Pennsylvania;
born January 2, 1821, in Westmoreland County. During his young days he learned the
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where he commenced farming. In 1862 he volunteered with Company B, of the Twenty-
seventh Missouri Infantry, and served his country faithfully until the close of the Rebel-
ion. Then returned to Missouri, resumed farming, and in the spring of 1869 came to
Kansas. After spending three years in examining the land and prospects in several dif-
ferent counties-he finally made Brown County his choice, and bought the farm where he
now lives, which was partially Improved, At the expiration of one year, however, he went
to Jewell County, took up'a homestead, lived on it three years, and then returned to the
former place, where he still resides. Mr. Mathews was married in Brown County in 1872
to Mrs. Isabella Coe. Her father is still living at the advanced age of ninety-three years,
and is the oldest man in Brown County:

AARON R. MAY, lawyer, of the firm of Lacock & May, was born at York, Pa., Feb. 28,
1840. Received an academic course of education in his native place, and afterward read.
law in the office of H. W. Spangler. In 1867, he was admitted to the bar before the Hon.
Robert J. Fisher, when he immediately entered into practice. During the spring of 1868
Mr. May came west to St. Joseph, Mo., where he opened a law office and practiced until
March, 1870, this being the date of his location in Hiawatha, Kansas. He formeda co-part-
nership with Hon, B. F. Killey, and continued in the same firm up to July, 1880, when the
firm was changed to Lacock & May. Mr. May was county attorney for Brown Count;
during the years 1871 and 1872, and, was city attorney of Hiawatha from 1875 to 188
inclusive, e was elected mayor of this cityin 1878. Mr, May is a member of the Hia-
watha Lodge No. 35, of the A,, IF. & A. M., a. charter member of Mount Horeb Chapter, No.
43, and also a charter member of Hiawatha Commandery No. 13. His wife, Flora, to
whom he was married in 1873 at Hiawatha, is a daughter of Hon. B. F. Killey. Mrs. May is
-a member of the Congregational Church.

ELI MOLL, a retired farmer, Section 28, P. O., Hiawatha, came originally from Penn-
sylvania, and was born, May 7, 1814, in Union County. His boyhood days were spent on a
farm, and in the acquirement of an education. In 1836, he moved to Seneca County, Ohio,
and the same year ot his arrival there, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Schoch, also a
native of Pennsylvania, Here he followed the occupation of farming, and being energetic
and apublic spirited man, always took an active part in the enterprises of the locality in
which he was, and was for many years connected withthe United Brethren Church. In the
spring of 1881, he came to Brown County and purchased the farm on which he now
resides, all of which is under a high state of cultivation. It was formerly owned by W. B.
Barnett, one of the first settlers in Hiawatha. The residence is a handsome two-story
building, 34x34 feet, constructed of very fine cut stone, and adorned with a spacious
piazza, The situation is slightly elevated, with a gradual slope towards the entrance to the
grounds. These are embellished and beautified with drives, interspersed with ornamental
and forest trees, and in their midst, throwing its clear, pure waters to a height of several
feet, may be seen a fountain, These all form a delightful and most charming prospect, and
one of the finest and most picturesque residences in that locality, three acres being devoted
tothe culture of choice fruit trees. The names of Mr. Moll’s children are as follows:—
Franklin C., a resident of Defiance, Ohio; William _G., deceased, a soldier of the Union
army, whose only child, Ella, lives uear Hiawatha; Eliza S., married to David Decker of
Brown County; Saran C., now Mrs. Levi Close, of Doniphan County, Kansas; Eunice R.,
now Mrs. D. Rubert of Hiawatha; Hattie A., now Mrs. N.Chase, of Highland; Horace C., of

Severance; Eva M., an * 5
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ISAIAH MYNHOLLON;
ents, who located in Doniphan, where he lived until he was seventeen years of age, The
intervening time, until he came to Hiawatha Township, where he resides at present, was
spent chiefly in Atchison, Mc Pherson and Doniphan counties. Mr. Monhollon was born
in La Clede County, Mo., December 5th, 1859, and lived in his native State until'he was two
years of age, when bis parents removed to Kans:

as. He was married at Prairie Grove,

April 2, 1881, to Miss Maryetta Robbins, a native of Ohio. They have one child, a son,
whose name is Herbert Alexander.
. GEORG NTGOMERY, proprietor of the Parlor Livery Stable. was born in

Lake County, Ill., September 26, 1839. His father was Abel Montgomery, formerly a mer-
chant of Waukegan, I1l., and for a number of years, Sheriff. In 1857, he came with his
parents to St. Joe, Mo,, and for atime was on the mail-route line from that city to Marys-
ville, Kan, This same year, he became station agent at Hiawatha, and afterwards was
employed at freighting across the plains. Th 1867, he settled in Doniphan County,
improved a farm, aud in August, 1869, came to Hiawatha. Here be opened a livery stable,
the first in the town, and has since been a permanent resideut of the place, with the excep-
tion of two years spenton his farm. Mr. Moutgomery is a member of Hiawatha Lodge
No. 83, of the I. O. O. F., and was married in St. Joe, Mo., Dec. 5, 1862, to Miss Amanda
Poynter. dH? was one of the illustrious 410, who dared cast their vote for Abraham Lin-
coln in is a
JOHN E, MOON, County Clerk and Secretary of the Kansas Mutual Life Insurance
Company, was born in Leesburg, Kosciusko Co., Ind., March 13, 1846. His education
was acquired at Notre Dame College, Indiana, Hillsdale College Michigan, Western Union
College (military), Fulton, IIL, and was finally corupleted at ‘Eastman’s Business College,
Chicago. He took the latter course after the close of the Rebellion, in which he was a par-
ticipant, first en] isting with Company E. ofthe One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry. In this he served three months, then re-enlisted in the One Hundred
and Fifty-first Indiana Volunteers, during the fall of 1864, and served as First Lieutenant
of Company B., until the close of the war. Mr. Moon came to Kansas in 1866, and for
four years Su bsegueny farmed near Topeka. In 1871 he removed to iB lawals, where he
clerked for the well-known firm of Grave & Barnett, druggists for, four years,and for eignt-
een months afterward rau a drug store for himself, at Sabetha, this State. Returning to
Hiawatha, he accepted the position of head bookkeeper in Morrill & Janes’ Bank, which he
filled for four years, or until January, 1880. During the fall previous, he was elected
Clerk of Brown County; in 1881 was re-elected to the same office. Mr. Moon has held
various places of trust and prominence. Upon the organization of the Kansas Mutual Life
Insurance Company, he was elected secretary and has officiated in that capacity since. He
has served four years in the city council, two years being President, and for four years has
been City Treasurer, holding that office at this writing. eis identified with the Agricul-
tural Association of Brown County, and has served three years as treasurer of that organ-
ization. He belongs tothe I.0, 0. F., being a:member of Hiawatha Lodge No. 82, and
scribe of Encampment No. 33. He is also treasurer of K.of H. No. 1338 of Hiawatha,
Mr. Moon is one of the firm of Knapp, Moon & Davis, abstractors and real estate agents.
He was married, April 2, 1867, in New London in Ohto, to Miss Malvina K. Price. She is
one of the leading and influential members of the Congregational Church. _
RIAH Ww, MOORE, farmer, Section 25, P. 0, Hiawatha, is a native of Orange
‘County, Vt., the date of bis birth February 6, 1825. He followed farming in his native
State until 1863, when he removed to Fond du Lac County, Wis., and continued his former
occupation, While a resident of that State, he held several important offices in the town-
ship where he lived. In September, 1873, he came to Kansas, and for the first year lived in
Hiawatha. Then moved onto his present farm, which he purchased directly after his arri-
valhere, It was then all wild prairies but he has it all under cultivation now, and alsoa
fine bearing orchard of choice fruit trees. Mr. Moore has been married twice. His first
wife was Miss Orinda Peck, whom he married in Vermont, in 1844, and_ who died in 1873.
They had seven children, four of whom are still living. His present wife was Mrs. Fannie
M. Woolbert, of New York State. Both are members of the/Methodist Episcopal Church at
Hiawatha, while Mr. Moore has been connected with that denomination for more than
forty years. :

BAavip M. MOORE & CO., proprietors of the Hiawatha Stock Farm, Section 23, P. O.
Hiawatha, came to Kansas in spring 1880. The firm consists of David M. and Joseph
Moore. Theformer was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1830, and was extensively en-
gaged in the merchandise line in that State for many years. Joseph was born in the same
county, April 5, 1822, and for fifteen years was employed in the manufacture of woolen
goods. During his later years however, his attention has been turned to agricultural pur-
suits. They have a fine large farm of 500 acres, all fenced and divided into fields, each of
which is supplied with living springs, making excellent waterage for stock. They have
over 100 head of fine graded cattle, some of which are pure thorough-breds brought from
Ohio, in 1881. Both of the above named gentlemen are thorough, practical business men,
and know how to run an enterprise of this magnitude in order and to the best advantage,
at the same time making of it a profitable investment. ”

EDMUND N. MORRILL is a native of Maine, where the family is very well known from
the prominent part which its different members have taken in public affairs. He was born
at Westbrook, Cumberland County, February 12,1834. His education was received in the

common schools, and afterwards at the Westbrook Seminary, and was of a thorough char-
acter, His taste for reading and study isa strong one; it has been cultivated all through
life, even in the midst of engrossing cares, and has kept him at all times a well informed
man, fully abreast of the times on all questions relating to education, religion, and public
affairs. Young Morrill learned the trade of a tanner and currier_in his father’s shop, and
has been all through life a man of industry and a _hard worker. When twenty-one years
old he engaged in the nursery business with John W. Adams. The next year he was elected
- &@member of the School Board in Westbruok. When twenty-three years of a8 he sold his
interest in the nursery business to his partner and came to Kansas, settl ae in Brown
County, in March, 1857. The contest between slavery and freedom had not then been set-
tled in this Territory, the slave laws being in force here, and slaves actually held in many
counties. In framing the laws which finally expelled that institution from our borders, the
foun New Englander acted a manly part. © settled on the Walnut, at a place called
amlin. a few miles south of the present town of Hamlin, and built asaw-mill. In Octo-
ber, 1857, Mr. Morrill was elected, from Brown and Nemaha counties, a member of the first
Free-state Legislature that ever met in Kansas, and bore a conspicuous part in repealin;
those “bogus” laws that had been enacted by non-residents, and the purpose of whic
was to utterly stifle free speeeh anda free press in alltheterritory between the Missouri
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made an enviable namein our history; it comprised in its membership many firm, true,
and able men who have left their impress upon our institutions, In January, 1858, Mr.
Morrill was elected a member of the Legislature under the Lecompton Constitution, the
Free-state men having determined if that instrument was forced upon them to hold the
olitical machinery in their hands, and to administer upon the estate of the dead institu-
ion. With the close of their political troubles came a year of famine that will never be
forgotten by the pioneers of that day—the drouth of 1860. |The mill owned by Mr. Morrill
and his partner was burned, and it is only telling the truth to say that Morrill and hundreds
of others had very little to eat during those long, terrible months. Three months witb

       
 

   

 

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nothing but green corn from the field, and a winter with corn meal as a luxury are vividl
remembered. But very few despaired, and most people, including Morrill, were cheerful,
rather intent on helping others than despondent in regard to themselves. The misfortunes
of fire and famine were bravely encountered, and every debt contracted in the disastrous
year was honorably paid. Morrill learned what suffering and poverty were, and few men
‘In the county, or indeed in the State, have so treauently aided the poor, and helped old and
young to secure homes and gain a livelihood, Onthe 5th day of October, 1861, Morrill en-
isted as a private soldier at Fort Leavenworth, in Company C, Seventh Kansas Cavalry. He
served as Sergeant until august, 1862, when he received an appointment as Commissary of
Subsistence from President Lincoln. This appointment was made at_the solicitation of
Vice-President Hamlin, and_without recommendation from any one. Captain Morrill was .
ordered to report to Gen. Grant, at Corinth, Miss. He took charge of the large stores at
Forts Henry, Heiman and Donelson. In January, 1864, he was sent to Clarksville, Tenn.,
and ordered to make purchases of flour and beeffor Shermau’s army. In these important
posts millions of dollars worth of stores and supplies passed througi Capt. Morrill’s hands
or were purchased by him. He stood the test of the great responsibility thrown upon him,
and his integrity, promptness of action and executive ability were full appreciated by the
great commanders under whom he served. On the 20th of October, 1865, le was promoted
and mustered out with the rank of Major, by_brevet, for meritorious services. Maj. Mor-
rill returned to Brown County and made his home in Hiawatha. At first he engaged in
business with Mr. R. Scott Fairchild, and in January, 1871, went into the banking business.
In 1866 he was elected Clerk of the District Court, and was appointed County Clerk to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joel G. Kelsey. In _1867 he was elected County
Clerk. In 1868 he was re-elected Clerk of the District Court. In 1869 and 1871 he was re-
elected County Clerk. In 1872 he was elected to the State Senate, and again in 1876. During
his last term he was President pro tem, of the Senate and Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee. Inthe county and inthe Lox lsiatures Maj.Morrill’s business sagacity and exec-
utive force were of great advantage to the people. In its business affairs and in its morals,
Brown County is second to no other in the State, and Maj. Morrill has been largely instru-
mental in shaping her character and forming her destiny. He has also been very influen-
tial in securing two important railway lines, each of which traverses the entire county.
While Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the Senate he devised the plan to
tide the State over the financial difficulty created by changing the sessions of the Legislat-
ure from annual to biennial. His plan was also adopted for raising the means to build the
new wing and the center of the State Capitol. Both of these measures have worked admir-
ably, and for the good of the whole State, In the Legislature he has always been the firm
friend of our State institutions, the charitable and the educational. He has worked to build
up here at home schools and colleges that shall be equal to any in the land, His affections
begin with the home and extend tothe school, the church, the county, and the State. His
whole practical example and iufluence have been on the side of temperance, good morals,
education, and law. In 1876 Maj. Morrill wrote and published a history of Brown County.
In 1882 he gave to the city of Hiawatha a Public Library, the books and treasures of which
are open for the free use of all the people of the county. In 1878 he contributed very
largely for the relief of the suffering settlers in western Kansas, sending them large quan-

tities of flour and supplies. Maj. Morrill has been repeatedly spoken of by the press of the
State as the best man for Governor and for Congress. In the spring of 1882 the press
brought him forward for Congress with singular unanimity. He would do nothing, how-

ever, in his own behalf, refusing to write letters or to go over the State advocating his own
claims. Inthe June State Republican Convention he was nominated as Congressman from
the State-at-Large, with three others, Maj. Morrill receiving the votes of 282 delegates, a
larger number than that given to any other successful candidate. In the fall of 1882 he
was elected to Congress by about 40,000 majority, running ahead of the ticket in some
twenty counties. It was an election in which party lines were very loosely drawn, and
when general political demoralization prevailed, but good character and sterling worth
showed their strength. Maj. Morrill isa man about six feet tall, with broad shoulders and
commanding figure—a prominent man in any assembly. Marked personal traits are his
modesty, entire freedom from self-assertion, and accessibility. Mind and body were made
for work; clear perception and quick judgment enable him to get rid of a vast amount oi
labor each day. He isa man in whom all can confide, and he is trusted with the most deli-
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cate and the most weighty duties. The number of men, women, and children who want
his advice and aidis simply marvelous. They know that the advice will be sound and that
no trust will be betrayed, His liberal and generous nature entertains charity for all, malice
fornone. Asa citizen his public spirit Is probably the most marked traitin his character.
In the erectious of schools, churches, and public buildings, in the planting of trees and the
beautifying of grounds, he shows that he believes that “whoever can make two ears of
corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before,”
deserves better of mankind and does more essential service to his country than the whole
race of politicians put together. Itis said of the Emperor Augustus that he found Rome
brick and left it marble. And it can truthfully be said of our citizen that he found
Brown County a raw and treeless prairie, and that he has lived to see it and largely helped
to make it a fertile garden, the home of thousands of happy, industrious, prosperous people.
His public and his private acts stand the test of scrutiny, The competency that he has
gained is the inevitable result of good habits, a clear head, aud unflagging toil. He is cheer-

ul, joyous, even- tempered scattering blessings everywhere, ‘His armor is his honest
thought and simple truth his utmost skill.”

JOHN BE. MORRIS, coal dealer and proprietor of the railroad stock scales at the Union
Stock Yards, cameto Hiawatha in the spring of 187@ and farmed for ove year. He then
embarked in the grain business with I. N. Speer, which he continued until February, 1880.
At that time he purchased his present busluess, where he has since carried on an extensive
trade in coal, brick, etc., his receipts for the year being avout 300 cars of coal and 100.000
brick, Is also agent for the Consolidated Tank Line Co.’s oil at this place, handling about a
car load amonth, Mr, Morris was born in Seneca County, N. ¥. Left there with his parents,
removing to Michigan, where his occupation was that of a farmer, He was married in Kan-
sas, during the fall of 1878, to Miss Emma Mitchell, daughter of the Rev. George Mitchell.
Mr. Morris belongs tothe I. 0. O. F., both in the Lodge and Encampment, of Hiawatha,

ELIAS MOSER, of the firm of Moser & McGilloray, agricuitural implements, was born
in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 5, 1841, He was, however, reared in Missourl, where he
removed with his parents while yet a lad, and it was therehe received his education, Dur-
ing the spring of 1865 he came to Brown County, Kan., and purchased 160 acres of land on
Section 32, Hiawatha Township. On this hestill lives, and has indeed made of it a fine
place, The land Is all under a high state of cultivation. There are three acres of orchard,
and all kinds of small fruit in abundance. Mr. Moser was a soldier of the Rebellion, enlist~
ing for the first six-months’ call in 1861, with the Fourth Missour! Volunteer Cavalry, of
the State Militia, and afterwards served in the: Regiment of State troops. He was
elected Sheriff of Brown County in 1866. The above firm was organized inthe spring of
1881, and during the first season handled ten car-loads of machinery. Mr. Moser has been
married twice. His first wife was Miss Elvira Carroll, of Missouri, to whom he was married

; 1n 1864. She died in 1873, leaving one daughter, Ida. During the fall of 1876 he wedded
his present wife, whose maiden name was Kate Cobb.

N MOSER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 35, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in Swit-
zerland, near Berne, March 26, 1826. He reevived a common school education, and was
employed with his father, who was a brick and tile burner, until his immigration to this
coubtry, which occurred in the fall of 1854. He immediately sought his brother, in Andrew
County, Mo., who had settled there as early as 1835. John remained there for a time, but
in the spring of 1855 came to Brown County, Kan,, and pre-empted the place where he now
lives, being one of the first white settlers in the county, and the third in Hiawatha Town-
ship. He is proprietor of 360 acres of land, eighty of which isin uative timber convenient
for stock ranges; the remainder is under cultivation. There are ten acres of orchard, con-
taining choice varieties of apple, peach and other kind of fruits, nearly atl of which is ad-
vanced enough for bearing. Mr. Moser’s residence is a large, EO story, brick building, in
avery pleasant situation, and commanding a fine view of the beautifal farming country
surrounding it. The farm buildings are substantial and commeodious, and everything
around this well-kept farm presents a thriving appearance. During the Rebellion, Mr.
Moser was enrolled with the State Militia forthe suppression of the Price raid, so well re-
membered by residents of Kansas at that time. His wife’s maiden name was Maglema
Uenger. They were married in Switzerland, in 1852, and are the parents of eight children
—John, Mary, Godfred and_ Elizabeth, twins; Arnold, Elias, Aunaand Willlam F. Mrs,
Moser is connected with the Evangelical Church of Hiawatha.

JACOB MOSER, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Hiawatha, was formerly from Andrew
County, Mo., where he was born September 3, 1848. Heisason of Peter Moser, who set-
tled in that vicinity as early _as 1838. After acquiring a common school education, he

- worked onafarm with his father until the spring of 1871, wien he became a resident of

BrownCounty. He immediately became possessor of 160 acres of his present farm, which
was partially improved. Tothis he has since added another quarter section, and has now
one of the finest and best improved farmsin this section of tlie country. Thereis a fine
orchard, containing over 6U0 fruit trees of choice varieties. Mr. Moser is largely engaged
in stock-raising, and for convenience in pasturlng the same has his farm divided into fields
by cross fences, besides being entirely surrounded by the same. He was married in this
State, in 1871, to Miss Mary Maglott, whose father, John Maglott. settled in Brown County
in 1858. They are the patents of three children, Ella Lee, Laura E. aud Nora B.

FRANK MYERS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, Township 2, Range 16, P.O.
Hamlin, was born in North Carolina, September 14, 1832. While he was but a small child,
his father, David Myers, undertook to move his family to McDonough County, IIL, but
when within thirty miles of his destination, he died. Frank was then taken by his uncle,
Jonas Myers, who reared him. He lived in Lllinois until May, 1856, when he came to Kan-
sas and pre-empted 160 acres of the land where he tives, beginning improvements by erect-
ing a log cabin, 16x18, and but one story. This was then the largest house in Brown County
west of Hiawatha, and still standing on Mr. M.’s farm, having been replaced, however, by
a@ more spacious and modern structure, and the former is now used as aworkshop. He has
since purchased. more land, until he now has afine large farm of 320 acres, usually spoken
-of asthe “Valley Farm,” and its proprietor is considered by all to be one of the most prac-
tical and responsible farmers inthe county. He was enrolied with the State Militia durin
the famous Price rald of the Rebellion. Was one of the organizers of the School Distric
No. 2, and has been connected with the Board ever since. He held the office of Justice of
the Peace of Walnut Township one term, and both he and his wife were original members
of the Christian Churzh Society, which was organized in the schoolhouse on their farm,
with a membership of sixteen. Mrs. Myers’ maiden name was Mary M. Shelton. They
were married in Illinois, in 1852, and arethe parents of four children—Iona A., Willie E,
George L, and Laura H.

ARLIN C. NEFF, restaurant and confectionery, was born in Muskingum County,

Ohlo, January 17, 1840, and previous to his emigration to Kansas, was engaged in tlfe hard-
ware and agricultural implement business, in DeWitt County, Til, He served three years
in the Rebellion, enlisting at Uhicago, in 1861, with Company D, of the Fifty-first [linois
Volunteer Infantry, and was in all the principal eugaseinents of his regiment withthe ex-
ception of the last six months, when his heath failed him, brought on by exposure during
service. In April, 1873, Mr. Neff came to Kansas, locating on afarm near Hiawatha, this
he ran four years, then served one year as Constable and Deputy Sheriff, and afterwards
farmed again, until the fall of 1880, when he removed tu the city, and opened his present.
business, where he has built up a lively and lucrative trade, Helsa member of Hiawatha
Lodge, No. 83, of the I. O. O. F. Was married in Illinols, In May, 1865, to Miss Caroline
_M. Reeves, of Erie County,

ALBERT L. NEWCOMB, dealer in groceries, is a native of New York; born January 12,
1841, in the city of Brooklyn,but was rearedin Dutchess County. When thirteen years of age,
he caine West, to La Fayette County, Wis., and clerked for Stephenson & Cu,, merchants st
Darlington. In 1869, he came to Hiawatha, and for a time clerked in a hardware store. He
afterwards traveled for several extensive firms until the spring of 1876, when he opened
business for himself at Hiawatha. Starting with a small but complete line of goods; he has
by perseverance and industry worked up a large trade, and as a natural consequence has
increased his stock three-fold, thereby requiring the attendance of three clerks, Mr. New-
comb is connected with the Congre ational Church, Was married January 1, 1865, to Miss
Emily F. Webster, of Kingsville, Ohio,

CHARLES V. NORTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 86, P. O. Hiawatha; was
born near the city of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, November 5, 1854. Ie imml rated to

* the United States, in 1862; lived in Illinois two years, then crossed the plains in 1864, and
cominenced freighting. In 1865, he went to St. Joe, Mo,, and two years latter became a resi-
dent of Brown County, Kan.; located on a farm, nine miles east of Hiawatha, where he

farmed,and was also engaged in freighting more or lessup to 1868. Here he lived until 1876,
then went to California, aud engaged in farming, three years, near Santa Barbara, and at
the expiration of that time, returned to Kansas, and permanently established himself on
the farm where he now resides. He is possessor of 160 acres of land, all cultivated, and sur-
rounded by a beautiful hedge. His farm is crossed bya fence, dividing it into fields,
each of whichis fed by a living spring, very convenient in Stock = raistug in which he is
largely engaged. Has a large app)e and peach orchard as fine a one as is to be found in the
county, and as this is fast becoming an important feature in Kansas; many fine ones are to
be seen. Mr. Norton was married in 1871, in Brown County, to ‘Miss M ary F. Vaughn,
born in Main. but whose parents were early ploneers of Kansas. They have three chil-
dren—A bbie D., Bertie G., and Charley R. :

NOBLE & APPLETON, proprietors of the new meat market, William O. Noble, senior
member of this firm, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, October 28, 1845. Previous to
coming to Hiawatha had been engaged in the meat market business for ten gees eight of
which were passed at Oregon, Mo, In September, 1881, Mr. Noble came to Hiawatha, and
established the above business, which has rapidly grown in trade and popularity, until they
now killeight or nine beeves per week, and keep one wagon busy peddling. John W. Ap-
pleton of this firm came to Hiawatha, from St. Joseph, Mo., in the spring 0 1882, and be-
came connected with the business. He had previously come to Kansas, in 1870. and had
lived at Atch'*on, until1878, where he was employed as car inspector on the Missourl &

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

Pacific and A. & N. Railroads; following this same occupation after his removal to &+.
Joseph, Mo.
@ H. NORTON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 1, Township 8, Range 17, P. 0.
Hiawatha, Brown County, one of the owners of “Alliance” farm, was born in Otsego Gounty,
. Y., May 19, 1849, and lived in his native State until his seventh year, when his par-
ents removed to Kausas, locating in Hiawatha Township, Brown County, where Mr. N. has
resided since. He was married March 26, 1878, in South Robinson, to Miss Luella J.
White, a native of Illinois. They have one child, a daughter, nanved Nora. Mr. Norton
and his brother Frank L., own together two farms. Oue, the home farm, is mostly bottom
land and contains 280 acres. This farm lies on Drummond's Branch of the Wolf, and is all
enclosed by substantial fences and las 150 acres in cultivation, the remainder being timber
and pasture land. The orchard covers five acres and has 350 apple and a few peach and
cherry trees. There is also a small vineyard on the place. The water supply is excellentand
consists of the creek, springs, wells aud cistern. The improvements are first-class in every
particular, and consist of alarge, new French cottage dwelling, with eight rooms, buttery
and cellar, in short one of the finest dwellings in Hiawatha Township. It is surrounded by
fine shade trees, evergreens and shrubbery. The other improvements are a frame barn,
granary, corn crib, etc., etc. The other farm lies in Mission Township, and contains eighty
acres of choice upland. This farm is also well improved by good fences, granary, etc., and
is as good an“eighty” as there isin the county. The Norton Brothers ratsed this season
1,613 bushels of wheat on fifty acres, They also raised this year 5,000 bushels of Gordy 400
bushels of oats, 150 bushels of potatoes an forty tons of timothy and prairie hay. They
feed forty head of hogs, a car-load of cattle and keep thirty head of grade cattle, twenty-five
head of stock hogs and seventeen horses aud mules, The Messrs. Nortons are among the
wide-awake, practical farmers of Brown, and speak in high terms of the couuty in which

they live. “

WI LLARD W. NYE, physician and surgeon, began his literary course at Knox Col
lege, Galesburg, lll., but quit his studies to participate in the Rebellion, His regiment was
first’sentto Fort Leavenworth, from there to Lexington, Mo., to relieve the first three
months call; here he was taken a prisoner, butinthe September following was paroled,
He then re-enlisted and was again sent to Fort Leavenworth, where be was enrolled with
the Eighth Kansas Regiment under Col. John A. Martin, of Atchison; here he served until
the latter part of 1863, when ill health compelled him to quit the army. He, however, Te-
covered sufficiently to re-enlistin the One Hundred Day corps and served until the close
ofthe Rebellion in the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Illinois Regiment, After the war he
returned home, resuined his studies at Galesburg College, In 1870 r.. Nye began the study of
medicine and 1871-72 attended a course of lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
He then practiced hts profession in Colorado until the winter of 1876, when he returned to
college and resumed a course of Jectures and graduated inthe spring of 1877. He came to
Hiawatha, Kan., in 1879, where he has since devoted his time to the practice of his profes-
siou. He isa member of the Hiawatha Lodge, No. 83, I. 0.0. F. He was married in Iowa,
November 10, 1874, to Miss Jennie MeChesney. :

JAMES H. PATTON, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania, July 18, 1835. He received a common school education, and followed farm-
ing on the old homestead until the spring of 1881 when he came West, to make his future
homein Kansas. In March, 1882, he purchased the farm where he now resides, Here he
has seventy-two acres, all under a high state of cultivation, and entirely surrounded and
crossed by a beautiful hedge, giving a very fine sppearance to the place: The buildings are

ood and of asubstantialorder. There is'a well kept orchard of 300 apple and peach (rees

earing, and everything around this well-regulated farm, betokens thriftand economy. Mr.
Patton served three years for his country, in the great Rebellion, volunteering in Company
K. of the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Infantry. In 1865 he married Miss Mary J. McDowell.
Both are connected with the United Presbyterian Church, Hiawatha, __

HENRY E. PENNY, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Hiawatha, was originally from Cayuga
County, N. ¥., born November 9, 1837. His attention has always been given to farming,
and in 1870 he came to Kansas, located near Hiawatha, on Section 84, where he improved
a farm of 160 acres. Two years later he removed to Section 35, Padonia Township, speut
some time in making improvements on a farin here, and in 1875 removed to Hiawatha, and
commenced merchandising in company with John Shaw. This proved asuccessfu) enter-

rise, and he followed it until the fall of 1878, when he returned to his farm in Padonia

‘ownship, In 1879 he wentto Severance, Doniphan County, and ran a hardware store
until the fall of 1880, when he returned to Brown County and purchased afarm, This con-
tains 160 acres, all finely improved, with ten acres of young orchard and all the conveniences
pertaining to a first-class, well-regulated farm. Mr. Penny and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Hiawatha. She was formerly Miss Mary A. Searing, and
was married in New York. They have one daughter—Mary Kk. Mr. P. is a member of
Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, A..F. & A. M. "

DWARD S. PIEFFER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 27, P. O. Hiawatha, was horn
in Crawford County, Pa., June 6, 1827. Here he lived ona farm with his parents, attending
school, until the »ge of sixteen years, when he commenced to learn the tanner’s and cur-
rier’s trade. After perfecting himself in this branch, he made it his vocation during his
residence East, and also followed it some 1n St. Joe, Mo.,after taking up his claim in Kansas.
On the Ist of May, 1857, Mr. Pieffer came to this State ana took up the first claim adjacent to
the town site of Hiawatha, a portion of which is now occupied by the County Agricultural
Association. Here he resided until the spring of 1860, when he went to Colorado, where he
was employed in the mines for several years. During his residence here he passed through
an experience that will long live inthe memory of those "He participated. init. This was
the great Indian scare at Denver, in 1862, which occurred at mi migbe Men ran, some with
hats, some without, some with one boot on and others none at all—in fact there were all con-
ceivable styles of dress necessary in such hurried toilets. They formed into line for battle,
but alas, no Indians came, But finally coming to the conclusion that it was a false alarm,
they disbanded and sought their homes and the remains of a badly broken night’s rest. An-
other incident, which occurred about the same time, and that feill resent the character and
bravery of the subject of our sketch more clearly tothe minds of the people than we can
portray; it occurred at the Cherry Creek freshet. A man fell into the river, and would in-
evitably soon have drowned. Five hundred men stood on the bank watching him, and out
of this number not one offered to rescue him excepting Mr. Pieffer. He dashed into the
Seething, planging waters, to savethe man’s life, which he did, amid the cheers of the mul-
titude and the prayers and blessings of the drowning. During the year 1866 he returned to
Brown County, and settled on a farm west of Hiawatha, now occupied asa fruit farm by Mr.
Bubach. Lived there until 1877, then removed to his present location. He has a farm of
160 acres, all under a high state of cultivation, and excellent improvements in the shape of
dwelling, barns, ete., in fact, every thing necessary on a first-class farm. He has a large
orchard of peach and apple trees, all bearing, aud among them are some of the choicest vari-
eties. Mr. Pieffer was married in‘Hiawatha, February 14, 1867, to Miss Celinda Barnum,
whose father kept the first hotel in Hiawatha. His name is Seth Barnum. He and his wife
are members of the Congregational Church, Their family consists of four chilidren—Thomas
C., Seth C,, Jacob J., and Polly M.

JOHN’ W. POTTENGER, druggist, was born in Preble County, Ohio, September 3, 1825.
He was reared on a farm, and followed that vocation previous to coming to Kansas. Came
to this State in 1869, and took up a farm in Brown County. Three years later he removed to
Hiawatha, started a drug store, and is now the oldest continual druggist in Brown County.
He commenced business in asmalt building on Sixth street, justin the rear of Morrill &
Janes’ bank, with only $3,000 capital, but has, by close attention to business, and careful
study of the wants and demands of the people, worked up a large and lucrative trade. In
1881 he erected a large brick store, 100x25, and two stories high. This is filled from cellar
to roof with a large and choice stock of drugs, amounting to between $18,000 and $20,000,
and requires the attendance of five clerks to satisfy the demands of the public. Mr. Potten-
ger also operates two farms, situated one and a half miles north of the city, one consisting
of 160, the other of eighty acres. He hasserved two terms as Councilman of Hiawatha. Was
mired ty ONG, in 186%, to Miss Emma Morehead, of West Virginia, by whom he has one

", le,

BAvid PRAY, proprietor of the Transfer Mail and Express Line at Hiawatha, is a na-
tive of Canada, born September 2, 1828. He came to Kansas in January, 1868, locating in
Walnut Township, on a farm. In May following commenced his present business, for
which he ts excellently adapted, as he had twenty years’ experience in that line in Lowell,
Mass., previous to coming to this State. His. business has increased to such an extent that
he now runs three teams, and every thing about his office denotes business energy and
competency, Mr. Pray served two years in the war as a volunteer in the Fifteenth Massa-
chusetts Light Artillery, serving as Stable Sergeant.

: SAMUEL M. PRATT, physician and surgeon, of the homeopathic school, was formerly
from Vermont, born in Washington County, December 2, 1835. He is the son of Asaph and
Hermione Pratt, both of the old Puritan stock. His mother’s family name was Clark. They
removed to Bureau County, I1., in 1845, and here the subject of this sketch spent his youth,
attending school and clerking in his father’s store. His parents are still residents there, In
1861 Dr. Pratt graduated from the Homoeopathic Medical Col lege of Missouri, and one year
later was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the great Rebellion, by Gov. Yates, He was as-
signed to duty in the Mound City Hospital of inois, where he served until the latter part
of 1863. Returning to Bureau County, inthe same State, he resumed his regular practice
there until the spring of 1871, when he came to Hiawatha, Kan., and has since followed his
profession there. He was the first physician of that school in the county. Dr. Pratt is iden-
tified with the Hommopathic State Medical Bosley. of Kansas, and the Western Institute of
Homeopathy. Heis also connected with the fol owing organizations: Hiawatha Lodge,
No. 35, A. F. & A. M.; Mount Horeb Chapter, No. 43, R.A. M.; Hiawatha Commandery, No.
iia tc idteae” Guest A GURe, NO, L838. Ie OF FL a 1G ie Ls of 1 being lan Instigabor of

. e was Lizzie M. Martin ak
Illinois, In 1864, They have one daughter, Myrtle. OS Earners

 

 
BROWN,

GEORGE T. PRICER, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Hiawatha, isa native of Ri
eae +b, O, 1 oss County,
Ohio, born September-5, 1857, son of John and Jane Pricer; the former died in Ohio in
1858. George T. came to Kansas in the spring of 1869, and-purchased the farm where he
now resides. This contains eighty acres of cholce farming land, highly cultivated, and
about the best improved eighty in that section of the country. There are about 250 fruit
trees Samer boat sant And some very choice Narietles, all bearing. Mr. Pricer was mar-
‘ . ss Emma Meanor, o: awatha. They ar ers of
the Presbyterian Church of that city. viene Doth ment

J PUNSHON, foreman of the locomotive department at Hiawatha, on the Missouri

Pacific Railroad, is a native of England, born January 12, 1825, in County Durham.
Learned the trade of machinist at New Castle, and upon tiie completion of the same, com-
menced railroading in 1846, as engineer on the Caledonia Railroad, running from Carlisle,
England, to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here he was employed for two years, then went to France
and was an engineer on the Boulogne & Amiens Railroad, but at the time of the Louis
Philippe Revolution, he returned to England. This occurred in 1848,and from that time un-
til 1850, he worked in the machine shops in New Castle. Hethenran an engine for three

ears, at the expiration of which time he immigrated tothe United States. Upon arriving

ere, he accepted a position as engineer on the Grand Trunk Railroad; here he worked for
three years; on the Great Western four years, then came to Kansas and settled on a farm
four miles northeast of the present site of Hiawatha, with the intention of withdrawing
trom railroad life. In 186%, however, he recommenced in that business as engineer on the

Hannibal & St. Joe line, aud in 1868, changed to the St. Joe & Council Bluffs. During the
spring of 1868, he engaged with the Northern Kansas & Southern Nebraska Railroad,
running from Ellwood to Troy, beng the terminus of the road now known as the St. Joe &
Western. January 29, 1870, he ran the first engine into Hiawatha, and was employed on
the above road until his acceptance of his present position. Mr, Punshon is a well-known
aud social geutleman, better known as Uncle Johnny, and is a general favorite with the rail-
road men, being a thorough one himself, He is an early member of the Engineer Brother-
hood, and ts now an honorary member. Hewas a charter member of the first Masonic
lodge organized inthe Territory of Kansas, and is now a member of the Mount Horeb Chap-
ter, No. 43, and Hiawatha Commandery, No, 13. He is-algo a member of Smithton Lod e,
No. 1, Kansas. He was married in lllivois, November, 1855, to Miss Ann M. Crabb, a native
of that State. Mr. Punshon has always been a strong temperance man, and during his
whole railroad career never met with an accident.

_ WILLIAM RADFORD, farmer, Section 4, P. O, Hiawatha, was born November 10, 1834, -
in Hampshire, England. He immigrated tothe United States in 1848, with his parents, who
settled in Genesee County, N. Y., as farmers, They subsequently removed to Winnebago
County, Ill, in 1851, thence to Howard County, Iowa, in 1855, whére they were living at the
breaking out of the Rebellion. The subject of this sketch enlisted in 1861 with the Third
lowa Light Artillery, serving until the Close of the war, and veteraned in the same battery,
in 1864, then returned to Iowa, and in the fall of 1866, was married to Miss Ellen Palmer.
InJanuary, 1868, Mr. Radford came to Kansas, and settled on afarm,and here he still lives,
athriving, prosperous farmer. He owns 200 acres of land, which he purchased from the U.
PB R., and which of course was then unimproved. He has since, however, converted it
into a fine cultivated farm, with allthe many appurtenances thereto, such as good com-
fortable buildings, fruit orchard of 300 trees, and about twenty acres of native timber.
Mr. Radfoid has served ten years on the School Board of his township, besides filling other
positions of trust here. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church of Hiawatha.
They have five children—Annie E., Edmund W., Ray R., Adelbert, and Fannie BE,

J. BARNEY RAFF, head miller inthe Hiawatha steam mills, is a native of Canton,
Ohio, born April 1, 1835. Commenced learning the miller’s trade In 1849, at Massillon, and,
six years later caine to Dav nport, Iowa; here he lived until March, 1862, then removed to
Atchison, {.an., and was head iniiler in the city mills for seven years, At the expiration of
that time was employed in the Fery Mills of that city, and subsequently in Doniphan Coun-
ty.until his location iu Hiawatha, 1n April, 1882, when he accepted his present position. Mr.
Raff is one of the oldest continual millers in the State. He has been married twice; the first
time at Davenport, Iowa, in 1859, to Miss Adeline Cole, who died in 1879, The second time
to Miss Emilie J. Kerrigan, of Utica, N. Y, He is a member of the Masonic order, Washing-
ton Lodge, No. 5, of Atchison,

: RICHARDSON & JONES, attorneys-at-law. This firm was organized in February,
1882; and transacts a general law business, The senior member, William J. Richardson, is a
native of Canada, born June 21, 1845, at Waterloo, He wasa graduate of Toronto Univer-
ity, in 1866, and immediately began reading law. Was admitted tothe bar in November,
18 58, and practiced in Canada until April, 1870, then came to the United States, and located

at Hiawatha, Kan. Three years later, he was elected Police Judge of that place, and for the
past nine years has been Justice of the Peace there. In 1873, Mr. Richardson became a
partner of Hon. A. L. Jones, who is now a prominent lawyer at Valparaiso, Ind. They con-
tinued together until the fall of 1874, and from that time until the organization of the above
firm, Mr. Richardson practiced his profession alone. He is at present City Attorney of
Hiawatha, which he has held two terms. Richard C. Jones, of this firm, is a young, but
promising lawyer, who was admitted to the bar in January, 1882, before Hon, David Mar-
tin. Was born in Brown County, this State, in 1860, and received his education in the dis-
triet schools of that county, completing it at the State Agricultural College, Manhatten. He
was the first native born that received ateacher’s certificatefrom Brown County, and fol-
lowed that vocation four years, then gave his attention to reading law, which he pursued in
the office of Mr, Richardson, now hispartner. He was the youngest attorney admitted in
the District, and is now a member of one of the leading firms of Hiawatha.

ROBERTS & BRUNDAGE, proprietors of the Werkly Kansas Herald, This paper was
established in 1874 as the Brown County Advocate, and was edited by Davis & Roberts, It
was published under that title until September 2, 1875, when it was*changed to the Kansas.
Heratd and its proprietors Burger, Roberts & McCreary; by themit was conducted until
April 6, 1876, when Mr. McCreary retired, Burger and Roberts, continuing publication
until August 12, 1877, when M. E. Foote succeed D. L. Burger, January 1, 1878. Then the
paper was changed from an eight-page quarto, patent, to a seven-column folio, home
print. Roberts & Foote continued the publication of this until the winter of 1879, when it
was made an eight-column folio, home print. In February, 1882, they put a Campbell
power press and steam engine in and enlarged the paper by making the columns fifteen ems
in width and twenty-eight inches in length—eight-column paper. May 12, 1882, M. E.
Foote sold his interest to T. L. Brundage. Roberts & Brundage still continue its publica-

> tion; circulation 1,700, being readin many of the surrounding counties, Mr. Roberts was
bornin Lee County, Iowa, March 4, 18438; farmed, when aboy,in Illinois. Printing has

been his trade; came to Kansas in 1868.’ Mr. Brundage was born in Yates County, N. Y.,

May 6, 1847; followed the vocation ‘of a farmer until recent years; moved to Michigan in

1865; came to Kansas in 1877; has been engaged as an -underwriter for the past few years.

The Weekly Kansas Herald employs no foreign agents, allows no patent medicine adver-

tisemeuts place in its columns, enjoys the esteem of even its political enemies, and is regarded

as the only reliable paper on earth by everybody, and its proprietors. An extensive job
printing establishment is in connection with the paper. The Kansas Herald was the first

to introduce steam power in its operations in this section of the State. .

ALFONZO: ROBINSON, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Hiawatha, came to Brown County,
Kan., as early as June, 1857, and took up a claim of 160 acres, upon which he still lives aud
which he pre-empted January 8, 1858. This he has improved until he now has one of the
best farms in that section of the country, entirely fenced with a fine Osage orange hedge,
and divided into fields by cross fences. Alfonzo was born in Franklin County, Me., Feb-
ruary 1, 1835. Came West with his father to Wisconsin in 1850, where the latter died in
1866, Alfonzo was married February 26, 1860, to Frances A., daughter of Thomas and
Hannah Chandler, who settled in Kansas, in 1857, on the southeast quarter of Section 2,
Range 17. Brown County, and were formerly from Maine. The former died February 8,
1881, in Hiawatha, where his wife and children, who still survive him, live. During the
early part of his residence in this State, Mr. Robinson was engaged one season at freight-
ing across the plains, and_dufing the war of the Rebellion was enrolled amoug the State
Militia for cae purpose of the suppression of the Price raid, so well remembered by the par-
ticipants thereof.

W. H.C. RUDD, jeweler, is a native of Oneida County, N. Y., born May 2, 1846. While
yet alad, he removed to Philadelphia, where nearly twelve years of his life were spent. In
March, 1877, cameto Hiawatha, established his present business, and is the oldest jeweler
inthecounty, Hecarriesa very large stock of fine and well-selected goods, and is skilled
in every department of his work, having had nearly twenty-five years’ experience in that
line, two of which were spent in the finishing department of the Elgin Watch Factory, and
one with the famous Seth Thomas Clock Company at Thomaston, Conn. He carries about
$6,000 in stock, and has a large and lucrative trade, which, by strict attention to business,
he has gradually acquired, his capital growing with his trade from the original outfit of
$1,400. He is now one of the leading merchants of the county. and by his square and hon-
est dealing, has won the confidence and respect of the entire public. Isa member of H1a-
watha Lodge, No. 83, of the I, O. O. F. ae

CAPT. JOHN SCHILLING, of the firm of J. Schilling & Bro., dealers in general mer-
chandise, came to Kansas March 6, 1857, and settled on a claim one-half mile south of the
present site of Hiawatha; here he lived, improving his land, until the breaking out of the
great rebellion. He then recruited Company I, of the Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infan-
try, and on the organization of the same, was elected Captain, in which capacity he served
until the close of the war, taking an active part in all the engagements of his regiment. He
then returned to Kansas, and in March, 1866, established the firm of Schilling & Meisem-
heimer until 1870; then J. Schilling & Co., to January 1, 1881; since A. Schilling & Bro.,
and is now the pioneer merchant ot Brown County. He started with a small stock in an
equally small building, but in 1870, the latter was replaced by the fine stone building he now
occupies, 140x25 feet, and two stories high, and is filled with one of the most complete
stocks of general merchandise to be found in Brown County or the surrounding counties.
Adam Seuitling, of this firm, is also a member of the firm of Adams & Schilling, extensive

 

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hardware dealers in Hiawatha. Capt. Schilling was born near the city of Bingen, on the
Rhine, Germany, January 1, 1837; attended school in his native land until 1848, when, at
the time of the great Gerinan revolution, he left there with his parents, Valentine and
Susan Schilling, and located in Hudson, N. Y, Here they made their home until 1851; then
moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., where John S. finished hiscommon school education. Pre-
vious to coming to Kansas, his employment was on a farin, but having unusual business
talent, he embarked in the merchandise line, and is a self-made man in every sense of the
word, and a very successful one. Capt. Schilling was married November 5, 1857, to Susan,
daughter of Martin Meisenneimer, who was one of the pioneers of Kansas, and a soldier
under Bonaparte at the battle of Waterloo. Their family comprises two daughters and five

‘sons. He has served four years as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners; has

been a member of the Masonic Order since 1869, and is now one or the Hiawatha Lodge, No.

. He is an original member of the Mount Horeb Chapter, No. 43, and for three years has
held the position of commander of Hiawatha Commandery, No. 13; was a Garfield elector
in 1880; elected to the Legislature from Fifty-first District, Kansas, in November, 1882.

JOHN NIVEN SCOU LER, druggist, was_born in Cuylerville, Livingston Co., N. Y.,
May 6, 1851. His father, Rev. J. B. Scouller, D. D., is of Scottish descent; the family being
in America since 1752. His mother’s maiden name was Helen I. Niven, her father a High-
land Scotchman, her mother of Holland Duich descent. In 1852 Mr, Scouller moved with
his family to-Argyle, N. Y., thence to Philadelphia in 1862, and one year later became a
resident of Newville, Pa, In the latter place he attended fora brief period a classical school,
but was compelled to relinquish the idea of a thorough education on account of his eyes.
His first experience in the drug business was in 1867, when he entered a Newville dru
store asaclerk. At the expiration of one year he went to Philadelphia to perfect himself,
and in a two years’ course received a diploma from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy,
April 7, 1871, and was oneof the youngest graduates since the establishment of this college
in.1821. Hethen purchased a drug store at Newville, where he successfully conducted
business for nearly eleven years. During the Spring of 1882 Mr. Scouller started out to
seek a new location, and May 10 of the same year saw him established at Hiawatha, Kan.

JACOB SCOUTEN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in
Genesee County, N. Y., January 15, 1822. He was afterwards a resident of Pike County,
Ill, where he followed farming. In June, 1857, he cameto Kansas, and pre-empted 160
lcres of land on Section 9, Hiawatha Township, where he lived until 1865, and then re-
moved to his present place of residence. Here he also has 160 acres of fine improved land
and a choice fruit orchard of all kinds. His farm is supplied with good comfortable build-
ings, and surrounded by a fovely hedge fence, which gives the farmsin this part of the
country such a beautiful appearance. In 1865 Mr. Scouten was enrolled with the State
Militia in the suppression of the Price raid, so famous inthe Rebellion. He was married
in Illinois, 1851, to Miss Mary Gray, formerly from Ohio, where she was born. Their
family consists of six children—Delia, married to G. W. Peterson, of Palmyra, Neb.; Willis
F., Ella, now Mrs. Jesse A. Worley, Hiawatha; Albert H., Josephine and HarrietE,

DR. HARVEY SEBURN, farmer and stock- raiser, Section 27, Town 2, Range 17, P. O.
Hiawatha. He became a resident of Brown County, Kan., in the spring of 1859. For two
years he lived on Section 9, Hiawatha Township, and in 1861 became a participant in the
Rabellion, entering the commissary Gepartment and serving for three years with Maj.
Morrill. Then returned to Brown, where in 1867 he married Miss:Maria A., daughter of
Joseph Klinefelter. Hethen settled on his present farm, which contains 160 acres under a
high state of cultivation, which was pre-empted in 1857 by his father-in-law, now de-
ceased. Some of the improvements areanice commodious residence and an orchard of
about eight acres, containing many choice varieties of fruit trees already bearing. Dr.
Seburn was born in Jefferson County, Ind., July 14, 1836, and received his education in the
high schools of thatcounty. He has always been deeply interested and taken an active part
in all public enterprises of his town andccunty. In 1859 he wasa delegate to the Terri-
torial Convention, which convened to elect delegates to the National Convention held at
Chicago. In 1874 he was elected County Treasurer, which office he filled four years and
three months, making his home in Hiawatha during that time. He has also served two
terms inthe City Counce, and has been_on the Board of Education frequently. He
is a member of the Masonic Society, both Hiawatha Lodge No. 35, and Mount Horeb Chap-
ter No. 42.

ALBERT M. SHANNON, of the firm of Shannon & Son, hardware dealers, successors
to Hapgood & Shannon on the 1st of June, 1882. He was born in Licking County, Ohio,
February 25, 1856. Came to Kansas in 1870, and located on a farin. Two years later he
attended the State Agricultural College, and afterward the Highland University of Kan-
sas for one year. He was a graduate of D. L. Musselman’s Commercial College at Quincy,
Iil., in 1876. Mr. Shannon became interested in the above hardware house in 1880, but
his father did not become a partner until two years later. They have a large and well
selected stock of hardware and do a large and thriving business, their annual sales amount-
ing to $25,000. They occupy three floors, each eighty by twenty-five; they employ five
men, two salesmen, and three tin manufacturers.

JOHN SHAW, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in Cum-
berland County, Maine, February 15, 1828. Was reared on a farm, but was afterward en-
gaged extensively in the manufacture of clothing and subsequently at general merchan-

ising for six years in his native State. Was married there in 1856 to Miss Emily C. Shaw,
also a native of that State, In July, 1872, Mr. Shaw came to Kansas and settled on the
place where he now resides in the following November. This was a partially, improved

‘arm, and contains eighty acres of very fine, well cultivated land, He also ran a_ grocery
store at Hiawatha, in company with H. E. Penny, during the years 1874 and 1875, in which
operation He was very successful. <

WILLIAM M. SHIRLEY, dentist, came to Hiawatha in January, 1868, and for a period
of seven years was engaged at contracting and building, erecting some of the largest build-
ings in Brown County. 1n1875 he began the study of dentistry, spending two years at
Wheeling, W. Va., in the office of Dr. D. B. McLain, of that city. Returned to Hiawatha in
the spring of 1878, and began the practice of his profession, and has since devoted his en-
tire time to, and made of it a decided success. e was born in Virginia, Cass Co., Ill.,
March 5, 1848. His boyhood was spenton a farm with his parents, and when old enough
he learned the carpenter’s trade, which he worked at in Illinois previous to coming to
this State. Dr. Shirley is a member of the Kansas Dental Association, also of Hiawatha
Lodge, No. 35, of the Masonic Order. He was married in July, 1880, at Hiawatha, to Miss
Amanda Ellis of Brown County. : 3

FRANK-SIPE, farmer and Stock raiser, Section 16, P. O. Hiawatha, was born Decem-
cember 21, 1849, in Somerset County, Pa. In 1866 he was a student at Mount Pleasant Col-
lege, and was afterward engaged in farming and merchandising in his native State. In
February, 1879, came West and for one year farmed near Falls City, Nebraska. subse-
quently came to Kansas and purchased the farm where he now lives, which contains 160
acres of good farm land under a high state of cultivation. This is entirely surrounded by
a beautiful hedge fence, and is also divided into fields, convenient in pasturing stock. There
is a good frame (lwelling and outbuildings, and a fine young orchard partially bearing, Mr.
Sipe was married January 15, 1872, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Jennie H. Trent, born in the
same county and State as himself. . They are the parents of five children, Bruce E., Estella
M., Hattie B., Effa M., and Arthur E, ;

WILLIAM R. SMITH, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Hiawatha, was former]
Posey County, Ind., born January 7, 1852. Was subsequently a resident of Mason
Ill, and inthe spring of 1869 he came to Kansas. For seven months after his arrival here
he lived with the family of Cornelius Grisson, then for two years worked for Benjamin
Sprague. In 1872 he married Miss Alta Sprague, daughter of the above and Susan Sprague,
and in the year following purchased the farm where he now lives. This contains eighty
acres of finely cultivated land, the improvements having all been put on it by himself.
There is a thres-acre orchard of apple and peach trees of his own planting, nearly all of
which are old enough to produce fruit. Mr, Smith’s family consists of four children, Ben-
jamin_A., Oda D., Harvey P., and Orlando.

LUCIAN H. SMYTH, Superirtendent of Public Instruction of Brown County, was born
in Susquehanna County, Pa. His parents were Benjamin and CorinthaSmyth, with whom
he came to Kansas in 1869. His mother’s maiden name was Hayden, They purchased a
farm in Robinson Township, where at this writing they still reside. In 1871 Lucian
Smyth moved to Cloud County, and took upaclaim. During the fall of the same year he
was elected County Surveyor. After filling that position five years he resigned and returned
to Brown County, where he immediately became Principal of the public school at Robin-
son. This position he held for three years, and in the fall of 1881 was elected to his present
position. r. Smyth took part in the great Rebellion, entering the army when only sixteen
years of age. Heserved in the Third Pennsylvania Artillery until that regiment was dis-
charged in 1865. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to both St, John’s
Lodge No. 113, and Mount Horeb Chapter No. 43.

OSEPH H. SMITH, grain dealer, came to Kansas as early as the fall of 1856, and for a
time was a resident of Leavenworth, dealing in real estate. From there went to Olathe,
Johnson County, where he improved afarm, In 1860 he started West to become a miner.
going first to Colorado, then to Montana, and was employed at various occupations till 1873,

rom there he went to Fairbury, Neb., and embarked inthe grain business, making of it a
decided success, and in March, 1879, removed to Hiawatha, continuing the former branch of
business, He formed acopartnership with E, T, Ellis, which firm flourished until 1881,
when Mr. Ellis withdrew. Mr. Smith does a large and remunerative business, and during
the past year shipped about 300 car loads of grain. He was originally from Massacausetts,
porn in Hampshire County, October 22,1837. In early life he was a clerk in a wholesale
dry goods store in Boston, Mass. He isa member of the A.,F. & A. M. Triune Lodge. Was
marriea at Chicago, in 1873, to Miss Mary Metcalf, of Columbus, Ga,

ALBERT G. SPEER, senior member of the firm of Speer, Klinefelter & Ely, attorneys
at law, came to Kansas in May, 1858, settling at Hiawatha. In June of the year following
he pre-empted a claim on Section 7, Town 2, Range 18 east, in what is now Irving Town-
ship, but soon afterward, in company with George H. Chestnut, deceased, started the first

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ounty,
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wagon shop in Hiawatha. On the 2d of August, 1862, Mr. Speer volunteered with Company same; her maiden name was Encline Bartley, whom he married iD Virginia, January 29,

A, of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, taking an active part in all of the Rebellion. Was mus- 1861. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Hiawatha Lodge No. 35.
tered out in October, 1865, having veteraned in the same regiment. He then returned to PETER D. TOBLE, proprietor of the HiawathaSteam Flouring Mills, was born August 25,
Kansas, and followed various occupations until 1871. Atthattime he cominenced reading 1839, in Herkimer County, N. ¥. Received hiseducationin the high schools of Utica, N.Y.,

law, and April 28, 1874, was admitted to the bar, in Nemaha County, before Hon, P. L. and when twenty-one years of age became a member of a hardware firm. In this he was in-
Hubard. He has since practiced his profession, but his attention has chiefly been given to terested for three years, and then withdrew from the firm and took charge of his father’s
land business. He was employed by the St. Joseph & Western Railroad Company tosuper- woolen mill at Eaton, the same State, In 1864 he engaged with the Des Moines Valiey R. R.
intend the grading of all their lands in Marshall, Riley, Washington and Republic counties, Co., as station agent, at Eddyville, lowa, where he remained for three years, returning to
in Kansas, and some twelve counties in Nebraska, Mr. Speer is a native of Greene County, Utica at the expiration of that time. In 1868.he, in compan with his father, Peter Tobie,
Ohio, born December 4, 1835. Before coming to Kansas he was a school teacher in his na- posin a bid for the government improvements on the Mississippi River at Rock Island. _
tive State. In 1868 he was elected to the State Senate, from Brown and Nemaha counties. is father was successful in obtaining the contract at Keokuk, Iowa. Here the subject of
He was married December 28, 1875, in Hiawatha, to Miss Laura E. Albee, of Machias, this sketch lived three poate assisting his father in the government work, and in 1871 re-
Maine, moved to Atlantic, in the same State, where he was engaged in the drug business until 1874;
ROBERT E, SPEER, dealer in live stock, was born in Greene County, Ohio, November at that time he went to Colorado; spent seven years of his life in the mining region, and in
10, 1889, and lived in his native State until the spring of 1859, when he became aresident of _ the fall of 1881 became a resident of Hiawatha, purchasing the mills of which he is now pro-
Kansas, locating in Hiawatha, where, with the exception of three years spent in the State of prietor. Mr, Tobie was married at Keokuk, Lowa, in 1871, to Miss Isabella F. Kenderdine,
Nebraska, he has resided since his advent in Kansas. He was married in Brown County, ormerly of Philadelphia, Pa.
June 28, 1865, to Miss Laura A. McCoy, a native of Baltimore, Md. They have one child—a WINDFIELD A. TURNER, physician and surgeon, was born November 4, 1847; his
daughter, whose nameis Mary A. Mr. Speer is one of the most extensive stock dealers in birth-place, Mount Hope, Orange Co., N. ¥. Came to Kansas with his parents, George
Northeastern Kansas, buying his stock principally, in Brown County, and shipping to the and Charlotte Turner, who settled in Powhattan Township, Brown County, on Section 20,

markets in Kansas City, St. Louis and Buffalo, He has only been engaged in this busi- urchasing 1,200 acres of land from the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific Rajlroad
ness since February, 1, 1882, but has already shipped to the markets named above, stock to ompany. They were the first settlers in this locality, which was that of the Kickapoo
the amount of $85,000. Previous to engaging in his present business, Mr. §. was in charge Reservation, and were the first parties to open a road from that part of the county to Hia-
of Elevator No. 1, at Morrill, then owned by his brother, I. N. Speer, He wasthus employed watha, They were appointed land agents for the above railroad company during the same
three years, and then entered into business on his own account, in which, owing to the year, and sold thousands of acres of their land in those parts. In 1871 he raduated from
straight-forward and reliable manner in which it is conducted, he has been eminently suc- the St. Louis Medical College, and has since practiced-his profession in addition to his farm-
cessful. Mr. Speer is well and favorably known in Brown County, and possesses the ing. In August, 1881, he removed to Hiawatha, and is now the oldest resident practicin,

vesteem and confidence of all, physician in Brown County, and is considered by all one_of Hiawatha’s most able an

N. SPEER, of the firm of Speer & Hulburd, grain dealers, came to Kansas in pomipereny hysiclans, “
1859, and for a number of years was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He first embarked EV. WILLIAM H, UNDERWOOD, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Hia-
n the grain trade in 1873. Three years later he erected an elevator at Hiawatha, and was  watha, was born at Seneca Fails, N. Y., April 13, 1841; son of Joseph and Mary A. Under-
he first to introduce steam elevators in that city. This firm also have warehouses and wood, who were both born in England, but came to this country while young; his mother’s
levators at the following named places in this State: Hamlin, Morrill, Sabetha, Axtell and family name, Smallbridge. When William H. was five years of age, his parents removed to
seattie, and in Nebraska, at Beatrice, Holmesville, Blae Springs, Otoe Agency and Steele McHenry County, Ill., where with limited means they began farming. Six years afterward
City. AtSabetha they are proprietors of a steam mill, with three run of buhrs, which they his mother went entirely blind, and two years later died. William was then thrown upon
run in connection with the elevator at that place, Mr. Speer isan active and thorough busi- his own resources, and made a beginniig by working by the month ona farm. Followed
ness man, doing one of the largest trades in the grain business of any in the State, and is that occupation, attending school during the winter months, until seventeen years of age,
one of Hiawatha’s live and most prominent citizens. He took part in the great Rebellion, at which time he took u fis abode with his uncle, John Eddy, a prominent man, then hold-
serying with Company A, of the Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. @ ing the position of Sherif of McHenry County. Here he attended school at Woodstock, and
THEODORE F. SPRAGUE, farmer and stockraiser, Section 31, P. O. Hiawatha, was at the saine time became converted to the religion of Christ. During the following winter he
born in Gallia County, Ohio, October 11, 1834. -Heremoved to Hancock County, LIL; during —_ attended school at Elgin, same State, and from that time until the breaking out of the Rebel-
the year 1848, where he was eugaged in agricultural pursuits upto the time of his’ coming lion was engaged inthe pursuance of his studies and at teaching school. He then enlisted
ansas. This occurred in the fall of 1864, and he settled in the same locality where he with the first ¢all for men for one hundred days’ service, in Capt. Harley Wayne’s company,
now lives. He has a fine farm of eighty acres, under tne best of improvements; also anor- = which, however, soun went to Freeport, where it was consolidated with the Fifteenth Illl-
chard of 300 choice fruittrees of different varieties. Mr. Sprague married in Illinois, in nois Volunteer Infantry, Company _D, under command of Thomas J. Turner. During the
1857, Miss Mary J. Earl. They are both original members of the Methodist Episcopal May following, was sworn into the United States service for three years, and took an active
Church Society at Hiawatha, and are the parents of three children: Theodore, Francis. and part inallthe principal engagements of his regiment, being mustered out June 14, 1864.
Ida 2 r Hethen returned home, but soon offered his services to his country again. They were re-
‘BENJAMIN A. SPRAGUE, farmer and stock raiser, Section'1, P. O. Hiawatha, was jected, however, on account of injuries received during his previous enrollment. He was
porn in Gallia County, Ohio, May 15, 1833, son of Nicholi and Louisa Sprague, the former of very observant while in the army, keeping a complete journal of the events taking place in
Scotch, the latter, whose feunity name was Phelpes, of Germany. Mr. Sprague came to his regiment during his entire service, which records he still has in his possession. He then
Kansas as early as the fall of 1858, and lived at Hiawatha until the following spring, When took charge of his uncle’s farm until the close of the war, and by this time, having been al-
he established himself on the place where he now resides, and was among the very first set- ways very economical and saving, had accumulated enough means to finish his education.
tlersinthat vicinity. In 1854 Mr, Sprague was enrolled with the State Militia, in the This he did by attending school at Aurora and Evanston, IIl., until 1868, taking a theologi-
suppression of the famous Price raid during the great Rebellion. One year later he madea cal course at the latter place. Was then appointed local preacher at Round Grove, same
journey tothe mountai s, but after remaining a short time returned to hisfarm, Thiscon- State, in the Rock River Methodist Episcopal Conference. Here he remained until October,
Sists of 820 acres of choice farm land, all under an advanced state of cultivation, and fenced 1870, when he was sent to Genoa, and in 1871 was ordained deacon at Aurora, Ill., by Bishop
with six miles of beautiful Osage-orange-hedge. : There is also thirty acres of native timber Ames. Remainedinthe Genoa circuit until the fall of 1872, when he was transferred to
and an orchard of choice fruit trees, comprising some fourteen acres. He was marriedin the Kansas Conference, but spent the winter following in northern New York. In March.
March, 1854, to Miss Susan Brown, of Illinois. 2 1873, came to Kansas, took charge of Irving District, and was soon afterwards ordained
o STEWART BROS., groceries, etc. This firm was organized in April, 1881, and consists elder at Atchison by-Bishop Andrews. In 1875he was anpointed to Clay Center, where he
of Joseph H. and WA. Stewart. Their storeroom is 50x25, situated in the old Odd Fellows’ remained until 1878, in the meantime doing good work, and erecting a church for his
block, where they du alarge and lucrative business in the grocery line. The first year’s society atthat point. From there he went to Sabetha, Nemaha County, where he stayed -
sales amounted to about $30,000. Both are nativesof Adams County, Ohio; Joseph, the two years; from there to Severance, Doniphan County, where he stayed the same length of
elder, born July 19, 1850; V. A.in 1856, They are the sons of William R. and Druzilla Stew- time, and then was appointed to Hiawatha. Rev. Mr. Underwood has always been a strong
art; the former was an extensive dealer in general merchandise at Bradyville, Ill. Here advocate of the Prohibition movement in Kansas, and at one time was thrown in prison for
Joseph H. was initiated in the various details of the grocery trade, and when twenty years the maintenance of that principle. He was married November 24, 1869, to Miss Juliet
of age, started in business for himself in AdamsCounty, and was thus employed in various Plank, of Lewis Couniy, N. Y.. by whom he has three daughters living: :
places previous to his location in Kansas. This transpired in the spring of 1876 and he sub- THOMAS G. WAGSTAFF, dealer in agricultural implements, became a resident of
sequently followed school teaching for a short time, first in Greenwood County, thenin _ Hiawatha in the fall of 1870. He established the above business and is now the oldest agri-
Doniphan, after which he opened a grocery store ‘at Robinson, Brown County, which he’* cultural implement dealer in the county. He does a large and remunerative business,
conducted until the establishment of the above-firm in April, 1881, his brother only coming employing two mento travel through the country for the sale of farm machinery. He was
to Kansas the March previous: kash . born in Ireland July 10, 1835, immigrated to the United States in 1849, his destination west-
CHARLES M. STOWE, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in Broome County, ern Pennsylvania. Here he learned the trade of wagon-making and in 1855 removed to
N. Y., October 1, 1847. He isthesonof Marcus S, and Louisa E. Stowe, nee Heath,who Monmouth, Ill., where for a time he was employed in extensive farm machinery manufac-
came to Kansas in February, 1870, and settled on the farm where Mr..Stowe now lives,and tories, He afterwards ran a large wagon sbo for himself there previous to coming to
owns eighty acres of wellimprovedland. His father was a native of the same-county as Kansas. Mr. Wagstaff was married in 1858 to Miss Martha P. Travers, who was a graduate
himself, and worked at various employments during the early portion of his life, and finally of the Woman’s Medical College of Chicago in 1875. She has since been devoted to the
died in Kansas May 16, 1881, a devoted Christian and a member of the Congregational practice of her profession at Hiawatha and isa member of the State Medical Society of
Church, his wife still surviving him. They were the parents of two children: CharlesM., Kansas. She isan active member and worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 3
and one daughter, Emma A., who married William E. Dorrington of Fall City, Neb. Charies LIEUT. HARLOW M. WALLER, contractor and builder, was born May 18, 1836, in Craw-
M. chose farming as his vocation, He was married in Brown County, August 3, 1873, to ford County, Ohio, removed to Washington County, Wis., while it was yeta.Territory, with
Miss Alice I. Hawks. 7 Aen : his parents, C, B.and Nancy Waller, who were there engaged in agricultural pursuits. Inthe
REV, WILLIAM D. SWAIM, pastor of the Christian Church, was born in Vinton fall of 1861 he entered thé army as Sergeant of Company D, Twelfth Wisconsin Velunteer
County, Ohio, January 20, 1843. Son of Moses and Lydia Swaim, his mother’s family name Infantry. In May, 1862,he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and as such served in all
_ Darby. He lived on a farm until nineteen years of age, when he entered Franklin College the principal engagements of his regiment until September, 1864. Returning to Washington
at Athens, Ohio. Here he was a student for two years, then went to Bethany, W. Va.,where County, Wis., Mr. Waller worked at his trade, which was that of carpenter, which he had
he graduated in 1866. From that time until 1871 he was employed at school teaching, since reviously learned, and in spring of 1866 moved to Fond du Lac County, Wis.; the spring of
which time he has been engaged in the ministry of the Christian Church in various localities P69 came to Kansas, worked at his trade in Hiawatha for one year, then accepted the
in Iowa. In February, 1882, he was called to Hiawatha, which he accepted. Rev. Mr. osition of baggage master on the St. Joe & Western R. R., afterward becoming conductor.
Swaim is a thorough Christian and social gentleman, and wherever his vocation calls him e afterwards ran a train on the A, T. & Santa Fe and the A. N. Division, and held various
wins the respect and friendship of the entire community. His wife was Miss Hattie A. responsible positions on the railroads until the spring of 1875, when he returned to Hia-
Garvin, born in Kentucky, to whom he was married at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, November watha, which has since been his sphere of action, and has erected some of the most promi-
22,1870. They have one daughter, Mabel. in . nent buildings in Brown County. Mr. Waller served as one of the City Council of Hiawatha
CHRISTIAN SWEITZER, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Hiawatha, was born April 19, 1847,in in 1881, He is an Odd Fellow and District Deputy G. M. of Hiawatha district, both in Hia-
Switzerland. His parents iminigrated to the United States when he was only two years of watha Lodge No, 83 and encampment No. 33, being a charter member of the last named
age and settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; here the subject of this sketch learnedthe institution. He has been married twice. To his first wife, Miss Henrietta Newcom), of
trade of harness making, which he subsequently followed until his immigration to, Kansas, Massachusetts, he was united in 1857, who died in 1875. His present wife was Mrs. Almyra~
This occurred in 1869, and three years after, he started a harness shor at Hiawatha, which Anderson, of Hiawatha, whom he married in 1878.
proved a decidedly profitable business venture, and which he on rated until 1876. He then SILAS F. WALTERS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 18, P. O: Hiawatha, was born in
bought the place where he now resides, containing 146 acres, all under a high state of culti- — Richland County, Ohio, November 23, 1845. Here he attended ‘school, and worked off a farm -
vation but when it came in his possession was unbroken prairie, He and his wife are mem- with his father until the spring of 1865, when he immigrated to Kansas. During hisresi- *
pers of the German Reform Church, Hiawatha, She isthe daughter of J. S. Ziinmerihan; dence in Brown County Mr, Walters has improved several farms, and finally, in 1880, .
her name is Paulina. They were married m.1872, and have four childreu—Albert L., Anna — moved on to his present farm, which contains 320 acres, all under fence and finely culti- ~
M.. (Charley W. and Edward N. Mr. § is amember of the Odd Fellows Lodge No, 88, at vated. ee miso, argely engaged tn stock Pelt an atthis writing has on hand fifty head
awatha. : of graded cattle in addition to a great deal of small stock. He was married in 1 to Miss
JOSIAH TOMS: dealer inigenéral merchandise Is a:naliy eo Lee County, Vis born Bucy powell who wen lorn and reared in Logan County, Ohio, and isa Sidtae eerohn A.
Januar , was rear a ) H owell, who came to Kansas in 2 f -
hea by industry’ and, studious Jabits, Tecoma a thorough, practical scholar. In 1867 he Franklin Earl anid CEACIe. 5% Their family consists of five children, Banner, Clark,
moved to Grant County, Ky., and was a prosperous farmer in the 1s removal APT, ALFRED WALTERS, deceased, was born In Richlan nty, Ohi ovember
to Kansas. This transpired in the spring of 1869, his first settlement belng ona partly im- 19, 1881. In early life he learned the trade of blacksmith, And an 1850 WAS Eien to Miss
proved farm one mile east of phe presen’ city o Hiawatha; since then he has bought and Ann Eliza Bowers. During the spring following they removed to Holt County, Mo., and
sold several farms, In November, 1873, he openeda general merchandise store at Hiawa- here Mr, Walters was extensively engaged in the manufacture of wagons, also at black- .
tha in company with his brother, Abijah H. This they conducted together until the fall of smithing. At the breaking out ob the Rebellion, in 1861, he recruited Company F of the -
881, when Josiah C. erected a building where he now carries on business. This was bullt Fourth Regiment Missour! State Militia, and upon its organization was chosen Captain, He
in L’shape, thereby fronting on two streets, Oregon and Seventh. The main portion is was assigned to State duty under Major-General Pleasanton, serving until the close of the
90x25. and has its front on Oregon street; while the grocery Cepartmeant, b0 226, 1s on Sev- war. During this career he was always brave and unflinching in iis duty, winning great -
enth, forming one of the most convenieht business blocks in the county. Mr. Thomas does approbation, and was several times Called to the front. During this time his family re- *
a careful and extensive bus ness which is rapidly growing every year, and requites the at- mained in Missouri, suffering many inconveniences, and very frequently abuse, from the
tendance of four clerks. He is one of the directors of the First National Bank of Hiawatha, Confederates. At the close of the war the Captain returned home, but his health bad been
and is connected with the following societies: Hiawatha Lodge No. 83, I. O. O. F., Star of impaired through exposure during the servi In 1869 came td Kansas, locating on the
Hope Lodge No. 1338, K, of H. and also K. & L, of H., being a charter member ofthe twolast place where the family stilt reside, purchased some wild prairie land, and, by perseverance
named, He was married in Virginia, in 1859 to his first wife, Miss Nancy Bartley, who and industry, converted it intoa thrifty, profitable farm. Tlie finprovements are extensive:
died in March, 1866. They were the parents of three sons and one daughter; thetwoeldest and substantial and the farm of 260 acres is now operated by his sons. Capt, Walters served
are now operating a large farm ot their father’s near Baker, on the Missouri Pacific R. R. two terms as’ County Commissioner of Brown County, and also held other positions of trust,
consisting of a half section. Mr. Thomas’ present wife was Miss Sarah E. Johnson, of Lee always taking a prominent part in the varied interests of town and county. He was an
County, Va. Both have been faithful workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hiawatha, to which society his family
years, and are members of the church of that denomination at Hiawatha. also belong; was also a member of the Masonic fraternity, Hiawatha Lodge No. 35. He was
ABIJAH H. THOMAS, with J. C. Thomas, dealer in general merchandise, was bornin —_a man of strong influence And cheerful disposition, and during life was surrounded by a host
Lee County, Va,. April 21, 1837, was reared on a farm, and received such education as the _ of earnest and sincere friends, ¥ho, with his famfly, deeply mourn his death, which occurred
public schools afforded. In December, 1863. eomoyved to, Grant County, ye bat after. 2 October a STG. ns mile aad Sight children survive him. The names of the latter are as -
‘wo years, MOV! A . 3 . . ollows; Loren B., Fran < sy es y
Tivomas made iis first venture in the merchandise trade, carrying on a successful business Be icrx Tank M., Charles L., John M., Ward B., Samuel M., Harry K and Ada
nearly eight years; in November, , he came West and started a store in compan LLIAM WALTERS, farmer, Section,35 P.O. Hiaw:
ich bis brot er, J. C. Thomas, at Hiawatha, Kansas, and was a member of that firm Enel County, Ohio, where he Was barn April 14, 1837, and also roared, ho recutrin as econ
the fall of 1881, when he retired. He is one of the original members and founder of the school education. In 1861 he entered the Union ‘Army as a volunteer with the Sixty-fourth
Christian Church, and is one of the elders in that society. His wifeisalsoamember of the Ohio Infantry in Sherman's Briga After serving a little more than two years his

 

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and returned to his home inOhio. After
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: Ted’s place, Section , Hiawatha
Township. At the-end of that time removed to his present hone, where he as 160 acres
of land,which he has cultivated and improved from unbroken prairie. There are thirty-five
acres of native timber utilized for stock pasture, and his farm i well supplied with livin
’ springs. Fruit he raises in abundance of many different kinds from an ample orchard o:
ahis own planting, and of which he has made a decided success. Mr. Walters is connected
with the Odd Fellows Society in Hiawatha Lodge No, 83, and has served on the Board of
Education, of his township for a number of terms,
ADBENIAMIN WatiiNe prop:
D Al , proprietor of the ‘‘Willow Grove Farm,” Section 26, P.O.
Hiawatha,. came to Kansas during the spring of 1858, and pre-empted 160 acres of land. He
was the first settler on the prairie between Hiawatha and Walnut Creek, and has resided on
the same farm ever since, which he has improved until he now has one of the finest places
inthe county. He haga fine grove of forest trees of his own planting, also a fine orchard

containing 250 choice fruit trees, all bearing, and his farmis s a beautiful
-hedge fence. Mr. Fengvas born in Logan County, Ohio, January 16 1826" and was mar-
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Rachael C., and Grant C. Mr. W. bélo
of Hiawatha Lodge No. 35, and Mount
watha commandery No. 13. Soe
WILLIAM M. WELCOME, County
born November 19, 1838,
to Wisconsin,
County.

iss Emily Evens. They have three children, viz.: Delpha M.,
ngs to the Masonic Society, and is a charter member
oreb Chapter No. 43; is also connected with Hia-

unty Treasurer of Brown County, isa native of Maine,
in Franklin County. While buta ladremoved with his parents
and lived first in Waushara County but afterwards removed to Green Lake
Was emploved at farming and lumbering, and in 1863 became a soldier of the Re-
bellion, enlisting with his twin brother in the Sixteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry,Com-
pany H, at Eau Claire. In this he served until the close of the war, but his brother was killed
at the battle of Atlanta, July 21,1864. After the war he returned to Wisconsin, and was
there employed at farming up to 1870. Then came to Hiawatha, Kansas, and embarked in
the grain and lumber business in company with S. P. Gaskill, deceased, and afterwards
with J. M. Chase. Mr. Welcome was elected Clerk of the District Court in 1878, and in
1879 was elected County Treasurer, resigning the position of Clerk to accept that office, to.
which he was re-elected in 1881. He had previously served in the City Council, and was
Mayor of thecity oneterm. He is a-member of Hiawatha Lodge No, 85 of the Masonic
order, and of Starof Hope uneee No. 1838, K. of H. His wife was Miss Fanny Selley,
daughter of A. J. Selley, one of the pioneers of Brown Count: , and for many years proprietor
of the old “Hiawatha House.” They were married in this city in 1873.
HENRY B. WEY, manager of the firm.of H. B. Wey & Co., hardware dealers, tin
manufacturers, etc, This ‘business house was established in the spring of 1868, by H.C.
Wey, and was operated’ by him until January, 1878, when he took H. B. Wey as partner.
This is the oldest hardware house in the county and has been constantly growing in stock
and trade until they now carry the largest and_most complete stock of goods in this line to
be found in Brown or the surrounding counties; they employ nine men and in 1881 did a
business of $50,000. Their store room is 140x25, and in addition to this there isa large
basement for the storage of wares, and an upper floor 80x25 used for work shops. Mr. Wey
was born in Sauk County, Wis,, October 8, 1852; he came to Kansas with his parents in
ve Previous aiereateutaey flawathe was engaged in the dry goods business at Leaven-
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WHARTON BROS.,
ofthe Messenger. The ‘'Wharton Bo
W.and Angeline J. Wharton,

rinters and publishers, of Hiawatha, Kansas, are the proprietors
formner residents of Miftin Goudty Pa. ‘the faraity. caine: fo
idents o n County, Pa. e family came to

Kansas in the spring of 1872, and located about five miles northwest of Morrill, Brown Co.,
Kan., where they resided about nine and one-half years. The parents now reside near
Sabetha, Nemaha Co., Kan., while the “boys” are residents of Hiawatha, where they doa
general printing business and publish the Messenger, one of the best and most popular
apers in the State of Kansas. The brothers are Samuel R., James M. and William G.
hey were all born near Newton Hamilton, Mifflin Co., Pa.; Samuel R., March 24, 1861;
James M., June 9, 1864; and William G., January 12, 1866. Their early education was
very meagre, Poverty compelled their parents to retain them on the farm until each was
sixteen, that being the age at which they started out into the world each for himself. Their
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high school of Hiawatha, except that Samuel R., was a student.of Kansas University for a
short time. Outside of this, they have been educated by the hard ‘knocks of the world, which
always ‘‘make or break” men. They are all acceptable members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church,Hiawatha. The firm was organized and started in business in September, 1881, and
the Messenger was founded in December,1881, when the “boys” were all under age. This firm
of young men and their paper, the-Messenger, started as a private enterprise and without a

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’ promise of patronage from anybody; very even, knew thatthey were in business until
their press was-running constantly; and nobody knew they were Going to start a paper until
3,000 copies of the first number were in all the postgffices of the county.- They had to com-
pete with two old and well established papers, whose proprietors openly sneered at the

‘poys,” and publicly insulted them, Very few believed that the paper could succeed; not

 

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even its own subscribers, who were willing to risk a few cents to “give the boys a chance,”
thought it would live three months. Opposed by the political rings of all parties, by all the
business men who expected favors from the other papers, and by the most sneaking and
underhanded fight that the opposing papers could possibly make, it has come out ahead,
and patronage is flowing in from all over Northeastern Kansas. Notwithstanding the fact
that a noted literary man is one of its competitors, the Messenger is constantly going into
familles where the other paper. is being discontinued. This fact is mentioned with due
regard to the merits of the gentleman whose literary abilities are not appreciated by the

eople, who are more anxious for the latest news and all the news. A prominent farmerof

rown County was heard to give utterance to the following words: ‘The Messenger not
only ‘takes the cake,’ but the whole bakery;” and such is truly the case. It has been
enlarged three times since its start, and has a larger circulation than any other weekly
paper in Kansas, outside of the daily offices. It is Republican in politics. It is a fact that
nowhere, in the history of this country, can be found an enterprise that has made such
rapid strides forward under soadverse circumstances. Industry, economy and constant
hard work are the secrets of its success. It 1s the pride of the county, because three boys, s0
young, had the “backbone” and determination to make it win in the face of the opposition
of men of money, experience, ability:and fame. Its success is due, also, to the men who
know a good thing when they see it, and who took up with the Messenger as soon as they
saw that it was worthy of patronage. These same men are now proud to say. “I have
taken the Messenger ever since it started, when it was a little bit of a sheet, and everybody
laughed at me for subscribing, butnowI laugh back.” The friends of Wharton Bros. and
the Messenger, who have watched their growth with interest, expect a brilliant future for
them, and speak openly in their praise. R. Wharton, whose portrait is given at the
head of this sketch, is the eldest of the Wharton Bros., and senior member of the firm,
is managing editor of the Messenger and manager of their business. This por-
trait represents him at present, is biography is partly given inthat of Wharton Bros.

He was married to Miss Blanche Miller, of Hiawatha, on July 18, 1882, which union proved

to be avery happyone. He is a member and sOCreLary, of Hiawatha Lodge No. 35, A., F.
. M.; isa member of Diamond Louge No. 56, K. of P., of Kansas; and a member of the

Greek letter freternity of students, Beta Theta Pi, his membership being with Alpha Nu

chapter at Kansas University. Miss Miller, who is now his wife, was a native of Wisconsin.

After leaving Kansas University, and before turning his whole attention to hemepaper

work, he spent twenty-five months in the law office of Lacock & May, in Hiawatha; but

finding newspaper work more congenial to his tastes than law, took up the former. He is
still a law student, and bas quite a collection of volumes on various branches of that sub-
ject. (Legal knowledge 1s valuable to an editor.) The success of the Messenger is chiefly
dueto his work. Heis the father of it. The paper, as well as all other business of the firm,
is run\at his dictation. Honorable in his dealings, far-sighted and shrewd, he is pretty cer-
tain of an eminently successful career. which he has begun well for oneso young, He
would have made a brilliantlawyer. Infact, he is one of those peculiar individuals des-
tined to succeed in any business he may undertake, and may be looked for in the future
higher OR the ladder of fame. ¥

GEORGE H. WHEELER, retired merchant, was born in Livingston County, N. Y¥.,

July 10, 1836. He is the son of Thomas C. and Mary Wheeler nee Northrup; both of his

parents,ofyEnglish descent. They removed to McHenry County, IJl., while the subject of this

sketch was but a small boy, from there to Columbia County, Wis., in 1849, and here he lived
on afarm and acquired-his education, When nineteen years of age he went to Chicago and

afterward traveled around through differant States. In 1861 he enlisted at Dubuque, lowa,as a

volunteer with Company A of the Third Iowa Infantry. He veteraned in the same regi-

ment in 1864, but this was afterward consolidated with the Second Iowa Regiment, an
this he served until the close of the Rebellion. In January, 1866, Mr. Wheeler came west to

St. Joseph, Mo., and was one of the illustrious 410 who- dared to step up tothe polls and

east his vote for Grant’s first election to the Presidential chair. In June, 1874, he removed

to Hiawatha, where he was engaged at merchandising and various enterprises until he re-
tired. He served one year as City Marshal of Hiawatha, and is at present Councilman. He

isa member of Hiawatha Lodge No. 83, of the I. 0. O. F., and is also connected with the K,

01 Mr. Wheeler and wife are members of the K. &-L. of H. of Hiawatha. She was
ee Miss Mary E. Brown, whom he married at St. Joe, Mo., in 1869, but who is a na-
ive of Towa, 3 a

DANIEL WEBSTER WILDER, editor of the Hiawatha ,W orld, was born in Blackstone,
Mass., July 15,1832. He graduated at the Public Latin School, Boston, and received a.
Franklin medal; at Harvard College and received the Bowdoin first prize, gold medal; at-
tended the Harvard Law School and was admitted tothe Boston bar, Came to Kansas in

7, settled in Elwood, in 1858, and was elected Probate Judge of Doniphan County. Went

t. Joseph, Mo., in 1860, and edited the Free Democrat; went to Leavenworth and edited
the Conservative until 1865. .He was Surveyor-General of Kansas and Nebraska in 1863-’64,
pointed by President Lincoln. Editor of the Rochester, N. Y., Express in 1866, ’67 and
768; of the Leavenworth, Kan., Conservative, in 1868, 69 and 70; of the Fort Scott Monitor
in 1871-'72, and was for two terms State Auditor of Kansas, after two unanimous nomina-

+-tions. In 1875 he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University of
Kansas and wrote “The Annals of Kansas,” which was published at Topexa. Returned to
St. Joseph in 1876, as the editor of the Herald, Came to Hiawatha, Kan., and took his pres-
ent positon, March 1, 1882. « &

AMUEL WILSON, Clerk of the Distiict Court, came to Kansas in the spring of 1870,
locating in Highland, Doniphan County, where he was engaged in merchandising, In 1875
he moved to Nemaha County, and was extensively concerned in agricultural interests. In
1879 came to Brown County, and in October of the following year was appointed by Judge
Otis to fill an unexpired term of W. M. Welcome, Clerk of the District Court. At the ex-
piration of his appointment he was elected to that position for two years, which he holds at
this writing. At the election held November 7, 1882, he received the largest vote cast in the
county. r. Wilson was born in Baltimore, Md, July 24, 1821. His parents, Samuel and
Rosann Wilson, removed to Hardin County, Ky., Samuel was yet a small child, and here he
was reared and received his education. Previous to coming to Kansas he was engaged at
general merchandise there, and although residing in the South during the Rebellion he was
a strong Union man, and on his removal here brought testimonials from many prominent
Union men in Kentucky to attest tae same, He was married there in March, 1848, to Miss
Martha Gore, of Nelson County, Ky. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
society. Mr. W. belongs to the Masonic Order, Hiawatha Lodge No. 35. :

CHARLES WOLF, dealer in general merchandise, was born December 1, 1848, in New
York City; while yet a lad he removed to Westmoreland County, Pa., with his parents,
Peter and Elizabeth Wolf, who were natives of Germany, his mother’s family name, Foulk.
Mr. Wolf received a common school education, and during his early life was employed at -
clerking. He came to Hiawatha in 1569, and commenced clerking for R. 8S. Fairchilds, de-
ceased, one of the very first _merchantsin the town: This he followed for ten years, and
then started in business with E. D. Benner, which firm flourished until the spring of 1881:
then Mr. Benner retired, and the firm was known as Wolf_& Cornelison, up to the 5th of
January, 1882, when Mr. Wolf became sole proprietor of the entire business. He has'a fine
and spacious store-room 25x100; emplo $s two clerks, and does a large and lucrative busi-
ness, and in fact is one of Hiawatha’s influential and enterprising citizens. Mr. has
held various town and public offices, and is at this writing Township Treasurer, He was
married January, 1, 1872, to Miss Minnie King, of Manitowoc, Wis. They are both mem-
bers of the K. L. of H., of Hiawatha, and Mr. Wolf belongs tothe Star of Hope Lodge,

~ No. 1338, of the K. of H. ° .

JOHN WONDER, retired farmer, was bornin Mifflin County, Pa., January 9, 1815.
Received a common school education, and worked on the home farm with his parents until
twenty-one years of age, when he was married to Miss Mary Harpster, a native of the same
State. He then starte farming for himselt, which he has made his vocation, and at which ~
he has been very successful. In the spring of. 1871, he removed to Brown County, Kan.,
purchased 160 acres in Hiawatha Township, and is now proprietor of 467 acres of land, all
under a high state of cultivation. He aud his wife are original members of the Evangelical
Church of Hiawatha, and were liberal contributors to the erection of the church building
and parsonage. Mr. Wonder has been connected with this denomination for fifty years.
They are the parents of seven children—Daniel, Frederick, David, Jobn W., Franklin,
Sarah and Catherine. David was a soldier in the late Rebellion. - i :

DANIEL B. ZIMMERMAN, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in Tuscara-

was County, Ohio. February 11, 1847. During his boyhood he attended school, and worked
on a farm until sixteen years of age, when he commenced learning the blacksmith’s trade,

which he-followed until the breaking out of the Rebellion, then enlisted with Company K,

of the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, and was a participant in all the principal

engagements of his regiment until the close of the war. Returned to Ohio and resumed his
former occupation. In 1859, was married to his first wife, Saloma Buhlman, who died in
57. He was married to his present wife, Miss Annie E. Zimmerman, in August, 1868.

During the spring of 1876, Mr. Zimmerman came to Kansas, purchased the place where he

now lives, which was partially improved, and contains 160 acres of land. e has put a
reat number of improvements upon it, and as fruit raising is fast becoming a prominent
ndustry in this State, he has given a good deal of attention to the same, and raises an

abundance of ail the choice varieties indigenous to this climate. He and his wife are mem-

bers of the German Reformed Church of Hiawatha. Their family consists of eight children

—Emma H., Thomas, William O., Alice and Alma, twins, Fredliena, Christie and_Edwin.

ELIAS ZIMMERMAN, proprietor of Poplar Grove Farm, Section 35, P. O. Hiawatha,

which is situated three miles west of the city, and at the head of Wolf River. He was born

November 13, 1836, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. His education was limited, as he was left

in early life, to his own support, and is one of our self-made men in every sense of the word.

He was engaged in agricultural pursuits in his native State, and was married in 1860. In

1864, he removed to Benton County, Lowa, where he improved a farm and operated it until

his immigration to Kansas. This occurred in 1874, and inthe same year he established a

home on his present place, which contains 160 acres, all under fence and finely im-

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oved. Mr. Zimmerman is extensively engaged in importing, breeding and shipping
oland-China hogs, and has always on hand a choice lot of the same, which he furnishes
to purchasers of the same on orders. Is also a practical auctioneer, and makes sales over
ee entire county. He aud his wife are members ofthe German Reformed Church,

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FREDERICK ZIMMERMAN, boot and shoe store, was born near the city of Berne,
Switzerland, May 16, 1833; when thirteen years of age his father died, and in 1849, with
his mother and eight other members of the family emigrated to America, they settled in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and here Frederick learned his trade. In 1856, he removed to
Andrew County, Mo., where he spent two years, thence to St. Joe, same State, and engaged
in mercantile business. In 1862, he enlisted in the Federal army, serving six months Yn'the
Missouri State Militia,andtwo years in active service with the Fifth Missouri Cavalry.
In 1869, Mr. Zimmerman came to Hiawatha, and for some time worked for his brother
Daniel, who had preceded him one year. He then bought him out and has since conducted
the business himself Being uow the oldest resident shoemaker in the county. He and his
wife are members of the German Reformed Church. They were married in 1858. Her
maiden name was Catherine Zimmerman.

RUDOLPH ZIMMERMAN, farmer, Section 32, Township 2, Range 17, P. O. Hiawatha,
was born in Switzerland, Noveinber 18, 1828; while yet 4 small child he came to the United
. States with his parents. During the spring’ of 1855 he came to Brown County, Kan., in
company with his father and John Moser, and pre-empted a claim of 160 acres, where he
now lives. This of course was at that time all wild prairie, as Rudolph was one of the first
settlers in the county, aud while doing the breaking was obliged to go as far as St. Joe, Mo..
to have his plows sharpened, It is now all under cultivation, excepting forty-five acres of
native timber, and issupplied with good improvements. There is also a fine orchard of
about five acres, most of the trees having been set out in 1860, and the two years following,
as Mr. Zimmerman was one of the first gentlemen to introduce fruit raising in the county,
which is fast becoming so important anenterprise. He was married to his first wife, Mis
Barbara Meisenheimer, May 18, 1854, in Andrew County, Mo, She died January 22. 1872,
leaving three children, William A,, Eliza E. and Mary M. The present Mrs. Zimmerman
was formerly Mrs. Mary A. Boyce; they were married November 7%, 1872, and have three
children, Hattie M., Leslie C. and Katie M. Thetather of the subject of this sketch, Chris-
tian Zimmerman, was a native of Switzerland, and was born November 24, 1799, near Berne.
After acquiring a practical education, he learned the trade of carpenter and builder which
he afterward followed. In August, 1832, he emigrated to the United States, first locating in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio; here he farmed and worked at his trade until 1851, when he re-
moved to Andrew County, Mo., where he lived until 1855, when he came ro Kansas with
the subject of this sketch, He was among the first settlers in Brown County, and helped’
stake out the village of Hiawatha, He was married April 1, 1821, to Miss Magdelena Wiland,
who was born in the same Parish as himself, December 17, 1797. Six.children were born
tothem, Magdelena, Christian, Ann, Rudolph, Catherine and John, all of whom are now

living, except the mother, who died May 25, 1871.

ADAM ZIMMERS, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Hiawatha, hails from Pennsylvania.
Was born September 10, 1844, in Bedford County. Thedate and month seemed to have an
unusual attraction for the family, for his father and one of his sisters were born on the 10th
of September. His parents moved to Richland County, Ohio, while the Subject of this
sketch was yet a lad.and there he made his home until he immigrated to Kansas;this occurred
in March, 1870, and during the fall following he established himself on his present farm,
which was partially improved and contains eighty acres. Mr. Zimmers has been three
terms Road Overseer, and is now serving his sixth year as Clerk of School District No. 6,
he is a member of Hiawatha Lodge, No. 83, I. O. O. F., and his wife is connected with the
Methodist Episcopal Church of this city. They were married December 28, 1875; her
maiden name was Annetta Everts. They have three children, Abba R., Jake R. and

ROBINSON. :

The Robinson of to-day bears date from the building of the railway station
upon the completion of the St. Joseph & Denver City Railwayin 1871. Prior
to the advent of steam transportation, the old California trail, running half a
mile to the south, had built up a horsing station with the attendant buildings.

This town, now known as Old Robinson, contained a tavern, kept in 1858
by Samuel Wade, and later -by William Brown; general stores by Daniel P.
Williams and S. Morehead, and two blacksmith shops.

The site of the old town is now a farm. ~

The new town of Robinson wa§ first platted in 1872, the plat showing a
site of forty acres, all upon the land of Z. Holcomb. This plat was nct, how-
ever, satisfactory to interested parties, and the following year a new survey was
made. A third and final survey and plat were completed in 1881.

The first building in Robinson was a dwelling house erected by Z. Hol-
comb, and still standing near the railway track. This was very shortly followed
by the drug store of E, Odell and the dwelling of D. P. Williams. The first
merchant in general business was John A. Dowell, who was almost immediately
followed by D. P. Williams and the firm of Muorehead & Anderson.

The postoffice was opened in 1871 in the store of Moorehead & Anderson,
Mr. S. Moorehead acting as Postmaster. Fromi this point it was removed to
the store of J. B. Mitchellon his accession to the office of Postmaster, and with
him it has ever since remained.

The first birth near the new town was that of a son of Porter Sanborn,
which occurred in 1870; the first death that of Miss Sophia McAllister; the
first wedding the union of Dr. James Parsons and Miss Phoebe Martin. This
Dr. Parsons was the first physician of the town and continued the practice of
his profession until shortly before his death, A Dr. Burns was also an early
practitioner iv the neighborhood, but remained but a short time. After him in
the order named came Drs. George Parsons, J. L. Le Master and W. Taylor,
who are all at this time residents of the community.

The first hotel was kept in 1871 by C. McAllister, who after various changes
of base occupied in 1875 the building next the store of Charles Hack, where he
remained until burned out in the great fire. Within two weeks after this mem-
orable event in the town’s history Mr. McAllister erected on Parsons Street a
building which 1s the only hotel in the town.

Shortly after McAllister’s opening in 1871 G. M. Wade opened a hotel on
the south of the railway. This was after a year or two converted into a dwell-
ing house. The third hotel of the town was opened on the corner of Parsons
street in the building formerly used by L. C. Parker as a storehouse and leased
from him by A.C. Nellans. It was destroyed in 1881 and has not been re-
built.

The first blacksmith in the town was C. McAllister, who opened a shop in
May, 1871. He was very shortly followed by John Wyncoop, who began busi-
ness in February, 1872, removing from Old Rebinson.

The first 4th of July celebration occurred in 1871 and was observed by
“ national salutes” speeches, and in the evening by a dance at the grain house,
now the store of J. A. Gilbert. The next year the Odd Fellows had charge of
the celebration and carried out their programme, including a dance in Dowell’s
store on Parsons street, to the satisfaction of a large crowd which had assembled
trom the country round.

It is rarely the case that small towns, even when constructed of the most
inflammable material, are severe sufferers by conflagration. That fire may be-
come utterly unmanageable in a few buildings and be only stopped by natural
or attificial barriers is not an infrequent occurrence; but that all efforts

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

should be unavailing, all barriers useless, is fortunately a rare event. Such
was, however, the case in Robinson. To understand the course o the fire it
must be premised that the business part of the town consisted of two streets
running at right angles, one parallel to the railway and the other northward.
On the upper portion of the latter stood the two-story building of C. Meisen-
heimer. Just before daybreak on February 16, 1882, flames were seen pour-
ing from the upper story of this building and before the citizens could be
aroused the whole interior of the store was seething with fire. Adjoining on
the south stood the hardware store of Leslie & Hall, and attention was at
once turned to removing its contents. Little had been done in this direction
before the flames, impelled by a strong northwest wind, drove the workers from
their places. Abandoning their efforts in this direction and trusting to a large
vacant lot between the burning building and the hotel on the south the crowd
turned to the store of G. W. Parsons, upon the north, already well ablaze, and
to the dwelling of J. W. Baxter, on the east side of the street. It is needless
to detail the half frantic efforts of those who saw their property endangered
and the very existence of the town doubtful. Noon saw the flames subdued
but chiefly because there was no more to burn. On the north of the building
in which the fire started were the ruins of the building of G. W. Parsons, oc-
cupied by J. B. Mitchell asa drug store and postoffice, and in the upper story
by the Odd Fellows’ and the Masonic Lodges; the grocery of H. C. King and
the office of Dr. J. L. LeMaster. Below the stores of C. Meisenheimer and
Leslie & Hall the fire had leaped the vacant space and burned from the corner
westward, consuming the hotel building of L. C. Parker, leased by A. Nellans;
the general store of Spencer & Spickelmire ; the grocery of Round & Zieber;
the meat market of A. Terrill, and the hotel of C. McAllister. On the ,east
side of Parsons street was destroyed the dwelling of J. W. Baxter, also used as
a millinery store; the barber shop of William Morris; the agricultural imple-
ment warehouse of Leslie & Hall; the meat market of N. Peek; the general
store of N. P. Rush & Co.; the grocery of J. A. Gilbert, and the wagon. shop
of T. J. Jenkins. This was a cleansweep of bothsides of Parsons street to the
street mext the railway. The loss by this fire footed up $31,000; the insur-
ance on the property destroyed being $11,000. The heaviest losers were N.
F. Leslie, J. P. Mitchell and L. C. Parker. The fire,it will be remembered,
broke out on February 16th. On February 17th the work of rebuilding was
begun, and in exactly one week the hardware store of Leslie & Hall was com-
pleted. A few days later the drug store of J. B. Mitchell was ready for occu-
pation. Others followed, and in a month ten buildings were erected. Robin-
son of to-day, though the scars of her great disaster are yet visible, is to all
appearance as thriving as before the eventful 16th of February, but it will be
ong before the vivid recollection of the night of terror will leave the minds of
the inhabitants.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

The first public school was held in an old stableon the farm of P. 5S. Kelly,
and was taught bya Miss Brownley. In 1867 a schoolhouse 18x36 feet was
built at a point just northwest of the town. In 1878 the present school build-
ing was erected. This structure is 36x60 feet, and one story in height. It has
two rooms and cost $1,400. The first teacher in this building was L. H.
Smyth, the present County Superintendent, who taught the school three years
and was followed by P. C. Carey, who held the position during 1881-82. The
present enrollment of the district, (No. 26), is 120, but owing to attendance
from outside the number actually in school is 115.

Prairie Spring Schoolhouse, District No. 25, Robinson Township, was
built in 1867, on what was once a portion of the farm of Mr. Seeley Sherman,
who donated the land for this purpose. [t is a handsome frame structure, and_
was erected when there was not to exceed seven families in the district, at a cost
of $1,000. It is well furnished throughout, and has a seating capacity of
seventy-five.

The School Board is composed of the following named gentlemen: J. A.
Jeffers, Treasurer; A. J. Owen and J. A. Dowell, Clerk. ~

Mr. Samuel B. McCray is the teacher at present in, charge of the school,
This schoolhouse was one of the first erected in Brown, and was-for a long time
considered one of the best in the county.

Robinson Methodist Episcopal Church—The corner-stone of this church
was laid in June, 1875. The church was completed at a cost of $2,700, and
dedicated in 1877. ‘he first pastor was the Rev. Walter A. Saville, who
preached one year, and was succeeded by the Rev. B. F. Bowman. He con-
tinued in charge two years,and was succeeded by the Rev. S. M. Hopkins, who
also had charge two years. The parsonage, a handsome structure, was built
while he was pastor. Mr, H. was succeeded by Rev. J. S. Kline, who continued
in charge one and a half years, and was succeeded by Rev. E. IH. Bailiff, the
present popular pastor, The first trustees were P.S. Kelley, chairman; C. L.
Carroll, treasurer; John H. Lange, secretary, I. F. Martindale, Harry Cheal and
Hiram Crounse. The present trustees are P.S, Kelley, chairman; Charles
Hack, treasurer; John H. Lange, secretary, C. L. Carroll, I. F. Martindale,
James A. Gilbert and A. Terrill. The congregation has 130 members, com-
posed of some of the first families of Robinson and vicinity, Prior to the erec-
tion of the church, services were held by Rev. John Day in the old schoolhouse.

A Sabbath-school was organized in the summer of 1876 under the superin-
tendence of J. H. Lange, and had about forty members, At the present time the
attendance is fully seventy. Theschool isin charge of Mr. John Wood.

_. Robinson Lodge, No. 98, I. 0. of O. F—-Was instituted September 27, 1872,
with the following charter members: A J. Owen, N. G.; L. C. Parker, V. G.;
G. B, Sterline, Sec.; M. V. Christy, Treas.; Lum, Martin, W. Swift, J. Sherman
and J. Wynkoop. The lodge first met in Dowel’s Hall, where it held its meet-
ings until November, 1880, when it moved into Leslie’s Hall. On the 16th day
of February, 1882, it lost its hall by fire, with all its furniture and regalia. On
this loss there was, unfortunately, no insurance. A meeting of the members of
the lodge was held a few days after the fire, when it was decided to rent another
hall, and.on the 25th day of March, 1882, it held its first meeting in Hack’s

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Hall, the Masons and Odd Fellows furnishing the hall together. The lodge is
now 1n a prosperous condition, with thirty-five members, composed of some of
the best citizens of Robinson and vicinity. The lodge was incorporated July
18, 1882, with J. B, Mitchell, J. Wynkoop, L. M. Hughes, William Parker and
Miles Cook as trustees. The following named have been the Past Grands of
the lodge: A. J. Owen, L, C. Parker, J. Wynkoop, A. Nellans, J. 8. Stilwell,
S. Iams, S. Mallott, J. B. Mitchell, C. C. Gregg, J. J. Payne and L. M. Hughes,
The present officers are: W. M. Parker, N. G.; J. M. Morris, V.G.; C.S.
Payne, Sec.; L. M. Hughes, Perm, Sec.; Ashael Terrill, Treas; C. C. Gregg,
representative, and J. B. Mitchell, D. D. G. M.

2 Robinson Lodge, No. 159, A..F. & A. M.—The dispensation for organizing
this lodge was granted June 30, 1874, by the Grand Lodge of the State of
Kansas, and chartered October 21, 1875.

The following named were the charter members: Charles Hack, W. M.;
C, A. Lemon, S. W.; A. H. Wade, J. W.; R. H. Bollinger, Treas; Geo. W.
Parsons, Sec.; John Wynkoop, S. D.; William Morris, J. D.; Solomon Jamison,
tyler, and Hiram Crounse. The lodge held regular meetings in Hack’s Hall,
until the fall of 1880, when they removed to their new hallin Leslie & Parson’s
block, which was destroyed by fire, February 16, 1882. The lodge lost all
their regalia and property, on which they had, unfortunately, no insurance.
Since the fire they have held their meetings in their old room in Hack’s Hall.
The lodge has thirty-five members, comprised of the solid and influential men
of Robinson and vicinity. The present officers of the lodge are: Dr. Geo. W.
Parsons, W. M.; N. F. Leslie, S. W.; John Wynkoop, J. W.; John Bangtson,
Treas.; E. C. Brown, Sec., William Morris, S. D.; Hiram Crounse, J. D., and
Josiah Ball, tyler. : ia:

At an election held at their hall, December 19, 1882, by this lodge, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing Masonic year: Charles Hack, W.
M.; John Wynkoop, S. W.; Hiram Crounse, J. W.; John Rengtson, Treas.;
William H. Morris, Sec.; James Jensen, S.D.; N. S. Wood, J. D.; Henry Smith,
S.S.; E. C. Brown, J. S. and Julius Meecke, tyler. ‘

A steam grist-mill {was built in 1870 by D. P. Williams, at a point south of
the railway. After running it for about a year Mr. Williams sold the mill to
Sterline & Bower, who used it up to the time of its destruction by fire in 1873,
It was valued at $5,000, and had two run of buhr-stones. After the burning of
the old mill no steps were taken to supply its place until 1880, when L. C.
Parker erected, on the north bank of the river the mill now in use. This struc-
ture is 24x36 feet in size and two stories in height. It is furnished with two
run of buhr-stones—one for wheat and one for corn and feed—and has capacity
for milling, 120 bushels of grain daily. Power is furnished ‘by an engine of
forty-horse power. The property was sold on June 1, 1882, to R. A. Groninger,
who now carries on the business.

What is now known as the Leslie elevator was built in 1876 by Crosswaite
& Middleton as a warehouse. In this form it was twenty by sixty feet. It was
purchased in 1880 by the Gregg Brothers Grain Company, of St. Joseph, Mo.,
and enlarged to 48x10 feet. It is two stories in height and has a capacity of
15,000 bushels of grain. Power is furnisned by an engine of twenty horse-
power: With its improvements the elevator is valued at $5,000.

The town had, in 1882, a population of 300. Its business may be summed
up as follows: Four general stores, four groceries, one hardware store, one drug
store, one agricultural implement house, two millinery stores, two blacksmith
shops, two harness shops, one wagon shop, one elevator and one hotel.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WALTER E. BEAL, farmer, Section 22, Township 2, Range 18, P. 0. Robinson; came
to Kansas April 15, 1880, and located in Robinson Township, where he has resided since.
Mr. Beai was born in Richland County, Ohio, April 24, 1862, and lived in his native State
until he came to Kansas.. He was married October 10, 1882, in Hiawatha, to Miss Clara E,
liams, a native of Morrow County, Ohio. Mr. Bealis a young and energetic farmer, and
has charge of 160 acres of fine upland in Robinson Township, belonging to his grandfather,
Mr. G. C. Everts, an old Ohioan. The farm is all enclosed, and all under cultivation. The
orchard covers six acres, and contains 182 bearing apple, seventy-five peach, and a few
plum and cherry trees. The water supply is good and cannot be excelled, and consists of a
a good well anda number of never-failing springs. The improvements consist of a new
three-room frame dwelling house, stock stable, new granary, corn-crib, etc. Mr. Beal had
twenty acres in fall wheat this season, which yielded 273¢ bushels to the acre, forty-five
acres in corn, which averaged 55 bushels tothe acre, and ten acres of timothy, which yield-
edtwotonsofhaytotheacre. - a : :

JOHN BENGTSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, Township 3, Range 18, P. 0,
Robinson was born in Hastveda, Krasteanstad, Sweden, January 19,1840 and lived in his
native country until 1865, when he immigrated to America and located in Galesburg, IL,
where he resided one year. Thenext year he traveled extensively through the States of
Kansas and Missouri, and in the fall of 1867 became a resident of Kansas, locating in Rub-
inson Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He isan active and zealous
member of the. Lutheran Church, and is one of the officers of the congregation to which he
belongs. He is also amember of Robinson Lodge, No. 159, A..F. & A. M., and is treasurer of

_his lodge. He was married in Robinson, to Miss Carrie Ericson, a native of Sweden. They
have four children—Nellie, Albert, Hermina and Emma, ‘“ Wheatland,” as_Mr. Bengtson’s
farm was aptly christened by the correspondent of the Chicago Industrial World, lies on a
branch of the ‘Wolf River, and is a valuable estate. Itis finely watered by that stream and
springs, contains 320 acres, forty of which are woodJand, four miles of hedge, and a pretty
house, and gives the enterprising ownera yearly yield of 1,000 to 1,500 bushels of wheat,
4,500 bushels ox eorn, 400 bushels of oats and somerye. He feeds a carload of hogs, keeps
fifty head of good grade cattle, raises some good horses forthe market, and is one of the
most thrifty, thorough and successful farmers in this region. Mr, Bengtson came to Brown
County fifteen years ago without a dollar, and now owns an estate worth at least $9,000, and
stands high in the community in which he lives for sterling character and _ public spirit,

E. C. OWN, dealer in general merchandise, member of the firm of M P. Rush & Co,,
cameto Kansas September 18, 1870, and located at Robinson, where he has resided and
carried on his business since. He is a member of Robinson Lodge No. 159, A., F. . M., of
which lodge he-is secretary. Mr. Brown was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., May 16. 1850,
and lived in his native State until his fourteenth year, when his parents removed to Branch
County, Mich. Mr. Brown resided in Michigan about five years, aid then came to Kansas.
He is 4 young and energetic business man, and his firm does the principal trade in the city
of Robinson. . é : i 4

CHARLES L. CARROLL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, Townshi
P. O. Robinson, came to Kansas May 15, 1858, locating at Sumuer, Atchison County, where
he resided ten months, and then removed to Robinson Township, Brown County, where he
has resided since. He has been Constable of Robinson Township one term, Treasurer and
Clerk of the same township one term each, and Commissioner of Brown County one term.
He is a prominent and consistent member. of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He took part
in the war of the Rebellion during the Price raid as a member of Captain Swayze's Com-
pany, of the Nineteenth Regiment Kansas Militia, and enlisted in Robinson; served seven-
teen days and was mustered ont of service at Lawrence. Mr. Carroll was bornin Richmond,
Chittenden Co., Vt., December 3, 1827, and livedin his native State until he removed to
Kansas. He was married in Washington County, Vt., in 1850, to Miss Lucy Scribner, a na-
tive of Vermont. They have two children living—Charles E. ana Alice (married to James
E. Curtis, a native of New York). Mr. Carroll has a fine farm, divided into upland and bot-
tom land. Itis all enclosed and has 120 acres in cultivation, the remainder being timber

- land, Hisorchard contains 120 apple, 30 cherry, 75 peach and a few pear and plum trees,

 

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There is an abundance of 4ood water on the farm, comprising three wells and a great num-
ber of fine springs. The middle fork of Wolf Creek flows nearly through the center of the
farm. The improvements consist of a fine seven-room frame dwelling house, with cellar, and
surrounded by handsome shade trees and evergreens, frame barn with basement, 28x32
feet, granary, etc. My. C, had eighty acres in corn this season, which averaged fifty bushels
to the acre, aud twelve acres of rye, which averaged twenty bushels to the acre. He does
an extensive business in feeding and fattening hogs and cattle, which he disposes of in the
home markets, His farm lies two and a half miles from the town of Robinson, and is well
calculated for grain and stock farm. 5

REV. ORIN A. CHAPMAN, pastor of Robinson Circuit and Church of the United
Brethren in Christ, was born in Sheffield, Lorain Co., Ohio, February 7, 1834, and lived in
his native State until his twenty-seventh year, and then removed to Lake County, Ind.,
where he resided six years, and in November, 1865, became a resident of Kansas, locating
in Greenwood County, near Eureka, where he resided one year, and was engaged in farm-
ing. He then removed to Ottawa, Franklin County. While residing in this city he became
an itinerant in the Church of the United Brethren, and had charge of a circuit stretchin
through the counties of Coffey, Woodson and Allen, in this State. He was in charge of this
circuit one year, and afterwards was stationed for a time in Miami, Douglas, Osage, Marion,
Dickinson, Pottawatomie, Jackson, Jefferson and Leavenworth counties, Then again in
Jackson County, then in Nemaha, and then was sent to Brown County, where he has charge
of the circuit already named. He participated in the War of the Rebellion as a non-com-
Missioned officer in Company A. Seventy third Regiment, Indiana Infantry, and was en-
listed at Crown Point, Lake Co,, Ind., July 28, 1862. In July of the next year, owing to
injuries he sustained while in the United States service, he was transferred to Company K,
Eighth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, and was discharged in July, 1865. He took part
He was married in Erie Co., Pa., March 35, 1858, to Miss Olive
K. Barker, a native of Erie Co., Pa. They have eight children living, whose names are:
Lottie (married to Theodore Mathers, a native of Ohio), Willie, Emma, Ella, Carrie, Scott,
Minnie, and Frank. Mr. Chapman is a self-educated man, a devoted and zealous pastor, a:
preacher of remarkable gifts, and is loved and revered by tbe members of his church.

M. V. CHRISTY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, Township 2, Range 18, P. O.
Robinson, came to Kansas In January, 1868, locating in Washington Township, where.he
resided one year and then removed to Robinson Township where he has resided since, Mr.
Christy was born in Morrow County, Ohio, January 19, 1836, and lived in his native State
until 1859, aud then went to Calaveras County, Cal., where he was eugaged in mining and
prospecting. He resided in California until the fall of 1865, and then returned to his Ohio

ome where he resided until he came to Kansas. He has been married twice. The first
marriage took place near Mount Gliead, Ohio, May 1, 1867, to Miss Martha Finley, a native
of Ohio; she died in 1873. The second marriage occurred in January, 1875, iu Morrow
County, Ohio, to Miss Elmira Hull, anative of Ohio, They had three children, two of whom
are living—Zoe Estella, Mattie (died in March, 1882) and Harry Hull. Mr, Christy hasa
choice upland farm of 160 acres, all enclosed and all in cultivation. His orchard covers
about three acres and contains 200 bearing apple, 100 peach and 25 pear and cherry trees,
There is also an abundance of small fruits and grapes on thefarm, The water supply can not
be excelled and consists of sprivgs and a never failing well. The improvements consist of a
seven-roomed frame dwelling house, surrounded by handsome evergreens and shade trees,
frame barn, granary, corn crib and other out-buildings. Mr. Christy had 6 acres in oats
this season, which averaged 40 bushels to the acre; 16 acres in barley, which yielded 30
bushels to the acre, and 75 acres in corn which averaged 55 bushels to the acre. He is one
of the enterprising and successful farmers of Brown County, : ‘

AUSTIN CLOSE, farmer and stock raiser, west half of Section 36, pownellp 2, Range
18, P. O. Robinson, was born in Union County, Penn., February 3, 1838. and lived in his
native State until his eighteenth year. and then removed to Sandusky County, Ohio, where
he lived ten years and was engaged in farming. From Ohio he came to Kansas, locating,
March 25, 1866, at Highland, Doniphan County, where he lived three years and was en-
gaged infarming. He then removed to his farmin Robinson Township, Brown County,
where he has resided since. He is a member of the Congregational Church, He was married
in Erie Co., Ohio, in 1861, to Miss Angelina Mathews, a native of Ohio. They have three
children—Henry Boyer, Dora and Alice. Mr. Close owns a fine upland farm of eighty acres
all enclosed and allin cultivation. This orchard covers two acres and contains 100 apple,500

each and abundance of small fruits aud grapes. The improvements consist of a new frame

French cottage creas, with seven rooms, surrounded by handsome evergreens and shade

trees, The dwelling is built on a elevated site and from it a fine view of the cities of Troy,
Highland and Hiawatha can be had. The other improvements are a stock stable, granary,
corn crib, ete. Mr. Close is one of the energetic and thrifty farmers of Brown County, and
in addition to'tilling his own farm cultivates thirty acres of rental land in close proximity to
his own farm, He makes a specialty of raising fine hogs, of which he sells quite a number
each year, He raised this season 1,761 busheis of small grain and 1,800 bushels of corn.

7 LES COOK, junior member of.the firm of Terrill & Cook, deaiers in groceries, pro-
visions, queensware, boot, shoes, etc., caine to Kansas in March, 1879, and locaced in Robin-
son, where he has resided since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of
Robinson Lodge No, 98, I. O. O. F., of which lodge he is recording secretary. He participated
in the late war as _a private of Company B, Thirty-sixth Regiment Iowa Infantry, and en-
listed August 24, 1862, at Christianburg, Iowa, and was discharged September 24, 1865, at
Davenport, Iowa. He took partin the battles of Helena, Ark., in the Tallahatchian expedi-
tion, Shell Mound and numerous other engagements. Mr. Cook was born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, in 1833, and lived in his native State until his third year when his father re-
moved to Dearborn County, Ind., where Mr. Cook lived until his twenty-first year and then
removed to Wapello County, Iowa, where he resided until he came to Kansas. He is known
for his strict business integrity and probity, and the firm of which he is a member do a large
and safe business. He was married November 26, 1882, to Miss Fanny Hendy, ana ive of
New York City, where she resided until her fourteenth year when she removed to Illinois,
where she resided until her twenty-third year, when she removed to Brown County, Kan.,
where she has since resided. -

ABRAHAM LE, Esq., farmer and stock raiser, P, O, White Cloud. Came to Kansas
in June, 1857, locating in what was then Irving Township, pow Robinson Township, Brown
County, where he has since lived. Esquire Cole was oneof the Judges of Election at the
Roy’s Creek Precinct, in Irving Township at the time of the refection of the Lecompton
Constitution. He was Justice of the Peace of his township in 1858-59. Heisa member of
the Evangelical Church, and of White Cloud Lodge, No. 6,I. 0. 0. F. He participated
in the late war, during the Price Raid, as Commissary Sergeant of Company B, Nineteenth
Regiment, Kansas Militia, and enlisted at Fort Leavenworth in the fall of 1864, served
fourteen days and was discharged inthe city of Atchison. He was bornin York County,
Pa., December 15, 1821, and lived in his native State until his tenth year, then his parents
removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he lived until. his twenty-first year and then
removed to Holt County, Mo., where he lived two year, and then returned to his old home
in Ohio, where he lived eleven years, and then removed to Kansas. He was married in
Columbiana County, Ohio, October 9, 1843, to Miss Magdalena Hahn, a native of Colum-
biana County. They have had seven chiidren, of whom only three are living, viz: Tobias,
(married to Miss Margaret Ulch, a native of Kansas. They have one child, a Son.) Mary,
(married to Elias Fintzinger, a native of Allentown, Pa.,) and Abraham Lincoln. r. Cole
has a fine upland farm which contains 320 acres. Itis all under fence and all in cultivation. ,
The improvements consist of a frame dwelling house, large stock barn, new granary,
smokehouse, milkhouse and other farm buildings. He has plenty of good, pure living
water on his farm, a fine spring rising near the house which is conveyed, by means of a
hydraulic ram through iron pipes, to his dwelling and barn. Another fine spring rises in
his pasture land in the northwest section of his farm. His orchard covers fourteen
acres, and contains 750 apple, 1,500 peach, 50 cherry, 25 pear, 15 prune and apricot, and
afew mulberry trees. as asmall vineyard which covers one acre and has about 200
vines. A portion of the grapes froin these vines are manufactured at the proper season
into wine for his own use, while the rest of the grapes not needed for family use, are soll
in the markets of Hiawatha, White Cloud and Highland. jesquire Cole devotes his atten-
tion to raising grain, cattle and hogs. He has a small herd of fine blooded Durham cattle,
and about 100 Poland China hogs. Mr. Cole comes of honest Pennsylvania stock and fol-
lows the Pennsylvania mode of farming, which is too well known to need description.

HIRAM CROUNSE, farmer, Section 9, Township 3. Range 18, P. O. Robinson, was born
in Albany County, N. Y., June 7, 1825, and lived in his native State until March, 1869,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locatingin Doniphan County, near Wathena, where
he resided but a short time and then removed to Robinson Township, Brown County, where
he has resided since.- He was a charter member of Robinson Lodge, No. 159, A., F.& A. M.
and is J. W. of this lodge. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity ere his arrival in Kansas,
having been a member of Port Byron Lodge, No. 35, Port Byron, Cayuga Co. N.Y. He
has been a member of the School Board of the City of Robinson three years, and is Justice
of the Peace of Robinson Township. He took part in the last war as a member of Compan
C, Ninth Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery, and enlistedin Auburn, N. Y., August 29,
1864, and _ was discharged in Rochester, N. Y., July 1, 1865. In one of the hotly contested
battles before Petersburg Mr. Crounse was severely wounded, and was for a long time con-
fined in Lincoln General Hospital. in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, he was transferred
to the United States Hospital, in Rochester, N. Y., where he remained until his discharge.
He was married in Caynga County, N. Y., in February, 1845, to Miss Caroline E. Snow, a
native of New York, They have three children; Elizabeth, Belle, (married to E. H, Snyder,
a native of, and a resident of Illinois,) and Mary Emma. Esquire Crounse owns a choice
upland farm of seventy-one acres. It is all enclosed with substantial fences, and has sixty-
five acres in cultivation, the remainder being tinber land. The farmis well watered, hav-
ing.a number of good wells, and Wolf River flowing through the north part of it. There is
a young and thrifty orchard on tbe property. The improvements are good and consist of a
comfortable frame dwelling, containing six rooms, a good frame barn, corn crib, granary,
etc. Esquire Crounse raises from 200 to 225 bushels of wheat, 50 to 75 bushels of rye, 250 to
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800 bushels of oats, 800 to 1,000 bushels or corn, keeps 8 to 10 head of stock cattle, 25 to 30
head of hogs and 4 horses. He is an honored Magistrate of his township, a thorough
farmer and a good citizen. *

CURTIS N. DEWOLF, meat market, was born February 9, 1847, in Boone Co., Ill, and
lived in his native State until bis fourth year, when his mother (his father having died)
removed to Erie County, Pa., where Mr. DeWolf lived until his sixteenth year, when he
entered the U.S. army as a member of Company B, Independent Battery, Pennsylvania
Artillery. He enlisted in the city of Erie, Pa., February 2, 1864, and was discharged at Vic-
toria, Texas, November 2, 1865. He took part in the battles of Peach Tree Creek, Jones-
boro’, Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville and other minor engagements, After his discharge
he staid in Pennsylvania until the April following and then became a resident otf Kansas,
locating in Doniphan County, where he resided until 1867, and then removed tu Robinson,
B_own County, where he has resided since. He was married in Robinson in April, 1875, to
Miss Eliza J. Crozier, a native of Kansas. They have three children, whose names are;
Emery, Jessie and Alice. Mr. DeWolf is an honest, upright business man, has a big list of
friends, and deserves them all,

JC A. DOWELL, proprietor of Rosedale Farm, Section 29, P.O, Robinson, became
a resident of this State in June, 1857; in July of the year following he pre-empted 160 acres
of his present farm and was one of the pioneers of Brown County. He is now the possessor
of one of the finest and best improved farms inthe county, containing 320 acres, entirely
surrounded by a beautiful hedge fence. There is a fine grove of forest trees of over twenty
years’ growth, planted by Mr. Dowell’s own hand, and fruit trees in abundance of all the
choicest varieties, both large and small, and during a walk through this orchard it would
indeed be difficult to realize that one were not in some of the old settled eastern States of
Ohio or Pennsylvania, The residence of Mr. Dowell is a spacious dwelling of modern archi-
ecture, two stories high, the.material frame. The proprietor of this large and well-regu-
ated farm is also extensively engaged in stock raising and has some very fine specimens of

graded cattle. Mr. Dowell is a native of Warren County, Va., and was born March 2, 1930,
and removed to Licking County, Ohio, in 1847, where he farmed for four years. He tien
removed to Union County, Ohio, where he remained wntil 1856 and then removed to Tama
County, Iowa, where he lived until his removal to this State. He stayed here through all
the trials, troubles and difficulties during the border troubles, always standing firm in his
belief, though his life was threatened many times. During the years 1860 and ’61 he worked
for one bushel of wheat per day, which was then worth only twenty-five cents per bushel,
and this wheat he took to the mill and had ground into flour for the sustenance of his
family. Notwithstanding the drought of 1860, the Border troubles,the panic of 1873 and the
grasshopper plague, Mr. Dowell never lost his confidence in the future of this country, of
which he always has been and is a strong admirer. He was married in November, 1958, at
White Cloud, Kansas, to Miss Mary C. Northern, by whom he has six children living, Emma,
Elmer E., George H., Charles, Hattie and John. ry. Dowell has served seven years as a
member oF the Board of Education of District No. 25, this district having been organized
al iS residence,

JOHN GEORGE FILECHTER, farmer, Section 22, Township 3, Range 18, P. O. Robin-
son; was born in Baden, Germany, March 27, 1815, and lived in his native country until his
twenty-first year,when he immigrated to America, locating in New Orleans, where he stay-
ed five months. From there he went to Clark County, Ind., where he resided three and
half years, and was engagedin farming. Hethen removed to Audrew County, Mo., where
he resided twenty-two years, aud was engaged in farming. In October, 1861, he became a
resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Robinson Township, Brown County where he
has lived ever since. He has been a member of the Board of School District, No. 21, Brown
County, three years. Hehas been married twice. The first marriage took place in Andrew
County, Mo., in 1842, to Miss Cyntha Ann Deakins, a native of Iowa. Three children were
the fruits of this marriage, one of whom is living—John, a soldier of the last war, a former
member of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment,. Kansas Infantry. The second marriage
took place in 1846, in Andrew County, Mo.,to Miss Annie Breit, a native cf Switzerland.
They had seven children, six of whom are living—William Frederick, married to Miss
Hermina Dean, a native of Prussia, Germany; Louisa, married to C. M. Truex, a native of
Missouri; Susan, married toS, E, Rush, anative of Illinois; Samuel Edward; Tina, mar-
ried to Oscar Dean, a native of Prussia; and Jacob. Mr. Fiechter owns a large and excel-
lent upland farm of 320 acres. Itis mostly enclosed, and has 160 acres in cultivation, the
balance being timber and pasture land. His orchard covers six acres and contains a freat
number of apple, peach and cherry trees, there is also half an acre of grapes on the farm.
The supply of water is abundant, in addition to a number of wells and springs; it has
Fiechter’s branch of the Wolf flowing through the centre of it. The improvements consist of
a comfortable frame dwelling, large frame barn, granary, etc, He has twenty-five acres in
wheat this season, which yielded twenty-one bushiels to the acre, eighteen acres in oats
which yielded forty bushels, and sixty acres in corn, which averaged forty busheis to the
acre. Mr, F. is one of the solid and substantial farmers of Brown County, and is an honest
hard working German, who has demonstrated in his own case, what can be done in this
county by. intelligent and well directed labor.

JAMES A. GILBERT, dealer in groceries, queensware, boots and shoes, pocket and
table cutlery. Came to Kansas in May, 1868, and located in Robinson, where he taught
school until 1875, when he accepted a position in the general mercantile house of Charlies
Hack, where he continued until 1879, when he went into business for himself. Mr. Gilbert
is Clerk of Robinson Township, and has held the office for two years. He is a member ofthe
Methodist depiscopal Church, and was Sergeant in Company ©, Ninty-fifth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and enlisted at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 12, 1862. He was mustered out at
Louisville, Ky., August 14, 1865. He took part in the battles of Richmond, Ky., Vicksburg,
Tupelo siege of Nashville, Spanish Fort, and other engagements. At the battle of Rich-
imoud, Ky., he was taken prisoner by the rebel forces under the command of Major General
Kirby Smith. He was however, shortly afterward, parolled. Mr. Gilbert was born in
Washington County. Md., November 5, 1 40, and lived there until his sixth year, when his
parents removed to Henry County, Ind. Shortly afterward his parents removed to Mont-
gomery County, Ohlo, where they lived two years, and then moved to Franklin County, in
the same State, where Mr. Gilbert lived until he entered the United States Army; after his

. discharge from the service, he returned to his Ohio home, where he resided until ‘he came
toKansas, Mr. Gilbert married May 1, 1879,in Robinson, Miss Harriet J. Abbott, a na-
tive of Llinois, she died June 28, 1881. Mr. Gilbert isa fair and honorable business man
and does a thriving trade and Is respected by all who know him.

CHARLES HACK, dealer in d_y goous, groceries, boots, shoes, queensware, hardware,
etc.” Came to Kansas in August, 1855, aud located in Wathena, Doniphan County, where
he resided until 1872, and fora time was engaged in farmalig and for the last eight years,
while residing there, was in the general mercantile and botel business. From Wathena, he
came to Robinson, Brown County, where he has resided since and carried on business. Mr.
Hack has been Treasurer of Robinson Township four terms aud Treasurer ot School Dis-
trict No. 26, Brown County, three terms. He is a prominent and influential member of the
Methodist Episcopal Chureh, aud of Robinson Lodge, No. 159, A., F. & A. M. He was one
of the charter members of and has been worthy master of his Lodge for eight years Heis
algo a member of Wathena Lodge Nu,—,, I. 0. O. He participated in the war of the re-
bellion, as a member of Company B, Thirteenth Regiment Kansas Infantry, and enlisted at
Troy, Doniphan County, in September, 1862, and was inustered out at Little Rock, Ark,; in
June 1865. He took part in the Battles of Prairije Grove and other minor engagements. Mr,
H. was born in Breslau, Prussia, Germany, November 16, 1835, and lived in his native
country until 1853, when he immigrated with his parents to America, locating tn St, Louis,
Mo., where they resided until 1854; in this year, ne removed to St. Joe. Mo., where he re-
isded until he came to Kansas, He was married in Doniphan County, February 16, 1860, to
Miss Caroline Staley, a native of Illinois. They have five children living—Willlam A,
Cora E., Charles W., Harry W., aud AlbertJ. Mr, Hack is one ofthe strong business wen
of this city, enjoys excellent credit and is a man of acknowledged strength In the commun-
ity. He carries an unusually large stock, is popular and does acommanding trade. Mr. H.
is also the owner of Hack’s Pall, in Robinson. It was built in 1871, ata cost of nearly §2, -
500. It has a seating capacity of about 200, is elegantly furnished and at present is oc-
cupied by the Masonic and Odd Fellow’s lodges, of Robinson as a place of meeting.

L. B. HALL, dealer in hardware, stoves and agricultural {mplements, Robinson, came
to Kansas in May, 1864, and located in Hiawatha, where he resided until 1873, when he

. went to Colorado where he was engaged in mining and prospecting. He remained in Colo-
rado until the winter of 1880, when he returned to Kansas. In April, 1881, he removed to
Robinson and engaged in the hardware business with N. F. Leslie. In Mareh, 1882, he

urchased his partuer’s interest, since which time he has been carrying on_ business for
imself. Hv is a member of Hiawatha Lodge No. 83, I. O. O. F., and of Doric Lodge No. 25,
A,, F. A. M., of Fairplay, Park County, Colorado. Mr, Hall was born in Kosciusko
County, Ind., December 12, 1849, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He

Is one of the young and energetic business men of Robinson and does and deserves a large

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Ce RORGE Ww. B. HETLER, farmer, Section 22, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. Robinson,
came to Kansas March 8, 1880, and located in Irving Township, Brown County, where he
resided until November 3, 1882, when he removed to Robinson Township, Brown County,
where he resides at present. Mr. Hetler was born February 22, 1858,in/Seeca County,Ohio,
and resided in his native State until his nineteenth year and then removed to Butler County,
Iowa, where he resided until he came to Kausas. He was married December 28, 1881, in
Butler County, lowa, to Miss Jennie C. Plantz, a native of Illinois. Mr. Hetler is a young,
energetic and hard working farmer, and stands high in the favor of his neighbors. :
7, HOLCOMB, farmer, Section 4, Township 18, Range 72, P.O. Robinson, was born in
Gallia County, Ohio, near Galliopolis, April 11,1824. When quite young he immigrated with
his father to Warren County, Ind., and from there to Cook County, Ill.; from there to Van
Buren County, Iowa; from there to Jo Daviess County, Ill., near Galena, and from thence
returned through the Territory of Iowa to Van Buren county, Iowa, where he was married
in the year 1846 at the age of twenty-two years, to Miss Rebecca Blackford, a cousin of

 

Judge McLane. Mrs. Holcomb was born in 1825 in Clark County, Ohio, and at the age of
eighteen moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, After his marriage Mr. Holcomb removed to
apello Cuunty, Lowa, where he resided about nineteen years. When he first went there
he entered a quarter section of land; and began chopping and Clearing, splitting rails to
build fences, and breaking the land with six yoke of cattle, with which he plowed, putting
muzzles onthem. After building and otherwise improving tie place he sold out _ and came
to Kansas. He was one of the first subscribers to the Des Moines Courier, the first paper
ublished in Ottumwa. Mr. Holcomb is a self-:ade man, having edueated himself mostly
y the light of the fire at night after his day’s labor was finished. While residing in Iowa,
Mr, Holcomb practiced law in the justice courts in this State, and his able services are fre-
quently called into requisition by his neighbors in Brown County. He also took an active
part in the Fremont and Lincoln campaign3 during his residence in lowa. He remained in
this State until he saw the first railroad train running from Burlington to Ottumwa. He
then removed to Kansas, becoming a resideut of Robinsun Towuship, Brown County, in the
spring of 1865, where he has resided since, Shortly after coming to Brown County he pur-
chased the farin that Robinson now stands on from the Hon. Ira Smith, a former register of
the land office, at a cost of about $3,000, for three eighties of land. Mr. Holcomb laid out the
town of Robinson, stillowns most of the vacant lands, and is selling fine residence and
business lots for from $25 to $100 each. The farm Jand adjoining the town is worth about
$100 per acre. There is room and opportunity here for double the present population of the
town, which time and development are sure to bring. Mr. Hulcom! has lived in Robinson
about eighteen years; heisan active and zealous member of the Church of the United
Brethren. He has been a licensed preacher of this church for about fifteen years, -and has
had charge of congregations of this denomination in Kansas aud Oregon until he was
obliged to give up preaching on account of failing eye sight. While living in Robinson be
has been engaged in chopping wood, farming and pleading cases in the justices’ courts. He
is the father of nine children, two of whom died young. Those living are: Stephen, a farmer
and resident of Powhattan Township, Brown County; a soldier of the last war, having been
a member of Cul. Somer’s Seventh Regiment, Iowa Cavalry. He enlisted at the age of fif-
teen and served three years. He is married to Miss Aina Richason, a native of England;
Thomas, a merchant and farmer of Powhattan Township, Brown County; married to Miss
Exeline Wallis, a native of Wapello County, lowa; Angeline, married to S. P, Rupe, a school
teacher and farmer, living in Dickinson County; Elizabeth, married to Marion Wade, a
farmer and Justice of the Peace, of Robinson Township, Brown County; Roxa Jane, mar-
ried to Monroe Parsons, a farmer residing in Robinson; Laura Ann, a school teacher living
in Dickinson County, and Lucinda, married to Jesse Wallis, a farmer living in Robinson
Township, Brown OU ‘

LAVENS M. HUGHES, farmer, Section 15, Township 3, Range 18, P. O. Robinson,
came Lo Kansas September 3, 1865, and located in Robinson Township, where he has since
resided. He is a member of the Baptist Church and of Robinson Lodge, No. 98, I. 0. 0. F.,
and js permanent secretary of his lodge. He has been Clerk of Robinson Township one
term, Justice of the Peace of the same Township one term and Clerk of School District No.
21, Brown County, four terms, He took part in the war of the Rebellion as a member of
Company H., First Regiment, Washington Territory Volunteer Infantry, aud enlisted Sep-
tember 5, 1862, in San Francisco, Cal., and was discharged from the service July 10, 1865,
at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. After Lis term of service expired he came to
Kansas. Mr. Hughes was born in County Tyrone, Lrelaid, June 10, 1832, and lived in his
native land until his eighteenth year, when he went to Australia, where he lived three
years, dnd was engaged in gold mining. From Australia he returnedto his native count:
where he remained a short time, and then in 1853 immigrated to Canada, locating in Montreal,
where he resided seven years, and was engaged inthe mercantile business. He then again re-
turned to his native homein Ireland where he remained eighteen months and then sailed
for San Francisco, Cal. Immediately after recovering from the fatigues incident to his long
voyage he joined the United States Volunteers, as already stated. r. Hughes was married
November 4, 1868, in Washington Township, Brown County, to Mrs. Rachael McBride, a
native of Morrow County, Ohio. .

_M. W. HUSON, of the firm of Huson & Payne, proprietors of Steam Threshing Ma-
chines. Mr. Huson came to Kansas in December, 1875. and located in Robinson Township,
where he has resided since. He isa member of Robinson Lodge, No. 159, A. F. & A. M.
Mr, Huson was bornin Canada West, March 8, 1849, and lived in bis native country until
1874, when he immigrated to the United States, and located in Oxford County, Mich., where
he lived one year, and then came to Kansas. He and Jaines W. Payne are the proprietors
of aChampion Steam Engine anda New Massillon (Ohio) Separator, which they operate
during the threshing season through the counties of Brown and Doniphan. They also
operate: a six-hole Sandwich Corn Sheller which is run by the same engine. The corn
sheller is used by them inthe winter. They have threshed for various farmers during the
past season in Doniphan County: 4,028 bushels of wheat, 41434 bushels of rye, 1,113 bush-
els of barley, 299 bushels of oats, and in Brown County 31,474 bushels of wheat, 357 bushels
of rye, 3,906 bushels of barley, 9,245 bushels of oats. 5834 bustiels of timothy seed.

T. R, HUSTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Robinson, was born in St. Johns, New
Brunswick, September 18, 1830, and lived in his native Province until his fourth year, when
his parents removed to Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, where he lived until 1865, and
Lieu removed to Oakland County, Mich. He lived in this State until 1875, when-he be-
caine a citizen of Kansas, locating on his farm in Robinson Township, Brown County, where
he has resided since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married
in the fall of 1876 in Brown County to Mrs. Sarah E. Jones. She was bornin Warren County,
Ohio, September 6, 1828, and moved with her parents to Indiana, where she married Isaiah
Jones, In 1866 they immigrated to Kansas, where Mr. Jones died. Mr. Huston has a fine up-
land farm of eighty acres all enclosed, and with fifty acres in cultivation the remaining thirty
acres being in pasture lands. There is:a small young orchard on the farm, The improve-
ments are a new four-room frame cottage, stock stable, granary, corn crib, etc. He had thirty
acres in corn this season, which yielded 1,500 bushels; four acres in German millet,
which averaged two tons to the acre, and ten acres of prairie grass, . hich averaged one and
ahalttons tothe acre, When Mr. Huston came to Kansas be had just $600; to-day he owns
a property worth from $3,000 to $4,000, which he has accumulated by his indomitable per-
severance and industry, s

JOHN HUTCHISON, farmer, P. O. Robinson, came to Kansas in 1859, locating in Doni-
phan County, where he lived seven years and then remuved to Montgomery County, where

e resided three years. From there he removed to Shelby County, Lowa, where be lived
two years and then returned to Doniphan County, where he lived two years, and from there
went to Colorado, where he was engaged in prospecting and where he-stayed one year.
From Colorado he returned to Kansas and located in Robinson Township, where he has re-
sided since. Mr. Hutchison was born in Wayue County, Ky., October 19, 1844, and lived
in his native State until his thirteenth year, when his parents removed to Nodoway County,
Mo., where they lived one year, and then removed to Andrew County, in the same State,
where Mr. H. lived four years. He then returned to Nodoway County, where he lived two
years, and then came to Kansas, He is a member of Robinson Lodge, No. 98, I. 0. 0. F.
and has been wie anand: of his lodge. He was married in Mission Township on March 4,
1872, to Miss Surilda Tindall, a native of Kentucky. They have three children—Arthur
Lee, George W. E. and Gertrude,

WILBUR A. JAQUES, teacher of Hill Top School, District No. 8, was born in Defiance,
Ohio, November 5, 1860, nnd lived in his native State’ until the spring of 1865, when his
parents removed to Kansas, locating near Robinsou, Brown County, Where they have re-
sided since, Mr. Jaques is a self-taught young man, having acquired most all of his educa-
Uon at home, He isa member of the German Baptist Church. He 1s the son of Theophilus
and Mary A, Jaques; his father {sa prominent farmer and stock-raiser. Mr. Jaques is
an educator of rare merit, las vaughe five years in Brown County, and over half that time
in one school; takes great pride in his profession, is beloved by his pupils aud possesses the
esteem and respect of their parents,

THOMAS J. JENKINS, wheelwright, came to Kansas in April, 1878, and_ located at
Robinson, where he has carried on business and resided since, He took part in theJast war
ag a member of Company,G, First Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was enlisted at Browns-
ville, Neb., in the spring of 1863 and was discharged at Omaha, Neb., in the summer of
1865. Mr. J. was born in St. Louls County, Mo., in December, 1844, and lived in his native
State untilthe breaking out of the war. After his discharge from the Union army he re-
turned to his home In Missouri, where he lived two years and then removed to Holt
County, in the same State, where he lived seven years and was engaged in working at his
trade. From Holt County he came to Kansas, He was married in the spring of 1866 in
Lafayette. Doniphan County, to Miss Susan Knowles, a native of lowa. They have five
enrenl wings Saran, George, Eile, witunieand Myrtle: Mr. Jenkins is askilled practical

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nei hoortiood of Robluson. g ig his fellow townsmen and the farmers in the
. » farmer and dealer in live stock and grain, Section1, Township 18, Range

3, P. O. Robinson, was born near Miftlinsburg, Union Go., Pa, November 13, 1835, and lived
in his native State until his eighteenth year, and then removed to Sandusky County, Ohio,
where he lived twenty-five years and was engaged in farming. From Ohio he cameto Kan-
sas, locating in Robinson Tow nebip, Brown County, where he bas resided since. He was mar-
ried in Seneca County, Ohio, March 27, 1858, to Miss Mary H. Zeiber, a native of Ohio.
They have five children, Jeremiah, Henry, William, Franklin and Irvin. Mr. Jordan
owns a fine upland farm of 166 acres four miles northeast of Robinson. It is enclosed by
substantial fences, ix all iu cultivation, and is improved by a first-class dwelling, frame
Darn 20x32, large gra iary, corn cribs, feed lots, which are well supplied by living water,
arge orchard, etc, He raises from 1,200 to 1,500 bushels of wheat, 500 to 600 bushels of

Oats, 1,500 to 2,000 bushels of corn, cuts from twenty-five to thirty tons of clover and tim-
ot! hy hay, sells from fifty to seventy-five bushels of apples, forty to fifty bushels of peaches,
an arge quantities of small fruits yearly. He is one of the largest feeders and dealers in
ive stock, principally hogs, in hts section. He generally has from seventy-five to one

one hundred head of hogs, and ships from two to five car loads of stock each week to

 

 

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§t. Joe and Kansas City markets. He keeps from twenty-five to thirty head of stock cattle
fifty to seventy-five head of stock hogs, and from ten to twelve horses”. Besides his farm in

Robinson Township, Mr. Jordan Is now the owner of ‘‘Wildey’s Addition” to the town of
Robinson, which comprises altogether forty acres. Three and one-half acres of this addi-
tion have already been laid out in town lots, and are almost all sold, at prices ranging
from $25 to $50. It will not be long, judging from the present progress of Robinson, be-
fore the remainder of the lots in the addition will be sold at higher figures, real estate
having advanced considerably in this vicinity during the past year. Mr, Jordan isfone of
the prosperous and industrious farmers of Brown County, and a live, square business man,
whose integrity is beyond question,

JOHN KREY, proprietor of “Riverside” farm, Section 7, Township 3, Range, 17, P. O.
Robinson, was born in Baden, Germany, September 19, 1825, and lived in his native coun-
try until he was thirty years of age. He then immigrated to America and located in St.
Joseph, Mo., June 9, 1857, where he resided nine months, and then removed to An-
drew County, Mo., near Savannah, where he lived until 1865 and was engaged in farming
and stock raising. On the 20th day of March, of this year, he became a resident of Kansas,
locating in Brown County, where he has resided ever since. Hels amember of the Evan-

elical Lutheran Church, and of Robinson Lodge No.159,A,,F. & A.M., and was Treasurer of
is lodge two years. He participated in the War of the Rebellion as a member of Capt.
Castle’s Company, of Col. Ben Logan’s Regiment of Missouri Militia, and enlisted in Savan-
nah, Mo., in the spring of 1862. Served until the close of the war, and was discharged at
St. Joe, Mo. He was married in Baden, Germany, in 1856, to Miss Louisa Hess, a native of
Baden. They have four children: Louise, married to Julius Meecke, a native of Germany
and a resident of Robinson; Mary Jane, Charles Abraham and Rosa Ama. Mr, Krey is a
veteran soldier, having served inthe German Army as a member of Company A, Second
Regiment Artillery, before he came to America. Heentered the German Army in 1845,
and served until 1848, when he took part in the German Revolution, under Maj. Gen:
Franz Sigel, and was in nine general engagements, When the Revolution was ended he,
like hundreds of other patriotic sons of the Fatherland, left his native land for America,
Mr. Krey’s fruit and stock farm, “Riverside,” contains 225 acres, and lies three miles
southwest of Robinson on Wolf River, and is one of the finest in this section. He has a fine
fruitful orchard of 300 apple, 100 cherry, 1.000 peach and some very prolific plum trees,
_ besides a thrifty bearing vineyard of 550 vines, and never fails of abundant fruitage all
around. He has a dozen good springs ani the river, fine native pasturage good bu. ldings,
goood fences, and plenty of timber. He feeds a few steers and about fifty hogs, Keeps fifty
stock cattle and 8 good string of horses aud mules, He grows 300 bushels of wheat, 5,000
bushels of corn, 300 bushels of oats, and somerye. He has made his money in this county,
is. v ae cod.common sense, intelligence anu public spirit, and is greatly pleased with

ate.

J. L. LEMASTER, M.D., physician and surgeon, son of James and Emily Lemaster, was
born in Clay County, 1nd., twelve miles east of Terre Haute, November, 27, 1844. When
but alad of a few years his parents removed to McDonough County, Ill, and settled near
where the city of Bushnell now stands and where his parents yet reside, his father bein
one of the wealthy and influential citizens of the county. Dr. Lemaster is the fifth chil
born in the family, all of whom are still living, there being four daughters and three sons.
At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted iu the Union Army as a private soldier in

Company D, Seventieth Regiment Illinois Infantry to served three months, but owing to the
limited number of men to do active service his regiment served five months and six“days
before being mustered out of the United States service. After his discharge he returned
ome and subsequently re-enlisted as a private soldier in Company I, Thirtysseventh
Regiment. Illinois Infantry, and served in the Army of the Mississippi up to the 21st day of
August, 1864, when he was taken prisoner in a general engagement between the Union
Forces under Gen, Washburn and the rebels under Maj.Gen. Forrest, and along with the other
Union prisoners was taken to Cahaba, Ala, where he was held until the general exchange of
prisoners in March, 1865. After being released he was sent to Vicksburg, Miss., where
he was taken sick and sent to the general hospital at this post, where he remained for some
ime, and was then transferred to the hospital at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., where
he remained until May of that year; when sufficiently restored to health he was ordered
o Springfield, l., and was there during the funeral obsequies of the lamented Lincoln,
taking part in the parade and other exercises of his burial. He was finally discharged from
the service May 8, 1865. After returning home and after sufficiently regaining his health he
entered the office of his brother-in-law, Dr. J.S. Kirby, of Bushnell, IlJ.,as a student of
medicine, and in the fall and winter of 1867-68 he was admitted as a student in the Medical
Department of the Iowa State University at Keokuk. After the close of the session at this
institution in 1867-68 he returned to Bushnell, re-entered she office of Dr. Kirby and pur-
sued his studies until the winter of 1868-69, when he again returned to 'the university to
complete his course, where he graduated on the 25th of February, 1869, receiving the
“degree of M.D. Soon after he commenced the practice of his profession in Tremont, LIL,
where he remained two years. He removed from there to Randolph County, Ill., where he
enjoyed a large and lucrative practice, but owing’ to ill-health he came West and settled in
Robinson, Brown County, where he has since resided and is in the enjoyment of an exten-
sive practice of medicine and surgery. Dr, Lemaster was one of the losers of the disastrous
fire which swept the town of Robinson February 16, 1882, having but a short time previous
finished and furnished one of the most complete offices in the county, but has since, ina
= preal measure, recovered from his loss, having purchased real estate in the prosperous
own in which he resides. Dr. Lemaster was the regular nominee of the Republican party
of the county in 1881 for the office of Coroner, and received a majority of upwards of 700
votes over his Democratic competitor. Dr. Lemaster is a youn, hysician of decided pro-
mise and a strong man in his profession. He 1s public spirited and stands high in social
circles, and is widely known for his generosity and benevolence,

N. F. LESLIE, propriet6r of Robinson Elevator, dealer in grain, Notary Public and Con-
veyancer, and Agent for German-American Fire, aud Kansas Mutual Life Association, was
born in Brookfield, Trumbull Co., Ohio, February 26, 1842, and lived in his native State
until his eighteenth year, when he went to the Pennsylvania Oil regions, where he re-
mained until the 25th day of April, 1861. He then entered the Union army asa member of
Company C, Tenth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. He served in this regiment until Decem-
ber, 1863, when he re-enlisted as a member of Company D, First Pennsylvania Rifles (Col.
Kane’s “Bucktails.”) He served in this regiment until the close of the war. He partici-
pated in the battles of Drainsville, Va., Seven Days’ Fight, Mechanicsville, Savage Station,
Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Harrison’s Lauding, Second Bull Run, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Mine Run, the Wilderness campaign, compris-
ing the engagements at Robinson’s Tavern, Spottsyivania C. H., North Anna River, Cold
Harbor, Charles City C. H. and Petersburg. On the 19th day of August, 1864, he was taken

risoner at the Jast named place, by the rebel troops, under the command of Maj. Gen.
Ton street, aud conveyed to Libby Prison, being subsequent v transferred to Belle Isle, and
Sansbury, N. C., from whence he was paroied February 22, 1865. and discharged from the
United States service at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., June 26, 1865. After his discharge
from the army, and after his shattered health had been restored, he attended Bryant &
Stratton’s Commercial College, at Cleveland, Ohio, for six months, and then returned to
Hubbard, Ohio, where he resided two years, and froin there removed to Ogle County, [I1.,
where he lived five years, and was engaged.in teaching Hetaught one term inthe Public
Schools of this county, and two and a half years in Rock River Seminary, and then became
a resident of Kansas, locating in Seneca, where he lived one year, and was engiged as As-
sistant Postmaster, and as a clerk in the drug store of McKay & Butt, in this city, for nine
months, and during the remaining three months was engaged in teaching in the Public
Schools in the vicinity of Seneca. From there he came to Hiawatha, where he had charge
of the City Public Sctiools one year, and then entered tbe employ of the St. Joe & Denver
City Railroad, at Robinson, as ageut and operator. He was inthe employ of this company
at various points on the road, and in various capacities for eight years. He subsequently
returned to Robinson, continued in the employ of the railroad company, and managed a
lumber yard on his own account for fiveyears, In 1878 he builta store and entered into the
hardware business, in Robinson, in which he was engaged three years, and in the meantime,
built, in connection with Dr. G, W. Parson, Leslie & Parson’s Block, in Robinson, which was
destroyed by fire, together with the hardware store, February 16, 1882, In September, 1881,
he commenced operating the Robinson Elevator, in which business he is engaged at present,
He is a member of Robinson Lodge, No. 159, A. F. & A. M., and of Mt, Horeb Chapter, R. A.
M., of Hiawatha, He has been Commissioner of Brown County two years; a member of the
House of the Kansas Legislature, Session of 1881-2, and Notary Public threeyears. He was
a member of the Board of School District No. 26, Brown County, and during his term of
office, in connection with other members of the Board, built the handsome school building
which now adorns the town of Robinson. He was married April 9, 1873, in Hiawatha, to
Miss D, P. Nichols, a native of Indiana. They have two children—Harry M. and Brito-
marte. The Elevator operated by Mr. Leslie was built In 1876, by Crosthwalte & Middleton,
and is now owned by the Gregg Brothers’ Grain Company, of St. Joe, Mo., and has a capacity
of 20,000 bushels. tt is equipped with @ corn sheller and feed mill, on which from three to
five car loads of feed are cut each month, and which is shipped principally to St. Joe and
Western markets. The elevator has a working capacity of ten cars of grain per day, and at
present is kept busily employed, being run night and day, and is still behind had on or-
ders. There was shipped to St. Louis and other Eastern points from this elevator, durin
the past year: 57,000 bushels of wheat, 97,000 bushels of corn,9,000 bushels of rye, 4,70
bushels of barley, 11,000 bushels of oats, all of which was raised in four townships of Brown,
the Banner County of Kansas. There was also shipped and sold from this elevator during
the same time, 450 tons of feed. Personally, Mr. Leslie is one of. the most popular
men in the county—is a man of generous impulse, large intelligence, liberal views, frank,
manly nature, and great public spirit. He has served his country, both in the camp and
forum, and to know him is to honor and respect him. _

FREDERIC LYMAN, farmer, Section 25, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. Highland, came
to Kansas in April, 1857, locating in La Fayette, Doniphan County, where he resided until

 

 

* are living, and whose names are:

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business., In April, 1864, he removed to his farm in
Brown County, where he has resided since. He was Postmaster of La Fayette five years and
Justice of the Peace of Center Township, Doniphan County seven years. He is a member
of the Congregational Church, of Highland Lodge, No, A I. 0.0, F. and of White Cloud
Lodge, No, —, A, F, & A.M, He participated in the War of the Rebellion as Major of Col. Le-
land's regiment of militia, and enlisted in the fall of 1861, at Troy, served six months and
was discharged at the same place, Esquire Lyman was born in Hadley, Mass., October 3,
1813, and lived in his native place until he removed to Kansas, He was married in Kingston,
Mass., January 5,1842, to Miss Caroline Elizabeth Whitten, a native of Massachusetts.
They have had six children, three of whom are living—Melzar Whitten (a resident of
Muskegon, Mich., married to Minnie DeVoe, a native of New Jersey), Helen L. (married
to H. H. Steed, anative of Missouri, and a resident of St. Charles, in the same State), and
Nannie. Mr, L, has a fine upland farm of 120 acres, all enclosed and all in cultivation. The
water supply is excellent, and consists of springs and a good well. His orchard covers two
acres, and has 100 bearing apple, twenty-five peach, twenty-five cherry, and a few pearand
apricot trees, There is also an abundance of small fruits on the farm. The improvements
consist of a fine family mansion, containing nine rooms, surrounded by shade trees and
evergreens. A fine avenue of maple and catalpa trees leads from the main entrance to the
house. The other improvements area frame barn, 16x32 feet, granary, corn crib, ete, Mr.
Lyman had twenty-two acres in wheat this season, which yielded 600 bushels; forty-five
acres in corn, which averaged fifty bushels to the acre; eleven acres in rye, which yielded
300 bushels, and twenty two acres in timothy, exclusive of fifteen acres in pasturage, which
yielded two tons totheacre Major Lyman was a firm and consistent Free-state man before
the war, and not only gave his own services during the dark days of the civil strife, but sent
forth his elaest son, Charles Frederick, to battlefor the Union. This bright and promising
youth rose through the various grades, until he became First Sergeant of his company, D.
Eighth Regi :.ent, Kansas Infantry, and was killed before Atlanta, Ga., July 24, 1864. Had
he lived a few days longer, he would have been promoted to a Lieutenancy in his company,
his commission being on the way at the time he received his fatal wounds,
JOHN WESLEY MARTIN, farmer, southwest of Section 27, Township 2, Range 18, P.
O. Robinson, was born in Bedford County, Pa., December 8, 1813, and lived in his native
State until his twenty-first year, when he removed to what was then Richland, now Morrow
County, Ohio, where he resided and worked at his trade as a carpenter and joiner until Sep-
tember 22, 1868, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Brown County, where he
has since resided, He is a member of the Baptist Church. He was the first Clerk of Robin-
son Township, and held the office oneterm. Justice of the Peace of the same township two
terms, and Clerk %of the Board of School District No. 20, Brown County, seven years. He
has been married twice, the first marriage took place in Richland County, Ohio, in 1840, to
Miss Mary Ogle, a native of Ohio. They have had seven chiluren—six of whom are living,
and whose names-are—William Pinckney, Amanda M., died February 22, 14847; Columbus,
married to Miss Phillina Truex, anative of Missouri; Phoebe, married William Parker, a
native of Ohio, and a resident of Robinson; W. D. Martin, married to Rachel Price,-anative
of Ohio, in 1869, came to Kansas in 1871; Melville and Williard Judson. The second mar-
riage occurred in 1861, in Morrow County, Ohio, to Miss Mary Shipman, a native of Ohio.
She died in 1879. Mr, Martin owns a productive upland farm of eighty acres, all enclosed
and all under cultivation, The orchard covers four acres, and contains 800 fruit trees of
various kinds; small fruits and grapes are plenty also. The water supply is good; the im-
provements are a comfortable frame dwellivg, containing six rooms, with cellar. The house
ig surrounded by handsome shade trees and evergreens, and near il is a magnificent grove
of white maple, black walnut, and locust trees, which covers ten acres, and bas about 3,000
trees, Among the other improvements are a frame barn, 30x32 granary, wagon shed, corn
erib, etc. He had ten acres in fall wheat this season, which yielded 270 bushels; six acres
in oats, which ylelded 250 bushels, and thirty-two acres in corn, which averaged sixty bush-
elstothe acre. Mr. Martin is one of the intelligent, earnest and progressive farmers of
Brown County, and has a high opinion of the county in which he resides. :
I. F, MARTINDALE, farmer, fruit and stock-raiser, Section 20, Township 18, Range 3,

P. O. Robinson, proprietor of Grovelawn, was born near Greenfield, Hancock Co., Ind., De-
cember 6, 1832, and lived in his native State until the fall of 1856, when he removed to
Montgomery County, Iowa, where he lived until February, 1857, and then became a resi-
dent of Kansas, locating in what is now Robinson Township, Brown County, where he has
resided since. He was the first Free-state Constable elected in Claytonville Township?
Brown County, which position he held three terms, and Justice of the Peace of Clayton-
ville, Goywnship one term, and of Robinson Towuship two terms. He was a member of Com-

any C, Major Pope’s Independent Batialion, Kansas Militia, during the late war, and en-

isted at Robinson in the fall of 1864. served twenty days, and was discharged at Kansas
City. He was married in Brown County, March 24, 1859, to Miss Lucida Abshear, a native
of Virginia. They have seven children, whose names are—Minerva Alice, married to
Thomas Glover, a native of Virginia; James A., Calvin F., Corsandia J., Emelia, Isaac F,
and Willie J. In addition to farming his own land, Esquire Martindale cultivat: s 160 acres
of rented land. Grovelawn, as his magnificent estate is named, coutains 228 acres, and is
improved with a pretty house and fine groves, orchards and fences. There are a number of
springs and forty acres of wood land on the tarm. Hequire M. grows 8,000 bushels of corn
and 1,400 bushels of wheat andrye yearly. He keeps fifty stock stables, feeds a car load each
of steers and hogs, sells a few surplus horses, owns one of the choice farms of this region,
is an honored magistrate of his township, and a successful farmer, having increased his
means from less than $200, of original capital, to $15,000, since 1857. He has a high stand-
ing in his community, and has an exalted opinion of thecountry. Shortly after he bought
his farm, being of an observant turn, he discovered a fine bed of coal on the northern por-
tion of his farm, which he is now developing and mining under the superintendence of an
able and experienced Swedish coal miner. The coal, as fast as it is mined, meets with a
ready sale in Robinson and vicinity, and gives good satisfaction. Meadow Brook school,
No. 3, is built on what was once a portion of Grovelawn Farm. The land, about an acre,
having been donated for this purpose with his characteristic public spirit and liberality, by
Esquire Martindale. The school building is a neat and tasty frame structure, has a seating
capacity of seventy-five, and was erected in 1875, at a cost of $1,000. The school building
is also used _as a house of worship by the members of the Church of the United Brethren,
Rev. O. A. Chapman being the Pastor. Miss Julia M. Leslie, a graduate of an Illinois insti-
tution of learning, is the teacher at present in charge of the school.

' JOHN H. MAXWELL, farmer and stock-dealer, Section 23, Town 3, Range 18, P. O.
Robinson. Mr. Maxwell came to Kansas, May 1, 1856, and located on his farm in Robinson
Township, where he has resided ever since. He was Commissioner of Claytonville Town-
ship two terms in succession. He was Treasurer of Robinson Towns'‘ip for nearly two
terms, Mr, Maxwell was born in Mason Cvunty, W. Va., Fébruary 17, 1826, and lived in
his native State until his tenth year, when his parents moved to Morgan County, Ind.,where
they resided three years, and then removed to Illinois. Here they lived the same length of
time, and then removed to Aldrew Countv, Mo. Mr. Waxwell lived with his parents in
Missouri until August, 1846, when he became a teamster in the United States army, under
Major-Gen. Price, and went to Mexico. He served in this capacity fourteen months, and
then returned to his Missouri home. He then resided in Missouri until 1852, and then went
to San Joaquin County, Cal,,where he lived until November,1855, aud was engaged in farm-
ing and the live stock business. From California he removed to Missouri, where he re-
mained a short time, and then removed to Kansas, Mr, Maxwell was married twice. The
first marriage took place March 9, 1848, in Andrew County, Mo., to Miss Elizabeth Deakins,
anative of Indiana. By this marriage he had three children, who all died in their infancy.
Mrs. Maxwell accompanied her hu-band to California, and returned to Missouri, where she
died February 18, 1856. Thesecond marriage took place in Andrew County, Mo., to Miss
Emelia Abshar, a native of Virginia, Seven children were the fruits of this marriage, six
of whom are living: Jonathan S. (married to Miss Emma Reniker, a native of Missouri),
Sarab Margaret (died in her nineteenth year, April 18, 1877), Lucy Ann, Thomas K., Alex-
ander, Jessie, and Mary E, Mr, Maxwell has a large upland farm of 480 acres, all of which
is inclosed, and 240 acres in cultivation, the rest being pasture land. His orchard contains
forty-five bearing apple trees, forty-five cherry, and a few peach trees. The water supply
is good, and consists principally of springs. The improvements consist of a fine six-room
frame dwelling house, with a large cellar, and surrounded by shade trees; a fine barn
30x36, two granaries, corn crib, buggy house, ete. Mr, Maxwell had ninety acres in wheat
this year, which yielded 1,826 bushels; ten acres in oats, which yielded 390 bushels; fifteen
acres in rye, which yielded 311 bushels; 105 acres in corn, which averaged forty bushels to
the acre. Mr. Maxwell’s farm is well calculated for a grain and stock farm. He raisesa
large number of horses, cattle and hogs. ‘

RS. ELIZABETH MAXWELL, widow of Robert G. Maxwell, farmer and stock raiser
Section 35, Town 2, Range 18, P. O. Robinson. Mr. Maxwell was bornin Kentucky in
1818. He left his native State at an early age, and removed to Buchanan County, Mo. He
resided in Missouri six years, and in 1854 removed to Kansas, locating in Doniphan
County, where he lived six years. He then removed to his farm in Robinson Township,where
he resided until his death in 1869. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, He

articipated in the last war as a member of Capt.Samuel Swayze’s Company of the Nineteenth

epiment Kansas Militia, and enlisted in Robinson in the fall of 1864. served fourteen days
and was discharged at Fort Leavenworth. He was married in Wright County, Mo., in
1887, to Miss Elizabeth Iker, a native of Missouri. They had seven children, six of whom
1 Eliza (married to Benjamin Terill, a resident of Robin-
son), Ann, Joseph, Absolom (married to Miss Rosa Davey, a native of Epgland), John
(married to Miss Julia Montgomery, a native of Lowa), Daniel and Hugh. rs. Maxwell
owns a fine upland farm of 160 acres, which is ably superintended by her son Daniel. The
farm is all enclosed by substantial fences, and all in cultivation except fourteen acres
which is pasture land; the water supply is excellent. The orchard covers four acres, and
contains 400 bearing apple, 200 peach, and a few cherry trees. There is also an acre each
of blackberries and raspberries on the place. The improvements consist of an eight-
roomed frame cottage dwelling, placed on a commanding height, from which the thriving

1864, and was engaged in the millin;

 

 
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towns of Robinson, Willis, and the city of Hiawatha can be seen. The house is surrounded
by splendid shade trees, and a short distance north of it isa fine grove seven acres in ex-
tent. The other improvements consist of a large frame barn, granary, corn crib smoke-
house and other out-buildings. Mrs. M. had eighty-six acres in fall wheat this season
which averaged twenty-three bushels to the acre; twelve acres in oats which yielded 410
bushels, aud twenty-five acres in corn, which averaged seventy bushels to the acre.

JULIUS MEECKE, sadale and harness maker, came to Kansas in August, 1855, and
located at Wathena, Doniphan County, where he lived until 1875, when he removed to

Robinson, where he has resided since. Heis a member of Robinson Lodge No. 159, A. F.
& A.M. Mr. Meecke was born in the Provifice of the Rhine, Germany, March 17, 1853,
but lived in his native country but a short time, when his parents emigrated to America
and located in Louisville, where they resided a short time, aud then moved to St. Louis,
and from there to St. Joseph, Mo., and from there came to Kansas, Mr. Meecke was mar-
ried in Brown County, May 16, 1880, to Miss Louisa Krey, a native of Missouri. They have
two children, whose names are Juhn Earnest and Charles Augustus, Mr. Meecke does a
leading business in the harness, saddlery, and horse furnisuiug trade, aud his patronage
exten S well auto the county surrounding Robinson. He manufactures most of the gouds
ne keeps for sale.

ANIEL R. MERCER, teacher of Heckler School. District No, 35, was born in Port
Washington, Tuscarawas, Co., Ohio, September 23, 1859, and lived jn his native State until
his eighteenth year, when he became a esident of Kansas, locating in Robinson, Brown
County, where he has resided since. His mother is still living in Port Washington. Mr.
Mercer was educated in the public and graded schools of his native county, and finished
his education at the State Normal in Columbus, Ohio. After completing his education came
to Kansas, where he has been engaged in teaching almost all the time since his arrival in
the State. Since his ninth year Mr. Mercer has been Ilving among strangers, faty tg
learned early in life to “paddle his own canoe.” Heis emphatically a self-made man an
a teacher and educator of rare merit.

_ ISRAEL MILLER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 23, Township 2, Range 18, P.O.
Hightaud, Doalphan County, was born in what was then Alleghany County, Md, March 21,
1883, and lived in his native State until March, 1877, when he became a resident of Kansas,
locating on his farmin Rovinson Township, Brown County, where he has resided since.
He was married in Alleghany County, Md., June 20, 1857, to Miss Mary J. Dawson, # nf-

«tive of Maryland. They have six children—Rebecca, married to John Staples, a native of
Pennsylvania, and a resident of Rovinson Township, Brown County; Susan, married to
Lycurgus B. Winkler, a native of and resident of Doniphan County, Kas.; Rovert M., Louisa,
Samuel'C., and Fanny V. Mr. Miller owns one of the finest farms in Robinson Township,
it is surrounded by very nearly three miles of handsome hedge, and is all under cultiva-
tion. The water supply is pure and abundant, and is composed of acouple of never failing
wells. There are two young and thrifty peach and apple orchards on the place and an
abundance of smal] fruits consisting of grapes, raspberries, and blackberries. ‘The improve~
ments consist of a comfortable frame dwelling containi g five rooms, a large and conven-
ient frame barn, 16x50 feet, corn crib, smoke house, ete, etc. Near the house is a hand-
some grove of timber which covers four acres, and which contains 1,000 cottonwood and
mapletrees. Mr. M. ralses from 700 to 1,000 bushels of wheat, 5CO to 600 bushels of oats,
and 2,000 10 3,000 bushels of corn; Keeps 15 to x0 head of stock cattle, 6 to 8 head of milch
cows, 40 to 50 stock hogs, and 4 head of horses. Mr. Milleris one of the model farmers of
Robt .son Township, is progressive, systematic, influential and intelligent, and speaks
highly of Brown County.

. B. MITCHELL, dealer in drugs, books and notions, Robinson, came to Kansas in the
pring of 1860, and located at Wathena, Doniphan Co., where he resided until 1874, and was
ngagedin the drug business. Brom Wathena he removed to Robinson where he has re-
ded since. He was Clerk of Washington Towuship, Doniphan County, two terms, Clerk of
he city of Wathena one term; has been ‘Lreasurer of Schuol District No. 26, Brown County,

for three years. Heis the Postmaster of Robinson, and has been ever since 1875.
meiber of Robison Lodge No. 98 I. 0. O. F., andis D. D. G. M, of his Lodge. Mr. Mitchell
was born in Washington County, Wis.. January 24, 1850, and lived in his native State until
his tenth year, when his parents removed to Kausas. He was married October 16, 1872, at
Wathena, to Miss Emma Bell, a native of Missouri. They have fuur children livi g—Maud
eH., Grace A.. Minnehaha ant Vernon E. Mr. Mitchell does a large and constantly increas-
ing business, aud possesses the esteem of his friends and neighbors. As a druggist he is
known for his skill aud accuracy, and has no competition in his business. On the 16th of
February, 1881, a destructive fire laid in ashes sixteen of the principal business places in
Robinson, among which was the store of Mr. Mitchell. His loss amounted to $2,500 over
and above his insurance. But with his characteristic energy, he has almost recovered from

8 loss. :

JOSEPH M. MORRIS, Constable of Robinson Township; manufacturer of, and dealer
in harness, saddles, bridles, etc., Robinson, came to Kansas with his parents in the fall of
1870, and located in Cherokee-County, where they lived until 1872, and then removed to
near Robinson, where they resided two years. Mr. Morris then was places in charge of the
first harness shop openedio Robinson. It was owned and operated by Mr. Charles Hack.
Mr. Morris wasin charge very nearly one year. He then removed to Robinson Township,
where he lived one year, and was engaged with his brother in FACOG He then removed to
No'laway County, Mo., where he lived three years, and was engaged in various occupations.
From Missouri he returned to Kansas, and located in Robinson, where he left his family
while he wentto Wyoming Territory where heremained ten months, and was engaged in
working at histrade. From Wyoming he returned to Kansas, working part of one sum-
mer in Hiawatha and then came back to Robinson, where he has since resided, and where
he built his shop and engaged in business on his own account. He is a member of Robin-
son Lodge No. 98, I, O. O. F., of which lodge he is treasurer. He was Marshal of Hopkins,
Mo. one year, apd was a member of the pulice force all the time he resided in that city. He
is at present Constable of Robinson Zownship. He was born in Shelbyville, Ind., December
30, 1853, and lived in his native State but a short time whe his parents removed to Taylor
County, Lowa, where they resided until1870, when tney came to Kans.s. He was married
February 18, 1875, in Robinson Township, to Mis, Laura J. Terrill, a uative of lowa. They
have one child—a daughter, Ethel B. Mr. Morris leads the trade in his section, iu saddlery
aud harness with good stocks, fine mechanical ability, and a capital patronage. He makes
his own saddles, collars, etc., and is a go-ahead business man. is

ABNER MURPHY, tarmer and stock-raiser, Section 7, Township 18, Range 2, P.O.
Robinson, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, August 14, 1836, and resided in his native
State until the spring of 1871, when he came to Kansas and located in Mission Township,
where he resided avout four years aud then removed to his farm tn Robinson Township,
where he has resided since. Heisamember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has
been married three times; the first marriage took place December 25, 1862, in Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, to Miss Kathenie Kall,anative of Ohio, Shediedin18.6. By this marriage
ne became the father of four children—ail of whom died in thelr infancy. The second mar-
riage occurred in March, 1870, also in Tuscarawas Country, Ohio, to Miss Melinda Miller, a
native of Ohio; she died in January, 1880. Three children were the fruit of this unton, all
of whom died young. The third marriage took place in St. Joseph, Mo., in September,
1882, to Miss Emma Robinson, a native of Onto. r,Marphy owns three chuice Brown
County farms which comprise 580 acres and are principally upland. These farms are all
enclosed with substantial fences and are in a high state of cultivation, and rank among the
best in the county. ‘hey all have fine, large and productive orchards, and are well
watered. The improveinents are first-class and can not well be excelled. Mr, Murphy had
thirty acres on the same farm 1n fall wheat this season which ylelded 960 bushels; ten
acres in oats which averaged forty bushels to the acre; fifty acres in corn which averaged
fifty-five bushels to the acre. He cut the grass from fifty acres of tlmothy clover ind
prairie land which yielded 100 tons of hay. Mr. Murphy has just purchased the elegant
residence lately owned by Dr. George W. Parsons, in the town of Rovinson, where he in-
tends inte near future to make his home, and enjoy the ease earned by a lite of hard and

honest toil.

A. J. OWEN, farmer, fruit and stock-raiser, residence on the southeast quarter of Sec-
tion 21, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. Robinson, was born in Wayue County, Pa,, October 17,
1829, and lived in his native State nutil his second year, when his parents removed to Oak-
land County, Mich., where he resided until 1849. He then removed to Clermont County,
Obio, where he resided six months, aud then removed to Defiance County, in the same
State, where he lived until the spring of 1857, when he came to Kansas, and In 1860 located
on his farm in Robinson Township, where he has resided since. Mr. Owen is a member of
Robinson Lodge No. 98. I. 0. O. F., and is past grand of his lodge. He participated In the
last war as a member of Company H, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was en-
listed at Troy, Doniphan County, September §, 1862,, and discharged at Leavenworth, July
20, 1865. He took part in the battles of Prairie Grove and Cane Hill. He was married
in Oakland County, Mich., March 12, 1867, to Miss Delia Carpenter, a native of Michigan.

They have two children living—Sarah A.and Alfred A. Mr. Owen has a choice upland
farm of 400 acres, all enclosed with hedge and wire fences; 250 acres are in cultivation,
the remainder being timber and pasture lands, His orchards cover two and one-half
acres. The water supply is excellent. The improvements consist of a dwelling-house,
barn and other Outbunitil eS: 7 .

CHARLES SUMNER PAYNE, dealer in furniture, was the first child born in the then
city of Sumner, Atchison County, He was nained by the town company, who made out and
»resented to him a deed for a lot in this once thriving city. His birth occurred September

5, 1857. He lived in his native county until 1868, when his parents removed to Mission
Township, Brown County, where they resided until 1874. From there the family removed
to Hiawatha, where they lived two years, and then removed to Robinson, where Mr. Payne
has resided since. He is a member of Robinson Lodge, No. 98, I. O. O. F., and is at present
secretary of his lodge. He was married in Robinson December 11, 1881, to Miss Mollie
Townseiid, a native of Indiana. They have one child, a daughter—Celia Evaline. Mr.
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bas a large stock which was carefully selected and bought for cash. He is already doing a
ood ‘trade. He is a young man of upright habits, enjoys excellent credit, and with bis a
omitable perseverance and business tact is bound to succeed, ; id
THOMAS J. PAYNE, blacksmith and wagonmaker, came to Kansas, March 18, 1855,
and located at Port Willam, Atchison County, where he resided until 1868, and then re-
moved to Mission Township, Brown County; be remained there until 1874, and was engaged
infarming. He then removed to Hiawatha, where he lived two years and was engaged in
working at his trade. Mr. Payne was Justice of the Peace of Walnut Township, Atchison
County, for six years, having been appoin.ed by Gov. Shannon in 1856. He, was Clerk of
Mission Township, Brown County, three years, aud at presentis Justice of the Peace of Rob-
inson Township. Mr. Payne is a member of the I. O. 0, F., havin been made a member
of Sumner Lodge, No. 7, in 1858. He is at present N. G. of Robinson Lodge, No. 98,
and is serving his second term. Mr, Thomas J. Payne took part in the war of the
Rebellion as a private in Company F, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He was
subsequently promoted to Orderly Sergeant of his company. He enlisted, August 20, 1862,
in Atchison County, and was discharged, October 29, 1864, at Fort Smith, Ark. He was ap-
ointed, October 29, 1864, by the Secretary of War, First Lieutenant of Company B, First
Rewiment, Kansas infantry, colored. He was mustered out of service in August, 1865, at
Little Rock, Ark. He took partin the battles of Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, VanBuren, Honey
Springs, Ark., Jenkins Ferry, Marks Mills and other minor engagements. Mr. Payne was
born fu Brown County, Ohio, March 12, 1830, and lived in his native State until his four-
teenth year, when he moved to Liberty, Clay to., Mo., where he resided until he came to
Kansas. He was married in Clay County, Mo., in July, 1854,to Miss Eliza Eiler, a native
of Missouri. They have nine children,seven of whom are living—Charles Sumner, who
was the first child born in Sumner, Atchison County; he was named vy the Town Company;
he js married to Miss Mary Townsend, a native of Indiana. Jobn A mariel to Miss E}-
yira Terrill, a native of lowa; James W., Annie C., Addie C., Lydia an Thomas J., Jr. r,
Payne is doing a good business in blacksmithing and general repairing; isa No.1 mechanic
and an old Kansas pioneer and one of the squarest men in‘the county.
MOORSE N, PEEK dealer in fresh and cured meals, fish, oysters, etc., was born in St.
Joseph County, Mich., August 5, 1844, and lived in his native. State until bis twentieth year
when he wentto Virginia City, Idaho Territory, where he lived three years and was en-
aged In mining and prospecting. From Idaho he returned to hishome in Michigan, where
fie resided three years, aud was employed as a baggage master on the Michigan Southern
R. R. From there he caine, in the fall of 1871, to Kansas, locating in Robinson, where he has
resided since, He was married tn 1866 in Coldwater, Mich,,to Miss Sarah Brown, a native of
New York. They have one child, a daughter, Vera. Mr. Peek livesin a fine family mansion
in the “Old Town” of Robinson. It is-one of the first houses built in the town, aud was
framed in Cincinnati, Ohio, and brought to Robinson, where it was erected in the early
days of the Territory and was for along time used as ahotel, The house has been vastly
improved since it has come into Mr, Peek’s possession. It contains twelve rooms, with a fine
cellar, and is built on an elevated site overlooking the ew town of Robinson, In addition
to this house, Mr. P, owns another fine, seven-roomed frame dwelling, besides his place of
business of Robinson, He was oue of the losers by the disastrous fire that Swept his fine
town in February, 1882, Josing his shop and contents, ard ice-house, suffering a loss of
$1,000, with noinsurance. He has, however, in a reat measure, recovered from his Joss,
is doing a good business, enjoys excellent credit, and is an honorable, upright business man
anda § G00 neighbor.
YOUNG J. POWELL, farmer, Section 6, Township 3, Range 18, P.O. Robinson, was
vorn in Perry County, Ohio, October 31, 1837, and lived in his native State until his tenth
ear, when his parents removed to Wapello County, lowa, where he resided until Novem-
ber, 1880. when he became a resident of Kansas, Jocatlng in Robinson Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since, He is a member of the Church of the United Brethren,
He took part in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company K, Second Regiment
Iowa Infantry, and enlisted in Ottumwa, lowa, May 28, 1861, and was discharged at Pu-
Jaski, Lenn., December 24, 1863, and re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, De-
cember 25, 1863, and finally discharged at Davenport, lowa, July 12, 1865. He participated
in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Resaca, Dallas, and Atlanta, At the last named en-
gagcement he was severely wounded (from which he suffers to-day), and was taken to the
General Hospital at Marietta, Ga., where he was confined until the next spring, and then re-
joined his regiment at Goldsboro, N.C. He shared in all the marches and battles of Sher-
man’s army,from thence on until the surrender of Gen. Joe Johnston. Mr. Powell was
married in Wapello County, Iowa, September 3, 1865, to Miss Mary E. Aumack, a native
of New Jersey. They have two children—Cora C. and Phoebe P. r. P. has 2 fine upland
farm of eighty acres, all enclosed, aud bas sixty acres in cultivation, the remaining twenty
acres being pasture land. The farm is well supplied with water and consists of springs and
Powell’s branch of the Wolf River flows through the northeast corner of thefarm. There
is asmall orchard and an abundance of small fruits on the farm. The imprcevements con-
sist of a comfortable frame dwelling, stock stable, corn crib, etc. Mr. Powell had forty-five
acres in corn this season, which averaged forty bushelstothe acre. Heis a hard working,
thorough and systematic farmer and is well known for his energy and integrity.
ALFRED RONDEBUSH, farmer and dealer in live stock, Section 5, Township 3, Rage 18,
P. O. Robinson, came to Kansas in the spring of 1869 and Jocated on bis farm in Robinson
Township, Brown County, where he has resided since 1872. He is Clerk of School District No.
26, Brown County, and has been for one term. Heisjsecretary of Robinson Lodge No. 159 A.,
F. & A.M., and a member of the I. 0.0. F. He was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 3,
1850, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in Robinson
‘Township November 21, 1874, to Miss Cornelia Briggs, a native of Luzerne County, Pa.
They have two children living, Eliza and John, Mr. Rondebush owns a fine grain and stock
farm, equally divided between upland and bottom land, which contains 229% acres. It is
mostly enclosed and has eighty acres under cultivation, the remainder being timber land. His
orchard covers one acre and contains fifty young and thrifty apple trees. The water supply
is good, there being a number of fine springs on the farm, one fifty feet from his dwelling.
The unprovements consist of acomfortable five-room frame dwelling-house_ with cellar,
stock barn, two granaries, three corn cribs and other outbuildings. Mr. R. had ten acres in
wheat this year which averaged twenty bushels to the acre, and sixty-five acres in corn
which averaged fifty bushels to the acre. He makes a specialty of feeding and dealing in live
stock; he generally has on hand from 60 to 75 head of cattle aud from 100 to 125 head of
hogs. He ships the most of his stock to Leavenworth markets. He also bas a fine stock of
oultry on hand, included among which are Muscovy ducks, spangled Poland chickens,
ulnea hens, etc, He has a fine lot of Italian bees on his place, comprising about fifty hives.
MARSHAL P, RUSH, dealer in general merchandise, came to Kansas, November 26.
1870, and located in Robinson Township, where he has resided since and carried on busi-
ness. Ie was Clerk of Robinson Township oneterm., Mr. Rush enlisted, early in the war,
in the Missour! Militia and participated in several engagements, He subsequently cutere+l
the,United States service as teamster in the Quartermaster’s Department. He enlisted
April 23, 1863, as a member of Company F, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. at Fort
Scott, anit was mustered out September 380, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth. He took part in the
ba‘tles of Big Blue, Prairle Grove and many minor engagements. Mr, Rush was born in
Cass County, Iud., August 24, 1843, and lived_in his native State till his eleventh year.
when his parents removed to Jasper County, Mo., where he resided, with the exception of
the time he was in the army, till he came to Kansas. Mr. Rush was married in April. 1875.
in Robinson, to Miss Emma G. Brown, a native of New York. Mr. Rush is the senior meni-
ber of the firm of M. P, Rush & Co., which is composed-of himself and Mr. E. C. Brown.
They do a large and extensive business in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, ete, They
ta eit grain. They are doing a safe and thriving business, which is constantly
MRS. EDITH RUSSELL, widow of Dilworth Russell, farmer, Section 22, Township 2,
Range 18, P.O. Robinson. Mr. Russell came to Kansas in September, 1878, and located iu
Barton County, where he resided one and a half years, and from there removed to Robinson
Township, Brown County, where he resided until his death, December 26, 1880. Mr. Rus-
sell was & member of the Society of Friends, He participated in the war of the Rebellion as
a member of Company Bb, Sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted in Ful-
ton County, Ill,, August 7, 1862, and was discharged June 8, 1865, at Camp Harker, Tenn.
He was present at allthe engagements in which his regiment participated, except Stone
River, being then absent on detached duty, among which were the battles of Chickamauga,
Lookout Mountain, Franklin, Nashville and others, Mr. Russell was brave, faithful and
patriotic, and while in the service contracted a disease, consumption, which caused his
death. He was born in Fulton County, Il, November 18, 1843, and lived in his native
State until he came to Kansas. He was married March 15, 1866, in Fulton County, Ill, to
Miss Edith Knock, a native of Illinois. Three children were the fruits of this marriage.
Florence D., Joseph J. and Perry C. Mr. Russell, at the time of his death, owned one of the
finest farms in Brown County. It is owned and operated at present by his widow, athorough
practical business woman. ‘The farm contains 160 acres all enclosed and all under cultiva-
tion, except 30 acres, which is pasture land, The water supply is good. The orchard covers
about two acres and contains 150 bearing apple, 300 peach, 75 cherry, and a few pear and
plum trees. There is also an abundance of small fruits on the farm, The Improvements
are one of the finest family mansions in the county, planned and built by Mrs. Russell since
the death of her husband, contalning seven rooms with cellar. It stands on a commanding
elevation and is surrounded by handsome evergreens and shade trees, with also a smal!
tenement house on the property. The other improvements consist of a small barn, first class
granary, corn crib and other outbuildings, Mrs, Russell has thirty-two acres in wheat this
season, which yi-lded 754 bushels; four acres in oats, which yielded 139 bushels; 58 acres
in corn, which averaged 50 bushels to the acre; and ten acres in timothy which yielded
one and a half tons of hay to theacre.
ENJAMIN P. SLATER, watchmaker and jeweler, came to Kansas in November,
1869, and first located in Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, where he resided ten years and was
engaged in business, From Oskaloosa he went to Chanute, Neasho County, where he lived
BROWN COUNTY.

three years, and from there came to Robinson, where he has resided since. Heis amember
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Slater was Donna
Hopkinton, K. 1., January 25, 1805, and lived in his native state one year when his parents
removed to Eaton, Madison Co, N. Y., where Mr. Slater resided until his twenty-sixth
year. He then removed to Scottsville, N. Y., where he resided one year. From there he
moved to Olean Point, where he lived four years, and from there went to Coudersport, Pa.,
where he lived two years and returned to Steuben County, N. Y., where he lived four years.
From New York he went to Lancaster County, Pa, where he lived nine years, and’ from
there returned to Steuben County, N. Y., where he resided this time five years. From there
he removed to Erie, Pa., where he resided nine years, and from there came to Kansas. Mr.
Slater has been married three timés, The first marriage took place in Madison County, N.
Y., in 1829, to Miss Philantha Moore, a native of New York. By this marriage he had one
child, a daughter, Amelia O., married to Mr, Babbitt, a native of New York. The second
marriage took place in Olean Point, N. Y., in 1837, to Miss Martha Gelatt, a native of New
York, By this warriage he had five children, three of whum are living, Charles P., Marian,
married to Mr. Whitney, a native of New York, and Sarah. The third marriage took
lace in Erie, Pa., in 1863, to Mrs. Deborah Malvina Blackman, a native of New York.
three chiluren were the fruits of this marriage—Myrtie, Ella Nette, aud Perry Ulysses.
Mr. Slater isa skillful mechanic, and as he is the only one of his trade in the town of Rob-
inson, he is always kept busily employed. f
F, SMITH, farmer, stock and fruit raiser, southwest of Section 34, Township 2,
Range 18, P. O. Robinson, was born in County Kildare, Irelana, January 12, 1833, and
lived in his uative country till his fourth year, when he was brought to America by his
uncle and aunt, who located in Providence, R.I. Mr. Smith resided in that city until 1854
and then went to New Orleans where he resided two years, and from there went to Chilli-
cothe, Ohio, where he resided three years, and from there after a short stay in Logan
County, Ohio, went to Shelbyville, Ill, where he resided three years, andfrom there came

to Kansas, first Locating on the 5th day of. February, 1860, inthe city of Leavenworth. He.

remained in this city ashorttime and then went to the mountains, where he staid six
months and was eugaged in mining and prospecting. He then returned to Lexington, Mo.,
where he resided until 1861 and then returned to Leavenworth where he was inthe employ
of the government until the fall of 1862. He then removed to Robinson Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. He isa member of the Church of the United Brethren.
He was married in Saline County, Mo., in 1860, to Miss M. J. Coates, a native of Missouri.

They have four children living whose names are: Jeanette Engeuia, Louisa Catherine, .

James Edward, William Henry. Mr. Smith has achoice farm of 162 acres, mostly first
and second bottom land, It is all enclosed with substantial fences. Hehas eighty acres in
cultivation, the remainder being DASLUTE and timberland. The water supply is excellent
and consists of fine springs and brooks. The improvements consist of a five-roomed
frame dwelling house, stock stable, granary, corn crib, etc. He had sixty acres in corn this
season, which averaged fifty bushels tothe acre. He cut sixty tons of prairie hay from
thirty acres of land. His orchard covers fiveacres anid contains 300 apple, 1,000 peach,
and a few cherry trees. Mr. 8S. feeds on an average half a car load of steers, and a car
load of hogs each year. There is a fine bedof coal, and any quantity of the best quality of
blue limestone on the farm, 7

JOHN F, SPICKELMIER, dealer in groceries, boots, shoes and clothing, came to Kan-
sas in May, 185%, located at Kast Tennessee Creek, Nemaha County, where he resided
one year and from there removed to Boonesboro, Boone Co., Iowa, where be resided
until 1868, when he returned to Kansas and located at Clintonville, Brown County, where
he resiued two years, From there he went to Colorado where he was engaged iu freight-
ing, mining and prospecting. He remained in Coloracto until 1873, when he again returned
to Kansas, locating this time near Robinson, Brown Count), where he lived seven years and
was engaged in farming. Hethen removed to Robinson, where he engaged in business
and where he resides at present. He wasbornin Boone County, lowa, August 18, 1855,
and lived in his native State until he was two years of age, when his parents removed to
Kansas. He was married iu September, 1877, in Brown County, to Miss Minerva Gilmore,
a native.of Missouri. They have two children—Claude E., aud Estella Maud. Mr. Spick-
elmier is a young a: d enterprising business man and does.a large and safe trade and
possesses the esteem and confidence of bis patrons and neighbors.

G. M. STILES, farmer aud fruit grower, Section 2, Township 3, Range 18, P.O. Robin-
son, was born in Cincinnati, Obio, Feuruary 8, 1826, and lived in his native State- until the
age of six wonths when his parents removed to Ripley County, Ind., where Mr, Stites lived
until April, 1859, when he became a resident of Kausas, locating in Robinson Township,
Brown County, where he has resided since. He was Treasurer of Robinson Township one
term. He took partin the last war as a member of Company C, Major Pope’s Independent
Battalion of Kausas Militia; enlisted at Robinson in the fall of 1864, served fifteen days
and was discharged at Lawrence. He was married November 9, 1848, in Lawrenceburg, Ind.,
to Miss Sarah Round, a native of Worcester County, Maryland. Shedied October 29, 1881.
Mr. S. is the father of sixchildren, whose names are: Eudora, married to Henry Kertwell,
aresideut of Washington Township, Brown County, and a native of Massachusetts; Mary
Jane, married to E. B. Gatchell, P. M., of Leona, Doniphan County, a native of Ohio; .
Franklin, married to Miss Florence Van Hook, a native of Indiana; Celestine, married to
Elisha Terrill, a native of Iowa; Ezekiel, a native of Kansas, and Martha Calista, also born
inthis State. Mr. Stites has a choice grain and fruit farm, mostly upland, containing
eighty-four acres. Itis all enclosed with substantial fences, and is all in cultivation. The
orchard is one of the finest in the county, covers twenty-five acres, and contains 1,055 ap-
ple, 1,000 peach aud a large number ot pear, plum and cherry trees. Small fruits, among

which are blackberries. strawberries and grapes, abound inthe greatest profus on. There ,

is an abundance of living water on the farm ofa good quality. ‘The improvements consist
of a comfortable and cosy frame dwelling, frame barn 20x40, wagon shed, corn crib, ete. Mr,
S. raises 400 bushels of apples, 500 bushels of peaches, fifty to seventy-five bushels of
otatoes, 1,500 to 2,000 bushels of corn. and forty to fifty head of Berkshire hogs annually.
White Eagle School House, No. 7, an elegant structure, is built on land that was once a por-
tion of Mr. 8.’s farm;it was erected inthe fall of 1869, atacost of very nearly $1,60... It
is comfortably furnished aud has a seating capacity of 100. This building is also used fur
church purposes by the members of the Congregationalist faith, Rev. Daniel Kloss, pastor.
Miss Mary Palmer, a graduate of one of the St. Sosep lt, Mo., institutions of learning, has
charge of the school at present. Mr. Stites is one ofthe intelligent, progressive and success-
ful farmers of this country, and speaks highly of this beautiful rezion of the State,
CHARLES A. TEAGUE, farmer and fruit-raiser, Section 28, Township 2, Range 18,
P. O. Robinson, was born in Forsythe. County, N. C., January 19, 1853, and Jived in bis na-
tive State until 1859, when his parents removed to Wayne County, Ind. They lived there
six years, and then inoved to De Witt County, Ill., where they lived eighte n months, and
from Illinois to Ripley County, Mo.; they remained there ashort time, and then returned
to Nortu Carolina, where they lived three years. On the 28th day of March, 1870, they
came to Kansas, locating near White Cloud, where they resided two years and from there
removed to Robinson Township, Brown County, where Mr. Teague lias lived since. Heisa
meinber of the Baptist Church, He was married in Robinson, Brown County, February 20,

1876, to Miss Annie May Hughes, a .ative of Brown County, Kausas. They have two chil-.

dren—Cornelius Lawrence, born October 7, 1877, and Orval Elwood, born June 19, 1881.
Mr, Teague is the bappy owner of a choice upland farm, containing eighty acres, situated on
the Highland and. Hiawatha road, equidistant (seven milesfrom, both places), and three
miles from the thriving town of Kobinson. Ititailenclosed bya handsome hedge and all
under cultivation except eight acres, which is pasture land. The water supply is good and
consists of wells and spring branches. The orchard covers four acres and contains 500
apple and 200 peach trees. Mr. I. raises from 300 to 400 bushels of wheat, 150 to 200 bu: h-
els of oats and 1,500 to 2,500-bushels of corn yearly; keeps half a dozen head of stock cattle,
ten to fifteen head of stock hogs, anda couple of horses. The improvements are good and
consist of a neat and comfortable frame owelling. stock stable, granary, corn crib, etc. Mr.
Teague is a young, intelligent and enterprising farmer anda good citizen. _

( A. TERRILL, butcher and dealer in smoked meats, etc., came to Kansas in April, 1856,
and Jocated in Robinson Township, where he resided one year and then returned to Wapello
County, Lowa, where he lived abuut two years and then went to Pike’s Peak, where he was
engaged in mining, and remained one summer, and then returned to Iowa, where he re-
sided a short time and then entered the Union Army asa member of Company B, Thirty-
sixth Regiment Iowa Infantry. He was enlisted August 3, 1862, at Christiansburg, Iowa,
and was discharged at Davenport, Iowa, in April, 1865. He took part in the attack on Fort
Pemberton, the Lallahatchie expedition, and other minor engagements. After his discharge
from the service he returned to Lowa, where -he lived about four years and then went to
Shannon County, Mo., where he remained one year_and then again returned to Wapello
County, Iowa, where he remained until he came to Kansas. He is a firm and consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been for thirty-four years. He is also
a member of Robiuson Lodge, No. 98, 1. 0. O. F., and is at present treasurer of bis lodge.
Mr. Terrill was born in Dearborn County, Iud., February 8. 1829, and lived in his native

- State until his twenty-first year, when he removed to Iowa. He was married August 12,
1850, in Dearborn County, Lud., to Miss Marilla A. Parsons, a native of Indiana. They have
five children living: Lola, married to Samuel Cameron, a resident of Lee County, Iowa, and
a native of Ohio; James Henry, married to Sarah Huckett, a native of Kausas; Marcus
Thayer, married to Lutetia Hughes, a native of Kansa»; Alvira, married to John Payne, a
native of Kansas, and William Allen. Mr. Terrill doesa thriving business in his line, is an
honorable Christian gentleman and is much respecte by hisfellow townsmen. |

ELISHA J. TERRILL, senior memver of the tirm of Terrill & Cook, dealers in grocer-
ies, provisions, queensware, boots, shoes, etc., came to Kansas in dune, 1857, and located in
Brown County, where he has since resided. He was born in Wapello County, Iowa, Septem-
ber 8, 1853, atid lived in his native State until bis third year when his parents removed to
Kansas,of which State he has ever since been 2 resident. He was married in 1877 in Brown
County, to Miss Celestine Stites, a native of Indiana. They haye one child, a daughter,

* at Steubenville, Ohio. He was married in Carrollton, Ohio, September 6, 1

73!

Alice. The firm of which Mr. Terrill isa member, do a large and thriving business, which
is dally increasing. sb

Cc. F, TRAPP, farmer, Section 16, Township 3, Range 18, P. O. Robinson, was born in
Jackson County, Mo., June 7, 1841, and resided in his native county but a short time when
his parents removed to Andrew County in the same State, where he lived until his twenty-
secoud year; and in March, 1863, he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Robinson
Towuship, Brown County, where he has resided since. He wa: Constable of Robinson
Lowuship four terms aud trustee of the same township three years. He took part in the
last war as a member of Company C., Maj. Pope’s Independent Battalion, Kansas Militla,
and enlisted in Robinson in the fall of 1864, served fourteen days and was discharged in
Kansas City. He was married in Andrew County, o., in May, 1860, to Miss Mary Cc.
Capps, a native of Mississippi. They have eight children living—William N., Mary E.. John
¥., Frances A., Alexauder C., Horace Greeley, Martin Edwin and Martha Bell. Mr. Trapp
owns asmall but choice farm of forty acres. Itis all enclosed with substantial fences and
has twenty-five acres of tillable land, the balaace being pasture and timber land. The farm
is well watered and is improved by a comfortable dwelling, sto’ k stable, orchards, etc., etc.
Mr, Trapp in addition to his farm cultivates sixty acres ot rented land and raises from 300
to 500 bushels of wheat, 500) bushels of oats, and about 1,500 to 2,000 bushels of corn yearly.
He has a fine bed of semi-bituminous coal on his farm which he operates, the output of
which amounts to from 4,000 to 5,000 bushels each winter. Thecoal is sold in Robinson and
vicinity. In connection with his eldest son, William N., he operates a New Massillon, Ohio,
thresher. He threshed for farmers only living in Robinson Township, Brown County, with
one or two exceptions, the past season, 14,000 bushels of wheat and rye, and about 10,000
bushels of oats. Mr. Trapp is a thorough-going practical busiuess man as well as farmer,
and has the respect and confidence of his patrons and neighbors.

GEORGE W. ULSH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 34, Township 2, Range 18. P. O.
Robinson, was born in Marion County, Ohio, February 3, 1834, and lived 1n his native State
until the spring of 1861, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Robinson Town-
ship, where he has resided since, He isa member of the Congregational Church. He was
Overseer of Road, District No. 1, Robinson Township, for three terms, He was married in
Marion County, Ohio, August 17, 1854, to Miss Mary J. Harper, a native of Ohio; they have
six children living whose names are: John C., married to Miss Laura Thuma, a native of
Ohio; Thomas C., Silas M., Altie L., Aura E. and Frederic W. Mr. Ulsh has a fine upland
farm of 160 acres all enclosed and all in cultivation except seventy acres, which is timber
and pasture land. The water supply is excellent and consists of wells and springs, and
Ulsh’s branch of Wolf River flowilg through the eastern portion of the farm. The orchard
covers two acres and is well supplied with apple, peach, pear and pluin trees; there is also
an abundance of small fruits and grapes on the property. The improvements consist of a
comfortable seven-roomed frame dwelling house surrounded by handsome shade trees and
evergreens, a large frame barn 16x33, with sheds on the east side; granary, corn crib, and
other outbuildings. Mr. Ulsh had fourteen acres in fall wheat this season, which averaged
tweuty bushels to the acre; twenty acres in oats, which averaged forty bushels, and seventy
acres incor, which averaged forty-five bushels to the acre. e cut eight acres of clover
this season which averaged three tons totheacre. Mr. Ulsh jis one of the prosperous go.
ahead farmers of Brown County, and with the able assistance of his sons farms not only his
own land but 400 acres in addition of rented land in his vicinity.

WILLIAM.H. VAN HOOK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 25, Town 2, Range 18,
P.O. Highland, Doniphan County, came to Kansas in September, 1871, Jocating on his farm
in Robinson Township, where hé has resided since. He has been a member o the Board of
School District No. 20.Brown County, tor seven years. Mr. Van Hook was born in Harrison
County, Ky., April 3, 1828, and lived in his native State until his seventh year, when his
parents removed to Montgomery County, Ind., where Mr. Van Hook lived, with the excep-
tion of four anda half years spent in Iowa, until he came té6 Kansas. He was married in
Montgomery County, Ind., in 1851, to Miss Martha Ann Moore, a native of Indiana. They
have nine children fiving—Laura A., Fannie (inarried to Tilford J. Prewett, anative of Ken-
tucky and a resident of Cowley County, Kan.), James Darwin, Loretta A, (married to Solo-
mon Jameson, a native .of Indiana and aresident of Nebraska), Florence B. (married to
Frank Stites, a native.of Indiana and a resident of Nebraska), Fred, Nellie, Kate, and George
Edward. r. Van Hook has a fine upland farm of 420 acres, all inclosed, of which 300
acres are in cultivation, the remaining 120 acres being pastureland. His farm is supplied
with water by a nuinber of excellent springs and wells. The improvements are all first-
class, and cousist of a handsome cottage, containing nine rooms and cellar, surrounded by
haudsome evergreens, and a large grove of native trees which cover six acres; lage stock
stable, cattle sheds, granary, etc. ‘The orchard covers fouracres, and has 200 apple and 400

 

peach trees. Mr. Van Hook’ had fifty acres in wheat this season, which averaged twenty -

four bushels tothe acre; thirty acres of rye, which averaged twenty bushels; and sixty
acres in corn, which averaged forty bushels to the avre. e also cut on his farm an‘! put
up 10U tons of timothy and clover hay this season. Mr. Van Hook’s farm is well adapted for
stock-raising, and he is now making preparations to go into the business of raising Polled
Scotch cattle ou an extensive scale. He vow has on his farm fifty young bulls and heifers of
this famous breed. At the head of the herd is the superb young thoroughbred Polled Scotch
bull, “Jay Gould,” whose sire was ‘Badger Boy,” No. 296, bred by Peter Davy, of Dodge
County, is., which. for superior individual traits, is perhaps the finest animal ever brought
into the county. There are also sume very handsome grade cows and heifers in the herd,
which altogether is an honor to the breeder and to Brown County. Mr. Van Hook recog-
nizes the fact that the Polled’ Scotch are the coming breed of cattle for be West, and will
build up a large and choice herd of this breed. He will be assisted in his lavors by his eld-
est son, James Darwin, to whom he has given an interest in this business. “

MARCELLUS VAN WINKLE, plasterer and brick-layer, came to Kansas, January,
1881, and located at Robinson, where he has since resided, He is a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. He was born in Hancock County, IlL., February 17, 1856, and lived
in his native State until 1868, when his parents r “moved to Johnson County, Neb., where
Mr. Van Winkle lived until he came to Kansas. He was married in Johnson County, Neb.,
November 17, 1875, to Miss Sarah Berg, a native of Germany. They have two children—
Mittie May Bell and Minnte. Mr. Van Winkle carries on business extensively for himself,
and is wel] known as a practical mechanic and a thorough master of his trade. _

JOHN WHIBLING, proprietor of billiard hall, came to Kansas in the spring of 1861,
and located in Robinson Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He was
born in Andrew County, Mo., August 14, 1857, and lived in his native State until he came to
Kansas. Mr. Weibling was married ip 1874, at Robinson, to Miss Cella Odle, a native of
Illinois; she died in 1877; one daughter was the result of this marriage—Lillie; she died in

877.

SIMG£O0N WESTFALL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 27, Township 2, Range 18, P.
O. Robinson, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, September 10, 1836, and lived in his native
State until January, 1857, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Franklin
County. where helived nine months, and then returned to his Ohio home, where he resided
until the fal] of 1879, when he returned to Kansas, locating in Robinson Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. Heisamember of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and of Robinson Lodge, No. 159. A., F. & A.M. He took Rat in the War of the Rebellion
asa member of Company A, Fifty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was en-
listedin Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, in the summer of 1862, and_was discharged
1 859, to Miss Lydia
A. Williams, a native of Ohio, They have four children—George Williams, Milton Edwin, Ida
Florence and Mina Victoria. Mr, W. is the fortunate owner of a choice upland farm of 160
acres. Itis all enclosed with substantial fences, and has 130 acres in cultivation, the re-
mainder being pastureland. The water supply is good and consists of wells and spring
brauches. Theorchard is young and thrifty and contains 100 apple and 175 peach and a
few cherry trees. There isalso an abundance of small fruits on the place, consisting of
grapes, strawberries and raspberries. On the north and south sides of the dwelling is a
magnificent grove of native timber, containing about 1,000 cottonwood and sycamore trees.
The improvements are first-class, and consist of a comfortable and cozy dwelling, stock
stable, corn crib, etc. Mr. W. raises from 500 to 600 bushels of wheat, 300 to 400 bushels
of oats, 100 to 150 bushels of rye, and 2,000 to 2.500 bushels of corn; keeps 20 to 25 head of
stock cattle, 40 to 50 head of stock hogs, and half a dozen horses. He is one of the practical,
progressive And prosperous farmers of Brown County, and is a good citizen and neighbor,

D. P. WILLIAMS, proprietorof Fairview Farm, Section 32, Township 2, Range 18, P.
Q. Robinson, was born in Allen County, Ky., February 15, 1828, and liveu in his vative
State until bis fourth year, when his parents removed to Greene County, Ind., where they
resided ten years, and then removed to Montgomery County, Iil., where Mr. W. lived until
he was twenty-two years old, and then removed to Macoupin County in the same State,
where he lived four years, aud was engaged in farming. From there he removed to Chris-
tian County in the same State, where he resided ten years and was engaged in farming. In
March, 1865, he left Illinois and came to Kansas, locating in Brown County, where he has
resided since. He was Commissioner of Brown County oueterm. He was mariied February
10, 1850,in Montgomery County, 1I1l..to Miss Mahala Bussell,a native of Tennessee. They have
four children living—Sarah C., John H., Hiram J., and William A. Mr, Williams built the
first flouring millin Brown County. It was the first building erected in Robinson, and did
a thriving trade until it was destroyed by fire. Mr. Williams’ farin lies adjacent to, and
overlooks the town of Robinson, and contains 320 acres. He is an enterprising farmer,
and has good buildings, good fences, good springs and running brooks; grows 5,000 to 7,-
000 bushels of corn, 2000 bushels of wheat, and 500 bushels of oats; feeds 125 Poland pigs,
and 30 to 60 steers; keeps a small herd of stock cattle, and sells $100 worth of butter every
year, and though born inthe blue-grass region of Kentucky, pronounces this the best

country oF hig know edge. ‘ -

WILLIAM A. WOLFE, farmer and stock-raiser, northwest half of Section 5, Township
3, Range 18, P. O. Robiuson, was born in Morgan County, Ill., February 15, 1835, and lived
in his natiye State until his twenty-second year, when he removed to Dunn County, Wis,,
732 :

and was engaged for eight years in running a double rotatory saw-mill. From Wisconsin,
he came, in 1873, to Kansas, locating in Robinson Township, Brown County, where he has
resided since, He was married in Christian County, Lil., in 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Traugh-
ber, a native of Illinois, They have had three children, two of whom are living—Joseph-
ine died in April, 1879; John and James. Mr. Wolfe is one of the hard working Demo-
cratic farmers of Brown County, and is noted for his straightforwardness in dealing in
business matters. His word is as good as his bond. 5
JOHN C. WOOD, member of the firin of Wood Bros. & Co., dealers in lumber, coal, live
stock and grain, canie to Kansas Octover 13, 1881, locating at Robinson, where he has since
resided. eisa strict and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is
well known for his Christiau character, fair dealing and
Mr. Wood was born in Albany County, N, Y., March 25, 1835, and lived in his native coun-
ay until he was two years of age, when his parents removed to Cayuga County, N. Y.,
where he resided until he was twenty-two years of age, when he removed to ‘Pawnee
County, Neb., where he lived until the spring of 1864, aud was engaged in farming. He
then went to the mountains, where he remained two and a half years, and was engaged tn
mining. Hethen returned to Nebraska, where he resided untii he came to Kansas. He
was married in Pawnee County, Neb., in April, 1870, to Miss M. L. Haywood, a native of
~Ohio. They have four children—Edgar N., Myrou W., Kate E.and Edith A. Mr, Wood
keeps the books for his firm, which is composed of N.8., J. C.and M. H. Wood. They do an
extensive business in shipping grain, live stock, lumber and building material. They ship
on an average a car load of live stock every week throughout the year. They buy their
lumber and building material from first hands in the lumber districts of the Northwest,and
are consequeutiy able to compete in prices with any retail firm west of the Missouri

iver. :

JOSEPH V. WORK, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Robinson, was born near Chambersburgh
Franklin Co., Penn., July 12, 1829. During the early portion of his life, was employe at
farming and clerking in a general merchandise store. When t
removed to Tazewell County, Ill. Here he inarried, in the spriu
Wooden, who was bornin New Jersey. In May of the same‘year, Mr. Work came to Kan-
sas, and located on the farm where he now resides. This was then wild, unbroken prairie
land, consisting of 140 acres; but by industry and a great deal vf-hard labor, Mr, Work has
transformed it into a fertile, well improved farm,outlined with a beautiful hedge fence, He
has a large orchard, from whicb ke will realize this year over 250 bushels of apples and 300
bushels of peaches. The buildings consist of a good two story frame house, barn 32x50, and
smaller paildings, such as granaries, etc., necessary on a well regulated farm.

JOHN WYNKOOP, blacksmith and wheelwright,came to Kansas in February, 1865, and
located at Wathena. He moved from Wathena to Robinson, where he has since resided, He
isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also of Robinson Lodge No. 158, A.,F. &
&: M, and Robinson Lodge No, 98 I. 0.0. F.. Mr, Wynkoop parttcipated in the War of the

ebellion as a member of Company C, First California Cavalry. He enlisted at Fol-
som, Cal., in August, 1861, and was mustered out at Las Cruses, New Mexico, September
7, 1864. His regiment did duty in Arizona and New Mexico and’ Western Texas, and was
principally employed against the hostile Indian tribes. He participated in the battles of

ino Alto, Deadman’s Hole and numerous other engagemen's. He was born in Cass County,
Ind., January 1,1837. Helived in his native State but a short time when his parents re-
moved to Franklin County, Ohio, where Mr. Wynkoop resided until bis nineteenth year
when he removed to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he resided two years, then went to
Sacramento County, Cal., where he resided until he entered the United States Arm , after
his discharge from the service he went to Fort Union, N. M., where he lived three
months and was in the Government employ working at his trade; atthe expiration of his
time he came to Kansas. Li
Hayes, a native of Ohio. They have four children living, whose names are: Sheridan, Eliza
E., Minnie Florence and Charles. Mr. Wynkoop is well known by his fellow townsmen as a
first class mechanic and has all the work he can do, and is highly spoken of by his neigh-

wenty-one years old, he
of 1869, Miss Emma

ors.

DAVID D. WORK, farmer aud stock-raiser, Section 21, Township 2, Range 18, P. O.
Robinson, was born in Mercersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., June 24, 1837, and lived in his native
State until his tenth year when his parents moved to Tazewell County, IH., where Mr. W.
lived until the spring of 1872, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Robinson
Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He was married March 80, 1875, in
Brown County, to Miss Catharine Dansberger, a native of Bavaria, Germany. They have
two children, Charles Edmund and Margaret Ellen. Mr. Work,owns a valuable upland
farm of 160 acres, nearly all surrounded by a handsome Osage orange hedge. It has ninety
acres under cultivation, the remainder being meadow aud pasture land. In front of his
handsome dwelling is a young and thrifty orchard, which contains 100 apple and 300 peach
trees. There is also an abundance of small fruit on the place. The farm is well watered by
springs and wells, The improvements are first class in every particular. ard consist of a
new frame dwelling, containing four rooms and cellar, a new and convenient trame barn,
18x36, corn cribs, zyranary, Smokehouse, etc. Mr. Work raises from 75 to 100 bushels of
wheat, 200 to 300 bushels of oats, 1,500 to 2,000 bushels of corn yearly. Keeps 20 tu 25 head
of stock cattle, 40 to 50 head of stock hogsand 7 head of horses and mules. He isa live
entergetic and intelligent farmer, a good citizen anda popular gentleman in the community
in which he lives. ‘

IRVING TOWNSHIP.
* This township was’one of the earliest of the county to receive settlement,
and is now thickly peopled with a prosperous community, though having no
towns, or even villages, within its borders. The first settlers were Solomon
McCall and L. Ashley, who located March 13, 1855. The only postoffice in
the township at present writing (January, 1883), is that of Mount Roy. This
office was established September 2, 1857, with Shelton Duff as the first Post-
master. There are several schoolhouses in the township. That in District
No. 8 is generally believed to have been the first built in the county. The town-
ship has always taken much interest in schools, and one at least of its schools is
deserving of mention.

Heckler Schoolhouse, District No. 35, Brown County, was erected in 1869,
at a cost of $1,200. It is well furnished, has a seating capacity of fifty, and is
a handsome frame structure. The first school officers were elected March 16,
1868, and consisted of Henry J. Heckler, Director; J. W. Bowman, clerk, and
Abel Hodge, Treasurer. The officers at present consist of the following named
gentlemen: George Klinéfelter, Director; Thos. A. Dunn, Clerk, and H.
Clay Plotner, Treasurer. The building is also used asa church and Sunday
school. An Methodist Episcopal congregation, Rev. E. K. Jones, pastor, hold
services here on alternate Sabbaths, and a Union Sunday school occupy the
building weekly. The latter organization owns a fine toned Mason & Hamlin
organ.

: The average daily attendance of the day school is thirty-eight, and accord-
ing to the last report of the Superintendent of Public Schools of Brown County,
L. H. Smyth, Esgq., it isin point of morals and good government, one of the
best in the county, reflecting great credit on the school officers and the efficient
teacher, Mr. Daniel R. Mercer.

Hill Top Schoolhouse, Districi No, 8, Brown Oounty, is built on what was once a portion
of Mr. Idol’s farm. Itis a frame structure and was erected in 1870 at a cost of $2,000. It
has a seating capacity of seventy-five and is well furnished with all the modern school fur-
niture. The first school officers were—Dr. H. F. Macey, director; M. B. Bowers, treasurer,
and 8S. B. Sloan, clerk. The present officers are—J. M. Idol, director; Oliver Dimmock, trea-
surer, and B. F. Goodwin, clerk. Mr. Wilbur A. Jaques is the teacher at present in charge of
the school. The daily attendance is forty. Besides the ordinary studies pursued in district
schools the following branches are taught at Hill Top; Civil government, book keeping,
physiology and algebra, This school has had the honor of furnishing several first class in-
structors to Brown County, and who are now engaged in teaching in her public schools.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ALBERT E, BEACH, farmer, Section 9, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. White Cloud,
Doniphan County, was born in Ontario County, N. Y,, August 3, 1842, but left his native
State at an eariy age with his parents, who removed to Scott Township, Ogle Co., Ill., where
Mr. B. resided twenty-nine years and was engaged in farming Iu the fall of 187% he re-
moved from Illinois to Kansas, locating in Lyon County, near Emporia, where he resided

eneral uprightness of character. .

He was married in Wathena, in September, 1865, to Miss N.J.°

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

but one year, and in 1873 removed to Butler County, near Eldorado, where he was engaged
in farming and freighting and where he resided until 1881, when he removed to living
Township Brown County, and where he has resided since. He was married, August 6,
1864, in Rockford, IL, to Miss Sarah A, Barnes, a native of Pittsburgh, Penn. They have six
children living, whose names are: Lilly M. (married to Matthew Noble, a native of Edgar
County, Ill., aid a resident of Brown County); Walter Eugene, Willie H., Harry Lee, Carrie
Alice Céwins) and Cora Maud. Mr. Beach owns a choice upland farm of forty acres. It is
all enclosed and all in cultivation. The water supply is good and consists of a number of
fine springs and a good well. The improvements are a comfortable and cosy frame dwel-
ling, containing six rooms, stock stable, good granary, etc., etc, Mr, B. is a thorough prac-
tical farmer, aud believes that a smail farm, well tilled, is.better than a large one, half cul-
tivated. His oats, this season, averaged seventy -five busbels to the acre, and his corn fifty-
five bushels. Mr. Beach stands high in the community in which he lives and is known for
his sterling good sense and integrity. 3 =

ALEXANDER W. BELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 19, Township 1, Range 18,
Pp. O. Hiawatha, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, October 20, 1836, and lived in his native
State until his twenty-second year, when he removed to Buchanan County, Mo., where he
resided until August, 1861, when he returned to his uative county in Ohio, where he entered
the Union army as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry. He served until the close of the war and was discharged at Camp Chase,
Columbus, Ohio, June 30, 1865. He took part in the battles of Winchester, Mine Run, Wil-
derness Campaign, Monocacy Junction, Md, Sheridan’s Campaign inthe Valley, siege of,
and battle, of around Petersburg, and in all the engagements previous and up to the surren-
der of Lee’sarmy. Mr. B. was wounded three times in the service, once severely at Mine
Run in 1863. After nis discharge from the a1my he returned to his Ohio home, staid a short
time and then went to St. Joseph, Mo., where he resided until March, 1879, when he be-
came a Tesidentof Kansas, locating in Irving Township. Brown County, where he has re-
sided since. Heisamember of Hiawatha Post, No. 130,G.A.R. He is Treasurer of Iry-
ing Township. He was married November 29, 1866, in Buchanan County, Mo., to Miss
Catherine Hersh, a native of Missouri. They have four children living—Oscar Edward,
Lizzie J,, Martin A. and James H. Mr. Bell owns a splendid upland farm of 144 acres, en-
closed by very nearly two miles of handsome hedge and well supplied with cross fences: 100
acres are under cultivation, the remainder being meadow and pasture land. The supply of
water is abundant and consists ofa number of fine springs and two good wells. The orch-
ard contains 165 bearing apple, ‘00 peach and a number of pear and cherry trees, The im-
provements are first-class and comprise a comfortable and cozy home, with six rooms, sur-
rounded by hand-ome shrubbery and shade trees, a frame barn, 28x30 feet, wagon shed,

ranary, corn crib, smoke-house, etc., etc. Near the dwelling is a magnificent grove of na~
Bre timber, which contains about 600 maple and cottonwood trees. Mr. Bell raises yearly
from 300 to 350 bushels of wheat, 200 bushels of oats and 3,500 bushels of corn; keeps ten
to fifteen head of stock cattle, fifty head of stock hogs and a half a dozen head of horses. He
ig a man of large and liberal views, a thorough farmer and a popular citizen.

Cc. F. BOWRON, D., farmer, Section 35, Township 1, Range18, P, O. White Cloud,
Doniphan County, was born in Clint n County, N. Y., near the site of the battle ground of
Plattsburg, January 21, 1814, and lived in his native State until his twenty-first year. He
then removed to what is now Morrow County, Ohio, where he commenced reading medicine
with Drs. Roberts and Carey, eminent and well-known practitioners of Mount Gilead in
this county. After reading medicine with these gentlemen for a period of about three
years, he attended lectures a' the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, graduating
at this institution in 1848. He then comineuced the practice of his profession in Morrow
County, Ohio, where he resided about six mouths, and then removed to Champaign County
in the same State, where he resided nearly twelve years, and practiced bis profession. In
the fall of 1851, he removed to Oregon, Holt Co., Mo., where he resided untill May, 1857,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating near Troy, Doniphan County, where he re-
sided eighteen months, and then returned to Oregon, Mo., where he resided this time until
the spring of 1862, when he returned to Kausas,and located in Irving Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. Heisa member of the Methouist Episcopal Church.
He has been Comunissioner of Brown County four years, and was a memberof the House of
the Kansas Legislature, session of 1872-73, He was married in Delaware. County, Ohio, in
1840, to Miss Jane Foster, a native of Ohio. They have seven children living, whose names
are—Jacob W. (married to Miss Ella Roberts, a native of Lllinois), Samuel (married to Miss
Mattie Hershey, a native of Illinois), James, Phoebe, Darl, Fletcher and Mary. After a prac-
tice of ten years in Brown County, in addition to the number of years he practiced in othe
States, Dr. B, retired from the practice of his profession, owing: to ill-health, and devoted
his entire attention tothe management of his fine 400-acre farm, on the Hiawatha an
White Cloud road, being situated seven miles from the latter place. The farm is enclosed
by substantial fences, is well watered by a number of the finest springs in the county, has

‘ood improvemen s, splendid orchards, and is in a good state of cultivation. Dr. B. raises
rom 500 to 600 bushels of wheat, 500 to 750 bushels of oats, 6,000 to 8,000 bushels of corn,
keeps 25 to 50 head of stock cattle, 50 to 75 stock hogs, and 15 to 20 horses, among which are
some fine road horses. Dr. Bowron is one of the leading farmers, and a man of considera-
ble personal influence in his section.
REDERICK BURKHALTER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, Township 2, Range
18, P. O. Robinson, came to Kansas in the winter of 1856, locating at lowa Point, Doniphan
County, where he lived seventeen years, and was engaged in the butchering business.
From lowa Point he removed to his farm in Irving Township, Brown County, where he has
resided since. He was amember of the Board of School District, No. 61, Brown County,
for threeterms. He isa member of the Lutheran Church. He took partinthe War of the
Rebellion as First Lieutenant of Ninth Regiment of Militia, and enlisted in Troy in the fall
of 1861, served two months and was discharged at Troy on the 26th day of June, 1862. Mr.
B. enlisted in Company F, Second Regiment, United States Regular Infantry; this regiment
was sent to California, going “round the Horn,” and arrived in California, July 8, 1849.
He served with his Tepiment participating in several indian fights, until June 26, 1853,
when he was mustered out, After his discharge from the army, he was employed in the
Quartermaster’s Department, United States Army, at Benic’a, Cal., for one year; he thenre-
turned to Muskingum County, Ohio, where he remained until he came to Kansas. Mr.
Burkhalter was born near Falzburg, Gerinany, August 3, 1829, aud lived in his native State
until his nineteenth year, when he 1minigrated to America, and located at Creston, Ohio,
where he lived nearly ayear, From Creston he removed to Cincinnati, where he remained
but a short time, and then went to Pittsburgh, Penn.; from there he returned to Cincinnati,
remaining a short time, and then went to Newport Barracks, Ky., where he enlisted in the
United States Army, He was married in Iowa Point, Doniphan County, in May, 1868, to
Miss Matilda Wilson, a native of Missouri. They have seven children living Louis,
Sophie, Frederic, Jr., George, Katie, Nellie and Carrie. Mr. Burkhalter has a fine upland
farm of 240 acres, all enclosed, and all under cultivation except seventy acres, which 1s
pasture land, The water supply is good, and consists of wells and springs. The orchard
covers one acre, and contains thirty peach and seventy-five apple trees. 6 improvements
consist of a comfortable six-roum frame dwelling house, new large frame barn, granary,
corn crib, etc. Mr. Burkhalter had thirty-six acres in wheat this season, which yielded 980
bushls; elght acres in rye, which yielded 200 bushels; four acres in oats, which yielded
150 bushels; 105 acres in corn, which averaged fifty bushels tothe acre, Mr. B. is athrifty
practical farmer, and a square, manly man, who entertains a very high opinion of the sec-
Uon of the county he has settled in.

HERMIS CHAMPLIN, farmer, Section 21 ‘Pownehtp 2, Range 18, P.O. Robinson, was
born In McLean County, Ill, May 22, 1849, and lived in his native State until his eighteenth
year, when he removed to Nebraska where he lived two years and was principally engaged
in working at his trade as acarpenter, Fram Nebraska he came to Kansas, locating in
Irving Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He was married in Forest
City, Mo., January 1, 1871, fo Miss Marcella Hockabaugh, a native of Illinois. They have
five children living, Flora, Freddie, Dora, William and Eulalie. Mr. Champlin is a young
and industrious farmer, and is well known among his neighbors for his sterling upright-
ness and Integrity of character,

GEORGE DANSBERGER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 16, Township 2, Range 18,
P. O. Robinson, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 9, 1816, and lived in his native coun-
try until 1852, when he immigrated to America and located in Montour County, Pa., where
he resided elghteen years, Inthe fallof 1870 he became a resident of Kansas, locating in
Irving Townshins Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a member of the
Lutheran Church. He was married in 1850 in Bavaria, Germany, to Miss Annie Hartline,
anative of the same province. They have five children living Elizabeth, married to Evan
B. Williams, a native of England and a resident of Brown County; Margaret, widow of
John Baker, a native of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, she has five children livin: ; Cathe-
rine, married to David D. Work, a native of Pennsylvania, and a resident of | Brown
County; George and Andrew. Mr. D. has a fine upland farm of eighty acres, all under
cultivation and surrounded by substantial feuces. The farm is well supplied with water by
a number of good springs and fine wells. There is a youn peach orchard on the place
which contains 200 trees. The lmprovements are good ‘and consist of a new aud handsome
dwelling Conta ng six rooms, a convenient frame barn, granary, corn crib, etc., etc. Mr.
D. raises from 100 to 150 bushels of wheat, 250 to 300 bushels of oats, and 1,500 to 2,000
bushels of corn yearly, keeps a dozen head of stock cattle, twenty to thirty head of stock
ho S. a seven head of horses and mules. He isa model farmer and a highly respected

GEORGE B. DEAN, farmer, Section 35, Township 1, Range18, P. 0. White Cloud,
Doniphan County, was born in Ripley County, Ind., ‘April 14, 1859, and lived in his native |
State until March, 1882, when he removed to Johnson County, Mo., where he resided seven
months and was engaged in farming. In October, 1882, he becamea resident of Kansas,
locating in Irving Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is 2 member
of Allen Lodge, No. 165, A., F. & A. M., of Moore’s Hill, Dearborn County, Ind. He is a
young, Intelligent, and energetic farmer and a good citizen and neighbor,

 

 
BROWN

THOMAS A. DUNN, farmer and stock raiser, southwest of Section 35, Township 1
Range 18, P. O. White Cloud, Doniphan County, was born in Muskingum’County, 0 lo,
November 15, 1838, and lived in his native State but a shorttime when his father, Richard
Dunn, removed to the Platte Purchase in Missouri. Mls father was one of the first settlers
in this region and tells many graphic tales of the early history of this part of Missouri.
Mr. Thomas Dunn lived in Missouri until the breaking out of the war, when he entered
the Confederate service as aprivate in Company F, First Missouri Cavalry. He enlisted
December 25, 1861, at Springfield, Mo., and was transferred in April, 1862, to Company G,
Monroe’s Arkansas Cavalry. He participated in the battles of Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge,
Cane Hill, Fayetteville, Cove Creek, Jenkin’s Ferry, Prairie D’Ann, and Pilot Knob, or
Ironton, Mo, At the last named battte Mr. D., who since his trausferto Monroe's Cavalry
had been regularly promoted to First Lieutenant of his company, was wounded and taken
prisoner by the Union forces under Brig. Gen, Ewing. After his capture he was kept at
Tronton until he was able to be moved and then taken to Alton, Ill., where he remained
until the spring of 1865, when he was paroled, After his release he went tu his father’s
house in Nebraska City, N eb., where he staid ashort time and then engaged in freighting
on the plains. He was thus employed util December, 1865, when he ecame a resident of
Kansas, locating in Irving Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a
consistent and prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been
Justice of the Peace of Irving Township six }ears, Township Clerk three years, and a
member of the School Board of his district tenyears. He was married in Irving Town-
ship in February, 1869, to Miss Mary C. Wood, a native of Missouri. They have two chil-
dren, Sybil and Arthur Wood. Mr. Dunn has a fine upland farm of 160 acres. It is en-

closed by nearly three miles of hedge and has 110 acres in cultivation, the remaiuder being
pasture and meadow land. The farm.is well watered by wells and living water. There is
a splendid orchard on the place which covers six acres and contains 500 fruit trees, among
which are apple, Siberian crab, dwarf apple, peach, plum, cherry and pear trees. There is
an abundance of small fruits on the property, among which are grapes, raspberries,
strawberries, blackberries and gooseberries. Near the dwelling is a magnificent grove of
native timber containing 2,000 cottonwood, black and white walnut, and maple trees. The
improvements consist in part of a new and splendid family mansion containing six rooms
and handsomely furnished throughout, large trame barn, granary, corn cribs, smoke
house, wagon sheus, cattle yards, etc. r. Dunu raises from 400 to 500 bushels of wheat,
300 to 400 bushels of rye, 200 to 300 bushels of oats, 2,500 to 3.000 bushels of corn, feeds
-a car load of cattle, keeps forty to fifty head of stock cattle, seventy-five to 100 head of
stock hogs and ten horses and mules. Mr. D. isa thorough and practical farmer, a straight-
Toeward and honorable citizen, stands well with the people and is a deserving man inevery
respect.
[ENRY ELLIS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 5, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. White
Cloud. Doniphan County, was born in Morris County, N. J., July 20, 1844, and lived in_his
native State until his twelfth year, when his pareuts removed to Worthington, Franklin
Co., Ohio, where Mr. E, resided until his seventeeuth year, when he becaine a resident of
Kansas, locating at White Cloud, where he lived until 1872, and then removed to his farm in
Irving Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. During the War of the Re-
bellion he was a member of Company A, Seventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and
enlisted at Highland, in August, 1861, and was cisebarged at La Grange, Tenu.,in January,
1863. He re-enlisted on the day of his discharge in the same company and regiment, an
was finally discharged in October, 1865, at Leavenworth. He participated in the battles of
. the Little Blue, Corinth, Iuka, Oxford, Miss., Holly Springs, Waterville, Tallahatchie, Cof-
feyville, Bolivar, Ripley, Guntown, F orence, Ala., Fayettville, Miss., Jeiferson, Mo., Bear
Creek and Town Creek, Ala., Mine Greek, Booneville and Lexington, Mo. Mr. Ellis has a
fine upland farm of eighty acres. It is enclosed with substantial fences, and has seventy-
six acres in cultivation, the remainder being meadow land. The supply of water is excel-
lent, and consists of a number of fine springs. The improvements are first-class in every
particular, and consist of an elegant home and good outbuildings. Mr. E. raises from
1,500 to 2,000 bushels of corn yearly, keeps 25 head of stock cattle, 15 to 25 head of stock
hogs, and halt adozen head of horses. He isa veteran of the last war, and relates many
graphic tales of his life while in the service. He isa man of liberal intelligence and manly
character and standing.

A. P, FINLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. White
Cloud, Doniphan County, was born in Stark County, IU, February 16, 1840, and lived in his
native State until February, 1882, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Irving
Township, Brown County, where he has since resided. He took part in the War of the Re-
beliion as a private in Company A, Third Illinois Cavalry, and enlisted at Springfield, TIl.,
August 17, 1861, and was discharged in the same city August 5, 1864. He participated in
the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, anda number of minor engagements, He was mar-
ried _ in 1866, in Stark County Ill., to Miss Rachel Heiner, a native of Warren County. N.
J. They have hadseven chi dren: six of whom are living, and whose names are: Myrtle,
died in September, 1879; Katie, Albert, Mary, Edwin, Charles, and Lida. Mr. Finley is a
hard working and industrious farmer, and 1s well known for his strict integrity.

MORRIS FRALEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, Township 1, Range 18, P. 0.
Jonesville, was born in Montgomery County, N. Y., January 16, 1836, and Jived in his na-
tive State until his sixteenth year, when he went to Holt County, Mo., where he worked at
his trade as a carpenter, and inthe fall of 1856, became a resident of Kansas, locating in
Irving Township, Brown County, where he resided until the spring of 1857, when he re-
moved to White Cloud, where he lived until 1860, then returned to Brown County, where
he farmed two years and then returned to White Cloud, where he resided this time five
years and was engaged at wouking AU DIS trade and_in freighting across the plaiua: From

hite Cloud he again returned to Brown County. locating in Irving Township, where he
has resided since, He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the Masonic
fraternity, and was one of the charter members of White Cloud Lodge, No. 78. He took
yart in the War of the Rebellion as a member of Company C, Ninth Regiment, Kansas Mili-
ia, and enlisted in Brown County, in the summer of 1863, and served until the close of the
war and was discharged at White Cloud. He was married January 12, 1860, at Council
Bluffs, lowa, to Miss Jennie Mawhenny, a native of Virginia. Mr. F. owns two fine Brown
County fa: ms, one containing 160 acres, and the other, the home farm, eighty acres, These
farms are both enclosed, are ail under cultivation and rank among the vest in this section,
The water supply is pure and abundant and consists of a number of fine springs and
branches. There is an orchard on the home farm which covers eight acres and contains
700 fruit trees. Thereisalso a young and thrifty orchard on farm No, 2, which covers
five acres and has about 500 fruit trees. The improvements on the home farm are first-
class, and consist of a new, neat and cozy dwelling, frame barn 24x32 feet, granary, corn
crib, smokehouse, ete. Mr. F. raises from 1,400 to 1,800 bushels of wheat yearly, 500 to 700
bushels of oats, 6,000 to 8,000 bushels of corn, 200 bushels of apples, feeds 25 to 30 head of
cattle, keeps 50 to 60 head of stock cattle, 75 to 100 head of stock hogs and 8 head of horses
and mules. On the southern portion of the home farm is a fine quarry of sandstone, which
is being worked at the present time. The stone meets with a ready sale among the neigh-
boring farmers, There isa fine apiary onthe farm which is under the immediate super-
vision of Mrs. Fraley, and which has twenty-one stands. Mr, Fraley is an intelligent, earn-
est, and progressive farmer of liberal views and stands high in his community. 7

ELIAS ERITZINGER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Highland, came to Kansas in the
fall of 1866, locating in Brown County, near Highland, where he has since resided. He isa
member of the Presbyterian Church. v. F. was bornin Lehigh County, Pa., October 14,
1840, and livedin his native county until his thirteenth year, when he removed to Mont-
gomery County in the same State, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was mar-
tied inJHighland, Doniphan Co., September 5, 1868, to Miss Mary Cole, a native of the Buck-
eye State, a daughter of Abraham ‘ole, Esq. Mr. F. has a fine upland farm of 160 acres all
under fence, and in a high state of cultivation. The improvements consist of a French cot-
tage, dwelling, two stories high, and which contains nine rooms, and has two large ver-
andas on the north and south sides of the building. The house was erected in 1880, and is
finely finished throughout. Mr. F, has aJso a comfortable tenant house on his farm which
is generally occu ied by hislaborers. He has afine new, large barn, built on the latest and
most improved plans; granary. corn-cribs and other farm buildings. His orchard covers
8 acres, and has 200 apple, 3 000 each, 25 cherry, and 15 pear trees. His vineyard covers
half an acre, and has T50 vines. e also has an abundance of small fruits such as raspber-
ries, currants, etc.. etc. His farm is well supplied with good pure water, having two wells
and'a cistern. He also has six fine springs which supply an equal number of fields with
plenty of running water for his stock. His farm is finely situated, and is one of the best
stock farms in Brown County. It lies on the State road, between Hiawatha and Highland,
being nine miles from the former, and five miles from the latter place. Mr. Fitzinger de-
votes his time to raising grain, fine hogs, horses and cattle, He is one of the numerous sons
ofthe old Keystone State who have immigrated to Kansas,and who by their proverbial thrift
and industry, have become substantial and prosperous farmers in the State.

ANDREW R. GEYER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, Town 5, Range 9, P. O. Rob-
insou, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, September 18, 1827, and lived in his native
State until the spring of 1880, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in lrving
Township, Brown County where he has resided since. He is a prominent member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1853, to Miss
Charlotte Valentine, a native of Ohio, They have seven children living—Julietta M. c(mar-
ried to Willis M. Nellans, a native of Ohio), Sarah E. (married to W. L. Valentine, a native
of Ohio), Elza Lorain, Henry H., Mary Almeda, Nathaniel F.and Charles Elmer, Mr. Geyer
has one of the finest upland farms in his section. It contains 160 acres, and is enclosed by
substantial fences; has seventy-five acres in cultivation; forty acres in pasture, and the
remainder meadow. Itis welisupplied witb runuing water the year round, and is well
calculated for a stock farm. There is a young and thrifty orchard on the place, which con-
tains 100 apple, fifty peach, and a few pear and cherry trees. The improvements are a new
and neat frame. dwelling, containing four rooms; stock stable, corn-crib, smoke house, etc.
Mr. G. had twelve acres ‘in fall wheat this season, which yielded 300 bushels, and forty-five

 

  

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acres in corn, which averaged fifty bushels to the acre. Mr. Geyer is an intelligent farmer,
anda Christian gentleman, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors. During the War of
the Rebellion Mr. G. was a member of Company I, Eighty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and enlisted in Columbus, Ohio, in the fall of 1863, and was discharged at Camp
Chase, Ohio, in June, 1865.
B. GIBSON, farmer, Section 15, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. Robinson, came to
Kansas in April, 1867, and located on his farm in Irving ‘Township, Brown County, where
he has resided since. Mr. Gibson took partin the War of the Rebellion, as a member of
Company A, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He entered this regiment as a
rivate, May 10, 1861, at Manitowoc, Wis., and was promoted through all the various grades,
eing mustered out as First Lieutenant, commanding his company, at Madison, Wis., Au-
ust 1, 1864. He took part in the battles of Gettysburg, Antietam, the Peninsula Campaign,
ilderness, and in fact in almost all of the batttles of the old Army of the Potomac up to the
closing battles of, and around Petersburg. He was severely wounded at the battle of Spott-
sylvania C. H., from the effects of which he is SusTering to-day. Mr. Gibson was born in
Fitchburg, Mass., May 11, 1834, and lived in his native State until his twenty-first year, and
then removed to ‘Manitowoc, Wis., where he resided until he entered the Union army. After
his discharge from the service, he returned to his Wisconsin home, where he resided three
years, and then removed to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he resided four years, and then re-
turned to Wisconsin, where he lived three anda half years, and then came to Kansas. He
was married September 29, 1867, in Galesburg, Wis., to Miss Emma B. McAllister, a native
of Libertyville, Lake Co., Ill They have two children—Carrie and Calista. Mr. Gibson
owns one of the choice upland farms in Brown County, For location, good buildings, fences
and good cultivation, it cannot be surpassed. It contains eighty acres, all enclosed by sub-
stantial fences, and all in cultivation. The water fur family use and for the stock is a
plied by wo excellent never-failing wells. ‘His orchard covers one acre, and contains 100
apple 00 peach, twenty-five cherry, and a few pear and plum trees. There is also an
abundance of all kinds of small fruits. The improvements consist of a neat and tasteful
frame dwelling house, containing eight roon:s and with cellar, surrounded by handsome
evergreens and shade trees, a new large frame barn, new granary, corn crib, etc. He had
fifteen acres in fall wheat, which yielded 379 bushels; two acres in rye, which yielded sixt
bushels; five acres in oats, which yielded 130 bushels; seven acres in spring wheat, whic.
qielded fifty bushels, and forty acres in corn, which averaged fifty-five bushels to the acre.
i vr. Gibson is an intelligent, earnest, progressive farmer, of liberal views and decided pub-
ic spirit.
‘ Ee B. GORDON, farmer, Section 10, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. Robinson, came to Kansas
in April, 1865, and located in White Cloud, where he resided six years,and was engaged
infarming. From White Cloud he went to Richardson County, Neb., where he resided five
years, and was engaged in the milling business. From Nebraska he came to Irving Town-
ship, where he has resided since. He took part in the last war as a member of Company A,
Sixteenth Regiment Kansas Militia, and was enlisted at Atchison, in the fall of 1864; served
one month, and was discharged in the same city. Mr. Gordon was born in Warren County,
Ohio, July 3, 1846, and lived in his native State until his tenth year, when his parents re-
moved to McLean County, IL, where he always resided until he came to Kansas, He was
married October 20, 1872, in Falls City, Neb., to Miss Moilie Hall, a native of Illinois. They
havetwo children living whose names are—Effie Blanche and Nellie. Mr. Gordon is a
young, intelligent and indus rious farmer, and is bound to become ere long a prosperous

one also.

PHILIP GRIBLING, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 23, Township 1, Range 18, P. O.
White Cloud, Doniphan County, was born in Neiweit ou the Rhine, Germany, July 4, 1849,
buc lived in_his native country but a short time when his parents immigrated to America,
locating in Mansfield, Ohio, where Mr. G. lived until the fall of 1867, when he became a
resideut of Kansas, locating in Irving Township, Brown County, where he has resided'since.
He is a member of White Cloud Lodge No. 6, I. O. of O. F, and of White Cloud Lodge No.
98, A., F.& A.M, In the fall of 1868, Mr. G. enlisted in Company H, Nineteenth
Cavalry at White Cloud, and_his company, was shortly afterward sent to join the force
under thecommand of Gen. Custer at Fort Dodge. Mr, G. took part in the engagement with
Black Kettle’s band aud in a uumber of Indian skirmishes. He was discharged from the
United States service at Fort Hays in the fall of 1869. He was married at Falls City, Neb.,
July 4, 1871, to Miss Rebecca J. Bright, a native of Pike County, Ill. They have two chil-
dren living, whose names are: Carrie Ada and Nellie May. Mr, Gribling is an intelligent
and industrious young farmer and a good citizen. He raises from 200 to 400 bushels of
wheat, the same amount of oats, 3,000 to 8,000 bushels of corn yearly, feeds half a car load
of cattle, keeps 25 to 30 head of stock cattle, 40 to 50 stock hogs and 4 head of horses and
mules,

JASPER N. GUINN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, Township 2, Range 18, P. O.
Robinson, was born in Ray County, Mo., May 2, 1830, and lived in his native county but a
short time when his parents removed to Clay County in the same State, where they lived
four years. From there they removed to Buchanan County, Mo., where Mr. G. lived until
1847, when he entered the Government employ and was engaged in freighting on the plains.
He was thus engaged until the spring of 1848, when he entered the United States Army as a
private. He enlisted at Middle Cimmaron Springs, N.M., in a compan commanded by Lieut.
Roy, proceeded as far as Santa Fe, where learning that peace had been declared the com-
pany was disbanded. After his discharge from the service Mr. G. returned to Fort Leaven-
worth where he remained a short time and then went to his homein Missouri, where he lived
until 1852, when he removed to Gentry Couuty in the same State, where he resided until the
fall of 1860, when he removed to Buchanan County, Mo,, where he lived until September,
1861, when he again entered the United States Army as 2 private in Company H, First Bat-
tulion Missouri Militia. He served in this company until the spring of 1562, when he was
trausferred to Company F, First Regiment Missouri Militia, and was a member of this com-

any until the close of the war. He took part in the battles of Camden Point, Rock House
Prairie and other minor engagements and skirmishes. He was severely wounded while in the
‘sei vice from the effects of which he suffers to-day. After his discharge he returned to his
home in Buchanan County, Mo., where he resided until the 11th day of March, 1868,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Doniphan County, where he resided two
years. He then removed to his farm in Irving Township, Brown County, where he has re-
sided since. He is a member of the Church of the United Brethren. Mr. Guinn has been
married twice. The first marriage occurred in Gentry County, Mo., in November, 1852, to
Miss Deborah Culp, a native of Missouri. She died in April, 1862. Four children were |
the result of this marriage, only one of whom is living and whose name is Isabella Jane
(married to George Williams, a native of Kansas and aresident of Washington Township,
Brown County). The second marriage took place September 2, 1864, in Buchanan County,
Mo., to Miss Hester Arnold, a native of North Carolina. They have four children—Mary E,
John Stanton, Philena A. and William T. Mr. Guinn owns achoice upland farm of eighty
acres, ull enclosed and all in cultivation, The place is well watered by a number of fine
springs and wells and by Roy’s Creek which flows across the northeast corner of the farm.
There is a Food peach orchard on the place which contains 400 trees. The improvements
are good and consist of a comfortable frame owelling, stock stable, granary, corn crib, etc.
Mr. G. raises from 200 to 300 bushels of wheat yearly, and 2,000 to 3,000 bushels of corn,
keeps 25 to 80 head of stork cattle, 40 to 50 stock hogs and a few horses. He is a veteran of
two wars, a thorough and practical farmer and well known for his integrity.

L. G. HARPER, farmer, Section 3. Township 2, Range 18, P.O. White Cloud, Doniphan
County, was born in Marion County, Ohio, August 4, 1851, and lived in his native State until
the spring of 1861 wuen his parents removed to Kansas, locating in Irving Township,
Brown County, where Mr. Harper has resided since. He was married in Brown County,
March 8, 1874, to Miss Rettie H. Cyphers, a native of Morrow County, Ohio; they have two
children—Jaimes Kiisworth and Myrtle Mr. Harper is the fortunate owner of a fine
upland farm containing eighty acres. Itis allin cultivation and is surrounded by substan-
tial fences. Two good wells supply the water for stock and household requirements. The
orchard covers four acres and contains 100 apple, 400 peach, 200 cherry, and a few plum
and pear trees. The place is also well supplied with small fruits, such as raspberries, black-
berries, etc. The improvements are of the very best in Irving Township and excel in point
of neatness and style many others of more pretensions in his immediate neighborhood.
They comprise a comfortable frame cottage, a first class and well arranged frame barn
16x24, granary, stock sheds, corn crib, etc., etc. The cottage is eligivly located and is sur-
rounded by handsome evergreens and shrubbery. Mr. Harper raises 100 bushels of wheat,
300 to 400 bushels of oats, and 2,500 to 3,000 bushels of corn yearly. He is one of the enter-
prising and go-ahead young farmers of Brown, His farm and the improvements are beau-
tiful to look upon and everything about the place is kept in neat and perfect order.

JOHN G. HOWARD, farmer and stock-raiser, proprietor of ‘ Springdale” Stock Farm,
Section 30, Townsbip 1, Range 18, P.O. Jonesville, was born in Carter County, Ky., In
1842, but only lived in his native State unti] his second year, when his parents moved to Bu-
chanan County, Mo., where Mr. Howard lived until the fall of 1862 when he came to Kansas,
locating in Doniphan County, near Highland, where he resided ten years and was engaged
in farming. He then removed to Irving Township, Brown County, where he has resided
since, He took part in the last war as a member of Capt. Hunter’s Company of Missouri
Militia. He was enlisted at St. Joe, served nine months and subsequently re-enlisted in
Capt. Karne’s Company of Missouri Militia, served two months longer and was discharged
at St. Joe. He has heen married twice. The first marriage took place near Highland,
Doniphan County, to Miss Nancy Jenkins, a native of Indiana, in 1865: she died in 1867;
one chiid, who died in infancy, was the result of this marriage. The second marriage touk
place, in 1869, in Buchanan County, Mo., to Miss Ann Eliza Copeland, a native of Missouri;
they have had six children, five of whom are living—James M., William Edward, Elmira J.,
John Wesley, David Otis (died in August, 1878) aud Roy E. Mr. Howard owns a iarge and
fine upland farm of 529 acres equidistant (nine miles) from Rulo, Neb., Robinson, White
Cloud, Padonia and Hiawatha. itis enclosed with substantial fences and has 300 acres in
cultivation, the remainder being pasture land. The water supply is excellent and consists
of a number of good springs. e orchard is young and thrifty, covers eight acres and con-

 

 

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tains 700 fruit trees of various varieties. The improvements are good and consist of a new
and comfortable frame cottage, frame barn 30x40 feet, wagon and buggy shed, smokehouse,
granary and large corn crib and stock shed 28x124 feet. r. Howard feeds 85 head of cat-

le, 200 to 300 head of hogs, keeps 75 to 1U0 head of stock cattle, 100 head of stock hogs. and
8 head of horses and mules, In addition to farming his own land he,ills 140 acres of rented
land. He raises 5,000 to 6,009 bushels of wheat, 600 bushels of oats, 200 to 300 bushels of
rye, and 10,000 bushels of corn. Mr, Howard also owns three acres of town lots in one of
the pleasantest and best portions of the city of Hiawatha. He is one of the prosperous farm-
Sean Prowand Front the $600 of ori inal Sapi aL. brought here from Missouri twenty-one

a as acquired an estate worth at least $25,000.

AN DREW J. IDOL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 24, Township 1, Range 18, P. O.
White Cloud, Doniphan County, was born in Davidson County, N. C., August 30, 1835, and
lived in his native State until his twenty-first year and then removed to Lafayette County,
Mo.. where he lived nine months. He then became a resident of Kansas, locating in May,
1856, near White Cloud, Doniphan County, where he was engaged Qrineipalty in farming
and where he resided five years. In 1861 he went to Walla Walla City, Washington Terri-
tory, where he was engaged in mining and freighting until 1867, when he returned via San
Francisco and the Isthinus of Panama to his North Carolina home, where he married, staid
a short time and then returned to Kansas, locating on his farm in Irving Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. He isa member of the Baptist Church. He was mar-
ried in Guilford County, N. C., in 1867, to Miss Kliza Payne, a native of North Carolina; they
have three children living named Ettie, Frederic and Hubert, Mr. Idolowns a fine upland
farm of 159 acres enclosed with substantial fences. The farm ts ina good state of cultiva-
tion, is well watered, has two good orchards, and first class improvements, among which are
a cozy and comfortable frame dwelling containing nine rooms and surrounded by beautiful
shade trees, evergreens anil shiubbery, and conveniently arratped frame barn 25x30 feet,
granary. corn cribs, etc., etc. Mr. Idol raises from 150 to 200 bushels of wheat, 4,000 to

,.000 bushels of corn; keeps 20 to 25 head of stock cattle, 60 to 75 head of stock hogs. and
5 horses and mules. He is an honest, industrious and Intelligent farmer, a good citizen
and. neighbor, and is well and favorably known.

J. M. IDOL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25, Townshlp 1, Range 18, P. O. White
Cloud, was born in April, 1833, near Salem, N.C., where he resided until his nineteenth
year. He then removed to Lalayette County, Mo., where he resided for three years, aud
from there, in 1855, removed to ttolt County, the same State, where he resided until Jantia-
ry, 1856, when he became a resident of Kansas, being one of the original settlers of White
Cloud. He resided near this city until the spring of 1861, when he went to Walla Walla
Valley, W. T., where he remained seven years. He then returned to Kansas via Furt Ben -
ton, and jogated th cving Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a
member of White Cloud Lodge, No. 6, I. 0.U. F.; of White Cloud, No. 78, A., F. & A. M.,
and of Mount Huret Chapter. No. 35, R. A. M., of Hiawatha. He has been a member of the
Board of School District, No. 8, of Brown County, fur two terms, @nd Commissioner of the
same County oneterm. He was married in Doniphan County in 1857, to Miss Nancy J.
Hobbs, a native of Missouri. They have eight children, seven of whom are living—Luem-
ma, married to Granville Arnold, @ native of Kansas, and a resident of White Cloud; Flora,
Edward, Cordelia, James, died i: July, 1867, at Fort Hawley, M. T., the most northern fort
in the United States: Frank, William’and Raymond. Mr. Idot owns two exceptionally fine
farms in Irving Township, which adjoin each other; they contain 160 acres each, and rank
with the best in Brown County; one of these farms at present is rented, while Mr. ldol re-
sides on and cultivates the other himself. The buildings on the rented farm are first-class,
while the improvements on the home farm are equal to any inthe State, aud consist of an
elegant farm house and good outbuildings. ‘This farm isin a high state of cultivation; has
a thrifty orchard and superb fences. Mr. Idol feeds twenty-five steers and 150 hogs; raises
excellent crops of wheat and corn, and is a model farmer; has made his meaus in this coun-
ty, andisa enone influential representative man.

CLARENCE C. JONES, farmer and stuck raiser, Section 35, Township 1, Range 18, P.
O. White Cloud, Doniphan County, was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, April 2, 1849, and
lived in his native State until October, 1869, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating
in Irving Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He was married Juue 3,
1873, in Doniphan County, to Miss Mary I. Arnold, a native of Kansas, daughter of Dawson
Arnold, Esq. They have had five children, one of whom is living, and whose name is Myron
J. Mr. J. has one of the finest upland farms in Irving Township. Lt contains eighty acres,
is enclosed by good feuces, and has seventy acres in cultivation, the remaining ten acres be-
ing meadow land. Thesupply of-water is pure and abundant, and consists of two good
wells and a finespring. There is a young and thrifty orchard on the place, which contams
140 appletrees. The improvements are good, and consist of a handsome frame cottage,
containins eight rooms, a good and convenient frame barn and granary, 18x22, corn cribs,
wagon shed, ete. Mr. Jones raises from 200 to 250 bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of rye, 300
bushels of oats, 2.50 ) to 3,000 bushels of corn, keeps eight to ten head of stock cattle, fort:
to fifty head of hogs and four head of mules. He is a young and enterprising farmer, witl
lok of grit in his composition, and will yet rank among the foremost farmers of his
section.

FORDYCE M. KEITH, lawyer, residence Section —, Township 1, Range 18, P. O. White
Cloud, Doniphan County, was born in Herkimer County. N Y., April 27, 1816, and lived in
his native State until his seventeenth year, when his parents removed to Elyria, Lorain
Co., Ohio, where he resided until the fall of 1836. He then removed to Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, in the same State, where he resitled until the spring of 1840, when he located at
Massillon, Stark County, in the same State, where he commenced the practice of law. Col.
Keith received his education at Oneida Institute, New York, and at Oberlin College, Ohio.
In 1836, he commenced reaaing law with Albert A. Bliss, of Elyria, Ohlo, and concluded
the reading of law in the office of Messrs. Wade & Wells, at Cleveland, and was admitted
to the bar August 28, 1838. He resided and followed his professiun at Massillon until the
spring of 1854, when he removed to Jackson, Jackson County, in the same State, and en--
tered upon the nanufacture of iron, still however, continuing to practice his profession,
and where he remained until the spring of 1862. During the greater part of the year 1861,
Col. K. was actively engaged in making speeches in favor of, and in recrnitine: troops for
the Union army. In the spring of 1862, he entered the United States Army, as Major of the
One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry—this regiment being subsequently
known as the First Ohio Heavy Artillery, and was promoted to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of
this regiment, in which position he was mustered out at the close of the war. While Major
of the Oue Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio, he was sent by order of Maj.Gen. Burnside tc
take command of Montgomery County, Ohio, where he remained in command during the
Vallandingham troubles, a period of four or five months. Upon being relieved of this duty,
he was ordered to take command of that portion of Kentucky lying opposite to Cincinnati,
embracing four or five counties, where he remained until January, 1864; being then re-
lieved, he was ordered to Knoxville, Tenn. Upon arriving atthis place, he was ordered to
take command as Pwnvost Marshal of East Tennessee, iu which position he remained until
near the close of the war, when, with all uthers upon special duty in this department, he
was ordered to his command, and to occupy the only gap inthe extreme cast of Tennessee
and western part of North Carolina, left for the enemy to escape, it then being evident that
the confederacy was about to collapse. After his discharge from the army, he became a
resident of Kansas, locating in Irving Township, Brown County, residing with his son, Lieut.
U.S. Keith. Col. K. continued the practice of his protessioit until five years since, when,
owing to ill-health, he was obliged to relinquish all active business. He has one son, U.S.
Keith, late a Lieutenant of the lirst Ohio Heavy Artillery, who enlisted at the beginning of
the war,and served faithfully and with honor, until its close, Lieutenant K.was married, Sep-
tember 11, 1886, in Massillon, Ohio, to Miss Mary F. Grossinan, a native of Massillon, They
have four children living, whose naines are—Minnie L., Ruby V. and Eddle and Charlies,

- twins. Lieut, Keith ranks among the intelligent, progressive and Ilberal minded farmers of

Brown, and is well and favorably known.

PETER L, LANDES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 3, Township 2, Range 18, P. O.
Hiawatha, was bornin Whitehaltville, Bucks Co., Pa., September 22, 1841, and lived in
his native State until his twentieth year, when he removed to Elkhart County, Ind., where
he resided four years and was engaged in farming. Froin Indiana he caine, the 9th of Feb-
ruary, 1869, to Kansas, locating on his farm in Irving Tuwnship, Brown County, where he
has resided since. He was inarried February 4, 1866, 1n Columbiana, Ohio, to Miss Anna
Culp, a native ofthe Buckeye State. They have six children living—Alice Isabel, Kliza Jane,
Charles Urban, Norman, Hester and Martha, Mr. Landes owns two choice farms; one, the
home farm, contains eighty acres, and the other 160. “These are enclosed with good fences,
are mostly in cultivation and rauk among the best in Brown County. The water supply of
both is excellent and cannot be surpassed, consisting of wells and springs. There is a fine
orchard on each farm; that on the home farm has 200 apple, 1,000 peach and a number of
pear and cherrytrees. The orchard on the other farm contains 100 thrifty apple, and some
peach, pear and cherry trees. The improvements on the home farm are a six roomed, com-
tortable and cozy frame dwelling, surrounded by numerous shade trees and evergreens. In
close proximity to the house is a fine grove of nativetrees. The other improvements are
a fine frame barn, 30x48 feet, granary, corn crib, smoke house, etc.,etc. Mr. Landes raises
from 700 to 800 bushels of wheat, 150 to 200 bushels of oats and 3,500 busifels of corn an-
nually; feeds half a car load of steers, 60 to 100 head of hogs and keeps thirty-two head of
stock cattle; sixty to seventy-five stock hogs and seven horses. There area number of fine
large spring branches on Loth his farms and they are well adapted for stock raising,
Mr. Landes is an earnest, progressive working Peunsylvanian. who has fairly demonstrated
what nay be done in this country by intelligent and well directed labor.

JAMES N. MILLS, farmer and stock raiser, southwest quarter of Section 4, Township
2, Range 18, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in Muskingum County, Ohlo, in 1834, but left his
native State at an early age, when his parents removed to Illinois, where Mr. Mills resided
about twenty years. e then went to Calaveras County, Cal., where he resided five years
and was engaged in the lumber trade and in mining, From California he returned to his
Tllinois home, staid a short time, aud in the year 1857 became a resident of Kansas, locat-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ing in Irving Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He was married in
1861, in Missourl to Miss Susan Davidson, a native of Missouri. They have had eight
children, seven of whom are hving—Laura Bell (married to Richard E. Dunn, a native of
Missouri and a resident of Brown County), Sherman, Maggie, Bertie, Effie, James and Otis.
Mr. Mills owns two fine farms, which topether comprise 720 acres, These farms are all en-
closed with substantial fences and are all in cultivation. They are well watered by Roy's
Creek and numerous springs, wells and cisterns, The orchards cover eight acres and con-
tain about 800 apples, 200-peach and a few pear and cherry trees. ‘The improvements are
first class in every particular and consist of a fine family mausion, containg eight rooms,
surrounded with handsome shrubbery, evergreens and shade trees. The other improve-
mentsarealarge frame barn, 44x74 feet, granaries, corn cribs, etc, etc. Farmer Mills
does his own weighiny and has a four-ton pair of Fairbank’s scales in a convenient scale
house, on which to doit. His farm is well supplied and equipped wih all the improved
modern farm machinery. He had 175 acres in small grain this year, which gave a fair

ield, and 225 acres in corn, which yielded 12,000 bushels. He feeds on an average 100
head ‘of catuie annually, and has done so for the past sixteen years. He feeds also 200 head
-five head of stock cattle and twenty-four head of borses and mules.
ssituated on the southwest quarter of Section 4, on what was once
This land was presented Ly him with his characteristic
generosity and public spirit to the District for school purposes. The school building was
erected in 1877 at a cost of about $500. It has aseating capacity of forty. Mr. I. S. Gris-
wold is the teacher at present in charge of the school. Mr, Mills is one of the early pioneers
of Brown County. He is asolid and prosperous farmer, anda promineny citizen, taking an
active part in every project for the welfare of the community in which he lives,

WILLLAM PEARL MOURE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, Township 1, Range
18, P.O. White Clond, Doniphan County, was born in Nettlestead Hall, Su ‘olk, Eng-
and, February 7, 1821, and lived iu his native country until 1849, when he came to
Alnerica, locating in Osbkosh, Wis., where he was engaged in farming, and where he
resided until the fall of 1870 when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Irv-
ing Township, Brown County, where he has since resided, He-is a member of the
Episcopalian Church. He was married in Otley, Suffolk, England, May 5, 1842, to Miss

arian Last, a native of Suffolk, England; they have five children living whose names
are—Pear] Bedwell, Emma Last, Annie Grace (married to Wilson Taylor, M. D., a native of
Ohio, and practicing physician at Robinson, Kan.), Charles Walter and William Robert,
twins, Mr. Moore owns a splendid upland farm of 320 acres. It is all enclosed with sub-
stantial fences and has 240 acres in cultivation, the remainder being pasture land. There
are a number of good wells, fine springs, aud a young, thrifty orchard on the property. The
improvements are first class and consist of a large and elegant brick mansion containing ten
1ooms, situated in the center of a beautiful Jawn and surrounded by handsome shade trees
and shrubbery. The other improvements are a convenient frame barn and granary 30x40,
wagon sheds, corn cribs, ete. Mr. Moore raises from 500 to 300 bushels of oats, 600 to 800
bushels of wheat, 7,000 to 8,000 bushels of corn yearly i feeds a car load of cattle, keeps from
40 to 50 head of stock cattle, 50 to 75 head of stock hogs, and 12 to 14 head of borses and
ninles, Mr. Moore is the fortunate owner of 4 fine estate, an energetic and practical farmer;
a thorough gentleman and stands high in the community in which he lives,

E. R. MORTON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 27, cownship 1, Range 18, P. O. White
Clond, was born in Cooper County, Mo., August 22, 1844, and lived in his native State
twenty five years and then removed to Kansas locating in Irving Township, brown County,
where he has resided since. He is a member of White Cloud Lodge, No. 6, I. 0. of 0. F. He
took part in the War of the Rebellion as a member of Company I, Ninth Missouri Volunteer
Cavalry. and enlisted in the sprivg of 1862 at Macon City, and was discharged at St. Louis,
Mo.,in June,1865. He took part in the battles of the Little Blue, Marais des Cygnes, Newtonia,
Booneville, Pea Ridge, and other minor engagements. He was woundec while in the United
States service in an engagement at Black Foot, Howard Co, Mo. He was married in Jack-
son County, Mich.,in February, 1870, to Miss M. M. Fosuick, a native of Michigan; they
have four chiJdren whose names are—I. Frank, G. N., B. C.and T.C, Mr, Morton bas a fine
upland farm containing 160 acres in Irving Township, Brown County, seven miles from

hiteCloud. The farm is all enclosed and has eighty acres in cultivation and eighty in
asture. There is plenty of running water on thefarm. In addition to farming bis own
and he cultivates 320 acres of rented land adjoining his farm. He had ninety acres in fall
wheat, which yielded this season 1,600 bushels; ten acres in vats,which yielded 550 bushels;
and 190 acres in corn, which yielded 10,000 pushels. He feeds from 50 to 60 head of
cattle, 175 to 200 head of hogs; keeps 50 head of stock cattle, 20) head of stock hogs, and 26
head of horses and inules. The improvements consist of a fine frame dwelling house, frame
barn and outbuildings. Heis one of the prosperous and represeutative farmers of Brown
County, and is highly spoken of by his friends and neighbors. -

EDWARD T. NOBLE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 9, Township 2, Range 18. P. O
Robinson, was boin August 7, 1849, in Edgar County, Ill., where he lived until bis eleventh
year, when his parents moved to Kansas, locating in White Cloud, Donipbap County, where
they resided nine years. From there Mr. Noble removed to his farm in Irving rom uel.
Brown County, where he hasresided since. Heisamember of Robinson Lodge No. 159,

.F, & A,M., and of Mount Horeb Chapter, No. 25, R.A. M., of Hiawatha. He has been
married twice. The first marriage tuok place September 22, 1873, near White Cloud, to Miss
Ida Neibling, a native of Ohio. She died November 21 of the sameyear. The second mar-
riage took place December 16, 1874, in Highland, Doniphan County, to Miss Sarah A. Close,
anative of Olio. They have had three children, two of whom are living, Arthur H. died
August 15, 1882; Susan aid Edward T,Jr. Mr. Noble owns one of the finest upland farms
in this section. It contains 320 acres and is all enclosed with substantial fences, and all
under cultivation except 12U acres, Which is pasture andtimber land. The property is well
supplied with water, comprising springs and wells and Roy's Creek flowing through the
west quarter of thefarm. There isaftine young orchard on the place which covers about
three acres and coitains 200 apple 150 peach, and a number of pear and cherry trees. The
improvements consist of a handsome cottage dwelling house containing six rooms, with
cellar, and surrounded by elegant evergreens, shrubbery andshadetrees. The other im-
provements are a large barn, stock stable. granary, corn crib, and other outbuildings.
‘There are two large feed lots on the farm amply supplied with running water for she stock
and protected on all sides by a natural growth of timber, Mr. Noble has 25 acres of timothy
and clover, 50 acres of native grass, 20 acres of woodland, grows from 6,000 to 7,000 bush-
els of coin, 1,000 to 1,200 bushels of oats, and 600 to 800 bushels of wheat. He feeds 150
head of hogs, 60 to 75 head of steers, Keeps 40 head of stock cattle, 8 to 10 head of horses
and mules, and raises a few thoroughbred road horses. His farmis situated five miles
north of the prosperous town of Robinson and is reached by some of the finest roads in
BrownCounty, Withintwenty rods of his dwelling is Wil:iams’ coal mine, which supplies
half of the county with coal, Mr. Noble isa yung intelligent, energetic and thorough
farmer. His grain fields, meadows, hedges, orchards, stock yards, etc., etc., all showing the
impress of a master in good husbandry. .

MATHEW DOUGLAS NOBLE, farmer and _ stock raiser, P. O. White Cloud, came to
Kansas in thespring of 1857, locating at White Cloud, where he remained for fifteen years
ana was employed assuperintendent of O. Bailey’s pork packing establishment for ten
yearsof thistime. He then engaged in business for himself and for eight years was en-
gaged in the cate trade, shipping cattle and hogs to St. Louis, Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y.,
maikets. Atthe end of this time he removed to his farm on Roy’s Creek, in Brown County,
where he resided pntil 1880, when he removed to his farm near White Cloud, where he re-
sides atpresent. He isamember of Rovinson Lodge No. 159, A., F. & A. M., and was one
of the charter members of White Cloud Lodge No, 78. He was born in Bridgeport, Vt.,
March 6, 1822, and lived in his native town until his eighteenth year, when he removed to
Paris, Il., where be lived until he came to Kansas, He was married'in Edgar Count il.
In the fall of 1844, to Miss Lydia Bassford, a native of Illinois. They have had seven children
dren of whom but three are living, viz: Edward (married to Miss Sallie Close, a native 0
Ohio), Mary, and Phosbe (married to Franklin Moore, a farmer, a Pennsylvanian by birth),
living near Walnut-Creek, Brown County. Mr. Noble has two farms which contain 480
acres, Both farms are rolling prairie, under fence, and in a good state of cultivation. His
farm on Roy’s Creek contains twenty-five acres of fine walnut and elm timber and also has
a fine young apple orchard containing 200 trees. The improvements on this farm consist
of acommodious frame dwelling house, agood barn, and other farm buildings. His farm
near White Cloud has a small orchard containing about fifty apple trees, About twenty
acres of this farm is pasture land, in which rises one of the finest springs in the State of
Kansas, It never freezes and never runs dry.

HENRY CLAY PLOTNER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 2, Township 2, Range 18.
P.O. White Cloud, Doniphan County, was born in Berkley County, Va., December 17, 1844,
but left his native State at an early age, his parents removing to Platte County, Mo., where
they lived a number of years, and then removed to Holt County, in the same State, where
Mr. P. resided until the fall of 1861, when he became aresident of Kansas, locating In
Doniphan County, where he lived six vears, and was engaged in farming. In 1870, he re-
moved to Brown County, where he resided until 1873. aid then removed to Phillips Coun-
ty, where he lived until 1875, when he returned to Irving Township, Brown County, where
he has resided since. Heis Treasurer of School District, No. 35, Brown County. During
the war of the Rebellion he wasa member of Company A, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer
Infantry. He enlisted September 20, 1862, at Troy, Doniphan County, and was discharged
from the service in October, 1865, at Little Rock,’Ark. Mr. Plotner’s company was en-
gaged in the battles of Cane Hill, Ark., November 28, 1862; Prairie Grove, Ark., December
7, 1862; in the raid on Van Buren, Ark,, December 28, 1862, and was in the expedition in
chase of the rebels, under the command of Gen. Cooper, in August, 1863. r. P. was mar-
ried in White Cloud, January 24, 1866, to Miss Laura P. Harper, a native of Marion, Ohio.
They have three childy n_ living—Charles E., Samuel and i hs
choice upland farm of 160 acres on the Hiawatha and White Cloud road, being twelve
miles from the former and nine miles from the latter Lown. The farm 1s enclosed by sub-
stantial fences, 1s all in cultivation, and all plow land except three acres. Itis well supplied

of hogs, keeps sevent:
Mt. Roy schoolhouse
a portion of Mr. Mill’s property.
BROWN COUNTY.

with water, and has two fine orchards, which cover two acres and contain 160 apple, 500
peach, 50 cherry and a few plum trees. There is also an abundance of small fruits on the
place, consisting of grapes, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries. Near the dwelling
is a fine grove of native timber, containing 4.000 cottonwood and bux-elder trees, ‘The
improvements are first class in every particular. There isa fine family mansion, contain-
-ing six rooms, surrounded by handsome shrubbery, evergreens and shade trees, stock
stable, corn crib, 12x35 feet, granary, etc. Mr. Plotner has good stock lots and pastures,
keeps 25 head of stock cattle, 40 to 50 head of stock hogs and.6 horses and mules, He
raises 600 bushels of wheat, 400 to 500 bushels of oats, 3,000 to 4,0U ) bushels of corn, and
cuts 8 to 10 tons of timothy hay annually. Heckler sc‘oolhouse, No. 35, is located on the
quarter adjoining Mr, P.’s farm, and is only 100 rods from his dwelling. Mr. Plotner is @
square, level-headed man, a model farmer, and stands high in the community in which he
ves.

H. H. SPANGLER, teacher Prairie Roy schoolhouse, District No. 61, P. O. Robinson,
was born near Berlin, Somerset Co., Pa., September 19, 1860, and lived in his native State
until September 19, 1882, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in prying Town-
ship, where he has resided since, He is a member of the Lutheran Church. Since living in
Kansas, Mr. Spangler has hact charge of the Prairie Roy School in Irving Township, Brown
County, and has given satisfaction tv both the parents of his pupils aud the superintendent
of the schools of the-county, Ile isa young man of culture and fine attainments, and re-
ceived his education in the public and high schools of Somerset County, Pa., and at Penn-
sylvania College, Gettysburg, in the same State.

ENOCH SPAULDING, farmer and stock raiser, Sections 24 and 25, Township 1, Range
18, P.O. White Cloud, Doniphan County, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, in January.

1828, and lived in his uative State but a short time when his parents moved to Jersey
‘County, Lll., where Mr. S, lived until his twenty-first year. Hethen removed to Holt
County, Mo., where he remained but afew months, when he enlisted as a bugler in Com-
pany C, (Cart. Janes Craig) First Missourl Battalion of Cavalry, commanded by Col. Pow-
ell, of St. Charles, Mo. Heenlisted in May, 1847, in Oregon, Mo., and was discharged at
Fort Leavenworth, in the fall of 1848. Upon his return from Mexico, he returned to IIi-
nois where he spent the winter, andin the spring of 1849, staited for California, where,
upon his arrival. he was engaged in eed and prospecting, until July, 1850. He then
returned to Holt County, Mo., where he resided untii October, 1855, when he becamea resi-
dent of Kansas, locating at White,Cloud, being one of the original members of the town
company. While residing in White Cloud he was engaged in the hotel and livery business,
-and built, in connection with J, H. Utt, Msq., the first hotel in White Cloud. In the spring
of 1869, he removed to his fine farm in Irving Townsh'p, Brown County, where he has since
resided, Heisamember of White Cloud Lodge No, 6,1.0.0,F. He was married in Aug-
ust, 1856, in Holt County, Mo., to Miss Christina Dorland, a native of Ohio. They have
seven children living, whose names are—Ida J., widow of D. G. Gariock, a native of New.
York; she has four children; Alfred R., married to Miss Julia Dunleavy, a native of New
York; Cora, married to H. C. VanBuskirk, a nativeof Ohio anda resident of White Cloud;
Lulu, married tu L. B. Keith, a native of Ohio and a resident uf Seneca; Emma, Annieand
Herman J. Mr. Spaulding owns two fine upland farms containing 320 acres, enclosed
with substantial fences and well watered. There are two fine orchards on these farms
which contain together, 800 bearing apple, 400 peach and a number of cherry, plum and
pear trees. These farms are also well supplied with small fruits among which are grapes,
gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, elc. The improvements are first-class, and consist
In part, of a fine frame family mansion, with brick basement, containing uine rooms, two-
storied frame barn 30x40 teet, granary, corncribs, wagon and stock sheds, ete., etc. rs.
makes a specialty of growing corn and stock. He raises 10,000 bushels of corn yearly,
keeps from fifty to seventy-five head of stock cattle, the same number of hogs, and fifteen
to twenty head of horses and inules. Mr. Spaulding is one of the pioneers of this section of
Kansas, a veteran of the M: xican war, a California ‘49er, and withal, is a thorough, prac-
tical, prosperous and intelligent farmer, a good citizen and a valuable man in the community
in which he lives, :

GEORGE A. STANSBURY, farmer, Section 17, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. Robinson,
was bornin Baltimore, Md., January 15, 1827, and lived iu his native State until 1837, when
his father removed to Champaign Couuty. Ohio, where Mr. Stansbury lived until 1855,
when he removed to Henderson County, IH., where he resided until the ‘pring of 1857,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on the farm where he now resides, which he

re-emptedon his first arrival in Kansas, paying for it by a land warrant obtained by his

ather, James B. Stansbury, for services in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Stansbury resided
in Kansas uutil January of the next year, when he returned to 1inois, where he lived until
March, 1881, when he returned to Kansas, and has since made his home on the farm wheré
he resides at present. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hiawatha.
During the war of the Rebellion, Mr. Stansbury was Wagon Master of the Seventh lllinois
Cavalry, and enlisted at Bushnell, 111, in June, 1861, and was discharged at Springfield, Il,
four years subsequently. He participated in all the battles and engagements of his com-
mand. He was married iu Urbana, Ohio, in April 1868, to Mrs. Isabella Howell, a native
ofthe State of New York. They have had two children, one of whom Is living—James RB.
Mr. Stausbury’s farm coutains 160 acres, mostly upland, all enclosed, and has sixty acres in
cultivation, the remainder being pasture and meadow land. The farm is well watered by
Roy’s Creek and numerous springs and wells. There is a young and thrifty orchard on the
farm. Theimprovements consist of acomfortable frame dwelling house, one and one half
stories high, stock stable, etc, g

HARRISON STEELEY, farmer, P.O. Mount Roy, came to Kansas March 7, 1879, locat-
ing in lowa Township, Doniphan County, and has resided in this vicinity ever since. He is
a member of the German Reform Church. He was born near Bloomsburg, Columbia Co.,
Pa , March 12, 1834, aud lived in his native State until he came to Kansas, He was married
in Columbia County, Pa., in the fall of 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Gearhart, a native of Co-
lumbia County. They have four children, whose names are: Daniel Jacob, Diana (married

.to George McCauly, a native of Ohto), Stephen and Ellis. Mr. Steeley has a fine upland farm
of eighty acres, which he has earned by hard work and frugality, being comparatively
apoor man when he first came to Kansas. His farm is all under cultivation, and is all en-
closed by substantial feces. His orchard contains 125 bearing apple trees, the same num-
ber of peach trees and twenty-five cherry trees, all of the finest and most prolific varieties.
He has a good comfortable frame dwelling house, large barn, granary, corn crib and other
buildings on his farm. He devotes his attention chiefly to raising corn and small grain. His
wheat this year, 1882, averaged thirty-two bushels to the acre; his prospective yield of corn
this summer is simply enormous. < : ae

JACOB §. STILWELL, farmer, Section 17%, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. Robinson, was
born in Williams County, Ohio, June 11, 1842, and lived in his native State until 1859, when
he came to Kansas and located in Doniphan County, where he resided until 1861. He then
entered the Union Army asa member of Company A, Seventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry,
and was enlisted at Highland, Doniphan County, in June, 1861, and discharged from the
service in October, 1862, at Corinth, Miss. After his discharge from the Seventh Kausas he
returned to his old home in Ohio, and while there again entered the United States Service as
a member of Company E, Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry, a six months regiment. He served
out his time in this regiment and was discharged in Cleveland, Ohio. After being mustered
out of theservice he went to Nashville, Tenn., where he lived about seven months, and then
again returned to Ohio where he stayed but a short time and then went to Henry County,
Towa, where he lived nine months. From Iowa he returned to Kausas and located in Brown
County, where he has resided since. Mr. Stilwell came from a brave and patriotic family,
his father and two brothers being members of the Union Army during the war of the Re-
bellion, besideszhimself. His father, William A. Stilwell, a native of Berkeley County, Va.,
was amember of Company A, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry, and died from disease con-
tracted while in the service of his country in hospital at Cane Hill, Ark., although born on
Southern soil he was an ardent Unionist. ‘One of Mr. Stilwell’s brothers, Stephen D., wasa
member of the same company (A, Seventh Kansas) with him, and was killed at the battle of
Little Blue, November 10, 1861. William Q., another brother, was a member of, and served
a full term during the last war in the United States Regular army, being a member of the
Sixteenth United States Infantry. Mr. Stilwell participated in the ‘pattles of the Little Blue,
Corinth and a number of minor actions and skirmishes. He is a member of Robinson
Lodge No. 98, 1. 0.0. F. He was one of the charter members and has filled all the chairs of
his lodge, He was Constable.of Irving Township, Brown County, one term, He has been
married twice. The first marriage took place in Oregon, Mo., October 21, 1866, to Miss Ruth
A. Cole, a native of Ohio. Three children were the fruits of this marriage—Anna May, Ida
Alice ad Ruth A. The second marriage took place in Brimfield, Ind., February 10. 1874,
to Miss Caroline Snyder, a native of Obio. hey have had two children, one of whom is
living and whose nameis George Martin. Mr. S, owns a small but choice farm of eighty
acres, which is all enclosed and all under cultivation. The farm is well watered, and hasa
fine young orchard which contains fifty apple and a number of cherry, plum and peach
trees. There is also a handsome grove of young wainut and catalpa trees. The property
consists of a comfortable frame dwelling house, small stock stable, granary and other out
buildings. 8

. W. STUMBO, farmer, Section 10, Township 2, Range 18, P. O. Robinson, was born in
Mabuska Sanne Jowa, October 11, 1848, and resided in his native State uutil his third
year, when his parents started to remove to Oregon Territory, They both died, however,
while crossing the plains. The subject of this sketch was then taken in charge by his uncle,
Hiram Niday, who took him through to Oregon. Mr. 8. lived in this Territory until (1863,
when he went to Idaho, where he lived five years and was enga; ed in mining and prospect-
ing. From Idaho he went to California, where he was engaged in freighting and where he
lived five years. From there he went to Nevada where he again engaged in mining until
1879, when he removed to Falls City, Neb., where he lived until September, 1872, when he
removed to Irving Township. Brown County, where he resides at present. He was married
December 27, 1879, in Falls City, Neb., to Miss Hirsa Hall, anative of Iowa, They have one
child, a son, whose name is David.

 

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ISAAC L. VAIL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, Township 2, Range 18, P.O. Hia-
watha, was born in Middlesex County, N. J., April 1, 1340, and lived in his native county
until his tenth year, when his parents removed to Newark, in tbe same State, where they
lived until the spring of 1857, when they removed to Henry County, LII., where Mr. V. lived
until September 19, 1861, when he became a member of Company H, Thirty-third Regiment
IlMnois Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Cambridge, Ll]. Ou the 1st day of January, 1864,
Mr. V_re-enlisted in the same company and regiment and served until the close of the war,
being discharged December 2, 1865, at Vicksburg, Miss, He was present and took part in
the battle of Frederickstown, Mo., October 21, 1861; Cotton Plant, Ark., July, 1862;
Magnolia Hill, Champion Hill, Black River, siege of Vicksburg, Matagorda Bay, Spanish
Fort, Mobile Bay, and a number of minor engagements. After his discharge from the
U.S, army he went to Chicago, where he attended Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial College,
and after completing bis course came, in the spring of 1866, to Kansas, locating in Irvin
Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He has been Clerk of Schoo
District No. 25, Brown County, for four years. He was married in November, 1868, in’
Brown County, to Miss Emma Chipman, a native of Warren County. Pa. They have three
children living—Cora, Maud and Theodore, Mr. V. has a choice upland farm of 160 acres,
all enclosed with substantial fences, and all under ;cultivation. The water supply is fair.
There is a thrifty orchard on the place which contains 250 fruit trees. There is a fine grove
of native trees near the dwelling. Theimprovements are a new and commodious frame
house, stock stable, granary, smoke house, corn cribs, etc. Mr. V. had five acres in oats
which yielded 180 bushels, ten acres in barley which yielded 350 bushels, and seventy acres
in corn which averaged fifty-five bushels tothe acre. Mr. Vail is one of. the intelligent ana
leading, farmers of his section, raises considerable fine stock, and is pruspering abundantly.

EVAN B. WILLIAMS, farmer and proprietor of coal mine, Section 16, powshie 2,
Range 18,P.0. Robinson, Brown County, was born in Monmouthshire, England,J une 24, 1833,
but lived in his native country only till his third year, when his parents immigrated to Amer-
ica, locating in Montour County, Pa.,w here Mr. Williams Hved un il bis eighteenth year,
when he went to California, where he lived one year and was engaged in mining. From
the Golden State he went to Aust: alia, via the Sandwich and Simoon Islands, where he was
engaged in gold mining and remained two aud a half years. From Australia he went to
Peru, South America, remained a short time, and then returned to California via the Isth-

‘mus of Panama and Acapulco, Mexico. He resided in California, where he was engaged in

mining, about eleven years, and then returned via the I-thmus to Pennsylvania, where he
lived two and a half years, and then went tothe Rocky Mountains, where he was engaged
in coal mining. Staid ashore time, went to Iowa, and after a short time removed to Bevier,
Mo., and from there, in December, 1868, came to Kansas, locating in Irving oe nea:
Brown County, where he has resided since, He is a member of Robinson Lodge, No. 159,
. F.& A.M. He was married in Danville, Pa., in 1867, to Miss Elizabeth Dencenbarger,
a native of Bavaria, Germany. They have four children living—Mary, Charles F., Katie
D. and George. Mr. Williams owns a valuable upland farm of 120 acres, all enclosed wiih
substantial fences, and allincultivation. The supply of water is excellerit, and consists of
a number of fine springs and Roy’s Creek, which flows along the north and east sides of his
farm. The improvements consist of anew frame dwelling, containing seven rooms, and
ood outbuildings. On the north'west quarter of thefarm is one of the best coal mines in
rown County, which is operated by Mr. Williams, personaliy. The coal is of good quality,
meets with ready sale, and the yearly out-put amounts to from 14.000 to 15,000 bushels.
Mr. Williams has been a great traveler in his time, and has made the acquaintance of
thousands of persons in various countries and climes. He is a substantial business man
and farmer, and has au enviablereputation as a citizen. i
FORGE MARION WILSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 9, Township 2 Range
18, b. O. Kobinson, was born in Oregon, Holt County, Mo., December 31, 1852, and lived in
his native State until his fifth year, when his parents moved to lowa Point, Doniphan
County, where Mr. W. lived ten years. Hethen wentto Richardson County, Neb., where
he was engaged in farming and where he resided for eight years. From Nebraska he re-
turned to Kansas, locating In Brown County, wherehe has resided since. He was married
in Irving Township, Brown County, in April, 1875, to Miss Sulie A. Wilboit, a native of
Andrew County, Mo. They have had three children, two of whom are living, Louie B. and
Maud Estella. Mr. Wilson ownsa fine farm of 160 acres, equally divided between bottom
and upland, Itis enclosed by substantial fences. Seventy acres are under cultivation, the
remainder being timber anu pasture land. Thefarmis well supplied with water, Roy's
Creek flowing through the center, and has alsoa vumber of good springs and a fine well.
The orchard is young and thrifty. The improvements are a comfortable four roomed frame
dwelling, stock stables, corn crib, etc. In addition to farining his own land Mr. Wilson cul-
tivates fifty-five acres of rentedJand. He hadthirty acres in fall wheat this season which
yielded 607 bushels, and forty acres in corn which turned out acrop of 2,000 bushels. He
eeps twelve to fifteen head of stock cattle, forty to fifty head of hogs and eight head of
horses and mules. Heis a young and enterprising farmer and is well and favorably known
for his strict integrity and fine business qualities,

WALNUT TOWNSHIP.

Walnut Township has as yet no railroad. It has one village, however, of
some little importance for one so far fram rail transportation. ‘lhe first settle-
ment in this township was made by Isaac Swain, near where the Carson school
and settlement is now located. ‘The first organized public school in the county
was in District No. 1, this township, date of organization March 11, 1859. The
schoolhouse for this school was built in 1860, and is still occupied and in good
condition. Carson was the first postoffice established in the township, Decem-
ber 9, 1857, and M. L. Swain was the first Postmaster. There is one very
thriving church organization in the township, described below.

Fairview Congregational Church.—The society connected with this church
was organized January 30, 1872, The first pastor was the Rev. Milan Ayers,
who was ordained April 8,1872, The church building was commenced in 1878,
and completed and dedicated May 4, 1879, the Rev. 8. D. Storrs preaching the
sermon at the dedication ceremonies. ‘The church building is a handsome
gothic structure, 30x54, with ceiling eighteen feet high, and its seating capacity
is 300. It contains a fine chapel organ, is well carpeted, is supplied with all the
modern church furniture, and cost, including furniture, organ, etc., about $2,5co.
The membership of the church at the time of its organization was only nine per-
sons. At present it consists of 103, composed of some of the most prominent
and influential families of Fairview and vicinity. The first officers of the church
society were: C.H. Isely, Jas. W. Betts and R. Evans, trustees; John S.
Belts, clerk; C. H. Isely, treasurer, and Andrew Carothers, deacon. Rev. Mr.
Ayers was pastor of this church four years, and was followed by Rev. J. M.
Cheeseman, who had charge one and a half years. He was succeeded by Rev.
G. W. Skinner, who preached to the congregation one year, and was in turn
succeeded by Rev. Hiram S, Howard for one year, who was followed by the
Rev. Albert Matson, who was pastor one and a quarter years, and was succeed-
ed by Rev. Dwight Dunham, the present incumbent. The present officers of
the church are: Andrew Carothers, S. W. Rounds, J. M. Sewell, S. Thompson
and J. II. Van Foolsom, trustees; C. H. Isely, treasurer, and John S. Belts,
clerk (who has held this position ever since the organization of the church so-
ciety); F. J. Robbins, T. W. and J. W. Belts, deacons.

A Union Sunday school was organized at Fairview sixteen years ago, and
since the erection of the church building has used it as a place of meeting. A.
Jeff. Anderson was the first and Andrew Carothers is the present superintend-
ent. The Sabbath school has a membership of eighty-three, and has been held
continuously, summer and winter, since its organization.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—WALNUT TOWNSHIP.

J.R. ANDERS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, Township 2, Range 16, P. O. Ham-
lin, was born in Montgomery County, ba., Sentember 24, 1854, lived in his native State un-
til December 13, 1879, when he removed to Kansas, locating in Hamlin, Brown County,
where he resided a short time, and thence removed to Hamlin Township uatil February,
1880, when he moved to his farm in Walnut Township, Brown County, where he has resided
since. He was married in Montgomery County, Pa,, December 28, 1876, to Miss Lizzte
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Price, a native of Pennsylvania. They have two children whase names are Esther Lilly
and Elmer, Mr, Anders is the fortunate owner of a fine upland tarm which contains 240
acres, It is all enclosed with substantial fences, is ina high state of cultivation, is well
supplied with water and has magnificent orchards and groves. The improvements are
first-class in every particular and comprise among others a comfortable and cozy frame
cottage, containing five rooms, large frame barn 44558 feet, one double corn crib 24x32,
another 8x30, smoke house, cattle shed 18x36, a goou poultry house 14x16, two stock sheds,
one 14x32 and the other 8x28, etc. Mr. A. raisesfrom 3800 to 400 bushels of wheat, 500
bushels of oats, 6,000 to 7 000 buslrels of corn yearly, keeps thirty head of fine stock cat-
tle, 100 to 150 Poland-China and Berkshire hogs and seven head of horses. Heisa young,
intelligent and energetic farmer who cultivates his Jand according to methods learned in the
old Keystone State, and a good citizen and neighbor. :
NS. BELTS, farmer aud fruit and stock raiser, Section 25, Township 2, Range 15,
P. O. Carson, is the sonof James W. and Mary Belts and was born November 28, 1848, in
Bartholomew County, Ind., and lived in his native State until January 9, 1858, when the
family came to Kansas, locating in Walnut Township, Brown County, and where he has re-
sided ever since. He is an earnest and prominent member of the Congregational Church.
He is also a member of Hiawatha Lodge No. 83, and of Hiawatha Encampment No, 83, I.
0.0. F.. Mr, Belts is a graduate of Bryant’s Commercial College of St. Joseph, Mo. Has
had several years experience in mercantile pursults, but prefers farm life. Is a young,
intelligent, and jolly bachelor, a thorough and practical farmer, a good and useful citizen
and a man of high ¢ aracter and greatly esteemed in his neighborhood.

JAMES W. BELTS, farmer, fruit and stock raiser, Section 25, Township 2, Range 15,
P. O. Carson, was born August 10, 1819, in Livingston County, N, Y., and lived in his native
State until November, 1844. He then for a number of years traveled extensively in the
Southern and Western States. Among other places of interest, visiting the mammoth cave
in Kentucky, where he spent forty days. After the completion of his travels, he located in
Bartholomew County, Ind., where he resided eleven years, and was engaged at workiny at
his trade as carpenter. From Indiana he removed to Kansas, becoming a citizen of this
State May 18, 1856, locating on his fine farm in WaJnut Township, Brown County, where he
has resided ever since, Heis a zealous member of the Congregational Church, He was
Justice of the Peace of Walnut Township six years, and a member of School Board of Dis-
trict No. 16, Brown County, about fifteen years. e was married in Bartholomew County,
Ind., October 2, 1847, to Miss Mary Spencer, a native of Ohio. They have eight children,
whose names are—John S., Ellen M. (married to A. A. Pyles, a native of Virginia and resi-
dent of Morrill Township, Brown County), Emma (married to Ashley Chase, a native of
New York and a resident of Cawker City), Laura E. (married to A. A. Frink, a native of
New York anda resident of Walnut Township, Brown County), Charles A, and Mary A.,
twins; Mary A.is married to Fred A. Hough, a native of New Jersey and a resident of
Doniphan County; Sadie I, and Bessie Florence. Walnut Valley fruit and stock farm, as
the splendid estate of Esquire Belts is called, lies on Spring Creek, is 400.acres in extent, is
divided into bottom, upland and timber 1 ind, and is by odds the finest fruit and stock farm
in this section. Itis enclosed by good wire, heage aid board fences, is in a high state of
cultivation, and is well supplied with water, by means of springs, wells, cist rns, and Spring
Creek, which flows through the entire length of the farm in a southeasterly direction,
There is a model orchard on the farm, a part of it having been planted twenty-six years
ago, being among the first orchards planted in this section, and having been renewed from
time to time by young trees, it has a constant supply of fruitevery year; it contains 900
apple trees, 100 peach trees,and anumber of pear, plum and cherry trees; 800 to 1,000
bushels of apples are gathered every yearin this orchard. Walnut Valley fruit and stock
farin is known far and wide for the good quality and excellent variety of the fruit raised
here, buyers coming from all sections to purchase, the fruit being in many instances hauled
to various points to supply the local markets in the extreme western part of this State and
Nebraska. The improvements are first-class in every particular, embracing among
others, a new and elegant frame. mansion, built in the latest style, with all modern !mprove-
ments and conveniences, containing thirteen rooms. The residence is located in the center
of arich bitte grass lawn, embowered in evergreens and sbrubbery. Large and stately
shade trees also dot the lawn here andthere. The other improvements are, a large and

. conveniently-arranged frame barn, 30x53, granary 20x16, corn crib, 25x36, with thirteen

. foot posts, stock sheds and lots, etc., etc. squire Belts devotes his ‘attention chietiy to
raising fruit, corn, cattle and hogs. He grows 6,000 to 8,000 bushels of corn, 75 to 100
Poland-China hogs and 10 head of work horses. South of the dwelling is a maguificent
walnut grove. Itis seventy acres in extent, and contains thousands of second growth black
walnuts from six to twenty-five inches in diameter, and many fifty feet high. Mr. Belts is
one of the most successful fruit-growers in the country, a practical, thrifty, variety farmer,
and.a square, manly man, who entertains a very high opinion of this country.

- HARRISON J. BEMIS, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Carson, is the son of Jotham and
Martha Bemis, the former a native of Vermont State, died in January, 1882, the latter born
in Massachusetts, still survives him. During thesummer of 1853 they came west to Clinton
County, Iowa, where they farmed for ten years, and at the expiration of that time came to
Kansas and took up a homestead in the northwestern portion of Brown County. Here Mr.
Bemis lived until 1875, when he removed to Richardson County, Neb., but after farming
tnere a few years he returned to Kansas in March, 1881, and purchased the place where he
now lives. He was married in September, 1871, to Susie, daughter of John Long, who set-
tled in Kansas as early as 1859. Both are members of the Congregational Church at Fairview.

REV. JOSEPH F. BERRY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 9, P. O. Hamlin, is a native
of Washington, Tazewell Co., Il., born in 1836. He wasa Fraduate from Bethany College,
West Virginia, in 1867,both in the scientific and theological course, and was afterwards a
minister in his native town for nearly eight years. His next place of residence was Monroe,
Wis., and was married while in that State, at Center, Rock County, to Miss Julia M. Parmly,
in the year, 1868: then removed to Marshall County, Iowa, and in the fall of 1869 came to
Kansas. He first lived in Hiawatha Township, where he purchased eighty acres of partially
improved Jand, on which he lived three years, preaching during the mean time for the Con-
gregational Church at Hamlin, and the Christian Church at Padonia, He then removed to
Salem, Neb., where he was engaged at teaching school, andin the ministry for two years,
returning to Kansas at the expiration of that time. He then purchased his present place
where he owns 160 acres of land, all under cultivation, highly improved with beautifu
hedge fence, fine young apple and peach orchard, bearing, and good comfortable buildings,
necessary to a first-class farm. During his residence here, the Hamlin Christian Church
was organized under his supervision, and also the church for the same society at_ Hiawatha.
where he preached two years. He is at. present filling a pulpit at Falls City, Neb., every
Sabbath. :

D. BLODGETT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 32, Township 2, Range 15, P. 0. Sa-
betha, Nemaha County, was born in what is now Franklin County, Ohio, October 18, 1808,
and lived in his native State until January,1872,when he became a resident of Kansas, locat-
iug in Rooks County, where he engaged in farming and where he resided one year. Thence
he removed to Nemaha County where he was also engaged in agricultural pursuits, and
where he resided nearly five years. Hethen purchased a farm in Walnut Township, Brown
County, where he has resided ever since. Mr. Blodgett was married at Fort Finley, Obio,
in September, 1833, to Miss Melinda Snerr, a native of Richland County, Ohio. They have
six children living—Luzette (married to. Norman Edwards, a native of Licking County,
Ohio, and aresident of Graham County, Kansas), Charles (married to Miss Ida Hemphill, a
native of Kansas), Richard (married to Miss Melissa Rhea, a native of Missouri), James
(murried to Miss Lucy Thornell, a native of Missouri), John and Albert. Mr. Blodgett is
the fortunate owner of a choice upland farm, situated on the Delaware River. It contains
174 acres, sixty-four acres of which are meadow and timber land, the remainder being
equally divided between bottom and upland; is enclosed with substantial fences and 1s in a
good state of cultivation, The orchard is young and thrifty and contains about 100 bearing
apple and 2U0 peach trees. The farm is well watered by means of wells, springs and the
river which flows through the south part of the farm, ‘he improvements on the propert
are good; among which may be enumerated, a comfortable frame dwelling house, a small
tenant house, stone barn, granaries, corn cribs, etc. Mr. Blodgett devotes his attention
chiefly to raising corn and hogs. He raises from 4,000 to 5,000 bushels of corn yearly,
keeps 15 to 25 head of stock cattle,75 to 100 Poland-China hogs and five:head of horses and
mules. Mr. Blodgett is the Nestor of this portion of Brown County, and old as he is ‘‘ makes
a hand ” in the field to-day. Heisan honest, hardworking tarmer and is a good citizen
and neighbor, .

J. M. BOOMER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 21, Township 2, Range 15, P.O. Falr-
view, was born in Worcester County, Mass., in 1831, and livedin his native State until his
eighteenth year. In 1849 his parents removed to Kendall County, Ill. Three years later
Mr. B. entered the employ of Stone & Boomer, of Chicago, extensive bridge contractors.
He continued in the emplo of this firm four and a half years, and then engaged in farming
in Illinois, In the fall of 1863 he entered the employ of L. B. Boomer, formerly of the firm
of Stone & Boomer, who at that time had Jarge contracts with the United States govern-
ment in erecting railrgad bridges. Among others the firm replaced several bridges on the
M. P. Railroad destroyed by the rebel Gen. Price during his raid. He continued in this em-

loyment for two years, and then returned to his farm in Illinois, where he remained until

ay, 1873, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on hls farm in Walnut Township,
Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a prominent and zealous member ct the
Baptist Church of Sabetha, and has been Superintendent of the Sabbath-school connected
with this church for a number of years. He has been Commissioner of Brown County for
nearly three years past, and is Chairman of the Board. He has been for five years a di-
rector of, and is now president of the Brown County pixposition Society. He was married
in Kendall County, th, in 1861, to Miss Mary Ann Haigh, C
had three children, two of whom are living—Alice and Merrill B. James D. diedin August,
1873. “Spring Creek Stock Farm,” as Mr. Boomer’s fine estate is aptly named, contains 480
acres, mostly upland. It is enclosed with substantial fences, is in a high state of cultiva-
tion, and is abundantly supplied with water by means of wells and springs, and Spring

 

 

 

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Creek, which heads on this property. The orchard contains two and a half acres, and con-
tains 100 bearing apple, 200 peach and a number of pear and cherry trees. The place is
also abundantly supplied with small fruits, Sone which are grapes, currants, gouseber-
ries, raspberries, etc., etc. The improvements are first-class in every particular, among-
which isa large family mansion containing nine rooms, with a good cellar, stock stables, a
hay shed 30x56, with nineteen feet posts, granaries, stock sheds, 20x190 feet corn crib,

25x40 wagon and buggy sheds, tool and machinery house, etc., ete. Everything is in com-
plete order, and the place is equipped with all the modern farm machinery and labor
saving appliances.. There is also a large feed mill and stock scales on the property, A fine
grove of native trees covering three acres is on the northeast portion of thefarm. There js
also 12U acres of tame grasses, consisting of Hmobhy: clover and blue grass. He cuts 120
tons of tame hay, raises from 200 to 300 bushels of wheat, 600 to 1,000 bushels of oats,

4,000 to 8,0U0 bushels of corn yearly, feeds forty to fifty head of cattle, keeps eighty head of
thoroughbred and grade cattle, 150 Poland-China hogs and ten horses and mules. At the
head of his fine herd of Short-horn cattle stands “Captain Cobb,” a thoroughbred Princess

bull, He is two years old and weighs 1,630 pounds. Mr. mer considers Brown County as
well adapted to growing tame grasses as any section of‘ .dississippi Valley. His grass last
year yielded three tonstothe acre. Mr. Boomer is an intelligent, \thoroug’ going farmer
and stock raiser, one of the promigeny and honored citizens of Brown County, and pos-

sesses the esteem of a wide circle of friends, and is emineutly worthy of it, Mr. B.’s

brother, Charles T, Boomer, was a member of Company a, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, and

enlisted in the summer of 1861 in Walnut Township, serving until the close of the war,

sharing all the dangers and hardships of his regiment, and was discharged in the

fall of 1865. He entered his company as a private and re-enlisted as a veteran, and rose

to the rank of Sergeant, He was wounded twice while in the service, once severely, and his

death, which occurred in April, 1871, was directly attributable to the exposure and hard-

ships he elldured while in the service. He was born in Worcester County, Mass., m

October, 1834, and lived in his native State until his fifteenth year, when his parents re-

moved to Kendall County, IJl., and where he resided until the spring of 1858, when he

came to Kansas, where he pre-empted a farm on which his brother now lives, and resided

in the neighborhood until he entered the Union army. After his discharge he returied to

his brother’s farm in Illinois, where be resided for three years, and then entered the em-

ploy of the American Bridge Company. He continued with this company about three years,

and 1n 1870 returned to his farm in Kansas to improve it, and where he lived until his

death, in 1871. He was favorably known far and wide to all the old settlers in the northern

part of the State for his sterling worth and manly qualities.

JOHN T. B Y, farmer and stock dealer, b. O. Sabetha, was born in Cass County,
Ill, and came thence with W. H. Collins to Brown County, Kan,, in 1859, each living about
two miles east of Sabetha; the partnership in cattle buying and selling continued about six
years, though Mr, Brady served from 1862 to 1865 as a volunteer in the Seventh Kansas.
During 1866-67 he was located at Pawnee City, Neb., in partnership with Gov. Butler, of
Nebraska, in the cattle trade, doing business on an immense scale. From 1868 to 1875 he
aud T. B. Collins were associated together doing a heavy business, and up to the tinie of
their failure owning large tracks of land in Brown and Nemaha counties. The two grass-
hopper incursious and repeated drouths finally ruined them financially. Mr. Brady mort-
gaged every acre of land and dollar of property in order to raise mnoey to resume the
business in stock, for which a natural liking and fog experience so well fitted him. His-
success has been most gratifying, as he to-day owns 480 acres of fine land on the line of
Brown and Nemaba counties, to which he removed in 1881, on which he has good buildings,
a herd of at least 200 cattle, and owes no mana dollar. Not content with forming various
business partnerships with the Collins brothers from his and their boyhood, he married a
sister, thus binding himself in a litelong union meaning more than any mere partnership.

ELIZABETH §S. BUNN, widow of Jacob K. Buun, farmer, Section 10, Township 3,
Range 15, P. O. Frinkville, Mr, Bunn was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Bunn, natives
of Pennsylvania. He was born in Pennsylvania October 29, 1827, his parents removing at
an eaily day to Ohio and thence to McLean County, Ill. Mr. Bunn lived in Illinois until the
spring of 1855 when he became a resident of Kansas, first locating on Bunn Branch of the

olf River in Robinson Township, Brown County, where he resided five years and was en-
gaged in breaking prairie and in furming. He then removed to what is now Waluut Town-
ship, in the same county, where he resided until his death, which took place in Frankiin
He was a member of the Church of the United Brethren. Mr.
Bunn was one of the first Constables of Robinson Township aud served a considerable
length of time. He was also Justice of the Peace of Walnut Township six years. Mrs.
Bunn’s maiden name was Smith. She was born in Indiana, «1d married to br Bunn in
1849 in McLean County, Ill, They have ten children living—Smith Sawyer, married to
Rachael Smith, a native of Illinois; Mary Charlotta and Charles Marion, twins, both mar-
Hed Mary C. to Niram Curtis, a native of Ohio, Charles M. to Miss Esther H, Nicholson, a
native of Illinois; John M., born September 29, 1855, was the first white child born in
Brown County; Horace Greeley, married to Miss Fanny Handley, a native of Missouri;
Clarinda, Benjamin B., Lizzie, Milly A. and Jacob K., Jr. In 1861 Mr. Bunn was engaged
in freighting across the plains, plying between Hiawatha, Pike’s Peak and Denver, and for a
nuniber of years was engaged in operating a steam thresher in Brown and adjoining coun-
ties, He was an ardent and prominent polizician and acted with the Republican party. He
was one of the early pioneers of Brown, an intelligent aud industrious farmer, a usefuland
popular citizen and a good neighbor.
NDREW CAROTHERS, farmer and stock raiser, northwest of Section 30, Township
2, Range 16. P. O. Carson, was born December 2, 1840, in Cumberland County, Pa, Liviag
in his native State until the spring of 1851, when his parents removed to Henderson Coun-
ty, Ill., where he resided until 1862, when he entered the Union army as a member of Com-
pany F, Kighty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Monmouth, IIL, in
August, of that year, and was discharged at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill. July 5. 1865. He
participated in the defence of Fort Donelson and the battle of Nashville. Early in 18638, Mr.
C, was detached from his company and assigned to the corps of Topographical Kugineers
attached to the Army of the Cumberland, maintaining his connection with this corps until
his discharge. Mr, Carothers received his early education in the publicschools of Henderson
County, lll., and at Moumouth College in the same State, which he attended until the break-
ing out of the war. He is a prominent and zealous member of the Con regational Church, and
of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 1838, Kvights of Houor. He was Superintendent of Publie In-
struction for Brown County two terms, and is president of the emperance Union of the
same county, Mr, Carothers was married in Brown County, in April, 1867, to Miss Flora
J, McCune, a native of Ohio. hey have five children living, whose names are—Susie,
Charles Greely, Frank, Lydia, Estella and Gertrude. Mr. Carothers owns two choice farms,
one of 200 acres, lying on Spring Creek, six miles west of Hiawatha, andthe other, contain-
ing 320 acres, lying on Walnut Creek, four miles west ot Hiawatha. These farms rank
among the best in this section in respect to fences, cultivation, water, timber, and improve-
ments, The home farm has a cozy and comfortable awelling surrounded by beautiful
shrubbery, evergreen and shade trees, and one of the bestand most convenient frame barns,
82x42, in'the county, It also bas a good granary, corn crib, wagon shed, smoke house, elc.
There is a young and thrifty orchard on this farm, which covers three acres, and contains
200 fruit trees of various varieties, Farm No. 2 is well watered, isin a high state of culti-
vatlon, has plenty of good timber, and possesses an inexhaustible supply of building rock, the
markets of Hiawatha being sup plied irom these quarries. There is also a splendid orchard
on this property, which covers five acres, and contains 400 fruit trees of al Kinds. Owing
to these farms being so far apart, Mr. Carothers offers one of «hem for sale, thus affording -
an opportunity for some man to become the fortunate owner of one of the finest and most
fertile farms in the Banner County of the State. Mr. Carothers grows 4,000 bushels of
corn, and 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of small grain snnually; keeps thirty to forty head of stock
cattle, seventy-five to one hundred Poland-China hogs and nine head of work horses. He
began here with little means and has accumulated a splendid estate; isa man of great en-
ergy and liberal intelligence, and proposes to make up a stock farm that shall represent the
best phases of breeding, grazing and feeding prime cattle and hogs. He is a man of decided
WOMIES. DELBAMA FRINK wiiowegh t
» DE ,» widow of Rev. Prentis Frink, farmer and stock raiser, Section
4, Township 8, Range 15, P.O. Fairview. Rev. Prentis Frink was born in Brookfield. Mad-
ison Co,, N. Y., September 22, 1815, where he resided unti) his 25th year, when he removed
to Wyoming Valley, Penn., where he had charge of the Plymouth ‘and Sebman Baptist
churches for three years. Hethen removed to 3 iddleton, Pa., where he jad charge of the
Dimmock and Forest Lake churches, and where he resided five years. Tlience he returned
to Madison County, N. Y., where he had charge of the Clockville and Peterboro churches,
and where he resided three years. On the 11th day of November, 1859, he became a resi-
dent of Kansas, locating at Iowa Point, Doniphan County, where he resided five months and
located in what is now nown as Walnut Township, Brown County, where he resided until
his death, September 11, 1861. While residing ona farm in Walnut Township, the cultiva-
tion of which he superintended, Mr, Frink was engaged in preaching and in organizing
church societies in Sabetha. Kapioma., and Padonia, Mr. Frink received his early educa-
tlon in Brookfield, N, ¥., and completed his studies in the Hamilton University, in the same
State, After completing his classical course at this institution, he commence reading the-
ology. being admitted to the university of the Baptist Church and ordained at Dimmock,
Pa, In 1844. He immediately took charge of Dimmock and Forest Lake churches, as ai-
ready stated. He was a faithful and zealous pastor. urs. Frink, whose maiden name was
Millard, was born in Delaware County, N. Y., and was married to Mr. Frink at Lehman,
Pa., October 26, 1842. They had eight children, all of whom are living, and whose names
are: Emogene B., married to P, W. Fuller, a native of Illinois, and a resident of Brown
County; J. Melancthon, a resident of Seattle, Washington Territory, twice married, the
first married being contracted with Miss Hannah Phillips, a native of Pennsylvania, and the
second with Miss Abbie Hawkins, a native of Tllino is; Ophelia, married to Charles M.
Beran a native of Ohio aud a resident of Morrill, Brown County; Adeldert A.. a resi-
ent of Walnut Township, Brown County, married to Miss Laura Belts, a nat .ve of Indiana;
BROWN COUNTY.

Henry €.. Joshua L., Frederick P., 2 resident of Walnut Township, Brown County, married
to Miss Minnie Cranz, a native of Ohio; and Nettie. The last named, Miss Nettie, was Post-
mistress of Frinkville for five years, and until the removal of the post-office to Fairview.
Mrs. Frink owns a choice upland farm of signe acres: englosed by substantial fences; is in
a food state of cultivation, and is well supplied with water by méans of springs, wells. and
a branch of the Delaware, which flows in a southeastern direction through the farm. There
is a thrifty orchard on the place which covérs over an acre and contains 250 fruit trees of
various kinds. There is also an abundance of small fruits on the property. The improve-
ments are good, embracing among others a comfortable five-room frame cottage, a frame
barn 30x32, corn cribs, stock shed, lots, etc. East of the dwelling is a fine grove of native
timber, which coversone acre and contains 500 cottonwood, honey locust, and black wal-
nut trees. There is also another magnificent grove, containing two acres, on the north side
of the farm, Mrs. Frink’sfarm is managed by her son, Joshua L., who isa thorough and
intelligent farmer. He grows 100 bushels of wheat, the same quantity of oats, and 2,000
bushels of corn yearly; Keeps 16 head of stock cattle, 30 to 40 Poland-China hogs, and 4
head of fine horses. The Frink family are well and favorably known to the old pioneers of
this section, and are among the most prominent and prosperous residents of Brown County.

ANDREW GASSIN, farmer and Stock raiser, Section 10, Township 2, Range 15, P. 0.
Morrill, was born in New York City December 24, 1848, and lived in his native city until his
twenty-second year, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Walnut Township
Brown County, where he has resided since, _He has been a member of the Board of Schoo
District No. 57, Brown County, five years. He was married in New York City in July, 1869,
to Miss Mary F, Jones, a native of Burlingfon County, N. J. ‘‘Mulberry Stock Farm,” as
Mr. G,’s farm is named, is @ fine valley farm of 240 acres. Itis all enclosed with a hand-
some osage hedge; is in a high state of cultivation and is well supplied with water by wells,
springs and Mulberry Creek, which flows through the farm in a southeasterly direction.
The orchard on this farm covers eight acres and contains 350 apple trees, 375 peach,
twenty-five pear, twenty-five cherry and a number of plum, apricot, nectarine trees. There
is also an abundance of small fruits on the place, among which are 200 grape vines of the
choicest varieties, strawberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, etc. The improve-
ments are excellent and comprise among others, a comf rtable and cozy frame dwelling,
containing six rooms, with good cellar, stock stable and sheds, 16x110 feet, combined gran-
ary and corn crib, 30x28, corn crib 9x60, poultry house, calf pens, stock lots, ete., ete.
Southwest of the house is a fine young grove containing 250 ash trees. Mr. Gassin raises
500 bushels of wheat yearlv, 400 to 500 bushels of rye, 250 to 300 bushels of oats, 3,500 to
4,000 bushels of corn; cuts forty to fifty acres of hay; has fifty acres seeded down to timothy,
clover and blue grass; feeds two car-loads of cattle; keeps a herd of fifty head of fine grade
Durham and Jersey cattle; seventy-five to 100 Poland-China and Essex hogs and eight
bead of horses. At the head ofthe “Mulberry” herd stands “Young Duke of Mulberry,” an
animal of superior personal traits and illustrious lineage. Mr. Gassin alms to build up a
herd second to none in Brown Crunty and will, doubtless, succeed. In addition to his other
pursuits Mr. G, also pays some attention to bee-culture, and bas now on his place a small
apiary of fine Italian bees. He has also-some of-the finest Light Brahma poultry in the
county. Mr. Gassin tsa young, intelligent and industrious farmer and stock breeder, a
useful and honorable citizen and a good neighbor.

JOSEPH HAIGH, farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, Township 2, Range 15, P. O.
Fairview, was born in Wakefield, England, January 18, 1841, and lived In his native country
until he was six years of age,when his parents immigrated to America, locating near Bristol,
Ill. Mr. H, lived in 'linois until August 7, 1862, when he enlisted at Yorkville, in this State,
inthe Union army, becoming a member_of Company H, Eighty-ninth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry. He was discharged from the United States service at Nashville, Tenn., June 11,
1865. Hesuffered severe hardships while in thearmy, from the effects of which he suffers
to-day. He participated, among others, in the battles of Stone River, Piberty Gap, Chicka-
mauga, the Atlanta campaign, including the siege, Nashville, Tenn, At the battle of Stone
River, Mr. H. was taken prisoner by the rebel forces under the command of Gen. Braxton
Bragg, and after being confined in a number of different places, was sent to Richmond, Va.,
where he was immured in Libby Prison. He was detained as prisoner about six weeks, and
then paroled. After his exchange, he returned to his regiment, where he served until
the Atlanta campaign, when, on the 11th day of September, 1864, he was again taken pris-
oner by theenemy. After his capture he was taken to Macon, thence to Millen, and from
_ there to Savannah, where he was held a prisoner until his exchange, when he was conveyed
to Annapolis, Md., where he was an inmate of the Naval Hospital for a period of six weeks.
He was then furloughed, and proceeded to his nome in Illinois, where he remained until his
shattered health was sufficiently restored, when he rejoined his regiment at Huntsville, Ala.,
and served with It until the close of the war. At the battle of Chickamauga, on the 19th day
of September, 1863, Mr. H.’s twin brother, Benjamin, a member of the same company and
regiment, was stricken down by a rebel builet, and died on the 25th of the same month. He
was a bright and promising young man, and beloved by all his comrades, and laid down his
life for his country at theearly age of twenty-two. After Mr. Haigh’s discharge, he returned
to his Illinois home, where he resided until May, 1870, when he became a resident of Kan-
sas, locating in Walnut Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a zeal-
ous and consistent member of the Baptist Church of Sabetha, He has been Justice of the
Peace of Walnut Township for four years, and a member of the Board of School District,
No. 64, Brown County, one year. He was married in Bristol, Ill., March 13, 1872, to Miss
Annie Bennett a native of Scotland. They have had five children, three of whom are living
—Jessié Harlan, Benjamin (died December 4, 1877), Gracie (died December 7, 1876) Jessie,
and Annie Mabel. Esquire Haigh owns two fine farms in Walnut Township. One, the home
farm, contains eighty acres, is enclosed with substantial fences, well supplied with water;
has a fine orchard and good improvements, among which are a new an‘! neat frame dwell-
ing, containing five rooms, stock stables, granary, Corn cribs, etc., etc. The other farm con-
tains 160 acres, is well fenced, and has seventy acresin cultivation, the remainder being
asture and meadow land. Itis a fine body of Jand, and has a branch of Spring Creek flow-
ng through it. Mr. H. dovotes his attention to raising grain and hogs. He raises from 1,000
to 1,500 bushels of corn yearly, keeps fifteen head of grade Durham cattle, seventy-five to
one hundred hogs, and four head of horses. He is a thorough and practical farmer, an
ponored magistrate of his county, and is well and favorably known for his probity and
integrity.

NOAH HANSON, farmer, Section 20, Township 2, Range 16, P. O. Carson, was born in
Windham, Cumberland Co., Me., December 14, 1814. He is the son of Joseph and Lydia Han-
son, both of English descent. His mother’s name was the same before and after marriage He
received a practical education at the district school and also at Alfred and Parsonfield, Me,
Academies, and Friends’ School at Providence, R. I. He worked on his father’s farm till he
became of age, commenced teaching school when seventeen years of age, and continued to
teach during the winter for fifteen winters, working on a farm inthe summer. From 1845
to 1857 he was engaged in merchandising at Portland, Me. In April, 1857, he came to
Kansas and pre-empted the northwest quarter of Section 28, Walnut Township, Brown
County. In October, 1858, he was appointed, by President Buchanan, Postmaster of Carson,
the office being at his residence for over twenty years, or until January 1, 1879, when he
resigned and recommended the appointment of the present Postmaster, Jacob Hayward.
Mr. Hanson took an active part in the first effort to establish public schools. He helped
organize and was one of the first officers of School District, No. 1, and helped build the first
public schoolhouse in Brown County, in which Miss Harriet Chase, now Mrs. Harriet Tyler,
taught the first term of public school, Mr. Hanson and his wife, Mary C. (daughter of
Janes Winslow, of the same school district), to whom he was married October 29, 1847,
were of Quaker parentage, and, with some liberal and important qualifications, retain
largely the views of that sect. He is the owner of 270 acres of land, all under improvements,
and well supplied with native timber. He has been an active and efficient agent in building
up and putting in operation the Public Schools of Brown County. having held the office of
County Superintendent of Public Schools six years. He has also been an active participant
in township and county matters, having been County Commissioner two years and Town-
ship Trustee of Walnut Township seven years. He was one of the pioneers in the Anti-
Slavery movement, a life-long temperance advocate, and contiuues to take a active part in

olitical and social reforms, i
: S. HATFIELD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, Town 2, Range 15, P, O. Sabetha,
Nemaha County, was born in Ross Country, Ohio, December 25, 1828, and lived in his native
State until his eighteenth year, and then removed to McLean County, Ill, where he was en-

aged in farming, and where he resided until the spring of 1855, when he became a resi-
font of Kansas locating on Bunn’s Branch, Robinson Township, Brown County, where he
resided until November 12 of the same_year, when he removed to his farm—which he pre-
empted—in Walnut Township, Brown County, where he has since resided. He is a consist-
ent member of the Congregational Church at Fairview. Mr. H. participated inthe War of
the Rebellion during the Price raid, as a member of Capt. I. N. Speer’s Company, Twenty-
second Regiment, Tangas Militia, and enlisted in Hiawatha, in October, 1864. Served one
month, and was discharged at Kansas City. Mr. H. also gave his eldest son, Peter Hatfield,

to the Union cause. He enlisted at Hiawatha, August 19, 1862,as a member of Company I °

(Capt. John Schilling), Thirteenth Regiment, Kansas Infantry, and was discharged on the
expiration of his term of service, at Little Rock,'Ark., June 26, 1865. He was born in Mc-
Lean County, Ill, March 8, 1844, and came with his father’s family to Kansas. He took
part in the battles of Cane Hill, Pea Ridge, and other minor engagements. He was a brave
and loyal soldier, shared in all the dangers and privations of his command, losing his eye-
sight almost completely from the hardships endured while in the service. He was acci-
dentally killed in September, 1879. Mr. Hatfield, the elder, was married in McLean County,
IH, in 1843. to Miss Mary E. Bunn, a native of Ross County, Ohio.” They have eight chil-
dren living, whose names are; Heury (a resident of Republic County, married to Miss Ad-
die Phelps, a native of Michigan), Hannah (married to Frank 8S. Dixon, a native of Ohio and
aresident of Brown County), Mary Ellen (married to R. M. Parker, a native of Iowa and a
resident of Washington Ter.), Christopher Ira (a resident of Republic County, married to
Miss Alice Prince anative of England), Eva (married to Frank B. Robbins, a native of

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Kansas and a resident of Brown County), Ida and Freddie. Mr. Hatfield*owns a five farm
of 160 acres, lying ou Spring Creek. It is mostly second bottom, is all enclosed by substan-
tial fences, isin a high state of cultivation, ald is well supplied with water by means of
springs, wells, and the creek, which flows ina southeastern direction through the farm.
There is a young and thrifiy orchard on the place. The improvements are good, and con-
sist in part of a six-roomed frame dwelling, a good frame barn, 24x38, granary, corn crib,
wagon shed, a summer and wash house, ete., etc. Mr. Hatfield devotes lis time and atten -
tion chiefly to raising corn, cattle, and hogs. He raises 5,000 to 6,000 bushels of corn, keeps
100 stock cattle, 100 to 200 fine stock hogs, a few sheep, aid eight head of work horses. He
is an old pioneer of this section, an industrious, practical farmer, a prosperous and promi-
nent citizen, and is favorably spoken of in his neighborhood.

AMUEL IDE, farmer and stock-raiser, Sectlon 3, Township 3, Range 15,P.0. Hiawatha,
was born in Luzerne County, Pa., November 19, 1524, and lived in his native State until
December, 1859, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Doniphan County, near
Highland, where he resided four years. He then removed to Walnut Township, rown
County, where he has eversince resided. He isa zealous and consistent member of the Bap-
tist Church. He was married in Luzerne County, Pa., in July, 1851, to Miss Mary Millard, a
native of Masonville, N., Y._Shé died July 29, 1882. They lave had four children, three of
whom are living, named: Frederic (died November 27, 1876), Louisa (married to William
Drake, a native of New York and a resident of Brown County), Kugenia and Rosetta. Mr.
Ide owns a fine upland farm of 200 acres. It is inahigh state of cultivation, is all sur-
rounded with substantial fences, and is well supplied with water by means of a number of
good wells and Ide’s Branch of the Delaware River, which flows through the western part
of the farm. Thereisayoung and thrifty orchard on the property, and a fine quarry of
building stone. Theimprovements are first-class, comprising, among others, a fine frame
dwelling, stock stables, sheds and lots, granary, corn cribs, etc., etc. Mr. Ide raises 250 to
3U0 bushels of oats, 2,500 to 3,000 bushels of ‘corn, keeps twenty to twenty-five extra fine
stock cattle, thirty to forty hogs, aud four head of horses. Mr. Ide is one of the old resi-
dents of Brown, 1s an honest, intelligent and hard-working farmer, a useful and prosper-
ous citizen, and an honorable, upright Christian gentleman.

C. H. ISELY, f 'rmer and stock raiser, Section 16, Township 2, Range 15, P. O. Sabetha,”
Nemaha County, was born in Hochstetten, Canton Berne, Switzerland, May 3, 1828, but left
his native country at an early age, his parents immigrating to America in 1831, locating in
Holmes County, Ohio, where Mr. Isely lived until April 11, 1850, when he removed to St.
Joseph, Mo., where he resided until October, 1851, when he removed to Marathon County,
Wis., where he engaged in the lumber business, and where he resided until April 8, 1853,
wheu he returned to St. Joseph, in which city, and in Omaha, Neb., he was engaged in
working at his trade as carpenter and house builder, and where he resided until October 9,
1861, when he entered the Unionarmy as a member of Company F, Second Regiment Kan-
sas Volunteer Cavalry, enlisting at St. Joseph, Mo., and being discharged at Fort Leaven-
worth, November 16,1864. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Ind. Ter., Back-
bone Mountain, Ark., Dover, Prairie D’Anne, Jenkins Ferry. Clarksville, Fort Smith and
a number of minor engagements. Mr. Isely shard all the dangers and hardships of his
command, and had many narrow escapes, while in the service, from capture and death.
After his discharge from the United States service, he rejoined his wife in Ohio where he
remained a short time, and then returned to St. Joseph, where he again followed _his trade,
and where he resided until the spring of 1872, when he returned to Kansas, having previ-
ously been a citizen for a time, locating on his farm in Walnut Township, Brown County,
where he has resided tince. Heis a prominent and consistent member of the Congregation-
al Church at Fairview. He has been Clerk of School District No, 64, Brown County, six
years, He was married in St. Joseph, Mo., May 31, 1861, to Miss Eliza Dubach, a native of
Courrendelin, Canton Berne, Switzerland, a daughter of Benjamin Dubach. Esq.,an old Free
state settler of Doniphan County, he having located there in Willow Dale, in 1856. Ten
children wer-~ tlre fruit of this union, seven of whom are living, their names being as fol-
lows:—Adolphe, born June 28, 1862, died October 4, 1862; W. Henry and M. Alice, twins;
John C., born August 31, 1867, died August 11, 1868; Lydia J., Olivia Grace, born Septem-
ber 12, 1871, cied May 10, 1874; Freddie B., Charlies C., James W. and P.P. Bliss. Mr.
Isely, for many years of his life, followed his trade as carpenter and house builder, in the
cities of St. Joseph and Omaha and in Brown County, Kas. He has superintended and
erected among others, the palatial residence of Hon. KE. N. Morrill, of Hiawatha, the Con-
gregational Church at Fairview, Spring Grove Schoolhouse, and the ‘ommodious resi-

ences of Fredand Henry Isely. For the past ten years he has followed farming, princi-
pally, conducting his fine upland farm of 165 acres, lying five miles southeast of Sabetha,

tis enclosed with substantial fences, is in a pood state of cultivation and is well supplied
with water by springs, a good well and Spring Creek, which flows nearly through the cen-
ter ofthe farm. Five acres of the farm are devoted toa young and thritty orchard, which
contains 160 apple, 300 peach, and a number of pear, plum, cherry and mulberry trees.

‘There is alsoan abundance of small fruits on the ptace, consisting of grapes, strawberries,

raspberries, blackberries and gooseberries. The iin provements are good, and consist,
among others, of a new and cozy nine-room frame gothic cottage, surrounded by a hand-
some lawn,adorned by evergreens, shrubbery aud shade trees, stock stable and lots,
granary, corn cribs, etc., etc. r. Isely raises trom 250 to 400 bushels of wheat yearly) 50
bushels of rye, 300 bushels of oats, 2,500 to 3,000 bushels of corn, cuts ten acres of hay,
Keeps twenty to twenty-five head of fine stock cattle, seventy-five to ninety Poland-China
hogs, and four head o Foon work horses. Mr. Isely and his amiable and accomplished
wife are old pioneers of the State. They came to Kansas inthe early days of the Territory,
although they did not take up their permanent abodein the State until a later date. Mr.
Isely was a Free-state nan in the early times, and is a Republican to-day, and is a zealous
and strong friend of prohibition and temperance. He is besides, a prosperous, industrious
and intelligent farmer, and a good Christian gentleman, well and favorably known for his
inteprity and probity. He loves his home and is warmly attached to his bright, promising
auly.

FREDERIC ISELY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 16 Township 2, Range 15, P. O.
Sabetha, Nemaha County, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, November 18, 1831, and lived
in his pative State until September 17, 1872, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating
on his farm in Walnut Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. Heisan
earnest and consistent member of the German Reform Church. He was married in Stark
County, Ohio, November 8, 1859, to Miss Paulina Geiger, a native of Ohio. They had one
son, William H., a bright and intelligent child, who died August 24, 1867. Mr. I. ownsa
fine upland farm of 400 acres, it is enclosed with substantial feuces, and 1s in a high state of
cultivation, and well supplied with water by means of an excelient well, equipped witha
Woodmansie wind mill. A number of fine springs, the north branch of Spring Creek which
flows through, and Knapp’s Run which heads on his farm. The orchard on this fine estate
covers eight acres, and contains 3U0 apple, 200 peach and 50 plum, pear and cherry trees.
The improvements are excellent, and consist, in part, of an elegant residence containing
nine rooms, surrounded by handsome evergreens, Shade trees and shrubbery; large frame
barn, stock stables, granary, corn-cribs, etc., etc. Mr. I. raises from 500 to 600 bushels of
wheat, 600 to 700 bushels of oats, 300 bushels of barley, 200 bushels of rye, 4,000 to 5,000
bushels of corn annually; keeps 60 head of stock cattle, 75 to 100 stock hogs, and 4 head
of horses and mules; has 20 acres in timothy and clover, and cuts 60 acres of hay annually,
Mead is thorough and practical farmer; an honest straightforward man, anda good and
useful citizen. 2

- HENRY ISELY, farmer, Section 16, P.O. Sabetha, Nemaha County; born September 1,
1841, near Winesberg, Holines Co., Ohio. His father, Christian Isely, was a native of Canton
Berne, Switzerland, He immigrated to this country in 1831, and settled ona farm in Holmes
County, Ohio, and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1865. His mother’s maiden
name was Barbara Ozenberger. She was born in the same canton, Switzerland, in 1800.
She resided atthe old homestead in Ohio until 1872, when she fullowed her children and
resided with them in Brown County, and died at the house of the subject of this sketch,
January 16, 1882. The family consisted of eight children; the two eldest died young; the
eldest living, Hlizabeth, married Rev. J. G. Abele, now at Harrisburg, Pa; Christian H.
married Miss Eliza Dubach, anative of Switzerland; Frederick married Miss Pauline
Geiger, of Uhio, and Barbara married Jacob Kenelle, of Ohio, and Jacob died when fifteen
years old. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of the family. His common school
education was obtained in one of those ancient log cabins with slab benches. He subse-
quently attended the high schools of Massillon and Berlin, Ohio, with a course at the Com-
mercial College at Cleveland. He taught school in his native county four years. Inthe
spring of 1867 he came West, and after roaming through portions of Kansas and Missouri,
dur.ng the summer of 1867, he organized and taught what was known asthe Woodburn
Seminary, near St. Joseph, Mo., and taught the first public school in said district. He re-
mained at this post three years. He opened the school with four scholars, and the last year
he was there the enrollment was over ninety, and had the pleasure of Seeing the spirit of
free schools flourish. In 1869, bought wild land in the western part of Brown County, Kan.,
which now constitutes his homestead. In 1870 he moved to Brown County, and taught the
Fairview school for three suecessive win'ers. In thespring of 1871 he commenced to open
up the farm on which he now resides. In theautumnof 1862 he enlisted in Company C,
Sixty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as aprivate, and served a little over
three years, serving -first in the Department of Virginia, nextiun North Carolina, then in
South Carolina. Participated in the sieges and capture of Morris [sland, in the siege of
Charleston, Fort Sumter, and other noted strongholds, and was inthe bloody charge on
Fort Wagoner, July 18, 1863, where his division lost nearly one-half ofits menin that
night’s attack. . In the siege of Charleston his command was under fire for three months,
with scarcely an hour’s cessation of bursting of shells, After the charge of Fort Wagoner
he was prostrated with typhoid fever, and lay inthe field hospital on Morris Island about six
weeks, Contrary to the expectations of the surgeon and his company comrades, our subject
weathered itthrough. Although barely twenty-two, he came out of that hospital his head
covered with gray hair. After his recovery he rejoined his company. In January, 1864,
the regiment entered as a veteran regiment, and after thirty days’ furlough, was sent, via
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Washington, tothe Army of the James, under Gen. Butler. May 10, 1864, he was in the
battle of Chester Station, May 20. at Weir Bottom Church, and on the same ground in the
battie known as Weir Bottom Church and Howlett House, June 16, 17,18. In the following
September he was under fire during the whole month in front of the rebel fort blown up by
Grant’s mine, then commonly called Fort Hell, in front oi Petersburg, his came being within
rifle shot of the rebel batteries. September 29, he was at the engagement at Signal Hill, on
the north side of the James River, andthe same afternoon at Chapin’s Farm, and on the
same ground, October 1, his command repelled the onslaught of the rebel hordes under Gen.
Ben. Hill. Octover 13, he was in the battle of Darbytown Road; his command stormed the
enemy’s works. October 27 and 28, he was in the battle of Charles City Road; storming of
Petersburg, April 2, 1865. Onthe retreat of Gen. Lee, the command of Mr. Isely followed
him and engaged him in his intrenchments at Jettersville, April6. The next day he was
again engaged at High Bridge, east of Farmville. He was at the surrender of Gen. Lee at
Appomattox Court-house, April 9, being at that timeinthe First Brigade, First Division
Twenty-fourth Army Corps, under Gen. Ord. On the day of the surrender he was wounded
in the face by the bursting ofa shell. From this time he was on provost duty in Virginia
until October 16, 1865, when he was mustered out at Richmond, Va. In 1872 he was elected
Township Clerk of Walnut Township, Brown Co., Kan,, and has filled various school and
township offices since that time. @was amember of the City Council of Hiawatha two
terms. In 1873 he was elected on the Farmers’ ticket to the office of County Clerk of Brown
County ; was re-elected in 1875 as independent candidate by the coalition of the Independ-
ents and the Democrats, and was again re-elected as an Independent in 1877, and his can-
didacy was endorsed by all three parties in their conventions, hence had no opposition. He
retired from said office somewhat shattered in health, in January, 1880, and retired to his
quiet rural home, fourteen miles west of Hiawatha, Out-door exercise seemed to agree with
him, and his health was gradually restored. Hischief ambition now was to establish a
pleasant little home on the farm, to enjoy it with his little family for the balance of his natu-
rallife. Against his wishes, in 1882 he was nominated by the Democratic convention, The
campaign was hot, and with great odds against him was elected by sixty majority. Asa
member of the House, he served on the Committee of Assessment and Taxation, and en-
rolled bills. On the former his best work was putin, a work of which the public find out
but little. He was the author of five meritorious bills, which were reported on favorably by
the different committees. To his chagrin, he was rostrated by sickness, which prevented
his attendance the last two weeks of the session. Mr. I. has been raised and confirmed as a
member of the Reformed Church, the church of his parents, and is a member of sald church
now.: He took an active part in effecting an organization of said chureh in Hiawatha. In
politics he has acted with the Republicans, voting for Grant in 1868 and 1872, and for Hayes
in 1876, but examining the result in the latter case from both sides, without partisan blas,
he never could make himself believe that the measures by which Hayes was counted In were
exactly honest, hence in 1880 he voted for Hancock. Heisno partisah, independent in his
political views. In the main he believes in supporting the honest principles of men above
party. He does not believe that all the virtues are in one party, nor all the evil in the other.
e was married August 24, 1871, to Miss Sophia B, Hochstetler, a native of Holmes County,
Ohio, and daughter of Elias and A. E. (Joss) Hochstetler. Her father has been a rominent
Jeader and office-holder in Holmes County, Olio, where he has lived since 1811. Mrs. I. is a
member of the same church with her husband, and is a modest lady of many estimable qual-
ities of mind and heart. They have had five children; three of them died in infancy, and
» Mary E. died in her fourth year; but one child is left them now, a boy, William Frederick,
born July 13, 1873. He owns 475 acres of land, all under fence but a five-acre timber lot;
235 acres in Section 16, and 240 acres in Section 9, allin Township 2, Range 15, adjoining
each other. About 175 acres are under cultivation,the balance in pasture or prairie meadow.
The farm has two good pasture fields, one of seventy and the other of 190 acres. The former
is watered by Spring Creek and the latter by a never-failing spring, therefore well adapted
for astock farm. The buildings are all on the northwest quarter of Section 16, and consist
of:a h use, small barn, granary, corn cribs, and other outbulidings, and aS soon as his
means will permit, he expects to Amprore his house and build a good basement barn. The
orchard, which he started himself, is composed of apple, peach, cherry, pear, plum and
other trees, and in 188? had the first sufficient supply of apples. bee
the apple orchard, but itis not all filled yet. In gmall fruits, has.grapes, blackberries, cur-
rants, etc. As windbreaks or ornamental trees, there are maple, cottonwood, Lombardy
poplar, box elder, ash, elm, yellow poplar, and a few pine and other varieties. Has started
to seed some of his land with tame grasses. Believes in mixed farming, hence he raises
small grain, besides corn. Has a good foundation for a good stock farm, and expects toim
prove and stock as fast as his means will admit. z
G. JOSS, farmer, stock raiser and feeder, proprietor of Maple Grove Stock Farm, Sec-
tion 22, Township 2, Range 15, P. O. Fairview, was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland, Jan-
uary 24, 1829 and lived in his native country until his fifth year, when his parents immi-
gated to America, first locating in Weinsberg, Holmes Co., Ohio, Mr. Joss lived in Ohio un-
til the spring of 1858, and then removed to Kast Troy, Walworth Co., Wis., where he re-
mained six months. From there he came to Kansas, locating in the city of Leavenworth,
November 28, 1858, remaining in this city five and a half years. and working at his trade—
that of wagon maker. Inthe fall of 1863 he removed to Atchison County, where he lived
six months, and then removed to his farm in Walnut Township, Brown County, where he
has resided since. Heis a member of the Congregational Church of Fairview. He was
Treasurer of School District No. 16, Brown County, for six years. He took part in the War
of the Rebellion, as a member of Captain I. N. Speer’s Company, Twenty-second Regiment
Kansas Militia, and enlisted in Walnut Township in October, 1864; served one month and
was discharged at Kansas City. He was marriedin Holmes County, Ohio, May 23, 1852, to
Miss Martha Robinett, anative of Ohio. They havenine children living—Christian Frederic,
(married to Miss Allie Driblebeis, a native of Ohio). Rosa, Charles +, (married to Miss

as ten acres laid off for

Hattie Gardner, a native of Kansas), George E., John Frank, William I., Edward C., Jesse

Warren and Myrtle Leonora. Maple Grove Stock Farm, as Mr. Joss’ fine estate is known,
is one of the finest and best improved farmsin Brown County. It contains 720 acres; is all
enclosed by substantial fences; is divided into bottom, timber and upland; isina high state
of cultivation, and is well supplied with water by means of wells, springs and Spring Creek,
which flows ina southeast direction the farm. The orchards cover ten acres. Orchard
No. 1 contains 500 apple, 400 peach, and a number of pear and cherry trees. Orchard No.2
contains about 300 fruit trees of all varieties. There is also a magnificent maple grove on
the property, from which the farm takes its name, The improvements are superb, and in-
clude among others, anew and modern built family mansion, containing nine rooms, ele-

antly furnished, and surrounded by handsome shrubbery, shade trees and evergreens; two
Fonant houses, one containing four, the other six rooms; a frame barn, 22x50 feet; a com-
bined granary, corn-crib and implement house, 40x52 feet, etc, Mr. J. raises 800 bushels
of wheat, 100 bushels of rye, 300 bushels of barley, 500 bushels of oats, 8,000 to 10,000 bush-
els of corn; cuts from 50 to 60 acres of hay, yearly; has 80 acres seeded down to timothy,
clover and biue-grass; feeds two car loads of cattle; keeps 125 fine-grade cattle; 200 head
of Poland-China and Berkshire hogs, and 16 head of horses. Mr. Joss is one of the earl.
settlers of Brown; has made his means here, and speaks jn high terms of this portion o
Kansas. He is an earnest, intelligent and prosperous farmer, and a useful and popular
citizen.

THOMAS LAUGHLIN, farmer, Section 32, Township 2, Range 15, P. O. Sabetha,
Nemaha County, was born in County West Meath, Ireland, In 1808, and lived in his native
county until 1828, when he immigrated to America, locating in Pennsylvania where be re-
sided for two years. He then went to New York City, whence he shipped to New Orleans,
where he resided one winter, thence to Louisville, Ky., where he remained a short time
andthen went to Vincennes, [nd., where he resided for twenty years and was engaged in
farming, thence he removed to Poweshiek County, Iowa, where he resided until May, 1856,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating In Walnut Township, Brown County, where
he has ever since resided. Heisamember of the Catholic Church. He was married in
Wabash County, Ind., in 1835, to Miss Jane Gorland, a native of Miami County, Ohlo; she
died in 1874. Mr. Laughlin has five children living—Sylvester Thomas, married to Miss
Catherine Brown, a native of Pennsylvania; Mary, married to Henry Monroe, a prosperous
and influential farmer and an old resident of Brown County; Matthew, married to Miss
Ann Goodfellow, a native of England, she died in 1880; an Martha, married to Emery
Jauniehs a native of Germany. Mr. L, is one of the ‘old timers” of Brown County, of
which he relates many reminiscences, and now after an industrious and active life is enjoy-
ing the evening of his days in the family of his son-in-law, Henry Monroe Esq.

w. Cc. MEYER, farmer, stock raiser, dealer and feeder, proprietor of the Delaware
Stock Farm, east half of Section 10, and west half of northwest quarter and west half of
sonthwest quarter of Section 11, Township 3, Range 15, P. O. Frinkville, was born in Han-
over, Germany, August 4, 1830, and lived in native country until his mother (his father be-
ing dead) immigrated to America and located in Cincinnat!, Ohio, where Mr. M, lived with
the exception of two years spent in Iowa and Missouri, until the spring of 1858, when he
became a resident of Kansas, locating in Walnut Township, Brown County. where he has
sincejresided. From 1861 to 1868 Mr.Meyer was engaged in freighting on tne plains on his own
account, principally between Atchison and Denver. He has been married twice. The first
marriage took place in Brown County, in July, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Griffin, a native of
England, but whose parents were amon the first settlers of Atchison. Three children were
the fruit of this marriage—Frank Herschel, Alberta Rose and Leroy Emerson. The second
marriage occurred in Brown County, A, ril 12, 1881, to Mrs. Matilda Banning, a native of
Illinois. By aformer marriage Mrs. Meyer had three children—Ella Sophronia Proctor
(married to Cornelius White, a native of Illinois and a resident of Robinson Township,

Brown County), John M. Proctor and Effie E. Proctor. Delaware Stock Farm, as Mr.
Meyer’s magnificent estate is appropriately named, has the Delaware River flowing through
the southwest portion of the property. A fine spring branch flowing from north to south
the whole length of the farm and a number of excellent springs, and is in short, as well
watered and is as fine a stock farm as there is in the State. It contains 480 acres, divided
~ into upland, bottom and timberland, is well fenced—mostly by ahandsome Osage orange

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hedge—and is in a high state of cultivation. Mr. M. also owns twenty acres o/ prime tim-
ber Jand in Walnut Township, five miles northeast of the home farm. The orchard on the
farm covers eight acres, and contains 400 apple and 250 peach trees. There is also an
abundance of small fruits on the place, consisting of grapes, blackberries, raspberries, etc.,
etc. Among the improvements are an elegant stone house, containing seven rooms, with a

ood cellar, a large stone barn, 42x74 feet, stock stables, sheds and lots, corn cribs, smoke-

ouse, etc., etc. Mr. Meyer devotes his attention chiefly to raising corn, hogs and cattle. He
raises from 7,000 to 10,0:0 bushels of corn yearly, cuts from 30 to 40 acres of millet, 125
acres of hay, sows 25 to 30 acres of rye to pasturage, has 30 acres seeded_down to timothy
and clover, feeds from 60 to 80 head of cattle, keeps 125 fine grade cattle, 100 to 200 Poland-
China hogs and 18 head of horses and mules. There are several quarries of limestone on
the property, from which the rock used in the erection of Mr. M.’s fine residence and large
barn was obtained. There is also a bank of excellent TG ae on the, form of lone

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the entire north and west ends of the farm e: & row Of stately rie acres and containe a

ive tim ber,
the dwelling is a handsome grove of native + Witiberry, elm. and linden trees. Mr.

umber of burr oak, black walnut, hickory,
lovers one ibe old pioneers of this county, 18 an honorable and honest stock breeder,
one of Brown’s prosperous and prominent farmers and a good nei hbor and citizen.
ENRY MONROE, farmer, stock raiser and feeder, Section 32, Township 2, Range 15,
P. 0. Sabetha, Nemaha Co., was born in County Down, Ireland, July 12, 1823, and lived in
his native country until May, 1851, when hé immigrated to America, and located In McLean
County, Ill., where he resided one year, thence he removed to Poweshiek County, Lowa,
where he engaged in farming, and where he resided until May 13.1856, when he became a
resident of Kausas, locating on his farm in what is now Walnut Township, Brown County,
where he has since resided. He Is a member of Central City Lodge, No. 125, I. O. O. F, 0!
Sabetha. He participated in the War ofthe Rebellion as a member of Company H, jEwenty-
second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Militia, and enlisted at Seneca, Nemaha Co., in April,
1864, and was discharged at the same place, November 2, 1864. He was married in Powe-
shiek County, Iowa, December 27, 1855, to Miss Mary Laughlin, a native of Indiana. They
have six children living—Emma, (married to Peter Jones, a native of Iowa, anda resident
of Brown County); William, (married to Miss Elia Bruce, a native of Wisconsin); Cicely,
(married to Charles Roker, 2 native of lowa and a resident of Brown County); Eliza, (naar-
ried to William Skinner, a native of Kansas, and a resident of Brown County); Henry and
Joseph. Mr. Monroe owns a fine stock and grain farm of 640 acres, lying on the Delaware,
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tial fences and is in a high state of cultivation. The water supply is excellent and consists
of wells, springs and Delaware River, which flows through one quarter of the farm. The
orchard covers two acres and is well supplied with fruit trees of various varieties, There
is also a handsome grove of native timber upon the property. The improvements are first-
class in every particular, Among others are a comfortable and cozy frame dwelling, frame
stock barn 32x35, stock shed and lots, two large granaries, etc. Mr. M. raises from 1,000 to
1,500 bushels of oats, 7,000 to 8,000 bushels of corn yearly, feeds 60 head of cattle, keeps 80
fine stock cattle, 150 stock hogs, 11 head of horses, has 65 acres of clover and timothy
seeded down and cuts from 70 to 80 acres of hay annually, In addition to his farm in
Walnut, he also owns 160 acres in Powhattan Township, lying three miles south of the
home farm. It has eighty acres in cultivation, the remainder being pasture land. Mr.
Monroe is one of the early pioneers of this section of the State, is one of the extensive cattle
raisers and feeders of Brown County, a prominent and prosperous farmer, a good and use-
ful citizen, and possesses the esteem and _ confidence of his neighbors,

SA EL NYFELER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 9, Township 3, Range 15, P, 0.
Sabetha, Nemaha County, was born in Canton Berne,Switzerland, March P 1823, and lived in
his native country until 1855, when he immigrated to America, first locating in Holmes
County, Ohio, where he lived for four years, and was engaged in farming. In the spring of
1859, he became a citizen of Kansas, locating in the city of Leavenworth, where he lived
for two years, and thence removed to Walnut Township, Brown County, where he has re-
sided since. Heis a member of the Evangelical Association. During the Price raid he
served for two weeks in the Kansas Volunteer Militia. He was married in 1851, in Berne,
Switzerland, to Miss Barbara Scharr, a native of Switzerland. They have seven children
living—Samuel, a resident of Brown County, married Miss Emma Moseman, a native of In-
diana; Mary, Caroline, married Joseph Robinson, a native of New Jersey, and a resident. of
Netawaka; Louisa, Edward, Henrietta and Charles. Mr. N. owns a fine upland farm of 240
acres surrounded by a handsome osage hedge and in a good state of cultivation. The farm
is supplied with water by anumber of excellent wells, The orchard covers one and a half
acres, and contains 250 fruit trees of various varieties. The improvements are good, amon
others are a new and comfortable frame dwelling containing six rooms, new frame barn 3
x42 feet, stock stables, granary, corn cribs, smoke house, etc. Mr. N. ralses from 400 to 800
bushels of wheat yearly, 200 bushels of rye, 250 bushels of oats, 3,0U0 to 4,000 bushels of
corn, feeds half a car load of cattle, keeps 35 fine stock cattle, 40‘to 50 stock hogs and 11
head of horses. Mr, Nyfeler is an honest, upright and hard working farmer, a prominent,
prosperous and useful citizen, and stands high in his community.

ROBERT RHEA, farmer and stock raiser, southeast of Section 31, Township 2, Range
15, P. O. Sabetha, Nemaha County, was born in Christian County, Ky., July 11, 1827, but
lived in his native State only until his eighth year, his parents removing to Cooper County,
Mo., where Mr. Rhea resided thirteen years. Thence he removed to Platte County in the
same State, where he resided until the fall of 1854, when he became a resident of Kansas,
locating near Woodlawn, Nemaha County, where he engaged in farming and where he re-
sided two years, Thence he removed to Walnut Township, Brown County, where he has
resided since. He is a member of Sabetha Lodge, No. 162, A., F. & A. M., and was one of
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the charter members of this lodge. He was Constable of Walnut Towns rs an
amember of the Board of School District, No, 74, Brown County, thee eae. Mar. Rhea
participated in the War of the Rebellion as a member of Company A, (Capt. Aaron McGill),

'wenty-second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Militia, and was enlisted in April, 1864, a
Seneca, Nemaha County, and dischargod at the same place November 2, 1864. Owing to
the exposure and hardships he endured while in the service, Mr. Ruea contracted a disease
from which he suffers to-day. Heisajsoa veteran of the Mexican war, having enlisted in
May, 1846, in Cooper County, Mo., ina company commanded by Capt. Joseph L, Stevens in
the Third Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He served one year in this regiment
and was discharged at Booneville, Mo., in May, 1847. He was married in Platte County,
Mo., October 8, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Magill, a native of Clay County, Mo. They have had
nine children, seven of whom are living—Melissa (married to Richard Blodgett, a native
of Ohio, anda resident of Nemaha County; Sallie M., Mary pranicee.( arried to Marion
Pringle, a native of Iowa, and a resident o Nemaha County); Florence E., Robert, Edward
Morrill and Alonzo F. Mr. Rhea owns a fine upland farm on Grasshopper Creek, or Dela-
ware River, as it is now called. It contains 159 acres, is all surrounded by substantial
fences, is in % good state of cultivation, and is well supplied with water, having wells
springs, and the river, which flows through the northeast corner of the farm. The orchar
covers two acres and contains 100 apple, fifty peach, and afew Siberian crab trees, The im-
provements are fair and consist in part of a six-room frame dwelling, stock stable and lots,
corn-cribs, etc. Near the house is a handsome grove of nativetimber. Mr. Rhea devotes
his attention principally to raising corn, hogs and cattle. He raises from 3,000 to 4.000
bushels of corn yearly, seps (wenty-ave to forty head of stock cattle, forty to fifty hogs,
and four head of horses. ry. Rhea is one of the old pioneers of Kansas, an honest an
sturdy farmer anda useful and popular citizen. Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse, District, No.
74, is built on what was once a portion of Mr. Rhea’s farm. Itis a neat frame structure,
was erected in 1880, and cost with furniture, etc., about $600. It has a seating capacity of
forty, and is wellfurnished. The first and present school officers were and are: Robert
Rhea, director; Charles Culverhoss, clerk, and Henry Monroe, treasurer. Ira B. Dye is the
teacher a present ae charge or tue school.

a , farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, Township 2, Range 16, P. O. Car-
son, was born in St. Charles County, Mo., February 28, 1327, where. he resided until shortly
after the breaking out of the Mexican war, when he became a member of Company B of the
Oregon County Battalion of the Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, commanded by Col. Powell,
enlisting in St. Charles County, Mo., in June, 1847, and being discharged at Fort Leaven-
worth in the fall of 1848, while his company was stationed at Fort Kearney. Mr.
Robbins received severe injuries from which he suffers to-day. After his discharge from
the United States service he returned to Andrew County, Mo., where he reside | until May,
1855, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating 1n Walnut Township, Brown County,
where he has resided since. He is a prominent member of the Congregational Church at
Fairview and of Hamlin Lodge, No, 135, A., F. & A. M. He was married in Andrew County,
Mo., in 1849, to Miss Martha A, Kersey, a native of Indiana, but for a long time a resident
of Kentucky. Thev have seven children living whose names are—George W., Louisa, mar-
ried to Irvin Hanson, a native of Maine and a resident of Brown County; B. Frank, a resi-
dent of Brown, married to ‘Miss Eva B. Hatfield,a native of Kansas; Abbie,married to Henry
Sewell, a native of Ohio and 2 resident of Brown County; Martha, William and Edward A.
Mr. Robbins owns four fine rarms in Walnut Township, which altogether comprise 567
acres. This magnificent estate is all enclosed with hedge, wire and board fences, is mostly
in cultivation, and is well supplied with water. The home farm contains 240 acres, is ina
high state of cultivation, and is well improved, There is a fine nine-roomed frame dwell-
ing surrounded by evergreens, shrubbery and shade trees; stock stables, sheds ana lots;
granary, corn cribs, etc., etc. North of the dwelling is a handsome maple grove, 1. Rob-

ins devotes his time chiefly to raising corn and hogs. He grows 5,000 to 6,000 bushels of
corn yearly, keeps a dozen head of stock cattle, 75 to 100 Poland-China and Berkshire hogs,
and 12 head of horses. He is a veteran of the Mexican war, an old pioneer of Brown, a
thorough farmer, a substantial citizen, and is highly esteemed in his neighborhood,

_ J.S. TYLER, farmer, fruit and stock raiser, Section 4, Township 3, Range 15, P. O. Fair-
view, was born in November, 1825, in Griswold, New London Co., Conn., and lived in his
native State until his twenty-first year when he removed to near Dubuque, Iowa, where he

-resided two years and was engaged in lead mining. Thence he went to New Orleans for the
benefit of his health and where he resided one winter, He then moved to Harding, Calhoun
Co., Ill., where he resided six years and was engaged in the lumber business and in farming.
On the 11th day of April, 1856, he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Wal-
nut Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He isa prominent and zealous
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of the same county two terms and Postmaster of Tyler’s Post Office ten years. He partici-
pated in the War of the Rebellion, during the ‘‘Price raid,” asa member of Capt. Colman’s

company, Twenty-second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Militia, and was enlisted in
Nemaha County in the fall of 1864, served three weeks and was discharged at Kansas City.
He was married in June, 1866 in the city of Leavenworth, to Miss Harriet Chase, a native
of Maine. They have four children, whose names are—Augustus H., James C., Lois and
John H. Deacon Tyler owns one, among the largest and most productive estates in Brown
County. It contains 800 acres; is all enclosed by Substantial fences, all _in cultivation and
well supplied with water by means of wells, springs and the Delaware River, which flows
through the center of thefarm. There is a large and thrifty orchard on the premises, which
covers twelve acres and contains 1,200 fruit trees of various kinds. There is also a small
vineyard on the farm. The property is well timbered, having eighty acres of elm, oak and
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dwelling, containing eleven rooms, a frame barn 20x26, corn cribs, stock sheds and lots,
ete., etc. Mr. ‘’. devotes his attention chiefly to growing corn, fruit, cattle and hogs, He
raises 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of corn; 1,000 to 1,500 bushels of apples; feeds two car-loads
of cattle; keeps 100 head of stock cattle, 150 to 200 Chester White, Berkshire and Poland-
China hogs and eight head of horses and mules. Deacon Tyler and his amiable and ac-
complished wife are among the old settlers of Kansas. They have grown up with the
State and rejoice with all old pioneers in the present prosperity of the commonwealth.
Mrs. Tyler taught the first public school in Brown County and subsequently taught a large
public school cumposed of colored pupils in South Leavenworth. She was engaged as
a teacher in the public schools of the State at various times for six years, 7

REZEN SEWELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, Township 2, Range 15, P. O.
Fairview, was born September 30, 1851, in Pike County, Ohio, and lived in his native State
until the spring of 1859 when he bec.me a resident of Kansas, locating in Wainut Town-
ship, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a consistentand zealous mem-
ber of the Congregational Church. Mr. Sewell’s brother, Joseph Marion Sewell, was born
in Benton County, Ind., August 28, 1853, and lived in his native State until the spring
of 1867 when he came to Kansas, where he joined his fortunes with his brother Rezen,
Like his brother he is a prominent member of the Congregational Church. The Sewell
Brothers are the fortunate owners of ‘ Bellevue” farm. It contains 350 acres and is un-
doubtedly one of the finest farms in the township. Itis substantially enclosed, isin a good
state of cultivation, and is well supplied with water, having wells, cisterns, and Spring
Creek flowing through the southeast portion of the farm. The property has good improve-
ments, among which are a five-roomed frame cottage, stock stables and sheds, granaries
corn cribs, smoke house, etc., etc. There isa young and thrifty orchard and abundance o
small fruits of different varieties on the farm. They raise from 1,000 to 2,000 bushels of
wheat, 200 to 300 bushels of rye, 500 to 600 bushels of oats, 5,000 to 6,000 bushels of corn
yearly; feed a car load of cattle, keep 50 to 75 grade cattle, 200 Poland-China hogs, and a
dozen head of horses and mules; and bave 100 acres of their farm seeded down in timothy
and clover. The Messrs. Sewell had but limited means when they came to Kansas, but now,
by their industry, intelligence, economy and pluck have made a handsome competency in
Brown County, of which they speak in the highest terms. They are honorable, upright
men, and good and useful citizens.

MRS. SARAH SMITH, widow of Isaac R. Smith, farmer, Section 5, Township 3, Range 15,
P. O, Fairview. Mr. Smith was born in Indiana in 1824, but left his native State at an early
age. His mother, after the death of his father, removing to McLean County, Ill., where Mr,
S. resided until the fall of 1857, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Robinson
Township, Brown County, where he lived about five years and was engaged in farming.
Thence he removed to near Frankfort, Marshall County, where he resided until August 27,
1862, when he entered the Union Army as a member of Company G, Thirteenth Regiment,
Kansas Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Marysville, Kan., and bein discharged for dis-
ability contracted while in ‘the United States service, and which subsequently caused his
death, March 19, 1863, at Springield, Mo. After his discharge he returned to his home in
Marshall County where he resided until his death, January 8, 18h4. He was a brave aud
faithful soldier and died in his fortieth year. He participated in the battle of Prairie Grove.
He was a consistent member of the Methovist Episcopal Church. Mrs. S.’s maiden name was
Foster, a native of Indiana and was married to Mr. Smith in 1846, in McLean County, In,
They had ten children, eight of whom are living and whose names are: Elizabeth, married
to George Mize, a native of Kentucky andaresident of Brown County; Harriet, married to.
Herman Schubert, a native of Wisconsin, and a resident of Brown County; Susan, married
to Augustus Albright, a native of Germany, and a resident of Marshall County; Margaret,
married to Aaron Houts, a native of Indiana and a resident of Dakota Territory; Eli, a resi-
dent of Marshall County, married to Miss Salma Schubert, a native of Indiana; Robert, a
resident of Saline County, married to Miss Ruth Nichols, a native of Indiana; Abraham
Lincoln, a resident of Brown County, married to Miss Belle Morrison, a native of Kansas;
and Isaac R., Jr. Mrs. Smith owns a nice little bottom farm of forty acres. It is all enclosed
with substantial fences; isin a good state of cultivation and the supply of water is un-
equalled, Thereis a young and thrifty orchard on the property containing 150 apple, 100
peach and a number of cherry and plum trees. The improvements are good an consist
among others, of a new and comfortable frame dwelling, stock stable and lots, etc. Mrs. S.
operations by her sons, Attention on this farm is gyn prinei-

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is assisted in her farming
pally to raising corn and hogs; 1.000 bushels of corn are grown annually, and a couple of
dozen of stock ORs and four head of horses are kept. x4

W, A. WAGONER, farmer, P. 0. Cavioma, was born in 1847, in Knox County, Ohio;

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reared on the paternal farm; educated in Frederick, and enlisted from school in 1861, as a
private in the Eighty-first Ohio. With the alert and able Sherman, he with his regiment
fought at Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, about Vicksburg, at Jackson, Miss., and all through the
Atlanta campaign. While on the way to Savannah his time expired and on the capitulation
of that city he returned to his Ohio home for a time, but during 1865 he came to Kansas.
He settled on his present fine 360 acre farm in 1872. Has erected a large and substantial
farm house, planted hedges. orchard and forest timbers, thus laying foundations that will
eventually secure him a life of peace and plenty. He married Miss Hannah A. Dissette, a
native of Kingston, Canada, and their two children, Joseph and Mabel, were both born in

Kansas.
PADONIA.

Padonia, now a station on the Missouri Pacific Railway, five miles north
of Hiawatha, was probably named in honor of Jessie Padon, who lived, prior
to 1862, ina log hut on the bank of the Walnut. Its first settler was E. R.
Cornelison, who took a claim on April 3.1854. Although a town in name,
Padonia is now merely a thick settlement of farm houses. A school was built
in this township in 1858, by the Padonia Town Company, aprivate corporation,
this school is now included in District No. 13, of the public schools. The
post office at Padonia was established October 20, 1857, and Orville Root was

the first postmaster.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

eneral manager of the extensive merchandise business of E. Chase
& Son, was born June 24, 1864, in Brown County, Kan. He is the son of Elbridge and
‘Almira Chase, his mother’s family name Grover. They came to Kansas in the spring of
1859, locating in Hiawatha Township, Brown County, but shortly afterward removed to
Padonia, where his father engaged in farming and stock raising until the summer of 1882.
wheh he embarked in his present business. They havea store room, 50x20, two floors of
which are all filied with a complete stock of general merchandise, They are also extensively

engaged in shipping grain and live stock.
SS WARD R. t6

EDDIE A. CHASE,

RNELISON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, Township 1, Range
17, P. O. Reserve, was born in Madison County, Ky., January 8, 1826, living in his native
State until the spring of 1847, when he removed to Andrew-County, Mog where he resided
until March 13, 1855, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Pado-
nia Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. eis a member of the Christian
Church. He has been Treasurer of Padonia TOW nS OIG year, and Justice of the Peace of
the same township six years. He was inarried in Madison County, Ky., November 26, 1846,
to Elizabeth A. Gillespie, a native of Kentucky. They have four children living, whose
names are: John F., Robert W., married to Miss Lizzie Nutting, a native of Kentucky;
Henry G. and William J. Esquire Cornelison owns a fine farm of 480 acres, lying on Wal-
nut Creek Itis mostly uplaud; is all enclosed; Isin a high state of cultivation and is well
supplied with water. The orchard covers five acres and contains 250 apple, 300 peach and
100 cherry trees. There is 100 acres of native timber on the farm, comprising oak, elm,
hickory and walnuttrees. The improvements consist in part of a frame and log house,
frame barn, 24x40, corn crib, smoke house, ete., etc. Mr. Cornelison raises from 1,200 to
1,500 bushels of small grain, 3,000 to 5,000 ‘pushelsof corn, cuts fifty acres of hay, keeps
forty to fifty head of stock cattle, 100 hogs and ten head of horses and mules, adonia
Christian Church is built on the northeast corner of Mr, Cornelisou’s farm. It was com-
leted and dedicated in September, 1881, and cost with furniture, etc., about $2,200. Rev.
MM. ¥. Redlien was the first, and Rev. William Branch is the present pastor. The member-
ship is seventy-five and consists of some of the most prominent and influential citizens and
their families, of Padonia and Hamlin townships. ‘i ¥ S 2
SAMUEL i. DANES, proprietor of Padonia Flouring Mills, Section 30, P. O. Hiawatha,
was born in Lancaster County, Pa., January 16,1830. Was rearedona farm, and previous
to comtng, to Kansas, was engaged in merchandising and stock dealing in Miami County,
Ohio. He enlisted’ with the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
Ohio National Guards, and was mustered into the United States service in 1862, and served
untilthe close of the war. In 1865 hecame West, to Brownville, Neb., where heimproved
a farm of 160 acres, which he sold afterward for $7,000. He subsequently improved several
farms in Johnson and Nemaha counties, and in 1866 was married at Nemaha City to Miss
Lydia E. Blair. In 1876 Mr. Danes came to Kansas, purchased the mill property, put in new
machinery, and has since operated the same. It is situated on the west bank of Walnut
Creek, and is theonly water-power millin the county, having a fall of thirteen and one-
half feet. He has two twenty-inch wheels, three run of buhrs, anda capacity for making
thirty barrels of flour daily, which he sends to Hiawatha, Falls City, Neb., Hamlin, White
Cloud, and various other distributing points. He and his wife are members of the Christian

Church. -
farmer, Section 5, P. O. Hiawatha,

JOHN E. DAVIS, ) 1 a
_, 8, 1834, in Morgan County. In 1855 he removed to Wisconsin,

isa native of Ohio, born December
and was extensively engaged
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in farming in Vernon County for a number of years. In 1862 he became a participant inthe
Rebellion, volunteering with the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry, Company A, and serv-
ing in the same till the close of the war. During the fallof 1869 he came to Kansas, and
located one mile west of his present farm, to which he removed in the fall following. This
he has improved from wild, unbroken prairie, and brought it to its present perfection for
sericultural interest, being proprietor of 120 acres. Mr. Davis is serving his third term as

reasurer of Padonia Township, and is a member of Hiawatha Lodge, No, 35,of the Masonic
order. He andhis wife are original members of the Christian Church of Hiawatha, while he
is an elder of thatsociety. They were married in Wisconsin, January 1, 1860; her maiden
name, Mary A. Williams, She was formerly from Ohio.

DAVID EVANS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 32, P.Q. Hiawatha, isa native of
South Wales, born May 30, 1819, in County of Carmarthen, Here Mr. Evans receiveda

mmon school education, and was afterward engaged in agricultural pursuits there, In
848 be was married to Miss Annie Bowen, a native of the same county as himself. InJune,
869, he came to the United States, and became a resident of Brown County, Kan., and pur-
hased over one thousand acres of land in Padonia Township. ‘This he improved, but has
ince disposed of nearly one-half of it, leaving him a fine improved farm of 500 acres. Mr.
Evans was the founder of what is known asthe Welsh Settlement of Padonia Township,
consisting of ten families, all of whom came to this country through his influence, and con-
stitute the best citizens and substantial farmers of this township. He has been connected
with the Baptist Church for more than thirty years, and was one of the first members of the
First Baptist Church at Hiawatha, and has served in the capacity of deacon ever since he
came to this State. Mr. Kvans is one of the enterprising men of Brown County, and always
takes a prominent part in the advancement of its best interests,

THO HART, farmer and stock raiser, Section 17, Township 1, Range17, P. 0.
Reserve, was born February 24, 1826, in Richland County, Ohio, where, however, he re-
sided but a short time his parents removing to Morgan County, Mo., where they resided
two years and then removed to Andrew County, in the same State where Mr. Hart resided
until AUEUSE 20, 1856, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Padonia Township,
Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a prominent and consistent member of
the Christian Church. He is also a member of Hiawatha Lodge No, 35, A., F. & A.M. He
took part in the war of the Rebellion during the Price raid, as a member of Captain Lay-
cock’s company, Kansas Volunteer Militia, enlisting in the fall of 1864 in Padonia Town-
ship, serving a short time and being discharged at Atchison. He has been Treasurer of
School District No. 33, Brown County, fifteen years. He was married in Andrew County,
Mo., September 2, 1847, to Miss Nancy J. Gillispie, a native of Kentucky. They have seven
children living, William Henry, (married to Miss Lucinda Hanseberty, a native of Iowa,)
Thomas J., (married to Miss Hannah C. Drake, a native of Ohio,) Mary Jane, (married to
R. M. Stewart, a native of Missouri,) Jackson, married to Miss Florence Brown, (a native
of Maryland,) Sarah E, (married to John M. Davis, a native of Kertucky,) Harvey W.
and Perry, x. Hart owns a fine upland farm of 520 acres, It is all enclosed, isin a high
state of cultivatiqn, and is well supplied with water by means of springs, wells, Hart’s
Branch and Walnut Creek, which tows ina northerly direction through the farm. The
orchard covers five acres and contains 500 peach, 500 apple and anumber of cherry, plum
and pear trees. The improvements are first-class, and embrace among others an elegant
nine-roomed frame dwelling, surrounded by handsome shade trees, shrubbery and ever-
sreens, a large frame barn 40x40, granaries, corn cribs and other outbuildings. Mr. H.
grows 1,500 bushels of small grain, 10,000 bushels of corn, and cuts eighty acres of hay
yearly, feeds four car loads of cattle, keeps fif.y to seventy-five fine grade cattle, 150 head
of hogs, and twenty-five head of horses and mules, He is an old pioneer of Brown, a
prominent and prosperous farmer, a useful and honored citizen, and an honest, upright
man.

DAVID HILLYER, Justice of the Peace, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, Townshi
1, Range 17, P. O. Jonesville, was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, January 24, 1840, an
lived in his native State until his thirteenth year, when his parents removed to Whiteside
Cuunty, Ill, where Esquire H. lived until the spring of 1868, when he removed to Richard-
son County, Neb., where he lived two years and was engaged in farming. From Nebraska
he removed to Padonia Township, Brown County, in this State, where he has resided since.
He isa member of the Church of the United Brethren and of Hiawatha Post, No. 130, G.
A. R. He is Justice of the Peace of Padonia Township. He took-part in the warof the
Rebellion and enlisted as a private in August, 1862, at Sterling, Ill., in Company B, Seventy-
fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, being promoted to’First Sergeant ere his dis-
charge, which occurred in July, 1865, at Chicago. He was present at thirty-two engage-
ments, among whicb were Nolansville, Knobb Gap, Perryville, Lancaster, Stone River, Lib-
erty Gap, Lookout Mountain, Rossville, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, the battles atand

around Atlanta, Franklinand Nashville. He was married in 1864 in Whiteside County,
lll, to Miss Lydia Ann Campbeil, anative of New York. They have three children, Flor-
ence, (married to John R. Patterson, a native of Geary City,) Alfred A. and Maud. Esquire
H. hasafine upland farm of 160 acres. Itis all enclosed with substantial fences and has
110 acres in cultivation, the remainder beng pasture land, The water supply is excellent
and consists of a number of fine springs and a branch of Lost Creek. The orchard covers
three acres and contains 125 apple and 400 peach trees. Theimprovements are good and
comprise a comfortable house, frame barn 26x28 feet, granary, corn crib, ete. e raises
from 600 to 800 bushels of wheat, 75 to 100 bushels of rve, 3U0 of oats, 2,500 bushels of
eorn, keeps 10 to 15 head of stock cattle and 40 to50 head of stock hogs. Mr. Hillyer is a
brave veteran of the last war, a successful farmer, and an honored magistrate of histown-
ship, and has a high standing in his community for sterling character and worth.

AUSTIN W. HOYT, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Hiawatha, was born in Washington County,
Me., where he was engaged both in the lumbering business and atfarming. In 1869 he
came to Kansas, purchased 160 acres of land adjacent to the place where he now lives, and
built the first house on the prairie. His present farm he has improved from wild prairie
and has now one of the finest_farms in the county, together with a good, comfortable resi-
dence. Mr. Hoyt has been to Texas and also made one trip to California, from which he was
obliged to return, however, to take charge of his brother’s farm, who was killed by the
falling in of the hay-shed on him. He has lost two sisters, and another brother, who was a
Congregational minister for a number of years. His mother is still living and a member of
the same denomination in which her son was a minister. Mr. Hoyt was married in 1880, to
Miss Lizzie, Hoyt, a native of the same State as himself, He isa member of the Masonic
order, both in Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, and Mount Horeb, Chapter No. 43.

TIMOTHY JONES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 2, P. O, Hiawatha, was born
December 13, 1831, in County of Cardigan, District Cellan, near Lampeter, ii South Wales.
Here he received a common school education and pursued farming until 1871, when he
immigrated to the United States. During the same year came to Kansas with very limited
means, but a strong determination to better his circumstances, and how successful he has
been in this undertaking will be seen further on in this sketch, He first settled on Lost
Creek, Padonia Township, Brown County, aud lived inadug-out. In 1875 Mr. Jones pur-
chased the farm upon which he now lives and is proprietor of 480 acres of land in this farm
and 400 in Nemaha County. He is extensively engaged ijn stock raising and has 400 head of
cattle and 500 sheep. Some of the latter are of the very fine grades of Southdown and Cots-
wold and were brought from Canada and Kentucky. During the s mg of 1876 Mr. Jones
erected a cheese factory for the purpose of manutacturtng this article from the milk in his
own dairy. This wassthe first one erected in Padonta Township, in which is consumed the
milk from 100 of his cows, the production being about 200 pounds of cheese per annum per
head. By several peas trial of this scheme he has proved it to be as profitable an Industry
in this country as in South Wales, where itis one of the chief enterprises. Mr. Jones is a
gentleman of strong will and great force of character, and by always giving strict attention
to the business of to-day, has proved what one may do with little or no capital if he only has
the required tact and perseverance and is not too easily discouraged, He was marrted in his
native country, in 1860, to Miss Mary Jones, whose birthplace was in the same county and

arish as his own. His father’s family were all members of the Unitarian Church. Although
he was born in and for many yearsaresident of Wales, Mr. Jones would not leave this
country to return there to Ilve under any consideration, but would be very much’ pleased to
have some of his old friends and neighbors come here to live. His family consists of nine
ehildren, Anna, now Mrs. Aaron Hall, of Hiawatha; Mary, married to T. P. Evans, of
Nemaha County; Sarah, Jane, Maggie, Rachel A., Morris, Elizabeth and Ellen,

CURTIS A. McCOY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 33, P. O, Hiawatha, came origi-
nally from Harrison County, Ohio, January 7, 1852. He, however, subsequently moved to
Tama County, Iowa, with his parents, where his father, Thomas McCoy, was a contractor
for the construction of the Central R. R. During the winters of 1865,’66 and ’67, Curtis was a
stndent at Cornell College, Iowa, and in the spring of 1868, came to Kansas, and settled
with his parents on Section 4, Padonia Township. Here he lived until June, 1879, when he
was married to Miss Eliza J. Tully, of St. Joe, Mo. He then removed to the place upon
which he now lives, which he had previously purchased in 1873, at which time it was wild
prairie. To-day it presents a very different Appearance, being all under cultivation, with
fine improvements, and surrounded with a beautiful hedge fence, and having a large
orchard in a fine condition. He has one son—Thomas T. His father was born in Harrison
County, Ohio, March 19, 1828. He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the
public schools of that early day. He was married, in 1851, to Miss Marinda Anderson, of
Ohio, and subsequently came West, as above stated. He has a fine farm of 160 acres on
Section 4, Padonia Township, and is one of the thorough practical farmers of Brown
County. Heisa member of the Masonic Order, Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35. Mr. McCoy and
wife are the parents of four children—Curtis A. (whose name appears atthe head of this
sketch), Hannab, Susan I, and Thomas A. :

JOHN P. MCKNIGHT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 5, P.O. Hiawatha, was born in
Brown County, Ohio, March 21, 1839. He received a common school education, and when
thirteen years of age, was offered _a position as clerk, which he accepted, and subsequently
held until he arrived at the age of manhood. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he be-
came a participant, and for nine months was aid on staff duty with Gens. Ward and Harri-

DO mma

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

son, after which he was nine months on the Signal Corps with Capt. Bachtel, Altogether
he served in the Rebellion three years, then returned to McLean County, Ill., where he
followed farming and merchandising up to the time of his emigrating to Kansas. This oc-
curred in the fallot 1870, and he settled here on an unimproved farm of 160 acres. This
has been transformed, however, to a thrifty, well-conducted farm, entirely surrounded by
fence, mostly hedge, and good improvements in the shape of residence, barns, etc. Mr,
McKnight belongs to the Masonic order, both in Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, and Mount
Horeb Chapter, No. 43, being past master of the former society. Was married in Illinois,
in 1860, to Miss Mary E. Vanderbilt, of Pennsylvania. They have a family of eight chil-
dren—George C., Walter S., John P., William E.. Thomas E., Ida, Grace and Charles F.
Mr. McKnight and his wife are connected with the sMethodist Episcopal Church of Hia-

atha.
2 LEWIS MORGAN, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Hiawatha, was born January 19, 1819, in
County of Carmarthen, South Wales. Here he followed the occupation of farming, aud in
uly, 1844, was married to Miss Sarah Bowen. During the spring of 1873, they came to
the United States; their destination was Brown County, Kan., where three of their children
had preceded them. The subject of this sketch first purchased eighty acres of Jand, and has
added to it until he and his children are proprietors of 720 acres in Padonia Township. It
is fine rolling prairie land, and 160 acres are in pasture for grazing of stock, as he is en-
‘aged quite fargely in stock raising, and has on band about Bix ty ead of graded cattle.
ae Morgan isa member of the Church of England, while his wife is of the Baptist per-
suusion, and an original member of the Welsh Baptist Church in Padonia Towuship.
They are the parents of nine children—William, Hannah John, David, Rees, Daniel, Annie,
Isaac and Sarah. After Mr. Morgan had_ got nicely settled and his lands paid for, he, in
company with his son Danfel and some of his nei hbors, paid a visit to his native country,
starting in January and returning in June of 1882. Although born in, and for many years
a resident of, South Wales, he is an evident admirer of Kansas, and was glad to return to
the country of his adoption, = i
JESSE A. WORLEY farmer, Section 3, P. 0. Hiawatha, was born in Harrison County,
Ohio, September 21, 185%. Here he was engaged In agricultural pursuits, and in February,
1872,he immigrated to Kansas, and became a resident of Brown County very soon after his
arrival here, and during the summer following, settled on the place where he how resides.
This consists of eighty acres of véry fine land,well adapted for farming purposes, and is
all in an advanced stage of cultivation. Mr. Worley was married, in 187% Ms to Ella, daughter
of Jacob Scouten, one of the pioneers of Kansas, who settled in Brown County as early as

MORRILL.

Morrill is locate! in the west portion of Brown County, on the St. Joseph &
Western Railway, ten miles from Hiawatha. Although settled soon after the rail-
way was completed the town was not laid out until February 27, 1878. Theland
occupied by the town was the property of T. J. Elliott, who on May 6, 1867,
came to this part of the county and erected a sod house where his residence
now stands and the same fall purchased the land of the townsite. At this time
there was no settlement within a radius of many miles. A Sac and Fox trail
ran a short distance west of the town and the mounds of two of Jim Lane’s
old.forts were still visible a few miles away. Antelope and elk were often seen
and a coyote den was thriving in the east part of the. present town.

The town site as originally platted contained forty lots, each 50x100 feet.
Two years later Mr. Elliott presented the town witha first and second addition,
the latter containing ground for a publicsquare. For a number of years after
the completion of the St. Joseph & Western Railway a spur was all that was
granted the town, but in 1877 the company erected a depot and caused all trains
to stop at this point. T.J. Elliott acted as station agent and Miss Nettie
Howe as telegraph operator.

The first house in town was a 12x14 occupied by E. Hani, who is still a
resident of the place. The first store was that of the Farmers’ Co-operative
Association, located on the present hotel site. Upon the abandonment of this
store a building was erected by Reid & Mickey upon the site of the former
store and used as a general store until,incorporated into Smith’s hotel.

The first birth in Morrill was that of a son of B. H. Anmiller; the first
marriage that of Reuben Ridley and Elizabeth Ryan; the first death that of
Miss Sarah Dyke.

The first physician who located here was A. H.Clarke. He was soon suc-
ceeded by S. Miner, and later by the present resident physicians W C. Cecil
and L. M. Foster.

The first Postmaster was S. R. Myers, who had his office in the co-opera-
tive store. He was followed by J.T. Mickey, the location of the office re-
maining unchanged until 1878, when D. A. Vanderpool was appointed and re-
moved it to his place of business, where it still remains.

The first hotel in the town was the Smith House, opened in 1879 by Leon-
ard Smith. The house was sold about a year later to John McCleary, who in
turn retired after a year’s business and was followed by W. P. Winton, the
present landlord.

The first shipment of stock from this place was made in 1877, a load of
hogs being placed upon a tier of hay bales.

LOCAL MATTERS,

The first school near Morrill was located on Poney Creek and taught in 1858-59 by Wi-
Mam Hunter, and later by J. Boyce. The first publi¢ school was taught in 1864, thea log
schoolhouse on the farm now owned by Mr. George Clark. When the school district was
first organized, two families supplied all the scholars—fourteen in number. There were but
OOP Stat ee the see, ands perforce -they constituted the board. In giving

e fs 's Were stuck up at con ‘
necessity was completed. p venient places on the farm, and the form

Scliool was taught for some time prior to the organization of the town, ata point just
outside the present town limits. The school building was 24x30 feet. The present school-
house was bullt in 1878; is 28x48 feet, two stories in height, and cost $1,900. It has two
departments. The first teacher in the new school was Miss Kate Herbert, who had entire
charge for one year. The second school year, Miss M. Belts was made Miss Herbert's
assiehuts J. M. Reld aud Miss M. Obenour were appointed in 1880, and retained until

The Morrill High School was built in 1882, by J. M. Reid, who opened it as a private
academy, in September, of that year, The bullding is 40x50 feet and bas two stories anda
polity, aumnounted by an observatory. It stands oh a commanding elevation at the north-

Franklin Schoolhouse, District No. 52, Brown County, was ere i t at
and handsome structure and has a seating ca pacity of Atty.” ihe teen Ucere wore ie
Fulton, director; John Beamer, treasurer; and F. M. Starns, clerk. The present officers
ares John Beamer, director; E.'L. Miner, treasurer; and Aaron McGill, clerk. The build-
ing s well supplied with modern school furniture and appliances, and cost, as it stands with
ET eaiine tars ane average daily attendance is twenty-five. The house was
i irown County tor that site ere sold at ninety-five per cent.; the first bonds ever sold

robably the first religious services held near Morrill were those of the Brethren at
Sone, or Dunkards. who met as early as 1870. At the present time they have no church in
the town, buta neat building, erected in 1881,a few miles away. It is 40x60 feet, with a
basement, and cost $2,500. Their first preacher was Rev. J. J. Licht: » Who was followed b
shod eat oto ee and the present pastor, W. J. EL Bauman. A Sabbat!
has an attendance of over sixty, 2, under the superintendence of John Burnworth, and

orrill Methodist Episcopal Church.—The society connected with this cl =
Weed in 1878, and the building was completed and Nedicated in Au ust: 1880 ie ts oT Treat
and jaa oie frame structure, and cost, with the furniture, fine ghapel organ, ete., about
$2,000. Its seating capacity is 200 and its membership is composed of thirty-five of the
BROWN

promi nent and leading citizens of Morrill and vicinity. Services are held regularly every
a ‘ e

The first pastor of the congregation was the Rev. Z.S. Rhon. The first trustees of the
church were: George Wharton, Hiram .Fulton, David Crewes WL Deaeuer and Capt.
Thornton J. Elliott.” The first Sabbath-school superintenauent was W. L. Doughty; the first
organist of the church was Mrs, Laura Hammond, nee Offnelt, The trustees of the church
at present are: Albert Cottrell, Samuel Bell, A. K. Twidwell and Gillam Cox. A. W, Stewart
is class leader, and Albert Cottrell, A. W. Stewart, William Offne.t and Miss Henrietta
Middleswart are the stewards. The pastor at present iu charge of the congregation isthe
Rey, J. W. Graham, a native of Patrick County, Va., who was born and reared a Methodist,
and who had the courage to maintain his creed in his native State during the dark aud
bloogy cass oF te Bevel on Ret

ristian ureh.—The societ: elonging to, or forming, this church was organized
March 13, 1882, by Elder J. W. Kelsey as Evatigetisc, Immediately after the organization
of the Church society steps were taken tv erect a house of worship, ‘The building was com-
menced and completed in the year 1882, being dedicated in November of that year. The
first pastor was Elder C. H. Pierce. He continued in charge until February, 1883, when he
resigned to take charge of work in District No.1. J. W. lott and L. M. Foster were the
first and are the present elders, and D, A. Vanderpool and Juhn M. Keid were the first and
are the present deacons, The trustees are; D. A. Vanderpool, treasurer, John M, Reid,
and George L. Parker, clerk. The church building is a handsome frame structure,
neatly furnished and in’ modern style, and when fully completed will cost $3,000. The
soclely numbers about fifty members, composed of some of the most influential citizens of
Morrilland vicinity. Elder J. W. Kelsey isthe present pastor, and services are held regu-
larly every Lord’s day.
orrill Lodje, No. 187%, I. O. of O. F. was instituted and dispensation granted by the
Grand Lodge of the State, June 15, 1881, and charter gt anted October 12, of the same year.
The charter members were composed of the following named gentlemen: D. A. Vanderpool,
Joseph Kirk, I, T. Myers, W. L. Hammond, W. Brockhotf and NathanJones. The first of-
ficers were; D. A, Vanderpool, N. G.; Joseph Kirk, V. G.; W. L. Hammond, Sec’y; T. T.
Meyers, Treas.; Henry Stafford, warden; B. Haldeman, conductor; George Roberts, R. 8S.
to N. G.; A. W. Stewart, L. S. toN. G.; W.S. Anmiller, R.S. to V. G.; U. J. Tucker, L. S. to
V.G.; W. Brockhoff, inside guard; R. Huxtable, outside guard; G. Vox, R.’S. 8 ; W. C. Ce-
. S.8.; GL. Parker, chaplain. The lodge holds regular meetings every Wednesday
ht in their handsomely furnished hall, corner of Main and Roxanna streets. It has
thirty-three members, composed of some of the foremost citizens of Morrill and vicinity.
The lodge is in a good condition, financially; owns their furniture, paraphernalia, etc., and
has money loaned out at interest, The present officers are: W. L. Hammond, N. G.; W. S.
Aumiller. V.G.; H.C. Hamilton, R.S.; Z..1. Stewart, P.S.; D. A. Vanderpool. Treas.; T.
P. Gordon, S. to N. G.; G. Cox, L, 8S. to N. G.; R. Huxtable, R. S. to V. G.: E. K. Wharton,
L. 8. to V. G.; James O’Donnell, wardens; Nathan Jones, conductor; W. C. Cecil, I. G.; B.
Haldeman, 0. G.; A. W. Stewart, chaplain. The past grands of this lodge are: D. A.
derpool, Joseph Kirk, Henry Stafford and Nathan Jones. ;

The Morrill Cornet Bant was organized in December, 1879, with twelve pieces, under
the leadership of F. Hani, The band now numbers nine pieces and is under the same leader.
lt has on many occasions furnished music for other places, but is held together more by the
love of music than desire for pecuniary profit. Rehearsals take place every Saturday night.
The instrumeuts owned by the band are valued at over $300.

Morrill Elevator, No. 1, was erected 1n the year 1879, by Messrs. I. N. Speer and Thorn-
ton J. Elliott. It was first operated for thespace of two years by {. N. Speer. The firm of
Speer & Co, then operated it until 1882, when tke present.proprietors, Speer & Hulburt, as-
sumedthe management, The elevator complete, as it stands to-day, cost $2,000. Its ca-
pacity is 17,000 bushels, and its working capacity is about five cars per day. Mr. R. B. Gibbs

g the present superintendent of this elevator, and has been in charge seven months, and
during that time has handled 75,000 bushels of grain of all kinds.

The town now has four general stores, two drug, one hardware and one furniture store:
an hotel, livery stable and elevator, Its population is two hundred and twenty-five

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.— MORRILL TOWNSHIP,

JOHN BEAMER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 6, Township 2, Range 15, P.O. Sa-
betha, Nemaha County, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, March the 16th, 1834, and his
parents removed from there to Van Wert County in 1839, where he resided until 1859,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Nemaha County, where he lived for three
years. He then returned to his former home in Ohio, where he resided until 1867, when he
returned to Kansas, locating in Miami County, where he resided for two years; removed
from there to Nemaha County, where he remained for one year, and finally he purchased a
farm and settled, in 1870, in Morrill Township, Brown County, where he has since resided.
He has been a member of the Board of School District No. 52, Brown County, for ten years,
Mr. Beamer was married in Van Wert County, Ohio, April the 25th, 1858, to Miss Margaret
Hudspeth a native of Philadelphia, Pa. They have one child, a daughter, whose name is
Mary E. Mr. Beamer owns a frne upland farm on the Morrelland Sabetha road, two miles
from the latter city. Thefarm is enclosed by a handsome osage vrange hedge; is ina high

“state of cultivation, and is well supplied with water by means of weils and spring. There
is a young and thrifty orchard, and a fine grove of young willows on the place. The im-
provements are new and first-class. Among which are the comfortable and cosy nine-
roomed frame dwelling, with its large stately shade trees overshadowing it. new and
convenient frame barn, 20x36, with fourteen-foot posts. new and combined granary,
corn-crib and wagon shed, smoke house, etc. Mr. Beamer devotes lis time chiefly to rais-
ing corn, wheat, rye and oats, hogs and cattle. Heraises from 3,000 to 5,000 bushels of

rain of various kinds; keeps from 35 to 40 fine stock cattle; 30 to 40 stock hogs, and 8
1ead of horses. Mr. Beamer is an honest and industrious farmer; a prominent and useful
citizen, and is popular in his neighborhood. : ah 53

JOHN R. BLANCHETT, veterinary surgeon, proprietor of Morrill livery, and dealer in
fine horses, was born in what is now Arostook County, Me., April 19, 1837, and lived in his
native State until his fifteenth year, when he joined bis pare _ts, who had preceded him, in
Kankakee County, Ill., where Mr. B. resided until August 11, 1862, when he entered the
Union army as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Thirteenth Regimeut Ilinois
Volunteer Tntantry, He was enlisted in Kankakee Cit , Lll., and was discharged at Chicago,
Ill., July 3, 1865. “He participated in the battles of Tallahatchie, Ala., Arkausas Post, Black
River, Chickasaw Bayou, Siege of Vicksburg, Colliersville, Tenn , Chewalla, Tenn., Guntown
and other minor engagements. Atthe last named battle Mr. B was captured by the rebel
forces under Maj. Gen. Forrest, aud was taken to Andersonville, where he was Confined
however only for a short time, having managed to make his escape from the stockade, and
finally reaching the Union lines at Memphis, Tenn. Atthe time of his capture Mr. B. was
one of the color guards of his regiment, and was engaged in attending to the wants of Lieu-
tepant Conway, Adjutant of his regiment, who was mortally wounded in this engagement.
After his discharge from the United States service Mr. B. returned to his homein Kankakee
County, Ill, where he staid a little over a year, and then on the 28th day of March, 1867, be-
came a2 resident of Kansas, locating in whatis uow Morrill Township, Brown County, where
he resided twelve years, and where he was engaged in farming. Atthe expiration of this
time he removed to the town of Morrill, where he has resided since. He was Constable of
Morrill Township for twelve years, Road Supervisor of the same township elpbe years,
and Clerk of School District No. 10, Brown County, six years. He was married in Hiawatha,
August, 1870, to Mrs. Mahala E. McDowell, a native of Kentucky. They have had _four
children, three of whom are living—EJmer A., Clement E., (died September 9, 1880), Mar-
tha E, and Tabitha Jane. By a former marriage Mr, B, liad one child, a daughter, named
Kittie, who is married to Theophilus Lanning, a native of Somerset County, Pa., and a resi-
dent of Morrill Township. Mr. Blanchett owns a choice v ley farm on Pouy Creek, four
and one-half miles northwest of Morrill. The farm contains 180 acres, has 160 acres en-
closed with hedge and wire fence, has 117 acres in cultivation, and sixty-three acres in
pasture and timber land, and is well.watered by wells, springs, and by Pony Creek, and one
of its tributaries. There is a thrifty orchard on the place, which covers about three acres,
and contains seventy-five bearing apple and 300 peach trees. The buildings on the prop-
erty are good, and consist of a comfortable frame dwelling, stock stable, good granary,
14x14 feet, corn crib, 14x48 feet, etc. The wheat raised on this farm for a number of years
past has averaged twenty-two and o }e-half bushels to the acre, oats sixty bushels, and corn
fifty bushels. Ia front and on each side of the dwelling is a magnificent maple grove, which
covers about three acres, and contains 300 trees. Owing to the fact of his being engaged in
other business, which demands all his time and care, Mr. B. will sell this farm, which is un-
doubtedly one of the finest in the township, to a@ash purchaser, cheap. Mr, Blanchett is a
live and driving business man, and keeps a well stocked livery, feed aud sale stable. In
addition to managing this business, his services are frequently called into requisition by
his neighbors as veterinary surgeon, in which art he is reputed to be very successful,

_C, CECIL, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in flancock County, Ill., November
5, 1850, and resided in his native State until 1879, when he became a resident of Kansas, lo-
cating in the town of Morrill, Brown County, where he has resided since. In 1867, Dr. Cecil
commenced reading medicine with Dr. W. D, Wade, an eminer* practitioner of Plymouth,
Hancock Co., Ill. After reading medicine in the office of his preceptor three years, he at-
tended the Ecleciic Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, onesession. He then commenced the
practice of medicine at Basco, Hancock Co., Ill.; followed his profession in this place until
1874, then attended another session at thé Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College, from which
he graduated the same year. He then returned to Basco, practiced his profession until 1877,
when he attended another course at his Alma Mater in Cincinnati, returned to Basco, pur-
sued his professional labors until 1879, and then came to Kansas. | He isa member of Mor-
rill Lodge, No. 187, I. O. O. F., and is Clerk of School District No, 34, Brown County. At the
early age of fifteen, Dr. C. entered the Union army asa private in Company H, One Hun-
dred and Forty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was enlisted at Quincy,

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__UL February 3, 1865, and was discharged at Tullahoma, Tenn., June 25, 1865. He was mar-

ried in 1868, near Plymouth, Ill, to Miss Sarah E, Robinson, a native of Hancock County,
Ill. They have two children, whose names are—Lena V. and’ Ralph. Dr. Cecil is an able
Proetinoner, of excellent professional) standiug, and a genial, enterprising and public spir-

IRAM CURTIS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 35, Township 1, Range15, P. O, Mor-
rill, was born in Me:gs County, Ohio, May 1, 1844, and lived in his native State until guy
22, 1861, when he enlisted in the United States Army as a member of Company E, Fourth
Regiment, West Virginia Infantry, being enrolled in Mason City, W. Va., and was dis-
charged at Wheeling, in the same State, July 22, 1865. He participated among others in the
battle of Charleston, W. Va., Siege of Vicksburg, Big Black River, Jackson, Miss., Tuscum-
bia, Ala., Misslonity, Ridge, with Sheridan in the valley, and numerous minor engagements,
Altogether, he was In over sixty engagements. ‘After his discharge from the army, he re-
turned to his Ohio home, where he resided until the spring of 1864, when he became a resi-
dent of Kausas, locating in Morrill Township, Brown County, where he has resided since,
He is a member of Hamlin Lodge, No. 185, A., F. & A. M., and of Hiawatha Post, No. 130,
G. A. He was a memnber of the Board of School District No. 34, Brown County, three
years, He was married N svember 2, 1872, to Miss Mary C. Bunn, a native of McLean Coun-
by. Ill. They have three children living —Lemuel, Rosa and Clara El za. Mr. Curtis owns a

ne upland farm of 160 acres; it is all enclosed, in a high state of cultivation, and well sup-
plied with water by means of wells, springs and Terrapin Creek, which flows in an east-
erly direction through the farm. There is a young and thrifty orchard on the farm. The
improvements are new and first-class, and comprise among others, an elegant frame dwell-
ing, Containing seven rooms, stock stables an | lots, granary, corn cribs, smoke house, etc.
Mr. C. grows 300 to 400 bushels of wheat, 400 bushels of oats, 3,500 bushels of coru yearly,
keeps half a dozen head of milch cows, thirty-five to fifty head of hogs, and four horses.
Mr, Curtis worked at his trade as a carpenter fur many years, but now he is an industrious,
earnest and thoroughgoing farmer. He is a veteran of the late war, a prominent and pros-
perous citizen, and 1s popu ar in his nelghborhood.

THORNTON J. ELLIOT, farmer, and stock raiser, Section 36, Township 1, Range 15,
P. O. Morrill, was born in Racine, Ohio October 13, 1842, lived in his native State until the
breaking out of the Rebellion. On the first day of July, 1861, beeamea member of Com-
pany M. Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. Rose through all the gradesfroma
private to Captain of Company F, same regiment. Was discharged at Yorktown, Va., in
the fall of 1863, re-enlisted the same day in the same company and regiment, and was final-
ly discharged from the United States service, November 6, 1865, at Philadelphia. Like
all veterans upon re-enlisting, he was offered his veteran furlough, but declined it. In fact
during his whole period of service he never had, or availed himself of a leave ot absence.
In an endorsement made_on an official document, by Franklin A. Stratton, Lieutenant
Colonel, commanding the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, the following appears. dated
Headquarters Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, before Riclimond, Va., March 27, 1865,
“Captain Elliot has served as an officer or enlisted man for nearly four years, and has not
been absent with or without leave a single day during all this time, neither has he been off
duty for sicknessfor other cause during the tiine named. Has always performed his duties
with unusual promptness, fidelity and ability.” Captain E., with the company to which he
was attached, articipated in McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, and was present at Newport
News during the fight between the Merrimac and the Monitor. He also took part in ac-
tions at the Siege of Suffolk, Va., April 11th to May 4th, 1863; South Anna Bridge, June 26,
1863; Jackson, N.C., July 28, 1863; Bottom’s Bridge, Va., February 7, 1864: Nottaway
Bridge and Jarrett’s Station, May 8, 1864; Flat Creel Bridge, May 14, 1864; Petersburg,
June 9 and 16, 1864; Staunton River Bridge, June 25, 1864; Reain’s Station, June 29,
1864; Deep Bottom, July 29, 1864; Yellow Tavern, August 21, 1864; Ream’s Station, Au-
gust 21and 25.1864; Richmond, September 29, 1864; Darbyton Road, October 7, 1864;,
Charles City Road, October 13, 1864; Seven Pines, October 27, 1864; New Market Heights
December 10, 1864;-Five Forks, ‘April 1, 1865; Deep Creek, April 4, 1865; Amelia Court
House, April 5, 1865; and Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865. Alter his discharge
from the army he returned to his Ohio home. In May, 1867, became aresident of Kansas,
locating on his farm at Morrill, Brown Co., where he has resided since. Was married at
Racine, Ohio, October 16, 1866, to Roxa V. Middleswart, of Portland, Ohio: She died Au-
gust 17, 1868; one child, a daughter, Fluta, was the fruit of this marriage. She was the first
child born in what is now the town of Morrill. She died March 9, 1879, 1n her eleventh

ear, of scarlet fever, Wasagain married February 17, 1875, at Hiiuwatha, to Miss A. A.

iddleswart, of Portland, Ohio. Three children, one of whom is living, Frederick T., were

the result of this marriage; Maria H., died March 13, 1879; Helen V., July 31, 1877. Oak
Point, the charming home of Capt, Elliot, adjoins the town of Morrill, of which the Cap-
taim was the founder, This farm and the town site constitute Capt. Elliot’s old homestead,
the farm itself is as near a model in location, topography and farm improvements as any in
Brown County, The pretty home, half a dozen outbuildings, superior board and hedge
fences, fine sheltering groves, superb fruit orchards and gardens; and luxuriant blue grass,
clover and timothy of the lawus and meadows, not less than the soil and location, make
this one of the finest homesteads in the county. Capt. Elliot feeds 100 choice pigs, keeps
eight cows, raises a few high grade calves, cultivates thoroughly, and is a systematic and
successful farmer. Has acquired a handsome fortune here, lives a life to be coveted and
for good judgment, cle riusight, ready tact and executive talent, liberal intelligence and.
manly character, is the peer of any man inthis region.

HARRY FLEGHART, boot and shoemaker, was born in New York City, March 19, 1853,
and livedin his native city until his sixth year, when his parents removed to Fayette
County, Pa., where Mr, F. lived until 1870, when he removed to Philadelphia, where he re-
mained until the fall of 1873, and after traveling extensively in various parts of the United
States, in the spring of 1874 located in the Pennsylvania oil regions, where he resided one
ene: He then after visiting Philadelphia and Baltimore, removed to Wooster, Ohio, where
he resided one year. Hethen removed to Danville, Ill., where he resided until October,
1881, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in MorrilJ, Brown County, where he
has ever since resided and carried on business. He is a young, intelligent, active and hon-
orable business man, an excellent workman and a thorough master of his trade, and is well
spoken of in the community in which he resides. 7

WILLIAM FLICKINGER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, Township 1, Range 15,
P.O. Morrill, was born in Somerset County, Pa., March 6, 1835, and lived in his native
State vuntil his thirtieth year, then removing to Ashland County, Ohio, where he resided
three years. He then removed to Carroll County, Ill.. where he lived until March 28, 1881,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his large farm in Morrill Township,
Brown County, where he has resided since. e is @ member of the German Baptist
Church. He has been married twice. The first marriage was contracted in Somerset
County, Pa., March 6, 1859, to Miss Catharine Peck, a native of the same county and State.
By this marriage they lad five children, four of whom are living—Lavina (died at the age
of two and a half years, January 9, 1863), Calvin, Annie, Samuel C. and Hattie. The second
marriage took place in Carroll County, IIL, June, 1872, to Miss Susan Peck, a native of
Somerset County, Pa. Two children were the fruits of this marriage, whose names are—
Joseph J. and Ada E. Mr. Flickinger owns a fine second bottom farm of 400 acres, all
farming land, lying in one body, three and a half miles northwest of Morrill, and 320 acres
of pasture land lying two miles south of the homefarm. The pasture land is all enclosed,
has plenty of living water and a good well, with windmill for raising the water. Pony
Creek stock farm, as the home farm is known, is surrounded by substantial fences, is in a
high state of cultivation, is one of the most beautiful and productive estates in this region,
and is excellently supplied with water by means of wells, cisterns, Flickinger’s Branch and
Pony Creek, which flows in asoutheastern direction through the farm. On the southwest
portion of this property are the remains of Fort Plymouth, built during the 1856 troubles
by John Brown, and afterwards garrisoned by the Free-state forces, under the command of
Gen. James H. Lane. There are three fine orchards onthe farm which together contain
300 fruit trees of various varieties. West of the elegant farm residence is a handsome
maple grove covering oneacre. along Flickinger’s branch of the Pony is a fine grove of
willows and cottonwoods. Onthe south line of thefarm is another fine grove of native
timber which covers thirty acres. The improvements on the property are first-class, and
comprise, among others, a splendid, large and convenient frame family mansion, 30x32,
surrounded by handsome grounds adorned by handsome shrubbery, shade trees and ever-

reens, two tenant houses, new frame basement barn, 38x60, wash house, wood and coal

ouse, granary, wagon sheds, corn cribs, cattle sheds and Jots. Mr. Flickinger raises from
500 to 800 bushels of wheat yearly, 800 bushels of rye, 700 bushels of oats, 300-to 400
bushels of barley, 5,000 to 6,000 bushels of corn, feeds 2 car loads of cattle, Keeps a herd of
100 head of fine grade and thoroughbred cattle, 150 Poland-China hogs, and 10 head of
horses and mules, Atthe head of the Pony Creek herd stands Gen. Logan, bred by H. B.
Putterbaugh, Esq., of Lanark, IIl., sired_ by Magenta Chief, by Arbiter, No. 16,170, dam
Lady Franklin, drepped February 20, 1880. He isan animal of fine lineage and superior
personal traits. Fifteen thoroughbred cows arealso members of this fine herd, among
which is Molly Dunn, bred by 8S. F. Estabrooks, Esq., sired by Lieut. Gage, No. 12,294.
Mr, Flickingey is one of the prominent and_ prosperous farmers of Brown, speaksin high
terms of une county of his adoption, is a useful citizen and stands high in the community in
which he lives.

LAFAYETTE M. FOSTER, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born near Oil City, Ven-
ango Co., Pa., in 1842, but left his native Stateatan early age, the family removing to
Wood County, Ohio, where Dr. Foster resided until the fall of 1876, when he removed to
Savannah, Andrew Co., Mo., where he resided one year and then moved to Nemaha City,
Neb., where he practiced his profession and resided until June, 1881, when he became a
resident of Kansas, locating in Morrill, Brown County, where he has been engaged in the
practice of medicine and surgery and where he has resided since. Dr. Foster received his
early education at Republic, Ohio, attending the academy of this place four terms, where
he graduated at the age of nineteen years, in the spring of 1862. While attending this in-
stitution of learning he also read medicine with Dr, Jobn Wilson Price, an eminent and
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successful practitioner of this place. Inthe fall and winter of 1863 he attended lectures
at the Ohio Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and received his degree of M. D. from this
institution February 28, 1864. Immediately aiter his graduation he received acommissien
from Gov. Brough of Ohio, appointing himan Assistant Surgeon in the Ohio Volunteer
Service, in which he continued until the close of the war, being mustered out of the service
June 15, 1865. After his discharge he returned to Ohio and resumed his profession at Mill
Grove, Wood County. From there he removed to Missouri, as already stated. He is a prom-
inent and consistent member of the Christian Church, a member of Morritl Lodge No. 187,
I. 0. 0. F., and of Hamlin Lodge No. 185, A., F. & A. M., and of the I. 0. G. T. He was
married at West Mill Grove, Ohio, in the fall of 1865, to Miss Jane A. Henry, a native of
Ohio, They have had five children, four of whom are living, Cyrus C. died August 28,
1882; Irvine E., Rosa J., Maud Mary and.Mabel. In the fall and winter of 1878 9 Dr.
Foster attended the American Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he grad-
uated May 28, 1879. In the fall of 1880 he took mspoclal course of twelve weeks in the
Homeopathic University of Iowa City, lowa. Dr. F. does an extensive practice, Receives
and treats a great many chronic cases at his roomy and elegant residence in Morrill and is
a capable and honorable member of the medical profession.
NA. F N, farmer, stock-raiser and feeder, Section 82, Township 1, Range
15, P.O. Sabetha, Nemaha County, was born in Allegheny County, Pa,, July 27, 1845, and
lived in his native State until April, 1871, when his parents removed to Kausas, locating in
Mor ill Township, Brown County, where Mr. Fulton has resided since. He is a member of
Central City Lodge, No. 125, 1.0.0. F. He has been noble grand of his lodge three terms,
conductor six years; representative to the Grand Lodge of the State in 1882, and D. D. G. M.
of his lodge in 1883. He has been Trustee of Morrill Township, Brown County, uwo years,
amember of the Board of School District No. 52, eight years, and Assistant Sergeant-at-
Arms in the Kansas State Senate for four years. Mr. Fulton is a rising politician, has always
acted with the Republican party, of which he is a prominent member, and was a delegate to
the State Congressional Convention held in Topeka in June, 1882, that had the honor of
nominating the “Big 4.” He participated in the War of the Rebellion as a member of Com-
pany E, Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Cavalry, and enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
August 16, 1861. Served with distinction and honor all through the war, and was dis-
charged at Pittsburgh, Pa., inJuly, 1865. He was severely wounded at Gaine’s Hill, again
at St. Mary’s Church, and the third time at Antietam, He took part in the battles of Gaine’s
Hill, St. Mary’s Church, Antietam, second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsvills, Mine
Run, Gettysburg, through the Wilderness Campaign, and up to the surrender of Lee at Ap-
pomattox, beside a great number of minor eugavements. r. Fulton was married in Green
Oak, Allegheny Co., Pa., in May, 1862, to Miss Hester E. Arthur, a native of Pennsylvania.
They have five children living—Arthur Sheridan, Catherine M., Elizabeth L., Maggie B.,
and Hester Mabel. Mr. Fulton’s parents, Hiram and Catherine Falton, are still Jiving, are
hale and hearty, and are residents of Sabetha, Nemaha County. His father, since the age of
sixteen, lived in Allegheny County, Pa., previous to coming to Kansas, and was for twenty
years a river pilot on the Ohio, and is well and favorably known to many of the old steam-
boat captains on this river. ‘Willow Grove,’’ as the fine farm of Mr, Fulton is known, lies
in Morrill Township, equidistant from the thriving townsof Morrill and Sabetha, being

twoandahalf miles from each place. The farm contains 325 acres; is all enclosed wii
substantial fences, isin a high state of cultivation, and is well watered by means of wells,
springs, spring branches, and Mulberry Creek, which flows through the south part of the
farm. There isa young and thrifty orchard on the property, which covers three acres, and
contains 100 bearing apple, 150 peach, 50 budded cherry, and a number of pear trees.
There is also an abundance of sinall fruits on the place. North of the dwelling is a hand-
some willow grove, from which the farm derives itsname, The improvements are first-
class, and consist in part of a new and elegant frame residence, 18x32 feet, with an addition
20x25, two stories high, containing ten rooms, surrounded by handsome shrubbery, ever-
greens and shade trees; a large frame barn, 40x60; granaries, corn cribs, stock sheds and
lots, etc., ete. Mr. F. raises from 1,200 to 1,500 bushels of wheat, 1,000 bushels of oats,
11,000 to 12,000 bushels of corn, and cuts eighty acres of hay, yearly; has twenty acres
seeded down to timothy and clover, feeds two car loads of cattle; keeps 100 to 150 fine
prade cattle, 200 to 300 Berkshire hogs, and eight head of fine horses. The farm is admira-

ly adapted either for grain or stock-raising, and is oneof the model farms in Brown
County. Mr. Fulton is one of the prominent and prosperous farmers of Brown, a vet-
eral of the last war, a rising and influential politician, and an honorable man and useful
citizen.

ROBERT S. FURNISH farmer and stock-raiser, Section 13, Township 1, Range 15, P.O.
Morriil was born in Jackson County, Ia., March 9, 1844,and lived in his native State until his
fourteenth year,when his parents removed to Kansas, locating on their farm (still owned by
Mr. F.), which they pre-empted, in whatis 1ow Morrill Township, Brown Vounty, ili the
spring of 1857. In the spring of 1862, the family returned to Jackson County, lowa, where

r. F., resided until 1865, except the time spent in the army, when he returned to Kausas,
locating on the same farm occupied by the family in 1857, where with the exception of eight
years spent in traveling for the benefit of his health, Mr. F. has resided since. He partici-
pated in the war of the Rebellionas aiember of Company B, Twenty-Sixth Regiment
Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted in Clinton, Iowa, in August, 1862, and was dis-
charged at Indianapolis, Ind.. in October, 1864. He took partin the battles of Chickasaw

- Bayou, Arkansas ‘Post, Grand Gulf, Jackson, and siege of Vicksburg. Owing to the ex-
posure during the siege of this place, Mr. F. was taken sick ad was sent to St, Louis, and
thence tothe hospital at Indianapolis, where he was discharged for disability, from the
effects of which he suffers to-day. Mr. Furnish owns a choice farm of seventy acres on
Pony Creek. It is all enclosed with substantial fences; is in a good state of cultivation, and
well watered. The improvements consistin part, of a new frame dwelling, good frame
parn, corn cribs, granary. etc. Mr. F. devotes his attention erelusty ely to raising corn and
stock. He raises 800 to 1,000 bushels of corn, keeps ten to fifteeu head of fine grade cattle,
forty to fifty head of stock hogs and ten to a dozen head of horses. Mr, Furnish is an hon-
est, u might and prosperous farmer, a good citizenand stands high in the community in
which he lives.

THOMAS P. GORDON, proprietor of Elevator No. 2, and dealer in grain and live stock,
was born in Andrew County, Mo., August 30, 1858, and lived in his native State until July
23, 1879, and then removed to Morrill, Brown County, where he has resided since. He
is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of Morrill Lodge, No. 178, I. O. O. F. Mr.
Gordon received his early education at home and completed his studies at the High
School at St. Joe, Mo. He left this school in 1878 and immediately thereafter bought a half
interest in the general mercantile establishment of J. W. Harris, at Avenue City, Mo, the
firm being thereafter known as Harris & Gordon. He continued in business in this city
until his removal to Morrill, where he and his partner, Mr. Harris, bought out the extensive
mercantile establishment of B. Bird, which they carried on until September, 1881, when Mr.
G. sold out his interest and entered into the grain business, in which he has been en-
gaged since, In June, 1882, Mr. Gordon commenced the erection of the elevator now
operated by him, and which was completed and put in running order in September of the
same year, at a cost of $2,000, The elevator is well equipped with machinery and has a
working capacity of 10,0U0 bushels. During the five months it has been in operation there
has been handled and shipped froin this elevator thirty cars of wheat and over 30,000 bush-
els of corn. The elevator has been kept busily employed since its erection; is doing a
steadily increasing trade and in the near future promises to do a business second to none of
its capacity, on the St. Joe & Western Railroad. Mr. Gordon has been cngaged In the live stock
business since his advent in Morrill, and during the past two years has shipped stock to the
Iéastern markets which has amounted to over $80,000 annually. He Is still a young man
and his rise in the world has been owing to pluck aud energy that is highly commendable
and rarely equalled.

BENJAMIN HALDEMAN, proprietor of Tonsorial establishment, dealer In cigars and
tobacco and general agent for Younce’s Indian Cure Oil and Pain Destroyer, was born in
Montgomery County, Pa., September 24, 1847, living in his native State until his seven-
teenth year, when his parents removed to Whiteside County, I!L, where Mr. H, resided ten
andahalf years. He thenremoved to Falls City, Neb., where he resided until the fall of
1878, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating at Morrill, where he has resided and
carried on business since. He is a member of Morrill Lodge No. 187, and of Hiawatha En-
campment No, 33, I. 0. 0. F., andisinside guard of his lodge. He was married in Febru-
ary, 1858, in Carroll County, II, to Miss Ellen R. Smith, a native of Somerset County, Pa,
They have had three children, two of whom are living, named—Elmer Ellis, Samuel Austin
and Herbert Morrison (died August 19,1879), Mr. H.’s father, Samuel Haldeman, is the
proprietor of Younce’s Indian Cure Oil, and has appointed his scn agent for this popular
remedy for Morr:ll and vicinity. Itisa well-known panacea, and is ineeting with ready
sales wherever known. Mr. Haldeman is a straightforward, intelligent aud enterprising
business man, and is well known for his excellent social qualities.

JACOB HOFFMAN, proprietor of billiard ball, was born in Lyons, N. Y., February 4,
1845, but lived in his native State only a short time; his parents removing to Milwaukee
County, Wis., where Mr, H. resided until May, 1871, when he became a resident of Kansas,
locating near the city of Atchison, where he resided eight years, and from there removed to
Morrill, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a member of Sabetha Lodge No.
162, A., F.& A.M. He was married in December, 1882, in the city of Atchison, to Miss
Emma Herzog, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Hoffinan is an active and enterprising busi-
ness man, fair and honorable in his dealings, and is well and favorably known.

JOSEPH KIRK, farmer and stock raiser, Section 1, Township 2, Range 15, P. O. Mor-
rill, was born in Giles County, Va., November 21, 1824, but lived in his native State only a
short time, his parents removing to Ross County, Ohio, where Mr. Kirk resided, with the
exception of five years spent in Illinois and Iowa, until April 7, 1858, when he becamea
resident of Kansas, locating in Palermo, Doniphan County, where he was employed one

summer as engineer in the steam flouring and saw mills located at this place, He then re-
moved to Walnut Township, Brown County, where he had charge of the steam saw mill
owned and operated by E, N, Morrill at the forks of the Walnut and Mulberry creeks.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Meantime he pre-empted the quarter section on which he now lives. In the spring 0}
1860 he removed to his farm in Morrill ‘Township, Brown County, where he has resided
since. He is a member of Morrill Lodge, No, 187, I. O. O. F., and was the second past grand
of this lodge, He was Treasurer of Walnut Township one year. He was married Augus
14, 1879, in Council Bluffs, Lowa, to Mrs, Louisa Stoffer, a native of Portage County, Ohio.
They have two children—Maud Eldora and Bertha Josephine. Mr. Kirk is the prosperous
owner of the Pioneer farm. Itis a fine upland farm, lying in ove of the finest portions of
Morrill Township, and contains 241.39 acres. It isenclosed by substantial fences, is-in a
good state of cultivation and has splendid orchards and groves, js well supplied with water
and tg one of the model farms of Brown County. The improvements are good and in part
comprise large and elegant frame residence, containing eight rooms, with good cellar, stock
sheds and stables, tool house and carpenter shop, a fine fruit evaporation and drying house,
granaries, corn crib, etc. Mr. K. raises from 300 to 400 bushels of wheat, 200 to 300 bushels
Of oats, 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of corn yearly; Keeps twenty five head of stock cattle, fifty to
seventy-five bead of Berkshireand Poland-China hogs aud ten head of horses. Mr. K,
had the honor of establishing the first postoffice in Morrill and of naming and securing the
appointment of Solomon Meyers as the first Postmaster. Mr. Kirk was also one of the
original stockholders and helped to establish the first and only farmers’ co-operative store
in Morrill. Mr. K. {8 one of the pioneers of this section of Brown County, a trusted and
honored friend Enon: E,N. qeonril @ prominent Odd Fellow, an honest and practical
farmer and a good citizen and neighbor,

E. L. KREIDER, farmer, stock raiser and dealer, Sections 31 and 32, Township 1,
Range 15, P. O. Sabetha, Nemaha County, was born in Lancaster County, ‘penn., duly 8,
1850, and lived in his native State until April, 1874, when he removed to St. Joseph,
Mo., where he was engaged asaclerk in a grocery establishment and resided two sears.
Thence he removed to Andrew County, Mo., where he resided three years and was engaged
in farming. Inthe spring of 1879 he removed to Kansas, locating in the town of Morrill,
Brown County, where he resided two years, and then removed to his farm in Morrill Town-
ship, where he has since resided. He was married in the city of Lancaster, Pa,, March 17,
1870, to Miss Aunie Erb, a native of Lancaster County, Pa. They have one son, Erb. Mr.
Kreider owns a fine upland farm of 160 acres; it is all enclosed with substantial fences, is in
a high state of cultivation and is well supplied with water by means of wells and springs.
His orchard is young and thrifty, covers three acres, and contains 150 bearing apple trees,
200 peach and a number of cherry, plum and pear trees. The farm is also abundantly sup-
plied with small fruits of all varieties. The improvements on the property are excellent
and comprise, among others, an elegant new family mansion containing nine rooms, witha

‘ood cellar, and surrounded by handsome shade trees, evergreens an shrubbery; a large

rame barn, 30x36, with an addition 14x16; granary, 14x18; corn cribs, wagon shed,
smoke-house, stock lots, etc. Mr. Kreider contemplates making some additional improve-
ments on his farm in the near future which, phen completed. will cause it to rank second
to none inthe township. Mr. K. raises from 1,000 to 1,200 bushels of rye, 1,000 bushels of
oats, 3,500 to 4,000 bushels of corn, cuts twenty-five acres of hay yearly, has twenty acres
seeded down to timothy and ten acres to clover, keeps 50 to 75 head of stock cattle, 75 to 100
fine hogs and half-a-dozen head of extra good horses. He deals in cattle quite extensively,
buying and selling inthe Sabetha markets. He is a young, enterprising and intelligent
Pennsylvania farmer, a good and useful citizen, speaks in the highest terms of Brown
County, where he has made his means, and, aided by his-pretty, amiable and industrious
wife, bids soon to be one of the solid and prosperous farmers of his adopted State.

S. S. LINDEMAN, manufacturer and dealer in furniture, coffins, sewing machines,
organs and musical instruments, window shades, wall paper, pictures and picture frames,
window glass, etc., etc., was born in Somerset County, Pa., August 19, 1851, and lived in his
native State until the spring of 1877, when he removed to Carroll County, Ill., where he
completed his education at the Lanark High School, which he attended until November of
the same year, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Morrill Township, where
he resided until the following February, when he removed to Richardson County, Neb.,
where he was engaged in farming and in teaching in the public schools of the county. Thence
he removed to Morrill, where be erected his dwelling and engaged in carpentering. In
January of 1883 he engaged in his present business. He is a consistent member of the Ger-
man Baptist Church. He was married in Richardson County, Neb., February 3, 1878, to
Miss Lydia Peck, a native of Somerset County, Pa. Mr. L, isa young and energetic business
man, a good mechanic, possessed of fine inventive abilities, and his commercial and social
standing are of the best. His brother, Josiah Lindeman, was a member of Company K
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Ini the fall of
1862, at the age of seventeen years he enlisted at Chambersburg, Pa., went to the frout with
his regiment, participated in and is supposed to have been taken prisoner by the en-
emy at the battle of the Wilderness. At all events nothing has been heard of him
since. Mr. Lindeman and his fatnily will be under great obligations to any of his former
comrades who chance to read these lines, and who may know the fate of their brother, who
will inform them of it. Send particulars to 8. 8. Lindeman, Morrill, Brown Co., Kansas.

JOHN McCOY, farmer aud stock raiser, Section 4, Township 2, Range 15, P. O. Sabetha,
Nemaha County, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, May J, 1845, and lved in his native
county until June, 1867, when he emigrated to America, locating in Chicago, where he
lived for three years and thence removed to Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Mich., where he

lived for three years also; and from there, in 1873, came to Kansas, locating in Morrill
Township, Brown County, where he has since resided. He is a faithful and zealous mem-
ber of the Congregational Church at Sabetha. He was married in Benton Harbor, Mich.,
in 1872, to Miss Victorine C. Nowlen, a native of New York. They bave three children liv-
ing—Jessie M., Ira J. and Edward. ‘ Rock Spring,” as the splendid farm of Mr. McCoy is
called, lies four miles west of Morrill. It contains 240 acres and is drained by Mulberry
Creek, a clear, rapid stream. Has a beautiful fish pond stocked with German carp. Has
the finest rock springs in Kansas, one of them having a flow of ten cubic inches; and is one
of the most valuable stock farms inthe county. The creek flows over a rocky bed through
the stock yards, which are admirably arranged for shelter and feeding. Mr. McUoy grows
about 4,000 bushels of corn and ten acres each of wheat and oats, sows a field to rye for
pasturage; keeps 100 acres in native pasture and meadow, and is giving successful attention
to clover aud blue grass. He keeps fifty high grade Short-horns of superior beef-getting
types. Has a few very fine thorough breds, which he is breeding to a handsome London
Duke Bull, bred by Mr, Cowan, of Missouri; and is making up a herd of pure bred Short-
horns that will be an honor to Brown County. He feeds a few first class steers and 100
model pigs. 1s breeding Clydesdale horses. Believes in keeping ouly the best of stock, and
is one of the most successful farmers in Brown County. The farm is‘also further improved
with a cosy home, laid off in forty-acre field and fenced with a superior hedge fence, which
atfords grand protection to stock. A new basement barn, spring house, stone quarry, thrifty
young orchard and vineyard; and bears in every feature the thrifty and methodical far-
mer. Mr. McCoy has made most of his property: here in the last nine years. Is an intelli-
ent, progressive, candid Christian gentleman, who believes there is no finer country than
is for men who feed grain of their own growing to stock of their own raising.

E. Pp, MILLER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 2, ‘Township 2, Range 15, P. O. Morrill;
born in Stark County, Ohio, February 19, 1843, living however, but a short time in his na-
tive State, his parents removing to Huntington County, Ind., where Mr, Miller resided until
October, 1870, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Jewell County, where he
lived four years, he then removed to Morrill Femnship. Brown County, where Ye has re-
sided since, He has been Clerk of the Board of Schoo! District No. 57, Brown County, three
years, Ile. articipated in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company B, One Hun-
dred and Eighteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted July 4, 1863, at
Huntington, Ind,, and was discharged March 4, 1864 at Indianapolis, Ind. e took part
du ain engagement at Clinch River, E. Tenn. After his discharge from the One Hundred
and Eighteenth Hoglment, he again enlisted in Com
Regiment Indiana Volunteer AutAnery, onthe 23d day of January, 1865, at Huntington,
Ind., and was discharged September 1, 1865, at Indianapolis, Ind. He was married in
Huntington County, Ind., January, 1868, to Miss Susan M. Iden, a native of Indiana. They
have seven children living—Martha A., John E., Rosa M., Mary Elizabeth, Charles E.,
Vinnie Ruth, and Sheridan, Mr. Miller owns a fine farm of 165 acres, one and a half miles
south of Morrill. It is enclosed by substantial fences, isin a good state of cultivation and
well supplied with water. There is a fine orchard on the property which covers five acres,
and contains 300 bearing apple, 250 peach, 30 pear anda number of plum and cherry
trees, There is also an abundance of small fruits on the farm, among which are grapes
raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries and currants. The improvements are good. and
embrace among others, anew, comfortableand convenient frame cottage, two stories high,
18x34, with addition 18x18, and a kitchen 16x17. West of the dwelling is a handsome
maple grove. Among the other improvements are stock stables, sheds and lots, corn cribs
26x32, smoke house, 14x16, etc. Mr. Miller raises 500 to 600 bushels of rye, annually, ha
85 acres in corn this year, which averaged 65 bushels to the acre; keeps 10 to 15 head of
stock cattle, 100 Poland-China hogs, and 4 head of work horses. Mr, Miller is one of the in-
dustrious and prosperous farmers ot Brown County, a veteran of the last war, a good citi-
zen and neighber, and is well and favorably known. §

,, HENRY M. PERRY, farmer, stock raisér and dealer Section 6, Township 2,Range 15, P.O.
Sabetha, Nemaha County, is the son of John C, ang Sallie Perry, who came from Sangamon
County Ill.,to Kansas, in October,1865, locating in Sabetha, Nemaha County,their farm form-
ng subseqiently one-half of the old town site of Sabvetha, where they resided until] 1872. Mr.
Perry’s father established the first postoffice in Sabetha, and was the second Postmaster of
he town. He died May 22, 1871. n 1872, Mr. Perry’s mother removed to what is now
Morrill Township, Brown County, where she still resides. Mr. Perry was born in Wells-
burg, Brook Co., W. Va., March 12, 1850. In 1855 his parents removed to Sangamon County
Ill., where they resided until 1865, when the family came to Kansas, where Mr, Perry has re-
sided ever since. Mr, Perry’s brother, Thomas C., was a member of Company A, Seventy-,
third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, He was the youngest member of his company,
aud was wounded and taken prisoner by the enemy at Chickamauga, and was taken to Belle

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Isle, where he died a short time after his capture. Another brother, John J., now a promi-
nent lawyer in New York city, wasa Colonel in the Confederate service, having commanded
the Fourth Louisiana Cavairy all during the war, and having taken part in one of the last
battles of the war, that of Spring Hill, Tenn, The homestead on which Mr. Perry lives con-
tains 146 acres. It isa choice upland farm lying adjacent to the town of Sabetha. Is enclosed
with substautial fences, is ina high state of cultivation, and is well supplied with water.
The orchard covers two acres, and has a great number of all kinds of fruittrees. There is
also an abundance of small fruits on the farm. Near the house is a large and splendid arti -
ficial grove of native timber, which covers ten acres, and contains over 5,000 walnut, ash
soft maple, box elder and honey locust trees, The building's on the property are good; an
consist of a comfortable frame dwelling bouse containing seven rooms, with extra good cellar,
24x30 feet, with an L 16x18; frame stock stables 20x..0; granaries, corn cribs, smoke house,
stock sheds,ete. Mr.'Perry raises from 500 to 600 bushels of oats yearly, 1,000 bushels ofcorn;
cuts twenty-five acres of hay, keeps twenty-five head of fine grade cattle, seventy-five to
one hundred Berkshire hogs, and four horses and mules,
and owned by hima pair of bay mules which were brought f1om Illinois by Mr. Perry’s
father, in 1865. They are well preci ved are used every day, and in appearance do not look
to be over six or eight years old. These mules are known to almost every old settler Inthe
four. northeastern counties of the State. Mr. Perry deals extensively in live stock of all
kinds, buying and selling. Mr, Perry is a young, intelligent and industrious farmer, a good
and useful citizen, and is well and favorably known for his probity and integrity.

©. A. SAYLOR, farmer and stock raiser, Section 3, Township 1, Range 15, P.O. Morrill,
was born in Somerset County, Pa., March 8, 1840, and lived in his native State until October,
1863, when he removed to Lee County, Ill., where he resided until J une 20, 1870, when he be-,
came a resident of Kansas, locating in Morrill Township, Brown County, where he has resided
since. He is amember of theChurch of God. He was Commissioner of Brown County
two years anda member of the Board of School Districts Nos. 11 and 75, Brown County,
ten years. He was married in Somerset County, Pa., September 23, 1863, to Miss Annie
Lichty, a native of Somerset County, Pa. They have nine children living whose names
are; Ira M., Maggie, Carrie, B, Frank, Horace G., Lizzie, John, Mary S.,and Gracie, Mr.
Saylor owns a fine bottom farm Jing on Pedee Creek, five miles northwest of the thriving
town of Morrill. It contains 160 acres, is enclosed by substantial fences, isin a high state
of cultivation and is well supplied with water by means of wells, springs and Pedee Creek,
which flows in a southeasterly direction through the entire length of the farm. On a sunny
slope east of the fine dwelling 1s a thrifty orchard which covers ten acres and is well sup-
plied with fruit trees of various varieties. On the sameside of the house is a grove of na-
tive timber, covering eight acres and containing great numbers of black walnut, hickory
andelm trees. The improvements are among the finest in this section and comprise among
others,a new, large,and elegant frame residence,surrounded by a fine lawn adorned by hand-
some shade trees, shrubbery and evergreens, alarge,new and convenient basement frame
pbarn'30x36,a large double corn crib 26x40, with a commodious hog pen under it,stock lots, etc.
Mr.S. raises from 400 to 500 bushels of wheat,300 to 400 bushels of rye, 200 to 300 bushels of
oats, 2,500 to 3,500 bushels of corn, cuts 25 acres of hay, has 40 acres seeded down to or-
chard, blue grass, alfalfa, and red clover, keeps a dozen head of stock cattle, 75 to 100
Poland-China hogs and 7 bead of horses. Mr. Saylor is an honest, industrious and intelli-
gent farmer, a guod, popular and useful citizen and 1s well and favorably known for his

sterling integrity.

J. L. SCHAEFFER, farmer and dealer in baled hay, Section 6, Township 1, Range 15, P.
O. Sabetha, Nemaha County, was born in Marion County, Ohio, January 12, 1835, aud lived
in his native State until his seventeenth year, when his parents removed to Van Buren County,
Iowa. Mr. S, lived in Lowa until the fall of 1878, .when he became a resident of Kansas,
locating in Sabetha, Nemaha County, where he resided until March, 1883, when he removed
to Morrill Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is;a member of the
Presbyterian Church. He was married in Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1863, to Miss Mary E.
True, @ native of Ohio. They haye six_children—Laura E., Harry E,, Jessie Grace, Ollie
Blanche, Cora E., and Zora. r. Schaeffer makes a specialty of cutting, buying, pressing
and shipping hay. He has a large Economy press on his farm and is kept busily employed
ene whole year around, shipping to the markets in St. Joe and Atchison, about 100 tons of

ay per month,

JOHN I. SMITH, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, Township 1, Range 15, P.O.
Morrill, was born in Somerset County, Pa., in April 1844, and lived in his native State,
until 1856, when his parents removed to Carroll County, Ill., where he resided until October
18, 1876, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Morrill Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. Heisa member of the German Baptist Church, and
is Clerk of Morrill Township. He was married at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., Ill,, in July, 1864,
to Miss Adeline Meyers, a native of Somerset County, Pa. They have five children whose
names are:—John J. Astor, Samuel J. Burnworth, Martin A. Byron, William H. Leroy,
and Benjamin A. Cecil. Mr. Smith owns a fine upland farm of 160 acres, lying two miles
north of Morrill; it is reached by fine roads, is enclosed by substantial fences, is ina high
state of cultivation andis well supplied with water by means of wells and Larkin’s branch
of the Pony which flows through the southeast corner of the farm, There is a young and
thrifty orchard on the property which covers two and half acres and contains 125 fruit trees
of various varieties, The improvements are good and consist in part of a new, comfortable
and cosy frame cottage containing seven rooms, surrounded by handsome shade trees, horse
stable, sheds and lots, granary, corn cribs, etc. Mr. S. raises from 500 to 600 bushels of
wheat, 100 to 150 bushels of rye, 300 bushels of oats, 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of corn, cuts
twenty-five acres of hay, keeps fifteen to twenty stock cattle, forty to fifty Poland-China
hogs, and eight headof fine horses. Mr, Smith 1s an honest, industrious an dintelligent Peun-
sylvanian farmer, S prominent and useful citizen and a good neighbor.

ELMER Bb. SNYDER, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddles, collars, whips,
blankets, ete. The son of J. H. and N. J. Snyder, and was born in 1862, in Richland County,
Ohio, but left his native State at an carly age, his parents removing to Kansas, and locating
in Doniphan County, near Highland, where Mr. Snyder resided until his twenty-first year,
when he removed to Morrill, Brown County, where he established hlmself in business
March 1, 1883. He learned his trade with Mr. Norman Case, of Highland, a well-known
manufacturer of harness in that city. Mr. Snyder is a young. energetic and prosperous
business man, possesses good credit, and as he is the only dealer in his line in Morrill, com-
mands all the trade inthe town of his adoption andfor miles around. He carries a large
stock, has skilled workmen, a large and growing patronage, manufactures his own sad-
dling, etc., and may be set down as one of the thriving and enterprising business men of the

unty. :
= FRANK M. SPALDING, dealer in lumber and building materials, was born in Haver-
hill, N. H., June 1, 1848, and lived in his native State until his nineteenth year, when he re-
moved to Chicago, where he remained about three years, thence he removed to Lexington,
Mich., where he engaged in the general mercantile business, and where he remained about
two years, and then removed to Falls City, Neb., where he engaged in the lumber business,
and where he resided four years. From Nebraska he removed, in 1878, to Morrill, Brown
County, where he has resided and carried on business since. He is a member of the Pres-
byterian Church. He was married in Falls City, Neb., May 10, 1876, to Miss Julia KE. King-
man, # native of New York. They have two children—Phineas and Hattie. Mr, Spal
is one of the successful and energetic business men of Morrill, and deals extensively in a.
kinds of lumber and building materials. Buying exclusively of first hands and for cash, he
is enabled to compete with any one. |

F. M. STARNS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 31, Township 1, Range 15, P. O. Sa-
betha, Nemaha County, was born in Geneva, Kane Co., 1ll., December 1, 1836, but left his
native State at an early age, his parents removing to Fountain County, Ind., where the
family lived seven years. Then they removed to Wapello County, Iowa, being among the
original settlers of this county. Mr. S. lived in Iowa until August, 1856, when he became a
resident of Kansas, locating at Fort Plymouth, on Pony Creek, in what is now Morrill
Township, where the Free-state forces were congregated under the command of Gen.
James H. Lane. The same fall, Mr. Starns pre-empted a claim one and a half miles north
of Morrill, where he resided until 1861, when he entered the Union Army as a member of
Company »d, Eighth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted at Fort Leaven-
worth, November 9, 1861, and was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., November 8, 1864. At
the battle of Chickamanga, in which he participated, he was severely wounded, from the
effects of which he suffers to this day. Owing to his wound he did no further duty with his
regiment, but after he had in a measure recovered, he was detailed for light duty at the
United States General Hospital at Nashville, Tenn., which he performed until his discharge
on account of disability and the expiration of his term of service. After his discharge he
returned to Kansas and located on his farm in Morrill Township, Brown County, where he
has ever since resided. He is a zealous and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He was Assessor of Walnut Creek Township four years,and a member of the
Board of School District No. 52, Brown County, eight years. Mr. Starns was married in
Nemaha County, June 19, 1869, to Miss I. J. Vassar, a native of Missouri, They have six
children living, whose names are: Alice E., John F., Mary and Martha, twins, Frank M.,
and Nellie. Me. Starns owns a fine upland farm of 120 acres one and ahalf miles northeast
of Sabetha. The farm is enclosed by a handsome osage orange hedge, is in a good state of
cultivation, and is well supplied with water by means of wells and springs. The imp: ove-
ments are good, and consist of a new and good five-room frame dwelling, aframe barn
32x32 feet, a large corn crib of 1,500 bushels capacity, an 800-bushel granary, smoke
house with cellar, etc. Directly north of the dwelling is a handsome grove of native timber
which covers two acres, and which, in summer, affords ample shade and acts as an excel-
lent wind-break. Mr. §. devotes his time and attention chiefly to raising corn, hogs, and
cattle, He raises 4,000 bushels of corn yearly, keeps 30 to 40 head of fine stock cattle, 40 to
50 stock hogs, and 9 head of excellent horses. Mr. Starns was one of the ori ina] Free-
state men; a veteran of the War of the Rebellion; is a straightforward, honorable man, and
an intelligen' » actical and successful farmer,

 

 

There is at present on bis farm .

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JAMES B. STEPHENS, real estate agent, was born in Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., Pa.
May 5, 1837, and lived in his native State unéll his eighteenth year, when he removed to
Wood County, Ohio, where he resided one year and then removed to Jones County, Lowa,
where he was engaged in farming and where he resided until August 12, 1861, when he en-
listed at Anamosa, Lowa, as # member of Company B, Ninth Regiment Towa Volunteer In-
fantry, and was discharged at Louisville, Ky., September 24, 1864. He took part among
others in the battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., Vicksburg, Siege of Vicksburg. Look Out Moun-
tain, Chickamauga andthe Atlanta campaign. At the first attack by the Union forces on
Vicksburg, Mr. 8. who had by this time attained the rank of Sergeant, was in command of
a party who were engaged in laying a pontoon bridge across Chickasaw Bayou. The party
while thus engaged was under the severe fire of the enemy for over two hcurs. After the pon-
toons were laid,Sergt. Stephens found thirteen bullet holesin his overcoat and blouse. After
the siege ot_ Vicksburg, Sergt. Stephens was detailed for service in the Ordnance Depart-
ment where he served until the Atlanta Campaign when he was detailed as a member of the
Pioneer Corps, of which he was a member until the surrender of this city, when he was dis-
charged by reason of expiration of service. He endured severe hardships and privations
while in the service from the effects of which he suffers to-day. After his discharge from
the United States Service he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Mitchell County,
where he resided twelve years and was engaged in farming and the real estate business.
From Kansas he removed to Nemaha City, Neb.. where he resided until the fall of 1882,
when he returned to Kansas, locating at Morrill, Brown County, where he has resided since.

. W. STEW ART, painter, grainer and paper hanger, was bornin Oneida County, N.
Y., December 31, 1836, and lived 1n his native State until 1873, when he removed to Jersey
City where he resided two years and carried on business. In October, 1875, he became a
resident of Kansas, locating in Morrill, where he nas since resided and carried on business.
He is azealous and prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Morrill, and
is one of the stewards of thischurch. Heis alsoa member of the Morrill Lodge, No. 178,
I. Ovof O. F., and ischaplain of his lodge. He participated in the war of the Rebellion asa _
member of ‘ ompany D, Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in New York City in
the fall of 1862, discharged on account of disability contracted while in the service, in New
York City in the spring of 1864. He took part inthe second battle of Bull Run. Mr. Stew-
art has been married twice. The first marriage took place in Nyack, Rockland Co., N. Y.,
in 1858, to Miss Eleanor Smith, a native of New York; she died in the spring of 1870, The
second marriage occurred in 1871, in New York City, to Miss Mary F. Conniss, a native of
the same city. They have had four children, two of whom are living, they were named as
follows: Emma (died in October, 1873), Mamie (died in November, 1875), May B. and Am-
brose W., Jr. Mr. Stewart is an pnergetic, earnest and intelligent business man, a good
citizen, and is eminently worthy of the large patronage he is receiving from the residents
of Morrill and vicinity. =

c. R. VANDOREN, M. D., physician and surgeon, and farmer. Section 25, Towrehip 1,
Range 15, P. O. Morrill, was bornin Sloan’s Village, Schoharie Co.;N.Y. His father left
New Jersey at an early day, and settled in the Empire State. He was of Holland descent,
and his parents spoke the language of that nation. His mother was from Massachusetts.
Her maiden name was Sloan, and the village in which Dr, VanDoren was born, was
named after her father. In the spring of 1848, he entered the office of Dr. Fox, a promi-
nent physician of Canajoharie, a village of romantic beauty in the valley of the Mohawk,
where Dr. Van Doren had formerly pursued his early academic studies preparatory to his
collegiate course. In the autumn of 1848, he entered the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons in New York City; in the fall of 1849 and winter of 1850, he attended a course of lec~-
tures at University Medical College, New York, at the head of which then stood the cele-
brated Dr. Mott, author of several standard works on surgery, and the first surgeon who
successfully performed the operation of tying the arteria innominati, Inthe autumn and
winter of 1850-51, Dr. VanDoren attended his third and last course of lectures in Chicago,
at Rush Medical Colle e, where he graduated in the spring of 1851. After practicing in
Chicago for ee Gee e returned Kast and settled In New Jersey, the home of his fore-
fathers. In 1856 he married Miss Amanda R. L. Meeker, a uative of Cincinnati, Ohio. She
is a relative of Major Daniel Gano, and of the Pendietons of Cincinnati. The fruit of this
marriage was one son—Samuel Elliott, now nineteen years of age. Dr. VanDoren contin-
ued to reside in New Jersey until the autumn of 1882, when heand his family wended
their way towards the setting sun taking Greeley’s advice to go West. They landed in
Morrill, Brown County, November 18, 1882. Dr. V. immediately commenced building on
his farm, half a mile north of the village of Morrill. The farm contains 160 acres, and is
beautifully located, the surface of the land being undulating in all this portion of Kansas.
It commands a fine view of the landscape stretching over hill and vale fo Falls City, Neb.,
and Hiawatha, the county seat of Brown, and all surrounding country, giving a very
pleasing prospect to the eye of the visitor or traveler au he rides over this portion of the

tate. which,when Dr. VanDoren visited ita few years ago in the lovely month of June, was
one unbroken expanse of prairie, where every breeze was laden with the fragrance of
thousands of flowers, and the whole beautified by tints of varied hues and colors, Dr, Van-
Doren is a leading and accomplished physician and surgeon. He has had years of experi-
ence and is a strong man in the profession.

D. A. VANDERPOOL, notary public and conveyancer, postmaster and dealer in gen-
eral -merchandise, clothing, groceries, coal, etc., etc., was born in Buffalo, N. Y.,in May,
1845, and lived in his native State until his seventeenth year, when he moved to Chicago,
where he attended Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial College one year. He then secured a
position in a coal office, and subsequently in a wholesale grocery establishment. He resided
two years in Chicago, and then went to St. joe, Mo., where he was in the employ of the
United States Express Company. He remained with this company twelve years, being
most of the time stationed at St. Joe. Inthe spring of 1876, he became a resident of Kan-
sas, locating in Hamlin Township, Brown County, where he resided two years and engaged
in farming; thence removed to Morrill, where he engaged in his present business, and
where he has resided since. He is astrict and consistent member of the Christian Church.
He is acharter member of Morrill Lodge No. 187, I.O. 0. F.. He was the first noble grand
of the Lodge. He was alsoa member of Hamlin Lodge No. 87. at the time it was instituted.
Is also a member of Hamlin Lodge No. 185, A., F. © A, M. He has been Postmaster at Mor-
rill for over four years past; he was Clerk of Morrill Township one terin; Treasurer of the
same township one year, and is at present the only notary public in the township. He
was married in St. Joe, Mo., in January, 1868, to Miss Philena Trout, a native of Ohio.
Mr. Vanderpool is a careful, conservative and prosperous merchant—does business on the
cash basis exclusively. He has made his means on the spot, and is an able and thor-
ough business man. e may be truthfully styled a self-made man, his father dying when
Mr. V. was only three years of age, aud his handsome competency being acquired by his
own unaided exertions. ;

G. WILLARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 34, Township 1, Range 15, P. O.
Morrill, was born in Preston County, Va., September 22, 1819, bul left his native State at an
early age; his parents removing to EApette County, Pa., where they lived about eight years,
and then removed to Meigs County, Ohio, where Mr. W. lived until April 23, 1867, when he
became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Morrill Township, Brown County,
where he has resided since. Mr. Willard was a member of the Board of School District
No. 34, Brown County, three terms. He was married in Meigs County, Ohio, April 3, 1850,
to Miss Lucinda Roush, a native of Mason County, Va. They have ten children living
whose names are—Merchant W., marricd to Miss Temperance A. Hedgecock, a native of
Illinois; Freeman T., Stephen J., married to Miss Alice Cottrell, a native of Indiana; An-
geline, Martha E., Carmi A,, James C., John R., Walter S. and Hammond B, Mr. Willard
owns a fine valley farm of 240 acres, one mile west of Morrill. The St. Joe and West
Railroad runs Hough pare of hisfarm, It is enclosed with substantial fences, in a good
state of cultivation, and is well supplied with water. Near the barn is a well of pure water,
which is used for stock Purposes, and which is raised by one of Ingham & Bigelow’s win
mills, Thereisa young and thrifty orchard on the place, and an abundance of small fruits
and a fine grove of native trees. The improvements on the property are first-class, and
consist, among others, of a neat and comfortable frame dwelling containing five rooms
with good cellar, and one and one-half storied frame barn 30x36, good granaries, corn
cribs, ete., ete. Mr. Willard raises from 400 to 500 bushels of wheat, 100 to 200 bushels of
oats, 2,500 to 3,000 bushels of corn yearly. Keeps 25 to 30 head of stock cattle, 75 to 100
stock hogs, and a half dozen horses. He is an industrious, prosperous and practical farmer,
a prominent an@ useful citizen, and a good nei-hbor, .

MERCHANT W. WILLARD, farmer, Section 34, Township 1, Range 15, P. O. Morrill,
was born in Meigs County, Ohio, June 22, 1852. and lived in his native State until April 23,
1867, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Morrill Township, Brown County,
where he has resided since. Heisa member of Sabetha Lodge, No. 162, A.,F.& A.M. He
was married October 12, 1876, inthe city of Hiawatha, to Miss Temperance A. Hedgecock,
a native of Illinois. Mr. Willard owns a choice upland farm of 120 acres, one and a quarter
miles west of Morrill, on the old State road from White Cloud to Seneca. The farm is en-
closed by a handsome Osage hedge and is in a good state of cultivation, and is well supplied
with water. The improvements are first class and were built from foundation to roof by Mr.
Willard himself who is a born mechanic, and consistin part of a comfortable, cosy frame
cottage, 22x30 feet, stock stables, a good granary of 1,000 bushels’ capacity, two corn cribs,
etc., etc.: Near and surrounding the dwelling, 1s a handsome grove of native timber, planted
five years ago, which contains 1,000 cottonwood, maple and box elder trees. There is a
thriving young orchard on the property which contains 500 apple, peach, pear and cherry
trees. There is also an abundance of small fruits on the place, consisting of grapes, straw-
berries, raspberries, gooseberries and blackberries. Mr. W. raises from 200 to 300 bushels
of wheat, the same quantity of oats, 2,500 to 3,500 bushels of corn, keeps a dozen graded
milch cows, 75 to 100 hogsand five head of horses. In 1876, when he commenced building
his home on what is now one of the finest farms, it was a piece of raw prairie. He had but
limited means when he commenced, but has by perseverance, industry and grit achieved a
handsome competency, and what is better is out of debt, Mr, Willard is a man of rare me-
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chanical skill and is an inventor of no mean gifts. He has worked at and made a success of
each of the following named trades and occupations and is ready to work at any of them
again at an hour’s notice, viz; farmer, carpenter and house builder, stone mason and brick-
layer, clock maker, machinist, architect, well digger, platform scale. builder and painter.
He was the architect and builder among others of the handsome residence of Juseph Kirk,
Esq.,the elegant house of Mr. James Stoffer, the conveniently arranged barn on his father’s
farm and the large three storied and costly barn, 54x60 feet, owned b . Myers. He
has invented a number of mechanical and labor saving appliances, which have met with
favor wherever used. és
HAMLIN.

Hamlin is located upon the St. Joseph & Western Railway, seven miles
west of Hiawatha. The town is laid out upon the land of A. Leonard, and has
a site of twenty acres. The postoffice at this point was opened in 1870, being
removed from the old location two and a half miles south of the town. At the
time of its removal] the town could hardly be said to have an existence, and
mail service was performed at the depot by J. Rogers. Mr. Rogers was
succeeded as Posimaster by A. Leonard, who opened a postoffice in his store,
where it remained until the destruction of the building. !t was then located in
the store of D. W. Simmons, where it remained during the terms of office of E.
N. Ordway and H. P. Kinney. Upon the appointment of A. B. Wager the
office was placed in his store, where it remained until the present incumbent,
T. C. Mathews, received his commission and placed it in his building.

The first building in the new town was that of Mrs. Leonard, who was en-
gaged in the millinery business. The building now serves as the kitchen of D.
W. Simmons. The next store was that of A. Leonard, which was destroyed by
fire in 1875. The first residence was built by J. McCuen, and was shortly fol-
lowed by the dwelling of Wm. Baker. 7

The first child born in the town was a son of E. N. Ordway; the first death
that of a Mrs. Bates, and the first wedding that of James Hays.

Dr. Heath, who came in 1875, was the medical practitioner. He was fol-
lowed by J. J. Kelley, by Dr. Wm. Moore and Dr. L. O. Hoyt. The two last,
who came in 1879 and 1881, respectively, are still located at this point.

The first school near Hamlin was at a point a mile northwest of the town,
and was taught by Miss Emma Fisher, in 1871. The school building erected
the same year was twenty-four by thirty-six feet and one story in height. The
present school building was erected in the winter of 1880-81, at a cost of two
thousand five hundred dollars. It is thirty by fifty-six feet, and two stories in
height. Rooms are fitted up for three departments, but up to the present time
but two have been in use. The first teachers in the new schoolhouse were
Mrs. C. Evans and Miss F. Hitchcock. J. W. Smith and Miss Mollie Belts
were appointed for the school year of 1881-82. The enrollment of children of
a school age in the District (No. 50) is 121. 2

The first hotel in Hamlin was the Hamlin House. It was built in 1878 by
Samuel Myers, who occupied it for six months and then sold to William Murray.
It was purchased in 1881 by T. J. Wilson, who now manages it. It is the only
hotel of the town. ; yi

The town now has three general stores, one grocery, one hardware, one,
drug, one millinery and one furniture store, an elevator twenty by sixty feet,
the property of J. N.Speer & Co., of Hiawatha, a grain warehouse owned by
Thomas Evans, a lumber yard and two blacksmith shops. The population is
something over two hundred.

Reserve is a newly laid out station of the Missouri Pacific Railway, located
on the old Indian reserve near the State line.

LOCAL MATTERS.

The first religious services were held in the depot, in 1871, by Rev. T. J. Hansberry, of
the Christian Church, This church had been organized ata point three miles south some
years prior to this time, and was not formally reinoved to the town until 1876, although
services were held with a degree of regularity. The church edifice was erected in 1876, at
a cost of $3,000. It is 40x60 feet on the ground and has a seating capacity of 300. Its first
pastor, after Mr, Hansberry, was Rev. J. F. Serry, who is still a resident of the town,
although the cliurch has passed to the charge of Rev. J. W. Kelsey. The membership of the
society is 120. A Sabbath school was organized in 1876, under the superintendence of J. F.
Berry, and has contilued tu the present tine. Ithas a membership of fifty and is under the
charge of the pastor,

The Congregational Church was also organized prior to the birth of thetown, Its first
M. Ayers, who preached for sume time in the schoulbouse and was instru-
mental in the erection of the church building. This structure was erected in 1873, at a cost
of $2,200; its size is 30x40 feet and its seating capacity 200. Mr. Ayers was followed, in
1875, by Rev. John Cheeseman, who held the Office nearly two years. Then came, with
slight intervals between their nastorates, Rev.Messrs.Skinner, Matson, A.L.Moward and the
present incumbent, Rev. D. Dunham. Atthe time of the organization of the chureh it had
a bare dozen members, but in a short time this was increased to over forty, at which figure
itnow remains. A Sabbath seheol was organized in 1873 and has maintained a hevlth
growth to the present tlie. It bas an average attendance of forty and is In charge of J. W.

mith.

The members of the German Baptist Church (Dunkards) located on the south side of the
Nemaha River, hold their meetings in the Pony Creek Church, the Nemana River being the
north boundary line, The greater part of the members of thls organization are located tn
Brown County, Kan,, but some _ reside in Nebraska, This church was a oa in 1870.
The minister in Nebraska was D. kK, I'ry, who is still located in the same place. The minis-
terin Brown County was the late J. J. Liehty, who organized the chureh, These two
ministers, with their wives, were the first members. The church has now acommodious
house of worship, 40x60 in size, and numbers about 175 members,

Hamlin Lodge, No. , A. t. & A, M.—The dispensation for this lodge was granted by
the Grand Lodge of the State In May, 1878, and the charter was granted October 16, 1879.
The following named were the charter members: W. I, Moore, Cawpbell Evans, Augustus
Gardiner, Bennett Hicks, A. G. Gardiner, Caspar Gardiner, F, Gardiner, J. P. Miner, J. J.
Stafford ‘A. R. Meyers, J. B. Stewart. F.'J. Robbins, B. Ellis, James Cottrel, “A, S$. Palmer
and William Butler. The first officers of the lodge were: W. 14. Moore, W. M.; C. Evana,
S. W.; Augustus Gardiner, J. W.; A. G. Gardiner, Treas.; B. Ellis, Sect’y.; Caspar Gardiner,
S. D.; J. P. Miner, J. D.; J.J. Stafford, 8. $.; F. Gardiner, J.$.; 3. Hicks, tyler. The lodge
holds regular meetings, semi-montbhly (the second and fourth Saturdays of each month) In
Odd Fellow’s Hall, on First street. The lodge at present consists of twenty-two members
composed of some of the best citizens of Hamlin and vicinity. The members passed and
raised were ten in number. The number demitted was three, and the same number of
deaths have occurred among the members of (he lodge since its orp atizaglon: The officers
at present are: W. E. Moore, W. M.; J.J. Stafford, 8. W.; Jolin Weltner, J. W.; William
Smith, Secty.; Peter Pfeiffer, Treas.; A. R. Smith, 8. D.; A. Nitsche, J, D.; C. Evans, 8. 8.;
A, Watts. J. S., and B. Ellis, tyler. .

Hamlin Lodge, No. 154, I. O. of O. F., was instituted and a dispensation granted there-
for by the Gran Lodge of the State January 21, 1479, and chartered October 15 of the same
year. The following were the charter members of this lodge: Frank M. Unkefer, Amos R.
Smith, P. K, Fisher, Josiah Beam, Samuel Slater, John Slater, George H. Weil, William B.
Baker and William A. Murray. The first officers elected were: Frank M. Unkefer, N. G.;
Josiah Beam, V. G.; P. K, Fisher, R. S.; A. R. Smith, P.S., and Wm. A, Murray, Treas, The
lodge holds regular meetings in the handsome and elegantly furnished hall on First street
every Monday evening. The hall, a convenient frame structure, was erected in 1880, and
cost with furniture, etc., about $1,500. The ball and furniture is owned by the lodge and
what js still better has not a dollar’s Incumbrance on it. Few lodges, if any, in the Sta e can
vie with Hamlin Lodve in this respect.. Hamlin Lodge, No. 185, A.. F. & A, M., also use this
hall as a place of meeting. The present officers of Hamlin Lodge, No. 154, are: D, W. Sim-
mons, N. G.; Samuel Slater, V, G.; HE, T. Maury, BR, 5.; Nathaniel Slater, 2, S., and John G,

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pastor was Rev.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

McGee, Treas. The membership of the lodge is forty-two. The past grands of this lodge
are: Frank M. Unkefer, Josiah Beam, P. K. Fisher, J. W. Kelsey, A. R. Smith, J. C. Watson
and William B. Baker, cd

The Smith & Huis Grist “ill was builtin June, 1882, at a cost of $4,000. The building
is 32x42 feet and three stories in height. Itis furnished with tworun of bubr-stones, one
for wheat and one for corn and feed, and hasa grinding capacity of 150 bushels per day.
Power is supplied by an engine of forty-horse power,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—HAMLIN TOWNSHIP.

O. M. BACKUS, teacher, Hamlin, is the son of Dr. James H. and Louisa Backus, natives
of Maine, and was born in Mason, Warren Co., Ohio, April 17, 1846, and lived in his native
State until 1848, when his parents removed to New Castle, Ind., where they resided until
1850. Aboutthis time his father’s health giving way, he started with a large company of
immigrants from Ohio and Indiana to California, with the hope that the journey across the
plains might restore a once vigorous constitution to its pristine state, the family meantime
returning to Ohio to await his return. At Fort Laramie, the last letter ever received by his
family, was mailed by Dr. Backus, Nothing further was ever heard of him by his sor-
rowing family except that the train divided at Fort Laramie and that che division the
doctor went with had not been heard from and was supposed to have been lost or annihilated
by the savages of the plains. Should any one who chances to read this sketch be cognizant
of the fate of Dr. Backus, they will coufer a great favor by sending the particulars to his
son at Hamlin, Brown Co., Kan, Inthespring of 1859, Mrs. Lonisa Backus, having given
up all hopes of ever seeing ber husband again, removed with her family to Karsas, locating
ona farm in Doniphan County, eight miles southwest of Troy. She taught the first public
school in District No, 8, in this county and was an educator of intelligence, education and
mental strength and had few equals among the teachers of Doniphan County. The family
resided in this county until 1863, and then removed to the cily of Atchison, where young
O. M. attended school and worked in the Atchison Free Press office. In 1865 the family
retugned to their farm in Doniphan County, where Mr. Backus resided until the fall of
1880, and then removed to Hawlin, Brown County, where he bas resided since. Mr. Backus
received his early education in the public and graded schools of Donipban County, and the
city of Atchison, completing his course at the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio.
He commenced teaching in 1867, in Doniphan County, where he was for awhile principal of
the Severanse Graded School. He taught altogether four years in this county and is now
engaged in teaching a ten months’ tei m in District No. 31, Brown County. Heis a teacher
of fine reputation, ranks among the best in the county, and always commands a good salary,
He is a member of the Christian Church at Hamlin and also of Hamlin Lodge, No. 154,
I, O. O. F, and of Hamlin Lodge, I, O. G. T.. He was Clerk of School District No. 8, Doni-

han County, two terms. He was married in the fall of 1880, in Hamlin, to Miss Alice C.
Murray, a native of Pennsylvania, They have two children, whose names are—KiahJ..

and_O. ©.

ELIAS BERKLEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 17, Township 1, Range 16, P. O.
Hamlin, was born in Somerset County, Pa., October 1, 1829, and lived in his native State
until 1865, when he removed to Lee County, lll, where he resided until February, 1872,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Hamlin Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. He isa meniber of the German Baptist Church. He
has been a member of the Board of School District No. 63, seven years in succession, and
Trustee of Hamlin Township, two terins. He was married in 1851, 1n Somerset County, Pa.,
to Miss Annie Miller, a native of Pennsylvania. They have eleven children living :—Cyrus
M., (married to Miss Mary Stephens, a native of Kansas); Gillian F., (married to Miss Em-
ma Speicher, a native of Pennsylvania); Henrietta, (married to Irvin Blanchard, a native
of Vermont); Annie, (married to N. P. Egiin, a native of New York); James Harvey, Wil-
liam Grant, Orpha, Josie, Minerva, Charles W. and Roscoe C. Mr, Berkley owns a choice
upland farm of 480 acres. Itisall enclosed; is in high state of cultivation, and is admirably
watered by wells, cisterns, springs, and Berkley’s branch of Pony Creek, which flows ina
northwesterly direction through the farm. Theorchard covers three acres, and contains
100 apple, 400 peach, anda number of plum and cherry trees, (North and west of the dwell-
ing is a fine grove of native timber which covers two acres, The improvements are first-
class, and consist of a comfortable and cosy frame cottage, large frame barn, 34x46, gran-
aries, corn-cribs, smoke house, stock sheds and lots, ete. Mr. Berkley grows 1,000 to 1,500
bushels of small grain, 10,000 to 15,000 bushels of corn; cuts 25 to 40 acres of hay, yearly;
pastures his cattle on his own meadows; feeds two car loads of cattle; keeps 80 head of fine
grade cattle; 100 to 125 hogs, and 10 head of horses, Mr. Berkley is one of Brown’s repre-
sentativefarmers. Heis an intelligent, influential and honored citizen; possesses great
tenacity of purpose aud indomitable energy; great kindness of beart, and has aremarkable
personal popularity among all classes. >

. R. BURNHAM, agent and operator Union Pacific R. R., St. Joe.and Western divis-
ion, Hamlin, is the son of Dr. W.S. and Mrs. Ana Burnham. His father is an eminent
physician, who formerly practiced extensively in Illinois and Wisconsin; but having ac-
quired a competency, and on account of his age, has now retired from the practice of his
profession. He now resides in Richland Centre, Richland Co., Wis., where his son, W. R.,
was born, Seplem ber 10, 1864 receiving his early education in the graded schools of his
native city. ere, too, Mr. B. and several of his comrades learned elegraphy ; having,
with unusual enterprise for youths of their age, erected a private telegraph line of their
own. Mr. B. and one of his comrades, were, however, the only two who availed themselves
of the knowledge obtained, and who have since followed their profession. Mr. Burnham
Jived in his native State until hls sixteenth year, when he paid a visit to his brother, E. H.
Burnham, the popular agent and operator at Alexandria, Neb., aud while there received
an appointment as operator at the station at Seneca, Nemaha Co., Kas., which position he
held for four months. He was then advanced to Hastings, Neb., and has held positions con
tinuously since on the U. P. R. R., at various points on the road. He has but lately been
promoted to the station at Hamlin, where he is the agent and operator. He possesses the
confidence of his superiors on the road. He is an efficient and courteous agent, and is well
liked by all with whom he comes in contact.

» P, CARY, principal of Hamlin public schools, was born in Marshall, Highland Co.,
Ohio, January 28, 1856, and lived in his native State until his twenty-fouith year, and then
became a resident of Kansas, locating at White Cloud, where he resided one year, and was
engaged in teaching. From White Cloud he removed to Robinson, where he resided one
year, and had charge of the public schoolsinthistown. From Robinson he removed to
Hamlin, where he has charge of the public schools, and where he has resided since. He is
amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. C. was educated at the Ohio Central
Normal School, at Worthington, Ohio, where he graduated as a member of the Scientific
Class in 1878, and in the classical course in 1880. He bas been engaged in teaching since
the age of sixteen, and continued in this profession, after his graduation, immediately
thereafter, for a year holding the position of Assistant Professor.of Mathematics and Latin,

, atthe Ohio Central Normal School. He is one of the Assistant Examine)s for Brown Coun-

ty, Prof, Cary is an educator of rare merit, thorough in discipline, and a man of fine at-
tainments and culture, He was married at White Cloud, May 80, 1882, to Miss Myra Pugs-
ley, a daughter of the eminent and successful physician and surgeon, Dr. KE. G, Pugsley, of
White Cloud. Mrs, Cary was born at St. Paul, Minn. and ably assists her husband in the
schools of Hamllu, of which she js vice-principal. She has had an experience of four years
in teaching in the public schools of White Clcud, in Dakota ‘Territory, near Castleton, and
was for atime teacher of German in the Ohio Central Normal School, her Alma Mater.

JOSEPH W. DENDURENT, dealer in farm machinery, wagons, buggies, pumps and
windmills, Hamtin and Morrill, Kan., P.O. Hamlin, Mr. Deis the son of Joseph and Sarah
Dendurent, old pioneers of Kansas, His father was born jiu St. John’s, Canada, and In his
twentleth year entered the employ of the Hudson's Bay Fur Company, and continued in the
employ of this company for a number of years, He suhsequently resided in various Siates
and Torritortes of the United States, and In the fall of 1857, became a resident of Kansas,
locating at Valley Falls. In 1878, the family removed to Hamlin, Brown County, where they
Nave ever since resided, Mr, Dendurent, Sr., relates many graphic tales of the early days
of Kansas and the great Northwest, Mr. Joseph W. Dendurent was born in Nemaha Coun-
HA Neb. March 31, 1856, and came to Hainlin with his fitber’s family, where he has con-
tinued to reside, He isa member of the Presbyterian Chureh. He was married in Madison
County, Iowa, December 21, 1881, to Miss Etlen B. Lewis, a native of lowa. They have one
child, a daughter—Sarah Etta. Mr. Dendurent is doing alarge flourishing trade in farm
machinery, wagons, buggies, etc,, both at Hamlin and in Morrill, where he has established
a branch of his house under the able superintendence of T. P. Gordon. Mr. D. handles Os-
born’s Self-Binders, the Moline, Gordon City and Canton plows, Deere’s cultivators and
Moline and Fish Brothers’ wagons, and is one of the intelligent, energetic, and promising
young business men of Brown.

OMAS EGLIN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, Township J, Range 16, P.O. Hamlin
was born in Parsippany, N.J., June 7, 1822, but Jeft his native: State atan early age with
his mother, his father having died some time previously, removing to Montgomery County,
N. Y., where Mr, Eglin resided until his twenty-ninth year, and then removed to Newark,
N.J., where he resided two years. Therice he removed to Kane County, IJ], where he re-
sided until July, 1865, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Ham-
lin Townsiup, Brown County, where he has iesided since. 'He is a member of the Baptist
Church of Sabetha, He wasa member of the Board of School District No. 15, Brown
County, for seven years. He was married in Montgomery County, N. Y., in 1851, to Miss
Cordelia Quick, a native of New York. They have one child, ason, N. Pierson, They also
have an adopted daughter, Kate. Mr, E, has achoice upland farm of 280 acres. It isall
enclosed, and in a good state of cultivation, and h‘sasplend'd supply of water, consisting
of wells, springs and Rocky Rranech, which ‘flows northerly through the farm.’ There is a
fine orchard on this property, which covers six acres, and contains 800 apple, fifty peach,
and twenty-five cherry trees. It is also supplied with small fruits of various kinds, oth
of the dwelling is a magnificent grove of native timber, which covers six acres,and contains
a great number of cottonwood, elm, box elder and soft maple trees, The Jmprovements are
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Hrst-class, consisting of an elegant seven-room swe house, frame stock stable, large hog
house, granaries, corn cribs, stock sheds and lots, etc. Ona portion of the farm is a fine
quarry of superior building stone. Mr. E. grows 1,000 bushels of sinall grain, 2,500 bushels
of corn; cuts ten acres of hay; feeds acar load of cattle; keeps thirty head of stock cattle,
forty to fifty stock hogs, and seven head of horses. Mr. E. is athrifty and industrious
farmer, a prominent and useful citizen, and a good neighbor.

ROBERT GASTON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 33, Township 1, Range 16, P. O.
Hamlin, was born in the North of Ireland, October 13, 1835, and lived in his native country
but a short time. when his parents emigrated to America, and located in Washington
County, Pa., where Mr. G. lived until his nineteenth year, and then removedto Mercer
County, Ill., where he was engaged in farming, and where he resided a year and a half.
‘Thence he removed to Sioux City, Lowa, where he resided six months, and trom there, on
the eleventh day of June, 1857, came to Kansas, locating on his farm in'Hamlin Township,
Brown County. where he has resided since, He ls a member of the Congregational Ghurek.
and of Hiawatha Post, No. 130, G. A. R. He has been Treasurer of Hamlin Township three
years. He participated in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company A, Seventh

egiment Kansas Cavalry, anc enlisted August 31, 1861, at Fort Leavenworth. In askirm-
ish at Holly Springs, Mr. Gaston was twice severely wounded, and was discharged on this
account at Memphis, Tenn., February 6, 1863. . Subsequently he re-enlisted in the same
company and regiment at Fort Leavenworth, March 16, 1864, and was finally discharged
from the United States service, September 9, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, He took part in
the battles of Corinth, Tupelo, Little Blue, Luka, Independence, Mo., the second battle of the
Little Blue, and other minor engagements and skirmishes. .He was married April 3, 1866, in
Brown County, to Miss Elvira L. Smith, a native of Maine, They have six children, whose
names are—Carrie E., Egbert O., Robert Elmer, Mattie L., John F.and DonC, Mr. G
has a fine upland farm of 820 acres, four acres of which is in town lots. The farm is all en-
closed, and in a good state of cultivation; is well supplied with water by means of living
water, Terrapin Creek flowing through the southeast portion of hisfarm. Theorchard is
young and thrifty, and contains 150 bearing apple, 400 peach, and afew pair and clverry

rees. There is also an abundance of small fru'ts on the place. The improvements are first-
class in every particular, and consist in part of acommodious frame residence. containing
eight rooms; frame barn, 24x40 feet; granary, corn cribs, wagon sheds, etc. Mr. S. raises
from 500-to 700 bushels of wheat, 150 to 250 bushels of rye, 300 bushels of oats, and 3,500
bushels of corn yearly. Keeps fifty head of grade cattle, sixty to seventy-five head of stock
hogs, and seven head of horses and mules :

ELI A, GROVER, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Hamlin, was originally from the State of
Maine, born in Oxford County, Septemver 30, 1842. When ten years of agehis parents re-
moved to LaSalle County, Ill., where he made his home and worked on a farm until 1862.
He then volunteered with the Eighty-eighth Illinois Infantry, Company B, and took an
active part in all the principal engagements of his regiment, until the close of the Rebellion.
In 1865 he came to Kansas, to join his father, J. Grover, who had preceded him two years,
and who died in 1874. Eli A. has since been engaged at farming, and now owns eighty
acres of good farming land. He was married in May. 1872, to Miss Carrie Parker. Mr.
Grover’s mother is still living,

JOHN MoLEAN HILLMON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, Township 1, Range 16,
P. O. Hamlin, was born in Montgomery County, Ind., January 29, 1834, and lived in his
native State until his twentieth year, when he removed to Tama County, Iowa, where he
resided until the spring of 1857, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating at Valley
Falls, where he resided until the fallof the same year, when he removed to the city of Hia-
watha, coming there when there was only one house besides his own in this now thriving
city. He resided in Hiawatha until 1860, when he removed to Illinols, where he spent the
winter, and then removed to Iowa, where, on the 10th day of August, 1861, he entered the
United States Army as a member of Combany C, Tenth Regiment Iowa Infantry, enlisting
at Toledo, Lowa, and being discharged at Little Rock, Ark., August 15, 1865. He participated
in the battles of Island No, 10, Madrid, Corinth, Iuka, Port Gibson, Jackson, Miss., Cham-
pion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, hattauooga, siege of Atlanta, Sherman’s March to the Sea,
capture of Savannah, Goldsboro, Raleigh, N. C. Mr. Hillmon received severe injuries
while in the service, which resulted in almost total blindness, for which a grateful (?) coun—
try is now allowing him the pitiful sum of $4 per month. After his discharge from the
army he returned to his home in lowa, where he resided until 1868, when he returned to
Kansas, again locating at Hiawatha, where he resided until March, 1881, when he removed
to his farm in Hamlin Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He isa mem-
ber of Hiawatha Lo ge, No. 35, A. F. & A. M., Mount Horeb Chapter and Hiawatha Com-
mandery, No. 13, K. T. He was senior warden of his lodge nine years, and W. M. one year.
Mr. Hillmon_is a true blue Democrat, and has never sought any political offices. He was
married in Helena, Iowa, February 24, 1868, to Miss Harriet E. Louthan, a native of Ohio.
They have five children living—Eureka R., Thomas B., John W., Mary E., and Esther Flor-
ence. Mr. Hillmon owns a choice farm of 160 acres lying on Pony Creek. He has 50 acres
of timber, and the remainder of the farm is about equally divided between bottom and up~
jJand. The farm is all enclosed, and isina good state of cultivation; is supplied by wells
and Pony Creek with plenty of good water; has a handsome grove and orchards, and has
it finely improved. There isa substantial stone house of seven rooms, a stock stable, gran-
ary, and other outbuildings on the premises. Mr. H. devotes his attention principally to
raising corn and hogs. He grows 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of corn yearly, keeps half a dozen
fine grade cattle, 35 stock hogs, and 5 head of horses. Mr. Hillmon is a veteran of the iate
war, an industrious, intelligent and Prosperous farmer, and a good and useful citizen.

JOHN CG, McGEE, senior member of the firm of McGee & Stearns, druggists, and dealers
in books, stationery, fancy articles, cigars, tobacco, etc., Hamlin. Was born in Vermillion
County, Ill., March 3, 1838, and_lived in his native State until his fifth year, his parents
removing in the fall of 1845 to Daviess County, Mo., where Mr. McGee resided until 1S60,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Doniphan County, where he resided until

1876, when he removec to Hamlin, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a
member of Hamlin Lodge. No. 154, L. O. O. F.. and is treasurer of his lodge. He was Con-
stable of the city of Severance four years, and Justice of the Peace of Hamlin Township one
term. He was married, in 1875, at Severance, to Miss Rachel M, Van Curen, a native of
indiana. Mrs, McGee is an old resident of Brown County and of Kausas, her parents hav-
-ing removed to this State in 1854. She relates many graphic tales of the early history of
the Territory and State. Mr. McGee is among the furemost business inen of Hamlin, does
a safe and thriving trade, and is a steady, reliable and educated pharmacist.
Vv. B. RE, agent and operator, Reserve, is the son of Dr. W. E. and M. E Moore,
and was born in Clinton County, Mo., May 8, 1863, living but a shorttime in his native
. State, when his parents removed to Kansas, loculing in Mount Pleasant, Atchison County,
where the family resided eight years, and then removed to Hamlin, Brown County, where
his parents reside at present. ry. M. received his education in the graded schools of Ham-
lin, and learned telegrapby from Mr. Al. Wheeler, then agent and operator at Hamlin
Station. Immediately aftér completing his course of instruction, under the direction of
Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Moore was assigned as operator to the station at Severance on the St,
Joe & Western R. R., where he remained about one year. He was then appointed agent
and operator at Reserve, Brown County. onthe Missouri Pacific R. R., which position he
basheld ever since. He isa member of Hamlin Lodge, Ll, O.G.T. Mr, Moore is a faithful
and trusted employee of the railroad company, and is very popular in Reserve. f
ETER PFEIFFER, farmer, Section 1, Township 2, Range 16-west, P. O. Hamlin, was
born in Germany, September 17, 1838, at Frankfort on the Maine. He came to the United
States in 1853, his destination Boston, where his brother, Paul, had preceded bimin 1848,
Three years later Peter came to Kansas, located at Fort Leavenworth, and accepted a po si-
tion under the Government as Wagon Master. Here he remained until the close of the Re-
bellion, and during this trying time acted as messenger through the Confederate lines to
the Union Army, and was 1n the city of Lawrence at the second burning of the same by the
border ruffians. In 1865, he settled on the place where he now resides, where he has 320
acres, all under improvements, which makes a very fine farm iudeed. Mr, Pfeiifer is a
entleman who has always taken an active part in the public welfare of his county and
Brate, as he came here with the intention to help free Kansas, if such a thing were possible.
He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hamlin, also Hamlin Lodge, No. 185,
AFL & A He was married, in 1865, to Mary, daughter of Daniel McCoy, who became
aresident of Brown County in 1857. " ee z .

ROBERT PATTON, M.D, farmer and stock raiser, Section 21, Township 1, Range 16,
P.O. Hamlin, was born in Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1823, and lived in his native
State until his fifteenth year, when he went to Canandaigua, N. Y., where he attended the
well known academy located in the town, fur two years, He then commenced reading
medicine with Dr. P. G. Munson, au eminent practitioner of Canandaigua, a former partner
of Prof. Frank Hastings Hamilton, He pursued his medical studies under the direction of
Dr. Munson, for nearly two years. He then proceeded to Crittenden, Ky., where he com-
pleted his medical studies and then atteuded Je:tures atthe Philadelphia College of Medi-
cine, where he graduated in 1853. Immediately after his graduation he commenced the
practice of his profession in Clark County, Ky., where he resided a short time and then
removed to Bourbon County, in the same State, where he continued the practice of his pro-
fession, and where he resided until the fall of 1861, wheu he entered the United States army,
as an acting Assistant Surgeon, in which position he served almost continuously until the
close of the war, and then returned to Kentucky, where he resided until January, 1868,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locauung on his farm in Hamliu Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. He is a prominent and zealous member of the Chris-
tian Church of Hamlin. He was married in Flemingsburgh, Ky., in 1856, to Mrs. Julia A.
Groves, nee Hall, anative of Kentucky. Dr. P. is the son of John H. and Eliza Jane Pat-
ton, and is one of a family of seventeen children, who are all living but three, in various
portions of the United States. Dr. Patton’s “ Broadlawn” farm and herd, are among. the
attractions in this part of the county, and are worth a day’s journey tosee. The home farm
and neighboring lands belonging to this estate, embrace 640 acres, admirably watered by
springs and living brooks, The estate is improved with some ten miles of fine hedge, large

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timothy and clover meadow and natural pastures, fast running to blue grass. He has a
beautiful home, set in ample blue-grass lawns, shaded by large native groves, has a dwel-
ling house on every quarter of his farm for the occupancy of his workmen, and a cattle barn
200 feet long for foraging and stabling, twenty-five acres of trees andorchard. In addition

to his old herd of thoroughbred short-horns, the doctor has lately purchased and brought
up from Kentucky, twenty-five short-horns, mostly of popular families, has at the head of

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the “Broadlawn.” herd, Wiley Duke, No. 11,532, a pure bred Bates bull, an animal of
superior personal traits and illustrious lineage, sired by Kirklevington Duke 2d, dam Wiley
Duchess. Wiley Duke is sixth from Miss Wiley 2d, from which is descended the celebrated
Loudons of Kentucky. Wiley Duke’s dam was sired by Duke Oneida,and the latter by Duke of
Geneva, from the tenth Ducness of Geneva, which sold for $35,000. The doctor with his new
acquisitions and especially with Wiley Duke, will build up @ herd worthy of his noble estate
and Brown County. He has lived the most of his past life in the Blue Grass Region; isa
man of decided enterprise; is doing a work for advanced stock husbandry; is enthusiastic
over pins country and is one of its most honorable and public spirited men.

JACOB REASONER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, Township 1, Range 16, P. O.
Reserve, senior member of the firm of Reasoner Bros., dealers in lumber, building mate-
rials, lime, hardware, dry goods and groceries, ete., was born in Muskingum County, Ohio,
January 15, 1839, and lived in his native State until April, 1869, when he became a resi-
dent of Kansas, locating on his farm in Hamlin Township, Brown County, where he has
resided since. Heisa prominent and consistent member of the Christian Church, and of
Hamlin Lodge, No. 185, A., F. & A. M., Mount Horeb Chapter, No. 13, and Hiawatha Com-
mandery, Knizhts Templar. He participated in the War of the Rebellion as a member of
Company D, Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Oak Hill, Jackson Co., Ohio,
July 24,1861, and was honorably discharged at Cumberland, Md., January 10, 1865. He
entered his company as a private, and was mustered outas First Lieutenant and Adjutant
of his regiment. He took part in the battles of Lewisburg, W. Va., second Bull Run, South
Mountain, Antietain, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Cloyd Mountain, W. Va.,
Lynchburg, Kernstown, Berryville, Opequan, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creek, and other minor
engagements and skirmishes. He was married, October 11, 1866, at Jackson, Ohio, to Miss
Sarah M. Staley, a native of Virginia. They have five children living, whose names are:
Frederic, Kenton, Bertha, Alden Edward, Charles Hayes, and Chandos. Mr. Reasoner owns
a fine upland tarm of 240 acres. It is all enclosed by good fences, is in a high state of culti-
vation, and is abundantly supplied with pure water. The orchard covers five acres, and
contains 300 bearing apple, 1,000 peach, and a number of pear, plum and cherry trees. The
improvements are good, and comprise, among others, a five-room, cosy and comfortable
dwelling, surrounded by handsome shade trees; a frame barn, 24x40; granary, corn cribs,
etc. Mr, Reasoner raises 5,000 bushels of corn, 1,200 to 1,500 bushels of sail grain, yearly:
feeds two car loads of cattle, keeps twenty-five to forty stock cattle, 100 to 150 Poland-
China hogs, and eight head of horses. Mr. Keasoner and his brother, Milton, comprise the
new firm of Reasoner Bros. They are extensive dealers in general merchandise, lumber,
hardware, dry goods, groceries, etc.. etc., in the new and thriving town of Reserve, which
was only laid out in August, 1882, and already contains a drug store, two general stores, a
luinver yard, hotel and livery stable, an elevator, and from a dozen to fifteen dwelling
houses; Reasoner Bros. are the most prominent anit pushing dealers in the town. They
own their own buildings, enjoy excellent credit, are doing a large and constantly increasing
trade, and are strong, popular men. 7

CHARLES M. SPRAGUE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 31, Township 1, Range 15
P. O. Morrill, was born in Gallia County, Ohio, March 9, 1838, and lived in his native State
until his eighth year, when his parents remove! to Hancock County, Ill, where Mr.
Sprague resided until April 1, 1858, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Hia-
watha, Brown County, where he resided until the spring of 1860, when he went to Colorado,
where he was engaged in mining and prospecting, aud where he resided until September,
1862, when he becane a member of Company F, Second Regiment Colorado Volunteer Cav-
alry, enlisting in Denver, Colorado, and was discharged at Fort Riley, Kansas, July 6, 1865.
He participated in the battles of Tndependence and Westport, Mo., and numerous minor
engagenients. In the spring of 1863-Mr. Sprague and twenty-four of his comrades were
selected by the Colonel of lis regiment to act as independent scouts in Missouri near Kansas
City. He continued in this service about a year, and during this time had many engage-
ments with the rebel bushwhackers who infested this region. He isa member of Hiawathy
Post No. 130, G. A. R, and of Star of Hope Lodge No. 1338, Knights of Honor, He.was mar-
ried in Brown County in September, 1867, to Miss Ophelia Frink, a native of Pennsylvania.
They have seven children living, whose names are—Adelbert, Lorena, Preutis, Frank,
Oliver, Sarah and Charles Jr, Mr. Sprague owns a fine upland farm of 260 acres, all en»

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closed, in a good state of cultivation and well supplied with water, by means of wells,
springs, Terrapin Creek, which flows along the north line, and Sprague’s branch of the
Terrapin, which flows through the north quarter of Forest Grove Stock Farm, asthis hand-
some estate is called. The orchard covers seven acres and contains 300 apple, 400 peach
and a number of pear, plum and cherry trees, The improvements are first-class, ein-
bracing, among others, an elegaut and commodious ten room dwelling, surrounded by
handsome shade trees, shrubbery and evergreens, large groves, a frame arn, two good
granaries, corn cribs, stock sheds and Jots, etc. Mr, Sprague raises 1.000 bushels of small
grain, 6,000 to 7,000 bushels of corn, cuts forty acres of hay yeary feeds two car loads of
Cattle, keeps fifty to seventy-five head of fine grade cattle, 100 to 150 head of hogs, and
eight head of work horses, Mr. Sprague is an energetic and practiced farmer and stock
breeder, a prominent citizen, a genial man, warm andconstantin higfriendships. |

JA S STUMBO, fariner and stock raiser, northeast of Section 5, Township 1, Range
16, P. O, Falls City. Neb., was born on Elk River, in Braxton County, W. Va. April 14,
1818, but lived in his native State but a short time, his parents removing to Lawrence
County, Ohio, where Mr. S. lived until May 1, 1856, when he became a resident of Kansas,
locating on Pony Creek, Hamlin Township, Brown County, where he has residedsince. He
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He participated in the War of the Rebel-
lion as a member of Company L, Second Regiment Nebraska Cavalry, enlisting in Falls
City, Neb., March 5, 1863, and was discharged inthe same city December 24, 1863. Mr.
Stumbo also gave two of his sons to the Union cause. The eldest, Charles D., was a mem-
ber of Company D, Kighth Regimeut Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted in Hanlin
Township in the fall of 1861, and was discharged for disability at Fort Leavenworth in,
January, 1862. He subseque..tly re-enlisted as a member of the Sixteenth Regiment Kan-
sas Volunteer Cavalry, being enrolled on the 18th day of March, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth
and was discharged at the same place August 8, 1865.. He was born in Lawrence County,
Ohio, and died from the effects of hardships endured while in the service, August 31, 1865,
uwenty-three days after his discharge. Thesecond son, JohnJd., was born in Lawrence
County. Ohio, August 22, 1845, at d was amember of Company L, Second Regiment Nebras-
ka Volunteer Cavalry, enlisting at Falls City, Neb., March 1, 1863, and was discharged De-
cember 24, of the same year, in the same city. He subsequently re-enlisted as a member of
the Seventh Regiment, Kansas Veteran Cavalry, being enrolled in March, 1864, in Hamlin
Township and died while in the United States service at St. Louisin April of the same
year. Both of these young men were patriotic, brave and faithful soldiers and Jaid down
their lives that their country mightlive. Mr. Stumbo has been a member of the School
Board of District No. 15, Brown County, for twenty-two years, He was married in Law-
rence County, Ohio, July 14, 1842, to Miss Mary A. POwell, anative of .Ohio. They have
eight children ising Mary L., married to Washington Winters, a native of Indiana; Uriah
P., married to Sarah A. Morrison, a native of Llinois; Reubeu V.,.married to Miss Jane
E. Morrison, a native of Illinois; Margaret, married to Reuben ssler, a native of Illi-
nois; George W., married to Miss Jennie Frederics, a native of Michigan; Albert, Edward,
Frank and Alice, Mr. S. isthe fortunate owner of a fine farm of 434 acres, It has 100
acres in timber and the remainder about equally divided between bottom a'd upland. The
farm is in a good state of cultivation, is all enclosed, and is supplied with water by means
of wells, springs and Pony Creek, which flows ina northerly direction through the farm.
There is a young and thrifty orchard on the property which contains 500 fruittrees of va-
rious kinds. The improvements are good and consistin part of aseven roomed frame
cottage situated on the northeast of Section 5, while onthe northeast of Section 4,
is a large stone dwelling containing seven rooms, a stone barn 30x53, seventeen feet high,
granaries, corn cribs, stock sheds and lots, etc., etc. Mr.S. grows 1,200 to 1,500 bushels
of small grain, 5,000 to 6,000 bushels of corn, feeds a car load of cattle, keeps 50 to 7%
stock cattle, 60 hogs, and 20 head of horses. He has a fine quarry of building stone on his
farm and lately discovered a ve n of coaton the property which as far as developed has
shown a thickness of eight inches. He is an old pioneer of the Stateand an honest, indus-
trious and Pros erous farmer and a good and useful citizen, i

SAMUEL SWEENEY, proprietor of Hamlin restaurant, and dealer in groceries, con-
fectionary, etc., was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, September 17, 1840, and lived in his
native State until 1857, when his parents removed to Albia. Monroe Co., lowa, where Mr.
S. resided until the fall of 1870, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in what is
now Smith County, being among the earliest settlers of this county. He resided in this
county until 1875, and then removed to Hamlin Township, Brown County, where he has
resided since. He isa member of Hanlin Lodge, No. 154, I. O. of O. F. e has been B.S.
of, and is at present one of the Trustees of this Lodge. He tvok partin the War of the Re-
bellion as a member of Company _E, Sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted at Bur-
ington, Iowa, June 23, 1861, and was discharged July 16, 1864, at Davenport, Iowa. He
was a faithful and meritorious soldier, endured great hardships, and contracted rheuma-
tism, from which he has suffered ever since. He participated in the battles of Black River,
Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., Corinth, and other minor engagements and skirmishes,
He was married in Piatt County, Ill, March 5, 1874, to Miss Mollie Tipton, a native of Han-
cock County, Ill. r. Sweeney isan honest, straightforward and thorough business man,
and is well and favorably known for his strict integrity.

WILLIAM WALLER THOMSON, barber and hair dresser, Hamlin, is the son of John
Rochester and Mary L. Thomson’ and was born in Pendleton County, Ky., July 19, 1858.
His father was a prominent farmer and extensive stock dealer, and resided in Pendleton
County, Ky., until the subject of this sketch had attained the age of four years. The family
then removed to Flemingsburgh, in the same State, where, when Mr. T. had reached the age
of ten years, his father died, leaving a widow and five chidren. Mr. Thomson was educated
in the public schools of Flemingsburgh, which he attended until he was seventeen years old,
He then engaged in the milling business with his uncle, William Elbridge Waller, in Flem-
ing County. He wasthus employed three years. He then returned to his home, in Flem-
ingsburgh, where he resided one year, and was engaged in working ataplaning mill. In
April, 1879, Mr. T. became a resident of Kansas, locating in Hamlin Township, where he
lived three years, and was engaged in farming. He then removed to Hiawatha, where he
lived nine months, and was employed as an engineer at the Hiawatha Steam Flouring Mills,
thence he came to Hamlin, where he has resided since and carried on business. He 18 a
member of the Christian Church and of the I. O. of G. T. He is a young and enterprising
business man, and bears a good reputation in the community in which he lives.

CHARLES E. TOBIE. proprietor of the Hamlin Steain flouring mil], Hamlin, was born
in Utica, N. Y., in April, 1848, and lived in his native State until his twentieth year, when
his parents removed to Keokuk, Lowa, where his father, Peter Tobie, had extensive con-
tracts with the United States Government on the ship canal at this point. Mr. Tobie
resided in Iowa until October 31, 1874, when he lhecamea resident of Kansas, locating in
the city of Hiawatha, where be was emplicyed a greater portion of the time in farming, and
for one year was engaged in the Hiawatha steam flouring mills, owned by his brother, P,
D. Tobie. In April, 1888, he purchased the Hamlin steam flouring mills which he operates
at present, The-mill was‘built in June, 1882, at a cost of $5,7u0, by Messrs, B. Ellis and John
L. Smith. Itis equipped with a full complement of modern machinery, including a forty-
horse power engine, and three run of bulirs. The leading brands of flour manufactured at
this mill are equal1o any in the market and are known as ‘Golden Crown” and “Lily of
the Valley.” r. Tobie intends to make extensive Jinprovements shortly, andown a mill
second to nonein brown County. Mr. T. gives his personal atienvion to the management
of the mills and takes reat pridein his valuable enterprise. He is a thorough business
man, aud the success of the mills is largely due to his energies,

FRANK M. UNKEFER, life, fire insurance and collection agent and Notary Public;
agent for the Kansas Mutual, Phenix Fire of Brooklyn, N. Y,, Springfield of Massachu-
setts, and North British Mercantile, Deputy Postmaster of Hamlin, bookkeeper and chief
clerk in the extensive general mercantile establishment of Thomas © Mathews, Hamlin
was born October 29, 1844, in New Paris, Stark Co., Ohio, and Itved In_ his native State until
November, 1868, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in the city of Atchison,
where he was engaged in painting and where he resided one year. From this city he
removed to Highland, Doniphan County, where he entered into the insurance busine:s,
lived three years, and then removed to Hiawatha, where he resided about five years and
devoted his eutire attention to the insurance and loan business. In June, 1876, he removed
to Hamlin where he has resided sivce. He is a member of Hamlin Lodge No. 154, and Hla-
watha Encampment No. 33, I. O. O. F., and of Hiawatha Post No. 130,G, A. R. UU.
has been representative to the Grand Loudge, I. O. of O. F., of the State of Kansas on three
several occasions, once representing Hiawatha Lodge No. 38, of which he was a member at
the time, and twice representing his own lodgeat Hamlin. He was one of the charter
members of Highland Lodge No, 67, and of Hamlin Lodge No. 154, the first N. G. of Ham-
lin Lodge, and was subsequently honored by are-election to this imporiant position. He
was treasurer of his lodge three terms, and with the exception of one year, its D. G. M.
since its organization, He has been Clerk of Hamlin Township threeterms. Mr. Unkefer
received his early education in the public schools of Champaign County, Ohio, and at North
Lewisburg Academy in the same State, At the age of seventeen, he enlisted (August 20,
1861) at Urbana, Olio, in Company A, Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served
fourteen months, and at Murfreesboro, Tenn., wastransferred tothe United States Signal
Corps. He served faithfully and meritoriously in this organization, uutilthe expiration
of his term of service, and was discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn., August 20, 1864. He
then returned to his home in Ohio, and on the 23d day of January, 1865, enlisted at Colum-
bus, Ohio, in Company 1), One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infant-
ry, and was discharged, September 18, 1865, at ‘Nashville, Teun. Among the battles fn
which he took part were Perryville, Ky., siege of Nashville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga
and Lookout Mountain. Mr. U. was with Gen. O. M. Mitchell’s independent command that
left the army at Murfreesboro and, crossing the mountains to Huntsville, Ala., succeeded
in capturing two trains and cutting off communications between Memphis and Corinth,
thus securing. control of over one hundred miles of railroad and 150 miles of the Tennessee
River, He also was with the Army of the Tennessee when it was forced to retreat to -Lou-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

isville, Ky., and after the battle of Chickamauga, when the Union forces were entirely sur-
rounded, the rebels having sent down rafts, breaking the pontoon bridges crossing the Ten-
nessee River, Lieut. Reber, of the signal corps, Formerly of Dayton,Ohio, Mr.U, and another
member of this corps, volunteered to open communications between Chattanooga and
Stevenson, Ala. They were eminently successful in their design, after suffering incredible
hardships, among others being forced to swim their horses across the Tennessee. While
engaged on this duty, Mr. U. aud his companions were the unwilling spectaturs of the
purniug and almost utter destruction of a Union supply train then on ifs way to Chatta-
nooga, fy the Rebel General, Join Morgan. Subsequently, on the first day of January,
1863, one of the coldest days experienced that winter, while in the upper partof the Se-
quatchie Valley, Tenn., Mr. U. again volunteered, in company with three of his comrades,

of the signal corps, to deliver despatches of the utmost importance to the Commander o}

the loyal forces at MeMinnville, Tenn. In carrying these despatches theyesuccessfully
eluded 150 rebel bushwhackers, commanded by the notorious George Carter, scaled the
steep and slippery sides of a spur of the Cumberland Mountains, then covered with ice and
snow. and bein forced for miles to drive their benumbed and half-frozen steeds before
them, they finally reached their destination, delivered their despatches and returned to the
Union lines in safety. Upon their return to camp, they were met and congratulated by the
Lieutenant of their corps (Reber) who, evincing much emotion, exclaimed, ‘'Thank God,
boys, for your safe return! I never expected to meet you again.” Mr. Unkefer was mar-
ried in the city of Hiawatha, September 1, 1878, to Miss Hattie A. Dilling, a native of Blair
County, Pa. They have one child; ason, whose name is Orlando D, Mr. Unkefer isa large-
hearted, manly man, and is highly esteemed for his sterling business and social qualities,

CLAYTONVILLE.

* Claytonville was laid out as a city in November, 1856, and had a town site
of 320 acres. It had at that time fifteen families and one store established by
G. E, Clayton, in August, 1857. No city or other officers were ever elected,
and the would-be city lapsed into nothingness. The land where it stood is
now a farm, or rather part of three farms, the property of S. P. Meredith, H. L.
Bradley and I. N. Seymour.

The United Presbyterian Church, at this place is a part of the church at
Hiawatha, both being in allessential points one church, and having as pastor,
Rev. J. P. Black, who resides at the latter village. Services were held here for
nearly a year before their establishment at Hiawatha.

The Sabbath school of this church was organized in 1875, under the
superintendence of J. D. Smith, and continued in same hands until 1882, when
B. F. Pinkerton took charge. The number of scholars enrolled in 1875, was
twenty, that now on the books of the school a trifle over fifty.

BAKER.

In June, 1882, the new and prosperous town of Baker was located by the
Missouri Pacific Railroad on the lands belonging to the heirs of the Baker es-
tate (see biography of C. D. Baker). The town now contains six business
houses, fifteen private residences and two elevators, and is a thriving commer-
cial center. Mr. C. D. Baker is the leading dealer in general merchandise in
this go-ahead new town, and does, and deserves a large trade.

Christian Church of Baker--This handsome structure was erected in
September, 1882. It is 34x50 feet, crowned with a belfry and cost, complete
with furniture, etc., about $2,000. Its seating capacity is over 400.

The Church Society was organized January 20, 1882, by Elder F. M.
Rains, as Evangelist, and is composed of forty’ members, among whom are
some of the most prominent residents of Baker and vicinity. :

The first officers of the society were: John C. Stapleton, E. Harrington
and Henry Smith, elders; Dr. W. B. Sittreal, R. E. Bowman and Daniel Mal-
lory, deacons. There is a Sabbath school connected with the church, which
has a membership of seventy-five. Daniel Rork is the superintendent.

Elevator No. 1, Baker.—This elevator was erected in August, 1882, ata
cost of about $1,500 by Messrs. Speer & Hulburd, of Hiawatha. It has a ca-
pacity of 3,500 bushels. There has been shipped from this elevator since its
erection 8,000 bushels of wheat, 4,500 bushels of corn, 3,000 bushels of oats,
1,500 bushels of rye, 1,600 bushels of barley and 500 bushels flax seed. Mr.
George E, Selleg is the sup.rintendent and has been in charge ever since the
erection of the elevator.

WILLIS.

Willis is a new station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, about six miles
south of Hiawatha. Itis already a thriving young town with a number of en-
terprising citizens, who do a good deal of business, It has two handsome
churches, several stores and a number of fine residences, and bids fair to soon
become one of the important towns of Brown County.

First Presbyterian Church of Witlis—This handsome edifice was erected
in the summer of 1883 It is a frame structure, 30x50 feet, with a stately
corner tower, The seating capacity of the church is 200, and its total cost, in-
cluding the furniture, was $3,000. The society connected with this church was
organized in the fall of 1870. Rev. D. R. Todd was the first, and Rev. S. M.
Farmer is the present pastor, The following named gentlemen are the lay
officers of the church society: H. W. Honnell; L. R. Spangler and James D.
Stanley, elders; T. W. Stanley and George McNeil, deacons. The member-
ship of the church is composed of some of the foremost and most influential
families of Willis and vicmity. There is a prosperous Sabbath school connected
with the church.

Willis Wesleyan Methodist Church The society connected with this
church,formerly known as the Mission Centre Wesleyan Methodist Church, was
organized September 19, 1885. Rev. F. D. Hanlette was the first pastor. The
church building was commenced at Mission Centre in the spring of 1881, and
completed and dedicated in the fall of 1882, at a cost of over $2,000. Rev. S.
D. Kinney preached the dedication sermon. In March, 1883, the church build-
ing was removed to the new and thriving town of Willis where it now stands.
Since the removal of the church building it has been entirely renovated and re-
modeled. It is neatly and comfortably furnished, and has a seating capacity of
300. The dimensions of the building, including a stately corner tower, are
28x50 feet. The membership comprises thirty-six representatives of some of
the foremost families of Willis and vicinity. The first lay officers of the church
society were: Ira W. Douthart, class leader; Henry F. Douthart, steward,
and Catherine M. Wright, church clerk. The present officers are: John H.
Robertson, class leader; Amos Campbell and Elijah Foster, stewards, and
BROWN COUNTY.

Charles L, Ferry, church clerk, Rev. Stephen L. Blanchard, is the pastor at
present in charge. There is a flourishing Sabbath school connected with this
church, It was organized in the spring of 1875. Henry F. Douthart was the
first superintendent and Mrs. Lucy A. Comstock was the first secretary. The
school has a good sized library and has « total membership of eighty scholars
and ten teachers. M.G. Ham is the present superintendent of the school.’

Elevator No.1, Willis.—This elevator was erected November 1, 1882, at
a cost of $6,000. It has a storage capacity of 20,000, with additional storage
capacity of 25,000 bushels more, and has a working capacity of six to seven cars
per day. The building is owned by the Farmers’ Elevator and Mill Company.
This company commenced shipping grain from Willis soon after the comple-
tion of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, August 15, 1882, and shipped since that
time to various points 50,000 bushels of wheat, 30,000 bushels of corn, and
2,500 bushels of small grain of all kinds,

Maple Grove Schoolhouse, District No. 59, is built on the northeast corner
of what was once a portion of Mr. Lewis K. Chase’s farm (see Biography), the
land having been donated by Mr. Ellwood I. Small, a former owner of the
farm. It is a neat frame structure 22x30, and was erected in 1872 at a cost, in-
cluding furniture, etc., of $900. It has a seating capacity of fifty. The first
officers of the school district were—E. B. Greene, director; David Moore, clerk,
and S. A. McNeil, treasurer. The present officers are—Geo. McNeil, director;
Lewis K. Chase, clerk, and Jas, Henry Baxter, treasurer. Miss Mary E. Dic-
kinson (now Mrs, Sam’l Ewell) was the first, and Miss Lizzie Ewing (now Mrs.
N.S. Hazen) is the present teacher.

Delevan Schoothouse, District 56.—This building is a handsome frame
structure and was erected in the summer of 1872 at a cost, including furniture,
of $1,500. Its seating capacity is fifty, and it is supplied with modern school
furniture. Mrs. L. A. Comstock was the first, and M.G. Ham is the present
teacher. The first officers of the school district were—John Elliot, director; H.
F, Doathart, clerk, and J. M. Bell, treasurer. The present officers are—J. L.
Yaw, director; J. W. Douthart, clerk, and John H. Robinson, treasurer.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—MISSION TOWNSHIP.

Cc. D. BAKER, dealer in general merchandise, is the son of Simeon and Caroline
C, Baker, old residents of Brown County, and was born at Battle Creek, Mich., in 1860. In
186% his father bought the tract of land which now comprises the thriving town of Baker,
the famil remo lNg to Kansas 1n 1870, locating at fiingham, in Atchison County, where
they resided until 1871, when they removed to the city of Hiawatha, where the family still
reside. Mr. Simeon Baker was an old California 49er, and previous to going to the Golden
State was in business in Green Bay,:Wis., and on his California trip went through the sec-
tion of country where Baker is now located. In 1868 he purchased 1,120 acres in Mission
Township, Brown County, and 480 acres in the vicinity of Effiingham, Atchison County.
The fom of Baker is now situated on his land in Mission Township. Mr. Simeon Baker 1s
now deceased.

JAMES HENRY BAXTER, farmer’ and stock raiser, Section 14, Township 4, Range
17, P.O. Willis, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in_1843, but left his native State at an
early. age, his parents renioviug to Schuyler County, IIL, where Mr. B. resided until the fall
of 1869, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Mission Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. He took part in the war of the Rebellion as a member
of Company A, Twélfth Regiment Kansas Infantry, enlisting at Wyandotte, Kansas, in the
spring of 1862, and being discharged at Lawrence, Kansas, in July, 1865. He took part in
the battle of Independence, Mo., and a number of minor engagements. He was married in
Schuyler County, LIL., in 1866, to Miss Sarah Clothier, a native of Virginia. They have five
children, whose names are John, Charles, lffie, Leonard and Gertie. The new and thriv-
ing town of Willis, on the Missouri Pacific Railway, is located upon a tract of land belong-
ing to Mr. Baxter, who was one of the founders of the town, and who named it in honor of
his friend, Hon. M. C. Willis. Mr. B. will be pleased to give information concerning the
property, values, wants, prospects, etc., of this new town, Mr, Baxter is one of the repre-
sentative tarmers of Mission Township, his home farm of 320 acres, near Willis, being one
of the most valuable in the county. Itis improved with good buildings, fences, orchards,
wells, springs, domestie groves and meadows, and is devoted to mixed farming. ry. Baxter

rows about ninety acres of corn and fifty acres of wheat, and feeds tifty steers and one
undred hogs, has resided here a dozen years, and is greatly pleased with the country.

d. M. BELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, Township 4, Range 17, P. O. Willis,
was born in Madison County, Ky., in 1819, and lived in his native State until his twenty-
first year, when he removed to Brown County, Ohio, where he resided continuously until
May, 1869, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission Town-
ship, Brown County, where he has resided since. He isa member of Hiawatha Lodge No.
35, A., F. GA, M., and Mt. Horeb Chapter R. A. M. He was Justice of the Peace of
Mission township two years, and Treasurer of the same township one term. He was mar-
vied in Adams County, Ohio, February 26, 1845, to Miss Eliza Snediker, a native of Vir-
ginia. They have five children, whose names are—Charles, married to Miss Sarah Grif-
fith, a native of Virginia; Amanda, married to B. F. Derstine, a native and resident of
Ohio; Kate married to H. F, Yaw,a native of Michigan, a resident of Brown County; Luella,
inarried to Andrew Ammon, a native of Pennsylvania and resident of Brown County, and
George, married to Miss Belle Macarthy, a native of Kansas. Esquire Bell owns one amoung
the many fine upland farms in Mission Township. It lies two and a half miles south west of
Willis, and is enclosed by a fine hedge. Itis wellsupplied with water, isiu a high state of
cultivation, and has fine improvements, embracing, among others, an elegant nine-roomed
cottage, good frame barn, stock stables and lots, fine groves and orchards, and is, in short,
as good an improved farm as there is in the county. Esquire Bell devotes his attention
chiefly to raising corn, hogs and‘horses. He grows annually 4,000 to 5,000 bushels of corn,
some of his corn last year averaging eighty bushels to the acre; keeps 100 to 150 stock
hogs, and eight to ten head of fine horses. Esquire Bell is well and favorably known tothe
community in which he resides, has been an uunored magistrate of his county, and is an
honorable, upright man and citizen. ° 3 te ee .

PETER BERNEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 36, Ny 4, Range 17, P.O. Ever-
est, was born in the County Carlow, Ireland, December 25, 1817, and lived in his native coun-
try until the spring of 1845, when he immigrated to America, locatlng tn New York City,
where he resided four years. He then removed to New Orleans, where he resided one win-
ter. He thence removed t) St. Louis, where he resided three years, and was engaged in the
extensive saddlery establishment of T.Grimsley & Co. From St. Louis, Mr. Berney re-
turned to New York City, where he was foreman for his brother, Thomas Berney, an exten-
sive contractor, engaged at that time on public improvements in that city. From there he
removed to Des Moines, Lowa, where he remained one winter, aud in May, 1857, became a
resident of Kansas, locating in Doniphan County, five miles west of Syracuse, where he
pre-empted a quarter section of land. In 1866, be sold this quarter for $3,600, and then
purchased a portion of the farm in Mission Township, Brown County, on which he has
since resided and to which he immediately removed. He is a member of All Saints’
Church and St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Berney was married in the cathedral
in St. Louis, Mo., November 26, 1851, to Miss Ann Purscill, a native of the County Wicklow,
Ireland. They have four children, whose names are—Nicholas (born in Doniphan County,
May 80, 1859, married to Miss Eliza Gerety, a native of Atchison County, Kan.), Joseph

born in Doniphan County, August 5, 1861), Bridget Anne (born in Doniphan County) and

eter (born in Doniphan County, March 80, 1867). Mr. Berney has a splendid 1,200-acre
farm, Myshall Hill Farm, named after the parish in Ireland in which he was born; lies
three miles west of Everest. It is improved, with a valuab e home, expensive and conven-
ient barns and sheds, and good orchards and fences. It is well watered, and has an abuud-
ance of timber, well stocked, domestic meadow, and is an estate fit fora baron. Mr. Ber-
ney grows 8,000 bushels of corn; sows rye for winter pasturage; is a successful wheat
grower, and is one of the heaviest cattle and swine feeders in the county. He sold $9.000
worth of fat steers and hogs last year, and has now 150 stock cattle and_a yard full of
prime pigs. Mr. Berney came to this county in 1857 with a land warrant of 120 acres and
$40 cash. Has now real and personal estate worth close to $55,000, and pronounces this the
best country in the world. Mr. Berney 1s a public-spirited man, whose word is respected
all over this country. a = <

HENRY L, BRADLEY, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Hiawatha, came to Kansas in March,
1871, and located in Brown County, on the farm where he still resides; contains 113 acres,
ail under a high state of cultivation. and was formerly known as Clavtonville. For many
years a postoffice was kept there and was only disorganized in June, 1882. Claytonville was
the original county seat of Brown County, but Hiawatha contested for this privilege, and
finally won after a long and severe struggle. Mr. Bradley was.born April 4, 1832, in Chit-

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tenden County, Vt., where he attended school and worked at home with his parents until he
attained the age of seventeen poate: He then started out to make his own way in the world,
alld has been engaged at rai reading, and various other occupations, In most of his un-
dertakings he has been successful, although some have failed, but being a gentleman of
strong and determined character he was not easily discouraged with one loss, and aban-
doned such as were not profitable, to secure something that was. The desire for a new
country in which to make his way, finally led him to Kansas, and he is now the owner of a
fine farm with everything necessary for convenience and comfort at his stage of life. He
was married to his first wife, Catherine Graham, in June, 1853. e died in March, 1855.
His present wife was Miss Pheve Bell, whom he married in Vermont in September, 1825. Mr.
Bradley is a charter member of Hiawatha Lodge, No. 83, I. 0. O.-F., and the son of John and
Bradley; his mother’s family name was Chittenden His father - as a projector and
contractor of railways, and at the time of his death had no superior in this line in the New
England States, or perhaps inthe Union. He was early connected with the Rutland &
Burlington Railroad, and tor a number of years was president of the same. At oue time,
when the treasury was so Jow that a majority of the directors, among them such capitalists
as Timothy Follett and Samuel Henshaw, gave up the project, John Bradley, despite the
general gloom, went to New York ard raised the means requisite to complete the road. In
the construction of the Texas & New Orleans Railroad, he was the controlling spirit, and its
treasurer once said to a New York capitalist, that Mr, Bradley’s services alone were worth
to the company half a million of dollars. Atthe same time, he was also largely interested ina
line of seven steamers, running from New Iberia to New Orleans. In connection with George
W. Strong, of Vermont, he built a railroad leading out from Philadelphia into the rich coun-
try of West Chester and with Timothy F. Strong and Amos Page he built the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad from Chicago to Oshkosh, Wis. One year ater he was one of the
contractors on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and forty-five miles of the Rutland &
Washington Railroad were likewise his handiwork, of which road he was one of the
directors for some time. He was the projector and first contractor of the road from
Schenectady, N, Y.,to Athens. Early in 1858, he contracted for a railroad from Caraccas,

 

 

. the capital of Venezuela, South America, into the heart of the coffee regions of that repub-

ic. He had completed seven miles of the road when a civil warensued, which forced him
to abandon the enterprise. The construction of the railway was under the supervision of
his second son, Martin C, Bradley, who died of yellow fever at La Guayra, in the fall of
1858. Other railroads, too numerous to mention here, owe their existence and construc-
tion tothe energy and perseverance with which Mr. Bradley was endowed, but, as has already
been observed by what has already been mentioned, he was one of Vermont’s most stable
and enterprising men, coming from _a family well connected. The mother of Henry L.
Bradley was the granddaughter of Hon. Thomas Chittenden, the first Governor of Vermont,
He was prominently connected with the first settlement and early history of Vermont, es-
pecially in politics and the legislature, and took an active part in the suppression of the En-
glish force during the Revolution of 1776. But his name is too well chronicled in the his-
tory of this State aud the United Statex, to be further extolled here; suffice it to say that to
him and a few other gentlemen of his stamp, Vermont owes her birth and her standard as
one of the oldest and best States inthe Union. Governor Chittenden died in August, 1797.

N. E. CHAPMAN, senior member of the firm of Chapman & Kipp, dealers in general
merchandise, Willis, was born in Chatauqua County, N. Y., in 1851, and resided in his na-
tive State until his fourteenth year, when his parents removed to Houston Count: + Minn.,
where Mr. Chapman resided until the spring of 1871,when he became a resident of Kansas,
locating in the city of Hiawatha, where he resided until August,-1682, when he removed to

illis, Brown County, where he entered into business. He isa member of the Hiawatha
Lodge, No. 35, A., F. & A. M., Mount Horeb Chapter, R. A. M., and HiawathaCommandery, »
No. 13, K. T. He was Postmaster of the city of Hiawatha four years. He was married in
1878. in Oregon, Mo.,to Mi s Mary A. Sporley, a native of Missouri. Mr. Chapman is an
upright and prosperous business man, his firm doing the leading business in Willis. A
good and exemplary citizen, and his commercial and social standing are of the best.

LEWIS K. CHASE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, Township 4, Range 17, P. 0.
Willis, was born in Lyme, Grafton Co., N. H., in 1832, and lived in his native State until
1866, when he removed to Fillmore, Andrew Co., Mo., where he resided ten vears and was
engaged in hotel keeping. In October, 1875, he became a resident of Kansas, locating in the
city of Hiawatha, where he was proprietor of the Hiawatha House, and where he resided
about two years. Hethen removed to his fine farm in Mission Township, Brown County,
where he has resided since. ‘He isa member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 138, A., F. & A. M., of
Fillmore, Mo. He has also been a member of the Board of School District No. 59, Brown
County, for the past five. years. He was married in Piermont, Grafton Co., N. H., July 4,
1854, to Miss Ruby Woodward, a native of Vermont. They have two children, named—EI-
mer E. and Willie A. Mr. Chase is the ha py owner of achoice upland farm containing 160
acres. It lies three miles southeast of Willis, is enclosed by substantial fences, is in a high
state of cultivation, is well supplied with water and h:1s good improvements, embracing
among others a neat and _ cosy frame dwelling, stock stables, sheds and lots, splendid or-
chards, groves, etc,, etc. Mr. Chase devotes his attention to growing corn, oats, rye, domes-
tic grass, fruit, grazing aud stock feeding with gratifying success. Himself and lady are
‘New Englanders of the best types, and are greatly pleased with the country.

GEORGE E. CLAYTON, -attorney-at-law, farmer, steck and fruit raiser, Section 14,
Township 3, Range 17, P. O. Hiawatha, was born in Clark County, Mo., August 28, 1834,
and lived in his native State until his fourth year, when his parents removed to Madison
County, Ill., where Mr, C. lived until the summer of 1856, when he removed to Kansas and
located at Wathena, Doniphan County, where he commenced business as real estate agent
and surveyor, in partnership with J. R. Plowman, and also that fall taught the first school
ever taught in Wathena, In December, he, in company with Capt. Albert Heed and J. R.
Plowman, made a prospecting tour to Brown County, then unurganized. but attached to
Doniphan County for municipal purposes. He was enraptured with the unmistakable fer-
tility of soil, beauty, freshness and wild grandeur of the then new county, aud unhesitat-
ingly resolved to make it his future home, and accordingly a town company was organized,
a site for the new county seat selected, ard by the company named Claytonville, in honor of
the founder, and Mr, Clayton pre-empted a quarter section of Government land adjoining
the prospective village as his homestead, and on which he still resides, On his return to
Wathena, he was chosen to, in part, represent Burr Oak Township in the first Territorial
Democratic Convention, at Lecompton, then the capital of the Territory, which he attended,
and the Legislature convening at the same time, be prepared and had a bill offered in that
body, for the organization of Brown County, which was offered in the House of Representa-
tives by Hon. B. O’Driscol, member from Doniphan, and conducted to its final passage in
the Council, by Judge Thomas Watterson, of same county, now living in Marshall County.
In accordance with the then existing Territorial statutes made and provided, it became tlie
duty of the Legislature, in joint session of House and Council, to elect the officers essential
to effect a county organization, which was done in compliance with a petition from the
voters of Brown County, and resulted in the election of George E. Clayton, Probate Judge,
and ex officio Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners which offices he filled with
creditto himself and satisfaction to the people of the county, as evinced by his fairness, im-
partiality, and freedom from partisan prejudice, especially in the completion df the or-
ganization of the county when it became his prerogative and duty to appoint a sheriff,
county surveyor and coroner, and justices of the peace and constables in each of the four
townships into which he had municipally subdivided the county; distributing these offices
fairly between political friends and foes. He established a store of general merchandise in
Claytonville, in August, 1857, the first in the county, and also obtaine:! the establishment of '
a postoflice at the same place, and served as Postmaster of the same three years. He is a
member of the Baptist Church. Has been Notary Public for the past eight years, and holds
this position at present. He took part in the Jast war, as a member of Company D, Eleventh
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and enlisted at St. Joe, Mo., April 16, 1862, and was discharged at
Omaha, Neb,, April 1, 1865. His regiment served all through the war on the plains, against
the hostile Indians. He participated in a number of Indian tights and skirmishes, He was
married June 11, 1857, at St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Mary Caswell, a native of Illinois. They
have four children living, whose names are—Herbert D , Cora, married to Henry J. Rhodes,
anative of Pennsylvania, and a resident of Mission Township; Nellie and Elsie, Judge
Clayton has a choice upland farm of 105 acres, all enclosed with substantial fences, and all
in cultivation except twenty-five acres, which are timberland, The farm is finely watered
by springs and brooks; there is also a fine fish pond 75x100 feet on the property. The or-
chard covers about five acres, and contains 1.500 fruit trees of various kinds. There is also
an abundance of small fruits on the place. The improvements consist of a six- roomed cot-
tage, placed on an elevated site, which commands a fine view of the prosp+rons towns of
Robinson, Wiltis and Baker, and the city of Hiawatha. The lawn surrounding the dwelling
is covered with evergreens and magnificent elm and maple trees. The other improvements
consist of_a stock stable, granary and other outbuildings. Judge Clayton had twenty-three
acres inspring wheat this season, which only yielded fifteen bushels to the acre; thirty acres
in corn, which averaged sixty bushels to the acre; fifteen acres in potatoes, which turned
out finely, yielding 3.400 bushels; he cut the grass from ten acres of timothy meadow land,
which yielded two tons to the acre; he threshed this year, half of an acre of common mil-
let, which yielded thirty and a half bushels of seed. Judge Clayton at present devotes most
all of his time to the cultivation of his farm, but he intends shortly to pay more attention to

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P. D. COMSTOCK, farmer, frnit andstock-raiser, Section 8, Township 4, Range 17, P.O.
Willis, was born November 12, 1835, in Dayton, Cattaraugus Co, N. Y.. and lived in his na-
tive State until his twentieth year. He then removed to Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.,
where he resided until the year 1859, when he accepted an engagement as a salesman for
Messrs. Wood & McGregor, and removed to Delavan, in the same State, where he resided
until the 20th day of October, 1862, when he became a member of Company A, Thirty-sec-
ond Reziment Wisconsin Infantry. He was aimember of this company and regiment until
June 4, 1865, when he was transferred to Company D, Sixteenth Regiment Wisconsin Vet-
eran Infantry. He entered this company as a Corporal, and was discharged as a Sergeant
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July 12, 1865, at Louisville, Ky. He participated in Sherman’s March to the Sea and num-
erous minor engagements and skirmishes. While in the service he was severely injured
while crossing a bridge between Moscow and Grand Junction, Tenu., from which he suffers
to-day. After his discharge from the United States Service he returned to his home in
Wisconsin, where he remained until the fall of 1868, when he removed t ) Kansas, locating
on his farm in Mission Township, Brown County, where he hasresided since. He isa mem-
ber of Hiawatha Post No, 130, G. A. R. He was married in Troy, Wis., December 27, 1860,
to Miss L. A. Edwards, a native of Walworth County, Wis, being one of the first white
children born in Sugar Creek Township in that State. They have four children, whose
names are—Merton M., Mabel, Alice E. and Pearl Leland, ‘Delavan Fruit Farm,” as Mr.
Comstock’s fine place is called, lies one mile southwest of the young and thriving town of
Willis. It contains eighty acres, is all enclosed, is well supplied with timber and water, and _
is in a high state of cultivation. The farm Is finely improved by a new eig!it-roomed frame
dwelling, stock stables and lots, granary, corn crib, etc. On the northeast corner of the prop-
erty is a handsome grove of native timber covering one acre and containing over 200 walnut,
maple, elm and cottonwood trees. ‘The orchard covers teu acres and contains 132 bearing
apple, 1,000 peach and a large number of plum, pear and cherry trees. The farm is also
abundantly supplied with a large variety of small fruits. rv. CG, raises from 1,500 to
2,000 bushels of corn, 3,000 to 4.000 bushels of small grain yearly. Keeps twenty-tive head
of stock cattle, fifty to seventy lve stock hogs, and six head of fine horses. Mr, Comstock
is a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, a thorough and practical farmer, a prosperous
and useful citizen, and has a high standing in his community.

GEORGE CUSHNIE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 19, P.O. Hiawatha, was born
May 19, 1834, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He worked on a farm with his parents until
1855. then he emigrated to Canada, where he improved a farm of 100 acres in the county of
Groy. This he successfully managed until the fall of 1868, wien he came to Brown
County, Kan., and purchased 160 acres of unimproved land from the Kickapoo reservation.
He has now one of the finest farms in that section of the ¢ unty, surrounded by hedge, well
equipped as to residence, and other buildings, and supplied with all the necessaries pertain -
ing to stock-raising, into which Mr. Cushnie has entered quite extensively. He has always
been identified in advancing the public interests and welfare of his town and county hut
has never filled any official appointments, as this did not coucide with his wishes. He has,
however. served a number of terms as Director of the School Board, as educational ad-
vancement is one of his chief delights. Mrs. Cusbnie, nee Miss Frances Conat, was born in
Kent, Eng., but was a resident of Canada atthe time of their marriage. She is a member
of the Christian Church, while Mr. Cushnie is connected with the Baptist. The names of
their children are as follows—Jane, Ellen, Maggie, Barbara. Fannie and John.

HENRY F. DOUTHART, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, TownshIp 4, Range 17, P.
O. Willis, was born in Dearborn County, Ind., in 1841, and livedin his native State but a
short time, his parents removing to Van Buren County, lowa,where he resided until August,
1863, when he entered the United States Army as a member of Company F, Fourteenth Reg-
iment Iowa Volunteer infantry, enlisting at Columbus, Ky., and was discharged at Daven-
port, Iowa, in August, 1865. He participated in the battles of Pleasant Hill, Tupelo, and a
number of minor engagements. After his discharge he returned to his home in Towa.
where he attended the lowa Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant, lowa, where he grad-
uated three years later, receiving the degree of B. S. After his graduation he was appointed
Professor of Mathematics atthe Simpson Centenary College at Indianola, Warren Co., lowa.
He held this position until the spring of 1870, when he became a resident of Kansas, locat-
ing on his farm in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a
prominent and zealous.member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Willis. He was mar-
ried in Scotland County, Mo., March 23, 1871, to Miss Susan W. Miller, a native of Virginia.

* They have four children whose names are: Henrietta, Emeline, Robert and Bertha, Mr.
Douthart and his brother Albert own together a fine upland farm of 320 acres. Itis all en-
closed by substantial fences, is in a high state of cultivation, is wellsupplied with water and
has good improvements, embracing an elegant, new frame family nansion and good out-
buildings. The farm is further improved by handsome groves, orchards, stock lots, etc.,etc.
Mr. D. devotes his attention exc.usively to raising corn, hogs and cattle. He grows from
3,000 to 4,000 bushels of corn yearly, keeps 100 stock hogs, forty to fifty fine grade cattle and
eight head of work horses. Mr. Douthart is an intelligent, prominent and prosperous
farmer, a good citizen and an honorable, upright, Christian gentleman.

CHARLES L. FERRY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 17, Township 4, Range 17, P.O.
Willis, was born in Walworth County, Wis., in July, 1843, and lived in his native State un-
til his nineteenth year, when he entered the Union army as a member of Company I,
Twenty-eighth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Elkhorn, Wis., August
15, 1862, and being discharged at Brownsville, Texas, August 23, 1865. He participated,
among others, in the battles of Little Rock, Helena and Camden, Ark., and a number of
minor engagements. After his discharge he returned to his home in Wisconsin, where he
resided until October 12, 1868, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm
in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He isa member of the
Wesleyan Methodist Church of Willis. He was married May 8, 1871, in Brown County, to
Miss Millie Ide, a native of Luzerne Co., Pa. They have two children, named Maggie Alice
and Cora Adell. Maple Grove Stock Farm, as Mr. Ferry’s fine upiand farm is called, con-
tains 200 acres and lies one mile southwest of Willis. Itis entirely enclosed by a handsome
hedge, is in a good state of cultivation, is wellsupplied with water and has good imrp-vve-
ments. On the north side of the dwelling is a handsome grove, contatnine 1,500 fine inaple
trees. Mr. F. devotes his attention exclusively to raising corn, hogs and horses. He grows
from 4,000 to 4,500 bushels of corn yearly, his corn last year averaging sixty bushels to the
acre throughout; keeps 150 to 200 stock hogs and nine head of fine horses. Mr. Ferry isan
earnest, thorough and practical farmer, a prosperous and leading citizen, and a good neigh-

or.

J. J. FIGLEY, senior member of the firm of J.J. & W. Figley, live stock dealers, farmer
and stock-raiser, Section 20, Township 4, Range 1%, P. O. Willis, was born in Carroll County,
Ohio, in 1842, and lived in his natlve State until the spring of 1873, when he removed to
Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has resided
since. He was married in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1862, to Miss Sarah M. Huston, a native
of Ohio. They have five children, who are named Eva L, Audrew, Newton, Elizabeth and
Anson. Hickory Grove Stock Farm, asthe splendid 320-avre estate of Mr. Figley is called,
lies three and a half miles southwest uf the prosperous new town of Willis. Itis one of the
finest farms in the township and has handsome improvements, among which are an elegant
residence, a large frame bank barn 40x64 feet, and other good outbuildings. Mr. F, is one
_of the largest and most extensive dealers in and raisers of stock in this section of the coun-
try. He grows 4,000 to 5 000 bushels of corn and 800 to 1.000 bushels of small grain yearly,
has 70 acres in timothy and clover and 100 in prairie grass, feeds five to six car-loads of
cattle, keeps 75 to.100 head of stock cattle, 150 to 200 stock bogs and 18 head of fine
horses, At the head of his stud of fine horses stands the fine thoroughbred Euglish coach
horse, “Captain.” He is an animal of superior personal traits and of pure lineage. Mr.
Figley is an intelligent, thorough and practical farmer and stock-breeder, a useful citizen
and an honorable and upright man.

J.J. & W. FIGLEY, dealers in live stock, Section 20, Township 4, Range 1%, P.O.
Willis. This firm was formed in the spring uf 1880 and has been engaged in shipping live

stock of all kinds to Chicago and Kansas City since. They have shipped over the Missourl &
Pacific R. R., since the road was opened, ten months ago, over sixty car-loads of hogs and
cattle. Willard Figley, the junior member of this firm, was born in Carroll County, Ohto, in
1857, and lived in fis native State until the apring of 1880, when he becaine a resident of
Kansas, joining his uncle, J. J. Vigley, with whom he has been In business ever since, He ls

a member of the Presbyterian Church of Willis.
GIFT & ZIMMERMAN, wagon and carriage makers and general blacksmiths, Wills,
This firm is composed of two of Willls’ most enterprising and industrious young
« mechanics. Mr. C. William Gift, the senior member of the firm, was born In St, Joseph,
Mo., November 7, 1861, where he lived until 1+74, when his parents removed to Kansas,

 

Jocating in the city of Hiawatha, where Mr. G. attended the High School, Here also he
learned his trade with his father, Mr. R. H. Gift, one of the oldest carriage makers In the
State. After serving his apprenticeship he was employed In his father’s shop until Septem-

Der 28, 1882, when he removed to Willis, where he entered Into bactnershiy with Mr, d=
ward Zimmerman, a well known blacksmith and skillful horse shoer, Mr. Zimmerman was
born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1860, and lived in his native State until his ninth year,
when his parents removed to Kansas, locating four and one-half miles southeast of Hia-
watha, where Mr. Z. lived eleven years, during thistime attending the public and graded
schools in Hiawatha Township, Brown County. He learned his trade with Mr, A. B. Troxell,
a skillful blacksinith of the city of Hiawatha, After serving his time he removed to Willis,
where he and his partner opened up their extensive business, They own their buildings,
the main shop being 16x70 feet, with a handsome officein the rear, anil an adjoining paint
shop, 20x20 feet. They are skillful mechanics, doa rushing trade, and stand as high as re-
gards credit and moral character as any young men in the town of Willis. _

MAJOR G. HAM, teacher, Willis, was born October 16, 1848, in Fleming County, Ky.
Came to Kansas with his parents, Malcolm and Nancy A, Ham, in March, 1857, and settled
on a farm in Atchison County, Section 18, Grasshopper Township, where his parents still
reside. He received a liberal education, attending the State Normal School at Emporia,
Kan., from 1869 to 1870. He was engaged in teaching in Atchison County, with the excep-

* tion of one yearin Brown County, for four years having had charge of the Kennekuk
School, Atchison County, until the fall of 1¢82, when he tuok charge of the school at Willis,
In 1864 Mr. Ham went to Colorado, where he enlisted at Denver, in the Second Volunteer
Cavalry, Company K, and served till the close of the rebellion. He has served two years as
Justice of the Peace of Grasshopper Township, Atchison County, and one term as Clerk of
thesame, Heis astrong prohib tionist, and has always taken an active part in the Tem-
perance movement of the State. Mr. Ham and wife are members of the Methodist Episco-

pal Church. Mrs, Ham isa daughter of Dayid and Nancy Kessler, of Kennekuk, They

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were juartied in April, 1875. Her name Mary C. They have two children—Nancy A. and
am B.

ELDRED HARRINGTON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 32, Township 3, Range 17,
P. O. Baker, was born in Walworth County, Wis., in 1840, and lived in his native State until
the fall of 1868, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission
Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a member of the Christian
Church of Baker. In politics Mr. Harrington is Democratic and was the candidate of this
party in 1874, for Lieutenant Governor of the State. Heis a member of Hiawatha Post,
No. 130, G. A. R, He participated in the last war asa member of Battery L, First Wiscon-
sin Heavy Artillery, and was enlisted at Janesville, Wis. in the summer of 1864, and dis-
charged at Washington, D. C., April 28, 1865. He was married in Elkhorn, Wis., August
19, 1864, to Miss Amorette Powers, a native of Wisconsin. They have three children,
whose names are: Grant W., Wynne P. and JessieO, Mr. Harrington owns two fine
farms lying in Mission Towush ip. The home farm contains 250 acres, and farm No. 2, 320
acres. These farms are all enclosed, all in cultivation, well improved and well supplied
with water and timber. Onthe home farm is an elegant residence, a good frame barn,
granary, corn cribs, windmills, stock sheds, lots, etc. r. H. devotes his entire attention to
raising corn, fine grade cattle and hogs. He grows from_ 5,000 to 10,000 bushels of corn
yearly, feeds from three to five car loads of cattle, keeps forty to fifty fine grade cattle, 100
hogs and eight head of work horses. He has 240 acres in pasture, eighty acres in timothy
and clover, and the remainder in prairie grass. Mr, Harrington is one of Brown’s repre-
sentative men and is well known to nearly every person in the county. He is aman of
wide influence, stands pi etty well up to the top in financial matters, isa model farmer and
possesses an enviable reputation as a business man and citizen.

JAMES H. HAYES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 33, Township 3, Range 17,P.0.
Hiawatha, came to Kansas, in April, 1881, and Iccated ona farm in Mission Township,
where he has since resided, He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the G. A. R. He took
part In the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company M, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry,
and enlisted February 29, 1864, at Chillicothe, Ohio. He was discharged at Columbus,
Ohlo, September 28, 1865. ‘He participated in the battles of Ebenezer Church, Selma, Ala.,
Columbus, the Atlanta Campaign and other minor eugagements, Mr. Hayes was born in
Ross County, Ohio, February 27, 1840, and resided in his native State until he came to
Kansas. He has been married twice, the first marriage took place in March, 1861, in Ross
County, Ohio, to Miss Susanna E, Weller, a native of Ohio. She died January 13, 1864; by
this marriage he had two children, one of whom is living, Bertha A. The second marriage
occurred April 19, 1866, In Ross County, Ohio, to Mrs. Martha E. Hermon, a native of Ohio,
five children was the result of his marriage, who are all living; Nettie Bell, Lizzie Ger-
trude, Mary L., Theodore Clifford and W Ham Earl. Mr. Hayes owns a choice farm of
eighty acres, it is all enclosed, and has sixty acres under cultivation, the remainder being

asture land. The property is well supplied with excellent water, having a good well and
has a branch of Wolf River flowing diagonally acrossit. There is a small orqhard on the
farm, which is well supplied with fruit trees. The improvements consist of a comfortable
frame house, stock stable, granary, etc. Mr. Hayes had on the farm on which he resides at
present thirteen acres in spring wheat this season, which yielded only seventy-eight bush-
els. e also had two acres in oats which averaged thirty-five bushels, and fifty-seven
acres in corn, which averaged fifty-five bushels to tne acre.

JAMES HITE, farmer and stock-ralser, Section 36, Township 3, Range 16, P.O. Baker,
was born in Marion County, Ohio, February 12, 1837, and lived in his native State until the
fall of 1853, when he removed to Tazewell County, Ill , where he resided until the spring of

69, when.he removed to Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission foe ns hip; Brown
County, where he has resided since. Heisa mem! er of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh,
He is also a member of Star of Hope Lodge No. 1338, K. of H. Heand his amiable wife are
members of Hiawatha Lodge No. 558, K. and L. of H. He is also a member Hiawatha Post,

oO. ,G. A. R, He participated in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company F,
Eighth Regiment lilinois Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Pekin, Il, in duly. 1861, and was
discharged at Springfield, Ill., in May, 1865. He took part in the battles of Forts Henry and
Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Port Gibson, Raymond, Miss , Jackson, Champion Hills, siege of
Vicksburg, Fort Blakesly, Spanish Fort, and other minor engagements, At Fort Donelson
he was severely wounded, from the effects of which he suffers to-day. After his
discharge he returned to his home in Illinois, where he resided two years and then came to
x<ansas,. He was married in Pekin, IIl., April 4, 1864, to Miss Mary E. Powers, a native of
Schuyler County, Il]. They have five children, naniled:—Cora Bell, Bertha C., Clara G., Wil-
liam Morrill, and Chester Albert. ‘(Cedar Lawn” as Mr. Hite’s fine 320-acre estate is called.
adjoins the site of the prosperous new town of Baker, Itis all enclosed with substantial
fences, is ina food state of cultivation and is well watered by springs, wells and Hite’s
branch of the Delaware, which flows ina southwesterly direction through the farm. The
property is handsomely improved by a neat and cosy residence, a fine, large, new and con-
venient frame barn 40x58 feet, good outbuildings and magnificent groves and orchards.
Mr. H. grows 5,000 to 7,000 bushels of corn and 2,000 bushels of small grain yearly, feeds
two car loads of cattle, keeps seventy-five to 100 head of fine grade stock cattle, 175 stock
hogs and sixteen head of fine horses, Mr. Hite isa veteran of the last war, an honest, intel-
liget and practical farmer, a prominent and prosperous citizen and is welland favorably
spoken of in his community.

JESSEE HOLT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 1, Township 4, Range 16, P. 0. Baker,
was born in Knox Connty, Ohio, in 1844, and lived in his native State until his eighth year,
when his parents removed to Tazewell County, Ill., where he resided until January, 1871,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopa: Church.
He participated in the War of the Rebellion as a member of Company B,Sev¥enty- third Regi-
ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was enlisted at Delavan, Ill., August 7, 1862, and was
discharged at Camp Butler, Springfield. Ill., June 24, 1865. Hetook part in the battles of
Stone River and Chickamanga, In thelast named battle he was wounded and captured by
the enemy; lying on the field for three weeks previous to his removal to Libby Prison.
Here he was confined for a short time, and then removed to the Confederate General Hospi-
tal, and shortly thereafter was paroled. He subsequently rejoined his regiment at Kenesaw
Mountain, but was never able to do duty again. After his discharge he returned to his
home in Illinois, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was married in Pekin, Ill.,
November 3, 1868, to Miss Nancy H. Hite, a native of Marion County, Ohio. They have
two children, named Elmer C. and Edna M. Mr. Holtownsa choice upjand farm of eighty
acres lying one nile south of the fleurishing town of Baker. It is enclosed by substantial
fences; isin a good state of cultivation; is well supplied with water, and is improved by a
neat and cosy cottage, anew and convenient frame barn, 28x40; Rood out-buildings, and
fine groves and orchards. Mr. Holt grows 2,000 to 2.500 bushels of corn and a small
quantity of smallgrain, yearly; keeps half a dozen milch cows, 40 to 50 stock hogs, and 8
head of fine horses. Among his horses is the famous Clydesdale horse, “Commodore,” an
animal of fine traits and ponstineage, weigh ng 1,700. and a fine dapple brown in color.
Mr. Holt is a veteran of the Jast war, an earnest, thorough and practicnt farmer, a good citi-
zen and well and favorably known.

REV. W. H. HONNELL, missionary for Presbyterian Board in bounds of Larned Pres-
bytery, P. O. Everest. The two brothers, Rev. William H. Honnell and Henry W. Honnell
are of a family of eight brothers and three sisters who all reacked married Ife and mature
years except the younges brother, who died asoldiertn the Andersonville prison at the
age of cighteen. The widowed mother, when taunted by a rebel sympathizer (when the
news came that of her four sous in the war one, Key. William i. was at death’s door by
sickness, one, Capt, T.C,, wounded in battle at Chickamauga,and one dead in Andersonville)
whether she dld regret sending her boys, with smothered tears, replied, “No! I have sent
four of them, and rather than have this Union destroyed by traitors I will send the other
four, even If not one of them ever returns to me.” From such a mother the three Honnell
brothers and thelr only surviving sister, Mrs. George McNeal, allnow of Brown County,
Kas., received their life and early Christian training, Andit is not surprising that they
are minister, elder, deacon and earnest workers in the Presbyterian Ghureh. The first
two named came first in early childhood from Greene County. Pa., and grew up and were
educated in Shelby County, Ohio. The elder is a graduate of Miami University, at Oxford,
Ohio, and of Danville Theological Seminary in Kentucky. After his graduation and wheu
he was called to decide his future scenes of labor in the ministry “that divinity that fshapes
our ends” decided for him and cast his lot in Kansas, It was the intention of the writer to
make copious extracts from a paper read before the Synod of Kansas at the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the organization of the first presby‘ery in the Territory, held in Ottawa in
October, 1882, giving a few recollections of scenes in the early adventures of a life full of
manifold labors on battlefields and missionary life in the South and in Kansas, but Jack
of time and space forbids. Two incidents in his life, however, cannot be passed over in si-
lence. The first, that after years epent in Kansas border war, while temporarily in Ken-
tucky, he had the honor of preaching the first sermon in Camp Dick Robinson, on August
10, 1861, under threat of arrest for doing so, by Gov. Beriah McGoffin. That military. as-
sembly, thus consecrated by prayer, broke the neutrality of Kentucky. He was not only in
the siege of Knoxville, but was the chaplain of Walford’s Cavalry, which headed the ride
after and capture of John H. Morgan and his command after twenty-three days and nights
th a Bousucky Indiana and Ohio. :

x. Y, E , farmer and stock raiser, Section 6, Township 3, Range 17, P. O. Willls,
was born in Plke County, Ill, in 1841, and lived in his native State nti his twentieth
year, when he entered the Union army asa member of Company H, Seventy-third Regi-
ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, being enrolled at Springfield, I)l., in June, 1862, and dis-
charged in June, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn. He participated in the battles of Perryville,
Stone River, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Franklin, Spring Hill, Nashville and numerous minor
engagements. Mr. Johnson was wounded thrice while in the service and wasa brave and
faithful soldier, He eutered the service as a private and was discharged as Orderly Ser-
geant of hiscompany, After his discharge he returned to his Illinois home where he re-
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sided until April,1869,when he became a resident of Kansas,locating on his farm in Mission
Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. Heisa member of Hiawatha Post
No. 130, GA. R. He was married in 1869, in Vinton, Iowa, to Miss Kitty Haines, a native
of Centre County, Pa, They have one chili, a daughter, whose naine is bracie, Avondale,
the home and 325-acre stock farm of Mr, Johnson, is handsomely located on Wolf River,
eight miles south of Hiawatha, and is one of the most valuable stock farmsin the county.
He has 100 acres of woodland which affords fine range and shelter for stock, an abundance
of clear running water, thirty acres in clover and timothy and grows 8,000 to 10,00! bush-
els of ‘corn which he feeds to the four or five car loads of steers and pigs annually sold
from the farm. In addition to cultivating his own land he also farms 100 acres of rented
land, The attraction of the estate is the Avondale herd of forty thoroughbred Short-horns,
which Mr. Johnson has been breeding with much care and is composed of White Rose,
Arabella, Phyllis, Rose of Sharon and other popular families. Atthe head of the herd is
the superb Young Mary bull, Parole, which, for superior indlvidual traits, is probably the
finest animal ever brought into the county. There are some very handsome cows and
heifers in the herd, which altogether is an honor to the breeder and t9 Brown County. Mr,
Johnson is not only a spirited and intelligent breeder, but takes great interest in the ad-
ee of general husbandry and is one of the public spirited representative men of
ne county.

HORATIO W. JOHNSON, farmer and stock raiser, Sections 19 and 20, Township 4,
Range 17, P. O. Willis, was born in Yankee Springs, Burry Co., Mich. in 1845, and lived in
his native State until July 1, 1868, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his
farm in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a member of
the Presbyterian Church of Willis. He was married in Waterville, Marshall Co., Kan.,
December 29,1870, to Miss Elizabeth Adams, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, a niece of
Judge Franklin G. Adams, Secretary of the Kansas Historical Society. They have four
children, whose names are—Nora L., Ray T., Norman §S. and Samuel Adams. Walnut
Grove, as the fine 280-acre estate of Mr. Jolinson is called, lies four and a half ‘miles
southwest of the thriving town of Willis. Itis a magnificent farm, and is enclosed by a
fine hedge and substantial fences; is in a ‘high state of cultivation, and is well supplied
with water by wells, springs and a branch of the Delaware, which flows in a south-
westerly direction through the farm. The improvements are first-class in every particu-
lar, embracing among others, a new and elegant modern frame residence, x large frame
gbarn, stock stables, sheds and lots. pastures, and splendid groves and orchards, Mr. John-

on grows 4.000 to 5,000 bushels of corn, 1,000 to 1,500 bushels of small grains yearly, has
120 acres in timothy and clover and blue grass pastures, cuts from 25 to 41 tons of hay
yearly, feeds 2 car loads of cattle, keeps 60 to 75 stock ¢attle, 100 to 150 fine Poland-
China hogs and adozen head of horses. For the last four years Mr, J, has been engaged
in shipping hogs and cattle to the markets in Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago. He has
shipped during the past year 20 car loads of hogs and 10 car loads of fat cattle. He is
also an extensive breeder of fine cattle and pure Poland-China hogs. At a stock sale of
Hereford, Polled Angus and Aberdeen cattle, held in Kansas City, ApH! 25, 26, 27, 1883,
Mr. Johnson purchased the fine thoroughbred young bull, Beecher, No. 72, bred by M. C.
Cochran, of Canada, and the fine young heifer, Lady Hopeful, No. 57, of the same stock
and bred by the same breeder. Mr. Johnson is one of Brown’s earnest, intelligent, pro-
gressive and model farmers, an influential, popular and prominent citizen, and has a Righ
standing in his community.

SMITH R. JOHNSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, Township 4, Range 17, P.
O. Willis, was born, in 1847, in Yankee Springs, Barry Co., Mich., and lived in his native
State untilthe spring of 1871, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm
in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has since resided. ‘He has been Trustee of
Missiou Township one term, and is now serving his second term. He was married in
Yankee Springs, Mich., February 21, 1873, to Miss May L. Gates, a native of New York.
Rose Lawn, as the splendid 160-acre farm of Mr. Johnson is called, lies four aud a _quar-
ter miles southwest of the thriving town of Willis. Itis enclosed b
is in a good state of cultivation, is well supplied with water, and has handsome improve-
ments, among which are a new and elegant modern frame residence, surrounded by a
beautiful lawn, embowered in everqreens, shade trees, shrubbery and- rare roses, a fine
large barn and other outbuildings. r, J. grows 2,000 to 3,000 bushels of corn and 700 to
1,000 bushels of small grain yearly, keeps 50 to 60 stock cattle, 200 stock hogs and 12
head of fine horses. He isan intelligent, earnest and go-ahead farmer, an honorable and
useful citizen, and is a strong, opulay inan in the community in which he resides,

OWEN JONES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25,Township 4, Range 17, P. O. Ever-
est, was born February 2, 1828, in Merionethshire, North Wales, and lived in his native
country until his twenty-fifth year, when he emigrated to America, first locating in Oneida
County, N. Y., where he resided two and a half years, and was engaged in farming. Thence
he removed to Madison County, Iowa, where he also resided two andahalf years. Onthe
7th day of July, 1857, he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm iu Mission
Township, which he pre-empted, and where he has continued to reside. ae parilelniated in
the War of the Rebellion, during the Price raid, as a member of Capt. M. C. Wiliis’ Com-
pany of Kansas Militia, enlisting at Kennekuk, in the fall of 1864. Served three weeks, and
was discharged at Fort Leavenworth. He wag married in Meireonethshire, North Wales,
May 15, 1852, to Miss Gwendolen Williams, a native of North Wales. They have seven
children living, whose names are: William O. (born in Oneida Oounty, N. Y., July 14,1853,
married to Miss Rebecca Meisenheimer, a native of Brown County), Catherine Ann (born
in Iowa, married to W. H. Ryberd, a native of Missouri and a resident of Atchison County).
Richard C. (born in Brown County, February 16, 1860), Lincoln (born in Brown County,
March 25, 1862), Owen R. (born in Brown County, April 14, 1865), Greeley (born in Brown
County, June 30, 1868), and George (born in Brown County, August 31,1871). “Walnut
Grove,” as the fine 640-acre estate of Mr. Jones is called, lies two miles west of the thriving
new town of Everest,where he grows 6.000 bushels of corn and 800 bushels of wheat yearly.
He has plenty of timber and water, a large, bearing orchard, and good fences; keeps 100
head of cattle, feeds a number of steers and hogs, likes the country, and has made every
dollar of lis $25,000 estate since he settled in the county.

LESTER M. KING, junior member of the firm of Small & King, contractors and build-
ers, was born in Marion County, Iowa, August 23, 1861, and_ lived in his native State until
1869, when he removed to Cass County, Neb., where he lived until 1876. He then returned
to Keokuk, Iowa, where be lived until the fall of 1881, when he returned to Cass County
Neb,, where-he resided until May, 1882, when hg removed to Willis, Brown County, where
he aided in erecting the Missvuri Pacific Railway depot, and where he has resided since,
and in connection with Mr. Albert D. Small, his partuer, has carried on an extensive busi-
ness. He is well known for his sterling social and business qualities.

GILBERT KIPP, farmer and stock raiser, Section 32, Township 3, Range 17, P. O. Wil-
lis, was born in Westchester County, N. Y., in 1833, and lived in his native State until his
twenty-first year, and then removed to LaSalle County, Ill., where he was engaged in farin-
ing and where he resided until the spring of 1871, when he removed to Kansas, locating in
the city of Hiawatha where he resided one year and then removed to Hiawatha Township,
Brown County, where he also resided one year. He then removed to his farin in Mission
Township in the same county, where he has resided since, He isa member of the Star of
Hope Lodge, No. 1338, K. of H. He was married January 23, 1867, in Earlville, Ill, to Miss
Jennie Currier, a native of Illinois. They have three children living, whose names are:
Benjamin L., Ella E. and Mary Estella. Mr. Kipp owns a fine upland farm of 106% acres
lying in Mission Township, two miles from the new town of Baker and three miles from the
thriving town of Willis. It is all enclosed, isin a high state of cultivation and is well sup-
plied with water. North of the dwelling is a fine grove of catalpa, cottonwood and maple
trees. From the same portion of the farm a magnificent view of the city of Hiawatha and
the promising new towns of Baker and Willis can be had. The farmn has good improvements
and a thrifty young orchard covering four acres, well supplied with fruit trees of various
varieties. Mr. K. grows 2,000 to 3,000 bushels of corn and 400 bushels of small grain
yearly, keeps half a dozen milch cows, 100 stock hogs and 7 head of fine horses, Mr.

ipp is an earnest, progressive and intelligent farmer, a well-to-do citizen and is favorably
spoken of by his neighbors. , 2

J. W. KIPP, junior member of the firm of Chapman & Kipp, dealers in general
merchandise, groceries, boots and shoes, etc., etc., Willis, was born in LaSalle County, IIL,
December 7, 1857, and lived in his native State until his seventeenth year and then became
aresident of Kansas, locating in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has resided
since Heisa member of Star of Hope Lodge, No, 1338, K. of H., of Hiawatha, He was
married in Brown County, in 1879, to Miss Lauretta J. Hanuah, a native of-Illinois. The
have two children, whose names are: Ira and Lawrence. r. Kipp and his partner, Mr. N.
E, Chapman, are men of splendid energy and business enterprise, are doing the leading
trade in their town and are the strongest aud most popular business firm in this section of

e county.

_.W. W. LITTREAL, M. D., physician and surgeon, and senior member of the firm of
Littreal & Bowman, druggists, Baker, was bornin Hardin County, Ky., in 1852, and lived
in his native State until the fall of 1878, when he removed to Kansas, locating at Mount
Pleasant, Brown County, near Whiting, where he resided until November, 1882, when he
removed to Baker, in the same county, where he has resided and followed his profession
since. Drs, Littreal received his early education in the graded schools of his native county,
and subsequently attended Lynland College, near Glendale, Hardin Co., Ky., where he grad-
uated in 1873. Immediately after his graduation he begau reading medicine with Dr. R.
D. Overstreet, an eminent practitioner of Uptonsville, Ky. He read with his preceptor
the usual Jength of time, and then attended medical lectures at the Louisville University,

raduating from this institution and receiving the degree of M. D. in the spring of 1876.

fter completing his medical studies he commenced the practice of his profession in No-
lin, Hardin Co., Ky., where he resided two years and then-cameto Kansas, He is a de-
voted member of the Christian Church of Baker, of which he is one of the deacons. He
is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity.. He was married at Nolin, Hardin Co.
Ky., in 1877, to Miss Rosa Hardin, a daughter of Stephen Hardin a prominent farmer of

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Ifardin Cuuuly, and a nephew of Ben Hardin. They have one child, a daughter, whore
name is Odie Dr. Littreal is the only physician in Baker, and as he has no opposition
and is popular in the community and aman of acknowlelged skill in his profession, is do-
ing alarge and constantly increasing practice. He is also senior member of the firm of
Littreal & Bowman, dealers iv drugs and books, stationery, wall paper, paints, oil, glass,
and queensware. They have no opposition and are duing a large trade.

GEORGE MELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 36, Township 3, Range 16, P. O.
Baker, was born in 1842, in Aunsby, Lincolnshire, Eng. and lived in his native country
until his fourteenth year, when his parents emigrated to Canada, locating in Bradford, On-
tario, where Mr. Mel resided four years and then removed to Tazewell County, IIl., where
he lived until July, 1862, when he entered the Union Army as a member of Company H,
One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, being enrolled at Camp
Butler, Springfield, Ill., and was discharged at Camp Harker, Nashville, Tenn., in June,
1865. He participated in the battles of Franklin, Tenn., Hoover’s Gap, Chickamauga, two
engagements at Tunnel Hill, Dalton, and Resaca. In the last named engagement he was
severely wounded, from the effects of which he suffers to-day. After su ering from his
wounds for over six months, being most of that time_confined in the United States General
Hospital at Quincy, IIL, he rejoined his regiment at Nashville, and subsequently took part
inthe battle of Nashville, and numerous minor engagements. After his discharge from the
United States service he returned to his home in Illinois, where he resided until the spring
of 1869, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission Township,
Brown County, where he has lived since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

He has been one of
the Commissioners of Brown County since January, 1883 and is now serving his first term.
He was married at Delavan, Ill.,1n November, 1865, to Miss Amanda Virginia Rollins, a
native of Virginia. They have six children—named Minnie E., Arthur E., Marcus G., An-
nie V,, Charles Ernest, and Howard B. Mr. Mell owns a fine upland farm of 200 acres, ly-
ing one and one-fourth miles south of the thriving new town of Baker. It is all enclosed
by good tences, is ina high state of cultivation, and is well supplied with water. The im-
provements are first class, embracing a neat and cosy residence, a new and convenient

rame barn 32x64 feet, and other outbuildings; handsome groves and prolific orchards.
Mr. Mell grows 3.000 to'3 500 bushels of corn, 500 to 1,000 bushels of small grain annually,
keeps 20 to 35 stock cattle, 50 to 100 hogs, and 8 head of fine horses. Mr. Mellis a veteran
of the War of the Rebellion, an honest, industrious and thorough farmer, a prominent and
honored citizen, and has a high standing in his community, .

DAVID MOORE, Justice of the Peace, Mission Township, and proprietor of Hill Home
nursery and farm, Sections. south half of 23, and southwest of 24; Lowney 4, Range 1%, P.
O. Everest, whose portrait is at the head of this sketch, was born in Carroll County, Ohio,in
1843, and lived in his native State until his seventh year, when his parents removed to Ful-
ton County, Ill, where Mr. Moore resided until August 21, 1861,when he became a meinber
ef Company E, Thirty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, being enrolled at Avon,
Ill, and discharged at Camp Benton, Mo., January 19, 1863. He re-enlisted the same day

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in Company A, First United States Marine Infantry, and was discharged from the United
States service January 19, 1865, at Vicksburg. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg,
in the Red River expedition, under Gen. N. P. Banks, in the Missouri and Arkansas cam-
paigns of Gens. Curtis and Steele in 1862, Lake Chicot, Ark., and numerous minor engage-
ments. After his discharge from the army he returned to his Ilinois home, where he re-
sided three years. In February, 1868, he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm
in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has resided since. He isa member of Hia-
watha Post, No. 130, G. A. R. He has been Justice of the Peace of Mission Township seven
years, and is now serving his fourthterm. He has been Clerk of the same township two

-terms. He was married in Schuyler County, Ill, March 28, 1865, to Miss Sarah J. Baxter, a

daughter of John and Ellen Baxter, old residents of Brown County. Mrs. Moore was born in
Carroll County, Ohio, July 20, 1845. She, her brother Thomas T. and her sister, Catherine
A. (Mrs. Wesley James) were born at one birth, being triplets; are all living to-day, and
have families, Mr. Moore and his estimable wife have six children, whose names are: Wil-
liam Logan, John Allen, Henry James, Lulu Edna, Maggie J. and Martin Cleveland. Hill
Home Farm and Nursery, the superb estate of Mr. Moore, lies three miles southeast of Wil-
lis and two miles west of Everest. It is 480 acres in extent, is wellimproved with magnifi-
cent buildings, eighteen miles of fine Osage hedge, splendid groves, orchards, domestic
meadows, a thrifty nursery of fruit trees, and is well supplied with water by several spring
branches, numerous fine springs, and Otter creek, which flows in a southerly direction
through the farm. Mr. Moore grows 7,000 bushels of corn, and from 1,500 to 2,000 bushels
of wheat yearly, besides raising several hundred bushels of oats, barley and flaxseed and
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feeding yearly 60 stock cattle, 100 fine hogs, 8 head of work horses and 100 choice
Merino sheep. On the farm is one of the finest and most valuable quarries of building stone

in the county. There are also forty acres of nativetimber on the property, containing a-

great number of walnut, hickory, oak and elm trees. Inthe spring of 1868 Esquire Moore
purchased of Samuel C. Kingman,then Chief Justice of the State of Kansas,the old Kingman
homestead, pre-empted by the Judge in 1857. In the fall of 1869 Esquire M. started the
Hill Home Nurseries which now cover about 32 acres of the Kingman homestead, and_has
continued to operate them ever since. He has always on hand a good assortment of all
kinds of nursery stock and_makes choice fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, etc., a
specialty. Esquire Moore is an honored and efficient magistrate of his county, a veteran of
the War of the Rebellion, is a first-class farmer, has an estate worth a long day’s journey to
see, and is one ot the representative men of this beautiful region, ae

MRS. SARAH MEREDITH, widow of Sylvester T. Meredith, Section 17, Township 3
Range 3, P.O. Hiawatha, Mr. Meredith came to Kansas in the spring of 1860 and located.
in Walnut Township, where he resided eight years, and was engaged in farming. He then
removed to his farm in Mission Township, where he lived until his death. He was a member
of Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, A., F. & A. M._ He participated in the late war as 8 member of
Company I, Thirteenth Heplment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged June 26,

1865, at Little Rock, Ark, e€ was promoted to be Wagon- Master of his regiment, which
position he held when he was discharged. He took part in the battles of Prairie Grove, Cane
Hill and numerous other engagements, and was a brave and patriotic soldier. He was born
in Freeport, Ohio, January 22, 1842, and lived in his native Srate until his twenty-first year,
when he removed to Kansas. He died of disease, contracted in the army, September 18,
1881. Mr. Meredith was married August 26, 1866, in Hiawatha, to Miss Sarah Sprague, a
native of Ohio. They have four children living, whose names are Nettle, John M., Charles
N. and Lois M. Mrs. Meredith owns a fine upland farm of 160 acres, all enclosed, and has
seventy acres in cultivation, the balance being timber and pasture lands. The water gupply
is good and cannot be excelled, and consists of two good wells and a fine, never-failing
spring; the orchard covers about five acres and contains 500 peach, 300 apple, 100 cherry
and a few pear trees. The improvements consist of a fine family mansion containing eight
rooms with cellar, and surrounded by evergreens and shade trees, large frame barn.
granary, corn crib, etc. Mrs. Meredith had ten acres in rye this season, which yielded
twenty-five bushels to the acre; fifty acres in corn, which averaged fifty bushels to the acre;
five acres in oats, which averaged fifty bushels to the acre. rs. Meredith manages her
own farm and 1s a thorough woman of business, possessing rood executive abilities.

ISAAC J. MILLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 34, Township 3, Range 16, P. O,
Baker, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1817, and lived in his native State until his
eighteenth year, andthen removed to Fountain County, Ind., where he resided ten years;

thence he removed to Champaign County, IIl., where he lived thirty-one years, and where
he was engaged in farming. On October 15, 1874, he became a resident of Kansas, locating
on his farm In Mission Township, Brown County, where he has yesided since, During the
War of the Rebellion he was president of the Union League of Sadorus, Champaign County,
Ill. He was Supervisor of Tolono Township, Champaign Co., Ill., oue term, and has been
Justice of the Peace of Mission Pownship. Brown Co., Kan., oneterm. He has also been an
efficient member of the Board of School District No. 40, Brown County, for four years. He
is amember of the I. 0. G, T.. Esquire Miller has been married twice. The first marriage
took place in 1841, in Fountain County. Ind., to Miss Elizabeth Kerr, a native of Ohio. ‘She
died in 1850. Six children were the fruits of this marriage, of whom only one, a son, is
living, and whose name is Jerome B. (married to Miss Helen Lane, a native of Michigan).
The second marriage occurred in 1851, in Cham pat gn County, Ill., to Miss Elizabeth W.
Rock, a native of Virginia, Niné children were the fruits of this marriage, seven of whom
are living, named Scipio A. (married to Miss Prue Taylor, anative of Kentucky), William
R. (married to Miss Mattie J. Robinson, a native of Illinois), Jefferson H. (married to Miss
Mattie Brown, a native of Kentucky), Alice C. (married to Frank Chandler, a native of
Ohio), Andrew J., Grant and Mollie. Maple Hill Stock Farin, as the handsome 532-acre
estate of Mr. Miller is called, lies two miles west of the thriving town of Baker. The farm is
surrounded by substantial fences, is in a good state of cultivation, and is well supplied with
water by wells and the Delaware River, which flows through the east portion of the farm.
The improvements are good and consist, in part, of a comfortable and cosy residence, two
tenement houses, stock stables and lots, granaries, corn cribs, magnificent maple groves and
orchards, etc., etc. Mr. Miller grows from 10,000 to 15,000 bushels of corn, 2,500 bushels of
small grain and cuts 50 acres of bay yearly, has 200 acres in pasture, keeps forty to fifty
stock cattle, fifty to eighty stock hogs and eight to twelve fine horses, Esquire Miller is a
thorough and practical farmer, a prominent and prosperous citizen, has been an honored
Magistrate of his county, and has a high standing in his community, .

. JAMES MOORE, farmer and Stock raiser, Section 27, Township 4, Range 17, P. O.
Willis, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1838, and lived in his nativeState until 1850,
when his parents removed to Fulton County, Ill., where Mr. Moore resided until April,
1867, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission Towns 1D.
Brown County, where he has resided since, He was married in Schuyler County, Il., in
October, 1862,to Miss Mary Baxter,a native of Carroll County,Ohio. They have five children,
whose names are: Ella J., Hattie M., Willie, James A., and Clara Ettie. Lodiana Stock
Farm, as Mr. Moore’s splendid 270-acre farm is called, is located on the site of the once fa-
mous town of Lodiana. It lies four miles south of Willis and the same distance from Ever-
est. Itis enclosed by a handsome Osage hedge, is in a good state of cultivation, is reached
by splendid roads, and is well supplied with water by wells, springs and running brooks.
The improvements are first-class and embrace an elegant frame residence, containing nine
rooms, two large frame barns, one 28x30, and the other, a cattle barn, 30x96, a combined
corn crib and wagon shed, 25x25, and other good outbuildings. Mr. Moore grows 2,500 to
3,000 bushels of corn, 1,0U0 to 1,500 bushels of small grain, cuts fifty acres of timothy
clover hay yearly, keeps from 30 to 50 stock cattle, 75 to 100 stock hogs, 100 fine
Merino and Cotswold sheep and 10 head of good-horses. Mr. Moore is a methodical,
thorough and successful farmer; has an estate to be proud of, is greatly pleased with the
country, is a good citizen, and an honorable, upright man.

HENRY C. NEFF, farmer and stock raiser, Section 21, Township 3, Range 17, P. 0.
Hiawatha, came to Kansas in August, 1868, and located on his farm in Mission Township,
where he has resided since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Neff
participated in the late war as a member of Company G, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and enlisted in Champaign County, Ohio, September 20, 1861. He was mustered out at
Camp Dennison, Ohio, September 20, 1863. He took part in the battles of Pittsburg Landing,
Stone River and other minor engagements. Atthe battle of Stone River he was severely
wounded in the leftarm, from which he suffers to-day. Mr. Neff was born in Cass County,
Ind., January 9, 1842, and lived in his native State until his fourth year, when his father
removed to Ohio, where Mr. Neff lived until he came to Kansas, He was married in Cham-
paign County, Ohio, February 25, 1864, to Miss Henrietta Kensinger, a native of Pennsyl-
vata, They have five children—Willie A., David L., Mary A., Hattie B. and Bernard M.
Mr. Neff has two finé upland farms of eighty acres each, all enclosed and all in cultivation.
The water supply is goodand cannot be excelled. The orchard covers three acres, and has
150 bearing apple, 100 peach, and a few cherry, plum and pear trees. There is also an
abundance of small fruits on the farm. TheSmprovem: nts consist of a new seven-roomed
frame cottage, with cellar, and surrounded with handsome evergreens and shade trees,
stock stable, corn crib, wagon house, etc, Mr. Neff had stx acres of oats this season, which
yielded fifty-two bushels to the ocre, and ninety acres in corn which averaged fifty bushels
totheacre. He is one of the enterprising farmers of his section, and possesses the esteem
and confidence of his neighbors, :

JOHN W. PROCTOR, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, Township 3, Range 17, P. O.
Hiawatha, came to Kansas April 10, 1856, and located on his homestead in Mission Town-
ship, Brown County, where he has resided since, He is a member of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. He took part in the late war as a member of Company H, Thirteenth Regi-
ment Kansas Infantry, and enlisted in Robinson, August 22, 1862, and was discharged at

 

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Little Rock, Ark., June 22, 1865, Hetook part inthe battles of Cane Hill, Prairie rOovo,
nd other minor en~agements, Mr. Proctor was born in Moniteau County, Mo,, May 12,

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1841, and lived in his native State untii his fifteenth year, and then came to Kansas, He
was married March 26, 1871, in Robinson Pownahip, to Miss Clara Gibson, a native of
Iowa. Mr. Proctor has a fine farm of 160 acres, forty-five acres being bottom land and the
rest upland. It is all enclosed, and bas 140 acres in cultivation, the balance being timber
and pasture land. The water supply cannot be excelled, and consists of two wells and a
number of springs, and the middle fork of Wolf River flows on the south line of his farm.
The improvements consist of a frame dwelling 16x32, with an L 14x20, with a cellar, a frame
barn and other outbuildings. He had twenty-seven anda half acres of wheat this season,
which yielded 346% bushels; nine acres of oats which yielded 293 bushels; seventy acres in
corn which averaged fifty bushels to the acre.

E. N. PUGH, manager of elevator No.1, Willis, was bornin Greenup County, Ky., in
1853, and lived in his native State until 1876, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating
in Doniphan County, where he resided until August, 1882. when he assumed the manage-
ment of the elevator at Willis. .Heisamember ot the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
was married in August, 1881, in Doniphan County, to Miss Emma Henney, a native of Illi-
nois. Mr. Pugh is an active, energetic and prosperous young business man, and has a high
social and mercantile standing.

WILLIAM ROBBINS, farmer, Section —, P. 0. Baker, came to Kansas in 1867, locating
near Prairie Grove, Doniphan County, where he lived twelve years. He then removed to
Sumner County, where he resided one year, and then returned to Doniphan County, where
he lived until arch, 1882, when he removed to Mission Township, where he resides at
present. Mr. Robbins was born in Illinois, February 6, 1848, where he lived until his
nineteenth year, and then came to Kansas. He was married in Winthrop, Mo., July 4, 1869,
to Miss Eliza McLaughlin, a native of Missouri. They have two children, whose naines
are—Luella and James Marshal. Mr. Robbins has a fine upland farm ot 180 acres, all en-
closed and allin cultivation, The water supply is good. The improvements consist of a

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comfortable four-roomed frame cottage, stock stable, granary, Corn crib, ete. ‘fhe house ts
on an elevated site, from which can be seen the thriving new towns of Baker and Willis,
and the city of Hiawatha. Mr. R. had 15 acres in oats this season, which averaged 50
bushels to the acre, and 97 acres in corn, which averaged 55 bushe!s to the acre,

HENRY H. SHARP, farmer and stock raiser, Section 15, Tow nship 4, Range 17, P. 0,
Willis, was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., in 1885, and lived in his native State until hig
twenty-first year. In the fall of 1886. he removed to Doniphan County, near Iowa Point,
where he resided until the spring of 1883, when he removed to Mission Township, Brown
County, where he has resided since. He isamember of the Methodist Episcopal Church
(South), He was Treasurer of the Board of School District No, 56, Douiphan County eight

ears. He was married in Claiborne County Tenn., in 1854, to Miss Rachel Cawood, ana-

ive of Claiborne County, Tenn. They have three children—Campbell Thornburg, a
native of Tennessee and a resident of Brown County, married to Miss Virginia A. Jessee, a
native of Missouri; Cordelia, married to B. F. Dickinson, a native of Virginia and a resident
of Washington Township, Brown County, and Leroy, married to Miss Alice Sweeney. ana-
tive of Doniphan County Kan. Mr. Sharp isthe fortunate owner of a fine upland farm
containin 180 acres, lying two and a half miles southeast of the prosperous town of Willis,
The farm is all enclosed, is in a good state of cultivation, has a good supply of water, and is
finvly improved by a new and elegant residence 16x32, with an L 14x16, with three hand-
some porticoes on the north, south and east sides of the building. Implement and smoke
house, a good granary, stock stables and_ lots, corn cribs, etc., etc. Mr, Sharp devotes his
attention chiefly to raising corn, hogs and cattle. He grows 4,000 bushels of corn yearly,
feeds two car loads of cattle, keeps a dozen head of milch cows, 100 to 150 stock hogs, and
6 head of fine horses. Mr. Sharp is anoldresidentof Kansas, a hardworking and practical
farmer, & good citizen and an honorable, upright man. __

ALBERT D. SMALL. contractor and builder, Willis, was born near Marlon, Ind,,
June 4, 1854, and Iived in his native State until his fifth year, when his parents removed to
the city of Leavenworth, where the family resided two vears, and then removed to Severance,
Doniphan County, where Mr. 8. resided until October, 1882, when he removed to Willis, Brown
County, where he has resided since. In February, 1883, he entered into partnership with
Mr. Lester M. King in contracting and building. Since they have commenced _ business in
Willis, this firm has contracted for, and erected, the fine residences of James Henry Baxter
and Nathan Swiggett, Esqs., and their ownshop, atwo story frame building, 22x50, one of
the largest, handsomest and most convenient carpenter shops in the State, and alargenum-
ber of smaller buildings in the town of Willis. Previous to entering into partnership with
Mr. King, Mr. Small, wbo was one of the original stockholders of the Farmers’ Elevator
and Mill Gompany, built the elevators of this company at Severance, Everest and Willi
the latter being a large and capacious building 44x50, and 60 feethigh. Mr. Small attende
the well known University at Highland, Doniphan County, while residing in that county.
He was married December 25, 1858, in Severance, Doniphan County, to Miss Annie M,
Springer, a native of Missouri. They have two children, named Albert Ernest, and George
Amos. The firm of Small & King is one of the enterprising business firms of Willis, and the
members thereof are well known for their mechanical ability, the excellence of their work,
aud the faithful manner in which they execute their contracts.

HENRY SMALL, farmer and stork raiser, Section 26, Township 4, Range 17, P. 0.
Everest, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1835, and lived in bis native State untii
1865, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission Township,
Brown County, where he hasresided since. Heis a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He was married in Darke County, Ohio, in 1863, to Miss Susanna Feger, a native
of Ohio. They have seven children living, whose names are—Mary Catherine K. E., David
Elmer Ellsworth. Marion. Winfield Oscar, Sarah Clara L, D. M., Elwood Otis R. A., Harriet
Elizabeth, and Harley Dow Mr. Small owns two fine upland fai ms lying in Mission Town-
ship which together contain 320 acres. They are well calculated for stock farms, and rank
among the best in the township. These farms are all enclosed with good fences, are ina
high state of cultivation, and are well supplied with timber and water; Mission Creek flow-
ing through one of them in a southerly direction. The improvements are good, embracing
among others, aneat and comfortable dwelling, stock stables, sheds and lots, handsome
orchards, groves, etc. Mr. Small grows on bis handsume Mound Valley Farn, as his estate
is called, 4,000 to 5,000 bushels of corn, and 700 bushels of small grain, yearly; feeds a car
load of catile; keeps 40 to 50 stock cattle; 50 stock hogs; 8 head of work horses; a dozen
head of milch cows, and makes and sells $200 worth ot “ pit edged” butter, yearly, He is
a hard working, intelligent and prosperous farmer, a good citizen, and has a high standing
in hiscommunity. Mound Valley Schoolhouse, District No. 66, Brown County, is located on
what was once a portion of Mr. S.’s farm, the land being donated by him for this purpose.
The building was erected in 1876, ata cost of $600. It is a handsome frame structure,
well supplied with modern. school furniture, and has a seating capacity: of fifty. Miss Kittie
Jones (now Mrs. Harvey Richard) was the first, and R. S. Finley is the present teacher,

HENRY SMITH, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Emmett, was born fifty miles north of Phila-
delphia, in Northampton Co., Pa., January 3, 1832. Farming has been his occupation al-
ways—first in his native State, then in Ohio, afterward in Illinois, and finally, in the spring
of 1880, hecame to Kansas, During the spring of the year following he removed to his pre-
sent farm, which contains 213 acres, all under a high state of cultivation and excellently
improved. Mr. Smith is extensively engaged in stock raising, which he has found to bea
profitable investment, and for convenience in pasturing tke same he has his farm divided

to fields by cross fences. Mr, Smith was married in Illinois, in 1858, to Miss Emma Rork,
a nativeof Ohio. Mr.Smith and his family are members of the Christian Church. They
have four sons—William H., Curtis L., Walter E. and Charles F.
_JAMES D, STANLEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 27, Township 4, Range 17, P. O.
Willis, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1837, and lived in his native State until March,
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‘ Brown County, where he has resided since. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church of

Willis. He was married in Union County, Ohio, in 1859, to Miss M. R. McNeil, a native of
Ohio. They have five children whose names are—Mary, married to Frank Willis, a son of
Hon. M. C. Willis, a native of Kansas and a resident of Brown County; Clara, Alice, Florence
and Luella. ‘‘ Willow Grove Stock Farm,” Mr. Stanley’s beautiful home, and 400-acre farm
lies four miles southwest ot the prosperous town of Willis. It is in high cultivation and fine-
ly improved with orchards, fences, buildings, meadows, groves, etc. Mr. Stanley raises
about 5,000.bushels of corn and a good wheat crop, feeds two car loads of steers and 150
hogs; has large, well grassed pastures and grazes a good string of high grade cattle; has a

Troup of unusually fine buildings, his house and basement barn being among tbe very best

n the county. Stables most of lis stock, and is building up a superor herd of thoroughbred
Short-horns, Merinos and Poland-China hogs; and is raising some fine thoroughbred Nor-
man horses, He is one of the progressive, successful, thorouch- going farmers of this coun-
try, and pays a high compliment to Brown County.

T. W. STANLEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, Township 4, Range 17%, P. 0. Wil-
lis, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1846, and livea in his native State until his twenty-
second year and then removed to Benton County, Iowa, where he resided two years and
thence removed to Adams County, in the same State, where he resided four years. In the
spring of 1875 he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Mission Township,
Brown County, where he has resided since, He is a member of the Presbyterian Church of
Willis. He was married in Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio, May 238, 1867, to Miss §. A. Cusic, a
native of Harrison County, Ohio, Mr. Stanley owns a fine stock and grain farm of 360 acres.
It is all enclosed, ina good state of cultivation, and is well supplied with timber and water,
the Delaware River flowing through the southwest corner of the farm. “Mission Hill Stock
Farm,” as this magnificent estate is called, has good improvements, embracing amon
others a neat, comfortable and cosy home, a large frame barn 18x50, stock stables, sheds an
lots, granaries, corn cribs, handsome groves, and one of the finest and most productive or-
chards in this section. This orchard contains 160 apple trees, was planted seven years ago,
and for the last three years has been in bearing, Mr. Stanley grows from 3.000 to 4,000
bushels of corn, 1,000 bushels of wheat, 450 bushels of oats and 300 bushels of rye yearly;
keeps from 40 to 50 stock cattle, 50 to 75 stock hogs, 20 head of good horses, and the finest
and largest lot of Merino sheep in Brown County, about 400 in number, Many of them be-
ing high grades and thorouglbreds: Mr, Stanley is a practical, prosperous and enterprising
farmer, a good and useful citizen, and an intelligent, upright and honorable man.

JOHN ©, STAPLETON, dealer in grain, lumber and coal, Baker, was born in Logan
County, Ill., in 1848, where he resided until August, 1868, when he removed to Kansas, lo-
cating in Powhattan Township, Brown County, where he resided until 1878, when here-
moved to Monona County, Iowa, where he resided until August, 1882, when he returned to
Kansas and located at Baker, Brown County, where he has r sided since. He is an exem-

lary member of the Christian Church. He is alsoa member of Mount Pulaski Lodge, No.

7, A..F. & A. M., of Logan County, Ill, He was married in Logan County, IIL, in the fall
of 1867. to Miss Sarah H. McKinney, a native of Illinois, ~ They have five children living--
William Franklin, Lillie Luella, Ernest A., Virgie O., and Nellie Almeta. Mr. Stapleton has
been engaged in dealing in grain, lumber, and coal ever since he located in the young and
thriving town of Baker. uring that time he has handled and shipped to St. Louis and
Chicago 110,000 bushels of corn, and 2,000 bushels of small grain; has sold thirty car loads

 

‘of coal, ana over fifty car loads of lumber, all of which was used in Baker and vicinity, Mr.

Stapleton leads the trade in his specialties in his neighborhood, attends strictly to business,
and being always prompt in paying his bills, and honest and fair in his dealings, he has
fairly won the respect of all.

O DT. WHITE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, Township 3, Range 17, P. 0.
Robinson, was born in Flemin County, Ky., November 21, 1819, and lived in his native
State uutil the winter of 1841-42, and then removed to Peoria County, Ill, where he was en-
gaged in farming and butchering. He resided in Illinois until 185 , and on the 1st day of
April of that year became a resident of Kansas, locating in Mission Township. Brown
County, where he has since resided. He isa member of Hiawatha Post, No. 130, @. A. R
He was Justice of the Peace of Mission Township a short time, and Superintendent of Pub-
lic Highways of Road District No. 1, Mission Township, one term. He participated in the
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war of the Rebellion as a member of Company E, Seventy-seventh Regiment, Illinois Vol-
unteer Infantry. He entered this company as a private, and was promoted to the rank of
Sergeant. He enlisted August 14, 1862, at Peoria, Il1., and was discharged at Springfield,
Ili, June 23, 1865. He took part in the battles of Magnolia, Champion Hills, Black River
Bridge, atu the battles at and around Vicksburg. Inthe disastrous Red River expedition
under Gen, Banks, he was captured in the engagement at Sabine Cross-roads by the rebel
forces under the command of Kirby Smith, After his capture he was taken to Camp Ford,
Texas., where he was held as a prisoner of war over thirteen Jong and weary mouths ere
-he was paroled. After his parole he marched, in company with over 1,000 of his comrades,
froin the rebel prison to Shrevepoit, La., a distance of 200 miles, where they embarked on
an old Mississippi River boat, the General Quitman, for New Orleans. After they had pro-
ceeded on their voyage but a single day it was found that the wheels of the crazy old steamer
had given outand needed rebuilding. The ex-prisoners accordingly landed,found an old saw-
mill; which they repaired, and with characteristic Yankee ingenuity and skill, proceeded to
manufacture new wheelstorthe boat. After the repairs on the steamer were completed,
the pr.soners again proceeded on their voyage as far as the mouth of the Red River, where
they were formally ex¢hanged, and from where they proceeded on another craft to the
Crescent City. Dmninediately after arriving in New Orleans, Mr. White was sent to Spring-
field, Il, where he was discharged from the service, and then proceeded to hishome, He
was married December 29, 1847 in Peoria County, IIL, to Miss Minerva Smith, a native of
Kentucky. They have had four children, three of whom are living—James L,, a resident of
Mission Township, Brown County, and married to Miss Eunice E. Buck, a native of Illinois;
John Runyon, died in infancy: Luella Jane, married to George H. Norton, a native of New
York and a resident of Brown County, and Cornelius J., aresiventof Robinson Township,
Brown County, married to Miss Ella 8. Proctor, a native of Kansas. Mr. White and his sons
together own 427 acres of fine upland, alllying together in close proximity in Mission and
Robinson townships. This tract of landis superbly watered by numerous springs which
empty into White’s Branch of Wolf River. The tract is admirably calculated for a stock
farm, andis improved by comfortable and commodious buildings, orchards, fences, etc.
Mr. White raises 2 200 bushels of corn, 2,600 bushels of wheat, and 500 to 600 bushels of
oats; he feeds from fifty to seventy-five head of the best Poland-China hogs. He plows
deep, rotates his crops, keeps half a dozen fine Durham milch cows, adozen liorses, among
which are some fine Normans, a yard of fine poultry, and is as near a systematic, thorough,
and model fariner as there isin Brown County,
MARTIN-CLEVELAND WILLIS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, Township 4,
Range 17, P. O. Kennekuk, Atchison county, was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., July 20,
1831, and lived in his native State until the year 1855, when he became a resident of
Kansas, locating in Doniphan County, near Charleston, where he resided one winter and
then removed to his farm in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has resided
since. Heis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is also a member of Hiawatha
Lodge, No. 35, A..F. &@ A. M. He was a member of the House of the Kansas Legislature,
Sessions of 1866-67 and 1874-75 and Commissoner of Brown County two terms. He par-
ticipated inthe war ofthe Rebellion as a Captain in the Nineteenth Regiment, Kansas
Militia, in 1864. He was married_ in 1852 in Union County, Tenn., to Miss Elizabeth
Carter, a native of Granger County, Tenh. They have five children living, whose names
are—Francis Lafayette, married to Miss Mary Stanley, a native of Ohio; Christopher Colum-
bus, William D., Susan Mary, married to William R. Honnell, a native of Kansas, and John
D. “Locust Grove,” as the magnificent estate of Mr. Willis 1s called, contains 720 acres. It
lies one mile north of Kennekuk, Atchison County, and five miles south of Willis, Brown
County. The farm-is surrounded by substantial fences; is in a good state of cultivation
and is well supplied with timber, fine building stone, and plenty of pure water, Willis and
other creeks flowing through the farm. The estate is finely improved by a handsome stone
residence, containing twelve rooms, a large frame barn 75x100 feet; good outbuildings and
plendid .orchards and groves. Mr. W. grows from 6,000 to 8,000 bushels of corn, 3,000

hels of small grain, keeps 50-to 75 stock cattle, 150 stock hogs and 20 head of horses,
Esquire Willis was one of the founders of Willis and the town was named after him.
He is one of Brown's honored sons, an exemplary, high-toned gentleman, and 1s very popu-
ar in his county. j as

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Everest is a new station on the recently completed Missouri Pacific Rail-
way. Itis fast building, and will probably become a good shipping point for
the farmers of the vicinity. It is named in honorof Col. Everest, of Atchison, the
attorney of the road. It isin the south central part of the county.

All Saints Roman Catholic Church—This large and commodious struc-
ture was the first church built in Brown County. It was erected in 1868, and
dedicated the same year. It cost $1,200, In the year 1882, an addition of
twenty-five feet was made to the original building, making its dimensions now
24x75 feet. It is surmounted by a handsome belfry, and is furnished with mod-
ern furniture. The seating capacity of the church is 300, and its membership is
500, composed of some of the most influential and prominent families of Mis-
sion and Washington townships, in Brown, and Grasshopper township, in
Atchison County.

Tle first pastor of the church society was Father Edmund, O. 5. B., who
commenced preaching in the Bohemian settlement, in the vicinity of Marak,
in 1858. Father John, of the same order, is the present pastor.

Farmers’ Elevator and Mill Co—The steam elevator belonging to this
company, located at Everest, Brown County, was erected in July, 1882. It is
two stories high, and cost about $6,000. Its storage capacity is 18,000 bushels,
and the cribs attached to the elevator havea capacity of 20,000 bushels more,
and at the date of writing this short and imperfect sketch (April, 1883), are
filled to their utmost capacity. The working capacity of the elevator is four
cars per day. It has shipped, principally to the St. Louis markets, since it has
been erected, 30,000 bushels of grain of all kinds.

The headquarters of the Farmers’ Elevator and Mill Company is at Sever-
ance, Doniphan County, with branch houses at Everest and Willis, Brown
County. The following gentlemen comprise the officers and directory of the
company: Hon. B. F. Harpster, Prest.; J. D. Harpster, Vice-Prest.; Fred.
Harpster, Supt.; W. I]. H. Curtis, Secy.; H. Charters, Asst. Secy.and Mangr ;
J. F. Harpster, Treas.; and B. F. Harpster, H. Charters, Fred. Harpster, W.
H. H. Curtis, S.L. Ryan, J. D. Harpster, and E. N. Pugh, directors. :

This company is undoubtedly one of the largest grain dealing firms in the
State, and at present have on hand, stored in their elevators at Severance, Ev-
erest and Willis, over 300,000 bushels of grain of all kinds.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

DANIEL ANDERSON, farmer, Section Ss Townanip 4,Range 18, P.O. Robinson, was born
in Johnson County, Mo., March 30, 1846, and lived in his native State until his ninth year,
when his parents removed, in the spring of 1855, to Kansas, locating in Washington Town-
ship, Brown County, where Mr. Anderson has resided since. _ During the last war he was a
member of Company A, Fifteenth Regiment Kansas Cavalry. He enlisted at Fort Leaven-
worth in December. 1864, and was discharged at the BaIne, place, in the summer of 1865.
He was married in Brown County, December 29, 1871, to Miss Mary Cowley, a native of
Ohio. She died in June, 1882. They had-six children, three of whom are living, and who
are named—Rosetta Bell, Thomas A. and Hugh. Mr. Anderson’s father, the Hon. A. B. An-
derson, is an old Kansas pioneer, and was the first Probate Judge elected in Brown County.
Mr. A. isthe owner of the well known trotting mare, Maggie F., who has a record of 2:30.
This fine anima! has won in the neighborhood of fifteen races. She was sired by Newry
by Lexington, her dam being , bred in Kentucky. He has been offered, and has
refused $5,000 for this valuable trotter. ‘In addition to Maggie F. Mr. Anderson has a fine
Strin of trotting and running colts. He is extensively engaged in breeding fine stock of
this description. * a

SEBV RB & ANDREW, proprietors of the Star livery stable, Everest. Mr. Seever, the
senior member of this enterprising firm, was born in Buchanan County, Mo., December 19,
1853, and lived in his native State until his eighth year, when his parents removed to Atchi-
son County, in this State. Here Mr. Seever resided until his seventeenth year. He then
removed to Leavenworth County, where he resided a short time, and after various remo-
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ery business, and where he lived until February, 18383, when he removed to the new and
thriving town of Everest in the same county, where, in conjunction with his partner, Mr,
Andrew, be built the large livery stables of which they are now the proprietors. Mr. Seever
was married in 1878. in the city of Hiawatha, to Miss Mary A. Erp, a native of Missouri.
They have three children--Gertie, Mertie A. and Clyde A. Mr. Andrew was born Dec: m-
ber 12, 1857, in Upper Canada, and lived in his native country until his twelfth year, when
his parents removed to the United States, locating in Atchison County, this State, where
Mr. Andrew lived until February, 1883, when he removed to Everest, Brown County.
Messrs. Seever & Andrew represent the livery, feed and sale business in the lively new
town in which they are located, with a dozen head of fine horses and corresponding equip-
ages. They own anew and convenient barn, 43x72 feet, erected in the beginning ofthe pres-
ent year. They are clever and accommodating men, have a large patronage, and huld good
positions in the businesscommunity. -

HERBERT CHARTERS, manager and assistant secretary of the Farmers’ Elevator
and Mill Company, Everest, was born in the town of Napanee, Ontario, Canada, in 1854, and
lived in his native country but a short time, his parents removing to Oswego, N. Y.. Mr.
Charters receiving bis eaily education in the graded schools of tts city. In 1871, Mr. C.
removed to Port Huron, Mich., where he resided three years and was engaged as a book-
keeper in the Pine Grove Brewery, a large establishment. Thence he removed to Toledo,
Ohio, where he remained one year and was employed as chief clerk in the Oliver House in
thatcity. From Toledo he went to Fairfield, Neb., where he was engaged as chief book-
keeper for the firm of C.F, Shedd & Co, the largest and most extensive grain dealers in
that State. He resided in Fairfield three years and then went in the interest of the same
firm to Leadville, Colo., Continuing 1H the employ of this firm about a year as superintend-
entin charge of large saw mills in Lake County, near Leadville. Mr. Charters then entered
Burlingame’s Assay Office, where he learnt assaying in all its branches, and then opened an
assay office at Breckenridge, Colo., he was thus engaged aboutone year. While engaged in
assaying, Mr. C, incorporated in company with others, the Frisco Discovery and Mining
Company, of which company he was a director and secretary. From Breckenridge he
went to Canyon City, Colo., where he was cashier for the D.& R.G. R.R. He held this
position for a year. and then became a resident of Kansas, locating at Everest, Brown
Sounty, where he bought an interest in the Farmers’ Elevator and Mill Company, and
where he has coutinued to reside. He isa member of the Episcopal Church. Mr, Charters
is ayoung and enterprising business man, a prosperous and prominent citizen and hasa
high standing in the community in which he resides.

FRANCIS MARAK, JR., senior member of the firm of Marak Brothers, dealers in gen-
eral merchandise, groceries, boots and shoes, flour, feed, etc., Everest,was born in Moravia,
Austria, September 6, 1841, and lived in his native country until 1857, when his parents
immigrated to America, locating in Washington Township, Brown County, where the
family has since resided. Mr. Marak is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He was
Deputy Postmaster of Marak Postoffice eight years, and a member of the Board of School,
District No. 19, Brown County, three years, He participated in the War of the Rebellion as
a@ member of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment Kansas Infantry, enlisting in September,
1862, at Robinson, Kan., and being discharged at Springfield, Mo.. in March, 1863, for dis-
ability contracted while in the United States service. e was married in 1866, in Atchison
County, to Miss Johanna Donahue, country born Irish-American. Marak_& Sons started
the first general mercantile establishment in Washington Township, Brown County,
January, 1874, at Marak postoffice. They continued in business in this place until July,
1882, when their father sold out. Then Marak Brothers removed to Everest in the
same county, where they have carried on business since. They are among the Prone
popular growing firms of the town, enjoy excellent credit and are men of acknowledge
strength in the community.

. E, W. METZGER, senior member of the firm of Metzger & Co., dealers in groceries,

rovisions, flour, feed, books and stationery, wall paper, etc.,etc., Everest, was bora near

ancaster, Pa., in 1834, and lived in his native State until his twentieth year, when he re-
moved to Summit County, Ohio, where he stayed a short time, and then went to
Sterling, Whiteside Co., Il., where he resided until 1859, when he removed to Shell
Rock, Butler Co., Iowa, where he lived until 1872. He then removed to Fall City,
Neb., in which State he resided until September, 1882, when he became a citizen of Kansas,
locating at Everest, Brown County, where he has lived since, He is a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, of Falls City Lodge No. 9, A., F. & A. M., and Falls City Lodge No.
13, I. 0.0. F. While residing in the State of Nebraska, he was for three years Postmaster
of the Preston, Neb., postoffice. He was married in Sterling, Ill., in 1855, to Miss Nancy
Johnson, a native of edford County, Pa. They have three children living, whose names
are—Andrew Robert, Lucius Hulbert (married to Miss Lide Tracy, a native of Kansas), and
Alta Mabel. Mr. Metzger is a practical and thorough miller, and has been engaged at
working at his trade ever since his fourteenth year. He now has sole charge of the exten-
sive flouring mills at Everest, and the excellence of the flour manufactured there is in a
great measure owing to his skill. His son, Lucius, has charge of the store, which has and
is deserving of a largetrade. Mr. Metzger is a plain, common sense, practical man, and is
highly spokeu of by his neighbors. :

GEORGE PIERCE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 27, Township 4, Range 18, P, O.
Everest, was born in Sangamon County, IIlI., in 1829, and resided in his native State until
the spring of 1847, when he became a member of Captain Adam puntapis Independent
cavalry Company, of Schuyler County, Ill., being enlisted at Rushville, [ll., in the spring
of 1847, and discharged at the close of the Mexican War, at Alton, Ill., in 1848. After the
close of the war he returned to his Illinois home, where he resided until August, 1857,
when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Washington Township,
Brown County, where he has resided since. He isamember of the Christian Church. Dur-
ing the War of the Rebellion, Mr. Pierce was an employe of the United States Quarter-
master’s Department under Capt. Samuel Hipple, United States Volunteers, and was sta-
tioned for a long time at Cape Girardeau, Mo. Subsequently, at the time of the Price raid,
he was a member of Captain White’s Company Fifteenth Regiment Kansas Militia, en-
listing at Atchison in the fall of 1864, serving fourteen days and being discharged in the
same city. Mr. Pierce is Deputy Postmaster of Everest. He was married in Petersburg,
Ill., in 1850, to Miss Virginia Hall, a native of Illinois. They have five children, whose
names are—Elbridge, married to Miss Julis Adkinson, a native of Indiana; Mary F., mar-
ried to Thomas Roach, a native and resident of Illinois; Della, married to Robert Iles, a
native of Kansas and resident of Everest; Ophie and Willie. Mr. Pierce owns a fine upland
farm of 320 acres, situated two miles southwest of Everest. It it all enclosed, is in a good.
state of cultivation, is well supplied with water and timber, has an elegant residence, and
good outbuildings an@ other improvements. He grows 4,000 brshels of corn, 800 bushels
of wheat, and 4U0 bushels of oats yearly. feeds a car load of cattle, keeps 65 head of fine
stock cattle. 65 hogs, and 13 head of horses. Mr. Pierce is a veteran of two wars, an old

jioneeer of Kansas, a thorough and practical farmer, a useful and prosperous citizen, and
as a high standing in the community in which he lives.

JUL. THORSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 27, Township 3, Range 18, P. O.
Robinson, was born in Norway, June 20, 1836, and lived in his native country until his
nineteenth year, and then immigrated to America, locating in Manitowoc, Wis., where he
lived two years, and_was engaged infarming and logging. From Wisconsin he came, in
the fall of 1858, to Kansas, and located in Sumuer, Atchison County, where he lived s x-
teen mo ths, aud then went to Colorado, where he remained three years, and was engaged
in mining and prospecting. From Colorado he returned to Kansas, locating in Washington
Township, Brown County, where he has resided ever since. He is a member of
Lutheran Church. He took part in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company C,
Maj. Pope’s Independent Battalion, Kansas Militia, and enlisted at Robinson in the fall of
1864; served fourteeu days, and was discharged in the city of Atchison. He was married in
Washington Township, Brown County, April 14, 1871, to Miss Carrie Nelsen, a native of
Norway. They have five children, whose names are—John T., Sarah Isabel, Aunie Matilda,
Oscar Nicolaiand Henry Edwin. Mr. Thorson has a fine upland farm of 210 acres, all en-
closed with substantial fences, and ‘having 100 acres in cultivation, the remainder being
timber and pasture land. The farm is well watered, has a small orchard, and has good im-
provements. Mr. Thorson also owns another farm, five miles from the home farm, which
contains 16§1acres, This jsalso upland,and isan excellent grainfarm. It has seventy
acres of tillable ground, the remainder being pasture land. > raises on both farms from
1,200 to 1,600 bushels of wheat, 400 to 500 bushels of oats, 15u io 200 bushels of rye, 3,000
bushels of corn, and cuts and cures from 25 to 30 tons of timothy and prairie hay each sea-
son. Hefeedsfrom 20 to 25 steers and 50 to 60 head of hogs yearly for the markets. He
keeps 47 head of stock cattle, 50 head of stock hogs and 7 head of horses. Mr. Thorson was
a@ poor nan when he first came to Brown County, but now, owing to hard work, economy
and the rich and prolific soil of his adopted State, he possesses two as good and as well
stocked farms as there are in his vicinity. He is honest, intelligent and persevering, and is
highly esteemed by his friends and neighbors.

WILLSON B. WAY, senior member of the firm of W. B. Way & Co, dealersin general
merchandise, dry goods, Gloohing: boots, shoes, hardware, groceries and queensware, Ever-
est, was born November 25, 1844, in Lansingburg, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and lived in his
native State until 1863, when he removed to Memphis, Tenn., where he resided five years.
Then he removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he lived ten years and was engaged as a
book-keeperin the Jarge wholesale establishment of A. A. Shomway & Co. In June,
1878, he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Leavenworth City, where he was a mem-
ber of the firm of H. M. Hoffman & Co., dealers in musical instrements, Inthe spring of
1880 he removed to Effingham, Atchison County, where he engaged in the general mercan-
tile trade. June 16, 1882, he removed to Everest, Brown County, where he erected his
fine store building and warehouse, and where he has been in business since. He isa mem-
ber of the Baptist Church. During the War of the Rebellion he was a member of Company
K, Fourth Regiment Enrolled Militia, District of West Tennessee, and was Quartermaster
Sergeant of his regiment. Mr. Way was married in the city of Philadelphia, in November,
1873, to Miss Ellen Lord Dewey, a native of Philadelphia, and a direct descendant of

 

 

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Phineas Stearns of the Boston tea party. They have one child,a son named Sylvester B.
Mrs. Way’s grandfather was Col. Bond of the Continental army. He was at Bunker Hill,
and lost his life at Ticondero; a. Mr, Way is a descendant on his father’s side of an English
Quaker family and French Huguenots: on his mother’s side from John Ro; ers, the martyr.
The firm of which Mr. Way is a member carry a stock of about $15,000. They do the lead-
ing trade in their line in the thriving town in which they are located. Expect to sell
ee orn of goods during the coming year, and are one of the ablest business firms

 

POWHATTAN TOWNSHIP,

WILLIAM N. CASSITY, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Wetmore, was born Jnne 5, 1831, in
Fleming County, Ky. Reared in that county and at twent -tive years of age left for the
West accompanied by his brother, M. P. M. Cassity, now of Wetmore. He recounts their
adventures for a day or two after their crossing into Kansas at Little Santa Fe, and their
wading into a small lake one night to get a rink, the lake bearing the name of Cassity 's
Lake to this day. They finally made but lost claims in Miami County, and returned to M
souri. Wiliam N. then attended the land sale at Osaukee and secured the farm adjoining,
where he has ever since resided, as through litigation, exchanges, etc., he secured his
present 160 acre farm, paving $800 therefor. It was raw prairie an
provements, fencing, buildings, orchard, etc., 1s worth $6,000. Mr, Cassity married Janu-
ary 16, 1862, Miss Annie E., daughter of Peter Shoemaker, of Wetmore. They have four
living children, William J., Mary A., Mrs, E, Jenks; Peter A., and Isaac Newton, all born
on the Brown County farm. Mr. Cassity and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal

Church.
L. P. HAZEN, farmer, P. O. Capioma, was born in 1823, in Lewis Count; , N. ¥.; came
West to Fond du Lac County, Wis., in 1846; returned two years later to ‘New York, and

in 1855 located in Butler County, Iowa. The year of 1857 found him on a farm in Rock
Creek, Nemaha Co., Kan, During his nine years residence there, he served one term as
County Surveyor and one as Chairman of thé County Board of Commissioners, which office
he resigned upon his removal to his present home 1n 1866. Mr. Hazen has a good and well
improved farm, Since his location here he has been twice Surveyor of Brown County; 1s
a Republican of Whig antecedents. He married Sarah J. Quinn, of Warren County, IL, and
they ave five children, all born in Kansas,

E. JENNINGS, farmer, P.O. Wetmore, Mr. Jennings came to Kansas in 1857; bought
a claim in Granada Township, and lived on it three y2ars and in 1861 settled where ‘he now
lives. Has developed from the raw prairie of twenty-two years agoa fine farm and en-
joyable home. Has 166 acresanda sity acre timber lot; 300 apple trees, small fruits, etc.
He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 28, 1818; was removed by his parents in
1825, to Union County, Ind., «nd reared there and in Vermillion Count , Where he married
Sarah J. Trellinger.” She was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, and four ¢hildren have blessed the
union, viz.; Orrin, Alonzo, Laura and Alma, all born in Warren C unty, Iowa, where Mr,
Jennings lived from 1844 to 1857.

ARMSTRONG MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Capioma, was born in 1832 in Columbiana
County, Ohio, from whence he came to Kansas in 1857. His first claim was on Grasshopper
Creek, where it crosses the Brown and Nemaha County line. He was unmarried and began
almost penniless, the early strugiesto get ahead in the world ‘when all were oor, but
seemingly none so poor as I,” are vivi ly recalled and pleasantly related by Mr. Martin. In
the fall of 1858 he married and began in a humble way to prosper. Selling the Grass-
hopper Creek farm, he located where he now resides. Here he has 480 acres of land, 320 in
Brown and 160 in Nemaha counties; it 1s well improved and provided with good buildings.
Mr. Martin was a Douglas Democrat in ante-bellum days and a war Democrat later. He re-
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in Brown County. The others were Robert Ray and Armstrong. Mr. Martin has been
twice married and has a large family of children.

AMASA OWEN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 15, Township 3, Range 15 P. O.
Comet. He was born in Whitewater.County, Ind., September 12, 1819, but lived in his na-
tive State only ashort time, his parents removing to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they resided
until Mr. Owen had reached the age of ten years, when they removed to LaSalle County, JIL,
where Mr. Owen resided until October, 1856, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating
near Hiawatha, Brown County, where he was engaged in farming and where he resided for
seven years. He then removed to Powhattan Townshi , in the same county, where he has
resided since. He was married in LaSalle County, Ill., July 16, 1843, to Miss Maria Louisa
Wiley, a native of Switzerland County, Ind. They have four children living—Daniel W.,
George W., Isaac Bentley and Alfred WHey. When the war of the Union broke out, Mr.
Owen gave his eldest son to the Union cause. This son, Daniel W., was born in LaSalle
County; [ll., and enlisted in Company I, Thirteenth Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry,
August 19, 1862, at the city of Atchison. He served all through the war and was ieenar ee
at Little Rock, Ark., June 26, 1865. He was a brave and faithful soldier, shared in all the
dangers of his command and suffers to this day from the hardships endured while in the
service. Mr. Owen owns a choice upland farm, lying in Powhattan Township. The tract is
one mile long and sixty-four rods wide, and contains 128 acres. Itis all enclosed by sub-
stantial fences, is ina good state of cultivation, and well supplied with water by méans of
wellg and springs, Thereisa young and thrifty orchard, a handsome maple grove on the
farm. There is also plenty of building stone on the propert . The improvements are good,
among the rest is a comfortable log-house, stock stable, sheds, and lots, granary, corn-
«rib, etc., etc. Mr. Owen raises from %5 to 100 bushels of wheat, the same quantity of
oats, forty to fifty bushels of rye, 1,500 to 2,000 bushels of corn, yearly; keeps half adozen
head of cattle, thirty to forty stock hogs, half a duzen horses, and from fifteen to twenty
head of fine sheep. r. Owen is an old pioneer of the State, and relates many graphic incl-
dents of the early days of the State. During the troubles of 1862 he took pait in a recounter
between the Free-state and Pro-slavery party at Padonta, Brown County, and helped to de-
feat the former. He is an honest, har working farmer, a prominent citizen of Brown
County, and is well known for his sterling integrity and good qualities.

GUSTAVE STEIBLER, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, came to Kansas in 1859, from Parts,
Edgar Co., IIL, where he had followed his trade, that of wagonmaker. He began with eighty
acres of his present farm, built a frame shanty and almost without a dollar began pioneer

\work, The “hard year” (1860) nearly starved them out, but the good sense and womanly
pluck of Mrs. Steibler was such that she insisted in using money sent from I]linois, to bring
them East again, to tide the family over the winter and it was done. To-day Mr. Stelbler
has 570 acres of wel) improved and valuable land and as good farm buildings as can be
foundin his vicinity. His cottonwood grove of threeacres furnishes more wood than is
needed for home use and the ap ointments of the farm are in all respects first-class. Mr,
and ars. Steibler have three children and can look with content and pride on their Kansas
record.

JAMES P. WIMBERLY, stockman and farmer, P. O. Netawaka, Jackson Co., Kan.
Mr. Wimberly was born March 11, 1828, in Bath County, Ky and educated in Danville,
Ind. About 1846 he located in Rochester, near Springfield, 1]l., and with that town as his
home he ran on the Mississippi steamers. In 1860 he came to Kansas from Iowa, where he
bad lived about one year. In early life he had united with the Christian Church and for
many years preached that faith through Kansas, living at Atchison, Nemaha and Jackson
counties, and seeing many frontier experiences, and through exposure contracted a lung
trouble that caused his retirement from active labor in the pulpit. For the past few years
he has resided in Powhattan Township, Brown County, as a stockman and farmer. His wife
was Amanda Bishop, of New York, and of their two living children—John H. Wimberly is
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a
Read the central county of Kansas, was created by the Legisiature of 1867,
and was organized August 18, 1871. Its special County Clerk was Edward
H. Dunham, its special County Commissioners were Daniel M. Bell, Theodore A.
Davis and Evan C. Jones ; temporary county seat Atlanta, which was located
on the north one-half of Section 9, Township 20, Range 8, west of the sixth

principal meridian,

It was named in honor of Samuel A. Rice, Brigadier General of United,
States. Volunteers, who was killed at Jenkins’ Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864.
Rice County embraces Ranges 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Townships 18, 19, 20

and 21. “Its northern boundary
is 102 miles from ‘Nebraska; its
eastern, 179 miles from Missouri;
-its southern; 81 miles from In.
dian Territory; its western, 194
miles from Colorado. It is bound
ed north by Ellsworth, east by

McPherson, south by Reno, west *

by Stafford and Baton counties.

Four counties lie between it
and Nebraska; seven, between it
and Missouri; three, between it
and the Indian Territory; seven,
between it and Colorado, It is
twenty-four miles across it from
north to south, thirty miles from
east to west, having an area of
720 square miles. Its original
arel was goo square miles. It em-
braced Township 22 in Ranges
6,7, 8,9 and 10, now Reno.

MUNICIPAL TOWNSHIPS.

The number of the munici-
pal townships in Rice County is
twelve, and may be described in
the following manner:

Center—This township em-
braces ‘Township 20, Range 9.
Its northeast corner is watered
by Cow Creek. °

- . Lincolu——This township is’

quite well watered, Cow Creek
aad Pium Creek enters in its
northwest corner. Its location is
Township 19, Range g.

Eureka — This, the latest
formed-municipality in the coun-
ty, is Township 18, Range 9g.
Plum Creek passes through its
southwest portion.

- Farmer.—This is the north-

west township of the county, be-'

ing Township 18, Range ro. The
northeast part of it-is watered by
Plum Creek, the southern part
by Cow Creek.

Pioneer.—This township em-

braces ‘lownship I9, Range fo.
Its northeast corner is watered by
Cow Creek. :
' Raymond. —This, the south-
west township- of the county,
embraces Townships 20 and 21
of Range ro. It is watered by
the Arkansas River and by Rat-
tlesnake Creek. - .

Vall-y—This township em-
braces the west five-sixths of
Township 20, Range g. It is
watered by the Arkansas and

Rattlesnake, which empty into it near its western central part.
Sterlins,—This township contains Sterling, the largest town in the county.
Its area is fifty-four square miles, embracing the south on -third of Township 20,
Range g the east one-sixth-of Township 2t, Range 9, and Township 21,
The Arkansas passes through its southwest corner.
Atlinta —This, the central township of the county, has an area of sixty-
It embraces the south two-thirds of Township 19, Range
8; the north two-thirds of Township 20, Range 8; the northwest quarter of

Range &

nine square miles.

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(h) In 1879, from part of Raymond.

(4) 111877, from part of Atlanta.

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cattle.

1880.
(a) Atlanta Township, including Lyons City..... 1,335
(b) Farmer Township..,.: 874
(ec) Lincoin Township 460
(ad) Pioneer Townshi 393
(e) Rav mond Township. 571
(f) Brerllug Township, including Sterling City. 1,702
(a) Union TOWnSDIp.......cccc cee eeeee scence eee 1,460
(h) Valley Township... ~ 809
(4) Vietoria Township... 900
(Gj) Washington Township. 786
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tek (a) In 1871, from original territory; in 1874, parts to Union and Washington; in 187%, part to
etoria
(b) In 1874, from part of Snencer; in 1879, parts to Lincoln and Pioneer.
(c) In 1879, from part of Fariner,
(d) 111879, from part of Farmer.
(e) In 1874, from parts of ‘Spencer and Sterling; in 1879, part to Valley.
fe if, ) an 1871, trom original territory; in 1872, part to Reno County; in 1874, parts to Raymond and
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Township 20, Range 7, and twelve sections in the southwest part of Township
19, Range 7. It is watered by Cow and Little Cow creeks and tributaries of
the same. Lyons, the present county seat, locatedin the exact center of the
county, is the objective point of this township. :
Victoria,—This towuship has an area of seventy-two square miles,
braces the west one-half of Township 18, Range 7; Township 18, Range 8; the
north one-third of Township 19, Range 8; twelve sections in the northwest.
part of Township 19, Range 8. It is watered by tributaries of the Little Cow
Creek and the Little Arkansas River.

Tt em-

_ Onion.—This is the north-
east township of the county and
embraces in Range 6, Tuwnships
18 and 19 and the north one-half
of Township 20, in Range 7, the
east one-half of Townships 18
and Ig, and the northwest quar-
ter of Township 20. It is wa-
tered by the Little Arkansas and

‘branches of the same; in the

northeast part of the township is
Mule Creek, which passes into
Ellsworth Cornty and empties
into the Smoky Hill River. Its -
area is 135 square miles.

Washington. — This, the
southeast township of the county,
embraces in Range 6, the south
one-half of Township 20 and
Township 21; in Range 7, the
south one-half of Township 20
and Township 21. Its area is
108 square miles, Its southwest
part is watered by Cow Creek;
its northeastern by the Little Ar-
kansas River.

The following is a list of the
postoffices. of the county in the
fall of 1882: In Farmer Town-
ship is the postoffice of Glen
Sharrald; in Furcka, Prosper; in ©
Victoria, Kansas Cenver and
Noble; in Union, Baitgestown,
Coopersburgh and Little River;
in Lyons, Lyons and Mitchell;
in Sterling, Sterling; in Valey,
Alden; in Lincoln, Allegan and
Chase; in Raymond, Raymond.
New Cincinnati is a former post-
office in Center Township. Voyls,
Wildwood, and Wayside are
among the abandoned postoffices,

SETTLEMENT OF THE
COUNTY.

__ February 28, 1870, John A,
Carlson homesieaded the north-
east quarter of Section 3, Town-
ship 20, Range 6; Andrew John
Johnson the northwest quarter of
said section; C. S$. Lindell the
southeast quarter. April 4, 1870,
August Johnson Joca'ed a claim
on the southeast quarter of Sec-
tion 25 in the same town and
range; John Enrick Johnson on
the northeast quarter of said sec-
tion; John P. Johnson on the
east half of the northwest quar-
ter of Section 24, said town and
range. April 18, 1870, O. W.

EARLY

Peterson on the northeast quarter of Section 14 of the same town and range.
August 20, 1870, R, M. Hutchinson, A. J. Howard and J. E. Perdue (firm
of IJutchison & Co.) stopped upon the Little Arkansas River with 4 000 head of
Messrs. Iloward and Perdue located their claims in January, 1871.
March 1, 1872 a Sunday school was organized, and preaching had in Mr.
H. P. Ninde’s house. Rev, J. B. Schlichter, superintendent. :
In April, 1871, Isaac Schoonover built his house on Plum Creek, hauling
the lumber for it from Salina, sixty miles.
754

; In November, 1872,O0. Y.Smith built his house, bringing from Peoria,
TIL, the brick for his chimney, having the first farmhouse in the county with a
brick chimney.

Buffaloes were very plentiful in the spring and summer of 1871 in Rice
County, and their meat was of great value to the early settlers, Leonard
bila on the day he was seventy-five years old, killed five buffaloes at seven
shots.

April 19, 1872, at 8 o’clock P. M., on the Santa Fe trail, near Little Cow
Creek, in Atlanta Township, Probate Judges Levi Jay, by the silver light of the
moon, united in marriage Daniel M. Bell and Miss Mary M. Houks.

April 3, 1871, Rev. F. J. Griffith turned the first furrow on his claim. In
the same month P. G. Carter commenced breaking on the southwest quarter of
Section 15, Township 20, Range 8,

June 23, 1872, a Sunday school was organized at Williston and Magoffin’s
Hall, at Atlanta; Dr. Henry Fones was elected superintendent; Mrs. William
Lowrey and Mrs, F. Chitty, assistant ‘superintendents; Mrs, M. Williston,
secretary; W. T. Nicholas, assistant secretary.

August to, 1882, Mr. Nicholas was a somewhat prominent candidate for
Auditor in the Republican State Convention. August 31, 1882, William L.
Brown, of Sterling, was made the Democratic candidate for State Auditor, and
at the polls, Rice County, gave him twenty majority, while Republican major-
ities in the county reached as high as 179.

H. L, Millard, of Sterling, on January 9, 1883, was elected Chief Clerk of
the Kansas House of Representatives.

June 28, 1873, The Rice County Agricultural Society was formed. John
M. Muscott was elected president; William C. Summer, vice-president; G. W.
Voyls, secretary; T.C. Magoffin, treasurer; Moses Birch, Alexander Clark,
M. J. Morse, J. H. Ricksecker, S. B. Terry and T. H. Watt, directors. Dur-
ing the year its membership reached 100. The society held a fair at Atlanta
Septentber 24 and 25,1873. In 1877, at the Arkansas Valley Agricultural
Society, Wilson Keys was chosen president; William R. Lee, vice-president; J.
H. Stubbs, secretary; Samuel Jacobs, treasurer.

The Rice County Horticultural Society was organized November 8, 1871:
Rev. J. B. Schlichter, president ; Dr. George Bohrer, vice-president ; C. Taber,
secretary ;S. B. Hampton, treasurer.

The Kansas Cane Growers’ and Manufacturers’ Association was organized
at Sterling, December 29, 1881. Its officers were as follows: President,
Reginald M. Sandys, of Sterling; Vice-President, John Bennyworth, Larned ;
Treasurer, J. V. Brinkman, Great Bend; Secretary, R. M. Rugg, Marion ;
Assistant-Secretary, W. E. Fostnot, Little River. :

January 1,1872, James A. Moore and Ada Cartwright were married by
Judge Levi Jay. An early marriage in the county was that of Amelia, daugh-
ter of Rev. F. J. Griffith, to W. T. Nicholas.

John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, located at the mouth of Little
Cow Creek in 1870.

Nelson Reed, who settled on Section 15, Township 20, Range 8, in 1870,
claims to have been the first settler that found the first corner stone in the
county erected by Government surveyors, which was located on Section 18 of
said township and range. He made the first trip among the settlers to Ells-
worth for provisions.

Leonard Russell came to the county in November, 1870.
then four white men in the county. °

Union City, the headquarters of the Ohio Colony, located about three
miles southeast of Atlanta, was the locality where Edward Swanson murdered
P. B. Shannon by shooting him, August 27,1871. Swanson fled, and was
never arrested or punished for his crime, though James J. Spencer, the Sheriff,
started to make the arrest, but never returned to Rice County. Spencer, the
northwestern township of the county, named after Spencer, was afterward
changed to Farmer. It is said that Shannon, a short time before this occur-
rence, remarked, ‘“ You must kill a man, before you can have a graveyard.”

_ John Chitty, aged eighteen years, son of Ferguson Chitty, died August 28,

1871, the first death among the settlers.

In September, 1871, in Atlanta Township, George and Angie, twin chil-
dren of Robert and Elizabeth McKinnis, were born; in Union Township, a
son of T. Cowger. ;

The first train of cars that passed through Rice County was on July 22,
1872, the line having been opened from Hutchinson to Larned.

The Salina, Atlanta & Raymond Railway Company was organized in 1872,
and Rice County voted to its aid $175,000, but it became defunct.

It is reported that, in 1863, a train of emigrants was broken up near the
Plum Buttes, in Farmer Township, and William Magee reported to Historian
Muscott. Two miles from there, on the trail, in April, 1874, he found in the
vicinity broken and partly burned wagons, plows, barrels, tubs, boxes and
earthenware, and that for miles there lay scattered around unworn boots and
shoes, crisped by prairie fires and the scorching sun, with other articles, indi-
cating the place to have been the scene of a general massacre, as a row of
graves was visible, for some years after, near this spot. Directly east of the
Buttes, in a basin surrounded by sand hills, a small party of Mexicans were
surprised, and all butchered, at about the same time of the first event. Tra-
dition has it, that in 1846, a man by the name of Jarvis was murdered near the
creek that bears his name, by three doctors, who were his companions, from the
mountains. He was said to have much money.

Blackman E, Lawrence, County Treasurer of Rice County, in October,
1876, proclaimed that the safe ofthe County Treasurer was robbed of $9,000.
Treasurer Lawrence resigned November 25, 1876, and was succeeded by Patton
Himrod, who had been appointed by the County Commissioners. William T.
Drew, of Burlingame, who had been County Clerk of Osage County six years,
was employed as an “expert,” and a report was made in December that there
was a deficit of $18,126. Mr. Lawrence was arrested and held for trial. A
change of venue having been taken to Reno County, the trial commenced a

There were

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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Hutchinson in January, 1878, and in February, on a jury verdict of “guilty,
Judge Peters sentenced the prisoner three years to the State penitentiaty.

Of the railroad lands in Rice County the A., T. & S. F. Railroad Company
had 169,459 acres, of which 66,415 acres remained unsold January 1, 1883. The
Kansas Division of the U. P. Railroad had 24,456 acres.

The statistics of the county for 1874, show 180.299 taxable acres in Rice
County; 12,387 under cultivation; 18,c40 bushels of spring wheat; 1,092 of
winter wheat; 2,880 of rye; 1,488 of barley ; 30,220 of oats; 18 of buckwheat;
450 of sweet potatoes; 3,975 of Irish potatoes; 1,840 gallons of sorghum; 2,463
cattle; 10 sheep; 1,688 swine; 975 horses and mules. Relief bonds were
voted by the county to the amount of $4,000, the vote being 136 to 117. S.T.
Kelsey thought 500 persons in the county would need assistance; another cor-
respondent to the State Board of Agriculture reported 450. . W. T. Nicholas,
County Clerk, reported: ‘There will be unusual suffering in our county the
coming winter, but how many families I am not prepared to state correctly.
There was not anything raised but some wheat, oats, rye and barley, and very
little of the above-mentioned articles, on account of the grasshoppers.” ~ An-
other correspondent reported that three-fourths of the people needed assistance,
and added: “Having traveled over the largest part of our county, I find that
about three-fourths of our people are almost entirely destitute of food, fuel and -
clothing- Some are now living on boiled wheat, and not half enough of that.
The amount of bonds issued will not be half the amount required to support
the people until the new crops come in.” : ;

The Grasshopper Incursion of 1874.— The centennial historian of Rice
County, John M. Muscott, gives the following sketch of the grasshopper
scourge : :

ie This pest, about the time of the first settlement of the county, had vis-.
ited us on one or two occasions, and departed without any serious injury. But
when they came in 1874, the details of the sufferings of our people at that period,
in consequence of this terrible visitation, have been so freely and vividly por-
trayed through the press of the United States, as to render any extended repeti-
tion of them unnecessary at this time. Suffice it to say, that for five days pre-
ceding the appearance of the grasshoppers in that year, unusually hot winds
from the southwest prevailed, until July 25, when the mercury stood at 106
degrees in the shade, 116 degrees in the sun, at 2 o’clock P.M. On the follow-
ing day the wind suddenly shifted into the northeast, and about 2 o’clock P.M.
the grasshopper storm burst upon us; and they increased in numbers until the
28th, when the climax was reached. The wind shifted on the following day to
the south, and remained there until August 1, when it returned into the north-
east, and on August 2, a fresh installment came from that quarter, and remained
until August 7, when most of them took their departure, the wind still blowing
from the northeast. ;

“For the first three days after their appearance, the whole heavens were
darkened with their presence and the earth with their bodies. They covered
every tree and plant, and every green thing—the prairie and water courses,
They flew like hail in the faces of men, dashed themselves against every object,
animate and inanimate, and as they rushed through the air or near the earth,
and struck an opposing object, the rattle of their contact resembled the sound
of a hailstorm on the roof, or the clashing of sabres in the scabbards of a squad-
ron of cavalry at full gallop. Like the frogs and the locusts in Pharaoh’s time,

‘they were every where,

“When this scourge had fairly settled down upon us, the stoutest hearts
quailed before it, and gloom was depicted on every countenance. The plow
was left standing midway in the furrow, and for a while all farm labor was vir-
tually suspended. The most gifted pen and the most eloquent tongue are inade-
quate for the task, for language is too poor to paint the scene of desolation
wrought by the grasshoppers of 1874.

“ But the silver lining soon rose above the dark cloud. Early in Septem-
ber, copious rains refreshed the parched earth, and thus prepared the way for
the most bountiful crops the ensuing year that Kansas ever produced. Relief
to the stricken people poured in from abroad, and never was aid more timely
and necessary, or even more gratefully received by any people, than it was by.
the citizens of this county, that fall and the ensuing winter. For our people,
knew and felt that their destitution was not the result of slothfulness or extrav-
agance on their part, and that no human foresight could have averted this ca-
lamity. Joyfully and without any humiliation on their part, they received the
bounty of others, The scourge of 1874 was not wholly unmixed with bless-
ings, nor without some useful lessons. Men’s hearts grew larger and beat with
quicker sympathy for each other, in the presence of this wide desolation.”

ELECTIONS AND COUNTY OFFICERS.

The first election held in Rice County was on September 26, 1871. W. T. Nicholas for
County Clerk, received all the votes that were cast. Moses Burch, William Lowrey and S.
H. Thompson were elected County Commissioners; T. C. Magoffin, County Treasurer;
James J. Spencer, Sherlif; J. W, Holmes, Coroner; G. W. Poole, Register of Deeds; T. S.
Jackson, County Surveyor; Levi day, Probate Judge: H. Decker, County Attorney; Wil-
Nam H. Van Osmun, Clerk’of the District Court. Neither Evan c. Jones or S. H. Thompson
acted as County Commissioners, directly following their elections, Atlanta received sixty-
sient fers for county seat; Union City, about three miles southeast of Atlanta, had forty-

At the general election held November 7, 1871. the foregoing named officers were
mostly re-elected. J. M. Leidigh was elected a Commissioner in-place of 8. H. Thompson;
Henry Fones was elected Coroner; W. P. Brown, County Attorney; Evan C. Jones, County
Surveyor and Superintendent of Public Instruction; Rev. F. Jz Grifith, Representative to
the peaisleure, recolying. eighty-five votes and seventy-seven majority. i

In March, 1872, S. H. Thompson was appointed to succeed J. M. Leidigh as Commis-
sioner. In June T. J. Fulton succeeded W. P. Brown as County Attorney.

November 5, 1872, on the vote for Representative, F. J. Gr ‘ith recelved fifty-nine; H.
P. Ninde, eighty-six; William Lowrey, ninety-four. Since then its epresentatives have
been elected as follows: In 1878, Rev. M. J. Morse; 1874, Dr: S. M, Wirt; 1875, Ansel R.
Clark; 1876 and 1882, Dr. G. Bohrer; 1878 and 1880, Rev. John G. Eckles. =

Rice County at first was In the Twentieth Senatorial District, and J. H. Prescott of Saline
was its Senator. Under the next apport‘onment it was in the -Twenty-ninth District, and
John H, Edwards of Ellis, and Solomon Stephens of McPherson represented it in the Senate.
By the Apportionnient Act of 1876 It was located in the Thirty-seventh District, and Thomas
T. Taylor of Reno, J.C, Strong of Pawnee and Simon Motz of Ellis have been its Senators,~
By the Apportionment Act of 1881, with Barton and Rush, it-constitutes the Thirty-sixth
Senatorial District, and elects a Senator in November, 1884. Itisthe One Hundredth.and
qirsh Be resentative District; it wasthe One Hundred and Fourteenth by the apportion-
RICE COUNTY.

At first Rice County was in the Eighth Judicial District and a Y
Pouney: a Austeial purposes, W. ie Canfield was then Judge of tho dadtonl ‘Ouatrice In
i HE Peters ua 1 Hou, . e Nin Strict, and its Judges have been W. R. Brown,

6 division of the townships of the county into Commissi i s :
First District—Farmer, Eureka, Lincoln, Pionser, Raymond, Genter and Wulleg Teen:
lation in 1880 was 3,109. Second District—Sterling, Atlanta and Victoria. Its population
a apo was 3,937. Third District--Union and Washington. Its population was 2,246 in

~. County Commissioners—Daniel M. Bell Theodore A. Davis, Evan C, J ch,
J. M, Leidigh, William Lowrey, 8, P. Thompson and Alexander Clark eGhntaL Conte
tantsagainst W. L. Smith, Peter Gosch, O. Y. Smith, Thomas H. Wible,George D. M. Goff, W.
c. Willard, J. K. Miller, J, S. Chapin, James EB. Perdue, J. M. L. Gore, George F. Miller,
ue Cameron and J.C. Seaward. The Commissioner longest in service was William
County Clerks—Edward H. Dunham, William T, Nicholas and C.
the ua i fs] x enolase havine held thie one from September, 1871 to January, 1882.
»—T. C. offin, B. E. La i =
aue Rave been the tetgurars. si ; : wrence, Patten Himrod and James E. Per:
egister of Deeds.—G.-W. Poole, J. Q. Manning, E. J. .
Burch and v FE. ChOCKGT. have filed this ottice. 2 ere re Mane en oees
oun'y Surveyors,—T. S. Jackson, Evan C. Jones, Kirk Himrod, H. P. Cole . =
a } Ateclure, Frederic E. Pratt, and Jesse Brown have been the surveyors glecied ana ap.
Sherif's.—James J.'Spencer, Joseph Taylor, J. M. D.
Smith aud T. A. Butler have been the sheriits. Be REVIT SDEE: GDERERE, WN)
‘oroners.—J. W. Holmes, Henry Fones, C. W. Hodge, , i . M
Lamb have been the coroners elected and appointed. eh Carats CM PrieS BR Wa Sh
Clerk of the District Court.—William H. Van Ornum, T. H. Watt, J. H. Stubbs, William

M. Rawlings have been

R. Lee ae re Smith hey been the istrict ere
5 oun orneys.—W. P. Brown, T. J. Fulton, I. H. Ricksecker, Ansél R. Clark, Joh
M. Muscutt, John W. White, A. J. Abbott and J. H. Bailey have been the public prosecu-

tors. _
Probate Judges.—Levi Jay, W. B. Connor, G. W. os
Gearge W. clara Rave Becht fe Judges , G. W. Voyls, C. T. Daniels, S. H. Jones and
‘uperintendents of Public Instructton.—Evan C, Jones, R. D. . N. BE
Harley and J. K. Farrar have superinteaded the public setool aaa. ae

COUNTY LINES AND COUNTY SEAT,

In the Kansas House of Representatives of 1872 Rev. F. J. Griffith represent
County; Rev. C. C. Hutchinson represented Reno County, which had been reaateen saree
ary.1, 1872, and on the 6th day of January had elected Mr. Hutchinson by a Vote returned
C 12, its Representative to the State Legislature. It was a patent factthat C.C. Hutch-
inson, et al., of Reno County desirec the south tier of the Congressional townships of Rice
County so as to make the town of Hutchinson an eligible county seat for Reno, and the in-

terests of Atlanta and the northern portion of Rice County seemedinot to be averse to parting
with the said Township 22 in Ranges 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, one-fifth of the territory of Hice, so
as to prevent Peace, now Sterling, from having good chances of being the county seat of
Rice. March 7, 1872, an act took effect placing the territory above named in Reno County,
Mr. Hutchinson’s bill providing for the same having passed the House February 14 by a
ee Pe to 27, as appears from the journal. Mr. Griffith voted for it, Mr. Hutchinson
. ,April 12, 1876, an election was held for the relocation of the county seat with the fol-
lowing result: For Peace (now Sterling), 336; for the Center, 457; majority for the Center
121. The logation of the Center was on Section 4, Township 30, Range 8, and four acres
of said section was conveyed to Rice County by Truman J. Lyon and wife May 26, 1876,
and recorded June2, 1876. On June 1%, an election was held for the purpose o voting on
loan and the pe buildings, and the proposition was carried by a majority of sixty-six.
In August, 1876, E. C. Sooy of Great Bend had the contract for erecting the court house at
Lyons, (taking its name from Mr, Lyon) for $10,400. The Commissioners appointed G. W.
Fulton Superintendent of construction of the court house. The Commissioners accepted
the court house from Mr. Sooy, the contractor about June 20, 1877. CountylClerk Nicho-
las took possession of his office in the court house December 20, 1276. The building is of
brick and a neat structure. The court house yard is very well adorned with thrifty trees.
ihe fonnty: fas a poor farm valued at about $3,000. It has free bridges aggregating about
2 in value, 2 .
A Statutory Anomaly.—In chapter 24 of Dassler’s Compiled Laws of Kansas, Section 61
_ defines the boundaries of Reno Guunty and its northern tier of townships, embraces Town
22, of Ranges 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9 and 10; while Section’63 of said act in bounding Rice Connty,
locates Town 22, of Ranges 6, 7, 8,9 and 10, as its southern tier of townships, making this
same territory of 180 square miles in Section 1, in Reno, and in Section 63, in Rice County.
By the last Section, Nickerson, an important railroad station, would bein Rice County, and
the southeast corner of Rice County, two miles from Hutchinson, the county seat of Reno.
A future reviser of the statutes of Kansas will undoubtedly take cognizance of this in-
harmony of the two co-related Sections of Chapter 24, defining the boundaries of
the counties of Reno and Rice.

, ‘SCHOOL MATTERS.

In 1871, there was 130 persons of school age in the county: in 1872, there was 293; in
1873, 476; in 1874, 785; in 1875, 933; in 1876, 1,438; in 1877, 1 794; in 1878, 2.577; in 1879,
3,175; in 1881, 3,258; in 1882, 3,488. : :

The number of organized School Districts in the county in 1872, was 9; in 1873, 14; in
1874, 37; in 1875, 41; in 1876, 50; in 1877, 66; in 1878, 60; in 1879, 62, in 1881, 71; in 1882,
72, with 87 school buildings and 95 school -rooms.

The total expenditures for school purposes iu 1872, was $118; for 1873, $1,629; for 1874,
$8,685; for 1879, $22,895.33; for 1882, $49,782.

“The total valuation of school property for 1872, was $486; for 1873, $11,500; for 1874,
$13,600; for 1875, $18,546; for 1877, $21,701; for 1879, $38,016; for 1882, $49,782.
onthe average pay of male teachers per month, in 1882, was $33,33; of female teachers,
Before the establishment of County Normal Institutes, in 1877, a great deal of interest
_had been manifested by the teachers of the county in their work, and many teacher’s ineet-
‘ings had been held. During the six years of Normal Institutes, the teachers of Rice
- County have been in attendance upon their Institute in. nambers ranging from 50 to 69,
The conductors have been H, P. Colegrove, J. R. Campbell, L. T. Gage, H. K. McCormell
and W.G. Hamrick. The school at Sterling employs six teachers, W. G. Hamrick, princi-
pal. Rice County has a Teachers’ Association; its President for: 1883 is Prof. W. G. Ham-
rick; its Secretary, Mrs. Annie W. Sollett. It was organized May 25, 1878.

Rice County School Bonds.—The total bonded debt of theSchool Districts of Rice County,
as reported for 1882, was $34.73. This aggregate does not include the following lot which
area part of the Permanent School Fund investment, as officially reported, and which bring
& histone namé for the town of Raymond, the station west of Sterling, on the A., T.&S. Fe

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The foregoing described bonds were purchased on October 16, 1872, of B. Haywood, of

Topeka, for the sum of $9,237, by the School Fund Commissioners. A Committee of the

of Messrs. Peffer, of ptontgomery ; Johnson, of Leavenworth,

Bainum, of Bourbon; Judd, of Wyandotte, and McMillan, o: Linn; submitted a report Feb-

ruary 11, 1876, concerning this matter, which is found in the Senate journal, of 1876, pages
254, 255, 256 and 257.

in the House Journal of 1876, pages 541 to 620 inclusive, is a completer history of the
matter, submitted to Speaker Haskell by the Committee on State Affairs, consisting of
Messrs. Taylor, of Reno; Brumbaugh, of Marshall; Kellogg, of Clay; Huff, of Wyandotte;
and Page, of McPherson.

In his report for 1875, Atty. Gen. Randolph stated:

“Lhave brought suit against said District for the sum of $2,762.80, with interest on
$762.80 of said sum from June 1, 1873, and with interest on $1,000 of said sum from June
1, 1874, and with interest on $1,000 of said sum from June 1, 1875; which suit is now pend-
ing in the District Court of Rice County.”

In his report for 1876, the Attorney-General, in a semi-bumorous manner, explains
his action in the premises in the following manifesto:

“ District No. 8, Rice County, was organized July 18, 1872, and was then bounded as
follows: Commencing where the south line of Township 19 intersects the east line of Range
10, west; thence south with said range line to the south line of Township 21; thence west
with said township line to the east line of Range 11, west; thence north with said Tange line
to the north line of Township 19; thence east with said township line to the place of beginning
—said boundaries including a territory twelve miles long and six miles wide, and having
almost as many square miles as several of the minor Germanic principalities—Schwartz-
burg-Sondershausen, for example.

At the time said suit was begun, three other school districts (Nos. 38, 39 and 40) had been
in part organized out of the territory originally included in District No. 8, 80 that said district
then consisted merely of a sandy, uninhabited and treeless tract of land six miles in length
and three miles in width, lying wholly south of the Arkansas River. Thus had the district
been designedly dissected quite out of existence. When the above action was begun against
School District No. 8, its corporate life had been so nearly gerrymandered out of it that it
has never since been able to be brought into court and to have and enjoy its day therein. It
had then almost breathed its last. Having no director, no treasurer, no clerk, no -
house having thereon ‘a belfry and a good bell that can be heard two miles’ (see Exhibit 6,
attached to the above report, page 548 of the House Journal, 1876), that.school district has
become so nearly a nonentity as to be but the shadow of a shade and to exist only in name.
Stat magni nominis umbra. It may to-day be looked upon as in fact defunct. Since its
birth was illegitimate, it came to an untimely end by foul mears, as was to be expected.

“ Perhaps Wy. some process akin to Huxley’s theory of evolution, the remains of School
District No. 8, Rice County, may some day be resurrected, a new corporate life be breathed
into it, and the forlorn hic jacet of to-day be blotted from its tombstone.

“At the late December term of the District Court of Rice County, for obvious reasons
hereinbefore appearing, I dismissed the suit begun against said school district as aforesaid.

“Who concocted the worthless bonds under consideration, and into whose pockets the
net proceeds arising from the sale thereof finally found their way, fully appears in the testi-
mony appended to the above report of the House Committee on State Affairs. The com-
mittee, at the close of their report, recommended that ‘the Attorney-General of the State,
under Section , Article 12 of tiie Constituticn, commence suit against the stockholders of
the Shawnee County Bank, the said bank having gone into liquidation; against the stock-
holders of the Marion County Bank, which bank has gone into liquidation: -and against
. N. Wood, for the recovery of the amount ($9,237) paid on said bonds, and the interest

ereon,

“ After the above report was submitted, it was moved that the same lie upon the table,
and that 300 copies thereof be printed, which motion prevailed. It seems that thereafter
the House took no further action in the foregoing matter.” Three-fourths of the members
of the House were registered as straight Republicans, and the House of 1877 more decidedly
Republican, made S. N. Wood a presiding officer. Mr. Wood, as a candidate for Congress in
1882, received sixty-one per cent. of the vote of Raymond Township.

 

 

 

 

PRESS HISTORY.

The Rice County Herald was started at Atlanta April 19, 1872, by a Mr. Frazier, and
soon after it was sold to the Shinn Brothers, They sold it to Smith & Wallace, who soon
after moved it to Peace, now Sterling. In 1875 it was moved to Hutchinson, Reno County.

The Rice County Gazette—Edward Bronson Cowgill commenced at Peace, January 20,
1876, the publication of the Gazette, a Republican paper. In 1879 it became an exponent. of
the principles of the Nationalists, but in September, 1880, it returnéd to the support of the
successful Republican party. :

In 1876, two monthly real estate papers were started at Peace—the Homesteader, by
Smith, Stubbs and Ricksecker; the Valiey Echo, by Clark and Page. ‘These papers were en-
thusiastically devoted to the interests they represented.
he Weekly Bulletin.—This paper, published by Charles D. Ulmer, was started May 17,
1877, at Lyons. He removed it to Sterling November 1, 1877, and it remains as one of the
able Republican papers of the county. :

The New Home.—J. H. Ricksecker started this paper in 1879 at Sterling as a monthly. It
was Republican in politics, . :

The Recorder.—In September, 1879, Rev. W. J. Williams started this paper as a monthly,
devoted to the upbuilding of the Congregational denomination of Christians.

The Lyons’ Republican.—Clark Conkling commenced the-publication of the Republican
at Lyons in September, 1879. Its location insures for ita good permanent support. i

The Central Kansas Democrat.—This paper was started at Lyons in 1879, by Edward W.
Wood and W. J. Fuller, Itis aggressively Democratic in its politics. Mr. Wood is the pre-
sent editor and proprietor.

The Rural West.—W. E. Fosnot and brother commenced the publication of this paper at
Little River in 1881. It is devoted to agricultural interests, quite specially to the cultiva-
tion of sorghum.

 

 

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

Rev. F. J. Griffith, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in May, 1871, preached the first
sermon in the county in a sod house on Section 9, Township 19, Range 9; the second ser-
mon at the residence of Jeremiah C. McNames in the same township, 19; the third in the
Atlanta Hotel, May 14, 1871. The first Methodist Episcopal Church was formed June 1,
1872, by Rev. M, J. Morse, where ‘ Buffalo Bill” had his ranch, at a point where the Santa
Fe trail crosses the Big Cow Creek. The denomination in 1882 have sixteen organizati
with a membership of 663; five church edifices, church property valued at $11,000. :

Wesleyan Methodist.—April 21, 1872, Rev. H. T. Besse organized the first church in the
county at Peace, now Sterling, with the following named persons as members: Rev. Henry
T. Besse, Harriet Besse, J. W. McPherson, Matilda McPherson, G. W. McPherson, Norman
Wait and Orange S. Young. Rev. Thomas H. Watt; of this church, was the first settler in
the southern part of the county.

y.
Congregationalists.—Rev. J. B. Schlichter in August, 1872 organized the first Congrega-
tional Church in the county at Peace. This society erected the first church edifice in the
county ata cost of some $2,000., There are four organizations of this kind in the county; a
membership of about 200; church property $8,500 in value.

Presbyterians.—Rev. R. M. Overstreet organized at Atlanta in July, 1873, the first Pres-
byterian Church in the county with a membership of eight. There are now four churches
with a church property valued at $7,500; members nearly 100.

United Presbyterians.—This denomination has an organization at Sterling, a neat, small
church edifice, and some forty members. There are two organizations in the county.

Reformed Presbyterians.—One small organization of this school exists at Sterling.

The ‘‘Friends,”"—This society erected the second house of worship in the county, having
organized their society at Peace in February, 1875. Their number is 360 in the county.
There are three organizations. Church proper y is valued at $2,500.

The “Christian.”—The Church of the Disciples have four organizations in the county.
Their membership is 200: church property is $1.000..

Baptists.—This body was organized in 1875, and in 1882 had eight organizations, with
some 200 memUers in the county. _

uiherons' Ehete is one church of this denomination in the county, with some twenty
members.

German Methodist.—One church; forty members; edifice $500. -

Roman Catholics.—There are four churches.of this faith in the county; a membership
of 630; a church property valued at $800.

therans, United Brethren and Universalists are scattered over the county; the U. B.’s
have an organization at Lyons. :

Chapter No. 50, R. A. M.—Patten Himrod, M. E. H. P.; W. F. Steven, secretary.

Sterling Lodge, No. 171, A. F. & A. M.—H. S. Millard, W. M.; George W. Clark, Sec’y.

Sterling Lodge, No. 131, I. O. O. F.—J. C. Seaward, N. G.; J. M. McGee, Sec’y.

American Legion of Honor.—Eureka Council, No. 358. G. H. Lynds, commander; C.
H. Brown, secretary.

Knights of Honor.—Sterling Lodge, No. 1058. J. K. Skiles, dictator; W. M. Lamb,
reporter.

Pomterprise Lodge, No, 548, Knights and Ladies of Honor.—J. Allen Porter, secretary;
John Weddle, protector, — . se

Meade Post, No. 14, G. A. R.—J. E. Davies, post commander; James D. English, ad-

jutant.

 

 
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Kit Oarson Post, No. 20, G.. A. R.—Lyons. A. E, Magoffin, senior commander; 8. J .
Smith, adjutant.

Lyons Lodge, No, 192, A. F. & 4. M.—Solon Gray, master; W. T. Nicholas, secretary.
, Lyons Lodge, I. v. 0. #.—S. J. Smith, N. G.; J. F. Crocker, recording secretary.

AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

The surface of the county is gently undulating. The landsin the county north of the
Arkansas gradually descend toward the river, and they are nearly all tillable. The estimate
of prairie is 98 per cent; of timber, 2 per cent; of upland, 85 per cent; of bottom land, 15
percent. The average width of the bottoms on the large streams is abouttwo miles: the
width of the timber belts nearly one-fourth of amile. Good springs are abundant, and
well-water is found at an average depth of twenty-five feet. The varieties of timber are
ash, box elder, coffee bean, cottonwood, elm, hackberry aud inulberry. Artificial forests
_are becoming quite abundant,

n_1873,fRice County had 29 acres in-winter wheat; in 1880, 44.535. Spring wheat in

, 1872, 82 acres; in 1879, 8,873. Rye in 1872, 82 acres; in 1878, 2,285. Corn in 1872, 2.889

acre-; in 1882, 64,303. Barley in 1872, 3 acres; in 1877, 2,244. Oats in 1872, 119 acres, in

9.9.544, Buckwheat in 1873, 4 acres; in 1881, 80. Irish potatoes in 1872, 49 acres; in

936. Sorghum in 1872, 29 acres; in 1882, 2,452. Broomcorn in 1874, 36 acres; in

2,425. Flax in 1874, 12 acres; in 1881, 221. -In 1869, it had one acre in hemp; in

81,63. In 1881, it had 373 acres in rice corn; it had 6,223 sheep; in 1882, 9,890 sheep; in

 °:1882, &@ wool clip of 14,830 pounds. The value of its slaughtered animals for 1882 was

' $87,631; of poultry andeggs marketed, $19.254; of horticultural products, £347; produce

~ of market gardens, $1,692. It has returned 3,355 horses; 413 mules; 2,947 infich COWS;
5,626 other cattle: 7,694 swine, Poland-China and Berkshire breeds are preferred,

May and Turkey varieties of wheat have the preference, Lamberton liros., Lyons,

. report 112 acres of wheat, yielding 85 bushels per acre; Richard Early, 3% acres, 60

bushels per acre.
roperty of Rice County, as determined by the State Board of

 

 
   
 
 

 

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The abstract of tre County Clerk returned the land assessment at $307,180.

In 1874, the assessed value of the property in Rice County was established at $702,579, -
33; in 1876, at $842,515.62; In 1877, at $886,459 06; in 1878, at $936,815.29; in 1879, at
$1,109,841.26; in 1880, at $1,117,429.23; in 1881, at $1,2538,897.92; in 1882, at $1,540,-

In 1870, there was a census return of five persons in Rice County; in 1875 there were
2,453; in 1880, 9,292, of whom 9,235 were white, of males 21 years of age and over, of
colored there was 12; of fureign birth, 404; natives, 2,041, The returns of the assessors of
population for 1881 was 8,114; for 1882, it was 8,546.

 

: STERLING.

In Sterling Township in May, 1872, William P. Edwards settled on Sec-
tion 18, Township 21, Range 8, about three miles from Peace. At that time,
what is now Sterling Township contained seven families, and on the town site

Ne of Peace A. G. Landis had his store building partly finished, which was the

 

only trace of civilization, Rev. J. B. Schlicter was aclerk in the store of Mr.
Landis. Mr. Edwards, in 1876, said: ‘‘We have now a schoolhouse on
Section 18, and two weeks more of school will make a six months’ school this
season, with only one week’s vacation, and this section has four families and
twenty-two children living on it, and has furnished seventeen scholars from it
who have been in regular attendance for the last term.”

A prominent Friend, Rev. J. B. Schlicter, Congregationalist, and Rev.
Thomas H. Watt, Wesleyan Methodist, were the locators of Peace.

April 18, 1876, at chambers, in the City of Marion Centre, Judge Samuel
R. Peters issued a decree of court incorporating the City of Sterling, which de-
cree was published in the Rice County Gazette, and which declared: “Said
town of Peace, in the County of Rice and State of Kansas, incorporated as a
city of the third class, under the name and style of The City of Sterling,” and
do hereby designate its metes and bounds as follows, to-wit: Section twenty-
one (21) Township twenty-one (21) South, of Range eight (8) West, in Rice

» County, Kansas.”

“ He ordered an election for city officers to be held in the office of ‘‘Reck's
Cottage on May Io, designating J. L. Burwell, J. E. Davies and Patten Himrod
as Judges; Kirk Himrod and J. H. Smith, Clerks; W. A. English, W. B. Had-
lock and A. G. Landis as a Board of Canvassers. The officers elected were as
follows: Councilmen, W. H. Lape, receiving 69 votes; E. B. Cowgill, 63; A.
G. Landis, 58; W. H. Page, 39; Patten Himrod, 38; W. M. Lamb was elected
Police Judge; J. S. Chapin, Mayor, each receiving 36 votes.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

At the city election held April 2, 1883, R. F. Bond was elected Mayor; W.
A. Thomas, Police Judge; J. G. Skiles, John De Ford, P. P. Truehart, J. C.
Turner and D. S. Knouse, Councilmen. There were 224 votes polled.

When the name of this town was changed it was in honor of Sterling
Rosan, one of its early settlers. The town of Sterling is 236 miles southwest of
Atchison; 253 miles from Kansas City, and is‘a railroad station on the A., T.
&S. F.R.R., of present and prospective great importance.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Ten years ago it could scarcely be called a hamlet. In 1§80, its population was 1.014; in
1883, its estimated population is 1.500. Its business may be summarized in the spring of
1883, asfollows: Three banks, two architects and builders, six grocery stores, three hard-
ware stores, three jewelry andmusic stores, four dry goods stures, one furniture store, three
hotels, one druggist,two shoe stores, and the ordinary supply of wagonmakers, blacksmiths,
painters, carpenters, shoemakers, and other artisans found in a first-class village,

There is an elevator, Known as the Davenport Elevator, built in 1878, by Dow, Hancock
& Gilman, now (1883), run by Charles Arnold, the present proprietor, ee

There aretwo flouring mills; the Crystal Mills and Keystone Mills. Other industries. -

Syrup Works.—Clements & Eustis, proprietois. In July 1881, these work's were built
at a cost of $13,000, aud opened in August. ‘he daily capacity of the works is 2,000 gallons
of s\rup, The machinery Js driven by a 50-horse power, the steam is supplied by two 100-
norse power boilers, immense coils of steam pipe are used for heating the different tanks
and pins used in the second aml third stories of the building. The proprietors have raised
a large portion of the cane they manufactured into syrup, and in 1883, intend planting 700
acres. Tn order to utilize the large amount of power that remains idle when the works
are not running, the proprietors propose to put ina large amount of mill machinery, for
the purpose of manufacturing flour.

Sugar Fuctory.—Rezinald M. Sandys & Co., of New Orleans, have an extensive stone
sugar factory, twenty-five feet in height, 40x130 feet. The cost of the buliaiug and ma-
chinery is some $40,000. The adaptability of the soil andclima’e of Central kansas tor the
production of that kind of cane, susceptible of making an excellent quality of syrup, and
also sugar has been placed beyond question. In 1882, Mr. A. J. Decker, a special agent of
the United States Agricultural Department, visited Kansas, and in a letter bearing date,
December 26, 1882, to Col. A. Ss. Johnson, Land Commissioner of the A.,T. & S. F. KR. R., he

ays:
“Replying to your request for information on the sorghum interest of the country, as to
the success in the production of sugar, and the advantages of Kansas in producing this crop,
I am pleased to answer:

That during the past year the obstacles in the way of making sugar from sorghum have
been greatly overcome, manufacturers producing one thousand pounds of first quality dry
sugar to the acre of cane with as much certaiuty as flour is produzed from wheat.

‘As to the advantages of Kansas for growing sorghum, I find the soil and climate espe-
cially adapted to this crop. The planting season commences about the 1st of April, and con-
tinues until July, giving a working season of fully ninety days, The dry weather aud al-
most constant sunshine of the fall season developes a juice testing from 10° B to 14° B, with
an average above 12° B, while the average of the other States visited did not exceed au aver-
age of 9° B. ‘

= This advantage may be more plainly understood by a statement of the fact that 9° B re-
quires ten gallons of juice for oue gallon of syrup, juice testing 12° B, requiring less than
six gallons, x

yer I have taken notes of the largest yield per acre, and find that J. W. Chapman. five
anda half milesfrom Sterling, raised 67,500 pounds of sorghum on one acre, which is
larger than any yield yet reported to me.

Another great advantage is the large quantity of seed andits quality, The amounts re-
ported were from twenty to forty bushels to the acre, and sixty pounds per bushel. It
was considered by most persons engaged in the business, that the seed was worth as much
as it cost to raise the cane and deliver it at the mill. . eS

Owing to the dry tall weather, again. the bagasse furnishes all needful fuel, nothing else
being used. I was assured by the large factories that the cost of producing syrups was less .
than 20 cents per gallon. . 2 5

With these natural advantages, and with the aid of the new developments in producing
sugar from thesorghum, which I understand are to be applied in three of the largest fac-
tories in Kansas, this coming season of 1883, I am satisfied will show results far ahead of
any yet shown. In the near future, Kansas can not fail to rank high as a sugar-producing
State; and when these advantages become known, there will be a sugar boum in Kausas
that will shake the entire country. :

Mr. Sandys, the resident partuer of Sandys & Co., a practical sugar manufacturer and
chemist, regards this region of Kansas almost equal to Louisiana in producing cane, and is
pot suliegt to the calamities that so often and so destructively injure the crop in that

slate.

In the latter part of March, 1883, Mr. Sandys sold this establishment to Eastern parties,
represeuted by P. H. Kellogg, of Boston, J.W. Laugley, John Layman and M. A. Scoville, of
Champaign, lll, These purchasers expect to adapt the works to the manufacture of sugar
from the sorghum syrup by the process that obtains at the Champaign works, and will put
in additional machinery.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. P. CLEMENT, general superintendent Sterling Syrup Works, came to Sterling in
February, 1881, and soon became engaged in the above business. He was born in Columbus,
Columbia Co., Wis., November 14, 1854, where he lived until 1868, when his parents moved
to Monticello, Green Co,, Wis., and lived until he came to Kansas, Married May 24, 1874,
to Miss Alice Plerce, of Dayton, Green Co., Wis. ey aye two children—Arthur P., born
August 7, 1875, and Earle, born November 16, 1880. eis amember of Temple of Honor.
The Sterling Svrup Works were erected in 1881; size of building, 36x64 feet and an L 36x36
feet, also a mill room 16x70 feet. Capacity, 2,000 gallons in twenty-four hours. Manufac-
tured in season 182, 30,000 gallons. During business season they employ sixty men. They
raise their own cane, as the above com any own 640 acres of land.

C. B. DONALDSON, proprietor of the Green Mount:ain House, came to Manhattan, Kan.,
in 1875 and kept the Adams House four and a half years, thence went to Denver, Cul.
where he became master of transportation on Denver and N. O. R. R. a year; returned.
to Manhattan a short thne, thence to Sterling, where be opened the above hotel October 9,
18) He was bornin New York State in 1835, his parents pemnoving 0 Michigan when he
wasthree months old, Was raised tn Michiganasafarmer, When eighteen years old he went
into the hotel business with his father, until he enlisted in 1861 in Company F. Second
Michigan Volunteer Infantry; transferred and promoted to Second Lieutenant, Eighth
Michigan Cavalry; participated in all the battles of his command. He was mustered out in
thetall of 1864. He then went West and engaged on the U, P. R. R. as conductor two years,
then master of Eras portation a@ year, thence to San Francisco, Cal., in the same capacity,
for the Central Pacific R. R., a year, when he came to Denver, Col., where we leave him
as conductor and train dispatcher on the K. P. R, R. five years. He married in 1875
Miss Clara Lord, of Worcester, Mass. He is a member of all Masonic Orders up to
ae queluding the Knights Templar. He served as Postmaster of Holly, Mich., eight

aura,

HENRY T. DUNLAP, farmer and stock rafser, Section 10, Township 21, Range 8,
west, P, O, Sterling. He came to this place February 26. 1876; now has 160 acres of
Jand, 145 of which is cultivated. He is the most extensive dealer im broom corn in Rice
County In 188% he bought and shipped 550 tons of the product. In 1881, he raised twenty-
three tons on 100 acres of ground, which he sold at $7 er ton. In 1882 he raised eleven
tons on 100 acres of ground and realized $100 per ton. e was born in Knox County, Ill,
March 26, 1843, aud was raised in his native county on a farm. i 58,
Miss Maria Hunan lineyas of Ellinwood, Peoria Co, Il. They have four children—William |
W., Andrew H., Mary H. aud Florence E. He is a member of the Congregational Chureh,
K. of H. and K, & L. of H. He is Township Trustee and Assessor of his town.

W. Q. ELLIOTT came to Sterling October 1, 1873. He has fullowed farming and
stock raising and banking since. He owns a farm of 1,700 acres in Rice and Reno
counties where he keeps a large amount of improved stock, His residence is in Reno
County. He was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1837; raised and educated in his native
State and followed teaching in early life. He was married in 1858 to Miss Rebecca J. Jack-
son, of his native county. They have eleven sons and_one daughter—Salina M., Mark H.,
Joseph W. J., Cassius M.C., Lincoln L., Sylvester J., William @., Jr., Charles S., Clarkson
T., Caleb B., ‘Laban M. and Stanley P. They aremembers of the Quaker Church, The Rice
County Bank, a private institution owned aid operated by Mr. W. Q. Elliott, was opened
for business in June 1879. Eastern correspondents are Chemical National of New York City
Bank of Kansas City, Mo.

J. K., FARRAR, Superintendent of Public Schools, came to this State, April 1, 1874, set-
tled on a farm in Reno County, and followed agricultural pursuits fora year, then taught
the Ashland school for six years, elected Superintendent of Schools in the fall of 1880; re-
elected in the fall of 1882; he was born in Jackson County, Ohio, February 24. 1845; he was

Married in 1868

 
RICE COUNTY.

raised on a farm and educated in Gallia Academy, Gallia County, Ohio; graduating in 186
afterward made teaching his profession until he caine to Kansas, Ho entisted it ipnuee
1861, in Company A, Fifty-sixth Ohto Volunteer Infantry, and_ participated in the sieges of
Corinth, Vicksburg, battles of Mansfield, Cane River and Monnett’s Ferry. Discharged
May 7, 1866. Married in 1867, Miss Lucy Venters,of Portland,Ohio. They have five children
qptaggie, Mary A., Alice J., Klizabeth E., and Laura D. He is a member of Meade Post, No.
MRS. S. C, FISHER, dealer in general line of millinery and ladies furnishing goods, She
opened trade in March, 1877, erecta her store building inthe summer of 188 Size of the
building 20x50 feet, built of brick, two stories high at a cost of $1,600. She carries an aver-
age stock of $2,000. she was born in Lewis County, W. Va., in 1845, but raised in Lee and
an Buren counties, lowa, goiug there with her parents 1n.1849. She was married in 1860,
to Mr. Alex. Fishe1, of Pennsylvania; her husband died in 1864.. From Towa, she moved to
Scotland County, Mo., ancl lived until she came to Kansas, Mr, Fisher enlisted in 1861, as
a drummer in Company F, Twenty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteers, and served three

Vents. eee enlisted last year of the war aud was lost or killed as he was never heard from
GEORGE GALL, dealer in dry goods and general merchandise, opened trade in Hutch-

inson, Kansas, in 1875. Removed to Sterling in March, 1879, where he began business. He
occupies rooms 20x75 feet, and employs five men in the business; carries an average stock
of $15,000, to $20,000, Mr. G., first located in Lawrence, Kan., in 1870, where he embarked
in general merchandise five years. He was born in Scotland, July 2. 1839; came to America
in 1860, located in Milwaukee, Wis., where he clerked in the dry goods and hardware busi-
nessu til he came to Kausas. He has one son—LewisJ. Gall. Mr. G. isa member and
-elder in the Presbyterian Chui ca at Sterling, Kan. :
[ARRIMAN, physician and surgeon, first came to Sterling in January, 1876, where
he has since practiced medicine. Born in Easton, Preble Co, Ohio, December 31, 1816, was
raised and eclucated in native place; began studying medicine at the age of eighteen years,
read with a Dr. Cox until twenty-one years old and practiced in the meantime, after he
had practiced medicine eight years, he took a course in Rush Medical College,at Chicago, Ill.
He has practiced his profession in Wayne, Menry aud Madison counties, Ind., being a prac-
titioner seventeen years, in one place. Married in April, 1837, to Miss Elizabeth Swafford,
of Wayne County, Ind. They have one son—George M. His wife died in 1849. Again
marriedin August, 1851, to Mrs, Angelina. Graham, of Wheeling, Ind. They have three
children—Rena, niarried to Mr, Cowgill, of Sterling; Benjamin F., a physician and gradu-
ate, College Physicians and Surgeons pf Keokuk, Iowa, and Flora T. He and his wife are
members of the Congregational Church of Sterling. He was proprietor of the city drug
store five years.

WILSON KEYS, farmer and stock-raiser. His farm joins town site on the south,
contalus 160 acres; has 240 acres near Arkansas River. He first came to Sterling in June,
1874, Makes stock-feeding a specialty. He was born in Jefferson County, Pa., in January,
1830; reared a farmer: lived in native county until 1857, at which date he came to Doni-
phan County, Kan., engaging in various occupations until the fall of 1858. He saw much of
the border warfare, being amember of Kansas State Militia for protection of Free-state
settlers, He afterward returned to Pennsylvania, and lived there until he came to Sterling.
He enlisted in first call for three months men in April, 1861, Company K, Elghth Penusyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry, Re-eulisted Company F, kighty-secona ennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry, participated in all batties of his command until battle at Cold Harbor. when
he was sentto hospital. Mustered out September 16, 1865. He is a member of Meade Post
No. 14, G. Married 1863, to Miss Eliza Burnham, of Clarion County, Pa. They have
two children—Fred C, and Edwin E.; both now attending Sterling High School.

. WATSON M. LAMB, physician and surgeon and dealcr in general line of drugs, medi-
cines, druggists’ sundries and school books, opened trade November 1, 1882: carries on an
average stock of $2,500. He first located at Douglass, Butler Co., Kan., in 1869. Removed
to Sterlingrin the fallof 1875. He was born in Geauga County. Ohio, May 2, 1845. He was
married in 1869, to Miss Addie E, Douglass, of Williamson, Wayne Co., N. Y. They have
two children—Bertha Amelia and George Esterly.

__ ,W. H. LAPE, of the firin of Lape & Davies, dealers in general merchandise, opened trade

in 1875, and they carry a ~- eneral stock of $8,000, They employ four men in the business
and uccupy rooins 2ux85 feet. W. H. Lape first came to Montgomery County, Kan., in 1870
with his parents. He first began in the grocery business in Sterling in 1875. He was born
in Wayne County, N. ¥., in 1854; moved to Warren County, III, in 1856, and lived with his
parents until he came to Sterling. He was married in 1876.10 Miss Fannie C. Bump, a
native of Indiana. They have two children—Ethel E. and Bessie. He is a member of the
MasonicOrder and the I. 0. 0. F.
-. DR. M, A. MILLARD, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in April, 1882, locating
at Sterling. He has Buice practiced his profession. He was born in Otsego Couuty, Ohio, in
1847; moved to Crawford County, Pa., where he was raised, Heisa member of the Allopathic

School vf Physicians; graduated from the Buffalo Medical College in-1872; began the pro-_

fession at Fairview, Erie Co., Pa., where. he remained until he came to Kansas. He was
married in 1876, to Miss Mary E. Rowley, of Lockport, Erie Co., Pa. They have three chil-
dren—Gertrule, deceased, Eva M., Arthur B, and Ollie. Heis a member of the A. O. U. W.,
of Fairview, Pa.’

~ REV. M. J. MORSE, farmer and stock-raiser. The first pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, of Rice County, came to the county ( Rice) and settled on Section 2, Township
20. Raige9 June 6, 1872, where he liveda year and farmed and preached. Hethen wen! to
Atlanta, the County capiial, a place of afew houses, and engaged inthe grocery and hara-
ware business, in company. with J. B. Holmes, about two years. Then returned to his farm.
Ir the me2ntime he preached and organized the First Methodist Episcopal class in Rice
County. June 22, 1872, inthe old ranch previously occupied by Buffalo Bill (W. T. Cody).
There were about fifteen in the class. 6 organized a Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school
about two weeks later. He preached at the first funeral in Rice County, June, 1872; being
that of a small child—Chailes Campbell. He was elected to represent the Couuty of Rice in
the State Legislature in 1873.. He was born at Smithville, County of Lincoln, Canada, Jan-
uary 11, 1832, and etucated at Victoria Cullege, Preached in Minnesota two years. Thence
to Missouriand engaged in merchandising umil he came to Kansas. Ele was married in
1854, to Miss Eleanor Griffin, of Smithville,Canada, They have two children—Ency §.,
married Robert F, Embree, of Farmer Townvship, Kan.; and Milton H., married Miss Flora
Givins, of Lyons, Kan., and is living on the old homestead in Center Township.

J. A. PORTER, clerk in real estate and Joan office. He first settled in the northeast cor-
ner of Rice County, where he followed farming until 1879, then moved to Sterling and
became proprietor of the City Mills, which he run until 1881. Followed house and sign
painting until August, 1882, aud has since been in the railroad land office. Ho was born on
the River Ganges, East Indies, Nov. 5, 1837, living in his native country until twelve yaars
ofage. His father, Rev, Joseph Porter, was a missionary to the latter country, from Ohio,
to wisich State he returned i 1.1849, again returning to India, where he died in 1833. The
subject of this ske chlived in Vicksburg, Miss. five years. He enlisted in 1862, in Com-
pany G, One Hu dredth Regiment L[linois Volunteer Infantry, After some time he
received a commission as Second Lieutenant of Company B, Que Hundred and Eighteenth
fudiana Volunteer Infantry, partic! pating in ailthe battles of hiscommand. He was mus-
tered-out, March 1, 1864; recruited a company for the Fifty-ninth Kentucky Volunteer
Infantry. He was married in 1861, to Rebecca _B. Yonge, of Rising Sun, Ind. They have
one son—William R. Mr. P. is a member of the Masonic order including the thirty-second
degree. He isa member of the K. & L. of H., and Meade Post No, 14, andis adjutant of the
latter. ‘ : ‘ - cs
J.H. RICKSECKER, land and loan broker and agent for the A., T. & S. F. lands, set~-
tled on a farm in Rice County in 1870, followed the latter business for two years, then
opened a law office. He was admitted to_the bar of the district court of Rice County. He
was born in-Mausfield, Ohio, in/1848, lived with his parents on a farm until fourteen

ears old, then entered Oberlin College, Ohio, as a student; continued until 1859, then fol-
owed clerking for some time. He enlisted in 1862, in Company D, Oue Hundred and
Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participated in all the battles of his command, and
recelved a medal presented by Sec. Stanton, for capturing the battle flag of the Sixteenth
Georgia Artillery at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 4, 1864, and was mustered
out in 1865, when he came to Kansas. He resumed ‘his law studies, served as County
Attorney of Rice County in 1872-73 and %4._He-was married in 1870, to Miss Ada A, Ben-
edict, of Bedford, Ohio, They have one son—Don Conklin. Mr, R. is a member of Meade Post
No. 14, G. A.R., alsol.O. O. F. of Sterling. .
J. H. SMITH, attorney at law and collecting agent, loan office, etc. He first located in
Neosho County, Kan., in 1868, and prospected a number of years, finally his permanent
residence at Sterling, in 1873; farmed a short time, then opened a Jaw office, being the first
attorney to Jocate in practice in Sterling, July 1, 1873. He was born in Delaware County,
Ind., April 22, 1845, and raised in that. State. Educated in Muncie, in Indiana, Enlisted,
August, 1868, in Company’ D, One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
re-enlisted the following August, in Company C, Ore Hundred and Fortieth Regiment,
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, participaring n all battles of command. The promotions were
Sergeant, Second and First Lieutenant, mustered out at Greensboro, N. C., August, 1865.
He then attended and tanght school until 1867, when he began the study of law, attended
the Muncie Academy; admitted to the br of practice at the latter city, in 1870. He engaged
in the practice of law at Cooper Delta, Texas, in 1870-71, thence to Kansas. Has served as
amember of Sterling City Council two years. Married in 1874, to Miss Mary A. Tavlor, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. They have four children—Carrie S., James, Jr., Mary C., and William O,
He isa member of Masonic order K. of H., and Meade Post, No. 14,G. A. R, He has been
interested iv the Rice County Herald, published at Sterling for the past three years. “
P.C. STUBBS, Postmaster. came to Kansas, October 2, 1871, locating twenty miles

southwest ot Topeka in Wabaunsee County, and farmed the first year, thence to Sterling

  

Tied, May 13, 1880, to

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and took a soldier’s homestead in October, 1872, farmed a year, and followed the carpen-
ter trade. Engaged in the real estate business in the fall of 1873 under the firm name of
Smith &Stubbs, also became local agent for A., T.&8.F. lands, Became Postmaster in
Sterling in February, 1873, holding the office since. Engaged incattle-raising business in
1880, having acattle ranch twenty iniles southwest of Sterling. He was born in Preble
County, Ohio, September 19, 1844, lived in his native place until 1861, when he enlisted in
Company I, Eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in over thirty
battles, serving under Genls, Rosecranz, Thomas and Sherman. Received First Lieuten-
ant’s commission-just at the close ofthe war. Was mustered out in 1865. He soon after-
ward went to Iowa Falls, Iowa and began farming. Married, August 26, 1865, to Miss
Rachel G. Hunt, of Wilmington, Obio. They have four children—Charles F.,Salmon J.,
Nellie and Ryan, He was raised a farmer. He isa member of Meade Post No. 14, G. A.
R., and L. & K. of H., of Sterling, Kas. 3

b. P. TRUEHEART, physician and surgeon, also dealer in a general line of drugs,
medicines paints, oils, etc., underthe firm name of Trueheart & Ferguson. They opened.
the above business in August, 1881; now carry a general average stock of $3,000. The
Doctor first came_to Sterliug, Kas., in October, 1877, and has since practiced medicine,
He was born in Powhatan County, Va., November 6, 1851, livedin his native State until
1873. Entered the hospital college of medicine as a student at Louisville, Ky., in, 1874,
graduating in February, 1876. Began the practice of his profession at Stanford, Ky.,
wherehe continued until October, 1877, pursuing the Allopath school of medicine. Mar-,
Miss Lucy B. Hocker, of Richmond, Ky. They have one son—
Marion. The Doctorisa member of the I. O. UO, F., K. 0 +» K. and L, of H., of Ster-
ling, also Kansas Central Medical Association, and is ex-vice-presicent of the latter; also
a member of State Medical Society of Kansas. :

J.C. TURNER, dealer general line hardware and farm machinery, opened tradein the
spring of 1877. Erected store building winter of 1878-9, at a cost of $1,500; burned down
February 16,1880. Erected present store building spring of 188U; size 70x22 feet, and
ware room 75 feet Jong, at a cost of $3,500. te first carried a stock of $2,500; now carries
a stock of $8,000. Born in Brown County, Ohio, 1843; lived in native State until spring of
1866, when he came to Windsor, Shelby Co., Ill., and engaged in hardware business twelve
years, thence to Kansas. Enlisted in September, 1861, in Company U, Fifty-ninth Ohio
Volunteer I fantry, but was soon discharged on account of disability. Married 1868, to
Miss Eunice L. Wallace, a native of Ohio, They have two children, Walter C. and Mabel E.
They are members of the Congregational Church of Sterling.

LYONS.

In December, 1870, the Atlanta Town Company built the first hotel in the
county, and called it the ‘‘ Atlanta Hotel,” which was conveyed by the company
to the county for a court house and county offices, and so used until May, 1876.
The last of.it became the office of the Democrat in Lyons. Jn January, 1871,
Earl Joslin was here the first Postmaster in the county. Newell Wood, inthe fall of
1870, built here the first frame dwelling house in the county, and the first frame
schoolhouse in the county was built here on Section 36, Township Ig, Range 8,
west, The first postoffice was called Brookdale. The present town of Lyons,
145 miles southwesterly from Topeka, absorbed Atlanta in 1876, when it became
the county seat. The city of Lyons was incorporated February 26, 1880, and
W. T. Nichols was elected Mayor at the following April election. C. M. Rawl-
ings was elected Mayor in 1883. In June, 1880, the Marion and McPherson
branch of the A., T. & S. Fe R. R. connecting Florence and Ellinwood reached
Lyons. The present population is put at goo. At present there are in the vil-
lage three dry goods stores, four drug stores, five general stores, two groceries,
six hardware and agricultural stores, two clothing stores, one furniture store, two
jewelry stores, one harness shop, three millinery stores. There are also two
blacksmiths, one carriage maker, one shoemaker, one painter, one barber, and
carpenters and other craftsmen to fill upa thrifty and industrious community.
There are two hotels and three livery stables. One dealer in grain does a good -
business, as does also one flouring mill. There are two banks, and three other

‘firms dealing in real estate.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—ATLANTA TOWNSHIP.

DAVID AHLBERG, farmer, resides on Section 34, Township 19, Range 8, west, one
and a haif miles from Lyons, county seat of Rice County. Hecame to this place in August,
1871, has 160 acres of fine agricultural land, 120 acres of which is cultivaied, he has had
many hardships to contend with. while this county was new, first winter he lived here, one
of his horses died, and the next spring, not belDg: able to purchase another sold the remain-
ingone for thirty acres breaking, paying $4 an acre, and he worked by the month
the next summer to support his family; in.1873, he raised some spring wheat which was
cradled, and to get it ground into flour had to take it to Salina, sixty miles, And in 1874,
the grasshoppers came July 251h, and devoured his entire ciop of corn, consisting of fifty
acres, besides destroying his hedge and young fruit trees. But the following year he raised
alarge crop of fall wheat, which he sold in Ellsworth, thirty milestrom here. And then
inthe Spring, 1879, they had one of the most terrible hail storms he ever witnessed, which
played havoc with his eighty acre wheat field, aud since then he has raised fair crops, in
1882, he raised 2,100 bushels corn, from seventy acres. But to-day he has one of the best
farms in Rice County, be has his farm all hedged in, and has all varieties of fruit trees, and
has raised peaches in great abundance since ie has lived here, he is a very industrious and
hard working man and whatever he makes up his mind to do he will accomplish or die in
his efforts, he has never gone back on Kansas. Heis a native of Sweden, born February
28,1834. Came to America, 1857, and, settled in Henry County, IIL, and married Miss
Einma Mary Matilda Evgstrum, a native of Sweden, in 1859. They have four children,
Anna, Huldah, Emma and Grant,

U. V. ATKINSON, firm, Atkinson & Brown, dealers in a general line of drugs, medi-
cines, druggists sundries, musical merchandise and sewing machines. They erected store
building in spring 1881, of wood, 24x70 feet, ata cost of $2,0U0. ‘They carry a stock of $3,-
500 and emplov fivemen. Mr. A. came to Lyons, Rice County, in 1880. Was bornin Trumbull |
County, Ohio, 1839, came to Monmouth, Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1853, where he was raised.
Married January 17, 1864, to Miss Martha Robbins of Jackson County, Iowa. They have
two children—Lillie C. and Dal 8.

M. L. BROWN, member ofthe above firm first came to Lyons, Kan., with Mr. A., his
partner and taughtschool some time, then became a partner in the above business, He
was born in Jackson County, Iowa, 1854. Was raised in that county. Was a student in
the Cornell College, at Mount Vernon, Iowa, at which institution he is a graduate and
made teaching his profession until he emigrated to Kansas, 7

J. H. BAILEY, attorney at law, first came to Kansas ona prospecting tourin 1852. e
came to Raymond, Kan., in January, 1878, where he dealtin grain, farmed and practiced
law. He came to Lyons, in November, 1879, and opened a law office. Was born inS eu-
ben County, N. Y., November 18, 1832. His parents moved to Richmond, Ind, in 1887, and
to Hartford City, Yna., in 1841, where he was raised and remained until tweuty-three years
ola. He went to Illinois, in spring 1854, and has lived in that State, Wisconsin, Missouri
and Iowa, and practiced law in all of those States. Was admitted to the bar of practice in
Hartford, Conn., in 1854. Enlistedin spring 1861, Company _H, Fourteenth Regiment, In-
diana Volunteer. Infantry, in the three months service. Re-enlisted in_January, 1862,
Company K, Fifty-fourth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry as First Lieutenant, soon

romoted to Captain of hiscompany. Participated in all battles of his command, including

chaUUT es resigned in July, 1863. He has practiced law in Illinois and Iowasince, until lo-
eating In Kansas. . Married in 1852, at Hartford, Conn., to Miss Mary A. Craw, a native of
Ohio. They had four children: Lewis O., Julia N., Lillie B. and Maggie K. Wife died in
1860. Wasagain married in October, 1862.to Miss Mattie V. McGuire, of Bond County,
Ill, They have three children: Lenora B., Don E. and Fred. Mr. B. was elected County
Atrorney of Rice County, fall ) 882. . Bao

D.M. BELL. of the firm of Myers & Bell, came to Rice County, in April,1871, and
opened the first hardware store in Rice County, inthe spring of 1871. at the old town of
Atlanta. When he first entered Kansas, he stopped at Lawrence and purchased a team, as
there was no railroad, he drove from Lawrence to Council Grove, at thar place he struck
the Santa Fe wagon trail running through the old town of Atlanta, and followed it to Rice
County. His nearest place to go to mill, postoffice or market was Salina, sixty milesnorth.
There were then about twelve settlers in Rice County, and only one frame house, Mr. Bell
erected the first store building—lumber costing $50 per thousand, and hanled thirty miles
by team. After his store building was completed he took in as partner W. T. Nicholas, and

 
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vhe firm was known as Bell & Nicholas, hardware merchants. There were wild buffalo to
be seen in all directions, and other game which afforded the only meat food for a number
of years. On the way to the first county election he killed five buffalo. Texas cattle and
cow boys were numerous, He has followed farming a number of years, and various other
occupations. He was one of the first County Commissioners, being appointed by Gov. Jas.
_L. Harvey, August 18, 1871, he was the first man married in Rice County, The ceremony
took place by moonlight, while the parties were on horseback, near Cow Creek. April 19,
1872, to Miss Mary A. Hanks, a native of Ohio. They were married by Judge L. Jay. Mr.
B. 1s amember of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bell was botn in Wash ngton County,
Ma. June 27, 1849, lived in his native county until twenty-one years of age, when he came
Oo Kansas. ¥

J.R. BELL, of the firm of Bell & Morrow, dealers in drugs, medicines and druggists’

_ Sundries, books, jewelry, stationery, etc. Mr. Bell opened business alone in 1878, opened
asa firm in 1882, erected his store building in 1882, size of which is 25x70 feet, built of
brick, two stories high, at a cost of $3,500. Carry anaverage stock of $5,000, and employ
three men. He first came to Rice County, Kan., in July, 1871, and farmed until he began

business. He was born in Ross County, Ohio. in 1849, and was raised tn his native county. .

He graduated from Miami University in 1870. He was married, in 1873, to Miss Mary E.

Magoffin, of Bambridge, Ohio. They have three children—Renick M., Nellie I. and’
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®. M. BELL, proprictor of Bell View Livery Stable. He keeps twelve head of horses,
‘buggies and carriages, consisting of a first-class livery stable. Opened the business in July,
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He first came to Kansasin the spring of 1871, locating a mile south of Lyonson a

omestead. He was amongst the first pioneer settlers in Rice Counky. The plains were
thickly dotted with buffalo and other wild gamein abundance. He was born in Washington
County, Md., in 1843, March 3, and raised in his native place. Enlisted in August, 1861,

in Company B, First Maryland Battalion Cavalry; participated in all battles of his com-
mand; mustered out in September, 1864; engaged In boot and shoe business at Martins-
burg, W. Va., in 1865; afterward in livery business, and remained there until he came to
Kansas; married, in 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Strite, of Washington County, Md. They have
wo children—Carrie M. and Artie J.

AARON BOBB, farmer and stock raiser, Section 7, P.O, Lyons. He cameto his place in
January,1871, being amongst the first settlers of Rice County. He plowed the first land in the
above county for renular cultivation, and planted potatoes. He lived in a sod house for two
years and over. Ellsworth was then the nearest railroad market, thirty miles north, and
the nearest mill sixty miles northeast. The prairies were covered with buffalo, deer and
antelope, and furnished the only meat for some time. Mr. B. has followed farming, stock
raising and carpenter work since. He was born in Union County, Pa., March 7, 1830. A
the age of seventeen, he came with parents to northwest Illinois, where he lived eight
years. He then learned the carpenter trade, and worked at the same in Michigan and Mis-
souri. Married, in 1856, to Miss Amelia A. King, of Union County, Pa. They have nine
children—James D., Mary A., Franklin S., Oscar D., Joseph C., Charles A., AnnaS., John
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the first settlers. e located with parents and family ona farm in northwestern part of
the county, where he followed farming until 1877. He held the office of Register of Deeds,
by appointment, one year, and was twice elected, making five years’ service in the latter
office. He was appointed one of the County Commissioners of Rice County when it was
organized, and filled a shortand long term. Appointed Under Sheriff in January, 1882.
Was born in Warren County, Ind., and lived in that State until he came to Kansas. Enlist-
edin July, 1862,in Company F, Beventy second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Mounted;
was made Second Lieutenant; recruited the company and was made Captain of same i re-
signed in March, 1863; married, in 1860, to Miss Lutitia Moffatt, of Pittsburgh, Pa. ‘Chey
have nine children—Lydia F. (married to William Handy), Dumont, Benjamin Butler,
Emma V.,, Ida, Samuel W. Indiana L., Moses and John. He is a member of Lyons Post,
No. 20, I. O. O. F., of Lyons. 7

T. A. BUTLER, dealer in a general line of hardware and agricultural implements; he is
also Sheriff of Rice County, Kav. He first located at Lacyene, Linn Co., Kan,, in January,
1869, where he kept a livery business and meat market until March, 1871, when he sold out,
went farther west, and engaged in contracting with A., T. &S. F. R. R., which latter busi-
ness he yet continues with various railroad compo™ies. He located ona farm eighteen miles
northwest of Lyons, Rice County, in May, 1874: ,u:med and raised stock until 1879, when,
in February of that year, moved to Lyons and iP pennanendy located. Opened hardware trace
September, 1881; elected Sheriff same fall. e is president of the Rice County Fair Asso-
ciation, He owns one-half of the White & Butler new brick block at Lyons, Kan. This
block was erected in the fall and winter of 1882, at a cost of $25,000. It is 100 feet square
and forty feet high. There is a fine opera hall over Mr. Butler’s part of the block, which is
an ornament to aly western village. Mr. Butler occupies rooms onthe first floor of his
block, 25x110 feet; carries an average stock of $15,000, and employs six men in the busi-
ness. He was born in Greenbush, Warren Co., Ill,, 1846. Was raised in his native county.
Enlisted May 2, 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Dlinois Volunteer
Infantry. Participated in many skirmishes, and mustered out in October, 1864. Married in
866, to Miss Julia A. Harmon, a native of Kentucky. They have four children—Charlie R.,
Newton W., AnnaH., John A. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Lyons. He is a member of the Masonic order. .

. G, CARTTER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 15, Township 20, Range 8, P. 0.
Lyons, has 480 acres of fine land, 150 of which isin cultivation. He first came to this place
November, 1870. His claim was the first madein Rice County, Kan., and his house was
he first, dwelling. He soldthe first goods, and broke the first land. The first postoffice was
kept at his cabin for several months by Earl Josylin. The nearest market and postoffice in
1870 was' Elisworth, thirty miles north. There were no roads or landmarks of any kind;
his only guides were either a small pocket compass or the sun by day or stars by night. His
house was headquarters for the early settlers for some time. He carried the mail to Ells-
worth once a week after the postoffice was located at his house, and which was called Brook-
dale, in December, 1870.

JAMES S. CHASE, Physician and surgeon, came-to Lyons, Kan., in April, 1879, and
continued the practi¢e of medicine. He was born in Meadville, Pa., in 1848. Was raised
and educated in native county, Began the study of medicine in 1869, and graduated from
the Cleveland Medical College, of Ohio, in 1872, when he began the practice of medicine in
his native place, and continued there until he came to Kansas, He enlisted in March, 1864,
in Company E, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Participated in
all the battles of his command after his enlistment until he was mustered out, July 13, 1865.
Married in 1880, to Miss Emma E, Hall, of Milton, Ill, They have one daughter, Ruby Hall
Chase. The doctor isa member of Kit Carson Post, No. 20, G. A. R., and commander of same
of Lyons. The doctor is a practical man, and enjoys a large medical practice. Heisalsoa
partner in a general drug business under the firm name of T. B. Rowland & Co.

C. A. CLOBRIDGE, Superintendent of Rice County Poor Farm, P. O. Lyons, came to
Kansas in March, 1871, locating near Lyons, where he engaged in farming. Became super-
intendent in March, 1881. Has served as County Coroner eight years; served on School

, etc. Bornin Lewis County, N. Y., in 1843, where he lived until coming to Kansas.
Married March 19, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Allen, of same county, New York. fe was born
in 1843. They have four children—Allen P., E. Florence, Lizzie M. and Fred F. Mr. C, isa
member of I. 0. O. F.and Masonic order of Lyons.

J. E. DAVIES, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in Lyons, April, 1882;
employs three men in the business, and occupies the large corner room in the white &
Butler Block. He is sls proprietor of Citizen's Bank of Lyons, opened for a general bank-
ing business in May, 1882. He is also a partner inthe firm of Lake & Davies, of Sterling
where they keep a general stock of merchandise. He firstcameto Sterling in the fall o
1872, took a homestead, and farmed until 1874. Was born in London, England, In 1839;
cameto America in 1847, family locating in Pittsburgh, Pa.; afterward moved to Jackson
County, Ohio, where he was raised. Enlisted, in sprin of 1861, in Company E, ‘'wenty-
seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry. Re-enlisted in 1868, in Company F, One
Hundred and Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was soon promoted to
Captain of the company. Participated in all the battles of hiscommand. Mustered out In
the spring of 1865. Married in 1870, to Miss Catherine M. Thomas, a native of Ohio. They
have three children—Elmer E., Laura, and Ethel. He isa member of the Masonic Order,
I. O. O. F.. K. of H., and K. & L. of H., Meade Post, No. 14, Sterling, Kan. He has held

several township offices.

ROBERT H. DAY, farmer and stock relset, Section 10, P.O. Lyons, Fe first came to
Rice County in 1874, and purchased some land, finally settling near Lyons, on the above
jJand,in 1878. Hehas 1€0 acres, all improved. The average yield of wheat, season of 1882,
was twenty-seven bushels per acre. e was born in Beaver County, Pa., September 11,
1827. Lived in Pittsburgh, Pa., until thirteen years old. Parents then removed with fam-
ily to Jackson County, Ind., and lived four years; thence to the Territory of Lowa, and lived
six years; after which he went to Millersburg, Mercer Co., Ill.,where he farmed twenty-six
years; thence to Kansas. He enlisted in the Mexican war asa volunteer from Iowa; served
only ashort time. Enlisted in fall of 146%, in Company K, One Hundred and Second Illinois
Volunteer Infantry. Participated in several battles, and was discharged on account of dis-
ability contracted in service, Married, May 7, 1850, to Miss Mary Kidoo, of Lawrence
County, Pa. They had three children—Jobn R., Mary E. (married Mr, Thomas Morehead),
and Eliza (married T. J. Wolfe, of. Little River, Kan.) Mrs. Day died in 1864. de was
again married, to Miss Mary F. Gilmore, of Fatton County, Pa. They have six children—
Luella, Tilley, Sarah, Grace, Robert R., and.James W. Heisamember of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Kit Carson Post, No, 20, G. A. RB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

2 FONES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, Town 19, Range 8 west,
P. ela RR cama with the first settlers to Rice county, Kan., in March, 1871. He has
130 acres of land adjoining Lyons village site on the north; 100 aeres is cultivated. In
1882 he raised 2,500 bushels of wheat. He was born in Erie County N. ¥., March 29, 1820,
and was raised in that county. He began the study of medicine in 854, and the practice of
nis profession in 1855. Moved to Whiteside County, IIL, in 1838, where he farmed, studied
and practiced his profession until he came to Kansas. He enlisted in 1862, in Company I,
One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, IHinois Volunteer Infantry, and was promote to
Second Lieutenant. Participated in all the battles of his command. Mustered out July 8,
1865. Married, September 2, 1878, to Miss Julia A. Smith. They have three daughters—
Marion, Mabel, and Jennie L. By a former marriage he had four c fldren—Alonzo, Horten-
a syoae ph, and Hattie. Heisa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Has served
un oroner of Rice Couty four years. *
- a ULLER, “dealer invest estate, cameto Lyons in June, 1878, when he engaged in the
drug business until 1881; he then opened a real estate office. He was born in Harrison
County, Mo., 1850; lived in that county until 1865, when he went to San Antonia, ters and
engaged in the cattle business until he came to Kansas. He enlisted in March, 1865, in
Company G, Ninety-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry; participated in Seige of
Spanish Fort; mustered out July 6, 1865, at Galveston, Tex., and discharged at Springfield,
Til, August, 1865.

.... WILLIAM J. FULLER, attorney and counselor at law, Lyons, Rice Co, Kan. The sub-
ject of this sketch was born in Harrison County, Mo., June 12,1845. He lived with his
father on a farm near Bethany in that county until April 3, 1862; when a little over sixteen
years old he enlisted in Company I, First Missouri Volunteer Cavalry as a bugier. He took
part in all the battles of that regiment until February 8, 1865, when he re-enlisted into
Company M, Thirteenth Missouri Veteran Volunteer Cavalry. He went west with the
latter regiment into Colorado and Mexico on an expedition against the Indians, with whom
his regiment had several engagements. He was mustered out of service at Leavenworth,
Kan., in January, 1866, and was paid off in St. Louis three weeks after. He went from there
to Dewitt County, IIL, where he went to school ten months, He then returned to Warrens-
burgh, Mo., worked in a dryigoods store as clerk, and read law part of the time under thein-
structions of Messrs. Cockerell & Crittenden and partof the time with James D. Eads.
November 27, 1867, he was married at Warrensburgh, Mo., to Miss Belle McFarland. He
moved with his wife to Parsons, Kan., in April, 1870, when he engaged in the mercantile
trade for a while. He was admitted to practice as an attorney at Elk Falls, Kan., in 1873.
He lived and practiced at Cedarvale, Kan., until July, 1876, when he removed to Lyons, his
resent location, He was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Kansas in 1877. He
hag been very successful In the District and Supreme Court of Kansas, as his records in
fese Courts will show. He Is regarded as one of the leading lawyers of the State, especial-
in commercial transactions, His family, aside from his wife, consists of two daughters
—Anna and Lorena, He is a member of the Masonic order, also a member of the Kit Carson
Post No, 20, G. A. R.,.at Lyons, He is a member of the School Board.at Lyons. He is pre-
sident of the Lyons Building Association, a corporation. He is also secretary of the Excel-
sior Milling Company, a corporation. . He started the Central Kansas Democrat in Septem-
ber, 1878, @ weekly newspaper, at Lyons, of which he is still one of the editors and proprie-
tors. He is doing a good business at his chosen profession, the law.

W. H. HILLMAN, firm Hillman & Silver, dealers in general merchandise. They oc-
cupy rooms in Butler’s New Brick Block, 24 feet wide by 110 feet deep; employ
three clerks besides their own help, and carry an average stock of $14,000. They opened
trade in October, 1880. They first carried a stock of $6,000. Mr. Hillman came to Lyons
in October, 1880. He was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., January 29, 1837, and was
raised in Harrison County, Mo., living for many years at Bethany in the northern part of
that State. He first began business life as a clerk and gradually worked into business for
himself. He was_ Assessor of Harrison County, Mo., 1861; Sheriff and Collector, 1862, re-
elected to same office 1866. Represented the latter county State Legislature 1873-74. Was
a member Missouri State Militia during War of Rebellion, being Captain Company H, Fifty-
seventh Missouri State Militia. Married, February, 1857, to Miss T. P. Allen, a native of
Tennessee; they have six children—Josephine H., Parilee, Birdie (now a member St. Joseph,
Missouri, Convent), George M., Pines and Victor. Mr. Hillman is a member Masonic
orden bine Lodge, {. 0.0. F. Himself and wife are members Christian Church.

J. . HOLMES, dealer general mercantile, opened trade in November, 188%, and car-
ries an average stock of $3,000. He first came to Rice County, Kan., in the spring of 1871.
Assisted to organize Rice County in the fall of 1871. Embarked in the hardware and im-
plement business at Atlanta in the fallof 1872. In 1874 added a stock of groceries; cou-
tinued business until the spring of 1878. Then engaged in farming, which business has
since continued. Re-engaged in the merchandise business in the fall of 1882. Mr. Holmes
opened the first store in yous December, 1876. He was born in Lawrence County, Ohio,
March 28, 1836; lived in native county until twenty-one years old, when he moved to West
Middleton, Pa., where he engaged in agrioultural pursuits; some time thence to Jackson
County, Obio,when he enlisted August, 1861,in Company D,Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry. Promoted to Second Lieutenant, and participated inall the battles of his

 
RICE COUNTY.

command until discharged January, 1864, on account of disability, contracted in servi
4 , ice.
Married 1865 to Miss Irene Trego, of Jackson, Ohio; a ren—
alva Ga ohn oa 8 dace g Ohio; they have four children—Chester W.,
, farmer, hackman, express deliverer and mail carrier, came to Rice Count:
in April. 1871, and engaged in the hotel business at Atlanta, June, 1871. This was the first
hotel kept in Rice county, he continued the business foy two years, He then wentto
Granada, Col., and followed the same business for three years, returned to Atlanta in 1876,
and farmed for four years and engaged in his present business. He has served as Justice
of the Peace, Probate Judge and Notary Public. He married the first couple in Rice County,
January 1, 1872. He was born in Miami County, Ohlo, June 16, 1828, lived'in his native
‘ county until forty-three years old, when he came 0 Kansas, being raised a farmer. Heen-
listed in the one hundred day service,in 1864,in Company A,One Hundred and Forty-seventh
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was mustered out in September of the same year. He was married
in 1850, to Miss Phebe Patty,of Montgomery County, Oblo. They have two children, daugh-
ters, living, and two sons in spirit land, daughters, Josephine I.,married to H. C. Taylor,
Postmaster at Lyons, and Inez I.at home. They are Spiritualists. He has 160 acres of lan
adjoining the town site on the south, ninety acres of which is cultivated. He took the land
as asoldier’s homestead when he first came to Kansas. :

A. M, LASLEY, attorney-at-law, located in Lyons in the practice of law March 1, 1880.
Was City Attorney in 1881. Born in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1h54, raised in the latter county
until sixteen years old, familythen moved to Wayne County, Ill, He studied law in Spring-
field, IL., in law office of Orendortt & Creighton (successors to Abraham Lincoln), where he
remained until June, 1877,when he was admitted to the bar ot practice of Supreme Court of
Iltinois. Began his profession at Fairfield, Ill, and there continued until he emigrated to
Kansas, Admitted to the bar ot practice in Rice County in June, 1880, where he has since
practiced his profession. Married in 1878, to Miss Susan Borah, of Wayne County, Ill. They

ave one son, Frank E, He is a member of the I. O, O. F. of Lyons.

T. J. LYON, dealer in real estate, loans money and does collecting for other parties, etc,
He came to Atlanta, Kan., now Lyons, February 24, 1876, and bought the land where the
city of Lyons now stands, laid out the town in June, 1876, and donated the ground fora
court house square and the public school grounds and various business lots in the new gity.
The place was therefore justly named _after him. It now contains 700 inhabitants. “MY.
Lyons was born in Peoria County, IIL, June %, 1856; raised, educated and lived in his native
county until he came to Kansas, He was married in 1875, to Miss Murilla Bridson, of the

same county. They have two children, Frank and Freddy. Mr. Lyon isa member of the
Kansas Benevolent Society and a member of the Town Council.

ESLEY McCABE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, Township 19, Range 7, P. O.
Lyons. He came to his place in October, 1878. as 480 acres of fine agricultural and graz-
ing lands, 250 of which is cultivated. 1n 1882, he raised 1,800 bushels of wheat, an average
of 26 bushels per acre. Corn average 35 bushels per acre. He has fed and sold 100 head of
hogs during the past year. Keeps 50 head of fine graded cattle. He was born in Burling-
ton County, N. J., October 9, 1829. Parents moved to Miami County, Ohio, in 1830, where

- he was raised on a farm. Moved to Henderson County, Ill., in April; 1865, and farmed four
years, thence to Madison County, Iowa, and farmed until he came to Kansas. Married in
1857, to Miss Mary Jane Badgely, of Warren County, Ohio, They have ten children—
Anna (leceased), ary Bell, George E., James M, Sarah M., Harry E., Agnes A., Charles
+, Maude L., Laura EK. and Bertha G. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian
gouteh ae has served ag Township Treasurer and School Director since he came to Rice

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B i MARKS, proprietor livery, sale and feed stable, and farmer. He firstcame to Rice
County, Kan., in the fall of 1871, @ has followed farming and freighting, owus a farm of
160 acres, all cultivated, on Section 6, Township 19, Range 8. Opened Savery business in
fall of 1882; keeps a fine lot oflivery. He was Deputy Sheriff of Rice County, and Marshall
of Lyons two years. Born in Wood County, Ohio, August 28, 1841; family moved to La-~-
Grange County, Ind., when he was a smal! boy, where they lived until 1854, thence went to
Geneseo, Ill, thence to Warren County, Iowa, 1856; to Paola, Kan., 1869, where
he engaged in agricultural pursuits until locating in Rice County. Enlisted July 10, 1861
in Company G, Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; participated in all battles in his command
two years, and discharged on account of disability contracted in service. He is a member
of Kit Carson Post, No. 20,G. A. R. Married 1864, to Miss M. C. Simpson, of Indiana, They
have five children—Almond F., Dora, Inez, Indice and Press. .

W.C. MASTEN, clerk of the Citizens’ Bank of Lyons, came to Rice County in February,
1873; located on afarm in the northeast quarter of Section 10, Township 21, Range 8:
farmed until the fall of 1881. He was born in Livonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.,in 1840. He
was raised in the village of his nativity. He enlisted August 9, 1862, in Company.C, One
Hundred and Thirty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, Participated in the battles of
his command at Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Knob Hill. He served a greater share
of the time in office of-Adjutant General. Was mustered out June 20, 1865. He was after-
wards cashier of the wholesale and retail dry goods house of Burns & Smith, Detroit, Mich.,
two years; moved to Missouri, in 1868, and farmed four years; thence to Kansas, where he
turned his attention to farming, making a specialty of broom corn, meeting unusual success,
etc. He married in 1868, Miss J. A. Lee, of Oakwood, Mich. They have one son—Charles
G. Mr. M.isa member of the Masonic order, etc. :

0. S. MORROW, firm of Bell & Morrow, came to Rice County in March, 1878, and en-
aged in farming until he became interested inthe drug business alone, in August, 1880.

ecame a partner in the above firm February 1, 1882. as born in Harrison County, Ohio,
February 12, 1851. Lived there until fifteen years old, when in fall of 1866 parents moved
to Cass County, Mo., where he was raised a farmer. He clerked in a wholesale andretail gro-
cery house, Bloomington, I]]., some time, and finally came to Kansas, Married November
28, 1878, to Miss Lizzie M. Jeffers, a native of West Virginia, They have two children—
Kate G. and an infant son, Carlton. Mr. Morrow isa member Presbyterian Church, and a
good business financier.

DANIELS. MYERS, of the firm of Myers & Bell, loan, land and insurance agents, came

to Rice County, Kan., inthe spring of 1878, farmed one year, thence moved to Lyons, in
October, 1879. He was born in Ashland County, Ohio, in 1837, and was raised on'a farm,
He went to Hillsdale County, Mich., in 1866. Followed merchandising at St. Charles, in
Madison County, Iowa, three years; thence to Greenfield, Adair County, and followed the
same business until he came to Kansas. He was married January 13, 1881, to Miss Sadie’“E.
Noland, a native of Ohio. They have one daughter, not yet pamed. He has two children
by a former marriage—Alfaretta, married to Mr. W. B. Bargett, and Francis A. Mr. M. is
a@ member of the Masonic order of Lyons. He is PoliceJudge of Lyons. Thefirmare Agents
for the Kansas Protective Union Insurance Company, District Agents for the Phoenix In-
surance Company, and agents for ten tire insurance companies and two life insurance com-
‘panies.
B W. T. NICHOLAS, real estate, loan and insurance agent, also agent for Union Pacific Rail-
road lands, came to Emporia in February, 1870, where for a year he clerked in a drug store,
and in March, 1871, came to Atlanta, Rice County. In June, of the same year, he became
engaged in the hardware business, in company with another party, bringing the first stock
of hardware to Rice County, at Atlanta, the original county seat. ‘In September, 1871, he
was elected County Clerk; since, by re-election, has held the office until 1882. Held the
office of Register of Deeds for sometime. When Mr. N. came to Rice County the country
was a wild prairie; buifalo and other game were numerous, which afforded the only meat
for a number of years, Mr. N. was born in Central England, in 1844; came with his par-
ents to America in 1856; located in Chautauqua County, N.Y, where he was raised. He
married in January, 1873, Miss A. J. Griffith, of Portsmouth, Obio. He is a member of the
Masonic order, and the I. 0. O F. .

J. E. PERDUE, County Treasurer, came to the county in August, 1870, where he en-
gaged in the cattle business and in farming until 1880. He was elected County Treasurer
of Rice County in the fall of 1880 and re-elected in the fall of 1882. Hehas served as

* County Commissioner of Rice County for three years. He was born in Ray County, Mo.,
near Camden, October 20, 1835; lived there until seventeen years old when he emigrated
to Douglas County, Oregon, and farmed ten years. He dealt there in live stock from 1863
to 1869, thence went to Texas and engaged in the cattle business, driving stock to Kansas.
and selling, etc., etc. He married in 1871, Miss Minerva Ogle, of Douglas County, Oregon.
They nave three children—Pearley, Laurel and Ira V. He was among the first permanent
settlers of Rice County, having settled on his claim in November, 1870. i

WILLIAM P . farmer and stock raiser, Section 2, P. O. Lyons, has 160 acres of
land, 100 cultivated. He came to his place June 50, 1874. The county then was very thinly
populated and Mr. P. and family have seen considerable of pioneer life. He was born in

elmont County, Ohio, April11,1821. Emigrated to Missouri in 1842, settling in Gentry
County on a farm, where he followed farming and carpenter work untilhe moved with his
family to Kansas. When in Missouri, he served in State Militia during the Rebellion in
the capacity of Orderly Sergeant and Commissary; mustered out in 1865. Married in
1841 to Miss Cynthia Huggins, of his native place. They have six children—Samuel M.,
Wesley, Susan A., Cynthia, Abe L, and A. T. Sherman Pool. He is a member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. Has served as Township Trustee, etc. 7 3

R., W. QUADE, dealer in all kinds of grain at Lyons, Chase, and Mitchell, Rice County,
from July 10 to December 28, 1882, he has bought and shipped 600 car loads of grain. 8
does ageneral commission business.

CHARLES M. RAWLINGS, County Clerk, came to Sterling in 1876, where he became
interested in the grocery business, and afterward in the land and loan business, until elected
County Clerk in the fall of 1881. He moved to Lyons soon after and took charge of the office.
He was born in Quakertown, Bucks Co., Pa., in 1842. arents went to Bureau County,
Ill., in 1850, in which State he was raised on a farm. Went to Livingston County, Lll., in
1854, and lived until 1862, and enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry; participated in all the battles of his command and was cap-
tured near Goldsboro, N. C., in 1865; confined in Salisbury, N. C., until May 1, 1865.
Was mustered out July 6, 1865, as adrummer boy. Went to Nashville, Tenn,, in 1866, and

“to his present position in the fall of 1880; re-elected in the fall of 1882.

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became operator and agent for Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad until 1868, thence to Ili-
nois; in the same capacity for the Chicago and Alton Railroad until he came to Kansas.
In 1883 was elected Mayor of the City of Lyons by almost a unanimous vote, there being
only four votes againsthim. He was married in 1868, to Miss Emma L. Ford, anative of Ohio.
They have three children—Lou E., Willie A. and Frank E. He isa member of the Masonic
order, I. O. O. F., K. of H., Meade Post, No. 14, G. A. R., and Lyons Cornet Band,

DR. E. E. RICHARDSON, physician and surgeon, came to Howard City, Elk Co., Kan.,
in 1874, and practiced medicine until 1876, when he located in*Lyons, Rice County. He was
born in Louisville, Ky., in 1838. Parents moved to Keokuk, Iowa, when he was a small boy.
The family lived in various counties of Iowa. He began the study of medicine at the
age of nineteen years. Began the practice of medicine in Missouri, ‘Married, in 1877, to
Sarah Gallagher, of Richland County, I]. His wife is alsoa medical practitioner, having
practiced medicine since 1868. They have four children—Walter E., Bartley A., Lemue)

.,and James B. Dr. Richardson also has five children by a former marage—Sarah E.,
Alma J., George T.. Harry M. and Mertie I. He is a member of I. 0. O. F. and Topek:
Eclettic Medical Association.

FRANK J. ROLFS, dealer in all kinds of fresh and_salt meats, opened his market in
1880. He came to Topeka, Kansas, in 1872, and fullowed market business for some time,
thence came to Rice County, and farmed until 1880. Hehas 160 acres of land in Section
22, 120 acres of which is cultivated, He was born in Gcrmany, January 25 1853, came to
America in 1867, locating in Madison County, I1l., and farmed until he came to Kansas. He
married April 3, 1879, to Miss Lizzie Briner, born November 14, 1860, came to America, in
1867, a native of Switzerland; they have had three children—Lena E) izabeth, born March
31, 1880, died August 30, 1880, Frank Albert, born Mary 2, 1881, Arthur Henry, born
March 10, 1883. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is an active trader of Lyons. __

T. BL ROWLAND, dealer in general line of drugs, medicines, liquors and druggists’
sundries. He began the drug trade in Lyons, 1879, and carries an average stock of $1,200,
under the firm name of T. B. Rowland & Co. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1850, lived
in native city until 1875, then practiced dentistry in Meadville, Pa., four years. He was
educated in native place in Pharmacy. Married February 6, 1880, to Miss Emma A. Ruth,
of Sommerville, Ill. They have one daughter—Virginia A. Mr. R., isa member of Masonic
order of Cincinnati, Ohio.

CYRUS W. SHUMWAY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, Township 19, Range 8,
P. O. Lyons, came to Rice County, Kansas, March 22, 1871, with the first settlers of the
county. There was only one board shanty in the county at that time. He now has 640
arces of land, 260 of which is cultivated; in 1882, there were 3,000 bushels of corn raised on
his place. He makes a specialty of stock-raising and now has about 110 head of cattle. He
was born ‘and educated in Sciota County, Ohio. Born October 9, 1848. He made teaching
his profession in his native State. After coming to Kansas, he was School Examiner or as-
sistant to the County Superintendent four years. He has served_as Township Trustee six
terms; has been a member of the School Board several years. Was married in January,
1870, to Miss Emma Farney, of his native county, Ohio. They have six children—Reuben B.,
Viola, Minnie A., Flora M., Emma and Charlie. He is a Republican in politics and is one
of the rising substantial men of Rice County. .

_ Cc. W. SILVER, firm of Hillman & Silver, dealers in general merchandise, opened trade
in 1880, They now occupy rooms 25x110 feetin the new White & Butler brick block, on
north side of the Court House square; employ five menin the business, and carry an aver-
age stock of $20,000. Mr, Silver came to Sterling, Kansas, 1878, where for a year was
principal of the school, then served an unexpired term of superintending schools for Rice
ounty. Hethen became connected with the railroad, contracting a_number of months,
thence went Lyons, where he became a member of the above firm. Was born in Warren
County,Ohio,1852, parents moved to Champaign County, I]1, 1855, where he was raised, there
graduated from Illinois State Industrial University, in 1873. Went toGermany same year,
where he became a member of Halle University, graduating in agricultural chemistry,
in 1874; returned to Chicago and engaged in newspaper reporting and teaching the lan-
uages, etc. Was married January 1, 1877, to Miss Mary A. Gurr, of River Park, Cook Co.,
il, They have one son—Walter J. Mr. 8S. is a member of the Masonic order of Lyons, Kan.
S.J. SMITH, Clerk of the District Court, came to Rice County in 1874, locating on a
homestead six miles northwest of Lyons, where he has since farmed. He owns 160 acres
of land on Section 4, Victoria Township, 130 acres of which are cultivated. me was elected:
e@ was born in
Mansfield, Richland Co,, Ohio, September 17, 1835; was raised in his native State; attended
the Oberlin College, of Ohio, two years. In 1857, he went to Peoria, Ill., where he followed
teaching for nine ‘years. He enlisted, in August 1862, in Company E, Seventy-seventh
Illinois Volunteer Infantry; was promoted to First Lieutenant of his company: and par-
ticipated in all the battles of his command, He was mustered out at Mobile, Ala., in July,
1865. Afterward lived in Peoria, Ill., until he came to Kansas. He was married, in 1861,
to Miss Lucy A. Gardner, of the latter city. They have six children—Charles J., Edward,
Elia M., Frank J. Ransom T. and Lotta Belle. He isa member of the I. 0. O. F.; also Kit
Carson Post, No. 20, G. A. R.

A. D. SWISHER came to Rice County, Kan.. January, 1879; located on a farm, and fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits. He was born in York County, Pa.,in 1838. Lived in native
place until 1862, when he went to Henderson County, Ill., and followed farming and car-
penter trade ten years, thence to Mills Couuty, lowa, and followed the latter business until
hbecameto Kansas. Was married, in 1860, to Miss Catharine M, McDonald, of York Coun-
ty, Pa. They have two children—John M. (born March 2, 1862), and Zaidee V. L. (born Sep-
rember 25, 1864). He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of

yons.

MESSRS. F.G.SUTTON & SWISHER, dealers in lumber, lime, coal, hair and buildin
material of all kinds. They are successors to Clark & Swisher. Opened trade in 1879.
Carty an average stock of $6,000. 2

.C. TAYLOR, Postmaster, came to Atlanta Township, Rice County, June 16, 1871,
where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until he was appointed Postmaster, April 7%
1879. Bornin Miami County, Ohio, in 1849, and raised in his native place. Graduated
from Piqua High School. Has made painting a profession for a number of years. Isa
member of the Masonic order of Lyons. Was married, in 1871, 10 Miss Josephine R. Jay,
of Miami County, Ohio. They have foursons—Charles F., Samuel J., Roy R, and Melvin H.

DR. N. F. TERRY, physician and surgeon, came to Lyons in 1876, where he has since
continued the practice of medicine. He was born in Des Moines County, Iowa, October 3,
1852; family moved to Henry County, Iowa, in 1855, where he was raised. He graduated,
in 1873, from the Iowa Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant; graduated from the Miami
Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the spring of 1876; began the practice of medicine
in Linn County, Iowa, the same year, where he continued until coming to Kansas. He was
married, February 3, 1881, to Miss Leora Hibler, of St. Louis, Mo. eis a member of the
Kansas State Medical Society and Central Kansas Medical Society. He has served as City
Treasurer of Lyons one term. a : 7

A. S. THOMSON, dealer in a general line of drugs, medicines, paints, oils and druggists’
sundries. He opened trade in Lyons in the fall of 1879. Was outof the business from
January 1, 1881, until June, 1882, when he again opened trade. Carries an average stock
of $2,500. ‘He first came to Rice County in March, 1879, locating ona farm, and followed
that business ashorttime. Born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1844; lived there until 1854,
and moved to Henderson County, Ill., where he was raised. He enlisted 38th August, 1861,
in Company E, Tenth Regimént Illinois Volunteer Infantry; served about a year; dis-
charged on account of disability contracted_in service. He was educated at Monmouth
allege, Ill. Marriedin the fall of 1867, to Miss chel McMillan, of Henderson County,
Ill. They havethree children—Maggie E,, Freddie R.and Mamie L. He is at present the
Deputy County Clerk and Deputy District Clerk of Court for Rice County, :

T. J. OW. ofthe firm of T. J. Ward & Co., dealers in hardware, nails and stoves and
manufacturers of tinware, who opened trade September 1, 1882, with a stock of $2,500, is a
tinner by trade. He was born in Hampshire County, W. Va., in 1837. The family moved
to Missouri in 1845, and to Iilinois in 1846, locating at Decatur, Ill., in 1850, where in 1854,
he went at the tinners’ trade, worked in various places. Enlisted in Company C, One Hun-
dred and Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862. Was captured near Jack-
son, Miss., in July, 1863, and held a prisoner eight months; otherwise participated in all
the battles of hiscommand. Was mustered outin July, 1865. He was married in 1865, to
Miss Julia E. Waldo, of Meredosia, Ill. They have now three children—Charles E., Grace
M. and Daniel W. He was in the hardware business at Falls City, Neb., and at Indianola,
Iowa. Came to Lyons in January, 1879; engaged in manufacturing tinware, later was a
member of the hardware firm of Dinsmore & Co. .

GEORGE H. WEBSTER, of the firm of Edwards, Fair & Webster, dealers in a general
line of hardware and farm implements, opened trade January 1, 1882. The store building
was erected in 1879, the size of which is 25x100 feet, two stories high, at a cost of $3,000.
They employ five men in the business and carry a general stock of from $15,000 to $20,000.
Mr. Webster first came to Kansas, January 1, 1882, locating at Lyons, where he has since
been engaged in the present business. He was born in Utica, N. Y., 1850; he was raised in
Oneida Gounty, N. ¥.; was educated in the law profession and graduated from Clinton
College, N. Y., in 187 He entered the law office of Spriggs & Matthews, of Utica, N. Y.,
and was admitted to the barof theSupreme Court of New York, in 1879. He was married
in 1873, to Miss Frances G. Wright, of Rochester, same State. They have two children—
Grace M. and J. Carlton. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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land, seventy of which is under cultivation. He located on his place in March, 1875. Saw
hard times for several years; many settlers leaving the country, but the majority of whom
returned after a lapse of two years to find the country greatly improved. He was born in
Coshocton County, Ohio, November 3, 1849. Was raised on a farm, and lived in native
country until he came to Kansas, Married 1872, to Miss Isabella Sturtz, of Muskingum
County, Ohio. They have three children—Ada J., Mary E. and Jesse E. Heisa Republi-
ean in politics.
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HENRY WILBER, farmer and stock ralser, Section 16, P. O. Lyons, has 160 acres, 100
of which is cultivated, He located on his farm in 1879. He was born in North New Salem,
Mass., March 28, 1835. Lived tu his native place until nineteen years old, at which age he

* went to California and engaged in the lumber and milling business seven years, when be

returned to New Hampshire and Massachusrtts, aud engaged im farming until he came to
Kansas, He was married in 1867, to Miss Althea Bassett, of Worcester, Mass, They have
one son—Freveri¢c Augustus. Mr. Wilber and wife are members of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, He has a tine farm in the midst of arich agricultural district,

W. HH. WOLFE, attorney, notary, lind, loan and insurance agent, located at Lyons, Kan.,
April 2, 1879, aud began the p actice of law. Was elected Justice of the Peace in February,
1882. He was born in Floyd County, Ind., March 24, 1842, where_he lived until fourteen
years of nge,_ Removed to Marion County, Lowa, October, 1857. Enlisted July 4, 1861, in
Companv E, Eighth Iowa Infantry Veteran Volunteer, and was discharged April 2U, 1866.
Entered the Central University of Lowa at Pella, in December, 1866, where he graduated
in the class of 1875. Was married November 30, 1876, to Miss C. A. Stem, of Pella, lowa,
He belongs to the Masonic order, and stands high among those who know him for his in-
tegrity aud busine-s character,

J. W. WORKMAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 2, Township 19. Range 7 west, P. O.
Lyons. He came to his place in March, 1877. tn 1882, he raised 2,500 bushels of wheat, an
average of thirty-five to forty-five bushels per acre, He was born in Coshocton County,
Ohio, May 15, 1851, and was raised in that county, Married in 1872, to Miss Mahala Baker,
of Muskingum County, Ohio. They have five cliridren—Naucy, Josepli D,, George B., John-
son N, and Willis C. “He is one of the active farmers of Rice County. Hasa fine grade of
Durham cattle, and has one of the finest farms in Rice County.

LITTLE RIVER.

The town of Little River was Jaid out in April, 1880, and has grown quite
rapidly since, and is onthe M. M. branch of the A., ‘I’. & 5. Fe. R. R., about
fifteen miles northeast of Lyons. Messrs, Walker & Russ, of McPherson
County, erected the first business house. [t is a thriving village at present, sup-
porting half a dozen stores and a hotel. This is the business center for Union
Township. The vote of the township in 1880, was 305. Valuable stone quar-
ries are found in this township alung the banks of the Little Arkansas, W. E.
Fosnot, of Ellsworth County, has published the Little River Vews, now Rural

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

: J.D. BRIGHT. firm Bright, Frazve & Co., dealers in groceries, provisions, hardware,
stone and wooden ware, etc. Opened trade in September, 1882. They carry an average
stock of $1,700. Mr. B. first locaied on a homestead three miles north of Little River,
March 1, 1876. He built the first hoarding-house in Litue River, in April, 1879, and kept
boarders at the buildiug of raitroad, and aas been idence with Cue villuge more or less
since. He was born in Pendletou Cuunty, W.Va, January 19 1846; lived in his native place
until 1868, being raised ona farm. Has since lived in Uhio, ILlinvuis, and Missouri, eugayed
in various occupations, Enlisted in August, 1864, in Company B, Eleventh Regiment, West
Virginia Volunteer Lufautry; participated iu batiles of New Creek and Winchester and
skirmishes. Mustered out in May, 1865; previous to his enlistnent, when omy seventeen
years old, was taken ju isomer by the rebels, tried for his Union sentiments, and seut to Belle
Island and Richmoud prisous. He finally volunteered in Company 8, First Virginia Battal-
ion, butinashorttime escaped inty a wild mountainous Couutry, and after triveling over
140 miles, mos'ly in nighttime, reached Union tines, when he enlisted us before noted, Af-
ter his army life, he lived some time in Grant County, W. Va., thence to McLean County,

Married, March 8, 1875. to Miss Alice Barstow, of latter county, Had «wv children—
Isaphene M. avd Lloyd s.; wife died September 14, 1482. Heis a member of the Wesleyan
Methodist Episcopal Church.

W. CRAWFORD, Postmaster. The office was opened hy him in July, 1882; he heing
the first to vccupy the office. Mr. C. came to Kansas in October, 1870, locating in Union
Townsbip, on a farm, October 1, 1871. He has 160 acres of land, seventy of which is culti-
vated. He had only one neighbor, who lived six miles away. His twearest market was Sali-
na, fifty miles off. He has served as Townshi, Trustee anid Justice of the Peace He was
born in Co-hvucton County, Ohio, in 1842. Mmigrated o Rock Island, IL, in 1854. He was
raised onafarm. He enlisted April 18, 1861, in Company D, Thirteenth Regiment, Iiliuwois
Votunteer Infautry; was discharged in 1866, fiom Company B, Second IMinois Cavatry; he
par icipated in all the battles of his command. Married in1866, to Miss Sarah_M. Wilsey,
of Rapid City, Ul. They have four chillren—Pheba K., Esther, Daniel H, and James W.

KV. SAMUEL DILLEY, pastor Congregational Church. The Congregational Church
society was organized in 1876 and called the North Fork Church. Reorganized in 1830 and
called the Little River Church, and now basa membership of twenty-six. The Rev. Mr.
Dilley firstcame to Reno Centre, Reno Co., Kinsas, September 15, 1873, loc iting his piace in
May of the same year. He owns 320 acres of land it the latter place, 160 of whieh is culti-
vated. Has the fiuest orchard in Reno County. He has made preaching his profession since
he came to Kanxas. Was born in Mercer County, Penn., in 1818. Removed to Quiney, Ill,
in 1839. Kducated at Knox College, Galesvurg, Il. Was ordaised in 1846. His first
charge was in Canton, /11,10 1845. Married in 1934 to Miss Belinda Axtell, a hativeot
Fenisy veut same place. They have five children: Durilla L., Zeuas A., Ida R., Elvert A.
and Anna E, .

JOUN M. FRAZEE, firm Frazee & Deupree Bros., dealers in dry Foods: boots, shoes,
clothing, nulions; a general stuck of merchandise. Tuey opened trade May 22. 1882; have
two stores aud employ five men inte busiuess, and carry au average stock of $7,000. They
also Lirve a general store at Galv ,MePherson County,firm namie,Sty ner, Deupree & Co. John
M. Frazee first caine to Kansas in April, 1880, and immediately engaged in the mercaut-le
Dusiness at Allegan two years, thence to Little River. He was pornin Blanchester, Clinton
Co., Olilo., Octover 10, 1849. Wentto Rochester, Ill, in 1857, where he was raised and edu-
cated. Wentty Albany, Mo., in 1878, where Le engaged in various occupatiuus, there get-
ting his start in business |. fe.

J. M. FULTZ, dealer in farm implements of all kinds. He opened trade injApril, 1880.
He also deals lorgely iu grain and farmers peounes. He first came to Kansas in 1868,
worked around in various pluces; tinally located at Marquette, McPherson County, in meur-
chailising until the spring of 1882, thence to his present place and business. He was born
in Muscatine County, Jowa, in 1851. Was raised and educated in that county. Marri d in
1875 to Miss Flora I. Yarvell, anative of Ohio. They have one daughter, Nora S He has
serve ts Justice of the Peace, Town3bip Clerk and Treasurer of Marquette, Kansas.

JOSUUA GOOD, farmer and stock raiser, Section 35, Township 19. Runge 7, P. O. Little
River, te came to tiis place in the fall of 1878 nd embarked fn wygrieuicural pursuits. In
1382 he raises 859 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-eight bushels per acre; 2000
bushels of corn, an average of twenty-two bushels prracre, He has seventy-five head of
cattle, and me xes grain raising wie ie uttls rulsing. “He was born in (Touklug County, Ono,
dannary 10,1843 Parents mov d with family to Mercer County, Olle, in 1845, and lved
there untilt ie failef 1964, He then went to Page County, Ohio, and fumed, which pursult
he has always fulbowed, Married February 25, 1864, to Miss Christian Bender, a native of
Pennsylvania, ‘Ihey have six children—Joseph Franklin, Laura M, Mary B, Charles A.
Ruth H. aud Charlotte. He is aonember of the Church of God. Has served as Justice of the
Peace two years, Township Treasurer, second term, Isa Republican in polities,

GEURGKE W. HODGSON, farmer aid stock ralser, Section 4, P.O. Littl River, He first
came to his place January 23, 1871. His nearest neighbor was ten milesaway. The nearest
miliwass tice, iffy miles; postoitiea and market was Elisworth, thirty udtes north, He
billed 104 buffalo im toe spring of 1572, which supplied the only meat food for some time,
Heowns56 rac es of Land, 160 of whieh is cultivated He was born in Winchester, Freder-
iek Co, Va. in 1848, Ho was raised ona farm in iis nativercounty, We married, Jung 22,
1879, (0 Miss Mary Moriisun, of Corydon, Wayne Co., Lowa, They nave two children—
Samael W. anid Georgie R. His politics are Republican.

W. A. JODON, injnager of general merchandising house of A. Larkin, a branch store
of Ellsworth. The business was onene Lin September, 1880, by the subject of this sketch,
carry ing an average stock of ¥11 000, and gives employment to three men, Mr, J. first
cawe to Kausas in tre spring of 1878. locating in Elsworth, where he farmed sone
time; thence into merchandising atthe litter city. Born in Mition, Pa, 1832. Leaving his
nitive place at age of fifteen, he wentto Milfersbarg anil clerked fourteen yeirs, thence to
sine ovcipation for seme tune. Returned to Millersburg and_en-
gaged in merchandisi g until came to Kansas, Married, 1856 to Miss Margaret Eltz-
we ler, of Millersburg, Th v have five children—Rachel E., (George L., deceased), Mary
M,, thot E., Rheds A.and William A. Heisa member of the 1.0.0. BF and K. of P.

U.K. MCF \BRREN, dealer in general line drigs, stationery and druggists’ sunilries,
opened tradein spring 1830, under the firm name of McFarrea & Brags, They earry an
average stock of $2 0UU. He was torn tu St, Louis, Mo, 1854. Wasiaised and educated in
his naive city. Begaa the dug business in 1879. He is a member of the Masonte order,

WILLIAM MILLER came to R ce County, K insas, 1873. Settled_on Section 8, Tuwn-
ship 18, Range 6 west, and has foll »wed farming, ¢ sutracting and building since. He was
bornin Richland Cuounty, Ohio, N-evember 19, 1836. Moved with parents to Franklin
County, Mu., 1841. Moved to Holt County, Mo., 1849. where he began the trade of carpeu-
ter and builder, Enlisted February 8, 1863, 11 Company C, Ninth Missouri Cavalry; partict-
pated in all vattles of hiscommand, Mustered out July 16, 1865. Married, July 25, 1855

  

   

     

 

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to Miss Nancy Couts. They had seven children—John W., Ellen F., William A., (Eliza, de-
ceased, ) vennle, fl OseD I} Hand Walia B Wite dled November 29, 1870. Again married
ovember 27, 1873. to Miss Margaret ey. °
~ SnoRGE W. RUSS, of the firm of Waiker & Russ, dealers in a general line groceries
crockery, glassware aud hardware, also boots and shoes, opened trade June 1, 1880, this
being the first store opened an‘ the first store building erected in the village, They carr
an average stotk of $2,500. Mr. Russ first came to Kansas 1n the fall of 1878; lived with
an uncle on x farm sone time previous to entering {uto trade. He was born in Chautauqua
County, N. Y., February 10, 1858, where he was raised and educated, He first_began as a
clerk for his father, Joseph C. Russ, and remained at hoine until he came to Kansas. He
was married, N vember, 1880, to Miss Ida M. Nixon, of Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa.
He has serverl several years as Township Treasurer, and is a Democrat from principle,
WOLFE BROTHERS, dealers in general merchandise, opened trade in October, 1881,
and carry an average stock of $1.200. A. G. Wolfe came to Kansas in the fall of 1878,
locatiu Tn Rice County, and farmed until he opened trade. Born in Floyd County, Ind.,
November 23, 1849. Moved to Marion County, Lowa, 1857, where he lived until spring
1865, when he went to Jasper County, lowa, and lived until came to Kansas. Was edu-
cated at Central University, at Pella, lowa, Married, 1875, to Miss Tennie Gun, of De Kalb
County, Ill, TJ. Wolfe was born in Marion County, Lowa, Mareh 22, 1857, Was raised
and educated in hig native place. Married in 1879 'o Miss Lydia Day, of Mercer County.
Ill, They have two children—Ruy B. aud Maud M. He bas served in several town offices,ete,

CHASE.

Chase‘is a thriving little place—the station eight miles west of Lyons. It
was located in August, 1880, just after the railroad had been built through that
locality. Its population is estimated at about 150, Around it isa fine farm-
ing country, beautiful to behold. It does a good business with the farming
population surrounding it. Huston & Storer, and Dr. Spiers keep the two drug
stores of the place, A. T. Yeilding has a well supplied and well patronized
general store. J. M. Chatten & Sons deal in lumber. The town is building
up very rapidly. SA

Kansas Centre is a trading point in the northwest corner of Victoria
Township, where A. & L R. Rosengrantz keep a general store.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—LINCOLN TOWNSHIP,

EDWARD LINCOLN CHATTEN of the firm of J. M. Chatten & Sons, dealers in Inm-
ber, grain, hardware, aud groceries, Opened trade fn Chase, September 1, 1880. They
carry a general stock of $10,000, and emplov four men in the business. They came to Rays
mond, Kausas, March 1, 1878, aid enbarked in the above business, where they continuea
flourishing trade in connection with the trade at Chase. He was born in Butler County,
Oni9: lived there until he cameto Kansas. Married April 5, 1882, to Miss Fannie Fuote,
of Rice County. :

cv. M. . DEAN, Congregational minister, Chase, was bornin Ontarlo, Can , October
14, 1828. His parents died when he was a chifd only five years of age, and bis aum took
him, and in 1837 removed to Michigan and received a good ‘academic education. 11 1848
he went to Penus\ lvania aud took .a theological eonrse in the Western Thevlogical Seinl-
nary, and was ordained Oet-ber 2, 1852, and beyvan his work inthe ministry iu New Jersey,
and was there oue year, and in the State of New York for two years, when he went to Ohio
and remained seven yeas. While there he took a classical course of education inthe Auti+
och College under the au-pices of the Ch ian denomination, Went to Linols in 1860,
where he was married to Miss E.iza J. Towner, November 9, same year, While here he
was appointed Chaplain, i9 1862, in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment New York
Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Chanvellorsville and Gettysburg, and
resigned in September, 1863, and moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he remained for a num-
ber of years, first inthe missionary work. then «s_a pastor in r gular charge. His wife
died in 1874, and he returned to New York, and from there to Canada. In 1876 he was
married a second time, and came to Kansas_in 1879 and located at Sedgwick City, Hurvey
Comite. nl Cama 10 Chase, Rice County, in 1881. His wife died in January, 1883, leaving
one child—Grace D.

ROBERT R. ECKLES, Postmaster, Chase; first came to the above place in June, 1876;
farmed until he became Postmaster. He was horn at Blakesburg, Wapello Co., Iowa, No-
vember 3,1855. Lived in various places, as his father, Rev. Johu G. Eckies, was a Cougre-
gational pastor, Robert R. isa member of the Congregational Church, He las served ag
Township Clerk, and was Enumerator Tenth United States Census. He is now Notary
Public. The chase postoffice was established September 5, 1881. Gross receipts for the
last quarter were $175 50.

JOHN E. EVERETT, farmer. P. O. Allegan, Sections 8 and 4, Township 19, Range 9

west. Hecan etothis placein Februry, 1873. He bas 320 acres of land. 160. 0f which are
eultivated. In 1882 he raised 3.600 busuels of wheat, an average of 25 bushels prr acre;
800 bushels ot corn, averaging 20 bushels per acre. He has served as a Justive of the Peace
# number of years. Was boru in Clinton County, N. ¥, July 25, 1821, and was raised in
his native county on a farm. Moved to Allegan, Moch.. in 1855, where kepta market,
bought and shipped live stock for eighteen years when he sold out_ and entigrated to Kan
sas, Married jn 1864, to Miss -lulia Husington, tien Mrs. Th -mas. of Suummis County,
Ohio. who was boru April 3 1837. They have one son—Benjamin Frankiin. Wife-has a
daughter by fo ‘mer marriaye—Sarah J. Thomas, He ie amember of the Methodi~t Epis-
copal Church, and his wife of the BaptistChurch, While out prospecting in July, 1873, he
found the body of an unknown man, who had evidently beep snot by some unknown, on
the farm now owned by F, J. Griffith. In these early days it was extremely unsafe for
travelers to wauder outside of civilization, as there were outlaws nearly always seeking
whom they could plunder and rob,
_ JOSEPH GLEADALL, farmerand stock raiser, carpenter and hnilder, P. 0. Lyons,
Section 23, Township 19. Range 9. He came to lis place in January, 1878. Has 820 acres
of land, seventy of which is cultivated, In 1882, he raised 4.000 bushels of wheat, au aver-
age of tweuty-seven bushels per acre. He also owns 100 head of cattle, and is one of the
active farmers of Rice County, He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa, December 25, 1812, aud was
raised in his native country; learned the carpenter trade when young; moved to Mtnois, tn
February, 1855, locatiug in La Salle County, at Ottawa, where he followed his trade, ererct-
ing mitny Ane residences, one for Chief Justice Caton, G. L. Thompson, and others; moved
to Renton Coty, Towa, 11866, where he followed his trade until he came to Kansas. Was
married in 1844, to. Miss Mary McCastlin, of Pittsburg, Pa. They have eight childrea—
Mary, Prisclila A.. Joseph T., James M., Arthur G., Lottie, Catherine B.. and Charies H.

REV. ¥. J. GRIFEILU, pastor of the Methodist Episconal Chureh of Kansas Center Clr-
cult, P.O, Chase; hefirstcame to Kansas Mireh 12, 1871 settling on Seetion & Township
19. Range 9 west, In Lincoln Township. He formed a Methodist Episcopal eirenit comprising
the old town of Atlanta, Spencer Township, aud et Jeremiah Nalus’? house, and his owt
Fes [ened | nso at Ellsworth Ellsworth County, and eight mites west on the K. P, R. RB.
and preached tn all the above places, For his first years’ work he received $16.50 only. He
preached the fir tsesmoninthe county, at his residence in Rice County, Marcu 26, 1871,
loa congregation of thirteen, slice which time he has preached nearly every Sabbath. He
was rowe agentor Chr A, “t. &S. FR. R, United States Mail Service eizhtyears. Elected
Representative to Kausas Legislature frou Rive Counry, inthe fail of 1871, being the first
elected In the county. He was born in Wates, February 2, 1820, cameto America with his
pens 1 1828, locating iu New York City, lived theré until 1830, when they moved to

oralne Coauty, Olilo, where he was raised; he was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, or-
datved to the holy ministry fn 1860, and preached his firsé sermon in Allegheny City, Pa.,
since which thie he has been aimtnister of the Gospel, havi -g preached from Baltimore,
Md., all along the coast to San bk raneiseo County, Cal. ‘He wat married in 1840, at Dev oit,
Mich., to Miss Mary Wood, of Chau!anqua County, N. Y. His wife was lost on Lost Creek, in
1871, from wie ‘elremmstance the creek took its name. £ 1e was also the firstclass leader in
the county, They had seven chil iren--James J., deceased: Julia A,, now marricd to H.C.
Doddriige; Matilda, deceased: Frederick J, Jr, deceased; Aimelia J., married to Mr. W.
My N ioholas. oF Lyons, Rice County; Arletta M., married to Mr. Oscar Noyes, and Eugenia,
married to Mr, Albert James, He is a mem her of the Masonic order; he eutisted m Septem—
ber, 1861. 1n Company C, Fifty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and raised the company and
was made Captain of the same; he participated in #11 the battles of his command, and was
wounded at Mission wry Ridve,at which battle he was Chapla n of the regiment; he resizued
vate capitulation of Atlauta, Ga, He was made Chaplain before the battle of Missionary

W. K. HUSTON, has charge of the arug business of §. F. Huston, in the village of
Chase. They opened trade November 1, 1882-and earry a stock ¢f $1,000, censistine of a
feral Tne of drags, nedieines, notions, Punts, ails, ete,

ane fall of 1879, loca W Sterling, « pened the d ug business there in the spring of
JARO, © al nnn two years; thence came to Chase, Born in Washington County, Ind, duty
12. 1848; live tin thaé county uutil 1866,when he went to Elliott, Fillmore Co., Minn, where
he bb eae a traveling salesman until he came to Kansas,
‘ WILLIAM F. LOWREY, farmer and stock raiser, also surveyor, Section 36, Township

B. Baige 9. F - 0. Lyons, has 960 acres of the fine-t Iand in Rice County, 170 of which is
Cultivated. [Te came to this place in April, 1876, The country was at that tlie only sparsely
pelted nearest railroad market was Sterling, thirteen miles away, He has never made an
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average of twenty-three bushels tothe acre. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace of
Lincoln Township. He was born in Marshall County, W. Va., July 6, 1823, lived in his
native county uutil 18638, following surveying and farming. He was educated in Green
Academy, Greene County, Pa.; moved to Logan County, Ohio, in 1863, where he followed
the same business ay at present, un'il he came tu Kansas. He nas followed surveyil g since
1847. He married, in 1861. Miss Amanda Stewart, of the same county, West’ Virginia.
They have three children, Lavery G., [da B. and David,

A. P. MCCOWN, proprietor of livery, sale aud feed stable, also keeps a hotel at Chase.
He first came to Kausas in March, 1878, locating at Kinsley, where he worked at the car-
penter trade a year, thence came fo Chase, where he farmed until he opened the above busi-
ness, He was born in Preble County, Ohio, June 9, 1844; was raised a farmer in his native
county; emi; yrated to Woudford County, UL, and followed the carpenter trade a number of
years. Enlisted September 8, 1861, in Company E., Fifth Ohio Cavalry, participated in all
the battles of his command, nustered out in November, 1864. Married in 1876, to Miss O.
E. Sunderland, of Wvo.iford County, Il, They have one daughter, Mary Elizabeth.

J. C. MCNAMES, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chase, Section 22, Township 19, Banas
9 west, came to his place December 20, 1870. it will'readily be seen by the date of his
settlement that he was one of the first seltiers in Rice County. He took the third claim that
was taken up in the county, Buffalo, antelope, deer and other wild animals roamed the
unsettled plains almost entirely uumolested, save only by the dusky redskins, who were
encamped to the number of 300 within a few rods of his then humble habitation, He fre-
quently shot buffalo while standing in the door of hiss (house, and killed one large butfalo
within forty feetof hishome. His nearest market and P, O. was Ellsworth, twenty-eight
miles away. There were several Indian scares and troubles, but he was not obliged to lee.
He was away fourteen miles from hoine at one time when the country was entirely new,
when his horse kicked him on the leg. which broke it. He “went home, crawled into the
house, and a neighbor set the limb for him, which svon healed, He was born in Canada
West, March 6, 1827, lived there on a farm until nineteen years old, and came to Ogle
County, IIL, where he farmed and followed masonry until he came to Kausas. Married in
1880, to Fannie Davidson, a native of Iowa, They have one son, Duncan. Heisamember
of the Baptist Cnurch; he has held several township offices, etc. He has a large, fine farm,
suitable for agricultural purposes and stock-raising, with plenty of timber,

F, C. SHAW, farmer and stock raiser, Section 28, Township 19, Range 9, P. O. Chase,
He first landed in Kansas, June 15, 1872. Rice County was then almost entirely unsettled,
He has 160 acres of land, 100 of which is cultivated. In 1882 he raised 900 bushels of
wheat, being an average of thirty bushels to the acre; corn nade an average of twenty-five
bushels tothe acre. He was born in Penobscot County, Me., April 22, 1831, and lived in his
native State twenty-four years and then moved to Rock Couuty, Wis., where-he followed
painting and farming fur eighteen months, thence to St. Charles County, Mo., and followed
the same oceupation until August, 1861, when he. enlisted in Company D, First Illinois
Cavalry, served ove year and was captured by the enemy and was paroled, re-enlisted in
Compary F, aud soon changed to Cowpauy B, Third Illinols Veteran Cavalry, participated
in all the battles of his command, except the Nashville campaign under Gen. Thomas; he
was mustered out Seprember 20, 1865. He soon afterward went tu Adair County, Mo,, and
followed farming until he came to Kansas, He was married in 1854, to Miss Mary J.
Brown, a native of Maine, He was appointed Postmaster of Wildwood, Rice Co., Kau., in
June, 1875, sud held the office until December, 1881. :

W. W. SPIERS, physician and surgeon and dealer in a general line of drugs, medicines.
books and stationery, Chase, opened trade November 1, 1'81, carries an average stock of
$1.200. He first came to his frm on Section 24, Township 19, Range 10, in April, 1875. He
has 820 acres of Jand, 150 cultivated. He has since practiced medicine, farmed, ete. He
was born in Switzerland Couuty, Ind., May 11, 1833, raised in his native State, and enlisted
July 4, 1861, as_a soldier, soon promoted to Hospital Steward, then Assistant Surgeon,
Twenty -secund Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was a member of Company H,
and participated in mauy battles, he was mustered ont in November, 1865, as Assistant
Surgeon, Oue Hundred and Second United States Colored Troops, He began the study of
medicine in 1860, and graduated from the wedical department of the Michigan University
at Ann Arbor, in March, 1867. Began the practice of medicine in Little York, Ind.. prac-
ticed in several counties iu Ludiana, and was married In 1866, to Miss Rebecca L. Hughes,
of Jefferson County, Ind, They have five child1ien—Nettie, Geitrude, Bruce E., Celesie and
Arthur. The doctor and family are members uf the Congregational Cuurch of Chase. He
is Examining Surgeon for pensions. ‘ ‘

BERT Db, STEPHENSON, farmer. school teacher, preacher and stock raiser, Section
14, Township 19, Range 9 west, P.O. Lyons. He cameto this place October 26, 1871, there
were but few settlers near him at the time. He helped husk the first corn raised in the
county. There were droves of antelope, buffalo and deer to be seen-on the plains within
- gunshot, which furnished the principal meat for some time. He has 160 acres of land,
eiglity-three of it cultiva ed, sixty fenced for pasture, the balance meadow, native grass.
When he came first to Kansas he had to send to Ohio for seed grain and potatoes, He was
born in Jackson County, Ohio, April 9, 1827, and was raised there. He cniisted September
8, 1862, in Company H, One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infa: try, he parti-
cipated in all the duties required of him, until April 9, 1863, when he was discharged on
surgeon’s certificate of disability (is a peusioner). 1 1857, he was married to Miss Sarah
J. Parks, of Sciotu County, Olio. They had six children—Mary Susan (a precocious child
died agetwo and half years). Luciniw M., Johanna M. S. J. Luetta, Ida A.and Roberts.
Stephenson. He again married June 11, 1878. to Mrs. Mary H Case, a native of Canada,
They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Chase Circuit, Rice County,and he
is local deacon of thesame. He was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction
in the fall of 1872, and by re-election has seived six years, he has held several township
offices. When in Ohio he commenced teaching school off and on from 1848 until 1862. He
preached three years, beginning in Burlington Circuit, Lawrence Couuty, Ohiv, September,
1854. -‘Melocated iu 185%. Traveled berlin Circuit, Jackson County, Olio, 1864, as asup-
ply. His health not beig sufficient he did not apply for re-admis~ion to the Ohto Confer-
ence (although solicited to du So). He kept store in Jackson County, Ohio, from 1866 to
1870. Lived in Scioto County, Ohio, a part of 1871, and moved from Scioto County to Kan-
sas, His live has been a “checkered” one—raised in the backwood. His father came from
Virginia in 1819, settled on congress Jand. His father’s library was a Bible and hymn book,
and the libraryof Rob rt D. Stephenson, purchased by his father, was a primer, spelling
book and testament. He went to schoola few days several whuters, in all fourteen months.
His father said, “themthat would make scholars would be scholars whether they went to
school or not? He has been assuciated with the honorable and learned in the past, political
social and m -ral. This way can only be passed once in life, He will and can not pass it again,
The great future is before us, let us be ready to enter it with triumphal joy.

W. Cc, SUMMERS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, Tuwnship 19, Range 9, P. O.
Chase, has 480 acres of land, 125 of which is cultivated. He makes stock raising @ specialty.
Caine to this place in Februa y, 1872. The counry was then only a wild prairie, with not
a habitation to be seen in any direction fur miles. His nearest market was then Ellsworth,
thirty-five miles north. There were no roads nor avy guide of any kind. He was born
in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Ky.. November 14, 1830. Parents with their family
moved to Putnam County, Ind., 1835, where he lived until he immigrated to Kensas. En-
Jisted Novesuber 12, 1861, vompany ©, Fifty-first ludiana Volunteer lufantry, and partici-
pated in all the battles of h s command. a d taken prisoner in a raid near Dalton. Dis-
charged on account of disability contracted in service. Married, 1850, to Miss Mary Lake,
a@ native of Indianapolis, Ind. .They have eight children— Ethan B., Elisha L., Daniel T.,

_ Mollie F., William C., Sarah E., Laurel A. and Alvin. Has been meniber of School Board
several ) ears. x

A. T, YELLDING, dealer in dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots, shoes and Yankee
notions, Cuase, He opened trade in Chase Jannary 15, 1883; occupies & store 22x48 feet,
and earries a general stock of $5 000 He came to Rice County, Kansas, November 19. 1843,

  

and followed agricultural pursuits until he began trade, Born in Batavia, Gene-see County, .

N. Y, 1845. where he lived until twelve years old, then went with parents to Finnimore
Centre, Grant Co., Wis. where he farmed some, time and followed merchandising
seven years. Thence came to Kansas. Married, 1877, to Miss May Agnes Greenless, a
native of Illinois. They have three children—Charlie, Richard, and a son not yet named.
He has served as School District Clerk of his township seven years.

RAYMOND.

Raymond isa station eleven miles northwest of Sterling. Its name was
in honor of Emmaus Raymond, one of the Directors of the A., T.&S. Fe R,
R.Company. This place is somewhat too near the thriving town of Ster-
ling, on the east; the busy, active junction station of Ellinwood, six miles over
in Barton County, and is in rather close proximity to Lyons and Chase. to grow
rapidly, yet it is steadily gaining in wealth and population, Raymond
Township, by the assessor’s returns of 1882, had 620 people. The surround.
ing country is very well improved, and the cultivated farms are quite produc-
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM C. BURDEN, M. D., physician and surgeon and dealer in a general line of
drugs and medicines, opened .rade in January, 1852. He first came to Raymond, Kansas,
in February, 1879, locating in the latter placein the practice of his profession m May, 1879.
He was born in Carlisle, Nicholas Co., Ky., October 6, 1851, where he jived until 1861.
Family then moved to Mt. Olivet, Ky., where they lived until 1865, but mace his headquar-
ters in the latter village until he'came to Kansas. Began reading medicine in 1873, under
Dr. R. Wells, of Mt, Olivet, Ky. He attended several courses of lectures at th Medical
University of Michigan, at Alin Arbor, in 1874-5. Graduated from the College of Physicians
and Surgeons at Keokuk Iowa, in 1877. Began Lhe practice of medicine at Mt. Olivet, Ky.
Married, in 1879, Miss Fannie Kane, of the Jatter place, a native of Neville, Ohio. They
have one sou—James Willis. He isa member of the Masonic order, I.O U. &, and Royal
Arch Masons. He isthe present Township Trustee of Raymon | Township.

G. F, MILLER, dealer in general merchandise, grain and stock, epened trade in 1875.
It was the first sture opened in the village, and first carr ei a stock of $1,400 and employed
no extra men, He now carries a stock of $5,000, and employs two men besides his own
help, He also has a similar store at Chase, where he carries a stock of $4,000, under the
firm name of G. F. Miller d& Co. He first cane to Raymond, Kansas, in 1874. He was born
in Pitts: lvavia County, Va., June 20, 1846. He was raised there and lived on a farm until
1870. He has been engaged in the mercantile business in various sections of the country
in Missouri and Texas. Enlisted in 1804 in Company E, Sixth Virgi ia Cavalry, Partici-
pated in all the battles of his command. He was married, in 1873, to Miss Amie Turuer, of
Easton, Mo. They have four children—Jennie, Robert E., George I, and Fannie ¥. He is
a member of the Masonic order and Baptist Church, Ilected County Commissioner of Rice
County in the fall of 1881. ; .

PETER SMITH, Postmaster and dealer in grain and cattle, has astock ranch. He first
came to Rice County in the spring of 1874 and settled at Raymond, where he eugnged in
merebandising until 1879, when he sold out aud engaged inthe grain and stock business,
He became Postmaster of Raymond in 1875. He was born on Shetland Islands, Scotland,
August 17,1841. Came to America in 1869, located in Canada, sivce which time he has
followed various occupations, and emigrated from time to time until he finally reached
Kansas. He was married in 1872 to Miss Elizabeth R. Brace, a native of Scotland. They
have three chilaren—Jessie C,, Maggie P. and Robert B. He and his family are members of
the Presbyterian Church,

MISCELLANEOUS,

LEVI BRANCH, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chase, Section 24, Township 18,
Range 10, “ureka Township. He came to his place July 16,1877. Has 160 acres land,
10U of which is cultivated. In 1882 he raised 600 bushels wheat, an average of thirty
bushels per acre. 1,000 bushels of corn, an averaze of twenty-two bushels per acre.
He was born in Meigs County, Ohio, January 3, 1843; family moved to Wayne County,
Il., 1853, where he was raised on a farm. Enlisted January 1, 1864, Company M, Fifth
Illincis Cavalry, Was taken prisoner in. a skirmish near Collierville, Teun., but pa-
roled very soon; he participated in all actions of his command, Mustered out 27th of Octo-
ber, 1865. He returned home and followed agricuitural pursuits. Moved in 1876 to Mower
County, Minn., farmed a yearand came to Kansas. Married in 1864 to Miss Clarinda Phillips,

~of Monroe County, Ohio; they have one daughter—Ida E, Mr. Branch and wife are meim-
bers of the Methouist Episcopal Church, He is a G: eenvacker in politics. .

JOHN B. CALDWELL, farmer, Section 11, Township 20, Range 9, Center Township, P.
O. Lyons, has 160 acres of fine land. Heeame tothis place in company with bis parents
November 23, 1876, and lived with his parents on the southeast quarter of Section 2. Town-
ship 20, Range 9, at which place he resides yet. He and his parents were born in Marshall
County, W Va. He was born in Marshall County, W. Va., November 20, 1859, and sed
on afarm., He lived in his native place until he came to Kansas, He married Februa 18,
1880, Miss Nancy C. Wright, a native of Hamilton County, Ind.; they have one daughter—
Cora M, He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the present.

P. V. GERMAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, Washington Township, P. 0. Little
River, caineto Marion County, Kan., in April, 1872; farmed three years, then became Pas-
tor of the Methodist Episewpal Church and preached seven years; then, in April, 1882,
moved to his present place. He was born in Canada, February 27, 1841; raised in his native
country and educated at Albert College, Bellville City, Canada; graduated in 1861. He fol-
lowed ‘farminug in the Jatter country and woiking at carpenter trade. Married in 1867 to
Miss Mary McCamon, a native of Canada; they have three sons—David H., Robert C. and
Ray C. He is # member and active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch. He will
soon locate on Section 26, Township 22, Range 7 west, Washington Township.

GEORGE W. MARKLE, farmer and stock raiser, P. O, Ly ous, Section 11, Township 20,
Range 9 west. He caine to his place in Center Township March 1, 1876, and_ has since fol-
lowed agr cultural pursuits aud stock raising. In 1882 he rai-ed 2,000 bushels wheat, which
averaged 87 bushels per acre. On one acre particularly there was 54% bushels wheat. His
corn averaged 30 bushels per acre. He has 160 acres Jand, 100 of which 1s in cultivation,
Was born in Madison County, Ind., April 6, 1840; was raised on a farm, and lived in his na-
tive State until he came to Kansas. Married, 1860, to Miss May M. Biown. of sane county
and State; they bave seven children—Forella, Milton M., Hiram C., WiJlbam H., Ida May,
Friend P. and Joseph F. They are members of the Christian Church. He has served in
several towuship offices. Is a Democrat iu politics and a wide-awake farmer,

P. MONROE, farmer anu stock raiser, P. O. Allegan, Section 18, Township 19, Range
9, west, Farmer Township, He came to Rice County, Kan., in Octuber, 1873; made his lo-
eation in the following March, and has since followed agricultura] pursuits He bas
$20 acies of land, 240 of which is cultivated; furty-two acres timber. In 1882 he
riised 2.050 bushels of wheat, making au average of twenty-eight bushels per acre,
1,500 bushels of corn, an average of twenty-five bushels per acre. He was born in
Barren County, Southern Kentucky. July 18, 1829, and was ra'sed on a farm in that county,
Went to Macon County, II1., in 1852, and followed farming until he came to Kansa., Mar-
ried in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Wright, of same county, Kentucky, who was raised in Sanga-
mon County, Hl, They have five children—Jonathan 8., married aud farming near by;
James W,, nairied, and also a farmer of Rice County; IdaJ., married_to William. Saint, a
farmer close by; Charles E. »ud Mary E. They are members of the Methodist Episeopal
Church. 1u 1878 he raised forty -two bushels of wheat per acre and the products were
heavy allover Rice County that year, He has served as Township Treasurer the past four
years and a member of the School Board the past six years,

JOHN B. MUORE, farmer, P. O. Chase, Section 32, Township 18. Range 9, Eureka
Township, caine Lo his place in the fall of 1872. Has 160 acres of land, 120 of Which is culti-
He was born in Fulton County, Ohio, December 8, 1845, and was raised ona farm.
His pareuts moved to Illinois when he was a sinall boy, and settled at Peoria where he lived
until eighteen years old, and followed agricultural pursuits until he came to Kausas. Mar-
ried February, 1871, to Miss Sarah If. Mann, of Lawn Ridge, Peoria Co., Ill. They have five
children—Max I., Leo W., Joseph E.. Qw n H. and Catharine. They are members of the
Congrpedticual Chureh ot Chase. He has served in several towuship oftices.. Is a Republi-
can in politics,

NORMAN REED, farmer and stock-raiser; Section 20, P. O. Lyons, has 160 acres of
Jand in Washington Township, 130 of wh ch is cultivated: also has eighiy acres in Section
80. He come to his place in the fall of 1870. His nearest neighbor livea four miles away.
Nearest railroad market was Ellsworth, thirty milesaway. Buttalo aud other wild game
dotted Phe aus in all directions, and the skilJful pioneers found plenty of native game
with which they graced their tables fur several years, that affording the ouly meat food.
There were (00 Indians made him a call at one time. He was born in Peoria Couuty,
Il., in 1833 and ved on a farm in his native county until he came to Kansas. Married in
1862, to Miss Candis Swith. ‘hey have six children—Delia A., Willian P.. Edward N.,
Rosa, Clara aud Nellie, also Alfred G, and Bennie E, by a former marriage. He has been a
Justice of the Peace for several years and a member of the School Buaid since the orgauiza-
tion of the istrict. 5

- O. ¥. SMITH, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Allegan, Section 32, Township 18, Range 9
west, in Eureka Township, came to his place in the fall of 1872, He succeeded in estab-
lishing a postoffice in 18,3 naming it Eugenia, and was Posimaster six years, that beg
the first pustoffive established away from the railroad in Rice County, He has 400 acres of
land, 280 of which are cultivated. In 1882, he raised 2,400 bushels of wheat, being an
average of 20 bushels per acre; corn only averaged 13 bushels per acre. He erected his
house in the fall of 1872, bringing the brick for chimney from Illinois. He was vorn in
Chenango County, N. ¥., Apr. 30, 1834; lived in native county until 1844, and family
woved to Peoria County, Il, in which county and Stark County he was raised ona farm,
and lived until he came to Kansas. Married, in 1874, to Mrs. Julia (Brewster) Squier, of
Cleveland, Ohio, Who was born November 26,1842. They have «neson—Allen P. Sinith.
By a former marriage, Mr. Smith had two children—Florence M, and Eva L. Smith, snd by
afurmer marriage Mrs. Sinith had two children—Evith M. and Nettie 1. Squier. He ani
his wife are members of the Congregational Church of Chase. Heis Tuwnship Treasuier of
Eureka Township.

JOHN SWISHER, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chase, Section 31, Township 18, Range
9 west, in Eureka Township. He came to his place in September, 1878. Owns 503 acies of
land, 300 of which are cultivated. In 1882, he raised 3,800 bushels of wheat and 1,800
bushels of corn, He was bern in Bartholomew County, Iud., September 25 1835. Was
raised in Warren County, Ind.. and lived there until he came t» Kansas, following agrienc-

tural pursuits. Married, in_1859, to Miss Clarissa J. Crow, of Warren County, Ind. They
have four children—Frank E., Lenoro, Martha J. and William A. Member of,the Methodist
Episcopal Churchs and wife also. He bas served as Township Treasurer, audisa Repubh-
ean in politics.

 
  

  

 
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LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Boe County is nearly in the geographical center of the State,
being situated exactly midway between the northern and southern boun-
i dary lines, and is in the first tier of counties west of a central line drawn

from north to south; the east line
of the county being a little over
200 miles west of the east line of
the State, and a little less than
200 east of the west line. The
northern and southern boundary
lines of the county are marked
by the third and fourth standard
parallel lines. Russell County
adjoins Barton on the north, on
the south is Stafford County, on
the east a portion of Rice and
Ellsworth counties, and on the
west a part of Pawnee and Rush
counties. In formation the
county is exactly square, being
thirty miles north and south by
the same east and west. It con-
tains 576,000 acres, or goo square
miles, and for municipal pur-
poses is divided into twezuty civil
townships. ‘Che local govern—
ment of the county consists of
three commissioners, who hold
office for three years, each repre-
senting a commissioner district,
into three of which the county is
apportioned.

The surface of the county in
general is undulating prairie, the
greater portion of it being appar-
ently quite level, but in some
places it is quite high. There
is no really bluffy-land in the
county; none of those sudden
breaks in the surface, caused by
steep acclivities and sudden de-
clivities, which are usually de-
nominated “bluffs,” but a gen-
eral sameness seems to extend
over the entire surface of the
county, At various distances from
the Arkansas River, on both the
north and the south side of the
stream, the ground takes a con-
siderable rise, varying from eight
to twelve feet, and between these
rises, on each side of the river,
the land is known as “‘ first bot-
tom land.’ This first bottom land
varies greatly in width, in some
places being a mere strip, while
in others it extends to a width of
several miles. Several miles north
of the river there is an almost
unbroken line of rising ground,
of anirregular circular formation,
which embraces nearly all of
Ranges 12 to 13 in Township 18,
and which forms a regular basin.
The land embraced within this
basin is known as the “Cheyenne
Bottoms.” In the center of this
basin is alake covering about 400
acres. Blood Creek empties into
this lake, but yet the lake con-
tains no water, it all disappearing
either by evaporation or by sink-
ing into the ground. There are
a good many sand knolls in the
county, located chiefly south of
the river, with a few along Cow
Creek.

The streams in the county
are not numerous, but those it

does contain are nearly all always living. The principal stream is the Arkan-
sas River, which enters the county at the south line about six miles east of the
southwest corner, and flows in a northeasterly direction until it reaches the

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(a) Albion Township. 249 {|/(n) Liberty Township 360
(b) Beaver“Townshi 423 ||(0) . Logan Township.. 422
(c) Buffalo township: 472 |)(p) Pawnee Rock Township 498
(d) Cheyenne Township... 586 93 South Bend Township. 290
(e) Clarence Townsbip..... 489 ||(7*) Union Township..... 311
(f) Comanche Township 443 1B Walnut Township... 345
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parts to Clarence and Pawnee Rock; fn 1879, part 7) Liberty. Ve ri, Walnuts 10 878,
- (4) Organized in 1878, from parts of Homestead and Independent
$2) Organized in 1878, from part of Butfalo. :
f) Organized in 1879, from parts of Lakin and South Bend,
(g) Organized in 1878, from parts of Homestead and Walnut
(hk) Organized in 1878, from part of Walnut.
(4) Organized in 1879, from part of Walnut,
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(2) Organized in 1879, from parts of Buffalo and South Bend.
(0) Organized in 1879, from part of Independent. 4
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town of Great Bend, when it makes a curve and flows south by east, leaving
the county at its east line at a point about two and a half miles north of its
point of entrance, forming in its course through the county the arc of a circle,

The next stream in importance is Walnut Creek, which enters the county

about the center of the west line,
and flowsin a southeasterly di-
rection, pursuing a very serpen-
tine course, until it empties into
the Arkansas River at a point
about four miles east of Great
Bend, receiving on its way the
waters of Little Walnut, the lat-
ter entering the county at the
west line, about seven miles north
of the southwest corner, and run-
ning almost due east until it
joins the waters of Walnut Creek
about a mile northeast of Great
Bend. Cow Creek is next in or-
der in point of importance, and
has its rise almost at the north
line of the county, in Township
16, Range 12, flowing in a south-

easterly direction until it leaves

the county at the east, in Section °
36, Township 18, Range 11 west.
This creek is fed by numerous
springs. Blood Creek and De-
ception Creek are not of much
importance, a good deal of the
time being dry, unless in wet
seasons. The course of the for-
mer of these creeks is from west
to east, and the latter from north
to south, both emptying into the
dry lake before referred to as
being located in the Cheyenne
Bottoms. Formerly there was
considerable timber along the
creeks, but most of it has been
cut down by settlers, until now
all that remains is confined to
small strips on the margins of
some of the creeks. About the
time when the first settlement
was made in the county, there”
was quite a body of timber on
the Arkansas River, in Town-
ship 20, Range 14, known as the
“Twelve Mile Belt,” in which
some of the trees measured twen-
ty-one feet in circumference. Of
this body of timber, not a solitary
tree remains, and all the trees
that can be seen on the Arkan-
sas River now, in Barton County,
are confined to a strip of timber
in: the vicinity of Ellinwood,
Walnut Creek is fringed with
timber nearly its whole length,
but in width it is very narrow,
being confined entirely to the
banks of the creek, which grad-
ually ascend from the water to a
height of about twenty feet. This
is also the case with Blood Creek.
There are a few groves of native
timber on Cow Creek, but they
are not very extensive, the larg-
est one, and in fact the largest
amount of timber in the county
in one body, being that owned
by Mr. Dalzell,on Section 6,
Township 18, Range 11, and
which contains eighty acres. This
native timber consists of several
varieties, including hackberry,
ash, elm, box elder, cottonwood
and walnut.

In the southern portion of the county, good well water can be had almost
anywhere at depths varying from eight to twenty.feet, but in the northern por-
tion, and especially in the north tier of townships, it is extremely difficult to

  

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an some wells having been sunk to a depth of 220 feet without striking
water.

The soil of the county is a rich loam, the southern portion, or that part
south of the Arkansas River being mixed to a considerable extent with sand,
while all north of the river is a black loam. It varies in depth from three to
ten feet, excepting on the sand knolls, and insome portions of the higher ridges
where sandstone is found very near the surface.

The sub-soil differs according to locality. South of the Arkansas River it
is sand, north of the river it isclay, while in the northern portion of the
county, which forms the divide between the Smoky Hill River and the Arkan-
sas, the sub-soil is a kind of shales. The county is well adapted both to stock
raising and agricultural pursuits, forty per cent of its area being bottom land,
and the residue beautiful upland. All kinds of cereals can be raised with the
smallest possible amount of labor, and it is seldom a failure occurs. The
southern -half of the county is especially well suited to farming purposes, which
is attributable to the fact, that, no matter how dry the season, the soil is al-
ways more or less moist, which is accounted for by aconstant underground irri-
gation which takes place by the water of the Arkansas River finding its way
through the porous sub-soil for several miles on either side. The smaller kinds
of grain, such as wheat, oats, barley and rye, do much better than corn, and are

.. much more certain, for the reason that the smaller grains are, usually, matured
before the dry months set in, As showing the adaptability of the county for
farming purposes, it may be stated that the wheat crop of 1877, averaged
twenty bushels to the acre sown; in 1878, the average was twenty-three bushels,
and in 1882, the average was twenty-six bushels to the acre. Corn does not
show as well, the average bushels to the acre in 1877, being thirty bushels, and
in 1878, only twenty-eight bushels. és

For stock raising, the county has superior advantages. The Arkansas
River, and other creeks, afford ample facilities and. furnish an abundance of
good waterfor drinking purposes, while the limitless supply of rich buffalo
grass renders any other kind of feed unnecessary. In some portions of the
county, the buftalo grass is being supplanted by blue-stem, and south of the
Arkansas River it has nearly all disappeared and blue-stem taken its place.

Realizing the advantages offered by the county for stock: raising, people are
becoming quite extensively engaged in that industry. Manyattend to both
stock raising and farming, having fine farms on the bottom land, while on the
upland they have extensive ranges which are rapidly becoming stocked with
cattle. :

GENERAL HISTORY.

‘Barton County was, prior to 1872, attached to Ellsworth County for judi-
cial and revenue purposes, but having, in that year, the requisite number of
voters, and the population required by law, to entitle it to organization, « peti-
tion was presented to the Governor, asking that the county be organized. The
petition having been considered, the following proclamation was issued :

Whereas, itappears from the records in the office of the Secretary of State, that a census
of Barton County Nas been taken according to law, properly sworn to by three resident free-
holders of said county, showing a population of six hundred (6U0) inhabitants, citizens of

the United States, and, 2 és
hereas, more than forty inhabitants free-holders in Barton County, have peti-

tioned for the appointment of three special County Commissioners, and one special County
Clerk, and have selected the town of Great Bend in such county as the temporary county

seat, now,

Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Kansas,
I, James M. Harvey, have appointed and commissioned the special County Commissioners
and Clerk asked for in that petition, and do hereby declare the town of Great Bend the tem-

orary county seat of Barton County.
v in testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and eausee to be affixed the

Great Seal of the State. Done at Topeka this 16th day o. May, A. D.,
WwW. yy the Governor,

H. SMALLWOOD,
Secretary of State. $ JAMES M. HARVEY.

The Commissioners appointed, as mentioned, in the foregoing proclama-
tion, were Thomas L. Morris, John H. Hubbard, and George M. Berry, and
the appointee as special County Clerk was William H. Odell. The first meet-
ing of the Commisioners was held at Great Bend, May 23, 1872, and organized
by electing T. L. Morris, Chairman. Prior to that time, the county had been
but one municipal township, attached to Ellsworth County, but at the first meet-
ing of the Commissioners, the county was divided into three civil townships,
Lakin, Great Bend and Buffalo, and each township declared to be a Commis-
sioner District.

An election for county and township officers, and for the permanent lo-
cation of the county seat, was ordered to be held on the first day of July, 1872,
and the designated voting places were: For Great Bend Township, at the
postoffice building in Great Bend. For Buffalo Township, at the residence of
George M. Berry, on the southwest quarter of Section 32, Township 18 south,
Range 14 west. For Lakin Township, at the store of Mr. Burlisson, in Town.
ship 19 south, Range 11 west. The election was held on the day appointed,
and the officers chosen were : ;

County Commissioners, M. W. Halsey, John Cook and L. H. Lusk. Coun-
ty Clerk, W. H. Odell. Register of Deeds, T. L. Morris. Clerk of District
Court, J. B. Howard. Treasurer, E, L. Morphy. Probate Judge, D, N. Heizer.
County Attorney, J. B. Howard. Superintendent of Schools, A. C. Moses.
Surveyor, John Favrow. Sheriff, George W. Moses. Coroner, D. B. Baker.

At the same election, the following Justices of the Peace were elected:
For Lakin Township, D. P. Foster and A. W. Strong. For Great Bend Town-
ship, E, J. Dodge and James Holland, and for Buffalo Township, T.S. Morton
and A. Keller. The total vote cast in the county at that election, was 199, of
which, for county seat, Great Bend received 144 votes, Ellinwood 22, and Zarah
thirty-three, and Great Bend was declared to be the permanent county seat.

At that time Zarah was quite a little village, and was the first town started
in the county. It took its name from Fort Zarah, a military post established
by the Government, during the War of the Rebellion, in what is now Barton
County, and about three miles east of the present site of Great Bend. The town
of Zarah was started by a party from Ellsworth in 1870, and was located about
a mile east of the fort. In 1871 the military post of Fort Zarah was abandoned,
and the barracks torn down, and the land upon ‘which it was located, em-

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bracing 3,600 acres, was subsequently thrown upon the market and sold. In
1871, the town of Great Bend was founded, and the Town Company, uniting
their interests with those of the railroad company in building up a_town, se-
cured for Great Bend all the advantages the latter could give, and Zarah soon
disappeared, The election held on July 1, 1872, settled the county seat ques-
tion, and the Board of Commissioners, chosen at that election met for the first
time on the 13th of that month, and organized by electing M. W. Halsey chair-
man. The board continued in session for several days, and on the 16th of
July, 1872, made the following order: ‘That horses, mules, asses, horned
cattle, hogs, sheep, etc., shall not be allowed to run at large in the County of
Barton, in the State of Kansas.” In August, 1872, dramshop licenses were
fixed at $100 per annum.

After the county was organized, a difficulty arose between the authorities
of Ellsworth and Barton counties. The latter having been attached to the
former for judicial and municipal purposes, the assessors of Ellsworth had as-
sessed the property o7 Barton and returned their assessment books to Ellsworth
County. Between the time the assessment was made and that when Barton
County was organized, a number of the citizens of Barton had paid their taxes
to the Treasurer of Ellsworth County. Here was where the disagreement
arose, the authorities of the latter county holding that, inasmuch as the assess-
ment was made according to law, and Barton County being attached, by law,
to Ellsworth when the assessment was made, the taxes should, by virtue of law,
be paid to Ellsworth County, and therefore refused to pay over to Barton
County the amount of taxes already collected. This position was disputed by
the authorities of Barton County, and for ‘a time it seemed as if the matter
would have to be carried to a court for settlement, but, finally, an amicable ar-
rangement was entered into satisfactorily to both counties, and their disagree-
ments were adjusted. ,

Prior to 1870, Barton County was the home of the buffalo, antelope, elk and
deer, and for several years after the county began to be settled, these kings of
the plain roamed over the prairies of the county in countless numbers. Buffalo
were even killed on the town site of Great Bend long after the first settlers had
located there, and antelope were seen by the hundred as late as 1875. As the
county became more populous all these disappeared. ,

While Barton County has settled up somewhat rapidly, the increase in
population has been gradual and steady, rather than spasmodic and uncertain.
The county has had none of those large settlements in colonies which some
counties have had, its immigration coming in families and groups and distribu-
ting itself over all the county. Those who came, came to stay, and generally
did stay, and each year brought its quota of new comers. In 1874 and 1875 a
good many Russians settled in the county, locating in the vicinity of Dundee,
about seven miles west of Great Bend. Many others came but did not remain
in the county, but moved into adjoining counties. A. settlement of about one
hundred families still remains in the county. The real settlement of the county
did not commence until 1872, although a few families had located in the county
in 1871. Since that time the population has grown to over 10,000, so_ that
the average increase has been about 1,000 a year.

One of the points of interest in the county, and about the only one to which
any particular interest attaches, is a rock in the southwest corner of the county,
known as “Pawnee Rock.” There is also a village of this name in the same lo-
cality. It is the rock, however, that is the interesting point. The rock is at
the southern terminus of a ridge, or bluff, that extends for several miles in a
northeasterly direction north of the Arkansas River. It is, or was, about I00
feet high, but lately several feet of rock have been taken from the top of it.
The top is almost perfectly flat, and is about 240 feet in circumference. In for-
mer days it was a great landmark for travelers, and many are the names inscrib-
ed on its face, and among them that of R. E. Lee, and under it the year 1845.
Some of the names it bears are followed by dates much older than that following
the name of R. E. Lee. The rock derives its name from the fact that the vari-
ous tribes of Pawnees, when they desired to hold a general council, would
meet on the top of it, and hence the name “ Pawnee Rock,” and hence also,
the name of the town of Pawnee Rock.

Among the first settlers in the county were J. Renake and H. Shultz, with
their families, who came to the county in the summer of 1870; W. W. Halsey,
Charles Rowdebush, E. D. Dodge, Thomas Stone, Edwin Tyler and several
others, came in 1871, and the following year settlers came by the score.

The first school building in the county was erected in Great Bend, in the
spring of 1873, bonds for this purpose having been voted in December, 1872.
The first church edifice in the county was a Catholic Church, erected in Lakin
Township in the fall of 1877, and the next one was a Methodist at Great Bend,
erected in the winter of 1877-78. The first postoffice in the county was estab-
lished at Zarah in 1871, the first Postmaster being Titus J. Buckbee.

The first marriage in the county was solemnized at Great Bend, in No-
vember, 1872, the contracting parties being Jonathan F. Tilton and Miss Addie
Eastey.

The first county warrant issued in the county, was issued September 2, 1872,
to Thomas L- Morris, and the amount it called for was $34.50, which was paid
on the 7th day of May, 1873. The first term of court held in the county was in
April, 1873, Hon. W. R. Brown being the presiding Judge, and the first case
tried was “‘A. C. Moses vs. F. Vancil,” the suit having been brought by injunc-
tion, the matter in controversy being some land to which both parties laid
claim.

The first birth in the county was that of George A. Hansher, born October
2, 1871, and the first death was that of achild of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sneck,
which occurred in January, 1872. The Sneck family lived about two miles from
Great Bend, towards Walnut Creek. When the child died Mrs. Sneck was all
alone, her husband havihg been gone for several days on a buffalo hunt, and
had not returned. At that time wolves were very plentiful in the county, and
the rudely constructed “shanty” in which Mrs. Sneck was left with her child,
being isolated and far from any neighbors, was soon surrounded by a pack of
these ravenous beasts. They howled around the house, they jumped at the
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windows, they scraped at the door, but the heroic mother nobly fought them -.

off, to save the dead child from being devoured. She barricaded the doors
and windows, and all night long, while the wolves were howling in their fury
without, the mother was keeping guard and vigil over the lifeless body of her
child within, After having remained in this terrible condition about twenty-
four hours, a man, with a team, happened to pass by, and, learning of her situa-
tion, took her and her dead child into his wagon and brought them to Great
Bend, where they were taken to the Southern Hotel, at that time about the only
house of any kind in town. Next day funeral services were held, and the child
interred, and the sermon at that funeral was the first preached in the town of
Great Bend. The officiating clergyman was Rey. E. R. Glenn.

The county has made fair progress since it was first organized, and the
people are thrifty and industrious. The county is reasonably well supplied
with schoolhouses, and has eleven church edifices, with several church societies
and organizations that have no buildings, but which ho!d services in the court-
room and in various schoolhouses. The assessed valuation of the county is
$1.537,051.68, which is about one-third the actual value, and the bonded in-
debtedness of the county is $35,000. For the payment of $10,000 of said
indebtedness, an equal amount 1s now in the hands of the County Treasurer.
The floating indebtedness of the county, on the first day of January, 1883, was
$17,100, a portion of which has been Called in and redeemed since.

The people of the county generally are in reasonably comfortable circum-
stances, and their houses and surroundings indicate industry and a good degree
of prosperity. As to who broke the first prairie for farming is a question of
some doubt, but it is conceded that John Reineoke and Henry Shultz turned
over the first sod on the banks of Walnut Creek for garden patches. It is also
conceded by the old settlers that J. P. Bissell, who Idcated early in 1872, on a
claim about two miles north of Great Bend, was the first man in the county to
raise any wheat, although a great many settlers had patches of sod corn in 1872.

Among the early settlers was John Lyle, who located on a claim west of
Great Bend, in the vicinity of Dundee. One day in 1873, while Lyle was
plowing corn, a drove of seventeen buffalo came into the field. Unhitching
the horse from the plow, he rode to his house, where he got his needle-gun and
started afterthe buffalo. He strung them out over the prairie and succeeded
in killing several of them before they crossed the claim of E. L. Chapman, about
two miles north of Lyle’s, and before they reached Great Bend he had fifteen
of the seventeen buffal> killed.

COUNTY BUILDINGS AND COUNTY BOUNDARIES. |

,__With a view of determining the county seat question for alltime to come, the Commis-
sioners ordered an election to be held on October 8, 1872, the question to be voted upon
being the issnance of bonds to the amount of $25,C00 for the purpose of building a court-
house and jail. The proposition was carried aud plans for the building requested. Atthe
general election held on November 5, 1872, G. L. Brinkman was elected to the Legislature,
he being the first person to represent Barton County in the General Assembly of the State,
On February 12, 1873, Mr. Haskell pres -nted plaus to the Commissioners fora court house
and jail, which were adopted, anil notices calling for sealed proposals for the work were
published in several newspapers of the State. On March 26, 1873, the ids were opened and
the contract was awarded to John McDonald, of Emporia, who hroposed to complete the
work for $24,200. Work was immediately commenced and the building was completed that
year. Itisavery neatly constructed building, the corners being cut stone and the walls
brick, The doors and windows are trimmed with cut stone and the superstructure rests
upon asolid stone founnation; the walls of which are raise: to a height of six feet above the
surface of the ground. The dimensions of the building are 54x80 feet, the whole surmonnied
by a handsomely-finished cupols of octagon shape, I side icis very conveniently arranged.

he south side of the basement is partitioned off and fitted up as a residence for the Sheriff,
while the north side, excepting a room in the northwest corner, which is used for a justice’s
office, is divided into cells and finished in jail fashion, with iron grared doors and windows,
The first floor is divided into six offices three on either side of the hall those of the Registrar
of Deeds, Superintendent of Schools and County Clerk being on the gs uth sidé> and thos» of
the Treasurer, Probate Judge and Sheviff on the north side. The upper floor is divided into
a court-room, neatly finished and furnished, ajury-room and offices for the County Attor-
ney ail Clerk of the District Court. It stands in the center of a square containihing two
Ulocks of ground, which is well covered with young trees and is surrounded by a neatly-
built board fence,

In 1874, the limits of Barton County were enlarged bv the Legislature partitioning Staf-
ford County, and adding that portion of it embraced in To een DS 21, 22 and 23, in Ranges
11, 12, 13 and 14, to Barton County. This fneluded all of Statford County norch of the south
line of Township 23, excepting that included in Townsh ps 21, 22, and 23, in Range 15,
which wa: alded to Pawnee Connty. The south halt of Stafford County, ex cepulng: that
portion embraced in Townships £4 and 25, in Kange 15, was joined to Pratt County. It was
supposed that Stafford County was wiped out by this act of the Legislature; but not so, al-
though its limits were cut down to the dimensions of two townships in the southwest cor-
ner, No doubt the intention of the Legislature was to wipe out Stattord County eutirely,
but in failing to dispose of the two townships above mentioned, Stafford still matntained
its identity, although limited toa strip of land containing only s venty-two sections, or six
niles east and west by twelve north and south. However, the territory thus added, Barton
County held until 1879, when the matter, rfter having been fought throuch the State Corres,
was decided by the Supreme Court against Barton County, for the reason that Statford
County was cut down to lessdimensions than required by the constitution, and the original
boundary lines of Bar:on County were restored.

The following isthe list of county officers for 1883: Anderson Williams, Henry J,
Roetzel, John K. Huinphrey, Cominissioners; Ira D. Brougher, County Clerk; A. C. Scher-
Inerborn District Clerk; Cal Wever, Treasurer; Gustav pepe Probate Judge; Myron
Gilmore, Sheriff; C. F. Diffiubacker, County Attorney; CU. M. Dodge, Register of Doeds; C.
a Wolfe, Superintendent of Schools; C. Q. Newcombe, Surveyor; B.D. Baln, M. D.,

yoroner.

The following is a list of the names of members who have served in the State Legisla-
ture from Barton County: G, L. Brinkman, 1873; J. F. Cummings, 1874; G. L. Brinkman,
1875; C.J. Frye, 1877; G. L. Brinkman, 1879; D. N. Helzer, 1881, and J. D. Balin, in 1883,

SCHOOLS AND MANUFACTORIES.

The first school established in Barton County, was at Great Bend, In 1672, by James R.
Bickerdyke, who opened a private school in that year. In the following year, School Dis-
trict No. 1, was organized at Great Bend, and that same year a two siory frame building
was erected tur a schoolhouse, and of this schvol J. A. McClellan, was the first teacher.
There were, in 1882, sixty school buildings in the county, containing in all sixty-seven
rooms. Thesclwool population of the county Jn 1882, b tween the ages of five and twenty-one
years, was 3,565. ai increase over 181, of 197. Of this population 1,848 were males and
1,717 females. The number of pupils enrolled in the public schools in 1882, was 2.458, an
increase over th preceding year of 194, the enrollment of males being 1,2! and females
1.159. Theaverage daily attendance at the public schools, in 1882, was 1,566 an increase
of 225 over 1881. The number of organized School Districts in the county, in 1882, was 88,
but many of these had no buildings, the pupils of some districts attending school in dis-
tricts adjoining. Thenumber of diferent teachers employed during the year was eighty-
four, of which number twenty-four were males and sixty females. The average salary per
_ ‘month paid male teachers in 1881, was $23 99, and the average paid females was $15.06. In
the following year, salaries of both male and female teashers, were considerably advanced,
and in 1882, the average paid male teachers was $33.12 per month, an increase over the pre-
ceding year of $9.13 per mouth, while the average salary paid females, advanced to $23,71,
an increase of £8.65 per month over 1881. School bonds were issued during the year to the
amount of $1,600, and the school bonded indebtedness of the county, iu 1882, was $26.477.
-The number of districts that sustained public school for three mouths, or over, during the
year was seventy-five, and the number ‘ailing to sustain public school for three months
was thirteen. The estimated value of all school property in the county in 1882, was §39,-
724, and the average number of mills levied for all school purposes, was fourteen. Oue
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

were granted, classified as follows: Grade first 11; grade second 59, and grade third 29,
Ther Swas a balance in the handg of the district treasurer on August 1, 1881, of $3,546.82
and the amount received from district taxes was $12,066.55; from Staté aud county funds
$3,616.15; from sale of bonds 5,044.80, and from all other sources $689.22, making a total
of »24,963.54. The amount paid to teachers during the year ending July 31, 1882, was $12,-
504,72; paid for rents, fuel, repairs, etc., $3,239.82; for district library and Schvol apparatus
$139.18; for sites, buildings and furnitnre, $4,081.22; paid for alt olher purposes $627.90,
making a total of $20,502.84, Jeaving a balance in hands of district treasurer on August 1,
1882, of $4,370.70. The schoo) buildings in the county are mostly frame, several are sod,
anda few are stone. : ‘ |

There are no maoufacturing establishments in the county, excepting four flouring mills
and one sugar inill.. Whatever water power the s‘reams afford can not be utilized, and all
the mills are operated py steam, Que of these flouring mills is located at Pawnee Rock, in
the southwest corner of the county, and was_ built in 1876, by Bowma . Bros. Itisaframe
structure, thiee sturies high, has three run of stone, and the capital invested in it is 310,000.
Anoher flouring miil is located at Ellinwood, and was erected in 1878, by F. A. Steckel,
This, also, is a frame building, and originally had three run of sone, butin 1882 it was

reaily enlarged, and new anc uproved machinery was put in. In addition to makin,

flow r by the old system of grinding i« also manufactures by the roller process. The capital
{iivested in this mill is $25,000. The“ Clement Mill ”is Jocated at Great Bend, and was put
up by W. W. P. Clement in 1876. Itis a frame building, two and a half stories high, and
has fourrunof stone. It represents an invested capital of $12,000.

** Walnut Creek Mills” are also located at Great Bend, and were first erected on Walnut

 

Creek in 1876, by Sooy & Brinkman, where the mill was run by water power. The diffi-

culties experienced in keeping their dam in proper condition caused them to move the
mill, and in 1878 it was taken to Great Bend, where it was converted intoa steam mill. In
1880 the mill was enlarged to more than twice its original size, and fitted up with the new-
est and mostiuiprove! machinery, It is quite a large mill. the main building being frame,
and the engine and boflerroom brick. It manufactures flouc by both the old and new pro-
cess, having four run of stone and several rollers. Its capacity is three hundred barreis of
flour daily, The capital invested in the mill is $50,000, aud the proprietors are Sooy, Brink-
man & Roberts. :

In 1881 quite a large sugar mill was built_at a place named Dundee, about seven miles
west of Great Bend, byS. A. Lebold & Co. The mill is quite an extensive building, five
stories high, three of which are stone and 'wo frame. The mill is operated by steam, and
the capital invested is $40,000. The Producto, of the mill in 1881 was 50,000 gallons of
syrup, aud in 1882 the production was 75. gallons,

» ere is Nant nae craamery in the county, and that has been but very recently built by
J. A. Perviance; on Little Walnut Creek, in Buffalo Township. It has not yet been putiu
operation, but will start in a few weeks.

STATISTICS OF GROWTH.

The county has made considerable increase in material wealth, as will be shown by the
following statistics. In 1874. was raised the first wheat ever grown inthe county, and two
hundred acres was the extent of the amount sown that year. The total acreage of field
crops in the county in 1872 was 1,061 acres, of which 722 were devoted to corn, six to oats,
thirteen to potatoes and 320 to prairie pasture. In 1873, the total acreage of field crops was
5.461; in 1874, it increased to 6 034, and kept doubling in extent each year thereafter unttl
18 8, when the total acreage reached 81,852 acres. This was increased more than 100 per
cent during the next two years, and in 1880, the total acreage of field cropsin the county
was 166,319 acres, 79.013 of which, or nearly one-half, was sown to wheat. In 1882, the
total acreage of field crops in the county was 145,000 acres, a decrease in two yeus of 21,-
319 acres. This decrease is accounted for by the fact, that a great portion of Stafford
County, which had constitute! apart of Barton, had been severed, and set back into Staf-
ford in 1879, but notwithstanding this apparent decrease, the acreage of field crops in Rar-
ton County proper, was greater in 1882 than 1880. The number of acres inthe county
included in farms in 1882, was 263,757, the assessed valuation of which was $1 445,670, this
being, according to the system of taxation, about 40 per cent of the real value. The num-
ber of farm dwellings erected iu the county during the year ending March 1, 1862, was 175,
valued at $54,248. ‘Lhe number of taxable acres in the county was 305,074, leaving 270,-
926 acres untaxabdle. This untaxable land is partof the Government grantto the railroad
company, for which no patents have been yet issued, and school Jands. The value of the
rarden products ilove for the year ending March 1, 1882, amounting to $3,272, was more
than the value of the entire firlul crops of 1872. A good deal of attention is given to raising
poultry, for which aready market is found in the States and Territories west. The eggs and
poultry sold during the year ending Mareh 1, 1882, amounted to $17,781. The cheese pro-
duction for the year was 6,550 pounds, and that of butter was 211,192 pounds. For a county
which has only had an existence of ten years, considerable advancement, has been made in
the accumulation of live stock. There were in the county, on March 1, 1882, live stock as
follows: Horses, 3,273; mules and asses, 714; milch cows, 3,361; otber cattle, 7.744;
sheep, 4,034, and swine, 6.988. There are no exteusive ranches in the county, and the live
stock is pretty generally distributed among the resident farmers. The value of the ani-
mals slaughtered or sold for slaughter durimg the year ending March 1, 1882, was $61.832.
The woolclip for the same period was 6,286 pounds. Considerable wealth is also rm pre-
sented in the orchards of the county, and during the last few years horticulture has
received a good deal of attention, and promises good results. Last year (1882) the. fruit
trees in bearing in the county were: Apple, 866; pear, 39; peach, 10,577; plum, 1,950,
and cherry, 462.. The number not in bearing were: Apple, 16,629; pear, 1,211; peach, 42,-
135: plum, 1,445, and cherry, 2338. The county is reasonably well fenced, thee being
43,277 rods of fencing of various kinds. divided as follows; Board, 1,785 rods; rail, 860;
stone, 359; hedge, 15.428, and wire, 24,845. This would build. a fence of one continuous
line extending a distance of nearly 136 miles, or more than would be required to build a
fence round the entire county. The average cost of this fencing Is about one dollar a rod,
so that the fences of Barton County represent a value of about $43,277, Artificial forestry
is another branch in which the people are taking great interest, and already there are some
very fine groves inthe county. The number of acres devoted to artificial forestry is 2,229,
of which 786 are planted to Walnut; 47to maple; 18 to honey locust; 811 to cottonwood,
and 567 to other varieties. The agricultural implements of the county represent a value of
$72,481. The assessed valuation of the county in 1882, on both real and personal property,
was $1,541,368.68, which, owing to the system of ass ssing, would indicate the real valua-
tion to be about three times that amount, and for a county whose history embraces only oue
decade, shojvs a wonderful advancement in material wealth

Itis just thirteen years since Barton County began to be settled, and the census of 1870
shows the entire population of the county in that year to have been 200. The settlers that
came prior to the building of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad through the county,
in 1872, were very few, but no sooner wis the road completed than people began to come to
the county in considerable numbers. By 1875 the population had increased to 2,099, the
new comers locating chiefly in the Walnut Valley along Walnut Creek, While this portion
of the county was being settled the towns of Great Bend and Ellinwood received a goodly
positon of the new comers, and by 1878 the population had increased to 8.251, showing an
nerease in the threo years of 6,152. ‘The abundant crops of that year attracted a great deal
of emigration to the county, and during the next two years the population of the county
had grown to 10,819, this being the population as shown by the United States census of 1880.
From 1880 to 1882 about as many people left the county as came to it owing to the fact that
the crops of the former your were extremely light, aud those of 1881 were not much better.
Another fact that teded to takea great many people out of the county, especially the young-
er men, was the great desire that seemed to take hold of them to go west to the mountains.
Notwithstanding these depopulating agencies the population of the county decreased but
very little, as the population in 1882, according to the census taken by the various township
assessors, Was 10.121, showing only a decrease of 198 in the unfavorable years from the
spring of 1880 to the spring of 1882.

GREAT BEND.

The city of Great Bend is located on Section 28, Township 19, Range 13,
west of the sixth principal meridian. It is situated immediately north of that
point in the Arkansas River where it commences to make the great bend east-
ward. The town site was located in 1871 by the Great Bend Town Company,
composed of C. R. S. Curtis, M. F. Bassett, J. L. Curtis, J. T. Morton, James
Israel, A. R. McIntyre, and one or two others. The town site was located un-
der an act of Congress giving to companies that located a town and settled:
thereon a section of land. Immediately after the town was located the Town
Company had erected what is now known as the “Southern Hotel” on the north-
west corner of the public square, and this was the first house erected on the
town site. Work on the building was commenced in August, 1871, and it was
finished that fall, When the hotel was completed T. L. Stone was installed as
landlord, being allowed the use of the building rent free for.a certain period.
The next house put up in town was by Edwin Tyler, a little south of the

 
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“Southern,” on the west side of the square, between Nagie street and Bassett
avenue. It was rather a small building, one part of which he used as a dwell-
ing and the other as a store, he being the first man that ever sold goods in the
city of Great Bend, Scarcely any settlers cam< to the place in the fall and win-
ter of 1871, but early in 1872 they commenced coming at a lively rate.

James Holland came in the spring of 1872, and put up a building on the
north side of the square, and as the building was nearing completion, he went
East to purchase a stock of goods, and was never seen nor heard of after-
wards, the supposition being that he was murdered for his money. In May,
1872, A.S. Allen located in Great- Bend, and put up a building on the west
side of the square, in which’ he opened a drug store, and for three years
there was no other drug store between his and the west line of the State.

Ed. Markworth, E. L. Morphy and John Cook were among those who
came in the spring of 1872 and engaged in business, the former opening up a
grocery and provision store on the west side of the square, witile the two latter
put up buildings and went into business on the east side of the square, Morphy
engaging in the hardware business and Cook in groceries. The names given
above include the first business men of Great Bend, Ed. Tyler being the
pioaeer, he having opened his store in January, 1872.

These business men, however, were not the only parties who settled in
Great Bend in 1872, because after the railroad had reached the town, which it
did in July of that year,a good many settlers came who were not business
men, but mechanics, and these put up buildings and added greatly to the town.
The Typer. family came in the spring of 1872, and that summer erected the
““Typer House,” on the east side of the square, at the corner of Cowgill street
and Peter’savenue. It is a two-story frame building of considerable size, and
at the time it was built, was deemed «a magnificent hotel for Western Kansas.

The year 1872 closed very auspiciously for Great Bend, and early the
following year the town was incorporated and advanced to the rank of a cily
of the third class, and at the city election held soon thereafter, A. A. Hurd
was elected Mayor of the city. Up to that time, no public school had been
established in town, but early in 1873, the people having voted bonds for the
purpose in the preceding December, a very fine two-story frame schoolhouse
was erected, one block west of the public square. It was in that year that the
difficulty arose over the town site. The title to the section of land on which
the town is located remained in the Government until 1873, but when the town
was incorporated and became acity of the third class with a representative
head, the Government deeded the section to the Mayor of the city of Great
Bend, in trust for the occupants. Fides

About that time, the original Town Company put in an appearance and

claimed that the deed was given in trust to the Mayor for their benefit, and
that inasmuch as they had-located the town site and made improvements
thereon, they were, under the law, entitled to receive the deed. After some
delay and discussion pro and con, the Mayor yielded, and deeded over the
land embraced _ in the town site to the Town Company. This action on the
part of the Mayor greatly enraged the settlers, who talked the matter over
amongst themselves, both openly and privately, and the more they talked over
it the madder they became, and finally brought suit against the Mayor and
Town Company, to have the deed made by the former to the latter set aside,
and in December, 1873, a decision was rendered in favor of the occupants.
After this, a kind of compromise was made with the Town Company, by which
the town site should be re-surveyed and divided amongst all those who were
bona fide occupants on September 6, 1872, according tu the investments each
had made in improvements. The man that had invested $200, received double
as many lots as he who had’invested $100, and according to this system the
land was distributed.
: After the distribution was made, part of the compromise -was, that the
‘occupants should deed over to the Town Company half of the lots that had
been allotted to each, andin this manner the matter was finally settled, The
Commissioners appointed to re-survey, appraise and apportion the town-site,
were T. S. Morton, E. V. Rugar and J.B. Howard, and the-survey, appraise-
ment and apportionment made by the commission was accepted and approved,
and filed for record February 2, 1874. It was found that on the 6th day of Sep-
tember, 1872, there were eighty Joxa fide occupants on the land included within
the limits of the town-site of Great Bend, and among these the lots were dis-
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In 1873, the court house was built, in the center of the public square, a
very magnificent brick building, which added greatly to the appearance of the
town, The first stone and brick business house erected in town, was a two slory

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building on the north side of the square, which was put up by Sooy & Brink.
man. This was the only substantial improvement made until 1876, althougn, in
the interval, a good number of frame buildings, both stores and dwellings,
were erected.

In that year A. S. Allen put up a very neat and well finished two story
stone and brick building on the corner of Curtis avenue and Nagie street, the
first floor of which he uses as a drug store, the upper floor being divided into
offices, About the same time Gray & Baily erected a building of a similar
character on the north side of the square, now occupied as a hardware store by
W. H. Dodge & Son. A much needed improvement was made that year in the
erection of a flouring mill by W. W. P. Clement. The limits of the city were en-
larged in 1876, by an addition made thereto by the Arkansas Valley Town
Company, and the following year Kincaid’s Addition was added, and that year
the first church edifice was erected by the Catholics.

The years 1873, 74 and ’’75, were interesting years in the history of Great
Bend, as those were the years during which the cattle trade centered at that
point. This trade would usually commence about the first of June, and con-
tinue till towards the middle of October. A natural consequence of this trade,
was lively times for the’ merchants while it lasted, and for the ordeily and
peaceably disposed of the community, a constant dread. The advantages in
trade were more than counterbalanced by the disadvantages to society. The
class of people that the cattle trade attracted to Great Bend, was that class of
thugs and harlots that are a curse and a dread to every community, and when
the Legislature in 1876, passed a law fix ng the ‘‘dead line” thirty miles west of
the west line of Barton County, the people of Great Berd felt relieved. This
“dead line” is a line beyond which Texas cattle can not be brought, unless they
have wintered one winter in the State. The passage cf that law had the effect
of moving the cattle trade west from Great Bend, and with it went those ele-
ments so dangerous to the peace of society.

_ The year in which the most substantial improvements were made in the
city was 1878. In that year J. H. Hubbard and Burton, Moses Bros., built
the Union Block on the west side of the square. It is a fine two-story stone
and brick building, with two good store rooms beneath, and several offices and
Union Hall above. On the north side of the square G. L. Brinkman erected a
two story stone and brick building. On Nagie street, G. P. Townsley put up a
building of similar material, the lower story of which is fitted up for, and used
as, the postoffice, while the upper story is used as the printing office of the /z-.
land Tribune. Directly opposite to this building, on the same street, C. F
Wilner built a good two-story stone and brick, which he uses as a furniture
store. Adjoining the 772duve building on the west, Troilett Bros. and D. Mer-
ton put up, each, a one-story building, having stone walls and brick front.

While these solid improvements were goirg on, many others of a less suh-
stantial character were being made, The “Occidental Hotel,” built by C. E.
Birdsale, the “Central House,” built by John Barth, both frame buildings, were
erected inthat year. Three elevators were also put up: No.1 by Fair & Cul-
ver; No. 2, by G. L. Brinkman, and No. 3, by Bailey & Moses. The Walnut
Creek Mill was also greatly enlarged, and refitted with new and improved
machinery.

The only fire of any consequence that ever visited the city occurred in
1878. It took place in the month of September, 1878, and originated in the
furniture store on Nagie street. About two o’clock in the morning, one of the
men who was sleeping up stairs, for some reason, either real or imaginary,
deemed it necessary to light a lamp and go down stairs, but before he reached
the foot, he meade a misstep, and his descent was greatly accelerated, and in a
manner not in the usual course of descending. The lamp preceded him, fell
aud broke, whereupon the oil instantly became ignited, and the flame soon
spread to the loose combustible matter lying upon the floor, and in a short
time the whole place wasin a blaze. The alarm was immediately given, but
before the fire could be extinguished the furniture store, with four others, had
perished in the flames. The loss was estimated at $20,000. .

In 1879 the town was further improved by a fine two-story stone and brick
building, erected by J. W. Lightbody, on the west side of the square, and now
occupied by Krouch & Simons as. a dry goods store. About the time this
building was put up, William Dunaway erected a very fine substantial building
in the same block, now owned by Bruesner & Weiss, who occupy the first
story as a grocery and dry goods store, the upper story being rented to, and
used by, the Odd Fellows as a hall.

The town has made rather slow progress since that time, the improvements
that were made being confined to residences, and most of those erected since
1879, were put up in 1882, The latest improvement made of any importance,
was the erection of a fine brick schoolhouse in 1882. To build this bonds to
the amount of $6,700 were issued. The building isa neat two-story structure,
having two rooms above and two below, which, with the original frame build-
ing, affords ample accommodation for the pupils that attend.

The first woman that made her home in Great Bend was Mrs. Lewis Frye,
and the first child born in the city was Emma H. Shoffer, the date of whose
birth was April 20, 1872. °

The first Postmaster in the place was E.L. Morphy, and the first City
Council was composed of M.S. Kutch, E. Markwort, J. W. Winfield, W. H.
Odell, and Edwin Tyler; A.S. Allen being subsequently appointed to fill «
vacancy

THE SMALL POX PLAGUE,

The saddest page in the history of Great Bend is that covering the period
between December 1, 1882, and February, 1883, a period, which though short in
duration, will long be adverted to as the gloomiest time in the history of the city.
About the latter end of November, 1882, a colored man named Gilmore was
on his way East from New Mexico, and being sick left the train at Great Bend,
and found his way to a one-room “shanty” in the northeast part of the town, the
sole occupant of which was an old colored man named John Howell. Here
Gilmore was taken down, and next day the county physician, Doctor Frank
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Lightfoot, was called to see him. When asked what ailed him the doctor said
he thought he was getting over a big drunk, and upon his second visit declared
Gilmore’s malady to be mountain fever. The day after he gave this out as his
opinion he took his departure for the far West. Whether he knew Gilmore’s
disease was small-pox is not known, but he knew, no matter what the nature of
the disease may have been, he, being County Physician, it was his duty to at-
a him, but instead of doing that he immediately took his departure from
own.

Dr. White was next sent to visit Gilmore, and upon seeing him declared his
case to be one of small-pox, and that of the most malignant type. Consterna-
tion seized the community, and many fled to escape the dread plague..

Old man Howell’s shanty was closely quarantined, but too late, the seeds
had been sown, and soon this one and then that one were stricken down. The
town was placed under strict quarantine, and for two months a pall as of death
seemed to enshroud the city. Nobody came and no one was allowed to go.
Business was stagnated and the streets were almost deserted. Mails were
stopped, churches and schools were closed, all society meetings were discon-
tinued, and people were prohibited from assembling in groups.

In all there were thirty cases in town, fifteen of whom died. The names
of those who died from the fell disease were: Gilmore, the colored man; John
Howell, colored, at whose house Gilmore stopped; Brown, a colored man, who
resided on the edge of the town; Frank Morgan, son of Mr, and Mrs. C. B.

 

Morgan; Charles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Legg. John Alefs lost his wife and two
children, being every member of the family but himself. Mr, and Mrs, Parker
lost two daughters, allthe children.in the family. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stoffer
had two children taken, a boy and a girl, by which bereavement they were left
childless.

While the foul plague continued Great Bend was a sad city, and the un-
certainty as to whom the next victims would be, or the number that the scourge
would carry off “before it discontinued its ravages, caused the people to live in
a state of constant dread and painful anxiety. The first to die from the dis-
ease was Gilmore, the colored man who brought the plague to town, and the
last victim was one of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Stoffer. After the last case
had developed itself, the town was quarantined for twenty-one days, after which
the quarantine was removed and gladness seized the hearts of the people, and
joy entered their homes, but yet the page covering that brief period of history
is one of sadness.

EARLY REMINISCENCES AND INCIDENTS,

In the early settlement of Great Bend it had some very peculiar characters,
and some rather amusing incidents occurred. The man whose peculiarities
gave him the greatest notoriety was T. L. Stone, first proprietor of what is now
known as the Southern Hotel. “Tom” was a great big, burly fellow, with
a huge, bushy mustache, and when dressed in his open-breasted red shirt, with
the sleeves rolled up to his shoulders, and his old army sash wrapped around his
waist, into which would be stuck a couple of revolvers, he was a very fierce-
looking character, and well calculated to strike terror to the heart of the young
and inexperienced in the western mode of life. Notwithstanding his fierce
look and blustering manner, he was altogether inoffensive, and possessed a good,
kind heart. One or two incidents that occurred in the “Cottage,” of which
Tom was then proprietor, will tend to show the character of the man, and
the ludicrous scenes that frequently occurred in those early days in Western
hotels,

One day-a couple of Englishmen who were out on a buffalo hunting
expedition stopped at the “Cottage” for dinner, and when dessert was reached
they asked for a nut-cracker. Tom went out, and in a short time returned
with a large stone and shoemaker’s hammer, and slapping them down on the
table in front of the Englishmen, said: ‘“ There’s your —— nutcracker.”

The following incident will show how Tom taught a fellow how to eat
hash. A kind of snob of a traveling man came along one day and put up at
the “Cottage.” It so happened that one of the,chief articles of diet on that par-
ticular day was “‘ hash,” and when the traveling man’s was laid before him he
demanded beefsteak, and said he would not eat ‘‘hash.” The waiter went out
and told Tom, and the guest, thinking that the steak would be forthcoming in
two or three minutes, sat waiting the waiter’s return, when in stepped Tom

_with his characteristic red shirt on and sleeves rolled up, and in his hand a
huge carving knife. As soon as he entered the dining-room he demanded, in
stentorian tones, where that ——- —— was that said he would not eat hash.
Instantly the traveling man seized his knite and fork, and all at once, to the

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

intense merriment of others who knew Tom, discovered that hash was quite
palatable food.

As illustrative how justice was administered, the case of “ T. Vancil vs.
E. L. Stone,” tried June 7, 1873, before E. J. Dodge, a Justice of the Peace,
will be sufficient. The plaintiff's bill of particulars was as follows :

“The plaintiff claims judgment against the defendant in the sum of $40.00 and costs
of suit, for this that the said defendant did on or about the —— day of May, 1873, wilfully
and unlawfully kill a certain hog or swine, the property of this plaintiff and worth the sum
of forty dollars.”

The evidence in the case was as follows, and is copied verbatim from the
original papers now on file in-the office of the Clerk of the. District Court of
Barton County :— - as

George Eldred swornsays: ‘I see the hog the day it was killed; I see it was dangerous
to run at large.and told Ed Stone. I went to it and he would snap and bite and froth at the
mouth. I have seen mad hogs in Wisconsin, I never see one eat that was mad.”

Mr. Kutch sworn says: “I see one day last month a hog raising thunder out on the
prairie, falling down and getting up, etc, ete. There was no dogs there. About an hour
after I see the hog running down a x (across) then (square) and Ed Stone shooting at him. I
never see a mad hog.” : a

©. Moses sworn says: “I see Ed Stone driving a hog ax the 0, yanking his head around,
trying to stand on his head. [see Ed Stone shoot the hog two or three times. If the hog
was Well he was worth $35 or $40, but as he was he was not worth a dam. I would give
Te Ste een “I first this hog down by the Typer House. He was froth

. L. Stone sworn says: rst see this hog dow =
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ing at the mouth and shaking his head. ¥ :
some men $50. As the hog was at that time I would not give 25c. for him, but would give
25¢. to have him killed. I never see a hog have the hydrophobia.” _ :

J. H. Hubbard sworn: “The first time I see the hog he was chasing my buffalo calf, he
afterwards went out towards the schoolhouse and Ed Stone drove him back ontothe o. I
see Ed Stone shoot at the hog several times. Isee¢ another man shoot at the hog. I solda
hog as big as he was for $11.” 2

John Hartley sworn: “I don't know anything about killing the hog. I see Ed Stone
shoot at the hog and the hog jumpt after he was shot at.”

rs. J. C. Martin sworn: “In the morning I see the hog at Mr. Hubbard’s calf, next the
hog chased me to the house from the prairie.’

J.C, Martinsworn: “I see the hog frothing and foaming at the mouth and would have
shott him if I had had agun. I thought he was mad. Inever knew amad hog to eat.”

E. L, Stone sworn and says: ‘I noticed the hog back of the Typer House and tried to
drive him up, anditrun at me. I wentto drive him up and he did not want tocome. Hub-
bard and George Moses advised me to shootthe hog and I did shoot him five or six times, I
am City Marshal, or was.”

T. Vancil recalled: “The breed of the hog that Ed Stone killed was Poland and Big-
boned China, and more valuable than common hogs. He was a male hog andI kept him for
astock hog. I was offered yesterday $40 fora hog of the same variety.’

Mr, Turning sworn says: “{f have had a good deal of experience with hogs, A male hog
will froth and foam at the mouth thousands of times when they get out and when they are
not mad. I have handled thousands of hogs, wild and tame. A male hog after being shut
up and then let out will act wild and mad when there is nothing the matter with them.”

“The city records offered in evidence,claiming hogs to be anuisance aud not lawful com-
moners.

The Justice, after having received the testimony, delivered the following
erudite opinion :—

"T find by reviewing the testimony in this cause by T. Vancil evidence, that on or about
the —— day of May He, Vancil, was the owner of a certain hog or swine which He valued,
and held to be worth $40, and that he see Mr. E. L. Stoneshoot said hog, and kill him,

“Mr. Quincy, under oath, said he knew Mr. Vancil’s hog, that said swine was worth $30
in Quincy, and was worth $40 here. ‘ x wa"

Frank Philips, under oath, said: ‘I see the hog in question the evening it was shot or
killed. Iam acquainted with the value of hogs; said hog was worth $40 or $50. I see two
dogs chasing and worrying said hog; did not see anything the matter of the hog.’

* Mr. Turning, under oath, said: ‘I have always noticed male hogs will froth and foam
at their mouth, more or less. I see Ed. L. Stone shoot a hog, said to be Vancil’s, severa
times. I see another man shoot once or twice.’ ”

After thus reviewing the testimony, the Justice continued :

“The hydrophobia is a disease occasioned by the bite of a rabid animal, and so called
from the great dread that those who suffer from it manifest at the sight of water. The dog,
cat, fox and wolf are the animals among whom this disease is most common, and among
whom it is natural, and always originates in the canine or fenine family; but there fs per-
haps no animal to whom it is not capable of being communicated _as it is to man. An ani-
mal possessed with the hydrophobia will neither eat or drink. Ithas not been claimed, or
any-attempt to show, that this hog had been bit by any animal possessed with hydrophobia.
In regard to the City Ordinance referred to—that ordinance is allright. It is avery good
law, and no well regulated city would be without it, and the mode the City Council have de-
vised and adopted to abate that nusance is also a good one. (i.e.) ‘The City Marshal shall take
up, and empound, and advertise, and if not redeemed, sell such swine to the highest bidder,
and pay the charges.’ I cannot understand that the City Council has any power to delegate
tothe marshal rights and privileges which they have not got themselves, (i. e.) to destroy
summorly property belonging to the residents of this city. without even notifying the owner.
It is therefore ordered and adjudged by the Court, that the said T. Vancil have and recover
of the said Ed. L. Stone, the sum of $4u and cost of this suit.”.

While Justice’s Courts were conducted in a rather peculiar manner, the
method of conducting funerals was equally peculiar, There came to Great
Bend, in 1872, an attorney named Godfrey, who had fallen into rather dissi-
pating habits. One night, during the winter of 1872-73, while in an intoxi-
cated condition, fell down, and being unable to get up, lay where he fell the
greater portion of the night, and when discovered was nearly lifeless, At that
time there were but few houses in town, but Doctor Baine had a small office on
the north side of the square to which Godfrey was taken, and where he died on
the Wednesday following. His relatives were notified by telegram of his death
and sent word that they would be on for the remains. The next day a terribly
severe storm set in of wind and snow, by which all the cuts on the line of road
were filled and travel completely stopped for several days. :

The Sunday after Godfrey died the people congregated in the postoffice,
as was their wont, where they cracked jokes, told stories, and spun yarns, help-
ing themselves at intervals from some whisky barrels that stood at the rear end
of the store in which the postoffice was located. In a short time they began to
feel a little mellow, and while in this state, one fellow, named Kutch, in refer-
ring to Godfrey, said, ‘we have stood this thing long enough, we had better
plant him.” This proposition met with the approval of the crowd and ina
short time two lumber wagons were hitched to and drove around to Dr. Baines’
office where the remains of Godfrey were still lying. He was then lifted into
one of the wagons, and as many men as could crowd into that and the other
wagon got in, and started for a place north of town where a grave had been dug
for two or three days. Quite a number followed on horseback. The ground
was covered with snow which had drifted considerably during the storm. Ac-
companying the cortege, went a dog belonging to some of the party, who hap-
pened to come across a jack rabbit lying in the snow which the dog killed. A
little farther along another rabbit was started, to which some of the horsemen,
leaving the funeral procession, gave chase, A third one was started, and the
excitement among the men increased, and between chasing rabbits and follow-
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ing the corpse, the grave was finally reached, which was found to have drifted
full of snow.

After shoveling out the snow, and lowering the remains of Godfrey into
the grave, another attorney, named Copeland, whose habits were not the
steadiest, said it would be appropriate and becoming to make a few remarks,
and as there was no minister of the gospel in town he, upon that occasion, would
officiate in that capacity. He began his address, and just as he had reached the
most touching portion, a fellow named Baker cried out ‘' By , the dog is
after another jack rabbit,” and away the crowd went pell mell, helter-skelter,
over the prairie and after the rabbit, leaving Copeland to finish his address to the
silent, dreamless sleeper. .

This occurred in the early days of Great Bend, but all is changed now.
There are now churches and ministers in the town, and, religiously and mor.
ally, the people of Great Bend give evidence of as much advancement as do
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CHURCHES, SOCIETIES AND THE PRESS,

‘Up to the year 1877, the town was without a church edifice, although the Catholics, .

Methodists and Congregationalists had had organizations since the fall of 1872. In the fall
of 1877, the Catholics erected a frame church on Baker avenue, and in the winter following,
the Methodists put up a very neat frame edifice on the corner of Nagie and William streets.
In 1878 the Congregationalists built an elegant frame church on Stone street. The Metho-
dist Church in Great Bend was organized in the spring of 1872, by Rev. A; Hartman, and
has now arhembership of 135, and its church property is valued at $1,100. The present
pastor is Rev. M. L. Gates. The Congregational Church was organized in the fall of that
year by Rev. H. A. Brundige, and has now a membership of sixty, its church property being
valued at $2,000. The present pastor is Rev. I. R. Pryor. The Catholics have no resident
pastor, but hold services oncea month. The value of their church property is $2,400. The
colored Methodists have an organization of twenty members, and a small building of trifling
value, and so, also, have the colored Baptists. The Christians have an organization, but
no building, and hold services in the court room, and so with the German Lutherans, who
meet for worship in the schoolhouse.

Valley Lodge, No. 95, I. O. O F., was organized under dispensation, July 11, 1872, and
was chartered Uctober 8, 1872, with six charter members. e first officers of the lodge
were: J. H. Hubbard, N. G.; G. N. Moses, V.G.; W. H. Odell, RK. S:; Morris Collar, Treas.:
Emory Barris, W., and T. L, Stone, Con. The lodge has now a membership of eighty-two,
and the present officers are: C. H. Crilley, N. G.; A. D. Fair, V. G.; E. W. Moses, P.S.; A.
J. Hoisington, R. S.; Ira D. Brougher, Treas.; J. W. Brown -W., and E, R. Moses, Con. ‘Tra
D. Brougher is D. D. G. M., which position he has held for six years in succession, and the
representative of the Grand Lodge is E. L. Chapman.

Zarah Encampment, No. 38, 1. O. O, F., was organized under dispensation, January 21,
1881, and chartered March 8, 1881, with nine charter members. The first officers of the
Encampment were: J. W. Brown, C. P.; C. B. Morgan, S. W.; Ira D. Brougher, J. W.; E.
W. Moses, S,; Cal Wever, Treas., and Moses Baum, H. P. The encampment has now a
membership of nineteen, and the present officers are: J. W. Brown, C. P.; Parker Corbin,

. W.; E. R. Moses, J. W.; John Corbin, S.; Charles Pressel, Treas., and R. C. Bailey, H. P.
oe Brougher is representative to the Grand Encampment, and J. W. Brown i; D. D.

Great Bend Lodge, No. 15, A., F. & A. M., was grganized under dispensation, June 19,
1873, the officers of the lodge being J. A. McClellan, W. M.; G. W. Nimocks, 8. W.; J. L.
Reynolds, J. W.; and E. V. Rugar, Sec. The lodge was chartered October 22, 1874, with
ten members. ‘the first officers under the charter were: G. W. Nimocks, W. M.; J. L. Rey-

 

nolds, 8S. W.; J. W. Brown, J.. W.; and E. V. Rugar, Sec. The iemberahip of the ‘lodge
January 1, 1883, was 122, and the present officers are: G. W. Nimocks, W. M.; C. A. Patter-
son, S. W.; J. V. Pascoe, J. W.; Clinton Goit, Sec.

Mt. Nebo Chapter, No. 36, &. A M., organized under dispensation, January 15, 1878,
and chartered October 15, 1878, with thirteen charter members. The first officers were:
W. J. Pickering, M..E. H. P.; Joshua Clayton, E. R.; L. G. Fish, E. S.; and W. H. Rice,
Sec. The membership of the Chapter January 1, 1883. was eighty, and the present officers
are: Joshua Clayton, M. E: H. P.; A. H. Adkison, E. R.; A. ©. Schermerhorn, E. S., and
Clinton Goit, Sec.

» Omer Commandery , No. 14, K. T., was organized under dispensation, November 22,
1878, anc chartered May 13, 1879, with seventeen charter members, The first officers were:
W. J. Pickering, E. C.; S. H. Mitchell, Gen.; Hiram Allen, Capt. Gen. The present mem-
bership is fifty-two and the present officers are: A. W. Gray, E. C.; W. Torrey, Gen.; G.
H. Hulme, Capt. Gen., and Clinton Goit recorder.

Pap Thomas Post, No. 52, G. A, R., was organized Apu 5, 1882, with twenty-one char-
termembers. The first officers of the Post were: Ira D. Brougher, P. C.; C. M. Smith, S:
V.P.C.; A. C. Schermerhorn, J V.P.C.; D. N. Heizer, O. D.; J. K. Humphrey, 0. G.; D.
Turner, Adjt.; E. L. Chapman, % M.; C. J. Mackinroth, S. M.; and E. Pinney, chaplain;
The membership of the Post on January 1, 1883, was 105, and the present officers are: C. M.

mith, P. C.; A.C. Schermerhorn, 8.V. P. C.; Parker Corbin, J.V. P. C.; D, N. Heizer, O, D..
D. N. Robinson, O. G.; Edwin Tyler, Adjt.; George Mitchell, Q. M.; J. WwW. Savage, S. M.; and
A. B. Miller, chaplain. ‘4 :

The first publication in the county was the Arkansas Valley, which was established at
Great Bend in 1872, in the interest of the A., T. &S. F. R R.Co. Its editor was A. J, Mc-
Farran. Its life was short. = 7 :

Barton County Progress.—This wasthe next Publication to make its appearance in the
county, and was established at Great Bend in 1873, by H. P. Shults, who was sole editor and
proprietor. This paper expired after afew months’ existence, =

Great Bend Register.—This was the next venture in the newspaper line, made in the
county. It was established in 1874, by the Great Bend Publishing Company, with A. J.
Hoisington as editor. In 1875 the paper passed into the hands of Mr. Holsington, who be-
came sole editor and proprietor, and who, since that time, has remained at the head of the
paper as sole editor and owner, and in whose possession it still continues. The paper is an
eight column folio, Republican in politics, and has a circulation of 1,200.

Inland Tribwne.—The paper known by this name was established by C, P. Townsley. at
Great Bend, in August, 1876, and was, and continues to be, published py him as sole editor
and proprietor, It is aseven column folio, weekly paper, Republican in politics, and has a
circulation of 800. 7

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The town of Great Bend is very beautifully located on an elevation between the Arkan-
sas River and Walnut Creek, the land on which the town is situated sloping gradually from
the center towards the valleys of these streams, It isa good trading point, and is supported
by a wide extent of territory, and carries on a very good business. There are thirty-four
business houses in town, of various kinds, as follows: General merchandise, 8; grocery
stores, 7; hardware, 3; drug stores, 2; dry goods, 2; boots and shoes, 2; harness and sad-
dlery, 2; bakeries and restaurants, 3; furniture stores, 1; jewelers, 1; millinery establish-
ments, 1; and dealers in agricultural implements, 2. There are two banks in town, 3 lum-
ber yards, 3 grain elevators, 2 flouring mills, 3 livery stables, and adjacent to town is agood
brick-yard, at which a very excellent quality of brick ismade. The various professions are
well represented in town, and the stores, generally, are well fitted up and well stocked. In
the resident portions of the city there are some very fine dwellings, but none whose size or
finish render them particularly striking; but all have an appearance of neatness, cleanli-

ness and comfort.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

A. H. ADKISON, land agent for the A., T. & S. Fe R. R. lands, of the firm of Heizer &
Adkison. He first came to Great Bend, Kan., in 1878, and engaged in farming and stock-
raising. He has 640 acres of land, 300 pt which is cultivated. In 1882, he raised 1,800
bushels of wheat. He became a part ofthe above firm in 1880. He was born in Vermillion
County, Ill, April 11, 1848. His parents moved to Winterset, Madison Co., lowa., in 1856,
where he was raised and educated. He graduated from Warner’s Commercial College, at
Des Moines, Iowa, in 1868. He then served as Deputy County Treasurer of Madison County
for six years, then as assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Winterset, two years.
He then engaged in the real estate business for a time, and finally came to Kansas. ewas
married in 18%0, to Miss Laura Wood, of Winterset, They have one son—Harry. He is a
member of the first two branches of Masonry, and King of Chapter Lodge, A., F. . M

J. V. BRINKMAN & CO., bankers, transact a general banking business. The above
bank was organized and opened for business in the spring of 1874. They are now the oldest
banking house in Barton County. Eastern Correspondents are Corbin Banking Co., of New
York City, and Bank of Commerce, Kansas City; J. V. Brinkman, president, and Fred Zuta-
Boy casiler: J.V. Briniman js also largely engaged in the milling business at Great

en an., and Kansas City, Mo. j

IRA D, BROUGHER, County Clerk. He came to Great Bend in February, 1875, and en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits until January, 1878. Waselected to the above office in the
fall of 187%, and by re-election, has ‘since held the office, e was Township Trustee of
South Bend in 1876. He was born in York County, Penn., May 14, 1843, lived in his native

 

‘Kas., and a graduate of the Buffalo (N. Y.) High School; Edward

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County until he came to Kansas. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company F. One Aundred
and Thirtieth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Participated in all the battles of his com-
mand. He was mustered out December 24, 1862. He lost his right arm in the battle of An-
tietam. He then clerked for the United States Government, at Alexandria, Va., until 1866.
He afterward taught school for some time; thence went to Pinladelphia, Penn., where he
followed book-keeping and traveling salesman, etc., until he came to Kansas. He is a mem-
ber of Pap Thomas Post, No. 52, G. A. R.

BRUESER & WEISS, proprietors of Trade Palace Store, and dealers in a general stock
of merchandise, They opened trade in the spring of 1879; size of the store room is 25x90
feet. They occupy a basement and one floor in thebusiness, They first carried a stock of
$5,000; now carry astock of about $15,000. They have the largest German store in West-
ern Kansas. William Brueser first came to this State in 1879. e was born in Germany,
January 7, 1852, aud came to America in 1872, locating in Potosi, Mo., in general merchan-
dising until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1877, to Miss Clara Se amp, a native of
Germany. They have three children—Fannie, Bettie and Clara. Heisa member of Blue
Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and is past grand of theI.0.0. F. He is also a member of the Ger-
man Yolkstriena, and was president of thesame on its organization, and 1s a member of the

Jity Council, 5

ANDREW J. BUCKLAND, real estate loan agent, Justice of the Peace and Notary

public. He came to Great Bend, Kas., and engaged in operating a news depot; then dealt
n farmers’ produce and groceries until 1876; he then engaged in his present business. He
Was appointed Justice of the Peace in the fall of 1877, elected soon afterward, and by re-
lection has held the office continuously since. He has been School Clerk of Great Bend for

ie past six years; Clerk of the city of Great Bend at the organization of the city in 1872-73;
member of City Council in 1875-79-80-81, and President of the Council and Mayor pro tem.
in 1881. was born in Windsor, Conn., ‘November 12, 1833, and was raised in that State,
He went to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1853, and engaged in the dry goods trade; previous to that for
four years he circulated the Morning Express newspaper. He was inthe banking business
for four years, He was married in 1877, to Miss Annette Dodge, of Kenosha, Wis. They
have two children—Walter Lincoln and Arthur Garfield, By aformer marriage he has four
children—Carrie E,, married to John H. McGee, Jr., of Buffalo, N. Y.; Grace M., married to
William A, Moses, of the firm of Moses Bros., of Pueblo, Col.; May L., a teacher in Dundee,

+ a student of Washburn
College, ropeka, Kas.

WILLIAM W. CARNEY, firm of Uhl & Carney, proprietors of astock ranch in Chey-
enne Bottom, Homestead Township, Barton County, containing 8,320 acres of fine grazing,
lands, 400 of which are cultivated. They have 800 head of cattle at present, constantly in-
creasing their stock; employ six men. Mr. Edward Uhl, of New York City, a proprietor of
the New York Staatz Zeitung, is one of the above parties. He erecteda fine dweNing in
1879, two stories high, at a cost of $5,000, containing nine large rooms, heated by a furnace.
This dwelling is on the above ranch, and is the finest residence in Barton County. Tie sub-
ject of this sketch, and son of ex-Gov. Thomas Carney, of Leavenworth, Kas., was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 5, 1854. He lived with parents in his native city until the family
moved to Leavenworth, Kas., in 1860, where he was raised. Was married in 1881 to Miss
Alice Farrell, of the latter city. They have one son—Charles F. When Mr. C. first came to
Great Bend he embarked in general merchandising two years, then became a partner in the
above ranch, and has since continued in the business.

C. E. CASTLE, practical dentist. He follows all branches of the art. He came to Mitch-
ell County, Kas., in 1876, and engaged inthe stock business sometime, thenceto Russell,
Kas., in same business, untit he came to Great Bend and opened a dental office. He was
born in Gallipolis, Ohio, January 1,.1848. His parents moved to Salem, Marion Co,, IIl., in
1861, where he was raised and educated. He received his practical education in Cincinnati
Ohio, Dental College. Began his profession in Carbondale, 11]., in 1870, where he continue
until he came to Kansas, Was married in 1882 to Miss Jennie Pursel, of Kalamazoo, Mich.
He is a member two first branches Masonry.

CHARLES F. CULVER, dealer in farm implements and all kinds of grain and farmers’
produce. Proprietor elevator A-1; this elevator was erected inthe summer of 1878; size,

8x55 feet, thirty feet high, and has a capacity of 18,000 bushels; cost $5,000; propelled by
steam. He has 4 large warehouse inthe city of Gre&t Bend, where is stored all kinds of
farm machinery. He employs three to six men in the business. Opened the grain busin.ss
July 12, 1881; the implement business in March, 1878. He was born in Kendall County,
Ill., December 15, 1841; lived in his native place until 1851, and went with parents to Mar-
shall County, Iowa, where he lived until 1876, following farming and hardware business.
Was married in 1865, to Miss Jennie T. Woods, of Jasper County, Iowa, They have six
children—Jessie M., Arthur W., Hattie E., Percy A., Bernie and Clifton T. He isa member
of the first three orders of Masonry.

SAMUEL J. DAY, attorney-at-law. He first came to Kansas in 1875, and opened a law
office at Great Bend, He was elected County Attorney of Barton County in 1876, re-elected
in 1878 and served two terms. He was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., January 19,
1837, and was raised and educated in his native county. He studied law with Hon. John L.
Russell. Was admitted to the bar of practice September 15, 1858, at Maline, Franklin
Co., N. ¥.,.Supreme Court. He remained and practiced law with Mr, R. until April, 1860,
thence went to Quincy, Ill., and practiced law, and in the fall of 1860 he made stump
speeches in favor of Abraham Lincoln. Enlisted in the spring of 1861 in Company E,

‘enth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, his health failed in the fall of same year an
he was commissioned to enlist volunteers, ranking as First Lieutenant; he raised three
companies of soldiers. He afterward settled in La Grange, Mo., and practicedJlaw. He
serveu as County’ Attorney in Lewis County, Mo., beginning in January, 1867; held the
office two terms, he remained there in the practice of law until he came to Kansas. Married
in March, 1863, to Miss Sarah L. Scranton, of Mendon, Ill. They have six children—Lulu,
Mabel, Kate, Elia M., Charles S. and Lorin S. Heisamember of the K. of H., and the
Congregational Church. : .

EDWARD J. DODGE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, Township 19, Range 13,
P. O. Great Bend. He came to his place and made the first land entry in Great Bend Town-
ship, May 23, 1871. He has 160 acres in the original entry, and owns over.a section of fine
land near the Walnut River. Has 400 acres cultivated, and in the fall of 1882 sowed 270
acres to wheat and rye. In 1882 heraised 1,048 bushels of wheat. He is also largely en-

aged in the raising of stock and inthe dairy business. Was born in Rome, Oneida Co.,
ae November 25,1822. Went to Kenosha, Wis., in 1836, and at a suitable age began
agricultural pursuits. His principal business was the manufacture of wagons, which he
carried on largely. Was married December 31, 1846, to Miss Elizabeth Possom, of Scho-
harie County, N. Y. They have nine ichildren—Charles E., now Register of Deeds of Bar-
ton County, Kan., Wallace H., Don D., Jennie, Lizzie L., John, Maggie, Mary and Giles.
During the ‘War of Rebellion be had charge of a locomotive shop at Chattanooga, Tenn. He
has served five years as Justice of the Peace at Great Bend. He is one of the first settlers in
Barton County, Kan. 5 ;

WILLIAM FRIEND, dealer in general merchandise, dry goods and groceries, etc.,
opened trade in Great Bend in November, 1882, and carries an average stock of $8,000,
and employs two men inthe business. He first settled in Great Bend in 1875, and opened a

eneral store, continuing business a year, when he went to Rush Centre, Rush County, and
fealt in general merchandise four years, thence three years in same business at La Crosse
same county,after which he returned to Great Bend as above noted, He was born in Prague,
Austria, April 12, 1847, came to Americain 1870. He engaged in the grocery and grain
business at Wyoming, Jones Co., Iowa, until he came to Kansas. \Was married in 1875, to
Miss Mary E. Keutch, of Linville, lowa. They have one son, Marcus. .

MYRON GILLMORE, Sheriff, came to Kansas in 1874, locating on a farm near Ellin-
wood, Barton County; he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1880, when he moved to
Great Bend, He has 800 acres of fine land, 500 of whichis cultivated. In 1882 he raised
7,354 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-eight bushels per acre. Corn was a poor cro
in his vicinity. He has recently engaged quite largely in stock raising. Was elected Sheri
of Barton County in the fall of 1879, re-elected in the fall of 1881. Was born in ErieCounty,
Pa., September 27, 1841, and raised in Avon pow uship Lake Co., Ill, Enlisted in August,
1862, in Company B, Ninety-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, participating in all battles
of his command until at Atlanta, Ga., where he was severely wounded and discharged in
January, 1865, from Marine Hospital, Chicago, 11. He soon afterward went to Livingston
County, Ill, and followed farming until he came to Kansas. Was married in the summer
of 1867, to Miss Flora E. Abner, of Hainesville, Lake Co., Ill. They have one daughter,
Florence M. Gillmore. He is a member of the first two branches of Masonic order and
Legion of Honor.

. N. HEIZER, attorney-at-law and real estate dealer. He first came to Great Bend,
Kan., in May, 1871, and engaged in buifalo hunting and anything he could findtodo. He
soon afterward began Surveying, locating settlers and dealing in real estate. In September,
1871, he assisted to survey and Jay out what is now Great Bend. Soonafterthe A. T.&S. F.
R. R. was completed he accepted the agency for the sale of their lands, in which business he
has since been largely interested. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, November 11, 1846,
and was raised near Burlington, Iowa, his parents moving there in 1847. He was educate
at the Iowa State University, Iowa City, lowa, and came directly from there to Great
Bend, Kan; was admitted to the bar of practice in the District Court, of Barton County in
1873. He enlisted in February, 1864, in Company M, Second Iowa Cavalry, participated in
all battles of his command, and was mustered out in September, 1865. arried July 23,
1872, to Miss Emilie C. McCaughn, of Sidney, Ohio. They have three children, Charles E.,
Frank O, and Dell A. He is a member of the first two orders of nsonzy K. of H., Pap
Thomas Post, No. 52 G. A. R.; was elected first Probate Judge of Barton County in 1872.
He was appointed by ex-Governor Harvey to organize Barton and take the census in 1872,
and the first election was held in July of that year, and was State Railroad Commissioner at
the same time; was elected Registrar of Deeds in 1873, and has held several city offices. He
represented Barton County in the State Legislature in 1880. i

JOSEPH HISS, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddles, collars, whips and

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saddlery, opened trade in the spring of 1880; carries a stock of $2,000, and employs from
two to five men, He came to Great Bend with his family in 1880. He was born in Germany,
November 26, 1837, came to America in the early part of 1854 and located in New York
City, where he complete! his trade, after which Sandusky City, Ohio, was his home for four
years, where he followed his trade. In 1858 he went to New Orleans, La, Finally he
engaged in business seventy -five miles above, on the Mississippi River, where he continued
business until 1880. He was married in 1867, to Miss Solomea Hug, a native of Germany.
They have had two children, John J. and C. Frederick. His wife died in December, 1870.
He was again married in January, 1872, to Miss Louisa Hug, a sister of his first wife, They
nave three children, Louie F., George M. and Anna M, e is a4 member of Biue Lodge,

asonry, j

.A. J. HOISINGTON, editor and proprietor of the Great Bend Register, was born July
12, 1848, in Adams County, Ill. In 1855, with his parents, moved to Iowa and was raised
near Winterset, Madison County, ona farm. He was educated at the Winterset Academy
and afterwards taught several terms of district school, He also learned the printer’s trade
at Des Moines, fowa, Hecameto Great Bend April 1, 1874, and began teaching school, but
in a few weeks established the Register, of which he is still editor and publisher, December
31, 1874, he married Miss Mary Smith, of Madison County, Iowa, formerly of Coshocton
County, Ohio. They have two children, Earl M. and Roy A. He ts largely ehgaged in agri-
eul'ural pursoits, owning 1,200 acres of land, of which 1,000 are cullivated. In polities he
is Republican. Heis amember of the Knights Templar Order of Masons and of the Encamp-
ment of Odd Fellows; has served as Postmaster at Great Bend two years and as Regent of
the State Agricultural College three years.

GEORGE H. HULME, dealer in general merchandise and keeps the most extensive stock
in Great Bend. He opened the husiness March 1, 1876. He erected his store in 1872. Itis
23 feet wide and 140 feet deep. He first. carried a stock of $11,000, but now carries a stock
of $28 000. He was bornin kngland February 14, 1844; came to America with his parents
in 1849, locating in Fall River, Mass., where tiiey lived for two years, and In the spring of
1851 emigrated to Magnolia, T.. where he was raised and learned the tinner's trade when
quite young. He soon engaged in the hardware business and afterward added dry goods
and ageneral stock of merchaniise. His father, W. H. Hulme,was a merchant, and the sub-
ject of this sketch was brought up inthe business. During the War of the Rebellion he was
in the United States nail service as Route Agent. He was married. in 1865 to Miss Anna
Holmes, of Henry, I, They had two children—Willi:m and Clara, His wife died in 1867
and he was married again 1n' 1872 to Annie Bosley, a native of Ohio, They had one daughter

—Clara, deceased. Georgia and James living. He isa member of the first three branches of
the Masonic order and is one of the City Councilmen.

E. MCBRIDE general dealer and proprieior livery sale and feed stable, first came to
Great Bend in 1875 and engaged in the stock business, real estate and loan business, which
he has yet continued. He was born in Perry County, Pa., 1836, and Lived in his native coun-
ty until twenty-one years old. Hethence went to Keokuk, lowa, and engaged in stock busi-
ness and-agricultural pursuits until he came to Kansas, Was married, 1870, to Miss Anna
Mestirns of Stark County, Ohio. They have one daughter—Jettie. He is a member of A.,

JOSEPHS. MoCLURE, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Great Bend, is the son of Harvey
and Jane McClure, and was born in Juniata County, Pa., April 19, 1825, His mother’s
maiden naine was Anderson, and both his parents were nalives of the State in which he
was born. In October, 1839, he moved with his parents to Wayne County, Ohio, were his
father died the following year, His father was a blasksmith by trade, and also a farmer, and
the subject of this sketch was made acquainted with libor when quiteyoung. The common
school afforded his only means of obtaining an education, and in those early days, even such
as they offered, was obtained under many difficulties. Joseph S. was raised to farming, and
followed this pursuit until 1853, when he established himself in the tanning business. On
May 29, 1849, he was married in Wayne County, Ohio, to Miss Anna Morrison, a native of
Mercer County, P..; the issue of which marriage has been two children—George W., born in
Wayne County, Ohio, and Jennie C., born at the same place. In 1859 Mr. McClure moved
to Iowa, where he located in Linn County and resume! farming, and also became quite ex-
tenet vel y.eugiiged in stock raising. He has served iu different capacities as a township offi-
cer, and in the fall of 1871 was elected to represent Linn County in the Legislature of
Iowa, taking his seat in the Fourteenth General Assembly of that State, serving through
one session of 114 days duration in 1872, and also in the extra session of 1873. In March,
1877, he moved to Kansas and located in Barton County, where he engaged in mercantile
business, at which he remained until June, 1881, when he closed out and re-engaged in
farming whieh, combined with stock raising, is his present occupation. i

ALCINOUS Y. McCORMICK, physician, was born July 6, 1843, in Fayette County, Pa.,
being the third son, and sixth child born to James and Mary MvCormick. His father wasa
farmer and native of Pennsylvania, and his mother was a native of New Jersey. Until A.
Y. had attained the age of fifteen years, he attended the public schools in his native county,
after which be entered Greene Academy,in Greene County, Pa., which he attended for
three years, and then wentto Cumberland, where he read medicine for eighteen munths
in the office of his brother, W. H. McCormick, M. D., preparatory to his entering Jetterson
College. He attended tectures in the latter institution during the winter 1864-65, aud also

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during the winter 1865-66, graduating from Jefferson College, Philadelphia, in the spring °

of the latter year. He also graduated fromthe Philadelphia Lying in Charity, au iustitu-
tion established for the benefic of women in needy and indigent circumstances. After
raduativg he loca ed in Frederick City, Md., where he commenced the practice of his pro-
ession, aud remained until February, 1868, when he moved to Fowler, Adains Co, LiL,
where he conti .ued to practice for fifteen vears, wheu he moved to Kansas, in January,
1883, locating at Great Bend, in Barton County, where he continues the practice of his pro-
fession. UnSeptember 23 1873, inthe city of Chicago, A. Y. McCormick was married to
Miss Fannie Woodburv, a native of Massachusetts, by which marriage two children have
been born to him—Florence, born July 12 1475, at Fowler, [ll.; died September 24, 1876;
Virgil, born at Fowler, LIL, Septemb -r 25, 1879.

W. W. MAXWELL, proprietor Southern Hotel, He opened the above hotel to the pub-
lic in Sepceinber, 1880. Ithas a capacity of fifty guests, and contains thirty rooms, size
fifty feet front, 180 feet deep and three stories high. He came to Great Bend, in 1879, and
engaged in the hotel business, He was bo min Ere County, Pa, April 11, 1853; was raised
in his native county. Went to Janesville, Wis., 1576, aud attended a telegraph school, gra-
duating the same year; after which he followed operating until he came to Kansas,

G. N. & E. KR. MOSES, successors to Burton, Mores & Bro., dealers in hardware,
stoves, tinware, coher. ecanile ware, pumps paints, guns, pistols and farm machiuery
of all kinds, including Moline plows aud Cassady sulky plows, Studebaker springs and
farm wagons, pheiong and baggies, Enterprise wendmills, mowers, watches clocks,
jewelry, silverware aud masieal instruments, They erected their store in 1878 witha
brick front and stone sidewalls, size 25x140 feet, two stories and basement, at a cost of $10-
Q0U. They carry a stock of $25,000, and empluy four men inthe business. They are proprie-
tors of Union Hall.

1 DAVID ROBERTS, of the firm of Sooy, Brinkinan & Roberts, proprietors Walnut

Creek Steain Flouring Mills; these mills were erected in 1877, size of which is forty-five
feet wide hy eighty feet deep and forty-five feet high, capacity is 250 barrels in twenty-four
hours; they employ fifteen wen, They have an elevator connected with the mills witha
eapacity of 12,000 bushel. Mr. Roberts came to Great Bend, In 1877, and engaged lu the
above business. He was born in Canada, in 1852, and wag raised In his native country, He
first engaged inthe mill ny business when only a young Jad, thoroughly learned the mill-
ers trade.* ite caine to the United States in 1871, and worked at mig in Fort Wayne,
Ind, until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1871, to Miss Mary Belanger, of Canada,
They have four chil tren—James D., Olive M, Paul D, and Fannie L, Ha isa member of
the three branches of Masoury. His wife die-t in 1878, and he was married again in 1880,
to Sarah A. Rusk, a native oflowa, They lave oe daughter, Phoebe.

J. F. ROGERS, cashier Barton County Bank; H.C. Harrison, Presfdent; G, H. Young,
Assistant Cashier, Capital, $50,000. They du a general banking business, The above bank
was organized aud opened for business in January, 1882, with eastern correspondents First
National Bank of New York City, and Merchant’s National Bank of Kansas Clty, Mo. Mr,
Roge's first cume to Kansas in November, 1878, locating at Concordia, Cloud County, where
he engaged in business as a tarm loan broker, and went into the banking business ei:hteen
months previous to going to Great Bend. He was born in Thibodeaux, La., November 20,
1849. and was raised in that country; lived in Dayton, Ohio, oneand a haif years, and at
eleven years of age returned with his parents to native place; atasu table age he embarked
in the farm loan business, and has followel that business a'l through northern Missouri and
western Iowa, before coming to Kansas. Married in 1879, to Miss Effie L. Hoffinan, of Oska-
lousa, Iowa, They have one daughter—Emily J. He isa member of the two first branches
of the Masonic order and Congregational Church, ‘

A. GC. SCHERMERHORN, Clerk of District Court. He first came to Barton County in
1874, and engaged in farming and stock raising until elected to the above office in the fall
of 1 4 Re-elected in the fall of 1882. He was boru in Saratoza County, N. Y., September
14, 1840, and was raised in his native county. Enlisted in April, 1861, In Company K,
Fourteenth New York Volunteer Infantry. He participated in all the battles of his com-
mand until discharged in February, 1863. He then went to Marshall County, [., and in
May, 1864, re-enlisied in Company &, Ove Hundred and Thirty-eighth [linois Volunteer
Tnifantry, and was promoted to First Lieatenant of | is company and participated iy ail
acuions vf his regiment, Mustered out in November, 1864. He then went to Las.tlle County,
IL, aud engaged jn the manufacture of harness until ne came to Kansas. Marri d in 1865,
to Wiss Eliza M. Dougan, of Putnam County, Ill, They have two children -Lena C., and
Robert b.. He isa member of the two first orders of Masonry, Pap Thomas Post No, 52.

G. M. SMITH, dealer in real estate, Notary Public, loan and {surance agent. He first
came to Great Bend 1n Febrtuary, 1878, ana opened a real estate office, etc. He was born in
Venango County, Pa., in 1837, and was raised in Sandusky ott Calo. his parents moving
there in 1844. He enlisted September 15, 1861, in Company A, Fifty-filth Ohio Volunteer

    

-August 20, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Fiftieth dlinois Infantry Volauteers.

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Infantry, Was promoted to Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain of his com-
pany, serving in the latter capacity two and a half years, participating in all the battles of
his command, amounting to seventeen regular battles, aud twenty skirmishes. He was
wounded at the battle of Chaucellorsville, Resaca and Averysboro, He was mustered out
July 20, 1865. He had charge of forty men who first entered Atlanta, Ga. He afterward en-
gaged in the hardware'and implement business at Na7oleon, Henry Co., Ohio, until be im-
migrated to Kausas. He was inarried in 1863, to Miss Sara A.Morris, of Geneva, Ashtabula
Co. Ohio. They have five ¢hildren—Elva E., Made M., Frank H., Terry C., and an infant
daughter. He isa member of the Masonic order and Yap Thomas Post No, 52, G. A.B,
and is commander of the latter; also is M. W. of Great Bend Lodge No. 127, A. U. U. W.

WILLIAM TORREY, agent for the A., T. &S. F. KR RB. Co., caine to this State in the fall
of 1873, and located at Great Bend in December of the same year as agent, where he has
occupied the same position since. He was born in Otsego County, N. ¥., December 4, 1841,
and lived in his native county until about ninete+p years old, when he went to Tlivois, in
the employ of the G., B. & Q. RB. R., first as brakeman, then conductor on freight train, then
baggageman on passenger trains, aud finally to local ageut. He continued with the C., B, &
Q, lntil he came to Kansas. Heenlisted inthe first call of April, 1861, in Company A,
Second Ohfo Volunteer Infantry, in The three months service, and participated in the first
battle of Bull Run. He was mustered out in August, 1861. He marricd in 1874, Miss H.
GC. Hartman, of Columbia County, Pa., a graduate of | Bloomsburg, Pa., Siate University.
They have two children—Henry B., and Haddie E. He is a member of tle thiee first orders
of Masonry, and is a past mast yr of Blue Lodge and high priestof Chapter. =

C. P. TOWNSLEY, editor and proprietor of the Inland Tribune, a Republican newspa-
per, printed in Great send, the first issue of which was wade August 12, 1876, now has a
circulation of 800 copies. Mr. T. came to Great Bend in July, 1875, and opened a law office
and continued in the profession until he became interested in the above newspaper. He
was born tn Huntingdon, Pa, in 1833. Parents with family moved to Booneville, Mo., in
1837, where he was raised. He enlisted in 181 inthe Fortieth Missonri Militia and served
in that capacity four j eurs, partierpat ginthe batileof Springfield, Mo. aud many skir-
mlshes, He began the study of Jlawin 1857. . Admitted to bar of }1actice at Georgetown,
Mo.,, in 1860. e practiced law in Miss ‘uri f r many years. Was a member of the Missourt
State Senate in 1867. 111869 he was elected Judge of the Fifth Judi: 1al District, Missouri,
and filled that pos:tion six years. Married in 1465to Miss Laura Moses of New York State.
They have three children—Chaunel P., Florence E., and Willie L. Mr. T, is a member of
the K. of IL, of Great Bend, ‘ :

D. TURNER, dealer in lumber ard all kinds of building materia!, under the firm name
of R. Blick. Thetrade was opened in the fall of 1 Thev carry an average stock of
$10,000. Mr. D, Turner is manager of the above business. He came to Kansas in the fall
of 1878. He was born in La Porte County, Ind., September 29, 1839, Parents moved to
Hancock County, I11., when he was @ young Jad, He first began jis business life in the
lumber trade and has ever since continued. Enlisted in 1862 :n Company E, One Hundred
and Vifty-eighth INinois Volunteer Infantry. Was promot: dto First Lieutenan.. He par-
ticipared in the siege of Vicksourg and w'stherecaptured May x4, 1863, aud confit ed in
Rebel prisons twenty-one months. Hethen was returned io his regiment. Mustered cut
October 1, 1865. Married in 1866 to Miss M. C. Chittenden of Warsaw, Ill. They have six
children—Arthur L,, Jennie B., Finette, George C, HeJin and Luella, He is a member of
first two Masonic orders and Pap Thomas Vost No. 52,G A. R.

EDWIN TYLER, 0 erchant, was tbe fifth child aud fourth son born to Nathaniel and
Clarissa Tyler, his birth occurring on the 27th day of November, 1842. His father was a
native of New York State, and was a cooper by trade, bnt in Jater Jife wis engaged in mer-
eanlile business and farming. Edwin was horn in Riehfield Ad:ms Co., 11. Hiscdneation
was received at the common scheols of his native county, which he atterded vitil the war
of secession commenced. His father died in 1853, after which Edwin, during the time he
was not attending school, assisted his mother in couductingthe business of the stores on

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ticipated in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege and battle of Cort th,
and also took partin several severe skitmishes in Western Tennessee, Northern Mississip-
pi, Alabama and Georgia. Whilein the army he lost the sight of one eye, a dafter having
served three years and three wonths, was mustered out of the service at Rome, Ga. Leav-
ing the army he engaged in mercantile busipess, ay.d on Decem! er 31. 1865, was married ab
Richfield, Adums Co., tL, to Lydia F. Mosley, a native of Missouri. The issue by this mar-
riage has been T. Young Tyler, born at Richfie'd, JIL, May 15, 1867 died October 19, 1830;
Clarissa Y., born in Audrain County, Mo., September 18, 1868; Tc) lor B , born at Richfield,
Il, December 12, 1870, died Pecemher 22,1880; Doers M., born at Great Bend, Kas,. May
1, 1874; Hallie, born at Great Bend, Kas., October 20, 1877; Eddie, born at Great Bend,
Kas., November 4, 1881, died Murch 4, 1882. Mr. lyier has seived as a member of the City -
Council of Great Bend, and hasat various times served in ot: er< ficial capacities, and was
for four years Deputy She riff’ ard Deput y Conny Cle1ik of barton Counly, and isat present
engaged in mereantile lusiness at Great Bend a

JOHN TYPER, proprietor Typer House, first came to Great Bend, Kan., in the srring
of 1872, and soon b gan erecting a part of the above hotel: size of which is 50472 feet. two
stories high and has a capacity of thirty guests. This house was opened to the public in
1872. Mr. T. was born in Franklin County, Ya., February 20, 1830, and was raised in that
county; moved to Haneock County, Iit.. 1854. avd farmed n any years, a'so kept hotel six
yeais. Heenlisted August 7, 1862, in Company A. Que Hundred and E'ghteenth Tiinois
Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all hatiles of bis command. Resigned in July,
1865; his promoticns were to First Lieutenant. Was married 1852.10 Miss Mary A. Sw iegart
of Franklin County, Pa. They have two children—R, Preston and Margaret A. He is a
mewber of Pap Thomas Post, No. 52, G. A. R.

ALBERC WEISS firsteame to Great Ben), Kan,, in the spring of 1879 He was born in
Germany, February 26, 1842, came to Am rica in 1870, and engaged in general merchandis-
ing at Potosi, Mo., until he cume to Kansas. He was married in 1873, to Miss Mary Schamp,
auativeof Germany. They have three children—Arthur, Meta aud Harry, Heis a mew ber

. A.M. and the German Vilksfriend. They have the finest 1. O.
0. F, hall on the second floor of theiv store to he found in Western Kansas.

CAL WEVER, County Treasurer, was bornin Trumbull County, Ohio, August 9, 1852.
He was the seventh child and third son born to Michael and Lavina Wever, both nativis of
Pennsylvania, His father was a farmer, avd Cal's Opportunies of reecriving an education
were those offered hy the common schools of his nattve county. He worked at home on the
farm until he was fifteen years old when he wentto Warren, Ohio, and studied pharmacy
and engaged inthe drug business. In 1874, he moved to Cleveland, Ouio, and in the year
following moved to Kansas and located at Great Bend, in Rarton County, where he was en-
gaged asa pharmacistin Mr. A. S$ Allen's drug storef rnerrly five years. In the fall of
183t, he was elect d Treasurer of B-rten County, entering upon the duties of the office in
the fall of the fullowiug year. Mr. Wever is also engaged tu some exteut in the stock busi-

ness.
DR. W. H. WHITE, bhyatcian and surgeon, came to Great Bend. Kan., July 12, 1876,and
has practiced medicine since, belonging to the Eclectic Scbool of Medicine. He was born in

Oswego Couty, N. Y., 1833, and was raised in lis native county, Was medically «educated.
in Philadetphia Eclectic College, graduating in the class of 1863. He began the practice of
medicine In Centralia, 1, in 1864; has practiced in vanions places in linvis, Missouri,

and Ohio, He came to Prk City, Kan, in the spring of 1872, where he practiced hts pro-

fession unt! he located In Great Re do Was married in 1865. to Miss Catharine Hatten, of
Oswego, N.Y: They have four children—Eudser T., Myron, Kate and an infant son

C.F. WILLMER, deater in general line of housébeld furniture, carpets, uidertakin
Roods ete, He is also the undertaker for Great Bend. He opened business in 1878; erected
his store in 1880, of cut stone, at a cost of &5,000, size of which is 25x75 feet, anu two stories
high, He carries an average stock of $6,000 ard employs tvouen besides his own super-
vison. He wasborn in Northern Germany, Mareh 18,1847. Came to America, ti 1866,
first locating In New Orleans, La., thence tu St. Louis, Mo,1n the employ of Government,
until 1870. He then went to Denver, Col., and engaged in cabinet making, latter two years
heeng ged Incontracting and building at Georgetown, Col, afer which’ he returned to
Kansas. Married in 1872, to Miss Lena Feldewmup, of Spr ngfiddd, IN. They have four
children—Paullua J., Freddie U, Nellie L. and Edward C, He is a member of two bianches
of Masoury, Mrs W.isa member Congregational Charch,

DR. W. 1. WINNER, physician and surgeon, first. came to Great Bend, Kansas, in 1876,
where he has since cominucd the pra tice of medicine. He practiced the profession
in Topeka, Kansas, in 1869. He was bo n in Bucks County, P»., January 23. 1887. When
quite a lad his parents moved to Mount Pleasant, Ohip, and there he was rarsed until six-
teen years of age, when the family emigrated to Fulton County, IIL, where he made his
home until coming to Kansas. He was principally educated in Illinois, He graduated
from Rush Medical College, in Chicago, Il. in 1860, He was Assistant Surgeon in the Sixty-
first Regiment Ilimois Volunteer Infantry, enlisting as Hospital Steward, March 1, 1862.
He articipated inthe battles of Shiloh, capture of Vicksburg, Little Rock, and wax on the
Red River Expedition. He was mustercd out in 1865. He then practiced medicine in [th-
nols until he came to Kansas, He was married in 1866 to Miss Luellen Webster, of Marys-
ville, Ky, They have one daughter—Aunie L. He was Exawinin Surgeon for Pensions
at Great Bend, Kas., for six years, and is a member of the K, of H. He isa dealer in general
line of drngs and druggists’ sundries, Opened business in 1876, and carries a stock of
$4,000. He nas, 400 anrres of land, 200 acres cultivated, anda herd of cattle.

ic C. WOLFF, County Superistendent of Public Schools, He came to the county Jn
February, 1872, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, whieh he has sincecontinurd Elected
tot te above office in the fall of 1882. There are eighty-seven orgaiized schools in Barton
Gounty. of which he has charge. He was born in Riehland County, Ohio, August 26, 1847.

as raised in his native county; paruy edneated at Denison University, at Granville, Ohio,
and completed his edneation at Amherst College, Mass., of which institution le graduated
in the class of 1875. He then followed jeacklug, until he came to Kansas,

ZUTAVERN & STROBEL, proprietors 0: livery, sale and feed stables, The present

  

 
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firm became proprietors of the above business in 1879; their barn is 75x130 feet. The
keep the most extensive liveryin Great Bend. George Strobel also Meals largely in live
stock, making that his principal business. He first came to Kansas in 1872, locating in
Great. Bend. ie Attended pechool some time, and | in 2877 engaged in the live stock business.
rT’ . Louis, Mo. Tr i. ent to North Topeka, 5 e
he spent his school days until coming to his present home. Benes meas ae SD

ELLINWOOD.

The town of Ellinwood is located on the north bank of the Arkansas River,
on Section 32, Township 19, Range 11, west of the sixth principal meridian,
The town site was located inthe fall of 1871, by the Arkansas Valley Town
Company, of which Adam Speare was president. The site was platted and sur-
veyed by John H. Cummings.

The records do not show when the plat was filed, but they do show that
the signing of the plat was acknowledged in Suffolk County, Mass., on the 6th
day of September, 1873, before George L. Goodwin, a Notary Public. To sur-
vey, plat and locate the town site, was about all the company did in 1871, and
little or nothing was done towards building until the following year, the only
house erected being a small frame building, by William Misner, which was oc-
cupied in the latter part of the year by A. Burlisson,as a store, he being the
first man to start in the mercantile business in the place.

The original town of Zarah stood about half way between Great Bend and
Ellinwood, and when the latter town was started, most of those located’ at
Zarah moved their buildings and business to Ellinwood. In 1872 Rugar and
Greever moved their building from Zarah to Ellinwood, and converted it into a
hotel, for which purpose it was used for a few months, when it was purchased
and occupied by Landis & Williamson, who re-converted it into a store and be-
gan merchandising. That same year J. L. Roberts moved his house and livery
barn from Zarah to Ellinwood, where he went into business, as did also George
Towers, with his house and blacksmith shop. That same year, R. A. Avery
built the Avery House, which may be said to be the first regular hotel in town.

Among the people who settled there that year, aside from those mentioned,
were D. J. Whitten and G. W. Hollinger, with two or three others. In 1873,
Reynolds & Hubbard opened up a grocery and provision store, and that year
several families arrived, among them that of Isaac Bacon, Andrew Barngrover,
and Wallace Bay, the latter locating just outside the limits of the town site. A
great many young men came, who entered claims close to or adjoining the town
site, who boarded in town, and added considerably to the population.

The place was yet without a school, but in 1873, a one-story brick school-
house was erected, which has been considerably enlarged since that time, by two
good sized additions having been made théreto. Several dwelling houses were
also put up that year, and the place was commencing to look like quite 9 vil-
lage. The town made but little development until after the advent of the rail-
road, in the summer of 1872, but in the spring following people commenced to
arrive, most of whom, however, located upon homestead claims in the country
surrounding Ellinwood, and a few remained in town. ‘

In 1874 the place grew quite rapidly, and many improvements were made,
especially in the number of dwelling houses erected. One very desirable im-
provement was made that year by F. A. Steckel, who, immediately upon his
arrival, put up a good frame building on Washington street, in whichhe opened
a general merchandising store in connection with the sale of drugs. The grass-
hopper destruction of 1874, was a severe check to immigration, and the following
year was one of but little progress. Although little, if anything was added to
the town in 1875, yet a grand, useful and very desirable improvement was made,
in the construction of a.very elegant and substantial iron bridge across the Ar-
kansas River.

From 1875 until 1878 the growth of the town was exceedingly slow, the
most that was done being the erection of a few unpretentious dwellings, and one
building put up as a drug store by Mr. Rader. The immense crops of 1878
gave new life to immigration, and turned the attention of emigrants towards
Kansas, not a few of whom found their way to Ellinwood. That year saw the
going up of the first substantial business house in town, in the shape of a solid
two-story brick building on Washington street, which was built by Joseph Har-
nish. The first floor of this building is now occupied as a store; while part of
the upper story is occupied as a printing office by the Ellinwood Zxgvess, and
part by the city as a council chamber. Other improvements of that year were
two good frame store buildings put up by Mathias Rader.

Besides quite a number of dwelling houses that went up, an elevator, built
by Brinkman Bros., was among the improvements of 1878. Since that time the
growth of the place has been gradual but steady, and those that have been
made are much superior to those of the earlier years. The only church in the
town up to 1879, was one erected by the Catholics in 1877, but the former year
witnessed a very good edifice put up by the German Lutherans. In 1881, Deu-
pree Bros. built a one-story brick building, which they occupy as a bank. Two
elevators were also put up, one by V. S. Musil, and one by Williamson & Ash-
ton.

 

 

The year 1881 was chiefly remarkable for the completion of the © -a>:* of
the A., T. & S. Fe road from Florence to Ellinwood, where it connec:. w t> the
main line. The building of this branch was quite an advan +o the

 

place, asit caused the putting up of a good stone round house, w.:1 s‘alls for
nine locomotives, and was the means of causing a good many en:-Joy2s of the
company to locate in the town.

The firs. person that taught school in Ellinwood was Miss ©..crie Bacon,
and the first church society organized was the Presbyterian, by Rev. Philander
Reed, in 1872.

The A., T. & S, F. Railway Company has assisted to a great extent in ad-
vancing the town and furthering its improvement. The construction of the
branch from Florence, resulting as it did in the building of a round house and
blacksmith shops by the company, was of great benefit to Ellinwood. The
company also built a five mile side track, and opened up an extensive material
yard, or depot, where rails, ties, fence posts, and other material is stored, and s
from which other points along the line are supplied, as necessity demands.

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The first marriage that took place in the town was that of Wiliam H. Mis-
ner and Miss Martennye J. Hawlett, who were married on July 8, 1874, by Rev.
Philander Reed.

. LOCAL MATTERS.

ap Thomas Post, No. 48, G. A. R., of Ellinwood, was organized May 5, 1882, with
-seven chartermembers. The first officers of the Post were: W. H. Misner, P. 6. 7; WwW.
annon, 8. V.; W. 0 O. M. Dotson, Surg.; G. W. Ashton, Adjt.; A. John-
son, O. D.; A. lb. Lynch, O. G.; G. W. Barngrover, Q. M., and John McDowell, chaplain. On
January 1, 1883, the Post had a mucin bership of seventy-four, and_its present officers are;
J.T. Spring, P.C.; J. K. Bennett, S. V.; W. N. Halsey, J. V.; M. Dotson, Surg.; G. W.
Ashton, Adjt.; Enoch Benefiel, O. D.; C. Wiegandt, O. G.; J. H. Craig, Q. M.; W. HH. Blair,
» M.; A. A. German, Q.M.S.; John McDowell, chaplain.

Ellinwood Lodge, A., F. & A. M., of Ellinwood, organized U. D. 1882. F. P. Dunn, W.
M.,, and T. L. Powers, Sec’y.

The Ellinwood Express was established at Ellinwood, in Barton County, early in 1878,
by the Ellinwood Express Company, with Thomas L. Powers as editor and manager, which
position on the paper he still occupies. The Express isa six-column folio weekly, Repub-

ican in politics, and has a circulation of about 500.

Ellin wood is a live town, containing about 600 inhabitants, four-fifths of whom are Ger-
mans. Itis almost a Germantown exClusively, and everything is conducted according to
German ideas, The business men, with scarcely an exception, areallGerman. They have
their saloons, where they meet for conviviality, and their brewery where their beer is
manufactured. The people, generally, are frugal, industrious, and )rosperous, and mani-
fest a spirit of considerable enterprise. There are two churches in the town, one German
Catholic, and one German Lutheran; three hotels, Commercial, City and Avery House.
Business is represented by five general merchandising stores, two drug stores, two hard-
ware, two millinery establishments, one jeweler, one dealer in agriculturalimplements, two
harness shops, one bank, two lumber yards, several restaurants, one furniture dealer, and .
various other establishments engaged in miscellaneous business. Ellinwood became a city
of the third class in 1881, its first Mayor being F. A. Steckel. The town is located on the
A., T. & 8. Fe road, 209 miles west from Topeka, the State capita); 269 from Kansas City,
and eleven miles east of Great Bend, the county seat of Barton County.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE W. ASHTON, dealer in grain and live stock, came to Ellinwood in the fall of
1875, and began the lumber business, Opened the grain trade in the fall of 1877, under the
firm name of Brinkman &Co. They erected an elevator, and dealt largely in wheat. Sold ~
out, and the firm of Ashton & Williams erected an elevator and operated 1t for some time;
finally selling out in the fall of 1882. He has continued the grain business since, in connec-
tion with dealing largely in all kinds of livestock, He was born in Holmes County, Ohio,

1849. as raised in Tuscarawas County, same State, where he lived until coming
to Kansas. He enlisted in 1865, in Company C, One Hundred and Kighty-fourth Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry, and served nine months, and mustered outin the fall of same year. Mar-
ried in 1874, to Miss Christina E. Brinkman, of Bolivar, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. They have
one daughter, Winona Gertrude. He isa member of S. A. Hurlbut Post. No. 48, G. A. R.,
and I. 0. 0. F., of Sterling. Kas. :

GEORGE W. BARNGROVER, Under-Sheriff and farmer. The parents of the subject of
this sketch, were Andrew and Naomi Barngrover, both being natives of Ohio. George W.
was born in Howard County, Ind., August 6, 1845. In 1850 he moved with his parents to
DeWitt County, Iil., where they purchased, and located tipon, a farm, where G. W. attende
the public schools, and received the only education he ever received, On the first day of
August, 1862, when only seventeen years old, he enlisted in Company D. One Hundred and
Seventieth Iilinois Volunteer Infantry. He took part inthe siege of Knoxville, and in the bat-
tles of Beans’s Station, and Dandridge, Tenn.; Rocky Face Ridge, Kingston, Resaca and
Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., and Franklin, Tenn., and was mustered out June 28, 1865. Leav~
ing the army he returned to DeWitt County and went to work upon the farm. Moved to
Kansas in 1873, and located in Barton County, where he took a claim and commenced farm-

ng. He was married at Ellinwood, in Barton Co., Kas., on September 7, 1876, to Miss Ma-
tilda Ginzell, a native of Dubuque, Towa. By this marriage, three children have been born
tohim: Robert O., born at Ellinwood, March 23, 1878; died March 19, 1880. May, born at
same place, December 30, 1879; and Blanche, born September 9, 1882. Mr. Barngrover
has held several township offices, including clerk, trustee, assessor and constable, and in
1880 was appointed Uunder-sheriff, which position he still occupies,

S. B. UPREE, cashier of the Bank of Ellinwood, first came to Lyons, Kas., in Jan-
uary, 1880, and was employed inthe Bank of Lyons. He came to Ellinwood in October,
1881, and took charge of the above bank. He was born in Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, in
1856. He wasraised on a farm in his native State. The Bank of Ellinwood, was opened
for business October 1, 1881, with apaid up capital of $6,000, surplus, $8,000. The stock-
holders are, Joseph ‘Webb, J. P. Statten, J. L. Deeds, E. A. Deupree. ' The Eastern corre-
spondents are, the Chemical National, of New Yorx City; Armour Bros., Kansas City, Mo.,
State Savings Bank, of St. Joseph, Mo. : 2

- MATHIAS DICK, dealer in all kinds of the leading agricultural implements, also col-
lection, loan and insurance agent. He began business in eruary, 1882. He first came to
Ellinwood 1n 1876, and became station agent for the A., T. &S. F. R. R. until April 29, 1880,
thence to New Mexico inthe same capacity for the same company, returning to Ellinwood
in February, 1882. He was bornin Ozaukee County, Wis., in 1852, where he lived until he
came to Kansas, He was married in 1879, to Miss Mary Kimpler, of Barton County, Kas,
vhex have one son—Felix Anton. Mr. Dick has served one term as City Treasurer of Ellin-
wood.
0. M. DOTSON, physician and surgeon, came to Ellinwood, Kas,, in the spring of 1873,
lived in that vicinity and has practiced medicine since. He opened the drug trade in the
village in 1875, which he contiuned until the summer of 1882. He superintends a large
farm of his own, and is largely engaged in the stock business. He was born in Wood County,
West Va., in 1828. His parents moved to Washington County, Ohio, when he was a small
child, where he was raised. He began the study and_ practice of medicine in 1866. He
enlisted in October, 1861, in Company G, Sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; re-enlisted in
Company D, One Hundred and Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was First Lieu-
tenant of the latter company: He participated In all the battles of his command, and was
mustered outin July, 1865. He married, in_1853, Miss Nancy J. Joy, of Washington
Couuty, Ohio. They have five children—John J., Mary E., Alice M., Cyndonia and Joseph-
ine E. ‘The Doctor is a member and elder of the Christian Church, and in 1872 was district
Evangelist of the southern district of Illinois. He served as Justice of the Peace in 1874-75,
and was Mayor of Ellinwood, in 1880, . ‘

T. P. FAIR, came to Sterling, Kas., in the spring of 1876, and engaged in the lumber
business, etc. He came to Ellinwood in the spring of 1882, as manager of the lumber,
grain and hardware business of Edwards Bros, & Fair Bros. This company have yards and
stores at Ellinwood, Lyons, Sterling, Little River and Nickerson, They opened business in
the Spring, of 1881, at Ellinwood, now employ four to six men, and carry a stock of $20,000.
Mr. T. P. Fair wasbornin Indiana County, Pa., in 1847. Was raised and educated in his
Went to California where he engaged in the lumber and mining business a
1883, to Miss
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native county.
number of years previous to locating in Kansas. Was married in January,
Ella Socweill of Sterling, Kas. He is a member of the Masonic order of Ellin

HEMENWAY & BRINKMAN BROTHERS, dealers in lumber, buildin
andgrain. They opened under present management in the spring of 1882. Brinkman
Bros, established the business in 1873. They now carry an average stock of lumber of $12,~
000. They also own and operate the Ellinwood Elevator, erected in 1878, capacity of 12,-
000 bushels, and have shipped during the season of 1882. until January 15, 1883, 145 car
loads of wheat. Mr. S. anunon came to Kansas in January, 1870, locating at Abilene,
Dickinson County, where he engaged in the stock business until he came to linwood, in
March, 1882. March 1, 1883, Mr. S. Channon withdrew from the firm, and the firm name
was changed to that of above, viz., Hemenway & Brinkman Bros. S. Channon removed to
Wyandotte, and entered the milling business, under the firm name of Channon & Wilson,
having bought out the Lovelace Mills. He was born in England, February 14, 1841; came
to America in 1860, coming from Africa. He went tothe latter country in 1859, and fol-
lowed railroading at Cape Colony nine years, He married, in 1861, Miss Elizabeth Brown,
of London, England. They have onedaughter—Mary Augusta, Mr, C, served ten years as
Justice of the Peace in pogan Township, Dickinson County, Kas.

MILLARD C. HEMEN WAY, dealer in general merchandise. He began trade in Ellin-
wood in March, 1862. Occupies rooms in a brick store 23x60 feet, and carries a general
stock of $4,500, and employstwo menin the business, He is also a member of Brinkman,
Channon & Hemenway, who are Jarge dealers in lumber, grain and coal. He firstcame to
Abilene, Dickinson Co., Kas.,in 1876; taught school and clerked in a general merchandise
store for some time, also became agent for the Randolph Header until October, 1879. He
then became the junior partner in the firm of Romig & Hemenway, who dealt in general
merchandise until November, 1880. Inthe meantime he became traveling salesman for
the above header unlil January 1, 1882. Then he bought a stock of merchandise at Abilene
and moved it to Ellinwood, Kas., where he is at present engaged in business. He was born
in Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1852, and lived in his native city until 1865. He then lived in Illi-
nois, Iowa, and engaged in various kinds of business. He was married in 1881, to Miss Gus-
sie Channon, of Cape Colony, Africa, whose father, S. Channon, was a large railroad con-
tractor of the latter country, many years. Mr. H. isa member of the Masonic order, and K.
of P., of Abilene, Kas, y

W. E. HUTTMANN, dealer in a general line of hardware, stoves, tinware, also sewing
machines and guns, opened business in October, 1878. His store room is 20x70 feet. He
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began business with a stock of $2,800; now carries a stock of $4,500. Came to Ellinwood
in 1878. He was born in Prussia, Jauuary 8, 1841, and came to America i: 1849, and was
ralsed in Wilmington, Del. When quite a large boy he returned to his nuive country with
his father, who remained a year, when he returned to America and settled in M:lwaukee,
Wis., in 1854, and lived there, with the exception of a year speut in New York City, until
1860, when in the latter city, 1862, he followed the trade of manufacturing mathematical
and philosophical instruments. He was then a salesman for Messrs. Van Cott, of Milwau-
kee. Enlisted February 18, 1862, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was made Second
Lieutenant and mustering officer. He was transferred tu the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Vol-
unteer Infantry, and was promoted to First Lieutenant Company B. Participated in all the
battles of his command for over twoyears and resigned. Hethen went into the manufac-
ture of the above instruments, at Chicago, Ill., until1870. He returned to Milwaukee, Wis.,
and carried on the same business successfully for eight years; thence came to Kansas. He
was married in 1866, to Miss Cecelia Espelding, of Cologne,Germany. He was married in
Chicago. They havetwo children—Henry W. and Fritz. He is a member an! Treasurer of
the Masonic order of Ellinwood, and Blue Lodge; president of the Volksvei vin Society, and
a@ member ofthe A. O. U. W., ald-de-camp with rank of lieutenant-cojonel of Gov. Glick’s

staff.

MANGELSDORF BROTHERS, dealers in general merchandise, opened trade in 1877 at
Ellinwood, They erected their present brick store in 1881, size of which is 25x90 feet, two
stories high, at a cost of $5,500. “hey carry an average stock of $8,000 to $10,000, and em-
ploy four men. William and August Mangelsdorf are the firm. William first came to
Atchison. Kansas, 1864, and engaged in grocery business, which he continued there until
coming to Ellinwood. Bornin Germany, February 20, 1846. Came to America in 1857.
Married, 1876, to Miss Minnie Halling,.a native of Pennsylyania. They have one daughter
—Clara A. He enlisted, 1861, Company E, Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Was mus-
tered ont in 1863. Heisa member ofS. A. Hurlburt Post No. 48, G. A. R.

WILLIAM MISNER, Postmaster, came to Ellinwood, Kansas,in April, 1873. Was freight

ent for the A., T. &. 8. F.R. R.fors»metime. Participated largely in buffalo hunting as
a business, He took a homestead, lived on it some time. Was appointed Postmaster in
April, 1874; has since held the office. Was born in Kalamazoo County, Mich., 1847. Raised
in his native county and State. Enlisted August 6, 1861, Company F, Sixteenth Michigan
Veteran Volunteer [ufantry; participated in over thirty ‘pattles in the War of the Rebellion,
Promoted to Second Lieutenant. Mustered out July 8, 1865. Has lived in various places
in lowa and other Western States. Married, 1875, to Niss N. J. Howlett, a native of Kansas.
They have four children— Willie H,, Agnes, Nettie and Ada. Mr. M. is a member S. A.
Hurlburt Post No 48, G. A. R. B

JOHN RADER. dealer in general merchandise, firm name M. Rader & Son, opened
trade fall 1880; store building spring 1878, 24x8N feet, at a cost of $1,500. They carry an
average stock of $8,000, and employ three men in the business. John Rader came with
parents to Ellinwood fall 1878. Clerked some time, then engaged in the sale of agricultural
implements until he became one of the above firm. His father, M. Rader, carries on a farm
near Ellinwood. Mr. John Rader was born in Dodge County, Wis., 1854. Parents moved
with their family to Minnesota in 1856, where he was raised ‘a farmer. Married, 1881. to
Miss Mary Boggeman., a native of Minnesota, They are members of the Catholic Church,

_ HENRY J. REINTS, clerk and bookkeeper for Edwards Bros. and Fair Bros. He came
to Ellinwood, Kansas, 1876, where he engaged in the Jumber and grain business until 1882,
now has an interest in the lumber business of the firm. Was born in Freeport, Stephenson
Co., Tll., 1857. Was raised and educated in his native place, where he lived until he

came to Kansas, excepting a number of years when he was employed by Western Electric .

Man utacturing Co., Chicago, Ill. Heis a member of Masonic order and I. 0. 0.

F, A. STECKEL, proprietor of Ellinwood Steam Flouring Mills,

8. F. R. R. lands. He also deals in all kinds of grain. The above mills were erected in the
spring of 1878; re-builtin the summer of 1882,-when the new process of reduction was
added. Size of main building, 32x52 feet, three stories high, with an engine rooin 32x32
feet, one story. The mills are driven by a sixty-horse power engine, capacity of mil!s are
300 bushels of wheat in twenty-four hours, besides 150 bushels of feed, éte, The mills
were built of wood at a cost of $10,000; re-building cost $5,000. He employs ten men in
the business. Mr. S. first came to Ellinwood in April, 1§73, and engaged in merchandising
and farm implement business until 1879. e was born in Magdeburg, Germany, October
13, 1833. Came to America 1853. In spring of 1854, he returned to Germany. Came to
America in 1855. He was married in 1861,to Miss Mary Hagan, of Fond du Lac, Wis.
They have three sons—Willie, Fritz and Albert. Mr. S, isa member of the Masonic order.
His been member of the School Board ever since he came to Kansas. Mayor of Ellinwood
three terms, and is at present City Treasurer.

FRANK FALLIS WILLIAMSON came to Ellinwood, Kas.
he opened the first general store in the place, and continued the business until August!
He was born in Harveysburg, Ohio, 1851, as raised inthatcounty. He began life as a

- clerk in a,general store at Dayton, Ohio, continuing a year, then came to Kansas. Previ-
ously graduated in penmanship and bookkeeping at the Taylor & Jackson General College,
of Wilmington, Del., in 1870. Since coming to Kansas, he has been extensively engaged
in the live stock business, puying and shipping, etc. The firm of Ashton & illiamson
erected an elevator in 1882. He bought and sh pped the first wheatin Ellinwood, in Sept-
ember, 1874. Bought the first car load of*uffalo bones, sold the first agricultural imple-
ments and lumber, under the firm name of Landis & Williamson, Was Postina-ter of Ellin-
wood four years, and City Treasurer one year. Married in 1876, to Miss Etta Avery, of
New York State. anew have two children—Eugene B. and Marriam P. He is a member of
the Masonic order of Ellinwood and Chapter of Great Bend A., F. & A. M.

alsoagentfor A., T. &

1882.

in September, 1872, where -

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

PAWNEE ROCK.

This is a thriving little town on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail.
road, in the extreme southwestern part of the county. The name is derived
from a very large rock in the vicinity, which the reader will find fully described
in the general history of the county. This village was located and laid out in
1874, by the Arkansas Valley Town Company. It has several thriving busi-
ness establishments, which drive a good trade with the surrounding country.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

PH N. BARRETT, dealer in drugs, medicines, druggists’ sundries, etc. He opened
adore A ril, 1882, and carries a stock of about $1,600. He came to Pawnee Rock in the
fall of 1878, and followed agricultural pursuits a year, clerked in general merchandising
two years, then embarked in the drug business, He was born in Zooming County, Pa.,
August 10,1853, lived in his native county until twelve years of age, when his parents moved
their family to Crawford County, Ill., where he was raised and lived until he came to Kan-
sas. He was marricd March 5, 1882, to Miss Jennie Kemmerling, a native of IllInois,
They have oneson—Norman. He hasasou and a daughter by former marriage—Claude
and Maude.

A. W. METCALF, dealer in boots and shoes, gloves, mittens, harness and horse furnish-
ing goods, cigars, tobaccos, stationery and notions. He is also Postmaster, H- came to
Kansas in*he spring of 1878, and engaged in the above business, and now carries stock of
$2.800, He took charge of the; postoffice in 1880. He was born in Manchister, N. H., May
29,1837. Was in Europe and Africa in 1854 and 1855, Moved to Pennsylvania in 1860, an
enilsted in the United States Servicein Novem er, 1863. Was transferred to Battery G, First
Pennsylvania Light Artillery, in which he served until the close uf the war. He was on
detached service most of the time and was promoted several times. Soon after the war he
went to Birghamton, N. Y., where he assisted in organizing a veteran battery of artillery,
which soon became one of the finest organizations 10 the State, fully mounted and equipped.
Afterhis army life he embarked in the boot and shoe business until he caine to Kansas. He
‘was married to Miss Rosaltha T. Wheeler, of Meshonpen, Pa., in 1869. Heis a member of
Binghamton Lodge No. 177 F. A. M.,and Great Bend Lodge No. 1088 K. of H., Great
Bend, Kan, He is at present Notary Public and has served as Justice of the Peace a num-
ber of years. He has been identified with educational movements for several years, and is
now 2 member of the School Board. Has had two children—Helen and Bessie. Bessie died
in 1877, aged five years. Helen is now twelve.

JOHN M. VAN AKEN, agent for the A,,T.& 8. F. R. R. Co., first located on a farm
seven niles northwest of Larned, in 1477, and farmed fortwo years. He yet continues to
have his land cultivated. He has 129 acres, eighty-five of which is under plow. In 1882
there were 1,183 bushels of wheat raised on his land. He is also engaged in the stock busi-
ness to some extent, He acted as agent forthe Adams Express and operator at Larned, in
1879-81. Hethen moved to Pawnee Rock, and accepted a position as agent of the A., T. &
S. F.R. BR. He was born in Lenawee County, Mich., December 8, 1844; lived there until
fourteen years of age. He then moved to Carbondale, Jackson Co., IIL, where he lived until
1862, and enlisted August 11, of the same year, in Company F, Eighty-first Illinois Volun-
teer Infantry, as a Eval: fe participated in all the paitles of his command, until June
18, 1864, when, at the batile of Guntown. Miss,, he was taken prisoner, and confined in An-
dersonville, Ga , and other Rebel prisons, until April, 1865. He was mustered out in Spring-
field, lll., soon after that date. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Amy S. Luce, of Belleville,
Ill. They have four children--John A., Lena C.,Sarah, and Ralph. They are_members
oF Phe Preabyteriag Church of Larned. Heisa member o* the I. O, O. F. and E. A. U. of

arned,
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP.

BENJAMIN I. DAWSON, farmer ana stock-raiser, P.O. Great Bend, was the fourth
child, and third son, horn to W. W. and Mary Dawson, both of whom were natives of Penn-
sylvania, The date of his birth was July 5, 1844. In 1854 he moved with his parents to
‘Towa, and located in Jackson County, where they remained two years, and then removed to
Jones County, in that State. His father being a farmer, Benjamin I. was raised to agricul-
tural pursuits, and after leaving school, his entire time was given tofarm work. His means
of acquiring an education were those offered by the public schools which he attended. during
his early boyhood in his native State, and laterin Iowa, closing his school career in the hig
school at Monticello, Jones C»., lowa, which he attended for one year. Was engaged in
mercantile business from 1869 to 1873,dispusing of which he moved to Kansas in the spring
of 1874, where he settled upon a farin in Barton Councy. to which State he was followed by
his :parents three years later, both of whom are still living, his father being seventy-two
years old and his mother seventy-three. Benjamin I. Dawson and Emma A. Bonewitz were
joined in wedlock at Longworthy, Jones Co., Iowa, on the 10th day of December, 1868, by
which marriage six children have been born to them, as follows: Fred. I., bornin Jones
County, Iowa, September 9, 1869; Lillie B., born at same place, January 19, 1871; Bon H.,
at same place, burn October 30,1873; Mary C. born in Barton County, Kan., January 1,

1876; Chandler W., at same place, December 10, 1879; and Ralph E., at same place, May

5, 1882. Mr. Dawson has held several township offices, and in 1878 was elected a County

Comminsigner from the Third District of Barton County, which position he occupied for
years,

 
HARVEY COUNTY,

V HARVEY

LOCATION AND GENERAL FEATURES.

H ARVEY County is situated on the eastern line of the central belt of

counties in the State, about seventy-five miles north of the Indian Ter-
ritory, and about one hundred and ten miles south of the Nebraska State line,
being only about thirty miles in a southeasterly direction from the geographical
center of the State. Itis bounded on the north by McPherson and Marion:
east, Marion and Butler; south, Sedgwick, and on the west by Reno County.
The county contains fifteen congressional townships, is thirty miles from east
to west, eighteen from north to south, and ranks fourth in being one of the
smallest counties in the State. Harvey is also the center of population in the
“Garden of Kansas,” and its chances are favorable that with its superior ad-
vantages it will become, eventu-

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COUNTY.

same year 3,590 acres of spring wheat, yielding 48,104 bushels. In 1882 there
were 49,748 acres in winter wheat, yielding 1,243,700 bushels, and only 443
acres of spring wheat, yielding 5,316 bushels. in 1874, out of 13,178 acres of
corn planted, 65,890 bushels were harvested. In 1882, out of 61,839 acres
planted, 1,236,780 bushels were harvested. In 1874, 2,757 acres of oats in cul-
tivation, yielded 68,195 bushels. {n 1882, 4,836 acres in cultivation, yielded
337.440 bushels. Other products have increased in proportion. Population in
1875, 5,046; in 1880, 11,454; increase in five years, 6,408; in 1882, 11,486;
increase in seven years, 6,440.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
From various sources it has been shown that H. Nieman, who took up a
claim on the West White Water

 

ally, the center of population in
the State.

The surface soil of Harvey
is similar to that of other coun-
ties in the immediate vicinity,
being a rich, black sandy loam,
strongly impregnated with gyp-
sum and lime, and varies in depth
upon the uplands from two to ten
feet, and upon the bottoms from
three to thirty feet. The sub-
soil is very porous and underlaid
with gypsum, which accounts for
its remarkable productiveness.
The entire county slopes gently
to the southeast, about one-half
being upland and the remainder
being equally divided between
first and second bottom.

Harvey is one cf the best
watered counties in the State
The great Arkansas River flow
through the southwestern corner, :
while the Little Arkansas enters ‘ wk
the county from the north and D
flows southeast’ through the

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in the present township of Rich-
land, in June 1869, was the first
bona fide settler in what is now
known as Harvey County. It has
also been shown that certain par-
ties had located claims prior to
that date, but were not actual
settlers. Mr. Nieman was fol-
lowed in July of the same year
by Wm. Lawrence and Hubbard
Wilcox, who settled in the im-
mediate vicinity. In the fall of
1869 Wm. McOwen, Charles
Schaefer, John N. Corgan, W.
T. Wetherel, John Wright and
S. Decker located on and in the
vicinity of what is now Sedgwick
City. ,
The early settlement of Har-
vey County by townships, as given
by Judge R. W. P. Muse, in his
history of Harvey County, is to
the effect that Lakin Township,
was settled early as June, 1869,
by Messrs. Kimball and Howard,
who located on Section 7; Macon

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townships of Alta, Garden, Hal-
stead, Lakin and Sedgwick. Trib-
utary to this stream, and water- 3
ing various ports of the county,
are Turkey, Black Kettle, Kisa-

POPULATION.
(Organized in 1872.)

Township, at the mouth of the
three Emma creeks, in the sum-
mer of 1869, by Geo. F. Perry,
Wm. Cleveland, M. Alexander
and Seth Goodley, who estab-

 

 

wa, Sand, Jester, the three Em-
mets and Gooseberry creeks. In

lished a cattle ranche; Richland
Township was inhabited by

 

 

 

 

 

addition to these there are Doyle, (a) Alta Township... “ais Buniton GY,
i ( urrton Towns ip, ncluding Burrton

Wildcat, Gypsum, Gesterand two (e Darlington Township..

branches of the West White Riv- (a) Emma ownship..

er, important tributaries of Wal- ‘a parden Townsntp-

nut River, These streams are, (g Highland Townsh Des

i ake Township.

in all seasons of the year, fed by {#) DO, Township.

numerous springs and minor (fj) Macon Township.

(k) Newton Townshi

Newton City......
(lt) Pleasant Township
(m) Richland Township...........0...e.e eee eee
(n) Sedgwick Township, including Sedgwick
(0) Walton Township

tributaries. Between the two
rivers are found several beautiful
lakes, which afford abundance of
pure water. From ten to fifteen

 

 

 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
   

 

593 Messrs. Nieman, Lawrence and
714 Wilcox, until June, 1870, when
528 A. G. Richardson, present Coun-
528 ty Commissioner, came and pur-
538 chased the claims of Lawrence
375 and Wilcox, and made a perma-

Bre enent location. Other settlers in
24a the township were C. S, Fink,
587 July 3 1870; R. W. Denny,
842 September 18, 1870, and Joel
547 and Jesse Parker, H. W. Bailey,

 

feet on the bottoms, which never

B. P. Parks, S. Saylor, T. Ezra,
R. Smith in October, 1870 ; Dar-

 

overflow, and from twenty to
forty feet on the uplands, is the
usual depth for sinking wells.
With an altitude of 1,500 feet
above the sea level, and its lati-
tudinal location being traversed
from east to west by the 38th oon Se
parallel of north latitude, Har- ( pron ee on Gounty.
vey County has a climate similar Gib Brom pers a
to that of Central Kentucky, :
Southern Virginia and Delaware. No malaria is noticeable, and with short
winters and summers soothed by the everlasting Kansas zephyr, diseases pe-
culiar todamp climates are riever contracted. From the nature of the soil
and climate, all products common to the North and South can be raised here,
including grains, cereals, grasses and fruits. .
* A few statistical points as to Harvey County’s prosperity show that out of
345.600 acres, 208,472 acres are in farms ; assessed valuation on taxable prop-
erty in county, $2,183,141.64; value of animals slaughtered, 1879—$42,141;
1881—$120,493 ; wool clip, 1878, 8,040 pounds; 1879, 13,134 pounds; 1881,
32,116 pounds ; artificial forest in ‘county, 2,500 acres. In 1874 there were
1,568 acres planted in winter wheat, which yielded 25,068 bushels, and in the

Burrton City. ...
Sedgwick City... ... .

(a) From McPherson County.
(b) From Sedgwick County.
(c) From Sedgwick County.
(a) From McPherson County.

 

386 Lington Township—Edward Doty,
Thomas Winn, July, 1870; C. E.
Berry, August, 1870; E. Marks,
O. B. Hildreth, Wm. Geary and
I. Stockwell, on Section 4, in
October, 1870; they were fol-
lowed by O. B. Gingress and Jas.
Allen and others in the fall of
. the same year; Garden and
Alta townships were first settled by a French colony of ten persons, who located
in Alta Township, on Turkey Creek, in 1869-70. In the fall of 1870 the settle-
ment was augmented by Palmer and Daniel Heath and others. On the Little
Arkansas River, in Garden Township, an Irish settlement was formed early in
1870, and increased September 12, 1870, by F. P. and A. E. Munch; Mewton
Township—in February, 1871, A.W. Baker, Miles Davids and Joshua Perkins ;
Highland Townshif~—in March, 1871, by John Hengst, C. W. Patterson, J. V.
Sharp H. Beery and F. Livingston, followed in April by J.S.and F. W. H.
Hackney, J. C.,W. E. and J.M.Johnston, R. T. Elwood, J. L. Caveny,W. Davis
and others; Lake Township—in March, 1871, by Jas. McMurray, Jas. Patter-
son, John Gorgas and others; Burrton Townshift—by John W. Blades and oth.

(4) From Sedgwick County
(j) From edgwick County.
(k) From “edgwick County.
(Ll) From Sedgwick County.
- (m) From Sedgwick County.
(n) From Sedgwick County.
(0) From Marion County.
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ers in April, 1871; Emma Township—in April, 1871, by Wm. and Chas. Bean,
E. C. Munger, G. Webster and others; Walton Township—in March, 1871, by
Theodore Kline and family ; Halstead Townshif—in September, 1870, by John
N. Corgan, who had sold his claim where Sedgwick City now stands, and lo-
cated near present town of Halstead. He was followed in October by G. L.
Cooper, J. Schoonover, A. Olson, Allen Miller, L. D. and A. Brewer; Pleasant
Township—in January, 1871, by John Harlan, J. and P. Ray, L. B. Owen, D.
E, Sheldon ; in February, H. D. and C. Kettle, D. Denny, S. Chamberlain, S.
A. Powell. 3

By consulting the biographical department of this work the reader will find
many other names of the early settlers of this county, who joined the hardy
class of pioneers and left their Eastern homes to face the disadvantages and
hardships of a frontier life. This county was then but a ‘‘ wild sea of waving
grasses,” the monotony of which was now and then relieved by the sight of im-
mense herds of cattle, controlled by Texan cow-boys, on their way to the near-
est shipping point—Abilene. At this time large herds of buffalo—controlled
by no one—were found in the western portion of the county, especially in the
immediate vicinity of where Burrton now stands, between the two Arkansas
rivers. The last one was killed in the county in 1875, in the Prouty neighbor-
hood, in Macon Township. Harvey County has been largely settled by that
thrifty class of foreigners, the Mennonites. The immigration commenced to
this county early as 1872. ‘fo induce this, committees were sent here from vari-
ous counties and States to ascertain facts necessary for a future settlement.
They are found in almost every portion of the county, but particularly in Hal-
stead Township. As a class, they are valuable additions towards promoting a
steady growth in all business pursuits, but more so from an agricultural point
of view. : aa
The first birth in Harvey County was that of Rosa A., daughter of Charles
Schaefer, August 12, 1870, in Sedgwick Township. The first male birth in the
county also occurred in Sedgwick, February 13, 1871, being that of Henry, son
of P. M. Morgan. Sedgwick, being the oldest settled town in the county, claims
the first school building, erected in 1870; the first flouring mill, erected in
1871, by the Sedgwick Steam Power Company, and the first death, that of an
unknown man, by shooting, in the fall of 1870. ‘The first celebration of our na-
tion’s independence occurred at Richardson’s Grove onthe West White Water,
July 4, 1871. Seventy persons were present. Religious services were held
early as July, 1871, at Newton, by Rev. Mr. Overstreet, of the Presbyterian de-
nomination. The first passenger train entered Newton, July 17, 1871. June
16, 1871, a severe wind and rain storm swept over Harvey County, and assum-
ing the violence of a hurricane, destroyed much property. October 30, of the
same year, a terrific storm of hail, sleet and snow passed over the county from
the North, destroying hundreds of cattle and occasioning much suffering. The
gloomiest period in the history of Harvey County, occurred in August, 1874, at
which time that terrible scourge, the grasshopper, made its appearance. This
pest in countless millions were first noticed August 7, and but a few days had
passed when not a vestage of vegetation of any kind was to be seen. Many were
obliged to abandon their hard earned homes and seek employment, to support
their families. Al] business was practically suspended. But with the retreat of
the insect came a renewed determination by the people not to falter in the ad-
vancement of the county, and to-day the result is noticeable by the intelligent
observer.

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was completed through the
county during the summer of 1871. The road enters the county in the northeast
corner and runs in a southwesterly direction to Newton, from which place its
course is nearly due west. It passes through the townships of Walton, High-
land, Newton, Macon, Halstead and Burrton, and leaves the county eight
miles north of the southern boundary. Its principal stations are Walton,
Newton, Halstead and Burrton.

Early in June, 1871, the Wichita & Southwestern Railroad Company-was
organized, with the following officers and directors: J. R. Mead, Pres. Wil-
liam Griefferstein, Treas.; H.C. Sluss, Sec’y; S. H. Kohn, J. M. Steele,
S. C. Johnson, C. H. Smith, George Schlieter, C. F. Gilbert, ‘I. J. Peters,
F. J. Fulton and R. W. P. Muse. At an election held August 11, 1871, bonds
to the amount of $200,000 were voted for and carried by 330 majority. New-
ton being made the initial point, the contract was let, and the road completed
to Wichita in a few months. Sedgwick City, in Harvey County, is the principal
station.

The Memphis & Newton Railroad Company was incorporated August 15,
1872, but at this point the corporation became defunct. September 1, 1872,
the Newton, King City & Ellsworth Railroad Company was organized. In1873
a preliminary survey was made from Ellsworth to Newton, after which the road
followed the fate of its predecessor.

The St. Louis & San Francisco railroad enters the county at Sedgwick City,
and running northwest strikes the main line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway at Halstead.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION

Although Harvey County was settled as early as 1869, the question of its being organ-
ized as a county was not agitated until the fall of 1871, when a Republican convention was
called to nominate a county ticket for Sedgwick County, and this being a part of that county,
delegates were elected to attend the said convention, to be held at Wichita, At this conven-
tion, the number of delegates from Newton was cut down from seven to three, and being
dissatistied with this, the Newton delegates, followed by the Black Kettle and Grant town-
ship delegates, withdrew and nominated a separate ticket, which was partially elected, This
increasing the feeling fort >» organization of a new county, a meeting was held at Newton,
December 13, 1871, at the uu.ce of Muse & Spivey, for the purpose of effecting a distinct or-
ganization. Among those present were J. T. Davis, R. M. Spivey, L. E. Steele, C. S. Bow-
man, James Sprague, J. C. Johnson, D. Ainsworth and R. W. P. Muse. A plan was adopted
to form anew county, to consist of sixteen congressional townships, ten to be taken from
Sedgwick County, three from McPherson County, and three from Marion County, with
Newton as the county seat. According to this plan, the territory embraced in the limits of
Burton, Halstead, Darlington, Lake, Lakin, Macon, Newton, Pleasant, Richland, Sedgwick,
Alta, Highland, Emma, and Garden towns hips, was organized by an act of Legislature, Feb-
ruary 29, 1872, and named Harvey, in honor of James M, Harvey, then Governorjof Kansas.

Gov. Harvey appointed the following named county officers to officiate in their respect-
ive positions until their successors could be duly elected and fualitied to wit: County
Clerk, H. W. Bailey; County Treasurer, C. D. Munger; Probate Judge, A. Markwell: Regis-
ter of Deeds, R, H. Brown; Sheriff, W. ‘B. Chamberlin; Coroner, C. C. Furley; County Attor-
ney. C. 8. Bowman; Clerk of District Court, J. B. Cuningham; County Surveyor, W. Brown;

_ 18% votes, for president. The following county officers were elected:

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

County Superintendent, Ellen Webster; County Commissioners, A. G. Richardson, Amos
Prouty, and J. R, Skinner.

The first election for county officers was held May 20, 1872. At this election Newton
was made the county szat. ‘All of the county officials appointed by Gov. Harvey were
elected, with the exception of John R. Skinner, County Commissioner, whose place was
filled by the election of B. Thompson, of Halstead Township. Ata meeting of the County
Commissioners, held May 24. 1872, to canvass the vote cast May 20, it was found that the
poll books of Sedgwick and Newton townships showed on their face a fraudulent vote, and
it was voted by the Board that they be rejected, which was done, andthe result was shown
as above stated. ‘

At the first regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, held April 16, 1872,
it being mustered in by C. 8, Bowman, Notary Public, A. G. Richardson, was chosen Chair-
man. The principal business transacted was that of dividing the county into civil town-
ships and giving them appropriate names. The county was divided into municipal town-
ships, each being the size of a congressional township, and were named as follows: New-
ton Townsht; , from the city of Newton, the county seat; Darlington Township, in honor of
its early settlers, who came from Darlington, La Fayette Co., Wis.; Sedgwick Township,
after the town of Sedgwick; Lakin Township, in honor of D. L. Lakin, then Land Commis-
sioner of the A. T. & S. Fe R. R.; Lake Township, from the beautiful lakes it contains; Bur-
ton Township, was changed from Valley, in honor of the town of Burton, Halstead Town-
ship, in honor of the city of Halstead; Emma Township, after the three creeks of the same
name, so called in memory of a“ beautiful young lady” who died and was buried on the
bank of one of the streams; Alta Township, in memory of a deceased daughter of Judge R.
W. P. Muse; Macon Township, after a county of that name in Illinois; Walton Township,
in honoro one of the stockholders of the A. T. & S. F. R. R.; Garden, Richland, Aighland
and Pleasant townships, so named from their location and quality. of soil. A petition to
annex Walton and Highiand townships was circulated by John C, Johnson, which was
signed by three-fourths of the voters in the two townships. On the presentation of the pe-
tition to the State Legislature, by Representative H. A. Ensign,and a committee from Newton,
composed of J. T, Davis, H. C, Ash aur, L. E. Steele, G. D. Munger, R. M, Spivey and J.
B. Dickey, a bill was passed March 5, 1873, which authorized the annexation of the two
townships to Harvey County.

At the November election, in 1872, U.S. Grant received 563 votes, aad Horace Greeley

r. H, A. Ensign,

Representative; D. W. Bunker, Clerk; G. D. Munger, Treasurer; A. Markwell, Probate
Judge; H. W. Hubbard, Register of Deeds; Dr. 8. 1’oster, Coroner; 6.8. Bowman, Attorney;
J. L Cunningham, District Clerk; L. H. Hamlin, Surveyor; F. L. Faatz, Superintendent
of Public Instruction; B. C. Arnold, A. G. Richardson and T.S. Floyd;Commissioners. At
an election held November 4, 1873, A.G. Richardson was elected Representative; I. N.
Stout, Coroner. The County Board of Coromissioners refused tocanvass the votes cast for
he election of the other county officers. At this election bonds were voted to the amountof
$3,000, for the purpose of establishing a County Poor Farm, $2,000 in bonds were issued
and Harvey County now has an excellent institution for that purpose. By a decision of the
Supreme Court, October 3, 1874, anew Board of County Commissioners, composed of Amos
Prouty, J. Hollister and T. R. Oldham, assumed control of the county affairs. At the No-
vember election, in 1879, bonds to the amount of $6,000 was voted for the purpose ot erect-
ing a county jail, which was subsequently done. The vote on the Prohibitory Amendment
in Harvey County, November 2, 1880, stood, for, 1,140, against, 858.

We make the following extracts from a *‘ History of Harvey County,” compiled by Judge
R.W.P. Muse,who in speaking of the condition of the early county records,says: * * “The
time elapsing between the organization of the county, and the fall of 1875, may be classed
as the dark period in the history of Harvey County.” He still further adds, in referring
from this time to September 6, 1875, that ‘‘nearly all important papers which should have
been filed in that office (County Clerk’s), are missing, and even the minutes of the meetings
of the County Commissioners, have been imperfectly kept, or entirely omitted. * * * *
All this while the affairs of the county had been carelessly and badly (if not criminally) con-
ducted. It was openly charged that a ‘‘Tweed Ring” had been formed with headquarters
in some of the county offices. It was also charged, and generally believed, that large
amounts of money had been wrongfully issued in the shape of warrants and paid out with-
out the sanction of law. It wasfurther reported that the County Commissioners, or at
least, a majority of them, had met and cancelled, and destroyed some $10,000 of this re-
deemed scrip, aud no sufficient record of the amount thus issued and destroyed, had been
kept, Excitement ran high—indignation meetings were held and efforts made to have the
books ot the county investigated, and if found as charged, to punish the guilty parties, but
as the books had been joosely, kept in many instances, no record was made whatever of im-
portant transactions, it was found up-hill business to commence proceedings against the
suspected officials, and the matter was finally dropped.”

The official county roster for 1882-83, is as follows: Clerk, John C. Johnson; Treas.,
H. W. Bunker; Reg. of Deeds, H. Mathias; Dist. Clerk, W. J. Puett; Probate Judge, J. H.
Campbell; Supt. Pub. Ins., H. C. McQuiddy; Surveyor, James Dawson; Attorney, W. E.
Lathy; Sheriif, John Water; Coroner, H. A. Ensign; Commissioners, D, W. Woodward,
W. D. Tourtillott, A. G. Richardson.

COUNTY SCHOOLS AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Owing to the imperfect records found in the County Superintendent’s office, it has been
impossible to get any correct data, concerning the schools of Harvey County, prior to 1877.
In 1877, there werein Harvey County 66 organized school districts, and 2.485 persons
within the school age; 1,703 pupils were enrolled, and 81 teachers employed, at an average
salary of $33 for males, and $25.50 for females. During that year six schoolhouses were
erected, making the total number fifty-nine. To build these six school houses, $10,409 in
bonds were issued, making the total bonded indebtedness $45,389. For school purposes
$27,266.13 Was received, $20,133.59 of which was paid out for expenses. In 1882, there
was 67 organized districts in the county, and 4,140 persons of school age; 3,209 pupils were
enrolled, and 82 teachers emplovyed, atan average salary of $36.59 for males, and $31.09 for
females, Bonds were issued to the amount of $7,775, which made the bonded indebtedness
$34,539.30. With sixty-six school buildings in use, and including all school property,
represents a value of $72,100. Of the $37,891.96 received for school purposes, $32,409.96
was expended in promoting the educational interests. In addition to the public schools,
there are mary pelyats schools, under the auspices of the Mennonites and other denomina-
tions, in which both the German aud English language are taught. Considering her size,
Harvey County is unsurpassed in her school facilities. 2

The Harvey County Agricultural and Mechanical Society was incorporated with a capi-
tal stock of $3,000, November 14, 1872, with A. G. Richardson, Pres; E. Commons, Vice-
Pres.; D, Ainsworth, Treas.; and H, C. Ashbaugh, Sec. The society purchased eighty acres
of land one and one-half miles west of Newton, and held the first fair in October, 1873. In
1874, during the Brasshopper Scourge, no fair was held. From 1875 to 1878 fairs were
held.on grounds north of the city. In 1879, a forty-acre tract was purchased one mile
southwest of the city, anda fairheld. In the spring of 1880, the Golden Gate printin
office was burned, and with it the records of the society, A new charter was obtained, an
the society entered upon its present organization. Present officers: H, A. Ensign, Pres.; W.
H. Cole, Vice-Pres.; A. B. Lemmon, Sec.; E, L. Parris, Treas. The Board of ‘Directors,
numbering eighteen members, include many of the successful men in the county.

NEWTON.

Newton, the metropolis and county seat of Harvey County, is geographic-
ally located in the center of the eastern portion of the county, on the east
bank of Sand Creek. Besides being the principal station on the main line of
the A.,T.&S. F. Ry., east of Emporia; it is the inital point of the Cald-
well Branch of that road. With its natural advantages, together with the en-
terprising class of citizens with which it is largely peopled, and surrounded by
a thrifty class of farmers; it has, from a small village, grown to a city of the
second class. The business portion of the city is built up in a substantial man-
ner with handsome stone and brick blocks, which would be a credit to
larger cities, and in the suburbs are located fine private residences, amply
testifying to the taste and refinement of its inhabitants.

GENERAL HISTORY.

_The present town site of Newton twelve years ago, was unoccupied. The
habitation of man had not yet been built, and the broad and fertile prairies
around, were untrod, save by a few hardy pioneers, ¢7 voute West. When
Judge R. W. P, Muse made his first trip to this point, May 10, 1871, he found
occupying a tent on the west bank of Sand Creek, the late John Sebastian,
and on the town site were located Peter Luhn, Joel T. Davis, L. E. Steele,
H. Lovett, Isaac Stockwell, Robert Walton, Dr. Gaston Boyd, H. W. Hub-
bard, E. L. Lapham, W. A. Russell, S. J. Bentley, J. J. Barker, B. C. Arnold,

 

 
 

HARVEY COUNTY,

Louis Foy, J. T. Davis, J. Rynierson and a few others. R. M. Spivey, David
and William Maxwell, ——. Bennett, James Millis and W. P. Sterm arrived
during the month of May, 1871. The greater portion of those above mentioned
located in March of the same year,

The first frame building on the town site was moved from Darlington
Township, the latter part of March, 1870, and was used as a blacksmith shop,
by Messrs. Stockwell and Walton. The next building was erected by Peter
Luhn, and known as the ‘Pioneer Store.” About this time Davis and Steele
erected a building and opened a bakery. Early in May, 1871, H. Lovett, S. J,
Bentley, Muse & Spivey erected frame structures. After this new buildings went
up daily and the future of the town was assured.

On the completion of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, July 17,
1871, Newton became the shipping point of the immense herds of Texas eattle
which prior to this time had been driven to Abilene on the Kansas Pacific
Railroad. In anticipation of this important event the population of the place
was greatly augmented by the arrival of large numbers of “ the only original
cow-boys,” saloon men, gamblers, ‘soiled doves,” and roughs of every national-
ity and color. In harmony with their surroundings and character all went
armed in the most approved border fashion. In that part of the city known as
“Hyde Park”? no less than fifteen buildings were erected and devoted to ‘so-
cial amusement,” in which these characters figured conspicuously. Nearly every
other building in the business portion was occupied by saloons, which would
be named “ Do Drop In,” ‘ The Side Track,” ‘Gold Rooms,” and other ap-
pellations suggestive of the times. The ‘‘cow-boy reign,” which practically
continued from June, 1871, to January 1, 1873, was an epitome of what has
been and is now being enacted where that element predominates. As a matter
of fact many persons were killed and wounded during that time, but the num-
ber has been greatly exaggerated. A careful review bearing on this point by

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING, NEWTON,

Judge R. W. P. Muse, in his ‘‘ History of Harvey County,” places the total
number killed as twelve. As many conflicting statements have been made on
this number it has been impossible to alter the number with accuracy. It is
possible and highly probable that several shooting scrapes occurred in which
parties were dangerously wounded and reported killed; while it is admitted by
all that the numerous shooting affairs that occurred during the “reign” were
lamentable events, detrimental to the best interests of the city, it is also shown
that they were confined to the rough element. Pages might be devoted to a
detailed account of the various shooting scrapes occurring during that time, but
a mention of the “general massacres ” will prove sufficient. The affair, which
terminated in the death of five of its participants and the wounding of as many
more, occurred on the night of August 9,1871,at the dancehouse of Perry Tuttle.
On account of some prior difficulty between McCloskey and Jim Anderson, the
latter, on. the evening mentioned, entered the dancehouse with a number of
his companions and shot McCloskey, who returned the fire after he was down,
wounding his antagonist so badly that he afterwards died. Standing near the
door was a young man, evidently in the last stages of consumption, who was a
personal friend of McCloskey’s. Seeing his friend down he turned and locked
the door, preventing egress, Then drawing his “shooting iron” he fired into
the Anderson crowd, killing three outright and wounding three or four more.
As the young man, Riley, appeared to have everything his own way the affair
terminated at this juncture. In this connection the first death occurred June
16, 1871, in which two cow boys, Snyder and Welsh, got into a difficulty in
front of Gregory's saloon and the latter was killed.

After the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was completed to Dodge
City and a branch to Wichita the cattle trade turned to these points, and New-

ton was soon free from a large proportion of the desperadoes and roughs who -

had so long infested it. After the return of law and order the city did not re-
cover from the effects of its early days for nearly two years, and to still more

increase the retrogressive movement a disastrous fire occurred on the evening

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of December 8, 1873, destroying the east side of block 38, the best business
portion of the city. In April, 1875, the population of the city was 769, and of
the township £93, a large decrease from the returns of 1872. During the spring
and summer of 1875 the town sprang into and entered upon a new life, and in
1878 boasted of a population of over 2,000, Present estimated population
(1882) 5,000,

MUNICIPAL HISTORY.

Prior to its incorporation as a city of the third class, February 22, 1872, Newton practi-
cally had no government of any kind, and even after its incorporation, during the ‘‘cow-
boy reign,” the majesty of the Jaw was unheeaed. At the first city election, held April 1,
1872, L. E. Steele, 8. Lehman and R. C. Arnold constituted the board of canvassers. The
following were elected: Mayor, James Gregory, Councilmen, E. Chamberlain, D, Hamill,
Isaac Thayer, B.C, Arnott, Jno, Winram; Police Judge, M. J. Hennessy. At the first meet-
ing of the City Council, held April 3, 1872, E. Lunn was appointed Clerk pro tem; G.
Chamberlein, Treasurer; D, Skelly, Attorney; W. Brooks, Marshal; Chas. Bowman, Assist-
ant Marsha!. R. B. Lynch was appointed Clerk, in July, 1872. BY a proclamation of the
Governor, Newton was made a city of the second class, J: anuary 22, 1880, and, February 5,
of the same year, was divided into three wards. e following named gentlemen have
officiated as Mayor: 1873, H.C. McQuiddyv;: 1874, R. M. Spivey; 1875, J. B. Dickey; 1876,
H. W, Bunker; 1877, O.B. Edgett; 1878-9 S. Saylor; 1880-1, R. C. Love; 1882-3, R. W. P.

use.
Present city officers are: Mayor, R. W. P. Muse; Council, J. W. Helwig. H. W. Hubbard,
C. L. Berry, E. B. Fowler, James Geary, R. Collins; Clerk, J. W. Edwards; Treasurer, E. L.
Parris; Attorney, C, Bucher; Police Judge, Wm. Shaver; Justice of Peace, D. Felger;
Constables, R. B.'Ransom, M. 'D. Stimmel.

Postofice—Was established in, the snmmer of 1871, W. A. Russell being appointed first
Postmaster.- He was succeeded, September 18, 1872, by William Brown, who occupied the
position until October 30, 1873, when A. C, Fredericks was appointed. In 1879, H.C. Ash-

augh, the present Postmaster, received the appointment. During Frederick’s administra-
tion, the office became a third class office. At this office the money order system was estab-
lished, July 1, 1874, A.C. Fredericks purchasing money order No. 1, July 6, 1874.

THE PRESS AND THE SCHOOLS.

The Newton Kansan, the first number of which appeared August 22, 1872, under the
editorship of H. UV. Ashbaugh, was the first newspaper publishedin Harvey County after its
organization. The paper, an eight-column folio, has been under the same management to
the presenttime, and is Republican in politics, progressivein ideas and identified with the
progress and welfare of home interests. z

Newton Republican.—The first number of this paper appeared August 11, 1875, as the
Harvey County News, under the management of J. BE. Duncan and A. W. Moore. Duncan
remained as editor until December 29, 1875. On the 28th of April, 1876, J. S. Collister pur-
chased a half interest of Moore, and the paper was run by the new firm until December,
1876, when Moore retired, leaving Collister, who published it until the summer of 1879, he
then sold his interest to C. G. Coutant, who changed the name to its present appellation. In
November, 1879. the paper passed into the hands of R. W. P. Muse and R. M. Spivey, who
continued its publication unti] June 10, 1881, when it passed into the hands of Hon. A. B.
Lemmon, its present editor and proprietor, The name of the paper indicates its politics.
In April, 1881, the paper was enlarged from a nine column folio to asix column quarto, its

resony size. The Republican is known as being one of the leading papers in the Arkansas
alley.

Newton has under the existing management one of the best school systems in southern
Kansas. The first steps toward promoting her educational interests were taken August 10,
1872, when the people voted $5,000 in bonds for the erection of a brick schoolhouse. The
first public school was opened August 26, 1872, by Miss Mary Boyd, and from this date edu-
cational interests have been well lookea after, as the present school system will amply
testify.. The contract for the new building was let September 19, 1872, to W. K. Jackman,
who completed it the following season. On the incorporation of the city, into acity of the
second class, in January, 1880, it was divided into three wards, in which have been erected
handsome and substantial structures for educational purposes. Prominent among the rest
are the north and south side buildings, which are a credit to cities of ten times the size.

CHURCHES.

First Presbyterian Church was organized July 7%, 1872, by Rev. J. P. Harsen, with
seven members, namely, F. L. Faatz, W. R. Johnson, J. C. Johnson, James M, Johnson,Mrs.
Mary Johnson, D, L, Payne and —— Calderhead. During the first two or three years the
church had no regular pastor. Rev. A, E. Garrison became pastor in March, 1875, and re-
mained until the close of 1878. In April, 1879, Rev. James H. Clark became pastor and re-
mained until the spring of 1882. In November, the present pastor, Rev. E. J. Brown, as-
sumed charge. The membership has increased as follows: 1872,% members; 1874, 12
members; 1875, 21 members; 1876, 37 members; 1877, 56 members; 1878, 66 meinbers;
1879, 64 members; 1880, 104 members; 1881, 108 members; 1882. 102 ‘members. During
the pastorate of Rev. Garrison, the present church edifice, a frame structure, 35x50 feet,
was completed at a cost of $5,000. The church has always maintained a Sabbath school.
The membership of which is now 137.

Methodist Episcopal Church, was organized in the spring of 1872. by Rev. M. M. Haun,
asa Mission, which embraced all of Harvey County, aud included six appointments. In
March, 1873, the Newton organization numbered thirty members, under the pastorate of
Rey. L. F. Laverty, who remained two years. The first church edifice (now occupied by the
Episcopal denomination) was a frame, 26x46 feet, and was dedicated August 5, 1873, the
total cost being $2,000. Rev. Laverty was succeeded in 1875, by Rev. E. C. Brooks, who
remained two years. He was succeeded by the Tollowings Walter Oakley, one year; W.
A. Dodson, one year; E. C. Brooks, one year; W. W. Woodside, one year, and Rev. N. Asher,
present pastor, two years. A new stone edifice, 46x55 feet, isin process of erection, and
will be completed in the spring of 1883, at a cost of $7,500. The Sabbath school has aver-
age attendance of 150 pupils. Present number of church communicants, 175.

Church of the Immaculate Conception ( Catholic).—The first services of this denomination
in Newton, were held by Rev. F. P. Swembergh, in 1871, in tents and car used by the con-
struction men, in building the railroadto this point. In the latter part of 1872, Father
Swembergh organized a church with four families, and commenced the erection of a stone
edifice. The first building was 24x40 feet, and was completed in 1874. In 1879 an addition
was made in the form of 4 cross, and a Parochial School established with thirty-five pupils
—present membership, sixty-five. During the same year, the parsonage was built. Value
of church property, $4.000._ Since the establishing of the church at Newton. Father Swem-
bergh has Seen in charge, Present membership, from eighty to one hundred families.

St. Matthews Church (Episcopal.)—Prior to its organization, services were held by Rev.
A. Beattie, D, D., until an organization was effectedin 1879. A stone edifice, 30x50 feet:
was erected during the same year, at a cost of $2,500. The building was used until 1882,
when on account of its imperfect construction it was torn down, and the Methodist Church
purchased. The first regular pastor, Rev. Jas. Newman, officiated until October, 1880,
when he was succeeded by the Rev. R, C. Talbott, who remained four months. The organi-
zation was then without a regular pastor until July, 1882, when Rev. T. L. Allen assumed
the pastorate. The organization is the only one of this denomination in the county. Pres-
ent membership, sixteen. 2

First Baptist Church was organized in the fall of 1877, by Rev. A. S, Merrifield, with
about forty-three members. A frame edifice, 30 by 40 feet, was erected during the same
year at a cost of about $1,400. Rev. Mr. Merrifield remained as pastor until December 1,
1882, since which time the church has been supplied by Rev. L, T. Bicknell, Present mem-
bership, 160.

Evangelical Association (German) was formed June 18, 1879, with seven members, by
Rev. C. F. Ertfmeyer. In the spring of 1880 the church was admitted into the Conference.
A frame church edifice, 26 by 52 feet, was erected in the fall of 1879, ata cost of $2,200.
September 28, 1882, this building was totally destroyed by a cyclone, wlule a meeting of the
church was in session All the inmates éscaped without serious injury. Rev. Mr. Erffmeyer
was succeeded in April, 1882, by Rev. Mr. Kiplinger, the present supply. The denomination
now uses the Baptist Church. Present membership, 40.

An organization of this denomination was effected in January, 1881, with ten members,
six miles west of Newton, in Macon Township, by Rev. Erffmeyer. Meetings are held in
schoolhouse, District 15; Thomas Patterson, class leader. Present membership, 13.

_ Mennonite Church (German) was organized in 1879, with about ten members, by Elder
L. Sudermann csupply), whois the present pastor. A frame church edifice, 26 by 52 feet,
was completed in the spring of 1881. at a cost of $2,000 with lot. Present membership, 55.

An organization of the German Lutheran persuasion is located here, but from absence
of records or reliable data a sketch is withheld.

SOCIETIES,

In presenting the following sketches of the Masonic societies of Newton, the intelligent
reader will bear in mind that they have been compiled, in a great measure, from data
furnished by different members of the fraternity, and not from the Secretary’s records.

Newton Lodge, No. 142, A. F. & A. M., was instituted under a charter dated October 16,
1873, and granted to S. Saylor, W. M.;_0. B. Edgett.S. W.; R. B. Lynch, J. W. Some of the
first members were George Clapp, R. E. Torrington, B. F, Evans, George Munger, S. Egge,

 
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James Norton, J. H. Anderson, D. Hamill, S. J. Bentley, A, Russell and R, W. P. Muse.
Present officers: C. L. Berry, W. M.; F.D, Tripp, 8. W.; J. R. Campbell, J. W.; C. A. Swen-
son, Treas.; M. L. Sawyer, Sec. Meets onthe second Saturday of each month, at Masonic
Hall. Present_ membership, 175.

Arkansas Valley Ohapter, No, 27, k..A. M., was organized in 1874, the dispensation
being granted to S. Saylor, H. P.; James Norton, K.;_ J. E. Neal, S.; and ©. S. Bowman, R.
E. Torrington, P. H. Elwell, D. B. Cook, F.C. Cutier, Joseph Clark, G. Huffman. J. E. Wood,
P. Huffman. Present officers: H.C. Ashbaugh, H. P.; E. B. Fowler, K.; J. R. Campbell, 8.;
E. L. Parris, Sec,; A. B. Gilbert, Treas. Meets the first Friday evening of each month, at
Masonic Hall, Present membership, 100.

ewton Commandery, No. 9.—Was instituted April 21, 1877, with fourteen members.
First officers: J.S. Collister, E. C.; S. Saylor, P.; G. A. Yocum, §, W.; 3 ett, J. W.; A. B.
Gilbert, Rec.; T. R. Hazard, Treas. Present officers are: 8. Sa’ lor, E. C.; B. McKee, Gen.;
R. W. P. Muse, C. G.; H.C. Ashbaugh, P.; C. A. Swenson, S. W.; R. Collin, J. W.: E. B.
Fowler, Treas.; J. W. Hurst, Sec. Meets the fourth Saturday of each month at Masonic
Hall. Present membership,

Eastern Star Chapter, No. 5.—Was chartered by the Illinois Grand Chapter, as Newton
Chapter, No. 22, January 5, 1874. The charter members were: L. J. Lehman Mary E.
Lynch, E. M. Munger, C. G. Saylor, C. Nea!, L. H. Bentley, Ophelia Yocum. The charter was
cancelled by the Kansas Grand Chapter, October 16, 1878, at. which time a new charter was
granted and the name changed to Eastern Star Chapter, No. 5. The officers at this time
were: A. Becker, W. P.; Mrs, A.C. Peters, W. M.; Clara Collister, A. M.; Mrs, L. Yocum,
Sec’y. Present officers: Mrs. T. N. Hanson, W. M.; Mrs. J. R. Truslott, W. P.; Mrs. H:
Mayer, A. M.; Mrs. Truslott, C.; Mrs. S. R. Petters, A. C.; Mrs. J. H. Anderson, Treas.;
a Gare Watson, Sec’y. Meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Present member-
ship, 40. t

Newton Council, R. S. & S. E. M._—Was organized under a dispensation ayanted in Octo-
ber, 1882. Its officers are: B. F. Evans, T..I. G. M.; 8. Saylor, I. N T.; G P.Rhorey, P. C.
of W.: W.P. Walters, C. of G.; W. D. Tourtallott, C. of C.; Mrs, Junan, S.; A. G. Huffman
R.;_ J. R. Duncan, Treas.; A. Whiting, Sec’y. Meets on first and second Wednesdays of
each month at Masonic Hail. Present mem ership, 50.

The Masonic Temple, of which every Mason is proud, was erected in 1879, and is a sub-
stantial two-story brick, 25x80 feet, completed at a cost of $4,000. An addition, 50x70 feet,

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is in contemplation, to be erected Inthe spring of 1883, at a cost of $12,000. This addition
will be used ty the county, for county offices and court room, for three, with a privilege of
five years.

Newton Lodge, No. 100, 1. 0, O, F.—Was instituted March 7, 1878, with eleven charter
members. Present officers: R. M. Spivey, N.G.; E. L. Parris, V. G.; W. M. Shaver, Sec’y.;
N. J. Burdick, Treas.; R. M. Spivey, J. W. Edwards, J. T. Ray, trustees. Meets at Odd Fel-
low’s Hall every Monday evening. Present membership, in good standing, 88.

Fraternity Encampment, No. 28, I. 0. O. F.—Was instituted October 13. 1875. First of-
ficers: B. C. Arnold, C. P.; D. Ainsworth, S. W.; Wm. Pells, J. W.: B, E. Hardeman, Treas.;
Jas. Geary, S.; Robert Walton, H. P. Present officers: H. Chatlett, Ch. Pat.; Jno, Feltgiin i

. W.; S. Barker, J. W.; N. I. Burdick, Treas.; Henry Bruner, S.; W. Woulte, H. P. Meets
first and third Tuesday evenings of each month in Odd Fellow’s Hall, Present membership,

es The handsome building. known as Odd Fellow’s Hall, was erected by members of that
fraternity, and dedicated March 8, 1882. The structure, which is bullt of brick and stone,
is two stories, and is 25x80 feet, beIng completed at a cost of about 6,000.
Newton Lodge, No. 74, A. O. U. W.—Was instituted July 15, 1881. First officers: J. R.
Campbell, P. M. W.; A. E. Garrison, M. W.; L. T. Browne, Rec.; N. J. Burdick, Fin.; W.
E. Grove, R.; Jno. Dawson, F.; Jas. Geary, O.; J.D. Sherrick, Ed. Ex.; Present officers:
W. P. Rhodes, P. M. W.; N. J. Burdick, M. W.; Geo. F. Berry, Rec.; N. Yonkers, Fin.;
Cc. A. Munger, R.; H. Hart, F.; Jas. Geary, 0.; J.D. Sherrick, Med. Ex. Regular meetings
are held on the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month at A. O, U. W. Hall.
ent membership. 37. .
Fe ion Kilpatrick Post, No, 36, G. A. R., was organized in January, 1881, with fifty
charter members. The first officers were S. R. Peters, Com.; G. W. Seaton, S. V. C.; J.
N. Winans, J. V. C.; J. W. Johnston, Adj.; G. W. Witter, Q. M. Present officers, G. W.
Witter, Com. ; James Dawson, S. V. C.; L. P. Owen, J. V. C.; J. W. Johnston, Adj.:G. W.
Seaton, Q. M. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Saturday evenings of each
month, at Odd Fellows Hall, Present memberahip: 100. :
Newton Lodge, No. 69, XK, of rio was ynatlbubed moder dispensation, Rovember 22, 1882,
fifty members. Its officers are: G. W. Holmes, C. C.; A. B. Lemmon, Un
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Board of Trade, was incorporated February 16, 1880, with a capital stock of $50,000.
The first Board of Directors, was composed of R. W. P. , A. D. Knowlton, D. Hamill,
J. T. Davis. J. T. McGraff. At the first election, the following were elected and constitute
the present officers: R, W. P. Muse, Pres.; D. Hamill, Vice-Pres.; E. B, Fowler, Treas.:
W. &. Lathy, Sec'y. Present membership hifty, which includes the principal business men
of the ciry. nt

ewton Cornet Band, was organized in November, 1878, by_O. 8. Fluke, with ten mem-
Vers. .In 1880, Mr. Fluke was succeeded by E, D. Fluke, as_ leader, and in 1882, H. M.
Morris, became leader, The first set of instruments, was purchased in October, 1878, ata
cost of $360. Uniforms were purchased in June, 1880. First_officers: O. S. Fluke, Pres.;
James Clark, Treas.; H. Bailey, Sec’y. Present officers: H. M. Morris, Press James
Clark, Treas.; William Angood, Sec’y,;E. D. Fluke, Manager. Present membership four-

He idepentiont Cornet Band, was organized in the spring of 1881, with seven pieces, by
» D. fer, first and present leader. 7

a nh on LAr ‘Association, was organized in the winter of 1880, with fifteen mem-
First officers were: J. D. . Pres.; C. S. Bowman, Vice-Pres.; J. W. Lambeth,

Treas.; J. T. Axtell, Sec’y. It was first organized as the Newton Scientific Society, but in

order toembrace a more liberal name; the present appellation -was adopted. Present

officers are: W. E. Lathy, Pres.; C. T. Suannon, Vice-Pres.; D. Felgar, Treas.; —- Thomp-

son, Sec’y.
BANKS, HOTELS, ETC.

Harv unty Savings Bank, was incorporated under State laws, June 23, 1873, with
an authored cy sttal of $100 000. The corporators and first board of directors were: R.
M. Spivey. G. D. Munger, W. H. Bancroft, T. E. Neil, A. E. Touzaing, Officers: J. E, Neil,
Pres.; R. M. Spivey, Vice-Pres.; F. P. Neil, Cash.; S.J. Bentley, Secy.

Thetr first statement, July 21, 1873, showed' the resources: Loans and discounts, $3,-
053.25; furniture and fixtures, $89.30; expenses, $101.51; Co. orders, 5208; due from
banks, and cash, $7,067.12; total resources, $22,681.18. Liabilities, capital paid in, $10,000;
deposits, $12,477.06; interest and exchange, $204.12; total liabilities, 922,681.18. ‘The
statement issued July 3, 1882, shows loans and discounts, $1,791.52; bonds and other securi-
ties, $15,548.83; real estate, $20,440.25; furniture and fixtures, $2,342.47; cash, $21.964.61;
light exchange, $69,915.87; total resources, $202,003.33. Capital stock Pa in $10,000;
depaeles, $102, 708.893 due banks, $4,655.59; undivided profits, $15,657.69; total iabilities,
$202,008.33 y

Present officers and directors: C. B. Schmidt, Pres.; A. S. Johnson, Vice-Pres,; R. M.
Spivey, Cash,; Julius Simon, Asst. Cash., and R. W. P. Muse, Teller.

Commercial Bank.—The private banking institution of Knox & Harris, commenced
business July, 1878.. On February, 1879, G. M. Knox_sold his interest to J. Harris, who
conducted the business until August 1 1879, when E. H. Hoag and E. D. Fowler, became
the proprietors. March 1, 1881, Mr. Fowler retired _and the firm name became Hoag &
Doty, andremained so until May 1, 1882, when Mr. Hoag, became proprietor. In August,
1879, the Siscounts amounted: to 10-000; tn Bel nanos Daily business transactions,

to $fi . Annual business for , 1,000, le ‘
ee Foon wi Bank, was incorporated asthe Newton City Bank, November 8, 1880,
with a capital of $10,000, by S. 1. Lehman, A. B. Gilbert, S. R. Peters, T. E. Neil, B. McKee,
The capital was increased every month until January 1, 1882, when it amounted to $25,000.
In October of the same year it was organized asthe First National Bank, witha paid up
capital of $50,000. Deposits, January 18, 1881, $17,005.92. Loans and discounts, $15,-
508.27. Deposits, October, 1882, $56,308.06. Loans and discounts, October 3, 1882, $94,-

 

 

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3.75, Present officers and board of directors: S.L. Lehman, Pres.; S. R. Peters, Vice-
trees A. B. Gilbert, Cash,; E. B. Fowler, Teller; B. McKee, T. E. ‘Neil, R. Regier, G.
Herder,

Farmers and Merchants’ Bank, commenced business October 1, 1881, and November 5,
1881, was incorporated, with a capital of $50,000._ The first board of directors and officers
were: O. H. odward, Pres.; P. Lander, Vice-Pres.; C. R. Munger, Cash.; and C. L.
Myers, G. F. Berry, R. W. Hodgson. Mr. Woodward retired as president, January 1, 1882.
and was succeeded by P. Lander. N. J. Burdick, succeeded Mr. Munger as cashier, an
retained the position until November, 1882, when G. W. Whitter became the incumbent.
In February, 1882, the capital was increased to $100,000. |

Hotels.—The first building used for hotel purposes in Newton, was erected by S. J.
Bentley, in May, 1871. The dining room was in active operation, before the building was
enclosed. It js still standing and is occupied by James Hurst, as a drug store. What is
known asthe National Hotel], was completed but a short time afterwards by Henry Bulner,
whorun it until R. C. Love, the present proprietor took charge.

Arkansas Valley Land & Loan Company was incorporated January 18, 1882, with a capi-
tal of $100,000. Present officers: S. T. Marsh, Pres.; J. A. Randall, Vice-Pres.; G. W. .
Holmes, Secy.; R. M. Spivey, Treas. Do a general loan business.

Lehman Hardware and Implement Company was incorporated January 10, 1882, with
a capital of $20,000. Officers: S. Lehman, Pres.; L. Becker, Treas.; G. E. Yonkers, Secy.;
WwW. En Clark, Bus, Manager; M. L. Kendall, Supt. The institution employs fourteen men,
and transacts ayearly business of $150.000. i a .

Newton can wellciaim the finest depot and hotel building in theState,if notin the West, The
structure known as the Arcade Building was commenced in the spring of 1880, and completed
inthe spring of 1882, by Muse & Spivey, at a cost of not less than $75,000. Itis built of stone,
veneered with brick, and has a frontage of 137 feet on Main street and 300 feet parallel to
the railroad track, Itis three stories high, witi basement, and is constructed according ta
the most approved plans of architectural science. In it are located the A., T. &S. F. BR. RB.
waiting rooms, offices, etc. In May, 1882, the Hotel Arcade was opened by its lessee, F.
Harvey; William H. Phillips, manager. The hotel, besides includ ne one of the largest
railroad eating houses on the road, contains over 120 rooms. The building is not only a
credit to Newton, butto the enterprising men who erected it.

era House Block was erected in 1878, by Seaton, Muse, Spivey & Co., at a cost of
$20,000. The building is a two-story stone scructure, 50x85 feet. The second floor is used
for bheatricn) purposes. being provided with a stage and dressing-room. Seating capacity,
1,000. G. W. Seaton, manager.
MANUFACTURES,

Newton City Mills. owned by Elias Wood, were erected in October, 1875, by E. Wood &
Cow the citizens of Newton contributing $1,000 towards the enterprise, which was com-
pletes at a CORE of $14,000. The mill is a three-story frame, and Nas a capacity of fifty

arrels daily.

Monarch Steam Mills were built in 1879, by D. Hamill, present proprietor. The mill isa
brick structure, 40x50 feet, with five floors. Original capacity, three run of buhrs. Pres-
ent capacity, five run of buhrs, and two sets of rolls, or 150 barrels daily. The enterprise re-
quired an outlay of $80,000. :

Newton Fence Factory, established in July, 1882, b
Five men ginpla ed, and two machines in use. Besides these industries, Newton has a
foundry—Globe Iron Works—a creamery, to be opened in the spring of 1888, and the usual
complement of cigar factories, carriage and furniture works. Newton has, although only
ten years old, progressed rapidly in its manufacturing interests, and before another decade
has passed, its manufacturing industries will make it one of the leading cities of south-

western Kansas,
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

H. C. ASHBAUGH located in Newton in July, 1872, and established the Kansan, the
sole paper in the county for several years. In March, 1879, he was appointed Postmaster,
having previously held various offices in town and city. Mi. Ashbaugh was born in Worth-
ington, Ohio, August 27, 1844, and at the age of four years moved to [owa with his parents.
At the age of eleven he commenced learning the printers trade at West Union, Iowa, con-
tinuing atthe case a large share of the time until the spring of 1861. September 23, 1861, he
enlisted in Company H, Forty-fifth Ulinois Infantry, and served in that rei iment until the
fall of Vicksburg, when he was transferred to the printing department of the army by Gen.
McPherson, where he remained until nearly the close of the war, afterward settling for a
time in Mercer County, Il., where he published a paper called the New Boston Herald. In
1865 he went to St. Louls and worked on the St. Louis Republican until the fall of 1869,
thence to Wilton Junction, Iowa, and bought the Wilton Chronicle, which he ran eighteen
months; thence to Newton, Iowa, where he purchased a half interest in the Newton Free
Press, and where he remained s!x months; and subsequently, the Des Moines Valley Reporter,
at Bentonsport, Iowa; coming from the latter place to Topeka, and thence to Newton, Kan.
Mr, Ashbaugh was married at Rock Island, Iil., April 27, 1870, to Emily E, Archer, a native
of Whiteside, Ill., and has five children, Frederick Newton, Hattie May, Minnie Bertha, °
Lewis S. and William H. Mr. A, is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Com-
mandery, also G. A. R. His father, Rev. Lewis Sells Ashbaugh, a Methodist preacher, died
in Wichita, Kan., Juno 9, 1881.

NOAH ASHER, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Newton, has been a resi-
dent of Kansas since 1872. In the spring of 1873 he took charge of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Mulberry Grove, remaining one year; the following two years he had charge of the
churches of Mulberry Grove and Girard, residing at Girard;
and one year at Hutchinson; i
now Newton, and now serving three vears at Newton. Mr. Asher was born in Seneca Town-.
ship, Guernsey County, Ohio, eoruary 1, 1846. In 1850 he removed with his parents to
Porter County, Ind., which remained his home until he enlisted in November, 1863, in
Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served until
April 19, 1866, when he was mustered out at Raleigh, N. C., he being in'commissary duty
after the.close of the war. After leaving the army he returned to Indiana, and in May, 1866
moved to Henderson County, IIL, where he remained until 1872, when he came to Kansas.

H. Dilis, who uses the Fry patent.

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Mr. Asher was educated at Hedding College, at Abingdon, II1., and ent i
March, 1873, having served a short time as'a local pee er prior to One ae
married _ near Lomax, Henderson County, Ill., December 27, 1870, to Mary E. Wyatt, a
native of that county, aud has three children, Walter Simpson, Olive May and Annie eety.
Mr, A. is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery.

. A. M. BARNETT, bardware merchant, of the firm of Barnett & Foltz, was born in
Estelle County, Ky., January 29, 1849. He came to Kansas February 23, 1871, and located
at Burlington, where he was employed inadry goods store the most of the time until he
came to Newton, in February, 1877. Since locating here he has been engaged in the hard-
ware business, the firm being originally Barnett Stephens. In January, 1879, John A.
Foltz bought Mr. Stephens’ Interest in the business, since which time the firm name has
been as at present. The firm job farm machinery, barb wire, etc., to the extent of about
$40,000 per annum, the entire sales being about $150,000. r. Barnett wags married at
Burlington, Kan., May 1. 1876, to Allie I. Stephens, whose birthplace was near Dayton,

Ohio. They have one child, Ambros .» Mr,
Blue Lod By ae Chapter : e M r, Barnett isa member of the A. F. eA: M.,
0. S. BASSETT was born in New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. ¥., October 13, 1840, and

lived in his native town until he came to Kansas in 1873. He located in Newton, Februar.
28, 1873, and was engaged in jewelry business five years, andin land and insurance Dusit
ness about two years. Since the latter part of December, 1880, be has been doing 4 drug
and insurance business. For two years prior to April, 1882, he was City Treasurer, and for
the four years preceding, was City Clerk. He has also served as Alderman. Heis a mem-
ber of A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter, having been both treasurer and secretary of
the Lodge, and is also. a member of I. 0. OU, F., Subordinate Lodge and Encampment. He
nee tyre ae er ren Hiora Ce tea to Addie, uu piso a native of that town.

our — ne ra M, an ewis C. i
Geogge ., born in Newton, Kan, ae , all born in New Berlin, and
. A, BEC , farmer and stockdealer, Section 18, P.O. Newton, own

all in cultivation, partially enclosed with wire fence, with good two-story Pea a eaminie:
16x80 with L 16x24, containing seven rooms, with good corrals, stock sheds, corn cribs
and wind-mill and pump and all conveniences for successful stock handling; also has small
orchard. Has at this time seventy-eight head of three-year-old steers feeding for market
and 100 hogs. Mr, B. was born in the State of New York, December 25, 1842, where he re-
sided until 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment New York Infantry
Volunteers, and served with his command inthe army ofthe Potomac. The first engage-
ment he participated in was while he was on detached service at General Heintzlman’s
headquarters and was at the battle of Williamsport. Subseqtently he was with his com-
mand at Gaines’ Hill, Gaines’ Mills, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run
Antietam and Fredericksburg, where he was severely wounded, and after recovering was
transferred to Company EK, Nineteenth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, and mus-
tered out October 9, 1864, and returned to his home, and remained there until 1867,
when. he came to Kansas and was employed by the Government as a “scout until
1869, when he located in Butler County, and in March, 1872, located on his present farm.
Was married November 4, 1869 to Miss Cora Chapman, a native of Ohio. They have
aye. caer the iio a des Frederick Lewis V. and Edna V. Mr. B. is a Mason,
ei me r of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery, and i: rv t
time Justice of the Peace for Newton Township. Dp ee ne RPE

JOHN BETZ, farmer and hog-raiser, Section 22, P.O. Newton, owns 160 acres, about
all cultivated; all enclosed and finely improved; about sixteen acres in orchard, with all
varieties of fruit—peach, apples, pears, apricots, nectarines, plums, cherries, mulberry, etc.,

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also a fine vinyard of bearing vines; frame dwelling, 16x24; barn, 28x50, with sixteen foot
ost. Has at this time two horses, four milch cows, and 140 hogs of fine breed. Was born
n Illinois, June 25, 1850, and came from there to Kansas in 1877, ard located on present
firm. Was married September 24, 1879, to Miss Sarah E. Milne. They have one child—
izzie. Mr. B, is a member of the German Evangelical Church and his wife is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GASTON BOYD. M, D,, was born in Campbell County, Ky., April 15, 1844. Secured his
education in the common schools of his native county, and when quite young commenced
the study of medicine with hjs father, Benjamin Y. Boyd, and commenced the practice of
medicine in 1867, inButier County, Ohio, where he remained a year, removing from there to
Putnam County, Ill., where he continued the practice until coming to Kansas, locating in
Newton, Harvey County, April 10, 1871, being the pioneer physician of the place, and the
only one for quite a time. e was called to attend the first obstetrical case, which occurred
July 31, 1871. Was the only physician here at the shooting termed the massacre, August 9,
1871, and had thirteen wounded men on his hands. Dr. Boyd was not a regular diplomaed

hysician when he first commenced practice, but went back and took a second course at the

hio Medical College, at Cincinnati, taking his diploma in 1874. He isa member of the

State Medical Society, and is president of both district and county medical societies. He

was Warrled February. 14, 1868, to Miss Jennie Williams. ‘They have two children, Edith
, twins.

DR. L. T. BROWNE, dentist, located in Newton in April, 1878, and been constantly en-

pared in the study and practice of dentistry since that time. Heisanative of Summit

ounty, Ohio. _Hé commenced the study of his profession at Wadsworth, and the practice
of the same at Canal Fulton, where he remained until he came to Kansas. Dr. Browne 1s
now the oldest dentistin the county. He isa staunch Republican, and a member of the
orders of A,, F. & A. M., 1.0.0. F.. and A. 0. U. W.

CAPT, H. W. BUNKER, County Treasurer, was born in Maine, June 30,1841. When
quite a child his parents moved to Ohio, and from there to Illinois in 1848. In 1860 he went
to Iowa, and when the war broke out, in 1861, enlisted in Company H. Tenth Iowa Infantry
Volunteers, and was with his command inall its campaigns and battles, the most noted being
Iuka, Vicksburg, Champion Hill and Mission Ridge, e received a number of promotions,
and in the battle of Mission Ridge, while in command of his company, he was terribly
wounded in the right arm, the ball fracturing the bone so badly thatit hadto be all cut away
from the u per partofthearm, After recovering from his wound, being unfitted for duty
in the field, he was on detached service in court martial until mustered out in 1864, on ex-
plration of term of service, and cameto Kansas in 1870, locating in Harvey County, then

edgwick County, and came to Newton in 1871. He has been Treasurer of Harvey County
for three terms, the first time by appointment, on the or, anization. of the county, and twice
by election. Is’a member of the I. 0.0. F. Was married to Mrs. L. Howard, November 28,
1877. Mrs. Bunker has two children—Ruby and Lee Howard.

JOHN R. BURKHOLDER, grocer, was born in Waterloo County, Ontario, October 4,
1857. He removed to Marion, Center Township, Kas., now Gale Township, in September,
1874, and remained there until 1879, returning at that time to Ontario, Canada. In April,
1882, he went to Manitoba and staid until June 6, 1882, when he came to Kansas again, and
lived in Gale Township until July 6, 1882, the date of his removal to Newton. Since that
time he has been associated with M. F. Sharpe in the grocery business.

MRS. E. J. CAMPBELL & SON, farmers, Section 34, P.O. Newton. Rent and farm 160
acres, but will buy a farm in Harvey County. The farm has eighty acres cultivated and a

ood orchard. They have horses, cows and hogs sufficient to feed the crops of the farm.

‘ame to Kansas September 13, 1882. A. K. Campbell, the father, was a cousin of Alexander
Campbell, of Pennsylvania, noted for being the founder of the sect known as Disciples, or
Campbellites, and is of Scotch descent, and was born in Botetourt County, Va,, July 25, 1827.
When seventeen years of age he went to Missouri and entered the store of his uncle and en-
gaged in merchandising. During the Mexican war his uncle was appointed quartermaster
n the army, and the nephew went with him as clerk, and was with the army during its
campalen from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico, where he remained for eleven months af-
ter the occupation by the United States Army, returnin; from there via New Orleans to his
home in Virginia, where be remained for a short time, then went West and located in Terre
Haute, Ind., where he was married July 30, 1849, to Miss E. J. Price. a native of England,
whose father was a Methodist minister. After marriage Mr. Campbell movea to Paris, I11.,
where he was living when the war_broke out. In August, 1861, he raised a company and
was mustered intothe service as Captain of Company #. Berg’s Sharp-shooters, put his
company was afterwards transferred tothe Sixty-sixth Regiment Illinois Sharp-shooters,
and participated in the battle of Shiloh, his company being among the first engaged in that
memorable engagement; he also participated in the actions 0: Corinth and Inka; after
Shiloh he was promoted to Major for gallant conduct on the field. He was with his com-
mandin the Atlanta Campaign, and was again promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, At the
battle of Resaca the Colonel was killed and the command devolved on him, and in the battle
of Peach Tree Creek, July 22, he was severely wounded and sent to the hospital, and to his
home: but his wounds partially healing he returned to his regiment, and was in command
with Sherman on bis march to the sea, and the exposure caused his wounds to break out
afresh, but he remained in the service until July, 1865, and was mustered out as Colonel of
the regiment, and finally died from the effects of his wounds May 12, 1867, leaving five
children—Belle, who is married and lives in Paris, Ill.; Clara, married and living in Den-
ver, Col.; Emma who is teaching in Harvey County; Andrew K., who is farming the place
with his mother and Jennie. Mr. Campbell wasa Mason and member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church,

PROF. J. R. CAMPBELL, is the oldest son of Robert J, and Rachel A. Campbell, He
was born in Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio, August 17, 1850. He lived in his native town
until September, 1869, when he started for Kansas, arriving on the 22d of the same. month.
He was educated at Cambridge, taking an academic and collegiate course; also receiving
private instruction in German, Latin and Greek, and for two years prior to coming to Kan-
sas he taught in his native county. On arriving in Kansas he remained three months at
Paola, going thence to Louisburg, where he took charge of the school, remaining three
ears. He afterward had charge of the schoolsat Fontana three years; of the Garnett
chools the same length of time, and of the Hutchinson schools one year. de then came to

ewton, and is now in his fourth year as Subcrintendent of the schoolsinthe city. He was
lected Probate Judge in November, 1882. Prof. Campbell was married in Adams Town-
hip, Guernsey County, September 2, 1868, to Ruth McMullen,.a native of that town. They
have three children—Hattie May, Lillie Belle and Wahneta Maide. Mr. Campbell is a mem-
. A. M. Blue Lodge. Chapter, Council and Commandery, and Eastern Star
Lodge, also I. 0.0.F., A. O, U. W., K.of P., and a charter member of the State Teacher’s Asso-
ciation and State Horticultural Society. He has been admitted to practice law, and expects
to follow that profession in future. fe ‘i

WILLIA 'AMPBELL, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Newton, owns forty acres, all in
cultivation. He was born in Ohio, June 18, 1843, and came from there to Kansas, in 1877,
locating here. Was married March 25, 1873, to Miss Anna M. Caveny. They have three
children, James C., Mary F.and Sarah E. In February, 1862, enlisted in Company E, One
Hundred and Ninety-second Regiment, Ohio Infantr Volunteers, for one year, and was
erationes in tae and Maryland until the surrender of Lee’s Army, and mustered out
September, 1865. .

Py OHN CHANTER, of the Newton Furniture Company, was born in England, November
2, 1847, and when but a boy went to learn his present trade, and is master of it in all its
different branches, and is @ practical upholsterer. Left England, in 1872, and went to To-
ronto, Canada, and came from there to Kansas, in 1879, locating at Newton. The present
company was organized in May, 1882, by buying out and consolidating two firms, W. P.
Rhoades and Kaufman & Haeffs.’ They carry at present about $10,000 stock and their sales
average over $2,000 per month. Mr, Chanter has originated here the trade in fine up-
holstered setts, doing the work himself. The members of the firm are J. Chanter, J. J.
Coeper & G. B. Rohrer. Mr. C, was married in 1867,to Miss Annie Rooke. They have four chil-
dren, Frederick Campbell, Florence Amy, Lillian Beatrice and Lourella Alberta, two were
born in England and two in Canada. He is the leader of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Choir, and of the Newton Glee Club, also a member of the Shakespearean Club, and a firm
bellever: in the principles of prohibition, although obliged to admit the law has been poorly
executed,

ICHABOQD CHASE, located in Newton, June 24, 1874, and was engaged in farming un-
til 1878, since which time he has been maostly employed in carpenter work, in connection
with A.T.& S.F. Bridge and Building Department. He was born in Northville, Washtenaw
Co., Mich., November 29, 1830, ard lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He
was married in Stockbridge, Ingham Co., Mich., October 21, 1849, to Margaret Gillan, a na-
tive of New York State, and they have four children, Marvin E., Ida, Elizabeth and Cena
May. Mr. Chase served in the Mexican War, entering the service in 1847, and leaving itin
1848. He enlisted in the First Michigan Cavalry, Company D, August 24, 1861, and served
until August 24, 1864, being in the following battles without receiving a wound: Win-
chester, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run and Wilderness.

GEORGE E. CLARK, proprietor of the Howard House, Newton, first located June 20,
1868, at Fort Davidson, (now Wichita) Kan., as Sutler, remaining in that position about
two years. When the fort was abandoned, he remained three years in the neighborhood,
building the first frame house in Wichita. He also opened a farm in that region, which was
located on the site of the present fair grounds. He was later connected with Wells, Fargo &
Co.’s Express, on the A. T. & S. F. R. R. He engaged in hotel business in Newton, May 5,
1877, the hotel being then atwo story house, 0 eighteen rooms. Two years later he added
the third storv, containing nine sleeping rooms, and an addition making two sample rooms.
In 1882, he added twenty additional sleeping rooms, dining room, kitchen, laundry and store
rooms. to accommodate the increasing number of guests. Mr, Clark was born in Collins-
ville, Madison Cc., Ill., October 7, 1845. where he lived until the last of 1863. He then went
to Fort Riley,Kan.,and was clerk in a sutler’s store there one and one-half years,then went to

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“gden, and staid a year, and then returned to Fort Riley, Kan., and went thence to Santa
Fe, Denver and Great Bend, then called Fort Zarah, remaining at the latter place two years
in a sutler’s store. He wasthen inasutler’s store at Fort Leavenworth, and went from
there with the Seventh Cavalry, in charge of sutler’s outfit. The command camped near
Fort Hays, and he remained there until he went to Camp Davidson, in June, 1868, at
which time he took a half interest in the sutler’s store. Mr. Clark isa memberof A., F. &
A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council _and Commandery.

WILLIAM E. CLARK located in Groveland Townsh p, McPherson Co., Kan,, September
28, 1873, and moved thence to Newton in April, 1875. He was engaged in teaming about
six months, and then became connected with the hardware and implement establishment
of S, Lehman, with whom he has remained until the present time, having been business
manager ofthe establishment, Mr. Clark was born near Clayton, Adams Co., IIL, June 8,
1849, and lived in that county until he came to Kansas. He was married in Clayton, IIL,
December 5, 1871, to Geneva Dunckleburg, a native of New York, and has three children
nving wv iliem Lehman, Geneva, and an infantson. Mr. and Mrs. Clark lost one infant

aughter,

THOMAS M. COLEMAN, M. D., was born in Bethel, Clarke Co., Ohio, June 27, 1838.
He was educated in the public schools and at Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, grad uating
from the latter in the class of 1859. He then read medicine with Dr. Benjamin Neff, at
New Carlisle, Ohio, attended a course of lectures at Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, and
graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in the class of 1860. June 1, 1861, he
entered the service and served three years as Assistant Surgeon of Seventh Missouri Vol-
unteer Infantry, and then in One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio, until the close of the war.
He located at Sublette, Lee Co., Ill., on leaving Bellevue Medical College, and that place re-
mained his home until hecameto Kansas. e was married in Dixon, Ill., December, —,
1866, to Armina Coleman, a native of Altoona, Pa., and has one child—Elia May. He came
to Newton in April, 1877, and has been engaged in practice since that time. Dr, Coleman is
a member of Kansas State Medical Society, and of South Kansas Medical Society.

ROBERT COLLINS, contractor and builder, was born ip Belfast, in,1843, and came to
the United States when ten years of age, locating in Philadelphia, Pa. where he learned
the carpenter’s trade, as well as draughting and architecture, and followed his business un-
til the breaking out of the war in 1861, when he entered the army as a private in Company
H, Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was with his command continually for three

ears, participating in all the battles and campaigns inthe Army of the Potomac, from the

rst Bull Run to Gettysburg, where he was wounded. After his recovery from his wounds
he was transferred to the navy and assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron, under the
command of Commodore Porter, where he held a commission as Acting Ensign, and was
one of command of Marines who took Fort Fisher, in North Caroliua, where he was again
wounded: was at the final taking of Richmond, and was mustered out in 1865. Afler the
war he returned to Philadelphia, andto work at his trade, following it until he came to
Kansas, in 1878, locating here and commencing his present business, which is very exten-
sive andincreasing. Employs twenty-five carpenters, besides sons, painters, etc. His
contracts average about $50,000 per year, and he has atthe present time contracts to the
amount of $25,000. Mr. Collins is quite active in city matters, and is at*present a member
of the City Council for the Third ward. Is a Master Mason, and also a member of Chapter
and Commandery. Has been master of his Lodge, also a member of the I. 0.0. F. eis
also a member of the Knights of Pythias. He was married Uctober 30, 1866, to Miss Jane
qu are: of Philadelphia. They have four children living—Robert I., Minnie, John and

ertie.

J. I. COOPER was born in Cooperstown, Venango Co., Pa., March 19, 1837. He re-
moved with his parents to Cedar County, Iowa, and resided in that place until he came to
Kansas, in February, 1877... He was married in Wilton, Cedar Co,, lowa, December 25, 1867,
to May Paden, a native of Ohio, and has three children—Frank M., Zettie and Harry. In
October, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served
about nine months, when he was discharged on account of disability caused by sickness.
On coming to Kansas he located in McPherson County, where he remained until August,
1881, when he went to New Mexico, and was engaged in mining in that region until he came
to Newton, in May, 1882, since which time he has been engaged in the furniture business,
in partnership with John Chanter and Mr. Rohrer, under the firm name of Newton Furni-
ture Company. r. C. is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and also A. F. & A. M,

WILLIAM, COULTER came to Crawford County, Kan., May 17, 1871, and soon removed
to Sedgwick County and settled near what isnow Mulvane. In November, 1872, he came to
Pleasant Township, Harvey County, which was his home for three years, although his time
was mostly spent In Newton after 1874. He was employed as a clerk until July 22, 1881,
when he engaged in the grocery business in partnership with C. B. Chapinan. Mr. Coulter
was born in Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Pa., October 3, 1821. In 1856 he removed to lowa
and located in Chariton, settling on a farm near that place in 1860, and subsequently run-
ning a store in Clarke Co., Lowa, in which State he lived until he came to Kansas. In 1862
he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in
March, 1863, on account of disability caused by sickness. While in service he was on de-
tached duty in Surgeons’ Corps. Mr. Coulter was married in Kittanning, Pa., August 24,
1845, to Vienna C. Adams, a native of Bedford Co., Pa. hey. have three children living—
Annie M., now Mrs. A. B. Horton, living near Ness County, Kan.; Charles Wesley and Sarah
V. Mr. C. is chaplain of the Newton Post, G. A. R.-

JOHN COVERT. grocer, located at Usawatomie, Kan., September 29, 1865, and remained
in that place until May 8, 1871, when he came to Newton, and afterwards went to Florence,
Marion County, where he served two years as Under Sheriff, and two years as Deputy
Sheriff, and subsequently was engaged as carpenter, contractor and builder, and served as
City Clerk and Street Commissioner. He moved to Newton April 15 1875, and engaged in
railroading as brakeman, fireman, etc., for six months, and was then foreman of the build-
ers on Wood’s grist mill. After being employed in draying two years, he went west and
was engaged nearly a year in the construction of the New Mexico and South Pacific Rail-
road, and the following four years was building side tracks from Colorado to Emporia, and
as far south as Winfield. From September, 1881, until February, 1882, he was in stock
business, and has been since that tine in grocery trade. He is interested in various mines
—in the Superior Placer Mine, twety-five miles south of Santa Fe, the Hidalgo Mine ad-
joining it on Ganistoe River, Yankee Boy, wblrty Aye miles southeast of Santa Fe, and the
Erle, near Golden. Mr. Covert was born in Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio, February 4, 1842.
He moved to Lincoln, Ill, September 3, 1859, and enlisted August 12, 1861, in Company B,
Second Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, in which he served until November 14, 1862. On ‘thé
19th of December, 1862, he re-enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Vol-
unteer Infantry, and was taken prisoner at Carroll Station, near Jackson, Tenn., remain-
ing nine months and twenty-two days a prisoner, when he was exchanged and discharged
on account of disability caused by hardships and exposure in the service. He then
returned to Lincoln, and a third time enlisted — this time in the One- Hundred and
Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving 100 days as Orderly Sergeant of Company
D. Atexpiration of service he returned again to [llinois, where he remained until he came
to Kansas. He was married at Paola, Miami Co., Kan., October 9, 1872, to Mary Lizzie
Cathey, a native of Virginia. They have two children—Myrtle and Stella. Mr,C, isa mem-
per of A. F. & A. M. Blue Lodge and Chapter.

HARRY S. DEAN, lumber dealer, was born in California, In 1854, and came from there
to Kansas in 1878, locating in Newton, and organized his present business at that time and
has a very flourishing trade. His capital stock is about $50,000, and average monthly sales
are about $6,000. He was married in 1§79 to Miss Theodora C. Briggs, of Coeymans, N. Y.

HARRISON DILLS, superintendent of the Arkansas Valley I*ence Company for the
manufacture of Frey’s Combination Fence, with or without Barbs; this business was started
July 4, 1882, and has many difficulties to contend with, but has steadily been gainin

round, At present, November, 1882, they employ five hands, two machines capable
urning out 160 rods of fence per day, and with the present prospects will have to add
another machine. The fence gives general satisfaction, being entirely stock and dog proof;
is used largely for sheep corralls, thus perfectly securing sheep from the ravages of dogs
and wolves. The fence is gotten up in diff rent styles suitable for parks, yards, ornamental
grounds, poultry yards, etc. Mr. Dills was born in Virginia, May 13, 1812, and in 1832 lo-
cated in Quincy, ILl., where he was engaged in the manufacture of plows, and made the first
Diamond Plow ever made in that State. From 1846 to 1848 he was in the employ of the
-Government inthe Supply depar vinient, furnishing Quartermaster and Commissary stores for
the troops during the Mexican war, and in 186], when the war broke out, went into the
Government employ again in the same capacity, s pplying Commissary and Quartermaster
stores wherever they were required. Was at the first battle of Bull Run, and Belmont,
where Gen. Grant fought his first battle; and at Perrysville, Ky. Was a delegate to the
-eonve;.tion at Baltimore, in 1864, that nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency the
sevoud time, and was Postmaster of Quincy, Il. in 1866 and 1867, under William L. Den-
nison, Postmaster General; and in 1882 came West, locating and starting his present busi-
ness in Newton, Harvey County. Mr. Dills is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, to which he has belonged since 1837, and is also an ardent Mason with a member-
shi dating back to 1835; he was a member of the convention that formed the first Grand
-Lodge of the State of Illinois in 1840, and the first elected junior warden of that body, and
“was grand master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois in 1857 aud 1858, He has been twice mar-
ried, first in 1835, and has three children by this marriage—George A., Howell and Verela
aK. His ree wife dying in 1867, he married Mrs. Francis E. Gooding; they have one son—
Harrison, Jr.

J.R. NCAN, M. D., was born in Logan County, Ky., six miles south of Russellville,
November 1,1815. Inthe spring of 1836 he came to Jackson County, Mo., remaining until

ithe spring of 1840, and coming into Kansas in 1837. with the Missouri State Volunteers to
drive the Osages from the western border of Missouri; while in Missouri he read medicine
about one year in Glasgow and then returned to Kentucky to complete his medical educa-
tion. He studied with Dr, A. S. Walker, of Scottville, Allen Co., Ky., and graduated from

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the medical department of the Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky. In January,
1845, he cotimenced practice at Jimtown, Monroe Co., Ky., where he remained until the
fall of 1861, when he entered the army as a surgeon in the Ninth Kentucky Volunteer In-
fantry, United States Army. He resigned his commission in February, 1962, and was sub-
sequently with the Fourteenth Llinois Cavalry, Fifth Indjana Cavalry, Thirteenth Ken-
tucky Infantry, and Thirty-seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry. ‘e was mustered out
December 29, 1864, and remained at Louisville until June 2, 1865. In August, 1863; he was
elected State Senator from the Thirteenth Senatorial District, composed of Allen, Simpson
and Monre counties, having had assurances from the Secretary of War that he should be
granted Jeave of absence to attend the sessions of the Legislature. He went to San Frao-

“eisco June 2, 1865, and spent the three succeeding years west of the Rocky Mountains, but

did not permanently locate anywhere. In April, 1868, he returned to Franklin, Simpson
Co., Ky,,and enga; ed in active practice until he came came to Newton in May, 1880. He
was married in Rifen County, Ky., May 8, 1845, to Catharine Dunn, a native of that county.
Mrs. Duncan died October 15, 1855, leaving one child—Margaret Elizabeth, now Mrs. D. H.
Roark, a resident of Harper County, Kan. He was married September 19, 1871, in Simpson
County, Ky.., to EN za0et h Harris, his resent wate: a ce een ee tty aa
Duncan is Chairman of the Board. of Examining Surgeon . “i
Kan., a metibet of ne Bapuist Church, and also of the order of A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge,
ter Council and Commandery.
Chante HENRY A. ENSIGN, physteian and surgeon, was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, March
13, 1825. When he was quite young, his parents moved to Painesville, and when he was
thirteen years of age, to Williams County, At the age of nineteen he entered the Austins-
burg Seminary, a preparatory school, and subsequently Oberlin College, from which he
raduated when twerty-six.. He read medicine with Dr. Plympton, adison, Lake Co.,
hio, and graduated from the medical department of Western Reserve College, at Cleve-
land, Ohio, He commenced his practice with his preceptor, Dr. Plympton, with whom he
remained one year, and then located at Bryau, Williams County, where he practiced his
rofession twenty-five years, and until hé removed, to locate in Kansas. Dr. Ensign was
Rrst married near Bryan, Williams Co.. Ohio, December, 1853, to Jane Ann Bigelow, a na-
tive of New York State.- Mrs. Ensign died in August, 1861, leaving four children—Orrin
Andrew, Wilber Augustus, Elsworih Elmore, and Clinton. Elswor' +h Elmore diec in Kan-
sas, July 7, 1881. e was again married, September, 1863, to Jannette Case, a native of
Washington County, N. Y. Two of their children have died—Henry, at the age of four
years, and Charles, atthe age of twelve. They have five children living—Frank, May C.,
hileman, L.G.,and Ray. Dr. Ensign was elected Surgeon of the One Hundred and Eley-
enth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,but was obliged to decline the office on account of sickness in
his family. He proved his patriotism, however, in a quiet way at home, by treating, accord-
ing to announcement, all families of enlisted soldiers free of charge, until the close of the
war, He immigrated to Kansas in 1871, arriving at Topeka, March 7, where he remained
about two weeks, and located during the month at Garden Township, now in Harvey County.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits at Garden Township, which he continued about two
yoaterand then came to Newton and settled on a farm, commencing his medieal practice
about two years later, In the fall of 1872, he was elected the first Representative to the
State Legisiature from Harvey County, and has held various minor offices since that time.
When Dr. Ensign located in Garden Township, it contained but three families, including
his own, the others being F. P, Munch and Heath brothers, the former now living at New-
ton, a partner of S. Lehman. Dr. Ensign is a member of South Kansas Medical Society, and
of Harvey County Medical Society. x

JOHN A. F , hardware merchant, located in Newton in February, 1879, having
purchased a half interest in the hardware Lusiness, with which he is now connected. He
was born in Stark County, Ohio, February 2, 1847. In 1860 he moved to Indiana, and set-
tled in Marshall County, where he resided until he came to Kansas, having been engaged in
the hardware business since 1867. He was mairied in Newton, Kan., May 6, 1882, to Ella
Ayiis0ns a lative of Wisconsin. Her birth-place being near Ripon. Mr, Foltz isa member
of the I. 0. 0. F.

E. B. FOWLER came to Kansas in December, 1871, and located seven miles north of
Peabody in Marion County, and engaged in farming for four years. He was subsequently
in the coal business six months, and then employed as bookkeeper for Kallock & Chenault,
bankers, three fyears. While residing in Marion County he was Trustee of Wilson Town-
ship two years, and one year Clerk: also Clerk of Peabody Townsbip two years. In leaving
the employ of. Kallock & Chenault he came to Newton and engaged as cashier for Jno. Har-
ris, banker, six months, and for the nineteen months following was with E. H. Hoag in the
same business. In September, 1881, he became interested in the Newton City Bank, with -
which he was connected until the organization of the First National Bank. Mr. Fowler was
born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 20, 1843. He resided in his native city until August, 1862,
when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan-
try, and served until May, 1865. when he was discharged, on account of wounds received
February 6, 1865, at Hatch’s Run. He was First Lieutenant at the time of his dis-
charge. After Joaving the army he engaged in photographing at Lebanon, Pa., where he
remained mainly, until he came to Kansas. Since residing in Newton, he has been a mem-
ber of the Board of Education, and Alderman of the Second ward. He js also a member of
A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and the Methodist Episcopal Church,
He was married in Wilson Township, Marion Co., Kan., June 26, 1872. to Mary E. Bur-
ger a native of Stark County, Ohio, and has four children—Dwight, Lizzie, Madge and

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D. A. GANGUERE, merchant tailor, came to Newton, September 28, 1878, and has been
employed in his present business since that time in this city. He was born in Hamburg,
Mercer Co., Pa., February 9, 1854, and lived there and in that vicinity until he came to
Kansas. Mr. Ganguere has been engaged in his present business ten years, in business for

himself since locating in Newton. :
JOSEPH GERSON, clothing merchant, is a native of Prussia, where he was born, April
9, 1835. In 1849 he emigrated from his native country, and on his arrival in America, re-
mained in New York four months, coming thence to Chicago and living in Itinois until
1875, when he came to Kansas. He was married in Chicago, September 9, 1860, to Amelia
Schreier, a native of Germany, and has six children—Eliza, George, James, Harry, Beckie
and Minnie. Mr. Gerson located in Newton in June, 1875, and engaged in clothing busi-
ness, money loaning, real estate operations, stock_business, ete., in which he has been emi-
nently prospered. The first Jewish wedding in Harvey County was celebrated with much
eclat, May 9, 1882. Eliza Gerson, eldest child of Joseph Gerson, was the bride, and Abram
Cole,of Chicago, the bridegroom. Rev. Mr.Eppstein, of Kansas City, performed the marriage
ceremony, which was followed by a magnificent banquet, at which two hundred couples
were present. The bride received many and costly presents, including a valuable house and
Job Front hee fathers Mr. Gerson is a member of B’nai B'rith of Chicago, A. F. & 4. M. 1.0.
A, B. GILBERT, cashier of the First National Bank, located at Newbury, Wabaunsee
Co., Kansas, in March, 1870, remaining there until he removed to Newton in duly. 1872.
His first employment in Newton was as book-keeper and clerk in the hardware business, in
which he continued until 1875. He was elected at that time County Treasurer, having pre-
viously served as Deputy County Treasurer under 8, Lehman for two years. He filled the
office of County Treasurer from 1876 to 1880, also taking charge of Mr. Lehman’s books
from 1876 to 1878. Mr. Gilbert is a native of Newbury, Geauga Co., Ohio, born May 30,
1845. Ha lived in his native county until he was about eighteen years of age, and from that
time until he came to Kansas, in Cleveland, Ohio, employed as a bookkeeper, serving dur-
ing his residence in Ohio 100 days inthe One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio infantry,
known as the National Guards, He was married in Troy, Ohio, February 9, 1868, to Lovina
Glendenning, of Middlefield, Ohio, They have two children—Lawson and Minnie. Since
Mr. Gilbert has been a resident of Newton he has served as Alderman of the First Ward
several years, member of Board of Education several years, City Clerk four years, and as
Treasurer of Board of Education several years. He isa member of A. F. & A. M, Blue
Lodge chepter and Commandery.
HARLES W, GOSS. grocer, and amember of the firm of Grove & Goss, located at
Newton, in July, 1877. He was employed as a salesman in a dry goods store funtil 1882, and
engaged in his present business in July, 1882. He was born in Bremen, Marshall Co., Ind..
August 14, 1859, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas.- He is a member of
the I. O. O. F., subordinate Lodge and Encampment, and the A. 0. U. W. He was married
at Newton, Kansas, December 16, 1880, to Kittie L. Love, a uative of Kansas, her father,

 

Robert C, Love, being one of the early settlers of the territory, having lived at Leaven-
worth, Topeka, Larned and Newton, Mir. and Mrs. Goss have one daughter. Jessie. °

E. GROVE, grocer, settled in Newton Township, March 28, 1878, and re-
moved to the cily of Newton in April, 1878; atter Jocating in the city he worked at the car-
penter’s trade one summer, and then engaged in the mercantile business, having been asso-
clated with Charles Goss in the grocery, trade since July, 1882. Mr. Grove was born at Ak-
ron, Summit Co., Ohio., November 18, 1853, and married inthe same town October 16,1877,
i Marie E. Diehl, a native of Manchester, Summit County. They haveone child, Jobu L.
Mae TOYS is a charter member of the A. O. U. W. He removed from his native State to

MYRON HALL, farmer and nursery-man, Section 20, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 125
under cultivation; has a good orchard, and is extensively engaged in the ee business;
is an old nursery-man of forty years experience. He was born in New York, March 22.
1822, and in 1842 commenced the nursery business in Batavia, N. ¥., and has been engaged
in the business from that time to the rresent. In 1865 he moved tolilinois, and remained
there three years, when he came to Kansas and located in Leavenworth City, where he re-
mained four years, then he removed to McPherson County, eighteen miles north of present
farm, and came here jn the fall of 1877, and bought this farm: and is improving it; has two
sods welling houses on the place, and all necessary out- buildings, and the whole place en-
closed with hedge, He was married in 1839, to Miss Louisa Mitchell, They have seven
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children—Elwin, Lymon, William, Seth, Emmett, Delaplaine, (married to R. Crow, who is

associated with tather-1a-law, in the farm and nursery. ane ule. He is a member of the

State Horticultural Society and vice-president for this doclety.

. M. HAMLIN, farmer, Section 33, P.O. Newton, owns eighty acres, thirty-five under
cultivation. Raisescorn and millet principally for feeding; has about fifty head of stock
on his lace, His father, Jabez Hamlin, came from New York to Washington County, Ohio,
in 1814, where Mr. Hamlin was born, June 28, 1821. Whilea child, his parents moved to
Summit County, Ohio, where he remained until 1847, when he immigrated to Wisconsin and
engaged in the hardware business for a number of years. In 1871, he came to Kansas and
purchased his present place of the A., T. & 8. F. R. R.; but did not bring his family here
until 1875. He was married June 29, 1861, to Miss Catherine Cullen, a native of Ireland,
who was raised as a Quaker, and came to the United States when only eight years of age.
They have six children—Lottie G., Franklin A., Cora E., Hattie M., Henry N. and William
Brewster. While in Wisconsin, Mr. H. occupied the position of Township Treasurer and
eae for two years. Is now a member of the School Board, and has been for three
D. HAMILL, owner and proprietor of the Monarch Mills. This millis of brick; 40x50
feet, erected and completed in 1880, at a cost—up to the present, in 1882—of about $30,000.
Starting in 1880 with three run of buhrs, the business has increased so that now he has five
run of bubrs and two sets of rollers, with a capacity of 150 barrels per day. Itis fitted up
with all the modern improvements in the milling machinery, and isa model in all its ap-
pointments, and being inthe Golden Wheat Belt, is fully supplied to its utmost capacity
with grain obtained direct from the farmers, In addition to the mill, Mr. Hamill has erected
two store buildings, one a frame, costing $1,500, and a fine brick block, at a cost of $5,000.
Also an elegant dwelling, at a cost of $2,500. Heis also associated with his-brother, R.
M, Hamill, in the dry-goods business, carrying the heaviest stock in Newton. Mr. Hamill
was born in Lawrence County, Pa., May 22, 1844, and came to Kansas with his father, John
Hamill, in February, 1857, locating in Leavenworth for a number of years. He was en-
gaged in freighting to the mountains in Colorado and Wyoming, and while the U. P. R. R.
was building, was a contractor engaged in the construction of that read, and remained until
the road was completed, and was present when the two roads formed ajunction, and saw the
silver and gold spikes driven; after which he came to Kansas in 1871, and located in the
present city of Newton, then an open prairie, and commenced the general merchandising,
and continued that business until he commenced his mill enterprise. He was married Sep-
tember 17, 1877, to Miss Nellie Star, a native of Morris, Grundy Co., Il. They have two
children—Bertie D., and Ethel. Mr. H. is a Mason, being a member of the Blue Lodge,Chap-
ter, Council and Commandery.

ROBE M. HAMLILL, one of the early settlers of Kansas, came with his father, John
Hamill, to the Territory, in the spring of 1854. They came ap the Missouri in the Star of
the West, the first steamer which landed at Leavenworth from St. Louis. John Hamill had
been in this region as early as 1841, and he now settled with his son on the oli Delaware In-
dian Reserve, seven miles south of Leavenworth, where they lived until 1861, when trey

moved to Leavenworth, and lived in that city until 1868. Robert M. Hamill then went to
Independence, Kas., and engaged in general merchandising, having also a stock ranch.
He remained in Independence until 1873, then removed to Newton, where he has been in
the mercantile business since April, 1874. e was born in Beaver Township, near New
Castle, Lawrence Co., Pa,, November 30, 1849; and lived in his native county until he came
to Kansas, His father, John Hamill, died at Independence, April 8, 18738, aged sixty-three
years, and his mother is still living neur Fairmount, Leavenworth, Kas. R. oT Hamill was
married at Newton, January 12, 1879, to Ruby E. Johnson, a native of Osceola, Clarke Co.,
Iowa. They havetwochildren—Louis Robert, and Lloyd Homer. Mr. H. is a member of
the A. F, & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and vommendery:

T. N. HANSON, grocer, was born in Denmark, August 27, 1841; engaged in mercantile
business in 1853; came to this country in 1863, when he enlisted in the One Hundred Thirty-
third NewYork Volunteer Infantry, and was with Sherman’s army during the few months
which he spent in North Carolina, He served about two years and six months with Sherman,
going through to the sea with him. After leaving the service he located in Boston, Mass.,re-
maining about four years in that city, and subsequently some seven years in New York
City, coming from the latter to Kansas in February, 1879. He located in Newton, and has
been engaged in his present business since that time. Mr. Hanson is a member of the A. F.
& A. M, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. Was married in Boston, November, 1869,
to Maria M. Miller, a native of that city. Mrs. Hansonis worthy matron of Eastern Star
Chapter. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson have two children—Agnes May, six years, and Mattie Abi,
nine years. ;

EBENEZER J. M. HAYN, was born in Goderich, Ontario, April 20, 1861, and_after
leaving his native t wn,was in Chicago and Canton, IIl., until he came to Newton in Maren

-1879. From May, 1879, until May 6, 1882, he was employed in the Howard House, an

from that time until September 10, 1882, was with the Arcade Hotel. He was thentwo
weeks at Atchison, and since that time has again been employed at the Howard House.

E. H. HOAG, banker, located in Harvey County, in May, 1871. He resided in Garden
Township, engaged in farming until October, 1677, when he came to Newton, and_ in Octo-
ber, 1878, became interested inthe banking house of Knox & Harris, having the main charge
of the discount, real estate and insurance departments of the institution. In July, 1878,
Knox & Harris commenced banking. In February, Mr. Knox sold his interest to Mr. Harris,
who conducted the business without a partner until August 1, 1879, when E. H. Hoag an
E. B. Fowler purchused the bank and the business was carried on under the firm name of
Hoag & Fowler, until March J, 1881. . RK. Doty, of Attica, N. Y., then became a partner
with Mr. Hoag. the firm name being Hoag & Doty, until May 1, 1882, when Mr. Hoag be-
came sole proprietor of the institution, and gaveitthe name of ‘Commercial Bank.” Mr,
H. is also district agent of the Continental Fire Insurance Co., employing several men in its
business. He was born near Adrian, Mich., March 1, 1841. At the breaking out of the war,
he assisted in recruiting Company E, Eighteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, of which he
was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and after about four months service, was promoted
to First Lieutenant, and given command of thecompany. After remaining in the army a
year and a half, he was obliged to resign in consequence of ill health, and returned to Michi-

an where he remained until 1869, when he came to Missouri, and located at St. John,

utnam County, whence he came to Kansas. He was married at Tecumseh, Mich., August 14,
1862) to Ellen D, McConnell, a native of that place. Their children are Chester H., and Ed-
ward A,

«, H. HOBART located at Wichita, Sedgwick County, in October, 1873, erected the

Butfalo Mill, making the first flour ever manufactured in the county, January 1,1874. On
the 15th of Jrly 1874, he put in the first flouring machinery in Harvey County, and made
the first flour manufactured in the county, at Sedgwick, July 15. On the 1st of May, 1876,
he went to Newton and leased the Woou’s Mills for three years. The following year he
in company with W. H. Kinney, built the Union Mills, at Burrton, which they still own,
making the famous O. K. flour. Themills have a capacity of 100 to 125 barrels per day,
and six run of stone and one s:t of rollers. September 20, 1882, he leased the City Steam
Mills, of Huchinson, with a capacity of about sixty barrels per day. Mr. Hobart was born in
Kirtland, Lake Co., Ohio, February 27, 1837, and in 1854, moved to McLean County, IIl.,
making his home in tat county for twenty years, Hecommenced milling in Padua Town-
ship, in 1863, and continued in that business until he came to Kansas. He isa member of
the A., F. & A. M., and I. 0. O. F. He was married in Padua Township, McLean Co,, TIL,
in September, 1860, to Mary E. Harrison, a native of that township, her grandfather, John
Dawson, being one of the first settlers of McLean County. Mr. Hobart has three children
—Frank, Mary H., and Grace. - 2 “

ROBERT WILLIAM HODGSON, son of Willam fodgsan, now a resident of Burst-
wick, Yorkshire, England; located in Newton, September 5, 1878, and engaged in black-
smithing; his business being now the longest established of any of the kind in Newton. He
was born Yorkshire, England, November 20, 1849, and immigrated to America in April,
1870. His first lucation was in Mt. Bridges, Ontario, where remained six months, and sub-
sequently three months in Strathroy, Ontario, three months in Clinton,Ont,,one year in Sea-
forth,Ont.,three months in Jacksonville, Il!., six months in Davenport, Lowa, at Rock island,
It, from January 1, 1873, to April 1, 1877, andat Moline, with the Moline Wagon Company
until he came to Kansas. Mr. Hodgson was married in Fond du Lac, Wis., September 23,
1875, to Emma S. Wilson, who died April 27, 1876. He was married November 13, 1877,
in Moline, 111., to‘émma §. Huntoon, his present wife, and a daughter of Jonathan Hun-
toon, of Moline. They have three children—Mary Elizabeth, Minnie Rose, and Rebecca
Huntoon. Mr. H. is vice-president of the Farmer’s and Merchant’s Bank, of Newton.

° JOHN G.-HOEFS was born.in Prussia, June, 15,1854. His parents came to America,
and settled in Milwaukee, Wis., when he was about ove year old. After residing in that
city one year. removed to Lewiston Township, Columbia Co., Wis., where his father still
lives. John G. has worked at cabinet makers trade nearly all of his time since he was
thiiteen. Hecameto Newton in Jane, 1878, and the following December. engaged in
furniture business with J. G. Kaufman, remaing a.partner with him until May 21, 1882,
when they sold out. . They started business again September 2, 1882. Mr. Hoefs was iar-
ried in Newton, April 10, 1881, to Lizzie Kaufman, a native of Lewiston, Columbia Co.,
W. :

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GEORGE W. HOLMES located in Newton June 23, 1874, from which time until Septem-

ber 1, 1876, he was exclusively engaged in the practice of law. He was elected City Attor-
ney, but resigned in less than’a_yearto become connected with the Harvey County Sav-
ings’ Bank, where he remained until January 1,1878. He was for two and a half yearsa
artier with C.S. Bowman, and the following eight months, cashier of the Newton City
ank. After leaving the latter institution. be again commenced the practice of law. adding
to his profession the real estate, insurance and loan business. Mr. Holmes was born in
Cieves, Hamilton Co., Onio, February 28, 1847. In April, 1856, he moved with his parents
to Lee County, Iowa, and remained there until he located in Kansas, He was educated in
the public schools, attending also the fowa Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant one
ear. He read law with H. Scott Howell, at Keokuk. and was admit ed to the bar of Iowa
in 1870, commencing practice at Keokuk, He was married at Donnelgon, Lee Co., lowa,

 

 

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January 24, 1877, to Fila H. Donnell, a native of the place. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have two

childrei—Iva Irene and Laura Lulu. Mr. H.is a member of the I. 0.0. F., of Newton

Lodge, No. 100, and also of the Fraternity Encampment, No. 28, also of the K. of P., New-

ton Lodge Noe 69, of which he is first chancellor commander, being a charter member of
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HORACE W. HUBBARD located in Newton, Kan., April 9, 1871, and this city has been
his home since then. For one year he was engaged in the drug vusiness, and until 1875, in
8 eculauing: He then engaged in the grain business, which be carried on until the present
time. He has. een Alderman of the First ward, and President of the Council, and Register
of Deeds, since he became a resident of Newton, holding the former office in 1882-83. Mr,
Hubbard was born in Conway. Franklin Co., Mass., August 11,1848. Five years later the
family moved to Greenfield, Mass., where H. W. remained until the fall of 1870. He then
came west as far as Putnam County, Lll., which place was his home until be came to New-
ton, He was married at Fair Haven, Vt., on January 2, 1872, to Emma L. Reed, a native of
that place. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard have two children—Carril A. and Horace Eugene.

JOHN C. JOHNSTON, County Clerk, was born in Indiana County, Pa., July 1,1846.
During the war of the Rebellion he served in Company A, Sixty first Regiment Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry and served with his regiment in the Third Brigade, Second Di-
vision, Sixth Army Corpsin the Army of the Potomac. Was in a number of engagements.
among others the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House. Inthe last engagement he
was severely wounded with a fragment of the largest sized field shel], which tore his cheek
entirely away. This was about sunrise on the morning of May 10, 1864. He was left on
the field lifeless and supposed to be dead. Inthe evening his company commander, who
was a friend of his father’s, senta detail of four men with a stretcher, with orders to get
his body and bury it, and to mark the spot so that if his father wished he could have the
body senthome. When cutting away his belt and accoutrements he came to and when told
what the orders were he coolly informed the detail that ‘‘he guessed he was not the chap
they were looking after.” He was removed to the operating table, a mile inthe rear. The
surgeon at first refused to dress his wound, but on passing him the second time he insisted
on having his wound dressed. The surgeon placed him on a table and examined his wound
and informed him that they might as well cut the head off as to try to patch up a gash of
that kind. He told the surgeon if he could put on a better head than the old one to go to
work. He was then placed under the influence of chloroform and the bones removed.
When he came too the sun was almost down and when asked to be sent to Fredericksburg
the surgeon, after looking, reported the ambulances all filled. Justthen the supply wagon
for the ambulance train was passing when he requested to be allowed permission to ride in
it. Thesurgeon admiring his pluck asked the driver if he would take him on his load of
feed. Hesaid “yes, jumpon.” They helped him on and he made thetrip to Fredericksburg
that night. The distance was sixteen miles and a good part of the way wasover acorduro
road. e landed about daylight. It was then raining hard andthe town was full of sic
and wounded, estimated at 30,000 men. He was left lying on the sidewalk with several
others who werein adying condition. The sun came out after the rain fearful hot and he
remained lying on the sidewalk too weak to get on his feet untilnoon, when the steward of
his regiment passing recognized him and helped him into the fourth story of an unfinished
tobacco warehouse where he remained until the evening of May 22. Mostof thetime was
spent lying on the floor on one-half of a rubber blanket, with his shoes tied together with
the strings, the toes touching each other, and placed under the blanket tor a pillow and
about three yards of shelter tent thrown overhim. Atthattimeit was impossible to get
supplies from Washington on account of bushwackers capturing the trains. On the even-
ing of May 22 he started for Alexandria. The train was detained over night near Acquia
Creek landing and inthe evening of ithe 23d of May he landed at Methodist Chureh- Hos-
pital, Alexandria, Va. He remained in the service until after the surrender and close of
the war in 1865. He returned to his native homeand in March, 1871, he immigratedto Kan-
sas, locating some four miles northeastof Newton. In 1879 he was elected County Clerk
and re-elected in 1881. Mr. Johnston is Second Lieutenantin Company K, Second Regi-
ment Kansas State Militia, and a member of the G. A. R., also a member of the First Pres-
byterian Church. He was married November 19, 1868, to Miss Mary Perry. They have
three children, Samuel P., Henry H., and William D. {

JOHN G. KAUFMAN, furniture manufacturer and dealer, located in Newton Township,
November 5, 1873. Until the spring of 1878 he was engaged in farming, and at that time
came to the city of Newton and engaged in the furniture business, Mr. J. G. Hoefs being
associated with him until May, 1882, when they sold out, and again engaged in the same
business in the following September. They manufacture all kinds of mattresses (except
wool), McGrath's patent bed lounge, wardrobes, etc. Mr. Kaufman was born in Saxony,
Germany, March 29, 1829. He came to America in 1853, and first located in Lewiston, Wis,
where he was engaged in farming for fourteen years. He then moved to Blackhawk
County, Iowa. and remained about five years, coming from there to Kansas. He was mar-
ried in Portage City, Wis., June, 1857, to Amelia Botain, a native of Prussia. They have
nine children — George, Lizzie, Emma, Frank, Hattie, Sarah, Mary, Harry and Walter

G. Mr, K. and family are members of the Evangelical Association.

M. M. KENDALL located at Newton in April, 1879, and has been connected since that
time with the Leliman Hardware and Imp:ement Company, having had charge of the tin
manufacturing department, and been a member of the board of directors since the busi-
ness started. r. Kendall was born in Batavia, N. Y., July 8, 1838, and lived in his native
town until he enlisted in Company G. One Hundred and Twenty-ninth New York Volunteer
Infantry in the summer of 1862. In 1864, he was transferred tothe Eighth New York
Heavy Artillery and remained in service untii after the close of the war. He was taken
prisoner at Rehm Station, on the Weldon Railroad, in Virginia, in August, 1864, and was
not released until February 23, 1865. After leaving the army he returned to Batavia,
N. Y., and thence removed to Morris, I[ll., where he lived thirteen years prior to coming
to Newton. He was married at Batavia, N. Y., in 1857, to Lucina B. Marsh, and has four
children—Ellen S., Merritt W., Charles M. and Irving L. Mr. K. isa member of the A. F. &
A. M., and of the Baptist Church.

E, A. KLEEBERGER, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Newton, owns eightv acres, sixty acres
under cultivation, with good orchard, dwelling and out- buildings. Raises general crops and
has about fifty head of stock of all kinds, He was born in Wisconsin in 1844, and came from
Illinois to Kansas in 1879, and located on his presen farm. He was married November 17,
1877, to Miss Laura Virden. They have five children—Hallie, George, Charles, Jessie and
Mary. Heis now Justice of the Peace, and has been Township ‘lrustee and a member of
the School Board. Follows farming and teaching. In 1864 enlisted in Company D, Seventh
California Infantry, and did service in California, Arizona aud New Mexico in scouting and
watching the border, and was inustered out in May, 1866, at San Francisco. He is amember
of fhe Baptist Church, and is also a Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Re-

ublic,

B J.J. KREHBIEL, wagon manufacturer and blacksmith, was born in Rossville, now
East Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, May 3, 1838, and a year later his parents removed to
West Point, Lee Co., Iowa, where he lived until 1879. He was married in Dover, Lee
County, December 17, 1867, to Anna Leisy, a native of New Bavaria. They have six chil-
dren—Edgar A., born November 19, 1868; Willie J., born December 11,1870; Mary K.,
porn February 17, 1472; Albert H.. born November 25, 1873; Frederick A., Dorn May 4,
1875, and Linda A., born March 18, 1877, Mr, Krehbiel isason of John Charles and Anna
Krehbiel, who was a native of Bavaria. His father visited America in 1833, returned to
Germany and was married in 1837, and then came again to America to remain. He is still’
living in West Point, Lee Co., Iowa. Mr. K. and wife are members of the Mennonite
Church. The parents of Mrs. Krehbiel, Abraham and Catharine D, Leisy, are both dead.
Mr. K. located in Kansas in July, 1879, having previously purchased his shop in May.
George L. Epps, of Denmark, Iowa, was a partner with him in the Newton wagon manufac-
tory, and Mr, K. was interested in the Denmark manufactory. The two gentlemen had
been associated in business since 1867, but in March, 1883, the partnership was dissolved
by mutual consent, Mr. Krehbiel becoming sole proprietor of the Dusiness, both here and in
Iowa. He manufactures carriages and wagons, the Wright’s combination and double self-
adjusting springs for wagons being manufactured at Denmark, Lowa, as well as at Newton,
Kansas. e also owns aSmall cattle ranche, of fine stock.

W. E. LATHY, attorney at law, was born in Clarion County, Pa., April 2, 1846, and re-
ceived an academic course of education, and when sixteen years of age went to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Md, for two years; returning home he commenced the study of Jaw
with his father, George W. Lathy, and was admitted'to the bar in February, 1866. He then
entered into co-partnership with his father in Tionesta, Forest Co., Pa., where they 1e-
mained for a period of four years, removing from there to Erie City, Pa., and continuing *
the practice of law and occupying the position of city solicitors. In_1873 he dissolvi d part-
nership with his father, and in 1879 came to Kansas, locating at Newton, April 30. Mr.
Lathy came to Newton a poor man, but by his untiring energy and pluck and close applica-
tion to business, combined with his social qualities, is now in easy circumstances witha fast
growing business worth at the present time $2,000 per year, which does notinclude his salary
as County Attorney, to which position he has just been elected by the Republican party. Mr. L.
is a member of the Newton Scientific, Literary and Historical Soclety, and also United States
Commissioner for Third Congressional District of Kansas. He was married January 4, 1870,
to Miss ee He May, a daughter of H. H. May, a banker and lumber dealer of Tionesta, Pa.,
row deceased. # :

- JOSHUA LEMONT, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, about 100 acres
His wheat average per acre is twenty-three busheh.
He has about tweuty head of stock—horses, cattle and hogs. He was bornin Ohio April 3,
1832, and wher a child moved with his parents to Indiana, and came from there to Kansas
in 1872, locating on his present farm, but Jeftin 1874 on account of the grasshoppers, re-
maining away one year. Was married December 24, 1867, to Miss Adelade Jones. They
have five children - Emeline T., Dore Carlton, Ralph W.. Phoebe A. and Ettie J. During
the war he was a private in Company I, Eighty-eighth Regiment; joined his regiment at
Kingston, Georgia, aud was on the march to the sea, and through the Carolinas, and was in

in cultivation; raises general crops.
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the battle of Bentonville and Averysboro in North Carolina, and from there marched to
Washington, D.C., and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., August 1. 1865.

. LEHMAN, merchant, ~7as born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1848, and came from his
native State to Kansas in 1869, and located in Topeka and in (the spring of 1871, came to
Newton with a stock of hardware amounting to $2,000 or $3,000, and by energy and close
attention to business has a large and growin trade, occupying with his stock which in--
cludes agricultural implements and everything usually kept in this jine; three large store
rooms. He carries from $20,000 to $30,000 in stock, besides a large amount on cominission.
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ployes to invest their savings in the business and reap the benefit. In addition to his hard-
ware business, Mr. L. is president of the First National Bank, which was organized in No-
vember, 1880, as the Newton City Bank, with a capital of $25,000, which has increased to
$50,000. The name was changed to First National, October 1, 1882. In addition to the
above, he has a stock ranch for breeding of 450 head of cattle inthe Indian Territory. He
has a partner in this who does the work and attends to the stock. Mr. L. furnishes the
capital. He was married in 1872 to Miss Lou Glendening. They have two children—Glen
E. and Neva. Mr. L, was County Treasurer of Harvey County for one term, of 1875-76 and
is a Mason. ,

W. OC. LAWRY, farmer, Section 18, P. 0. Newton, owns 160 acres, all under cultivation;
five acres in orchard, and ten in cultivated timber, has a good frame dwelling of five rooms,
L kitehen and porches, barn 16x24, with two large sheds attached and corn crib and stable.
Came to Kansas in 1877 and located on this farm. Hasten horses, 120 head of cattle and
twenty hogs; makewa specialty of raising stock. He was born in Pennsylvania May 30, 1833,
and wentto New York when a child with his parents, and in 1856 moved to Illinois, where
he remained until he came to Kansas. He was married March 26, 1856, to Miss Sarah A.
Rider. They have nine children—Clarence E., J. Lewis, Walter L., Eugene H., Gertrude,
Wallace T., Earnest E., William A. and Maud.

P. LUAN, merchant, was born in Germany in 1829, and.came to the United States in
1849, stopping fora time in New York City,when he came West to St. Louis and from thereto
Kansas City and back to Illinois and from there to Kansas, locating in Newton in 1871,
bringing the first stock of goods and building the first house in town, Does an extensive
business in dry goods, boots, shoes, carpets and notions. Carries a $12,000 stock.

MILBOUR McCARTY, M. D., was born in Lebanon, Ky., June 5, 1828. He was edu-
cated in the publicschools and at St. Mary’s College in Nelson County, iy. He attended a
course of lectures at the Louisville Medical College, then University of en‘ucky, in 1852
aud entered the American Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated
in 1855. The following year he attended hospital lectures at Commercial Hospital, Cincin-
nati. He also graduated from Fallon Medica College, St, Louis, and commenced practice at

Wilberton, Fayette Co., 1l., remaining there and in that vicinity eighteen years. Subse-
quently lived in Minonka, Woodford Co., Ill., nine years, and from thence moved to Peru
eb., whence he came to Kansas, in A ril, 1880, and has since resided in Emporia and
Newton, being at the present time largely interested in farming. Dr.McCarty was married in
Wilberton, Ill., May 17, 1853.to Mary A. Wilborn, daughter of Judge Willis Wilborn,and a
native of Crittenden County, Ky. They have three children—John S., and the twins, Milburn
P.and Mary D. Dr. MoCarty $a, member of the Baptist Church and the A. F. & A. M,

JOSEPH MCGRATH, upholsterer, was born in Ireland In 1845, and emigrated in 1864,
arriving in America in February of that year. Helocated first in Chicago, where he lived a
few months, and then went to St. Louis, Mo., and thence to Sedalla, where he remained ten
years, afterwards returning to St. Louis, He is the inventor of the McGrath bed loun: e,
which is operated by a most perfect eelf lifting lever, Mr. McGrath was married In Seda a,
Mo.. January, 1870, to Margaret Riley, a native of Indiana, They have six children living—
Annie, John 8. W., Joseph, William E., Mary and Leonard Felix; Mr. McGrath is a member
of the Catholic Church, .

- F. MCGRATH was born at Worcester, Mass., March 14, 1833. In 1854 he removed
from his native city and located in Portage City, Wis,, remaining there about five years. He
then removed to Vernon, now Genoa County, and engaged in mercantile business at the
place then called Bad Ax, being also agentof the Dubuque Packet Company. He was while
residing there Chairman of Town Board, Justice of the Peace and Postmasier. In 1863 he
removed to Haslinigs, Minn., where he engaged in produce business, and remained until he
came to Kansas and located at Peabody, early in the winter of 1874. He engaged in produce
business there also, and remained until May, 1876, when he came to Newton and continued
the same business in that place, In the fall of 1877 he went into the grocery business which
he still continues. He is’a director of the Newton Loan & Trust Company, and is interested
in the Newton Creawery,: being president of the association. Mr. McGrath is a member of
the Baptist Church and also of the A.,F. & A.M, Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Com-
mandery. He was married at Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in May, 1858, to Eliza A. Peck,
a native of that place. Their children are Warren F, and Carrie May,

B. MCKEE came to Kansas and located at Topeka, April 6, 1876. While residing there
he was engaged for one year as a carpenter, and was two years in the grocery business, a
portion of the time for himself. He was also clerk in a store for a year, and three years bag-
gage master for A., T. & S. F. R., and cashier for two ears: He came to Newton, Janu-
ary 20, 1876, as agent for same road, having charge of all the various departments of the
company at that place, and employing five men inthe business. Mr. McKee was born in
Independence, Washington Co., Pa., December 28, 1840. When twenty years of age he went
to Indiana, where he remained unti) October 3, 1861, enlisting at that time at Logansport,
Ind., insthe Twelfth United States Infantry, in which he served three years. He was
wounded and taken prisoner, August 30, 1862, at the second battle of Bull. Run, and was
afterward employed, for about six months, inthe recruiting service. After leaving the

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service, he went to Logansport, Ind., where he remained until his removal to Kansas, He
was married in ‘Norristo nh, Pa., October 11, 1864, to Maggie T. Tarrance, a native of that
lace, and they have four children—Harry C., Albert Ewing, Milo Dale, and Ethel. Mr. Me-
ee was one of the original stockholders and directors of the First National Bank, and is
one of the directors of the Newton Loan and Trust Compiny.

H. C. MooUIDDY: farmer, Section .22, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 acres under
cultivation, all enclosed with hedge fences; has three horses, forty head of cattle, and ten
hogs. Was born in Tenuessee, il November 1840,and fittea himselfforateacher. Butthe war
breaking out, he enlisted in 1862, in Company F, Fifth Regiment, Tennessee Federal Cavalry,
but was shortly thereafter promoted to Sergeant Major of his regiment, and after the battle
D, and sent with two companies of
his regiment with Col. Straight, on his expedition into the enemy’s country, and was cap-
tured with his command, and was sent to Libby Prison, where_he remained one year then
was sent south to Macon, Ga., and from there to Char eston, S. C., ad placed under fire of
the Federal guns, and from there he was sent to Columbia, S.C. He made his escape twice,
but was recaptured each time. But when Sherman started for the sea, they had to remove
their prisoners again, and on their way he cut a hole ina box car and escaped again, and
made his way to Knoxville, Tenn. ‘After he made his escape, was detailed to act on court
martials, and was finally mustered out at Washington, D. C., in May, 1865. After the war
he returned to his home in Tennessee, and took an active partin politics. For one year he
was in the Freedmen’s Bureau, attending to claims and back pay; then was appointed
County Superintendent of Schools for two years. Came to Kansas in 1870, first locating one
year In Butler County, but in 1871 he came to Newton, then just starting as a town, and re-
malned there until 1875, when he located on his presentfarm. While in Newton he served
as Mayor for one year, and has been County Superintendent of Public Instruction, two
terms, of Harvey County, and has just been elected to the same position a third time. He
was inarried In October, 1868, to Miss Amanda E. Harris. They have three children—George, '
Arthur, and Robert. He is a Mason.

LIAM MOVAY, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Newton, owns 160 acres; about 100 in
cultivation; raises generil crops. His wheat average per acre this year is twenty-six
bushels. He intends turning his attention more to stock; has at present about twenty head
of stock on the place. Was born in Shelby County, Ohio, March 13, 1832, and came from
native place to present Jocation in March, 1878. In 1864 he enlisted in Compan H, Twenty -
ninth egiment, Ohio Volunteers, as a recruit, and was with his command, in the Twentieth
Army Corps, under Sherman, in its march to the sea and fnrough the Carolinas, and mus-
tered out at Washington, receiving his final discharge June 22, 1865. Was married in 1855,
to Miss Caroline Rodgers. They have four children—George W., Ella, Earnest A., and Al-
bert L. Is amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

PROF. JOHN A. MAHLER was born at Louisville, Ky., Novembrr 30; 1850. His father,
A. Mahler, of Carisruhe, of Baden Baden, was one of the most noted professors of the
dancing artin America, betn x master of ceremonies at the assemblies at Saratoga Springs
until his death, June 24, 1882. Since 1876 the sons, Louis, of Fort Wayne; Jacob A., St.
Louis; Theodore, of Albany, and John A., of Newton, have succeeded to the business which
their father established in New York prior to 1349, and in St. Louis in 1853. John A. is
a first-class violinist, and this accomplishment, in addition to his skill in dancing and
teaching the art to others, makes him independent in his profession. He was married
near Huntsville, in Randolph County, Mo., April 1, 1879, to Auna Isabella-Loranger, and
has one son, Albert John. i

AS. A. MALM, druggist, immigrated to Kansas, in September, 1878. The foilowing
month he located at Newton, and in November started the jewelry business in the place
which he carried ona few weeks, subsequently engaging in the drug business, which he
has Increased to three times its original size. Mr. M. now carries a general stock of drugs
andjewelry. He was born near Broas, Sweden, June 25, 1850, and with an older brother,
came to America in August, 1860, locating at Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. At the age of
twenty, he went south and lived six years at Greenville, Ky., and two years at Livermore,
Ky., coming from Greenville to Kansas. He was married at Livermore, Ky., March 4, 1874,
to Susie M. Moseley, a native of that place. Mr. M. isa member of the A., F. & A. M. Blue
Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery, and was a member of the I. O. O. F. in Green-
ville, Ky.. also Biue Lodge.

. T. MARSH located in Harvey County in 1871, andin Newton, February 1, 1872, since
which time he has continuously resided in the place. In J874, he built the first cut stone
building on Main street, between Fifth and Sixth. This was a two-story building when
erected, a third story being added in 1879. In 1876, he erected his second buniaing: atwo-
story brick, next tothe Howard House. His third’ building was a two-story building on

 

 

Main, between Fourth and Fifth, known as Marsh’s Block, which was er

if a 5 ‘ected i . In
1882, he built the Empire Block, two stories, 25x150 feet, corner of Main and Witte snd is
now constructing the diagonal building, corner of Main and Fifth two-story brick, 25x150.
having thus added materially to the business rosperity of his town. Mr. Marsh was born
in Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, August 14, 1947, e removed to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio,
at the age of sixteen, and resided there until he came to Kansas, He was married at Black-
foot, Tdaho Ter., October 2, 1881, to Clara M. Barnum, a native of Rochester, Monroe Co., N.
Yi. r. Marsh is President of the Arkansas Valley Land and Loan Company, and also Pres-
ident of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Newton. :

‘ ROBERT MARSHALL, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Newton, owns 400 acres, about 220 of
which is under cultivation, with good frame dwelling, 18x24, with an L, 14x22 one story
aud ahalf. Had fourteen horses, ninety head of cattle and forty-five hogs. He was born in

7 Newer Canada, March 4, 1835, and when only sixteen years of age,came with his parents to
ew York State, From there he weut West, locating in Illinois for six years, then went to
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Iowa, and from there to Kansas, in 1872, locating on his present farm. He was married in
1860, to Miss Ellen Milton. They have nine: children—Henry, George, Cornelia, "Prank,
Biber, Fred, Harvey, Nellie and William. Re is a member of the Methodist Episcopat

T. MITCHNER. grocer, was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., November 4, 1
removing thence to White County, Ind., when le was six years of age. He lived in Whit
County until January, 1879, when he came to Kansas and located in Newton, where he
was engaged in teaming until the fall of 1880. He was then employed as a clerk about a
year, ana then engaged in his present_business. He was married in Prairie Township,

hite Co.,Ind., December 24, 1872, to Dorcas C. Nolder, a native of Ohio, and has two
children—Nellie and William. Since December, 1881, Chas. W. Mitchner, his brother, has
been associated with him in the business, and November 21, 1882, another brother, John,
one and A. E, MUNCH located A
. P. an . KE. ocate ugust 24, 1870, at Turkey Township (now Gardner
Township), McPherson County. The purchased Section 30. Township 22, anne 2 west, of
William H. Graham, who, it was understood, liad settled there in the spring of 1869, At the
time of the location of Munch brothers, Patrick Hand and Jack Gummo (who bought their
land of Mr. Goodwin, in whatis now Alita Townshi , adjoining the farm of Messrs. Munch),
were the only settlers. Munch brothers engaged in stock business three years, and then F.
P.. devoted himself to farming until 1877. He then engaged in mercantile business in Hal-
stead until January, 1880, when he removed to Canton, McPherson County, and carried on
the same branch of business until Septem ber, 1880, since when he has been connected with
the hardware and implement establishment of S. Lehman, having been a member of the
company since January, 1882. r, Munch was born in Zanesville, Ohio, April 4. 1848, and
remained at his native home untll the spring of 1868, at that time removing to Chillicothe,
Mo., where he remained until he came to Kansas, He was married in Zanesville, Ohio,
March 11. 1871, to Louie M. Spencer, a native of Ohio, born near Columbus. They have two
chiidren, the eldest, Verne, born January 13, 1872, being the first child born in Garden
Township. The other child is an infant daughter, While a resident of McPherson County,
fs aS Er ustee of Turkey Creek Township, and Justice of the Peace. He is a mem-
erof A. O, U. W. +

CHARLES R. MUNGER, real estate and loan agent, and abstract lawyer, was born in
Prairie Ronde Township, Kalamazoo Co., Mich,, September 17, 1840. 1n July, 1872, he re-
moved from his native town to Meridian Township, McPherson Co., Kan., where he re-
mained.until he located in Newton, in November, 1876. Since living in Newton he has been
State agent for school furniture manufactured by the Buffalo Hardware Company, and in
his present business, While in McPherson County, he was engaged in stock, in farming,
and dealing in agricultural implements. Mr. Munger organized the Farmers’ and Mer-
chants’ Bank, of Newton, and has been City Clerk one year. He was married at Decatur,
Mich., November 22, 1863, to Avilda Witter, a native of Walworth, Wayne Co.,N, Y. Mr.
and Mrs. Munger have three children living—Cora M., Charles Russell, and Edith. Mr. M.
is a member of the A.. F. & A. M.and A. 0. U. W.

JUDGE ROBERT W. P. MUSE, was born in Harrison County, W. Va., April 22, 1821,
and when fourteen years of age went to Savannah, Ga., where he attended school at White’s
Academy, and also at Beard’s High School in St. Mary’s; returning to Ohio, he completed his
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law, completing his legal education in the office of the Hon. Isaac Parrish, at McConnells-
ville. He was Samitted to the bar at Newark, Ohio, in 1845, and commenced practice at
McConnelisvilie, the same year. In 1848, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Morgan
County, to which office he was re-elected in 1850. He removed to Zanesville, in 1852, and
purchased the Zanesville Aurora, which paper he edited and published asa daily and
weekly journal for four years. Selling his paper he resumed the practice of law in that
city, which he continued until the breaking out of the great Rebellion, when, with charac-
teristic promptness he recruited a company for thethree months’ service, and tendered his
services to Governor Dennison, who pron ptly accepted them and assigned his company to
duty as Company A, Fifteenth Ohlo Volunteers, His regiment was at once sent into West
Virginia, where they assisted in re-building the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, from Wheeling:
to Grafton, the Rebels having destroyed it. His regiment was at Phillippi, and supporte

Heckman’s Battery, which there fired the first shot of the campaign, Havin surprised the
enemy in camp they defeated them and drove them back to Rich Mountain, where they
again routed them and followed them to Carricksford, where they again defeated them,
killed their commander, Gen. Garnett, and so utterly demoralized the Rebel command that
they disbanded. Returning home at the expiration of his term of enlistment (three months)
the Judge at once ralsed another company for three years service, and again entered the

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army as Captain of Company A, Sixteenth Ohio Volunteers, Was promoted to Major, and
served with his regiment in all the engagements in which it participated until 1863, when
he resigned his commission and returned home and resumed the practice of law at Zanes-
ville. He was elected Probate Judge on the Union ticket the same year, to which office he
was re-elected in 1866. Declining are-nomination, in 1869, he moved to Kansas, locating
at Abilene, where he purchased considerabie property. In 1871, he moved t» Newton, (his
present home) and took charge of the Land Department of the A., T. &S. F. R., at that
place. He also engaged in the lumber business and began building up the city. and has done
much to improve his city and county. He edited and published the Newton Republican for
several years, and has occupied a prominent part in the politics of the State and County, hav-
ing been elected presidential elector on the Hayes ticket, in 1876, and again on the Garfield
ticket, in 1880, on which occasion he was also elected to bear the vote to Washington. He
is the present Mayor of the city and is largely interested inthe Harvey County Saving’s
Bank. The Judge has retired from active law practice, and is now engaged in building and
improving his propertv in Newton. He has large property interests in Newton and Harvey
County. Owns one-half of the Arcade Block, the finest building of the kind in the State,
costing over $60,000, and has done much toward making Newton the beautiful and pros-
perous city which it now js. The town only ten years old now having a population of nearly
5,0°0. He is theauthor of the History of Harvey County, is an able writer, a fluent speaker
and aman of untiring energy, isa member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery,
also of the I. 0.0. F. Judge M. is emphatically a self-made man, having worked his way
through his scholastic course, and in everything which he undertakes displays an unflag-
ging zeal which insures success, is ever ready to aid any project which will benefit the
people, and is independent and outspoken in advocating what he deems to be right, and
denouncing that which he believes to be wrong.

S. A, WHALL, M. D, hom 2opathic physician and surgeon, was born at New Ips-
wich, Hillsboro Co., N. H., October 15, 1832. In 1836 he removed with his parents to Han-
cock County, Ill., and was a resident of Carthage, the county-seat, until 1845, during which
time his father died. On account of the Mormon difficulties he removed to Adams County,
with his mother, and remained until 1850, then returned to Hancock County, and remained

 

until 1855; again removed to Quincy, Adams County, entered the service of the C,, B. &Q
R. R., and remained in their service most of the time until October 1, 1864, when he was en-
listed’ as a volunteer in Company D, Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving one year
ending October 1, 1865. Then took charge of the C., B. & Q. R. R. Union Yards, at Quincy,
Ill., and remained in that position until October 1, 1872, when he removed to Newton, Kan.,
with his family, and was employed on the A., T. & S. ¥. R, R. for four years as a passenger
conductor; during which time he was also studying, and practicing medicine. October 1,
1876, he left the service of the Railroad Company, attended the graduating course, and in
March, 18”7, he graduated with the honors of his class, from the Hom@opathic Medical Col-
lege of Missouri at St. Louis. Since residing in Newton he has served as a member of the
City Council), and Board of Health, and as a member of the Board of Education. Heisa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Newton; also a member of the A. F. & A.
M.; of the Good Templars, the Ancient Tem lars, and is a life member of the Kansas State
Temperance Union, and of the Newton and Harvey County Local Temperance Unions.
He is 2 member and corresponding secretary of the Homeopathic Medical Society
of Kansas. Dr. S. A. Newhall was married in Quincy, Ill, January 7, 1856, to Miss
Ann P, Doherty, who was born in Ireland and removed to this country when six years
of age. They have four children living—Delia A., now Mrs. D. D, Puterbaugh, of Newton,
Kan.; Charles H., now in the office of the Northwestern Traffic and Central Iowa Traffic As-
sociation in Chicago. Ill, as secretary and stenographer; Carrie A.,and Robert Francis—
their second child died at the age of one year in Quincy, Ill, Dr. Newhall is an outspoken
Probibitionist, and has taken a prominent part in the Prohibition movement in the city and
county. é “
. PROF. F. A. NORTON, located in Newton in the spring of 1877, for the purpose of
taking charge of the public schools of that city. Tbe schools remained under his care two
years, and he then engaged in mercantile business, also writing for the Gazetteer of the A.,
T&S. F.R.R. Mr. Norton isanative of Ontario, Wayne Co.,N. Y. He was educated at
Union College, and at the academies _and puelic schools of his county. In June, 1861, he
lird New York Volunteer Cavalry, being promoted later to Lieu~
tenant, and Quartermaster. He was mustered outin January, 1866, returned to New York
and remained there one year, and then came to Marysville, Kan., for the benefit of his
health, He taughtin Michigan, Indiana and Illinois from 1867 to 1877, and was married at
Hainwell, May 5, 1871, to Lucy A. Hinman, a native of New Havens,.Vt. Mr. and Mrs. Nor-
ton have two children—Edwin W. and Grace G. Cae R
PATRICK NORTON, farmer, Section 31, P.O. Newton. Owns eighty acres, all in fine
cultivation; ten acres enclosed with wire-fence; a smal] orchard of choice fruit, and a good
frame dwelling; has six horses, eighteen head of cattte, and twenty-four hogs. Came to
Kansas in 1876, and located on presentfarm. He was born in [reland, in 1822, and came to
the United States, in 1813, aud stopped for a time in the State of New York, but spent thirty
years prior to coming to Kansas in the New England States, most of the time in the marble
uarries of Rutland, Vt. He was married in 1852, and has eight children—John, Patrick,
enry, Malichi, Sarah, Thomas, who is farming the place; Frank, Mary H. and Kate. He
is a member of the Catholic Church.
CHARLES S. PERKINS, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Newton, owns eighty acres, all under
cultivation; has about twenty head of stock. Was born in England, January 9, 1824, and
came to the United States in 1845, settling in Illinois in 1847, where he remained until com-
ing to Kansas in 1876, and locating on his place. In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Twen-
ty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his company and regiment
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Gorinth, Iuka, Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., and in the Atlanta campalga from Mission
ge, through where for ninety days they were under fire more or less, and from there to
Bea, under Sherman,and north through the Carolinas, and ending with the battle of Benton-
alt 2,7 ere he was wounded; was also wounded at Tuka,and was mustered out at Louisville,
Ky Pai 865, Was married in 1850, and his wife died in 1863. Was married again in 1866,
fo. Mise elletha Miller. They have one child--Ada. He is now Treasurer of School

HON. SAMUEL RITTER PETERS was born in Walnut Township, Pi i
, Pickaway Co., Ohio
August 16. 1842. His father was Lewis S. Peters, who was one of the’ early settlers of that
ait e, and who is still living in that township and county. His mother was the daughter of
i enty Ritter, also an early settler; she died in September, 1861. Tie early life, until reach-
n t € age of seventeen, was spent on the farm, attending the district school during the
yaa ermonths, At the age of seventeen, he entered the preparatory class in the Ohio Wes-
eyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. Here he remained until in October, 1861, having
reached the Sophomore year, when he enlisted in the Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, asa pri-

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vate inCompany E. In March, 1863, he was promoted to Second (Lieutenant; in Mar
1864, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, and appointed Adjutant of the regiment, on
. 1865, he was promoted to Captain, and assigned to the command of Company A.
June 8, 1865, he was mustered out of the service. His regiment was a part of the army of
Virginia, in the early period of the war, and afterward, a portion of the army of the Poto-
mac in the Second Brigade, Second Division, Eleventh Army Corps. In September, 1863,
his Corps was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and was reorganized forming
with the Twelfth Army Corps, the Twentieth Army Corps of ‘Sherman’s army. ‘With the
exception of about two months in 1862, when absent from the regiment on recruiting ser-
vice, he was present with his regimentin every engagement in which his corps particlpated
and never lost a day’s duty. In September, 1865, he entered the law department of the Uni-_
versity of Michigan, and graduated in March, 1867. Heat once located in Memphis, Scot-
land Co., Mo., and began the practice of law. In August, 1868, he purchased the Memphis
Reveille, ara ical Republican paper, and continued as its editor, until his removal to Kan-
sas, in March, 1813. He resumed the practice of law in Marlon Center, Marion Co., Kan.
In 1872, he was a Delegate from Missouri, tothe National Republican Convention, at Phila-
delphia, being an ardent supporter of Gen. Grant for renomination, and also of Henry Wil-
son, for the position of Vice-President, From 1870 to 1872, he wasa member of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee of Missouri, anda firm and unylelding opponent of the Brown
and Schurz faction of the party. After his removal to Kansas, he continued to practice law
until he became Judge of the Ninth Judicial District, to which position he was appointed.
March 8, 1875. In November, prior to this, he was elected to the State Senate, and resigned
his position in that body, to accept the appointment as Judge. In November, 1875, he was
elected Judge of the District, and was again re-elected in 1879, both times without opposi-
tion. In September 19, 1876, he removed to Newton, it belng a more central point in his
district. In June, 1872, he was nominated as one of the Republican candidates for Con-
gressman at large, and in November was elected, receiving the largest yote cast for any one
candidate in the State. The reapportionment of the State into seven Congressional Districts
in March, 1883, placed him in the Seventh Congressional District. Judge Peters was mar.
ried at Circleville, Ohio, April 18, 1867, to Amelia C. Doan, a native of that place, Fletcher
Bright Peters, born April 18, 1868, is their only child. Judge Peters is grand commander
of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Kansas; is a member of theI.0.0. F
and of tha G, A. R., being a past postcommander of Judson Kilpatrick Post, No. 36. 2
T. F. RANDOLPH Is head miller at the Monarch Mills, owned by D, Hamill. ‘Was born
in Brook County, Va., and when a boy, moved with his parents to Muskingum County, Ohio,
where, in 1845, he entered a large flouring mill at Duncan's Falls, on the Muskingum River,
and learned the milling business, and has followed it ever since. In 1862, he went to Peoria,
IN., where he remained in the large mills at that place until he came to Kansas in 1875, first
Jocating in Crawford County, and renting and operating the Cherokee Mills, and came from
there one year ago to take charge of this mill. Was married in 1863, to Miss Eliza Randall
anative of England. Mr. R. is an ardent member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken
all the Scottish Rite degrees, and holds a high place among his Masonic brethren.

NDER REED, Probate Judge. born in Delaware, May 6, 1843, where he re-
ceived an academic education, and when nineteen years of age, went to the Pennsylvania
Military Academy, first as student for two years, then instructor for five years, returning
to Delaware in 1869, and from there came to Kansas in 1872, locating in Harvey Count
thena pat of Sedgwick County. Was appointed Justice of the Peace and Notary Public 4
Sedgwick City in 1873, held this office until May 15, 1876, when he was appointed Probate

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Judge of Harvey County, which position he has held since, having been elected three times
Is a member of the I. O, O. F.

) S as married in the spring of 187%, to Miss Kate Fasselman,
They have one child—Inez,
JOHN REES

SE, druggist, was born in Ridgeway Township, Iowa Co., Wis., August 5,
1840, residing at Darlington and Mineral Point, Wis., prior to his removal to Kansas. He
spent the summer of 1859 in Colorado, and in April, 1860, again started for the Rocky
Mountains, spending the remainder of the year in Colorado. He then visited Montana,
Oregon, California and the British possessions, retary to California and thence to Dar-
lington, Wis., in December, 1865. He was engaged in the drug business in arlington, from
the spring of 1866 until he came to Kansas, having learned the business before he went to
California. He located in Newtorinthe spring of 1874, April 30th, having purchased in
July, 1873, the lot on which his store is now located. He completed August 17, 1874, one of
the first stone front buildings in the city,and commence 2d business in the new establishment,
doing an extensive business, mostly retail. Mr. Reese was married in Sedgwick Township,
Sedgwick Co., Kan., October 15, 1876, to Nellie Badger, a native of Battle Creek, Mich. They
have two children—John C., and;Walter. Mr. R. is a member of the I. O. O. F., subordinate
lodge and encampment, having passed all the chairs of that lodge.
SAMUEL SAYLOR, was born in Tarlton, Pickaway Co,, Ohio,June 24, 1829. During
the war he recruited 157 men for the One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, and was
commissioned Captain of the company, which was afterward mustered into the First Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted in the First Ohio Heavy Artillery, in thespring of 1863,
and was made First Lieutenant of his company: serving in all the engagements of his com-
mand until he was mustered out in October, 1865. About the first of January, 1865, he
broke his back, by accident, after which he was detailed-on military commission at Knox- ~
ville, Tenn., until the following October. When he left the gry he returned to Jackson
C. H., Ohio, and remained there until he came to Kansas, in March, 1870. His first location
was at La Cygne, Linn County, where he lived until he located on northeast quarter of Sec-
tion 22, Richland Township, Sedgwick County (now Harvey). October - He was
elected Justice of the Peace of Richland Township in the spring of 1871. He removed to New-
ton in June, 1872, sud pugared in the jewelry business, which he hassince continued, being
Mayor of the city in 1878 aud 1879. Mr, Saylor was married at Jackson C. H , Ohio, March,
1852, to Mary Grandstaff, a native of Hocking County, Ohio, who died in the fall of 1854,
leaving one child—Theodore. He was married at Jackson C. H., June 24, 1858, to Caro-
line G. LeLay, his present wife, a native of that place. Mr, and Mrs. Saylor have three
children ving ak.,.EvaG.,and David 8. r. Saylor igs a member of A. F. & A. M.,
Blue-Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery, having organized the various lodges, and
filled the different chairs, being now commander of the Commandery. He was one of the
first members of the Eastern Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and has passed all the chairs of the

lodge. 3
. A. SEAMAN, livery, located in Peabody Township, January, 1871, coming thence
to Newton, December 24, 1877. He was engaged in livery business for two years prior to
removal to Newton, and also had been in the flour and feed trade, and with railroad busi-
ness while in Peabody. Since coming to Newton he has been engaged in the livery busi-
He was born near Alexander Bay, N. Y., June 16, 1838, and while young removed
with his father’s family to Canada, living there until March, 1866. He then removed to
Boonesboro, Iowa, and thence to Lincoln, Neb., in the spring of 1870, removing from Lin-
coln to.Kansas._ He was married in Peabody, Kan., March 16, 1873, to Robina Glassford, a
native of Illinois. They have two children—Jesse J.,and Nellie. Mr.S. isa member of
the I. O. O. F. subordinate lodge and encampment. ,

JAMES H. SEATON, M. D., was born in Stevens Port, Breckinridge Co., Ky., March 24,
1839. His parents James D., and Harriet Seaton, were natives of Virginia, and settled with
their parents in Breckinridge County, Ky., in the year 1803. ene Grand ratnes of the subject
of this sketch having been a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The doctor is the seventh of

 

 

nine children and fourth son, He remained at home until fift
* iu een years of age, and received
he early education in the Union Valley School, near Hardensbure, Ky, an in the year
1808, attended Brandenburg College, where he remained one year, on account of ill health
cots ent to Texas in 1860, and accepted the position of contractor for the transportation o
foun to New Mexico, remaining in Texas until the fall of 1863. He then returned to his
Medicl Lome and during the winter of 1863 and 1864, attended the Kentucky School of
Tacticg ahs Louisville. In 1864, he returned to Stevens Port, Ky., and commenced the
pea’ ceo medicine and also drug business, Inthe fall ofthe same year he ieturned to
dedioay acky School of Medicine, at Louisville; graduating from that institution with the
OF Meet ee spting of 1865, returning to Stevens Port, he continued the practice
Kianene's re and the drug and dry goods business until the winter of 1870, when he came to
iene iS aul rst settled at La Cygne, remaining there about three years. In 1873, he re-
his profes Rodgwick City, at that time in Sedgwick County, now Harvey County; practicing
Rite vssion and opened the first drug store in that place. In 1877, he came to Newton,
medigal gcctete ed Since practiced is profession. ‘The doctor was tlie secretary ofthe first
Ocal Society of Linn County, Kan, He is also a member of the State Medical Society,
of iho Neve, prietor of the Newton Medical and Surgical Institute, one of the proprietors
Bank ‘Ho on Opera House, and director and secretary of the Farmers and Merchant's
Who diet ipeattied Miss Octavia V. Triplett, of Cwensburg, Ky., February 1, 1869,
Ohi July, 1873. On July 4, 1877, he married Miss Annie Targhar, of Coshocton,

M. F. SHARPE, grocer, located in Marion, Marlon Co. Kansas, in March, 1879, and
ayes engaged in farming in that place two years. In August, 1881, he came ‘to Newton,
which time he has been engaged in grocery business, still owning his farm in Marion.

 
HARVEY

Mr. Sharpe was born in New Dundee, Waterloo Co., Ontario, December 1 In

he attended school at Napersville. Ill-, and resided in that place wath neta oeio aye
He was married in Zurich, Ontario, March 21. 1882, to Lydia. Schiuchter, 2 native of On-
tario. Mr. S. is a member of the Evangelical Association.

J. D. SHERRICK, M.D., was born in Canton, Ohio, March 19, 1852, He was educated
at Mount Union College, Ohio, and in the medical department of the Michigan University,
at Ann Arbor, Mich., graduating from the latter in June, 1877. He commenced practice
in the Northern Insane Asy'um, at Cleveland, as assistant physician, and remained in that
position until he located at Newton, in December, 1879, where he is’ now engaged in prac-

ice. Dr. Snerrick, was married in Clevetand, Ohio, Novemover 30, 1880, to Fatia Vouwie, a
native of Medina, Medina Co., Ohio, aud nas one cuild—Florence. He is secretary of the
Board of Pension Examiners, and is a member of the Kansas State and South Kansas Medi-
cal societies, also of the A. O. W., and Select Knighis of the same order.

A. SHUSTER, liveryman; was born in Pennsylvania, in 1835, and spent a number of
years as boatman on the Mississippi River, thea went to the oil regions of Penns lvania,
where he was in the oil business, and came from Titusville, Pa., to Kansas in 1871, locating
at Newton, and started the first livery stable here. He brought with him eight horses and a
number of bugeles, and has done a good trade; increasing his business until he now has
from $15,000 to $20,000 in the business, with an average monthly business of from $500 to
#600. He also makes a specialty of breeding fine roadsters, which bring him from $400 to
$700 each. Was married in 185%, to Miss Ellen Chinglesmith.

R. M. SPIVEY was born in Madison County, Ala, April 27, 1845; was appointed
eadet to the military school at La Grange, Ala,, July, 1860, and remained there tp April
1862, when theschool was closed on account of the advance of the Union army, He then

enlisted inthe Confederate army, serving till April, 1865. After the close of the war he fin-

 

ished his education at the Southern University, located at Greensboro, Ala. January
1869, he came to Kansas, locating first at Valley Falls, remaining there till 1870, when he
was appointed one of the commissioners for surveying and appraising of A.,T. & S. F. R. R.
lands; 1871 he located at Newton and remained there till September, 1874, when he took a
position in the General Laud Office, Topeka, remaining there till January, 1881, when he
returned to Newton to accept the position of cashier of the Harvey County Savings Bank,
which position he still holds. Mr. Spivey has been closely identified with the develop-
ments of Newton and Harvey County. He was married in 1872 to Miss Lina Owens, of
Shawnee County, Kan. They havethree children. Mr.S.isa member of the I.0. 0. F.
nd K, of P.
REY. FELIX PROSPER SWEMBERGH, pastor of the Roman Catholic Church at New-
ton, was born June 2, 1845, in the town of Cassel, France. His early life was spent Sone
the primitive Flemish people, who inhabit this region. so rich in beautiful scenery and
active life. There he received his primary education. He subsequently entered the Impe-
rial Lycee of Lille, whence he turned his steps to the pezit Seminaire of Cambray. At the
close of his classical and ‘philcsophical- education be pursued a medical course of study at
Paris, whence, at the end of two years, he resumed his theological studies at the Seminary
of the Foreign Missions, attending the lectures of the celebrated Dr. Freppel, at the Sor-
bonne, The Garibaldian war against Papacy took him to Italy, where he arrived on the
day of the battle of Castelfidardo; too late, however, to take an active part in the defence
of the Holy See. He then entered the Colonial Seminary of the’ Holy Ghost, Paris, from
which he graduated August, 1865. His next move wastothe Vicariate Apostolic, of Kan-
sas, where he was received by Rt. Rev. Dr. Miege, S. J., and assigued to the new Catholic
Seminary of the Assumption, at Topeka. Too young for ordination, he divided his time
between teaching and reviewing his theology, until sacred orders were conferred upon him.
As deacon he rendered valuable services to the pastor of the church, and the early settlers
of Topeka will not soon forget hissermons. He was ordained Priest onthe 29th of June,
1868, and remained at Topeka, as assistant to Rev. J. H. Defouri.and vice-president of the
Seminary. July, 1869, he was removed to Solomon City and assigned to the duty of attend-
ing to. the scattered settlements of the frontier, north and south of the K. P. R. R., west of
Abilene. Coming in contact with the worst elements of humanity in those days, when the
Indians, Wild Bill and kindred characters held high carnival among the early settlers, he so
worked his Master’s cause as to earn the good will and respect of all. He often journeyed
alone across the then bleak prairies that stretch from the Smoky Hill to the Arkansas
rivers as far as Forts Sarah, Larned and Dodge, penetrating even into the Indian Territory,
n the wake of Custer’s dragoons, nothing daunted by the mutilated skeletons on the
Indians’ war path, In the year 1870 we find him at Prairie City, where he builds a res-
idence. In 1871 he erected the Catholic Church at Olfawa, every vestige of which a
destructive tornado swept away. In1872 he is again entrusted with the care of the frontier
Settlements, with headquarters at Wichita, All southwestern Kansas becomes the field of
his labors. Having built a residence at Wichita, renovated the church, and laid the found-
ation of another church at Newton, he is sent, March 1873, to Lawrence, whence, almost
immediately, he is removed to Emporia, with charge of all the missions west of Florence.
The next year he takes up his residence at Great Bend, attending, not only the settlements
along the line of the A., T. & S. F. R. R., west of Florence, but also holding divine services
in the Indian Territory and the Pan Handle of Texas, where he is the first minister of any
denomination to preach the gospel. A sketch of his career in the southwest would prove
reatly interesting. In 1875 he moves his headquarters to Newton, where, in a short
time, he succeeds in building up a large congregation. As the school was his first care at
Prairie City and Witchita, so at Newton. He lost no time in building a schoolhouse, which,
since its erection in 1880, has had an average attendance of seventy pupils, The Church of
the Immaculate Conception of the B. V. M., at Newton, of which he is now the pastor,
was organized in 1873, when the church edifice was built. It was afterward enlarged to

 

 

 

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its present proportions, 30x80 feet, in the shape of a cross, and surmounted by a steeple.
The congregation numbers 100 families, and a new church is in contemplation. While
attending to the duties of the parish, the Reverend Father did not neglect his outside mis-
sions, building the churches of St. Patrick, at Florence; St. Rose, of Lima, at Great Bend; St.
Theresa, at Hutchinson; St. Joseph, at Ellenwood, and St. Peter and Paul, five miles north
of Ellenwood; besides paving the way for many other church buildings afterward erected
by worthy successors when the missions, becoming too numerous, were divided, Liter-
ally night and day, not being one day in any one place, he labored with constant energy,
winter andsummeralike. After Col. A.S. Johnson and C, B. Schmidt, no man in Kansas has
done more for the settlement of the country than the subject of this sketch, gathering Cath-
olics everywhere and persuading them to settle in communities according to their nation-
ality. Many of the settlements along the A., T. & S. F. R. R. owe their origin to Rev, Felix
PR. Swembergh, In the midst of all his labors, the Rev. Father found still time for
literary pursuits, as some of his printed essays on Colonization, and other subjects prove.
He became the editor of the Catholic Trioune, of Kansas City, which position temporary ill
health has made him since resien. As a speaker, Father Swembergh, thoughfat a disad-
vantage from his foreign birth, has cause to be proud of his efforts. Asa gentleman, a
scholar, a friend of humanity, he is respected by all classes of society.

. H. VANDEVER, farmer, P.O. Newton, owns forty acres here, all enclosed and
under cultivation, with @ good orchard of 110 apple and 50 peach trees, and fine frame
dwelling. 20x24, two stories, with kitchen, 16x18, one story barn, 18x82, with buggy shed,
12x32. He also owns a fine farm of 400 acres on Section 4, Highland Township, all enclosed
with hedge, with cross fences of post and wire, 200 acres under cultivation, with bearing
orchard of 100 apple and 100 peach trees and 20 acres of cultivated timber, and the rest in
pastare with dwelling, 16x20, with ell, 12x16, with cellar under the whole building, barn,

4x40,with tool house,12x16,three wellsjand windmill. He raised in 1882, 50 acres of Russian
wheat which averaged 30 bushels per acre,and 50 acres Gold Drop which averaged 28
bushels per acre. He was born in Carroll County, Ind., January 19, 1838. Was married
July 21, 1858, to Miss Amanda A. Carter. Imimigrated to Iowa in 1859, settled in Decatur
County, lived there two years. then re'urned to Indiana and enlisted in 1862 in Company E,
Kighty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the western
department, participated in a number of skirmishes and general engagement among others
Perryville, Ky., Chattanooga and Chickamauga, after which he was promoted from Color
Bearer of the regiment to First Lieutenant of Company E, and was in the battle of Mission
Ridge and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign with Sherman on his march to the
sea and north through the Carolinas and to Washington, D.C., in the gra: d review, and was
mustered outin June, 1865, Returned to Indiana and lived there until coming to Kansas in
1872, first locating on his farm in Highland Township, and improving it and bought and
located on present place of residence in 1879. Is engaged in stock-raising as well as farm-
ing, having at present fifty-five head of cattle. They have had nine children—Mollie C,
Effie, Myrtle, Edna, Johinie, Willie, Freddie, Pearl and Carl. Effie and Johnnie died in July,
1872, were buried at Fletcher’s Lake, Fulton Co., Ind., ages respectively ten and three.
Mollie C. is now the wife of Mr. A. C. Frederick, resideut of Riverside, Cal. Mr. Vandever
is a member of the G. A. R.

GRANVILLE P. WATSON, grain dealer, located at Valley Falls, Jefferson Co., Kan., in
May, 1865, afler remaining there until March, 1866, he moved to Topeka and was engaged
in the grocery business in that city until Sepvember: 1869. He was then appointed Indian
trader, and after remaining a sbort time at Fort Sill, returned to Wichita, aud staid at that
place until the spring of 1870. He was then at Topeka until the fall of 1872, then at Texas a
short time, and then located again at Wichita where he remained until he came to Newton
in 1875. He has been engaged in grain dealing since locating in cle place: He is a native
of Northwood, Rockingham Co., N. B., where he was born June, 21, 1844, and which was
his home until 1864, From 1864 until the close of the war he was in service in the Quarter-
master Devartment, He was married at Wichita, Kan., in July, 1874, to Mollie E, Munger,
a native of Topeka, Kan.,and has two children, Mabel and George P. Mr. Watson is a mem-
ber of A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery, and also of Eastern
cre che per Mrs. Watson is a daughter of Darius S. Munger, who located the town
site_o chita,

DAVID S. WELSH, livery, was born in Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pa. From an
early age his home was in Klmira, Chemung Co., N. Y., until he took a trip to the West,
spending some timein Wyoming Territory and at Colorado Springs. He was married in
Elmira, N. ¥., February 25, 1874, to Ella McCray, a native of Elmira, and has three cbil-
dren, John Wallace, Bert Watson and Frank Sharp. Mr. W. isa member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, zi

J.C. WELSH was born in Flanders, Morris Co., N. J., December 18, 1835. He removed
with his parents to New Milford, Susquehanna Co., Pa., when he was nine years of age, and
that place remained his home about eighteen years. He then moved to Elmira, Chemung
Co., N. ¥., and for four years prior to removal to Kansas was in the oil regions of Pennsyl-
vania. Mr. W. was married in Montrose, Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna Co., Pa.,
July 22, 1852, to Mary E. Lewis, a native of New York, who died January 18, 1881, leaving
two childreu, David S. and Charles J. Mr. Welsh came to Newton, Kan., in April, 1882, and
engaged in business in the place the following June, having previously visited Colorado
and Cheyenne, W. T., prospecting. He is dealing in stock to some extent aid has erected
slaughtering-houses near the creamery, in connection with his business. He is a member of
A., F.& A M. and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

NICHOLAS WOLF, merchant tailor, located in Newton July 15, 1878, and has been con-
tinuously engaged in his present business since that time.’ He was born in Bavaria, May,
1850. In 1870 he came to America, located in New York City, and remained there four
years. From New York he went to Savannah, Ga., remaining there several months, after
which time he came north and located in Kansas City. He soon left the city to seek a home
in Kansas, and on arriving at Newton immediately went into business on a very small scale
and now stands at the head of his trade. Mr. Wolf learned his business in Nuremburg,

ermany. ‘

G._ YONKERS came to Emporia in January 1878, being connected with theA., T. &
8S. F, R. R. at that point until January, 1879. He then located in Newton, as cashier and
assistant ticket agent ofthe same company, and remained in that position until September
of the same year, when he was assigned to duty as agent of same railroad at Wellington. He
remained three months at Wellington, and three or four months at Wichita, and then went
to Burlington and kept the books tor the material yard until October, 1880, being material
agent two months ofthe time. He returned to Newton in 1882, and December 15 of that ~
year, took a position as book: Keeper with the Lehman Hardware and Implement Co., bein,
also secretary of the company. Mr. Y. was born at Almelo Province, of Overysfel, Holland,
May 28, 1848. Hecameto America in September, 1867, and first located at Grand Rapids,
Mich., removing after a year to Muskegon, same State, where he remained two years as clerk
in a grocery. e then went to Cleveland, Ill., and stayed about three years, and then to

Cedar Rapids, where he was engaged in construction department of railroads. He was mar-

ried at Clinton, lowa, December 3, 1874, to Lila Cooley, anative of Milton, Vt., and has one
child, Grace Fredrika. Mr. Y. isa member of A. O. U, W. and Select Knights of game order.

SEDGWICK CITY.

Sedgwick City, the oldest town in the county, is located ten miles south-
west of Newton, on the Caldwell branch of the A. T, & S. F. Railroad, and is
the initial point of the St. Louis & San Francisco road in Harvey’ County.
Located as it is, on the Little Arkansas River, and its remoteness from other
competing points, it has a large scope of country from which to draw trade.
It is now the second city in the county, both in point of population and busi-
ness.

For the names of the first settlers in Sedgwick and vicinity, and the early
events that transpired, we would refer the reader to the pages on which may be
found the general county history. Sedgwick City was laid off in June, 1870, by
the Sedgwick Town Company, T. S. Floyd, president. The original town site,
which consisted of eighty acres, was laid off by John Corgan, in the’interests of
T.S. Floyd. The first store in Sedgwick, if not in the county, was erected and
opened by William H. McOwen, in July of the same year. Judge R. W. P,
Muse, his first customer, purchased the first goods sold in the cuunty. The
postoffice was established in the summer of the same year, T. S. Floyd Post-
master. After officiating eighteen months he was succeeded by O. Y. Hart,
who remained in office until August, 1872, when C. H. Goodell, the present
Postmaster, received his appointment. The money order department of this
office was established in July, 1877.

In the first schoolhouse erected in the county, in September, 1870, C. S.
Bullock and wife were the teachers. In 1875-6, the present handsome brick
school building was erected at a cost of $4,000.
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The Sedgwick Gazette, the first paper published in the county, was issued
January 19, 1871, by P. T. Weeks. After a few months it passed into the
hands of T. S. Floyd, who published the paper up to the thirty-second number,
when it was discontinued, and the office and fixtures sold to parties in Wichita.

          
   
 

  
  

 

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The first number of the Sedgwick Fayhawker was issued May ‘20, 1882, by
Mark F. Hobson, the present proprietor and editor. The paper, as its name
signifies, is a Kansas institution, and is devoted to the interests of Sedgwick
and vicinity. It is an eight-column folio, and independent in politics.

A building was erected in the fall of 1870 by Mrs. Susan McClung, and
opened asa hotel. In the winter of 1871-2 the hotel was destroyed by fire,
and afterwards rebuilt, and after passing into the hands of different parties was
sold, and is now occupied as a private residence.

The Citizen's Savings Bank was organized in 1872 by P. M. Morgan, W.
M. Congdon, J. Cox, W. H. Hurd, A. G. Leonard and others, with an author-
ized capital of $10,000. The first officers were, W. M. Congdon, president; W.
H. Hurd, cashier. The institution passed into the hands of T. R. Hazard, the
present manager in 1879, from which time it has been operated as a private
bank.

In 1871 there was built by the Sedgwick Steam Power Company the first
flouring mill in the county. T.S. Floyd, the president, was the prime mover
in the affair. The building was a frame structure, and its massive(?) machinery
was propeiled by a sixteen-horse “power engine. Six months later a windmill
was substituted for the motive power. In a short time its capacity was in-
creased and a forty-horse power engine purchased. In 1881 the mill was torn
down to give place to a new three-story brick structure, 36x40 feet, erected by
Adams, Foote & Hatfield, at a cost of $10,000. The mill started with four run
of buhrs. In the spring of 1882 the firm name was changed to Wier, Foote &
Co. Capacity, fifty barrels daily.

Sedgwick was incorporated as a city of the third class, March 18, 1872,
Its first municipal election was held April 1, 1872, and was presided over, as a
canvassing board, by T. S. Floyd, A. McClung and W. H. Hurd. The follow-
ing gentlemen constituted the first list of city officials: Mayor, T. S. Floyd;
Councilmen, M. A. Mathias, W. B. Chamberlain, O. M. Sherman, O. Y. Hart
and Chas. Schaefer; Police Judge, F. T. Morris; Clerk, H. Goodell; Treasurer,
P.N. Morgan; Marshal, W. H. Hurd. The city worked under the charter
granted it until July 17, 1877, about which time it was discovered that on ac-
count of a clerical error in making out the charter nearly three quarter sections
of land were left out, and was not included in the town site. This discovery
led to a suspension of the city affairs until February 22, 1881, when a meeting
of the old council was held and resolutions adopted to reorganize, and an elec-
tion of city officers to be held April 3, 1882. At this election S. B. Cretcher
was elected Mayor; Jas. Cox, R. W. Hall, E. N. Green, J. M. Massey and P.
M. Morgan, Councilmen; N. A. Mathias, Police Judge. The Council subse-
quently appointed A. G. Stone, clerk ; T. J. Miller, Treasurer, and C. E. Green,
Marshal.

‘Plymouth Congregational Church, was organized in April, 1872, by Rev. J.
M. Ashley, who remained as pastor about three years, He was succeeded in
the order mentioned by Revs. John Foster, ten months; John Velter, two
years; I, M. Fry, ene year and a half; G. M. Dean, one and a half years; M.
.M. Tracy, the present pastor, from November, 1881, to date—1883. The

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

church edifice, which is a frame, 20x36 feet, was commenced in 1872, and. com.
pleted in the fall of 1873, at a cost of $1,500, Present membership, fifty.

Lakin Congregational Church, was organized eight miles west of Sedgwick,
in the spring of 1875, by Rev. J. M. Ashley. The organization is in what is
known as the Anderson neighborhood, and has been supplied by pastors from
Sedgwick. Regular services are held in the Lakin schoolhouse.

Methodist Episcopal Church, was organized in 1872 by M.M. Haun, who
ministered to the organization two years. He was succeeded by the following,
in the order mentioned: Revs. John: Harris, one year; G. W. Kanavel, two
years; I. N. Bundy, one year; J. W. Cane, one year; D, W. Cameron, two
years; P. P. Wesley, two years; J. D. Bodkins, the present pastor, from April,
1882, Services were held.in the schoolhouse until 1874, when the Congrega-
tional Church was occupied for two or three years. The organization then
purchased the McClung Hotel, fitted it up and occupied it until the present
church was completed, in 1880, at a cost of $2,500. Present membership, 115.

Sedgwick Lodge No. 139 A., F. & A. M., was instituted October 16, 1873.
First officers were W. H. Hurd, W,M.; G. P. Schouten, J. W.; P. M. Morgan,
S. W.; P. Roff, treasurer; Chas. Schaefer, secretary. Its present officers are,
Chas. Schaefer, W. M.; F. M. Watts, S. W.; L. J. Adams, J. W.; J. M. Cox,
treasurer; A. G. Stone, secretary. Regular meetings are held on Tuesday
evenings, on or before full of moon, at Masonic Hall, Present membership,
forty.

ae Lodge No. 177, I. 0. O. F., was chartered October 13, 1880, with
eight members. First officers: Wm. Rieman, N. G.; M. Bartley, V. G.; S.B.
Cretcher, treasurer ; C. Kace, secretary. Present officers: Jos. Rigut, N. G,;
J. H. Harvey, V.G.; H. A. Hartman, treasurer; F. George, secretary. Regu- .
lar meetings are héld every Saturday evening at Masonic and Odd Fellows’
Hall. Present membership, thirty-five.

BLOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. M. CONGDON, lumber dealer and real estate, eame to Kansas and located in Sede-
wick-City in June, 1871, and engaged in the lumber business with acapital of about $5,000;
his capital invested in the business in 1883 is probably $20,000. He also owns 400 acres in
Sections22 and 23 in Sedgwick pownsblp ® acres in cultivation, where he has eighty
head of fine cattle and 150 head of sheep. e also owns a timber claim in Lakin Townshi
of 160 acres, where he has a large grove of cultivated timber and fifteen acres in orchard.
Mr. Congdon was born in Rutland County, Vt., October 8, 1829, and came from native place
to Kansas. Was married in February, 1854, to Miss Rachael H. Sherman, also a native of
Vermont; they have three children—William M., Eliza J. and John Sherman. He has
erected a nuinber of buildings in Sedgwick City, among others his fine brick where he re-
sides, adjoining Capt. Hurd. Has represented Harvey County in the State Legislature two
terms, 1876 to 1878, and is a member of the Congregational Church. While in Vermont he
held a variety of offices, having been Sheriff, Superintendent of Public Instruction for a
number of years, Collector of Taxes, and various other offices. L

J.M. COX, merchant, born in Kentucky, September 20, 1835, and was raised on a farm
until he was seventeen years of age, wher he went to clerking in a store and remained in
that business until 1856, when he moved to Illinois and engaged in farming. In 1868 he
sold his farm and engaged in merchandising until he came to Kansas in March, 1873, and
located here and started his present business with a capital of $2,000, which he has increased
by close application to business to over $10,000. His stock consists of dry goods, milhnery,
boots and shoes, hats and caps, notions, groceries, etc.; he also owns eighty acres of landin
Cowley County, and has just built a nice dwelling at a cost of $3.000, two store buildings
$4,000. He was married December 10, 1868, to Miss Florence L. Hurd, @ native of Keene,
N. H. Heis a Mason and a member of the Congregational Church, is also a member of the
City Council, which position be has held for four years. BL:

JOHN C. CRETCHER, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Sedgwick, owns 134 acres, fifty in cul-
tivation, with good bearing orchard, dwelling 14x24 with an L 12x14, one and a half stories
high ; barn 16x20, and all necessary outbuildings. Was born in Ohio, November 9,1836, where
he resided until 1862 when he enlisted in Company G, Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was with his command inthe Army of the Tennessee, and in the engagement
at Richmond, Ky., was captured and paroled. Inthe engagement at Gun Town, Miss., was
again captured but made his escape, but after traveling a distance of eighty miles was re-
captured and taken to Andersonville Prison, which he entered June 10, 1864, and remained
there until November 25, when being sick he was paroled with 10,000 and sent to Annapo-
lls, Md. His ideas of the horrors of Andersonville Prison is that the English language is in-
adequate to describe it. After exchange he returned to his command at Selma, Ala., where
he remained until the close of the war, and was mustered out September 12, 1865. Was
married September 26, 1867, to Miss Mary J. Hornbeck, a native of Ohio; they have three
children—McPherson, Hattie Pearl and Frank.- Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal
cour pad has been onthe School Board in some capacity ever since the organization of

e district. 4

L. M. FINCH, hotelokecpeks farmer and stock dealer, was born in Indiana June 25,
1836, and in 1866 moved to Illinois, and came from there to Kansas in June, 1867, and lo-
cated at Baxter Springs and engaged in the hotel and real estate business for three years,
when he went to Chautauqua County and engaged in farming and stock-raising; and came to
Sedgwick and located here in October, 1881, and bought this hotel and also a farm in Ili-
nois Township, Sedgwick County, of 320 acres, 260 in cultivation, with dwelling of four
rooms, barn and stable combined 16x40, double corn crib. Is engaged in addition to hotel
in farming and dealing and shipping stock. Raised in 1882 4 000 bushels wheat and 2,000
bushels corn, has also 125 head of stock on the range. Was married June 1, 1857, to Miss
M. E. Study, a native of Indiana; they have four children—Francena, Mary J., Ozro and
Harry, Isa member of the I. 0.0. F.; has taken quite an active part in educational mat-
ters, being a member of the School Board in different localities for a period of over twelve
years,

WILLIAM FINN, merchant and grain dealer, of the firm of Schafer & Finn, was born
n Brooklyn, N. Y., July 4, 1848, and was sent to Rockford, Ill., in 1859, under the auspices
of the Children’s Aid Society. 1n 1864, he enlisted in Company E, First Itinois Battery, and
with his command participated in the engagements at Guntown, Tupelo, Miss., and Nash-
ville, Tenn., from the latter place his battery was sent to Chattanooga, where they remained
to the end of the war, and was mustered out at Chicago in 1865. In the fall of 1869, he came
to Kansas and located in Wichita, Sedgwick County,and taught the first school in the county,
which was a subscription school in a dug-out. He also started the first Sunday school in
the county In the same dug-out, When his school was out he engagedin surveying, and
made the first platof Wichita, and was the first County Surveyor of Sedgwick County; he
came here in the spring of 1870, and laid out this town, and was also emploved to locate

arties on their lands; in the fall of 1871, he associated with Mr. Schaefer in\the organiza-

fon of thelr present business, and as soon as the farmers commenced raising grain for
market, commenced handling grain. In 1878, they erected their present elevator, at a cost
of $6,000, its capacity is 25,000 bushels, and they now are doing a large and increasing
business. Was married March 20, 1872, to Miss Mary P. Hazen, anative of Maine, who
graduated from Andover Female Acadeiny with honors, and‘who is au authoress of note.
They have four children~ Hazen W., Arthur N., Adeline and Muriel, and an adopted child,
Katie. Isa Mason and a member of the .Congregational Church. Was Treasurer of the
School Board for several years, also City Council.

FREDERICK GEORGE, clerk, born in England in 1850, and came to the United States
with nis parents when a child, and located in New Hampshire. When only fifteen years of
age he went to Boston, Mass., and entered a store, where he remained until 1867, when he
jolted the navy and was assigned to the frigate “Sabine,” which made a cruise to Annapo-

is, Cuba, and other points. ey then sent tothe North Pacific Squadron, at San_Fran-
cisco, and was shortly afterward discharged and employed in various ways until March,
1869, he shipped for Baker’s Island for guano, touching at Honolulu for supplies; from
Baker’s Island, they went to Falmouth, England, In 1870, he shipped on a vessel at Car-
diff, Wales, with a load of coal for Calcutta and Bombay; then shipped on a coaster and
went to Shanghai, Hong Kone, and other points, and back to Calcutta, and from there to
the Isle of France and shipped on aavhaler, and was in the whaling service eighteen
months, touching at Aden in Persia, and points on the east coast of Africa, at Capetown and
St. Helena,and returning to Boston in May, 1872, after which he went to work fora railroad
running out of Keene, N. H., and got to be a conductor, left the road and came to Kansas in
May, 1876, and took a homestead.
HENRY GILES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 23, P. 0. Sedgwick, rents and farms
180 acres on this place, and owns eighty acres in Section 26. Makes a specialty of raising
ing, stock, has at this time 101 head of, cattle, 330 sheep and 25 hogs; buys and sells
all kinds of stock, Born in England, April 10, 1830, and came to Canada in 1854, where he
HARVEY

remained about two years, going from there to the State of Michigan, where he lived until
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5 ry Foster, ey have six children— rles H., John F.,.
aren #y Job, Bilen J., and. arenes ge * ue ;
5. » 1s associated with A. J. Wellman in livery business, firm name Hall &
Wellman. In addition to the livery business he makes a specialty of farming, raising and
trading instock. Owns 240 acres in Section 12, Sedgwick County, 100 acres in cultivation,
with one and one-half miles of hedge; five acres in orchard, good frame dwelling, stable
and stock corrals; ne also owns eighty acres in Section 8, same county; twenty acres in
cultivated timber, and fifty acres in cultivation, with good frame dwelling and out houses
for stock and grain, and two wells, with wind pumps. Was born in Polk County, Mo., May
11, 1850; moved to Illinois in 1865, and came from there to Kansas in May, 1870, and
located on Section 12, Sedgwick County, and came to Sedgwick City, in 1880; has at present
200 head of cattle. Was married in November 1874, to Miss Loue Anderson, a native of
Illinois, They have three children—Robert S., Eva J., and Mamie. Has been Treasurer of
School Board one term.

T. R, HAZARD, banker, was born in Boston, Mass., April 4, 1843, and recelved a good
business education. In 1864 engaged in business in the West Castleton Railroad and State
Company. In 1876 he dissolved his connection with the company and came to Kansas,
locating here and engaged in the banking business.: In addition to his regular banking busi-
ness he is engaged in placing money for parties in the East, and since 1876 has loaned over
$250,000 for eastern parties, and has never closed a real estate mortgage. He was married
May 20, 1868, to Miss Ida G. Shattuck, a native of Boston. They have one child—Grace R.
He is a Mason, member. of the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch and Knights Templars.

CAPT. W. H. HORKD, proprietor of Aberdeen Stock Farm, situated two and one-half
miles west of Sedgwick City, is extensively engaged in raising ‘ blooded” cattle; his present
herd consists of 225 head, including two imported Angus bulls, some fine thoroughbred
Short-horn cattle, and a very large flock of sheep. His farm is well improved and well
fitted up for the business in which he is engaged. Capt. Hurd is a native of New Hampshire,
Was born May 19, 1843, attended the graded and high schools of his native city, Keene, till
he was sixteen, when he entered a printing office to learn the printers’ trade. hen the
War of the Rebellion broke out, although but a boy of seventeen, he enlisted; first for three
months, and then for three years, in Company A, Second New Hampshire Volunteers, and
was constantly with his regiment in all the principal engagements of the Army of the
Potomac till the battle of Savage Station, when he was wounded aud taken prisoner. After
lying in Libby Prison a few weeks, he was taken to Belle Isle, where he remained until

ovember 14, 1862, when he was exchanged and returned to his regiment in time to par-
ticipate in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where he was
complimented in general orders for bravery and gallantry in action, In Rovember, 1863,
on recommendation of his company and regimental officers, he was ordered before an exam-
Ining board for promotion. In December he was commissioned First Lieutenant and placed
in command of the first camp of colored troops enlisted in the District of Columbia. He
aided materially in the organization of the Twenty-third United States Colored Troops, and
to him was due in no small degree the efficiency and excellent discipline of this regiment.
When Grant made his advance across the Rappahannock, Capt. Hurd’s regiment was
ordered to the front and continued actively engaged in all the great battles of that army.
While in front of Petersburg he was commissioned Captain. Atthe battle of the Mine where
his command acted with great coolness and bravery, sustaining great loss, he was severely
wounded. Afterashort leave of absence he returned to his regiment, and wason the first

skirmish lIne to enter Richmond, after the head of the Confederacy had fied. After Lee’s -

surrender, this command was sent to Texas, where Capt. Hurd was recommended for pro-
motion to ‘Major, and was acting as such when his regiment was ordered to Washington and
mustered out of service early in 1865. He returned to his old home, where he married and
then started West, as he said, ‘to grow up with the country,” stopping three years in Illi-
nols. He finally located on the Little Arkansas River just below where Sedgwick City now
stands, in the early sumnbér of 1869; here he took a claim and under adverse circumstances
began tomakeahome, He early interested himself in the location and improvement of
Sedgwick City, built the first schoolhouse in the Arkansas Valley and the first frame house
in Sedgwick City. Was one of the incorporators of the Citizens’ Savings Bank and Cashier
forfour years. In 1876, his health failing, he retired from the bank, and since then has
turned his attention to stock raising. In 1872 he built the first brick residence in Harvey
County. Itis delightfully situated at the head of Commercial avenue, where with the sharer
of his life work and three bright children, can be found one of the pleasantest homes in
the Arkansas Valley, He also owns a summer residence at Geuda Springs.

GEO, W. KANAVEL, real estate, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, January 27, 1844,
and received a good academic education. In 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Eightiet
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged with his command inthe engagements,
of Luka, siege of Corinth, Jackson, Miss..Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge
and was on duty at Huntsville, Ala., during the Atlanta Campaign, after the fall of Atlanta,
joined the command of Sherman and was on the march to the sea, and the Carolinas Cam-
paign and the march to Washington, D. C., and the Grand Review, after which they were
ordered to Little Rock, Ark., and mustered out in September, 1865, and returned to his
home 1n Ohio, and came from there to Kansas, in 1872, locating on Section 10,in Sedgwick
Township, and engaged in farming. In 1873, he entered the ministry in the Methodist
Episcopal Church as local preacher and took a ministerial course and was stationed at
Sedgwick, Halstead and Florence, but was compelled to retire from the ministry on account
of an affection of the lungs, and in 1878, engaged in real estate, and forthe past two years
has made a specialty of buying and selling real estate, and in the last two months of 1882,
his sales has amounted to over 1,200 acres. Was married August, 28, 1868, to Miss Mary
A. Paugh, a native of Ohio; they have three children —Edward J., Allen B., and Thomas
M. Henow resides in Sedgwick City, having located here in 1880, and is still connected
with the ministry as a supernumerary, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.

. E. KOUNTZ, farmer Section 25, P. O. Sedgwick, owns 160 acres, 135 under cultiva-
tion, all enclosed with good hedge fence and cross hedges, making four forty acre fields;
small orchard and grove of cultivated timber; good frame dwelling 14x32 with good cellar.
Stable and granery combined 32x86, with driveway, coal and hen house 10x12, with sheds,
corrals, etc., has two horses, three cows and fifteen hags. He was born in Indiana, October
3, 1849, and came from native place to Kansas, September, 1882, and bought present farm.
He was married, January 4, 1876, to Miss R. J. Harland. They have two children—George
M.,andInaC. He is a Master Mason and resigned the chair of Vesta Lodge, No. 136, Indi-
ana, when he came West.

DR. A. D. H. KEMPER, farmer and gardener, also practicing physician, Section 3 and
4, P. O. Newton, owns 240 acres, 165. in ‘cultivation, ten acres of bearing orchard, with all
kinds of fruit; dwelling of four rooms, grain and corn crib 22x22, wind pump and feed mill.
His wheat average in 1882, was twenty-five bushels to the acre, and his corn fifty to sixty
bushels. Has five horses, three milch cows and thirty hogs. He will make market garden-
ing a specialty hereafter, as he has arrangements with tankage and piping to irrigate a
large portion of hisfarm. Came to Kansas in January, 1865, and located in Eudora, in
Douglas County, and came from thereto his present location, in 1871. He was born in Lan-
caster County, Pa., February 25, 1828, and when a child obtained a good common school
education and commenced the study of medicine when only fifteen years of age, and when
seventeen years of age opened an office in Cumberland County, Pa.,and commenced prac-
tice, which he continued for four years, when he wentto Cincinnati, and took a course of
lectures in the Eclectic School. He then located near Harrisburg, Pa., and continued the
practice of medicine for two years, he then removed to Union County, and was there for
seven or eightyears, when he went to Indiana, and from there, came to Kansas, He was
married in 1§49, to Miss Sprogle, and has'three children by his first wife, P. M., E. J., and
Newton A. He was married again July 22, 1867, to Mrs. Charlotte S. White, a native of St.
Lawrence County, N. ¥., who has two children—Harvey and William White. They have
one child—C. H. Heis a Mason and has occupied the position of Township Trustee, Clerk
and Treasurer, and has been on the School Board for a number of years. The doctor has
been raising the Chinese Yam, for aperiod of eight years, It requires no replanting but
will grow year after year, from the same planting, continully producing a fine crop, and
growing larger eavh year. The cold weather will not kill it or cause it to rot, and it is con-
sidered the most nutritious vegetableextant. The technical name is Dioscorea Batatas,

J. M, MASSEY, general merchant, business organized in June, 1877, with a capital of
$500, which has been increased, by energy and application to business, to $10,000. His av-
erage monthly sales for the first year was about $1,000, and for 1882 it was $4,000. Came to
Kansas in 1857, and located at Chouteau Trading Post, Lynn County. In 1861 he went to
Leavenworth, and in 1864 he enlisted in Company A, Seventy-seventh Regiment, Missouri
fnfantry, organized for temporary purposes, and participated in the engagements of Lex-

ngton, Big Blue, Hickman’s Mills, and others during the Price raid in Missouri, and was
mustered out on special order in December, 1864, and returned to Leavenworth and en-
gaged in the dry goods business. In 1865 was engaged in freighting across the plains, and
‘or several years engaged in stock and selling goods, and in 1875 returned to Michigan,
and came from there to ‘Kansas and located here. Was born May 25th, 1843, at Lock
Haven, Clinton Co., Penn. Was married in October, 1878, to Miss Alice Fuller, a native of
New York. They have onechild, AquillaB, Isa Mason and 1.0.0. F., and has been mem-
ber of City Council. = é

. MATHIS, architect and builder, came to Kansas in September, 1870, and located
a homestead at the mouth of Sand Creek, on Section 32, Sedgwick Township, and organized
his present business, and has been identified with the growth of Sedgwick City, and taken
an active part in all the improvements, having designed and erected all the best buildings
in the city, His gross contracts for theyear 1882, were about $25,000. He was born in
Champaign County, Ohio, April 23, 1846, and received a good education at Delaware, Ohio.
In 1864 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and with
his command was on duty in the works in front of Petersburg, under Grant, and was mus-
tered out in September of the same year. He then entered the Quartermaster’s department,

 

 

 

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and remained at Nashville, Tenn,, for six months. He then returned to Ohio and followed
his business in some of the large cities, coming from Springfield, Ohio, to Kansas. Married,
May 13, 1869, Miss Sarah M. Lipp, at Spring Hill, Ohio. They have two children, Bessie L.
got Berths. He was a member of the first City Council. Is now Justice of the Peace and

olice Judge.

P, M. MORGAN, contractor and builder, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, May 7,
1844, where he resided until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and
Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Company I). The first ten months’ service was spent
in Kentucky most of the time, guarding the Kentucky Central Railroad from Covington to
Lexington, after which he, with his regiment, moved to East Tennessee, where he was en-
gaged in various skirmishes and battles, Massy Creek being the first, followed by Kings-
ton and Knoxville. After the siege of Knoxville, his corps joined Sherman, and operated
with him through the Atlanta campaign after which he was with Thowas in the Nashville
campaign, and engaged in the Battie of Franklin and Nashville, when his command was
transferred to North Carolina. He was engaged inthe storming and taking of Fort Ander-
son, on the Neuse River, and Wilmington, Goldsboro, and the surrender of Johnston’s
Army. He was discharged at Salisbury, N. C., June 27, 1865, and mustered out at Cleve-
land, Ohio, on July 8, 1865. Was married, April 30, 1868, at Spring Hill, Ohio, to Miss M.
C. Mathis, where he resided until September, 1870, when he moved to Sedgwick City, Kan-
sas, arriving September 29, where he engaged for a timein shoemaking, His first shop con-
sisted of four twelve-inch stock boards laid on the ground for floor, and two nailed to stakes
driven in the ground, for sides, with a wagon sheet for aroof. This was the first shoe-shop
in Harvey County, In June, 1871, he eugaged in the hardware trade, and in 1874, on ac-
count of the panic of ’73, and the grasshoppers of '74, he failed in business, since which time
he has been variously engaged. He has held various positions in civil life, the first being
Mayor of § mine Hills, Ohio. He was the first Justice of the Peace in what is now Harve
County, and still holds that position. He helped to organize the first Sunday school an
church in Sedgwick, being the first class-leader. He is a Mason, and has filled varlous posi-
tions in that order, including master. He has three children—Iza L., born in Ohio; Harry
C., born at Sedgwick City, February 13, 1871, being the first child born in Sedgwick City;
Claud, born February 13, 1873. He’has been a member of the School Board most of the time
since he has been in Kansas. 7

REV. A. H. NAFTZGER, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, born in Indiana in 1852.
He is the son of Joseph and Amelia Hower Naftzger. e married Miss Mattie Carty, in
Warsaw, Ind., in 1874. Has one child, Maud. Educated at North Manchester, Ind. United
with North Indiana Conference in 1872, and remained in that connéction five years, Re-
moved to Kansas in 1876. Was pastor at Great B nd from March, 1877, to March, 1878;

astor at Larned from March, 1878, to March, 1879. A church was built at each place dur-

ng his pastorate. Became pastor of church at Wellington in October, 1879. Retired from
ministry in year 1880, on account of impaired health. Has been engaged in merchandis-
tug, and mining in Kansas and Colorado. Is now in the banking business in Sedg-
wick, Kan.

E, E. POLLARD, meat market, was born in Vermont, February 11, 1842, and when a
child his parents moved to Illinois. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Forty-sixth Regi-
ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and with his command participated in a great many of the
cogagemments of the war, among others, Hatchie Swamp, Jackson, Miss., siege of Vicksburg,
and Fort Blakely, at Mobile. After the surrender of Gen. Dick Taylor he was appointed
by his Colonel to take charge of the battle flag, ete., turned over by him, and turned them
over tothe Quarterinaster; after which his command was sent to Texas, where he was ap-
pointed Commissary Sergeant of the Post of Marshalltown, Tex., and was mustered out in
1866. Married in May, 1868, to Miss Sarah E. Burns, They have three children—Evalena,
Bela B.,and Ross. Came to Kansas from Illinois in 1873, and located in Sedgwick County,
and came to Sedgwick City in 1876 and started in_his present business, and has a good
trade. His capital is avant $1,500, and inonthly sales from $600 to $800.

GEORGE B. ROHRER located in Newton in February, 1882, Heisa native of Oxford,
Butler Co., Ohio, from which place he removed to Kansas. Priorto coming to Kansas, Mr.
Rohrer had been engaged in railroading for eighteen years, pith ou by trade a cabinet
maker. He was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 25, 1849, to Eliza Cutler, a native
of Butler County, Ohio, and has three children—Laura I., Eva M. and Jessie F. In May,
1882, the Newton Furniture Company was organized, the company being J. I. Cooper, G.
W. Robrerand John Chanter. Mr. R. is amember of the A, F. & A. M.

CHARLES SCHAEFER, merchant and grain-dealer, owns a half interest in the firm of
Schaefer & Finn, general merchandise and grain-buyers. Mr. §, is one of the early settlers

         

   
 
       

 

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of Kansas and has had a veryeventfullife. He was born in Prussia, December 28, 1842,
and came to the United States with his mother in 1848; his father had come two years be-
fore and tocated at Dayton, Ohio. He had to leave his native country on account of the part
he took in politics. His mother died on their arrival in New York, and his father sent him
to some relatives in St. Louis, Mo., where he was sent to school, but being of a restless dis-
position, one morning in 1852, he got on board of a steamboat and landed at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kas., and being a bright, active boy, he got employment as chore boy for two years;
and when the First United States Dragoons were sent to Fort Union, N. Mex., he went in
the employ ofthe Surgeon and drove a buggy across the plains, and was with the first com-
mand of note that crossed the Rattoon Range, where they were met by Kit Carson and
Lieuc.. now Gen. Davidson, who conducted then to what_1s since Maxwell’s ranch, where
they remained a few months, and went on from there to Fort Union, where the troops were
distributed to their different stations. He remained in the State fora year, when, becom-
ing dissatisfied, he went to Santa Fe and got employment in a drug store, but disagreeing
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with his employer he came all the way from Santa Fe on horseback to Kansas City. After
remaining a short time, started back with a train for Santa Fe, but falling out with the
party when near Fort Larned, he joined a party of Mexicans and went with them to Socoro,N.

§ uring the trip the Indians corralled them and compelled the Mexicans to fight. From

there he went to Texas and enlisted, October 16, 1860, in Company E, Third United States
infantry, under Capt, Clitz, and was stationed at Fort Clark, Tex. Went from there to
Brownville, where he was ordered to turn over arms tothe Texas authorilies, but Capt.
Clitz refused, and went to the mouth of the Rio Grande, when, through the aid uf Fitz John
Porter, who was Assistant Adjutant General, got on board a steamer and weut to New York.
From there his command was sent to re-inforce Lieut. Slemmer, at Fort Pickens, and was
in the battle on Santa Rosa (sland, where they defeated and routed the enemy. For bravery
in this engagement he was promoted to Sergeant, and was in command of a rifle gun in two
successive bombardments, and was wounded by a shell; and from there his command was
sent to the army of the Potomac, and landed at White House Landing the night that Stew-
art’s Cavalry raided that place, and was assigned to the command of Fitz John Porter, and
participated at Mechanicsville, Gaines Mills, Savage Station, White Oak Swamps, Malvern

ill, second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, aud
occupied Little Round Top at the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded in the knee,
After his recovery he was on recruiting service at Wheeling, Va., and Chicago, Ill, and re-
turned to his command in front of Petersburg, and was promoted to First Sergeant, and
was detailed as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant. After the close of the war he was
sent to Fort Leavenworth, aud remained in the Quartermaster’s Department until his dis-
charge, July 27, 1867. After his discharge he was employed in the clerical force in the

uartermaster’s Department at Fort Harker, and in 1868 was appointed trader at Fort

arah, and when the post was abandoned in 1869, came to Section 20, Sedgwick Township,
and engaged in the cattle business, but his stock took the Texas fever and died, and he went
into the grocery business, building the first house (a log shanty) that was builtin Sedgwick

ity. eé married in Washington, D. C., in August, 1865, Miss Maria M. Rivallissa, a
native of New Mexico. They have five children—Charies G. W., born January 25, 1869,
near Great Bend, in what is now Barton County, being the first child born in that county;
Rosa A., born Augus: 12, 1870, being the first child born in Sedgwick Township, Harvey
County; Eisleben J., John F., and Earl. Is a Mason, and master of the lodge at the present

me.

___W. M. SHAFFER, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Sedgwick, owns eighty acres, sixty in cul-
tivation; all enclosed ith good hedge fence; small orchard, dwelling 16x26, with L 12x20
one and one half stories. is wheat average in 1880 was thirty-eight bushels per acre.
Has on his farm seven horses, ninety head of cattle and a half interest in 180 head of cattle
and thirteen hogs, Was born in Indiana June 20, 1850, and came from his native place to
Kansas in the spring of 1877, and located here. Was inarried March 18, 1868, to Miss
Martha Lamb, a native of Indiana. They have two children—Ethel O,. and Henry.

8S. W. SHATTUCK, hardware, born in Boston, Mass., November 80, 1838, and was edu-
cated fora merchant. After he arrived at the age of manhood he engaged in the grocery
and hardware business in Boston and was very successful in trade. e went to Pesotum, in
Champaign Co., Ill, in June, 1869 (from Boston), and joined a brother-in-law (Capt, Hurd,
of this city) there, and started from there June 8, 1869, by wagon, making the entire trip by
wagon, from Illinvis to Kansas, reaching the present site of Sedgwick Cily in August, 1869,
along wagontrip. The last railrcad station they saw was at Sedalia, Mo. The Santa Fe
Railroad had not then got beyond Topeka. It was not.in Emporia until ovér a yearafter
that. The last 100 miles of the route there was not a sign of a habitation. He located two
miles south of the present site of Sedgwick, on a claim, intending to remain permanently,
but being notified of the illness of his father returned to Boston, and was compelled to re-
main untilin February, 1876, he came to Sedgwick City, and located on the 22d, buying a
store room that was partially completed, and engaging in the hardware business with a
stock of $5,000. which by energy and a constant application to business has increased to the
very large and constantly growing business of $20,000 in 1882. In addition thereto he 1s
largely interested in real estate, owning overhalf of thecily of Sedgwick; also owns bank
stock, and is largely iuterested in lands, owning in the counties of Harvey, Sedgwick, Reno,
Harper, Kingman and Wilson, about 3,000 acres of land, one-half of which is improved. He
has also been engaged in the manufacture of brick,finishing over two million for the erection

- ers tributary to th a place, and has one of the most complete stocks in this line in Western
of buildings here and in Halstead, as well asin the country. In addition to his very large
and growing retail trade he does a job trade to some considerable extent to the small deal-
Kansas, He was married February 1, 1865, to Miss Sarah George, a native of England.
They have four children—S. W.,, Jr., who is now attending school at the State University of
Lawrence; Emeline A., Sarah L.and Anna E, He isa member of the I. 0.0. F., and a No-
tary Public and conveyancer. .

A. G. STONE, contractor and builder, was born in England, September 1, 1843, and
came to the United States in 1869 and Stopped one year in Iowa, and came to Kansas in
January, 1870, and located in Sedgwick City, and has been identified with the growth of the
place since that time, and has quite an extensive business, both in the city and adjoining
country. His gross contracts for 1882 is about $10,000. e returned to England in 1876,
and was married May 11 to Miss Emma L. Boden, and on his return they spent considerable
time at the Centennial, after which he returned to Sedgwick and Is pleasantly located in a
nicehome. They have two children—Frank B. and Fanny L. Mason and secretary of
the Lodge, which he has held for twoyears. Is Township Clerk and has been since the or-
ganization of Harvey County, and Is also City Clerk. —

. W. TRUMP, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Sedgwick, owns 160 acres, nearly allin a high
state of cultivation, his farm all hedged and divided with cross hedges; also a good orchard;
dwelling, 16 by 24 feet, with L 14 by 16; one and a half stories, corn crib and stable com-
bined, 22 by 32; granary, 16 by 24; and all other outbuildings conveniently arranged. Has
four horses, ten head of cattle and thirty-three hogs, and all his crops this year are fine, his
wheat averages thirty bushels peracre, and oats fifty-five. He has considerable over an aver-
age crop of corn for this locality. He was born in Ohio June 9, 1855, and came to Illinois with
his parents when a child and to Kansas 1n 1879, and bought this farm and located on it same
year. Hewas married March 9, 1877, to Miss Rebecca Richardson; they have four chil-
dren, John, Emma A., Oliver and Oscar. i"

VAN S. WAUGH, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Sedgwick, owns 240 acres, 180 in cultiva-
tion, all enclosed with hedge and wire fence, also an orchard and Riove of cultivated timber;
dwelling, 12 by 24, with 12 by_ 14; stable, granary, corn cribs, cow sheus, corral, ete.
Wheat averaged thirty bushels and oats filty bushels per acre, and a fine crop of corn; has
eight horses, thirty head of cattle and sixty hogs. His farm is in a fine state of cultivation,
all his hedges stock proof and orchard bearing. Came to Kansas in 1870 and was one of the
first to locate in Sedgwick To wnelD, and located his present farm by pre-emption. He was
born in Indiana November 12, 184%, and when about ten years of age moved to Illinois, and
came from there to Kansas; enlisted in 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was with his command in Kentucky and Teunes-
see, his first introduction being the battle of Perryville, Ky. He participated in the Atlanta
campaign, but taken sick and sent back, and was in Nashville at the time of Hood’s raid.
Early in 1865 his command was sent to Texas and was mustered out there in the fall of
1865. Was married January 2, 1873, to Miss Sarah J. Webb.

A. J. WELLMAN, liveryman, of the firm of Hall & Wellman. Business organized in
1871, with a very limited capital. They now havea barn, main part 32 by 1165 feet, with an
addition of 30 feet and shed 12 by 90; twenty-five to thirty horses andtwe ty buggies and
carriages, Capital invested in the business, $4,000 to $5,000, Mr. W. was born in Vermont,
September 20, 1847, and In 1862, although only a boy of fifteen years of age, enlisted in Com-
pany C, Tenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and was with his command In the Army of the
Potomac, Sixth Corps, under Gen. Sedgwick, and participated inthe battle of the Wilder-
ness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor, where he was-slightly wounded. Was at
Bermuda Hundred, and when Early made his raid on Washington his command was sent to
oppose him, and he was again engaged at Opequan and the battle of Monocacy, where he was
again wounded inrightarm. From there he was sent into the Valley, under General Sher-
idan, and was in the engagements of Berryville, Winchester, Cedar Creek and Fisher’s Hill
and from there went back to Petersburg, and was In the series of engagements on the left o.
our army, ending with the capture of Lee’s army, and mustered out in June, 1865, arrivin
home on July 4, same year. Came to Kansas in 1871 and located here; was married March
11, 1878, to Miss Alice Gray, a native of Illinois. He has oceupled the position of Constable
for six years and was appointed, in the fall of 1882, Deputy Sheriff, and holds that position
at present.

HALSTEAD.

This enterprising city, bearing the name of one of the most prominent
journalists in the Eastern States, is located on the south bank of the Little
Arkansas River, ten miles in a westerly direction from Newton, the county
seat. It is also the junction of the St. Louis & San Francisco and the main
line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. The city, besides sup-
porting the usual number of business enterprises, has the largest flouring mill
in the county, two elevators with a capacity of 15,000 and 12,000 bushels fre-
spectively, anda feed mill, }

In the spring of 1872 a settlement was made in the vicinity of what is now
known as Halstead, by Samuel Leeper, James Popkins, Frank Brown, David
Patrick, and John Corgan, who located earlier, In the summer of the same

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

year the first attempt was made towards laying off a town site, by Capt. John
Sebastian, a large stockholder in the A., T. & S. Fe R’y, who laid off a town
site one and one-half miles east of the present site. In the fall of 1872 the
Halstead Town Company was organized with H. D. Allbright, president. A
tract of 480 acres was purchased, and in the spring of 1873 the present town
site of Halstead was laid off. The foundations of the first building in the
town site were laid in March, 1873, by G. W. Sweesy, who had located eighty
rods from the town site in the fall of 1872. This building was when complet-
ed a two-story frame, 32x42 feet, and is still used asa hotel, known as the
Sweesy House. The next building was moved from Sedgwick City by O. Y.
Hart, and used for store purposes. Fred Eckert moved his drug store from
Sedgwick and opened the first stock of drugs. He was followed by Fred
Brewer, who opened a general store. At this time the town suspended build-
ing operations and remained dormant until the spring of 1874, when John
Lehman, Jacob Deidieter, B. Warkentine, Peter Wiebe, M. S. Ingalls and
others moved in and established business enterprises. From this time on the
town had a slow but steady growth until 1880, since which time it has grown
rapidly and is now one of the important business centers of the county. —

Among the early events may be noticed the first marriage in the spring of
1873, the contracting patties being Mrs. Mary J. Collier and O. Y. Hart; the
first birth, a child of David Eckert, in the spring of 1874; the first death, May
25, 1874, was that of John Ashford, who “died with his boots on,” being killed
in a difficulty overa claim in the vicinity of Halstead. The first religious ser-
vices were held in the Sweesy House, in the spring of 1873, by Rev. John
Harris, of the Methodist persuasion. The first and only disastrous fire oc-.
curred March’8, 1879, in which three buildings, occupied by Lehman Bros.,
M. S. Ingalls and the, Zurheimath printing office were destroyed, occasioning a
loss of $7,000. A schoolhouse 28x36 feet was built inthe winter of 1873-4,
Miss Laura Bell Walker being the first teacher. This building was occupied
until 1882, when the present brick one was completed at a cost of $6,000.

Municipal Organization.—Halstead was incorporated as a city of the
third class, March 12, 1877; at the first city election, held March 24, 1877,
the vote was canvassed by James Ryan, Henry Ruth and G. W. Brainine, and
resulted as follows: Mayor, H. H. McAdams; Councilmen, C, S. Brown, O.
Y. Hart, John Lehman, J. E. Ruth and M. S. Ingalls; Police Judge, James
Ryan. Appointed officers: G. E. Terry, Clerk; W. M. Tibbot, Treasurer;
W.C. Hinkle, Marshal. The present (1882) officers are: G. W. Sweesy,
Mayor; Jacob Linn, H. B. Ruth, N. C. Groom, C. Philbrick, John Lehman
Councilmen ; G. W. Cutter, Police Judge; G. E. Terry, Clerk; J. W. Tibbot,
Treasurer ; T. B. Van Horn, Marshal.

The Press—The first number of the Zusheimath, a paper published in the
German language, was issued June 6, 1876, by the Western Publishing Com-
pany, David Goerz, editor. The paper was published at Halstead until 1879,
when the printing office was burned. Since that time the publication office
has been located:at St. Louis, Mo., with David Goerz, of Halstead, as editor.
In January, 1882, its name was changed to the Bundesboten, its present ap-
pellation. The paper is the official organ of the Mennonite churches in this
portion of the State. Circulation, 2 ooo.

The first number of the Halstead /zdependent was issued in April, 1881,
by Joseph F. Wh te; June Io, 1881, the firm name became White & Hebron,
July 8, 1881, Mr, White retired, leaving W. S. Hebron proprietor until August
26, 1881, when G, W. and M. V. Sweesy took charge. January 1, 1882, G. W.
Sweesy retired, leaving M. V. Sweesy the present editor. The /ndependent is
a seven-column folio, Republican in politics and under its present editorship is
fast being recognized as an active exponent of county interests, the city of
Halstead in particular.

The Postoffice was established in the spring of 1873, George W. Sweesy
being appointed Postmaster, which position of trust he has retained up to the
present time. The Money Order Department was opened at this office July 1,
1877—Money Order No. 1 being purchased by D. and H. B. Ruth.

The Bank of Halstead was incorporated February 3, 1882, with an author-
ized capital of $100,000, $10,000 paid up. Its corporators were: M.S. Ingalls,
B. Warkentine, J. H. McNair, Jacob Linn and R. M. Spivey, who also con-
stitute the Board of Directors. Officers: M.S, Ingalls, Pres.; B. Warkentine,
Vice-Pres.; J. H. McNair, cashier. The institution commenced business
March Io, 1882, and their first statement issued July 12, 1882, shows their re-
sources and liabilities to balance at $48,922.52. At the January meeting, 1883,
the cash capital was increased to $20,000, which fact testifies to its prosperity.

_ Methodist Episcopal Church, was organized during the summer of 1873,
by Rev. Jno, Harris. Services were first held in the Sweesy House, after
which the schoolhouse was used. In the fall of 1882, a handsome and sub-
stantial brick edifice, 35x55 feet, was erected at a cost of $4,200. Rev. B. C,
Swarts, present pastor. Present membership, ninety.

_ Mennonite Church (German), was organized in the spring of 1875, with
sixteen members, by Rev. V, Krehbiel, who remained three years. He was
succeeded by the present pastor, Rev. D. Goerz. Present church is a frame,
og feet, erected in 1878, at acost of $1,500. Present membership, seventy-

ve,

_ Methodist Episcopal (German) Church, was organized in the fall of 1878,
with eleven members, by Rev, H. Hoffmann. A church building, 26x40 feet,
was erected in 1882-3. The Society was incorporated in 1882, under State
laws. Rev. J. G. Vogel, present pastor. Present membership, twenty-one.
a Halstead Lodge No. 46, A., F. & A, M., was instituted under dispensation,
in September, 1881. A charter was granted February 15, 1882, First officers :
N.C. Groom, W. M,; J. A. Lucas, S. W., W. C. Hinkle, J. W.; T. Logan,
Treas.; W.D. Hover, Sec’y. Present officers: N. C. Groom, W.M.; W.C.
Hinkle, S. W.; T. Logan, J. W.; T. Wilson, Treas.; A. J. Miller, Sec’y.
Regular communications held on first and third Saturday evenings at Masonic
and Odd Fellows Hall. Present membership, forty-six.

fHalstead Lodge Wo. 163, /. O. O. #, was instituted under a charter dated
October 13, 1880, with seven members. First officers: W. M. Munch, N. G,; J.
HARVEY COUNTY.

A. Spare, V.G.; A. J. Miller, P.G.; A. E. Miks, Treas.; W. C. Hinkle, Sec’y.
Present officers: Jas. Ryan, N.G.; M. Covert. V. G.; Geo. Kirk, Treas.; W.
C, Hinkle, Perm. Sec’y.; A. J. Miller, Ree. Sec’y. Regular meetings held
every Wednesday evening at Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall. Present mem-
bership, sixty. .
Halstead Mills—The largest flouring mill in the county, was built in the
summer of 1874, by Keck, Warkentine & Co. The building was a four-story
frame, 30x48 feet, and the machinery was propelled by water-power until 1877,
when the dam was destroyed. The original cost of the mill, which had three
run of buhrs, including the dam, was $18,500. In 1878, it passed into the
hands of its present proprietors, Eisenmeyer & Co,, and was moved to its pres-
ent site and enlarged, and run by a 120 horse-power engine. In 1881 the ma-
chinery was increased to five run of buhrs, and five sets of rolls, giving a capa-
city of 200 barrels daily.
_ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
_ ¢.8. BROWN, hardware, of the firm of Brown & Markel. came to Kansas in 1872, and
located one mile south of town, and engaged in farming, and in connection with farming, at

the butcher business. In 1875 came to town and opened a hardware store, but sold out in
about @ year, and went into the hotel business. In 1879 he went to Nickerson and engaged
in hardware, but not being satisfied with the location, came back to Halstead in 1882, and
engaged in present business, and has a good trade, and nice home of eleven acres joining
town. Was born in England and came to the United States with his parents when four years
of age, and located in New York, remaining two years, when they moved to Indiana, and in
1855 removedto Towa. In August, 1862, he went to Indiana on a visit, and enlisted in
Company H, Kighty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and with his command

participated in the battle of Missionary Ridge and the Atlanta Campaign. After the fight.

at Lovejoy Station his regiment was sent to follow Huod, and was engaged at Franklin and
Nashville, Tenn., and was mustered out July, 1865. Was married Uctober 26, 1868, to Miss
Sarah kyo native of England. They havethree children—Reuben H., Mary B., Charles

__ J. A. COMMONS, farmer, Section 10, P. 0. Halstead, owns eighty acres, all in cultiva-
tion. Smallorchard; dwelling 12x24, with L 10x14, barn 18x32. Wheat average for 1882
thirty bushels per acre, Has six: horses, two cows and six hogs. Was.born in Mercer Coun-
ty, Ill, November 21, 1843, where he lived until 1862, when he enlisted in Company G,
Twenty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. and with his command participated
in the battles of Port Hudson, Raymon, Jackson, Champion Hill, where he was wounded by
a gun shotin the thigh, May 16, 1863, and returned to liis regiment in time to participate in
the Atlanta Campaign and in the battle of Kencsaw Mountain July 1864. Was again shot
in the same leg, below the knee. After recovery was in the.taking of Mobile and to Mont-

omery, Ala., and mustered out at@hicago, August 16,1865. In 1871 he moved with his

ather to Kansas, locating in Emma Township. Was married October 21, 1875, to Miss
Ella Long, a native of Illinois, and located on present farm in 1880. Wasa member of the
School Board in 1876, : ,

JOHN D. DRUSE, farmer, Section 33, P.O. Halstead, owns a fine wheat farm of 320
acres, with an orchard of two or three acres, with wind break; dwelling 14x22, with
12x14; stable and sheds 30x36; granary 14x18, corn crib, corrals, ete. In 1882 hé raised
4,000 bushels wheat, with an average of twenty-nine and one-half bushels pee acre. Was
born in Pennsylvania, October 27, 1851, and followed farming all his life, and came from
native place to Kansas, locating on h's present farm in 1878. Was married October 19, 1874,
to Miss Amanda C. Hassinger, a native of Pennsylvania. They have one child—Ida May.
Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Cc. J. M, coal dealer, was born in Iowa, March 13, 1848, and_was educated for the
mercantile business. In 1869 he moved to Missouri, and engaged in selling ‘goods, and
came from thereto Kansas in 1879, and located here, and engaged in the drug business.

~ In May, 1882, he was forced to sel! his business at a sacrifice, on account of malicious pros-
ecution, and organized his present business in July last. His capital is limited, but his busi-
ness is good and constantly growing. He was married May 11, 1876, to Miss Louisa Stev-
ens, a native of Illinois. They have one child, Arthur C. Mr. Gramis a member of the

 

N.C. GROOM, general insurance, land and loan agent, was bornin New Jersey, July 31,
1840. His parents moved to illinois in 1855, and he was engaged with his father in farm-
ing until the breaking out of the war in 1861, when he enlisted May 14, 1861, in Company
A, Sixteenth Regiment, llinois Volunteer Infantry, and was, with his command, assigned
tothe command of Gen. Pope, and participated in the engagements of New Madrid and Is-
land No. 10, Pittsburg Landing, Farmington, Siege of Corinth, and the battle of Iuka. Hav-
ing contracted malarial fever, was taken to hospital at Louisville, Ky. Upon partial recov-
ery, was placed in charge of a portion of the Hay, Patrol of said city, and was severely
wounded by a rebel spy, while in the performance 6f this duty, which disabled him for fur-
ther servieein the infantry, and by order of the War Department, was transferred to the
navy, and was assigned to duty with the Mississippi Marine Brigade, and wasinthe mortar
fleet. during tne sieve of Vicksburg; was engaged in patrolling the different rivers, Missis-
sippi, Red, White and Arkansas, anc was mustered out in Vicksburg, in 1864, at the expira-
tion of his term of service. During his term of service inthe navy, he was Quartermaster
Sergeant. In February 24, 1865, he enlisted in Hancock’s Veteran Reserve Corps, and was
commissioned as First Sergeant of acorps of sharps)o ters, to, operate in front of Peters-
burg, but before they arrived there, Lee’s army surrendered, and they were on provost duty
until mustered out February 24, 1866. Heservedin the army and navy fifty-two months.
After being mustered out, he returned to his home in Illinois, and engaged in farming. He
was married December 17, 1867, to Miss Anna S, Voorhees, and February 22, 1876, they
caine to Kansas, and located here, and engaged in the hardware business, starting the first
hardware store in Halstead. In 1879, he sold out_his hardware stock and organized his
present business, representing the Home, of New York, andthe North British and Mercan-
tile companies. During the year 1882, he has issued policies on Halstead property. to the
amount of $75,000. Heis amemberot the Methodist Episcopal Chureh and the Masonic
fraternity; is Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, and holds several society offices.

. HINKSON, farmer, P. O. Halsted, owns 280 acres, about 160 in cultivation, all en-
closed with hedge, with good orchard and small grove of cultivated timber, and good frame
dwelling, 14x24, stable-and granary, etc. His wheat averaged in 1882, twenty-seven and a
half bushels per acre; has two mules, one horse, seven head of cattle and twenty-one hogs.
Was bornin Pennsylvania, November 16, 1847, and came to Iilinois with his_parents when
a child, and from there to Kansas in 1869, locating first in Jackson County. In 1871, he lo-
cated in Halstead Township, on Section.14, and moved to present farm in 1876. Was mar-
ried November 25, 1877, to Miss Melissa Gettings, anative of Ohio. They have one child—-
Ason A. Isa Mason, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Has occupied po-
sition on Scbool Board, and been Road Overseer. 7 ie

W. D. HOOVER, farmer, Section 33, P. 0. Halstead, owns 160 acres, 130 in_cultivation,
with four and a half, acres in orchard, and two miles of hedge; dwelling 14x16, addition
9x12, barn 24x34, with sheds 14x46 and 14x24. Iu 1882, raised 3,900 bushels of wheat from
108 acres. Has nine horses, four cows, eight hogs. Wasvorn in Indiana, May, 10, 1843,
and was educated for a teacher, anil has followed that profession until coming to Kansas.
In 1858, he moved to Illinois, and in 1862, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and
Eleventh Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and served with his command in the Fifteenth Army
Corps, and wasina number of minor engagements previous to the Atlanta Campaign,
which he participared in and was engaged in the heavy battles of Resaca, and the battles
in front of Atlanta, July 22 and 28, and at Jonesboro, and on the march to the sea, and
through the Carolinas, and at the battles at Macon, Ga. and Edisto River, and Averysboro
and Bentonville, N. C., and after the surrender of Jolinston’s army, marculed’ to Washing~
ton, and was in the Grand Review, and mustered out at Springfield, Ill, in July, 1865. Af-
ter the war, he went to Indiana, and engaged in teaching, and remained there until 1872,
and returned to Illinois and came from there to Kansas in 1876, locating on his present
farm, Is a Mason, member of the Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter.

M, S. INGALLS, druggist, came to Kansas, in 1872, and located here and started the first
drug business, with a capital of about $1,000, he now carries a stock of from $6,000 to
$8,000, his average monthly sales for the first year were about $300, and in 1852, they had
advanced to about $1,000. or $1.200, He is also president of the bank and engaged in dis-
counting notes and dealing in stock,is the owner of two farms and Considerable city property.
Was born in the State of New York, September 3, 1844, and in 1851, his parents moved to
Ohio; In 1853, he wentto Tennessee, and after the war broke out helped to send Union
men through the lines north, until the Federal army-occupied Nashville, where be was
employed as a Union scout for three years, and during (the siege of Knoxville, took ames-
sage from Gen. Thomas to Gen. Burnside, and was in John Morgan’s camp just before he
made his raid north. After the war he went to [linois, and in_ 1866, to Iowa, where he re-
mained until coming to Kansas. Was married October 14, 1882, to Miss Lulu Jones. Isa
member of the I. 0.0. F. 7 ,

WILLIAM f. INMAN, farmer, Section 4, PR. O. Halstead, owns 160 acres, 100 in culti-
vation, partially hedged, with forty acres fenced with post and wire, four acres in orchard
and one acre. cultivated timber, dwelling 14x22 with L 12x12, stable, granary, wagon shed,
stock yards, etc. Has three horses, fourteen head of cattleand six hogs. Came.to Kansas,
in March, 1871, and took this claim as a homestead, and being a carpenter and builder has
erected a number o* buildings in Newton and Wichita. Was born in the State of New York,

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April 9, 1334, aud moved to Michigan, with his parents, when ten years of age, and from
there to llinois, in 1855, and from there to Kansas. In 1862. he enlisted in Company &,
Seventy-fourth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in
the west, participating in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission
Bldge, Resaca, Pleasant Hill, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesboro,
Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville. While at Jonesboro, while establishing picket lines
in the night the company was captured by the Rebels, but Mr. I. gave one thought of home
and one of Andersonville, and seized his gunand inade_ his eseape back to the Union lines.
Was mustered out June 10, 1865. Was inarried June 15, 1862, to Miss Ester Wakeman, a
native of the State of New York, They have one child, Jessie. Mr. I. has occupied a po-
sition on the School Board a number of years.

HENRY JAMES, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Halstead, owns eighty acres, sixty in cultiva-
tion, with small orchard and grove of cultivated timber, and small dwelling, Also rents and
farms 160 acres in addition. aised in 1882, 70 acres of wheat that averaged 21 busels per
acre, has 6 horses, 4 cows and 28 hogs. Was born in Indiana, May 3, 1888, and when a child
moved to [ilinois, with parents. Enlisted in 1861, in the first call for three months troops,
in Company I, Seventeenth. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in
the west, after being remustered fur three years. Was in the engagements at Fort Donelson
and Shiloh. Was on the front Jine at Shiloh, and sick in hisjtent when the battle opened, and
his tent was shot full of bullet holes |efore he could get out, but fell in with his command
and fought all day, aniLafter the hattle was over was discharged on asurgeon’s Certificate
of disability, April 28, 1862. Came from Illinois to Kansas, in 1874, first locating on Sec-
tion 10, and caine to his present place in 1880. Was married May 18, 1863, to Miss Jane
Sisk, a native of Illinois. ‘They have six children—Deila, Harry, Fred, Charley, Jesse and
baby not nained. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the I. 0. O. F.

~ P. ABIEL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 32, P. O. Halstead, owns 320 acres,
280 acres under cultivation, 10 acres in orchard and cultivated timber, 40 acres hedged,
dwelling, 16x20; L, 14x28; barn, 32x36, and granary 86x58; stock yards covering 5 acres;
with feed racks, sheds, etc.; has 12 horses and mules, 90 head of cattle and 56 hogs. Wheat
crop for 1882 averaged 31 bushelsto the acre. He also ows 640 acres on Scction 7, Harvey
County, which he uses for grazing and 640 acres in McPherson County, 270 acres in cultiva-
tion, 2«lwellings and barns. He was born in Bavaria, September 8, 1853, and came to the
United states in 1874, remaining one year in Tllinvis, came to Kansas in 1875 and located on
his presentfarm, He was married in 1876, to Miss Johanna L. Pletscher, a native of ILli-
nois. They have four children—Katie J., Jacob J., AnnieS. and Albert P. He is a member
of the Mennonire Chureh and director of the School Board.

JACOB KUEHNEY, saddle aud harness manufacturer, was born in Bavaria, Europe,
Jaly 23, 1843, and_came to the United States in October, 1856, and located in Illinois. In
1871 he moved to Lowa and remained there until coming to Kansas in August, 1875. He
started his present business here at that time with a cash capital of only $150, and b
economy,industry and fair dealing has increased so that he now has a stock of about $3,000,
and his sales for 1882 amounted to $4,500. Was married, August 15, 1869, to Miss Barbara
Sinith, a native of Prussia, They have four children—Hulda, Emma, Menno and Benjamin.
Is a member of the Mennonite Church. Mr. K. also owns his business building, in a good
locality for business. .

JOHN LEHMAN, merchant, was born in Prussia, September 22, 1839, and came to the
United States with his parents in 1852, and located in Iowa. In 1860 he went to Illinois,
and engaged in the mercantile business, came from there to Kansas in 1874, locating in
Halstead, and erected a busi'ess building at acost of $1,500. Started business in general’
merchandise with a stock of $3,000, and has been very successful in building up a large and
paying business, but in 1879 he met witha heavy loss by conflagration, which cleared out

‘the entire block in which his store 1s located. He then built his present stone store room, at

a cost of $3,500, and continued his business and was fast regaining his Jost ground, when
some parties came from the East and undertook to_ perpetrate a fraud on him by buying
him out and giving him mortgages on timber land in Wisconsin, which a banker in Valley
Falls agreed to cash on the consummation of the trade for a small discount, thereupon he
closed the contract and gave possession and went with his mortgages to have them cashed
and was put off on some pretense and delayed a few days, when he thinkinmthere was
something wrong returned to find the banker through an agent in possession of the store,
representing themselves as innocent purchasers and the parties to the cuntract with him
gone, He immediately employed counsel and found thatthe land was worthless and in-
stituted suit to recover his property, which he did, but at a loss to him,in goods sold and ap-
propriated and expenses, etc., of nearly $2,000. Since that time he has again built up a.
good trade, carryivg at the present time $8,000 in stock. His salesin 1882 amounted to
about $ 25,000. e married in March, 1872, Miss Eliza Risser, ana ive of Ohio. They have
six children—Emma V., Mary J., W. J. P., George A., Frank C. and: Emil R. Is a member
of the Mennonite Church, and has served as Mayor of the city one terin, and a member of
the Council for several years, is City Treasurer in 1883.

J. W. LYONS, contractor and builder, was born in Iowa, May 3, 1845, and after the
war, went south and followed his business of contractor and builder in Louisiana and
Texas, and cameto Kansas in 1870, locating in Wichita. where he had an_extensive busi-
nessin hisline. In 1877, he moved to Colorado, but returned and located In Halstead in
July, 1882, and since that tune has had a large and growing trade, and his contracts in that-
time have amounted to about $55,000. Was married, January 11, 1871, to Miss Mary Mc-
Farland, a native of Ohio. They have three children—Edith M.and William G., born in
Kansas, and Julia E,, a native of Colorado. .

‘MCBRIDE BROTHERS, came to Kansas in April 1880, and located in Halstead, and
engaged in stock-raising, which Mr, A. M. McGride’s brut.ier continued until January 29,
1883, when he died of smallpox. Mr. A. M. McBride Las been engaged in wagon-making,
since August, 1880, and also deals in cattle and hogs. When the brothers started business
their capital was between 4,000 and 5.000 dollars. The amount invested in the wagon shop
was from 300 to 800 dollars. :

/R. H. MODONALD, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Halstead, owns 160 acres, 100 in cultiva-
tion; all enclosed with hedge fence, and forty acres fenced with wire for pasture, two acres
in orchard and one cultivated timber. Dwelling, 16x24 with L, 14x20; stable and granary,
14x80, cattle sheds, ete. Has seven horses, twenty-six head of cat le and thirteen hogs,
Raised in 1882, seventy acres of wheat with an average per acre of thirty-two and one-half
Dushels. Was born in Iowa, March 10, 1844, and made that his home until he came to Kan-_
sas in the fall of 1872, and located here. In 1861, he enlisted in Company M, Second Regi-
ment, Iowa Cavalry, aud was with his command in the New Madrid and Island No. 10
expeditions, and at Fort Pillow, and was afterward at Farmington, Corinth and Iuka aud
Franklin and Nashville, where Hood made his raid, After his (defeat, his command fol-
lowed him to Decatur, Ala,, and returned to Selma, He was mustered out in September,
1865. Was married, August 23, 1866, to Miss Jeuny Sweesy, a native of Peunsylvania.
They have four children—Charles H., Thomas C. and Lulu and Lucie, twins. Heis amem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Clerk of School Board.

THOMAS MoFARLAND, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Halstead, owns 320 acres, 200 under
cultivation, two acres in bearing orchard protected by windbreaks of walnut and cotton-
wood, five acres enclosed with wire fences, and dwelling, 14x22 with L, 14x16, story anda
half, stable, 16x24, wagon shed, 16x24, corn cribs, stock sheds, etc. Has eleven head of cat-
tle, four horses and two mules and fifty-four hogs. He eame to Kansasin 1873 and located
here. He was born in Ireland, January 6, 1828, aud came to the United States in 1848, first
locating in New York City, where he remained eight years. He then went to lowaand
came from there to Kansas. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Jane Gibbony. a native of
Philadeiphia. They have five children—Mary £., Margaret I., Catherine A., Wiliam I. and
Thomas W. He isa member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Mason.

H. D. RKEL, hardware merchant, of the firm of Brown & Markel, came to Kansas
in 1876 and located in Halstead Township on 820 acres. Afterward sold 160 acres and im-
proved 160, and was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1882. when he sold out and
moved to Halstead and invested in city lots, of which he owns eight, and he has erected
buildings on five at a cost of $3,000. January 1, 1883, he associated with C. 8S. Brown in
the hardware business, and will open out wih a full line of hardware and agricultural im--
plements, Was born in Elkhart County, Ind., January 28, 1847, and was engaged in
farming and dairy business and school teaching until coming to Kansas. In 1863 he én-
listed, although only a school boy, in Company D, Twelfth Indiana Cavalry, and was with
his command fighting Hood’s advance on his Nashville raid, and engaged at Franklin and
Nashville, Tenn., and followed Hood south after his defeat, and went from there to Mobile
and was mustered out in the fall of 1865. Married March 8, 1876, to Miss Sarah Woodside,
anative of Ohio. They have two children—Orrin and William, While living inthe country
was Clerk and Treasurer of School Board.

ANDREW OLSON, farmer, Section 28, P. 0. Halstead, owns 240 acres, finely improved,
180 acres under cultivation, five acres nf good hearivg orchard, 160 acres enclosed with
good hedge fence, dwelling 14x24, L 12x14, barn 22x34, granary 14x14, stock yards and
sheds. Has seven horses, fifty head of cattle and eight hogs. Came to Kansas in 1869, and
located in Osage County, and came from there to his present farm in 1870, and was oue of
the first settlers in this locality. He was born in Denmark, April 2, 1832, and was raised on
a farm until twenty-one years old; was then drafted fora soldier andserved thirty months,
then learned the ship carpenters’ trade. When twenty-seven, commenced sailing and went
to sea for a number of years, visiting during that time Hamburg, United States, South
America, West Indies, East Indies; was three years on the coast of China and one year on
the coast of Australia, and for the last five years running {from London to Australia and
Jamaica, West Indies. Came direct from his native place to Kansas, 1863. He was married
April 18, 1858, to Miss Catharine Due, a native of Schleswig Holstein, They have two
children—Andrew J. and Caroline M. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
and first Treasurer of the School Board on the organization of the district. When he first
located here Salina was the first railroad station, and it took him eight days to make the
trip in good weather. In 1871 the high water drove him out of his house in the bottom to
the high grounds, and all his hay and crops were wasbed away and destroyed. The next
 

 

 

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year he lost his crops by prairie fire, but by perseverance and energy he now has an elegant
place, with a beautiful avenue of forest trees leading to his house, and everything denoting
success and comfort, i
: ILBRICK, grocer, confectioner and dealer in live stock; came to Kansas in 1873,
and located in McPherson County, without a dollar, and by hard work and the closest econ-
omy he now has a well improved farm of 160 acres, with buildings, hedges and orchard,
which $3,000 will not buy. In 1878 he rented his farm and moved into Halstead, and start-
ed the grocery business on a small scale. He carries but alight stock, but turns it rapidly,
his sales smonnbing to from $300 to $500 per month. He is also engaged in buying and
shipping stock, and shipped the first car of hogs ever shipped from this place. Was born in
New Hampshire, in January, 1843,and came to Illinois with his parents when only five
years old. In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Illi-
nois Infantry, and was assigned to thé Fitteenth Army Corps, and was with his command
in the engagements of Grand Gulf, Champion Hills, Black River, Jackson and the siege of
Vicksburg. After the fall of Vicksburg he was detailed in a company of mouuted scouts
and sent to act against General Forrest, near Memphis, Tenn. While there the command
went out on an expedition under General Curtis, and after a desperate engagement were
routed, and he was wounded and left for dead on the field, where he was found by the rebels
and sent into hospital, Assoon as be was able to go on crutches he was sent to prison at
Andersonville, when after suffering everything but death he was released, shortly after
the surrender of Lee’s army, in 1805, and mustered out June 10 of the same year. In 1866
he went to Missouri and took a sub-contract onthe railroad grading, and was defrauded
out of all he had, and came from there to Kansas, Was married October 5, 1881, to Miss
Alice A, Burrows, a native of Peninsy ly atlas They have one child—Eya. Isa member of
the I. 0. 0. F., Police Judge and member of the Council.

W. C. RAY, carpenter, is foreman for his uncle, who is an extensive builder and con-
tractor. Was born in North Carolina, October 27, 1860, and came to Illinois in 1875 and re-
mained a short time, and went from there to Texas, and came to Kansas in 1881 and-located

ere.

J. F. REMICK, farmer, Section 29, P. VU. Halstead, owns 160 acres, 100 in cultivation
partially hedged; dwelling 16x32 feet, granary, stable 16x20 feet; has three horses an¢
mules and eleven head of cattle. Came to Kansas in thespring of 1876, first locating in La-
kin Township, and came to present farm in 1877. Was born in Illinois February 1, 1853,
and came from native place to Kansas. Was married January 24, 1877, to Miss Ellen M.
Bowler 2 nate of Kentucky. They have two children—Raymond R. and Crete. 1s Clerk
of Township.

R. M. ROGERS, farmer, Section 30, P. 0. Halstead, owns 160 acres of land, eighty in
cultivation, and a small orchard; has fifty acres enclosed with post and wire fence, and is en-

ofaging more extensively in stock than heretofore; has now eighteen head of cattle and nine
ogs. Cameto Kausas in 1872 and boughtthis place, and also owned 160 acres in Lakin
Township, where he located and improved, and caine to present farm in February,1882. Was
born in Ohio, January 28, 1840, and when ten years of age moved with his parents to Illi-
nois, and came to Iowa iu 1857, and from thereto Kansas, In 1861 he enlisted in Company
K, First Regiment Iowa Volunteers for three months, and went with his command to Mis-
souri, and was in the battle of Wilson’s Creek when Lyon fell. When teri of service expired
re-enlisted in Company F, Twenty-fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and with-his
command went to Helena, Ark., and from there to the siege of Vicksburg and Grand Gulf,
Port Gibson and Champion Hills and to Jackson; after the fall of Vicksburg went to New
Orleans, and was inthe Red River campaign under Banks, and at Saline Cross Roads and
Pleasant Hill, and back to New Orleans and to Washington, D. C., via ship, and ordered to
report to General Sherman; and was at the battles of Winchester, Fisher’s Hill and Cedar
‘Creek, and was mustered out in August, 1865. Was married August 13, 1863, to Miss Meri-
bah Stewart, a native of lowa. They have six children—Mary C., Laura O., Belle P., Theo-
dosia E. Nellie A.and John W. Isa member of the Christian Church.

D. C. RUTH, lumber merchant, came to Kansas in the fall of 1881, and located here and
started his present business in December of the same year with a capital of $5,000; he now
has $10,000 in his business and his sales for 1882 amounted to over $50,000, and steadily
increasing. He was born in Bavaria December 30, 1843, and came to the Uvited States
with his parents in 1852, locating in Iowa. He spent several years in Illinois previous to
goming to Kansas. He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary Hahn; they have six children—
Adolph H., O. Marcus, Emelia A., Amanda, Selma and Ellen. He isa member of the Me-
nonite Church. a .

J. E. ROTH, merchant, was born in Germany November 26, 1848, and cameto the

United States with his parents in 1852, and located in Iowa. In 1864 he went to Illinois

 

and remained until 1874, when he came to Kansas and located here,and was engaged in busi-~

ness for other parties uptil 1881, when he started his present business, which is exclusively
hardware, with a capacity of 23,500. His present capital is about $5,0U0, and gross sales
for 1882 amounted to $13,000. Was married May 18, 1873, to Miss C. A. Risser, a native of
Qhio; they have three children—Augusta, Jonah and Elma. Is a member of the Mennonite
Church and was City Mayor in 1881-82, and has been a member.of the City Council and has
been Gownship Trustee, and on tie School Board. Is now Deputy Postmaster.

ES RYAN, blacksmith, of the firm of Ryan & Hinkle, was born in Ireland May 14,
1840, and came with his parents to Canada when only four years of age, aud when seven-
teen years of age removed tothe State of New York. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F,
Fourteenth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and with his command served in the
Army of the Potomac,and participated in the seige of Yorktown and in the Peninsular Cam-
paign; and was in the engagements at Hanover C. H. Seven Days’ Fight, Antietam, Fred-
ericksburg and Chancellorsville, and mustered out May 26, 1863. In 1869 he came to Kan-
sas, locating first in Emporia and engagin in the blacksmith business, and in 1871 he came
to Halstead Township and’ located on Section 20, and engaged in farming until 1873 when
he removed to Section 24, where he owns a farm of 160 acres finely improved, having 120
acres in cultivation, hedged on two sides, with 8 pood frame dwelling of four rooms; with
good orchard, barn 24x36, with cattle shed 12x24. He has 6 horses, 18 head of cattle, and
raised in 1882, 2,000 bushels of wheat from 75 acres, In 1873 he organized his present busi-
ness of blacksmithing in Halstead and in 1878, associated with Mr. W. C. Hinkle in the busi-
ness; they have about. $1,000 in the business, and their trade in 1882 was about $3,000.
Mr. Ryan was married October 14, 1863, to Miss Mary Woodcock, a native of New York;
they have six childreun—James T., Henry G., JohnC., Carrie E., Nellie E. and Fannie E.
Mr. Ryan was the first Township Treasurer of Halstead Township, and Justice of the Peace
from 1875 to 1880, and Police Judge in 1877 and 1878. Is a Mason and noble grand of the
{. 0. O. F., and a member of the Horse Protective Association.

GEO. W. SWEESY, hotel keeper, came to Kansas in the fall of 1872 and located on the
present town site of Halstead and is the pioneer of the city. In March following he com-
menced building his present hotel and had it ready for guests in April. the first building in
the city, at a cost of $3,000. In addition to this business of hotel heis the agent for the
Town Company for the sale of lots and has been since the company was orgauized, and is
also in the insurance business, representing the Phoenix of Hartford, Conn. Was born in
Pennsylvania March 28, 1839, and moved with his parents to Iowain 1849 and was en-
gaged in farming until the breaking out of the war. .In 1861 he enlisted in Company M,
Second Hee iment Iowa Cavalry, and was with hiscommand in the western army, particl-

ating in the taking of New Madrid and Island No, 10, and the charge at Farmington in

ront of Corinth; and was at Iuka and in Grant’s March around Vicksburg; at Water Valley
and Coffeyville, where his Colonel, McCullough, was killed; then to Lagrange, Miss., where
he was captured and taken from one prison to another until he reached Libby Prison, and
paroled on May, 1863; and in the fallof that year was ordered to report to Col. Bonueville
in St. Louis, and employed as Auditing Clerk in the office of Chief Commissary of Musters,
where he remained until July, 1864, and was commisstoned as First Lieutenant of Company
B, Forty-first Regiment Missouri Infantry and assigned to duty as Assistant Commissioner
of Musters, where he remained on duty until mustered out October 1, 1864. After muster
out he returned to Iowa and engaged in farming and merchandise until coming to Kansas.
Was married August 6, 1857, to Miss N. E. Humphrey, a native of Pennsylvania; they have
four children—John L., Elmer E,, Lenore De B. and Leota K. Is a Mason and Postinaster
and Mayor of Halstead, and member of the School Board.

J W.SWEESY, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Halstead, owns a fine farm of 126 acres ad-
joining the town-site of Halstead on the west, about elghty acres in cultivation, and a bear-
ing orchard of two acres, and a small grove of cultivated timber. His farm is principally
enclosed, having one anda half miles of good hedge fence. Dwelling, 16x24, with LL, 18x
26, granary and stable, 18x38, and _all necessary out-bulldings. Is also in the dairy busi-
ness, in a small way, and is now milking eight cows. aised a fine crop of wheat in 1882,
averaging thirty che anu a half bushels peracre, He was bornin Pennsylvania, Novem-
ber 6, 1841, and, when seven years of age, his parents moved to Iowa, where he lived until
coming to Kansas in 1872, locating on his present farm. We married, January 22, 1865,
Miss Elma C. Smith, a native of Illinois, They havetwo children—Elden F. and N: Mil-
purn. Heis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

CAPT. C. A. TRACY, real estate, was born in Norwich, Conn., November 21, 1841, and
moved with his parents to Ohio in 1855; but in 1857 he returned to Connecticut on a visit
and remained there until 1861, when he enlisted in the Thirteenth Regiment Connecticut
Volunteer Infantry, and on the organization of the regiment, was appointed Regimental
Commissary Sergeant. His regiment was sent on vessel under sealed orders, and landed
at Ship Island, Miss,, and went from thereto New Orleans, He served in this capacity until
August 8, 1862, when he was promoted to First Lieutenant in the First Regiment Louisana
Volunteer Infantry, and was appointed Acting Commissary of Subsistence. and was on duty
at New Orleans, Doneldsonville and Department of the Gulf. Heremai ~there until Au-
gust 1, 1865. when he was commissioned as Captain and Asst.Commissary, :. ut being desirous
of returning home, refused to be mustered, and was mustered out at that date and returned
to his home in Ohio, and in-1871 came to Kansas, Jocating on Section 8, Larkin Township

‘in March, of that year, and engaged in farming and stock raising. In the fall of 1871 he
was elected Justice of the Peace, and was the first justice in this locality, and married the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

first couple married in Lakfn Township. In the winter of 1871 and '72, he tried twenty-
one canes ina sod Tueeae his claim. He was elected Sheriff of Harvey County at the gen- -
eral election in Novembér, 1872, and served one term, and was Trustee of Lakin Township
for four terms, and was Deputy Sheriffin 1876 and ’77. In November, 1882, he sold his
farm and moved to Halstead, and is now engaged in improving his property here, and he
owns a number of city lots and hasa number of buildings erected, and in the course of
erection. Married, Apri! 11, 1866, Miss Ednah Webber, a native of Obio. pney have three
children—Halbert, Fhillip and Floren¢e. Is a Mason and a member of the G. A. R,, and
has just been appointed Deputy Sheriff.

i Ww. TIBBU" & BROS., general merchants. This firm is composed of three brothers,
I. W., W. M. and J. B. Tibbot, natives of Iowa, and very successful business men, They
came to Kansas in 185%, in their boyhood, and located in Jefferson County in 1864. - Al-
though quite young, they engaged in freighting across the plains to Denver and other
points, and had a great many narrow escapes, the Indians being ver. hostile that year ; at
one time they camped only four miles from a camp that was attac! ed, and all massacred.
After this they engaged in clerking, and followed it until they organized the present busi-
ness in July, 1875. Atthattime J. "'W. was a mercantile trader for a wholesale house, and
‘W. M. came'in person and started the business in asmall way, the actual cash capital at
starting, was from $300 to $500. -ButI. W., who still continued in his situation, turned in
his salary to increase the business. In 1877 the business had increased so that I. W. gave
up his situation and located here, and by their united efforts, their trade has rapidly in-
creased. In 1880, another brother, J. B., who had been in California, came to Halstead
and associated with his brothers in the business. At the present time they have an im-
mense business, with a capital of $15,000, and their gross sales for 1882 was $60 000. They
also own their business building, which is double. The dry-goods department is 24x65, and
the grocery 20x44. The also hold 100 shares in the bank, and each owns a fine residence,
Allare married and have sinall families. They are all members of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. TI. W. is a Magon, and W, M, an Odd Fellow, and J. B. is a member of the or-
der of Knights of Honor.” i ‘ "s

H. 8. WENBAN, farm Skction 24, P. O. Halstead, owns 160 acres, 130 in-cultivation,
all enclosed, dwelling 1aee0, with L12x20, Wheat average for 1882, was twenty-two
bushels per acre; has five horses, sixteen head of cattle, and five hogs. Was born in Ohio,
Deeymber 19, 1843; eulisted in April, 1861, in the first call for three mouth’s troops, an
was afterward organized as Company A, Twenty-third Regiment Obio Volunteer Infantry,
for three years, and was with his command in West Virginia, and participated in the en-
gagements at Carnifax Ferry and Giles Court House, and was transferred to East Virginia,
and in the engagements at South Mountain and Antietam, Md., and from there back to West -
Virginia, where they were ina number of minor engagements and skirmishes, and mus-
tered outin July, 1864. In 1870, he moved to Indiana, and came from thereto Kansas in
1871, and Jocated on his piyesent farm. Was married September 22, 1866, to Miss Maria A,
Wade, a native of Ohio... “They have stx children—Fanny M., Jessie A., Carre L., Sion W., J. .
Emery and Flora, Has been a member of the School Board. 7 3

WILLIAM WHITE, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Halstead, owns 160 acres, all in cultiva-
tion,and hedged onthe north; small orchards with good frame dwelling, costing over $1,000,
two granaries 10x20 and 9x18; has six horses and mules, four cows and five hogs. ‘Raised
in 1882, 3,185 bushels of wheat from 104 acres, and has raised wheat for pine years witha
gross average of between fifteen and twenty bushels per acre. Was born in Ohio, Septem-
Der 9, 1826,and came to Missouri when a child with his parents,.and came to Kansas in
1872, and took his present farm as a homestead. In July,1846, he enlisted in Company H,
Extra Battalion Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and served with his command for over a
year in the Mexican war, in New Mexico, and participated in a number of skirmishes and
Indian fights, among them Tonas and El Moro, and mustered out in 1847 at Fort Leaven-
SQrtd; then inthe Indian Territory. In 1861, he again entered the army as First Lieuten-
anit of Company C, First Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and served with his command princi-

ally in Missouri and Arkansas, and participated in the fight at Prairie Grove and Jenkins’

Porvy, and a number of skirmishes with Quantrell’s men. His command was at Little Rock,
Ark,, at the time of Banks’ advance up the Red River, and was ordered to form a junction
with him, which they attempted, having to drive the forces of Price and Marmaduke before
them, but Banks was on the retreat before they reached him, and the Rebels threw a heavy
force against them, driving them back to Little Rock; they were for forty days continually
skirmishing under fire and losing one-half of the command. In 1864, his regiment veter-
anized, when he was ‘promaced to Captain of Company A, of the veteran organization, and
was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., September 1, 1865. He was married March 21, 1849
to Miss Emeline High, a native of Tenuessee. They have seven children—Christopher C.,
Sumner H., Laura F., Joseph F., Ida E., Rosa M., and Hattie B. Has been. a member of
the School Board.

BURRTON.

One of the most enterprising towns on the main line of the A. T. & S. Fe
Railway is the city of Burrton, located eighteen miles west of Newton, and one
and one-half miles east of the Reno County line. With a population of 400 in-
habitants and its well-earned reputation asa shipping point, Burton has a bright
future. =

Burrton was laid off as a town site in the summer of 1873, by the Arkansas
Valley Town Company, the town plat being filed for record September 6 of that
year. Before the town was laid off, J. H. Gresham opened a store in a building
adjoining the town site on the east. Immediately after the town was laid off,
A. W. Ballard erected a blacksmith shop, this being the first building on the
town site. The néxt building was erected by Messrs. Hunt and Moore, in Oc-
tober, 1873, and opened as a general store. J. H. Gresham then moved his
store on the town site. These two stores were the only ones in the place for a
period of two years, In the spring of 1874, Dr. J. L. McAtee built the first res-
idence, and was the first actual settler. He was followed by G. A. Thompson
and J. E. Howard, in the order mentioned. The first hotel was opened by A.
A. Woodruff, in 1874, in the building now known as the Burrton House. The
first birth was that of Bert, a son of A. A. Woodruff, in 1874. The first death
occurred in the spring of 1875, being that of R. Dunlap, who died from natural
causes.

The postoffice, which was established July 1, 1873, J. J. Hunt, Postmaster,
was first located in the store of J. H. Gresham, and on the completion of Hunt
& Moore's store it was moved on the town site. Mr. Hunt officiated ‘as Post-
master until December 24, 1879, when the present incumbent, John Goodwine,
received the appointment. Money order No. 1, was purchased by C. P. Tay-
lor, July 27, 1879. The building known as the “ old schoolhouse” was erected
in the winter of 1873-74, at a cost of $1,200, J. G. Lane being the first teacher.
In the spring of 1880 the new building was completed at a cost of $1,500. Both
buildings are in use,

In the winter of 1877 the Burrton Mills, a three-story frame, weré erected
by a stock company. Six months later the mills passed into the hands of Kin-
ney & Hubbard, the present proprietors, who equipped the structure with three
run of buhrs, and a forty horse-power engine. The mills now have five run of
buhrs, which give it a capacity of 100 barrels daily.

The private banking enterprise of G. A. Vanderveer was established July
8, 1881, and continued under his management until May 19, 1882, when J. E.
Howard assumed its management, under the name of the Bank of Burrton. *

The Burrton Telephone was established November 2, 1878, by J. A. Collis-
ter, of the Harvey County News. Mr. Collister transferred his interest to A. C.
Bowman, who in turn sold his interest to G. F. White, who run it until the spring
of 1881, when it became defunct. The Burrton Monitor was established and the
first number issued May 20, 1881, by a stock company, G, A. Vanderveer, editor.
January, 1882, Miles Taylor assumed the editorial chair, and remained as editor
in that capacity until January 1, 1883, when he purchased the paper, and is its
present proprietor and editor. The Afonttor is a seven column folio, is Inde-
HARVEY

pendent in politics, and has an extensive circulation in Harvey, Sedgwick and
Reno counties. :

Burrton was incorporated as a city of the third class September 3, 1878.
At the first city election, held September 11 of the same year, W. H. Kinney
was elected Mayor; J. A. Moore, W. H. Riggs, Thomas Praster, H. C. Palmer
and Joseph Jarrett; Councilmen; J. J. Hunt, Police Judge. The Council sub.
sequently appointed John Goodwine, Clerk; R. W. Weymouth, Treasurer; and
J. L. McAtee, Marshal. The officers for 1882 are J.A. Moore, Mayor; W. L.
Dailey, James Cross, Thomas Collins, A. G. Provine, and W.H. Wilson,
Councilmen; A. Perry, Police Judge; Miles Taylor, Clerk; H. Emerson, Treas-
urer; and Charles Horn, Marshal. .

First Presbyterian Church.—Was organized February 13, 1874, by Rev.R.
M. Overstreet, who held services in Burrton early as October, 1873, with eight
members. The church was organized three miles east of Burton, in the Pagu
schoolhouse. Mr. Overstreet remained as pastor until May 1877, when he
was succeeded by Rev. J. T. Phillips, who ministered unto the church- until
November, 1878. He was succeeded by Rev. D. Kingery, the present pastor.
Regular services are held in the new schoolhouse, at Burton.

Methodist Episcopal Church.—Was organized in June, 1873, with seven
members, at the then called Ballenger schoolhouse three miles west of Burrton,
in Reno County, by Rev John Harris. Six months later the organization
moved to Burrton and held services in the schoolhouse. The following pastors
have officiated to date: Rev. John Harris, one year; G, W. Kanabel, one year;
——-——— Presby, six months; M. M. Haun, one year; W. W. Woodside,
two years; S. Ward, one year; C. B. Mitchel, one year; G. Hamilton, one year;
and G. H. Matthews, the present pastor, since March, 1882, Present member-
ship seventy.

Christian Church.—Was organized in 1874 by Rev. J. Ellet, who has re-
mained its pastor up to date, with eighteen members. Services were held in
the old schoolhouse until the fall of 1879, when the present church egifica was
completed. The building is a fine structure, 36x48 feet, and cost se Pres-
ent membership forty-five. él

Baptist Church.—Was organized in the Boss schoolhouse, two and one-
half miles west of Burrton, in Reno County, in September, 1876, with sixteen
members.* In the fall of 1877 the membership had increased to forty-two
members. Old Father Camp, the organizer of the church, remained two years.
He was succeeded by Rev. D. Rowe, who remained two years. Rev. A. Post,
the next pastor, officiated one year. Rev. J. H. Howgate, present pastor. In
1877 a frame church building was erected and in 1880 was moved to Burrton
Present membership twenty-three.

The Universalists have an organization here, but owing to absence of
records, the sketch is withheld. Rev. T. W. Woodrow, of Hutchinson, present
pastor. . ‘
Burrton Lodge, No. 182, A.,. FF. & A, M—Was organized in March, 1879,
and a charter granted in the winter of 1879-80, with eighteen charter members.
First officers were, F. W. Calkins, W. M.; J. R. Parker, S. W.; R. W. Wey
mouth, J. W.; L. A. Sawyer, Treas.; J. H. Mills, Sec., Present officers—
Wm. Hyde, W. M.; S. J. Atkins, S. W.; W. L. Hamlin, J. W.; C. T. Haines,
S. D.; F. M. Payne, J. D.; Wm. Harmon, Treas.; J. R. Rogers, Secretary.
Regular meetings are held on the first and third Saturday evenings, at Masonic
‘Hall. Present membership, thirty.

Farragut Post, No. 37, -G. A. R.—Was organized ‘under dispensation,
March 2, 1882. A charter was granted February 54, 1882. Present officers
(1883)—J. S. Elder, P. O.} C. A. Tracy, S. V. C.; D. Kramer, J. V.C.; J. R.
Phillips, C. M.; Wm. Sigerson, O. of D.; F. M. Payne, O. of G.; J. S. Collins,
Sec.; D. Henselman, Chap,; S. D. Leonard, Adj’t. Regular meetings held on
first Saturday afternoon of each month at G. A. R. Hall. Present member-
ship, forty-seven.

Burvrton Lodge, No. 103, A. O. U. W.—Was instituted May 2, 1882,
with eighteen charter members. Present officers, 1883, J. D. Sweeney, Pp. MM,
W.; O. M. Melet, W. M.; S. J. Eales, F.; P. W. Easting, O.; B. E. Kies, Rec.;
J. E. Guy, Fin. Regular meetings are held every Thursday evening at Ma-
sonic Hall, Present membership, twenty-three.

Burvrton Cornet Band—Was organized October, 1882, with sixteen mem-
bers. W. H. Sheppard, leader. A $500 set of instruments was purchased.
Officers, J. D. Sweeney, Pres., J. E. Gay, Treas.; Miles Taylor, Sec.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

G. W. BOTSFORD, contractor and builder, was born in Pennsylvania, July 4, 1837;
came to Iowa, in 1841, with his parents who were the pioneers of that locality. In 1861,
ae enlisted in Company K, Fifth Regiment lowa Infantry, and served with his command in
he West, participating in the early campaign in Missouri, New Madrid and Island No. 10,
Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Iuka and Corinth, where he was severely wounded by gun shot in
the thigh and transferred tothe Invalid Corps and mustered out July 17, 1864. Came to
Kansas in 1865, and engaged in the selling of nursery stock, at Atchison, in the fall of 1866
located in Labette County, and engaged in farming, and went from there to California, and
spent four years, returning and located in Burrton in November, 1882, and engaged in pre-
sent business. Was married in 1858, to Miss Jennie Pool, who died, February 14, 1865.
leaving two children Saray and MATEARE!. nee marred again in 1872, to Miss Rachael
- A. Culbertson, who died in . Is a member o-: AR. e
* TEICES TIER DAY, Pane econ ea 20, P.O. Burrton, owns 160 acres, 100 under culti-
vation twenty-five acres fenced with barb wire. Small grove and dwelling 24x28 feet, one
and one half stories, and stable, carpenter shop and outbuildings for stock. Was born in
Vermont, in 1823, and when eleven years of age moved with his parents to Ohio, In 1855,
he moved to Wisconsin. In 1861, he’enlisted in Company F, Seventh Regiment Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, and went with his command to thearmy ofthe Potomac, and being a
mechanic, was detailed in McDowell’s Construction Corps, and was never actively engaged,
although under fire a number of times while constructing bridges and laying pontoons and
_ was present in most of the engagements from second Bull Run to Petersburg. In laying the
pontoons at Fredericksburg, was under heavy fire,and at Gettysburg, being then in the Pioneer
corps, he helped carry General Reynolds off the field, when he was killed by Rebel sharp-
shooters. In the advance of General Grant’s army in 1864, was continually on the front
laying bridges for the artillery, and in many a@ close place, and was mustered out near the
Weldon R. R. below Petersburg, September 3, 1864. Came from Wisconsin to Kansas and
located on his present farm June_ 30, 1871, and the nearest house was four miles away
and had to haul his supplies from Peabody; then the end of the R. R. and lived for quite a
time in his wagon, until he got his house up, When the R. R. arrived at Newton, the
buildings of Hu chinson in Reno County also commenced shortl after, and he being on the
direct road between the two places, kept a stage station, called the half-way house, and had
reat deal of custom. Has had as many as thirty-eight teams at one time over night.
en the town of Burton was laid out, being a carpenter, he erected a number of the
buildings in the town, and for three years kept a hotel and feed stuble and narrowly escap-
ed being burnt out by prairie fires which destroyed a great deal of property in this vicinity.

 

. five childrens Tora. Susan, Amos, Alice and Clara.

COUNTY. 787

Was married December 30, 1844, to Miss Christine Curley, a native of Sparta, N. Y. They
have eight children—Malvina A., Elmina D. Catharine M., George, Riley, Pluma J.,
William W., Hannah Ida, and Giles L. Was on the School Board two terms in Wisconsin
and the second Treasurer of Burton Township.

W. FLICKINGER, blacksmith and wagon maker, was born in Perry County, Fas

January 5, 18380, where he learned his trade and lived until 1856, when he came West an

was employed in the Agricultural Implements Works of John Deere, at Moline, Ill, Made
the plow that was sent to the World’s Fair, at Vienna, also the plow that took the premium
at the Centenntal Exposition, at Philadelphia, and was employed there until Le came to
Kansas, in 1878. In January, 1865, he enlisted in Company G, Forty-seventh Regiment
Illinois Volunteers, and joined his command near Mobile, Ala,, and participated in the
taking of Fort Blakely and Spanish Fort; after the surrender, was employed in the secret
service for atime and was mustered vut in February, 1866. Organized his business of
blacksmith on coming to this } ‘ace in 1878, and is also engaged in buying grain and feed-
ing stock for shipping, and has from $3,000 to *5,000 invested in his business. Owns five
lots, a business house and shopsin Burton and 160 acres on Section 6, used as a stock
ranch. Was married in 1852, to Miss Sarah Curts, a native of Pennsylvania. They have
Is a member of the I. O. O. F.,

. U. W., first past.master ma le in Illinois, and also past arch Druid of the first lodge
organized in Illinois, Was amember of the Board of Supervisors of Rock Island County,
LiL, one term, and member of the City Council of Moline, LIl., two terms,

ISAAC H. HANEY, farmer, Section 20,P.0. Burrton,owns 160 acres, 150 in cultivation,
ten acres in pasture: one and one-half miles of hedge; dwelling, 16x24, L 10x24, kitchen
10x16, porch, 10x24; barn, 24x32. Has fifte.n acres bearing orchard, five acres cultivated _
timber; also one mile of cottonwood hedge. His farm isin a fine state of cultivation. Has’
seven horses and mules, ten head of cattle and thirty hogs. Also owns property in Burton
valued at $1,500. Was born in Ohio, August 14, 1836, and moved with his parents to Wis-
consin, when a child nine years of age. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-
fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, but was discharged for disability in the
saméyear., Enlisted again in 1864, in Company B, Forty-third Wisconsin, and with his
regiment, served in Kentucky and Tennessee, and resisted Hood’s advance from Bridge-
port, Ala., back to Franklin and Nashville, and was taken sick after the Nashville fight and
sent to the hospital at Quincy, and inustered out for total disability in the spring of 1865.
He came to Kansas in December, 1871, and located his present claim after traveling over,
portions of Harvey, Sedgwick_and Reno counties, Homestead entry was made January 3.
1872. He then returned to Wisconsin aud sold what effects he could not bring with him,
and started to Kansas, March 21, with his family, in two wagons, with fifty-six dollars in
money, After a hard and laborioustrip over muddy roads, he landed on_his present farm,
with his family of himself and wife and two small children, with only $2.50 and poping
toliveupon. The.prospect was gloomy, but they went to work in earnest. His wife uire:
to work out and he engaged at freighting from the end of the railroad to Hutchinson, and
in a short time had enough to build a small house, and in the spring broke ten acres of
ground. About this time his horses, not being acclimated, gave out, so he had to go to work
on the railroad for three months. Inthe fall, he put up a sod stable, and still worked on the
railroad and, by overwork, cleared $85 intwo months. Whentheroad reached Fort Dodge
he Jeft and returned home,and on his way saw the whole county filledwith an immense herd
of buffalo. The next spring he putin a crop and hunted buffalo, and got his meat and fifty
dollars from thissource. This year the grasshoppers ate him out. He gota job wherever
he could of any description. When the Mennonites came in, he hauled lumber for them at
a very low rate and managed to getenough to live upon; having two teams, he put his little
boy, only seven years old, on one, and he took the other, and managed in this way. When
the aid came for those who were in need, he never applied for or received any, and the
only thing he ever got in this way was a government overcoat, as he felt entitled to thatas
an old soldier. Since thattime he bas been steadily advancing in means, every year doing
something more on his place; and while his teams were resting at noon he was planting
out trees, and at night while others were in bed, he was making improvements on his place.
Was married, July 2, 1863, to Miss Malvina Day, a native of Ohio.. They have two children
—Estellaand Alva. He is amember of the G. A. R., and has served on the School Board for
three years, having been one ot the first board on organization of the district.

D. I1GO, merchant, was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, and made it his home until 1861
when he enlisted in Company E, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, an
with his command served in the army of the Potomac, and participated in all the general
engagements from Bull Run to Antietam, where he was severely wounded and discharged
from service on account of wounds. When he made his advance into Pennsylvania in 1863,
he joined the First Battalion Pennsylvania Cavalry State Troops and operated in conjunc-
tion with the regular troops inthe engagement at Gettysburg. In 1864 he re-enlisted for
one year in the Two Hundred and Eleventh Regiment F enusy ania Volunteer, First
Lieutenant Company J, and was in the campaign and in front of Petersburg until the end
of the war, and was mustered outin June, 1865. In January, 1866, he moved to Iowa, and
in 1868, to Michigan. Came to Kansas in 1873, locating in Mitchell County and engaged
in farming. Came to Burrton in 1881,and engaged in the grocery and queensware trade; he
has a pood trade and carries a stock of about $1.000. His sales for 1882 amounted to over

fi He was married in 1866, to Miss Martha Matthews, a native of Pennsylvania.
They have three children—Pau), Jane and Mabel.

. JOHNS, lumber merchant, was born in Ohio, in 1841, and when ten years of age his
parents moved to Indiana, where he received the benefit of a good common school educa-
tion. In 1862, he went to Illinois, and in July of that year enlisted on a call for three
months troops in Company C, Seventy-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and
with his command was sent to Kentucky to operate against Jobn Morgan, and was cap-
tured with a portion of his command and paroled and mustered out in the fall of the same

ear. Came to Kansasin 1878, and located in Burrton, and connected himself with the

ansas Lumber Company (which was organized in 1877) as managing partner; having a
capital of about $25,000 inlumber, hardware, farm implements and machinery of all kinds,
and dealers in grain. The monthly average business is about $8,000. They also have
branch houses at Mount Hope and Garden City. Mr. Johns is a practical lumber dealer of
twenty-three years Cx perience; and the business here is a decided success. He was married
in 1867, to Miss Mary D. Brisben, a native of Ohio, ‘hey have four children—Charles C.,
Emma B., Carrie A.and Mary H. He'isa member of the Presbyterian Church, and the G.
A. R. and a member of the School Board. Cs

CAPT. JOHN R. PARKER, insurance agent, was born in Mason County, Ky., in.1829,
and when fourteen years of age went to Galveston, Texas, and ran on asteamship between
that port aud New Orleans fora number of years, and then for atime was a flatboat pilot
from Louisville, Ky., to New Orleans.’ In 184%, he left the river.and was engaged for some
years in merchandising in Leavenworth, Ind., and in the store boat trade ontheriver. In
1852, he superintended a large plantation at Island No. 10. In 1859, he went to Mississippi
and took charge of a cotton plantation near Fort Gibson, and when the war broke out in
1861, joined the Black Horse Cavalry in Vicksburg, as First Lieutenant, and drilled there
for three weeks until he Bok a favorable opportunity, and left clandestinely and came north
and reached Cincinnati. Ohio, in April. Onthe call for three months troops, he enlisted in
Company G, Third Ohio Cavalry, but not being able to muster as cavalry,
three years callin Company I, Thirty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Col.
Grosbeck, and was.mustered in July 4, 1861, and served four years, three months and eight
days, and was engaged in thirty-one battles of the war; among these, New Madrid, Island
No. 10, Shilob, in the Atlanta yampaign, March to the Sea, and through the Carolinas; his
last fight being Bentonville, N. C. e marched to Washington and attended the Grand
Review, and was mustered out at Washington City, in 1865. On the organization of Com-
pany was made Second Sergeant November 16, 1861; was made Orderly of the company
June 10,1862; was promoted to Second Lieutenant August 2, 1862; promoted to First
Lieutenant April 8, 1863; promoted to Captain and Brevetted Major for gallant and merit-
orious service on tie field of battle at Corinth, Miss., October 4, 1862. as in his posses-
sion five army commissions, eleven commutations signed and sealed by Government and
State Officials. After the war he engaged inthe dry goods business at Napoleon, Onio, and
other places until 1868, when he was appointed Station Agent on the Wabash Railroad,
near Toledo, Ohio, and in 1870 went to Sheldon, 1ll.,and engaged in merchandising, and
came to Kansas in 1871 and located near Peabody. Marion County, and enga ed in farming.
In the fall of 1874 he was appointed Under Sheriff of Marion County, and held that position
until 1876, when he came to Burrton and started a hotel and sold_out in 1877. as four
years Township Constable, and is now engaged in insurance. Has been a Mason since
1856. Is adjutant of theG. A. R. and Trustee of Methodist Episcopal Church and is Clerk
of School Board. He was married in 186, to Miss Sarah Back, a native of New York. They
have two children—twins—Willis and Wilson.

DR. I. N, PHILLIPS, proprietor of livery stable, yas born in Ohio, in 1820, and when
eight years of age, moved with his parents to Indiana, and obtained a good common
school education,andin 1839, commenced the study of medicine in Thorntown,Ind. In 1841
and 1842, he attended lectures at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, under Prof. Brainard,
and graduated from that institution in 1842, and commenced the practice of medicine, in
1844, in Thorntown, Ind., and continued therein practice until the spring of 1852, when he
located in Champaign County, Ill., and was engaged there in his profession until he came to
Kansas in 1857, and located at Humboldt, Alien County, and practiced medicine there for
a period of nineteen years. In the early settlement of the county the horse thieves were
very bad, and a person could scarcely keep a horse, and the doctor organized a vigilance
committee of the law-abiding citizens, and the result was that the horse thieves were his
deadly enemies, and he was compelled to go heavily armedand resort to stratagem in
various ways toelude them. If called profess'onally to go north, he would start in the
opposite direction and make a detour to avoid them, as he knew they would ambuscade
him if they could. Being near‘the border, they were very much annoyed by guerrilla
bands during the war, and at one time about 500 of them came in and captured the citizens
of the place, and the doctor with them, and sacked and burned the town, then released

e enlisted in the -
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them. Inthe spring of 1876, he moved to Reno County, and located on afarm south of
Hutchinson, and continued the practice of medicine until the 20th of May, 1882, when he
made his last visit, He then came to Burton, Harvey
aud sale stables, with a capacity for thirty horses, He has five rigs and stock sufficient for
the present trade, which is steadily increasing. Was married in 1840, but his wife dicd in
1863, leaving five children—Margaret E., Sarah J., Roseline J., Woodford W., William
. Was married again, in 1864, to Miss Delila Lewis, a native of Pennsylvania, Was
» divorced from her March, 1876, then married Miss Hart, They have two children— Hannah
E.andI,N. Isa Mason and a member of the Ancient Order of I. 0,0. F. Was Trustee of
Sumner Township, Reno County, for three years, while residing there, and a member of
the School Board a number of years.

WALTON,

The town of Walton is located seven miles east of Newton, on the A., T.
&S.F,R.R., and being near the divide between the Cottonwood and Ar-
kansas Rivers, is situated on the highest ground in Harvey County. The place,
which has a population of about 250 souls, has an excellent location as a ship-
ping point, being surrounded by a good farming country, settled up by a sub-
stantial class of farmers. Its business industries comprise two general stores;
two groceries; one drug store; two dry goods stores; one elevator; two grain
warehouses; one livery stable; two hotels; one blacksmith shop; one shoe
shop. A first-class flouring mill is needed.

Walton was laid off as a town site, in December, 1871, by William
Mathews. The original town site consisted of twenty-five acres, which has
subsequently been increased to forty acres. The first building was erected by
Mathews during the same winter, and used as a dwelling. The next building
was erected by Baldwin and Glynn, and after its completion was occupied by
B, C. Johnson, as a general store. The third building was the railroad section
house, which was followed by astone building, erected by Holley and Fell.
Messrs. H. B. Childs, T. J. Hawley and I’. Sanders, were also identified with
some of the first buildings.

On account of there being some difficulty in obtaining a perfect title to
the lots, the place remained dormant until 1876, since which time a steady
growth has marked its progress. Early in the year J. F. Watson became
proprietor of the town site, and March 11, 1876, he filed a plat of the town.

The postoffice was established in 1871, Mrs. E, Peck as Postmistress. The
office was then located eighty rods west of the present town site, and subse-
quently moved to its present location. . Mrs. Peck was succeeded, in the order
mentioned, by R. Horton, H. B. Childs and T. R. Oldham, the .present in-
cumbent. .

In 1871 a frame schoolhouse, 18x20 feet, was erected by subscription, for

educational and religious purposes. The first school was held by Mrs. M. J.
Sharron. In 1876, another frame building, 20x30, was erected by the District.
These buildings proving inadequate, a new building was erected in the fal] of
1882, at a cost of $2,590. In the first school building was held the first relig-
ious services, by Rev. B. C. Johnson, of the Methodist Protestant persua-
sion.

An organization of the Presbyterian persuasion was éffected in 1871, but
after several years of existence it became defunct. The United Presbyterian
Church was organized in 1872-3, with fifteen members. Services were held in
the schoolhouse until 1877, when the present church edifice was completed, at
a cost of $1,500. Rev. J. T. Wilson, present pastor. Present membership,
175. The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1876, by the Presid-
ing Elder at that time, with twelve members. Present church edifice was
built in 1880, at a cost of $1,500. Present pastor, Rev. A. J. Bixler. Pres-
ent membership, twenty-five. The First Baptist Church was organized four
miles east of Walton, in the Hutching’s schoolhouse, in 1876, by Rev. C.
Wyman, the present incumbent. In June, 1882, by an official act of the church,
the organization was moved to Walton. In December, of the same year, work
was commenced ona church edifice, which will be completed in the spring of
1883. The Christian Church was organized two and one-half miles south of
Walton, at the Mitchell schoolhouse, in 1874. In 188i, the organization was
moved to Walton. Rev. I. Sumner, present pastor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

S. BECKER, proprietor Eagle Hotel, was born in the State of New York,
moved to Wisconsin in 1852, and was living there when the war broke out. In 1862 en-
listed in Company E, Thirty-second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. and with his
command participated ina number of skirmishes and on gagements near Memphis and
Decatur, Ala., and was with Sherman in the Atlanta campaign and on the march to the sea
and north through the Carolinas, and after Jonnstou’s surrender marched to Washington
and participated in the grand review and was mustered out in June, 1865, when he returned
to Wisconsin. In 1866 he removed to Iowa and remained there till 1871, when he came to
Kansas, locating first on a2 homestead in Marlon County. In 1879 he sold his farm and came
to Walton and erected his hotel of thirteen rooms at a cost of $1,200, and has since been
engaged in the hotel business and is also a contractor and )uilder and has just completed
a fine public school building in Walton, costing $3,000. He was married in July, 1859, to
Miss Sarah M. Wright, a native of Pennsylvania. ‘They have four children—Abby E., Heury
E., Charles M, and Edith M, He is a member of the Baptist Church and was the first
Trustee of Branch Township, Marion County when organized, and also Clerk of the School
Board,

J. L, CHAPPELL, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Walton, owns 160 acres of land, eighty in
cultivation and enclosed with hedge, three acres in orchard, and asmail grove of inaples.
Dwelling 14x26, with L 10x12 with porches. Barn 28x44, doublecorn crib and wagon shed
16x24, stock yards, sheds, etc. Has seven horses, five cows and sixty hogs, and fs making
arrangements to go into stock raising. Came to Kansas in 1877, first locating on Highland
Township and bought this place and located here in yanuary, 1881. Was born in Indiana
in 1844 and came from his native place to Kansas. Enlisted in 1862 in Company K, Sixty-
fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command In the ‘l'wenty-
third Army Corps, Army of tbe Ohio. is command was organized as skirmishers and
was in the advance continually and during the first year captured over 1,500 prisoners in
their different skirmishes and engagements. Was at the siege of Knoxville and afterwards
on the Atlanta campaign, and after the fall of that city followed Hood back into Tennessee
and participated in the engagements of Franklin and Nashville, and after the defeat of
Hood was sent to North Carolina and participated in the taking of Forts Fisherand Ander-

* gonand the city of Wilmington and went via Kingston and Goldsboro to Raleigh and after
the surrender of Joe Johnston’s army was mustered out in June, as married
January 7%, 1869, to Miss Eliza A. Demott, a native of Indiana. They have six children,
Stella, Anna, Albert, Willard, Harley, and a baby not named. Isamember of the Metho-

 

‘. dist Episcopal Church and Director on School Board,
CAPT. P R. 0.

LDHAM, book-keeper and grain buyer, in the employ of D. Hamill, New-
ton, Kan., was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, December 21; 1834, and received a good
common school education and lived in Ghio until 1856, when he immigrated to Iowa,
and in connection with Mr. Pike started the first newspaper of Osceola, lowa, called the
Osceola Courier, Mr. Uldham acting as editor. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-
ninth Regiment Iowa Infantry, and on the organization of the regiment was appointed Ser-

eant-Major, and served with- his command in the vicinity of Corinth, Miss., pare pang
na number of minor engagements, among them Parker’s Cross Roads, Tenn. In 1863 he
was promoted to the position of Captain of Company HK, One Hundred and Tenth United
States Colored Troops, and was with Sherman’s army inthe Atlanta campaign. After the

County, and started alivery, feed -
from Major-General

in 1830, and ~
52 he

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ht being attached to the Pioneer Brigade of the army, Capt,
O. was detailed as Judge cate by general orders, to act on court-imartials and military
commissions, and was located at Rome, Ga., and Huntsville, Ala. After the war, in 1865,/he
was engaged in trying guerrillas, etc., by military commission convened under special order

Giierson, but before any of the sentences were executed the cases were
transferred to the Civil Courts, and Mr. O. was mustered out in the spring of 1866, when he
returned to lowa and engaged in general merchandising until coming to Kansas in 1870,
and located on a homestead of 160 acres, on Section 28, Walton Township, which he now
owns, They have three children, Inez M., now attending the Normal Sckool at Emporia;
Lilian M. and David. Since coming to Kansas Capt. O. has held the position of County
Commissioner for Harvey County two terms and Township Trustee a number of terms, and
in Iowa was Superintendent of Schools for Clark County; January 1, 1881, was appointed
Postmaster at Walton, which position he now holds, :

DR. D. SHOMBER, farmer, Section 6, P. O, Walton, owns 320.acres, 160 acres improved
ed, five acres of orchard and three in cultivated timber. Dwelling, 28x32, with
eck yards, sheds, etc., aud windmill pump
with feed mill attached. Wheat average: or 1882 was thirty bushels to the acre. Has
seven horses and thirty head of cattle, atid fifty hogs. He came to Kansas in 1878 and located
here. He was born in Pennsylvania DeGer 10, 1842, and when the war broke out, in
1861, he enlisted in Company K, One Hu fand Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
and, with his command, served in the Se Army Corps of the Potomac and participated
in most of the engagements in Virgini@##commencing with Fairfax Courthouse. In the
VPeninsula campaign, from Yorktown and Williamsburg to the Seven Days’ fight ending
at Malvern Hut After that’ was at second Bull Run and Chantilly, where the Division
Commander, Gen. Phil. Kearney, was killed, and at South Mountain and Antietam, and fol-
lowed Lee back into Virginia, and was in two fights at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville
and Gettysburg, where he was wounded, and returned to his regiment just in time to
participate in the battle of Brandy station after which he veteranized and was in the
Grand Advance under Gen.,Gramt at: the Wilderness, where he was severely wounded
by a shot through the thigh, Wwhteh was not dressed by a surgoon until eight days after.
This kept him on the invalid list uutil he returned to his regiment in front of Peters-
burg and was stationed at Fort Hill, and was promoted to Sergeant and carried the
colors from that.on until the final surrender of Lee’s army, and was mustered out July
11.1865 After the war he moved to Ohio in 1865 and remained there until 1878, when
he came to Kansas. He was married December 28, 1865, to Miss Marla H. Busher, a
native of Pennsylvania. They have four children, William B., Edward M., James M. and
Luella M. He isa member of the German Baptist Church, has been fuur years on the
School Board, and is now Treasurer, In addition to his farming, Mr. S. is a practical
veterinary surgeon and has an extensive and lucrative practice.

capture of Atlanta, his re}

and hed,
1. 10x88; barn, 20x28; corn crib, 740,

 

. oe PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.
JOHN BOURNE, farmer, Section 18, Pleasant Township, P. O. Newton, owns 960 acres’

bout, er cultivation. Has at present ten horses, forty head of cattle and thirty-six
hogs. ia od frame dwelling, 16x26, with L 18x20, alltwo stories, with good barns and
sheds Tor; . . Was born in Pennsylvania, in 1822, and when a boy learned the trade of
machinis hich he worked foratime. Then went on the railroad as locomotive engi-

neer, and followed it for twenty-one years, and all that time never had any one lose life or
limb, and for the last sixteen years was in the employ of the Northern Central R. R., Penn-
sylvania, and in 1878 he came to Kansas and located on bis present farm. While in Penn-
sylvania he resided in Suubury, and for twenty-five ears was inthe Councilor acting as
Mayor of thatcity. He was married in 1845, to Miss Charlotte Baldy. They. have seven chil-
dren—Harry, Ann, Lizzie, Christina, John. Charles and Samuel I. Packer, Is a Mason. |

S T DANNER. farmer, Section 21, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 90 acres under culti-
vation, all enclosed with hedge, has a fine grove of cultivated timber and orchard, with Rood
frame dwelling, 16x26. 2 stories; has 4 horses and 45 head of cattle. He was born in Rush
County, End., October 12, 1839.’ Has had a collegiate education and fitted himself for a
teacher. Taught his first school in 1861, and when his school was out entered the army asa
private of Company K, Thirty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, remaining with his
¢ mpany and regiment until after the battle of Stone River, in which he participated. After
which he was detached and did duty in the Pioneer Brigade. In 1863, he was commissioned
First Lieutenant in the Twelth Regiment United States Colored Infantry, and resigned in
1864, and went back to Indiana, remaining there until he came to Kansas.in April, 1872,
locating on his present farm. He has followed teaching, merchandising and farming since
he Jeft the service. He was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Harvey County.
in 1880, and served two years in that capacity. He was married October 6, 1864, to Miss
Josephine Harryman. They have two children, William S. and Albert E.S. Mr. D. isa
member of the Presbyterian Church, also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

LIAM FINSLEY, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Newton, owns 163 acres, about 100
acres under cultivation, 5 acres inpehard Wheat average this year is 26 bushels per acre.
Was born in West Virginia in 1838, and lived there until the war broke out. Enlisted as
private in Company C, Second Regiment Virginia Volunteers, in January, 1861, and was
with his regiment in all its campaigns, scouting and fighting in the mountains of Virginia.
Was in the battles of McDowell, Cross Keyes, Slaughter Mountain. Freemans Ford and
Second Bull Run, where he was captured, but paroled; after nis exchange he joined
his regiment at Beverley, W. V., and was i e battle at that place when they were driven
back to Clarksburg,.and continued in service in West Virginia until mustered out in June,
1864. Came from native State to Kansas, June 1, 1872, locating on present farm, which has
been his home since. Was married in 1858, to Miss Nancy J. McCombs. They have five chil-.
Gren Charles, William, Rena, Martin and Amanda. Has been Director on School Board

or three years. :

JAMES K. FULMER, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Sheldon, owns 80 acres, 72 acres in
cultivation, and an orcha d of 300 trees; has 2 mules and 10 hogs. He was born in Pennsyl-
vania, March. 17, 1843, and froin there he moved to Iowa in 1869, and came to Kansas yn
1870, first locating in Johnson County, but came to his present location in 1879, He has
been a member of the School Board for two years and is at the present time.

L RETT, farmer, Section 36, Township 23, Range 2 east, P. O. Sheldon,
owns 820 acres, 120 in general crops; wheat averages twenty bushels and oats forty bush-
elstotheacre. Has a good new frame dwelling house, 24x32, one and a haif stories high,
with seven rooms, buttery and cellar. Farm is enclosed with hedge fence; has_six horses,
twenty-eight head of cattle, and forty-two hogs. Was born in Chester County, Penn., June,

6, 1830. and in 1849, removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he engaged in contracting and
Dusting: and from there wentto Iowa_in 1854, and went to farming, but in 1858, he went
back to Pennsylvania, and remained until 1861. when he enlisted in Company H, Seventh
Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was shortly afterward promoted to First Lieutenant
and served with his regiment iuthe Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battle
of Murfreesboro, at which place he was promoted to Captain of Company B, in-1862. Ie
was for a short time detailed as Provost Marshal,at Franklin, Tenn., atthetime of blockade,
of Nashville, went out In command of adetachment and train for forage and provisions,
but was captured by the bushwhackers with his whole train and part of detachments,and he’
without trial, condemned to be shot, and marched out to Columbia Court House for that
purpose, but on giving the distress sign of a Mason, was rescued by a confederate surgeon,
who rushed between him and the firin party when they had their guns leveled on him, and
who pushed him into a building at hand, and interceded for him and induced them to spare
his life, andl was paroled and sent to Nashville, but when a short distance from Nashville,
was recaptured and taken to Franklin Tenn., and because Mrs. Dr. Cliff of that place gave,
him a cup of tea, she was arrested, and sent to Gen. Brage’s headquarters, Murfreesboro,
for punishment. He was then taken to Luverne, and finally exchanged for a lieutenant of a
Kentucky confederate regiment, but while there planned an attack on the place. which he
carried into effect as soon as he got back to the Union headquarters, Nashville. Gen. Negley,
commander of the post at Nashville, ordered out a detachment, which resulted in the cap-
ture of that place, with several prisoners, all the stores and ammunition, ete. Was in the
Atlanta Sam pal EN. and participated in seventeen engagements, but was severely wounded
at the batt e of Kenesaw Mountain, and sent back to the hospital in Nashville, where, on his
recovery, he was put in command of about 1,000 cavalry, and held that position until mus-
tered out in November, 1864. In 1865, he moved to Nashville, Venn., and took an active
part in politics, and was shot for atom pen to vote. Went to Alabama, in 1867, at the re-
quest of Gov. Smith, and was elected Sheriff by 900 majority, and served in that capacity
for three years. But becoming disgusted with politics, returned North in 1870, and went
to Towa, and from there to Kansas, locating on his present farm. He was married April 23,
1855, to Miss Mary 8, Reeder. They have three children—Lydla J., who is married to John
Y. Foster, and lives three miles north; Edgar O., also married, and owns 160 acres in Sec-
tion 35, and Lucy E. Mr. Garrett is Postmaster at Sheldon, a Mason and a Quaker. He is
also.a collecting agent,

ORGE G, HAYES, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, forty under cul-
tivation, eighty acres enclosed with hedge; small orchard and one acre of blackberries; a
grove of cottonwood and walnut trees frow ie anelys small frame dwelling. He was burn
in Fenny] Vania, Juty 12, 1861, and moved to Wisconsin in 1867, and came from there to -
Kansas in 1871, locating on present place in March of same year, and is one of the first set-
tlers of this township, He isa bachelor. =

N. W. HUTSON, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Newton, owns 240 acres of land, 140 under
cultivation, and one and a half miles of hedge fence, with a fruit orchard and grove of cul- ‘
tivated timber, with frame dwelling 14x20 feet, with L 12x18 feet, one and a half stories,
fine stone milk house with wind-mill pump, and all conveniences, Raises general crops;
wheat average is twenty bushels to the acre, and oats forty-five bushels. Has five horses
and mules, and thirty-five head of cattle and twenty-five hogs. Came to Kansas in 1876
and located here. He was born in 1845, in Obio, and moved to Illinois with his parents in
1852, and removed to Missouri in 1868, and came from there to Kansas. He enlisted in

 

 

 
 

HARVEY

1861, in Company F, Eleventh Regiment Ulinoi alr
was {n Tennessee; was at Shiloh, se rake aad
sissippi River, and

under Col. Robert Ingersoll, and

Tele S lege of corinth, ang as ae duty niberward on the Ts
rgeantin . e was inarried in i

Julia A, Saul. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. iain

A. H. McLAIN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 31, P. O. Newton, owns 652 acres in a
body; about one-half is in crops, principally corn; hasten acres in orchard, which has been
bearing for several years, from which he has already realized over #1,200 in fruitsold, He
has also a fine grove of cultivated timber of twenty acres, and farm all enclosed with over
six miles of hedge in all; the north half of the place is used for pasture. In the northeast
quarter he has a fine carp pond, from which he expects to be bountifully supplied with fish
in afew years. He has good frame dwelling 18x32, one and a halt’ storfes high, and a
corn bin and granary 30x82, with a driveway, and all the conveniences for successful farin-
ing and stock raising. He has at present fifteen horses and mules, 170 head of cattle and
sixty hogs. Mr. McLain was born in Illinois in March, 1833, aud caine from his native Stale
to Kansas, locating on his present farm September 27, 1872. He was married to Miss Sarah
A. Libby, October 18, 1855. They have eight children—Charles B., married and engaged in
the Arkansas Valley Land and Loan Company, in Newton; Ella, married to George Funk,
January 8, 1878, and «ied October 23, 1878; Orlando, cashier in Farmers’ & Merchants?
Bank, Newton; Ernest, Horace, Edward, Mavel and Alice. Heisa member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Chureh; also a Mason. Whilein IUinois Mr. McLain was Postmaster for
four years, aud County Commissiuner four’years; since coming to Kansas he has taken a
leading part inthe welfare of Harvey County, and has been County Commissioner four
years; and has also been onthe School Board eight years. Is Reporter for this county to
the State Appicultural Society, as well as the United States Agricultural Society.

A. POWELL, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Sheldon; owns 1 8 acres, seventy acres in culti-
vation, and all enclosed in hedge, with a young orchard aud good frame dwelling. Wheat
averaged twenty-seven and oats fifty bushels to the acre; has about twenty head of stock ale
this time. He was born in Ohio, in 1848, aud came from there to Kansas in 1870 and located
on present farm, He was married in April 1880, to Miss Jane Hi Gove. They have one
¢: — Minnie, :

_ HENRY SOOBY, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Newton; owns eighty acres, sixty in cultiva-
tion, an orchard and comfortavlv dwelling; he has about twenty head of stock. Was born
‘in England, in 1845, and came from there to Kansas, locating on his present farm in 1871.
Was married in 1874 to Miss Mary F. Pilant. They have two children—Thomas and Her- “
pert: fr. Sooby has served on the School Board for six years, and has been Road Overseer
Tee terms,

HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP,

AUGUSTUS Z. BECKER, farmer, Section,17, P. O.;Newton, owns eighty acres here, fifty
under cultivation, two acres in orchard, with a good frame dwelling 16x22, barn 18x28
with shed 9x18, corn crib 6x18; has two horses, one aeke of oxen, seven cows ani five
hogs. Also owns 160 acres in Emma Township, with tty acres improved, Was born near
Philadelphia, August 16, 1835, aud was raised on a farm but when a young man fitted hiin-
self for and engaged in the mercantile busiuess, which he followed until coming to Kansas
in 1879, locating on this farm. Has since bought 160 acres in Marion County, the north-
east quarter Section 30, Township 21, Range 2 east, owned by A. W. Noyesi @ was mar-
ried June 6, 1878, to Miss Amelia Herb, a ative of Pennsylvania, They have two children
—Nora and Augustus Z, Isa member of the German Evangelical Church. In addition to
his farm he aJso owns some city property in Newton.

HANNIBAL BEERY, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Newton, owns 240 acres, 140 under cul-
tivation, enclosed with hedge, with good orchard, dwelling 16x28, one and a half ‘stories,
has four horses, one milk cow and four hogs, Cameto Kansas April 8, 1871, and located
here. Was born in Ohio, January 2, 1845, and came from his native place tu Kansas, and
was the pioneer of this part of Highland Towuship. Is Township Constable and Road
Mastér. Is a member of Company K, Second Kansas State Militia.

SOLOMON EGY, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Newton, owns 400 acres, 240 in cultivation,
320 acres enclosed with hedge and cross hedges, dividing it into eighty-acre fields; eight
acres 1n orchard and six acres in cultivated walnut timber, with dwelling, stable, corn crib,
ete. His wheat averages twenty-five to thirty-five bushels per acre, according to the kind of
wheat sown, He has five head of horses and mules, twelve head of cattle and forty-two
hogs. Came to Kansas in May, 1871, and located on hisfarm. He was born in Washington
County, Pa,, December 31, 1826, and moved to Ohio in-1849, and from there to Ilinois in
1855, to Missouri in 1866, and came fromthere to Kansas. He was married in May, 1849,
to Miss Susan Clements, who died in 1852, leaving one child—Annetta J., who is married
and living in Oregon, He was married again February 16, 1855, to Miss Sarah A. Eckert,
a native of Ohio, They have seven childréu—Alice, John L., Albert L., Edwin F., Lillie
May, Grace E, and Harry Leon, He enlisted in 1862 in Company K, First Illinois; was at
Knoxville and Cumberland Gap, and mustered out June 21,1865. Is a Mason.

ROBERT GLENN, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Walton, owns 240 acres, 125 in cultivation,
four acres orchard, twenty acres in cultivated tlmber; 160 acres enclosed with hedge, with
cross-hedges dividing it Into forty acre fields; has five horses, twenty-eight head of cattle,
and twenty-two hogs, Came to Kansas in Noveinber, 1871, and located on this farm. Was
born in Canada, October 1, 1849, and came from native place to Kansas. Was married
December 15, 1862, to Miss Eliza A. Sloan, a native of Canada, Whey nave nine chiidren—
Hugh, Benjamin, James H., John, Eliza J., Julia, Frederick, William K., and baby not
named. r, G., being one of the early settlers, has a fine location, with good future pros-
pects, His Wheat average for 1882 is, thirty-seven acres, twenty-five bushels, and eighteen
acres twenty-two bushelseach.

.S. HACKNEY, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Walton, owns 240 acres, seventy acres culti-
vated, three acres orchard and two acres cultivated timber, all ‘enclosed with good stock.
proof hedge, frame dwelling, barn, stable, feed corrals, etc. Mr. H is one of the pioneers
of Highland Township, locating here in May, 1871. Was born in Pennsylvania, September
16, 1845,-and moved to Illinois, in 1867, and came from there to Kansas. Was married De-
cember 24, 1867, to Miss Elenore Woodward, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four
children, Joseph S., Arthur G., Adna May and Edgar C. Was for lwo years a member of
the State Police force, on duty at the State Penitentiary. Has served four years as Justice
of the Peace and on the School Board three years. . Is a member of the I. O. O. F.

J.'S. HACKNEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, P. U. Walton, owns a very finely
improved farm of 400 acres, 290 in cultivation, all enclosed with stock proof hedge fence.
forty-two acres in cultivated timber, over one-half walnut and ash, and a fine orchard of
thirteen acres, barn 42x52 with extensive sheds for stock and corrals, and windmill pump
and all the conveniences for successful stock raising. He makes a specialty of stock and
fattening for the home market. Has 6 horses, 145 head of cattle and 30 hogs. Mr, H. came
to Kansas, in April, 1871, aud is the pioneer of Highland Township, and located on present
farm as a homestead. Was born in Pennsylvania, February 24, 1838, and when a young
man graduated from a commercial college, and engaged in commercial life When twenty-
four years of age he moved to Illinois, remaining there one-year, then going to Lowa, one
year, and from there to Montana and Idaho, where he was engaged in inining and freight-
ing for several years, returning to his native place on a visit_in the fall of 1870, and came
from there to Kansas. Was married October 6, 1874, to Miss Flora Tuttle, a native of Lowa.
They have two children—Ciara F. and Cora L. Mr, H. is nut anaspirant for civil honors but
has served one term as Township Clerk. : i

LEONARD HERRICK, farmer and nurseryman, Section 32, P. O. Newton, owns eighty
acres, forty iu cultivation, six acres in fine bearing orchard, 200 bearing grape vines aid
plenty of sinall fruits, has two horses, five wilk cows aud five hogs. Came to Kansas, in
1869, and first located in Wilson County, aud came to Newton, Harvey County, the night of
the massacre or general fight among the cattle men and hard eharacters, and located his
present farm in fall of 1871. He was born in the State of New York, August 10, 1832, and
moved to Ohio, with-his parents when one poe old, and in 1856, he went to Minnesota, and
came from there to Kansas._ Was married December 28, 1857, to Miss Rachael Culp. They
have tive children—Cecelia J., Clara A., Elmer E., Ka 8, and Charles D, Enlisted in 1861,
in Company H, Fourth Regiment, Minnesota Infantry Volunteers, and was with his com-
mand at the Siege of Corinth, but after the evacuation, was taken sick and lost his health
entirely and was mustered outin November, 1862, on a surgeon’s certificate of disability.
Has served on School Boar« for three years. ss

ANDREW J. LOWE, farmer, Sectiun 28, P. O. Newton, owns a fine farm of 320 acres,
175 in cultivation, 160 enclosed with hedge, has a fine bearing orchard of 150 peach and
300 apple trees, and ten acres of cultivated timber, and a fine frame dwelling, 18x32, two
storles with L 16x20, one story, costing $2,000, with barn 16x35, and corn crib 16x20, and
all other conveniences for successful farming. His wheat i 1882, averaged twenty-six
bushels per acre, has five horses, two yoke of oxen, five milk cows and forty-five hogs.
Came to Kansas, in 1874, and located in Newton, and built a dwelling which he still owns,
and bought this place and located here in 1875. Mr, L. has made the manufacture of

and carried it on here very extensively aud success-

sorghum a business for twenty years, 1 5
fully until two years ago, when he abandoned it, as there was not sufficient raised in this
locality. He now has aste#m thresher, which he runs during the threshing season. Was

born in Fayette County, Pa, December 15, 1827, and was a cooper and stone inason Ly trade,
working ‘at’stone workin summer and coopering in-winter. He went to California, in 185 ,
crossing the plains from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Placerville, Cal., in three months and
twenty-six days, and was elgaged in mining until the fall of 1855, when he returned home
via the Nicaraugua route, anid while awaiting the arrival of the steamer at wren Bay, with
other passengers, the natives being exasperated at all foreigners on account 0. the Walker
Raid, ninety miles north of there, fired into the crowd and dispersed them, and Mr, L., with
a companion, fled into the wilderness and remained four days with nothing to eat, but re-
turned on hearing the steamer’s guns, and were detained there fifteen days awaiting the
next boat. After which he rcturned to his home in Pennsylvania, where he lived until
coming to Kansas, Was inarried February 13, 1862, to Miss Sarah J. Howard. They have

 

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ten children—Bermal E., Sarah E., Adda S., Clarence Grant, Howard L., Emerson B., Ray
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FRANK RICE, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Newton, owns eighty acres, all in cultivation
and hedged on two sides; small orchard and grove; dwelling, stable, and granary; has four
horses, three cows, and twelve hogs. Was born in Germany in 1852, and came to the United
States in 1869, localing in Illinois, and came to Kansas in 1878, locating here. He was
inarried in February, 1879, to Miss Sophia Springman, a native of Illinois.

C. ROYSTON, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Newton, owns eighty aeres, forty acres
hedged and in cultivation; has airocd orchard of apple and peach, as well as sinall fruits,
and asmall vineyard, with dwelling 14x26, two stolies, perch and kitchen; also a full line
of agricultural In plementss has two mules, one hoise, five cows, and fifteen hogs. Came
to Kansas in the fall of 1876, first Loci Dg in Marion County, and came to present farm in
1881. Was bornin Cincinnati, Ohio, April 16, 1839, and caine to Illinois in the spring of
1867, and from there to Kansas. Was married, November 17, 1869, to Miss Margaret Tim-
merman, a native of Obio. They have four children—Nellie Z., Mary L., Jennie D., aud

_ Hoyt 8. Enlisted in 1861, for chree months, in Company C, Third Ohio Infantry, and on

organization of company was appointed Corporal. On expiration of three months’ service,
he re-enlisted for three years, and was_commissioned as Second Lieutenant of Company C,
Eighteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and with his command went to the Depart-
nent of the Cumberland, and was engaged at Stone River, Tullahoma and Chickamauga,
and in the Atlanta campaign. After the battle of Stone River he was promoted to First
Lieutenant, aud «utter the fight at Tullahoma he was promoted to Captain, and mustered out
in 1864, on expiration of term of service. Ig a Mason.

EDGAR L. TYLER, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Newton, owns 148 acres, ninety-five 1
cultivation, all enclosed, with good orchard, and three acres of cultivated timber, His wheat
averaged thirty biishels per acre in 1882; has five horses, three milk cows, and four hogs.
Came to Kansas in May, 1872, and located here. Was born in the State of New York, July
16, 1826, and moved to Michigan with his parents when ten years old, and came from there
to Kansas. Was marrie |, December 21, 1856, to Miss M. A. Wickhanm, a native of Ohio.
They have two children, Edgar C. and Herbert E. He enlisted, August 9, 1862, in Company
H, Twenty-third Regiment, Michigan.Infantry, and served with his conmand in Kentucky
after Morgan, and pariteipated in the engagements at Franktort, Ky., and at Lawrence-
burg, but losing his health, he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and was sta-
t oned at Indianapolis. Ind., and mustered out July 9, 1865. Is Clerk of the School Board,
and as held the position for four years. Is a Mason, and member of the I. O. O. F.and

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_ HENRY WAYNE, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 under cultiva-
tion, with fine frame dwelling, 22x32, one and ahalf stories; tine barn, 20x36, and stable,
30x14; granary, 8x16; corn crib, 8x16; has six horses and three milk cows. Came to Kan-
sas in 1873, and located on his present farm. He was bornin Philadelphia, Pa., July 29,
1832, and when he arrived at manhood, engaged in the hardware business. In 1851 he re-
moved to Cincinnati, and engaged in the manufacture of machinery, and made that his
home, with the exception of three years spent in Hamilton, Ohio, until coming to Kansas.
He was inarried, October 24, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth C. Perry, whose father, William Perry,
was one of the pioneers of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was fur a number of years engaged in the
Southern trade, shipping South in flat boats the products of the North. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
have two children, William and perry. He enlisted, in 1861, in an independent organiza-
tion entitled Company D, Benton Cadets, Missouri Volunteers, and on the organization of
the company was made Orderly Sergeant. The regiment acted as Gen. Fremont’s Body
Guard, and was with him in Missouri, in the campaigns against Price, and was mustered out
when Fremont was relieved of hiscommand, In 1864, when the Ohio National Guard was
organized, he enlisted in Company H, of the Seventh Regiment, and was commissioned
Second Lieutenant, and did garrison duty at Fort McHenry and around Baltimore, and was
Mmustered out August 19, 1864. Heisa member of the G. A. R., aud has been Township
Treasurer since the organization of the township, in 1876. f Soils

N. D. WICKHAM, farmer, Section 6, P. O, Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 iu cultivation;
all enclosed excent eighty rods; two small orchards, with frame dwelling, 16x24, one and
one-half stories; has two horses, eleven head of catile and twenty-six hogs. Came to Kan-
sas in 1869 and stopped in Topeka and worked at his trade as carpenter and joiner, and lo-
cated his present farm in June, 1872. Was born in Ohio January 26, 1841, and when nine
years old moved with his parents to Michigan, and came from there to Kansas. Was mar-
ried November 18, 1872, to Miss Frances Bullis. They havetwochildren—Jessie and Cora.
Enlisted in 1861 in Company C, Fifth Regiment Michigan Infantry, and served with his
command in the army of the Potomac, and participated in the engagements of Yorktown,
Willia. nsburg, Fair Oaks and the Seven Days ending with Malvern Hill, and at the second™
Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. When he was de-
tailed for the recruiting service, and returned to his command and took part in Grant’s
move on Richmond, and was inthe Wilderness and Coal Harbor, and mustered out August
27, 1864, on expiration of term ofservice. Was promoted to Second and to First Sergeant
of Company. Is a Mason and Trustee of Highland Township. ‘ .

ARLES C. WILLIAMS, farimer, Section 20, P. O. Newton, owns 400 acres, 230 in
cultivation, 160 enclosed and eighty acres on north and west with good hedpe fence. Has 4
fine bearing orchard of six acres, and a windbreak of cottonwood trees planted eight years
ago, which are forty feet high; frame dwelling, 14x20. with L 14x16, stable and corrals.

 

Has six horses, three mules, fourteen head of cattle-and thirty hogs. Came to Kansas in |

1870 and located in Topeka, and followed his trade of carpenter and builder until May 15,
1871. Came to Harvey County and located in Newton, and came to this farm July 21, 1873.
Was born in the State of New York April 10, 1838, and when eight years of age his parents
immigrated to Michigan, which he made his home until coming to Kansas. He was marzied
January 3, 1878, to s. Emina Wellman, who bas ason, William Wellman. They have a
son, Charles A. Enlisted in 1864, in Company F, Twenty-eighth Regiment Michigan Infan-
try, aud participated in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and with his command was sent to
North Carolina in the spring of 1865 and engaged in the battle of Kingston, and mustered
out in 1865. Isa member of the I. 0.0. F.

DARLINGTON TOWNSHIP.

JONATHAN ADAMSON, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Sunny Dale, Sedgwick County. owns
160 acres, eighty in cultivation, with good frame dwelling, 14x18, with L, 12x18, one ana
one-half stories, with a small orchard. Has at present four horses, fifteen head of cattle and
eighteeu hogs. Came to Kansas in August, 1876, and located in Reno County, but not be-
ing satisfied there came to Harvey Cuunty, locating on his present farm in the spring of
1880. Was born in Indiana in 1828, and camefrom his native State to Kansas. Was mar-
ried October 11, 1849, to Mi c un
William B., Joseph A., Noraani Dora, He enlisted in 1862 in Company K.
and Thirtieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Twenty-third Army
Corps, and was in thé battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and from there went to
North Carolina, and was mustered out in 1865. 1s a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and also of School Board. .

J. E. ADAMSON, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Sedgwick, owns 240 acres, 160 in cultivation
with one and one-half nile of hedge, frame dwelling, 24x48, o e stury, aud barn 20x32.
Wheat averaged in 1882, seventeen bushels and oats forty: Has eight horses, four mules,
twenty-one head of cattle and twenty-seven hogs. Also has asmall orchard of apple and
peach trees. Was bornin Wayne County, Ind., June’ 27, 1836, and moved to Vermillion
County, Ind., and lived there six years before coming to Kansas, in 1874, first locating on
Section 34, which he rented for three years, and ou Section 22 for eighteen months, and
bought this farm and located here February 15, 1879. Was married in 1855 to Miss Kezia
Hunt, a native of Indiana. They have six children—Alonzo A.. Rolandus A., Oscar O., Les-
lie O., Chest. r A. and Rosa E. Is a member of the Christian Church and member of School
Boaru, and takes an active part in educational natters. His children are well educated and
two of his sous are teaching school.

WALTER BRANDON, farmer, Section 14, P.O, Newton, owns 160 acres, forty under
cultivation. Has a goud frame dwelling and stables, and agood orchard set out, and also
ornamental trees. Has five horses, five cows and ten hogs. Came to Kansas in 1879, stop-

ing in Newton and locating here in 1880. Was born in Ohio, October 8, 1837, and came

rom Ohio to Kansas. Was inarried December 16, 1859, to Miss Sarah J. Cole, ‘They have
ten children—Vincent, Elmira, Margaret J.,Louisa B.,Aaron, Levi, Maria, Ida E.,Nettie and
Henry H. Enlisted in 1864 in the Eighth Ohio Independent Battery, and was with his
command in the South in several skirmishes, but no general engagements, and mustered
out August 10, 1865. A
OSEPH K, CLARK, farmer, Section 34, P. 0. Sedgwick. Owns 160 acres, 100 in cul-
tivation, with 240 rods of hedge fence, with peach orchard bearing; has 7 horses, 17 head
of cattle and 18 hogs. He was born in the State of New York in 1824, and woved to Wis-
consin in 1842, which at that time was on the frontier, and from there to Ilinois. He
entered the servicein 1862 in Company G, Ninety-sixth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and
was in the Fourth Corps, and at the battle of Chickamauga was in the force that made the
charge on the right of Thomas’s position and prevented him from having his flank turned,
thus saving the key to the position; participated in all the principal engagements of the
Atlanta campaign, and when Sherman went on his march to the sea, remained in Thomas’s
commani< ‘o take care of Bragg, and was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and after

Miss Lorena Hunt, a native of Indiana. They have four children—

his repulse went to Kast Ten essee, and was mustered out in June, 1865; was wounded in
the battle of Lo»kout Mountain; came to Kansas in 1871, and located on present farm; was
married, in 1854, to Miss Mary Vieley. They have ten chilaren—Charles O., Lewis G.,
William H., Joseph, Adeline, Helen, John, Ida A., Mary M.and James A. Is amember of
the G. A. R., and a Mason.

JOHN KR. DUNN, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 125 in cultivation,
all enclosed with first-class hedge fences and over two miles of cross hedges, with farm in a
fine state of cultivation; raises general crops: wheat average this year is 21 bushels, ar.

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oats 40 bushels; has 7 horses, 15 head of cattle and 14 hogs. He was born in Scotland in
1822, and came tothe United States in 1857, and located for a time in New York State, then
was fora number of years in Wisconsin, and came from there to Kansas, in 1870, stopping
one year in Sedgwick, and locating on his present farm in 1871. He was married, in 1860,
to Miss Isabella Ross, a native of Scotland. They have two children—Robert B. (who is
working the place with his father) and Christine (who is married to William A. Dupas, a
farmer of Harvey County.

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. > A. G. HUBBARD, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Newton, owns 320 acres, 190 in cultivation
~ with fine orchard, and farm well improved, enclosed with hedge; good frame dwelling an

barn; raises general crops, his wheat average in 1882 was 2U bushels to the acre, and oats
40; has 5 horses, 2 cows and 100 hogs of fine, thorough breed; makes a specialty of raising
fine hogs. He was born in Illinois, November 22, 1842, Enlisted in Company’ E, Seventy-
fifth Regiment Ilinols Infantry, in 1864, and was in the battles of Nashville and Franklin,
Tenn., and other skirmishes, and was mustered outin 1865; came to Kansas in 1873, and
located on present farm. Was married,in 1870, to Miss Nettie Benton, His wite dled
February 2, 1874, leaving two children—Bertie and Nettie. Isa member of the Baptist
Church. While in Illinois, was Deputy Sheriff for two and a half years, In Kansas, has
been Township Trustee and Clerk of Schoo! Board, and is now Justice ot the Peace.

P. A. JOI railroad carpenter, Section 12, P.O. Newton, makes his home with Mr.
Lynn, and has followed railroad carpentering for fifteen years. Came to Kansas in April,
1877, first locating in Parsons, and came to Harvey County, and located here in August,
1882. He was born on Staten Island, N. ¥., December 11, 1848, and in 1857, located in
Iowa; enlisted, in 1861, in Company D, Tenth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was
the first one with Gen. Pope in Missouri, and at Island, No. 10, and afterwards was with
Gen Grant in all his campai, ms. From Shiloh was at Corinth and Luka, where he was
wounded in the foot; then to Vicksburg, and to Chattanooga, and in the Atlanta campaign,

under McPherson, and with Sherman in his mareh to the sea, and north to the Carolinas,
and in the great review at_Washington, D. C., and was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark.,
and finally discharged at Davenport, Iowa., September 1, 1865. Was married October 14,
1865, to Miss Rachel Esler, who died in February, 1872, leaving one child—Frank. Heis a
Mason and a member of the I. 0.0. F. His father, J. F. Joice, was Captain of Company D,
Thirty-seventh Regiment Iowa troops, and was wounded at ape Girardeau, Mo.,, July 8,
1868, and died of his wounds July 21,1863. His brother, G. L. Joice, was a private in
Company D, Thirty-second Regiment, Iowa Volunteers, and acted as Orderly on Gen. A.J.
Smith’s staff, and was captured at Sabine Cross Roads, and held as aprisoner of war for
over two years at Fort Tyler, Tex. Also had a brother, F. A. Joice,as a private in the
Second Kansas Cavalry.

JACOB LOLMAUGH, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Newton, owns 320 acres, 280 in culliva-
tion; raises general crops and has a well improved place; has at present 9 horses, 35 head
of cattle and 40 hogs. Was born in France, September 24, 1818, and’ came to the United
States with his parents in 1831, locating in Ohio, but moving from thére to Lllinois in 1839,
where he resided until he came to Kansas in October, 1879, locating on presentfarm, Was
married in 1840, to Miss Susan J, Bowles, a native of Kentucky. They have nine children
living—Catherine, Caroline, Augustine, Emeline, David, Morris, Christopher, Andrew and
Harmon. Is a member of the Catholic Church.

SAMUEL LYNN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 85 acres under culti-
vation,all enclosed with hedge fence, two acrs3 in orchard and three acres in cultivated tim-
ber; has a good frame dwelling, barn and stable; raises general crops, wheat average for
1882 was 25 bushels to the acte and oats 40 bushels; has 4 horses, 20 head of cattle and 30
hogs. Came to Kausas, March, 1871, and located on his present farm in September of tie
same year. He was born in Delaware County, Ohio, June 15, 1843. and moved to Missouri
in 1866 and from there to Kansas, He enlisted in 1862 in Company C, Kighty-sixth Regi-
ment Ohio Volunteers, for three months and did duty in West Virgina, scouting for bush-
whackers, and was mustered out on expiration of term of service and re-enlisted in an inde-
peadent company called the Union Light Guards, or Seventh Ohio Independent Cavalry

roop,and did provost duty and orderly duty in Washington City. He with sixteen of his com-
mand were for atime on duty at Gen, Augtr’s headquarters, and was finally mustered out
in the fall of 1865.jHe was married November 21, 1872, to Miss Nellie E.Gardiner, and were
the first couple married in Darlington POMS. They have one child, Hubbard H.

GEORGE MILNE, farmer, Section 4, P. 0. Newton, owns 160 acres, 120 in cultivation,
about 870 rods of hedge fence, stock proof, raises general crops, has about twenty head of
stock and a goud farm. Was born in Scotland, March 25, 1829, and came to the United
States when a child with his parents and located in the State of New York. When fifteen
years of age he went to New York City and engaged in business, where he remained five
years, then went to Philadelphia and remained there five years, he then removed to DeKalb
County, Ill., where he remained a number of years, coming from there to Kansas in May,
1871, and located on present farm, being one of the early settlers of Darlington Township.
Was married November, 2, 1844, to Miss Sarah J. Robb, They have one child, Sarah E, who
is married to John Betz, a successful farmer in Newton Township. Mr. M. came to Kansas
on account of the iJ]-health of his wife, which has been entirely restored by the change. Is
a member of the Presbyterian Church.

. R. NORRIS, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 under cultivation,
a small orchard, with dwelling, 16x24, with L, 12x24; raises general crops, his wheat this
year will average thirty bushels tothe acre. He has at present 6 horses, 10 head of cattle
and 18 hogs. He was born in Ohio in 1848, and came to Kansas in 1876, and was for the
tirst year in Johnson County, and located on his present farmin1877. He was married in
1876, to Miss Lucy C. Trembley. They have threetchildren—Joseph R., Mary and Thomas.
He is also raising an orphan child, Albert Mittlesdorf. He enlisted April 14, 1861, ina
company known as Muskingum County Rangers, and reported in Columbus the next morn-
ing after the three months call was issued, and assigned to the Sixteenth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and was the first to enter West Virigina. »Re-enlisted for three years in
Company D,-Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and'went_to the department of
Kentucky and Tennessee, was at Cumberland Gap and the siege of Vicksburg and up the
Red River and was wounded at the battle of Chickasaw Bayou and had his heariug im-
paired by the cannonading at Vicksburg, and after recovering from his wound was detailed
in tlhe Secret Service and remained during the war and was mustered out in 1865. Heisa
member of theG. A. R. see

SIMON PETER, fariner, Section 18, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 118 in cultivation,
and eighteen acres in cultivated timber'and orchard, and the restin pasture. Mr. P. intends
this to be the model farm of Darlington Township. He has his hedges so planted that from
all the fields on the place (nine in number), the entrance is at the barn and windmill, where
his stock can come for water, his well, with windmill pump, being situated on the highest
part of thefarm. He intends to irrigate to a certain extent. His intention is to make a
specialty of fine hogs and horses. He has five head of fine horses for farm work; he has an
imported Norman mare, and a three year old stallion by her, whose grandam 1s an imported
Clydesdale, whose weight was 1,700 pounds, and he expects fine results from this cross of
Clydesdale andl Norman. He has one acre of blackberries planted in his timber, from which
he expects good results. Was born in Indiana, August 15, 1835, and moved to Illinots in
1872, and came from there to Kansas in 1879, locating here. Was marricd April 13, 1856,
to Miss Barbara Pence. They have seven children—Nancy J., Savilla I, Mary K., D. Rufus,
Simon R., William F., Lillie.” Enlisted in 1861, in Company F’, Fifty-ninth Regiment Inat-
ana Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the western department. Was at
the engagements of New Madrid, Mo., Vicksburg, Champlon Hill, Jackson and in most of
the battles in the Atlanta campaign, and after the taking of Atlanta, on the March to the
Sea, and the taking of Savannah, and was captured on the Carolina campaign, and was taken
as a prisoner to Salisbury, N.G., and from there to Danville, Va,, then to Castle Thunder and
Libby Prisons, in Richmond, and was paroled from there the day before the fall of Rich-
mond, and mustered out in April, 1865. He ls 4 member of the Baptist Church, 18 are also
four of his family. é

EZRA H. SAXTON, farmer and thresher, Section 25, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, forty
in cultivation, 120 rods hedge tence, small orchard, In addition to farming he has two
threshing machines, one ten horse steam thresher, and one horse power thresher has nine
horses, twelve head of cattle, and sixteen hogs. Came to Kansas in December, 1878, and
located on present farm in June, 1880. Was born in the State of New York, In August, 1844
and came from native State to Kansas. Was married in 1866, to Miss mma M. Rugg. They
have two children—Earle P. and Pearl E. He entered the service as private In Company C,
Ninth Regiment New York Cavalry, in 1864, and was with Gen. Grant, and participated in
the battle of the Wilderness, and under Sheridan, in the Shenandoah Valley, at Cedar Creck
and Shawstown, and other engagements, and mustered out in April, 1865.

WILLIAM V. SMITH, farmer and stock dealer, Section 10, ?. O Newton, owns 160
acres, 130 acres in cultivation. Has good traine dwelling, 14x24, with L 12x14, one and
one-half stories. Has fourteen horses, fifty-one head of cattle and nine hogs, Was born in
Ohio, in 1833, and when a child moved with his parents to Indiana. He entered the service
in 1861, in Companv G, Nineteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was with his
command in the Army ofthe Potomac in all its battles and skirmishes, until the battle of
Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded, the ball going in below the right eye, and
coming out near the left ear, from the effects of which wound he was discharged, on a Sur-

eon’s certificate of disability, in 1863. Was married in 1864, to Miss Bliza Sprinkle, who

ied in 1871, leaving one child -Frank, and wasmarried a second time, February 29, 1880,
to Miss Sarah Cole. They have one child—Jackson. Came to Kansas from Indiana, in
spring of 1871; being one of the first settlers in Darlington Township.

ROBERT A. TURNER, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Newton, owns 240 acres, 220 of which
arein cultivation, all enclosed with hedge; also twelve acres of cultivated tim der, So
arranged as to be a perfect protection and windbreak for a very fineorchard of apple,

each, pear, cherry and sinall fruits, as wellasafine vineyard. Has agood frame dwelling,
PoxB2. and barn, 16x30. Raises general crops, and has his farm in a fine state of cultiva-
tion, and displays great artistic taste in the arrangement of trees in beautifying his farm.
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of the war, when he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Voluntee
Infantry, and served with his command nearly three years as non-commissioned officer:
Was first uuder Sturges in Missouri,then under Fremont, and participated in the taking of
Island No. 10, then to the siege of Corinth and Iuka, and then sent to Pulaski, Tenn , where
he left his regiment in 1864, having been commissioned First Lieutenant, and recruited
Company B, One Hundred and Sixth Regiment United States Colored troops. His com-
mand was subsequently captured by Forrest, but he was on detached service at the time
and escaped capture. In June, 1865, his command was consolidated with the Fortieth Reg-
iment United States Colored and mustered out, April 26, 1866. After the war, he remained
two years in Alabama, then returned to Ohio and came from there to Kansas in 1871, stop-
ping for one year in Franklin County, and coming to his present. location in 1872. Mr. T. is
Justice of the Peace, and has held the position for seven years. Was Enumerator of Census
in 1880, for Darlington and Richland townships, and is also Township Clerk and a mem-
per of the School Board, which position he has held since the organization of the school, He
is a member of theG. A. R. : : "

IRA WINANS, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, ninety acres in cuilti-
vation, twelve in orchard and three in cultivated timber, anda good frame dwelling and
about thirty head of stock. He was born in Ohio in 1827 and moved from there to Indiana
where he spent anumber of years, then to Minnesota and Mi-souri, and from there to Kan-
sas, locating on his present farm in the fall of 1870, being one of the first settlers in Dar-
lington Township, and building the first house in this locality, He entered the service in
1861, in Company B, Thirty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was in the
battle of Fort Donelson where he was severely wounded, and was discharged on a surgeon’s
certificate of disability from effects of wound, He was married in 1850 and has seven
children—Isaae A., now in San Blas, Mexico, bossing oaiive laborers ona new railroad
line, John W., Carmi H., GeorgeC., Bradford G., Lillie M.and Ira E. Mr. W. isa member
of the First Baptist Church in Newton, also a member of the G. A. R. Has been Treasurer
of the School Board for four years and Township Supervisor of Roads. His sons, Carmi H.,
Winans and John W., are now farming the place, their father being disabled from perform-
ing manual labor. During the winter of 1874 and 75, following the grasshopper visitation,
the family being large, were compelled to make extra exertions Fo-supply their wants, an
so twosons, Isaac A, and John W. went with ateam with their neighbors on the Tange to
kil buffalo for meat, and the hides of which were of some value. During thetime, they
suffered great privations, being chased by Indians, but fortunately escaped and were
snowed ina great distance from the frontier.and had to subsist on buffalo meat alone for
twenty-one days. They were, however, very successful, the party having killed about 400
butfalo, and came in after the storm with wagons loaded with meat and buffalo hides, He
was one of the delegates to the first Republican Convention ever held in Harvey County. |

ELIJAH A. WOOSLEY, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Sedgwick, owns 160 acres, 120 in
cultivation, with about a mile of hedge fence, three acres in orchard and a fibe grove of cul-
tivated timber. Wheat average this year was twenty bushels per acre and oats forty-five.
He has seven horses and twenty-seven head of cattle and five hogs. He was born in Ken-
tucky, January 1, 1828, and when achild moved with his parents to the State of Illinois,
where he remained until coming to Kansas, in August. 1876, and located here. Was mar-
ried. February 4, 1855. to Miss Susan Crow, a native of Virginia. They have six children—
Lockwood, Elijah, Eliza J., Mabel, Edna and Pearl. Has taken quite an active part in edu-
gational matters and served on the School Board eight or ten years. Is a member ofthe

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JOHN P. BERRY, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Newton, owns eighty-six acres, forty in
cultivation; -all enclosed with post and barb-wire fence, with dwelling and barn. ‘Was born
in Ohio, August 22, 1836, and came to Indiana in 1865, and from there to Kansas in 1876,
and located here. Was married in 1852, to Miss Mary E.Simmons, Has one child—Lina,
who was married to Dennis Roberts who lost his life in a collision on the Denver & Rio
Grande R. R., in October, 1880. Mr. Berry was asoldier inthe M»*xican war, in Company
A, Eleventh Regiment Ohio Regular Infantry, and was with Gen. Scott in the campaign

- from Vera Cruz to the City of. Mexico,

JOHN EILERTS, farmer, Section 11, P O. Newton, owns 320 acres here and 160 on
Section 3; about 200 Acres under cultivation. Has a fine frame dwelling, 16x32, with an L
16x16 and kitchen 10x16, and portico in frontand porch in back; cost $900. Barn 22x36
and granary 12x40 and stock to eat the surplus grain raised on the farm. He was born in
Germany, August 30, 1837, and came to the United States with his parents when only nine
years of age, settling in Morgan County, Ill., where he was married in 1858, to Miss Olive

elotte, who died, leaving three children—Mary, Fauny, Belle. In 1862 he enlisted in
Company A, One Hundredth and First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, for three
years, or during the war and served in the Twentieth Army Corps under Gen. Hooker, and
inthe Atlanta campaign, from Lookout Mountain, until the battle of Peach Tree Creek and
Atlanta on the 23d of Julv, 1864, where he was wounded and sent to the hospital and was
mustered out June 19, 1865, and returned to his home in Illinois, where he was married a
second time in 1873 to Miss AugustaSnow. They have three children—Charley, Estella and
Walter, In 1879 he came to Kansas and located on his present farm. He belongs to the
Grand Army of the Republic and is Treasurer of the School Board.

WILLIAM A. GEORG, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Newton, rents and farms 160 acres,
owned by his father, Robert W. George, who is an extensive land owner and lives one mile
north, and a native of Crab Orchard, Ky. He came to Kansas in March, 1882, and bought
several farms in this vicinity, his son William occupying one of them. He has ten horses
and ten head of cattle. He was born in Kentucky, October 22, 1841, and went to Illinois
with his parents when only nine years of age. He was married March 20, 1862, to Miss Mary
J. Journigan. They have seven children—Lizzie, Elia, James, Gertrude, Frank, Ollie, and
Edna, He came to Kansas March 15, 1882, and located on his present place.

H. F. GORDINIER, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 in cultiva-
tion, all enclosed with hedge and hedge cross fences in a fine state of cultivation with a good
frame dwelling, and stables and fine orchard; has three horses, twenty-four head of cattle
and thirty hogs. He came to Kansas in June, 1871, and located here. He was born in
Indiana, August 28, 1844, and lived there until the breaking out_of the war, when he en-
listed in 1862 in Company A, Seventy-third Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and was under
Rosecrans and Sherman in Tennessee, and was taken with the measles and was not with his
regiment a good part of the time, during which time bis regiment was captured under Gen.
Straight aud was mustered out in June, 1865. In 1867 he removed to Iowa and came
from there to Kansas, He was married June 17, 1874, to Miss Esther Feroe. They have
three children—Ella M., William G. and Ethel Lynn.

PHILLIP LANDER, stock_raiser and president of the Farmers’ and Merchants’. Bank,
Newton, Kan., Section 28, P.O. Newton, owns 1040 acres, about one-fourth in cultivation, the
rest in grass and pasture for grazing: has one section in a body fenced with iron post and
barbed wire; has a fine frame dwe ling, 22x30, two stories; barn 22x44; large corn crib,
implement sheds, etc,, makes stock raising a specialty, and all full bred and high grade; has
at present ninety-four head of finestock; rents his farm land. He was born in Germany, May
21, 1841, and came to the United States with his mother (his father having died when he
was four years old) In 1853, and located in Ohio, and in 1862 enlisted in Company B, Thir-
ty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the battle of Perryville, after which
he was detached as Clerk In the Quartermaster Department, and served there until mus-
tered outin 1864. He was, then employed again in same department, in Chattanooga and
Nashville, and Fort Lyon, Colorado, until 1867,when he went Into the stock business In Col-
or aulo, whore he remained until coming to Kansas in the spring of1880, locating on present
farm. Was married November 26, 1874, to Miss Laura Jack. They have three children
sJohn, Pailin and Gertrude. He is a Mason, Township Treasurer and Clerk of School
Boara. NV hile In Colorado, he was County Commissioner for five years,

oO. P. LINEAWEAVER, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Newton, owns 320 acres, 165 in culti-
vation, all onclosed with hedge fence and good orchard of all kinds of fruit; his place 1s
finely improved. He has afine frame dwelling, 14x25, two stories, with L 16x20 one story,
and addition 10x12 one story; barn 28x28 an granary 12x20; has six horses, thirty head
of cattle and sixteen hogs. Came to Kansas in 1871 and located on present farm. He was
born in Pennsylvania, October 80, 1829, and for twenty years before coming to Kansas,
lived {n Iilinois aud Towa, coming from the latter State to Kansas. He was married March
iT 8 3, to Miss Elizabeth Broad. They have two daughters—Alice, married to E. P.

bbey, and living on an adjoining farm, and Ida, married to the Rev. I. N. Bicourt, of the
South Kansas Conference’ Methodist Episcopal Church. Is a member of the Methodist
Episcopa} Church and Clerk of the Schoo) Board. Mr. Lineaweaver had three brothers in
bhe gery ice two Of poow 108k their lives in battle.

V L M. CH, farmer, Section_11, P, O. Newton, owns
cultiyatlon, with small orchard of fruits of aliadinds, good frame Serelling Goce So00 dois

urs. and corn crib and stable; has three horses, two cows and ten hogs.” He was born fu
Cos Hoeton County, Ohio, July 5, 1830, and moved to Indiana when a child, with his parents,
a ceriianen 1661. when he enlisted in Company F, Thirty-ninth Regiment, Indiana
‘ * a rward chan On y
his command tn the departinent of Toh ed to the Eighth Cavalry, and served with
ngagements o sScommand; was at Stone River, and in th
but wag Tacon sick and sent back from Atlanta, and mustered out in tha. Tall of 1864 Gad
Wad Married Sapam te ae phere to Kansas tn 1877, locating on present farin.
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and sarah Be wo amenatir af BPO Ae i isan Martin, They have two children—Marietta

PT. \ TE “WTON, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Newton, owns eighty acres of
tand, or chard consisting of 140 apple, and 700 peach trees, besides an ShREenen of small
i wits, ua h a good farm dwelling 16x24, one anda half stories, stable for six horses, and
teensy and ar nary. Combined, 10x26. His wheat average for 1882, was twenty-six bushel
Saree ie oats fifty-five, and a good corn fron. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1878"
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the service in April, 1861, in Company E, Seventeenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infan-
ay for three years; was mustered in the service at Poorias first went to Alton, Ill, and
drilled until the 18th of July; was ordered to North Missouri, from there to Birds Point;
there his regiment went across into Kentucky, and built Fort Holt, Ky. His first engage-
ment was af Fredericktown, Mo., where his regiment routed Jeff. Thompson; was under
Gen, Grant in his campaigns, from Fort Donelson to the capture of Vicksburg; was with
Gen. Sherman in his raid through Meridian, Mississippi, and was mustered out in June,
1864. After being mustered out, wasin the Government employ at Johnsonville, Tenn.,
when Forrest attacked the place and was armed and in command of fift carpenters with
the garrison, prevented him from crossing the river, and was at Nashville, at the time of
Hood’s raid, and saw Hood get badly whipped. He entered the army again, February 4,
1865, as Captain of Company B, One Hundred and Forty-elghth Regiment, [linols Volun-
teers, and was sent to Tennessee, and put in charge of the Block House, on the Nashville &
Chattanooga Railroad, between Mantanden and the Alabama State line, with headquarters
at Anderson, Tenn., in the Cumberland Mountains, and’ was mustered out in September,
1865, at Nashville, Tenn. He was wounded in the shoulder at Fort Donelson. During the
war he was in thirty-six battles and skirmishes. He was married May 23, 1867, to Miss
-Harriet L. Reeves. They have one child—LillieJ. Mr. Newton cameto Kansas, originally,
in 1857, and located near Lawrence, at Blandon’s Bridge, on the Wakarusa River, where he
had an acquaintance, by the name of John Jones, shot by the border ruffians. They met him
at the bridge, aud ordered him to surrender, which he refused to do,as he was armed and

ready for fight, They parleyed with him, and finally passed on, but as soon as he turned to
RO, ne shot him in the back. killinghim. Participated in the controversies that finally

angas a free State.
EDWARD L. PARKER, Section 8, Richland Township, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres,
100 under cultivation, three acres in orchard, and a nice vineyard bearing, and small fruits
-aud eight acres of cultivated timber; has seven horses, sixty-five head Of cattle, and thirty
hogs. He was born in Ohio, in 1842, and movedto Iowa with his parents in 1854, and lived
there until 1861, when he came to Kansas, landing at Fort Leavenworth, and evtered the
service as a Corporal, in Company B, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, and with his command saw
service in Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Indian Nation. articipated in a great number
of skirmishes; at Mazzard, was wounded, stripped. and left for dead; was mustered out No-

vember 18, 1864, after which he remained in Johnson County, Kan., for two years, then -

returned to Iowa, and was married May 10, 1868, to Miss Amanda V. Truscott; in Novem-
ber, 1870, they came to Kansas, and located on the present farm in April, 1871, being one
among tlie first settlers of Richland Township. They have three children—John E., Hugh
T. and Sarah 8. Isa member of the Baptist Church, and of the G. A. R. Three of his great
grandfathers were officers in the Revolutionary war, one of them from the siege of Boston
to the surrender of Yorktown, His grandfather was Captain in the war of 1812; he also had
a great uncle killed at the battle of Bunker Hill; his father, who now resides in Iowa, was
Captain of Company M, Fifth Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, making four generations of sol-
se TKINSON TL RICH, £ >. 0. Ne
TKI - . farmer, Section 14, P.O. Newton, owns 400 acres, 380 acres en-
closed with hedge, and 280 acres in cultivation. Has nearly five miles of hedge on his place,
with a fine orchard of all kinds of fruit, and two acres of cultivated timber, frame dwellin
14x20 with L 14x14, one and a-halfstories high. Barn 26x46, corn crib 20x32. His wheat:
in 1882 averaged twenty-one bushels to the acre, and for the past nine years it has aver-
aged eleven bushels to the acre; oats twenty-five bushels this year, and for the past nine
years has averaged twenty-seven bushels. He has seven horses, thirty-three head of cattle
and keeps about fifty ops on an average. He was born in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia,
May 28, 1843, where he lived until coming to Kansas. In 1863, he enlisted in Company B,
Third Battalion Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and was sent to Get ysburg, but was not
in the engagement, but in hearing, and was mustered out the same fall. In January, 1866,
he was married to Louisa Smith, and in the spring of 1874 came to Kansas and located on
his Bregent farm. He is a member of the Society of Friends.
ON. A. G. RICHARDSON, farmer, Section 12, Township 24 south, Range 2 east, P.
O. Newton, owns in his own right 840 acres, and controls 1.400 acres for others, 640 acres
in Butler County, and the balance in Harvey County, all enclosed with hedge, and about
600 acres in cultivation. Has dwelling 26x30, with addition 14x16, all two stories; barn
32x40, with orchard of five acres, He has also a number of tenant dwellings on his place as
itis principally farmed by tenants, His wheat in 1882 averaged from twenty-three to
thirty bushels per acre, according to machine measure. He is emphatically a farmer, but
trades in stock of all kinds, having quite an amount on his farm at the present time, also
1,000 head of fine sheep. He came to Kansas in March, 1870, and is the oldest present resi-
dent of Richland Township. The first child born in the county was on his place. Mr. Rich-
ardson was bornin Muskingum County, hio,May 1, 1830; when ten years of age his parents
removed to La Harpe, Hancock Co., Ill, where he remained until 1855, when he went to
Keokuk, Iowa, and engaged in the general trading business. He handled lumber, groceries,
stock, real estate, money loaning, etc., where he remained until 1863, when he went to
Little Rock, Ark., and remained there one year, and then went to Alabama in 1866, and
bought 2 plantation, and went to raising cotton, where he was appointed Sheriff of Wilcox
County by Gen, Swaine, the military Governor of the State, and took an_active part in poli-
tics in the campaign of 1868, and was elected a member of the State Legislature; but the
feeling against Northern men was so strong, and his life was so frequently threatened, that
he left there in 1870, and came to Kansas, locating on his present farm. He was married
March 21, 1877, to Miss Eliza W. Anderson. They have two children—Rufus G., and
Robert A. hen Harvey County was organized Mr. Richardson was appointed by the
Governor one of the original County Commissioners to organize the county, and held the
position until 1874,when he was elected to represent Harvey County in the State Legislature.
e is now County Commissioner, elected in 1881. The Rtsh religious services held in Harvey
County were held at Mr, Richardson’s house, and conducted by the Rev. Mr. Roberts, of
Butler County, and the first Sunday school was organized in his house in May, 1 3
JOHN G. SANDBACH, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Newton, owns eighty acres, all in culti-
vation, all enclosed with hedge, also cross hedg+s, with seven horses, two mules, cows and
hogs. Bornin St. Louis, Mo, and when a child moved to Illinois, and lived _ there until
1862, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Seventeenth Dlinois Infantry, and
participated in the siege of Vicksburg, Port Hndson, Tupelo, Miss., Holly Springs, etc.,
then went with A. J. Smith in the Red River campaign, and was inthe Sabine Cross Roads
engagement, and from there to Nashville, Tenn., where he was wounded, and mustered out
» He was married in 1869, to Miss Emma Bates. They have one child—
Mr, Sandbach cameto Kansas, March 15, 1882, and located on present farm.
. MAS R. SMITH, farmer, Section 10, P.O, Newton, owns 320 acres, 240 in cultiva-
tion; 240 enclosed in hedge fence, with good orchard, dwelling and stabling; has 6 horses,
5 cows and 10 hogs. His father, Ross Smith, was born in Bucks Conaty, Pa,, June 5, 1797,
of a Quaker family who trace their origin back to the days of William Penn; he was mar-
ried April 12, 1827, to Mary B. Lownes, of an ancient English Quaker family, who trace
their family back to the fifteenth century. His parents moved to Illinois in 1846, and from
there to Kansas in 1866, locating in Lyon County, and coming from there to present farm
in the fall of 1870, where his father died April 3, 1880. He has his mother and one sister
with him here. Mr. Smith enlisted in 1862 in Cumpany A, One Hundred and Twenty-
ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was with his command in the Armies of
the Tennessee and Cumberland, in all their cam pegns and battles, and was in the Atlanta
Campaign until the battle of Pumpkinvine Creek, where he was wounded and permanently
disabled, and after recovery was on detached service and mustered out May 18, 1865. Isa
Mason and member of the G. A. R., also Justice of the Peace, which position he has held
for four years. Mr. Smith is a bachelor.

 

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SAMUEL AKINS, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Newton, owns 165 acres, all in cultivation,
with 7 acres in, bearing orchard, 6 acres in cultivated timber—walnut, dwelling 24x28 and
barn 28x32; has 6 horses, 42 head of cattle and 24 hogs. Came to Kansas and located here
February 26, 1871, and was the pioneer of this locality, and having plots of the land in this
neighborhood located most of the early settlers on theirland, When he came here Newton
was not thought of; the nearest place was Sedgwick City, which then had six houses ip it;
and was in Newton when the first business was started there, which consisted of a board put
for a bar over which they were selling whiskey. Mr. Akins was born in Chester County,
Pa., September 16, 1826, and in 1855 came first to Kansas but went out into Johnson
County from Kansas City, and seeing the state of the country decided not to locate and went
back to Illinois and located in Bureau County. In 1860 he went to the mountains, walkin
the whole distance from St. Joe, Mo., to Camp Gregory in less than a month, but returne:
to Illinois same year and remained there until coming to Kansas, Was married September
47, to Miss Susan Walker, who died January 6, 1872, and was the first death in Macon

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Township, leaving five children—Frank, Henry, Louisa E., William P. and Lee,

Mason. a
W. H. BLACK, farmer and stock raiser, Section 16, P. O. Newton, owns 320 acres, finely
improved, all in. cultivation, and enclosed in good hedge fence besides cross fences; has
over six miles of hedge on place; also small orchard, with fine frame dwelling 14x18 with
L 12x12, with addition 12x20, all one and ahalf stories high, costing about $1,000; with good
barn 18x32, also a wind feed mill for grinding feed for stock, costing about $1,000; with ex-
tensive sheds and stock yards and large scale. He makes a Specialty of raising fine stock,
has at present 650 head of cattle, all heifers, and a pedigreed Durham bull, and 235 hogs of
the best breed. Came to Kansas in 1874 and bought this place. and located here with his
family in the fall of 1875. He was born _in Pennsylvania April 2, 1850, and spent ten years
in Ulinois prior to coming to Kansas. He was married November 3, 1875, to Miss Laura
Kirrin, a native of Indiana; they have one child—Harry L.
JAME iE D, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, eighty under cul-
tivation with hedge fencing, has also a blacksmith shop on the place, which he runs part of

 

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the year. Has 2 mules, 2 cows and 5 hogs. He was born in Ohio June27, 1829, and immi-
prated to Indiana with his parents when a child and came from there to Kansas, locating
here in 1879. He was married January 20, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Clark; they have six
children—Sarah E,, Lrwin E,, Charles W., Arthur R., Laura B, and ClaraM. He is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the £. 0. 0. F. Enlisted in 1862 in Company F,
One Hundredth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry,and went with his command to the de-
partment of the Tennessee and was detailed as blacksmith in Brigade Wagon Train, and
was inthe Atlanta Campaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea and north through the Caro-
linas and to Washington City: and was mustered outin June, 1865.
MARTIN COVERT, farmer and horse breeder, Section 20, P. O. Halstead, owns 140
acres, eighty acres under cultivation, all enclosed with good hedge fence, four acres in
orchard, dwelling and stables. Has nine horses, cig lieen, head of cattle, and fifteen hogs.
He makes a specialty of raising fine horses for roadsters. Came to Kansas March 26, 1870,
and located on this place, being one of the first settlers of Macon Township, hen he
landed here he had but $5.35 in money and paid $5 for breaking sod to build him a sod
house to live in, but by hard work, energy and management is in good circumstances, in
spite of the fact that he was burned out in a prairie fire in 1873, losing everything he had
but one cow and one pony, and was eaten out by grasshoppers in 1874. He was born in
Qhio, November 22, 1848, and came from Ohio to’ Kansas. Enlisted in 1861 in Company F,
Seventy-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was with his command in West Vir-
ginia, and was in anumber of skirmishes and battles, among others McDowell, Strausburg,
Cross Keys, Slaughter Mountain, and Second Bull Run, and Chancellorsville in Virginia,
and Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, then went to South Carolina and was in the siege of Fort
Wagoner and in the Florida campaign, and was mustered out December 24, 1864. He was
married October 11, 1866, to Miss Sarah M. Linley. Isa Mason, alsoa member of the I. O.
O. F, and Fraternity Encampment, and the G. A. R. ©
FRANK H. DEVLIN, farmer and Superintendent of Harvey County Infirmary, Section
10, P. O. Newton. The farm consists of 160 acres, seventy acres under cultivation, all en-
closed with hedges and cross hedges, making four forty acre fields. The county building is
16x36, two stories, erected in 1880, and on February 25, 1881, received its first pauper and
has had up to 1883 sixteen in all, and at present has five. He hasin stock belonging to the
county two horses, three milk cows, and two yearlings. Mr. Devlin came to this place
when first started by the county and for one year worked the place on shares. He then
owned all the stock, but his time being so taken up by looking after the inmates that his
personal interests suffered. Attheclose of the year he sold his stock tothe county and is
now employed ata fixed salary. He was born in New York State March 17, 1848, and when
a child moved with bis parents to Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the iron works
until 1873, when he moved to Lilinois and came from there to Kausas in 1878 and located
in Newton, where he owns a dwelling and four lots. He was married July 6. 1870, to Miss_
Magate Oster, a native of Illinois. They have four children—John, Ella, Thomas and
abel.

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WILLIAM HARDAKER, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Halstead, owns 160 acres, 100 acres
under cultivation, tive acres of fine orchard surrounded by twenty acres of cultivated tim-
ber, all enclosed with good hedge fence with cross hedges cutting the farm into fields, good
frame dwelling, barn, sheds, etc. His wheat this year averaged twenty-two bushels per
acre. Has four horses, twenty-four head of cattle, and thirty-five head of hogs. Intends
going into stock and grain combined. Came to Kansas in May, 1861, and located in Riley

ounty, and moved from there to Republic County in 1867. While in Republic County the
Indians were bad and came and killed some of the setilers and took off a Miss White as

risoner. Mr. H. with others pursued them but failed torecapture her. They had frequent

ndian scares and had to be on their guard continually. He was born in England, August
5, 1834 and came to the United States in May, 1857, aud stopped.six months in Pennsylva-
nia, and then went to Indiana and remained until coming Lo Kansas. He enlisted in 1862
in Company G, Lleventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry and was with his command in all their
campaigns and scouts in Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. His company was fora lon
time detached as a body guard for Major General Curtiss. He was married May 28, 1866,
to Miss Jeanna F. Westover, whose father, Lorenzo Westover, was one of the early settlers
of Kansas, coming in 1855 and locating in Riley County. He now lives at Clyde, Cloud
County. Mrs. H. has been a resident of Kansas since 1855. They have four children—
Emma, Minnie B., Arthur and Harry E. Mr. Hardaker was County Surveyor while in Re-
public and also at different times a member of une School Board. : ane

ILLIAM HUF N, farmar, Section 38, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 in culti

vation, one and a half miles of hedge, a good orchard of all kinds of fruit, frame dwellin,
14x24, stable, etc. Wheat average 24 bushels and oats 40 bushels per acre; has 2 mules, x
horses, 2 milch cows, and 8 hogs. Came to Kansas in 1867, but after looking around wenton
to Colorado and New Mexico, and returned to Kansas and located here December 25, 1870,
and commenced his improvements in 1871. He was born in Knox County, Ind., March 20,
1842, and came from there to Kansas. Enlisted April 19, 1861, in Company B, Fourteenth
Regiment Indiana Infantry, and was the first man to enroll his name from Harrison Town-
ship, Knox County, and went with his command to West Virginia, and participated in the
engagements at Rich Mountain, Cheat Mountain, and Camp Bartow, and from there went
to Winchester, Port Republic, and second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, where
he was severely wounded with a fragment of shell, After recovering from his wounds he
returned and participated in the battles of the Wilderness and Cold Harbor, and was mus-
tered out June 16, 1864. Re-enlisted in February, 1865, in Company B, One Hundred and
Forty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to First Lieutenant -
February 21, aud to Captain March 29, 1865, and was mustered out October 17, 1865. on
Special Order No. 68, Headquarters Department of Tennessee. Is a Mason, being a mem-
ber of the Blue Lodge and Chapter. 7 . i fe

GEORGE HUPP, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Newton, owns 240° acres, 180 in cultivation,
all enclosed with good hedge fence, and cross hedges to divide his farm into fields; has four
acres in orchard, good frame dwelling, barn 16x22, double corn crib and driveway 16x24,
and wind mill pump, Wheat average 23 bushels and oats 45. Has 10 horses, 38 head of
cattle, and 32 hogs. Came to Kansas in 1868 and located in Johnson County, and came to
his present farm with his family in 1872, but homesteaded the place in 1871. He was born
in Licking County, Ohio, and when a child his parents moved to Knox County, Ohio, lived
there until 1866, when he went to Illinois, and after remaining there two years came to
Enlisted in August, 1862, in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and went with his command to the Department of Tennessee, first
participating in the engagement at Perrysville, Ky. In the Chickamauga fight his com-
mand was held in reserve, and was first posted in rear of the left of our army, and when
the right gave way they went on double quick in rear of center to check the advance of
the rebels on our right, and withstood charge upon charge, Tus preventing the turning of
Thomas’s flank and saving the army. After Chickamauga was in the Atlanta campaign,
and were skirmishing and fighting almost constantly from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and on
the campaign built twentv-eight lines of breastworks. After taking Atlanta his command
was sent to Athens, and then joined Sherman on his March to the Sea, and participated in
the taking of Savannah, Ga., and through the Carolinas, fighting the battles of Averysboro
and Bentonville. After the surrender of Johnston’s army, marched to Washington, D. C.,
and ‘was inthe grand review, an was finally discharged June 15, 1865. Was married January
23, 1872, to Miss Lizzie McArele, a native of New York. They have five children—Walter,
Frank, Sarah, Louisa, and Abbie. Has been Township Trustee five years, Township Treas-
urer Phe oe Years: Township Clerk one year, and Clerk of School Board two years.

F. T. JACOBS, farmer and wool-grower, Section 5, P.O. Newton. owns 640 acres.
480 1n cultivation, 160 acres in pasture, all enclosed with good hedge fence and divided
into eighty-acre fields, except pasture; also el bty acres of bearing orchard, hedges around
and ten acres of cultivated timber. Has an elegant frame dwelling house, 28 by 32, with
L 14.by 16; two stories with porticoes, verandas, and bay windows with southern
exposure; also bath-room and all modern improvements, hot and cold water, etc., costing
33,000. He has also two tenant dwellings costing $600 and $900; barn, 40 by 50, costing
$1,300; corn cribs, 12 by 24 and 12 by 32; hay house, 30 by 40; and sheep house, 28 by 54
with yards and feed troughs and racks for 500 sheep. Mr. Jacobs caine to Kansas in 187
and located here and commenced farming and stock-raising, exclusively cattle. 1n1880 he
bought a small herd of sheep as an experiment and was so well pleased with the result that
he sold his cattle and has gone into sheep exclusively, and has now 520 head, all fine graded
stock. He also carries on farming extensively, his wheat crop in 1880 being over 6,000
bushels, averaging twenty-five bushels per acre. He was born in Maryland, September 14
1841, and when a child went to Illinois with his parents, and in 1866 went to Iowa, an
from there came to Kansas. He was married January 1, 1871, to Miss Jane Martin, a native
of Canada. They have three children, Norman, Samuel and Henry. While in lowa he was
Assessor and Township Clerk, and shortly after coming to Kansas was elected a member of
the School Board, which position he has held since.

WILLIAM K. JACKMAN, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 under
cultivation, 25 acres fenced with post and wire, small orchard, and good frame dwelling,
24 by 52; barn, 24 by 40, with 20-feet shed on two sides in addition; has five horses,
seventeen head of cattle and fourteen hogs; makes a specialty of fine stock. In addition to
farming, in which he is assisted by two sons, he is a contractor and builder, and has erected
some of the best business blocks in Newton. Came to Kansas and located this farm in 1871.
He was born in New Hampshire, October 9, 1833, and moved to Wisconsin in 1856, and
came from there to Kansas. His father, Anthony Jackman, is living with him and is the
oldest man in Harvey County, and is also a native of New Hampshire and born February 22,
1796, and is quite an active old gentleman. Mr. J. was married in March, 1856, to Miss Lucy
Cummings, a native of Maine. They have three children, James, George and Lucy. He is
a member of the Baptist Church, was County Superintendent of Instruction in 1876. .

. WwW. KSON, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 120 under cultiva-
tion, all enclosed with hedge, forty acres fenced for pasture, ten acres in orchard and grove;
dwelling, 20 by 26; and barn, 16 by 26; has three horses, three cows and five hogs. rheat
average this year, twenty-four bushels per acre, He was born in Brown County, Ohio, in

 

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+837, and when a child moved with his parents to Iowa, and from there to Kansas in 1871,
and located here. He was married in 1872,to Miss ilizabeth Mathews. They have tive
children, William N., Jesse G., Richard E., Mary V. and Charles KE. He isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the GA. R.; enlisted in 1862, in Company , Thirty-
sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was with his command at the taking of Fort
Pemberton, and went from there to Little Rock, and on tue way to Shreveport, La., was
captured while guarding a train and taken to Fort Tyler, Tex., but made his escape and
got as far as Arkansas, and was recaptured by bloodhounds, after being severely bitten by
them and taken back to Fort Tyler, and was kept for ten mouths after exchange at the
mouth ofthe Red River. Returned to his regiment at Duvall’s Bluff, Ark., and was mus-
tered out in the fall of 1865.

. E. LEWIS, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Newton, owns 120 acres, 110 in cultivation; five
acres of cultivated timber, and sinall orchard; one mile of hedze fence, with comfortable
frame dwelling and out buildings. Has 2 horses, 6 cowsand 15 hogs. Came to Kansas in
1868, and located in Johnston County, and came to Harvey County in D-cember 1870, and
located in south edge of Macon Township, and came to this place in 1873.. He was born in
Indiana, January I, 1852. and when a child, moved with his parents to Iowa, and came
rom there to Kansas. Was married April 19, 1882, to Miss Helen Hall, a native of Indiana
but a resident of Jefferson County, Kas.,for over twenty years. Mr. L. is of Quaker extrac-
fon, and wife a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church

JOHN LONG, farmer, Section 8, P.O. Newton, owns 160 acres; 110 in cultivation; all
enclosed with hedge, stock proof. Ten acres of bearing orchard, 3 acres In grove. Raises
eneral crops; his wheat average is 24 bushels, and oats 45 bushels per acre. With good
rame dwel ing. barn andcorn-crib, and wind mill pumps. Has 4 horses, 28 head of cattle,
and 19 hogs. He was born in Hancock, Ohio, July 31,1836. In 1854 ne went to California,
and was in the Panama riot, and was one of six, out of eighty-five, who escaped frum the
massacre at the railroad depot. While in California, in August, 1861, he enlisted In Com-
pany M, First Regiment California Cavalry, and_was over three years in the service, anid

 

_ on organization of the Regiment, was appointed Orderly Sergeant of Company. Was inthe

Indian country most of the time; from California tbrough Arizona, New Mexico to Texas,
While in the Indian Territory, Col. Kit Carson, with two companies of New Mexican troops
and four companies of the First Californias, uuder Major Clare, undertook to surprise a
large body of Indians; but being misled by the guide, found the Indians prepared for them,
hutthey routed the Indians and drove them, and stopped to get breakfast, and the Indlans
returned in large numbers and surrounded them, and fought wll day until the ammunition
run out, and they only got away by the determination and mangement of Major Clare
during the night, and escaped to their train. Was mustered out {1 New Mexico November
17, 1864, and returned to Ohio. Was married April 10,1866, to Miss Elmira Frank, a na-
tive of Pennsylvania, They have four children—Rosetta C., Ora O., Alvin T. and Clara E.
.He came to Kansas from Ohio, in 1869, first locating in Anderson County, and came to
present location August 38,1871. IsamemberoftheG.a.R. _ * g
_ ABRAM L, MILLER, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 115 in cultiva-
tion; enclosed with hedge and one cross hedge; small orchard and grove; good frame dwel-
ling and stable, granary and corn-crib. Has 3 horses, 5 cows and_28 hogs. He came to
Kansas in August, 1878, and located here. He was born in Ohio, February 7% 36, and
came from his native place to Kansas. He was married May 1, 1856, to Miss Belinda Car-
ter. They have two children—Alberdie Inez and George Carter. Mr. Miller enlisted in
May, 1864, in Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment, Ohio National Guards,
for 100 days, and on the organization of the Regiment, was. commissioned as Second Lieu-
tenant, and with his regiment, was engaged in garrison duty at Martinsburg, White House
Landing, Fort Powhattan, Bermuda Hundred, City Point and Norfolk, Va., aud with his
company was detailed for duty at Cape Henry Light House, and was mustered out Decem~
ber 15, 1864, at Camp Dennison, Ohio.g

MARVIN S. OWEN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, ninety acres un-

der cultivation; all enclosed with good hedges and cross hedges ; has a small orchard,
frame dwelling of four rooms, and stable for eine horses, win mill for grinding feed, aud
other out_buildings. His wheat average is 25 bushels; has 7 horses, 11 head of cattle, and
35 hogs. Mr. Owen was born in Courtland County, N. Y., in 1809, aud in 1818 emigrated
with his parents to the wilds of Medina County, Ohio. At that time there was only five
buildings where the city of Cleveland now stands, and the county was unbroken wilderness
which had to be cleared before a crop could be raised. They were subject to great hard-
ships in those early days in Ohio, having no markets, aud having (o pay large prices for the
necessaries of life, besides spending days in going to and from ills, which were scarce.
He had made his home in Ohio until coming to Kansas in March, 1880, and locating on bis
presentfarm. He was married in 1839, to Miss Prudence Coats, who died in 1848, leaving
three children—Leray, Harrison, and Charles. He was married asecond time, in 1854, to
Martha Brown. They have three children—A. E., Styles H. and Hattie B. Heisa member
of the Baptist Church, and while in Ohio, was a member of the School Board for three ) ears,
Hiseons; A. E. and Styles H., are superintending the farin, Mr. Owen being tov old fur act-
ive life.

THOMAS PATTERSON, retired farmer, Section 19, P. O. Halstead. James W. Patter-
son and John W. Patterson, sons of Thomas Patterson, vow own and run the farm, and the
stock oathefarm. The farm consists of 320 acres, 180 under cultivation, all enclosed with
hedge and wire fence. Has a fine orchard of ten acres, and four acres of cultivated timber.
There is also on this farm a good frame house, 16x28, two sturies, and L, 14x18, one story;
barn, 14x18, with granary, sheds, etc. He also has another dwelling on the place, 14x16,
occupied by his son. Has 3 horses, 5 mules, 54 head of cattle and 20 hogs ou the farm, Mr.
Patterson came to Kansas iu 1874 aud located on this place. He was boruin Wayne County,
Ohio, March 15, 1815, where he lived until 1853, when he removed to [llinois, aud came
from there to Kansas to find a healthy country for his family, and is enthusiastic in praise
of the country in this respect, and says he enjoys Kansas more than aly S ate he has ever
livedin. After Mr. Patterson cameto Kansas he retired from labor. He still lives on the
farm and has the use of a part of the house, but keeps his own table, oue cow, and pays his
own way. He was married December 26, 1844, to Miss Hanna E. Ammerman, who died
December 1, 1845, leaving one child, Elizabeth. He was married a second time April 2,
1847, to Miss Christina Cutter. They have two children living—James and John W. They
lost two cnildren by death in Illinois—Lewis and_ Mary E. He was originally a Methodist,
but on coming to Kansas joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church, being one of the original
inembers, and is class leader. In I}linois was Township Trustee, and on the Schoul Board
for ten years, and has been on the School Board in Kausas four terms.

AMOS PROUTY, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Newton, owns 170 acres, all under cultivation
except ten acres; barn Jot, witha fine bearing orchard of eleven acres, aud fifteen acies of
fine cultivated timber, all maple, black walnut and ash, all enclosed with hedge and cross
hedges, with a fine stream of living water running through one side of his farm. Has a good
frame dwelling, 16x26, with L 12x16; barn, 24x32, and all other outbuildings needful.
Was one of the pioneers of this locality. locating on this farm in August, 1871. He was born
in Vermont, December 21, 1815, and when two years of age his parents removed to Massa-
chusetts, where he lived until 18:9, when he emigrated to IMnois, and came from there to
Kansas. He was inarrled July 28, 1835, to Miss Mary L, Stone, who died Pebruary 2, 1877,
leaving nine children—Williain H., Simon H., John M., Franklin A,, pany, E., Henry W.,
Alice J., Lulu A. and Lewis A| He was murried a second time February 25, 1880, to Mrs.
Susan Sufmmers. He enlisted in 1861, being then forty-six years of age, in Company G,
Twenty-sevenLh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and on the organization of the regi-
ment was appointed Second Sergeant of the company, and shortly afterward was promoted
to Orderly Sergeant of the company, participating with his cominand tn Grant’s first battle
of Belmont, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow and siege of Corinth; after which, being very sick, he
was discharged on surgeou’s certificate of disability in October, 1862. Mr, Prouty is and
has been a very active and prominent citizen, being one of the original Commissioners ap-
pointed on the organization of Harvey County, and appointed a second thine to fill vacancy,
and elected to filloneterin. He is now Justice of the Peace, and has held the position hele
and in Illinois for over thirty-five years, marrying in the time over 100 coup.cs. He Js very
active in educational matters, being now Treasurer of the School Board, and has been jden-
tified in educational interests in some capacity nearly ever since he was twenty-four years
ofage. Heis also a member of the I. O. O, F. and the G, A. R.

JOHN N. PROUTY, farmer, Section 2, P. O, Newton, ows 160 acres, 100 tn cultivation,
enclosed with hedge and wire, with dwelling 14x24 with L 12x12, one and a half stories;
‘barn 16x24, with corn crib, and drive way 16x24, Also a tenant building of four rooms, and
small orchard, and two groves of cultivated timber.’ Came to Kansas in August, 1871, anc
located on Section 4, in this township, and has improved a number of places in Macon and
Emma townships, and bought this place and located here in the fall of 1882. Was born in
Illinois, February 21, 1844, and made it his home until coming to Kansas, with the excep-
tion of two years spentin Lowa, Enlisted January 2, 1864, in Company G, Twenty-seventh
Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and served in Tennessee in the Atlanta campaign, partici-
pating in the engagements of Rocky Face, Altoona and Resaca, and was “lesperately
wounded on the skirmish line near Calhoun, Georgia, being shot in the left side between
the sixth and seventh ribs, and hestill carries the ball, Supposed to be imbedded in the
lung, and was never able for service a ‘ain, and was inustered out in August, 1865. Was
married January 27, 1865, to Miss Sarah E. Noble. They have two children—Ettie May

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ee PROUTY, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Newton, owns 150 acres, 125 in cultivation, all
enclosed with good hedge and two cross hedges; small orchard and grove of cultivated
timber, with good frame dwelling 14x18, L 10x12, one and a half stories; barn 24x24,
corn crib and sheds for stock; has sevenhorses, nine head of cattle and twelve hogs. His
wheat average this year, 1882, is twenty-two bushels per acre. Came to Kansas in the fall
of 1876 and located in Emma Township, and came to present farm in 1876. Was born in
Illinois, October 20, 1852, and came from native place to Kansas. Was married July 28,
1871, ta Miss Blanch Pullen. They have three children—Bertha, ella and Linda.
WILLIAM H. PROUTY, farmer, Section 9, P, O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 130 under

   

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

cultivation, with orchard of four acres, and all enclosed with good stock-proof hedge; has
a good framef dwelling 24x32, with L and porches, costing $800, with barn, stable and out~
buildings. He came to Kansas in 1870, and took the first claim in Macon Township. He
was born in Wooster, Mass., August 6, 1838, and while a child came with his parents to
Illinois, where he lived until entering thearmy in August, 1862. in Company G., Twenty-
seventh Regiment Iilinois Infantry, and wentto the department of the Tennessee. Shortly
after joining the regiment he was detached to service in Battery A, First Ilinois Light
Artillery. { eturned to regiment a few days before and participated in the battles of Look -
out Mountain and Mission Ridge, and inthe AtlantaCampaign, After the taking of Atlanta
he rejoined his regiment and went back with Thomas’ coinmand to engage Hood,and at the
battle of Franklin was on advanced line which was cilyeloped and overrun by the rebel
charge, and made a prisoner and compelled to bury the rebel dead after the battle, and
taken from there to Andersonville prison, where he was confined as a prisoner of war until
April 6, 1865, when he was paroled and sent to Vicksburg, and barely missed being on the
ill-fated Sultana by an accident, and finally was mustered out June 1, 1865, and returned to
his home in Illinois. He was married February 27, 1867, to Miss Calista Trask, a native of
Iowa. They have four children living—Edna, Alice, Bly and Corney, His daughter, Alice,
is the first child boru in Macon Township. He1s a meniber of the I. O. O, F., and has heid
the position of Treasurer of Harvey County Agricultural Society for six years; also Treas-

 

urer of the Township six years, and is a member of the School Board, which position he’

has held for four years. . :

D REEVES, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 in cultiva-
tion, all enclosed and separated into fields with over four miles of stock-proof hedge fence;
has orchard of three acres and grove of cultivated timber of five acres; fine frame dwelling
22x14, with L 14x16, one and a half stories, with barn 16x28, and stock and sheep yards
corrals, etc. He makes a specialty of sheep and hogs, and has at the present time 230 head
of fine sheep and fifty hogs of best stock. Came to Kansas in 1874 aud located here. Was
born in Indlana, December 10, 1820, aiid in 1845 moved to Illinois, where he regided until
he came to Kansas. He was married August 10, 1841, to Miss Sarah Spurgeon. They have
six children—Robert, John, Martha, Loretta, D. A.and M. D. His son, M. D. Reeves, is as-
sociated with him fn farming the place, and in the stock business. He was married March,
3, 1880. to Miss Belle Chambers. ‘They hive one child—Frank W. Mr. Reeves, the elder,
has held the position of Township Supervisor three years, and is now Township Treasurer
and also representative elect for Harvey County.

. L. REEVES, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Newton, owns 240 acres, 100 under cultiva-
tion, all enclosed with hedge aud wire fence, two acres in orchard and six acres in cultivat-
ed timber, with fine frame dwelling, 16x24, with L 14x20, and kitchen 12x14, all two stories
costing $1,800. Cornerib andand granary 24x25, cow aud horse barn, stock shes, corrals
and carpenter shop Has four horses, twenty-six bead of cattle andthirteen hogs. He was
born in [ndiana, July 30, 1842, and came to Illinois when a child with his parents, and from
there to Kansas, in 1874, locating on his presentfarm. Enlisted in 1861, in Company B,

Fighth Regiment Illinois Cavalry, and served with his command in the Army of the Poto- ©

mac and participated in a great number of engagements, auong them the Morasses Sta-
tion, seven days before Richmond, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Cha..cellorsville Gettysburg,
Falling Water, Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House, and was mustered out October
2, 1864, on expiration of term of service. He was married January 1, 1866, to Miss Ange-
line Frink, a native of Vermont. They have three children—Myrtie, Retta, and David. Is
a Mason auda member of the G. A. R. and Methodist Episcopal Church anda member of
the School Board two terms. Ns 3

A P. SMITH, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 110 in cultivation, with
about 275 rods of wire fencing, and enclosed with hedge; three acres in orchard bearing,
tweive acres in cultivated timber, fine frame dwelling 22x38, with kitchen and porclies,
costing $700. Barn 14x32 with cattle sheds, corrals, etc. Raises general crops, wheat
average tweuty-two and half bushels, and oats furty-one peracre; has four horses, eleven
head of cattle and fourteen iogs. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1874, and located here.
He was born in Illinois, December 22, 1848, anit came from there to Kansas, He was inar-
ried, October 7, 1872, to Miss Martha Reeves, whose father D. Reeves, is Representive elect
for Harvey County. They have one chilu—Ida. Isamember of the Methodist Episcupat
Church, also a member of the School Board, in District No. 42.

WILLIAM. M. SPORE, farmer and fruit-raiser, Section 30, P. O. Halstead, owns 160
acres, 125 under cultivation, al] enclosed with good hedge fencing and cross fencing divid-
ing the farm into five fields; has a fine orchard of twelve acres of the best selectivus of fruit,
also blackberries, grapes and a native currant of great vaine, He has a grove of cultivated
timber extending across the north of the farm and an orchard eutirely, surrounded with
timber and pasture surrounded on three sides, which perfecily shelters his orchard, as well
as his stock; he also makes a specialty of raising fine hogs and cattle. Has five horses,
twenty-three head of cattle aud seventy-five hogs. Caine to Kansas, in April, 1871, and
located on thisfarm. He was burned out in 1873. and eaten out by grasshoppers in 1874.
Hewuas born in Upper Canada, in January, 1837, and when a child, his parents moved to
Cleveland, Ohio, aud when sixteen years of axe. removed to Illinois, where he lived until
1869, when he moved to Missouri, and moved from there to Kansas. Enlisted in 1862, in
Company D, Ninety-fourth Regiment I!linois Volunteer Infantry, and was with his_com-
maniin a number of skirmisbes and battles among them Prairie Grove, Vicksburg, Yazno

ity, Mobile, Spanish Fort and others, and was mustered out in 1865. He was married
March 4, 1866, to Miss Minerva Skeen, who died May ‘22, 1872, leaying three children—
Zeuas G, William F., and Mary A. He was married again July 22, 1874, to Miss Sarah
Ronercker, They have four children—Ola D., Roy E., Charles 8S. and Hattie G. Was Clerk
of the School Board fur seven years.

Z. S. SPORE, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Halstead, owns 320 acres, 160 in grass, and 160
all enclosed with hedge; 140 in cultivation and divided with hedge into sixteen fields and
lots, Makes aspecialty of nursery stock, fruit growing, and raising fine stock. Has twenty-
five acres of bearing orchard and nursery, one-half acre in vineyard, and all kinds of small
fruits, and has an extensive fruit business. Mecommenced his nursery in 1876, and this
business alone has yielded a yearly average of about $1,000. Raises Short-horn catlle,
Poland-China hogs and Plymouth Rock chickens. Has seven horses, three mules, thirty-
five head of cattle, 100 hogs. and 330 sheep. Hasa dwelling 40x40, two stories, with cellar
under the whole house, costing $3,600. Barn 40x58, costing $1,000, and corrals, stock sheds,
wagon scales, and windmill pump, Was born in Ohio, August 14, 1841, and moved to Ili-
nois with his parents in 1852. In 1861 he enlisted In Company K, Thirty -fifth Regiment,
Illinois Volunteers,and served with his command in the Western Department, participating
in the engagements of Sugar Creek, Pea Ridge, siege of Corinth, Stone River, Chattanooga,
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and in the Atlanta campaign until the fall of that place, and
was wounded in the battle of New Hope, where his division lost 1,700 men onthe charge,
and was mustered out in fall of 1864, on expiration of term of service. After the war he
engaged in keeping a hotel in IUinois, and in 1870 went to Missouri, and from there to Kan-
sas in 1871, locating on his preseut farm, then a raw prairie, and for the first, six months
lived In dis wagon, Was married November 28, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth Cutter, a native of
Ohio. They have two children (oor eis anil Ezra Lee. Is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.,
also Encampment, and the G. A. R, Is aimember of the School Board, and has been ever
since organization of district, When the township was organized he was appointed Justice
of the Peace, which positton he held for elght years. Is Township Trustee, and has been for
three years, Is the president of the Harvey County Horticultural Society, and vice-president
of tho Slate Horticultural pocietys also member and principal stock owner of the Harvey
County Agriculturat Society, and director for Macon Township, also member of the Horse
Protective Association, and was its captain for two years. Raised in 1882, 3, 400 bushels of
Eerie see haart, ue S013 0 HOT OR Eralt and produce, Thinks general

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ait the sith al West by windbreaks, y successfully grown by being protected

a xi HH. TERS, farmer, Section 7, P.O, Newton, owns 480 acres; 320 in culti-
vation. Has a dwelling 16x32; barn 16x20, aud granary 20x24. Raises general crops, but
uiak¢éS wheat aspecialty. Wheat average in 1882, twenty-three bushels per acre. Has four
horses, three mules, one milch cow, and seven hogs. Mr. V. bought this farm of the A., T.
é S. F. RB. R. Co. in 1878, and had it Improved and farmed before coming on it, In April,
1882. Was born in Germany, in 1840, and came tothe United States when four years old,
Wee ati ree aie ee when clabteen rears of age went Into the iron works, and

a i rker his life to the present time. i

firesiding over le Voteelola. present time. His mother is living with him, and

LAKIN TOWNSHIP,

_ W. C. ARMSTRONG, farmer, Section 6, P. O, Halstead, owns 15 res ; cultiva-
tion; south line hedged, aud smail orchard; dwelling 12x18, with igsle atoemny Laseti
stable and sheds, 12x52. Wuea avers ce for 1882 was twenty-eight bushels pér acre. Has
four horses, sixteen head of cattle, and thirteen hogs. Came to Kansas in 18 3, and located
on present farm. Was born in Perry County, Pa., February 3, 1835, and moved to Obio in
3859, aud in 1860 to Wayne County, Ind. Enlisted in 1861, th Company D, Eighth Indiana

nfantry, and was with his conimand in the campaign in Missouri, and partacipated in
a number of engagements there and at Pea Ridge, Ark., and the siege of Vicksburg;
after which went to the Department of Gulf, aud was in the Red River expedition, an
was sent from New Orleans via sea to Washington, D.C., aud reported to Gen. Sheridan in
the Valley, and was mustered out at Winchester, September 5, 1864, and returned home,
andl cate from there to Kansas. Was married May 13, 1865, to Miss Fannie Bold, a native
of ingland. They have five children—Harmon L., Seth R., Reuben I., Frederick W., and
; eu C, isa member of the Christian Church and a'Mason, ’ Has been Township Clerk two
terms and a 4 neclanan. School Board. two terms, and was a member of the board for the
rather than ‘cent ne £ pper year, and lived on corn meal, rye coffee and buttalo

. BLOUGH, farmer, Section 10, P. 0. Halstead, owns 160 acres. all in cultivation, all
enclosed and divided into forty acre lots with good hedge fencing. One of ihe. forty acre

 

 
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.in the engagements of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Stone River and Chickamauga,

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HARVEY COUNTY.

lots is again subdivided into four fields. Has five acres of fine orchard protected by good
wind breaks; has a good, new frame dwelling, 18x32, two stories high, with L Texs4" one
story, with porches on two sides, at a cost of $1,500; barn and sheds 24x32, and other out-
buildings; has three mules, two horses, twelve head of cattle and seven hogs.
3,000 bushels of wheat in 1882 from 120 acres. Came to Kansas in 1878 aud located here.
He was bornin Indiana, April 15, 1842, and lived there until 1861, when he enlisted in Com-
pany H, Forty-fourth Regiment Indlana Volunteers, and with his command participated
1 dl e veteran-
ized in 1g6d and was appointed Sergeaut and his command stationed at Chattauooga until
mustered out in September, 1865, when he returned to his home in Indiana, and came from
there to Kansas. ® was married Uctober 18, 1867, to Miss Louisa Kline, a native of Ohio.
They have seven children—Charles, Margaret A., George, Ida B., Alice, Mary E. and Henry.
Heis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Chureh Truste ‘and Road Master.

REUBEN DREESE, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Halstead, owns 160 acres; 150 under cul-

- tivation, small orchard and grove. Dwelling 12x14, L 9x12; stable, 14x12; granary, 12x14;

and buggy shed, 9x12. Raised in 1882, 103 acres of wheat with a yield of 2,540 bushels.
Has three horses, one cow and six hogs. He was born in Pennsylvania April 4, 1855, aud
came from his native place to Kansas in the spring of 1876, and located here. Mr, Dreese
isa practical farmer. ®

‘REDERICK M. FEIN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Halstead, owns 160 acres; seventy-
five in cultivation, all enclosed with hedge, and one acre in orchard; a small grove of mul-
berry trees; dwelling, 12x24; barn, 32x44; granary, 8x24; stock yard and sheds; has
twelve horses and twenty-one head of cattle. His wheat crop for 1882 averaged thirty
hushels per acre. Came to Kansas in 1874, aud bought and located here. Was born in Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, October 6, 1839, and followed vintaging: In 1861, he enlisted in Com-
pany F, Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and with his command was sent to
West Virginia and participated in the engagement at Carnifax Ferry, After which they
were sent to Kentucky and engaged in the battle of Perryville. Afterward they occu-
pied the position as guarus for the army headquarters until mustered out in 1864, when he
went home, and came to Illinois in 186%, and from there to Kansas. Was married October
5, 1871, to Miss Caroline Mueller, a native of Germany. ‘hey have three childrei—Cor-
nelius F,, Fredolin W. and Melinda L. Heisa member of the German Methodist Church,
and has been Road Master.

GEORGE H. HARROON, farmer, Section 16, P. O.. Halstead, owns 240 acres; 130 in
cultivation; a good orchard. Dwelling, 16x24; stable, granary, stock pens, sheds, etc. Has
six horses, twenty-three head of cattle aud ten hogs, Was born in the State of New York,
October 24, 1842, and moved to IlJinois in 1856; came from there to Kansas, in February,

?7, and located on present farm. Was married im November, 1865, to Miss Catherine
Maxwell, a native of New York. They have six children—William H., Edna, Alvin L.,
Alexander, Ida and Kate. His wife and two eldest children are members of Methodist
Episcopal Church.

DAM HESS, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Halstead, owns 160 acres, 85 in cultivation,
partially hedged; orchard of 50 apple trees and 100 peach; dwelling 16x24, granary 14x16,
stable 14x16 with shed 8x16. Has 4 horses and 6 milch cows. Born in Dnois, March 4,
1852, and came from native place to Kansas in. 1879 and located on his present place, then
raw prairie, Was married, February 29, 1880, to Miss Kate Lentz, a native of Illinois. Isa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

CONRAD HOLDE N, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Halstead, was born in Indiana, De-
cember 21, 1861, and came to Kansas with his parents, wlio are natives of Pennsylvania, in
September, 1873, and located in McPherson County, where they now reside. In 1881 he
cane to Harvey County and has been making lis home since with Mr. Jacob Dyck un Sec-
Hon Jean Township,

HOOPS, farmer, Section 5, P. O, Halstead, owns 320 acres, 138 in cultivation. |
» and the rest in grass; small-orchard and dwelling 14x26, L 12x14, stable 20x38, granary

12x18. In 1882 he raised 1,900 bushels of wheat from 72 acres,’ Was born in Hanover,

Germany, December 1, 1853, and came to the United States when seventeen years of age

and located in New York City aud engaged in the grocery business, and came from there to

Kansas in 1877 and located here. Was married March 24, 1875, to Miss Catherine D. Meyer,

analyse of Hanover; théy have one child- John P. Is amember of-the German Methodist
ureh. ‘

GEO. S. MILLER, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Halstead, rents and farms 180 acres,145 in culti-
vation, 3 acres bearing urchard, with a good frame dwelling and all necessaryoutbuildings for
general farming. Has 3 horses, 4 milch cows and 8 hogs. His wheat crop for 1882 averaged

0 bushels per acre. Was born in Lowa July 6.1834. His parents were the pioneers of that
section, having emigrated there from Indiana in 1840. When the war broke out in 1861
was in Missouri and organized in the State Militia and subject to call when required, and
participated in a great many skirmishes with the guerrillas, among other the fights at
Athens and Etna; and after the war resided in Missouri untll coming to Kansas in Septem-
ber, 1873, first locating in Highlavd Township and came to this place in 1881. Was mar-
ried February 16, 1865, to Miss Mary A. Cooper, a native of Indiana; they have three chil-
dren Charley. C., Carrie C. and Mary M. Has been a member of the School Board several

erms, im
J. E. SCHMITT, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Halstead, owns 320 acres, 230 in cultivation,
1 mile hedge planted and a small orchard; dwelling 24x21, one anda half stories; stable
16x32, ranary 20x32. General farming. Raised in 1882, 85 acres in wheat, which aver-
aged 28 bushels per acre. Has 9 horses, 12 head of cattle and 9 hogs, Was born in Bavaria,
January 24, 1846, and came to the United States in 1852, and located in Lee County, lowa;
and in 1857, removed to Illinois and remaine: there until coming to Kansas in 1879, locat-
ing on this place. Was married October 15, 1876, to Miss Lizzie M. Baer, a native of Lllmois;
they neve turee children—Selma, Katie B. aud Susie L. Is amember of the Mennonite

urch, .

B. THOMPSON, farmer, Section 4, P. 0. Halstead, owns 240 acres, 180 in cultivation,
forty acres pasture anid all enclosed, except west side, three acres in bearing orchard, and
forty acres cultivated timber, dwelling 14x24, L 10x12, barn 44x26. In 1882 he raised
eighty acres of wheat, atanaverage of twenty-six bushels per acre, has eight horses and
twenty-three head of cattle. Was born in Indiana, September 24, 1831. Moved to Lowa,
with his parenis when only six years old, and came from thereto Kansas, in April, 1871,
located here at that time araw prairie and very few persons inthis locality. Was one of
the first Board of Commissioners elected in Harvey County, and the first Postmaster in La-
kin Township, and in 1873 and 1874, was Justice of the Peace, and had beeu a member of
theSchool Board, Was married April 11, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Graut, a native of Indiana,
They have one-son—Clarence E.- Is a metmber of Christian Church. be

LEE R,. WRIGHT, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Halstead, owns 160 acres, eighty acres under
cultivation, with good frame dwelling 12x28 and outbuildings. Raised in 1882, twely-
three acres of wheat, which averaged per acre over twenty bushels. Came to Kausas, aud
located on his present place Marchi 22, 1871, among the first to locate in histownship. He
was born in the State of New: York, September 6, 1821, and in 1858, moved to Ilinois, lived
there when the war broke out. Im 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Seventy-sixth Regi-
meat, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Western Army.
participating in the engagements of Chan)pion Hill, Black River and Siege of Vicksburg,
and then to Meridian, Miss., where he was severely wounded in the head and leg and was
sent to the hospital, and after recovering was sent home, and mustered out, March 6, 1865.
After the war he remained in Illinois until 1868, when he inoved to Iowa, and came from
there to Kansas. Is a member of theG. A. BR. i

H. YEOMANS, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Halstead, owns 320 acres, 190 acres culated,
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Has lately turned his attention to the raising of fine stock, has now thirty-eight head.
He was born in Ohio, August 3, 1849, and entered the army in the spring of 1864 as a drum-
mer boy in Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-first.Ohio National Guards, for 100
days, and for a short time was stationed at Jolmson’s Island, guarding prisoners, and was
then ordered to Cynthiana, Ky., where, with his command, and other troops, they were
captured by John Morgan, after a sharp fight, June 9, 1864, but Morgan being pressed very
closely by Gen. Burtridge’s, allthe prisoners were parvled and released just at the time
the rear guard was having a heavy engagement with the Federal advance, Fro there
they went back to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where a great many of his command died of
wounds, received in the fight, and from therethe regiment was sent back to Joh uson’s
island, and remained until being mustered out on August 20, 1864. Inthe spring of 1865,
he went to Boston and got a position in a store, and in the fall shipped on the ship Vermont,
Capt. Higgins, in the South America trade, and madea trip from there to Rio an‘ Calao,
Peru, and to the Chinchi Islands to bring on a cargo of guano and returned via Cape Horn,
and were blown over néar the Cost of Africa, and were 110 days out of sight of land, finally
landed at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, and were ordered to Rotterdam, where they «is—
charged cargo. Having enough of sea life he returned home via Lonuon, Liverpool and
Portland, Me. In the fall of 1869, he went to Missouri, and engaged in railroad life until
1871, when he returned to Ohio, and from thereto Kansas, locating here March 27, 1871,
where he has made his home, although he has spent several years in hunting buffalo and
other game on the western plains and in the pan handle of Texas, and while there was also
engaged in surveying and had a great many narrow escapes from tne Indians, who, on one
ee idton killed seven of their party. He married December 15, 1875, Mrs. Mary Ferguson,
anative of New York S'ate, They have three children—Blanch, Chauncey and Irene. Is
a member of the Christian Church andthe G. A. R. Was the first Constable appointed in
the township, and has held the office a number of terns, aud occupies the position at present
and has been Treasurer of the School Board.

LAKE TOWNSHIP.
IKE S. ELDER, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Burton, owns 320 acres, 110 in cultivation,

and 160 fenced with post and wire, Good orchard, five acres cultivaled Umber, dwelling,

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16x28 feet, barn 16x24, and stock yards, sheds, ete.; wind-mill pump. Makes stock 4
specialty; has 125 head domestic cattle. Was born in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1836, and
moved to Henry County, LIL, in the spring of 1856, and the same year came to Kansas to
organize a Pony Express to Santa Fe from Westport, Mo., but the Indians being very hos-
tile, abandoned the project, and located in Wisconsin. In 1861 he went back to Wisconsin,
and enlisted in Company G, Nineteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, aud went
with his command to Missouri, and participated in a number of skirmishes, and the
battle of Wilson’s Creek, and was discharged fur disability the same year. In 1862 he
obtained a recruiting commission, and_commenced recruiting and drilling for the Twen-
tieth Wisconsin Regiment, at Camp Runudall, Wisconsin, aud when the Indians broke
out in Minnesota, was ordered to take his recruits and go into the Indian country to sone
press the rising, and_went as far as New Ulm. After his return was mustered in the
fhirtieth Wisconsin Regiment, Company F, and was made Duty Sergeant before the
regiment, left the camp, and went with his regiment into Dakota, and was stationed at
different ‘posts. After the battle of Nashville, was commissioned as Second Lieutenant

‘of Company H, Fifty-second Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, and went home to_recruit

but failed to get mustered, and returned to his old regiment then at Louisville, Ky., and
participated in the engagement of Nashville, and was mustered out October 9, 1865,
and returned to Pepin County, Wis. In the fall of 1868, he raised a company of vol-
unteers and went with Gov. Crawford after the Indians, and was with Gen. Custer when the
white women, Mrs. Morganand Miss White were captured, and was discharged in May,
869. Was wounded in Kentucky, in 1865, at the capture of Sue Monday. In the fall of
1869 came to Wichita, and located there, and served as juryman on the first jury convened
in the county, and was the first Constable elected in Sedgwick Conny. and was ap;ointed
first Deputy Sheriff in Sedgwick County, and married August 21, 1870, on the first license
issued in Sedgwick County, to Miss Lucy Dunlap, a native of Illinois, They have four chil-
dren —Bessie. William H., Minnie R., James O. Came to his present farm January 17, 1872,
and is post commander of G. A. R., in Burton, and past master ofthe A.O.U. W. fs

JONATHAN MoMURRY, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Burrton, owns 160 acres, ninety in
cultivation, dwelling 16x20, and makes a specialty of |:eeping tine milch cows and sellin
cream to the creamery. Was born in Pennsylvania, July 20, 1840, and in 1849 moved with
his parents to Illinois, and in 1861 enlisted in Company G, Forty-sixth Regiment Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, Col, John A, Davis, and participated in the engagements of Fort Donel-
son, Shiloh, siege of Corinth and Big Hatchie; in the latter eugagement he was very badly
wounded, being shot through both Lig hs, disabling him_ entirely from active life, render-
ing one of his feet partially paralyzed, and while in hospital had to fight the doctor off with
his crutch to prevent him from cutting off his }eg, and was discharged for disability in 1863.
to Hutchinson, Reno County, and engaged in the livery business, and while there was
In 1871 he came to Kansas, and located his present homestead, but shortly after moved
elected Justice of the Peace, and served six years. He was also Under Sheriff of Reno
County for four years, and while in that capacity lad a great deal of very dangerous duty to

erform, arresting horse thieves and desperadves. While Justice of the Peace he studied
aw, and was adinitted to the bar, and commenced the practice of law, first. in Hutchinson,
and then located in Nickerson, but becoming dissatisfied, came to his farm in the fall of 1881,
and has made it his homesitice. Was married Decemver 10, 1867, to Miss Sarah J. Riddle,
a native of Pennsylvania. They have six children—Claude D., Harry L., Charley C., William
A., Cora Me and Meda. Is a Mason, Knight Templar, and member of I. O. O. F. and the En-
campment. : 7

JAMES McMURRY, farmer, Section 32, b.O. Burrton, owns 320 acres, eighty-five in
cultivation, a small orchard and a large grove of cultivated timber, dwelling, 18x28, two
stories; barn 20x60, with stock yards and sheds. Makes stock raising und feeding a spec-
jalty, and has at present 175 head of graded and domestic cattle and 100 head of hogs. as
born in Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1817, and in 1849 moved to Illinois where he engaged:
in farming and raising stock, and came trom there to Kansas in the spring of 1871, aud _lo-
cated 0 « his present farm as a homestead, and was the first to locate in Lake Township.
When he came bere he had to haul the material for his house and improvements eighty
miles. His nearest neighbor was fifteen miles, but in afew months others coming in, the
country improved rapidly. After the organization of the township, he was elected Justice
of the Peace and occupied that-position for three years. and was fur seven years a member
ofthe School Board. Was married in 1839 to Miss Elizabeth Moore, a native of Somerset
County, Pa. They have ten children—Jonathan, Nancy, Chambers, George, Asher, Hart-
mau, Amos, Peter, Maggie and Melissa. He is ameimber of the Presbyterian Church.

THOMAS J. MATLOCK, farmer, Section 24, b.O, Burrton, owns 480 acres in this
township, 100 in cultivation, with a small orchard, five acres in cultivated timber, 160 acres
fenced with barbed wire; dwelling 14x24, L 14x20, barn 17x36, with stock yards and sheds,
and windmill, pumps and large stock scales. He also owns 160 acres in Sedgwick County,
with 100 acres in cultivation, and dwelling 12x24. He makes a specialty of raising corn,
cattle and hogs, and has at present 118 head of graded and domestic cattle and thirty hogs. ~
Was born in Iowain February, 1846, avd made it his bome until he enlisted in 1862,
in Company KE. Nineteenth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was with his com--
mand in Missouri for one year, then at the siege of Vicksburg and at Fordouch Bayou and
at the battleof Prairie Grove. Was severely wounded by a gunshot through the leg and
captured and kept a prisoner tor ten mouths at Shreveport, La., and Fort Tyler and
Marshal, Texas,- where he was exchanged July 22, 1864, and returned to his command at
New Orleans, La., and participated in the final engagements of the war at Goodes’ Landing,
siege of Spanish Fort and surrender of Mobile, and saw the last gun of the Rebellion fired
by the confederacy, and was mustered out July 10, 1865, and got his final discharge at Dav-
euport, Iowa, July 25. After the war he returned to Iowa, and came from there to Kansas
in March, 1871, and homesteaded his present place March 13. as married March 26,
1868, to Miss Mary J. Thompson, a native of Iowa, ‘hey have four children—Lena, Nellie,
George M. and Alice M. Mr. Matlock has always taken an active part in politics and edura-
tional matters and anything that tended to the welfare of his locality, and has beena
member of the Schoo] Board since the organization of the District, and taught school for six
consecutive winters, and served as Township Trustee for three terms. When the question
of voting bonds for another railroad was raised in the county, in 1881, he took an active
part,against it, believing it was not to the interest of the farmers to have a heavy bonded
debt hanging over the county, thereby creating a feeling in some localities which has been
against him politically. He thinks this locality as good a country as can be found for com-
bining farming with stock raising, and he has been very successful in his business.

JAMES M. PARKER, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Burrton, owns 160 acres, 40 in cultiva-
tion, small orchard, and 4 acres of cultivated timber; 80 acres fenced with barbed wire for
pasturage, aud two miles of hedge; smalt frame dwelling, granary and corn cribs, and
stock yards and sheds, and windmill pump. Makes stock raising a specialty; has 50 head
of good cattle a d 30 head of hogs. Came to Kansas in 1867 and located in Johnson
County, and came to his present place in July, 1871. Was born in lllinois in 1844, and when
a child moved with his parents to Indiana, and in 1863 enlisted in Company F, Seventh
Regiment Indiana Cav Iry, and participated in a number of engagements in Mississippi
and Missouri, among them Guntown and Ivey Hill, and followed Price on his 1aid into
Missouri and back into Arkansas, and was mustered out in the fall'of 1865, when he re-
turned to Indiana and came from there to Kansas. Was married February 28, 1878, to Miss
Eliz.ibeth Wimp, a native of Kentucky. They have one child—William. Is a member of the

 

* Methodist Epigcopa! Church, and has served as Constable and Road _ Overseer.
JOHN W. SHIV i

E, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, P. O. Burrton, owns 800 acres,
170 in cultivation, 320 feiced with barbed wire and 160 with hedge; a fine-bearing orchard
of 6 acres, with every variety of fruit as well as grapes, and 5 acres with cultivated timber,
with many of the desirable Kinds of forest trees in a most thrifty state; small frame dwell-
ing, stables, sheds for stock, wind mill pump, etc. Makes stock a specialty, and has 220
head of grades and 140 hogs. Cae to Kansas in 1871 and made his homestead entry of
his present residence. Was born in Kentucky August 1, 1841, and in 1861 he enlisted in
Company K,Ninth Regiment Kentucky Voiunteer [nfantry,and was with his command inthe
Department of the Tennessee, and participated ina number of minor engagements and in the
battles of Shiloh and Stone River; at the latter place he was severely wounded and unfitteu
for active service, aid was transferred to Second Battalion, V. R.C. After his recovery he
was transferred to the Invalid Corps.and was on duty at Louisville and New Albany during
the balance of his terin of service; and was discharged in December,\1864. After his dis-
charge he went to school and filted himself for school teaching and made that his occupa-
tion for a time, and when he first came to Kansas he taught school in the winter and im-
proved his farm in the summer,until his farm interests became of such magnitude that they
occupied all his time. Was married November 27, 1873, to Miss Mary Byers, anative of
Iowa. They have two children—Joseph T. and Eads Ediston. 1s-a Mason and member of
the Baptist Church, and is now serving as Township Treasurer. Mr. 8. thinks that all kinds
of trees will grow in this locality, and that after the ground has been cultivated a few years
that the growth is much more ranid than when the soil is new. He has soft maples over
one foot in diameter, nine years old, and his fruit trees show a marvelous growth, He also
thinks the future grass crop for stuck will be the alfalfa and orchard grass, as he thinks
they will do well here.

RA SAYLER, stock raiser and farmer, Section 14, P.O. Burrton, owns 160 acres, 80
in cultivation, 6 acres in limber; small house, barn, stable, corn crib, stock yards, sheds,
etc, Makes fine stock a specialty; has 48 head of cattle, 30 head of which are thorough-
breds and the rest fine rrades. Also is dealing in fine horses and sheep, all well as hogs.
Was born in Ohto in 1855, and came from his native place to Kansas. Isa member of the
Knights of Pythias. :

FIELDON TAYLOR, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Burrton, owns 400 acres, 110 in cultiva-
tion, with dwelling and stable, stock yards, sheds, ete. Makes stock a specialty; has now
seventy head of caitle and forty hogs. Cameto Ka’ sasin 1871 and located here. Was born
in Indiana, May 4, 1835, and moved to Iowain 1858. In 1862 he enlisted in Company EK,
Nineteenth Regiment, Lowa Volunteer Infantry, and after participating ina number of en-
gagemeulsy amung them, Siege of Vicksburg, Morganzie, was wounded at the battle of

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Prairie Grove and captured and kept a prisoner of war for ten months, at the prisons of
Shreveport, La., and Fort Tyler and Marshall, Texas, and exchanged July 22, 1u64, and re-
turned to his command at New Orleans and engaged in the fight at Goodes’ Landing, Spanish
Fort, and surrender of Mobile and saw the last shot fired oy the Southern Confederacy,
which was directed at their Brigade headquarters. After thé war he returned to Iowa and
came from there to Kansas. as married March 5, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth Whittaker, a
native of Indiana. They have seven children—Hannah L., Mary E., Robert H., Ulysses 8., Eda
G., Cha.les H., and Alpha A. Mr. T. takes an active part in éducational matters and is now
Director, and has held some Position on the School Board ever since the district was organ -
ized. Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a life member of the Anderson-
ville Survivors Association.

J. WILLIAMSON, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Mount Hope, Sedgwick County, owns 160
acres, forty-five acres cultivated; small orchard; dwelling 12x20, with L 14x14. Was born
in Muskingum County, Ohio, tn 1839. In 1863 he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred
and Thirty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for one year. e joined his regiment
at Bormuda Hundred, Va., and was in a number of skirmishes, and.on leket duty in front
of Petersburg during the siege, and was mustered out in the fall of 1864. In 1872 he came
to Kansas and located here, and commenced improving his place. In 1873 he was elected
Trustee of Lake Township, When the grasshoppers ate up his crops in 1874, he went to
_Kansas City and worked at his trade of pooper ing and returned in 1875 and remained until
1877, when he went back to Ohio with the in ention of probably remaining there, but the
country looked so different to him and was so unsatisfactory that, afler staying there
eighteen, months, he returned to Kansas and located in Wyandotte, and remained there un-
til the spring of 1882, when he came to his place and now is satisfied to remain here.
‘Was married in 1869 to Miss Sarah A. Johnston, a native of Indiana. ‘They have two chil-
dren—Claude and Ralph, Mr. W. is a Mason and his wife a member of thé Baptist Church.

. P. WEST, farmer, Section 82, P.O. Burrton,owns 160 acres,60 in cultivation; forty acres
fenced with barbed wire;an orchard of 200 trees ;dwelling 24x30; granary 20x30 ;has twenty
head of cattle. Came to Kansas and located here October 12, 1878. Born in State of New
York in 1838, and when fifteen years of age moved with his parents to Michigan. In 1861

he enlisted in the Fourth Michigan Light Artillery and was with his Battery with General

Buel in Kentucky, and reinforced Grant at the Battle of Shiloh and at the siege of

Corinth and ina number of minor engagements and was mustered out in 1863, and came

from Michigan to Kansas. Was marriéd February 22, 1870, to Miss Julia EB. Taylor, a na-

tive of Wisconsin. They have two children—Tillie J. and Willie W. Is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and has been a member of the School Board two terms and is
Township Clerk atthe present time.

_ 5S: A. WOODWARD, farmer, Section 26, P. 0. Burrton, owns 330 acres, 100 acres in cul-
tivation; ten acres cultivated timber; 140 fenced with barbed, wire and three-fourths
mile of hedge; frame dwelling 14x14, L 10x18; barn 24x36, with stock yards and sheds

~ and windmill pump. Has thirty-five head of cattle and twenty hogs. Came to Kansas in
1869 with a capital of but $20, and stopped in Butler County until the spring of 1872, when
he located here. Was born in tbe State of New York, August 28, 1836, and made it his home
until 1861, when heenlisted in Company B, Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Infantry,
and with his command served in the army of the Potomac for about a year, but losing his
health he was discharged on a surgeon's Certificate of disability In 18 In 1863 he went
to Illinois and to Kansas City, Mo., in 1866, and came from there to Kansas. Was married
January 30, 1877, to Miss Mary Millington, a native of New York State. They have one
child—Dave. When the township was first organized, Mr. W. served one term as Justice of
the Peace and is at the present time Township Treasurer. Is a Freemason. =

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JOSEPHUS BALLARD, farmer and stock raiser, Section 7, P.O. Newton, owns 320
acres, 220 acres under cultivation, all enclosed with hedge, with good orchard; has a good
frame dwelling, 24x26, with barn and outbuildings; has 13 horses, 21 head of cattle and 130
hogs. He was born in Ohio, September 29, 1834, and moved to Iowa in 1854, and came from
there to Kansas in the spring of 1875 and bought this farm. He was married November 2,
1856, to Miss Phoebe J. Lee, a native of Indiana. They have had eight children—Sarah L.,
John S., Foster W., Josephus A., Charles W., Ida A. and Guy W.; the oldest, Rosetta A.,
died October 20, 1877, aged seventeen years, nine months and twenty-eight days, 1s Treas-
urer of the School Board, and has accepted the position four terms. Had eighty acres in
wheat in 1880, which averaged twenty-two bushels per acre, and has now ninety acres sown
to ‘wheat, ae a good crop of corn. 7

EAN, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Newton, owns 320 acres, 220 in cultivation, all -

enclosed and divided into Lorty-agre fields, with over seven miles of stock proof hedge; has
a tine new frame dwelling, 28x32, one anda half stories, with porticoes and bay window
costing $1,800, also stable, granary and all necessary outbuildings; six acres bearing or
chard and two acres in cultivated timber; had ninety acres in wheat in 1882, which aver-
aged civenty bushels per acre; has 4 horses, 22 head of cattleand 35 hogs. Came to Kansas
and located present farm in April, 1871, and is the oldest present resident of Emma Town-
ship. Was born in Maine, February 18, 1840, and_came from native State to Kansas. Was
married February 18, 1879, to Miss Elizabeth A. Rallston, a native of Indiana. They have
two children—Edwin V. and Glenn E. Wasinthe quartermaster’s department during the
war, in aclerical capacity. Is a Mason. In the early settlement of the county the cattle
men were opposed to farmers settling and breaking up the land for crops, and allowed their
stock to destroy their crops, and Mr. Bean and others organized a force of seventy-five old
soldiers, and notified them that they would resort to force to maintain their rights, and they
respected them accordingly, and the trouble ended with the organization.

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IRA J. COOK, farmer and stock raiser, Section 30, P. O. Newton, owns 319 acres, 160
in cultivation, all enclosed; three acres in orchard and two acres in cultivated timber;
frame dwelling, 26x3U), with porch and kitchen; stable and outbuildings, corral and stock
sheds, with windmil! pump. Makes a specialty of fine and graded stock; has 10 horses, 36
head of cattle and 8 hogs. Was born in Canada, March 14, 1838, and when fifteen years of
age moved with his parents to Wisconsin, remaining there one year, when he went to Iowa,
and came from thereto Kansas in 1871; located on bis present place in August of same
year. Mr. Cook hada hard time for the first few years, his means being limited; he lived
the first year in his wagon and a dugout, and the next year had all bis crops burned upina

rairie fire; but by energy and industry he is now in good circumstances. Was married

ay 9, 1861, to Miss Alice Sprotley, a native of Virginia. They have two children—John KE.
and William K. Enlisted in 1862, in Company A, Thirty-first Regiment Iowa Infantry, and
was appointed Corporal, and served with his command in Second Brigade, First Division,
Fifteenth Army Corps, and participated in agreat many battles and skirmishes, among
them Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain Resaca, Dalton, Kenesaw and Atlanta,
and Lovejoy Station, and followed Hood to the Tennessee River, then returned and wen
with Sherman to the sea, and north through the Carolinas. His regiment was the first to
plantthe Union flag in ‘@siumpia, the capital of South Carolina, and from there to Benton-
villeand Averysboro N. C.,and to Washingtov, and mustered out June 29, 1865. Has
served as Treasurer of the School Board one term.

NATHAN W. COMMONS, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Newton, rents and farms 160 acres
belonging to his brother, 110 acres in cultivation, all enclosed .with hedge, with dwellin
18x24, and stable. Was born in Indiana, September 5, 1839, and when a child moved wit!
parents to Illinois, where be lived until he came to Kansas in 1871, and located here, He
was married September 7%, 1860, to Miss Emeline Sisk. They have six children—Bion, Della,
Daisy, Earl E., Robert In, ersolland Mabel. Hisson, Earl E., was born October 29, 1871,
being the first child born in Emma Township. Mr. Commons enlisted in 1862 in Compary
G., One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and served witb his
command in Mississippi, and participated inthe engagemeuts of Port Gibson, Rayniond,
Jackson and Champion Hills; at the latter place he was taken prisoner and paroled; after
the fall of Vicksburg he returned howe, and after being exchanged rejoined his command
at Vicksburg, and went from there via New Orleans to Mobile and participated in the siege
of Spanish Fort, and was mustered out August 16, 1865. Mr. Commons is liberal in his re-
ligious views. ‘

N. A. HOLTON, fariner, Section 34, P. O. Newton, owns 960 acres, 640 in cultivation,
800 acres all enclosed with hedges and cross hedges, dividing it off into four fields of 166
acres each, and four fiel‘ls of forty acres each, fine bearing orchard of ten acres, set out
in 1875, which yielded in 1881, some over 300 bushels of apples and peaches. Has a fine
frame dwelling, 22x28, with L 24x30, two stories, with fine cellar under the whoie house,
The cost of the dwelling was over $2,000; granary and stables combined 36x46; chicken
house, 12x16; granary, 12x16; corn crib, ete. Mr. H. makes wheat a specialty, raising in
1882, about 10,000 bushets, averaging twenty-four bushels per acre, He has four horses,
six mules, and 100 bead of cattle, both Btaded and domestic, Has also in Lane County, thir-
ty-eight head of cattle and 330 sheep. e was born in Rutland County, Vt., December &
1818 and came from his native place to Kansas, locating on his present farm, November 19,
1873. He was married January 1, 1850, to Miss Sophia B. Earl, They have six children—

.M.,C.E., J. R., Eva A., Alice E. and Mattie J. hile in Vermont, he served as Justice of
the Peace for twenty ) ears in succession, also as poate Trustee, and on the School Board
for years. Since coming to Kansas, has served as Township Trustee and Treasurer, and also
on the School Board.

URIAH SPANGLER, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 125 under cul-
tivation, all enclosed with hedge. small orchard, with dwelling 18x26, L 14x16, one and a
half stories, with porch and pantry 6x16, at a cost of from $1 300 to $1,500; stable and out-
He had in 1880, fifty-four acres of wheat, which aver-
aged twenty-three bushels to the acre, and has now sixty acressown. Came to Kansas in
March, 1873, and lovated here. Was born in Pennsylvania, September 9, 1849, and_ moved
to Illinois in 1870, and came from there to Kansas. Hewas married January 28, 1874, to
Miss Millie Raymond, who died December 9, 1877, leaving two children—Alice and Ira, He
was married in October, 1879, to Miss Hosterinan, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. 8. is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been a member of the School Board
for six years, and has served une term as Township Treasurer.

GARDEN TOWNSHIP,

DAVID LEHMANN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 35, P.O. Halstead,owns 640 acres,
255 tn cultivation, 225 feyced with wire for pasture, and 160 in meadow, eight acres in or-
chard, and two acres in cultivated timber of various kinds. Healso has about 600 rods of
hedge fencing, and asmall vineyard of 130 stocks, tineframe dwelling 40x40, two stories,
with a large cellar under the whole house. costing 34.000; barn for grain apd pmplementss
34x34, costing $800, and stable 32x36, costing $800, curn crib 10x16, cattle shed, 10x160,
hog sheds 10x32. feed racks 9x100 with corrals aud windmill pump, costing in all about

1,000. Has seven horses, three mules, and sixty-two head _ of cattle,and fourteen hogs;
wheat averaged in 1882, twenty-eight bushels tothe acre. He was born in Germany, No-
vember 21, 1837, and came to the United Stat -s when a child, with his parents, and located
in Ohio. Moved to Iowa in 1856, and to Iitinois in 1860, and came from there to Kansas in
1879, and located here on this section. which he bought in 1873. He married, February 26
1860,Miss Barbara B.Ruth, a native of Bivaria. They have thirteen children—Christian A.
David B., Katie R., August H., Susanah R., John M., Barbara R., Mary R., Daniel H., Wil-
liam T., MennoS., Rudolph G. apd Marcus J. Heis a Mennonite, and is School Director,
MORRIS COUNTY.

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MORRIS COUNTY.

DESCRIPTIVE AND TOPOGRAPHICAL.

ge we Mek County is situated in the center of the eastern half of the State.

This county is bounded on the north by Davis County, and a portionof
Wabaunsee; on the-south by Chase County and a part of Marion ; on the
east by J.yon County and a portion of Wabaunsee, and on the west by a part
of Dickinson and Marion counties. The county contains eleven civil town-
ships, and in shape is square, except that in the northeast corner its square for-
mation is broken by the southwest corner of Wabaunsee County, while in the
northwest corner, a strip about two miles wide and four miles long is taken
from the square and added to Dickinson County. The county contains 700
square miles, or 448,000 acres,
‘and, except at the points
where its square formation is. - =
broken, is twenty-four miles D A V
from north to south, and thirty ,
miles from east to west.

The surface of the county,
in most part, is rolling prairie.
Along the Neosho River, how-
ever, and especially in the vi-
cinity of Council Grove, the
banks of the stream rise to con-
‘siderable height, these eleva-
tions occurring sometimes on
one side of the stream and
sometimes on the other. From.
the top of these elevations the
land rolls away in gentle
undulations, without being
marked by abrupt acclivities
or sudden declivities. The

‘highest point/in the county is -
supposed to be at Council
Grove, and viewing the face of
the country from this, it. pre-
sents a surface resembling,
somewhat, that of a great sea
or ocean rolling onward in
gradual swelis. The extreme
western portion of the county,
however, while the uplands
have not acquired that altitude-
to entitle them to be termed
“bluffy,”is considerably broken,
and does not possess that regu-
larity of surface presented by
other portions of the county.
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Its depth is much greater than that of the higher lands, reaching from four to
ten feet, while on the uplands the average depth ranges from two to five feet.
There is little, if any, superiority in quality, the only difference being that the
bottom lands have the advantage in resistance to drouths. Either on uplands
or lowlands all kinds of cereals can be raised abundantly when visited by a
moderate rainfall. ;

’ Grasses of all kinds grow to great luxuriance in all parts of the county, and
of this yield there is never a scarcity, be the season what it may, unless when
burned up by scorching “siroccos,” which are of very infrequent occurrence.
Tf the superiority of the county for stock-raising purposes is excepted, its chief
adaptability is agriculture. In
addition to these it offers su-

perior advantages for dairying
G 0 and cheese making, which fol-
‘low as a natural consequence
from its wide ranges of excel-
lent pasturage. The opportu-
nities offered for the successful
establishment of these branches
of industry have not for some
reason or other, but chiefly
from lack of railroad facilities,
been taken advantage of, and
farmers content themselves by
cultivating and raising the
usual cereal crops and by giv-
ing some attention to stock.

These pursuits, it is true,
are those which most closely
adhere to the adaptability of
the soil, and hence to these the
greatest attention is given.
Wheat, oats, corn, rye, flax and
barley are sure crops under any-
thing like reasonable circum-
stances; nor is this the case
alone with the bottom lands,
as the upland farms are culti-
vated to great success and yield
abundantly.

Horticulture and arbori-
culture can also be successfully
pursued, as the soil is well
adapted to forestry and the cul-
tivation of orchards. The sta-
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from about one-half to two
miles, and the land in these
valleys is denominated “bottom” land. Not quite one fourth of the land in
the county is comprised in these bottom lands, the proportion being about as
18 to 100, : ;

The timber along the streams and creeks consists of oak, hickory, walnut,
cottonwood, hackberry, elm and sycamore, and their average width is between
one-fourth and one-half a mile. Away from the streams,that sameness of scenery
which characterizes large expanses of prairie is interrupted and diversified by
numerous artificial groves of forest trees, ranging from ten acres and upwards,
the longest containing about sixty acres. .

The character of the soil is generally rich and deep, and in ordinary sea-
sons is very productive. The subsoil is limestone, which is located at a depth
of from two to ten feet beneath the surface, although in some places, but these
are few, it is visible on the top of the earth. Occasionally a gravel knoll is found,
but taken altogether the soil is good. Less than one-fourth of the county is de-
nominated “bottom land,” being that portion located along the streams and
creeks, In these low lands the soil is extremely rich and exceedingly fertile,

grove.

WATER COURSES AND THEIR NAMES,

The county is well supplied with water, creeks and streams being but a
few miles apart. The Neosho River is the principal stream, and to this nearly
all the lesser streams in the county are tributary. The upper portion of the
river may be divided into the East and West forks of the Neosho, the former
rising in Highland Township and running north for a few miles, when its course
becomes easterly until it reaches Parkerville. Before it reaches Parkerville,
however, it receives the water of Level Creek, a small stream running in an
easterly direction through the upper portion of Highland Township. From
Parkerville the course of the river is south by east, receiving on its way the wa-
ters of Haun Creek and Crooked Creek, which enter it from the south and about
a mile apart. Both of these creeks take their rise in the north of Elm Creek
Township, one in Section 6 and the other in Section 4. Flowing now ina
southeasterly direction, and at a point about five miles from Parkerville, the
Neosho receives the water of Lard’s Creek, which is a stream of considerable
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size, and which takes its rise in Ohio Township close to the northern boundary
line of the county, and a little below this it receives the tribute of Gilmore
Creek, which, rising in Elm Creek ‘Township, flows in an easterly direction un-
til it empties into the West Fork of the Neosho as it passes through the south-
west cornet of Neosho Township. About one mile from this point Slough
Creek adds its tribute. This creek rises a little north of the center of Ohio
Township, and is about twelves miles in length, its course being due south, In
the northeastern portion of the County Munker’s Creek, and Middle Creek,
after being fed by several smaller streams, form a junction, and these constitute
the East Fork of the Neosho. The two forks unite at the south side of Section
3, in Council Grove Township, and at this point it may be said the Neosho
‘River proper begins. Still continuing. its southeast course its waters are swelled
by those of Big and Little John creeks, which have their rise in Warren Town-
ship and run in a southerly direction until they empty into the Neosho a few
miles south of the City of Council Grove.- Its last northern tributary in the

county is Rock Creek, quite an important stream, and which has its rise in Wa-’

baunsee County, and which enters Morris County at the dividing line between
Warren and Valley townships, and from thence it flows due south along the
eastern boundary of the county until it mingles its waters with those of the
Neosho at « point near the village of Dunlap. After the junction of the two
forks is formed, its southern and western feeders are Canning Creek, Elm Creek
and Four Mile Creek, which flow almost in a northeastely direction, and Indian
Creek, which runs in a due easterly course along the southern boundary line of
Valley Township and the county. After having been fed by these different
streams and creeks, the Neosho leaves the county at a point about two miles
north of the southeast corner, and one mile south of the village of Dunlap. In
Diamond Valley Township, which is the southwest township of the county,
there is quite a stream, named Diamond Creek, which flows in a southeasterly
direction, whose tributaries are Six Mile Creek, and two or three smaller creeks
of but little importance. In the northwest township, there is a stream of con-
siderable size, named Clark’s Creek. This creek is about fifteen miles in length
and has its rise at the boundary line between Clark’s Creek and Diamond Val-
ley townships, and runs almost due north, receiving on its course the waters of
the Mulberry and Shoemaker creeks, which are its tributaries, and passes out of
the county at Skiddy, a point on the northern boundary line between Morris and
Davis counties. In addition to these numerous water courses, there aie several
very excellent springs in the county, the two most important being Diamond
Springs and Hill Springs, so that with the clear running streams and creeks,
and her various bubbling springs, the county is well supplied with an abundance
of good, pure water. ,

As it may be somewhat of a curiosity with some as to how the different
streams and creeks received their names, we will now give their origin as be-
lieved to exist according to the facts, or as establislied by tradition. The Neo-
sho river was named by the Kaw Indians long before Kansas was thought of as
a land of settlement for the white man. The tradition, as it came from the
Indians, is that about three-fourths of a century ago, a paity of Indians travel-

ing westward from the Missouri River, had been long suffering for water, and’

had come to stream after stream, only to find them dried up. At length they
came upon a stream containing water, and in their delight at finding it they
cried out /Ve-o-sho, which, being literally translated, means Je, water; o sho,
stream-in, or as put in plain English, “ Stream with water in it.” Hence the
name Neosho. .

Rock Creek, which is the next largest stream in the county, was originally
named and known by the Indians as We-co-its-ah-6a, which means ‘‘ Dead Man’s
Creek.” This name was given to it by the Indians on account of the terrible
slaughter that once took place upon its banks between two tribes of hostile In-
dians. The modern name of “Rock Creek” was given to it by westward
bound travelers an occount of the rocky bluffs that line its banks. ‘

The name “ Munkers ’Creek” indicates its origin. It was named after J.
C. Munkers, who was the first white man to seitle upon its banks.

“Elm Creek” takes its name from the magnificient elm trees by which it
is bordered.

When Gen. J. C. Fremont in 1846, was exploring the ‘Great American
Desert” to find a way to the West, he had in the company under his charge a
man who was known by his comrades as ‘‘ Big John.” At a point where the
old Santa Fe trail crossed the creek, there is a bluff of considerable ‘size from
which flows a large spring of beautiful clear water. While Fremont was in this
region, Big John, on one of his foraging expeditions, discovered this spring,
which is located near the head of the creek, and hence the name of “ Big John
Creek,” by which it has since been known, The rocks about the spring have
inscribed upon them the date of its discovery, and by whom discovered.

Travelers on their way to Santa Fe over the old trail, while passing through
that portion of Morris County now known as Diamond Valley Township, once
came upon a cluster of magnificent springs which they hailed with as much de-
light as the poor pilgrim hails an oasis in the desert. So pure, clear and spark-
ling was the water that they named them Diamond Springs, and thus the stream
flowing from them derived the name of Diamond Creek.

About 1836 an exploring party under the charge of Lewis and Clark, had
found its way as far west as. Morris County and encamped on the bank of a
stream in the northwestern portion of the county, to which they gave the name
of Clark, and hence the present name of “ Clark’s Creek.” ‘‘Lard’s Creek” is
named after the first settler upon its margin, William F. Lard. ‘‘Slough
Creek” takes its name from the sloughy character of the land along its course.
“Canning Creek” and “Gilmore Creek” are named after first settlers in their
vicinity. ‘‘ Four Mile Creek” is thus named because it is just four miles south
from Council Grove. $ ‘

EARLY HISTORY.

The history of Council Grove “may be said to be the history of Morris
County, as it has been the scene of almost every interesting incident that has
transpired in the county, not only since its organization, but for long before.

‘

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

,

The point from which commences the history of the county ante-dates Territo-
rial days, and begins as far back as 1847. 4
What is now Council Grove has been mentioned by travelers as far back

as 1820, but this mention has no bearing whatever upon any of the facts, inci- -

dents, happenings and transactions that go to make up the history proper of the
county, all of which transpired in 1846, and subsequent thereto It may assist
the reader to a better understanding as to how Council Grove comes to figure
so conspicuously in Kansas history to state here, that by a treaty concluded
with the Indians in 1825, the United States Government procured the right of
way for a public highway from the Missouri River to the eastern boundary of

Mexico, which, having been established, passed into history as the “Santa Fe’

Trail.” This trai] ran through Morris County, and part of it now constitutes

the Main street of Council Grove. : nos
Until 1847 the territory now embraced in Morris County was

held by the various Indian tribes as neutral ground, upon which all had a right ~

in common to hunt on its soil and fish in its streams, and the wooded belts
along the Neosho and its tributaries formed excellent hunting fields. A treaty
was made with the Kaw tribe of Indians in the latter part of 1846, or early in
1847, by which a tract of land twenty miles square was obtained for a reserva-
tion, which included the land on whichis built the town of Council Grove.

In the spring of 1847the Kaws were moved on to the land embraced *
within the limits ofthe reservation. Up to this time not a white man was sel-
tled upon the soil of Morris County. In the fallof the same year, one Seth M.
Hays, a citizen of Westport, Missouri, having obtained a license from the Gov-
ernment to trade with the Indians, came to the Kaw reservation and estab-
lished his trading-post at Council Grove. Other traders followed soon after,
the next that arrived being the Choteau Brothers, in 1848, and a trader named
Kennedy in 1849

The Santa Fe Trail to New Mexico having been established, a contract
was let by the Government, in 1849, to Waldo, Hall & Co., to carry the United
States mail to Santa Fe, a point seven hundred miles west of the Missouri
River. Fora number of years after the trail was opened Council Grove was
the only trading post between Independence, Mo., and Santa Fe, and, asa
consequence, became a point of considerable importance to westward bound
travelers. _

The Methodist Episcopal Church, with a commendable desire to cultivate
and enlighten the mind of “ Lo, the poor Indian,” did, in 1850, enter intoa
contract with the Government to establish a school for the education of the
Kaws. To further the plan of enlightenment, the Board of Missions did, in
the same year, erect a stone mission or schoolhouse, at Council Grove, and
sub-contracted with T. S. Huffaker to teach the school, who acted in the
capacity of teacher until 1854, when the school was discontinued. Besides
the mission school several other buildings were put up in 1850, and among
them a depot for the storage of government supplies and other military ma-
terial. The Mail Company also put up several buildings, and all the inhabit-
ants of Council Grove at that time, and,in fact, in Morris County, were those
either in Government employ or in possession of permits fromthe same, num-
bering some twenty-five in all.

At that time the Kaw Indians onthe reservation numbered about 1,700,
and the agent of the tribe resided at Westport, Mo., the law at that time not
requiring these gentlemen, to whom was entrusted the care and overseership of
the Indians, to reside upon the agency. Things at the ‘ Post,” as it was
called, moved along peacefully and quietly until 1854 ‘each year adding a few
to the population, ard as a trading post. Council Grove was well known.
Seth M. Hays built the firsthouse that was erected, not only in Council Grove,
but in Morris County, which was a log store on the west bank of the Neosho
River, on the old Santa Fe trail, near to the east end of the bridge which now
spans that stream, and directly opposite the ground on which now stands the
Commercial House.

In 1854, Kansas became a Territory by the passage of the act by Congress
known as the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Soon after the passage of the bill, Mr.

Reeder was appointed Governor of the new Territory of Kansas, and soon there- ,

after, with a full corps of staft officers, arrived at Council Grove, which he con-
templatéd making the capital. In this he failed, however, owing to the fat
that the land required for that purpose could not be obtained from the Indians.

Up to this time no attempts at settlement had been made in any other por-
tion of the county than Council Grove, but in 1854 we find that one J, C. Munk-
ers took a claim, and settled upon what is now known as Munkers’ Creek, in
Neosho Township.

About one of the first official acls of Gov, Reeder was to order an election
for members of the Territorial Legislature. In the elect’on proclaniation,
the Territory was divided into election districts, and the district of which Mor-
ris County then formed a part, placed two candidates in the field, one of whom
was A. I, Baker, and the other Mobillon McGee.

At that time party excitement ran high, one party being designated as
“Free-state”” men, and the other as ‘‘ Border Ruffians.” The Territory at that
time was not divided into counties. The Free-state men put forth Baker as
their-candidate, and the “ Border Ruffians ” placed McGee in nomination. The
real issue was whether Kansas should, ultimately, be admitted to the Union as
a free or slave State, and as both the free States of the North and the slave
States of the South had been planting colonies over the populated portions of
the Territory, preparatory to the struggle that was sure to take place for the
ascendancy, the agitation and excitement attending the first Territorial election
was exceedingly high, and but very little friction would have been required to
create a blaze.

The election was held on the 3oth day of March, 1855. Baker was fairly
elected, and received his certificate of election from the Governor, but McGee,
on sgme trumped-up cause, contested the seat with him, and the border ruffian
element being largely in the ascendancy in the Legislature, Baker was denied
the seat and McGee was seated. The Legislature that convened shortly after,
by virtye of this election, divided a large portion of the Territory into counties,
MORRIS COUNTY.

and eee to the division thus made, the county of Wise (now Morris), was
created, i

The system adopted by the Legislature for organizing the counties was
very simple and easily carried out. In many instances several counties were
formed into one district with only one organization, so that the several counties
constituting one district would be, virtually, nothing more than municipal town-
ships. Thus Wise (Morris), Breckinridge (Lyon), Madison (Greenwood), were
comprised in one district, and the place designated by law for the transaction of
business pertainingto the district was Columbia, in Madison County, a point
about two miles east of the present city of Emporia, so that for judicial and
revenue purposes, Wise County occupied the position of a municipal township
attached to Breckinridge County. ‘

The same Legislature that divided the Territory into counties and dis-
tricts also appointed the several Boards of Supervision for the government of
each, Those appointed for the district above described were T, S, Huffaker,
C. H. Withington, and Harmon B, Elliott: The law provided that the chair-
man of the Board should be ex officio Probate Judge, and Mr. Huffaker, of
Morris, having been appointed chairman, became thereby Probate Judge.

THE DROUTH OF 1860,

Owing to the belief that prevailed in the greater portion of the country
that no corn could be raised in Kansas on account of the severe drouths that
visited the ‘‘ Great American Desert,” of which Kansas was considered a part,
no attempt was made to raise this cereal until five years after the first white
settlers had located in Morris County. The first corn planted in the county
was on the farm which was opened for the benefit of the Kaw school in 1851.
The rainfall that yearawas plentiful, and, contrary to expectations, the yield
was large. The success of this crop gave the settlers encouragement, and the
following year corn was planted extensively. It proved almost a failure, and
for the next six years that followed, owing to scarcity of rains and hot winds,
ne more than half a crop was raised, and some seasons it fell far short of even
this.

In 1858 and ‘1859 the crop was tolerably fair, and 1860 gave promise of
abundant crops and a glorious harvest. ‘lhroughout the spring the weather
was all that could be desired, and the promising crops filled the hearts of the
people with gladness. The cup was only. raised to their lips that it might be

_ dashed to. the ground. before they tasted of its sweetness. May came and went,
but no rain. June was fast passing away, and yet not the slightest indication
of rain was visible in the clear, blue sky. Towards the latier end of June the
fierce and scorching siroccos set in, and by the first of July all vegetation was
utterly ruined, and the face of the country that in the beginning of May gave
such bright promise of yielding an abundant harvest, was so burned and
parched that it resembled one great Sahara. Nothing green was visible ; not
a blade of grass, not a leafona tree or bush but what was scorched and with-
ered, Wheat, oats, corn, garden vegetables, berries, vines, fruit, everything,
was all dried up and burned to ‘a crisp’ Cattle and other animals sought
shelter and protection from the scorching winds by seeking pools of water in

_ the beds of the streams, and standing or lying in them during their prevalence,
and men would remain shut up in their houses, unless actually compelled to go
out, while they continued to blow, which, usually, would be from 10 A.M. to
about § P. M.. :

Not a single bushel of corn was raised in Morris County.that year. This
was a very severe stroke upon the settlers, all of whom had but limited means
and depended upon their crops for a livelihood. Some became discouraged
-and moved away, and that they did so was not to be wondered at, because very
few care to meet starvation, and this was what threatened them if they remained.
Others, and by far the -greater number, remained, determined to put the capa-
bilities of Kansas soil to a further test. Some would say that “ one swallow
did not make a summer,” adding that, ‘it was a strange country that had no
drawbacks.” The question that was uppermost in their minds, however, and
one that caused them considerable anxiety was: ‘‘How can we procure sub-
sistence during the year, and seed for next season?” To men in their situation
this was a very serious and perplexing question, and’ one extremely difficult of
solution. Want became so pressing, and poverty so pinching, that appeals for
aid were made to the liberally disposed of other States, not only for the people
of Morris County, but for those of the entire State. The appeals were not
made in vain, and the supplies came pouring in by the train loads. All the re-
lief supplies were sent to Atchison, which was made the distributing depot for
all other parts of the State, but Morris County being then on the extreme fron-
tier, and one hundred and seventy miles from the base of supplies, her people
had great difficulty in obtaining relief. The only way of getting to Atchison
was by team, and oft and again did poor and needy settlers find their way to
Atchison only to discover that they had their peins for their labor. This was
a most trying time for the settlers, and during the fall and winter of 1860, and
the first half of 1861, the people suffered great hardships. ‘For the first five
months of 1861 the people were fed by charity. Food, clothing, and provis-
ions were furnished by the liberal people of the East, and alsoseed wheat, oats,
corn, potatoes, etc. Had it not been for this timely succor most of the settlers
would have been compelled to abandon their Homes, as they were utterly de ti-
.tute of absolute necessities, and without means to buy. It was some years be-
fore the county recovered from the effects of this blow, and the tide of im: -
gration that had set in towards the county began to recede.

INDIAN TROUBLES.

Prior to the organization of Kansas into a Territory, and for a long time
subsequent thereto, great trouble was experienced arising from the uncertainty
which existed as to what was the true boundary of the land set apart for the
Kaw Reservation. Settlers were commencing to come in considerable numbers,
and, being ignorant of the boundary lines of the Reservation, many of them
took claims and settled within the prescribed limits. This caused no little

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amount of trouble between the settlers and the Indians, which, on certain occa-
sions, threatened to be serious. This state of affairs coming to the knowledge
of Gov. Reeder, he, shortly after his appointment as Governor of the Territory,
requested the authorities at Washington to furnish him with a correct and au-
thenticated map of the Territory, on which would beclearly defined and marked
the lands embraced within the Indian Reservation. In due time the request -
was complied with, and the Governor received one of ‘‘ Eastman’s Maps,”
which was duly certified as being correct by Col. Manypenny, the then Com-
missioner of Indian Affairs. The location given to the Kaw Reservation by
this map was west and south of Council Grove. This indicated that the lands
lying between Council Grove and the eastern boundary line of the county were
open for settlement by the whites, and being thus understood, many settlers
made claims and located in the vicinity of Rock Creek, and also in the Neosho
Valley north and south of Council Grove, under the impression and belief that
in so doing they were locating upon the public domain.

Each year brought its complement of settlers, and in those days of trouble
and uncertainty, each sought a location as near to the center of population as
possible, and as a consequence, the lands located along the Neosho River were
eagerly sought and readily taken. Two causes, and, probably, a third, con-,
tributed to the desirability of these lands. The first, doubtless, was the heavy
belt of timber on either side of the stream; the second, the choice and fertile
soil of the valley; and the third, their proximity to Council Grove, which, by
this time, was a point of considerable importance as regards trade, and, also, as
considered, in point of population. Council Grove being then the extreme west-
ern trading post, and being surrounded upon three sides by Indians, who, how-
ever peaceable they seemed might, at any moment, be moved to acts of hostil-
ity, had a tendency to cause the settlers to avoid isolation, and to make their
settlement as compact as the circumstances would admit of.

Year by year the Indians beheld their territory encroached upon by the
whites, and their best hunting grounds gradually slipping from their control, and
soon began to exhibit signs of restlessness. This spirit of restlessness developed
itself in 1857, by loud complaints being sent to the Great Father at_Wash-
ington, in which the grievances of the Indians were set forth. On these
being made. known to the authorities, the then agent for the Kaw tribe,
John Montgomery, was ordered to have the lands of the Reservation re-sur-
veyed and the boundary lines distinctly marked. The survey made in accord-
ance with this order unsettled things generally, as according to the boundary
lines of the Reservation as established by this survey, its limits extended five
miles west of Council Grove, and fifteen miles east,and ten miles north and
ten miles south, so that had Council Grove been located five miles further to
the east, it would according to the Montgomery survey, have been the exact
center of the Kaw Reservation.

The result of this survey was, that all the settlers who had located on any
portion of the territory embraced within the twenty miles square defined in the
Montgomery survey as the Kaw Reservation, became trespassers upon Indian land
and were notified to leave. This promised to give rise to serious complications
between the whites and Indians, and also between the settlers and the Govern-
ment. The people had taken their claims and made settlement in good faith,

» having all due respect for the lands embraced in the Reservation as described

by the Eastman authenticated map, furnished by the Government to Governor
Reeder, and without any intention whatever, of perpetrating any wrong upon
the Indians; and when notified to surrender their claims after having made val-
uable improvements thereon, became justly indignant and exasperated. It was
now their turn to send up their grievances to Washington, which they did, and
upon proper presentation of their case to the authorities, Commissioners
‘were appointed to appraise the value of improvements made, and award com-
pensation in accordance therewith. This was done, and each settler was
awarded what was considered adequate compensation for the improvements he
had made, and thus the threatened complications were, for the present, over-
come. Had they received the full face value of their awards, the compensation
would have been reasonably fair, but the United States Treasury being at that
time ina somwhat depleted condition they were given what was known as ‘Kaw
Land Scrip,” from which they only realized about fifty cents on the dollar. The
year 1859 will long be memorable in Morris County. At that time the popula-
tion of the county was about 600, most of whom were settled either in Council
Grove, or its immediate vicinity; The Indians, though apparently friendly,
would occasionally, whenever good opportunity presented, steal the settlers’
horses and whatever else they could lay their hands upon, if they thought they
could do so without detection. In their practice of these peculations, they had
stolen two horses, and these wete demanded of them by the whites, and also
that the thieves should be surrendered for punishment. While the settlers were
never without their apprehension‘of trouble from the Indians, yet at this particu-
lar juncture they little thought it was so near athand. At an early houron the
morning of June 2, 1859, the whole community was thrown into commotion, if
not consternation, by a band of about one hundred Kaw Indians, who came gal-
loping into Council Grove all painted, feathered, and fully equipped forwar. The
older settlers, who had been taught by experience the meaning of these warlike
indications, saw at a glance that the savages were bent on mischief, and that

' great danger was impending. Taken thus unawares fora short time they were at

2 loss how to act, but they knew they were at the mercy of the Indians. If
they were fearful of the consequences, they knew enough not to make their fears
known to the newer settlers, lest an alarm might be created that would lead to
a panic, and they also knew enough to presentas bold a front as possible to
the Indians, and thus the wiser heads determined to await further develop-
ments.

On came the Indians down Main street from the west until the head of
the line came in front of the store of S. M. Hays, where a halt was ordered.
Their leader was Ah-le-gah-wah-ho, who, about a year before, had been deposed
as chief of the tribe and another put in his place. After halting his warriors,
the leader rode up to Mr. Hays and, still sitting on his pony, addressed him as
follows: ‘‘ You sent for these two horses which my boys stole from a Mexi-
 

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can trader, You sent us word that we must not only give up the horses, but
that we must turn over to your people the two men who stole the horses, that
your people may punish them. The horses you can have, but the men you
can’t have without a fight.” Hays controlled himself as best he could, well
knowing that if a fight should ensue.the Indians would have all the advantage,
as they had come fully prepared for such an emergency. Ah-le-gah-wah-ho,
taking his silence for fear, began to taunt and insult the whites, and to heap
abuse upon them for interesting themselves about a Mexican, who was not a
white man, and who was no better than an Indian, and also told them very
plainly that they should not meddle with what did not concern them. The
abuse was too much for Hays and he lost his temper, and told his clerk to
reach him two revolvers that were lying behind the counter in the store.

While this parley was going on, the Indians had broken their formation;
some went galloping through the cross streets while the main body gathered
around their leader, and completely filled Main street in front of Hays’ store.
When Hays had received the revolvers from the clerk he fired them into the
air in front of the Indians, in doing which he had a double purpose, one was to
frighten the Indians, and the other to warn the settlers to get armed and be
ready for whatever might occur. The Indians only wanted a pretext to com-
mence the fight, and instead of being frightened by the firing of Hays, some of
the more impetuous among the warriors cried out, ‘ Hays is shooting at us,
shoot him." On hearing this, Hays retired within his store and shut the door,
but two or three white men who were on the street became targets for the In-
dians. Whatever words were exchanged between the Indian leader and Mr.
Hays, was done through Mr. T. S. Huffaker, who acted as interpreter.

Some of the young bloods among the Indians, more fiery than the others,
on hearing the cry, “shoot him,” fired, and one man by the name of Charles
Gilkey, who was standing beside the interpreter, received a dangerous arrow
wound in the lower part of the neck. Another young man by the name of
Parks, while in the act of crossing the street received a dangerous bullet wound

‘ which stretched him senseless on the ground, Everybody supposed that Parks
was killed. Mr. Huffaker, who had been the Indian school teacher from 1850
to 1854, and who spoke the Kaw language fluently, and who was greatly re-
spected by the tribe, on seeing what had been done, and knowing well that
still greater danger was threatened, told the Indians that they had killed one
man and probably mortally wounded another, and that they had better leave
town as soon as possible, as the white people would surely avenge the outrage
and injury. , ;

The Indians instantly wheeled their horses and galloped out of town, and
in less than an hour's time all their tents, which before had been visible on the

high ground. south of Elm Creek, which runs immediately south of Council -

Grove, were struck and packed, after which the tribe took up its march in the
direction of Four Mile Creek, where, in addition to artificial means of defense
they could also have the advantage of those which, in this locality, nature
offered.

No sooner had the Indians left town than the whites assembled to counsel
together as to what was best to-do. Messengers were sent all over the country
and into neighboring counties to apprise the people of what had happened,
and to warn them of the impending danger, and for as - many
of them as possibly could come, to hasten to Council Grove as soon
as possible. The whites decided upon a war, and, if necessary, to prose-
cute it to extermination. Of those present a company consisting of forty men
was immediately organized, of which H. J. Epsey was elected Captain, and W.
H. White, Lieutenant. ;

Immediate war was decided to be inevitable, all believing, as expressed in
council, that if the Kaws were allowed to go unpunished for the outrage com-
mitted by them that morning, there would be no safety for the whites thereaf-
ter. The company, forty strong, armed with various kinds of weapons, some
with rifles, some with shot-guns, and some with revolvers, marched off in the
direction of where the Indians had taken up their position. They found the
Indians prepared to meet them, having sent all their squaws, papooses and old
men off to a safe distance. When within about two hundred yards or so of
where the Indians had posted themselves, the company halted for further de-
liberation.

The Indians were about four hundred strong, and had posted themselves
to the best advantage. They tantalized the whites after they had halted, and
beckoned them to come on. Notwithstanding their paucity of numbers and
inferior arms, many of the whites were very anxious to be led against the red
men, although to have done so, could only have resulted in their utter de-
struction. Were it not for their earnestness in the matter, the idea of forty
men, poorly armed, insisting on being Jed against four hundred savages, all well
armed with rifle, bow, and tomahawk, and all trained to fight from boyhood,
might be set down as Quixotic, It may speak well for their bravery, but is a
poor recommendation of their discretion.

Wiser counsel prevailed, however, and a few of the older settlers who clear-
ly saw the terrible consequences that would result from too hasty action on the
part of the company, interposed, and asked the officers to postpone further ac-
tion, while some one authorized to speak for them, went forward to communi-
cate with the Indians, and, if possible, avert further bloodshed. In doing this,
another object would be accomplished, inasmuch as it would give the settlers
from the surrounding country and adjacent counties time to reach Council
Grove, form, and march to their assistance. The older heads among the set-

_tlers saw that to undertake to carry out the desire of those who were anxious
for immediate fight, would only lead to useless slaughter, and would put in
jeopardy the life of every white person within a radius of twenty miles, very
wisely counseled delay. This was the trying moment for the settlers of Morris
County, because not only their own lives and those of their wives and children,
but the lives of those in adjoining counties depended upon their action.

When the word of what had been done and was going on went abroad,

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the settlers were not slow in responding to the call, and in a short time they
commenced to assemble in Council Grove as fast as horses could carry them,
Those who had wives and children, brought them with them, deeming it safer

to have them in town than to leave them unprotected at home, All the women

and children were placed in the Kaw Mission, a substantially built stone build-

ing, 36x50 feet, and two stories high, which was erected in 1850, as a school-

house, in which to educate these same Indjans they were now going to fight,
That afternoon about 150 men organized and marched to reinforce the compa-

ny of forty men that had gone down in the forenoon. i

Having decided to communicate with the Indians, the next thing to be
considered was who would be the man to undertake it, The man that would
undertake it would risk his life in so doing, but T. S. Huffaker seeing that the
slightest mistake would bring on a conflict, volunteered to be the negotiator be-
tween the whites and the Indians, than whom no man was better qualified for
the undertaking. Having taught the mission school from 1850 to 1854, many
of the Indians had set under his instructions, and he was perfectly familiar with
all their habits and customs, and also with their language, and, in addition to
these the Indians looked upon him with a kind of reverence.

There was a space of about two hundred yards between where the whites
halted and where the Indians had taken up their position, and from where they
were stationed the Kaws could seethat the whiteswere being rapidly reinforced,
because as parties arrived at Council Grove from the more distant places they
immediately hastened to join their brother whites where the danger was most
threatening. The whites could now press their demands with a show of strength
which if not sufficient to insure compliance, would cause the Kaws to treat
with seeming respect, at least, any person sent by the whites to treat with them.
Mr. Huffaker was authorized to go to the Kaws and demand in the name of
the whites the surrender of the two Indians who had that morning
shot Gilkey and Parks, to be dealt with as should be decided upon by a council
of whites. Thesettlers preserved their line formation and as Mr. Huffaker pro-
ceeded slowly down towards the Indians each man stood ready to advance at
the first indication of treachery towards him.

Mr. Huffaker was met by the chief to whom he made known the propo-
sition he was authorized to make, whereupon acouncil of Indians was held
and the decision arrived at was that they would surrender the Indian who shot
Parks, but not the one who shot Gilkey, as they could not tell by whom he
was wounded. This was only a device to save the Indian by whom Gilkey
was shot, because they knew at the time that he was sitting with them as one
of the council. He was a young chief, much loved and honored by his tribe and
their great desire was to save him if possible. Mr. Huffaker told them he would
go back and notify his people of their decision.

By this time the number of whites had increased to be about equal that
of'the Indians, and Mr. Huffaker knew that every minute’s time gained was to
the advantage of the whites. He returned to the Indians and told them that
nothing short of a surrender of both Indians would satisfy his people. On
hearing this the Indians offered $8,000 and forty ponies as satisfaction for the
shooting of Gilkey, but Mr. Huffaker refused to entertain the proposition.

On hearing this ultimatum of the whites the young chief who was guilty of
the shooting arose and left the council, but returned in a short time all armed
and prepared for fight. Addressing the council he said that inasmuch as they
had about decided to surrender him to the whites, thereby sanctioning his death,
he would sell his life as dearly as possible, and signified his intention of first
killing his own chief and then the white man who demanded his surrender,
This address was a little too laté in coming, because had a fight ensued then the -
advantage in numbers and arms was on the side of the whites. The fiery speech
of the youth had no effect towards stirring up the older warriors, but still they
hesitated to give him up. They tried every way to save the young chief, but to
no purpose. They increased the money offer to $10,000, but Mr. Huffaker told
them that money was no object. They had committed an outrage upon the
settlers, and had shed the blood of two of their people, and unless both were
given up his people were determined to fight.

“You may kill some of us,” said Mr. Huffaker, ‘ but it will be the last of
your tribe, because white men will come who will avenge us, and even now
soldiers are on their way from Fort Riley. Now, I shall walk to my people —
and remain there while I count twenty, and will then walk back half way to
where I shall set this stick, and there I shall again connt twenty, and if both
Indians are not surrendered by that time, I shall return to my people and upon
you rest the consequences.”

Having thus conveyed his intentions to the Indians Mr. Huffaker turned
around and deliberately walked back to where the whites were standing in line,
resting upon their arms. Waving counted twenty he slowly walked back to
where he had set the stick and again counted twenty, but no sign was given by
the Indians to indicate their willingness to comply with his demand. Believing
the Indians meant to fight he turned again to rejoin the whites, and had gone
but a few steps when the Indians called to himand told him the two guilty ones
should be given up. They were then brought forth, bound and tied, and de-
livered over to the whites. They were tried in no court, no judge heard their
case, no attorney plead for them, no jury deliberated upon their guilt or inno-
cence, they had wantonly shed the blood of two white men who had done them
no injury, and, according to the Western notions of dealing with such offenders,
justice demanded that they should suffer death. This was the verdict, and in.
compliance therewith both were hung where the lumber yard now stands, on the
south side of Main street, between the river and the court house.

The Indians came and took away their remains, and whether they merited
such condign punishment or not, it was certainly a pitying sight to see ‘the
mother of the young chief cut and lacerate her head, neck and breast, and with
the blood that flowed from her self-inflicted wounds rub the post on which her
son had breathed his last. Some time after this the United States grand jury

took cognizance of the matter and indicted for murder several of the parties ed

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supposed to be implicated in the hanging. They were tried, but nothing came
a it Deyoud the expense and inconvenience they suffered in consequence
ereof,

SALE OF THE KAW LANDS,

Up to this time and for some time subsequent Morris County had been ex-
ceedingly slow of settlement. Three causes contributed to this result. First,
Kansas was still considered _by many as part of the “ Great American Desert,”
altogether barren and unproductive. Second, it was the home of various tribes
of Indians who were either openly or secretly hostile to white settlement; and
third, and the one that bore most against the settlement of Morris County,was the
uncertainty that attached to the Kaw Reservation lands. If people located
upon desirable claims they had no certainty of being left in peaceable posses-
sion, They did not know but that after having made valuable improvements it
might be discovered, as had been the case once before, that they had settled
upon Indian lands and would be dispossessed. a

Ever since 1854 promises had been made by the Government, or by parties
speaking for it, that the Indian title to the lands would be extinguished and
that they would be thrown open for settlement, but years of feud, strife and
uncertainty had passed without anything in this direction having been done.
The effect that this state of uncertainty had upon the settlement of the county
will be better understood when it is known that nearly one-half of the entire
land in the county was embraced within the Kaw Reservation. The Indians
were desirous of parting with their title to the lands, and had repeatedly ex-
pressed a willingness to dispose of them and move further west, but no notice
had ever been taken of their offers.

In 1859, one Alfred’ B. Greenwood was appointed Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, and was either sent, or came upon his own motion, to negotiate with
the various tribes of Indians for their lands. Whatever schemes or plans were
gotten up by the agents of the Government for their own benefit in connection
with these lands, is no part of this history, and will only be mentioned ina
passing manner, in order that the work may be better understood. ‘Without
notifying the local agent, stationed upon the lands, ot his coming, Greenwood
one day made his appearance at the old Kaw Agency, four miles east of Coun-
cil Grove, and immediately called a council of the Indians, to whom he made
known the contents and stipulations of a treaty that purported to have been
prepared at Washington. :

Some of the Indians came to Council Grove and apprised the citizens of
what was going on at the agency, and instantly nearly every one in the place
hastened to the spot to prevent what they considered a gross and outrageous
swindle. The settlers presented their case to the Commissioner and _ insisted:
upon a modification of the treaty, and, to some extent, succeeded; but their de-
mand to have a provision inserted recognizing the rights of those who had set-
tled upon the lands prior-to the Montgomery survey, was not conceded. The
treaty was signed, and among its many provisions was one providing for the
sale of 150,000 acres of the land to the highest bidder. - The bids were to be
-submitted under seal, and a commission was to be appointed by which the lands
were to be appraised. When the appraisers were appointed the settlers pre-
sented a statement of their case to them, and succeeded in having the lands ap-
praised at a maximum of $1.75 per acre, the minimum being fixed at seventy-
five cents."

The treaty made by Greenwood with the Indians gave rise to great dis-
satisfaction among the whites, and a public meeting was called to give
expression to their feelings upon the same. It was decided by the meeting to
send a delegate to Washington to prevent, if possible, the ratification of the
treaty by the United States Senate, and Judge Elmore was chosen the delegate.
When the treaty came up for ratification in the Senate, it was amended so that
all settlers who had made improvements upon their lands prior to 1857, licensed
traders, and all other persons lawfully residing upon the lands, should have
their claims adjusted by the Secretary of the Interior, and that they should have
the lands upon which they had settled and made improvements, at the appraised
value of $1.75 per acre.

Another difficulty now arose, which relates more particularly to Council
Grove history than to that of Morris County. Under the law that gave parties
the right to organize themselves into town companies, those who had made im-
provements upon the land known as the “town site” formed themselves into a
town company, and claimed the land in common, except one, and he was the
agent of Jacob Hall. His refusal to take part in the organization arose from the
fact that Hall claimed a section of land by virtue of act of Congress, as mail
contractor, and the section that he claimed embraced that included in the town
site. After the Greenwood treaty had been amended and ratified by the Senate,
the Town Company immediately presented its claim for the land to the Secre-
tary of the Interior and asked for a patent. They now learned for the first
time, that Hall had anticipated them, and had made application for the same
land, basing his elaim upon the act of Congress, and ignoring the treaty re-
cently made and ratified. From these opposing claims arose a fierce and bitter
contest, both sides employing the ablest counsel they could procure. The con-
test was a protracted one, but finally the land was awarded to the Town Com-
pany and they received patents therefor. For a long time this decision was
supposed to have settled forever all disputes between Hall and the Town Com-
pany over this land, but Hall dying about seven years afterwards, his heirs
brought suit for the recovery of the land, which suit is still pending, or was until
recently, in the Circuit Court of the United States.

. RESULTS OF THE GREENWOOD TREATY.

Several years later, in 1862, renewed trouble arose on account of this Green-
wood treaty. By the provisions of the treaty a commission was appointed to
allot the lands to the several members of the Kaw Indians, giving to each forty
acres, The land to be thus allotted was denominated the “Diminished Re-
serve,” and upon this some white people had settled as early as 1856, and though

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they had been regularly warned off about every year since the Montgomery
survey in 1857, they persisted in holding their claims. The admonitions and
warnings of the Government were utterly disregarded, until finally the Govern-
ment sent a company of soldiers to remove them. Knowing well the utter
inutility of resisting United States troops, the settlers offered no further resist-
ance, but quietly packed up their goods and departed from the Reservation.
The following day the soldiers, also, took their departure, but they were not
gone over twenty-four hours when the settlers all moved back on to their claims.

The Government finding that, in order to keep the settlers out of posses-
sion and to prevent a-conflict between the whites and the Indians, it would be
necessary to establish a military post, made a proposition to the settlers to pay
them for their improvements, which was accepted, and thus the complications
that arose over the Diminished Reservation were peacefully settled and amicably
adjusted.

‘ During 1861 and 1862 the population of the county remained about sta-
tionary, neither increasing nor diminishing, although the vote cast in 1862 was
alittle less than that of 1861, which, doubtless, can be accounted for by the
fact of a number of the people going into the army. There is, probably, no

- county in the State that has experienced such trouble over the Indian lands

within its boundary as has Morris County. They have been a perpetual draw-
back to the county almost to the present time, and frequently gave rise to dif-
ficulties that threatened serious results. Thus in 1862 we find the “Kaw Trust
Lands” coming up as a bone of considerable contention. Under the Green-
wood treaty, these lands were to be advertised for sale and the bids were to be
made under seal. The settlers having received, through a friend in Washing-
ton, a copy of the appraisement, bid in every instance the exact price fixed_ by
the appraisers. Month after month passed by but still the settlers heard noth.
ing from their bids. They called upon their representatives in Congress for in-
formation, but could receive no satisfactory answer.

While in this state of doubt and uncertainty as to the disposition of the
lands, it was brought to their knowledge that some parties had overbid them a
few cents on the acre, and such a storm of indignation broke forth that showed
they were in no spirit to be tampered with. They. demanded of their Senators
and Representatives in Congress an explanation of the facts connected with the
bids, but these gentlemen could not enlighten them. Through a friend in
Washington they ascertained that one Robert Corwin, of Ohio, was the highest
bidder for about seventy of the choicest claims, he having bid from one to ten
cents an acre more than the settlers. ;

On learning this the wrath of the people knew no bounds, and they in-
stantly made their case known to Hon. J. N. Lane,who was at that time United
States Senator from Kansas, and to Hon. A. C. Wilder, who was then Repre-
sentative in Congress, These gentlemen immediately addressed a communica-
tion, of which the following isa copy, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs:

WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.,
3 March 7, 1863.

Sir: We have just been informed that the sealed bids for the Kaw 'prust Lands bave
been opened, and develop the fact that the hardy actual settlers upon such lands are about
to be robbed by a heartless speculator who has never been upon said lands. That said
speculaton, intending to filch from the settlers their homes and hard earnings, has overbid
them a few cents on the acre in the expectation of obtaining the title to some seventy-tive
farms, proposing to sell the same to the settlers at an advanced price or drive them from
their homes, many of whom are now in the army battling for their country.

Inthe name of these, our constituents, and as their representatives, we do solemnly
pray you to accept the bids of the actual settlers and reject the bids of the heartless specu-

ator, and if, in discharge of your official duty, this cannot be done, award the lands to the
settlers at the advance price bid by the speculator, giving them a sufficient time to signify
their assent to the same. In behalf of the people of Kansas, and in the name of justice, we
file this, our solemn protest, against permitting one acre of the land of the actual settlers
going into the hands ofthe cormorant speculator, who has bid thereon, until. the actual

Jer has had a fair opportunity to purchase the same, Yours truly, ie

Hon. W. P. DALE, , A. C. WILDER.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. C

_ In order to give better and more forcible expression to their indignation, a
meeting of the settlers was held at Council Grove, on April 4, 1863, and in the
preamble and resolutions adopted they pledged themselves to stand together as
one man in favor of thesettler. They resolved that any person, either at home
or abroad, who attempted to roba settler of his claim was no better than a
robber, and should and would be treated as such. The Interior Department at
Washington was strongly condemned and denounced. They resolved that the
robberies committed upon the Government and the Indians by Corwin and
others in building contracts were a disgrace to the nation; that they had reason
to believe that Corwin received $20,000 from Stevens’ contract for putting up
buildings for the Indians; that they would defend their rights to their lands to
the utmost extremity, and before yielding to heartless speculators and robbers
they would destroy their improvements and would pursue any other course that
would render the locality extremely disagreeable and uncomfortable for specu-
lators or their agerits. The people were thoroughly aroused and in earnest,
and any effor: to enforce the award to Corwin would surely have caused blood-
shed. The opposition to the lands being awarded to Corwin was so great and
promised to be productive ‘of so much trouble that all the bids submitted for
the “Trust Lands” were rejected, and on August 31, 1863, the lands were
again advertised, and bids were to be received until October 5 following.

In 1860 and 1861, one Robert Stevens, who had previously entered into a
large contract with the Government to build houses for the Indians, finished
his contract, having erected in all one 150-stone houses, but as the old settlers
of Morris County still characterize the job as a huge swindle, and as it has little
bearing upon the history of the county, we will say nothing concerning it
further than that after the houses were completed the Indians used them for
stables and dwelt in their tents. 2

BORDER' TROUBLES.

We now arrive at that period when events took place that not only startled
the settlers of Morris County, but the people of the whole country, the year
that ushered in the War of the Rebellion. After the commencement of hos-
tilities between the North and the South, the people of the county ,were kept
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in a constant state of feverish excitement by perpetual threatened invasion
trom hostile Indians on the south and west, and by incursions of guerrillas and
bushwhackers from Missouri, who, after committing all manner of violence in
‘the eastern portion of the State, were working westward to the mountains and
plains of New Mexico and Colorado where they could prey upon trains cross-
ing the plains, and murder all the defenceless people who favored the Union.
It was during one of these bushwhacking raids in 1862. by the gang known as
Bill Anderson’s, that Judge Baker, one of the most respected citizen of the
county, and his brother-in-law, George Segur, were murdered at Baker’s home
on Rock Creek.

At the commencement of the war, the Anderson family, the male portion
of which consisted of the old man and two sons, Bill and Jim, lived in Kansas
and not a great way from Baker's. They ‘were natives of Missouri, and had
moved to Kansas in tho e ante bel/um days when it was thought Kansas could
be made a slave State by colonizing largely from the South. ‘The people of the
neighborhood looked upon the family as hard characters, and it was an open
secret that they had committed several murders. To kill, steal, and plunder
was their business, and they became quite a terror to the community. The
breaking out of the war opened up to them grand opportunities for carrying
on their hellish business, of which they were not slow to take advantage.
About this time several other desperate characters joined them, and among
them one Lee Griffin, and a notorious scoundrel, named Reed. They estab-
lished their headquarters at Council Grove, and from this point would sally
out and commit all manner of depredations, inc:uding murder, rape and horse-
stealing. In one of these marauding excursions they stole two horses from Mr.
Segur, who was father-in law to Judge Baker.

On hearing of this, Baker, with several others, startéd in pursuit and over-
took the party on the Santa Fe trail, some distance west of Council Grove.
The horses were recovered, and Baker swore out a warrant of arrest against
the Andersons. This coming to the knowledge of old man Anderson, he
swore he would take Baker’s life, and arming himself with a rifle, and with
murderous intent, he went to Baker's house. Baker having been previously in-
formed of Anderson’s design, met him prepared, and before the latter could
carry out his murderous purpose. Baker shot him dead.

The following night the young Andersons, with Griffin and Reed, went to
Baker’s house, intent on killing him, and called hini out, but Baker, apprehen-
sive that something of the kind would occur, had secured a friend or two to
stay with him, and when he made his appearance he did so fully prepared and
determined to sell his life as dearly as possible. Finding themselves thwarted
in their purpose to kill Baker that night, they retired to the brush where they
lay concealed watching for an opportunity to dispatch their victim. After
thus waiting for a week or two without finding the opportunity they sought,
they departed for Missouri, the resort during the war of guerrillas, bushwhack-
ers and cut-throats. /

More than a month passed by without anything being heard of the An-
dersons and their gang, and a faint hope began to be entertained that they had
seen the last of them in the neighborhood, when on the morning of the second
day of July, 1862, the Andersons were discovered skulking in the vicinity. of
Baker's house. They had returned the evening previous, and with them was
another villain, a stranger, unknown to anyone in the community. Learning
of Baker’s absence from home, the Anderson gang secreted themselves in the
neighborhood, leaving the stranger to watch Baker's house and apprise them
of his return. On the evening of July 3, Baker, with his wife, returned from
Emporia, which fact was immediately communicated by the stranger to the
Andersons.

At that time Baker kept a supply store near the Santa Fe trail, which
stood about seven or eight rods from his house. The Andersons were not
long in perfecting their plans. -The stranger was sent to Baker's house, in-
structed to tell him that he was “boss” of a train that was camped a short
way off, and that he desired to purchase some supplies. Baker never having
seen the stranger before, and this being a usual occurrence, was entirely free

from suspicion, but yet in those unsettled times when every man on the fron- .

tier went armed, he took the precaution to buckle on a pair of revolvers, and
thus prepared, and accompanied-by his brother-in-law, George Segur, he went
with the stranger to the store. It was now well into evening, so that under
the darkness the Andersons could station themselves close to the store without
running much risk of detection. é
Baker had just about finished putting up the stranger’s order when the
Andersons, with their partners in crime, rushed into the store and fired, wound-
ing both Baker and Segur in the first discharge. Taken thus by surprise, and
being outnumbered two to one, Baker and Segur in their wounded condition
sought shelter in the. cellar, where the murderers sought to follow them, but
Baker, firing through the cellar door, wounded Jim Anderson in the leg,
breaking his thigh bone, The Andersons then withdrew from the building
and set fite to it. In the cellar Baker told his brother-in-law that he was mor-
tally wounded and could not live long, and advised Segur to escape through
the cellar window, which, after much difficulty, he succeeded in doing. While
the store was being devoured by the flames, the desperadoes watched outside
lest Baker should escape, and thus one of the most respected citizens of Mor-
ris County was burned to death in the cellar of his own store by this gang of
cut-throats, after having been mortally wounded at their hands. Segur died
from his wound onthe followingday. After finishing their hellish work in Mor-
ris County, the murderous gang returned to Missouri to ply their nefarious
business of guerrilla warfare and bushwhacking.
Although Col. S. N. Wood had, by authority of the Secretary of War, and
of the Governor of Kansas, organized the ‘Morris County Rangers” in the
early part of the year 1863, guerrillas were not deterred from making plunder-
.ing and murderous incursions into the country. Thus we find that on the ath
of May, 1863, Dick Yeager and his band of guerrillas encamped in the vicinity
of Council Grove. No doubt his intention was to sack the town, but the peo-
ple armed themselves and posted sentinels each night and frustrated his plans.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

After domineering over the citizens for some time with high hand, and using
threats and ‘insults, he withdrew with a portion of his band to Diamond
Springs, where, without either ceremony or provocation, they shot and killed
a citizen named Augustus Howell, and severely wounded his wife.

Another thing that, tended to save Council Grove and its people from the
ravages of Yeager, wag the fact that Capt. Rowell, with a company of -the
Second Colorado Regiment, was stationed close to the town to guard the
mails and Santa Fe trains. Throughout the year 1854, the people were kept
constantly on the alert. Now it would be a guerrilla raid that would call
them to arms, and now a visit from hostile Indians. Many were the depreda-

‘tions committed this year by marauding bands of both whites and Indians, but

the people, knowing the insecurity of life and property in those harassing
years, were always on the gud vive, and while the depredations perpetrated in
the adjoining counties were quite serious, Morris County escaped with but
few, and these were of a trifling character.

In the year 1867 occurred the lynching of one of the guerrillas, and the af-
fair caused a great deal of excitement in Council Grove. In the fall of 1866 a
man named McDowell came from Missouri and made Council Grove his stop-
ping place. As was subsequently ascertained, McDowell, during the war was a
guerrilla and bushwhacker, and when the war closed, having no desire to culti-
vate the arts of peace, became a desperado, and many are the dark deeds laid to
his charge. Of these he boasted, and seemed to take pride in telling how many
men he had killed in histime. People paid very little heed to his boasting at
the time and set it all down to braggadocio. At that time one W. K. Pollard
kept a livery stable in Ccuncil Grove, and one day McDowell went to the sta-
ble and hired a team for the ostensible purpose of going to Junction City. As
the sequel proved, in hiring the team he had no other object than to steal it.
Not returning that day Pollard became suspicious and started after him next
morning. On reaching Junction City he found that McDowell had gone farther,
and was, by that time, probably out of the State. His next step was to pro-
cure a requisition from Gov. Crawford, after which he started in pursuit of the
thief, and succeeded in overtaking him at Nebraska City, where he arrested
him and brought him back to Council Grove. Here he had a preliminary ex-
amination and was held for trial at the District Court.

In all probability he would have been tried by ordinary process of law bul
for a little transaction that took place that changed the aspect of affairs. While
McDowell was under confinement it so happened by some mysterious agency
that the Deputy Sheriff of Shawnee County, one Cunningham, put in an ap-
pearance, and whatever freemasonry existed between McDowell and Cunning.
ham will never be known, but certain it is that Cunningham secretly passea
Mclowella revolver for the evident purpose of securing his escape by shooting
the guard. Cunningham was detected in the act, however, and before McDow-
ell had an opportunity ef using it for any purpose it was taken from him. If
ever Cunningham stood upon the brink of eternity it was then, for no sooner
was it made known what he had done than he was surrounded by as an indig-
nant and determined a set of men as ever cast a noose around the neck of a
villain. He trembled with fear, and well he might, for he was facing a crowd
of resolute men, never to be moved by threats, and, in his case, not easily moved
by appeals for pity. The rope was prepared and certain doom seemed to await
him, but through some mysterious and unacountableagency, known only to the
initiated, he was saved, but never will he be so near the grave again until he en-
ters it, as he was upon that occasion, He immediately left town, nor did he
stand upon the order of his going.

The more the people thought and talked of what had taken place, the
more exasperated they became, and that same night a body of disguised men
surrounded the guard, seized McDowell and carried him to the center of the
bridge that crosses the Neosho River at Council Grove. He begged and
pleaded and screamed for mercy, but all his begging, pleading and scréaming fell
upon deaf ears, for he was about to taste of that kind of mercy that he, by his
own boasting, had shown to his helpless victims when they appealed to him. A
rope was brought, one end of which was fastened around his neck, after the
fashion usually adopted in such cases, and the other was made secure to the
railing of the bridge. Up he was lifted and over he was dropped, and there he
was left dangling until the next morning, when he was taken down and an in-
quest held on his budy by J. T. Stevenson, a Justice of the Peace, and a verdict
rendered according to the facts—death by strangulation.

__ A few days after this occurred, the whole community was thrown into con.
siderable excitement by a rumor that a party of Quantrell’s band and Bill An-
derson’s, to which McDowell had belonged, were on their way to wreak a ter-
rible vengeance upon the people of Morris County, and Council Grove in par-
ticular. It turned out to be mere rumor, however, but the excitement was
none the Jess for all that,

THE CHEYENNE OUTBREAK.

_ This occurred on the 3rd of June, 1868. Like a thunderbolt burst-
ing from a clear sky, and without the least note of warning to indicate what
was about to happen, four hundred Cheyennes burst upon the town all armed
and painted for war. When the Indians reached the west end of the town,
they divided their forces, one-half following along Elm Creek to the south of
town while the other continued to march along Main street. The people were
taken completely by surprise, and could not surmise what the approach of so
large a body of Indians, all painted, bedecked and mounted for war, meant, unless
it was the indiscriminate slaughter of the whites. The fears of the whites were
greatly allayed when the Chief of the Cheyennes told them they had nothing tp
fear as it was the Kaws they were after and not the whites. Notwithstanding
this assurance, the settlers, knowing the treacherous nature of the red men, were
not altogether at ease and held themselves in readiness for whatever might
happen. The Kaw tribe was at that time stationed about two and a half miles
east from Council Grove, on Big John Creek, and the agent for the tribe was
Major E. S. Stover. -

The cause for the Cheyennes being on the war path may as well be stated
MORRIS

here. During the year previous, the Kaws and Cheyennes lived at’ peace with
each other, and visited the wigwaims of each other ina friendly manner. Not far
west from Council Grove both tribes herded their ponies within easy distance
of each other and between the two

“All seemed as peaceful and as still
As the mist slumb’ ring on yon hill.” 3

The Cheyennes had about one hundred ponies in their herd, with eight or
ten Indians to watch them, and the Kaws had about fifty ponies in their herd
with only one of the tribe to watch them, From where the Kaws were at that
time encamped, on the high land on the south side of Elm Creek, they could
see anything that transpired on the plains where the ponies were being herded.
One day the Kaw who was herding the ponies of his, tribe saw several Chey-
ennes come toward where he was stationed, and thinking they were coming for
no other purpose than to make a neighborly visit, and exchange a friendly
pipe, he lay couched upon the grass awaiting their approach. Before the un-
suspecting Kaw had an idea of what was going to happen, his spirit was sent
to the happy hunting grovnd, and all the Kaw ponies driven off. The Chey-
ennes thought they were unobserved, but a party of Kaws had been watching
their movements from the high ground where they were encamped. Their
natural cunning told them not to drive the Kaw ponies directly to their own
herd, and they therefore made a wide detour to the south and west, expecting
hey to reach their own camp, and at the same time, throw the Kaws off the
trai,

This stratagem might have been successful had it not been for the obser-
vations taken from the camp. Comprehending ataglance the object and move-
ment of the Cheyennes, the Kaws instantly mustered a party of their own war-
riors and intercepted the Cheyennes, whom they set upon and killed seven out
of eight. The Kaws not only recovered their own ponies but captured about
forty of thosé belonging to the Cheyennes, and thus between ponies and scalps,
they returned triumphantly to camp. They celebrated the affair by a war-
‘dance, at which many of the people from Council Grove and surrounding
country were spectators, It was to avenge this act on the part of the Kaws
that the Cheyennes appeared in the streets of Council Grove on the morning
of June 3, 1868. .

About two miles from Council Grove, on the east side of the Neosho
River, was established the headquarters of the Kaw Agency, the agent, as al-
ready mentioned, being Major Stover. On hearing of the approach of the
Cheyennes, the Kaws took up a position in the brush along the margin of Big
John Creek. The Kaws were greatly inferior in numbers, but vastly superior
inarms, The Cheyennes were mounted, while the Kaws were on foot.

_As the Cheyennes approached, Major Stover rode out and met their chief
and several of their braves between the two contending lines, and held a con-
sultation with them in the interest of peace. Nothing would satisfy the Chey-
ennes but the scalps of seven Kaws and forty of their ponies, to which Major
Stover would not listen. :

While the consultation was being held, some of the more fiery and impetu-
ous of the Indians exchanged shots. Among the Kaws was: a brave who was
looked upon as a kind of leader, named Bill Johnson, and when the firing com-
menced, Bill cried-out, ‘‘ Take care, Major Stover, you'll get hurt. Major Sto-
ver go away, you'll get hurt, I say.” Nothing was accomplished by the parley
between the Major and the Chief; the Cheyennes would be satisfied with noth-
ing but the scalps and the ponies, and these being refused they determined to
exterminate the Kaws.

The Major, finding his efforts to secure peace fruitless, returned to where
the Kaws were posted in the brush, and it is said the fiist and only command
he gave them was, ‘‘ Give them h—I, boys.” The Cheyennes were extremely
wary about attacking, and the Kaws being dismounted and greatly inferior in
numbers, were just as determined not to be drawn from their advantageous po
sition. The Cheyennes would form in line out inthe open ground, and then,
facing to the right, would make a charge in Indian file, and when the head of
the line would come within shooting distance ofthe Kaws, (they were mostly all
armed with revolvers), the first man would fire and wheel to the left, and so on
throughout the line, each warrior following his leader until they had formed
quite an extended circle, and in this fashion they would ride and fire ; always
sure, asthey approached the Kaws to throw themselves. well over on the oppo-
site sides oftheir ponies.

Thiskind of running fight was kept up for several hours, when the Chey-
ennes, fearing to attack the Kaws in their position, and being unable to draw
them out into the open ground, retired from the field. The casualties were,
three wounded, one of whom died the following day. There is good reason to
believe that the Cheyennes had designs of perpetrating outrages upon the
whites, because, instead of returning to camp, they moved up to the Solomon
Valley, where they killed quite a number of settlers and committed other dep
redations

PROGRESS OF THE COUNTY.

Shortly after the close of the war, in 18653, a good many settlers, seeking
homes in the West, located in the county, and this year and the one that fol
lowed were very prosperous years for the people: In 1866, however, the coun-
ty, but particularly Council Grove, had quite a blow aimed at its prosperity. Up
to this time Council Grove had carried on quite anextensive business, being
the last trading post for trains going west, and the first point reached by trains
coming from the west. Situated thus, and being located on the great and only
highway between the Missouri River and New Mexico, its trade was immense.
It was the rendezvous for all trains crossing the plains, and was the headquar-
ters ofthe Santa Fe Coach Line. Everything contributed to make it a place
of great prosperity, and the prosperity it shared was felt more or less through-
out the county. Just at this point of its prosperity, however, the Kansas Pacific
Railway was completed almost to Junction City, in Davis County, a point about
twenty-five miles north of Council Grove. To this point the Stage Company

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moved its entire outfit, and Junction City was now to realize the trade hereto-
fore enjoyed by Council Grove. The Santa Fe trail was virtually deserted, and
the long trains that were wont to form at Council Grove, now formed at the
county seat of Davis County, and, instead of following the Santa Fe trail,
moved westward over the Smoky Hillroute. The people of Council Grove
did not allow this vast trade to pass from them without an effort to retain it,
and offered liberal inducements to the Stage Company to prevent them from
moving, but all to no purpose; to Junction City they went and the business of
Council Grove was staggered by the blow. Compared with what it had been,
Council Grove now became a quiet town. During this year, 1867, a slight
shock of earthquake was felt in the county, and the scare created thereby was
equal to any occasioned by either savage or guerrilla. Although the removal
of the Stage Line Company, and the loss of business consequent thereon, was
asevere blow to Council Grove, merchants continued to do a reasonably fair
business, It is true their transactions were not nearly as great, but the busi-
ness was steady, and when balance sheets were struck at the close of 1867, deal-
ers found that they had done reasonably well during the year. In fact it wasa year
of remarkable prosperity all over the county, A great many new settlers had
located in the county during the year, the winter was exceedingly mild, and
the spring of 1868 opened out very auspiciously. People were now commenc-
ing to realize a feeling of security, and all fear of Indian outbreaks or raids of
bushwhackers had about vanished. In this year occurred the Cheyenne out-
break, which caused a great deal of excitement. But after it was all over, the
inhabitants of Morris County found out that they were a great dealmore fright-
ened than hurt.

The year 1869 was rather a quiet year, and had it not been for the shoot-
ing and killing of William Hess by William Polk in a difficulty that arose over
some frivolous matter, would have been quite uneventful. Polk immediately
fled, but was afterwards captured in Illinois and brought back to Cottonwood,
where he was tried and acquitted. Settlers were now pouring into the county
thick and fast, and 1870 was marked by such a flow of immigration into the
county as, up to that time, had never been realized. Large herds of cattle
were driven into the county to fatten on its rich, nutritious and abundant
grasses, and everybody felt happy under prosperity. Towards the end of the
year, however, a small speck of war showed itself on the horizon, which, for
some time, created considerable excitement. This arose from the fact that the
vigilantes of Butler County, which joins Morris County on the south, had hung,
for some real or supposed cause, a man named James Smith, and two brothers
named Booth. These men had been at a former time residents of Morris Coun-
ty, and when it came to the knowledge of the people that three of their citizens
had been hung by the vigilantes of an adjoining county, they were ready to
wreak a terrible vengeance upon their neighbor. Satisfactory explanations were
made, however, and the people quieted down and the thing was soon forgotten.
In 1871 new comers flocked into the county by the hundred. They came
singly and in groups, and even by whole colonies, some of which numbered fifty
families to the colony. Nothing occurred in the county of unusual interest
until the fall of 1873, when the entire western portion of the county was swept
as by a besom with a devastating prairie fire. The fire originated in the neigh-
borhood of White City, on the northern boundary line of the county, and spread
with terrific rapidity over that portion of the county above mentioned, lapping
up with its fiery tongue in its mad career, houses, barns, out-buildings, cattle,
farm implements, hay-stacks, and in some instances, human lives, and leaving
nothing but desolation and devastation in its wake. The damage entailed
upon the settlers by this fire was immense, and very many of the people lost
all they had saved and accumulated by years of toil and hard labor. The his-
tory of the county from that time to the present is without any incident of spe-
cial interest or unusual occurrence, and pertains more to its material growth
and advancement, and. consecuently, can be shown better by statistical history
than by narrative.

WAR ‘RECORD.

At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, the population of Morris County, all
told did not exceed 8U0 souls, and the returns of the election for 1861, show that the votin:
population that year was only 158. Among the settlers were quite a number from Mis: our.
and other slave-holding States, and, as a consequence, they divided upon the issue of the
war according to their Proclivibes: Those who favored the Union were largely in the as-
cendency, and during the early days of the war, about fifty men from Morris County en-
listed in the Union army,most of whom went into the Eleventh Kansas, which was recruited
by Gen. Thomas Ewing, then of Kansas, but now of Ohio.

As the war continued, men kept enlisting until Morris County had furnished 125 sol-
diers, which, for a county that was, by some, considered ‘‘disloyal,’”’ on account of the South-
ern people among the settlers, was pretty good evidence of their loyalty. When it is borne
in mind that, in 1861, the voting population. was only 158, it will be seen that nearly every
loyal man in Morris County, capable of bearing arms, went to the war to fight for the Union
and Liberty. In addition to this,one John Delashmitt came trom Lowa and enlisted in Morris
County a company of Kaw Indians for service in the Unionarmy, which numbered eighty

men.

In 1863, the people were so harassed and kept in such a continual state of excitement by
guerrillas and bushwhackers, that S. N. Wood, who had gone out as Lieutenant Colonel of
the Second Kansas, at the commencement of the war, but who had resigned and returned
home early in 1863,received authority from the Secretary of War and the Governor of Kan-
sas, to organize a military force, to be known as the Morris County Rangers. If there were
auy enlisted men in this organization, we failed to find a record of their names, but the fol-
lowing is a list of the officers:

Morris County Rangers, Cavalry.—Ca
Becond Lieutenant, Theodore Jones; Third

ack,

Neosho Guards, Cavalry.—Captain, W. T. Lard; First Lieutenant, J, E. Bryan;
Second Lieutenant, J. A. B. Bear; Third Lieutenant, Samuel Brown; Ensign, A. J. Craw-

turd,

Clark’s Creek Rangers, Cavalry.—Captain, Charles Guenter; First Lieutenaut, Henry
Barter, Second Lieutenant, Courtney Holmes; Third Lieutenant, John Warnecka; Ensign,
S. Atchison.

Neosho Rangers, Cavalry.—Captain, S._D. Price; First Lieutenant, T. J. Lambert;
Second Lieutenant, M. Clairey; T: ird Lieutenaut, M. Clevenger; Ensign, G. W. Black.

Council Grove Guards, Infantry.—Captain, R. B. Lockwood; First jieutenant, J. Sten-
ger; Second Lieutenant, James Phinney; Third Lieutenant, N. C. Aiken; Ensign, William
Li

ane.

tain, S. N. Wood; First Lieutenant, James Cairey;
Lieutenant, W.R. Terwilliger; Ensign, J. H.

FIRST THINGS.

First Settlers.—Council Grove Township, S. M. Hays, 1847; Choteau Bros., 1848; T. S.
Huffaker, 1850, and Columbia Bros., 1852. Neosho Township, J.C. Munkers, 1854. War-
ren Township, C. P. Eden and Henry Thornby, 1857; Valley Township, Joseph Dunlap,
1857; Clark’s Creek Township, John Warnecke, 1857, and June Baxter, Willlam Atkinson,
and Charles Guenter in 1858; Parker Township, William Black, 1860; Rolling Prairie
Township, A.I. Beach, 1867; Elm Creek Township, L. M. and Milton Hill, 1865; Diamond
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Valley Township, J. M. Douglas and John O’Byrne, 1858; Ohio Township, Norman Parker
1870; Highland Township, Detroit Burton, 1864. : :

First Justices.—H. J. Epsey appointed by Governor Geary in 1858. The next shown UL
the records is Thomas White in 1859, and William Manstield and Abraham Pollard in 1860.
Clark’s Creek Township, Marion Walters and W. M. Patton. 1860; Neosho Township, Wil-
liam Downing and Porter Fisher, 1860; Diamond Valley Township, A. F. Dickinson and
Wesle; Lyon 1868; Elm Creek Township, S. Corey and G. W. Coffin, 1871; Parker Town-
ship, G. W. Chnrenman and Thoinas Eldridge, 1871; Ohio FownellD, H. ©. Abernethy aud
D. E. Welden, 1872; Highland Township, Detroit Burton, 1866; Valley Township, H. H.
Knox and W. H. Martin, 1874; Rolling Prairie Township, Erie Johnson, 1874; Warren
Township, H. P. Watts and E. Johnson, 1881.

First Business.—The first store opened in the county was by S. M. Hays, at Council
Grove in 1847, followed the year after by Choteau Bros., and in 1852 by Columbia Bros. In
1861, at the same place, Aiken & Thacher built a large steam frie and saw mill. Parker-
ville, a general store was opened by Eastman & Thomas in 1870, aud atthe same place in
1871, C. G. Parker erected a steam grist and saw mill. Skiddy, general store by College &
MeDaniels in 1870. White City, general store by Thornley & Dunbar in 1872. Dunlap,
general store.

The first hotel in the county was builtin 1856, at Council Grove, by Charles Gkey

First Church Buitdings.—The first church building erected in the county was the Meth-
odist Episcopal, South, at Council Grove, in 1868; Congregational at the same place in 1871;
Methodist at the same place in 1878. Methodist thurch at White City in 1878, Methodist
at Parkerville in 1880. Baptist Church at Skiddy in 1882. African Methodist Episcopal
at Council Grove in 1879.

First Schools.--Council Grove, 1857, teacher, Miss Sarah Stevenson; Warren Township,
1868, teacher, Miss Amanda Harlow; Clark’s Creek Township, 1859, teacher, Edson Baxter,
at that time only fourteen years old; Elm Creek Township, 1868, teacher, Mrs, Bates; Neo-
sho Township, 1859, teacher, Miss Sallie Fisher; Ohio Township, 1871, teacher, Mr. Lacy;
Bignland Township, 1871, teacher, Henry Corbin; Parker Township, 1866; White City,
1873, teacher, Adam Dixon; Parkerville, 1871, teacher, William McCullom; Skiddy, 1873.

First Marriag:s,—T. 8. Huffaker and Eliza'Ann Baker, May, 1852, in Council’ Grove;
Elm Creek Township, Wilham Wiggins and Miss Berry, 1869; Ghio Township, A. F. Park
and Mary J. Davidson, 1871; Warren Township, Thomas Roberts and Margaret Eden,1871;
Highland Township, James P, Kendall and Jemima K. Burton, March, 1867; Clark’s Creek
Township, William Parker and Caroline Atkinson, December, 1859; Neosho Township,
William Horner and Miss Black, 1859.

First Postmasters.—The first Postinaster in the county was T. S. Huffaker, in 1854;
Diamond Valley, Samuel Shaft, 1868; Neosho, B. Thomas, 1880; Elm Creek, i. M. Hill,
1866; Ciark’s Creek, Mr. Gilman, 1859.

First Things in General.—The tirst Commissioners appointed, for the District, at that

- time, composed of Wise, Breckinridge and Madison counties, were: T. 8. Huffaker, who
was Chairman of Board and Probate Judge, Cc. H. Withington and H. B. Elliott, who were
appointed by Governor Reeder in 1855. ‘The first elected officers of the county were: W. B.

arrold, J. H. Ritchie and John Hammond, County Commissioners; Charles Columbia,
Treasurer; S. N. Wood, County Attorney; A. J. Collier, Sheriff; Richard Utt, Assessor; A.
Cc. Blowarl Coroner and M. Conn, County Clerk. The first white child born in the count
was Lucy Columbia in 1852. First resident white woman in the county was Mrs. Mitchell.
First man sent from the county to the Territorial Legislature was Christopher Columbia,
First District Court was organized in 1858, with Hon. Rush Elmoreas presiding judge. The
first term of the court was held in October, 1858, and the place of holding it was'in the old
log cavin built by S. M. Hays in 1847. The court officers were: William Svein, of Wyandotte
County, was prosecuting attorney; L. McCarthy, clerk, and W. B. Harrold acted as sheriff.
The place where the jor deliberated upon their verdict was under the shade of atree that
stood in the yard. The first case that appears of record in the county is entitled, “William
Polk vs. J. J. Hawkins,” the nature of the suit being for possession. The first instrument
recorded in the county, as shown by the books in the office of Register of Deeds, bears date
November 10, 1858, and is a deed made by S. Park to Samuel B. Bay, conveying forty acres
in Section 24, Township 19, Range 7, which is now included in Lyon County. The first teach-
ers’ Jd in the county was in 1864, at Council Grove.

COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION,

Up to 1858, the county had no separate and distinct organization, but still formed a
municipal township of the district composed of Wise, Breckinridge and Madison counties.
In 1858 an election was ordered to complete the organization of Lhe county, at which H. J.
Epsey was elected Probate Judge and T, S. Huffaker, Harvey Munkers and Lewis Baum
were elected Supervisors, but the latter gentleman failing to qualify, Thomas White was
appointed to fill the vacancy. W.H. White became Justice of the Peace, N. S. Brazleton
Surveyor, and Joseph Kempton was appointed Clerk of the Board.
Prior to this time there had been but one voting precinct in the county, but now that the
county was fully organized, the Board of Supervisors at their first meeting in 1858 estab-
lished three additional precincts, one at June Baxter’s, on Clark’s Creek; one at William
Downing’s, on the Neosho, and one at Conn’s Ranch, on Diamond Creek. The first question
subinitted by the Board for the people to vote upon, was one on which they were to decide
whether bogs should be restrained from running at large. The election was held in Oc-
tober, 1859, and the porcine race were restrained by fourteen majority.
~ Intbe early pettlemert of the county, the prevailing sentiment of the people was strongly
Southern, and hence the Territorial Legislature of 1855, by wileh the Territory was divided
into counties, named nearly all the counties after Southern celebrities. Thus came the
names of Breckinridge, Madison, Davis, etc., and thus what is now Morris County was
named Wise, after that Southern celebrity who, afterwards, as Governor of Virginia, sent
John Brown to the gallows. By 1859, the tone of public sentiment had changed, owing to
the large immigration thathad set in from the Eastern, Middle anu Northern States..
In this year, Hon. S. N. Wood was representing the county in the Legislature, and asthe
hanging of John Brown had aroused the indignation of all liberty-lovin people, he hada
bill passed by which the name of the county was chauged from Wise to Morris, in honor of
Thomas Morris, who was United States Senator from Ohio. The county officers chosen to
hold their respective offices until November, 1860, were as follows: Probate Judge, James
. Robbins; Commissioners, W. B. Harrell, J. H. Richey and Jonathan Hammond; Sheriff,

A. J. Collier; Assessor, Richard Uit; Coroner, A. C. Stewart; County Clerk, M. Conn; Treas-
urer, Charles Columbia, and County Attorney, 8. N. Wood, and this concludes the history of
the county while Kansas was a Territory.

Kansas became a State and was admitted to the Union as such in 1861. After its admis-
sion, the State was divided into representative districts, and Morris, Chase aud Butler coun-
ties constituted the Thirteenth District. A. J. Chipman was the first man who represented
the county inthe State Legislature, and 8. N. Wood had the honor of being the first State
Senator from thecounty. The first election held in the county after Kansas became a State
was in the spring of 1861, at which B. F. Perkins was elected Probate Judge; R. B, Lock-
wood, Clerk of the District Court, and T. 8. Huffaker, Supertutendent of Public Instruction,
These officers were to hold their respective offices until January, 1¢ 62.

In November, 1861, a regular election was held, at which a full county ticket was
elected. The officers chosen at this election were: Representative, Charles Columbia; Pro-
pate Judge, T. 8. Huffaker; Clerk of the District Court, R. B. Lockwood; Commissioners
Jonath -n Hammond, J. H. Richey, and C. R. Rho.'es; County Clerk, John P, Dodds; Sheriff,
A, J. Collier; Treasurer, R. B. Lovkwood; Register of Deeds, John ¥. Dodds; Assessor, J.C!
Munkeis; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Lew Whitsitt; Surveyor, J. B. Collier; Cor-

‘ oner, Allen Crowley, The total vote of the county at this election was 158. ‘

The present county-officers are as follows: L, McKenzie, Fay Parsons, F, M. Wierman
Commissioners; John Sims, Sherift; A. Moser, Jr., County Clerk; R. M. Armstrong, Clerk of
the District Court; W. H. White, Treasurer; Jesse Hammer, Probate Judge; J. Bh Drake
Register of Deeds; A. G. Campbell, Superinte: dentof Publle Instruction; EL Prothrow,
Coroner; J. M. Miller, Coun'y Attorney; Seneca Tyler, Surveyor. : :

_ Organization of Townships, — From 1855, when the eastern portion of the State was

divided into counties, until 1860, Morris County comprised but one municipal townshi and
was known as Council Grove, and was attachec to Breckinridge, now Lyon, Count. or ju-
dicial and revenue purposes. The organization of Morris County was coinpleted in 1858,
and ata meeting of the Board of Commissioners, held March 17 60, the county was
divided into three civil townships, viz.: Council Grove, Neosho, and Clark’s Creek.

In April, 1868, another township was created, from territory taken from the south of
Clarks Creek Township, and to the township thus ¢Greated was given the name of Diamond

alley. - fe

Parker Township was establisbed on the 5th day of September, 1870, and w
of terealory. Gay partly from Neosholand lars Greek townships oe esuunade oub

jim Greek Township was organized September , the territory compri:
having béent taken from Council Grove an Diamond Valley townsht a Seer

Ohio Township was created February 9, 1872, and comprises territory once embraced in
Parker and Necene towns] D8 YRS 18, 1874 i

' Highlan ‘ownship was set 0 anuary 13, , and was taken from Clark’s
Diaindid walleye. ana a eer townships. foaa cane deo Clarkis Creek,
olling Prairie Township was organize pri 1874, out of territory tak
Clark’s Creek and Parker townships. _ : y en eron
Valley Township was created April 15, 1874, from territory formerly embraced in Coun-
cil Grove Townsaip. Ba Arak hI
Warren Township was set off from Neosho Township, January 5, 1880..
These. constitute the eleven civil, townships,ef the county, as now organized, their geo-
graphical sition. being as follows: ios :
Aline drawn through the center of the county, from east to west, would leave Valley,

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Council Grove, Elm Creek and Diamond Valley townships south of said line, and also a
strip about three miles wide from the south of Highland ‘Township. The position of these
townships, in the order named, is from east to west. All the other townships in tre county
are north of said center line. -

COUNTY SEAT CONTEST.

Like many vther places, Morris County tas had its vexations, anxieties and tribulations
over the question as to where the seat of justice should be located. From thetime the county
was organized until 187%, Council Grove held it by undisputed possession. This was the
year in which Parkerville was incorporated, and scarcely was the town organization com-
pleted when it entered the lists to contest the county seat question with Council Grove, Pe-
titions were widely circulated and submitted to the County Board of Commissioners, who
orcered an election, so that the people might decide the question for themselves. The fight
waxed hot and warm, the friends of the contesting points putting forth every effort that
would add to their chances of success. Nor were they altogether particularly scrupulous
about the means employed to secure victory, as they furnished abundant evidence to prove
that “for ways that are dark and ‘tricks that are vain,” there are others peculiar as well as
the heathen Chinee, S

Voters were colonized in large numbers for the occasion, and were furnished temporary
work at good wages, so as to hold them until after election, There were about as many
herders scattered over the prairie as there were cattle, and if their flocks and herds were
few, it was nobody’s business, as American citizens their votes would count, When the re-
sult of a hard fought battle stands trembling in the balance, the general commanding must
not stand hesitating between honor and expediency as to the employment of certain means,
while the victory passes from his reach. Just prior to the election, a stranger would be
struck to see the number of men employed on the streets under the Street Commissioner,

Other strategems were resorted. to, which shows that those who were directing affairs
were not barren of Jngenuity. People would come down from Parkerville to Council Grove,
and inveigle away a8 many of the peripatetic voters as possible, and, in like manner, the
people of Council Grove would operate in Parkerville. :

in the night before election a number of laborers in Council Grove were thus enticed to
0 to Parkerville, and amoug them was one Irishman, who had been indulging rather freely
ithe “cratur.” | When they arrived at Parkerville, the descendant of Erin was taken toa
hotel and assigned toa room. Pat was not altogether reliable, for in his frequent potations
he would give a whoop and “hoo-rooh” for Council Grove. After plying him with whisky,
they undressed him and put him to bed, after which they left bim, taking his clothes with
them. About the time the matutinal rooster began to crow, Pat woke with a terrible thump-
ing in the head. His mind was all confused, aud it was a few minutes before he became suf-
ficiently collected to comprehend the situation, He then got out of the bed and began to
look for his clothes, but they were gone. He looked under the bed, behind the door, behind
the washstand, but not a stitch of them could he find, Pat, however, was aman of good nat-
ural resources, and inasmuch as some one had stolen his clothes he could see no wrong in
stealing somebody else’s, Acting upon this principle he stepped out into the hall in bis
nether garments, and as many of the bedroom doors were open, the weather being warm, he
had no trouble in clothing himself. The hour was early and not a sound was beard in the
whole house. Pat weit bis rounds, takiug a pair of pants out of this room, a vest out of
that, a coat out of another, a hat out of the next, and last a pair of boots, which he did not
put until he reached the street. It was nothing but a fair exchange, thought the son of Erin
and he had got the best of the bargain. He then started out on foot for Council Grove, dis-
tant about twelve miles, and on reaching town he met Mr. Nichols, the Street Com missioner,
for whom he had been working, and to whom he told his experience, adding, “ Be jabers,
they thought to get me to vole for Parkerville, and though they trated me moighty dasent,
as you may see, Kere I am to vote for Council Grove.” ow the contest was conducted may
be ascertained from the fact that there was nearty a vote cast for every nan, woman, and
child, in the county. At that time the population of the county was 2,225, and the vote cast
on the county-seat question was 1,312, of which Council Grove received 899, and Parker-
ville 413, so the former place was declared to be the seat of justice of Morris Co-nty, and
remains s0 inthis year of grace—1882.

RAILROADS, ETC.

In September, 1865, the people of the county voted to the Santa Fe Railway Company,
bonds to the amount of $100,000, thinking thereby to secure the building of the tine through
the county. The total vote cast in the county was ninety-six, all of which, except six, were
castin favor of the bonds. Thecompany did not accept them, however, and constructed its
line about twenty-five miles south of the county. On June 29, 1867, another vote was taken
on a proposition for the county to take stock tothe amount of $165.000 in the Union Pacific,
Southern branch, at which 195 votes were cast, of which number 174 were for the proposi-
tion and 21 agailst. This road is known in Kansas as the Missouri, Kansas & Topeka
Railway, and was built through the county in 1868. Its course is diagonal, running from
the northwest to the southeast, and passes through Skiddy, White City, Parkerville, Coun-
cil Grove, and Dunlap. TJils road furnishes all the railway facilities the county has at the
present time, but the people are very sanguine that they will have a direct east and west

ine in the course of a year or two, as bonds have been voted to aid in its construction and
the line has been surveyed. A

_ No mineral yet discovered in the county, although in 1874 a party prospected for coal in the
vicinity of Council Grove, but after having bored down to a depth of 305 feet without discov-
ering any indications of either bituminous or anthracite, gave it up as a failure, since which
time the experiment has not been repeated. There is, however, in the county an abundance
of superior maguesian and other kinds of limestone, suitable for building purposes, and
also for waking an excellent quality of lime. In Rolling Prairie Townsbip, in the northern
persion of the county, some very fine clay for pottery purposes has been found, and in

Jouncil Grove Township, at a depth of about 200 feet, a very thick vein, eight feet it is said,
of pure gypsum has been discovered, but neither the clay nor the gypsum js utilized. _

Aside from the steam flouring mull at Council Grove, the steam grist and sa v mill at
Parkerville, the grist mill at Dunlap, and two cheese factories in Parker Township, there
are no inanufacturiug establishments in the county, nor are there any water privileges in
the county to encourage the erection of any. A steam woolen factory or two might, how-
ever, be operated with profit to the owners, as the wool raised in Morris and adjoining
counties would furnish an abundance of raw material to be manufactured, and the encour-
agement thereby given to the ratsing of sheep and the growing of wool would add greatly
to the wool production. Aside from this the county has nothing to recommend it to those
seeking fields for manufacturing enterprises, except that it offers superior advantages for
the manufacturing of cheese and making of butter.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

The people of Morris County are not behind that of any other in the attention given to
the eduation of the youth, and in furnishing ample facilities for the advancement of educa-
on, School taxes, ulthough the heaviest the tax-payer .is called upon to pay, are always
pad cheerfully, and hence itis that a stranger passing through the country sees the prairie

otted with so many schoolhouses. There arein the county sixty-three school districts,
Lhe of which seven are built of stone, fifty-three are frame and one
t s
The population of the coun'y between the ages of five and twenty-one years in 1882,
which is considered the school age, was 8,482. The number of puplis enrolled during the
year 1882, was 2509. The average daily attendance was 1539. There were employed
luring the year seventy teachers, of whom thirty-one were males and thirty-nine females.
The average salary) er month paid to teachers was, males, $32.15, and to females, $28.75.
The amount expended was $18.338.09. The County Superintendent reports the school rooms
well supplied with maps, charts, dictionaries, globes, and all other apparatus necessary to
advance the pupils, as-ist them in their studies, and give them a clearer understanding of
the subjects involved in their lessons,
Tue first white school taught in the county was at Council Grove, in 1857, the teacher
being Mise Saralt Bheveheol, Mt . SM eb however, had been employed as early a
i a aw Indians, in the Mission buildin: i I severa
white children attended his school, Ba. ANNI ALE SU AIENY

For reasons already mentioned in this history, the growth in population of the county
has been rather slow, and not anything like what the superior agricultural advantages of
the county would warrant. Any person who has read the narrative history of the county
will readily understand how the county has been so backward in settlement, It will there
be seen that the  Kastman” survey, made prior to the creation of Kansas into a Territory,
Bae iene thot Kaw ober estlon est of Counoll Grove and embraced a HACK

e re, lis embraced mor nha " eastern

portion subject to settlement, toa fof the county, and lett only the
" Again in 1857, when a dispute arose as to the boundary lines, of the reservation, and %
n NY survey was ordered, which is known as the “ Montgoinery Survey,” the 'ocation of the
rese Evadlon was chauged so thatthe town of Council Grove became the center north and
south, and all the territory in’the county east of Council Grove, and toa point five miles
frost, was declared to be within the Kaw Reservation, The result of this was that all who
aa Settled upon this territory were declared trespassers, and had to leave. Thus we find
aban 1860, thirteen years after the first white settlers had located at Council Grove, the
ent re population of the county numbered only 770.’ ‘The * Montgomery” survey left only
‘ Ae western portion of the county subject to settlement, but the war coming on pul a stop
Ie as nigration. After the war closed immigration set in again, but the large tract of choice
ands held by the Indians was a great drawback to settlement. We find, however, that in

 

 
MORRIS

1870, the pop lation of the county had reached 2,225, showing an increase in ten years, al-
though virtually five, because from 1860 until 1865 hhmigraton had almost ceased, of 1,-
455. All difficulty over the Indian tands having been amicably settled, and the Kaws moved
away to the Indlan Territory, the flow of immigration set in with greater force.

In the five years from 1870 to 1875, the population had increased 2,372, nearly double as
much as it had in the ten years preceding 1870, thereby raising the population of the county
W186, £0 airs Brom T8%6 to 1878, nn increase in population was P59, or a total of 5,-

; i xt two year we find the increase to have 36,
the census of 1880, the population of the county was 8,422. pesbespie abe 8 see bi

By a comparison of figures, we find the material growth of the county to have been much
greater than its growth in population would seem to indicate, although the same causes that
operated against the one, also militated against the other. We find that in 1874 the total
acreage of field crops was 19,117.25; whereas in 1880 it was 75,956.20, or nearly four times
greater, If we take the value of proqucts as a basis for comparison we find that they ag-
prepated in ae $163,616.35, and in 1880 $901,997.69, showing the increase in six years to

We do not think it necessary to compare one year with the other to show the ratio of in-
crease in material growth, as the latest statistics obtainable being those returned to the
County Clerk by the assessors of the respective townships will sufficiently show that, in
material growth, the county is advancing rapidly, Bythesereturns we find that the num-
ber of acres sown to winter wheat in 1881 was 4,164; rye 732; spring wheat sown in. 1882
1,896 acres; corn 41,426 acres; oats 9,588 acres; Irish potatoes 722 acres; sweet potatoes 41
acres; sorghum 656 acres; flax 1,215 acres; broom corn 68 acres; millet and Hungarian
2,677 acres; pearl millet 42 acres; timothy 114 acres; clover 156 acres; rice corn 7 acres;
prairie neadow 2,040 acres; prairie pasture 15,420 acres, making a total of 81,032 acres. I
we take the product of the two leading articles, wheat and corn, the value of the yield of
these alone, at a reasonabie estimate, will be $113,625.

In 1881 there were cut in the county 777 lons of tame hay, and 31,346 tons of prairie
hay. The value of the garden B! oduce marketed during the year was $2,854, and the value
of poultry and eggs sold was $5,771. Of cheese there was made during the year 1881, in
family and factory, 1,490 pounds, while of butter there was made 174,188 pounds, There
were clipped in the county during the year, 30,047 pounds of wool, valued at $9,091.

The value of agricultural implements in the county was set down at $53,008, and the
value of horticultural products at $1,468. The value of animals slaughtered, or sold for
slaughter, during the year endin: arch 1, 1882, was $144,963.

here were in the county, in 1881, 4,046 horses; mules, 317; milch cows, 4,154; other
cattle, 8,787; sheep, 7,977, and swine, 9,150, the aggregate value of which was $685.673.

There were nearly 200 farm dwellings erected during the year, at an aggregate cost of
about $160,000. There were in bearing 15.123 apple trees; 401 pear trees; 47,057 peach
trees; 1,566 plum trees, and 5,634 cherry trees. The number not in-bearing was 49,452 ap-
ple trees; 2,7u6 pear trees; 49,268 peach trees; 2,714 plum trees, an@ 11,536 cherry trees:
Another item representative of considerable value is that of fencing. Itis safe to say that
each rod of fence in a county will represent $1.50 in value. Now, there were in Morris
County, in 1881, 19,364 rods of board fence; 28,493 rods of rail fence; 42,575 rods of stone
fence; 92,904 rods of hedge fence, and 68,454 rods of wire fence, making in all 251,790 rods
of fence in the county, which an average of $1.50 per rod represents a value of $377,685.

Itis estimated that the number of acres iu farms is 150,000, or about one-third of the
land in the county. When one-third of the county is capable of producing and representing
such immense wealth, what must it represent when fullydeveloped? Andit must be said
of Morris County that it contains very little waste land, as by far the greater portion of it
probably four-fifths, is well adapted to agriculture, and capable of being improved.

COUNCIL GROVE.

A great deal of the history of Council Grove is embraced in the narrative
history of the county, some of which it will be necessary to repeat in order that
the history of the organization and growth of Council Grove as a city may be
the better understood. The city is located on the Neosho River, and is 170
miles west of the Missouri River. The greater portion of the city, probably
three-fourths of it, is situated on the west bank of the stream. The land upon
which the city is built was once part of the territory embraced within the Kaw
Reservation. The first white person that settled in Council Grove was Seth M.
Hays, who came in 1847 to establish a trading post for the purpose of trading
with the Indians,

The first house built in Council Grove was by him, which was a log cabin,
and which stood on the north side of the old Santa Fe trail, and but a few rods
from the west bank of the river. This cabin served the double purpose of being
both a dwelling and a store. In the following year, 1848, Mr. Mitchell came to
the Grove as Government blacksmith, and with him came his wife, and to her is
due the credit of being the first white woman that ever resided in Morris
County. In 1850 E. Mosier succeeded Mitchell as Government blacksmith,
and he brought his family with him. .

During 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852 several other traders found their way to
the Grove and put up trading establishments. Asa trading point it was well
located, being on the great public thoroughfare known as the Santa Fe trail,
and being also the last point west where parties bound for Old or New Mexi-
co or the territories farther west could purchase supplies. Being the last point
westward it was, by reason thereof, the first trading point eastward from Santa
Fe, so that, in point of trade, it had a double advantage.

From 1849 to 1854 was a very prosperous period for Council Grove, and
the reputation it had acquired as a trading post made it a point well known,
at least to all those who meditated a trip across the plains.

It may be worth noting, before proceeding farther, how the place obtained
its name, which, as told by the early settlers, was in the following manner,
People from the States who were engaged in trade with Mexico and _ emigrants
bound for the far°West would meet here and make up trains, and then council
together as to what should be done to secure the greater safety while traveling
across the plains. Hence the name “ Council,” and the fact that their place of
councilling was in a beautiful grove on the bank of the river furnished the
word ‘‘ Grove,” and to these two facts the city is indebted for itsname. At
that time all danger to be apprehended from Indians lay west of this point, and
it frequently occurred that the distance from Council Grove to danger was not
very great, ;

In 1854 the men doing business in Council Grove were S. M. Hays,
Choteau Bros., Columbia Bros. and C. H. Withington; and these, with a few
employes, and several men in the employ of the Government, constituted the
entire settlement, not only of Council Grove but of Morris County.

In 1858, the Legislature passed a special act by which the Town Company
of Council Grove was incorporated, the incorporators being T. S. Hutfaker,
Christopher Columbia, S. M. Hays and Hiram Northrup. Under the corporate
authority thus conferred, the town site was surveyed, and although Council
Grove had an existence as a trading post since 1847, its corporate existence
dates only from 1858. In 1860 there were but two stores in town, one con-
ducted by S. M. Hays and the other by M. Conn. The first hotel in the town
was built by M. Gilkey in 1856, on the south side of Main stréet, directly op-
posite the log cabin erected by S. M. Hays, in 1847. The first house built in
the town, aside from the log cabin referred to, was erected by Baker & Sewell.
Although from its first start the place had done considerable business, yet its
permanent growth was rather slow. Its business was derived chiefly, if not

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wholly, from the Indians and from trains traveling over the Santa Fe trail, all
of which had to pass through Council Grove, the main street of which is part of
the old trail. When it is understood that the population of the entire county
in 1860 was 770, it will be seen that Council Grove at that time could not have
had many inhabitants.

For the next year or so the population rather diminished than increased,
owing to the terrible drouth of 1860, which left Kansas waste and desolate, In
1866, the prosperity of the town received another serious blow by the removal
of the Stage Line Company to Junction City, thereby cutting off its heretofore
prosperous trade with the West and with the trains crossing the plains. On the
goth of April, 1869, the town was raised by virtue of an act of the Legislature
to the grade of a city of the third class. InJune, 1870, the first election was
held for city officers, at which R. B. Lockwood was chosen Mayor, A. J.
(lughes, City Attorney,,and S. M. Strieby, City Clerk. Prior to being raised to
a city of the third class, the town government consisted of a board of trustees.
In July, 1870, a savings bank was instituted, and commenced business with the
following officers: G. M. Simcox, president; T. S. Huffaker, vice-president,
apd J. W. Simcox, cashier. The bank was a company affair, whose manage-
ment was under the direction of a board of directors.

On the night of May 14, 1870, occurred one of the most appalling disasters
that could befall a community. It was not one of those catastrophes by which,
in a few hours, many are impoverished and many more rendered homeless by
some accidental conflagration, or the demon-like work of some incendiary, but
one of those touchingly sad and heart-rending occurrences that falls like a pall
over a neighborhood and awakes a chord of sympathy even in the most ada-
mantine heart. It was on the evening of the anniversary of the organization of
the Methodist Sabbath School at Council Grove, and to commemorate the event,
exercises were held in Huffaker’s Hall, over the room now occupied by Mr.
Rigdon as a grocery store. The exercises were largely attended, and among
those in attendance were J. B. Somers and Mrs. Annie Baker Somers, his wife,
and in their company was Miss Susie Huffaker who was the first white child
born in Morris County. Somers and his wife had been but recently married,
and were staying, temporarily, at the home of Mr. Huffaker, on the east side
of the river, and in going to the exercises Miss Huffaker accompanied them,
For some time previous considerable rain had fallen, and the river was well up,
but still fordable.

Early that evening, however, one of those terrible storms set in, the ap-
proach of which comes with the suddenness of a thunder clap, and whose fierce-
ness suddenly awakens peuple to a full realization of what terrible danger
lurks in the fury of the elements. Impenetrable darkness seemed to envelop
the earth and it was only by the momentary flashes of light, occasioned by the
red and lurid lightning, to be succeeded by darkness more dense, that things
became visible. Peal after peal of thunder sent forth their startling sounds and
rolled away until the rumbling noise resembled the roars occasioned by the firing
of some hundreds of pieces of artillery in some distant battlefield. Water fell in
torrents, and as it rushed down the hillsides and through the ravines seeking the
‘Neosho it sounded like a great cataract. In ashort time the river was full to
its capacity and fording at any point was utterly impossible. It was on this
evening and while the storm was yet raging that Mr. Somers, before the exer-
cises were over, left the hall and went to the livery stable kept by P. B. Roberts,
and induced him to hitch up a double-seated buggy for the-purpose of taking
himself, wife and Miss Huffaker home. The storm was not yet over when
Roberts drove up to the hall, and Somers and his wife and Miss Huffaker got
into the buggy. Somers directed Roberts to cross at the ford north of town’ by
the old Mission School. Some of his friends, on hearing the directions he had
given the driver, remonstrated with him against undertaking to cross the ford
upon such a night. They pointed out to him the great danger he would incur
by taking such a step, told him of the swollen condition of the river, begged him
to give up the idea of crossing at the ford and urged upon him to cross on the
bridge. All the advice given was unheeded by Somers and telling the driver to
cross at the ford they started. The river was very high and constantly rising,
and the approach to the ford from the west was very steep. The horses went
dashing through the darkness and going down the descent from the old Kaw
Mission had acquired unmanageable speed. Into the water they plunged furi-
ously, but scarcely had they entered it when the buggy was upset and its four
inmates thrown into the angry stream. A wild shriek of despair rent the air
and ina short time, through darkness and storm, men and women were hurry-
ing towards the scene of the disaster.

Soon large crowds were gathered on either side of the river, but to aid
them was impossible, for with that last despairing shriek they were carried by
the rushing waters far beyond the reach of human succor. It was a wild night,
and although the fury of the storm had, to some degree, abated, it still raged
with considerable wrath. Rafts were constructed and search made for the
bodies, although upon such a night it was a hopeless task. All night long peo-
ple kept watch along the banks of the river, and lanterns moving to and fro
shone like so many ignes fatui through the darkness. Many were the prayers
that went up from sorrowing hearts that night on the banks of the Neosho
for those that had perished, Fruitless was the all-night search, and when the
morning of the 15th broke in not a trace of the lost had been found, nor were
their bodies discovered until the afternoon of that day when they were taken
out of the water and restored to their mourning relatives. This sad disaster
fell like a pall over the entire community, and gloom and despair seemed to
have entered every household. The victims of the catastrophe were all well
known and much respected and had a large circle of relatives in Morris County.

The sad fate of Miss Susie Huffaker was for 2 long time very deeply felt,
and even now, twelve years after the sad accident occurred, those who speak of
her mention her name with feelings of deepest tenderness. She was a young
lady possessed of high talents and rare accomplishments, and her always happy
and joyous disposition made her a great favorite inthe community. Within a
few rods of where she was hurled to her untimely end she first saw the light of
day, having been born sixteen years before in the Kaw Mission building that
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stands at the end of the west approach to the ford, and in which her father had
endeavored to teach the Indians from 1850 to 1854. She was a great favorite
with the Kaw tribe, and to show the great respect they bore her and her family,
about 300 of the tribe attended her funeral. It was a sad, sad accident, and
many were the stricken hearts that were left to mourn.

By enactment of the Legislature, in 1862, where two or more school dis-
tricts consolidated they could form a graded school. By virtue of this law a
graded school was established in Council Grove in 1868, of which F. P. Nichols
was the first principal. A very fine school building was erected and the school
was prospering finely when, on November 9, 1875, the town was visited by a
fire which destroyed not only the school building, but Shamleffer’s mill and
other property, entailing a total loss of $35,000. No steps were taken to re-
build the schoolhouse until the present year, and there is now in course of
construction a very elegant stone building for school purposes which will be
ready for occupancy about the close of the year.

Council Grove is the seat of justice in the county, and the court house is a
commodious solid stone structure, built with the double object of convenience
and durability. Here all the county officers have their offices, all of whieh
are large and well ventilated. ‘

The town is beautifully located, the greater portion of it being situated on
the high level land lying between the west bank of the Neosho and Elm Creek,
these two streams,forming a junction almost at the limits of the corporation.
Although the town is surrounded by a large tract of rich and beautiful country,
its growth has been somewhat slow, which, doubtless, is attributable to the
doubtful and protracted litigation that has but recently terminated, over the
title to the land embraced in the town site. The business houses of the town
are mostly constructed of brick or stone, although several inferior frame build-
ings are still in use.

In East Council Grove there is a large steam flouring mill, two small stores
and one hotel, the Neff House. In the west part of the town there are nine
grocery stores, five dry goods and clothing, one boot and shoe store, one hard-
ware exclusively, three drug stores, one millinery and dry goods, one furniture,
two hardware and groceries combined, three restaurants and confectioneries,
two jewelers, three livery stables, one lumber yard, three hotels and four
churches.

The Farmers’ and Drovers’ Bank was incorporated March 20, 1882, by W.
H. White, president; H.W. Gildemister, cashier; P. S. Jones, vice-president ;
and six others, A. W. Hinchman, B. R. Scott, James Watkins, J. W. Dumm,
Jacob Barth and J. M. Henson, who, with the president, vice-president and
cashier, compose the board of cirectors. The bank has a paid-up capital of
$50,000, represented by 500 shares, consisting entirely of Morris County capital,
its stockholders being all residents of that county. Council Grove has now a
population of about 2,000,

THE PRESS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

The first newspaper started in the county was in 1859, and was named the Kansas Press.
S. N. Wood was editor and proprietor. In 1861, Wood sold to A, I. Baker, who changed the
name of the paper from the Kansas Press tothe Council Grove Press, After running the
paper for about a month or so Baker suspended publication, nor was it revived again until
1863, when Col. S. N. Wood, having returned from the army, re-took possession of the pa-
per and resumed its publication. 1ltremained under his management until 1865, when it
pares into the centrol of Rev. J. E. Bryan, who, in thesame year sold it to one E. F. Camp-

ell, who published itas a Democratic paper until 1866, under the name of the Council
Grove Democrat, at which time it was reinoved to another county.

868 W. H. Johnson established and published the Advertiser, which was Republican
in politics, but in 1870 the press and material were taken to Salina, in Saline County, Be-
fore the discontinuance of the Advertiser, S. M. Hays had started, in 1870, au opposition
paper, named the Democrat, which he continued to publish until October, 1871, when he
sold out to John Maloy and J. H. Dyer. Under this management it was continued, with
John Maloy as editor, until 1872, when Maloy purchased Dyer’s interest. From this time
until 1876 the paper was published regularly with John Maloy as sole editor and proprietor.
During this year Maloy sold a half interest to F, H. Dunn, and under their joint manage-
ment the paper was conducted until January, 1877, when Maloy severed his connection with
the paper and sold his half interest to Dunn.

In 1871, the Republicans having no organ, procured the services of one H. R. Gregory,
and staried the Chronic/e, which was published until late in 1872, when it was discontinued.

In 1872, the Morris County Republican was established, with J. F. Bradley as editor and
proprietor, but after a few months he sold to Peter Moriarty, under whose management the

aper was published until his death in 1875, when it passed into the hands of his son, F. A,
Moviarty, by whom it was edited until September, 1875, at which tline the Republican and
Democrat consolidated (strange mixture), and the new paper was published under the con-
tradictory name of Republican and Democrat, with Moriarty and Dunn as editors and pro-
prietors. Under this name and management the paper was published for several months
when Moriarty bought Dunn’s interest, after which the name Democrat was dropped an
the paper resumed Its original name of Ltepublican under which itis still issued. On tho
28th of May, 1881, Mr. Moriarty sold the paper, press and material to O. 8, Munsell, who, as
editor and prgprictor, continues to publish regularly under the name of ltepublican. ‘Its
circulation is 900, has a large advertising patronage, and ts issued on Friday of each week,

Morris County Times.—This paper was established in Council Grove, September 5, 1879
by E. J. Dibble, who was and continues to be, sole editor and propuetor, n October, 1871,
the name of the paper was changed to the Kansas Cosmos, and under this name It continues
to be published. In politics it is Democratic, has a circulation of 850, Its advertising col-
umns are liberally patronized, and is published on Thursday of each week.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South —This was the first religious soclety established in
thecounty, It was organized in 1857, It was organized with elght members. The pastor
in charge was Rev. J.H. Pritchar’/, Their place of assembling for worship wasthe old
mission building where they met twice eacii month. The present membership js eighty-
seven, and pastor is Rev. H. L. Anderson. They now meet for worship in @ neatly built
church edifice which was erected in 1869. A Sabbath school, which is largely attended is
conducted in connection with the church.

Presbyterian.—Organized in 1859, with eight members. The pastor was Rev. Mr. Nash
The following year the pastor left and the organization became disintegrated. It was not
reorganized until 1874, when Rey. Timothy Hill organized a society at Council Grove, and
one in Ohio Township. 1n 1875, another society was organized at Parkerville, by Rev. G.
A.Irvin. The three societies number about 125 members. They have no church edifice,
but the society at Council Grove rent a hall which is used only for divine service. The
pastor is Kev. G. A. Irvin who officiates for all the societies.

Congreyational.—This society was organized in Council Grove, in 1862, with a member-
ship of seven. The pastor was Kev. C.G Morse. In 1872, the society erected a very beau-
tiful brick church edifice. 1ts present membership is thirty-five, aud the pastor is Rev. L.
Armsby, There is also an organization of this church at White City, with a membership of
sixty, whose pastor is Rev. W. D. Webb. This society has now in course of erection a
frame church building. |

Christian Church.—This is the strongest organization in the county. It was first or-
ganized by Rev. Solomon Brown, in 1859. It has four organizations in the county. One
at Council Grove, with a membership of twenty-six; one in Elm Creek Township with a
membership of ninety; one in Ohio Township witha membership of fifty-five, and one in
Neosho Township with a membership of forty, making a total membership in the county
of 211. They have no church edifice. The officiating pastoris Rev. W. F. Parmeter.

Methodist Episcopal Church.—This is a separate and distinct organization from the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The -first organization of this church in the county
was at Downing’s schoolhouse, several miles from Council Grove, and in 1860. It was or-
ganized by Rev. Mr. McNulty. Since that time four other societies have been organized,
one at Parkerville, one at Skiddy, one at Council Grove and one at White City. The society

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

at Council Grove has a membership of sixty, and a few years ago erected a very fine stone
edifice as a place for public worship. The pastor is Rev. J. W. Wilson.

Baptist Church —The first organization of this church in the county was effected at
Council Grove in 1870, the membership at that time numbering fourteen. The pastor was
Rev. Thompson Dean. The growth of the organization has been slow, its membership now
numbering only thirty-one, ‘The present pastoris Rev. C. King. It has no church edifice.

In connection with all these churches, Sabbath schools are conducted, which are largely
attended. For a number of years all the churches in Council Grove consolidated for Sab-
bath school purposes, and the scholars all attended one school, which was known as the
Union Sabbath School; but of late years each church has conducted its own Sabbath
school, i

Society a Friends.—This society has quite a strong organization in Valley Township,
which was formed in 1867. The organization was formed by a colony of Friends who lo-
cated in Valley Township about fifteen years ago, They havea very fine stone meeting
house, where they meet regularly every Sabbath for worship.

Roman Catholic.—This church is not numerically strong in the county, probably pot
exceeding, in all, 100 members, The county comprises one parish, and it is only at inter-
vals that services are held.

African Methodist (colored .—This church society was organized in Council Grove in
1871. Atthe time of organization it had fourteen members. The first pastor was Rev. W.
Carter. The society has grown until now it numbers thirty-six members, The present pas-
tor is Rey. J. Meyers (colored). The society has a frame church building.

Baptist (colored).—This church has a society in Council Grove of twenty-five members.
Its organization is of recent date. The society has a pastor, Rev. John Davis (colored), but
no church building. A

Counctl Grove Lodge, No. 43, I. O. O_ F.—Organized April 9, 1869, with five charter
members, as follows: Isaac Sharp, N. G.; J. T. Stevenson, V. G.; H. D. Preston, Sec.; Charles
Columbia, Treas.; W. D. Kabl,0.G. Present membership, cighty-two- Present officers:
A, W. Sinicock, N.G.; G, A. McMillan, V. G.; R. M. Armstrong, R.S.; C. H. Shafer, P. S.;
A, G. Campbell, Treas,

Gontaeial ‘Encampment, No. 31, I. O. 0. F.—Organized March, 1876, with nine charter
members. First officers: J. T. Stevenson, C. P.; A. G. Campbell, 8. W.; 5. M. Corey, J. W.;
Shields, 8.; W. D. Kah), Treas.; E.S, Bertram, H. P. Present membership, twenty-

Present omce re: R. M1 Armstrong, Crs We Sulton, S. W.; J.J. Croley, J. W.; 0.
H, Shafer, 8.; A. W. Simcoc! reas.; lsaac Sharp, H. P.

& l Grove Lodge, No. 36,4. F & A. M.—Chartered October 21, 1862. Organized
with seven members. First officers: Thomas White, W. M.; ©. Curey, 8. W.; R. B. Lock-
wood, J. W. Present membership, seventy. Present officers: W. H. Gildmeister, W, M.; J.
J: Croley, $. W.; C. L. Knight, J. W.; M. F. Yeager, Sec.; C. H, Strieby, Treas.; D, A. Reid,
$.D.; J. 8. Proving, J. D.; H. H. McCardell, T. : ;

Counctl Grove Lodge No. 6, 4. O. U. W.—Organized April 20, 1878, with thirteen char-
ter members.. First officers: P.M. W., J. T. Bradley; M. W., E.S. Bertram; F., H, C, Fin-
ney; O., H. H. McCardell; R., E. P. Dyer; Rec., W. M. Shamleffer; Fin., A. J. Hughes.
Present membership, sixty-one. Present officers: P. M. W., W. R. Tolbert; M. W.,J.M.
Miller; F., J. G. Henretzi; O., H. Stewart; R., E.S, Bertram; Rec., W..M. Shamleffer; Fin..
L. Mead, This lodge has furnished two Graid Masters to the State, E. S. Bertram and J.
T. Bradley.

Crescent Legion No. %, Select Knights, A. 0. U. W.—Organized July 12, 1881, with ten
members. First officers: 8S. C., J. T. Bradley; V.C., B, W. Day; C., H. Wiegand; R. T,,
E. S. Bertram; Treas.,, Ewing Smith; Rec., A. P, Withington; Present membership, thirty-
tour, Present officers: S.C., E. S, Bertram; V.C., C. L. Knight; Lt. C., A.J. Marks; R. Ty
F, T, Behring; Treas., W. F. Shamleffer; Rec., A. W. Simcock. |

Wadsworth Post, No.7, G. A. &.- Organized 1877, with fifty members. First officers:
P.C., F. P. Nichols; 8. V. C., A. J. Hughes; J. V. C., P. H. Titus; Adj., A. B. Spencer; Q.
M., J.B. Murray; Surg., 8S. H. Martin; 0. of D., John Thomas; O.

Chap., Rev. L. Armsby; Q. M.S, J.B. Muuson. Present membership, seventy-five. Pres

ent officers: P.C., J.C. Carpenter; S. V C.,J.S, Earlyman; J. V.C., George Coffin; Adj.,

£: b. Spencer; 2 M., J. D. Munson; O. of D., F. P. Nichols; O. of G., James Monroe; Chap.
ev., G, A. Irvin.

Agricultural Society.—In 1873, a number of citizens inthe neighbor! ood of Parkerville,
deeply interested in the pursuits of agriculture and stock raising. organized in accordance
with the Tequirements of law, a county agricultural society, which has been in existence
since that time, and which has been conducted very successfully and is now in a very pros-
perous condition. The published premium list of the society shows very liberal rewards
offered to exhibitors, and their annual fairs are well attended and always characterized by
good display of stock, and articles exhibited, the greater portion of the latter being of an
agricultural character. Their annual fairs generally hold for fourdays. They havea very
fine fair ground close to the town of Parkerville, with excellent accommodations for fair
purposes fand every convenience for those who attend. The fair grounds are valued at
$1,000, and the improvements made thereon at between $400 and $500, The grounds are
enclosed by a board feuce except on the river side. There is a good half-mile track on the
grounds, and sufficient trees to furnish ample shade. A good well and the river furnish an
abundance of water.

Council Grove Exposition Company.—This is a company formed for the same purpose as
the Agricultural Society, and is a rival tothe regular County Society. It was ormanized in
1879, by "gentlemen in and about Council Grove. This company also has a fatr ground
located on the east side of Neosho, and about a mile from the business portion of the town.
The grounds are enclosed with a board fence, inside of which is a race track. The company
holds annual fairs, or expositions, at which premiums are offered, stock and other articles
exhibitea, and business conducted just as at a fair.

  

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN R, APPLINGTON, attorney at law, was born in_Polo, Ogle Co., Ill., November
15, 1855, living there until May, 1880, when he located in Council Grove, and engaged in
the practice of law and the real estate business. He received a high school education at
Polo, Ill. He followed teaching school a few years, and the study of law, graduating at
the Union College of Law at Chicago. He was married in Ottawa, IIL, in June, 1879, to
Miss Kate A. Smith. 5

R. M. ARMSTRONG, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Lancaster County, Pa.,
October 3, 1841, residing there until May, 1865, when ‘he came to Kansas, localing at Coun-
cll Grove, where he engaged in the mercautile business until January, 1877, when he took
churge of the office of Clerk of the District Court, to which he had been elected. He is now
serving his fourth term, having been three times re-elected. He isa member of the I. 0. O.
F, Lodge of Council Grove, He was married at Council Grove, Kas., December 7, 1871, to
Miss Mary C. Strieby, who came to Council'Grove in 1864, from Darlington, Beaver Co., Pa.,
where she had previously resided, She received her early education in the same school
building at which John Brown was educated, and the building still stands, but is being
converted into a railroad depot.

Rr, A. G. CAMPBELL, County Superintendent of Schools, son of George Campbell,
Esq., of Scott Township, Adams Co., Ohio, was born April 27,1847, Is a self-made man.
When a boy he had the opportunity of attending the common school only; in 1865 he com-
menced teaching school, teaching during the winter and attending school in the summer.
until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locat ng at Council Grove, where he taught one year,
In 1871 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J. H. Bradford, meantime clerking
in the drug store. In 1876 he bought a half interest. Inthe spring of 1878 he bought Dr.
Bradford's interest, In the fall of 1880 he was elected County Superiitendent on the Re-
publican T leket, and in the fall of 1882 was re-elected without opposition, In November of
hat fear Sold his drugs toJ. W. Collin. to more fully attend tp his official duties. Heisa
member of the lodge and encampment of I. 0. O. F. of Council Grove. On October 5, 1878,
He: was tnartied to Miss Lizzie Melutyre, of Adams County, Ohio. They have one little girl,

JAMES C. CARPENTER, blacksmith and wagon maker, was born in Wayne County, N.
Y., December ih 1832, and reared in Jackson County, Mich. In 1852 he eroased the plains,
engaging in mining in California two years. He then returned to Michigan, and soon after-
wards moved to Dallas County, Lowa, where, at the breaking out of the late civil war, he
euited in Company C, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry, serving until the close of the war.

. at the siege of Vi gksburg, doing guard duty at Corinth, and afterwards along the rail-
road in Tennessee. Was with Sherman in his march to the sea, going thence with Kilpat-
trick 's command north, through the Carolinas. After his discharge he returned to low:
2 here he remained until 1870, when he moved to Kansas, locating on a farm near Council

rove, to which place he removed about 1875, and engaged in general blacksmithing and
wagon and plow making, which he has since carried on. wie does a business of $4,000 per
yea employing from two to four men. He is also interested in thoroughbred horses,
av as one amilton and one Clydesdale stallion, and other stock. He has also been en-
age in farming (luring the past two years. He was married in Polk County, Towa, Sep-
ren er 2, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Fenrfer. They have two children—Jesseand Ida, He has
been Treasurer of Tee Ota ere years, and is now a member of the City Council
order at vouneil Grove. eA.O, U. W. Louge and Select Knights of the same
. M, was born in Erie County, N. Y., Februar 29,1840. When about eighteen

are of age he moved to Reading, Mich,, where for twelve: tars he was engaged in grocery
b s hess. He was there married. January 1, 1860, to Miss Mary E. Bartholomew, who died
eee years later, leaving two children—Arthur Otis and Fred Grove. In 1866 he was
in hie to Miss Mary EK. Burchard, also of Reading. In 1870 he moved to Kansas, locativs
one arn a 1 m Creek Township. Was one of the first Justices of the Peace of that town-
Pre ging Wwice elected. For two years he engaged in farming, when, his house baring
1 he removed to Council Grove, where he has since resided. He soon afterwards pus

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chased the Commercial Hotel, which he ran for several years. He is now the proprie’or
of the Commercial Billiard Hall, adjoining the hotel. Mr, é. is a member of ther. o O. F.
Ot ON. Poe SRA DFORD M

.dJ. He ,M. D., was born in Scioto County, Ohio, September 5, 1828.
When twelve years oll, he removed to the Platte Purchase, Mo., emaint g Phere until 1838.
He was married in Andrew County, Mo., November 3, 1853, to Miss Cornelia L. Pollard.
They have two children—Claudius Bruce and Flora G. In March, 1857, he removed to
Council Grove, Kas., which he helped to survey. He was appointed County Attorney at the
organization of the county, holding that office until the regular election. During ithe war
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of County Superintendent of Schools for two terms, and in 1866, was elected to the Legisla-
ture from Morris County, serving oneterm. In religious views he ig a Methodist, andisa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Was elected by that church lay dele-
gate to three annual conferences, held in the State, and was elected by the annual confer-
ence, delegate to the general conference, held at Louisville, Ky., in 1874, and was subse-
quently a delegate to the general conference held at Atlanta, Ga., 1878. Heisa graduate
of the St. Louis Medical College, and has been practicing medicine since he came to Coun-
eilGrove. Wasemployed for overten years a physician for the Kansas tribe of Indians.
in the fall of 1882, his son, C. B. Bradford, a graduate of the Kansas City Medical College,
became a partner. He was born in Andrew County, Mo., in 1855, and has lived at Council
Grove since his second year. He married Miss Florence Whittaker. Dr. J. H. Bradford
has a nour ine: mill on the banks of the Neosho River, near Council Grove, which has a
capacity of 500 bushels each, of wheat and corn, per day of twenty-four hours. - It is oper-
ated by water power and steam. It was built in 1874 by a stock company, and was pur-
chased by Dr. B., who has ever since operated it as a merchant and custom mill. His salient
views in politics are thatthe General Government should issue and control the entire cur-
rency of the country.

BARNEY W. DAY, M. D., was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, July 2, 1833, being
reare1 and educated there. He graduated at tie university of Queen’s College, at Kingston,
in 1862, beginning the practice of medicine there in that year. He was there married, in
April. 1859, to Miss Hannah Ford, who died, leaving two children—Sophronia E. and

INiam G, In November, 1868, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce, who died in 1881, leav-
ing two children—Herbert J. and Arthur W, Dr. Day resided at Kingston until 1871, when
he removed to Chicago, where he remained engaged in the practice of medicine until 1877.
when he returned to Kingston, remaining until April, 1881. when he removed to Council
Grove. He has gotten up rhe purest and best extracts of malt for medicinal purposes now
made, and manufactures all that he requires for his own use. He is a member of the Ma-
aonic order, and of the A. O. U. W. Lodge and Select Knights of the same order at Council

rove.

JOSEPH E. DRAKE, Register of Deeds, was born in Sussex County, N.J., June 11,
1847, living there until the spriug of 1866, on his father’s farm, then for two years he was
employed as a clerk in a general store; he then wentto Bureau County, IIl.. remaining until
January, 1869, when he went to Morris County, N. J., engaging in merchandising one year;
he then moved to Kansas, engaging first in stock raising, until 1873, when he engaged in
merchandising at Parkerville until the fall of 1877; at that time-he began dealing in grain
and live stock, continuing until July, 1880, when he was appointed Register of Deeds, to fill
a vacancy. In the fall ot that year, he was elected for the remainder of the term, and in
1881, was re-elected. He was Trustee of Parker Township two terms, beginning in 1876.
He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Parkerville, and of the A. O. U. W. lodge, and Select
Knights of same order at Council Grove. He was married in Whiteside County, Ill, April
3, 1879, to Miss Ida A, Parker. ‘They have two children—Harry A. and Frank R, e

DUMM & NE WCOMER, dealers in furniture, carpets, sewing machines and undertak-
ers’ goods, have been doing business since July, 1882, when the partnership was formed.
They carry a large stock, and do a gooil business. J, W. Dumm was born in Monroe Coun-
ty, Ohio, August 2, 1843, living there until the summer of 1862, when he enlisted in Compa-
ny C, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, serving until June, 1865, in the Army of
West, Virginia, except the last six months, when he was inthe Army of the Potomac. After
his Giacharge, he went to Delaware County, Ohio, engaging in farming until 1873, when he
removed to Jefferson County, lowa, carrying on afurniture store four years. He then re-
moved to Council Grove, Kan., where he has since resided, carrying ou a general furniture
and undertaking store. In July, 1882, he associated with himself in the business, L. A.
Newcomer. Mr. Dumm is also a director and stockholder in the Farmers and Drover’s
Bank, at Council Grove. He was married in Delaware County. Ohio, December 18, 1868, to
Miss ‘Martha Clark. They have four children living—Warren, Joseph, Wiley and an infant.
Mr. Dumm is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the A. O. U. W. lodge,
at Council Grove. L.A. Newcomer was born in Washington County: Md., June 28, 1846;
leaving there in 1866, he went to Polo, Ill., engaging in the furniture business until October,
1879, when he came to Kansas, locating at Council Grove. He was married at Polo, Ill., De-
cember 24, to Miss Jennie M. Hicholtz. They havetwo children—Henry Lewis and Mary

Angeline,

"HON, JOHN T. BRADLEY, lawyer, was born in 1842, at Galway, Ireland, and moved
with his parents to Wisconsin in 184%. He received an academic education at Madison,
Wisconsin. Was an apprentice in the Patriot priuting office in 1860. Enlisted as a private
in the Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry in July, 1861 ; Was wounded at Bayou Cache, Ark,, in
June, 1862. Was then appointed Regimental Color Sergeant and carried the colors of his
regiment in the battles of Fort Gibson, Miss., Raymond, Champion Hills, the storming cf
Black River Bridge, during the siege of Vicksburg, andin the assault on Vicksburg, May 22,
1863. In 1864 he was transferred to the Twenty-third Wisconsin Infantry and was captured
by the enemy while on the skirmish line at the battle of Mansfield, La., April 8, 1864, and
was taken to Tyler Prison, Texas, and kept there fourteen months and until the close of the
war. He was brevetted Captain of Wisconsin Volunteers with rank from May 1, 1863, for

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distinguished gallantry, then he returned to Wisconsin and entered the State University,
taking @ scientific course. He graduated as a Bachelor of Laws in 1869. Caimeto Kansas
the same year and settled in Wamego, where he remained one year. He was married in
1870 to Miss Josephine McMillan, of Wamego. They have six children—Josephine, Ernest,
Mabel, Edith, John T. and William A. He has practiced law at Council Grove since 1871.

 
  
 
     
       
 
 
      

   

 

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He was a member of the Kansas State Senate from 1876 to 1880, and was Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Public Institutions, also Chairman of the Senate Committee on Crimi-
nal Jurisprudence. In 1880 was elected anc commissioned Colonel of the First Kansas In-
fantry .G.). In 1880 he was elected grand master of the A.O. U. W. He also belongs to
the Knights of Honor andthe Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Bradley has always been
a Republican and has stumped the State for his party during several campaigns.

.W. GILDEMEISTER, cashier of Farmers and Drovers Bank, was born in Prussia,
June 7, 1841; immigrated to America 1n the spring of 1848, locating in Washington, D. C.,
where he resided until 1857, when he moved to Macoupin County, IIl., locating near Bunker
Hill. Enlisted in the Union army in July, 1861, and resigned in 1864, on accor ntof wounds
received. In the winter of 1865, immigrated to Morris County, Kansas, and opened a farm
ten miles southwest of Council Grove. In 1871, he was elected County Clerk of Morris
County, and re-elected in 1873-75. In June, 1878, he started the banking house of Gilde-
meister & Co., which in January, 1880, he disposed of to what is now known as the Morris
Cuunty State Bank.

JUDGE JESSE HAMNER, Judge of Probate Court, was born in Bartholomew County,
Ind., July 31, 1843. In 1850, his parents moved to Pike County, Ill., where he resided until
1870. In 1862, he enlisted in Company D, First Missouri Infantry, serving four and one-
half years in the Army of the Frontier, being most of the time in Missouri and Arkansas.
After the close of the war, his command was sent west against the Indians, After his dis-
charge, he returned to Pike County, Ill., and engaged i. farming. He there married, Oc 0-
ber 27, 1866, to Miss Mary ™. Roberts. They have five children—Charles A., William M.,
Jessie D, Lewis Augustus and Allie May. In the fall of 1870, he came to Kansas, locating
in Ohio Township, in Morris County, and engaged in farming, which he followed until
January 1881, when he took the office of Probate Judge, to which he was elected in 1880;
is now serving his second term. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge, and Select
Knights of same order at Council Grove.

JOHN HEASTON was born in Henry County, Ind., March 23 1857. living there two
years, when his parents moved to Decatur County, Iowa, where he remained eight years.
Then removed to Harrison County, Mo., remaining nine years. He returned to Decatur
County, Iowa, where he married March 3, 1871, Miss Sarah J. Johnson. They have three
children—Della, Eva, Josie. In 1874 he moved to lorris County, Kan., engaging in farmin,
until 1879, when he moved to Council Grove, where he opened an agricultural implement
store, which he has since carried on in partnership with Mr. Martin and John Sims.

JOHNSTON & BERTRAM, attorneys-at-law, have been together engaged in the prac-
tice of law since 1878. They practice in all courts of the State and of the United States, giv-
ing their attention to all branches of legal business. Capt. T. K. Johnston was born in Yay-
ette County, Pa., February 26, 1842, and there studied law, heginning when seve: teen years
old. At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Pennsyt-
vanla, three months’ service. At the expiration of that time he enlisted in he Second Petn-
sylvania Heavy Artillery, and serving until the close of the war, beiyg at that time Captain
ot his Battery. After his discharge he resided in Pittsburgh, Pa., remaining uutil 1869,
when he came to Kansas, locating at Topeka, where he resided until 1874, when he removed
to Council Grove, where he has since resided, Since his arrival in Kansas he has devoted
his entire attention to his profession. He married at Topeka, Kan., August 16, 1871, Laura
H. Cheney, who died in June, 1881, leaving one child, Lucretia, He is a member of the A.
O. U. W., and Select Knights ot the same order at Council Giove. E,S. Bertram was born
in Sandusky County, Ohio, November 4, 1846, removing with his parents to Illinois. He
commenced learning printing in 1858. He enlisted in 1861 in Company A, Berry's Battalion
of Cavalry, serving until February, 1862, when he was honorably discharged. He began the
study of law in 1868, and two years later removed to Council Grove, where he has since re-
mained. engaged in the practice of law, having been associated with T. K. Johnston since
1878. He was married at Council Grove, Kan., January 21, 1871, to Mis. Mary E. Dunn.
Mr. Bertram is one of the leading members of a number of secret and beneficiary orders in
the State, being grand master of the I. O. O. F., and past grand master of the A. O. U. W.,
and Select Knights, and the Royal Arcanum, and_K. of G. R., anda member of the A., F. &
A.M. Heisalsoa member or the City Council of Council Grove, having held that position

the city was organized.
sings N THOMAS SEARS HUFFAKER, farmer and Justice of the Peace, was born in
Clay County, Mo., March 30, 1825, living there until twenty-four years old, when he was
employed by the United States Government to take charge of the Manual Labor School for
Indians, near Westport, Mo. He then located in Johnson County, Kan., where he remained
until 1850, when he was sent to Council Grove, to take charge of the Indian school for the

 
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Kaw (or Kansas) Indians, holding that position until 1854, when the school was discon-
tinned. He was then einployed by Northrup & Chick as anager of their Kansas Indian
trading house, holding that position several years In 1861 he was appointed to take charge
of the agricultural interests of the Kaw Indians, remaining four years. From 1865 to 1870
he was engaged in the mercantile business at Council Grove, and then began farming and
stock raising. Mr. H. was the first Postmaster at Council Grove, was Judge of the Probate
Court one term, County Commissioner, and three terms a member of the Kansas Legisla-

 

ture. He is at present Justice of the Peace for Council Grove Township, He was married
at Council Grove,-May 6, 1852, to Miss Eliza M. Baker, who was born in Illinois and reared
iu Iowa, her father being a blacksmith for the Sac and Fox Indians. She came to Kansas
with her brother-in-law, E. Mozier, who was blacksmith and guusmith for the Kaw In-
dians. Mr. and Mrs. H. were the first couple married at Council Grove. They have seven
children—Mary H., Aggie C., George M., Fannie, Anna, Thomas H., and Carl. Mr. H.is a
member of the Masonic Order and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

P. S. JONES, farmer and stock raiser, came to Council Grove, Kansas, in April, 1882,
and permanently located. For the past eight years he has resided at intervals in the above
village. He is vice-president of the Farmers and Drovers Bank of Council Grove. Was
born in Wilson County, Middle Tennessee, October 28, 1829. and was raised in his native
State on a farm. Moved in 1851 to Northeastern Texas, Red River County, where he super-
intended a Jarge farm for six years. Moving then to Pallo Pinto County, he engaged in the
cattle business; after a few years he moved to Bent County, Col., where he followed same
occupation until coming to Kansas, He wasa participant in the late Rebellion. He is now
doing a large loan and real estate business.

ILLIAM A. McCOLLOM, dealer in hardware, groceries, lime, coal, etc., has been in
present business since January, 1870. He carries afull line of staple groceries, hardware,
stoves, tinware, lime and coal, also runs a broom factory. Does a business of $20.000 per
year, employing five men. He was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., April 28, 1827, living
there until fifteen years old when he went to Oberlin, Ohio, to be educated for the ministry.
He there graduated, taking a full course. He first located on Cape Cod, there engaging in
the ministry until the spring of 1856, when he moved to’ Kansas locating at Manhattan,
where he took a claim, his object in coming to Kansas being to assist in making the State
free. Atthetime of the attempted rebel invasion of the State he carried his gun from Man-
hattan to Topeka to assist in the defense of the State. He afterwards located at Wabaunsee,
where he was pastor of the Congregational Church three years. In 1864 he moved to Coun
cil Grove, where he was pastor of the Congregational Church several years, He was elected
Probate Judge on the first straight Republican ticket elected in Morris County, serving one
term. He has been thrice married. His first marriage occurred at Rochester, N. Y., in
June, 1855, his wife being Miss Helen F. Brown, sister of Antoinette Ella Brown, a well
known advocate of woman's suffrage, and a sister of Rev. William B. Brown, She died in
1862, leaving one child—Frederick A. He again married at Wabaunsee in 1863, Miss
Laura Bist: In the spring of 1874 he married at Lawrence, Miss Euphemia D. Copley, of

mm poria.

J. R. MCILVAIN, M. D., was born in Fleming County, Ky. August 21, 1852, livin
there until ten years of age, when his parents removed to Cincinnati, where he resided unt!
he attained his majority. He then learned the trade of machinist and followed that until he
commenced the study of me licine in 1877. He is a graduate of the Kansas City Medical
College, and 1s now engaged in the practice of medicine at Council Grove. ILeis 2 member
of the I, 0. O. F. Lodge, Council Grove. On May 20, 1880, he married at Council Grove,
Kan., Miss Flora C. Bradford, daughter of Dr. J. 11. Bradford.

MARKS BRUS., proprietors Eclipse Livery Stabie, This stable was bullt in 1879, by E.
C. McLoon. ltisatwos'ory frame with basement, with a Capacity for feeding forty head
of horses. It was purchased by the present proprietors in January, 1881, who keep for
livery business twelve head of horses and six vehicles, In addition to thelr livery business
they have a large ranch of 2,300 acres in one body on Four Mile Creek, in Edin Creek and
Valley townships, all under stone fence. Of this ranch 500 acres lying tn the valley are Ju
cultivation and ‘separated from the upland by two stone fences running parallel to the gen-
eral course of the creek, making a large pasture on each side of theranch. The other im-
provements are also excellent, consisting of three dwellings and one large stone barn 72x
32 feet and sixteen feet to eaves, The interior arrangement of this barn Is good, affording
storage fora large amount of corn, wheat and oats, for each of which js a separate bin con-

. taining from 1,000 to 2,000 bushels, One floor is reserved for the wagons, buggies and
farm implements and another tora workshop and tool house, besides allowing room for
thirty-five tons of loose hay. The stable affords shelter for twenty head of horses in single
stalls. There is also a cattle shed 160 feet long, nine feet high and twenty-four feet wide,
built of stone, above which is to be builta barn for hay. The orchard covering twenty
acres has fruit of all kinds, comprising apple, peach, cherry, apricot and many other stan-
dard small fruits. The proprietors of this ranch are largely interested in live stock, keep-
ing on hand 200 ‘0 300 head of cattle and 100 to 200 head of hogs and seventy-five head of
horses. They ship all their own stock direct to market. Alfred J. Marks was born in Moscow,
Hillsdale Co., Mich., January 3, 1845, living there until 1863, when he enlisted in Company
K, Twenty-seventh Michigan Infantry, serving until the close of the war, first in Tennessee,
and afterwards in the Army of the Potomac, taking partin the varioug battles in Virginia
during the latter part of the war, receiving a wound at Spottsylvania Court House, in 1864.

, Atter the close of the war he returned to Michigan, working three years for the Detroit
Street Car Company, and after that until 1871, was employed at the penitentiary at Jack-
son, Mich. He then moved to Kansas, locating at Council Grove, where he engaged in the
transfer freight business, which he bas since continued. In 1881, he, with his brothers
also engaged in the livery business as stated above. He formed Company K, of Kansas
State Militia, of which he was Duty Sergeant, and afterwards promoted to Orderly, Sec-
ondand First Lieutenant respectively, resigning while holding the last named position.
He isa member of A. O, U. W.-and S. K. of same order at Council Grove, and of Wadsworth
Post, G. A. R., at Council Grove. He was married at Council Grove, Kan., December 25,
1874, to Miss Jennie Moriarty. They have three children—Lloyd, Minnie and Harry.
EDWARD J. MARKS, was born in Moscow, Hillsdale Co., Mich., September 26, 1850

 

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living there until April, 1870, when he came to Council Grove, Kan. During the first few
months after his artival he was in the employ of the M. K. & T. R. R, and afierwards ob-
tained a contract to carry the mail from the postoffice to the depot of above road at Council
Grove, but sold it out soon afterwards. He then bought eighty acres of schoo! land near
Parkerville, which he disposed of and invested the proceeus in a house and Jot in Council
Jrove, After working afew months on a farmon Dodge Creek, he returned to Council
Grove and went into partnership in the freight transfer business with his brother, continu-
ing until 1875, when a portion of the ranch now owned by Marks Bros. was bought by
himself and histwo brothers, William H.and Alfred J. He has since engaged iu farming
most of the time to the present, é ‘

JAMES MONROE MILLER, attorney at law, was bornin Three Springs, Huntingdon.
Co., Pa., May 6, 1852, there receiving his early education. In June, 1875, he graduated at
Dickinson Seminary, anda month later removed to Morris County, Kan., where he has
since resided. During the first three years of his residefice in Kansas, he taught school,
being superintendent of the city sc ools of Council Grove, in 1877. He studjed law durin,
the next two years, being admitted to the bar in 1879. The following year ‘he was electe
County Attorney of Morris County, serving one term. In the early part of 1883, he entered
into partnership in the law withJ. T. Bradley, Hels a member of the A. 0. U. W. order
and Select Knights of the same order. He is also a leading member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, having been superintendent of the Sabbath school at Council Grove
since its organization. i

REV. O. S. MUNSELL, D. D., editor and proprietor of the Council Grove Republican,
removed from Illinois to Council Grove in October, 1876, and engaged first in banking, an
afterward in farming. In November, 1880, he was elected member of the_lower house of
the Kansas Legislature, and in May, 1881, bought the Republican office. Mr. Munsell was
born in Miami County, Oh{o, June 8, 1825, but was raised in Illinois, He graduated at the
Indiana Asbury University in 1845, and entered the ministry of the Methodist Church tn
1846, and remained a member of the Conference for Twenty-seven years, He wasa mem-
ber of three General Conferences of the Church; was for three y: ais principal of the Dan-
ville Seminary, and for sixteen years president of the Illinois esleyan University. He is
the author of ‘several works, one of which, “ Psychology, or the Science of Mind.” is used
as a text book in some of the best colleges in the land. He was married in 1851, to Miss Eliz-
abet Wl at Beardstown, lll, They have three living children—Francis E., Ernest A.,
au eM. Munsell, A

FRANK A. MORIARTY, dealer in books, stationery, etc. Has been in his present busi-
ness since 1881, carrying astock of $3,000, and doing a busiuess of $6,000 per year. He
was born in Galena, Iil., September 6, 1852, and was reared in Jackson County, Iowa, living
ou the farin a portion of the.timne. During the years 1857 and ’58 his father was State Print-
er of Iowa. He has been in Kansas since 1869, ten years of that time in Council Grove,
where for six years he was in the newspaper business, being the editor of the Council Grove
Republican. He is a member of Council Grove Lodge, No. 43, I. O, O. F., at Council Grove.

ADAM MOSER, County Clerk, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 28, 1847. When
about two years old he was taken by his parents to New Richmond, where he resided until
October, 1870, when he moved to Kansas, locating in Parkerville,in Morris County, He
engaged in the real estate business and the practice of law, holding the office of County At-
torney one term, beginning January, 1875. Inthe fall of 1877 he was elected County Clerk,
and has since been twice re-eletced. He was married in Morris County, Kas., October 1,
1874, to Miss Flora A. Brigham. He is a member of'the Masonic order, being a charter mem-
ber and first master of the lodge at Parkerville, which position he has since held with the
exception of one year. .

FRANKLIN P. NICHOLS, a native of Springfield, Sullivan Co., N. H., educated at
Kimball, Union Academy, N.H., and Amherst College, ‘Mass. Came to Dontphan County,
Kas., in 1859, from Michigan. Returned to Michigan in 1861. Served in the War of the
Rebellion im the Seventh } ichigan Cavalry, Gen. Custer’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac,
Returned to Kansas in 1867; settled in Council Grove, Morris County, and has resided here

Bit the first graded school in
Morris County; was a teacher in Nebraska College, Neb., Lockhart Academy, etc. Taught
several sessions in Kansas State Normal Institute—County sessions, Has been County Su-
erintendent of Morris County, and City Superintendent of Council Grove for several years.
as been elected to several minor public offices. Has been a past master of Counci! Grove,
No. 36, A.,F. & A. M. for several years; is also member of Emporia Chapter, No. 12 Royal
Arch Masons; also belongs to some otber societies. He was twice married—first, to Miss
Amy A. Sargent, of New London, N. H., who died a short time after marriage; second, to
Miss Amelia Grant, of Westville, Otsego Co., N. Y.

M. B. NICHOLSON, attorney at law, was born in Nova Scotia, June 15, 1844. Here-
ceived an academical education at Halifax. When twenty-two years of age he moved to
Atchison County, Mo., where he resided until 1872. He was elected Superintendent of
Schools of that county in 1870, holding that office until 1872, when be removed to Council
Grove. He was married at Rockport, Mo., June 8, 1871, to Miss Albertine Bird. They have
four children—Jobn B., Josephine, Winifred, and lone. He began the practice of_law at
Rockport, Mo., having received his collegiate education at Westminster College, at Fulton,
Mo. Since he located at Council Grove he has given his whole attention to the practice o
law, doing a general law business in all State and Federal courts. In November, 1876, he
was elected County Attorney on the Democratic ticket, of which he is an ardent supporter.
He is a member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. lodges, and was tle representative from his
lodge to I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge in 1882.

JOSEPH K. OWENS, attorney at law, was born in Keokuk, Iowa, April 7, 1854, living
there ashort time, when his parents moved to Langston, Mo., where he resided until th
breaking out of the war. Then went to Macon, Mo., where he was educated and studied
Jaw, attending the Law Department of Jonnson College, until 1877, when he was adinitted
tothe bar. He practices in all the State and Federal Courts.. Since 1879 he has resided ai
Couucil Grove, and is Justice of the Peace and Police Judge of that city. He was mar-
Tied at. 86. Louis, Mo., May 18, 1880, to Miss Clara Vrooman, daughter of Judge J. A.

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D. H. PAINTER, M. D., was born in Macomb, McDonough Co., Ill., April 18, 1855.
recely1Dg, his education there. He graduated at Louisville Medical College, at Louisville,
Ky., and in 1876 located al Council Grove, where he has since been engaged in the practice of
medicine. He was_married at Council Grove, Kan., April 16, 1878, to Miss Bettie C, Rob-
bins, a daughter of James A. Robbins, one of the first settlers at Council Grove. They have

 

 

two children, Florence K. and Albin M. Was appointed Coroner of Morris County in 1882, -

and elected in the fall of that year for succeeding term. He is a member of the Order of A.
. U. W. at Council Grove.

JOHN 8S. PROVINE was born in McDonough County, Il, October 12,1844, living
there until twenty-four years old, when he removed to Iowa, living there until 1878. -He
then came to Kansas, locating at Council Grove, where he entered the real estate, loan and
insurance business, In partnership with Hon. H. Ritchie, He enlisted in Company C, Eighty-
fourth Illinols Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, serving until the close of the war, in the Army
of the Cumberland. He was in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Tullahoma Campaign
Chickamauga (where he was wounded), the Atlanta Campaign, the’ battle of Franklin, an
Nashville, e was married in McDonough County, IL, in January, 1868, to Miss Ivy
Blount. ‘They have two children, Nellie and_Alex. He is member of the Masonic and A.
O. U. W. orders, Mr. P. is one of the leading Republicans of Morris County, and was a caD-
didate for the Legislature on the Republican ticket in 1882.

FREDERICK L. RICHTER, traveling salesman, was born in Hamilton, Ohio, June 1,
1849. When about eight years old he went with his parents to Ripley County, Ind, where
he resided until 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating at Council Grove, where he en-
gaged In the drug business, in partnership with his brother, H. E. Richter, continuing about
seven yoars. He was appointed Postmaster in 1873, holding that office four years. During
the past. two years he has been acting as traveling salesman for a wholesale drug house at
Kansas City. He was married at Hamilton, Ohio, in July, 1870, to Miss Fannie M. Miller,
They have four children—Jean Paul, Ida, Florence, Sprigg Case. Mr. R. is a member of the

0. U, | Lod e of Council Grove.

H. E. RICHTER, druggist, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 23, 1847, and
when two years old he went. with his parents to Butler County, Ohio, where he resided un-
til 1863, when he enlisted in Company I, Ooe Hundred and Twenty-third Indiana Infantry,
as a private, and served in the Army of the Obio, until September, 1865, when he was dis-
charged under general order, He then returned to Butler Count , Ohio, remaining until.
1870, when he came to Council Grove. Kas., where he entered the drug business, which he
carried on until 1876. Having been elected Sheriffinthe fall of 1874, he disposed of his
drug business. He held the office two terms, and atthe expiration of his second term, in
1879, he again entered the drug business, He carries a stock of drugs and druggists’ sun-
utes amounting to $3.500, and does a business of $10,000 per year. Mr. R. has also been
iMentified with other public enterprises in the State, holding the position of Director of the

a8 Penitentiary, and Chairman of the Board.’ He is an uncompromising Republican
fc a staunch supporter of the Republican ticket and principles; always renderin efficient
aid to the ticket when necessary. He is also a member of the Masonic and I. 0. OF. lodges
at Coun el a Tove. i
REV. NDERSON RITCHIE, farmer, Section 80, Township 15, Range 8, P. O. Coun-
cil Grove, was born in Warren County, IIL, December 88, 1828, eing the eet white child
oe ine hat county. When he was twelve years old his county was divided, he residin
ered terin the new county of Henderson, For twenty-five years he was a Methodist
ala 8 er and a member of the Rock River and Central Illinois Conferences, Was presiding
is7a, i he years, aud was twice in 1868 and 1872, a delegate to the General Conference. In
1890" ie was the Republican candidate for Congress frum the Tenth District, in Illinois. In
3880, ne was oneof the Republican Electors for Kansas. He was married at Abingdon,
Ther Heal Ii. in 1856. to Miss Mary L. Latimer. They have four children—Morris Lati-
, Henry Lincoln, Elmer Ellsworth and Eunice. He removed to Kansas in October,

1875, locating in Neosho Township, Morris County, where he bas since resided, engaged in .

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farming and raising thoroughbred Short-horn cattle. His farm consistin ) f
a t . @ acres,
has fair improvements, seventy aces under cultivation aud the remainder a aver and
asture. He has also been in the real estate and loan and insurance business, and since
878. has been associated in the business with J, S. Provine,

PORTER S. ROBERTS, attorney-at-law, loans and Insurance, was born in Shelby
County, Ky» March 12, 1827, leaving there and. going to Savannah, Mo., when sixteen
yearsold. In the fall of 1848 he went to Winterset, Lowa, where Re entered into the prac-
tice of law, remaining a few months, and then returned to Savannah, remaining uhtlt the

~ next fall, when he went to Oregon. In 1861 he returned to Savannah, eugaging in the prac-
tice of law and real estate business, follwing that chiefly untilabout 1871, when he moved
to Council Grove, Kas,, where he has since resided, engaged In real estate, loan and insur-
ance business. He was married at Council Grove, Kas. in August, 1$72, to Miss Mary
Elizabeth Maxe ys ARE Ne two children—William Beverly ant Lorena Anna, S

HON. ISAAC SHARP, attorney-#t-law, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., May 5,
1832. His father, Dr. Samuel Sharp, was a distinguished piysician, descended from Sam-
uel Sharp, a member of the Society of Friends who came from Engiand with William Penn,
and setiled in Chester County, Pa., where Dr. S. was born, Samuel Sharp, the pioneer with
Penn, was a surveyor, do PE much work for the latter, including the laying out of
Philadelphia, The mother of Isaac Sharp—her maiden name being Catharine Caroline Du-
gan—was a native of County Donegal, Ireland, immigrating to America when four years
old, with her parents, and settling in Pennsylvania, where she married Dr. Sharp. ‘They
had six children, of whom the subject of our sketch was the third. All except Isaac and 2
brother, Joseph L., a resideut of Council Grove, died when quite young. Isaac Sharp re-
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the Pennsylvania State Normal School, where he graduated. When seventeen years of age
he began teaching school, continuing seven years, and during the last two years of that
time he studied law under Thadileus Stevens and Jacob B. Armvage. In 1856 he be an
practicing law in Lancaster County, and was there elected Jusiice of the Peace; resigning
that office the next year. He then moved to Kansas, settling in Wyandotte County, Inthe
spring of 1858 he went out on the plains with other parties, making headquarters on

arp’s Creek—named after the first settlerin what is now McPherson County. He then
engaged in hunting game from Northern Nebraska to Texas, and west tothe Rocky Moun-
tains, ard intrading with the Indians. He became familiar with the language and habits
of several tribes. He also made a large collection of fossils aud minerals which he sold to
a scientific man representing an Eastern college, for $4,000. In 1862 he moved to Council
Grove and resumed the practice of Jaw, to which he has devoted his attention, practicing in
all the State and Federal Courts. In 1875 he was sent to Washington by the settlers of the
Kaw Indian reserve, to secure the passage of an act to placethat land on the market. He
not only succeeded in doing this, but also got the price lowered. Mr. S. has always been a
firm adherent to the principles of the Democratic party, giving that ticket his influence and
support. He has twice been a delegate to National Democratic Conventions, being a
Vice- President in both, and was one of the committee appointed to inform the nominees
of their nomination by the convention held at New York City, in 1868. In 1870, he was the
Democratic candidate for Governor of Kansas; but was defeated, though running over
2,000 votes ahead of his ticket. He has also been closely identified with local interests in
Morris County; serving twelve years onthe School Board, at Council Grove; taking a
active part in the building up of the Public Schools. Hasalso been_a member of the City
Council of Council Grove, several terms, anil was twice Mayor of the city, and twice a
member of the Board of County Commissioners, being Chairman of that body both terms;

at the same time he was elected to the Legislature, serving inthe Judiciary Committee of.

the Session of 1868, and drafted the laws relating to taxation and settlement of estates, and
also represented the Committee on enrolled bills. He is alsoa member of I. O. O. ¥. lodge,
at Council Grove. Was grand master of the State, and has attended all the sessions of the
Grand Lodge during the past twenty years. Has frequently been chosen to deliver the an-
nual address at (lifferent points. He was married in Lancaster County, Pa.. December 28,
1854, to Miss Emeline, otily daughter of Thomas and Mary Armstrong, a lady of good edu-
satlow and Tenement They have had twelve children, of whom only two, Elwood and
essie, are living. -

WILLIAM F, SHAMLEFFER, Mayor of Council Grove, was born jn Baltimore, Ma.,
January 23, 1843, remaining until the spring of 1843, when he located at Council Grove,
Two years later he engaged with other parties in tie mercantile business, which he con-
tinued until 1874, His firm did a very extensive business, amounting to $150,0U0 per year,
in furnishing outfits and supplies fort e ludian trade and New Mexieo. Mr. S. has also
taken a very active and prominent part in public matters, He was »ppointed ‘Treasurer of
Morris County to fill a vacancy and was e'ected for the puceccding term. Heis now Mayor
of Council Grove and a member and Secretary of the School Board.- He has also been iden-
tified with eeveral DubEC enterprises. Was a member of a company which located the town
of Augusta and helped to build the first house in that town In 1868. Was Treasurer of the
Chicago, Kansas & Texas Railroad, and assisted to work up frauchises to the extent of $1,-
000,000; also took an active part in obtaining franchises for M. K. & T. R. R., and is now an
incorporator and director of the Topeka, Saline & Western Railroad, and ias done much
to secure the success of thatroad. He is pastgrand of theI. 0. O. F. lodgeand a receiver
of A. O. U. W, at Council Grove. He was married at Council Grove, Kan., October 21, 1868,
to Miss Maggie Munkres, They have three children—Fannie, Leonard, Byron. He is the
proprietor of the Morris Ccunty mills at Council Grove, which were built in 1876 by the
grange and purchased by Mr. S. and brother who now operate them. - They have three run
of stone and all modern improvements and a capacity of 300 bushels of corn and wheat each
pertwelve hours, Itis run asa merchant and custom mill and does a business of about

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$50,000 per year, Mr.S. deals extensively in live stock, keeping an average of thirty head
of cattle and shipping from $2,500 to $3,000 worth of hogs per year. His facilities fur feed-
ing stock are very compl te.

ALBERT W. SIMUOCK, Postmaster, was born at Council Grove, Kan., September 23,
1857. He was appointed Postmaster February, 1879, having acted as assistant postmaster
for two years. Prior to the tlme he entered tlie pustoffice, he was employed asaclerk in an
attorney’s office and ina ary goods Store, and for ashort time kept a beok and stationery
store. eis a Repubican and an active worker tl. v the interests of that party. Heisalsu a
member of the I. 0. O, F, and A. O, U. W. lodges at Council Grove.

JOHN SIMS, Sheriff, was born in Greene County, Mo., Jauuary 6. 1844, where he resided
until the close of the war, when he went to Texas remaining until 1870, engaged in stuck
raising, He then came to Council Grove, where, for several years he was employed as a
clerk inastore. In 1876 he engaged in farming, continuing it three years, when he becaine
interested in lumber business, which he follows until January, 1880. uring the summer
of 1882, he entered into business with John Heaston, forming the firm of Heaston & Sims,
successors to Heaston & Martin, dealers in agricultural implements, carrying a stock of
$7,000 and doing a business of $25,0U0 to $30,000 per year. r. Sims was elected Sheriff of
Morris County, in the fall of 1879, and is now serving his secondterm. Heisa member of
the O. F. Lodge and A. O. U. W. Lodge and Select Knights of same order at Council
Grove. He was married at Council Grove, Kan., July 5, 1871, to Miss Eliza Simcuck. They
have four children—Emma, Ida, James Wesley and Jolin.

SIMCOCK & SEWELL, dealers in a general line of groceries, queensware, etc., opened
trade under present firm name January 1, 1883. The above business was established y G.
M. Simcock and E, M, Sewellin the failof 1879. E. M. Sewell first came to the old Sav and
Fox Indian agency, then in the Indian Territory, sixty miles east of Council Grove, in 1846,
where he embarked in the Indian trae until 1854, thence settled on Rock Creek, eight
miles east of the latter place, where he followed farming and stock raising until 1861,when
he removed to the village and engaged as a clerk until 1868, frum which time until 1874 he
was backwards and furwards between here and the Indian Territory trading with the Indi-
ans of several different tribes, In 1874 he moved ontoa farm six miles south of Council
Grove and lived there until the spring of 1879, andengaged inthe grain business until he
became a member of the above firm. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 10, 1832.
His parents moved to Tazewell County, Ill, in 1835, where he lived until 1838, when he
wert to Van Buren County, Iowa. He was raised ona farm. Married in 1856 to Miss Mar-
garet Baker, a nativeoflowa, They have three children—Clyde B., Robert E., and James

x. Heis a member of the Blue Lodge, A., F, & A. M., and a Democrat.

JOHN THOMAS STEVENSON, retired, was born in, Versailles, Woodford Co., Ey
October 21, 1816, living there until 1854, when he noved to Andrew County, Mo., where he
resided until the breaking out of the war, when he was driven into the Confederate army.
He was captured in 1862 and held a prisoner until the close of the war, when he moved to
Council Grove, where he has since resided. Mr.S. learned the tailor’s trade in Kentucky,
following that vocation until a few years ago. He held the office of Justice of the Peace at
Council Grove thirteen years and ther. entered mercantile business, which he carried on
five years, when he retired from business. He has long been identified with theI. 0. O. F.
order and instituted the lodge at Council Grove, being one of its charter members. He was
married at Versailles, Ky., March 15, 1836, to Miss Susan P. Stone. They have five children
living—Elizabeth W.. Sarah Ann, Blackburn Kincaid, George S.and Agnes A. _

C. H. STRIEBY, blacksmith, has been in present Dusiness at Council Grove since 1857,
when he located inthe town. He does a general blacksmith business and horseshoeing,
employing two men continuously, and duripg a portion of the time two additional hands.
He was born in Beaver County, Pa., May 22, 1836, living there until twenty years old and
then learning his trade, which he has since followed. He came to Kansas in 1856, working
at his trade in different places one year. He thn located at Council Grove, where he mar-
ried in 1865 Miss Harriet E. Wright, a native of the Stateof New York. They have five
enildren living—Henry, Robert, Edna, Frank and Ellen. Heisa member of the Masonic
order.

SAMUEL M. STRIEBY, wagon-ma‘er and carpenter, does a general wagon-making
and repairing business, also does an extensive business building and carpentering, employ-
ing two to thirteen hands, his entire business amounting to $4,000 per year. He has built
a number of business houses and residences at Council Grove for speculative purposes. For
twelve years he carried on an undertaking establishment in connection with his other busi-
ness and was also in the lumber business a short time. He was born in Beaver County, Pa.,
February 15, 1841, residing there until 1861, when he enlisted inCompany K, Tenth Penn-
sylvania Reserves, serving nearly three years inthe Army of the Potomac. He took part
in a number of the principal battles fought by that army anu was wounded at the battle of
the Wilderness. In 1864 he was discharged on account of disability. He soon afterward
came to Kansas, locating at Council Grove, He was elected Register of Deeds on the first
straight Republican ticket elected in Morris County, Has since been a member of the cit

Council and Township Trustee. Heisa member of the I. O. O. F. order, and has held all
the official positions in the lodge at Council Grove. He was married at Council Grove, Kas.,
in 1875, to Miss Agnes A. Stevenson, daughter of J. T. and Susan P. Stevenson. They have

two children, Charles Cook and Andrew Hughes, bs

D. C. WEBB, dealer in dry goods, clothing, millinery, etc., has been in present business
at Council Grove the past seven years, carries a general stock of clothing, boots and shoes,
hats and caps, dry goods, notions and millinery, amounting to $20,000 to $30,000, doing a

 

business of over $0,000 per year and employs eight to ten clerks. He has a similar store at
Strong City, carrying a stock of $18,000 and doing a large and growing business. He is also
interested in realtestutein Morris County, having four farms of 160 acres each, 350 acres of the
whole being under cultivation. He is also a stockholder and director in the Morris County
State Bank. He was born in Lafayette, Ind., in 1834; when twelve years old he left his
home and went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he obtained employment in a store as errand
boy; in 1849 he went to South America, stopping on the way a short time at the cities of
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Havana and icingston, on the islands of Cuba and Jamaica. He being at this time sixteen
years old, settled at Peno “Blanco, on the Isthmus of Panama, thirty miles from Chagres, on
the Chagres River, where he built a hotel and-was_engaged in.keeping hotel, the nearest
white man at the time being ten miles from him, His customers’ were travelers crossing
the Isthmus, going to and from California. He sold his hotel after keeping it less than one
year, when, in connection with an elder brother, they built the Railroad Hotel, which was
the first hotel built and completed in what is now the city of Aspinwall; they also built
during the sane year, in Aspinwall, a storehouse, and were engaged selling clothing, pro-
visions and groceries. They sold their real estate and merchandise in Aspmwall during the
winter of 1851 and 1852, aud returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they had built for them a
large side-wheel steamboat, especially built for the cotton trade in the South. The first trip
up Red River, in Louisiana, the boat was sunk, and was a totalloss. The two brothers then
went to Guyandotte, W. Va., where, for avout a year, they were engaged in the mercantile
business, ' Not meeting with much success, for the want of sufficient capital to do business,
they sold out, the elder brother, R. H. Webb, went to California, the other back again to
Cincinnati, where he again found employment, either as salesman or book-keeper, in the
mercantile business, until 1857, when he entered into business for himself at Mound City,
Il. Since that time he has been continuously engaged in the mercantile business. He was
married in Decatur, II., in 1858, to Miss Mary A, Seamaus, They have two children living,
both are now married, Minnie M. Freyschlag and Norah Webb Fisk. r, Webb was a
member of the order of Odd Fellows, in Mound City, Ill, and is a member of the Masonic
order, the Blue Lodge, the Chapter, the Commandery, also a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. .

SENECA TYLER, County Surveyor, was born in Syracuse, N. Y., July 31, 1842. Here-
ceived his education at Hartford, Conn., graduating from the high school of that place. He
there received his early training in civil engineering and was afterwards employed as civil
engineer on the canals in the State of New York, and on ratlroads in Wisconsin and Min-
nesota, following the business of civil engineer most of his life. In August, 1862, he en-
listed in Company D, Twentieth Iowa rnrantry, serving until August, 1865, inthe Army of
the Frontier, and participated in the siege of Icksburg and vicinity, Mobile, and in Florida
and Texas. ‘He moved to Kansas in 1871, locating in Cowley County, where he engaged in
farming and land surveying. In 1878 he removed to Morris County and engaged n farm-
ing. In July, 1882, he was appointed County Surveyor of Morris County, to fill a vacaney
and was elected for Succeeding torn in November following. He was married at Daven-
port, Iowa, March 1, 1870, to Miss Hannah M. Hubbard

JAMES WATKINS, Deputy Sheriff, was born near Huntsville, Madison Co., Ala., in
1826, afterwards moving to Missouri, where he remained until 1856, when he came to
Kansas, locating at Lecompton. However, on account of the border troubles then existing,
he returned to Missouri, where he remained until 1863. He again came to\Kansas, locating
at Council Grove. During the nexttwo years he was connected with the Santa Fe Mai
Company, running a supply train from Council Grove to points west. In 1865 he purchased
an interest in what is now the Commercial Hotel, which he enlarged, aud, in partnership
with another party, ran about four years. Since that time he has not been engaged in regu-
lar business. He is now Deputy Sheriff, a position he has had most of the time for several
years; has also been a ember of the City Council of Council Grove. He is largely. interested
in town property. being one of the heaviest real estate owners in Council Grove, is also a
director of the Farmers & Drovers Bank, of which he is astockholder, Heisa member of
the Masonic order, He was married at Liberty, Clay Co., Mo., in 1865, to Miss M. A. Faul-
coner. They have six children living, Eva May, ‘Hasie Bell, Era C., Todd, Ivy, Ona. .

HON. WILLIAM H. WHITE was born in Lexington, Ky., August 27, 1847, living on
a farm until seventeen years old, when he began clerking in a store at Council Grove,
remaining there three years, having removed from Kentucky to Andrew County, Mo., when
an infant and coming to Kansas when ten years old. In 1867 he began dealing in livestock,
pursuing that business four years; then for seven years he hada general store. In 1877 he
was elected Treasurer of Morris County, serving two terms, In 1882 he was elected repre-
sentative to the Legislature from Morris County. Mr. White is a Democrat, supporting
State and national Democratic tickets, but in county matters he supports men rather than
party. He has also been identified with other public interests, having been a member of the
City Council and is president of the Morris County Fair Association, also president of the
Farmers and Drovers Bank. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Council Grove.
He was married at Council Grove, Kan., to Miss Sarah J. Hammond, March 8, 1874.
They have two children living, Bertha and Clarence.

PARKERSVILLE.

This town is situated on the Neosho River in Parker Township, and about
ten miles a little west of north from Council Grove. It was incorporated in
February, 1871, the incorporators being C. G. Parker, J. A. Rogers, G. W.
Clark, H. Daniels and W. M. Thomas, and these, by the articles of incorpora-
tion, were made the first trustees of the town. The following spring an elec-
tion was held for town officers, at which J. A. Wallace was chosen Mayor.

It is a very neat little burgh and a good deal of taste is exhibited by the man-
ner in which the houses and their surroundings are kept. It once had pretensions-
to be the seat of justice and disputed the field with Council Grove for this honor.
Having been defeated it resumed the tenor of its way, and the people turned
their attention to making the town as attractive as possible and to compete for
the trade of the surrounding country. The inhabitants are a spirited people
and support a live and ably edited newspaper.

It has the same railway facilities as Council Grove, both being located on
the M. K. & T. road which runs diagonally through the county from northwest
to southeast. There are in the town one store devoted to dry goods and gro-
ceries, two to drugs and groceries, one to hardware and groceries, one to gro-
ceries exclusively, and also two cheese factories. There are likewise two har-
ness shops and a wagon shop. There is, besides, a steam grist mill, with saw
mill attached, which-was erected in 1871 by C. G. Parker. Heit was who also
built the first residence in town. The first store in town was put up by East-
man & Thomas, in 1870. The town has a very fine stone schoolhouse, two
stories high, which was erected in 1871, and the first teacher in town was G,
McCullom. In 1880 the Methodist organization of the place put up a very
handsome stone edifice, and take the place for all in all, it bears an air of neat-
ness, taste, thrift and prosperity. Its population is between 200 and 250,

Council Grove and Parkersville are the only incorporated towns in the
county.

Matias County Enterprise—This paper was established in October, 1877,
by V. C. Welch, who has been and remains its sole editor and proprietor. It is
published at Parkersville, in Parker Township,and is Republican in politics. Its
circulation is about 500, has quite a good local advertising patronage, and is
issued on Thursday of each week.

Methodist Episcopal Church.—This society organized at Parkersville, in
1880, with sixty members, which, since that time. has increased to eighty-five.
They also have a neat and commodious edifice built of stone, where they meet
for worship. The pastor is Rev. C. Atkinson. The organization at White
City was formed about 1874, with forty members, the first officiating pastor be-
ing Rev. Mr. Glendenning. The present membership of the society numbers
sixty-five, and the pastor is Rev. Mr. Ward, who also officiates at Skiddy. The
society has a very neat frame church building and is in a very prosperous con-

dition. The organization at Skiddy numbers between thirty and forty mem-
bers, and having no church building they meet for worship in the schoolhouse.

Parkersville Lodge, No. 168, A., F. & A, M.—Located at Parkerville.

Organized January, 1876, with twelve charter members. . First officers: W. M.,
A. Moser, Jr; S. W., J. F. Cress; J. W., G. W. Clark; Sec., J. H. Corbin;
Treas., C, Kear; S. D., H.S. Day; J.D., A. G, Pierce; T., W. H. Moriarty,

“have three children—George,

; locating: at Parkersville, where he opened a harness store, manufacturin

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Present membership. Present officers: W. M., A. Moser, Jr S. W., H. Se
Day; J. W., O. A. Owen: Sec., P. B. Van Dorn ; Treas., H. Campbell; S. D.,
Samuel Downing; J. D., T. N. Haun, T., C. A. Lewis. : :

Philoxenia Lodge, No. 124, I. Ov O.F.—Located at Parkersville. Organized
March 2, 1875, with five charter members. [ts first officers were : R. H. Oaxley,
N. G.; HI. Miller, V. G.; Joseph Moore, R. S.; J. Kinath, Treas; II. L,
Skoggs, W.; M. B. Shields, Con. Present membership, twenty-five. Present
officers: A. Johnson, N. G.; 8. C. Black, V. G.; E. K. Brush, R. S.; T.N,
Ilaun, Treas.; Charles Atkinson, W., and 11, L. Skoggs, Con.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

EVI BRIGHAM, P. M., and railroad station agent, was born in Dunkirk, Chautauqua
joe January 6, 1824. After attaining his majority, he went to Pennsylvania where
for ten years he was in lhe lumber and mercantile trade. In 1851, he crossed the plains to
California, engaging in the water business two years, having one of the three wells in San
Francisco at that tline, Returning to Dunkirk, he went to Tennessee, wher he engaged in
railroad buliding for a time; afterwards, removing to Kentucky, he had charge of coal
mines about a year, when he again returned to New York, where, for a year or two he
engaged in merchandising. During the War he engaged in farming, and at its close he
moved to Rockford, lll., Where he farmed until 1871, when he was appointed station agent
ofthe M., K. & . BR. R., at Parkersville. A year later, he was appointed Postmaster, Both
of these positions and that of express agent, he stiilholds. He was married at Lockport, N,
Y.,in 1844, to Miss Mary i. Hutchinson. They have six children—Helen, Hanson, Flora,
Frederick, Levi and,Fidelio. His family are identified with the Episcopal Church.

HIRAM CA ELL, was born in Chester County, Pa., February 21, 1838, living there
until fourteen years old, when he went to Virginia, where he learned the milling business
with his father. At the end of four years, he went to Philadelphia, where he was employed
in'alarge merchant mill until the breaking out of the War, when, in 1861, he enlisted in
Company_F, of the regiment known as Baker’s California Regiment, and afterwards as the
Seventy-first Pennsylvania, serving nearly four years in 1 e Army of the Potomac, and
taking part in the various battles on the Peninsula and Virginia, After the close of tne
War, he returned to milling, which he followed until the full of 1875, when he engaged in
the hardware business which he now carries on, having a stock of $2,000 in farming imple-
ments and $4,000 in hardware, stoves and tinware, aud doing a business of $12,000 per
year. He isa member of the Masonic order. Is also Mayor of Parkersville.

. F. CRESS, was born in Lee County, Va., May 1, 1840, living there until 1857, when

he removed to Kansas, remaining one year in Douglas County, and the following year he
removed to Morris County, where he has since resided, engaged in farming and stock rais-
ing, making a specialty of farm stock, He has two farms, one in Parker Township, in Sec-
tion 16, of 160 acres, 100 acres under cultivation, the rest pasture and timber, and all
under fence. Theother is in Highland Township, consisting of 240 acres in Section 22;
100. acres under cultivation, the rest pasture land. On this farm are two miles of hedge
fence, good orchard and other substantial improvements. His livery stable in Parkers-
ville is one of the best stubles in the State, being a jarge two-story building of cut stone,
above, (front being Masonic Hall), 52 feet front and 80 feet deep, with a capacity of thirty
head of horses in single stalls, 2 000 bushels of grain and twenty tons of hay. He employs
in his livery business twelve toeight horses, besidesupwards of fifty head that he has for
sale, and three trotting and draft stallions, He makes a specialty of raising farm horses,
Mr. Cress is a prominent member of the Masonic order, being the present Master of Park-
eisville Lodge. e is also a member of I. O. O. F. order, and has been a member of the
Union Baptist Church since 1865. He has also held a number of civil offices, such as Mayor,
member of Council several years, and School and Township Treasurer the past eight years.
He was married, near Lawrence, Kas., October 6, 1863, to Miss Eliza E. Williams, They
have eight children—Alba M., Banna F., Parker W., Everett L., Blanche V., Dicy A., Myr-
tle A. and Loyd E.
“H. S. DAY, was born in New Richmond, Ohio, March 19, 1841, When the late War
broke out, he enlisted in Company C, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in April, 1861,
and served until July, 1864. when he was discharged. He then engaged in business
manufacturing and se 'ling permurmety. and fancy gouds in New Richmond, until the fall
of 1870, when he came to Kansas and homesteaded_160 acres of land, in the north side
of Morris County. He assisted in organizing Ohio Township, and was its first Township
Trustee elected. He engaged in real estate and immigration business at Parkersville, in
1871, devoting a part of his time to that until his homestead was opened up, and since
1879, has devoted all his time to real estate and immigration busiuess, making several
trips to Eastern States each year in that interest. Heis an enthusiastic Kansan, and has
rendered valuable services to Morris County in opening up her Jands and securing good
citizens. He believes Kansas to be the greatest State and Morris her finest county. He
was married in New Richmond, Ohio, January 15, 1865, to Miss Nannie Lindsey. They
aggie and Walter. Since his residence in Parkersville, he
has held the office of Justice of the Peace twoterms, and Police Judgetwoterms. Heisa
charter member of the Masonic order of Parkersville.

DR. A. J. EASTMAN, ph\sician and surgeon and druggist, was born in Wyomiag
County, N. Y., in November, 1846, living there until 1870, when he moved to Kansas. He
located at Parkersville, and built the first business house in the town, in which he opened a
drug store, which he still carries on, his stock of drugs, groceries and sundries amountin;
to $5,000, and his annual sales to about $20,0°0. He attended lectures at Buftalo Medical
College, and has been practicing medicine the past fifteen years. He was the first physician
to locate permanently at Parkersville. In addition to his mercantile business he is largely
interested in real estate in Parker and Ohio townships. He isa member of the I. 0. b. F.
and A, O. U. W. besides, and the Select Knights of the latter. During Gov. St. John’s second
term he was Lieutenant Colonel on his stati, aud Aid-de-Camp to Major-General Anderson,
with rank of Major, in Kansas State Militia. During the first few years of residence at
Parkersville he held the office of Postmaster. He was married in Geneseo County, N. Y., in
1867, to Miss Stella Macomber. They have one child—Burt.

PORTER L. HOWARD, farmer, Sections 1 and 12, P O. Parkersville, was born in Gen-
esee County, N. N., August 26, 1843, living there until he removed to Kansas in 1879. He
enlisted in company F, Twenty-eighth New York Infantr ,.in May, 186], serving two
years in that regiment, when he was veteranized in the Second New York Mounted Rifles,
acting as Commissary of the regiment. He was with the Army of the Potomac, and was
wounded at Cedar Mountain. After his discaarge he returned to his home in New York
and engaged in farming. He was married in Alabama, Genesee Co., N. Y., May 31.

866, to Miss Acasta G. Macomber. They have five children—George, Mary, Stella, Allie
and Lila, Mr, H, has a fine farm of 200 acres on Section 12, and one in Parker Township,
two miles west of Parkersville, 100 acres under cultivation, the balance in pasture and tim-
ber and otherwise very well Improved. He deals in live stock to some extent, shipping
quite a number of hogs and cattle, and Is keeping on hand about fifty head of cattle. He
makes 28 eolalty of sheep and hogs, paying particular attention to the former. He is a
member of the Masonic Lodge at Parkersville. In the fall of 1882 Mr. H. was elected County
Commissioner from his district on the Republican ticket.

HARLES N. HULL, Justice of the Peace, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y.,
June 7, 1845, moving with his parents to Marshall County, Til, in 1851, and remaining
there until 1870, when he went to Emerson, Iowa, where he engaged in general merchan-
dising, and afterward at Logan, Iowa, where he engaged in the drug business, remaining
there until 1879, when he removed to Kansas, locating ona farm two miles north of Par-
kersville. In 1881 he moved into the city and opened a real estate, loan and insurance office,
which he still conducts, representing the Home Insurance Company of New York, Etna,
Continental, Phoenix of Brooklyn, and Burlington, of Burlington, Iowa, He was elected
Justice of the Peace in 1882, and still holds that office. He was married at Covington, Ohio,
in March, 1870, to Miss Anna B. Thompson, a native of that place. Heisa member of the
A, Ho AM hoage at Horkersville.: 5

ER, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddles, etc., was born in New
Richmond, Ohio, January 19, 1859. In 1874 he went to altimore, Md., where he Jearned
the trade of harness maker, which he has since followed. In 1879 le SANG EO. IR AISAS
nis stock of har-

ness and doing a business of $1,500 a year. H a r a
January 1, 1882, to Miss mans Bigeer.” tr. He was married at Junction City, Kansas,
HON. CHARLES G. PARKER, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Parkersville, was born in Man-

chester County, Conn., May 9, 1820. He first passed through Kansas in 1849, with a gov-
ernment freight train on the way to Mexico. Atthat time Council Grove tontained only
four log houses. For nearly twenty years Mr, Parker continued freighting from Kansa8
City westward to New Mexico and Mexico, having a train of twenty-six wagons and thirty
wen. In 1866, he quit freighting and purchased his present farm, where he has since re-
sided, His farm consists of four hundred acres bordering on the little city of Parkersville,
which was named in honor of the man on whose land it was located, The entire farm is
bottom land, through which flows the Neosho River. all under fence, 200 acres under cul-
tivation, 100 acres in timber and the rest pasture. The other improvements are ver good,
consisting of a largeand well finished twu-story stone house and good frame barn. tn 1878
Mr. Parker built the Neosho River Mill, and has since operated it. He has also been closely
identified with various public measures. In 1872, was elected to the Legislature from
Morris County, and served oneterm. He was married at Parkersville, January, 1882, to
Miss Mattie Falls. Has a considerable amount of stock horses, cattte and ho; s; twenty

me of horses raised for farm purposes, forty head of grade Short-horn, and 100 head of

 
MORRIS

C. G. PARKER, & CO.. proprietors of the Neosho River Mill. This mill was built in
1873, by C. G. Parker, who has since operated it, and it has four run of buhrs, and a capacity
of 120 barrels of flour every twenty-four hours, 1t is now run about twelve hours per day,
grinding about 3,000 bushels of grain permonth. It is two and a half stories high, besides

asemeut, and operated by steam. J. H. Leedy was born in Ruckinghain County, Va.
April 9, 1846, living until 1806, when he removed to Cole County, Mo., where he followed
his trade of millwright and miller, introducing the latest improved machinery into some
of the best mills, until 1870, when he moved to Council Grove, where he built the two
flouring mills, operating each a shorttime after building it. Atthe end of six years he
began contracting and building, which he followed until associating with C. G. Parker, He
was married at Fort Scott, in June, 1880, to Miss Jennie Longacre. He is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, - :

ARTHUR POOLE, clerk, was born at Crewe, in the county of Cheshire, England, Aug-
ust 10, 1856. He cameto Kansas in 1870 with his parents, locating ona farm three miles
north of Parkersville. For several years he remained on the farm with his father.’ During
the past five years he has been employed as a clerk in the store of A. J, Eastman at Parkers-
ville, He was inarried at Parkersville May 19, 1881, to Miss Florence Rouse, daughter of
David and Margaret Rouse.

FRANCIS M. SETH, proprietor of the Western House, was born in Beaver County, Pa.,
June 16, 1840, going to Scioto County, where he resided untilthe fall of 1870, when he
moved to Kansas, locating in the soutbeast coruer of Parker Township, engaging in farm-
ing until the early part of 1882, when he purchased the Western House, the only hotel in
Parkersville, It contained nine sleeping rooms, with facilities for accommodating twelve
to fifteen guests, In addition tothese are the family rooms, dining-room, office, etc. Mr.
S. was mirried in Scioto County, Ohio, July 23, 1869, to Miss Emma Reiniger. They have
two children—Ellsworth and Charles, At the breaking out of the civil war, Mr. Seth was
among the first to take up arms in defence of the Union, enlisting in 1831. in Company G,
Fifty-sixth Infantry, and served until the close inthe Army of the Southwest, taking
part in the various battles, and around Vicksburg, where he was wounded. After the
capture of Vicksburg he was sent to New Orleans, under Gen. Banks, remaining in that
department until discharged. Heis a member of the I. 0. 0. F, :

JOHN TAGUE, dealer in live stock, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1840. He
there learned the butcher business, which he followed until afew years ago. He first came
to Americain 1865, remaining only ashorttime, and_then returned to Ireland. In 1870,
he immigrated to. America, st.pping a shorttime 1 Chicago, and in 1871, came to Morris
County, locating first at Camden, but shortly after moved to Parkersville, where he has
since resided, engaged in dealing in live stock and farming. During the past five years he
has devoted his attention to Talsing and Shipping stock, chiefly cattle and hogs, shippin
over 300 head of cattle and 1,600 head of hogs per year. Keeps an average herd of 160
head. He has a farni of 500 acres in Clark’s Creek Township on Section 1, Township 2,
Range 34, a part incultivation and the rest in pasture. Besides this, he rents a section
of landfor grazing purposes. He was married at Parkersville, in November, 1877, tu Miss
Clara Carter. They have two children—Mary and Julia,

Vv. C. WELCH, proprietor and editor of the Morris County Enterprise. The paper was
established January 1, 1878, by_D. O. McCray, is Republicanin politics, and issued every
Thursday. On the first day of July of that year it passed intothe hands of V.C. Welch,
who has since published it, making it one of the best county papers published in the State.
V.C. Welch was born at Fairfield, lowa, August 3, 1855. During the following year his
parents moved to Knoxville, remaining until 1861, when they removed to Osceola, where

he received the first rudiments of an education. 1n the winter of 1862-63, his father, Dr.
S. 8. Welch, enlisted inthe Eighteenth Iowa Infantry, serving untilthe war had closed.
After the latter’s return from the army, he removed to Kingston, Mo., where the subject
of this sketch learned the printer’s trade, which he has siuce followed, except aterm of
two years, which he spent in completing an academic course. He came to Kansas to reside
permanently in 1877. locating at Hartford, where he was connected with the Hartford
Enterprise untilthe Morris County Enterprise was established at Parkersville, of which he
was foreman untilhe became publisher. Heis a member of the A., F. & A. M. Lodge at
Parkersville. He was married at Hartford, Kan., January 22, 1879, to Miss Laura Medaris.

They have one child—Perl.
a WHITE CITY.

This village is locatcd about five miles north of Parkersville, on the M., K
& T. Railroad. In 1869 a colony was organized in Chicago, under one Rev.
Mr. Pierce, with the object of making themselves homes in some of the West-
ern States. While in course of formation a correspondence was opened up be-
tween Mr. Pierce and Mr. Somers, of Council Grove, the latter gentleman at
that time being agent for a large amount of railway lands. When the colony
was about ready to start westward, Mr. Somers proceeded to Chicago to see
to the completion of its organization, and to accompany it to Morris County.
Tt numbered about forty families. The place first selected for its loca-
tion was only about three miles from Parkersville, but afterwards it moved
about two miles further to the north to land owned by T. S. & W. J. Macken-
zie, who took an active part in organizing the colony. In 1871 the Macken-
zies had the town site surveyed, and shortly thereafter building commenced,
The first house built in the village was by Thomas Eldridge, in 1872, and the
first store erected was by James Thornley and W. N. Dunbar, in 1872. In
1873 a good school was built, the first teacher in. which was Adam Dixon.
There are now in the village three general stores, one drug store, one grocery
store, one millinery shop, two wagon shops and two elevators. Three or four
years ago the Methodists put up a frame church building, and the Congrega-
tionalists have now in coursé of erection an edifice of like material. It de-
pends for support upon the agricultural country surrounding it, and is quite a
shipping point for grain. Its population is about 200.

SKIDDY.

This is the name of another village still farther north, which is located on
the boundary line between Morris and Davis counties, and on the line of the
M.K. & T. Railway. The place is alsoknown as, and sometimes designated,
Camden. It was started in 1870 by a mixed colony from Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, which was organized by one W. E. Tomlinson. It has only one
store, general in character, which was built in.1870by J. R. College. The Bap-
tists, who are quite numerous in Skiddy and the surrounding country are now,
1882, finishing a frame church building for purposes of worship. The inhabi-
tants of the village number about 120. ;

The Baptists have quite a strong organization at Skiddy, in the northern
portion of the county, and also one at White City, of which the membership is
thirty-five. At White City they have no church building, but at Skiddy they are
in the act of finishing a very neat frame church building. The organization at
Skiddy was formed in 1872, and the first pastor was Rev. Mr. Phillips. The
present officiating pastor for the society of Skiddy and also the one at White
City isRev. Mr. Howard. A society known as the Union Baptists exists in
Highland Township, and two or three years ago erected a very fine church
building.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

WILLIAM RK. BIGHAM, manager of_lumber and coal business at White City, Kas, (for
the Badger State lumber t Hannibal, Mo.), was born at Hamilton, Ohio, April 12, 1842.
Lived there until 1859, when he moved to El Paso, Iul.; farmed until September, 1861. En-
listed in Company G. of the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, served three years as Quartermaster
Sergeant. Returned home and commenced the manufacture of carriages with an experi-
enced partner. After two years bought out his partner. continued the manufacture of car-
riages, and connected with it a livery stable. Was married in 1868 to Miss Elizabeth H.
Bingham, of Mourt Morris, N. ¥. They have one daughter—Louise. In 1873 his shop with
stock, livery building and thirteen horses, were consumed by fire. He was then employed
by the land department of the Missouri, Kansas é& Texas Railroad for one year, after which
he settled at his present place of residence, Started a lumber ya rd, owned it two years, sold
it; turned his attention to farming and stuck raising until September, 1872, at which time

* R.
City, started business in the spring of 1883.

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he engaged to conduct the lumber business for the above named company, still carrying on
the farm and stock interests as before. 1s a member of the Commandery at El Paso, IIl., his
tormer residence. zs
M. FARMER, dealer In farm implements, pumps, windmills, buggies and wagons White
He came to Junction City, Kas., in 1870, and
remained ayear. C.umeinto Morris County in 1871 and followed agricultural pursuits un-
til he opened business. He has 320 acres of land, 160 of which is cultivated. He was born
in England, February 18, 1850. Came to America in April, 1870, coming direct to the West.
Married, 11 1872, to Miss Eliza Wallis, also a native of England. They have four children—
Mary, Annie, George W. and Amy. e has served as Township Trustee, Justice of the
Peace, and is a Republican in politics. i.

Vv. C. HANCHETT, proprietor of Revere House, White City; capacity of the hotel is six-
teen guests. He alsocarries on alivery business. He came to ‘Kansas in the spring of 1871
and engaged in farming, in Morris County, until he opened the above hotel. He was born in
Fulton County, Ill., where he lived until’ he moved to Kansas. He enlisted in the spring of
1862 in Company G, One Hundred and Third Iinois Volunteer Infantry. Was promoted to
Sergeant. Participated inall the battles of his command and was mustered out in the fall
of 1864. He was married in 1860 to Miss. A. Crandall, a native of Ohio, They have three
children—Mary L., Jobn D. and Flora R. He has served in several township offices.

FRANK B. QUINBY, dealer in grain, live stock and coal, White City. He has a grain
elevator 20x32 fect, twenty-six high, which has a capacity of storing 9,000 bushels of wheat.
Since July, 1882, up to April 4, 1883, he has bought aud shipped 525 car Joads of grain and
fifteen cars of live stock from White City. He first came to Clay County, Kas., in 1857, with
his parents and lived on a farm until he embarked in trade. He was born in Lowell, Mass.,
in 1852. His parents moved to Kansas in 1857. He came to White City in May, 1878. He
was married_in_1880 to Miss Minnie Schilling, a native of West Virginia, They liave one
son—Frank J. Is building warehouse 24x40 for corn and oats.

WILLIAM SCHILLING, dealer in general merchandlse, White City, ovened trade iu
White City in the fall of 1877, with a stock of about $2,500, now carries an average stock
of- $10,000, and employs four clerks in the business, He was appointed Postmaster and took
charge of the office in'1879. Was born in London, England, November 7, 1836. Came to
America in February, 1849, settling in Greenbrier County, W. Va., where he clerked ina
store sometime,and finally engaged in the oil business where he made a start financially. He
was married in August, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth J Deitz, of West Virginia. They have nine
children—Louisa C., Minnie E., Charles R., James, Sidney A., William H., Hattie M., Ida and
Frederick. They are members of the Methodist Mplecopal Church of White City. Heisa
member of the Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M., of Parkersville, same county, Kansas.

DUNLAP.

This is the name of a small village in the southeastern portion of the
county and located on the M. K. & T. Railway. It has a population of between
100 and 150, and carries on quile a business. The place has two or three stores
and a grist and saw mill. The place is named after Joseph Dunlap, the
founder of the town and the first white settler in Valley Township. Colored
people form a large per cent of the population.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

MRS. N. AMSBAUGH, merchant, has been doing business in Dunlap the past four
years, since August, 1879, dealing in dry goods, groceries and general merchandize. Makes
butter aud eggs a specialty, a large quantity of each bought and sorted and shipped lo all

ortions of Southern and Weéstern_markets. The brand under which all butter is shipped,
eosho Valley Creamery, being well and favorably known. The entire business done
amounting to about $£0,000 perannum.

W. H. AMSBAUGA, the business manager of the eoncern or firm of N. Amsbaugh, was
born in Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pa., February 9, 184%. hen about nine years old went
with his parents to Moline, Ill., where he remained several years. He afterwards lived in
Davenport and Maquoketa, Lowa, and did an extensive business in grain and live stock at
those places; removed to Dunlap in 1879. Was married at Mau uuketa, Lowa, in 1873, to
Mrs. Nancy Oake.

BULEN & KIDD, merchants, have been doing business here as a firm since the fall
of 1882, dealing in general merchandise, consisting of ary goods, groceries, etc., carry a
stock of $2,000, doing a business of $7,000 per year. E, D. Bulen was born in Sennett,
Cayuga Co., N. Y., December 16, 1844. moving to Ashtabula County, Ohio, with his parents
when nine years old. He early espoused the principles of the Republican party and has
since continued a firm adhereiit and supporter of that party. In 1864 he enlisted in Com-
pany C, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, serving until the close uf the war. Was taken prisoner on
the Weldon railroad in Virginia and held until the following | :bruary, when be was
paroled. During the remainder of his term of service was Acting Urderly. About 1868 he
moved to Michigan, remaining two years, and then moved to Kansas, engaging in farmin
in Osage County until 1872, when he moved to Dunlap where he opened asmall store,which
he has since carried on, increasing the stock as the demand required. In the fall of 1882 he
associated with himself in the business Mr. C. E. Kidd. Mr. Bulen was appointed Postm4s-
ter during Grant’s second term, and still holds that position. He is a member of the Masonic
order and the Knights of Honer and of the G. A. R. He was married in Osage County,
Kan., 1n 1871, to Miss Frank Killim. They have four children living—Jessie L., Guy D.,
Clyde Ff. and Avis M. '

“H. M. COBURN was born in Utica, N, Y., July, 1853, living there until ten years of age,
when he went with his parents to Jones Coun! owa, remain ng until 1870. Hethen move
to Kansas, locating at Americus, engaging in farming until 1880, when be began clerking
in the store of E. D. Bulen, where he stillremains. He has a farm of eighty acres, one and
one-quarter mile northwest of Dunlap, sixty acres in cultivation, twenty acres in native
timber. He is a member of the Masonic Order,

JOSEPH DUNLAP, farmer, section 14, P. O. Dunlap, was born In Adams County, Ohio,
September 1, 1828, living there until about twenty-five years old. In December, 1850. he
married Miss Julia A. Nicholas, daughter of Capt. Enos Nicholas, a native of Virginia, They
have one child living—John G., now a resident of Dunlap. In 1853 he moved to Illinois, and
afterwards to Missouri, and thence to St. Paul, Minn., where he resided until 1858, when he
removed to Kansas, settling at the old Indian Mission, on Big Jobn Creek, in Morris County,
holding the position of Indian Trader for six years, first under Col. Dickey, and afterwards
under Mr, Farnsworth, who was succeeded by Major 8.S. Storer. Mr. Dunlap located the
buildings at the Mission. After giving up his position of Trader at the Mission he moved
to his present residence, engaging in farming and raising live stock, which he has since fol-
lowed. He hasa fine farm one- half mile from Dunlap, consisting of 16U acres, of which 100
acres are under cultivation. The rest is timber and pasture. He also deals in live stock,
chiefly in horses, keeping about twenty bead on hand, besides thirty to forty head of cattle.
Mr. Dunlap is the original proprietor of the town site of Dunlap, which he Jaid out. Hehas
held the office§of Sheriff of Morris County, and ren years: he was Deputy U. S. Marshal; also
held the position of Lieutenant, in Kansas State Militia, under Gov, Kearney. Mrs. Dunlap
taught the first school in Morris County, at the old Indian Mission.

C. E, KIDD was born in Frederick County, Va., April 6, 1843, remaining until the fall of
1857, when he went with his paren's to Indiana, When about sixteen years old he began
clerking in a store, continuing until 1864 in Indiana, and theu went to ohio where he ob-
tained employment in the saine business four years, He then came to Kansas, Joca ing in
Pottawatomie County, on afarm, remaining until the spring of 1874, when he moved to
the vicinity of Duniap. He then engaged in farming until the fall of 1878, when he engaged.
in the hotel business at Dunlap, two years. During the next year he again engaged in farm-
ing until the fall of 1882. when he entered into partnership with E. B. Bulen. He was mar-
ried in Pottawatomie County, Kan., in 1870, to Miss Mary E. Edwards. They have three
children—Lida B., Charity Alice and Luther C. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Dunlap. 2 ff

FAY PARSONS, farmer and grain dealer, Section 24, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Benning~
ton County, Vt., August 13, 1828. When sixteen years old he went to Milwaukee, Wis.,
where, until 1851, he was employed in grain business. He then moved to Dubuque, engag-
ing in grain andlumber trade. In 1873 he moved to Kansas, engaging in buying wheat
along the Cottonwood River, west from Emporia, for St. Louis mills, being the first grain
dealer operating west of Emporia, In May, 1876, he located on his farm near Dunlap, where
he has since resided. His farm, consisting of 160 acres, lies one-half mile south of Dunlap;
is well improved, almost wholly under cultivation, and one of the most profitable farms in
Morris County. During past four years it has yielded a rental of over $1,000 per year. Mr.
Parsons was married in Sedgwick County, Kan., in 1873, to Miss Rose Altha Chase. They
have four children living—Cyrus, Stephen B., Frederick, Maude S. He has been a member
of the Republican party since its organization. He has been three times elected Commis-
sioner of Morris County. |

JOHN C. PICKETT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 3, Township 17, Range 8, P. O.
Council Grove, cume to this place in 1876. He first settled near Emporia, Kan., in Octo-
ber, 1858, ona farm, where he followed agricultural pursuits and his trade of carpenter and
builder, until he came to his presenthome He has 120 acres of fine agricultural lands,
forty-five of which is cultivated, He was born in Chatham County, N. C., October 20, 1829,
lived in native State until 1852, when he went to Hamilton County, Ind., and worked at
his trade until he came to Kausas Was married in 1853, to Miss Alice Hadley a native of
Hamilton County, Ind. They have one son and a daughter—Elihu F., born January 27,
1857, and Marv E., born April 4, 1859, now marriedto Mr, Thomas Crippin, a farmer liv-
ing uear by. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. P, is now serving
his second term ag Justice of the Peace,

 
810

J. B. SHOWERS, M.D.,-came to Dunlap in the spring of 1880, and commenced the prac-
tice of his profession and has built up a han e practice. ae hi
icine while a boy of fifteeu years of age an
Dr, Harris, of Bellefonte, Pa, from_there to Illinois with
t with Dr. Jinkins, of Portage City, then back to Illinois.
Graduated in the spring of 1880, practiced a while in Decatur, then moving to Kansas and

pe Being & poor | oy Dart or Enis ime he oes obliged co work ona rari, a
ir e stock of drugs at Dunlap. He was marrie r
21, 1880, to Miss Lida Chapman, of Decatur, TL, an ‘Hel

Ill., from there to Wisconsin

‘locating at Dunlap. Being a poor
make a living.

member of A. O. U. W., of Dunlap,

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEA-
TURES.

Wenn se County is one
of the central counties of
Kansas, and is one of the best
wheat producing sections in this
portion of the State. The county
is principally watered by the Lit-
tle Arkansas, a branch of the
Arkansas River. The Smoky
Hill River passes through the
northwestern and northern parts
of the county. Gypsum Creek
runs through the northeastern
‘portion—through Delmore, Bat-
tle Hill and Gypsum townships
—into the Saline River. The
tributaries of the Smoky Hill
River flow in a generally north-
ern and southern direction. Tur-
key, Crooked and Emmett
creeks, branches of the Little
Arkansas River, drain the entire
southeastern portion.

McPherson County is situated
just west of the Sixth Principal
Meridian, and is one of the most
prosperous counties beyond that
line in the State. According to
the reports sent to the State Board
of Agriculture, the face of the
country is thus divided: Bottom
land, 5 per cent; upland, 95 per
cent; forest, (Government survey)
I per cent; prairie, 99 per cent.
Average width of bottoms one
mile. The surface of the country
is generally undulating, suff-
ciently rolling, in short, to drain
well. In the northern part, along
the Smoky Hill River and Gyp-
sum Creek the country is some-
what hilly. Besides being drained
by the rivers and streams hereto-
fore mentioned, the water supply
of the county is maintained by a
tolerable supply of springs. Well
water is obtained, on the bot-
toms, at a depth of from ten to
forty feet; on the high prairie
from twenty to one hundred feet.

Native t mber is very scarce,
the principal varieties, being cot
tonwood, ash, elm, willow and
oak. The result is that unusual
attention has been paid to tree
culture, and many maple and
cottonwood groves afford plenty
of fuel to owners. A great num-
ber of entries under the timber
culture act have been made. The
average width of the timber belts
is not more than five rods,

The soil of McPherson
County is of a dark loam, from
two to three feet deep, inter-
mixed with a little sand. The
subsoil consists of a porous clay,
which retains moisture and stores
it away for use in hot weather,
when it is drawn to the surface.

In the southeastern part of
the county fair limestone has been
found, and in the northern part
an abundance of second rate
sandstone. Gypsum also abounds
in the north, A few salt springs

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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made that his whole desire; first starting with erected in the town. He has been very
Dr. McKiney, of Mendota,
$8,000 per
Bristol.

ear.

wards at Champaign, 111., and other
hotel steward. He is a member of
Knights ofsHonor Lodge at Dunlap.

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LEONARD STILL, merchant, has been dots
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ecessful in his business. Beginnin n
stock he has continually enlarged it, until he now carries a stock of $3,000 to $4,000 consist-
ing of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes and
ewas born in Plymouth, Eng
‘as there married in 1868, to Miss Eleanor Thomas.
ing--Leonard William. He came to America in 1870, locatin
oints in INinois, and in
council Grove Lodge, No. 36, A., F. & A, M., and of the

when he started the first store at that pal
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POPULATION.

1870. 1880. 1870. | 1880.
(a) Battle Hill twp........... sia 501 ||/(p) Meridian twp,........cceee eens shes 643
(b) Bonavilletwp..  ........e. sees 424 ||(q) Mound twp...... a pace 663
(¢) Canton twp., including Can- (r) New Gottland twp. saver 634
ton city....... 950 ||(s) Sharp’s Creek twp. 199 587

(d) Castle twp . 509 |\(t) Smoky Hill twp.,
(e) Delmore twp. 596 Lindsburg city. 348 1,177
(f) Empire fw Ds 684 ||(w) South Sharp’s Cree a 370
(7) Groveland tw wneg 479 |\(v) Spring Valley twp. 668
(h) Gypsum Creek twp s 117 642 ew) Superior tw S oe Steiate 634
(4) Harper twp.......- Ee Sais 480 |\(v) Turkey Creek twp. daeanaer t4 659
(J) Hayes twp.... ae see 609 |/(v) Union twp.........ee asian ae A conn 570

CB idle ty Ht

) King City twp.... 5 : :
(m) Little Valley twp. 435 oo eee
(nm) Lone Treetwp....e.e secreeee 1,139 Canton city... e 396
(o) MePherson twp., Including McPherson cl si 1,590
McPherson City. .......4+ dati 2,267 Lindsburg city. aes "466

 

a) Organized In 1874, from part of Gypsum Creek,
b) Organized in 1874, from part of Gypsum Creek.
c) Organized in 1874, from part of Gypsum Creek.
ad) Organized in 1876, from part of Jackson.

e) Organized in 1874, from part of Gypsum Creek.
f) Organized in 1874, from part of Gypsum Creek.
} Organized in 187

AA RAR AAN

gq
h
(i) Organizedin

In 1874, parts a tached to form Battle Hil, Bonaville, Canton, Delmore and Empire.
G) Organized in 1
i;

e
79, from part of Union.

ay tee ae ot part or Groveland. i a

rganized in ,from partof Smoky ; in 1876, part detach

‘l) Organized in 1874, from part of Turkey Creek. 7 Od to fOr mL Castle,
(m) Organized in 1874, from part of Turkey Creek,

(n) Organized in 1874, from part of Turkey Creek,

(0) Organizedin 1874, from part of Smoky Hill.

(p) Organized in 1874, from part of Turkey Creek,

Aq) Organized in 1874, from part of Turkey Creek,

(r) Organized in 1874, from partof Smoky Hill.

(s) In 1879, part detached to form South Sharp’s Creek.

(t) In 1874, parts d ‘tached to form Jackson, McPherson, New Gottland and Union,

(u) Organized in 1879, from part of Sharp's Creek,

(v) Organized in 1874, from part of Turkey Creek.

(w) Organized in 1874, from part of Turkey Creek.

4, from part of Turkey Creek; in 1876, part detached to form Hayes.

(2) In 1873, parts to Harvey and Reno counties; in.1874, parts to Groveland, King City, Little

Valley, Lone Tree, Meridian, Mound, Spring Valley and Superior.
CH) Organized in 1874, from part of Smoky Hill; in 1879, part detached to form Harper,

ueensware, doin,
and, June 14, 1845, and was reared at

ng business in Dunlap since Angust, 1874,
is store building being the third

building
with asmail

a businss of $7,000 to

They have one child liv-
first at Chicago, and after-
ichigan, being employed as

have heen reported, and mineral
paint of a poor quality. No coal,
of consequence, has been discov-
ered.

EARLY HISTORY.

‘Coronado’s Expedition, tak-
en in 1542, from Mexico to the
northern boundary of Kansas,
enables many localities in this
State to justly lay claim to be
considered historic ground. He
is supposed to have entered the
present State of Kansas, in the
vicinity of, Barber County, and
marching, with his followers, in
a generally northeasterly direc-
tion, to have entered the pres-
ent limits of McPherson County
from its southwestern corner,
passing by the big lake, thence up
the Turkey Creek via King City
and Empire until] he reached the
Gypsum Valley which he fol-
lowed down until he reached the
Smoky River. Upon Gypsum
Creek he is said to have located
the ‘Diamond Fields of Qui-
vira” —‘‘crystallized gypsum
fields.”

{ “Jn 1823,” says the McPher-
son Jndependent of January 24,
1878, “the first wagon train from
Missouri to Santa Fe passed.
through Kansas, but it is prob-
able that it did not pass through
McPherson County, but would
more naturally follow the Ar-
kansas Valley. In 1825 was es-
tablished the ‘Santa Fe Trail,’
traces of which can yet be seen
three miles south of the city of
McPherson. This trail. was es-
tablished by Major Sibley, under
an act of Congress, and this was
before any settlements were made
in Kansas and two years before
Fort Leavenworth was estab-
lished. Along this trail were lo-
cated numerous ranches for the
accommodation of travelers, and
of this class a ranch called Ful-
ler’s Ranch was located on Tur-
key Creek, where Empire now
stands, as early as 1855. John
N. Corgan, who now lives in
Delmore Township, this county,
passed through here in 1856 with
an expedition under Gen. Joe
Johnston, who afterwards at-
tained distinction as a General in
the Rebel army. Johnston then
commanded the Second United
States Cavalry. Ranches were
located by the Government and
the land was given to the party
who would keep the ranch. Mr.
Corgan says that in passing
through this county in 1865 he
stopped at Fuller’s Ranch for
dinner. It was then kept bya
man named Charley Fuller, and
who lives at Marion Center now.
This man furnished good accom-
modations, and, as scarce as
women were in those days, he
had two women to cook and
wait at table. These women

 
McPHERSON COUNTY.

were French and their names were Clara and Norma Nomo. Clara after-
wards married a man named Henry Schonfeldt and Norma a man named
Smith, a butcher at Fort Dodge.”

The first settler in McPherson County who remained long enough to be
called a settler was Isaac Sharp; who lived upon Sharp’s Creek (after whom the
creek, was named) during the winter of 1859-60. [He settled upon what is now
known as the Maxwell estate.’ He traded with the Indians, trapped and -hunted.
ife came from Pennsylvania, and brought with him his father and mother.
The latter died and was buried upon the creek. Mrs. Sharp was, without
doubt, the first white woman who resided in McPherson County. When the
war of the Rebellion broke out, the Western Indians became troublesome and
Mr. Sharp deemed it imprudent to remain longer at his new home. He re-

moved to Council Grove, in this State, where he now lives as an attorney-at- .

law. Strange as it may seem, the first resident of the county was a Democrat.
He ran for Governor of the State of Kansas in the fall of 1870, and the

_county of which he had the honor of being the first settler, out of a total of
198, gave him one vote. Shortly after Mr. Sharp came to the county, a
man named Lewis settled upon the Smoky below Marquette, on the farm
now owned by Solomon Stephens. He was also a trapper and a trader, but
made some improvements upon his claim, and a strip of land plowed by him
can yet be distinguished, although nearly gone back to the native sod. A man
named Peters also came to Sharp’s Creek shortly after Mr. Sharp. He died and
was buried upon the creek, From the time of the removal of Mr. Sharp from
the county until the settlement in 1866, there were only occasional visits of
traders and trappers. Messrs. D, H. Page, J. Lehman and A. C. Spillman
hunted and trapped in this county,-and Mr. Alex. Campbell, now Post-
master at Salina, made frequent trips here. He killed the buffalo for the hides,
and with the same knife that he took off the skins, ripped the calico for the
breech clout of the noble Indian.

In 1865, what was known as the Stone Corral, was built and owned by a
man named Wheeler. It was located on the Little Arkansas River, at the
crossing of the old Santa Fe trail. Ilere it was that during the next year, Col.
Grierson, of the United States Seventh Cavalry, encamped with his troops,
building huts in which to live. Lieutenant Colonel, afterward Gen. Custer, was
the officer under Col. Grierson, and in 1876, he led this same Seventh Cavalry
into the jaws of death. The stockade, which was made the headquarters of
the regiment in 1866, was built of cottonwood logs set upon end.

During this year, 1866, the settlers commenced to arrive quite plentifully.
In January, Milton Harper, Jefferson Harper and S. Delano settled upon
Sharp’s Creek ;-and in April, Solomon and David Stephens, a short distance
above the mouth of the creek, In May, ten Swedes, the first in the county,
located near the Smoky Hill. They were A. Klingbery, F. Lundstrum, J. E.
Ericson, A. Lend, J. F. Huldquist P. Ahlquist, N. Sponberg, G. Johnson, B.
Johnson and Andrew Hanson. The same month, H. B. Tolle and Sanford and
Lowell Reese settled upon Gypsum Creek, and D. B. Ray, Robert Minns, J.
G, Maxwell and family, and E.R. Falley, upon Smoky River and Sharp’s
Creek. In July, G. W. and S, D. Shields settled upon the Smoky near where
oe now is, and in October, William Brown located upon Sharp’s
Creek.

In March, 1867, John F, Hughes, J. M. Claypool and H. Weber settled
upon the Smoky River, It was during October of this year, that the Pawnee
Indians made a raid along Gypsum Creek, murdering a Mr. Temple, and. hiding
his body in a ravine, where it lay for some time. :

In June of the next year, there wasa great Indian scare among the settlers
of Sharp’s: and Gypsum creeks and the Smoky River, but it was not grounded
upon anything except the ghosts of tomahawks and scalps.

It was during this year that the Swedish Colony, among whom were John
Rodell, W. P. Johnson, Olof Thornburg and Gustav Johnson, purchased 13,-
ooo acres of Jand of the K. P. R. R. Co., and settled near the present town of
Marquette. Other arrivals of 1868: John Roos, A. Holt, G. Swenson, Char-
ley Johnson, N. Nordlund, P. Westman, N. P. Swenson, O. Carlson, Frank
Cross, Anderson, Bellows, D. H. Page, Joseph Lehman, L. N. Holmburg, on
the Smoky River; Charles Sorrison, S. F. Tolle, F. M. Fraziure, Swan Nelson
and R. Seikl, on Gypsum Creek.

In August, 1868, the Chicago Swedish Company sent agents to McPherson
County to purchase land ; being attracted hither by letters which L. N. Holm-

burg had published in Swedish papers. The Chicago Land Company also made °

heavy purchases. It was the Swedish Company which located Lindsborg in
1868, N. P. Swenson being its first settler. During this year, the first postoffice
was established at Sweadal, named by the Swedish Company, Mr. Holmburg,
Postmaster ; the first couple, F. Lindstrum and Miss Larson, who were married
by him ; and Mr. Holmburg also opened the first store in the county at Swea-
dal, during this year. .

On August I9, 1869, was born Andrew Brown, son of William Brown, on
Sharp’s Creek, the first child born within the limits of McPherson County.

September 4th was born Lewis E. Stephens, son of David and Mary Steph-
ens, the second child. :

One of the first women to come into the county, if not the first, was Mrs.
John G. Maxwell. ;

Among the settlers of 1870 were: B F. Patten, Battle Hill Township,
June 1; Ranson & Burk, New Gottland Township; Messrs. Geary, Fihan,
Savage and Parrott, Turkey Creek ‘Township; Thomas Lockard, Little Valley
Township; Cornelius Drum, Empire Township, came May 24, 1871; J. P,
Grant and A, Shellert, McPherson Township, 1871; John Lindenberger, Lone
Tree Township, spring of 1871; Soldiers’ Colony, Ashtabula, Ohio, King City
Township, May, 1871; J. C. Mahan and brother, Mound Township, May, 1871;
D. W. Minturn, Spring Valley Township, summer of 1872; Daniel Sitts,
Groveland Township, 1872; A. S. Wilson, J. G. Snow and J. W. Boyce,
Hayes Township, 1872; D. T. McFarland, Superior Township, 1872; A.
Haight, A. Oldfield and E. Shaw, Canton Township, 1873.

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In June, 1872, the town of McPherson had been surveyed, and this event
may be said to close the early history of the county.

In September, 1873, the first Mennonite settlement was made in the
southern part of the county, the colony making the purchase of a large tract of
land from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Co., besides buying from
homesteaders.

In February, 1873, the colony from Ashland, Ky., located three miles east
of McPherson, hauling the timber for their houses from Salina. Most of the
families arrived in March, among the best known settlers being James Dean,
Thornton Dean, T. J. Matthews, J. R. Dean, T. J. Dixon, D. Hodge, R. A.
Barnes, W. G. Doughty, T. D. Wickersham, John Davis, S. N. Gray, L. Dale
and D. H. Murrain.

INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE,

In September, 1868, the Osage Indians, who were raiding the country in
the vicinity of Sharp’s Creek, carried off Mrs. Bassett and a child only a
few days old. The poor mother was so weak that she could not ride, and was
left, with her babe, upon the prairie. When foundeby her husband and some
neighbors, who were absent at the time, they were in a pitiable plight, the baby
dying from exposure.

During this year, also, many of the Shawnee and Kaw Indians were at-
tacked by the cholera, which proved to be of a peculiarly fatal character.
Many of them died, and their bones are now found in the vicinity of Sharp’s
Creek, .

In the spring of 1870 a military company was organized for protection from
the Indians. L. N. Holmburg, Captain; Sol. Stephens, First Lieutenant ; G.W.
Shields, Second Lieutenant.

August 20, 1870, the body of a man, supposed to be that of E. W. Broom-
field, was found near Big Lake, Superior Township, by a Mexican herder, and
buried by a number of herders, among whom was John F. Hughes. There
were evidences of foul play about the body, the head being crushed in by what
might have been an ax, and a rope being tied about the neck. In October a
coroner’s inquest was held, and the testimony went to prove that a man answer-
ing to Broomfield’s appearance stopped at the house of Joseph Mullen, in com-
pany with James Wickersham. He was searching for a ranch location, the
time being about August 1. The Coroner’s jury found evidence against Mr.
Wickersham sufficient to cause his arrest in October, in Saline County, where
he then resided. When the case was brought up for trial before Esquire Max-
well, of Sharp’s Creek, the testimony then presented was not sufficient to hold
the prisoner and he was discharged. Many of the settlers were very indignant
at the result and threatened hanging, but Wickersham’s friends presented a
“double-barreled” shot-gun front and the man escaped unharmed. A band
was organized in Saline County to lynch him, and soon after his discharge he
left the country for the South.

Other crimes and supposed crimes and casualties have occurred, such as
the killing of C. Morris by James Savage, on Turkey Creek, during the fall of
1871; the death of Robert Keiser, caused, supposably, by poison, administered
by his wife and her paramour; the drowning of County Commissioner James
Weir, in Turkey Creek, in October, 1872; the shooting of James Wickersham
by James Abercrombie, while plowing on the farm of Ben Dale, seven miles east
of McPherson, June 8, 1876—no fatal results, however; the terrible wind
storm of June, 1876, which passed over a portion of Saline County, south and
west of Salina, and just north of Lindsborg, the first storm of the kind which
ever visited Kansas, etc,, etc.

One of the last buffalo seen in this locality wandered, with dignified mien,
through the center of McPherson Town, July 22, 1873. The last of the shaggy
monsters in this county was killed by G. W. Gandy, six miles west of McPher-
son, in 1875.

An event of general county moment was the cyclone which raged June 17,
1876, It passed over the northern portions thereof, blowing down many houses
and injuring several persons, but killing no one... When it crossed the Smoky
Hill River large trees were twisted off or uprooted.

ASHTABULA COLONY AND KING CITY.

In January, 1871, E. L. King, president, John W. Hill, vice-president,
J. U. Fellows, secretary, and J. R. Williams, treasurer, organized a colony in
Ashtabula, Ohio, for the purpose of locating a town in Kansas. Messrs. E.‘L.
King, John W. Hill and Smith Edwards, were appointed a locating committee.
They traveled a thousand miles over the State, and were returning homeward
without having made a location, when they came into McPherson County, and
decided upon the site of King City. The locating committee returned to Ohio,
and about the last of May, the president of the company and about twenty-five
others, started for Kansas. By June, 1872, the town contained twenty-five
houses, and it is probable that if the tier of townships had not been struck off
from the southern part of the county, King City would have obtained the coun-
ty seat. When this was accomplished, however, in the winter of that year, its
fate wasa foregone conclusion. King City was surveyed by County Surveyor
J. D. Chamberlain, in February 1875, it being located upon the west half of the
northwest quarter, and the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 26,
Township 20 south, of Range 3 west of the sixth principal meridian. The city
is now virtually defunct.

“On June 22, 1871,” says N. S. Hoisington, “I came to what is now known
as King City. When I arrived at the woods on Turkey Creek, where the Ash-
tabula colony had stopped, I found tents, covered wagon boxes, and shanties in
which were also a few people who were not natives of Ohio. During the night
of my arrival I experienced one of the most violent storms of wind, rain and
hail I ever witnessed. The shanty in which I was sheltered, with its in-
mates, was nearly blown down the bank, Every man during that night was
busy holding on to his tent poles. H. D. Fellows were the proprietor of the
shanty in which I was housed, his boarders furnishing the provisions. Himself,
812

N.S. and D, B. Hoisington, and D. D. Carpenter were all camped together.
In Norman Allen’s tent to the south were Mr. Allen, Mrs. Mertz (cook), Miss
Mary Allen, Charles Allen, and N. D. Allen. In William Morgan’s tent to the
northwest were the proprietor, Jeff Beales, aid William Firkey. West of Nor-
man Allen’s tent was that owned by John Sample, which was occupied by him-
self and wife, Nellie Sample, and John Drake. L. B. Carr and R. B. Hol-
brook lived together in a covered wagon box, just to the southwest. Near the
old road which led to King City were Albert G. Smith and Gilotte,
who used to run a breaking outfit, and they turned over a good many acres of
sod in and around King City. Jack Thomas, who married Norman Allen’s
daughter, was also one of these early pioneer’s—and a jolly fellow who kept
us all good natured. Our camp was just fifteen miles from the Little Arkansas
River, A mile and a half north was the ‘Brickyard Boarding House,’ where
lived the proprietor of the yard, William Nelson, and his family and ‘hands,’
of which Iwas one. The brick, however, proved to be of no.use outside a
building, since the first rain that come would wash them all to pieces. A spot
one-half a mile from the camp was selected as the site of King City. George
Crissy built the first store and did a flourishing business in groceries, provisions,
etc. The building was afterwards moved to McPherson Centre. Across the
street (just 150 feet) R. O'Dell built a hotel, and across the way from the hotel
D. B. Hoisington had his blacksmith shop. South of Crissy’s store Norman
Allen, of Michigan, built the first residence, and north of the hotel Charles
Anderson built another house. D. D. Carpenter, John Carpenter, Mr. Bonnell
and others afterwards built residences, and Dr. S. S. Gregg held forth as a phy-
sician in a little office between the blacksmithshop and Mr. Carpenter’s house.
These were all the buildings on Main street. On the street east of Main
Charles Zang built a house and storeroom, and George Galvin and Harry
Morris also made some improvements. South was another hotel built by
William West and Fred. Albright South of this was another residence be-
longing to Mr. Camp, and south of Norman Allen’s place was a house which
had been moved into town by Barney Reichard... L. M. Holmberg also moved
a building into King City. He, with S. E. Granger, soon started a gcod gene-
ral store. Charles Anderson followed with a few groceries and agricultural im-
plements. After atime John W. Hill and H. A. Hendry built a large store
and put in a stock of drugs and medicines. Overhead was the public hall in
which Harvey Williams organized the first Sunday school, and in which the vil-
lage school was also taught. Old Father Shelly used to preach in William
West’s hotel once every two weeks, * * After the two tiers of townships
were taken from the south of McPherson County, however, and the county
seat removed to McPherson Centre, King City fell to pieces.”

 

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND HISTORY.

Peketon, Pekton or Peckton County (the reader has his choice of names)was established
in 1860, by the passage of the following bill, introduced by S. N. Wood:

Anact to establish Peketon County. Section 1.—That all that territory west of the sixth
rincipal meridian and south of Township 16,in Kansas Territory, be and the same is
ereby erected into a county, to be known by the name of Peketon County.

That the temporary county seat of said county shall be at Beach Valley. ,

That Ashel Beach. A. C. Beach and Samuel Shoff be and are hereby appointed Commis-
sionersto divide said county into election precincts, fix places for holding elections, and
make a)l necessary arrangements for the first election in said county. .

As the west line of Peketon County was then the Rocky Mountains, it is not recorded
that Messrs. Beach and Shoff ever undertook to divide it into election precincts, But Feb-
ruary 17, 1865, Peketon County was abolished, and McPherson County was made a part of
Marion Coun ty, which extended from the west line of Chase County to the present western
boundary of Kansas, 4

In 1868. Solomon Stephens and L. N. Holmburg were appointed Justices of the Peace—
the first officers in what is now McPherson County. The next year (1869) occurred the
first. election for the township, now the county of McPherson, and the following ticket met
with no opposition;

rustee, D. H. Page; Treasurer, David Stephens; Clerk, John F. Hughes; Justices
of the Peace, J. G. Maxwell and L. N. Holmburg; Constables, R. D. Bagley and David Ray.

McPherson was regularly organized as a eounty in the spring of 1870, a mass meeting
helng held at Sweadal. Gov. Harvey’s proclamation is as follows:

hereas, It appears from the records in the office of the Secretary of State that a cen-
sus of McPherson County has been taken, according to law, by three resident freeholders
of Said county, showing a population of over 600 tnhabitants, citizens of the United States;
ani =

Whereas, More than twenty inhabitants, freeholders in McPherson County, have
etitioned for the appointment of three (?) special County Commissioners aud one special
lerk, and have selected and named a place as the temporary county seat of said county;

no

 

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Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Kansas, I,
James M. Harvey, have appointed and commissioned the special County Commissioners
and Clerk'asked for in that petition, and do hereby declare Sweadal, Section 30, Township
17, Range 4 west, the temporary county seat of McPherson County.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed the
Great Seal of the State.

Done at Topeka, Kan., this first day of March, 1870.

L. $j JamMus M. MaRvey.
Attest.) THOMAS MOONLIGIT,
Secretary of Stute,

McPherson County was organized with 738 inhabitants. Only two Special Commission-
ers were appomted—John H. Johnson and Samuel D. Shields; John Rundstrum, Clerk.
They took their oaths of office before L. N. Holmburg, Justice of Peace. The first uiseline
was held March 24, 1870, and S. D. Shields was made Chairman. The county was divide:
into Gypsum, Turkey Creek, Smoky Hill and Sharp’s Creek townships. At the same time
an election was ordered to be held on May 2, for the selection of township and county offi-
cers, and the location of the county seat, The result was as follows: Total number of votes
cast. 172; fur Section 17, Township 17, Range 3 west (Sweadal), 97; Section 26, Township
17, Range 4, west. 18; Section 28, Township 17, Range 4 west, 57. County Officers elected:
Commissioners—T. E. Bim pson James Weirand John Ferm. Clerk—J. R. Fisher. Treas-
urer—Solomon Stevens. Probate Judge—Nathan Bean, Register of Deeds—S, D Shields,
Sheriff—M. E. Harper. Coroner—Jobn Rundstrum. County Attorney—D, H. Page. Clerk
of the District Court—S.J. Swenson. Surveyor—J. D. Chamberlain. County Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction—O. Olsson. Mr. Simpson was made Chairman of the new

oard. .

Sweadal, the county seat thus selected, was located about one mile and a half southwest
of the present site of Lindsborg. In September, however, the County Commissioners re-
solved to meet at the Jatter place, a town which had already been located some two years.
Their first meeting atthe new county seat was held on the fifth of that month, when the first
tax levy was made, 7% mills for State purposes, 1 for school and 10 for current expenses of
the county—total 18% mills.

At the first general election held in McPherson County, James M. Harvey received 197
votes for Governor; D. P. Lowe, for Frepresen alive in Congress, 197; J. H. Prescott 185 for
State Senator, and Olof Olsson 117 for the Legislature. Nathan Bean was chosen Probate

Judge. Til, 1873, a petition was filed for the re-location. It was signed by 483 voters, and a
special election was accordingly ordered for June 10. Upon that dayMcPherson received 605
votes, New Gottland 325, King City 3 and Lindsborg 1; McPherson’s majority over all, 276.
In May the McPherson Town Company had offered, as an inducement for the location of
the county seat at this point, tbe free use of rooms for ten years, and the donation of two
squares of land on the town site. The offer was accepted the next month, the County Com-
missioners selecting blocks 56 and 65. Thus the county seat was established at McPherson,
and has remained here since. The Town Company built a plain, two-story, wooden court

- son County, an

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

house, but the County Clerk and Treasurer occupy quarters in the new Opera House block,
A structure commensurate in appearance with the prosperity and importance of the county
is about to ve erected.

Officers for 1882: County Clerk, J. A. Flesher; Treasurer, E. R. Walt; Register ot
Deeds, James B. Darrah; Clerk of District Court, D. B. Jeffers; Sur -intendent of Public
Instruction, John A. Meyers; County Attorney, D. P, Lindsay; Probate Judge, C. O. Spen-
cer; Sheriff, Wallace Gleason; Surveyor, Jeff Tourney; Coroner, A, J. H. Jansenius, M.D.;
Commissioners, J. W. Bean (Chairman), John P. Grant and Edward Swander.

The poor farm consists of 160 acres of land, situated four miles southwest of McPher-
son, which was purchased by the county in the spring of 1875, In July, 1880, proposals
were received for erecting a poor, house, 28x40 feet, two stories in height. The contract was
awarded to Jex & Nelson, of Marion Center. The building was completed in January, 1881.
The valne of the property is about $6,000.

An affair which created much excitement, and a myster;
up, wasthe robbery of the County Treasury, on the night o} March 1, 1875. The robber or
robbers made away with $3,500, but no trace of them has ever been found.

In preceding pages a history has been given rf the early political formation of McPher-

f also its later history. Some ‘ile ee particulars, however, have been
omitted that the regular chain of political progress might not be broken.

In November, 1871, O. Olsson was elected Representative; J. R. Fisher, Clerk of the
Board of Commissioners; 8. Stephens, Treasurer; 8. D. Shields, Register of Deeds; J. D.
Chamberlain, Surveyor; H. Wickstrum, Sheriff; 8. S. Gregg, Coroner; M. M. Collin, John
Ferm and J, P. Stromquist, Commissioners. F

1872—T. E. Simpson, Representative; J. M. Underwood, Probate Judge; C. W. Bouks,
County Attorney i oe . Wright, err of fhe Distley Courts P. Wickersham, County
Superintendent; J. W. Sanborn and E. M. Mills, Commissioners.

?Tg73 Representative, T, E. Simpson; District Clerk, W. B. McCord; Treasurer, David
Stepheus; County Clerk, J. R. Wright; Sheriff, J. R. Dean; Register of Deeds, J. A.
Buath (?); Surveyor, J. Leonard; Coroner, W. W. Murphy; Commissioners, J. W. Sanborn,
M. M., Collier and'J. P. Stromquest. :

1874—Representative, A. W. Smith; Clerk of the District Court, Charles H. Knapp;
County Attorney, M, P. stm son; Probate Judge, J. M. Underwood; Superintendent of Pub-
Ne Instruction. Phillip Wickersham; Register of Deeds, J F. Hughes. 7

1875—Representative, D. H. Page; Treasurer, A. Hogwell; Clerk, J.R. Wright; Sheriff,

C. E. Pierce; Register of Deeds, John F. Hughes; Probate Judge, A. F. Waugh; Surveyor,

a3 Leonard; Coroner, D. W. Pitt; Commissioners, A. 8. Eastlick, John Richey and J. P.
tromquest. 7 i

1876— Representative, A. W. Smith; Probate Judge, B. E. Smith; Clerk of the District
Court, Charles H. Knapp; County Attorney, Charles Ferm; Superintendent of Public In-
struction, Mattie Murphy:

77—Treasurer, enton Hogwell; Clerk, John R. Wright; Sheriff, C. E, Pierce; Regis-
ter of Deeds, John ¥, Hughes; J. Leonard, Surveyor; Coroner, Dr. W. H. George; Com-
missioners, J. W. Bean, A. F. Waugn and O. W. Heckerthorn. r

1878: Representative, George W. McClinctick; Clerk of the District Court, Charles H,
Knapp; County Superintendent of Public Instruction, Mrs.Mattie Murphy; Probate Judge,
B. E. Sinich: ‘Treasurer, A, Hogwell; County Attorney, M. P. Simpson; Commissioner, (1st
District) J. W. Bean. .

1879—Treasurer, E. R. Wait; Clerk, J. A, Flesher; Register of Deeds, J. B. Darrah;
Sheriff, Wallace Gleason; Surveyor, G. D. Jackson; Coroner, M. H. C. Weaver; Commis-
sioner ve District), J. P. Grant.

1880—Representative, J. M. Vannoidstrand; Probate Judge, C. O. Spencer; Clerk of the
District Court, D. B. Jeffers; County Attorney, D. P. Lindsay: Superintende.t of Public In-
struction, John A. Myers; Commissioner (3d District), Ed. Swander.

1881—Clerk, J. A: Flesher; Sheriff, Wallace Gleason; Treasurer, E. R. Wait; Register
of Deeds, J. B. Darrah; Surveyor, Jeff. Tourney; Coroner, Dr. A. J. H. Jansenius;
Commissioner (1st District), J. W. Bean. .

The officers serving in 1882 have already been given. .

The boundary lines of McPherson County were fixed in 1867. From that time, up to
1870, it was attached, as a township, to Saline, for judicial purposes: The county then com-
prised 1,080 square miles, and included three townships which now belong to Harvey, and
two townships which now belong to Reno County. The last change was made in 1873. It
was thought that by striking off a row of townships on the south, Lindsborg would become
the permanent county seat. This reduced McPherson County to its present limits, which
are described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of Marion County, thence
south with the sixth principal meridian,to tbe north line of Township 23, south; thence west
with the township line to the east line of Range 6, west; thence north with range line to the
south line of Township 16; thence east with the township line to the place of beginning.

which has never been cleared

RAILROADS,

It is an almost invariable rule that all localities which have eventually prospered have
early commenced the agitation of railroad building. So with McPherson County. In April,
1872, a petition was presented to the Board of Commissioners, ast Ine that the county take
$150,00. in stock in the Salina & Sedgwick Railroad Company. At this time, however, the
county ye FOU andentirely undeveloped. and the whole taxable property amounted to
only $219,000; consequently the Board refused to submit the petition. In June a proposi-
tlon was made to vote $150,000 in aid of the Salina, Sedgwick & Southern Railroad Com-
pany. The road wasto run from Salina through Lindsborg, McPherson, King’s City and

ake View. Thecallfor the election was withdrawn, however, and a citizens’ petition
granted by the Board of Commissioners, proposing to vote $200,000 bonds to the Salina, At-
lanta & Raymond line, At the election held July 30, the aid was voted by 275 to 248.
Sharp’s Creek, Smoky HiJl and King’s City voted for, and Turkey Creek and Gypsum Creek
against. The railroad was never built and the bonds were destroyed in the summer of 1873.
The proposed line was from Salina to Lindsborg, New Gottland, King’s City, and so on to
the south boundary of the county; then west from Lindsborg to above the mouth of Sharp’s
Creek, on to the west line of the county towards Atlanta. Thus did these schemes come to
naught. In March, 1873, the county subscribed $200,000 to the Salina & Southwestern
Railroad. By the summer of that year $75,000 of this sum had been issued in bonds and
deposited in the State Treasury. But_the Company did not live up to its contract, and in
August M. M. Collier, on behalf of the Board of Commissioners, went to Topeka and the
bonds were cancelled and burned, Notwithstandlug her failures, the progressive element
of the county kept the matter of proper railroad communication before the people, and
finally in February. 1879, the proposition of the Marion & McPherson branch of the A, T. &
S. F. was carried by a vote of 1,549 to 1.251. During the same month the voters in Smoky
Hill townshtp decided to allow the building of the line to Lindsborg, the bonds issued being
at the rate of $4,000 per mile, The COMDARY, which finally constructed the line was calle
the Salina & Southwestern, The Kansas & Southwestern constructed the line from Linds-
borg to McPherson, McPherson Township issuing $20,000 bonds. The branch from Salina
to McPherson ts now known ai the Salina & Southwestern, the two construction companies
placing the road, when completed, in the hands of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

To avold further unimportant details, it may be stated that the Marion and McPherson
line was completed to McPherson, in September, 1879. On the 23rd of that month a grand
celebration was heldin the city, attended by citizens of both counties to the number of
6,000 or 7,000. By eleven o'clock the streets were crowded with people, and_at noon the
first train arrived from Marion County, bringing nearly 2,000 visitors. L. Roberts was
marshal of the day, Mayor Pitzer, master of ceremonies, and M. P. Simpson, made the ad-
dress of welcome; music by the Marquette and Marion Genter bands and the McPherson
Glee Club. The multitude helped themselves from five long tables, bountifully spread,
and tau went happy as a marriage bell. McPherson was, in fact, married to the outside
world,

An unusual feature connected with the history of the Marion and McPherson road is
this: That it cost McPherson County not one cent. In the original proposition, it was stipu-
lated that the company should not mortgage the road for more than $7,000 per mile. The
management of the road in the East, however, mortgaged the line at the rate of $8,000 per
mile and made the transaction a matter of record. So that, although the county voted the
bonds they were never issued—and McPherson County is ‘ta vailroad ahead.”

The Kansas & Southwestern line was completed through McPherson Township, January
1, 1880, but as this was not the first railroad of the county, the occasion was allowed to pass
without so glorious a celebration as marked the completion of the Marion and McPher-

son.
., The Salina & Southwestern road passes from Salina, where it connects with the Kansas
Division of the Union Pacific road through Smoky Hill, New Gottland and MePherson
Townships to the county seat—principal station, Lindsborg the most flourishing village out-
side of McPherson City. The Marion & McPherson road passes through the county, east
and west, having as stations, Canton, Canton Township; Galva, Empire Township; Mc-
Pherson, McPherson Township; and Conway, Jackson Rbwnship.

AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

McPherson County is without doubt the banner wheat and broom corn county of the
State of Kansas, Situated as it is, 175 miles west of the Missourl River, between the
Smoky Hill and Arkansas rivers and the Kansas Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
roads, there is ne section of the State better fitted for grain raising or moreabundantly sup-
plied with railroad facilities to get the produce to market, The county lies upon the great

ivide or water shed between the Smoky Hill and Arkansas. The water supply is adequate
to the wants of a grain and stock ralaln country. The soil of the county is easily worked.
It is naturally dry and so quickly absorbs a heavy rain as to be always at the command of
McPHERSON COUNTY.

the cultivator, A six days’ rain does not check the plow ten hours after a heavy storm.
The soil is loose and quite flexible in its character—so much so, that grain of all kinds is
easily raised. Wheat, rye, Indian corn, broom corn, barley, oats beans, peas, sorghum

millet, Hungarian and all grasses, vegetables and fruits are raised. In 1878 the number o

acres of winter wheat in the county amounted to 83,727; in 1879, to 86,210; 1880, 116,997;
1881, 133,478; 1882, 105,362. During this prolific harvest of 1878, the following statements
were made, regarding winter wheat. ‘Turkey Red variety. John Peterson, residing on
Section 12, Township 19, Range 5 west, his postoffice being Eden Prairie, planted twelve
acres of wheat, on upland, trom which he harvested fifty-seven and half bushels per acre,
costing $9.30 peracre. James B. Darrah, whose postoffice address is Marquette, raised
twelve acres of wheat on Section 30, Township 17, Range 4, bottom land, black loam, which
was planted in the niddle of September, and harvested early in June, yielding thirty-six
bushels per acre, The crop was cultivated with harrow and cultivator, going over it three
times, The total cost/of producing the crop was $4.65 per acre. Froin twenty-eight to
thirty-five busnels, in fact is nol an unusual yield. The number of acres of spring wheat,
throughout the county was: 1878, 4,251; 1879, 4,985; 1880. 2,348; 1881, 2,967; 1882,

“Broom Corn:—1874, 1,156 acres; 1875, 3,741 acres; 1876, 3,895 acres: 1877, 7.762 acres;
1878. 9,152 acres; 1879, 5,146 acres; 1880, 6,039 ackes? 1881 16.001 across ieee, 14,337

S.

Oats:—1872, 906 acres; 1873. 989 acres; 1874, 2,211 acres; 1875, 6,082 acres; 1876, 9.-
680 acres; 1877, 12,173 acres; 1878, 16,696 ‘acres; 1879, 26,535 acres; 1880, 17,049; 1881,
13,101; 1882, 26.178. }

In March, 1882, there were 90,392 bushels of old corn on hand.

The growth in the live stock business of the county has been almost as great as the agri-
cultural development. In 1882, there were 8.421 horses in the county; 1,185 mules and
asses; 5,108 milch cows; 8,787 other cattle; 5,035 sheep and 17,738 swine.

For the past eleven years, the increaseiu the acreage of the principal grains raised, is
reptesenta by fhe rorowap y heures: 1878, 4

inter wheat :— 1, acres; 1873, ditto; 1874, 4,572 acres; 1875, 16,434 acres;
1876, 36,902 acres; 1877, 58.844 acres; 1878. 83,729 acres; 1879, 86,210 acres; 1880,
116,997 acres; 1881. 130,456 acres; 1882, 105,362 acres.

Corn:—1872, 4,854 acres; 1873, 4,454 acres; 1874, 15,872 acres: 1875, 17,738 acres;
1876, 16.403 acres; 1877, 32.800 acres: 1878, 36,552 acres; 1879, 54,646 acres; 1880, 57,435
acres; 1881, 67,861 acres; 182, 87,643 acres.

McPherson County has raised as high as 37 per centof the total amount of broom corn
grown in the State of Kansas. In 1878, 7,152 acres were under cultivation; 1879, 5,146
acres; 1880, 6,039 acres; 1881, 10,891 acres; 1882, 10,891 acres. F. G. Hawkinson had,
during the season of 1878, 150 acres of broom corn, which was planted on bottom land, a
sandy loam, and cultivated three times, producing three-eighths of a ton per acre; the
total cost being $5.75 per acre, which includes the cost of pressing.

There are still from 5,(00 to 6,000 acres of land in market, along the line of the A., T.
&§S. F, Road, in the southwestern part of the county, and about 15,000 in the northwestern
and northern portions, near the Kansas Pacific. Raw lands sell at from $4 to $8 per acre;
improved, at from $8 to $15.

Some 140 varieties of native grasses flourish, the most nutritious being the Buffalo and
Grand grasses. The coarser grasses make as good hay as the best timothy, and grow lux-
uriently. Fully three-fourths of the country is covered with wild grasses, the domestic
varieties, also, doing well, In portions of the county, the blue grass has been successfully
cultivated. McPherson County is a royal stock country.

Fencing is chiefly done by growing the Osage orange, and there are probably 1,000
miles of this hedge now growing inthe county, much ofwhich has come by three, four and
five years’ growth. to_almost a state of perfection. The white willow and honey locust are
also used with success in hedging, but the orange hedge is more popular, and nowhere suc-
ceeds better than here. The herd law isin force, and as fencing is not obligatory, a major-
ity of the farmers are really giving very little attention to fencing. Among the Swedes
along the Smoky Valley, and soine ofthe Older and thriftier American farmers, however,
a is not an unfrequent thing to find from one to four miles of superb hedge upon a single
‘arm.

__ Also, for the year 1882, McPherson leads all the counties of Kansas in acreage and total
yield of winter wheat. Her acreage is put down by the State Board of Agriculture, at 105,-
362, and total yield, 2,739,412 bushels. The yield per acre is twenty-six bushels. Three
other counties--Butler, Dickinson and Saline—report a yield of twenty-six bushels per acre.
In oats, too, McPherson leads in acreage andin total yield. The report gives 20,178 acres,
witha ‘yield of 908,010 bushels. In broom corn, too, in acreage and total yield, McPherson
leads with 14,337 acres, and yield 7,168,500 pounds.

In 1879 the assessed valuation of Mcl’herson County was $1,452,771; 1880, $2,068,882;
1881, $2,411,038; 1882, $3,263,087.14. In the county are 456,812 acres of taxable land;
6,270 unimproved town lots, and 839 improved, valued in the aggregate at $251,873. The
aggregate value of personal property was $573,926; railroad property, $292,641.14. Total
value of all property, 3,263,087.14. ‘

Population of county in 1877, 9,417; 1878, 11,291; 1879, 13,196; 1880, 15.520; 1881. 16,-
092; 1882, 15,526. It may be remarked, parenthetically, that the figures of population, as
returned by the assessors, are not considered perfectly reliable. For instance, the United
States census for 1880 makes the population of the county-17,143, as against 15,520, the
figures returned by the assessors. It is claimed by those best informed that there has been
A continual increase in population, as there has been an advancement in every other par-
icular,

Upon the organization of McPherson County, in 3870, it was divided into districts by
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olof Olsson. Schvol District No. 1 commenced at
the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 17, Range 1 west, and running south three
and one-half miles; thence east six miles to the place of beginning. During the same y ar
the southern boundary was located oneand one-half miles north, leaving the district 3x6
miles. In 1872, Sections 1,12 aud 13 were attached on the west, Other alterations were
made in 1874, 1876, and 1881. Districts No. 2. 3, 4. 5, 6 and 7 were organized in 1870; No.
8 in 1871; No.9 in 1871; Nos. 10 and 11 in 1872; No.12 in 1874. The last distriét, No. 106,
was formed in August, 1881, by J. A. Myers, present Superintendent.

From Superintendent Myers’ annual report for 1882 the following figures are taken:
Number of schoo! districts in McPherson County, 106: school population, 5,742; enuroll-
ment, 3,852; average daily attendance, 2,473; number of teachers employed, 116; average
monthly wages, males, $33.40; females, $28.80; amount of school bonds issued during the
year, $1,820.91; value of school property, $75,000; receipts for 1882, $47,837.77; expendi-
tures, $40,379.55; valance in treasury, $7,458.22.

McPHERSON.

In June, 1872, L. G. Skancke was Chief Clerk in the Land Office at Salina.
Being informed by T. J. Wickersham, an old settler of Salina County, that a
colony of Kentuckians intended to settle upon what was then known as the
‘“McPherson Flats,” he conceived the idea that it would be a good plan to lay
out a town in this vicinity. After examining the maps in his office Mr. Skancke
selected the west half of Section 28 and the east half of Section 29, as the center
of the ‘‘ Flats,” arid decide to locate a town there. After having made a map
of the different townships, including the plat designated, for a town site he
sought a few friends in Salina and laid the proposition before them. The
scheme was thought plausible by them, and several of them decided to go down
the following Sunday to examine the land. They hired an old stage, driven by
one Mr. Huebner, and loading up with crackers, cheese and “‘ et ceteras,” they
dashed out of Salina bright and early (4 a.m.) Sunday morning, June 4, 1872.
Resting at Lindsborg, where they arrived at 8 o’clock a.m., they breakfasted,
rested their horses, and proceeded to cross the Smoky Hill at its best ford. The
party consisted of James Marlin, who sat outside with the driver, and Oscar
Seitz, L. G. Skancke and R. H. Bishop, inside passengers. Besides the *‘ eat-
ables” and ‘‘drinkables” they were loaded also with guns and ammunition.
Well, while crossing the Smoky Hill River, about one mile and a half east of
Lindsborg, just as the old stage left the bank over it tipped, and men, horses,
crackers, cheese, etc., were in confusion. Mr. Marlin and driver, who were on
top of the coach, were dumped into the river, and escaped by floundering
around a little, up to their waists in the water. The inside passengers, how-
ever, were in considerable of a predicament. for the old vehicle filled with water
and Mr. Bishop had fallen on top of Mr. Skancke. Mr. Seitz crawled out of
the back window of the coach, and after a serious struggle with the watery
element the other two passengers effected an exit. This was the only acci-

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dent that marred the'harmony of the journey to McPherson, After shaking
themselves and taking an inventory of their cargo to see that nothing was lost
the party proceeded on to Point Creek, where their number was increased by J.
R. Fisher and T. E. Simpson. Then journeying eastwardly across the hills
They struck the section line, north and south, between Sections 28 and 29,
township 17, Range 3, west, about six miles north of the present site ot
McPherson. Tying a handkerchief to the front wheel of the old coach, to
mark its revolutions and compute the distance, they followed the line south
and at noon found themselves in the center of the proposed town flat.
They called the place McPherson Center and proceeded to organize the Town
Company, with Mr, Marlin as president; Mr. Skancke, secretary; Mr. Bishop,
treasurer. The next thing to be done was to make ‘“‘improvements.” So Mr.
Skancke dug a hole where the four quarters of land met; Mr. Seitz broke ground
where the McPherson House now stands (Smith’s hotel); Mr. Bishop excavated
his pit where Lintner & Wheeler’s hardware store now is, Mr. Fisher made his
“improvement” where the new Farmers and Merchant's Bank is now building;
and Mr, Simpson improved a bit of the land now composing the site of Mr.
Barne’s store. The improvements having been completed and dinner finished
J. U. Fellows, of King City, came riding up on horseback and asked the
founders of McPherson what they were doing. They informed Mr. Fellows
that they had just laid out a town, and that gentleman replied that he had se-
lected one of the quarters in the plat but would take the one to the northeast,
which he accordingly did. In behalf of the company and for the use and bene-
fit of the inhabitants of the town the first filing on the site was made by James
Marlin. In July learning that one Crum intended to lay out a town on Section
16, and that parties from King City also were bent upon establishing a town in
the immediate vicinity, the original town company received Messrs. Woodside,
Hendry, John W, Hill (president of the King City Company) and others as
members of the consolidated organization. J. R. Fisher was chosen president,
secretary and treasurer remaining the same as in the original company. The
number of directors was increased from six to twelve, During this month (July)
H. Bowker erected the first building on the town site fora store: In December
the foundation of the Town Hall was laid. It was not until April, 1873, how-
ever, that a postoffice was established and C. L. Raff was appointed Post-
master. :

But within two years from the time of its organization as a town, McPher-
son had grown so rapidly that a municipal form of government was deemed
necessary. It was incorporated as a city of the third-class, March 4, 1874, upon
a petition, presented by T. E. Simpson to Judge J. IH. Prescott. he first
election, at which about thirty ballots were cast, took place March 16, 1874,
and resulted as follows: Mayor, Sol. Stephens; Councilmen, H. Bowker, C. E.
Pierce, Wm. West, W. B. McCord and M. P. Simpson.

An event which created excitement throughout the county was the robbery
of the County Treasury, on the night of March 1, 1875. The day before a
committee had been busy in examining the books, at the office of the Deputy
Treasurer, C. B. Bowker. David Stephens, the County Treasurer, was at his
home on the Smoky, the county had no safe, and the funds were placed in
charge of H. Bowker. The Examining Committee found that the books were
not posted up to date and gave the deputy until the next morning to complete
his work. The same night Mr. H. Bowker’s house was entered and $3,300
in.county funds was taken. On-.March 9, H.and C. B. Bowker were examined,
charged with robbery, but the prosecution was looked upon as malicious and no
evidence of a damaging character could be produced. .

Since the date of its incorporation asa city of the third-class, McPherson
has had five Mayors—Sol. Stephens, C. E. Pierce, Wm. McClintick, W. F.
Pitzer, M. D. Grimes and E. P. Williams, the present incumbent. Present
officers (1882-’83): E, P, Williams, Mayor; O. Heggelund, W. W. Murphy, F.
E. Barber, J. B. Darrah and J. C. Hamilton, Councilmen; C. F. Nichols, Police
Judge; John Wright, City Treasurer; D. C. Welch, City Clerk and Attorney.
The city has no fire department.

McPherson is now a city of about 2,000 people, and is considered one of
the most flourishing towns of Central Kansas. It is the center of trade of an un-
rivalled agricultural country, settled by an industrious and intelligent class of
people, many of whom are of foreign birth. It has railroad communication
from the north over the Salina & Southwestern road, a branch of the Kansas
Pacific. The Marion & McPherson branch of the A. T. &S. F. road gives it
free communication east and west. And not only is McPherson growing in a
business point of view, but its educational, social and religious advantages are
yearly becoming more perfect. A fair index of McPherson’s prosperity is the
fine school building which was completed in the winter of 1881 and 1882. It
is a substantial brick edifice, two stories in height, and was erected at a cost
of $12,000. The population is so rapidly increasing that it is proposed to erect
another building in the southwestern part of the city. The attendance is now
about 425, following being the corps of teachers; Principal, E. W. Hulse; Mr.
C. H. Carter, Miss Millie Hodges, Mesdames S. L. Whitzel, H. L. Myers, D.
D. Davison and Miss Lyde Chatterton. The old frame schoolhouse was built
in October, 1875, B. S. Bonney being the contractor.

The postoffice was established April 1, 1873, L. Raff being the first incum-
bent. He was succeeded by H. Bowker, (1874), Geo. W. McClintick, (1876),
Noah C. Mathews, (1877), Charles C. West, (1878), John R. Wright, (1880)
and the present postmaster. In July, 1877,a money order department was
opened, and up to November 20, 1882, 12,508 orders had been issued and 3,997
paid. The office is now well conducted, and will shortly be placed in the list
of second-class offices.

Section 1, Chapter XIX of the Revised Statutes, provides that ‘when any
city, shall have obtained a population exceeding two thousand inhabitants, and
such facts shall have been duly ascertained and certified by the proper authori-
ties of such city to the Governor, he shall declare, by public proclamation such
city subject to the provisions of this act.” Although the figures of population
returned by the assessors in the spring of 1882, place the population of
McPherson at only 1,561, it is claimed that the returns are defective, and con-
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sequently that an application will soon be made for its incorporation as a city
of the second-class,

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES, ;

The Baptist Church was organized in 1873, and_a frame building erected in 1874, its
size being 30x45 feet. The corner stone was laid September 30, 1874, by Elder Gunn, of
Lawrence. A parsonage was builtin 1878. The valne of property, including parsonage
and three lots, is $2,000. The pastors have been, Rev. D. McGregor, Rev. J. R. Prophet,
Rev. G. W. Metton aud Rev, William D. Shields. The latter is now settled over a growing
organiz 6 on of eighty-two members, ‘
_ DB. Hoisington, one of the earliest settlers of the county, and its first blacksmith
located at King City), gives the following additional church history: ‘'In 1871, Mr. H. and
is brother moved to McPherson County, Kan., then a frontier country. Two years after-
wards (at Milton Williams’ house, Lone Tree Township), they helped to organize a little
society, with Elder McGregor as preacher, D B. Hoisington, deacon, and D. D. Carpenter,
clerk. The members consisted of Byan Williams and wife, Milton Willlums, Mrs, Car-
penter, T. Carpenter and wife, Hannah C, Hoisington, Henry B. Wright and wife, Julia

oisington, Nathan S. Hoisington and Charles Howard. Meetings were first held over @
dry goods store in King City. Soon after the town of McPherson Center was located the
society erected a little uilding, the first religious structure erected in the city.”

The Congregational Church of McPherson was organized in June, 1873, by Rev. Henry
Hoddle. Among its first members were H. Bowker and wife, J. Richey and wife, George
Summerville and wife, C. B. Bowker and wife, Mrs. George Shepard, D. C, Hawn and wife,
J.W. Hilland wife,H. A, Hendry and wife, Lucy N. Scofield, Mrs, A. Allen (deceased ),Samuel
Allcock and wife, Mrs. Mary E. Miller and Mrs. Alex. Petrie. Rev. Mr. Hoddle served
until the spring of 1877, being succeeded by Rev. George C. Claflin, who remained until the
fall of 1879. During his ministery (1878) a church bullding was commenced, and was com-
pleted in 1879, at a cost of $3,500. Rev. G.S. Bradley, the last settled pastor of the church,
served from the fall of 1879 until the spring of 1388, At present, November, 1882, the
society has no settled pastor. The membership is about sixty-five.

The Methodist Church was organized in 1874, Rev. J. A. Simpson being its first pastor.
In the spring of 1875, Rev, Mr. Clark took charge of the society and remained one year. He
was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Rose, who remained as pastor until 1879. Next came Rev. Mr.
Martindale, who assumed the pastorate during that year, and remained until 1880. Rev.
Mr. Buckner, his successor, remained six months, or until the fall of 1880, when he was
succeeded by the present incumbent, Rev. D. D. Akins. The society has a membership of
about 150. The church building was erected in 1880, at a cost of about $5,000. The society
is one of the most flourishing in the county.

_, The Presbyterian Church was organized in June, 1879, by Dr. Pimothy Hill, of Kansas
City, with the following members: John A. Myers, Mrs. Hattie L. Myers, Joseph McDer-
mid, John Connell, Mrs, Lorena Connell, Stella E. Myers, J. A. Flesher, James Connell, G.
B, MeGranahan, S. M, Bohen, F. E. Barber, Mrs. Victoria McMillan, Mrs, H. A. Barber,
William Snedden, J. L. Allen, Mrs. Martha Allen and Mrs. Mary Bradbury. John A.
Myers, was elected the first elder, and Rev, W. H. Honnell, served as the first pastor. He
was succeeded in October, 1880, by Rev. H. M. Shockley, who remained until September,
1882, when he was followed by the present pastor, Rev. J.C. Burt. The society have no
pail sing. but expect to build during the coming spring. Membership of the society is
about seventy,

- Christian Church (Disciples).—The society in McPherson was organized in the winter
of 1880-81, by the Rev. Mr. Sevy. The present pastor is Rev. David Witzell, and the mein-
bership about fifty. The organization own no church buildings, but havea neat parsonage
i. the eastern part of the county. Inthe county there are about 600 members of the de-
nomination, and but one church building, which is owned by the Groveland congregation.
During the coming year, however (1883), three church buildings will probably be erected.
In the county are five regularly organized congregations, and as many more places where
monthly or semi-morthly meetings are held. Elders Levi McCash, J.C. Sevy and David
Witzell are preaching in different portions of the county. Present officers of the McPherson
City organization: Iders—Geo. Harvey, Levi McCash, ‘Theo. Boggs; Deacons—J. W.
Stable, Ely Barnes. Jerome Bennett and L. H. Thompson.

The United Brethren Church of McPherson was organized May 14, 1882. The church
building was completed i. the fall of 1882, the aay of the dedication being fixed for Decem-
ber 17, 1882. The value of the church property, including three lots, is $2,000. Rev. W. H.
Myers is pastor; membership about twenty.

In December, 1881, the Society in Conway was organized, and a building erected durin
the fall of 1882. Mr. Myers also has charge of this society, which has a membership o:
seventeen. Eighteen miles southwest of McPherson is the Liberty Church, orgauized in
July, 1879; Rev. Mr. Myers, pastor: membership fifteen. Six miles southwest is an organ-
ization—the Mount Zio 1 Church—organized in January, 1879. presided over by Rev. R. W.
Parks, and having a membership of twenty-seven. Victory Church was organized in March,
1882, and has seventeen members. Emma Valley Church formed in January, 1879, with
twenty-seven members Both arein charge of Mr. Parks.

The McPherson County Agricultural Society was formed in August, 1875, the first fair
being held October 11-12 of that year. The present organization dates from 1878, the first
fair being heidthe next year. Since 1880 no fair has been held. On account of some disa-

’ greement between different sections of the county, the society is not in the most flourishing
condition, although the books show a membership of 250. The grounds are located about
one mile north of McPherson, and are forty acres in extent, with but few improvements,

As McPherson is one of the banner agricultural counties of Kansas, however, there is little

doubt of the society ultimately growing into a strong organization. Present officers: Pres-
ident, John Richey; Secretary, J. B. Darrah; Treasurer, J. F. Hughes, :

Garfield Commandery No. 18 (K. T.), was organized in November, 1882, with ten charter
members, the commandery being named in bonor of the late Sir James A. Garfield. Officers
chosen, under dispensation: M. L. Grimes, E. C.; J. W. Charles, Gen.; W. W. Gamble. C.

eo Ws Wis Murphy, P.; A. A. Irvin, S. W.; W, Scott Bukey. J. W.; W. S. Keyte, S. B.; E,
Annabil, St. B.; I. O. Day, warder; 8. G. Mead, R.; O. eegelund, treasurer. Present
officers: M.L. Grimes, E. C.; J. W. Charles, Gen.; A. A. Irvin, C.G.; W. W. Murphy, P.;
Cc. Aug. Heggelund, S. W.; A. L. McWhirk. J.W.; W. H. Annis, S. B.; 6. Heggelund, St. B.;
HG obb, warder; 1.0. Day, treasurer; 8S. G. Mead, recorder. Present membership,
thirty-one.

McPherson Chapter, No. 48 (R. A. M.}, was organized in the fall of 1879, with twelve
charter members. Officers chosen under dispensation: W. W. Gamble, M, k. H. P.; 1.0,
Day, E. K.; J. B. Bennett, E.S.; W. W. Murphy, C. of H.; 8. G. Mead, P. S.; A. L. Mc-
Whitk, R. A.C.; H.W. Murdock, G. M. 3d V.; C.J. Muller, G. M. 2d V.; O. Hesgelund G. M,
1st V.; W. Scott Bukey, secretary. Present officers: . W. Gamble, M. E, H. P.; W. Ww:
Murphy, 42. K.; O. Heggelund, E.8.; A. L. McWhirk, of H.; S.G. Mead, P.8.; C. Aug.
Heggelund, R. A. C.; A. A. Irvin, G. M. 3d V.; H. H. Bixby, G. M. 2d V.; N. H. Morrison, G,
M. 1st V.; W. H. Annis, secretary; I. O, Day, treasurer, Present membership, fifty-four.

McPherson Lodge, No. 172, A. F. & M., was organized December 27, 1876, with
twenty-eight charter members, Officers chosen under dispensation: W. W. Murphy, Ww.
M.; George J. Beach, S. W.; C. E. Pierce, J. W,; Joseph Von Atchen, S. D.; H. W. urdock,

. D.; E. C. Minton, Sec.; I. O. Day, Treas. Present officers: D. C. Welch, W. M.;
Annis, S. W.; Joseph Von Atchen, J. W.; C. Aug. Heggelund, 8. D.; H. H. Bixby, J. D.; W.
W_ Russell, Sec.; L.'O. Day, Treas.; Rev. W. D. Shields, chaplain. Present membership,

James B. McPherson, Post No. 8%, G. A. R., was organized July 17%, 1882, with 100
members, Present officers: M, P. Simpson, post commander; Fred Jackson, S. V. C.; D.
B. Jeffers, J V.C.; J. Q. Barnes, Q. M.; D. D. Akins, chaplain; George E, Harvey, surgeon;
A. F. Waugh, officer of day; George W. Freelove, officer of guard; John R. Wright, adju-
tant; John ¥. Hughes, sergeant major; J. A. Flesher, Q. M. sergeant.

ed Cross Lodge, No. 26, K. of P., was organized in'May, 1880. Present officers (Novem-
ber, 1882): James B. Darrah, P. C.; R. Whitmer, C. C.; Gc. A. Waller, V. © ; Willlam Cc.
Rathbun, prelate; Joseph R. Fisher, M. of F.; Gust. Carlander, M, of 1%: John F, Hughes,
M. at A.; B.A. Allison, K. of R. and $.; Wallace Gleason, I. G.; J. W. Stabler, O G. um-
ber of members. twenty-three.

Centennial Lodge, I. O. O. F., was organized July 4, 1876. The first_officers were tn-
stalled in August. Present officers: Isaac Creek, N. G.: D. L. Burgauer, V.G.; W. J. I
Sec.; John F. Hughes, Treas. The lodge’has a membership of about seventy.

Knights of Honor, Hesperian Lodge No. 1722, was organized in August, 1880. Present
officers: J. B. Darrah, dictator; C. E. Dunn, V. D.; H. BE. Pyle, A. D,; F. E, Barber, P. D.;
Frank. Vandeventer, reporter; J. A. Myers, Fin. Rep.; Joshua Leonard, Treas.; J. R.
Wright, chaplain; D. B. Jeffers, guide. embership about 150.

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS,

The first paper in McPherson and the county was started by Yale Brothers, in November,
1872. 1t was called the McPherson Messenger, »nd was Republican in politics. In Decem-
ver, 1873, the paper was purchased by Clark and McClintick, and in May, 1874, George \W.
McClintick became sole editor and proprietor. He changed the name of the paper to the
McPherson Independent, which remained a Republican journal.

Upon this was founded the McPherson Repuolican, the first number of which was issued
by Mead & Presbrey, December 4, 1879. It was thus published until June of that year,
when H, E. Watkins bought a baif itterest in the establishment. In June, 1881, H. M:
Conklin purchased Mr. Watkin’s interest, and tne Republican has since been published
under the firm name, Mead & Conhlin—S, G. Mead editor; H. M. Conklin, business man-
ager. The fepublican is an 8-column folio, 26x40, home print, its name implying its
politics, S,G. Mead is a veteran editor. He began the publication of the McPherson He-

HISTORY OF KANSAS, ;

publican in 1879. He is an enterprising, able editor, and ranks among the most successful

j f the State.

jou aL Gonkin, business manager of the McPherson Republican, came from 'Wash-

ington County, Pa., about four years ago. He is a practical newspaper man, industrious
romising. | .

anne ‘McPherson Leader (Greenback), was published in the spring of 1380. Its first num-

ber being issued in March by G. W, McClintick. It was discontinued in July, 1881.

The Comet, Independent Republican in politics, was started in July, 1881, by Clark &
Hall. In January, 1882, its name was changed to the Industrial Liberator (Greenback),
This was published by Sheldon & Hall until August 30. On the 1st of September, 1882, the
journal became known as the MePherson Independent, G. W. McClintick, editor and pro-
prietor. It is independent in politics, and has a good local and county circulation.

The McPherson Freeman was establishe:l in McPherson as a Republican paper August
1, 1878. Messrs, Clark & McCray, proprietors. On the first-of February, 1879, D. O. Mc-
Cray sold his interest to H. B. Kelly. Messrs. Clark & Kelly published the paper until Jan-
uary 1, 1881, when A. L. Clark sold his interest to Mr. Kelly, who became, as he is now, sole
editor and proprietor. :

The Farmers’ and Merchant's Bank was chartered March 21, 1882, and commenced
business on a arth Capital stock, $30,000; deposits, $50,000. Officers, W. J. Bell, Pres.;
A. L. MeWhirk, cashier. : i 3

l Bank of McPherson, C. G. Clarke, proprietor, was organized April 22, 1879.
It woieigod niger the  ahaRamient of Clarke & MeWhirk until January, 1880, when Mr,

. 1 rietor. 3
SEN ak MEET Bank was organized in March, 1878, by Messrs. Williams & Cottingham,
its present proprietors. Capital, $30,000. The firm own their bank building and are pros-
pering. 2

M mn Mtlls were built.in the spring of 1880. They are three stories in height,
Sind tioee ond the capacity of the manufactory is 100 barrels of flour per day. The pro-
prietors are Colburn t Hainilton. They operate an elevator in'connection with the mills,

alue of. property, $18,000. ;

Vh cPherson levator was erected in 1879 at acost of $13,000. H. Hinckson & Co.
pro rietors. The size of the building is 30x62 feet, and has a storage capacity of 30,000

ushels,
The “Little Giant” Llevator was erected inthe fall of 1879. Ed. Berg & Co., proprietors,
apa , 10, bushel; value of property, $4, B 7
. paeieye 47000 & Co,, also operate an elevator—the “ People’s "—which was built in Sep-
tember, 1881. Capacity, 20,000 bushels; value of property, $9,000.

The fourth elevator is operated by W. C. Putt. ;

McPherson has several good hotels and boarding houses, The Merchant’s and the Com-
mercial hotels lead the list. Benjamin Robinson took charge of the Merchant’s Hotel in
May, 1881. It contains thirty-two rooms and is well patronized by the traveling public.
The Commercial House was opened in July, 1882, by J. S. Keller, its present manager and
proprietor. It contains twenty-two rooms; size ot building, 50x125 feet, and is owned by
the estate of H. F. Graper.

. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ALFRED ARDEN ARNOTT was born at Milan, Erie Co., Ohio, April 3, 1842. His .
father, John G. Arnott, was born and raised near Albany, N. Y., and at an early age moved
to Lorain County, Ohio, where he inarried Mary C. Ingersoll, to whom there was born two
sons and two daughters, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. The oldest Saughter,
Josephine Emina, died at an early age, leaving three children—Alfred, Marshall, and
Eunice. His parents moved to Chicago, Ill, in the fall of 1842, where they remained till

 

the next spring, when they moved onto a farm within a few miles of Waukegan, Ill., where
they lived some six years, during which time the other children were bon. ‘in 1850
the family moved to Boone County, where they cleared up and improved a farm of 200
acres, which was their home till 1870. Alfred was married October 28, 1868, to Adelia Ber-
enice Rood, a young lady who had distinguished herself as a teacher in the schools of that
county. On February 22, 1870, he and his wife started for Topeka, Kan , where he had
bought land for the purpose of farming, but owing to a financial blunder at this time, was
unable to proceed, and gave it up, settling down in Topeka, where he engaged in any thing
he could get to do. Was elected Constable of the city in 1874, also the next three succeeding
elections, during which time he served as Deputy Sheriff also. In the spring of 1878 he
engaged in his present business, agricultural implements and machinery, at Salina, Kan.,
with G. C. Prescott (brother of the present District Judge), which partnership ceased with
the close of that year’s business, and the next vear he opened in the same business at Ster-
ling and McPherson, Kan. The Sterling branch house was discontinued in July, 1880, in
Consequence of a fire at that place, by which Mr. Arnott suffered a heavy loss, since which

me he has continued the old business at McPherson, where he has been very successful.
He has for three years been chairman of the Greenback County Central Cominittee, and re-
ceived the nomination for representative in the Eighty-seventh District, in the Greenback
Convention, and was afterwards endorsed by the People’s party, and, in November, 1882,
was elected by thirty majority over bi+ competitor, who was an old member. He takes a
just Br ide in his record in the Legislature of 1883, aud feels that it is endorsed almost unani-
mous y by his constituents, and that they have no regrets. His educational advantages,
mi e young: were limited to the winter term of a country district sch ol, the balance of
ths at eing spent at work upon the farm, with the exception of two terms at

e high school, and two terms at the college in  Beloi is. Mr. Arnott has
been something of a traveler, having sailed from New Be ford, Mass., June, 1860,
 

McPHERSON COUNTY.

under Captain Morgan, ship “Contest,” on a whaling voyage in th
cruise was cut short by. the death of the captain, Maveh 2 1861, off THe pate oe ieee
azil, South America, which caused the ship to return home that spring, and thus
ended a short but very successful cruise, in which they had captured ten whales—five sperm
and five right. In 1862 he crossed the plains to California with horses and goods to sell,
returning by steamer via New York that fall. In 1864 he again went to California, and re-
turned the next year, going and coming via New York and Panama. His business ‘training
has been good. His father was for many years a leading merchant in grain, lumber, stock
and general merchandising, as well as farming all the time, at their old home at Caledonia
Station, Boone Co., Ill.; also for two years atthree points, Decatur, Courtland, and Hills-
boro, in northern Alabama, in 1865-6; also ran a store at Evansviile, Wis., in 1864.

. E BARBER, firm of Milliken, York & Barber, attorneys-at-law, real estate, loan and
insurance agents, fhey also keep a complete set of abstracts of title.’ Mr. B, first came to
McPherson in April, 1879, clerked six months, after which he became identified in the

above business. Born in Bradford County, Penn.,in 1835. He was eight years superin-
He isa member of K. of H.

tendent of A. Pardée & Co.’s general store at Hazleton, Penn. .
of McPherson, Married in 1866,10 Miss Amelia Robinson, of Bloomsburg, Columbia Co.,
Penn. They have five children—Bessie R., Lillian, Stephen A., Freddie W. and Arthur D.
He served as City Marshal of McPherson some time, and is nowa member of the City

D. 0. BURKE, attorney-at-law, located in McPherson, August 1,1 wher
since practiced law. He was born in Princeton, Gibson Co., ind, in 1Bg3, sauestea ae the
State ny Ore hy at Bloomington, graduating in law and literary department in 1875; ad-
mitted to bar of practice at Princeton, 'Ind., October 14,1875. Began his profession in the
jatter city caine ear, ‘where meron Eines antl nei cams to Hanes. He was married in 1876,

fs wensville, Ind. hey have two chi i
to. mennver of the Mayonic enavil : y ren—Mabel and Judge. He
.Q. iS, dealer in general merchandise; opened trade in October, 1873; built hi

store in the fall of the same year. When he first opeied business, he carried a, Tanied stock
of $1,200; he now carries a general stock of $10,000, and employs four clerks. He located
ona farm in Saline County, tn 1872, where he farmed and raised stock one and a half years,
thence to McPherson, € now has 400 acres of land, 290 cultivated. In 1882, he raised
7,100 bushels of wheat. He was born in Waverly, Pike Co., Ohio, in 1836; was raised and
educated in his native State. He first engaged in merchandising in Waverly, Obio, in 1865;
moved to Boone County, Mo., in 1871, and resided until coming to Kansas. Enulisted in
June, 1861, inthe three months’ service. in the First Ohio Regiment, Volunteer Infantry,
going out first to take care of his brother’s body, John R. T. Barnes, who was killed June
17, 1861, in the battle of Vienna. He assisted to raise Company D, Seventy-third Regiment,
Obio Volunteer Infantry, and was made First Lieutenant, promoted to Captain in 1862: he
was wounded at the batile of Wahatchie, at base of Lookout Mountain, October 29, 1863, in
amidnight battle; he made the latter enlistment, October 15, 1861; he was mustered out
January 6, 1065. ne isa member on dames B. Mevherson Post, No. 87,G. A. R. He was mar-
ried in . to Miss Mary R. Emmitt, o averly, Ohio, They ha i —. i
ue May Band Bday a y. y have three children—Amie

aa i , attorney -at-law, collecting and insurance agents, firm Simp-
son & Bowker. He came to McPherson, Kan., April, 1873, being the first attorney to Tonka
in McPherson. He was born in Tompkins County, N. Y.,in 1848, lived in native county
until eighteen years of age. Thefamily then moved to Indianapolis, Ind., where he began
the study of law, in connection with taking a collegiate course at Northwestern Christian
University, in the latter city; remained a student in the latter school two years. He then
entered the Wabash College at Crawfordsville, Ind., andgraduated in 1871.. He then began
the study of law under James Buchanan, of Indianapolis; admitted to bar of practice in
1872; began practice of law in 1873, in McPherson, Kan, Married in 1872, to Miss Edna
Miller, of Crawfordville, Ind. They have one son—Frank C, Mr. B. isa member of Masonic
order, also Royal Templars of Temperance.

H. BOWKER, firm W. L. Bowker & Co., of the Bee Hive Store, dealers in general mer-
chandise. They dpened trade asa firm in March, 1881, and occupy two stores, 24x85 and
24x70, respectively, and employ nine persons in the business, and carry a general stock of
$15,000. Mr. H. Bowker came to McPherson in 1871, and assisted to lay out the town site
the same spring. He was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., in 1824; was raised in his nativé
county, and first began life asa wagonmaker; afterward engaged in merchandising, and
has been identified in the latter business ever since; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1865,
and followed merchandising until he came to Kansas; married in 1847 to Miss Helen M:
Scofield, a native of Utica, N.Y. They have four children—Clarence B. (now an attorney
of McPherson, Kan.), Willis L. and Dana D. (connected with the above store), Newell D.
(at school). They are members of Congregational Church. Mr. B. originated the postoffice
at McPherson, and was Postmaster of Same seven years.

J. W. CHARLES, M. D., located in McPherson, Kan., June 1, 1879, where he has since
lived. He moved to Saline, Kan., in April, 1879, from Brookfield, Linn Co., Mo. He was

born at Liberty, now Rockwood, Randolph Co. Il; was educated at Shurtliff College,

Upper Alton, Il]; graduated from St. Louis Medical College, Allopathy; began practice of.

medicine at Centralia, Ill.; remained one year; moved to St. Louis, Mo., anu practiced four
years thence to Maryville, Mo.. three years, thence to St. Louis, Mo., one year, thence to

rookfield, Mo., three and one-half years, thence to Kansas in 1873. He was married to Miss
Mary H. De Witt, formerly of Dubuque, Iowa, a native of Portage City, Wis. They have
three children—Elvira M., William W.and Mary Helen. He is a member of all Masonic
- Orders, including the Royal Arch Masons, and occupies the position of generalissimo in the
Commandery of Knight Templars, He isa member of the [. 0. O. F., and also in Encamp-
ment of thesame, Is a member of Kansas State Central Medical Society.

E.G. CLARKE, proprietor Central Bank of McPherson, located at Solomon City, Kan.,
in 1875, where he organized the Solomon Valley Bank, sold the same February 9, 1879,
when be came to McPherson, and opened the above bank April 22, 1879, under the firm
name of Clarke & McWhirk, and run the same until January 1, 1880, when he became sole
proprietor. Deposits average $50,0.)0.!- He owns 2.000 acres of land, and several thousand
dollars’ worth of good blooded stock, in connection with the above bank. He was born in
Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1842. Went with his parents to Rock County, Wis., in 1845.
He was raised on afarm, and educated at Milton College, Rock Co., Wis.; graduated in
1865, when he engaged in teaching a number of years. He was married, in 1871, to Miss
plice M. Ryan, a native of Ohio. They have four children—Arden B., Elon J., Eudora and

odney D. :

EDWARD A. COLBURN, of the firfa of Colburn & Hamilton, proprietors of McPherson
Flouring Mills. They began the erectn of the above inills in the spring of 1880, and com-
pleted them the same season, the size which is 36x40 feet, three stories high, including

the basement; capacity is 100 barrels in twenty-four hours. They use the roller reduction
system for finishing flour. The total cost is $18,000. Itis built of wood, Edward A. Col-
burn came to McPherson in 1880, and soon began the erectiun of the above mills. He was
born in Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1849, where he lived until he came to Kansas,
He was raised in a mill, and began the m ller’s trade when a small boy, He was married,
in 1875, to Miss Mary E. Clark, of the same place. They have two children—Alva and
lara E,

0. J. COOK, firm Cook Bros., dealers in generat Jue hardware, stoves, tinware,
queensware, wagon material, etc., opened trade September 1, 1882. The trade was estab-
lished, in 1880, by other parties, and bought by Cook Bros. as first dated. They occupy
rooms, 30x10 feet, and basement same size. The subject of this sketch came to Kansas in
March, 1882, and took charge of the above business for other parties until he became one
ofthe firm. He was born in Madison, N. H., in 1849; was raised a mechanic, and followed
that business a number of yours. Had charge of. the business of National Lock Co., of
Nashua, N, H., six years. ent to Quincy, IIL, in 1881, where he had charge of Stove
Foundry sometime. He then located in McPherson, Kan. Married in 1871 to Miss Etta
Barritt, of Nashua, N. H. They have one daughter—Mary Evelyn. He is a member of
Legion of Honor. ss

J. B. DARRAH, Register of Deeds. He first came to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1857, with
his parents, lived in the city until 1864, and moved ontoafarm near by and lived there
until 1869, He soon afterward followed freighting to Denver City, Colo.,and New Mexico
ports some time. Moved to McPherson in 1869, and engaged in farming and stock-raising
until the fall of 1879, when he was elected Register of Deeds, and by re-election has held
the office. He was born in Burks County, Pa., in 1849. Family lived there until 1854, and
moved to Chicago, Il, living in the latter city andin Peoria until coming to Kansas. He
was married in 1871 to Miss Mary Furguson, of Galena, Il]. They have one son, James
Darrah. Mr, D. is 8 member of Lodge No. 1,722 K. of H. and No. 26 K. of P., is Republican
in politics. He owns 400 acres of land in Smoky Hill Valley, with 300 acres under. culti-
vation,

I. O. DAY, physician and surgeon, farmer and stock-raiser, caine to McPherson, Kan.,
in April, 1873, aud has since practiced medicine. He opened a farm of 1,400 acres, now
owns 560 acres land, 400 of which is cultivated. He raised 12,000 bushels wheat om his farm
in season of 1882. He also has a Jarge amount of stock. Born in Cleveland, Tenn., in 1831,
was raised in native State and Alabama. Lived in Tennessee until 1853. Began the study
of medicine in 1859, moved to Decatur City, Iowa, the same year. where he engaged in
farming, merchandising and the practice of medicine until 1866. He graduated from
Medical Department of Keokuk, Towa, State University, 1861. He has practiced medicine in
Decatur, Iowa,.and Chillicothe, Mo., and various other places. Married in 1849, to Miss A,
E. Houston, a native of Tennessee. They had one daughter, Mattie, now married to Dr.
W. W. Murphy, of McPherson. Wife died in 1858. Was again married in 1860, to Miss
Hattie M, Doss, a native of Missouri. They have three children—George E. William H.C.
aud Ose Leelie.. He was again married in May, 1877, to Jemima Lineberry, a native of
Pennsylvania. Haveoneson, Warren C, The doctor is a member of the Kuight Templars,

A. F. & A. M., also State Central Medical Association of Kansas. In conclusion we will
add thatthe doctor began business in McPherson on $100 borrowed capital.

‘engaged in merchandising for abont seven years.

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SAMUEL W. DAY, pl'ysician and surgeon, located in the practice of medicine at Mc-
Pherson, October 12, 1877. He was born near Cleveland, Tenn., 1850. Began the study of
medicine in 1868, under . preceptor. He graduated from the University Medical College, of
Nashville, Tenn., in 1872, and began the practice of medicine in his native place, where he
continued until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1871, to Miss Maggie Taylor, of his
native place. They have two children, John P, and Mattie A. The doctor is Examining
Surgeon for pensions in McPherson County, appointed in 1880.

. R. DEAN, firm Webster & Dean, attorneys-at-law, loan, real estate and collecting
agents, He came to McPherson, Kan, in 1872, engaged_in farming. Was Sheriff of Mc-
Pherson County 1873-74. Bornin Woodford County, Ky., April 10, 1841, lived in native
State until 1872, engaged In teaching and farming. ‘Enlisted September J, 1861, Company
G, Twenty-first Kansas Volunteer Infantry, participated in all battles of his command,
mustered out October 1, 1864. Promotions were Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Aid de Camp
under Gen. C. Whittaker. Heisamember of James B. McPherson Post No. 87, G. A. R.
Married to Miss Lizzie A. Dale, of same county, Kentucky. They have eigut children—
Emma 5&., Thomas H., Jennie, H. Newton, Lulinda, S. Elniore, Charles H. and Maggie.

B. J. DREESEN, loan agent, notary public and real estate broker, opened business in
May, 1881. He came to Salina in 1878, and there engaged as map draughtsman for U. P.
R. R. Co. until he came to McPherson, He was born in Germany, in 1834, came to America
in 1852, ‘Ast locating in Texas and was a traveling teacher for many years. He enlisted in
1864 in Company H, Fortieth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, served until
wounded ina battle March 26, 1865, and discharged out of hospital in Washington, D. C.
Married in 18. Heisamember of James B, McPherson Post No. 87, G. A. R.

LEVI L. EDGINGTON, homeeapathic physician and surgeon, first came to Galva August
5. 1880, and continued the practice of medicine. Moved to McPherson in November, 1882
where he is actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He was born in Ontario,
Ohio, June 20, 1833, and was raised in his native State. Began the study of medicine in
1863. He entered Knox College as a student at Galesburg, IIl.. in 1857, spending some time
ina scientific course. Graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College in 1878. Began the
braces of medicine in Galesburg, I1l., in 1874, also practiced at New Windsor, same State.

arried in 1863 to Miss Nancy Callon of Greenville, Pa. They have three children, Sarah
J., Stella M., and Arthur L,

J. M. FIGLEY, firm of Figley & Cullens, dealers in general line groceries, queeusware,
etc., opened business in June, 1882. Erectid a store inthe season of 1882 of brick, at a
cost of $2,500. They carry a general stock of $2,000 und employ three men in the busi-
ness. He cameto McPherson, Kas, in June, 1882. Born in La Harpe, Hancock Co., Ill,, in
1850. He first started business in life as a photograpber and followed that business eight
years. Then went into grocery business and followed that until hecameto Kansas. Mar-
ried in 1873 to Miss Nellie Cullins, a native of Illinois. They have two children, J. Ray-
mond and Newton. Heisa member of the I. O. 0. F.

J. A. FLESHER, County Clerk, first came to Allen County, Kas., in March, 1871, and
farmed until 1872. Came to McPherson County, October, 1872, and followed the same busi-
ness until 1878. Then clerked in the postoffice a year. Was elected County Clerk in the
fall of 1879, and took charge of the office January 12, 1880. By re-election has since held
thesame. He was bornin Edgar County, Ill., October 6, 1844. Wasraised on a farm and
lived in that county until he came to Kansas. Heenlisted February 1, 1862, in Company
H, Sixty-second R ‘giment INinois Volunteer Infantry. Participated in all the battles of
his command and was mustered out March 6, 1866, at Little Rock, Ark. He was married
December 20, 1877, to Miss Mary E. Adams, of Allen County, Kas., a native of Kentucky.
They have one son. Herbert Clark. Mr. F. and wife are members of the Presbyterian
Chureh. He is a member of K. of H. and K. and L, of H., also amember of James B.
McPherson Post No. 37, G. A. R.

WALLACE GLEASON, Sheriff of McPherson County, He came to McPherson in
November, 1873. brospected some time and clerked three and one-half years in general
merchandise. Appointed Sheriff in April, 1879, and elected to the same office the
following fall. Re-elected in 1881. He was born in Davis County, Iowa, March 3, 1846.
Raised and educated in his native county onafarm. Marriedin May, 1868, to Miss M. E.
Kelso, of Richland County, Ohio. They have one-daughter, Edith May. He is a member
of the Knights of Pythias of McPherson. He is also engagedin agricultural pursuits and
stock business. Owns 240 acres of land, 130 of which is cultivated. His place is located in
Groveland Township, McPherson County.

M. L. GRIMES, resident partner in Kansas Lumber Company. The above business was
opened in the fall of 1877, by M. L. Grimes, They carry a stock of $15,000. They employ
ten men in the business season. M. L. Grimes first came to Burton, Kas., in 1878, and
opened the lumber trade where he remained until he located in McPherson. He was born
in Paw Paw, Mich., in 1849. Has lived in Kalamazoo, and Grand Rapids, Mich., and Chi-
cago, Ill., having been engaged in the lumber trade all of his business life. He is a mem~
ber of the Masonic fraternity. 7

A.J.GUSTAFSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. McPherson, Section 22. He first
came to Kansasin April, 1872, locating on his present place. He has a farm of 240 acres,
with 160 cultivated; has 80 acres Section 35, Canton Township, 40 of which is cultivated.
He was born in Sweden, May 23, 1839, came to America 1868, followed the manufacture of
boots and shoes in Chicago, Il, until 1870, when he came to Topeka, Kansas, and worked at
the trade until he settled ‘on his land. Married in fall 1869 to Miss Charlotte Lindblom, a
native of Sweden, born December 24, 1844; they have three children—John Edward, Charles
Frederick and Anton Alfred. In 1882 he raised 2,000 bushels wheat, an average of thirty-
five bushels per acre. s

J. B. HAIGHT, contractor and builder, of the firm of Haight, Ellison & Hart. He came
to Kansas in May, 1871, and remained for some time in what was known as King City, now
defunct; he then came to McPherson, and then became interested in the town site. Has
worked at carpenter trade since. He was born in Sussex County, N. J., in 1849, and was
raised in Putnam County N. Y. Married in 1873 to Miss Mary Bonnell, of Ashtabula, Ohio;
they have three chiidren—Fannie F , Edith I. and InaG. He is a member of the Knight of
Honor of McPherson. Has served iu several town: ip offices. : :

JOHN C. HAMILTON, one of the proprietors of the McPherson Flouring Mills, came to
McPherson in June, 1879. He was bornin Fredonia Chatauqua County, N. Y., in 1848; he
was raised aud educated in his native county, being brought up a merchant, which business
he followed rv ntil his health failed him and he came to Kansas, He was married, in 1875, to
Miss Susan K. Guernsey, of Buffalo, N. Y. Heis a member of the McPherson City Council.
His father in law, John J. Guernsey, a descendant of the Guernseys,of Guernsey Island, now
living in McPherson, was born in 1801; he is said to be the oldest man in central Kansas.

D. W. HEATH & CO., proprietors People’s Elevator; this elevatur was erected in Sep-
tember, 1881, at a cost of $9,000, with a capacity of 29.UU0 bushels. In connection with grain
trade they deal largely in live stock and ship hy cai toad. They employ elena men in the
above business. They shipped 500 cars of wheat in the season of 1882. Mr. D, W. Heath
first located in ‘Warvey County, Kansas, in 1870, on Arkansas River, and followed the cattle
business until he came to McPherson and then engaged inthe hardware and farm machi-
nery: business; leased the above elevator in 1881. He was born in Oakland County, Mich.,
in 1849, where was raised and lived until coming to Kansas. He was married, in 1874, to
Miss C. E. McDougal, a native of Virginia; they have one son—Asa Leon. Mr. Heath is a
member of the Masonic order of McPherson, Kansas. He has a stock ranch ten miles west
of McPherson with 400 acres fenced; now has 150 head of cattle.

O. HEGGELUND came to Lindsborg, Kansas, in 1874, where he engaged in merchan-
dising for about two years. He then moved to McPherson, where he- followed the same
business for about five years, the last two years under the name of O. Heggelund & Son. He
then retired and afterwards devoted his attention to banking, being a charter member of
the Bank of Lindsborg as well as the Farmers’and Merchants’ Bank of McPherson, Kan.,
both being State banks, representing each a capital of $50,000. He is at preseut the presi-
dent of both banks. He was born in Norway, in 1831, was married in 1858, to Miss Anna
Dahl, They havethree children. C. Augustis assistant cashier in the Farmers’ and Mer-
chants’ Bank of McPherson; Edward C, now attending the Commercial College (Gem City
of Quincy, Ill.; Menotti Garibaldi, attending McPherson High School. Mr. Heggelun
came to America in 1864 and Jocated in Chicago, Ill., where he lived for about two years
and became owner of a vessel sailing on the lake. He then moved to Story City, Iowa, and
In 1873 he closed out his business, made
a visit to his native country for about a year, came direct from Norway to Kansas. Heisa
member of the Masonic order.

JOHN F. HUGHES, Deputy-Postmaster, McPherson, ofthe firm of Wright & Hughes,
also keeps a loan and real estate office. He came to McPherson County, Kan., in March,
1867, when he engaged in stock raising and farming. He now owns 400 acres of land, with
about 200 under cultivation. He was elected Register of Deeds in 1874 and, by re-election,
held the office five years. He was born in Yenalge County, Pa., in 1842: he learned the
miller’s trade when he was young and worked at the business some time. He enlisted in
July 12, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, participated in all the battles of bis command until he was wounded at
the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., and taken prisoner; was held only three days, when he made
his escape. He was mustered out in March, 1865. He married, in 1876, Miss Mary McClin-
tock, a daughter of Rev. William McClintock. They had one son, Walter L. His wife died
September 29, 1879. He re-married December 12, 1882, to Miss Minnie Bomberger. He is
a member of the James B. McPherson Post, No. 87, G. A. R., also I. O, O. F., and K, of P. of
McPherson, Kan. f

H. B. KELLY, editor and proprietor of the McPherson Freeman, was born in Rich-
mond, Ky., February 28, 1843. His parents removed to Iowa in 1849 and settled on a farm
near Burlington. In 1862 Mr. Kelly enlisted in Company ©, First Iowa Cavalry, serving
three years as a private soldier. At the close of the war he came to Atchison County, Kan.,
where he taught school during the fall of 1865. In February, 1866, he removed to Buehanan
County, Mo., where he engaged pein pau y in teaching. Mr. Kelly came to reside perma-
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he was one of the editors of the Howard City Messenger and was afterwards associated in
the publication of the Elk Falis Journal. Later he became interested in the Chautauqua
Journal, selling that pal er to buy the McPherson Freeman. Mr. Kelly was married Novem-
ber 17, 1870, to Mrs. Julia L. Adkins, His wife was born in Lexington, Mo., November 14,
1844, They have two children, William G., born September, 1871, near Plattsburg, Mo., and
Emma _L., born in Howard City, Elk Co., Kan., April, 1873.

E. L. LOOMIS. Deputy County Clerk, first came to McPherson County, Kan., in the fall
of 1871, farmed and tanght school until the fall of 1879, when he moved to McPherson and
engaged in the real estate loan business a year, became Deputy County Clerk January 12,
1880. He was born in Peoria, Il., February 1, 1851, lived in his native city until 186),
tuence to Bloomington, Ill., until 1868, when he went to Wayne County, Iowa, and lived
until he cameto Kansas. He was married December 25, 1870, to Miss Hattie K. Duncan, of
Crawfordville, Ind. They have three children, Lawrence D., Leroy M. and Hallie B. He is
a meinber of the K, of H., of McPherson, Kan.; he served as Trustee of Loan Tree Town-
ship, two terms, Township Clerk and member of the District School Board.

D. W. LOVELL, of the firm of Collins & Lovell, proprietors Star Livery Stables. They
keep from eight to twenty head of horses, with buggies and carriages, and opened business
in May, 1882. Mr. Lovell came to Kansas in the spring of 1880, locating in Harvey County,
where he went into the cattle business with an uncle, and followed it until the fall of 1882.
He owns a farm of cighty acres in Garden Township, Harvey County, fifty acres of which
are under cultivation. In 1882 he raised 350 bushels of wheat and 800 bushels of corn. He
was born in Sharon, Conn., in 1854, and was raised and educated in that place. Moved to
Flint, Mich., in 1871, and since that time has been engaged in various occupations.

G. W._MoCLINTICK, editor of the McPherson Independent, was born in Hancock
County, Ohio, December 31, 1852. Removing to Kansas from Nebraska in the spring
of 1873, he learned his trade In the different newspaper offices uf McPherson County. Aside
from his record as a newspaper man, Mr. McClintick ts Known as a citizen of affairs, having
been elected to the City Council in 1876, and to the State Legislature in 1878. He was mar-
ried in March, 1876, and has two children—Mattie and Eura, ‘

G. L. McCOURT, dealer in saddles, harness and saddlers’ hardware, began the trade
November 18, 1874, being the first established business of the kind in McPherson County.
He carries a stock of $15,000; occupies rooms 25x75 feet; employs seven men. He first
came to Leavenworth, Kansas, 1871, and worked at his trade a year; thence to Fort Scott
as Post Saddler a year, thence to Leavenworth at U.S. Arsenal until spring 1864, and in
fall of same year came to McPherson. He was born in Baltimore, Md., July 7, 1847. Lived
in native city until 1864. Hethen went in Government employ, Quar. Dept. Army Ten-
nessee eighteen months, thence to Hannibal, Mo., and worked at trade two years, and other

laces until came to Kansas. Married, in 1882, to Miss Jennie Huggins, of Petersburg, Il.
eis a member of Masonic Order and K, of P. .

R. F. McGREW, attorney-at-law and collecting agent. He located in McPherson in May,
1881, and engaged in the practice of law. He was born in Aller eny County, Pa., 1841;
moved to Wapello County, Iowa, 1851, and to Clark County, same State, 1866, where he fol-
lowed merchandising a year, He then began the study of law, and was admitted to bar of
practice, 1870, iu Osceola, lowa, where he practiced his profession with Stuart Bros, until he
came to Kansas, Was admitted bar of Kansas in October, 1881. He was educated in Kirk-
ville Academy, Iowa. Married, in 1868, to Miss Georgia DuVall, a native of Ohio. They
have four chiidren—Harry W., Fred D., May Florence and Mabel. He is a member of
Congregational Church of McPherson.

_§$. G. MEAD, editor of the McPherson Republican, was born in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 25, 1885. He learned most of the details applying to a newspaper in
the City of New York, before pursuing an accademic and a collegiate course at the New
Britain and Yale institutions, At the latter college he pursued a special course under the
guidance of the faculty, graduated in 1855, then taught school and engaged in various occu-
pations, mostly of an educational character, in Connecticut and New York. From New

ork City he came west to Liberty, Lud., and after teaching school for a time he formed a
newspaper partnership in the publication of the Herald, under the firm name of Stivers &
Mead. This was in 1866. In June, 1868, Mr. Mead came to Kansas and settled in Green-
wood County, where he engaged in the publication of the Eureka Herald. In 1878, he sola
out his interest in the paper, and in December, 1879, as stated, he came to McPherson and
eommenced the publication of the Republican. Mr, Mead has held many offices of a public
nature, being Superintendent of Public Instruction in Indiana, before coming to Kansas,
bus as bois Dest nown as an editor and a publisher, facts connected with his public life are
not recorded. 5

G. J. MICHAELIS, dealer in dry goods and groceries, opened the business in March, 1882,
carrying a stock of $5,000. He first came to Kansas City, Mo., 1876, working in a general
ticket office some time, thence to Russell, Kan., and engaged in merchandising until he
came to McPherson. He was bornin Russia, 1856, came to America, 1876, married, 1881,
to Miss Lizzie Dinas, a native of Russia.

JOHN D. MILLIKEN, of the firm of Milliken York & Barber, attorneys AL law; real
estate and insurance agents. They also keep a complete set of abstracts of title. Son of
John and Margaret Milliken, born in Shar psville, Merc€r Co.,Pa., December 3, 1848. He was
educated at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Lawrence Co., Pa., in the scientific de-
partment; came to Peabody, Marion Co., Kan., October, 1870, where he engaged in survey-
ing and real estate business. Was elected County Surveyor in 1871. In December, 1872,
returned to Mercer County, Pa., spent seven years in Mercer and Clarion counties, part of
the time in the law office of Griffith & Mason in Mercer, and a portion of the time as oil
gauger for the Standard Oil Company Located in McPherson, Kan., 1879, as member of
the firm of McDermid Milliken & Myers, afterwards Milliken Myers & Barber (now as
above). Was admitted to practice law in 1880. Is aimember of Masonic Eraternity, K. 0
H. and Methodist Episcopal Church, Was married in Emporia, Kan., October 1, 1871, to
Miss Mellie V. Skinner, of Red Wing, Minn. Had three children—Chasie D., born October
12, 1872, died November 13, 1878; Lola V., born May 7, 1875; Maitland, born Octuber 15,

1881. Doinga prosperous business,

N. H. MORRISON, physician and surgeon, also dealer in general line drugs, medicines
and druggists’ sundries. e located in McPherson, Kan.. in April, 1879, and continued the

ractice of medicine. He opened the drug trade in spring 1880, now carries stock of $3,-
Boo. Born in Dallas County, Mo., 1853, educated in Hartford and Emporia, Kansas. Moved
to Kansas, 1865, went to San Francisco, Cal., 1870. He entered the Santa Barbara, Califor-
nia, Classical College, and was a student some time, He then began the study of medicine in
the University California at San Francisco, where he attended for atime. He then returned
to Kansas City, Mo., where, in the spring, 1879-80, he graduated from the College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons, Began practice of medicine at Kansas City, Mo. Married, in 1877, to
Miss Maria Cobb, a native of Missouri, but raised and educated in Iowa, He is a member
of Masonic Order and I. O. O. F.

M. G. MULL, agent for the Pacific Express Company. He first came to McPherson, Kas.,
in 1877, as a prospector, and engaged in various occupations, He clerked ina dry goods
house three years, then became agent for the above express company. He was born in
Rockville, Ind., December 31, 1853, and was raised and educated in his native place, from
whence he came to Kansas. He was married February 21, 1882, to Miss Anna L, Wolf, of
Hanover, Pa. His wite was born August 2, 1860.

W. W. MURPHY, physician and surgeon and dealer in drugs medicines and druggists’
sundries, He came to McPherson, Kas.,in 1873; there were only two families In the town
at that time, He opened the arug business in August, 1878, with a $200 stock. He erected
his store building inthe season of 1881, size of which 1s 25x97} feet, two stories high, at a
cost of $7,000: It is built of cut stone front and brick walls. He now carries a stock of
$8,000, and employs three clerks. He was born in Brockville, Can., on the St. Lawrence
River, August 19. 1846. He graduated from the literary department of Farmersville
Model School in 1860. Began the study of medicine in Decatur County, Iowa, in 1867.
He entered the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louls, graduating’ in 1876; at-
tended one course in 1870 and °71, practicing between the dates. Began the practice of
medicine in Pleasanton, lowa. Moved to Davis City, lowa, in 1872, and practiced his profes-
sion until 1873, when he went to McPherson, Married in 1869, to Miss Mattie A. Day, a
native of Bradley County, East Tenn., and a daughter of Dr. I. 0. Day. They have one
son—Claire W. e is a member of the Masonic Order, Knight Templars, and I, 0.0. F.
Has been a member of the City Council four years. His wife was Superintendent of Public
Instruction for McPherson County, Kas., froin 1876 to 1880, inclusive.

J. A. MYERS, Superintendent of Public Instruction for McPherson County. First came
to Kansas in August, 1878, and engaged in tbe law, land, and collection business, under the
firm of Milliken & Myers for a short time, then the firm changed to Milliken, Myers &
Barber until October, 1882. Elected County Superintendent in the fall of 1880. Has been
Justice of the Peace some time. Bornin Ashland County, Ohio, in1840. Moved to Warren
County, Iowa, in 1869. Was Principal of Palmyra Independent school a year. He then took
charge of a township graded school in Dallas County, Iowa, three years; then engaged in
merchandising until he came to Kansas. He was educated in the Savannah Academy, Ohio,
Enlisted in August, 1862, in Company F, Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; promo-
ted to Orderly Sergeant, Mustered out in 1863. Married in 1864, to Miss Hattie L. Foulks.
a native of La Fayette, Ohio. They have threechildren—Stella E., Ernest F., and Pearl H.
Is a member of the Masonic Order and K. of H.

CULLEN F. NICHOLS, Justice of the Peace, came to McPherson, Kas., in the spring of
1878; was appointed Justice of the Peace December 1, 1879; elected to fill a short term in
February, 1880; elected to fill along term in February, 1882. Elected Police Judge in April,
1282. He is anewspaper correspondent for several Eastern journals, also the Topeka Capital.
He was born in Burlington, Bradford Co., Pa., October 2, 1824. Was educated in his native
county; spent three years in the Troy Collegiate Institute, when he graduated. He began
the study of Jaw in 1851, inthe office of Judge Ulysses Mercer, of Towanda, Pa., now Su-
preme* Judge of Pennsylvania, Spent several] years as a student in the latter office. He
was elected County Auditor in the fallof 1851; held that office three years, Elected Repre-
sentative to the Pennsvlvania Legislature in the fall of 1856 and ’57; re-elected in the fall

 

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£1 and 58. Was afterward Deputy Postmaster of Towanda, Pa., three years, Was
Beaute aten tig in the House of Representatives in 1873 and 4, Enlisted {n the
summer of 1864 in Company B, Two Hundred and Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry ; articlpated in_allthe battles of his command. He was mustered out
as Orderly Sergeant, June 7, 1865. Was married in 1851, to Miss Martha Smith, a native of
Nichols, Tioga Co., N. They have twosons and one daughter—Albert E., now telegraph
operator at Sacramento, Cal.; Morris J., now operator at Cheyenne, W. T.; and Maria L.,
now married to Mr, L, H. Woodard, a conductor on Lehigh Valley RR. Mr. N- hols is a
member of the K. of P., of Towanda, Pa., and James R WePherson Post, No. 87, U. A, R.

J. P. POST, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0, MePh a, Section 21. He came to this
place in April, 1872. Has 100 acres of land, 185 of wu.v.i is cultivated. In 1882 he raised
1,940 bushels of wheat, an average of 27 3-4 bushels per acre. He has held several town of-
fices. He was bornin Sweden in 1848; came to America in 1863, settling in Knox County,
IJ]., and farmed there until 1870, thence to Cherokee County, Kansas,an: folloved the same
business until he cameto his present place. He was married in 1869 to Miss Ciara M. Eng-
berg, a native of Sweden. They have six children—Charles E.,Anna C., George A., Amos

and Jennie M,, and oneinfant, Hilda M. He is a member of the Lutheran Evangelical

he

on ENS AMIN ROBINSON, proprietor of Merchant’s Hotel, a first-class hotel of McPher-
son, Kansas. He opened the above house in May, 1881; capacity thirty guests. Mr, Robin-
son came to Kansas in January, 1880, locating in McPherson, where he has since been iden-
tified in hotel keeping. He was born on the Island of Man, British Isles, in 1836; came to
America in 185%, locating in Schuylkill County, Pa., where he followed cecal mining a few
months; thence to Bloomsburg County, Pa., and followed the same business a year; thence
to Ontonagon, Mich., where he tollowed copper mining a year. He then moved to Christian
County, Ky., and opened@the Brasher mines, where be followed the business about twelve

ears. He then beeame superintendent of St. Bernard Coal Gompany nine years; thence to

cPherson, Kansas, He was married December 25, 1861, to Miss A.J. Brasher, of Christian
County, Ky. They have one son and one daughter—Emma L., now married to Dr. R, R.
Logan, of Chicago, Ill., and George M. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Masonic order, 1.
0. FB, and was Pollce Judge of Arlington, Ky.
M. P, SIMPSON, attorney-at-law, of the firm of Simpson & Bowker, general collect-
ing, insurance, real estate and attorneys-at-law. Mr. Simpson first settled in McPherson in
duly, 1873, when he engaged in his present business. Heassisted on the Government survey
in Kansas in 1867-68, He was bornin Harrison County, Ohio, in 1837; lived in his native
State until 1861. Enlisted in October, 1861, in Company I, Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volun-
teer infantry; was made Sergeant Major of his regiment. He participated in all the battles
of his command; was mustered out in November, 1864, After leaving the army he went to
Christian County, Ill.. and farmed until September, 1865, when he entered the law depart-
ment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; graduated inthe spring of 1867, when
he came to Kansas, He began the practice of law in Taylorville, Iil.,in 1869, continued un-
til 1871; was admitted to the bar in 1867 in the Supreme Court of Illinois. He was married
in 1868, to Miss Margaret Cheney of Marion County, W. Va. They have one son—Corydon
Frederick. Heis a member and commander of James B. McPherson Post, No. 27, Depart-
ment of Kansas, G. A. R. He has served as County Attorney four years. His wife died in
1875 and he was married again in 1877, to Mrs, Mary E. Gildersleeve Montgomery, anative
of Pennsylvania.

Cc. O. SPENCER, Probate Judge, came to McPherson County in 1874; was elected
Probate Judge in 1880 and re-elected in 1882; was born in 1810 and raised in New London
County, Conn.; moved to Tioga County, Pa.,in 1833. He has always been engaged in farm-
ing; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1840 and twice re-elected, and served twelve years;
was elected County Commissioner in 1842 and served three Geers moved to Andrew
County, Mo., in 1863, from there to Atchison County, Mo., in 1876, aud remained there until
coming to McPherson County. He was married in 1834 to Miss Joan: +» Simpkins, of Tioga
County, Pa. They had ten children, five of whom are living—lusette, lia, Dallas, Charles
O., Jr., and Newman. His wife died in 1857; agaim married in 1858 .» Mrs. Sarah Ellis
Hurlburt. They had three children—Calvin, Alvin and Jennie. His wife died in 1879, and
he married again in 1880 to Mrs. Hannah [. Leonard, a native of New York. Himself and
fomily are members of the Christian Church. Heisa member of I. O. O. F. and Masonic

rders.

J. W. STABLER, of the firm of Stabler Bros., business managers of the lumber yard of
Eberhart & Sudendorf. They keep all kinds of building material and coal, taking charge
of the above business in the fall of 1379, They represent a stock of $8,000. J. W. Stabler
first came to McPherson County, Kan., locating in Empire Township, in 1872; farmed and
raised stock until he took charge of the above business. He was bornin York County, Pa,
September 21, 1842. Moved to Adams County, Ill, in 1854; enlisted in August, 1862, in
Company E, Kighty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Participated in the battles of Perry-
ville and Stone River, when he was placed on detached duty. He mustered out in June,
1865. Was married in 1868 to Miss A. R. Yeargam, of Adains County, IH. They have four
ghuldren-—Ly dia May, Willie Clay, Bessie and George. Heisa member of the Knights of

ythias. :

C. W. TILTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. McPherson, Section 19, southeast quarter,
He has 160 acres of farm land all under cultivation. He first came to this piace in Juty,
1874. and has since followed farming. Was bornin Knox County, Ohio, August 10, 1825;
lived in native place until fourteen years old; then parents went to White County, Ind..
where he lived about seventeen years; then went to Rice County, Minn., and farmed uatil
he came to Kansas. He was married July 2, 1848, to Miss Sarab E. Stout, of Miami County,
Ohto. They have six children—Emma, married to Mr. Adam Barkley; Charles W., mar-
ried; Almira, George E., Margaret A. and Frank. They are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. His wheat yield since 1874 has been :is follows: In 1875, 218 bushels;
in 1876, 656 bushels; -in 1877, 853; in 1878, 1,225; in 1879, 1.051; in 1880, 1,400; .in 1881,
840; in' 1882 he raised 1,376 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-two bushels per

acre,
JEFFERSON TOURNEY, County Surveyor, also attorney at law, collection and in-
surance agent (firm, E. M. Clark and Jefferson Tourney ). Mr, Tourney located in Mc-
Pherson County, Kan.,in March, 1880, and soon began clerking in a drug store, Ap-
pointed County Surveyor in April, 1881, and elected in November of same year. He located
in Beloit, Mitchell Co, Kan., in 1870, where he taught school two years. Heserved as clerk
in District Court in 1873; elected fall, 1874, served three years or more. He was Deputy
Register of Deeds and Deputy Count: Clerk for some time. Born in Liberty, Adams Co.,
Ill, in 1848; enlisted in February, 1865, in Company C, Fourteenih Regiment, Illinois Vol-
unteer Infantry. Mustered out in October, 1865.

E. R. WAIT, County Treasurer, farmer and stock ralser, first settled in Kansas in 1873,
in Harvey County, where he farmed until 1876, and moved to McPherson County and fol-
lowed _ the same occupation until the spring of 1880. Waselected County Treasurer in the
fall of 1879; took charge of the ofttce in the fall of 1880. He was born in LaBoef Town-
ship, Erie Co., Pa., {n 1839, and was raised on a farm. His parents moved to Kane County,
Ill, in 1848, moved to Grundy County, the same State, in 1857. He enlisted in August,
1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regiment Regular Illinois Volun-
teer {ntantry, participated in all the battles of his command uutil wounded. Was wounded
at the battle of Arkansas Post, January 11, 1868, and discharged on accourt of wounds,
June 12, 1863, He was married in 1860, to Miss Mary A. Pierce, of Grundy County, III.
They have three children—Eunice Randa, Arthur P, and William E. He is a member of
ne a ASOIG ren 1.0. U. F,, and James B. McPherson Post No. 87, G. A. B., also K. of H.

Te a as .
. B. WEBSTER, attorney-at-law, real estate and collecting agent, of the firm of Web-
ster & Dean, He came to McPherson, Kas., in the spring of 1872 when he e gaged in the
practice of law, He was born at Rock Island, I), 1845, and educated in Milan Universit: a
graduating in 1860. He enlisted in Company J, Eleventh Lnois Cavalry, in 1861, partici-
pated in allthe battles of this command, and mustered out in September, 1865. After
going out of the army, he engaged in farming for sometime. Began studying Jaw in the
all Of 1865, admitted fo the bar and began practice in 1870. He was married iu the fall of
1865, to Miss Elizabeth Evie, a native of Illinois. They have three sons and one daughter
posintles, Wa rerry M., Chandler W., Ollie A. Mr, W. is a member of James B, McPherson
D.C, WELCH, of the firm of Welch & Clossen attorneys-at-la and
negotiators of farm loans. He located in McPherson, Was. in Sean uaeanie has
since continued the splactice of law He was born in Mouticello, Piatt Co., Ul, November
16, 1842, was raised on a farm and educated in the common schoolsof his native town,
Taught school and began the study of law at the age of twenty-five years; entered alaw
office as student at the age of twenty-seven. Was admitted to the bar of practice in 1872,
and began his profession at Farmer City, Ill., where he continued until coming to McPher-
son. Enlisted, March 23, 1864; was mustered out at San Antonio, Tex., November 22,
1865 Was wounded at the battle of Mobile, Ala. Participated in all the battles of his com-
mand, in Company F, Second [Minois Cavalry. Married in March, 1868, to Miss Clementina
Robiuson, of Lawrenceburg, Ind. They have three children—Emma F., Ora E. and Ne’lie.
He isa member or ee: Ho ge,Chapter, at Hnight Templar, and Master of Former, A. F. &
.-M, g > orney an y Clerk.

WILLIAMS & COTTING HAM. proprietors McPherson Bank, Gust. Carlander, cashier.
This bank was organized in March, 1878, in the city of McPherson, McPherson Go., Kas.,
and was the first one opened in the County, opera fortwo years before any other bank
Was opened for business. It is, and has been under the same management since its organ-
ization; has ample capital, deposits vary from $50,000 to $130,000. rai bank has a branch
at Canton, McPherson Co., Kas., under the management of M. T. Fletcher and W. 0. Gray.
chev also own one-third of the bank block, which fs 75x85 feet, two stories high, built of
brick and stone in the season of 1880, at a cost of $21,000, and also own over 3,G00 ‘acres of
land in McPherson and Rice counties, most of which is under cultivation.» During the
mouths of August, September and until October 15, 1882, they paid out over one-half iill-

 

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McPHERSON COUNTY.

ion dollars on grain checks, ete. They were born and raised in Dewitt County, Ill. E. P.
Williams was born in 1844, and pera life a farmer. Was married in 1869, to Miss Estle
Fletcher, of DeWitt County, Ill. W. Ef. Cottingham was born in 1847, and began life a
farmer and stock dealer, aud was married to Miss Mattie Chapin, in 1869.

WOLF BROTHERS, manufacturers and dealers in cigars; factory No. 19. They em-
ploy eight hands in the business. They opened the business in December, 1881. William

. Wolf was born in Vigo County, Ind., in 1859. He was married In 1881, to Miss Johanna
Long, of Leavenworth, Kas. H.N Wolf was born in the same place, in 1861. They were
raised in their native country. He first began life inthe tobacco business. Followed their
hardware business for seven years.

JOHN R. WRIGHT, Postmaster, McPherson, came to McPherson County, Kas., in Feb-
ruary, 1871, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was elected County Clerk
in che fall of 1873, and by re-election, held the office six years. He took charge of the Mc-
Pherson postoffice immediately after the expiration of term as County Clerk. He owns 640
acres of land, with 265 acres under cultivation, He raised 4,600 bushels of wheat on 145
acres of land, in 1882. He was born in Newark, N.J., November 1, 1841; moved with his
parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1852. He first began business in life in grain and commis-
sion trade, and followed that while in Ohio. He enlisted, June, 20, 1861, in Company G,
Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. served twenty-one months. Lost his left arm at
Fayetteville, W. Va., September 10, 1862. He afterward worked afew months in the Ad-
jpeane Geueral’s Office Department of Ohio, He graduated from Nelson’s Commercial Col-

ege, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863. He was married in 1865, to Miss Amanda Rudolph, of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio. ‘They have four children—Charles H., John E., Carrie A. and George W. He
is a member of the James B. McPherson Post, No. 87, G. A. R.

0. RK, firm of Milliken, York & Barber, attorneys-at-law, real estate, loan and
collectin agents and abstract office, Mr. York first located in Bavaria, Saline Co,, Kas.. in
the fall 1869. Clerked two years ina general store, then went into the employ of the K. P.
R. R., where he continued until October, 1882, when he became one of the above firm.
Born in Portage County, Ohio, 1853; lived in native place until he came to Kansas. Began
the study of law in-May, 1881. Married in 1876 to Miss Amanda Clark, of Norwalk, Huron
Co., Ohio. They have two children—Glenier and Maud Irene. Mr. Y. is a member of Ma-
sonic order of McPherson, Kas.

LINDSBORG.

As has been previously stated, the town of Lindsborg was located by the
Chicago Swedish colony in 1868. Among the one hundred members who com-
posed the colony the leading spirits were John Ferne, afterwards County Com-
missioner ; C. Carlson and J. O. Lindh. N. P. Swenson was the first settler in
the township, locating just west of the present town, where he started a black-
smith shop. The first building erected upon the town site was the company’s
house, in which religious services were held and the county’s business transact-
ed. Some time before the colony had erected a small stone building, about
four miles north of Lindsborg, in Saline County. Here John Ferne lived be-
fore he came to this county,and kept the company’s books. In 1870 he located
about two and a half miles northeast of town. But the first house érected on
the town site was built by Neils Olson, now of New Gottland, in 1869. The
same year J. H. Johnson opened the first store, about a mile west of Lindsborg,
where he kept a postoffice. The Swedish Merchant’s Association bought out
Mr. Johnson, removed the building to Lindsborg, and established the first store
and postoffice here in the spring of 1870. In May, 1871, C. Carlson, agent for
the First Swedish Agricultural Society, surveyed the townsite. The Lindsborg
of to-day is situated in the noithern part of McPherson County, on the Salina
& Southwestern Railroad. It is located in the valley of the Smoky Hill River,
twenty miles south of Salina, on Section 17, Township 17, Range 3 west. Next
to McPherson, it is the most flourishing point in the county, and is growing
quite rapidly. The postoffice in Lindsborg was established in 1869, J. H. John-
son being the first Postmaster. He was succeeded by John Ferne. W. J. Hen-
ry, the present incumbent, was appointed in 1873.

Lindsborg was incorporated as a city July 8, 1879, John A. Swensson being
its first Mayor. The officials for 1882 are as follows: Mayor, W. J. Henry;
Council, D. Johnson, J. Christian, Wm. Schwensen, C. P. Gunnerson and A.
Lincoln. The city has no fire department. ;

Lindsborg is situated on the Salina and Southwestern road in the northern
part of the county and in the midst of a splendid farming region. The Smoky
Hill River passes through the city and furnishes good water power. The popu-
lation of the place is now about 600, It contains a water power and a steam
flour mill, three elevators, one bank, two hotels, three newspapers, and a num-
ber of the largest general stores in the county. It has also one of the best dis-
trict schools in this section of the State. District No. 3 completed the fine two-
story brick ‘structure, which is now occupied, in the fall of 1882, at a cost of
about $6,000. The dimensions of the building on the ground are 32x54 feet.
E. C, Minton, who has been principal of the school for three years, is assisted
by Miss Emma Johnson and Miss M. Milam. The attendance is about 150.
Although the school is now divided into but three departments—the primary,
intermediate and grammar—it is intended soon to establish a high school.

Another educational e'ement which is working for the good of Lindsborg
is the Bethany Academy, which is controlled by the Smoky Hill District of the
Swedish Lutheran Kansas Conference. It was first opened in October, 1881,
with thirty pupils; it now has eighty. The land upon which the school build-
ing stands was donated by the Swedish Lutheran Bethany Church of Linds-
borg. The instruction is mostly in English, one aim, besides that of general
educational development, being to fit students for the Swedish College at Rock
Island, Ill. Board of Directors: Rev. C. A. Swensson (president), J. Seleen, A.
W. Dahlsten, P. M. Sannquist, John A. Swensson, A. Lincoln, C. J. Stormquist
and J. Thorstenberg. Faculty: Rev. C. A. Swensson, J. A. Udden, E. Nelander.
C. G. Norrman; J. Hasselquist, instructor of gymnastics; Luther Swensson, in-
structor of instrumental music. ‘

Lindsborg is an important grain point, as witness its three elevators and two
mills, The steam mill was erected in the winter of 1881-2. The size of the
main building is 26x36 feet, exclusive of the engine and boiler house, and a
20x40 feet warehouse. The mill, which is owned and operated by S. P. Carlton,
is doing a large business, the entire value of the property being about $12,000.
The water power mill of Bergsten & Johnson went into operation in the sum-
mer of 1882. The size of the main building is 36x40 feet. This, with out-
building and land, is valued at $8,000. The firm confine themselves to custom
work,

Wickham & Co.’s elevator was erected in the summer of 1579, at a cost of
$6,000, and has a capacity of 12,000 bushels. The headquarters of the firm are
in Salina.

In the summer of 1880 was erected the Farmer’s Shipping Elevator, at a
cost of $3,000. It has a Capacity of 6,000 bushels.

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. their building in'1879 at a cost of $6,000. It has a capacity of 30,000 bushels,
dimensions of the building, 48x48 feet.
By September, 1882, the business of this place had grown so materially
that O. Heggelund, of McPherson City, established a bank here, of which he is
now president—John A. Swenson, cashier. The deposits average $25,000;
subscribed capital, $50,000, and paid-up capital, $12,500.
The press of Lindsborg is represented by the ZLocalist, the Smoky Hill
News, and Kansas Posten. .
The Lindsborg Zocalis¢ was established April 19, 1879, by Wm. McClint-
ick, After operating it about three months the paper came into the possession
of Walter Younger, and six months after Mr. Younger assumed control he was -
bought out by J. H. Hyde. In May, 1880, John McPhail, the present editor,
bought the establishment. It is now being published by D. Sargent, under a
lease. The Localist is a seven-column folio. Republican in politics.
The Smoky Valley News was established September 21, 1881, by A. Ring-
wald, its present editor and proprietor. In October, 1882, the form of the pa-
per was changed from a seven-column folio to an eight-column folio, its present
form. The ews is Republican in politics. Mr. Ringwald came from Ottawa to
this county, when a young boy, in 1867, and learned-his trade in Lindsborg.
The Kansas Posten,the only Swedish paper published in the State, was
established in October, 1882. Its editors are professors in the Bethany Acade-
my, although the journal is not designed as a sectarian organ. J. A. Udden, E.
Nelander and C. A. Swensson conduct the journal.
There are four religious organizations in Lindsborg—the Swedish Luth-
eran, the Swedish Methodist, the Swedish Mission, and the Methodist Episco-
pal churches.
The Swedish Lutheran (Bethany Church) was organized in 1869, by Prof.
O. Olsson, the first County Superintendent of Schools. In 1874, the first por-
tion of the present commodious and imposing stone structure was erected, and
an addition made in 1880-’81. Asit stands, the building presents a fine appear-
ance, being composed of brown sandstone quarried from the bluffs near the city.
Its size is roox4t feet, with a spire 118 feet high, A large and elegant parson-
age has been built, also. The entire value of the church property is about
$12,000. Prof. Olsson remained in charge of the church until 1877, when, after
a vacancy of two years, he was succeeded by Rev. C. A. Swensson, the present
pastor. The church has a membership of 800; communicants, 506. It is the
largest organization of the kind in the State. In connection with the church,
there is also maintained flourishing Sunday and parochial schools, the latter
being conducted in the summer months.
The Free Mount Luthesan was organized in 1869, by the Rev. A. W. Dahl-

In 1881 a very fine brick church, one of the finest country churches in
the State, was erected, at a cost of $18,000. It hasa spire of 125 feet. The
dimensions of the building are 84x44 feet. The society has a membership of
435; communicants, 492. Rev. J. Seleen, pastor of the church, is also president
of the conference. =

The New Gottland Lutheran Church was organized in 1872, and a frame
church erected in 1876. Present membership, 480; communicants, 250. The
first and present pastor is Rev. P. M. Sonquest. :

The Elmsborg Lutheran Church was organized in 1880. The society has
no building. It has a membership of 109; communicants, 54; pastor, Rev. N.
Nordling. ; ‘

The Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in Tatum school-
house, Saline County, November, 1871, with nine members, all emigrants from
the Eastern States. The organization was effected with Rev. S. B. Newman,
presiding elder, and Rev. Nels Peterson, pastor. The first trustees were Isaka
Agrilius, Takarias Gabrielson, John N. Anderson, J. Aldrin, David Blomberg.
A church and good parsonage was built in Lindsborg in 1875,the first service in
the new church being on Christmas morning, 1876. The church building was
26x32, and finely furnished and finished. It was destroyed by fire, December
18, 1879,.no insurance. The next day a subscription was started fora new
church edifice, and on the 14th of August, 1881, a fine brick church was dedi-
cated by Rev. Y. A. Gabrielson, presiding elder, O. J. Swan being the pastor.
The new church is 30x42, neatly finished, with Gothic windows, carpets, etc.
It is valued at $2,000, and is free of debt. The congregation numbers sixty-one
members, and belongs to the Northwest Swedish Conference. The following
pastors have had charge of the congregation: Rev. Nels Peterson, 1871 to
1875; Rev. Jonas Engstrom, 1875 to 1876; Rev. C. N. Wennersten, 1876 to 1877;
Rev. A. G. Engstrom, 1877 to 1880; Rev. Oscar Svan, 1880 to 1881; Rev. P. J.
Berg, 1881 to present time.

The Swedish Mission Church was organized in 1875, Rev. Mr. Blom being
the first pastor. A building was erected the same year, about four miles north-
east oftown. In July, 1879, the large brick edifice in which the society wor-
ship in Lindsborg, was erected at a cost of $5,000. A parsonage was also built.
Services are still held in the old church building. The membership of the
Lindsborg organization consists of one-hundred families. Rev. K. Erixon, their
last pastor, remained in charge of the society two years.

Although itinerant services had been held for some time previous, the
Methodist Episcopal Church was not organized until July, 1879 by the Rev. Mr.
Matthews. He was succeeded by Rev. J. M. Archer, the present incumbent, in
March,1881. The congregation worship in the Swedish Methodist Church,
having a membership of about twenty.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—SMOKY HILL TOWNSHIP,

JOHN ANDERSON, dealer in grain, broom corn, and proprietor of the Anderson &
Ferlin elevator, which was erected in 1879, size of which is forty-eight feet square, forty
feet high, capacity is 20,000 bushels; when it is fully completed, it will have a capacity of
30,000, cost $6,000. He began the grain trade in 1880. He first came to Salina in 1874, and
engaged in the sale of farm implements, and coutinued until he came to Lindsborg, He
was born in Sweden in 1849; was raised on a farm amd came to America in 1869, locating in
Indiana. He has since visited many portions of the United States; has clerked and followed
merchandising in Chicago, I1]., and other cities. He was County Clerk of Saline County one
term. Was married in 1873, to Miss Amanda Rahm, of Sweden. They have three chil-
dren—Alfhild H., Vida D, and Clarence, He is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Salina, Kan.

L, F, ANDERSON, dealer in general line of household furniture, and undertaker. He
opened trade November 27, 1874, erected a store building in 1876. at a cost of $700. Is now
about to erect a two-story building at a cost of about $2,000, and carries an average stock of

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$2,000. He firstcame to Kansas, July 4, 1869, worked as a carpenter in various places in
the State previous to locating in this busitiess. He was born in Sweden, in 1843. Was raised
a cabinet-maker, learning the trade in Stockholm, Sweden, Came to America in 1868, lived
one year in New York City, thence to Kansas. Married in 1875, to Miss Charlotte M. Elin-
quist, a nativeof Sweden. They havethree children—Frederick Ephraim, Gust Emanuel
and Esther Helen. He is a member of the Free Lutheran Church aud a Republican.

A. E. AGRELIUS keeps a loan, insurance and collecting office, negotiator of mortgage
loans, notary public and Justice of the Peace. He located in_Liudsborg, in 1877, and en-
gaged as a carpenter until 1878, when he opened the above office. He was born in Youngs-
ville, Penn., in 1854. Was raised on a farm and educated in his native place. He was mar-
ried in 1881, to Miss Mary Fisher, of La Porte County, Ind. ‘hey have one .daughter—
recs They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. e is a Republican in

olitics.

E. G. BELLOWS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Lindsborg, Section 3. He located on his
place in the spring of 1870. Came to Saline County, Kan., iu spring of 1860, and then pros-
pected in various portious of the State until October, 1861; left the State, but returned in the
winter of 1863, settled on a farm and followed agricultural pursuits since in the county.
When he first came to Saline County, Leavenworth, Kan., was the nearest market, 185 miles
east. He was occasionally goue on the trip from four to six weeks. He has been obliged to
flee to places of safety several times during early pioneer times, on account of Indlan trou-
bles, e was born in Akron, Ohio, December 15, 1826, and raised on a farm. Went to Cali-
fornia in spring of 1850, where he fllowed mining until 1860. Married in 1877, to Miss
Eliza J. Lupton, a nativeof Pickway, MiamiCo., Ohio, They have three children—Mary
H., Henry G, and Harriet S. He now owns 320 acres of land, 200 of which are cultivated. In
1882, he raised 2,400 bushels of wheat, an average of thirty bushels per acre.

_ J. G. BERGSTEN, of the firm of Bergsten & Jounson; first came to McPherson County,
in 1870, settled on a homestead and farmed eleven years. Became a member of the firm of
Sundstrum & Bergsten in 1879 ;was interested in the erection of a large brick store in Linds-
borg, and moved to that place in 1881. Inthe spring of 1882, went into partnership with
Mr. Johnson, and bought the water power at Lindsborg and erected the Smoky Valley
- Flouring Mills. He is still interested in the above store and mills, and operates the mills.
He was born in Sweden, in 1841; was raised a farmer and came to America jn 1866, settling
in Chicago, IL, where he remained four years asastone cutter. He was one of the origina-
tors of the Swedish Colony of Chicago, Ill., who immigrated to the Smoky Valley bottom
and founded the colony and town of Lindsborg. He was married in 1868, to Miss Gustava
Huntig, of Sweden. They have five children—Ethna, Ida, Ellen, Alpe, and Ephraim. They
are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church, of the Augustana Synod of America. He
has held different offices in the township, and is now Treasurer of Smoky Hill Township.
1s a Republican in politics.
i, BERQUIST, physician and surgeon, came to Lindsberg, Kan., in May, 1882,
where he has since practiced medicine; Delonas to Allopathic School; born in Sweden 1852;
came to America, in 1868, locating in Kandiyo hi County, Minn., where he remained a year;
thence went to New Orleans, La., and from thence to Austin, Texas, where _he engaged in
the grocery and liquor business two years, and a year in photographing. He then went to
Louisville, Ky., and entered a Medicial University and graduated March 1, 1877. Then
spent nine monthsin a general hospital, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Thence went to Wilmer,
Minn,, and practiced medicine until 1878; thence to Teller, Col., where he continued his
profession until he came to Kansas. Republicanin politics,

J. G. BRUMITT, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lindsborg, Section 10. He came to
this place in 1870; coming to Saline County in 1865; farmed and followed freighting until
he settled on his present place. He was borniu Williamson County, Tenn., April 24, 1842;
was raised a farmer; enlisted in August, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and Twentieth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He participated in all the battles of his command until take

risoner at the battle of Guntown. Miss., June, 1864, and was confined in Andersonvil
risonthree anda half months. He was paroled from the Rebel Stockade at Sayannah,
Ga., November, 23, 1864; was mustered out in September, 1865. Marriedin 1870, to Miss
Mary Lipe, of Jackson County, Ill They have two cbildren—Mary Alice and Jesse G.
they are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lindsborg. He is a Republican
n politics, ;

GEORGE CARBAUGH, dealer in general line of drugs, medicines, paints, oils and
druggists’ sundries; opened trade May, 4, 1882, and carries a general stock of $1,000. He
located in Smoky Hill Township, on a farm, May 2, 1866. His nearest neighbor was then
five miles off. Nearest market and postoffice, was then Salina, twenty-three miles north;
there were only three families living in Smoky Hill Township, at that time. He took the
first United States Census of the Township, in 1870. He wasone of the first Justices of the
Peace in McPherson County, being appointed November 19, 1867. He was born in Wash-
ington County, Pa, 1832. Was reared afarmer. He followed boating on the Miami Canal
thirteen years. Enlisted in June, 1861, in Company H, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
participated in many engagements of his command and wounded in the battle of Chatta-
nooga, and spent sometime in hospital; mustered out June 20, 1864; re-enlisted for a vear
in the Hancock Veteran Corps. served the full time, and mustered out March 9, 1866. Then
cameto Kansas. Heisamemberl. O. O. F., of Salina,

CARLSON & JOHNSON, dealersin general merchandise, opened trade in the spring
of 1871. They erected their store building of brick and stonein 1876. 1t has 100 feet front
and 125 feetin depth. They occupy a room in L shape, 25x75 and 50 feet. Tho cost of the
whole building exceeded $11,000. They first began with a stock only of about $1,500, and
kept no clerks only themselves. They now carry an average stock of $20,000, and employ
ten persons in the business. Their trade averages from $10,000 to $15,000 er month, and it
reached $20.000 in Noveinber, 1882. Mr. Carlson was born in Sweden, November, 1838,
being of humble parentage, he began lifeas ashoemaker; has taught school also. He was
educated in the College of CarJstad, Sweden, Braduating at the age of twenty-one years.
Came to Ainerica in the fall of 1868, and moved to McPherson County, Kan., with the first
Swedish Agricultural Colony from Chicago, Ill. He took a homestead and farmed two years;
then into merchandising six months alone before Mr. D. Johnson became one of the firm.
He was married in 1§65, to Miss Emily Jacobson, a native of Sweden. They are members
of the Free Swedish Lutheran Church.

J.B. CURTIS, physician and surgeon, located onthe Saline River, in Ottawa County,
Kan., in the spring of 1869, with his parents, ard there engaged in the drug business, an
the practice of medicine; came to Salinain the winter of 1872, where he engaged in the
practice of medicine until July of the same year, when he located in Lindsborg, and since
continuel his profession. Was also engaged in the drug business a number of years; sold
out in May. 1882. He was born in ingeville, Ohio, October 19, 1849, parents moved to
Clinton, N. Y., in 1852, and lived until 1867,when they caine to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and
remained some time and in several other places, finally cameto Kansas. In the winter of
1868, the doctor attended Cleveland Medical College, Ohio. He was marriedin February,
1870, to Miss Minuie Truby, of Tndepeandeice, Ohio, They have two children—Pearl B.,
and Harry W. The doctor is a Republican in politics.

S. EKSTRAND & SON, dealers in drugs, medicines, patuts, oils, and druggists’ sun-
dries. They opened business in the summer of 1881. The business has been established
since the summer of 1879. They carry a general stock of $3000. J. P. Ekstrand first
came to Saline County, Kan., with his parents in 1870, locating on a farm, he followed that
business until 1878. Hethen became aclerk ina drug store until they opened business ag
above noted. He was born in Sweden, in 1858; came to America wilh his parents in 1861,
He lived in [linvis and Minnesota until he came to Kansas. Me ls a meinber of tlhe Swedish
Lutheran Church.

JOHN FERNE, has charge of the lumber yards of Gibson & Liucoln, He first came to
Salina, Kan., September 1 1869, with the Chicago Swedish Colony. He loeated ona farm
and followed agricultural pursuits until 1879, and in June 1880, took the present position.
He was born in Sweden, April 20, 1827. He worked as hammersmith in his nattve country;
came to America, in 1866, coming to Chicago, where he worked three years In manufactur-
ing axes, then at other occupalious until he came to Kansas. Married in Sweden, {n 1847,
to Miss Carolina Lindberg, a native of Sweden, They have four children—Charles, Axcella,
married tu Mr. John A. Hollen, of Chicago, LIl.; John A,, Jr., married now in McPherson;
Caroline athome; Charlesis married and farming near Lindsborg. He isa member of the
Lutheran Missionary Church. He was one of the first County Commissioners, holding
office two terms, and was Postmaster of Eindsborg two years:

JOSIAH GOODWIN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, bridgport, Section 2. Has 160 acres
of land all under cultivation. He came to this place in the fall of 1872. First came to Kan-
sas in March of that year. He was born in Warren County, Ky., March 10, 1828. Raised
onafarm, His parents moved to Jackson County, Ll., when le was a young lad, where he
was raised. Enlisted in May, 1847, in Company H, under Col. E. W. Newby, in the Mexican
war; served eighteen months and participated in several skirmishes, Mustered out_Octo-
per, 1848. He enlisted in July, 1862, in Company B, Eighty-first Ilinois Volunteer Infan-
try; was promoted toSecond Lieutenant, Discharged January, 1863, for disability con-
tracted inservice. Married, in 1851, to Miss Catharine Hagler, of Jackson County I).
They have twelve children—Jobn, Ellen, Abraham, Melissa J., Nancy (decease!), Joseph
A., Anna C., Laura, Sarah, Alexander, Harrison & Mary M. He is a member of I. 0.0. F.
and G. A. R. of Topeka, Kansas, and Christian Church.

Cc. P. GUNNERSON, dealer in grain and farmer’s produce and proprietor of the Farm-
ers’ Shipping Elevator, which was erected in the summer of 1880, size of which is 24x70

feet, anehirty -five feet high, wtth a capacity of 6,000 bushels; buiit at a cost of $3,000.
He was born inSweden, June 20, 1847, and_was raised on a farm. Came to America in
1856, locating in Bureau County, lll., where he lived seveu years, thence to Ford County.
the same State, four years. He cameto Saline County, Kansas, in 1868, and farmed until
1879, when he began the grain business. Married in 1873, to Miss Emma F, Myers, a na-
tive of Sweden. They have two children—Mark §.and Paull. He is a member of the
Swedish Lutheran Chureh and Trustee of Smoky Hill Township, City Council of Lindsborg
anda member of the school board of Lindsborg.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

HANNBERG & NELSON, dealers in watches, clocks and fewelr: stationery, musical
merchandise, sewing machines, toys, etc. Mr. O. Hannberg, opened the businéss in June,
1879, carrying a stock of less than $100. They now carry an average stock of $3.(00 and
employ three men in the business. H. V. Nelson first came to McPherson County in 1879
and clerked a year. Followed the same occupation in Lindsborg some time; thence to Sa-
lina in the same business a year. Returned to Linidsborx and became interested as above
noted. He was born in Sweden in 1856, and came to America in 1866. Was _ educated in
Galesburg, Ill. Began life as acash boy in a large store. Was married, in 1880, to Miss
Olive Zandell, a native of Sweden. They have one daughter, Anna Edith Olivia. |

O. HANNBERG, of the firm of Haunberg & Nelsou. dealers in watches, Clocks, jewelry,
stationery, musical merchandise, sewing machines, toys, ete. Opened the business alone in
June, 1879, with less than $100 as capital to begin with. They now carry a stock of $3.000
and over and employ three men inthe business. He came to Ottawa, Franklin County, in
1868, with his parents, where he remained until 1871. He then went to Osage City and en-

aged in the jewelry business and watch making for seven years. Theuce came to Linds-
Bore, He was born in Sweden in 1856, and came to America with his parents in 1868. Was
married in 1880 to Miss Ada C. Anderson, a native of Princeton, Ill. They have one
daughter, Amy Thedocia, They are members of the Swedish Lutheran. Church. He has
served as city Treasurer and member of the city Council. Is Republican in politics,

W. J. HENRY, Postmaster, caine to McPherson County in May, 1872, and located on a
homestead, Soon'afterward settled in the village. He was born in Lycoming County, Pa.,
February 21, 1839. Was raised a farmer and moved to Indiana in 1851. Enlisted in Octo-
ber, 1861, in the Fifth Indiana Battery Light Artillery. Partici ated in all the engage-
ments of his command. Was mustered out in November, 1864. He then returned to La
Porte County, Ind., and farmed until he came to Kansas. ‘Was married in 1867 to Miss
Mary A. Maxwell of Porter County, Ind | They bad three children—Walter S.. Edwin V.,
and William, His wife died in 1877 and he was married again in 1879 to Mrs. Rebecca E.
Jaquess Richards, of Posey County, Ind. He has served as Justice of the Peace two terms,
Has been a member of the School Board and has been Notary Public for the past five years.
Has served two terms in the City Couns and been twice elected Mayor of Lindsborg. He
h een Postmaster since October, 1873.
a8 OSCAR JOHNSON has charge of the hardware house of Brintnall, Wheeler & Co., a
branch houseof McPherson. He first carne to southeastern Kansas in 1869, and engaged
in railroading until 1870. Thence went to Texas,was in the same business some time, and
changed to cattle driving, then bridge building until 1877, when he c>me to Salina and en-
gaged as a clerk in the hardware business until September, 1879, there tu Lindsborg, and
‘was employed as above noted. He was born in Sweden in 1847 and came to America in
1851 with his parents, and located in Sweld Bend, Webster Co., fowa, and farmed. Enlist-
ed in February, 1864 in Company I, Thirty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Participated
in all the battles of his command until the close of the war. Was transferred to the Seventh
Towa Volunteer Infantry aud was mustered out July 12, 1865, and farmed until he came to
Kansas. He was married 1n 1877 to Mrs. Ida Christiana Currier, a native of Sweden. They
have three children—Josephine, George W., and Alonzo, They are members of the Swedish
Lutheran Church, and he isa member of the Masonic order of McPherson, and is a Re-

ublican. . 7

P A, LINCOLN, firm of Gibson & Lincoln, dealers in all kinds of lumber, building mate-
rial, ete. They opened business March 1, 1880, and carry a general stock of about $10,000.
There are three men employed jn the business. Mr, A. Lincoln Jocated in Saline County,
Kas., ona farm, in the spring of 1869, where he followed farming and stock raising unti

the fall of 1878. He then moved to Lindsborg and opened the livery business and run
that business until the spring of 1880, then he opened the lumber trade. He was born in
Sweden April 29, 1842, and was reared ona farm, Came to Americain April, 1869. Mar-
ried in 1871 to’ Miss’ Anna C. Johnson, also a native of Sweden, born September, 1844.
They have five children—Julius, David, Simeon E.. Hannah M., Selina E. Heis a member
of the Swedish Lutheran Church. Has served as Township Trustee of Smoky View. Sa-
line County. He wasa director in the Saline & S. W. R. R. during the construction of the
same. While in his native country he served the allotted time of two years in the Swedish

army.

JOHN MoPHAIL editor of the Localist, became a resident of Leavenworth County in
1865, having seen the full term of service as a frontier soldier in the Third Wisconsin
Cavalry, acting as Sergeant of Company C. He remained in Leavenworth County until 1869,
then to Salina, next becoming a resident of this county, and settled in Lindsborg, in July,

N. Pp. NELSON, has charge of the hardware house of Briggs & Gebhart, a branch of
Salina house. He came to Junction City, Kas. in 1866. Afterwards prospected in many
parts of Kansas, but made headquarters at the above city until 1868. He was a Governinent
Scout forsome-time. Located in Salina in the fall of 1868. aud engaged in merchandising
and clerking until 1871, when he came to Lindsvorg. He then became partner of the firm
Nelson & Schemke, in October, 1871. He was born in Sweden in February 15, 1849. Came
a year before his parents to America, in 1865, locating for a short time in Henry County,
Il, then came to Kansas. He was married in 1877, to Miss Hedwig Augusta Sanstrum, @
native of Sweden. They have one son, Moritz Edil Hilgard. Mr. Nelson is a member of I.
O. O. F., of Salina, Kas. Has served as United Stated Deputy Marshal. and United States In-
spector of Susie (as, and served as Deputy Sheriff of McPherson County, two years. Is a Re-

ublican in politics.

p D. H. AGE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lindsborg, Section 9. Settled on his place
in the fall 1868. There were only two settlers in the whole neighborhood. Wild game, of
which there was an abundance, affurded the only meat food fora number of years. He first
located on Thompson Creek, Ellsworth County, in the spring 1860, and made buffalo hunt-
ing his occupation some time. He firstcame to Kansas in the spring 1858; remained at
Wyandotte some time. He then visited Arizona and New Mexico. and other Western Ter-
ritories, Returned to Kansas City, Mo., in the summer of 1859. Theuce in the following
winter, hunted buffalo. Spring 1860. removed to Fort Harker, Ellsworth County, and kept
a ranch for pioneers until 1864; but finally left on account of threatening Indian hostilities.
He then went to Salina and engaged in various kinds of employment until 1868, when he
came to his present place. He has been Township Trustee of his towrfship three years.
Represented McPherson County 1m Kansas State Legislature 1876. Born in Rockingham
County, N. H., April 13, 1839. He entered Phillip Exeter Academy and prepared for col-
lege. He then entered Bow doin College, Maine, where he was a student three years, afler
which he was atutor ina private family until he came West. Married in 1867, to Miss
Maggie Combs, of Sunset, Iuwa, They have six children—Mary O., Gracie, Maggie, Carrie,
Edith and Hattie M. He isa Democratin politics.

A. G. PEARSON, dealer in coal of all kinds aud keeps the largest stock in the city—
now has a stock of $3,000. He opened the coal trade in the fall of 1879; beginning on a
small scale of a few hundred dollars, He came to Americain June, 1869. He sent $100 to
the Swedish Society, of Chicago, Ill, before ha came to America, He therefore came with
the colony to Lindsborg, in February, 1871. He owns eighty acres of land adjoining the
town-site, thirty-five acres of which is land set off in village lots, and now there are eight-
een houses built on his lots to date, November 20, 1882. He was born in Sweden, in 1833.
Was married July 3, 1880, to Margaret Cedarburg, a native of Sweden. They have one
daughter, Mary Elizabeth. They are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church. He was
six years in Osage City, Kas , and was largely interested in the Scandanavian Coal and Min-
ing Company, being one of the stock-holders and directors. He sold out his interest some

me since,

WILLIAM SCHWENSEN, dealer in general merchandise. He opened business in the
spring of 1878; erected his store same year, size of which is 20x60 feet, twelve feet high, ata
cost of $1,200. He carries an average stock of $6,000. and employs two men in the business.
He came to Lindsborg in 1874 and _engaged as clerk, until he opened business. He was
born in Norway, Europe, in 1855. Came to America in 1874, locating in Lindsborg. Was
married in 1879 to Miss Lizzie Randall, a native of Sweden, They are members of the
aued!sh Lutheran Chureh, of Lindsborg. He is now serving his second term as City

jouneilman.,

REV. JOIN SELEEN, pastor Free Mount Swedish Lutheran Church, p esident of the
Kansas Conference of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod, P, O. Smoky
Hill, became pastor of the above church in 1876, He came to Riley and Pottawatomie
counties in 1872, and took charge of the Mariedah] Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church,
and preached until he came to his present charge. He was born in Sweden, December 31,
1843, and educated in several schools in Stockholm and Upsala, Sweden, graduating in 1871.
He then preached in his native country until he came to America in 1872. He was mar-
ried in 1865, to Miss Sophla Berggen, a native of Sweden. They have two children—Charles
August and Ida Catharina,

GEORGE W. SHIELDS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0, Lindsborg, Section 30, He came
tothis place in February, 1868. There were a few settlers who lived’ in dug outs and sod
houses. He now has 400 acres of fine laud near the Smoky Hill River, which has its course
of a mile through it. Has plenty of several varieties of timber. In 1882 he raised 3,000
bushels of wheat. He was born in Henry County, Ind., June 21, 1841; was raised a farmer,
and lived in his native place until he came to Kansas in July, 1866. He keptatradin, poss
bought furs and dealt largely with the Indians for a number of years. Mr. George Sn elds
was married in 1872 to Miss Rosa A. Graham, of Eaton County, Mich. They have two chil-
dren—Frank M. and Cora A. He is a Republican in politics.

SUNDSTROM, BERGSTEN & Co., dealers in dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, bats
and caps, and notions. They opened trade in the fall of 1879, erect-d their store building
in 1879, and opened trade December 23, of thesame year. Size of their store is 50x85
feet. two stories high, built of brick and stone ata cost of $7,000. They carry an average
stock of $20,000. Trade averages from $90,000 to $100.000 per aaaum. There are eight
men employed in the business. J. O. Sundstrom came to Kajsas in1879. He was born in
Sweden in 1846. Came to America in 1868 and located in Chicago, Ill., where he engaged
in iron moulding until 1874, then into the grocery business until he came to Kansas. He
McPHERSON COUNTY.

was married in 1876 to Miss Hannah Victor, a native of Sweden. They hav i
S A s % e two children,

Carrie E. and John 0. He is a member.and cashier of the Swedish Lutheran Church.
REV, C. A. SWENSON was born in Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pa., in 1857. He was
educated at Augustana College, Rock Island, Il, graduating from’ that institution in 1877
aud from the Theological Seminary of the same’ school in 1879. He came to Lindsborg,
Kan,, in July, 1879, and took charge of the Bethany Swedish Lutheran Church, where he has
since remained. His father, Rev. Jonas J. Swenson, was a pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
Chureb at Andover, Ill, fifteen years, was also president of the Scandinavian Lutheran
Augustana Synod of North America and preached twenty-zour years of his life, and died in
1873. The subject of this sketch was therefore raised a minister of the Gospel. He was
married, in 1880, to Miss Alma Lind, of Moline, Ill. They have one daughter—Bertha M, F.
He is secretary of the Kansas Swedish Lutheran Conference and a member of the Swedish
Lutheran Augustana Tract Society and editor of one of its church papers, styled, the
Ungdomsvaennen, an illustrated young peoples’ magazine, and religious editor of the Kau-
sas Posten, published at Lindsborg, Kan. He is associate editor of the Korsbaneret, an
annual publication of biographies of church work. He is President of Augustana Alumni

Association and president of the board of directors of Bethany College of Lindsborg, Kan.

JOHN A. SWENSON, cashier Lindsborg Bank. This bank waS opened for business
September 1, 1882, with O. Heggelund, president; J. A. Swenson, cashier; J. W. Bean, vice-
resident, It has $50,000 subscribed and $23,000 in cash capital; deposits equal from

10,000 to $85,000. They do a general banking business. The correspondents are National
Park Bank, New York City; First National Bauk, Chicago, Ill.; Bank Kansas City, Mo.
John A. Swenson came to Kansas in 1869, locating at Lindsborg. Hus father and himself
carried on blacksmithing until 1874; he then engaged in the hardware and implement busi-
ness under the firm name of N. P. Swenson & Son, until February, 1880. He then went to
Europe, but soon returned, and kept a loan office untilthe Lindsborg Bank was organized,
He was born in Sweden in 1850, came to America in 1865, and has lived in various places in
the West. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Christina Johnson, of Sweden. They have
four children, Helen C., Anna C., Nels John, Arthur M. He and hisfamily are members of
the Swedish Lutheran Chureh. He was a director of the Salina & Southwestern R. B., has
been Mayor of Hlndsporg some time and a member of the School Board since 1872.

_ HANS WICKSITROM. farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Lindsburg, Section 30. He came to
his place in the fall of 1869. He has 320 acres of fine land, 200 of which is cultivated. In 1882
he raised 2,000 bushels of wheat, an average of thirty bushels per acre, He was the first
Sheriff of McPherson County, elected in the fall of 1871, holding the office two years. He
was born in Sweden, November 15, 1844, raised on a farm, came to America in 1846 with his
parents, locating in Henry County, Il]., where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was
married, in 1866, to Miss Caroline Nelson, anative of Sweden, born in 1842. They have
three children, Charles A. W., Hilda Amelia and Ellen Caroline. They are members of the
Swedish Lutheran Church. He is a Democrat in polities. The only meat food for a number
of years was buttalo, antelope, etc. Flour was then $9.00 per 100 Ibs.; pork, 3Uc per Jb.,
fresh; salt pork, 50c; butter, 60c; eggs, 40¢ per doz.; potatoes, $2.00 per bushel; and milk,
40c per gallon. Thus it will be seen that people without money would very frequently go

hungry.
CANTON.

This is a little village of about 250 inhabitants, situated on’ the Marion &
McPherson railroad, in the eastern part of the-county. ‘It has a bank, postoffice,
two hotels, several-prosperous general stores, two hardware stores, a good dis-
trict schoo] and two small *religious organizations, etc. The bank is a branch
of Williams & Cottingham’s bank of McPherson, the local proprietors being
Fletcher & Gray. Deposits $19,000; cash capital $20,000. Dr. Wm. H. George
built the first structure upon the town site—a dwelling house—in June, 1879
He also erected the second building and opened the first store during the same
summer.

Canton was first settled in the fall of 1879, and for so young a village it has
a fine graded school. The building (of fine cut stone) was erected in the fall
of 1882, at acost of $3,000. 7

The M. E. Church of Canton was organized in 1879; present membership,
42. The pastoris Rev. P. P. Wesley, a native of Pulaski County, Ky. The
church building was erected in 1881, at a cost of $2,100.

A post-office was established at Canton ‘in the fall of 1879.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—caANnTON TOWNSHIP.

B. F. DOLE, farmer and stock-raiser (follows the latter business as a specialty), P. O.
Canton, Section 12, He has 600 acres of Jand, one-half of which is under cultivation. In
1882, he raised 1,500 bushels of wheat. He came to this place in July, 1870, in Marion
County, and followed stock raising a year, thence to Spring Valley Township, and followed
the saine business for some time, thence to his present place. He has 120 cattle, 300 sheep

and 100 hogs. He began the stock business in 1870, with only $25. He was born in Edgar’

County, Ill., May 8, 1851, and is self-made, has followed various occupations. Ue lived in
Terre Haute, Ind., five years and attended school, just previous to coming to Kansas. Mar-
ried in May, 1876, to Miss Cynthia A. Bacon of Edgar County, Ill. They have two children,
Charlieand Emma. He is a member of the Masonic Order of Canton.

M. L. DRAKE, proprietor of Commercial Hotel. This hotel was erected in June, 1880,
by Mr. D. at a cost of $2,500. The main building 20x50 feet, two stories high aud a wing
14x26 feet. Capacity is fifteen guests. Hecameto McPherson County, Kan., 1876, farmed
three years, then went into the stock business several years, then the hotel business, He
was born in McKean County, Pa., January 20, 1837. as raised a farmer. Has livedin
Ohio, went to Boone County, II!., when quite young and made that his home until twenty-
two years old. He then went to Omro, Winnebago Co., Wis., and engaged in lumber busi-
ness sometime, Enlisted July 24, 1861, in Company C, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry, participated in_all battles of his command, and mustered out as First Lieutenant
of his company, October 24, 1665. Thence to Winnebago County, Ill., where he farmed and
k ‘pt hotel until he came to Kansas. Married in 1874, to Miss Kate Champlin of the latter
county. They have three children, Leo J., Charlie E. and Ralph L. He is a member of
Canton Post, No. 84, G. A. R. .

Pb. H. ELWELL, dealer in general merchandise. He opened_business first at Halsted,
Kan., July, 1878, opened trade in Canton, seven months later. Erected his storein 1880,
size of whichis, 20x72, inside, one story high. Employs three men in the business and car-
ries a general stock of $6,000 to $8,000. He came to LaCygne, Kan., in 1869, and worked at
thecarpenter’s trade, hotel business, etc. Was bornin Springfield, Mass., June 16, 1832.
Learned carpenter’s trade when quite young. Enlisted in Company C, One Hundreth and
Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, August 9, 1862, and served two years, participated in
battles of Richmond, Ky., and Lexington. Was discharged out of the hospital in Chicago,
Ill.,in 1864. Was married in 1854, to Miss Martha Owens of Indiana, Pa. Heis a member
of the Masonic Order and Canton Post, No. 84.

M. T. FLETCHER, banker, firm of Fletcher & Gray. The Bank of Canton was organ-
ized and opened for business, August 1, 1881. Itisa branch of McPherson Bank, deposits
equal $19,000, cash capital $20,000. They do a regular banieing business, eastern corres-
pondents are Chase National Bank of New York city, and Merchants National, Kansas
City,Mo. Mr. M. T. Fletcher firstcame to Kansasin February, 1881, locating in McPher-
son, he engaged in the sLock business, soon after moved to Canton, engaged in same busi-
ness. He hasasleep ranch in Marion Couuty, where he keeps 1,600 head of sheep, and
owns 1,000 acres of fine land in McPherson County, under firm name of Fletcher & Gray.
They raised 2,500 bushels of wheat, in 1882, averaging twenty-five bushels to the acre.
They also deal largely in cattle and hogs. Mr, Fletcher was born in DeWitt County, IIL,
June 4, 1845, and educated in State Normal School, at Bloomington, Il., also in Adrian
Wesleyan University of Michigan. Was married Deceinber 20, 1870, tu Miss Charity Cha-

in, of DeWitt County, Ill. They have three children, Laura M., Estella E. and George M.
eis Mayor of Canton City. .

DR. W. H. GEORGE, physician and surgeon, came to Canton Township, and settled on
afarm in June, 1873. He followed the practice of medicine and farming until he removed
to McPherson, in 1877, and practiced a year, then to Empire in practice a year, and finally
located permanently in Canton, where he has since practiced his profession. He erected
the first two buildings in Canton Village: The first was a residence, built June 7, 1879, and
the other was a store building, built about the same time. He, therefore, kept the first drug
store, aud followed the drug business until the fall of 1882. He was born in Hillsdale
County, Mich., September 27, 1845. Was educated in the common schools of Michigan and
Chelsea Academy, Vt.; began the study of medicine in the summer of 1865; graduated
from Ann Arbor Medical University of Michigan, March 31, 1869; began the practice of
medicine. at Carson City, Mich; has been Acting-Assistant Surgeon of the regular army
for one year, and has since practiced in various other places, as married in April, 1869,
to Miss Elizabeth Parker. of Hillsdale County, Mich. They had one daughter—Elizabeth A.
His wife died in March, 1870; was again married, in October, 1873, to Miss Julia F. Old-
field, of Canton, Kan, They have three children—Bertha E., Clare M. and William H. He
has served as Township Trustee, Canton Township, some time, County Coroner of Mc-
Pherson County, and was first Mayor of Canton, and a member of City Council, Canton.

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W. J. KEYTE, dealer in general merchandise, stoves, hardware, tinware, etc. He
opened trade in September, 1879; erected the store building in the fall of the same year,
size of which is 24x50 feet, Masonic Hall on second floor, cost $1,500. He carries a genera
stock of $6,000, and employs two men inthe business. He came to Castle Township, Mc-
Pherson County, in the fall of 1873, and farmed three years; then was in hardware busi-
ness in McPherson until he came tc the present place. He was born in England, June 19,
1846, and was raised a farmer; came to America in 1854, locating in Bond County, Lll., on
a farm, where he lived with his parents; enlisted in the one hundred day service in 1864,
Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ilnois Volunteer Infantry: participated in all
the actions of his command; was mustered out in October, 1864. Hethen went to Missouri,

_and farmed until he came to Kansas; was married, in 1865, to Miss Ellen L. Smith, of
Madison County, I1l., but who was raised in Bond County, Kan. He is master of Canton
Lodge, No. 197, A. F. & A. M., McPherson Chapter, No. 48, and Commandery, No. 18,
Knights Templar, and Canton Post, No. 84, G. A. R.

ne . B. KILE, dealer in grain, coal and live stock, etc. He came to Canton, and engaged
in the above business in August, 1879. From July until December 15, 1882, he bought
and shipped 150 car loads of grain, He first came to Kansas March 29, 1872, to the south-
east part of McPherson County, and farmed until he opened the above business. He was
born in Chiliicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, April 27, 1851, and raised in his native place. He has
lived in many of the Western States; was married, in 1878, tv Miss Anna Smith, of London.
England. They have three children—Ethel, Ida and George. He is a meinber of the
Masonic Order and Knights of Honor. He was the first Town Treasurer of Meridian
Township, He is now a member of the School Board, and Township Clerk of Canton.

WILLIAM J. LLOYD, dealer in all kinds of grain, coal and live stock. He opened the
business in 1880. From July until December 15, 1882, he bought and shipped 120 car
loads of grain. He first came to Kansas in the fall of 1869, and located on a farm in north-
west part of McPherson County, aud followed agricultural pursuits until he began the
above business. He was born on Tippecanoe battle field, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., in 1853;
parents, with family, moved to lowa in 1857, and Jocated on a farm in Blackhawk County,
where he was raised until quite a lad. thence to Floyd County, Iowa, and lived until he
came to Kansas. He 1s a member of the Masonic Order of McPherson. -

R. F. MCALIS LER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Canton, Section 21, The town site
of Canton is on same section, and joins his farm on the south. He first came to Canton
Township in the fall of 1873 and located on his present place, and laid off the Canton town
site in June, 1879. He first located at Lincoin Village, Marion Co., Kan., in the fall of
1877, and laid off Lincoln town site, which now contains one-half dozen houses. He has
been Town Treasurer, Canton Township, a year, and Town Clerk two years, and is now a
member of School Board. He was born in Page County, Shenandoah Valley, Va., in 1843;
went to Menard County, I1l., in_1855, with parents, where he was raised an lived until he
came to Kansas; married, in 1866, to Miss Flora H. Hutchinson, of Green County, Ky.
They have six children—Martha E., Guarda, James A., Luther M., Thomas O. and Paul F.
He is amember of Free Will Baptist Church and Masonic Order of Canton. *

WILLIAM H. MORRIS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Canton, Section 22. He located
on his place June 1, 1873. There were only three settlers in the township when he first
came. Newton was his nearest market, thirty miles southward; Empire Postoffice was the
nearest, pine miles off; his nearest grist-mill was Newton. He now owns the northwest
quarter of Section 22. He laid off thirty acres into village lots in Canton. He was born in

range County, Ind., July 4, 1825, and raised in Washington County, Ind..ona farm. He
has followed blacksmithing ten years of his life; moved to Missouri in 1852 and farmed a
year; tbence to Maiion County, Iowa, and farmed until he came to Kansas. He served three
years and eight months in the Mexican war, and was twice taken prisoner, He was a mem-
ber of Company D, Third United States Diagoons. Has been married twice, his first wife,
Nancy Ann, was born August 14, 1828, and died May 29, 1868, by whom he had five children
—Benjamin F., Joseph B., Elizabeth, cyrus P.and John Wm. Married in January, 1882,
to Matilda Hammer, a native of Tennessee. He is a member of the Masonic order of Canton,

. E, PETERS, dealer in a general line of furniture, and undertaker, also dealer in real

estate. Came to Canton in August, 1879, and laid out an addition to Canton in tbe fall of

1880. south of the railroad, on Section 22. He owns 160 acres of land, twenty of which are

laid off in village lots and called Peters’ additionto Canton. Was born in Orleans County,

Mass., June 1, 1822. Parents moved with family to. Washtenaw County, Mich., in 1826,

where he was raised and lived until he came to Kansas. He learned the trade of miller and
followed it seventeen years, He has built and operated two grist-mills during his life, in

Michigan. Was married February 26, 1847, to Miss Melinda H. Holmes, a native of Tomp-

kins County, N. Y., born January 20, 1828. They have seven children—Alice A., married to

Mr. Chas. H. Minnie, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Geo, E.. of Jackson, Mich.; Homer H., of Detroit,

Micb.§ Flora A., married to Mr. J. Smalley, of Canton; Charles F., Wirt L. aud Clarence W.,

at home.

L, J. SCHERMERHORN, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in September,
1878, at Canton; erected his store building in the summer of the same year, size of which is
22x75 feet, built of stone and wood, at a cost of $3,000. He carries an average stock of
$5,000, and employs three menin the business. He first located in Spring Valley, Meridian
Township, in 1875; farmed and followed merchandising until he came to Canton. He owns
800 acres of landin the above township, with 650 under cultivation. Was born in Scho-
dack, Rensselaer Co., N.Y., October 22, 1834. Was raised on a farin in Christian County, IL,
his parents moving there in 1857. Was married in 1959, to Miss Martha D. Russell, a na-
tive of Sunderland, Mass. They have one son—John P._ Wife died in 1865. Was married
again in 1867, to Miss Marjetta Burhuyte, of Catskill, N.Y. They have two children—Char-
lie B. and Fannie Maude. He has served in several township offices, 7 =

ROBERT VAN OSDELL, has charge of the Canton Model Steam Flouring Mills, having
rented thesame. He first located in Sedgwick County, Kas., in 1874; became part owner of
a mill there, which he operated until 1877, when he cameto Newton, Kas., where he took
charge of the City Mills, moved to Burton in 1879, and took charge of the mills
at the latter place, sume time, thence returned to Newton and_ took charge of
the Monarch Mills some time; tnence to Anthony, Harper County, and took
charge of a new mill until June 1, 1881; thence to Clay Center, and worked in the Clay Cen-
ter mills until he came to Canton. He was born in Hampshire County, Va., in 1835. He was
raised in a grist-mill. and has made milling his business since his boyhood. Enlisted in
the spring of 1861, in Company I, Forty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Participated
in all the battles of hiscommand; was:inustered out in-1865. Was married, in 1868, to Miss
Eliza Swim, of Kentucky. They have two children—Edgar H. and Nellie. He isa member
of the lL. O. O. F. and K. of H. :

YOUNG, MONTGOMERY & CO., dealers in general merchandise, opened trade Septem-
ber 6, 1880, occupving a store-room 22x80 feet; carry an average stock of $10,000 and em-
ploy three men. Their trade equals $40,000 per annum. I. C. Montgomery came to Kansas
in August, 1878, and clerked two years. He was born in Crawford County, Pa., in 1853;
educated in Meadville Pa., taking an academic course in Allegheny College. Was married
in October, 1881. to Miss Hattie M, Gowdy, of Crawford County, Pa, They have one daugh-
ter, Ada Belle. He isa member ofthe I, O. O. F. of Canton, and Royal Templars of Tem-
perance of Conneautville, Pa. C.F. Young came to Miami County, Kas., in 1876, locating
in merchandising at Louisburg asa clerk three years; thence to McPherson, where he
clerked a year, and afterward to Canton, where he engaged as above noted. He was born
in Iowa County, Lowa, in 1859; was raised a merchant, He isa member of the I. 0. 0. F.
and Masonic order of Canton, Was married in November, 1882, to Miss Ada M. Gowdy, of
Crawford County, Pa.

GALVA.

The town of Galva was laid out on the southeast quarter of Section 21, and
the southwest quarter of Section 22, Township 19, Range 2 west, on land be-
longing to the Marion & McPherson Railroad Company, in September 1879.
It now contains nearly 100 people, several general stores, one drug store, one
hotel, one lumber yard, a hotel and a livery stable. A good district school
flourishes, and the educational advantages of the community are further in-
creased by the “Central Kansas Congregational Academy.” This institution
was chartered in January, 1880, a building being erected, 18x32 feet, two
stories high. It cost $1,coo, and was completed during the summer. The
founder of the Academy was Rey. B. F. Haskins. Its present principal is Rev.
A. J. Umholtz; attendance, twenty-five. Galva station is quite a shipping point
for grain and live stock. During the four months from July to November, in-
clusive, 393 cars of wheat were shipped from the station; two cars of broom-
corn, etc. Good stock yards have been constructed, and, all in all, Galva is

quite a promising pointe ow. neem

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—EMPIRE TOWNSHIP.

JOHN A. BROWN, dealer in all kinds of grain and f irmers’ produce, and proprietor of
an elevator, capacity 5,000 bushels, built at a cost of $1,600. He came to Galva October 15,
1879, and opened the grain trade. In 1881 he bought and shipped fifty car loads; in 1882 he
bought and shipped 200 car loads of wheat. He was born in Montreal, Canada, 1858, and
lived in that city untilecame to Kansas. He was a student inthe Montreal College of Phar-
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macy, intending to make drug business his calling, which he followed for three and one-

half years, then went into the produce and commission trade there until he came to Kansas.

Married, in August, 1882, to Miss Hattie B. Tinkler, of Logansport, Ind. He isa mem-

ber ofthe Masonic Order of Kansas. He claims the honor of buying and shipping the first

grain in Galva.

COLLIVER BROS., farmers and stock raisers, Sections 10 and 15, P. O. Galva. They
own 960 acres of land, with about 600 acres cultivated. In 1882 they raised 5,000 bushels
of wheat, an average of twenty-five bushels per-acre. They Jocated on the farm in June,
1872. Their nearest neizhbor was then five miles away. Richard Colliver was born in
Rush County, Ind., February 15, 1843; lived in his uative place until 1854. His parents
then, with their family, moved to Davis County, Iowa, and settled ona farm, He enlisted
in February, 1862, in Company G, Second Missouri Cavalry, aud particip ited in all the bat-
tles of hiscommand, He was mustered outin April, 1865, then attended and taught school
until he came to Kansas. Aaron M. Colliver was born in Rush County, Ind., December 22,
1838, and was raised on a farm the same as his brother, Richard. Aaron M, enlisted April
1861 in Company G, Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the U.
service May 27, 1861. Participated in all the battles of hiscommand. Was taken sick at
the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and was placed on detached service hospital after the
battle. Was mustered out May 27, 1864. He then assisted in organizing Company D,
Forty-eighth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 100 day service, and made First Lieu-
tenant. The regiment was placed on guard duty at Rock Island, Il], Was mustered out in
November, 1864. Married, in 1880, to Miss Margaret Deupree, of Bloomfield, Davis Co.,
Iowa. They have two children—Mary P. and Andrew D.

J. B. CRAMER, farmer and Stock raiser, P.O. Galva. He came to this place in June,
1872, and opened his farm. He was born in Franklin County, Ohio, November 20, 1820, was
raised ona farm, and enlisted in September, 1862, in Company G, Kighty-ninth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, and was detailed as au artificer. Participated in the battles of Chicka-
mauga, and was mustered out at the close of the war in 1865, He married in 1844, in
Peoria, Itl., Miss Sabrina Wilsey, who was born in Bradford County, Pa., January 29, 1825.
They have six children—Ellen E., married to H. L. Whitney, of Galva; Samantha, married
to John Doyle, of Galva; Loren, married and farming near by; Nellle, married to Milton
Cogshall, farming near Galva; William A,, married December 17, 1882, and Grant C.

R. A. DEUPREE, firm of Steiner & Deupree Brothers, dealers in general merchandise.

They opened trade in Galva, July 1, 1882, and carry a general average stock of $5,000, and
employ three clerks in the business, He first came to Little River, Rice Co., Kan., in 1882,
where they now keep a general stock of merchandise under the firm name of Frazee
& Deupree Brothers, and carry an average stock of $10.000. He was born in Davis County,
Iowa, in 1882, where he lived until the fall of 1876 and followed farming. Thenceto Albany,
Gentry Co., Mo., and engaged in general merchandising a number of years, also following
farming and stock raising some time; thence to Worth Co., Mo,,and engaged in the grocery
Dusiness. Qntl he came to Kansas. Married in December, 1879, to Miss Lydia Sellers, a
native of Ohio.
_ .THOMAS J. DIXON, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. McPherson. He came to his place
in March, 1872; has 292 acres of land, with about 175 acres cultivated. In 1882 he raised
2,500 bushels of wheat, an average of forty bushels per acre; also eight tons of broom corn.
Autelope, wolves and buffalo dotted the prairies in nearly every direction when he first
came to Kansas. He was born in Jeffersou County, Ky., Noy. 11, 1832, raised and educated
in his native county, moved to Woodford County, Ky., 1867. He was raised a farmer and
has followed that business all his life. Married in the fall of 1855, to Martha S. Carroli, a
native of Woodford County, Ky. They have eleven children, Emily A., Amanda H., Sarah
B., James L., George P., MarthaS., Jessie, Maggie M., Mary T., Lillie M. and William W.
He is a member of the Masonic order of Ke: tucky.

W. G. DOUGHTY, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Galva, Section 17. He located on his
place in June, 1872; has since farmed. In 1882 he raised 900 bushels of wheat; owns 160
acres of land, 120 of which is cultivated. He was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1846;
parents moved to Warsaw, Hancock County, 1858. where he was raised. Married in 1867,
to Miss M. J. Yenawine, of the latter county. They have five children, Charles H. William
C. Helen M., Jennie G. and Paul E. Heisamember of the Christian Church and present
gem ber of the Sebool Board of his district. He is also the Township Trustee, and a Demo-
crat in politics.

CORNELIUS DRUM, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Galva, Section 35. He has 160
acres of fine land, 100 of which is cultivated. He came to bislace April 30, 1871. In 1882
he raised 1,040 bushe s of wheat on forty acres of ground. When he first came to his place
his nearest market was Salina, forty miles north, nearest P. O. was Lake View, fifteen miles
away. The country was very sparsely settled. He was born in Macoupin County, ILL,
December 12, 1835, and_was raised on a farm; went to Lucas County, Iowa, in 1857.
Married in 1858, to Miss Hope P. Henderson, of his native place; wife died in March, 1859;
again married, March, 1860, to Mary Henderson, of same county. They have five childyen,

artha, Rufus E., Marilla H. Anna B. and Helena M. He is a member of the Christian
Churelrend was a inember of the Kansas State Militia during the threatened raid of Rebel

eneral Price.

E, A ELLINGSON, Postmaster, Winnesheik, farmer and stock raiser. This office was
established June 23, 1874, on the southeast quarter of Section 4, at his house. He has 320
acres of land, 240 of which are cultivated, with forty-five acres of timber. He first came to

Kansas in the fall of 1872 and moved to his present place September 20, 1873. He was born

in Norway May 2, 1840, and came to America with his parents in 1845. He was married

April 30, 1864, to Miss Christina _Frethem, a native of Norway. They have five children,

Alex. H. Ulysses 8., Charles A., Henry-W. L.and AmandaM. He is a Greenbacker and a
member of the I. O. O. F. of McFherson. :

GEORGE E. FOSTER, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Galva, Section 26. He has 240
acres of land; 145 acres are cultivated. He came to this place in September, 1878. ‘here
was hardly a road or the mark of a white man. Hefollowed trading about four years in
company with Dr. J. M. Fry and has since farmed. He was born in Piscataquis County, Me.,
April 27, 1837, and raised on afarm. Moved to Boone County, IIll., in 1845, and_ farmed
sometime; thence to DeKalb County, same State, and finally to Benton County, Iowa, in
1865, Where he followed farming until he came to Kansas. Married, in 1860, to Miss Elvina
A. Morse of New York State. They have fivechildren—Aivina W., Leora A., Harry C., Jes-
sie A, aud EugeneS. He is ainember of the’ Methodist Episcopal Church. Has been Town-
ship TTCAeUree two terms. Has been Postmaster three and one-half years and is at present

Otary Public. %

7 M. H. HASKINS, physician ana surgeon, and dealer in drugs, medicines and_ druggists’
sundries, under the firm name of Haskins & Hodges. They opened trade in the fall of 1879
and carry a general stock of $2,000. The doctor first_lovated at Empire, McPherson
County, In 1877, where he practiced medicine until 1879. He was born in Knox County, Itl.,
February 22, 1852. His parents moved with their family to Mimporia, Kansas, in 1855; the
family, after living there for some time, returned to Farmington, Iil., living there and in
Page County, Iowa. His father, B. Ff, Haskins, became president and trustee of Amity Col-
lege, at College Springs, Page County, lowa, for six years, then returned to Victoria, IL,
aud preached for thirteen years, ‘The subject of this sketch entered Knox College in 1869,
and remained some time a8 a student, He commenced the study of medicine in 1872 with
Dr. J. R. Corbus, of Amboy, Ill, aud graduated from the Chicago Medical College in 1875,
He has since practiced medicine. He inarried, in the fall of 1875, Miss Mary L, Pierson, of
Amboy, Ill, They have two children—Harry E, and Laura, He is a member_of Amboy
Lodge No. 179, I. 0. O. F.; also Cauton Lodge of A. ¥, & A. M., No. 197, and of McPherson
Chapter, McPherson, Kansas.

OSEPH MEKK, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Galva, Section 35. He first came with
his family to Kausas, May, 1873; tcok hislandin July, 1872. First came tu the State In
March, 1869, and located in Allen County, on afarin where he followed agricultural pur-
suits until he located on his present place. He has 200 acres of Jand, 140 of which are eul-
tivated. In 1882 he raised 2,000 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty bushels per acre,
He was born in Gu-rnsey County, Ohio, September 6, 1834, and was raised ona farm, En-
listed near the close of the war inCompany E.One Hundred and Seventy-seeond Ohlo National
Guards; served four months. Mustered out in May, 1865. Married in 1860, to Miss liza-
beth McDonald, a native of Kentucky, but raised in Guernsey County. Ohlo, They have
five children—I'rances May, William _H., Rose Bell, Levina H, and J. McDonald. He is
a member of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church and a member of the Greenlack party.

DR. F. N. REASUONER, tarmer and stock raiser, P. O. Canton, Section 28, Has 160
acres of land, eighty of which arecultivated. He came to this place in April, 1872, and
practiced medicine until 1877, when he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. Born
in Steuben County, N. Y., Octuber 12, 1834. His parents moved to Randulph County, Til, in
1837. His father was a missionary pastor and inoved about in various portions of Illinois
and Indiana. The family moved to Oregon in 1852. He wascducated in the Pacific Uni-
versity at Forest Grove, Oregon, in Literati. His medical education was completed at Hy-
geotherapeutic College of New York city, graduating in March, 1868, and he then attended
the Bellevue Hospital lectures. Began the practice of medicine in Ottawa, Il]. Married in
1878 to Miss Frances M. Neal, of Wabash County, Ind. They have one daughter—Rubetta
Rozetta, born May 13,1879. They are members of the Congregational Church. He has
served as Township Trustee, t é

JOHN RICHEY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Galva, Section 20. He came to this place
in 1876, Caine to Kansas first in the fall of 1872; has followed farming and stock raising
since. Born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1842; raised onafarm, Enlisted August 2, 1862,
inCompany D, Fighty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Participated in all bat-
tles of his command during his service;. promoted to Orderly Sergeant; mustered out in
July, 1865. He has lived in Obio and linvis aud followed farming, He is a member of the
James B. McPherson Post, No. 87. Was County Co umissioner, McPherson County, in 1875.
Elected to State Senate, Kansas, in 1876; served four years, as married in 1870, to Miss

Lou Ditch, of Ripley County, Ind, They have six childreu—Clarence R., Floy B., John E.,
David C,, Alma L., and and an infant son, Preston Blaine. He is a statistical correspondent

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Washington, D. C., and president of.the Agricultural Society of McPherson County. He
us 320 acres of fine land and raised 800 ‘bushels of wheat 1n 1882,an average of twenty-five

ushels per acre, : ‘
» A. oR B, firm Robb Brothers, dealers in general merchandise. They opened trade
in the fall of 1879. theirs being the first store opened in Galva, They carry a general stock
of about $4,000. ‘They also deal largely in grain; from July 12, 1882, until November, same
year, they bought and shipped 205 cars of wheat. They employ seven men in all branches
of their trade. They do a large trade in general merchandise, etc. The postofiice is kept at
their store.

H, L. WHITNEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P. O. Galva, has 160 acres of
land, all improved. He came to this place in June, 1872. His nearest railroad was then
forty miles away. In 1882 he raised 1,300 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-five
bushels per acre. He was born in Henry County, Ill.. February 22, 1845. Was ratsed on a
farm ‘and lived in his native county until he came to Kansas. Married in 1867 to Miss Ella
Cramer, an Btye 08 Henry County. lil. They have four children—Irena K., Blanch, Juna
and Ira. He is a Democrat in politics. "

J. K. WILSON, farmer and. stock-raiser, P. O. Galva, Section 23. He has 153 acres of
land, 145 acres are cultivated. He came to this Arce, with family, April 9, 1874. He first
came in October, 1873, and made the original filing on his homestead. Was born in Ma-
homing County, Ohio, February 21, 1842, and was raised a farmer. Enlisted in August,
1861, Company E, Twenty-seventh Iinois Volunteer Infantry: participated in all battles
of his command, being in sixteen general engagements; mustered out in September, 1864.
Was married in 1866 to Miss Harriet L. Carson, of his native county, Ohio. They have four
children—Florence E., Robert §., Frankie C.and Emma L. They are members of Christian
Church.

MARQUETTE.

Marquette is a little hamlet in the northwestern part of McPherson County,
situated on the Smoky River. It has several good stores, implement -depot,
hotel and blacksmith shop. H. S. Bacon is proprietor of the water flour mill,
some $10,000 being invested in the business. Marquette .was surveyed in
March, 1874, by J. D. Chamberlain, County Surveyor, and is located upon the
east half of the southeast quarter of Section 23, Township 17, south, Range 5,
west of the Sixth Principal Meridian. S. J. Darrah was president of the Town
Company ‘at the time it was located. The other directors were H. S. Bacon,
J. G. Maxwell, John P. Stromquest, S D. Wynn, August Browman, J. A. Fos-
ter, William Simons, and Charles Stromquest. The first building erec.ed upon
the town site was the house of J. A. Foster, where the postoffice was kept. He
is still the incumbent. The business of the settlement is represented by seven
stores, one blacksmith shop, a mill, a hotel, etc., etc. 3

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—SHARP’S CREEK TOWNSHIP,

H. S. BACON, proprietor of Marquette Flouring Mills. These mills were erected in
1874, size 30x40 feet, stone basement, and wooden building, two and one-half stories high;
capacity, 100 barrels in twenty-four hours, with the new process of manufacture. There is
a saw-mill in connection, 20x40 feet, one story high, all driven by water from Smoky Hill
River, with a head often feet. The total cost of mills was $12,000. Mr. Bacon first came to
Marquette in the fall of 1872, and found the above mill site. His family came in February,
1873. He has 170 acres of land connected with the mill, owns 600 acres of land total, 340 o
which are under cultivation. When he first came to Kansas bis nearest market was Salina,
thirty miles north. He assisted in the organization of the Marquette Town Company in the
spring of 1874. The Marquette postoffice was established in 1873. _Mr. Bacon was born in
Luzerne County, Pa., March 11, 1827; began miller’s trade early in life; moved to Bradford
County in 1836; followed milling and teaching until 1854; taught school ten years in Car-
bon County, Pa.; moved to Marquette, Mich., in 1854, and worked at millwrighting, ete.;
built a saw-mill and operated same and followed lumbering until he came to Kansas. He
now keeps the only hotel in Marquette, Kan., which is a first-class establishment. Mr. Ba-
con was married in 1861 to Mrs. Ellen EL (Eddy) Whiting, of Rutland, Vt. ‘hey have seven
children—Cora E. Whiting, (ey Mrs. Bacon’s first marriage); Eva C., Inez A., Fay L. (de-
ceased) Jessie W., Don W. (deceased); Roy .., Mary E. f. Bacon is a member of the
Masonic Order of Marquette, Mich., and of the Lpiscopal Chureh of the same place. Isa
Republican in polities. n “

O. W. BAIRD, physician and surgeon of Eclectic school, first came to Kansas in Decem-
ber, 1870, and located in Marquette in April. 1881, where he has since practiced medicine.
He was born in Allegany County, N. Y., in 1851; began the study of medicine in 1873, un-
der Dr. M. Otis, of Tabor, Iowa, He began the practice of medicine in Gage County, Neb.,
in March, 1878; practiced there and across the Kansas State line until he came to Mar-
qguette. He was married in March, 1877, to Miss Lotta Rink, of Shelby, lowa. They have
two children Charles OQ. and Cora May. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and a Republi-
can in politics,

JAMES M. CLAYPOOL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Marquette. He first came to his
Present place March 1, 1867, being the first settler in the town, and the first to take land.

e€ now owns 440 acres, with 150 cultivated, Salina was the nearest market and postoffice.
thirty miles northeast. There was an abundance of buffalo, elk and other wild game which
supplied the bo) pioneers with their only meat food for a number of years. He was obliged
to leave his home a nuinber of times on account of Indian troubles, e broke the first land
in the northwesr part of McPherson County. He has seen much of pioneer life in the west.
He was born in Vinton County, Ohio, October 10, 1842; was raised on a farm in his native
county. Enlisted in August, 1861, in Company D, Eighteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and after eighteen months service, re-enlisted in Fourth United States Cavalry,
Company K. During his service inthe army, he participated in twenty-one battles, and
was wounded three times: mustered out November 29, 1865. Was married in 1876, to Miss
Alice Norris, of Pennsylvania. ‘hey have one daughter—Mary Rosanna, He is a member
of James LB. McPherson Post, No. 87, @. A. R. Is the present Justice of the Peace, and has
been Township Trustee.

SAMUEL J, DARRAH, dealer ina general line of hardware and agricultural imple-
ments. He came to Kansas in 185%, locating in Leavenworth. He has served as City Clerk
of the latter city, also County Clerk of Leavenworth County, Kan., afterward followed
frelghting to Colorado and New Mexico, etc., until he came to his present place in 1870, He
opened the hardware business In 1876. He has since sold out with a view of locating in

ontgomery County, Penn. Hewas born in Berks County, Penn., March 18, 1842. Has
followed various occupations; lived in Chicago some time before coming to Kansas. He was
amember of the Kansas State Militta in 1864-65; belongs to the Masouic order, also the I.
OO. F. Was married in 1870, to Miss Mary T. Temperly, of Baltimore, Md., born May 8,

1850. ‘They have three children Hving—Walter P., Schuyler and Edna J,; Mary J. de-
caused. in the spring of 1882. Mr. Darrah is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

Pb. F. LINDH, farmer, P. O. Marquette. He located his land October 20, 1869, where he
has since farmed, The county at that time was not organized; there were ouly a few settlers
in the northwestern part of McPherson County, and wild game was plenty. He now owns
400 acres of, fine land, 300 of which are cultivated, In 1882, he raised 3,550 bushels of wheat
on 156 acres. Mr, Lindh was born in Sweden, August &, 1840, and was raised on afarm. At
eighteen years of age, he took a two years’ course in an agricultural college in Sweden; had
a situation as overseer on a large farm for two years, then took a course in a commercial
college In Stockholin, Sweden, graduated in 1863; rouge school a few months, and came to
America In August, 1864; went to the copper mines of the Lake Superior region, where he
followed mining and lumbering until the summer of 1865, when he went to Chicago and
followed robonding on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road ashorttime, Went to
Atchison, Kan,, in the fall of 1865, and to Omaha, Neb., in August, 1866, and fullowed car-
pentering on the U, P. R. R. until he cameto the present place. Was inarried in 1870, to
Miss Clara A. Gustofsou, of Sweden. They have three children—Selma A., Hulda M. C, and
Aurora F. J, Established Colman postoffice about 1872, and was Postmaster to years. He
is a member of the Swedish Lutheran Church at Marquette, and originator of the same.
Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1871, and held the office until 1882, and re-elected in
1883. Has been Notary Public since 1877, and Treasurer of Schoo! District since its organi-
zation, and treasurer of Marquette Town Company since January, 1879.

D. N. MYERS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Marquette, Section 14. He took a home-
stead where the village of Marquette now stands in the latter part of August, 1869. Sold
out and located on Hs present place. He has 160 acres of lind, 140 of which are under
plow, In 1882 he raised 1,178 bushels of wheat, an average of thirty-one bushels per
acre, also raised 3,000 bushels of corn on seventy acres. He was born in Perry County,
Pa, December 9, 1842, raised on atarm, and moved to La Salle County, IIL, in 1854, where
he lived until the war broke out. He enlisted in the first call for troops in Company D,
Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Re-enlisted in December, 1861. in Yates’ Battalion of
sharpshooters. Re-enlisted as a veteran in the same company in 1868, Participated in all
the battles of his command. Was wounded in the battle of Allanta, July 22, 1864. He was
mustered out as Capen in May, 1865. He then tried various occupations, but being crip-
pled by his wound did not get along well for some time. He finally joined the police force
of Chicago for six months or more, theuce to Iowa, and farmed until he came to Kansas.
He was married in 1873 to Miss Kate Wynn, of Northumberland County, Pa, They have
McPHERSON COUNTY.

three children—Alma, Charlie and Freddie. He is :
i a Republican, : : a member of the G. A. R. of Iowa and
. » Stock raiser and farmer, Section 2, P. O. Marquette, He buys and raises
stock and makes that a business, He came to his place in 1881, first came to the township
in 1878. First came to Kansas in September, 1874, making the above business his main
occupation since. He was born in Greenfield, Highland Co,, Ohio, August 9, 1855, and
raised in his native place Began business life asa jeweler, following the business only a
short time. Came to Kansas for his health andhas since remained, He is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Masonic order of McPherson, and present Township
Clerk ponene ed in 1882 to Miss Augusta Brownof Evansville, Ind. He is a Republi-

GEORGE N. NORTON, farmer and stock dealer, P. O. Mar uette, Section 3. He settled
on his place in 1873. Has 1,000 acres, 100 of which are cuitivated. He built the first frame
house in the township, He was born in Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio, in 1847, and was
raised in his native place and followed book-keeping a number of years, also followed
railroading for some time, Was married in 1879 to Miss Zella Fisher, of Lindsborg, Kas.,
bub anae aor Indiana. They have two children, William and Eugene. He isa Republi-
. ¥. PARKER, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Marquefte, Section 4, Range 5, Townsht
17. He first came to this place PoOruary: 12, 1870, taking his land asa soldier's homestead.
He has 640 acres, 150 of which are cultivated, He raised 1,300 bushels of wheat in 1882,
an average of twenty-two bushels per acre, 130 acres of corn, averaging forty bushels: per
acre. He is quite largely interested in stock business. The county was ouly sparsely set-
tled when hecaine, Nota house to be seen where the villageof Marquette now stands. He
was born in Elizabethtown, N. J., May 4, 1842. He began his life as aclerk. Enlisted May
21, 1861, in Company A, First New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Participated in all the bat-
tles of his command and was mustered out in June, 1864. He was married in 1868 to Miss
Belle J. Rangeof Stewart Run, Forest Co., Pa., born July 12, 1844. They are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church of Marquette. His wife was Postmistress of Calmar, Kas.,
six years. During the early times he hauled his corn sixty-five miles to market. Some-
times was kept from home five or xix days by severe storms and his wife was left alone to
do the work of the farm in mid-winter. e

_ A. P. RENIUS, farmer and stock raiser, P.O, Marquette, Section 4,
his place in October, 1869. Has 240 acres of land, 140 of which is cultivated. He raised
1,600 bushels of wheat in 1882, an average of twenty-five bushels per acre. He was born
In Sweden in 1836. Was raised a farmer. Came to America in 1863 and lived in Illinois a
short time, St. Louis, Mo, and Omaha, Neb., where he worked at carpenter work. He re-
turned to his native country in 1868 and remained tillthe summer of 1869. Was married
in 1873 to Miss Matilda Nelson, also a native of Sweden. They have four children, Nancy,
aonee, Mauritzand Chanckette. They are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church, of
which building he was the contractor and builder of the Marquette church. He has served
two terms as Township Treasurer. Is a Republican. bs i

EV. MAURITZ STOLPE, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Elim Church of Marquette
was born in Sweden, June 15, 1858; educated in Gottenburg and Upsata, Sweden. Came
to America in 1879; was ordained to the holy ministry October 16, 1880. He preached in
Sweden on a license a short time previous to coming to America and taking charge of the
above church. He isa inember of the Lutheran General Synod of the United States.

JUDGE J. M. UNDERWOOD, farmer and stockraiser, P. Marquette, Section 34,
Township 17, Range 5 west. He first came to Saline County, Kan., in May, 1866. He en-
gaged in hunting buffalos for a number of years, not intending to settle, but finally located as
above noted, where he has since heen engaged in farming and stockraising, locating on his
present place in the spring of 1870. His nearcst market, mill and postoffice was Salina,
thirty-one miles away; there were very few settlers in this township. He and brother
Reuben made a coutract to supply the K. P. R, R. Co. with buffalo meat, while the company
were building the railroad. - They killed about 1,200 buffalos during the season of 1866, and
filled their contract. He (J. M. Underwood) was bornin Clirton County, Ohio, March 24, 1841;
was raised afarmer. Enlisted April 20, 1861, in Company B, Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry; participated in all battles of his command until discharged November, 1862, for
disability contracted in service in the battle of Shiloh. He afterwards raised Company F,
Sixtieth Ohio, Volunteer [nfantry,in Marck, 1864, and was made Captain of the company and
participated in all battles, Wilderness campaigns beginning May 4, 1864, and closing at the
surrender of General Robert E. Lee, April 11, 1865: mustered out August 8, 1865, and
started West January I, 1866. Was married in May, 1869, to Miss Jennie L, McConnell, of
Jacksonville, Ill. They have five children—Fannie C., Robert, Charles R, Lucy and Nellie.
He has served three terms as Probate Judge of McPherson County, begiuning in_ 1872 and
ending in 1876 inclusive. Represented McPherson County or Seventy-eighth District in
Ranses State Legislature in 1873-74. He is a member of James B. McPherson Post, No. 87,
G. A. K., and the Masonic fraternity, of McPherson.

W. U0. WATSON, dealer in hardware and michinery, sewing machines, etc., opened
trade in 1881, and carry an average stock of $5,000. He first caine to Saline County, Kan.,
in May, 1872, where he followed agricultural pursuits until he came to Marquette, Kan., in
October, 1881. Was born at Cold Spring, Putnam Co., N. ¥., May 18, 1846, and wasraised
ona farm. Moved to Greene County, Ill, with his parents in 1858. He has followed can-
vassing for many years for various things: Enlisted September 11, 1861, in Company D,
Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all battles of his command until
taken prisoner at Battle Ackworth, and confined in Rebel prisons six months. Mustered
out May 30, 1865. Was married in 1871 to Miss Martha Yarnell, of Ohio. They have four
children—Maud, Malcolm V., Raciel H.and Rose. He isamember of the Masonic Order,
of Illinois. Is a Republican in politics, : .

UNION TOWNSHIP. ‘

J. W. BEAN, farmer and stockraiser, Section 36, P. O. Lindsborg, has 506 acres of land.

375 of which is cultivated; thirty-five acres of various varieties of timber; Smoky Hill
River has its course through his farm for a mile. In 1882 he raised ¥,50U bushels of wheat,
an average of thirty-three bushels per acre. He has a cattle ranch of 1,920 acres, in com-
pany with B. F. Duncan, in the southeast corner of Ellsworth County, where they keep
about 300 head of cattle. He camé to Union Township in the spring of 1873. He was born
in Frederick County, Va., in 1834. His parents removed to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1841.
In 1864 he went to Andrew County, Mo., where he followed agricultural pursuits until he
came to Kansas. He has served in several town offices; is a member of the McPherson
County Board of Commissioners. Mr. Bean married, in 1859, Miss Sarah Jenkins, a native
of Jeifersonville, Ohio. They have two children—Kuith D. and Dell H. Heis a member of
the I. O. O. F. and a Republican in politics. 7

B. F. DUNCAN, farmer and stock -raiser, Section 26, P.O. Lindsborg. He came to this

placein the spring of 1872. Ile has 454 acres of fine land, 300 of which are under cultiva-
tion. In 1882 he raised 4,000 bushels of wheat, an average of thirty-three bushels per acre.
He was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1837. Was raised on afarin and learned the mil-
lers’ trade. He emigrated to the Platte purchase, Andrew County, Mo., in 1846, where he
lived until coming to Kansas. He enlisted March 7, 1862, in Company F, Fourth Missouri
Cavalry, Missouri State Militia; participated in all the battlesof his command untii dis-
charged for disability contracted while in service, in 1863. He was married in 1865, to Miss
Edith C. Bean, of Clinton County, Ohiv. He has a halt interest in the Bean & Duncan cattle
ranch in southeast corner of Ellsworth County, Kan., where they have 1,000 acres of land
fenced, and keep over three hundred head of cattle. 7

SOLOMON STEPHENS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, Township 17, Range 4,
P. O. Marquette, came to his place in April, 1866, His brother David came with him, There
were only five settlers in that vicinity at that time. Their nearest market and postoffice was
‘then Salina, thirty-five miles off. here was then nota grist-millin McPherson County.
They were frequently stirred up by the Indian Scares, but no serious difficulties ever arose
from Indian hostilities. The early pioneers frequently came together and remained at his
father’s place for a number of days for prote: tion. The Indians would often steal the stock
from the early pioneers on Sharp’s Creek, Buffalo, elk and wild turkeys were foundin great
abundance, and supplied the principal meat food for years. Mr. Stephens was born in Camp-
bell County, Tenn., March 6, 1840, and was raised onafarm. He has followed agricultural
pursuits and stock-raising all his life. He went to Indianathe winter ot 1849-50 with his
paren s. In 1854 he moved toJuneau County, Wis., and farmed until the fall of 1865. He
went to Colorado in 1876 and engaged in mining. He now owns a valuable interest in that
State. He was County Treasurer of McPherson County in 1871-72; State Senator from the
Twenty-ninth District, Kansas Legislature, in 1875-76, serving two years. 13 a Republican
in politics. 3 :

CHARLES J. STROMQUIST, farmer and stock-raiser. Section 28. P. O. Smoky Hill. He
came to Kansas December 18, 1869. Worked two years at the carpenters’ trace, then began
farming. He wasborn in Sweden, September 27, 1842. Worked mostly on the farm, but
also learned the carpenters’ and millers’ trades. Came to America in 1867. Located at Chi-
cago, where he worked at the carpenter’s trade until he came to Kansas. Was married in
1873, to Miss Johanna M. Isakson, a native of Sweden, born July 31,1849. They have four
children—Agues E., Anna W., Charles E., Francis J. L. (deceased), and ElviraS. He has
served as Trustee of Sharp‘s Creek for two years, and Union Township two and one-half
years, anda member of the School Board for several years. He is a member of the Free-
mount Swedish Lutheran Church, and has been trustee and cashier of the same for the past
ten years, He has served as Justice of the Peace two year's; is also one of the directors of the
Bethania Academy at Lindsborg, Kan.

HARPER TOWNSHIP,

W. C. McCORMICK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, P. O. Sharp’s Creek. He came
to his place in the spring of 1871. At that time the county was sparsely settled only along
the streams, His then nearest narket was sate thirty-five miles away. He now has 240
acres of land, 155 of which are cultivated, In 1882 he raised 2,000 bushels of wheat. He

 

He first_came to

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was born in Milton, Northumberland Co., Pa., July 7, 1841. He was raised on a farm, and
enlisted in January, 1862, in Company, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; participated in all the battles of his command. Re-enlisted in Company
C, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry; was mustered out in 1865. He returned to and lived
in his native place until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1868,to Miss H. Mide Brown,
of Pittston, Luzerne Co., Pa. He is a member of the James B. McPherson Post, No. 87, G. A.
R. Has server as Postmaster, Justice of the Peace, ete.

JAMES M. WILSON, P. O, Sharp’s Creek, Section 8, Township.18, Range 4 west, owns
1,040 acres of fine land, 400 of which is cultivated. This is one of the tinest stock ranches to
be found In Kansas. In 1882 he raised 3,000 bushels of wheat. He also raised 200 acres of
corn, or 6,000 bushels, He came to Salina, Kan., in 1870; lived there until 1876, but carried
on his farm, He has also been engaged in merchandising in Salina five years. He was born
in Belmont County, Ohio, January 17, 1829, and raised onafarm. Has lived in Lowa, Min-
nesota, and four and a half years in California, where he was engaged in mining. Was edu-
catedLin Noble qian: Ohio. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married in
April. 1863, to Miss Mary Ik. Wilson, born December 31, 1843, in Monroe County, Ohio. Mr.

ilson keeps a large amount of cattle, sheep and hogs on hand, buys and sells, etc.

ROXBURY.

Roxbury is situated in the northeastern corner of the county, in the rich
valley of Gypsum Creek, It contains a good store, postoffice, schoolhouse,
church and other buildings. The Baptist Society was organized in 1872, anda
good frame building. 30x40 feet, was. completed in 1882, although it had been
commenced in 1878. The enrolled membership of the society is thirty; value
of property, including two lots, $1,000, Pastors who have served the church:
Rev. D. McGregor, Rev. P. R. Prophet and Rev. Wm. D. Shields. There is
at present no settled pastor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—GYPSUM CREEK TOWNSHIP.

B. B. GATES, of the firm of B. B. Gates & Co., dealers in general merchandise, opened
business alone, in June, 1872, and carried a stock of $1,500, now carries a stock of $3,000.
The company is E. W. Blaine, who is the Asst, Postmaster of Roxbury. Mr. Gates has 760
acres of fine land in Gypsum Creek Township, and adjoining Township 5, 400 of which are
cultivated, In 1882 B. B. Gates & Co., raised 6,000 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-
five bushels to the acre. The firm own 320 acres in the above township, 250 of which are cul-
tivated, and 960 acres in Marion County, adjoining McPherson County. Mr. Gates, Postmas-
ter, firstcameto Roxbury in the spring of 1872. He was born in Derby, New Haven Co.,Conn.,
December 24, 1824; went to Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1834, and there he wasraisid a
farmer. Then lived in various places in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, engaged in the
hotel and pocery business, He 1s Township Treasurer of Gypsum Creek, and a Republi-
cau in politics.

JAMES MUIR, farmer and stock-raiser, . O. Roxbury, Section 16. He first came to
Kansas in the fall of 1857, and worked some time ina saw mill at Lawrence. Came to Sa-
lina March 4, 1858, farmed there until he came to his present place, in the spring of 1873.
The country was considerably settled. He assisted to build the. first house inp Salina, in the
summer of 1855. He took up the first land, and opened up the first farm in Saline County,
near Salina. The nearest markets then, of any account, was Kansas City, Mo., 200 miles
east. The trip was made with oxen, taking from four to six weeks, He would haut buffalo
hides East, and return with general inerchandise. He was born in Scotland, January 1,
1833. Came alone to America in 1851, setlling in Randolph County, Tll., he worked as a
hired man on a farm for some time. Married in 1861, to Miss Abbie M. Wilcox, a native of
New York City, born November 9, 1839. He has 200 acres of land in Section 16; 160 of
which is cultivated. He makes stock-raising a specialty.

A. ©. SPILMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 9, P.O. Roxbury. He came tothis
place in the spring of 1871. He has 400 acres of land, 200 of which are cultivated. In 1882
he, in company with James Muir, raised 2,400 bushels of wheat. He now makes stock-rais-
ing a specialty, and has a fine lotof cattle. He was born in Yazoo City, in 1837; was raised
in Madison County, [l]., his parents moving there in 1838. He enlistedin August, 1861, in
Company F, Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; served nearly a year, and was transferred to
the Third {ndiana Home Guards, serving on the frontiers in Missouri, Arkansas, Indian
Territory and Kansas. He was promoted to First Lieutenant and Captain of Company kb,
Third Indiana Home Guards; was mustered out May 31, 1865. Me first came to Kansas in
September, 1857, living at Lawrence, and was a correspondent for several Eastern news-
papers. Came to Salina in 1858, and has farmed and surveyed since. He was elected’
County Surveyor of Saline County in 1865, and served oneterm. Served one term from Sa-
line County, in the Kansas Legislature, in 1867. He has held several township offices. He
wis married in 1866, to Miss Mary A. Kennison, a native of Ohio. They had two chi:dren—
James and May. His wife (lied in 1871. Was married again in 1877, to Harriet Stevens, of
Pennsylvania, They have had one son, Alfred Edwin. He isa Republican in politics.

HENRY B. TOLLE, farmer and _ stock-raiser, P. O. Roxbury, Section 4. He came
to this place in May, 1866; being the first manto take up land in McPherson County, and
his claim the first entered at land office. His nearest neighbor was six miles off. There was
a threatened outbreak of Indians in June, 1868, which caused a good deal of uneasiness
with the few pioneers in that wild country. He now has 200 acres of land, 100 of which is
cultivated. In 1882, raised 1,100 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-five bushels per
acre. He was born in Glasgow, Barron Co., es February 5, 1842, and raised ona farm.
Enlisted October, 1861, in Company E, Ninth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; participated
in many battles of his command; mustered outin December, 1864. Married in 1867, to
Miss Sarah F. Snoddy, of Glasgow, Ky. They are members of Methodist Episcopal Church
of Gypsum Creek Township. In the summer of 1882, he erected a church building, wholely
with hisown means; the size of which was 28x42 feet, frame at a cost of $1,000. Itis lo-
cated on Section 4, Township 17, Range 1. The above church society was formed in 1869,
with Rev. Phillips as pastor; consisting of eight members, belonging to three families;
Rev. b. P. Wesley 1s the present pastor. 7

JOSEPH T. TOLLE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Gypsum Creek. Hehas 520 acres
of land in one body, partly lying in McPherson and partly in Saline counties, 273 of which
are cultivated. In 1882, he raised 3,400 bushels of wheat, an average of thirty-two bushels

eracre. He made the entry on hisland May 4, 1866; moved his family March 20, 1867.

is nearest postoffice was twenty-four miles »way. He erected a dwelling in February,
1867; nearest neighbor lived four miles away. There were Indian troubles in the fall of
1867, one man being killed, a Mr, Teple. Neighbors had their horses stolen by the Indians;
the pioneers all took their families to Salina that fall, where they remained sometime. He
was born in Barron County, Ky., February 5, 1834, and _lived there until 1862, thence to
Bartholemew County, Ind.,.and farmed until he cameto Kansas. He was married in 1858,
to Miss Martha J. Ward, of his native State, They have seven children—Mary E., Robert S..
Lovie J., Hattie G., Harry F., Walter T. and Christie C. His wife died Febiuary 12, 1878,
he was again married February 26, 1879, to Phebe Hodges, of Richland County, Ohio; they
have three children —Loie A., Wilbur W. and Charlie J. He and his family are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was the first Postmaster of McPherson County. The
first sermon was preached in his house by the Rev. Mr. Morrison, a Presbyterian min{ster,
in 1867. There wasa Methodist Episcopal Society formed about that time, of which Mr.
Tolle was leader until1877. He began preaching in 1877, as a local preacher of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

SPRING VALLEY TOWNSHIP.

JOSEPH C. BURGESS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P. O. Canton. He has 160
acres of fine land, 140 of which arecultivated, In 1882, he raised 1,200 bushels of wheat,
an average of twenty-five bushels to the acre. He came tothis place in the spring of 1873.
He was born in Hocking County Ohio, December 17, 1835, and was raised a farmer; followed
the carpenter trade at Three Rivers, Mich., some time, thence went to Poweshiek County,
Iowa, where he followed carpenter work and farming until he came to Kansas, He was
married in 1857 to Miss Eda Wood, of Loraine County, Ohio, They have five sons—Oliver
J., Joseph H., John L., Henry M., and CarysM. Heisa Republican in politics. His wife
served as the first school District Clerk one term.

Cc. A. CHAMPLIN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section17, P. O. Canton. He came to his
place in January, 1876. He owns 480 acres of !and, 350 of which are cultivated. In 1882
heraised 2,925 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-five bushels to the acre. He was
bern in Tompkins County, N. Y¥., October, 9, 1840, and was raised ona farm. The family
moved to Rockford, Ill.. in 1845, he was there raised. Enlisted in the spring of 1861, in
Company H, Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; was wounded in the battle of Shiloh,
April, 6, 1862. Re-enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Illinois Cavalry as a Veteran, Decem-
ber 15, 1863; was wounded May 24, 1864, at the battle of Marksville, La., and was dlis-
charged at Baton Rouge, January, 28, 1865. He participated in all the battles of his com-
mand in Cavalry. Is © member of Silas Miller Post, No. 84, G. A. R. Has served as
Township Trustee for the past three years. Married March 5, 1845, to Miss Alice Pickard,
of Pennsylvania, who was raised in Ogle County, Il]. They have six children—Joel B.,
Herbert H., Alfred R., Frederick C., Roy F., and Robert A. He has two severe wounds
received in the battles of the Rebellion and receives a pension by reason of the same.

B. F. HUMBLE, farmer, stockraiser and carpenter, P. O. Canton, southwest quarter
Section 22, has 160 acres fine land, with 120 cultivated. Hecame to his place in July, 1874.
Born in Warren County, Tenn., November 27, 1844, Was raised on a farm, and lived in his
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native State until he came to Kansas. Was in his State service during the war. Married,
1867, to Miss Eliza J. Jones, of same county. They have five children—Andy P., William,
Fred C., Matt and Ruberta. He is a member of the Cumberland, Tenn., Presbyterian
Church and I. O. O, F. =

THOMAS W. MOON, farmer and stockraiser, Section 20, P. O. Canton, He has 160
acres of land, all cultivated. In 1882 he raised 2,600 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-
three bushels tothe acre. He came to this place with his family in 1874. He was born in
Clinton County, Ohlo, January 23, 1829, and was raised ona farm Went to Grant County,
Ind., in 1854, and farmed nine years; returned to Ohio and farmed until he came to Kansas.
He was married, in 1850, to Margaret Carry, of the same county. They have thirteen chil-
dren—John C., married; Caroline, married to Wm. fresh; Eliza J., married to Henry
Weaver; Nathan W., married; Sarah A., married to James Brown; Luella, athome; Susan,
married to Lambert Bailey; Emma, Henry B., Amaziah G., Alma, Thomas E. and Linnie.
He 1s a member of the Quaker Friends Church, I, O. O. F., anda member of the Greenback
party. :
HON. J. M. SIMPSON, P. 0. Spring Valley, was born in Stock Township, Harrison
Co., Ohio, April 17, 1845, and resided there until 1864, when he removed to Christian
County, Ill., where he remained until the time of his removal to Kansas, March 1, 1876,
locating on Section 33, Township 20, Range 1 west, where he has since resided, although
he did not remove his family to Kansas until the spring of 1877. He has held various
offices in his township, having held fcr three terms the position of Town Clerk, and con-
nected with the school government most of the time since he has been in the State. In No-
vember, 1882, he was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives. He was
educated at Meadville, Pa., and in fllinois. Mr. Simpson is in every sense a representative
man, having manifested in public life marked ability and vigor. e was married in Mo-
hawk Village, in Onio, July 31, 1872, to Mattie J. Moore, a native of that village. The
ave, three children—Roberta A., Lacy M. and Stuart T, Mr. 8. is a member of the A. F.

LONE TREE TOWNSHIP.

CHRISTIAN W. BRUBAKER, tarmer and stock raiser, P.O. McPherson, Section 17;
has 1,200 acres of fine land. In 1882, he raised 13,000: bushels of wheat, an average of
thirty bushels per acre. He came to his place December 13, 1875; moved his family Feb-
ruary 20, 1876. He was born in Rapho Township, Lancaster Co., Pa,, August 4, 1837, and
was raised on a farm in his native place until 1871, when he moved to Edgar County, IIL,
where he farmed until he came to Kansas. Married September 17, 1861, to Miss Martha
M. Brubaker, of East Hempfield, Lancaster Co., Pa. They have two children—Abram L.,
and Elizabeth. Wife died February 21, 1866. Was again married December 5, 1868, to
Miss Poly Lehman, of Launtenderry, Lebanon Co., Pa. They have three children—Miles,
Aaron and Martha. Wife died February 20 1875. Again married January 1, 1876, to Miss
Catherine Wheeland, of Pennsylvania. They are members of the German Baptist Church.

J.J. COLBY, farmer and stock raiser, ’, O. Galva, northeastquarter, Section 3, Town-

“ship 20, Range 2, west. He has 166.95 acres of land, with 110 acres under cultivation. In
1882, he raised 1,000 bushels of wheat. He came to his homestead March 27,1872, built a
sod house 10x16 feet, and lived in that rude structure four years, Hethen erected a good
frame dwelling. He held the office of Postmaster two years, soon after coming to this place.
His market in 1872 was Newton, thirty-one miles south. Buffalo, deer and antelope
dotted the prairies in vast numbers, and furnished their only meat for some time. He was
born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, October 1, 1832; was raised a sailor and followed the great
lakes for twenty-five years, beginning as a an before the mast and ending a sailor’s life as
mate, of “Fountain City’ propeller. Enlisted in the spring of 1864 in the Second Ohio
Light Artillery, and was Wagon Master of hiscommand. He was mustered out in August,
1805. Married January 17, 1860, to Miss Sarah J. Whiton, of Kingsville, Ashtabula Co.,
Ohio. They have five children—Jennie Z., Madison J., Bertha J., married to Mr, Frank
Robb, of Galva;. Mary A., and Edwin W.

JOSEPH FINKLE, farm:r and stock raiser, P. 0. Galva, Section 4, He came to this
place in March, 1872. His nearest market was then Newton, thirty miles southeast. His
nearest neighbor lived three miles away. His nearest grist-mill was Salina. forty miles
North. Buffalo, deer and antelope dotted the plains thickly. Mr. F. now owus 500 acres of
fine land, all cultivated. In 1882, he raised 10,000 bushels of wheat. He was born in
Columbia County, N. Y.. November 19, 1825, and was raised on a farm; went to Michigan
in 1853, and farmed there until he came to Kansasin 1872. He was married, in 1847, to
Miss Mary A. Wheeler,a native of Connecticut. They have nine children—Norman, Watson,
Arthur,(married and hving near on farms), Cordelia (married Mr.John Small, who is afarim-
er near by), Perry and Judson (who live at home, but work their own land, of which they
have eighty acres each, adjoining their father’s), Alice (married Mr. Frank Morse, and
lives ona farm in Empire Township), Charles and Cora E, (at home). He isa member of
the Christian Church and deacon of the same.

GEORGE HARROUFF, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. McPherson, Section 18. He has
240 acres of land, all cultivated. In 1882, he raised 2,200 bushels wheat, an average yield of
twenty-four bushels per acre. Hecame to his place January 22, 1873. e was born in
Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co, Pa., October 12, 1848, and was raised on a farm; parents
moved to Macon County, Ill., in 1852, where he was brought up ana lived until he immi-
grated to Kansas.

JEFFERSON HOLMES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 26, P. O. Farms, has 320
acres of very fine land, 190 of which are cultivated. He located on his place in April, 1871,
where he has since been engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was appointed Post-
master of Farms Postoffice July 20, 1877, and has since held the office, He opened a stock
of general merchandise in August of the same year, of about £150 worth. He now carries
au average stock of $2,000. He has been a member of the Schvol Board for the past six
years, In 1882 he raised.2,750 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-seven bushels to the
acre, He was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., October 24, 1831, and was raived ona farm
and in a grist-mil], He worked in the mills at Ann Arbor and Scio, Mich., for several years,
He has lived in Burlington, Iowa, arid various other places, where he has veen engaged in
milling and farining. He married, in 1851, Miss Hannah Culy, of Washtenaw County, Mich.
She was born and married under the same roof, They have six children—Thomas J., mar-
ried; Francis D. George B., William T., Edward E. and Clara Lillian. He isa member of
the Progressive Brethren Chureh.

THOMAS J. HOLMES, farmer ard stock raiser, Section 14, P.O. Farms. Hecame to
this place in April, 1875; caine to the Lownship with his parents in April, 1871, He has 160
acres of very fine land, 140 of which are cultivated. In 1882 he raised 2,626 bushels of
wheat, an average of twenty-five bushels tothe acre. He was born in Webster, Mich., May
2, 1853; was reared on a farm and lived in his native place until 1856, when he moved with
his parents to Burlington, Iowa, where he lived until hecame to Kansas, He was married
February 24, 1879, to Miss Martha J. Caldwell, of Rolla County, West Va. They have two
children—Art Wendell and Rena, 7

F. J. MAXWELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 15, P.O. Lone Tree, has 160 acres of
land, 140 acres of which are under cultivation. In 1882 he raised 2,300 bushels of wheat.
He came to his land in the fall of 1873. Me was born in Hamilton County, Ill, February 28,
1840; was raised on afarin tear Carrollton, Greene County, Ill. Heis a follower of the
Lord, He was married in 1871 to Miss Rebecca H. Cooper, of Carrollton, Greene County,
Ill, They havethree children —Alice, Edgar and Walter. He is superintendent of the Em-
pire Union Sabbath-school, of Lone Tree Township,

THOMAS M. MIDDLLSWART, farmer and stock raiser, Section 11, P.O. Galva, has
160 acres of fine land, 131 of wl.\ch are cultivated, He came to this place May 1, 1872. In
1882 he raised 2,855 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-one bushels to the acre. He was
born in Mason County, Ky., February 28, 1828. He was raised a farmer, and his parents
went to Brown County, Ohio, in 1820, where he was raised and edueated, He moved to

Carrollton, Greene County, Ill, in 1867, where he farmed until he caine to Kansas. i iste
ed September 22, 1864, in the Fourth Ohio Independent Company Cavalry; partietnated in
General Sherman's march to the sea; was mustered out at Washington, D.C., May 27, 1865;
discharged at Cainp Denison, June 5, 1865. Was married In 1453 to Miss Rebecea J. Gilles-
pie, of Brow: County, Ohio. They have four children—Joseph N., Rebecea F.. William
McKee and James D.S, Rebecca F. married Mr. George Evans, of Lowe Tree Township.
Mr. Middleswart is a member of James A. G. McPherson Post No, 87, G. A. R.; also the A.
JJ. T. A. of Empire. He is a Republican.

JAMES H. RICHARDSON, farmer, P. O. Lone Tree.
northwest quarter and a soldier homestead in the southeast quarter of Section 14; a timber
claim in the northwest quarter of Section 24; railroad land in the southwest quarter and
south half of the south half of the northwest quarter of Section 13; and school land in the
south half of the southwest quarter of Section 36, allin Township 2u, Range 2 west, Lone
‘Tree Township, amounting to 760 acres, 580 of which are cultivated. On his timber claim
there are seventeen acres of timber, consisting of walnut, catalpa oak, hickory, coffee bean
and butternut. He has five acres of orchard on his homestead farm, consisting of nearly all
varieties of fruits, and a row of cottonwood trees on it on each side of the 200 rods of Crook-
ed Creek, four feet apart. The homestead and railroad land have the creek on them, and to
have the timber claim attached, consisting then of 520 acres, is the making of a first-class

rain and stock farm. He cameé to his clalm in the latter part of June, 1872. He was born
n Allegheny City, Allegheny Co., Pa., April 30, 1831. Was raised in Temperanceville, now
the Thirty-sixth Ward of Pittsburgh, Pa, Enlisted on or about the 13th of July , 1861, in
Company C, Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; participated in many battles and skirmishes,
aid was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., the 15th of August, 1865; was paid off at Daveu-
ort, Iowa, August 30, 1865. The following are the battles and skirmishes he participated
n: Ambuscaded at Charleston, Mo., New Madrid, skirmish before Corinth, Iuka, Corinth,
siege of Vicksburg, Savannah; to the shoulders in water, Columbia, Bentonville. He wasa
Corporal. Heis a member of the James B. McPherson Post No. 87, G. A. R., and the I. 0.

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J, L, SEITZ, farmer and stock raiser, P, O. McPherson, Section 6. He came to Kansas

He has a pre-emptton in the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in February, 1872, locating on his place; has 160 acres of land, 130 of which are under cul-
tivation. He raised 1,800 bushels of wheat in 1882.being an average of thirty-three bushels
to theacre. He has served as Township Trustee and Treasurer four years. He was born
in Cumberland County, Pa., April 16, 1847. He was raised on a farm, enlisted January 24,
1864, in Company K, Fifty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; participated in the battles of
Lookout Mountain and Stone River. He was Orderly Sergeant of the company and was
mustered out september 20, 1865. He afterward followed farming in Decatur, Macon Co,,
Iil., until he came to Kansas. He now deals largely in real estate, farms, etc. Was married
February 1, 1870, to Miss Margaret Wintrode, who was born in Fulton, Stark Co.. Ohio,
March 18, 1845. They have five children—Adelbert W., Leora B,. Cleo Colfax, Hattie P. and
Fred L. He is a member of the Masonic order and Republican in politics.

T. B, SPEECE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 6, P. O. McPherson; has 160 acres of
land with 120 cultivated He came to his place in September, 1873; has served as Township
Treasurer, etc. He was born in Jasper County, Mo., January 26, 1846. His parents moved
to Shelby County, Ohio, the same year, where he was brought up and lived until 1857,when
he moved to Logan County, Ill, and from thence to Macon County, making farming his
business. He enlisted August 2, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Vol.
unteer Infantry, and participated in Forest's raid through Tennessee, yickspures Mies
Black River campaign, Helena, Ark,, and Little Rock. Was discharged May 4, 1864, for
disability contracted while in the service. He is a member of the James B. McPherson Post
No. 87, G. A. R., and Masonic order of McPherson. He married in the fall of 1867 Miss Sarah
Jammerson, @ native of Hingis. 1 bey have four chiidren—Edgar G., Milton, Mattie and
Jessie, He is a Republican in politics.

EATHAN A. STOOKEY, farmer and stock raiser,P. O. McPherson, Section §. He cameto
his place in April, 1871. Has 160 acres of fine land with about 135 acres cultivated. In
1882 he raised 3,000 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-five bushels peracre. He was
born In Ross County, Ohio, October 16, 1839 and raised on a farm. Moved to Tippecanoe
County, Ind., 1868, where he farmed three years; thence came to Kansas. Married in 1858
to Miss Mahala Bryant,.of Ross County, Ohio. They have five children—Jennie, married
10 Mr. John Davis, now of Mechanicsville, Ind., John A., Clara E.,1da L, and Mary B. He
is a member of Dunkard Church and the School Board. 7

EDWARD SWANDER, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. McPherson, Section 7. Has 160
acres of Jand, 100 of which are cultivated. In 1882 he raised 400 bushels of wheat. He was
Scbool Treasurer in 1874, 1875 and 1876, and_ elected County Commissioner in the fall of
1880. He was born in Shelby County, Ohio, November 7, 1838; moved to Macon County,
UL, in 1865. Has always followedfarming. Married, ir 1860, Miss Elizabeth Bennett, of
Shelby County, Ohio, They have s2ven children—Ella F., David A., Maggie, Emm Alfred
H., Lydia M, and’James Hayes. He is a Republican in politics.

BYRON WILLIAMS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. McPherson, Section 7. He came to
his place in March, 1872. He has 160 acres of fine land, with 100 acres cultivated. In 1882
he raised 1,050 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-three bushels per acre. He was born
in Ashtacula County, Ohio, September 10, 1842; lived there on afarm until 1868, when he
moved to ‘ama County, Lowa, and farmed until he came to Kansas. Married, in 1870, Miss
Laura McGee. a native of Iowa. They have two children—Judie H. and Clara H. They are
members of the Baptist Church. He isa Republican in politics.

KING CITY TOWNSHIP.

DANIEL D. CARPENTER, farmer and_ stock raiser, carpert>~ and joiner, P. 0.
McPherson, owns 160 acres on Section 9, northeast quarter, eighty of which are under cul-
tivation. Hecametothis place June 14, 1871. His family came the October following,
He has since been engaged in farming and stock raising, and working at bui'ding. He was
born in Smithville, Chenango Co., N. Y., March 1, 1836; was raised a cooper and farmer,
Enlisted August 14, 1861, in Company A, Thirty-third I!linois Volunteer Infantry. Served
until discharged for disability, contracted while in service, in April, 1863. He was married
July 3, 1865, to Miss Sarah A. Gray, a native of Concord, Erie Co., Pa, He and his wife are
members of the Baptist Church, of which he was clerk for the first six years after the or-
ave four children—Adelbert L., Mary K., Stella L. and Franklin A, He
is a member of the James B. McPherson Post, No. 87, G. A. R., andthe I. 0. O. F. of McPher-
son. He was elected the first Justice of the Peace, and served two terms, of King City
Township. In1882 he raised 1,000 bushels of wheat, or an average of thirty bushels per

ganization. They

JOHN U. FELLOWS, P. O. King City, farmer, stock raiser, Government store-keeper,
and United States Gauger since 1880, for the Fourth Division of the District of Kansas. He
was Secretary of the Ashtabula Colony from Ohio. He came to this place in the spring of
1871, southeast quarter Section 22; has 160 acres of fine land, 140 of which is cultivated.
He erected the first board residence on his land in the spring of 1871, that being the first on
homestead land of the kind in that part of McPherson County. He was born in Greenbush,
opposite Albany, N. Y., May 6, 1843. His parents moved with their family to Ashtabula
County, Ohio, in 1851, where he was raised and educated. He enlisted May 1, 161, inCom-
pany B, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, aud participated in all the battles of his
command, and was discharged October 8, 1863, for disability contracted in the service. He
afterward attended school and clerked until he came to Kausas. He was married in 1866
to Miss Cynthia J. Marr, of Ashtabula County, Ohio. They have one son—Charles W. Mr.
Fellows is a member of James B. McPherson Post, No. 87G. A.B. | 7

JOSEPH GAMBLE, P. O. King City, came to this place in the spring of 1877, locating
for his father, on Section 25. His father, David Gamble, came soon after and supplied the
means for purchasing and improving the farm, which he now owns. It consists of 480
acres of land, 160 of which are under cultivation, They raised 200 bushels of wheat in 1882,
an average of twenty-five bushels per acre. David Gamble was born in Indiana County,
Pa, in 1811. His wife’s maiden name was Elizabeth Huntley, a native of Canada. There
were two sons—Joseph and Lemuel W., deceased. Joseph was born in Canada, in 1837, and
was raised on a farm, emlgrallng: to Michigan with his parents wben a small boy.

J. A. GARDNER, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O MePherson, $ ctior 1, southwest quar-
ter, 160 acres, 100 of which is cultivated, He came to Empire Township in spring of 1873,
and opened a farm and began stock-raising, which he has since followed. Was bornin Kast
Fairfield, Columbiana Co., Ohio, 1845; was raised on a farm. Enlisted August 4, 1861, in
Company G, Fourth Iowa Cavalry; participated in all battles of his command; wounded in
the battle of Guntown, Miss., June, 1864; mustered out in September, 1865. Married in
December, 1869, to Miss Mattie F. Stone, of Decatur County, Iowa, They have twosons and
two daughters—Freddie J., Bernie M., Myrtle E. and George R. The eldest was born in
Decatur County, Lowa, and the others in King City Township, Kansas. He is a member of
James B. McPherson Post, No. 87,G. A. R. His wifeisamember Christian Church. He
has served as Township Trustee, U. 8S. Enumerator,census 1880, in his District, Police Judge
a short time, while he lived in McPherson, Kan.

D. ISINGTON, farmer and stock ra'ser,was bornin Little Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y.,
May 1, 1818. He was raised a blacksinith, Came to Kansas, in 1871, and local duu Section
12, Range 3, west, King City Township. Enlisted in 1861, 1n the Eleventh New York Light
Artillery, Was mustered out before Petersburg Camp, in the field, October 20, 1864. He
was married July 4, 1840, to Miss Hannah C. Miller, of Onondaga County, N. Y. They have
two daughters and one son, E, H., born in Port Byrou, N. ¥., September 30, 1843, married
in Ashtabula, Ohlo, November 28, 1959,to Ammi H. Loomis; Julia, born in Ashtabula,
Ohio, August 29, 1848, married in McPherson County, Kan., June 3, 1873, to Milton Wil-
ams; athan L, born in Ashtabula, Ohio, June 17, 1855. Mr. Huisington joined the
Good Templars Society in Ashtabula, in 1864, and at the same place in 1865, became an
Odd Fellow, to which order he has belonged ever since. In 1876, was one of Cvecharter
members ot the McPherson County, Kansas, Lodge, of which he is still a working member,

JOUN D. MORGAN, farmerand stock raiser, P. O. McPherson, Section 15. Hecame
to hls presont place in fall of 1871, was a member of the Ashtabula Colony from Ohio. He
owns cighty acres of land, forty of which is cultivated. Born in Erie County, N. ¥., Oc-
tober 21, 1846, and raised a farmer, Moved to Crawford County, Pa., in 1858, thence to
Belvidere, Ill, 1866, followed farming, Inilling and lumbering. Went to Green Lake
County, Wis,, in 1866, and farmed until he came_to Kansas. Married in 1880, to Mrs, Killa
I. (Dodge) Bentley, of Franklin County, Mass, She was born July 12, 1847. She was mar-
ried in 1865, to Mr, John J. Bentley of Princeton, Green Lake Co., Wis. Mr. Bently died in
1877. They had twochildren, Freddie H. Bently aud_Atta Elenora Bently.

HENRY OLIVANT, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. McPherson, Section 32. He owns 480
acres of fine land, 200 of which is cultivated. He raised 700 bushels of wheut in 1882, or an
average of twenty-five bushels tothe acre. He came to this place in July, 1871. He_was
born in England, in 1833, and came to America, in February, i g68, locating in Troy. N.Y,
where he followed the trade of machinist for sometime. Hethen went to Hoosac Tunnel,
Mass., and became the foreman _of the machine shops for a time. He then became ma-
chinist for the Walter A. Wood Manufacturing Company of Hoosack Falls, N. Y., until he
came to Kansas. He is now general foreman in the A.T.& 8S. FR. R. shops at Nickerson,
Kan., and has 150 men under his supervision. He was married November 7 1852, to Miss
Sarah A, Clayton, a native of England, They have four children, George, Harry, Anna and
Eliza_ fe isa member of the I. 0. O, F. of England.

BERNHARD REICHERT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 13, northwest quarter, P.
O. Kings City, owns 160 acres, eighty-five of which is cultivated. He came to this place
June 1, 1§71, moved his family on November, of the same year and has farmed since. He
has served as Township Treasurer and Trustee. He was born in Germany, in 1838, and
came to America in 1852, locating in Ashtabula County, Ohio, where he farmed, worked in
the planing mill factories, etc. listed March 27, 1861, in Company I, Nineteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Soon re-enlisted in Battery ©, First Ohio Light. Artillery.
He De nucpated in all the battles of his command, and vy s_ mustered out June
15, 1865. He was married in 1867, to Mrs. E. J, Jones, a native of Kentucky. They have
two children, Emanuel C. and Catharine M, He is a member of the James B, McPherson
Post, No. 87, G, A, R., and Cornucopia Grange, No, 1358. He was brought up a Lutheran
* Church.

McPHERSON COUNTY.

Protestant. In 1882, he raised 671 bushels of wheat, an average of twenty-five bushels to
the acre.

J.S. VANDEUSEN, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. McPherson, Section 21. He came to
his place in May, 1878, since which he has followed farming, stock raising and teaching.
He was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., February 3, 1837, and was raised on a farm and has
nearly always followed that business, He was educateu in Jonesville Academy in his native
county, New York. He lived in that county until twenty-one years old, when he moved to
Leland, LaSalle Co., Ill., inthespring of 1858, since which time he has followed teaching
—past twenty years. He has ably filled several town offices. Was married in the summer
of 1859, to Miss Addie A. Holtrook, of Green County, N.Y. They have nine children—
Mary A., Sarah L., Charles H., Lorena E., William R., George P., Frederick B., Ada May
and Leonard A. Heis a member of A. F. & A. M., of his native place, a Democrat in poli-

tics.

DANIEL C. WEDDLE, farmer and stock raiser, P.O, Kings City. He first came to Kansas
in September, 1872, remained in Harvey County until May, 1873, when he located on his
present place, Section 26. He has 120 acres ofdand, 100 of which are cultivated. He has
also 160 acres on Section 22, all cultivated. In 1882 he raised 5,972 bushels of wheat. He
deals largely in live stock and cattle. Has served as Deputy Sheriff of Buchanan County,
Mo. He was born in Jackson County, Ind., March 29, 1847, and was raised ona farm. Set-
tledin Buchanan County, Mo. in 1867, where he farmed and raised stock, and from there
cameto Kansas. Enlisted January 30, 1863, in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-fifth
Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the battles of his command,
and was mustered out December 22. 1866. Was married in 1869, to Miss Dianna Nettles,
of Arkansas. He is a member of the James B. McPherson Post No. 87, G. A. R.
Republican in politics. =

WILLIAM WEST, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. McPherson, Section 10, northeast
quarter. He has 820 acres of fine land, 360 of which are cultivated, all in the above town-
ship. Also 160 acres in Lone Tree Township, all cultivated. In 1882 he raised 3,000 bush-
els of wheat, an average of twenty-four bushels per acre. He located on his homestead in
the spring of 1871. He kept hotelin King City eighteen months, then moved to McPherson
and erected a house by the latter name. This wasthe first hotel inthe place, which Mr. W.
kept about three years. He was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, February 18, 1835, and
was raised on a farm. Enlisted in August, 1861, in Company F, Second Ohio Cavalry,
served in all actions of his command, until wounded, February 17, 1862. and was (lischarged
inthe spring of 1862, He was married in 1858, to Miss Cornelia Bennell, of Seneca County,
N.Y. They have one daughter, Susie E, Wife died in June, 1882. He was again married,
September 17, 1882. He is amember of James B, McPherson Post No 87. He hasserved as
Justice ofthe Peace. He is a distiller by trade; now owns a distillery at the defunct King
City, with a capacity. of atwelve-bushel bouse. He manufactures from rye and corn, pure
sourmash whiskey. It cost $4,000. He employs five menin the business.

NEW GOTTLAND TOWNSHIP.

GUST BURK, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. New Gottland, Section 34. Hehas 240
acres of land on the above section, and 180 acres on Section 27, all cultivated. In 1882, he
raised 1,587 bushels of wheat, an average of thirty-five bushels peracre. He was born in
Sweden, February 1, 1846. Cameto Americain 1867. He worked in various places until
he came to Kansas. Was married in 1871, to Miss Anna L, Hult, a native of Sweden. They
have four children—Amanda. Charles F., Esther M. and David G. They are nembers of the
Swedish Lutheran Church, of New Gottland Township. He hasserved as Township Trus-
tee, Postmaster, ete. In 1882, he raised nine tons of broom corn, which sold at $100 per

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SWAN BURK, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. New Gottland, Section 35, has 400 acres
of land with 280 cultivated. In 1882, there was 3,047 bushels of wheat raised on his land,
and ninety acres of broom corn, producing thirty tons, which sold at $100 per ton. He
came to his place, April 3, 1871. He was boru in Sweden in 1839; came to America in 1865,
settling in Jefferson, County, Iowa, where he worked about three and one-half years, at
anything hecould findto do. He was married in 1868,to Miss Mary A. Almgren, a native
of the latter county, lowa. They have three children—Clara O., Emma E. and MatildaS.
His wife died in 187%. He was married again. March 4, 1881, to Miss Mary C. Hockenson,
anativeof Sweden. They have one daughter—Ida Maria. They are members of the Swed-
ish Lutheran Church, of New Gottland.. He has served as Township Treasurer two terms.
- ©. O. GRANT, farmer and stock raiser, Sections 34 and 35, . O. New Gottland
He came to this place in the spring of 1876 and opened a farm of 320 acres, 240 of
which he has since cultivated. In 1882 he raised 3,000 bushels of wheat and twenty tons
of broom corn. He was born in Sweden May 26, 1849, and came to America in 1863, lo-
cating in Knox County, Ill. His wife’s maiden name was Thilda Grant. They have five
children, Hattie M., Albertina W., Mattie W., Nellie A. and Oscar Wilfred E. They are all
members of the Swedish Lutheran Church of New Gottland.
JOHN P. GRANT, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. New Gottland, Section 1. Hecame to
his place in the spring of 1872. Owns 600 acres of land, 440 acres he has under cultiva-
tion. In 1882 he raised 3,000 bushels of wheat, an average of thirty-five bushels per
acre, also twelve tons of broom corn. He was the first Township Trustee elected in
McPherson Township. He has been a member of the McPherson County Board for the
past three years, and was recently elected for a term of three years. Was born in Sweden
ovember 2, 1837, andcameto America in 1863, locating in Galesburg, Ill., at which time
he had only $3 in money and afamily to keep. He worked at many kinds of labor until he
came to Kansas aad began farming. Married in 1855 to Miss Anna S. Johnson, a native of
Sweden, born January 1, 1838. They have three children, Charles E., David H.,aud Nellie
c. They are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church of this township.

P. M. SANNQUIST; P. O. New Gottland, pastor of the New Gottland Swedish Lutheran
This church was organized in 1872. The church building erected in 1876 ata cost
of $3,000. There are 250 members at present. P.M. Sannquist came to this place in the
fall of 1878 and took charge of the above church. He was born in Oskarhauun, Sweden,
June 8, 1835. Came to America in 1865 and located in Altona, Ill., and took charge of the
Lutheran Church there in the full of 1867 and after that moved to Woodhull, IIL, in the fall
of 1871, where he took charge of the Swedish Lutheran Church, Married June 8, 1866, to
Miss Ida J. Sandell, a native of Sweden, born August 22, 1845. They have two children—
Helda Christine, now attending the academy at Lindsborg, and Peter E., deceased, and
Carl Emel, an adopted son. Mr. Ss. was educated in Allsborg, Sweden, and after coming to
America he attended school two years at Paxton, Ford Co., IIL, at Augustana College,
graduating in 1867, since which time he has preached. Has builtthree churches and has
one in contemplation at McPherson, Kas. 5

CASTLE TOWNSHIP.

8. C. ALEXANDER, dealer in general merchandise. He opened trade in November,
1880, and carries an average stock of $4,500. He first located northwest oue-quarter Sec-
tion 35, Castle Township, in March, 1874, and followed farming until he opened trade.
Born in Greenville County, Canada, June 6, 1841, and raised in his native place. Went to
Goshen, Ind., in 1860, and lived until twenty-one years old. Enlisted in 1863 in Company
8, One Hundred and Seventy-six Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Transferred to the construc-
tion corps. Mustered out in May, 1865. Returned to Indiana and followed mechanics.
Went to Missouri in 1872 and farmed until he came to Kansas. Married in 1867 to Miss
Angie Shafer, a native of Ohio. They have three children, Mary J.. Thomas R., and Ada

x. He is a member ot the I. 0, O. ¥, of McPherson. Waselected Justice of the Peace in
February, 1882, and has since held the office. : f

CHARLES M, CASE, dvaler in drugs, paints, medicines, oils, and druggists’ sundries,
He opened trade October 1, 1882, and carries an average stock of $2,500. e first located
on a farm in the eastern part of Rice County, in June, 1873, and followed agricultural pur-
Suits uitil he opened the above business, Born in Woodstock, Windsor Co.. Vt, February
4, 1843, and raised and educated in his native place until fifteen years old. Eulisted in the
United States navy in 1860 as Master’s Mate and participated in all the battles of his squad-
ron on the coast at Hatteras Inlet, Port Royal, and Fernandina, Fla., Mosquito Inlet, and
various others on the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. Mustered outas Ensign in De-
cember, 1865. Hethen wentto New York city and followed various kinds of business
until he came to Kansas, Married in 1866 to Miss Lotta A. Johnson, of Franklin, Ct. He
is a member of the Congregational Church of Staten Island, N. Y.

ORGE E. GUBERNATOR, farmer, stock raiser and grain dealer, came to Laura,
September 23, 1873, locating on a homestead _ on Section 30. e has 240 acres of Jand, 200
of which is cultivated. He opened the grain trade in August, 1880. Bought and shipped
150 car-loads of grain in the season of 1882. He erected the first house in Castle Township.
He raised 870 bushels of wheat, on an average of twenty-six bushels tothe acre. He was
born in Adams County, Pa. March 26, 1833, and was raised on afarm. Moved in the spring
of 1858 to Randolph County, Ill., where he engaged in milling and farming until 1865,
when he moved to Christian County, Ill., and engaged in farming until he came to Kansas.
He was married April 13, 1857, to Miss Anna M. Noel, of Adams County, Pa. They have

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_hine children—Agnes L., Anna C., George McClellan, William H., Sarah E., Clara J., Emma

J., Henry E. and Caroline E, They are members of the Catholic Church. He was the fist
Justice of the Peace, elected in 1874, and Township Trustee, elected in 1875 and 1876.

S. M. PRATZ, dealer in al) kinds of grain and farmer’s produce. Mr. Pratz opened the
business in August, 1882, and up to December 17th of the same year bought and shipped
140 car-loads of grain. He first located, seven miles north of Abilene, Dickinson County, in
the spring of 1875, and followed agricultural pursuits for some time, then came to his pres-
ent place, and took a land claim. Farmed and followed carpenter trade until the opening
of the above business. He was born in Peoria County, Ill., October 19, 1852, and lived there
until he came to Kansas, completing his education in Abingdon College, Illinois, Is a Re-
publican in politics. : + i

GC. C. WOODRUFF, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Laura. Section 7 He came to his
present place in 1873; moved his family in the spring, 1874, He has 160 acres fine land,

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120 of which is cultivated. He was born in Ringgold County, Iowa, March 15, 1851, and
raised on a farm; parents moved to Logan and Menard counties, Ill.. and lived. He was
married, 1874, to Miss Mary Smallwood, of Logan County, I/l. They have three children—
Etta A., Oscar J., and Bertie. His wife isa member of the Christian Church. Heis a Re-
publican in politics.

GEORGE H. WOODRUFF, dealer in a general line of hardware, farm machinery, sew-
ing machines. pumps, ete He opened trade in September, 1380, and carrles an average
stock of $3,000. He first located on a homestead, near Laura, in September, 1873. where he
followed Faranlng, until he opened the above business. He was horn in Menard County, Ill.,
May 21, 1849. as raised and educated in his native place. Was married in 1870 to Miss
Flora E. Swallowood, of Springfield, Ill. They have three children—Edith M., Jessie D.,
and Gertrude G. They are members of the Christian Chureh.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

J. N, MILLIKEN, dealer in general merchandise, He opened trade in Conway, in June,
1880; first came to the county in May, 1873, farmed until spring of 1878. He then engaged
in the grocery business at McPherson until he opened trade at the present place. He carries
an average stock of $2,500; also deals largely in grain. In the season of 1882, up to Decem-
ber 12, he bought and shipped over 125 car-loads of grain from Conway. Mr. Milliken was
born in Decatur County, Ind., in 1839, was raised on a farm; his parents lived in St. Joseph
County, Ind. He came to Davis County, Iowa, in 1857, lived there and in Missouri, and fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits: enlisted in August, 1862, in Company B, Thirtieth Iowa Vol-
unteer Infantry; participated in fifteen regular engagements; mustered out at Washington,
DC., June 5, 1865; was with Gen. Wiliam T. Sherman in all his marches; was married in
1859, to Miss America Fortune, of Davis County, lowa. They have three children, James
C., Mattie and Harry A. He is a member of I. 0.0. F., K. of H. of McPherson; he has
served as Justice of the Peace, is Postmaster of Conway.

G. W. STOCKHAM, dealer in general merchandise, drugs and medicines. He opened
trade in 1880 and carries an average stock of $700. He located on Section 20 October, 1873,
has been more or less engaged in agricultural pursuits since. He owns 1,060 acres of land,
500 of which are cultivated. He, incompany with a brother, G. W. Stockham, deals largely
in live stock and grain. During the season of 1882, up to December 12, they bought and
shipped over 300 cars of grain from Conway Station, He was born in Sciota County, Onio,
in 1845; parents lived in Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky and Iowa. He was raised a farmer
ana dealt in live stock in Iowa: isa member of the I. 0.0. F. and K. of P. Married in 1868,
to Miss Margaret Lister, of Indiana, then of Iowa. They have five children, Alice, Morris,
Harry, Frankie and an infant son.

ALBERT F. WAUGH, homeopathic physician, P. O. McPherson, Section 2. He
came to McPherson County December 28, 1872, located on his ‘place in the spring of
1873. There were only three families living in Jackson Township at that time. He
owns 640 acres of land, 250 of which are cultivated. In 1882 he raised 1,100 bushels
of wheat, an average of thirty-three bushels per acre. He was horn in Loraine County,
Ohlo, October 17, 1837, where he lived until the spring of 1851, when his parents,
with their family, moved to Sheboygan, Wis., where he was raised and educated.
He began the study and practice of medicine in the Jatter place. He enlisted in August,
1861, in Company H, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, participated in all battles of his
command until Perryville; wounded there October 8, 1862, and from its effects discharged
April 1, 1863. Married in 1868, 1o Miss Laura Beeler, a native of Strasburg, France (now
Germany). Born February 2, 1844, she came with her parents to America in 1854. They
have three children, Frank A., Fannie E. and Mary L. He is a member of James B.
McPherson Post. No. 87; elected Probate Judge in 1875 and served two years; was County
Commissioner 1878-79; has served as president of McPherson County Agricultural Society

GROVELAND TOWNSHIP.

- BECKER FOLSOM, a practical farmer, southeast quarter, Section 8, Township 20,
Range 4 west, P. O. Westfield. Hecameto this place in April, 1872; his then nearest neigh-
bor lived twelve miles away; his nearest markets were Salina on the northeast forty miles,
and Newton, southeast, thirty-one miles away. He assisted to build the first house in
Groveland Township; he has 640 acres of fine agricultural lands, 170 of which is cultivated.
In 1882 there were 950 bushels of wheat raised on his place on forty acres, 1,000 bushels of
corn on forty acres. He was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., November 24, 1830; lived
there until seventeen years of age, when he went to Lapeer County, Mich., and engaged in
farming and lumbering, and remained until March, 1872. He was married in 1852, to Miss
Mary J. Amsden, a native of Batavia, N. Y. They have one son, Linden O. He is a member
of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council A. F. & A.M. He was Assessor of his township in
1883. Heisa Republican in politics. He is engaged in mining in Ouray County, southwest
Colorado; he located the J. H. Haverly Golden Group Mines of southwest Colorado.

GEORGE GRAHAM, farmer and stock raiser and carpenter, P. O. McPherson, Section
3, Towuship 20, Range 4 west. He first came to his place in the spring of 1872. The coun-
try was enurely unsettled, his nearest grain market was Salina, forty miles away; buffalos
and other wild animals were quite plenty. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in March,
1827, he lived in his native State, where he followed farming and carpenter work until he
came to Kansas, Enlisted in October, 1862, in Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-sec-
ond Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participating in all battles of his command; he was mustered
out in September, 1865. Was married in 1851 to Miss Elizabeth Roberts, a native of Ohio.
They have six children—Wayne, Mindwell, Hepsey, Alfred, Winn and Salome. He has been
a member of the Masonic Order since 1851. Has served as Justice of the Peace two years.

JAMES SITTS, farmer and stock raiser, P, O. McPherson, Section 3, Township 20,
Range 4 west. He came to his place in April, 1872, and _ took it as a soldier’s homestead of
160 acres, 150 of which is cultivated. In 1882, he raised 2,300 bushels wheat on 80 acres of
ground, and 600 bushels corn on 35 acres. When he first came to Groveland Township the
country was almost entirely unsettled, he plowed the first land inthe township. He was
born in Canada West, May 16, 1844, lived there with parents until 1856, and they moved to
Lapeer County, Mich., where he was raised on afarm. Enlisted in June, 1863, in Company
E, Eigbth Michigan Cavalry, participated in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and mustered
out in September, 1865. Married in April, 1865, to Miss Susan Ramsey. They had three
children— William W., George H. and Frederick I. Wife died April 20, 1876. Again married
June, 1878, to Mary E. Hart. They have two children, Mary B. and Orville. eis a mem-
ber of the School Board District No. 41. 7 ‘

JOHN W. SLTTS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, Township 20, Range 4 west, P. 0.
Westfield. He took his land asa soldier’s homestead April 23, 1872, being among the first
claims taken in the township. Heh Iped to build the first house erected in Groveland Town-
ship for his father, Daniel Sitts, inthe spring of 1872. He owns 400 acres of land and has
200 under cultivation. In 1882, he raised 1.300 bushels wheat on 60 acres ground, 1,200
bushels corn on 40 acres land. He was born near London, Canada West, June 26, 1846.
Went to Lapeer County, Mich., with his parents in 1856, and farmed until he came to Kan-
sas. Enlisted January 19 1864, in Company E, Eighth Michigan Cavalry, afterward con-
solidated with Eleventh Michigan Cavalry and transferred to Company D. He bad a horse
shot from under him aud was captured, but soon escaped. He participated in all battles of
his command, was mustered out October 21, 1865. Married iu the fall of 1873, to Miss Hat-
tie KE, Hempstead, a ative of lowa. They have two children, Arthur C. and Ernest C. He
and wife are members of Christian _Chureb of Groveland Township. He has serxed as
Justice of the Peace, Constable aud Overseer of Highways, and is the present Treasurer of
School District No. 41. . < .

A. W. SMITH, farmer and stock raiser, northeast quarter Section 28, Township 20,
Range 4 west, P. O. Groveland. He first came to his place in November, 1873, and took his
place as a soldier’s homestead,there were only three settlers between his place and McPher-
son atthattime. He has 160 acres land, 140 of which is cultivated. In 1882, he raised 1,800
bushels wheat on 60 acres ground, 800 bushels corn ou 40 acres and 700 bushels oats on 14
acres land. He was born in Oxford County, Me., Ocsober 18, 1843, lived in native place
until seventeen years old. Enlisted in October, 1861, in Company B, First Battalion, Nine-
teenth United States Infantry, and was sergeant of his company. He participated in all

eneral engagements of Army of Cumberland; taken prisoner September 20, 1863, at battle
Shickamanea; confined in Libby, Danville and Andersonville prisons eighteen months,mus-
tered out June 2, 1865. After army life he followed the coopers’ trade in various portions
of Pennsylvania four years, he then took charge of the Cambria Iron works as foreman
until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1867 to Miss Virginia J. Berlin, of Adams County,
Pa. They have five children—Frank S., Laura V., J. Wentworth, Jessie M. and Nellie. e
is a membher of the Methodist Eniseopal Church and Republican party. Represented Mc-
Pherson County in Legislature, Kansas, sessions 1875 and 1877.

HAYES TOWNSHIP.

MORRIS S. BUCKMAN, farmer and stock raiser, west half Section 14, Township 20,
Range 5, west, P. O. Monitor, has 320 acres of fine agricultural lands, seventy acres of
which is cultivated and fortv-five acres timber. In 1882 he raised 1,500 bushels of wheat
on fifty acres; 900 bushels of corn on forty acres, He came to this place in July, 1873; was
Postinaster at Monitor from December, 1874, until March, 1883; has been clerk of his
School District for the past four_years. He was bornin Lee t'o., Ll., september 23, 1850.
His parents moved to Leelenaw County, Mich., in 1854, where, in the Grand Traverse Region,
he was raised and lived until he came to Kansas. Married in February, 1881, to iss
Frances Derbyshire, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 12, 1863. They have one
daughter—Ruby M., born December 21, 1882._ : i

DAVID MITCHELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 11, Township 20, Range 5, west,
P. O. Monitor, has 800 acres of land, 360 of which is cultivated. He came to his place Oc-
tober 10, 1879; makes a specialty of dairying. His place is known as the Holstein Daity
Farm. He keepsthe full-blood imported Holstein cattle, and grades of the same breed. '
the season uf 1882 they manufactured 3,000 pounds of butter; marketed their product 11
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Colorado at a net of twenty-five cents per pound. He was born in Scotland, December 3,
1832; came to America in 1850, residing in New York State three years and Illinois twenty-
six years. Was married in 1850 to Miss Jane B. Barr, a native of Scotland. They have four
daughters and one Sone Apues M., Ellen F., married to Mr. V. &. Phillips, of McPherson;
Jane B., married to Joseph Kee, and farming Section 4, Hayes Township; David Mitchell,
marr ed and farming Section 3, same township, and Bella at home. He and his wife are
members of the Presbyterian Church. He is School Trustee and Justice of the Peace.

T. 8. REDFERN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12, Township 20, Range 5, west, P.
O. Monitor, was born in England June 28, 1835, and came to this country with his parents
in 1842. Came to this placein July, 1873, and owns 160 acres of fine agricultural land,
120 of which is under cultivation. In 1882 he raised eleven tons of brooin corn on sixty
acres of land; about 2,000 bushels of corn from forty acres, His nearest market in 1873
was Hutchinson, a distance of twenty-four miles. He was married in 1857 and again in
1864, and has ten children, He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and of the I. 0. O. F.
Our subject has had three failures of crops, and was obliged to go.away to work severai
times, but is now very comfortably situated.

. G. STOWE, farmer and stock raiser, and agent for Kansas Protective Life Insurance
Company, P. 0, Monitor, came to his place in July, 1872; moved family in January follow-
ing. Has 160 acres of land, 120 of which iscultivated. in 1882 he raised 920 bushels of
wheat on thirty-five acres of land; 1,100 bushels of corn on fifty acres. He was born in
Steuben County, N, Y., April 7, 1838: lived in his native State until seventeen years old,
when he moved to Grundy County, Iowa, where he followed agricultural pursuits until he
came to Kansas, Enlisted in September, 1863, in Co. K, Fifteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry;
participated in all battles of his command; mustered out in August, 1864. Married in 1861

~ to Miss Minerva A. Epperson, of Montgomery County, Ind. Born February 21, 1840. They
have six children—Charles E., Frank E., Fred B., Clarence V. Henry H., deceased), George
J.and John V. D. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is
a member of James B. McPherson Post, No. 87. He has served as Justice of the Peace and
School Director six years.

/ » TURKEY CREEK TOWNSHIP.

SAMUEL BATY, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Lake View, Section 12, Hehas 160
acres of land, 120 of which is cultivated. He came to his present home in fall of 1872,where
he has farmed since. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa., June 7, 1833. They moved to
Alexander, Mo., where they lived some time. His father was a cooper and iron moulder,
Samuel Baty enlisted, summer 1861, in Company I, Eighteenth issouri Volunteer In-
fantry, and was made Orderly Sergeant, and participated in all the battles of his command;
taken prisoner at battle of Shiloh, and confined from April 6th until Angust 1st. Paroled
at Macon, Ga., and afterward joined his regiment and participated in all battles of the com-
mand, Seventeenth Army Corps under Gen. Wm. T. Sherman. Mustered out at Louisville,
Ky., summer 1865. Married, 1855, to Miss Dorinda Squires, of Détrolt, Mich. They have
two children—George and Grant. :

A. M. SMITH, farmer and stock raiser. Section 14, P.O, Lake View. He has 200 acres
of 1and, 100 of which are cultivated. In 1882 he raised 1,700 bushels of wheat on sixty-
two acres. He came to this place in May, 1871, and has served as Township Treasurer two
years and Township Trustee four years. He was born in Elgin County, Canada, May 30,
1842; lived on a farm with his parents until seventeen years old, then learned the cooper
trade. He enlisted November 29, 1864, in Company B, Ninety-filth Regiment Illinois Volun-
teer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Nashville, Tenn., and Spanish Fort, Ala.
Was mustered out in the fall of 1865. He is a member of the James 3. McPherson Post No.

7, G. A. Married, in 1874, to Miss Agnes J. Sensor, of Byron, Ogle Couuty, Ill. They
have three sons—Alvin Ross, Ambrose C.and Allen W.

C. A. WING, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Sparta. Section 22. He owns 400 acres of
land, 180 under cultivation. He raised 1,700 bushels of wheat in 1882, an average of twen-
ty-five bushels per acre. He came to this place in spring of 1876. Born in Saratoga County,
N. ¥., December 22, 1841, and was raised onafarm. He spent several years in California,
Montana and Colorado, mining and freighting. Married, 1868, to Miss Sarah J. Smith, a
native of Canada, West. They have four children—Charles H., Herbert, George and Hen-
rietta A. First three born in Iowa, and the latter in Kansas. He has served as Township
Trustee and Justice of the Peace, and several minor offices.

SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP.
NEWTON W. BRIDGERS, Section 3, Township 21, Range 4 west, P. O. Superior. He

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

came tothis place in March, 1878. He has 160 acres land, 420 of which are cultivated. In 1883
he raised 1,800 bushels of wheat on fifty-two acres land; 1,000 bushels corn on thirty-seven
acres. He was born in Clinton County, Pa., August 20, 1849, and was raised a farmer,
Went to Kendall County, Ill., 1868, and followed farming until he came to Kansas. Mar-
ried, 1874, to Miss Jennette I. Dunn, of the latter county, Illinois, born Oct. 9, 1854. They
havetwo children—John F, and Kuhamah I. They are members Methodist Episcopal
Chureh: Republican in politics. :

GEORGE W. EAKINS, farmer and _ stock raiser, north half Section 4, Townshi
21, Range 4, west, P.O. Superior, has 309 acres of land,210 of which arecultivated. In 1882,
he raised 2,690 bushels of wheat on ninety-two acres of land; 1,400 bushels of corn on for-
ty-two acres of ground. He first came to his place in October, 1873. The county was then
only sparsel settled; Hutchinson was his nearest market. He was born in Green County,
Tenn., July 20, 1847, and was raised in Lewis County, northeast Missouri, going there with

arents in 1849, where he followed agricultural pursuits until he came to Kansas. Enlisted
fr February, 1863, in Company G, Second Illinois Cavalry. Participated in all battles of his
command; mustered out December 22, 1865. Was married in 1868, to Miss Sarah C.
Thomas, of Keokuk, Iowa. ‘They have eight children—Jobn T., Willlam J., Millard R.,,
George BP, Lucy M., Mary E., James B. and Fannie R. Heisamember of James B. Mc-
Pherson Post, No. 87%, G. A. R., and the Kansas Anti-Horse Thief Association.

AMES A. EAKINS, farmer and stock raiser, southeast quarter Section 4, north half
northeast quarter Section 9, west half southeast quarter Section 3, P. O. Superior, 320 acres
ofjland, 175 of which are cultivated, [n 1882,he raised 1,500 bushels of wheat on fifty acres;
600 bushels of corn on thirty-five acres. He came to his place in May, 1873, and opened his
farm, He was born in Green County, Tenn., May 30, 1846; parents, with family, moved to
Lewis County, Mo., in 1852, where he was raised on a farm, and lived there until he came
to Kansas, Married in 1871, to Miss Rebecca Graves, of Lewis County, Mo, They have six
children—Annie S., Sarah E., John S., George A., Lydia L. and Nannie E. They are mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He enlisted in February, 1864, in Company €,
Third lowa Cavalry, and participated in all battles of his command, and mustered out in
July, 1865. Heafterward farmed until he came to Kansas. He took charge of the Superior

ostoffice April 1, 1875, and since served as Postmaster, Has served as Justice of the Peace
two terms, fownship Assessor two terms, Census Enumerator in 1880. Is a Republican in

olitics.
p C, O. LUTY, farmer and st»ck raiser, Section 10, Township 21, Range 4 west, P. O. Su-
perlor. He first located in Wabaunsee County, Kan., in the spring, of 1870, and engaged in
stock raising, buying and shipping, Came to his place in the fall of 1874. Moved his family
in 1875. Has 320 acres of land, 150 of wnich 1s cultivated. In 1882, he raised 1,700 bush-
els of wheat on sixty-four acres of ground; 1,200 bushels of corn on sixty-five acres. He
was born in Allegheny County, Penn.,September 26,1846, and was raised in Allegheny City.
He enlisted Nove:ber 14, 1861, in Company B, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
and participated in all battles of his command in the army of the Potomac; mustered out
November 14,1864. Married in 1870, to Miss Margaret E. R wdcliffe, a native of fllegneny
City, born May 17, 1848. They have four children—Frank H., George H., Charles O. and
Millicent R. They were originally Presbyterians, but now members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, e has served as Justice of the Peace, Township Treasurer, and has been a
member of School Board for years. Republican in politics.

 

* LITTLE VALLEY TOWNSHIP.

WARREN L. BAIR, farmer and stock raiser, southwest quarter Section 14, and south-
east of Section 15, Township 21, Range 5 west, P. O. Hutchinson, 320 acres. Hecame to his
place September 4, 1872. belng among the first settlers in the township. He has served sev-
eral terms as Township Trustee and Assessor of his township. John Bair has south half of
southeast quarter of Section 10. Hecame to his place with bis mother and the family in
April, 1875. They have 125 head of cattle on their farms. Mrs. Mary E. Bair, mother of

arren and John Bair, has northwest quarter of Section 14. In 1882, they raised 1,380
bushels of wheat on fifty acres; 1,875 bushels of corn on 125 acres. Mrs. Bair is a native of
Summit County, Ohio, and was born in 1830. Abraham Kair, the husband and father was
born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1833. He was a farmer, teacher and merchant. They were
married in 1848; her maiden name was Mary-Haun. They had five sons and one daughter
—Warren L,, John W., Edward E., Frank L., Abraham J, and Mary E., who is an active and
progressive school teacher of McPherson County. They are members of the German Re-
forin Church of Ohio, Mr. Abraham Bair, the father, died in Will County, Ill, in 1862.

 
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‘land, the balance, eighty per cent., being

‘ NEOSHO COUNTY.

aN EOSHO COUNTY.

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LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

N EOSHO County is situated in the second tier of counties from Missouri,

and also from the Indian Territory. It is bounded on the north by
Allen County, on the east by Bourbon and Crawford, on the south by Labette,
and on the west by Wilson County. By the Bogus Laws, the territory now in-
cluded within the limits of Neosho County.was part of Dorn County, as ex-
plained in the history of Labette County; Dorn County extending northward
about three-fourths of a mile from the * ee
township line between townships twen-
ty-seven and twenty-eight, and south-
ward to the Indian Territory—embra-
cing the ‘‘ Osage ceded lands.” The
name Dorn was changed to “ Neosho,”
by the Legislature, June 3, 1861, and
the counly was organized by proclama-
tion of Governor Carney, November 20,
1864.

On the 26th of February, 1866, an
act was approved which established the
boundaries of the county as ‘Com-
mencing at a point on the north line of
the Osage lands, as established by
George C. VanZandt, in the year 1859,
to correspond with the southeast corner
of Allen County; thence run due south
to the south line of the State} thence
due west twenty-four miles ; thence due
north to the said north line of the Osage
lands; thence east along said line twen-
ty-four miles to the place of beginning.”

By an act, approved February 7,
1867, the boundaries were changed and
established as follows: ‘Commencing
at a point on the north line of the
Osage lands corresponding with the
southeast corner of Allen County;
thence due south to the northeast corner
of-Labette County; thence due west on
thenorth line of Labette County twen-
ty-four miles to the northwest corner of
said Labette County; thence due north
to the said north line of the -Osage
lands ; thence east along said line twen-
ty-four miles to the place of begin--
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een inches thick, and the coal is of good quality. The largest amount
mined in a single year (1876) is about 100,000 tons.

The native forests are found along the-streams. The belts average about
one-half a mile in width, and contain the cottonwood, elm, hickory, hackberry,
maple, oak, pecan and walnut. There are numerous small groves of cultivated
timber, but much remains to be done in this direction.

The Neosho is the principal river. It enters the county near the north-
: west corner, and after following a quite
= serpentine course, leaves the county
N 0 about two miles west of its southeast

REX corner. The total length of the river
: ee within the county is forty miles. Its
width during most of the year is 100
feet, and average depth six feet. Prev-
ious to the construction of railroads the
question of its navigability was one of
considerable interest to the people, and |
also even in later years. In 1877, Mr.
Graverock constructed a boat named
the “ Farragut,” which traversed the
river for a distance of eight miles, and
was capable of carrying 100 tons.

The principal tributaries. of the
Neosho from the east are Hickory, Flat
Rock, Four Mile, Canville, Big Creek
and Beach’s Creek, all running in a
southwesterly direction; and from the
west, Village, Turkey, Crooked, Rock,
and Augustus or-Ogee’s Creek, all run-
ning east or southeast. In the southern
part of the county are found Labette
Creek and numerous branches, flowing
southward, and in the west Chetopa
Creek flows west into Wilson County.
On account of the generally level sur-
face of the county, springs are not nu-
merous, but good well water is obtaina-
ble at depths varying from ten to forty
feet.

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Neosho County is situated in the
northern part of the Osage ceded lands.
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On the 26th of February, 1867, the
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bidden by the Legislature to collect of
the taxes levied upon property in that
part of Neosho County called Labette (p
County more than that levied for State a
purposes.

Most of the county is within the
valley of the Neosho River, which flows
from northwest to southeast through it.

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in extent fifty miles from north to south,
18°0. 1880. and thirty miles from east to west. The
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1 Beg ynee ‘ward from said Neutral Lands 375 miles,
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tees 1,350 1aae June 2, 1825. It was some time curing
839 1055 this year that the hody of the tribe
‘ age ages moved on to their new reservation.
panes ‘ggg But the Osages had, in 1820, conferred
fee 1831 with the Rt. Rev. De Bourg, Roman
Sees “"~ Catholic Bishop of New Orleans, who
10 206 15,131 was then visiting in Missouri, with re-
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the county is properly termed bottom

upland. Weibly Bluff, about three
miles northwest of Erie, is about eighty
feet high, and Ditmas Bluff, in Tioga
Township, is about seventy-five feet
high. The latter is of earth, while the former is rock. The highest land in the
county jis in Shiloh Township, and does not exceed 150 feet in height above the
level of the Neosho River.

The soil of the county varies from a few inches to thirty feet in thickness.
About one-half of the county is denominated “ black limestone” soil, one-third,
“mulatto,” and the remaining one-sixth “white ash” soil, The name “black
limestone” is Applied to black soil underlaid with and containing limestone ;
the name “mulatto” to that containing also sandstone, and “white ash” to
that containing fine sand which gives to it a white appearance. All portions

of the county are for the most part fertile and produce excellent crops of all the:

cereals, Coal underlies about ten per cent. of the area of the county, and is

‘found mostly in Chetopa Township near Thayer, The vein is about eight-

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In 1871, part to Grant.

In 187), part to Shiloh.

In 1871, from part of Big Creek.

In 1870, from part of Chetopa.

e) Since 1870, name changed from Neosho.

Charles De La Croix, who visited West-
ern Missouri and what is now Eastern
Kansas, for the purpose of organizing
churches among the Osages. In May,
1822, he reached the point in Neosho
County now known as Osage Mission, and administered the rite of baptism to
two Indians, named James and Francis Choteau, the first persons who were
baptized within the present limits of the State. Soon afterwards, Rev. La Croix
returned to Missouri, where, exhausted by his labors and exposure, he was re-
moved by death.

Rev. La Croix was succeeded by Rev. Charles Van Quickenborn, who vis-
ited many of the Osage towns, and was indefatigable in his efforts to provide
education for their youth. In 1824 he established the first manual labor school
that existed among them, collecting the boys at the house of St. Stanislaus, near
the town of Florisant, St. Louis Co., Mo., and the girls at the Convent of the
Sacred Heart, in St. Charles County. But the next year, a new treaty having
been concluded between the United States and the Osages, they removed tq
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their new reservation, and as a consequence, Van Quickenborn’s manual labor
school came prematurely to an end. He, however, continued to visit them in
their new home, and to care for them for a number of years.

Upon arriving in the vicinity of the present town of Walnut, which was for
the most part destitute of water and timber, one of the chiefs of the Nation,
sent forward a deputation to select a location suitable for theircamp. This
deputation soon discovered a long stretch of timber, and upon entering it came
to a beautiful, clear stream of water, the gravelly bottom of which could be
distinctly seen. Highly pleased with their discovery they returned to their
Chief, reported their success, and guided their comrades to the river. Those
who arrived first at the river rode into it and let their horses drink, and, asa
consequence, when the Chief arrived a few ‘moments later, the water was quite
the opposite of ‘beautiful and clear.” He thereupon gently rallied the dis-
coverers of the river upon the subject, and from the circumstance of the roiling

of the water, named the river WVe-o-sho, (Ve, water, o-sho, made muddy—vzater ©

that has been mad? muddy.

For a year or two Van Quickenborn remained for the most of the time,
with the Osages that were at Harmony Mission, on the Marais des Cygnes,
near Pappinsville, in Missouri, but in 1827, he came to those on the Weosho,
where they were forming permanent settlements. About this time the Osage
Nation was divided into two divisions—one on the Neosho, the other on the
Verdigris. The Indian towns on the Verdigris extended from the mouth of
Pumpkin Creek to that of Chetopa Creek, while those on the Neosho extended
from the mouth of Labette Creek to that of Owl Creek. Each division had a
Chief, the principal Chief being that over the Neosho division.

In 1828, Van Quickenborn, performed a marriage ceremony, the parties
united being Francis Daybeau, a half-breed, and an Osage woman named
Mary. This was the first marriage solemnized in the territory now included in
the State of Kansas. Van Quickenborn died in 1828.

In 1837, the first trading posts were established among the Osages, by
Edward Choteau, Gerald Pappin and John Mathews, the latter locating near
White Hair’s village, now Oswego, Labette County. A half-breed settlement was
established between Canville and Flat Rock Creek. The former creek was
named after A. B. Canville who came to the Osages in 1844, married in 1845,
and settled on Canville Creek in 1847.

From 1829 to 1847 various Fathers of the Catholic Church visited the
Osages, but they, desiring a missionary permanently settled among them, re-
quested Rt. Rev. Peter R. Kendrick, Bishop of St. Louis, to make an appoint-
ment for them. Consequently the Bishop appointed Rev. Father John Schoen-
makers, S. J , Superior of the Mission. Father S. arrived on the 2gth of April,
1847, and took possession of two buildings then in process of erection by the
Indian Department. Father Schoenmakers was accompanied by Fathers John
J. Bax and Paul Ponziglione, who visited the Osage villages and urged upon
them the importance of civilization and Christianity. On the roth of May, a
small number of Osage children were collected, and a manual labor school
established. The two buildings, which were now completed, were designed—
one for the education of Indian boys, the other for the education of Indian
girls. On the 5th of October, 1847, several sisters of Lorette arrived at the
Mission from Kentucky, for the purpose of educating Indian girls; a convent
was established, which, with the school for boys is still flourishing. As the
numbers of scholars increased, other and larger buildings were erected for their
accommodation. The principal school buildings are now two large, three-story
stone struc‘ures, besides which there are two large three-story dwellings—
one for the boys, the other for the girls. The church that was first erected, a
frame- building, 39x93 feet in size, is now being superseded by a magnificent
stone church, 75x175 feet in size, and which, when completed, will have cost
about $75,0c0. The spire of this church will be 110 feet high. ©

These schools were always popular among the Indians until their removal
from the Reservation, which occurred in 1865, and they have even since then
been attended by Indian children to considerable extent. ‘The highest number
in attendance during any one year was 236, and for the ten years from 1855 to
1865, the average annual attendance was I50.

During the War of the Rebellion the Osages suffered much from depreda-
tions of various kinds. Their newly built houses were torn down, their crops
destroyed, their hogs and cattle stolen, and, becoming discouraged with their
prospects, they ceded to the United States Government a strip off the east end
of their reservation, fifty by thirty miles in extent, containing 960 000 acres for
$300,000 ; the money to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, and
to draw five per cent. interest, the interest to be paid to them semi-annually in
money, clothing, provisions or such articles uf utility as the Secretary of the
Interior might from time to time direct. At the same time they also transferred
in trust to the Government to be sold for their benefit a strip off the north of
the balance of their reservation, twenty miles in width from north to south and
extending to the western limits of their reservation, The reservation thus re-
duced was called the ‘‘ Diminished Osage Reserve,” and was sold to the Gov-
ernment in 1870, and the Osages went to a new reservation in the Indian Ter-
ritory. After the close of the war, southeastern Kansas was rapidly settled up,
and the necessity for educational facilities became more and more urgent. The
Osage Mission Manual Labor Schools were the central point of settlement, and
it was deemed expedient by the conductors of the schoo's to provide for the
admission ef white children. Accordingly, on the 7th-of May, 1870, the school
for boys was chartered under the name and title of “St, Francis Insti. nte,”
with the view of making it a high school; and the school for girls was chartered
on the rgth of September, 1870, under the name of ‘*‘ St. Ann’sAcademy.” This
school is conducted by the Sisters of Loretto. Bridget Hayden has been in
charge of the school for girls ever since its establishment, October 5, 1847, a
period of thirty-five years, Fathers Schoenmakers and Ponziglione, still live at
thé Mission, and are among the very oldest settlersin Kansas. With them now
are associated three other priests of the Jesuit order, viz: Fathers Kuleman,
Condon and Hagan,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

The treaty by which the Osages ceded the “Ceded Lands” to the United
States was concluded September 29, 1865, and proclaimed January 21, 1867.
Before the former date, in some of the townships as now organized, quite a
number of settlers had taken claims, in anticipation of the removal of the In-
dians. So far as ascertainable the following named persons were the first, or
among the first, in the various townships: Dr. W. W. Hillsettledin Grant Town-
ship in 1851, and was killed in his own door-yard by a mob, November 1, 1866.
Jn 1858, Levi Iladden settled in this township, and in 1859, Simeon W. and
James A. IIadden, and Solomon Markham and his four sons. °

Big Creek Township was settled in 1859 by J. L. Fletcher, S. Barbee, H.
Schooley, and Thomas Hadden ; and Tioga Township, in the same year, by
Darius Rodgers, Benjamin M. Smith, Thomas Jackson, and S. E. Beach.

Canville Township was settled by T. R. Peters in 1859; the next settlers be-
ing M. Kitterman in 1864, and William Box, David Lowery and J. C. Com-
stock in 1865. Walnut Grove Township was settled in 1865 by E J. Pierce
and W.I. Brewer; Centerville in 1865 by Reuben Lake, Joseph Cummings,
Henry and John Wikle, and John Blair. Chetopa Township in 1864 by George
T. Shepherd and A. A. Ashlock, and by M. J. Salter and John Post in 1865,
Ladore in 1865 by I. N, Roach and family, W. C. Dickerson and 5. Rosa;
Lincoln in the same year by M. L. and Frank McCashu, Dr. Dement, M. A.
Patterson and J. L. Evans; Erie also by I. M. Allen, John Johnson, D. T.
Mitchell, P. Walters, R. Leppo, E. F. Williams, P. McCarthy and John C.

-Weibley, and in 1866 by Capt. John Berry, J. A. Wells, A. H. Childs, James

Hoagland, A. H. Roe, J. Naffand 1). W. Bray. : :

First Things.—The first marriage bas already been mentioned as having
occurred in 1828. Some authorities give it as late as 1830, but as Van Quick-
enborn, the officiating priest, died in 1828, it seems safe to place the date of the
marriage as early at least as some time in that year. The first postoffice was at
the Catholic (Osage) Mission in 1851. The first Protestant sermon on the
Osage ceded lands was preached by Rev. Mr. Woodward in 1860. The first
bills allowed by the County Commissioners was that of Wiley Evans for assess-
ing the county, sixteen days at $2 per day. The first deed now found upon
the records of the county was one bearing date December 28, 1866, for sixty-two
acres of land, in the southeast quarter of Section 35, Township 28, Range 21;
the grantors were John and Electy Ann Pisell and the grantee Thomas 11.
Pierce. The first deed on record of land lying within the present limits of the
county was dated May 27,1867. The grantors were Thomas and Adeline
Mosier and the grantee Wesley Hobson. Hobson’s choice was the north half
of the southeast quarter of Section 16, Township 29, Range 20. The first mar-
riage on record in the county was that of Hezekiah Davis to Miss Frances M.
Stroud, which was solemnized September 4, 1865. The first political convention
held in Neosho County was at Trotter's Ford in September, 1866. It wasa
Republican convention, with B. J. Waters for chairman. This was before La-
bette County was organized, but all nominees of the convention were selected
from what is now Neosho County. J. A. Wells was nominated for Probate
Judge, Joel Barnhart for County Assessor and M.C. Wrght for Representa-
live; but Darius Rodgers, running as an independent candidate, was elected.
S. R. Nugent was elected delegate to the State Convention and instructed to
vote for S. J. Crawford for Governor.

The first term of the District Court was held at Old Erie in September,
1867. Ifon. W. A. Spriggs, of Garnett, was presiding Judge. T.C. Cory was
appointed by Judge Spriggs County Attorney, and acted in that capacity
throughout the term. T. J. Brewer was Clerk of the Court, and the lawyers
in attendance from Neosho County were J. C. Carpenter, B. P. Ayers, Tom.
Bridgens and C. F. Hutchings.

The first newspaper published in Neosho County was the Avcosho Valley
Eagle, This paper was started at Jacksonville, May 2, 1868, by Bb. K. Land,
and moved to Erie October 24, 1868. March 22, 1869, it was purchased by
Kimball & Burton, enlarged from a six to an eight column folio, and the name
changed to the Dispatch. J. A. Trenchard became editor December g, 1870.
J. A. Wells became editor of the paper February 24, 1871, and changed the
name to the Erie /shmaec/ite. The publication of the paper was suspended
June 2, 1871, the material of the office being purchased and removed to the
Osage Mission by J If, Scott and IL. T. Perry, and used by them in publishing
the Veosho County Fournal,

The first murder of a white man by a white man was that of J. I]. Beck by
man named Yearsley at Osage City, in 1868. Yearsley was never brought to
punishment. The greatest crime ever committed in the county was by a gang
of seven men at Ladore on the night of May ro, 1870. The gang took pos-
session of the town, robbed several of the citizens, fired their revolvers at others,
and then went to the house of I. N. Roach, and beat him with clubs and re-
volvers until they supposed him dead, when they left him senseless and covered”
with blood. They then took out two young daughters, and after stationing
guards to prevent interference, repeatedly outraged their persons. During the
commission of the crime a quarrel arose among them. and one of them shot a
comrade dead. In the morning the alarm was given and a party was organized
which pursued and captured six of the fiends, and hanged five of them toa
hackberry tree near Labette Creek, all of whom with the one that was shot
were buried in one grave. The one who was not hanged was named Peter
Kelly, the one shot, Robert Wright, andthe five hanged were William Ryan,
Patrick Starr, Patsey Riley, Richard Pitkin and Alexander Mathews. About
three hundred of the best citizens of the county were engaged in or were present
at the lynching.

There has been but one other case of lynching in the county. This was
the case of a man who had strangled his wife with his own hands»

THE SETTLERS AND THE RAILROADS.

After the ‘“Canville Treaty,” of September 29, 1865, so called because it
was concluded at the trading post of A, B, Canville, the most important event
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in the history of Neosho County was the contest between the settlers and the
railroad companies, over the title to certain lands contiguous to their lines of
road. _ The lands, the title to which was in controversy, lay within the tract
known as the “Osage Ceded Lands.” These lands had been reserved to the
Great and Little Osages by the treaty of June 2, 1825, in the following lan-
guage:

“Within the limits of the country above ceded and relinquished, there
shall be reserved to and for the Great and Little Osage Tribe or Nation afore-
said, so long as they may choose to occupy the same, the following described
tract of land,” etc., etc. This tract of land has been previously described in
this sketch.

The settlers maintained the’position that under this treaty, the Govern-
ment of the United States had no authority to make grants to any railroad
company of any portion of the said reservation, so long as the Osages chose
to occupy the same, which they did continue to do until the conclusion of the
treaty of September 29, 1865, by which the tract thirty by fifty miles off the
east end of their reservation was ceded to the United States, and ‘henceforth
was known as the ‘‘Ceded Lands.”

The Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company insisted on
the claim that it was entitled to every alternate section of land designated by
odd numbers for ten miles in width oni each side of its road from Lawrence,
Kansas, to the southern line of the State, the road being projected through the
Ceded Lands. This claim was based on an act of Congress passed March 3,
1863, two years and six months before the conclusion of the “Canville Treaty,”
and nearly four years before this treaty was proclaimed, January 21, 1867.

This act of Congress of March 3, 1863, made grants of lands to the State
of Kansas, to aid in the construction of certain railroads and telegraphs in that
State. The railroads named in the act were, first, a railroad and telegraph
from the city of Leavenworth, by way of the town of Lawrence, and wa the
Ohio City Crossing (Ottawa) of the Osage (Marajs des Cygnes) River, to the
southern line of the State in the direction: of Galveston Bay, in Texas, with a
branch from Lawrence by the valley of Wakarusa River, to the point on the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad where said road intersects the Neosho
River. Second, of a railroad from the city of Atchison, via Topeka. to the
western line of the State, in the direction of Fort Union and Santa Fe, New
Mexico, with a branch from which this last-named road crossed the Neosho,
down said Neosho valley to the point where the first-named road enters the
said Neosho valley ; the grant being, for each of these roads and their branches,
every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in
width on each side of said road and each of its branches.

The Legislature of Kansas accepted this grant, and passed an act making
the grants to the railroads mentioned, February 9, 1864, as contemplated in the
act of Congress of March 3, 1863, thus showing that they considered the grant
by Congress a valid one.

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company claimed under an act
granting lands to the State of Kansas, to aid in the construciion of a southern
branch of the Union Pacific Railway and telegraph from Fort Riley, Kan., to
Fort Smith, Ark., approved by the President of the United States, July 26,
1866,

The claims of both railroad companies were denied by Hon. Joseph S.
Wilson, Commissioner of the General Land Office at different times, notably
under date of April 26, 1867,and May 17, 1867. In his communication of the
former date, to Il, C. Whitney, attorney for the L. L. & G. R. R. Company
Commissioner Wilson said :

“ With reference to the right of the company to the odd sections within
the limits of the land ceded by the Osage Ind ans to the United States, under
treaty proclaimed January 21, 1867, I would state that the lands granted and
sold to the United States by the first article of the treaty, are to be disposed of
‘on the most advantageous terms for cash, and after reimbursing the United
States the cost of survey and sale, and the sum of $300,000, placed to the credit
of said Indians, the remaining proceeds of sale shall be placed to the credit of
the civilization fund.’ Hence, by the stipulation of the treaty, the railroad can
acquire no rights whatever to the lands,”

Under the fourth article of the “ Canville Treaty,” which permitted citizens
of the United States, who were heads of families, to purchase each a quarter
section, one hundred and forty-four settlers, bought twenty-two thousand, three
hundred and fifteen acres of. and, paying therefore, $27,894. This was within
one year from the conclusion of the treaty. From this time forward for a num-
ber of years, there was continual excitement over this question. O. II, Brown-
ing, Secretary of the Interior, reversed the just and humane decision of Com-
missioner Wilson, and immediately thereafter the lands were withdrawn from
sale, and the settlers became very much excited and alarmed lest they, many of
whom had fought and suffered for the perpetuity of the Government, should
now be robbed of their’ homes, or be compelled to purchase them of the rail-
road companies at double or treble prices.

Meetings were held at various points in the county for the purpose of
devising means to prevent, if possible, the railroads from obtaining title to the
lands. During the contest numerous speakers addressed the various settlers’
meetings; but in addition to their difficulties over the lands, was added that
of not being sure whom of their coun-ellors to trust. At one of those mee-
ings, held at Osage Mission, August 22, 1868, an organization was effected,
and named the “Osage Settlers’ Rights Society.” Of this society, J. Barnhart
was made president; J. M. Barnes, vice-president ; Louis A. Reese, treasurer ;
and J. C. Carpenter, secretary. Petitions were drawn and sent to the various
townships in the county for signatures. These petitions were designed espec-
jally to defeat the ‘“ Osage Treaty ” of May 27, 1868, by which it was intended
to sell eight million acres of the Osage lands to the L., L. & G. R. R. Co. for
nineteen cents per acre. Through the efforts of Sidney Clarke, the House of
Representatives of the National Congress passed the following resolution :
“That this House does hereby solemnly and earnestly protest against the ratifi-
gation of the stipulations of said pretended treaty by the Senate, and will feel

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ound to refuse any appropriation in its behalf, or to recognize its validity in
any form.” This was encouraging. Another encouraging feature of the case
was that each of the two railroad companies claimed priority of tight to the
lands; or in éther words, each denied the validity of the other’s claim. And
so the contest waged.

On the roth of April, 1869, Congress passed a joint resolution, to enable
bona fide settlers to purchase certain of the Osage Ceded Lands, throwing open
to sale both odd and even numbered sections. Under this resolution 2,295 set-
tlers purchased 235,436 acres of the lands, paying therefor $292,545.72, besides
officers’ fees. But the joint resolution guarded vested rights. Then the ques-
tion was as to whether the railroad companies had any vested rights. Accord-
ing to the ruling of Secretary Browning, they were entitled to certain lands
under the grants, and the instructions forwarded June 3, 1869, to the Land Of-
fice, which was then at Humboldt, recognized the ruling of the Secretary of the
Interior as of controling authority. Thus the vexed question seemed settled,
and, although the settlers had not accomplished all they desired, yet they knew
what they had accomplished, and that was something. But they did not long
rest satisfied with this settlement of the question, and in September, 1870, de-
termined to test legally the validity of these “vested rights.” Excessively ex-
pensive counsel was employed and the case carried to the Supreme Court of the
United States, which decided in favor of the settlers on these two vital points
only, which carried all other points with them. First: That the act of Con-
gress of March 3, 1863, made no grant of any of the Osage Indian Reservation,
and second, that the Osage Ceded Lands were expressly reserved from the grant
by the very act under which the railroads claimed the grant, in the following
proviso: ‘‘ That any and all Jands heretofore reserved to the United States, by
any act of Congress or in any other manner by competent authority, for the
purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other pur-
pose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby reserved to the United States
from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to lo.
cate the routes of said road and branches through such reserved lands ; in which
case the right of way only shall be granted, subject to the approval of the Pres-
ident of the United States.”

For this favorable result, the Settlers’ Self-Protective Association is deserv-
ing of the credit, and since it was secured the county, as a whole, has enjoyed
peace, and has made gratifying prosperity.

Neosho County now has three railroads: the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
entering the county nine miles from its northeast corner, running in a south-
westerly direction, and leaving it nine miles west of the southeast corner; the
Neosho Division of the same road, entering the county from the north three
miles east of the northwest corner, running southeasterly and leaving it about
the middle of the southern boundary, and the Kansas City, Lawrence & South-
ern Kansas, entering the county from the north, running southward through
the western tier of townships and leaving it near the southwest corner, making
a total of seventy five miles of railroad within the county.

The Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas was built to Thayer in the
fall of 1870, and in the spring of 1871 completed to the southern boundary of
the county; the Neosho Division reached Chanute in December, 1870, and its
further construction through the county was pushed rapidly forward, and the
main line of the Missouri Pacific, constructed from both directions at the same
time, was completed in February. 1871; the two sections meeting just south of
Walnut. and the last rail being laid on the 3d of that month. The first pas-
senger train passed over this road from Chetopa to St. Louis on the 5th of Feb-
ruary, 1871.

The county has extended no aid to railroads, but Mission Township, on
the 16th of August, 1870, voted $80,000 in bonds in aid of the Tebo & Neosho
Railroad, now the Missouri Pacific, by a vote of 256 for to 77 against
the bonds. This is the only township that ever issued any railroad bonds, and
as a consequence taxes generally throughout the county are comparatively low.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND THE COUNTY SEAT.

At the time of the organization of the county, in November, 1864, the Governor ap-
pointed three Commissioners: R. W. Hadden, 8. E. Beach and S. W. Hadden. Previous
to the proclamation of the Governor, preliminary steps had b-en taken by the people look-
ing to this organization. On the 8th of November an election had been held, at which vari-
ous officers were voted for, and on the 11th of the month the vote was cauvassed, by S. E.
Beach and R. W. Jackson acting as Commissioners. At that canvass it was found that the
total vote cast_was 35,and that the highest number received by any candidate was 32 for
Darius Rodgers for Kepresentative from the Seventh-eighth District. Solon O. Thacher
received 24 votes for Governor, and J. J. Ingalls 27 votes for Lieutenant Governor. J. L.
Fletcher acted as Clerk of the Board. On the 27th of December an election was held to
complete the county organization. The vote was canvassed on the 30th, and resulted inthe
election of the following officers, by the number of votes appended to each respective name:
Commissioners, R. W. Jackson, 47; 8. W. Hadden, 46; T. Jackson, 47; Clerk, J. L. Fletcher,
46; Treasurer. Wm, Jackson, 46; Surveyor, S. Jackson, 46; County Attorney, Darius Rodg-
ers, 47: Probate Judge, H. Woodward, 45; Sheriff, B. Vaughn, 46; Coroner, W. H. Davis, 39;
Assessor, Wiley Evans, 45; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 8. E. Beach, 45. The total
number of votes cast was 47. Two votes were cast on county seat, one in favor of locating
it at_‘‘ The Mound above Swisses,” and ore on ‘The Henchly Claim.” *

On the 6th of March the county was divided into four townships: Neosho, Big Creek,
Canville, and Mission. From time to time new divisions were made, until finally, in Julv,
1871, the present symmetrical division was settled upon, as follows: Tioga, Big Creek,
Grant, Canville, Erie, Walnut Grove, Chetopa, Centerville, Mission, Shiloh, Ladore, and
Lincoln... With the exception of Erie and Centerville, each township is six miles by eight in
area; Erie, on account of the windings of the Neosho, containing about two sections more
than Centerville. ‘ é

The State Senators from Neosho County, with date of election, have been as follows:
John C, Carpenter, 1868; W. L. Simons, 1870; John C, Carpenter, 1876; G. W. Spergeon,
1878; M. T. Jones, 1880. _ i r

The State Representatives from this county, with date of election, have been as follows:
Darius Rodgers, 1866; Thomas H. Butler, 1867, °68 and ’69; W. S. Irwin, 1870; 0. S. Cope-
Jand and FE. H, Keebles, 1871; Frank Bacon and C. F. Hutchings, 1872; T. P. Leach and J.
M. Allen, 1873; A. P. Gibson and C. F. Stauber, 1874: John Stall and T. F. Rager, 1875;
John Stalland L Stillwell, 1876; R. D. Hartshorn and John Hall, 1878; John Hall and T. F.
Cory, 1880; T. F. Cory and J. M. Dunsmore, 1882.

M. J. Salter, of this county, was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1874, and re-elected in
1876. JohnC. Carpenter was appointed to the office of Internal Revenue Collector for Kan-
sas in 1878, and more recently the Indian Territory has been added to his district.

At present Erie is the county seat. Originally, in 1864, by prociamation of the Governor,
the county seat was temporarily located at Osage City, three miles northeast of the present
site of Chanute, on the east side of the river, the place having since been known as Rodgers’
Mills. In June, by a vote of the electors, the county seat was removed to the ‘geographical
center” of the county, the cost of finding which was $44, The first meeting of the Commis-
sioners at this point was held July 1, 1867. Thereafter until May 30, 1868, the Commission
ers continued to meet there, or at the ‘* County Clerk’s office,” at the store of Roe & Denison,
one and 4 half miles east, On June 13 a meeting was held at Old Erie, and on July 6 at Erie,
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A preliminary election was held May 26, 1868, and a second one on June 9, at which Osage
Mission and Erie were the two competing points. The vote of Mission Township, which
had heen cast mainly for the former place, was thrown out by the canvassing board, and the
majority in favor of Erie was found to be 271. All was quiet then until January 13, 1870,
when, at a special meeting held that day, it was ordered by the Commissioners “that where-
as it appears from the records of this board and the returns of an election held June 9, 1868,
for the removal and permanent locatiou of the county seat, that said returns have not been
fully canvassed as required_ by law, therefore be it ordered that Solon E. Marston, George
W. Gabriel and John Moffit proceed to recanvass the said vote.” By the recanvass it was
found that Mission Town (Osage Mission) had 572 votes to 543 for Erie, a majority of twenty-
nine in favor of the former place. The next day considerable excitement was occasioned at
Erie by the announcement that during the previous night the Clerk’s records and the tax
rolls had been stolen and conveyed to Osage Mission by parties then unknown. Subsequent-
ly, one of the particeps criminis to this transaction made a confession of the part acted by
himself and revealed the names of all the others, including the two individuals who car-
ried the records to the Mission, but no legal steps were ever taken to bring any one to pun-
ishment, as previous to the revelation Erie had regained the county seat. The tax rolls
stolen were never found, and as a consequence the county lost several thousand dollars; but
the exact amount could not be ascertained, as it was impossible to obtain a settlement with
the County Treasurer.

The next election “for the removal and permanent location of the county seat’ was held
March 12, 1872, at which time Osage Mission received 1,009 votes, Erie 837, Geographical
Center 179, Alliauce (now Chanute) 621, and “Section 30, Township 29, Range 19,” 306—a
total vote of 2.952. ‘To decide the question the next election was held March 26, at which
time, according to the “ face of the returns,” Brie bad 1,712 votes and Osage Mission 1,679.
Erie Wownsnip appeared to have cast for Erie 590 votes and Mission Township 842 for Osage
Mission. Both townships were suspected of fraud. Affidavits were submitted to the Board
that the total vote of Erie Township at the election of March 26 was 342,337 for Erie and
5 for Osage Mission; but it does not appear which township added most fraudulent votes
to the correct number. On the 6thof April the Board made its final canvass of the vote, and
on the ground that it had no legal power to ‘go behind the returns” resolved that, ‘it ap-
pearing tbat Erie had received a majority of the votes cast at the election of March 26, 1872,
it is declared that Erie is the county seat of Neosho County.” The question was carried into
the courts, and finally, after reaching the Supreme Court of the State, was decided in 1874
in favor of Erie; ani in October of that year the county records were removed to Erie.
where they still remain.

STATISTICS, ETC.

- According to the Assessors’ returns of 1882, the personal propert in the county was as
follows: Horses, 4,508, value $122,456; cattle. 14.581, value $119,457; mules, 855, value
$30,834; sheep, 7,068, value $6.990; swine, 8,532, value $10,978; farming implements value
$21,405; wagons, 1,138, value $18,122; carriages, 324, value $7,953; money, $17,228.75;
credits, $7,908; merchandise, $73,237; manufactured goods, $3,800; notes, $27,784.25;
mortgages, $3,262; other Pe gna property, $61,828; total personal property, $533,243;
constitutional exemption, $213,200; net taxable personal property, $320 043, to which was
five per cent. by he State Board of Equalization, making the taxable personal property
$336,045. The various kinds of real estate was as follows: Total number of acres of tax-
able lands under cultivation, 135,885; not under cultivation, 223,963; aggregate taxable
valuation of farming lands, $1,492,605; total number of unimproved village lots, 3,903; of
improved lots, 1,632; value, $178,507; railroad property, $427,595; total taxable valuation
of all property in the county, $2,434,752. é : 2

The acreage of the Deine pel crops raised in 1882, was as follows: Winter wheat, 10,000
acres; rye, 525; corn, 68,200; barley, 10; oats, 10,200; buckwheat, 25: potatoes, 700: sweet
potatoes, 50; sorghum, 450; castor beans, 12 000: cotton, 15; flax, 6.300; millet, 4,600; rice
corn, 10; meadow—timothy, 250; clover, 80; other tame grasses, 180; prairie, 20,000; pas-
ture—timothy, 75; other tame grasses, 900; prairie, 40.000.

‘nere are 1,100 acres of nurseries in the county, and the following are the numbers cf
the various kinds of fruit trees:. Apple—bearing 76,370. not bearing, 72.354; peach—
bearing, 183,425; not bearing. 32.028; pear—bearing, 2,439, not bearing, 5,082; plum—
bearing. 4,793, not bearing, 4,954; cherry—bearing, 21.576, not bearing, 12.408. Of vine-
yards there were fifty-three acres, and these made 844 gallons of wine.

But little attention has as yet been paid to the cultivation of forest or shade trees. Of
walnut trees there are 12 acres; cottonwood, 26; maple, 50; other varieties, 180; total, 268
acres. 2

The number of rods of the different kinds of fencing in the county, is as follows: Board
fence, 24,315; rail, 93.177; stone, 9,529; hedge, 464,884; wire, 75,893° total number of rods,
667,798..or 2.086.§ niles. 7 ‘

The population of the county in 1860, was 88; in 1870, 10,206; in 1874, 11,324; in 1875,
11,076; in 1878, 11.055; in 1880, -15,124; in 1882, 15,155. The decrease after 1874 was
caused by the visits of the grasshoppers. They were a terrible scourge during 1874 and
1875, but in the latter year they disappeared and have not since returned. The population
of the county in the spring of 1882 is reasonably believed to have been fully 16,000. When
the returns of the census were first brought in by the assessors, the total population ap-

eared to be less than 15,000. Butin various districts the returns were soon discuvered to

e incomplete, and the assessors were compelled to add names omitted until the population
was shown to be over 15,000, when the matter was dropped Some of the assessors were
determined to keep the population below 15,000, if possible, as by so doing a saving of sev-
eral thousand dollars in the salaries of the county officers would be effected; but the officers
were fully as anxious to have the population returned as 15,000 or over, in order that the
addition to their salaries, which then according to law could be made, should be made.
Hence they brought influences to bear upon the assessors until this result was accomplished,
put stopped short of securing a full and complete return.

There are ninety-seven school districts in the county, and the sime number of school-
houses. Of these one is log; three, brick; five, stone, and eighty-eight frame, The total of
scholars in 1882 was 4,579—males, 1,904; females, 2.675. ‘There were employed 104 teach-
ers—44 males and 60 females, the former receiving on the average $34.20 per month, the
latter $27.44. The value of school property was as follows: Houses $123,000; furniture,
317.000; apparatus, $1,900; libraries, $800; total, $142,700. All the schools have adopted.
a course of study, and a Normal Institute of one month is held each year.

e Neosho County Agricultural Society was urganized April 24, 1869. Ata meeting of
the directors of this society held May 8, a permanent organization was effected, by the ele¢-
tion of the following officers: Larkin Jones, president; John Moffitt, secretary, and James
P. Morgan, treasurer. The other directors for the first year were Joseph M. Boyle. R. D.
Cogswell, John Stephens, John Cameron, J. L. Mattingly, Stephen Carr, C. H. Howard,
Michael Barnes, 8. T. Gilmore and Rufus Miller. The capital stock of the soci2ty was fixed
at $5.000; shares $5 each, The first fair was held October 22 and 23 of that year.

The Neosho Covnty Medical Society,—This societv was organized May 5,1870, at Osage
Mission. A. F. N cley was elected president; R. D. Cogswell, vice-president; Robert Bro-
gan, secretarv, aud R. C. Leake, treasurer.

ERIE,

The county seat of Neosho County, is situated in the valley of the Neosha
River and about a mile northeast therefrom. The location is an excellent one
for the building up of a town. Originally a town called Erie, now referred to as
“Old Erie,” was started two miles northwest of the present town site, and two
miles southeast another town was started named Crawfordsville. The pro-
prietors of the two towns made a compromise with each other, agreed to
abandon both places and selected the present town site. for the new location.
This was in 1866. In November of that year the Erie Town Company was
formed consisting of D. W. Bray, Luther Packet, Peter Walters, and J. F,
Hemilwright. Each member of this company donated forty acres of land in
the center of Section 32, Township 28, Range 20 east. The following
parties were then admitted to membership: A. H. Roe, J. A. Wells, John
C. Carpenter, L. R. Nugent, A. F. Neeley, C. B. Kennedy, Stephen Beck,
H. H. Roe, Joel Barnhart, J. L. Dennison, S. L. Coulter and T. T. Gilbert.

~ The first house built on the town site was a log one by the widow Spivey,
in 1866. The first store was built in 1867, by Drs. Kennedy & Neeley and
John C. Carpenter. It is still standing where erected, on the corner of Fourth
and -Main streets. The first family residence was erected this same year, by
V. Stillwell, who also soon afterwards built the first livery stable. The first
hotel was built by J. A. Wells. It was completed December 31, 1867, and is
still occupied by its builder for its original purpose. The first blacksmith shop
was built in 1868, by John Graham, and the same year a law office was opened
by Carpenter & Porter, The first birth in the town was that of Byron C. Wells,

  

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

son of J. A. and Matilda Wells, July 4, 1868. The first teacher in the town
was John Broadbent, who in the winter of 1867-8, taught a school in the little
log house built by the widow Spivey, though a subscription school had been
taught elsewhere in the township in the summer of 1866, by John A. Weston,
and Miss Roe. The first Protestant sermon in Erie Township, was preached
in September, 1865, by Elder Isaac Hoagland. _ 3

A postoffice was established six and one-half miles northwest of Osage
Mission, April 6, 1866, with A. H. Roe as Postmaster. It was moved to Erie,
August 20, 1867. On the first of January, 1868, Mr. Roe resigned, and Charles
Trenchard was appointed in his stead. On the first of July Isaac M. Fletcher
was appointed, and on July 1, 1869 the postoffice was made a money order
office. ;

A flouring and saw mill was located on the town site by J. W. Stewart &
Sons, in 1868. The machinery used in it was afterwards removed one mile
south and became a part of the machinery of the present-water mill, on the
Neosho River. J. W. Stewart & Sons afterwards sold this mill to A. N.
Bruner & Co., its present proprietors. It is a one and a half story building
with three run of buhrs. 2 ‘

In the year 1867, a saw mill was located one-half mile southwest of town,
by Barnhart Bros. & H. I. Roe. In 1869, this mill was improved to a two
run flouring mill, and removed in 1873, by Barnhart Bros., to Thayer.

The town of Erie was organized by a decree of the Probate Court Decem-
ber 25, 1869, with J. A. Wells, G. W. Dale, John McCullough, Isaac M.
Fletcher and Douglas Putnam as trustees. On the 3oth of the same month
the trustees met, and declared the town a city of the third class. Thereupon
J. A. Wells was elected Mayor of the city, and proceeded to appoint the offi-
cers necessary to put the city government into operation. At this time a cen-
sus of the city was taken, and the population found to be, according to the re-

‘turns, eight hundred and nine.

It is probable the city never contained a much larger number of inhabi-
tants than this, but it has been estimated to have contained 1,200 within a year
or two after this census was taken. At all events, its progress was suddenly
and effectually checked in 1872 by a fire, which swept away the best business,
blocks and business part of the town. The total loss by this conflagration was
estimated at $15 000, and there was no insurance. In July, 1873, a destructive
cyclone swept through the county. About fifteen houses were blown down in
Erie, and a loss inflicted of $5,000. Eleven persons were severely wounded,
but no onekilled in Erie. One woman and two children were killed by this
same cyclone in Shiloh Township, and two other persons were killed in the
southeast part of the county near Trotter’s Ford. Besides having suffered
from these two visitations uf Providence, Erie has so far labored under the
great disadvantage of having no railroad. An east and west railroad through
the county, passing through Erie, would enhance her prosperity and her pros-
pects very largely. Then it may besaid that her success in the struggle for
the county seat has militated very materially against her. School district No.
5, of which Erie formsa part, in the year 1870, bonded itself to the amount of
$12,000 in order to build a fine, large schoolhouse, with the view ef establish-
ing there a school of high grade. The schoolhouse, a three-story stone struct-
ure, with mansard roof, was erected, and during the contest for the county seat,
the whole school district partaking of the enthusiasm of the town, donated the
building to the county fora courthouse, and now has to pay principal and in-
terest on the bonds, a sum which will amount to upwards of $40,000 in the
aggregate before tle, debt is fully extinguished. The main consolations are
that the debt was selt-imposed, the consciousness of victory and the prestige
of being the county seat; while the-disadvantages are the debt itself, and the
want of the high school, the establishment of which was prevented by the giv-
ing away of the building designed for its use.

The city contains two general stores, two blacksmith shops, one drug store,
two hotels, one newspaper office, two churches, and a population of about, 300.

SOCIETIES, CHURCHES AND THE PRESS.

Frie Lodge No. 76, A. F. & A. M.—Was instituted, January 1, 1869, with fourteen
members, The first.officers were: James L. Denison, W. M.; J. W. Stewart, S.W.; KE.
H. Marsh, J. W.; L. Stillwell, Sec.; John C. Carpenter, Treas.; and J. A. Wells, S. D. The
present membership of the lodge is thirty

Erte Lodge No. 44, 1. 0. O, F.—Was_ instituted, npr, 9, 1869, with nine members.

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Each member was an officer, as follows: John Smith, N. : ; . G.; S.
M. French, Ree. S.; Irwin Smith, Treas.; J. W. Stewart, warde +; A. P. MeDonald, 0. G.;
W.T. Weeks, R.S. N.G.; M. A, Patterson, L.S. N. G.; J. W. Pittsford, R S. V.G. The
sent membershi» of the order is twenty-two.

rie Lodge No. 2017 K. of H.—Was instituted, January 31, 1880, with twelve members.
The principal officers were the following: Henry Lodge, P. D.; M. Wallace, D.; John
Berry, V. D.; W. P. Oliver, A. D., and J. W. Alfred, M dical Examiner.
bership of the lodge is thirty-efght.

The Methodist Church —Was organized in the spring of 1868, with fifteen members, hy
Rev. T. Palmer, who was the tirst regular preacher. Prev.ous to that time there had been
occasional picneliing: by Revs, Jacob Davis -— Bond, and J. W. Stewart. The first presia-
ing elder of this cirenit was Rev, J. D. Knox, appointed in the spring of 1868. The society
held religious services in different private houses, until sometime during the summer.
when, the schoolhouse being by this time completed. they occupied it until 1872, when
they purchased the church building which was at that time in process of erection and
nearly completed by the “Christians.” The church property is now worth about $1,200.
and the society has a membership of fifty. The present pastor is Rev. S. P. Cullison. A
Sunday school was organized in 1869, which until 1878, held sessions during only about six
months each year. Since that time the sessions have been held the year round.

The ¢ hristian Church.—Was organized by C. F. Stauber, at his house, in the spring of
1869. Occasional religions services had been conducted previously by George Boot ha
farmer, and Dr, Jones, at first in che log house of the widow Spivey. At the time the regu-
lar organization was effected, it was upon the request of the widow Spivey and eight other
women, who personally urged the matter upon Mr. Stauber, and prevailed upon him not
only to organize the society, but also to preach for them, Thus, Mr. Stauber was the first
regular preacher, conducting the services in his own house untilthe fall, when the society.
becoming stronger, engaged Elder M. J. Jenkins, and held services in the school house.
Elder Jenkins continued -with the church regularly about three years, when he moved to
Missouri, preaching oceasionally for the church at Evie, until 1875. The society com-
menced the erection of a church inthe year 1872, but on accountof the building of the
railroads in the eastern and western parts of the county, the members mostly moved away
to railroad towns, leaving Mr. Stauber practically alone, and to save the building trom
going to ruin, he sold it to the Methodists in 1874. The completed, seated and painted it.
and now have a small, but very neat church. The Christian society was organized with
fourteen members, increased to thirty. and finally decreased to none.

The Baptist Church—Was organized in 1869, with seven members, by Elder A. C. Bate-
man, who was chosen pastor. Previous to oTganization, a few sermons had been preached
hy Elder Bateman at the house of E. F, Williams, who was made deacon at the time of or-
ganization. Elder’ Bateman has been succeeded by Elders Hitchcock, John Post, J. A.
Trenchard, Reed and I, N, Niman, After organization the services were held at the Erie

The present mem -
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Bchoolhouse, until the erection, in 1871, of the present frame church building, which cost

+500.
The NeoshoCounty Record—Was established in Erie,by George W.MecMillin, April 21,1876.
The material used had formerly been a part of the oftiee oF the Thayer Headlight, the name
Headlight being continued at Erie until May 5, 1876 when thename Record was substituted.
At the time the paper was removed to l[érie, it was a five column folio, but ib was changed to
aseven column folio, November 24, 1876, which size it still retains. Mr. McMillin sold it to
its present proprietor, February 8, 1879. The paper is Republican in polities, and is de-
voted mainly to local news. f

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOSEPH M, BARNEY, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Erie, native of Rhode Island; born in
1832. He moved from there to Ilinois in 1844, whither his father had preceded hii in 1842;
here he went. into the mercantile business, and in 1853 he went to farming. In 1866 he
came West to Kansas with Mr. Knox; selected their land, and in 1867 came on in an emi-
Rrane train, cousistiug of eight wagons, belonging to Finch J. White, Knox, Dr. Evans,

harles Green and himself Mr. Barney located on Section 7, buying his claim of Jesse
Sink. He brought $2,000 with him; in two years this was gone; provisions were hgh, and
in 1867 they had no crop; but in 1868 he raised a fine crop of wheat, supplying his family
and having some to sell, Hethen did well until 1874, when his corn failed, leaving him
with a large number of hogs and nothing to feed them on. 1875 looked bad, but he never
lost his contidence in Kansas. This year he bought Wycoff Piatt’s crop of corn and potatoes,
while the grass hoppers were eating them up; but that fall harvested 1.200 bushels of corn
and fifty bushels of potatoes. He gave Mr. Piatt a colt forthe crop. In 1882 he raised fine
crops of corn, wheat, oats and flax. He owns now 312 acres, and cultivates 150; the rest is
in pasture and meadow. He has fine meadows of tame grasses. In 1856 Mr. Barney mar-
ried Miss Farwell. They had seven children, two deceased. He has been Township
Treasurer, this was in 1874, and has been a school official continually.

W. T. DUTTON, hardware, is a native of Marion County, Del., born in 1841. He after-
wards moved to Ohio, but was raised in Wabash County, Ind., where the family had located
afterward, Here he remained till the time of his moviug West, engaged at different em-
ployments. Qn starting for Kansas they had some machinery, and on reaching Kansas
City, sent their goods by wagon to Erie, Neosho County, arrlving on the 30th of March, 1869,
where he and his brother established a furniture factory, and carried on undertaking in
connection with it. Atthis time Erie was the wost prosperous, and as soon as it was in-
corporated, Mr, Dutton was made Marshal. 1n 1874 he sold cut his farniture business and
gave his attention to the public. He had been appointed Constable, and afterwards elected,
serving three tertus. He was also Justice of the Peace in 1874, serving as City Clerk, an
January 8, 1876, was Police Judge; from 1872 to ’80 he was Coroner. In 1878 he establish-
ed his present busiuess, dealing in hardware and implements, doug his best trade this year
of 1882, his sales amounting Lv about ten thousand dollars. Mr, Dutton married in Indiana,
and has four children, two boys and two girls. Hedescribes the country, in 1869, as full of
Indians, and frontier incidents. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F.

J. N. ELLIS, farmer, Section 2, P, O, Chanute, isa native of Kentucky, born in 1813.
He moved to Indiana in 1832, where he lived until 1864, then going to Illinois, and being a
stoue mason by trade, he worked at that and farmed. In 1865 he came to Kansas from
Culnberland County, IHL, in an emigrant train that numbered fifty-one persons. He settled
on Pecan Creek, where he now lives, taking 160 acres and built iis cabin. This was before
the land was surveyed, and there was a village of 900 Osage Indians encamped near by on
the Cinville Creek, wno left in 1866. Mr, Ellis and sons then, with pioneer courage,
proceeded to break up the prairie sod, that has since, through drouth or fiood, yielded suf-

cient to feed them and their stock. Among the good crops was that of 1868, when he sold
500 bushels of wheat for $2 a bushel, and 1875 and 1882. In 1836 he married Miss Scott.
They had four boys and four girls. These children are now doing for themselves, and Mr,
and Mrs, Ellis live together with a granddaughter. His sony J. W., is now on afar a ‘join-
ing, in the stock business. They are members of the Christian Church, which is a strong
organization, having forty-seven members.

JACOB HUNT, teacher; native of Indiana; born in 1859. He entered the profession as
teacher in 1881, and is now teaching in School District No. %. He married Miss Barney in
1882. who is alsoa teacher; comimenced teaching in 1881, now holding a position in ‘the
town school of Erie. Her father is one of the early settlers of this section, locating on Can-
ville Creek in 1868, where he has since resided.

J.J, HURT, Clerk of the District Court; elected in 1882, on the Republican ticket. He
is a native of Clinton County, Ky,, born in 1854. The family moved to Missouri first, and
then to Kansas, locating in Chanute, December 20, 1869, going intv commercial business.
In 1882 he graduated at Kaker’s University, and is now reading law.

D. LEATHERMAN, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Chanute; native of Indiana; born in 1823.
When nine years of age his parents moved to Chicago, Il)., or near there, where they lived till
1849, when he moved to Iroquois County, and was there till 1867, when he was entirely broke
up by securing a friend’s note who was killed inthe war. Sv he came to Kansas and took a
claim of 160 acres. At thattiine nothing but an Indian trail led to his cabin. His family ar-
rived on the 28th of June, andsettied down tostay. With four boys, who soon were able to
help, they took hold of the plow, aud have carved from the wilderuessa home. He com-
menced by trading his horses for two yoke of cattle. Having boughta breaking-plow in
Kansas City, he broke twenty-five acres, which, with ten acres of old ground, raised enough
to feed them and ther stock. In 1868 he sowed wheat in October that did not come up till
Decembet, yet in 1869 yielded-thirty bushels toan acre. This was the best yield he has had.
In 1882 his corn averaged on the bottom land seventy-five bushelstoanacre. He raised
also fax and millet. In 1847 Mr. Leatherman married Miss Gool. She died in 1864, leav-
ingysix children, He married Miss Moore in 1865; they havetwo children. Mr. L. belongs
to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has under cultivation 100 acres, the rest is in pas-
ture and ineadow.

Cc. M. LIGHT County Superintendent of Public Instruction; elected in 1880. Mr. Light

Ip. 1875 he graduated

isa native of Indiana, born in 1852, and came to Kansas in 1869.
from the Normal College of Emporia, and commenced teaching, following the profession
until his election to office in 1880, filling the duties so well that he was re-elected in 188x.

HENRY LODGE, of the tirm of Lodge Bros., general merchants. Native of Ohio, but
was raised inIndiana. Hethere finisbed his education in the Asbury College, taking the
scientific course, graduating in the class of 56. He then engaged in différent lines of busi-
ness till he went into the Army of the Cumberland, enlisting 1n the Fourteenth Indiana Cav-
alry, where he was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company I’. He served till the fall of
Nashville, then leaving on account of his health, and in 1870 came to Kansas, establishing
their business inthe winter of 1871, commencing with asmall stock, and now carrying
$3.500, and doing abusiness of $20,000 ayear. ‘This yearisthe best they have had since
starting-in business, The grasshopper years of 1874 and ’75 they lost over $1,800 in bad
debts. Mr. Lodge has just retired from the office of County Commissioner, which he held
for nine years, and by his management has placed the county credit in as good shape as is
that of any county inthe State. Mr. Lodge is a charter member of the Knights of Honor.

A. H. ROK, farmer, P. O. Erie, native of Indiana, born in 1842. He was raised and
educatedin Michigan, and then moved to Jowa, where he served during the war of the Re-
bel ion inthe Thirteenth Iowa Volduteer Infantry, Company A. In 1865, he came Kansas,
locating in Neosho County. Here he builtand opened the first business house in what is
now known as Old Erie, aud was appointed the first Postmaster, taking J. L. Dennison as
partner. When the county sea’ was laid out, he moved his business there and Mr. Denni-
son having sold his interest, tue firm name became Roe & Trenchard. February, 1868, Mr.
Roe retired to his farm on Section 18, Erie Township, opening a farm of 160 acres,
where he remained until 1871, selling for $3,000. opened a mercantile enterprise in
Erie, and was appointed Postinaster, in 1873, having a livery inthe interim. He continued
in the mercantile line until 1881, when he sold to Mr. Alexander, retiring on account of his
health to the farm he now owns, giving his attention to raising fruit and grain. Mr. Roe
married Miss Brownell, of Iowa. They lave five children, one boy and four girls. Heisa
member of the Masonic Lodge, also of the K. of H. 7

. W. SANSOM, Postmaster, native of Jersey County, Ill. He was raised on a farm,
and in 1862, January 6, enlisted in the Sixty-first Illinois Volunteer pAtaner ys Company C,
serving until October 19, 1863, when he returned home to Iilinois, and from there, came to
Kansas in 1865, locating on Canville Creek, where he farmed until 1872, when he went to
Missouri, coming back in 1875, and_ went to Fann g again, raising good cropsevery year,
until 1879, when he took the postofiice November 15, 1879, and opened in connection a store
of general merchandise and notions, and is doing a good business. In 1866, he was the first
Constable of the county and served as Assistant Assessor of Neosho and Labette counties.
He held the office of Constable until 1878; being elected again he resigned the position in
1879 to take the postoffice. He was also one of the City Council. Mr. Sausom is a charter
inember of the K, of H. . : i
EN. J. SMITH, editor of the Mecord, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 28, 1854.

During the same year his parents moved to Bloomington, Ind., where they lived until the
spring of 1877. At this time hen. J. started west, working in Vinceines Ind., St. Louis and
Sedalia, Mo, In January, 1879, having moved to Erie, Neosho Co., Kan., he bought the
Record, which he has siuce been and is now conducting. He learned the printer’s trade in
the office of the Bloomington, Iud., Democrat, and received his education atthe Bloomington
High School and Indiana State University. 7 ‘

W. $5. SYMMES, M. D.,a native of Ilinois, bornin 1841. He began studying medicine
with his father, Dr. H.Symmes. After serving in the First Illinois Cavalry. he was trans-
ferred to the Fifty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; on returning in 1865; he then at-
tended Ann Arbor Medical School of Michigan, graduating in 1865, he entered practice at
home, then coming to Kansas in 1867, he located at Oswego, Labette County; here he was
@ witness of some of the early historic incidents of the Indian warfare; in.1870, he moved to
Chautauqua County, where he practiced until 1881, when he moved to Erie, buying proper-

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ty, and entering on a good practice. In 1875, he married Miss Armstrong. They have one

son.

RACHEL TIBBY, general merchandise, is a native of Ireland, as was her husband; on
coming to America, sie located on Staten Island, and here in 1866, was married to t-
thew Tibby. They then came to Kansas on account of his health in 1669, locating. in Erie,
and establishing the business now carried on by his widow. In 1879, as Mr. Tibby was
riding on the stuck train, on Twenty-third street, St. Louis, having gouethere with stock
for Mr. Letcher, of (Osage Mission, he fell between the cars and was run over and killed in-
stantly; his body was brought home for burial. Mr. Tibby had traveled almost around the
world, having visited California, Australia, England and {reland, and was overtaken finally
by this sad accident. Mrs. Tibby is now carrying on the store a stock of about $800, and is
doing a good business of $2,400. She isa mémber of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
which her husband was a local minister. i

JOSEPH A. WELLS, born in Greene County, Ill, in March, 1838; received a limited
education at the district schools of nis county, the most of his early life being spent on the
farm, but was always acknowledged as a very apt scholar. At the age of eighteen he re-
ceived a first grade Certificate as a school teacher, passing an examination before the State
Commissoner. At the age of twenty-one he was elected a Justice of the Peace of his town-
ship. Previous to this he was, on motion, admitted to practice law before the District Court
of hiscounty. Atthe age of twenty-two he was mairied to Matilda, youngest daughter of
Pleasant and Lydia Wood of his county. Atthe age of twenty-four he entered the service
of his country as a private of Company H, Ninety-first Tlinois Infantry, and by his prompt
attention to business, he was rapidly promoted to che office of Orderly Sergeant, First Lieu-
tenant and Captain of his company, and for daring acts on the battle field in and around
Mobile. Ala., in March and April, 1865, he was, by the President, in special order, breveted
Major of Volunteers. At the close of the war, in 1865, he returned home to his family, and
a short time afterward declined the offer of a Second Lieutenancy of Cavalry of the regular
army. In August, 1865, he removed to Adair County, Mo., where he bought a farm and re-
mained until the spring of 1866, when he sold out and started for Kansas, arriving in Neo-
sho County on the 4th of April, 1866,and boughtaclaim three miles northwest of where
Erie is now located. In the fall of 1866 he was elected Probate Judge of Neosho County,
and served as such until January, 1869. In the summer of 1867 he sold his farm and went
to the woods and cut, hauled, rafted and then sawed the logs of which the Erie House, in
Erie, and other buildings were built. He then, as a member of the Erie Town Company,
built the first hotel ever built in the town, and moved into and occupied the same on the last
day of 1867. Here he has ever since had his family residence. He, together with 8. W. Fas-
tar, bought the first piece of land for town purposes where Chanute now stands, and here he
built two houses in 1870. He also completed the first business house ever built in_Coffey-
ville, Kansas ih August, 1871. He has several times been appointed Justice of the Peace of
the city, and wasthe first Mayor of the city of Erie, at its organization in December, 1869.
1n 1871 he was editor of the Erie Ishmaelite, a red hot local organ. In 1872 he was ap-
pointed Deputy United States Marshal, which place he held until 1874. During his two
years service he was instrumental in bringing a large number of offenders to justice; those
acts, coupled with the fact that he was chairman of the Erie executive committee for
county seat purposes, made him many enemies as well asa large number of warm friends.
In 1873 he was arrested tor violation of his duties, which caused him a great deal of trouble.
After two years of law bickerings the case was finally nolle prosequied. June 19, 1874, he
received his ; ppointment as one of.the force of the United States secret service, which place
he now holds. mong the noted criminals that he has captured he mentions those of J. S.
Wilson, at Shreveport, La., in 1875, and Martin Hixley, in Sumner County, Kansas, in 1877,
both of those being arrested and delivered to the proper officers, the former at Memphis,
Tenn., and the latter at St. Louis, Mo. In February, 1876, he was ordered to report at New
Orleans to the United States Marshal and was detailed to go to Cuba in the interest of the
United States, but owing to the revolutionary state of the country at that time, the business
was not arranged fo his satisfaction; nevertheless the government was pleased with the tact
he displayed, and for his shrewdness in the matter he was highly complimented. He men-
tions many other arrests and incidents of his life which would be of interest, but space for-
bids, He has beena Notary Public of Kansas ever since May 1, 1868, and is now engaged in
the real estate and loan business. In February, 1883, was elected Justice of the Peace and
Cily Judge by an almost unanimous vote, .

W. W. WORK, County Treasurer of Neosho County. He was elected on the Republi-
can ticket in 1880, and re-elected in 1882.

OSAGE MISSION.

This town is located in the Neosho Valley, one and a half miles from the
left hank of the river and half a mile from Flat Rock Creek, and it is a station
on the Missouri-Pacific Railway. The situation is all that need be,desired.

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town site two buildings had been erected here, one by L. P. Foster & Co., a
log one, in which a store was opened and managed by the ‘t Morgan boys,” and
a frame building erected by S. A. Williams, of Fort Scott, in which his son,
Augustus D. Williams, kept a store. These movements were’ made in 1866,
in anticipation of the starting of a town. A Town Company.was organized
consisting of George A. Crawford, S. A. Williams,C. W. Blair, Benjamin
McDonald and John Nandier, a town site laid out and called Osage Mission,
in December, 1867. By the side of it and to the west another town site was
laid out and called Catholic Mission. On this town site a small store was
opened by S. J. Gilmore, in a log building known’then and still remembered
as ‘‘Castle Thunder;” this store was opened in 1865. On Osage*Mission town
site the Town Company erected a building on the corner of County and Mar-
ket streets into which A D. Williams moved his stock of goods in 1867, in
which he kept the postoffice, with C. H. Howard as deputy. About the same
time L. P. Foster & Co., erected a two story frame building across the street
and a little north of the present site of the Southern Hotel. Joseph Roycroft
built a log saloon near where now stands the City Bank; Middaugh and, Doh-
nan came down from Topeka, and built a store where L. Steadman’s store now
stands, in 1867; James Roycroft erected a boarding house, the first in town, on
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the southeast corner of County and Market streets, and during the summer
John Nandier built the first hotel, the Neosho House, a large two story frame,
long known as the finest hotel building in Southern Kansas, Not long after
this Nathaniel Tucker started a store near ‘Castle Thunder,” in the building
now occupied as a dwelling by Daniel Zehner, and about the same time, per-
haps a short time previously, Dr. J. B. Lamb started a store also in Catholic
Mission. Marston & Ulmer, from Towa, opened a furniture store in 1868. J.
M., Boyle, from Fort Scott, opened hardware store just north of L. L. Foster
& Co.’s store, and on the southwest corner of County and Main streets, Ryan
& Roycroft started a general store about the same time.

The first lawyer in the town was C, F. Hutchings, in 1867, the first physi-
cian, Dr. A. F. Neely, about the same time, and the first Protestant minister
was Rev. A. Ilitchcock. The first birth was that of ason to Mr.and Mrs. S.
A. Noble, 1868, From the first the growth of the town was vigorous and
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one hardware store, two boot and shoe stores, four blacksmith shops, and nu-
merous other business establishments, and a population of nearly nine hundred.
From this time until the building of the railroad the growth of the town was
steady. It was the center of three lines of stages; one to Fort Scott, one to
Humboldt and the other to Chetopa. . When these stages arrived all was life
and animation. Each stage was a Concord coach drawn by four fine large
horses, and the driver’s voice and importance, and the crack of his whip served
to raise the excitement to the highest pitch, and is still vividly remembered. A
more complete history of the town will be seen in the sketches of its individual
industries and institutions.

The town having been g>verned for six months by a Board of Trustees,
consisting of John Ryan, president; John Moffit, clerk; B. P. Ayers, T. C.
Cory and R. D. Coggswell, until October 25, 1869, was on that day organized
as a city of the third class. John O’Grady was chosen Mayor, and B. P. Ayers,
John Ryan, John Moffit, J. P. Morgan and R. D. Coggswell, Councilmen. The
following is a list of the Mayors since elected, with the dates of their election:
LB. P. Ayers, 1870, re-elected’ in 1871; W.L. Simons, 1872; C. L. Lease, 1873;
A. B. Stoddard, 1874; T.H. Butler, 1875; L. Steadman, 1876, re-elected 1877;
L.S. Orton, 1878; W.H. Williams, 1879; J. L. Denison, 1880, re-elected 1881 ;
L. Steadman, 1882.

The postoffice at Osage Mission was the first established in Neosho Coun-
ty. It was obtained through and for the use of the Catholic Mission in 1851.
Father John Schoenmakers was the ‘first Postmaster. It was made a money
office in July, 1869. Father Schoenmakers held the office until 1864, at which
time S. J. Gilmore received the appointment. A.D, Williams was appointed in
1866. In 1868 C. II. Howard was made Postmaster, and held the position for
about fifteen years, being succeeded on January 1, 1883, by J. S. Curtis,

SCHOOLS, CIIURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

The first scliool iu Osage Mission was the Mission School, begun by Father Schoenmak-
ers in 184%. This, however, was an institution devoted to the education of Ludians wud in
the interests of the Catholic Church,

The first town school was taught in the winter of 1867-68. It was a subseription school,
taught by Anson Gridley, senior, and was keptin asmall frame bullding on the southwest
corner of County and Oak streets. A public school was taught in the following summer by
Miss Mary Anna Swank, ina rented building. Inthe wiuter of 1868-69, T. C, Corey was
employed as teacher of the public school. The place for holding it was changed in January,
1869, and quarters were taken up in a building which had been rented of N, Tucker, and
fitted up for the accommodation of the school. Aschool building was erected in 1872. It
is alarge two-story brick structure of appropriate design, and contains four departments.
The school enrollment is 277, and is divided among four departments: the high school,
grammar’ school, intermediate and primary, At present the schools are under the instruc-
tion of Prof. H. Stevenson, principal; E. E. Anderson, teacher of the grammar school; Mrs.
8, C. Dobson, teacher of the intermediate, and Miss Lizzie Barnhart, teacher of the primary

* department.

PT he Methodist Episcopal Church was organized August 15, 1868. The leaders in the
movement were: Suvion Marston, J. ©. Bovle, A. Smith, and otbers, and it was effected in the
schoolhouse, They have since builtachurch, Itisa neat one story, frame building, fin-
ished with a steeple and belfry.

A Sunday gehool.was organized November 8, 1869. J. M. Boyle was chosen superin-
tendent; T. C Corey assistant superiutendent; S. E. Marston, treasurer; I. F. Rager, secre-
tary, and E. Boyle, choris and librarian, The school is in a healthy condition, and is
provided with a small library. .

The Baptist Church was organized Saturday, November 13, 1868, by Rev. A. Hitchcock,
and was effected in the school building. Steps toward the erection of a church building
were taken in the latter part of the year 1868. The building was erected in the following
summer, but was not completed. As an aid to its erection, the Town Company donated the
lots upon which it is locate 1, and made a loan of $1,000 to the society for two years, without
interest. The Sunday school was organized September 25, 1869, and Rev. Hitchcock was
the first Superintendént. In Mav, 1870, Peter Collings, J. T, Chandler, Daniel Kinman, Mrs.
Auna Doleman and C, H. Howard were appointed a committee to raise funds with which to
complete and furnish the house, The society is in a healthy condition,

Saint Peter's Episcopal Church was organized on Monday evening, December 12, 1870.

 

 

 

 

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§. S. Warner was elected senior warden, and J. H. Scott junior warden, and C. F. Hutchings,
J.B. Lamb, H. B. Leonard, A.J. Smith, G. E. Cook, were elected vestrymen; 8. D. Cook,
clerk, and G. H. Howard, treasurer. A‘Sunday school was organized January 1, 1871,in the
residence of S.S. Warney, The church building was erected In 1874. It is a small frame
building of plain design. 2 :

The Christian Church was organized in May, 1881. The organization was superintended
by Rev. J. W. Randall, assisted by Rev. C. W. Pool, and was effected in the Methodist
church building. C.#. Stauber and Hon. J. Dale were elected elders. The church house
was built in the fall and winter of 1882, and is a small frame structure, 24x36 feet in dimen--
sions, and cost $800. Thecongregation is without a pastor since the termination of Rev,
C. C. Deweese’s pastorate. .

The Catholic denomination have a large representation In this place. The church or-
ganization is attached to the Catholic Mission, a detailed history of which appears in the
early history of Neosho County. ra Pekeei

csage Mission Lodge, No. 53,I. O. O. F., was instituted, on Wednesday evening. Mareh
16. 1870, by District Deputy, G. M. Smith. A number of Odd Fellows came down from the
town of Erie to assist in the ceremonies. J.B. Gill was chosen noble grand; J. S. Carson,
vice eyands W. Roush, treasurer; D.S. Miller, permanent secretary; S. S. Warner, record-

ng secretary.

* Mission Lodge, No. 92, A., F. & A. M. was instituted under a dispensation, in January,
1869. James A, Songer was made orsbiptul master, and W. Rouse was chosen secretary.
The institution took place with a membership of twenty-five. The following are the pres-
ent oflicers of the lodge: R. D. Kirkpatrick, worshipful master; J. R. Brunt, senior warden;
William Lawson, junior warden; ‘Thomas Baxter, treasurer; E. Cravens, secretary,

A, O. W. Society was organized, in January, 1881, with a membership of twenty-
four, ‘The officers elected for the government of the louge, were: L. S. Orton, master work-
mau; B. F. Mouser, overseer; T. M. Baxter, general foreman; S. F, Denison, receiver; Wil-
liam F, May, treasurer, There is a present membership of twenty-three, or a falling off of
one member since the institution of the lodge. ss ned Vani .

The Grand Army of the Republic also have a flourishing organization called the General
Warren Post, No.114. At anelection held on Saturday, the 16th of December, 1882, W.
Henderson was chosen post commander, and P. W. Mess, senior vice commander. The
lodge at present is in alive and flourishing condition.

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The Neasho County Republican was started in September, 1880, by F. W. Ward, as the
Neosho Valley Enterprise, At firstit wasa four-column quarto. In ashort time after it
was started, D. C, Ainbrose purchased a half interest, and in September, 1881, took charge
of the Enterprise as proprietor aud editor. On the 14th of September, 1882, the paper was
enlarged to an eigbt-column folio. The Ent rprise was conducted as a Democratic paper
until October 19, 1882, when_T. F. Ross purchased one-half interest. The name was
changed to the Neosho County Republican, and the politics changed to correspond with the
name. When Mr. Anwrose purchased an interest in the paper. in 1880, the office contained
but one press, a one-half medium Globe, and one rack of type. Atpresent it contains, in
addition, a good newspaper press anda fullline of newspaper and job material. T, F.
Ross, the editor of the Republican was born at Davenport. lowa, June 29, 1854. His father
and nother, Enoch and Rebecea Ross, moved from Carrollton, Ohio, to Davenport, Iowa, in

i They moved from Davenport on to afarm in the same county in 1859, where they
lived until 1865, when they moved to Jasper County, Iowa. In 1870, T. F. Ross entered
Jowa College at Grinnell, remaining there three years, With the exception of afew months
each winter spent in teaching school. 1n_1873, he went to California, and taught school
there two years. In 1875, he returned to Davenport, and entered the office of Judge Hub-
bell as alaw student; was adinitted to the bar in 1876, and commenced practice in 1877 at
Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa. Here he practiced law until 1879, when he removed to
Beloit, Kan; opened a law office, and practiced law there until the spring of 1881, when he
sold his practice and went to New Mexico, where he remained about a year. He then came
i iat Atission, bought one half interest in the Republican, and assumed editorial charge

per.

The Neosho County Journal was started at Osage Mission, August 5, 1868, asa five-col-
uinn folio, by John H. Scott. its present proprietor and editor. Originally it was  five-col-
unin folio, On the 17th of June, 1869, it was eularged to a s1x-column, and on July 28, 1870,
to an eight-column. Mr. Scott has always had an interest in the paper, but has had partners
at different times; C. H. Howard, from 1869 to 1871; H. T. Perry, from 1871 to 1875, and C.
H. Howard and Lewis McMillin, from 1875 to 1877, since which time he has been sole pro-
prietor, The Journal was Republican in politics until the gubernatorial campaign of 1882,
during which it supported G. W. Glick for Governor, as against John P. St. John.

Lhe Neosho County Democrat.—This paper was started January 3, 1883, by A. Conn, as
an eight-column folio, It is Democratic in politics. Mr. Conn has had a varied experience
in newspaper publishing, commencing in 1845. During the years 1853-54-55 he pub-

 

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lished the Van Wert Democrat, at Van Wert, Ohio, and the Sidney Telegraph idney, Ne-
braska, in 1874 and 1875. He spent the money he had made in Tye hewsna Se islbtas, in
prospecting for coal, uear Ponca, Dixon Co., Neb. He then traveled on the continent of
Europe a year or two, and in 1879, worked eight months in the office of the London (En-
gland) Telegraph. In January, 1883, he started the Democrat.
‘ Banks.—The first bank was established, in Osage Mission, by Pierce & Mitchell, in April,
1871. It was subsequently organized under the State law, as the Neosho County Saving
i a cow th Ee authorized capital of $100,000, and a paid-up canital of $20,000. In August,
Meet ola erce sold his interest in the concern to k, W. Bradbury and the firm became
jena ine ee Thin en iulled in Bebritary, 1879. Atthis time J. B, Pierce estab-
. private institution enga, a ci ,
loan and collection business. It is also a bank of A incsiiniamame, Suasanine
i ane Neosho County Bank was started by C.C. Nelson, in March, 1881, with S. F. Denison,
Ci Shier: This concern lasted even forty days, when Nelson abandoned the business, taking
up nis residence as a British subjecy inthe Domtnion of Canada,
Misc he Mission Mills —These mills are located on Flat Rock Creek,abouta mile east of Osage
mission. (he building is a two and a half story frame above a stone basement story. These
mu 8 were built by Ryah & Roycroft in 1869, ata cost, including, machinery and power, of
eee 0: They were sold in 1875 to the First National’ Bank, of "Barsons, and b This bank
din 1877 to the present owners, Hutchings & Barnes. The machinery consists of four
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run of buhrs, with a capacity of 100 barrels of flour per day, and is propelled by afifty horse-
power engine. An elevator is in the upper part of the butiding, with mt capacity Of storing
20,000 bushels of wheat. The market for the products of these mills is found 1n the local
demand, in the Indian Territory and in Texas.

The Usage Mission Stone Mill was built in 1875, by A. W. Althouse. The building is a
small stone structure, 30.feet long by 20 feet in width, one and a half stories high. It con-
tains three run of stone, having a capacity for grinding seventy bushels of wheat and 100
bush. ls of corn per day. The motive power is atwenty horse-power engine.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

A. W. ALTHOUSE, stone mill, is a native of Pennsylvania, born June 24, 1833, and in
early youth went to Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. ¥., where he grew up on a farm. In 1847
moving to Waupun, Fond du Lac Co. Wis., where. he farmed some, dug and drilled
wells for ten years, In 1857 he married Miss Helen Ketchum, then went into a pump and

machine shop, coming to Kansas in 1869; he farmed awhile there; worked in J. A. Hutch-

ings saw mill and afterward went to farming in Cowley County, returning, however, to
Osage Mission aud working in the National and Flat Rock Mulls. In 1876 he rented ‘the
National Mill and ran it until 1878, when he commenced building the stone mill, doing the
mason, carpentering and millwrighting of the building, so that it is the product of his own
hands. 1t has a capacity of thirty: barrels of flour a day and 100 bushels of corn meal and
200 of feed. He does a good grist or custom trade and some merchant trade. He had acapital
of $700 when he undertook building the mill which cost $4,500. They had five chilgren. June
24, 1882, his foungest son, De Witt, aged eighteen, was caught in one of the bands and his
leg cut off above the knee, besides injuries to his back. The accident happened in the mill
at2 p. m. and at 2 a. m, next morning he died,

. E. BAGLEY, carriage painter with C. Cooney, 1s a native of Zanesville, Muskingum
Co., Ohio, born in 1836. He learned his trade ot J. W. MacUormick, having his [papers for
his indenture as apprentice made out, he served from May 10, 1854 to 1858, remaining till
1861 as journeyman workman. He then enlisted in the three months’ service, in the
Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company ©, and when the time expired he re-enlisted
in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infautry, Company G, and served until 1865, or three
years and four months, returning to Zanesville and worked at his trade till he commenced
his travels, visiting Cincinnati, Paris, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., back to Columbus in 1868, and
then to Milwaukee, Wis., where he worked in the La Crosse, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail-
road shops until 1869, when he returned to Columbus, Ohio, where he worked till 1871
then to Zanesville, and was married to Miss Habner in Somerset, where he remaine
working at his trade till 1877, when he moved to Clinton, Mo., coming to Osage Mission in
1879, and taking the position he now occupies. He has had seven children, of whom five are
deceased and two sons alive. Mr, Bagley is a member of the Catholic Church.

.S. BAHNEY, hardware and tin store. The business was first established in 1868, ina
building 12x16, and a stock of $500, under the firm name of J. M. Boyle & C. M. Drake.
In 1871 Bahuey bought C. F. Drake’s interest, and in 1873 Mr, Drake bought back, taking
Mr. Boyle’s interest, which continued until 1880, when Mr. Bahney took charge of the
whole enterprise, the firm now being I, S. Bahney. During these fourteen years the busi-
ness has increased until he now occupies a-building 25x100 feet and carries a stock of some
$1,400 and does a business of about $3.500. During the war Mr. Balney was a soldier in
an Ohio regiment and is now a member of the Blue lodge of the Masonic order.

JOEL BARNHART, steam saw and grist mill, was born in North Carolina and raised in
Indiana. They moved to Indiana, and then to Illinois, and finaily to Missouri, came froin
there to Osage Mission in 1866, locating in Mission ‘Township onafarm. In'1867 the two
brothers, Joel and David, putup asteam saw mill onthe Neosbo River,below Erie, at a place
nained by them Slabtown. In 1869 they put up a grist mill. In 1874 they moved the mill to
Thayer and soon afterwards sold it, ut have lately gotit back and are running it. When
the mill was moved the family moved to Osage Mission on account of educational advan-
tages, which his daughter Lizzie has profited by. She commenced teaching in 1876, first in
No. 8, then in Star school, also in the Done district No. 34, and Dodd district. In 1880 she
went tothe State Normal of Emporia, and returning to the Mission she was appointed to the
Primary department of the city schvol, where she is now eugaged. Losing her mother iu
1873 the family were placed in the hands of herself and sister Emma, who is also teacher,
engaged in teaching at the present time. Mr. Barnhart is a member of thel. O. ot O. F.
The milling firm is known as Barnhart Bros.

U. E. BAYLIES, M. D., and surgeon. Onthe 15th of March, 1875, he graduated from
the Chicago Medical College and came at once to Kansas, locating in Osage Mission, form-
ing a partnership with Dr. Nealy, one of the early physicians of this place; he’ practiced
alone, however, most of the time until 1580, when he entered into partnership with Dr. C.

_ Steadman, the firm being Steadman & Baylies, physicians and surgeons. They are
doing an extensive practice, extending over a fifteen miles circuit.

Cc. KK, jeweler, native of Leavenworth, Kas. Mr. Beck’s father, Stephen Beck,
who came to Kansas in 1856, was a native of Baden, his mother a native of Prussia. They
were married in 1850, and in 1856 locat:d in Leavenworth, Kas. While here he was at
times obliged to hide from the different Free-state or Pro-slavery parties or go with them.
When the war broke out he enlisted in the Ninth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Captain Cole-
man’s company. In 1865 he returned home and located on a farm on Four Mile Creek,
Neosho County, this being one of the earliest settlements in the county. Here he remained
till 1871, moving to Osage Mission. He went into the grocery and bakery business with
Jacob Wolf. Atthis they made money. Mr, Beck . withdrew, however, and retired to his
stock farm, where he died September 25, 1873. After his death the family moved back to
the city. ere they were burned out but built again, and Mr. S. C. Beck, who is now in the
firm of Steadman & Beck, jewelers, was robbed, losing nearly all their stock, but since
have recovered and are now doing a good business.

JACOB BEECH WOOD, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Osage Mission. Native of France,
born in 1818, and came to America in 1838, landing in New York, where he married Miss
E. Grosbeck, by which marriage he had four children, two now deceased; but he lost her
and married asecoud time to his present wife, Miss C. Gilman, having four children by the
last. In 1865 Mr. Beechwood came to Kansas, being the first settler on this section, arriving
and locating among the Indians, who helped him erect his cabin. His family suffered from
Sickness the firsttuhree years almost continuously, but he persevered; paying fabu-
lous prices for his provisions, but succeeding in raising fair crops he managed to live, now
having a fine homestead with ail the natural advantages thata man could wish, wood,
water, a good stone quarry, and fertile soil, well fenced aud cultivated. with a fine residence.
He came to this country to enjoy the advantages of the Mission Church, of which he is an
earnest member. Mr. Beeciiwood has sixteen acres in tame grasses, thirty-five acres in
pasture, and the rest under the plow. we. .

J. M. BOYLE, hardware. He came to Kansas in 1864,dropping over the line just as Price
was Closing in with the Union army at Kansas City, so his course was attended with consid-
erable danger. At Fort Lincoln, in Bourbon County, he just escaped capture, and was a wit-

ness of the burning of that Boshi he finally arrived at Fort Scott, which was his destination, *

where he went to work for C. F. Drake as a tinner, where he was employed till 1867, when
he came, to Osage Mission, and opened a hardware store in a building 18x20,and a small
stock. This was the first hardware house in Neosho County, firm name was J. M. Boyle;
Mr. Drake wasthecompany. In 1871, Mr. Bahney bought an interest in the firm, and in
1873, Mr. Drake bought his interest out, when he went into business with Mr. Tucker, and
in 1880, he established his present business, now assuming large proportions, In addition
ie pis han mare business, he has MceCormick’s farm machinery. Mr. Boyle joined the I. 0.
. F. in ae

R. A. BROGAN, M. D., drugs, native of New York, born in 1842. His early life was
spent on the farm, and later on he engaged in teaching school. In 1869, he graduated from
the St. Louis Medical College, aud at oncecame lo Osage Mission anu opened practice, hav-
ing the practice of St, Aun’s Academy, and that of the college uf St. Francis. In 1880, he
opened his drug store, carries a.stock of $1,200, and does a business of $4,000 ayear. The
Doctor is amember of the Catholic Church. : 7 .

HN R. BRUNT, drugs and groceries, 4 native of Madison County, Ind., born in 1845,
Having got acommon school education, his father intended to give him a college course,
but coming to Kansas in 1865, he dia not return ty finish his education, but with gun and
pony, commenced scouting and hunting; this was in Neosho County and vicinity. Fora
while he worked on the stuck farm of Mr. Stewart, hear Humboldt, Allen County; he then
went into the school room and taught until 1872. when he was appointed Deputy Sheriff; at
this and in the Clerk’s office he busied himself until-1875, when he was elected Sheriff of
Neosho County, and re-elected in 1877. In 1881, he went into business with P. W. Hinsen;
the firm is now Hinsen & Brunt; they carry $4,000 in stock, and do @ business of $8,000.
He and his partner married sisters, the Misses VanLanningham. Mr. Brunt has been a
pemen of une Masonic order since 1877, and now one of the City Council, also being on the

school Board. , :
E. M. CLEMENTS, grocer, native of Kentucky, born in 1827. When quite young, his
parents moved to Illinois, where he was raised and educated, farming there and dealing in
stock, and he was also inthe mercantileJine. In 1873, he moved to Kansas, bringing with
hiin some fine stock, and locating on a farm in Mission Township; be did not remain her
long, but moved to Bourbon County, where he farmed till 1878, then returning to Neoshio;
he bought a farm in Grant Township, farming in grain and stock till 1881, when he bought
a stock of groceries of L. Rosecraus, for some $1,800, and is now doing a good business of~
$6,000 to $8.000; the firm name was Clements & Co. until last July, when it became
. M. Clemeuts. While in Itlinois, he inarried Miss Jennings. His mother lives here, aged
eighty-three, and is an active, inteiligentlady. | E x
CHARLES C. COFFINBERRY, agricultural implements and farm machinery, is a native
of Richland County, Ohio, born June 30,1827,and while still quite young, his parents moved
to Michigan, where they were early settlers. In 1847, he went to Dane County, Wis., andin
1857, moved to Kansas, crossing to Atchison; though he was offered a good chance there, he

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went on to Nemaha County, where he settled on a farm. In 1859, he was elected to the Ter-
ritorial Legislature, and durlng the dry year and famine of 1860, he acted as by proxy, one
of the twelve Commissioners to distribute aid, sending some sixty-eight !oads to his own
county. In 1861, he was elected to the State Legislature; while in Nemaha, was contin-
ually in the political field, .n 1866, he moved to Neosho County, and went to farming and
trading. and in February, 1882, bought his present business of J. R. Detwiler, and has
done a business of some $12,000 this year. During the War of the Rebellion, he was in the
State Militia, and was called out on the Littie Blue, and was also on the first raid of Price.
Mr. Coffinberry was a Whig, formerly, and isnowa Republican in polities.

F Pp. COOMES, farmer, Section 6, P. O, Osage Mission, is a native of Kentucky. Born
July 27, 1869. Moved to Illinois in 1853 with bis family. His father lived to the age of
eighty-six years, and his grancfather to the advanced age of ninety-six; so we find Mr.
Coomes, at the age of seventy-four, hale and strong. In 1867, in company with his son and
Mr. Matting by. he came to Kansas, locating in Neosho County, He bought his claim of a
man named Whitman, The neigborhood being then a wilderness of prairie, not a furrow
turned; but he proceeded to make a home, enduring privations. Year by year he succeeded
with but two partial failures of crops. He has now a well-improved farm, raising in 1882.
fifty-five bushels to the acre, besides crops of castor beans and oats. In1 Mr. Coomes
inarried Miss Hogan. They now have six boys and two girls. His son Robert died while in
thearmy. He was a member of the Ninetieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Coomes,
1869, was elected Township Trustee and County Commissioner in 1874. ‘

CHARLES COONEY, carriage factory and workshops, established his busines in 1871
starting with a small capital. He has built his shops and Is preparing to build larger an
more commodious work shops for the manufacture of ‘carriages. He has now on hand a
large stock of tinished work and is constantly increasing his stock of fine work. 7

EE, CRAVENS, grocer, native of White County, Ill, Bornin 1840. He was raised on his
father’s farm, which comprised some 500 or 600 acres, and enraged in grain and stock
farming. In 1866, he came to Kansas and while looking for a claim, he and his brother-in-
law, William Rhods, made the shingles for the first business house built in Osage Mission,
then opened by L. P. Foster & Co. e located his claim and returned East for his family,
bringing them out in October of the'same year. His place in those pioneer days was the
stopping, place for travelers in this wild Osage Indian reserve. Among others, he had
Bishop Vail, of the Episcopal Church resting at the old place. In 1875, he sold the farm,
moving to Usage Mission, then traveled for Garr, Scott & Co., of Richmond, Ind., with farm
machinery, etc. In 1879, we find him located on another farm in Walnut Grove, Neosho-
County, which he farmed until 1881, when he sold out and came to town, buying the stock
of groceries then owned by the firm of Custis & Custis. He now carries $1,800 in stock and
does about $6,000 in business. Mr. Cravens married Miss Price,in_ Posey County, Ind.,
They have three boys and one girl. Heis a charter member of the Erie Masonic Lodge,
No. 76. organized in 1879—the first Masonic Lodge organized in Neosho County. Has been
ee OF the Peace a number of terms, also Township Trustee two terms. In politics isa

epublican. 4

E. H. CRAWFORD, harness and saddles. The business was established in 1868, being
the oldest business house without change of name south of Fort Scott and west of Emporia,
Since December 27, 1880, Mr. Crawford has been traveling for Askew Bros., in saddlery
hardware, Kansas City, while Mrs. Crawford has managed the business, doing an almost
etirely cash business of from $4,000 to $6,000 a year. They are both natives of IJinois
where they were married in 1866. er maiden ame was Sutherland. Mr, Crawfor
learned the trade of his father before leaving home. In 1866. they moved to Missouri and
located on afarm. Here he was taken sick, and his wife attended him, suffering herself
the while from sickness and hardships. They succeeded in collecting a little, and with
their ox team and wagon moved to Fort Scott, Kan. While there he worked at his trade in
a shop owned by Mr. Ware. They came to Osage Mission in 1868, and have built up a good
business, having bought town property. They were living in their own house when it was”
dostroyed by fire March 20, 1874. Inthis disaster they lost all the household furniture, and
their only child, a litule girl of two years of age, was only saved through the courage of
Mrs. Crawford, who rescued her from the burning house. Mr.C.isa member of the Ma-
sonic Lodge, also belongs to the A. O. U. W.

a OHN DALE, proprietor of the Southern Hotel, native of Lawrence County, Ind., born
in 1831, and when nine years of age moved witn parents to Missouri. While there he gave
his attention to tarming and mercantile life, in 1874, being elected to the State Legislature.
In 1879 he came to Kansas, locating at Osage Mission, opening the hotel while his son man-
ages the livery stable which is attached tothe hotel. While in Missouri he married Miss
Pyle. They have nine daughters andtwosons. Mr. Dale is one of the charter members of ~
the A. O. U. W.; of the firm of Dale & Herod, real estate brokers. uy

B. DALEY, physician and surgeon, was born in County of Picton, Nova Scotia, in the
the year 1828. He commenced studying medicine under Dr. W. Bickett, and enlisted in
Johnson’s Light Horse Artillery on February 14, 1862. In fall of. same year was elected
and commissioned Second Lieutenant. Shortly after his company joined the First Missouri
Cavalry, Missouri State Militia Volunteers, and became Company L. of same regiment, and
he was Acting Quartermaster for battery, contracting rheumatism while scouting for nearly
two years. He resigned about the close of the year 1863. In March, 1864, crossed the
plains in company with Dr. Bickett, through Black Hills, and joined the Bridger train at the
Red Buttes, North-Platte, Wyoming Territory, when they had a force of 375 wen and seven
women, with eighty-seven wagous, drawn some by horses, some by mules, and some by
oxen, went all together under one organization to protect themselves from Indians, over
the Big Horn Mountains for 600 miles. They made the road before them, without any
marks of civilization; nothing but the wild Indians and the buffalo, elk, deer, bear, etc.,
which they never lost sight of frou: sunrise to sunset. They were well supplied with meat,
killing all the whole train could use. By times they had to keep an advance guard in front
of the train to scatter the buffalo so as to keep them from running through and destroying
thetrain, Had three engagements with the Indians while poing over the Big Horn—one
with the Snakes and two with the Sioux and Cheyennes, At length, after 104 days from St.
Joe, Mo., they reached Virginia City. Only one man died on the whole trip, at Stinking
Water, Big Horn Mountain. This road being condemned by the government soon after, on
account of so nany trains being massacred by the [ndians, who came after them. Tie party
was so long crossing througn Black Hills and Big Horn Mountains, far from any civ-
ilization, some of the men became almost in despair of ever getting out of the mountains
and valleys, and talked strongly of hanging Maj. James Bridger, who was the guide, think-
ing he had deceived them, and that they would never get out, but would be all killed by the
Indians or starve, while others opposed it. Maj. Bridger still encouraged them; told thein
they would soon reach the Yellowstone River, which they did, after about six or seven
weeks, and onthe 4th day of July, 1864, crossed the Yellowstone in a boat erected by them-
selves. A week after they arrived in Virginia City. In 1868 Mr. Daley sailed on the steam-
boat Deer Lodge from Fort Benton to St. Joe, Mo., being twenty-six days from _ Benton to
Sioux City Iowa. In spring of 1869 he went to Texas, practicing medicine in Hill County.
He had a very large practice, until by several attacks cf rheumatism Le had to leave there
in 1873; coming to St Joe, Mo, leaving his wife at her father’s, Erath County, Tex  After-
wards he went to Illinois. In 1864 and 1865 he attended acourse of lectures at St, Louis
Medical College. He passed an examination and received a certificate to practice, when he
returned to Illinois and practiced medicine in Mossville, Peoria County, where he remained
until 1880, gaining a good prnehices During this time he went to Keokuk and attended
another course of lectures in the winter of 1877-78, and graduated in spring of 1878, contin-
uing practicing in Mossville, I1].. until 1880, when he moved to Kansas and settled in Osage
Mission on account of the great advantages offered there in the way of good schools and
churches, conducted by the Catholic Church, of which he isa member. He has been married
twice—first in Kentucky, in 1852, to Miss Priscilla Bickett, by whom he had two daughters—
one born in Canada West, and the other in St. Joe, Mo, Six years after bis wife died, at the
time the youngest daughter was born. He wasin the army atthe time, April 27, 1862. He
remained nine years a widower. When practicing medicine in Texas he married Miss Ella
Whitacre, in 1871, by whom he had twosons, Has succeeded in gaini g a living practice
in Osage Mission, where he expects to remain the rest of his days.

P. H. DENT, farmer, Section 16. P. O. Osage Mission, native of Kentucky, born in 1825.
At the age of seven he lost his parents. As soon as he was old enough he learned the car-
penter’s trade at Mount Washington. Soon afterward moving to Illinois, where be worked
at his trade and farming. In 1857 he located in North Missouri, where he. in 1861, had to
protect himself and property from the bushwhackers, and joined the State Militia, Coming
to Kansas in 1877, buying his claim or farm of Mike Hanlin; since impruving and building.
Also building a dwelling for C. Redinger, one for Mr. Beechwood, also for C. Cooney, of
Osage Mission, anda large dwelling for J. Knott, of Crawford County, and others. In 1861
Mr. Dent married Miss Beecher, They bave six children—four boys and two girls.

M. DEVINE, grocer,a native of Renfrew County, Canada, born

1843. He came to
Kansas in 1871, locating in Crawford County, going on to the stock ranch of C. C. Copeland.
In 1879 he established his busine-s here, in which he is doing well, carrying a stock of about
$8,000, and doing a business of $25,000. Mr. Devine has served the public in a number of
offices, having been on the City Council three terms, Township Trustee, A’ssessor, etc, In
politics he is a Democrat, and belongs to the Catholic Chureh.
NV 5, dress raking, born in.1835. Her husband is a native of Ireland and
unty® fren two years ofage. In 1857 they were married, and October
13, 1866 cam :to Kansas from Illinois in a wagons; on arriving here they camped out under
tents till they located their claim. The cold weather coming on they suffered very much
and were compelled totake refuge in a friendly cabin near. They remained on their claim ull
1868 when they came to Osage Mission and opened what was known as the Little Hotel; they
dia very well at this business, and in 1872 returned to the farm, where they farmed till
1874,when Mrs, Dobbins opened her dress-making establishment, and is doing a large busi-
ness. Mr. Dobbins is engaged in the watch and clock business. Their early experience is
full of privations aud hardships when they had hardly enough to sustain life, and the
rates on provisions were fabulous.
Was educated at Franklin Academy, Chambersburg, Pa, In April, 18
Kansas, locating at Iola, where he prepared to engage in the practice of his profession,
but was prevented by the breaking out of the war. On the 16th of October, 1861, h

in Company E, Ninth Kansas Cavalry Volunteers,and was promoted through all the grades to
Sergeant- Major. In 1864 he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer,and on the re-organization of
the regiment was commissioned First Lieutenant Company B,and assigned to duty as Acting
Adjutant of the regiment, in which position he continued until his discharge in August, 1865.
He returned to Kansas in September, 1845, and during the winter of that year located on
the Osage Indian Reservation, and in July, 1866 in connection with A. Hi Roe opened a

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J. L. DENISON, attorney, a native of Westmoreland County, Pa., born July 11, 1837.
i 60, he removed to

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trading post called Erie. In 1467 he was elected County Clerk of the then newly-organized
county of Neosho, and upon the organization of the District Court in said county was ap-
pointed Clerk of that court, which position he held until January, 1875, when he entered into

vrtnersbip with Hon. C. F, Hutchings, forming the law firm of Hutchings & Denison. Mr.
Denison was Master of the first Masonic Lodge organized south of Humboldt, is a member
of J. D, Rush Chapter No. 21, Royal Arch Masons, at Osage Mission, Kansas, and has served
three terms as high priest of said chapter, is a charter member of Coeur de Leon Com-
mandery No. 17, Knights Templar, located at Parsons, Kansas. November 29, 1868, he
married Miss Mattie Hoagland, of Iola, Kansas. They have three children,

HN DULLING, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Osage Mission, a native of Queens County,
Treland,was born in 1856, and in 1875 immigrated to America, landing in New York, where
le worked awhile, then oing on a farm in New Jersey. In 1859 he married and came west
to Kansas in 1865, locating n a wilderness among the Indians, who were to be seen in his
neighborhood two years after his settlement on what is now a well improved farm. His
only white neighbors in 1865 were Mr. Beechwood and Lawrence Slater, the latter hud come
west with him but afterward sold his claim and moved away. Mr, Dulling having arrived
before the Osage Ceded Land troubles got his farm without any trouble, though he aided
aud sympathized with his neighbor settlers. Ile reports the crops of 1882 the best he has
h Mr. Dulling has served the public as Supervisor and {gs a member of the Democratic
party. His family consists of five children—one son and four daughters.

JOSEPH FAGER, farmer, Section 1, P.O. Osage Mission, a native of Fayette County,
Ky., was born in 1855. His parents came from Baden, Germany, to America In 1852; land-
inggat New Orleans; they went to Lexington, Ky., and farmed there, In 1869 hts father dled,
leaving his widow with a family of seven sons and two daughters, In 1880 they moved to
Kansas and located on the McKiernan farm, their present home. Mr. Joseph Fager was
raised on a farm and now, with his brothers, farms 160 acres with good results, In 1882 they
raised forty-five bushels of corn to an acre ard twenty bushels of wheat, which is a good
average. e also handles stock enough to consume the corn raised. b)

Cc. ® FRASER, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Osage Mission, is a native of Nova Scotia, and
was born in 1830. He was raised and educated at home, and when starting on his travels
went to Boston, Mass., and from there‘o Michigan, working in the pineries thirteen years,
In 1861 he enlisted in the Fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Company C, and fought
ineighteen hard battles, belng wounded at Williamsburg in the hand, and in the leg at
Fredericksburg, and was discharged February 17, 1863. Hereturned to Michigan, where
he remained until 1868, when he moved to Iowa, but the climate did not sult him, so he
moved to Neosho County, Kan., in 1870, locating on his present farm, which he has im-

roved, having fine orchards, and for 1882 abundantcrops. He belonged to the Settlers’
Protective Association, and deeded his farm in 1874. Iu the spring of 1866 he married
Mrs. Crews Staltz, widow of George Staltz, who was drowned in White River, Mo, He was
in the Nineteenth Iowa Volunteers. She had three sons at the time of marriage. Mr, Fra-
ser Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

J. P. GALBREATH. farmerand stock dealer, Section 7, P. O. Osage Mission, native
of Maryland, born in 1832. in 1878 he came to Kansas and located on a farm, in Section
7. While farming he also gave his attention to other business, especially to improving the
county roads, taking contracts and grading the first roads in Neosho County, completing
the first three miles in the present year of 1882. He is now in the cattle and hog business,
shipping from Osage Mission, which is one of the principal shipping points in this part of

State. |
a LEWIS GITTINGS, dealer in lumber, lath, shingles, etc., native of Kentucky, born in
1823. He is 4 practical luinberman, having spent some six years in the pineries of Wiscon-
sin at Black River Falls, We find him in IWinois in 1854, farming and handling lumber.
In 1872 he came to Osage Mission, Kan., and entered the lumber business by buying Mr.
Haynes’ interest in Haynes & Weatherwax’s yard. They then bought the stock in Mr.
Brown’s yard, and also that of Ben Venams, thus controlling the business. In 1881 two
other yards were established, but he succeeded in consolidating them, and carried on the

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business since as Lewis Gittings. He sold one and one-half million feet of lumber in 1872,
and in 1882 about 609.000 of lumber, anu the same oé shingles. His competitors now are
thefirm of Koenig & Wimsatt. Mr. Gittings isa member of the Catholic Church, anda
straightforward business man. His family are livingin Osage Mission.

G TEEPLE, furniture factory, established in 1883, January 1. Mr. Green came
to Kansas in 1870, locating in Wilson County, farming till 1875. He then moved to Gilford
in order to educate his children, and in 1879 came to Osage Mission, aut went into the fur-
niture business with Mr. Martin. The firm was known as Martin & Green till Mr. Maitin
sold his interest, and it became Green & Nanzworthy, until 1882, when Mr. Green took
possession of the business, carying it till the present firm was formed. ae earry a full
stock of furniture and undertaking goods, and are doing a good business. r. Green is a
charter member of the Masonic Lodge, 412, of Hardenlurg, Ind. He wag also a member of
the Thirteenth Indiana Volunteer Infautry, Company A, and is now amember of the

G. ALR. ate ;
SEBASTIAN GRONER, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Osage Mission, native of Germany,
born in 1815, and caine to America in 1829, having learned the trade of weaver. In 18 6
his wife, who was born in his neighborhood in Germany, came to America, and in 1845
they were married, coming to Kansas In 1866, locating where the family now live, putting
up 2 log cabin, aud opening a farm from the wild prairie sod. The family lved in the old
cabin until one day in 1878, a cyclone swept their house awav, taking the mother with it,
but luckily she escaped without harm of a serious uature. They then built their present
residence, and prospered in their work till they had the misfortune to lose their father and
protector, who died in 1882, March 22, leaving Mrs. Groner, Mary (now Mrs. Reit), Kate
(now Mr Lee, a widow), John, Lina, Anna and Henry—the last now faris the home-

stead,

Uwe Ae, meme aes ay T', HARSHFIELD, grocer, native of Greene County, Ind., born in 1845. He and his

‘brothers’ came to Kansas in 1865, locating on 4 farm, where they made a living by breaking
sod for themselves and their neighbois; at this business, he continued until 1376, when he
came to Osage Mission, aud clerked for J. Koenig in the grocery. ‘ In 1878 he 01 ened an es-
tablishment under the firm name of Harshfield Bros, until 1880, when it became J. T.
Harshfleld. He carries a stock of $1,400, and does a business of $4,500. Mr. H, married
Miss Shoptaw, who 1s now dead, leaving him three boys. She diedin January, 1882. z

MOTHER BRIDGET HAYDEN, a member of the Loretto Society, Superior of the
Academy of St. Ann, Kan., is a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, born in- 1815. In 1820 her
family moved to America, located in St. Louis. Mother Bridget entered the Convent at Cape
Girardeau, and in 1842 took the veil, renouncing the world, and becoming a Sister of Loretto,
having their mother house in Mariun County, Ky., and in 1847, together with Mother Con-
cordia Henning, superior then, Sister Mary Van Prater, Sister Viencentia Van Cool and
herself, were sent among the Osage Pndians. This Jittle band of Sisters, with Father Shoen-

makers,started a mission, lived in alittle world of their own with no protector, teaching the
savage nations to worship their Savior. The Indians learned to love their teachers aud in
this way they weie protected. These patient, persevering Sisters endured hardships and
privations for years, aud in 1859, Sister Bridget Hayden became Mother Superior of this
mission, Under her care the school has increased from six girls in 1847 te 135 in 1882. The
buildings and improvements are worth some $50,000, and there is a farm of 260 acres,
There are now twenty-two Sistersin the Convent. They relate many touching reminiscences
of native Indian girls, and their love for the Holy Sisters. _ . a :

J. 8. HEDZ D, farmer, Section 24, FP. O. Osage Mission, native of Providence, R. L,
born December 24, 1823. In 1858 he determined to go to Kansas and cast his future with
hers. Arriving ip Jetferson City, he took the stage for Harrisonville. He got only to Mound
City, Linn County. Here he took part in the Free state struggle. Was out with Jim Lane,
having a narrow escape, when taking some negroes to Leaveuworth, from a party of Quan-
trell’s men, and when over in Cass County, Mo., was captured four times, and was finally let
zo by the bushwhackers with only his pants and shirt for elotht ae He located on a farm
near Mound City in 1859, but the year of the drought compelled him to sell it, and he gota
fifty-dollar note, that never was paid, and two barrels of whisky, and then staried for Illi-
nois, with a drove of hogs, arriving in Richland County, where his drove died of cholera,
leaving him almost penniless. He then worked as house carpenter; getting to St. Louis, he
went up the Missouri River to Wyandotte. Here’he joined the force under Major Stuiges,
and followed Rain’s force into Missouri, going to Springfield, Carthage and Wilson's Creek,
then to Kansas, again going to Paolaand taking his family to Leavenworth, he hauled goods
to Osage Mission for G. P. Foster & Co. In 1866 he left sixteen herd of cattle to winter here
and went West; in tbe Spring six of the cattle were alive. In 1867 he took his present claim
and opened up his farm. e has always had good crops, raising 89 bushels of corn to an
acre on an eight-acre piece, and in another season 79 bushels and 4 quarts to an acre on 16
acres. This was measured, ground and weighed. He has been married twice, in 1846, and
again in 1868. He has ten children.

GEORGE HILL, lawyer, was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., April 4,.1847. He
removed to Iowa in 1855, and moved from lowa to McDonough County, I1].,in 1861. While
living in McDonough County he attended Lincoln University. He attended law school at
Ann Arbor, Mich., in the winter of 1871-72. His father wasa farmer, and he was raised
onafarm. He removed to Osage Mission, Kas., in 1872, and read law with Simons & Coggs-
well. He was admitted to the bar in 1874, and the same year he forined a law partnership
with Mr. Jolin Hall, being then Hall & Hill. He was elécted Justice of the Peace in 1880,
and re-elected in 1882. He is now alone practicing law. He isa member of A. O. U. W. or-
ganization, and Democrat in politics.

AITPAS, carpenter, native of Cleveland, Ohio, born in 1860; he is of German
parentage; they were natives of Westphalia, Germany, and came to America in 1847, loca-
ting in Cleveland, where Henry obtained an education. They then moved ontoa farm
where they remained six years. He then returned to the city, learning the carpenter trade,
and worked at it until November, 1882. He came West to Kansas, locating at Osage Mis-
flon, Where he means to farm and work at his trade. Mr. Hitpas is a member of the Catho-

1c ureh.

CHARLES H. HOWARD, Postmaster and express agent, is a native of Oneida County,
N. Y., where he was born August 4, 1832. In 1844 his parents removed to Dundee, Kane
Co., iil, where he finished his education at the High School. In 1852 he entered into mer-
cantile business in Crystal Lake, Il)., havin ‘the winter preceding taught the village school
in Algonquin, Ill. In 1853 he taugnt schoolin Rome, Wis., and also opened a storein thac
village. In the fall of 1855 he removed to thenew townot Eau Claire, Wis., where le was
elected Register of Deeds, holding that position for three consecutive terms, from January
1, 1856, to the end of 1861. In that year, his health having become impaired, he took’a trip
to Moniana Territory, staying six months in Salt Lake City while absent. 11 1864 he was
war correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, specially assigned to accompany Grant in his
famous campaign of the Wilderness. Atthe close of the war he entered into mercantile
business in Manchester, lll, and afterward in Chicago during the year 1866, as a member
of the commission house of Hamlin & Howard. In April, 1867, he emigrated to Kansas,
locating finally in July of that year at Osage Mission, Neosho County, where he again, with
8.8. Warner, entered into the mercantile business. In October, 1868, he was appointed
Postmaster, which position he held uniuterruptedly up to February 20, 1883. He was like-
wise express agent during that entire period, aud yet retains that position. In 1870 he be-
came editor of the Neosho County Journal, which he held for several years; and was also,
from 1875, joint owner with John H, Scott, of the entire office and outfit. April 1, 1883, he

urchased Mr, Scott's interest in the paper, and assumed entire control as editor and pub-
Isher, In 1855 he married Mary J. Robinson, by whom he has two children—Lillian and
Edward L., the latter of whom is associated with him in the Journal office. His wife died
in 1867, and in 1869 he married Nannie J. Tucker, by which union they have one child—
Charles Ernest, born in. 1874.

A. JACOBS, clothing, dry goods, boots and shoes. He established his business herein
1880, belng now one of the leading firms. He carries when his stock is full about $14,000,
and does a business generally of about $30,0U0. Mr. Jacobs came to Kansas from uincy,
Ill, where he was engaged in the mercantile business. He is one of the charter nem bers of *
the A. O. U. W., ofganized in 1874, also charter member of the Knights of Honor, organized
in 1876. He 1s one of the oldest Masons in this section, belonging to the lodge since 1864.

M F,. KENNEDY, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Osage Mission: native of Pennsylvania; born
in 1824. He was raised on the farm. and on first traveling West visited Iowa, but returned
to his native State, and afterward moved out to Minnesota, locating near New Ulm, When
the troubles commenced with the Indians they were compelled to flee, Deserting their cabin
home, they arrived in New Ulm at 3 o’clock in the morning. The fighting with the Indians
commenced at 4 o’clock, Mr. Kennedy acting as Lieutenant of the force organized. The fam-
ily remained there till bis son, W. B., who had fled to a place of safety, returned. They then
grated to Iowa, and in 1865 moved to Wyandotte, Kan., working on the K. P. R. RB. In
1866 he came to Crawford County, taking a farm on Lime creek, where the Indians of this
section came on their annual hunt. Moving from there in 1868, he located on his present
farm too late to avoid the ceded land troub e, not getting his farm deeded till 1876. Mr.
Kennedy has been married twice. His wife was formerly Miss Mary Baldweaver. By his
first wife he had five children, and ten by. the last.

W. B. KENNEDY, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Osage Mission; native of Pennsylvania, born
in 1851. In 1855 hecame West with his parents, locating in Rochester, Homestead Co.,
Minn., moving to the western part of the State in 1861 and where the family were obliged to
leave their home, driven out by the Indians. While the settlers were fighting at New Ulm,
he was left in charge of the horses, but seeing a man running past he was panic-stricken,
and followed; crossing the river with a German, and continuing his flight, he arrived next
day, worn out, at St, Peters, forty-eight miles away. When he returned next day witha
squad of soldiers, they. saw the savages in the distance Gestroy ing farmhouses, etc. He was
ten years of age at this time. He remained with his parents after they moved to Kansas, but
in 1869 he went to Iowa, returning to this State in 1874, lucating oua farm in Cherokee
‘In 1875 he married Miss Lambs,

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County; in 1882 buving his present place of his father.
They have four children, one deceased.
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KOENIG & WIMSATT, lumber dealers. The yard wa:
fy 8 established in ,
and in August Mr. Wimsatt was taken into partnership. They are erate ee oet ruts
ness. Mr, Koenig is a native of Germany. Immigrating to Xmerica in 1858, he located in
Ohio, and engaged in fariuing and carpenter trade. Before settling in Kansas, he traveled
through Minnesota, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, a d from Missouri to his present loca-
tion, He is a member of the Catholic Church. Both members of the firm are married,

P. LAKE; firm of Lake & Showalters; native of Canada, born Februar 14,1852. His
parents moved to Illinois, where both father and mother died. In 1865 his brother Reuben
and himself came to Kansas, locating on a farm in Neosho County, four and one-half miles
west and two miles narth of the Mission. This was the first settiement west of the river.
For a few years, until 1868, they carried on the farm. Then Reuben went to inilling, and in
1871 Peleg started south, taking inthe Indian Nation, Texas and Arkansas, returning to the
Mission in 1873. He then engaged in farming and mining in Kansas and Missouri. fn 1878
Mr. Lake married Miss A. Alexander, daughter of John Alexander, Farmed until 1880,
when he moved tothe Mission and established his grocery business, now having $3.000 in
stock, aud doing $15,000 a year in trade or business, forming the firm of Lake & Showalters
January 1, 1883. Mr. Lake’s family ¢ of himself and wife, with two children; his
wife’s sisters are also a part of hisfamily, In politics Mr. Lake is a Democrat. :

DR. R. C. LEAKE is a native of Kentucky, born March 13, 1825, com mencing the study
of medinine in the year 1851, with his brother, Dr. N. G. Leake, M. D., graduating from the
University of Louisville, Ky., March 2, 1855. He commenced practice in Clinton, Monroe
Co., Mo., on the 1st day of April, 1855, where he continued until he visited Osage Mission,
in November, 1868. Took the railroad to Kansas City, and staging itto Fort Scott and this

lace. Liking the prospect, he purchased four tots from Father Schoenmakers, S. J., on St.

raucis Addition, and let the contract of building his house to B. I. Smith. He then re-
turned to his home in Clinton, Monroe Co., Mo., and closed up his business.
fects into atwo-horse wagon on the 4th of July, 1869, and started for his pioneer home in
the West, After fourteen days he arrived and opened his ractice, and he soon afterward.
opened a drug-store, which he closed out in 1870, and established the medical firm of Drs.
‘“eake and Neely. Then dissolved in 1871; continued the practice alone untilin 1874, The
auctor then closed up his affairs and went back to Shelbina, Mo., where he practiced until
1877. Then established himselfin St. Louis until 1878. His wife’s health became so poor
that he at once returned to Osage Mission, where he has been stationed since, enjoying a
lucrative practice, serving most of the years since as medical director of the College of St.
Francis. May 17, 1856, he married Miss Teresa E. Greenwell. They have had three chil-
dren, one daughter and twosons; the oldest a daughter; she died at the age of two years, and
youngest a son, and he died at age of five years. as but_one surviving child, and that is a

 

 

sou. Dr. Leake is a member of the Catholic Church.
T. H. LOCK, farmer, Section 34, P, O, Osage Mission, is anative of Kentucky, born in
1834. He was raised on a farm, and moving to Illinois, remained there in the same line

until moving to Kansas. While in Illinois he married Miss Littler. In 1877 he moved to
Kansas, locating in Neosho County, buying his farm of 160 acres of George Odell, who had
artly improved it, planting some seedling peaches—the trees are still: standing. Mr. Lock
has, however, built and fenced and has also directed his attention to stock, rading his cat-
tle in Short-horn, and having a fine strain of hogs. Their family consists of eight children:
—four boys and four girls.

FRANCIS McCLARNEN, farmer, Section 9, P. 0. Osage Mission, is a native of Ireland,
bornin 1838. The family of four brothers and one sister came over to America, and at once
came to Kansas, locating i . 1867 on tour adjoining claims, taking wild prairie and improv-
ing it, building their cabins. The party consisted of James, Francis, Henry and Thomas
the last two are twins, and a sister who is now Mrs. Smith; two of the claims, those of
James and Henry, were entered at once on money borrowed at 50 per cent., but, through his
lawyer’s veglect, Francis did not get his till 1874. For the fifteen years he has ‘peen here he
has made a great improvement, fencing, planting an orchard, and reports good crops from
the first, the best corn crop being that of 1882. e is also grading his native cattle, with
Short-horns, having a seven-eighths blood now, Mr. McClarnen has been married twice,
and is now awidower. He has one boy by his first marriage living and two girls by his
second. In 1872 he was Supervisor and again in 1880.

HUGH McCORMICK, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Osage Mission, a native of Ireland, born in
1833. Came to America in 1853 In 1857 he came to Kansas and located on what Is known as
the Kaiser farm, where he at present is farming in grain and stock and doing well. The last
year, 1832, his crops of corn, wheat, flax and fruits were excellent. He brought to the State
nine children, of whom the eldest, John, is ateacher. The others are all working at home
on the farm and are members of the Catholic Church.

D. L. MCDOUGAL, grocery, is a native of Canada, born in 1827. He learned the grocery
business in his old home, and in 1872 established himself in business in Osage Mission.
From the first year he did a smashing traue, and as the panic and grasshopper years of
1873-74 and °75 passed, continued on steadily and is now established on a firm basis, He
carries a stock of about $2,500, and does a business of $15,000 ayear. In 1882 hestarted a
marble yard in partners. ip with Mr. Stanley. They carry a variety of valuable stones.

L. W. MOKIEARNAN, retired, js a native of Illinois, born in 1838. While in this State
he married Miss McKiearnan, and in 1868 his father, Peter, came to Kansas, where he fol-
lowed the latter pait of the same year. His father had alrea:ly entered 160 acres where they
lived for years near enough to the town to enjuy both the market and school facilities. In
1880 they moved to Osage Mission where Mr. McKiearnan entered into business, but his
health failed and he went to traveling. He has since returned home somewhat restored to
health. The first serious break in his constitution occurred in 1862, while serving in the
First Illinois Cavalry. His father, Peter, isa native of Virginia, but was raised iu Ken-
tucky, having come to Kansas in 1868, He relates many early scenes and incideats of the
Indians before they left the Mission. i

J. MARTIN, meat market, native of Ohio, born in 1834. He came to Kansas, in 1877,
locating in Osage Mission, where he went into the furniture business, however he sold this
to Hentzen & Co., going into the meat business; the firin then was Martin & Son, but this
year, 1882, it was changed to Martin & Bernhauser, they are doing a good business, Mr.
Martin was a soldier in the Rebellion, serving in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, Company H. He served three years.

PW. SS, teacher, a native of Luxemburg, Germany, born in 1842, and came to
America, in 1847, with his pareuts, settling in Ohio. Went to school, and after attending
Heidelberg College he entered the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry, Company D, and in the battle of Dallas, Ga., he lost an arm, returning home
November 8, 1864. He then attended Heidelberg, at Tiffin; leaving there he went to the
Wesleyan University, finishing at the Benedictines, St. Vincents, Pa. He then came
west on a flying trip and located in Neosho County, teaching in district schools the years of
1874-75-76. In the fall of 1877, he took charge of one of the rooms in the college of the
Catholic Mission, where he is now engaged. He is a single man and has valuable home
property in the city. ee eae 4

B. Ee MOUSER, druggist and apothecary, Osage Mission, is a native of Fayette County,
Ohio, born August 46, 18a He came to this city in 1874, and estaplished his lusiness,
bringing his stock frum St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Mouser is a member of the A. O. U. W., also of
the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Democrat. 7 . ;

F. MULLER, pr. prietor of the Neosho House. A native of Rhine Bavaria, Germany,
born in 1852. The family came to America, in 186%, locating in Ohio, In 1878, he came to
Kansas, remaining three months, then returned to Ohio, and nine months afterward he
came to Kansas and opened a saloonin Osage Mission, having been 1n the same business
for three years in Ohio; in this line he prospered until the Prohibition Amendment closed
his saloon. On the 25th of April, 1881, he opened the Neosho House, Besides the hotel he
has a fine piece of land consisting of eighty acres, adjoining the city, in Section 24, Mission
Township. Mr. Muller is a Democrat in politics and a m-mber of the Catholic Church.

_ 8. NATHAN & BROS,, clothing house, establisned in 1871; this is the largest exclu-
sively clothing enterprise here, carrying a stock of $14,000 to $15,000 when full aud doing
about $30,000 a year in their line of business. Tuey came here from Chicago, there being
now N. Nathan & KE. Nathan managing the business. N. Nathan, the eldest, joiuedthe Ma-
sonic Lodge in 1873, the I. O. O. F. in 1866, and the A. O. U. W. in 1879.

M. NAODIER, relict of John B. Naudier. Both were natives of France and were the
sameage. Bornin 1816. In 1827 her parents emigrated to America, locating in Clermont
County, Penn,, where she met Mr. N. and in 1835 was married to him by Bishop Kendrick.
They moved west to Illinois, and in 1857 started for Kansas, taking Durhain cattle, fine
horses and machinery to start a stock ranch. In April they arrived at FcrtScoit and took a
claim north of the city, or military post at that time, The jayhawkers conipelled them to

‘o to the post for protection; while there observed the shooting of Litile. For a while they
ived on Kaw Creek, where they had goneto make hay. Here Mr. N. was taken sick and
just escaped to Fort Scott in time to save his life from the border ruffiaus. On August 14,
1867, they moved to Osage Mission, and built the Neosho House, the first hotel built in the
lace, having to make their brick for the building. September 14, 1868, Mr. N.died. Mrs.
faudier carried on the building until it was completed, and for the first few years made
$100 a week. In 1881 she sold the hotelto F, Muller for $2,600, and retired from business
living in a house near the Mission, and now in a fine, comfortable house next door north of
the hotel. Mr. Naudier was one of the Town Company, when it was laid out and incorpo-
rated. Mrs, N. is a member of the Catholic Church. 7

A. NEIGHBORS, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Osage Mission; native of Grayson County.
Born October 8, 1820. He was raised on a farm,and in 1844 he married Miss Susan Carrico,
Coming to Kansas in 1868 he arrived in Neosho County November 5, in company with Mr.
Sommers, who stopped in the Mission while Mr. Neighbors took a claim four miles south of
Mission, where he opened a farm, living there till 1870, when he moved to this location,
farming with success, the lanid being bottom land. He raises a crop of some grain every
year, in 1882 having fifty bushels of corn to the acre and ten bushels of beans. They have
Six boys and three firis and are members of the Catholic Church. :

JOSEPIE .NEWTON, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Osage Mission; native of Indiana, Born

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in 1861. His father, D. K., and family came to Kansas in September, 1873, locating in Osage
Mission, where he went into the stock business as dealer, with J, Quinlin, and in 1875,
March 3, located on their present farm. In 1877 Mr. Newton died and the boys took charge
of the estate, farming in stock and grain, succeeding very well. the corn raised in 1882
averaging fifty bushels to the acre, The farm is well improved with a fine orchard of apple
and peachtrees, The family consists of two boys aud three girls and Mrs. Newcon. There
are seven children deceased.

. P. PATTEN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Osage Mission. Native of Washington
County, Penn.; born in 1834; here he was raised and educated, graduating from Jefferson
College in 1859. Read law with Hon. William McKenan,and was admitted to the Washing-
ton County bar in 1862. Then enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, Com-
pany I,and served till close of the war. Returned home and remained there, with the excep-

ion of one year spent in lowa, until coming to Kansas, March, 1876. Bought 160 acres of
Col. T. H. Butler, where he now lives, carrying on a grain and stock farm. The best season
he has had was in 1880, when his corn averaged fifty bushels to the acre. Crop of 1882 was
also good. His family consists of himself, wife and two daughters. He isa member of the
Masonic Lodge and of the G. A. R.

. REV. PAUL M. PONZIGLIONE, S. J., Secretary of the Board of Trustees of St. Francis
Institution for Boys. Father Ponziglione is an Italian by birth and in dedicating his life to
the brotherhood, was subjected to the persecution, On taking orders in the Brotherhood,
he surrendered a high position among the nobility of Italy, and was obliged to come to
the New World in order to fully enjoy the right of the religious sect to which he belongs,
andin 1851 was sent West to the mission of the Osage Indian, where he joined Father
Schoenmakers inthe holy work of converting the heathen tothe Church of Christ. He is
now about’ fifty-six years of age, enjoying stillgall the vigor and endurance which ever
characterized] his early manhood. The incidents and reminiscence of his missionary work
among the Indian tribes are spoken of in the early history of this mission,

J. V. PIERCE, banker, is a native of Jefferson- County, N. Y. Bornin 1837. He was
raised on his father’s farm and remained at home after he had obtained his majority, to place
the homestead out of debt, which he succeeded indoing. Then he proceeded to finish his
education and fit himself for business, as farm life was Injurious to his health. He attended
the University at home and the Syracuse Cullege, leaving there for a position in a mercantile
establishment. In 1862, he was commissioned as an officer in the One Hundred and Forty-
seventh New York Regiment and served three ears, and discharged at close of war in
1865. He came west and engaged in mercantile business in Fort Scott, Bourbon County,
from 1865 to 1871, when, in company with Mr. Mitchell, he established a private bank at
Osage Mission, Kan. This was merged into the Neosho County Savings Bank in 1872, with
a capital of $100,000, carried on by a stock company. In 1876, Mr. Pierce sold out, and Mr.
Bradbury took his place, Mr. Pierce then retired to his farm and remained there until
1879, when the savings vank broke, and he then returned to the city and established the .
City Bank, a private institution, now doing an excellent business,

T. F. RAGER, attorney, is a native of Indiana. Korn July 19,1845, Studiedlaw at New
Albany 1865-66, and was admitted to the bar May, 1867... He came to Kansasin the autumn
of 1867. and located at Topeka, where he remained until March, 1868, when he removed to
Osage Mission, Neosho County, and commenced the practice of law among strangers, almost
without means. He held the office of Justice of the Peace from 1869 to 1871. At the election
1870 he was elected County Attorney, which office he held till 1873. In 1875, he was
chosen to represent his district in the Legislature of 1876. He was elected on an independ-
ent ticket by a handsome majority over both the Be publican and Democratic candidates,
In 1878, the Democrats nominated him as their candidate for County: Attorney, and he was
elected. He was _re-nominated and re-elected County Attorney in 1§80. being the only
Democrat elected in his county that fall. He held the office till January, 1883. He filled
the various offices to which he was elected, honorably and to the satisfaction of his consti-
tuente. Bir, Ragen was married December, 1869, to Miss A. E. Tucker. He is a member
of the 1. 0, O. F,

HARLES REEDINGER, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Loraine,
France; born in 1823, and emigrated to America with his parents in 1829, locating in New
York, where he rem tined until 1860, when he started West, coming to St. Louis, Mo.,where
he laid in a supply of necessaries; taking the boat to Kansas City, he came into Kansas and
located on Cow Creek, where he bought a claim, but soon found that the guerrillas would
not let him remain, so he abandoned his farm, going to Fort Scott soon afterward, taking a
farm just three miles north of Marmaton City. uring the War he was called out in the
militia, but was at home when Marmaton.City was burned in 1864 by Price’s soldiers. In
1866 Le moved to his present location, taking a claim 160 acres. The first season he lost all
of his cattle but three head, supposed to be poisoned by the grasshoppers. He describes his
privations the first year as terrible—camping out till he built their cabin, provisions searce,
and flour seiling for $16 a barrel. In 1869 he raised his first good crop. In 1877 he built
his present residence, and has otherwise improved his farm. In 1856 he married Miss
Luls, who came from the same partof France that he dii, and coming to America in 1853.
She was born in 1833. They have eight children—five boys and three girls. One daughter
is in the cnnvenc at Davenport, Iowa, and one married (now Mrs. Murphy). The rest are at

home. —
M. RENCK, bakery and confectionery, Osage Mission, native of Steinweiler, Rhine,
Bavaria; bora April 27,1822. He came to America in 1828, landing in New Orleans De-
cember 26; going then to Ohio, he located in Cincinnati, first learning the baker’s business,
then the tanner’s, at which he worked till 1854. He came to Kansas in 1870, locating on a
farm on Section 7, Mission Township, Neosho County, farming till 1873; he then com-
menced baking and delivering abouttown, He opened a grocery, which was kept by V.
Spoonenberger, his son-in-law. In 1876 he sold this establishment to A, R. Moore, who
continued to sell his bread. In 1878 he moved into Osage Mission, and married Mrs. Moore,
still carrying on his trade, when, in 1881, he sold out to Ackland, butinthe month of Au-
gust bought back, and in April. 1882, moved to his present stand, the business then carried
Renck & Vernum. August 1, 1882, it became M. Renck. He is doing a
good business; his reputation as a baker is steadily increasing. Mr. Renck has been mar-
ried three times—in 1842, again in 1853; to Mrs. Moore since coming to Kansas.

WILLIAM RHODES, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Wayne County,
Ill.; born in 1832, and was raised on a farm. He afterward moved to Posey County, Ind.,
and from there he emigrated to Kansas, bringing all he possessed in a wagon drawn by two
horses. He arrived in Osage Mission in the spring of 1866; helped to build the first business
house inthe city, and then took a claim on Flat Rock, at Beaver’s Crossing, consisting of
160 acres, on which he has lived since, raising a fair crop every year that he has farmed,
and in 1882 his corn averaged seventy-five bushels totheacre. In 1866 he brought his
seed corn from Springfield, Mo., paying $15 for 100 pounds of flour. Corn was $3 a bushel,
and salt from $7 to $9 per barrel. Fort Scott was their market. Mr. Rhodes was married
twice—first time to Nancy J. Price, who died, and he has been married since to Mary E.
Gross, a native of Indiana. He has nine children living and four dead.

E. ROBBINS, M. D., native of Pennsylvania, born December 27, 1814. In 1836 he com-
menced the study of medicine under Dr. Benjamin Hal, in Marion County, Ohio, also en-
tering on a preliminary course of practice. In 1839 he gradnated from Yale College, and
then went back to Marion, In 1840 he moved. to La Grange County, Ind., where his people
lived. He opened his practice and also engaged in mercantile business here. He lost by
fire some $22,000 in Fayette County, Ill., where he located afterward. He was burned out
again, losing considerable property; In 1870 he moved to Kansas, locating at Erie, Neosho
County, where he practiced till 1872, when he moved to Osage Mission and opened an office.
now doing a good business. Dr. Robbins has been married twice—to his first wife, in Fay-
ette County, who died in 1856. He married again in 1857, to Miss Cler. He has two boys
and two girls. His sons are dentists—one in business here and the other in Carthage, Til.
Doctor Robbins belongs to the Masonic order, and in 1870 was appointed Examiner for the
United States Life Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, Pa. He has been a practicing phy-
sician for forty-five years. . 7

LA FAYETTE ROSECRANS, farmer,two miles north of Osage Mission, was born in Dela-
ware County, Ohio, in 1828. Was married to Miss Clara Dwinell, of Potsdam, N. Y., in 1850.
Moved to Wyandot County, Ohio, in September, 1850, located four miles west of Carey, on
Limestone Ridge, and engaged in wheat raising. During 1859 he moved back to Delaware
County. where he resided nine years. Inthe fall of 1869 he visited Kelleys Island, accom-
panied by his wife, and remained three months, guests of Mr. Beatty; and while there shipped

rapes to Milwaukee, Chicago, and other. points tothe amount of twenty tons. Inthe year
865 he moved to Allen County, Ohio, and engaged in mercantile business in the firm of
Saum, Rosecrans & Co. where he remained until coming to Kansas in 1870; locating in Bur-
lington, Coffey County, he engaged in the lime and coal trade, also dealt in cattle and hogs to
a considerable extent. In 1879 he moved to Osage Mission and opened a grocery and queens-
ware store of the firm of Rosecrans & Clements. In 1981 he traded for his present home, a
farm of eighty acres of upland prairie, which yielded sixty bushels of corn per acre last sea-
son; he has 1,200 bearing apple trees of the choicest varieties, also peaches, cherries, plums
and small fruits, and a choice vineyard. He also owns a farm of 440 acres of river bottom
land, highly productive, one acre of which yielded 105 bushels of corn, Has shipped 400,000
feet of walnut logs from Mission. Mr. Rosecrans has belonged to the Masonic lodge and the
Chapter since 1854. : ae |

JOSEPH M. ROYCROFT, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Osage Mission, a native of Ireland,
was born in 1842. His parents brought hin to America in 1849, locating in St. Louis,
where he was raised and educated. Coming to Kansas in 1860 he located,-at Wakarusa, on
afarm that his brother, Geo. P., had taken in 1858. For a time he farmed, then going to the
city of Topeka he opened asaloon; he made money and finally came to Neosho County in
1866, taking a claim that he afterwards abandoned and took aclaim that the Missouri Pacific
Depot was focated on. After farming this for a while he then went in partnership with John
Ryan, Built in 1870 the Mission Mills, running them till 1875. Meeting with severe losses
he sold in 1875 to Mr. Ryan. He then went toclerking for Detwiler in agricultural imple-
ments, and in this continued till he went into the grocery and saloon business; and in 1878

 
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moved on to the farm, and is now raising good crops and stock. Mr. Roycroft married Miss
Haley; they have two children, a boy and girl. Inthe county seat fight between Erie and
Osage ‘Mission he was regulator between the two parties.

. H. SCOTT, editor of the Journal newspaper, is a native of Oriskany, Oneida Co., N.Y.
He commenced his profession in 1851, entering a printing office in Utica, N. Y., where he
served an apprenticeship. As a journeyman printer he visited Buffalo, Syracuse, Chicago
and St. Louis. In 1856 we find him in Leavenworth working in the Herald office as a com-
positor, In 1862 going to Paola he published a paper known as the Orusader, Then going
east to Illinois he published the Mirror at Mount Carroll. This was in 1865. In December,
1866 he purchased the Express, published at Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa; finally, returning
to Kansas, He located at Osage Mission and issued the first number of the Neosho County
Journal, August 5, 1868, a Republican sheet, which In 1872 had a circulation of 2,000, which
afterwards decreased till within this last year, when it once more comes to the front with a
large circulation, and is steadily increasing. In 1861 he married Miss Orra Wright, of
Bourbon County, Kan.; they have two children. Mr. Scott has been a member of the I, 0.
©. ea since 1872, and is one of the charter members of Vulcan Lodge, A. O, U. W. of Osage

C. F. STAUBER, retired, a native of Northampton County, Pa., was born in 1808. Here

he commenced reading: medicine with Dr. Post and in 1834 went to Ohio, continuing his
studies with Dr. Davis, finishing with Dr. Cost. He was located in Wayne County, and from
Ohio noved to lowa, stopping in Louisa County. He had entered the ministry in 1853, and
was ordained in 1856, then combining his practice with his missionary work. In Louisa
County he lost his wife and has not married since. After this loss he moved to Albia, Monroe
County ; to Kansas in 1867, locatin, gin Iola, Allen County, andin August, 1868 moved to Erie,
Neosho County, where he practiced with Dr. Dodge, and organized the first Christian Church
in the county in 1869 and sold the building‘in 1873 tothe Methodist organization. In 1873 he
took his daughter to the Normal School at Emporia and visited his family in Iowa, return-
ing to Erie in 1874, In 1875 he was elected County Clerk of Neosho County, and was instru-
mental in lowering the salaries of the county officers at that time. Dr. Stauber’s children
have all frown up and married. He lost one son at the Battle of Atlanta, and his eldest son
(now liv ng in Knoxville, Marion Co., lowa) was at the capture of Jefferson Davis, President
of the Confederate States of America, and was one of the Guards that took the President to
Fortress Monroe. The Doctor has been seeking health at the mineral springs and returned
to Osage Mission from Eureka Spring entirely recovered. i

C. E. STEADMAN, M.D., graduated in 1866, from Rush Medical College of Chicago, Ill.,
and in 1870 came to Kansas and located at Osage Mission, opening his practice, at oue time
belonging to the medical firm of Cogswell & Steadman. In 1876 he established his drug
store, which is now known as Steadman & Childs. The jewelry establishment is Steadman

_ & Beck, and the medical department is Steadman & Bayliss.” Kach department is doing

pall. da the drug store he carries about $3,000 in stock, and does a business of $12,000 or

i a year.
_ JW. STEWART, manufacturer and agent for the Parkhurst washer and wringer, born

in Athens County, Ohio, in 1820, where he was educated, and afterwards in 1840, moved to

, Iinois, from there in 1843, he moved to Iowa, where he was engaged in farming until

1846, when he went to Green County, Wis., engaging in farmin;
In 1848, we find him ‘in Jackson County, Iowa, where he first built a mill on the Maquoketa.
and afterwards another on Mineral Creek. In 1853 joined the conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church; his appointments took him to circuits in Marshall, Hardin, and Boone
Counties, organizing the first Me: hodist Episcopal Society, in Hardin County, aiso preach-
ing the first sermon delivered in Marshalltown, Iowa. . On the account of his health, and to
help the Free-state cause, he came to Kansas, in April, 1857, locating in Franklin County,
near Centropolis, where he built the first Methodist Episcopal Church edifice in the State,
south of Lawrence, in the fall of 185%, and while attending his circuit in the spring of 1858,
buult the hall for the Constitutional Convention at Miuneola, 30x60 feet, two stories high,
completing in thirty days from the time it was commenced. In 1857, he was elected to the
Territorial Legislature (Free-state), from a district composed of nineteen counties. In

59, he was elected to the first State Legislature, from the counties of Miami, Linn and
Bourbon, served in it, in the Spring of 1861. Inthe fall of 1861, he assisted in making up
Company F, of what is known as Nugent’s Home Guards; of this company he was First
Lieutenant, shortly afterwards he was transferred to the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and re-
sigued in 1862; he then returned home and removed to Emporia, giving his attention to
the ministry, until 1864, when he moved to Garnett, Anderson County, where he went into
the milling business. 101868 he moved his mill to Erie, Neosho County; here he assisted in
the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Society. In 1869, he built another saw mill,
and in 1870-71 built a water saw and grist mill, and in 1872, was worth at least
$10,000. The panic of 1873, broke him up and destroyed his health; he then took
a trip to New Mexico, remaining: fifteen months, when he returned home, and
in 1882 established the firm of Stewart & Smith. While in Anderson County, he
was elected to the Legislature of 1866, and was charter member of both the Masonic and
Odd Fellows lodges, of Garnett, Anderson County, also a charter member of the Masonic
Lodge, No. 76, in Erie, and a charter member of I. O, O. F., No. 44 in Erie. In 1840, he
married Miss Sarah Adams, of Illinois, who deceased in1875. In 1576, he married Mrs.
Cleaver. They have six children. In 1883, he moved to Erie, where he now resides. Mr.
Stewart still preaches from the Methodist Episcopal pulpit.

A. L. TAY Commissioner, native of Rock Island County, Ill., born in 1848,
He was raised and educated on the farm, graduating from Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial
C llege, in Davenport, Iowa. He came to Kansas in 1869, locating in Big Creek Township,
Neosho County, where he engaged in farming, until 1872, when he acted as Deputy County
Clerk, under Mr. McMillan, and while in this position moved to Erie, the county seat, where
he lived until 1877, afterwards went into the real estate business and was in the lumber
business with Mr Orton, but they soldto Mr. Gittings and in 1878, he was elected County
Commissioner. Invanuary, 1883, was elected chairman of the Board. At present he is one
of the firm of Gittings & Taylor, dealers in lumber, at Osage Mission, Kan.

JAMES THARP, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Osage Mission, is a native of Marion County
Ky., born in 1822. In 1848 he moved to Lynn County, Mo., while here was exposed to all
the unpleasant circumstances of border warfare, and during the War of the Rebellion
served inthe State Militia. In 1866, he moved to Kansas, locating in Neosho County, on his
present farm, taking aclalin of 160 acres, building a log cabia, which is occupied still, al-
though he built a good frame in 1872, which they also live in. r. Tharp was on the first
jury that was drawn by the first District Court in the county, and was quietly living on his
farm while the county seat fight was jagin . Always succeeding in raising a crop; this
year his 35 acres of corn averaged 40 bushels, his 30 acres of wheat averaged 30 bushels.
‘They have had eight children, but five living, three daughters and two sons. Mr. Tharp has
been married twice.

N. TUCKER, is a native of Culpepper County, Va., born in 1824. The family moved to
Ohio, locating in Moskingum County, where they farmed, He grew to manhood there and
then moved to Dlinois, In 1867, he came to Kansas, Intend og to raise stock In Neosho
County. Although he bought a farm he sold it again and went into the grocery business,
continuing in it until he wentinto the drug business with 8.8. Warner; soon afterward
they built another store with which he was also connected. This firm was called Tucker &
Cook. He carried on this business until 1871, when he went to California, intending to set-
tle there, but sold his property, and came back to Osage Mission, and entered into the hard-
ware business with J. M. Boyle. In 1881, he went to Pueblo, Col,, and opened a boarding
house, where he did well. He then returned to his home in Osage Mission, Mr. Tucker has
been a member of the I. O, O. F., since 1872.

ROBERT ULBRICHT, meat market; the business was established in 1877, by Mr, Ul-
bricht, who carried it on until July, 1882, when the firm became Ulbricht & Conklin, The
now do a business of $18,000 ayear. Mr. Ulbrichtis a native of Germany, born in 1850.
Having learned his trade he traveled in Europe, shipping finally on the ship * Westphalla,”
under Capt. Schwenzen, he crossed the ocean seven times and deserted the ship at Hoboken,
N. J.; since then he has had a wonderful experience, visiting on his way West, Michigan,
California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, back East through
Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvanta; he then, in 1876, spent some
time seeing the Centennial; then started West again through Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and
Mexico, and in trying to go farther West was stopped by the Indjan outbreak, and came
back up through the Indian Nation, and finally located in this place and married Miss A,

¢Donald.

C..G. WAITE, civil engineer, is a native of Steuben County, N. Y., born in 1828; was
educated at Alfred, Geneva and Troy, N. Y. From there he commenced his engineering

work onthe Buffalo, New York & Erie, and has been connected with the Corning &
Blomburg, Sunbury & Erie, and its branches, the various early railroad surveys of west-
ern Ohio, and coming to Kansas in 1857, located in Shawnee County, where he took part in
the John Brown wing of the Free-state party, and inthe War of the Rebellion, was in the
Nineteenth Kansas; served on Gov. Carney’s Staff as Lieutenant-Colonel, since which time
he has been connected with the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, Missourl Valley, St. Louis
& St. Joseph, Burlington & Missouri River and Missouri Pacific railroads in Missouri, and
all the railroads in Kansas except two; has been engineer-in-chief of eight different roads,
three different cities, and County Surveyor of three different counties. He married Miss
Hattie A. Russell, of Pennsylvania; they have one son—Frank G.

, J, F. WHEA rocer, native of Wocdford County, Ky., born in 1830. When only five
years of age he, with his parents, moved to Illinois, where he was educated and attained
majority, living on the farm. In 1854 he started with oxen and wagon for California,
crossing the plains and mountains in 101 days. He remained in California two and a half
years, making about $80 a month, He returned by way of the ocean to New York, in 1856,
and proceeded on his way home. He then remained in Illinois till 1867, engaged in farming
and stock. That year he came to Kansas and located in Neosho County, Mission Township,
on a farm, raising corn, wheat, oats, castor beans and flax. In 1877 he took a trip to the Big
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k an exploring trip to Colorado; making nothing, he returned and, in 1880,
a open a rican ih Osage Mission, carrying a select stock Of $1,800 and doing a business
of about $5,000 a year. Mr, Wheat married Miss Smith. They have a family of seven
children; his oldest, Benjamin, is now in Oregon. Mr. Wheat is a member of the Catholic

Church.
PE WILSON, harness and saddles, native of Baltimore, Md., born in 1829. In

1882 they moved to Illinois, While here his father died. Mr. Wilson engaged in the mer-
cantile business till 1852. when, bop ether with Mr. R, Moore, he started West, both seeking
health in the pure air of the mountains. When they arrived in Oregon Mr. Wilson went
south to California, where he mined for awhile, then at other work till his brother and he
went to farming on the Stone Ranch, at Grizzly Bend, Sacramento River. In 1862 he re-
turned, via Missouri River, to Sioux City, lowa, where they arrived just after the Indian
massacre. He then went to work at his trade, and in 1868 came to Kansas, opening a har-
ness shop, which was burned out. In 1872 he took a claim on Section 31, Ladore Township,
where he farmed till 1879, when he returned to Osage Mission, resuming the business he
had started in 1868. He is doing a good business of some $3,000 a year.

. P. WOODWORTH, farmer, Section 3, P, O. Osage Mission, native of Hancock County,
IL, born in 1845. His mother, who is now alive, was born in 1805, and was the first bride
in the city of Hanuibal, Mo. J.P. was raised by bis brother E. k., as his father died in
1851 ls brother preceded him tothe State of Kansas, arriving in June, 1868, J, P. not
getting here till11870. They went to work with that pioneer spirit that overcomes all diffi-
culties, and although they could not get a deed for their farms till 1874, continued improv-
ing, and now have good farms and are establishing nice homes, sending off some two cars
oto sand three of cattle this season, and reporting good crops. Mr. J. P. Woodworth
married Miss Glasgow. They have six children, the last twotwius. Mr. E. R, Woodworth
ig his brother’s senior by ten years and is located next him, on Section 34. He has only
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M. ALTON, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Ireland, born in 1830. He
emigrated in 1851, to America, landing at New Orleans. He came up the Mississippi River
to Keokuk, lowa, where he went tofarming. He left there for Booneville, Mo., and in 1870
came from there to Osage Mission, Kan. Land was high there, for he paid P. Duckworth
$800 for eighty acres, with but little improvement. He is now farming in grain and stock
and doing as well as his neighbors, having excellent crops. In 1882 his wheat averaged
thirty bushels to an acre and corn sixty-five. Mr, Alton is now Treasurer of the Sehool
District, His family consists of himself, wife and seven children, three boys and four girls.

M. ARNOLD, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Walnut,-native of Kentucky, born in 1830. He
was raised on a farm, and emigrated ina wagon with his family to Kansas in 1873, buyin
his claim with little or no improvement of Mr. Orton. During the season of 1873 he los
his first crop; the next year on account of drought, chinch-bugs and grasshoppers in 1874,
but has done well since, raising enough inthe dry year of 1881 to feed through; and in
1882 his corn averaged forty bushels to the acre, raising also beansand oats. In 1859 Mr.
Arnold married Miss Withrow. They have six boys and two girls. He has been Justice of
the Peace since 1876, Bud the lomily are members of the Christian Church, which organiza-
tion now has twenty-five members.

J. A. BALLA, Warmer, Section 10, P.O. Walnut, native of Franklin County, Pa., born
December 2, 1846. In 1866 he moved to Illinois, coming to Kansas in 1869. In i864 he en-
listed in Company I, Seventy-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was
mustered out July 12,1865. When he located here he had for neighbors prairie wolves and
Indians, but this soon changed on every side, cabins sprung up and fields of grain appeared.
He has from the wilderness carved out his home, buying his claim from W. Bartlett. He
rented at first enough to raise food for himself and stock; since then he has had plenty. His
first wheat crop, in 1870, was five bushels to the acre; in 1882 he had twenty-two bushels
to the acre, corn forty-five. He also raises and handles eatile, having on hand forty head.
He now owns and farms 240 acres. Mr. Balla married Miss Sample, a native of Kentucky,
born February 16, 1851. They were married August 24, 1871, having now a family of two
boys and two girls. He has filled some township Offices.

WwW. M. BARN HART, farmer, Section 34,P.0. Osage Mission, is a native of Darke Coun-
y, Ohio; born in 1840. He was raised in Indiana, where he attended the, Somerset High
School, and afterwards clerked for John Swope. In 1860 Mr. Barnhart was married to Miss
Swope, and was then taken into the business partnership, which business they disposed of
n TB. John Swope came to Kansas in the spring of that year, and_ bought what is known
as the Mound Farm, situated on the southwest quarter of Section 35, erected a
house, and made improvements on the place. In the fall of 1867, Mr. Swope
and wife, in company with Barnhart and wife, removed to Kansas, ex-
periencing the difficulties of a journey by wagon through a new country, and the
subsequent privations incident to pioneer life. Mr. Barnhart located upon Section 34, on
land adjoining Mr. Swope’s farm, and remained there until the death of Mr. Swope, which :
occurred in 1874. Since that date he has, with the assistance of his eldest son, worked both
farms, and has met with encouraging success. No untoward calamities have visited his
liomestead. During the Osage ceded land fight he belonged to the Land League. Mr, and
aan atnangee have three sons and three daughters. The family are members of the Chris-

lan Chureh.

. W. BRAY, farmer, P. O. Erie, native of Monmouth County, N. J., born in 1880; from
there they moved to Illinois, and in 1865 he came to Kansas, locating at Mound City,
Linn County, till 1866, when_hecame to Erie, Neosho County, locating on Section 32, Eria
Township. From this farm he gave forty acres for the town site of Erie, as did Peter Wal-
ters, Luther Pucket and A. L. Himmelwright. Thesethree and himself made the town
company, or town fathers. Mr. Bray was the first Township Trustee of Erie, and lived there
until 1874, when he sold his interest to Dr. Kennedy, and then moved to bis present home,
where he has a finely improved farm, stocked with 100 sheep, forty hogs and some cattle, a
fine orchard and some §00 vines beating quantities of fruit. Mr. Bray was married in Ar-
kansas, and has had ten children, five of whom are alive,

WILLIAM M. BULL, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Owen County,
Ind.; born in 1833. He was raised on the farm, and when sixteen years uf age learned the
carpenter trade. He then moved to Illinois and worked at his trade in different counties,
moving from Coles County, Ill., to Iowa, and in April, 1868, came to Osage Mission, Kas.
where he built; but in April. 1869, moved out onthe wild prairie, where there were bu
few settlers and no roads, He at once putup a house of native lumber. Provisions were
scarce and high. He had brought 200 pounds of bacon from Lowa, worth in Kansas twen-
ty-five cents a pound, Ashe had brokensome sod ground in 1868 he now raised a good crop
of corn, so fet agood startin grain aud stock farming. Mr. Bull married Miss Swimin
1861, and they now have three children, one boy and two girls. He has not been before
the public as an office seeker, but has held school offices, and gave his share to the Land
League when the ceded land question was before the settlers.

» P. CAMPBELL, farmer, Section_ 6, . O. Osage Mission; native of Cape
Breton; bornin 1861. The family started for Kansas in 1867, stopping in Illinois a few
months, They came to Neosho County in the spring of 1868, or fall of 1867, stopping on a
farm in Mission Township till they put up their box house, 16x18, when they moved on the
farm, then wild prairie sod, now a well improved farm, the fertile acres covered with
abundant harvests and the pastures feeding fine cattle, the boys giving some attention to
grading in Short-horns, In 1873, Mr. Daniel Campbell, the father, died, leaving his
widow, three sons and two daughters. In 1880, the oldest son, Murdock, attended Baker’s
University, and in 1882, P. P. spent the winter there. Their elder sister, Mary, has been a
abident! pore since 1881. The boys are carrying on the farm and Murdock is at the same

FP. CARROLL, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Osage Mission; native of Livingston County,
N. ¥.; born in 1840, and moved to Ohio, engaging in farming, When the War of the Re-
bellion broke out he enlisted in the Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H,
serving as Sergeant until the close of the war, when he returned to his home, and in 1881,
caine to Kansas, locating in Neosho County, renting the old “Smart Farm”, moving to his
present location in 1882, where he has raised sixty bushels of corn to an acre, the last
year. par Carroll married Miss Farroll. They have two girls and three boys. He belongs

JOHN CAVANAUGH, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Osage Mission; native of Lreland; born
in 1838. He came to America, locating in New York, aud during the War of the Rebellion,
served in the One Hundred and Twenty-third New York Volunteer Infantry, Company G,
First Brigade, First Division¢Twelfth Army Corps, returning in 1865 to New York, where
he was married, coming to Kansas in 1869, April 6, arriving at Fort Scott; he there paid
$20 a day for teams to bring him to Neosho County, stopping at J. McClosky’s house until
settling on the claim he now occuples or farms, buying 160 acres, aclaim of Mr, Vallale,
for $750, the first year raising sod corn, selling some of it for $1.10 a bushel. He has suc-
ceeded in establishing: himself on a fine farm, renting also a quarter section of Mr.
Cravens, having now 820 acres to farm. In 1865, Mr. Cavanaugh married Miss Harron.
They have six children—three boys and three girls.

. CHASE, farmer, Section 24, P. 0. Osage Mission; native of Ohio; born in 1852. His
parents moved to Illinois in 1857, where he was raised and educated, ‘He came to Kansas
in 1872 in company with Mr. Smart, buying his farm of J. Oliphant and moving on to it
in 18733 having just married Miss Smart. The farm was unimproved, but he has been very
successful in his venture, putting up in 1880 a dwelling that cost $1,100, and is now grad-
ing his cattle to Short-horns, and has fine horses, also succeeding in raising five acres of

 

blue grass. His crops of 1882 were fully equal to any of his neighbors, His father is now
residing with him. He has two brothers and two sisters in Kansas, Mr. Chase came to the
State x oh 250, and now has a fine estate,

. K, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Osage Mission, is a native of Chautauqua County,
N. ¥; born in 1826. He was one of a large family of boys. His father kept them busy
Clearing timber farms, which he sold, and in 1842, they moved to Canada, where their
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timber was pine, and they went to lumbering, passing through the exciting experience
incident to that life. In December, 1867, he came to Kansas sith his brother Genes, ne
had preceded him, and who held a claim for him, but on account of the Osage ceded’ land
troubles did not succeed in deeding his land until 1877. His farm has proved to be a fine
one, and he now has it all under cultivation but some eighty-five acres that is pasture land.
During the fifteen years he has farmed here he reports no failure in crops, raising corn,
er eats, Beans, and. giving some attention br etocs Mr, Cook married before com -
ls our boys and two girls, 8 el

et Sehogtat vort Scott @ eldest son is a graduate of the Kansas
“J.P. , farmer, Section 31, P. O. Osage Mission; native of Nelson County, Ky.:
born September 19, 1840; came to Kansas with his father, F. P., and bought his claim of
G. Launsberry, and after a visit to Illinois, he settled on his ‘claim, building a cabin and
opening the farm by breaking twenty acres and raising wheat. At firsthe bached in_ his
eabin, and part of the time boarding until 1874, when he married Miss Parkhurst. Until
lately he has carried on a grain farm, but is now working Into stock in grain successfully,
as any of his neighbors: Krom nochilgg, he has made o hone yaa eee nea Crops
Je m nothing, he has made a home worth thousand lars.

He has pane Me Se yond belon Eve the Catnolic Church. eee
J. , farmer, Section 13, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Washington County,
Penn., born in 1843. Heis of Dutch and Irish descent, and was raised on a farm. In 1868"
he entered an independent regiment, being finally mustered into the Twenty-second Penn-
sylvania Volunteer Cavalry, Company E, and served until the close of the war. Returning
0 Pennsylvania he engaged in farming, and in 1870 determined to come West. On arriving
in Kansas in 1871, he located on a claim and bached with his two cousins, John and Hiram
Blaine, in a cabin until 1874, when he built his present residence,and that year was married
© Misg Fannie Ford, of Ohio. Since locating here Mr. Craven has become known as the
wheat raiser of this section, always ceasing in getting a crop and of superior quantity
and quality. , His crop of 1882 was 2,492 bushels. Mr. Craven has not given any attention

to local politics, but has held school offices. They have one daughter, Ethel,

JOHN CROW, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Osage Mission, native ‘of Ohio, horn in 1849.

He first moved to Illinois, then to Missouri, returning to Illinois, where he remained till
1871, when he came to Kansas and bought aclaim of William Smith of eighty acres. Com-
mencing with little he has now 200 acres, with 120 in cultivation; raisin grain and stock;
Raven An 1882, sixty acres in corn and gathering from the piece 3,000 bushels. He has suc-
ceeded in getting a crop every year since coming to the State. In1869, Mr. Crow married
Miss Ingrahain. They have three children, two boys and one girl.
J. F. DAGGETi7, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Walnut, native of New York, born in 1837,
and was but twenty-three years of age when hecame to Kansas, locating in Marmaton
Township, Bourbon County, where he went to carining. In 1862, he enlisted in the Third
Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company I, but was soon transferred to the Tenth Kansas. He
served until 1864, when he returned home, getting to his family just before the burning of
Marmaton City by the rebels. In 1868 he moved to Neosho County, buying a claim of Mr.
Hulburt; this was an early date for this county, for he had but some three or four distant
neighbors; hauling his lumber from Kansas City. He now farms 320 acres, raising fine
crops of corn, wheat, beans and oats. He married Miss Mansar. They have four boys
and Meee girls. and are members of the United Brethren Church.

DYSON, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Erie, is a native of Indiana, born in 1847.

When sixteen years of age, or in 1863, he went to Illinois, engaging at farming. In 1869 in
company with A. W. Louthan, Levi Tenor and others he came to Kansas, buying his claim
of Mr, Elliott, opening up this far and living there and in Grant Township until 1875, when
he traded his claim with Mr. Isenhour, and now has eighty acres on the divide between
Canville and Four Mile Creek. He cultivated sixty-five acres and the balance is pasture and
meadow. He has a fine orchard of 130 apple trees, 500 peach trees and other trees and
small fruits. His farm is well improved, feiced and has good buildings. He built his resi-
dence in 1877. Mr. Dyson married Miss Dyson, and has held the office of Justice of the
Peace, but does not seek office.

ILLIAM C. FORD, farmer, Sections 26 and 27, P. O. Osage Mission, was born in
Chenango County, N. Y., in 1813. His father, John Ford, was born in Dutchess County, N.
Y., and was a local Methodist Episcopal preacher. In seeking a place to settle he went first
to Pennsylvania and then to Ohio, where he died in 1840. William Ford lived on his father’s
farm until March, 1861, when he went to Illinois and lived there until 186%, when he started
with three covered wagons to emigrate to Kansas; when he arrived in Neosho County he
bought a claim for $1 of Mrs. Tripp; she was at that time holding two claims. Mr. Ford put
up a board shanty, but used his wagon to sleep in and entertain his friends when they came.
Locating there he farmed in stock and grain, doing well, even in the time of grasshoppers in
1874 and the year of drouth in 1881. In 1882, he raised forty-five bushels of corn to the
acre and twenty-four bushels of wheat, and owns 320 acres in all and cultivates 140 acres.
The years 1868 and 1869 he had the most severe Struggle, losing nine horses, and haying to
haul provisions from Mound City, Linn County. But now, in the midst of plenty, the
wealth of the harvest of 1882, he is repaid for early privations. He was married in
County, Ohio, and his family consists of four girls and three boys.

E. GABRIEL, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Athens County, Ohio,
born in 1840. His youth was spentonthefarm. In 1861 he moved to Iowa, where he en-
listed in the Twenty-fourth fowa Volunteer Infantry, Company B, serving until January 6,
1 He was wounded in the battle of Cedar Creek, “Sheridan’s Great Rally,” being shot
through the head; he remained in the hospital until he was sent home and was discharged in
Davenport, Iowa. In 1866 he came to Topeka, Kan., and looking for a location visited Ma-

leton, Bourbon County. Here he was taken sick, and as soon as he was well returned to

hio, and in 1869, together with Mr. Robinette, immigrated, locating in the fertile valley of
the Neosho; he reinained with Mr. Robinette; in 1870, he moved to his present home, buy-
ing his claim of H. Marsh, and entering it in 1877; he has made a finely improved farm
from the wild prairie, and in 1882, raised forty-five bushels of corn on an average. He cul-
tivates ninety acres, having the rest in pasture and meadow. Mr. Gabriel married Miss
Robinette. ‘hey have two children—one girl and one boy. They are members of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. He belongs tothe G. A. R.

CHARLES HARKNESS, farnier, Section 29, P. O, Osage Mission, native of Knox County,
Il, born in 1859. With his parents he came to Kansas in 1868, His father, Thomas, locating
in Ladore Township, Neosho County, E. Smith’s farm. Soon, however, buying just sout!
in Labette County, where they moved, Charles and his brother helping move the houses
from the town of Ladore, when they were hauled to Parsons; saw the tree that five men
were hung to in 1867 or 68, cut down, In 1861 his father died, andin 1876 he lost his mother;
up to this time he had remained with the family, but now he went to work for himself, four
miles south of Osage Mission, in 1880, when he bought his present farm of Charles Wood,
and is now establishing a home. Two of his brothers, Alex and Pete, are on the adjoinin,
farm. In 1878 Mr. Harkness married Miss Jennie Herod. They have one child. Mr. H.
has been in school office.

M. J. HEDGES, widow. Section 29, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Clarke County, Ohio,
Mr, Hedges was a native of Kentucky and born April 27, 1824. ‘They were married in 1848.
He enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company E, return-
ing home in 1865. While in the army he contracted a disease of which he died November
1,1872. They came to Kansas in 1867, locating in Linn County, afterward coming to Ne-
osho County, Yooathug on their present place, which is a fine farm of 160 acres, producing in
1882, fifty bushels of corn to an acre, raising good crops; also of oats and castor beans.
Mrs. Hedges was left with five children, but has lost all but the elder and younger sons—
Jolin T, and James J. Herson, John T., married Miss Fowler, daughter of David Fowler,
an earty settler. They all live together—the boys working the farm. r

W. H. HE , farmer, Section 33, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Ohio, born in 1833.
He was raised in Indiana, where he farmed his farm; was in a timbered district, so that
when he came to Kansas he selected a similar location, arriving in 1865, October 26; he took
a claim of 160 acres; he was the second settler—Mr. Brewer & Son were here betore him.
Sinée opening his farm he has given his attention to grain and stock, cultivating sixty acres
and having quite a field.in pasture; his best season was in 1875, when his corn averaged
fift: bushels to an acre; also raising good crops in 1882. While in Indiana, Mr, Herod mar-
tied Miss Schuler. They have four children three boys and one girl.

W. W. HESS, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Washington County,
Penn., born November 18, 1839, where he was raised and educated; being in the stock busi-
ness in the East, he came to Kansas to take up the same, but on arriving here in 1869, April
1st, in company with J. M. Jones, he found the Texas fever among cattle here, so he bought
a farm of §. J. Oliphant, paying $1,500 for it, andin the old cabin bached with his cousin
and other Pennsylvania friends,as they came West stopped with him—James Blaine, J. Wor-
rell, and also later, Clark Carson. Mr. Hess, in those early times, tells of attending the first
religious services, conducted by Rev. Mr. Moody, a Hard Shell Baptist minister. In fourteen
years he has produced from prairie sod a fine farm, with buildings, orchards, and meadows
of tame grass that delight the eye. In 1871 he married Miss Haymaker. They have five
children—four boys and one girl. ‘Mr. Hess gives his crops of 1882, as corn averaged fifty-
two bushels and castor beans fourteen bushel to an acre. He has now 240 acres in his farm.

. H, HO N, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Indiana, was born in
1839, He was raised on a farm, and in October, 1866, he, in company with his father-in-
law, Mr. Moody, and his two sons, came to Kansas in wagons, landing in Osage Mission
when there only were two stores there, Williams Bro’s,, and Foster’s store. They located
their claims on the prairie, but went to live on the river, inthe timber, where there was
material with which to build cabins. Mr, Hobson is the only one of that party now here.
From the wilderness of prairie grass he has made a farm, succeeding in raising good crops
from the first. He has now a well-improved place, and has raised as high as eighty-five
bushels of corn on an acre of land. Mr. Hobson married Miss Moore in 1865. They have
wo girls and three boys. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1873, and has officiated on
he School Board from time to time. He had to pay very high prices when he first came to
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JOSEPH HOLLEY, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Walnut, native of Courtland County, N. Y.,
born in 1829. He was raised on a farm mostiy: in Onondaga County. He then moved to
Michigan, where he married Miss Graves; afterwards farming in Illinois; from there he
came to Kansas, in 1868, teaving his family in Kansas City, he came south and selected his
present farm and put up his cabin; returning, he got his family and moved down next
years a@ man named Dodd trying to scare himfrom the claim. Being a pioneer, with no
neighbors, he and his fainily suffered preat privaulon, hardly able to subsist at one time.
Mrs. Holley sold a carpet she had made in the East, and with money he had from the sale of
a calf, bought a cow, at that time having none, and having to go to Pleasanton to get it.
There are many pleasant memories, however, attached to the old cabin home, which has now
disappeared to give place to a fine residence. Mrs. Holley is known here as one of the
pioneer workers in Church and Sunday school. The farm is cultivated to grain, and last

 

season, 1882, produced abundant harvests. They have three boys—Frank, in the Kansas
Normal, at Fort Scott; Edward, in mercantile business, at Walnut, and Owen, at home on
rm.

NANCY J. HYLTON, farmer. Sction 45, P.O. Osage Mission, native of Indiana; but
having moved to Illinois, she married Mr. Hylton, moving to Bourbon County, Kas., in
1866, and farming there till 1867, when they moved to Neosho County, and located on what
is now known as the Pierce farm. In 1873 Mr. Hylton died, leaving his widow with six
children, four sons and two daughters; one son and one daughter are married, leaving
her with four almost grown sons anda daughter. The sons manage the farm of 160 acres,
where they moved since Mr. Hylton’s death. They raise corn, castor beans, wheat, oats and
fruit on the farm in abundance.

WILLIAM P. JOHNSON, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Erie, native of Dearborn County,
Ind., born in 1811. Hewas engaged in Decatur County for fifty years as blacksmith and
plow manufacturer, and from Indiana ie came to Kansas with his family in 1873, locating

n Walnut Grove Township, where they bought 160 acres of Mr. Shelbarger and another of
J. Wright, on Sections 28and 22. The hard timesof the first years have been more than
set off by the success of the good ones, in 1882 raising forty bushels of corn to one acre. They
have now 135 acres in cultivation, and handle considerable stock. In 1880 Mr. Johnson
sold off the stock, and leaving the farm in his son’s hands he moved to Erie, where, in 1883,
March 18th, he married Mrs. Gott, a widow. In his old family he has twelve children, five
girls and seven povee

WILLIAM JOHNSON, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Osage Mission, is a native of Jackson
County, Ohio, born February 11, 1834; he was raised and educated on the farm. In the year
1855, he married Miss Wynn, in Pike county, Ohio. When the war broke out, he enlisted in
the One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Volunteer Infantry, Company H, from Ohio. He re-
turned to Ohio after being mustered out, but soon emigrated to Iowa, remaining there one
year, when he returned to Ohio, On April 21, 1868, he moved to Kansas, and is one of the
earliest settlers of this section. He located on what is now known as the Joe Simmous farm.
At that time, wild game was abundant, also Indians; both, however, soon disappeared. June
21, 1868, he moved to his present farin, which he now has fenced and improved. Mr. John-
son has made farming asuccess, though he began life on the smallsum of $25. He is ver.
progressive, having adopted the latest and most improved methods of farming. In 1882,
some Of his land produced sixty bushels of corn to the acre, and other crops in proportion.
They have ten children—seven girls and three boys. '

A. W. LYMAN, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Walnut, native of Stark County, Ohio, born in
1836. In 183%, his parents moved to filinois; he was raised a farmer, and Game to Kansas
in 1868, in August, coming from Benton County in wagon; he came near being flooded in
crossing Hickor. Greek. e located on his present farm, living in a cabin with thatched
roof, until butlding the box-house. He einployed histime freighting, until the farm would
support the family; he then farmed until 1877, then going to Illinois; he staid until after
his mother’s death, which occurred in December 6, 1881; returning to his home in Kansas
in 1882, having rented the farm meanwhile to others, his son-in-law taking charge of it in
1881. They are now farming it together; Mr. Lyman giving his attention to improving his
stock. While in Illinois, he married Miss Chapin. They had two children—one a daughter,
living, and one deceased. Their daughter is married to J. N, Hendricks. August 5, 1862,
he enlisted in the Seventy-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,Company A, and returned home
August 5, 1865. Mr. Lyman isa member of the United Brethren Church, and was a mem-~
ber of the Land League, .

GEORGE McCLOSKEY, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Walnut, is a native of Ireland, born
in 1880. _ He emigrated to America in 1850, working at farm work in Massachusetts and
Illinois, In 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company B,
serving under Gen. Kilpatrick, and with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea; he was
wounded in Georgia, and mustered out in 1865; returning, he went to Iowa, and in 1867, in
the month of August, he came to Neosho County with a drove of sheep, in company with
Dr. Copeland and Mr. Ingham. He bought his claim of his brother-in-law, J. Rafferty; the
Indians were still here, though very friendly. Mr, McCloskey the first winter got out rails
for fencing and Jumber for his cabin, and raised a crop of sod corn the first year, prospering |
and improving steadily since, though he lost his crop of corn in 1874; that year he fed his
horses wheat; he is raising grain and stock, the latter he is grading in Short-horn. In 1868,
Mr. McCloskey married Miss Rafferty. They had six children, three deceased and three
alive. He built his residence in 1870, and barn and other improvements in 1881. They are
members of the Catholic Church of Osage Mission.

J.D. MALSBURY, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Erie, is a native of Grant County, Ind., and
was born December 10, 1842; here he was raised on a farm, and in 1863, he enlisted in the
One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company 1k, afterward in the
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company F. hen his term
expired, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-third Volunteer Infantry, Company F,
and was discharged an Orderly, and was jujered inthehip. He returned home, and was
married in 1866, Came to Kansas in 1868,in emigrant wagons, and had for company
Charles Bruner. They bought their clain of W. Preston, and Mr. Bruner moved away in
1874. Mr. M. entered the claim in 1871, having now 160 acres, ninety of which is culti-
vated; raising grain and stock in the years 1874 and 1881, he had almost enough to feed
through with in 1882, raising goodcrops. When he came to the State, he had but little
money, and after remaining a few weeks at Erie, he sold and traded his team he drove to
Kansas, for the claim, which is now well improved. Mr. M. married Miss M. C. Coble.
They have nochildren. He has been Township Treasurer for six years. Mr. and Mrs. Mals-
bury are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

. M. MYERS, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Osage Mission. Native of Stark County, Ohio,
porn June 8, 1847. He remained on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, then
learned the carpenter’s trade and starting West he stopped in Missouri until 1870. In the
spring he arrived at Osage Mission and took or bought a claim of Edward Kerns. He
worked at his trade until the spring of 1872. Having married he moved onto the farm,
then in almost its primitive state, living in the building now used asa stable. He has now
about 200 acres under cultivation, and in 1882 raised corn that averaged fifty bushels to the
acre, and has a good promise for wheat in 1883. In 1871 Mr. Myers married Miss Shidler,
They have three girls and three children deceased.

MRS, MARY J. OLIPHANT, relict of T. B, Oliphant, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Osage
Mission. He wasa native of Tennessee, Mrs, O. of Missouri, In 1863 they were married
and he as well as three brothers served in the State militia. His health was ruined so he
sought a more congenial clime, coming to Kansas in March 7, 1866, Mr. J. Thomson, David
Fowler, Joseph and John Oliphant with himself making the party. Mr. O, took a claim
that is now the homestead, and settled on itin 1877, Mr. Oliphant died leaving his widow
with two boys, Charles and William, and two girls, Emma B. and Luella M. bile living
he took an active part in public matters and served as Township Treasurer. The boys now
carry on the farm under their mother’s supervision, reporting good crops and general pros-

erity. .

p JAMES PARKER, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Walnut, native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born in
1822. Mr. Parker was the first settler in this part of Flat Rock Creek, coming to his pres-
ent location in September, 1865. If it had not been his fixed determination to make him-
self-a home he would have returned to the East, for he lost his first crop and his family
were in want. He went to Uniontown to Mr. Foster, getting a job of freighting goods from
Kansas City down. This he took out in provisions for his family before starting himself,
making the first wagon track across the broad prairies. -He sees in 1883 well defined roads
and substantial buildings on every side, and by hard work now hasa fine home and well
improved farm, raising grain and stock. Mr. Parker has been married twice, the last time
in 1880, to Miss Lookingbill. By the first he had three boys and two girls.

J. V. POISETT, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Fulton County, Il.
born in 1845. He came to Kansas May 1, 1868, locating in Neosho County, on the present
farm. He came in company, with H. Dougherty, bringing but little with them. Their
money was soon gone, so Mr. Poisett went to freighting from Kansas City to Osage Mission,
and when the Land League was formed to give the settlers their land he worked in unison
and paid his amount to that purpose, deeding his farmin 187%. Hehad settled on it and
was improving, now having 100 acres fenced, with an orchard of apple and peach trees,
with some vines. He reports fine crops for 1882. In 1878 Mr. Poisett married Miss Smith
a daughter of T. Smith, a pioneer of Lecompton. They have three children, two boys an
one girl, two deceased, ‘ i ;

OHN F. PRESTON, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Osage Mission. Native of Washington
County, Pa., born in 1844. He was raised and educated on the farm and in 1877 left Penn-
sylvania for the West, locating in Neosho County, stopping at Osage Mission till he had
selected his farm, buyivg 160 acres of Mr. Moody. They moved on it in the month of
March, 1878. Taking the land with but little improvement he has a fine residence and well
fenced farm. Giving his attention to grain, last year he raised corn that went fifty bushels
to anacre, and wheat that averaged twenty-six. While in Peunsylvaniahe married Miss
Gilmore. They have five children, two girls and three boys. ;

MARY RAFFERTY, Section 82, P. O. Osage Mission. Native of County Moynahan,
Ireland. Born in 1830. She, with her parents, came to America in 1845, locating in New
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York, afterwards they removed to Vermont, finally returning to New York, whereshe
married Mr. Rafferty, and in 1859 cameto Kansas, locating in Bourbon County, Franklin
Township, and while here he was in the State Militia under Capt. Morris, and passed
through all the perils of the border warfare, coming to Neosho County in 1867. They took
a claim, as did her mother, and built the first cabin on this part of Flat Rock Creek, forming
a strony friendship with the Osage tribes of Indians who visited them after they had left
this reservation, On December 25, 1868, Mr. R. died; his widow afterwards married a Mr.
Duffey, but_ after their separation assumed her former name of Rafferty. They had six
children. Herson John now farms the land.

N, REISCHMANN, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Veitsburg, is a native of Bavaria, Germany,
born in 1828, and in 1847 came to America, landing in New York. He we t to Ohio. In
June, 1868, he came to Kansas in company with Peter Dosch, locating on his present farm.
He was reduced to extremities by losing his horses by Texas fever that came up the valley
to hisfarm. He worked with oxen, trading for horses, then getting a start. He has been
doing well since. There are few that have as good afarmashe. Mr. R. married Miss
Dosch_ in 1852, and they have nine children, seven boys and two girls. They are members
of the Catholic Church.

H. S. ROMP, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Osage Mission; native of Ohio, Born in 1822,
Raised and educated in his native State, learning the trade of cabinet maker, Going to
Iowa he farmed there till 1865, when he cameto Kansas. Located on his present home,
. buying of Mr. Brewer for $150. There were but few settlers here at that time; his neigh-

bors were McNally and Herod. His farm was entirely wild; the first furrow was turned by
him. He now has 100 acres under cultivation. He brought cows with him, but sold them
.on getting hereto thesettlers. He has nowa well improved farm, and in 1877 built his
resent residence. The crops of 1882 were the best he had raised. Mr, Romp married
Miss Sutter, of Ohio. They have five boys and four girls; only two of the boys at home
N. SALRIN, farmer, Section 22, one inile routhwest of Walnut. Isa native of France.
Born in 1843. In 1869 he came to Kansas, locating five miles east of Osage Mission. In
1875 sold his claim and bought his present farm, then slightly improved. He now has a
well improved farin, a neat residence and barn, Heis raising grain cattle and hogs, Mr.
Salrin served during the war, three years in the Fifteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, two
years in the United States Navy,in the Mississippiand Gulf Squadrons. Was slightl
‘wounded at Stone River and again at Misslonary Ridge. In_1866 he returned home to his
parents: Uvity on Ohio. In 1868 Mr. Salrin married Miss Regina Hiser. They have three
girls an i
WILLIAM SHANABARGER. farmer, Section 9, P. O, Erie, native of Ohio, born in
1835. He was raised to farming and learned also the carpenter trade, He lived in Indiana,
and from there came to Kansas on account of his wife’s health, in 1870, buying his claim of
Mr. Graves for $200, commencine with 160 acres; he has now 240 acres, eighty acres now
in cultivation, rest in pasture. He believes the wealth of Kansas 6 in her native grasses;
farming in grain.and stock, he handles cattle and sheep. The farm is now well fenced an
improved, Although he thinks 1875 was the best year for corn, -n. 1882 le raised fory
bushels of corn peracre. Mr,Shanabarger married MissSuethern, They have four girls.
He was exempt from service during the War of the Rebellion, but fought hard for his land
in the Osage ceded land fight. They are members of the United Brethren Church.

ALFRED SHIDLER, farmet, Section 6, P.O.Osage Mission, native of Columbiana Coun-

» Ohio, bornin 1848. In 1868, July 1, he came to Kansas in company with his brother
ohn, taking claims in Neosho County, and engaged at any work that had money in it. The
next spring the rest of the family came out, The brothers, Ha'vey, John and Alfred put
up a saw-iill on the Neosho River, two miles south of Erie, and sawed out lumber for
fencing and building, then sold the mill aud went to farming. Mr. Shidler then married
and commenced improving the claim, having now agoodfarm of pasture and cultivated
ground, wellfenced, farming in grain and stock. Heisthe only one here now, his father

aving returned, aged seventy-three. In 1870 Mr. Shidler married Miss Kennedy. They
have three boyssnd two girls. Mr. S.is a member of the Methodist Episcopal congrega-
tion here, being a steward and trustee. He was cierk of Walnut Grove Township in 1882.

DENNIS SIMMONS, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Vigo County,
Ind., bornin 1847, March 14. In company with four other families, he started West in
1868. When they got to Papinsville, Mo., three of them went to Miami County, and he and
his brother Malachi came to Neosho County, locating on adjoining claims,and helping each
other in their trials. Dennis had but just married when he started for Kansas, but the

oung couple made up their minds to establish a home, so they met all privations brave—
Iv. his wife getting lost when after a load of rails in the timber, for she worked out of

oors and in. They now have a good home, putting up the present dwelling in 1877, and
stone barn in 1880. He is farming in stock and grain, his fertile acres yielding fifty bush-
els of corn to theacre, which he feeds to his hogs and cattle. In 1868 Mr. Simmonds mar-
ried Miss Lidick. ey have four children, two bovs and two girls.

HENRY SIMMONS, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Walnut, native of Canada West, born in
1833. The early part of his life was spent in the pinerles of Canada and Michigan, In 1870,
February 11, he bought his claim of 160 acres of William Chapin, paying $20 ‘here was
acabin on it and eighteen acres broken. When he firstlanded in Neosho Courty, he and
family stayed with H. F. Cory, then movingtotheirnew home. He traded his horses for
oxen and went to breaking sod. Since coming to the State he has never failed in a single
crop. Ie lost his first witein Michigan and married again, and she died November 13,
1882, leaving him with six children, five boys and one girl. Mr. Simmons is raising grain
on 120 acres of his farm and has the rest in pasture and meadow, with a good orchard and
five half. miles of hedge fencing.

B. C. SMITH, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Illinois, born in 1843.
His father, William D., was a native of Kentucky, but moved to Illinois, where B. C. was
born. His training was that of a farmer. so when he caine West he followed the business.
In company with his father and two brothers he arrived in Neosho County, Kan., in 1869,
November 6, where they all took claims and went to work making homes for themselves.
In 1869 B. C. built his house, and in 1870 married Miss Martin. He now has a fine farm of
120 acres, which this year produced sixty bushels of corn onan average tothe acre. His
father died January, 1883. Mr. Smith has three boys and two girls,

G. C. SMITH, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Walnut, native of Vernon County, Mo., born
in 1842. He came from Benton County, Mo., in 1868, with P. W. Heutzen, in wagons, to
Neosho County, where they located, Mr. Sinith taking @ claim inthe valley on Section 33,
which he afterwards traded for Sam Hill’s place, he and Heutzen then buying out the land
go that both could build on thehill. He then commenced improving, planting shade trees,
and orchards, now having the finest orchard in the Township. He is farm ng in grain,
raising fifty bushels of corn to the acre, and in the last three years has made and sold 3,000

ounds of butter, churning with the old dasher churn. Mr. Smith married Miss Summers,
They have three girls and two boys, and belong to the Adventist Church, having a congrc-
gation of some fifteen members. :

M. STANLEY, farmer, Section 25, P. O, Osage Mission, native of Davidson County,
Tenn., born in 1828. In 1857. he moved to Illinois, farming there till 1863, when he moved
to Polk County, Mo.; whilethere he was jn great danger from guerrillas and juined the
State Militia; he afterwards moved to Illinois, where he remained until 1868, coming to
Kansas, October 7th, of that year and locating on Section 22, here he bought a claim of a
Germaninamed Lang, and went to farming. e had visited Kansas in 85%, stopping at
Fort Seott, about the time che place was sacked, but left, golng back to Missouri; this time
in 1868, he came to stay and after farming his first claim he sold, and has since been trad-
ing around, always doing well. Fora time, from 1877 to 1879, he was in the mercantile
pusiness.in Osage Mission,then in real estate and hotel in Walnut; in 1882,he moved onto his
present farm which he is now improving, carrying on a grain and stock farm, giving his at-
tention to grading up his cattle with Short-horns. 1n 1872, Mr Stanley lost his wife, form-
erly Miss Warren. They had five boys and five girls, four of them deceased.

SAMUEL STEWART, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Osage Mission, 1s a native of County
Leeds, Canada, born in 1841, came to Kansas in 1869, bringing some cattle with him. In com-

pany with Mr, William Campbell, he took a claim and -in 1870, went to Missouri, where he

remained until 1874, when he returned to his claim, there giving his attention to improving
the same, building, fencing and cultivating, farming in grain and stock, raising fine crops
and grading his cattle withthe Durham blood, and his horses with Kentucky Whipstock,

In 1870, he married Miss Campbell. They have three girlsand one boy. Mr, Stewart was

Township Clerk, in 1880 and 1881; was Township Trustee in 1882, and is a member of the

Methodist Episcopal Church. He has strong religious convictions and inclines to the creed

as laid down by, the German Philosopher Swedenborg.
. H. TALLMAN, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Ohio, born in
1819. He moved to Iowa, in 1855, remaining there until 1860, when he went to Illinois,
engaged in farming until 1868, when in a wagon, he came to Kansas and stopped at Osage
Mission, soon afterward buying a claim of Daniel Hill, in the neighborhood of his old Il-
linois friends, Zimmerman Teas, and Bozzler. He did not get his land deeded until 1874, on
~account of the Osage ceded land trouble, but went on improving and raised good crops;
relating many anecdotes of the early settlers and his pauae es In 1881 the corn crop fai ed
and hothad to buy grain for hisstock that season, but in 1882, more than made up his loss.
In 1845, Mr. Tallman married Miss Hill; they had two daughters, both now married. His
father was a Virginian, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-two and died in Iowa.
THOMAS T

ORNBURG, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Walnut, native of Ohio, born in

 

1828. He was raised in Indiana, where he farmed some and went into the lumber business
at which he broke up and came to Kansas in 1874, buying his claim of 160 acres of W. W.
Willet, having now sixty-five acres in cultivation and good orchard. He has raised fair
crops, getting only one-half crop in 1881, but raising as high as twenty-four bushels of
wheat fo an acre, the last season, that of 1882, forty bushels in corn to anacre. He handles
stock, also havin twenty-eight head of cattleon hand now. Mr. Thornburg married Miss

\Galwell of New York. They have two boys and two girls. The family belong to the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and belongs to the I. 0.
0. F,

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

0, Walnut ipa native of Obto, born fn giiese, Prom
i his father, P. A., was farming and engaged in the hote . F

ST tee ed te Michigan, and in 1841 to INinois, following the same line of operations.
In 1878 thefamily consisting of O. A., his step-mother, and his father, came to Kansas, and
bought their farm of 320 acres, of G. Fowler. At once began improving it, putting up
fences and good farm buildings. Now has 100 acres in pasture and the balance cultivated,
renting part. O. A. farms the other part: He ig not married. His father is now eighty-one

years of age. . iB : ‘ in 1841

. W. TREDWAY, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Osage Mission, native of Ohio, born in A
He GW. tite afarmer, but when the war broke out he enlisted in the First Minnesota
Volunteer Infantry, Company C; returning to Ohio, he went to Illinois in 1864, and in 1868
came in wagon to Kansas. with his brother, both taking claims, Mr. Treadway camping out
in his wagon until the cabin was built. Although not able to get a decd for the farm, he
continued to imorove it, and deeded it in 1876. He has under cultivation 135 acres, all
fenced. He is farming in grain and stock, producin sixty-two bushels of corn on an acre,
and twenty-nine bushels OF weal In ABe0 ig built a fine residence, and moved from his

me, the first cabin built on that ridge. i

teas chilaren-two boys and three girls. He is a trustee and one of the building com-
mittee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, put up in 1877. Their first preacher was Rev.

Stewart. < :
. B. ADWAY, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Ohio, born in 1836,
July 5th. ete father’s famil ‘there were eleven boys and four girls. His parents now live
in Cowley County, Kan. In 1864 T. B. enlisted in One Hundred and Bitty: hth Regiment
Jllinols Volunteer Infantry, Company F, and returned home at the close of the war, and in
1869 he came to Kansas, in company with his brother Aaron, locating on his present farm,
He entered his landin 1877, and now has a well improved farm, cultivating forty acres,
having 120 in pasture, handling stock and raising fine horses—Clydeand Morgan. ,When the
Land League was organized he became a member, apd in 1858 married Miss Slaughter,
They have six children—four boys and two girls. Mr, Treadway is a member of the.
Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been serving the public in Township offices.
c. 8. TURNER, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Walnut, native of Loudon County, Va., born in
1819, August 2. He left Virginia in 1834 for Ohio. Here he was living when the war broke
out, and he enlisted inthe Nmetieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B; takenprisoner
at Stone River, he was confined in Libby Prison; returning home in 1865, June 23, farming
then in Benton County, Ohio; afterward he went to Illinois, but in 1870 came in wagons
with his family to Kansas, buying his claim of Mr. Walton. He is now farming in grain
and stock, succeeding well every year, having short crops in °74.and’81. In Ohio he mar-
ried Miss Crow. They bad nive children—four girls and two boys, alive. Mr. Turner is
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Walnut, and has held townshi office,

J. C. TUCKER, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Walnut, a native of Illinois, was born 1844. In
1862 he eulisted in the Ninety -sixth Illmots Volunteer Infantry, Company K, at Warren,
Illinois. Served under Col. Champion aud Capt. Townsend. He was mustered out in 1865 at
Michigan City, Ind.,where he married and moved to Kansas, coming to Laporte in compan
with 5 J. Coburn, F. Hulse, D, Hagor and H. Blue, He is now the only one of the party leit
here, Taking a claim of Cole Bros., he had for years nothing but bad luck, The grasshoppers
destroyed his crop, in 1871 he had a horse stolen, in 1874 he lost a crop, 11 1873 he Jost his
wife, and in 1877 his mother died. Hissecond wife was Miss Ash. fs
. ANTHONY ZIMMERMAN, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Bavaria,
Germany, was born in 1839. His parents immigrated to America in 1841, locating in Ross
County, Ohio, where he was raised. In 1854 he moved to Illinois, living in McDonough
County. Here,in 1861, be married Miss Teas. In 1867 he came to Kansas in compapy with
Mr. Basler and Gibhs and families, They camped on Lightning Creek and the heads of the
families then went to Crawfordville (now Girard), Crawford County, but ot finding land to
suit took horses and went to Erie, Neosho County, meeting P. Walters here he showed them
the claims they have since occupied. Mr. Zimmerman at once erecteda 16x20 box-house,
and for a time lived on corn cake, having no improvements to commence with. He has
now ninety-five acres under cultivation, pasture, meadow and fine orchard. Mr. Zimmer-
man has been Supervisor here, and has a family of four boys and one girl.

O. A. TISDEL, farmer, Section 8, P.

 

CHANUTE.

Chanute is situated in the northwest part of Neosho County, at the cross-
ing of the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad, by the
Neosho Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It is situated in the Neosho
valley, famous for its fertility and beauty, and distant about one-half mile from
the stream. The city is ten miles south of Humboldt, and twenty-six miles
north of Parsons, :

Chanute is the consolidation of four rival adjoining towns, which sprang
into existence almost simultaneously. These were—New Chicago, Tioga, Chi-
cago Junction and Alliance. New Chicago was laid out in May, and the
plat was filed June 11, 1870. The lind upon which it was situated was entered
under the Joint Resolution of Congress of April 10, 1869, by G. R. Malcom,
who received a patent for the same April 28, 1870. The tract is described as
the west half of the southeast quarter, and the east half of the southwest quarter,
of Section 21, Township 27, Range 18, and comprised 160 acres. After
the land was patented to Malcom it was sold, in tracts, to T. C. Jones, 5S. W.
Foster, J. A. Wells, J.C. Carpenter, W. Fisher, J. McCullough, C. If. Pratt,
and others, for a town site. For the purpose of making the title clear, the sev-
veral tracts were transferred to M. T. Jones, who deeded back to each, in
fee simple, his respective share. For a time the town made very slow progress.
Although the M., K. & T. Railroad was already built and trains were run-
ning, yet there was no station at this place. In consequence of this, goods,
etc,, had to be brought from Humboldt by team, a distance of ten miles,
The railroad company were prevailed upon to put in a switch and make this a
station. This they did at the Junction, in the latter part of June, 1870, and
in September of that year they erected a depot building, This enhanced the
progress of the town very materially. It was organized as a village, under a
board of trustees, who held their first meeting July 5, 1870, and T. C. Jones was
chosen chairman,

About the same time with New Chicago, Alliance was laid off, adjoining it
on the west, by John Cooper, and Chicago Junction, adjoining New Chicago
on the north, was established by K. P. Stone. In these places, but little im-
provement was made. Wendell & Ilolmes built a hotel in the last-named
place, which they afterward moved to New Chicago, and is now a part of the
Occidental Hotel. In Tioga, however, New Chicago found her most potent
rival. The site of Tioga, comprising an area of eighty acres, cornered with
the site of New Chicago on the northwest, north of Alliance and west of Chi-
cago Junction; and contiguous with both of these. The town company was
composed of D. Rogers, S. E. Beach, P. D. Ridenour, A. L. Anderson, R. O.
Prideaux, and S, K. Wickard. Were, then, were the two opposing towns, ad-
joining one another, on either. side of the L. L. & G. railroad. The Neosho
division of the M., K. & T. (now Missouri Pacific) railroad was built in De-
cemker, 1870, This road crosses the K., C. L. & S. C. road at a point a short
distance north of New Chicago, passing on the east side of the town, which
thus lay in the angle formed by the intersection of the. two roads. The L., L.
& G, Company favored the town of Tioga, while the M., K. & T. Company
assisted New Chicago. Under such powerful influences, both towns found
much encouragement to prolong the contest for supremacy. It was clearly a
case in which the fittest must survive,and each was bent upon its purpose,
putting forth such means as would not only aid in the accomplishment of
the desired result, but as well throwing obstacles in the way of its competitor.

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NEOSHO COUNTY.

Remarkable as an illustration of this, was the erection of a schoolhouse,
and the building of the bridge across the Neosho River.

In the act of the Legislature authorizing the issue of bonds by the district
for the erection of a school building, there was a section appointing M. T
Jones, T. F. Morgan, and G. C, Crowther, a committee to locate and purchase
grounds for the school building, provided a majority of the people were in favor
of issuing the bonds,

-The bonds being carried, it fell upon the committee to fulfill their
duty in accordance with the act of the Legislature. The members of the
committee were all friends to New Chicago, and against Tioga. The scheme
now was, to select such a location for the schoolhouse as would be least con-
venient for Tioga, by means of which to discourage its growth, and attract to
the growth of New Chicago, aoe &

The site of the building was accordingly selected in the extreme south
side of New Chicago, at a point farthest removed from Tioga, so as not to be
inconvenient for New Chicago herself. Here a large and expensive building
was erected, with an idea of permanence, so as to render its removal in the
future extravagant and injudicious. A similar scheme was made use of in
the building of the bridge across the Neosho River. It was the design of the
people of New Chicago to have the bridge built as far down the river as pos-
_ sible, so as not to be at a disadvantage to themselves, and in order to place it
in a position the most unfavorable to Tioga. In both instances the plan was
eminently successful, bringing about, in due time, the results for which they
were designed. os

After about two years of the most bitter strife, an amnesty ensued, and, ip
1872, the towns were consolidated pursuant to a petition signed by 146 of th
citizens in all of the four towns. The order was granted by Judge John R.
Goodin, January 1, 1873. The name Chanute was given to the new town in
honor of O, Chanute, Civil Engineer for the L., L. & G. Railroad. The motive
of thus naming the town in honor of this gentleman, was not altogether unselfish,
since it was done in order to assist in having the depot on the L., L. & G. Road
brought from the Junction where it was built, to a point more convenient for
the town. This little piece of stratagy and flattery to the importance of this
individual worked admirably, and the wishes of the people were gratified, by
the removal of the building in 1873.

As soon as it became certain that the junction of the two roads was to be
made at this point, the idea became circulated that here was prospect fora
large city, and, in consequence, the growth of both New Chicago and Tioga
was extremely rapid, so that at the time of the union, there was a combined
population of 800. After the consolidation of the towns took place, all the busi-
ness houses that had been started in Tioga, were removed to New Chicago,
which, therefore, principally constitutes the city of Chanute. The ‘‘hardtimes”
of 1873 and’74, had the effect to check the growth of the town, and for several
years it rather retrograded than increased. In 1878, however, it began to im-
prove, and since that date, has made constant and substantial growth. The
city now contains a population of 1,500, and enumerates many large and hand-
some buildings. The principal of these are, the Public School building, the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches, Bailey & Co.’s Bank block, the Kramer
& Payne block, Hysinger & Rosenthal’s block, C. T. Ewing’s block, including
the Lindel] Hotel, a large two-story store; and the Chanute Banking House, a
two-story brick; Jeffrie’s block, the Cross block, Winfield & Al.en’s block,
Royster’s Stone Elevator, the Chanute Mills, a three-story stone structure, and
the handsome brick residence of M. Bailey, of the banking firm of Bailey & Co,

New Chicago, which is practically the city of Chanute, was organized as a
village in the early summer of 1870. The first meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees was held April 5, 1870, and T. C. Jones was made chairman. On March
17, 1871, it was incorporated as a city of the third class, and at the election of
April 3, 1871, C. A. Dunakin was chosen Mayor.

The union of the four towns in 1872 brought about a new order of things,
and Chanute became duly incorporated as acity of the third class January 1,
1873. The site of the city of Chanute comprises the original site of New
Chicago of 160 acres, the forty acre tract of Alliance just west of it, the eighty
acre tract of Tioga, north of Alliance, cornering with New Chicago on the
northwest, and a tract of 160 acres, lying just north of the site of New Chi-
cago, which included the site of the town established by K. P. Stone, called
Chicago Junction, making a total area in the site of Chanute of 440 acres. The
city government is at present in charge of R. N. Allen, Mayor; J. A. Stevens,
Clerk; P. Hurt, Treasurer; C.F. Prange, Marshal; J. J. Howell, C. A. Duna-
kin, John A. Carter, W. J. Coulter, J. J, Denney, Councilmen.

The New Chicago po-toffice was established in 1870, with Mr. Moore,
Postmaster. After the consolidation of the towns the name of the office was
changed to Chanute. Mr. T. Jones succeeded Moore as Postmaster, and who
*- turn, was suceeeded by J. B. Beatly, who has since held the office.

SCHCOLS, CHURCHES, AND SOCIETIES,

The first school was taught in New Chicago, in the winter of 1870, and was kept in a
rivate building that was reuvted and fitted up for school purposes. The rapid increase in

‘he school population soon demanded increased school facilities. In the early part of 1871.

steps were taken looking to the erection of a school building. For this purpose the passage
of an act of the Legislature was secured, authorizing the district (numbered two) to issue its
vonds, provided it was the will of the majority of the legal voters of the district expressed
at an election held for this purpose. In case the election resulted in favor of the issuance of
the bonds, a committee of three men, who were named in the bill, was appeinted to select
and purchase grounds for the building. This committee was composed of M. T. Jones, T.
F, Morgan, ant. C. Crowther. It was in this that a piece of sharp practice was indulged
by, the people of New Chicago, through these men, whom the Legislature had clothed (inad-
vertanfly perhaps) with power to promote the interests of New Chicago, and to impede the
advantages of Tioga, by the selection of a location for the building that would be least con-
venient for the latter place. When the people of Tioga came to a realization of what was
done and the results that were to follow, they raised objection to the issuance of the bonds,
claiming that the act authorizing them to be issued was unconstitutional, Aninjunction to
restrain the issuing of the bonds was immediately sued out, but before the officer had time
toserve the writ the bonds had been issued and placed in the hands of D.G.Himrod. In
order to evade theservice of the writ, Himrod secretly left town with the bonds, which he
disposed of to innocent purchasers, thus placing them beyond the reach of the restraining
process, The matter was contested in the District Court, from which it was taken to the Su-
preme Court, and finally terminated in favor of the legality ofthe bunds. The building was
erected in 1871. Itis a handsome, two story brick structure, containing four large school
rooms, besides the other necessary apartments. The building cost $15,000in the bonds of

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the district, all of which have been paid. The present enrollment is 274, comprising five
Geparbments—the: high school, grammar school, intermediate, second intermediate, and
primary. These are under a corps of five efficient teachers,

The Methodist Episcopal Church, was established June 28, 1871, by Rev. G. W. Pye.
The first services were held in Larkin’s Hall, in which the organization was effected. The
church building was erected, in 1871, it is a one-story frame, 40x60 feet, aud was dedicated
December 30, 1871, by Rev. Thomas Bowman, D. D., of Asbury University. The present
membership is about 175. A Sunday school was organized, soon after the congregation
was formed, and M, S. Burnham waschosen superintendent. The present membership of
the Sunday school is about-175 It is provided with a small library.

The Christian Church was organized August 8, 1882, by Rev. Kirk Baxter, with thir-
teen members. The organization took place in the Presbyterian Church, in which meet-
ings are now held. 1, T, Harding was appointed to act as elder'in managing the church af-
falrs. There is now a membership of fifteen,

| Hector Lodge, No. 64, I. O. O. F., was instituted October 8, 1870, by Special Deputy, Dr.
Bostwick, of Lola. The lodge began with six charter members, and’now has a membership
of forty-two. The firstoflicers were: D. G. Himrod, noble grand; G. W. Horton vice-
grand; J. A. Stevens, secretary; Thomas Turner, treasurer. . Cannon was the first
di trict deputy, and representative to the Grand Lodge. A hall was erected in 1880. Itis
40x60 feet, and cost $1,500. The present officers are: G. Brown, noble grand; J. E.
Coulter, vice-grand; J. A. Stevens, secretary; J. C. Guss, treasurer,

Chanute Lodge, No. 889, of the K. of H , was instituted Fel) uary 8, 1878, with eighteen
members, by Dr. Howland, deputy grand dictator. The first officers were: D.G, Himrod,
past dictator; D. K/ Wickard, dictator; J. P. Cone, reporter; G. N. Lindsay, treasurer,
The lodge has a present membership of fifty-four, and the following are the officers: J, F.
Barkley, past dictator; M. T. Jones, dictator; J. P. Cone, reporter; L. H. Johnson, treas-
urer. eviings of the lodge are held in the Masonic Hall, Since the institution of the lodge,
there has heen the loss of fourmembers, by death. C. M. Aiken was killed by atrain, near
Chicago, Ill.,in 1879; M. F. Halton, died in New York, in 1881; D. K. Wickard died, in
April, 1882, and L, R. Phiuips, died in August, 1882. =

Cedar Lodge, No. 103, A., F, & A. M., was instituted October 19, 1871._ The first officers
were; D.G. Himrod, worshipful master; G. W. Reaves, senior warden; J. B. Patty, junior
warden; J. P. Taylor, secretary; Frank Bacon, senior deacon; C. Dunakin, junior dea-
con; C. Sielghtand W. J. Coulter, stewards; J. M. Mosley, tyler; Z. A. Eaton, T. L. Turner,
S. H. Wright and S. B. Varney, master masons; T. K. McLean and J. W. McLean, fellow
crafts; D, Turner, T. M. Wamsley and W. B. Winstead, entered apprentices. The lodge has
a present membership of thirty-eight. The officersare: S. E. Beach, worshipful master;
B. C. Clevenger, senior warden; L. Rosenthal, junior warden; W. J. Coulter treasurer; W.
J. Kramer, secretary.

Chanute Lodge, No. 96, of the A.O. U. W., was instituted March 4, 1882. The lodge
began with nineteen members and now has twenty-five. The first officers were: D. Long,
past master workman; J. W. Locke, master workman; L, D. Johnston, foreman; E. L.
Tillman, overseer; L. Rosenthal, recorder; C Du sham, financier; C. A. Dunakin, receiver.
The lodge is now officered as follows: #. J. Jeffries, master workman; Dr. Bartle, treasurer;
Me J. Gon t3r overseer; Levi Rosenthal, recorder. The lodge holds its meetings in the

asonic Hall.

Tioga Lodge, No. 64, K. of P., was instituted in October, 1882. The officers elected were:
John Guss, chancellor commander; W. J. Coulter, vice chancellor; J. Q, Manning, secretary;
Dr. G. H. Brown, treasurer. The lodge has a membership of twenty-six, and holds its
meetings in the Odd Fellows Hall.

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS,

The New Chicago Transcript was established September 23. 1870, by George C. Crow-
ther. The publication of the paper was continued at this place, up to April 30, 1872, at
which time it was taken to Osage Mission. ‘
~The Tioga Herald was begun in May, 1871, byS. D. Rich, who managed the paper in
the interests of the Tioga Town company, to whom it belonged. After running a short
time, Rich was succeeded in the editorial chair by Mr. Haines. The issue of the paper was
suspended in October, 1872. >

The New Chicago Times was established by A. L. Rivers, October 19, 1872. With the
change of thename of the town the name of the paper was also changed, and on the 11th of
January. 1873, appeared under the name of the Chanute Times. When first started it was a
seven-column folio, and on April 15, 1880, was enlarged to an eight-column folio. It is Re-
publican in politics, and has a circulation of 650 copies.

The Chanute Democrat was established in February, 1879, by Bowen & Hite. After
running the paper about four months, Hite soid outto Bowen, who continned in its publi-
cation up to May, 1882. It was then purchased by J. R. Detwiler, and the name changed to
that of the Chanute Chronicle. Atthe time ofthe purchase the circulation was 432 copies;
itis row 846. The sheet is an elght-column folio, Republican in politics.

The Chanute Fiouring Mills were built, July 22, 1873, by J. B. Beatty. They afterward
fell into the hands of A, Aikens & Son, who continued to operate them for a short time.
After passing through several unfortunate ownerships they became the property of Harter
& Stump by purchase, in 1879, who have since continued in the ownership and successful
operalion. The mill building is a massive stone structure, 49x50 feet, in dimensions, and
four stories high, including the basement story. There are four run of stone, having a ca-
pacity for grinding 100 barrels of flour and 16,000 pounds of meal per day. The power is a
one hundred and ten borse-power engine. J. E, Plummer is the engineer, bv whom the en-
gine machinery was setup. The engine house is a one-story building, 36 feet long by 28

eet wide, and is built of stone. The machinery of the millisin fine working condition, and
the operation of the concern sustains an active and prosperous business. _

The City Mills and Elevator were started, in 1879, by the firm of Williams & Alcock.
After running about two years, Williams sold out his interest in the concern to his partner,
W. B. Alcock & Sons. It contains three run of stone, two for wheat and one for corn, from
which may be turned out fifty barrels of flour and 100 barrels of corn meal per day. The
mill building isa 30x40 frame, three stories and a half high, including the basement. A
corn sheller was put in when the mill was built, and has ashelling capacity of 2,000 bushels
of corn perday. The power is a forty horse-power engine. An additional buhr and purifier
are soon to be added to the mill machinery. A lively and profitable business is sustained in
connection with the operation of the establishment, a large demand being made upon the
goods manufactured, for which there is found a market mainly in Kansas and Texas.

Chanute at present contains 4 drug stores, 7 dry goods stores, 8 groceries, 3 lumber
yards, 4 grain elevators, 2 banks, 5 hotels, 4 restaurants, 2 harness shops, 4 hardware
stores, 2 jewelry stores, 3 millinery stores, 3 meat markets, blacksmith, wagon, carpenter
shops, etc. The city is surrounded by a fine farming country, which, with the addition of
two lines of railroad,and being removed cousiderable distances from other important towns,
thus affording it the advantage of an extensive country trade, gives it promise of increased

size and prosperity.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

R. N. ALLEN, of the firm of Bacon & Allen, real estate and loan brokers, is a native of
Green Castle, Putnam County,Ind. In 1869, he graduated from the Asbury University of
law department, coming to Kansas with his brother, H. ©. Allen, in 1870, locating in
Chanute, then called New Chicago, and opening a law office. His brother returned to
Indiana in 1874, but hecontinued his law office, having L. L. Hartman as a partner from
1876 to 1877, when the Southern Kansas Loan Company was formed, consisting of Bacon,
Biiley & Allen; this firm domg an immense loan and estate business in the years 1877-78-
79, loaning $350,000 on realestate. In 1882,the firm changed to the above heading. They re-
port money much cheaper, and real estate stronger. They are now disposing of from forty
to fifty gooul farms annually, located in Neosho, Allen, Wilson, Montgomery, Chautauqua,
Elk and Greenwood. Mr. F. Bacon located in Wilson County in 1869, on a farm in Cedar
valley, Oe, residing in Chanute, and owning afarm two miles north of Chanute, on the
Neosho‘River. ;

GEORGE W. ASHLEY, firm of Hatcher & Asbley, furniture store, is a nativeof Shelby
County, Ky., born in 1829; in early life moving to Indiana, and from there to Kansas in
1858, locating in Pottawatomie County; while here, he saw old John Brown, as he took his
last lot of refugee negroes north to lowa, Inthose days the Eastern people still spelled
Kansas with a C and z. - When the war broke out, he got up a company, composed of his old
friends from Praivie City, and of friends in Franklin County, where he then lived, and was
mustered in on the spot where Ottawa now stands, servitig in the Twelfth Kansas Volunteer
Infantry, Company D, of which he was the Cantain; he served till the end of the war, then
returning tothe farm. In 1867, he moved to Wilson County, where he grew his first vine-
yard, and an extensive orchard; he sold out, moving to a farm on Buffalo Creek, where he
started a fine nursery; in 1872, moving to Neosho County, bringing part of his nursery with
him. He is now on the committee for vegetables, of the Stave Horticultural Society, and is
an enthusiast in forest tree growing. He moved to Chanute in 1881, and went into his pres-
ent business. _{n Indiana he married his first wife, who is deceased. He married a second
time to Mrs. Vashti Truesdale. He has two sons and one daughter.

W. E. BARKER, M. D., is a native of Birmingham, England. He commenced the study
of medicine, and practiced there, and in 1869, came to America, locating in Pottsville, Pa.,
afterwards in Cleveland, Ohio, where he practiced until he attended and graduated from
the American Medical College of St. Louis, Mo., in 1876, when he came to Chanute and en-
tered the medical firm of Burns & Barker. In 1877, moved to Thayer, and there established
a good practice, returned to Chanute in 1881, he entered the firm of Brown & Barker, dis-
solving n 1882, September 1, and_ has practiced alone since. In February 7, 1877, he was
admitted a member of the State Medical Association, and in 1879, June 10, a certificate to
practice from the State Eclectic Board. November 22, 1881, was appointed surgeon of
the United States Mutual Accident Association of the City of New York.

“JOHN I, BARKLEY, general grocery and grain deater, isa native of New York City;
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while there he was in the grocery business, and during the war was Captain of the Sixth
New York Volunteer Infantry, Company C; he served until the end of the war returning
to New York in 1865, where he remained until 1875, when he came to Kansas, locating in
Chanute, and going into the grain business, building the first grain elevator here. In 1878,
he opened his grocery store or general merchandise establishment; the best years he re-
ports as 1875 and 1878, when he Shipped from three to five car loads a day of corn, and in

879 heshipped eighty three ears of beans; having a good grocery trade, he sold the eleva-
tor to Mr. Wickard, in 1882. Mr. Barkley is a charter member of the K. of H., which order
was organized in 1877, February 8. .

 

M. BAILEY, banker, is a native of Ohio, born in 1835. In 1851, he moved to Iowa; while
here he studied medicine, graduating from the medical department of the State University
at Keokuk, in 1858, and also from the St, Louis Medical College in 1859. He had come to
Kansas in 1858, and located at Emporia, where he practiced, being the first physician in the

lace. He was surgeon of the First Regiment, Kansas Volunteers; he was surgeon of the

ineteenth in 1868, when the Indian expedition was organized. e had moved to Topeka
in 1864, and practiced there until 1870, with Dr. Stormont, coming to Chanute in 1870, then
called New Chicago, selecting a site for the bank on the corner of Fourth and High streets,
and opened the banking houseof M. Bailey & Co., in January, 1871. In 1878, he built the
first brick dwelling-house in Neosho County. He married in 1864, Miss Jarboe, of Musca-~
tine. They have four.sons and one daughter. .

T. BARTL, M. D., isa native of Davis County, Ind., born in 1845. The doctor gradu-
ated from Rush Medical College of Chicago, in 1870, coming West, he located at Galesburg,
Neosho County, where he practiced until 1880, when he went East and graduated from the
Central College of Indianapolis, Ind. Returning to Kansas, he entered the medical firm of
Bartl & Hickey, physicians and surgeons, Chanute, In August, 1882, they dissolved part-
nership, Dr. Bartl practicing alone since. He married Miss Apt; they now have a family of
three children. He is a charter member and examining physician of A. O. U. W., organiza-
ron. In apr he had the misfortune of losing his library by fire, but is now replacing it as

‘ast as possible.

JOHN CARTER, dry goods, groceries and grain dealer, is a native of Ohio, was raisedin
Indiana. He came to Kansas in 1872, locating in Wilson County,on the Mound Slope; this farm
was very fertile. In 1875, the firm of Carter Bros. & Demuth built phe Austin Flour Mills on
the Neosho River, which they run till 1879, when Mr. Carter sold his interest and com-
menced buying grain in Chanute, In 1880 he opened his grocery establishment, and in
1881 opened bis dry goods house. He is now doing a business in his stores of $30,000 per
annum. The firm being Carter & Son, In 1882 heshipped sixty acres of corn, besides 3,000
poxes of peaches. There are five Carter brothers—one a farmer in this county, one in Kan-
sas City, Mo., two in Indiana, a lawyer and afarmer, and J. Carter making the fifth.

G. E. COLE, livery and stock dealer, 1s a native of Indiana, born in 1855. His father,
Hiram Cole, moved the family to Missouri in 1859, and in 1860 brought them ail to Neosho
County, Kan. There were then six children, G. E. being the youngest of the boys, They
settled on aclaim onthe Neosho River, about two miles southeast of where Chanute now
stands; this claim was then occupled by the Osage Indians,great numbers living around thelr
cabin in their traditional wigwams. In this historic place the children grew up, Lemuel, the
eldest, taking a claim near here where he now lives; M. W., the next brother, 1s now tn the
dry goods business in Mount Valley; one of his sisters, now Mrs, Pierce. lives near the fair

rounds; anotner, Mrs. G. L., Harrison, resides in Phillips County, and the youngest, Mrs.
froustin, ona farm north of town, G. E, finished his education at the Baldwin Universit
in 1860, then teaching school a while. He went into the livery business in 1878 with hfs
‘prother, M. W., also buying and selling stock. Mr. Cole lost his mother in 1870, his father in
1869. me isa member of I. O. of O. F., charter member of the A. O. U. W. and also of the
K. of H.
W. J. COULTER, proprietor of transfer and ’bus line, is a native of Allegheny City,
Allegheny Co., Penn., born in 1833 was raised in his native county andin Ohlo. When the
war broke out he enlisted in the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C, served
as Corporal, and on returning home went to work at his trade as stonecutter, moving to
Illinois where he took a farm, working also at his trade until 1870,:in August, hls family
arriving in the month of November; having boughtland in Allen County which he lost, he
was about stranded so he paid for a house and lot in New Chicago, $2U0, by hauling lumber,
living in_his little old house until he was able to build his presént residence in 1879. His
pbusiuess has gradually increased year by year until he has accumulated enough for a com-
fortable home. Mr. Coulter has had the express and mail business for years, besides the
transfer business of the city. He has been married twice, first in 1855, losing his wife in
1862; he then married Miss Jane Riley, of Ohio. By his first marriage he had three chil-
cren, two of whom are living, and by the second four, ot whom threeare living. Mr, Coulter
is a member of the I. O. of O, F., charter member of the Masonic Lodge, also of the K, of P.
and A. O. U. W., being a member of the K. of H. also.
JOHN A. CROSS, horticulturist, is a native of the city of Bath, England, was born in
1840. 1n1859, hegraduated with the class of that year from Corpus Christi College. The
same year immigrating with his father, James Cross, and locating near Cleveland, Ohio.
Went into the army in T861; after the war, weat into business in Eia, Ohio, where he was
known as an active business man, building several dwelling-houses and business blocks. In
1879, he moved to Chanute, Kan., and purchased his present home of 110 acres, known as
“Cedar Lawn.” He has here eighty acres in fruit and many thousands of beautiful ever-
Teens and miles of avenues; a canning establishment, evaporating housesand machinery,
fhus disposing of his immense fruit crops. James Cross, his father, is likewise located here,
and was at one time noted as a successful breeder of Herefo: cattle; in fact, he was the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

J ereford cattle in America, and many of our most noted herds got their start
Sone karan of James Cross. He has built the large block, known as Cross Block, in
Chanute, and is at present writing constructing perhaps the handsomest block in southern
Kansas. John A. Cross has been an active member of the K. of H., K. of P., Masons, I. O.
0. F. and Royal Arcanum, and was at one time a member of the celebrated Fifth Regi-
f Ohio, 2
ment Bane. ROWN, M. D., is anative of New York, born in 1848. When thirteen years of
age he lost his right leg, which was amputated just above the knee, in consequence of an
injury received while playing base ball, In 1861, he commenced reading medicine under
Dr. Potier, of Geneva, N. Y. On coming to Kansas in 1870, he located in Wilson County,
near Buffalo,on a farm and commenced a preliminary practice,attended with great success,
moving to Chanute in 1874, he opened his office. There were practicing at this time, nine
other shysicians. Dr. Brown is now the only one of the number practicing here, making
him the oldest practicing doctor in Chanute. In 1876, he had for a partner Dr. Goltry,
From 1877, he practiced alone until 1881, when Dr. Barker entered into partnership, they
dissolved, however. er 1, 1882. in 1879, Dr. Brown was admitted to practice by
the State Medical Eclectic Association as 2 licentiate. He is a member of the State Eclectic
Medical Association. At the municipal election, held April 2, 1883, Dr. Brown was chosen
Mayor of Chanute, by the largest majority ever given a candidate for that office. His op-
onent was R. N.Allen,a gentleman whose popularity has always proved sufficient to secure
political undertakings, and for Dr. Brown to surpass him by 140 majority in
4 (the highest vote ever given for Mayor), proves a degree of confidence in
y the people which is indicative of substantial merit. He married Miss
Burlington, lowa. They have three sons, The doctor cuimmenced on noth-

 

 

 

 

 

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ing, andin his practice has furnished his family with a comfortable home. Has an excel-
lent medical library, and a complete collection of surgical instruments. He is a member of
the Good Templars, Grange, I. O. O. F., the E. A. U., and a charter member of the K. of P.
Lodge of Chanute, and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

J. R. DETWILER, editor and proprietor of the Chanute Chronicle, was born in Owens
County, Ind., January 11, 1848. In 1854 the family removed to Shawnee County, Kan. In
1871 he went to Osage Mission, and began dealing in grain, which he subsequently gave w
to engage in the sale of agricultural implements, From October, 1878, to November, 1880,
he edited and published the Temperance Banner, a sheet devoted to the advocacy of the
Prohibitory Amendment. With the success of the measure, the publication of the paper
ended, in May, 1882, he purchased the Chanute Democrat, and began the publication of
the Chronicle. He was married in October, 1871, to Miss F. M. Craigue, a native of Ver-
mont, they, have a family of two children, aged nine and seven years.

F. FREWERT, general grocery. Native of Prussia, Germany, born in 1830. He came
to America, landing at New Orleans, December 25, 1848, and coming to St. Louis, January
1, 1849. In 1860 he located In Chanute, Neosho Co., Kan.. and entered business in his little
old store. He built up a good trade, making quick sales and small profits his motto. In 1883
he built his present fine business house, and stocked up anew, doing now a flourishing trade,
also shipping large quantities of fruit in season. While he was located in Ilinois he mar-
ried, and now has seven children, three pitls and four boys.

A. GEIST & SON, dry goods and clothing, ete. This is one of the first firms established
in Chanute, putting up his building in July of 1870, where they continued doing business till
1875, when they moved their establishment to their present stand, now doing a good busi-
ness of some $33,000 for 1882. Mr. Geist is a native of Poland, horn in 1822. On coming to
America he located in St. Louis. ~When the War of the Rebellion broke out he went to Fort
Smith and acted as sutler, but returned to St. Louis in 1864, then going to Yazoo City, where
he remained till 1866, going to St, Louis, then to Illinois; finally com ng to Kansas, he lo-
cated at Chanute, Hisson Zelky was born in 1860, in St. Louis, Mo. B

A. B. HEDRICK, lumber dealer, native of Fenneyiwanik, born in 1839. Mr. Hedrick
was raised on a farm, and learned the trade at which he worked until 1864, when he enlisted
in the Two Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving until 1865, when
he came to Missouri, going to work for Mr. Dubach in 1867, and was appointed foreman of
the sash and door factory in 1870, remaining as such until 1877, and in 1879 superintended
the construction of the Park Hotel, at Hannibal, Mo., for Price & Dubacb, when he went to
Colorado, and then returned to Pennsylvania. On going to Missouri, wentto work for Mr.
Dubach, coming in 1880 to Chanute, and started a lumber yard for Mr. Dubach. He has suc-
ceeded in working up an immense trade. In 1882 he sold about 1,000,000 feet of lumber,
dis trade extending Into Wilson, Allen and Neosho counties. :

J. F. HICKEY, M. D., was born in Clarke County, Ohio, in 1844. His father was a Ger-
man from Hanover, His mother was A, Morris,a descendant, in a direct line, from the
Morris’, famousin Revolutionary times, two of whom signed the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. Her great grandfather was Senator Morris, of Ohio. In 1862 be enlisted in the
Stxtieth Ohio Volunteer Intantry forone year. Was captured at Harper's Ferry, paroled
and started West to fight the Indians. Reaching Chicago, and the Indian war baing over, he
was discharged with his regiment. In 1864 he re-enlisted in the Eighth Ohio Volunteer
Veteran Cavalry aud served until the close of the war. He studied medicine with R, Rec-
tor, M. D., Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Starling Medical College, of Colum-
bu _, Ohio, at which institution he attended his first course of Fectures, during the winter of
1866-67. He practiced. medicine near Indianapolis, Ind., for twelve
medicine in the meantime at the Indiana Medical College, which was then the medical de-

artment of Asbury University. Removed to Kansas in the spring of 1879, since which time
e has been located at Chanute in Neosho County.
a HOWELL & MORRISON, general grocers. In tracing this firm to its establishment we
nd it was started by K. P. Krouse, then sold to Cox & Son, afterward becoming Hart &
Brooks, then Hart Bros., in 1882 Hart & Morrison, and December 5, 1882, assumed the pres-

ears, graduating in

 
NEOSHO COUNTY.

enttitle of Howell & Morrison. From a small beginning it has become a fine business in the
present year. Mr. Morrison is a native ofKentuc yan came to Kansas in 1881. Mr. How-
ll is a native of New Hartford, Oneida Co, N. Y., born November 23, 1830; he came to
Kansas, in 1856, with a company from Chicago under Col, Harver; at Kansas City they met
Buford and were sent back; they went to Nebraska City and came in wagons to Lawrence;
they then started for provisions to Leavenworth. They met and captured a force, under
Titus, of Carolinians and set them adrift in wagons to leave the State. Getting provisions
at Easton they returned to Lawrence. Governor Shannon setting at liberty the Pree-state
prisoners and sending them a cannon, they also had the red flag that was flying at the sack-
ing of Lawrence, They then captured a fort at Hickory Point, but were captured afterward
by the Government troops and taken to Lecompton, and afterward confined in a brick jail
in Tecumseh, from which he escaped, going to Topeka; and in the fall of 1856 went to An-
derson County and engaged in farming. In 1868 he moved to Iola, in Allen County. In
1870, comin 8 to Chanute, going into the grocery business at first, afterward into livery, and

in Lise Dane nin wich Mr Morrison: He i. a member of the I. O. of O. F.

G OS ry goods, hats, caps, etc. sin i i .

Stock, $30,000; business, $50,000 @ year, e a ee eee cee
F.W.J EFERLES, hardware and agricultural implements, established in 1877, Septem-
ber ib as Jeffries & Co, In a building 18x50, and a stock of $3,500. On this investment
he did $16,429.28 in 1877-78. October 1 of this year he moved into his present place,
having now a double store, 50x80, with addition. In 1882, his sales were $33,731.57, with
the prospect of doing still more in 1883. _ Mr. Jetfries is a native of Cincinnati. On leaving
this State, he went to Texas, coming to Kansas in 1871. He clerked for C. A. Carrier in the
hardware business untilhe failed, when Mr. Jeffries traveled for the Champion Machine
Co., of Springfield, Ohio, finally entering the firm of Jeffries & Co., the company being Mr.
Haines. In 1880, he became sole proprietor. Mr. Jeffries is master workman of the A. O.

Ww.
L, H. JOHNSON, of the firm of Warner & Johnson, established in Chanute, in 1874,
in general merchandise. Mr. Johnson is a native of Indiana; born in 1835. He moved to
Illinois in 1851, and came to Kansas in 1874, the same year commencing business with Mr.
Warner, who had come to the State in 1866. Mr. Johnson was elected County Commis-
sioner, in 1880, of Neosho County, avd in 1881, became a charter me.uber of the A. O. U.
Ww. me is alee e charter mem ber of the i. OF H,

»C. , lawyer and Deputy United States Revenue Collector, Mr. Jones, June 11,
1870, filed the plat for the city of New Chicago. the population intwo months after consist-
ing of 500, and the land inthe platof 160 acres, which had been purchased by George R.
Malcolm, of the United States Government, and conveyed by him to T. C. Jones, who con-
veys by blocks and lots to parties buying. In August, 1870, the town was incorporated, and
there was a Board of Trustees of five members. Mr. Jones was President of the board.
January 1, 1874, the towns of New Chicago and Tioga were consolidated, and became
Chanute, a city of the third class. The ease with which the title of property is conveyed,
and soundness of deed, has made real estate valuable, and the liberal donation of lots to
individuals, and for public purposes has tended to build the city up rapidly. Mr. Jones in
coming here opened a law office, and from 1871 to 1878, had Mr. Carpenter for a partner,
andin 1878, was Appointed Deputy United States Revenue Collector.

D, T. KRAMER & SON, drugs. Dr. Kramer established his drug business in New Chi-
cago in 1870, the first and only drug store herethen. He is a native of Schoharie, N. Y.,
bornin 1812. Beginning the study of medicine under a brother-in-law, who was a graduate
in the old School of Medicine, so, Doctor D, T. Kramer attended lectures In the Philadelphia
‘Medical College, graduating and practiced eight years in Newark, when they quietly set to
investigating the New School of Homcepathy, and February 27, 1850, he graduated from
the Cleveland Medical College. He then moved to Sandusky City, where there were but
three families at that time, practicing until April, 1870, when he cameto Kansas, locatin:
in Lawrence and practicing with Drs. Stanbury & Blair. His son brought their stock o
drugs down from there and opened their business on North Fourth street in what was then
called New Chicago, occupying a room 18x30, with a stock of $2,000. They now occupy

art of what is know as Kramer's Block and are doing a good business. , In 1849, Doctor
i Famer marred Miss Pettibone. They have three sonsand one daughter. He is a mem-
er of I, 0. O. ¥F.

J. H, LIGHT, M. D., native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born in 1844, Here he was raised and
educated, commencing the study of medicine with Dr. Holland, of Jeffersonville, Ind. In
1868, he graduated from the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. Opened his
practice in Jeffersonville, and came to Kansas in 1869, located at Erie, Neosho County,
where he practiced till 1882: he had traveled on account of his health inthe meantime and
was employed by the Sante Fe R. R. Co, as physician, located in Mexico. He afterwards
cafne to Chanute and established his practice and opened a drug store. Doctor Light is a
member of the K. of H., Masonic and I. O. O. F. lodges.

LINDSAY & MANN, general grocertes This firm was established in 1880, having been
G. N. Lindsay from December, 1877, to this year, when Mr. I. C. Mann bought an interest
in the business and became a partner, They are doing an excellent business and their sales
for 1882 were about $40,000. Besides the regular trade they shipped five car-loads of cas-
tor beans, and have just started alumber yard. The firm is known as the Chanute Lumber
Company, of which Hon. M. T. Jones is also a partner, Mr. Lindsay came to the State in
1870, locating at Lawrence at first, then coming here. Mr. Mann cameto Kansas in 1875
stopping at Fort Scott until 1876. When he came here he was engaged in teaching schoo

for a while. a

S.S. A. LYEN & CO,, furniture, establiskeu in 1870 by Mr. James T. Lyen, who
died October 10, 1875. Since then his widow, Mrs. 8S. A. Lyen, carried it on until 1879,
when she took a partner, Mr. William Koch, and in 1880, took into the firm his brother,
Mr. Gustavus Koch. This is not only the oldest house in the line, but is noted for the ex-
céllence of its work. Mrs. Lyen and her late husband were both natives of Kentucky, where
they were married in 1859. Her name formerly was Miss Allen, They located in Jefferson
County, Kansas, in 1861, living on the farm which is still kept for the children, of whom
she has five—three girls and two boys. The business of the firm in 1882 was about $10,000
in sales.

McCLELLAND BROTHERS, real estate and loan agents, and law office. The firm con-
sists of George W. and David E. McClelland. George W., born in 1855, and David E., in
1857, both natives of Washington County, Ill. They established their present business De-
cember 1, 1881, commencing on nothing, in the Jand and loan business, They are now hand-
ling a large amount of land in Neosho, Allen, Woodson and Wilson counties. When they
started, money was as high as ten and twelve per cent., and land as low as six and seven dol-
lars an acre. Inthe short space of twelve months they report land at ten to fifteen dollars
an acre, ang@ money as low as seven: Der cent. They are handling hundreds of acres of the
Dest land of Kansas every year, and have an excellent display of grains, fruits and vegeta-
ples from Neos County. George W. McClelland was admitted to the Kansas bar Novem-

er , © ; 1

7, ‘a. NOEL, agent for the M. P. R. R., native of Missouri, born in 1858. He commenced
railroading in 1872 on tho M., K. & T. His firststation was Madison, then going to Moberly,
from there to Hannibal, Mo., where he worked for the Wabash road, and in 1882, November
1st, took this station at Chanute, which was established in 1870, and managed by S. W. Fos-
ter, the first agent herefortheM.P.R.R. :

PAYNE & CAVE, grocers. This establishment was started November 12, 1881, by
Dickinson & Ide. In 1882, March 9th, the present firm took charge, increasing the stock to
$3,500, and estimate the sales in a year to be $2,500. Mr. Payne is a native of Wabash
County, Ind., born 1850. In 1867 moved to Iowa, where he remained EIll he came to Kansas
in 1871, October 8th, locating in Neosho County, four miles west of Osage Mission, where
he engaged in farming until opening the grocery. Mr. Cave is a native of Illinois, porn in
1852; was raised and educated on a farm. After coming to Kansas, with his parents, in
1870. September 27th, he attended school under the tutorship of John Brunt. In 1882 he
entered the grocery business. d

A. L. RIVERS, editor and proprietor of the Chanute Times, was born February 9, 1840,
at Southboro, Mass. At the age of eight years, he began working in a printing office, in
Chelsea, Mass., where he remained two years, and then began work in a printing office at
Dunkirk, Mass, He came to Lowa in 1854, with the family and followed merchandising in
Johnson County. In 1859 he removed to Jefferson County, Kan., and took employment in a
printing office. He enlisted in the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1862
and served three years, being mustered out at Fort Leavenworth in September, 1865. At
the time of his discharge he held the office of First Sergeant of hiscompany. Following his
release from the service he was engaged in various pursuits, untilin the summer of 1872,
he came to New Chicago, afterward Chanute, and on the 19th of October, 1872, took charge
of the Times, of which he has since been the editor and proprietor. He was elected to the
office of Township Clerk in February, 1880, serving one year; was elected a member of the
City Council. He was married in March, 1866, to Miss M. C. Myers, a native of Indiana.
The marriagetook place at Oskaloosa, Kan. They havea family of two children—a boy
and. girl, aged sixteen and ten, respectively. , ‘

. ROBERTSON, surveyor, native of Washington County, N. Y., born in 1807. His
early youth was spent on the farm and atthe age of twenty-five he learned the art of sur-
veying, at which he was employed until 1876, when he went to California. - Returning to
his home in the East he came to Kansas in 1878, engaging in surveying and loaning money.
In 1880 he was Acting County Surveyor of Neosho County under C. G. Waite. He now has
his office with Dr. Brown. : 7

W. W. ROYSTER, dealer in prain, broom corn, seeds, etc., nativeof Kentucky, born in
1834, was raised and educated there, coming to Kansas in 1872, he located on @ farm. In
1873 he went into the grain business, building an elevator and warehouse with a capacity
of 25,000. This was burned May 10, 1875. The same year he built another elevator and
warehouse with a @apacity of 60,000 bushels. This year he reports a shipment of 150
ears of corn, 110 cars of flax, and twenty-five cars of castor beans. Mr. Royster’s farms,
of which one is bottom land, the other prairie, have a corn crop that yields an average of

 

 

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sixty-five bushels to an acre. Heisa charter member of the Masonic lodge, No. 385, of
Cairo, Ky., charter member of the A, O. U. W., No. 29, of Chanute, also of the Knights of
Honor, and a member of the I, 0. 0. F. :

8. H. SCOTT, general loan and real estate factor, native of Carroll County, Ky., born in
1822. Having learned millwrighting in Kentucky he moved to Illinois in 1854, working
in McLean and Marion Counties until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating in Iola,Allen
County, and there worked at building, coming to Chanute in 1872 as local agent for lands of
theL, L. & G. R. R., handling and describing every one-quarter section of their land in
NeoshoCounty. In 1874 he became an independent loan and land agent. In 1880 he was
appointed Notary Public and has also been a Justice of the Peace since that time. In 1882
he went {nto the real estate business with the McClelland Brothers.

GEORGE T, SHERMAN_ proprietor of the Lindell Hotel, a native of Fairfield County,
Conn., lived in Delaware County. Ohio, many years. Moved to Kansas in 1869. Settled in
Elk City, Montgomery County, in 1870. Removed to Chanutein November, 1881.

Cc, H. SIMM NS, Reneral grocery and hardware, is a native of Jersey County, Ill., and
was born in 1848. @ was raised on the farm and learned the carpenter trade before he
came West. He landed in Kansas in 1869, taking a claim eight miles south of Chanute; he
perfected it and then moved into the town in the fall of 1870, following histrade. He built

he first house in what then was called Tioga, afterwards working on the public school
building. He then went to Parsons, Labette County, and on to his former home in Illinois.
Returning he opened a hardware store in 1879. ‘The firm name was C. H. Simmons until
January, 1883, it became Simmons & Walworth, when they moved into their present stand,
enlarging their business, making it hardware and groceries, and are doing about $8,000 a

year.

G.J. TALMAGE, station agent and operator for the K.C., L. & S. K. R. R, Co., native
of Jacksonville, Ill, born ind 44; commenced asa messenger boy in Springfield, Ill, in
the employ of the then Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Company, and remembers distinct-
ly the message sent from the National Convention at Chicago, to Abraham Lincoln of his
nomination as presidential candidate of the United States, which he delivered into Mr.
Lincoln’s own hands, according to instructions. Mr. Talmage began as operator on what
was known as the Great Western Railroad, now called the Wabash & Western. He
then entered the Army Telegraph Corps, working with the Army of the Cumber-
land. In 1865 he returr ed to Illinois, and was located at Montrose, Iowa. In 1870 he went
Pp. R. R., now the St. Louis & San Francisco
Railroad, as agent, Remaining five years and four months, afterwards as messenger for
the Adams Express Company. Leaving them for atrip to the mountains on account of
bad health, on his return employed with the K. C., . & G. R. R., at Joplin, Mo,, then
taking the Lawrence, Kan,, station, going from there to Hunnewell, and on October 12,
1881, was appointed to this station.

JOHN LLS, dry goods, etc,; native of England, born in 1830, and came to America
in 1861, locating in Butler County, Ill, giving his attention to farming till 1870, when on
account of his eyes he returned to his native country. Coming to America in 1871 be lo-
cated at Ottawa, Franklin County, Kan. Oncoming to Chanute, he established his busi-
ness in 1874, He then oogu pied a building owned by H. A. Jackson, with a small stock of
about $400. He then, in 1876, moved to the Chronicle Building, where he took in about $50
aday. In 1877, July 14, he moved to the Blue Front, where his business increased, an
1880 he moved to his present place, and in 1882 had sales pmounting to $20,000.

_ GP. WILDER, drugs; native of Massachusetts, born in 1844. When ten years of age
his father moved the family to Kansas and located in Lawrence. In . P. went into
the dry goods business with John Read, remaining with him until August, 1863, when he
was burned out by Quantrell. In 1864 he went into the army as Sutler’s clerk; was with
Steele’s Division, but returned home in September of that year, going into the dry goods
business, changing however in 1867 to the drug line, clerking with B. W. Woodward, of
Lawrence. In 1871 he came to Chanute starting a branch house for B. W. Woodard in
that part of the town then known as Tioga. In 1878 he bought the business and has pros-
pered, building up agoodtrade, In 1873 there were three drug firms in the place, Kramer
& Son; Williams & Allen, and B, W. Woodard, See

J. WINFIELD, grain and agricultural implement dealer, native of Wayne County,
Ohio, born in 1844, He wentin 1860 to Indiana. While here was in the carpenter trade,
and when the war broke out he enlisted inthe Indiana Volunteer Infantry Service, and in
1868 hecame to Kansas, locating in Erie, Neosho County, coming to Chanute and goin:
into the grain business in 1877, andin 1880 built his warehouse, a building 35x90 feet.
His shipments for 1882 were the largest of any year that he has been in the business. He
shipped 340 tons of broom-corn, 48 cars of flax, 41 cars of castor beans, and 3,000 pushels
et German millet.

 

THAYER.

The city of Thayer is situated in the western part of Neosho County, on
the line of the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad. The
country surrounding it is a fertile and rolling prairie, much of which is yet un-
cultivated. The land upon which the site is located belonged to John Hamar,

nd comprises an area of 160 acres. The town was laid out in the fall of 1870
by Col. Smith, Judge Thatcher, J. Richmond and M. R. Baldwin, railroad of-
ficials.

The first house was built by H. A. Mills, a frame store room, in which he
began the merchandising business. George Weaver and W. W. Work erected
a two story frame building, in which they put a stock of general merchandise.
M. R. Baldwin, a railroad official, erected a hotel which was known as the
Baldwin House. Holmes & Hinman began in the drug business, Foults &
Ingersoll started a cabinet and furniture shop, and about the sametime, Thomas
Thompson built and began running a hotel and saloon. Following this almost
in consecutive order, J. M. Halstead started a general store, and Harris & Sax,
from Cincinnati, established aclothing store. The. railroad was completed to
the place in the fall of 1870, which was the chief incentive to its establishment
and growth. The same spirit of anxiety, as is the case with all new towns,
to be the first established, found free indulgence here.. The foundation of the
first structure was laid, on the town site, on the 3d of November, 1870, by I.
Hopkins. From this time on the rush was great, and by the end of the year
the town contained a population of about 700 persons, and, it is said, that
among all this crowd of people there were but three women. It was, however,
a motley and promiscuous town, made up of shanties, tents, covered wagons,
and old bachelors. So rapid, indeed, was the growth of the town that, before
the end of the year 1870, it was incorporated as a city of the third class, and
Mr. Coffin, the railroad engineer, was elected Mayor. For several months dur-
ing the winter it was the terminus of the railroad, which also had the effect to
stimulate the growth and business. It was during this time that the town
reached the zenith of its greatness, either in population, business or saloons.’
The population reached nearly 1,000, and the saloons many. Among the pop-
ulation, at this time, there were many construction hands who had taken up
their abode, awaiting to resume employment upon the further extension of the
road, As would naturally be expected, there were among these, many men of
rough and dissolute habits, who kept the town ablaze with drunkenness, quar-
reling, fighting, andsometimes murder. With the extension of the road, this
rough element was eliminated, leaving a quiet and peaceable populace.

Following this event, too, the excitement also died away, and the town
settled down to a normal condition, with a largely reduced population, and be-
gan upon a period of slower but a more substantial growth, that has continued
up to the present date. The town now contains a population of about 500,
and enumerates many business establishments of sundry sorts and sizes.

A postoffice, called Prairie du Chien, was established at a point about three
miles east of Thayer. After the town was founded the office was brought to it,
and the name changed to Thayer. At the time.of this change A. I. Sherwood
held the appointment of Postmaster. The office is now held by C. T. Ewing.
840 HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

The first school in Thayer was taught during the winter of 1870-71, and
was kept in the small frame school building that was erected late in 1870.
new schoolhouse was built in 1872. It is a one-story brick structure containing
two departments, and cost $5,000. In order to raise means to erect the build-
ing bonds were issued to this amount. The interest on these bonds was suffered
to accumulate for some time, and asubsequent issue of bonds was made, amount-
ing to $6,000, with which to defray this interest and a part of the principal.
There is now but about $3,000 of the entire indebtedness unpaid.

THE PRESS,

The first paper published at Thayer was the Thayer Criterion, by Perry &
Olney; the first issue having been made on the 27th of February, 1871. The
paper lived only about four months and was suspended.

On the 1€th of August, 1871, C. T. Ewing issued the first number of a paper
called the Headlight. The first number of the paper was printed at the C7-
terion office, after which material, press, etc., were procured for the //eadlig ht
publication.

The office and paper were sold to G. W. McMillan, April 3. 1876. Mr.
McMillan issued but two numbers of the paper at Thayer, and on the 15th of
April removed to Erie, the county seat, issuing the paper as the Zrie Headlight,
the first number of which appeared on the 21st of April, 1876. Thus, for a
time, the original Weadght became estranged from the place of its origin. On
the 26th of May, 1876,the Thayer Headlight was again started by T. C. Ewing,
for which he purchased new material. ‘The paper is still published at Thayer
under the proprietorship of C. T. Ewing. ;

The town contains four church organizations—the Methodist, Baptist, Cath-
olic and Presbyterian, each of which is liberally supported.

There are also three social orders. These are the. Masonic, Odd Fellows
and the Ancient Order of United Workman. s

MANUFACTURING.

The Thayer City Mills were built in 1875 by the firm of Marshall & Mc-
Crone. After about one year’s time McCrone bought Marshall’s interest, and
in about three years following the concern was sold to Sapp & Cross. It is
now held by L. Hunting and is operated by J. McCullough. The mill con-
tains two run of stone and has a daily capacity for grinding eighty bushels of
wheat and 100 of corn. ‘The power is a forty-horse engine.

Thayer at the present time contains 3 drug, 2 hardware, 2 dry goods, and
§ grocery stores, harness shop, shoe shop, blacksmith shop, hotel, bank, post-
office, newpaper, etc.

With its advantageous surroundings the city has before it flattering pros-
pects of a liberal growth.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM H. AYLING, with the firm of Insley & Ayling, boots and shoes, clothing,
ent’s furnishing goods; native of Lower Canada, born in 1848. He was raised in Peoria
Jounty, Ill., and was engaged in farming until 1882, when he came to Kansas and bought

in with Insley, who had commence in February of 1882, Mr. Ayling becoming a partner
in March. They carry a stock of $2,500, and are doing a business of $8,000 a year. Mr,
Ayling is married and has a family of five children, Isa thoroughbred Methodist.

E. L. BARNES, real estate and Joan oflice, native of New York; born in 1841. His
uncle, S. D, Barnes, established the Manhattan Iron Worksin 1828. E. L. was connected
with the works until 1861, when he went into the army, and on returning to New York en-
tered the iron works as a partner, continuing until 1872, when he withdrew and came West
to St. Louis, where he entered the LaClede Rolling Mills, where he was employed until
1878. when he came to Thayer and entered the bank as cashier, and acting as editor on the
Headlight. Soon, however, he went to Chanute, where he was employed as cashier for S. A.
Brown & Co. Coming back to xhaver in 1881, he went into the real estate business, and in
1882 formed a partnership with L. N. Lyman. In 1879 Mr. Barnes married Miss Lyman.
They havetwo children, He was one of the Councilmen in 1879, elected Justice of the
Peace in 1804 and is a Notary Public; also Police Magistrate. Is a member of the A. O. U0,

an . 0! a ' .

D. G. BONHAM, grocery and hotel, native of Dearborn County, Ind.; born in 1826. He
was raised in Ohio, aud. when twenty-five years of age he moved to Illinois, coming from
there to Kansas in 1869, locating on a claim in Chetopa Township, Neosho County, taking
160 acres for himself and a section of railroad land for his boys; they improved the farm.
In 1871 Mr. Bonham was one af the first town company of Galesburg. In 1879-80 the bays
sold their land, and in 1883 he came to town and took the store and hotel out of Mr. Hel!f’s
hands, In 1857 he married Miss Teabow. They have eight children, five boys and three

irls,
B D. B. BURBRIDGE, station agent and operator of the L., L. & G. R. R. He began his
work on the railroad at Liberty, on the Coffeyville Branch, nexs working at Winfield, then
going to Longton, he worked on the San Francisco road at Sullivan, and also on the Santa
Fe road, Froin Longton he came to Thayer in 1882. Mr. Burbridge was born in 1855.

. W. CREES, drugs and medicines, native of England; born in 1823. He came to
America in 1833, locating in New Jersey, where he was raised and educated, comm: neing
the study of medicine with Dr, Scroggs, of Harveysburg, Warren Co., Ohio. In 1849 he
graduated at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, and practiced in Freeport, Ohlo.
He soon came West to Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa, where he practiced till 1869, coming then
to Kansas, locating in Centerville Township, Neosho County, and became identified at once
with the organization of Galesburg and the Settlers’ Association. In 1873 the town com-
pany organized and. incorporated the city of Galesburg. The company was composed of 1s.
V. Wilson, C. F. Hamilton and J. W. Crees. In 1879 the Doctor opened a storethere, and
selling part of the stock he moved to Thayer in 1880, opening the city drug store and giving
up his country practice, which is attended to by his son, Geo. W. Crees, who is a graduate of
the American Medical College of St. Louisin 1878, the Doctor retaining an interest in the
village of Galesburg. In 1845 he married Miss Fox, They havea son, George W., and a
daughter. Dr. Crees is a member of the I. O. O. F., and also of the Masonic Order,

G. L. GROSS, hardware and agricultural implements, Native of Cattaraugus Connty, N.
Y., born in 1849, When tenyears of age he went to Minnesota; from there he came to
Kansas in 1872, taking a claim in Labette County, which he proved BR and then farmed in
Neosho County till pour into the mercantile business, January 1, 18 6, carrying a stock of
$3.800 and doing a business of $15,000 a year. In 1877 Mr. Cross married Miss Wileox, of
Illinois. They have thrée children, one boy and two girls. He is amemler of the K. of H,

ELDRIDGE & SON., drugs and medicines. Mr. D. C. Eliridge is anative of New York,
born in 1828. He moved to Lafayette, Ind., in 1852, where he engaged In mercantile busi-
ness and real estate agency. While in indiana his sons were born—B. I. in 1853, and H, W.
B. in 1855._ When they moved to Bedford, Iowa, In 1860, Mr. Eldridge went into the drug
business. His son, B. E., had graduated from the High School of Indlanapolis, and after-
wards from the graded school of Bedford; then going into the arug store, where he has
remained. In 1879 they brought a stock of stationery from Burlington, Iowa, to Thayer,
and buying a drug stock of A. McLachlin they established the business they now have, car-
r ing a sue or $1,000 and doing a business of $6,000 a year. 1. E. isacharter member of
the A. O.

H. N. FLINT, farmer and agent for 8. A. Brown & Co. Native of Vermont, born May 5,
1834, Hecame to Kansas in November, 1870, locating at Thayer, where he arrived before
the railroad was finished to that place. He at once built a home and store building,going into

ueensware and provisions. This was then the terminus of the railroad, He had come to
ansas for bis health, and it now broke down, so he retired from business until 1874, when
he went in with E. C. Robinson, the firm name being H. N. Flint & Co., hardware and agri-
cultural implements, also carrying lumber. In 1879 they so!dtoS, A. Brown & Co. Since
then Mr. Flint has been employed by them. In 1876 he pre-empted his farm, which he has
improved, and where he resides, Mr. Flint is a charter member of the K. of H.; also the A,

“J. W. FOREST, hardware and agricultural implements and grain, native of Vermont,
born in 1845. Was raised and educated there, and adopted the calllug of civil engineer,

of $6,000 to $8,000 in sales a year.
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working on the North Pacific Railroad for a time, then coming to Kansas in 1871, he was
employed on the proposed line called Memphis & Northwestern. He then went into the
hardware business with J. A. Young 1n 1873, buying Mr. Young out the next year. Since
conducting the business alone, carrying agricultural implements and dealing in grain,
shipping, in 1882, 4,000 bushels of flax and 5,000 bushels of castor beans. His sales amount
to $10,060 ayear. In 1876 Mr. Forest married Miss Howe. They have three children—two

boys and _ one girl. ‘
v5: T. FOULTS, furniture, native of Center County, Pa.,born in 1824. His ancestors were
English and German. While in Pennsylvania he learned the jeweler’s trade, and also that

of cabinetmaker. He then moved to Valparaiso, Ind,, there guing into sewing machines,
and in 1868 came Westto Kansas, locating in Iola, Allen County. When-he moved from
there he brought his stock with him, and in 1870 established his present stand, it now
being the oldest in Thayer. ‘When starting he had a partner, the firm being Foults & Inger-
soll, but since 1873 has carried on business alone. He has carried jewelry, clocks, ete, but
now in alarger and improved stand does a good business. Mr. Foults has been married
twice. By his first wife he had four children. In 1876 he married his present wife, Miss
Wilcox, and they have one child. He bas been one of the Common Council, and was Mayor
of the city in 1878. “ 5
JOSEPH GEIST, meat market, native of Bavaria, Germany, born in 1842, He emi-

rated to America, in 1866, and located at Milwaukee, Wis., wbere he engaged in the meat
Business, and in 1871, came to Thayer, starting with P, Wagner, was doing an immense
trade when in the fire of 1873, they were burned out, losing a large amount of packed pork,
Starting again, Mr. Geist found he could do better without a partner, so has continued alone
since; in 1874, he built his residence, buying some twelve lots in town, which is hand--
somely improved, having also 380 acres of farm land near Thayer, with ten head of horses,
sheep and cattle. In 1874, he married Miss Benedict. They are members of the Catholic
Church. :

R. D. HARTSHORN, lawyer, native of Pennsylvania, born in 1820, was educated at the
Darlington Academy, graduating in 1842, then studying law with Doomis & Mason, of
New Lisbon, Ohio; was admitted in 1846,to the bar, and in 1852, in the Scott campaign
published a newspaper called the Buck Eye State, this was in Support of Gen. Scott; on the
defeat of his candidate, personally be called a County Convention of the Liberal elemetits of
ali parties; this was the first Republican Convention, August 18,1853. Messrs. Medill, of Chi-
cago, and Lyman of Portage County, Obio. took part in the conveution;the movement ex-
tenJed, and John A. Bingham was elected Representative from Jefferson and Columbiana
District. on the Republican ticket. Ohio, in 1855, returned on this pioneer Republican
ticket, Salmon P. Chase for Governor and the whole ticket, and the winter of 1855-56,
the first National Republican Convention was held at Pittsburgh, in Lafayette Hall, pre-
sided over by Senator Bingham, of Michigan, Prominent among those present were Francis
Blair,J ohn A.Kingman, Josh P. Giddings,Gov. Dennison and Horace Greeley. They nominat-
ed John ©. Fremont for president, Mr. Hartshorn moved from Ohio to Lowa, and in 1868,
came to Kansas, and went into the Indian lands on the Verdigris River, coming to Thayer,
in 1871, where he was electea presideut of a company building a railroad east and west
through Thayer; the scheme was abandoned in 1873; he has since practiced law. In 1879,
he was sent to the House of Representatives. He married Miss Ewing, and they have six
children, two girls and four boys. %

I. HOPKINS, retired merchant, native of England, born in 1817.. When old enough he
learned the trade of stone mason, and in 1853, he came to America, locating in Allegheny
County, Fa,, proceeding to Beloit, Wis., from there to Illinois, and to Minnesota, then South
to Missouri, and in 1870, he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Neosho County, near
Thayer, which place was but just started; he laid the stone foundation on whicb rested the
first building erected in Thayer; until 1878, he farmed and worked at his trade, furnishing
stone from a quarry ou his farm. In 1878, he went into the mercantile business, but has
since retired. He had eight children, seven daughters and one son, W. E. Hopkins, who is
now in the mercantile line doing a root business, carrying a stock of $2,000, and a business

e is a member of K. of H., and charter member of the

 

s

 

R. L. HUSTON, M. D., native of Butler County, Ohio, born in 1849. He commenced
reading medicine in 1867, with Dr. R. G. Huston, of Oxford, Ohio, and in 1871, graduated
from the Rush Medical College of Chicago. He had commenced practice in Thayer, in
1870, and after leaving college returned to Neosho County, locating near Chanute, and in
1878, at Urbana, practicing there till 1881, when he came to Thayer and opened his office.
In October, 1882, the firm became Huston & Sweeney. The Doctor is a charter member of
the A. O. U. W., and medical examiner for the lodge.

HENRY MILLS, farmer and railroad contractor, Section 29, P. O. Thayer; native of
Durham County, Canada, born in 1833. When nineteen years of age moved to New York.
Later on in life he began business as a contractor, and in 1870 graded the L. L. & G. road into
Thayer, which was then the terminus. Locating here, he put up the first house in the place,
which became in a few years a thriving village. He then located his present farm and home,
and at once became identified with the Early Settlers’ Protective Association, furnishing
both brain and muscle in the war on the Osage ceded lund question. After this was settled
he bad a severe struggle to obtain a clear title to his farm, a struggle lasting seven years,
and it was not tili 1882 that it was finally decided. He has since been engaged in farming

and COnLTecHi ne.

R. E. SWEENEY, M. D., native of Greene County, Tenn., born in 1827. He commenced
the study of medicine with Dr. Hawkins, of Warreusburg, with whom he read and practiced
for five years, having attended the Knoxville University, and targht school to get money to
educate himself with. In 186% he escaped into the Union lines and enlisted as Lieutenant of
Company D, Fourth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. in Col. Stover’s regiment, and in 1864
was detailed as Surgeon at Camp Nelson, serving till relieved by the regular Surgeon, when
he returned to his company, and when mustered out he at once went on to Miami College,
Cincinnati, Ohio. He returned home after this course of lectures, and took up his practice,
where he worked till 1869, when he came to Kansas, locating at Humboldt, Allen County,
and the same year locating near Chanute. He took a claim, farming and practicing till 1881,
when he took his wife to the Eureka Springs, returning to Thayer in 1882, Having rented
his farm, he is now practicing with Dr. Huston. In 1873 he married Miss M. J. Huston. The
doctor is a member of the I. 0. O. F. *

M. WAGNER, of the firm of Wagner & Stattard, grocers. Native of Ohio; born in
1853. _He was raised in Indiana, and when eight years of age crossed the plains with his
unele, J. W. Hendricks, locating in San Francisco, Cal., returning to Indianain 1862. He
came with his father to Kausas in the fall of 1871. _ His father, S. B. Wagner, went into the
restaurant business, where W. M. worked until 1873, when he went tito the Headligh' as
“devil.” In 1874 he returned to Indiana. Coming to Thayer again in 1875, he went into the
rocery business with Wagner & Smith, the firm becoming Waguer & Sou. His health fail-
ng, he struck out for the mountains, where he recovered. He then returned to Thayer and
went into business with hts father, continuing until June, 1882 when he established his
present trade, carrying a stock of $1,500, and duing a business of $4,000.

A. M. WHITTEKIER, general merchandise. Native of Tioga County, Pa., born in 1836.
He was taised and educated on the farm, moving to Pontiac, Mich., in 1864, where he went
into mercantile life, carrying on business afterwards in both Saranac and Ludington, then
moved to Missourt In 1869. He remained a short time, and came to Neosho County, taking
afarm of 320 veres, which he occupied until 1879, then traded it to Mr.-MeLochlin for a
mereantile stock. ‘Chis was burned, and te had to commence again, and has been doing &
betrer business every year since. His sales in 1880 were $9,222.52: in 1881 they were $13,-
500, end in 1882 amounted to $20,000. Mr, Whitteker married in Pennsylvania, and has
six children, girls, Ile $s a member of the KX. of H.

EARLETON.

Earleton is a small town situated in the western part of Neosho County,
on the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad. It is about
seven miles south of Chanute, and about the same distance north of Thayer.
The land upon which the town is located was the property of the Leavenworth,
Lawrence & Gulf Railroad Company (now the K.C., L. & S. K. R. R. Co).

The town was started in the interest of the company by J.C. Lantz, and
comprised an area of fifty acres. Directly after the site became fixed Lantz
erected a store room and commenced business, dealing in groceries. The
station house, for the accommodation of the railroad employees, was built in
1870. But little toward the building of the town was done until 1876, when

‘the title to the lands in this section was quieted, and the country began to be

settled. . In 1877 H. L. Freeman bought Lantz’s store, enlarging the room and
continuing the business. Brown Brothers began in the grocery business in
1878, and sold in September, 1881, to N. F. Pattee. J.S. Cunningham erect-
ed a residence in 1870, and J. C. Freeman built one in 1877, In the following
year J. C. Robinson erected a shop and began blacksmithing, and during this
year H. A. Brown built a residence and the depot building was erected. For
about two years there was a lull in the improvement of the town, vfter which
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its growth was renewed. In the fall of 1880 H. L. Freeman erected a residence
and in the spring of the next year A. B. Yoder also built a residence. The
Evangelical Church was built in 1882, It isa neat frame structire of plain
architecture. S.A. Brown & Co, started a lumber yard in 1882. During this
year there were seven buildings erected in the town, among which was the par-
sonage belonging to the Evangelical Church.

The cemetery was started in December, 1880, and was incorporated, in
June, 1881. The grounds comprise three and one-half acres, regularly laid off.
About 100 lots have already been disposed of. The postoffice was established
at this point in 1870, with J. C. Lantz as Postmaster. In 1877 he was succeed-
ed by H. L. Freeman, who has since held the office. ;

The educational facilities are such as are afforded by the district in which
itis included. The first school was taught in the district in 1876, by Miss Ida
Stone. The school building stands about a mile east of the town.

There are three church organizations in the place; the Evangelical, the
Methodist, and the United Brethren. Only one of these, the Evangelical, is
provided with a church building. .

The Earleton Lodge, No. 167, 1. O. O. F., was moved to this: place from
Thayer, in July, 1882. There were, at the time, about twenty members, which
has been increased to about thirty. Joseph Smith is noble grand; J. M. Mur-
phy, secretary, and J. H. Orr, treasurer.

The country surrounding the town is fertile prairie, much of which is yet
in the hands of speculators, and consequently unimproved. As it is, however,
the town is favored with an extensive country trade, and is an important point
in the shipment of grain and live stock. During the season of 1882 there was
about 100,000 bushels ‘of corn shipped from this point. The town, at present,
contains two stores and a population of about one hundred. There is wanting,
however, but the lapse of time, in which the full settlement of the surrounding
country shall be made, and the impending necessities must naturally inure to
the growth of the town and its ultimate attainment of importance in point of
size and business indust-

URBANA.

Urbana is a small town in the western part of Neosho County, about nine
miles south of Chanute on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

The town was founded by Dr; Peters and a few other settlers living in the
vicinity. Upto August, 1870, it contained two stores and a few residences. At
this time Samuel Crawford, D. B. & W. C. Emmert, McCullough and some others
took interest in the town. The site was re-surveyed and everything made ready
for its upbuilding. ;

~ Circumstances however, did not favor the place, which has made but slight
progress, and remains with but little increase in size over what it was in 1870,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

H. BROWN, farmer, and agent forS. A. Brown & Co., Section 19, P. O. Morehead, na-
‘tive of England, born in 1851. He came to America in 1875, landing in New Orleans, going
to Texas, into the sheep business, but soon returning to New Orleans, he came up the Mis-
sissippi River to St. Louis, and from there to Kansas; arriving without money or friends, he
made his nerve and sinew, with which nature had endowed him, stand in good stead, and
worked at railroad section work. then going into the mercantile line, selling in 1882 to N.
F, Pattee, he now gives his attention to his farm and to grain buying. In 1878 he married
Miss Gougham. -Mr. Brown has been elected Township Trustee in 1880-1-2, and belongs to
the Catholic Church, who are about building a house of worship.

H. A. BROWN, M. D., native of Burlington, Iowa, born in 1850. He commenced read-
ing medicine in 1869, with Dr. J. M Sturdevant, and entered on a preliminary practice. In
1876 graduating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa, resuming
practice in Iowa, coming to Kansas and locating in Earleton as early as 1878, being the first

1. D. ofthe place. The first year’s practice booked $1,900, and now reaches $2,500 a year.
Doctor Brown has bought and improved the town property where he resides.

H. L, FREEMAN, general merchant, native of Illinois, bornin 1854. His father, J. C.
Freeinan, is a native of Cambridge, England, and was born in 1828, came to America in
1832, and was raised and educated near Buffalo, N. Y,, on the farm, coming to Wisconsin in
1847, he located permanently in Illinois, where his family were all bora. In 1877 his son,
H. L., bought store &nd stock of J. C, Lantz, and enlarged both, carrying now a stock of

3,500, and doing a business of $11,000 a year, also dealing in grain. He married Miss
Lenderson, in Orion, Ill., and they have two children. He has four brothers—the elder,
Frank, is Operator in Orion for the C., B. &Q. R. R.,on the R. I. Division; the rest are in
Earleton. ihe youngest, John §.. is now operator on the L., L. & G. Station here, and is the
youngest operator inthe West. H. L. is postmaster. Was elected Justice of Peace in 1877,
“and is Station Agent, and agent for the town lots of Earleton, His father has just been
elected Township Trustee. The other boys run the farm. J. C. Freeman has also two
daughters. *

GALESBURGIHI.

The town of Galesburgh is situated near the central part of Neosho County,
on the Neosho Division of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, seven miles
north and five miles west of the city of Parsons. The ,country surrounding it

-is a rolling’ prairie of great fertility, and is excellently adapted to agricul-
tural pursuits.

The town was siarted in the summer of 1871, by a town company, com-
posed of J. W. Crees, David Bonham, E. Sapp. Levi A. Doan, and J. W.
Snyder. The land was taken up by one Tracy, to whom the town company
furnished money, with which to deed it. ;

The original site comprised eighty acres, to which another forty-acre tract
was subsequently added. The survey of the town site was made by a man named
Hinson.

The first building on the site was a dwelling, erected by William Young,
soon after the town was located. About the same time, or soon after this, J.
W. Snyder put up a store room, which he occupied with a stock of general
merchandise. During the same fall, Carson & Smith erected a two-story build-
ing, the lower part of which was used asa store room, and the upper part as a
town hall. George Harris erected a store room and began dealing in general
goods. From the first, the growth ofthe town has been cxtremely moderate,
presenting no very flattering prospects for the future. The population is about
150, and the town contains four gene:al stores, one hardware store, two grain
elevators, a lumber and coal yard, hotel, livery stable, blacksmith shop, school,
two church houses and a postoffice. :

: The postoffice at first was located about a mile south of where the town
now is, and was called Rose Hill. S. Rosa was the first Postmaster. In 1871,
the office was taken to the town and became known as Galesburgh. At the

 

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time, and for some time after the removal of the postoffice, Rosa continued to be
the Postmaster. ;

The first school was taught in Galesburgh, by Miss Parna Whittlesey, in
the winter of 1871-72. The school was held in the Town Hall. A school build-
ing was erected in 1872, and is a small frame 36x40 feet in dimensions.
The school population is now about eighty. There are four church societies,
composed of residents of the town and country, which have their place of wor-
ship in the town. These are: the Methodist, Baptist, Christian and Congrega-
tionalist. There are but two church houses, the Methodist and Christian. The
former was erected in the fall of 1881, and the latter in the fall and winter of
1882-83. Judging from the progress the town has made and its age, it is to
be feared, unless aided by some advantageous circumstances, that Galesburgh is
destined to continue small and unimportant country town.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

G. D. CLAPSADDLE, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Galesburgh, a native of Niagara County,
N. Y., was born in February, 1824. In 1869 he came to Neosho County and turned the first
furrow in this part of it, the country around being an unbroken wilderness. In 1870 his
family came out, He had put up his cabin on Section 20, but afterward moved to his present
site, where he is well established, with fine improvements and _a farm of 320 acres, which he
farms in grain and stock. In 1854 Mr. Clapsaddie married Miss Lydia A. Kaylor, who was
born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1882. They have had eight children, six of whom are now
living, four sons and two daughters. Mr. Clapsaddle has served as Justice of the Peace for
ight terms.

T. H. CONDOS praia dealer, of the firm of Condon, Merritt & Co., native of Pike Coun-
ty, Ohio, born in 1847. He was raised and educate: there and came to Kansas in the spring
of 1870, coming to Girard on the cars, he met his friends there and was married on the
evening of the first day he spent in the State and proceeded to his claim in Centerville
‘Township, Neosho County, where he lived in a shanty, and opened up his farm, joining the
Settlers’ Protective Association and fighting with thein, the Osage ceded land question which
resulted in securing them all homes. In 1873, he entered mercantile life and put in the
first pair of scales and bought the first bushel of cornin Galesburgh. This firm has shipped
-fifty- five cars of corn this season, four of oats, two of flax and five of castor beans. In 1882
he was appointed arent for the Adams Express Company in town, and is amember of the
Masonic Lodge of Thayer. In 1873. he builta good residence and the company have good
improvements, such as office, warehouse and will put up an elevator. Mr. Condon, in 1869
married Miss Pendergrass. They have two sons. .

WILLIAM CRAIG, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Osage Mission, is a native of Ohio, born in
1821. He is of Scotch and Irish descent, Of his father’s family there are two brothers and
Six sisters. Mr. William Craig was raised on the farm and in 1861, enlisted in the Sixty-
second Ohin Volunteer Infantry, Company H. His health failing, he returned home to re-
cruit, in 1864, in the same regiment, and was mustered out in December, 1865. On coming
to Kansas he sold his farm in Ohio, and located in Neosho County, in 1873, luying his
farm of 160 acres of Mr. Cornell for $2,000. Tie first owner, Mr. Foster, had built a cabin;
when Mr. Cornell took it he broke thirty acres and built a small_stone house on the farm
and soit was when Mr. Craig bought it. It had been entered by Mr. Cornell in 1869. We
find now a fine orchard, a mile of stone fence and a fine residence, and a barn with 320 acres
inthefarm. His crops since coming to the State have averaged good. In 1882, he had forty
bushels of corn, twenty-two bushels of wheat to an acre. His home now is worth from
$10,000 to $12,000. r. Craig married in 1850, Miss Dugon. They have four boys and
two Bins. He was elected Township Treasurer in 1882, aud belongs tothe G. A. R.

JOHN DAVIS, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Galesburgh, native of Ohio, born in 1839. At
an early age he was taken to Illinois, where he was raised; his father being a farmer while
in this State. His father died, leaving his widow with four boys and one girl; they all staid
with the family and in 1857, moved to Cass County, Mo., farming there, but it got too warm
among the rebs of that section, and John first came to Kansas, and in 1861 enlisted in the
One Hundred and Twenty-third Illinois Infantry, Company F, mustered out in 1865 as
Sergeant; he returned to the farm in Illinois, and then all moved to Missouri. in 1869
coming to Neosho County, Kan , and locating, the rest of the family soon afterward return~
ed to Missouri, but Jobn staid and from a wilderness of prairie has now a well improved
farm of 160 acres, cultivating eighty-five acres, having the rest in pasture and meadow; with
the excention of 1881, has always raised a crop and in that year learned to graze hogs. In
1868. July 25th, Mr. Davis married Miss Hartford. They havea fine family. Mr. Davis’
brother, Miles, returned to Kansas in'1882.

J. W. FERGUSON, M.D., native of Perry County, Ohio, born in 1848, January 6th. He
first read medicine with Dr. H. L. Ferguson, in 1871 and 1872 attending a course of iec~
tures inthe Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio, and entering the firm of Dawson
& Ferguson, at Gibesouville, Hocking Co., Ohio, where he practiced till 1874, then going to
Waterloo, Fayette County, and from there in 1878, to Kansas, where he landed October 19,
1878, opening his office in Galesburgh, Neosho County. While in Obio, Dr. Ferguson mar-
ried Miss Reedy. Thev have four children, two boys and two girls, 7

_H. L, HARBAUGH, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Osage Mission, is a native of Perry County,
Ohio, and was born March, 1836. Until eighteen years of age he lived on the farm, then
going to work at a trade he learned cabinet making. In 1861, be enlisted in the three
months’ service in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company_E, as non-commis-
sioned officer. Inj1861, he enlisted again in the Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Inf-ntry,
Company C ; having recruited ihis company he was commissioned First Lieutenant. ‘On the
night previous to the battle of Winchester, March, 1862, he received an injury to his left
eye, from the effects of which, after the Peninsular campaign, he was obliged to resign and
return home. But in 1864, we find him re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio
Voiunteer Infantry with commission of Major. In 1865, he returned to the civil walks of
life, going into the ory fools business, then to buying tobacco for a shipping house be-
longing to D. Ferguson, bis father-in-law. In seeking a better climate he came to Kansis
and bought of Mr. Lansdown this farm of 160 acres, paying $190. Mr. Lansdown was to
put up a cabin and break a piece of land, and although it was a wet season, he raised forty
bushels of corn to an acre onit. The land fight took most of Major Harbaugn’s money, but he
succeeded in entering his land in 1876, and in 1879, went East. He returned in 1880, and
in 1881, raised nothing, butin 1882, did well. He now owns 200 acres, and is engaged in
farming in grain and stock. In 1862, Major Harbaugh married Miss Ferguson. They have
pores boys and four girls. He has served his township as Clerk one term, and as Trustee

ve terms.

‘A. J. HARMON, farmer, Section 11, P. 0. Urbana, isa native of Genesee County, N. Y.
Born in 1830, and raised on a farm, he attended school. until eighteen years of age, then
taking a railroad station, Crittenden, on the New York Central, this he kept until 1854,when
for his health he went to farming and buying grain; but in seeking a milder climate, rode
in a spring wagon through the country to Neosho County, Kan., improving as hecame. On
getting here he purchased a claim in Erie Township for $750, this he deeded, broke fifty
acres, fenced with hedge, built a good house, dug a fine well, set out orchard, and in 1877,
sold to Mr, Shreves. He then bought his present house of Mr. H. Leach for $1,350, with the
crops onit, orchard, etc. Mr. Harmon improved it greatly since, and never failed in raising
acrop. In 1882, his corn averaged forty bushels, and wheat twenty-seven and one-half to
an acre, raisiug also castor beans and oats, handling some stock. In 1853, he married
Miss Blaisdel, and they celebrated their pearl wedding on the twenty-second of this month.
They had two children, a son and daughter—D. Harmon and Mary A. Harmon, now Mrs.
Strickland, of Thayer. Mr. Harmon was elected Justice of the Peace in 1875, and ran
for County Commissioner in 1879 on the Democratic ticket.

H. HODGDEN, drugs and general merchandise, is a native of Union County, Ohio. He
was b rnin 1844. His youth was spentonthefarm, And whenthe War of the Rebellion
broke out, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
Co nnany C. At the close of the war he returned to Ohio, and in 1869, removed to the State
of Missouri, staying only one year, when he came to Kansas and took a claim of 160 acres,
in Centerville Township,close to. Galesburgh, raising 400 bushels of good corn the first vear.
He remained on the farm until February, 1882, when he bought out Mr. F. H. Holcomb,
and established himself in Galesburgh, in general merchandising. This was the first estab-
lishment in Galesburg of the kind, being started by J. W. Snider, in 1868. He was appoint
ed Postmaster in 1882. Before removing from Ohio he married Miss M. E. Newland.

“A. KUYKENDALL, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Galesburgh, is a native of Kentucky, and
was born in 1840. Whenthe war broke out he was employed as a scout, enlisting under
Albert Sydney Johnston, afterward serving in Gen. John A. Morgan’s command; while with
him he was taken prisoner. He was with Basil Duke and Breckinridge, having many nar-
row escapes from death. In 1867, in an emigrant train of nine or ten wagons, he came to
Kansas ad bought 320 acres of the Davis Brothers, paying $600 for the west quarter and
$300 for the east quarter, with improvements and but twenty acres broken. He has now in
cultivation 140 acres, the rest in orchard and pasture. In 1871, he raised a splendid crop of
corn, and failed only in 1874, having never failed in wheat. In 1865, Mr. Kuykendall mar-
ried Miss Lee. Théy have eight children, five boys and three girls. Mr. Kuykendall has
served as Township Clerk, and in 1875 was nominated for County Treasurer on the Demo-
eratic ticket,

JOHN McCARTHY, drugs, medicine and groceries, a native of Ireland, was bornin
1847, and in 1850 his parents immigrated to America, locating iu Illinois, where he wags
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raised and educated. In 1869 he moved to Kansas, stopping in Parsons, Labette County,
until 1871, when he caine to Galesburg, opening the first blacksmith and wagon shop in the
town. In 1872 he moved to Ladore Township, remaining there till 1879, when ‘he established
his drug business, which he has conducted successfully since. In 1880 he added groceries
to his business, doing annually about $6,000 in sales. Mr. McUarthy married Miss De
Yaney. they have one child, a daughter. He was a memuver of the Settlers’ Protective

J. E. MERRITT, of the firm of Condon, Merritt & Co., grain dealers, a native of Ohio,
was born in 1848. Coming to Kansas in 1869 he located in Neosho County; taking 4 claim,
he opened his farm, where be has raised a succession of good crops. AS early a8.1872 he
was elected Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace, In 1881 he entered the firm in his
present business. hile In Illinois he married Miss Dillman, In addition to the grain
shipped by the firm they shipped about 1,000 crates of peaches in 1882, and are doing some
real estate business.

. H. PENDERGRASS, in the firm of Condon, Merritt & Co., a native of Athens County,
Ohio, was born in 1831. He was raised and educated here, and in 1854, August 20, married
Miss Martha Crockett. Coming to Kansas in 1870-he built the first house in the town of
Galesburgh, Taking a claim he engaged in farming. He acted as station agent for Dr. Crees
till 1873, when he was appointed, Keeping the station till 1883. In 1875 he commenced
buying grain, the firm then being Condon & Co., continuing till 1881, when he organized
it under its present title. Mr. Pendergrass belongs to the Settlers’ Protective Association,
and is now a member of the Masonic, I. 0. 0. KF, and also of the Christian Church. In
1n 1883 he was appointed agent for the Missouri Pacific Express Company. The family con-
sists of four children, two sons and two daughters,

_ J. M. SLAUGHTER, M. D. and farmer, Section 35, P. O. Galesburgh, is a native of Ten-
nessee and was born in 1812, In 1832 he commenced studying medicine and moved to
Kentucky, where he bought a farm and gave his attention to this. In 1844 he moved back
to Tennessee and bought a farm, and took his second course of reading while engaged in
farming. In 1850 he moved to Brooks Bend, Jackson Co., Tenn., and took up his practice
again, where he was busy until 1855, when he move to Missouri, locating in Cass County,
near Harrisonville, meaning to farm here, but his neighbors made him resume, so he work-
ed at botu occupations. In 1861 he enlisted in the Missouri Home Guards that were formed
under 'the call issued by Gen. Fremont, In 1863 he enlisted in the Missouri State Militia.
After the war he lived in Mtssouri until 1869, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating on his
present home; at first living in a camp, and as winter came on built a curious house of hay,
with walls four feet thick; in the meantime ministering to scattered pioneer families and
getting out rock from the quarries and building, doing the mason work himself. In 1870
they moved intoit. He has improved his farm, having now eighty acres, sixty-five culti-
vated and the rest in pasture, with a fine orchard with 830 bear ng trees a ples, peaches,
pears and cherries, also plenty of small fruit. During the war he met his present wife,
whose father, Mr, Collins, befriended him. Dr. Slaughter has been married four times. He
is the father of nineteen children, eight now alive. In 1879 he obtained a certificate from
the State Medical Association.

J. B. WILLISON, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Osage Mission, is a native of Ohio and was
born in Coshocton County, January 25, 1839. He was raised and educated at Indianola,
Vermillion Co,, [ll., and in 1858 went to Warren County, Iowa, where he engaged in teacb-
ing. In 1861 he enlisted in the Third Lowa Volunteer Infantry, Company G. Served during
the war. Returning home in 1865, he went to Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial College at
Chicago, afterward going into a business house as clerk, remaining until 1869, when_he re-
turned to his home in Illinois. He came to Kansas in 1871, locating in Woodson County;
coming to his present location in 1873 he took up a contested claim of eighty acres, which
he has since improved and entered in 1678. Now cultivating forty-five acres and the rest in
pasture. With the exception of 1881 he has had no failure of crops. In 1868 Mr. Willison

married Miss Sarah A. Williams. They have one child,ason. Mr, Willison has served two
terms as Township Clerk.
. JACKSONVILLE,

Jacksonville was a town situated on the corners of Crawford, Neosho and
Labette counties, and within about one hundred yards from the corner of Chero-
kee County. It was located in the Neosho Valley, about ten miles southeast of
Osage Mission.

Its growth, at first, was somewhat rapid and encouraging, and, at one
time, was second in size and importance among the towns of Neosho County.

It contained, at this time, several stores, a printing-office, hotel, two black-
smith shops, a shoe and harness shop, and several good residence buildings.
There were two saw-mills within a mile of the town. Being situated in a fer-
tile district, sufficiently removed from other points, and being the second town
in the county, its growth was brisk and the predictions were in favor of its be-
coming a town: of considerable importance.

The town, however, in the midst of its prosperity, was overtaken by ad-
versity. The day of ‘railroad building had arrived, which, as a general rule,
played havoc among existing towns, they being, either left standing some dis-
tance off from the lines of the roads, or absorbed by places favored by the fos-
tering influences of these corporations, This, too, was the secret of the down-
fall of Jacksonville, which has been wholly swallowed up by the railroad towns,
and, to-day, nothing remains to mark the site where it stood, excepting a post-
office, in a lonely farmhouse.

Island, in the southeast part of Neosho County, is a postoffice. The first
settlement was made here in 1869, by L. F. Rogers, and a town site was estab-
lished, called Island, so named on account of its location being at the foot of
Big Island, on the Neosho River. A postoffice was established in 1880, and T.
M. Warne was the first Postmaster. L. F. Rogers built a saw-mill in 1869, and
a grist-mill in 1873. M.S. Austin opened a general store in 1880. In 1880, T.
M. Warne bought the whole town site, including store, mills, houses, etc., and
contains five or six resident families.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

B. W., BENNETT, farmer, Section 28, P. O, Island, is a native of West Virginla. He was
born in 1818. His parents moved to Indiana, when he was quite young. In 18386 he took a
trip to New Orleans and came to Clay County, Mo., with a brother, In 1837, and the next year
crogsed the river into Kansas Territory, where Leavenworth City 1s now located—then being
the Delaware Indian Territory. In 1838, he brought his mother out to Platte County, Mo.,
and in 1840, crossed into Kansas Territory, about where Kansas City is now. Inthe spring
of 1841, he received an injury that resulted in the loss of a leg in 1880. He took a trip across
the Plains in 1850, and in 1851, we find him making $25a day inthe gold mines of Call-
fornia, afterwards returning to Pike County, IlI., where his familly had moved in 1844. He
then tried Nebraska in 1863, but the climate was too vigorous, and In 1871, caine to Kansas,
locating on and improving his farm, the soil being first class bottom land. In the fall of
1840, Mr. Bennett married Miss Spencer. They had two boys and four girls, having lost one
—Horace, in the Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded in battle, near
Atlanta, July 4, 1864; died August 4th at Kingston. Ga, In 1875, Mr. B :nnett was elected
Justice of the Peace, and Postmaster from 1876 to 1878, of the Island postoffice,

+. M. RT was born November 30, 1842,in Greene County, State of Illinols, and
in 1861, he went into thearmy, was wounded at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 1862, and at Jackson,
Miss., August 2, 1863, and also at Atlanta, Ga., July 6, 1804, and was musterea out June 5,

35. He was a private in Company D, Thirty-second Illinois Infantry. He left Illinois
March 9, 1866, and arrived here about April 12th, or 13th, in company with one Sampson
Wood, and has remained in this settlement since. He took his present farm in 1866; and
has improved it and lived on it since. His best crops were raised about the year 1875, the

rasshoppers did him great damage. His brother, William, andysister, Mrs. Miller, live
flere. He bas been married twice, first to Miss Crabbs, November. 5, 1868, from Maryland,
and Jast to Miss Matoneen, 1882, from Illinois. He has five children, all boys, He entered
160 acres prairie land, viz.: the west one-half of northwest quarter of Section 28, Township
30, Range 21, and east one-half of northeast quarter of Section 29, Township 30, Range 21,
in Neosho County of the Osage Ceded Lands. iris >

M. V. MILLER farmer, P. O. Island, native of Illinois, born in 1844. Whilethere
was engaged in farming, and came West to Kansas in 1868, and bought of Mr. Moon
the eighty acres on which he lives. In 1872, buying another eighty on Section 82,
taking the land of wild prairie, he has by dint of hard work and perseverance, produced a
well-ordered and productive farm, strange to say, raising the best crops in 1875, although

he did not plant his corn until after the grasshoppers had Jeft, which they did, in June 3,

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

. This year, 1882, his wheat averaged twenty-two bushels to the acre, and corn thirty-
ioe In 1873, he ieee Miss Gearhart They haye three children, all girls. Mr. Miller
enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company F,
and fought in the siege of Mobile, the last engagement of the War of the Rebellion April 9,

65.

J. G. REYNOLDS, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Island, isa native of Pennsylvania, born in
1833. At an early ae his parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., and then to Hendricks
County, where on the old timber farm among the bears and ina wilderness he was raisect
and educated. Beginning his rambles he directed his course toward Kansas as early as
1856, but on getting to Missouri stopped and located in Harrison County, where he farmed,
made brick, making those used in the first court house in the county. He then went to
Colorado and worked in the mines, returning to Indiana in 1864, visiting his old home. He
then moved to [owaand finally fitting out at Ottumwa he started for Kansas in 1867. He
describes the country all the way down the Neosho Valley to the Arkansas River as filled
with the stench of dying and dead eattle. Coming up the valley he located on his present
farm, buying theclaim of 160 acres from a Mr. Stockwell. He had the pleasure, however.
of turning the first furrow on the place, and having a knowledge of fruit he has now one of.
the finest orchards in the section. His best corn crop was in 1875. In 1868 he married Miss
Shepard, of Missouri. They have one boy and five girls in the family.

FRANK SHE FFER, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Osage Mission, is a native of New York,

born in 1838, here he was raised and educated. Moving to Kane County, Ill., he went to
farming, and November 8, 1868. came In a covered wagon from Illinois to Kansas, arrived
here in Neosho County. Tne family having no habitation were compelled Lo live in the
wagon box placed on the ground; he soon built, however, and commenced opening his farm,
‘Although the eljmate and soil | roved to be all that he expected, provisions were bigh ant
scarce, so that his ready cash was soon exhausted, and the first corn planted on, the sod
yielded a scanty supply, and he went to freighting from Ottawa to other points. Getting a
deed to his farm in 1876,and belonging to the Settlers’ Association in 1874. Was posted in all
the early movements of the organization. His farm is well improved, and in the year of
1882, reports an average of forty bushels of corn to an acre, raising also good crops of
whearand oats, His sheep farming turning out well. In December 15, 1865, he married
Miss Wallace, They havethreesons. Mr. Sheifer was elected Township Trustee in 1880.
- MRS. M. H. SPURGEON, widow of Hon. G. W. Spurgeon, State Senator, deceased,
Section 27, P.O. Island. G. W. Spurgeon was a native of Ohio, born in 1834, February 25,
where he was reared ani educated, and moved to Illinois when seventeen years of age.
Here he was engaged in farming and atthe carpenter’s trade, visiting Kansas as early as
1857, but it was not until 1869 that he located in Neosho County on the present homestead,
buying it of Abram H. Houser, and had deeded it before the ceded land question came up,
though he was in sympathy with the unfortunate settlers and always ready tohelp, In
1873, 74 and 75, he was Secretary of the State Grange, and finally was elected to the State
Senate on the Greenback ticket in 1877. After returning home he busied himself on the
farm until the time of his decease in 1879. They were all nearly swept in 1873 by acyclove,
which demolished their cabin. W., a boy of two years of age, had both legs broken at
the thigh, and John M. had his arm broken, also a Jeg, besides having his face cut seriously,
Warren was bruised badly, the rest escaped withoutinjury. Mrs. Spurgeon was left with a
family of seven children, and February 14, 1883, she lost her son, W.J.Spurgeon. The
farm is well improved, and in 1882 returned abundant harvests. _

PETER TH PSON, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Island, is a native of Scotland, came to
America in 1839, learned his trade in Ohio, Came to Madison, Ind., and worked at his trade,
marble cutting, there for twenty-three years, his health failed he came to Kansas in 1868,
bought his present home of the party that had the claim of 160 acres, paying him_$300 for
it, having no other improvements than a log cabin and some eight acres broken. He bought
it of the Governmentagain. His farm of 160 acres lies on bot sides of the 10ad in Section
21 and 22. His farm is all fenced in, with good dwelling and large barn and stable. He has
three boys that farm, and report good crops for 1882. In 1860, Mr. Thompson married; his
wife is also a native of Scotland. They bave had four children, one now deceased.

LADORE.

Ladore was a town situated in the southern part of Neosho County, about
five miles north of the city of Parsons, on the Nepsho Division of the Missourt
Pacific Railroad. Ji was the intention of the M. K. & T. Railroad Company
to make this the junction of the main line and the Neosho Division of the road.
In this event the shops, etc., were to be located here, and the town would have
been what Parsons now is. When the company attempted to buy the lands
the settlers thinking they had the company fast, refused to sell at anything like
a reasonable figure, and the company having other chances, refused to pay the
high price at which they held their property. Thus the settlers in attempting
to grasp more than was just, lost a favoring opportunity ; for the company im-
mediately negotiated for the site of Parsons, and established that city.

Ladore was first called Fort Roach, in honor of J, N. Roach, its principal
founder.

The report of its probably being made the railroad junction, where shops,
etc., were to be built, was the cause operating in favor of its rapid advancement,
which, for a time, was scarcely paralleled in the history of town building. So
rapid indeed was its growth that in a few years it reached a population of 1,-
000, and contained a proportionate number of stores, etc., and all the improve-
ments of a fast growing and substantial city. Schoolhouses, churches, and
other public enterprises were made, with an idea of permanence. But the ava-
ricious action of the owners of the land, was the secret of its overthrow, for-no
sooner had the site of Parsons become fixed, than the city, now called Ladore,
was wholly moved to that place, and nothing remains of ‘Ladore but a railroad
side track, a farm residence, a church building and the postoffice.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

WILLIAM HIGGINS, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Galesburgh, native of Ohio, born in
1819. He was raised on the farm, and in 1870 came from Louisa County, Iowa, in compan:
with his neighbors there, some thirty families, all belonging to the ‘Methodist Episcopal
Church. They located in Neosho County, where there are but few now. Mr. Higgins bought
500 acres, paying $5 an acre, and then went into.the stock business, buying largely and.
shipping until the ranges were fenced and the stock business became a thing of the past. In
1873 or 1874 he gave more attention to farming, now having a farm of 320 acres and 100
acres of it in cultivation. Inthe bad crop seasons he suffered with others, but in 1882 raised
a splendid crop, He has one of the best improved farms in the county. In 1840 Mr. Hig-
gins married Miss Harrold, of Ohio. They have had ten children—six boys and four girls.
At present the family consists of one son and daughter and themselves. r. Higgins has a
fine orchard covering some ten acres,

Ss. POR A, aarnier. Section 5, P. O. Galesburgh, native of New York, born in 1836. He
came from Michigan to Kansas in 1857, locating in Allen County, where he espoused the
Free-state cause and was a member of the Free-state organization knownas the Wide-
awakes, using their passwords and the old Sharps rifle, mustering under Col. Montgomery's
command, In 1861 © enlisted in the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company F., and
was in Col. Martin’s Regiment when mustered out at Huntsville, Ala. ie returned to Kan-
sas, and in 1866 took a claim of 160 acres, which he now farms, raising excellent crops. His
corn for 1882 averages forty bushels to an acre, and beans fifteen bushels, In 1874 Mr. Rosa
was elected Squire, and in 1873 took the station at Galesburg on the M. P. R. R. He is also
buying and shipping grain, having sent off this shipping season thirty-two cars of corn, one
of oats and six of castor beans. Squire Rosa isa member of the Blue Lodge, and also of the
1.0. 0. F. Since 1873 has owned the south forty acres of the town site of Galesburg. He
married in 1857 an dhas afamily of two boys and one girl.

CHARLES SCHLUESE, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Mecklenburg,
Germany, born in 1838, Came to America in 1861, locating in Ohio, where he engaged in
the grape culture. In 1876 he moved to Kansas, locating on his present farm, which now
consists of 240 acres. He handles stock and has as fine a farm as there is in the county.
His corn will average fifty bushels to the acre. He has 160 acres in corn this year, 1882,
besides a good wheat crop. Mr. Schluese is a representative farmer,

OTHER TOWNS.
Vietsbureh is a postoffice in the southern part of Grant Township. It
was established in 1879.

Chard is a postoffice in the northern part of Grant Township, and was
established in July, 1878, and was named after Charles Chard,

 

 
NEOSHO

South Mound is a postoffice and station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
about eight miles south of Osage Mission.

Odense is a postoffice in the northern part of the county.

Flat Rock postoffice was established in 1871. The first Postmaster was
A. Markham, the second N. F. Barnett, the third Mr. Spohr, and the next Alf.
Barnett. In 1879, Mr. Vietz opened a store on Section 36, and the postoffice
was moved there. Mr. Williams then bought the store and became Postmaster,
and was succeeded by Dr. M. D. Elder. It then fell into H. F. Cory’s hands,
and afterwards into those of I. N. Wherrett.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—SHILOH TOWNSHIP.

8.8. COMER, with the firm of J. B. Comer & Co., general merchandise, grain, ete. He
is also station ageut and operator forthe L., L.& G.R. R. Native of Tndignapolis, Ind.;
born in 1851. is father, J. B. Comer, was engaged inthe milling business in the East,
and S. S. commenced railroading in 1872, taking a station on Terre Haute & Vandalia Toad,
but in 1874, came to Kansas, locating with his parents ona farm three miles southwest of
Thayer, and engaged in grain and stock raising. S. 8. continued at this till 1876,
when he took a station at Coffeyville, afterwards working at Chanute and Thayer. In 1880,
he Fook Morehead Station, ach was doling atarge musings: Then he gave it up, however,

0 w usiness in the store, an as only taken it again i .
Both he and his father are members of the I. 0. 0. F. y e a ESP E eee neRe

J. K. GRAVES, farmer, Section 26, P.O. Morehead; native of Louisville, Ky; born in
1846, 31st of August. Here he remained until he was some thirteen or fourteen years ot
age, when his parents removed to Harrison County, Ind. Here he had acquired a common
school education, and in 1863, he commenced reading medicine. Not completing this study,
he went into the coal-oil business in Kentucky, and then into coal mining. Giving this up,
he came to Kansas, stopping at Fort Scott, then traveling to Emporia and yndon, the
last place six months, From there, to Ellsworth, Fort Dodge, and back to Lyndon, via
Wichita and Junction City, then entering the mercantile business with Robert Bassett, and

. inthe spring of 1873, came from Cherryvale to Moreheail, Starting the first storein the
village, soon after buying the farm he iow occupies, costing $1.25 an acre, and now worth
$20 anacre. Mr. Graves is highly esteemed among his friends and neighbors, an amiable
disposition and of sterling integrity, and he relates among the pleasant incidents of his life,
his visit to Opa es Kan., at the great expose of Pomeroy by York.

WILLIAM M. LEECH, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Morehead, is a native of Ohio, and
was born in 1838; was raised on the farm. When the war broke out he enlisted in the
Thirty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in 1864 veteraned, being mustered out at the
close of the war, coming from Edgar County, Ill., in 1872, to Kansas, settling on a claim of
160 acres, entered by his wife’s brother, who still lives with them and who still owns the
claim. He su ceeded in raising fine crops; his corn goes as high as seventy-five bushels to an
acre. In 1881 he was appointed to filla vacancy in his township as Trustee, and has been
elected since to the office. He belonged to the range when it existed, and now belongs to
the Morehead Alliance, Is also a member of United Brethren Church.

REV. W. H. MAKEAN] D., who has been in the Methodist ministry over thirty

years, and a renalar practicing physician. Came to this village July, 1881, and commenced
reaching in the Masonic Hall. He was soon appointed Justice of the Peace and Notary
ublic; also agent for the town, which had beén platted by J. P. Nichols in 1879. Dr.

Makeaney was for several years secretary of the Kansas annual Conference of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church; Grand Chaplain and Lecturer of the Grand Lodge, and Grand Chap-
ter of Kansas Masons; Grand Patron of the Order of the Eastern Star; and has several times
officiated as Grand Prelate of the Grand Commandery of Kansas; and for ten years has
been Grand Representative from the G. R. A. Chapter of lowato the G. R.A. Chapter of Kan-
sas, He was inthe Union Army three years, and was wounded over the right eye at_Mur-
freesboro, Tenn., and is well known as the Pilgrim Warrior of the Kansas Press. He has
one of the largest private libraries in the State, and has held a number of debates on bap-
tism and infidelity.

J. MOYNIHAN, M. D., native of Halifax, Nova Scotia; was born in 1852. He commenced
the study of medicine under Dr. Connell, and in 1876 graduated from the American Medical
College of St. Louis, Mo. He then opened his practice in Cloud County, and moved to More-
head in 1881, having married Miss Carriker, They have two children.

Cc. C. SWAYZE, Frain and lumber, native of Columbia County, Pa.; born in1841. In
1863 he moved to Illinois, and from there he went to Georgia on the close of the war, but
neither the climate nor people suited him, so he came to Kansas in 1866, locating near
Olathe, in Johnston County, where he remained till 1869, when he moved to Labette. Coun-
ty, in the vicinity of Morehead, engaging in farming, carrying this on till 1876, when he
took charge of the elevator and commenced buying grain, and has since managed the lum-
ber yard or S. A. Brown & Co.

RS. SAMUEL WHELPLEY, general merchant, ndtive of New York. Having lost her

parents she was adopted and rajsed in the city of New York, having met and married Mr.

helpley in 1853; he is a veterinary surgeon. She started West in 1878, and alone and
unaided started her store in Morehead, buying the building-of EB. C, Burnett and stocking
up with drugs and general merchandise, carrying a stock of $2,500 and doing a business uf
$8,000 a year. Her husband arrived January 20, 1883, to remain and assist her in business.

Cc. L. WYMAN. hotel aud livery, native of Onondaga County, N. Y., born in 1836. In
1849, with his parents, he moved to Beloit, Rock Co., Wis., where his grandmother and par-
ents still live. She is now about ninety-eight years of age. While in Wisconsin he com-
menced driving stage and livery with the well-known firms of Chinks & Butler, Wheeler &
Baker, also for Fink & Walker, He then moved into Illinois, where he worked atthe livery
business; then the carpenter trade, until 1862, when he enlisted in the Twelfth [linois Volun-
teer Cavalry, Company A, serving until March of 1864, when he returned home and boughta
farm in Knox County. Here he made money raising broom corn. In 1869 he moved to
Iowa, Jefterson_County, but losing money onthis farm, he went to Missouri, in 1873, and
in 1875 he took U. S. Mail Contract from Neoshato Parsons, via Morehead, and located in
Morehead. His contract running out in 1879, when the railroad came in, he opened the
Globe House and Livery Stable. Mr. Wyman was married when he was eighteen years of
age, and has had a family of eight children—four boys and three girls now living.’ He has
held some of the town offices,

GRANT TOWNSHIP.

H. BALLARD, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Walnut, is a native of Michigan, born in 1853.
His father is a native of Vermont, born in 1815. He footed it to Geneseo County, N, Y.
Then left home and started for Canada, from there he went to Michigan, and was engaged
inthesurvey. In 1869 he started for Kansas, stopping a time in Missouri. He and his son
H. footed it from Sedalia to Erie, Kan., where they met a friend, named Atwater, who
showed them claims. They had twenty-five cents when they arrived, Taking their claims
they proved up, entering them in 1877. For years they struggled against want and priva-
tion, Howard working for others, and his father living on the claim, and by hard knocks
have now a fine farm of 400 acres, located in the fertile section known as the head waters of
the Flat Rock. In 1882 they harvested 1.200 bushels of wheat and 3.000 bushels of corn,
He married Miss Kerr in 1874, but lost her. She left him three children—one girl and two
boys. He has married again, and has one child by the Jast marriage. He farms in grain
and stock. E

ISRAEL BECK, farmer, Section 15, P. O, Chard, native of Missouri, born in 1844. He
is one of a family of six boys, his parents having tenchildreninall. In i857 they emigrated
to Kansas, coming into the State near Columbus, Cherokee County, and passing up through
the Osage or Wasabites, as they called themselves, they arrived at the old Osage Mission.
There was no other evidence of civilization until they passed an old cabin, occu-
pied by a half-breed, about where the town of Erie now stands. Further north they came
to a trading post, run by a man named Canville, who had a squaw wife. The Becks after-
ward traded there; going on they located on Coal Creek, three and one-half miles south of
Humboldt, Having good oxen they at once broke some forty acres, and gathered bountiful
harvests, until the year of 1860, when the drouth drove them with their cattle south into
Cherokee County, for water and grass. Israel, then six years of age, leaving school, went
with them, but the spring of ’61 opening early, they at once returned to the farm, In 1872
Mr. Beck bought 110 acres where he now farms, using it for pasture or range until 1875,
when he moved on to itand madeafarm. During the war Mr. Beck was in the Militia, In
63 his brothers, J. M. and Phillip, were in the regular service. In ’64 Mr. Beck commenced
freighting for Mr. Bashaw, and was engaged at this until 69. Since opening his present
farm he has done well. In ’82, ona piece of bottom land, he raised twelve acres of corn,
four of which yielded 105 bushels to an acre; therest averaged eighty. In 1875 he married
Miss McCabe. They have twochildren. Mr. Beck isa member of the Masonic order,

J. R. BENNETT, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Vietsburgh, native of Shelby County, Ind.,
born in 1857. He was raised on a farm, and in the same dooryard that his father was
reared. On looking fora location Mr. Bennelt visited Minnesota, but coming to Neosho
County, Kas., selected his present location in 1882. He brought his family down in Novem-
ber of that year, ana, until he got Poeee ee on of his farm, lived near by in a cabin, suffering

reatly from cold,the winter of 1882 and’83 being unusually severe. They moved into
fheir home in the spring of 1883, where he is making arrangements for raising grain and
stock, having 160 acres, 80 of which is cultivated. Mr. Bennett married Miss A, Wolf,
daughter of Judge Wolf, of Indiana, April 13, 1881. They have one child, a boy.

ri F. CAIN, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Vietsburgh, native of Indiana, born in 1844. In
1863 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Com-
pany K, serving two years. He returned, and in 1869 came to Kansas, locating on Section

 

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20, Grant Township, but thinkin, yt
one in Canville Tow nEnID but this not suitin;
Grant Township, which is producing thirty bushels of wheat to an acre, and other crops
in proportion, also raising stock. Mr.Cain married Miss Barnett. The: have three chil-
dren—two boys and _ one girl. In 1879 and ’80 he was Township Clerk of Grant,

GEORGE CHARD, farmer, section 16, P.O. Chard, is a native of Ohio, born In 1826.
They moved to Indiana in 1836. Here, in after years, he engaged in the shingle business.
In 1878 he came to Kansas and located on a school section, buying the claim of Darwin Ark-
wit; now cultivates eighty acres, raising in 1882 fifty bushels of corn to the acre, and one
and a half tons of broom corn on five acres. This year Mr.Chard opened store in Chard City.
His son Levi, whois blind, learned at the Indianapolis Institute for the Blind the trade of
broom maker, and since coming to Kansas has manufactured from 400 to 600 dozen a year.
Mr. Chard is engaged in improving his farm. Having married in the East, Miss Powers,
he lost her in December, 1882. They had four children—two boys and two girls. Chard
City was established in 1878, and the postoflice in 1879. The first Postmaster was Daniel
Shively; the second, Mr. Selby; and the third, Charies Kelly; the present, William Reck,
Chard City consists of two stores and a blacksmith shop, and in 1882 is improving.

S. R. COMBS, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Osage Mission, native of Iowa, born in 1850. He
was railroading on the C., B. & Q. R. R. for ten years before coming West. Arriving in
Kansas in 1879 from Lowa, he located on his present claim or farm, buying 160 acres, of
which 60 is cultivated and farmed to grain. In 1882 he got 50 bushels an acre from 60
acres of corn; feeding to stock he turned off 700 hogs and 116 cattle. He has improved
ene and is doing well, Since coming to Kansas he married Miss Alex. They have
onejson.

G. W. COSNER, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Vietsburgh, native of Knox County, Ohio,
born in 183%. His parents moved to Illinois in'1849, and to Iowa in 1860. While here he
enlisted in the Nineteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company C, and was taken prisoner
at Sterling, confined in Tyler, Tex., for ten months, was released and mustered out in 1865
at Davenport, lowa, Here he bougut a farm where he remained until 1869. Then coming
to Kansas he located in Shawnee County. In 1870 he came to Neosho County, stopping in
S. Stewart’s house till 1871, when he had put up his cabin, getting his !umber at Shidler’s
mill. He now owns an eighty acre farin here and another farm on Big Creek.’ He farmel
his place till he lost his horses, when he rented, taking the place again in 1888. I
he married Miss Crews. Her father was a pioneer nursery man, and well known. They
neve fhree children, two boys and one girl. They belong to the Methodist Episcopal
shureh,

J. M. ELDER, farmer, Section 5, P.O Savonburg, native of Hancock County, Ohio,
born in 1842. He was raised a farmer. In 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Ninety -
second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, acting as non-commissioned officer. He re-
turned home in 1865, March 26. In1870 hecameto Kansas with S. S. Huff and Lewis
Huif. They stopped with Mr. Dickinson until S. 8. Huff had his cabin built, wherr they all
moved in, and in 1870, in April, moved to his present location. The first thing that he did
was to plant out an orchard and break eightacres for wheat, thus providing for the pres-
ent and future, now having one of the best peach and apple orcbardsin this section. Dur-
ing the (ry years and grasshopper years he succeeded in raising fair crops, other seasons
harvesting excellent crops—in 1882 getting 2,000 bushels ofcorn, and other grain, besides
fruit, In 1861 he was married to Miss Huff who died in 1880, and in 1881 be. married
Miss Peniston. By the first marriage he had five children, four boys and one Pir and one
girl by the second. Mr, Elder was the first School Director in his district in 1874.

J. M. GREEN WELL, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Walnut, native of Kentucky, born in
1833. From there he moved to Kansas in 1874, at first renting: land of Mr.Smith. In 1875
he went on to Mr. Hutchin’s farm, and while working Mr. Willit’s farm he bought his pres-
ent home, and broke up ground enough for a crop, moving onthe next year, he bought of
S. Bender for $112.50. The dry year of 1881 he was very fortunate in having acorn crop,
selling to his neighbors for seventy-five cents a bushel, thereby reflev ing the farm of a
mortgage and himself of debt. Heis raising grain, reporting forty bushels of corn to the
acre in 1882, and good wheat, Mr.Greenwell married Miss Mills. They have six chil-
dren, three boys and three girls. He is a member of the Catholic Church.

SAMUEL HILL, farmer, Section 33, P.O. Walnut; is a native of New Jersey, born in
1848. His parents moved to Pennsylvania, Atanearly age he lost his father, and in
1864, when only sixteen years of age, he enlisted in the Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry, Company E, and was at Appomattox C,H., when Lee surrendered. Mr, Hill
is still a single man. In 1869 be and his mother, in a wagon, sought the far West, locating
in Kansas, on Section 4, but in 1870 he traded with George Smith, for his present home,
getting the place with forty acres broken and a houseon it. This he has improved, suc-
ceeding in raising acrop of some kind of grain every year. Heis also giving some atten-
tion to grading his cattlein Short-horn, isfarm produced forty bushels of corn to the
acre in fe

CHARLES KELLY, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Chard, native of Carroll County, Ohio, born
1831. He was raised on a farm and in 1850 with his parents moved to Indiana. He had
learned in his father’s wagon shop the trade of carpenter, and after working at it from
time to time opened a shop, engaging at that trade till 1858, when he bought a farm, tilling
the soil until 1868, then was appointed land appraiser. In 1869 he came to Kansas, passing
through Neosho County he located his claim, going oninto other parts of the State, finally
settling down on his place in 1869, putting up a cabin, getting lumber from Barnhbart’s saw
mill. He has now 120 acres cultivated. In 1872 he commenced setting out fruit trees and
has the finest orchard in this section, with 180 bearing apple trees, sighty five ‘cherry and
200 peach trees. In his farming enterprise he has succeeded, having bad years in 1874 and
1881, but has made up and prospered, his corn crop in 1882 going fifty bushels to the acre,
with broom corn averaging a ton to four acres. Raises oats and flax, also giving some at-
tention to taine grass, which is a success. In 1852 Mr. Kelly married Miss oofbourrow, of
Indiana. They have three children, one son and two daughters. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity. Served the public from 1870 to 1876 as Justice of the Peace and Town-
anip Trustee, They are in faith Adventists. 7 : ;

ANES KERR. fariner, Section 7. P. O. Savonburg, native of Union County, Pa., born
September 18, 1833. He wasraised a farmer and learned the trade of blacksmith. Was
a soldier in the Twelfth Pennsylvania Militia. In 1866 he movedto Ohio, where he en-
paged in farming until 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating on his present farm, buying

is claim of Ambrose Morgan, and not having even a team of horses to begin with. He at
one time offered his farm for aspan of naked horses. He now has a good farm, raising
twenty-seven bushels of wheat to an acre, and forty of corn, besides handling stock. On
three acres of land he had 100 bushels of millet seed, which he solid for eighty-two cents
per bushel, having the straw for his stock. Whilein Pennsylvania he married Mrs. Root,
Formerly Miss Mitten. They have three boys and four girls. His wife belongs to the
hurch 0 od.

ISAAC T. LIGHT, farmer, Section 8, P. O, Savonburg, is a native of Ohio, bornin 1836.
He moved to Indiana when fifteen years old; ‘his early life was spent on the farm, but as
he grew to manhood he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Hutchins, but dropped
itonenteringthearmy, He enlisted in 1861 in Company C, Thirty-eighth Indiana.
He was Sergeant of the company. Being wounded at Chickamauga he returned home in
September, 1864. He married Miss Alice L. Archer, November 22, 1864, and moved to
veffersonville, Ind., where he opened a grocery store. Failing inthe business he went to
work in the United States clothing depot fora while, then worked at the Ohio Falls Car
Works until he left for Kansas 1n 1870, whither his father Had preceded him, loca ing four
claims, one of which he now occupies. The winter of 1870 and 1871 he spent at Erie, run-
ning the engine in Stewart's mill, returning to his farm in thespring. He has since pros-

ered, raising grain and stock. Now cultivates fifty acres, the rest isin pasture land. Mr.

ight has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1857, and a Mason since 1861. When the
Land League was organized, Grand Council No. 45, he was elected secretary, entering his
land in 1877, having also held township offices.

R. McRAH, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Vietsburgh, native of Nova Scotia, born in 1850. He
came to the State in 1870, and by mere chance stopped with his relatives in Fort Scott, not
knowing them until afterwards. He located in Neosho County, taking 160 acres, and for
awhile bached in a Jog cabin, ving on rabbit and corn bread. In 1871 his parents came
out. At first Mr. McRae had many hardships to contend with, but has succeeded in pro-
ducing a fine farm from a wilderness, raising corn averaging fifty-five bushels to an acre,
wheat twenty-three bushels,and other grain in proportion,giving some attention to Norman
aud Clyde horses. Has about 100 acres of his land under cultivation, the rest in pasture.
In 1872 Mr. McRae married Miss Allen. They have four children, three boys and one girl.
January 5, 1882, Mr. McRae’s father was killed by an accident. Theold family consisted
of father, mother, and three children, two boys and one girl.

WILLIAM G, MASSEY, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Vietsburgh, is a native of Lancaster
County, Penn., born in 1851, and moved to Indiana where he Was raised on the farm. In
1871 he came to Kansas onan exploring tour, going to Peabody, where he located on a
claim, but he abandoned it, coming to Neosho County, in 1873, not entering his claim till
1877, then, in company with Mr. McRae and others, filed their claims. In 1872, he married
Miss Larrick. He has succeeded in establishing a fine home, and is now raising grain, re-
porting good crops for 1882. His mother and family are soon to make a home in Kansas,
and on a piece of land adjoining his. Mr. Massey has held township offices.

A. MILLER, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Vietsburgh, is a native of Richland County, born
in 1842. He came to Kansas in March, 1869, and bought a claim of Mr. Metcalf, now known
as the Coffinberry farm; here he done some hard work, but in 1872 was burned out, then
moving to his present home, paying $400 for the farm that in 1862 ne said he did not want,
now having 100 acres in cultivation, farming in grain and stock, and having now a nicely
improved farm. His success has been good, raising cropsin the dry years. In February,
1861, Mr. Miller married Miss Bolding, of Kentucky, They have four children, two boys
and two girls. Mr, Miller is a member of the Methodist Episcopal organization and was [a
member of the Old Settlers’ Association.

he would not get a chance to enter his claim, traded for
him he traded for the claim he now owns in

 
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W. H. MOORE, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Savonburg, is a native of Columbiana County,
Ohio, born in 1853. Came to Kansas with his parents in 1869, traveling in a wagon. There
were three boys—W. H., M. A, and. F, The family stopped at their friends, Mr. Dickin-
son’s, on their arrival in Neosho County, till the cabin was built, when they moved into it
and gave their attention to farming, but had hard times from failure of crops and received
help from Eastern friends, W. H. then gave up farming, going to work in the coal banks
and took charge of the farm again in 1883, reporting good crops in 1882. His father, E. B.
Moore, has retired, and 1s now living in Walnut Station. In 1878 Mr. Moore married Miss
Williamson. They have two boys and one girl.

A. P. PARKER, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Savonburg, is a native of Kentucky, born in
1834. In 1854 he took a trip to California, where he stayed till 1869, returning to Ohio July
3, of that year. In 1870 he started again for California, but getting to Kansas, thought he
would go into the stock business, so, with a pard named Priest, he located on his presevt
claim onthe old Fort Scott & Mission road, taking 160 acres each. They put up a cabin, but
gave the idea of a stock ranch, but they dissolved and Mr. Parker then did little but hunt,
until the summer of 1871, when he settled to his work, breaking and_ planting, settin
orchards and shade trees, which have made a wonderful growth since. He now farms 24!
acres in grain and stock, having three and one-half foot hog-tight hedge fence about 115
acres of the farm, besides corrals for 300 head of cattie. His corn turned out 3,000 bushels
from sixty acres in 1882. In 1872, Mr. Parker married Miss Murray. They have three
Birla and on6,0oy: Mr. P. has been Justice of the Peace since 1877 and is a member of the

‘JOHN PUGH, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Vietsburgh, is a native of Wayne County, Ind.,

born in 1842. In 1868 a company of Indianians, consisting of Wright, Brewer, Johnson,
Pugh and Swain, started for the West in wagons to make their homes in the fertile valley
of the Neosho River. They arrived October 22. Mr. Pugh settled near Krie, where he
opened a farm and remained till 1875, when he moved to his present Jocation, hav-
ing visited the place way back in 1868. He has worked hard to make a home, making two
farms now, having a fine location with fine water, rock and timber privileges. The next
year, after coming: to Kansas he Jost. his wife and in 1872 he went back to Indiana,
where he married his presentone. They havesix children. Mr, Pugh was elected Town-
ship Trustee in 1882, and has held other offices in Grant Township,
_. C.F. RABE, farmer, Section 16. P.O, Walnut, is a native of Indianapolis, Ind., born
in 1839. Heis of German descent, his father immigrating to America in 1834, and worked
on a canal in New York, and afterward in Pennsylvania, finally going to farming in Indiana,
In 1866, C. F. Rabe came out to locate a claim in Nemaha County, but found land too high,
and went to Topeka, where hé went into coal mining, but sold out and went to Utah, to see
Brigham Young; he then returned to Indiana, returning to Kansas again in 1880, and
bought aclaim of W. W. Willet. for $1,550, and entered it, and paid the last installment in
1880, $450, the balance due the State School Fund, as his land was School Land. He then
built a large fine residence on it, as did his sister on her farm adjoining, and the year 1881
being a failure of crops, he met with reverses, but has recovered with fine crops in corn,
wheat and flax, of 1882. Heis raising grain and stock. Mr Rabe is still single, his mother
keeping house for him, aged seventy-six years, He isan oflicer on the School Board, and
is District Clerk.

C. H. SHALLER, farmer and stock dealer, Section 4, P.O. Walnut, is a native of Missouri,
born in 1854. His father, Peter, isanative of Germany, born in 1813, and immigrated to
America in 1848, locating in Illinois; herehe married Miss Mitchell, and soon afterward
inoved to Missouri, where he broke up and came to Kansas, taking a claim, as did his sons.
They lived in a hay shed until they built a stone house; they then began to open up the farm
with one pig and a calf to start them in stock. With many backsets and reverses, they per-
severed, and now havea fine home. Henry began working out when quite young, to get
money, and at the same time was making his farm over,raising grain and stock, selling and
shipping in 1882, 3,000 bushels of corn before the last of November. In 1879, he com-
menced shipping and feeding stock; fed fourteen. the first season, the next handling 200
head. and in 1882, shipping over 2,000 head, having a partner named Charles Wier, located
at Humboldt. C. H, is not married, his parents keeping house for him. Peter Shaller’s
family consists of eight children—three boys and five girls. They are nembers of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. sy 7

W. P.SMALL farmer, Section 26, P. O. Vietsburgh, is a native of Indiana, bornin 1843.
He was raised ou a farm, and when the war broke out, he enlisted in the Nineteenth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, Company D, serving three vears and seven months, and was wounded
in the battle of the Wilderness, and returned home, ‘In 1866, Mr. Small married, then set-
tling down on a very fine farm, located on the Blue River, east of Indianapolis; although
doing well. he thought to better himself, so came to Kansas, and in October, 1882. bought
the Launsberry Farm, containing 187 acres of prairie and rich bottom land, for $3,500; it
was well improved when he took possession, but under his system of farming, is ecoming
the finest in Neosho County. In 1882, his land yielded seventy bushels of corn to the acre.

e has a fine jiece of timothy meadow doing well, and the best horses in the county, of
Norman blood or pedigree. He means to work into stock, having row 100 acres in culti-
vation His family consists of four boys and one girl.

J.J.SMART, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Vietsburgh, is a native of Jacksonville, Ill., born
in 1833; raised in Hancock County, Ill. In 1871, sold his farm in Illinois, and came to Kan-
sas, buying of Mr. Munsen; he improved the claim, and sold in 1880,to Mr. Miller, for
$3,700; buying the place he has now, of J. Allen, which consisted of 160 acres; soon after-

ard, 200 acres of oseph Markham, having a farm of 360 acres. His sons have adjoining,
160 acres, which they farm. Mr.Smart has prospered in his trades and in farming; most
of his farm is rich bottom land, that yields seventy-five bushels of corn to the acre. Healso
handles stock, having now some fifty head on hand. Mr. Smart married Miss Moody. They
have four boys and four girls. He has not been before the public for political office, but has
held school offices. bs

EYNON SMITH, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Chard, native of Pennsylvania, born in 1829,
In 1866, Mr. Smith, in company with Holeman, Hilton and Penock, came to Kansas, and
took adjoining claims north of where the mission now stands. Mr. Smith settling on Sec-
tion 1, where he built his cabin, hauliug lumber f om Linn County; they doubled teams and
broke the prairie sod and planted sod corn, he then went to freighting, bringing provisions
from Fort Scott. While he was away his wife and family were Jeft in the cabin, and to
make it more comfortable chinked it with hay. Their company by day were Indians and
wolves at night; by enduring like experiences, they finally made a home, Jiving there till
1869, when Mr. Smith sold fur $2,500 and bought his present home for $1,100. he has now
130 acres nicely improved, with eighty acres in cultivation, with fine orchards and build-
ings. In 1882. be raised sixty bushels of corn to an acre, and crops of wheat, flax, and oats,
with great quantities of fruit. Mr. Smith married Miss King. They have six children,
two boys aud four girls.

L. VAUGHAN, farmer, Section s, P. O. Walnut, native of Ohio, born in 1815. He was
raised afarmer but learned and worked at the carpenter trade; before coming west he
lived in Indiana and Illinois, In 1856, he was married to Miss Slack, anative of Merry
England, who came to America, in 1854. In 1871, September, they came to, Kansas, locat-
ing in Crawford County, buying ninety-seven acres from the Guif Railroad Company,
where he lived till 1876, then moving to his present home in Neosho County; the decision
of the Court, August 11. 1876, placed his land so that he could enter it, which he did in 1877.
He has built up the farm, having now good dwelling and fences, farming in grain and stock
he now retains but eighty acres, They have had 81x boys and two girls, one son living and
working the farm, the girls are all married. Mr, and Mrs, Vaughan are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church,

G. W. WHITE, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Vietsburgh, native of Howard County, Ind., born
in 1836. His wife formerly a Miss Jones, married Mr. Bost, and came to Kansas, 1n 1869,
taking a claim and livingin the traditional box house, 14x16, and enduring all of the pri-
vations of pioneer life. In 1874 Mr. Bost died and she went to Oblo, where she marricd
Mr. White, and in 1876, they came back to Kansas, where she had this farm, and they are
now busy in improving it, ratsing good crops and succeeding well in making a home. They
have four children, twogirls and two boys:

MRS. A. P, WILLARD, widow, Section 32, P. O. Walnut, is a native of Ohio, She was
married to Mr. Willard, in 1861; soon after he enlisted in the Elghth Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry, Company G, and veteraned in 1864, being mustered out in 1866 Muy 4. During
his service he had visited hoine but twice, he now returned and en ged jutarming., In
March, 1870. they started in a wagon for their home in Kansas, arriving here they stopper
at Mr. Penick’s until he had his home built, then moved on to the claiin which he bought of
G. Lamb, where, notwithstanding the difficulties of ploneer life they succeeded, July 16,

5. BARB.
* born in 1833.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

1880, Mr. Willard died, leaving his widow withfone son and two daughters; her son carries
onthe farm raising erain and Stock. In 1881, Mrs Willard visited her old home in Illinois,
and returned in 1882, taking charge of the farm. Mrs. Willard is a member of the Chris-
tian Church. .

GEO. A. WRIGHT, farmer. Section 29, P. O. Walnut, native of Maryland, born in 1830,
Until coming to Kansas, he worked at his trade, that of wagon maker, coming to this State,
in 1868, he located his present farm, entering itin 1877, Living at first in a house of hay,
the first years spent in making their farm were very hard, full of privations and want, but
with the charac eristic grit of the Kansas pioneer, worked through drouth, famine and
plague, being now well established, raising in 1882, sixty bushels of corn to the acre, twenty-
four of wheat and fair crops of beans, He has ninety dcresin cultivation, the rest in pas-
ture and meadow. Mr. Wright married Miss Allen. They have six children. He belonged
to the Settlers’ Land League and helped secure their homes. His son, Wm. P. is now Asses-
sor for Grant Township.

BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP.

ELIJAH BROWN, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Chanute, isa native of Missouri, born in
1837. His parents immigrated to Kansas in 1854, bringing 4 family of nine boys and one
girl with them. His father, Isam, took a claim near Iola, Alien County, on Deer Creek, and
started to make a farm in the wilderness, surrounded by wild game and Osage and Sac In-
dians, where they fived until 1857, when a family settled within seven miles, and were con-
sidered close; those pioneer years, and experiences, although full of hardships, were the
most pleasant of his life. In 1860, they received aid, but got pleuty of that, so did not suffer,
In 1857, he went to Missouri, ‘and married a Miss Brown, and then located in Allen County,
farming until 1865, in the meantime serving in the militia; he then moved to Missouri, bu
returned to Kansas in 1867, locating in Neosho County, once more a pioneer, bought his
claim of Geo. Todd, aud commenced plowing and building, his wife making their clothes
from the wool their sheep yielded, so with rigid economy, bordering on privation, he has
succeeded in establishing himself again, He cultivates seventy-five acres and the regi is in
pasture and meadow. ‘The farm is well improved, having a fine orchard with 150 peariug
apple trees, raising grain and stock on the farm. Mr. Brown lost his first wife in 1872, an
in 1878, married Miss Finch. He has seven children by the first, and three by the last mar-.

riage. EE, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Chanute, is a native of Wilson County, Tenn.,
His father in 1841, moved to Jefferson County, Ill., where Mr. Barbee lived +
until 1852, when he inoved to Sangamon County. coming from there to Kansas in 1859, in
company with J. L. Fletcher; after looking the country over, they settled on Big Creek, at
this time having on it but the Haddons, Gliddens, and one or two others. Mr. Barbee had
about $100 and a few household goods, his horses and a few head of cattle. He settled on
northeast quarter Section 15, then not surveyed, and for years had more Indians for friends
than white men; itseems he moved up the creek into Allen Connty, where he lost ali iis
stock in 1860, this liked to have ruined him, and in 1865, although be had sold his claim in
Allen County, and bought cattle, he had to sell most everything he owned to pay for his
land, which was entered under the Fourth Article of the Osage Land Treaty. In 1868he
lost stock to the amount of $400. During the war he was a member of the State Militia, and
was in Block House at Humboldt in 1864, but his health gave way, and he was allowed to
return home by Capt. Newmen. In 1877, he entered a quarter on the northwest corner of
Section 15. He now has ninety-five acres in cultivation, the rest in pasture and meadow.
In 1882, he raised good crops of corn, castor beans and flax, with fine orchards, buildings,
tences,etc.,he is now comfortably. fixed. In 1857,Mr. Barbee married Miss Early. They have
three boys, the eldest,deceased. In 1877 to 1880, Mr. Barbee served as Township Treasurer,
and belongs to the knights of Honor and the Masons of Chanute.

A. P. GIBSON, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Chanute, isa native of Mercer County, IIL,
born in 1838. His early life was spent on the farm, and when the war broke out he
enlisted in the Forty-fifth [llinois Volunteer Infantry. When he returned he was
senior Captain of the Teglments bethen went tofarming, In 1859, he had, ona trip to the

‘old fields of Pike’s Peak, passed through Kansas, so in 1870, in company with A. L. Taylor,

e settled in Neosho County, Kan., taking or buying a claim of Mrs. Marsh, on a school sec-
tion, and has experienced the drawback of high taxes levied for building their fine school-
houses, and during hard years of crop failure would have abandoned his farm, but for the
timely help of his father. From a beginning of some few acres of sod breaking and alo;
cabin, Capt. Gibson has now a farm of 456 acres, and 265 of this is under cultivation, an
notwithstanding the bad crops of 1874 and 1881, he has averaged from 1870 to 1883, forty
bushels of corn to an acre, going as high as an average of sixty bushels in 1882. He makes
a Specialty of feeding cattle. efed this vear 131 head, turning off by May 1; this lot
weighing on an average 1,500 pounds each, they cost per head $44, and are worth now
$90 per head; he has fed them since November 1, 1882. In 1866, Capt. G. married Miss
Taylor. They had five children, two deceased, Capt. G. was elected to the House of Repre-
sentatives in 1875, and is a member of the Knights of Honor of Channte. ss :

J. H. HANSON, firmer, Section 11, P. 0. Odense, Neosho County. Is a native of Madison
County, Ohio, born in 1824. He was raised a farmer, and in 1851, moved to Iroquois
County, Il. There farmed and worked at the carpenter’s trade, 1 1871, he came to Kan-
sas, buying a claim of 160 acres of Mrs. Marsh, on Big Creek. After building his house, he
sent for his family, who arrived October 5, 1871. He began with six and a half acres of
Jand broken, now has 100, owning 200 acres. His son William A. owns 160 and James M.
eighty acres. They are farming in grain and stock, as well as grading in Short-horns, and

iving their attention to tame grasses meadow land. He has always fed a large number of
hogs. In 1875, the hogs died of cholera, so he sold his corn that year, but aims to feed it on
thefarm. In 1846, Mr. Hanson married Miss Gragg. They have six children—tive boys
and one girl. In 1885, Mr. Hanson enlisted in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Ilinois Vol-
unteer Infantry, Company D, and was mustered outin 1866. He was appoiuted Postmaster
of the Odense Postoffice in 1877 holding itsince. The postoftice was established in 1874.
The Postmaster was N, P. Weisburg, who handed it over to Mr. Hanson. 7

PLYEL MoGUFFEY, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Odense, Neosho County; native of Ohlo;
born in 1828, Ashe grew to manhood, and in early life, he was engaged in various lines of
business; while in Itlinois, was in a saw-mill, but in 1869, closed vut his milling interests
and came to Kansas with his brother Frauk, taking claims and settling on Big Creek.
The first year, generally the hardest, was passed by planting rented ground and his sod
breaking, from which he got a good yield of corn. The years 1872-73-74 were failures, and
he determined to leave Kansas, but raising a fine crop in 1875, he stayed, and has done
well since. He now cultivates 130 acres, raising corn, castor beans, oats and broom corn.
His son Charles owns 160 acres, which they use as a range for theircattle. In 1855, Mr.
McGuffey married Miss Milligan. They have nine children—five boys and four girls.

ALVAN MOGUFFEY, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Odense; native of Aentuck ys born in
1832. The McGuffeys are ot Scotch-Irish descent, and a long-lived race. is grand-
father, a native born Scotchman, lived to the advanced age of ninety, and his father died
when seventy-cight. In 1870, Mr. MeGuffey, in company with a friend, came to Kansas,
and he located on his present homestead. ere they lived and bached for eight or nine
years, opening the farm, meeting withthe checkered experience pecuiiar to settlers of

Kansas, having now 120 acres in cultivation, which produced fine crops of corn, oats, beans

and flix, in_1882. also Having some very fine meadows of taine grasses. Mr. McGuffey mar-
ried ics. Grady, of Allen County. They have a fine orchard, and the farm is well fenced
with hedge and other kinds of fencing,

WILLIAM MILLER, farmer, Section $5, P. O. Chanute; native of Hanover, Germany;
born in 1883. In 1848, he immigrated to America with a good German education, but
speaking no word of English. He landed in Cincinnati, Ohio, applying himself to farming
and learning the language. In 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-nineh Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, Company G, serving his time out. He veteraned, and was mustered out in 1865,
and returned to Illinois. In 1867, he came to Kansas in company with Mr. Ewing. taking
aclaim on Pecan Creek, buying of Widow Adams. He built a cabin, and then gave his
attention to a piece of forty acresthat had been broken up but was grown over again, so
he had to plow ana harrow it twice, thus insuring his harvest, which fully repaid him;
here thoy ived, at one time visited a band of Sioux Indians, who were friendly. In 1874,
they had the misfortune to lose their cabin and all tireir household goods by fire, leaving
them without anything. They then moved into Mr. Ewing's house, and in 1876, bought his
claim, now owning 820 acres, farming in grain and some stock. In 1858, Mr. Miller mar-
ried Miss Ewing, ‘They have three children—two boys and one girl. Mr. Miller has served
as Treasurer anit Clerk of the township, and in 1882, was elected County Commissioner.
In 1872, Mr. Ewing and he organized their school district.
 

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.
YON County is in the fourth tier of counties from Missouri, being in the
line of the Great Neosho Valley and nearly at the head waters of that
river. The Osage River has its rise in Osage, Wabaunsee and Lyon counties,

its branches watering the northeastern sec-
tions of the latter district. Eagle, Allen,
Dow, Rock, Badger, Plum, Coal and Dry
creeks, tributaries of the Neosho River,
water thoroughly the central and southern
‘portions of the county, and, to a partial ex-
tent, the northwestern. The Cattonwood
River, a branch of the Neosho, flows east
through its southern central portion, Elm
‘Creek and One Hundred and Forty-second
Creek, tributaries of the Osage, and the
north and south branches of the Verdigris
River, furnish an abundant water supply to
the northeastern and southwestern portions
of the county. There is also a good supply
of springs, water being obtained for drink-
ing purposes at a depth of from twenty to
forty feet. :

The agricultural reports divide the face
of the country as follows:—Bottom land,
15 per cent; upland, 85 per cent; forest
(Government survey), 8 per cent; prairie,
g2 per cent. The general surface of the
country is undulating, the bottom lands va-
rying in width from one half a mile to four
miles. The soil generally is composed of a
deep, black loam, mellow and rich; the
subsoil being porous and impregnated with
lime, which accounts for its good grain-
growing qualities. Naturally, blue and
white limestone abounds, and sufficient
sand for building purposes is found. Some
pottery and fireclay are reported, but these
deposits have not been much developed.
Amedium quality of surface~coal, veins
varying from one to two feet, has been
discovered in the northeastern and south
western portions of the county, cropping
out of the creek banks. It has been util-
ized to some extent in Jackson, Elmen-
daro and Centre townships. ‘

The average width of the timber belts
is one mile. Cottonwood, hackberry, oak,
walnut, burr oak, hickory, coffee bean and
mulberry comprise the natural varieties of
wood. Farmers throughout the county are
also doing considerable planting of shade
and ornamental trees. :

EARLY SETTLEMENTS,

Lyon County is situated in the exact
center of the State, north and south, and is
almost parallel with the center of popula
tion, east and west, being a short distance
to the east thereof. It has become, to a
great extent, what its early settlers meant it
to be; a railroad center and an emporium
of trade for Central Kansas.’ Previous to
their exhibit of foresight and determination,
a number of settlers had located in the
county, but foreseeing the natural advan-
tages of locating at or near the junction of
the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers, many
of the enterprising pioneers settled in that
vicinity. By common consent, however,
the very first settler of the county was
Charles H. Withington, who located in the
extreme northern part of the county, on
the old Santa Fe road, a short distance

south of what is now Allen -Postoffice, Agnes City Township. Mr. With-
ington was one of the earliest. settlers of the State, coming to Kansas in 1846,
- being gunsmith to the Sac and Fox Indians. } ;
years later, he opened a store for the Santa Fe and Indian trade, and following
his old proclivities, when, in June, 1854, he became a resident of Lyon County

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POPULATION.

1870. 1880.
‘Agnes City Township....... 143 943
Afericus Township ; 884 1,906
‘Center Township... .. 126 848
Elmendaro Township. 533 1,444
Emporia City....... 2,168 4,631
- Emporia Township 1,182 2,525
Fremont Townsbip... 549 912
(a) Jackson Townshi 1,079 1,531
Fike Towuship. vest; 693 ae

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(a) In 1872, part detached to form Reading.

(b) Organized in 1872, from part of Sackson and Waterloo.

(e) In 1872, part detached to form Reading.

Removing to Council Grove five

the Neosho Valley, many of them settling
within its borders in 1855, *56. His store
became known far and wide as the only
“commercial establishment” in southern
Kansas, outside of the regular Indian posts.
Would-be settlers looking for claims, found
in Mr. Withington’s place of business as
good a hotel as the times would afford, and
in Mr. Withington himself as accommo
dating a landlord as his’ accommodations
woud allow. In 1857, when the bulk of
the early immigration flowed to this county,
and for years afterward, Mr. Withington
was prominent in all affairs of moment to
the county, as will be ascertained ‘by con-
sulting pages which follow. He died at
Sacramento, Cal., November 4, 1881. At
the time he was stopping with his brother,
R.H. In June, 1880, Mr. Withington’s
wife had preceded him, and his own death .
was no doubt hastened by his grief over
her loss.

In April, 1855, Oliver Phillips settled
on One Hundred and Forty-second Creek,
and is, without doubt, the second perma-
nent resident of the county. He moved to
his present location on Duck Creek, in
1857. Under the Leavenworth Constitu-
tion of 1858, Mr. Phillips was elected. a
representative from the county, andin 1859,
was sent as a delegate to the Osawatomie
Convention, which organized the Repub-
lican party of Kansas. He has been Com-
missioner of his county, and Assessor re-
peatedly, and is generally respected.

The next day after Mr. Phillips’ ar-
rival, Chris. Ward also located on One
Hundred and Forty-second Creek. About
the same time came J. 5S. Pigman, who, in
1857, went into business at Columbia,
which had been founded two years before
by Mr. Withington and others. In May,
1855. Charles Johnson and James lI.
Pheanis located on the Cottonwood River.
Mr. Johnson still lives on the old home-
stead. Mr. Pheanis has since sold his farm
removed to Emporia, then returned and
located on land near his former home. At
about the same time David Vangundy set-
tled on the Cottonwood, above its junction
with the Neosho River, and John Rosen—
quist took a claim just below. Joseph
Moon and Rev. Thomas J, Addis (a lone-
some Free-state man) and his family, in-
creased the number of settlers near the
junction. The same year (1855) Lorenzo’
Dow settled on the creek which bears his
name, and, with him, R. H. Abraham,
Wm. Grimsley and Thomas Shockley, on
Allen Creek; Joseph Iladley, Wm. H.
Eikenbery and Joel Haworth, on the Cot-
tonwood, west of the present site of Empo-
ria; Dr. Gregg, Mr. Carver, James Hen-
dricks and others, near the junction; Albert
Watkins on One Hundred and Forty-sec-
ond Creek; John Fowler, on the Cotton-
wood below Emporia, and G. D. Humphrey
and L. H. Johnson on the Neosho, above
the present city. Among the settlers of

1856, may be mentioned, Charles N. Link (who located in Douglas County in
1854), Sol. Pheanis (from whom the creek was named), Moses Puckett, Silas
Howell, D. Roth, Isaac Cox, Eli Davis, Curtis Hiatt, Andrew Hinshaw, W. J.
Carney, Milton Chamness, N. Lockerman, P. W. Manning, Mr. Taylor (from
whom the creek was name@), and S, G. Brown.
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One of those events which seldom happened to disturb the equanimity of
the early settlers of Breckinridge County, was the killing of Mrs. Carver, the
daughter of David Vangundy, who lived near Neosho Rapids. The settlement
in that vicinity was largely composed of the Pro-slavery element, and in Sep-
tember, 1856,4 Free-state mob from Topeka, robbing as they went, came to
Mr. Carver’s house and demanded admission. Being refused, they fired into
the building, two of the shots taking effect in the body of Mrs. Carver, who
was inbedat the time. The unfortunate young lady, a bride of only a year,
died soon after. The mob then continued on their course along the Cotton-
wood, and before they left this region, visited Columbia, and Mr. Withington’s
store, at Allen. For the particulars of this raid the reader is referred to the
sketch of Neosho Rapids.

In 1857 occurred a great influx of settlers; consequently, as in all new but
growing communities, the problem of sufficient mail communication became
the uppermost one for immediate solution. During 1855-56 the mail for the
Cottonwood and Neosho Valley settlers had been thrown from the Santa Fe
stages, and placed in Mr. Withington’s hands for distribution. Joseph Hadley
then mounted a horse and acted as carrier, the settlers whom he thus accom-
modated raising the money to pay him for his services. By the summer of 1857
the department still “accommodated” the people of Breckinridge County by
giving them an occasional mail from Jefferson City to Council Grove, the post-
office for Emporia being at Columbia, three miles below. Besides the irregu-
larity of the mails, there were other reasons why the citizens of the new town of
Emporia did not appreciate this arrangement. As was then observed: ‘‘ We
do not feel inclined to trust our letters to the tender mercies of the Pro-slavery
residents of Council Grove, and prefer to carry our mail matter by private
hands, rather than risk the present uncertainty.” But a great cry of distress
went up from all the people, whatever their political bendings. The key-note
of the cry was ‘‘ We must have mail communication with Topeka.” The cry
was answered,

Most of the mail was finally ordered sent to Lawrence—box 500—which
was brought down to Emporia in “ private hands” and deposited in the hotel,
where the settlers helped themselves—‘ with no one to molest or make afraid.”
The Emporia Mews proposed that a regular semi-weekly mail be established
between Emporia and Lawrence—a pony express. The application was refused
by the General Government. But in the fall of 1857 John Fowler resigned as
Postmaster at Columbia, and the office was removed to Emporia. H. W. Fick
became the Postmaster here, and the mail facilities of the county were soon
brought into better shape. In August ‘‘ Dow’s weekly hack” commenced to
run between Emporia and Topeka, and Walker’s hack was put on the road
about the same time between Emporia and Lawrence. But even in January,
1858, it is recorded that there were ‘‘about three bushels of mail directed to
Emporia lying in the Osawatomie office, seventy-five miles away, the route from
that point being by way of the Sac Agency, Le Roy and Ottumwa.” The mail
was supposed to be a weekly mail, carried on horseback. Decently regular
mail routes were established the next year from Council Grove to Fort Scott,
via Emporia ; from Butler, Mo., to Council Grdéve, and from Lawrence to Em-
poria. In August, 1860, tri-weekly coaches were put on the route between
Emporia and Lawrence. By March, 1861, Emporia was receiving tri-weekly
mails from Lawrence, semi-weekly from Council Grove and weekly from To-
peka, Fort Scott, Cottonwood Falls, Tonawanda and Butler, Mo, The growth
of the postal service in Emporia and the county is traced elsewhere—the early
attempts at establishment being what applies to the topic now being treated.

Another “establishment” of early times, which is of the supremest impor-
tance to the pioneer, is the saw mill. The first ones built in this county were
in the spring and summer of 1857. Parham & Phelps operated one near Em-
poria. On the opposite side of the Neosho River, one-half a mile north of Par-
ham’s mill, was the mill of Dr. Armour, while eight miles west, on the Cotton-
wood River, was Joel Hayworth’s establishment and six miles below, at the
junction, G. D. Humphrey operated one. Mr. Humphrey built and operated the
pioneer mill—the firm being afterwards Humphrey & Goodwill. In December,
1858, W. T. Soden purchased from Mr. Link a mill site, with water privilege,
about four miles west of Emporia. In 1859 the “American Steam Saw Mill” was
in operation on the south side of Cottonwood River, one mile west of its junc-
tion with the Neosho, M. M. Baker, proprietor. In the summer of 1860 the
county supported seven saw mills, the one at Emporia operated by Britton &
Isbell; Dr. Armour owning one a mile north; Joel Haworth on the Cottonwood,
seven miles west; M. M. Baker (the American) seven miles east; G. D. Humph-
rey onthe Neosho, at Forest Hill; Mr. Bests, at Waterloo, and Mr. Bywater,
at Americus. With the war came the suspension of many of these mills,
which suffered with all other industries,

As previously intimated, the sagacious early settlers of Breckinridge
County saw at once their natural advantages of position—especially those who
located near the junction of the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers. They per-
ceived what a splendid inlet and outlet for railroads the valley of these rivers
made, and knew that somewhere near their meeting the future metropolis of
the county, and perhaps of central Kansas, must be located. The citizens ot
Emporia therefore early began the agitation of railroads, which were to run up
and down these natural courses.

The first public meeting ever held in Emporia was a Fourth of July cele-
bration, and the third onea public gathering to discuss railroad matters—date,
July 21, 1857. The settlers began to arrive early in the day, and had assem-
bled in sufficient numbers by 11 o'clock, A. M.,to select acommittee on resolu-
tions, consisting of John O. Wattles, of Moneka; W. A. Ela, of Hampden; P.
B. Plumb, W. B. Swisher, Abells; A. S. Frazer, and Z. Stubbs, of Breckinridge
County. The meeting then adjourned until 2 o’clock, P. M., as C. K. Holliday,
president of the Topeka & St. Joe Railroad, and Prof. W. Oakley, of the same
corporation, were expected to be present and address the gathering. They
came and spoke, Col. Holliday delivering an enthusiastic address of nearly an
hour’s duration, demonstrating the grand importance of securing connection
with that road and thus with the chain of iron bands:running along the shores

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of the lakes to the East. A glowing set of resolutions were adopted, delinea-
ting the splendid position of Emporia as a natural railroad center and com-
mercial mart for central Kansas. The following ‘‘whereas” fairly illustrates
the sense of the meeting: ia
ora mR, DY Jtscentral position Jn Kangas. offers all the advantages for point of ep.
the east, north and south, and to unite and extend onward toward the setting sun, as that
roposed from the Kanzas River to the Gulf of Mexico will undoubtedly pass down the
eosho Valley, and that from Jefferson City (via Versailles, Clinton and Butler to the State
line, thence through Moneka, Hyatt and Central Southern Kansas) will also terminate
ners i pea houph carina 2 Sant Si aprobsoitiy besoin vo oe
paint th Oe epeniae the heart of Kansas—which is the heart of the country—to the wealth
and commerce of the world,

In the spring of 1864 steps were taken to organize the Neosho Valley
Railroad, to run from Fort Riley to Emporia, va Council Grove. It soon
became evident, however, that the A., T. & S. F. road, of which it was to be a
branch, would make the line quite an insignificant adjunct to the main route,
In April, 1864, the Neoslio Valley Association was formed, composed of citi-
zens from Woodson, Coffey, Lyon and Riley counties—Judge Bent, president.
Its object was to obtain control of the land grant which had been voted the
A., T. & S. F.—evefy alternate section, for ten sections in width on each side
of the road—and make the Neosho Valley & Fort Gibson road a branch of
the U. P. Senator Lane introduced the bill extending the Neosho Valley
line to Fort Riley; also making Emporia the terminus of the Lawrence &
Wakarusa road. An amendatory act was passed in June, covering these
points and making the Valley road a branch of the Union Pacific. Thus
originated the M. K. & T. road, now the Missouri Pacific. Although’ $125,000
bonds were voted by the county in September, 1865, to aid in the con-
struction of the Lawrence & Emporia line, the bonds were not issued and no
work was done. In May, 1867, the Topeka & Emporia Company was formed,
and in June, 1869, $200,000 bonds were voted to the A., T. & S. F,, and the
road was completed to Emporia in July, 1870, Two years previous to this
“happy consummation ’—in June, 1867,—the county voted the M. K. & T. R.
R. Co. (the old Neosho Valley) $200,000 in bonds, and that line was built
through the county in 1869-70. The two roads intersect each other at Em-
poria, the Missouri Pacific entering the county from Americus Township, run.
ning southeast, and making its exit by way of Jackson Township. Its prin-
cipal stations are Americus, Neosho Rapids and Hartford. The A., T. & 5. F.
passes from Reading Township, in a southwesterly direction, to Emporia,
where it bends directly to the west, the principal stations being Reading and
Plymouth. The Kansas City, Emporia & Southern, and_the Kansas City
& Emporia lines may be said to lie in the near future. The charter of the
Kansas City & Emporia road dates from January, 1881. In September,
1882, Jackson Township voted $20,000 in bonds to aid in its construction,
Its course is surveyed for nearly an air line between the two points. Some
grading has already been dune in Osage County.

By the spring of 1860 the population of the county had reached 3,500, but
during this year a series of misfortunes occurred, which checked its progress
for years. That long and discouraging drought commenced in the fall of 1859,
and for all practical purposes no rain fell until October 26, 1860. The county
had scarcely any development in agriculture, and the settlers had the scantiest
of stocks on hand to meet such an unforeseen crisis. Many of them became
completely disheartened and returned to the East. During the winter and
spring those who had remained were relieved from actual suffering ; but the
long-to-be-remembered drought of 1860 had a demoralizing effect not only upon
the county then, but upon its future prospects. The heavy taxes of this fall
and the war coming in the spring of 1861 with all its train of ‘‘set-backs,”
crushed Breckinridge County, for the time, almost to the ground. And the
effects of the war were necessarily felt by sections which responded the most
generously to the call for troops. The first company which left this county was
the ‘‘ Emporia Guards,” in May, 1861. They were commanded by Capt. W. F.
Cloud, and joined their regiment at Lawrence. They did good service, fight-
ing bravely at Wilson’s Creek. A. J. Mitchell raised an artillery company also.
In the fall of 1862 P. B. Plumb raised a company of 150 men for service in the
Eleventh Regiment. In 1864 the Lyon County Militia assisted in the campaign
against Price. The mention of these organizations does not include the enlist-
ments of those who joined other commands by ones, twos, threes and dozens.
Lyon County acquitted herself heroically, and had the brave man, whose name
she assumed, lived until the end of the Rebellion, he would have applauded
her war record,

Many men from Lyon County also served against the bushwhackers and
the Indians of the West. The most noted raid ever accomplished by the former
in this vicinity, and which resulted in the shocking death of an old and re-
spected resident of the county, occurred July 3, 1862, and is of such an unusu-
ally bold a nature that an account is extracted from the Emporia News:

It will be remembered that some few weeks ago we gave the particulars of the killing
of an old man named Anderson by Judge A. I. Baker. Baker had branded Anderson and
his two sons, Bill and Jim, as belong ing to a bana of horse thieves: and for this and perhaps
one or two other reasons, which it is not necessary to make public, Anderson sought his
life, and was shot by Baker in self-defense. Atthe same time, a Mexican, one of the band
of horse thieves and desperadoes to which the Andersons belonged, was hung by a mob.
Bill Anderson was arraigned on the charge preferred by Baker and bailed out. He swore
vengeance on Baker and others and left the country. It was supposed at the time—and the
awful tragedy which we are about to relate proves the supposition to have been true—that
they had gone to Missouri to join Quantrell.

On Thursday evening, the 8rd of July, at_8 or 9 o'clock, Bill Anderson, Jim Anderson,
Lee Griffin (another of the gang which had left), accompanied_by two others, one of them
supposed to be Quantrell himself, arrived at the residence of Judge Baker, on the Santa Fe
road, when one of their company proceeded to his house and reported himself asa lone
traveler, and told Baker he wished to procure some whisky: Baker went to his store, &
short distance from his residence, to get the whisky, and when in the act of going into the
cellar the other four members of the gang rushed in and discharged several pistols at him,
two of them takin effectin his body. Baker reeled upon the steps, drew his revolver and
fired into the crowd, hitting Jim Anderson in the tbigh, but not seriously wounding him.
Baker fell into the cellar in an expiring coudition. A young man named Segur, a brother-
in-law of Baker’s, was present and was shot and thrown into the cellar with him. The
cut-throats supposed this latter gentleman to be Elisha Goddard, of Americus, against
whom they had a grudge for taking a prominent part in the hanging of their comrade, the
Mexican, and against whom they had sworn vengeance. They then closed the door and piled
boxes and barrels upon it, and set them afire. Baker, who was in the agonies of a horrible
death, reached over his hand ana bade Segur farewell, saying, ‘I am going.” Young'Segur

 
LYON COUNTY.

although mortally wounded, recollected a back window in the cellar, andthrough this he
mustered strength to escape from the horrible fate of burning to deith. He lived about
twenty-four hours after his escape. Judge Baker’s head, arms and legs were literally
burned toashes, A portion of the body was saved from burning by some object which had
PES aREE cUnaten eee ee eee ee ane devils then set fire to the remainder of his

x ‘ rge stone dwelling, several outh arri ;

stole two fine horses. i ‘g LC wi g: 21 ut ‘ouses, a carriage, etc , They also

er they had completed their hellish work at this point, the murderers started to-
wards Missouri, on the Santa Fe road, committing depredations and stealing horses at
every point which they passed. After leaving Baker's, the first settler is a man called Dutch
Hen ry, and whom they robbed of clothing and money.

They then went to the. residence of C. H. Withington, of Allen, and, after placing
allthe men about the premises under arrest, they demolished a saloon, knocking the pro-
prietor down with a pistol and setting fire to his house. Owing to the luinber being green
the bullding did not burn. Jim Anderson seemed determined upon killing our friend
Withington, but his life was spared through the intercession of Quantrell and BII] Ander-
son, the former of whom Mr. W. recognized, having been somewhat acquainted with him a
few years ago in Missouri. Here they stole three horses belonging to the Kansas City,
& Santa Fe Mail Company. and arifle belonging to Mr. Withington. Shey stayed at Allen
until nearly daylight. hen they started they took the prisoners with them, and on re-
leasing them Quantrell is reported to have said something in this wise: ‘Gentlemen, we
now have possession of Kansas, and if 1 had time I wouldissue a proclamation, But L'will
only say bis uen : Letit be remembered that Quantrell disturbs no man who minds his

At Elm Creek they fired into the house of a Mr. Jacoby, who had taken some part in
etting them arrested. It was their intention to have killed this gentleman, but 3 Santa,
e train, which was encamped near Jacoby’s residence, saved his life. At the next station
they stole two more horses, belonging to the Kansas City & Council Grove Stage Company.
From this place they proceeded on down the road, avoiding Burlingame, and threatening
a gentleman near that place, thatifthe people of that village disturbed the property of
Hollam Rice—who, as those who have traveled the road between here and Lawrence, will
recollect, kept a kind of a stopping place at Dragoon Creek, near Burlingame, and who
lately left for Iowa, because of his supposed complicity with this band of horse-thieves—
they would lay that town in ashes. At 110 creek they compelled Mr. Harris to get break-
fast for them in double-quick time, threatening to blow his brains out if he did not do so
They left there alittle after daylight, and were probably in Missouri by noon of that day.

In the fall of 1860, previous to the war, came the grasshopper raid ; in
June, 1866, after the war, came the freshets, damaging thousands of dollars’
worth of property. These six year-, from 1860 to 1866, may be designated
Lyon County's unfortunate period, but soon after that she took a fresh and
more vigorous start. Railroads were built, crops were mcdcrately good, and
by 1870 her population had increased to 8,014. The earthquake of April 24,
1867, cannot be called either a retarding or a fostering influence. It shook up
the county, generally, for about fifteen seconds, and created such a panic in the
Normal School, at Emporia, that several of the scholars were bruised while
a sempane to make too hasty an exit down stairs. So endeth the first earth-
quake,

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

The Territorial Legislature of 1855 organized Breckinridge Courfty, attaching it to Madi-
son County for civil, criminal and military purposes. It was named to honor Vice-President
Breckinridge. The county seat of Madison County was Columbia, situated one and a half
miles southeast of Emporia, and founded curing: this year by the first settler in Breckin-
ridge County, Charles H..Withington, assisted by T. S, Huffaker and Wm. D. Aarris, the
other two incorporators. The bogus statules which brought Breckinridge County into being,
fixed the terms of the United States District Court in 1855, on the second Thursday of Octo-
ber, and in the county of Madison on the third Thursday of October. During and after the
year 1856 the terms of court in Breckinridge County were to commence on the third Mon-
days of July and December. Saunders W. Johnson was Judge of the Third District, but
heid no court until December, 1858. ‘

These same bogus laws of 1855 made the County Commissioners to consist of the Probate
Judge and two other menzbers chosen by the Legislature. A Sheriff was also to be elected,
and all were to hold their offices until the general election in 1857. The Commissioners ap-
pointed the Clerk, Treasur 1, Coroner, Justices of the Peace and Constables. On the 25th of
August, 1855, the Legislature elected the following officers for Breckinridge County: Pro-
bate Judge, T. 8. Huitaker; Commissioners, Harmon B. Elliot and Charles H. Withington;
Sheriff, John B. Foreman. John Ratl.ff was appointed Clerk. These were the first officers
for what is now Lyon County. Only afew meetings were held by the Commissioners, Co-
Jumbia being out of their way, and furthermore the troubles of 1856 interfered with them.
In 1855 Mr. Withington was elected to the Council and Arthur I, Baker to the House. They
were Free-state men'and the Legislature Pro-slavery; they never obtained their seats, The
next set of county officers consisted of Mr. Baker, of Agnes City, Probate Judge; C. Colum-
bia and C, H. Withington, Commissioners: and Elisha Goddard, Sheriff, anpointed by the
Legislature. This occurred: February 17, 1857, and at the same time Breckinridge was de-
tac ed rot SEdison County, and Agnes City, the residence of Judge Baker, was declared

e county seat. s

But the first regular convention for the nomination of county officers was held at Ameri-
cus, September 26, 1857. The action of its members gave dissatisfaction to a number, and
a rival tleket was put in the field by the convention which met at Kansas Center, October 1.
The voting was done viva voce, the election being held October 6, and the Americus ticket
triumphed. It was: A. I. Baker, Probate Judge; E. Goddard, Sheriff; N.S. Storrs, Treas-
urer; Clerk and Recorder, C. V. Hekridse; Surveyor, — Voke; Coroner, W. B. Swisher; H.
W. Fick and William Grimsley, Commissioners,

Prior to this election, the people had not generally recognized the authority of the coun-
ty offi.ers; and the organization of the county into municipal townships, and the regular dis-
charge of official business dates from this time. ‘ . .

_,_ Dating from this year (1857), wheh the influx of immigration was at its height, was the
agitation to annex three miles of Madison County to Breckinridge. In February, 1859, a
bill was passed by the Legislature, making the change, Although the Legislature had made
this addition to the original territory of Breckinridge County, which was twenty-four miles
square, a mass convention of the newly-attached ‘*three-mile strip ” assembled at Colum-
bia, the old county seat, and resolved that as the Governor ignored the change and would
refuse to commis-ion officers elected, they deemed itinexpedient then to organize. But their
fears were soon dispelled, and the three- mile strip became a part of the county, politically
as wellasterritorily. In March, 1859, four new townships were formed, and Cottonwood
and Emporia extended south to the new county line. s

It was during 1858-59 that the bitterest fight occurred between Americus and Emporia
over the location of the county seat, Emporia desired to postpone the settlement of the
question, until the southern portion of the county should acquire the ‘‘three-mile strip.”
But the advocates of Americus brought the matter to a vote in October, 1858, and their town
was declared the county seat by a majority of fourteen, But there were still doubts as to
the legality of the submission; so that although the Board of Supervisors made all the pre-
liminary arrangements, in March, 1859, to build a jail and court house at Americus—and as
was facetiously observed, in the ‘* Morisco style of artitecture ’—“Spanish castle” style—the
order was rescinded during the next month, wea

The first meeting of the United States District Court, Judge Elmore presiding, was held
in Americus, December 20, 1858. It was to have been held at Agnes City, but between the
date of notice and time of asseinbling, the change inthe county seat had occurred. The
term lasted two days, the cases tried being mostly for trespassing on school Jands, The Petit

urors were: C. F. Oakfield, R. W. Stevenson, William J. Carney, Van R. Holmes, E. P.

ancroft, Emporia Township; Zimri Stubbs, E. Yeakley, William ‘McClelland, Benjamin
Wright. C. H. Dake, Fleming Smith, Americus; R. H. Best, Albert Watkins, John Wayman,
Leonard Bush, Kansas Center; John Lohr, Mathias Friel, David Riddle, N. W. Douglas,
Agnes City; Eli Davis, Samuel McVey, David Roth, George W. Evans and William Holsin-

er, Cottonwood. Grand Jurors: R. W. Cloud, William Wendell, Robert Best, Oliver
Bhitips Kansas Center Township; J. 0. Hyde, William Perry. G. um Walker, Leigh Mc-
Clung, Emporia; Dempsey Elliott, George Rees, John Conner, Williath McCulloch, Ameri-
cus; Siatinew McCormick, Janes Jackson, Messrs. Morgan and Moon, Cottonwood; George
Lea, William C, Anderson, G. B. Griffith, Agnes City. ie Rs

The second term of court wasalso held in Americus, Hlosing March 21,1859. William
C. Luineker was acquitted on acharge of larceny, and the indictments for trespasses on
school lands, and for selling liquor without a license, were held by Judge Elmore to be
fatally defective, being accordingly quashed. s 4 ‘

But although a court house was not erected in Americus, it continued to be regarded as
the county seat, up to the time of the general election of 1860, held November 6. Emporia
received 384 votes for the honor, Americus. 141;- Fremont, 73; Breckenridge Center, 14;
Forest Hill, 1. This election put an end to the contest. 7 :

Among the early-day towns which figured considerably in 1858, 1859 and 1860, may be
mentioned Fremont, Waterloo and Forest Hill. As is above noticed, they were competitors
for the county seat, Fremont was laid out in 1857, eight miles north of Emporia, and at
one time had attained to almost the diguity of a village. William B. Swisher was President

 

 

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of the Town Company. The town soon contained about a dozen houses, a food general store
and several shops. Fremont is now farming land, and no traceis left of Emporia’s former
competitor. Waterloo was laid out in 1858 by W. H. Mickel, fifteeu miles northeast of Em-
poria, Mr, Mickel kept a hotel for several years, and the town grew to contain four or five
other buildings. Travelers passing over the old State road between Lawrence and Topeka,
patronized Brother Micke] to some extenr, but the place never grew in an alarming degree.

orest Hill, another competitor for the county seat, gave up the ghost in 1860,although even
then it contained only a few buildings. The “town” was situated on the high land on the east
side of the Neosho, nearly opposite the junction, being laid out in 1858.

The next important event in the general history of Breckinridge County, was the cut-
ting of Madison County in two; attaching the northern twelve miles to this county, and the
southern portion to Greenwood. ‘This was clone at the last session of the Territorial Legis-
lature in 1861. There was considerable opposition, asthe measure completely annihilated
Madison County, but the legality of the act was soon sustained by the State Supreme Court,
to which an appeal had been taken. This made the county thirty-nine miles long. nee

In February,1862,the bill changing the name from Breckinridge te Lyon County received
the Governor’s Signature. It was uained in honor of the hero of Wilson’s Creek, who had
met his untimely death during the previous August.

The other changes in the limits of Lyon County, which have fashioned it to its present
shape and dimensions are thus detailed in the history prepared by Jacob Stotler, editor of
the News, from which, and from whom, much of the material here presented is taken: ‘*In
the legislative session of 1863 a law was passed detaching from Lyon County two miles in
width of territory on the west side, from the south line of onr county as far north as the
north line of Chase County. In 1864 an act was passed detaching two miles in width of ter-
ritory, on the west side of our county, from tke line between Ranges 17 and 18 to the north
line of the county, and attaching the same to Morris County, thus stralgutentny the west
line of the county and leaving if twenty-two miles wide. Itcontains 858 square miles, or
549,978 acres of land.” Its boundaries are now as follows: “ Commencing on the west line
of Osage County, at the corners to Sections 14, 15, 22 and 23, of Township 15, south of Range
13 east; thence west on section lines and the south line of Wabaunsee County Co the east line
of Range 9 east; thence south, along said range line to the north line of Township 22 south;
thenée east on said township line to section line between second and third tier of sections in
Range 13 east; thence north on section lines and the west lines of Coffee and Osage counties
to place of beginning.” .

The State officers who have represented Lyon County, will be found in their appropriates
place in the general State history. The present county officers, November, 1882, are a$
follows: Probate Judge, L. B. Kellogg; County Atturney, J. Ww. Feighan; County: Clerk,
William F. Ewing; Clerk of the District Court, J. G. Traylor; Superintendent of Schools,
J.E, Klock; Treasurer, Joseph Ernst; Sheriff, Thomas L. Ryan; Coroner, J. D. Davison;
Register of ‘Deeds, William F, Chalfant; Surveyor, Robert Milliken; Superintendent of the

oor, E. Brown.

In March, 1866, the people voted on the question whether they should, or should not,
erect a suitable building in Emporia, for the accommodation of the county officers, The
result of the election, 327 to 164. showed that some of the old feeling of rivalry still lingered
in the breasts of Americus, Waterloo and Agnes City. The building, a plain two story
stone structure, was completed during the winter of 1867-68, at a cost of $19,795.

In 1875, at the general election, the people of the county declared most emphatically
that they did not want any addition to the court house building. . i

The County Poor Farm is situat2d one mile southwest of Emporia. It comprises eighty
acres of land, and _a substantial two story brick building. usedas a Poor House. The entire
property is valued at $6,000. Thefarm is in the trustworthy charge of E. Brown, and the
inmates are given all possible comforts.

SCHOOLS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.

The first school in the county was opened _by Rev. G. W. Torrence, in the summer of
1858. In October of that year, Miss Mary Jane Watson opened a free school in Em-
poria, and about the same time O. A. Tripp taught at Forest Hill, and W. E, Dennison at

‘remont. These were among the earliest schools in the county.

In November, 1867, G. C. Morse, the County Superintendent of Schools, made his first
annual report. from which are taken the following figures: In the thirty-four districts,
containing schools, there were twenty-six male and twenty-five female teachers. The
amount of State school funds belonging to the county was $1,271.64; county fund, $624.75.
OF the 84 districts, 25 possessed school buildings, 9 stone, 10 frame, 6 log, Total num-
ber of school average, 1,623; attending, 1,195. The value of the school property was $18,-

As a contrast the following facts are taken from the report of the County Superinten-
dent, for 1882: Lyon County is divided into 97 school districts,in which 148 teachers are
employed. Of the 6,026 people of schoul age 4,859 are in attendance. The average monthly
wages of teachers are, male, $35.72; female, $30.70. The total value of school property is
now $108,990, and this amouutis soon to be increased by the erection of buildings in dis-
tricts Nos. 57, 64, 92 and 93, and in the city of Emporia.

The first attempt to organize a county agricultural society, was made in 1860, but after
publishing a premium list, it became defunct. July 4, 1863, another attempt was made, and
asociety organized at Emporia, with the following officers: R. H. Abraham, Pres; E.
Borton, Sec’y, and A, Gillett, Treas. After holding one fair, September 28, 29, 30, 1866, the
society disbanded. In January.1868, a re-organization was made, but soon shared the fate
of its predecessors, August 8, 1871, the Emporia and Lyon County Mechanical Stock Asso-
ciation, now known as the Lyon County Agricultural Society, was incorporated, with a cap-
ital stock of $100,000. Corporators: E. R, Hoidenman, C. H. North, P. B. Plumb, H. C. Cross, ,
T.C, Watson, J.S. Cleveland, and N. Spicer. The society purchased a forty-five acre tract
of land, one and one-half miles west of the city, and have made improvements from time to
time. Among the many buildings are the main_hall, 20x60, and_floral hall, 25x60 feet.
Present Directors: J. ¥F. Stratton, J. A. Moore, J M. Griffith, P. G. Hallburg, L. T. Heritage,
W. B. Ross, E. Borton, L. L. Halleck and W. T. Soden. ‘ Officers: J. F. Stratton, Pres.; J. A.
Moore, Vice-Pres.; J. M. Griffith Treas.; W. R. Griffith, Sec‘y.

County Horticultural Society was organized in February, 1871.with about twenty mem-
bers, During the first year 150 inembers were enrolled. First officers: Prof. A. D: Cham-
bers, of Hartford, Pres.; E. W. Cunningham, of Emporia, Treas.; R. Milliken, of Em-
poria, Sec’y. First fair was heid in the summer_of 1872. The flora of the county receives
special attention. Present officers: R. Milliken, Pres.; J. G. Klock, Vice-Pres.; R. J. Rudi-
sell, Treas.; Mrs..J. F. Stratton, Sec’y.

Lyon County Medical was organized April, 1882, with eight members. Officers: Dr. W.
W. Hibben, Pres.; Dr. J. W. Trueworthy, Vice-Pres.: Dr. GW. Frost, Sec’y and Treas.
Board of Censors: Drs. L. D. Jacobs, J. W. Filkins aud J. J. Wright. Regular meetings are
held the first Tuesday of each month at Emporia.

STATISTICS,

George H. Rees made the first assessment of property in the fall of 1858. But his re-
turns were so partial that they are useless, as are also those of 1859. From the figures re-
turned in 1860, however, it is ascertained that the 190,488 taxable acres of land in the
county were. valued at $566,276; town lots, $66,212; personal property, $147,503—total,
$779,991. In 1861, the total valuation was $693,030; 1862, $886,037; 1864, $1,085,220;
ee $3,889,680. In 1875, the population of the county had increased to 9,542; In 1878 to

"The statistics for 1882 make the following exhibit: Taxable laud in county, $2,359,999
(town lots, personal and railroad property in Emporia, $1,332,142 51); other property in
county, $2,804,972.53—total, $5,164.971.53. The total population of the county, exclusive of
Emporia Gity which has 7,000, is 11.660. In the spring of 1882, there were planted 73,836
acres of corn, 3,992 of oats and 6,671 of millet and Hungarian. On March 1, 1882, 208,211
bushels of old corn wason hand. Agues City, Americus and Fremont, the “cheese” town-
ships, manufactured 71,708 lbs. of that article during the year, The county turned out
359,712 lbs of butter, and sold poultry and eggs to the value of $17.825. In the county are
8,111 horses, 41,356 cattle, 29,179 sheep and 18,808 swine.

EMPORIA.

The advantages of natural position which led to the location of Emporia,
as a town, have already been noticed. When the settlers of 1857 commenced
to pour into the county, the time had arrived for the choosing of some site upon
which a settlement could be formed and a town developed. Accordingly the
town of Emporia was located in February, 1857, its proprietors being P. B.
Plumb, of Emporia, and Gen. G. W. Deitzler, G. W. Brown, Lyman Allen and
Columbus Hornsby, of Lawrence. Although a young man at the time—not
having reached his majority—and although now a wan who has not reached
middle age, Mr. Plumb was and is regarded as one of the principal founders of
Emporia. And the young Ohioan did not stop in his upward course, but dur-
ing the war, then but a young man, made his record; previous to which he
had been admitted to the bar. A member of the House of Representatives in
1862, 1866 and 1867; Speaker during his second year; a leading business man

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and banker; United States Senator in 1877—Mr. Plumbis a balanced and broad-
minded man. This diversion seems necessary.

C. V. Eskridge was appointed agent of the company, for the sale of its
property and to look after its general business interests. John Hammond
erected the first building upon the town site, a one and a half story wooden
structure, 12x16 feet, occupied as a boarding-house. When Mr. Hammond
first came to Emporia he was alone, and as there luckily happened along J. H.
Clapp and wife from New York, looking up a claim, he engaged the lady to
cook for him. She-was the first lady who set foot upon the town site, The
hotel was generally crowded to its utmost capacity. The building was used for
religious services, educational purposes, was county headquarters, broker’s office
—and what not? It finally outlived its usefulness, as the town grew, and was
moved on to Geo. R. Bartsch’s fafm in Waterloo Township.

Although the Town Company’s Hotel—the Emporia House—and the store
of Hornsby & Fick were commenced at about the same time, the latter was
completed first, and is therefore the second building erected in Emporia. C.
V. Eskridge was a clerk in the store, and finally owned it. Upon the resigna-
tion of John Fowler, Postmaster of Columbia, in the fall of 1857, Mr. Fick was
appointed the first Postmaster of Emporia. When the Emporia House was
completed Mr. Hammond took possession of it, but after running it for a few
months, resigned in favor of Mrs. Elizabeth Storrs, who therefore may be con-
sidered the first regular land-
lady of Emporia. Mr. Ham-
mond’s boy, Daniel, who
came with the family from
Dayton, Ohio, then four years
old, was the first child who
“located” on the town site.
While the Mews was erecting
its building, the Emporia
House served as its printing
office, its first number being
set up in an upper chamber
thereof.

The fourth structure
erected was the old Mews
building, which stands in the
rear of the block now occu-
pied by that establishment. It
was used, in its time, as res-
idence, postoffice, bank, fur-
niture factory,city hall,church,
hardware store, etc., being the
office of the ews for fourteen
years,

In the first number of the
Kanzas News, June 7, 1857,
the following description is
given of Emporia, then only
three months of age:

Emporia is situated between
the Neosho and _ Cottonwood
creeks, six miles above their junc-
tion, _To the west It pradually
rises for a distance of several
miles. Onthe north and south aie
large belts of the finest timber,
along the Neosho and Cotton-
wood, while the various smaller
streams emptying into them at
this point,all well timbered, serve
to make it one of the best tiin-
bered regions in Kanzas. Coal and
building stone are found here in
abundance. Emporia was located

in March last. About the first of
April, the erection of alarge hotel

pany, which has just been com-
pleted. A commodious store house

as just been erected and filled with goods, and another isin process of erection. A large
saw and grist mill, with lath and shingle machines attached, is about being put up on
the town site. Another large saw-mill is in process of construction one half a mile distant.
There is at present one saw-mill in operation near the junction, six miles distant, which
has furnished the lumber used in theerection of the buildings now on the town site. There
‘is also another saw-mill eight miles above, on the Cottonwood, which isin operation.

No intoxicating drinks are allowed to be sold on the town site. The two following fea-
tures we copy from the contract of the proprietors; ‘The parties bind themselves to each
other that in every sale or donation of any portion of the land which may be selected or
located for a town site, they will sign no deed of sale, release, gift, grant or lease to the
same, without a provision in such deed of sale, release, gift, grant or lease, that the lessee
shall not inake, store, sell or give away, tu be used as a beverage, any malt or spltrituous
liquors on such premises so sold or conveyed away, and that any violation of such provis-
ions shall be a forfeiture of all the rights which said purc..aser, donee, grantee or tenant
shall have acquired to said premises. And the said. parties further agree that they will also
prohibit in all deeds and conveyances, as above, and find purchasers to extend the same
provisions to their assignees, that no house shall be allowed to be occupled for gambling
purposes on any of the lots of the said town; and any gambling for money, or otherwise, by
which anything shall be lost or won, on said premises, with the knowledge and counsel of
the purchaser, shall be a forfeiture of the right which said purchaser, donee, grantee or
tenant shall have acquired to said premises.”

.The lots are 130 feet deep and 50 feet front, excepting on commercial streets, where
they are but25 feet front. The principal streets are 100 feet broad—the others eighty feet.
Building is progressing as fast as the supply of lumber will amit, and as soon as the mills
now being constructed are put into operation, the progress will be much greater. Several
stone buildings have been contracted for, to be built this summer. The country around
here is fast filling up with an energetic, industrious and intelligent population, who will
develop the rich resources of this fertile region, and make it the centre of wealth and intel-
ligence.

During all of the year 1857, settlers continued to arrive at Emporia, and
building operations were brisk. Mr, Parham, a druggist from Leavenworth,
and Mr, Phelps, a Michigan man, were among the new arrivals, and built a saw-
mill, located just north of the present Normal School building. In the summer
of this year, railroad matters, religious matters, educational topics and mail
troubles, besides the actual development of business enterprises, all served to
agitate the young Emporia, The Baptists and Methodists held services in the
old hotel office. The third public meeting (as elsewhere detailed) ever held in

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the town, was a railroad convention which assembled in June. Mail facilities
were abominable, and the citizens of Emporia insisted on having a school. That
the discussion had an effect is evident from the fact that Rev. G. C. Morse and
lady opened the “Emporia Academy” in April, 1858, but the first free school was
that taught by Miss Mary Jane Watson, in October. In December, 1859, the
first school district was organized in Emporia. Its Directors were Col. F. W.
Cloud, C. C. Dodge, and Ed. Borton. In 1862, C. V. Eskridge, then a member
of the Legislature, secured the passage of a special act, authorizing Emporia
District No. 1 to issue bonds. in the amount of $6,000, for the purpose of erect-
ing a school building. The bonds were issued and sold, and with the proceeds
thereof a building was erected, which, at the time, was considered the finest
common-school building in the State outside of Leavenworth. At the following
session of the Legislature, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, see-
ing how successfully the measure worked, recommended that this special act be
made the basis of a general law. This was done, and is now an important part
of the general educational system of Kansas, which dates from that year, 1863.
Emporia continued to grow materially, as well as in religious and’ edu-
cational directions, and one prime cause of her prosperity was that the town
company reserved a certain number of lots, from those not drawn, for donation
to persons desirous of making improvements, Emporia must have a town hall
commensurate with her importance, but, as events proved, not at once. Al-
though a “Town Hall Com-
pany” was formed, with C. C.
Slocum as president, in Feb.
‘Yuary, 1858, it is stated that
“ enough money could not be
raised to lay the foundation.”
In December, of this year, the
town site was pre-empted,
and the town company gave
settlers deeds for their ‘lots.

pe Re On February 6, 1865,
lie ‘ 4 m Pe) Emporia, which then con-
RD i = tained a population of about
: | ii 500, was granted the privilege
of sloughing off her township
organization and assuming the
form of a village government.
The trustees were: R. M.
Ruggles, chairman; J. C.
HINT a Fraker, John L. Catterson,
rin ‘lll = William Clapp and John
! nn : uy Hammond. In April, 1870,
an , the first municipal election
i was held, at which II. C.
Cross was chosen mayor of
the new city of the second
Ril f | class. For particulars in re-
gard to the municipal history
of Emporia, the reader is re-
ferred to pages which follow,
as also to the growth of her
present school system, estab-
lishment of banks, and general
advancement in all the lines
of modern life.

The M. K. & T. Rail-
road reached Emporia De-
cember 22, 1869, and the A.
T. & S. F. July 21, 1870.

In preceding pages an
attempt has merely been
: made to present the most
salient facts connected with the growth of Emporia—merely as a preface to the
details which follow. The city is now prosperous and fair to look upon, con-
taining costly churches, an ably conducted State Normal School, good churches,
a daily press even in advance of a population of 6,000 people, banking institu-
tions which have become noted throughout the State for their substantial and
“unfailing” qualities, first-class hotels and business houses—and the particulars
regarding all these topics, and many more, appear in succeeding pages.

. MUNICIPAL HISTORY.

As will be seen elsewhere, Emporia was first incorporated as a village February 6, 1865.

In April, 1870, it was created, under the laws of the State, a city of the second class, and
divided into four wards. The first city officers as elected and appointed were: Mayor, H.
©. Cross; Councilmen, E. Borton, L, N. Robinson, W. W. Williams, C. V. Eskridge, R. D.
-Thomas, €, Wheelock, F, Hirth, Geo, W. Fredericks; Police Judge. E. W. Cunningham;
Clerk, H.W, McCune; Treasurer, S. B. Riggs; Engineer, —— Wilson; Attorney, P. B.
Plumb; Marshal, W. A. Randolph. The following named gentlemen have occupied the
office of Mayor: 1870, H. C. Cross; 1871-2, William Jay; 1873, No es Spicer: 1974, J. R.
Graham; 1875, John Bay; 1876, Thomas Morrison; 1877-8, J. S. Watson; 1879-80, D. S.
Gilmore; 1881-2, D. W. Eastman.

Present city officers: Mayor, D. W. Eastman; Councilmen, J, R. Walkup, J. Bay, T. H.
Lewis, N. B. Ireland, J. W. Thacher, J. B. Halleck, J. A. Moore, C. P, Theis; Clerk, E. M.
Forde; Treasurer, H. Dunlap; Attorney; J. Jay Buck; Police Judge, J. R. Barnes; Marshal,
M. Burgle; Constables, T. Johnson, L. R, Vernon. 5

Prior to the opening of the Holly system of water works in the city, an efficient fire de-
Darna as organized and a chemical ane engine, hose, Feela ote, sere purchased. The

. 1on demands, is always on duty, and aided with an abundantsupply
of water, bids defiance to conflagrations. y 3 BP

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

Holly Water Works.—The first official action taken by the city in relation to a system of
water works was June 2, 1879, when the feasibility of the project was discussed. Octobor
25, 1879, a special election was ordered held for the purpose oF voting $50,000 in bonds for
the water works. The election was not held until November 4, 1879, when the bonds were
carried by 464 for to 140 against. A special committee on location, appointed in December,
1879, reported in favor of locating on the Neosho River. The report was adopted by the
Council. January 8, 1880, it was decided to locate on the Cottonwood River, January 15,
1880, a final decision was made and the works located on thelr present location. Work on
LYON COUNTY.

the project was immediately commenced, and completed and opened June ata
cost 4 $66,893.17, Number of feet of maiu used, 62,781; Mamber of aie water
pumped MINE EE CL ee dally consumption, winter months, 151,200 gal-
3 r mo . , ‘allons. © city is 1D i :
privite e whi 8 constantly inereasting: y is at present well supplied with the water
ostopice.—Was established in the fall of 1857, H. W. Fick being appointed first Post-
master. He was succeeded by Joseph A. Fuller, who held the office until April, 1861, when
he was succeeded by Jacob Stotler, In October, 1864, Mrs. E. Trask received the appoint-
ment, and was Postmistress until October 8, 1874, when Jacob Stotler, the present official in
charge, resumed control. In 1876, the office was reduced from a second to a third class
office, but in 1877, was re-instated ag an office of the second class. Since 1876, the post-
office business has steadily increased. It was made a money order office, September 9, 1867,
the first order being purchased by the “P. M.S;” 321 orders were issueil the first year. In
1881, the total amount of cash received on money orders was $80,225.98; amount of money
orders paid, $79,873.73; total of money order business, $160,109.71. The amount of post-
office business transacted is an index to the general prosperity of the city. -
asonic Temple.—Prominent among Lhe many handsome buildings in the city, Is the
new Masonic Temple, for which the foundations were laid in the fall of 1881. A puilding
ecommittee composed of C. V. Eskridge, L. D. Jacobs, F. W. Hirth, J. M. Steele and W. W.
Hibben, was appointed, and $8,000 raised by issuing certificates of indebtedness on the faith
of the lodges in the city, and by other means. The building, which is a three-story brick,
51x75 feet, was completed in December, 1882, and cost inthe neighborhood of $25,000.
ananate fe be used by the Masons 1s located on the third floor aud has an area of 1,150
Maple Wood Cemetery.—Is located one and one-half miles northwest of the city on a
commanding elevation, from which a beautiful view may be had in all directions. In 1859,
this site for a cemetery was purchased by the Odd Fellows and Masons. In 1867, the Odd
Fellows caused a survey of fifteen acresto be made, Since the first purchase was made
additional land has been secured, making the present site consist of forty acres. About
$2,500 has been spent in improvements by the Order, and it is estimated that $20,000 has
been laid out in improvements by private individuals, The grounds are now controlled by
the Odd Fellows’ societies of Emporia.

THE PRESS,

The Kansas News was established by Hon. P. B. Plumb, its first number being issued
June 6, 1857. Atthis time Emporia had wut three unfinished buildings. The ‘News was
one of the pioneer papers of te thei! Territory of Kansas, and was twelve years in advance
of any other paper in Emporia. During the first season of the paper’s existence there was
no regular inail service to Emporia, and the making of a news-paper was a task attended
with many (difficulties. Atthe end of te first volume, Jacob Stotler bought a half interest
in the paper, and was associated with Mr. Plumb in its publication. In January, 1859, Mr.
Stotler became the sole editor and proprietor, and changed the name to the Emporia News.
Messrs. P. B. Pl mb and Dudley Randall became the owners and editors, August 1, 1859.
Mr. Stotler connected himself with the paper again by purchasing the interestof Mr. Plumb.
It was enlarged from a six to a seven-column paper. Becoming sole proprietor on Septem-
ber 1, of the same year, Mr. Stotler continued as such until October 1, 1864, when he sold
toJ. iH, O. J.and E, L. Hunt. _in July, 1865, Mr. Stotler purchased the paper, with David
8. Gilmore, and in March, 1866, Mr. Stotler became sole proprietor. He enlarged the News,
continuing its publication alone until Jauuary 1, 1870, when he sold a half interest to W.
W. Williams. At this date the paper was again enlarged, and in November the firm com-
menced the publication of a morning daily, receiving regular telegraphic reports.
afterwards changed to an afternoon paper. June 16,1871, Mr. Stotler again became sole
proprietor, and discontinued the daily August 8 following, Messrs. J. R.Graham and EB,

. Rowland purchased the Emporia Tribune, May 17, 1472, and it was consolidated with
the News, under the firm name, Stotler, Rowland & Graham. In October Mr. Stotler bought
his partners’ interests, The next change in the management was made April 1, 1875, by the
purchase of half the establishment by J. R. Graham. In November, 1878, the Daily News was
again started as an afternoon paper. March 1, 1880, Mr. Graham sold out to Alex. Butts
and Frank P, MacLennan, who, with Mr. Stotler, continued to publish the paper under the
arm name, “News Company.” The daily has been three times enlarged, and enjoys a liberal
patronage,

_ The Emporia Republican succeeded the Ledger, a weekly paper, which had been estab-
lished in June, 1871, by John Maloy, In 1881, C. V. Eskridge purchased this office, (which
had also consolidated with the Journal, a Greenback paper), W. F. Chalfant’s job printing
establishment and Graham & Ross’ book bindery, consolidated these three establishments;
he added new material for the publication of a newspaper, The first number of the Repub-
ican appeared January 21, 1882, C. V. Eskridge editor and proprietor. The paper is pub-
lished daily and weekly. The daily is a thirty-two column morning paper, being a full mem-
ber of the Associated Press, and publishing full telegraphic reports. It ranks among the
enterprising anu leading dailies of the State. The eekly Republican is a thirty-six col-
umn paper, first class in every respect. Both daily and weekly have a large circulation at
home, and in the southern and south western portions of the State.

The circulation of the Republican is rapidly extending. Its able editor and proprietor is
now erecting a large three-story brick building to accommodate its increasing business. A
gilded American Eagle soars above the handsome cornice work of the structure, and be-
neath the Bird of Freedom, in raised letters, appears Emporia Republican.

The name of the R« publican indicates its politics. The paper is ably conducted, and a
sketch of its editor and proprietor appears in the biographical department. In fact, both
editorially, and considered in a business light, the Republican is one of the most prosperous
journals in the State. December 14, 1882, the Emporia Republican Publishing Company
was formed and incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000. Directors: C. V. Eskridge,
Charles Harris, D, J. N. Ross and A, W. Stubbs.

The Emporia Democrat was established March 1, 1879, as the Kansas Sentinel, by W. F.
Hetherla ton. J. MeCown purchased the establishment, August 16, 1882, and is its present
editor an
weekly paper, the only Democratic journal in the county.

The Emporia Tribune was established in the summer of 1869, by Mains & Nixon. In
1871 it was purchased by W. W. Williams. In 1872 it was consolidated with the News, and
its publication discontinued.

The Emporia Ledger was established in 1870, as a Democratic paper. It was owned by
a stock company, and edited successively by R. M. Ruggles, John Maloy, and Mr. Walker.
It afterwards fell into the hands of H. W. McCune, and was published successively by W. F.
Chalfant and Albert Pheanis. It was finally merged with the Emporia Journal, a paper
started by Mr. McCune, the latter paper being discontinued in January, 1882, after an
existence of something over a year.

 

 

SCHOOLS.

After the erection of the old Constitution School Building, in 1862-63, it was occupied,
and is stillin use. In 1869-70 a new building was erected, known as the Union School.
After the incorporation of the town as a city of the second class, in 1870, the public schools

f Emporia were classified and graded. At the first city election, held in May, 1870, the
‘ollowing named gentlemen were elected as meinbers of the first Board of Education: S. B,
Riggs, A. N. Hanna, J. M. Steele, R. M. Overstreet, H. Bancroft, D. E. McMurtine, George
5 and E. W. Cunningham. At the first session of the Board, R. M. Overstreet was
Glected president; 8S. B. Riggs, vice-president; E. W. Cunningham, treasurer; A. N.

anna, clerk.

Prof. P. J. Carmichael was elected Superintendent of city schools, which office he held
two years, and was succeeded by Robert Milliken. In August, 1877, John A. Reynolds was
elected to the office for one year. He was succeeded by B. T. Davis, who held the office two
years. In 1880, P. J. Carmichael, the present incumbent, was elected.

The district now embraces the eutire city and a few outlying districts, and owns seven
buildings, namely: The Constitution, erected in 1863; the Union, erected in 1869-70; the

Garfield, a magnificent brick structure, erected at a cost of $20,000, in 1879-80; the South

Avenue, and Eighth Avenue, two brick structures erected in 1882, ata cost of $11,188; and
two frame structures. :

At the establishing of the present school system, in 1870, seven teachers were em-
ployed, two buildings occupied, and 650 pupilsenrolled. Statistics for 1881-82, show
twenty-two teachers employed, at a consideration of $8,424 annually: seven buildings in
use; school census shows 1,909 persons under school age, aud an enrollment of 1,497 pupils.
The total current expenses amount to $9,790.27.

The present Board of Education is composed of the following named gentlemen: R.
goraley. S. B. Riggs, R. M. Mills, W. J. Jones, N. T. Nix, D. W. Morris, D.C. McMurtrie,
T. P. Hall, and H. B. Morse. .

State Normal School.—In 1863 Hon. C. V. Eskridge, as a Representative to the Kansas
Legislature, introduced a Dill Providing for the establishing of a State Normal School at
Emporia. The bill was passed, and became a law, March 7, 1863. An endowment of
45,680 acres of lands was made from lands granted to the State under the ‘act of admis-
sion” in connection with the Salt Springs. Atthe time the Salt Lands were set apart asa
permanent endowment, the sections upon which the Salt Springs were located were re-
served by the State, from the belief that they would prove of commercial value. It has since
been definitely ascertained that the so-called Salt Springs have no value. February 16,
1864, an act was passed providing for the appoiutment, by the Governor, of a Board of
Directors, to consist of nine members. On the 29th of the same month the Legislature
made the first appropriation of $1,000, for teachers’ wages.

The District School Board of Emporia, having donated the use of the second story of the
old stone school building, on Constitution street, the first term of the Normal was opened
by L. B. Kellogg, February 14, 1865, with nineteen students. During that year an appro-

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proprietor. When he assumed the management, the name was changed. Itis a-

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priation of $10,000 was made by the Legislature for the purpose of erecting suitable build-
ngs. In 1866 aSstone building was completed on a site of twenty acres, donated by Giles
F. Filey, of St. Louis, Mo. A site of twenty acres had been previously donated by H. W.
Fick, and the buildings were to have been erected on it, but the arrangement was after-
wards chi nged, and the building erected in the rear of the site of the present one, at a cost
of $15,000. At this time the school numbered 100 students, and employed three instructors.
The general progress of the school during the next five years was so rapid that the build-
ing became inadequatetothe demand, [nthe fall of 1871, 215 students were enrolled. In
1872 the Legislature pppropriated $50,000 for a ne v building, which was completed in
1873, at a cost of $68,000. The new structure was much superior to the old stone build-
ing, both in architectural beauty and size. Up to 1878 the institution was supported by the
State atan expense of from $10,000 to $15,000. In October, 1878, both the new and old
buildings were destroyed by fire, nothing belng saved. To erect a new building was next
in order, and, after some delay, the Legislature, in 1879, appropriated $25,000, on the con-
ditions that the county of Lyon and the city of Emporia would give $20,800, the estimated
cost of the new building. This was done, and work on the new building commenced. The
structure, which was completed May 11, 1880, was erected on the foundation ofthe burned
building, and is almost an exact counterpart of it. It contains a laboratory 30x53 feet; a
gymnasium; an assembly room, with a seating capacity of 600; recitation, and library
r oms, etc.,etc. Itis one of the handsomest structures of its kind in the State, and is a
credit to Emporia, be

Since the opening of the institution, the following named gentlemen have officiated as
President: L. B, Kellogg, G. W. Hoss, 6, R. Pomeroy, R. B. Welch, and A, R. Taylor. The
first Board of Regents was composed of G. C, Moorse, C. V. Eskridge, T. S. Huffaker, J. M.
Rankin, James Rogers, T. W. Roberts and Gov. S. J. Crawford; William Spriggs, State
Treasurer; I. I. Goodnow, Superintendent of Public Instruction—ex officio, oard of
Regents (1882): Hon. Edwin Tucker, President; Hon. J. H. Crichton, Secretary; Hon. J.
Ww. oy Treasurer; Gen, D. E. Clapp, Hon. William Goss, Hon. G. D. Orner. _The Faculty
for 1882 is composed of A, R. Taylor, M, A., George Fowler, B.A., B. T. Davis, H. E, Sad-
ler, B, A., L, F. Hoxie, V. V. Price, B. Ph., 8. E. Crichton.

Present enrollment, 320.

CHURCHES.

The Firat, Congregatio al Church was organized July, 1858, with five members, by the
Rey. G. C. Morse Prior to its organization. Mr Moorse held services in 1857, at different
localities in the then new town of Emporia. In 1859 the erection of a frame building, 22x30
feet; was commenced and completed on the site of the present edifice at a cost of $800. The
church was dedicated July, 1860. Mr, Moorse remained as pastor until 1867, when he was
succeeded by Rev. M, S. Coswell, who remained eighteen months. During the pastorate of
Rev. Coswell the church building was enlarged to 22x60 feet. Membership at this time was
fifty-nine. From 1869 to 1871 the church had no regular pastor. In 1871 Rev. Charles
Melvine was called and accepted the pastorate, remaining four years. The pulpit was then
supplied by Prof. Norton, of the State Normal School. Rev. 0. J. Shannon was the next
regular pastor, and remained in charge of the organization until April, 1878, wien he was
killed by the accidental discharge of a gun inthe hands of a soldier, during the railroad
strikes of that year. Prof. C. R. Pomeroy, of the State Normal, supplied the pulpit for six
months, when the present pastor, Rev. R. Cordley, D.D., took charge September 1, 1878. In
the winter of 1879-80 the foundations were laid for the present chureh edifice. The build-
ing is a Gothic structure, with extreme dimensions, 72x86 feet, built of gray magnesia lime-
stone, and was completed in the summer of 1881, at a cost of $13,000. It was dedicated *y
the services of Almighty God January 9, 1882. A flourishing Sabbath school is connected
jun ne organization, having 225 members. Present membership of the church organiza-
on, % ’ -

Second Congregational Church (Welsh).—In the spring of 1866 an. organization, with
thirty-seven members, of this denomination, was formed by Rev G. C. Morse, and Mr.Fox.
Services were held in the First Congregational Church for one year, when a stone building.
24x40 feet, was erected at 4 cust of $1,800, Rev. H. Reese, the first regular pastor, too!
charge of the church in 1868 and is the present incumbent. The congregation held services
in the old building until the spring of 1882, when it was torn down and the foundations laid
for a new structure, The new building is built of brick and stone and will be completed
during the winter of 1882-3, at an estimated cost of $10,0 0. The main building will be
34x65 reet in size, with a lecture room 18x82 feet, and will havea seating capacity of 400.
Present number of communicants, 125.

Lhe First Presbyterian Church was organized November 9, 1867, by the Rev. James P.
Gordon, with twelye members. The organization at first had no regular pastor, but held
irregular services in the Christian Church. In the spring of 1869, Rev. R. M. Overstreet
took charge of the church, and remained as pastor until July, 1870. He was succeeded by
Rev. D. McMillan, who remained but a few months, In September, 1870, work on the
church edifice was commenced, and progressed rapidly until the spring of 1871, when it
was completed at a cost of $7,000. The edifice, which is a brick structure, 38x60 feet, with
a seating capacity of four hundred, was dedicated September 3.1871. October 16, 1870,
Rev. A. McCalla took charge of the church and remained as pastor one year, and was suc-
ceeded in March, 1873, by Rev. W. C. Harding, who remained until April 30,1874. The
pulpit was then rem Dorarlly supplied by Rev. M. J. Firey until October of the same year,
when Rev. James H. Clark officiated as pastor until April, 1879. He was succeeded in July,
1879, by Rev. A. S. Dudley, who remained until January, 1881, when the present pastor,
pee: 05: Hendy, took charge of the organization, April, 1881. Present number of mem-

ers, 200. s

Salem Presbyterian Church ( Welsh).—An organization of this persuasion was perfected
at Salem, three miles south of Emporia, 1869, by Rev. R. Overstreet, with eighteen mem-
bers the next year a frame building, 25x45 feet, was erected ata cost of $2,500. Pastor,

ev. J. Jones,

In_ 1871 the Second Presbyterian Church (Welsh) was organized at Emporia, by the
Rey. J. Jones, with from eighteen to twenty-five members. During the same year a frame
building was erected on the corner of Fourth avenue and Market street, at a cost of $2,500,
but was destroyed by fire October, 1871. The foundations for a vew building on the same
site were immediately laid, and the structure, which was built of br ck. was completed in
1872 at a cost of $8,000. The church has had but one pastor during the eleven years of its
Sue Deen -doues, Present membership of the Salem Church, 32; of the Second

resbyterlan, A

The First Baptist Church was organized, October,1859, by tne Rev. R. C.Brant,with seven
members. The first services were held in a frame building that stood on the west side of
Commercial street. between Sixth and Seventh. Owing to the lack of interest, combined
with the uncertain condition of affairs at that time, the organization went down and was
not revived until 1870,when it was reorganized by Rev.Mr. Wickson. Meetings were first held
in the court house, until the nextyear, when achurch edifice was completed on the corner
of Merchant, between. Fourth and Fifth avenues. The building is a frame structure, 36x
60 feet, and cost $3,100. The church now has a membership of 100, and a flourishing Sab-
bath-school, with an average attendance of 140 pupils. Rev. A. B. Thomlinson, pastor.

First Methodist Episcopal Church.—Early as 1857, religious servies were held by
pastors—Revs. H. Moyes and J. P, McElfresh, of this denomination, in the old hotel office,
and in a carpenter shop, located on Commercial street, between Sixth and Seventh. In 1860,
under the pastorate of Rev. J. C. Fraker, the foundations for a stone church, 35x50 feet
were laid, on the site of the present edifice. During that year the walls were built to the
height of ten or twelve feet. In 18n1, Rev. John McAnulty, took charge as pastor. He
was succeeded in 1862, by Rev. J. W. Stewart. Work was resumed on the building,
which was enclosed in the summer of 1863, temporary seats put in, and services held. June
29, 1864, it was dedicated by Rev, D. P. Mitchell, In 1865, Rev. F. D. Loy officiated as
pastor, 1866, Rev. J.H. Leard; 1867, Rev.S. E. McBurney; 1868-69, Rev. L. M. Hancock;

870-72, Rev. B. Kelly, 1873-74, Rev. Charles Lewis; 1875-76, Rev. A. H. Walker; 1877-78,
Rev.G.W. Pyle; 1879, Rev.C.R. Rice; 1880-81, Rev.John Kirby; 1882, James T. Hanna. Du-
ring ‘ Hancock’s Administration,” the church was struck by lightning, and damaged to the
amount of $800. The old building was used until June, 1881, when it was torn down, and
the foundations laid for a new edifice, which was completed in December, 1882, ata cost of

18,000. The new building is a handsome,commodious struzture, with extreme dimensions
of 60x96 feet; is built of § ay magnesia limestone, and has a seating sapacity of 800.

Free Methodist Church.—An organization of this branch of the Methodist persuasion,
was effected in 1879, by Rev. J. P. McElfresh, with seven members. Services were held at
private houses, until present church edifice was erected. Mr. McElfresh was succeed-
ed in 1880, by Rev. L. C. Ebey, who remained one year; 1881. Rev. W. W. Hullet, seven
months; Rey. L. C. Ebey, five months; 1882, Rev. W, Hibbard, the present pastor. In
1881, a brick edifice, 28x40 feet, was erected on the corner of South avenue and Commer-
Cial strees, at a cost of $1,489.32. It was dedicated October 29, 1882. Present number of
members, eighteen.

St. Andrews Church (Episcopal).—Preliminary steps were taken towards organizing a
church of this denotniuation, at a meeting held in the Court House, February 14,1870. A
charter was procured under the name of St. Marks Episcopal Church. which name was
subsequently changed to its present appellation. Its organization was effected by the Rev.

. L. Holden, who remained as pastor from the spring of 1870, toOctober, 1872, and was
succeeded by Rev. D. W. Coxe, who remained one year. The pulpit was then irregularly
supplied until December, 1875, when Rev. Dr. A. Beatty, supplied the church until October,
1878, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Thomas Burrows. Mr. Burrgws was succeede
in October, 1882, by the Rev. H. Mackay thepresent pastor. The present church edifice—
a brick structure, was commenced in 1871, and completed in 1874, at a cost of $8,500. A
rectory was built in 1879, at a cost of $1,000. Present number of communicants,

sixty.
Society of Friends.—A meeting of this denomination was organized in 1861, with forty

 
850

members. Services were held in Private residences until 1864, when a meeting house was
puilt on the corner of Sixth and Sylvan streets. This building was a frame structure,
20x24 feet, and was used until the summer of 1881, when it was sold and moved away.
new building, 28x40, was jmmediately built on the site of the old one, at a cost of $1,200.
In the fail of 1879, a division occurred among the Friends, by reason of which many of the
old, original members left and formed a new organization. The old organization had no
regular pastor until the spring of 1878, when Mrs. M. H. Rogers took charge, and remained
one year. Rev. A. Kenworthy succeeded her, and remained five months, Rev. 0. N Ken-
worthy being the present pastor. Present prembersnip, 100.

_ Lhe Cottonwood Monthly Meeting of the society of Friends was opened in 1960, and ser-
vices held at the house of John Moon until 1862, when the meeting house was built.

Phe Cottonwood Quarterly Meeting of Friends was opened at the meeting house in 1868.

The division among the members of the Emporia meeting caused the dissenters to
form a new meeting among themselves, and erect a meeting house.

- St. Paul’s Reformed Uhurch was organized in the summer of 1878, by Rev. J. G. Shoe-
maker, with thirty-one members. Rev. Shoemaker remained until February, 1881. The
pulpit was then without a pastor until December, 1882, when Rev. D. B. Shuey took charge.

‘he present church edifice, on the corner of Ninth and Constitution streets, is 2 commodious
brick giructure, 40x60 feet, and was erected in 1880, at a cost of $3,000. Present member-

Pp, forty.

Evangelical Church (German), a temporary organization, was effected in June, 1882.
July 22, 1882, the organization was made pern.anent, with eleven members, by Rev. C. F.
Ertimeyer. Regular services were held in the Free Methodist Church. A church edifice is
in contemplation, to be built in 1883.

_ Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic) was Organized in 1874, by Father Jos, Perrier,
with twelve families. A brick church edifice, 30x40 feet, was built the same year, at a cost
of $2,000. Father Perrier remained until1880 when the church passed into the hands of the
Order of St, Francis, Rev. D. Mier, priest, In 1881, a two-story brick edifice, 50x80 feet,
was built, at a cost of $8,000, which is used by the order for religious services. In 1882,
another two-story brick puilding, 40x60 feet, was completed, at a cost of $4,000, and is to
be used asa parochial school. Present number of scholars attending, minety ye: A hos-
pital is in process of erection, which, when completed, will be a two-story brick or stone,
30x54 feet, with two wings, and will cost $10,000. Present number of families, 100.

The United Presbyterian
Church, was first organized b.
Rey. J. A. Collins, in 1869, wit!
thirteen members. Mr. Collins
remained in charge until sprin
of1871. The church then ha
no regular pastor until 1875,
when Rey. James Barnett, D.
D., occupied the pulpit until
1880, when the organization be-
came defunct. In 1881 it was
again organized by: Rev. J. A.
Collins, who is the present sup-
ply. The organization has no
church edifice, but expects to
build in 1883. Present number
of communicants, twenty-two. |

Christian Church — Of this
church, although one of the
oldest inthe city, but little can

* be said as toits general history,
on account of the failure of par-
ties in responding. to demands
made for sketch. It was organ-
ized in 1856, with six members,
by. Elder 8. G. Brown, and an
edifice completedin 1858. Itis
the intention of the body to
erect a handsome edifice in

1883. Elder Lotz, present pas-

tor.

SOCIETIES.

Emporia Lodge, No. 12, A.
F. & A. M.—An informal meet-
ing of those interested in Ma-
sonry was held January15,1858,
and L. H. D. Bailey was elect-
ed W. M.: H.W. Fick, S. W., and . a
C.F. Maurer, J. W. The first  j@s~ oat fi
regular meeting was held July 4 HH
24,1858. A charter was grant- H
ed December 21, 1864, with the
following charter members: B.
J. Purcell, C. V. Eskridge, H.W.
Fick, E. Borton,and T. E. Hicks.
Its present officers are J. C.
Jones, W. M.; WV. W. Scott, S.

.; W.F. Ewing, J. W.; F. W.

Hirth, Sec. Regular meetings
are held on first. Friday even-
ings of each month in the Ma-
sonic temple. Present number
of members, 154.

pie ee Chapter, No. 12,
R, A. M., was organized under
dispensation, June 4. 1869. A
charter was granted October 19,
1869, with P. B. Plumb, H. P.:
T. G. Wibley, king; B, Y. Hunt,
seribe. Present Officers are J. Jay Buck, H. P.; D. A. Stahl, kings John CG. Jones scribe;
¥. W. Hirth. Sec. Regular communications are held on the secon: Friday evening of each
month at Masonic Temple. Present number of members, sixty-two.

Emporta Counctl, No. 7, &S.U, M., was organized May 5, 1880, with twelve mem-
bers. Its first officers were J.C. Bennett, T. I'll, M.; J. Jay Buck, D. M.; W. W. Hibben,
Treas.; J.J. Pettingell, Rec. Present officers are R. &, Torrington, T. T’ll. M.; D. A. Stahl,
D. M.; J. H. Willhite, Treas.; J. J. Pettingell, Sec. ep ular meetings held on fourth Friday
evenings of March, June, September and December. Present D

Emporia Commandery, No. 8, K. T., was organized under a charter dated May 6, 1875.
Its first officers were Sir L. D. Jacobs, Em Com.: Sir H. ©. Cross, Gen.; Sir A. Gilbert, Capt.
Gen.; Sir D. A. Stahl, P.; Sir W. W. Hibben, 8. W.; Sir T. C. Watson, J. W.; Sir L. L. Halleck,
Treas.; Sir T.C, Davidson, Rec. Present officers are Sir J. M. Steele, Ein. Com.; Slr D, A.
Stahl, Gen.; Sir W. W. Hibben, Capt. Gen.; Sir J. F, Culver, P.; Str L, L. Halleck, S. W.; Sir
Cc. W. Cleaver, J. W.; SirS. R, Hal , Treas.; Sir Edward Borton, Rec, Regular conclaves are
herd on phind Friday evenings of each month at Masonic Temple. VPresent membership,

ty-eight.

Gnton Lodge, No. 15, I. 0.0. F.. was organized under acharter dated June 20, 1865,
with the following charter members: Joseph Hall, W. F. Hanford, J. W. Weaver, Th. Hall,
and Ross Thomas, Present officers: L, Dewees, N. G.; W.H. Solsby, V.G.; Robert Jeff.
Treas.; F. W. Hirth, Sec. Regular meetings held at Odd Fellows’ Hall Thursday evenings.
Present number of members, 122,

Emporia Encampment, No. 1%, I. 0. 0. F., was instituted under dispensation May 8,
1871. A charter was granted October 12, 1871, with the following charter members—H. H.
Smith, Jos. Ruf, A. Graham, T. P. Hall, a Bay, F. W. Hirth, A. §.Townsly. First officers—
J. Bay, ©. P.; J. Ruf, H. P.; 1. P. Hall, S. W.: ‘H. H. Smith, 'J. W.; F. W. Hirth, scribe. Its
present officers are—F. Stuckey, C. P.; A. Fuller, H. P,; R. W. Jerem S. W.; R, Jeff. J. W.;
F. W. Hirth, scribe. Regular meetings are held on second and fourth Thursday evenings ot
each month at I. 0.0. F. Hall, Present number of members, twenty-one.

Central Lodge, No. 781, K. of H., was organized under a charter October 13, 1877, with
eighteen members, Its first officers were—J. W. Trueworthy, P, D.; L. L. Halleck, D.; J. D.
Davidson, V. B. F. Kenyon, Rep.; W.S. Jay, Fin. Rep.; J. R. Graham, Treas.; J. H.
Clark, Chap. Present officers—J. W. Trueworthy, D,; J. R. Graham, P. D.; H. E. Fox, Rep.;
A. McKinney, Treas.; Jos. Culver, Chap. Regular meetings are held at ‘Weavers’ fall on
first and third Wednesday evenings. Present membership, ninety-six.

Walkrup Lodge, No. 2010, K. of H., was instituted January 28, 1880, with forty-three
members, Its first officers were—R. B. Welch, P. D.; R. E. Torrington, D.; J. H. Clotfelter.
V.D.; C. 0. Ryder, As’st. D.; S. F. Murphy, Fin. R.; C, V. Eskridge, Treas.: Rev. Th, Bur-
rows, Chap. Present officers—S. B. Riggs. P. D.; F. McCain, D.; @. D. Rasmussen, V. D.;
R. E. Torrlngton, As’st. D.; J. W. Truitt, R.; 8. B. Riggs, Fin. B Regular meetings are
held on second and fourth Wednesday evenings at Weavers’ Hall. Present number of mem-
bers, sixty-one. ;

Marthe Washington Lodge, No. 400, K. & L, of H., was organized February 22, 1881,
with sixty-six members. First officers—J. M. Steele, P.; Mrs, H. M, Steele, V. P.; H. KE, Fox.
‘Sec’y.; O. D. Rasmussen, Fin. Sec’y.; Mrs. D, W. Eastman, Treas.; Rev. R. Cordley, Chap.
Present officers—V. T. Davis, P.; Mrs. V.Hurst, V. P.; O.D. Rasmussen, Fin.Sec’y.; H. E, Fox

membership, fifteen,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Sec'y.; W.H.Bisler, Treas.; Mrs. L. Freeman, Chap. Regular meetings on first and third
Tuesday evenings at Weavers’ Hall. Present number of members, DEP AEM
Damascus Lodge, No. 11, K. of P, was instituted under a charter dated March 6, 1874,

with twenty charter members. Its first officers were—F.
M. 3 W.C, Stewart, P.; R. E, Morris, K. of R.&S.; LD. Fox, M. F.;
9

. Tunkhouse, V. C.; W.
H. Dunlap, M. E.; J. Ww. Morris, M. A.
3,6.;¢. P. Theis, 'V. C.; W, F. Ewing, P

C . C.; «3d:
K. of R. & S.; W. C. Fithian, WV. A.;'N. BT
ing are held every Wednesday evening at hall over pos

ship, fift

W. Watson,

P. C.; P. F, Jones, C, C.;

Present officers—J, S. Conwell, P, C.; A. 8. Smith

W. Feigham, M.
I. G.; A. Pickens, O.G. Regular meet-
toffice building. Present member-

F.; T. 8. Jones, M. E.; D. Hail,

Simporta Lodge, No. 2, A. O. U. W., was organized under a charter granted September

10, 1877, with forty-seven members.

Jones, M. W.; G. P. Jones, Fin.; E. Beck, F.
sent officers are—P. J. Carmichael, P. M. W.; T.
i &. Beck, Fin.; T.

H. Summers, 0.;S. H. Rich, Rec.;

Meets every Monday evening in Weaver’s Hall.
A, &., was _or

Emporia Post, No. 55, @

First officers were—C. B. Bachelor, P. M. W.; J.C.

Rec.; D. 8. Gilmore, Rec’d. Its pre-

Millan,

. F. Davenport, Ree’d.; Jas. E. Klock, G.
Present number of members, 180.

anized under a charter dated May 6, 1882,

M. W.; C. C. Martin, F.; W.

with thirty members. ‘Its officers are: J. W. Feighan, Com.; J. Jay Buck, Sen, vice-Comg,

W. F. Chalfante, Jr.. vice-Com.; J. A. Young, Adj’t.; W. H. Gilchrist, Q. M.; W. W. McCan-
liss, Surg.; W. D, Furgenson, 0. of G.; A. Buckner, Chap. Meets every Saturday evening a
at Weaver’s Hall. Present membership, ninety.

In 1877, what is known as the Knights Templar Band, was organized with ten pieces,

under the leadership of J. G. Egan, and T. C. Davidson, business manager. The organiza-

tion purchased instruments aud uniforms, a

gust, 1877, atthe Triennial Conclave of the I

tember, 1877, they took the first prize at the I

_ accompanied the Kansas Editorial Excurs: [

companied the Knights Templar to the Triennial Conclave, at Chicago. In the fall of 1881,
e

 

on to Mackinaw.

a cost of $800. Their first contest wasin Au-
Knights Templar, at Cleveland, Ohio, In Sep-

xposition. In June, 1879; they
In August, 1880, they ac-

and was re-organized, unde” the same leadership, with sixteen members, and pur-

chased new uniforms at a cost of $500.

In September, 1882, they took the first prize at the

Kansas State Fair, held at Topeka, in which the best bands in the State participated. Itis
to-day, the acknowledged leader of band organizations in the State, and is the pride of Em-
poria, Its present officers are, J. G. Egan, leader, and T, C, Davidson, business manager.

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eH

WHILLLEY OPERA HOUSE.

 

Epona. ifles, Co. E., 2nd
Reg. Kan. Vol,, was organized
under the laws of the State,
providing for the organization
of State Militia in September,
1879, with forty-five men, un-
der the command of E. P. Bru-
ner, Capt.: L. S. Page, First
Lieut. ; C. A. Wolf, Second Lieut.
Inthe fall of 1881, in connec-
tion with the company, was
organized the Emporia Rijies’
Band, with thirteen pieces, un-
der the Jeadership of C. D. Zel-
Jers. The Company is at pres-
ent (1882) under the conimand
of C. A. Wolf, Capt; G. W.
Miggs, First Lieut.; W. P. Wil-
cox, Second Lieut. Armory is
located between Second and
Third avenues, in Commercial
street.

BANKS AND BANKING,

The history of the banking
business in Emporia dates bac
to 1867, when a private bank-
ing institution was establisned
by J. R. Swallow, L. T. Heri
tage and W. T. Soden. under the
firm nameof J. R. Swallow &
Co. The firm occupied rooms in
the old News building. In 1869,
under the same management,
i Emporia Bank was estab-
ished.

The Emporia National
Bank, was established June 4,
1872, with a capital stock of
$50,000, under_the official man-
agement of P. B. Plumb, presi-
dent; W. T. Soden, vice-presi-
dent, and L. T. Heritage, cash-
ier, whick position he hag re-
tained up to the present time.
In January, 1873, the capital
stock was increased to $75.00;
in September, 1873, to_$85,000,
andin April, 1880, to $100,000.
In 1873, Maj. C. Hood became
a director, and in 1876 was
elected vice-president, which

osition he has since held. This
institution was not only the first
National Bank established in
Emporia. but_in_ this part
of the State. October 3, 1872,
their deposits amounted to $75,-
923 28; October 3. 1882, $518,-
Their first year’s ex-

527.71.
change business amounted to $800,000; in 1882, over $4.000,000. In 18682, their annual
statement wasas follows: Resources—Loans and discounts, $449,073.12; over drafts, $8,-
306.25; United States bonds, $50,000; other bonds, $10,937; expenses and taxes, $4,159 56;

due from the United States Treasurer, $2,2

655.58; total, $750,773.55.
rofits, $37,245.81; cir
Board of Directors: P. }

 

Roberts, L. Lutz and A, G. Edniston. Officers:
L. T, Heritage, cashier; J. M. Steele, Ass’t. cashier.

reulation, $45, 000; Deposits,
Be plumb, 0. Hood. LE

5; due from banks, $137,401.95; cash, $88
Liabilities.—Capital stock, $100,000; sur
518,527; tota
eritage, W. T. Soden, D. Bitler, A.
P. B. Plumb, Pres.; C. Hood, Vice-Pres.;

plus, $50,000; undivided
$750,773.55. Present

In the summer of 1869 S. B. Riggs H. Dunlap and L, C. Robinson established what is
now known as the Emporta Savings Bank, Under the film name of Rig 8, Dunlap & Co.,

the institution transacted a general bankin
retired from the firm, L. C.Robinson havin
viving members of the firm carried on the
yas ‘hue ar ved with an authorized capital of $10
J. + Dunlap, E, P. Bruner, J. J. Wri

Buck, Pres.! H. Dunlap, cashier and Sec’y. be

g business until the fall of 18
withdrawn his interest prior to 1873. Tthe sur-
usiness until 1875, when the Emporia Suvings
0,000. The board of directors are:
J. W. Trueworthy. Officers: J. Jay

. when Mr. Riggs

In November, 1870, the Neosho Valley Bank was established, with a capital of $50,000.
H. C.Cross was elected president and R. B. Hurst,cashier. The institution continued business
under this name until January 1, 1872, when the First National Bank was organized, with a

 

capital of $50,000. Its first officers were, H

. C. Cross, Pres. ;

William Martindale, Vice-Pres.;

R. B. Hurst, cashier. ans sR tal was soon increased to $75,000, and about a year later was

increased to $100,000.

urst retained his position as cashier until his death, June,

1878. The vacancy was filled by Charles S. Cross, as acting cashier, until the date of his ap.
n

pointment, November 1, 1881.

r. Martindale, who was one of the original stockholders

the Neosho Valley Bank, has retained his position as vice-president of the institution up to
the present time. Their statement as made October 3, 1882, is as follows: Resources—Loans
and discounts, $383,204 30; United States bonds, $25,000; Kansas school bonds $18,602,453

furniture and fixtures, $3,000; Sight Exchan
6

ment bonds, $25 000; total, $681,136.41.

lus fund, $50,000; undivided profits, $7,729.70
Present board of directors;
Ee. R, Holderman, James B. Hinkle, Luther Severy.

otal, $681,136.4
E.R, H aaa

$102,718.32; cash, $123,611.31; govern-
es—Capital stock paid in, $100,000; sur-
irculation, $22,300; deposits, $500,966.71;
ross, William Martindale, C. 8. Cross,

An honorable mention may be made of the banks of Emporia to the effect that through
all the vicissttudes and commercial panics occurring during the past fifteen years,they have

always paid 100 cents on every dollar on demand.

mporia Loan and Trust Company was incorporated in March, 1881, with a capital

stock of $120,000. Board of directors and officers ar

e: H. C. Cross, Pres.; L. C, Severy, vice

Pres.: O. D. Swan, Sec’y and Att’y, and William Martindale.

Their method of business, briefly st: :
praisement of land offered as ‘secu rity fe icbae, bei

agent appointed for that purpose; also,

responsibility of all applicants for loans.

1, Personal examination and ap

an officer of the Company or a special

suitable investigation of character and pecuntar,

2. Careful examination of title to land offered,

 

and preparation of a full and complete abstract of title, to be approved before completini
loan, by the counsel of the Company. 8. Loans made only on sedurity of first mortgage 0

Wee
LYON COUNTY.

land free from all incumbrances or prior liens. 4. Principal and interest payable at the
First National Bank, New York, unless otherwise directed. 5. Annual ascertainment of
payment or non-payment of taxes by borrower and timely notice to lender of non-payment
thereof, without charge to lender. 6. In the event of mortgaged land coming into posses-
sion of lender, and his not wishing to hold same as an investment, the Company will take
charge of the property for owner’s account and pay taxes, let and collect rent, and sell
same, without compensation to Company for its services, unless it can realize such compen-
sation out of net proceeds of sale of said property. a
Central Loan and Land Company.—Was incorporated in “1879, with P. B. Plumb,
President; C. Hood, vice-President; S. B. Warren, Treasurer; Th. S$. Krutz, Secretary; L, T.
Heritage being an incorporator. Organizing with a capital stock of $50,000, their principal
business is first mortgages and real estate luans. Since their organization, the company has
loaned over $1,500.000, their business extending over twenty counties in the State,
on County Mutwal Loan Association.—Was organized in June, 1878, with a capital
stock of $150,000, which was subsequently increased to $185,000. Its first Board of Direc-
tors were K. P. Brunner, I, D. Fox, H. Dunlap, J. A. Young, J. M. Griffith, A. G. Lakin, F.
Haussler, T. Stone and A.S. Smith. The company does a general loaning business. Present
officers are: J. M. Griffith, president; H. Dunlap, treasurer, and D. W. Kastman, secretary.
Union Building and Loan Association.—Was incorporated March 26, 1880, with an au-
thorized capital of $1,000,0U0. Subscribed capital, April, 1880, $160,000; July, $215,000;
present (1882), $385,000, Board of Directors—1880 to 1#83—D. W. Eastman. H. Dunlap,
. F. Chalfant, J. M. Griffith, E. P. Brunner, T. L. Ryan,J. K. Tyler. BF. Sprague. As the
name of the company signifies, their business is conducted. Present officers,J. M. Griffith,
Pa eake E. P. Brunner, vice-president; J. S. Watson, treasurer and H. Dunlap secre-

 

~ HOTELS AND OTHER BUILDINGS.

Emporia is celebrated all over the West for the excellence of its _otel facilities. Of the
first hotel or tavern, a reference is made elsewhere in these pages. Of the ten or twelve
hotels in the city, there are three that deserve special mention. The Park Place Hotel, lo-
cated on the corner of Third avenue an Merchants street, opposite the Santa Fe Depot, was
erected in the fall and winter of 1877-78, and opened March 28, 1878. The building, as first
erected, was a three-story brick, 36x60 feet, since which time additions have been made.
During the five years of its existence, it has been wuder the control of L., A. Luther.

The New Fijth Avenue Hotel is located _on the corner of Fifth avenue and Merchants
street, and was completed and opened in 1882. The building is a large, handsome, two-story
brick, with basement, 5UxY0 feet, and was erected at a cost of $18,000, The house, under the
management of William Powell, is meeting with favor from the traveling public.

é Emporia Hotel Company was incorporated May 12, 1880, with a capital stock of
$20,000, which was subsequently increased to $30,000. The first officers of the association
were: H.C. Whitley, Pres.; L. Severy, Vice-Pres,; R. D, Thomas, Treas.; A, M. Summers,
Sec. A hotel known as the Hotel Coo idge, was erected on the corner of Sixth avenue an
Merchants street, and opened to the traveling public May 1, 1881. The building, which is a
large, substantial, three-story brick, 90x110 feet, was erected at a cost of $30,000. On its
completion it was leased to E. K. Criley & Co., foraterm of five years. Under its present
management, | ite has the reputation of being one of the best appointed and well-regulated

In 1880, a three-story brick building, 50x80 feet, was erected at a cost of $30.000, on the —
aner

corner of Fifth avenue and Commercial street, by Maj. E. P. B oft. The third floor of
the building was fitted up for theatrical use and was Known as Bancroft’s Hall, The audi-
torium had a seating capacity of 600. In 1879, the building passed into the hands W. S.
Jay, since which time it has been known as Jay’s Opera House.

hitley’s Opera, House was built by a stock company organized in April, 1881, with H.
C. Whitley, Pres.; Charles S. Cross, Treas.; Van R. Holmes, Sec., and L. Severy, H.C. Cross
and William Martindale, as Directors. The building, which is a large three-story brick
structure, 65x90 feet, was erected at a cost of $35,000, and was opened January 28, 1882.
Among its advantages may be mentioned: A stage, 36x60 feet, full sets of fire-proof scenery,
well vehtila'ed, heated by hot air, commodious dressing-rooms, lighted with gas, pro-
tected from fire by the Holley System of Water Works, supplied with Andrews’ Grand Opera
chairs and a seating capacity of * 200.

MANUFACTURES,

The first four manufactured in this part of the State was made by W. T. Soden, in Au-
gust, 1858. His mill was in what was then known as Cottonwood Township, now known as
ike Township. Prior to that time he operated asaw-nilll at the same place, starting it in
March, 1857. In the spring of 1860, he sold his mill, came to Emporia, and erected one-
alf mile south of the city.on the Cottonwood,the Emporia Water Mills. The first building he
erected was two and one-half stories, and 31x48 feet. It had one run of buhrs, and a
capacity less than 200 bushels per day. Since that time he has erected new buildings and
enlarged his establishment generally, His mills now have six run of buhrs, with a capac-
ity of 1,200 bushels per day. i
_ ,On the opposite bank from this millisa three-story frame structure, 50x70 feet, erected
in 1877, In 1874, Mr. Soden commenced the manufacture of furniture in the old mill
building, and carried it on until the new building was completed. The present stone dam
was built in 1879, and furnishes from 300 to 400 horse-power, running seven wheels in
the grist mills and two in the furniture factory. Over $15,000 worth of furniture is manu-
factured annually.

The only foundry in the county, located at Emporia, on the M., K. & T. R. R. track was
in 1874, purchased by J. C. Jones. Mr. Jones operated it until 1876, when if was destroyed
by fire. Lhe foundry was immediately rebuilt on the corner of Market and Third avenue,
and under its present management is doing a good business,

Emporia Carriage Factory.—Tnis industry was first established by Messrs. Ryan &
Lyon, in 1872, they occupying a bu lding on Sixth and Merchants streets. In-1874, Lyon
retired, after which the firm name was knowr as Ryan & Conner. In 1878, Conner sold his
interest, leaving T. L. Ryan sole proprietor. In the fallof 1881, he purchased the buildin
in which his establishment is now located. The factory employs from ten to fifteen skille
mechanics and manufactures from forty to fifty vehicles annually.

Emporia Electric and Gaslight Company.—Was incorporated February 26, 1881, witha
capital of $50,000, by W.S. Jay, J. M. Griffith, E. P. Brunner, L. L. Halleck and EH. W. Cun-
ningham. Gas works were immediately erected. Four and one-ialf miles of main; two
benches of three, and one of four retorts, are in use. .

City Milis,—In the summer of 1882, a four-story brick mill, 30x46 feet, was erected by
T, Armor. The is mill operated by steam power, has five run of buhrs, with a capacity
of six hundred bushels every twenty-four hours.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THOMAS J. ACHESON, stock feeder and dealer, P.O. Emporia, was born in County
Donegal, Ireland, February 28, 1840, and two years later his parents came to the United
States, locating at Lima, LaGrange Co., Ind. ere he was brought up, receiving a com-
mon schooleducation. At the age of twenty-four, he began business as a farmer and stock
dealer, in which he continued in LaGrange County and in St. Joseph County, Mich., until
he came to Kansas, in 1869. He located_in Lyon County, and bought 120 acres of unim-

roved Jand, situated on Allen Creek, in Fremont Township, five miles north of Emporia.

é made valuable improvements upon this place. In 1874, he engaged in the stock busi-
ness, feeding and handling cattle and hogs, and has yearly enlarged and increased his busi-
ness until he isnow one of the largest dealers in the county. e has a range of several
hundred acres in Greenwood County. He has upon an average, from 200 to 300 cattle feed-
ing, buthandles many more. In the spring cf 1883, he sold his farm on Allen Creek, and
now pays his undivided attention to his stock business. He has a residencein Emporia.
He married Miss Lucina M. Packard, of Sturgis, Mich., October 1, 1863, by whom he has
two children—Frederick I. and Nelson H., both living.

JUHN ALLEN, attorney, was born in Henry County, Ind., August 3, 1843. When
about ten years of age his father remeved_to Warren County, Ohio, where the subject of
this sketch spent his youth ona farm. He attended the Spiceland Academy, but before he
graduated the War of the Rebellion called for the defenders of liberty and he enlisted in

uly, 1862, as_privatein Company.A, Seventy-ninth Ohio Regiment, He was in the bri-

ade of Gen, Benj. Harrison inthe Third vivision, Twentieth Army Corps, and participated
in all the battles and engagements of that corps from Resaca, Georgia, to Sherman’s march
to Washington. He was mustered out in that city, June 9, 1865, returned to Ohio and
attended the Northwestern Normal School at Lebanon two years, then taught school until
1871. In 1872, he went into the hay business, which proved an proniebls, and in 1873, be-
gan studying law. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1876, and practiced in Brown
sounty, Ohio until 1879. He was Mayor of Aberdeen, Brown County, one term. In 1879,
he removed to Cincinnati, where he continued the practice of law until July, 1881, when he
came West, stopping for a short tirae at West Line, Mo., andin March, 1882, located at Em-
Roria, where he ts engaged in the practice of law. He married Miss Belle M. Reynolds, of

ewport, Ky., February 3, 1869. He was brought upin the Church of Friends. Heis a
member of the G. A. R., also of the Imperial Order of Red Men.

WALTER ARNOLD, furniture manufacturer, was born in South Wales, January 22,
1828, ard came to the United States in 1856, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged
in the manufacture of furniture. In the spring of 1858, he came to Kansas, locating at
Leavenworth and establishing himself in the manufacture of furniture. During the War of
the Rebellion Mr. arnold was enrolled in the First Regiment of Kansas Militia, and was in
active service during the Price raid. In 1870, he removed to Emporia, and for four years
conducted a furniture manufacturing business alone, His present business was established
in 1874, under the firm pameof Arnold & Co. This factory is located on the Cottonwood
River, which furnishes them a power of 300 horses, and is about a mile south of the court-

851

house. They employ fromeight to ten men, and manufacture all kinds of furniture. Mr.
Arnold married, August 15, 1851, Miss Margaret Evans, of Wales, and by this marriage
has had six children, of whom only one, Lizzie. is now living.

J J. ATHERTON, was born in Cheshire, Englan , March, 18, 1843, and came to
this country in 1869, and located in Emporia. In 1875, he bought an interest in the market
of Miller & Atherton. The partnership continued about a year, then ceased, and Mr. Ath-
erton went into the business of buying and shipping stock. In 1875, he bought the Ran-
dolph & Paine market, on Commercial street, which he has continued to operate. In 1876,
he bought a farm of 100 acres in LyonCounty, andin 1880, bought another farm of forty
acres, eis breeding thoroughbred Berkshire and Poland China hogs; also a high class
of poultry. Hehas about 250 head of hogs, also some fine graded cattle. Married Miss
Annie Owen, of Emporia, October 4, 1876, and by this marriage has three children—Doro-
thy Edith, Elizabeth E.and Alexander A.—all living. He isa member of Emporia Lodge
No, 12, A., F. & A. M,, alsoa member of Damascus Lodge No. 11, K. of P.

HON. C. B. BACHELLER has been engaged in the practice of law at Emporia since
April, 1869. In 1870 he was elected County Attorney, Hon. B. H. Plumb being the opposing
candidate, and in 1873 made Justice ot the Peace, an office which he has held up to date,
with the exception of two years. [le served as Police Judge for two terms, from 1877 to
1881. Judge Bacheller was born in Sol». Me., December 11, 1827, and moved to Farming-
tou, Me., in 1846, residing there until 18). e received his education at the Maine Wes-
leyan Seminary at Readfield, Me., and 1 1849 removed to Somerset, Ky., where he read law
and was aamitted to the bar in 1852, practicing .. that State until he came to Kansas, in
1869. He held the office ot Master Commissioner. Pulaski County, Ky., for several years,
and was elected County Attorney in 1861, holdip that position until 1866. He is 2 member
of the Christian Church, A., F. & A.M.,and A. O.U. W. He lac passed the chairs of the
farious orders, having held the positions of grand foreman of the Grand Lodge of Kansas
and master workman of the Emporia Lodge. He was married at somerset, October 5, 1852,
to Alice P. Bradley, daughter of Col. R. M. Bradley, of Somersct, ICty., who died July 22,
1876, leaving three children, Roscoe M., Ida E. and Willlam M. @ was again married
October 31, 1877, to Mrs. Alice (Olds) Mayse, who died July 21, 1882, leaving two children,
Bertha Maud and Carleton H., who uied Jui;; 4, 1882. x

e . H. BAIRD commenced dry goods business in Emporia in April, 1877, under

the firm name of Baird & Bro. keeping a general assortment of merchandise, except

roceries. The brothers came to Topeka in 1876, but did not engage in active business until

they located in Emporia. J, Baird is a native of Randolph County, Il., born October 13,

1842. J. H. Baird was born in Perry County, [Il in 1850, and has been engaged in the
dry goods business since he was twenty yoars of age.

ASA R. BANCROFT came to Emporia in March, 1857, and was first employed by John
Hammond and assisted in the erection of the first four buildings built in the town. After
working for Mr. Hammond a few weeks he took charge of the saw-mill of Parham &
Phelps, near the town site, and continued in charge of the mill till late in the fall of 1859.
April 1, 1857, he made settlement on the northeast quarter of Gection 17, Townsbip 19,
Range 11, part of which is now the fair grounds of the Lyon County Agricultural Bociely:
During the winter of 1457-8 he fenced part of his ‘claim ” and the following summer cu)
tivated the portion that had been previously “broken.” He subsequent!y disposed of part of
the land and invested in a livery stable in Emporia, continuing in that business until 1865.
Mr, Bancroft was the first Township Treasurer of ‘Emporia Township under thc old terri-
torial law of township organization, and as such collected the first territorial tax levied in
the county for Emporia Township. In 18l5 he was elected Sheriff of the county and
re-elected to a second term in 1867. and served inthat capacity till January, 1870, when he
engaged In the insurance business, which he followed for several years, In the meantime
he was Township Trustee and City Assessor for some five or six years, In 1878 and 1879 Mr.
B. was Deputy Registrar of Dees, aud, owing to the sickness and death of the Registrar,
he had full charge of the office durins »»ost of the time, After spending about six months
in New Mexico, he returned to Einpo..s and was employed for a timc by the A., T. &S. F,
R. R., after which he resumed the insurance business, which he continues to the present
time. Mr. B. was born in Brid; «water Township, ‘Washtenaw Co., Mich., November 24,
1835, living there and in the vicinity until his removal to Kansas, excepting two years spent
in the “imber woods of Saginaw County, Mich, He was married in Emporia, August 11,
1864, to Wiss E. J. Bundrem, a native of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft have threc chil-
dren, Harry R., and Marv A.and Martha 1, twin girls. Mr. B. enlisted in Company C,
Seventeenth Kansas Volunreer Infantry °- July, 1864, as a private, was promoted to First
Lieutenant on the organization of thecu.. any, and assuch he had command ofthe com-
pany during his term of service, the company never having a Captain. He isa member of

mporia Lodge No. 12, A., F. & A. M., and also of Emporia Chapter No. 12, R. A. M., and
has served four years as master of his lodge.

M. R. BARKER, attorney-at-law, was born in Boston, M“tss., October 7, 1851; five years
later his parents moved to Alamakee County, Iowa, where he lived until he was eighteen
years old, when he went to Lansing, Iowa, and studied medicine one year, and subsequently
entered Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, from which he graduated in 1877, having
taught school in Iowa three years, prior to his graduation. He was married at Mount Ver-
non, Iowa, June 28, 1877, to Mary Hanna, a native of Iowa, and has one child—Glenn. In
November, 1877, he immigrated to Kansas, and settled in Maywood, Wyandotte County,
where he had charge of a school nearly two years, removing thence to Fairmount, where
also he took charge of a school one year, being principal, and his wife first assistant. From
Fairmount he removed to Burlingame, and with his wife, had charge of a school there two
years, also commencing in that city the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar in
roe fall of 1881. He came to Emporia in June, 1882, where he is engaged in the practice of

s profession.

MES R. BARNES, Police Justice, was born in Rutland, Vt., December 27, 1811; re-
sided in Vermont until he was twenty-one years of age, then removed to Wyoming County,
N. Y., where he worked at the trade of harness-making. He studied law there, and was ad-
mitted to the bar about 1844, and practiced law. He wasa Justice of the Peace there for
several years. In 1854, he removed to Maquoketa, Iowa, where he practiced law and was
a Justice of the Peace nearly twenty ycars._ In addition to his legal duties, he operated a
harness and saddlery business. Hc came to Kansas in the fall of 1875, jocating at Emporia,
became interested in city property, and in the spring of 1881, was elected Police Judge of
Emporia tor aterm of two years. Married Miss Mianda Nichols, of Wyoming County, in
July, 1835; she died in 1865, leaving three children—Sarah J., James R., Jr.and Rush H.
He was married again in June, 1869, to Mrs. S. C, Packard,of Emporia. He is a member
of the Universalist Church, a member of the Union Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F., joined the or-
der in 1849; is also a member of Cattaraugus Encampment, K. T., in New York.

MOSES H. BATES, druggist, is «a native of Troy, Perry Co., Ind., where he was born
December 7, 1839. His parents removed to Lewis County, Mo., when he was seven years
old, and that State remained his home until he located_at Leavenworth, Kan., in 1859. In
the spring of 1861, he removed from Leavenworth to Emporia, where he started the first
drug storeinthe town in March of that year, where Mr. Ryder is now located. Here-
mained in business at the old stand until the spring of 1873, when he went to Lewis Coun-
ty, Mo., and remained there, on a farm, until October, 1880; he rcturned to Emporiain De-
cember, 1881, and again engaged in drug business, which he now carries on, being also in-
terested in real estate operations. Mr. Bates was married in Emporia, March, 1866, to Bet-
sey Maddocks, a native of Wales, and daughter of John Maddocks, who settled in Emporia
in 1862. Mrs. Bates died in 1875, leaving two children—Frank Irwin and Betsey Mad-

docks.

JOHN BAY, grocer, was born July 22, 1835, inLa Porte County, Ind., and two years
later his parents removed to Lee County, Ill., where they resided until 1854. In that year
they removed to Delaware County, lowa. In 1857 Mr. Bay struck out again towards the
West, and in June located in Emporia, which place he has ever since called his home. En-
gaged in farming for two years. Went to Colorado in 1859, and was for a time interested in
mining: At the breaking out of the late war, he enlisted as a private in the Second Regi-
ment, Colorado Cavalry. His first campaign was in New Mexico, Participated in the bat-
tles of Val Verdi, Apache Canyon, and Peralto, fighting against Texas Rangers commanded
by the Rebel General Sibley. In 1863 he was in Arkansas and the Indian Territory; par-
ticipated in the battles of Cabin Creek, and in several skirmishes. In 1864 was on the bor-
der fighting guerrillas, and took partin the battles of the Big Blue, the Little Blue, West-
port, and Mine Creek, during the Price raid into Kansas. Previous to this he had been
promoted, first to Cqrporal, then to Sergeant, and for four or five months had charge of a
scouting party. Was taken prisoner by the guerrillas in November, 1864, and held by them
as hostage against three female prisoners who were held by the United States for harboring
and aiding bushwhackers.jWas well treated by his captors, and was exchanged for the three
women, after about a week's imprisonment. Was mustered out of service in January,1865,
at Fort Leavenworth. Returned to Emporia, and engaged in commercial life.’ Continued
in active business until1871. when he was elected Sheriff of Lyon County. He was re-
elected in 1873. Was elected Mayor of the city in 1875, and _in the same year went into the
grain business; continued for a year, and in 1876 the firm of Wood & Bay was formed. For
three years did a retail grocery business. This firm was dissolved in 1879, and Mr. Bay has,
since that time, done business alonein his own name. He has an excellent retail grocery
trade. Was elected a member of the City Council in 1881, for aterm of two years, and in
1882 was elected President of the Council. He married Miss Carrie Roe, of Chase County,
April 4, 1866, and has had by this marriage five children, of whom Bessie, Herbert E., and
an infant son unnamed are now living.

GEORGE A. BIDDLE, M. D., was born in New Maysville, Putnam Co., Ind., October
15,1845. After completing his Sophomore year at Asbury University, Ind., he read medi-
cine in his native place nnder Dr. R. W. Long, and graduated from the Bellevue Hospital
Medical College in 1869. He enlisted in Company E, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, in Sep-
tember, 1864, Serving until the following September. As stated, he graduated fr e
medical college in 1869, then commenced the practice of. bis protess!ou in his native town.
Here he continued until January, 1878, and then remuved to Dallas, Texas, where he resided

 
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til he came to Emporia, in February, 1880. The doctor isa member of the A., F, & A. M.,
I. 0. 0. F., and K. of H.; also of the Lyon County Medical Society, The specialty of his
practice is diseases of women. He has a farm near town, and other outside interests. Dr.

iddle was married in his native town to Alice Long, a native of that place,October 10,1871.
They have one child, Clara Virginia. .

WILLARD DAVIS BREWER, manager of the lumber business of S. A. Brown & Co.,

came to Kansas in 1871, and located at Chanute, where he was with Ridenour & Baker two

ears, In 1875 he became connected with the lumber business of S. A. Brown & Co., and

as located a large number of yards for the firm since that time, elvin the business his en-
tire attention during those years, Mr. Brewer was born at Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio,
and came from his native town to Kansas, He was married at Chanute, Kan., November 4,
18 (Ok Annah Winans, a native of Rochester, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs, Brewer have lost one
son, Harry, who died in August, 1881, aged eighteen months, and have two children living,
Owen Davis and Mollie Winans.

SOLOMON G. BROWN, pastor, was born in Oldham County, Ky., February 9, 1821,
where his early life was spent. After leaving Kentucky he resided nearly twenty years in
Indiana, where he completed his education and married his first wife. as only eighteen
when he married Miss Mary Rhodes, of Morgan County, by whom he had seven children,
of whom George, Sarah, Maggie, Lillie and Tillie are living. Came to Kansas in 1855,
locating at Emporia, where he has ever since resided. The town was not at that time laid
out; in fact, butten or twelve settlements had been made in thetownship. Bought a claim
of 160 acres on the Cottonwood. The counhy: wasthen frequented by roving bands of In-
dians, sometimes as many as one thousand being seon in one camp, or village. Elder
Brown organized the Christian Church of Emporia in 1856, with six members. He bulltthe
first church in the county, which was dedicated by him in 1858, Undoubtedly Elder Brown
baptized by immersion the first person so baptized in the Territory. He hassince baptized
about 4,000 people. Continued as pastor of the Christian Church until 1878. Is now preach-
ing to congregations as follows: At Nortonville, twice a month: Big Springs, once a month,
aud Antioch once a month. Builta fine church at the last named place in 1881, costing
$2,000. He has also built churches at Grantville and LeRoy. Married Miss Malinda
Fowler, of Emporia, June 11, 1857. By this marriage has had eight children, of whom
Nancy Jane, Dellie May, Millie Ellen, Soloman G., Jr., Carrie Bell, Ida Mabel, Maude and
Pearl are living. Elder Brown was a member of the Territorial Legislature of 1857. Is a
member of Emporia Lodge No. 12, A., F. & A. M,

J. JAY BUCK, attorney, has been engaged in practice at Emporia since May 1, 1870,
and was here prior to that time prospecting, He was Justice of the Peace at an early day,
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person who ever held that office, and is at present U. S. Commissioner. He was born in
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Dutchess County, N. Y., August 14, 1835, and in the fellowing May his parents moved with
their family to Hillsdale, Mich. He recelyed his education at Hillsdale College, and read
law with Christopher J. Dickinson, of that town, being admitted to the Hillsdale bar in
1857. He commenced practice at Lexington, Mich., then moved to Buchanan, and in 1860
went to Waupun, Wis. In December, 1863, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-second Wis-
consin Voluuteer Infantry, and in the spring of 1864 entered Company I, One Hundred and
First United States Colored Infantry, which he commanded for a time, and then served as
Judge Advocate on the staff of Gen. L. H. Rysseau and his successor, Gen, R.W.Johnsgon, un-
til he resigned, July 28, 1865. He then settled at Clarksville, Tenn, and published the Olarks-
ville Patriot, a radical Republican paper. for two years, at the same time continuing the
practice of iaw. When the bankruptcy law took effect, In 1867, he was appoluted Register
of the Sixth Tennessee Congressional District, and held that office until he came to Kansas
for the benefit of his health. Mr. Buck Is a inember of the A., F. & A. M,, A. O. U. Tem-
plars, I. O. O, F.and Good Templars. He was married at Buchannan, Mich., March 31,
1860, to Mary H. Tichemor® anative of New York. They have one childs Livingston J.

JOHN C. BURNETT, agent M. P. R. R., was born ar Quebec, Canada, August 21, 1845,
where his early life was spent. He became identified with the railroad interests at an early
age, and was in the employ of the Grand Trunk Railway, of Canada, seven years, as station
agent at different points. He came to the United States in 1873, locating at Chicago, IL,
where be was employed in the auditor’s office of the C., B. & Q. R. R.one year. Came to
Kansas in 1874, and for four years held the position of traveling auditor of the M., K. & T.
R’y. In October, 1878, was appointed agent of that company at Emporia, which position
he still holds. Is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Emporia. ember
of Emporia Lodge, No. 2, A,O. U. W. He married Miss Eliza J. Waterson, of Quebec,
June 15, 1870, by which marriage he has one child—Annie Maude,

JOHN T. BURTON, grocer, was born November 27, 1847, in Rush County, Ind., where
his early life wasspent. Taught inthe public schools of Indiana eight years. Graduated
from Butler University, Irvington, Ind., in 1878, and completed a post graduate course in
1880, receiving the degree of A.M. Came to Kansas in thesummer of 1880, andin Septem-
ber, started in the grocery business. Has one of the laryest stores in his line in the city,
located on Commercial street, and does an extensive business. Isa member of the Chris-
tian Church, of Emporia, and superintendent of the Sabbath school. Was President of the
Town Board of Irv: ngton one vear. Married Miss Melissa A. Hume, of Rush County, Ind.,
September 2, 1874, and by this marriage have one child—Perlee E. i

PROF, P. J. CARMICHAEL, superintendent of schools, was born March 15, 1836, in
Livingston County, N. Y. Lived in New York State until he came to Kansasin 1869. Re-
ceived an academic and partial college course of education at Brockport Collegiate Insti-
tute, N.Y. First taught in schools of New York State in 1855. Went to Buffalo in 1864,
and took charge of the scientific department of the high schoo). After one year in the high
school, took charge of aselect school in Buffalo, supported by the most prominent and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ealthy families of the city. Remained in charge of this school three years, and then rew
moved to Kansas, locatin Mi Leavenworth, where for two years he remained as principal
of the high school. In 1871, when Emporia first assumed the rank of a city of the second
class, Prof. C. was called there, and accepted the position and duties of superintendent of
the city schools, which were then re-organized under the graded system. He was superin-
tendent two years; then, in 1878, wentto the Kansas State Nornfal School, and for three
years held the professorship of mathematics. Removed to California in the fall of 1876,
and had charge of the Nevada City Schools for two years. The climate of California not
agreeing with his wife, he removed to Springfield. Ohio, in 1878, and for two years held the
osition of principal of the high school there. Upun urgent solicitation, he returned to
Emporia in the fall of 1880, and re-assumed the position of superintendent of schools,
which he still holds. He was married to Miss Maggie M. Criley, of Emporia, June 11, 1874,
and by this marriage has three children—Frank E., Willard L, and Edna R. , 4
.F, CHALFANT, register of deeds, was born in Harrisville, Harrison Co.,Ohio, August
19, 1834. When about thirteen years of age his parents removed to Pennsylvania, Atthe
Normal School, in Edenburg, Pa., be received his education, learning the printer’s trade:
also. In 1860 he commence publishing the Granville Argus, and in August of the next
ear enlisted in Company F, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. At Fredericks-
bure. Va., June 3, 1863, he was shot through both lungs, and discharged, on account of dis-
ability, October 19, 1863. From January, 1865, until nearly the close of the year he wasin
the Pay Department of the Army of the Gulf, headquarters at New Orleans. After leaving
the army he settled in Conneaut Township, rawford Co., Pa., engaging, to some extent, in
the manufacture of lumber. Mr. Chalfant was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in 1866, and held that office three years from December 1st of that year. Before coming
to Kansas he again published the Granville Argus for one year He was married in Craw-
ford County, Pa., June 6, 1861, to Martha E. Foster, who is a native of thatcounty. They
have four children living— William Foster, James D., Anna, and Grace—and have lost three.
Mr. Chalfaut came to Osage County, January 27, 1873, and located at Burlingame. He pub-
lished the Osage Cownty Chronicle for seven years and then removing to Emporia, bought
the Ledger, which he conducted in connection with job work and book binding. When he
had published the Ledger tor about three years he sold it fo the Founak and, in 1561 Hae
in een elected Register of Deeds, he disposed 0: VV. ge.
ME Chalfant is a member of the A., F. & A. M., 1.0.0. F., A. O. U. W., K. of H., and

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MILTON CHAMNESS, farmer. Section 33, Township 19. Range 1} east, P.O. Emporia,
was born in Randolph County, N. C,, September 26, 1826. He was raised upon a farm and
when twenty-three years of age removed to Parke County, Ind., where he remained eight
years. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1856, and in the fall of that year took aclaim
of 160 acres ou Dry Creek, about three miles southwest of Emporia, which he commenced
at once to improve and upon which he has continued since to reside. He has since purchased
320 acres south of and adjoining his original farm, eighty acres of unimproved land in
Pike Township, and he also owns 120 acres of unimproved land in Pike Township. He has
built a commodious residence, large barn and other necessary farm buildings. is princi-
al crop is corn. He also raises some cattle and hogs. He is amember of the Society of
Priengs. August 7, 1858, he married Miss Asenath C. Rich, of Hamilton County, Ind., by
which marriage he has two children—Ai and Lester. She died October 18, 1862, and August
6, 1863, he married Mrs, Asenath Cox, of Pike Township. The latter died January 10,

H. J. CLARKE, insurance agent, was born in Lindsey, Ont., September 5, 1859, of Irish
parents. In 1868 he moved to Iowa where he remained several years. During past seven
years he has been in the insurance business and is now_ representing the Burlin
ance Company, and the German, of Freeport, lowa. He came to Kansas in the summer of
1882, locating at Emporia. He is a member of the Catholic Church.

CHARLES W. CLEAVER, was born in New York City, June 29,1853. When seven
years old removed to Missouri and resided in Shelby County during the war; afterwards
removed to Hannibal, where he learned the art of telegraphy. He was a vear in Minnesota
as telegraph operator and station agent on the Northern PacificR. R. In 1872 he came to
Kansas, locating at Topeka, where he remained about eight months as assistant trdin dis-

atcher of the Ke Ts es. F,; was then transferred to the Newton Station, where he held

he same position for about a year anda half. In 1875 he was sent to Emporia and for
some time was railroad operator and manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company’s
business. Since the increase of business and the establishment of an office in the business
center of the town he has been manager of the business office of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. Married Miss Emma Bailey, of Emporia, November 8, 1877. He is a
inember of Emporia Commandery, No. 8, K. T.. of which he is now captain general, 7
REV. RICHARD CORDLEY, Dd. D., Pastor first Congregational Church, was born in
Nottinghamshire, England, September 6, 1829. Came to this country with his parents in
1833, locating in Livingston County, Mich., where his youth was spent. His preparatory
studies were nade at Ann Arbor Classical School under Rev. Danijel Wilkins; graduated
from the State University of Michigan, 1854, and entered Andover Theological Seminary,
Mass., from which he graduated in 1857. Came to Kansas in the fall of 185%, located at
Lawrence. Preached his first sermon as nr of the Plymouth Church on the first Sabbath
in December, 1857. The membership of the church at that time was only twenty-one or
twenty-two and a large part of the pastor’s support was supplied by the American Home
Missionary, Society. Dr. Cordley remained as pastor of the Plymouth Church eighteen
years and left it with a membership of over 400. Dur ng his pastorage two quite marked
revivals were experienced. The first, in 1867, when about 100 were added to the member-
ship. The second, in 1872, added about 175, of whom sixty-nine were baptized in one day.
A fine and substantial church was built at_a cost of about $45,000 and dedicated in May,
1870. | At the time of the Quantrell raid in Lawrence, which occurred on the 21st of August.
1863, the residence of Dr. Cordley, with all its contents, was burned, making a loss to him of
more than $3,000, about one-half of which was made up by contributions of friends and
churches in the East. He and Rev. Lewis Bodwell, who had stopped with him for the night,
narrowly escaped death, When they discovered that the raiders were in town and the
main street on fire, they closed the house and watched the movements of the enemy; but
when a gang of six ruffians rode up to the house from the upposite side of the street they
decided to wait no longer. Dr. Cordley taking his little girlin his arms and Mrs. Cordley
taking the arm of Mr, Bodwell they walked out through the back gate and along the street
very deliberately, in full view of the raiders, but providentially they were not noticed, and
as soon as possible concealed themselves behind some favoring bushes and escaped to the
woods. The well-known reputation of both these brethren as Abolitionists would have sealed
their fate had they been discovered in their filght. For two years subsequent to this raid,
which was so disastrous to the people and the town, Dr. Cordley took his turn with other
citizens of Lawrence in standing guard over thetown. In 1875 Dr. Cordley removed to
Flint, Mich., where he remained for three years as pastor of the First Congregational Church.
Returned to Kansas in 1878, located at Emporia as pastor of the first Congregational
Church of that place with a membership of eighty-one. During his pastorate the member-
ship increased to about 150, A beautiful and substantial church edifice has been erected at
acost of about $13,000, with seating capacity for 600; dedicated January 9, 1881. Dr. Cord-
ley was a member of the School Board in Lawrence for six years. Member of the School
Boardof Emporia four years and Clerk of the Board three years. He was Regent of the
State Agricultural College eight years. Has been a Trustee of Washburn College since its
foundation, a period of twenty-two years. Married Miss Mary A. Cox, of Livingston County,
Mich,, May 19,1859. They have one child—Maggie, who 1s married to William E. Griffith
and resides in Lawrence,

CHARLES 8, CROSS, isa native of Clark County, Ohio; he moved to Iowa, March 4
1858, and spent one winter there before coming to Kansas, Early in 1865, he came to Em-
porta, wad received hls education in the schools of that enterprising young city. He has

een connected with the First National Bank for about four years, as acting cashier since
January 1, 1881, aud as cashier since November 1, 1881. He has virtually performed the
duties of cashier since the death of Mr. Hurst, in 1878. Mr. Cross was married in Lawrence,
Kan,, June 1, 1880, to Miss Kate S. Smeed, a native of Catawissa, Pa.

H. C, CROSS, is a native of Springfield, Ohio, but left that State in the fall of 1864, and
spent one winter at Marshalltown, Lowa, before coming to Emporia, in the spring of 1865.

e was engaged In the practice of law until 1870. Mr. Gross was the first Mayor of the city
of Boi porta, receiving all the votes but fourteen, and was Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners at an early day, He isa director in the M. K. & T, R. R..alsoa director in
the K. C. BE. & 8. R. R.,a branch of the A.,T. & S. F. R.R. President of the K. C. & Em-
porla R. R.; President of the St. Louls & E. R. R.; President of the First National Bank
of Emporia, Kan.; President of the Emporia Loan and Trust Company and President of
the Kansas Missouri Coal and Land Company.

A. F. CROWE, came to Kansas, in May, 1857, with hisfather, who was one of the orig-
inal members of the town company of Topéka. ‘In the fall of 1858, he removed to Forest
Hill, Lyon County, where he remained one year and then cameto Emporia. His son, A. F.
Crowe, lived here until 1871, when he went onto a stock farm in Greenwood County, fol-
lowing thig occupation for six years. His war record consists of good service in the Eighth,
Second and Ninth Kansas Cavalry Regiments, from August, 1861, to November, 1864.
These regiments were detailed for duty in the Rocky Mountains, and were eighteen mouths
at Forts Halleck and Laramie. The command, with which he was connected, built the
former fort. Mr. Crowe has been associated with J. S. Watson (with whom he enlisted in
the army) in the coal, lime and wood business. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and
A. O.U. W. Mr. Crowe was born on the north side of the Bay of Fundy, N.§., January 27%,
1846. When he was three years of age his parents removed to Massachusetts, residing in
Boston until they came to Kansas. @was married in Greenwood County, Kan., October
12, 1872, to Sophia Beunett, a native of Springfield, Ill. They have three children. Thomas
B., George F. and Laura I.

JOSEPH F. CULVER, lawyer, was born in Carlisle, Pa., November 8, 1884. His early life
was spentin Pennsylvania, He was educated at Dickinson College,Carlisle. Read law ove yeat

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with W. J. Shearer, two winters with Judge Jetfries, of Wooster, Ohio, and with Judge Duff,
of Pontiac, Ill., one year. In July, 1862, he goinea Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-
ninth Ilinois, as First Lieutenaut, and served in the Army of the Cumberland three years;
was promoted to Captain, May, 1864. He participated in all the battles and engagements o
the army from Resaca, Ga., tothe march to Washington. Was mustered out at Wash-
ington in June, 1865. He returned to Pontiac, Tll., and was admitted tothe bar and prac-
ticed until November, 1865, when he was elected County J nudge of Livingston County, which
office he held four years, Hethen went intothe banking business, firm of J. F. Culver
& Br6é., which was changed upon the death of the latter, in October, 1874, to J. F. Culver
& Co. eased business in ‘March, 1879, and in July, 1879, came to Kansas, locating at Em-

oria, where he resumed the practice of law. In April, 1881, he was elected Justice of the

eace, which office he still holds. He married Miss Mary M. Murphy, of Pontiac, Decem-
ber 12, 1861, and by this marriage has had seven children, of whom Howard D,, Marian A.,
Chester M., Hattie M., and Grace are living. He isa member of the First Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Emporia; is a member of Emporia Commandery, No. 8, K. T.; of Emporia
Encampment, No. 17, I. O. O. F.; of Central Lodge, No. 781, K. of H. He wasa Trustee of the
State Reform School of Illinois for ten years. :

HON. E, W. CUNNINGHAM, attorney-at-law, has been engaged in the practice of his
profession in Emporta, since July, 1869, having located in that place on the 6th of the
month. He wasassociated for the first six months with W.-W. Williams, real estate agent,
attending to the law business of the firin; was afterwards with J, Jay Buck about two years;
then in partnership with Judge Miller about a year: alone again for two years, and since
November, 1876, has been in partnership with W. T. McCarty.
Judge in the fall of 1872 and re-elected to that office in 1874 and 1876, prior to this time
having been Police Judge. He has also served on the Koard of Education several years.
Judge Cunningham was born in Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio, August 1, 1842. He attended
Baldwin University at Berea, Ohio, and pursued his studies at Hillsdale, Mich., gradua-
ting in 1866. Hereadlaw with his broiher in Urbana, Il].; was admitted to the bar in
June, 1869, and commenced practice in Emporia. He enlisted in July, 1862, 1n Company
D, One Hunured and First Ohio Volunteer § Infantry in which he served until he was
discharged for the purpose of being appoin ed Hos tal Steward at the General Hospital
No. 8, at Louisville, where he remained one year. Prior to his removal to Kansas he hac
been engaged in teaching at Urbana, studying law at the same time. He was married at
Clarksville, Ohio, March 12, 1867, to Debbie A. Rowland, a native of that place. Mr. and
Mrs. Cunningham have buried one child and have four living—Maud, Mabel, Ella, and

Ralph E,

. BR: T. F. DAVENPORT, dentist, came to Emporia in May, 1870, having been engaged
in ete practice of his profession continuously since, He was born in Trenton, N.J., March

15, 1836; when nine years of age he went to Cincinnati, Ohis, with his parents. In 1856

he graduated from the Ohio Dental College, Jocated at Cincinnati; after practicing two years

at Centerville, Ind., be removed to Cincinnati, where he resided until he came to Emporia.

He served, however, four years inthe army, enlisting in Company A, Seventy-fifth Ohio

Volunteer Infantry, and remained until March, 1865. He was wounded at Gainesville, Fla.,

and taken prisoner August 17, 1864. During the first six weeks he was confined in the hos-

pitalat Lake City ; was then taken to Charleston, 8,C., Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh, and finally

to Wilmington, where he was paroled after seven months’ imprisonment, returning to Cin-

cinnati. eremained there practicing his profession until he came to Emporia. He is a.
member of the A. O. U. W., and of the Presbyterian Church, and was married in Wyoming,

Hamilton Co., Ohio, September 27, 1865, to Hannah E. Allen, of that place.
children —Mary Adelia and Allen. ‘

THAD. C. DAVIDSON, traveling ageut for Deere, Mansur & Co., Kansas City, Mo., came
to La Cygne, Linn County, in December, 1869, and resided there until October, 1873.
engaged in the hardware and agricultural implement business until 1870, when he devoted
himself exclusively to the latter line. In January, 1876, he became connected with Deere,
Mansur & Co., selling implements for that company on the A,, T. & S. F. road and all south
thereof. Mr. Davidson isa native of Monmouth, Ill., born July 9, 1839, remaining there
until 1864, when he went to St. Louis, where he was engaged as a commercial traveler until
he settled in Kansas. Heis a member of the A., F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Com-
mandery, also of the K. of H. In June, 1874, he organized the famous Knights Templar
Band of Emporia, Mr. Davidson was married at Burlington, lowa, in December, 1865, to
i glen Collins, a native of Warren, Ohio. They have three children living—Mary, Kate and

iNis P,

PROF. BUEL T. DAVIS, at the State Normal School, was born in Macon County, IIll.,
July 30, 1852; educated in the public schools of Decatur, and was within three months’
time of completing the course in the Decatur High School, when he removed to Kansas in
the spring of 1871, located at Junction City and taught inthe schools of Davis County for
twoterms, In 1872 attended the State Agricultural College as a student. In 1873 attended
the Kansas State Normal School for one year. Attended Normal School at Aurora, IIl., the
succeeding years; graduated from there in 1875. Returned to Kansas and graduated from
the state Normal School in 1876. In 1876-77 was principal of the schools at Chetopa, Kas. ;
then for three years held the position of Superintendent of the schools of Emporia. In Jan-
uary, 1880, accepted the chair of Director in Training and Gymnastics in the Kansas State
Normal School, and held the two offices until the expiration of his term as Superintendent
of the Emporia schools, since which time he has continued his duties at the State Normal
School. e has been very succesful asateacher. Is a member of the First Congregational
Church of Emporia. He is a Free Mason and a member of the Order of Knights of Honor.
Married Miss Emma Waite of Oregon, Ogle Co., Il]., August 9, 1882.

- LOUIS DEWEES, carpenter, was born in Washington County, Ohio, Apu 30, 1842. Re-
sided in Ohio until 1859, when he removed to Morgan County, nd. In 1861 he enlisted as
private in Company A, hirty-third Indiana Regiment, which formed part of the Twentieth
Army Corps. e served about four years in the Army of the Cumberland, participating in
all the battles and skirmishes of that army from Resaca, Ga., to Jonesboro,N.C. Was
mustered out at Indianapolis, and shortly after located in Cumberland County, Til, where he
resided until the spring of 1868, when he came to Kansas. Located in Emporia, and for the
past eleven years has been inthe employ of the A., T. &S. F. Ry. Co._ Is now employed in
the locomotive repair shop, as carpenter. He is a member of Emporia Encampment, No. 17,
I. 0. O. F., anda member of Union Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F., in which he holds the office of
N.G. He married Miss Ruhamah Simpson, of Morgan County, Ind, October 5, 1865, by
plch marriage he has had seven children, of whom, Ladora E. and Mary Lorenia are now

iving.

JAMES H. DOILE, farmer, Section 2, Township 19, Range 11, P.O Emporia, was born
in Wigtonshire, Scotland, July 29, 1830, and seven years later his parents removed to Can-
ada, Were he remained uutil 1849, when he came tothe United States, locating in Lake
County, Il, He had learned the trade of carpenter, which trade he followed, with intervals
of farming, in Lake County, until he caine to Kansas, in the spring of 1857 He located in
Lyon County, and pre-empted eighty acres of land situated onthe Neosho River, about
three miles northeast of Emporia. e at once began to improve his farm, and operated it
until 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company C, Eleventh Regiment, Kansas Vol-
unteers. Participated in all the engagements in which his company took part, and was mus-
tered out in August, 1865. He then went to Kansas City, and remained two years, following
histrade. He then returned to his farm, and has ever since operated it. All his land is
under cultivation except the timberland. He has a fine orchard of bearing trees, two acres
of blackberries, one and a half acres of grapes, one acre of raspberries, and an eighth of an
acre of strawberries. Mr. Doile is a member of Emporia Post, G. A. R., and a member of
Neosho Grange, P. of H. He married Miss Charlotte Sharpe, of Lake County, Ill., March 5,
1857, by which marriage he has had eight children, of whom Prentice I., Thomas G., Cora
¥. and Agnes M. are now living. .

HOWARD DUNLAP settled in Emporia in August, 1869,
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A., F. & A. . W., and Congregational Church. Mr. Dunlap is a native of Pitts-
burgh, Pa., and came from there to Emporia. He was married in Boston, Mass., Noveraber
9, 1874, to Ella T. Cole, a native of Montpelier, Vt., raised at Jeiterson, Jefferson Co., Wis.

They have one child, Bertha, 2 : . 2
. W. EASTMAN was born in Republic Township, Seneca Co., Ohio. When he was
eight years of age he removed with his parents to Eaton County, Mich., subsequently to
Kalamazoo County. Served three and a half years in the Union Army, holding commission
as First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Regiment of Merrill’s Horse, when he resigned in
February, 1865. Three yeai's prior to coming to Kanas removed to Coldwater, Mich., where
he resided until he removed & Emporia. ewas married in Otsego, Mich., July, 1865, to
Marion H. Hale, a native of Michigan, and has two children, William H.and Mary A. In
August, 1871, he located in Emporia and engaged in the drug business, which he continued
until 1878, having been elected County Treasurer in 1877. He was re-elected to the same
office, which he held until October, 1882. He was elected Mayor in the spring of 1881, and
has Deen two yearsa member of the Board of Education, and also Treasurer of School
Board and Assistant Postmaster. He isa member cf the A., F. & A. M. Lodge, Chapter and
Commandery, A. O. U. W., K. of H., K. & L. of H. and K. of P.
ELBERT 'C. EDWARDS, grocer, was born in Paris, Ill., July 24, 1835, and resided
there until 1863, when he entered the employ of the United States, and was for about a year
and a half Post Wagon and Forage Master at Fort Laramie. Was with the forces participat-
ing in all the Indian troubles in. Wyoming atthattime. Mr. Edwards came to Kansas in
the spring of 1867, locating at Hayes City, where he built the first building used by the
Town Company. Continued in business as a contractor and builder about a year, then went
to New Mexico, aud was engaged for eighteen months in superintending the building of
Mereno Mining Water Company’s aqueduct flumes. Returned to Kansas in 1870, and en-
gaged in farming and stock raising until September, 1881, when he removed to Emporia
end established one of the largest wholesale and retail grocery stores in the city, on Com-
mercial street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Mr. Edwards was for nine or ten years a
member of the Lyon County School Board and a Trustee of Agnes City two years. His

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r ‘Dunn, of Edgar County, Ill., December 29, 1859, and they hav
ad four children, of whom George E., Mary E. and Grace §. are now living.

R. J. EDWARDS, stock raiser, was born in Aberystwyth, South Wales, February 18,
1842, and came to this country with his parents three years after. He was raised in Racine,
Wis., and in August, 1862, enlisted as private in Company F, Twenty-second “Wisconsin
Regiment. He served three years, principally in the Twentieth Army Corps, participating in
the battles of that corps. hile Faltisoning the town of Brentwood, Tenn., his regiment
was surprised by the command of Gen. Forrest and taken prisoners. Mr. E. was confined
about one month at Libby Prison, Richmond. After his return the regiment was re-organ-
ized, and continued in the Twentieth Corps up to the time of Sherman’s march into Wash-
ie ton He was Color Bearer of his regiment after the Fabing of Atlanta, Ga., and mustered
out as Sergeant at Milwaukee, Wis. e went to farming in Iroquois County, Ill, where he
remained five years; then removed to Colorado and engaged inthe cattle business and in
milling and mining. He remained in Colorado until he came to Kansas. During the last
few years of his career there he devoted his attention principally to mining in which he was
quite successful. In the summer of 1880, he came to Kansas, locating at Emporia. Soon
after he bought aranch of 900 acres of farming land in Greenwood County, also one of
1,500 acres grazing land. He has about 250 head of cattle and 1,500 graded Merino sheep
upon these lands. He has built a fine residence in Emporia. March 6, 1865, he married Miss
Elizabeth Breeze, of Waukesha, Wis, by which marriage he has four children—Nellie A.,
earnel R., John and Hannah, all living. He is a member of Rostia Lodge, No. 36, A. F.

_ HARRISON P. ELLIOTT, farmer. Section 18, Township 19, P. O. Emporia, was born
in Olarke County, Ohio, December 10, 18 5. Twenty years of his life were spent in Clarke
County, and in 1835 he removed to DeKalb County, [Il., where be farmed for five years.. He
then removed to Winnebago County, Ill, and bought a farm of 160 acres, which he con-
tinued to operate until the fall of 1880, when he came to Kansas, He bought a farm of
eighty acres in Emporia Township, which he has improved by the erection of a fine brick
dwelling house, commodious barn, etc. Has an orchard of about 150 apple, 100 peach and
some cherry and plumtrees, Has been married three times. First to Miss Elma Gandy, in
1837: she died in 1853, leaving six children, of whom four are now living. May 12, 1854,
he married Miss Irena E. W. Harris, of Winnebago County, who died in 1871, leaving
ve cuildren ten now living. He married Mrs, Eleanor A. Dale, of Winnebago County,
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YOREPH ERNST, late County Treasurer, came to Americus Township, Lyon Co., Kan.,
October 9, 1858, and has always been engaged in farming. In 1869, he was elected county
Commissioner, holding the office two years. In 1874, Mr. Ernst was elected County Treas-
urer and re-elected in 1876 and 1881. He was born in Prussia, March 23, 1824, aud immi-
rated to America in 1850; after residing six years in New York City and two yearsin
farshall County, Ill., he came to Kansas. In August, 1856, he was married, in New York
City, to Christina Fossbinder, a native of Prussia, They have nine children—William, Al-
bert, Philip, Edward, Charles, Joseph, Jobn, Maggie and Frank. Mr. E. isa member of
the A., F, & A. M. Americus Lodge, and K. of H. r. Ernst died February 20, 1883.

_ HON. CHARLES V. ESKRIDGE, now editor and proprietor of the Emporia Repub-
lican, is and has been for many years one of the prominent men in the affairs of the State.
Like others who have advanced to high position, his parents were people in straightened
circumstances, depending upon their daily labor for subsistence. Their son, Charles V.,

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was born in Virginia in 1833. The next year his parents emigrated to Ohio, and in 1838 to
Lewiston, Fulton Co., Ill, where, in 1851, his mother died of pneumonia. His father
still resides there. When aboutthirteen years of age, Charles, wishing to strike out for
himself, and being satisfied that $2 in silver was sufficient capital upon which to venture his
fortunes, ran away from home, his objective point being St. Louis. Having passed through
a succession of boyish adventures, spending most of his succeeding six months as a cabin
boy on a Mississippi steamboat, he returned to the parental roof, both richer and wiser.
Shortly afterward he commenced to learn the ‘Art Preservative,” and soon became pro-
ficientinthe trade. He Geparted for Kansas in the spring of 1855, and arrived at a time
when the country was yet in the throes of the border ruffian invasion of March 30th. Lo-
cating at Lawrence, he carried on an active correspondence with several papers in Illinois,
working, also, on the Herald of Freedom. Mr. Eskridge was, furthermore, a participant in
the military operations in which Lawrence played so heroic a part. After a brief visit to
Illinois in the wi :ter of 1856, he located at Emporia, Kan., during the succeeding spring.
That place was then a “paper” town. He became the agent of the Town Company, and he
also acted asaclerk inastore. In the spring of 1858, when Emporia had thrown off its
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swaddling cluthes, and the country had become more settled, a political organization was
effected, with Mr. ‘Eskridge as Clerk and Recorder. In 1859 he was appointed Probate Judge,
and elected a member of the first State Legislature; re-elected in 180% ,and in 1863 was ap-
pointed on the Governor’s staff, with the rank of Colonel. In 1864 he was elected State
Senator, and Lieutenant-Governor in 1868. Asa presiding officer he made a most brilliant
record, as ts evidenced repeatedly by resolutions entered in the Senate Journal. In 1871
be was again elected a member of the Legislature, and in 1872 was placed before the people
as a gubernatorial candidate. Though he did not optain the nomination, he was the means
of making the choice, as his influence undoubtedly formed the balance of power in the con-
vention. Mr. Eskridge was President of the City Council of Emporia, in 1873-4, and in 1874
was again elected to the popular branch of the Legislature, and in 1878 was chosen a dele-

ate to the Republican StateConvention. Among other subjects of legislation in which he

ag taken a jeading part are those in relation to the State Normal School which, through his
efforts, was located in Emporia. He is the author of the law by which school districts may
issue bonds to assist in theconstruction of schoolhouses. He was also the first to offer a
proposition extending the right of franchise to the colored race. An amendment to the
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tate Constitution, proposing to extend the elective franchise to women, was defeated mainly

y his efforts. During his residence in Emporia, for about ten years, Mr. Eskridge was
engaged in the mercantile business, and also dealt extensively in real estate, and accumu-
lated a handsome property. Besides the public measures previously mentioned in which
Mr. Eskridge has been prominent, several of the laws encouraging railroad and internal
improvements were drawn up and supported by him, Through his efforts the name of the
county was changed from Breckinridge to Lyon. He has also been the foster father of
measures which have greatly stimulated the agricultural and horticultural interests of the
State. Asan editor Mr. Eskridge is known throughout Kansas, Heestablished The Repub-
lican, and made it one of the best dailies inKansas, a full account of which appears in the
County History. The daily is a thirty-two column paper, receiving the full Associated Press
dispatches, and is in every way metropolitan. The weekly is a thirty-six column paper.
This establishment gives employment to thirty-five hands. The circulation of the Repub-
lican extends principally throughout the southern and southwestern portions of the State.
Mr. Eskridge was married at Donaldson, Bond Co., I!!, in December, 1861, to Mary E.
Dixon, of that place. They have four chlidren—Maittie, Clara, Edward Walton and Mary.

JOHN T. ESKRIDGE, boots and shoes, was born in Licking County, Ohio, September
28,1835. He re noved with his parents to Fulton County, Ill, when about two years
old. When about fourteen years of age he adopted the life of aseaman, which he followed
until the war of 1861, which found him in New Orleans. He enlisted in the Confederate
Army, served four years and a half in the Fifth Louisiana Regiment, which was in Gen,
Stonewall Jackson’s command until his.death. He was afterward under the command of
Ewell; held the rank of First Sergeant of his company. He was wounded four times.
He married Mrs. Elizabeth A. French, of Shreveport, La., June 12, 1871.

WILLIAM F. EWING, County Clerk, came to Emporia in March, 1870; for two years
he was engaged in brick manufacturing at Emporia and Americus, After engaging in
various other occupations and teaching schoo] in November, 1877, he was elected County
Clerk, He was re-elected in 1879 and 1881. Mr. Ewing was born near Lancaster, Lancas-
ter Co., Pa., July 10, 1850, residing there until he removed to Kansas. He was married in
Emporia December 27, 1877, to Clara G Maxson, a native of Wisconsin. They have two
children—Clara Virginiaand NellieS. Mr. Ewing is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and K.
of P., and has been grand chancellor of the State in the latter order.

J. W. FEIGHAN, County Attorney, was born in Buffalo, N. Y¥:, April 5, 1845. When a
child he went to Ohio with his parents and located in Butler County. In August, 1862. he
enlisted in Company K, Eighty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving until July, 1865,
afterward discharged as Second Lieutenant, He passed through all the battles in which the
Second Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps, to which he belonged, took part, In 1866,
Mr. Feighan entered Miami University at Oxford Ohio, graduating June 27, 1870. He then
moved to Owensboro, Ky., and studied law, entering the Senior class at the Cincinnati Law
School in the fall of 1871, graduating in April, 1872. He entered into practice at Rockport,
Ind,, Qublishing aise the Rockport Republican for one year, and forming a law partnership
with George L. Reinhard. From 1873 to 1880 he practiced_at Owensboro, Ky. In March,
1880, he came to Emporia, and bas been a partner of J. Jay Buck since April of that year,
In November, 1882, Mr. Feighan was elected County Attorney of Lyon County. In 1876,
he was on the Republican Electoral Ticket, and was acandidate for Congress in 1878.
Mr. Feighan was married at Owensboro, October 9, 1872, to Fanny_T. Moore, a native of
Jefferson County, Ky. They havethree children living—Katie M., Frank M. and an infant
daughter named Susie. Mr. F. isa Royal Arch Mason, K. of P.,and post commander of
the G. A. R. He is of Irish parentage.

WILLIAM O. FERGUSON, carpenter and builder, was born in Preble County, Ohio,
April 17, 1831. When seven years old he moved with parents to Indiana, in which State he
resided fourteen years. Then returned to Ohio, and remained three years. Then star ed
for the West. Remained in lowatwo years, whence he journeyed by wagon to Kansas. En-
tered this State March 27,1857. Camped in the brush on the spot where now stands the city
of Leavenworth. Passed through Lawrence and located two and one-miles north of
Topeka on the Delaware Reservation. Remained there but a short time, and in August
removed to Emporia and pre-empted a claim of 160 acres. Sold hisclaim shortly after, and
until the breaking out of the Rebellion worked at his trade, that of carpenter and builder.
December 26, 1861, enlisted inthe Ninth Kansas Cavalry Regiment and served on the
frontier eighteen months. Participated in one battle with the Ute Indians and several
skirmishes. Once carried a dispatch from Fort Halleck to Fort Laramie, 136 miles in thirty-
nine hours in the cold of winter. The company came back to Kansas after the Quantrell
raid, and was stationed near Lawrence about four months. Then went to Arkansas, where
Mr. F. was taken sick with fever. Was discharged for disability Novemher 27, 1864, at Jet-
erson Barracks, Mo. Returned to Emporia, and in thespring of 1865. he went into the
grocery business, as a member of the firm of Frederick, Ferguson & Edwards. Continued

usiness over a year, then the firm was changed to Ferguson & Ely. Six months after Mr.
Ferguson sold his interest to Ely. Clerked one year for Holderman Bros., then started a

rocery and bakery on the corner of Commercial street and Seventh avenue. Continued in

his business until 1880, when he sold out, and has since been engagedin building. Mr. F.isa
member of the Christian Church of Emporia, a member of Post 55, G. A. R.. also of Emporia
Lodge No. 2, A.O. U. W. Married Miss Catharen Slack, of Emporia, August 18, 1867, and
by this marriage has two children—Lou Etty and Daisy Dutton, both living.

I, D, FOX came to Emporia in 1869, and the following year engaged in the book and
stationery business in partnership with Mrs. E. Trask, adding piano, organ and music mer-
chandise to the business in 1875. From 1878 to the fall of 1880 he was a partner with D.
Thomas & Co., dry goods merchants, and in the spring of 1881 the firm of I. ). Fox & Uo.,
engaged in the jewelry business. Mr. Fox has a stock ranch on the Neosho River in Amer-
icus Township, having 130 head of hogs and 100 head of other stock. Heis anative of Ba-
tavia, Genesee Co., N.Y..born January 3,1845. Prior to his removal to Kansas he had lived tn
Monroe, Chenango and Wayne counties, N. Y., emigrating from the latter. He was mar-
ried in Peru, Ind., November 16, 1876, to Ella M. Trask. Mr. aud Mrs, Fox buried one
child in 1881, Ethel Clara, aged four years. Mr. Fox settied on a farm near Carbondale,
Osage County, in 1860, when he first arrived in Kansas, where he resided until he came to
Emporia in 1869. His father, Jared W, Fox, still lives in Carbondale. Mrs. K. Trask, part-
ner of Mr. Fox,and widow of Edward Trask, who was killed at the battle of Springfield,
was for twelve years postmistress. Mr. and Mrs, Trask were early settlers of Butler County,

ansas.

GEORGE W. FREDERICK was horn of Virginia and Kentucky parentage, in the State
of Indiana, March 22, 1833; moved from that State to Kansas in the fall of 1857; came
through with his family (wife and two children) with a team, consequently saw some of the
Pro-slavery excitement in the S:ate of Missourl. He settled near Emporia, on his arrival,
on a claim of 160 acres, and in the spring of 1858 bought another elghty—three and one-half
miles southeast of the town and improved it. The same spring he was elected Treasurer of.
(then) Madison County, but never qualified. In 1859 he engaged in the general mercantile
trade in Emporia, and in 1861 removed back to his farm and engaged in farming and in the
cattle business until 1865, when he moved back tothe town and went into the mercantile
pusiness again, and with it. to someextent, the real estate and general agency business, and
in 1874 he was elected Clerk of the District Court, which position he retained for six years,
At the organization of the town into a city government he wasa member for two years of
the City Council, after which he was elected city Treasurer, which position he held for three
terms. In 1861 he was enrolled in the State Militia, and was elected Licutenant in acom-
pany of the town; was called out in the Price raid, several Indian raids, and other excite-
ments during the late war, and in 1881 he went to Colorado in the interest and to superin-
tend the working of the coal and silver mines of the La Veta Coal and Mining Company, of
which he is a member, being there seven months on that occasion, and during the same
summer, in connection with Senator Harlin, of Iowa, and others, organized the Whale Con-
solidated Gold and Siver Mining Company, with their principal ofice and property at La
Veta, Col. Late in the same fall he again went into the mercantile business, and in the
summer of 1882 assisted in organizing and put his mercantile interest into the Emporia
Mercantile Company, and was elected president and general manager, which position he
now holds in connection with his favorite and continued general agency business,

JOHN FUNK was born in Pontiac, Ill, October 24, 1842. His early life was spent in
Illinois, He enlisted in Company C, One Hundred
August, 1862, and served three years in the Army of the Tennessee. Was in the battles in
which that army took part, and was wounded at Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864, which dis-
abled him from further service. Was mustered out with regimentat Washington, D. C., in
1865. Returned to Livingston County, Ill., and engaged in farming,in which he continued
until the spring of 1876, when he removed to Kansas, loca:ing at Emporia. He farmed until
February. 1880, when he started in the market business, firm of Brewer & Funk,which eon-
tinued to do business eight months, when Brewer retired and Mr. Huber was taken into the
firm, now Funk & Huber, The market is located on corner of Fourth avenue and Commer-

 

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jal street, Does alarge business. Married Miss Heurietta Schaub, of Pontiac, April 10,
eto: and by this martiage has had seven children, six of whom are living. He is a member
of Emporia Lodge, No. 2, A. O. U. W.

JAMES GALLAGHER, master mechanic, was born in Lowell, Mass., November 17,
1832. When about ten years cf age he moved with his parents to Tariffville, Conn., where
he resided seven years. He then returned to Massachusetts, and learned the trade of a ma-
chinist. Remained in Massachusetts until 1852, when he shipped for a three years’ whal-
ing voyage. 1u 1855 he located in Elmira, N. Y.. and entered mercantile life. Was inthe

rocery business there until 1862, when he enlisted in the naval service as Yeoman ef the
Gnited States gunboat Alabama. Had charge of all stores and supplies. Remajned in the
service until 1865, when he went to Illinois and worked at his trade four years. He came to
Kansas in 1869, locating first at Lawrence, where he worked at his trade one year. He then
removed to Morris County, aud took a claim of 160 acres in Elm Creek Township. Has im-
proved this claim by the erection of a commodious dwelling house, large barn, granary,
corrals, and other necessary buildings. Has madean orchard of ten acres, containing all
varieties of fruit trees, berries, nuts, etc, Has about forty head of cattle, twenty-five hogs,
and horses to work the farm. Hiring help to cultivate his farm, he removed to Emporia in
1881, since which time _he has held the position of master machinist at the Emporia shops
ofthe A., T. &$. F. R. R.Co. Mr. Gallagher is 2 member of the First Christian Church of
Emporia, memher of the Lawrence Lodge, No. 18, I. 0. 0, F., member of Emporia Lodge,
No. 2, A. O. U. W., and of Lodge No. 2,8. K. He married Miss Mary E. Barrett, of Elmira,
N. Y., November 21, 1856, by which marriage he has four children—Theodore §, (now prin~
cipal of the Eureka schools), George B., Benjamin J. (now principal of the schools at White

Y , and Mary.
ae i! Ww. GILCHRIST came to Emporia in February, 1870, and _after working at his trade
as a carpenter, he engaged for six years in the lumber business. Since that time he has been
engaged in the livery business, he and brothers William H. and John S. being associated.
Mr. Gilchrist was born in Adamsburg, Westmoreland Co., Pa., February 15, 1849, livin
there until he was nine years of age. e then moved toa point about one-half a mile eas:
of Greensburg, where he remained two years. Residing in Westmoreland County until he
was seventeen years of age, he went to Allegheny County, Pa., where he served his appren-
ticeship as a carpenter. r, Gilchrist isa member of A. O. U. W., K. of P., and K. of H.
He was married in Emporia, to Jennie Jay She died in August, 1877, leaving one child,
Gertrude Jane, Hts present wife, Hattie Shaw, 1s a native of Urbana, Ill.

ALMERIN GILLETT, attorney at law, located in Emporia in May, 1866, and has been
engaged in the practice of his profession in the city since that time. He was born in Victor,
Ontario Co., N. Y., July 24, 1838, and removed at the age of three years, with his parents,
to Walworth County, Wis. where he remained until he entered the: State University at
Madison, from which he graduated in the class of 1861. He then commenced reading law
with Abbott, Gregory & 1aney He soon received a commission to recruit a company, and
raised Company D, Twentieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, of which he was elected Cap-
tain. He was mustered into service in August.1862, and served until July, 1865, being com-
missioned Major of his regiment before leaving the service. After the close of the war, he
returned to Madison and read law with Ion. William F. Vilas, and was admitted to thebar
in December, 1865. remaining in Madison until he came to Kansas, in the spring of 1866.
Since his residence in Emporia he has served four years as County Attorney, and four years
as Representative to the State Senate. For the past four years he has been extensively en-

 

“gaged in real estate operations, and in fanning and stock-raising, having, in 1882, 1,600

acres of corn farms in Lyon County, and a 5,000-acre ranch in Greenwood County. Mr.
Gillett wos married. August 17, 1868, in Madison, Wis., to Eugenia C. Chapman, a native of
Geauga County, Ohio, by whom he has three children—Fannie Ray, Kittie May, and Mary
Eugenia. Mr. G.is a member ofthe A., F, & A. M. and K. of H.

. JUDGE CHARLES B. GRAVES, has been engaged in the practice of his profession, that
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Falls and Burlington. He was elected J udge of the Fifth Judicial District, in 1880. and still
holds that position, Judge Graves came to Kansas, with his parents, in 1859, oe located
with them in Woodson County, where his father Pusey Graves still resides; in 1861, he en
disted.in Captain Goss’ Company of the Iola Battalion, which afterwards formed a part of
he Ninth kK ansag Cavalry. He was a no1-commissioned officer, and served with his com-
pany. in Missouri and Arkansas, until February, 1865, when he was mustered out. After
his discharge he resided in Leavenworth County, until 1866, when he return to Woodson
Gounty, and engaged in farming for one year. In 1868 he commenced reading law in Bur-
ngton, In 1869, he was admitted to the bar, and returned to Woodson County, where he
engaged in the practice, and remained there until 1875, When he located in Burlington,
and has practiced his profession since, until he was elected Judge in 1880. Judge Graves
was born near Richmond, in Wayne County, Ind., November 18, 1841. and lived there
until 1851, when he removed to Fulton County, Il.. where he remained until he came to
Kansas in 1859. Judge Graves was married tn 1872 to Hattie S, Hawkins, a native of Indi-
ana, She caine to Kansas in 1857, with her parents and settled in Greenwood County, at
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which time she was seven years of age. She graduated at the ti
Emporia in 1870. They have four children—Ortin H., Stella, ‘Hagh ae Boot a. ohne
Judge is commended highly in his district for his ‘legal and judicial ability.
. M. GRIFFITH located in Lawrence, Kausas, in December, 1865. There he engaged
in the hardware business until he came to Emporia in January, 1870; until the fall oF 1882
he followed the samme line of business. When Mr. Griffith first came to Emporia his trade
extended as far west and south as there were any settlements. He was born in Lafayette,
Ind., October 8, 1840, and resided in Indiana until he came to Kansas. For three years dur-
ing the War of the Rebellion he Served in the Sixth Indiana Cavalry, enlisting in Jaly,1862,
and being mustered out in June, 1865. He was married near Georgetown, Vermillion Co.,
Ill., September 5, 1865, to Margaret H. Alexander,who was born in Bucks County, Pa, near
Philadelphia, They have four children—Wm. A., James H., Esther B. and George D. From
January, 1879, to January, 1882, Mr. Griffith was a member of the Board of County Commis-
sioners, He is president of the Lyon County Mutual Loan Association, organized June 24,
1878, and has held that office ever since. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the
sn OH qe GREE TH, 5
' riTH, farmer, Section 29, Township 19, Range 11, P, 0, Emporia, was
born March 12, 1825, in Montgomeryshire, North Wales. Game to the United States with
his parents in 1846, tocating first at Cincinnati, Ohio, He was engaged as foreman in rail-
way. Construction for about four years on the Dayton & Michigan and the Hamilton & Day-
ton Railroaas. Caine from Ohio'to Kansas in the spring of 1855, locating about seven miles
south of Liwrence, when he took a claim of 160 acres, which he afterwards pre-empted.
This land he improved and cultivated until the fall of 1861, making of it a goodfarm, He
then sold it and removed to Lyon County, and bought elghty acres of unimproved land,
situated about three miles southwest of Emporia. The following year he bought eighty
acres adjoining, and has since bought and sold different parcels oF hand in the county. He
now has in the home farm 285 acres, upon which he has a substantial stone dwelling, good
barn and other farm buildings and an orchard of about 200 apple trees, bcsides other fruits.
He raises cattle and hogs, feeding most of his crops to his own stock. While in Douglas
County he carried a rifle, without pay, for two years, and turned out several times to repel
the invasions of the border ruffians, serving at different times under John Brown and Jim
Lane. He preserves his discharge papers from the “ Wakarusa Liberty Guards,” of the
First Regiment Kansas Volunteers, dated at Lawrence City, December 12, 1855, signed b
H. F. Sanders, Captain; and countersigned by Lyman Allen, Colouel First Regiment; J.
H. Lane, General First Brigade Kansas Volunteers; and (. Robinson, Major-General. z.
Griffith 1s.a member of the Baptist Church. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace of
Emporia comnsnip one year and has been a member of the School Board several years, and
held other local offices.’ He married Miss Elizabeth Rod ers, of Cincinnati, Ohio, January
£2: 1848, by whieh marriage he had cight children, of whom Ann and William RB. are vow
living. She died March 20, 1868, and he married, July 4, 1869, Miss Mary Evans, of Gallia
County, Ohio: by whom he has one child—Evan R., born March 30, 1871. 2

ERASTUS HAMILTON was born March.30, 1857, in Doniphan County, Kan. His father
Timothy M., came there from Missouri the year previous and bought a claim, which he con-
tinued to farm until 1879, when his health failed and he moved to Lyon County, where he
bought 160 acres prairie land, on which Erastus worked and read law until the fall of 1881,
when he went inthe office of Almerin Gillett, of Emporia, He was admitted to the Bar in
June, 1882, and commenced the practice of law in Em poria. He makes real estate a
specialty and hasa complete set of Abstract Books of Lyon County.

DANIEL HAMMOND was born in Dayton, Ohio, October 75, 1853. Came to Kansas
with his father, John Hammond, in 1857, and enjoys the honorable distinction of being
the first boy upon the town site. He has ever since resided in Emporia. He holds the triple
offices. of Superinteudent of *the City Water Works, Street Commissioner and Chief of the

REV. JAMES T. HANNA, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in
White County, IIL, December 10, 1831. His youth was spent in Henry County, Ill. He was
educated at Mount Morris Sem iuary In 1856, he held his first charge in the ministry, and
for fifteen years continued in the Rock River Conference, Ill. Came to the Kansas Confer-
ence in 1871, and has since had charge of Wathena one year, Olathe one year, Paola one

ear, Wichita three years, Fort School two years, Ottawa three years, and is now with the
mporia Methodist Episcopal Church, which has just erected a beautiful and substantial
stone church edifice Costing about $20,000. He was married March 8,1855,to Miss Lethie E.
Cooper, and has had by this marriage four children—James T., Jr., John P., Mary L. and

Newton A.

FERDINAND HAUSSLER, barber, was born in New York City June 18, 1845. When
eleven years of age he removed with his parents to Lewistown, Ill., where they resided four
years, then removed to Springfield, Ill, where he remained until 1864, when he removed
to St. Louis, Mo. He enlisted as Hospital Steward of the Fifty-fifth Regimeut Illit.ois Cav-
alry, in December, 1864, and was in service about six months, in Missouri. He then re-
turned to St. Louis, where he resided until he came to Kansas in the summer of 1868. He
located in Leavenworth, but after a residence of only three months, removed to Emporia,
and opened a barber shop. In connection with his brother, Alex. Haussler, who resides in
St. Louis, he has built ten dwelling houses in Emporia, of which he stiJl has seven, which he
rents. He has also built a shop for his business, on Cominercial street, He isa member of
Emporia Lodge 0.2, A.0.U. W. He married Miss Mary E. De Courcy, of St. Louls, No-
vember 26,1 68, by which, marriage he has had five children, of whom Charles, Willie
and Nellie are ding.

R.C. HAYWOOD, Government Contractor, came to Topeka in 1869, engaging in the
furniture business. After continuing in that occupation one year, he removed to Emporia,

wrere he resided three years. Mr. Haywood livedin Arkansas City for nine years. In
June, 1873, he engaged in the banking and mercantile business. He is further eligaged in
transportation in Kansas, Indian Territory, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, and sup-
plies contracts for military posts in this region of the country, his business being extensive
and ably managed. Mr. Haywood is a member of the A.,F.& A.M. Heisanative of
East Jaitrey, N. H., moving to Chautauqua County, N. Y , twenty-seven years ago, and re-
siding there until he cameto Kansas. He is a prauuate gf Dartmouth College, class of 1867,
and was married at Weld, Me., August 25, 1872, to May C. Newman, a native of that place,
They have one child—Carl Benjamin.

OSEPH HEIDRICH, architect, was born in Prussia September 17, 1842. He immi-
rated to America with ie. parents in 1846, who located in Galveston, Tex., whence the
amily removed, after a residence of about three years, to Cincinnati, Ohio. They resided

in Cincinnati and the State of Indiana until Joseph was about twenty years of age, at which
time he returned to Cincinnati, and, in 1866, removed to Minnesota, and remained until
1871: then returned again to Cincinnati, and from thence moved to Kansasin 1879. Mr. H.
has given his attention to designing and building since the age of twen y, and since locating
in Emporia, in the spring of 1880, has planned many prominent buildings and elegant resi-
dences, among which may be mentioned St. Mary’s Hospital, Republican Block, Catholic
School Building, Ainerican Methodist Episcopal Church, Christian Church, buildings for
W. T. Soden, D.S. Bills, Rice Bros, and many residences in Emporia and Florence. The
buildings erected in 1882, from designs furnished by him, and of which he has had the
supervision, amounting to the value of $180,000. Among the residences are those of Fred.
E. Smith, G. H. Bonham, Mrs. Moffatt, James Rolo (two cottages), G. P. Jones, Frank Mc-
Cane, William H. Sissler, Mrs. Edwards, Rev. Mrs. Swemburger, Newton Stanford,
Florence; E. J. Swede, Florence; A. M. Wright, Florence; T. Batty, Florence; Charles
‘Loveless, Emporia; Joseph Spander, Emporta. :

PHILIP J. HEILMAN, harnessmaker, was born in Germany, January 19, 1854; came
to this country alone iu 1858, locating in Ohio, where he learned the trade of harness mak-
ing and saddlery. He resiued there until he came to Kansas, in 1872, locating in Emporia,
where he has since resided and been engaged in the manufacture of saddles and harness,
also in buying and shipping corn. He employsinhis shop from six toeightmen. Married
Miss Nellie Wilcox, of Emporia, January 15, 1881, and has one child—Ear! C., born Decem-

er 5,1881. Heisa member of the First Congregational Church of Emporia.

JOHN HENNING was born in Utica, N. Y., June 21, 1849, where his youth was spent.
In 1863 he removed to. Lafayette, Ind., where he resided five years, In 1868 he went on the
plains in the Indian Department of the Government, 2+ Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency,
He was six years in the Commissary Department. He cane to Kansas in 1874, locating at
Emporia and establishing a market, which he has continued to operate. He married Miss
Cyuthia J. Wessner, of Lyon County, July 30, 1871, at Ageney, by which marriage he has
had six children, of whom Nora A., Josephine E., Ida L., Clinton H., and an infant un-
named are living. Heisamember of Damascus Lodge, No. 11, K. of B; also a member of
Central Lodge. No. 781, K. of H. 2 . i

CAPT. L. T. HERITAGE, cashier of Emporia National Bank, is anative of Shiloh, N.
J., from which place he caine to Emporia in August, 1857. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted
in Company H, Elghth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, which company he was instrumental in
raising. e was subsequently Captain of Company C, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Infan-
try, and participated in the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862, being discharged in
the fall of 1863, on account of disability caused by wounds. He returned to Emporia, but
was unable to engage in active business until 1866. Capt. Heritage was County Treasurer
one term, from 1 68 to 1870. . F

WILLIAM W. HIBBEN, M. D,, settled in Emporia, October 31, 1867, and has been en-
gaged in practice here since that time. In 1869, in addition to his regular practice, he was
associated with Dr, Jacobs in the drug business. He has been a member of the City Council
for two terms, and held the office of Coroner for one term. He was also Examining Sur-

geon for Pensions at Emporia for nine years, and is now President of the Board since its
organization. Heis a member of the State and Lyon County Medical Societies, and the A.,

.& A.M.,R. A. M., and Commandery K. T. Dr. Hibben was born in Uniontown, Fayette
Co., Pa., April 7, 1825, and moved to Jamestown, Greene Co., Ohio, with his parents iu 1832,
remaining there until he came to Pm poriae He was educated in Jamestown, and received
his medical education in the Ohio Medical College and in the Cincinnati College of Medicine

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and Surgery, from which he graduated in 1854. He commenced practice in Jamestown,
Greene Co.. Ohio, but after a short time removed to Paintersville, in the same county, and
one year later to Lumberton, Clinton Co., Ohio, which was his home until he came to Kan-
sas, He was married in Paintersville, February 9, 1854, to Euphemia A, Watson, a native
of Bucks County, Pa. They have seven children—John Harry, Charles H., William D. and
George W., twins, Mamie, Ralph, and Jennie.

THEODORE E, HICKS was born in Wayne County, Mich., September 12, 1820. When
bhirteen years of age he went to Chicago with the military expedition of Major Sibley, and
remained therea year. He then joined a party of laborers, and went with them down the
Fox River to the Illinois, and from LaSalle tc St. Louis by boat. After three years spent
in St. Louis, he returned to his home in Michigan, wher* he resided two years. He then
removed to Dixon, Ill., where he engaged In the boot_and shoe business, in which he con-
tinued until his enlistment in Company A, Sixteenth United States Infantry, for the Mexican
war. He was mustered into service at Cairo, in June, 1846, and ordered to Tox-Carlton bar-
racks, New Orleans. From there the regiment went to the Rio Grande under General Tay-
lor, participating inthe battle of Chepultepec, Monterey, and Buena Vista, After the latter
battle he was discharged, in December, 1848, and returned to Dixon. In the spring of 1849
he crossed the plains to California, being 105 Cars on the journey and remained there,
engaged in mining, three years. Hethen returned, married, and se} tled in Dixon, where he
was engaged in real estate business until February, 1856, when he came to Kansas. He first
located a claim in Douglas County, but owing to troubles there, he abandoned this claim in
the spring of 1857, and came to Lyon County, taking aclaim of 160 acres in Sections 3 and
4, Township 17, Range 11. In May, 1859, he went to Colorado and engaged in mining oper-
ations, on Clear Creek. In the fall of the same year he returned to his farm, which he con-
tinued to operate until 1864, when he sold it and bought another farm in Waterloo Town-
ship, Lyon County. He continued farming until 1876, when he rented his farm for four
years, and once more turned his attention to mining operations, in which he has since been:
engaged, inthe Territories of Dakota, Montana, New Mexicoand Arizona, He has inter-
ests in mines in Arizona Territory, which will be developedin 1883. Mr. Hicks is one of
the best known, as he is one of the oldes:, settlers of Lyon County, and has taken an active
part in promoting the development and prosperity of the State and County interests. He
married Mrs, Sarah C. Wood, of D:xon Il, March 24, 1852. She was a widow with two
children, of whom Martin D. is living, «nd at present is general manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Company at Kansas City. Mr. Hicks has by this marriage four children,
eens Bee izabeth J., married to Prof. O, B. Wharton, of Emporia, Millin S., and William

. all living.

AUGUSTIN A. HICKOX, farmer, Section 30, Township 19, Range 11, P O. Em-
poria, was born in New Haven C unty, Conn., November 4, 1822. Hereceived a common
school education in his native -ounty, in which he rcsided until after attaining his ma-
jority. In 1845 he located in Steuben Gounty, N. Y., where he engaged in farming, in which
he continued until the spring of 1856, when he sold his farm and came to Kansas, He
landed at Leavenworth April 3, and af w days later took a claim of 160 acres, on the Dela-
ware Indian Trust Lands, situatc«! at tue head of Crooked Creek, in Jefferson County. He
builta small house on this claim, } nt made no other improvements, and in the following
spring he sold tue claim and removed to Lyon, then Breckinridge County, and took a claim
of 160 acres, situated on the south bank of the Cottonwood River, about five miles south west
of Emporia. This farm he began at once to improve, and he has since purchased forty
acres additional, but ha. now only 122 acres in his farm, having deeded his two sons forty
acres each, Ilisfarmi. wellimproved, having upon itagood dwelling, barn, and other
farm buildings, In August, 1862, he enlisted asa private in Company C, Eleventh Regi-
ment, Kansas Voluntccrs, was promoted to Sergeant, participated in all the engagements
in which his company took part, and was mustered out at Fort Riley in 1865. He then re-
sumed the operation of his farm, in which he has since continued. He raises some cattle and
hogs, feeding most of his crop to his own stock, Heisa member of Pheanis Creek Grange,
No. 617, P. of H. Heis now serving his second year as Justice of the Peace of Emporia
Township. He married Miss Harriet Smith, of Bath, Steuben Co.,, N. Y., April 16, 1848,
by which marriage he has had seven children, of whom Charles E., William H., and Mary
E. (married to Ervin L. Bugbee, and residing upon the home farm), are now lay ing 2

DREW HINSHAYW, farmer, Section 18, Township 19, P. O. Emporia, was born in
Randolph County, N. C., January 10, 1829. When less thantwo years old his parents re-
moved to Hamilton County, Lnd., where Mr. Hinshaw, was raised and resided until he came
to Kansas, in December, 1856. He located in Lyon County, and in February, 1857, took a
claim of 160 acres just east of the present city limits of Emporia. He continued to farm this
land until 1869, when he traded the east haif of the quarter section for 150 acres of land
about two and one-half miles east of town. Upon this farm he has erected a fine brick dwel-
ling house, a large fraine barn and other outhouses. Hasan orchard of 400 apple trees, 400
peach trees, 100 cherry trees, 20 pear trees, and a number of smaller fruits. as had fresh
peaches three months of the year for the past three years. Has putin a windmill, and
would not do without it for twice its cost. Besides the home farm of 150 acres, Mr. Hin-
shaw has 120 acres about two miles east of the same, of which one-half is now farmed by
his son, 8. C, Hinshaw, and the balance by his other son, J. C. Hinshaw, and twenty-seven
acres remaining of the old claim he took in 1857. He gave ten acresto the M. K. & T. R. R.
Co., and five acres tothe A., T. &S. F.R. R.Co. He married January 7, 1857, Miss Sarah
Ann Hiatt, daughter of Curtis Hiatt, who came to Kansas from Hamilton County, Ind., in
May, 1856, and they have eight children, four boys and four girls, all of whom are living.
The family are members of the Society of Friends.

. W. HIRTH, furniture dealer, was born in Prussia, September 27, 1838. Came
to this country in 1851, with his parents, and located in Dodge County, Wis. Went to
Watertown in 1853, and learned the trade of cabinetmaker, remaining in Wisconsin until
1859, when he came to Kansas, locating in Lyon County. In pebrudl Ye 1800, settled in Em-
poria, which place he has since called his home, Enlisted in 1861, as a private in the
Second Kansas Regiment,Company H. Participated in the battles of Forsythe, Dug Springs,

and Wilson’s Creek. Was wounded in the latter action, August 10, 1861, and dis-
charged November 19, 1861. Returned to Emporia and remained until August, 1862, when
he re-enlisted in Company C, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Infantry, as Second Sergeant.
Participated in the battles of old Fort Wayne, Cane Ilill and_ Prairie Grove, in the last of
which he had a narrow escape, arifle ball going through his cap and just grazing his
head. Was also in several skirmishes with bushwhackers. Was mustered out with the
company, August 17,1865. Returned to Emporia and started in business, in tho manufac-
turing of furniture, and continued in this until 1886. Has since been engaged in tho super-
vision of the erection of the Masonic Temple at Emporia. Is secretary of the I. 0. O. F.,
Lodge and Seribe of Emporia, Encampment No. 17. Is also secretary of Emporia Lodge,
No. 12, A., F. & A. M., and of Emporia Chapter No. 12, R. A.M. Married Miss Sarah F.
Morrison, of Emporia, May 27, 1868. 2

JAMES H. HOLMES, contractor, was bornin Wayne County, Mich., May 25, 1839. His
early life was spentin Michigan. In August, 1857, he first came to Kansas, locating at Em-
poria, then a town of four houses. He remained about a year, then went to California. In
September, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the First Regiment, California Cavalry. He
served three years, mostly in New Mexico, Arizona Territory and Texas. Participated in
the battles of Val Verdi, Apache Canon, and in many skirmishes. He was detailed from
his company, twenty-eight months, acting as vidette under orders of Gen. Carleton. Was
mustered out in September, 1864. Hethen came to Kansas, and after a residence of two
years at Leavenworth, returned to Emporia, where he has since resided. He engaged in
earpentering and building for different firms, and in 1879, started contracting and building
firms of Holmes & Jillson. He is a member of Emporia Lodge, No. 12, A., F. & A. M.

VAN R. HOLMES, settled in Emporia Township,fin September, 1857, and engaged in
farming and stock raising, which he carried on for three years. He then came to Em-
poria City and engaged in mercantile business, continuing it until January, 1868, under
firm name of Caterson & Holmes, After being out of active business one year, he com-
menced the real estate business, in which he is now engaged, Mr. Holden having been as-
sociated with him for the last six years, Mr. Holmesis 2 director of the Kansas City & Em-
poria Railroad Company, and St. Louis & Emporia Railroad Company, being secretary of
both organizations. He is a native of Arcadia, Columbia Co., N. Y. In 1832, he moved to
Michigan, and from that State to Kansas, when it_was a Territory, being one of the first
Justices of the Peace on its admission as aState. He is now Commissioner for sale of Nor-
mal School Lands, Mr. H.is amemberofA., F. & A. M., K. of H. andA. 0. U. W. He
was married in Sturgis, Mich., in 1854, to Sarah C. Pearsall, a nativa of Geneseo, N. Y.,
who died in 1872, leaving one son, Clarence. He was again married in Emporia. to Jennie
Crowe, who died March, 1878, leaving three children, Robert, Thomas and Harry. He was
married in Jacksonville, Lil., to Atelia Rawlings, his present wife, October 7,1880. Mrs.
Holmes is a native of New York City, and reared in Jacksonville, Ill.

MAJOR C, HOOD, came to Emporia, in March, 1872, and has been engaged in the cat-
tle trade for the last ten years having driven and handled fully 50,000 head of cattle in that
period. He has a ranch in Texas, and is now handling about 5,000 head. He is interested
in the Emporia & Kansas City Railroad, being a director and vice-president, He is a
native of :Erie, Pa., but lived at Sturgiss, Mich., from the age of eight years until he came
to Kansas, engaged in mercantile business mostuf the time. _

JAMES HUBER, P. O. Emporia, was_born in Mechanicsburg, Pa. July 25, 1842.
His early life was spent in Pennsylvania, He enlisted as private in Company E, EFighty-
seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, September, 1861, and was assigned to what was known as
the Cheat Mountain Division. Served in West Virginia, participated in battles of Winches-
ter and many other skirmishes. Was afterwards transferred to Third Corps. articipated
in battle of Mine Run. Transferred to Sixth Corps when the srmy was reorganized, and
participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, in 1862, from the Rappahannock
to Petersburg. Then went back to the Shenandoah Valley with Sheridan. Was in the
commissary department during part of the time. Was mustered out at York, Pa., in Octo-
ber, 1864, Wentto Logan County, Iil., and started in the butcher business, where he re-
sided fifteen years. He came to Kansas, in June, 1881, locating at Emporia. Started in
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market business on Commercial street, corner of Fourth avenue, firm of Funk & Huber.
Married Miss Fannie Morris, of Logan County, Ill., December 3, 1865. By this marriage
has four children, Libbie, Morris, Katie and Della. “ -

J . HYDE, farmer, Section 1, Township 19, P. O. Emporia, was born in Pekin,
Ill., August 27, 1841. When two years old his parents removed to Memphis, Tenn., where
they remained fourteen years. .His father, John O, Hyde, was an outspoken anti-slavery
man, and his sentiments provoked the hostility of the slavery element, who burned his car-
penter, shop, machinery and tools, Finding the country too warm for him he removed

rom that slave State to Kansas, in the spring of 1857, and was one of the early settlers of
Emporia Township, He bought a claim of 160 acres for >100. This he continued to farm
until his death, in 1879. John M, continued on the farm until August, 1862, when he en-
listed as private in Company E, Eleventh Kansas Regiment. e participated in all the
battles and engagements in which the regiment tvuok part. Was mustered out at Fort
Riley, in August, 1865, and returned to the home, upon which he has since resided. He has
an orchard of about 250 apple, 100 cherry and twenty pear trees.

NAPOLEON B. IRELAND, grocer, was born in Ritchie County, W. Va., March 11,
1848. During the Rebellion he was enrolled in the Ritchie County Home Guards, armed
and uniformed by the General Government, and experienced exciting times, the Rebel
forces and guerrilla bands making several raids into the county. In 1865 he removed to
Edgar County, Ill., and engaged in farming, also teaching school part of the time until 1869,
when he came to Kansas, locating in Lyon County; taughs coun’ry school and worked on a
farm forayear, then removed to Emporia and entered the service of Wicks & May. .
grocers, with whom he remained four years, then entered the employ of A. A. Baker & Co.,
wholesale grocers, and continued in their employ five years. In June, 1879, began in bust-
ness for himself, and now has one of the largest retail grocery establishments in Emporia,
located on Commercial Street; was a member of the City Council in 1881 and 1882. Marrie
Miss Carrie Rawson, of Emporia, September 8, 1874, and by this marriage has three chil-
dren, Nellie, Emory C. and Howard.

WILLIAM R. IRWIN, druggist, was born in Berks County, Pa., October 22, 1855.
When ten years ofage he removed, with his parents, to Columbus, Ohio, was educated in

he public schools of Ohio, in which State he resided until the fall of 1879, when he came to
Kansas, located in Emporia, and, in counection with O. T. Trimble, bought the drug store
located in the postoflice bul ‘ding They have since increased the business from a small
beginning to a large trade, and the firm now ranks with the best in their line in the city. Mr.
pein ies member ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church and a member of Union Lodge No.

DR. L. D. JACOBS came to Emporia in May. 1866, and has been engaged in practice
here since that time. When he caine to Emporia first he was associated for one year with
Dr. Trueworthy in practice, and in 1869 anu 1870 engaged in the drug. business with Dr.
Hibben, being at the same time associated with him in his profession. He was alone during
the rest of his residence here until March, 1876. when he joined practice with Dr. J. H.
Page. Dr. Jacobs is President of the Board of Health, member of the United States Board
of Pension Examiners, member of the State Medical Society, meiber of the Lyon Count:
Medical Society, and surgeon for the A., T. & S. F. R. R. Co, Heisamember of the A., F.
A. M. and has several times been master of the Emporia Lodge No. 12. He was also high

riest of the chapter. three terms and commander of the Commandery six years, and has
eld various offices in the Grand Lodge; he is a member of the K. of H. and A. O. U. W.
Dr. Jacobs was born near Waynesboro, Pa., May 20, 1842, and that was his home until he
came to Kansas. He graduated at Pennsylvania College in 1863, and at the Medical Depart-
ment of the University of Pennsylvania in 1866. He commenced practice in Kansas. He
was married in Emporia, September 20, 1838, to Anna Mary Bailey, a native of Ohio and
daughter of Alexander Bailey, who settled in Jackson Township, Lyon County, near Em-
oria, at_an early day, and died at Emporia in 1881. They have four children living,
harles, Luther, Mary ‘A. and Francis H., and lost one child in infancy.

WILLIAM JAY was born in Pennington, Mercer County, N. J., July 22, 1820, his early
home being in Trenton, N.J. He left home and was employed asa clerk in a mercantile
house in New York City for two years, remaining several years afterwards as a member of
the firm. He then returned to Trenton and remained there many years engaged in the
mercantile business, holding during his residence there various municipal offices. He was
the first Republican elected to the Legislature in Trenton jn 1855, and was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention of 1856, nominating William L. Dayton for the Vice-
Fresideney. n 1859 he went to Michigan and located at Whitmore Lake, nine miles north
of Ann Arbor, was elected to the State Senate in 1§62, and re-elected in 1864, serving four
years, representing the State University district, where he lived untilhe came to Kansas,
He located at Emporia in December, 1869, and was elected the second Mayor of the city.
serving two terms. He has been largely engaged in the lumber business, but has now
retired from active business. He was married at Port Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y.,
June 7, 1841, to Jane A. Stevens, a native of Elizabethtown, N.J., but reared in New York
City. They have four children living. William Stevens, Ella B. (now Mrs. J. B. Halleck, of
Emporia), Anna (now Mrs. L. L. Halleck, of Emporia). and Mary H., living at the famil
residence. They have losttwo children, John R., died in Emporia; Jane L, Gilchrist, died
in Emporia, leaving a child, Gertrude Jane, who is in the care of Mr. Jay.

ROBERT JEFF, cigar manufacturer, came to Kansas in thespring of 1869, engaging in
the manufacture of cigars at Leavenworth for about one year. e then removed to Em-
poria, and has worked at the same business since that time. In 1879, he commenced to
manufacture for himself, and now employs nine hands in his factory. Born in London,
England, in 1836, he came to Americain April, 1864, and located in Brooklyn, N. Y. He
lived in that State and in New England until he came to Kansas. Mr. Jeff isa member of
the I. O, O. F., having filled all the chairs of the subordinate jodee, andserving now as B.
S. W. in the Encampment, and treasurer of Union Lodge. No. 15. _He is also grand guard-
ian in the Grand Lodge of Kansas. Mr. Jeff was married in_Brooklyn,N. Y., July 2, 1866,
to Emily J. Smith, a native of London. They have one son—Robert J.

RICHARD W. JEREMY was born in South Wales, October 4, 1855; came to this coun-
try in 1860, and resided in Luzerne County, Penn., until the fall of 1876, when he came to
Kansas},and Jocated in Emporia, He learned the trade of a tinsmith in Pennsylvania, and
is now a member of the firm of Osborne & Jeremy, dealers in stoves and tinware and gas-
fitters and plumbers. Theirs is the principal establishment in their line in the city, and does
a large business. Mr. J. isamember of Emporia Lodge, No. 12, A., F. & A. M., and is C. P.
of Empovia Encampment, No. 17, I. 0. 0. F.

ALEXANDER L. JILLSON, contractor, was born in Boonville, N. Y., December 20,
1830. His early life wasspentin New York. In September, 1861, he enlisted as First Ser-
geantin Company A, Ninety-seventh New York Regimen’, and served eight months as Ser-
geant; was promoted to Captain of Company A, and served as Captain one year. Was then
discharged for disability. He remained at home about six months, then went back to his
regiment as Captain of Company C.; participated in all the battles of the Army of the Po-
tomac, from Antietam to Appomattox and Lee’s surrender. He was mustered out at Syra-
cuse, N. Y., in July, 1865. ethen went to New York City, and went into the mercantile
business, dealing in teas and coffees, continued about sixteen months, then returned to
Boonville, and worked at his trade until he came to Kansas in the fall of 1869, locating
at Emporia, where he has since resided. He worked at his trade for four years, and in
1873, commenced business of contracting and building, firm of Holmes & Jillson. After
two years, the firm took contracts in Texas, which required their absence from Emporla for
two gears, when they returned, and have since built some of the largest and most important
blocks and buildings in the city, notably the fine high school building, Hotel Coolidge, the
new Republican Islock, etc. nL.

 

 

 

e married Mrs, Sarah L. Dye, June 6, 1873, aud by this mar-
riage has two children—Carlos A, and Otis B., both living. He is a member of Emporia
Lodge, No. 12, A., F. & A.M, 3

DAVID W. JONES grocer, was born in Wales, July 1, 1856; came to the United States
witb his parents in 1861, ocating in- Wilkesbarre, Penn., where.they still reside, and where
he resided until he came to Kansas, in January, 1878, locating in Emporia, where he en-
tered the employ of G. W. Bennett, grocer, with whom he continued until May, 1881, when
he started in business under the firm name of D. W. Jones & Co., John Nichols special
partner. Located on corner of Fourth avenue and Commercial street. They have a large
store, and carry a large and well selected stock, and do an extensive business. Married Miss
Sadie Nichols, of Emporia, December 14, 1880, and by this marriage has one child—Willlam
J., born November 22, 1881.

EVAN L. JONES, farmer, Section 27, Township 19, Range 11, P. O. Emporia, was born
in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, May 16, 1831. He came to the United States in 1850, lo-
cating first at Utica, 'N. Y., where he remained four years; then removed to Morrow County,
Ohio. After a residence of about four years in Ohio, he came to Kansas, locating in Em-
poria Township in the spring of 1858, unon 160 acres of land on Dry Creek. He improved
this farm by the erection of a sinall dwelling, barn, ete., and has continued since to operate
it, In 1878 he built a fine, large dwelling upon the place, and has continually Jmproved his
land, so that it is now a very fine and productive farm, his principal crop being corn, but he
also raises cattle and hogs. He first bought this farm asa claim of the party that had lo-
cated it, raised a crop that year and returned to Ohio to be married. pon his return he
found a squatter had taken possession of it, whom he had to buy off and then purchase it
from the government, under the pre-emption law. He married Miss Mary Jones, of New-
ark, Ohio, September 7, 1858, by whom he has had five children, of whom Margaret E,
Hattie, John C. and Thomas J. areliving. He is a member of the Welsh Congregationa
Church, also a meinber of Walkup Lodge, No. 2010, Knights of Honor.

GRIFFITH P. JONES, dealer in ¢ oun. ete.,,was born in Caernarvonshire, North
Wales, August 21, 1847; came to the United States with his parents in 1853, locating in
Oneida County, N. Y., where he resided until the spring of 1867, when he came to Kansas.
He resided in Atchison until the fall of 1869, when he removed to Emporia; clerked in dry
goods store four years. Inthe spring of 1874, he started in merchant tailoring business,
under the firm name of G. P. Jones & Co., composed of the brothers G. P. and John ©., and
jn 1876 added to the business a retail clothing, gents’ furnishing goods, boots and shoes

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r rry a large stock of goods and do an extensive merchant tailoring business which
ann fi about twenty hands, Mr. Jones has also recently started in stock raising and has a
ranch of 480 acresin Lyon County. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church of Emvoria; a member of the Damascus Lodge, No. 11, K. of P., and a member of
Emporia Encampment, No. 17, I. 0. O. ‘ Hast twice been a representative to the Grand

a representative to the Grand Encampment,

Lone WEEN) ONES, attorney-at-law, was born in Comvay, North Wales, March 8,
1851. He came to the United States in 1880, and after a residence of about one year in New
York City, came to Kansas, locating at Emporia. In December, 1881, he was admitted to
the bar and commenced the practice of law, which protessiott he had followed in Wales. He
is the only Welch lawyer in the city. He isa member of the Second Presbyterian Church
of Emporia. .

’ JONES came to Emporia in the spring of 1871, being first employed asa cut-
ter iy Raneren & McCarter. Remaining with this firm until 1874, he and his brother, G. P.,
purchased the merchant tailoring department which they conducted for about two years;
then commenced dealing in hats, caps, clothing, etc. They commenced business in wha
was known asthe Rug: les & Plumb block, southeast corner of Fifth and Commercial
streets. After moving twice they finally located in present quarters, northwest corner of
those thoroughfares. Mr. Jones was born in Caernarvonshire, North Wales, September 19,
1845. When about seven years of age he came to America with his parents, who located in
Steuben, Oneida Co., in which vicinity he resided until he came to Emporia. He is amem-
ber of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, K. of P.and A. O. U. W.
He was married in Turin, Lewis Co., N. Y., November 24, 1868, to Lucina Allen, a native of
the same place. They have three children—Charles R., George R. and Ernest J.

JOSEPH C, JONES, foundry, was born in Monmouthshire, Wales, February 28, 1831.
Came to the United States in 1851,and after a residence of about three years anda half in New
York City, resided for thirteen years in Pennsylvania. In 1871 started West, and after three

ears spent in Ohio came to Kansas in 1874. Located in Emporia. Having early in life
earne: the trade of foundryman, which-he has since followed, he bought the only foundr
in the city. located on the M. K. & T, R’y track, near the depot. After he had operated it
abouta year and a half it was destroyed by fire. He then, in 1876, erected a new foundry
bullding on the corner of Market street and Third avenue, which he continues to operate,
doing mostly a jobbing business. Married Miss Catharine Fisher, of New York City, March
16, 1852, and by this marriage (nas had seven children, of whom Horace G., George F.,
* h_E, are living.
One TLLTAM J. JON ES, live stock dealer, was born in South Wales, September 19, 1849.
Came to the United States when two years old, with his parents, to Newark, Ohio, where he
resided until the spring of 1859, when he came to Kansas, locating in Lyon County, with
his father, Daniel R. Jones, who came here a year earlier, Was raised and. has always re-
sided in Lyon County. as educated in Lyon County, and attended the State Normal
School two and one-half years. Taught school in the county, and after attending Commer-
cial College, at Topeka, for about six months, entered commercial life in Einporia.~ In 1878
was elected Register of Deeds of Lyon County, which office he held for four years. Has
been engaged in cattle business. He was a member of Scbool Board four years, Married
Miss Mary C, Jones, of Emporia, and by this marriage has had three children, all deceased.
He isa member of Second Presbyterian Church, of Emporia; also a member of Central
7 , K. of H.
Lodge, Bo, ve BLLOGG, Probate Judge, was born in Lorain County, Ohio, September 28,
1841. His parents removed to Illinois when he was a youth, He was educated at Bloum-
ington, Il, graduating from the State Normal University in June, 1864. In January of
the following year he removed to Emporia, Kan., and in February took charge of the State
Normal Sehool at that city, remaining its president until 1872. Hethen went to Arkansas
City, Cowley County, and resided until 1875, practicing law,-and holding no office except
that of United States Commissioner and member of the School Board. Since the spring of
1875 he has been a resident of Emporia, and engaged in the practice of his profession, In
the fall of 1876 he was elected a member of the State Legislature, and in the fall of 1878
was elected Probate Judge, and re-elected in the fall of 1880, and again re-elected inthe
fall of 1882. He is also President of the Schoo! Board. Judge Kellogg was married in Em-
oria, in 1867, to Abbie G. Homer, who died in 1873, leavin: two children—Vernon L, and
red H, On June 11, 1878, he was married to Mrs. J. M, Arthur, his present wife. Mrs,
Kellogg is a daughter of the Rey. D. P, Mitchell, an old resident and clergyman of Leaven-
worth. By her he hastwo children—Charles M. and Mary Vv. Mr. Kellogg was admitted to
the bar as attorney-at-law in December, 1880. 7

GEORGE KENDALL was born near Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, July 16, 1811,
and ten years later moved, with his parents,to Hamilton County, Ind., where he was in
October 9, 1831, married to Elizabeth Weese, of Ohio. In 1847 he moved to Iowa, and lo-
cated in Van Buren County. Three years later Mr. K.,in company with several others,
went to California, where Ne remained two years and then returned to his family. 1n 1857
he immigrated to Kansas, and settled in Pike Township, Section 25, where he lived until
1866, when he moved to Emporia, where he now lives. The first schoolhouse in Lyon
County was built in 1857, on the farm of Mr. Kirkendall, and school taught during the win-
ter of 1857-58, by H. W. Gardner, of New York, now his son-in-law. Mr. K. and wife have
eight children living—Mathew W., now living in Pike Township; Elijah B., now in Van
Buren County, Lowa; Clarinda, now Mrs. H. W. Gardner, of Monroe County, N. Y,; Matilda,
now Mrs. J. J. Pickett, of Pike Township; Mahala, now Mrs. James Newlin, of Emporia
Township; Mary Jane, now Mrs. J. B. Hodgin, of Labette County Kans.; James T., of Em-
poria, and Sarah Elizabeth, now living with her parents. Mr. K. and family are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 7

JAMES E. KLOCK, teacher, was born March 27, 1855, in Wyoming County, N.Y. Re-
moved with his parents to Waterloo, Iowa, in 1857, and continued to reside there until the
fall of 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating at Emporia. Graduated from the Kansas
State Normal Schoolin 1875. Taught school at Neosho Rapids for about five years, and in
1881 was appointed to the position of principal of the Emporia High School. Held that po-
sigion until the fall of 1882, when he was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction for

Lyon County. Married Miss Maggie L. Roberts, January 24, 1879. They have one child,

ena M.

THOMAS S. KRUTZY, secretary‘and treasurer of the Central Loan and Land Company,
came to Kansas in the summer of 1869, and located at Paola, where he resided about eight
years engaged inthe real estate business. Hethen removed to Kansas City, where he re-
mained until the close of 1878, when he settled in Emporia, Mr, Kurtz has been engaged
in his preseut position since coming to this city. He is a native of Florence, Switzerlan Co.,
Ind., being a resident of that place until he came to Kansas.

‘ALBERT G. LAKIN, was born in West Carlisle, Ohio, April 6, 1839. His youth was
spent in Ohio, after which he resided in Indiana five years and in 1859 removed to Illinois.
In 1862 he joined Company K, Seventy-fourth IllMnois Regiment, as Second Lieutenant,
Was promoted to. First Lieutenant and Captain. He was detailed as Brigade Inspector on
staff of Acting Brigadier General W. F, Sherman, and afterwards that of Brig. Gen. E.
Opdycke. He was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel and was mustered out in June, 1865. He
returned to Iilinois and entered commercial life, in which he continued until he removed
to Kansas in 1870, locating at Emporia. He was agent for the A,, T. & S. F. R. R. for four

ears, since then he has been engaged inthe extensive general dry goods firm of G. W.

ewman & Co. Heisa member of Emporia Chapter No. 12. R. A. M., of which he was H.
P.in 1881. Alsoa member of Central Lodge o. 781, K. of H. Was a member of School
Roard for three years, also a member of City Council two years. Married Miss Mary Me.
Bean, of Cadiz, Ohio, August 30, 1864, and by this marriage has had four children, of whom
Fred Opdyke. arry B., and Hattie are living.

ROLAND LAKIN, grocer, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, November 2, 1850. When
twelve years old he removed with his parents to Illinols, where he resided until 1869, when
ho came to Kansas, locating in Butler County. In 1870 started in business at Chelsea, and
for four years continued in general mercantile line. Removed to Emporia in 1874, and for
two years was engnged in farming. In 1876 was engaged as book-keeper for the Grange
store in emnor ls and retained this position until the spring of 1879 when he started in the
grocery business under the firm name of McDonald & Lakin. In June, 1882, Mr. McDonald
sold hig interest to W. A. Elston, N. M. Carter was at the same time given a third interest
and the firm did business as Elston & Lakin until October, 1882, when it was_merged into
the Emporia Mercantile Company, composed of G. W. Frederick, president; R. Lakin, sec-
retary aud treasurer; W. A. Elston N, M. Carter, J. B. Halleck, A. Gilbertand I. E. Lam-~-
bert.” They do a wholesale and retail grocery business. Mr. Lakin is a member of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church of Emporia, and a member of Emporia Lodge No. 12, A., F.
& A.M. Married Miss Alice A. McWorter of Chelsea, Kas., March 7, 1875, and by this
marriage las two children, James W. and

 

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AMBERT, attorney-at-law, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in
Emporia since March, 1879, the date of his location in the place. He was born in Peoria,
IIL, August 1854, educated at the Northwestern University, at Evanston, Ill, and read law
with Ingersoll & McCune. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1874, and. practiced
in Peoria, until he came to Emporia, in 1879, He was appointed City Attorney, in August,
1880, and elected to the same office in the spring of 1881, which he resigned in the spring
of 1882. Mr. Lambert was married at Grand Rapids, October 10, 1876, to Hattie Burns, 4
native of that place. They have one son—Boyd.

LAWRENCE LARNARD, clerk in the employ of the A,, K. T. & S. E.R. R., was born in
Marion County, Ind., February, 22, 1848. Resided in Indiana, until 1861, whence he en-
listed as private in Company D, Kighteenth Indiana Regi ment,’ Was in the Department of
the Southwest, and participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, siege of Vicksburg, Strasburg,
Wilson’s Creek and others, besides many skirmishes. Was mustered out at Darien, Ga., In
1865, and returned to Indiana, and engaged in railroading on the I. C.& L.F. R. R., where
he remained until he came to Kansas, nthe spring of 1869. He enterec the employ of the
A. T. & 8, F. R. R. Co., at Carbondale. In 1875, was transferred to & poria, where he
now holds the position of oil supply clerk, at the shops of the company, He has been in the
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employ of the company during his whole residence in Kansas. Has built a hom .
street, between Second and Third avenues. Married Miss Ellen Sulltvan, of Garuouaale,
May. 2%, 1874, by which marriage he has three children—Sarah E., William M., and
Cc. A. LEIGHTON, loan agent, came to Paola, Kansas in May, 1869, and engaged in the
lumber business for a shor..time. In November, 1869;he assisted in the SaatiEtiGd of ine
Miami Savings Bank, acting as assistantcashier. The institution was merged into the First
National Bank, in October, 1871. Mr. Leighton was assistant cashier of the bank about one
ear, and was afterward cashier until 1877, From 1871 to 1877, he was a member of F. M.
haw & Co’s loan agency. He removed to Kansas City, in June, 1878, remaining there until
October, 1878. In December of this yar he came to Emporia, and assisted in the organ-
ization of the Central Loan and Land Company, continuing with that company, until No-
vember, 1882, He with S, B, Warren and others, has since established another loan com-
pany. Mr. Leighton was born in Manchester, Scott County, Ill., July 15, 1844. He resided
in that county until 1862, and then removed to Lincoln, lll, where ‘he remained until he
came to Kansas, in 1869. He was married in Paola, Kan., January 28, 1880, to Clarice
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is E. iS, merchant tailor, was born in South Wales, September 5, 1852; came
to the United States, in 1873, and located in Emporia, Kan, where he has since resided.
He was engaged in working at histrade for I. E. Perley, G. P. Jones & Co., and others
until the spring of 1882, when he started in merchant tailoring business, on Commerical
street. He married Miss Gwennie Roberts, of Lyon County, July, 4, 1879, and by this mar-
tiage, has two children—Ellen and Arthur E., both living. He is a member of the Second
Congregational Church, of Emporia. A
EWIS W. LEWIS, contractor, was born in South Wales, September 30, 1839, came
to this country in 1869, and in December of that year, came to Kansas, locating at Emporia,
where he engaged in general contracting for masonry and building. In 1870, he took the
contract for bridge masonry on the A., T. GS. F. R.K., and has ever since been more or less
engaged in the bridge construction of thatroad. Employs at presentan average of about
400 men curing thesummer. His work now extends from Kansas City to New Mexico.
Has in connection with his work a large quarry at Strong City, furnishing a fine quality of
stone, some of which is shipped as far as Arizona Territory. Has also built about twelve
bridges for Lyon County. Married, July 1, 1865, Miss Margaret Williams, of South Wales,
and by this marriage has had seven children, of whom Lew!s H., Eliza A., Mary J., Marga-
ret P,, Willlam J. and ClaudiaS., are living, He is a member of the Welsh Presbyterian
Church of Emporia; a#member of Emporia Commandery No. 8 K. T.; amember of. Empo-
ria Lodge No. 15, I. O. O. F.; a member of Central Lodge No. 781, K. of H ,anda member of
Empor a Lodge No. 2, A. O. 0. W.
". H. LEWIS, was born in the northern part of South Wales, at Lianfihangel, February
5, 1845. He came to America in 1870, locating at Emporia, on May 1, same year, and was
married in Emporia, in March, 1873, to Lizzie Lewis, also a native of South Wales, daugh-
ter of Isaac Lewis, anda resident of Ainerica since her early youth. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
have three children—Eadwin James, Mary Lizzie and Isaac Garfield. Mr. Lewis engaged in
the dry goods business in the capacity of clerk, on locating at Emporia, running the tailor-
ing department of Hall Brothers’ dry goods store, until he engaged at I. E. Perley’s cloth-
ing housefor several years. Nowin business for himself since April, 1879. eis now
serving ls second term as Alderman of the Second ward, having held the position since
1880. Heis a inember and one of the elders of the Welsh Second Presbyterian Church, and
superintendent of the Sunday school connected with it. He is alsoa member ofthe I. 0. O.
F,, and A. O. U. W., being treasurer of Select Knights and of the United Order of Ancient
Templars, a temperanee and insurance organization.

D. F. LONGENECKER, M. D., was born at Roarin, Spring, Blair Co., Pa., March 15,
1854, and received his education at the National Normal School, Lebanon, Obio, and the
Juniata Collegiate institute at Martinsburg, Pa, He graduated from Jefferson Medical Col-
lege, Philadelphia, in the class of 1876, and after spending a en with his preceptor, Dr.
Stayer, of Roaring Spring, came to Kansas, and Jocated at Scandia, Republic County. where
he resided, engaged in the practice of his profession, until April, 1881, when he returned to
Philadelphia, and spent a year in the study of diseases of the eye and ear, which he now
makes a specialty. He came to Emporia in the latter part of June, 1882. Dr. L. isa mem-
ber of the I. O. O. F., K. of P. and Lyon County Medical Society.

H. J. & H. W. LOOMIS, under the firm name of Loomis & Loomis, began the hard-
ware business here in March, 1880. They make a specialty of stoves and tinware, dealing
also in ail kinds of ‘haraware and agricultural implements, The house has furnished most
of the hardware for the prominent buildings erected in Emporia, during 1882.
H. J. Loomis was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., in May, 1832, and prior to removal to
Kansas, was a resident of Macoupin County, Til., where he was engaged in farming. Mr.
Loomis was married at Carrollon, Macoupin Co., Ill., September 12, 1854, to Alice H. El-
dred, a native of Greene County, Ill., and daughter of William Eldred, who settled in that
gounty as early as 1818. They have four children—Horace, William, Nellie A. and
Addie L. *: ts

H. W. LOOMIS was born in Chesterfield, Il]., September 7, 1859, and married in the
same place, July 20, 1881, Lily Bullard, a native of Macoupin County, Il}.

J. W. LYNN, atrorney-at-law, was born Near Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Ky., February
14, 1844. His family were all farmers. - His two grandmothers were first cousins, being
pure American born Scotch ladies from the old Scotch families of Hogg, Gibson and Shel-~

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‘homas Eindley, we an American born Englishtwan with an admixture of Welsh, spring-
ing from the Lindley an‘l Pyle families, He was from Pendleton, 5. C. All three of these
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the days of Daniel Boone, His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Lynn, was a native born
Norti$of [reland Irishman, who immigrated to Kentucky when he was ¢. boy with his
parents. So it will be seen that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and I ‘eland is fully
represented in our Mr, Lynn. However, bis ancestors were among the colonists and early
settlers of America His great-grandfather, John Gibson, was a soldier of wie Continental
Army, and fought at Guilford Court House, His three great-uncles, Meredith Gibson,
Robert and Elijah Shelton, fought under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, and the two last
named also fought under Gen. Harrison in the Indian wars, and were in the battle of dippe-
canoe. William Wallace Lynn and Mary Lindley, the parents of the subject of this sketch,
were married in 1843. His father went down with the steamer Belle of Clarksville in 1845,
in the AUssisstppt River, about Chaney, mules above Natchez. Miss., leaving two infant chil-
dren, our John Washington Lynn and his sister, Lucy C. Lynn, to their mother, who, being
very poor, returned with her two children to her father’s house, where Mr. Lyin was raise:
to hard labor and all the exercises of a farm life in the country. On the15th day of October,
1861, he enlisted a3 a private in Company B, Twenty-fifth Kentucky Volurteer Infantry,
serving three years and four months. After the battle of Shiloh his regiment was consoli-
dated with the Seventeenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, his former company becomin
Company G. of the new organization. Heservedinthis company as private and corpora
until he was mustered out, January 19, 1865. His regiment was at Fort Donelson, at Shiloh
both days, the siege of Corinth, at the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga and Missionary
Ridge, and all the battles of the Atlanta Campaign, and also the battles of Franklin and
Nashville, yet he was so fortunate as not to have received a single wound or be taken pr.s-
Mr. Lynn received before the war a good common school education at the public
schools in his neighborhood. After the war he learned telegraphing, andasan operator he
saved money enough to educate himself. He received his education at Kentucky Univer-
sity, and his legal training at the Law School of Harvard University. On November 3, 1871.
he was married, in his native county, to a life-long neighbor and school mate, Madora Ss.
Brown, a daughter of the late Hon. E. A. Brown, of Kentucky. chevy. have two daughters
living—Sally C. and Lucy P., and Mary E. dead. Immediately after his marriage he came to
reside in Emporia, and January 1, 1873, he formed alaw partnership with Hon. R. M. ure
gles, which continued to the time of the latter’s death in April, 1879. At one time C. N.
Storey was associated with them, W. W. Scott becoming a member of the firm in 1874, and
the firm still continues as Scott & Linn. Mr. Lynn is § feet 10 inchestall, and only weighs
about 133 pounds, being very slender. His health is very delicate, but for a man of his
strength he isa great student. He is quite familiar with four or five languages besides his
own. He is athorough lover of science and literature, and keeps a fine select library of this
kind; besides he and his partner possess one of the finest private !egal libraries in the
State<eThey have a large and increasing practice in their profession.

ROBERT R. McCANDLISS, M. D., was_born near Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, Novem -
ber 19, 1826. After reading medicine with Dr. Andrew Campbell, he graduated from
Miami Medical College, and located at Cincinnati, Obio, in 1857. He: ommenced the prac-
tice of his profession with his preceptor, in Ulamilton. He then lived four years in Hill
Grove, Darke Co.,Ohio; returned to Butler County and practiced at Monroe until he enterect
the army, in August, 1862. [le served 1 the position of Surgeon of the One Hundred and
Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry until July 1, 1865, when he was mustered out and returned
to Monroe. Later the same season he went 10 Savannah, Mo., and remained engaged in the
drug business until he came to Emporia, iv Apri], 1870. During this year he erected his
large business block on Commercial street, engaging in the drug business until six years
ago. The Doctor now makes 4 specialty of treating the cancer. He was married at Hill
Grove, Ohio, December 25, 1852, to Priscilla Youart, a native of Troy, Miami Co. Ohio.
They have three children living—Robert E., William B. and Harry E. Dr. McCandless isa
member of the Presbyterian Church.

W. T, McCARTY, attorney-at-law, was born near Warrenton, Fauquier Co., Va., Decem-
ber 15, 1838. He was educated at Bloomfield Academy, Virginia; was ove year in the law
department of the University of Virginia. He enlisted in the Confederate army in the
spring of 1861; served with Stonewall. ackson in the Artillery, firstas a non-commissioned
officer, then as. Lieutenant, then as Ai,utantof Poague’s Artillery Battalion; afterwards
commanded a battery and surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. Read law onean a half
years with Hon. J. V. brooke, of Warrenton, Va., and was admitted tothe bar in Winches-
ter, Va., in November, 1866. In January, 1867, he went to Oxford, Miss., and attended the
law school of the University of Mississippi two years, graduating from that department. He
was married at Oxford, Miss., October 22, 1867, to Olivia C. West, a native of Lexington,
Holmes Co., Miss., and daughter of Gen. A. M. West, then President of the Mississippi Cen-
tral railroad. r. McCarty came to Emporia July 6, 1869. For one year he was as<ociated
with H. C. Cross in the practice, after which he was alone until November, 1876, when he
became:s partner of E. W. Cunningham, which association has continued to the present
time. Mr. and Mrs, McCarty_have seven children—Mason W., William C., James Brooke,
Carrie H., Evangeline. Wirt G. and an infant son,

D. C. MCMURTRILE, came to Emporia in February, 1869, first engaging in the hardware
He has been 2 member of the Board of Education for the past ten years, and dur-
ing this period the graded system has been inaugurated, and the High School and two new
buildings erected. Mr. Me Wurtrie was born in Middletown, Pa., March 3, 1835. For twen-
ty years he remained in his native town, and then resided in St. Joseph, Mo., Chicago, and
various places. In August, 1862, he enllsted in Company H, Seventy-second Illinois Volun-
teer Infantry, and served until August 16,1865. He was atthe siege of Vicksburg, Cham-
pion Hills, Natchez, Mobile, Franklin, Nashville—in fact all the battles of his command. He
was married at Middletown, Pa., December 28, 1872, to Kittie Fisher, a native of that place.
They have one child—Kittie. ‘Mr. McMurtrie is a member of the A. 0. U. W. and the
Knights of Honor. .

MICHAEL MALONEY, real estate dealer, was born in County Galway, Ireland, August
23, 1823. Hecametothe United States in 1848, and resided the first two years after in
Berkshire County, Mass.; then removed to Ohio, where he resided untjl be came to Kansas,
in the fall of 1858, locating in Lyon County. He took a claim of 160 acres,.aud farmed it un--
til the commencement of the War of the Rebellion, when he enlisted as private in the Elev-
enth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and served three years, participating in all the battles
and skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged. He was mustered out at Fort Leaven-
worth in the fall of 1865. He returned to Center Township, Lyon County, and farmed until
the fall of 1866, when he removed to Emporia and started inthe real estate business, in
which he has since been engaged. In 1877 he went to Ireland as landand emigrant agent
ofthe A., T. & S. F. R’y. Co.; remained about six months. He married Miss Ellen Hickey,
of New York, in October, 1858. He was a Justice of the Peace in Center Township for fonr
years. He was one of the organizers of the town, and of the school district, and was a mem-
ber of the School Board five years.

CLARK C. MARTIN, builder, was born at Bedford, Province of Quebec, Canada, July 7,
1837. Came to the United States in 1855, locating at Grafton, Mass., where he resided until
the fall of 1856, when heremoved to St. Peter, Minn.,where]e engaged in building and oper-
ated asaw mill. In the spring of 1861 le went to Summit County, Col., and engaged in
mining until September, 1862, when he enlisted_as a Sergeant in Company A, Third
Colorado Infantry. The regiment was stationed at Rollaand at Pilot Knob, Mo. In 1863 it
was consolidated with the Second Regiment Colorado Icfantry and transferred to a Cavalr
Regiment; the company to which Mr. Martin belonged beg designated as Company H,
Second Regiment Colorado Cavalry. The regiment was »c..t to Kansas City, Mo., and as-
signefito Provost Guard duty. Sergt. Martin had charge of the police service of the city for
aboutsix months. The regiment remained on duty in Missouri until the Price raid, during
whicli. it participated in the battles of Lexington, Big Blue, Little blue, Westport, Mine
Creek, Lucerne, Blue Mount and Newtonia. The regiment afterward was stationed in Kan-
sas, and, participated in several skirmishes with rebels and Indians. Mr. Martin was in all
the engagements in which his company took part, and was mustered out of service at Fort
Riley inj June, 1865. He then went to New York City, where he was engaged in building
until he‘came to Kansas in the fall of 1877. He located in Emporia anu engaged in contract-
ing and building. Inthe spring of 1882 he took a partner into the business, the firm name
now b: Martin & Hoffer. r. Martin is a member of first Methodist Episcopal Church
of Emyria; amember of Arcturus Lodge, No, 274, A., F. & A. M., of New York City; a
membet of Ismporia Lodge, No, 2, A. 0. U. W., of which he is foreman; a member of Union
Legion, No. 2, §. K.; anda memberof Emporia Post, No. 55, G.A.R, He married Miss
Charlotte E. Gould, of New York City, May 7, 1868, by which marriage he has had six chil-
dren, of whom Clark T., Lottie &., Nye G. and Clifton C, are living.

REV. DOMINIC MEIER, Or‘rr of St. Francis, was born in Covington, Ky., September
2, 1851. Received his classical cuu. ‘ion at St. Francis College, Cincinnati, Ohio, and theo-
logical at St. Boniface Convent at Louisville, Ky, Was ordained in December, 1874, and
first sent to Lafayette, Ind., as assistant at St. Boniface Church. Remained there abouta
year anda half and was then sent to Reynolds, Ind. While there, from 1875 to 1880, built
a church at Reynolds and one at Monticello. Came to Kansas in 1880, and during that and
the succeeding year built the Convent of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 1882 a large brick
school, called the School of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was completed, and is already at-
tended by over 100 children. The Sisters of St, Francis have also in process of construc-
tion a hospital, which will be 125 feet front by 54 feet deep and three stories high. It will
be unsectarian and freetoall. Itisintended to build atan early day a church building ad-
joining the convent. There are located here besides Father Meier, Faiher Angelus Hafer-
tepe and Father Guido Stallo, who attend congregations at Strong City, Eagie Creek, Read-
ing, Council Grove, Burlington, Eureka and Ha:tford. There is plenty of good land still
near Emporia; any Catholi¢es desirous of coming to Kansas will find it to their interest to in-
quire here first before going elsewhere. ae :

ROBERT MILLIKEN, County Surveyor, came to Emporia in March, 1869, being elected

o his present position in the fall of that year. He was twice re-elected, serving about six
years. He then resigned to take charge of the city schools as superintendent. He continued
to hold this posi ion from 1875 to 1877. Until 1881 he engaged in the nursery business and
in the occupation of surveying, During this year he was again elected County Surveyor,

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Mr, Milliken was secretary of the Lyon County Horticultural Society two years, bring its
first secretary after organization and a prime mover in its formation. In 1873 he was elected
president, holding that office to the present time. During the same year he was chosen vice-
pres dent of the Kansas State Horticultaral Society, which position he retained four years.

r, Milliken was also City Engineer about eight years. He was born near Sharon, Mercer
Co., Pa., July 28, 1838, and was educated at Westininster College, New Wilmington, Law-
rence Co. Pa. ‘The period from 1857 to 1867 was occupied more or less in teaching school.
The time being spent partly in [ilinois and partly in Pennsylvania. He came to Missouri in
March, 1867, aud in the August following became connected with the Bluffton Wine Com-
pany at Bluffton, Mo. Mr Milliken was married at Sharon, Pa., October 24, 1861, to Queen
Victoria McBurney, a native of Brookfield, Trumbull Co., Ohio. They have two children—
Arthur and Walter,

GEORGE W. MILLER, insurance agent, was born in Lower Allen Township, Cumber-
land Co., Pa., November 10, 1855. He was educated in the schools of his uative county and
taught school prior to coming to Kansas. Soon after locating in Fmporia, April, 1882, he
became associated with M. L. Sampson in business, the partnership continuing to the pres-
enttime. Mr, Miller was married in Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa., December 29, 1881,
to Emma Brensiser, a native of that pice.

MRS. E. A. ORE, widow of the late C. A. Moore, was born in Canada, October 2%,
1834, and soon after removed to Wisconsin, where her early life was spent. Was educated
at Oberlin, Ohio. Married in Cleveland, April 18 1869, and resided in Ohio until 1873, when
she came to Kansas. locating in Emporia, and has since been in business as a dressmaker,
and ayent for Butterick’s patterns. Occupies a fine suite of rooms on Commercial street, in
the same block with her brother, L. 8. Page, photographer. Mrs. Moore 1s a member of the
Church of the Disciples.

J. A. MOORE, M. D., has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Emporia since
June 20, 1860, the date of his location. In 1866 he also became interested in the drug busi-
ness. He was one ot the original stockholders of the agricultural society, as well as of the
Emporia Gas Company, and is interested in the First Natioual Bank. He has built four
brick business houses and five residences. He was born at Fairfax Court House, Fai fax
Co., Va,, November 3, 1830, and in 1837 removed with his parents to Carroll County, Ohio,
near Kilgore, making that his home until 1850, when he removed to Washington County,
Ohio. He is the son of John Marshall Moore, a soldier of the war of 1812, who at present
resides in Washington County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch received an academic edu-
cation at Hagarstown, Ohio, and taught school in that State until 1865, when he went to
Keokuk, Iowa, receiving bis medical education in the lowa University at that point. He
graduated in the class o 1858-59, and practiced one year at Keosauqua, prior to hig.removal
to Kansas, He was married in Emporia May 25, 1863,to Clara Weavet,a native of Vermillion
County, 11l. They have one child—Ida. Dr. Moore was at one'time a member of the State
Medical Society. Served as member of the Board of Education for six years, and was
elected member of the City Council in the spring of 1882. * 7

D. W. MORRIS, with his parents, Edward and Anna Morris, located in what is now Em-
poria Township, in October, 1859. They now reside in the city. D. W. Morris was engaged
in farming until January, 1869. [In 1872 he took charge of the drug business of Dr. Jobn A.
Moore, which position he stil holds. In the fall of 1861 he wentto Rock Island, Lll., and in
1862 enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Twenly-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
and served until August, 1865, when he was mustered out as peTecant, at Springfield, Lil,
and returned to Emporia. During two years, from 1469 to 1871, he was employed as Dep-
uty Register of Deeds, and in the spring of 1882 was elected a member of the Board of Edu-
cation. Mr, Morris was born in South Wales, November 18, 1840, coming to America with
his parents in 1852; he lived in Maryland two years, Pennsylvania two years and in Illinois
from 1856 to 1859. He was married in Rock Island, Il., May 11, 1867, to Mar Thomas,
also a native of South Wales. They have six children—Edward William, Effiie May, Maud
frees uella Wiunifred. Edna Bertha and Mamie Ethel. Mr. Morris is a member of the

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HOWARD B. MORSE was bornin Bath Me., September 4, 1849, and two years later
removed with his parents to Boston, Mass, He was educated in the ubtic schools of that
city, and was afterwards engaged in mercantile business there. esided there until the
spring of 1879, when he came to Kansas and entered the employ of the A.:T. & &. F. R. R.
Uo, as timekeeper at Emporia. In November, 1882, he was a pointed fuel agent of that
road at Emporia, which position he now holds in addition to that of timekeeper. He has
built for his own use one of the finest residences in the southwestern division of the city.
He is a member of the cy Senoel Board, a member and trustee of the First Baptist Church
of Emporia, a member of Emporia Lodge, No. 12, A., F. & A. M., and a member of the Rox-
bury Lodge, K. of H. He married Miss Carrie CG. Curtis, of Boston, September, 20, 1871,
aud they have four children—Alice A., Carrie M., John H.,, avd Evelina,

~ W.& A.A. NEWMAN, dry goods merchants, began business in Emporia in 1869,
under the firm name of Newman Bros. From 1872 to 1878 G. W. Newman carried on the
business alone. His brother, F. C, then became associated with him, the tirm name being
G. W. Newman & Co. The first year’s business amounted to $25,000. The sales in 1881
amounted to $200,000, sixteen men and women beiu employed in the establishment. The
trade is almost exclusively retail, the house doing a little jobbing business. G. W. Newman
is anative of Weld, Me., the date of his birth, January 20, 1850. Here he resided until he
came to Emporia. He is a ember of the A. F. & A.M. Mr. Newman was married in Em-
poria, March 6, 1873, to Nellie A. Srorrs, daughter of Mrs. E. Storrs. ‘

JAMES A, NEWLIN, farmer, Section 17, Township 19. Range 11, P.O. Emporia, was
born July 24, 1839, in Chatham County, N.C.’ In 1852 he removed with his parents to Ham_
ilton County, Ind., and three years later, in the fall of 1855, the family came to Kansas, lo-
uating on the north bank of the Cottonwood River, about three and ahalf miles southwest
of the present site of Emporia. Thesubject of this sketch remained upon the farm pre-
empted by his father at that time until his marriage. In the spring of 1861 he bought 80
acres of unimproved land, situated on the south of the Cottonwood. which he began to im-
prove, but in August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company C Eleventh Regiment
Kansas Volunteers, aud devoted the next three years to the preservation of the imperillea
Union. Ue participated in all the engagements in which his company took part, except
those of the first campaign. Was mustered out at Fort Riley, in August, 1865, and returned
to his farm, which, however, he sold about two years later. He then’ came to his present
location, about two miles west of Emporia, where he has a farm of 100 acres, upon which
he has made valuable improvements. His princi, 1 crop is corn; also raises some cattle
and hogs, feeding most of his crops to his own stock. Mr, Newlin has held the office of Jus-
tice of the Pevce four years, ani is now serving his second year as Trustee of Emporia
Township. He is amember of Emporia Lodge, No. 2, A.O. U. W. He married Miss Ma-
hala L, Kirkendall, of Emporia, February 14, 1861, by whom he has had five children, of
whom Edwin S., Frank A., aid Clara M. areliving, ‘

DR. 8S. E, NORTHINGTON came to Emporia in April, 1879. He was born in Wilkes-
boro, Wilkes County, N.C., March 15, 1851, bis parents removing to Ta: lorsville, Tenn.,
when he was about three vears of age. In 1876 Dr. Northington settled in Raleigh, N. C.,
where he remained until he came to Emporia. He had previously studied dentistr at
Abingdon, Va., and attended the Philadelphia Dental College, commencin practice at Tay-
Jorsville, his native town, in May, 1874. ere the doctor was also married to Luls Juda
Ingram, a native of Wataga County, N.C. He isa member of the A. I. & A. M., K. of H.,
and Methodist Episcopal Church. f

DR. JOHN H. PAGE, physician and surgeon, came to Neosho Rapids, Kan., in June,
1857, where he remained two years and engaged th prospecting. He then returned to New

’ York State, and in the spring of 1863, again came to Kansas, and entered the army as Act-
ing Assistant Surgeon, United States army, remaining In the service until the close of the
war, being stationed in the general hospital at Fort Scott. In 1865, he again returned to
New York, and attended medical lectures, and in 1866, located at Como, Whitesida Co., I,
remaining there until the fallof 1867, at that time locating again at Neosho Rapids, In
1873, he entered the regular ariny as Acting Assistant Surgeon, and was stationed in that
capacity at Fort Dodge two years and ten months, and subsequently at Fort Reno, Indian
‘Ler., Fort Supply, Indian Ter., Fort Larned, Kan., and Fort Wallace, Kan., until 1@%9,when
he resigned, returning to Neosho Rapids, remaining there until he located in Rm orla,
March i, 1882, where ne has been associated with Dr. L. D. Jacobs since the middie of
March of the same year. Dr. Page was born in Orleans County, N. Y., February 21, 1837,
He moved while a lad with his father’s family to Genesee County, N. Y., and subsequently
studied medicine with Dr. Root, at Batavia, attended the medical department of the Buffalo
University, and graduated from Berkshire Medical College, at Pittsfield, Mass. He was
married in Elba, Genesee Co..N. Y, to Isabelle F. Barrett, of Elba, They have three
childreun—Ones ¥., Joseph B., aud Ethel. Dr. Page isamember of Lyon County Medical
Society,Rock River Union Medical Society of Illinois,and the Kansas State Medical Society.

- LOUIS S. PAGE, photographer, was born in Waterville, Me,, October 8, 1843. His early
life was spentin Maine and Vermont. Atthe breaking outof the Rebellion be enlisted as
a private in the Third Regiment Vermont Volunteers, and served through the war. Was
in the army of the Potomac, Sixth Army Corps, and participated in the Peninsular cam-
paign, and later battles of that army, until he was wounded in the battle of S.vage Station,
which confined him to hospital life three months. Was again sli btly wounded at the bat-
tle of Chancellorsville, and for the third time at the battle of the Wilderness, Was promoted
to Sergeant; was transferred to the Shenandoah Valley, and participated in the battle of
Winchester and others there. Was mustered out in July, 1865, and enga peed inthe manu-
facture of leather belting, at Lowell, Mass. Came to Kansas in May, 1873, ocating at Em-
poria. In 1874, he started in business of photographer, and has now the leading gallery in
the city, and does fine work, Isa.member of Emporia Lodge No, 2. A. 0. U. W., and Em-

oria Legion No. 2, 8. K. ‘

P CHARLES E. PAINE was born January 29, 1830, at Chester, N.H. His early life was
spent in New Hampshire, whence he removed, in 1848, fo Sheboygan County, Wis. In 1852
he went across the plains on foot, making bhedourn y in five months. His party numbered

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ated to be about 300; killed eight of the Indians and came out victors, with the loss of
aot e ince woundeu. Mr. Paine Spent four years in mining in California, with good suc-
cess, then returned to Wisconsin and resided there four years. Cameto Kansas in 1860,
locating in Lyon County, which has since been his home. In 1861 he enlisted in the Second
Kansas Regiment for three months, but was five months and a half in service He was made
Quartermaster Sergeant of his company. Participated in the battles of Forsythe, Dug
Springs, Wilson’s Creek and JShelbina, Mo, Was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth. En-
listed in the Eleventh Regiment, Kansas Infantry, in the fall of 1862. Participated in the
battles of Old Fort Wayne, Indian Ter., and Cane Hill, Prairie Grove and Van Buren, and
many skirmishes in Kansas. In the fall of 1863 the regiment was mounted and served as
Cavalry. Mr. Paine was detailed as Forage Master of Gen. Ewing’s command. In the
spring of 1864, was appointed Commissary Sergeant of the regiment. During the Price
raid he had charge of fe Brigade train. Inthe spring of 1865 the regiment was sent to the
lains, with headquarters at Platte River Bridge, Had several enconuters with Indians,
fer. P,, while in charge of a train of twenty-two wagons loaded with provisions, with an
escort of forty men, was attacked by Indians, but succeeded in bringing his train safely to
camp, with alos of one man, _He was mustered out of the service at Fort Leavenworth, in
August, 1865, and returned to Lyon County, and was engaged in farming until1877. Hasa
farin 1 Waterloo Township. In 1877. whenthe Patrons of Husbandry started a Grange
store at Emporia, Mr, Paine was engaged as manager of the enterprise, and has continued
in the position ever since, with the exception of one year when he was ol hisfarm. He does
a wholesale and retail grocery business aggregating $60,000 per annum. He is amember
of Ivy Grange, No. , P. of in. Is a member of the Protestant Methodist Chureh of Watei-
Joo. Wasa Justice of the Peace of Waterloo four years, and a County Cominissioner of
Lyon County two years. Married Miss Ann Eliza Sickles, of Fond du Lac, Wis. May VW
1857, and has had'by this marriage five children, of whom Edwin C., William B., Clarence
A. and John W., are living. oe sain
HA Y E. NORTON, real estate agent, located in Topeka, Kas., Julv 3, 1356, and en-
gaged in speculations of various kinds, until the close of the war. Subsequently being in
the real estate business with Mills & Smith, in the same city until 1869. e then rem ved
to Emporia where he has been continuously eugaged 1u the real estate operations, giving

  
  
    
  
    
 
     
   
       

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personal attention to his business, which is extensive and responsible, his investments for
his patrons since locating in Emporia amounting to millions. Mr. Norton is a native of New
Haven Count eee arn aera 22, 1890 At t He age of twelve he was thrown on his own
ls aguerreo!

New verk citys teat guer ype business in several Eastern cities,coming from
.,, HON. E. B. PEYTON was born in Clark County, Ind., and was admitted to the bar of that
State in. 1851. Prior to coining to Kansas, he resided in Bowling Green, Clay Co., Ind., and
CUE NEIN SET REL Sate ea noes Jyge Peyton porated in Emporia, October 16, 1867,

3 oflaw. In an 2 ulge,
belng elected District Judge in the fall of the latter van Wee alee larepesaoettaest tre

i rom
Jannary, 1873, to January 1881. He held the latter position fro!

He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
0.0. F. The Judge was married in Washington Township, Cla¥ Co., Ind., November 13,
1845, to Mahala Walker, a native of that place. They have six children living—Wiliam D.,
Charles ae reoon M. Amanda M. Mary A. and Ella L.

eB was born hear Milton, Ky ; caine to Kansas in 1869; resided in Emporia
pines, Educated at Normal Schoo! State University and the University at Ann Arbor,
Peete? he graduated in law in 1876. Since which time he has practiced law at Em-

GEORGE R. PETERS came to Emporia, Kas., October 3, 1878, engaging in the sheep
business, and bringing some full-blooded Merinos to the county at Sone thixed French
and Spanish Merinos, locating on Badger Creek, Jackson Township. He sold out about a
poor and a half later, and in September 1881, engaged in the hardware business. He dealt
n OAV, and shelf hardware, stoves and tinware, wholesale and retail. Mr. Peters is ana-
ave of Clifton Park, Saratoga Co., N. Y., and moved to Battle Creek, Mich,, in 1851, He re-
mai ned in the State until 1878, when be resided in Chicago for one year; then came to Kan-
sas. i © 1s a@ member of the A..F. & A. M. Mr, Peters was married in Kalamazoo, Febru-
ary 10, 1853, to Elvia A. Sherinan, a native of Climax Township, Kalamazoo County. They
have three children—Isaac D., Ida M. and Edward R.

184 AH E. PERLEY, retired merchant, was born in Berlin, Vt., March 12, 1834. His
early life was spent in Vermont. He came to Kansas in 1856 locating at Topeka, where he
engaged in general merchandising. In 1859 he removed to Emporia and engaged in the
sume business, which he continued until 1880, when he retired, He is a member of Em-
por pi bates No. 12. A., F. & A. M., Emporia Lodge No. 2, A. O. U, W., General Lodge, K. of

» aud of Martha Washington Lodge, No, 400, K, and L. of H.’ He'murrled Miss Mary J.

 
LYON COUNTY.

Allen, of Rushford, N. Y,, August 23, 1857, by which marriage he has h: n, of
whoni, Lyman 0. Maud H. aud Jennie H., ‘are living. e eee once
a , retired, was born in Preble County, Ohio, February 1, 1823.
While an infant, his parents removed to Indiana, and he was raised upon a farm in fiat
State, where he continued to reside until he came to Kansas in the spring of 1855. He took
a claim of 160 acres, about four and one-half miles southwest of the present site of Emporia,
which was then an open prairie, without a house. There were but two settlers within the
limits of Lyon County at thattime. He was elected a Delegate to the first Constitutional
Convention held inthe Territory. He has held several local offices in Pike Township. He
served in the State Militia pointy, days, at the time of the Price raid. He continued to ope-
rate his farm until the spring of 1882, when he sold it and removed to Emporia, where he
has purchased a residence and retired to the rest he so well earned. In November, 1882, he
became a member of the Emporia Mercantile Company, who do a wholesale and retail
grocer business; but he takes no active part in the business of the company. Heisamem-
er of the Wesleyan Methodist Church; also a member of Emporia Chanter No. 12, A. F. &
M. He las been thrice married, first to Miss Sarah Stout, of Hamilton County, Indiana, in
1848. She died in 1856, and he married Mrs. Sabrah Way, of Emporta, in 1858—this heing
the first marriage in the town. She was killed by lightning, in 1877. He married Mrs.
Elizabeth Allen Jenne, of Greenwood County, May 8, 1878.

MYRON §. PIPER, grocer, Emporia, was born in Erie County, N. Y., July 7, 1838, but
moved to Wisconsin with his parents when only one year of age. Resided there until the
death of his father in 1849, when he returned to New York and remained until 1853. He
then went back to Wisconsin and resided in that State until the breaking out of the Rebel-
lion when he enlisted as A private soldier inthe Fourth Wisconsin Regiment. Was pro-
moted toSergeant. Servedin the Department of the Gulf under Gens. B. ¥. Butler, and
N. P. Banks, participating in the battles of Baton Rouge, Port Hudson and other engage-
ments. Was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company B, Eighty-fifth Regiment United
States Infantry, colored, and did garrison duty at Port Hudson wntil the fall of 1864, when
he was mustered out at Cairo, Il. eturned to Wisconsin and opened a recruiting office at
Madison. After the close of the war he taught school for a time in Wisconsin.
Kansas in the fall of 1867, locatin

 

Came to
in Lyon County. Taught school three years in Aimeri-
cus, then en ag od in farming, to which he paid exclusive attention eight’ years. In the
spring of 1880 he started in the retail grocery business in Emporia, but continues to oper-
ate the farm in addition tothe grocery. Isamember of Americus Lodge No. 101, A. F. &

. M., and a meinber of Emporia Lodge No. 2, A. O. U. Married Miss Florence V.
Glass, of Skaneateles, N. Y., November 10, 1869, and by this marriage has four children—
Blanche L., Maud 8., Florence and Pearl, all now living:

HON. PRESTON B. PLUMB, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, October 12, 1837.
He resided in Ohio until 1856, and received his early education in the common schools of
that State. He came to Kansas, in June, 1856, locating, in the fall of that year, in Saline
County, The wiuter of 1856-57, he speut in Lawrence, and in March, 1857, located in Em-
poria, He was one of the originaltown company. He had been bred asa printer and edu-
cated as a Journalist, and established the News, the first number being issued, June 6, 1857.
His connection with the paper continued until 1862. He was admitted to the bar in 1861,
and commenced the practice ot law. In 1862, he recruited two companies for the Elev-
enth Kansas Regiment, and was mustered into service as Second Lieutenant, August 12,
1862. He was successively promoted to Captain, to Major and to Lieutenant Colonel, and
mustered out at Ft. Leavenworth, September 30, 1865.* He returned to Emporia ana re-
sumed the practice of law. He was elected to the State Legislature, in 1866, and re-elected
in 1867. In the fall of 1867, he formed a law partnership with Judge Ruggles. under the
firm name of Ruggles & Plumb, and continued the practice of law until the dissolution of
the partnership in 1872. He subsequently engaged in manufacturing and coal mining, at
Osage. In January, 1873, he was elected president of Emporia National Bank. He was
elected to the U. S. Senate, in February, 1877, and re-elected in 1883. For the honorable
career of Senator Plumb, as a citizen of Kansas, the reader is referred to the history of the
State with which his life is interwoven. As ajournalist, a public-spirited citizen, and an
ardentichamplon of his State, Js name is inseparably connected with all that gives a Kan-
san pride.

OTTO J. QUETSCH, boots and shoes,was born in Germany, August 10. 1858. Came to the
United States with his parents in 1860,locating at Peru,II1.,where they resided about six years.
Then removed to Milwaukee, Wis., but after a residence of only onejyear they returned to Illi-
nois, and the next five years resided in Champaign. He then went to Chicago and was en-

aged about five years with the exteusive and well-known firm of C M. Henderson &

0., Manufacturers and wholesale dealersiu boots and shoes. In April, 1882, Mr. Q.
came to Kansas, locating at Emporia, and engaging inthe boot and shoe business under
the firm name of Quetsch & Doan, Although yeta young man, Mr. Q. is the sole resicent
pirtner, and the manager of the largest store in their line in the city, located on the corner
of Commercial street (the principal business street of the city,) and Sixth avenue. They
keep a large and well selected stock and do an extensive business.

W. A. RANDOLPH, attorney-at-law, came to Emporia in March, 1866, took a course at
the State NormalSchoot at Emporia. Afterwards attended the law departmentof the Uni-
versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and then read law in the office of Ruggies & Plumb, at
Eimporia, where he was.admitted to the barin 1871. In September, 1864, at the age of
fifteen, he enlisted in the Sixth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and was inustered ont at the
close of the war inJune, 1865. With his brother, A. G. Randolph, he is extensively enu-
gaged in feeding fine stock, cattle and hogs. A ~

OTTO D. RASMUSSEN, clothier, was born in Denmark, February, 1, 1851. He came
to the United States in 1871, locating in Manitowoc; remained in Wisconsin, until January,
1877, when he came to Kansas, locating at Emporia. He took charge of the clothing estab-
lishment of A. Wolleson, for about a year, then clerked for another clothing store until
February, 1881, when he went into business with J. W. Thatcher, under the firm name of
Thatcher & Rasmussen. They do an extensive business in retail clothing, gents’ furnish-
ing goods, hats, caps, etc. He is a member of Emporia Commandery No. 8, T,, of Wal-
kup Lodge, No. 2010, K. of H., and of Martha Washington Ludge, No. 400, K. & L.
0

REV. HENRY REES, was born in South Wales, October 24, 1820. He came to the
United States, in 1869, and located at Emporia. He was ordained as a minister of the Con-
gregational Church in Wales, in 1848, and preached about twenty years to the same con-
gregation in Ysteradgunlais. He preached his first sermon as the pastor of the Second Con-
gregational Church of Emporia, Sunday, June 13, 1869, and has since held this charge, The
membership of this church has increased from fifty to 200, during his pastorae, The
society will complete during this year fine substantial brick church, upon the ground
occupied by the structure which was built in 1868. Mr. Rees first married in 1845, to
Miss Ann Thomas, of Wales, she died in 1856, leaving two children, of whom Henry T. is
now living. He azain marriedin 185%. The maiden name of his present wife was Gwen
Jones, also of South Wales, and she has borne him four children, of whom Evan J., Luther
M., and William are living. ° 4 A . .

REV. CYRUS R. RICE, Pastor Emporia Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in
Wilson County, Tenn., August, 27, 1833. His father, James P, Rice, was a practicing phy-
sician and intended the subject of this sketch for the same profession. Mr. Rice was educat-
ed at Sheiby College, Nashville, Tenn., graduating in 1852. Was licensed to preach in 1854,
and for twoyears had charge of the Thomasville Circuit. in Missouri, Came to Kansas in
1855, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Began his work in Linn
County. Went to Fort Scott, in 1856, and while there a school was established by the
church in the old Hospital building, which was pul chased for Ehls purpose: from the Gov-
ernment. Remained in charge of the pastorate there twoyears. Had charge of the church
at Tecumseh two years, in 1858-59, and built a church here during his pastorate. The years
1860-61, he had ‘charge at Shawneetown, where healso builtachurch. Being dissatisfied
with the action the Methouist Episcopal Church South, at the breaking out of the Rebellion,
he withdrew from that body and returned to Missouri, where he resided from 1861 to 1865,

vart of the time engaged in the practice of medicine and part of the time inthe employ of the

nited States as guide. I1n1865, Mr. R., was admitted to the Methodist Episcopa) Church,
and returned to Kansas to preach. Had charge of the church at Centropolis one year; the
following year at Fort Scott. Was then appointed to the charge of the Emporia District,
which at that time embraced all the southwestern portion of the State. Held this charge
four years, and then had charge of churches at Leavenworth, one year; Ottawa two years
and Parsons one year. He th-n withdrew temporarily from the ministry, and for a year
assisted in editing the Emporia News. He afterward held charges as follows: Humboldt
one year; Burlington three years and Emporiaone year. Was then again appointed to
the charge of Emporia District and is now, November, 1882, in the third ) ear of his charge,
Married March 9, 1856, to Miss Lucy Anu McCormick, a cousin of Cyrus H. McCormick of
the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. of Chicayo. Has had by tnis marriage eight
children, of whom Charles H. now Deputy County Surveyor of Lyon County, Edwin T.,
Merton §., and Cyrus O., are living. 3 7

S. B. RIGGS located at Emporia in 1869, and became engaged in banking, which he fol-
lowed exclusively until 1874. In January of that year he came into possession of some
milling-property at Peabody, Marion Co., Kan., and carried on a flouring mill at that point
until 1877. Since April, 1877, he has been engaged in thereal estate, loan, abstract and in-
surance business. He isa member of the K, of H., and of the Board of Education, and also
served in the latter capacity in 1869. He was bornin West Union, Ohio, tn 1832, and lived
iu Portsmouth, Ohio, trom 1836 until he came to Emporia. :

THOMAS L. RYAN, Sheriff, was born in the County of Lanark, Ontaria, March 1, 1841.
He lived in his native place until he was elghteen years of age, and then rewoved to Lewis
County, N Y., from whence he came to Kausas in December, 1869. He locited at Emporia
and was employed by Burgan & Holines, as a carriage inaker about two years,and in partuer~
ship with P, Lyons a year, being afterward associated with Hirai Couner, the sugcessor of

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Mr. Gyons, in carriage imenuractuting, until the death of Mr. Conner, in August, 1878, since
which time he has carried on the busin
on the Democratic and Greenback ticket, when the county was over 1,000 Republican ma-
jority. Mr, Ryan was married ear Seaforth, Ontario, February, 1867, to Mary Friel, a
native of the County of Leeds, Ontario. They have three children—Louis D., Edward
Charles. and Theodore Leo. Mr. R. is a member of the K. of H. e
CHARLES RYDER was born in Kenosha, Wis., September 28, 1850. _ When an infant,
his parents removed to Adrian, Mich., which was his home until he came to Emporia in
April. 1864. He was employed two years at the Emporia House, and then as clerk in the
drug store of M. H. Bates, and his successors until he commenced business for himself in
July, 1877, which he has carried on alonesince December, 1880.
cinnati, Ohio, November 16, 1881, to Cora B. Borton, a native of Lawrence. z
PROF. HOLMES E. SADLER was born May 19, 1851, at Brockport, N. Y., where his
early life was spent. Prepared for eolleneas Phillips’ Academy, Andover, Mass.,from which
he graduated in 1869. In 1873, he graduated from Yale with thedegree of B. A. He then
entered the law department of Union College, from which he graduated with degree of LL.
B., in 1874,and the same yetr commenced his life work, as an instructor in elocution, at
the Albany Boys’ Academy, where he remained a year. Was next engaged as private in-
structor in preparing young men for college. In 1875-76, was engaged at New Haven,
Conn., with Prof. Silliman, in researches, chiefly Telallug tothe constituents and products
of illuminating gas. In 187 '!-79, was engaged in building in Brockport, N. Y. In June,
1880, he accepted achair inthe Kansas State Normal School, and in September, 1880, he re-
moved to Emporia, and entered upon his duties as Professor of Natural Sciences. Married
Miss Mary E. Coley, of New Haven, Conn., October 19, 1875, and by this marriage has three
children—Belle C., Everit J. and Sara F. , , 2
M. L. SAMSON, insurance and loan agent, camo to Kansas in April 1877, and located in
Emporiain February, 1879. Since August 21, 1882, G. W. Miller has been associated with
him in the business, they being agents for the German Insurance Company, of #reeport,
ILL, and other leading companies. Mr. Samson was born in Cornwall, Addison Co., Vt. June
2,1841. March 7, 1876, he left his native State and spent four months in Texas, and after-
ward resided one year in Quincy, IIl., before locating in Kansas. He was murried in East
Addison, Addison County, Vt., February 15, 1870, to Gertrude M. McClean, a native of that

lace,
B T. N. SEDGWICK, attorney-at law, settled in Emporia, in April, 1870, and commenced
the study of law in the spring of 1873. Admitted to the bar in 1874, he commenced the
active practice of his profession in the spring of 1876. Mr. Sedgwick hasserved two years

 

as Justice of the Peace, and was County Attorney from January 1, 1877 to January 1, 1883.
He is a native of Todds Point, Shelby County, IIL; born sues 15, 1849, hving in Shelby,
Moulton and Macon Counties, until he came to Emporia, eisamember (8. D.) of A., F.
& A. M., K. of P. and K.of H. Mr.S. was marriedin Emporia, April 29, 1880, to Flora
Fredegick, a native of Indiana, They have one child, Edith Pauline.
WILLIAM W. SCOTT, attorney-at-law, is a native of Scotland, where he was born
April 4, 1841. His parents immigrated to America in 1842, making their home in New
York City, where he resided until 1863. Hethen located at Lake City, Minn., and was ad-
mitted to the bar of that State in Novemb»r of the same year, having previously studied
law at Columbia College Law School, New York City. While residing in Minnesota he was
County Attorney of Wabasha County four years, and Delegate in 1868 to the Republican
National Convention in Chicago, Ill. He located in Emporiain May, 1874, and has been en-
ised in the practic of law since that time, being associated with Judge Ruggles and John
. Lynn until the former died April 24, 1879; since that time the business has been carried
on by Scott & Lynn. Mr. Scott was elected a Representative to the Kansas State Legislature
November 7, 1852. He was married in East Bridgewater, Mass., September 10, 1868, to
Annie E. Byrant, a native of that place, and has three children living, one son having died
ininfancy. His children are Helen, Mabel and James B.

FRANCIS SCHMIDLING was born in New York City, March 26, 1832. and resided there
until he‘came to Kansas in 1856. Hetook a claim of 160 acres on the Big Blue, but sold it
in the fall of 1857, and took another claim on the Cottonwood, in Lyon County. This he
sold the following year. He then bought a farm of 160 acres in Jefferson County, which he
kept until 1879, renting it most of thetime. He located in Emporia in 1857, and in connec-
tion with Mr. Storrs, Kept the first hotelin the town, known as the Emporia House. In
February, 1860, he sold his interest in the hotel and engaged in the market business, ard
bought and shipped cattle. In 1862, he removed to Douglas County, ana bought a stock
farm of 4 0 acres, near Lawrence, and engaged in raising, feeding and shipping cattle.
Continued in this business until the spring of 1866, when he returned to Emporia and
bought a hotel property, which he operated for about two and a half years. He then en-
gaged in the stock business, which he continued until 1880. During the late war he was en-
rolled in the Kansas Militia, and was called out several times to resist rebel and Indian

ess without a partner. He was elected Sheriff in 1881, -.

He was married in Cin- ©
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raids. In the Price raid he was cut off from his command, and with a few companions,
was closely pressed by the enemy and without food for nearly three days. Nearly all his
companions were killed, but he fortunately escaped. .He was a charter member of Emporia
Lodge, No, 12, A..F. & A. M., and a member of Union Lodge, No. 15, I. 0. O. F. He married
Miss Maria L. Bundrem, of Emporia, April 4, 1860. They have four children—Jessie (.
(now married to Arthur Smith, dgar, Horace and Hattie, all living. In January, 1881,
he rented the Tremont House at Emporia, and operated it until his death, March 8, 1882,
since which time it has been operated by his widow. Mrs. Sciimidling was born in Wayne
County, Ind.,where she resided until she cameto Kansas 1n 1839. During the Quantrell raid
she was driven from her home and lay secreted in the woods foraday andanight. In
December, 1882, she rented the Park Place Hotel and purchased the furniture and fixtures,
She now operates both the Park Place and the Tremont.

LUTHERSEVERY, capitalist, is anative of Chautauqua County, N. Y., and was born in
1828. Coming to Sturgis, Mich., he engaged 1n farming, was a grain dealer and a merchant.
Inthe fall of 1860 he came to Emporia, and in the following summer commenced to purchase
Texas cattle,-bringing them from Wichita to Lyon County. During the four years that he
dealt. in this kind of stock he handled over 5,000 head. Then he commenced dealing in na-
tive stock, and he has continued feeding that class of caitle, buying one year and turning
off the next year. Asan indication of how his business has increased, it may be stated that
the first winter heturned off about 150 head; now from 600 to 800 head per year. Mr. Sev-
ery raises and buys about 1,000 hogs per year, principally of the Poland China and Berk-
shire breeds. He has a farm.of 3.000 acres, in Osage and Lyon counties, well fenced and
abundantly supplied with running water. A fine blue-grass pasture and red clover fields
add to the beauty and value of his land, which is also well timbered with walnut, oak, syca-
more, elm andhackberry. Besides the natural advantages of his property as a stock farm,
there are others which he has brought about himself, such as the making of numerous
ponds by damming the manyravines. Of course an abundance of corn js raised for feed.
An orchard commenced in 1871 yields 500 bushels of peaches, apples, apricots, and various
small fruits. Mr. Severy has the finest farm house in Lyon County, besides seven tenant
houses and excellent barns, and cultivates about 1,000 acres of land. Besides this magnifi-
cent property, he has a good stock ranch of 2,500 acres, on a branch of the Fall Rivers thir-
teen miles northwest of Eureka, another farm one mile from Emporia, extensive real es-
tate endl property interests in that city and Northern Michigan, and is interested in the
mines of Colorado and New Mexico, and the coal fields of Missouri. In 1878 Mr. Severy
was elected a director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, and since
that time he has been identified with the interests of that corporation. He built the Eu-
reka branch of that road, and a town in the Souther part of Greenwood County hag<been
namédin his honor. Since that year also he has resided in Empors: For the past two

ears he has been manager of the Osage Carbon Company, in which the railroad is largely
nterested. In the fall of 1880 he organized the Osage County Bank, at Osage City, and has
been vice-president of that institution since. He bas always been one of the directors of
the company which built and manages the Hotel Coolidge, and is now vice-president, being
also one.of the owners of the Whitney Opera House. He has been a director of the First
National Bank since 1881, and also President of the Emporia Street Railway Company.
Mr, Severy was married in Sturgis, Mich., October 5, 1856, to Miss Eveline Hibbard, a na-
tive of Cattaraugus County, N.Y. They have three children—William H., who now has en-
tire charge of his large farm, Calvin Luther, now with his father, also Nellie. They have
lostone son. Mr. S, isa member ofthe A., F. & A. M. and the K, of H. :
fs. B. SHAW, M.D., physician and surgeon, was born in Coshocton, Ohio, September
10, 1858. He was educated in the public schools and high school of his native town, and
spent three years undera private tutor. He read medicine with Dr. W. C, Frew, of Co-
shocton, remaining with him two years, having studied prior to that time with Dr. E Sapp,
of the same place. He attended his first course of lectures at Columbus Medical College,
session of 1879-80, 7nd his second course at Long Island Medical College, from which Te
graduated in June, 1882, He located in Emporia in July, 1882, and commenced practice
the following month.

ANK B. SHERBURNE, M. D., Homeopathic physician and surgeon, made his first
location in Kansas in Americus Township, near Dunlap, where he settled November 5, 1875,
and remained about four years. February 1, 1880, he removed to Emporia, and has since
that time been engaged in practice. He was born in Wellington, Lorain Co., Ohio, Decem-
ber 12.1841. From the age of one year his home was in Pittsfield, the same county, until
July 14, 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Third Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry. He served until June, 1865, and was then mustered out at Cleveland, and returned
to Pittsfield. Soon after, he entered Oberlin College, where he remained three years. Then
spent two and a half years at Cleveland, Ohio. pursolng the study of medicine, and, gragu-
ated from the Cleveland Hospital Medical College. He commenced practice August 22,
1870, at Bellefontaine, Ohio, remaining there mainly until his removal to Kansas. He was
married at Greenwich, Huron County, Obio, December 31, 1870, to Joanna Sneldon, of that

Jace. Dr. and Mrs. Sherburne have one child, Charles H. Dr. S. isa member ‘of the
omcopathic Medical Society of Kansas, and honorary member of the Ohio Medical Soci-
ety; also a member of the A. O. U. W., and of the S. K, of the A. O. U. W., and of the Presby-

terian_ Church.
RUFUS N. SHELDON, M. D., was born in Greenwich, Huron Co., Ohio, February 19,
1852. He was educated at the Delaware College, Ohio, at the Cleveland Medical College,

and atthe Pulte Medical College at Cincinnati, graduating from the latter, February 12,
1874. He commenced practice at New Lexington, Perry Co., Ohio, where he remained two
ears, and subsequently at Defiance, Ohio, until he removed to Kansas, He was married at

Betiance, Ohio, March 26. 18°7, to Lulu Crandall, a native of New York State. Dr. Shel-
don is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the Ohio Medical Society.

JAMES SMITH, cigar manufacturer, came to Kansas in September, 1867, locating at
Leavenworth, Tematning there fora few months. He removed to Topeka until March,
1868, when he returned to Leavenworth. He came to Emporia in June, 1870, and estab-
lished his cigar manufactory, which he has operated since thattime. Mr. Smith 1s a native
of London, England, where he was born August 5, 1838. Coming to America in 1863, he
Jocated in Brooklyn, N. Y., and in New England States, In September, 1866, he located in
Toledo, Ohio, and after several changes within the next year, came to reside in Leaven-
worth. Heisa member of the A., F. & A. M., having filled all the principal offices in the
Blue Lodge and Chapter. He is also a member of the Commandery. Mr. Smith was mar-
ried in Emporia, October 30, 1873. to Fannie C. Neff, a native of New Carlisle, Clark Co.,
Ohio, They have one child living, Esther.

ELI SNYDER emigrated to Kansas in May, 1878, and engaged in the book business, In
the fall of 1879 he engaged in teaching in the city schools. having taught ten years in Lu-
zerne County, Pa., prior to Jocating in Kansas. Mr. Snyder was one of the incorporate mem-
bers of the Emporia Athenazum. With S, B. Jones he now carries on the greenhouse busi-
ness, having utilized six lots on Commercial street for that purpose. He was born in Canaan,
Litch field Co,, Conn., July 11, 1850. From the age of one year until May, 1868, his home
was with his parents in Dutchess County, N. Y.,to which place they had moved. He then
went to Scranton, Pa., and taught school ten years, and was married at that place, February
16. 1876, to Carrie Thompson, by whom he has one child Joseph, born July 12; 1877. Mr.
S$. isa member of the Presbyterian Church, and of the 1. 6. 0. F.

Ww. T. SODEN was born in Ireland, November 22, 1835. His parents moved to America
when he was one year of age, and located in Clinton County, N. Y., which remained, his
home until November, 1856. He then came West, spending the winter of 1856-57 in Lowa,
In March, 1857, he came to Kansas, locating seven miles west from Emporta, in Pike Town-
ship. He purchased a saw-mill, and in August, 1858, had made his arrangements to com-
mence the manufacture of flour, his being the only mill of the kind south or west of Bur-
lingame at thattime. He remained at this place until 1860, having there a fine farny) which
he still owns. Inthe spring of 1860, he sold his mill and located at Emporia, where he bull
the Emporia Water Mills, about half a mile south of the city limits, on Commercial street.
The mill then had one run of buhrs, with a capacity of lessthan 200 bushels, now has six
run of buhrs, with a capacity of 1,000 bushels per ay. In March, 1867, he engaged in bank-
ing with J. R. Swallow and L. T. Heritage, and has retained an interest in the Bankinee in-
stitutions succeeding that. He has also been a member of the firm of Arnold & Co., furni-
ture manufacturers. He was the first and is at present president of the IKmporia Gas Com-
pany, the gas works being puilt under his supervision. He was one of the first County
Commissioners after the State organization and has had much to do in building up the city
mm which he resides, erecting the Fifth avenue hotel in 1881, at a cost of $22,000 ana invest-
ing $20,000 in buildings on Commercial street and Fifth avenue. He was married in Pike
‘Township in 1860, to Frances Jane McCormick, who died one year later. In 1868, he again
married, in Emporia, Jennie Weaver, daughter of John Weaver. Mrs. Soden died in De-
eember, 1876, leaving three children— Halcyon B., Justine Rosenthal and Harry Norman.

THYGE SOGARD, merchant, was bornin Jautland, Denmark, October 20, 1846; came
to the United States in 1871; located in Chicago, IJl., and opened a book store, dealing in
Scandinavian works principally. In 1875 he removed to Nuncia, Mich., and engaged in
the lumber business, which he continuec until the spring of 1877, when he came to Kansas,
Took aclaim of 160 acres in Lyon County, which he improved aud resided upon until Feb-
ruary, 1880, when he sold itand removed to Emporia, For about two years he was en-
gaged in teaching music, Crawingand geography, in the State Normal School. Then he en-
gaged in writing for the Danish Pioneer, published in Omaha, Neb., a series of papers de-
scriptive of the State of Kansas, her products, resources, mayan ages, climate, etc.; was at
the same time engaged in teaching music. Inthe spring of 1882 he started in business,
under the firm name of Suppe & Sogard, dealing in musical instruments and merchandise,
sheet music, ete. The firm was dissolved in August, 1882, since which time Mr. Sogard has
continued the business alone. In September, 1882, he was appointed Vice Consul of Den-
mark to the State of Kansas. He is now engaged in the endeavor to place the young of the
Scandinavian population who come here in the Ligher schools of the State, that they may
become more familiar with the historv and literature of America, and the more readll

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

similate with the native population. Mr. S. isa member ofthe Lutheran Church; member
of Emporia Lodge, No. iB A., F. & A. M.; member of Walkup Lodge, No. 2010. K, of H.
CHARLES We SOUTHWARD came to Emporia in October, 1879, engaging inthe hide
business, as a buyer for Oberne, Hosick & Co., of Chicago. He continued with that firm
until October 1, 1882, when he became connected with Smith, Biggs &Co., of Kansas City,
in the same capacity. Mr. Southward is a native of Green Bay, Wis., where he was born
June 22, 1857... When he was eight years of age his parents removed to Grant County, Ky.,
where he lived until he came to Kansas, having been engaged in mercantile pursuits, He
is now a buyer of hides, wool, tallow and furs, altogether in Kansas. Mr. Southward was
married in Emporia, Deceinber 22, 1881,to Margia E Sexton, a native of Iowa. He is a
member of the I, 0. 0. F., K. of P., and Improved Order Red Men., *
EDWARD F. SPRAGUE, contractor, was born in LaGrange County. Ind., September
13, 1843. His early life was spent in Indiana. Enlisted in September, 1861, as private in
Company F, Thirteenth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and serve three years in the Depart-
ment of the Southwest and the Middle Department. He participated in about forty battles
and engagements, including the siege of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, and Arkansas Post,
He was (letailed in the Commissary Department as Acting Commissary Sergeant abont a
year, He was mustered out at Cartersville, Georgia, in September, 1864; returned to Illi-
nois, and was for a while engaged in produce commission business. He came to Kansas in
1865. locating at Leavenworth, where he engaged in following his trade, that of carpenter,
In 1869 he removed to Emporia, and started in business as contractor and builder, which
business he has since followed, and has largely increased. He is now the heaviest contract-
or in the city, and has built some of the largest and most important buildings and blocks,
notably the Whitley Opera House, Fifth Avenue Hotel, the new and magnificent Masonic
Temple, the large store of G. W. Newman & Co. etc. He married Miss Eliza A, Kinney, of
Platte Count, o., August 3, 1868, and by this marriage has had four children, of whom
Cyrus E. and Kate 8. are living. Heisa member of the First Baptist Church of Emporia,
is also a member of Commandery No. 8, K. T. &

CHARLES W. SQUIRES, architect, came to Emporia, September 29, 1879. His first
year’s work was principally on the purate residences of Dr. J. A. Moores, William Jay,
one now occupied by P. B. Plumb, built for N, E. Weaver, and many others. In 1880, he
designed and built the Emporia High School, the Brettun Hotel at Winfield, the L.Q. 0. F.
Hall at Emporia, the Telegram building at Winfield, and the Burlington Hotel. In 1881,
the Howard Public Schoolhouse, the Fifth Avenue Hotel of Emporia, the Catholic Convent,
the Osage County Bank, at Osage City,and the Whitley Opera House at Emporia. In 1882, a
publie schoolhouse, at Council Grove, and one at Florence, Second and Fourth wards school-
houses at Emporia, the Welsh Congregational Church at Emporia, a hotel at Hureka, and
many residences. Mr. Squires was born in Southampton Township, Long island, N. Y.,
February 5, 1851, and lived there until 1870, was nineteen years of age when he went to
Columbus, Ohio, which was his home for six years. Fort Wayne was then his home for
two and a half years, after which, in 1877, he removed to Springfield, Ill. In 1879 he re-
turned to Columbus, Ohio, and made that place his home until he came to Kansas. He com-
menced the study of architecture at Columbus in 1870, and has practiced it as a profession
ever since. He was married at Fort Wayne, Ind., December 27, 1881, to Susan Howey, a
native of Illinois. 7

JACOB STOTLER, editor of the Emporia News, was born in Cumberland, Md., June 7
1833. His parents immigrated to Ohio in 1837 where he obtained a limited education in
the common schools of the neighborhood. When he was five years old his mother died, and
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tween his duties upon the farm and his tasks at school, At the age of seventeen, young
Stotler became an apprentice in the printing office of the Republican, at. Wilmington, Ohio.
He remained in this office nearly six years. On the first of April, 185%, Mr. Stotlér left Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, for Emporia, Kan. He traveled by boat and landed at Leavenworth on the
12th of that month. Two days afterward he went to Lawrence, being employed tempor-
arily on the Herald of Freedom, Having come to Kansas for the purpose of working on the
Kansas News, which was about to be established at Emporia by P. B. Plumb, he assistea
in hauling the press and the materials from Leavenworth and Quindaro, where they had
been landed, to Lawrence, preparatory to bringing them to Emporia, where the new journal
was to be published. Mr, Stotier arrived about the middie of May, opened the type and set
up most of the first number of the News himself. This made its appearance June 6, 1857,
the work being done in an upper chamber of the Emporia House, the Town Company’s
Hotel. At the end of the first volume he became one of the editors and proprietors*of the

yas-4 paper, He has bgen connected with it as an editor and as sole or part proprietor ever since,

 
LYON COUNTY.

with the exception of two brief intervals of a few months each—one in 1859- nd
other in 1864-65. In 1880, at the last session of the Territorial Legislature, aoe Aer wae
elected Assistant Secretary of the Council, and occupied the same position in the spring of
1861, in the firstState Senate. Atthe close of the session he was appointed postinaster. by
Abraham Lincoln. He neld this office until October, 1864, when he resigned hy favor of the
widow of a soldier who fell at Wilson’s Creek. Upon the assemb'ing of the Legislature of
865, Mr. Stotler, who had been chosen to represent his district the fall before, was elected
Speaker of the House. In 18¢6, he was again a member of the Legislature. Although Mr.
Stolter has held many public positions, aud several ottices of Toeat trust not mentioned, he
has devoted the most of his time to the uptuilding of a substantial newspaper. He was a
member of the School Board, and its clerk when the old Constitution Street Building
was erected, it being at the time the largest and best school building in the new State.
When Emporia was incorporated as a village in February, 1865, he was elected a ember
of the Board of Trustees, and was chosen its chairman. He'served as Secretary of the
Republican State Central Committee, and was twice President of the State Editorial Asso-
ciation, which organization he helped to found. Mr. Stotler served as a member of the
Legislature in 1869-70, being chosen Speaker of the House at the session of the latter year,
This was the first session held in the new State House. After serving in the State Senate
during 1871-72, in 1874, ne again received the appointment of postmaster, and is now
serving the last quarter of his second term. On March 4, 1861, Mr. Stotler was married to
Mss, cuOy aE Murdock, They have five children— Frances, ‘William, Mary, Adele and
PETER E. STROMBERG, came to Emporia, July 5, 1870. He had char: f
railroad men engaged in the consti uction OF the A. 1. & 8S. F. R. R., and Seer tera ieee
clerk in @ hotel about four months. Untill 1875, he was a clerk in a grocery store; then was
traveling salesman for I, D. Fox & Co., until April, 1877. He next entered the hardware
establishment of Lewis Lutz, and continued with him until 1881, when Mr. Lutz sold out
to N. E. Weaver. Here he remained until 1882. Mr. Stromberg was born in Sweden,
March 21, 1849. In the spring of 1869, he caine to America, locating at Junction City. Kas.,
where he was connected with the construction of the M. K..& T. R. R., until he located in
a phe chilininnee eneee hho 175, te pels Mt Holmes, a native of Michigan.
— aving lost one daughter. Mr. Str i -
ber of K, of H., and K. & L. of H. * = Sine ners eee
MAHLON STUBBS, came to Kansas, March 1, 1863, and located on the Kaw Indian
Reserve in Morris County, as a missionary, spending eleven years teaching, as Government
Farmer and Agent, among the Kaw Indians, In June, 1873, as agent for the tribe, he
moved them to the Indian erritory, serving in the capacity of agent from August, 1869 to
July, 1874, From March, 1867, to August, 1869, he was living on a farm in Hesper, Doug-
las County, where he was Postmaster, also. In November, 1874, he came to Emporia and
engaged in the sewing machine business, for six months, and was clerk in the hardware
store forayear. In 1878, he received a call from the Kaw Indians to come among them
again and start the school, which had run duwn. He remained with them two years and
then returned to Emporia Township, built a house ou his farm one mile east of town and
engaged in farming, in which business he still continues. In January, 1882, he engaged in
the real estate business. Mr. Stubbs was born in Preble County, Ohio, near West Elkton,
February 2, 1825. When he was nine years old he moved with his parents to Milton,
Wayne Go., Ind, in which place he received 2 common school education. In 1859, he
removed to Morgan County, Ind., where he remained until he came to Kansas. He was
married in New Garden township, Wayne Co., Ind., April 20, 1848, to Rachel Woouard, a
native of that place, and has two children—Joseph L. aud Addison W. Mr.S. is a member
of the Society of Friends and of the Board of Education.
WILLIAM H, SUPPE, merchant, was born in Germany, June 17, 1851. Came to the
United States with his | parenis when about three years old, and after a residence of two
ears in New York and seven years in Milwaukee, Wis, they removed to Randolph County,
o. Wm. H. resided there until he came to Kansas, in the fallof 1879. He had been in
business in Moberly, Mo.,, three years before coming to this State. Locating iu Emporia,
he established the “New York 99 cent Variety Store,” on Commercial street. Carries a
$20,000 stock of jewelry, silver and plated ware, musical merchandise, fancy goods, etc.
is a member of Emporia Eucampment No. 17, I. O. O. F., anda member of Emporia Lodge
No. 2, A.0,U. W. He married Miss Julia White, of New Frankfort, Mo., December 7
1876, by which marriage he has three children—William F., Charles H. and Nellie.
OTIS Db. SWAN, secretary and attorney of the Emporia Loan & Trust Co., settled in Em-
poria in July, 1878, and has been engaged in the loan business since 1879. He has also
been interested in sheep raising since his arrival inthe State. Mr. Swan is a uative of New
York Citys and was engaged in the practice of law prior to coming to Kansas,
PROF, A.R, TAYLOR, president of the Kansas State Normal School, was bern October
16, 1846, at Magnolia, Putnain Co., Ill. Removed to Wenona, Lil., in 1860. Graduated from
Lincoln University, Lil, inthe class of 1872, and at once accepted the chair of natural sci-
ences at Alma Mater, which he continued to fill until his removal to Kansas. During his
connection with Lincoln University the standard of instruction was raised and the course
of studies changed and greatly improved. Prof. T. was president of the Illinois State Sab-
bath-school Association of the Cumberland Presbyterian Chureh two years, and perma-
nent secretary two years. In 1882 Prof Taylor was chosen President of the Kansas State
Normal School, located at Emporia, and in August of that year assumed the duties of the
office. Married Miss Frances M. Dent, Wenona, Ill., October 16, 1873, and by this marriage
has two daughters—Jessie M. and Kittie M.
JACOB TAYLOR, farmer and stock dealer, P. O. Emporia, was born December 1, 1838,

 

 

in Clarke County, Ohio, and continued to reside in his native county until he came to Kansas -

inthe spring of 1870.He located on One Hundred and Forty-second Creek,in Waterloo Town-
ship, renting a farm of eighty acres, which he purchased the following year. From this
small beginning he has advanced, by able management, good business ability and correct
business principles, impelled by an ambitious nature, to be one of the largest landholders
and stock dealers in Lyon County. He has purchased lands adjoining his firsteighty acres so
that he has in his farm on One Hundred and Forty-second Creek 1,185 acres, upon which he
has placed valuable improvements, ancluaine a substantial and commodious dwelling, barn
and other farm buildings. In connection with a partner who resides in Ohio, he also has a
cattle range of 2,000 acres in the north part of Lyon County. He also operates several rented
farms, thus raising nearly enough corn to feed his cattle through the winter. He has car-
ried through the past winter, 1882-83, about 1,200 head of cattle, and several hundred hogs.
Mr. ;Taylor possesses a genial disposition which makes him popular with his business
associates and esteemed and beloved by his more intimate friends. He has a residence in
Emporia where he has lived for several years. He has been a member of the City Council
three years, and has held other local offices. He is a member of Emporia Lodge No. 12., A.,
F. & A. M., a member of Emporia Lodge No. 2, A. O. U. W., and a member of Central Lodge
No. 781, K. of H. He married Miss Ann Frazee, of Clarke County, Ohio, April 15, 1865, .by
aiich marriage he has had five children, of whom Wilber D., Perry J. and John F. are now
ving.

DAVID THOMAS. merchant, came to Emporia in May, 1875, and has been engaged in
the dry goods business since that time. During the first year he employed one clerk, and
the sales amounted to $15,000; now employs six clerks, and his sales for 1881 aggregated
$60,000. He deals in dry oods, carpets, boots and shoes. Mr, Thomas is a native of South
Wales, born October 6, 1830. When about fifteen years of age he left there alone and went
to London, Eng., being for four years employed as salesinan in a wholesale dry goods house.
Eight years he was with the firm of James Coster & Co., in Aldermanbury, London, as trav-
eling salesman, after which he came to New York City to follow his old line of business in
the retail trade. He was a salesman for three years, then went to Utica and began business
for himself, remaining there until thefall of 1865. In the spring of 1866 he returned to
London, spending six months between England and Wales, visiting his old friends and _ his
relatives. Late in the fallof 1866 he returned to New York City, and, after a short time,
went to Racine, Wis.; remaining there but a few months he engaged in business in Chicago,
until the great fire of October, 1871, occurred, after which he commenced to clerk for his
brother-in-law, Morgan Thomas. He remained with him until late in the year 1873, and
removed to Kalamazoo, Mich., the following summer. Mr. Tlomas was married in Empo-
ria, December 81, 1878, to Mary E, Lutz, adaughter of Lewis Lutz. She was born in Cir-
cleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Knights of Honor,

CHARD D. THOMAS, grocer, was bornin January, 1836, in Montgomeryshire,
Wales. Caimetothe United States with his parents in +1852, locating in New York City,
where he continued to resi:le for four years; then started West, and after one year spent in
Chicagoand one year in Dubuque, Iowa, came to Kansas in 1858. Located in Emporia,
where he has since resided, with the exception of about two years spent in Louisiana. Is
the senior partner of the firm of Thomas & Jones, grocers, one of the largest in their linein
the city. In business twelve years. Mr. Thomas was a member of the last Board of Trus-
tees of the town of Emporia, and has been a member of the City Council two years. Was
one of the founders of the Second Congregational Church, and has been a deacon in the
church since 1866. Married Miss Ann Jones, of Emporia, September 8, 1862. and by this
marriage has had. nine children, of whom Howard, Gomer, Eudora Jane, Gladys and Rich-
ard are now living,

JOHN W. THATCHER, clothing, etc., was born in Geneva, N. Y., March 30, 1847. His
early life was spent in New York. In 1868 he removed to Brookville, Mo., and ran aloco-
motive on the H. & St. Joe R’y. for about five years. “He came to Kansas in February, 1873,
locating in Emporia, where he has since résided. He was a locomotive engineer on the
eastern division of the A., T. & S. F. Ry. for five years. In 1878 he started in commercial
life in the wholesale and retail grocery business, under the firm nameof Thatcher & Haffer;
continued in this business for about two years, then sold out and went into the retail cloth-
ing and gent’s furnishing business, firm of located on Com-
mercial street. Carriesalarge and well selected stock, and does an extensive business.
He married, February 16, 1870, Miss Sarah E, Latting, of Auburn, N. Y., and by this mar-
riage has had five children, of whom Nellie E., Leone B. and Bertha M. are living. He has

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beens member of Emporia City Council four years, He is a member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers of the United States and Canada. Is a member of Emporia Com-
mandery No. 8, K. T., also a member of Union Loge No. 15, [. 0. O. F.

JAMES G. TRAYLOR, Clerk of the District Court, came to Jackson Township, Lyon
County, in November, 1871, and engaged in farming until the springot 1878, when he
moved to Emporia, He conducted the grange store unl January, 1879, being elected to his
present position in the fall of 1880. Mr. Traylor was born ia Lexington, Scott Co., Ind,

arch 6, 1841. He resided there until March, 1864, when he enlisted in Company H,
Twenty-second Indiana Veteran Volunteers, being mustered out of the service at Louisville
in August, 1865. He returned to Lexington where, and in Jetterson County, he resided un-
til he came to Kansas. His first wife, Lucy Newbold, whom he married in Jefferson County,
November 29, 1866, died in February, 1870, and left him two children—Willis N. and Lucy
Alice. March 6, 1879, he was married in Fremont Township, Lyon County, to Helen A,
Mickel, a native of Livingston County, Ill. They have two children—Maud C. and James
Garfield, Mr. Traylor is a member ot the Methodist Episcopal Church and the A., F. & A. M.

J. W. TRUEWORTHY, M. D., located in Emporia in September, 1865, and remained
until 1874, being examining surgeon fur pensions from 1869 until thattime, when he removed
to Denver, Col., where he resided for six months, and thence to Muncie, Ind, where he was
engaged in the drug business and the practice of medicine two years. From Muncie he re-
turned to Him pore and again practiced medicine until the present time. He is a meniber of
the State and Lyon County medical societies; was coroner of Lyon County six years and a
member of the Board of Education four years, He is also a member of the A., F. & A. M.,
having reached the Cominandery in that order; State medical examiner of the K. of H.;
grand dictater one year of the K. of H., in Kansas; two years supreme representative from

ansas to Supreme Lodge of the same order, also elected one of the supreme trustees, and
now dictator of Central Lodge of Emporia. Dr. Trueworthy was born in Albany, N. Y.,May

. He was educated in I!mois and Michigan, attending school at Hillsbro Academy,
Montgomery Co.,11!,and medical lectures at Ann Arbor,Mich. He graduated from Rush Med-
eal College in the class of 1864-65 (January 25, 1865) practicing at Donaldson, Montgomery
Co., Ill., for six months before coming to Kansas. e was married at Hillsboro, Montgom -
ery Gy., Ill., September 20, 1864, to Jenne M. Berry of that place. Dr. and Mrs. Trueworthy
havetwo children—Lucy and an adopted son, Charles, They lost a daughter in 1867, aged
eighteen months,

JOHN U. TSUHUDI, frescoand scenic artist, came to Kansas in July, 1880. He has
designed and had charge of-the ornamentation of a large number of buildings inand around

* Emporia. Among them,the Turner opera house at Wichita, Custer’s opera house at Augusta,

the Methodist Episcopal Church at Augusta, the Manning opera house Winfield, the Press
hall, aid Wood’s opera house at Willington, the Whitley opera house at Emporia, Sluss &
Halten’s law otfice at Wichita, and the private residences of M. L. Read, L.J. Robinson, Mr.
Horning and Samuel Meighton at Winfield. He was born in Switzerland, March 22, 1 i
and came to America in 1856 with his parents, who located at Burlington, lowa. Two yeais
later he removed to Memphis, Tenn., where he learned his business under the tutelage of
his father, who wasalso an artist. Mr. Tschudiis the only fresco ana scenic painter in Em-
Rorla and did the first work of the kind done in the State of Kansas by a resident of the

tate. He was married at Dubuque, Iowa, in October, 1871, to Margaret Merku, a native of
Luxembourg, Germany. They have two children—Minnie and Lucia.

ROSLER I, VONELL was born in Washington, D. C., January 21, 1846, where he re-
sided until 1864. Removed to Mt. Vernon, I1I., where he commenced the business of buying,
selling and killing cattle and stock, operating a brick yard, and some other enterprises. Re-
sided there until October, 1881, when he cane to Kansas, locating at Emporia, and engag-
ing in market business in the firm of Vonell & Barcalow, Sixth avenue. Married Miss
Lydia Cross of Hamilton County, IL, in 1865, and by this marriage has one child—Alice M.

. B. WARKEN, loan agent, located at Emporia in January, 1875, and has ever since
been engaged in loaning money. He dealt extensively in corn the first year of his residence
here, cribbing 100,000 bushels during the year. Heis oneof the original proprietors anda
director of the Emporia Gas Works. Mr. Warren is a nativeof Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio,
born in 1841. On the 14th of April, 1861, he enlisted in Company 1, Twenty-third Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served two years inthat company, lheing then promoted to the
Captaincy. He was then on staff duty, first acting as ‘Aid-de-Camp on Gen. Benham’s staff,
then on that of Gen. Rusecrans, and later on the staff of Gen. Scammon. He served until the
summer of 1865, when he went to Illinois, and located at Lodi, Iroquois County. Here-
mained there ten years, engaged in loaning Eastern capital with a Mr. Goodell, under the
firm name of Goodell & Warren. _

N.J.H. WATSON was born in Bucks County, Pa. His parents were Quakers, whose
ancestors came to America with William Penn. Atthe age of twenty-one he commenced
the study of medicire, and completed his medical course at the University of Pennsylvania.
For six years he practiced his profession at Quakertown, Pa., where he married Miss Han-
nah Lester, June, 1829. In the spring of 1835 he removed to Warren County, Ohio, and con-
tinued the practice of medicine until 1840, when he commenced the study of law, and was
admitted to the barin1844, He was always earnestly opposed to American slavery, and
never omitted an opportunity to lift his voice in behalf of the downtrodden and oppressed of
all classes. He was among the foremost in the organization of the Republican party, and
remained in its ranks as long as, in his opinion, the party remained true to its great prin-
ciples. In 1858 he moved to Kansas and located at Emporia, Here he practicediaw. In
1862 a vacancy occurred in the office of Chief Justice of the State, in consequence of Chief-
Justice Ewing going into the military service. H. Watson was nominated by the State
Central Committee to fill the vacancy, and was elected by a large majority, but did not serve,
in consequence of some technical difficulty as to the time of thé office becoming vacant. He
was active in furthering the construction of the M., K. & T. R. R. (now Missouri Pacific), and
was the first precedent ofthe board of corporators, In 1864 he was elected Judge of the
Fifth Judicial District, in which capacity he served eight years, and then retired from the
legal profession. He is now nearly eighty years of age, and retains much of the earnestness
and enthusiasm of his earlier years.

J.S. WATSON settled in Kansas in the fall of 1858, coming with his father, John H., and
locating in Emporia. The latter has been District Judge, and is now a resident of this place,
J.S. Watson enlisted in Company H, Eighth Kansas Cavalry. He served in that regiment
about one year, and was then transferred to the Secoud Kansas Cavalry, Company L. After
a few months he was transferred to the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, Company B. He enlisted Au-
gust 6, 1861, and served until November 19, 1864, the scene of his operations being the

ocky Mountains, Forts Halleck and Laramie, and Arkansas. After he left the army, Mr.
Watson was Under-Sheriff for six years. Iu the fall of 1869 he became connected with the
local office of the M., K. & T. R. R., and there remained for seven years, five years of which
lime being agent at this point. In 1873 he commenced dealing in coal. For the past five
years he has associated himself with A. F. Ciowe, and dealt also in lime, sand, building ma-
terial, etc. They have manufactured brick about three years, averaging 1,000,000 brick per
annum. Mr. Watson is treasurer of the Union Building and Loan Association. He is a mem-
ber ofthe A. O. U. W. and Select Knights of that order; also a member of the K. of H.; is
also a Mason. He was Mayor of the city two terms, served one term in the Legislature, and
has been Alderman several years. Mr, Watson was born in Paintersville, Greene Co., Ohio,
December 2, 1843, living there until he came to Kansas. On January 6, 1868, at Emporia,
he was united in marriage to Elleu C. Armor, a native of Delaware. They have one chila—

Josie J.

i. E. WEAVER, hardware merchant; came to Kansas July 5, 1859, locating in 1860
near Emporia, and engaging inthe occupation of farming. In July, 1862, he enlisted in
Company C, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry, being mustered out in August, 1865.
Most of the time while in the service he was detailed for duty in the Quartermaster and
Commissary departments. In the spring of 1866 he engaged in the drug business and thus
continued until 1872, when he so'd outto John A. Moore. In 1873 he became a wholesale
liquor'dealer, continuing in this occupation until the fall of 1880. After traveling through
the Westand North for about a year, In Colorado, New Mexico, etc., in September, 1881, he
purchased the hardware establishment of Mr. Lutz. Mr. Weaver was bornin Danville, 11.
June 27, 1841, and remained there or in that vicinity until hecame to Kansas. He was mar-
ried iifhis native place October 13, 1875, to Gertrude W. Adams, who was born at Newport,
Ind. They have one child, Florine. Mr. W. has been for many yearsan I. 0.0. F., having
passed all the chairs of the subordinate lodye and encampment.

J. L. WELLS came to Emporia Township in October, 1867, and located on Section 2, on
the Neosho river. After living there about four years he moved to Jackson Township,
same county, on Badger Creek. Here he livedfor about ten years and then cameto Empo-
ria, engaging in the real estate businessin January, 1882. His brotuer, A. A. Wells, has
been associated with him since that time. Mr, Wells (J. L.) held the position of School
Treasurer of Jackson Township for seven years. He was born in Tyler County, . Va,
March 17, 1847, living here until he came to Kansas with his father. He enlisted in Com-
pany C, Sixth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, inSeptember, 1864, and was mustered out
June 10, 1865. He was married August 20, 1871, to Eliza Belle Hammond, a native of
Ohio, and daughter of John Hammond, one of the first settlers of Emporia, They have
four children, Rosamond Belle, Clarence Clark, Ida May, and William Harvey. Mr. Wells
is a member of the United Brethren Church and of the G. A. R.

A. A. WELLS came to Kansas in 1867. Heresided on the homestead until the fall of
1880, when he removed to Emporia and attended school. In the fall of 1881 he wentto
Hartford, Kas., and taught school there during the winter. In March, 1882, he came to Em-
poria toreside, baving graduated at the State Normal School during the previous spring.

n August he, with his brother, J._L., formed the real estate firm of J. L. Wells & Co.
Mr. Wells was born in Tyler County, W. Va., March 18. 1853, and was married in Emporia

Heis a member of

the Methodist Episcopal Church. |
- WHELDON came to Emporia in April, 1878, and engaged inthe drug business. He
was born in Springfield, O., December 10, 1853. There he Jived until 1871, when he re-
moved to Urbana, Ill, ‘and, as stated, in 1878 to Kansas. He has beenin the drug business

March 24, 1878. to Rachel Roberts, a native of Leavenworth County.

 
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since he was sixteen years of age. Mr. Wheldon was married at Urbana, I1., December 10
1875, to Jennie A. Waters, a nitive of that place. They have two children, Clarence Sv an
Kate N. Heisamember of K. of P,

COL. H. C. WHITLEY was_boruin Camden, Me,, on August 6, 1834. His parents soon
afterwards moved to northern Ohio. He received his education at the Western Reserve
Teachers’ Seminary, in the village of Kirtland. From this point, at the age of sixteen, he
commenced the business of driving cattle across the Allegheny Mountains to Chester
County, Pa. After having gained an experience of two years at this arduous service, he

went to Cambridge, Mass., where he was employed. He married Katie W. Bates, of Cam- -

bridge, in 1856. In 1857 he removed to Lawrence, Kan., where he was engaged for two
years in the grocery business. Upon the breaking out of the Pike’s Peak fever in 1859, Mr.
Whitley sold out his business and crossed the plains of Kansas to Denver. Not meeting
with the success he expected, he shortly afterwards went to New Orleans. At the beginning
ot the War ofthe Rebellion he was engaged in business upon Red River. Immedlately
upon hearing of the capture of New Orleans by the Federal forces he seized the yaw! boat of
the steamer tarlight, then lying at Shreveport, La., from which point he rowed the boat
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panks of the river in the daytime. Upon reporting to Maj,-Gen, Bufler, then in command
of the Department of the Gulf, Mr. Whitley was at once oifered employment inthe special
service of the United States Government, which he accepted. It was with the aid of Mr,
Whitley and half-a-dozen others acting under his instructions, that Gen. Butler succeeded
in seizing millions of dollars of Rebel property and in arresting and destroy ing al phe pelts
cipal thugs and thieves with which the city was at that time so largely infested. Mr, Whit-
ley received his appointment as Major of the Seventh Louisiana Volunteers from orge
F. Shepleigh, Military Governor of Louisiana. -At the close of the war he return 0
Boston and soon obtained employment trom Hon. E. A. Rollins, then Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, as Special Agent of the Revenue Service, having been selected from over
800 applicants to receive the commission which he applied for, He remained in this service
until the beginning of Gen. Grant’s administration in 1869. at which time he was made
Chief of the Secret ServiceeDivision of the United States Treasury Department, where he
served for six years with wonderful success, as the records of the Treasury Department
willshow. Col. Whitley res pucd in 1875 and immediately removed to Emporta, Kan.

where he has made many real estate improvements, which have been largely {nstrumental
in helping to build up the city.

MRS. MARY K. WHEELER, one of the early settlers of Lyon County, was \orn in
Townsend, Mass., June 5, 1804, resided in Massachusetts and New Hampshire until twenty-
six years of age, when she removed to McHenry, Ill., where she continued to reside until
1859, when she caine to Kansas; inthe spring of 1860 located at Emporia, which, at that
time, consisted of a hotel, the “mporia News printing office and about a dozen small dwell-
ing houses made of rough boards, At the beginning of the war she returned to Illinofs and
remained until the fall of 1865, since which time she has continued to reside in Emporia,
Mrs. Wheeler was married in 1828; her husband, C. G. Wheeler, died in McHenry, Ill. She
has had five children, all now deceased; the oldest, James M., was a soldier in the late war,
and died of consumption at Mount Vernon, Mo., where his remains rest, He left two chil-
dren, James H., now in Oregon, and Jessie M., now deceased, Her second chila, Frances B.,
was twice married, firstto Hiram Waunzer, by whom she had one child, Mary E., married to
F, G. Jeune and now residing in Chicago, Ill. By her second husband, George W. Smith,
she had two children, Ida Antoinette, married August 8, 1882. to P. N. Groth, and now
residing at Emporia, and Orson K., also residing at Emporia. The next two children of
Mrs. Wheeler died in infancy and rest In the same grave with her husband in McHenry.
The fifth child, C. Edna, was married to Orson Kent, and left an infant since deceased. Mrs,
Wheeler resides with her grand-daughter, Mrs, Groth, Both are members of the Christian

Church of emporla. :

NELSON WHITTLESEY, flourand feed store, was born in Lewes County, N. Y., Sep-
tember 17, 1823. Resided in New York until 1868, when he came to Kansas, locating at
Emporia. ‘Transacted a real estate business for about five years. In 1873 started business
in flour and feed line, in which he has since continued. Was a member of the City Council
from 1878 to 1882. Was an earnest advocate and worker for the Water Works in Emporia.
Is 2 member of Emporia Lodge No. 12, A..F. & A. M. He married Miss Adeline A. Pear-
son, September 16, 1847. She died December 9, 1867, leaving two children—Russell T. and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

J. Adeline. August 30, 1870, he married Miss Julia C. Evans, of Alexandria Bay, N. Y,,
and by this marriage has one child, Horace G. .

ALBERT G. WILHITE, farmer, Sectlon 19, Townshi
Oldham County, Ky., July 3 29, Four years later, his parents removed tu Morgan
County, Ind., where ‘he remained until he came to Kansas, in November, 1857. He then lo-
cated in Jackson Township, where he pre-empted 160 acres, which he continued to farm
until 1859, when he removed to Emporia, and engaged in the boot and shoe, leather and
findings business, renting his farm. He built a fine stone residence in Emporia, and re-
sided there until August, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company C, Eleventh Kan-
sas Regiment. He served three years, participating in all the battles and skirmishes in,
which the regiment took part, hile in the army he traded his farm for 160 acres in Em-,
poria Township. When mustered out of service, in August, 1865, he went upon this farm
which he has since improved by the erection of a handsome and substantial frame dwelling
large barn and other buildings. He raises wheat, oats, corn and other grain, but makes a
specialty of growing vegetables for the city market. r, W. is a member of the Christian
Church, He married, June 23, 1850, Miss Marietta Louallen, of Morgan County, Ind., who
died in 1880, leaving seven children, five boys andtwo girls. Married Mrs. Christina Chap-
man, of emporis, Cctober 23, 1880.

CAMBRIDGE G. WILLETT, photographer, was born in Fulton County, Pa., May 2,
1848. Resided in Pennsylvania until he came to Kansas in 1866. Located at Lawrence,
where he was engaged two years in the hotel business, and in other enterprises until 1872,
when he began business as a photographer at Garnett. After a residence of two years ai
that place he returned to Lawrence, where he continued the same business until the fall of
1881, when he removed to Emporia. He has a fine suite of rooms, in a central location, and
does 2 prosperous business and good work. He is a member of the First Methodist Episco-
pal Church of Emporia, and a member of the I. O. O. F. E. Scouten, a

19, P. O. Emporia, was born in

Married Miss Kate
daughter of Richard Scouten, of Douglas County, April 21, 1870, by which marriage he has
one child, Gertrude Louisa, born May 4, 1874.

DAVID WILLIAMS, farmer, Section 28, Township 19, Range 11, P. O. Emporia, was
born in North Wales December 7, 1832. He came to the United States in 1850, locating in
Marquette County, Wis., where he remained, engaged in farming, until he came to Kansas,
in August, 1857. Hetook a claim of 16v acres, situated south of the Vottonwood River, in
Emporia Township, which he hasever since owned. He has made valuable improvements
upon this place, including a fine large dwelling, barn, sheds, ete,, and an_orchard of 130
trees. He raises cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops to his own stock. Mr. Williams is a
member of the Welsh Presbyterian Church. He married Miss Elizabeth Roberts, of Em-
poria, January 20, 1875, by whom be has four children—Margaret A., William J., Mary E.
and Catharine,

CARL A, WOLF, undertaker, was born in Norway, January 12, 1854. He came to the
United States in 1868, and resided in Chicago until the spring of 1874, when he came to
Kansas. He located at Emporia and entered the employ of Arnold & Co,, furniture maru-
furturers. Inthe spring of 1882, be started in the undertaking business on Sixth avenue,
the only exclusively undertaking establishment in the city. He is Captain of the Emporia
Rifles, Company E, Second Regiment Kansas Militia. He isa member of Emporia Lodge,
No. 2, A. O, U. W., and Legion, No, 2, 8. K. He married Miss Carrie E. Estey, of Emporia,
December 28, 1878, and by this marriage has one child—Florence L.

AMERICUS.

The beautiful village bearing the given name of that celebrated explorer,
Americus Vespucius, is handsomely located on gentle undulating prairie, nine
miles northwest of Emporia, on the line of the Missouri Pacific Railway, and
contains a population of 500 souls.

EARLY AND GENERAL HISTORY.

In the fall of 1857, a company known as the Americus Town Company,
was formed for the purpose of locating a town, destined to be the future
county-seat. The company was composed of the following members, none of
whom are living in Americus to-day: T.C. Hill, G. H. Rees, E. Yeakley, J.
Moser, E. Columbia, William Grimsley, E. M. Sewell, B. Wright, N, B.
Swister, A. I. Baker, J. W. Voak, J. Voak, W. Thompson, D. Swim, F. Barrett
and E. Goddard. The first officers were: A. I. Baker, Pres.; T. C. Hill,
Treas.; D. Swim, Sec’y. A town site of 640 acres was laid off, and improve-
ments made. The first building was a one-story structure, built of native lum-
ber by E. Yeakley, and was occupied as a dwelling. The next building was
erected by W. Thompson, and is a two story frame. It was opened as the
“Americus” House, July 4, 1858, with a grand (?) ball. The building is still
standing and is now known as the Sulton House. About the time the hotel
was completed, G. H. Page built a small building near the site of the present
depot and opened a store. In the summer of 1858, a log building, built by
subscription, was completed and in it was held the first school. In 1859, a
church building was built by popular subscription and used by all denomina-
tions until other edifices were built.

In 1858, the place by a vote of the people was made the county-seat of
Breckinridge County, and held it until late in 1860.

The first number of the Americus Sentinel,an Independent paper, was
issued August 30, 1859, by T. C. Hill, who subsequently transferred it to S. L.
Kenyon. After an existence of one year it suspended.

In the fall of 1858, the postofiice was established, E. Yeakley being ap-
pointed Postmaster. He was succeeded by Enoch Hoag. Under Hoag’s ad-
ministration, the name of the office was changed to Sheridan. Hoag held the
office three or four years, and was succeeded by John McDill, who caused the
name of the office to be changed back to its original appellation. McDill was
succeeded in the order mentioned by W. W. Kitts, S. Bruner, John Gibson, D.
A, Stahl, J. W. Loy, T. A. Wright. Mr. Wright was succeeded in 1874, by
the present incumbent, Mrs. T. C. Hill. During the same year it was made a
money order office.

The log building built in the summer of 1858, and used for school purposes,
was used in that capacity until School District No. 2, was organized in 1859,
when a frame structure was built. That building was used until the present onc
was erected in 186g9—a handsome two-story stone structure, costing $6,000.

The first saw-mill was built in the fall of 1859, by J. Kuhns. Steam power
was used, and the mill was run by Kuhns until 1861, when he sold it to McCall
& Bruner. Early in 1860 T.@. Hill built a saw-mill and “corn mill,” near the
rival structure. In August of the same year it was destroyed by fire. Hill
then purchased the other mill of McCall & Bruner, and run it until the spring
of 1864, when he sold his interest to J. McDill. McDill ran it until 1867,
when he sold it to its present owner, N. Wise. The mill has a capacity of 3,000
feet per day.

Americus is noted throughout the county as the head of the manufacture
of cheese. The first factory for the manufacture of this commodity was built
in 1865, by P. B. Campbell. He continued its manufacture seven years. In
1872, F. D. Loy, H. Carpenter, and N. Noll erected a factory, and operated it
about a year, when it was destroyed by fire. A new factory was built on the
site of the burned building, by T. Anderson, and operated until 1882. In 1876
the Lesh Bros. commenced the manufacture of cheese on scientific principles,
and as a result, take first premium wherever a display is made.
LYON COUNTY.

_During that memorable year, 1860, and the years of anxiety that followed
during the war, the town commenced that retrogressive movement, fatal to the
prosperity of every community. But in 1869, when the projected railroad was
commenced and completed through the place in the spting of 1870, the town
began to grow and prosper, until it is now only second in business and popula-
tion in the county.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

United Presbytertan Church.—Was organized in 1858, by Rev. J. N. Smith
twelve members. The first regular pastor was Rev. G. W. Torrence, re perl services
the Americus House. Mr. Torrence remained in charge two years. Until 1865, the church
had no regular pastor. Their first church edifice was-a frame, 24x36 feet built in 1859, and
used by alldenominations, In 187i, a handsome brick edifice, 40x60 feet, was erected at a
cost of $6,000. In June, 1881, it was destroyed by acyclone. A new building was erected,
40x60 feet, at a cost of $3,500. In 1865, Rev. D. T. McAuley took charge ag pastor and re-
mained two years, The church was again supplied until December 5, 1869, when Rev. J.
A. Collins, the present pastor, took charge. Present membership, 103. i

_ Methodist Epis:opal Church.—The Americus Cireuit was organized early as 1856, but
no class was organized untila few years later. The following pastors have had charge of
the circuit, which included the organization at Americus: 1858, W. L. Loyd;_1859, C. Mad-
ows; 1860, J. McAnulty; 1861, G. B. Woodard; 1862, J. McAnulty; 1863, J. R. West: 1864,
J. Harnhart and Jas. Hague; 1865, F. D. Loy; 1866, Ff. D. Loy and R. Freeman; 1867-8,
Win. M. oberon 1869-70, J. McAnulty; 1871-2, S. A. Greene; (1873-5, church suppiied):
the present church edifice was built. It is'a nest frame structure, SanG6 podt sed cont ae

s sa neat frame structure, 32x60 fe

$4.0U0, Present membership, about 90, ee

In this circuit is also the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, located five miles south-
aa The organization has a $2,500 edifice erected in 1882, and a inember-

The Allen Creek Methodist Episcopal Church.—Located six miles northeast of Americus,
has a $1,200 edifice erected in 1881, and a membership of about 35. ,

Evangelical Church.—Was organized in the spring of 1872, by the Rev. H. Mattel, with
twelve members. Mr. Mattel was succeeded by Rev. S. Wm. Longelbach, and Jobn Em-
mel, who remained one year: John E. Keplinger,two years; E. Wenger, two years; John
Emmel, one year; Rev. C. F. Erffmeyer, the present pastor. The present church edifice
was built in the spring of 1873, at a cost of $600. Present membership, 75.

Society of Friends.—A meeting was organized four miles west of Americus, in 1861.
The first meetings were held at the house of T, H.Stanley, and are now held in the Fruit-
land schoolhouse. Present membership includes about seventeen families.

Americus Lodge, No. 109, A. F. & A, Mi—Was reorganized under a charter dated Octo-
ber 21, 1875, with eleven charter members. Its first officers were: John L. Butler, W. M.;
John W. Swartz, J. W.; A. G, Huffman, S. W.; Th. H. White, treasurer; Th. Huffman, sec-
retary. Present officers: J. L, Butler, W. M.; W. H. Anderson, 8. W.; J. S. Holden, JW.
M. J. Williams, treasurer; S. M. Morgan, secretary. Regular meetings are Saturday even-
ings, on or before full moon, at Masonic Hall. Present membership, twenty-seven.

This lodge was first chartered 1n-1866, and known as Americus Lodge, No. 62. In the
fall of 1869 the charter was revoked. At its reorganization in 1875 it was known as Obe-
diance Lodge, No, 109, but was soon after changed to its present appellation.

Americus Lodge, No. 28, A.V. U. W.—Was organized under a charter December 17,
1879, with twenty meinbers. Its first officers were: J. W. Loy, P. M. W.:; D. T. Tresster,
M. W.; George L. Beard, F.; C. Wise, O,; George Miller, Ree’d; John Band, Fin.; M. Too-
ney, G.: R. H. Meher, I. W.; N. Wise, O. W. Its present officersare: J.C. Brown, BP. M. W.;
John Bond, M. W.; A. Tressler, F.; J. L, B. Snyder, 0.; D. M. Husted, Ree’d; T, A. Wright,
Fin.; M. Tooney, Rec.; C. Kerr, G.; J. W. Lesh, I. W.; M. McCleary, O. W. Regular meet-
ings are held on the first and third Friday evenings of each month, at Tressler’s Hall, Pres-
ent number of members, forty-five.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JAMES A. ANDERSON and JOHN C, ANDERSON, farmers, Section 34, Township 17
Range 10, P. O. Americus, were born in Jones County, Iowa, and while they were yet infants
their parents came to Kansas, locating in Lyon County, where they were raised upon the
farm upon which they now reside, situated about two miles northwest of Americus. They
purchased a half interest in the old home farm in the spring of 1879 and in the fall of the
same year they bought a half interest in eighty acres, situated on the Neosho River about
five miles northwest of the bome farm. They have a fine dwelling, barn and other farm
buildings, and though young men are progressive and successful farmers, and have sur-
rounded their home with evidences of culture and refinement.

T. ANDERSON, farmer, Section 34, Township 17, Range 10, P. O. Americus, was
born in Berwickshire, Scotland, November 30, 1839, and nine years later came to the United
States with his parents, who first located at Cincinnati, Ohio, but after a residence of one

ear removed to Galena, Ill. Here they resided three years, then removed to Jones County.

owa, where they remained until the spring of 1859, when they came to Kansas, locating
near Americus, in Breckinridge (now Lyon) County. The Subject of this sketch engaged in
farming,which he continued until February, 1864,when he enlisted as a private in Company
E, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry. He participated in all the engagements in whieh his
company took part from that time until his discharge, September 1, 1865. He then returned
to Americus and engaged in farming, upon eighty acres of trust land situated about two
miles northwest of town, which he had purchased just before he entered the service. This
farm he improved by the erection of a dwelling, barn and other farm buildings, and has
operated it continually since. He has since purchased twenty acres of timber land situated
on the Neosbo River and 160 acres of land northwest of the home farm. About 12Q:acres of
these land are under cultivation, the remainder being used for grazing and hay. His prin-
cipal crop is corn. He also raises cattle and hogs, and is engaged in dairy business. He is
a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Has_held the office of Township Clerk one
term, and has been a member of the School Board continuously for over sixteen years. He
married Miss Millie A. McCaw, of Americus, August 21, 1862, by which jnarriage he has
had ten children, of whom Emma M. A., Loucella ., Grant W., Ella M., Grace E., George
lla L. and Henry C, are livin, ae

D., William A., Ste’ B:

WILLIAM H. ANDERSON, real estate dealer, was, born in Scotland, October 11, 1846,
and four years later came to the United States with his parents who located in Jones
Gounty, Iowa. In the fall of 1859, his father came to Kansas, bought a farm of 160'acres in
Americus Township, two miles northwest of the town. Wm. H. remained upon this
farm until August, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company E, Eleventh Kansas
Regiment. He participatéd in all the battles and skirmishes in which his company was en-
gaged and was mustered out at Fort Riley, August 7, 1865. He returned to Americus and
bought a farm of eighty acres, adjoining that of his father, which he worked for about two
years. In 1867, he sold the farm and removed to Neodesha, Wilson County, where he was
for eight years engaged in the hardware business under the firm name of W. H. Anderson

Bro. He sold his interest in this business, and in 1878, in connection with others, or-
ganized the ‘** Union:-Loan and Trust Company of Kansas,” with offices at Fredonia and
Americus. The Americus office has always been under the immediate management of Mr.
Anderson. In July, 1880, he formed a partnership with John L,. Butler, under the firm
name of Anderson & Butler, dealing in real estate, insurance, loans and collections. He
married Miss Lovonia Brown, of Americus, September 1, 1870, and has Dy bhis marriage
had four children, of whom John A., George D. and William F. are living. eis a member
of Americus Lodge No. 9, A., F. & A.M., member of Neodesha Lodge No. 72, I. 0. O. F.,
also of Americus odge No. 28, A.0. U. W. 7

MICHAEL ARNSBERGER, farmer, Section 12. Township 17, Range 10, P.O. Ameri-
cus, was born in Wayne County, Ohio; February 9.1836. When sixteen years old he re-.
moved to Williams County, Ohio, where he continued to reside until August 15, 1861. when
he enlisted as a private in-Company D, Thirly-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, which was
assigned to the army of the Cumberland. He participated in all the engagements in which
his company took pert includiug Stone River, Mission Ridge, the Siege of Atlanta, Jones-
boro and others. e was promoted to First Sergeant of hiscompany. He was with Sher-
man in the great March to the Sea, and followed that General through the Carolinas, partici-
pating in several engagements. He was in the great review in Washington, in June, 1865,
and in the following month was mustered out at Louisville, Ky. He then returned to Wil-
liams County, and engaged in farming and carpentering, in which he continued until he
came to Kansas in the spring of 1877. He located on Allen Creek in Americus Township,
Lyon County, taking 160 acres of trust land. He has improved his farm by the erection of
dwelling house, barn, corn cribs and other farm buildings. Corn {is his principal c:op. He
raises some cattle and hogs. He has an orchard of 100 apple trees, 100 cherry trees, 60

each trees, and smaller fruits. He married Miss Mary A. Colgan, of Williams County,
hio, November 18, 1866.__They have no children. x :

REV. JOEL A. BARKER, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at
Mound City, il, April 16, 1852. When he was five years old his parents removed to Moul-
trie County, Ill, and in the common schools of that county he received his primary educa-
tion. He came to Kansas with his parents in 1867, locating in Wilson County. Two years
later he returned to Illinois, and attended the Shelbyville Seminary two terms. He was
licensed to preach in 1873, and in the spring of 1874, was assigned to the Belle Grove Cir-
cuit, in Greenwood County, which charge he held two years. He next went to the Strong
Circuit, in Coffey County, for one year. He then took charge of the Mineral Point Circuit,
in Anderson County, remaining two years. His next appolutment was to the Hartford Cir-
cuit, in Lyon County, which he held two years, and in March, 1881, he was assigned to the

 

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American Circuit, in Lyon County, where he is at present located. His labors in all these
circuits have been biessed with good results, several revivals having been experieuced
under his ministry. He married Miss Alice R. Smith, of Burlington, Kan., November 5,
1876, by which marriage he has had three children, of whom Henry C. and Altona M. are

ving.

ANDREW H. BRICKLEY, farmer, Section 24, Township 18, Range 10, P. O. Americus,
was born in Perry County, Pa., peptemben 28,1816. He remained in his native county un-
til twenty years of age, receiving there a common school education. Inthe spring of 1837
he removed to Lockport, N. Y., and followed the trade of a carpenter and joiner. He soon
after engaged in business for himself, which he continued at Lockport until 1862, when he
removed to Buffalo, N. Y., and was for the next nine years engaged in the manufacture of
agricultural implements. He remained in Buffalo about sixteen years, then spent some
years intravel and prospecting, and in the spring of 1881 came to Kansas. He located in
Americus Township, Lyon County, and, in counection with his nephew, John P. Brickley,
purchased a finely improved farm of 159 acres, situated on the Neosha River, three miles
southeast of town. He raises corn and oats principally. Has an orchard of 120 apple trees,
besides many peach and cherry trees and simaller fruits. He is quite extensively engaged in
Taising cattle and hogs. Mr, B. is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He marricd Miss
Delia M. Spooner, of Cooperstown, N, Y., February 9, 1845, by whom he had one child, now
deceased. His wife, Delia M., died in 1852.

JOHN P. BRICKLEY, mentioned above, was born in Perry County, Pa., June 28, 1839.
He remained in his native county until he came to Kansas, in the fall of 1881, with the ex-
ception of one year spent in Ohio, and about two years in the army at the time of the late
Rebellion. Upon him devolves principally the active management of the farm and stock
raising interests in which he is interested with his uncie. He married Miss Mary E.
Hench, of Perry County, November 9, 1871, by which marriage he has had three chil-
dren, of whom Henry M. and Roy are living.

JAMES C. BROWN, merchant and farmer, was born in Randolph County, Ill., Decem-
ber 29, 1844. He received a common school education, and was engaged in farming in his
native county, until the spring of 1865, when he came to Kansas, Located in Lyon County,
and bought a farm of ninety-three acres, on the Neosha River, about three miles northwest
of Ainericus. Inthespring of 1881-he bought another farm of eighty acres, about two
miles northwest of Americus. He continued farming and stock raising until the spring of
1882, when he removed to Americus and engaged in mercantile business. He has a store
on the Main street, and carries a stock of groceries, crockery, boots and shoes and notions.
He continues to operate one of his farms, and rents the other. His Principat crop is wheat.
He is a member of Americus Lodge No, 28, A.O. U. W. He married Miss Jane Anderson,
of Américus, February 18, 1868, by whom he has had five children, of whom Margaret E.,
Annie M. and Grace E. are living,

JOHN L. BUTLER was born in Warren County, Ill., March 12, 1843. He received a
common schoo} education in Illinois, where he resided, with the exception of three years
Green, Ky,, until he came to Kansas, in July, 1859, with his father, who
located in Lyon County, and entered a claim of 160 acres on the Kaw reservation, on Allen
Creek, three miles from Aimericus. John L, remained with his father uutil September, 1863,
when he enlisted as a private in Company E. Eleventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry. He par-
ticipated in all the engagements in which his command took part, from that time until he
was mustered out in September, 1865. He then returned to Americus and engaged In stock
raising and dealing, which business he continued until 1871, when he purchased a farm of
160 acres, situated on the Neosho River, six miles northwest of Americus. Hethen devoted
his attention to farming beside stock raising and dealing, In 1878 he sold hisfarm and pur-
chased another of 120 acres, on Cahola Creek, in Lyon County. In March, 1879, he discon-
tinued farming and stock operations, and formed a partnership with Mr. W. H. Anderson,
under the firm name of Anderson & Butler, who doa general real estate, insurance and loan
business, at Americus. Mr, Butler was Townsbip Trustee in 1878-79-80, and a Justice of
the Pea ze in 1880-81-82. He was elected to the office of County Commissioner in the fall_of
1882, for a term of three years. He isa member of Americius Lodge, No. 109, A., F. & A. M.,
and inaster of the Lodge; is a member of Americus Lodge, No. 28, A. O. U. W. He married
Miss Mary E. Swim, of Americus, November 1, 1870, by which marriage he has four chil-
dren—George S,, Ethel- Mabel and John W.

REV. JOSEPH A. COLLINS, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, was born at
Xenia, Ohio, April 9, 1829. He was educated at Xenia Academy and at Franklin College,
located at New Athens, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1852. His theological studies
were made at the Xenia United Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1856. He was _li-
censed to preach in June, 1856, and settled in Crawford County, Pa. where -he preached
until 1863. In 1865 he became connected with the Presbytervan Witness, published at Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, with which ne remained three years. He came to Kansas in the summer of
1868, and was for a time engaged in mission work ainong the colored people at Leaven-
worth, In thespring of 1869 he removed to Americus and assumed the pastorate of the
United_Presbyterian Church, and for two years he also had charge of the United Piesby-
terian Church at Emporia. At the time he took charge of the church at Americus it was in
a state-of division approaching dissolution. He united the factions and awakened an inter-
est in the church, andin 1871 a commodious church edifice was erected. This was de-
stroyed by a fierce gale of wind in 1881 and rebuilt thesame year. The church member-
ship bas increased under his pastorate from twenty-seven to 105. Since the organization
of the Neosho Presbytery, iu 1874, he has held the position of clerk and superintendent of
missions, the latter being the most onerous in the Presbytery. taking himto most of the
fields of western Kansas. He is called upon to attend many of the weddings ard funerals
in the neighborhood of the town, outside of his congregation. He married Miss Anna E.
Stewart, of Youngstown, Ohio, September 30, 1875, by which marriage he has four children,
Bessie E., Archie S., Eusebius H., and Anna M.

ALBERT G. EDMISTON, farmer, P. O. Americus, was bornin Lincoln County, Tenn.,
April 5, 1818, and resided there untilfourteen years of age, when he removed with his
parents to Randolph County, Ill., where his fatherengaged in farming. He remained in

llinois until his removal to Kansas, in the fall of 1865,when he located in Lyon County,and
bought an improved farm of 280 acres on the Neosho River, about three and one-half miles
northwest of Americus, which he still owns. He also bought that year @ one-quarter sec-
tion of land between Americus and Emporia, which he has sincesold. He owns at the pres-
ent time about 1,000 acres of land in Lyon County, a large portion of which_he rents. He
also has some town property in Americus. His principal crop iscorn. He raises many
hogs and some cattle and horses. He was for many years Township Treasurer. He is a
member of the United Presbyterian Church of Americus. Married Miss Narcissa G. Tay-
lor, of Randolph County, Ill, March 23, 1843, by which marriage he has four children,
William H., Eli J., Robert H., and Mary J., (married to Winfield S, McCauley, of Americus,

JUHN D. GIBSON, ary goods, ete., was born at Youngstown, Ohio, December 29, 1835.
Fifteen years later he removed with his parents to Lee County, lowa, where he resided
until the spring of 1858, when he came to Kansas. Inthe fall of that year he located in
Americus, then the county seat of Breckinridge County, and established a general mer-
chandising business, which he continued until 1862, disposing of the same while he was in
the army. In September, 1861, he enlisted in an independent cavalry SOMpADYs which was
for a time attached to the Eighth Regiment Kansas Infantry as Company H, and later was
designated as Company B, Ninth Kansas Cavalry Regiment. Was with the company during
its ful term of service, participating in all the engagements in which it took part. Was mus-
tered,out in 1865, and returned to Americus and resumed business, which he has since oper-
ated. Carries ageneral stock of dry goods,clothing, boots,shoes,etc. Has been Township Clerk
several years, and several years a member of the Board of Education. Was Postmaster at
Americus six years. Isa member of the United Presbyterian Church of Americus. Mar-
ried Miss Lydia S. Heasley, of Americus, April 25, 1861, and they have had three children,
of whom, Charles §., is living. v 4

JOSEPH 8S. GIBSON, bardware, etc.. was_born in Trumbull County, Ohio, March 1,
1843. » When seven years old removed with his parents to Lee County, Iowa, where they
remained one year, then removed to Clark County, Mo. Remained there five years, then
returned to Iowa. Joseph S. resided in Iowa until 1861 September, 1858, when ‘the came to
Kansa%, and located in Americus, where he resided until September, 1861. when he enlisted
in an independent cavalry company, which was attached to the Eighth Regiment Kansas
Infantry as Company H. In April, 1862, his company was transferred to the Ninth Regi-
ment Kansas Cavalry, and designated as Company B. Mr. G. was with the company in all
the engagements in which it took part, and remained in the service until his muster out, in
1865. He then returned to Americus, and engagedin farming for about three years. In
the fall of 1869, he engaged in mercantile business, establishing a hardware store, the only
one in the village. Hecontinues to operate this business, and also deals in agricultural im-
plements, wagons and carriages. In 1876, he bought a hardware store at Council Grove,
which he now operates with a resident partner, the style of the firm being Gibson & David-
son. In May, 1881, he started a hardware store at Dunlap, in connection with George H.
Loy, the firm being Gibson & Loy. Mr. Gibson is amember of the United Presbyterian
Church of Americus. He has held the office of Township Trustee, Township Clerk and
member of the School Board. Married Miss Lydia A. Swin, of Americus,’November 5,
1865, and they have had four children, of whom Alice, George F., and Carl D., are living.

WILLIAM GRIMSLEY, farmer, Section 7, Township 17, Range 11, P. O. Americus, was
born January 25, 1845, in Keokuk County, Iowa, where he resided until the spring of 1856,
when he came to Kansas with his father, William Grimsley, Sr., who located on Allen
Creek, in Americus Township. He continued to reside with his father until November,
1863, when he enlisted asa privatein Company E, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry.
He participated in al) the engagements in which_his company took part from that time un-
til February, 1865, when he joined Company F, and was with that company in several
engagements with Indians, in Montana Territory. He returned to his own company about
the 1st of September, 1865, and was mustered outat Fort Riley. He then returned home,
and was for several months engaged in freighting, in Kansas and Missouri. He was after-
wards engaged in farming, threshing and various pursuits until his marriage, In Decem-
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ber, 1872, he bought a farm of 117 acres, situated on Allen Creek, about seven miles north-
east of Americus, which he has improved by the erection of a dwelling house, good barn
and otner farm buildings. He has planted an orchard of 20.) apple trees, sixty peach trees,
and smaller fruits. His principal crop is corn. He married Miss Alice C. Laughlin, of
Americus Township, January 11,1871, by which marriage he has had six children, of
whoin Wiley L., Mark W., Roy and Elsie E. are living.

_ LEWIS HAVER, farmer, Section 24, Township 18, Range 10, P. O. Americus, was born
in Greene County, Pa., December 7, 1834. His early life was passed in Pennsylvania. Re-
moved to Henry County, Lowa in 1856, where he reside labout two years. In the spring of
1859, he came to Kansas, locating in Americus Township, on the Kaw Reservation, about
one mile north of the village. Took a claim of 140 acr’s, which he improved and resided
upon until 1862, when _he sold it and bought 160 acreson the Neosho River, three miles
south of the village. In 1863, he enlisted in Company M, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Cav-
alry, and served with the Regiment until it was ordered to the frontier. Being sick at that
time, he was left at Fort Riley, and was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth in July, 1865.
Returned to his farm, and in the fall of 1865, he purchased an additional 160 acres adjoin-
ing. He has made extensiveimprovements upon his property, incl Ing a fine farm dwell-
ing, large barns, cribs, etc. Has an orchard of about 150 apple trees, fifty peach trees, and
many of smaller fruit. In 1880, he became interested with his brother, L. B. Haver, in
stock raising inthe Indian Territory. They have about 1,000 head of cattle.’ Mr. Haver
was a Constable for several years, after the close of the war, and has been a member of the
School Board and Treasurer of the same several years. Married Miss Maria D. Smith, of
Lyon County, October 29, 1865, by whoin he had one child—George, who died February 28,
1870. She died June 23, 1870, and he married Miss Lizzie Shearer, of Ferry County, Pa.,
November 4, 1872, by which marriage he has four children—William E., Ella M,, John A,

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FRANK E. HAWKINS, farmer, Section 3, Township 18, P.O. Americus, was born in
Ashland County,Ohio, February 16,1845. He resided in his native State until May, 1862, when
he enlisted in Company ©,One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Was sta-
tioned in and about Washington, D. C., the most of the time of his service, and participated
in some skirmishes at thetimeof the rebel Gen. Early’s raid. He was mustered:out in
September, 1864, and returned to Ohio, and engaged im mercantile business, Came to Kan-
sas in October, 1870, locating in Lyon County. Bought a farm of elghty acres, one mile
west of Americus, which he has greatly improved, and has since ad ded by purchase an
additional eighty acres adjoining the first purchase, He also owns a block of sixteen lots
in the town of Americus, where he is a member of the Methodist Episcopa! Church, Mar-
ried Miss Lestina A. Rusco, of Huron County, Ohio, March 3, 1867. They have one ehild—
Ora, born October 19, 1874. 4

JOSEPH C0, HOLDERNESS, farmer, Section 12, Township 17, Range 10, P. 0.
Americus, was born April 15, 1836, at Bedford, Canada, and twelve years later came to the
United States with his pareuts. They settled in De Kalb County, «Ill, where the subject of
this sketch remained unlil he came to Kansas, He was engaged in farming, except the
last five years of his residence there, when he was engaged in carriage and wagon manu-
facturing, and the sale of agricultural implements. In the summer of 1877 he removed to
and located in_ Americus, bringing good recommends from the most influential men of De-
Kalb County, Ill., and engaged inthe sale of agricultural implements and barbed wire, in
which business he continued three years, He purchas+din 1877 a claiin of 160 acres of
trust land, situated about six miles north of Americus, which he commenced at once to cul-
tivate. He has since purchased 320 acres adjoining and now operates the whole; has about
160 acres under cultivation. His principal crops arecorn and oats. Heis quite extensive-
ly engaged in sheep raising, having about 500 fine Merino sheep. He has improved his
farm by the erection of dwelling, barn, sheds and other farm buildings. Mr. Holderness is
a Justice of the Peace for Americus Township. Heisa member of /mporia Chapter, No.
12, A., F. & A. M., and of Americus Lodge, No. 109, A., F.& A.M. He is also ‘a member of
the 1.0.0. F. He married Miss Priscilla Cheney, of DeKalb, Ill., April, 1859, by which
marriage he has had eight children, Elisha J., Georgiana, Henry N., Nellie M., Clara B.
Claudius C., Lutu and Maude, all nowliving.

LAFAYETTE JAMES, farmer and stock dealer, Americus, was born in Edgar County,

Il.,May 31,1834; resided in Illinois until fifteen years old,then spent several years in travel
through the Western States, locating in Kansas in the spring of 1857. He at that time
pre-empted 160 acres of land situated on the Neosho River, one mile south of Americus,
which he stillowns. Hebelped to lay ott the town of Americus, and was interested in
the town lots. In the summer of 1858, in connection with Wesley Thompson, he built the
first hotel in Americus, which was also the first house to be completed on the town site. In
the fall of 1860 he returned to Illinois to get married, but the Rebellion, which soon after
began, prevented his return to Kansas at that time as he nad expectedtodo. In July, 1862,
he enlisted as a private in Company A, Seventh Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, an independent
company, the members of which furnished their own horses; was assigned to the command
of General Grierson, and was engaged in the battle of Corinth, and in all of the raids and
scouts of this famous raiding brigade, which was composed of the Second Iowa and the
Second and Seventh Illinois Regiments of Cavalry. Mr. James was mustered out of service
in June, 1865, and in the fall of that year returned to Kansas, and engaged in farming and
stock raising, iu which he was extensively engaged until 1881, since which time he has
rented his farm on shares, and devoted his attention exclusively to stock dealing. Mr.
James is an active, prominent and popular citizen of the town, and though he wields some
influence in politics, he has never sought or accepted office. Heis a member of A., F. & A.
M. He married Miss Margaret Hartley, of Paris, I1l., March 21, 1861, by whom he has had
one son, now deceased.

JAMES D. JAQUITH, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Americus, was born at Bellows Falls,
Vt., October 30, 1821. When he was about two years of age his parents moved to Cheshire
County, N. H., and lived upon a farm until 1837, when he removed to Edgar County, IIL,
where the subject of this sketch remained until 1856, with the exception of three years
spent in Detroit, Mich., reading law. He was admitted tothe bar by the District Court of
Wayne County, ‘Mich., in 1849, and the same year commenced practicing at Paris, Edgar
Co., Il. In 1856 he removed to Minnesota and engaged in rhe prachice of his profession at
Plainview, Wabash County. Was elected County Attorney and served in that office three
years. He remained here until 1865, when he came to Kansas, He located in Lyon County
and bought a farm of 120 acres on the Neosho River, one afid a half miles southwest of
Americus, which he has since fin proved and continues to operate. His principal crop is
corn. He raises some cattle and hogs. Was elected by the Mepublican party and served
two terms inthe Legislature. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Amer-
icus. Married Miss Emily Gordon, of Paris, Ill., in 1849. by whom he had four children, of
whom Ella M, and Gertie M. are living. Emily died in 1858, and on April 7, 1860, he mar-
ried Miss Elizabeth S. Kepner, of Plainview, Minn, by whom he has four children—Arthur
K,, Helen A., James H., and Margie 8.

OSCAR LAMBERT, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Americus, was born in Warren County,
Ohio, May 19, 1828. His early life was spent upon a farm in his native county, upon which
his father was born and raised. His grandfather came from Pennsylvania and settled in
Ohio before a house stood on the present site of the city of Cincinnati, which was then occu-
pied by a fort then called Fort Washington. In 1850 the subject of this sketch married and
removed to Clay Connty, Ind.. and engaged in farming. He remainedin Clay County nine-
teen years. Not liking the character of the people who were his neighbors, he removed to
Kansas in January, 1870, and was induced to locate in Lyon County by the statement made
to him that there was not a liquor saloon inthe county. He bought afarmof 185 acres on
the Neosho River, one mile southwest of Americus, upon whieh he has since put $4,000
worth of improvements, includin +a fine brick dwelling. He has since given seventy acres
of this farm to a daughter, and bought two other farms on Allen Creek, in Lyon County,
which he has deeded to his other daughters. He has added to his original purchas; forty
acres of pasture land. He now possesses a very fine, highly cultivated farm, and 1s one of
the most successful and progressive farmers in the county, He has been a member of the
board of education three years, and was elected in the fall of 1882 for another term of three
years, He married Miss Sarah A. Fouch, of Warren County, Ohfo, July 4, 1850, by which
marriage he has had four children, of whom Lucy, Mary E. and Viola are living. °*

JOHN A. LAUGHLIN, farmer, Section 5, Township 18, Range 11, P. O. Americus, was
born in Neweastle, Lawrence Co., Pa., February 27, 1828, He was brought up ona farm,
and when sixteen years of age learned the carpenter’s trade, which he followed in his
native town until the summer of 1869, when he came to Kansas. He located on Allen
Creek, in Americus Township, Lyon County, upon a farm of 160 acres, which he had Ware
chased three years previous. He has improved this farm by the erection of a fine dwellli g,
large barn, corn cribs, and other farm build gs: He has since purchased another Improved
farm of eighty acres, one and a half niles north of the home farm, which he rents, His
farm is mostly bottom land, and is well cultivated, and is one of the most productive in the
township. His principal cropis corn. He raises cattle and hogs guite extensively. Mr,
Laughlin is a member of the I.0.0.F. He has been a member of the Township School
Board five years. He married Miss Emeline Fields of Little Beaver, Pa., March 18, 1851, by
which marriage he has had five children of whom Alice C., married to William rimsley,
of Americus; Robert S., Albert J. and David ¥, are living. ‘

ELIAS B. LESH, merchant, was born in Perry County, Pa., January 9, 1840. He re-
ceived an academic education and when eighteen years of age engaged in teaching. Inthe
spring of 1862 he enlisted as a Cor) oral in Company E, Nineteenth Regiment Pennsylvania
Cavalry, known as the Curtin Horse Guards, called into service to resist the raid into
Pennsylvania by the Rebel Army of Northern Virginia under Gens. Lee and Early, He par-
ticipated in several skirmishes with the enemy, but was engaged in no heavy fighting. Re-
mained in service six months, then returned to his home and resumed teaching, in whieh
he continued with exception of two years, when he was engaged in mercantile business
until he came to Kansas in the spring of 1870. He then located in Americus and taught in
the schools of Lyon and Chase counties for about six years. Inthe spring of 1877, in con-
nection with his brother, Jacob W., he established a general store at Americus, under the

 

» born in Beaver, now Lawrence County, Pa., August 19, 1845, an

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firm name of Lesh Bros. They carry a stock of groceries, boots, shoes and notions, Mr,
Lesh has been Township Treasurer two years and a member of the Board of Education three
years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Americus and a member of
Americus Lodge, No. 28, A. O.U. W. He married Mi-s Mary E. Moreland, of Perry County,
Pa,, January, 1868, by whom he has two children—David K. and Charles M, :

WILLIAM P. LEWIS. farmer, Section 29, Township 17, Range 10, P. O. Americus, was
born in Blount County, Tenn., November 2, 1833. He was raised on a farm in his native
county, where he resided until he came to Kansas in the fall of 1860. After spending the
ensuing winter at Leavenworth, he located in Lyon County, then Breckinridge, and bought
forty acres of unimproved land, situated on the Neosho River, five miles northwest of
Americus. He has since purchased forty acres of reserve Jand and forty acres of trust land
adjoining the original purchase. He has improved his farm by the erection of a dwelling,
barn and other farm buildings. Hasan orchard _of 180 apple trees, 100 peach trees, and
smaller fruits. His pri-cipal crop is corn, He raises soine cattle and hogs. Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis are members of the Society of Friends. He married Miss Nancy Beais, of Greene
County, Tenn., December 22, 1852, by whom he had eight children, of whom He'ry, Isaac,
Daniel B., Samuel R.a d Sarah A., areliving. Nancy died April 2, 1872, and he married
Mrs. Eliza Jane Hayden, of Faltimore, Maryla’ d, December 11, 1872, by which murriage
he has had two children, of whom Emma T, is living. :

REV. FREDERICK D. LOY, pastor Protestant Methodist Church, was born in Perr:
County, Pa., January 11,1828. He was educated in Pennsylvania,and was ordained to preac!
in the Methodist Protestant Church before he was twenty-one years old. In 1847,he removed
to La Salle County, III, and his first regular work in'the ministry was here, upon a circuit
extending over 400 miles of territory. In 1853, he removed to LaGrange County, Ind., and
engaged fh mercantile business and farming. Removed to Minnesota in 1856, and tooka
claim of 160 acres in Olmstead County, which he improved and resided upon until 1858,
when he exchanged it forafarm of 160 acresin Winona County. Remained in Winona
County, until 1864, when he disposed of his Minnesota property and came to Kansas, and
located tn Americus Township, where he bought a farm of 160 acres, which he improved
and brought to a high state of cultivation. In 1870, sold 100 aercs of this farm, and in the
fall of that year he was elected president of the Kansas Conference of the Methodist Pro-
testant Church. Was re-elected inthe fall of 1872. He continued to preach until 1880,
when he was disabled by a disease of the throat from active and regular work. He is now
interested in mlning operations in Colorado, but resides at Americus most of the year. Mr,
Loy was Chaplain of the Eleventh Kansas Regiment of Militia during the war, and was
with the regiment when called into service during the Price raid. Married Miss Susan
Kepner, of La Salle County, Ill., February 7, 1855, by which marriage he has two children
—Susie Amanda and Charles M.

N W. LOY, tarmer, P,O. Americus, was born in Perry County, Pa, February 26,
1830. In 1847 he removed to La Salle County, Itt., where he resided until 1852, when he
went to California by the Overla d route, being six months onthe journey, He engaged in
mining there and in connection with his brother, Samuel A., owned a ranch in Yuba
County; remained in California about three years, when he returned viathe Panama route
and New York. He next engaged in general mercha: dising with his brother, Frederick
D., at Van Buren, Ind. They sold ont this business in 1856 and went to Minnesota with a
drove of cattle and horses. Jolin W. settled in Winona Co., Minn., where he bought two
farms of 160 acres each. In 1858 he sold one of these farms and bought another of 160
acres in Olmstead County, upon which he located aud remained two years. In 1860 he sold
out his Minnesota farms and came to Kansas, locating in Americus, in Lyon County, and in
the spring of 1861 he bought the John McLellan farm of 480 scres, which he resided upon
and improved until June, 1870, when he sold it. In the same year he bought a farm of
eighty acres adjoining the town site of Americus, upon which he removed and has since re-
sided; has a fille residence and commodious barn and other farm buildings, upon this
place. Inthe same year he bought a fine farm of 100 acres, for whigh he paid $50 per acre,
and has since purchased early the remainder of the quarter section. He also has for
acres of timber and hay land, situated on the Neosho River. He was enrolled in the Elevent
Regiment, Kansas Militia, as First Lieutenant during the War of the Rebellion, and was
called out and did efficient service at the time of the Price raid and several Indian raids and
alarms. Wasa inember of the State Legislatures of 1863, 1875, 1876 and 1878. Is an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Americus, and has been Superintendent of
its Sabbath School for many vears. Is a member of the order of A.. F. & A. M., alsoa mem-
ber of Americus Lodge, No 28, A.O. U. W. Has held the office of Township Trustee ard
member of the School Board many yeais. Was appointed Regent of the State Normal
School in April, 1881, for four years. “He merits and receives the respect and esteem of all
with whom he comes in contact, and the love of his neighbors, for many good works and
benevolent deeds. He married Miss Jane Hodson, of Livingston Cou: ty, Ill., November 27,
1856, and they have had five children, of whom Harvey A. and Ella R. are living.

SAMUEL P. McCAW, fariner, Section 10, Township 18, P. O. Americus, was born in
Chester District, S. C., March 24, 1833. When he was five months old, his parents removed
to Preble County, Ohio, whence, after a residence of one year, they removed to Monroe
County, Ind., where the subject of this sketch was raised ona farm, and remained with his
father until 1856, when he went back to Ohio aud remained two years with an older brother.
In the spring of 1858 he cameto Kansas, locating in Lyon County. In the spring of 1860, in
connection with his brother, he purchased the saw-mill at Americus, and operated it until
August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteers. He

articipated in all the engagements in which his company took part Was mustered out at

‘ort Rrey, August 10, 1865, and returned to Americus, where he engaged in general mer-
chandising, as a member of the firm of Kitts & McCaw, which continued in business about
two years. They then sold out the business, and he engaged in farming, in which he has
since continued. He has a farm of 170 acres on the Neosho, two miles west of Americus,
upon which hehas built a2 commodious brick dwelling, barn, granary and other farm
buildings. Heisamember ofthe United Presbyterian Church of Americus. Has beena
member of the Board of Education many years. He inarried Miss Angie Cornelia Clawson,
of Lawrence, Kas., April 23, 1867, by whom he has had six children, of whom Annie M.,
George W. and Mary B., are living.

AARON MILLER, farmer, Section 9, Township 18, Kange 11, P. O. Emporia, was born
in Wayne County, Ind., November 16, 1825. When he was about six years of age his parents
removed to St. Joseph County, Ind., near South Bend, where he was brought up upon a
farm, receiving a common school education. In 1847 he removed to Berrien County, Mich.,
where he engaged in farming, remaining there two years; then removed to Delaware
County Iowa, where he remained engaged in farming until the spring of 1857, when he
came to Kansas, locating in Ton County. He took a claim of 160 acres situated on the
north bank of the Cottonwood, but soon after abandoned it and bought a claim adjoining,
which he improved and farmed for thirteen vears. In the fall of 1870 he sold this,farm and
bought a farm of 160 acres, situated on Allen Creek, three miles eastof Americus. This
farm he has since improved by the erection of a large dwelling house, barn and other farm
bulldings; planted an orchard of 275 apple trees and 100 peach trees, besides smaller fruits.
His principal crops are corn and potatoes; also raises cattle and some hogs. He sold eighty
acres of hls farm in 1877, but still operates the other sighty. He married Miss Lavinia M.
Roe. of St. Joseph County, Ind., November 16, 1847, by which marriage he has had eleven
children, of whom George L., Eimer E., Effie E. and Martha A. are now living. Mr. and
Mrs. Miller are members of the Christian Church. He has been a member of the township
Board of Education six years and has held other local offices. He was enrolled in the State
anil curing the Rebellion, and was called out at the time of the Price raid and during an

JOSEPH A. MILLER, farmer, Section 17, Township 18, Range 11, P. O. Americus, was

v the following spring his
parents removed to Lee « ounty, Iowa, where they remained upon a farm until they came to
ausas in June, 18538. They stopped on Eagle Creek, 1n Lyon County, until October of that
year, when they located on Allen Creek, Americus Township, upon a farm of 120 acres,
where the snbject of this sketch remained until September, 1863, when he enlisted as a
private In Company E, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry. He’ participated in all the
engagements in which his company took part from that time until his discharge. He was
mustored out at Fort Riley, September 1, 1865, and returned to Lyon County and engaged
in farming. In the spring of 1866, in connection with his brother Albert, he bought a farm
of 124 acres, situated on Allen Creek, three miles northeast of Americus, which they
improved and operated until the spring of 1880, when they traded it, paying the difference
of valuation for an improved farm of 240 acres, situated on Allen Creel, three and one-
half miles southeast of Americus. They have since made additional improvements upon this .
farin, have over 200 acres fenced and over 100 acres under cultivation; have an orchard of
150 apple trees and 50 peach trees, besides smaller fruits. They raise cattle and hogs; their
princlpal crop is corn. Mr, Miller 1s a member of the order of A. F.& A.M. He held the
office of Trustee of Americus Township in 1882, being elected in a strong Republican town-
ae PHOnED nS Uy Democrat. He ea Miss Susan L. Grimsley, of Americus Town-
A . which marriage he has h i a
Jessie E. and Rose Fears living. g' ad four children, of whom William E.,

ELIAS MOORHEAD was born April 14, 1844, in Licking County, Ohio, and nine years
later his parents removed to Marion County, Iowa, whence after a residence of four years,
they came to Kansas, locating in Lyon County. In the spring of 1857, his father bought a
claim of 160 acres, situated on the Neosho River, about five miles northwest of Emporia,
Upon this farm the subject of this sketch remained until August, 1862, when he enlisted as
private in Company E, Eleventh Regiment, Kansas Volunteers. He participated in all the
eng gements in which his company took part, with the single exception of the battle at
Lexington, Mo., being at that time unfit for duty, by reason of sickness. Was mustered out
at Fort Riley, Augus 7, 1865. Returned to Lyon County, and engaged in farming, in which
he continue until 1867, wheu he formed a partnership with Mr ww Wise, and for two years
operated a saw-mill at Americus. He then sold his interest to his partner, and for two years
after was engaged in carpentering. He then engaged in house, carriage and sign painting
LYON COUNTY.

at Americus, which business he has since followed. Mr. Moorhead has held th ec
Constable of Americus Township five years, and is now serving his third ite aaeahtp
Glerk: having been Eevelected Jn pUruaey, ed. ae isa member of Americus Lodge, No.

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rhage has ae cblldron—Gecree H. and Ina E. eeu epee 1872, and. by bala mar

Hi , farmer, Section 19, Township 17, Range 10, P.O. Dunlap, was born
at Sandusky, Chio, November 38, 1851. When he was seven DP enTe of age, his parents re-
moved to Kansas, locating in Morris County, but they remained only about a year, then re-
turned to Ohio and resided in Greene County about eight years. In'the spring of 1867, they
came back to Kansas, locating upon a farm of 160 acres, situated on Diamond Greek, in'Mor-
risCounty. After contending with the grasshoppers one year, a prairie fire the next, and
other adverse circumstances, the third year he decided to remove to another locality. In
1870, he removed to Lyon County, Here the subject of our sketch resided, engaged in rall-
roading and other pursuits, until 1876, when he boughta farm of elghty acres on Wright's
Creek n Americus Township, which he has improved by the erection of a fine residence,
large barn and other farm buildings. His farm is bottom land, and very productive. His
principalcropiscorn. He is also engaged in feeding and in raising cattle and hogs. He
married Miss Elizabeth J. Quinn, of Chicago, Ill., October 12, 187%, by whom he has one
child, Mary. Mr. and Mrs. O’Byrne are members of the Catholic Church.

COL, JOHN W. PARRINGTON, farmer, Section 26, Township 17, Range 10, P. 0.
Americus, was born at Great Falls, N. H., January 25, 1830. When he was two years of age
his parents removed to Gorham, Me., where he remained until 1855. He was only six years
old when his father died, and since he was eight years old he has been dependent upon him-
selfalone. He was educated in Maine, graduating from Waterville College, now Colby Uni-
versity, class of 1855, with the degree of B, A. He then engaged _in teaching in the boys’
high school at Portland, Me., where he remained about one year. In the fall of 1856 he re-
moved to Aurora, IIl., and for five years thereafter was principal of the West Aurora High
School. During the next two years he was principal of the Geneva School in the same
county. In August, 1863, he was appointed and commissioned by President Lincoln Captain
of Company A, Fourth Regiment United States Colored Infantry,which regiment was raised
in Maryland. - He was stationed in Yorktown, Va., during the winter of 1863 and 1864, and
in May, 1864, was assigned to the army operating against Richmond and Petersburg, form-
ing part of the Colored Division of the Army Corps, and later partof the Twenty-fifth Army
Corps, He participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part until June
25. ation. ne: was wounded us An engagement berore Peters urg. Beas disabled from

i ober, » when he was assigned to light duty at Harpers T. is
and detailed as Adjutant at camp distribution. a si t felts orth
point, He reported to his regiment for duty December, 1864, joining his company on the
north side of the James River. His regiment was in the expedition against Fort Fisher,
N.C., under Gen. A. H. Terry. Upon their arrival at_the Cape Fear River he was detailed
with his company for skirmish duty, and was under fire from Saturday until the capture of
the fort, Sunday. He took part inthe capture of Wilmington, N.C., February 22, and was
afterward stationed at northeast station for about two inonths. His regiment then marched
to Rale'gh, where he was stationed at the time Gen. Johnston’s surrender. From there the
regiment was ordered to Goldsboro’, N. C., where Capt. Parrington was detailed upon the
staff of Gen. Paine. From this point the regiment went to Newberne, N.C., where Capt,
Parrington was detailed as Judge Advocate upon court martial duty most of the time until
October, 1865, when the regiment was ordered to duty on the fortifications around Washing -
ton. Capt. Parrington had command of Fort Sumner, Maryland, from October to December,
He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in December, 1865, and ordered to the command of
Fort Totten, Va., which position he held until May, 1866. He was mustered out of service
May 4, 1866. Hethen returned to Aurora and completed law studies began previous to en-
tering the army, Was admitted to the bar in January, 1867, by the Circuit Court of Kane
County, Ill., and began the practice of law at Aurora. Tn 1868 he was elected Clerk of the
Circuit Court and ex officio Recorder of Deeds of Kane County for four years. In 1872 he
resumed the practice of his profession, which he continued until 1876. Inthe spring of 1877
he came to Kansas, locating in Americus Township, two and a half miles north of the village
upon 160 acres of trust land which he had located in 1874. He has improved this farm by
the erection of a dwelling house, barn and other farm buildings. Has an orchard of 1,150
apple trees, fifty peach trees and other smaller fruits, planted in 1876. Healso hasa farm
of 160 acres, 110 of which are under cultivation, one and a half miles south of the home
farm, which he purchased in.1875. Col. Parrington is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, also a member of Aurora Commandery, K. T. He married Miss Louisa M. McClel-
lan, of Bristol, Ill., June 27, 1861, by which marriage he has had four children, of whom
John M. and L, Vernon are living.

HON. ROBERT MITCHELL RUGGLES, deceased, was born at Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, August 28, 1833. He received an academic education, and in early life
entered a printing office, working as a journeyman printer in several cities, North and
South, including, Cleveland, Chicago and Sct. Louis, He was an able writer, and contributed
to many leadiug papers of the country. Heearly commenced the study of law, attending a
course of lectures. at Poland, Ohio and at Cleveland. He graduated from the Ohio State and
Union Law College, at Cleveland, July 2, 1858, with -honors and a diploma, conferring the
degree of Bachelor of Laws. On Septem ber 16, 1858, he was admitted to the practice of law
by the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, and for a year after practiced in St. Louis.
With fattn in the great opportunities and possibilities presented to the ambitious and intel-
ligent early settler in Kansas, he came to the Territory in 1859, and in September of that

ear, he was admitted to practice by the United States District Court for the Territory of
ausas. He resided for atime at Americus, and in addition to his law practice, edited the
Americus Sentinel. Soon after the location of the county seat at Emporia, he removed to
that town, and at once became prominent in his profession. He was appointed Judge of
the Fifth Judicial District in 1862, to filla vacancy in that office. The dutles of this posi-
tion he discharged 'with such ability and sound judgment, that at the ensuing election he
was elected for a four yearsterm, running asan independent candidate, and defeating the
regular Republican nominee. In politics he was a Democrat, but was never a mere parti-
san, and his election in a strong Republican District, in the most exciting days of partisan-
ship, was a proof of his high reputation as an honest and upright Judge. On leaving the bench
Judge Rugeles resumed the active practice of his profession, forming a partnership with
Col. P. B. Plumb, now United States Senator. The success of this firm was remarkable, and
was probably not exceeded by any law firm in the State. Col. Plumb retired from the firm
in 1872, after which time Judge Kuggles was the senior partner in the various law firms of
Ruggles & Sterry, and Ruggies, Scott & Lynn. He was a member of Emporia Lodge of A.,
. . M., of which he was for several years master. In the various relations in life, as
father, husband, neighbor, friend, citizen, lawyer and jurist, he had few equals, and many
in the county, in which he so long resided, can testify to his noble deeds, and many acts
of kndness and charity. May 22. 1864, he married Miss Susanna Je Spencer, of Emporia,
They had two children—William S., born May 4, 1867; and Robert M., Jr., February 9,
1871. Judge Ruggles died April 24, 1879, from the effects of injuries received by being
» thrown from his carriage. Resolutions of respect and sorrow were passed by the members
of the bar before the District Courts of Lyon, Osage, Coffey, Chase. Morris and Marion
counties. From resolutions passed by the Morris County bar we make the following ex-
~ tract, which well expresses the estimate placed upon the deceased by those who knew him
best. “In the death of Judge Ruggles the bar of Kansas has lost one of its brightest lights
and one of its ablestand most distinguished leaders, whose great learning and legal skill
and incomparable logic and reasoning powers commanded the attention and respect of all
courts before which he practiced and all lawyers with whom he came in contact. In the
discharge of bis duties he was always faithful and true to his client and to his sense of
right, and has Jeft a record in Kansas jurisprudence, and the reported cases that have been
tried before the Supreme Court of this State that will last: as long as time itself, and will
prove him a great and distinguished lawyer.” :

STORY L. SARGENT, real estate and insurance agent, was born, February 24, 1837,
at New London, N. H., where be received a common school education, finishing at the New
London Academy. When about seventeen years of age he removed to Stoneham, Mass.,
where for the next four years he was engaged in boot and shoe manufacturing. In 1858, he
enlisted in the United ‘States Army, and was sent to Utah to put down the Mormons. ° In
1860, marched from Salt Lake City to Santa Fe, New Mexico, andin August of that year,
he was discharged from the army, but remained in New Mexico, employed in the United
States Quarter-master’s Department. In 1863, he came to Kansas, locating at Council
Grove, Morris County, where he engaged in farming. In 1869, he removed to Lyon County,
and bought 177 acres of reserve an

He also served on court martial duty at that

trust land, situated on Wright’s Creek, in Americus
Township, which he has improved by the erection of a dwelling house, nice, large barn,
and other farm buildings, planted an orchard of 500 peach and 200 apple trees, besides other
fruits. In 1879 he started in the real estate and insurance business. He-is also Notary
Public. Has an office at D .nlap, Morris County, and still continues to operate his farm.
Principal crop raised is corn. Fie also raises cattle and hogs. Hemarried Miss Mary M,
Sowers, of Americus Township, February 27, 1865, by whom he has six children—Colby A.,
Curtis H., Eddie, Robert M., John G and Frank P.—all living.

AUSTIN J. SAX, M. D., was born in Gilboa, N. Y¥., February 20, 1849. Was educated in
the public schools of New York. In 1866, he removed to McHenry County, Ill., where he
was engaged in farming one year, then removed to Wilmot, Kenosha Co., Wis. The first
three years of his residence here he was engaged in farming; he then taught in the schools
of Kenosha County, two years. In 1872, he went into business as a general merchant, at
Wilmot, which he continued oniy about.a year. He then engaged in bookkeeping in chi-
cago, for a year, and in the spring of 1874, came to Kansas, located in Americus Township,
about four miles northwest of town, and took a claim of 160 acres which he yet holds. For
five years, he was engaged in farming in summer, and teaching in the county schools in
winter. The next year, be was principal of the Americus schools. In 1876, he commenced
the study of medicine with Dr. 1. Arthur Wright, at Americus, and in June, 1882, gradu-
ated from the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio. and commenced the practice

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of medicine at Safford, Chase County, where he remained until November, 1882, when he

removed to Americus and engaged in’ practice. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F., and a

wom per of Buckeye Lodge No, 2038 K. of H. Married Miss Emma R. Bolt, of Americus,
ay i

THOMAS H. STANLEY, farmer, Section 8, Township 18, Range 10, P. O. Americus,
was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, November 20, 1818. He attended the public schools
of his native county, and later the Mount Pleasant (Ohio) Friends’ College. hen twenty-
two years of age he married and settled at Mount Pleasant, where he engaged in carpenter-
ing until March, 1842, when he came tothe eastern part of Kansas as missionary to the
Shawnee Indians, under the auspices of the Society of Friends, He remained among the
Indians in Kansas, with headquarters about eight miles south of the Missouri River and
four miles west of the Missouri boundary line, until August, 1845, when he returned to
Mount Pleasant. In the spring of 1847, he returned to Salem, Iowa, and en, aged in car-
pentering, A year later he entered a claim uf eighty acres, near Salem, which he farmed
until the fall of 1857. In 1852 he visited the Kaw Indians at Council Grove, with a view of

elevating, their temporal, moral, and spiritual condition, and after council with them, he ap-
plied to the Indian Department for permission to locate upon or near their reservation.
This object was not fully effected until the spring of 1857, after the lands had been open to
preemption and settlement. Hethat spring attended the yearly meeting of the Friends of
ew York and New England, aud, encouraged: by this body, applied for and received from
the Department of the Interior, permission to locate near the reservation and to labor
among them. Inthe fall of 1857 he came to Kansas, pre-empting a claim of 160 acres on
the Neosho River, one mile south of the Kaw Reservation, and about four miles west of the
present site of Americus. This la id was paid for and presented to him by. the Friends’ So-
ciety of New York. Mr. Stanley cuntinued to labor among the Kaws until their removal to
the Indian Territory in 1873, at the same time cultivating and improving his farm, He has
added, by purchase, 160 acres near the howe farm, has built a large stone dwelling, com-
modious barn, and other farm buildings. He has an orchard of about 1,200 peach trees, 300
apple trees, and many of smaller fruit. His principal crupiscorn. He raises some cattle
and hogs. Since the removal of the Kaws, Mr. Stanley has spent two winters with them in
the Indian Territory,and visits them, on an average,once a year. He has also visited among
the Osages, the Modocs, and the Absentee Shawnees. He recently met among the Absentee
Shawnees some who had been his scholars thirty-seven years ago, when he first came among
them asa missionary. His labors with these tribes have of late years been largely at his
own expense, and his devotion to the cause of the down-trodden red men has always been
~ appreciated by them, and been blessed by good results. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley and family
are members.of the Society of Friends, ii which he has been an elder about twenty years.
He has held the office of County Commissioner of Lyon County three years, and has held
minor local offices. He married Miss Mary Wilson, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, September 29,
1840, by whom he has seven children—William F., Hannah W., Daniel W., John, Jane,
Sarah, and Thomas Wistar—all living.

JOHN S. STEADMAN, farmer, Section 17, Township 17, Range 11, P. O. Americus,
was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October 11, 1836. His father, Rev. Samuel Steadman,
was an itinerent preacher of the Church of United Brethren. The subject of this sketch re-
moved, when sixteen years old, to Bureau County, Il., where he remained, eugaged in
Zar OID, until after his marriage. In 1859 he removed to Green County, Wis., where he
engaged in farming until December, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company B,
Eighteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers. The regiment was assigned to the division o:
General Prentiss, in the Army of the Tennessee. Mr. Steadman participuted in all the en-
gagements in which his company took part. including Pittsburgh Landing, the Capture of

Sorinth, the Defense of Corinth, and Iuka, He was discharged for disability in the fall of
1863, and returned to Wisconsin. Soon regaining his health, he enlisted in December, 1863,
as a Sergeant in Company K, Sixteenth kegiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Colonel Cas-
sinus M. Fairchild. The Sixteenth Regiment was inthe Seventeenth Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, and participated in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, the siege
of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Snake Creek Gap and _ others. Mr. Steadman was promoted to Sec-
ond Lieutenant of his company, January 2, 1865. Ile was afterwards in the great march to
the sea with Sherman, participating in several battles and skirmishes. He then followed
Sherman through the Carolinas to Washington, and was present at the great review at the
National Capital in June, 1865. He was mustered out in July, 1865, at Madison, Wis., and
returned to Green County. Inthe fall of 1865 he removed to Cass County, Iowa, where he
remained a year, then located in Page County, buying a farm of twenty acres near College
Springs, which he operated about three years. In the Spring of 1870 he came to Kansas,
locating in Cloud County. He took a claim of 160 acres near Clyde, which he improved and
operated until the spring of 1878, when he sold his farm and removed to Lyon County. He
purchased a fine farm of eighty acres, situated on Allen ( reek, five andahalf miles north-
east of Americus, which he has improved by the erection of acommodious dwelling house,
parn and other farm buildings. is principal crop is corn. He also raises some cattle and
hogs. Mr. Steadman is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. He is alsoa mem-
per of Americus Lodge, No. 28, A.O. U. W. He married Miss Eleanor E, McDonald, of
Whiteside County, Lll., April 25,1858, by whom he has had seven children—Arthur F.,
Sarah E., Charles §., Marcus E., Leah E., Ellen G. and Jessie S., all living.

JOHN W. STENSON, farmer, Section 35, Township 17, Range 10, P. O. Americus, was
born in Nottingham, England, June 30, 1828. Hecameto the United Statesin May, 1848,
locating in Canton, Ill., where he remained three years, then went to Chilicothe, 111., where
he remained seven years, engaged in farming. From there he went to Milan, De Kalb Co.,
Ill., where he engaged in farming. In 1875 he removed to Hinckley. Ill, and engaged in
hotel business, operating the Hinckley House for about six months, then sold out and came
to Kansas. Located in Americus Township, one mile north of Americus, where he pur-
chased an.improved farm of 160 acres, which he has further improved by the erection of a
large dwelling, barn, crib and other farm buildings. His principal crop _is corn, Raises
cattle and hogs. Has ninety acres under cultivation onthe home farm. In 1881 he pur-
chased asmallimproved farm of seventeen acres near the town, which herents. He is a~
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Americus, of which he is asteward, and
teacher of the Bible class. He married Miss Charlotte Pierce, of Canton, Ill., November 25,
1850. By this marriage he has had nine children, of whom Annie, Fannie, Ellen, Alfred L.,
Sarah L. and Charlotte are living. His first wife died in 1869, and he married, March 20,
1872, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Pattison, of Illinois, by which marriage he has three children—Le-

roy O., Mabel EK. and Alice Victoria, all living.

LEWIS W. SUTTON, proprietor of the Sutton House, was born August 3, 1849, in Ohio
County, Ind., where he resided until February, 1863, when he enlisted as a private in Com-
pany H, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. Was assigned to the
Army of the Shenandoah, in which he served until disabled by sickness. He was mustered
out of service at Hick’s Hospital, Baltimore, Md., July, 1865, and returned to his native
county, where he remained until the fall of 1868, when he came to Kansas, First located
at Hartford, Lyon County, where he remained, engaged in farming, until the spring of
1870, when he removed to Americus and engaged in mercantile life. e firm of G. W. Sut-
ton & Bro. continued for about two years, dealing in drugs and sundries. Mr. S. then en-
gaged in the dairy business at Americus, in which he continued two pears: He was then en-

aged for about a year in the grain business. In the fall] of 1877 he bougl# the Goddard

Figuse at Americus, and under the name of the Sutton House, has since continued to
operate it. It is the principal hotelin the town. He has also a livery stable in connection

-with the hotel. He also handles fat cattle and hogs quite extensively. Has about sixty head
of cattle. He married Mrs. Hattie A. Wait, of Emporia, September 19, 1876, by which mar-
riage he has had three children, none of them now living.

THOMAS H. WHITE, farmer, Section 17, eownship 18, Range 11, P.O. Americus, was
born in Huntington County, Pa., January 23, 1830, and a year later his parents removed to
Bedford County, where he wasraised upon a farm and remained until the fall of 1853. He
then started West, and, after spending some months in Illinois and Lowa, came to Kansas.
In May, 1855, he took a claim of 160 acres on the Neosho River, north of the present site of
Emporia. He improved this claim and resided upon it four years, then sold it and bought
an unimproved farm of 160 acres, situated three miles southeast of Americus, which he has
improved by the erection of a commodious dwelling, large barn and other farm buildings.
‘He has since added by purchase 160 acres situated on Allen Creek near the home farm. e
has all his lands under fence and eighty acres under cultivation. His principal crop is corn.
He also raises cattle and hogs, keeping on an average 100 head of cattle and seventy-five
hogs. He purchased in 1881 and 1882 a cattle range of 600 acres in Chase County, which he
has improved and fenced. During the Rebellion Mr. White was enrolled in the State
militia, and called into service at the time of the Price raid and during the several Indian
raids andalarms. Mr. Whiteis one of the oldest settlers in the county, and has been out of
the county to remain over night not to exceed half a dozen times since 1855. He is a mem-
ber of Americus Lodge No, 109, A..F. & A. M. He married Miss Louisa Grimsiey, of
Americus Township, June 20, 1857, and by this marriage has nine children, Mary, George,
William G., John S., Edwin, Perry M., Annie E., Susan and Thomas H.. all living.

LAFAYETTE A. WOOD, farmer, Section 3, Township 18, Range 10, P. O. Americus, was
born in Oswego County, N. Y., March 24, 1834. Hereceived acommon school education
in his native county, where he resided until1852, when he removed to Clayton, Jefferson
County, N. Y., and learned the trade of carriage making. In 1856 he began business for
himseit at Clayton, continuing until August, 1864, when he enlisted asa private in Com-
pany K, Tenth New York Heavy artillery. He participited in the battle of Fisher’s Hill,
under Gen. Sheridan October 18, 1864, and was soon after transferred to the army in front
to Petersburg, and participated in several engagements under Gen. Ord. His regiment was
among the first to enter Petersburg at its captureand he remainedon duty around Peters-
burg until he was mustered out in July, 1865. Hethen returned to Clayton and resumed
h's carriage making business, which he continued until 1869, when he disposed of itt and
came to Kansas. e located in Americus, in Lyon County, and engaged in blacksmithing
and dairying, in which he continued until the fall of 1879. He then rented his shop, pur-
chased an improved farm of 250 acres and engaged in farming and stock raising, in which
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he has since continued. His principal crop is corn but he also raises some oats. He has
held the office of County Commissioner of Lyon County four years, and has been 2 member
of the School Board of Americus Township. He is a member of Americus Lodge No. 109,
A., F,& A.M, He married Miss Harriet A. Babcock, of Clayton, N. Y.. September 14, 1855
by which marriage he has had seven children, of whom Emma J ., Adelbert D., Nellie M.,
Frank F., and Flora M: are living.

T, ARTHUR WRIGHT, M. D., was born in Kemptville, Province of Ontario, Canada,
May 12, 1841. He was educated in the public schools of Canada, and in the fall of 1858
graduated from the University of Queen’s College, at Kingston. In the same year he came
to the United States, locating in Henry County, Ill. In 1862 he engaged in a general mer-
chandising business at Sparland, Ill., which he continued until 1866. In May, 1867 he
graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and commenced the
practice of medicine at Sparland. Resided there until December, 1870 when he came to

ansas, locating at Emporia. In February, 1871, removed to Americus, where he engaged

in the drug business, in addition to the active practice of medicine. In 1876 he disposed of
the drug business and has since devoted his entire time and attention to his practice. Is a
member of Americus Lodge No. 109, A., F. & A. M.; member of the I. O. O. F.; and a mem-

ber of Americus Lodge, No, 28, A. O. U. 'W: He married Miss Catharine I. Cotton, daughter
of Judge J. Y. Cotton, of Spariand, Ill., May 18,1868, and by this marriage has had si
children, of whom Sarah E., Frances A., and Catherine I, are living.

HARTFORD.

Hartford is located in the beautiful valley of the Neosho, sixty miles (air
line) south of Topeka, and sixteen miles southeast of Emporia, on the Missouri
Pacific Railway, Surrounded by large, well-cultivated farms and stock ranges,
with its favorable location, and natural advantages, it has during the past few
years grown from a slumbering hamlet to a live business town, with a popula!
tion of five hundred inhabitants.

EARLY HISTORY.

In the spring of 1858, < town association was organized, and composed of
H. D. Rice and A. K. Hawkes, of Hartford, Conn.; H.*W. Martin, E. Quiett,
and others, The town site, which was called by its present appellation, was
named at the instance of Messrs. Rice and Hawkes, after their native place. In
the fall of 1858, the site, of 320 acres, was laid off by Judge Graham and D. P.
Bond. One-half of the original town site has since been vacated, leaving it—
120 acres—its present size. The first building put upon the town site was a log
structure 14x16 feet, which stood on Commercial street, nearly opposite of
the Palace Hotel. This building was used as a store, which was kept by C. P.
Bassett. The next building was a two-story frame house, erected by Mr.
Longley, and used asa dwelling and lodging house. The building which stood
in. the northeast part of town, remained intact, until 1870, when it was torn
down. During the spring and summer of 1859, dwellings were erected by
Messrs. Bond, Hunt, Sears, and Robinson.

In the fall of 1859, occurred the death of Sears, whose was the first
in the little settlement of pioneers. Mr. Longley, who as a member of the
town company, erected the second building in town,-afterwards went to Law-
rence, and was one of the victims of Quantrell’s Raid, in 1863. The first
marriage was probably that of W. M. McGinnis and Francis Hunt, who were
married November 7, 1860, by Rev. I. Harris, 4 minister of the Baptist per-
suasior.

The postoffice was established in 1859, and A. K. Hawkes appointed
Postmaster. He was succeeded in the order mentioned, by E. B. Bassett, W.
K. Norbary, S. M. Morgan, S. G. Britten, G. W. Sutton, and T. Campbell,
the present incumbent. It was made a money order office, July 2, 1877, and
now does an annual business of $15,000.

The first school was taught by Mrs. A. K. Hawkes, at her house, in 1860,
About this time it was decided by the Methodist Episcopal Conference, that a
branch of the Baker University, should be located at this point. The citizens
agreed to donate aid in the shape of funds and land, and work was commenced
on the building, which was a two-story, stone structure, 32x46 feet. After an
expenditure of several thousand dollars, the building was partially completed in
1862. In connection with the District School, several terms were taught, after
which the “Collegiate Institute” became defunct. The building was then used
by the District school, until 1877, when a two-story frame building was erected
at a cost of $2,000, T. A. Rogan, being the first teacher.

In 1859, E. Quiett commenced to build a frame saw and ‘corn mill,” a
few rods above the present grist mills. It was completed in 1861, by J. H.
Hunt, who sold his interest to W. K. Norbary, who operated it for about seven

ears.

: Benjamin N. Hunt, of Hartford, relates an incident illustrating the fears
and groundless alarms to which the early settlers were frequently subjected. In
May, 1861, the rumor prevailed in the settlement adjacent to Hartford that the
Indians would, upon a certain day, makea descent upon them and wipe them
all out of existance. Upon the day set for this bloody massacre, Mr. Hunt
was ploughing in a field, about half a mile from his house. His wife was left
at home with her child and young woman “help.” The latter saw some Indi-
ans approaching with guns, and, hastily picking up the child, ran screaming to
the nearest neighbors, Reinforced by them she ran on to the next, until all the
neighbors were aroused to the threatened danger. In the mean time, Mrs.
Hunt carried the alarm to her husband, who mounted a horse and rode hastily
to town, All the men gathered up their guns and started out to reconnoitre the
situation. They. soon met some of the Indians in the woods, and as they
showed no hostile intent, they were allowed to approach. Without a suspicion
that they were the game being hunted, the red men inquired, innocently,
“ Have you killed anything?” It proved to be merely a hunting party, but the
alarm spread as far as Ottumwa, in Coffey County, and men from all directions
were before night hastening with what arms they possessed to the aid of the
sudbosed threatened settlement.

 

CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, ETC.

Methodist Episcopal Church.—Regular services were held at Hartford in 1860, by Rev.
J. P. McElfresh, and in 1861 a class was organized by him, Services were held some time
at the house of E. Quiett. In 1863, the lower story of the Institute Building was used until
1866, when the upper story was and is used at present. The following pastors have had
charge of the organization up to the present time (December, 1882): Revs. J. H. Hawley,
two years; M. Robinson, two years; G. L. Williams, one year; J. McAnulty, two years; J.
McChristian, two years; J. E. Colenour, one year; W. M. Robertson, three years; N. F.
Tipton, one year; W. Bristoe, two years; L. W. Thrall, one year; J. W, Howell, one year;
J. A. Barker. two years; T. S. Walker, two years. Present membership 125.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

St. Mary's Ohurch.—The fix 3t regular

pastor of the Catholic denomination was Father
Perrier, at the house of F. Bro san and at

eosho Rapids. In 1879, a frame church edifice,
the first in Hartford, 24x40 feet, was built at cost of _ The congregation then embraced
sixteen families. Father Perrier had charge until 1880, since which time the church hag
been supplied from Emporia, Present membership thirty-six families.

Evangelical Church was organized in February, 1880, with four members, by Rev. F.
Harder, who remained in charge until March, 1880, when he was succeeded by Rev. J. W.
Driesback. Rev. Driesback remained two years, and was succeeded by Rev. S. H. Dunkel-
berger, the present pastor. Regular services are held in the schoolhouse. Present member-
s irty. 3 7

Trial ‘Presbyterian Church was organized September 24, 1882, with thirteen members,
by Rev. L. F. Dudley, who is the present pastor. Regular services held in the old Institute
Building, Present membership (December 1882) twenty: : aoe

Mystic Lodge, No.'62,"I. O. O. F. was first organized in'1872, and after maintaining an

ears surrendered its charter. In May, 1882, it was re-organized
under the old charter with eighteen members. Its officers are: G. D. Maxson, N.G.; J.B.
Chumlea, V. G.; M. Meyer, Treas.; C. Dow, Sec’y. Regular meetings held every Monday
evening in Masonic and I, O. O. F. ail. Present nnembership ( December, 1882) twenty-six,

Hartford Lodge, No. 193 A., F. & A. M. was organized under a charter, February 17,
1881, with twenty-two charter members, First officers: G. D. Maxson, W. M.;.I. A. Taylor,

. W,; G. W. Lulton, J. W.; M. Weeks, Sec’y; I. Samuelson, Treas. Officers for 1882 are the
same, with the exception of secretary, which office is filled by W. J. Combs. Regular meet-
ings are held on Saturday evening, on or before full moon, at Masonic and Odd Feliows’
Hall. Present membership thirty-six.

A lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen is in existence here, but owing to
non-interest by its members no data is given. 7

The Hartford Call isa weekly publication, the first number of which was issued Octo-
ber 7, 1879, by W. J. Means and L. A. Hoffman. In September, 1880, Mr. Hoffman sold his
interestto Mr, Means, whois its present proprietor. The paper is a seven-column folio,
Hepublican Hn panties. endl is devoted to local news. Isthe only paper published in Lyon

ounty outside of Emporia.

The Hartford Bank, was incorporated with acapitai stock of $50,000, in December,
1881, and commenced business January 1, 1882. Its officers are A. Wenger, Pres.; G. W.
Sutton, Vice-Pres.; R. T. Snediker, cashier; board of directors, J. Schaefer, H. J. Sutton, J.
Rubart, W. P. Gould, L. Kell, R. T. Snediker. Does a general banking business, _

The Hartford Water Mills were built in the fall of 1873, on the Neosho, three-eighths of
a mile north of Hartford, by D. Rogan, A. Wenger, and I. A. Taylor, The mill, which was
a frame structure, 35x53 feet, and two and one-half stories high, was operated at first with
one run of buhrs, which was subsequently increased to three run of stone. A dam had been
builtin 1872. In 1875 occurred the death of Mr. Rogan, leaving the surviving mombers of
the firm as proprietors. In 1882 anew dam was built. Present capacity is 200 bushels of
wheat and 250 bushels of cornevery twenty-four hours. The mill and improvements repre-
sent an outlay of $14,000.

existence for five or six

BIGGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

FRANCIS BROGAN, farmer, P.O. Hartford, was born in County Donegal, Ireland,
March 17, 1823. Came to the United States in 1842, locating in Chester County, Pa., where
he resided-eight years. He then removed to Clinton County, Iowa, and engaged in farming.
Sold his farm of 320 acresin January, 1875, and came to Kansas, and located in Hartford,
and bought a farm of 740 acres, part n Lyon and part in Coffey County. His principal crop
iscorn. He has also aranch of 1,600 acres in Chase County, aud in connection with his son,
William J., is aiso extensively engaged in stock feeding and dealing. They handle cattle
and hogs. Mr. Brogan has also 320 acres of upland in Lyon County, about one half mile from
Hartford, upon which he raises hay. He married Miss Annie Cummings, of Clinton County,
lowa, August 14, 1854, by which mariiage he has had nine children, of whom William J.,
Francis A., Mary, Annie E., Joseph N., Louis B. and Lizzie A. are living. He is one of the
leading members of the Catholic Church of Hartford. He is an active and prominent Demo-
crat and a good citizen, Eespected by all political parties. 3

WILLIAM J. BROGAN, farmer, O. Hartford, was born in Clinton County, Iowa,
August 19, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of Iowa, and at St. Francis Acad-
emy, Milwaukee, and St. John’s College, Prairie du Chien, Wis. In January, 1875, he came
to Kansas, locating in Hartford, in partnership with his father, Francis Brogan. Heis en-
gaged in farming, and in stock feeding and dealing in Lyon, Coffey and Chase counties. He
married Miss Eval. Slack, of Hartford, December 11, 1879. . and Mrs. Brogan are
members of the Catholic Church. .

JOSEPH CAMPBELL, merchant, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, August 31,
1842, Remained in Ohio until the spring of 1856, when he removed with his parents to
Caldwell County, Mo., where he,remained until 1862, when he came to Kansas, locating in
Morris County. He was engaged in various pursuits until January, 1875, when he entered
mercantile business, as a member of the firm of Campbell Bros., at Hartford. In the spring
of 1878 he sold his interest in the business and went to Colorado, where he remained about
ten months. Returned to Hartford in September, 1879, and again became a member of the
old firm, in which he has continued. They carry the largest stock in town and do a pros-
perous business. Is Township trustee, which office he has held four years. November 7%,
1872, he married Miss Margaret E. Crossett, of Clay County, Mo., who died February 23,
1878, leaving one child—Charles.

THOMAS CAMPBELL, merchant, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, May 2, 1840.
He resided in Ohio until thespring of 1856, when he removed with his parents to Caldwell
County, Mo., and in September, 1858, came to Kansas; located in Coffey County, where his
father took aclaim of 160 acres. Tiromas remained upon this claim until April, 1862. when
he enlisted as private in Company C, Ninth Regiment Kansas Cavalry. Was promoted to
Sergeant, participated in all the Dattles and Pugagements in which his company took part.
‘Was mustered out at Duval Bluff, Ark., April 1865. He returried to Kansas and located at
Hartford where he engaged in the milling business, in which he
In March, 1871, be engaged in mercantile business, in which he has since continued. The
tirm of Campbell Bros. carries a general stock of dry foods: clothing, boots and shoes, gro-
ceries, etc. Mr. Campbell was appointed Postmaster in April, 1877, which position he still
holds. He held the office of Township Trustee two years and Township Treasurer eight
years. Married Miss Ella Gould, of Caldwell County, Mo., January 1, 1866, by which mar-
riage he has one child Fay, born November 27, 1877.

ASA D. CHAMBERS, farmer, P. O. Hartford, was born in Richland County, Ohio, April
16, 1837. Was educated in the public schools of Ohio and at Fredericktown Academy, and
when eighteen years of age began teaching. Taught in the public schools of Ohio four
ears. In 1859 he went to the Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., from which he graduated

June, 1863, While here he was enrolled in the Pennsylvania Con tingent forces, and at-
tached to the One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment. Was sentto Pittsburgh
to defend that city from the threatened raid by the rebel general, Early, in 1863. In June,_
1863, he returned to Ohio and engaged in teaching. In December, 1864, he enlisted as a

rivate in Company H, Third Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteers, filling the vacancy caused

y the death of his brother, Samuel C., who lost bis life in service in the same company. He.
was promoted to Ordnance Sergeant of the Regiment; served in Wilson’s Cavalry Corps in
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, until he was mustered out at Macon, Ga., in August, 1865.
Returned to Ohio on a visit to riends and in January, 1866, came to Kansas, located at Law-
rence, and in April of the same year was elected Professor of Natural Sciences, in Baker
University, at Baldwin, which chair he occupied one year. In 1867 heremoved to Hartford,
and for elght years was principal of the Hartford Collegiate Institute, During this time he
also held the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction for Lyon County four years, and
continued in this office two years after. During these years he purchased 240 acres of land
and started one of the first nurseries in Lyon County. He planted about 3,000 apple trees in
orchard besides other fruit trees. Is now engaged in farming and fruit raising. He was
the enumerator of the official census of 1880, for a portion of the Second District, Is a mem-
ber of Emporia Encampment No. 17, I. 0. 0. F,, and a member of Hartford Lodge No. 8, A.

. U. W. Married Miss Anna P, Smith, of Topeka, April 12, 1873, and they have three
children—John R., Mabel E, and Anna P. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Hartford.

ILLIAM J. COMBS, builder, was born jn Coles County, Ill,, November 14, 1842. Re-
sided in Illinois until he came to Kansas in June, 1857, with his step-father, M. L. Ash-
more, who took a claim about a mile from Eureka. Wm. J. also took a claim, which he
held by land warrant and afterwards entered. He helped to survey the town site of Eureka,
and was one of the organizers of the town, the leading business being done in bis brother's
name. Remained in Eureka until March, 1863, when he enlisted asa private in Compan
M, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry. Participated inall the engagements in which the regimen!
took part. Was mustered out in October, 1865, and in November settled at Hartford, where
he bought twenty acres of land, and for two years tried farming. Not finding that con-

enial he went into the carpenter business, in 1859, which business he has since followed.

e has done a good proportion of the building up of the town. In addition to his business
as a builder he now doesan undertaking business, He isa member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church; also a member of Hartford Lodge No. 198, A., F. & A. M,, of whieh he fs sec-
retary, and of Hartford Lodge No. 8, A.O. U.W. He has held the office of ‘Township Trustee
five years; that of Township Clerk two years, and for six years was Justice of the Peace;
EePerrg, “of Eimartarg Towlehip, by whteh mage he as had see ohiten of No

. . D which marriage om

Emery i. 5 John, Pad mM. ar e Pyne : ge he has had six children, of w

. ardware merchant, was born in Erie County, Pa., June 16, 1835.
The commencement of the War of the Rebellion found him still in his native State, and
among the first to respond to the call to arms. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company C,
Eighty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, for aterm of three months, and at the

ontinued about five years,

 

 
LYON COUNTY.

expiration of his term of service he ppaln enlisted, this time for a three years’ tern in Com-
pany H, One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment, which was assigned to the
TwelfthCorps, Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of Culpepper Court
House, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, and others, In 1863 the regiment was trans-
ferred to the Twentieth Corps, and served under Gen. Joe Hooker in the Army of the Cum-
verland. Mr. Gould was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864. He
was twice promoted, and held the rank of First Lieutenant when mustered out, in 1865. He
then returned to Pennsylvania, but remained only a short time. In the fall of 1865 he came
to this State, locating in Lyon County. Engaged in teaching, and taught in the schools of
‘Hartford, Emporia and Americus. In the fall of 1869 engaged in the mercantile business at
Hartford. Kept a npeneral store until 1872, when he sold out, and was for the next four
years agent of the M. K. & T.R. R. Co. at Hartford, and bought and shipped corn, In 1875
established a hardware store. In 1880, he took a partner in the business, which still contin-
ues under the firm name of W. P. Gould & Co, They handle a general stock of hardware,
stoves and agricultural implements. Mr. Gould is president of the Hartford Cemetery As-
sociation. © has held the office of Township Clerk many years. Isa member of the Bap-,
tist Church of Hartford, and a member of Hartford Lodge No. 8, A. O. U. W.. Married Miss
Olive M. Gillett, of Emporia, September 25, 1867, by which marriage he has had four chil-
dren, of whom Car! P., Carrie M. and Otis G. are living.

BENJAMIN N. HUNT, Palace Hotel, was born in Randolph County, Ind., July 12,
1835, and continued to reside in that State until the fall of 1859, when he came to Kansas.
Located in Lyon County, one mile north of Hartford, where he purchased a farm of 160
acres, which he improved, and resided upon until the spring of 187% , when he removed to
Hartford, and for three years operated a meat market. In 1881 he built the Palace Hotel
at Hartford, which he opened in September, and has since operated. In connection with
the hotel he has a livery and feed stable, He still has the farm purchased in 1859, and has
added to it, by purchase, eighty acres adjoining. He isa member of Hartford Lodge, No. 8,
A.O. U. W. e@ married Miss Lettie Burroughs, of Wayne County, Ind., September 5,

1859, and they have had six children, of whom Bruce and Hayes are living.

LEVI KELL, merchant, was born in Perry County, Pa, July 30, foes. Resided in
Pennsylvania until 1854, when he removed to Clinton County, Ill. Was engaged in farm-
ing, having a farm 180 acres there. In June, 1881, came to Kansas, and after a residence
of about two months in Greenwood County he located at Hartford, where, in connection
with his son-in-law, D. C. Bernheisel, he built a commodious brick storehouse, and
engaged in general merchandising under the firm name of Bernheisel & Kell. They
carry a well selected stock and do # good business. Is a member of the Baptist Church.
Married Miss Eliza A. Eutrerkin, of Clinton County, Ill, September, 1856, by which mar-
riage he has had sia children, of whom Luella, John M., Henry W., and Bessie F. are now

living.
GEORGE D. MAXSON, M. D., was born in Allegany County, N. Y., September 23,
1826. His early life was ew York, where he was educated in the public schools

spent in

and at Alfred University. Th 1846 he removed to Milton, Wis., where he was for three years
engaged in teaching. During these years he began the study of medicine, and in 1850 grad-
uated from Rush Medical College, Caicago, Ill. The same year he began the practice of
medicine in Jetferson County, Wis. After a residence of two years there he went to Cali-
fornia, and for about a year was engaged in mining. Hethen resumed the practice of his
profession, and operated a drug business at Camp Seco, Cal.,in which he continued ten
years. In 1864 he disposed of this business and entered the army as Assistant Surgeon of
the United States Army. Was stationed at Fort Stevens, Oregon, during his whole service
of three years. He was mustered out in 1867, and after a visit of nearly two years to his
old home in New York, he came to,Kansas, locating in Hartford in September, 1869, where
he has since been engaged in the active practice of his protession, and in the drug business.
Has been a member of the School Board of. Hartford sieht years. Is a member of Hart-
ford Lodge, No. 193, A., F. & A. M., of which{he is W. M.; also a member of Mystic Lodge,
No. 62, I. O. O, F., of which he is noble grand. Married Mrs. Hulda Lamphear, of Nile,
N. Y., June 27, 1869, .

WILLIAM J. MEANS, publisher, was born at Dixon, Ill., February 27, 1858. In the
summer of 1860, his parents removed to Kansas, locating at Emporia, where they have
since resided. The subieet of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Emporia,
and in the State NormalSchool. He learned the printer’s trade in the office of the Ledger,
and in October, 1879, in connection with L. A. Hoffman, established the Hartford Call. “In
September, 1881, Mr. Means bought the interest of his partner, and has since published the
paper alone. It has a circulation of about 800. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Hartford; a member of the Mystic Lodge, No. 62, I. O. O. F., also a ‘member of
Hartford Lodge, No. 8, A. O. U. W.

ISAAC SARGENT, farmer, P. O. Hartford, born in Windsor County, Vt., January 18,
1822, where he resided until May, 1858, when he came to Kansas, locating on Eagle Creek,
in Hartford Township. He pre-empted a claim of 160 acres, which he improved and re-
sided upon until the fall of 1867, when he sold it for $2,500, He then bought a farm of 140
acres, in Coffey County, on the Neosho River, about one-half mile from Hartford, for which
he paid $1,500. He resided on this place until the fall of 1873, when he sald it for $5,500.
The same year he bought thirty acres adjoining the town site of Hartford, upon which he
jas since resided. Has just built a fine brick residence upon this place. He pays little at-
tention to farming now. Married Miss Rebecca Hunt, of Stockbridge, Vt.,in 1839. She
died in October, 1880. Married Miss Julia E. Perkins, of Eldorado, April 19, 1881, by
which jmarriage he has one child—Pearl M. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of Hartford. Has been a member of the School Board for many years.

GEORGE W. SUTTON, M. D., was born in Ohio County, Ind., August 5, 1842. Attended
the public schools of Indiana, where he continued to reside until September, 1861, when he
enlisted as,a private in Company E, Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in
which he served twenty-six months, participatingin several battles and skirmishes. fas
in the Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee. In the fall of 1863, he received authority
to return to Indiana, and raise a company, which he did. Was commissioned Captain of the
company, which was assigned tothe One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment, Indiana
Volunteers, and designated Company I. Was stationed at different points on the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad, doing guard duty forsometime. Was afterward stationed in Ken-
tucky and Tennessee, until mustered out in the fall of 1864. He returned to Indiana, and
began the study of medicine at Moore’s Hill College, where he remained one year, then went
to Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, from which he graduated in June, 1867. He
then commenced the practice of medicine at Hart’s Mills, Ind., where he resided about a
year. In the fall of 1868, he came to Kansas, locating at Americus, Lyon County, where he
remained in the practice of his profession about eighteen months. Inthe spring of 1871, ke
removed to Hartford, where he has since resided, and been engaged in active practice. He
has built 2 fine residence and three business housesin Hartford. Was elected vice-presi-
dent of the Hartford Bank in 1882. Was a member of the State Legislature of 1880-81, and
was re-elected in the fall of 1882 for the coming term. He is a member of the Methodist

- Episcopal Church of Hartford, and superintendent of the Sabbath school. Member of Hart-

ford Lodge, y A & A.M. Member of Hartford Lodge, No. 8, A. O. U. W. He mar-
ried Miss Katie King,

 

of Council Grove, April 7, 1870, by which marriage he has two chil-
dren—Emma E. and Frederick R.

ISAAC A. TAYLOR, miller, was born in Carter County, Tenn., February 14, 1843.
His early life was spent in his native State where he was educated in the public schools
and at Boone’s Creek Seminary. Being a Union man, he became early involved in the War
of the Rebetlion, and was engaged as a scout in Tennessee, in 1861. In August, 1862, he
went to Illinois, and enlisted as & private, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-sec-
ond Regular Illinois Infantry, which was assigned to the Sixteenth Corps, Army of the
Tennessee. Participated inthe battle of Parker’s Cross Roads, where he was wounded by
a shell, which disabled him from duty for a period of eight months, after which he returned
to his company, and participated in all the engagements in which it took part, until June,
1864, when he was promoted to Second Lieutenant and transferred to Company L, Thir-
teenth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. In November, 1864, he was promoted to First Lieu-
tenant of the same company, and in March, 1865, was promoted to Captain of Company B.
same regiment. He was detailed as Adjutant General on the staff of General Gillen, com -
manding an independent brigade of Tennessee troops called the Governor’s Guard, doin
duty.in Eastern Tennessee. The brigade was afterwards transferred to the command o
General Stoneman, and participated in the raid made by him in the rear of the armies of
General Lee and General Johnston, in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia, and in the pursuit of Jeff, Davis, until his capture by Wilson’s Cavalry. After the
regiment was mustered out, Captain Taylor remained in service on the staff of the Com-
manding Officer ofthe District of Eastern Tennessee. He was mustered out, October 20,
1865, and received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United
States Cavalry of the Rezular Army. He declined to accept this commission, and returned
to Carter County and engaged in farming. Uponthe day of his marriage, November 1
1866, he was elected tothe Tennessee Legislature, from Carter County, and in 1867, wa
again elected tothe Legislature, from Carter and Johnston counties, for aterm of two
years. In 1869, he became connected with the office of the Assessor of United States Inter-
nal Revenue, First Tennessee District, in which he remained until May, 1871. In 1870, he
was also Secretary and Treasurer of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Rail-
way Company. In June, 1871, he came to Kansas, locating at Hartford, where he estab-
lished a flouring mill, which he has since operated. He has also been engaged in_stock-
feeding and dealing. In January, 1882, he was elected a director of the Hartford Bank.
He has been a member of the Board_of Commissioners of Lyon County five years, and
Cnairman ofthe Board, three years. He is a member of Emporia Commandery No. 8, K.
T., a member of Hartford Lodge No. 1938, A., F. & A. M., a member of Hartford Lodge No.
8, A. O. U. W., and a member of Emporia Post No. 55, G. A.R. He married Miss Amanda
J. Rogan, of Washington County, Tennessee, November 1, 1866, and they have had seven
children, of whom five are now living.

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NEOSHO RAPIDS.

The village of Neosho Rapids, so called by reason of its close proximity to
the Neosho River, is located in the beautiful valley of that stream, twelve miles
southeast of Emporia, and fifty-four miles (air line) from Topeka.

EARLY HISTORY.

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Tradition states that a town site, known as Italia, was laid off where Neo-
sho Rapids now stands, by F. R. Page, H. S. Sleeper, and G. J. Tallman, in
1855. It is needlessto remark that no improvements were made at that early
period. Its Italian appellation was soon after changed to Florence. In 1857
Messrs. Page, Sleeper and Tallman caused a new town site of 320 acres to be
laid off, and known as Neosho Rapids. One of the first buildings erected on
the town site was a two-story frame, 30x40 feet, which was built by F. R. Page
and “Mrs, Allen. The building was occupied as a hotel, and was completed in
1858. In this hotel were also held the first religious services in the place by
Rev. Rice.

One of those uncalled for events that very frequently occur in a newly set-
tled country, ‘and for which, in many cases, no redress can be obtained, was the
death of Mrs. Sarah Carver, in August or September, 1856. At the time of
her death Mrs. Carver was only seventeen years of age, and a bride of but one
year. At this time the neighborhood, with but few exceptions, was composed
of the Pro-slavery element. Late in the evening of the day of the tragedy, a
party of ten or twelve men, supposed to be Free-state men from Topeka, ar-
rived at the house of C. Carver, one and one-half miles west of where Neosho
Rapids now stands, and demanded admittance. Mr. Carver and his wife hav-
ing retired, Mr. Carver refused to let them in, and they commenced breaking
the door down. Carver then got down his somewhat disused rifle, and, while
loading it, one of the outside party thrust his revolver through one of the nu-
merous cracks between the logs, and fired twice, both shots taking effect inthe
body of Mrs. Carver, who was still in bed. The shots were fatal, and her
death occurred the next day. After.firing the shots, the door was broken in,
and the ruffians ordered Carver out, but seeing they had already gone too far,
their main object being plunder, they left without further violence, and went
to the house of Dr. Gregg, three-fourths of a mile distant, and told him to at-
tend to the woman they had shot. During his absence the party ransacked the
house, and from there went to the house of J. Connell, five miles east of Em-
poria, and stole nine head of horses. In anticipation of this raid many of the
settlers had secreted their valuables, and it is said of one John Pierce, that he
buried $1,000 in gold, and after the excitement could not remember where he
had buried it, consequently did not recover it. After leaving Connell’s they
went to Mr, Simcocks, at Columbia, one and one-half miles southeast of Empo-
ria, After leaving there the party came towards Emporia, and passed north.
The next day they robbed the store of C. H. Whittington, at Allen postoffice,
and are said to have taken $3,000 worth of goods. Leaving Allen, they passed
north, and were seen no more in the country.

In 1859, P. Harvey commenced the erection of frame saw and grist mill,
which was completed in 1860. Its dimensions were 4ox4o feet, four stories
high, and was propelled by water-power. Fora number of years it was oper-
ated by Harvey as a saw-mill. In 1865, a steam engine was put in use, and an
addition, 25x40, built, under the firm name of Harvey & Barber. In April,
1868, J. L. Simmons purchased Barber’s interest, and in May, A. Robberts
bought out Harvey. In 1872, another member was added to the firm. In 1875,
the firm name was known as Robberts & Jones. Steam power was used until
1867, when a stone dam was built across the Neosho at a cost of $3,000. At
present it is owned and operated by Messrs. Robberts & Jones. Has three-
run of buhrs, with a capacity of 150 bushels of wheat, 150 bushels of corn and
4,000 feet per day. :

The school facilities of Neosho Rapids are good. The present school-
house, « two-story stone structure, 25x40 feet (about) being erected in 1871.
Employs two teachers.

The Free Methodist Church was organized in February, 1876, by Rev. G.
W. Smith. A frame edifice, 38x50, was erected in 1877, at a cost of $1,500.
Rev. Smith remained eighteen months, and was succeeded by Rev. Jno. Garrett,
one year; O. Limback, one year; L. C. Eby and B. S. Smalley, one year; S. V.
Green, one year, and Rev. E. Leonardson, present pastor, from September, 1882.
Present membership, 14.

Protestant Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1876 by Rev. J.
L. Wilkins, with twelve members. Rev. Wilkins remained eighteen months,
and was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Annis, two years; M. P. Grant, one year; J.
L, Fordney, six months. The organization occupies the old Free Will Baptist
Church, said to have been built in 1860, Present membership, 10.

Neoshv Rapids Lodge, No. 2,555, K. of H., was instituted under dispensa-
tion September 14, 1818. A charter was granted November 4, 1882, with about
twenty-five members. Its present officers are: J. E. McLeod, D.; F. C. Brown,
V. D.; H. H. White, A. D.; W. F. Hancock, R.; W. H. McMullen, F. R.; J.
Jacob, Jr., T.; F. L. Grove, G.; Wm. M. Nelson, Grd.; A. O. Stevenson, Chap.; —
S. Jacob, S. Regular meetings held in hall first and third Saturday evenings
of each month. 3

Although Neosho Rapids is two miles from the nearest railroad, it is on the
line of the projected K, C. & E. road, which will be built through the place dur-
ing the summer of 1883. A larger increase to its general business is expected.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM S. COOK, farmer, Section 25, Township 19, Range 12, P.O. Neosho Rapids,
was born Deceshber 25, 1832, near Springfield, Ohio. His parents dying when he was twelve
years old he went to Lewis County, N. Y., where he was raised upon a farm. Before attain-

ng his majority he began teaching school, and taught for eight years in Indiana and IIli-
nois. In 1875 he came to Kansas and pre-empted 160 acres of land situated on the south of
the Cottonwood, three miles northwest of Neosho Rapids. He has since purchased addi-
tional land and has now 287 acres in his farm, which is well improved. His buildings are
much better than the average of farm buildings in the State, his fine large barn being parti-
cularly worthy of note. Mr. Cook isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also a
member of Chicago Mound Grange, No. 492, P. of H. He married Miss Margaret E. Pittman,

 

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of Parke County, Ind.. April 14, 1861, by which marriage he has had nine children, of whom
Ida A., Emma A., William O., Margaret and Charles Sumner are now living.

‘PARNELL C. COWLING, stock farmer, Section 8, P.O. Emporia, was born in Shelby
County, Mo., September 19, 1847. When two and a half years old his parents removed to Madi-
son County, Ohio, where his youth was spent. He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity, Delaware, Ohio, and in 1868 entered mercantile life. Was engaged in the drug business
at West Jefferson, Ohio, for six years, then removed to London, Ohio, and engaged in the
hardware business, which he continued until the spring of 1881 when he came to Kansas,
Located in Jackson Township, Lyon County. Purchased 960 acres of grazing land and en-
paged in sheep and cattle raising. Inthe spring of 1882 he purchased about 300 acres of

and adjoining his first purchase. He has improved these lands by the erection of a fine

residence, large barn, sheds and other farm buildings. His purpose is to make a thorough-
bred breeding farm, He has about 50 head of fine cows and heifers, about 2,200 head of
Merino sheep, of which 150 are thoroughbred Spanish Merinos, and aout 75 head of hogs.
Of the latter he will raise principally Berkshire and Poland-China. Mr. Cowling is a mem-
ber of the first Methodist Episcopal Church of Emporia, alsoa member of Mount Vernon
Commandery, No. 1, K. T., of Columbus, Ohio, He married Miss Laura E. Stutson, of West
Jefferson, Ohio, November 11, 1874, and they have one child—Mabel.

DAVID A. HUNTER, farmer, Section 11, Township 19, Range 12, P. O. Emporia, was
. . Was brought up on a farm and after attaining
his majority learned the trade of a blacksmith, at which he worked in his native county un-
til 1852 when he went to California by the Panamaroute, Was engaged in mining about a
year, then worked at his trade there about four years. He then returned to Pennsyl-
_vania and remained until he came to Kansas, in the Spring of 1858. Located in Lyon County

and pre-empted 160 acres of land situated on Badger Creek in Jackson Zownslip about six
miles east of Emporia. He has since purchased additional land, and now has 400 acres in
his farm, upon which he has placed valuable improvements, including a commodious stone
dwelling and necessary farm buildings and an orchard of about 350 apple trees and 100
peach trees, now bearing, besides other fruits. He has about fifty acres of timber land, 120
acres under cultivation, and uses remainder for grazing and hay. He raises some cattle,
horses and hogs, and feeds some cattle, using all his crops, which are principally corn and
oats. He has resided upon his farm since his settlement with the exception of the years
from 1860 to 1866, during three years of which time he was residing in Topeka, the re-
mainder out of the State, in Pennsylvania and Colorado. Mr. Hunter is a member of the
United Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican in politics and, though he never has
sought office, he has been several times elected to local offices. He has never married. His
younger brother, Anderson M., who is married, is connected with him in the operation of

e farm. ‘

JACOB JACOB, SRr., farmer, Section 9, Township 19, Range 13. Be O. Neosho Rapids,
was born in Berne, Switzerland, December 24,1815, Came to the United States with his
parents in 1833, locatingin Monroe County, Ohio. For several years he was engaged in
coal mining, and afterwards engaged in steamboating on the Ohio River. In 1845, he re-
moved to Johnson County, Iowa, where he remained seventeen years, most of the time en-
gaged in farming, In 1862, hecame to Kansas, locating in Jackson Township upon a farm,
of 160 acres, which he had purchased the year previous, He has ever since operated this

_farm, to which he has added, by subsequent vurchase, ten acres of tinber land. In 1862,
he built a log cabin, which is still standing, and now used for a warehouse, and in 1871, he
-built a fine, large frame dwelling house, and has made other valuable improvements on the
farm, including an orchard of about 275 appletrees, now bearing, about 100 trees of other
fruits and 500 fine vines. He raises cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops to his own stock.
Mr. Jacob is well pleased with Kansas, having come here with little, and since acquired
him sufficient to assure him a season of rest, without anxiety, in his oldage. He married
Miss Elizabeth Roth, of Wheeling, Va,, February 16, 1842, by which marriage he has had
ten children, of whom John Jacob, Jr., Wilhelm, Cbristian, Henry, Samuel and Mary Ann
Elizabeth are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob are members of the Evangelical Church.

N_ JACOB, farmer, Section 8, Township 19, Range 13, P.O. Neosho Rapids, was
born at Wheeling, Va., May 3, 1843. Two years later his parents removed to Johnson
County, Iowa, where they remained upon a farm until the spring of 1862, when they came
to Kansas, driving through byteam. The subject of this sketch remained with his father,
upon his farm in Jackson Township, until after marriage. During the War of the Rebellion
he was engaged for about two years in freighting for the Government between Emporia
and Fort Gibson, Indian Ter. After his marriage he farmed_rented land for two years,
then bought eighty acres of partly improved land, situated on Dry Creek, in Jackson Town-
ship. He has since purchased land adjoining, so thathe now has in his farm 240 acres,
upon which he has placed valuable improvements, including a good dwelling and necessary
farm buildings, and an orchard of 155 trees. He raises cattle and_hogs, feeding all his
cropsto his own stock. Mr. Jacob has been a member of the School Board, and Treasurer
of .the same five or six years. He married Miss Margaret J. Runnion, of Cedar County,
Iowa, December 25, 1866, She died October 17, 1872, after bearing him two children, of
whom Nellie E.is now living. He married Miss Martha Shafer, of Jackson Township,
March 19, 1877, by whom he has one child—Harry E.

MAURICE MULCONNERY, farmer, Section 28, Township 19, Range 13, P. O. Neosho
Rapids, was born in the County of Tipperary, Ireland, March 12, 1826. ame to the United
States in 1847, and for the nextten years he was engaged in railroad construction, prin-
cipally in New York and Pennsylvania. In 1857, he settled in Jones County, Iowa, and
bought a farm of 200 acres. In addition to the operation of this farm, he was for thirteen
peas engaged in railroad contracting, in Iowa. Inthe spring of 1870, he came to Kansas,

ocating in Jackson Township, east of and adjoining the town site of Neosho Rapids. He
bought at that time 800 acres of lanu, to which he has added, by subsequent purchases, 480
acres, allof which henow farms. He has made valuable improvements upon his farm.
-including a fine and commodious dwelling, and necessary farm buildings.
of about 200 fruit trees. Heis largely engaged inraising cattle and hogs, feedin
erops, which are principally corn, to his own stocky In the spring of 1883, he ha
tractfor one and a half miles of heavy rock work, on fhe Kansas Cit;
near Neosho Rapids. He married Miss Catharine McCabe, of Galena, [ll., August 13, 1857,
by which marriage he has had twelve children, of whom Michael J., John S., Annie T.,
Nellie A., Catharine, James P. and Margaret J. are living. Mr. and Mrs, Mulconnery are
members of, the Catholic Church. i

MICHAEL MYERS, farmer, Section 16, P.O. Emporia, was born in Fayette County,
Pa., January 4, 1838. He removed with his parents to Iowa, in the fall of 1854. There were,
in the party of immigrants, about twenty families. They were stricken with cholera at Du-
buque, and went into Wisconsin, where the parents and a sister of Mr. Myers died of the
dreadful disease. He remained with the larger portion of the colony, and settled in Black-
hawk County, Iowa, in the spring of 1855. Inthe spring of 1857 he came to Kansas, In
the following year he entered a claim of 120 acres of school land in Jackson Township, five
miles southeast of Emporia. He has since purchased ten acres of timber land on the Neo-
sho. Hecontinued his farming operations until] May, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in
Company H, Second Regiment, Kansas Infantry, for three months, but was kept in service
about seven months, when he was discharged; and again enlisted for three years, in Com-
pany A, Second Regiment, Kansas Cavalry. He was wounded at the battle of Wilson’s Creek,
disabling him from heavy duty for several months. He afterwards participated in all the
engagements in which his company took part, He was nfustered out of service at Little Rock,
Ark. in May, 1865, and returned to Emporia, engaging in various business enterprises unti
1873, when he married and settled upon his farm, which he has since continued to operate,
His principal crop is corn; also raises cattle and hogs. Heisa member of the Church of
United Brethren. Married Miss Mary M. Overly, daughter of Avram Overly, an old settler
and prominent citizen of Jackson Township, by which marriage he has had four children—
Abram O., Carrie D., Frederick E., and Viola F., all now living.

’ SAMUEL OGDEN, deceased, was one of the early settlers of Neosho Valley, having
located on the Neosho River, about two and a half miles northwest of the present site of Ne-
osho Rapids, in May, 1857. He was born March 14, 1818, at Dayton, Ohio, While young his
parents removed to Fountain County, Ind., where he was raised upon a farm, and resided
until after his marriage. He owned and operated afarm in Fountain County, until 1850
when he sold his property in Indiana and removed to Dallas County, lowa,where he bought
a farm and engaged in farming, remalning there until he came to Kansas. Here he bought
aclaim of 160 acres, which he afterwards pre-empted, and subsequently purchased addi-
tional land. He owned, atthe time of his death, about 250 acres, upon which he had made
valuable improvements. Since his death, which occurred November 16, 1867, his widow
has made additional improvements, including a commodious dwelling house, good barn,
and an orchard of about 150 trees, She now operates the farm, assiste by her two young-
est sons, She raises some cattle and hogs, and feeds some cattle besides, Her principal cro

Ogden married Miss Susannah Lighty, of Fountain County, Ind., March 12,

1846. They had eleven children, of whom eight survived him, and seven are’ now living—

Elvina M., Demaris J., Marquis DeL., Irving M., «rances A., Laura E., and Quincy B.

JAMES O'TOOLE, farmer, Section 33, fownship 19, Range 13, P.O. Neosho Rapids,
was born inthe County of Galway, Ireland, March 17, 1828. Cameto the United States in
1839, locating in Norfolk County, Mass., where he remained until he was twenty years old.
then went to California and remained two years. He then returned to Norfolk County and
engaged as a farm laborer, and in carpet making until 1853, when he bought a small farm
at South Dedham, which he vperated until 1858, when he traded his Massachusetts proper-
ty for a farm of eighty acres in Jones County, Iowa, and removed there. He soon after
boughreighty acres adjoining, and farmed this land for five years. He then sold it and
pought animproved farm of 240 acresinthe same county, This farm he operated until
1869, when he sold itand came to Kansas. In the fall of that year he located at Lawrence,
where he bought some town property and a farm of 280 acres. He putin crop the follow-
ing year, but before harvest sold the property, including the growing crop, and removed to
Jackson'Township. Here he bought 400 acres of unimproved land, situated southeast of
and adjoining the town site of Neosho Rapids, which he began at once toimprove, In 1879

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e sold part of this farm, including buildings and an orchard of twelve acres, and built upon
Det oreae location a fine farm dwelling, barn, corn-crib, sheds, etc, He has made several
purchases and some sales of land since his location here, and now owns and operates a farm
of 1,280 acres, He raises many cattle and hogs. Principal crops are corn and wheat. Mr.
O’Toole raised upon his farm the tallest corn stalks exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition at
Philadelphia in 1876; each of the three stalks exhibited bore two ears of corn, which were
ten feet or more froni the ground, the average height of the stalks being seventeen feet four
inches. Mr. O’Toole now has upon his farm an orchard of 1,100 apple trees, besides other
fruits. He married Miss Ellen Donohoe, of South Dedham, Mass., September 6, 1853, by
which marriage he has had eleven children, of whom Thomas E., James D., John, Ellen,
Henry, Annie, Michael and Patrick are now living. Mr. and Mrs. O'Toole are members of
the Catholic Church.

ANDREW J. RICHMOND, merchant, was born August 11, 1841, at Cleveland, Ohio.
He attended the common schools until about sixteen years of age, when he went across the
plains to Salt Lake City with a Government contractor, Shortly after his return he re-
moved to Noble County, Ind., where he remained until December, 1861, when he enlisted
as First Sergeant of Company I, Forty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. Was assigned
‘o the Fifteenth Army Corps, and served inthe Army of the Cumberland. Participated in
he battles of Luka and Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg. He was wounded at Vicksburg
n June, 1863, and sent to the hospital at Jackson, Tenn., from which he was discharged for
disability January 2, 1864. Hethenreturnedto Noble County, and ashort time after, in
he summer of 1864, came to Kansas. First located at Ottawa, but being still disabled by
his wound he engaged in no business until the fall of 1865, when he removed to Neosho
Rapids, built a store and bougiit a stock of drugs and groceries. Remained in business here
three years, then sold out and went tothe Indian Territory, where for the next three years
he was engaged in trading with the Indians and in horse dealing. In 1871 he returned to
Kansas and engaged In the drug business at Osage City, in which he continued about ten
years. He held the office of City Marshal of Osage City one year during this time. In April,
1881, he sold his drug business and removed to Neosho Rapids. He bought the store built
by him in 1865, together with the stock of goods in it, and has since continued in business
here, dealing in drugs and groceries, His isthe only drug store inthe village. Mr. Rich-
mond is a member of the order of A., F. & A.M. He married Miss Minnie B, Johnson, of
Ottawa, February 22, 1866, by whom he has three children—Hattie E., Mattie and Guy E.,

I living. >
3 AED ROBERTS, miller, was born February 26, 1829, in the county of Cornwall,
England, and came to the United States in July, 1845. He located in Iowa County, Wis.,
where he was engaged inthe lead mines until the fall of 1848, when he removed to Penn-
sylvania and remained about one year engaged in mining. The next year he passed in
Western Virginia and Tennessee, and the two years following he was in the copper minin;
district of Lake Superior. In 1852 he went to California, where for about five and a ha

ears he was engaged in the gold mines. The next six gars he was engaged in the cattle
business in California, whence he went to Nevada in 1863, taking with him about 1,200 head

i uutil September, 1866, when he sold out his cattle

e remained there about a year, dealing in sheep;
his old home in Wisconsin, he came to Kansas.
In May, 1868, he located at Neosho Rapids and bought an interest in the Neosbo Rapids
Mills. ‘He has ever since been engaged in the milling business. Present style of firm is
Roberts & Jones. who operate a flouring and saw-mill run by. water-power secured by the
fall of several feet in the Neosho River at this point. Mr, Roberts has since purchased one
farm of seventy-three acres and another of seventy-five acres, both of which he rents, He
has been a director of the Emporia National Bank since its organization, in 1873, and had
Deen a director of the bank previous to that time under its State charter. He is a member
of the order of A., F.& A.M. He married Miss Mary Anna James, of Dodgeville, Wis.,
June 29, 1868, by which marriage he has had seven children, of whom Nellie A., Alicia B.,
Alfred B., James L., Mabel J. and Thomas H. are living: 7

EDWARD A. ROBINSON, ‘farmer _and stock dealer, P.O. Neosho Rapids, was born
October 20, 1852 in Lawrence County, Pa. When he was about five years old his parents
removed to Grundy County, IlJl., where he was raised upona farm, He was educated in the
common schools of Grundy County and at the Morris Classical Institute. In the spring of
1877 he came to Kansas, locating first at Emporia. In the fall of that year he bought 160
acres of unimproved land, situated on Plumb Creek, in Fremont Township, which he
improved and resided upon four years, In the fall of 1881 he sold this farm, and in the
spring of 1882 located at Neosho Rapids,where he bought a town residence ard 100 acres of
improved land. He farms this land and 1s also engaged in buying and selling cattle and
hogs, being the only cattle dealer in the village. e married January 27; 1880. Miss
Emma Williams, who was born and then resided in Grundy County, Il.

JOHN P, TOLFORD, merchant, was born June 25, 1850, in OrleansCounty, N. Y., where
his early life was spent. In the spring of 1867, hecame to Kansas with his parents. His
father, Charles Tolford, located at Neosho Kapids, and followed farming one year upon land
purchased that spring and previous. In 1868 he bought a store at Neosha Rapids, and a
pengral stock of merchandise, and engaged in mercantile life, in wh ch be continued until
his death in March, 1880. With the exception of three years, spent partly in Michigan ana
partly in Georgia, the subject of this sketch has been in this State since 1868, being in part-
nership with his father three years previous to his death, and sole proprietor since, having
purchased of the estate his late father’sinterest. Hecarries a general stock of dry goods, -
receries, clothing, boots and shoes, etc. He has the largest store, and does the heaviest

usiness in his line in the village. Mr. Tolford isa member of the Neosha Rapids Lodge,
No. 2555 K. of H. Hehas held the office of Treasurer of Jackson Township three years.
Has been a member of the School Board, and Treasurer of the same six years. He married
Miss Anna Nelson, of Jackson Township, by which marriage he has one child—Charles H.

DAVID VANGUNDY, farmer, Section 24, Township 19, Range 12, P. O. Neosho Rapius,
was born in Ross County, Ohio, June 28, 1819. Thirteen years later his parents removed to
Fountain County, Ind., where Mr, Vangundy remained until 1849, when he removed to IIli-
nois, whence, three years later, he went to Texas, where le remained about two years. He
then started for California, but, reaching Fort Gibson, I dian Ter., too late for emigra-
tion, he engaged in trading with the Indians, and in the spring of 1855 he came to Kansas.
He was one of the first settlers of the Neosho Valley, locating upon that river, about two ,
miles below the confluence of the Cottonwood River, where hetook aclaim of 160 acres of
land, which he afterwards pre-empted, and hasever since farmed. He has made valualije
improvements on this farm, including the necessary farm buildings and an orchard of 1,200
apple trees, 400 of whicn are bearing fruit, 500 peach trees and others of smaller fruits.

e raises cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops to his own-stock. During the bloody days of
early Kansas a daughter, of Mr. Vangundy was killed, under the following circumstances:
A party of Free-state men, who were on araid, came through this county, committing acts
of robbery and rapine at different points, Arriving at the house of Christian Carver to
whom she was married, they demanded admittance, but as he showed signs of resistance,
and was slow in opening the door, they commenced firing through the chinks of the log
cabin in which they resided. One of the charges, cousisting of two small balls or buckshot,
entered her side, while she was Siting u p in bed, and from the effects of this wound she
died three days later, on September 17, 1856. The robbers continued on their raid through
the county, committing acts of. violence and robbery at different points, and were never ap-
prehended or punished. The last dying request of Mrs. Carver to her father and husband
was that they refrain from seeking any revenge for her death. She expressed a readiness
to die and forgiveness to her murderers. Mr. Vangundy is a member of the Methodist Pro-
testant Church, He is also a member of the Order of A., F. & A. M, and a member of Chi-
cago Mound Grange, P. of I1., and of two temperance societies. He married Miss Isabella
Taylor, of Fountain County, Ind., in 1839. She died in 186%. after bearing him nine chil-
dren, of whom William Franklin, Johu C., Rachel, Joseph T. and Melissa are now living.
He married Miss Emily M. Brown, of Indianapolis, Ind., November 23, 1871 by whom he
has six children—Guy, Ell, May, Hugh, Ina and Lee, all living.

DANIEL L. WARD, farmer, Section 35, Township 18, Range 12, P.O. Emporia, was
born August 6, 1816, in Canada, near the Vermont line, and claims that State as his native
State, as he was there raised, He learned the trade of millwright, and, together with farm-
ing, worked at his trade until he left the State for Ohio, where he remained six years, en-
ater at his trade and carpentering. The next two years he resided in Dundee, ite where

16 became acquainted with his wife, and shortly after his marriage, he went to Wisconsin.
He remained in that State, engaged in millwrighting, from 1847 until he came to Kansas in
duly, 1857. He settled in Lyon County, pre-empting 160 acres of land, situated on Badger
Creek, in Jackson Township, about six miles.west and two miles north of Emporia. He was
the first settler on Badger Creek, and has ever since resided upon his homestead. He has
made valuable improvements upon his farm, including a substantial stone dwelling, built
about ten years ago, barn, and other farm builuings. Ais principal crop is corn, but the
greatest product of his farm is fruit. He has one of the finest orchards in the county, con-
taining about 700 bearing apple trees, and 200 peach trees, besides grapes, raspberries,
blackberries and other fruits. Mr. Ward is an ardent aud outspoken Repubiiean, and has
held to the faith ever since the organization of that party. He held the office of Commis-
sioner of ron County three terms of two years each. Has been a Justice of the Peace two
years, ang has held minor local offices, He married Miss Catherine W. Applebee, of Dun-
dee, Ill,, May 17, 1847, by which marriage he has had five children, of whom Hattie, Frank
eerie? .

ELISHA T. i, farmer and sheep raiser, Section 83, Township 19, Range 13, P, O.
Neosho Rapids, was born in Orleans County, Vt., October 28, 1838 Ais father, Satiaiea
White, was a farmer and lumber dealer. When eleven years of age the subject of this sketch
began work in astore in Charlestown, in his native county, and followed this occupation
with Intervals of attendance at school and work in his father’s lymber yards until he came
to Kansas. In December, 1868, he arrived at Topeka, where hetemained until the spring
of 1869, when his father bought a farm northwest of and adjoinin
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until 1872. He then removed to Osage County, where he remained about a year, dealing in
horses and cattle. Hethen returned to Neosho Rapids and operated one of his father’s
farms for about four years, He then traded for a farm situated between the Cottonwood
and Neosho Rivers, which he operated two earee He then sola it and resided for the next
ear in the village of Neosho Rapids. Then in the spring of 1880 he removed upon a
arm of 240 acres, situated southeast of and adjoining the town site, which was pre-
sented to him by his father. He hassince purchased an additional 160 acres, so that he now
has in his farm 400 acres, This farm is well Improved, having upon it a commodious
dwelling, barn, sheds and other farm buildings, and an orchard of about 1,400 apple trees,
besides Some of other fruits. About 125 acres of the land is under cultivation, the re-
mainder being used for hay and grazing purposes. His pring! al cropiscorn, He is quite
extensively engaged in sheep raising, keeping from 1,200 to 1.500 sheep. He married Miss
Mattie J. Semans, of Neosho_Rapids, January 11, 1872, by whom he has four children—
Frankie E., Laura L. Clyde QO. and an infant unnamed.
WILLIAM H. WYCKOFF, tarmer and grain and hay dealer and shipper, Section 26
19, Range 12, P.O. Emporia, was born in Somerset County, N.J., September 20,
1850. About fifteen years later his parents removed to Fulton County, Ill., where his father
engaged in farming; and where the subject of this sketch remained until he came to Kansas.
After attaining his majority he learned the trade of carriage and wagon making, in which,
together with farming, he was engaged until the spring of 1879, when he located in Jackson
Township and purchased an improved farm of 335 acres, situated half a mile south of the
Neosho River and two and a half miles west of Neosho Rapids, which he has since oper-
ated. He has made additional improvements upon this farm, including an addition to the
dwelling. new barn and corn cribs, and a warehouse for pressing hay and storing grain,
and planted an orchard of about 100 trees. The Missouri Pacific Railway has upon his farm,
through which it runs, & Gepot called Alda Station, from which he ships pressed hay and
grain. He raises some cattle and hogs; raises some corn, but uses most of his land for hay
purposes: He is a member of the Reformed Church, He married Miss Susie J. Herder, of
‘airview, Fulton County., March 12, 1868, by which marriage he has had two children, of
whom Courtland Voorhees is living.

Townshi

READING.

Reading is a pleasant little village of 150 inhabitants, and is located on
rolling prairie, fifteen miles northeast of Emporia and fourteen miles south-
west of Osage City, on the A., T. & S, Fe Railway, and two miles south of the
Marais des Cygnes River,

EARLY HISTORY.

A tract of land on which Reading is now located was in 1870 owned by
McMann & Co., of Reading, Pa. On the building of the A.. T & S. Fe Rail-
way, James Fagan, agent for the lands, and T. J. Peter and M.S, Sargent, who
represented the railroad interest, organized a town company, with James Fagan
as president. A town site of sixty acres on Section 3, Township 18, Range 13,
was laid off and called Reading, in honor of a town of that name in Pennsyl-
vania, and during the summer of 1870, when the town site was laid off, a depot
was built, a few dwelling houses, a store building, erected by Bothel & Buns,
in which was also kept the postoffice ; a drug store was opened by a Mr. Pier-
son; Mr. Coleman started a tinshop; D. L. Pettinger, who erected many of the
first buildings, located as a resident carpenter; James Fagan sunk a town well,
which supplied the inhabitants with water.

* The postoffice, which was established in the summer of 1870, was made a
money order office, October 7, 1882,~T. C. Biddle purchasing the first money
order. It receives four mails a day, and is a “Star Route” office, having a route
to Williamsburg, Franklin County. J. M. Stevenson, present Postmaster.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

Prior to the settlement of Reading, there were about ten Catholic families
in its vicinity, who were supplied by a priest from Topeka who held monthly
services at the house of James Fagan until 1870, when a frame church edifice
was built. Since that time they were supplied by Father Perry, of Emporia,
until 1880, when Father D. Mier, of Emporia, took charge.

First Congregational Church.—Was organized in 1874 with seventeen mem-
bers, by Rev. D. Phillips. The first services were held in the old United Pres-
byterian Church, which was purchased in 1875 Ly the Congregationalists. The
building is a small frame structure, 20x34,. but answers the purpose. Mr,
Phillips remained eighteen months, arid was six months later succeeded by Rev.
W. C. Walkup, who was in turn succeeded by Revs. L. Newcomb and J. Feem-
ster, Rev. M. H. Smith being the present pastor. Present membership, 113.

Methodist Episcopal Church, Dunlap Cirvcuit.—An organization of this de-
nomination was effected February 12, 1880, with thirteen members, by the Rev.
H, J. Coker. In March, 1881, it was re organized in Reading by Revs. J. W.
Anderson and A. Buckner. A parsonage was built during the summer of the
same year. Present board of trustees (1882) J. A. Stratton, E. A. Edson, J.
Swinkins, M. W. Stratton, J. T. Wright. The old board of trustees was found
to be illegally organized, and a new board was elected and organized, and a
new charter obtained January 11, 1883. The members of the new board are
W. H. Severy, Thomas C. Biddle, Henry Jacoby, G. D. Patten, James F.
Wright, Eli Patterson, M. W. Stratton, J. A. Stratton, A. M, Eidson, The
society will erect a fine new church edifice the comingsummer. Regular meet-
ings are held on alternate Sabbaths, in the schoolhouse. Present number of
members, twenty-four. . Ne ol ;

Reading Lodge No. 201, I, 0. O. F.—Was organized in May, 1882, with
twelve members. Its officers are H. F. Holmes, N. G.; A. H. Bryan, V. G;
W. Davis, P. S.; H. W. Bryan, Treas.; L. D. Hultz, Sec’y. Regular meetings
are held every Friday evening, in Postoffice building. Present membership,
twenty-two. .

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—READING TOWNSHIP.

JOHN CHATTERTON, farmer, Section 12, Township 17, Range 12, P. O. Ivy, was born
June 30, 1844, in Clark County, Ohio, where his youth was spent. He received a common
schooleducation. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company I, One Hundred and
Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, was assigned to the Third Division of the Sixth Army
Corps, and participated inthe battle of Winchester, June 13 and 15, 1863, being taken pri-
soner on the 15th. After remaining in the rebel prison at Belle Isle, Richmond, five weeks,
he was paroled and sent to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md. Two months later he was ex-
changed and rejoined his company, afterwards participating in the following battles and
engagements: Locust Grove, November 27, 1863; Mine Run, November 28; The Wilder-
ness, May 5 to 11, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 12 to 21; Gaines Mills, May 30 and 31; Coal
Harbor, June 1 to 12; Bermuda Hundred, June 14; Petersburg, June 22 and 23: Monocacy,
July 9; Charlestown, Va., August 21; Smithfield, August 29; Winchester, September 19;
Flint Hill, September 21; Fisher’s Hill, September 22; Cedar Creek, October 19. He was
mustered out of service at Washington, D. C.,in July, 1865. He then returned-to Clark
County,and engaged in farming,in which he continued until he came to Kansas in the spring
of 1872. He bought eighty acres of land,situated on Elm Creek, in Reading Township,which
he improved and farmed one year, and in the spring of 1873 he bought eighty acres in
the same township, which he has ever since resided upon. He has since made additional
purchases, so that the home farm now contaius 535 acres, Upon this he has made valuable
improvements, including a commodious dwelling house, barn, corn cribs and other farm
buildings, and has planted an orchard, His principal crop iscorn, He is also engaged in

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ralsing cattle and hogs. Mr. Chatterton married Miss Alice A. Frazier, of Reading Town-
ship, July 19, 1876, by which marriage he has two children, Harry T. and Hattie A.

JOHN DICKSON, farmer, Section 7, Township 17, Range 13, P. O. Reading, was born in
Bornehelme, Denmark, June 17, 1837. Caime to the ‘United States in 1861, locating in Illi-
nois, from which State he enlisted in August, 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and Fourth
Regiment Illinois Volunteer. Was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and in their
first engagement, at Hartsville, Tenn., December 7%, 1862, almost the entire regiment, in-
cluding Mr. D., were captured by John Morgan. They were soon after paroled. by en.
Bragg, and were sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, from which point they received leave of absence
to return home. After the expiration of its leave the regiment was sent to duty guarding
rebel prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago, The severe winter weather and exposure so
broke down the health and constitution of Mr. D, that he was transferred to the Second
Regiment United States Invalid Corps, and served the ren:ainder of his term of enlistment
in Chicago, most of the time at the city hospital. Was discharged in Seplember, 1865, and
soon after he went into the dairy business at Peru, II], Continued in this business until the
spring of 1880, when he made a visit to his native country, and upon his return in the fall
of 1880, he came to Kansas, located in Lyon County and purchased 300 acres of unim-

roved, situated on One Hundred and Forty-second Creek, in Reading Township, to which

e@ has added b: subsequent purchase 160 acres adjoining. He has all his land fenced, and
sixty acres under cultivation. Principal cropiscorn. Raises some cattle and hogs. Has
made valuable improvements upon the farm, including dwelling and necessary farm build-
ings and an orchard, He married Miss Catharine M. Dahl, of Peru,March 15, 1880, by whom
he has had one child, Mary M. Mr. and Mrs. Dickson are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Reading.

WILLIAM H. DOUGLASS, farmer and stock dealer, Section 34, Township 17, Range
13, P. O. Reading, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., March 30, 1828. When he was five
years old his parents removed to St. Joseph County, Mich., where he was brought up ona
farm and received a common school education. After attaining his majority he engaged in
farming, in which he continued until 1865, when he engaged in the livery business, and
dealing in produce in St. Joseph County. He cameto Kansas in the fall of 1869, locat: ng on
the Marais des Cygnes River, in Osage County, where he One nG afarm, which he sold the
following August, and removed to his present location. He then bought an improved farm -
of 320 acres, north of and adjoining the town site of Reading. He bas since purchased 1,600
acres of unimproved land about two miles south of Reading, which he uses for grazing. He is
extensively engaged in feeding and dealing in cattle and hogs; has on an average about 400
head of cattle. All of his home farm is under cultivation, his principal crop being corn.

Mr. Douglass has held the office of Treasurer of Reading Township seven years, and has
held other local offices. He married Miss Ellen Hill, of White Pigeon, Mich., February 20,
1851, by whom he has three children—Charles W.,-Frank and Jennie, all living.

DR. ANSEL M. EIDSON, Section 36, Township 17, Range 14, P. O. Reading, was born
April 13, 1846, at Peru, Ind. He early evinced a taste for study, and when twelve years old
left the District schools of his native town for a more advanced institution at Valparaiso,

d., where, with three years’ study, he obtained a complete classical course. The opening

d, at the age of fifteen he entered the army as a private,

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of the Rebellion found him here, an
Company K, Second Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, in the the fall of 1861. Fifteen months
later, having developed a taste for and knowledge of surgery and medicine, he was appoint-
ed Assistant Surgeon of his Regiment, and served the remainder of the term of enlistment
of the regiment in the performance of the duties of his office, in the hospital and upon the
field. He was mustered out of service in the fall of 1864, and soon after entered the office
of Drs, Shultz & Taylor, at Logansport, Ind., and in completion of his medical studies he at- .
tended two full courses of lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, Ohio,
from which institution he graduated tn February, 1869. Previous to graduation, he prac-
ticed about two yearsin Delphi, Ind. He came to Kansas in October, 1869, locating at
Topeka, where his skill and ability soon gained for him an extensive and lucrative practice.
Attracted by his reputation in the treatment of surgical and chronic cases, many came long
distances from this and other States to be benefited by his skill. Dr. Eidson. was one of the
prime movers in the formation and successful establishment of the Kansas Eclectic Medi-
cal Association, which was chartered im 1871, and for eleven years after he was the Secre-
tary of the Association. The duties of this office and the extensive practice he had acquired
had so encroached upon his health, that in the spring of 1881, he relinquished his practice
at Topeka, and with the hope of regaining his health and vigor he removed to his present
location and engaged in farming and stock raising. His farin is situated on the Marais des
Cygnes River, in Osage County, two miles east of Reading, and contains 880 acres of fine
land, 350 acres being bottom Jand. He bas about 300 acres under cultivation and uses the
remainder fur hay and grazing. Allhislandis fenced. Dr. Eidson pays special attention
to the breeding of thoroughbred cattle and hogs and an excellent strain of inbred Hamble-
tonian horses, He hasat the head of his steed, Boniface, a bay horse foaled in 1880, bred in
Kentucky. Hehasa very fine pedigree of the Hambietonian and Mambrino family, and is
expected to makea good trotter. At the head of his herd is a red male, of the Mrs. Mott
family, and a red male of the Red Rose family. He has also females of the Strawberry, Red
Rose, Mrs. Mott, Lady Elizabeth, Lady Fairy and Tarrik families. His hogs are of the Jer-
sey, Poland-China and Red Berkshire breeds. He has made very extensive improvements
upon his farm, and has unbounded facilities for the purposes of stock breeding. He has
erected a fine dwelling and is surrounded with the evidences of his cultivation and refine-
ment. Dr. Eidson is one of the board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Reading, of which he isa member. Heis a member of Topeka Chapter, No. 17, A., F. & A.
M.,, also a member of Topeka Lodge, No. 40,1.0.0.F.

ED. PERCIVAL FRYE, farmer, Section 3, Township 18, Range 13, P, O. Reading,
was born in Cornwall, England, November 17,1855. Came to the United States in 1871
and to Kansas the same year. - He located in Lyon County and engaged in farming. In 1877
he bought an improved farm of eighty-five acres situated on Duck Creek, in Reading Town-
ship. This he cultivated until the fall of 1880, when he sold itand removed to his present
location, south of, and adjoining the town site of Reading, where he has a farm of 140
acres of land, upon which be has made valuable improvements, including a good dwelling
house, and necessary farm buildings. He raises some cattle and hogs, feeding all his crop
to his own stock. He has sixty-five acres under cultivation and uses the remainder for:graz-
ing purpeses. Mr. Frye is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Reading. He
is now Serving his third official term as Clerk of Reading Township. He married Miss Mary
Jane Jacoby, of Reading, September 3, 1879, by whom he has two children—Henry P. and

ohn.
._ HUGH F. HOLMES, farmer, Section 17, Township 17, Range 13, P. 0. Reading, was
born December 17, 1845, in the County of Down, Ireland. Came to the United States in
1850, with his parents, who located at Williamsport, Penn., where the subject of this sketch
remained u"til he came to Kausas, in the summer of 1869. He located in Lyon County, and
urchased 250 acres of unimproved land, situated on One Hundred and Forty-second Creek,
Tn Reading Township. He hassince purchased 250 acres additional, in the same township.
Has about 100 acres under cultivation, the remainder being used for hay and grazing. He has
made valuable improvements upon the home farm, including a commodious dwelling, barn,
corn crib, sheds, ete., and an orchard of 500 apple and 1,000 budded peach trees of different
varieties, besides other fruits. Corn is his pr ncipal crop. He is also sulte, extensively engaged
in stock raising and feeding. Mr. Holmes is a member of Reading Lodge, No. 201, I.0.0.F.,
also a member of Emporia Lodge, No. 2, A.O. U. W. He held the office of Trustee of Read-
ing Township from 1871 to 1880, inclusive, resigning in fall of latter year. Was elected
Commissioner of Lyon County in November, 1880, which office he held two years. He
married Miss Amanda J. Beck, of Emporia, December 25, 1879, by whom he has two chil-
fren Mary F. and Susan J. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes are members of the Methodist Episco-
al Church. ' '
e THOMAS B. JONES, deceased, was bornin South Wales, August 10, 1813. He came to the
United States in 1861 and forten years was engaged in mining in Luzerne County.Pa. He came
to Kansas in the spriug of 1871, and located or thefeast line of Lyon County. He bought 160
acres of land, which he improved and continued to cullivate until his death, in November,
1874. He was married twice, his first wife leaviug no children. By his second wife, Miss
Mary Powell, of South Wales, he had nine children, of whom John C., Samuel T., Mary
Jennette, Jennie, Bessie and Thomas B. are living. Since his death his widow has operated
the farm, to which she has added, by subsequent purchase, 640 acres, She has made valua-
ble improvements upon the place, including a new and commodious dwelling, good barn,
and other farm buildings and an orchard of five acres. She raises and feeds cattle and
hogs. Principal crop is corn, About 160 acres of the farm is under cultivation, the re-
mainder being used for hay and grazing. The children are all married, except John C.,
who isin Arizona, and Jennie and Thomas B., who reside upon the home farm with their
mother.
JOHN QUINCY KISER, farmer and stock dealex, Section 4, Township 17, Range 13,
Pp. O. Reading, was born October 13, 1826, in Rockingham County, Va. hen be was six
ears old, his-parents removed to Montgomery County, Ohio, and seven years later they
ocated in Logan County, Ohio, Here the subject of this sketch remained until he attained
his majority. 1n 1849, he went to California by tbe overland route, driving ap ox team.
being five months on the road from Independence, Mo., to Sacramento. Here he engaged
in mining and in hunting game for the mining camps for a time, then turned Boniface and
kept the “Twenty-six-mile House” at Knight’s Ferry. He returned to Ohio in 1851, with
the intention of going back to California, but his marriage changed his plans, and he went
i to the live stock business in Van Wert County, Ohio, This not proving an entire success,
he removed to Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1853, and_engaged iu farming. Here he madea
guecess raising wheat, and enlarged his farm from 95 to 400 acres, He remained in Dane
County, until he came to Kansas, inthe spring of 1870. He was one of the first settlers upon
the Sac and Fox reserve lands, then just opened for settlement. He bought 960 acres of
this land, situated on Elm Creek, in Reading Township, and at once commenced to make
improvements. He has s nce sold some of the original purchase and has bought other
lands, and now has in his farm 760 acres, of which about 150 acres is timberland, About
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350 acres of his farm is under cultivation, the remainder being used for hay and grazing.

. He is quite extensively engaged in raising and feeding cattle and hogs, keéping onan aver-

age about 250 head of cattle. His principal cropiscorn. He has an orchard of about 200
apple and 100 poacn Gress, besides other fruits. Mr, Kiser is a member of Martha Wash-
0.

ington Lodg , K. . of H. He married Miss Rebecca McConnell, of Montgomery
County, Ohio, February, 1852, by which marriage he has had nine children, of whom Wil-
liam T., Mary, Ida, George, Sadie, Jefferson M., Nancy and Hattie, are living.

DAVID NICKEL, farmer and stock dealer, P.O. R
County, Indiana, where he was brought up ona farm and remained until he was about
twenty-six years old, when he removed to Edgar County, Illinois, and engaged in farming
and stock dealing, in which he continued until he came to Kansas, in the fall of 1868. He
loca"ed in Osage County and bought 800 acres of unimproved land, which he commenced at
once toimprove, He has since made additional purchases of land in Osage and Lyon coun-
ties, and now owns 2,000 acres. Thisis divided into two farms upon each af which ke has
erected dwelling house, barn, and necessary farm buildings, made orchards and other val-
uable improvements. He is extensively engaged in raising and feeding cattle and hogs.
Has at present about 350 head of cattle. In the Spring of 1888, he removed from the home
farm toa residence in the village of Reading, which he purchased the previous year, hav-
ing taken a partner, to be relieved of a part of his care and labor. Mr. Nickel is a member
of Reading Lodge, No. 201, I. 0. O. F. Hemarried Miss Sophia Rush, of Vermillion
County, Ind., January 17, 1850, by which marriage he has had five children,of whom Laura,
Margaret E., Joseph A. and Alonzo U., are living.
GEORGE D. PATTEN, farmer and stock dealer, Section 16, Township 17, Range 13, P.
O. Reading, was born August 10, 1847, in Morgan County, Ohio. hen he was about three
ears old his parents removed to Hamilton Jounty, Ind., whence they removed to Jasper
ounty, Lowa, five years later. Here the subject of this sketch received his education, and
remained upon a farm until January 4, 1864, when he enlisted as a private in company K,
Twenty-eighth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Was assigned tothe Department of the Gulf,
and participated inthe Red River campaign, under Gen. Banks. The following July he
was transferred to the command of Gen. Sheridan, in the Shenandoah Valley, and partici-
pated in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek, and Fisher’s Hill, besides several light en-
gagements and skirmishes. From here the regiment was sent to Savannah, Ga., where
they remained until the close of the war gathering up Government supplies and abandoned
property of the Confederates. Mr. Patten was mustered out August 12, 1865. He then re-
turned to the home farm in Iowa, where he remained until he came to Kansas, in July,
1868. In all farming and business ventures since he came to Kansas his brother Charles
has been connected with him. Charles C. was born in Hamilton County, Ind., January 3,
1851; is unmarried and resides with George D. upon the home farm. Member A., F. & A.
mM. Located in Osage County, and remained there upona rented farm for three years.
Then bought a farm in the same county, which they operated until January, 1880, when
they sold it and removed to their present location in Lyon County. They then bought 800
acres of partly improved land, situated on ornear One Hundred and Borty second Creek, in
Reading Township. They have since made additional purchases of land in Lyon and
Wabaunsee counties, and now hold 1,600 acres in Lyon and 1,440 acres in Wabaunsee
y. This is all under fence, and 500 acres in the home farm is under cultivation, The
principal crop is corn, all of which they feed to their own stock. They are extensively en-
gaged in feeding cattle and in raising hogs. They have at present made valuable improve-,
ments upon the home farm, including a fine and commodious dwelling, excellent barn, and
other farm buildings. The pubiect of our sketch is a member of Osage City Lodge,
A., F. & A. M.; also a member of Canby Post, No. 11, G. A. R., of Osage City. He at present
holds the office of Trustee of Reading Township, and has held other local offices. Heis a
member of the Board of Directors of the Osage County Bank. He married Miss May Besse,
of Osage County, September 9, 1874, by whom he has three children—Nellie, Frederick W.,
and Philip S., all liv: ng. ‘ s
OLIVER PHILLIPS, farmer, Section 23, Township 17, Range 12, P. O. Emporia, is prob-
ably the oldest settler now living in Lyon County. e was born in Luzerne County, Pa.,
June 21,1816. With the exception of a residence of twelve years of his early youth in Co-
lumbiana County, Ohio, he resided in his native county until he came to Kansas, After at-
talning his may rity he was engaged in carpentering and running saw mill most of the
time. In March, 1855, he took a claim of 160 acres located on One Hundred and Forty-
second Creek in Waterloo Township, upon which he built a log cabin and nade some im-
rovements. His nearest neighbor was Charles H. Withington, ten miles north on One
undred and Forty-second Creek. Several families settled in about him, but as their claims
afterwards proved to be located upon the Sac and Fox Indian reserve, they were all com-
pelled to leave except A. L. Watkins. Two years later Mr. Phillips sold his claim and pre-
empted 160 acres of land situated on Duck Creek in the same fownship. Upon the organiza-
tion of Reading Township his farm came witkin its limits. Here he has ever since resided.
He has since bought and sold various parcels of land, and now has in the present home
farm 360 acres, all under fence, and about sixty acres under cultivation. He ralses many
cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops to hisown stock. He has made valuable improvements
upon his farm, including a fine and commodious stone residence, begun in 1870 and finished
in 1874; a large barn and other farm buildings. From 1857 until a few years ago his place
was a public house, and for seven years was a change station on the stage line between Law-
rence and Emporia. Mr. Phillips has been a Justice of the Peace eighteen years. Has
held the office of County Commissioner of Lyon County one year and County Assessor four
years. He has also been Trustee of Reading Township one year and has held other local
“offices. He is a member of the Christian Church. He married Miss Calista Wilcox, of
Springfield, Pa., September 20, 1838, by which marriage he has had nine children, of whom
m. H., Martha M., Mary H., Arthur M., Carojine, Minnie B. and Frank are now living.
Minnie B.and Frank were born in Kansas. All the children are married, and with the ex-
ception of Martha M.,who resides in Enporia, are al) settled within three miles of the home

‘arm.

GEORGE PLUMB, farmer and sheep breeder, Section 14, Township 18, Range 12, P. 0.
Badger Creek, was born in Union County, Ohio, December 15, 1843. He received a common
school education. In April, 1857, he came to Kansas with his parents, and until 1861 re-
mained upon his father’s farm on Plumb Creek, in Lyon County. He enlisted, November 13,
1861, as a private in Company H, Eighth Regiment Kansas Volunteers. The company was
a cavalry company and was shortly after transferred to the Ninth Regiment of Cavalry, and
designated as Company B. Mr. Plumb was on detailed service as a scout, under the imme-
diate orders of Gen Ewing nearly a year, and rejoined his company at the time ot their
transfer to the Red River. He then remained with the company until he was mustered out
of service, November 19, 1864. Inthe following year he engaged in the stock business in
partnershi with his brother, Col. P. B. Pluinb, having the active charge of the stock, and
inereasin ne business rapidly for two years. Hethen bought the interest of his brother
and continued in the business alone until 1871. He then came to his present location on
Badger Creek in Reading POWs, Starting here with eighty acres he has since accumu-
lated land by purchases at different times until he has now 1n his farm 3,200 acres. About
600 acres is under cultivation. His principal crops are corn, millet and cane. He makesa
specialty of sheep breeding and wool growing, having at present avout 3,000 head in his
flock, including about 100 fine thorougt-bre Merinos, Mr. Plumb is a member of Em-
poria Post, G. A. R., and a member of Emporia Lodge, No. 2, A.O. U. W. He is a Republi-
can in politics, but, though he exerts considerable interest 1n the affairs of the party, he has
never sought or held office. He married Miss Ellen M, Cowles, of Fremont Township, Au-

ust 21, 1867 by which. marriage he has had elght children, of whom Preston B., Maggie,
ames R., Joseph and Inez are living.

CAPT. JOEL A. STRATTON, general merchant, Reading, was born March 9, 1837, at
Leominster, Mass. He received a common school education In his native town and rematned
upon his father’s farm until September, 1862, when he entered the army as Captain of
Company C, Fifty-third Regiment Massachus~-tts Volunteers. Was assigned to the Depart-
ment of the Gulf, and_ participated in the battles of Fort Bisland, Port Hudson, May 27,

1863, and the second battle of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. In the latter CneareMment he
was severely wounded by a minie ball, which entered his head just below and behind his
left ear and came out between his left eye and nose, destroying his eye, but most miracu-
lously not proving fatal. He was mustered out of service September 2, 1868, and returned
to his native town. Inthe fall of 1863 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts Legis-
lature and served oneterm. He afterwards had the honor of being elected five consecutive
years a member of the Board of Selectmen of his nativetown. In August, 1864, in partner-
ship with his brother, Martin W.,he boughta grist and saw mill, to which they added a
large planing mill and engaged in flour, grain and lumber business in Leominster, contin-
uing in the same until he came to Kanaas, in the fall of 1878. Located in Lyon County, and
stiltin partnership with his brother, they purchased one-half the town-site of the village of
Reading. They also commenced that fall the erection of a store building. In the fall of
1879 they bought a stock of general merchandise and opened the present business, but in
December, 1880, the partnership was dissolved and the possessions of the firm divided, J.
A, taking the store and business, and M. W. the real estate. Captain Stratton has the largest
general stock in town, and enjoys the confidence and patronage of his townsmen to an en-
viable extent. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace of Reading Township,and is now
Notary Public. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Reading and one of
the Trustees of the same. He is a member of the orderof A., F.& A.M. and a mem-
ber of Charles H, Stevens Post No. 53, Department of Massachusetts, G. A. R., of which
post he was commander five years. He has a fine large residence in Reading, built in 18,9
and 1880. He married Miss Hannah W. Comer, of Chelsea, Mass.,Octcber 4, 1865, by which
marriage he has had five children, of whom Belle C., Stanley H. and Edith May are living.
MARTIN W. STRATTON, real estate dealer and insurance agent, was born at Leomin-
ster, Mass., November 14, 1833. He received an academic education, and when nineteen
ears of age assumed the charge of the extensive lumber interests of his father at Canaan,
. H., where he remained three years. For the next five years he taught school in his na-
ye town during the winter, and spent the summer in travel, He then traveled two years

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in Kentucky, engaged in the sale of turbine water wheels and mill machinery. Returned
home in Maxeh, eer, and engaged in farming, in which he continued about three years. In
August, 1864, he entered into partnership with his brother, Joel A., under the firm name of
Stratton Bros.,and engaged in flour, grain and lumber business at Leominster. This business
was continued until the fall of 1878, when the brothers came to Kansas and located in Lyon
County. They purchased one-half of the town site of Reading, and at once began the erec~
tion of a store building, in which, when completed, they put a stock of general merchandise.
In December, 1880, the long-continued partnership was dissolved by mutual consent, M. W.
retaining the real estate interests, and J. A.thestore and mercantile business, Since that
time the subject of this sketch has devoted his attention wholly to his real estate and insur-
ance business. Mr. Stratton is agmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Reading, of
which he fs one of the trustees, Heis amemberof Wilder Lodge, A., F. & A, M., Leomin-
ster, Mass. He has nevertaken an active part in politics, e has_been twice married.
By his first wife, Miss Mary J. Litchfield, daughter of Col. Jarius Litchfield, of
Leominster, he had eight children, of whom Lillian M., Albert J., Jarius L., Ellen A, and
Mary A. are living. e died October 20, 1875, and he married November 2, 1876, Mrs.
Martha A, Gale, Or Chelsea, Mass. Haughton of Langdon Ladd, Esq., of Laconia, N. H. By
his marriage he has one ¢ win L, © Ae
: JOHN o SWAN, hardware merchant, was born May 13, 1846, in Vermillion County,
Ind., where fourteen years of his youth were spent, at which age he went to Iroquois
County, Ill., and lived upon afarm, with an uncle, for four years. He then removed to Ed-
gar County, Ill., and engaged in farming, in which he continued until he came to Kansas, in
the fall of 1867" located on the Marais des Uvenes River, in Reading Township, and bought
160 acres of unimproved land, which he stillowns. He has since purchased forty acres ad-
joining. Hehas made valuable improvements upon this farm, including a frame dwelling
andjnecessary farm buildings, and an orchard of about 200 bearing apple trees, 150 peac!
trees, and other fruits, His farm is all fenced, and about 100 acres is under cultivation. He
operated his farm until three years ago, since which time he has rented it. He removed to
the village of Reading three years ago, and in March, 1883, engaged in the hardware and
tinning business, buying out the only store in that line in the village. He is located in the
central business portion on the Main street, and does agood business. Mr. Swan is a
member of the Congregational Church at Reading ; also a member of Reading Lodge, No,
201, I. 0.0. F. He married Miss Estella A. Martin, of Reading Township, Sept. 8, 1870, by
which marriage he bas had three children, of whom Mary B. and Hattie E. are living.
TILGHMAN A. SWAN, farmer, Section 27, Township 17, Range 13, P.O. Read-
ing, was born August 1, 1841 in Vermillion County, Ind., where his youth was spent upon
afarm. In 1860 heremoved to Livingston County, Ill., where he remained engaged in
farming until July, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company Cc, One Hun red and
Twenty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers; was assigned to the Twentieth Corns, Army
of the Namberland, and participated in the following battles: Perryville, Buzzard’s Roost,
Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Altoona, Burnt Hickory, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Lost
Mountain and Peach Tree Creek. Inthe!atter he was wounded in the knee by a minie-
pall, was sent to the hospital at Nashville, where he remained abouttwo mouths. He then
rejoined his company, just in time to start with Sherman on his great march to the sea, and
afterwards followed that greac commander through the Carolinas to Washington, and
took part in the grand review in the National capital; was mustered out at that city in June,
1865, and returned to Vermillion County. Inthe following spring he removed to Edgar
County, Ill., and engaged in farming. Inthe spring of 1868 he came to Kansas, located
in Lyon County, and bought 160 acres of unimproved land, situated on Elm Creek, in Read-
ing Township. He has since purchased forty acres adjoining, and has made valuable im-
provements upon his farm, including residence, barn, and other farm puildings, and an
orchard of 200 apple and 100 peach trees, besides other fruits. All hislandis fenced, and
about eighty acres under cultivation. Mr. Swan is a member of the Congregational
Church at Reading. He married: Miss Ellen M. Conrey, of Edgar County, Ill., November
5, 1867. She died March 30, 1882, leaving one child, John G. He married Mrs, Eliza-
beth White, of Osage City, February 1, 1883. She has two children by her former mar-
riage, Bert and Webster.

PLYMOUTH.

The name of Plymouth recalls to the reader recollections of the days when
the Puritans first settled in New England. The name of this village doubtless
owes its origin to that fact. It is located on rolling prairie, seven miles nearly
due west of Emporia, on the line of the A., T.& S.F.R.R. The first settle-
ment was made in 1857, by C. Humphrey. He was followed’ by John Smith,
C. Stout, John Carter, E. Parker, and others. The first Township Board was
composed of D. McMillan, H. W. Fick, P. Eikendry, D. Molsingee, B. Weaver,
and R. Thomas. The postoffice was established in 1858, D. McMillan being
appointed first Postmaster. In 1859, C. Humphrey opened the first store. The
first school was opened in 1862, by Mary Hammis, and kept in a private dwell-
ing until 1864, when a schoolhouse was erected. During the same year relig-
ious services were held by Rev. J. Steel, at the house of Mrs. Campbell. A
saw mill was built by Messrs. Townsend & Campbell, the same year.

Plymouth is located in the midst of a good farming community, and trans-
acts more business annually, for its size, than any point in the county. At this
place is located a gcod grist and saw mill.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—PIKE TOWNSHIP.

NEIL CAMPBELL, farmer, P. O. Plymouth, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, June
12, 1832. His youth was spent in his native county, where he receivea a common school
education, and afterwards worked as a grocers clerk. He came to the United States in 1853,
locating in DeKalb County, Ill, where he remained, engaged in farming, until he came to
Kansas, in the fall of 1857. Located in Lyon County, pre-empting 160 acres, situated on the
Cottonwood River, about one-half mile west of Plymouth. e has since improved and oP
erated this farm, but never resided upon it. In 1863 he built his present residence, in the
village of Plymouth. From 1865 to 1872 he operated a steam grist and saw mill at Plymouth,
the first mill operated west of Emporia. He has since purchased about 400 acres in Pike
Township, and now has about 300 acres under cultivation, the remainder being used for
grazing and hay. His principal crop ts corn. He is quite extensively engaged in raising
and feeding cattle, r, Campbell is a member of the United Presbyterian Church of
He has held the office of Township Trustee one year, and been Treasurer of the
School Board twelve years. :

THOMAS N. DIXON, farmer, Section 8, Township 19, Range 10, P. O. Plymouth, was
born in Chatham County, N. C., November 23, 1851. In the fall of 1866 he caine to Kansas
with his parents. His father, Simon M, Dixon, now deceased, then located near Plymouth
and began improving elghty-tive acres of land he had purchased six years previous, situated
in Pike Township. In the spring of 1867 he also purchased thirty acres of land east of and
adjoining the town site of Plymouth, which he improved by the erection of a dwelling house,
barn, aud other farm buildings, planted an orchard of about 800 apple and 100 peach trees,
bestdes smaller fruits. Upon this farm the subject of this sketch resided, with his parents,
and since the death of his father, which occurred March 25, 1881, he has operated it. He
also owns about 400 town lots in Plymouth. Since coming to Kansas he has continued in
the pursuit of a liberal education, attending the State Normal School three years. His sis-
ter, Asenath E., attended the Normal at the same time, and graduated June 17, 1880, at the
head of herclass. She has since taught one year at the State Normal, one year in the county
schools of Lyon County, and is now engaged in teaching in the graded school of the ‘Third
ward of Emporia. The family are members of the Society of Friends, Mr. Dixon has held
the office of Trustee of Pike Township the past vear (1882). He was the enumerator of the
United States census of 1880 for this township. In 1882, he was delegate from Lyon County
to the Republican State Convention at Topeka, Though yet a young man, by his ability, in-
tegrity and correct principles, he has won the respect, esteem ‘and _ confidence of his fellow-
townsmen, and may confidently rely upon them to bestow upon him greater honors in the
future, a8 a rowan for the faithful discharge of duties he has been called to perform for

JOSEPH G. ECRET, farmer, Section 16, Township 19, Range 10, P. O. Plymouth, was
born February 28, 1842, at Carthage, Hamilton County, Ohfo. Five years later his parents
removed to Butler County, where they remained until they came to Kansas, His father,
Samuel, located on the Cottonwood. River, in Pike Township. Lyon County, about seven
miles west of Emporia, in September, 1855. He died in February of the following year,
when the subject of this sketch went to live with his brother-in-law, Mr. William H, Elken-
berry, on the farm adjoining. Here he remained until March, 1862, when he entered the

uartermaster’s Department of the Army, in which service he remained eight months. He
then returned to Lyon County and was engaged in farming and various pursuits until the
spring of 1867, when he bought a farm of eighty acresin Pike Township, one and one-half
miles southeast of Plymouth, which he commenced at once to improve. He has since bought
120 acres adjoining the first purchase and eight and one-half acres of timber land. He has
erected a fine dwelling house and various farm buildings, planted an orchard of about 225
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made other valuable improvements. Heis quite extensively engaged in raising and feedin;

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WILLIAM FLICKINGER, farmer, Section 6, Township 19, Range 10, P. O. Plymouth,
was bornin Perry County, Pa., September 26, 1829. When he was about elght years old his
parents removed to Richland County, Ohio, where he was raised upon a farm. He received
a common school education, ana shortly after attaining his majority learned the trade of
millwright, in which he was eugaged until he came to Kansas. Inthe fall of 1857 he located
in Johnson County, on the Santa Fe trail, and in the same season pre-empted 160 acres in
Pike Township, about one mile northwest of Plymouth. In 1862 he began to improve this
farm and has since continued to operate it. He has erected a fine, large dwelling, barn and
other farm buildings; has an orchard of 825 apple and 50 peach trees, besides smaller
fruits. He has since purchased 320 acres of land in Chase County, all fenced, and twelve
acres of timber land on the Cottonwood River, south of Plymouth. Mr. Flickinger has held
the offices of Treasurer and Clerk of the Township many years, and has also held many
local offices. During the Rebellion he was enrolled in the State Militia and was called into
service at the time of the Price raid and during several Indian raids and alarms. He
married Miss Eliza A, Buchanan, of Toledo, Chase County, in 1864. By.thig marriage he
had three children, of whom Effie M. is now living. His wife and two children died in
August, 1868, all being buried within the space of three weeks. November 14, 1872, he
ma ried Miss Rebecca J. Tressler, of Americus, by whom he has two children, John T, and
UUINTLTON LINDEBY, f. Secti h

I . farmer, Section 8, Township 19, Range 10, P..O. Plymouth, was
born-in Orange County, Ind., September 4, 1841. His youth was Spent in his native county,
where he received a common school education, and was engaged in farming until he came
to Kansas in the spring of 1860. He remained that season in Stiami County, and in the fall
of 1860 located in Lyon County, and was engaged in farming with his brother-in law, Mr,
Elisha Parker, until 1863, when he bought a farm 160 acres, situated on the Cottonwood
River, in Pike Township, adjoining the town site of Plymouth, He improved this farm
and operated for about eight years, since which time he has rented it. In 1874 he came to
his present loeation, at the northeast corner of the town site, wherein 1878 he built a fine
large residence. He has in the home farm 20 acres, upon which is a barn and other farm
buildings, an orchard of 300 apple trees and-200 peach 'rees, and small fruits. He now
farms about 60 acres of bottom land, his principal crop being corn. He also raises some
cattle. Mr. Lindley isa member of the Society of Friends. He has held the office of Town-

ship Treasurer three years, and been a member of the School Board many years, He mar-
ried Miss Sophronia P. Hackney, of Plymouth, September 6, 1865, by whom he has three
ehildren—Annie K., Adrian L., and John W,, all living.

ALSEPHES MOGINNIS, farmer, Section 7, Township 19, Range 10, P. O. Plymouth,
was born in Gibson County, Ind., September 20, 1820. e was raised upon a farm, and
when about sixteen years of age began life for himself, and was for six years engaged as a
farm laborer. He then began farming igen eighty acres, which he operated for about three
years. He afterwards hada farm of 100 acres, to which he subsequently added by pur-
chase 200 acres. This he operated until 1855, when he sold his farm and removed to Du-
bois County, where he was for three years engaged in mercantile business. He then sold
his store and business and returned to Gibson County, where he remained engaged in farm-
ing until he came to Kansas, in the fall of 1870. He first located in Chase County, where
he engaged in farming. In 1881 he removed to Lyon County and bought a farm of eighty-
four acres in Pike OW nenIp, west of and adjoining the town site of Plymouth. He has
since improved this farm by the erection of a large dwelling, barn, sheds, corn cribs, and
other farm buildings. Has an orchard of about 250 apple and 100 peach trees, besides
smaller fruits, He raises some cattle and hogs. Corn is now his principal crop. He mar-
ried Miss Mary F. Kirk, of Gibson County, Ind., November 10, 1842, by whom he had two
children, both deceased. She died October 14, 1845. He married Mrs, Sarah J. Hyneman
also of Gibson County, September 6, 1848, by which marriage he has had four children, of
whom Mary E., Lucy Jane, and John W. are now living. rs. McGinnis is a member of
the Raptist Church. 7

ASA B. MOON, farmer, Section 14, Township 19, Range 10, P.O. Emporia, was born
September 30, 1834, in Hamilton County, Ind. He received a common school education,
and engaged in farming in his native county until he came to Kansas in the spring of 1858.
Located on the Cottonwood River in Pike Township. Pre-empted 160 acres of land, which
he sold about three years later. In the spring of 1859, he bought an unimproved farm of
sixty acres in Pike Township, five and a half miles west of Empcria, which he has since
improved by the erection uf a dwelling house and necessary farm buildings. Planted an
orchard of about 100 apple and 150 peach trees, besides smaller fruits. Corn and oats con-
stitute his principal crops. He also raises some cattle and hogs. Mr. Moon has held the
office of Treasurer of Pike Township one year, and Clerk of the Township School Board
about five years. He is a member of the Society ot Friends. When hecame to Pike Town-
ship he had only $2.50 in gold, and as the household goods of the family were delayed
about three months in transit, they were obliged to live around among the neighbors, and
submit to some privations before getting settledin theirnew home. Hehasnever regretted
coming to the State, however, and has made good progress since he got established here.
He married Miss Ann P. Pennington, of Hamilton County, Ind., April 9, 1857, by which
marriage he has had seven children, of whom Emma, Luther J., Dora, Alva L., Arthur and
Frank P. are living; Mr. Moon served as Township Clerk one term.

WILLIAM V. PHILLIPS, farmer, Section 6, Township 20, Range 10, P. O. Plumb, was
born in Morgan County, Ind., December 7, 1834. He was brought up on a farm, and received
a common school education in his native county, where he resided until he was twenty-two
years of age. Inthe fall of 1857, he ¢ameto Kansas, locating at Emporia, where he was
foratime engaged in civil engineering. Removed to Leavenworth County in 1858, and
taught schoolfor abouta year. Inthe spring of 1860, he returned to Emporia, and was
engaged in farming until April, 1861, when he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company H, Sec-
ond Regiment Kansas Volunteers. Participated in all the engagements in which his com-
pany took part, and was mustered out with the regiment in October, 1861. He returned to

yon County and engaged in farming, in which he continued until August, 1862, when he
again entered the military service, as Second Lieutenant of Company C, Eleventh Kansas
Regiment. Was promoted to First Lieutenant September 19, 1863. Participated in all the
engagements in which his company took part, except the battle of Cane Hill. Was mus-
tered out with his company at Fort Riley August 7%, 1865. He then returned to Lyon
County and rented a farm situated on Jacob’s Creek, in Pike Township, which he operated
until the spring of 1868. Hethen bought eighty acres of unimproved land, situated on
Jacob’s Creek, about four miles south of Plymouth, Has since bought eighty acres adjoin-
ing the original purchase and eighty acres situated one mile east of the same. He has im-
proved the home farm by the erection of a commodious dwelling-house, barn, sheds, corn
cribs and other farm buildings, planted an orchard, and made other valuable improve-
ments. Has about sixty acres under cultivation, fifteen acres of timber, and uses the re-
mainder for hay and grazing. Raises vattle and hogs, feeding most of his crop, which is
principally corn, to his own stock. Mr. Phillips is a member of the Christian Church; also
a member of Emporia Post, G.A.R. He is Postmaster of the office at Plumb, in Pike
Township. He has been a member of the zowsilp School Board many years. He is a
worthy citizen, and has the respect and esteem of his fellow townsmen. He married
Miss Lucretia M. Spencer, of Emporia, August 2, 1863, by which marriage he has had
five children, of whom Everett N., A. Walter Gladys L, and Milton W. are now living.

GEO. M. STOWELL, farmer, Section 22, Township 19, Range 10, P.O. Emporia, was
born in Essex County, N. ¥., December 20, 1814. Rec.ived a common school education,
and learned the trade of millwright. When twenty-two years old he removed to Franklin
County, Ohio, where for the next eleven years he ollowed the occupation of a millwright,
and, during this time studied law. In 1847 he removed to Kankakee, Ill, where he en-
raged in the business of millwright and civil engineer, and was Postmaster there from

853 to 1861. He also continued his law studies here, and in 1853 was admitted
to the bar in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Upon the organization of Kankakee
County he was elected the first County Clerk, and held the office four years. He afterwards
held the office of Justice of the Peace twelve years, and was also County Surveyor of Kan-
kakee County six years during that time. In 1863 he came to Kansas as engineer in charge
of the construction of the bridge across the Kansas River at Lawrence. Was at that place
at the time of the Quantrill raid and massacre, and was 2 witness of its horrors. Remained
in Lawrence about six years, and in 1869 removed to Lyon County. Located at Emporia,
and followed the business of a millwright until 1875. He was then elected Justice of the
Peace and Judge of the Police Court of Emporia, which office he held two years. He pur-
chased, in 1875. an improved farm of 240 acres, situated on the Cottonwood River, in Pike
Township, about three miles southeast of Plymouth, and in 1878 removed to this farm,
which he has since continued to improve and operate, He has about 80 acres under culti-
vation, 40 acres of timber and 90 acres ot pasture land, the remainder being unimproved.
He is now serving his fourth year as a Justice of the Peace of Pike Township. He married
Miss Permelia Glidden, of Essex County, N. Y, March 12, 1836. She dled July 30, 1849,
and August 7, 1851, he married Miss Margaret H. Henry, of Joliet, Ill. He has no children
by either marriage. : t 2

LEMUEL G. TALBOTT, farmer, Section 18, Township 19, Range 10, P. O. Plymouth,
was born in Pike County, Ohio, September 10, 1832. Received a common school education
in his native county, where he continued to reside for nearly forty years. He was brought
up ona farm, and soon after attaining his majority, began“farming for himself. Inthe
spring of 1872 he removed to Sangamon County, I)l., and was engaged in farming there un-
th hecame to “ansas in the fallof 1875. Located in Pike Township, Lyon County, and
bought an improved farm of 100 acres, situated south of and aljoining the town site of
Plymouth. In 1876 he bought about thirty-five acres of land, situated on the western line
of the town site, upon which he built a dwelling, which was burned in January, 1879. He
at once re-built upon the same foundation the fine commodious dwelling in which he now

 

‘revurned home, andin June following enlisted as a Sergeant in Com:

- acres of Trust land, situated on Rock Creek, in Agnes City

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lives. He has upon the home farm a barn, cribs and other farm buildings, and has a gran-
ary upon the lower farm. He has since added to the original purchase 105 acres adjoining,
and now operates about 240 acres of farm land. Corn isthe principal crop. He also raises
some cattle and hogs. Mr. Talbott has been a member of the Township School Board three
years since coming to Kansas, and during his residence in Ohio held various local offices.
e married Miss Louisa J. Bennett, of Pike County, Ohio, December 23, 1857, by which
marriage he has had three children, of whom Benjamin A.and AnnaL, are now living.
Mr. and Mrs. Talbott are members of the Methodist piscopal Church.
THOMAS, tarmer, Section 10, Township 19, Range 10, P. O. Emporia, was born
March 12, 1815, in Champaign County, Ohio, where he was brought up on a farm, and re-
ceived a common school education. He afterwards engaged in farming in his native
county, continuing until 1844, when he removed to Van Buren County, owa. Here he
also engaged in farming, and with the exception of one year spent in California, remained
until he came to Kansas, in the spring of 1857. Located on the Cottonwood River, in Pik
Township, Lyon (then Madison) ounty; pre-empted 160 acres of land which he improved
and farmed until the fall of 1859, when hé sold itand bought a claim of 160 acres, situated
about a mile north of the river and about two miles east of Plymouth. He hasimproved
this farm by the erection of a dwelling-house, barn and other farm buildings, has an or-
chard of 210 apple, 200 peach an! 100 cherry trees, besides pears and smaller fruits. Mr.
Thomas is a charter member of Union Lodge, No. 15, I. 0. 0. F., of Emporia, He held the
office of Assessor of Lyon County, six years in succession; was enumerator of the State
census of 1865, for Lyon County; has been a member of the Township School Board ten
years. Mr. Thomas is one of the earliest settlers of Lyon County, where he has ever since
resided. He married Miss Mary J. Gillespie. of Champaign County, Ohio, apy 3, 1840.
She died December 31, 1854, after bearing him six children, of whom John H., Sarah A.,
Mary’ E, and Winfield Corwin, are now living. September 5, 1867, he married Mrs. Mary
A. Hodson, of Americus, Lyon County, by which marriage he has had three children, of
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whom Loy M. and Elva M. are now liv:

AGNES CITY.

This postoffice and country trading pointis located twenty-five miles nearly
due north of Emporia, on Rock Creek, and is surrounded by a good class of
farmers. The first settlement ia the vicinity of Agnes City, was made in 1858,
by Henry Closing, the Anderson Bros., the noted desperadoes, A. I, Baker,
who was afterwards killed by Bill Anderson, ——— French, and a few others.
A postoffice was established and named Agnes City, in honor of the wife of A,
I. Baker, who was appointed Postmaster. Baker also kept the conventional
country store. In 1860, more settlers came in, but owing to the drought, of
that year many of them left. In 1868-69, W. B, Edwards, A. L. North, E. C.
Edwards, H. F. McMillan and others, made settlements, on the creek. Not
much progress was made until 1878, when the country around rapidly settled up.
The nearest railroad station is Dunlap, Morris County, eight miles distant. The
community is supplied with a good district school, in the schoolhouse of which
is held religious services by different denominations. #

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—AGNEs CITY TOWNSHIP.

WILEY BLOUNT EDWARDS, farmer, Section 17, Township 16, Range 10, P. 0. Dun-"
lap. was born in Sullivan County, Tenn., December 8, 1808. He received a common school
education in his native county, where he was raised upon a farm, and resided until the fall
of 1830, when he removed to Madison County, Ky. He remained here two years, then re-
moved to Paris, Edgar Co., Ll., and engaged in blacksmithing. Two years later he entered
commercial life, operating a grocery store for about four pears He was then elected Con-
stable, which office he held for several years, after which he was appointed Deputy Record-
er, aud Deputy Clerk of the Court, which position he held for several years. He was elected
Justice of the Peace and served several years. He then removed to Douglas County, and
farmed for three years, and in the spring of 1867, he came to Kansas. He bought a quarter
section of unimproved land, situated on Bluff Creek, in Agnes City Township, and after-
wards bought of the Government a quarter of a section of Trust Land, adjoining the first
purchase, e has improved these lands, built a dwelling, barn and other farm buildings,
and continued to operate his farm until 1877, since which he has rented the farm and de-
voted his time only to his stock. Hasan orchard of 100 apple trees, besides peach and
cherry trees. He married December 8, 1829, Miss Matilda W. Jenkins, of Carter County,
Tenn., by which marriage he has had ten children, of whom SelinaS., Elbert C., Margaret
A., Ann E., and Cerilda, are living. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards are members of the Baptist
Church, He has held the office of Justice of the Peace two years, during his residence in
Agnes City wownship. c

- JESSE W. GRAY, farmer, Section 30, Township 15, Range 10, P. O. Council Grove,was
born in Westmoreland County, Pa., January 29, 1844. He received acommon school edu-
cation in his native county, where he resided, engaged in farming until May 4, 1862, when
he enlisted as a private in company E, Fitty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers
for three months. He took part in the movement to repel the raid of the Rebel, Jolin Mor-
gan, into Ohio, and was with the troops that effected his capture. He was then discharged,
and re-enlisted as a private in Company [, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment, Penn-
sylvania Volunteers for three years. After four months service in camp at Philadelphia,
he was examined by the United States Examining Board at Washington, D. C., receiving a
first-class certificate, and in the fall of 1863, he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant of
Company B, Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Colored Troops. The regiment was
raised in North Carolina, Lieutenant Gray being for some time on recruiting service in New
berne and other points in North Carolina. The regiment was assigned to the army of the
James,and was engaged in digging the great Dutch Gap Canal,near Richmond. It afterwards
formed part of the expedition against Fort Fisher, N.C., under Gen. A. H. Terry, and took
partinthe actions resulting iu the capture of that Fort and the city of Wilmington. His
regiment was then stationed at Fencing Station and at Goldsboro, on the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad, and afterwards ordered tu Raleigh, at which point they were at the time
of the surrender of Johnston. From there the regiment was ordered upon garrison duty at
Wilmington, Fort Fisher, Smithville, Fort Caswell and Morehead in North Carolina, Mr.
Gray was promoted to First Lieutenant, after the Fort Fisher engage nent, His company
was stationed at Fort Caswell, and remained in the service until February, 1867, when he
was mustered out at Raleigh. He returned to Pennsylvania, and engaged in farming, in
which he continued one year. In 1869, he came to Kansas, but returned to Pennsylvania
the next year to make preparations for his final location here. Inthe spring of_1871, he
Jocated in Lyon County, his father buying a farm of 160 acres, situated on Rock Creek, in
Agnes City eee 'He has improved this farm by the erection of two dwelling-houses,
barn and other buildings. Has an orchard of 100 apple trees, 50 peach trees, 20 pear trees
and other fruits. He has since purchased 24u acres of Trust Land adjoining the home farm,
and has it all fenced. His principal crop iscorn. He also raises cattle and hogs. Mr. Gray
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also a member of the Council Grove
Lodge, A. O. U. W., ard a member of the I. 0.0. F. He married Miss Marion W. Welsh, of
‘Westmoreland County, Pa., February 16, 1871, by which marriage he has four children—
Anna J., Dora A., Josie A., and Hattie A., are living. Pie

WILLIAM A. GRAY, farmer, Section 19, Township 15, Range 10, P. O. Council Grove,
Morris County, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., April 23, 1842. He receiveda
common school education, and remained in his native county until April, 1861, when he en-
listed as a private in Company I, Eleventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve, Col, Galagher.
The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac,and participated in the battle of Mal-
vern Hill, in which Mr. Gray was twice wounded, and taken prisoner. He was held a pris-
oner in Libby prison, Richmond, for two months and was then exchanged and sent to hos-
pital at Philadelphia, from which he was discharged for disability four months later. He

any A, Fifty-seventh
Regiment, Pennsylvania State Militia, in which he served during the Morgan raid into Ohio.
He was discharged after sixty davs’ service. On the 1st of Seprompers 1864, he re-enlisted
as a private in Company H, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania H. A, He was stationed on the
forts around Washington, and while on auty ‘uarding and repairing a railway, had two en-
gagements with the guerrilla band of Col. Mosby. He was discharged June 30, 1865, and
after a month spent in Pennsylvania, came to Kansas. In August, 1865, he settled at Law-
rence, where he worked at the carpenter’s trade for a time. He then removed to_ Topeka,
working at his trade there, and at other points en the Missouri, Kansas & Texas R.R. In
1868 he bought eighty acres of unimproved land on Linn Creek, five miles from Topeka.
his he improved and farmed until 1871, when he removed to Lyon County. He bought 160
Township, and has since pur-
chased 120 acres adjoining the home farm. He has made valuable improvements, including
a dwelling house, barn and farm buildings, an orchard of 100 apple and 100 peach trees,
besides other smaller fruits. His principal crop is corn. He raises cattle and hogs and is
also engaged in buying and selling cattle. Mr. Gray is a member of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, Me married Mrs. Margaret S. Littick, of Shawnee County, August 15, 1868, by
which marriage he has had seven children, of “hom Herbert C., Lillie B., William H., Rosi
D. Frank H., and Turley B, are living. ¢
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JOHN S. GRIMSLEY, farmer, Section 1, Township 16, Range 11, P, O. Allen, was born
March 7%, 1837, in Morgan County, I1l. When he was three years old his father removed to
Keokuk County, Iowa, where his youth was spent upon a farm and where he received a

, common school education. His father, Willlam Grimsley, Sr., was one of the earliest set-
tlers of Lyon County, locating on Allen Creek, in Americus Township, in the spring of
1856, where the subject of this sketch remained until he attained his majority, and In 1858
he pre-empted 160 acres of land situated on Allen Creek, in Americus TownehiD, which he
improved and farmed about three years. He then sold this farm and bought 160 acres of
Trust land, partly improved, also situated on Allen Creek, about five miles north of the orig-

_inalffarm. This farm he turther improved and. operated until 1871, when he sold it and
bought 180 acres of unimproved land, situated on One Hundred and Forty-second Creek, in
Agnes City Township. This farm he has since improved by the erection of a good mele
house, barn, sheds, corn crib and other farm buildings. Planted an orchard of 50 apple, 10'
peach, and 40 cherry trees, besides other small fruits. He has 60 acres under cultivation
and 100 acres fenced. He raises cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops, principally corn, to his
own stock, Mr.Grimsleyisa Justice of the Peace for Agnes City Township, and has held
other local offices. He is a member.of Eminence Lodge, No. 205, A., F. & A. M., and a mem-
ber of Ivy Grange P.of H. He married Miss Catharine Drake, of Americus Township,
October 27, 1860. He has one child, George I., born October 27, 1867.

JAMES C. HUME, farmer, Section 19, Township 15, Range 10, P.O. Council Grove, Mor-
ris County, was born in Painesville, Ohio, October 7, 1841. hen about seven years old he
removed with his parents to Indiana, and three years later removed to Quincy, Ill. He
afterward lived in different parts of Missouri until he came to Kansas in August, 1862. He
engaged in freighting, going twice over the old Santa Fe trail to Fort. Union, New Mexico,
and afterwards between Kansas City and Leavenworth and different points in central and
western Kansas. In 1865 he bought a farm of 120 acres, situated on Rock Creek, in Agnes
City Township, Lyon County, upon which he located in 1867. In 1870 he built part of his

resent fine residence, finishing it in 1874. He has since added by purchase 320 acres, ad-

oining his first purchase. About eighty acres is under cultivation, forty acres timber, and
the remainder grazing land.~ His principal crop is corn. He also raises cattle and hogs and
is quite extensively engaged in buying, feeding and selling cattleand hogs. Mr. Hume is a
member of the Church of Christ. He married Miss Mary K. Richardson, of Keytesville,
Mo., January 1, 1871 by whom he has two children, M. Ollie and Emima A,, both living.

LEONARD R, SANDERS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, Township 16, Range 11,
P. O. Trail, was born in Windsor County, Vt., August 8, 1825. He was brought up on a
farm, receiving 2com™on school education and shortly after obtaining his majority en-
gaged in farming on his own account. In 1855 he removed to Knox County, Ill, but re-
mained here only one year, then settled in Morgan County, where he resided about eight
years, engaged in farming and stock raising. His next move was to Andrew County, Mo.,
where he was quite extensively engaged in stock deallng and shipping. He remained here
four years, then removed to Atchison County, Mo., where he remained over two years. He
had a farm containing a section of land which heimproved, and was also engaged in stock
dealing. While in this county he served aterm of two years as amember ofthe Board of
County Commissioners. In August, 1872 he came to Kansas, locating in Doniphan County,
where he engaged in farming and stock raising. Remained bere about four years, then re-
moved to Mitchell County. After about four years in Mitchell County, where he engaged
in farming and stock dealing, he cameto Lyon County. Located on Allen Creek in the

spring of 1881, at the head of the creek, in Agnes City Township, and bought 178 acres of
unimproved land, which he has since improved by the erection of a commodious frame
dwelling, barn, corn-crib. etc. Has about thirty acres under cultivation, using the remain-
der for hay and grazing. His principal business is raising cattle. Mr. Sandersis a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He isa member ofthe I. 0.0, F. He holds the
office of Postmaster at Trail, having been appointed in March, 1882, when the office was es-
tablished. He married Miss Laura C. Marsh, of Windsor County, Vt., September I7, 1847,
by whom he has three children, Clara L., Mary M. and Charles A., all living.

EMIL H.SCHELLACK, M.D., and farmer, Section 23, fownship 15,Range 10, P.O. Agnes
City,was bornin Berlin, Prussia, November 14, 1843. He first came to the United States in
1861, locating in Lynn, Mass., from which place he enlisted as a private, 1n Company C,
Eleventh Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, He married Miss Harriet Fatum, of New
York City, February 7, 1873, by which marriage he has had five children, of whom Louise
M., George C. and Ralph C,, are living. ;

GEORGE H. THOMPSON, farmer, Section 9, Township 16, Range 10, P.O. Agnes City,
was born in Guilford, Chenango Co., N. Y., August 2, 1826. Hereceived his education in
the common scbools of his native town and atthe Norwich Academy, N. Y., and when.
eighteen years of age began teaching in the schools of Chenango County. In 1848 he re-
moved to Illinois and taught school one year in Dillon, Tazewell County. He then returned
to New York and was engaged in teaching and in farming there until 1855. .He was Post-
master of North Guilford three years during this-time. He then removed to Bureau
County, Ill., and for the next four years was engaged in commercial life, and as deputy
Postmaster at Malden. He then removed to Ford County, where he bought afarm of 160
acres, which he operated until 1865, when be sold his farm, and in the spring of 1866 en-
gaged in general merchandising at Onarga, Iroquois Co., Ill, where he remained until the

all of 1871. He then disposed of this business and embarked in the hardware and lumber

business at Roberts, Ford County. He built the first store at this place, and was appoint-
ed Postmaster here at the time the office was established and held the office until he resigned
it to remove to Kansas. In June, 1873, his store was destroyed by fire, causing a loss to
Mr. Thompson of over $5,000. He rebuilt and continued his business until the spring of
1879, when he sold out and came to Kansas. Was Justice of the Peace for nearly eight
yearsin Roberts. Ke located on Blutf Creek, in Agnes City Township, Lyon County, upon
. 160 acres of trust land, bought of the government and 160 acres of improved land. He
has since rebuilt the dwelling-house and improved the barn and other buildings, About
150 acres of his farm is nnder cultivation. The principal crops arecorn and millet. He
also raises cattle and hogs. Mr. Thompson has held the office of Justice of the Peace two
years, and Township Trustee.one year. Was Postmaster at Agnes City one year, then re-
signed the office. e is a member of the Congregational Church, and of the orders of A., F.
& A. M.,andtheI.0O.0.F. He married November 7, 1849, Miss Adelia L. Gibbs, of Nor-
wich, N. Y., who died February 14, 1870, leaving oue child, William C., born March 18,

He married January 25, 1871, Miss Mary E. Gibbs, of Norwich, N. Y., a sister of his

first wife. Mr. T.is an intelligent, progressive and worthy Citizen, possessing the respect

and esteem of all who know him. 3

FAYETTE TURNEY, farmer and preacher, Section 36. Township 16, Range 10, P. 0.
Americus, was born in Wayne County, Ill., July 3, 1828. He was educated in the common
schools of his native county, and after attai bing his majority engaged in farming. In 1847
he enlisted in Company B. of Col. Newby’s Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry(Gen, John
A. Logan was his First Lieutenant). He served in said regiment eighteen months at vari-
ous points in New Mexico, but most of the time being stationed at SantaFe. At the close of
the war he marched with his regiment over the Jains to Fort Leavenworth, thence to Al-
ton, Ill., and was honorably discharged. r. Turney was connected with the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1859. Was licensed to preach and ordained a deacon, and then an
elder in said church. He served said church in the local and itinerant ranks up to 1875,
when hetransferred his affiliations to the Methodist ProtesLant Church. He moved to Kansas
in 1876, first locating in Americus, where for two years he preached in Emporia Township
Methodist Protestant Church. He then bought a farm four miles north of Americus. Sell-
ing this farm after one year’s occupancy he bought a tract of 160 acres wild land seven miles
from Americus, improved it, and by purchase has added 360 acres more, making a destrable
and valuable farm. He hasa large commodious dwelling,outbulldings,corrals,ete., and an or-
chard of 200 apple, 300 peach, cherries and all the small fruits, Has in cultivation 100 acres
of choice bottom land. Principal crop is corn. Has a herd of 40 cattle, 20 hogs and 10 horses,
In addition to the farm duties and labors he js filling his Sabbaths In preaching in ' Maco-
donia,” the free and liberal principals of the Method|st Protestant Church, He married
Miss E. J. Whitson, of Wayne County, IlI., September 1, 1849, They have five children, viz. ;
Ettie B., Lincoln L., Fayette L., Virginia V. and Mary E., all living. Mr. Turney has re-
cently been honored by receiving from the Governor of Kansas a commission as Justice of
the Peace for the township.

JOHN WINGFIELD, farmer, Section 9, Township 16, Range 10, P. 0. Agnes City, was
porn in Cuba, Clinton Co., Ohio, November 20,1848. When hewas elght years old his
parents removed to Williamson County, Ill., where the subject of this sketch was brought
up upon a farm, receiving acommon school education. He remained here until the sprin
oF 1872, when he came to Kansas, locating upon 160 acres of trust land situated on Blu
Creek in Agnes City Township. He haz improved his farm by the erection of a dwelling-
house, barn and other farm buildings; planted an orchard of 800 peach trees, 50 apple trees,
150 grapevines, and other small fruits. His principal crops are corn, potatoes and millet.
He also raises cattle and horses. He married Mrs. Maria M. Paterson, of Lyon County,
October 15, 1876. She was a widow with one child—Mary Alice, born March 17, 1872.
has held the office of Constable of pues City Township three terms, Mr. and Mrs, Wing-
field are members of the Church of Christ.

GEORGE E, WITHINGTON, farmer, Section 36, Township 15, Range 11. P. O, Allen,
was born August 23, 1844, at Des Moines, lowa. His father, Uharles H. Withington, was
the first actual settler within the territory now embraced in Lyon County. He went to

Council Grove in 1851, and there kept a store for the Santa Fe and Indian trade. In June, -

1854, he located upon One Hundred and Forty-Second Creek, at the crossing of the old Santa
Fetrail. This was before the lands of the Territory were open for settlement,|tbe land upon
which he located being{situated between the Shawnee and KawjIndian lands, and in disprte
between those tribes. As svon as the lands were open to settlement, Mr. W. pre-empted 160
acres. Here was established a station on thestageline betweenI dependence, Mo., and Santa
Fe, N.M. Mr.W. built a small log cabin (which is still standing, and forms part of the present
residence ot George E.) and opened a house of entertainment fortravelers. He also opened
‘general store, which was the first establishment of the king in southern Kansas away

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

from the Indian posts. He was appointed Postmaster by President Pierce, the office being
the first in the county, and the only one in 1855-56. His store was robbed in September,
1856, by a party calling themselves Free-state men, Mr. W. was away from home at the
time of their arrival, but returned after they had cleaned out his store, taking about #3,000
worth of goods. He drew his revolver upon the leader of the party, but before he could use
it, so many firearms were pointed at him that he considered discretion the better part of
valor, and submitted to the inevitable. After making him take off and surrender his spurs,
the party departed. Mr. W. continued to run this store and station until 1866, when the
stage line was discontinued, He then devoted his attention to the cultivation of his farm,
In July, 1881, he went to California to visit his brothers, and while there, November 4,
1881, he died; and was buried at Sacramento City. His wife died 1n May. 1880. They left
four children—Ellen, married to D. J. Haden, and residing in Colorado; George E., Albert
Pp. and Kate J., married to Hon. Charles Unfug, and residing n Colorado. George now owns
the old home farm, which he operates. Heisa member of Emporia Lodge No. 12, A., F. &
A. M., and a member of lvy Grange P. of H. He is a Deputy Sheriff of Lyon County, and is
also serving his second term as Treasurer of Agnes City Township. He married Miss Anna
B. Sheetz, of Agnes City Township, November 14, 1880, and by this marriage has one child
—Margie E., born October 11, 1881.

WATERLOO TOWNSHIP.

HARMON F. BERRY, farmer, Section 19, Township 15, Range 13, P. O. Wilmington,
was born in Bedford County, Pa., March 23, 1830. When he was two years old, his parents
moved to Richland County, Ohio, and afterward to Delaware County. In these counties the
subject of this sketch was raised upon afarm. After attaining his majority he married and
engagedin farming. The following year he removed to Scott County, Lowa, and engaged in
farming. Remained only one year, then went to Rock Island County, Ill., and remained
two years, then returned to Iowa and engaged in farming in Iowa for Four years, Also had
anursery business. He came to Kansas in June, 1859, located on Log Chain Creek, and
took a farm of 160 acres, which he sold the ensuing fall, and came to his present location on
the old Santa Fe trail. He entered 320 acres of land, which he improved; afterward bought
320 additional acres and operated this farm for six years, In 1871, he sold 480 acres of
land and engaged extensively in sheep-breeding and wool-growing. He now has 160 acres
on his farm which is wellimproved. He hasa commodious stone dwelling, good barn, and
other farm buildings, an orchard of about 180 apple tres, 100 peach trees, besides other
fruits. He has100 acres under cultivation and al! under fence. His principal crop is corn
and millet. He is amember of the Christian Church, He enlisted in November, 1863, asa
private in Company F, Sixteenth Regiment Kansas Volunteers. Was afterward promoted
to Corporal. Participated in all the engagements in which hiscompany took part. He was
mustered out at Fort Leavenworth in December, 1865. He isa member of Jayhawker Post
No. 140, G. A. R.. He married Miss Lamira Mc Worter, of Marion, Ohio, June 19, 1851, hv
which marriage he has had nine children, of whom Lainira J., Thomas A., Albert S,, an-
sas T., Irene, Lenora and Estella are alive. His wife died March 20, 1872. He marricd
Mrs. Melissa Taylor, of Burlingame, August 7, 1873. Has no children by this marriage.

OSEPH W. BEST, farmer, Section 34, Township 16, Range 12, P. O. Ivy, was born
March 22, 1835, at Zanesville, Ohio. When about ten years of age he removed with his
‘parents to Morgan County, Ind., where he remained during his minority. In August, 1856,
he removed t» Bad Axe County, Wis., where he remained one winter, then, in the spring of
1857, came to Kansas, locating on Hill Creek, in Waterloo Township, pre-empting 160
acres of land, which he has ever since resided upon. His farm is improved by the erection
of dwelling-house and the necessary farm buildings, has an orchard of about 600 apple and
300 peach trees, besides smaller fruits. His principal crop iscorn. Mr. B. was enrolled in
the State militia during the war, and was called into service at the time of the Price raid
and during several Indian raids and alarms. He was also with Kansas troops in Missouri
for some time as an independent Unionist without pay. He bas been a member of the
School Board three years, and has held other local offices. He1is a member of Ivy Grange,
P. of H. He married Mrs. Lydiaj A. Ward of Cincinnati, Ohio, April 7, 1858, by which
marriage he has had ten children, of whom Sarah J., William H,, Charles V., Belle M.,
Susan E., Arminta E., Lloyd E. and George A. are living. 7

RICH H. BEST, farmer, Section 20, Township 16, Range 12, P.O. Ivy, was born at
Zanesville. Obio, in October, 1830. While he was yet an infant, his parents removed to
Springfield, Ohio, where they resided until 1847, then removed to Morgan County, Ind.

ere the subject of our sketch remained until 1854. when he removed to Decatur County,
Iowa, where he resided, engaged in farming for about three years. In July, 1857, he came
to Kansas, locating on Hill Creek, in Waterloo Township. He pre-empted 160 acres of land,
which he at once began to improve, and which he continued to farm-until August, 1862,
when he enlisted as a Corporal in Company C, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteers. He
participated in the battles of Old Fort ayn and Cane Hill, in the latter receiving a severe
wound in the head by a minie-ball, which he still carries in his head, surgeons never hav-
ing been able to extract or definitely locate it. This wound disabled him from further ser-
vice, and after remaining about five months ‘in hospital he was discharged. He then re-
turned home and resumed the operation of his farm. He has since made additional pur-
chases, so that his farm land now amounts to 500 acres, divided into two farms one of
which he personally operates, renting the other. Both farms are valuable land, bein,
largely bottom land, each having timber and running water uponit. He is largely engage
in stock raising, and feeds most of his crops to his own stock. Mr. Best has held several
offices in the township. He isa member of Ivy Grange, P. of H. He married Miss Dicie
Hopkins, of Morgan County. Ind., in March, 1852. She died in October, 1868, leaving five
children, of whom James K., George W., Robert H. and Dicie M. are now living. August
14, nea he married Miss Julia A. Monti, of Emporta, by whom he has two children— Willie
A. and Emma.

ROBERT BEST, farmer, Section 33, Township 16, Range 12, P. O. Ivy, was born August
19, 1814, at Zanesville, Ohio, where his youth was spent. His father wasa distiller, and he
followed the distilling business most of the time until he came to Kansas. He removed to
Mason County, Ky., in 1832, and remained there sixteen years. In 1848 he began farming,
in Shelby County, Ohio, continuing until he came to this State. He was one of the earliest
settlers of Breckinridge (now Lyon) County, coming here in April, 1856, when he took a
claim of 160 acres, situated on Hill Creek, in Waterloo Township. He has ever since re-
mained upon his homestead, and is now the oldest settler living in Waterloo Township. He
has since purchased eighty acres adjoining the home farm, and eighty acres between Dow
and Duck creeks,in Fremont Township. He has made valuable improvements upon the home
farm. Has about 130 acres under cultivation, and.an orchard containing about 200 apple
and 3,000 peach trees, besides other fruits. He raises cattle and hogs, feeding all bis own
crops, and buying more for his stock. Mr, Best isa member of the Emporia Commandery,
No. 8, K. T, He held the office of Justice of the Peace of Waterloo Township four years, and
has held other local offices, He has been married three times. By his first wife, Miss Dor-
athy Smith, of Clarke County, Ohlo, whom he married June 9, 1839, he had one child—
Samuel A., who was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers in the War of
the Rebellion, and was killed in Virginia, This wife died February 7% 1841. He married
Miss Margaret Leighton, of Clarke County, Ohio, in April, 1844. She died January 6, 1851,
withoutissue. He married Miss Isabella V. Radabaugh, of Logan County, Ohio, April 27,
1852. Uncle Robert, as he ts called, has led an active life, and has met with some exciting
and interesting experiences. While on his return home from a trip to Kansas City, then the
nearest trading point to the settlers in this county, the 4th day of June, 1856, a6 the time
John Brown was engaged tn his Black Jack battle, Mr. Best was taken prisoner by a band of
border ruffians, known as the Buford Men, at Bowl! Creek, in Johnson County, He was held
five days and robbed of $350 in cash. His companion was not held so long, but lost his ox
team and Wagon, with its contents.

JOHN B RAMHILL, farmer, Section 2, Township 17, Range 12, P.O. Ivy, was born July 21,
1828, at Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, where he was brought up on a farm. He came to the
United States in 1854, locating in Dane County, Wis., where he remained until he came to
Kansas, In the spring of 1857. He took a claim of 160 acres of land, situated on One Hundred
and Forty-second Creek, which claim he sold in 1860. During the war he was enrolled in the
Militia and was called into service at the time of the Price raid, and on several other occa-
sions. He farmed rented land, until 1866, when he bought eighty acres of partly improved
land, situated on One Hundred and Forty-second and Hill creeks,in Waterloo Township. He
has since purchased additional lands, and now has in his home farm 187 acres, and 160 acres
one-half mile south west of,and forty acres one-fourth of a mile north of the home farm. He
has about eighty acres under cultivation, forty acres of ti mber land, and uses the remain-
der for hay and grazing. He raises cattle and hogs, feeding most of his crops to his own
stock. He has made valuable improvements upon the home farm. Has an orchard
of about 300 apple trees besides other fruits, Mr. Brambill is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, also a member of Ivy Grange, P. of H. He married Mrs, Blizabeth

‘Courtney, of Waterloo Township, September 20, 1860. She has two children by her former

marriage—Anna A., and Thomas S._ By this marriage Mr. Bramhill has had four children,
of whom George L., William A., and Frances M., are living.

THOMAS F. BURNS, farmer, Section 22, ownship 15, Range 13, P.O, Wilmington, was
born in Augusta, Maine, November 4, 1830. He received’ an acadeinie education, and at-
talning his majority, he engaged in teaching school in his native State. He removed to Wau-
paca County, Wis., in 1853, and engaged in farming, continuing about three vears. He then
removed to Chickasaw County, Iowa, where he remained until 1859, engaged in farming.
He then removed to Kansas and located on Chicken Creek, in Waterloo Township, and
took a claiin of 120 acres which he improved and farmed until, 1868. He then sold Y and
came to his present location, on Swan Creek, in Waterloo Township. He has on his farm
320 acres, 160 of which he purchased in 1862, and 160in 1881. He has made valuable im-
provements upon this farm. He has about eighty acres under cultivation, about five acres
of timber land, the remainder being hay and grazing land. He raises some cattle, horses
and hogs, feeding all his OCW to hls stock. Mr. Burns Is a member of the Universalist
Church, Also a member of Wilmington Lodge, No, 57, 1, 0, 0. Fy He has held the office
LYON

of Township Trustee three years. -He was Justice of the Peace six years, has been a mem-
ber of the School Board many years. He has been married twice, x ril 27, 1853, he mar-
ried Miss Emma J. Winter, of August, Maine. She died March 25, 1875, after bearing him
eight children, of whom Fannie E., Clara A., Edith G:, Charles H., and’ Mary Estella are
living. He married Miss Nancy Putuain, of Farmington, Pa., March 7%, 1882. 4
LEONARD W. BUSH, farmer, Section 35, Township 15, Range 12,’P. 0. Air, was born
April 6, 1834, at Pamelia, Jefferson Co., N, Y¥. When seventeen years old he learned the
trade of carriage making, which he followed about four years. In the fall of 1855 he re-
moved to Watertown, Wis., and the following spring started for Kansas under the auspices
ofthe Milwaukee Emigration Association, Ed. Ross, superintendent. He took a claim
about five miles southeast of Topeka, but in March, 1857, abandoned it, and came to his
present location in Lyon County. He took aclaim of 160 ‘acres, situated between Chicken
and Log Chain creeks, near their confluence with Elm Creek, in W:
he began at once to improve, and has ever since cultivated. He has since purchased other
land and now has in his farin 330 acres. Has about eighty-five acres under cultivation, 100
acres of fine meadow land and 145 acres of pasture. Nearly all his landisenclosed. He has
* made valuable improvements upon his farm, including necessary farm buildings, and an
orchard of about 1,000 apple, 1,000 peach and 150 cherry trees, besides 500 grape vines and
other fruits and berries, His principal crop is corn. ® raises some cattle, feeding his
crops to his own stock. Mr. Bush is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. e has
been a meniber of the School Board several years, and is now Treasurer of the Board. Dur-
ing the Rebellion he was enrolled in the Militia, and was called into service at the time of the
Priceraid. He married Miss Angeline Barns, of Watertown, N. Y., July 20, 1857, by which
marriage he has had eight children, of whom Lester E., Alice D., Minnie M., Daisy B. and

Mary A. are living.
ORLANDO C, CASLER, farmer, Section 7, Township 16, Range 13, P. O. Air, was born
in Onondaga County, N. Y., August 15, 1826. Five years later his parents removed to
Crawford County, Pa., where he was brought up on a farm and received 2 common school
education. In 1844 he returned to his native State and engaged in farming in Otsego County.
He married here and remained about five years, then removed to Ogle County, Ill., where
he bought a farm and remained engaged in farming until he enlisted in August, 1863, as a
private in Company A, Second Regiment Illinois Cavalry. The regiment was in the Cavalry
Corps of the Western Army. Mr, Casler participated in'the battle of Rienzi, and in several
skirmishes. Was mustered out in February, 1865. Hethen returned to Ogle County and
resumed the operation of his farm, continuing until he came to Kansas, in the spring of
- 1868. He located in Waterloo Township, and bought a partly improved farm of 160 acres,
situated on Elm Creek. He sold this farm in 1875, and bought thirty acres of unimproved
land In Waterloo Township, which he has since cultivated. He has made valuableimprovs -
ments upon the place, including nice dwelling, good barn and other farm buildings, and an
orchard of two acres. He married Miss Narina Coleman, of Otsego County, N. Y., Januai y
8, 1848, by which marriage he has had six children—Charles M., Elsie, Florence, Cora, Ex-
nest and Gertrude, all living.-
Q . GILBERT, farmer and stock dealer, Section 35, Township 16, Range 12,
P. O. Ivy, was born in Washington County, Ohio, December 20, 1837. Twelve years later he
removed with his parents to Jefferson County, Ill, but after a residence theré of one year
removed to Appanoose County, lowa. Here he remained upon a farin until August, 1862,
when he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company J, Thirty-sixth Regiment lowa Volunteer In-
fantry. He was assigned to the army operating on the Mississippi River, and participated
in the battles of Helena, Little Rock and Marks Mills, besides many lighter engagements
and skirmishes. He was mustered out of service in September, 1865, and returned to Appa-
noose County, where he remained until he came to Kansas, in the spring of 1867. O-
cated in Lyon County, and bought a farm of 100 acres situated on One Hundred and Forty-
second Creek. This place he sold in 1878, and the following year he bought the farm he
now owns, containing 320 acres, situated on One Hundred aiid Forty-second Creek, in Wa-
terloo Township. He has made valuableimprovements on the farm, including a large and
fine dwelling, good barn and other buildings. He has 175 acres under cultivation, sixty
acres of timber land and uses the remainder for hay and grazing. His principal crop is
corn, He raises cattle and hogs, and feeds many more, using all his own crops and buying
additional. He married Miss Laura Moore, of Appanoose County, Lowa, December 5, 1858.
She died August 16, 1880, after bearing him ten children, of whom Isabella, Elmer K., Elva
L. and Emma are living. He married Miss Elizabeth W. Kirkpatrick, of Emporia, August
18,1881, oy whom he has one child—Jessie M.

LEMUEL W. HUTUCHASON, farmer, Section 35, Township 16, Range 13, P.O. Ivy,
—known as Well Hutchason, the infidel—was born, September 27, 1824, in Clinton County,
N. Y., andralsed upon a farm in Niagara County, N. ¥. His father died before he was ten
years old, in 1833, doaving a family of six children of whom he was the oldest, and upon
him and. his next oldest brother devolved the maintenance of the family. His prin-
cipal vocation was farming. In 1849, he bought 160 acres of Jand in Grundy County
Il, and the following year began farming for himself. He sold this farm in 1856, and in
January, 1857, came to Kansas, Located in Waterloo Township and pre-empted 160 acres
of land situated on One Hundred and Forty-second creek, which he began at once
to improve and has ever since cultivated. He has since bought five acres of timber Jana.
He has made valuable improvements upon his farm, including 2 commoiious frame dwell-
ing, completed in the spring of 1883. He has about 100 acrés under cultivation; principal
cropiscorn. He raises cattle, horses and hogs, feeding all his crops to his own stock. He
married Miss Minnie G. Chandler, of Chicago, Il., April 13, 1856. She died March 4, 1883,
leaving six children—Mary, Ettie, Franz, Zilpha, Lilaand Meda. Mr. Hutchason has given
to his children a good education, sending some to the State Normal School and some to the
State University. -

JAMES PEYTON JOHNSON, farmer, Section 19, pomnsuip 15, Range 13, P. O. Wil-
mington, was born in Venango County, Pa., August 16, 1830. While an infant his
pareuts removed to Mercer County, Pa,, where he was brought up on a farm and re-
mained until heattained his majority. In 1852 he moved to Fulton County, IIL, where he
engaged in tarming. He remained there until July, 1857, when he came to Kansas, locating
in Breckinridge County, where he took a claim of 160 acres on Elin Creek, in Waterloo
Township, which he improved and cultivated until 1864. He then operated a rented farm for

aterloo Township. This

 

one year, and in 1866 he bought Slghty acres of improved land, situated on the old Santa Fe.

trail in Waterloo Township. This farm he has improved by the erection of a dwelling and
‘other farm buildings and an orchard of about 150 anple trees, 300 peach trees and other
fruits. He is one of the oldest settlers in Waterloo Township, and has 1emained within four
miles of his first location ever since he came tothe State. His principal crop is corn. He
raises some cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops to hisown stock, Mr. Johnson is a mem-
ber of Wilmington Lodge, No. 57, I. 0. O. F. e has been a member of the School Board,
and Treasurer of the same several years, and has held other local offices. He married Miss
Lydia C. Dunmire, of Mercer County, Pa., November 16, 1851, by which marriage he has
had seven children, of whom William C, John L., James A., Fred E. and Lina K. are tiving.
_ JAMES JONES, farmer, Section 7, Township 16, Range 12, P. O. Allen, was born in
South Wales, November 1, 1822. He came to the United States in 1845, and after a resi-
dence of one year in New York city, located in Westchester County, N. Y., ¥
mained four years, engaged in gardening. In 1850 he removed t > Portage, Wis., but after
afew months went South, and remained in New Orleans, and Apalachacola, Fia.,until he
caime to Kansas, in 1857._In September of that year he pre-empted 160 acres of land, situa-
ted on One Hundred and Forty-second creek. in Waterloo Township, where he has ever since
resided, and been engaged in farming. He has improved this farm by the erection of a
commodious dwelling, barn, corn cribs and other farm buildings, planted an orchard and
made other improvements, He raises cattle and hors quite extensively, feeding all his crop,
which is principally corn, to his own stock. Mr. Jones was enrolled in the State militia
during the War of the Rebellion, and was several times called into service. He is a mem-
ber of Ivy Grange. P. of H. He married Miss Hannah O. Sheppardson, of Waterloo Town-
ship, October 31,1861. They have no children. . 3
JOHN LANGLEY, farmer, Section 18, Township 16, Range 13, P. O. Air, was born in
Scott County, Va., March 3, 1822. While an infant his parents removed to Russell County,
Va., where he was raised ujon a farm. In 1§44he settled in Floyd County, Ky.; was en-
gaged in farming the first two years, then entered the mercantile business, keeping a gen-
eral store for four years. He ‘atter wards engaged in the lumber business, but during all this
time he also operated his farm, which he sold in 1856, ani in the spring of 1857 he came to
Kansas. th May he located on Elm Creek, in Waterloo Township, and took a claim of 188
acres, which he improved and farned until 1866, when he suld it and came to his present
loeation. He has in his farm 121 acres, situated on Elm Creek. He has made valuable im-
rovements upon his farm, including a commodious frame dwelling and necessary farm
Baiaines. Has about sixty acres under cultivation. Priucipalcrop is corn. Raises some
cattle and hogs, Mr. Langley is one of the earliest settlers in Waterloo cewnship and has
remained within two miles of his first location ever since he came to the State. He was en-
rolled in the militia during the rebellion; was called into service at the time of the Price
raid. He married Miss Sarah A. Brown, of Flovd County, Ky., January 11, 1849, by which
marriage he has hadseven children, of whom William L., Robert D., Matthew, George and
Eliza J. (twins) and Joseph H. are living. oe :

ILLIAM C. LINEKER, farmer, Section 6, Township 16, Range 12 P. O, Allen, was
born in Nottingham. Eng., January 29, 1813. He came to the United States in 1847, lo-
cating first in New York City, where he remainedthree years. The next four years he spent
in different Eastern cities, working at his trade, the manufacture of hosiery goods, and in
the fall of 1854, came to Kansas. He located at Topeka, where he remained three years,
and was one of the party who laid out that town site, In March, 1857, he came to his pres-
ent location and pre-empted 180 acres of land, situated on One Hundred and Forty-second
ereek, in Waterloo Township, He has made \aluable improvements upon this farm, in-
cluding dwelling and necessary farm buildings, and an orchard of 450 apple and fifty
peach trees. besides smaller fruits, He raises some cattle and hogs. Principal crops are
copa and miliet, Mr, L, was a warm Abolitionist when he came to Kangas, and did not

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maintain his opinions without considerable trouble and cost to himself. He married Miss
Elizabeth Bingley, of Nottingham, Eng., in 1834. e died in 1847, leaving four children—
James, Sarah A., William and Arthur, all of whom are living. He again married in 1852,
Mrs. Harriet Huntress, of Groveland, Mass., who died March 2, 1880, leaving three chil-
dren—Emmna C., Albert E., and_Clarence E,, all now living. & :

HIRAM MILLER, farmer, Section 12, Township 16, Range 12, P. O. Air, was born in
Trumbull County, Ohio, January 25, 1842. When he was eight years old his parents re-
moved to Williams County, Ohio, where he was raised upon afarm. In April, 1861, he en-
listed as a apeiyate in Company , Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Militia, for three
months, Participated in the battle of Cheat River and a skirmish at Bealington, Va. At
the expiration of his term of enlistment hereturned to Ohio, and in August, of the same
year, he enlisted as a private in Company C, Thirth-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers; was
afterwards promoted to corporal. as assigned to the Western Army, and upon the re-
organization of the armies, was assigned to the Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Cumberland.
Participated in the siege of Corinth, battles of Perryville, Stone River, Hoover’s Gap, Tulla-
homa, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and the campaign against Atlanta. After this Mr.
Miller was taken sick and sent to the hospital at Nasliville.: He rejoined the regiment at
Jonesboro, N. C., and continued with the army of General Sherman in the great march
through the Carolinas, into the National Capital. Was present at the great review at Wash-
ington. Was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 12, 1865. He then returned home and
in the spring of 1866 came to Kansas, bought 125 acres of unimproved land, situated on Elm.
Creek, in Waterloo Township, which he partly improved and then traded for fifty-six acres
of bottom land on Elm Creek. This farm he improved by the erection of farm buildings,
etc., and sold it in 1872 and removed to his present location in Waterloo Township, He has
his present farm eighty acres, upon which he has erected a commodious frame dwelling
in and nice farm buildings. Has an orchard of about 100 apple trees, besides other fruits.
He also rents other land. Principal cropis corn and millet. He raises some cattle and
hogs, feeding all his crops to his own stock. He is a member of Jayhawker Post, No. 140, G.
A.R. He married Miss Frances E. Banks, of Waterloo Township, a ovem Ler 18, 1868, by

Elwyn B., a ving.

JAMES POLLOCK, farmer, Section 7, Township 16, Range13, P. O. Air, was born in
Renfrewshire, Scotland, September 1, 1836. He came to the United States in 1851, locating
in Randolph County, Il. ere he learned the trade of a blacksmith. which he followed
until August 1, 1861, when he enlisted in Company F, Tenth Regiment Missouri Volunteers,
He served for a time in Missouri, and was then foratime transferred to Mississippi, and
participated in the siege of Corinth and the battle of Iuka, He was sent to the hospital at

etferson Barracks, St. Louls, on account of sickness, October, 1862, whence he was dis-
charged in December, 1862. He then returned to Randolph County, and there remained fol-
lowing his trade until the spring of 1867, wben be came to Kansas. He located in Waterloo
Pownship and bought a partly improved farm containing 184 acres, which he has since cul-
tivated. He has since parehased sixty-six acres of land situated one-fourth of a mile east of
the home farm. He has about sixty acres under cultivation, and twenty acres of timber
land, and uses the remainder for hay and grazing purposes. His principal crop is corn.’ He
raises some cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops to hisown_ stock. He has made valuable
improvements on his farm, including an orchard of over 100 apple and 100 peach trees, be-
sides other fruits. Mr. Pollock isa member of the Congregational Church, also a meinber
of Jayhawker Post, No, 140, G. A. R. He holds the office of Postmaster of the Air office. He
has been twice married, his first wife, Miss Jeanette McMurry, of Randolph County, Hl.,
whom he married in May, 1868, died June 4, 1869, leaving threechildren, Margaret, Thomas
and Archibald, all now living. He married Mary McNeil, of Randolph County, IIlL., in July, -
1871. Has no children by this marriage. : . -

ROBERT POLLOCK, farmer and stock raiser, Section 6, Township 16, Range 13, P. O.
Air, was born in Renfrewshire, Scotland, August 1, 1831. He came to the United States in
1850, locating in Randolph County, Ill, _He was engaged in farming for several years, then
ran a stationary engine in agrist-mill for about five years. In July, 1862, he enlisted asa
private in Company G, Eightieth Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Was assigned to the Army
of the Cumberland, and participated in the battle of Perryville, in which he was wounded
in the rightlung and inthe leftthigh. He was senttothe hospital, and was discharged in
January, 1863, for disability. We then returned to Illinois, and soon after engaged in the
woolen manufacturing bustness, under the firm name of Calderwood, Pollock & Dickey,at
Sparta, and Dickey, Pollock & Dickey at De Soto, He remained in Randolph County, with
the exception ot sixteen months when he was in Kendall County, engaged in farming, until
he came to Kansas. He located in Lyon County in April, 1866, and bought 194 acres of un-
improved land situated on Elm Creek, in Waterloo Township. He has since purchased ad-
ditional lands, and now has in his farm 660 acres. He has about 130 acres under cultiva-
tion, thirty-five,acres of timber land, and uses the remainder for hay and grazing. He has
made valuable improvements upon his farm, including a commodious frame dwelling, barn,
corn-crib, and other farm buildings, and an orchard of about one acre. He raises cattle and
hogs, feeding all his crops to his own stock. Has some high grade cattle of the Durham
breed. His principal crop is corn, but he also raises oats and millet, Mr. Pollock isa mem-
ber of Signal Lodge, No. 141, A., F.& A. M., of Osage City. Alsoamember of Jayhawker
Post, No. 140, G. A. R. He was elected Justice of the Peace in November, 1868, and held the
office fourteen consecutive years by re-election. He has also held the office of Postmaster at
Air and otber local offices. He married Miss Jennie Smiley, of Sparta, Ill., March 15, 1866,
by which marriage he has had three children, of whom Thomas A. and Robert, Jr., are now

living. é

WILLIAM RICHARDSON, farmer and stock breeder, Section 25. Township 15, Range
12, P. O. Waushbara, was born in Staffordshire, England, April 80, 1832, and came to the
United States four years later with his parents, They located in New York State, where he
remained until after attaining his majority. In 1853 he moved to Linn County, lowa, where
he Jearned the trade of a mason and a bricklayer. Remained in Lowa two years, returned
to New York and married and then settled in Dodge County, Wis. He remained here only a
year. however, and then came to Kansas. In May, 1857, he located in Waterloo Township
taking a claim of 160 acres, situated on Log Chain Creek, which land he began at once to
improve. He continued to cultivate his farm until September, 1861, when he enlisted as
First Sergeant of Company EK, Eighth Regiment Kansas Volunteers. He was afterward
promoted to Sergeaut-Major of the regiment. He participated in all the engagements in
which his command took part while he was with it and inallin which his position called
him after his promotiun. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in October, 1864. He then
returned to his farm, which he has ever since continued to cultivate. He has since pur-
chased additional land, and now has in his farm 400 acres,upon which, he has made valuable
improvements, including a targe and fine dwelling, good barn, expensive cattle sheds and
an orchard of about 200 apple trees besides other fruits. He is quite extensively engaged in
raising cattle, feeding all his crops to his own stock. His principal crop iscorn. Mr. Rich-
ardson is a member of the Universalist Church. Heis also a member of Jayhawker Post,
No. 140,G. A. R. He has held the office of Township Trustee one year, been_a Justice. of
the Peace two years and has held other local offices. He married Miss Mary.N. Clough of
Wyoming County, N. Y.,April 3, 1856, by whom he has had two children, Frank E, an Ella

D., both living. E

MILLARD F. RIGGIN, farmer, Section 22, Township 15, Range 13, P. 0. Wilmington,
was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, November 18, 1844. He was raised upon a farm in his
native county, and educated in the schools of New Holland and at Antioch College, Ohio.
After attaining his majority, he was engaged in teaching in the schools of Pickaway County
about four years. In the spring of 1868 he came to Kansas, locating in Shawnee County,
where he engaged infarming. He sold his farm, June, 1877, and came to his present loca-
tion im Lyon County. In 1881 he bought the quarter section of land situated in the extreme
northeastern corner of Lyon County, and now operatesit The farm is well improved, has
upon it adwelling, barn and other farm buildings, an orchard of about 120-apple trees, be-
sides other fruits. He has about eighty acres under cultivation, about tweuty acres of tim-
ber land and uses the remainder for hay. He married Miss Claudia Craig, of Wilmington,
September 21, 1881, by whom he has one child, Alta G., born July 27, 1882.

LEVI SMITH, farmer, Section 1, Township 16, Range 12, P. O. Air, was born April 9,
1827, in Berks County, Pa. When abouteight years old his parents removed to Pickaway
County, Ohio, where his father died. In 1839 his mother removed to Edgar County, II1.,
where he remained until 1850, when he went to California and remained engaged in mining
four years. He then returned to Illinois and remained until he came to Kansas in March,
1857. He located in Waterloo Township, pre-empting 160 acres of land situated on Elm
Creek, with the exception of about nine months in 1860, when he was at Pike’s Peak, Col.
He has remained upon his homestead since his settlement. He has since purchased 120
acres of land, a mile west of the home farm. He has made valuable improvements on his
place, including dwelling, barn, corn crib, etc., and an orchard of about 100 apple and 100
peach trees, besides other fruits. His principal cropiscorn. He raises some cattle, horses
and hogs. He married Miss Priscilla A. Johnson, of Waterloo Township, April 20, 1865, by
which marriage he has had ten children. of whom Nellie E., William L., Milton M., Frank,
Harry E.. Charles E. and George W. are Hv: 7

GILBERT C. SWEET, farmer, Section 8, Township 16, Range 12, P. O. Allen, was
born March 29, 1846, in Warren County, Pa. About teu years later his father removed to
Chautauqua County, N. Y., where they remained about two years, and in the sprin of 1858
came to Kansas. Hisfather pre-empted 160 acres of land situated on One Hundred and
Forty-second Creek, in Waterloo Township, which he improved and resided upon until his
death, in 1869. Here the subject of this sketch has always remained, upon him devolving
the active working of thefarm almost from the first settlement, on account of the feeble
condition of his father, after whose death the farm was divided, Gilbert C., receivin
sixty acres. He has since improved his farm bythe erection of a fine stone dwelling, an’
has upon it a barn, sheds and other farm buildings; an orchard of seventy-five apple and
fifty peach trees, besides other small fruits. Fifty acres of his land is under cultivation.
He raises some cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops to his own stock. He married Miss
Katie E. Mosher, of Waterloo Township, February 28, 1872, by whom he has one child
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Geneyra, born February 22, 1878. Mr. and Mrs, Sweet are members of the Methodist

FREMONT TOWNSHIP.

JACOB BOLT, farmer, Section 4, Township 18, Range 11, P. 0. A i
' + , , P, O, Americus, was born in
Westmoreland County, Pa., March 30, 1822. He resided fa his native county until 1844,
then removed to Adams County, Ill, and engaged in farming and carpentering. He re-
mained in Illinois until the fall of 1877, when he came to Kansas, locating on Allen Creek,
in Fremont Township, where he bought an Improved farm of 304 acres, which he has since
improved and operated. The following winter he bought another improved farm of eighty
acres, situated on Allen Creek, which he now rents. His principalcrop is corn. He raises
some Cattle and hogs. Mr. Bolt isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has
been a member of the School Board of Fremont Township, three years. He married Miss

lizabeth McNutt, of Adams County, Ill, May 3, 1849, by which marriage he has had eleven
children, of whom, Mary E., William B., Emma, B., (married to Dr. A. J. Sax, of Americus),
James D., Lizzie F., Rosa Lee, John W., George L. and Charles I., are living.

CHARLES D, BURDICK, farmer, Section 14, Township 18, Range 17 P. O. Emporia,

was born July 19, 1831, in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., while he was yet an infant his pa-
rents moved to Otsego County, where his youth was passed upon a farm. He received an
academic education. In the fall of 1849 he removed with his parents to Rock County, Wis.,
and there remained until 1857, when he came to Kansas, locating in Lyon County, th May,
and pre-empted 160 acres of land situated on Dow Creek, in Fremont Township, which he
at once began toimprove. The following year he sold eighty acres of his claim and has
since been engaged in the cultivation of the remainder, except about five years, during the
war, when he was away. He wa; in the Government service about six months stationed in
Tennessee, and was connected with the construction corps of the army. He has made valu-
able improvements on his farm, including dwelling, barn and other farm buildings, anda
large and very fine orchard, containing about 1,500 apple, 500 peach, and 200 cherry trees;
besides other fruits and berries. ‘The land is all under cultivation except about teu acres of
timber. His principal cropiscorn, Mr. Burdick isa member of the Seventh Day Baptist
Church, He held the office of Postmaster of the Fremont postoffice two and a half years
before it was discontinued, He has been a member of the School Board, and has held other
local offices. He married Mrs, Malinda Childers, of Fulton County, IJl.. March 22, 1866
She has two children by her former marriage—John M. and James E, Childers, Mr, Bur-
dick is now writing a history of the Burdick family.
_ Wa&LLIAM HOLLINGSWORTH, farmer, Section 35, eomnenie 18, Range 11, P..0.
Emporia, was born January 13. 1817, in Union County, Ind., where he was brought up on a
farm, receiving a common School education. In the spring of 1841 he removed to Wayne
County, where he remained, engaged in foundry and machine business, until he came to
Kansas. In the fall of 1860 he located in Lyon County. renting a farm on Allen Creek, in
Fremont Township, which he operated three years. In 1863 he bought 120 acres of partly
improved land, situated at.the junction of Taylor and Allen creeks upon which he removed
aud began at once to Hn DEO e He has ever since continued to operate this farm. In 1870
he built a commodious dwelling, and also has upon the place a barn, corn cribs and other
farm buildings, and an orchard of about 200 apple, 400 peach and 80 pear trees, b. sides
two acres of smaller fruits. He raises some cattle and hogs; his principal grop iscorn. He
is a member of Neosho Grange No, 523, P. of H. He has held the office of Treasurer of
Fremout Township two years and been a member of the School Board five years. He
married Miss Martha A. Cooney, of Union County, Ind., September 26, 1838, by which
marriace he has had ten children, of whom Ellen F., Benjamin Franklin, Salathiel Mary,
Elizabeth. Thos, Harmon and Charles P. aré now living. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM E, McCREARY, farmer, Section 27, Township 18, Range 11, P. O. Emporia,
was born at Chillicothe, Ohio, March 19, 1844. When about seven years old he removed
with his parents to Lancaster County, Pa.; five years later returned to Ohio. August, 1862,
he enlisted as a private in Company I, eighty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Army of the
Tennessee, and was at Corinth, Resaca, Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain. the siege of
Atlanta and other engagements, He had chronic diarrhea at Atlanta and was sent to the
hospital, in which he remained four months. Receiving a sick furlough, he returned home,
rejoined his. regiment in North Carolina, was present at the grand review of Sherman’s
army, was mustered out of service July 13, 1865, at Louisville, Ky. He then went to Lan-
caster County, Pa., and engaged in civilengineering and farming until he came to Kansas.
He located on Allen Creek, in Fremont Township, Lyon County, in the spring of 1871, upon
afarm. He improved this and operated it until in 1877, when he sold it and bought a farm
situated on Dow Creek, four miles north of inporle He has since made improvements
upon this farm, He is a member of Emporia Lodge No. 2, A. O. U. W.
of the G.

 

3 J 1 . W., and of Emporia Post
.. R. Married Miss Lizzie Kiefer, of Lancaster County, Pa., September 13, 1870;
has one child, Mary Louisa, born February 29, 1876.
t ON. P. B. MAXSON, farmer, P. O. Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, came to Fremont
Township May 8, 1858. _In 1859 he pre-empted the claim on which he now resides, south-
east quarter of Section 3, Township 18 south, Range 11 east. Mr. Maxson is a native of
Hopkinton, Washington County, R. I., where he was born July!20, 1826. He was raised on
a farm, under the old regulations of the New England farmer, which means toil six days in
the week, from dawn of day ‘till dusky eve, out of door work during fair weather, and
making repairs during the rainy days; no lost time, He received his academic education at
De Ruyter Institute, Madison County, N. Y. He then engaged in teaching the village school
at Rockville and Centreville, R. I., for three years, then kept the Rockville Mf’g Co’s books.
Was Postmaster, and clerk of the Baptist Church at Rockville. His health becoming im-
paired, he changed his situation to that of Deck keeper for Geo. Greenman & Co., ship Build-
ers, and the Greenmanville Manufacturing Co., at Mystic, Conn. In March, 1856, he set out
for Kansas. Spent most of the summer in traveling. He visited Wisconsin, where he re-
mained for a year,then went to Kansas by team and settled as above stated, Heserved in the
Assembly in 1861, and in the Senate in 1862-63. Was re-elected to the Senate in the fall of
1866. In September, 1865, he organized the Union Pacific Railway Southern Branch Com-
pany. He was elected secretary and director of this company, and served till the road and
franchises were turned over to the Land Grant and Trust Vo.,of New York. Mr. Maxson was
instrumental in securing the franchises to this road. In October, 1866, he visited the
Cherokee Nation,and in company with Mr. N.S. Goss, secured from their Legislature (Coun-
cil) atreaty granting to the company tbe right of way through their lands in the Indian
Nation, also otier valuable franchises which the company realized. The treaty also
pledged $500,000 cash subscription to the capital stock of the company, which, however,
has not been made. The road was afterwards known as the M., K. & T., now a part of the
Missouri Pacific system. Mr, Maxson resigned his position as secretary and director in
January, 1871, aud was appointed Register of the U. S. Land Office at Humboldt, Kansas,
which position he filled tillthe appoluting power was changed. He has been, and is now,
identified with the fariners’ organization known as the Grange, and has been Secretary of
the State Grange for six years. Mr. Maxson has been prominentin working up the fran-
chises of the Kansas City and Emporia Railroad, and has settled theright of way. Has also
been employed to luok after the interest of the St. Louis & Emporia Railroad. He is a nem-
ber in good standing of the A., F. & A. M., No. 12; K. of P., No. 11, of Kansas, and of the
K. of H., No. 781. Of the two last he was a charter member. In November, 1851, Mr.
Maxson was married, at De Ruyter, Madison Co., N. Y., to Mary 8. Wilcox, daughter of
Willard D, Wilcox. Mrs. Maxson was a native of Scott, Cortland County, N.Y. They have
four children—Mary P., now Mrs. Charles C. Vickers, of Morris County, Kan.; Clara G., now
Mrs. Wm. T. Ewing, of Emporia, Kan.; Jennie A., now altending the State Normal School,
and Willard P., an only son.

JOHN M. KNOX, farmer, Section 19, Township 18, Range 12, P. O. Emporia, was born
in Morgan County, Ohio, March 5, 1843. When be was about ten years old his parents re-
moved to Illinois, where he remained upon a farm until August, 1862, when he enlisted as
a private in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers,

as assigned to General Logan’s First Brigade, Third Division of the Seventeenth Army
Corps, and Rerticipated in the battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills,
the siege of Vicksburg, the Monroe and Brownsville Campaigns, and the Meridian expedl-
tion. as transferred to the Third Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, and under Gen. Canby
participated in the campaign seainst Yazoo City. the battle of Benton and the campaign
peainst Mobile, Montgomery and Spanish Fort. The regiment marched by land and water
over 4,100 miles, and was engaged in 14 skirmishes, 10 battles and 2 sieges. Mr. Knox was
discharged in September, 1865, and soon after located in Bureau County, Ill., and engaged
in farming, in which he continued until he came to Kansas, In the fall of 1878 he pur-
chased a farm of 146 acres, situated in Fremout Township, onthe old Burlingame road,
about five miles northeast of Emporia, and in January, 1879, located upon it. is farm is
well improved, about eighty acres being under cultivation. He has a very fine orchard,
containing about 1,000 peach, 500 apple and 200 trees of other fruits. Mr. Knox is a mem-
ber of the Methouist Episcopal Church. He married Miss Mary M. Wood, of Bureau Coun-
ty, UL, February 20, 1867, by which marriage he has bad three children, of whom Carleton
E. and Willie E. are living.

ROBERT ROBERTS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 26, Township 18, Range 11, P. 0.

Emporia, was born in Greene County, Va, February 28, 1826. While he was yet an infant,
’ his parents removed to Rockingham County, in the same State, where he was raised, In
1845, he removed to Cass County, Ill.,where he remained, engaged in farming, until the fall
of 1855, when he came to Kansas. He located first in Douglas County, but in March, 1857,
removed to Lyon, then Breckinridge County, and pre-empted 160 acres of land, situated in
Fremont Township, atthe Junction of Dow and Allen creeks, two and a half miles north of
siimporia, This he at once began to improve, and has since owned. He has since purchased
‘ditional land, and now has in the home farm 560 acres, wellimproved. He has upon the
slace a fine, commodious dwelling, good barn and other farm buildings. In partnership
with Daniel King, he also owns a cattle range of 2,500 acres, in Lyon and Wabaunsee coun-

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HISTORY OF KANSAS, ;

ties. They are extensively engeged in raising, feeding and handling cattle and hogs. Dur-
ing the War of the ‘Rebellion, te Roberts was employed by the Government, freighting be-
tween Lyon County and Fort Gibson, Indian Ter. He isa member of Central Lodge, No,
781, K.of H. He inarried Miss Catharine Ater, of Morgan County, lll., February 2, 1851,
by whom he has one child, Nancy A., married to P. G. Serviss, and residing near the home

farm. Z

RICHARD J. RUDISILL, farmer, Section 24, Township 18, Range 11, P.O. Emporia,
was born January 1, 1837, in Morgan County, IIl., where he was raised upon a farm. He
was educated in the common schools of his county, and at Berean College, Jacksonville, Il.
He was engaged in farming until April, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company E,
Tenth Regiment, Illinois Volnnteers, or three months, durin, which time he was stationed
at Cairo, In August, 1861, he again enlisted in Company G, Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ili-
nois Volunteers. Was soon detailed as Acting Commissary Sergeant of the regiment, in
which capacity he served most of the time until he was taken sick and sent to the hospital
at N ashville, enn., from which he was discharged for disability. He returned to Morgan
County, and in the fall of 1868, removed to Sangamon County, where he was engaged in
farming until 1870, when he engaged in mercantile business at Pleasant Plains, i. He
continued in this business about two years, then sold out, and for the benefit of his wife's
health, came to Kansas, located in Lyon County in the fall of 1872, upon a farm of 160 acres,
s{tuated on Taylor Creek, in Fremont Township, about five miles northeast of Emporia. He
has erected a fine farm dwelling, barn and other buildings, Planted an orchard of 650 apple
and over 400 peach trees, besides smaller fruits, ornamental trees, and made other valuable
improvements, having one of the most attractive homes in the township. He has since
bought 240 acres adjoining the first purchase,and seventy-five acres situated on Dow Creek;
one acre of the latter purchase he nas since donated for the erection upon it of the Bethel
Methodist Episcopal Church, which was completed in 1882. He has about 140 acres under
cultivation, six acres of timber land, and uses the remainder for hay and grazing purposes,
His principal crop fs corn, most of which he feeds to his own cattle and hogs. r. Rudisill
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and superintendent of the Central Union
Sabbath school, held at the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church. He isa member of the I. 0.
O. F., also a member ot the Neosho Grange, P. of H. He has been Clerk of Fremont Town-
ship two years, and in February, 1883, was elected for another term. He has been a mem-
ber of the School Board, and Clerk of the same several years. e married Miss Mary J.
Hayes, of Sangainon County, Il!., November 13, 1862, by which marriage he has had five
children, of whom Mary E., Annie C., Flora A. and Charles A. are now living.

CARL SCHEEL, farmer, Section 31, Township 17, Range 11, P. O. Emporia, was born in
Germany, December 19, 1833. He- came to the United States in 1857, aud after a residence
of about ayear in Will County, Ill., came to Kansas. He located in Lyon County in the
spring of 1858, and pre-empted 160 acres of land situated on Dow Creek, in Fremont Town-
ships which he improved and farmed until the fall of 1662, when he sold it and bought 160
acres of unimproved land adjoining, He has since purchased 320 acres adjoining, 160
acres about a mile northwest, and eighty acres three-quarters of a mile west of the home
farm, so that he now operates 720 acres, of which about 280 acres are under cultivation,
He raises many cattle and hogs, feeding all his crops, which are principally corn, to his own
stock. He has made valuable improvements upon the bome farm, including a commodi-
ous dwelling, barn, extensive cattle sheds, corn cribs, etc; has an orchard of about 700
apple, 400 peach and 100 pear trees, besides smaller fruits. He has about 225 head of
cattle and fifty hogs, Mr.S. was enrolled in the State Militia during the War of the Re-
bellion, and was Called into service at the time of the Price raid and during an Indian
alarm. He has been a member of the Township School Board about ten years. He married
Miss Parmelia Hill, of Fremont Township, June 2, 1862, by whom_ he has three children-—
William A., Charles and Lizzie. Mr.and Mrs. 8. are members of the Church of United
Brethren. h

WILLIAM STANLEY, farmer, Section 27, Township 18, Range 11, P. O. Emporia,
was born in Cass County, Ind., November 6, 1834. He was left an orphan before reaching
his tenth year, and has since been dependent upon his own resources, He worked upon a
farm in his native county until about nineteen years old, then removed to Iowa, where he
remained avout two years, then, after a year spent in Harrison County, Mo., he came to
Kansas, in the spring of 1856. Pre-empted 160 acres situated on Dow Creek, in Fremont
Township, about three miles north of Emporia. He at once began improving this farm,
and resided upon it uuatil 1862, when he entered the service of the United States, as a
civilian employee in the Quartermaster Department, and for about three years was engaged
in freighting from Leavenworth and Kansa: City to frontier posts. After the close of the
war he returned home, and has since operated his farm. He hasan orchard of about 350
apple and 200 peach trees, besides smaller fruits. He raises cattle and hogs, Principal
crop is corp, most of which he feeds to his stock. During the two years in which he
lived upon his farm before marriage, his place was, during his necessary absence, fre-
quently visited by Indians, who stole from him several head of stock, besides provisions,
etc. r. Stanley ‘is a member of Central Lodge, No. 781, K. of H., of Emporia, He has
been a member of the District School Board, and Clerk and Treasurer of the same several
years. He married Miss Matilda S. Filener, of Lyon County December, 1858, by whom he
tas six children—Mary E., William A., Maggie D., Katie V., Matilda and Frankie, all liv-

ng.

 

 

CENTER TOWNSHIP.

DANIEL BITLER, farmer and stock dealer, Section 3, Township 21, P. O. Bitlertown,
was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., September 24, 1820, where he remained on a farm until
abouttwelve years of age, when he removed with his parents to Franklin County, Ohio,
and after a residence there of about two years, removed to Allen County. His father, Dan-
iel Biller, was one of the founders of the town of St, Johns, in Allen County, in 1835. The
subject of this sketch continued to reside here with his father, assisting him in the opera-
tion of his general store, until he was twenty years of age. In 1840, he began business for
himself, conducting a general mercantile business, and at times, also engaged in farming
and stock dealing. In 1854, he was elected to the office of County Treasurer of Auglaize
County. He was also Postmaster at St. Johns, Onjo, in 1839, again in 1844 and 1856 aud
was Justice of the Peace three terms, nine years at St. Johns, Ohio, and removed to the
county seat, Wapakoneta, where he resided for two years; returning then to St. Johns, he
resuined his business operations. Three years later he sold out his business at St. Johns
and engaged in general merchandising at Wapakoneta, dealing largely also in stock and
grain, where he remained until he came to Kansas, in 1866. In April, of that year, he located

n Lyon County, on Eagle Creek, in Center Township, where he purchased a farm of 174
acres, which he has improved by the erection of a commodious dwelling, barns, granarjes
and corn-cribs capable of holding about 15,000 bushels. He has since purchased about 300
acres on the Verdigris River, in Greenwood County, which he has given to his sons; about
340 acres near Eureka, Greenwood County, and 480 acres in Center Township, about four
miles southwest of his original farm, anda farm of forty acres about one mile east of his
home place, also 320 acres adjoining his home place, making it now 494 acres. His princi-
palcrop is corn; he raises many cattle and hogs, and deals largely in stock, buying and
shipping cattle and hogs. He was elected a director of the Emporia National Bank in 1873,
and re-elected annually ever since. He has held the office of Township Trustee ten or
eleven years since ho came to the State, and served as a Justice of the Peace one term here.
He married Miss Sarah J. Van Tress, of Allen County, Ohio, May 10, 1840, by whom he
had nine children, of whom Sylvester V., William $., Susanna, Hannah and Martha are
living. She died September 18, 1856, and he married June 14, 1857, Miss Elizabeth Wag-

oner, of Auglaize County, Ohio, by whom he has had seven children, of whom Charles L.,

fara J., Cora B., Daniel F., Maggie M. and Rhoda Kate are living. :

JOHN H. FERREN, farmer, Section 30, Township 21, Range 11, P. O. Madison,Green-
wood County, is a native of Cumberland, Guernsey Co.,Ohio, and in 1859 came to Kansas with
his parents, who located in Franklin County. August 22, 1862, he enlisted in Company C,
Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and served with his regiment in Arkansas and Missouri, being in
the engagements at old Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, and Prairie Grove, and was subsequently
one of the United States mail escort across the plains. He was mustered out at Fort Riley,
in September, 1865. In 1868 he married Miss Mary R. Rumford, of Lyon County. They,
have five children, the eldest being twelve years of age. Mr. Ferren’s farm contains 180
acres, fifty of which are under cultivation, his corn averaging forty-five bushels per acre.
He has an orchard of several hundred trees, good barn, etc., and has recently erected a fine
two-story residence. At present has upwards of 100 head of cattle, 30 hogs, and 6 horses.
He is at present Road Overseer, and in 1879 was Township Trustee. For the past three

years he: has been: we M. of Lyon Grange, No. 1,146, P. of H., and is a member of Emporia
W. S. PROVO, farmer, Section 18, P. 0. Madison, Greenwood County, is a native of

 

. Fountain County, Ind., and was born in 1847, and removed with his parents to Missourl In

1854, where they remained until 1861, when he came to Kansas and located upon a farm
near Fort Scott. March 138, 1863, he enlisted in Company A, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, He
participated in the engagements at Lexington and Westport, Mo., and also the Little Blue and
the Big Blue fights, at the Little Blue being wounded in the face. He was also engaged with
the Cheyennes at the North Platte Bridge, D.T., when so many of the Eleventh were surprised
and killed; and upon another occasion he, with seven of his company. were inarunning fight
with the Indians to the number of twenty, on the Medicine Bow River, when the Sergeant
of the party was killed. After leaving the army he settled upon a farm iu Douglas County

and in,1871 removed to Madison Township, Greenwood County. where he remained unt i
1881, when he sold his farm and removed (o his present location on Section 13, just across
the county line. In 1872 Mr. Provo married Miss Addie Reed. They have five children

viz.; Elsie, Susan Olive, Harry Munro, Daniel W., and George C. Mr. P:’s farm consists of
160 acres, seventy acres of which he has under cultivation, and his first year’s corn crop
averaged thirty-five bushels to the acre. He has fifty head of cattle and several horses, hogs,

 

1

 
MIAMI COUNTY.

etc; His residence and farm buildings are insured, i
Lodge, Nowtth iy woken: gs ed. Heis acharter member of Madison
. » farmer, Section 24, Township 21, P. O. Bitlertown

in Jo Daviess County, IIL, April 24, 1839. He was raised on a farm, and eGntinaed te reside
there until his removal to Kansas, in the spring of 1858. He located in Center Townsbip,
Lyon County, pre-empting a ciaim of 160 acres on Eagle Creek, which he improved, and
where he resided until August, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company C, Eleventh
Kansas Regiment, participating in all the engagements fh which his company took part.

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He was promoted to Corporal, and mustered out at Fort Riley, in August, 1865, returning
to his farm, which he soon after sold. .He bought another farm of e gbhty acres on Eagle
Creek, in 1866, to which he has since added land adjoining to the amount of 340 acres. He
has made valuable improvements upon this farm, including dwelling, barn, corn-cribs, etc
He married Miss Susannah Bitler, of Center Township, November 21, 1867, by whom he has
had ei ht children, of whom. Harry L,, Clifford L., Hisie P., Lucius G., Ralph L., Freeman
W., and Cora E. are living. He has been a member of the School Board many years, and has
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/ MIAMI COUNTY.

 

LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCES,

Mn County is located in the eastern tier of counties, next to Missouri,
and in the second tier suuth from the Kansas River, It is bounded on
the north by Johnson County, on the east by Missouri, south by Linn County,
and west by Franklin County. When organized the county was named Lykins,
in honor of David Lykins, long a resident of the county, and a member of the
first Territorial Council. The first Legislature of the Territory passed an act
in 1855, bounding Lykins County as follows: |
“ Beginning at the southeast corner of John-
son County, thence south twenty-four (24)
miles, thence west twenty-four (24) miles,
thence north twenty-four (24) miles to the "15
southwest corner of Johnson County, thence : °
east twenty-four (24) miles to the place of S
beginning.” Lykins County, as thus de-
fined, was twenty-four miles square, and

. contained 368,640 acres. The name of the
county was changed from Lykins to Miami
by the Legislature, June 3, 1861, and on
March 3, 1868, an act was approved which
changed the boundaries of the county so as
to include an additional half-mile strip on
the west, and thus to increase the area by
the equivalent of twelve sections, or 7,680
acres. The section line between the sec-
ond and third tiers of sections, in range
twenty-one east, was made the western
boundary; but since north of the third
standard parallel, which is three miles south
of the north line of the county, the corre-
sponding ranges are one-half mile farther
to the east than those south of said parallel,
Miami County loses three half-sections, or
goo acres; therefore, the exact area of the
county is 375,360 acres.

Miami County is diversified as to sur-
face, about twenty per cent being bottom
land, and eighty per cent upland. The up-
lands are, for the most part, gently rolling,
the highest hills in Osawatomie Township T
not being more than 130 feet above the e
level of the bottom-lands. These latter
average about one mile in width. The

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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).

The principal kinds of native timber are the cottonwood, coffee-bean, hack-
berry, hickory, linn or basswood, maple, mulberry, oak—Spanish, black, burr
and post—pecan and walnut. These grow mostly along the creeks, average
width of belts being about one-half mile, and occupying about ten per cent of
the surface, open prairie occupying ninety per cent.

Qn the uplands the soil varies in depth from one to four feet ; in the valleys
from four to thirty feet. It is everywhere exceedingly fertile. The subsoil is

usually clay. Good limestone is found
; in almost every. locality. There is
GO. also considerable sandstone. A spe-
cies of limestone, resembling gray
granite, is found in Mound Town-
ship, and in the central and southern
portions is found what is called -
“Fontana marble,” from the town
Fontana, near which the principal
quarries of the marble are located.
This marble resembles the Junction
City stone, is readily shaped with
saw or plane, and is quite valuable
for building purposes.

Coal is believed to underlie
about one-fourth of the county, but
the quality is generally too poor, and
the layers are too thin to justify
working.

In various parts of the county
there have been found “tar springs,”
and “oil springs.” The most noted
of these are the “Wea Tar Spring,”
the “Beaver Tar Spring,” and the
“Won-Zop-peach: Tar Spring,”
“Dales Oil Spring,” and ‘“Honey-
wells Oil Spring.” The existence of
some of these springs had been
known to the Indians from time im-
memorial, and to white men about
thirty-five years. But prospecting
for petroleum was not undertaken
until 1882. In July of that year the
Kansas Oil and ‘Mining Company
bored down on the farm of A. West-
fall, about seven miles east of Paola,
to the depth of 300 feet, obtaining
a copious supply of gas. In order

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width. not to lose this gas the drill was
The principal streams are the Marais — 2 LEDs 1BG0: raised and a second well commenced
des Cygnes and Pottawatomie Creek, both Maryeyille Township Pee n eee e een e een recent en eetetereeetnene nes 1,388 1,599 in August, about thirty rods from
of which enter the county from the west, a) Middle Creek Towns 850 1.260 the first, with the determination of
iti 1 i oun ownshl ]
oe uniting one mile east of Osawatomie, (oy tenes Township. 1,388 1,488 teaching petroleum or the level of
orm the Osage River which flows east five (¢) Qsawatomie Townsh 1182 1.199 the sea, about eight hundred feet be-
. ; i aola City.......... : ,
miles, then south, leaving the county nine, Paola Township... ood eos low the surface. Ata depth of 330
miles west of the eastern boundary line. “ Richland) Township... B44 1436 ~— feet, reached September I, sufficient
Bull Creek is a large stream entering the (® Sugar Creek Tawi Aan B04 gas was flowing from the two wells
county from the north, and flowing south e) Valley Township... . acne 867 to light a city of 1,000,000 inhabi-
into the Marais des Cygnes. Rock Creek Wea Township ...... 1,324 *,467 tants, and the gas was remarkably
and Wade’s Branch are tributary to Bull 11,725 ' 17,002 pure.
Creek from the west, and Little Bull, Ten Miami County is remarkably
Mile and Wea creeks from the east. Wea productive. It contributed largely
: iS 7 t Valley. : seis
is a large stream with three branches. Elm (3 a 184 bart ee Valley. to the Centennial Exhibition at
7 isi In 1874, par to form Valley. i i
Creek is ashort stream, rising near the te in 1ev4: pare fo toni Valley, Philadelphia. The largest apple on
center of the county, and flowing south into (e) Organized in parts of Middle Creek, Osage, Osawatomie, ana exhibition there was from the farm of
Stanton. Fred. Wygant, near Osawatomie,

the Marais des Cygnes. Middle Creek rises
in the eastern part of. the county, and
flows generally southwardly into the Marais des Cygnes in Linn County. Sugar
Creek rises in the southeast part of the county, and flows south into Linn Coun-
ty. Walnut Creek is a branch of Middle Creek from the west. Mound Creek
rises in the southwest corner of the county, and flows east, then southeast, into
the Marais des Cygnes, Linn County. Besides these streams, there is a large
number of smaller ones; an abundance of springs, and good well-water is found
at a depth varying fifteen to one hundred feet.

The principal varieties of native grasses are “ prairie” grass, blue-joint
and wire grass. Prairie grass grows everywhere on the uplands, and is most
abundant: blue-joint grows on moist ground, and is very sweet and nutritious ;

wire grass is not specially valuable.

 

- Miami County. This apple was
twenty-four and one-half inches in circumference, and weighed twenty-eight
and one-half ounces, and a corn-stalk nineteen and one-third feet long was
designed for that exhibition, but while on the way through Osawatomie a pair
of mules ate two or three feet off the top of itand the sending of it was then
abandoned.

INDIAN HISTORY.

The Indians that have lived in Miami County, are the Miamis, the Con-
federated Tribes, the Pottawatomies and the Shawnees.

The Shawnee reservation embraced a strip of land across the northern end
of the county, about two and one-fourth miles in width, Some of .hem con-
876

tinued to live here until 1866, when with the remainder of their tribe they
moved to the Indian Territory.

The Pottawatomie reservation, which was partly in Franklin County, em-
braced in Miami County, Mound and Osawatomie townships, and a small por-
tion of Stanton and Valley Township, in all about eighty square miles, or 51,-
ooo acres. This tribe was removed to a reservation on the Kansas river in
1847-48, where a portion of them still remain.

The Confederated Tribes were composed of the Weas, Piankeshaws,
Peorias and Kaskaskias. They inhabited the northern part of the county,
bordering the Shawnee Reservation. Upon their removal here they were but
remnants of previously large and powerful tribes, The Weas were at one time
a portion of the Miami tribe, their language being almost identical with that of
the Miamis. The Confederated Tribes formerly lived in Southern Illinois. In
1818 they removed to Eastern Missouri, and settled near St. Genevieve. In 1827
the Weas and Piankeshaws moved to what is now Miami County, the Peorias
followed in a year or two, and the Kaskaskias came in 1832. From this time
until 1854, these tribes continued to live in undisturbed possession of their res-
ervation, when it became necessary to open up the country to settlement, and
a treaty was made between them and the Government by which they sold all
theirlands except 160 acres for each member of the tribe, ten sections for tribal
purposes, and one section for the support of a Mission School, In the forma-
tion of this treaty, Col. Manypenny represented the Government, and Kio-
kun-no-zah, Yellow Beaver, and others as chiefs the Indians; Baptiste Peoria
acting as interpreter. As white settlers came in and filled up the country, the
Confederated Tribes made preparations to make one more removal. With the
consent of the Government, a delegation from the tribes purchased a portion of
the lands of the Quapaws and Senecas in the Indian Territory, in 1866. The
purchase was ratified by treaty in 1868, and the most of the Confederated

_ Tribes removed to their new homes, on Spring River, that year. Many of those
who remained were admitted to citizenship and were prosperous members of
the community, while some have since gone to the Indian Territory.

When the treaty of 1854 was made, the Confederated Tribes numbered
260; but they have steadily declined in numbers. :

At least two of the members of the Confederated Tribes are worthy of
brief mention—Win-ris-cah, or Christmas Dagnette, and Baptiste Peoria.

The former was born near Terre Haute, Ind., about the year 1800. He
was a nephew of a Wea chief, and received a liberal education. Besides
three or four Indian languages, he could speak English, French and Spanish,
and at the age of sixteen acted as interpreter for the Government. He re-

moved to Kansas with his tribe, which he served for a number of years as chief, °

and died in 1848.

Baptiste Peoria was born also about the year 1800, near Kaskaskia, II]. He
did not receive a school education, but by the natural force of his intellect ac-
quired a number of Indian languages, the Shawnee, Delaware and Pottawato-
mie, besides those of the several.Confederated Tribes, and also English and

-French. He acted for many years in the capacity of interpreter, and for some
time as chief, but generally preferred to be on the “outside,” as there he could
be of much more use to his tribe, which during almost the whole of his long life
continued to look up to him as their best adviser. When the tribes removed
to the Indian Territory, Baptiste went with them, and died there in the year
1874. He was a man of large and enlightened views, and was distinguished for
the virtues which spring from a kindly heart and generous spirit. His widow,
who was at the time of her marriage to him, the widow of Christmas Dagnette,
still resides in Paola, at the ripe age of eighty-two, loved and respected by all
who know her. ;

The Miamis were the first settlers in Miami County. They, as well as a
portion of the Shawnees, were originally from Ohio. They were removed to
what is now Indiana, by Gen. Anthony Wayne, in accordance with the treaty
of August 3, 1795. In 1840, a treaty was made by which they agreed to remove
to new homes in the Indian Territory (now Kansas) and, in 1846, eight hun-
dred Miamis located in the southeast part of the present Miami County, on
Sugar Creek. In 1847 about 300 more arrived ; and in 1848 about 500 of them
returned to Indiana, which return was afterwatds acquiesced in by act of Con-

ress. ‘
In the same year those Miamis remaining in the county removed their
home from Sugar Creek to the Marais des Cygnes, in the central southern por-
tion of the county, locating at what has since been known as Miami village.
The removal was caused by sickness, superinduced by change of climate, priva-
vation and exposure. In three years from the time of their arrival on Sugar
Creek their number was reduced by death from 600 to 300, one-half the deaths
occurring on Sugar Creek. Their principal burying ground was then about two
miles southeast of the present village of Rockville.

The original Miami reservation consisted of about 500,000 acres of land,
and was bounded on the east by Missouri, on the south by the reservation of
the New York Indians, on the west by the Pottawatomie reservation, and on
the north by that of the Confederated tribes. Tn 1854, as white settlers began
to seek homes on the Miami reservation, the Government purchased all but
72,000 acres, Col. Manypenny acting for the Government, and Now-a-lun-qua
(“‘ Big Legs”) on the part of the Miamis, and Jack Hackley as interpreter.

The Miamis remained on this remnant of their reservation until 1871,
when having been reduced to about 130 in number, the most of them removed
to the Neosho Riverin the Indian Territory. A few remained and became
citizens of the United States, made considerable progress in agriculture, and
became useful, upright and respected citizens.

The agents for these tribes have been the following: Col. Ely Moore, un-
til 1854; Col. A. M. Coffey, 1854 to 1855; Col. M. McCaslin, 1855 to 1857;
Gen. Seth Clover, 1857 to 1861; Col. G. A. Colton, 1861 to 1869; James Stan-

ley, 1869 to the time the Agency was abolished. Col. McCaslin was removed
by President Buchanan for having protested against the invasion of Kansas
by Missourians. He was Coldnel of the Fifteenth Virginia Infantry during the
Rebellion,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS,

One of the first white men to settle in Miami County was David Lykins,
who came here in 1844, from Vigo County, Ind., as missionary to the Confed-
erated tribes of Indians. Other missionaries and teachers came to these tribes
and to the Miamis, from time to time, and also traders, all of whom came to
aid or live among the Indians. fi . :

In 1854, dona fide settlers began to arrive with the object of making homes
for themselves and developing the resources of the country. Among these in
various parts of the county, were S. H. Houser, in Stanton Township; in
Osawatomie Township, Daniel Goodrich, C. A. Foster, John Childers, Harmon
Dace, C. H. Crane, John Serpell, William Chestnut, S. L. Adair, R. W. Wood,
and O.C. Brown; In Paola, Knowles, Isaac and William Shaw and their
mother in June, and their brother Cyrus in September, Ts J. Hedges, D. L,
Peery and-W. A, Heiskell; in Richland Township, David Anderson and
others ; in Middle Creek Township, William Blair.

1855, the following settlers arrived at Paola: Capt. Arbuckle, Charles
Alexander, S. P. Boone, W. D, Hoover, Elias Hughes, Thomas Hill, H. Har.
bison, Dr. Finlay, James and Joseph Lykins, Peter Potts, J. A.and J. H.
Phillips, George Tomlinson, and Allen T. Ward ; in Osawatomie, Thomas
Roberts, S. M. Merritt, James Hughes, James Williams, N. T. Roscoe, William,
John and Patrick Poland, W. A. Sears and John Littlejohn ; in Stanton Town-
ship, H. B. Standiford, Benjamin Goodrich, James and W. H. Kinkaid, the
Bingham boys, Samuel and William Whitehead, Israel Christie, Jehn West,
Caleb and Robert Sherer, Hiram Mullens, Josiah and D. H. Bundy, W. B.
and Isaiah Nichols, John T. Benning, John Vanhorn, Thomas and Perry
O'Brien, Orrin Williams, John Oliver, Thomas Roberts and Rev. Martin White.
In Wea Township, George Town and sons arrived in 1856, and in 1857, J.
W. Chandoins, William Blair, Nathan Childers, William Catching, Thomas
Grinter, Sumner Myers, S. G. Echols and quite a number of others. ¢

In Osage Township, A. Mobley settled as early as 1854, and in 1857, when
the lands were open to settlement, quite a large number came in, among them,
John Dodd, William Strovinger, J. H. Bruner, A. Westfall, Jonas King, Abijah
Bales, James Jones and A. P. Brown; in 1858, Jeremiah Jolly, Jonathan
Ruble, Isaac Polhamus and from fifteen to twenty others. In Marysville
Township, H. L. Lyons, James and John Beets, J.G. and Enos McDaniel, J. J.
and Owen Park, James Tindle, Joseph Goodwin, John Reed and Charles
Barry.

ne THE BATTLE OF OSAWATOMIE.

This was the most memorable battle of the Border War. It was fought
August 30, 1856, Capt. John Brown, Dr. W. W. Updegraff and Capt. Cline
commanded the defense, and Gen. John W. Reid the attacking party of 400
Missourians. Gen. Reid’s command, after crossing the Marais des Cygnes, at
Bundy’s Ford, four miles northwest of Osawatomie, approached the town
about daylight, Rev. Martin White acting as guide. Frederick Brown was
making preparations to return to Lawrence that day, and on his way to Rev. S.
L. Adair's, met Gen. Reid and Rev. White with a small body of men in
advance of the main force. He saluted them with ‘‘Good morning, boys; are
you going to Lawrence to-day?” Rev. White replied: ‘‘ Why, I know you!”
and, taking deliberate aim with his rifle, fred at Brown, shooting him dead in
the road, about a mile west of town. This was twenty minutes before sunrise.
Messengers were immediately dispatched to notify the people in town, and
Capt. Brown, who was a half-mile east of town. He, Dr. Updegraff and Capt.
Cline collected their men together as rapidly as possible. At first it was de-
signed to make use of the block-bouse as a defence, but learning that Reid had
a cannon with him, this plan was abandoned and Brown and his men, forty-one
in number, all told, took up their positions in the timber along the south side
of the Marais des Cygnes, facing south; Capt. Brown, with seventeen men, on
the right, Dr. W. W. Updegraff, with ten men, in the center, and Capt. Cline,
with fourteen men, on the left. There was also an independent command still
further to the left, in the Emigrant Aid Company's mill, consisting of-t Pap”
Austin, an ex-regular soldier, and his large rifle, to which he had applied the
fancy name of “ Kill Devil,” carrying an ounce ball. When the forces were
arranged in the woods the enemy was passing within about 600 yards of them.
Mr. Holmes, a volunteer, advanced towards the top of the hill, on the southwest
of the town, to reconnoitre, and finding the enemy close at hand, fired at them,
striking one of them in the mouth or chin and causing him “to bleed like a
pig,” as one of his companions afterwards expressed it. He then retreated to
the woods, the enemy following him closely and forming a line from O. C.
Brown's house to William Chestnut’s premises—the high ground west of where
the “ John Brown monument” now stands. They then fired three guns, as they
afterwards stated to Robert Reynolds, one of the prisoners: whom they took, as,
a signal to the State forces to surrender, Capt. Brown had given orders to his
men not to fire a shot until he gave orders, but when these alleged signal guns
were heard, the men became so impatient, believing the enemy had opened fire
upon them, that they could not be restrained. Jason Brown raised his gun to
fire, and the rest under Capt. Brown’s immediate command did the same,
although as one of the number states, “they knew it was contrary to orders.”
This first attack, which was made on the right wing of the Free-state line, was
partially repulsed, when the enemy brought up their cannon and placed it in
position within about 400 yards of the timber where Capt. Brown’s men were
stationed, at each successive shot moving it farther east to scour the timber.
The cannon was loaded with grape-shot, but did no damage, the missiles pass-
ing over the heads of the men. During this time the Free-state forces kept
moving east and returning the fire of the enemy, who finally ceased firing the
cannon, dismounted and made a charge into the timber, when the main body of
the Free-state men, having gallantly held their ground for an hour against ten
times their number, were compelled to surrender or retreat. Most of them
escaped across the Marais des Cygnes, some swimming and others ina skiff.
Robert Reynolds, H. K. Thomas and Charley Keiser were taken prisoners by
Capt. Warren Harris, of Platte County, Mo., and taken under guard to the
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MIAMI COUNTY.

town. While attempting to swim his horse across the river, George Partridge
was shot. Samuel Wright sprang into the river on the same horse, swam across,
and, by means of the bushes, climbed the steep bank on the north side of the
river and escaped. The Missourians, on entering the town, commenced to pil-
lage and burn it, first firing on the block-house, in which were stationed several
men, who escaped before the cannon was brought up. There were no women
in town except those belonging to the families of Messrs. Chestnut and Sears.
Every house but four was burned—Mr. Starkey’s, Mr. Woodbury’s and two
small cabins. The invaders left town with twelve covered wagons, two filled
with wounded men and a large part of the remainder with plunder.

As General Reid’s command approached the town in the morning, David
R. Garrison and George Cutter, who had remained in the house of Mr. Carr
over night, attempted to escape to the timber along the Pottawatomie, and give
the alarm to the town. . A detail of Missourians was made to pursue them,
Garrison was killed, and Cutter seriously wounded and left for dead. The in-
vading force retired from the town about 10 o'clock A, M., taking with them as
prisoners William Bainbridge Fuller, Robert Reynolds, Charley Keiser, H. K.
Thomas, Mr. Morey, young Spencer Brown, who was taken prisoner at the
burning of his father’s house, and William Williams, from Miami Village. Of
these prisoners, Williams, formerly of Westport, Mo., which place he had been
forced to leave on account of his Free-state proclivities, was taken to the edge
of the town site and there shot ; Charley Keiser was shot September 1—the sec-
ond day following. Keiser was one of the party under Captain John Brown who
captured F. N. Coleman, the murderer of Charles W. Dow, at the battle of
Black Jack, and Coleman had then made threats against him. When, there-
fore, Keiser found that Coleman was among his captors, he declared to his com-
panions his belief that he would be killed. The party encamped, Sunday night,
on the east side of Cedar Creek, on the old Santa Fe road, and Keiser was
taken out on Monday morning to a guard of Kickapoo rangers, and shot. Be-
sides the Free state losses mentioned, must be added Theron P. Powers, who
was, at the time of the invasion, lying sick in a house near the timber. He
crawled out of the house and into the woods for protection, and was lying there
completely exhausted, when he was found by the ruffians and shot. Among
those who participated in the defence of Osawatomie were John Brown, Sr.,
Captain; Dr. W. W. Updegraff, Captain; Cline, Captain ; Harrison Up-
degraff, Charley Keiser, Cyrus Tator, George Ferris, August Bondi, Robert
Shearer, John Staats, Jason Brown, Samuel Kilbourn, Robert Reynolds, Charles
Eaton, George Grant, George Partridge, William Partridge, Samuel Wright, J,
M. Anthony, William Quick, Hugh Kilbourn, William A. Sears, ——~ Mills,
R. W. Wood, D. W. Collis, Capt. Holmes, H. K. Thomas, James Clark, J. J.
Holbrook, Jacob Benjamin, Caleb Shearer, Baker, Woodbury, Henry
Kilbourn, Freeman Austin, Luke Parsons. As before stated, Frederick Brown
and David Garrison were killed on the approach to the town, and George Cut-
ter badly wounded ; George Partridge and T. P. Powers were killed during the
progress of the battle and the retreat; William Williams on the outskirts of the
town, and Charley Keiser at Cedar Creek. Dr. Updegraff and D. W. Collis
were wounded. The Freeman Austin, or “ Pap Austin,” alluded to, was en-
countered on the return march of the Missourians. After burning and sacking
the town, they started eastward, with the purpose of crossing the Marais des
Cygnes, in the vicinity of the Emigrant Aid Company’s mill. Here they en-
countered Austin and the “kill devil.” Austin opened fire upon them, calling
out, ‘Come on, boys, plenty of men here,” loading and firing as rapidly as pos-
sible. Not anxious to encounter “plenty of men,” Reid faced about and left
Osawatomie by the way he came, crossing the Marais des Cygnes at Bundy’s
Ford, four miles above.

The Free-state men who escaped re-assembled at a log house north of the
river, Brown and Updegraff among them. The next day they removed to the
south side, and commenced fortifying another camp, but were prevented by
sickness from carrying out their design.

The losses of the Missourians are not generally known — probably not
much greater than those of the Free-state men. There are numerous surmises
and guesses as to what those losses were; but, according to Reid’s own state-
ment, it was two killed and a few wounded. The disparagement in number—
ten to one—and with but eighteen of the number armed with Sharpe’s rifles,
was too great for Capt. Brown or any of his men to reasonably expect to win a
victory, even if they had had plenty of ammunition. The most that could be
done under the circumstances was to make a show of resistance, and to retreat
rie the Marais des Cygnes when their ammunition was exhausted, which
they did.

Nothing was ever done by the Free-state forces to punish Gen. Reid for
thus attacking and destroying a defenseless town, or to intercept his return
march to Missouri, except a faint feint by Gen. Lane, at which he was an
adept.* 7 .

QUANTRILL, THE GUERRILLA LEADER.

William Clark Quantrill was born at Canal Dover, Ohio, July 19, 1837.
His father was Thomas Quantrill, of Hagarstown, Md. His mother was a
native of Chambersburg, Pa., her maiden name being Caroline Clark. These
two people were married October 11, 1836, and moved to Canal Dover, in the
following December. Thomas Quantrill died December 7, 1854, being at the
time Principal of the Canal Dover Union Schools. Mrs. Caroline Quantrill is
still living at Canal Dover, and is respected by all. :

William C. Quantrill was educated at Canal Dover Union Schools, of
which his father was a Director and afterwards Superintendent. William C.
himself became a teacher in one of the lowér grades of the school in the fall
of 1853. He then went to Fort Wayne and studied Latin, trigonometry, phi-
losophy and surveying. Early in 1856 he returned to Canal Dover, and on the
25th of February, 1857, started to Kansas with H. V. Beeson, who paid his

*Th A artly from living survivors
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given before the Commissioners appointed to investigate tue “ Kansas Claims ” of the suf-
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fare to St. Louis. Here Mr. Beeson waited for Mr. Torrey, who leaving Canal
Dover on the 23d of February, had started to Kansas via New York City.
Upon Mr..Torrey’s arrival at St. Louis the party proceeded on their way to
Kansas, Mr. Torrey paying Quantrill’s fare the balance of the way. They
arrived in Lykins County, and settled near Stanton on the 22d of March, each
one of the three taking a claim, or rather buying a pre-emption right of a
squatter, Beeson and Torrey each paying $500 for their claims, and also paying
$250 for the claim standing in Quantrill’s name. Some time afterwards Quan-
trill desired to sell out his interest in the claim; and ashe and Mr. Torrey
could not agree as to what was rightly due Quantrill, the matter was submitted
to a “‘squatter’s court” for arbitration. The court decided that Beeson and
Torrey owed Quantrill $63. The financial relations between Messrs. Beeson
and Torrey were such that the understanding was reached between them that
the latter should pay Quantrill the $63. Torrey had no‘money to pay with,
-and in order to raise the money it was necessary for him to go to Lecompton
to sell some land warrants he held. On account of sickness he was unable to
go to Lecompton. In consequence Of this delay Quantrill became impatient,
and in order to get his pay, stole a yoke of cattle belonging to Mr. Beeson.
Some few days thereafter Beeson met Quantrill about sunrise on the prairie.
Quantrill turned to avoid Beeson, when the latter, bringing his rifle to bear
upon the former, who was about ten rods distant, hailed him with, ‘‘ Bill, stop !
I want to see you.” Quantrill turned towards Beeson, when the latter again
commanded, “ Lay your gun down in the grass!” This order was also obeyed,
when Beeson said, ‘‘ You must bring my oxen back by three o'clock this after-
noon, or I shall shoot you on sight!” Quantrill promised to return the oxen,
and did so about four o’clock that day. :

In the winter of 1857-58, he taught school in Judge Robert’s district in
Stanton Township, and in the following spring went to Salt Lake City. In
1860, he returned to Kansas, making Lawrence his headquarters, and going by
the name of ‘‘ Charlie Hart.” While here he made frequent incursions into the
country, kept bad company, gambled somewhat, and became a suspicious
character. This drew upon him the surveillance of the civil authorities. Up
to this time his sympathies had been with the Free-state men; but his down-
ward course which drew upon him suspicion and surveillance, as naturally led
him toward the Missourians. In order to ingratiate himself into their affec-
tions and confidence, he conceived and carried out one of the basest betrayals
of confidence known to the annals of history. He induced three or four young
men, one of them a distant relative of Capt. Snyder, of Marais des Cygnes
Massacre fame, to join him in robbing a Mr. Walker’s house, in Jackson County,
Mo. Having completed his plan for the attack, he next informed Walker that
he had discovered a plot among certain parties in Kansas to rob him (Walker)
of his money and slaves, and that he had joined the party for the purpose of
defeating its object. Upon approaching Walker’s house at the head of his lit-
tle company of dupes,they with the real purpose,he,with the pretended purpose,
of robbing it, he went on ahead to ‘‘enter the house and get matters properly ar-
ranged for the attack.” Upon the attack being made, he stepped to the porch
and shot one of the attacking party with his own hands. All were killed but
one, who, severely wounded, crawled away and recovered. Asa reward for
this enterprise, undertaken to gain the confidence of the slaveholders of Mis-
souri, he was presented by Walker with a magnificent horse and saddle.

Soon after this affair he came to Miami County, and stopped at the house
of John Benning, near Stanton, Capt. Snyder, with a company of men sur-
rounded Benning’s house, with the purpose of taking Quantrill out and killing
him for the part he had played in betraying the above mentioned young men to
their death, but failed to accomplish his purpose. Snyder, however, did suc-
ceed in arresting him on a charge of grand larceny, and having him confined in
the Paola jail for a time. Being furnished by his friends with his pistols and
bowie-knives, he made an attempt on the life of his jailor. April 2, 1861, he
was released on a writ of habeas corpus. At the court house door he found his
horse awaiting him, and in a few hours he was safe among his friends in Jackson
County, Mo. .

’ Accounts of his raids upon Aubrey, Olathe, Lawrence and Baxter Springs,
will be found in their proper connections. This sketch may properly close
with an account of his death, copied from a Louisville, Ky., paper:

“On the Ist of March, 1865, Quantrill stopped at Wakefield’s barn, near
Fairfield, in Nelson County, in order to find shelter from the rain, which was
pouring down. His command was then reduced to fifteen men. While in the
barn, and not suspecting the enemy, Capt. Ed. Terrell, at the head of forty-five
Federal guerrillas charged down upon him, which took the whole party com-
pletely by surprise. Just as Quantrill was coming out of the door he received
a mortal wound. Richard Glassock, who had rejoined him after making his
escape from Louisville, and Clark Hockersmith, while attempting to put Quan-
trill on his horse, were killed. All the balance of the guerrillas succeeded in
getting away. Quantrill was left at a farm/ house close_by, and his wounds
were considered of such dangerous character, that Terrell left no guard over
him. He was afterward visited by one of his own men, who endeavored to get
him to escape; but he declined, saying that he knew he was mortally wounded,
and desired to be left quiet. He was soon after removed to Louisville, and in
about a month died of his wounds. He was generally known here in Kentucky
as ‘Captain Clark,’ and that was the name he gave when captured. His men
also created that impression through the country until after his death, when
they acknowledged that ‘Captain Clark’ was none other than Quantrill, the
famous guerrilla of Missouri.”

The following letter is introduced as showing that at the time it was
written the writer had in him somewhat of a noble ambition.

STANTON, KANSAS TERRITORY, February 8, 1860
My Dear Mother: J beens 4 AY
Itis a pleasant morning, this; the sun is just rising, its light causing the trees, bushes
and grass to glitter like brilliants, while the hanging sheets of frost drop from them, an-
nouncing his warmth, then silently melting away. I stood in my schoolroom door alone,
and viewing this it made me feel a new life, and merry as the birds. But these feelings an
thoughts are soon changed and forgotten, by the arrival of eight or ten of my scholars, who
come laughing and tripping along as though their lives would always be like this beautiful
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morning, calm and serene. And I wish that I could always be as these children. But I have

been so no doubt, and I have no reason to expect it a second time, Every year brings its

changes and no two are alike.
* * * * * * * * *

_ School is now closed for the day, and I am again left alone with my thoughts. I am
thinking of home and all the happy days ‘I spent there; and then of the unbappy ays I have
spent since and those you have spent, In a few-days it will be three years, though it only
seems like afew months. Thesun is shedding its last rays, and the chill air of evening still
declares that summer has not yet arrived. Every now and then a blast from the north holds
all nature in check, in spite of the warming influences of the sun to revive it.

How different now to me it is from one year ago, when I was amidst the snow-covered
mountains of Utah. It seemed that a summer of sunshine would not be sufficient to break
the icy fetters of winter. We should have died of enn in the Mormon society if it had not
been for the excitement attendant upon a camp of soldiers.

You perceive, I suppose, that I am writing at different times between my school hours,
which causes my letter to be somewhat broken.

It is now noon, and the sun shines warm, with a pleasant south wind; and my scholars
are enjoying themselves as scholars did when I was one. And they, like all children, are en-
joying more happiness now than they will at any other period of their lives. I sometimes
wish that I was again a scholar in the old brick schoolhouse at Dover; and again with my
companions on the playground. But scholars and companions are all far from me now, an
Lam left alone to contemplate. It all seems to me but a dream, a very little of which I ever
realized; or, more like a sheet of paper on the first page of which there are a few signs,
showing that something has been commenced, and then ail the rest left blank, telling you
not what was the purpose of the writer, and leaving you to surmise; though if it had been
‘continued it might have been of benefit to some one. Thus my mind is ever recalling the
past, and my conscience tells me that if something noble is not done inthe future to fill up
this blank, then it had better be destroyed, so that none may take it for an example.

Butas this is leap year, I think it advisable for those who intend to turn over a new leaf,
to take their leap with the year. and then keep moving with it, and then probably they may
have something more than a blank. I think I can insure it if there is a firm resolution.

I can now see more clearly than ever in my life before, that I have been striving and
working really without any endin view. And now since I am satisfied that such a course
must end in nothing, it must be changed, and that soon, or it will be too late. All the bene-
fit that [ can see I have derived from my past _course, is that I have improved my health

materially, which was none of the best when I came here. t have also learned to do almost
any kind of outdoor work, which experience will serve in future to preserve my health, and
also enable me to get along much better than if I was only fitted for the schoolroom or other
indoor business, +

When my school is finished, I will be able to tell you better what my plans are for the
coming year. One thing is certain: I am done roving around seeking a fortune, for I have
found where it may be obtained by being steady and industrious. And now that I have sown
wild oats so long, I think it is time to begin harvesting; which will only be accomplished by
putting in a different crop in different soil. .

Theré is no news here but hard times, and harder still coming, for I see their shadows;
and egming events ca3t their shadows before.” is an old proverb. ButIdo not fear that
my destiny is fixed in this country, nor do I wish to be compelled to stay in it any longer
than possible, for the devil has got unlimited sway over this territory, and will hold it until
we havea better set of men and society generally. The only cry is, ‘*‘ What is best for our-
selves and our dear friends.”

I suppose Dover has changed a great deal since I was there, but no more than I have,
and probably not as much; for I think there are few there who would know me if I were to
come unexpectedly. I suppose the boys have grown to be almost men, and likely I should
hardly recognize them if I were to see them any place but at home. Well, surely I have
changed around a great deal the last three years, and have seen a great many people and
countries, and enough incidents to make a novel of adventures.

When I get a letter from you, and some of the others, [ will write again, but now I must
close, by hoping that this bit of scribbling may find you in as good health as the one who is
writing. y love to you all, and respects to those who inquire of me,

Your Son,
ee La
We ( Luantritt,
To Mrs, Caroline Quantrill, Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

JAYHAWKERS.

The Origin of the Name.—Since this epithet has become synonymous with
Kansan, its origin is a question in which all Kansans are interested. The fol-
lowing is the true story of its origin: Before sunrise, one morning in the
autumn of 1856, during the existence of the troubles throughout the State, Pat
Devlin, a noted character of those times, was seen entering the village of Osa-
watomie, riding a horse or mule laden with no inconsiderable amount of articles
of various kinds, and of different degrees of value. The animal Pat bestrode
was almost hidden from sight by the load, A neighbor meeting him, said:

“ Good morning, Pat ; you look as if you had been out on some kind of a
foraging expedition.”

“Ves,” said Pat. ‘I’ve been out jayhawking.”

“What do you mean by ‘jayhawking,’ Pat? I never heard that word
before.” aie ;

Pat, who was a bold Free-state Irishman, at once developed into an etymo-
logical neologist, and replied: ;

“T have been out foraging off the enemy,” meaning the Pro-slavery party,
“and while riding home on me baste, I bethought me of the bird we have in
Ireland, we call the jayhawk, which takes delight in worryin’ its prey before de-
vouring it, and I thought ‘ jayhawking’ a good name for the business I was in
meself.”

The word became generally known during the War of the Rebellion from
the application of it to himself and his soldiers by Col. Jennison of the Seventh
Kansas. From his regiment it passed to all Kansas soldiers, and finally was
applied to the inhabitants of Kansas themselves.

Pat Devlin, the originator of the term “ jayhawking,” was killed in the fall
of 1860, in Aurora, Col. And it is a remarkable coincidence that ‘‘ Marshall
Cleveland,” the last and by no means the least of the ‘‘jayhawkers,” should
have been killed on almost the exact spot where the name originated. Marshall
Cleveland was known at different times by different a/ases. His real name was
Metz, and he came to Kansas from Ohio. He was a man of commanding
stature, tall and muscular, and brave to a fault. He first made his appearance
on the border in 1861, as one of Jennison’s jayhawkers. On the 14th of October,
he was mustered in as Captain of Company H, Seventh Cavalry, but unable to
bear the restraints of army life, he resigned his commission November Ist.
Gathering about him a number of men of his own class, he commenced a course
of robbery and plunder in the name of “ Liberty.” Having stolen $125 from
H. L. Lyons and considerable property from Joseph and John Beets, himself
and two of his confederates, named respectively “Buckskin” and “Rabbit Ear,”
were indicted for robbery at the March term of the district court. A State war-
rant was issued for Cleveland, and the Sheriff made several ineffectual attempts

 

 

* This letter was furnished by W. W. Scott, editor Iron Valley Reporter, Canal Dover,
Ohio, who was a schoolmate of Quantrill, and who has been for several years gathering sta-
tistics in regard to him, with a view of publishing a true history of the “Terror of

Kansas.”

HISTORY OF KANSAS. 3

to arrest him. He laughed at the civil-authorities and aefied the military. He
was declared an outlaw, and Capt. H.S. Greeno, Company C, Sixth Kansas
Cavalry, in command at Paola, sent out two soldiers in citizens’ clothing, to
ascertain his whereabouts. On the roth of May they found him at the Geer
Hotel in Osawatomie. On the same day the Sheriff attempted to arrest him,
but failed. to procure a posse equal to the task. Capt. Greeno proceeded to
Osawatomie in the night. Approaching the town he picketed the roads with a
portion of his forces under Sergeant Morris. As daylight approached Sergeant
Morris drew in his men, surrounded the Geer Hotel, and, before Capt.
Greeno reached the hotel, had received Cleveland’s surrender. Cleveland being
allowed to dress and come out of the house, sprang upon his horse, which some
friend had brought him, broke through the guards and dashed off in the direc-
tion of the Pottawatomie, followed by the whole command. Capt. Greeno and
Private John Johnson, being finely mounted, rapidly-gained upon the outlaw,
and when within range were fired upon by him several times. On arriving at
the bank of the creek he dismounted and ran down the steep bank. Johnson
also dismounted and approaching the bank, fired a fatal shot at Cleveland from
above. He was buried in the Osawatomie cemetery, and some time afterwards
his “ wife” caused to be erected at the head of his grave a monument bearing
the following inscription :
“MARSHALL L, CLEVELAND.
May 11, 1862.
Earth counts a mortal less
Heaven an angel more.”

This is not'so much ‘a new departure in gravestone literature,” as it is
considered by an excellent local historian, as it is an apotheosis inspired bv a
woman’s love.

The following extract from our History of Nebraska, published in 1882,
will interest at least all those citizens of Miami County who remember Cyrus
Tator as an early Probate Judge. It givesthe facts regarding his trial and ex-

ution:
me THE EXECUTION OF TATOR.

Early in the summer of 1863, a iragedy was enacted below the city (Omaha), the facts
of which are as follows: On Friday, June 19, the dead body of an unknown man was found
in the bend of the river opposite Sulphur Springs, about three miles below Omaha. He had
evidently been murdered and thrown into the river, and for some days no one could be found
to identify the deceased. Finally he was recognized as Isaac H. Neff, au emigrant who, in
company with Cyrus Tator, was journeyin, esi, and had encamped near a place Known as
the ‘Saratoga Spring,” in the vicinity of which his remains were discovered. A combination
of circumstances led the authorities to suspect Cyrus Tator of the murder, and resulted in
his arrest, while he was making preparations to escape. He was arraigned for trial before
W.P. Kellogg, Judge of the District Court, at the June term thereof. Charles H. Brown,
Prosecuting Attorney, with W, A. Little and A. G. Poppleton, counsel for the defense. The
examination continued several days, resulting in the conviction of Tator of murder, and his
sentence to be hanged, the latter event fixed for August 21, 1863, or two months almost toa

day, from the date of the commission of the crime. xceptions were taken to the rulings of
the Court during the trial, which were over-ruled, a writ of error denied by the Supreme
Courts, and the accused hanged on Friday, August 21, 1863, on the very spot where his
crime had been committed. Before the fatal knot was adjusted, Tator called God to
witness that he was an innocent man; that he had not murdered Isaac H. Neff, and was
ignorant of the author of the.deed, The trap-door of the scaffold was sprung at 1 o'clock
precisely, and Tator was launched into eternity. He died almost immediately, and after
hanging twenty-two minutes, his body was lowered, placed in a coffin, and awaited the de-
mands of his friends. He left a wife and child.

AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE A FUGITIVE SLAVE,

The following incident is given as illustrative of the attitude the Free state
men assumed toward Slavery and the laws designed for its protection. It was
in the fallof 1858. The postoffice at Mound City, Linn County, had been
robbed, and Cyrus Shaw, of Paola, was requested by the postmaster at Westport
to go down to Mound City, with the necessary blanks, affidavits, etc., for the
postmaster there to sign in order to satisfy the Department it was a case of rob-
bery. On his way down, when in the northern part of Linn County, he met
three Missourians. As was customary with them in those days, they inquired
of him where he was going, and what his business was. Mr. Shaw gave such
answers as seemed to him to suit the occasion, and at last took a small flask of
whisky out of an inside pocket, of which he invited his Missouri friends to par-
take. Up to this time they suspected Mr. Shaw of being a Free-state man,
which he in fact was; but at sight of the whisky they were instantly reassured,
and one of them, swinging his arm, shouted out: ‘“ Oh! by G-d, boys, he’s all
right, he’s all right,” thus unwittingly paying a very handsome compliment to
Free-statemen. To drink whisky was one of the characteristic virtues of a Bor-
der Ruffian. They then informed Mr. Shaw of the object of their visit to Kan-
sas. One of them had lost a slave, and the slave was supposed to be near Osa-
watomie. Mr. Shaw, desirous of closing the interview as early as practicable,
assented to the possibility of their surmise being correct, and soon each party
was pursuing its respective journey.

The slave-hunting party upon arriving in the neighborhood of Osawatomie,
discovered the hiding-place of the fugitive, and informed an old and trusted
Missouri friend residing there, of the object of their mission. Suspicion was
in some way excited in the minds of Free-state men as to what that object
was. Several members of the Underground Railway Company were immedi-
ately notified of the interesting condition of affairs. They promptly rallied
their forces, proceeded at once to where the fugitive slave was staying, and
took him directly to his master at the house of the latter's Missouri friend.

To the great surprise of the master, the slave was brought in and intro-
duced tohim. The object of the call and introduction was not, however, for
the purpose of surrendering up the fugitive, as the master, his companions from
Missouri and his resident Missouri friend very quickly discovered; but it was
to inform them in the first place that the Dred Scott decision was null and
void in Kansas, and that the soil of Kansas should not be made the hunting-
ground for the slave owner; and in the second place, that the owner of this
slave should aid him on his way to Canada instead of taking him back to
Missouri. Accordingly the master was compelled to hand over to his former
“chattel,” his overcoat, undercoat and vesi, next his pocket-book, from which
about $300 was taken, then he was obliged to exchange his pantaloons for.
those of the negro, and then off came a Bie pair of boots, which were also
MIAMI COUNTY

involuntarily exchanged for an old pair. the negro had on. The negro ‘was
then asked by Captain Snyder who was in charge of the affairs of the Under
ground Railway Company just at this time, if there was anything else he
would need on ‘his trip to Canada, to which “ Washington ” replied that his
old hat did not correspond well with the rest of his suit, and upon being in-
structed by his liberators to do so, he selected from the head of one of his
pursuers a fine silk stove-pipe hat, which added very much to the dignity of
his person, He was then told to go to the stable and select a horse, saddle
and bridle belonging to the slave-hunters, with which he could pursue his
journey to Canada with celerity and comfort. ‘Thus equipped, thanking his
friends for their timely and kind assistance, he resumed his journey toward
Freedom, while his pursuers, crest-fallen, poorer and much wiser men, retraced
their steps to Missouri to relate the story of their wrongs, and to dilate upon
us ae disregard of the rights of property manifested by the “ jayhawkers ”
of Kansas.

POLITICAL HISTORY.

On the 16th of April, 1856, a meeting was held at Osawatomie, at which
resolutions were adopted against the payment of taxes assessed under the
Bogus Laws. At this meeting, John Brown, Sr.,madea speech. At the term
of court for the Second Judicial District which began at Paola on the 27th of
May, a grand jury was impanelled and an indictment found against John
Brown, Sr., John Brown, Jr., O. C. Brown, O. V. Dayton, Alexander Gardner,
Richard Mendenhall, Charles A. Foster, Charles H. Crane, William Partridge,
and William Chestnut, in which it was charged that they “did unlawfully, and
wickedly. conspire, combine, confederate and agree together to resist the en-
forcement of the laws passed by the Legislature for the coilection of taxes.”
After the Pottawatomie tragedy, companies of militia from Lykins and Linn
counties, under command of Maj. Gen. Coffey, went to the scene of the murders
and gave the bodies of the victims as decent interment as was possible under

the circumstances. On the return march a number of prominent Free-state men,

were taken prisoners. Against none of them, however, was made any charge
of participation in the massacre, with the possible exception of John Brown, Jr.,
and it is certain that he was with his company in camp near Capt. Shore’s in
the northern part of Franklin County at the time. The prisoners arrested
were taken to Paola during the term of court mentioned above, and all but
eight discharged. Among these eight were: John Brown, Jr., Jason Brown,
_H. H. Williams, William Partridge, Hugh Kilbourn and James Townsley.
They were taken from Paola to Osawatomie and placed in the custody of a
company of United States dragoons, who treated them with considerable se-
verity. The charge against them was that they were guilty of “high treason.”
After having been alternately in the hands of the United States troops and the
Marshal’s posse, until November, most of them were discharged at Le-
compton by Judge Lecompte. As showing what was required to constitute
“high treason ” in Kansas in those days, it may be stated that the basis of the
charge against H. H. Williams consisted in his having been elected a member
of the Free state Legislature, and Captain of the Pottawatomie Rifle Company.

Partridge, Townsley, and Kilbourn were held for some time after the others
were released. Kilbourn had been sentenced to twelve months confinement for
stealing a horse or two from a band of Missourians who a few days before had
burned his house and robbed him of all he possessed. Townsley was charged
with having participated in the Pottawatomie tragedy. Partridge was charged
with having bought a stolen wagon, with grand larceny, and with conspiracy
against the Territorial laws. He hada trial on the second charge on the 16th
of December before Judge Cato. His lawyer was Johnson of Leavenworth,
commonly called ‘‘red-eyed Johnson,” a strict Pro slavery man. Johnson told
the prosecuting attorney all the points in Partridge’s defense, and then left his
client and the town. Judge Cato forced Partridge to an immediate trial, giving

- him no time to produce witnesses or to procure other counsel. The jury was
packed to suit the judge, as many Free-state men put on as could be thrown off
by peremptory challenges, and several Pro-slavery men kept on who admitted
in court that they had already formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence
of the prisoner. About this time Col. Johnson, of Kansas City, and M, J.
“Parrott happenedto come into the court room. Severalwitnesses were intro-
duced, but, with one exception none of them knew of Partridge ever having
committed any crime. This one, a Mrs. Totten, testified that he had once
passed her house, stopping in the road to view it a moment, then going on;

- and that at another time he had come into the house at night and inquired for
Mr. Totten. Upon being informed that Mr. Totten was not at home he re-
marked that it was d—d strange. This was the sum total of the evidence ad-
duced against him; yet it was sufficient to prove to the unbiased and intelligent
jury before which he was tried the guilt of grand larceny; and of grand larceny
he was convicted. The astute and righteous judge as a fitting climax to the
farce of a trial, sentenced him to ten years’ imprisonment! So enraged at this
result was Col. Johnson that he commenced cursing the court, jury and all con-
cerned, declaring that all had been done through bribery from beginning to
end. Even “Postscript Donaldson” declared it a “‘damnable outrage and de-
serving of severe punishment.” ; f

Below is a copy of the indictment against Partridge for “conspiracy.” It
is a great document and shows what a man can do when he “combines, confed-
erates and agrees together,” and aids himself with
“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Territory of Kansas, ss.
County of Lykins.

“In the United States Court of the Second Judicial District setting in and
for the county of Lykins and Territory of Kansas, May term, A. D., 1856,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. oe OR.

“The grand jurors summoned, empanelled and sworn to inquire in and for
the body of Lykins County, in the Territory of Kansas, on their oaths present
that William Partridge, late of. said county, being persons of evil minds and
dispositions, on the (16th) sixteenth day of April, 1856. Eighteen hundred and

879

fifty-six, and on divers other days and times both before and after that day, in
the County of Lykins and Territory aforesaid, did unlawfully and Wickedly
conspire, combine, confederate and agree together mutually to aid, support one
another ina forcible resistance to the enactment of the laws passed by the Leg-
islature of the said Territory of Kansas be the attempts to enforce said enact-
ment come from—what source it may—and the grand Jurors aforesaid do fur-
ther present on their oaths aforesaid that the said William Partridge, of said
county, on the sixteenth day of April, 1856, and on divers other days and times
both before and after that day in the county aforesaid did unlawfully and wick-
edly conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, forcibly to resist
and oppose the assession and collection of taxes in and for the county and Ter-
ritory aforesaid and to use all the means and force necessary to prevent the ex-
etution of the laws of said Territory authorizing the assessment and collection
of taxes to the evil example of all others, and against the peace and dignity of
the Territory of Kansas.
(Signed) WILLIAM BARBEE, |

7 Pros, Atty. Pro Tem.”

After receiving his sentence, Partridge was taken from the Tecumseh jail
and turned over to the master of convicts, Capt. Hampton, at Lecompton. On
the 15th of January following, he, together with Cushing and another Free-
state convict, made good their escape. :

Gov. Geary had said that Partridge ‘was one of the worst men and one of
the principal agitators in Kansas, and should receive no sympathy from him;”
but afterwards saw cause to change his opinion, and was very desirous to have
him return that he might be reprieved and “be at liberty with none to molest
him,” He was a brother of George Partridge, killed at the battle of Osawat-
omie. :

With regard to young Kilbourn, it may be added, in explanation of the
charge against him of horse-stealing:—During the latter part of August, 1856,
the Missourians burned the house and barn of Hugh Kilbourn, among others,
on Pottawatomie Creek, destroying and driving off everything he had. In
company with several others, Henry Kilbourn, son of Hugh, followed the
invaders to the west line of Missouri, and took property enough from them to
partially cover his father’s loss. He was arrested, brought into court and sen-
tenced to one year’s solitary confinement in the county jail.

The organization of the Republican party in Kansas, occurred on the 18th
of May, 1859, at Osawatomie. It was the most notable and important political
event of the year. The Convention was called to order by T.D. Thacher of
Lawrence; Henry Fox, of Shawnee County was elected temporary chairman,
and T. D. Thacher, Secretary. The following was the Committee on Creden-
tials: E. Heath, A. Danford, P. Shepherd, James-L. McDowell, John A.
Martin, William Spriggs and A. J. Shannon. The Committee on permanent
organization, consisting of Branscomb, Fearl, Lawrence, Fletcher, Delahay,
McKay, Larzelere, Rapp. Burnett, Pomeroy, Gilpatrick and Shannon, reported
as follows ; President,O. E. Learnard ; Vice-Presidents Nathan Price, S.C. Pome-
roy, Thomas Ewing, Jr., Joseph Speck, E. Heath, Henry Fox, D.W. Houston and
E. G. Jewell; Secretaries, D, W. Wilder, T. D. Thacher, J. F. Cummings and
John A. Martin. After the organization was effected, the Convention was ad-
dressed by Horace Greeley, one of the purest and noblest of American states-
men. In the course of his address, Mr. Greeley made the following allusion to
the first martyr President: ‘‘ The able and gallant Lincoln, of Illinois, whom
we had hoped to meet and hear to-day, has. happily illustrated the Squatter
Sovereignty principle, thus: If A. wants to make B. a slave, C. must not in-
terfere to prevent him.” Mr. Greeley, closed with the following grand and
prophetic peroration: ‘“ Freemen of Kansas! I would inspire you with no
unwarranted, no overweening confidence of success in the great struggle direct-
ly before us. I have passed the age of illusions, and no longer presume a party
or cause destined to triumph merely because I know it should. On the contrary,
when I consider how vast are the interests and influences combined to defeat us
—the Three Thousand Millions of property in human flesh and blood—the sub-
serviency of commerce to this great source of custom and profit—the prevalence
of ignorance and of selfishness affecting the many millions prodigally lavi-hed
by the wielders of Federal authority—the lust of office and the prevalence of
corruption—I often regard the struggle of 1860, with less of hope than of ap-
prehension. Yet, when I think of the steady diffusion of intelligence, the mani-
fest antagonism between the Slavery Extensionists and the interests of Free
Labor—when I consider how vital and imminent is the necessity for the pas-
sage of the Free Land bill—when 7 feel how the very air of the Nineteenth Cen-
tury vibrates to the pulsations of the great heart of Humanity, beating higher
and higher with aspirations for Universal Freedom, until even barbarous
Russia is intent on striking off the shackles of her fettered millions. JZ cannot
repress the hope that we are on the eve of a grand, beneficent victory. But whether
destined to be waved in triumph over our next great battle-field, or trodden
into the mire through our defeat, I entreat you to keep the Republican flag fly-
ing in Kansas, so long as one man can anywhere be rallied to defend it. Defile
not the glorious dust of the martyred dead whose freshly grassed graves lie
thickly around us, by trailing that flag in dishonor or folding it in cowardly
despair on this soil so lately reddened by their patriotic blood. If it be destin-
ed in the mysterious Providence of God, to go down, let the sunlight which falls
lovingly on their graves catch the last defiant wave of its folds in the free
breeze which sweeps over these prairies; let it be burned, not surrendered, when
no one remains to uphold it, and let its ashes rest forever with theirs by the

. banks of the Marais des Cygnes.”

WAR RECORD.

Company D, of the Tenth Regiment, was raised mainly in Miami County. Of this com-
any Eli Snyder, of Osawatomie, was mustered in as Captain, and resigned May 27, 1862.
Fre was followed by John Downing, of New Lancaster, George D. Brooks, of Kansas City,
and F. A. Smalley, of Osawatomie, were successively, First Lieutenants, and F, A. Smalley
and R. W. Wood, of Osawatomie, Second Lieutenants.

The Twelfth Regiment of Infantry was mustered in at Paola, September 30, 1862, and
mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., June 30, 1865. Its Colonel was Charles W. Adams, of
Lawrence, who was promoted Brevet Brigadier General, February 13, 1865; Lieutenant
Colonel, Josiah E. Hayes, Olathe. Companies Cand D were recruited principally in Miami
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County. Nick L, Béuter, of Osage, was Captain of Company C. After the assassination of
Captain Beuter, April 2, 1864, at Hot Springs, rk, bushwhackers, First Lieytenant,
William O, Hubbell, of Paola, was promoted Captain, July 19. After William O. Hubbell,
William B. Nichols, of Stanton, and Williain A. Wells, of Osage, were successively, First
Lieutenants of Company C, and William B. Nichols, and Samuel S. Kirkham, of Paola,
Second Lieutenants,

Of Company D, George W. Ashby, of Prairie City, was Captain, mustered in September
25, 1862, and resigned May 29, 1865. Henry Shively, of Stanton, and Alfred Johnson, of
Peoria, were successively, First Lieutenants; and Alfred Johnson, and William H. Baker,
of Berea, Second Lieutenants.

Company F, of the Fourteenth Regiment Cavalry, was.raised mai ly in Miami Couuty.
Of this company, Albert J. Briggs, of Paola, was mustered inas Captain, August 26, 1863
and promoted Major, June 3, 1865. The next day John A. Huff, of Paola, who was mustere
in as First Lieutenant, August 26, 1863, was promoted Captain, and Wliliam D. Parish, Sec-
ond Lieutenant, wa3 promoted First Lieutenant June 7. ‘

Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Cavalry, was raised partly in Miami County. Benjamin
F. Simpson, of Paola, was mustered in as Captain of this company, Gctober 6, 1863, and

romoted Major June 7, 1865. James H. Young, of Olathe, succeeded as Captain. Joseph
hillips, of Paola, and Join Murphy were successively First Lieutenants of this company,
and Isom Smith, of Rising Sun, and Ralph J. Farnsworth, of Paola, Second Lieutenants.

Miami County suffered, perhaps, less than some other border counties from rebel raids
during the war. The most important incident was the passing of Quantrill through the
county within two miles of Paola on the afternoon and night of the 21st of August, after
the massacre at aud burning of Lawrence. Upon learning of his approach, measures
fer defense were speedily taken. A force was speedily organized under com-
mand of Major . Simpson, afterwards of the famous Fifteenth Regi-
ment who, at the time, was at home, recruiting soldiers, and stationed in
ambuscade on the Stanton road, to await the approach of Quantrill and his men. Quan-
trill, becoming aware of She preparations for his ‘reception, turned northward, when two
miles west of town, crossed Walnut Creek, and, proceedin norsheastwardly, camped onthe
west side of Bull Creek, near Rock Ford, five miles north of Paoia. Col. Plumb had been
following Quantrill from the vicinity of Lawrence, all day, and, missing his trall, came
upon Major Simpson’s ambuscade about dusk, his horses, upon reaching Bull Creek, rush-
ing down intoitto quench their famishing thirst. Had not Major Simpson fortunately
recognized Col. Plumb's voice, it is probable that the latter’s men would have been badly
cut to pieces, by the former’s mista! ing them for Quantrill’s. Quantrill’s camp was dis-
covered some time before midnight. plan of attack was drawn up and men and officers
were eager to carry it into effect, but Col. Clark, the ranking officer, declined to give the
order to advance. Capt. Nick L, Beuter, Company C, Twelfth Kangas Infantry, arrived at
Paola about midnight, by forced march frum West Point, Mo. He immediately re-
ported to Col. Clark, and, with Major Simpson, asked for orders to advance on Quantrill.

uch orders being withheld, he then asked permission to take his own Company, C, and
make the attack without other aid, proffering to assume all responsibility for the success ‘of
the attack. This being also refused, no further attempt was made, until Quantrill had left
his camp on Bull Creek and taken up his march for Missouri. Then only a few of his strag-:
glers were overtaken and killed.

It is safe to assume that had a brave and efficient officer been in command at Paola on
the night of the 21st of August, 1863, and one.having his heart in his work, Quantrill and
his whole band of murderous ruffians would have been intercepted and slalu, with “no
quarter ” for the battle cry, and thus been made to pay the just penalty of their dlabolism in

awrence in the morning of that ever-memorable day. Had Capt. Beuter been in com-
mand this consummation, then so devoutly to be wished, would have been accomplished.
E. W. Robinson, in his history of Miami County, pays the following just tribute to brave
Capt. Beuter: ‘*He was the very manto fight Quantrill. * * He was a ‘model soldier
of the Republic,’ and the brave men hecommanded, many of whom are yet residents of
the county, hold dear the memory and deeds of their vigilant, active and faithful Captain,
who sleeps well his last sleep in ground returned to and retained in the Union by the patri-
otic self-sacrifice of Nick L. Beuter, and the thousands who, like him, fought treason to its
overthrow, and re-established the authority of the Government at the expense of life itself.
Capt. Beuter, while acting inthe capacity of Assistant Adjutant-General, Second Brigade,
Seventh Army Corps, was assassinated while in the discharge of his official duty. He died
ahero, with hisarmoron. His remains were buried on a round mound, six miles north of
Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the 8rd of April. 1864.”

On account of what seemed to many citizens of Kansas, inefficiency on the part of the
Generals commanding on the Border at the time, and smarting under the escape of Quan-
trill, a convention assembled at Paola, of which T. A. Osborn was President, which adopted.
resolutions asking for the removal of Generals Schofield and Ewing, and the establishment
of anew military department. It would appear, however, that this convention were in a
predicament very similar to that occupied by Mr. Lincoln, as described by himself, when he
apologized to an applicant for a pass through the lines, for not granting the pass, by saying
that he ‘‘ had very little influence with the administration.”

 

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND BUILDINGS,

Lykins County (now Miami) was organized by the Legislature, elected March 30, 1855,
and named in honor of Dr. Lykins, the oldest white resident of the county. At that elec-
tion, Dr. Lykins and A. M. Coffey were elected to the Council,and W. A. Heiskell, Allen
Wilkinson, Henry Younger and Samuel Scott, all Pro-slavery, were elected to the House of
Representatives. Dr. Lykins was a well educated physician, and from 1§44 to 1861, had
charge of the Mission School, one mile east of Paola. In the latter year he removed to Colo-
rado, and died on his arrival at Denver. ;

Miami County Civil List—State Senators. With date of election.—J, H. Phillips, 1859:
Thomas R pberts, 1861; Johnson Clark, 1862; G.A. Colton, 1864; David Anderson, 1866; H.
H. Williams, 1868; E. H. Topping, 1870 aud 1872; William Jones, 1874; B. F. Simpson,
1876; Leonard Bradbury, 1880.

Members of the House of Representatives—With date of election.—A. Ellis,
ton, 1859; G. W. Miller, B. F. Simpson. 1860; W. R. Wagstaff, H. Rice, 1861; T
A. Elis, L: G. Connery, 1862; William’ Chestnut, T. H. Ellis; W.G. McCulloch 1863; H.
Rige, W. L. Roberts, W. Karr, 1864; H. B. Smith, W. Massey, S. Underhili, 1865; W. W.
Updegraff, J. A. Kendall, William Huffman, 1866; H. H. Williams, J, W. G
Huffman, 1867; W. Hyner, — Taylor, H. B. Smith, 1868; Reuben Smith, E. H. Topping,
E. W. Green, 1869; H. B. Smith, B. F. Simpson, J. M. Carpenter, 1870; J. W. Beaty, Reuben
Smith, 1872; J. C. Carey, M. Fiakham, 1878; T. E. Smith, F. M, Fain, 1874; Eli Davis, J.C.
Nichols, 1875; Eli Davis, L. Hendrickson, G. F. Tracy, 1876; J. W. Games, James Martin,
H. Rice, 1878; J. W. Games, He ry Post and H. Rice, 1880.

‘ cite, of District Court— With date of election.—Hiram Stevens, 1869; W. R. Wag-
staff, 3

United States Marshal.— With dale of appointment.—B. F. Simpson, 1879.

County Commisstoners—When the couuty organization was first effected the body cor-
responding to the present Board of County Commisstoners consisted of the Probate Judge
and two Commissioners. The first Board, according tothe records still preserved, held its
first meeting April 2, 1857, and consisted of A. H. McFadin, Probate Judge, a d James
Beets and L. D. Williams, “gentlemen Commissioners.” Previously Isaac Jacobs was Pro-
pate Judge; and subsequently Cyrus Tator, in 1858, The county was then fevered bya
Board of Supervisors, one from each township, until 1860, when the County Commissioner
system was established. The first meeting was held April 2, 1860, and the first Board con-
sisted of Israel Christie, John M. Ellis and R. W. Shipley. elected March 26. The following
is the listto the present time, with date of election: Israel Christie, J. H. Benson, John
Dodd, November 6, 1866; Nick L. Beuter, Israel Christle, John M. Roberts, 1861; J. M.
Walthall, J. R. Chandler, Samuel Dale, 1862; J. H. Pratt, W, Hymer, Robert Lapsley, 1863;
H. Rice, W. Hymer, H. O. Peery. 1865; John Tontz, Cyrus Shaw, H. Rice, 1867; John Tontz,
Cyrus Shaw, C. Barnard, 1869; C. M. Dickson, G. E. DeForest, Israel Christie, 1871; P. F.
Latimer, S. P. Boone, J. H. Martin, 1873; P. F. Latimer, 8. P. Boone, Wililam] MeConner,
1875; Z. ae ee William Rogers, I. Hamlin, 1877; J. A. Payne. 1879; W. L. Beck, 1880; T. B.
Robinson, 5

County Assessor—With date of electton,—Richard Mendenhall, 1857; W. T. Shively,
- March, 1860; William Tharp, November, 1860; W. G. McCullough, 1861; James Burney,
1862 and 1863; W. Stockwell, 1864; George Roberts, 1865 and 1866. W. H. Stundiford, 1867:
T. J. Cummins, 1868, when the office was abolished.

County Clerk.—W. A. Heiskel, 1856; E. W. Robinson, 1857; Daniel Childs, 1861; G. W.
Warren, 1869; Charles H. Giller, 1873; B. J. Sheridan, 1877; J. C. Taylor, 1881.

Clerk of the District Oourt.—L. McArthur, E, W. Robinson, J. B. Hobson, D. B. Wilson,
1860; H. B. Smith, 1861: George Roherts, 1863; [. J. Banister, 1863; Thomas Roberts, 1864;
I. J. Banister, 1866; J. S. Beeson, 1868; J. E. Wallace, 1874; E. M. Wickersham, 1876, pres-

tincum bent,
on Probate Judge.—Isaac Jacobs, A. H. McFadin, Cyrus Tator, G. A. Colton; D. B. Wilson,
1862; Joshua Clayton, 1868; E. W. Robinson, 1872, Jacumbent.

Sheriff.—B. P. Campbell, A. J. Henson, H. H. Williams; W. P. Dutton, 1861; W. G, Rainey,
1865; D. Anderson, 1869; William Weaver, 1873; John Howard, 1875; 'A. W. Long, 1879.

Register of Deeds.—W. A. Heiskell, E. W. Robinson, A. J. Shannon; W.T. Shively, 1861;
J.LJ Chandler, 1865; L. C. Crittenden, 1869; John W. Welles, 1873; Eli Chandler, 1875;
S. Underhill, 1877; C. C. Proctor, 1881.

Treasurer.—Allen T. Ward, 1857; Cyrus Shaw, 1859; W. P. Dutton, 1860; W.J. McCown,
1861; J. H. Phillips, 1862: William T. Shively, 1863; Thomas Akers, 1864; J. T. Haughey,
1865: William Crowell, 1869; G. E. De Forest, 1873; 5. R. Smith, 1875; H. A, Miller, 1879.

Surveyor.—N. J. Roscoe, 1857; James Mitchell, 1858; Samuel D. Irwin, 1861; A. S. Bar-
num, 1863; N.S. Roscoe, 1867; 0. W, Bates, 1873; A. Knapp, 1875; A. P. Walker, 1879.

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

uperintendent of Instruction.-H. M. Hughes, Abram Ellis; A. A. Roberts, 1861; I. J.
Aanleer, 1862; S. Underhill 1863; John Welles, 1866; I. J. Banister, 1867; A.C. Farnham,
1870; I. J. Banister, 1872; B. D. Russell, 187453. W.. uieming, 1878; 8. F. March, 1880.
Best WEG, Hewklns, 166; RP tammis 2867; 9. Me Carpenter 1860;
1863; John Austin. 1865; W. D. Hawkins, 1866; K. P, Lammis, ;J. M. Car; er, :
Tennis. 1870; Willlam Walters, 1873; W.H. Willboite, 1875; K. J. Hiner, 1877; Amos
Potter, 1879. as

County Attorney.—B. F. Simpson, S. A. Riggs, R. W. Massey, John M. Coe; Thomas
Roberts, 1865; E, F. Smith, 1868; A. C. Potter, 1870; A. C. Potter, 1871; W. T. Johnston,
1873; W. B. Brayman, 1876; W. T. Johnston, 1878; J. A. Hoag, 1880.

Court House—The first steps looking towards the erection of a court house were taken
July 29, 1857, when it was ordered by the Commissioners that * the sum of $15,000 be ap-
propriated to build‘a court house. at 1-'>la, that the bonds of the county bearing ten per
cent. interest be issued and that they shut not be sold at less than par.” The bonds were
not issued, nor has the court house been bullt. On the 10th of April, 1862, the Board paid
$800 for “ Union Hall,” to be used asacourt house, After using the second story of the

‘Rainey Block” some years for county offices,the Commissioners, on May 8. 1876,leased the
old ‘‘ Paola school building” for a court house, and on the 7th of November following, a
vote was had on the purenase of the building, which resulted in the casting of 1,872 votes
in favor of the purchase, to 307 against it. Total amount paid for the building $9,200.

ELECTIONS AND LAND SALES.

The first election held in the county was for members of the Council and House of Rep-
resentatives, March 30, 1855. Most of Lykins County was includedin Bull Creek precinct,
of the Fifth District, and the election was held at the house of Baptiste Peoria, avout twenty
rods west of the present location of the Normal school, Paola. The judges.of election, ap-.
pointed by Gov. Reeder, were: John J. Parks, J. J. Clark and Stephen White; those who
acted were Parks, Payne and B. C. Westfall, and they were not sworn. Mostof the voters
came from Missouri the few days before for the purpose of voting. They wereall heavily
armed, and asserted thatif any one attempted to prevent them from voting, they would
“assert their rights and vote anyhow.” Samuel Wade, from near New Santa Fe, Mo., after
voting for himself, voted for his son, Jim Wade, a boy about ten vears old, saying, in expla-
nation, that he had taken a claim for him, on Bull Creek, and that he expected Jimmy would
become a residentof the Territory and a voter. For the sake of effect the judges asked sev-
eral persons if they were willing to be sworn that they were residents of the Territory, at
which they would pretend to get angry, threaten to whip the judges and refuse to be sworn.
The matter, however, was understood and arranged beforehand. The result of the election
was that the Pro-slavery candidates were elected by a vote of 377, to nine for the Free- state
candidates. At the time there were twenty* legal voters in the precinct, but as the Missou-
rians were well armed, under the influence of whisky all day and very threatening, some of
the Free-state men did not vote. The Free-State candidates for the Council were M. G,
Morris and James P. Fox; for the House, John Serpell, Adam Pore, S. H. Houser and Sam-
uel Jennings, ;

On October 1, 1855, an election was held for a delegate to Congress. J. W. Whitfield
was the Pro-slavery candidate, and in the Paola precinct received 220 votes. At the time
there were seventy legal voters residing in the precinct, hence 150 illegal votes were cast.
The Free-state men took no part in the election. ?

On the 9th of the same month an election was held for delegates to the Topeka Constitu-
tional Convention, and for a delegate to Congress. Osawatomie precinct cast 67 votes and
Stanton 35. Thedelegates elected from the Fifth District, of which Lykins County formed a

art, were William Turner, James M. Arthur, W. T. Morris, Orville C. Brown, Richard
night, Fred Brown, H.Smith, and Wm. S. Nichols. A. H. Reeder received 44 votes in
Stanton and 74 in Osawatomie. At this election the Pro-slavery men took no part..

n the 15th of December an election was held on the adoption of the Topeka Constitu-
tion. Stanton cast 32 votes for the Constitution; Osawatomie 56 for and 1 against it, At
the same time Stanton cast 33 votes for, to 5 against, and Osawatomie 38 for to 17 against
the exclusion of negroes and mulattoes. 3

On the 15th of January, 1856, an election was held for the election of State officers and
members of the general assembly of the State. Osawatomie cast 82, and Stanton 31 votes.

At the election of October 6, 1856, for delegate to Congress, J. W. Whitfield received 133
votes in Lykins County, Martin White and J. P. Fox receiving, respectively, 127 and 105
votes for representatives in the Territorial Legislature. The Free-State men did not vote.

At the election of June 15, the next year, Lykins County cast 53 votes for delegates tothe
Lecompton Constitutional Convention, electing David Lykins, Wm. A. Heiskell, Henry T.
Lyons and J. T. Bradford as members. According to the census taken prior to this election,
the county contained 1,352 inhabitants, and 413 legal voters,

August 9, 1857, at the election for officers under the Topeka Constitution, there were
cast in Lykins County for Rev. S. L. Adair, for Senator, 269 votes: for representatives J. W.
Stewart received 427 votes and E. W. Robinson 417. At tue election of October 5, when the
two parties in Kansas for the firsttime measured their strength, Lykins County cast for the
Free-state candidates for the Territorial Legislature, 348 votes; for the Democratic, 59,
electing A. J, Shannon and John Hanna to the House, and H. B. Standiford to the Council.

A vote was taken on the Lecompton Constitution, and {f r officers under it, December 21,
185%. Lykins County cast 81 votes for the Constitution witu slavery, and 12 for it without
slavery; and 517 votes on Governor. . H. Williams was elected Senator, and Charles A.
Foster, Representative. A second election was held January 4, 1858, on the Lecompton
Constitution, at which time Lykins County cast 358 votes againstit,1 vote for it with slavery,
and 1 for it without slavery. On January 26, David Sibbett was elected to the Council to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. H: B. Standiford, which occurred January 3.
On the 15th of February, Charles A. Foster, G. A. Colton, Thomas Roberts and A. Knapp
were elected delegates to the Leavenworth Constitutlonal Convention. This convention
met at Minneola, March 23, and adjourned to Leavenworth-on the 24th.

August 2, a vote was taken on the English Bill. Lykins Bare 99 votes for it, and 440
againstit. At the Territorial election held Octob-r 4, M. F. Holladay and Abram Ellis were
elected to the House, the former receiving 368 votes, the latter 273.

The first election under the Wyandotte Constitution movement'was held March 28,
1859. Lykins cast 460 votes for a convention, and 64 against it, but as only the votes of
Marysville reached the capital, and as they were sent to the Governor instead of to the
County Board, they were not counted. Tie second election under this movement, held
June 4, for delegates to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, resulted in electing B.
F. Simpson by 443 votes, and W. P. Dutton hy 431. The third election was on the adop-
tion of the constitution, held October 4, 1858. According to the proclamation of Gov.
Medary, Lykins County cast 492 votes for the constitution, and 295 against it; and for the
exemption of a homestead from forced sale, 455 for, to 225 against. The fourth election,
held November 8, was for officers under the Constitution, arcus J, Parrott, the Repub-
lican candidate for delegate to Congress. received 453 votes, to 355 for Saunders W. John-
ston, the Democratic nominee. W. W. Unlegraff was elected to the Council, recel ving 994
votes, and W. R. Wagstaff to the House. The fifth election was held December 6, for State
officers. Charles Robinson received 312 votes for Governor, to 200 for Samuel Medary, in
Lykins County, James A, Phillips was elected to the Senate, and Abram Ellis, G. A. Colton

and ‘Cyrus Tator to the House.

Public Land Sales.—The public sales of Indian trust lands took place, June 24, 1857, at
Paola. These lands were of the finest and best in the Territory, and the sale of them was
largely attended. It was the design to sell only to actual settlers, and while the regula-
tions governing the sales were in some cases evaded, as a general thing the land sold fell
into the possession of those who desired it for purposes of settlement instead of speculation,
The result of the sale was that Lykins County secured a large addition to its population of
industrious, intelligent and prosperous citizens.

Hon, Robert J. Walker, who had, on May 9 previous, taken the oath of office as Gov-
ernor of the Territory, Governor Bigler, Secretary Stanton, E. O. Perrine and others, were
present, and made speeches on the political issues of the day. AS a general thing, the
speeches gave satisfaction to men of all parties. A portion of Mr. Perrine’s speech, how-
ever, greatly offended the Free-state men. On the other hand, Charles A. Foster, of Osa-
watomle, in his reply to the addresses by the distinguished visitors, reflected severely on the
policy of both the territorial and national governments, and was somewhat personal in his
remarks upon the Pro-slavery leaders in the county. This stirred up considerable ill-feel-
ing in both parties. Pistols and knives were drawn and serious trouble threatened several
times, but fortunately the meeting adjourned without bloodshed.

On the life of Hon. H. B. Standiford, who, while a member of the Territorial Legislature
died at Lecompton, January 3, 1858, we fate from E, W. Robinson’s History of Miaml
County, as follows: “By the death of Mr. Standiford, Lykins County lost one of her ablest
and most widely respected citizens. He was a leader to be trusted, a friend warm and
steadfast, and a citizen whose calm judgment, in public and private life, was consulted and
relied upon by the entire community. In public life, he was an uncompromising Free-
state man; firm, but not vindictive, active, but not revengeful. He had been an anti-slav-

-ery member of the Missouri Legislature, and came to Kansas in the spring of 1855, locatin,
near the town of Stanton, where he took up his residence. He attended the special session 0
the Legislature which assembled at Lecompton, December 7, 1855, and died the day prev-
Jone to, fhe meeting of that body in regular session. His remains lie buried in the cemetery

 

 

*We append the names of eighteen of the legal voters, as follows: Barnett Hall, James
Shaw, David Lykins, James D. Reid, John Vanhorn, Isaac Jacobs, H. B, Standiford, J. M.
Marshall, J. W. Wilson, Linge Ferris, Mr. Linden, Joseph M. Gearhart, Cyrus Knowles,
Isaac and William Shaw, D. L, Peery, W. A. Heiskell and Dr. Finlay.
MIAMI COUNTY.

RAILROADS,

Miami County is traversed by two railroads—the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf, and

the Missourl, Kansas & Texas Railroad. The former runs through’ the county from north
to south, the latter enters it from Missouri on the east, and atter reaching Paola turns
southwest and runs into Anderson County. The first vote on issuing bonds was cast No-
vember 7, 1865, and resulted in favor of the proposition to subscribe for $150,000 of the
capital stock ot the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Company, and to pay for the same
with $150,000 in county bonds, by a vote of 488 to 248. On August 5, 1869, an election was
held on the proposition to subscribe $100,000 to the capital stock of the Paola & Fall River
Railroad, and $125,000 to that of the Paola & State Line Railroad, issuing to each road an
amount of county bonds equal to the county’s subseription to its stock, upon the condition
that the roads be constructed by January 1, 1871. The vote stood 1,061 in favor of the prop-
osition, and 305 against it. The. name ‘‘Paola & State Line Railroad” was subseyuently
changed to the ‘' Missouri, Kansas & Texas.” On July 27, 1870, a contract was made be-
tween the county and this company by which $75,000 instock and bonds were to be ex-
changed when the railroad should be constructed from the east line of the State to Paola,
and $50,000 when the road should reach the west line of the county. On October 4, a vote
was taken on extending the time for the completion of the road from January 1, 1871, to
October 1, for its completion to Paola, and to July 1, 1872, for its completion to the west line
ofthe county. On August 1, preceding this election, the $75,000 in the stock of this road
issued to the county was sold back to the company for $5. The $150,000 in the stock of the
Kansas & Neosho Valley Road (now the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf), had been pre-
viously sold fora like sum, $5. Onthe ist of June. 1871, a contract was made with the
Paola & Fall River Railroad by which the road was to be completed by July 1, 1872. The
company failing to complete its road before the expiration of the time, the $100,000 in
bonds, hitherto issued, were called in, cancelled and destroyed, July 3, 1872; as were like-
wise, at the same time, $50,000 issued to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, that company hav-
ing failed to complete its proposed extension west of Paola. The sum total of county bonds
issued to railroads, and not called in, comprises $150,000 to the Missouri, Fort Scott &
Gulf Road, and $75,000 tothe Missouri, Kansas & Texas Road, in all, $225,000. Of this amount
$7,200 was paid in July, 1882, leaving outstanding $117,800, the annual interest of which.
at seven per cent., is $15,246. The assessed value of all railroad property is $450,742, the
taxes a on saten, at three per cent., amount to $13,522.26, nearly enough to pay the inter-
est on the bonds.
_ , this is, however, slightly modified by the fact that Osawatomie Township issued $15,000
in bonds to the St. Louis, Arizona & Texas, the successor of the Paola & Fall River Railroad,
the company fulfilling the conditions of the grant by completing its road by January 1, 1880.
This road is now a part of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas.

COUNTY SOCIETIES.

Wea Grange, No. 445, Patrons of Husbandry, was chartered August 22, 1873. The char-
ter members were: G. H, Giller, Thomas Holden, J.C. Lovett, William Holden, D. H. Hefle-
bower, W. L. Holden, P, F. Latimer, A. M. Wickline, Jacob Flanders, B. Heflebower, E.
Rirby, E, Heflebower, H. R. Amos, D. J. Post, Joseph Hibner, J. C. Ziler, William Amos,
Charles Flanders, Mrs. C. H. Giller, Mrs. J. C. Lovett, Mrs. D. H. Heflebower, Mrs. William
Holden, Mrs. P. F. Latimer,Mrs.J «cob Flanders, Mrs. Charles Flanders, Mrs.B.Heflebower,
Mrs. D. J. Post, Mrs. Rachel Amos.

_, rhe first officers were: Master, P. F. Latimer; Overseer, J. C. Lovett; Lecturer, J. J.
Hibner; Chaplain, K. H. Kirby; Steward, Charles landers; Assistant Steward, Jacob Flan-
ders; Assistant Lady Steward, Mrs. Emma Flanders; Secretary, G. H. Giller; Treasurer, D.
H. Hetlebower; Ceres, Mrs, D. H. Heflebower; Pomona, Mrs. G. H. Giller, Flora, Mrs. B.

eflebower. -

The present officers are: Master, A. B, Lovett; Overseer, J. F. Hamon; Lecturer. Mrs.
Annie Worthington; Steward, George W. Holden; Assistant Steward, Charles Williar;
Chaplain, J. R. Hope; Treasurer, E, Heflebower; Secretary, Cc. F. Worthington; Gate-
keeper, Charles Hold en; Ceres, Celia Moore; Pomona, Louisa ; Flora, Miss Ida ‘Myers;
Lady Assistant SteWard, Mrs. Lu. Holden.

This Grange meets once a month at the Wea Grange Hall, situated on the southwest
quarter of Section 26, Township 15, Range 24. This hall and Union Chapel constitute one
building, the Grange occupying the upper, and the Chapel the lower story. The building is
a wooden structure, thir'y feet wide by fifty feet deep, and with twenty-four feet posts, was
built in 1879, and cost $3,000. The lower story is appropriately furnished and seated for
religious services, and is used by several denominations as a Union Chapel. The upper story
is neatly and suitably furnished as a Grange hall. The Grange is in good working order,
having a membership of 140. Itis situated in one of the richest sections of Kansas, and
supported by an intelligent and enterprising people.

Ten Mile Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, was organized in 1874. Was subsequently sus-
pended, and reopened again in September, 1879. Mr. Irate Rhinehart was the first master,
and H. A. Miller, overseer. On the reorganization, Mr. Rhinehart was again elected mas-
ter, and J. V. Lyon, overseer. At this writing, 1883, N. B. Robinson is master, and M. B.
Dayton, overseer. The membership is thirty-six. The iodge meets at the schoolhouse of
District No. 27, Marysville Township. Mrs. M.Daytonis lecturer; Mrs. M. Nicholson, chap-
Jain; rank a Randall, treasurer; O. G. Olney, secretary; J. Bratton, steward; J. Null, as-
sistant steward.

 

STATISTICS,

As may be seen by the following statement, Miami County is one of the richest in the
State. Total number of acres in the county, 375,360; total number of acres taxable, 368,-
927; value $2,621,147; total number of town lots, 4,840, value $350,528; aggregate value of
personal property, $1,016,550; railroad property, $450,742.56; grand total of taxable prop-

erty in the county $4,438, 967.56.

Horses, 8,544, value $277,066; cattle 27,946, value $313,604; mules 1,139, value $53,169;
sheep 3,082, value $3,072; hogs 23,739, value $63,337; farming implements, value $55,770,
vehicles 2.808, value $52,602; moneys $43,010, credits $21,548; merchandise $104,950,
manufacturers’ stock $12,225, notes $111,589, mortgages $57,914, other property $202,494
total $1,375,350; deducting Constitutional exemption, $358,800, there remains for personal
property taxable $1,016,550. x

the farms in the county comprise 275,984 acres, valued at $3,529,028, In 1881,.the num-
ber of acres in the different kinds of crops was as follows; Winter wheat 6,380, rye 322,
corn 103,779, oats 10,528, potatoes 777, sweet potatoes 10, sorghum 186, castor beans 442)
cotton 10, flax 24,414, millet and hungarian 4,357, pearl millet 498, broom corn 83, timothy
meadow 4,068, clover 1,246, other tame grasses, 630, prairie 48,405, tame hay cut 4,723
tons, prairie hay 48,405. 4

But little attention has thus far been paid to forest culture. The following is the num-
ber of acres of the various kinds of trees planted as reported by the assessors March 1,1882:
Cottonwood 2 acres, honey locust 1 acre, maple 122 acres, walnut 28 acres, and of other
varieties 11% acres. Of fruit trees the following number were reported: Apples—bearing
107,905, not bearing 46,082; pears—bearing 1,901, not bearing 1,980; peach—bearing 66,~
‘318, not bearing 19,843; plum—bearing 1,726, not bearing 1.524; cherries—bearing 26,994,
not bearing 6,986; grapes, 56 acres—gallons of wine made 828.

rhe number of rods of the different kinds of fence was reported as follows; Board 49,-
869, rail 159,935, stone 22,607, hedge 452,258, wire 280,817.

The first school organized in the county under the State law was that at New Lancaster,
April 19, 1862. Atthe present time there are ninety-five districts and ninety-four school-
houses—one log, eizht¥-one frame, and twelve stone. The total school population of the
county is 6,500; 3,256 males and 3 244 females. During the year 1881 there were employed
sixty-six male and eighty two female teachers at an average monthly salary for the males
of $34.73, and for the females of $27,12. In 1882 there was a general advance in teach-
ers’ wages of $8 per month, and a corresponding advance in the efficiency of the schools.
In 1880 three of the schools adopted a ‘Course of Study,” and in 1881 twenty-two more
followed the example set.

The value of schoolhouses and sites is estintated at $110,000: of furniture, $11,100; of
apparatus, $1,300; of district libraries, $175. Total value of all school property, $122,575.

The first Normal Institute was held in 1877, by Prof. John Wherrell, who has conducted
most of the annual institutes since. It was attended by 180 teachers. The average attend-
ance since has been about 125. These institutes have been productive of great good to the
cause of public education, increasing the interest of the teachers in their work and their
ability to perform it. It is only those teachers who, in their own estimation, are beyond ad-
vancement, that receive penenit from the Sr aa ie tees 6,151; in 1870

e population o e county in was 5, ; in , 6,151; in , 11,728; in
1875, 12,607; in 1880, 17,818.

PAOLA

Paola is situated two miles west of the geographical center of the county,
on somewhat elevated rolling land, between Bull Creek on the west and south,
and Wea on the east. The valleys of these creeks have considerable timber,
and this, with high land across the valleys, render the surroundings quite beau-
tiful and pleasant.

The town of Paola was laid out in the spring of 1855, and incorporated by _

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the Legislature during the session of that year, its limits comprising all that
tract of country “ set forth and defined in the plat of said town.” The Paola
Town Company was incorporated about the same time, the corporators being
Baptiste Peoria, Isaac Jacobs, A. M. Coffey, and David Lykins, This company

was authorized to acquire title to any quantity of land not exceeding 600
acres, The Board of Trustees appointed consisted of William A. Heiskell,

Isaac Jacobs, William H. Lebow, B. P. Campbell and Peter Potts. The name

of the town was selected in honor of Baptiste Peoria, and is derived from the

Indian pronunciation of the word “Peoria.” The streets were laid out at an angle

with the points of the compass, of eleven and one-half degrees to the east of north,

south of east, etc., and all those streets running nearly east and west named

after various tribes of Indians having reservations in this part of the Territory.

The corporators, after organizing and acquiring title to about 400 acres of land, .
fixed the value of the land, assets, rights, credits and effects at $36,000, and

divided the same into seventy-two shares, of which Baptiste Peoria, William

G. Krutz, T. J. Anderson and W. R. Wagstaff each held twelve shares, and

William E. Ide, A. J. Shannon and Ezra T. Nye each held six.

In June, 1857, Baptiste Peoria was elected President of the Paola Town
Company, and A. J. Shannon Agent and Secretary. On the 2gth of June, 1858,
Baptiste Peoria was re-elected President, Allen T. Ward, Treasurer, and W.R.
Wagstaff Agent and Secretary. From this time until after the expiration
by limitation of the Charter of the Paola Town Company, granted in 1855 and
continuing ten years, no further meeting of the Company was held, and no
other officers chosen during its corporate existence. Allen T. Ward, Treas-
urer, died in June, 1862, and the vacancy caused by his death was not filled.
Under the law applicable to the dissolution of corporations, W. R. Wagstaff,
as Agent and Secretary, became Trustee, with full power to settle its affairs.
He continued to manage its affairs until its property was finally disposed of.

On the roth day of August, 1868, Wagstaff as agent sold to William G,
Krutz 142 lots of the Town Company’s property, upon promise of payment of
$4,000, and of the erection on lot 6 of a hotel not less than 55x60 feet, and
three stories high, said hotel to be completed by August 10, 1869. In March,
1869, the construction of the hotel was commenced, in the meantime Mr.
Krutz was selling lots to any and all purchasers, until he had received $12,-
895.86 on such sales, and had paid no part of the $4000. The hotel was com-
pleted about November 1, 1869, at a cost of $25,000. Up to the 6th of August,
1874, Krutz had received as rents for the hotel about $13,000, at which time
the building was destroyed by fire. It was insured for $12,000, and the in-
surance paid to Mr. Krutz. During 1869 and 1870, Krutz, as voluntary and
trusted agent of the company, sold town lots to the aggregate value of $18,-
000. On May 28, 1873, being pressed by creditors, Krutz conveyed by deed
large and.valuable tracts of land in Miami County to his son-in-law, Charles E.
Hedges, of Sioux City, Iowa. In 1874, the property was re-conveyed to Mr.
Krutz. A suit was brought against Krutz, September 1, 1874, for $22,000 and
interest, and on January 15, 1881, « judgment obtained for $16,763.47.

The first house in Paola was built by S. P. Boone for Isaac Jacobs, the sec-
ond by a Mr. White, just east of the present location of the Baptist Church, the
third by the Town Company, on the site afterwards occupied by the St. Charles
Hotel, and the fourth by Knowles and Cyrus Shaw. Cyrus Shaw opened a store
in this building December 25, 1855. The Town Company afterwards built a
hotel on the site of their first building. The first school was taught by Mrs.
May Williams, now Mrs. Cyrus Shaw, in the fall of 1856. The first birth was
that of Sue Heiskell, daughter of W. A. and Mrs. Heiskell, May 31, 1857; the
first marriage that of George Tomlinson .to Mary Mead, in the spring of 1856,
and the first death, that of an infant son of Dr. Coffee, in the Spring of 1857.

At the time of the land sales Paola contained about thirty inhabitants, In
the early years, border troubles retarded its growth, in 1860, the town suffered
in common with the whole Territory, in consequence of the drouth, and in
1861, the war of the rebellion came lasting four years. During this time neither
person nor property was considered safe, and few were added to the popula-
tion; but after the war, and especially when the prospect of railroad communi-
cation became certain, people came in and prices of property became more
steady. The city has since that time steadily improved. It now contains a
population of about 3,000, and is one of the prettiest towns in the eastern part
of the State. :

In 1860, a special charter was granted by the Legislature under which the
town was organized as acity of the third class. This form of government
continued until 1862, when Paola became a city of the second class. The fol-
lowing is a list of its Mayors: Allen T. Ward, G. W. Brown, E. W. Robin-
son, A. G. McKinzie, B. F. Simpson, J. Stoddard, J. H. Smith, William Cro-
well, J. B. Hobson, J. W. Sponable, B. Miller and W. B. Brayman.

Paola has one of the finest school buildings in eastern Kansas, erected in
1872, at a cost of $65,000. It is a three story brick, with stone basement,
beautifully situated on an elevation northeast of the town. The Kansas Nor-
mal School and Business Institute are located in the building.

Paola has always been the county-seat. But one election has been held on
this question, at which time, in 1858, Osawatomie was the principal competitor.
In this election Indianapolis cast its vote in favor of Paola, thus defeating
Osawatomie, the citizens of Indianapolis not desiring the capital of the county
‘so near and yet so far.”

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the summer of 1858, by Rev. M. M.
Pugh, and remained a part of the Stanton circuit until 1864. The original membership can-
not be ascertained. In 1860 Mr. Pugh was succeeded by Rev. Henry Moyse, who. in 1862,
Ale place to Rev. Lewis Green, who was followed in regular succession by Rev. Messrs. E.

tewart, H. G. Mirch, Nathan Taylor, J. B. Orwig, Ross, Bruff, Hanah, G. W. Pye, Jd.
Bailey, Thomas Andis, Perrin, T. J. Taylor, C. W. Wysong, H. B. Sparks and H. V. Givler,
presen pas! or. . 7 ae ; . ‘his proper-
ty aesoid i the ie. of B82 and peas re t6| ramaaleas Shtraeas ee ian during. the
summer and fall. This building is a frame one, and when all its rooms are thrown into one
furnishes about 600 sittings. The total cost was about $7,000. Present membership, 150.

The Sunday school was organized in 1864. Among the first of the superintendents was
Joshua Glayton. The present number of scholars is 150; Prof. C. C. Marshal, superinten-
e'
882

Congregational Ohurch.—This church was organized May 7, 1867, with eight members,
by Rev. A. P. Johnson, who was ordained as first pastor, November 18, 186%. Rev. Richard
Cordley preached the ordination sermon. Other pastors have been as follows—Revs. Thomas
Chafer, D. W. Comstock, J, A. Banfield, A. B. Jordon, C. C. Richardson, F. M. Van Slyke and
L. P. Broad, present pastor, who began his pastorate in June, 1877. The present very neat
frame church building was erected in 1870. Its seating Capacity 1s 250, and together with
the grounds is valued at $2,500. Membership of church, September 1, 1882, seventy-
seven.

The Sunday school was organized in 1867; first superintendent, I. J. Banister; present
superintendent, L. P. Broad; assistant, Wm. Growell. The present enrollment of scholars
is 150, with an average attendance of 100. The library contains 200 volumes,

First Baptist Church was organized February 25, 1860, by Elder A. H. Dean, with
eleven members. Elder Dean has been succeeded as Pastor by Revs. W. H. Boyakin, A.
Cummings, W. A. Jarrell, W. D. Lowther and R. J. Downing. The present membership of
the church is eighty. The chureh edifice was erected in 1865. Itis a frame building 30x48
feet, and cost with the grounds about $2,000. : :

-A Sunday school was organized in 1869. The first superintendent was L. G,. A. Copley.
The present enrollment of scholars is seventy-tive. i

he Church of the Holy Trinity.—This church may be considered a continuation of the
labors of the Jesuits, mre established a mission among the Confederated Tribes, extendin,
out to the New York Indians, in 1845, under charge of Father C. J. Hoeckin. He remaine
until 1853, when he was succeeded by Father P. M. Ponziglione, who was followed in 1859
by father J. Schacht. Father S. Favre came in 1862, and was succeeded by Father F. J.
attron in 1863, who remained until 1872, being succeeded by A. J. Abel, who was fol-
lowed by Father D. J. Hurley in 1877, who still remains in charge.

In 1859 the society commenced the erection of a stone church, completing it, with the
exception of floor, door and windows, in 1860. The first years of the war interfered _mate-
rially with religious affairs in this part of Kansas, and the church was used until 1863, for a
stable. At this time the church was finished and devoted to legitimate uses. In 1881 a
arge brick church building was completed, 40x70 feet in size, and costing $7,000. Baptiste
Peoria gave the church five lots, and five acres of land fora cemetery. The present mem-
bership of the church is 250, with a Sunday school of fifty scholars.

The First Presbyterian Church was organized October 1, 1867, with sixteen members,
Rev. J. N. Rankin was pastor from that time to September 12, 1869. Rev. J. 5. Beekman
and others supplied the church until November, 1870, when Rev. D. V. Mays, who had been
called the previous May, took charge. June 1, 1873, Rev. J. H. Dillingham succeeded Rev.
Mays, and was followed in Sue ear by Rey, Alexander Thompson, who. after preaching
two years, was suspended by the Neosho Presbytery. He was succeeded by Rev. J. N. Mc-
Clung, who remained three and one-half years, until October 1, 1881, since which time the
church has been without a regular pastor. ‘ :

A commodious church building was erected in 1871, at a cost of $4,000, and dedicated,
free from debt, June 4, Dr. R. W. Patterson, of Chicago, preaching the dedicatory sermon.
Church membership, 104.

The Sunday school was organized in 1870, with 100 scholars, J, E. Thayer first super-
intendent. At the present time the membership of the Sunday school and Bible class is 150,
Elder N. H. Williams, superintendent.

The Colored Baptist Church was organized in March, 1865, by Elder G. B. Price, with
seven members. Their first house of worship was purchased by the citizens for $25, and
placed on alot presented_to the church bythe town company. The present property is
worth $200. Present membership is forty-tour, and present pastor, E. M. Gohron.

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized 1n 1868, by Rev. W. B. Ossley,
with nine members, The church building was erected in 1870, at a cost of $525, on a lot
presented to the society. The ministers who have succeeded Rev. Ossley have been the fol-

ing: Revs. A. Buchanan, Jesse Mills, J. P. Howard, S. F. Frister, D. Carter, E, Ferguson
and J. B. Wallace, present incumbent. The present membership is thirty-nine.

A Sunday schoo! was organized in 1873. At present it has forty-six scholars and seven-
ty-six volumes in the library.

Paola Lodge, No. 37, A., F. & A. M., held its first meeting June 16, 1860, W. R. Wagstaff,
E. W. Robinson, J. H. Hoover and others present. There were seven charter members, and
the first officers installed under the charter were the following: E. W. Robinson, W. M.; B.
F. Simpson, S. W.; G. W. Dale, J. W.; J. P. Glassock, Treas.; E. B. Jurd, Sec. At the time
of the Price raid the jewels, paraphernalia, etc., were buried, and five days afterwards,
October 29, 1864, they were taken up. At present there are 115 master Masons.

aola Lodge, No. 11, I. 0. O. F., was instituted March 13, 1860, by G. W. Brown. deputy

grand master, with seven charter members. The present membership is 135. The first

fficers of the lodge were as follows: S. N. R. Williamson, N, G.; G. H. Brockman, V. G.;
G. W. Mitchler, Sec.; R. C. Brockman, Treas. The membership at present is 135.

Mystic Lodge, No. 1035, Knights of Honor, was instituted March 20, 1878, with John A.
Scroggs, dictator; W. Freeland, vice-dictator; and J. M. Gaylord, reporter. There were
fifteen charter members; present membership, seventy-one. Joseph Maxwell, dictator;
Cyrus Shaw, vice-dictator; and D. C. Goodrich, reporter. The membership of the order
throughoutthe United States is about 145,000, and the benefits upon deaths paid each
month amounts to $1,500.000. 7

Perfection Chapter, No. 21, 0. E. S., was organized July 9, 1879, and the following off-
cers installed: Miss Fanny Long, W. M.; E. W Robinson, W. P.; Mrs. Emma Eislee, Asso,

.;_H. A. Pratt, Sec.; Mrs. Alice Nicely, Treas. The chapter has 102 members.

McCaslin Post, G. A. R., No.117, was rganized August 25. 1882, by Col. W. B. Shockley.
The following were the officers installed: W. C, Eaton, P. C.; Thos. M. Carroll, Sr., P. C.; H.
H. Patten, Jr., P. C.; Amos Potter, surgeon; J. R. Cartwright, chaplain; J. C. Taylor,

. M.; D.C. Goodrich, Adjt.; E.M. Wickersham, 0.D; Dillwyn Parker, Q. M. sergeant;
Cc. C. Proctor, S. M.; and George Quimby, O. G.

In addition to these, there are in_ Paola the following secret societies: St. Elmo Com-
manodery, No. 22; Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 25, I. O. O. F,: Encampment No. 14, I. 0. O.
F.; Paola Chapter. No. 20, Royal Arch ‘Masons; Paola Lodge, No. 259, I. 0. G. T.; Paola
Lodge, No. 14, O. M. P.; Equitable Aid Union; and Colored A., F. & A. M., J. Scott Lodge,

0. 13,

 

 

THE PRESS, BANKS, ETC.

The Miami Republican was established by John McReynolds and Basil M. Simpson,
August 18, 1866. McReynolds retired in 1868, and Mr. Simpson sold out May 25, 1873, to
the Republican Printing Company, composed of Thomas, J. D., O. H. and T. O, Greason. Up
to the spring of 1874, the paper was Republican in politics, when it was published asa
Reform paper. John H. Rice purchased a half interest March 25, 1875, and on December 4,
1875, a Longley purchased a half interest, and the paper was published by Rice &
Longley. Rice purchased Longley’s interest January 15,1877. John H. Rice & Sons con-
tinued the publication of the paper until July 23,1880, when it was purchased by Leslie J.
Perry, who consolidated it with the Itepublican Citizen, and sold a half interest to R. P.
Bice: R. P. Rice sold his interest to Willlam D. Greason, the firm now being Perry &
reason.

The Western Spirtt.-On the 14th of June, 1871, Perry & Bright started the Kansas
Spirit. Soon afterwards Bright retired. Perry changed the name to the Western Spirit.
S. M. Ford was connected with the Spirit during 1872 and 1873, June 14, 1878, Perry sold
out to Carroll, Clark & Highley—T. M, Carroll, editor, June 1, 1879, Greason bought Clark's
Interest ; January 23, 1880, B. J. Sheridan bought Carroll's interest, and tool charge as
editor. June 1, 1881, Sheridan and Highley bought Greason’s Interest, and the paper is
now owned by Sheridan & Hughley tne former, editor, and the latter, business manager.
Circulation of the paper, 1,680 ; politics, Democratic.

The Paola Times was started March 23, 1882, by W. B. Brayman, he having come Into
possession, by foreclosure of mortgage, of the material of the Miami Talisman oMice, which

aper had solid out its subscription list ashort time previously to the Republican, The
Wines ig an eight-column folio paper, Republican in polities, and opposed to bossism and

rings.

The Paola Chief was started January 1, 1880, by W. R. A. & O, Wagstaff. The paper sus-
ended at the expiration of six months. The Union Crusader was established by Re Wy. Ellis
n 1861, using the material that had been used in the publication of the Chief. Benjamin F.

Simpson was editor of the Crusader in 1862. The paper was discontinued in 1863.

The Republican Citizen was started August 8, 1878, by A. R, Wickersham, associating
with himself, in the publication of the paper, James D.Greason. In the fall he sold the
paper to G. A Colton, who, in August, 1879, sold it to Leslie J. Perry, who merged it with
the Republican, July 23. 1880.

Miami County Bank,—This bank commenced business January 1, 1876, with a capital of
$50,000, twenty-seven stockholders, and nine direcyors, of whom the following were the first
and arethe present officers: J. E, Thayer, Pres.; J. W, Sponable, Vice-Pres.; T. M. Carroll,
Sec., and William Crowell, cashier. he pits oss ofthe organization of the company was
to do a general deposit, loan, discount and banking business. The first place of business
was asmall frame building on the north side of Peoria street, between Agate and Pearl.
During the year 1877 the company erected a fine two-story brick building on the southeast
corner of Peoria and Pearl streets, at a cost, inéluding land, of $6,400, commencing business
therein January 1,1878, On July 1, 1882, paid up capital was $50,000, surplus. $5,000.

Bank of Paola.—Commenced business June 13, 1881, with a capital of $50,000, nineteen
stockholders and seven directors, of whom the following were the first officers: S. R. Smith,
Pres.; L. C. Gilmore, Vice-Pres.; G. P. Graham, Sec. and cashier. Onthe first of July, 1882,
J. A. Gilmore became Sec., and cashier. This institution does a general deposit, loan, dis-
count and banking business. On July 1, 1882, its capital was $50.000, and surplus $500.

The First National Bank of Paola was established in 1871, with au authorized capital of
$100,000, and a paid up capital of half thatsum. J.B. Hobson wasthe first president, F. M.
Shaw, cashier, and C, A. Leighton, assistant. The bank was discontinued in the fall of 1877.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Had the business of the bank been properly managed by the cashier, it would have been a
success. ;

4 aola Iron Works were established in June, 1882, by Joseph, A. J. and J. I. Clan-
denen Ww. Vilke. The works comprise an iron foundry, 30x60 feet, and a machine shop
30x40; total cost of buildings and machinery, $3,000.

Paola contains at the present time, four dry goods stores, five drug stores, two hardware,
three agricultural implement dealers, two grain dealers, three hotels, five blacksmith shops,
three wagon manufactories, two carriage manufactories, two flouring mills, three harness
shops, three furniture stores, three lumber yards, one flour and grain store, four carpenter
shops, eight physicians, fifteen lawyers, two ewelry stores, four saloons, besides numerous
other businesses and industries and 3,000 inhabitants.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

E. T. AHREN ;, merchant, established his business in Paola in 1870. He was born in
Prussia, Germany, and came to America in 1864, and located in Columbia County, Wis. He
served as Inerchant’s clerk in Portage Vity foratime. He went to Dakota and spent three
years, and in 1870 came to Paola. Kan., and in company with John Warnke opened a dry
goods and clothing store under the firm name of Ahrens & Warnke. March 1, 1882, Mr.
Abrens bought out Mr. Warnke, and now conducts the business alone. He has a large well
stocked store of dry goods, ready made clothiag, boots, shoes, hats and caps and car-
pets. His stock averages about $35,000. ‘

JAMES N. BAKER, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Paola, was born in Chautauqua County,
N. Y., March 10, 1821. He was brought up on a farm, and emigrated to Tazewell County,
Til, in 1843, landing at Pekin the 20th of May.- He was married in Tazewell County, [li.,
September 24, 1843, to Miss Elizabeth Bowers, who was formerly of the same county and
State. Hespent one year in Tazewell County, two years in Logan County. In June, 1846,
he moved to La Salle County, Ill. He was engaged in farming and stock growing in that
county fifteen years. Inthe spring of 1862, he moved into Lee County still in the pursuit of
forming fifteen years. In 1876, he purchased his present fine farm of 360 acres, situated in
the town of Paola, to eee he moved his family in January, 1877, having sold a farm of

acres in Lee County, Ill.

200 MULL Pp: BOON, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Paola, was bornin Kentucky, in 1830.
Learned the carpenters’ trade in Knoxville, Tenn. Moved to Bloomington, ILL, in 1849, and
from there to Missouri in 1851, and to Paola, Kan., in 1855. He worked at his trade in that
city. When the land sales of 1857 occurred he purchased his present farm, but did not
move onto it till 1868. since which time it has been his home. He has 420 acres, beautifully
situated and under fine cultivation. Mr. Boon took an active part ini defense of Kansas
rom invasion during the war of the Rebellion, holding several commissions in the Militia
Service of Kansas; during a greater partof the time he ranked as Second Lieutenant. He
hag always taken a warm interest in local affairs, and has been three times chosen a mem-
er of the Board of County Commissioners, and at this writing is serving his third term.
It is no. idle flattery to state the fact, so generally known, that Mr. Boon is one of MiamI
County’s most influential and respected citizens.

CAPT. GEORGE W. BREEN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Paola, has a farm of 160 acres,
it being the northwest quarter of Section 12. Capt. Breen was bornin New Jersey, in
1842; received a liberal education, and was employed as a teacher and accountant until
April, 1861, when on the breaking out of the late war he enlisted in the Third Regiment,
Company B, New Jersey three months men, His regiment was incorporated in the First
Organized Brigade at Washington in the late war. At the expiration of his term of enlist-
ment, he re-enlisted in Company B, sixth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, was commis-
sioned First Lieutenant, and at the expiration of his three years term he was commissioned
Adjutant of the Fortieth, served until the close of the war when he was mustered out as
Captain. He was wounded through the body by a gun shot wound al the battle of Chancel-
lorsville, and in the left arm _ at Spottsylvania. He was married in Morgan County, IIl., in
August, 1871, to Mra. Laura M. Sibert, widowed daughter of H. H. Massey. That same year
they moved to Kansas and located onthe present farm. They have three children,one son and
two daughters. During the political campaign of 1874 and until January 1, 1875, Capt,
Breen edited the Miami_fepublican of Paola. Heisa gentleman of fine literary attain-
ments and one of Miami County’s most respected citizens, ; ;

W. H. BROWNE, attorney at law, was born in Paris, Ky.; studied law with Messrs.
Williams & Prall, of that city. He moved to Parsons, Kas., in 1871, and from there to Colo-
rado in 1872. The following year (1873) he came to Paola, resumed the study of law, and
was admitted to practice in June, 1875, and has continued in business at this place to date.
He has served two terms as City Alturney of Paola. . Poo,

W. Bz YMAN, attorney at law and editor and proprietor of the Paola Times, was
bornin Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1837; studied law at the State University of Michigan,
at Ann Arbor, and graduated in 1869. He came directly to Paola, Kas., and has be en
engaged in the successful practice of his profession to thisdate. He was elected Cou nty
Attorney in 1876, and served two years. Inthespring of 1882 he started the Paola Ti mes,
an eight-column weekly paper, all home print, The paper has proven a success, and al-
though only ale months old has a circulation of 1,250 copies. Mr. Brayman is the present

ayor of Paola.

p. A. BROKAW, station agent of the M. P. R. R., telegraph operator and agent of the
Pacific Express Company, was born in Somerset County, N. J., March 16, 1859; resided in
his native county until 1870. He then came to Kansas and located at Somerset, Miami County,
at the age of eleven years. In 1875 he became an employe of the M. P. R. R. Co., and has
continued in the service of the company from that time to this date (February. 1883), with-
out a loss of a week’s time. He was station agent at Somerset, and was subsequently as-
signed to Paola as assistant agent, He next served one year as agent at Freeman, Mo. In
1881 he was transferred to Louisburg, and at the same time assumed the duties of operator
and agent of the Pacific Express Company. In March, 1883, he was promoted to ticket and
freight agent, Paola, Kansas, Missouri Pacific Co. -Mr. Brokaw has proved himself faithful
and competent in the discharge of his varied duties, and is justly popular with the compa-
nies he represents and with the people.

HUGH S, CAMPBELL, dealer in real estate business, established in 1867. Mr. Camp-
bellis a native of Scotland. In 1849, when twenty years of age, he emigrated to America,
and made his home at Buffalo, N, Y. From there he moved to Erie, Pa. He enlisted in
August, 1861, as a private; was soon after commissioned Captain. He was wounded at the
battle of Malvern Hill, and promoted to Colonel of the Eighty-third Regiment Pennsyl-
vaniaVolunteer Infantry. At the second battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862, he was wound-
ed again, but continued in the service till May, 1863, when he was discharged for disability
from wounds received in battle. He was appointed Provost Marshal of the Nineteenth
District of Pennsylvania and served till the close of the war. In1867 be came to Paola,
Kas., and engaged in real estate business. He invested largely in village lots, and is now
owner of an extensive property.

Cc. W. CARR, dealer in farming implements, is a pioneer of Kansas, He is a son of
John Carr, one of the earliest settlers near Osawatomie, Kan.,, of 1854, C. W. was born at
rerry, Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1837, and immigrated to Kansas with his parents in 1854.
The family located near whatis now Osawatomie one year prior to John Brown's advent.
He recollects seal bg the Browns move on their land. ‘Althougu butalad atthe time, he

-participated in the turbulent scenes of the times, and was one of the small party that came
down on the body of Fred Brown the morning he was shot. They were prevented from
bringing off the body by the appearance of a large force of mounted and armed Missourians,
under Capt. Reed. George Farris was dispatched to Osawatomie to carry the news to
Brown, is father, who was confined to his bed by sickness, was persuaded to dress and
secrete himself in the brush, which precaution undoubtedly saved his life, as the house was
soon after visited by a gang of Reed’s men, who were violent, and who would no doubt have
taken his life if they had found him, As it was, they came near discovering him in the
place of his concealment while hunting down Mr. Garrison, whom they overtook and shot
to death within a few yards of Mr. Carr. After his father’s death, Mr. Garr returned to the
East and remained until 1860. He entered the Quartermaster’s Department at the close of
the war. Was chief: Abstract Clerk of the post Quartermaster Department at Nashville,
Tenv. After the close of the war, he entered into partnership with Maj. Williams at Osa-
watomile, Pact ae uardware business, which connection was continued until 1869, whe 6
ed his present business. i
houses In this ine tn the State, p Ss. His is one of the oldest establis!
5 % q - CARROLL, attorney-at-law, was born in Greene County, Pa. He
enlisted in the late war in 1861, while in his seventeenth year, as a private in Company B,
Fi rst Regiment Virginta Cavalry. He was wounded at the battle of pore Republic in 1862,
and again at Gettysburg in 1863. He was promoted from the ranks to a First Lieutenancy
and placed in command of his company ust before the battie of Gettysburg he was pro-
inoted to Captain, and after serving nearly three years, received an honorable discharge
on account of wounds received in battle. On returning fromthe war, he became a stu-
dent of Waynesburg College, Pa., from which he graduated in 1868. ‘He came to Paola,
Kan., in 1869, studied law with Judge W. R. Wagstaff, and was admitted to practice in
1873. He was married, in 1876, to Miss Mary B. Childress, of Paola,
7 a F. CHANDLER, real estate, loan and ‘collecting agent, was born in
tewartstown, Coos Co., N. H., April 27, 1838. Moved with his parents to Knox County,
Ohio, when he was four years of age; removed to Missouri in 1844, and to Miami County,
Kan., in 1856. He was engaged in arming for twelve years. He then moved to Paola and
accepted the position of Deputy-Register of Deeds, and served two years, He then started
his present business, In addition to the real estate, loan and collecting business, he also
quakes abstracts of title, Mr. Chandler has built up the most extensive business in his line

n the county, and is reckoned one of the most reliable and substantial business men of

Paola.
. A. COLTON was born in Woodstock, Windsor Co., Vt. October i, was
brought up on a farm, with very limited means of education. Naturally Saijal am-

 
MIAMI COUNTY.

bitious to acquire knowledge, he virtually educated himself. In 1854 he emigrated to Kan-
sas, and located at Stanton, Lykins Co., (now Miami). He was employed in various pursuits
till the spring of 1860, when he purchased the Southern Kansas Herald, then published at
Osawatoinie, and removed it to Paola, and conducted it nearly eight years as a Republican
paper. Inthesummer of 1857 he was chosen asa delegate to the Grasshopper Falls Free-state
onvention, and took decided grounds in favor of a vigorous campaign. In November,1858,
he was elected Assistant Secretary of the Territorial Council, at its extra session, .and re-
elected at its regular session of 1858. In the spring of 1858 he was elected and served as a
delegate to the Territorial Constitutional Convention. Ata meeting of the Council in 1859,
he was again chosen Assistant Secretary. He was a member of the Republican State Con-
vention to nominate the first State candidates under the present constitution, and in the fall
of the same year was elected a member of the ‘Territorial House, atid elected Speaker. He
was also elected 4 member of the in-coming State Legislature, Inthe spring of 1860 he
moved to Paola, and was elected Probate Judge of Lykins County (now Miami), which office
he resigned in April, 1861, to attend the State Legislature. In the spring of 1861 he was ap-
polnte agent of the Confederated band of Peoria, Piankeshaw, Kaskaskia, Wea, and Miami
ndians, located in the eastern border of Kansas, which position he held for eight years,
except a period of a few months, when he resigned to accept a position in the State Senate.
He assisted in 1862 in organizing the Miami County Militia; was elected Colonel, and served
in that capacity during the war, under the United States military authorities. He was with
Gen. Lane in pursuit of Quantrill, and helped drive Price out of Missouri, at the time of his
raid. He was elected to the State Senate in 1864. He has always been a Republican
since the organization of that party, and has been known as an influential and consistent

member.
CONDON, CARREL & CO., firm composed of S. D. Condon, H. T. Carrel, and H. R.
& Carrel, who were successors to JM. George & Co. This is

Jordan, successors to Masse) 2 5
hardware houses in Miami County.. The senior partner, Mr.

 

one of the oldest establishe
. D. Condon, was for many years a member of the firm of J. M. George & Co. They carry

a full assortment of goods in their line, hardware, stoves, tinware, etc., having a large and

well stocked store. They command a libéral share of the trade of this region, are enter-

prising and liberal dealers, and deservedly popular with the general public.

MAJOR CARLOS C. COX, farmer, Section 11, Township 17, Range 23, P. O. Paola, was
born in Northumberland County, Va, August 16, 1840; moved to Alton, Ill., with his par-
ents in 1849. He received an academic education and engaged in the mercantile business.
Soon after the breaking out of the late war he enlisted May 25, 1861, in Company D, Four-
teenth Illinois Infantry, He was regularly promoted to Orderly Sergeant, Second and First
Lieutenant, Captain and Major of the same regiment and served until the close of the war.
He was attached to the seventeenth army corps and served under Sherman. He received a
gunshot wound at the battle of HatchieRiver,October 5,1863. He was wounded again at Nash-
ville and at the battle of Kingston, N. C., by a shell, and subsequently near Greensboro. He
was captured and severely injured by Wheeler’s Confederate Cavalry. He was rejoining his
regiment, accompanied only by his Orderly, when he was pursued by a party of Confederate
Cavalry. After shooting one each of the foremost, they left the main highway and followed
by a path through the woods; after making a lengthy detour, they once more entered the
highway, only to find themselves directly inthe path of another and larger body of Texas
Cavairy. Major Cox’s horse became unmanageable and carried him into the midst of his
foes, where he was soon knocked senseless from his horse and trampled under foot. The
snemy supposing him dead stripped his person of all valuables and his clothing. But dis-
covering signs of life were about to settle his case by what they termed parole, which the
cocked revolvers presented to his head would seem to mean simply murder, but by the timel
intervention of a few more humane than the others, his life was'spared. Some cast-o!
clothes were put on him and he wastakeu prisoner. Three weeks later he was released.
After the war he returned to Illinois, married Miss Lydia M. Massey, at Jacksonville, and
the follow Ing. spring, 1866, he came to Kansas and settled at Paola. The next year he re-
moved to hisfarm of 160 acres, on Section 11, Township 17, Range 23, where he has con-
tinued to reside to this date in the peaceful enjoyment of a farm life,
and soldier bride died April 25, 1880. i

WILLIAM C. EATON, carpenter and builder, and Justice of the Peace, was born in
Montgomery County, Va,, in 1831; removed to Indiana, witb his parents, in 1833; learned
the carpenter and joiner’s trade in Porter County. He enlisted in the late war, in August,
1862, as a_ private of Company I, Seventy-third Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, was pro-
moted to First Lieutenant in September, 1862, and to Captain of the same company in 1863.
He served in the department of the Cumberland, and was mustered out at Nashville,

Tenn., July 4, 1865. He came to Paola the following spring (1866) and worked at his trade
of carpenter and builder till 1874; he then went to California, where he spent two years,
and then returned to Paola. Mr. Eaton has served as Deputy Sheriff, of Miami County, four
years. He was appointed Justice of the Peace, served one year and was elected to the same

Office in the spring of 1881. ‘ ,

EDMISTON & SHERMAN, proprietors of livery, sale and boarding stable. This firm
was organized in October, 1879. The senior partner, Mr. M. B. Edmiston, is the pioneer

livery man of Paola, having established himself in this business at this place in 1868, and
with the exception of oneanda half years he has been in business continuously since, He
was born in Ohio, and moved to Illinois in 1855. He enlisted in February, 1862, -as a pri-
vate of Company H, Thirty-ninth Regiment [llinois Volunteer AO ranir ye and served two
ears. In 1865 he moved to Kansas, and in 1868 engaged in the livery business at Paola.
his firm keep a fine stock of horses, averaging about twenty, and a good outfit of rigs.
They also keep one or more good stock horses, buy and sell, and do a general livery business,
J. A. ELDRED, deceased, was born in Maine in 1829, and went to sea in his youth.
Made a cruise to California via Cape Horn, during the gold excitement, and spent seven
ears in that State. Thenreturned to New England and was married at Falmouth, Mass.,
in 1859, to Miss Sophronia, daughterof B.G. Nye. Mr. and Mrs. Eldred emigrated to Kan-
sas immediately after their marriage and settled in Miami County. Mr. K. was engaged in
the mannfacture of lumber for five years, then devoted his attention to farming and stock-
growing. He was a man of upright character, enterprising and energeticin business, and
commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He died on Christmas day. 1881,
leaving a wife and five children, two sons and three daughters, to mourn his loss. The fam-
ily reside on the old homestead of 140 acres, situated on Section 22, near the city of Paola.

: JAMES SANDERSON FERGUSON, farmer, P. O. Paola,was born in Lycoming County,
Pa., in 1821. Was brought up a farmer and removed to Kentucky when twenty-two years
of age. Spent one year in Louisville and then removed to Indiana. He resided in the latter
State about eighteen years, when he removed to Kentucky. In 1868 he came to Kansas and

settled in Miami County, near Spring HIll, on the southwest quarter of Section 30, Town-
ship 15, Range 24, where he engaged in farming until 1880, when he moved to a farm of
240 acres, which he had purchased, on Section 3, Fownship 17, Range 23, of Paola, still re-
taining ownership of his farm of 160 acres, near Spring Hill. In 1882 he sold all but the
south eighty acres of his farm in Paola, but has not yet given possession. Mr. F. was mar-
ried in Benasylvania in 1845 to Miss Maria H. Snyder, who diedin 1859, leaving five chil-
dren, He was married again January 1, 1861, in Gallatin County, Ky., to Miss Juliett L.,
daughter of Johuston Frank. Mrs. F. was born in Kentucky. There are three children
living born of this marriage. Mr. F. still resides near PaolaCity.

; FREEMAN, watchmaker and jeweler, was born in New Jeraey, March 10, 1844, Re--
moved to lowain 1864. Learned the watchmaker and jeweler’s trade, and engaged in busi-
ness in that State. He continued in business eleven years, and in 1880 came to Paola and
opened his present establishment in June of that year. Mr. Freeman carries a general
stock of clocks, watches, jewelry, and silverware, and does all kinds of work in his line.

HILLIP P. FOWLER, was ‘born in Hillsborough County, N. H., June 30, 1812; was-
educated in his native State, and became a minister of the Universalist Church. He immi-

rated to Kansas in 1854, was an ardent Free-state man, and was a correspondent of the

eraldof Freedom while he made a_tour of the State. He was a candidate for Representa—-
tive at the first election, and was declared elected by Gov. Reeder, but was refused his seat
by his political opponents. -He wrote a history of early time, under the title of “Jay-
hawkers,” which was read with interest. He was an intimate associate of old John Brown, -
and concealed and defended that notorious champion of freedom, on several occasions. He
hag resided at Paola since 1861, and TOE many years has held the office of Police Judge. In
religion, he i niversalist; in poiitic. Republican. =

WI CLIAM Gano voprieter of City Meat Market, was born in New Jersey, in 1830;
removed to Springfield, Ti , and from there to Paola, Kas.,in 1870. In 1872, he opened a
meat market and has been in the business continuously since, and is now-the oldest-estab-
lished dealer in his line in che city. He buys rhe pest stock to be had, and has always on
han ly of fresh, salt and smoked meats. E 4 3

. OMEORGE, retired merchant, was born in Indiana, in 1837; received a business
edueation, and entered upon a mercantile life as a dealer in general merchandise. In 1868,
he emigrated to Kansas and, in company with Mr. S. D. Condon, opened a hardware store
at Paola under the firm name of J. M. George & Co. Starting in asmall way, by strict
attention to business, and fair dealing, they bullt up @ prosperous trade. This firm contin-
ued business until October, 1882, when they sold out to Messrs. Condon, Carrel & Co. The
last year, their sales aggregated $70,000. Mr. George has been obliged to retire from busi-
ness to recruit his hea th. He has made his record as one of the leading merchants of the
county, in his line, and he retires possessing the utmost confidence and esteem of his fel-
low citizens,

HENRY H. GRIMSHAW,
in 1832. f
Boe Baie ing herein 1870, He wasengaged in the

‘aola, is iving herein i.

ears: and in 1874, began keeping hotel. For eigh. years he kept ina small wooden build-
th and in spite of all disadvantages, made it the most popular otelin Paola. In 1882, he
built the brick structure which he now occupies, which is situated just east of the Miami

County Bank. The Commercial House is 40x70 feet, three stories high, built of brick, with

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proprietor of the Commercial House, was born in England,
‘When two years of age, he came to America and was brought up in the city of
In’ 1867, he moved to Ohio, where he resided three years, and came to
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metal roof, It contains twenty-six rooms. The rooms are high atid large, and ar. lighted
by large modern windows of two lights each. The house is finished throughout in the best
style, and under the able management of Mr. and Mrs. Grimshaw it is rated as one of the
most popular hotels in the State. 7

CHARLES 8. GOULD, proprietor of Paola omnibus and transfer line, also agent of
Adams Express Company, was born in Vermont, and came to Paola from Massachusetts, in
the fall of 1872. In 1872, established his omnibus and transfer line, in which he employs
six teams and as many men, He was appombed. agent of the Adams Express Company, in
1875. Prompt and energetic in the discharge of his business, Mr. G. commands the confi-
dence and esteem of the general public. *

GEORGE W. HALDEMAN, M. D. physician and surgeon, was born in Perry County,
Pa., in 1830; removed to Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, in his youth, where he re-
ceived an academic education. He began the study of medicine under the late Dr. Ira Day,
of that place, and subsequently attended lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, Phila-
delphia, and received his degree in March, 1854. He began practice at Newville, Pa.; he
was a member of the Cumberland County, Pa,, Medical Society, and afterward a member of
the State Medical Society, of which he was vice-president in 1867. He was also a member
of che Newville Board of Education. During che ate war he was Chairman of the Local
Sanitary Committee. In 1870, he moved to Paola, Kas., and established an extensive prac-
tice. Hehas been successful in both medicine and surgery, and in the practice of the latter,
has performed some very difficult operations with marked success. Dr. Haldeman isa
member of the Paola Board of Education, President of the State Medical Society, and
United States Pension Examining Surgeon for this district. He was married in November,
1855, to Annie, daughter of Jacob Wogan, Esq., of York County, Pa, 7

G. L, HANKINS, carpenter and builder, and Justice of the Peace, was born in Chilli-
cothe, Ohio, in 1840; removed to [Illinois in 1851, and while only a lad, joined a party of
United States Surveyors,engaged in surveying the State line between Iowa and Missouri ;was
connected with that party three years; then returned to Blooming ‘on, IIL, and learned the
harness making trade. He subsequently learned the carpenter and joiner trade, at which
he worked till the attack on Fort Sumter. On the second day of the bombardment, he en-
listed at the call for three months’ men. He was number ten on the roll of Illinois troops.
He was assigned to the Eighth Infantry, served three months, and re-enlisted in Company
I, Third Illinois Cavalry, and served till September 25, 1865; was regularly promoted to
Captain. The latter commission he did not accept as he was serving as Corps Wagon Mas-
ter, which position he held one year and eight months. On receiving his discharge he re-
turned to Illinois, and in the spring of 1868, he moved to Paola, Kas, March 4th of that
year, he opened a grocery at this place. He was appointed agent of the United States Ex-
press Company, in June, 1809, and served till September 1, 1875. Since which time he has
been builalng, and serving as Justice of the Peace; was elected in 1878, and is now serving

is third term.

ROBERT S. HARRIS, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Paola (son of Joseph Harris), was born
in Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1848; moved to Missouriin early youth, with his parents,
On the breaking out of the late war, his father,a Douglas Democrat, was threatened with
violence if he did not leave Missouri. Early in 1861, finding things too warm, and after
losing heavily, he moved to Kansas, paint: one of the first of the refugees. The family set-
tled in Miami County, town of Paola. Robert, then a lad of thirteen years of age, witnessed
many of the violent scenes of the times; later in the war, being considered large enough to
shoulder a gun, he wasenrolled a member of Company E, Fiftn Kansas Militia, and served
tillthe close of the war. He is now living on his farm of eighty acres, near Paola, in the
quiet enjoyment of the good government for which he did good service in his youth.

JEREMIAH T. HAUGHEY, of the firm of Haughey & Fisher, fire insurance agents,
was born in Ohio. Moved to Illinois, where he was a pioneer of Logan County, in 1849. In
1857 he moved to Kansas and located at Miami Mission. In August, 1862, he enlisted in
Company C, Twelfth Kansas Infantry as a private and served three years On his return
from the army he was elected Treasurer of Miami County, and in January, 1866, moved to
Paola in the discharge of his duties. Atthe end of the term, by a change in the law regu-
lating the tenure of the office, there was an interregnum of six months between the Close of
one term and the beginning of the next. He was appointed to fill such vacancy and re-elect-
ed the followingterm. In 1872 he established his insurance agency, and January, 1881,
took in Mr. Burr Fisher as a partner. | 7 :

ZACCHEUS HAYES, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Paola, was born in Connecticut in 1835,
where he was brought up ona farm till twenty-one years of age, he then, in 1856, immi-
grated to Illinois and located in Kahe County. He was married in that county in October

1861, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Horace Willis. They have two daughters—Amy A. an
Alma M. Mr. Hayes came to Kansas in 1866 and purchased a farm of 190 acres in the town
of Wea, Miami County; and in the fall of the following year moved his family to their new
home. He wasextensively engaged in growing and feeding stock, having an average herd
of sixty steers and 200 hogs. In the fall of 1882, having purchased a farm of 110 acres lying
adjacent to the village of Paola, on Section 9, he removed to this place, still retaining the
ownership of the old farmin Wea. Mr. Hayes was a soldier of the late war. He enlisted
in September, 1861, as a private of Company I, Eighth Illinois Cavalry. Was promoted to
the position of Orderly Sergeant of his company, and served three years. Was attached to
the army of the Potomac, He has held varicus positions of public honor and trust, the
duties of which he bas disehatged with ability and fidelity. He was elected County Com-
missioner of Miami County, in 1877, for one year; served that term, and was re-elected for
the term of three years, serving in all four years, :

A. W. HEATON, grocer, was born in Iilinois and brought up in that State. He enlisted,
in 1862, in the Ninety-first Regiment Illinois Infantry and served untH the close of the war.
He was subsequently engagedin the mercantile business in Illinois. In 1881 he came to Pa-
ola and engaged in the grocery trade. He carries a complete stock of general groceries,
queensware and brovistons, of an average value of $4,000. .

J. T. HIGHL 3. janlgr partner of the firm of Sheridan & Highley, publishers and pro-
prietors of the Western Spirit, a weekly Democratic paper. Mr. Highley is a practical
printer, He was born in Cass County, Mo., March 4, 1856. Came to Paola, Kan., with hi
arents in childhood, in 1858. He was educated in the Paola City schools and the Sta
Normal school of Paola. When fifteen years of age he began learning the printer’s trad
in the office of the Paola Democrat; spent nine months in that office and then engagea in
the office of the Western Spirit. He next spent a year and a half as a journeyman printer
on various Kansas City papers. Returning to Paolain 1878, he purchased an interest in the
Spirit office June 14. The paper was then published under the firm name of Carroll, Clark
& Highley. Subsequently Mr, B. J. Sheridan bought in, Messrs. Carroll and Clark retiring,
since which time the paper has been published by Sheridan & Highley. Mr. Highley isa
member of the present City Council, having been elected an Alderman from the First Ward

at the municipal election, 1882. ld

J. P. HINER, grocer, was born in New Jersey; came to Illinois in 1848, located in
Stark County. and removed to Kansas in 1857. He made his home in Anderson County, and
September, 1861, enlisted in the Second Kansas Cavalry; was attached to the Seventh Army
Corps and served until May, 1865. On his return from the army he came to Paola, where
he has continued to reside. In 1881, he began the grocery business with Mr. T. M. Dixon,
under the firm name of Dixon & Hiner. Mr. Hiner bought out his partner’s interest in Sep-
tember, 1882. He carries a full line of groceries, provisions, crockery and queensware, and
is doing a very satisfactory business. ‘ 7 ek

J. B. HOBSON, real estate agent. Mr. Hobson isa pioneer of Miami County, of 1857,
and participated in the stormy scenes of the early times in this county. He was born in In-
diana in 1831, lived in his native State till 1857, when he came to Kansas. He opened the
first real estate office at Paola, and has teen in business here eversince He was appointed
the first Clerk of the District Court in 1858, under Buchanan’s administration. The first
term of court was held in the spring of 1859, Judge Williams presiding. He served till the
admission of the State to the Union in 1861, was then out a short time, when he was re-ap-

ointed by Judge Thatcher, the first elected Judge of the district. During the war he did
Baty as a member of the Home Guards. Although a Democrat in politics he has been twice
elected Mayor of the city. Wad

WOODSON D. HOOVER, physician and surgeon. Is the pioneer practitioner in his pro-
fession in this region; having come to Lykins County, now Miami, Kansas Territory, in
April, 1856, as assistant physician and surgeon to the Confederated School of Wea, Peorias’
and other Indian tribes under Dr. David Lykins, then physician in charge of the missions
at Paola, He was identified with the Pro-slavery party im the early troubles on the Kan-
sas border and served as a member of the Lykins County Militia under Capt. Arbuckle.
He was Post Surgeon at Paola during the late war. Dr. Hoover was born in Jessamine
County, Ky., in 1834. He was educated at Lexington College, Ky. Began practice in Ken-
tucky, and in 1856, came to Kansas, He has been one of the leading physicians and sur-

eons of this region for many years, and has an extensive and lucrative practice. He has

een prominently identified with the educational interests of Paola City, and has been a
member of the School Board eight years. He was elected Mayor of the city at the munici-
pal election of 1883 onthe Temperance ticket. __

W. S. HOWARD, photo-artist, rooms north side of park, successor to C. W. Mangrum,
who established the business in 1868. Mr. Howard bought the gallery in March, 1880. He
was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y. Learned the photo business in New York in 1870;
removed to Pennsylvania in 1873, and pursued the same business till 1880, when he came
to Paola, and in March, of that year, bought out Mr. Mangrum, and has since carried on
the business at this place. Mr. Howard is a thorough master otf his business, and does none
but first-class work. Does copying and enlarging, and makes pictures in any style re-

uired. a bs
4 W. HUMPHREY, druggist, was born in Iowa and brought up in his native State, learned
the drug business and was engaged in trade in that line at Lenox, Iowa. In 1879 he came to
Paola and established his present business. His stock in trade embraces a complete assort-
ment of drugs, medicines, books, stationery and toilet articles. Mr. Humphrey is a member
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REV. DANIEL J. HURLEY, resident priest of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Paola.
The subject of this sketch was born in Boston, Mass., July 5, 1854. He was educated at St.
Vincent Seminary, Westmoreland County, Pa., under the management of the order of the
Benedictine Fathers. He was ordained June 29, 187%, and assigned to the charge of the
Church of the Holy Trinity at Paola, He proceeded to this place and entered upon the duties
of his holy calling, August 15, 1877, succeeding Father A. J. Abel. The congregation of
this church numbers about 300 souls. They have lately erected a fine brick church which

is almost completed.

ROBERT M. HUSTON, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Paola, was born in Fayette County,
Ind., in 1845, and was brought up afarmer. Came to Kansas in 1869 and purchased the
fine farm of 320 acres he now occupies, He also has ten acres of timber in an adjoining
town, and another farm of 160 acres in Marshall County of this State. He was married in
1870 to Miss Nellie Mason. Returned to Indiana in 1873, without disposing of his Kansas
property, and remained till the winter of 1880, when he returned to Kansas and located on

is farm in Paola, :

ERNEST H. JACKSON, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Miami County, was
born in Louisville, Ky., January 8, 1858. He vame to Kansas with his parents in June,

). He was brought up on his father's farm in the town of Miami, Miami County. He
received his primary education in the common schools; then took a course at the State Uni-
versity, and subsequently attended the Normal school at Paola, from which he graduated
in 1881. He began teaching school in October, 1877, and with the exception of the winter
of 1879, while he was attending the Normal school, he has taught continuously, winters,
until this date. He was elected on the Democratic ticketin in the fall of 1882 to the respon-
sible position of Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Jackson is a gentleman of fine ability and
culture, and has just entered upon the discharge of the duties of his office, being the first
Democrat to hold that position in this county.

ANDREW JOYCE, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Paola, was born in Ohio in 1829; moved to
Mahaska County, Iowa, in the fall of 1855; remained there until the spring of 1863, then re-
turned to Jackson County, Ohio, and in 1870 came to Miami County, Kansas, and engaged in
Larnune) He has a fine farm of 510 acres one andahalf miles southeast of the city of

aola. :

LOUIS KNOCHE, farmer, Section 7%, P. O. Paola, was born in Prussia, Germany: in
1829; was a farmer by occupation. Emigrated to Americain 1854; made his home at Kan-
sas Clty, Mo., till 1861. He then came to Paola and purchased his present farm of 160 acres
of the Indian chiet Baptiste Peoria, Mr. Knoche has served six years as Treasurer of the
School Board of his district. During the late war he was enrolled as a member of the State
Militia and served as a guard to protect the State from invasion by the Confederates,

JESSE LIGHT, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Paola. Mr. Light is one of the pioneers of
Kansas of 1857; was born in Pennsylvaniain October, 1820; went to Livingston County, N
¥., with his parents in childhood; was brought up a farmer; followed that occupation till-
1857. He then came to Kansas and purchased a quarter section of land in the town of Pao-
la, The following year he brought his family to their new home. In 1859 he purchased
his present farm of 46 acres of the Indian chief, Baptiste Peoria, and has since made this
hishome. During the late war he did military duty as a member of the Kansas militia.

AMOS W. LONG, Sheriff of Miami County, isa native of Pickaway County,-Ohio, and
was born in 1831. He was brought upin Ohio, He came to Kansas in 1859 and settled in
Linn County. He served in the late war as a private of the Highty-eighth Ohio Infantry,
and served in Kansas during the border war, holding a commission of Captain of Company
C, Sixth Kansas Militia, from 1863 to 1865. His father, Samuel Long, who was also a resi-
dent of Kansas, was killed during a raid by Price’s men, October 26, 1864. Capt. Long was
appointed Deputy United States Marshal and served four years. In 1866 he came to Paola
and was elected Sheriif of Miami County in the fall of 1879; was re-elected and is serving
his second term. ete

H. M. MCLACHLIN, senior partner of McLachlin Bros., millers, was_born in Washing-
ton County, N. ¥. In 1839, went to St. Louis, in boyhood, and came to Kansas, in March,
1857, and located at Paola, then only an Indian trading post. He was engaged in the mer-
cantile business seyeral years. In 1865, he bought the old Government Barracks and
started a furniture factory. This business not proving a success, he resumed business as a
merchant, dealing in dry goods and groceries and subsequently in drugs and Stallion ery
He continued in the latter until the spring of 1881, when he sold out and bought the mill
property. Among his other ventures, Mr. McLachlin started acheese factory, which he
owned and operated about three years. Heis one of the live business men of Paola.

McLACHLIN BROS., properetors! of Paola Mills and dealers in grain. This firm was
organized October 30, 1882. The Broperty. was purchased by H. M. McLachlin, in March
1881, and operated by himself until October 30, 1882, when his brother, T. S. bought in an
the firm of McLachlin Bros. was organized. The Paola Mills are fitted with four run of
stone and two sets of rolis, andthe best modern machinery, and have a capacity of 100
barrels of flour per day. They do ageneral custom business. An elevator for handling
grain is attached tothe mill. Their facilities for handling corn are extensive ard complete.
Thev havea darge corn sheller, capable of shelling 400 bushels per hour. At this date, No-
vember, 1882, they handle 3,000 bushels daily. A side track of the Missouri Pacific "Rail-
road extends to their doors. bi

T. H. MOWILL1AMS, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Paola, has a well cultivated farm of 146
acres, being the northwest quarter of Section 6. Mr. McWilliams was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, in June, 1838; when thirteen years of age removed to Bureau County, IIl.,
and subsequently to Logan county, saine State, where he was engaged in farming, Heen-
listed August 2, 1862, as a private of Company C, One Hundred and Sixth Ilinois Volun-
teers, and served till the close of the war. In 1867, he moved to Paola, Kan., and settled on
his present farm. He has a fine stock of cattle and hogs, and is reckoned among the pros-
perous farmers of Eastern Kansas.

W. T. MCWILLIAMS, farmer and Superintendent of the Miami County Poor Farm or
Infirmary, P. O..Paola, Received his rst appointment in March, 1874; served four years;
was re-appointed in March, 1881, and pgain n March, 1882 for two years. The poor farm
1s Situated on the southeast quarter of Section 1, Township 17 north, Range 22 east, and
contains 160 acres. There are sixty-five acres under cultivation, the balance being timber,
The buildings are of brick and wood, and furnish accommodations for twenty-five inmates.
The average number cared for is ten, ata cost of $1.75 each per week in addition to the
farm products. The farm was established in 1866. Mr. McWilliams was born in Belmont
Cc y, Ohio, in 1836, removed to Bureau County, Ill.,in 1851, and in 1855, to Logan
County. In 1866, he came to Miami County, Kan., and located in the town of Osawatomie,
was engaged in farming there till he was appointed to his present position, in 1874.

MALLORY, ABBOTT & CO., hardware merchants. This firm is composed of C. H.
Mallory, G. E. and W.C, Abbott, Mr. Mallory, the senior partner, purchased the stock and
began business in the spring. of 1881, and in December, of the same year sold an interest to
G. E, and W. C. Abbott, and these gentlemen organized the firm of Mallory, Abbott & Co.
They have atwostory capacious brick store, with a large wareroom in the rear. They
carry a complete stock of hardware, stoves, tinware, iron, steel, fence, wire and wooden
work and sewing machines, ‘Their stock averages about $12,000 in value, and is one of the
most extensive and complete in the county.

BENEDICK MILLER, carriage manufacturer, was born near Offenburg, Baden, Ger-
many, March 21, 1836; emigrated with his pareuts to America in 1846, and when thirteen
years of age began to fight the battles of life himself. He served a regular apprenticeshi
of five years at the carriage maling rade- biree ears at Tiffin and two years at Cincinnati,
Ohiv, and"became prenclentin the business. In 1854 he engaged in the brewing business
near Cincinnati, Ohio, and continued in thatline a year anda half, He next worked in va-
rious places as journeyman carriage maker until 1860, when he engaged in carriage making
at Kansas City, Mo.; not being in sympathy with the secession element of that city, he
closed out his business the next spring and moved to Stanton, Miam! Co., Kas., and_estab-
lished himself in business in the same line. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Twelfth
Kansas Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He then settled in Paola, and in
July, 1865, organized a company forthe purpose of doing a general wagon and _ carriage
making business. The company was composed of Lb. Miller, Max. Miller, Isaac Rowcrait
and E. C. Canfield, under the firm name of B. Miller, Bro., & Co. Mr. Canfield retired from
the same on account of failing health. Mr, Roweraft died in September, 1866, which left
the firm B. Miller & Bro. Early in 1868 the firm erected the substantial brick buildings now
in use by Mr. B. Miller. In the spring of 1869 the firm was operating in the new works
with eighteen men. Their reputation for good work has brought them more work than
they could handle. And here we want to say that Mr. Miller claims the honor of making
the first wagon and the first buggy made south of the Kansas River, for which he chopped
down the trees on his own land and spliced out the axles, tongue, bolster, and every piece
pertaining to the wagon; hauled the logs to the sawmill with an ox team for the plank for
the bed and felloes; built his own forge, dug and hauled his own coal, made the woodwork,
ironed and painted the wagon, complete with his own hands—and as good ajob as was ever
completed and put on the road, in four months after cutting the trees. The wagon was sold
to Dan. Shipman, and the buggy to ex-Sheriff W. P. Dutton, of Miami County; this work
was done near Stanton. In 1861, the firm of B. Miller & Bro., also put_the first carload of
wagons across the Red River bridge into Texas on the M., K. & T, R. R, Mr. Max Miller
retired from the business on account of failing health in the fall of 1874; he afterwards
died on hisfarm in thecounty. Mr. B. Miller was then left alone in the business. He then
dropped the wagon business and devoted his attention to the manufacture of carriages, His
business prospered, and in the spring of the long-to-be-remembered 1875, he erected five
prick business rooms in one block in Paola that have many millions of the sprightly young
grasshoppers embalmed in the mortar used in construction. The buildings were com+

Jeted, and proved a business success in spite of the threatened disaster. He has since en-
arged his works, and now his the largest exclusive carriage factory west of St. Louis, Mo.
Has a rep sitory in Kansas City, a traveler on the road, and some thirty hands employed in
his works and upwards of 300 carriages in his shop and warerooms, either finished or in
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1 been recognized as one of the foremost men in Paola, He has held various
ee Be pene, served nee Mayor in 1876-77-78. He aided in founding the First National
Bank of Paola, and was president of the Citizens’ Building and Savings Association. Aided
in founding the Bank of Paola, in which he is now a Director. He is alsoa charter member

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of the Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of Paola, and its vice-president. Mr. B.
Miller is widely known throughout Kansas as one of the pluckiest, energetic and most hon-
est business men of the State, and enjoys as pleasant a home as there is in the State, sur-
rounded by a large and healthy family, and his future ought to be bright.

HENRY A. MILLER, County Treasurer, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, March 26,
1840. He enlisted in the late war as a private of Company F, One Hundred and Second
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in July, 1862. ewas promoted to First Sergeant, and served
three years. On his return from the army he came to Kansas and located at Spring Hill
Johnson.County, where he was engaged in school teaching aud farming. In 1868 he moved
to Marysville, Miami County, and pursued the occupation of a farmer. In 1879 he was
Clecied.’ Ercesurer of Miami County. He was re-elected in 1881, and is now serving his
secon. erm.

E W. MITCHLER, merchant, senior partner of G W. Mitchler & Sons, wholesale
and retail dealers in dry goods. Mr. Mitchler is one of the pioneer merchants of Kansas, and
the house of which he is the head is the oldest and largest in Miam! County. He began busi-
ness in a small way in Kansas, at Leavenworth, in March, 1855, when that place consisted
of ouly half a dozen shanties, and when he had to cover his stock with a tarpaulin to pro-
tect from the weather until he builtastore. His was the second mercantile establishment
at that point. Mr. Mitchler was born in Butler County, Ohio. When fifteen years of age he
accompanied his father to Iowa. His father, being a merchant, brought him up to. a thor-
ough knowledge of the business. In March, 1855, he established himself in business at
Leavenworth, Kas. Two years later he moved to a claim; sold out after one and a half
years’ residence and moved to Westport, Mo.; spent two years at that place and then came
to Paola, Kas.,1n 1859, and established a Rengral store, and has carried on business continu-
ously at this point to date—1883. He gradually enlarged his business as his circumstances
would permit, and by always adopting a conservative policy kas weathered the several
commercial storms that have wrecked Somany Western merchants. In 1866 he changed
the plan of his trade from a general store to strictly dry goods, clothing, boots and_shoes,
hats and caps. In 1878 he admitted his four sons into the business—Frank, Alvin, Edwin,
and Charles—ana formed the firm of G. W. Mitchler & Sons. This firm hasa large double
store and carries an average stock of $40,000. S

DR. J. B, NEVIUS, dental surgeon, established his practice at Paola in the spring of
1866. He was born in’ Montgomery County, Ohio, In 1835; moved to Indiana in 1840, and
to Illinois in 1855. He studied dentistry at South Bend, Ind.. in 1864 and °65, and in the
spring of 1866 came to Paola, Kas., and opened an office. Dr. Nevius is the ploneer dentist
of the city, he having opened the first dental rooms in the place, and has been in practice
here continuously since.

ISAIAH NICHOLSON, farmer and dealer in live stock, Section 16, P. O. Paola, was born
in Guernsey County. Ohio, in 1880; was brought up a farmer, and when twenty-one years
of age went to California (1851), where he was engaged in gold-mining about five years.
He returned to Ohio in 185%, and in the winter of 1858 and ’59 came to Kansas and located
in Johnson County, There he engaged in milling; operated both a grist and saw-mill.
In 1863 he moved to Stanton, Miami County, and engaged in farmi g, and stock business,
where he still owns a fine farm of 480 acres. During the late war he served as a member
of the State Militia, in defence of the State. In 1867 he moved to the city of Paola, and in
1870 to his present farm of 50 acres, adjoining the southeastern limits of the city. Mr.
Nicholson devotes his attention to the feeding and dealing in cattle and hogs, and the man-
agement of his two fine farms.

W. G. OAKMAN, of the firm of Oakman & Clover, dealers in real estate. The present
firm was organized in 1878. The junior partner, Mr. §.S. Clover, has been in business at
Paola in the same line since 1864. r. Oakman is a native of Canada, and was born March
30, 1887. He came to the United States in 1850, and made his home at Lockport, N. Y.,
about two years, then removed to Detroit, Mich., where he remained nine years, He next
moved to Western Michigan, and in 1868 came to Kansas, He was back and forth between
Michigan and Kansas for several years, and in 1875 engaged in farming in Miami County.
In 1878 he formed a partnership with Mr, Clover in his present business.

LESLIE J. PERRY, Postmaster of Paola, and editor and senior partner of the firm of
Perry & Greason, publishers of the Miami Republican. Captain Perry was born in Cass
County, Mich., July 15, 1843, son of Dr. Joseph W. Perry; removed to’ Wisconsin in boy-
hood, received a common school education and learned the printer’s trade, golng, into [a
printing office as an apprentice at the early age of eleven years. When not quite eighteen
years of age he enlisted as a private soldier at Oshkosh, Wis., in Captain Bouck’s Company

, Second Wisconsin Volu.teer Infantry, which afterwards was a portion of the famous
“Tron Brigade ” in the Army of the Potomac. At the disastrous battle of Bull Run, on the
21st of July, 1861, he was taken prisoner with avout sixty others of his regiment, and re-
mained a prisoner in the hands of the rebels for eleven Inonths in the Richmond tobacco
factories at Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Salisbury, N. ©. Afterbeing paroled and finally ex-
changed, he rejoined his regiment shortly after Chancellorsville, and participated in the
battle of Gettysburg, where he was slightly wounded inthe knee. He also participated in
General Meade’s Mine Run campaign, in November, 1863. In the winter of 1864 he re-en-
listed as a veteran volunteer in Company D, Second Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, and was
with his regimeut atthe battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor,
and in the first battles around Petersburg. With asmall detachment of his brigade sent out
in June, 1864, under Lieutenant Brooks, of the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry to burn the rail-
road bridge over the Staunton River, he was again made prisoner and held for nearly nine
months in the terrible prison pens of Andersonville, Ga., and at Charleston and Floren-e,
MIAMI COUNTY.

5.C. On being released early in the spring of 1865, he rejoined hi
nants of which meanwhile had been consolidated with the Sine Witaeueine wid Teer ae
in the brilliant victories at Five Forks, Sailors’ Creek, Farmville, and Lee’s surrender at
Appomattox Court House. His regiment took part In the grand review of the armies at
ashington in May, 1865, after the close of the war, and Captain Perry was mustered out
of the service on the 6th day of July, 1865, having served four years and three months.
having taken partin the first and last battles of the war inthe Army of the Potomac. He
was complimented by Governor Lucius Fairchild with a brevet as Captain for ‘“ distin-
guished gallantry at the battles of the Wilderness and again at Spottsylvania.” On his re-
turn to his home in New London, Wis., not quite twenty-two years of age, he was elected
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Waupaca County inthe fall of 1865, he was re-elect-
ed in 1867 and served four years. _In 1866 he, with a partner, began the
publication of the Waupaca Criterion, a Republican newspaper, which they conducted un-
til 1869. He then sold out aud removed to Kansas, worked for a short time as a composi-
tor for John Speer, in the office of the Lawrence Daily Tribune. 1n May, 1870, he pur-
chased the Garnett Plarndealer, a Republican paper which he conducted until December of
thatyear, While in Garnett, he with A. A. Putnam, started the Crescent at Augusta, But-
ler Co., Kan., which they published ashorttime. In 1871, having disposed of his other in-
terests, he purchased one-half of the Ottawa Journal, but soon withdrew from that paper.
About this time he also, in company with his brother, S. L. Perry, published the Thayer
Criterion. In April, 1871, he formed a partnership with Hon. Milton W. Reynolds and be-
gan the publica: jon of the Sun newspaper in the then new town of Parsons, Kan. At the
same time, as a silent partner with Stephen L. Perry and Charles M. Bright, he bought ma-
terial and established the Western Spirit, in Paola. The first number of the Spirit was is-
sued Jnne 8, 1871, from the basement of the Rainey Block. Personally he remained at
Parsons until some time in August of that year, when, liking Paola andthe outlook better
in Miami County than Southern Kansas, he sold out his interest in the Parsons Sun to Hon.
Angell Matthewson. He then came to Paola, purchased the interest of his partners in the
Sptrit and assumed personal control of the paper, which he continued to own and manage
until May, 1878, when he sold out to Messrs. Carroll, Clarke & Highley, and went into the
patent outside publishing business in Kansas City. Through lack of sufficient means Cap-
tain Perry failed in his Kansas City enterprise, losing all his capital, and in 1879 he re-
turned to Paola to begin life over again. He purchased of Colonel Colton the Republican
Citizen, a paper which had been started in his absence at Kansas City, and continued to
run it until the spring of 1880, when he purchased the Miami Re; ublican of J. H. Rice &
Sons, and consolidated the two papers, taking as a partner R. P. ice, of which paper he is
still half owner and editor. In 1882 W.D. Greason bought out Rice,and the Republican firm
isnow Perry & Greason.Captain Perry has always been a Republican,and prominently iden-
tified with politics since coming to Kansas. In 1870 was chosen delegate to the Republican
State Convention from Anderson County, and was one of the Secretaries of that body. April,
1872, he was appointed Postmaster of Paola onthe recommendation ot Congressman David
P. Lowe and Senator Pomeroy. He was re-appointed in 1876 phrouen the influence of Senator
Ingalls. After holding the office for six years, he resigned to go to Kansas City. In 1876
he was elected a delegate to the Republican State Convention from Miami county, and
unanimously chosen Secretary of the Convention. Again, in 1880 he was elected a delegate
to the Republican State Convention to choose delegates to the Republican National Con-
vention, and in 1882 he was a delegate to the Republican State Congressional Convention to
nominate four candidates _for Congressmen-at-large, and was also elected a delegate to
the regular State Convention to nominate State officers later in the same year. In 1882 he
was re-appointed Postmaster of Paola by President Arthur on the recommendation of Con-
gressman D. C. Haskell, and endorsed by both Senators Plumb and Ingalls. He took charge
of the office July 1, 1882. Captain Perry was married in May, 1868, to Sarah L. Roberts, of
Waupaca, Wis., youngest daughter of R. R. Roberts. a wealthy merchant of that place.—
. ILLIAM tT. POTTS, grocer, began business in Paola, April 1, 1866, and has been in bus-
iness continuously at that place ever since. Eleven years of this time, dating from the com-
mencement, he was in partnership with G.S. Anderson. In 1877 they dissulved partnership,
since which time Mr. Potts has conducted the business alone. He was bornin England in 1839.
Came to America in childhood, and lived in Missouri till 1861, when he removed to Illi-
nois._ He enlisted in the late war as a private of Company E, Seventy -ninth Regiment Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry, August, 1862, and served till June, 1865. After the close of the
war he returned to Illinois, where he remained till the following spring, when he came to
Paola Kansas, and entered upon his present business. Mr. Potts has a well stocked store of
groceries, provisions, crockery and queensware, and is doing a prosperous business.

. L, POULSON, M. D.. homeopathic physician and surgeon, was born in Copenhagen,
Denmark, April 26, 1838. Emigrated to America in 1866; studied medicine with his
brother at Council Bluffs, Iowa, touk a regular course at the Homeopathic Medical College
of Missouri, and took his degree in 1878. He began practice at Council Bluffs, and remained
at that point until 1881, when he removed to Onaga, Kansas, where he pursued his practice

 

until the fall of 1882, when he removed to Paola, Dr. P. is the only physician of his school -

at this point.

BARNEY REED, proprietor of livery, sale and boarding stable, which business he
established in the fall of 1877. He is also proprietor of Reed’s Hotel. He keeps a good
stock of horses and carriages, and has a first-class stable. Mr. Reed is a native of Indiana,
and has lived in Illinois and lowa. He moved from the latter State to Paola, Kansas, in 1866.
He took possession of his hotel at the close of 1882 on the expiration of the lease of the
former occupant, refitted and refurnished it, and opened the same for business January 1,
1883. Mr. Reed keeps a first class house and is doing a good business.

ALBERT REICHARD, M. D., eclectic physician and surgeon, son of Dr. ‘Valentine
Reichard, was born in Washington County, Md., August 30,1851. He attended thecommon
schools of his native county, and completed his education at tbe Millersville (Pa.) Normal
Schvol. He then learned the carpenter trade and became a contractor and builder. He was
employed also in teaching school during the winter season. In 1874 he came to Kansas and
engaged in teaching in Miami County, and also worked at his trade as a house builder and
contractor. In 1875 he returned to Maryland and studied medicine with his father, a well
known physician of Washington County. Returning to Miami County, Kansas, he engaged
in teaching during the winter season, and during the summer in contracting and building.
In 1879 he went East and took a regular course at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cinci-
nati. After three years attendance he graduated, in June, 1881, taking the highest honors
in a class of 113. His record shows 100 on every head he was examined, and he was
awarded a gold medal as a compliment_to his high scholarship. Immediately
after receiving his diploma, he returned to Kansas anil established himself in prac-
tice at Paola. Dr. Reichard was married, October 10, 1882, at Paola. Having completed and
taken possession of a tasty and commodious residence, and being the owner of a fine farm
in Miami County, Dr, Reichard may safely be set down as one who has come to stay. Of his
high career asa plisician, he may well be pleased with the splendid practice acquired in so
shortatime. His brilliant success is no more thana just tribute to his superior ability and

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ILLEN ROBERTS, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Paola. Mr. Roberts is one of the
pioneers settlers of 1858. He was born in Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1826, was
brought up a farmer, and immigrated to Lykins County (now Miami), Kas., in 1859. He
purchased his present farm of the {ndian chief Baptiste Peoria. His title was disputed by
the wife and sons of the chief, and after atedious litigation lasting six years his title was
confirmed in the United States Courts, the Indian chief being his best witness. Mr. Ko-
berts participated in the defense of Kansas from invasion during the late wary/being a
member of a company of the State troops during the years of 1862, 1863 and 1864. He has
served as County Commissioner. He has a fine farm of 305 acres situated just west of the
village of Paola. i ;

ZRA W. ROBINSON, Probate Judge of Miami County, was born in Erie County, N.
Y., May 15, 1830. Hé moved to Illinois with his parents in 1840; was educated in the com-
mon schools and at the Mount MorrisSeminary. He learned the carpenter trade and worked
at that occupation in various cities in the South and West. In 1852 he returned to his home
in Sycamore, Ill., was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court, a position which he held
two and a half years, reading law ai the same time in the office of Hon. John L. Beveridge.
He was subsequently employed in various pursuits till March, 1857. when he removed to
Lykins County (now Miami), Kas. He was an enthusiastic Free-state man. Was in atten-
dance at the Grasshopper Falls Free-state Convention and took an active part in securing to
Kansas a Free-state constitution. He was elected feu lster of Deeds of Lykins County in
1857 and served two years; was appointed Clerk of the District Court in 1858, holding both
oftices. In 1859 he was elected Clerk of the District Court, which office he held till 1862,
when he resigned to enter the army. He was appointed Adjutant of the Cherokee Regimen’
by President Lincoln and continued in the service about two years. After the close of the
war he engaged infarming near Paola. In 1872 he was elected Probate Judge of Miami
County and has been re-elected each term since to this date (1883). Judge Robinson was
in orginal Free-state man, voted for Fremont in 1856, and has ever since been a Repub-

ican,

N. J. ROSCOE, one of the-pioneers of Kansas in 1855, now Deputy Ereasu rer of Miami
County. He was born in Essex County, N. Y., December 3, 1820. He received a liberal
education and fitted himself for the profession of surveyor and civil engineer. He came to
Kansas in the spring of 1855 in company with J. M. Winchell, located at what is now Bur-
lingame, where he surveyed and platted the village which was then called Council City. In
the fall of the same year he came to Miami County, just then organized, and located at Osa-
watomie, where he identified himself with the Free-sta'e men and participated with John
Brown in the struggle to keep Kansas a free Territory. He engaged in land surveying, and
for eight years was County Surveyor of MiamiCounty. During the war he was Chief Clerk

of the Quartermaster’s Department at Fort Scott, with the rank of First Lieutenant. In,

1876 he moved to Paola an accepted the position of Deputy County Treasurer, which posi-
tion he has held continuously to this dat

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ADOLPH ROTH, proprietor of Paola bakery and restaurant, dealer in confectionery, .

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toys and notions. Mr. Roth established his business in July, 1873, and is the oldest estab-
lishment of the kind in the city. Heisa practical baker and confectioner, having large
tasty apartments. Hecan entertain fifty guests at atime. Mr. Roth was born in Germany,
where he served a regular apprenticeship to the baker’s and confectioner’s trade. In 1870,
heimmigrated to America, and came direct to Kansas City, and from thereto Paola, Kan,
in June, 1871. He worked asa journeyman until 1873, and then started in his present busi-

ness.

CYRUS SHAW, was born in Hamilton, Ohio, March 8, 1829. He was educated in the
common schools of Indiana, and brought up on a farm until eighteen yearsofage. Hethen
entered a store as a merchant’s clerk, and was soon in business for hiinself. fn 1854, he
came to Kansas, located at Paola where he served for some time as clerk in the store of the
noted Indian chief, Baptiste Peoria, He was subsequently engaged in mercantile business
for himself about two years. He was elected the first Treasurer of Lykins County, now
Miami. In 1858, he received a contract for carrying the mail between Kansas City and Fort
Scott. He ran the first four horse stage over that route, and continued that business four
years. During the late war he was connected with the Quartermaster’s Department about
two years. He was subsequently engaged in milling at Paola. He was elected County Com-
missioner in 1867. Was re-elected and held the position until 1871. He has been con-
nected with the Miami County Bank since February, 1879, in the capacity of bookkeeper.

AUGUST SHERMAN, junior partner of Edmiston & Sherman, liverymen, was born in
Prussia, in 1848, and came to America in 1855. He made his homeat first in Warren County
Mo., and moved to Paola, Kan., in 1868, and has been a resident of this place since. He
formed a partnership in the livery business with Mr. M. B. Edimistonin October, 1879.

. A. RMAN, watchmaker and jeweler, established his business in Paola, in 1868.
He was born inthe State of New York. hen ten years of age moved to Rock County, Wis.
Learned the watchmaker’s trade, at Beloit. then removed to Rockford, IIl., where he worked.
athistrade. He subsequently returned to Wisconsin and engaged in business in his line,
at Ripon. In 1868, he came to Paola and entered into business, With the exception of about
three years, when he was in poor health, he has been in business here continuously. Tr.
ehorm an. carries a general stock of watches, jewelry and silverware, and does all work

n his line. :

B. J. SHERIDAN, editor of The Western Sp rit, is of Irish descent; was born in Arm-
strong County, Pa, August 27, 1852; located with his parents in Miami County, Kan., in
1859, where, with the exception of eight years, he has ever since resided. His educational
training was wholly in the common schools. Atthe age of sixteen he commenced teaching
and continued for several years. In November, 1875, he married Ella Wise. Twice the
Democratic candidate for County Clerk; he was elected, and declining renomination, closed
his official term in January, 1882. Since 1880 he has had an interest in TheWestern Spirit,
and at present is half owner and editor.

JOHN C. SHERIDAN, County Attorney, was bornin Pennsylvania, June 22, 1854, and.
came to Kansas with his parents in 1858, and located near Paola; in the fall of 1860 moved
to Missouri, and from there to Wis~onsin, during the first year of the war. Subsequentl
to Ohio and returned to Paola, Kan., in 1868. Mr. Sheridan was educated at the State Uni-
versity of Michigan, and graduated from the law department in 1879; he was admitted to
practice in the courts of ichigan, and returned to Paola to practice his profession. He
was elected and served as City Attorney of this place for 1881-82; at the fall election of the
latter year, he was elected County Attorney of Miami County. :

HON. BENJAMIN F. SIMPSON, United Statés Marshal for the District of Kansas, was
born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1836. Received an academic education and was admitted
to the barin 1857. He came to Kansas in the spring of that year and located at Paola,
where he has since resided. He was elected County Attorney of Miami County in 1858.
In 1859 he was chosen a delegate to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, and in 1860
was elected to the Territorial Legislature. Upon the admission of Kansas tothe Union he
was chosen Attorney General, which position he resigned in July, 1861, to enter the army,
where he served as a Captain and Major of cavalry, and was mustered out with his regiment
‘in October, 1865. Within a month after his return from the war he was elected to the State
Senate. He was chosen a delegate to the National Republican Convention which met at
Chicago in 1868, and served upon the committee on resolutions in that body. In 1870 he
was elected to the House of Representatives, and was Speaker of the House during the
sessionof 1871-72. He was elected delegate to the National Republican Convention at
Philadelphia and was chairman of the Kansas delegation. In the fall of 1876 he was elect-
ed to the State Senate as a Republican, and was chairman of the committee on judiciary of
that body. April 9, 1877, he was appointed by the Judges of the Supreme Court of the
State one of the Commisson to revise the statutes of the State. He was appointed United
States Marshal for the District of Kansas in 1878, and at this writing, 1882, is still holding
that position. Mr. Simpson’s record shows that he has been successful in the practice of
his protession. That as asoldier he won an honorable promotion, while in the political
field he has been equally*successful, having held important public trusts, and repeatedly
represented his party in State and National conventions. 6

SAMUELR.S H, president of the Bank of Paola, was born in Tioga County, Pa.,
came to Kansas in 1863, and located at Osawatomie, Miami County. He was elected County
Treasurer in 1875, and came to Paolain discharge of his duties. He was re-elected and
served two terms. In June, 1881, he was instrumental in organizing the Bank of Paola,
and was elected its president, a position he still holds. The Bank of Paola was organize
under the general laws of Kansas, in June, 1881, with a capital of $50,000, which at this
writing is all paidup, Mr, Samuel R. Smith was elected president, and George P. Graham
cashier. Mr, Graham resigned his position, and was succeeded July 1, 1882, by Mr. J. A.
Gilmore, the present efficient cashier. The bank although young, is classed among the
solid financial institutions of the State, and has built up a successful business. an

R. G. STEWART, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Paola, was born in Warren County, Ohio, in
1814. He was brought up a farmer and emigrated to Kansas in the spring of 1869. He
settled on the beautiful farm he now occupies, which lies adjacent to the village of Paola,
Being situated on a elevated tract his residence commandsa fine yiew of the village and
surrounding country. The farm proper and lands adjacent belonging to his sons embrace
788 acres. He also owns 160 acres four miles north of La Cygne,in Miami County, He has
four sons, Flavius A , who wasa soldier of the late war, Cassius N., John C., and Ivy V., all
residents of Miami County. ve aco

JUSTUS C. TAYLOR, County Clerk, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in July, 1844.
When in his seventeenth year, April, 1861, he enlisted on the first call for troops in the late
war, as a private of Company A, Third Ohio Infantry (three months’ men). At the expira-
tion of his term of enlistment, he re-enlisted in August, 1861. asa private of Company.B,
First Ohio Cavalry, for three years and served in all three years and seven months. On his
return to Ohio he studied dentistry, and practiced that professioa in his native State till
December, 1865, when he immigrated to Kansas, and established himself in practice at
Paola. One year later he engaged in the marble business. He was subsequently employed
as clerk in the Miami County Bank, about three years, and also held the office of City Clerk
several years. In the fall of 1881, he was elected to his present position, Clerk of Miami
County.

JOHN L. VICKERS deceased, Section 23, P.O. Paola, has a well-cultivated farm of 140
acres. Mr. Vickers was vorn in Dorchester County, Md.,in 1827. He was brought upa
farmer, and moved to Illinois in 1854, and from there to Kansas in 1857. He reached Paola
April 16th of that year. He spent two years in Paola village, two years near Spring Hill
of this county, and then purchased and moved onto his present farm. During the late war
he was enrolled a member of Captain Wagstaff's Company of Kansas Militia, and did guard
duty in protecting the State from raids of theenemy. He diedin1883. | : ‘

. E. WALLACE, druggist and dealer in musical instruments, established his business
in 1876, and carries an average stock of $7,000. He was born in Delaware, and came to
Paola in 1870. He served five years as clerk with Mr. George Mitchler; was elected Clerk of
the District Court in 1875, and resend in 1876, to go into the drug business with Mr. Mc-
Lachlin, under the firm name of McLachlin & Wallace. In 1881 he bought out Mr. Mc-
Lachlin and has since operated alone. He has a well-stocked store of drugs, patent medi-
cines, stationery and musical instruments. ea J

JUDGE WILLIAM R. WAGSTAFF, Judge ofthe Tenth Judicial District of Kansas,
The subject of this sketch was born in Allegheny County, Pa., July 18, 1823, son of James
and Eva (Ross) Wagstaff. His forefathers were soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and of
the War 0f 1812. He went with his parents to Southeastern Ohio, received his primary
education in the common schools, and subsequently took a four-years’ course in the Mus-
kingum College, New Concord, Pa. He studied law at Cambridge, Ohio, in the office of
Rennon & White, and was admitted to practice in 1849, at Wooster, Wayne County, at a
session of the supreme court of Ohio. He at once entered upon the practice of his profes-
sion as a full partner of hisformer preceptor, Mr. J. W White. He continued this connec-
tion one year, when he purchased the Guernsey Jeffersonian, a Democratic paper, which
he conducted with marked success, two years. He then sold out and resumed the practice
of his profession in company with Mr, Mathew Gaston at Cambridge. He continued this
connection till 1857, when he sold out and immigrated to Kansas, then a sparsely settled
territory, whose people were agitated and turbulent over the question of the extension or
non-extension of slavery into the Territories. He arrived -here in January, 1857, and
spent the first year in travel throughout the Territory. He located near Paola in the spring
of 1858, where he started asaw-mill and purchased considerable ‘BrOperty. He opened a
law oftice in Paola and entered upon the practice of his profession. He was appointed Gen-
eral Agent for the townsite of Paola. He formed a law partnership with Mr. B. F, Simp-
son, which continued until 1861, and was then dissolved by Mr. Simpson entering the
army. He was elected, onthe Democratic ticket in 1859, a member of the Territorial eg-
islature, representing the counties of Linn and Miami, defeating the celebrated James
Montgomery for that office, although the balance of the Democratic ticket was defeated] by
about 880 votes. He served on important committees, and took a prominent part in the
business of the session. He was re-elected in 1861, without opposition, to represent Linn,

Miami and Bourbon counties. He was.one of the Board of Managers on the impeachment
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of State officers, and made the opening argument on the final trial of the Secretary of
State. In 1862, he was a candidatefor Governor on the anti-Lane ticket, but was defeated
by Thomas Carney, the Republican nominee, He has been chosen, at different times, the
Democratic candidate for Associate Judge and for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
During the war, he was Aid-de-Camp on the staff of Gov. Robinson, and under his anthor-
ity, organized a force in defense of Kansas, and served from the beginning till the winter of
1864. He was one of the original corporators of the Mo. R., Ft. S. & G. R. R., and for five
years a prowinent director of its management; during two years, its regular attorney. In
1881, he was elected Judge of the Tenth Jndicial District, defeating Judge Stevens, the reg-
ular Republican nominee, and is the first Democrat elected a Judge of the District Courts
of Kansas. Garfield’s majority in this district was 7,000. Judge Wagstatf carried it by
112, having a namo endvrsement in Miami County of
standing. as been master of Paola Lodge No. 37 ten years, andisa R. A. M. .
JOHN WHERRELL, Principal and Genera! Superintendent of the Normal and City
schools. Mr. W. is a uative of Wiltshire, England, and was born in 1843. He emigrated to
America in 1854, and located in Canada, where he remained for nine years. In 1863 he
moved to Buffalo, N. Y., and completed his education in the high schools of that city, and in
the Buffalo University. He began his career as a teacher in one of the graded schools of
Buffalo in 186%. He taught there two years, and came to Kansas in 1869. He taught the
natural sciences in the Leavenworth High School until 1871, when, on the completion of the
State Normal School of that city, he was appointed to the same position in that institution.
During the last three years of the existence of that school, he served as its President, In
1876 he was elected Superintendent of the city schools of Leavenworth; held the position for
two years, and was elected for the third term and resigued tocome to Paola,and becepted his
present position. Mr. W. has virtually assumed the responsibility of making the sc ools of
this town a success, under the peculiar terms of his contract with the city. He has a lease
of the building for ten years, five of which:are now past, and under his management the
arrangement has proven an entire success. (See sketch of city and Normal School.)
. D. WHITE, of the firm of White & Roscoe, cruggists, was born in Tennessee. Came
to Kansas in 1857, while only a child, and has resided in this State continuously since. He
formed a partnership with Dr. Gossett, in the drug business, under the firm name of White

700. Heisa Mason of forty years"

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Mr. Ward, of New York. The town site was surveyed in Feb.
ruary. 1855, by A. D. Searl. The name, Osawatomie, was formed by combining
Osa, of Osage, with ‘watomie,’ of Pottawatomie, the creek by the latter name
uniting just below with the Marais des Cygnes, and forming the Osage River
(according to early chroniclers). :

The first building on the town site was erected by Samuel Geer.Jt was used
by him for a dwelling and boarding house. The: first blacksmith was Mr.
Holdridge, in 1855, and the same year Dr. Darr opened a drug store. The
first child born was a daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Charles Foster, in December,
1854. The first marriage was that of Andrew Doler to Miss Hughes, in the
fall of 1854, and the first natural death that of a child of John R. Everett, early
in 1855. During the same year John Serpell, who lived near Osawatomie, was
accidentally drowned in the Marais des Cygnes while bathing. .The first law-
yer in the town was C. H. Crane. Samuel Geer opened the first store in 1855,
and also kept the first hotel, which was burned at the sacking of Osawatomie
in 1856. He was also the first Postmaster, being appointed December 21, 1855,
when the postoffice was first established. In 1858 he built a two story frame

hotel 4oxs0 feet, costing $3,000. It was in this hotel that Horace Greeley

S.C. Pomeroy and

made a speech to an assembly of about 5,000 people in the spring of 1859, at
the organization of the Republican party in Kansas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAT OF GROUND, WITH LOCATION OF BUILDING.

& Gossett. In 1882 Dr. Gossett retired from the business, and Mr. Roscoe was taken as a
partner in his stead, andthe firm became White & Roscoe, The junior partner, Mr. Roscoe,
was born in Osawatomie, Kan., in 1859, and has been a resident of Paola about five years.

. M. WICKERSHAM, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Indiana; moved to
Ohio with his parentsin childhood, where he received a liberal education. He enlisted in
April, 1861, in the Eleventh Regiment I]linols Infantry, for three months. He re-enlisted
in Company B, Fortieth Ohio Infantry, and was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant. He
was 300n commissioned First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the Sixty-seventh United
States Regulars, Colored. His Regiment was subsequently consolidated with the Ninety-
second Regiment. Heserved until December 31, 1865, and was mustered out at New Or-
leans. Hethen returned to Ohio, where he remained two years, and in 1868 came to Paola,
Kas., where he engaged in the mercantile business. In April, 1876, he was appointed Clerk
of the District Court, to filla vacancy. He was elected to the same office for the ensuing
term, and re-elected for two successive terms.

JAMES C. WOODROW, Agent of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf R. R., was born in
Trumbull County, Obio, in 1843. When ten years of age he removed to IllInols, and from
there to Indiana. | He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company F, Seventy-third Indiana, as a
private. Was promoted to First Lieutenant, and served three years, or, until the close of
the war. He was captured near Rome, Ga., May 3, 1863; was held at Libby Prison, Rich-
mond, Va., one year. Was then remover to Macon, Ga., thence to Charleston, S.C., where
he,in company with a number of other Union officers, was placed underffire during the bom-
bardment of that city by the United Statesforces. He was nextremoved to Columbia, 8. C.,
from whence he escaped, and after three weeks was re, capiured, and was next taken to
Charlotte, and repeated his experience of Columbia; and being re-captured, he was next
removed to Goldsborough, and paroled in March, 1865, having been # prisoner nearly two
years. He was mustered out in May, 1865. Soon after the war closed he located at Cold-
water, Mich. He came to Ottawa, Kas., in 1867, remaining two years, then Reins to Inde-
pendence, Kas., living there until 1877, being one of its oldest settlers. He then went to
Kansas City, Mo., and entered the service of the K. C., F.S. & G. K., and continued in the
Kansas City office until June 12, 1882, when he was assigned to his present position in

Paola.
OSAWATOMIE,

This historic town is located in the southwest part of Miami County, on
the Marais des Cygnes, about one mile above the mouth of the Pottawatomie
Creek. The surrounding country is partly timber, partly open, rolling prairie,
and quite picturesque. A high railroad bridge crosses the Marais des Cygnes
from the northside of the town, and about one half mile below, an iron bridge
with about two hundred feet span crosses the same river. :

The original town company was composed of Orville C. Brown, President;

 

The first school was taught in the winter of 1857-58 by Mr. Squires, in a
frame schoolhouse. The present schoolhouse is composed of two parts, one
stone, the other frame ; total cost, $4,000.

The first church organized was the Congregational, in April, 1856, by Rev.
S. L. Adair. Until 186r the society held services in private houses and the
schoolhouse, when they built their present stone church edifice at a cost of
$2,150. Membership at the time of organization, 7; present membership 18.
Mr. Adairhas, with the exception of three years, been pastor of this church
since its organization. a

The Methodist Church was organized in 1856. Their present frame church
building was erected in 1881, at a cost of $1,500.

The Emigrant Aid Company, which selected the location for the town, sent
out a Saw-mill in 1855, and Barker to oneset it upand manage it. It was a
circular mill, propelled by steam and of great use to the early settlers. It was
located on the south bank of the Marais des Cygnes, about a half mile below
the town site.

_The ‘‘ First Battle of Osawatomie” occurred June 7, 1856, when John W.
Whitfield, with about 170 Missourians, plundered it. At this time there was no
killing of the inhabitants nor burning of their dwellings. The town was almost
entirely defenceless, of which fact Whitfield had been informed by a young man,
a stranger, who had for a week previously been boarding at Mr. Geer’s, and
who acted-as guide to Whitfield's forces. Several dwellings and stores were
plundered, and horses carried off. The village, at this time, consisted of about
thirty buildings, actual population about 200.

The “ Second Battle of Osawatomie” occurred August 30, 1856, a full
account of which is given in the general history of the county. Notwithstand-
ing these battles and the general troubles of the times, Osawatomie grew
and prospered, and in 1857 was a town of considerable importance, having
a population of about 800, 209 of whom were voters, Since this time it has
MIAMI COUNTY

made but little progress, has rather declined. At the present time it contains
two general stores, two groceries, two hardware, one drug and one furniture
store, one lumber yard, two hotels, three blacksmith shops, one wagon shop,
two churches, and about 600 inhabitants. 7

THE INSANE ASYLUM.

This institution was established for the benefit of the insane of Kansas. It
is located about one mile northeast of Osawatomie, on high ground overlooking
the surrounding country. By an act of the Legislature, approved March 2, 1863,
William Chestnut, of Miami County ; I. Hiner, of Anderson, and James Han-
way, of Franklin, were appointed commissioners to locate the Asylum, and in-
structed to locate it in Osawatomie Township, on a tract of not Jess than 160
acres of land, affording practicable building stone, water and other facilities for
the erection of Suitable buildings, title to the land to be secured in fee simple
to the State by donation.

By an act approved February 14, 1865, a board of three trustees was to be
appointed by the Governor, each to hold office six years, one of whom was to be
appointed every two years. Under this act, Hon. James Hanway, Rev. L. S.
Adair and A. Gove were appointed the first Board of Trustees. Under the law
approved March 6, 1873, the number of trustees was changed to six, each hold-
ing office for three years, two being appointed each year. By an act approved
March 4, 1876, and which took effect March to, the asylums for the blind, for
the deaf and dumb, and for the insane were all placed in control of one board
of five trustees, called the State Board of Charitable Institutions. The first
board under this law consisted of Thomas T. Taylor, W.B.Slosson, John T.
Lanter, John H. Smith and Joseph P. Bauserman.

The resident officers of the asylum consist of a superintendent, steward and
matron. The Superintendents, with the commencement of their terms of ser-
vice, have been as follows: Drs. C. O. Gause, May, 1866; W. W. Updegraff,
May, 1869; C. O. Gause, November, 1869; C. P. Lee, November, 1871; L,
W. Jacobs, November, 1872; A. H. Knapp, November, 1873; S. B. West.
spring of 1877; A. P. Tenney, November, 1877; A. H. Knapp, present incum-
bent, November, 1878.

‘The institution owns 160 acres of land and numerous buildings. The main
building consists of the central part and two wings, erected at different times
since 1866, and completed in 1881, at a total cost of $350,000. In addition
there are a dwelling house, ice house, barn and cow stable.

Previously to 1874 each countysupported its own insane in the asylum,
but during the Legislative session of that year an act was passed by which the
Insane Asylum was placed upon the same basis as to support with the other
State institutions, and has since been supported by appropriations from the
State Treasury.

The following table showing the annual appropriations for the support of
the institution since 1866, the number of patients admitted, number discharged,
etc., was compiled for this work by Dr. A. H. Knapp, Superintendent of the
Asylum.

 

 

How Discharged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 z
a2 3 Sal ey 3
Appropriations| #8 3 d > s 2 is
by the - Ba £ e 2 3 s 5 2g
Years.| Legislature. a 2 5 a 3 4 a Ag
52 6 5 5 a Eel g as
a8 8 = a 2 3 ¢ | &3
= 6a 4 B =) zi a a?
“| M.| FMA; PL] ML] FL] ML, F.]M.| FL] My) ro Ry My FF.
1866| $ 3,500.00
1867 1759.00
1868 30,952.13,
1869 28,707.37
1870 13,067.00
1871 53,931.00/Total from 1866 to 1873, inclusive.
1872 22.713.00
1873 25,575.00! 211) 167 | 86] 75] 20) 24] 15) 11) 5 14] 5
1874 41,555.60/ 25) 26] 14| 9} 6] 7] 6) 3) 2 4| 6
1875 110,976.00} 107 16 8} IO} 1) 1 1 2
1876 64,574.91} 39] 36 1; 10) 4) 4 1 2) 8
1877 42,624.50) 82) 61] 20; 15] 11] 2] 7 4) 1 8] 13
1878 65,485.00] 38} 24] 13) 10) 4] 3] 6 2 5} 4
1879 64,835.00] 64) 48} 30) 22] 8] 12] 20 3 12 2
1880 131,050.00} 28) 23] 11] 8] 6] 11 3 4 2
1881 57,350.00} 65] - 50] 24) 14 5} 1) 1 2 12] 7
1882 81,130.00) 119] 105 | 33) 16] 4] 5] 1 4) -| 14) 12
1883 875.00 :
1884] *{ 112,932.00 :
1885 100,000.00
Totalt! $1,258.592.51! 681) 556 '240/189| 641 74] 57] 26! 21 741 71 414631371

 

 

*Appropriated by Legislature of 1883.
sor this amount there has been appropriated for building and extraordinary expenses,
$383,514.19, Expended for care and support, $875,078.32. Total, $1,258,592.51.

 

THE SOLDIERS’ MONUMENT.

_ The Osawatomie Monumental Association was organized August 6, 1872, the trustees
being H. B. Smith, H. H. Williams and Rev. 8. L. Adair, The Charter of the Association is
dated November 4, 1872. Tne object was “to erect a monument to the martyrs who fell in
the battle of Osawatomie, August 30, 1856.’’ The bodies of these martyrs were removed
from their original resting places, and re-interred in 1860, in a private cemetery in the west
Part of the town, donated for that special purpose by Charles A. Foster.

The monument which stands immediately over the graves of the martyrs, was prepared
and erected by the Hauway Bros., of Lane. It was dedicated August 30, 1877, the Exon
first anniversary of the battle. Just previous to its erection, a suggestion was made to the
association, that it would be appropriate to also place an inscription on it in commemora-
tion of John Brown, Sr., who commanded at the battle. This suggestion was acted upon,
and accordingly the monniment bears the following inscriptions: gee

East Side—Theron Parker Powers, born October 1, 1832. Charley Keiser.
ieee R. Garrison, born December 4, 1826. George W. Partridge, Decem-

West Side—Frederick Brown, son of Capt. John Brown, born December 21, 1830.

In commemoration of those who, on the 30th of August, 1856 gave up their lives at the
battle of Osawatomie, in defense of freedom. Ae oe

orth Side—This inscription is also in commemoration of the heroism of Capt. John
Brown, who commanded at the battle of Osawatomie, August 30, 1856; who died and con-
quered American Slavery on the scaffold at Charleston, Va., December 2, 1859. |

Placing this inscription upon the monument, has caused the original and primary ob-
ject of the association to be obscured. It gave color and tone to the dedicatory orations
and exercises, quite different from what they would otherwise have been. and caused the
monument itself to be called “John Brown’s Monument,” which it was not designed to be
and A pot, but is the Monument of the Martyrs who fell at the battle of Osawatomie, August

6,

The Dedication of the Monument.—The monument erected to commemorate the mar-

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tyrs to Hberty who were killed at the battle of Osawatomie, August 30, 1856, was dedicated
August 30,1877. Ex-Gov. Charles Robinson, presided, made a brief address, and intro-
duced the orator of the day, Hon. John J. Ingalls. After the eloquent oration of Senator
Ingalls had been delivered, addresses were made by Hon. Dudley C. Haskell, J udge James
Hanway, Col. D. R. Anthony, John Ritchie, Ex-Goy. Charles Robinson and others.

The citizens of Osawatomie, on the day of the dedication, contributed money to build
the white picket fence around the cemetery, and provided dinner for a large number of
those present, The number in attendance was about 10,000.

. The following extract from the Okolona States, published at Okolona, Miss., was pub-
lished soon after the dedication of the monument:

“Paola, Kan., was the scene of one of the most shameful ceremonies, on the 30th ult.,
that has ever been recorded in the whole sum and round of history.

“In that town, on that day, a monument was dedicated to old John Brown, whose life in
Kansas was the life of a red-handed assassin, robber and incendiary, and who crowned his
crimes by sweeping down upon a defenceless hamlet in Virginia, with pike and torch, and
bringing death and ruin to many an innocent family.

‘And what was his fell purpose? He confessed it himself. He sald it was his object to
incite an insurrection that would have unleashed a barbarous race in our very midst and
resulted in the most hellish carnival of blood, rapine and destruction that the world has
ever known.

‘He was hung and the world breathed freer, ag italways does when a human devil is
stopped in his career.
30th and it was this fiend in the form of a man that was honored at Paola, Kan., on the

ult,

“‘Now let the criminals in our penitentiaries not despair, for the world has just wit-
nessed the apotheosis of the worst villain that ever lived, and the day may be coming when
each and all of them will be canonized by the people of the North.”

SOCIETIES AND THE PRESS.

_ Usage Valley Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M., wasoriginally organized in October, 1858,
with nine charter members. The officers were as follows: — Squires, W. M.; Robert Laps-
ley, S. W.; Sylvester Underhill, J, W,; Dr.H. S. Greenough, Sec.; Dr. S. C. Parish, Treas. ;
L. C, Crittenden, S. D ; L. D. Williams; V. I. Willis and John Sofield.

Osawatomie Lodge, Knights of Honor, No. 2725, was organized in 1882, with eighteen
memb2rs. The officers were as follows: Reuben Smith, dictator; S. R. Mudge, past dicta-
tor; A. F. Meek, financial reporter; William Chestnut, reporter; J. C. Chestnut, treasurer.

Osawatomie Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, No. 26, was organized in January,
1882, with eighteen members and the following officers: Mrs. F. A. Maynard, W. M.; Henry
Parker, W. P.; Mrs. Carrie Chestnut, A. M.; A. F. Meek, Sec.; J.C. Chestnut, Treas. The
chapter has now twenty-six members.

Thomas Taylor & Brother own a combined saw and grist mill on the Marais des Cygnes,
near the montn of the Pottawatomie. Itis propelled by steam during periods of low water.
The saw-mill was erected in 1864; the grist mill was added at a later date.

The Southern Kansas Herald was established near the beginning of the year 1857, b:
Charles E. Griffith. In December, 1858, J. M, Kane bought an interest in the paper, whic
he retained about a year, selling out to Griffith. July 1, 1860, B. F. Kinter, who had pur-
chased the paper, removed it to Paola, after which it was purchased by Col. G. A. Colton,
who changed its name to the Argus and sold it to McReynolds & Kane. In May, 1866,
McReynolds sold his interest to Colton. In August the paper was purchased by W. H.
Johnson, who removed it to Iola, and it was discontinued in the fall.

The Osawatomie Times was established in 1881, by W. C. Paul. Its publication was con-
tinued only one year.

 

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

REV. SAMUEL L. ADAIR, minister of the Congregational Church, Section 9, Town-
ship 18, Range 22, Osawatomie. Mr, Adair is one of Osawatomie’s very earliest settlers,
one of her most honored and respected citizens. He was born in Ross County, Ohio,
April 22, 1811. His early life was passed ona farm. Attheageof seventeen years he was
apprenticed to a wholesale wagon and blacksmithing shop, served- his apprenticeship and
continued in the establishment five years. He then attended the Western Reserve College
and completed his studies at Oberlin Cullege and graduated in 1838. He also took a regular
course at the Congregational Theological College, graduated and was ordained a minister of
the denomination in 1841. He began preaching at Sandyville, also at Bolivar, Ohio. Next
went to Dundee, Mich , where he had a charge some two and a half years, In 1845, ne went
to Maumee City, where he spent nearly five years, during two of which he was Principal of
the city schools. He next went to Lafayette, Ohio, where he preached four years. In the
fall of 1854, he started for Kansas and spent the winter in Kansas City, and the following
March, 1855, came to Osawatomie, where he purchased a claim, pre-empted the northeast
uarter of Section 9, Township 18, Range 22. He organized the Congregational Church in
Osawatomie, in 1856, and has been, except three years, the resident pastor of the congre-
ation continuously Since. During the late war he was chaplain of the General Hospital of
Kansas two years by apporotwent of the Government. He also spentone year with the
Christian Commission o ansas. He was Trustee for the Asylum for the Insane six years,
from 1867 to 1°73. In 1876, he was appointed chaplain of the asylum and has served in that
capacity contic uously since. Mr. Adair was married at Hudson, Ohio, November 24, 1841,
to Miss Florella Brown, daughter of Owen Brown, and half sister of John Brown, the great
champion of freedom. Mrs. Adair was bornin Ohio. Seven children were born to them—
two sons and five daughters, of whom only three are living. The eldest, Charles S., married
and lives in Osawatomie Township; Henry M., died, aged three and a half years; Emma F.,
is the wife of J. B. Remington, of Osawatomie Towns hip, two of their daughters died in in-
fancy; Addie K., teaches under the New West E:lucational Society at Las Vegas, N. M.; the
youngest child, a daughter, died in childhood. Mrs. Adair died in Leavenworth, in Febru-
ary, 1865, while Mr. Adair was in that city on business in cynnection with the Christian
Commission. Mr, Adair resides in the old house, which he built in pioneer days and which
is rich to him in memories of the turbulent times when his brother-in-law, John Brown
often enjoyed his hospitality and protection, and where he enjoyed the companionship of
wife and children.

CALVIN BARNARD, farmer, Section 28, Township 18, Range 22, P. O. Osawatomie, is
one of the very earliest settlers of this region, and one of the most respected citizens of
Miami County. He was born in Guilford County, N.C., October 10,1819. Although born
in the South, he was of New England parentage, his father having immigrated to North
Carolina from Massachusetts. ry. Barnard was brought up a farmer, and in 1830, moved
to Wayne County, Ind., thence to Rush County of the saine State, in 1836, and to Kansas in
1856, by team, arriving in Osawatomie Township June 4th. Being a member of the Society
of Friends, he took no partinthe troubles of the early days nor later in the war between
the States. He has held various civil offices. He was Township Trustee in 1868 and 69, and
was elected County Commissioner in 1869, served two years, and was defeated on the rail-
road issue in the succeeding election. He was married in Indiana, October 31, 1844, to Miss
Lucinda F. Macy, Causnter of Thomas Macy, of Nantucket Island. Mrs. Barnard was born
in North Carolina. Their family consists of three sons. Thomas E., is married and lives
in Cherokee County, Kan.; Addison L., is married and lives in Osawatomie Township; the

oungest, Horace G., is mnarried and lives inthis township. Mr. Barnard has 350 acres of
and and resides at the place where he built his first cabin.

CHARLES BIRCHARD, of the firm of Harden & Birchard, proprietors of livery, sale
and boarding stable, was born in Linn County, Kan., in December 14, 1859. When three
years of age moved to Osawatomie with his parents and has made this his home ever since.
He began the battle of life working out by the month when only eight years of age, and
bas hoed his own row from that time out. Messrs. Harden & Birchard established their
business at Osawatomie in 1877. They have a roomy, commodious stable, about twenty
good horses, and a suitable lot of carriages. A tasty hearse is one important feature in the
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utfit.

DANIEL BRENEMAN, book-Keeper of the Kansas State Asylum for the Insane, was
born in Dauphin County, Pa., December 18, 1847. Received a common school and business
education and engaged in book-keeping in a banking house. Hecame to Kansas in 1872
and located at Leavenworth, where he was employed as a book-keeper for four years. He
held that position in the First National Bank of Leavenworth. He was appointed to his

resent position July 1, 1879. Mr. B., like the other officers and employes of the asylum,
i capable and efficient in his department. 7 See : :

REV. DAVIDH. BUNDY, farmer and Methodist minister, Section 1, Township 18,
Range 22, P. O. Osawatomie, was one of the pioneers of Miami County (then Lykins), of
1855. He was born in Randolph County, [nd., March 19, 1834. Was brought up in his na-
tive State and in the spring of 1855 came to Kansas with his parents. Spent the summer at
Lawrence, and in the fall of that year cameto Miami County, and located in the south part
of the township of Stanton, onthe banks of the Marais desCygnes River, at what is still
known as Bundy’s Ford. Mr. Bundy soon became acquainted with John Brown, and being
an earnest Free-state man he joined Brown insome of his expeditions against the Pro-
slavery men. When Reed marched on Osawatomie on the memorable 29th of August,1856,
Mr. Bundy witnessed the advance and return of the Pro-slavery forces but was unable to
participate in the fight. He was an explorer and mission preacher for the Methodist mis-
sion, and while serving in that capacity traveled extensively in Kansas and Nebraska, At
one time while he was holding service in the log cabin near Lane, known as John
Brown’s cabin, his congregation was composed principally of Pro-slavery men armed
with revolvers and guns. While they listened with respectful attention and departed in
peace, John Brown lay secreted in the loft, separated from his enemies by only a few loose
boards. Mr. Bundy was married April 7, 1859, at Osawatomie, to Miss Mary A. Little-
john, daughter of John Littlejohn, a Free-state pioneer of Kansas of 1855. They have
five children, four sons and a daughter, Emma R., wife of Dr. S, A, Day of Osawatomie,
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resent farm in

William A., Heury D., Wesley L,and Ralph. Mr. Bundy moved to his
e has served as

1869, returned to Stanton again, and came back to this place in 1879.
Justice of the Peace in this county fourteen years,

JOHN C, CHESTNOT, senior partner of, John C. Chestnut & Bro., merchants, was born
in Scotland, in 1840. Came to America with his parents in 1842, resided in Connecticut till
1854. ‘The family then immigrated to Miami County, Kas.; his father, Wm. Chestnut, lo-
cated on the southwest quarter of Section 11, Township 18, Range 22, a portion of which is
now embraced inthe town plat of Osawatomie. A large portionof the father’s original
claim is now the property of the son, John C. John C. enlisted in the late war as a

rivate of the Third Kansas Infantry, afterward consolidated into the Tenth. On his return
rom the army he engaged as merchant’s clerk, and in 1874 in company with his brother
William established their present extensive business. This firm carry a $15,000 stock of
general merchandise at the old stand, and have recently purchased the extensive general
store of Mr. H. B. Smith adjacent, which is carried on under the firm name of Wm. Chestnut

WILLIAM CHESTNUT, SR., one of the early p.oneers of Miami County, now a resi-
dent of California, was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1816. He was a weaver by trade, and
followed that business until 1842, when he immigrated with his family to America. On ar-
riving in this country he made his home in Connecticut, where he worked at his trade till
1854. He then immigrate. to Kansas Territory and located on the southwest quarter of
Section 11, Township 18 south, Range 22 east; a portion of which tract was platted and is
now a part of the village of Osawatomie, Miami County, and built the first frame house in
that town. The greater part of the original claim is now the property of his son, John C.
Mr. Chestnut although an earnest believer in the principles of the State’s rights men did not
take a conspicuous part in the struggles of his first years in Kansas. He was a lover of peace
and was notin sympathy with the many violent scenes occurring about him. At the first
election he was the onlyFree-state man on the Board of Election. As a great number of fraud-
ulént votes were polled he refused to sign the returns. He was a member of the Free-state
Military Company and twice elected a member of Lower House of the Kansas Top lslatire.
His principal business was farming, but believing that the manufacture of salt could be
profitably conducted here he engaged extensively in that business, being the first to under-
take such an enterprisein this section of the State. The venture proved unprofitable and
the business was abandoned after a trial of three years. In 1874 he moved to Chicago and
from there to California in 1880.

WILLIAM CHESTNUT, JR., of the firm of Wm. Chestnut & Co. and of J.C. Chest-
nut & Bro., general merchants, was bornin Ulster County, N, Y.,in 1844. His parents were
from Scotland and had immigrated to America in 1842. In 1854 hein company with his
family came to Kansas and located at Osawatomie. He witnessed the turbulent scenes of
1856 but was too young to participate in them. April, 1862, he enlisted as a private of Com-
pany K, Second Kansas Cavulry, and served three years and two months iu the late war.

e spent some years in the wilds of the Western territories. Returning to Osawatomie he

engaged in mercantile business with his brother, J. C., in 1874, under the firm name of J. G.

Chestnut & Bro. They have a large well stocked general store, carrying an average stock

of $15,000. In October, 1882, they purchased the stock of general merchandise of Mr.

B. Smith and organized the firm of Wm. Chestnut & Co. The latter business is conducted

at the old Smith stand under the management of Wm. Chestnut. Their average stock in
this store is about $10,000. | :

S. A, DAY, M. D., Physician and surgeon, was born in Indiana, came to Kansas with his
parents in the fall of 1866, and located in Miami County. He studied medicine at the
medical college at Kansas City, from which he graduated in 1879. He at once established
himself in practice at Osawatomie, and is gradually building up a satisfactory business.

HENRY M. DOWNS, M.D., Second-Assistant Physician to the Kansas State Asylum
for the Insane at Osawatomie, Dr. Downs was born in Wyandotte County, Kan., in 1858.
Was educated at Aun Arbor, Mich., at the Michigan State University. He took his degree
at the medical department of the University in 1880, and began practice at Kansas City
Mo, He was appointed physician and surgeon of the Missouri Pacific Railway, and he’ d
that position one year, or until he was appointed to his present position in August, 1881.
Dr. Downs is a promising young physician, whose career is only well begun. Heis now
serving his second year at the asylum, where his ability in his profession and general
courteous Dearing have wonhim many friends.

JOHN R. EVERETT, farmer, Section 22, Township 18, Range 22, P. 0. Osawatomie, a
pioneer of Kansas of 1854, was born in Wales; immigrated to America in childhood, made

is home in Oneida County, N. Y., till 1854, when he came to Kansas, arriving 1n Osawa-
tomie in June of that year. He made a claim on Section 22, and has resided in this town-
ship ever since. He now has a fine stock farm of 285 acres, situated in the bottoms. He
was married in New York, in 1852, to Miss Sarah M. Colgrove, of Pennsylvania. He has
one son living, John E., born in Kansas in 1863. Mrs. Everett died in 1864. Mr. Everett
was elected the first Clerk of School District No. 57, and held that office till the fall of 1881.
* W. D. GEAR, Supervisor of the Kansas State Asylum for the Insane, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1851, was brought up in that State and en aged in teaching school. In,
1870, he came to Kansas and located at Garnett. Hepursued the occupation of teacher till
gulye 1874, when he was appointed Supervisor at the asylum. Mr. Gear has proven him-
self an efficient officer. the fact that he is now serving his ninth year as supervisor is con-
clusive evidence that he has discharged the duties of his position in a satisfactory manner.

COL. G. H. HUME, farmer and inventor, Section 19, Township 18, Range 22, P. O.
Osawatomie, is a pioneer of Kansas of .357. He was born of Scotch parentage, July 16,

826. Removed to Buffalo while a child and was brought up in that city. He received a
liberal education nd engaged as salesman in a mercantile house. Atter following that
vocation several years he emigrated to Davenport, Iowa, and engaged in steamboating on
the Mississippi River. Spent four years in that business and during this time was master
of the steamer Enterprise and of the Osceola. In 1857, he came to Kansas. He spent some
time at Paola and then purchased a farm of 380 acres in Miami Township, where he made
hishome. Onthe breaking out_of the late war he enlisted May 8, 1861. Organized Com-
pany E, of the Missouri Home Guards, and was mustered into the Kansas Volunteer service
September 15, of the same year. He helped organize the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and was
commissioned First Lieutenant commanding company. The company was disbanded
March, 1862. Lieut. Huine was then commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Kansas State
Troops, still retaining his First Lieutenant commission in the United States service. He
continued in active service until the close of the war. Col. Hume was an efficient officer,
cool and determined. He won the respect and regard of his command during the war. As
is well-known, the Kansas and Missouri border was the scene of many battles and outrages,
Vicious men took advantage of the situation to plunder and to do violence, regardless of the
politics of their victims. In dealing with this class Col. Hume exercised his authority to
the utmost in behalf of decency and honorable warfare. In politics, always a Democrat,
he was one of the few officers who while doing their duty as soldiers claimed the right to
vote according to their convictions. Col. Hume was married in Kansas. December, 1858, to
Miss Rebeccd, daughter of Tilden Shipley. Mrs. Hume was born in [llinois, They have
seven children, four sons and three daughters—Alexander H., Franklin G., Edgar G.. John
S., Rosa, Violaand Emma. After the close of the war, Col. Hume devoted his attention to
farming until the spring of 1872, He then moved to Pennsylvania and engaged in the
hardware business. In 1875, he suld out and purchased his present farm of 820 acres In
Osawatomie Township, and has continued to make that his home. Ife has devoted consid-
erable attention to mechanical inventions,,and Is the inventor and patentee of the celebrated
Hume’s Fire Escape.

L. W. JACOBS, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Virginia in 1844. He took a
regular course at the medical department of the University of Penusylvania, at Philadel-

hia, from which he graduated in the spring of 1868, He began practice !n Baltimore, Ma.,
but removed to Paola, Kan., in the tall of the same year. He continued to practice his pro-
fession at Paola till 1870; he then came to Osawatomie and has since practiced in this vines
and vicinity. He served aterm as Superintendent of the State Asyium for the Insane at
Osawatomie, Dr. Jacobsghas a large and increasing practice, and is one of the popular
physicians of Miami County.

DR. A. H. KNAPP, Superintendent of the Kansas State Asylum for the Insane, Dr,
Knapp was born in Schoharie County, N.Y., in 1829. While quite young, he moved with his
parents to Ulster County, He took aregular course at Rush Medical College, of Chicago,
and graduated in 1852. He practiced h eo pratossion in the tState of New York seventeen

ears and then moved to Ottawa, Kan., (1870). He practiced in that city until 1873, when

e was appointed to the responsible position he now holds. In 1876, he resigned his posi-
tion; but in the fall of 1878, he was re-elected, and has continued to serve as Superintend-
ent to this date. Dr. Knapp is peculiarly well qualified for the position he holds, thoroughly
skilled in his profession, he has made a special study of diseases of the brain. Cheerful and
kind-hearted in his intercourse with every one, systematic and thorough in everything, it
is only necessary to visit the asylum and inspect its workings to be satistied that he ls the
right man in the right place, and that he is supported by a corps of competent assistants,

JOHN A. LESSENDEN, farmer, Section 27, Township 18, Range 22, P. O. Osawatomle,
was born in England in 1884; immigrated to America in 1848; spent two years in New
York, and moved to Illinoisin 1850; then to lowa in 1859; and from lowa to Kansas in
1876. He came direct to Osawatomie Township and purchased the old Richard Mendenhall

lace on Section 27. This farm is historic, having been one of the earliest places settled in
he township, and during John Brown’s time was one of the stations of the Underground
Railway. “Mr. Lessenden now has a fine farm of 287 acres. He was elected Trustee of this
pi

 

township in 1882, and re-elected in 1883. He was married in Iowa, September 30, 1858, to
Miss Olive Hanson, daughter of John KE. Hanson. Mrs. Lessenden was born in Maine.
They have four children, two sons and two daughters—Orin E., Ella J., Arthur and Olive A.

A. F. MEEK, druggist, was born and brought up in Indiana; came to Kansas in 1874;
was engaged in teaching school for several years, making his home near Louisburg, Miamt
County. In October, 1879, he started in his present business at Osawatomie, He carries a

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

general stock of drugs, medicines, books and stationery. Heis the only dealer in Osawa-
tomie who keeps a full line of school books. : :

HENRY PARKER, first engineer and master mechanic of the Kansas Asylum for the
insane, was born in England in 1834; learned the trade of practical engineer in his native
country; immigrated to America in 1868. He located In Illinois, and served four years as
engineer at the Soldiers’ Orphan’s Home, at Normal. He then pought a farm in Kansas,
and devoted his attention to agriculture until 1873, when he accepted the position he now
holds. Mr, Parker isathorough mechanic, and discharges the duties of his responsible
position with ability and fidelity. He is now serving his tenth year at the asylum.

Y Ss iH, dealer in stock and grain, senior member of the firm of H. B.
Smith & Co. Mr. Smith was born in Tioga County, Pa., in 1832, where he was brought up.
‘About 1855, he went to lowa, where he spent some two or three years. Went from there to
Illinois, and soon after came to Kansas, reaching this State in 1858. Soon after reaching
this place (Osawatomie) he engaged in mercantile business. He opened the first hardware
store in Miami County, which he located at Osawatomie. He also furnished the stock for
the first hardware store at Paola. Mr. Smith has been in business continuously at Osawa-
tomie since 1858 to this date October, 1882, he solid out his stock of genera] nerchandise
to J. C.and William Chestnut, and is now engaged in the stock and grain trade, Mr.
Smith was amember of the Kansas State Militia, and served during the Price raid. He has
served two terms in the Lower House of the Kansas Legislature, 1866 and 1871.

CAPT. UBEN SMITH, Steward of the Kansas State Asylum for the Insane, at
Osawatomie. Capt. Smith was born in England; immigrated to America in 1853, and made
his home in Iowa until 1857. He then came to Osawatomle, Kan., and engaged in farming.
On the breaking out of the late war he enlisted in 1861, and was promoted to Captain in the
Second Missouri Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He was detailed at one
time to capture the noted rebel Gen. J. W. Reed, who was in command of the party of Pro-
slavery men who sacked Osawatomie in AURIS, 1856, and was captured by another party
and placed in the keeping of Capt. Smith, who had charge of him for some time. It was a
singular turn in the course of events that Reed should be held a captive by a citizen of the
town he had burned. In politics Capt. Smith is a Republican, and represented the Osawat-
omie district in the Legislature in 1870, 1871 and in 1873. Inthe same year he was com-
inissloned by Gov. Osborne as a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Insane Asy-
lum, and was chosen Secretary of the Board. After serving a few months he resigned, and
was elected Steward of the Insane Asylum, and has held the position for ten years, He is
not a member of any church, but he practices those Christian virtues which tend to make
man happy in this world, and fitthem for the next. He isa Royal Arch Mason. i

JESSE B. WELLS, farmer, Section 23, ‘Yownship 18, Range 21, P. O, Lane, Franklin
County, is one of the early pioneers of this township. He was born in Monroe County, Ind.,
December 6, 1828; was brought up in that State, and emigrated to Iowa in 1848. Resided
in Lucas County till May, 1856; he then came to Kansas, and located aclaim on Section 24,
Township 18, Range 21. The following year he moved to his present place of residence, on
Section 23, still retaining the old place. He now has 160 acres, a large portion of which is
rich bottom timber lands. Mr. Wells was a Free-state man, and was associated with John
Brown in the time of the early strife etween Freedom and Slavery. At the time of the
attack on Osawatomie, in August, 1856, he rode to Garnett and notified 2 company of Free-
state men at that point, and accompanied them tothe scene of the fight, but too late to par-
ticipate init. During the late war he enlisted in Company C, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, and
served three years, or till the close uf the war. He was married in Indiana, February 24,
1848, to Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of Wesley Whitson. Mrs. Wells was born in Monroe
County, Ind. They had ten children, of whom seven are living—Solon 1., David T., died,
aged twenty-three years; Mary L.. died in childhood; Mamie E., Numa W., John P., Jessie
B., Minnie, Elmer, Freddie, who died in childhood.

HON. HENRY H. WILLIAMS. The subject of this sketch was one of the ablest, most
courageous and useful of the Free-state men in Kansas’ early days. He was born in Hud-
son, Columbia Co., N. Y., September 26, 1828. His father, James Williams, was a native of
Rhode Island, and his mother, whose maiden name was Esther Tracy, was born in Connec-
ticut. She was a sister of Lieut.-Gov. John Tracy, of New York. James Williams was of
Welsh extraction; Esther (Tracy) Willlams was descended from English parentage. Henry
H., though born in Columbia County,speut most of his youthful days in Chautauqua County.
His early education was obtained at the common school, but being of an inquiring mind,
and being a patient student, he has acquired a large fund of useful information, which quali-
fies him to occupy and acceptably fill any office within the gift of the people of the State.
After leaving school, he served a four years’ apprenticeship to the carpenter and joiner’s
trade, and for several years thereafter, followed this occupation as a journeyman in Brook-
lyn, Peekskill and Hastings, N. Y. In the spring of 1855, against the advice of his father,
he moved to Kansas. His father’s advice was based upon the expectation that Kansas was
the ground upon which the preliminary battle between slavery and_freedom was !o0 be
fought, which was the very reason why Henry H. determined to go. Upon arriving in th
Territory, he at first located on Pottawatomie Creek, in Anderson County, being the third
settlerinthe county. Previously to his arrival, the Pro-slavery men in the vicinity had
formed an organization, and adopted a “squatter-law,” under which each man was entitled
to two quarter sections of land. Soon after his arrival at a meeting held by them, the Free-
state men assembled, took possession of the meeting, organized it by electing John Brown,
Jr., president, and H. H. Williams. secretary, and prompt y repealed this and other laws ob-
noxious to themselves. In September, following, he was elected oglenalte to the Big Springs
Convention, which met September 5, 1855. ovember, hearing that Lawrence was be-
sieged by twelve hundred Missourians, he, with four others, started for that place to assist
in its defense. This little party overtook John Brown, his three sons and son-in-law, just
after passing Blanton’s bridge. All then proceeded to Lawrence, reaching there that night,
and being assigned quarters in the Free-State Hotel. That night the Pottawatomie Rifle
Company was organized, with John Brown, Captain, John Brown, Jr., First Lieutenant, and
H. H. Williams, Second Lieutenant. John Brown proposed that the company make a night
attack upon the enemy, four miles distant, without permitting;Gen. Robinson, Gen. Lane, or
any other parties outside of the company to know of the movement, but Lieut. Williams op-
posed the movementas impolitic,impracticable and insubordinate. After a treaty had been ef-
fected, and the enemy had retired to Missouri, the company was disbanded, and the nen re-
turned totheir homes. In December, he was elected a delegate to the Free-state Conven-
tion, held at Lawrence, for the purpose of nominating State officers, under the Topeka Con-
stitution. In January, 1856, he and John Brown, Jr., were elected, from the Pottuwatomie
precinct, to the House of Representatives, under the Topeka Constitution. He walked to

‘opeka to take his seat in that body, a distance of sixty-five miles. Upon the reorganization
of the Pottawatomie Rifle Company, in May, 1856, John Brown, Jr., was elected Captain,
and Mr. Williams declined to serve in any official capacity, preferring to act as a private,
and perform duty as ascout. Shortly.after the reorganization of the company, news of the
threatened attack upon Lawrence, which was made May 21, reached the Pottawatomle set-
uement, and John Brown, Jr.'s company immediately set out to assist in its defense, ac-
companied a part of the way by Johu Brown, Sr., his other sops and son-in-law, Henry
Thompson. Mr. Williams followed the company on its way, and on the morning of the 21st,
the same day that Luwrence was sacked, saw Mr. Morse—who kept a store on Pottawatomie

sreek, and who furnished ammunition to the Free-state men—frightened and pale from the
threats mane to him aud Least him by border ruffians the day before, After advising Mr.
Morse what to do, Mr. Williams rode on, overtook the company, and to some of the mem-
bers composing it, including Judge James Hanway and old John Brown, communicated the
information with reference to the proposed programme of the border ruffians he had ob-
tained from Mr, Morse. This news so stirred the soul of old John Brown, that he promptly
organized his little family party, and returned to the Pottawatomie, with the terrible re-
sults now known to the world as the Pottawatomie Massacre, a detaile 1 account of which is
embodied in the history of Franklin County. Mr. Williams, as did likewise Judge Hanway,
received, butdeclined, an invitation to laccompany the little party on its then mysterious
mission. About the first of June, 1856, Mr. Willtams, with about fifteen others, was arrested
bya party of about two hundred Pro-slavery men, and taken to Paola, where the Pro-sla-
very Grand Jury was in session, In a day or two, eight were discharged, and the remainder
taken to Osawatomie and placed in charge of United States soldiers, in command of Capt.
Wood. Here they were kept a week, with their hands firmly tied behind them until chains
could be obtained, when they. were chained together by the ankles, two and_two, and
marched to Prairie City. When about half the distance had been accomplished, Mr. Will-
jains’ companion was taken sick, and was released, Mr. Williams walking the rest of the
way with oneend of the chain in his hand, the other still around. his ankle. After being de-
tained afew days at Prairie City, they were taken to Lecompton, and turned over to Mar-
shal Donaldson. They were next taken to Tecumseh, examined by Commissioner Hoag-
land, and all set at liberty except John Brown, Jr.,and Mr. Williams, who were held on a
charge of high treason, as Commissioner Hoagland said, to preventthem from being mur-
dered, as he believed they would be if released, These two were then taken to the camp of the
United States troops, hear Lecompton, and heldas prisoners with Charles Robinson, G. W.
Smith, G. W. Deltzler, Gaius Jeukins and G. W. Brown, It was during his imprisonment in
this camp that the Topeka Legislature was to meet, and which Col, Sumner faa been _ or-
dered to disperse in case it should convene, Mr. Williams fearing that some of the members
elect of that Legislaiure would lack the nerve to meet with Lheir fellow-members, and feel-
ing the importance of as full an attendance as practicable, proposed to his fellow-prisomers
that he should escape from the guards and take his seat in the egislature, All consentet
to this proposition except G. W. Brown, who fearing that the satety of the prigoners re-
maining in camp would be thereby jeopardized, threatened to inform upon him if he should
make the attempt and, so Mr. Williams was constrained to remainincamp. Mr. Williams
was elected Sheriff of Miami County in 1857, and re-elected in 1859. In June, 1861, he en-
tered the Third Kansas Volunteers, and was elected Major of that regiment. This regiment
was afterward consolidated with the Fourth Regiment, and called the Tenth, Major Will-
iams served in this capacity until the regiment was mustered out, commanding the regi-

 

 

 
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ment inthe battles of Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, VanBuren, and Fort -
pated in the battle of Pilot Knob, on the staff of Gen. Ewing. AS BOUe ian oe te
District of St.Louis, he had charge of the military prisoners for severat months. Being hon-
orably mustered out of service in February, 1865, he returned to Kansas City. where his
family had resided since 1863, and was elected Sheriff of Jackson County, Mo., serving
eighteen months. In April, 1867, he returned to Osawatomie, and en aged in business as a
hardware merchant, in which business he is still engaged. In 1867, he was elected to the
House of Representatives, and in 1868, to the State Senate. Major Williams is a member of
the Congregational Church. He joined the Aepublican party at the time of its organization
by Horace Greeley,at Osawatomie, in 1858, and has ever since been a strong and ardent sup-
porter of Republican principles. Major wan lain was married February 23,1858, at Osawa-
tomie, to Miss Mary A. Carr, daughter of John Carr, who moved to Kansas in’ 1854. Mr.
and Mrs. Williams have had six children, of whom four are living—Minnie, Waiter, Charles
and Fannie, John, their eldest son, died at the age of eighteen, and George another son,

was killed by the kick of a horse,
FONTANA.

This town is on the line of the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad,
ten miles south of Paola. It was surveyed September 7th, 1869, by J. B.
Grinnell, who, in selling any of the land, introduced into each deed a contract
that no alcoholic drinks should ever be sold on the property, by the purchaser.

This town tsok its name from “Old Fontana,” which was laid out one-
half mile west of the new town, at the cross roads, in 1858. Four farms. cor-
nered there, owned respectively by J. Ruble, Shipley, Bales and McCulloch, ten
acres being taken from each farm for the town site; at the height of its prosperity
‘Old Fontana” contained one store and three dwellings. A postoffice was
established. some distance away, with Dr. Connery for Postmaster. When the
railroad was projected and its construction assured, the new town was laid out,
and the old town site abandoned, except for farming purposes. The first to
build on the new town site was Joseph Johnson, who erected a resi-
dence. The second was Mr. Fields who built a trading house, the third was
Peter Yoho, who put up a grocery. Thomas, John and Edward Toms erected
a grist mill here in 1871, at the time one of the finest in the State.

The Methodists had an organization in the old town, effected in 1860, with
eight members. In 1870 they erected a church building in the new town, at a
cost of $1,2co. The Bagéists during the same year dedicated their new church
edifice which had been erected at a cost of $1,500, andin 1872, the Christians
organized themselves into a society with seven members, erecting a house of
worship in 1878, at a cost of $1,000. Their membership is at present 120. The
Onited Brethren and Presbyterians also each has an organization, the latter
‘with thirty-six members, but neither has as yet erected a church.

The first birth in Fontana was that of John Yoho, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Yoho, in 1871; the first marriage, that of Mr. Henderson to Miss Lucinda
Landers, in 1869, the first natural death, that cf an infant child of B. Bashear;
but the first burial in the cemetery was that of a man who had taken up and
secreted, preparatory to running off, another man’s horse. Being informed
upon, he loaded his gun to shoot the informer, and upon going out, slipped and
fell upon the frozen ground, and received the lead designed for the informer,
in his own body, dying therefrom a few days thereafter.

At the present time Fontana contains two general stores, one grocery, one
drug store, one hardware store, one agricultural implement dealer, two grain
dealers, one lumber yard, one grist mill, one two story stone schoolhouse
erected in 1871, at a cost of $3,500, and about 350 inhabitants.

On December 23, 1872, a fire broke out in the town which destroyed nine
buildings. This was a severe blow to the embryo city, and for two or three
years afterward it progressed backwards instead of forwards, but for the last
four or five years, the town has made a steady and sure growth.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HENRY D. BECK, farmer, Section 12, Township 19, Range 28, P. O. Fontana, was born
in Washington County, Pa., July 31, 1830. Was brought up in his native State, and moved
to Clampnen County, Tl, in 1854, where he was engage four yearsin farming, and in
November, 1858, he came to Kansas with his brother, William L., and located his present
farm. He enlisted in July, 1862, as a private in Company C, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, and
served three years, or till June 30, 1865. He was married in Champaign County, Ill., April

5 iss Elizabeth J., daughter of Cyrus Tuttle. Mrs. Beck was born in Champaign
They have five children living—Mary C., Charles R., Edgar, Cordie A. and
George A. Mr. Beck has a well improved farm of 230 acres.

ILLIAM L. BECK, farmer, Section 12, Townsbip 19. Range 23, P.O. Fontana, was
bornin Washington County, Pa., May 5, 1832. Was brought up a farmer, and moved to
Champaign County, Ill., in 1854, and from thereto Kansas in November, 1858. He located
on Section 12, Osage Township, and resides on the same farm where he stuck his stakes a
quarter of a century ago. He hasa fine stock farm of 160 acres. He enlisted in the late
war, in August, 1861, as a private of Company I, Twentieth Illinois Infantry, and served till
July. 1865. He was married in Pennsylvania, in April, 1864, to Miss Sarah Rees. Mrs. Beck
died in 1866. Mr. Beck was married again in March, 1868, in Kansas,,to Miss Clarinda Mc-
Intosh. Mrs. Beck was born in Indiana. They have five children, two sons and three
daughters—Olive F., Jacob, George E., Annie and Fannie. Mr. Beck was elected one of the
County Commissioners for Miami County in 1879, for the term of three years. He has held
various local offices, and once served as Township Trustee. _ ‘

ESSE H. BRUNER, farmer and merchant, farm residence Section 31, Township 18,
Range 24; store at Fontana. Has about 1,000 acres of land, lying mostly in the rich bottoms
of the Marais des Cyanes River, being situated in Sections 25 and 36, Township 18, Range
23; Sections 30 and 31, Township 18, Range 24; Section 6 ‘Township 19, Range 24. r
Bruner has considerable real estate in Fontana, where he has his winter residence and store.
Heis the senior partner of the firm of J. H. Bruner & Co., dealers 1n general merchandise;
carry an average stock of $7,00U. They also deal in farm machinery. grain aud live stock.
Mr. Bruner was born in Montgomery oun Ey Ind., at Crawfordsville, January 15, 1832. He
was brought up in his native State, and in 1856 started for Kansas. Spent a short time in
Missouri, and arrived in Lykins County (now Miami), Kas., August 14, 1857. Mr. Bruner
is said to have built the first shanty or white man’s home within the boundaries of Osage
Township, situated on Section 36, Township 18, Range 23. Twelve years later he moved
tothe present siteof Fontana. He enlisted inthe Home Guards, and afterwards in the
Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and served during the war, He was married in Indiana, in 1855, to
Miss Mary, daughter of Daniel La Rose. Mrs. Bruner was born in Indiana, They have six
children, three sons and three daughters—Sarah_E., wite of E. C. Douthat, of Osage; Clara
E., wife of William Palmer, of Osage; Joseph, William S., Emma J, and Jesse L. In 1872
Mr. Bruner opened a general store at Fontana. which he conducted tillthe spring of 1883,
when he sold an interest init to Mr. Thomas Loman, who is now in charge of the business,
while Mr. Bruner devotes his attention to his extensive farming interests.

JOHN P. DODD, farmer, Section 6, Township 19, Range 23, P. O. Fontana. Mr. Dodd
is one of the pioneers of Miami County, of 1857. He was born in Hendricks County, Ind.,
May 15, 1834. At eighteen years of age, he went to Iowa where he spent about five years.
In 1857, he came to Kansas, arriving in Lykins County, now Miami, and located a claim on
the southwest quarter_of Section 6, Township 19, Range 23, (Osage) before the land was
open to pre-emption. He subsequently purchased this tract, and has since improved it, till
he now has one of the best 160 acre farms in the county. On the breaking out of the late
war, he was an earnest partisan ofthe Government, and enlisted in September, 1861, in
what was known as the Missourl Home Guards, which was.soon consolidated into the
Ninth Kansas Cavalry, Company H. Served the term of his enlistment, and subsequently
did duty in the Kansas Militia, till the close of the war, He was elected County Commis-
sioner, in 1860, and resigned his office in September, 1861, to jointhe army. He was mar-
ried in 1852, to Miss Amanda, daughter of Samuel Surber. Mrs. Dodd was born in Indi-
ana. They have three children, one son and two daughters—Mary S., wife of Jesse Martin,
of Mound Township, Samuel, of Pratt County, Kas., Anna H., deceased, was the wife of
Nicholas Wisner, died in 188%. Mrs. Dodd died in 1858. Mr. Dodd was married in the lat-

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ber part of 1859, In Kansas, to Mrs. Eliza J. Bruner, widow of Smith Bruner, and daughter
of Simon Devendort. Mrs. Dodd was born in Indiana. They have five children, three sons
and two daughters James, Flora E., Jennie, John and Jesse.

. ©. ENGLISH, farmer, feeds and deals extensively in live stock, ships some twenty
carloads a season; farm and residence, Section 8. Township 19, Range 23, P. O. Fontana.
Mr, English was born in Salem County, N. J..in March, 1834. Came West to Illinois in
1853, and thence to Kansas, January, 1866. He purchased the northwest quarter of Sec-
tion 4, Township 19, Range 23, and a tract in Section 8, of same township, where he now
resides, having in all 460 acres, He came to Kansas to’ enter into the livestock business,
and has devoted his attention to that line of business, continuously since, and is widely and
favorably known as an enterprising and fair dealer. He was married in Peoria County, Il.,
in 1855, to Miss Sarah E. Saxe, daughter of Capt, John Saxe. They have six thildren, two
sons and four daughters—Anthony N., William A., Mary, Rosana, Anna E and Fannie.

CHARLES W. GREEN, farmer, Section 13, Township 19. Range 23, P. O. Fontana,
was born in Rutland County, Vt., January 4, 1828. When thirteen years of age he moved
to Ohio with his mother, having lost his father when a child. In 1850, he went to Cali-
fornia, and was engaged in mining for three years. He then returned to Illinois, and set-
tled in De Witt County, where he engaged infarming. In 1859, he immigrated to Kansas,
arriving in Osage Township, May 1. He purchased his present farm of 160 acres, on Sec-
tion 13. During the war, he served in the State Militia in defense of Kansas. He has held
various responsible political trusts, having served three terms as Trustee of Osage Town-
ship, and other minor offices. He was elected to the Kansas State Legislature for the term
of 1869-70. Mr. Green was married in Llinois, in 1855, to Miss Nancy, daughter of Elias
Jolley. Mrs. Green was born in Ohio. They havesix children, three sons and three daugb-
ters—Bettie S., Elias N., John M., Foster B.; Annie KE. and Sarah E. All but the eldest were
born in Kansas. :

H. B. HIGH, merchant, senior partner of the firm of High, Bartlett & Co., dealers in
eneral merchandise: farm machinery, grain and live stock. he firm is composed of H.
. High, R. I. Bartlett and J. R. Sheperd. They havea large double store, one section of

which is devoted to dry goods, groceries, notions, etc., and the other to general hardware,
stoves and tinware. Their average stock is about ten thousand dollars, The business was
established in March, 1878. Mr. High was born in Hillsdale County, Mich., in 1840, was
educated at the State University at Ann Arbor; enlisted in August 1862, as a private of
Company F, Twentieth Michigan Inraniry and served one year; followed farming in
Michigan till 1868, when he moved to Cass County, Mo., and engaged in the same businéss;
was also engaged in merchandising. He moved to Fontana, Kansas, and engaged in his
present business, He was married in Michigan, October 20. 1863, to Miss Adora, daughter
ae B. F. Root, of Manchester, Mich. They have one child, a daughter named A.
ude,
G. W. ROBINSON, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Chester County, Pa., Feb-
ruary 26, 1828, was brought up in his native State; moved to Van Buren County, Iowa. Be-
an the study of medicine at Winchester of that county in 1866. Took a regular course at
the Keokuk Medical College, and graduated in the spring of 1869. Came to Kansas in the
spring of 1870, and established a practice at Fontana, Miami County, which he has pursued
upwards of thirteen years. He was married in Pennsylvania, December 22, 1853, at Russel-
ville, Chester County, to Miss Hannah, daughter of Hiram Rigg. They had four children—
Lemuel, the eldest, died, aged fourteen years; the second son, Vernon, is an ordained minis-
ter of the Baptist Church; the elder daughter, Sarah E., is the wife of Charles Tenny, of
Mound township; the younger, E. Ella, is a teacher by profession.

oO. P. TENNY, farmer, Section 5, Township 19, Range 23, P. O. Fontana, was born in
Monroe County, New York, April 13, 1828, was brought up in New York, and in the spring
of 1850 moved to Bureau County, Il]., where he was engaged in farming till the spring of
1860. He then immigrated to Kansas. bought a claim, on the farm where he now resides,
for which he subsequently obtained title under the homestead law. He has since increased
his acreage, till he has a fine farm of 240 acres. During the late war he served in the Kansas
militia, He was elected Justice of the Peace and served two years, and has held other
minor offices. He was married in Monroe Vounty, New York, September 19, 1852, to Miss
Julia A., daugbter of John Canfield. Mrs. Tenny was bornin Vermont, and removed with
her parents to New York in childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Tenny have had six children—Charles
O., married and living in Mound; Mary L., wife of James Johnson, of Carson, Iowa;
ee died in childhood; Alice H., wife of Charles W.jWright of Osage; Fannie S. and

ohn ©.

W. H. WILLHOITE, M. D., physician and surgeon, office opposite Fontana depot, was
born in Owen County, Ky., December 29, 1839, moved with his parents to McLean Courty.
Til, in 1850, received an academic education, and in 18606 began the study of medicine at
Austin, Mo. He moved to Osage township, Kansas, in 1864 and practiced his profession. In
1870 he moved to Fontana. He subsequently attended a regular course of lectures at the
American Medical College of St. Louis, Electic, and graduated in May, 1882. Dr. Willhoite
was elected coroner of Miami County in 1878, and to the legislature in the fall of 1882 onthe
Democratic ticket. He was marriedin Kansas, August 23, 1866, to Mrs. Mary M. La Foun-
lain. widow of Louis La Fountain. Mrs. Willhoite was born at Fort Wayne, Ind., and came
to Miami County at an early day, and is the owner of several hundred acres of‘land in

Miami township.

MOUND CREEK.
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Mound Creek is situated in Mound Township. Asa general thing the
bottom lands are level and timbered, uplands uneven, open prairie. The, first
settlement was made November 5, 1854, by Thomas and Henderson Rice. J. F.
and T. J. Chandler moved in, July 3, 1856. Some of the early settlers named
the township Mound, after a peculiar mound in the western part of it. A store
was opened April 5, 1856, by Thomas Rice. The first child born was Frances
M. Chandler, September 14, 1856; first marriage, that of Reuben Smith to Mary
Rowcroft, November 2, 1857, and the first death that of Mrs. Rebecca J. Rice,
May 15,1857. The first schoul taught was by Loyal Bishop, commencing in
November, 1858, in a log schoolhouse on the farm of Thomas Rice, at whose
house the first sermon was preached by Rev. Amos Finchin 1856. A church
was built by the Society of Friends in the west part of the township, in 1858, a
commodious frame building, 30x45 feet. There are about fifty members in the
society. The Christian Church was organized in Septembes, 1860, with six
members. The Baptists and Methodists also have organizations, but none of
the laSt three denominations has a church building. The postoffice was estab-
lished December 10, 1860, and named Trenton, Henderson Rice first Postmas-
ter. The name of the postoffice was afterwards changed to Mound Creek.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

MARTIN S. BUSH, farmer, Section 18, Township 19, Range 22, P. O. Lane, Franklin
County. was born in Fayette County, Ind., February 12, 1841; was brought up ona farm.
On the breaking out of the late war, he enlisted in April, 1861, on the first call for troops
(three months’ men). The quota being full before his company was organized, he was mus-
tered into the service for one year as a private of Company E, Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer
Infantry. He served the term of enlistment, and re-enlisted in September, 1863. in Company
A, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and was commissioned
Second Lieutenant. Was promoted to First Lieutenant, and served until the close of the war.
His only casualty was a gun-shot wound received at Wise’s Forks, N. C.,in March, 1865.
After the close of the war he continued to reside in Indiana till March, 1869,when he immi-

rated to Kansas, and purchased iis present farm of 440 acres in Mound Township. Mr.
Bush was married in Indiana, February 11, 1869, to Miss Susan, daugbter of Henry Sweet.
Mrs. Bush was born in Indiana. They have one child, adaugbter, Roca E.

HON. JOHNSON CLARK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 35, Township 18, Range
21, P. O. Lane, Franklin County, was born in Penobscot County, Me., January 2, 1829. He
was brought up in that rugged climate, within sound of the Atlantic surf. In 1850 he came
West, and spent one year in Illinois—1851. He went to California via the Isthmus route,
spent two anda half years in the gold regions, and returned to IHinois. In the winter of
1856 he emigrated to Kansas, and madeaclaim of the tract of land that now forms his
homestead. A radical abolitionist in politics, Mr. Claik came to Kansas to help make it a
free State: He became associated with John Brown and Jim Lane, and participated in the
attack on United States Marshal Little, at Fort Bain. He was sent by Col. Abbott on that
occasion as bearer of dispatches to Lane at Lawrence, asking for re-enforcements. Mr.
Clark made the ride of 100 miles, delivered his dispatches. and returned with a re-enforce-
ment of 600 men. Lane drove out the Marshal’s posse and retook the prisoners. He was
elected to the State Senate in 1862, and served onimportant committees. He was chairman
of the commission appointed to locate the 90,000 acres Agricultural College lands. He was
instrumental in securing the location of the Asylum for the Insane at Osawatomie, and was
chosen one of its trustees. In polities Mr. Clark affiliated with the Republican party until
the Greeley campaign, since which time he has been independent. He was married in Miami
County, Kan., in 1861, to Harriet, daughter of Hon, James Bennett, 4 prominent lawyer and
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State Senator of vitginia. Mrs. Clark was born and educated in Virginia. They have a
family of three children—Edward J., ClymeniaC., and Charles Dickens. Mr. Clark has a
magnificent farm of 560 acres; has a commodtous residence, a large and productive orchard,
through which he has interspersed numerous evergreens. On this farm he has a little more
than ten miles of stone wall, laid by his own hands, This feature of his place caused him to
be named ‘Stonewall Clark.”

BENJAMIN W. COOK, farmer, Section 8, Township 19, Range 22, P. O. Mound Creek.
Mr. Cook has 390 acres of land in this township, and about 2,000 acres in the State. He was
born in Fountain County, Indiana; went to Iowa with his parents in 1841. In 1857, he came
to Johnson © 7 Kan., and in1859 made claim on Government land. In 1860 he went to
Colorado, sp ‘three years in the mining regions; went from there to Montana, where
he was engaged in mining about four and a half years, Returned to Kansas in 1868 and has
since become largely interested in real estate. He was married in Kansas, February 8,
1880, to Mrs. Elizabeth S. Milone, widow of N. S.Milone and daughter of James Wilson.
Mrs. Cook was born in Guernsey County, Ohio. She had four children by her former mar-
riage, three sons and one daughter - Oscar,§ Della, Charles and George.

AVID F. DAY, farmer, Section 13 Township 19, Range 22, P. O. Mound Creek. Mr.
Day was born in Morgan County, Ky., November 13, 1822. as brought up in Kentucky,
and emigrated to Kansas in the spring of 1857. During the late war, while living on the
border and exposed to danger from marauding parties from both sides, he was never mo-
lested. He undoubtedly extended hospitality to many whose society he would not have tol-
erated in more peaceful times. He was marriedin Missouri July 22, 1862. to Mrs. Martha
Hayes, widow of Stephen Hayes, and daughter of Mr. Dailey. Mrs. Day died in 1864. Mr.
Day was married again April 2.1871,to Miss Susan Schofield, daughter of William Schofield,
Mrs. Day was born in Maine. They have had five cbildren—tinree sons and two daughters,
J, Edgar, the eldest, died in childhood; the younger ones are living—Etta May, Dallas S:,
Estella S. and Harland. Mr. Day hasa well improved farm of 600 acres.

JOHN DUNCAN, farmer, Section 11, Township 19, Range 21, P, O. Lane, Franklin
County, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 23, 1834. Was brought up in Ohlo and
moved to Iowa in 1854, and thenceto Kansas in May, 1857. He pre-empted the land on
which he now resides and purchased of the government. He was a Free-state man in politics,
and during the late war served in the Kansas State Militia, He was married in Kansas, in
the spring of 1866, to Miss Fannie, daughter of John Dunbar. Mrs. Duncan was born in
Randolph County, North Carolina, They have three children, one son and two daughters—
Eliza, Gertrude and Quincy. Mr. Duncan has a well improved farm of 400 acres,

ARCHIE LEE, farmer, Section 33. Township 18, Range 22, P.O. Osawatomie, was born
in St. Clair County, Mich., December 13, 1851. He came to Kansas in 1871, and purchased

is present farm of 160 acres in 1872. He was married in Kansas August 27, 1874, to Miss
Laura Book, daughter of Lewis Book, Mrs. Lee was born in Clay County, Mo. They have
three children, one son and two daughters—Nettie, Edward and Rosa. .

ROBERT D. PROTZMAN, farmer, Section 11, Township 19, Range 21, P. O. Lane,
Franklin County. Mr. Protzman was born in Marion County, Ind., September 17, 1851;
removed with his parents to Illinois in 1859, and thence to Kansasin May, 1867. He located
in Marysville Township, Miami County, where he engagedin farming. He was married in
that township in September, 1875, to Alice L. Patten, who died April 1, 1881, leaving one
child, a son, Gilbert I. Mr, Protzman was married again in Kansas, August 23, 1882, to
Miss Lucy J., daughter of A. H. Sneed. Mrs, Protzman was born in Virginia, and came to
Kansas with her parents in 1869. Mr. Protzman has a fine farm of 240 acres.

HON. HENDERSON RICE, farmer, Section 16, Township 19, Range 22. P. O. Mound
Creek, was the first white settler south of Osawatomie, in Miami County. He was born in
White County, Tenn., March 29, 1825, and was brought up in Henry County, in Western
Tenn. He moved to St. Francis County, Mo., in 1849, and from there to Kansas, in 1854.
November 11th, of that year, he located a claim on Section 16, Township 19, Range 22,
where he has continued to reside nearly twenty-nine years, Henow has a tract of rich bot-
tom and prairie land of 340 acresin extent. In politics he was a Radical Free-state man, but
did not participate in any of the turbulent scenes of the early days, and was never molested.
During the late war heserved in the Kansas Militia, in defense of Kansas. Was in the bat-
tle of Westport, Mo., and various skirmishes. On the organization of Mound Township, he
was chosen supervisor. When the County Commissioner system was adopted, he was
elected the third Commissioner; in 1866 was re-elected, and served four terms, during
which time he was Chairman of the Board of Commissioners. He was elected to the State
Legislature for the years 1862, ’65,’79 and ’81, aud served on important committees. He
was married in Illinois in 1843, to Miss Rebecca J, McIntyre. They had six children, one’
son and five daughters:—Sarah is the wife of John Campbell, of Dade County, Mo.; Mary,
wife of Charles Fresh, of Colorado; James, married and livesin Mound; Martha, wife of
S, Adams, of California; Ellen, wife of Joseph Smalley, of Mound. Mrs. Rice died May 15,
1857. Mr. Rice was married again January 6, 1858, to Miss Susan Randolph. Mrs. Rice
was born in Tennessee. They have two sons and five daughters—Susan, Marcella, (died
aged twenty-two years), Nettie, wife of Charles Coombs, of Mound; Ida, Fannie, Hender
son and William T. Mr. Rice’s father, Thomas Rice. came to Kansas at the same time his
son did. He made a claim on Section 15, Township 19, Range 22, and resided in this town-
ship till his death, which occurred in 1860.

J.M. WALTHALL, farmer, Section 11, Township 19, Range 22, P. O. Fontana, was born
in Virginia, July 18, 1828; moved to Indiana with his parents when five years of age; was
brought up on a farm, and in 1850 wentto Iowa, where he was engaged in farming till
1857, when he emigrated to Kansas and made a claim on Section 1, Mound. In1869 he
moved to his present location, Section 11. Mr. Walthall has one mile square of land, or 640
acres. He enlisted, and was mustered into the service September 25, 1861, as a member of
Company H, Missouri Home Guards, and was subsequently transferred to the Ninth Kan-
sas Cavalry, and was appointed Regimental Commissary. Mr. Walthall has held various
official positions. He was Township Supervisor in 1858 and ’59; County Commissioner in
1862 and 63; aud has served as Justice of the Peace six years. He was married in Indiana
Marck: 10, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Surber. Mrs. Walthall was born in
Indiana. They have five children, four sons and one daughter:—John T., William I., and
Samuel W., are married and living in Mound; Charles E. and Minnie Montana are at home,
Mrs. Walthall died March, 1872. Mr. Walthall was married again, May 24, 1873, in Kan-
sas, to Mrs. Lucinda A. L. Cobb, widow of Ransom Cobb, She had two children, one only
living, Tda, a of Peter Grant, of this township. Mrs. Walthall was born in Genesee
County, N. Y.

SOMERSET.

Somerset is situated seven miles east of Paola, on the Missouri Pacific Rail-
road, in the township of Middle Creek. It is on Section 5, Township 17,
Range 24. It was surveyed and platted May 17, 1871, by an incorporated
town company, composed of New Jersey people, of which Rev. John S. Beek-
man was president, and Henry H. Striker, secretary, The company owned a
tract of 1,100 acres, 215 acres of which were platted—A. K. Clark, surveyor.
The town company was composed of Rev. John S, Beekman, Mr. Bungart,
Henry LH. Striker, E. Hoagland, William A. Higgins, J. W. Taylor, James
Dickey and J. H. Skillman. 2

The first store was opened by Capt. Will Gicks, in 1871. Henry Post, the
present Postmaster and principal merchant, started in business in the fall of
1872. A grist and sawmill was started by the town company in 1871. A post-
office was established the same year, with Peter A. Brokan for Postmaster. The
town flourished for some years, but owing to the superior advantages and attrac-
tions of the neighboring cities of Paola and Louisburg, it has failed to meet the
expectations of its founders.

~ It is located on the edge of the valley of the Wea, thus enjoying the ad-
vantages of valley and upland scenery, and is surrounded by an enterprising
agricultural community. It now contains two general stores, a combined grist
and sawmill, a postoffice, blacksmith shop, a church and schoolhouse, and
about thirty inhabitants. A cave, spring, a burning-gas well, and two Indian
cemeteries are the Jocal attractions of the immediate neighborhood.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WiLLIAM A. CROWL, farmer, Section 25, Township 17, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg.
Mr. Crow! was born in Franklin County, Pa., September 23, 1837. When nine years of age
he moved to Fulton County, III, and atterward to McDonougk County. te enlisted in the
Jate war, in the fall of 1861, as a private of Company F, Fifty-fifth Illinois Volunteers. He
was wounded in one hand by a gunshot at the battle of Shiloh, and received an_honorabte
discharge in the fall of 1862, for disability from wounds received in action. In 1866, he
moved to Bates County. Mo., and from there to Middle Creek, Kan., in 1868. He was married
in Ilinois, March 2, 1865, to Miss Frances Marshall, daughter of John Marshall. Mrs. Crowl
was born in England, and came to America in childhood. They haye five children—F, May,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Annie E., John F., William c. and Nellie Te Mr. Crow] has a well-improved farm of elghty
res, and 120 acres that he worked under lease.

ae JAMES ae FLEMING, farmer, Section 33, Township 17, Range 24, P. O. Paola, was
born in North Carolina, in 1840; when twenty years of age, 1860, he came to Kansas.
Being a young man he made no particular place his home till 1866, when he settled on his
farm in Miami Township, Miami County. He continued to reside at that place till 1879,
when he moved to his present farm, Section 33, Middle Creek. Me now has two farms,
aggregating 370 acres. He was married in Miami County, Kan., in August, 1874, to Miss
Amanda M. Shipley, daughter of Thos. Shipley. Mrs. Fleming was born in Tennessee. They
have six children living—Thomas M., John C., Louts P., James H., Jesse V., Elmore 8.

HENRY G. GATLIN, farmer, Section 14, Township 17, Range 24, P. Louisburg, was
born in Tazewell County, Ill, He removed to Sangamon County in his youth. and was
brought up in that county, ona farm. He enlisted in Company G, Thirty-second Regiment
Missouri Volunteers, and was discharged for physica! disability after six months service.
He immigrated to Missouri in 1869, aud from there to Kansas in 1873, and settled on his

resent farm of eighty-five acres, situated on Section 14, Middle Creek. He was married in
Tiltnols, June 11, 1855, to Miss Adaline, daughter of Wilson Owen. Mrs. Gatlin was born
in Perrv County, Ill. They have five children living—William H., Alice M, wife of Mr. Q,
Sims, of Middle Creek ; Frank, Henry W. and Edward. Mr. Gatlin has served four anda
half years, as Justice of the Peace, while in Kansas. :

GURSUCH & BURNS, proprietors of Combined Grist and Saw Mill, This company’s mill
was vuilt in 1871, by the Somerset Town Company. Subsequently sold to Snowden & Gor-
such, and in November, 1882, Mr. James Burns purchased Mr. Snowden’s interest; the mill
has since been owned and operated by Gorsuch & Burns. The mill is a wooden structure,
operated by steam. Has a thirty-horse power engine. The milling department has one
four foot buhr, capable of grinding 100 bushels of grain per day. anufacture flour, corn
meal, feed, etc. The sawing department is fitted with one large circular saw, capable of

sawing 8.000 feet of lumber per day. Mr. Gorsuch came to Kansas In 1871, and Mr, Burns -

about. .
LEVI HODGES, farmer, Section 5, Township 17, Range 24, P. 0. Somerset, was born in
Pike County, Ohlo. March 1, 1820; was brought up a farmer, and moved to Morgan County,
Ill.. in October, 1838; he was engaged in farming there until 1872; he.then moved
to Kansas and settled on his present farm. He was married in 1846, to Miss Susan Crisman,
They had one child, which died in infancy. Mrs. Hodges died in January, 1849. r
Hodges was married again September 15, 1850, in Morgan County, Ill, to Mrs. Elizabeth
Lake, daughter of Jacob Crisman. They had nine children, six of whom are living—Thomas,
of the firm of Hodges & Wright, druggists of Louisburg; Emeline, wife of William Petti-
rew; William, Susan, wife of Thomas Middlemas; Alex. and Henry, who reside in Middle
Greek: David, Lizzieand Maria,-who died in infancy. Mr. Hodges has a well improved
farm of 320 acres.
CHRIS. KOHLENBERG, farmer, Section 24, Township 17, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg,
Immigrated_to America in 1850 with his parents;

any, May 14, 1848.
was born 1p Germaey if eae Was married in I!inois, February 18,

was brought up on a farm in Madison County, II].
1871, to Miss Minnie Schoenmann, daughter of Henry Schoenmann. Mrs, Kohlenlerg was
born in Germany. They have five children, all boys— William C., Chris. L., Henry F.,Charles

and August H. Mr. Kohlenberg immediately after his marriage moved to Kansas and
ttled in the township of Wea, Miami County, where he was engaged in farming until
1874, when he moved to his present farm of 231 acres in Middle Creek. :

COLUMBUS F. LAY, farmer, Section 23, Township 17, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg, was
born in Grant County, Ind., June 7, 1837; moyed to Howard, Ind., where he was brought
up on a farm. He enlisted in September, 1861. as a private in Company A, Eighth Regiment
Indiana Volunteers, He was regularly promoted to Second Lieutenant, and served three
years. Mr. Lay was married in Indiana, September 13, 1864, to Miss Rebecca Bates. Mrs,
Lay was born in Howard County, Ind. They have six children—Flora, Alla, Oscar E., Glenn,
Laura and one daughter unnamed, Mr. Lay hasa pleasantly situated farm of 320 acres,
well supplied with timber and water, making it a favorable place for stock growiug.

JACKSON MONELLEY (deceased), was born in Fulton County, IL, in 1834; was the
son of Jon MeNelley. Mr. McNelley was one of the very earliest of the pioneers of Miami
County. He came here with his father in 1857, and made his home in the township ot Mid-
dle Creek, and was engaged in farming, He was married in Cass County, Mo., September
6, 1860, to Miss Catharine, daughter of Henry Wilson. Mrs, McNellev was born in Illinois.
They have five children —Charles W., John, William, Annie B., and Edgar. Mr. McNelley
made his home on Section 36, Middle Creek, where he was engaged in farming until his
death, which occurred March 10, 1876. His widow and children still occupy the farm on
Section 36, where they have 160 acres, having also another farm of 160 acres on Section 24,
same town. Mr. McNelley, was a consistent member of the Christian Church. Was a Dem-
ocrat in politics, and was widely and favorably known as an upright bonorable man.

GEORGE McQUEEN , farmer, Section 9. Township 17, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg, was
among the earliest pioneers of Miami County. He came here June 1, 1857, and engaged to
work for an Indian named John Charlie, who lived on the farm now owned by Mr. George
Starry. He worked six years furthis Indian. [In April, 1862, he enlisted in the Kansas
Militia; served till March, 1864. Hethen enlisted in the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cav-
alry; was first Duty-Sergeant and Company Coinmissary, and served till the close of the
war. About 1865, he bought the tract of land where the village of Somerset now stands.
He sold out to the Kansas & Texas R. R. in December, 1870, and April, 1871, purchased his
present farm of 340) acres. He was born in Oswego County, N. Y., in October, 1833; moved
with his parents to Indiana when four years of age; was brought up ona farm; and in 1857,
emigrated to Kansas. He was married, in 1872, August 4, in Wea Township, to Miss Eliza-
beth Lantz, daughter of William Lantz. Mrs. McQueen was born in Ohio. They have one
child—Elmer T.

MARTIN L. MORRIS farmer, Section 28, Township 17, Range 24, P. O. Wade, was born
in Uniontown, Fayette Co..Pa., January 22,1816; was brought up onafarm. He learned
the printer’s trade, and in 1840, published the American Union, weekly Democratic paper.
He emigrated to Iowa in 1845, an located at Lowa City. He was connected with a paper at
Des Moines, as editor. He was elected State Treasurer, and entered upon the duties of the
office December 1, 1852. He was re-elected twice, and held the office until January 1, 1859.
He left Iowa in 1869, and came to Leavenworth, Kan. One year later, he moved to his
present farm, being one of the very first to locate in and improve that section of the county.

e@was married in Pennsylvania January 22, 1888, to Miss Sarah J. Wood, daughter of
Clement Wood, a prominent man of that region. They have four children ining: riscilla
L, (wife of A. M, Price, of Mo.), Mattie (wife of John Dutton, of Miami County, Kan.), Ella
M. (wife of John Arnie), Morgan R. (married and living In Middle Creek). Mr. Morris
enlisted in the late war in July, 1861, in Company F, First lowa Cavalry, and was promoted.
to Quartermaster, and served three years,

ENRY POST, merchant and Postmaster, was born in New Jersey October 15, 1832;
moved to Illinois in 1864, where he was farming till 1872. He then came to Miami Coun-
ty, Kan,, in the fall of that year, and opened a general store at Somerset in the spring of
1873, and has continued in business here to this date. He was appointed Postmaster in
May, 1882. He was married, in New Jersey, in 1858, to Mrs, Louisa Jackson, daughter of
Julius Johnson. Mrs. Post was born in New Jersey. They had two children. The eldes
John D., is an employs atthe Insane Asylum at Osawatomie. The younger, Louis H., die
aged seven years. rs. Post hada son by_her former marriage—Ira A. Jackson, now &
railroad conductor in Northern Indiana.” Mr. Post was elected, as a Republican, in 1880,
to represent the Eastern District, Miami County, in the Lower House of the Kansas Legis-

ature,

WILLIAM ROGERS, farmer, Section 31, Township 17, Range 25, P.O. Louisburg,
was born in England in 1840, and immigrated to America, in 1857, with his parents, and
made his home in Lroquois County, Il. Eniisted, in 1861, in Company G, Twenty-fifth
Illinois Volunteers, and served three years and three months. In 1867, moved to Cass
County, Mo., and the following year came to Kansas, and located in Middle Creek Town-
ship, Miami County, where he has held various positions of public honor and trust. He
was married, in March, 1868, to Mis$ Hannah J., daughter of John and Rachel Hawkin.
Mrs. Rogers was born in Michigan. They have two children, Rachel A. and Richard J.
Mr. Rogers came to Kansas, like many others, with limited means; began by purchasing
eighty acres of land, and by industry and good management, has increased his possessions
until he now has 515 acres of fine land, a large proportion of whicn is under cultivation.
He is classed hmong the responsible and prosperous citizens of Miami County.

W. B, SMITH, farmer, Section 21, Township 17, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg, was born in
Frederick County, Md., April 14, 1808. He moved to Mason County, Ill, in 1845, where he
resided util 1867, when he emigrated to Kansas. He located on his present farm of 180
acres in Middle Creek. Mr. Smith was married, in Ohio, November, 1§38, to Miss Louisa
Rahauser. They had a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters—Rufus P. (was
4 soldier in the late war, aud Served three years as a member of the Forty-seventh Illinois
Volunteers, now a resident of Middle Creek, Kan.), Letitia (isthe wife of L. E. Fager, of
Illinois), Sarah I. (wife of James Newman, of Missouri), Fred R. (of Middle Creek), Ann
E, (also of Chillicothe, Mo.), Charlotte C. (wife of T. McConnell, of Emporia, Kan.), George
S. (also of Emporia), Sylvia R. and Cassius B. (live at the old homestead).

LEONIDAS W. TANDY, M. D. physician, was born in Monroe County, Mo., January
25, 1850. He began the study of medicine at Barry, IIL, in 1868; he took a regular course-at
the American Medical College of St, Louis, Mo., and graduated in June, 1873. He at once
moved to Kansas and established himself in practice at Somerset, Miami County. He was
married in Monroe County, Mo., January 26, 1875, to Miss Emma, daughter of William
Gaitskill. Mrs. Dr. Tandy was born in Corsicana, Texas. They have had three children.
The eldest, Thaddeus, died in childhood. Thetwo younger who are living are Daisy and

arry,
ALFRED M. TAYLOR, farmer, Section 86, Township 17%. Range 24, P. O. Paola, is 2
native of Portage County, Ohio, and was born October 1h, 1840. Moved to Kane County,
IL, with his parents in his youth. He enlisted in the late war July 10, 1861, as a private of

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MIAMI COUNTY.

Company G, Nineteenth Illinois Infantry; was transferred in 1862 to the Chicago I n-
dent, Battery B, and served till July 10, 1865, making four years’ service tone ‘ay. Be
received a gun-shot wound at the battle of Franklin, ‘Tenn., December, 1864. During his
service he participated in twenty-one general engagements, besides the skirmishes in the
intervals; served under Sherman; was promoted to First Sergeant. At the close of the war

he returned to Illinois, and immigrated to Kansas in 1868; made his home in Middle Creek. -

Since his residence here he has owned three different farms. He has occupied h ent
farm, of 160 acres, since 1882. He was married April 9, 1866, in Ifinois, to “lise Sabrina.
daughter of H. H. Bowen, Mrs. Taylor was born in Will County, Ill. They have six chil-
dren Me annie, Harry H., Annis fee A. ee beand and Florence M.
«Lit " r, Section 17, Township 17, Range 24, P. O. i

in Warren County, Ind., November 19, 1826. F i C iatuiee nel Gee
Kansas June 16, 1874, and moved to his present farm November 4,1875. Mr. Watson has
a fine stock farm of 310 acres. He was married in Indiana, in 1849, to Miss Isabel D. Butler.
They had eleven children—eight of whom are living—Sarah A.. wife of J. H. Clem, of In-
diana; Ellen, wife of A. B. Clem, of Indiana; Jennie, wife of Daniel Starry, of Middle Creek;
Merrilla, wife of George b. Starry, of Wea; Jennette, wife of Edgar Fessenden; Henriette,
twin sister of Jennette, wite of Eugene Fessenden, both of Loutsburg; Harry and Isabel at

ome. Mrs, Watson died in February, 1872. Mr. Watson was married again in December,
1872, to Mrs, Maggie Elder, daughter of Nicholas Starry. Mrs. Watson was born in In-
diana. Two children were born of this marriage—Pearl avd Emma. Mrs. Watson had two
sons by her former marriage—Ora D. and Nicholas.
- ABE WESTFALL, farmer, Section 16, Township 17, Range 24, P. O. Somerset, was
born in Carroll County, Ohio, September 25, 1827 was brought up a farmer and emigrated
to Kansas in 1857, and located in Osage Township, Miami County. Krom there he went to
Paola in 1868, and the following year moved to Franklin County. He spent nine years in
Franklin County, farming, and then returned to Paola, and from there to Osawatomie
Township. In 1875, he moved to his present farm of 392 acres, situated in Middle Creek
Township. Mr. Westfall served sixteen months in the late war as Government Scout, and
also served inthe State Militia. He was-married in Carroll County, Ohio, November 10,
1850. to Adaline Croxton, a daughter of William Croxton. Mrs. Westfall was born in Ohio.
The Westfall farm is noted as the site of the famous burning gas well, that lights up the
surrounding country, and for its celebrated tar spring and salt wells.’ The gas well was
opened by a company while boring for oil in July, 1882, the gas was found at depth of 300
feet. The volume isimmense. It is discharged through a six inch pipe, and has a pressure
of 160 pounds to the squareinch. The company continued sinking the well tilla depth of
1,500 feet was attained, a vein of salt water of great strength and volume was struck, but no

* oil of consequence. The gas was lighted,and has burned steadily since,night and day, lighting

up the surrounding country and in cold winter weather attracting by its heat hundreds of
cattle and horses that finda sleeping place within the range of its genial warmth. The
Paola Gas Company are preparing to lay pipes to conduct this gas to Paola, a distance of
seven miles where it will be used to light the city. It is intented to have the work com-
pleted in the summer of 1883. The tar spring, situated a short distance to the north of the
gas well, and near the northeast corner of Section 16, has long been noted for the curative
properties of its waterand the wonderful healing properties of thetar. This spring was

nown and frequented by the Indians long previoustto the advent of the white man in this
regivn. Here they brought their wounded people or horses and dressed their wounds with
the tar, waich never failed to heal with marvelous power. The water is said to be a specific
for me hy CRrOnS diseases.

ARTHUR P. WILLIAMS, farmer, Section 3, Township 17, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg.
was born in Wales, July 19, 1848. He immigrated to America with his parents in infancy,
The family settled in Green Lake County, Wis., where he was brought up on a farm. e
moved to Lowa City. Iowa, where he was married, January 1, 1869, to Miss Mary, daughter
oF Joseph Jones. Mrs, Williams was born in Wales. They remained at Lowa City till 1873,
they then immigrated to Kansas and purchased the farm of 120 acres where they now reside
on Section 3, MiddleCreek. They have a family of three daughters and a.son, Gwen Ellen,
Jennie E., William and Annie, Tt. Williams has been chosen to fill various local offices,
theduties of which he has discharged with ability and fidelity. He has twice served as
Township Trustee of Middle Creek, and now serving as Clerk, having been elected to the
latter office in February. 1883. :

RICHARD A. WOOD, farmer, Section 24, Township 17, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg, was
born in Richland County, Ohio, June 20, 1843. In 1856 he movedto McDonongh County,
Ill, where he was broughtup a farmer. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company A
Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantry. His health failing him he was discharged in the summer
of 1863, for physical disability. He continued to reside in Illisois till 1877, when he immi-
grated to Kansas, and purchased nis present farm on Section 24, Middle Creek, Mr. Wood
is the present Trustee of Middle Creek Township. having been elected in February, 1883.
He was married in Illinois, October 17, 1866, to Miss Elsie Maxwell, daughter oi Abner

Mrs. Wood was born in Fulton County. Ill. They have five children—Minnie M.,
ir. Wood ‘has a well improved farm of

 

Maxwell.
Austin J., Clarence, Laura E. and Franklin EL.

eighty-eight a ie
oq ere LOUISBURG.

This flourishing town is in Wea Township, on the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railroad (recently changed to the Missouri Pacific), twelve miles east o
Paola. The first settlements in the township were made as early as 1856, but
Louisburg was not ‘started until 1868, on November Io of which year it was
surveyed and laid out by Charles Sims, Dr. R. F. Steger and D. L. Peery.
About a year before this survey a settlement was made a quarter of a mile east
of the present site of Louisburg, a town started and called St. Louis, or Little
St. Louis; but in order to avoid confounding the new town with St. Louis,
Mo., it was yiven the name of Louisburg in 1870, Originally the town site con-
sisted of eighty acres, but by various additions it has been increased to over 200
acres. Previous to 1867, when a postoffice was established and Dr. Steger made
Postmaster, the people of this vicinity obtained their mail at Paola. After the
town site was laid out E. M. Saxton erected the first building thereon, which
was used for a dwelling and store. Charles Skinner erected the second store.
Dr. Steger built the first residence in May, 1869, and started the first hotel.
Daniel Martin built the second residence and John Richardson the third, all
three being frame or “ box” houses. About the same time three or four In-
dian dwellings were built, and James Newman erected a blacksmith shop. Dr.
Odell built a drug store 12x20 feet in size. Some say that the first hotel was
built in 1870 by Anthony Cott, an Indian. The present fine brick hotel was
built in 1881 by W. H. Tawney at a cost of $5,000. It is called the ‘* Clark
House,” is well furnished and can accommodate twenty-five guests,

The first school in Louisburg was taught by Miss Olivia Martin in 1871.
The first preacher was J. P. Everett. Years before there had been preaching
in the settlement by Rev. A. Meant,a Southern Methodist, in 1858; by Rev.
Wm. Huffman, a United Brethren minister, in 1859, who held a protracted
meeting; and in the same year by Rev. Garrett.

Louisburg was made a city of the third class November 3, 1882.
The territory included within the city limits comprises the northeast
quarter of Section 31, the south half of southeast quarter of Section
30, and the west half of the north half of the southeast quarter of
Section 30, all in Township 16 south, Range 25 east. The first city
election was held November 17, 1882; 141 votes being polled. Samuel W.
Moore was elected Mayor, and the following gentlemen Councilmen: M. A.
Fessenden, H. A. Williams, J. B. Plitcher, D. H. Ebbert and W. H. Tawney.
Peter H. Goebel was elected Treasurer, Robert A. Wright, Clerk; R.'W. San-
ders, Marshal, and John McNilley, Police Judge. The population of the city
is about 900 now, in January, 1883; and gives promise of a rapid and healthy
growth, The city now has eight brick business buildings and three church
buildings—Methodist, Baptist and Christian. The Presbyterians have an or-
ganized society but at present hold sérvices in the Methodist church. There are
four physicians—J. D. Bryan, J. B. Plitcher, E. W. Riley and D. W. Hayes.

Louisburg Council, No. 3, R. T. of Ty a Temperance insurance or-

He was brought up a farmer and came to

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ganization, was established February 15, 1882. The first officers were, H. L.
Phillips, select councilor ; Vice-Councilor, Nettie Bryan ; Past-Councilor, L. T.
Brown ; Secretary, R.A. Wright, The present officers are the same except the
secretary, that officer now being Mrs. Sue A. Phillips. The Council is work-
ing successfully with a membership of eighteen.

Louisburg Lodge, No, 180, A. F. & A. M., was chartered October 16,
1879. First master was R. H. Hyatt. The lodge is in good, healthy, work-
ing condition, with a membership of thirty five. Peter Goebel is the present
master, E. P, Short, secretary. The lodge meets on the first and third Friday
of each month,

Louisburg at present contains four general stores, three drug stores, three
groceries, two hardware stores, two harness shops, two shoe shops, one lumber
yard, one bank, two blacksmith shops, two agricultural implement dealers, one
grain dealer, one furniture store, two hotels, one fine two-story brick school-
house, 36x72 feet, erected in the fall of 1882 ata cost of $6.000, 272 scholars,
and a population of about goo. Itisa lively business town, one of the best
shipping points inthe county. The estimated shipments for 1882 are 175 cars
of flax. 250 cars of grain, and 200 cars of cattle.

The Louisville and Miami Hercld—This is a weekly newspaper, edited
and published by Emanuel F. Heisler. It was established by him July 4, 1876..
Itis an eight column folio, patent inside, Greenback in politics, and hasa circu-
lation of 1,000 copies weekly.

Wea Post Office was established October 8, 1873, and is located at the
southwest corner of Section 29, Township 15, Range 25. Joseph Vohs was
the first postmaster. He served until April, 1876, when Eugene Vohs, the
present encumbent was appointed. A general store was started at this, place
in 1872 by Honor Mayer, who conducted the business until March, 1876, when
he sold out to Eugene Vohs, the present proprietor.

A Catholic church, called the Holy Rosary Church, was built just south and
east of the postoffice, in 1869. It was a frame building, costing $3,500. Rev.
Father Fabre held the first services in the new church. Father Meyer, from
Eudora, was the regular pastor. The congregation is composed of sixty-two
families, about 350 members. Rev. John Rideker was appointed to this charge
November, 16, 1880, and remains the pastor. .

The first actual settler in Township 15, Range 25, was George Wickline,
now deceased, who settled in 1857, on Section 30. Anthony Vohs was the
second on the same section in 1859. During this year William Schwartz set-
tled on the same section and Jacob Schwartz came in 1860. Joseph Vohs
came in 1863. This settlement is one of the healthiest in Miami County.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN BARKER, farmer, Section 26, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg, has 170
acres of Jand, including 10 acres of timber in Middle Creek Township, Section 3. Mr. Bar-
ker was born in Monroe County, N. Y.,in 1829; moved to Ohio with his parents when two
years of age. In 1851 he moved to Illinois, where he was engaged in farming till 1869; he
then removed to Kansas, settled in Wea, Miami County, on his present farm. He was mar-
riled in Ohio, in 1851. to Miss Curliue, daughter of Horace Watson. Mrs,.Barker was born
in the State of New York. They have five children—Lanscn_H., living in the township of
Middle Creek; Gertrude, widow of Mr. Maybury; Clarence N., Cora, and Charles E. Mr.
Barker has a well improved farm in one of the richest sections of Miami County.

OLPH BOYD, civil engineer and farmer, Section 20, Township 16, Range 25, has
120 acres, P.O. Louisburg. He was born in Fayette County, Pa., in 1824. Received a free
school and academic education; studied the théory and practice of civil engineering while
in the engineer service of the B. &O. Ry.Co. Was employed as sub-assistant engineer in
various capacities—on location and construction between Cumberland. Md., and Wheeling,
Va., for about four years. Appointed leveler on location of C.& M. Ry., in Onio; transit-
man or surveyor on location of Pittsburgh branch of B. & O. Ry.; in charge of construc-
tion of nine miles from Connellsville west, and upon the resignation of C. P. B. Jeffries,
was made engineer in charge of construction of Sand Patch Tunnel and approaches
through the dividirg ridge of the Alleghany Mountain in Somerset County, Pa. Was su-
perintendent of Central Basin Oil Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., during the winter of 1864 and
spring of 1865. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1866, and purchased a quarter section of
land in the Indian Reservation, known as the Ten Sections, then just offered for sale, the
titles for which were nade by United States Government in pursuance of treaty stipulation
previously made with these Indians. About ayear later Mr. Boyd sold out and bought his
present farm on Section 20. In 1867 he surveyed and platted the village of St. Louis, since
called Louisburg, and now a city. He was employed for a short timeas civil engineer by the
M., K. & T. Ry., at Harrisonville, Mo., and for five consecutive years as station agent at Lou-
isburg, commencing with the opening of that road in this vicinity. .

LEVI T. BROWN, retired farmer, was bornin Wayne County, Ohlo, April 3, 1826. He
was brought up on a farm,and moved to Indiana in 1854; settled in Kosciusko County,
where he was engaged in farming.}He came to Kansas in 1871, and purchased a farm of 160
acres, being the southeast quarter of Section 20, Township 15, Range 25, Wea, and March
1, 1872, moved his family to their new home. He devoted considerable attention to the
breeding of blooded stock. 1n 1877 he moved to Louisburg, andin 1882 sold his farm. He
was married in Ohio in 1853, to Miss P J. Heddington. They had four children—Eimer H.,
of Paola Township: Mary E., wife of James T. Lee; Annie J., wife of S. V. Lee, of Anderson
County; John L.. of Colorado, Mrs. Brown died October 6, 1869. Mr. Brown was married
again June 9, 1870, to Miss Martha, daughter of John Snyder. Mrs. Brown was born in
New Jersey. They have one child—Florence M. Mr. Brown was a soldier of the late war.
He enlisted in July,1862, in Company C, Seventy-seventh IndianaVolunteers of Fourth Cav-
alry, and served till the close of the war. The last two years of his service he was a mem-
ber of the Veteran Reserve Corps. Since living in Kansas he has served four years as Jus-
tice of the Peace. .

_ J.D. BRYAN, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in St. Charles County, Mo., in
1843, moved with his parents to Warren County, Mo., in early youth, and was educated in
the common schools. He took three years’ course of study at the St. Louis Medical College,
and took his M. D. degree in 1870. e began practice in Franklin County, Mo., nearly a
year previous to completing his course of studies at St. Louis. In 1870, he went to Jones-
ville, Cass Co., Mo., and spenta few months in practice, and then came to Little St. Louis,
now Louisburg, Kan.,and has practiced his profession at this place about twelve years.
Dr. Bryan is a physician of knowledge, ability and skill, in his profession; and ranks among
the leading physicians of the county, as his extensive and lucrative practice goes to show,
Dr. Bryan_traces his ancestry to the histuric family of Henry Bryan. the Bryans who
founded Bryau’s Station, in the early history of Kentucky, and with Daniel Boone, a
brother-in-law, Gisputed with the Indians, the right to the “bloody grounds,”

CADWALLADER BROS,, Edgar F, and Robert H., proprietors of the Miami Nurser-
ies, Louisburg, this business was established by the senior brother, Edgar F., near the City
of Paola, in this county, and moved by him to his present location, on Section 31, adjoin-
ing the city of Louisburg, in 1875. In April, 1882, his brother Robert H., who had been
managing salesman in the business for several years was admitted toa partnership. This
firm has 320 acres under stock, having one of the largest nurseries in the State. They doa
strictly wholesale business except in their immediate neighborhood. Their stock consists
of everything to be found in a well regulated Western nursery, ornamental trees, shrubs
and plants, fruit trees and shrubs of every kind. They make a specialty of apple trees,
cherry, peach and plum trees, osage plants, apple seedlings and root grafts; their trade ex-
tends through Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, and has reached mammoth proportions,

GEORGE CASEBEER, merchant, dealer in general merchandise, was born in Tuscara-
was County, Ohio, in 1849. Movedto Buchanan County, Iowa, with his parents, in 1859.
He was educated at the upper Iowa University, and took a.regular business course at the
Eastman Business College, of Chicago. He was employed two years as merchant clerk in
Iowa. Nextspentthree years in Kansas City, and in 1875, came to Louisburg, Kan., where
he engaged in mercantile business, under the firm name of Crowe & Casebeer. In 1§80,
he bought Mr. Crowe’s interest and has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Casebeer
has a fine brick double store forty feet front by eighty deep. connected in the center, in
which he carries a large general stock ofan average value of $18,000, making one of the
most complete general stores in the county. While only alad, Mr. Casebeer served as a
member of the Twenty-seventh Lowa Volunteers, 100 days, Served in the late war.
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JOHN W. CHAUDOINS, the earliest pioneer of this locality, now Louisburg. Farmer,
dealer in, and feeder of live stock. Has farm of 320 acres on Section 3, Township of Middle
Creek. Resides in the city of Louisburg. Mr. Chaudoins was born in Simpson County,
Ky., of French parentage, December 18, 1832. He was brought up on a farm, and moved
to Missouri, in 1853, and soon after came to Kansas. He spent afew years in an unsettled
manner between Missouri and Kansas, and in 1857, purchased land in Wea, near what is
now Louisburg; at that time there was not even a wagon road laid out inthis region. He
was engaged in farming and stock growing at this place several years anid then moved to
Middle Creek Township, same,county, where he now has a fine farm of 320 acres. During
the late war he held a Second Lieutenant’s commission in the Kansas Militia, and did good
service. He has held the position of Township Trustee of Wea two terms. Mr. Chaudoins
was married in 1857, in Cass County, Mo., to Miss E. L. Boren, daughter of Richard Boren.
Mr. Chaudoins was the first white man to settle on the site of Louisburg, where he built ine
first house in the town,

JA S W. CHILES. farmer, Section 4, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Spring Hill, is a
native of Kentucky, and was born in Todd County, February 22, 1843. He passed his early
youth in his native county and became a student of Bethel College, Logan County.Ky. At the
age of seventeen years, at the breaking out of the late war, he left the university to enter the
Confederate service, in which he served four years. He was married November 15, 1865, to
Miss Clemie, daughter of James McElwain. Mrs. Chiles was born in Kentucky. They have
five children living, John, Sallie. Deanie, William and James P. Mr. Chiles las a fine farm
of 240 acres and is devoting considerable attention to the breeding of blooded horses and
mules. His stock embraces some of the finest Kentucky stock.

JACOB COMBS, farmer, P. 0. Louisburg, Section 8, Township 16, Range 25, has elghty
acres of land, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1819, moved to Crawford County while
quite young, was brought up ona farm; moved to Buchanan County, Mo., in 1839, spent
seven years in that locality and then moved toIowa. In 1862 he, with his family, immigrated
by wagon to Oregon, spend{ng six months without sleeping in a house. He spent two years
in Oregon and Washington Territory, but, being dissatisfied with the climate, he brought
his family back to lowa by team, spending four months on the return trip. During their
travels over the then unsettled regions of the West they were exposed to attacks from
numerous bands of hostile Indians then ranging over that region. In 1869 Mr. Combs
moved from Iowa to Kansas and located on his present farm in Wea Township.

J. E. COOPER, farmer, Section 7, Township 16, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg, was born in
Hampshire County, Va., in 1833. His father being proprietor of a large tannery, he learned
the trade of tanner and currier. He then spent several years in travel in various $ ates. In
the fall of 1865 he moved to Ghio, and from there to Kansas in the spring of 1868. He located
in Miami County, in Township 16, Range 24, Wea, where he was engaged in farming. In
1876 he purchased the east half of Section 7, Township 16, Range 25, 32U acres. The fol-
lowing year he removed to this tract, then in its natural and unimproved condition. Mr.
Cooper, at this writing, 1883, has, by industry and good management, made it one of the
best improved farms in the county. The never-failing springs and brooks on the southern
portion of this farm are of immense advantage in stock growing.

LORENZO D. CROTCHETT, farmer, Section 5, Township 16, Range 25, P. O. Louis-
burg, was born in Pope County, Ill., February 20, 1821. His parents were among the very
earliest pioneers of that region. He was brought up on a farm and resided in Illinois till the
fall of 1866, when he removed to Jackson County, Mo.; remained in that county till March,
1869, when he came to Kansas and settled on his present farm, Section 5, Wea. Mr. Crotch-
ett has a finely improved farm of 874% acres. He was married in Pope County, III., in 1845,
to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Tanner. Mrs. Crotchett was born in Kentucky. They
have had ten children, eight of whom are living. The eldest, Amanda J., died, aged seven-
teen years, William H. and John W. are extensively engaged in farming in Wea Township,
Thomas J., Lorenzo D., Margaret E.(now Mrs. Jacob Combs, of McPherson Co., Kan.),
Charles P., Charly (died, aged ten years), Luzan and Mary Jd.

W. H. CROTCHETT., farmer, Section 8, Township 16, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg, has 240
acres, was born in Pope County, IIl., September 1, 1846, was brought up ona farm, moved
to Cass County, Mo., inthe fall of 1866, and from there to Wea, Kansas, in 1869, and has
since been a resident of this town. He was married in Cass County, Mo., February 15, 1872,
to Miss M. J. Morrow, daughter of Robert Morrow. Mrs. Crotchett was born in California.
They bave a family of six children. Mr. Crotchett nade his home on his present farm
immediately after his marriage. :

JAMES C. CUSEY, farmer, Section 32, Township 16, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg. The
subject of this sketch is a native of Ashland County, Ohio, and was born May 1, 1831. He
received a cominon school education, and began the business of life as a farmer and stock
grower, In 1856, he moved to Iowa and located 1n Humboldt County, where he was engaged
in his former line of business. He took an active interest in, and became prominently iden-
tified with, the improvement and development of thatregion. He was chiefly instruinental
in securing the esfablishment of the State Agricultural College at Ames, Story County, and
for four years served as a member of the Board of Trustees of that institution. By his ener-
getic and untiring eftorts contributed largely to its well-known success. He was elected
Sheriff of Humboldt County, was re-elected and served four years, discharging the
duties of the office with ability and fidelity. In 1870 he removed to Kansas and purchased
alarge farm on Section 1, Township of Paola, Miami County. Although a Republican in

olitics, his love of good government, and an honest administration of public affairs caused
him to affiliate with the reform movement in opposition to his party, or what he believed to
be a corrupt ring controling its operations. He was elected in 1873, on the Reform ti¢ket as
a member of the Lower House of the Kansas Legislature; was re-elected in 1874, and
servedtwoterms. He took a leading part in the business of the House and served on sev-
eralimportant committees. In 13875, much against his inclination, he was nominated by
the Reform party astheir candidate for Governor, and, although defeated with the rest of
the ticket, he had the satisfaction of receiving the very flattering home endorsement of
1,218 votes in Miami County against 855 for his opponent, Mr. Osborn. The majority against
him in the State was about 7,000, as shown by the official count. But had the illegal votes
cast in unorganized western counties been rejected, the result would have been reversed.
Mr. Cusey has taken an active part in favor of an honest and economical administration of
county affairs in opposition to all sorts of jobbing and _ corruption, and under the influence
of the reform movement has hail the satisfaction of seeing the expenses of the county gov-
ernment reduced nearly half. He was married in Licking County, Ohio, December 28, 1854,
to Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel Musselman. They have a family of six children, two
sons and four daughters, In the fall of 1878, Mr. Cusey sold out in Paola Township and
purchased his present well-cultivated farm, of 340 acres, on Section 32, Wea, adjacent to

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D. FRANK DAYTON, farmer, Section 21, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Somerset. The
subject of this sketch is one of the earliest pioneers of Miami County. Having settled on
the northeast quarter of Section 23, Township 15, Range 23, now Marysville Township, in
June, 1857. In 1867, he moved to his presentfarm. His farm consists of 64414 acres of
fine land, 100 acres of which is timber land. Mr. Dayton was born in Rutland County, Vt.,
December 1, 1819. He was brought up a fariner, and moved to Branch County, Mich,, in
1855. Two years later he came to Kansas, June, 1857. During the late war he served in
the Kansas Militia, in defense of the State. He was married in Vermont, July 3. 1842, to
Miss Maria Brown. Two children were born of this marriage—Mary B., and Mary, the
eldest died in childhood. Mrs, Dayton dled May 26, 1851. Mr. Dayton was married again
June 17, 1853, at Gilead, Branch Co., Mich.,to Mrs. Jane Maxson, widow of Dr. William
Maxson, and daughter of Job Williams. Mrs. Dayton was_ born in Onondaga County, N.Y.
Three children were born of this marriage—Alfred A., Fred. A., and Frank BE. The two
elder died in childhood, the youngest, Frank E., is residing with his parents. Mr. Dayton,
now inthe evening of his days, is in the enjoyment of all the advantages of a thrifty, well-
improved, and well-ordered farm. His buildings are tasty and commodious, and the stran-
ger is always sure of a hearty welcome at the fireside of the gental-hearted ploneer,

REUBEN FELLOWS, farmer, Section 27, rowusilp 16, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg,
- was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., in 1831. Moved to Pine Valley, Pa., when quite young,
and from there to Palmer, N. Y. When seventeen years of age he began learning the car-
penter’s trade, became master of calling, and worked atthat trade many years, Shortly be-

ore the war he moved to Kane County, fll. Inthe fall of 1861 he enlisted In Com any I,
Eighth Illinois Cavalry; was appointed First Sergeant, and served three years. He came
to Kansas in 1866 and located on bis present farm of 160 acres. Mr. Fellows worked at his
trade in Louisburg several years after he had located on his farm, has one of the best im-
proved farms of this rich neighborhood. In addition to his quarter section in Wea, he has
aten acretimber tract in Middle Creek Township. He was married in New York in 1853
to Miss Mary Jane Colburn, who died within two years after her marriage(1855). Mr. Fel-
lows was married again at Aurora, [IL, October 27, 1859. to Miss Mary A., daughter of
Lewis Pipher. Mrs, Fellows was born in Jetferson Co., N. Y. They have bad four children—
Leon died aged twelve years. The others are living—Lula M., Jessie M, and Harry M.

M. A. FESSENDEN, merchant, dealer in dry FoUds Frogeries, boots, shoes and queens-
ware, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. ¥.,in 1829. Was proupilt up a farmer and
removed to Cass County, Mich., in 1848. Was engaged in farming in that county till 1865,
when he removed.to Nemaha County, Kansas, and two years later moved to the site of Lit-
tle St. Louis, now Louisburg, Miami County. Helped build the first house in the place; was
a carpenter by trade, and in pursuance of that calling built many or the early houges of this
place. About 1670 he engaged in mercantile business with Mr, M. Reed, under the firm
name of Reed & Fessenden, and@subsequently was interested in the same line with Mr. Wil-
liam Wright. Since 1880 has been alone in business. He now carries a full stock in his
line of $5,000 value. He was one of the proprietors of Reed & Fessenden’s addition to
Louisburg. He is at preseut the owner of a fine farm of 320 acres, situated in Coffey
County. Sar Fessenden has served two terms as Township Treasurer of Wea, and is now
serving as amember of the first City Counci} of ‘Louisburg. He was married in 1840, in
Oakland County, Mich., to Miss Polly Thompson, who died in 1847, leaving one child, a son,
Willard, now ot Coffey County, Kansas. Mr. Fessenden was subsequently married in Van

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Buren County. to Miss Polly, daughter of R. Bell. There are three children of this mar-
marrlage—Edgar, Owen and Frank. : e

JACOB FLANDERS, farmer, Section 33, Township 15, Range 24, P. O. Spring Hill,
was born in Washington County, Ohio, May 9, 1832. Was brought up a farmer, and emi-
grated to Kansas in October, 1867. He located on his present farm of 120 acres on Section
33, Wea. Mr. Flanders was married in Ohio, April 27, 1857, to M, Eunice Palmer, daughter
of’ Joseph Palmer. Mrs. Flanders was born in Ohio, They have two sons—Charles D. and
Truman E.

NEHEMIAH FLANDERS, farmer, Section 20, Township 15, Range 24, P.O. Spring
Hill, was born in Washington County, Ohio. March 16,1834. Served his time to the trade
of carpenter and joiner, and followed that vocation Lill 1864,in his native State. He then
came to Kansas, where he worked as carpenter and builder till the fall of 1869. He then
settled on his present farm in Wea. He was married in Ohio September 23, 1858, to Miss
Jane M. Steward, daughter of John A. Steward. Mrs. Flanders was bornin Noble County,
Ohio. They have five children—John W., Florence E., Judson R., William O. and Ed-
win W. s
oO. L. GARDNER, farmer, Section 32, Township 16, Range 25, P. O,.Louisburg, was
born in Otsego County, N. Y., in July 1833; when eight years of age he moved with his

arents to Massachusetts, resided in the old Bay State, until seventeen oars of age, when
he moved to Illinois. In 1859, he went to Lowa, remained until the following year and re-
turned to Illinois. In the fall of 1861, he enliste:| in Company I, Eighth Llinois Cavalry and
served three years, inthe late war. In April 1867, he came to Miami County. Kati. and
purchased his present farm adjacent to the city of Louisburg. He was married inthe fall
of 1865, in Illinoisto Miss Alice, daughter of Asa Ellithurp. They have three children—
Oscar, Ida and Lester. “ ‘ |

JAMES M. GASAWAY, farmer, Section 31, Township 15, Range 24, P. O. Spring Hill,
was born in Jefferson County, Ind., March 2, 1835. He learned the carpenter's trade, immi-
grated to Kansas in March, 1857, located at Wyandotte, then only an Indian town composed
of log huts, He remained Lut a short time at AV yandotte: and then established himself at
Quindaro, of Wyandotte County. In April, 1858, he moved to Wea, Miami County, and took
up a homestead on Sections 31 and 32, Township 15, Range 24. He afterwards pre-empted
the same lauds and paid the Government of $1.25 per acre, and has made bis home on this
land to the present time. During the late war he served in the Kansas Militia. He was
married December 18, 1859, in Bates County, Mo.,to Miss Agnes Munkres; five children
-were born to them, four of whom are living—Mary A., Laura D, John M. and Nathaniel
D. Mrs. Gasaway died January 27, 1870. r. Gasaway was married in Miami County,
Kan., June 6, 1871, to Olive Lavett, daughter of John Lavett. Mrs. Gasaway was born
in Hampshire County, Va. They have slx children -Bertba L., Leefy, Harvey B., Albert

., Nora O. and one daughter unnamed.

PETER W. GOEBEL, dealer in drugs, books, stationery, insurance agent, notary and
conveyancer, was born in Germany, in 1858, came to America, in January 1873, located in
west part of the Township of Wea, Miami Co., Kansas. In 1875, he came to Louisburg, and
clerked for S. W. Moore, druggist, till Jpn 1879, when he started his present business.

He has a well stocked store in his line and carries an average stock of $3,500. Mr. Goebel,
has heen Treasurer of Wea Township three years, and District School Clerk; at the first city
election of Louisburg, in 1882, he was chosen City Treasurer.

JOSEPH N. GRIMES, farmer, Section 30, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Somerset. was
born in Guernsey County, Ohio, December 25, 1846. He moved to IHinols with his parents in
1857, where he was brought up onafarm. In1872, hecame to Kansas and settled in Wea,
Miami County. He was married in Kansas, April 3, 1878, to Miss Nora Markley, daughter
of H, A. Markley. Thev have two sons—William and Howard. Immediately after his
marriage, Mr. Grimes located on his present farm of 150 acres on Section 30.

GEORGE W. HAND, farmer and live stock dealer resides in Louisburg; has a farm of
110 acreson Sections 17 and 20, Wea. Mr. Hand was born in McLean County, IIL, in 1827,
was brought up a farmer and stock grower. He moved to Iowa, in 1855, settled in Hum-
boldt County, where he had a tract of 1,500 acres and was largely interested in stock grow-
ing. He was a pioneer of that region, his family being the second to settle in that county. He
was elected a member of the Lower House of the Iowa Legislature, in 1864, and re-elected
in 1865. He was also County School Fund Commissioner for Kossuth County. Towa. In
1869, he moved to Kansas, and bought a half section of land (320 acres), in Wea Miami
County, and subsequently bought his present farm in the same town. He has been engaged
in growing and dealing in live stock continuously since; he has kept from 50 to 100 head
of cattle and about 200 head of hogs. He sold his half section of land to his son John W.,
and in the fall of 1879 moved to the village of Louisburg.

JOHN W. HAND, farmer, P. O. Louisburg, grower of and dealer in live stock, resides

 

on Section 32, adjacent to the city of Louisburg, where he has eighty acres of land. He also
has 160 acres in Section 29, same town, and eighty acres in Middle Creek, making in all 320
acres. He also has several city lots, Mr. Hand was born in McLean County, Ills., in Octo-
bor, 1848; moved with his parents to Humboldt County, Iowa, in 1855, where on attaining
his majority he became a partner of his father, G. W. Hand.in a large stock farm of 1,500
acres. In 1869, he moved to Wea still in company, with his father and purchased a half
section of land (320 acres), where they continued the stock business. J. W. subsequently
bought his father’s interests and is now operating alone. In 1878, he moved to his present
residence near the city of Louisburg. i i

D. WILSON HAYS, physician and surgeon, was born in Fulton County, Ill, in 1858.
He was educated in the Canton High School, and took a-regular business course at the Jack-
sonville Business College. He entered upon the study of medicine in the medical depart-
ment of the University of Louisville, Ky., and received the degree of M. D. in March, 1882.
He located in Louisburg, Kan., and entered upon the practice of his profession. Dr. Hays
is a promising young physician, and has already acquired a flattering reputation as a sur-

geon.

JACOB HEDRICK, farmer, P. 0. Louisburg, Section 19, Township 16, Range 25, has
eighty acres in his farm and a tract of eight acres adjoining the city of Louisburg. Mr.
Hedrick was born In Fioming VoUney, Ky., in 1824. Was brought up a farmer, and removed
to McLean County, Ill., in 1850. He was engaged in farming in that county till the summer
of 1868, when he etn letated to Kansas, arriving in Wea, Miami County, duly 10. He had
previously purchased his present farm, which he has under a high state of cultivation. Mr,

edrick is now serving his fourth term as Trustee of the Township of Wea. Under the Jaws of
Kansas this is the most important township*office, the Trustee being the executive officer of
thetown. The duties of Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, Road Commissioner, Fence Viewer,
and Prairie Fire Warden, etc., all devolve on the Trustee. Wea Township is the largest and
wealthiest in Miami County, having an area of ninety-four square miles, making the office
of Trustee one of considerable responsibility,

_ DAVID H. HEFLEBOWER, farmer, Section 32, Township 15, Range 24, P. O. Spring
Hill, was one of the earliest pioneers of the township of Wea, and the largest landed pro-
prigtors having at this date a number of fine farms aggregating 2,120 acres. If lying ina

ody this property would form a tract one mile wide by a little more than three and a quar-
ter miles long. This land is all first-class, every farm is improved, and all occupied by
tenants except his homestead. Mr. Heflebower was born in Jefferson County, Va., January

. 1836; removed to Hampshire County with his parents when six years of age; when twen-
ty-one he started West (1857); spent the summer of that year in Missouri, and in the fall
came to Kansas and located ou the quarter ssection, where he now resides. His success in
acquiring an almost princely estate is due to the possession of superior business qualifica-
tions, a sagacious knowledge of men and values, and an energy and pluck that never weak-
ened, earnest aud ‘ambitious of success in business, at home a genial, kind-hearted gentle-
man, He was married in Miami County, Kan., December 12, 1860, to Miss Lucy A. Holden,
daughter of William and Mary Holden. Mrs. Heflebower was born in Ohio. They have
six children, the eldest, Edmonia, is the wife of Lambert Newton, of Spring Hill, Kan.
Frances G. is the wife of Charles Stacy, of Wea. The younger members, Ww. Dexter, Ollie,
Mary and Ethie, are at home.

LZROM HEFLEBOWER, farmer, Section 22, Township 15, Range 24, P. O. Spring Hill.
Mr. Heflebower ts one of the fewremaining pioneers of 1858.. He stuck his stakes in the
Township of Wea, in the spring of that year. By persevering industry and good manage-
ment, he has acquired a Jarge property. His several farms aggregate 1.500 acres, aid are
classed among the best of this fertile replon. He was born in Jefferson County, Va.,in 1829,
moved to Hampshire County in his youth, and from there to Missouri in 1857. The follow-
ing spring he came to Kansas, and located on his present farm. During the late war he
served in the Kansas Militia He was married February 2, 1860, to Miss Mary McKee.
daughter of Josep McKee. hey. have four children living—Luther, Virginia, Charles and
Clarence. Mrs. Heflebower died in August, 1872. Mr. Heflebower was married again Feb-
puary4. 1875, to Miss Belle Brown, who died December 23, 1880, leaving one child, a son—

EMANUEL F. HEISLER, editor of the Louisburg Herald, was born in Ashland, Ohio.
October 25, 1838. At the age of fifteen he moved to Indiana, where he followed teaching as

rofession. Just prior to the beginning of the civil war, he moved to Platte County, Mo.,
where he engaed inteaching. On the Fourth of July, 1861, he organized and couducted a
celebration, at which be raised the only Union flag that was shown on that day in that coun-
ty, Soon thereafter he received a pressing invitation to leave the State, which invitation,
without discussing the questions involved, he promptly accepted, and located in Wyandotte
County, Kan. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Fourth Kansas Infantry, and was
transferred to the Sixth Cavalry, and in this regiment was promoted to Second Lieutenant.
On the 2d of September, he was wounded at the battle of Drywood, Mo., in a contest with
the Rebel Gen. Price, He served in the army over three years, and after the close of his
term of service he returned to Wyandotte County, and re-engaged in teaching. He was
elected County Superintendent of Schools, and served, by re-elections, six years. In 1870
he published a war map of Wyandotte County, and in 1874 an Historical Atlas of Johnson

County. Inthe spring of 1876 h
and Mant ‘Herald. g 876 he came to Louisburg, and on July 4 started the Louisburg
MIAMI COUNTY.

THOMAS HODGES, of the firm of Hodges & Wright, druggists, was born in Scott
County, Ill., April 22, 1853. He came to Kansas in ‘August, 1878 and made his home in
Somerset, Miami County, He went to Osawatomie in 1879, and engaged in the drug busi-
ness. He sold out, and engaged as salesman for Chestnut Brothers, merchants, until
February 15, 1883, when he came to Louisburg, and formed a partnership with William M.
Wright & Son, R. A., under the firm name of Hodges & Wright, successors to Peter Goebel.
This firm carries an average stock of $3,000, keeping a full assortment of Urugs and medi-
cines, books and stationery, and toilet articles. .

THOMAS HOLDEN, farmer, Section 27, Township 15, Range 24, P. O. Spring Hill, is one

of the few remaining pioneers of 1858. Mr. Holden was born in Western Virginia, in 1816;
moved to Washington County, Ohio, with his parents, when three yea's of age, 1819. He
was thus from childhood a pioneer. He was married in Ohio, in’ 1841, to Miss Hannah
Flanders. They had five children—four daughters and oneson. Theeldest, Mary C., is Mrs.
E. Hollingsworth, of Ohio; Jane, is Mrs. Charles Giller, of Missouri; Sarah A. i$ Mrs. John
Smith; Hannah M. is Mrs. M. Doherty, of Coffey County, Kan.; the son, George, is married
and lives in Wea, Mr. Holden emigrated to Miami County, Kan,, in the spring of 1858, ani
settled in Wea. Mrs. Holden diedin 1868, and Mr. Holden married again in 1878, Mrs. M.
A. Purdom, widow of John Purdom, and daughter of Daniel Cathcart. She had one child
by her former marriage—EvaO. Mrs, Holden was married prior to her marriage with Mr.
Purdom to Frederick Ford, by whom she had one son—¥rank. There are two children by
the present marriage—Thomas W. and Francis E. Holden. .
_ A A. K HT, farmer, Section 36, Township 15, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg, was born
in Susquehanna County, Pa., March 26,1827. He was Prous HE up a farmer; when seven-
teen years of age he moved to La Salle County, Ill, where he resided till February, 1870,
when he came to Kansas and settled in the township of Wea, He was married in Illinois,
February 20, 1856, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Daniel Post. Mrs. Knight was born in the
State of New York. They have had four children, the eldest, Arthur, died aged three years;
Orson A., Edward L. and Cora, the latter died aged seven years. Mr. Knight has a well
wa ered and fertile farm of 320 acres.

WILLIAM LANTZ, farmer, Section 28, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Somerset, was
born at Harper’s Ferry, Va., October 15, 1823. Moved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in child-
hood, learned the carpenter trade, at which he workedeighteen years, In 1857 he moved to
Illinoisand made his home in Christian Gounty till 1869, when he came to Kansas and lo-

‘cated on his present farm of 160 acres. He was married in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in
April, 1843 to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Conrad Lawes. Mrs. Lantz wa: born in Pennsy]
vania, They have seven child living—Sarah A. is the wife of Monroe Walcher, of Louis-
burg Saloama was Mrs. Wm. Dorsey, died May 9, 1881, leaving three children; Elizabeth
is Mrs, Geo. McQueen, of Middle Creek; Hiram, Mary and William. Mr. Lantz has a plea
santly situated farm, well watered and timbered, and particularly suitable for stock pur
poses.

P, F. LATIMER, farmer, Section 2, Township 16, Range 24, P.O. Louisburg. Mr. Lat-
imer was born and brought up in the city of St. Louis, Mo., the date of his Sirth being
September 10, 1830. He learned the trade of wagon and carriage maker and engaged in
Dusiness at St. Louis. In’1851 he removed to Westport, Mo., where he was engaged in the
same business until 1864, when he came to Kansas and settled on his present farm. Mr.
Latimer has various local offices, having served three years (1870, 1871 and 1872) as Trus-
tee of the township of Wea and County Commissioner for the years 1874, 1875, 1876 and
1877. He hasa wellimproved farm of 704 acres, lying nearly in a body, in Wea. He was
married in Missouri, May, 1852, to Miss Mary J. Dresser, who died April 8 1868. Mr. Lat-
imer was married again, April 11, 1871, in Wea, to Miss Lagenue Wickline, dauyhter of
Governor Wickline. rs. Latimer was born in Virginia. They have four children—Ann?
Laura, Robert L., Inez L. and Zula H.

JAMES T. LEM, farmer, Section 21, Township 15, Range 25, P. O. Wea, was born in
Wyandot County, Ohio, in June 9, 1846, and_ was brought up a farmer. He was married,
September 14, 1869, in his native county to Miss Laura A. Van Gundy, daughter of William
Van Gundy.Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.Lee moved to Kansas and settled
in Wea, Miami County, arriving here October 13, 1869. One child, a daughter named Laura,
was born to them. s. Lee survived the birth of her child but a short time, dying Septem -
ber 21,1870. Mr. Lee was married peain December 25, 1877, at Olatha, Kas., to Miss Mary
E., daughter of L.T. Brown. Two children were born of this marriage—Floyd M. and Earle
V. Mr. Lee has a well improved farm of 160 acres situated on Section 21.

LAFAYETTE LEE, farmer, Section 20, Township 16, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg, was
bornin Putnam Connty, Ohio, November 22, 1841; moved to yandot County, Ohio, in
early youth, and was brought upon a farm. Enlisted in the late war in August, 1662, in
Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the
close of the war. Was captured at the battle of Winchester, in June, 1863; was held a pris-
oner one month and then paroled. He was twice wounded at the battle of Winchester, Sep-
tember 16, 1864; on recovering his health rejoined his regiment. Served under Grant, and
was present at Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. In October, 1869, he moved to Kansas and
located in the township of Wea, on Section 28, Township 15, Range 25, where he resided
till March, 1882, when, having sold out and purchased his present farm of 160 acres on Sec-
tion 20, he moved to this place. Mr. Lee has one of the finest farms inthis county, situated
within a mile of the city of Louisburg. He was married in Senéca County, Ohio, September
2, 1868, to Miss M. J., daughter of David S. Jackson. Mys. Lee was born in Crawford Coun-

io, They have four children—Ezra V., Charles H., Artie M. and Hugh.
MAS P, LEWIS, farmer, Section 25, Township 16, Range 24, P. 0. Louisburg, was
born in Warren County, Ill, August 12, 1843. Was brought up a farmer, and immigrated to
Kansas in February, 1869; he purchased his present farm, which was then only partially
improved. H*! now has 722% acres of land, 400 of which are under cultivation. His build-
ings are large and convenient, his barn being one of the largest and best appointed in the
county. Mr. Lewis has served two terms as Treasurer of Wea Township. e was married
in 1867, to Miss Zilpah, daughter of Benjamin Morford. Mrs. Lewis was bornin Pennsyl-
vania, They have six children—Arthur B , George E., Oscar T., H. Mills, Frank M. a d Cora

Mr. Lewis is largely interested in the growing of live stock. .

J. C. LOVETT, farmer, Section 34, Township 15, Range 24, P.O. Spring Hill, was born
in Frederick County, Va., March 6, 1843. Emigrated to Kansas, arriving in Wea, Novem-
ber 25, 1865. Purchased his present farm on Section 34. He has lately made the substan-
tial improvement of a fine residence. Mr. Lovett was married in Virginia, in 1864, October
18, to Miss Edmonia Hefiebower, daughter of David Heflebower. Mrs, Lovett was born in
Virginia. They have five children living; have lostone. Their names in orderare: Vir-
ginia, Sally V., John K., (Clifford M. died aged two years), Lillie M. and Wade W.

P. H. McGUIRK, harness maker, and dealer in harness, saddles and everything belong-
ing to hisline. Mr. McGuirk established_his present business in December, 1882; carries
a stock of $1,500 value. He was bornin Ireland in 1849; emigrated to America with his
parents when only two years of age (1851). The family located in Jackson County, Mo.,
near the Kansas border. During the slavery troubles of 1856 they were right in the track
of both parties, and were visited by both jayhawkers and border ruffians. In 1863 he went
to Kansas City, where he learned the harness making business. In 1866 he moved to Mid-
dle Creek, Miami Co., Kas., where he was engaged in farming till December, 1882, when he
located at Louisburg and engaged in his present business, When he settled in Middle Creek
he was not far distant from the site of Louisburg, but at that time there was nothing here
put the prairie grass, Mr-Chaudoins being the only settler. . Y

S. E. MCKEE, farmer, Section 5, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Spring Hill. Mr. McKee
was born in Frederick County, Va., in 1843; was brought up a farmer, and in 1866 emigrat-
ed tothe West. He spent several years in traveling, and in 1869 settled in Johnson County,
Kas., where he was engaged in farming till 1876, when he bought his present farm in Wea,
At the breaking out of the late war, when at the age of eighteen years, he entered the Uon-
federate army and served four years. He was married in Virginia.in the fall of 1865, to
Miss Martha Emimart, daughter of Abram Immart, They have seven children — Robert
Lee, Mary G., Lucy, Emma, Rettie, (Ettie died, aged three years), and Samuel E. Mr. Mc-

Kee has a fine farm of 245 acres situated on Section 5, Wea.

JOHN MONELLEY, Police Judge, was born in Fayette County, Pa., June 26,1812. He
was brought up a farmer, and moved to Madison County, Ohio, in 1834. thence to Illinois,
in 1837, and to Kansas, in 1857. He was one of the early pioneers of this State. He pur-
chased asection of land in Middle Creek Township, at the Government sales of 1857, mak-
ing his home on Section 36. He subsequently bought more land, and after giving 160 acres
each to his two children, he has 370 acres left. He continued to conduct his farm and to
grow stock quite extensively, until February, 1882, having passed twenty-five years on his
land, he then retired to the city of Louisburg. He was elected the first Police Judge of this

lace on its organization as a City, in the fall of 1882. He has held the position of County
Bommissioner of Miami County, two terms, and Justice of the Peace, fourteen years, and
Township Treasurer, four years. He was married in Pennsylvania, in 1832, to Miss Isa-
bella Edgar, by whom he had three children; two, only, lived to maturity, a son and a
daughter. Mrs. McNelley died in1878. Mr. McNelley was married again, November 28,
1881, to Mrs. Mary Cowperthwaite, widow of Constance C. Cowperthwaite. Mrs, McNelley
had five children by her former marriage, all of whom are living.

WwW. W. MAGRUDER, farmer, Section 15, Township 16, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg, was
born in Fredrick County, Va., February 7, 1822, and moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, in
1836, where he was engaged in farming. In the spring of 1869, he moved to Kansas and
located on his present farm. He has now a well-cultivated farm of 160 acres, and his son-
in-law, Mr. W. H. Foster, has 240 acres adjacent, which was formerly & part of Mr, Magru-
der’s tract. Mr. Magruder was married in Ohio, in 1843, to Miss Catharine, daughter of
William Lacey. Mrs. Magruder was born in Ohio, in 1824, They have four children
(daughters). ‘The eldest, Caroline, is the wife of Henry Smith, of Ohio; the second, Sarah,
is Mrs. T. L. Wiseman, of Missouri; the third, Louisa V., is the wife of Charles Berry, of
Ohio; the youngest, [da M., is Mrs. W. H. Foster, of Wea, Kas.

WILLIAM MARTIN, farmer, Section 4, Township 16, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg,
was born in Fayette County, Va., June 24, 1818, and resided in Virginia till 1850, and then

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moved to Cass County. Mo. In 1860, he removed to the township of Middle Creek, Miam1
Co,, Kas, Three years later, he purchased a farm adjoining the village of Louisburg, where
he resided till 1872, when he sold out and purchased 320 acres on Section 4, same town-
ship. Hehassince conveyed all but eighty-three acres to his children. Mr. Martin was
marriedin Fayette County, Va., January 20, 1841, to Miss Helen, daughter of Edward
Sims. They have hada family of eleven children, eight of whom are living: Edna is the
wife of A. Watson; Mary is Mrs. John Q, White; Mildred is Mrs. Benj. ingrove; Wil-
liam H: died, aged eleven years; Charles E. lives in Wea; Rebecca A. is the wife of L.
Martin; Joseph C.; Eunice died, aged twenty-five years; John; Sarah E. died in child-
hood; Peter is married and living at the old homestead. They have also an adopted son—
Charles Sims, a nephew of Mrs. Martin. Charles E., the eldest living son, enlisted in the
lat+ war when only sixteen years of age, ina Kansas regiment, and served on the frontier.
He was one of adetachment that fell into an Indian ambush, where he and one other, only,
escaped death. Their comrades were horribly mutilated. Young Martin was saved by
being well mounted.

ADAM MILLER, farmer, Section 29, Township 15, Range 25, P.O. Wea, was born in
Germany, August 1, 1829, immigrated to Americain 1856, and located in Seneca County,
N.Y. Spentone year in that county, and tn moved to Kendall County, IIl., where he
was engaged in farming, until 1869. He then moved to Wea, Miami Co., Kas., and pur-
chased his present farm He now has a well cultivated farm of 400 acres, Previous to
coming to America, he served six years asa soldier in the German Army. He was mar-
ried in Kendal) County, Ill, to Miss Caroline Finch, daughter of Darius Finch. Mrs.
Miller was born in [llinois. They have a family of nine children, four sons and five
daughters. Mr. Miller is esteemed as one of the leading farmers, as well as one of the
most respected citizens of Miami County. $

JOSEPH MOORE, farmer, Section 33, Township 16, Range 25, P. 0. Louisburg. He
was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 22,1809. He wasbroughtupafarmer. In 1837
he moved to Warren County, Ind., where he wasapioneer. He resided in Indiana until
1866, when he moved to Kansas, arriving in Miami County October 13th of that year, and
settled on his present farm of 180 acres, situated on Section 33, Township 16, Range 25,
Wea, Mr. Moore was mirriedin Ohio, in 1837, to Miss Rhoda, daugnter ofjWilliam and
Mary Lawrence. Mrs. Moore was born and married in Pickaway County, Ohio. Both Mr,
and Mrs. Moore are tall of stature and have a family of seven sons, aJ] living, the smallest
of whom is six feet one inch and the tallest six feet seven inchesin height. The eldest son,
Lindley M., resides at Danville, Ill. Thesecond, Samuel W., is the present postmaster of
Louisville, Kan. The third, Richard H., of McPherson County, Kan., Joseph L,, of Wea,
Joshua hee of McPherson County, Kan. The youngest, Kansas F., lives at the old home-
stead in Wea.

SAMUEL W. MOORE, dealer in drugs, and medicines, books and stationery; Post-
master and first Mayor of Louisburg. r. Moore is a native of Warren County, Ind., and
was born in 1843. He received his primary education in the common schools of that coun-
ty and attended one year at the Evans Union College. In 1866 he moved to Kansas and lo-
cated at Paola, where he was engaged in teaching until 1870. He then came to Louisburg
and formed a partnership in the drug business with Dr. Odell under the firm name of
Odell & Moore. Dr. Odell subsequently sold outto Dr. J. D. Bryan, who sold his interest to
Mr. Moore in 1875, since which time Mr. Moore has conducted the business alone. He
was appointed Postmaster of Louisburg in 1871, and has held the office continuously
to this date. ‘He was elected the first Mayor of Louisburg, in 1882. Mr. Moore enlisted
inthe late war as a private of Company K, One Hundred and Fifth Indiana Volunteers
in 1864 and served until the close of the war.

N RD, farmer, Section 27, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg; was
born in Mercer County, Penn., in 1850. In 1851 he moved with his parents to Warren
County, Ill. He residedin thatconnty till 1876, when he came to Kansas and made his
home in the Township of Wea, Miami County. He purchased his present farm of eight
acres in 1879; also hasten acres of timer in Middle Creek Township. He moved to his
farm in March, 1880. He was married in Warren County, II]., March 2, 1875, to Miss Flora,
daughter of Thomas Bell. Mrs. Morford was born in Fulton County, Ill. They have two
two children, daughters, Nina B.and Hattie. :

SIMON MYERS, farmer, resides in the city, has 265 acres of land situated on Sec-
tion 34, and on 14 and 15 Middle Creek. Mr. Myers was born in Cumberland County, Pa.,
in 1834. He removed to Ohio with his parents when three years of age. He was brought
up a farmer andimmigrated to Kansas in 1857 and located in the Township of Middle Creek,
Miami County, where he was engaged in farining and stock growing until the fall of 1882,
when he removed to the city of Louisburg, still retaining the ownership of hisland. Dur-
ing the late war Mr. Myers did duty as a member of the Kansas State Militia, _

JOSEPH E. NOEL, farmer, Section 11, Town 16, Range 25, P. O. West Line, Cass Co.,
Mo. Hewas born in Jackson County, Mo.,1n 1840. He was brought upafarmer. On the
breaking out of the late war he cast his lot with the Confederates, and served four years
as a member of Shelby’s Cavalry, in which he hel a.commission of First Lieutenant, In
1877 he moved to Miami County, Kan., Section 11, Wea. He has a well cultivated farm of
160 acres, one-half of which lies in Missouri and the other in Kansas, divided only by the
highway. .Mr. Noel has been a resident of the Township of Wea about six years, and is
widely known as one of its most respected citizens.

HIRAM L. PHILLIPS, farmer and stock raiser, was boro in Wayne, Ky., September 20.
1827, came to Tazewell County, Il],,with his parents in 1830. Their home was then the most
westerly limit of civilization in this latitude. He received his primary education in the com-
mon school, but subsequently attended the Louisville University of Kentucky, where he took
the degree of bachelor of laws in 1854. The degree was conferred by James Speed, afterward
Attorney General of the United States. Mr. Phillips spent some years in the practice of his
profession, and in teaching school. He moved to Putnam County, Mo., where heestablishd
a good law practice. He was elected District Attorney and served four years; was also
School Superintendent two years, during which time he organized and put in operation a
good system of schools. In 1871 he returned to Illinois, and farmed untjl 1877, when he
came to Louisburg, Kansas, and engaged in the lumber business, which he continued about
three years. Mr. Phillips has always been a great reader and thinker. and entertains ad-
vanced ideas in regard to the theories and practice of government under our system. His
conclusions arrayed him against the dominant party, and for fourteen years he has labored
by voice and pen in the interest of good government and in opposition to monopolies and
rings. In 1878 he was chosen the candidate of the anti-monopolists for Stare Senator for
the Twenty-first District of Kansas. His defeat was a foregone conclusion from the relative
strength of the parties, buthe made a creditable run, receiving about 600 votes. In 1880 he
was Greenback candidate for Lieutenant Gover: or, and received more votes than any one
onthe ticket. During the election of 1882 he was nominated by the same party for Con-
gressman atlarge. Mr. Phillips was married February 18, 1879, at Paola, Kansas, to Mrs,
Sue A. Wallace, daughter of Wm, A. Heiskell, the first Indian agent located at Paola. Mrs,
Phillips is a grand-niece of Dr. Lykins, after whom this county was first named; she was
the first white child born at Paola, Her birth occurred May 31, 1857. Mrs. Phillips is the
mother of two children by her preseut marriage, both daughters, and hasa son by her
former marriage. a ee

Dr. J. B. PLETCHER, physician and dealer in drugs, medicines and groceries, does an
office and consultation practice, r. Pletcher was born in Center County, Pa, in 1842;
moved to Kendall County, LIL, in 1854; received his literary education at Fowler Institute,
Kendall County. He enlisted in 1862 and served in the late war as a member of the Sixty-
ninth Illinois Hundred Day Volunteers, He came to Kansas in 1869, and to Luuisburg in
1872. In 1871 he began the study of medicine,andin 1874 attended the Eclectic Medical
College of Chicago, and took his M. D..degree in 1875. He began practice at Plattville, Ill.,
but soon removed to Big Rock, Kane County, and in April, 1877, returned to Kansas and
entered upon the practice of his profession at Louisburg. In August, 1877, he opened a
drug store, and has continued the business to this date. Sentember, 1882, he added a stock
of general groceries, h's average stock ranging about $3,000.

REV. JOHN REDEKER, resident pastor of the Holy Rosary Church (Catholic), situated
on Section 29, Township 15, Range 25. Father Redeker was born in Westphalia, Gerimanv,
June 22, 1854. He received his literary education in Germany, studied Theology at Belgium,
and was ordained at Mechlin, May 22, 1880. He immigrated to America the same year, ar-
riving in this country, October 29. He came direct to Kansas, and was assigned to the posi-
tion of assistant priest of the Catholic Church of Independence, Kansas. He was appointed
tO. bis present charge, October 231881, and immediately entered upon the discharge of his

uties,

E. W. RILEY, physician and surgeon,.was born.in Porter County, Ind., in 1850; was

brought up on a farm. received his primary education in the common schools, and at the
“age of thirteen attended St. Paul’s Academy, where he spent two years. He came to Kansas

in 1867, and located near Paola, onafarm. In 1871 heentered the Paola High School, and
taught till the fall of 1875. He then entered the State Normal School at Leavenworth, from
which he graduated in June, 1876. He then began the study of medicine, and at the same
time was engaged in teaching. In the fall of 1878 he entered the Medical College of Philadel-
phia, took a regular course, and received his degree of M. D. in 1880. He began practice with
r. Jacobs, of Osawatomie. In September, 1881, he came to Louisburg, where he now has
avery Hattering practice. .
SAMUEL RING, farmer, Section 26, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg,was born
in Ross County, Ohio. in 1820. Learned the blacksmith’s trade; moved to Indiana in 1851,
and the following year to McLean County, IIl., where he was engaged in farming in Illinois
till 1865, when he removed to north Missouri, and to Wea, Kan., in 1867. He located on his
present farm, where he has 460 acres well improved, and has, besides, 400 acres in Ander-
son County. Mr. Ring was married in Ohio, in 1844, to Miss Susan Senetf, Mrs. Ring died
November 19, 1869. Four children born of this marriage lived to maturity. Mr. Ring was
married again August 16, 1870, to Mrs. Matilda Cunningham, widow of Adam Cunningham
and daughter of Andrew Wilson. Mrs. Ring had two children by her former marriage, an7
three by the latter. "
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WILLIAM G, RINGER, farmer, Section 31, Township 16, Range 24, P.O. Paola, was
born in Somerset County, Pa., January 29, 1837. He was brought up ona farm, and when
twenty years of age went to Illinois and worked out till August, 1862. He then enlisted as
a private of Company U, Kighty-fourth Regiment Illinois infantry. He was with his com-
pany and regiment in all actions participated in by them, until he received a gunshot wound
atthe battle of Peacn Tree Creek, infront of Atlanta, July 20, 1864, by which he lost his
rightarm above the elbow. He received an honorable discharge in the winter of 1864-’65,
for physical disability caused by wounds received in action. The following summer he
went to the mountains of his native piace to recuperate his health, which was seriously im-
paired. He returned to Illinois in 1866y was engaged in collecting till 1868. He was mar-
ried March 3d of that year, and at once emigrated to Kansas, and settled on his present farm
in the Township of Wea. Mr. Ringer started with limited means asa pioneer of this re-

ion. He now has 400 acres of valuable improved land, 240 of which lies in Wea and 160 in

aola. His wife, Martha, is the daughter of Samuel Patrick, and was _bornin Kentucky.
They have two children (sons), Frank and William H. Mr, Ringer is a Republican in poli-
tics, and has always taken an active interest in the success of his party,

_ GEORGE H. ROBINSON, farmer, Section 31, Township 15, Range 24, P. O, Spring
Hill, was born in Greene County, Iil., August 29, 1839; was brought up afarmer. He en-
listed in August, 1862, in Company K, Ninety-first Illinois Infantry, and served three years.
He was captured December 27, 1862, at Elizav€thtown, Ky., by General Morgan, but was re-
leased on parole, after a few days’ detention, He was promoted to Orderly Sergeant of his
company, and served until March 27, 1865. He immigrated from Ilinois to Kansas in the
spring of 1866, and purchased his present farm, He was married in Greene Courty, It,
December 20, 1865, to Miss Rebecca T. Secor, daughter of E. J. Secor. Mrs, Robinson was
born in Greene County. They have a family of five children—Julia E., Maude E., Clyde C.,
Nettie G., and Ota R. Mr. Robinson has a well improved farm of 320 acres,

A. ROHRER, farmer, Section 8, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Hillsdale. Mr, Rohrer
was born in Holmes County, Ohio, November 3, 1840; was brought upa farmer. He en-
listed, in July, 1862, as a private of Company A, One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteers

_ and served three years, or till the close of the war. 1n 1866, he moved to Illinois, and lo~
cated in McLean County, where he resided till the latter part of 1868. He then came to
Kansas, arriving here in February, and March 7 of that year he located on his present
farm in Wea. Mr. Rohrer’s farm embraces 160 acres of well improved land. He was
married, in Ohio, in September, 1868, to Miss Annie Downs, daughter of Henry Downs.
Mrs. Rohrer was born in Ohio.

REUBEN ROWLAND, deceased, was one of the early settlers of the Township of Wea.
He was born in Pope County, Ill., October 8, 1838. He was brought upafarmer and was
married, November 24, 1859, to Miss Amanda, daughter of Thomas Tanner. ‘They moved
to Missouri in 1866, and two years later to Kansas. Mr. Rowland located on Section 5,
Township 16, Range 25, Wea, where he hada tine f rm of eighty acres, now the property
of his home and widow and children. He followed the occupation of a farmer until his
death, which occurred March 24,1879. Mr. Rowland was a man much respected as a good
citizen and neighbor, devoted to his family and home, He left a widow and seven children
to mourn the loss of husband and father, cut off in his prime. The family consists of four
sons and three daughters, named respectively—Thomas L., Mason A., Ada V., Lewis N.,
William H,, Rillaett and Alma R. : :

ROBERT W. SANDERS, blacksmith, is one of the pioneers of Louisburg. He erected
the first building on the main business street in the spring of 1871, which he used for a
blacksmith shop, and has been in business here continuously since. He was born in North
Easter, Ky , December 21, 1843. Received a common school education, and'served a regu-
lar apprenticeship to the blacksmith’s trade. Having completed his time at this trade, he
enlisted on the first call for troops in the late war in the spring of 1861; was one of the 75,-
000 accepted on the three months’ call, being a member of the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry.
At the expiration of the three months’ term, he returned to his home and helped to raise
Company C of the Tenth Cavalry, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, He was
subsequently promoted to First Lieutenant, and served with his company and regiment till
September, 1865. On his return from the war, he resumed work at his trade, which he
followed in Missouri, Texas and Kentucky. In 1870, he came to Little St. Louis, Miami Co.,
Kan., where he worked till the spring of 1871, when he built his shop in Louisburg. Mr.
Sanders has served two years as Clerk of Wea Township, ulso as Clerk of the School Dis-
trict, and at the first city election (Louisburg) was elected Marshal.

JACOB SCHWARTZ, farmer; Section 19, Township 15, Range 25, P. O. Wea, was bornin
Oberselters, Nassau, in 1832, October 22. He immigrated to Americain 1860, and came
direct to Kansas and purchased his present tarm, He now hasatract of 480 acres, which
is divided into three farms, each of them well iinproved. On the tarm he lives on, he has a
large and tasty farmhouse and good farm buildings. Mr. Schwartz was married, in the fall
of 1862, at Kansas City, Mo., to Miss Annie, daughter of Peter Shilo.. Mrs. S. was born in
Germany. She died in October, 1870, and left two children—Elizabeth and Dora. Elizabeth
died in November, 1873. Mr. Schwartz was married again, in 1872, to Miss Frances, daugh-
ter of Antony Bauer. She was born in the same town in Germany. They have three chil-
dren—Jacob, Frances and William. Mr. 8. has served four years as Treasurer of his School
District. During the late war, he did duty as a member of the Kansas State Militia.

WILLIAM SCHWARTZ, farmer and _ stock grower, Section 30, Township 15, Range 25,
P. O. Wea, was born in Prussia, May 4, 1837. He learned the millwright’s trade, and immi-
grated to America in 1856; spent one year in Pennsylvania, and then worked out in Mis-
souri until 1859, when he came to Kansas and purchased 40 acres of land in the town of
Wea, on Section 30, Townshio 15, Range 25, ou which he paid $15, all his available capital.
The following year, 1860, he built a small house and began to improve his land. He also
erected asmallsawand wind mill on his land, where he cut luinber for the settlers for
many milesabout. He also worked at his trade as opportunity offered, and soon acquired
means to purchase more land, until at this date, 1883, he has several fine farms, aggregat-
ing 1,500 acres. He began stock growing at an early day, and by judicious management
has been very successful in that branch of the business. He also buys and feeds stock for
market, having an average herd of eighty head of cattle, 200 hogs, and a large number of
horses and mules, He feeds on an average 12,000 bushels of corn annually, the most of
which is grown upon his own lands. Mr, Schwartz was*ainong the first settlers of Town-
ship 15, Range 25, and although commencing with very little he has acquired a large and
very valuable property, and justly ranks among the leading and influential citizens of Mi-
ami County. In fact, there is probably no man in the county whose judgment in his line
of businessis more respected or one who lias made so thorough a study of farming and
stock growing in this section, and demonstrates the correctness of his judgment by his suc-
cess. r. 8. was married in Kansas City, Mo., in 1864, to Miss Anna Dougherty daughter
of Thomas Dougherty. They have four children—Jacob A., Dora A., William A., and
Thomas E. S. r. §. has never been an office-seeker, but has accepted the office of Justice
of the Peace, and also of Township Treasurer, each of which he heldtwoterms, During
the late war he served three seasons as a member of the Kansas Militia,

ADAM SECK, farmer, Section 29, Township 15. Range 25, P.O. Wea, was born in
Nassau, Prussia, June 7, 1837. Served three years in the Prussian Army. He was marrled
in 1861, to Miss Helen, daughter of Jacob Schwartz. They have five clilldren—the eldest,
Mary, is the wife of John Stahl, of Wea; Jacob, Lizzie, Lena, and Katie. They have lost
two sons—Adam, aged Phintecn years, and Peter, aged three years. In the spring of 1866
Mr. Seck and family immigrated to America. He came direct to Kansas, and purchased his
present farm on Section 29, Wea, Mr. Seck has a well improved farm of 400 acres, with
good buildings, etc., aud 1s one of the prosperous farmers of Wea.

JACOB SECK, farmer, Section 20, Township 15, Range 25, P, O. Wea, was born In Nas-
sau, now Prussia, in 1841. He was married in 1865, to Miss Klizabeth, daughter of Jacob

‘Schwartz. They have a family of six children—Jacob, Elizabeth, William, Bernhard W.,
Anthony J.. and Albert. All but the eldest were born tn America, Mr. Seck emigrated to
this country in 1866; came directto Kansas, and located on his present farm. Ile now has
580 acres of land, a large portion of which is under a fine state of cultivation, His build-
ings are large and convenient, and, in fact, In the language of the West, he js well fixed,

J. A. SHELHAMMER, manufacturer of wagous and carriages, was born in Marion
County, Ind., in 1845. He jearned the wagon and carrlage making trade in that State, and
moved to Kansas in 1868, locating at Olathe, where le started asmall wagon shop.’ His
building was about 10x12 feet in size and was without a floor, while his working capital
was forty cents. In 1871 he moved to Louisburg and opened business in his line in a very
modest way and with limited means; by energy and Industry he has bullt up a fine business,
He now has large and commodious buildings appropriately fitted up for the manufacture of
wagons and carriages. He does a large amount of job work and repairing of which he
makes a specialty. e employs ten men and turns out about eighty !umber wagons and
from thirty to forty buggies annually. Mr. Shelhammer’s work gives the best of satisfac-
tion and his orders are always equal to the capacity of his work. - *

SPAWR & HEDRICK, proprietors of livery, sale and boarding stable; business estab-
lished in 1880 (April). This firm keep a fine lot of horses and carriages, and are attentive
to the wants of their patrons. The senior partner, Mr. V. M. Spawr, was born in McLean
County, Iil., in 1845; was brought up a farmer, and came to Kansas in 1870. He located
near Louisburg, Miami County, where he was engaged infarming two years. He then
moved to Allen County and farmed there till 1880, when be sold out and went into his pres-
ent business. The junior partner, Elijah Hedrick, was born In MeLean County, IIl., 1857;
came to Kansas in 1870 and was engageu in farming in Miaml County till 1880, when he
engaged in his present business,

N. H. STARRY, farmer, Section 26, Township 16, Range 24, P: O. Louisburg, was born
in Warren County, Ind., November 6, 1842. He enlisted in August, 1862, {n Company E,
Eighty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After eight months service he was transferred to
the signal corps and served inthat department until the close of the war. On returning
from the war he engaged in farming in Indiana and continued to reside in that State unti
1871, when he came to Kansas and purchased his present farm in Wea Township. Mr,

 

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Starry has a well improved farm of 400 acres, situated near the city of Louisburg. His
tasty residence is one of the largest and finest dwellings inthe county. He was married in
Iroquois County, Ill., in September, 1866, to Sarah J., daughter of Levi Bonebrake, Mrs.
Starry was born in Preble County, Ohio. They have six children—Maud, Leona, Clark,
Beverley, Alta and Effie. The three younger were born in Kansas, :

GEORGE STARRY, farmer, Section 34, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg, has a
finely improved farm of 440 acres, Mr. Starry was born in Berkeley County, Va., Septem-
ber, 1823. In 1829 he moved with his parents to Indiana, where he was brought up 4 far-
mer. In 1863 he removed to Iroquois County, IIl., and was engaged in farming there till
1868, when he came to Miami County, Kansas, and purchased his present farm. He was
married in Indiana, in 1846, to Miss Hannah Kaiser. They have six children—Nicholas C.,
Elizabeth, Daniel, George, Mary J. and Margaret. All of the children are married but the
youngest, and all residents of Kansas but one. .

JACOB STEM, farmer, Section 3, Township 16, Range 24. P.O, Spring Hill. Mr. Stem
is a native of Mercer County, Pa., and was born March 25, 1827. He wag brought up a
farmer. In 1850, he removed to Warren County, Ill.. where he was engaged in farming un-
til 1869. In the fall of that year he removed to Kansas and settled on his present farm in
the township of Wea. He was inarried in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1851, to Miss Phebe
Sutton. Mrs. Stem was born in Crawford County. Pa. They have two children—Alice L,,
now Mrs. Reuben Z. Ferguson, of Wea, and Frederick B, The son is a graduate of
Oberlin College, Writing Department. Ohio. He is married to Miss Ada Kevan, a lady of
English birth and is now a farmer of Wea. ‘ 5

MYRON TINKHAM, farmer, Section 29, Township 16, Range 25, P. O. Louisburg. He
was born in Bennington County, Vt., in 1840, He was brought up a farmer and received a
liberal education and engaged 1n bookkeeping. He followed that occupation five or six
years, and in the spring of 1868 moved to Miami County, Kan. He purchased the northeast
quarter of Section 29, which was in a wild or unimproved state. He has resided on this
land since coming here and now has one of the best improved and most valuable farms of
its size inthe county. Mr. Tinkbam, although not an active politician was chosen a mem-
ber of the House of the Kansas Legislature for the term of 1873-74, to represent District
No. 32, comprised of Northern Miami County. 2

ON. EF. H. TOPPING, farmer, Section 28, Township 16, Range 24, P. 0. Somerset, was
born In Athens County, Ohio, in 1830, Whenten years of age he removed with his parents
to Perry County, IL; was brought up on a farm, and in September, 1862, he enlisted in the
Volunteer Service in the late war, and was commissioned Captain of Company D, One Hun-
dred and Tenth Illinois Infantry; was promoted in November, of the same year, to Lieu-
tenant Colonel, commanding the Regiment. During the latter part of. the war his regiment
was in Sherman’s command. He was wounded by the falling of his horse while on duty,
causing a fracture of the leftarm, He served with his regiment in all engagements and
battles in which it participated till June, 1865, at the close of the war. He returned to his
home in Springfield, Ill., and in November, of that year (1865), he came to Kansas, and lo-
cated at Paola, Miami County, and engaged in the live stock business. He was elected to
the Lower House of the Kansas Legislature for 1870-71. He was then elected to the Senate,
served two years; was re-elected and served till 1875, He was married November 29, 1863,
to Miss Eliza A., daughter of Jacob Watkins. Mrs. Topping was born in Antrim, Guernsey
Co., Ohio, They had one child—Charles J., who died tn childhood, aged four years. Mr.
Topping moved to his present farm 1n 1868, and has continued to make this his place of
residence to this date (1883). wg 7

F, M. TUMBLESON, merchant, dealer in dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes. Having the
only straight dry goods store in the city. Mr. Tumbleson was born in Preble County, Ohio,
in 1831. Went to Indianain 1849; located in Huntington County,and began business in 1853,
as a dealer in and manufacturer of boots and shoes. He subsequently studied medicine and
became a practicing physician. In June, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Seventy-fifth In-
diana Volunteers. e was made Hospital Steward and Assistant Surgeon of the Regiment
and served till the close of the war. Hethen went to LaSalle County, II., where he prac-
ticed medicine and did a merchandising business till 1869. He then moved to Bates County,
Mo., where he started the town of Rundett and opened the first store. He also dealtin live
stock. He next spent four years on his farm in Cass County: was in mercantile business
from the fall of 1878 till the summer of 1879, when he came to Louisburg and eugaged
in his present business. Mr. Tumbleson occupies the corner store of Cadwallader's Block
and carries an average stock of $15,000. S

ANTHONY VOUS, P. O. Wea, oneof the earliest pioneers of Township 15, Range 25.
In fact the second settler in this township, settled on Section 30, in the spring of 1859,
Was born in Nassau, Germany (now Prussia), August 8.1829. He emigrated to America
in 1856, landed at Waterloo, N. Y. The following April, 1857, he moved to I}inois, located
about sixty miles south of Chicago, where he spenttwo years. In 1858, he came to Kansas,
and in the summer of 1859, bought his land in Wea; has now 215 acres. The following
spring he moved his family to their new nome. He was married in [linois, in 1858, to
Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Becker. Mrs. Vohs was born in Nassau, Germany.
They have six children—Helena, wife of Anthony Bauer, of Wea; George, Anthony, Jasper,
Joseph and Frank. Mr. Vohs was a member of Kansas One Hundred Day Men during the late
war, and also did militia duty. The week before the burning of Lawrence, he was robbed
of all his personal property by a detachment of Quantrill’s men.

EUGENE VOHS, merchant and_ Postmaster, Section 29, Township 15, Range 25, was
born in Germany, in 1844, and immigrated to America, in1866. Hecame directly to Kan-
sas, and located on Section 32, Township 15, Range 25. where he was engaged in farming
until 1876. He then bought out the general s.ore of Mr. Honor Mayer, on Section 29, and
was app»inted Postmaster of Wea Postoffice. Mr.-Vohs was married in Wea, January 9,
1872, to Miss Maggie, daughter of Peter Goebel. Mrs. Vobs was born in Germany: They
have five children, Maggie, Albert, William, Ida and Jasper. Mr. V. still retains his farm
of eighty acres on Section 32. :

OSEPH VOUS, farmer, Section 30, Township 15, Range 25, P. O. Wea, was born in
Prussia, in 1836, immigrated to America, 1854, spent two years in Monroe County, Pa. Then ,
removed to Illinois, where he was eneaged in farmingtwo years; moving still westward he
located in Kansas City, Mo. In April, 1863, he moved to Wea Township, Miami Co.,
Kan., and purchased a farm on Section 30. He has since added to his acreage till he now
has 680 acres of as fine land as thereis in Eastern Kansas. Mr. Vohs has his farm undera
food state of cultivation. His residence and farm buildings are of the best. While the

arge herds of fine cattle, and droyes of fat swineand other stock, all_speak of the success-
ful farmer, Mr, Vohs was married in Kendall County, Ill, to Rosa Hirt, daughter of John
Hirt. Mrs. Vohs was bornin Germany. They have nine children living.

CAPT, WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, farmer, Section 26, ‘Township 15, Range 24, P. 0.
Spring Hull is a native of England, and was born May 30, 1828. He immigrated to America,
in 1848, and made his home in Rhode Island, until 1851. He then went to California and
spent five years inthe gold diggings. In 1857, he returned to the States and located in li-
nois, where he resided until 1858, when he came to Kansas. He spent some months in
Johnson County, and in the fall of that year located on his present farm. Soon after the
breaking out of the late war he entered the Secret Service of the United States, and served
four years and elgnt months, principally west of the Mississippi River. During the service
he passed through many trying scenes; he was wounded several times and is reported to
have done efficient work in that hazardous branch of theservice. He was married in
Rhode Island, November 2, 1851, to Miss Eliza Eli, daughter of Thomas Eli. Mrs. Water-
house was born in England. They have seven children living—Anna Mary, Frances E.,
William, Jolin J., Amanda E., Elizabeth A, died aged eight years and a half, Lucy, Susan
and Robert. The latter died aged four and a half years. Capt. Waterhouse has a well im-
provec: farm of 400 acres, one quarter section of which he is about conveying to one of his

ons.

PHIL J. WEAVER, manager ofthe lumber yard of S. A. Brown & Co. This company
established thelr yards at Louisburg, in June, 1881, being successors to H. L, Phillips. They
handle about $20,000 worth of lumber annually. | Mr. Weaver was born in Cumberland
County, Pa, inA843. He was brought up a farmer. He enlisted in June, 1863, in the
lirst Pennsylvania Infantry, and was assizned to the Signal Corps, and served until Au-
gust, 1865. In March, 1868, he came to Kansas.

LESLIE C. WEST, farmer, Section 29, Township 15, Range 24, P. O. Spring Hill, was
born in Washington County, Ohio, August 26, 1847. He’ was brougit up a farmer. He en-
listed May 2, 1864, in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, and
served until September 5, the same year. He was married in Meigs County, Ohio,
27, 1873, to Miss Arvilla Middleswart, daughter of Franklin Middieswart. They have three
children—Edgar L., Carl M., and Mary C. Mr. West moved to Wea Township in March 5,
A818. Andispttled on his present fine farm of 160 acres, which Mrs. West inherited from her

EORGE A. WHITAKER, farmer, Section 27, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Louis-
burg. Has 1,900 acres of land, 840 of which is ina body, where he resides, ” He was born
in Bradford County, ba., October 16, 1836, moved to Lllinois in 18538. Was employed asa
traveling salesman, making his headquarters in Kane County, He enlisted in August, 1862,
in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, Company E, in which he wasa non-commissioned officer.
He was wounded October 8, 1863, on the Rapidan, receiving three gun-shot wounds in the
right leg. He continued in the service to the end of histerm of en istment, serving three
years. Inthe summer of 1866, he came to Kansas and located _on his present farm, He
was married in Rensselaer County, N. Y., in August, 1865, to Miss Frances D., daughter of
Iram Manchester. Mrs. Whitaker was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. ¥. They have
two children (sons)—Maurice I.,and Albert K. Mr. Whitaker is largely interested in the
growing of Short-horn cattle of which he has a herd of seventy cows and heifers, His en-
Ure stock of cattle numbers about 200, while his stock of swine reaches 300.

GEORGE WICKLINS, deceased, was one of the earliest pioneers of Wea Township, he
having settled here in July, 1858. He made his claim on the northwest quarter of Section
30, Township 15, Range 25, and subsequently purchased the southwest quarter of the same

February
MIAMI COUNTY.

Section, having in all 320 acres. Mr. Wicklins was born in Monroe County, Va., October 1
819. He was brought upafarmer and removed to Missouri in 1844, thade his home in
Holt and Atchison counties a couple of years, when on account of continued poor health of
himself and family he returned to Virginia. In 1857, he emigrated, intending to settle in
Kansas. He stopped one year in Missouri on the way, and arrived in Miami County in July,
1858. He was one of the firstto make improvements in the northeastern section of the
county, where by persevering Industry he developed a well improved farm. During the
_war he was in the track of the raiders from both sides, and served as a member in the Kan-
sas Militia during those turbulent times. Mr. Wicklins continued to reside at the home
of his selection until his death, which occurred August 11,1872. He was married in Vir-
ginia, J anUALY 20, 1842, to Miss Julia Summer, daughter of Andrew Summer. Mrs. Wick-
lins was born in Monroe County, Va. There were eight children born to them, of whom five
are living at this date—Andrew M., is living in Missouri; Laginue, is the wife of P. F. Lati-
mer, of Wea; Giles A., is aresident of Texas; Lloyd, also of Texas; Austin G., died, aged
twenty years; Margaretta, resides with her mother at the old homestead; two children
were lost in childhood. Mr, Wicklins was a Democrat in politics, served one term as Jus-
tice ofthe Peace. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1848, and
continued a zealous member of that Society until his death,

C. LLIAR, farmer, Section 3, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Spring Hill, Johnson
County, was born in Frederick County, Ma., in 1830; was brought up a farmer; moved to
Ohio, where he resided about eighteen months; he then removed to Indiana, where_he was
engaged in farming about two and a half years. In July, 1868, he immigrated to Kansas,
and settled on his present farm inthetownship of Wea, Miami County. Mr. Willlar has
a well improved farm of 160 acres, on which he is now building a fine new residence. He
has been called on to fill several local offices, and during the year 1881, served as Township
Trustee. He was married in Maryland, November 8, 1859, to Miss Theodosia Shultz,
daughter of Joseph C. Shultz. Mrs, Williat was born in Maryland. They have four sons
and one daughter—Charles R., Joseph E., Minnie A., R. S., and Freddie.

“HENRY A. WILLIAMS, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware, established his busi-
ness in Louisburg, in 1873, carries an average stock of about $4,000. He was born in St.
Joseph County, Ind., in 1846. He received a common school education and began learning

the tinner’s trade at La Porte, Ind,, went to Chicago, I!]., in 1869, and perfected himself at
histrade. In August 1871, he joined another young man in jobbing business in his line
with shop on East Madison street. The great fire of October of that year closed out their
business effectually. The following March, 1872, he came to Kansas and located at Paola.
in March, 1873, he came to Louisburg and opened his present business.

WRIGHT & SON (William M. and Robert A.), dealers in groceries, provisions and

Queens Ware. This firm was established in the fall of 1882, being successors to Goebel &
right, which firm was composed of Peter Goebel and ‘Robert A. Wright, and carried on
business in the same stand from October 1, 1881, till the fall of 1882, The present firm have
a well-stocked store, situated in the Cadwallader brick block, and carry an average stcck of
3,500. The senior partner, Mr, William M. Wright, was born in Kentucky, December 27,
829, was brought up in that State, and was engaged in mercantile business and in farming.
In the fall of 1868 he removed to Kansas and located in Aubrey, Johnson County, where he
was engaged in farming till 1875, when he moved to Louisburg and engaged in the hard-
ware trade with Mr. EB. P. Short. ‘He sold out of that business, and in the fall of 1882
formed the present connection with his son, Robert A.

STANTON.

This town, one of the oldest in the county, is located in the western part of
the county, op rolling prairie, close to timber. It was located by H. B. Standi-
ford, in the summer of 1855, and named Stanton, in honor of Capt. Standiford
and Hon. Thomas H. Benton. Among the earliest settlers in the vicinity of
Stanton were S. H. Houser, Dr. Winans, B. E. Briant, C. B. Tipton, Charles
Rice and others whose names may be found under the head, “ Early Settle-
ments.” The postoffice was established in 1856,Mr.Ward being appointed first
Postmaster. Mr. Ward also opened a store in the town the same year. In
1857 a steam saw-mill was erected by A. Houseman. During this year Capt.
Standiford sold the land on which the town was located to an Indiana company,
of which E. P. Hicks was president, and J. B. Elobson secretary. 11. V. Beeson
resurveyed and platted the town site for them.

The year 1860 was the year of the drought. During the previous winter
but very little rain or snow fell. A light snow fell in February, after which
there was neither snow nor rain until June.6, when a light rain fell, preceded
by a heavy wind. No rain fell during the succeeding summer months, and the

heat became almost intolerable. The cropson the uplands were an absolute
failure ; few farmers had supplies to meet their necessities, but faithful friends
in the East furnished assistance and the county has since been free from serious
drought.

The high wind mentioned as preceding the rain of June 6 became a
cyclone as it passed over Stanton, Indianapolis and Osawatomie. The resi-
dence of D.C. Baker was blown down and himself, Newell Kinkaid and another
person killed. The Masonic Lodge was also carried away and the records, re-
galia and fixtures utterly destroyed. At Indianapolis Mr. Holladay’s house
was blown away and Mrs. Holladay‘killed. At Osawatomie the brick residence
of Mrs. Coleman was blown down, but no-one injured. Stanton, at the height
of its prosperity, had a saw-mill, several stores, blacksmith shop, etc., and about
100 inhabitants, but at the present time there are not over twenty-five people
there.

One of the noted characters who settled early in the vicinity of Stanton was
Rev. Martin White.* He came to Kansas from Christian County, Ill., was a
well-educated Baptist minister and one of the most extreme Pro-slavery man.
At the meeting of April 16, 1856, at which resolutions were adopted against the
payment of taxes, and at which John Brown made an abolition speech, Rev.

 

 

White several times offensively interrupted the speaker. As the Rev. gentleman.

was generally exceedingly obnoxious to the Free-state men, a few nights after
the above-mentioned meeting occurred, a party of twelve of them attacked his
house, opening fire upon it. The firing was vigorously replied to by those in-
side. The attacking party soon retired, taking White's horses with them. On
the next day White moved to Missouri, settling permanently in Bates County.
After having served in the Confederate army through the war, Mr. White re-
turned to his home in Bates County and died of wounds received in the service.

BUOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN W. BEATY, farmer, Section 20, Township 17, Range 22, P.O. Paola, was born in
Champaign County, Ohio, December, 26, 1826. When eleven years of age he removed with
his parents to Illinois, where he was brought up and engaged in farming. He enlisted in
the late war, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Company F, Ninety-fourth
Illinois Volunteers, August 20,1862. He was Promoted to First Lieutenant and served
until December 2, 1864, when he was compelled to resign on account of physical disability.
Hecame to Kansas in 1865, and purchased his present farm of 200 acres on Sections 17
and 20, Stanton. He was elected Trustee of Stanton Township in 1870, and re-elected in
1871. Inthe fall of 1873 he was elected tothe House of Representatives of Kansas from
the Thirty-first District. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1873, and re-elected nearly
every terin since. Mr. Beaty was married in Illinois, in October, 1846, to Miss Sarah, daugh-
ter of Archie Martin. Mrs. Beaty was born in Champaign County, Ohio, They have four
children—one son and three daughters. Archie M. is married and lives in Stanton; Mary
J., wife of A. J. Mannen, of Wilson County, Kansas; Sarah E., Martba E., wife of J. H.
Alexander, of Wilson County, Kansas. i

ADOLPHUS T, BENNING, farmer; farm located in Sedgwick County; present resi-
dence at the old homestead, Section 35, Township 17, Range 21, P. O. Stanton. Was born in
Pike County, Missouri, in 1844. Was brought to Kansas by his parents in 1854. Located first

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in Middle Creek Township, Lykins County, October 2. The following March came to Stanton
and located on Section 35, Township 17, Range 21, Went to school to William Quantwill, sub-
sequently notorious as a guerrilla chieftain. He enlisted, November 1, 1863, in the First
Colorado Cavalry. Afterwards veteranized in Company E, same regiment. Was detailed
on scout duty in the Indian country, and participated in some sharp encounters
with the ba vages. Served till Bepiembers 1865. He was married in Stanton, Kansas, in
1875, to Miss Mary J. DeVooe, They have two girls—Iffie May and Orah Phina. Mrs.
Benhing died November 2, 1882.

ALBROW _T. BENNING, farmer, Section 35, Township 17, Range 21, P. O. Stanton, was
born in Pike County, Mo., November 7, 1848. ent to Texas with his parents in 1852, and
came with them to Kansas in 1854, Lived one year in Middle Creek Township, Miaml
County, and in 1855 located on the land now occupied by him, His father inadea claim of
this tract of 160 acres, Section 35, and it has remained the property of the family continu-
ously since, Mr. Benning was married, in Sedgwick County, Kansas, March 1, 1880, to Miss
M. O. Martin. They have one child, a daughter named Mabel EK.

“DANIEL CHILDS, farmer, Section 21, Township 17, Range 22, P. O. Paola, was born in
Massachusetts, June 20,1814. When four years of age moved with his parents to Steuben
County (now Schuyler), N. ¥. From there he removed to Indiana in 1837. He resided in
Jennings County till 1860, when he came to Kansas and settled on his present farm. He has
a well improved farm of 280 acres on Section17. During the late war he was enrolled a
member of the Kansas Militia, and was on duty during the Price raid. He was elected
County Clerk of Miami County _in the fall of 1861, was re-elected three times and served
eight years. He was married in Indiana, March 17, 1841, to Miss Sallie C., daughter of
William McKinney. Mrs. Childs was bornin North Carolina. They bad three sons and
four girls. Minerva was the wife of John J. Ball, and died in 1865; Samuel, married, lives
in California; John, Mary, wife of Robert Derr, of Fontana, Kansas; William, died in Au-
gust, 1862, in California; Malvina is the wife of N. J. Williams, of Stanton; Daniel, married
and lives in Stanton; Allie Maud is the wife of James Williams, of Stanton. Mrs. Childs
died in 1867. Mr. Childs was married in July, 1868, in the State of New York,to Miss Sarah
B, Gaugheer of Alex. Young. Mrs. Childs was born in New York.

FRANCIS COOPER, farmer, Section 16, Township 17, Range 22, P. O. Paola. Mr.
Cooper was born in the North of Ireland in 1834, Immigrated to America in 1850. Made
his home in Ohio till 1856, when he removed to Illinois, and was engaged in farming in
that State t1111865. He then came to Kansas and purchased his present farm in the town-
ship of Stanton. He was married in Illinois, in 1863, to Miss Mary E. Davis, daughter of
Dorsey Davis. Mrs. Cooper was born in Pennsylvania, They haye four children, two sons
and two daughters—George E., Josephine, Jessie and Charles F.

WILLIAM COOPER, farmer, Section 19, Township 17, Range 22, P. O. Stanton, was
born in the North of Ireland, September 18, 1839. Went to England in his youth; spent six

ears in Liverpool, and came to America in 1860, and made his home in Illinois. He en-
isted December 3, 1861, a8 a private of Company K, Twenty-sixth Regiment Illinois Vol-
unteers. Was wounded at Mission Ridge, slightly, and again in front of Atlanta, by a gun-
shot inthe hip, seriously. Was promoted toSergeant, and continued in the service tillJuly,
1865. Soon after his discharge from the army he emigrated to Kansas, and settled in Stan-
ton Township. where he now resides. He has a fine tract of 350 acres of land, andis largely
interested in growing and feedingstock. He was married in Kansas, May 20, 1866, to Miss
Melissa S. Nickelborough. Mrs. Cooper was born in Missouri.

JUDGE THOMAS ROBERTS, farmer, Section 4, Townshp 18, Range 22, P. O. Osawa-
tomie, is one of the few remaining pioneers of Lykins County (now Miam1) of 1855. He
was born in Wales, March 23, 1816. Emigrated to the United States in 1835, and made_his
home in New York at first; subsequently moved to Ohio, and from there to Wisconsin Ter-
ritory (then a wilderness), in1841. In July, 1855, he came to Kansas and made a claiin on
Section 8, Township 18, Range 22, now Osawatomie. He was a pronounced Free-state man
and participated in the turbulent times of 1855, 56 and’57. At one time his house was
raided by a party of Pro-slavery men, while he wason a sick bed, They took him out tell-
ing him they had come to kill him. He disdained to make any plea for his life, but simply
remarked, “ Well, kill me then.” For soine reasonthey decided that they had made a mis-
take, concluding he was not a regular Yankee, left him in peace. In 1859 he was elected
Probate Judge of Lykins County (now Miami), at the first_territorial election, and served
two years, e was elected to the State Senate in 1861, to fill a vacancy, and served as a
member of the Court of impeachment of State officers, in 1862. In 1864 he was elected
Clerk of the District Court, and served two years. In 1866 he was elected County Attorney,
and served oneterm. During the late war he held a Captain’s Commission in the Fifth
Kansas Militia. His son Thomas, was a member of the Tenth Kansas Volunteers, and
served three years. Judge Roberts was marriedin Kirtland, Ohio, December 10, 1838, to
Miss Clarinda, daughter of Abel Farr; Mrs, Roberts was born in Elyria City, Lorain Co.,
Ohio, and was the first white child born in that county. Mr. and Mrs, Roberts bad six chil-
dren, five of whom are living:—Sarah A., wife of C. M. Stevens, of Montgomery County,
Kas.; Thomas F., married and living in Stanton Township, Miami County; Abeliza, wife of
William West, of Montgomery County, Kas.: Flora, wife of James Mullens, of Osage Town-
ship, Miami County; Belle, wife of Robert Mullens, of Stanton, Kas. Judge Roberts has
480 acres of land in Miami County, and settled in his present home in 1857. :

REV. ROBERT SHERAR, a Minister of the Presbytcrian Church, is the possessor of a
fine farm of 182 acres, where he resides, on Sectjon 18, Township 17, Range 22, P. O. Stan-
ton. He was born in Franklin County, New York, September 21, 1847.. He moved with his
paren to Dwight County, Ill., in childhood, and emigrated to Kansas with his father,

aleb Sherer, in 1855, arriving in Lykins County, April 19th, of that year. May 18, 1855,
he attached himself to John Brown, and was with him, off and on, some six months, He
participated in the battle of Osawatomie, and was one of the party who escaped by fording
the Marais des Cygnes. He was urged by Brown tojoin his expedition to Harper’s Ferry,
and one day, after tiring of following the team in harrowing wheat land, he determined to
accept Brown’s proposa . While making his preparations to go, he was persuaded out of it by
his more sensible mother. On the breaking out of the late war, he was commissioned First
Lieutenant of an independent company of State troops, under command of Col. Cotton. He
enlisted in the United States service as a private, in Company I, Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer
Cavalry, in March, 1864, and served till July 24,1865. Soon after the war, Mr. Sherar be-
came a student of theology, and preached as alicentiate of the Presbyterian Church, for
several years in various churches of Kansas. He was regularly ordained a minister of that
church, in 1877._ He is the present pastor of Stanton Church; alsoof the Peoria, Richland,
Franklin, and Valley Congregations. He was married in Kansas, April 25, 1859, to Miss
Maggie Dawman, daughter of Job Dawman, a pioneer of 1855. They had six children, four
sons and two daughters—Lillie, Minnie, Etmer, Harry, Miles (died aged six years), and R.

Maxey.

WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, farmer, Section 11, Township 17, Range 21, P.O. Paola, is
one of the pioneers of Kansas of 1855. He was born in Shelby County, Lll., January 17, 1836.
Immigrated to Franklin County, Kas., in 1855, with his father. He made his home at the
old Peoria Mission, near the west line of Miami County. He was an earnest Free-state man
and took an active part in the turbulent scenes of 1856 and 1857, and was a member of John,
Brown’s Company. His wife was a daughter of fhe notorious Rey. Martin White, who
shot Fred Brown at Osawatomie the morning of the battle of August-29, 1856. The old man
induced his daughter to separate from her husband on account of his Free-state Principles.

She died while her husband was in the Union service during the late war. Mr. itehead

purchased his present farm on Section 11, Stanton, in 1858. He has a fine tract of 234
acres,

ROCKVILLE.

nockville is situated on Sugar Creek in the southeast part of the county.
The lanJ in this section is quite rolling and has some timber. The town was
originally named Rockwell in honor of Dr. Rockwell, the founder of the village.
Dr. Rockwell was a Pro-slavery man and as the Free-state settlers increased in
number they decided to change the name, and hence the name Rockville.
Among the first settlers in this part of the county, if not the first, was Josiah
Allen, who came here about 1843. Others who came latter were—Jacob Clan-
ner, Elias Stoker and A. G. Shoemaker. The first school was taught by John
Tracy in 1858, in a log schoolhouse, built that year near the town site. Josiah
Allen opened the first store in a log building in 1859. The first birth was that
of Nell Stoker. The first marriage that of T. J. Rockwell to Martha Tharp in
1860, and the first death that of Thomas Stoker in 1860, The postoffice was
established in 1859; Dr. Rockwell, first Postmaster. The Methodist Church
was organized in 1858, Rev. Thomas preaching the first sermon in the school-
house. The original membership was twenty-five, present membership fifteen.
A stone church, 30x40 feet, was erected in 1866 at a cost of 1,200. The town at
present contains about thirty inhabitants. Being situated on the border, Rock-
ville had its full share of experience during the war. It was visited bv Price in
his great raid in 1864, but escaped sack and pillage.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

MILO BAXTER, farmer, Section 6, Township 18, Range 25, P.O. Paola. Mr. Baxter
was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in Nuvember, 1832; when twenty years of age he went to Illi-
nois and for a time made his home in Peoria County. Froin there he removed to Mercer
County, where he was married, February 22, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth McKean, daughter of
Robert McKean. Mrs. Baxter was born in Pennsylvania. They have five children—three
sons and two daughters, George B., William, Dora E., Clara E. and Frank, Mr. Baxter im-
migrated to Kansas in 1866 and settled near Paola, Miami County. In 1872 he moved to his
present farm in Sugar Creek Township. Mr, Baxter began life in Kansas in moderate cireum-
stances, by the exercise of sound judgment and more than the ordinary business sagacity,
and by continued and energetic effort he has accumulated alarge property, his farming
Jands embracing an even 1,00U acres, including some of the best lands in the State. He keeps
a large stock of cattle, sheep, horses and hogs; and is known as one of the few large sheep
growers of this section.

. G, SHOEMAKER, blacksmith and farmer, Section 83, Township 18, Range 25, P. O.
Rockville, was born in Luzerne County, Pa., November 29, 1834. Was brought up in that
State. Went to Illinois in 1850, and in 1859 came to Kansas. Located in Middle Creek
Township, Lykins County (nuw Miaini), and the following year came to Sugar Creek Town-
ship. In July, 1860, he pre-empted the farm he now occupies, having since increased his
acreage till he has 350 acres. e also established a blacksmith shop at nis farm, During
the late war he was a member of the Kansas State Militia, and for a long time past, smith
at this point. He was elected Justice of the Peace in the early days, and has held that_po-
sition many years. He was married in Lee County, Ill., in 1858, May 9, to Miss E. N.
Scott, daughter of Libius Scott. Mrs. Shoemaker was born in Lee County, Ill. There were
seven children born to them—two daughters and five sons. Mr. Shoemaker was instru-
mental in procuring the establishment of the Rockville office at this point, and has served
as Postmaster many years.

NEW LANCASTER.

New Lancaster is situated near Middle Creek, in Miami Township. It
was surveyed by Joseph Carpenter and George Downing in 1860, and named
by Mr. Carpenter after a town in New York, in which he had resided. It is
surrounded by a rich agricultural section of country, and is a good business
point. The first school taught in Miami County, was at New Lancaster, in
1858, by Mrs. Cyrus Shaw.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

JAMES A. DEEL, farmer, Section 35, Township 18, Range 24, P. O. New Lancaster,
was bornino Clinton County, Ti, in August, 1835. Was brought up a farmer, and enlisted
in the late war in August, 1862, as a private of Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth
Illinois Volunteers, and was promoted to Orderly Sergeant. He was captured at the battle
of Chickamauga, Tenn., September 20, 1863. Was taken to Richmond, Va., subsequently
to Danville, Va., thence to Andersonville, and from there to Charleston and Florence S. C.
and to Wilmington, N.C. He escaped from the latter place February 21, 1865, having been
a prisoner seventeen months, and having endured many hardships incident to the situation.
Soon after the close of the war, he came to Kansas and purchased his present farm in 1866.
He was married, in Illinois, in March, 1857, to Miss Thompson, daughter of Ezekiel
Thompson. Mrs. Deel had poor health after coming to Kansas, aud after a lingering illness,
died July 7,1871. Mr, Deel was married again August, 1872, in Miami County, to Miss
Mary, daughter of Samuel Bogle. Mrs. Deel was bornin Guernsey County, Ohio. The
have three children, two daughters and a son—Sarah M.,Samuel A.and Mary D. Mr. Deel,
by industry and frugality, has accumulated a good property. He now has two farms, ag-
sregating 332 acres. He has served two years as Township Trustee of Miami,
. F. DOUD, farmer, Section 3, Township 19, Range 24, P. O. La Cygne, Linn County.

Was born in Monroe County, N. Y., in 1838. Wentto Indiana with his parents in 1837, and
from there to Iowa in 1855, and to Kansas in 1857, arriving inthis township, September 1
of that year. His father and mother accompanied him to Kansas. The father died.
The mother survived her husband, and resides with her son, M. F. Mr. Doud pre-empted a
quarter section of Government land, which he purchased at the land sales of 1859. He now

as 265 acres. He enlisted April 1, 1862, in Company F, Second Battalion,M. 8. M. Cavalry.
He was shot, August 6, 1862, through the right lung, the ball passing through his body, at
at the battle of Lone Jack, and was discharged for puysical disability, March 12, 1863. He
was married in Miami County, Kan., November 5, 1866, to Mrs, E, £. Davis, Mrs. Doud
was born iuMissouri. She had_two children by her first_marriage—Amanda (wife of Wil-
liam Hightower, of Anderson County),and Henry R. Three children were born of the
present marriage—Ravina, Lavinia and Bertha. The second died, aged two years.

ISAAU HAMLIN, farmer, Section 2, Townsbip 18, Range 24, P. O. New Lancaster, was
born in Huntingdon County, Pa., October 23, 1827. e was brought up in his native State,
where he was engaged in farming. He enlisted the last year of the war as a private of Com-
pany B, Ninety-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served till the close of the war. In 1869,
he emigrated to Kansas, and purchased his present farm in Miami Township, Miami
County. He has since added to his acreage till he possesses several fine farins, aggregating
935 acres, all lying within Miami Township. He was married, in Pennsylvania, in 1852,
to Miss Mary A., daughter of George Ruinberger. Mrs. Hamlin was born in Centre Coun-
ty, Pa. They have seven children—Sarah F. (wife of Miles Crosan, of Miami Township),
George W., Harvey (of the same), Mary C,, Andrew G.C., Samuel M. and Nina B. The
younger members are athome. Mr. Hamlin has held various official positions. He was
elected and served as Justice of the Peace four years. Was elected County Commissioner,
of Miam! County, in the fall of 1877, and served during 1878-79-80. He has also served in
minor offices. :

JOHN HERATY, farmer, Section 26, Township 18, Range 24, P. O. New Lancaster, was
born in lreland, in 1827. Immigrated to America in 1847. Resided two years in {ndlana,
then moved to lowa and in September, 1857, came to Miami Township, Miami County.
Kan., and made a claim where he now resides. He has a well improved farm of 358 acres,
Mr. Heraty was a pronounced Free-state man in opinion, and sided with that party in the
early troubles. On the breaking out of the late war he enlisted in Julv, 1861, in the Third
Kansas Volunteers, afterwards the Tenth, and served three years, Was under Gen. Blunt,
and participated in several engagements. He was elected Township Trustee, was re-elected,
and served six years, and has also held other minor offices. He was married in Kansas, in
May, 1868, to Mrs. Minerva Hendricks, daughter of Judge D. B. Wilson, of Valley Town-
ship. Mrs. Heraty was born in Illinois, She had one child by her first marriage, a daugh-
ter—Annie M. There are three living children by her second marriage—Edward F., Mary
L. and Clarence JJ,

ROBERT J. HINER, farmer, Section 25, Township 18, Range 24, P.O. New Lancaster,
was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., January 9, 1829; was brought up in his native
State. In 1848 moved to Iowa; was fanning 1p that State till 1857. He then came to Kan-
sas, and made a claim on the Indian lands of Lykins County, now Miami, He selected the
quarter section he now occupies, and which he bought at the land sales of 1859. He has
since increased his acreage to 480 acres. In the latter reat he moved his family to their
new home. During the Border troubles he was a practical Abolitionist, and was in the ring
with John Brown, Johnson Clark, and others, in operating the underground rallway, On
the breaking out of the war, he ralsed a company (Company 3, Fifth Kansas Militia), and
was commissioned First Lieutenant; was subsequently promoted to Captain, served on the
Kansas border, under Gen. Ewing, and continued in the service till the close of the war.
Has not been an office-seeker, having served only as Coroner, He was married in Iowa,
December 19, 1862, to Miss Susan M., daughter of Foreman Morrell. Mrs. Hiner was born
in Tennessee. They had two children—Orville and Mary L.

ANDREW J. HUFFMAN, farmer, Section 13, Township 18, Range 24, P.O, New Lan-
caster. Mr. Huffman was born in Parke County, Ind., November 2, 1836; moved to Illinois,
with his parents, when ten years of age; eight years later to Lowa, and in the fall of 1865 to
Kansas. _ He located on his present farm of 186 acres in 1869. He was married in Benton
County, Iowa, in 1858, to Miss Margaret I., daughter of Joseph and Margaret Humphrey.
Mrs. Huffman was born in Pennsylvania, They have four children, two sons and two daugh-
ters—Mortimore G,, Mary L.,wife of C, Bodenhammer, of Miaml Township, Clara J.,wife of
John Woldridge. of Cass County, Mo., and Clyde Sherman,

REV. WILLIAM HUFFMAN, a minister of the denomInation of United Brethren, and
one of the early pioneers of Miami County, was born in Butler County, Ohio, July 1, 1815.
When sixteen years of age, moved with his peenis to Indiana, where he was brought upon
afarm. He became a member of the Church of the United Brethren in early manhood, and
began preaching in 1843, inItlinois. Remained in that State six and one-half years, and in
1850 went to lowa, where he'wasthe owner of a farm, and continued to labor in his holy
calling. In June, 1857, he came to Miami County, Kan., and located near Marysville. In
January, 1859, he moved to Miami Township, where he has eighty acres of land) on Section
23. He has been the local minister of his church of this Lown lip for many years. He was
married in Indiana, in January, 1835. to Miss Alice, daughter of Miller and Rachel Davis.
Mrs. Huffman was born in North Carolina. They had a family of fifteen children, ten sons
and five daughters, of whom seven sons and three daughters are now living, Mrs, Hutfman
died in 1860. Mr. Huffman married again in September, 1863, to Mrs. Lucy E. Nichols.
Mr. H. has held various positions of public honor and trust. He was a member of the Kan-
sas Legislature of 1867-8; was Justice of the Peace four terms; has been Township Treas-
urer three years, and is the present incumbent,

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ;

JAMES H. JONES, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Greenbrier County, Va,
March 26, 1826. Moved to Indiana, with his parents, in 1839. When twenty one years 0;
age he began the study of medicine. Took a regular course at the Eclectic Medical Lustitute
of Cincinnati, and graduated in 1855. He had practiced some years previously. H
to Iowa in the fall of 1855, and came from there to Linn County, Kan., in May, 185%, and
entered upon the practice of his profession. He was elected a member of the Territorial
Legislature of 1860, and of the first State Legislature, 1861. Heserved as County Commis-
sioner of Linn County, and has held other minor offices. He was married in Indiana, in
1850, to Miss Rachel, daughter of A. Bray. Mrs, Jones was born in Indiana. They have
nine children living. Dr. Jones made his home in Scott Township. in Linn County, where
he practiced his profession until] September 1, 18827 when le removed to New Lancaster,

DAVID KIRTS, farmer, Section 22, Township 18, Range 24, P. O. New Lancaster, was
born in Marion County, Ohio, May 16, 1829. Learned the blacksmith’s trade in Lickin
County, Ohio, where he spent three years. In the spring of 1862 he went to California and
remained in that State four years, e then (in the fall of 1866) came to Kansas and the
following winter purchased the farm on which he now resides. He has 495 acres in all,
wellimproved, having fine buildings. He is largely interested in growing hogs and cattle,
Mr. Kirts was married in this township, March 26, 1868, to Mary J., daughter of W. H. Ellis,
Mrs. Kirts was born in Ohio. They have five children, two sons an
Frank, George, Rhoda, Carrie and Ida. i

WILLIAM’ a. MOBLEY, farmer and feeder of and dedler in live stock, Section 17,
Township 18, Range 24, P.O, Paola. Mr. Mobley was the first permanent settler in Miami
Township, he having located here, or at the Miami Mission, November 9, 1854, and has re-
sided continuously in this township nearly twenty-nine years. He was born in Wayne
County, Ohio, January 8, 1832, and was educated in that county. Removed to York County
in 1852 and to Kansas Territory in November, 1854. He was an earnest Free-state man In
politics and participated in the border troubles of the early days. He was arrested at Osa-
watomile by Juhn Brown’s Company on the eve of the Osawatomie Battle, but knowing
Brown was set at liberty as soon as brought to his presence. He was married at Westport,
Mo,, September 9, 1863, to Miss Emma, daughter of Seala Hudson. Mrs. Mobley was born
in Lexington, Mo. They have eight children, six sons and two aug Diets =) ohn H., Maude
M., Allie A., Harry H., lliam A., George E., Autie and Herbert. r. Mobley is an exten-
sive feeder and dealer in live stock. He has at the time of writing 187 steers ready for mar-
ket that will average 1,800 pounds weight; many of them are as plump and perfect as the
ideal prize ox whose picture adorns the fair show-bills. He has about 200 fat hogs in the
same feed lot. Mr. Mobley pre-empted 160 acres of his land and purchased two additional
quarters sections, having now 480 acres in all. ps

BENJAMIN P, YOUNG, farmer, Section 21, Township 18, Range 24, P, O. New Lan-
easter, was born in Penobscot County, Me., January 7, 1837. Came to Kansas in April, 1858,
and located on Government land on the same section whereon he now resides. He has a
fine farm of 305 acres, well improved. His residence, which is new, is one of the best coun-
try houses inthe county. He enlisted July 17, 1861, as a private of Company F, Fifth Kan-
sas Cavalry. He was promoted to First Sergeant, and was captured in action at Marks Mills,
Ark., April 25, 1864; was held prisoner at Camp Ford Prison, Tex.; was exchanged in
February, 1865, and discharged the following April. He was married in Maine, in 1866, to
Miss Amanda J., daughter of Amos Grant. Mrs. Young was born in Maine, They have one
child, a daughter—Fannie E.

three daughters—

 

HILLSDALE,

Hillsdale is situated on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf R. R., six miles
north of Paola. The town site was surveyed and platted by Mrs. Emily Musser,
February 13, 1869, under the name of Columbia. On the 13th of October, 1868,
F. E. Rowland had surveyed and platted the town of Ten Mile, adjacent to
Columbia on the north. Late in 1869, after the completion of the railroad to
this point, the name Columbia was changed to Hillsdale, and at the present
time, the old town sites of both Columbia and Ten Mile are included within
that of Hillsdale. Hillsdale is situated on Section 15, Township 16 south,
Range 23 west, being the township of Marysville.

The first business in the town, a general store, was opened in the fall of
1869, by Thomas Hollenback, in the building now occupied by Dr. P. J. Mor-
rison. A similar store was opened by A.C. Smith a little later in the same
season, Mr. Smith was appointed the first Postmaster, the office being then
called Columbia, and was kept in his store. ‘The name was changed to Hills-
dale in 1870, Mr. P. C. Eaton, the present Postmaster, bought out A.C. Smith
in 1871, and was appointed Postmaster, and has had the office continuously to
this time (1883). In 1875 Dr. P. J. Morrison bought out Mr. Hollenback, and
has since carried ona general store at the same point. Dr. Morrison was the
first practising physician in Hillsdale. At present the town has a population of
three hundred. ‘Tiere are three general stores, one hardware and drug store,
one harness shop, one shoe shop, one blacksmith and wagon shop, two hotels,
one grain elevator, two churches, and a good school building.

The school was established in 1871. The first teacher was a Mr. Buck.
The Presbyterian Society built the first church in the place, the Christian So-
ciety the second. The latter is a new frame building, 32x 44 feet in size, with
fourteen feet posts, completed in the summer of 1883. The Methodists have
an organization, but no church-building. Hillsdale is a thrifty business place,
and is rapidly coming into prominence as a produce and stock market. Its
dealers are liberal, fair-minded men, and hence deservedly popular with their
customers.

On July 11, 1869, occurred the great flood in Ten-Mile and Bull creeks.
The night previous a waterspout reached the earth in Wea Township, and the
rain poured down in torrents in the valleys of the above mentioned creeks and
their tributaries. The currentin Ten Mile was resistless and swept everything
before it. The village of Ten Mile was inundated and the railroad bridge
swept away. In the valley of Bull Creek, fences, crops and improvements were
washed away, as were both county bridges at Paola. The loss by the flood
was about $12,000.

_ Marysville Township was first settled by white men in the
spring of 1855. Five men came here at the same time, John and James Beets,
Thomas Warren, J. G. McDaniel and John Hicks. John Hicks settled on
Section 32, Township 15, Range 23, the other four on Sections 4, 5, 7, and 8,
Township 16, Range 23. John Hicks sold his claim to Joseph Beets, who ar-
rived Aprilg 1854. John H. Dorsey, a squatter in 1855, was located on the pres
ent site of Hillsdale. H. L. Lyon came in February, 1856, and located on Sec-
tion 9, where he was Postmaster and Justice of the Peace. Mrs, Lyon died in
May, 1856, her death being the first known to have occurred among the white
people of this township. The first marriage was that of Mr. Graham to Miss
Minerva Warren in the latter part of 1856.

OLD MARYSVILLE=,

“ The Map of Marysville Township shows a. village plat bearing the name

Old Marysville,” located in the southwest quarter of Section 9, Township
16, Range 23. The plat and the name are nearly all thatis left of what a quar
ter of a century ago was a promising young town. In 1857 “James Beets and
MIAMI COUNTY.

H. L. Lyon surveyed and platted a town site at this point, and called it Marys-
ville. The town soon had two general stores, « hotel, postoffice, blacksmith
and wagon shops, school, etc., and gave promise of a brilliant future. As the
country became settled and railroads built, Marysville was not so fortunate as
to be in the course of any railroad. New business centers were established
as railroad stations, and Marysville became a deserted village.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN BEETS, farmer, Section 4, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale.
one‘ot the few surviving pioneers of Mtaml ounty orgs he having made ri ae on
the then Indian land in the fall of that year. He moved his family the following April, 1855,
to theirnew home, He purchased his land at the land sales in the spring of 1857, and con-
tinues to reside here to this date. -Mr, Beets was born In east Tennessee, August 29th, 1826.
When sixteen years of age he wenl to Missouri, and from there to Mexico in 1848, Return-
ing to Missouri, he went fo Mexico again in 1849, and across the plains to California in 1850.
He spent two years in the gold diggings, and in 1852 returned to Missouri, In the fall of
1854 he came to Miami, County, Kan., and madeaclaim on Section 4, Township 16, Range
23, his present home Belurning to Missouri, he was married, October 4, 1854, and in ‘Apt
1855, returned to Kansas with his wife, and took possession of his claim. They have eleven
children, three sons and eight daughters: Dora A.isthe wife of Jerry Mobley, of Marys-
ville Township; Flora J. is the wife of William Hittle, of Sugar Creek Township, Kan.;
William K. is married and lives in Sugar Creek; Thomas J. is married and living fh Osage
County, Kan.; Mollie is the wife of John B. Rees, of Johnson County, Kan.: John A. Mat-
tie, Belle, Nettie, Bessie. Mr. Beets has a well improved farm of 340 acres. 3

JOSEPH BEETS, farmer, Section 32, Township 15, Range 23, P.O. Hillsdale, was one
of the early pioneers of Miami County, he having made his -home here since April, 1856.
He was born in northeastern Tennessee, Hawkins County, May 16, 1818; was brought upa
farmer, and moved to VanBuren County, Mo., in 1843. He bought a claim of a squatter
named John Hicks, on Section 32, Township 16, Range 23, of 160 acres. He now hasa well
cultivated farm of 398 acres. During the late war he did service in the State Militia; was
under Gen. Blount in Missouri. He was married in Cass County, Mo., March 31, 1848. to
Mrs. Louisa D. Patten, widow of Andrew J. Patten, and daughter of William Lyou. Mrs.
Beets was born in Patrick County, Va. They have had eight children, five of whom are liv-
ing: Eliza J., wife of Aaron Harbison, of Stanton, Kan.; Peter L., Mary, died in childhood,
Henry P., Nancy A., died at the age of six years, John C., died in infancy, Fanny, twin sis-
ter of John L., [da, wife of William Kichardson, teacher at Hillsdale. Mrs. Beets bad two
children, by her former foliaede chee J. died an manhood, leaving a wife and two chil-

; ‘ soldier in ate war, and served four -
pany 1, Fourteenth, Kansas Cavalry. : our years as 2a member of Com
ee , farmer, Section 25, Township 15, Range 23, P. O. Sprin, i
Johnson Co., Kan., was one of the pioneers of Miami County of 1s3f ne eae worn te one
gomery County, Va., November 12, 1830; went to Missouri with his parents in 1833, and
from there to Iowa in 1848. In July, 1857, he came to Miami County, Kan., and located a
homestead on his present farm, the northeast quarter of Section 25, Townsh p 15, Range 23
and has made this his home trom that time to the present. He was married in Mount Ver
non, lowa, April 11, 1861,to Miss Martha, daughter of John Buckman, of LeClaire, Iowa.
Mrs. Bratton was born at Alton, Ill They have eight children, six girls and two boys:
Eva F. is the wife of Franklin Hogue, of Marysville: Luemma, Franklin, Harriet, May, Bes—
sie, William, and Mattie E. Mrs. Bratton died January 18, 1881. Mr.’ Bratton’ served in
the Kansas Militia during the late war, and bore his share of the hardships and trials inci-
dent io: pioneer life in Kansas. He now hasa valuable farm of 160 acres, situated within
WOORESTON CHRISTMAN, f t
ss X, farmer, Section 29, Township 15, Range 23, P. O. Spri
Hill, Johnson County, was born in Jackson County, Mo. Februsry FS AB36° Pas beeiene
up in Missouri till twenty years of age. He then came to Kansas; settled in Johnson County.
In 1869 he moved to Marysville Township, Miami County, where he has a fine farm of 243
acres. He was married in Kansas, February 20, 1864, to Miss Mary J., daughter of John B.
sonee nips Curierman was bornin Arkansas. They have three children—Peter, Amanda,
ni nnie “

_ ,B. M. DAYTON, farmer, Section 23, Township 15, Range 23, P. O. Spring Hill, was bor
in Middleton, Rutland Co., Vt., September 16, 1822. Moved to ‘ietfersoun. Comutty,” a cin
1843, and spent two years there in clerkiug in dry goods store, and then moved to De Kalb
County, Ill., where he spent twelve years in inercantile business. In 1859, he immigrated
to Colorado with his family. Remained seven years in that Territory, and then came to Kan-
sas and purchased his present farm, and has made it his home since. Mr. Dayton was mar-
ried at Sycamore, Ill., October 14, 1848, to Miss Clarinda, daughter of Mr. G. B. Smith. They
had three children—Emeline F., wife of John Dienst, of Middle Creek Township, Kan.;
Mary H. and Edgar L. Mrs. Dayton died October 12, 1871. Mr. Dayton was married again
August 30, 1874, to Mrs. Margaret Lewis, widow of Thomas Lewis, and daughter of Thomas
Jenkinson, of Ohio, formerly of England. Mrs. Dayton was born in England. She had four
sons by her former marriage; the eldest, Edward W. Lewis, now has a farm of 160 acres
in Osawatomie Township, Kan., where he now resides; Walter H., station agent at Scotts-
ville, Mitchell Co., Kan.; Irving R., station agent at Spring Hill, Johnson Co., Kan., and
Thomas J. at home on the farm with his mother, who immigrated to Kansas from Cleve-
land, Ohio, with her four sons in 1872, where she has since resided. Mr, Dayton has served
four years as Justice of the Peace of this township. Hehas a well improved farm of 120

acres.

LEANDER M. DAVIS, farmer, Section 8, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale. Mr.
Davis was born in Logan County, LL, in 1858. He was brought up a farmer, and came to
Ottawa, Kan., in 1869, where he engaged in PALE Es He sold out in the winter of 1880-81
and purchased his present farm of ninety acres on Section 8, Marysville. He was married
in Kansas, in February, 1881, to Alida, daughter of John Young. They haye one child, a
daughter, named Ada, - 5

ROBERT DUNN, farmer, Section 20, Township 15, Range 23, P. O. Spring Hill, John-
son County, is one of tas pioneers of 1857, of Miami County. He is a native of Ireland, and

was born January 2, 1828. When twenty-one years of age (1849) he immigrated to America
and made his home in Mifflin County, Pa., where he resided till January, 1857. He then
removed to Kansas. Traveling by team, he made a circuit, and reached the State through
fowa and Nebraska. He made a claim in the township of Stanton, Miami County, and pur-
chased his land at the land salesof 1857. Lived in Stanton one year, and then removed to
Spring Hill, Johnson County. In 1861 he returned to Pennsylvania, and enlisted in 1863, in
the Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery; was transferred t6 a regular United States Battery
and served a year and ele ut months as an unassigned recruit. After the close of the war,
he returned to Kansas (the fall of 1865) and purchased his present farm of 320 acres. He
was married in Pennsylvania, January 1, 1863, to Miss Gertrude, daughter of Peter Sharp.
Mrs. Dunn was born in Pennsylvania.
daughters—Elizabeth, David, Jennie, Gertrude, Thomas, Noah, Fannie and Robert. Mr.
Dunn has served one term as Trustee of Marysville Township and held other minor offices.
During the early years of his residence he earnestly endeavored to encourage immigration
into the State, and was instrumental in inducing a large number of people to settie in this
county, and without indulging in empty compliments it may be said that it is by the influence
of whole-souled, intelligent, enterprising men like Mr. Dunn, that the settlement of a new
country by a good class of citizens is secured. S
P. C. EATON, merchant and Postmaster, dealer in general merchandise, established
business at this point in 1871. He was born in Massachusetts, March 22, 1837. When three
years of age he removed with iis parents to Rensselaer Couuty, N. Y.. where he resided
until 1853. He then removed to Illinois and engaged in farming. He eulisved July 27,
1861, as a private of Company D, Ninth Regiment Missouri Volunteers, and was trans-
ferred with his company to the Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry. He was promoted to First
Sergeant, and served four years and six months, and was discharged in January, 1866. He
came to Kansas in the spring of 1868 and located at Tontzville, Marysville Township. In
1871 he bought out A. C. Smith, a general merchant of Hillsdale, and was appointed ‘ost-
Inaster in June, 1871. He was married in Kansas, to Mrs. Louisa Thorp. 1s, Eaton was
born in Ohio, Her widowed mother and family were among the pioneers of Kansas of
1855. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton have one child living—Lottie. Mr. Eaton hasa farm of 80 acres,
pltuated 1D Marysville Township; also 11 acres adjoiniug town, of which 5 acres are kept
‘or a park,
oJ. RGOB KEISER, farmer and proprietor of Hillsdale Elevator, P. O. and residence
Hillsdale. He has 160 acres of land situated on Section 14, Marysville, Township 16, Range
23, and 240 acres in Section 20, Wea, Township 16, Range 24, making 400 acresinall. Mr.
Keiser was born in Un USES County, Va., January 11,1818. About 1867 he removed to
Missouri, and in 1869 to Kansas, and located in the township of Wea, Section 20, Township
16, Range 24, where he engaged in farming until the fall of 1880, when he moved to Hills-
dale, still retaining his farm. He is now the proprictor of the only elevator at Hillsdale
Staton on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf RK. R., and also owns other real estate in the
village, :

WILLIAM S. KEISER, farmer, school teacher, and Township Trustee, Hillsdale station,
P. O. Hillsdale, was born in Virginia, October 12, 1861. Isason of Jacob Keiser, and came
to Kansas with his parents in 1869. Was educated at Paola and at Lawrence, Kas., and en-
Fs ed in farming and teaching school. He was elected Township Trustee of Marysville in

‘ebruary, 1883, when not qvite twenty-two years of age.

R. W. LESLIE, farmer, Section 30, Township 15, Range 23, P. O. Spring Hill, was born
in Iredell County, N. C., August 22,1835. Was brought up in that locality. Atthe time of
the breaking out of the late war he was holding the position of Postmaster at Enola, and
during the first years of the troubles was exempted from military service, but was obligea

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They have eight children, four sons and four’

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to serve the last two years in the Confederate Army. He emigrated to Kansas in February,

869; purchased his present farm of 137 acres March 1, of that year. He was married in
North Carolina, May 6,1851 to Miss N. H. Harkey, daughter of D. Harkey. They have
four children, two sons and two daughters—Ella J., wife of William Dunn, of Marysville;
Lee and Lucy D., twins, and Robert.

H. L. LYON, deceased, was one of Miami County's earliest pioneers, and most respected
citizens. He was born in Patrick County, Va., March 24, 1826, moved to Van Buren
County (now Cass, Mo.,), in 1831, with his parents, who were among the pioneers of that
region. He was married in Missouri September 2, 1845, to Miss Mary A. Tuggle. They
had three children, two of whom are livin, , Albert,the eldest, died in childhood; Paulina is
the wife of J. B. Rowland, of Richland; James M: resides in Miami County.’ Mr. Lyon
emigrated to Kansas in F ebruary. 1856, and located on Section 9, ‘township 16, Range 23;
where he, in company with Mr. James Beets, surveyed and platted the town of Marysville,
which was named Marysville after Mr. Lyon’s wife (Mary). This lady only lived afew
months after her removal to Kansas; her death occurred May 3, 1856. Hers was the first
known death of a white person inthis township, Mr. Lyons engaged in mercantile busi-
ness with Mr. Jonathan Miller, at Marysville, in the fall of 1857. This connection continued
till 1863, when Mr. Miller sold out to Mr. Lyon, and joined the army. r, Lyon was _ ap-
pointed the first Postmaster at Marysville, and was appointed Justice of the Peace, aud held
that position many years. He entered the army at an early stage of the war; was commis-
sioned First Lieutenant, and served during the war. Mr Lyon had devoted some attention
to the study of medicine, and for many years was physician to people of his neighborhood.
In 1866, he sold out his stock of goods o Mr, T. H. Hollenback, who moved the stock to
Hillsdale. Mr. Lyon was married December 17, 1856, to Miss Margaret A. Williams. They
had three children, all of whom died in childhood. Mrs. Lyon died May 23, 1865. Mr. Lyon
was married again April 8, 1866, to Miss Sirah A. Wagoner, daughter of Jacob
Wagoner. Mrs. Lyon was born in Virginia; she lost her father in Ohio, in £848, and
emigrated to Kansas, with her mother, in 1855. They have one child, adaughter, Laura M.
Mr. Lyon was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. This church
was the first organized in Miami County, and was a fl urishing and prosperous church

riortothe war. Mr, Lyon served mauy years as church steward; he was also a prominent

ason of many years standing. His death occurred January 3, 1883, leaving a wife and
daughter, and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. Mr. Lyon was widely and favor-
ably known throughout the State, and universally honored and respected. Immediatel
after his marriage to Miss Wagoner, he moved to his fine farm of 259 acres on Section 5,
Marysville, where his widow and daughter still reside.

AMES V. LYON, farmer, section 26, Township 15,] Range 23, P. O. Spring Hill, was
bornin Mason County, Kye May 27,1821. When twenty-one years of age he moved to
LaFayette County, Mo., where he resided till the spring of 1858; when he removed to his
present farm in Kansas, which he had purchased the year before. Mr. Lyon came to Kan-
sas, firstin 1855, but owing to the turbulent condition of things here at that time he did not
deem it advisable to bring his family here at that time, and so waited till the spring of 1858.
He has a well improved farm of 160 acres, which he purchased of the Government. The
land being a pari of the Shawnee Reservation. Mr. Lyon has served ten years as Justice of
the Peace, and served as a member of the town board, under the town system. During the
late war he served in the State Militia and held a Second Lieutenant’s commission. He was
married in Missouri, November 4. 1847, to Miss Frances A. Payne, daughter of Thomas
Payne. Mrs. Lyon was bornin Woodford County, Ky. They have ten children, six sons
and four daughter, Mary is the wife of Chandler Fletcher, ot Elk County, Kan.; Lycurgus,
Charles T., John T., Eli B., George B.. William P., Nettie, Altie and Ollie.

JESSE G..McDANIEL, farmer, Section 4, Township 16, Range 23. P. O. Hillsdale, Mr.
McDaniel came to this township in 1854, with the first party of white settlers, and was the
fourth man to move his family into the township, in the spring of 1855. He made his claim
of 160 acres on Section 4, Township 16, Range 23, in October 1854. Mr. McDaniel was born
in North Carolina, November 7%, 1823. He moved with his parents to East Tennessee, when
eleven years of age, and from there to Van Buren County, Mo., in 1844, and to Kansas in
the spring of 1855. He was inarried in Tennessee, January 19, 1842. to Miss Annie Beets,
daughter of Joseph Beets. Mrs. MeDaniels was born in ‘Tennessee. They have five children,
three daughters and two sons, all residents of Miami Gounty. :

D. M. MALONE D., physician and surgeon. Was born in Gibson County, Tenn.,
November 5. 1834. He commenced the study of medicine in 1853. Took a regular course
at McDowell’s Medical College, of St. Louis, Mo., and graduated in 1856. He began the
practice of his Profession at Chesapeake, Lawrence Co., Mo., and continued in practice
there six years, e then removed to Delta, McLean Co., Ill., two years later removed to
Farmers City, Ill. In 1878 he came to Kansas and located at Hillsdale, where he has been
in practice to this date. He was married in Missouziin 1856, to Miss Mary, daughter of
Mathew Knowles. Mrs. Malone was born in Warren County, Ky. They have six children,
four sons and two daughters—Joln T., a student of the Kansas City Medical College, and
Samuel, a practicing physician of Paola, Elizabeth, Nannie, William and Jesse. Doctor
Malone has served one term as Trustee of Marysville Township, and held other minor
offices,

G. J. MASTERS, farmer, Section 23, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale. Mr. Mas-
ters is the son of John and Elizabeth Masters, and was born in Jessamine County, Ky., Aug.
17, 1848. He went to Illinois with his parents, and from there to Kansas in 1867. He was
brought up a farmer, and was married in September, 1873, to Amanda E. Peery, daughter
of Henry Peery. Mrs. Masters was born in Indiana. They have two children, Claude and
Earl. Mr. Masters has served one term as ‘Township Clerk of Marysville. He has long
been a member of the Christian Church of Hillsdale, of which he is a most zealous sup-

orter.

is JAMES MASTERS, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Hillsdale, son of John and Klizabeth
Masters, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., November 30, 1844. Came to Kansas in 1867,
and engaged in farming. He was married in Kansas, October 20, 1869, to Miss Susan Shultz,
daughter of Absolom Shultz. Mrs. Masters was bornin Iowa. She died in May, 1873,
leaving adaughter, Minnie. Mr. Masters was married again, October 20, 1875, to Miss
Mary, daughter of Jolin Rutledge. They have one daughter, Susan. Mr. Masters has a fine
farm of 160 acres, on Section 23, Township 16, Range 23, where he intends to reside, He at
present is conducting the farm at the old homestead, on Section 27.

JOHN MASTERS, deceased, was born in Richmond, Ky., in 1812, He was a wagon-
maker by trade and followed that business in Kentucky till 1853, when he moved to Bloom-
ing Grove, IJl., and soon after to Bloomington in the same county. He continued working
at his trade and farming until 1867, when he came to Kansas and settled on Section 27,
Township 16, Range 23, Marysville, Miami County. He came to Kansas in hopes to secuie
cheap lands for his sons. He purchased 320 acres of prairie and thiity acres of timber,
erected good buildings and improved his farm till it was one of the bestin this region.
Mr. Masters was widely and favorably known as an upright, honorable man, and com-
manded the respect and esteem of his neighbors and fellow citizens. He wasa member of
the Christian Church the greater part of his life and was energetic and liberal in its support.
His death occurred at his home. He was married in Kentucky in 1841, to Elizabeth,
daughter of John Hendrick. Mrs. Musters was born in Glasgow, Cumberland Gap, Va.
They have six sons and two daughters living—William H., of Miami County, Joseph T., of
Newton, Kan., James S., G.J., Mary, now Mrs. Lyons, Woodson N.,and Hendrick. The
five younger are all married and residingin Marysville. Lizzie, the youngest. died, aged
three years. All the children but two are members of the Christian Church of Hillsdale.
Mrs. Masters survives her husband and lives at the old homestead. x
JASPER MORRIS, farmer, Section 5, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale. Was
born in Platte County, Mo., July 4, 1846. He cameto Kansas with relatives in the spring
of 1858, made his home on what _was known asthe Neutral Lands, now Crawford County;
moved to Miami County in 1865, and settled onhis present farm in the spring of 1871.
He was married July 25, 1868, to Miss Aimie, daughter of James H. Williams, of Marys-
ville. Mrs, Morris was born in Illinois, They have five children, Mary k., Charlotte, Lu-
ella, Edna M,, and Franklin. Mr. Morris hasa well improved farm of 127% acres, __

DR. P. J. MORRISON, merchant and physician, dealer in genera) merchandise and
grain. Dr. Morrison was born in Western Canada, June 22d, 1844. He began the study
of medicine in 1866, at Victoria College, Toronto. After attending one term in that insti-
tution he went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and completed his studies in the State University,
where he attended two years and graduated in 1869. He then came direct to Mfami Coun-
ty, Kan., and established himself in practice at Columbia, now Hillsdale, where he has
continued to this date, 1883. In 1875 he purchased the general store of Mr. Thomas Hollen-
back at this point, which he still carries on, having an average stock of $4,500 value, and
making annual sales of from $18,000 to $20,000. His shipments of grain amount to from
100 to 120 car loads per season. His shipments of flaxseed amount to $20,000 a season. He
also does an extensive business in live stock. He was married at Gardner, Kan., in the
spring of 1870 to Mrs. Sarah EK, Hollenback, daughter of Thomas Hollenback. Mrs. Morri-
son was born in California, They have four children, three sons and one daughter—James
P. Alexander D. Sarah E. and John.

JAMES OFFICER, deceased, was born in Overton County, Tenn., December 20, 1817;
was married March 5, 1840, to Cyntha, daughter of We-ley Henderson. Mrs, Officer was
born in Overton County, Tenn. Mr. Officer moved to Macoupin County, Ill, in 1830, and
from there to Kansas in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Officer had a family of fourteen children, all of
whom grew to maturity, and all but one are alive at this writing. The oldest, William P.,
is married, and lives in Marysville Township; Sarah E., wife of Jesse Jennings, of Butler
County; Thos. W,, is married, lives in Marysville: Jaines F, is married, livesin Marysville;
Margaret, wife of S. H. Sanders, of Hillsdale; Mary F., wife of L. L. Whelan, Kansas City;
Robert M., died, aged twenty-seven years; Horatio H., is married, lives in Marysville;
Julius L. is married, lives in Marysville; Marion A., of Hillsdale; Martha J., wife of James
McClarren, of Marysville; LauraS., wife of Jacob Landis, of Osage County; Preston E. and
Blanche A., of Hillsdale. Mr. Officer located on Seetion 22, Marysville, Miami Co., Kas.,
where he had.200 acres of land. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church; and Re-
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publican in politics. He was engaged in farming untilthe time of his death, which oc-
curred May, 18, 1878. He was highly esteemed by his neighbors, as an upright man and a
good citizen, His wife survives h m, and lives at Hillsdale, Kas.

JULIUS L. OFFICER, farmer, Section 22. Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale. Mr.
Officer was born in Macoupin County, Ill., May 6, 1854. He came to Kansas with his pa-
rents in 1864, and made his home in Marysville Township, Miami County, on the farm he
now occupies. He was married March 3, 1880, to Miss Josie, daughter of John Young. Mrs.
Officer was born in Kansas.

WILLIAM P. OFFICER, farmer, Section 22, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale,
was born in Morgan County, Ill., August 7, 1841; was brought up a farmer, and enliste
May 11, 1861, as a private in Company D, Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was
discharged August 15, 1861, for physical disability, Re-enlisted February 11, 1864, in
Company B, Tenth Illinois Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He came to Kan-
sas in July, 1865, and engaged in arn Og; in Marysville Township, Miami County, He
was married in this county July 7%, 1867, to Miss Rebecca M. Whelan, daughter of P. M.
Whelan. Mrs, Officer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. They have had tive children, of whom
four are living—Ollie L., Ulysses §., Nellie A., Thomas L. (died in childhood), and Estella L.
Mr. Officer has a well-improved farm. :

SARDINE S. OLNEY, farmer, Section 24, Township 15, Range 23, P. O. Spring Hill
was born in Washington County, Ohio, September 17, 1887, Was brought up « farmer, an
continued to reside in Ohio until March, 1878, whe he removed to Kansas, and located on
his presentfarm. He was married in Ohio, December 31, 1855, to Miss Martha, daughter
of Eli Bingham. Mrs, Olney was born in Guernsey County, Ohio. They have seven chil-
dren, four sons and three daughters—George S., married and living in Marysville; Dudley
W., married and living in Johnson County, Kas.; Frank H., Martha, SardineS., Mary and
Jennie. Mr. Olney has a well-improved farm of two hundred acres, 160 of which lies on
the west line of Wea Township, and adjoining the forty acres on which he lives. of

HENRY O. PEERY, farmer, Section 23, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale, was
one of the pioneers of Miami Conny, of 1857. He was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March
17,1814, and when fourteen years of age moved to Indiana, where he learned the carpenter
and blacksmith trades, He came to Kansasin 1857 and made a claim on Section 23, Marys-
ville, where he now resides. He returned to Indiana aud moved his family to Kansas in
the spring of 1860. He was one of the few outspoken Union men who held their ground
during the turbulent scenes of the late war. Mr. Peery though never backward to avow his
sentiments was respected and left unmolested. During the Price raids he served in the
Kansas Militia, He has continued to reside on the place of his first choice, now twenty-three
years. He was married, December 12, 1844, to Miss Lavina E., daughter of John G. Ken-
dall, of Decatur, Ind. They have had seven children, five of whom are living. Mr. Peery

has held various official positions, having been County Commissioner of Miami County,
Trustee of Marysville Township, and Treasurer of his school district fifteen years.

W. C. RICHARDSON, principal of the Hillsdale School, was born in Hendrick County,
Ind., February 6, 1854. He received his primary education in the common schools and took
a regular course, which, however, he did not finish,in the Asbury Universicy at Green
Castle, Ind. He began teaching in_his native State in 1872, and has made that his business
ever since. He came to Kansas in 1879 and located at Marysville, Miami County, and taught
the District School at that place two years. In 1881 he came to Hillsdale and accepted the
position of principal of this school, and is now engaged for his third year. He was married,
June 15, 1882, to Miss Ida Beets, daughter of Joseph Beets. Mrs. Richardson was born in
Marysville Township, Kas.; her people being among the very earliest pioneers of this
region.

THOMAS B. ROBINSON, farmer, Section 36, Township 15, Range 23, P. O. Spring
Hill, Johnson Co., Kas., was born in Greene County, IIl., November 15, 1840._He was
brought up in that county. He enlisted in the spring of 1864 in Company G, One Hundred
and Thirty-third Illinois Infantry and served until the close ofthe war. During his term
of service he held the position of First Duty Sergeant. Immediately after the close of the
war, in 1865, he moved to Kansas and purchased 160 acres of land in Wea Township, Miami
County. In 1866 he purchased and took possession of his present farm. He now has a
well improved farm of 300 acres. He was married in Illinois, November, 1864, to ‘Miss
Mary Mason, daughter of Dr. Geo. B. Mason, of Illinois. Mrs. Robinson was born in Ken-
wuck They have had four sons and one daughter—Aithur died aged fourteen years, Ern-
est died aged one year, Edgar S. died one year old; Minnie, the youngest, and the son John
being the only ones living. Mr. Robinson has served three years as Township Clerk and was
elected County Commissioner in 1881 for three years.

DAVID T. ROWL D, farmer, Section 11, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale, was
born in Davis County, Mo., April 1, 1849, and is a son of F. E. Rowland. He came to Kansas
with his parents in 1857. He lived in Miami County until 1876, when he went to Harper
County, Kas., where he was engaged in farming until the fall of 1882, when he returned to

Miami County. He was married in Kansas, May 22, 1872, to Miss Mattie, daughter of Jos-
gph Stice. rs. Rowland was bornin Illinois. They have three children—Annie B., David
, and Gracie.

F. E. ROWLAND, deceased, was one of the pioneers of Miami County, of 1857. He

was born in Boone County, Mo., in 1821, was brought up a farmer, and moved to Kansas in

 

February, 1857. He located on the northwest quarter of Section 10, Township 16, Range:

23, Marysville, Miami County. He subsequently moved to Section 11, of same township,
and was engaged in farming until his death, which occurred March 13, 1873. He was mar-
ried in Missouri, in 1842,to Miss Z. A. Shock, daughter of David Shock. Mrs. Rowland
was born in Boone County, Mo. There were eight children born to them, four sons and
four daughters: Mary P. is the wife of T. W. Tuggle, of Hillsdale; Martha E. is the wife of
James McDaniel, of Marysville; David T., married and living in Matyaville Township;
Sarah A., wife of Dr. Alexander, of Osage County, Kas., William S., of Hillsdale, James H.,
Annie, and John E. Mrs. Rowland and the youngerchildren are living at the old home-
stead, Hillsdale, having a farm of 160 acres.

CHARLES B. SPALDING, farmer, Section 8, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale.
Mr. Spalding ‘was born in Middlesex County, Mass., October 21, 1832. He immigrated to
Ohio in 1854, thence to Missour!, in 1857, and to Kansas in 1859. On coming to this State,
he made his home at Spring Hill, Johnson County, until 1862, when he removed to his
present farm of 106 acres, on Section 8, Marysville Township. He was married inthe fall
of 1855, in Ohio, to Miss Minerva Walker. Mrs. Spalding was born in Ohio. They have
four children—Flora B., Ella J., Lydia A., and Ethi M. Mr. Spalding was the first Trustee
of Spring Hill, after the passage of the law creating the office. e has also served two
terms in the office in Marysville Township—1863 and 1864.

HARMON C. STILES, farmer, Section 26, fownship 15. Range 23, P. O. Spring Hill,
was bornin Rutland County, Vt., June 9, 1846; moved to Iowa with his parents, in child-
hood, and from there to Marysville, Miami Co., Kas., inthe spring of 1857. He eulisted,
September 27, 1863, in Company K, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry. e was wounded at the
battle of ‘The Little Blue,” Missouri, and taken prisoner. Washeld one day and paroled.
He was exchanged and served till the close of the war, Mr. Stiles was married, January
14, 1866, to Lucinda Chilton, daughter of William Chilton. Mrs, Stiles was born in Cass
County, Mo. They have seven children, five sons and two daughters: Edwin W,, Charles
A, ES M., Bertha and Bertie, twins, Rossman and Osman, alsotwins. Mr. Stiles as the
record shows, was one of the early pioneers of this region, of 1857, and has made this his
home since. He has served two terms as Justice of the Peace, and has held other minor
offices. He has an undivided third interest in 160 acres of land, comprising the old home-

stead.

THOMAS W. TUGGLE, blacksmith, of the firm of Wilson & Tuggle, blacksmiths, Js
one of the pioneers of Kansas, having been a school boy at the Shawnee Mission in 1843-44,
while his father was stationed there as Government blacksmith. This was prior to the
organization of the Territory of Kansas. Mr. Tuggle was born in Missouri, October 3, 1887.
He accompanied his father to the Shawnee Mission in 1843. Returned to Missouri in 1845,
and in 1858, came to Miami County, Kan., and settled inthe Township of Marysville, He
learned the blacksmith’s trade at Pleasant Hill, Mo., and opened the first shop at Marys-
ville, Kan. He subsequently bought a farm in this township. During the war, he was
foreman of the Government blacksmith shops at Paola a year and two months, He went
to Colorado in the spring of 1882, and returned in the fall of the same year. On his return,
he formed a partnership with Mr. G. W. Wilson, at Hillsdale, where they carry on an_ex-
tensive blacksmith and wagon shop. He was married, in Kansas, July 4, 1860, to Miss
Mary, daughter of F. E, Rowland. Mrs, Tuggle was born in Missourl. They have five
children—James §., Mattie V., Fannie P., John A.and T. Ewing. Mr. Tuggle was the
Township Clerk, of Marysville, in 1859. and has held other minor offices,

JOHN A. TUGGLE, father of Thomas Tuggle, farmer, Section 31, Township 15, Range
23, Marysviile, was a pioneer of this county of 1858. He was born in Patrick County, Va.,
in 1814: moved to Missouri in 1833, and thence to Kansas in 1858. He made a claim on
Section 31, Township 15, Range 23, where he still resides, He was the first Justice of the
Peace, of Marysville Township. Was first appointed by the Territorial Governor, and sub-
sequently elected by the people, He was first in what is now Kansas, in 1843, while it was
Indian Territory,and served two years as Government blacksmith at the Shawnee Mission.

CHARLES G. UPTON, farmer and teacher, residence and P. O. Hillsdale, was born in
De Witt County, Il., February 29, 1852, Cameto Kansas with his parents in 1868. He
took a five years’ course at the State University, at Lawrence, and graduated in 1881. He
began teaching in 1873, and has made that his business since, except while attending the
university, During the taking of_the late census of 1880, he was Census Enumerator for
the Township of Marysville. Mr. Upton has spent his time in Kansas since coming here,
except afew months spent in Texas, and in traveling in the Atlantic States. He has a farm
of eighty acres on Section 21, Township 16, Range 23. ‘

JOHN UPTON, retired farmer, Hillsdale, was born in Mercer County, Ky., in 1819.
Moved with his mother to Illinois in his youth. He lived in Morgan, Macoupin and De
Witt counties until 1853, when he moved to Clark County, Mo., thence to St. Clair County,
in 1855, and from there to Kansas, in 1868. He settled on Section 21, Township 16, Ringe

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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rm of 120 acres. Hesold out in the fall of 1882, and took up his
fautienes petae die Mr. Upton was married, in Macoupin County, [ll., in 1839, to Miss
Louisa, daughter of Nicholas Howser. They have five children, four sons and one daugh-
ter—Thomas J. (married and living in Texas), Charles G. (teacher), John N. (married),
Josiah T, (married), Louisa J. (wife of John Ward). The three latter are all of Marysville
Township. ¢ <
A hin . WEAVER, farmer, Section 13, Township 16, Range 23, P. O. Hillsdale, was
isis Eames Geaner, Ohio, April 13, 1841. Was brought up a farmer, and moved to
Kansas in 1871, and located on his present farm of 160 acres, in Marysville. He was mar-
ried, in Ohio, March 12, 1874, to Miss Isabe), daughter of ner Maxwell. Mrs. Weaver
was born in Ohio. They have four children—Atla W. Abner M., Calvin D. and Ora F.
JAMES H. WILLIAMS, farmer, Section {, Township 16, Range 23, P. O, Hillsdale. Mr.
Williams was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1828. Removed to St. Clair County with his
parents in childhood, where he was brought up on a farm. He enlisted in the late war asa
private of Company Dd, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, Was promoted to Orderly Sergeant,
and serv ‘dthree years. He moved to Kansas in 1865, aad engaged im mercantile business
with Mr, Tontz, at Tontzville, Miami County. In 1867, he bought out Mr. Tontz, and con-
tinued the business aloue till the spring of 1873, since which tithe he has devoted his atten-
tion to his farm of 124 acres. Mr. Williams has served six years as Justice of the Peace,
and one term as a member of the County Board, of Miami County. He was married, in
Illinois, August 14, 1849, to Miss Mar E., daughter of Tyre Shelton. Mrs. Williams was
born in’ Illinois. They have six_children—Aunie (wife of Jasper Morris, of Marysville),
Julia (wife of John Pedley, of Greenwood County. Kan.), John F. (of Illinois), Nannie,
5 innie, . : 7
Ar HORGE W, WILSON, senior partner of the firm of Wilson & Tugele, blacksmiths.
This firin does general blacksmithing, horse-shoeing, and repairing of all kinds of farm
machinery. Mr, Wilson was vornin Ross County, Ohio, August 19 1830. He was brought
up in that State, and served a regular apprenticeship to the blacksmith trade. He moved to
Thinots in 1852, and worked at his trade. Heenlistedin August, 1861, as a private of Company
©, Thirty -eighth Llinois Infantry, and served a little more than three years. He was twice
wounded; once at Buzzard’s Roost, and again at Resaca. In 1866 he emigrated to Kansas,
and established a blacksmith shop at Humboldt, Allen County. He subsequently operated
in various towns in Kansas, and in February, 1875, came to Hillsdale. and opened: a black-
smith shop, which he has carried on to this date. Since the fall of 1882, he has had Mr. F,
W. Tugsle for a partner. He was twice married, in Illinois. Lost his wives, and was mar-
ried again in Kansas, to Miss Dora A. Shultz. He had four children by his second marriage,
and four by the present marriage.

OTHER POSTOFFICES.

Tontzville, Richland, Miami and Indianapolis are extinctas villages. The
latter town was situated two and one-half miles west of Osawatomie, and in 1858,
contained a store, postoffice, about twelve residences, and from fifty to sixty in-
habitants.

Wade Postoffice is in the northwest part of the county.

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP.

DAVID ANDERSON, farmer, Section 16, Township 16, Range 22, P.O. Wade, was born
in Dubois County, Ind., June 24, 1824. Was brought up on a farm. In May, 1857, he emi-
rated to Kansas, and made a claim on the Indian Reservation, Known as the lands of the
Seorias, Weas and Piankeshaws, which came into market in the spring of that year. He
urchased at a Government sale the northwest quarter of Section 16, Township 16, Range
2, Miami County, being 160 acres. He has continued to reside on the land from the time
of-making his claim until the present time, 1883, except a temporary residence at Paola,
while serving as Sheriff. He enlisted August, 1862, as a private of Company C, Twelfth
Kansas Infantry. In 1863 he was promoted to Captain, and assigned to Company G, Fifth
Indiana, stationed at Fort Gibson, and served until April, 1864. Mr. Anderson was elected
to the State Senate in 1867, to fill a vacancy. In 1869 he was elected Sheriff of Miami
County. Was re-elected in 1871, serving four years in all. He was married in Dubois
County, Ind., in 1846, to Miss Elizabeth McCausland. They had four children, of whom two
are living, a son and a daughter—Cyrus and Mary. The son is a resident of Rawlins County,
Kan. The daughter is the wife of A. M. Ganthrop, of Coffey County. Mrs, Anderson died
in January, 1877._Mr. Anderson was married again in December, 1877. to Mary A., daugh-
ter of William H. Dorsett. Mrs. Anderson was born in Missouri. Her people were residents
of Texas during the war, and in attempting to reach the North lost all they had, and nar-
rowly escaped with their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have one child, a son—David Wood-
son. Mr, Anderson was the pioneer Republican of Richland, For some years he only had
one companion in politics in the township. After the close of the war, Richland settled up
rapidly, aud the position of the political parties became reversed. Mr. Anderson has long
been reckoned one of the most respected and influential citizens of Miami County. He is
one whose friendship once secured, may be always relied upon as atrue, warm and generous
riend.

JOHN H. AYRES, farmer, Section 9, Township 16, Range 22, P. O. Wade, is one of the
pioneers of Richland, of 1858. He started here poor in purse but rich in hope and energy.
By hard work and prudent management, and in spite of early disasters, of drouths and
grasshoppers, he has secured a valuable well stocked farm of 200 acres, and a tract of ten
acres of timber in an adjacent township. Mr. Ayres was born in Cumberland County, N. J.,
June 21, 1828. He moved with his parentsto Indiana in childhood and to Iowa in 1856.
Two years later, taking his family by teams, he immigrated to Kansas, arriving in Richland
in December, 1858. During the late war he did duty in the State Militia. He was married
in Indiana, January 16, 1851, to Miss Ha nah E., daughter of William Smalley. Mrs. Ayres
was born in Indiana. They have had eleven children, of whom eight are living. Mary, wife
of Lee Bucklew, of St. Louis; William H., married and living in Richland; Harriet, wife of
BR. C. Totten, of Coffey County; Jennie, was the wife of Thos. Elrod, died January 6, 1882;
Eliza J., wife of Adam Clark, of Osage County; George W., John, ¥miline and Minnie E.

ISRAKL D. BROCKWAY, farmer, grower and dealer in live stock, Section 1, Township
16, Range 21, P. O. Wellsville, Franklin County, was born in New London County, Conn.
June 30, 1839, was brought up in that county. In 1865 he emigrated to Kansas and locate
in Douglas County, at Black Jack, He was married in Iowa, July 26, 1877, to Miss Harriet,
daughter of Francis Griffin. Mrs. Brockway was born at East Haddam, Conn, They have
two children, a girl and a boy—Fannie G. aud Ebenezer D. Mr. Brockway has a fine farm
of 320 acres well stocked, and furnished with superior buildings.

.W. BRYAN, farmer, Section 10, Township 16. Range 22, b.O. Wade, was born in Adams
County, Ohio, March 10, 1843. Was brought up on a farm, and enlisted in the late war as &
private of Company D, Twenty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers. Was a non-commis-
sioned officer, He wasin active service continuously for three years with the Twenty-
fourth, and at the expiration of his term of enlistment, re-enlisted in Company D, Eighteenth
Ohlo Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He was Quarter-master Sergeant in
the Elghteeuth, and except, while on detached service at the time of the battle of Nashville,
was with his command in all engagements participated in by them. He returned to Ohio,
and In 1869 came to Kansas and settled on Section 4, Richland, where he resided
March, 1883, when having sold out his old place and purchased his present farm on Section
10, he moved to this place. He was married in Ohio, March 8, 1866, to Miss Julia A., daugh-
ter of Matthew McColm. Mrs, Bryan was born in Adams County, Ohio. They have three
children, two girls and one boy—Ira N., Mary E. and Essie V.

JOHN GC. OLLINS, farmer, Section 13, Pownshi 16, Range 22, P.O. Paola, was born
in Lewis County, Ky., December 15, 1837, moved to Ohio with his people in youth, and was
brought up in that State. He enlisted April 14, 1861, andon the 19th of that month was
mustered into Company D, Twenty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under the
first call for troops in the late war, He was commissioned Second Lieutenant. September 8,
1861, he re-enlisted for three years in Company B, Twenty-second Regiment Ohio Volun-
teers. A short time after he received a recruiting commission, and returned to his old
home in Kentucky, and recruited Company G, Fourteenth Kentucky Volunteers, and was
commissioned Captain, commanding that company, and served till January 81, 165. He
was married March 26, 1863, in Ironton, Ohio, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Peter Simonon.
Mrs. Collins was born at Dover, Ky., and brought up in Ohio. ‘They have nine children, five
sons and four daughters—William E., Jessie B., Charles W., Frank H.. Nellie G., Sherman
W., John M., Ida G. and Mary E. Mr. Collins moved to Kansas in March, 1865, and settled
in the township of Richland, where he has a well improved farm of 220 acres. He has
served four years as Trustee of Richland, 1878, '74, ?75 and '76. In 1880 was census enuul-
or OMAS By CONE:

. CONE, farmer, Section 14, Township 16, Range 21, P. O. Wellsville, was
born in Delaware County, Ohio, April 27, 1839; was brow zht upon afarm, and immigrated
to Kansas in 1872. Mr. Cone was married in December, 1864, to Miss Mary, daughter of
John Detwiller. Mrs. Cone was born in Ohio. They have one child, a daughter, named
Lizzie B. Mr. Cone, although not an old settler, has one of the best improved farms in the
county, The farm contains 480 acres. His residence is large, new and tasty, while his barns
and other buildings are much superior to the average Kansas “outfit.” Mr. Cone is inter-
ested quite largely in stock, both as dealer, feeder and grower.

T. OMAS OUGHLIN, tarmer, Section 30, ‘Township 15. Range 22, P. O. Edgerton,
Johnson County, was born in County West Meath, Ireland, July 26, 1828. Immigrated to
America in 1849; made his home for awhile in New Jersey and then removed to Indiana,
and from there to Kansas in March, 1857, and settled in Richland Township, Miami County,
where he has continued to reside until this date. He was married in Indiana, in 1862, to
Miss Elizabeth C. McLaughlin. One child was born to them—Edward H., who died at the

 

 
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MIAMI COUNTY

age of fifteen years. Mrs. Coughlin died September 2, 1868. Mr. Coughiin married Miss
Bridget McLaughlin, daughter of Thomas McLaughlin, April 22, 1869. Mrs, Coughlin was
born in County Meath, Ireland. They have six children, five boys and one girl—Elizabeth,
Thomas J., Martin J., Charles F., Edward H. and Robert E. Mr. Coughlin has a well im-
proved farm of 320 acres.

JOHN EVERETT, farmer, Section 27, Township 15, Range 22, P. O. Gardner, John-
son County. was born in Wayne County, Mich., in February, 1832, was brought up in
that locality. In 1855 he moved to McHenry County, Ill, and from there to ansas, in
1857, arriving in the Township of Richland, in May, of that year. He purchased the farm
he now occupies and has since added to his possessions till he now owns 545 acres, the most
of which is under a good sta.e of cultivation. He enlisted in September, 1863, in the late war,
in Company A, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry. as commissioned Second Lieutenant and served
till November, 1865. He was married in Washtenaw County, Mich., March 7, #44% to Miss
Sarah A., daughter of Eldad Spencer. Mrs. Everett was born in Michigan, her parents be-
ine loneers OF ehat, State. mr ane mE sever ett have ate cuilaren, one son and five

—. , Wile Of Harry,Fruit, of Johnson County; John P., married and living in
Richland; Lillie W., Julia H., Annie iL. and Maud G. y ane

JOHN FORGEY, farier, Section 11, Township 16, Range 21, P. O. Wellsville, was born
in Montgomery County, Ind., February 8, 1849; was brought up in his native county. Im-
migrated to Kansas in 1870 and settled on his present farm. He was married in Franklin
County, Kan., November 20, 1874, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Akers, Mrs.
Forgey was born in Franklin County, Va. Phey have two children—Freddie E, and Earl R.
Mr. Forgey has seventy acres of improved land.

J. W. ES, farmer, Section 24, Township 16, Range 22, P. O, Paola, was born in
Brown County, Ohio, in 1843. When nineteen years of age he enlisted (September 2, 1862)
in Company E, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Was promoted to First Sergeant and
served till July 4, 1865. He was married in La Fayette, Ind,, February 26, 1866, to Miss
Cerelda, daughter of Moses Porter. Mrs. Games was born in Ohio. r. Games moved to
Jackson County, Mo., and from there to Richland, Miami Co., Kan., in January, 1869, where
he has a fine farm of 160 acres. In 1879 he was elected _a member of the Kansas Legislature
and re-elected in 1880; politics, Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Games have five children, three
sons and two daughters—Minunie J., John J., William, Venie and Frankie,

JOSEPH HEISSER, farmer, Section 10, Township 16, Range 22, P. O. Wade, was born
at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 15, 1835. When ten years of age he went with his parents to
Ohio; from there to Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, and from the latter State to Kansas, in

T1, he opening of the late war he enlisted in April, 1861, as a private of Company B,
Seventeenth Iowa Infantry, served three years , re-enlisted in same company and regiment,
and served till the close of the war. He'was captured at Tilton, Ga., in 1864, and was held
@ prisoner six months. During thistime he was an inmate of Caghowke. Andersonville,
Lawton and Salisbury prisons. He was married at Paola, Kas., May 22, 1873, to Miss Kate
E. Powelson, daughter of Robert A. Powelson. Mrs, Heisser was born in Washington
County, Pa. They have three children—Monseir E.. Charles W., and Birdie D. Mr. Heisser
has jewel improved farm of 200 acres, his residence being one of the best farm buildings

a county.

SAMUEL HENNINGER, farmer, Section 13, Township 16, Range 22, P. 0. Paola. Mr.
Henninger was born in Pennsylvania, December 19, 1826. He learned the gunsmith’s
trade and followed that business six years, In 1867 he moved to Illinois, and in 1870 to
Kansas. He located in Wea Township, Miami County, where he was engaged in farmin,
until 1876. when he removed to his present farm in Richland. Mr. Henninger has 20
acres of his own and 240 that he is working under lease. During the late war he enlisted
in February, 1865, in Company G, One Hundred and Ninety-second Pennsylvania, and
served unlil the close of the war. He was married in Clinton County, Pa., in 1852, to Miss
Elmira, daughter of George Quiggle. Mrs. Henninger was born in Pennsylvania. They
have nine children liying—Ada is the wife of N. H. Howard, of Anderson County, Kas.,
Joseph B., Albertes J., Robert C., James W., Mabel, Clarence E., Ethelda J.. and Charles T.

JAMES HOLMAN, farmer, Section 25, Township 15, Range 22, P. O. Edgerton, John-
son County, one of the Kansas pioneers of 1855, was born in Laurel County, Ky.. June 1
1821. He was brought up in Kentucky, andin early manhood removed to Indiana, an
from there to Illinois; from there to Missouri, where he resided until 1855, when he came
to Kansas, arriving in Leavenworth County. He made a claim and made his home here
until 1857. In May of that year he moved to Section 31, Township 15, Range 22, Richland.
He subsequently took up the northeast quarter of Section 25, in the same Fowne lip, under
the Homestead Law, where he now resides, and also purchased ten acres of timber. He
now has animproved farm of 170 acres, He participated in the troubles of 1855 and 1856,
being # partisan of the Free-state party, and duriug the late war he served in the Kansas
Stale Militia in defense of the State. He was married December 27, 1842, in Kentucky, to
Miss Martha A., daughter of John Owen. Mrs. Holman was born in Knox County, Ky.
They had fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters—Lenena J., is the wife of H.
R. Wooley; Mary E., wife of Samuel Boise; John M., died when sixteen years ola; John
M., was a Union soldier of the late war; and Joseph G., died, aged twenty-six years; Risden
0., William R., James H. D, Hulda, is the wife of C. B. Scott; Samuel K., Sarah M., is the
wife of C. L. Shuman; Martha A., wife of E. D. Land; Susie A. Buena Vista, and Wayland
H., who died in childhood,

CICERO C, JORDAN, M. D.. pbgsician aud surgeon, drug store and office situated at
the northwest corner of Section 10, Township 16, Range 22, near Wade postofiice. Dr. Jor-
dan was born in Pulaski, Tenn, May 5, 1848. He received an academic education, and en-
tered the Union Army as a member of the Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, under Gen. Rous-
seau. Had an arm broken in action, and served three months. Early in 1864 he enlisted as
a private of Company I. Fourth Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Was with his command in all
engagements participated in by them, and served until the close of the war. In 1877 Mr.
Jordan entered the University of Tennessee and Nashville Medical College; took a regular
course of two terms and graduated with the degree of M. D., February 22, 1881. He began
the practice.of medicine at Lelliard’s Mills, Marshall Co., Tenn,, and extended his practice
into Murray County. In the fall of 1882 he came to Miami County, Kas., and established
himseif in his present practice. Dr. Jordan erected a building near Wade postoffice, in
which he carries on a general drug business.

BELA LATHAM, farmer, Section 23, Township 16, Range 22, P. O. Paola, Mr, La-
tham was born in Lafayette County, Ohio, April 1, 1837, where he was prought up on a
farm. He enlisted in 1864, in the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Ohio, One Hundred day
service, and served the term of his enlistment. He omifrated to Kansas in 1868, and pur-
chased his present well improved farm of 320 acres inthe Township of Richland. He also
has thirteen and one-third acres of timber land in Marysville Township. He was married
in Ohio, February 28, 1867, to Miss Eliza E. daughter of William Merchant. Mrs. Latham
was bornin Ohio. They have had six children—Charles, Clara, who died in childhood, Et-
tie, Edward, Fred and Ella. ‘ 3

JOHN PETTIBONE, farmer, Section 26, Township 15, Range 21, P. O. Wellsville,
Franklin Co. He was born in Genesee County, N. Y.,and when only one year old accom-
panied his parents to Michigan, where he was brought upas a farmer. In May, 1856, he
emigrated to Kansas and located in Douglas County. e remained in that county three
years, and in 1859 moved to Miami County, and settled in the Township of Richland on
his present farm. Mr, Pettibone was a Free-state man in politics, and served during the
late war in the Kansas State Militia asa member of Captain Pettibone’s Company. He was
married in Logansport, Ind., in 1852, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Bradicomb.
Mrs. Pettibone was born in Germany. They have nine children—three sons and six
daughters—Florence, wife of R. Delano, of Franklin County, Kan., Julia, wife of David
Cope, of Wellsville, Kan., Marv, wife of Lewis Thorn of Wellsville, Charlotte, wife of Jobn
Hay of Wellsville, Abigail, wife of Caleb Woodward or Wellsville, George, Kate, Bruce

ana John.
¥. M. REDENBAUGH, farmer, Section 29, Township 15, Range 22, P.O. Edgerton,
Johnson Co. Mr. Redenbaugh was born in Montgomery County, \Indiana, September 5,
838. He moved to Missouri in 1857 with his parents and to Kansas the same year. The
family settled iv the Township of Richland, Miami County, of which Mr. Redenbaugh has
continued to be a resident to this date. During the late war he served in the Kansas mili-
tia. He was marriediu August, 1864. to Miss Rebecca L., daughter of J. V. Jones. Mrs.
Redenbaugh was born in Arkansas. They have five children, three sons and two daughters
—Mary, William, Francis, Louisa, James and Olivet B. Mrs. Redenbaugh died April 10,
1881. “Mr. Redenbaugh hasa fine farm of prairie and bottom lands, aggregating 30934

acres, %
JACOB M. ROHRER, farmer, Section 24, Township 15, sane 22, P. O. Gardner, John-
son County. Was born in Holmes County, Ohio, February 23, 1839; was brought up in his
native county; moved to Indiana, and from there to Illinois, where he enlisted in the fall
of 1861 in Company E, Ninety-fourth Illinois Infantry, was a non-commissioned officer,
and served nearly two years till discharged for physical disability. He emigrated to Kan-
sas in the spring of 1868, and located on his present farm in 1870. He was married in Mc-
Lean County, Ill., November 10, 1869, to Miss Mattie E., daughter ot William Clark. Mrs.
Rohrer was born in McLean County, Ill. They have four children—Ettie M., William P.,
Lana J. and Beulah A. Mr. Rohrer has a well improved farm of 700 acres.

JACOB SMITH, farmer and liveryman, junior partner in the firm of Edmiston &
Smith, of Paola. Mr, Smith’s farm and residence are on Section 12, Township 16, Range
21, Richland Township, P. O. Paola and Wellsville. He was born in Delaware County.
Ohio, in 1837, was brought up ona farm and immigrated to Kansas in the fall of 1873, an
purchased his present farm of 120 acres. Mr. Smith has first class buildings and his farm
under a good state of cultivation, He has recently traded a farm in the same Township,
160 acres, for an interest in the Edmiston & Sherman livery stable at Paola. He is also in~-
terested in breeding imported Norman horses, of which he has two very fines ecimens.
He was married in Ohio, in 1858, to Miss Mary L., daughter of Martin Bedder. rs. Smith
was born in Switzerland. They have five children—John A., Mary S.,M.N., Allie E, and

attie V.

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ROBERT STEEN, farmer, Section 25, Township 15, Range 21, P. O. Wellsyille, Franklin
County. Mr. Steen was born in Lower Canada, April 30, 1842. Immigrated to the United
States with his parents when six vears of age. The family located in Walworth County,
Wis., and one year later moved to Winnebago County, Ill. From there they went to Iowa
in 1854, and came to Kansas in 1858. Early in the late war Mr. Steen offered himself as a
recruit but was rejected for physical disability. He afterward served in the State Militia
of Kansas, He was married, in October, 1865, to Miss Nancy £., daughter of Thomas
Powers. Mrs. Steen was bornin Kentucky. They have six children—Nathaniel J., William
W., 8. Elizabeth, Marzette, Albert and Armine, Mr. Steen has a well improved farm of 160

acres.

DAVID W. STUDEBAKER, farmer, Section 20, Township 15, Range 22, P. O. Edgerton
Johnson County. My. Studebaker was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1819. Moved in 1839
to Delaware County, Ind., and from there to Logausport, Cass Co, Ind., in 1847. In May,
1860, he came to Kansas and settled on his present farm of 260 acres in Richland. During
the late war he served eighteen months in the Kansas Militia in defense of the State. He
was married in Indiana, March 20, 1845, to Miss Hannah M., daughter of Peter Baisinger.
Mrs. Studebaker was born in Clark County, Ohio. They have eight children, five boys and
three girls—Rebecca is the wife of Milton Redenbaugh, Thomas J., Nathan, Henry, Mary C.,
William G., Halsey H. and Martha.

PETER N. WINGERT, farmer, Section 5, Township 16, Range 22. P.O. Wade, has 240
acres of land. He was born in Preble County, Ohio, November 14, 1832, where he passed
his childhood; when fourteen years of age he removed with his parents to Illinois, resided
in Lee County till 1860, and then immigrated to Kansas and purchased his present farm.
During the late war he served in the Kansas Militia. He was married in Ogle County, IIL,
September 1, 1859, to Miss Catharine K., daughter of Alexander Branden. Mrs. Wingert
was born in Petersburg, Va. They have six chi fren-foseph H., William M., and Mary J:
(twins), Olive B., George A. and Katie B. (twins). Mr. Wingert is the present Township
Clerk. He has served one term previously and held other minor offices.

AMOS WOODCOCK, farmer, Section 3, Township 16, Range 22, P. O, Wade, was born in
Perry County, Ohio, and was brought up in what is now Morrow County. He immigrated
to Kansas in 1857, arriving in Johnson County, near Gardner, May 7 of that vear. oved
to his present farm, which he purchased of Thomas Hicks, in 1869. He enlisted, October 1,
1861, in Company I, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, was promoted-to Sergeant and served three years
and two months. He was married in Ohio, May 30, 1865,to Miss Phebe R., daughter of
Win. McGowen. Mrs. Woodcock was bornin Onio. They.haye had five childreu—Clay died
aged eleven and a half years, Frank, Harry, Matilda amd Reuben, the latter died aged four
years, Mr. Woodcock has a tract of 250 acres.

VALLEY TOWNSHIP.

J. S. BATES, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Paola, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in
1830, immigrated # America, in 1853, and began lifein this country as a farm laborer at
$7 dollarg per month. He came West in 1855, traveled and worked at various employments
in the »estern territories, spent several years in mining and freighting in Colorado, Mon-
tana and Utah. At the time of the Pike’s Peak gold excitement he organized a company
and made his way to that place. For 25Q miles of the way his party made their own road.
In 1868, having acquired considerable means he came to Miami County, Kan., and pur-
chased the large farm he now occupies. Mr. Bates has a fine stock farm of 900 acres, on
which he has aherd of 200 cattle, and about the same number of hogs. His corn cro
averages about 6.000 bushels, and his hay 800 tons, Mr. Bates has one of the model stoc!
farms of Eastern Kansas, and is widely known as an enterprising, thrifty farmer,

HUG ODDING, farmer, Section 36, P.O,Paola, was born in Maine, July 1, 1843,
came to Wisconsin, with his parents in 1856, spent two years in Dane County of that State,
and then came to Kansas, and located in Miami County. He enlisted in July, 1863,asa
private of Company D, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, and was assigned to the Western Army,
and detailed as bearer of dispatches, and several months in the Secret Service. He was
seriously wounded by having his leg broken in two places by having his horse fall on him
while on duty, Aftertwo years service he was discharged at Fort Riley, under special
order disbanding dismounted cavalry. He was employed in the Government service about
three years longer in Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. On his return to Kansas he en-
gaged in farming on the old homestead in the town of Valley, where he still resides. He
has a fast. well improved farm of eighty acres. .

JAMES JOHNSON, farmer, Section 30, Township 17, Range 23, P. O. Paola, was born
in New York, in 1823, moved to Ohio, in 1842, where he was engaged in farming till 1857,
when he emigrated to Kansas, arriving in the town of Osawatowie, in April, of that year.
He purchased a farm in the vicinity of Osawatomie which he improved and occupied till
1864. He then returned to Ohio, and remained till 1879, when he returned to Miami
County, and purchased his present farm of eighty acres, inthe town of Valley, and also
thirty acres of timber in Osawatomie. .

JAMES KNOCHE, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Paola, was born in Germany, in 1846, im-
migrated to America, in 185%. Settled in Missourl, (Jackson County) where he resided till
1861, when be came to Kansas and located in Paola Township. Inthe spring of 1879, he
purchased the fine farm of eighty acres, where he now lives in the town of Valley. .

PETER LOWE, farmer, Section 18, Township 18, Range 24, P. O. Paola, was born in
the city of Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany,October 11,1831. He immigrated to
America in 1848, spent one year in Baltimore, Md.,then went to Madison County, Ill.,where
he resided until November, 1865, when he emigrated to Kansas. He bought out a home-
stead claim on the Miami Indian lands. He has added to his possessions by purchase, until
he now has 440 acres of land, well improved. Mr. Lowe has served eight years as Justice
of the Peace, and bas held other minor offices. He was married in Illinois, February 23,
1854, to Miss Naomi J.,daughter of Alex. West. Mrs. Lowe was born in Madison County,
Il. They have eight chlidren—five sons and three daughters—Lizzie, wife of James Toll-
man, of Miami County; William A., married Maggie Dyer, and lives in Valley Township;
Jacob, Perry, AdaO., Lorenzo, Lenice and Theodore.

THOMAS H. OLDHAM, farmer, stock grower and dealer, Section 16, Township 18,
Range 23, P. O. Paola, was born in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1835; was brought up on a farm and

was engaged in that business in Ohio, until 1868, when he emigrated to Kansas, and came
directto Paola, Miami County,arriving May 15th, and engaged in the grocery business with
W. G. Rainey, under the firm name of Oldham & Rainey. In January, 1869, he purchased
his present farm in the town of Valley, and the following spring went out of the grocery
business, and moved to his present farm. Mr. Oldham has 487 acres of prairie and timber
upland and bottoms, well improved with large and commodious buildings. He has devoted
considerable attention to buying, feeding and shipping stock, in addition to the large
amount grown on his place; at present he is changing from cattle tosheep. Hehas a herd
of fifty head of cattle, 510 sheep, and about 200 hogs, and a goodly number of mules and
Horses. Taken as a whole, Mr. Oldhaim’s farm will rank among the best in Eastern
ansas, Es .

WILLIAM PROCTOR, farmer, Section 7, Township 16, Range 17, P. O. Paola, was born
in Shelby County, Ky., in 1820; moved to Indiana in his youth, and to Iowa in 1840. Lo-
cated in Des Moines County, and engaged in farming. He enlisted as a private of Company
C, Thirtieth Iowa Infantry, in 1862; was under Grant and Sherman, and participated in
Sherman’s famous march to the sea, His term of service expired with the close of the war.
In 1868, he moved to Kansas, and located in the town of Valley, where he still resides, Mr.
Proctor was married in Lowa, in 1842, to Miss Julia,daughter of Zaccheus Tiberghein, Mrs.
Proctor was born in Ohio County, Va. They had two children born to them—Columbus C,
and George T. The former is the present Register of Deeds of Miami County, the latter
died in childhood, aged eine years,

CHARLES STANCHFIELD, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Paola, has a farm of 160 acres
where he lives, and six acres of timber some miles distant. Mr. Stanchfield was born in
Lewiston, Me., in 1838. He served a regular apprenticeship to the plummers and tinners’
trade, at which be worked until 1863. He then went to California, and spent two years in
that State, returned East, and located in Nlinois in 1866. In 1868, he removed to Kansas,
and made his home in the town of Paola. He has since spent four years in California,

SCOTT H. THOMAS, farmer, P. 0. Paola,Section 30, Township 1%,Range 23 east, has eighty
acres on Section 30, and five acres of timber a few miles distaut. yr. Thomas was born
in Pickaway County, Ohio, November 26, 1836; moved to Iowa with his parents in 1846,
where he was brought up on afarm. He enlisted in the United States service in the late war
as a private of Company E, Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and served three years and three
months, He participated in the battles of Pleasant Hill, Savine Cross Roads and Winches-
ter, Va., and other engagements. He received a gunshot wound at the battle of Sabine
Cross Roads. In June, 1867, he emigrated to Kansas, and located on his present farm.

JAMES WILLIAMS, deceased, was a pioneer of Kansas of 1854. He was born in Ver-
mont and emigrated to Kansas in 1854. Helocated at Osawatomie. He was a Free-state
man and participated in the troubles of those early days; was engaged in the battle of Osa-
watomie, of August, 1856, and took an active part in many skirmishes with the enemy. He
enlisted in the late war asa member of the Third Kansas Infantry, which was afterwards
consolidated with the Fourth into the Tenth. He died of small pox, while in the service, on
duty as guard over rebel prisoners, at Alton. Ill., March, 1864. He had seven children, of
whom two only are living—Mrs. Florence Pittman, and Mrs. Clara Johnson, wife of James
Johnson, of Valley. His widow is living, and resides with her (laughter, Mrs, Johnson.

JUDGE D. B. WILSON, farmer and stock grower, Section 35, Township 17, Range
22, P.O. Paola, The subject of this sketch is one of the pioneers of Kansasof 1856, having
located near the historic ground of Osawatomie, in May of that memorable year, He was
born in Belmont County, Ohio, December 11, 1816; received a common school education
and moved to Morgan County, Ill.,in May, 1836, being a pioneer of thatregion also. He
spent twenty years in that locality and then emigrated to Kansas. He arrivedin Lykins
County (now Miami) the first of May, 1856, and pitched his tent on government land near
the site of Osawatomie, which was made historic the following Augnst, by the-engagement

 
goo

of the forces of General John W. Reed (Pro-slavery) and the Free-state band under John
Brown. Jndge Wilson identified himself with the Free-state party and participated in the
trying scenes of those days, In March, 1861, prior to the bombardment of Fort Sumter
andthe call for troops by the government. he in anticlpation of the situation, organized a
military company under the State laws and was commissioned its Captain. The company
was regularly sworn into the service of the State. On the call for troops the members prin-
cipally re-enlisted in the United States Volunteer service. Judge Wilson has served in
various civil offices, both in Illinois and Kansas, having served as Postmaster at Arenzville,
Ill, during the administration of Presidents Taylor and Fillmore. He has served eighteen
years as Justice of the Eoace, six years as Judgeof Probate of Miami County, beginning in
January, 1863. He was appointed by Judge S. O. Thacher, of Lawrence, as Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court to filla vacancy, He was married in Morgan County, Ill., September 9, 1838, to
Miss Susannah Fletcher. They had a family of three sons and six daughters, of whom two
sons and four daughters are still living, all residents of Miami County, Kan., excepting one,
the oldest son, in Doniphan County. The second son, Edward H. was born in June, 1856

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the second white child born in Lykins (now Miami County). The Judge has a fine farm of
160 acres in the western part of the town of Valley, where he is passing the evening of his
days.

YYAMES L. WRIGHT, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Paola, was born in Delaware. in 1814,
In early childhood removed with his parents to Maryland, and when ten years of age to
Wayne County, Ind. He continued to reside in Indiana till- 1859, when he em grated to
Kansas, arriving in this State October 7 of that year. He had previously visited the State
and passed a portion of 1855 and 1857 here, but did not make his home here till 1859. He
located in Stauton, Miami County, where he was engaged in farming some ten years. He
then moved to Paola Township, Section 34, now a part of the town of Valley, where he has a
fine farm of 204 acres. .Mr. Wright is one of the pioneers of Kansas, and has had the pleas-
ure of witnessing the rapid settlement and development of the State, and has shared the
hardships and trials incident tothetimes. During the Price raid he did military duty in
defense of his State.

 

 

/ WILSON

COUNTY.

 

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

\ X 7ILSON County takes its name from Col. Hiero T. Wilson, a resident of

Fort Scott since 1843, anda man of prominence in the early days of
he Territory. Of the pre-territorial existence of this part of the State but little
record exists, and the places mentioned ~
in the record of early travels are gener-
ally too vaguely described tu admit of
identification. In the journal of Capt. Oo
Z. M. Pike, of Pike’s Peak fame, who oO
passed up the Verdigris on his exploring
tour from St. Louis to the headwaters of
the Arkansas, appear some interesting
passages, which have been already
quoted in John S. Gilmore’s admirable
history of this county. The stream is
here spoken of as the “ Verdigrise,” a
name derived from the greenish blue
clay found in its bed, and used as a pig-
ment by the Osages. Lieutenant J. B.
Wilkinson, who descended the Arkansas
River in 1806, speaks of passing the oO
mouth of the'‘Verdigris,” being about one .
hundred yards .wide. No explorations
followed the course of Fall River and it
remained unknown or unmentioned until
Territorial times.

The county, although one of the
thirty odd counties laid out by the“‘bogus”
legislature of 1855, was entirely within
the reserve of the Osage Indians and
not subject to white occupation. It was
however invaded by white settlers at
a very early day, Henry H. Opdyke,
G. J. Caven and William M. Caven ar-
riving at a point near Coyville on April
28, 1857, and at once proceeding to
build log cabins. For three years after
this time the white pioneers pushed in
here and there in the northern part of
the county, and a few had come as far
down as where Altoona now stands.
There were probably more than 100
whites located in the county in 1860,

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along the river it is bluffyand broken and at various points huge isolated
mounds, natural watch towers, heave up from the smooth bosom of the fertile
levels like solitary rough topped seas among the lesser waves, Along the
streams are the timber belts varying in width from half a mile toa mile and
one-half, and embracing oak, hickory,
walnut, hackberry,elm, soft maple,pecan,
sycamore, ash, cherry, basswood and
some cedar.

The water supply of the county is
one of the finest in the State. From
near the northwest corner of the county
run two considerable streams, Fall
River and Verdigris, joining their grcw-
ing waters near the southeast corner of
the county. Tributary to these are
Cedar, Chetopa and Buffalo creeks, all
running southwest into the Verdigris,
and many small streams named locally
or not at all. In the southwest portion
of the county is Duck Creek, running
southwest out of the county. Numerous
springs also percolate the soil in every
part of the county, and water can be
reached by wells varying in depth from
twelve to thirty feet.

Like almost all counties in this sec-
tion, Wilson has an underlying stratum
of coal of good quality. This crops out
on the surface in the eastern townships
showing a thickness of from six inches
to three feet. It is used to a consider-
able extent for fuel and mechanical pur-
poses.

Both lime and sandstone are found
in great abundance and of excellent
quality for building purposes. Fireclay
is found along the river beds.

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Rand, & Co, EARLY SETTLEMENT,

In the first year of the war, the
rebels twice sacked Humboldt, in Allen
County, just northeast of the Wilson
County settlements, and on the second

 

 

although the census of that year give
only 27. So matters stood when the war

 

of 1861-65 broke out, and further settle-
ment being very dangerous, was practi-
cally abandoned.

As laid out by the “bogus” legisla-
ture, Wilson was in the southernmost tier,
and comprised all that is now Mont-
gomery County. It was twenty-four
miles square. Later in its session, this
legislature attached Wilson County to (9) ‘Talleyrand Township
Allen, and made Cofachique the per- ch

 

 
 
 
  
 
 

 

manent county seat. Upon the election

 

of the free State legislature a new set of
lines was given all the counties in the

raid burned the town. No attack was
oe 1870. | ‘880. made on the settlers near Coyville, but
Gedar Townahlp cue tins Wredonin Git £39 gog it was thought best to be ready for de-

en ; . y Q <: : ; :
Grier Tua, el ig HGS ity B25 | LH68 fence, and a company was formed with
Clifton Township. 918 977 eighty mounted men in line,under Capt.
Jal Pe ene ants ise John R. Row and Lieutenants W. W.
(e) Gailterd rowan: : Bae 1,388 Brazel and Lewis Thompson. That
(a) Neodesha Township, Inelading Neodesha City... 1398 | 1,373 fall, fortifications were built ata point
(e) Newark Townshi aca icieesssnseaseveess setae is 824 about three miles south of the town, on
(f) Prairie Township ee 470 | 848 land now owned by John Shaffer. This
) Tallevrang Jowust pio 676 was named Fort Row, in honor of the
B ee 687 | 1.484 captain of the force. It consisted of
6, 694 |18.775 three block houses, 16x24 feet, made of
Fredonia City.scces cscssse eevee ees Gee jmecmen onan gz3 heavy logs, and enclosed with pickets
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third tier, and they were shortened up

south. In the final re-adjustment of
lines by the legislature of 1867, this
county was cut down to its present
dimensions and Montgomery made of
the southern portion. It is now bounded on the north by Woodson; east by
Neosho; south by Montgomery and west by Elk and Greenwood counties.

The county has twenty per cent of bottom land, and eighty per cent of upland,
forest occupies eight per cent, and prairie ninety-two per cent. The average
width of the bottoms along the principal streams, Verdigris and Fall River, is
one mile. ‘The general surface of the county is undulating, but in many places

an aggregate of twenty-six miles. All (a) In 1871, from part of Talleyrand.
this territory was given to Wilson, which Ce) era aL tO valle:
A , partto Prairie.
thus became fifty miles long north and (a) n 1870, part to Newark.
te) 870, from part of Neodesha.
(

, part to Duck Creek.
8738, part to Prairie.

Be from parts of Fall River, Guilford and Verdigris.

thrown up on all sides,and the company
went into winter quarters. The follow-
ing spring the fort was deserted and
most of the militia enlisted in the Ninth
Kansas Volunteers. Vestiges of the old
fort still remain.

Nothing of special moment in the
way of settlement occurred during 1863
or the early part of 1864. In August of the latter year, Daniel C. Finn, a man
‘destined to become quite noted in the early history of the county, arrived from

New York. An organized county was imperatively necessary to the success of
Finn’s plans, and he at once began to agitate the subject, claiming that the
white population of the county was sufficient to warrant organization, There
was no taxable property in the county at that time, as it all belonged to the

 
WILSON COUNTY.

Osage Reserve, and it would be hard to find any reason, beyond Finn’s ambi-
tion, for effecting an organization at that time. An election was held, however,
at the house of John Shaffer, on the Verdigris, near the site of Fort Row, and
Finn was sent as a delegate to the Republican State Convention at Topeka. It
will be remembered that there were two Republican State Conventions in 1864,
the first being for James H. Lane, and the second, known as the Republican
Union State Convention, for Governor Carney. Finn belonged to this latter
party, and doubtless used all means to secure additional support for Carney by
effecting the organization of Wilson County.

Finn’s manetvers were successful, and on September 24, 1864, a petition
bearing the signatures of thirty settlers, and headed by the name of Daniel C.
Finn, Was presented to Gov. Thomas Carney and granted. Appointments
were made of the various county officers, but, as will be seen by the county
roster, many failed.to qualify. The administration of several offices was dis-
tasteful, and much confusion ensued. Syracuse, a mythical place supposed to
be near the centre of the county, was designated as the temporary county seat,
and George M. Cottingham, W. M. Asher and William Brown appointed
County Commissioners.

Following the initiation of the county officers came an attempt on the part
of Finn and a town company numbering seventeen, among whose names ap-
pears that of Gov. Thomas Carney (by D.C. Finn), to lay out the town of
Syracuse. A log cabin was erected on the chosen spot, at the base of West
Mound, about half a mile west of the present county seat, and street and block
lines were run by a surveyor. At this juncture (April, 1865), Finn was notified
by the agent of the Osages, on whose land Syracuse was to be built, to refrain
from further work, and Syracuse was forever abandoned, {n November, 1864,
the first election was held in the county. This wasa Presidential year, and the
600, whom Finn declared lived in the county might have reasonably been ex-
pected to turn out in force. But only one polling place was opened, and but
twenty-six votes cast. Ofthese Abraham Lincoln received twenty-one, and
George B. McClellan five. The straight Republican State ticket had nineteen
votes, and the Anti Lane Union Republican, seven. All votes cast were for
Daniel C. Finn as member of the lower house, and Col. C. P. Twiss, of Allen
County, for State Senator.

COUNTY ROSTER AND COUNTY SEAT.

The early organization of the county was, as has already been said, considerably lacking
inform. Many of those who held offices were appointed to fill vacancies caused by the failure
of those elected to qualify, and in many instances the County Commissioners failed to make a
return, showing who were elected. The list of those who have held the county offices up to
the present time is as follows: County Clerks, Henry Pearman (appointed) 1864; G. D. Bunch,
1865; J. M. Buzzard, 1866-67; W. H. Morgan (appointed); Joseph Robbins, 1868-69; J. L.
Russell, 1870-71; J. C. G. Smith, 1872-73; G. E. Butin, 1874-75-76-77; G. McFadden, 1878-79;
J.C. Tuttle, 1880-83. County Treasurers during the same time were, J. M. Buzzard (ap-
pointed) 1865; Oscar Coy, 1866-67; G. W. Hatler, 1868-69; William McBrown, 1870-71; Alex-
ander Hunt, 1872-75; Henry Brown, 1876-77; H. A. Jenner, 1878-82; T. C. Singleton, 1882-84.
Registers of Deeds were: George Coombes (appointed) 1866; James Stallings, 1867-71; John
S. Gilmore, 1872-73; O. H_ Sheffer, 1874-75; William Cowgill, 1876-79; Thomas Blakeslee,
1880-83. Probate Judges: John Shaffer (appointed) 1865-66; Cary A. Mullenix, 1867-68; Mel-
vin Mickel, 1869-72; William Stivers, 1873-83. Sheriffs: Robert Craig (appointed) 1864;
Thomas C. Craig, 1865-67; Jasper Davis, 1868-69; B. W. Ladd, 1870-73; A. E. Smith, 1874-77;
Thomas McIntosh, 1878-80; G. W. Schlegel (appointed) 1880; Samuel Baughman, 1881-83.
Superintendents of Public Instruction: M. G. Williams (appointed) 1866; John Shaffer,
1867-68; T. B. Woodard, 1869-70; S. W. Burke (appointed during preceding term) 1871-72;
William B. Shirley, 1873-76; Zenas Park, 1877-78; J. L. Shinn, 1879-80; J. H. Vliet, 1881-82.
The first State Senator elected was Charles P. Twiss, of Allen County, who served. in the
Legislature of 1865-56. He was followed by non-residents of the county, until the eiection of
W. A. Peffer in 1875-76. S.S, Benedict, electedin 1877, is now Senator from this county.

“Members of the Lower House have been: Daniel C. Finn, 1865; Henry Pearmain, 1866;
J. W. Jewett, 1867; P. Fay, 1868; W. F. Travis, 1869; T. J. Hudson, 1870; A. McCartney,
1871; S. S. Benedict, 1872; J. Z. Sexton, 1873; John A. Beam, 1874; S S. Benedict, 1875-76;
ee Gilmore and T. B. Woodard, 1877-78—79-80; J. C. Sextonand T. F. C. Doda,

There is no record of the first meeting of the County Commissioners. It is supposed,
from all that can be gathered, that it took place about January, 1867. Ata meeting held at
that time (January, 1867) it was moved by L. F. Davis, Chairman of the Board ‘‘that Coy’s
store be made the temporary county seat.’” This motion was carried unanimously and shut
out R. 8. Futhey, who had been compelling the Commissioners to mect at Colfax, a town he
had started just below Coy’s. This action seems to have brought the county seat question to
public attention, and on March 2, 1867, a petition, bearing 113 signatures, was presented, for
an electio: to permanently locate the seat of justice. In accordance with this petition, the
third Saturday of April was set for election day. The candidates were Twin Mounds (Fredo-
nia), Kalida, also known as Clifton, a paper town on the northwest quarter of Section 16,
Township 28, Range 15,'and Tonsa on Section 6, Township 29, Range 16. The canvass of the vote
showed 112 votes for Kalida, 10 for Tonsa, 77 for Twin Mounds and 2 for Centerville. The
Commissioners, however, decided that the vote of Buffalo Township, 43 for Kalida, was in-
tended for Centerville and ordered a new election to take place April 30. At this election,
Twin Mounds received 112 and Clifton, or Kalida, 111. The county seat was thus located at
Twin Mounds.

A third county seat election was ordered for May 25, 1869, and resulted in giving Fredo-
nia 202 votes, Coyville 183, Guilford 117 and Verdi, a new town on the Verdigris, between
Altoona and Neodesha,'’75. No town having received a sufficient vote another election be-
tween Coyville and Fredonia was ordered. This took place on June 8, 1869, and resulted ina
victory for Fredonia by a vote of 302 to 241. The county seat question then lay dormant for
two years, but in 1871, the growth of Neodesha and Altoona set it againafloat. Besides these
towns there was a place known as the Geographical Center, located as near the center of the
county as possible, but not settled save in the event of its selection as the county seat. The
ballot was taken on May 6, and gave Fredonia 954, Neodesha 597, Altoona 414 and the Center
404, This gave no choice and a second election took place on May 23. This resulted in giv-
ing Fredonia 1164 and Neodesha 938. A fraud was, however, detected in the books of Center
Township and 545 votes cast for Fredonia were thrown out by Judge Goodin. This gave the
county seat to Neodesha. The Fredonians did not give the matter up and carried it to the
Supreme Court, where it was finally decided against them. In the interim, another county
seat election was ordered for January 13, 1873. Neodesha not voting for herself but for the
Center, the vote resulted: Fredonia 635,Center 769 and Altoona 393. Another ballot to de-
cide between Fredonia and the Center resulted in the election of the former by a vote of 749
to 722. This finally settled the matter and the adverse decision of the Supreme Court was no
longer of importance. Neodesha fought the matter and induced the Register of Deeds to
move there with his records, but he soon returned to Fredonia which has ever since been the
county seat.

RAILROADS,

The earliest efforts to supply railway facilities to the county were made in Center and
Cedar townships. The Fort Scott, New Chicago & Fredonia Railway, to run through the
places named, asked support in the form of the bonds of the townships through which it
ran. Cedar proposed issuing $35,000 in bonds, and Center Township, which was to have the
western terminus of the road, 850,000. A vote was taken on June 3, ig{t, in Cedar, which

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resulted in a vote of 119 for the bonds, to thirty-four against, and in Center of ‘‘a majority
of 479.’ The vote in the latter township is not recorded save as quoted above. The road
was never buiit,

Humboldt & Fredonia.—The agitation for a road from Humboldt, Allen County, to
Fredonia, culminated in an election, held April 2, 1872. The bonds asked were voted, but no
steps were ever taken toward building the road.

Missouri & Kansas Southern.—Neodesha Township voted on February 10, 1872, by a bal-
lot of 356 to 57, to give 360,000 of the bonds of the township to the Missouri & Kansas South-
ern Railway. This was accompanied by the provision that the road should be completed
within one year, and should be the first raitway to enter Neodesha from the east. The road
was never bullt.

Memphis & Northwestern.—This railway is remembered with very little gratitude by
those who suffered pecuniarily by it, but deserves the credit of being the first to make any
real attempt to fulfil its contiact. The road was to run from Thayer on the L. L. & G. Rail-
way through the second tier of townships. Bonds were asked of Center, Cedar and Chetopa
townships, and the matter meeting favorable consideration, an election was ordered in
Chetopa and Cedar on March 6, 1872, and in Center on April 2. The vote showed: Chetopa,
91 for, 50 against; Cedar 131 for, 39 against. In Center the vote is not recorded, save that
there was a large majority for the bonds. This vote gave 820,000 of Cbetopa bonds on con-
dition that the road be completed through the county in one year, and to Memphis, Tenn.,
in three and one-half years. These bonds were never paid. Cedar also gave $20,000. Cen-
ter Township gave 850,000, and the city of Fredonia $20,000. Half of these latter bonds were
issued, and are now being paid. ‘The road bed was constructed to Fredonia, but later aban-
doned, and nothing further ever done by this company.

In the summer of 1877, the St. Louis & Kansas Central Railway proposed to build a line
through the county, and made overtures for the subscription to their second mortgage bonds
of the bonds of the different townships through which the railway wastorun. On August
28, a petition for a special election in Center, Cedar and Chetopa townships was presented.
The specifications of the proposal submitted to be voted upon were briefly, that the road
starting from near or at Osage Mission, in Neosho County, should run through the townships
mentioned, and also that at some time within two years the road should be built east to some
point on the Missouri State line. The townships were to give respectively: Center, 820,000;
Cedar, $3,000 per mile, and Chetopa $12,000. A canvass of the vote being taken, it was
found the bonds had carried in Center by a vote of 125 to 62, and in Cedar by 80 to 57, but
had been lost in Chetopa by 62 to 50. Someof the leaders in the latter township secured a
second election in 1878, the amount of bonds specified in the proposition being reduced tu
$10,000, but the measure again failed by a vote of 77 to 70. The road was never constructed.

St. Louis & San Francisco.—The county had suffered quite heavily in pocket and temper
in its efforts to secure railway facilities, and when in the spring of 1879, the St. Louis,
Wichita & Western Railway asked the subscription of bonds, on condition that a road be built
through the county, a warm opposition was elicited. The election took place on May 13,
and resulted in a vote for the bonds of 1,672 and against them of. 1,006. The amount of the
bonds was $100,000. Work was at once begun and the road built through the county the same
year, reaching Fredonia on November 24, 1879, and New Albany about a week later.

In the spring of 1882 the Kansas Railway Company caused condemnation proceedings to
take effect on the old grade built from Girard to Fredonia by the Memphis & Northwestern
Railway in 1874. Bonds amounting to $62,000 were voted the new road by the townships of
Center, Cedar and Chetopa, through which it runs. Work was at once begun, and the old
grade repaired; and by March, 1883, it may be expected that trains will be running into Fre-
donia. The route of the line as specified is from the State line in Crawford County, through
Crawford, Neosho, Wilson and Elk to a point where Clark County touches the Indian Terri-
tory. The officers of the road are: S. C. Clark, Chicago, president ; H. B. Harding, Fredonia,
vice-president; T. F. C. Dodd, Altoona, secretary and treasurer.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

Schools were established at a very early day in this county, many of them antedating the
evacuation of the lands by the Osage Indians. The statement that education is fully keeping
pace with the increase of population means little save when accompanied by figures which
show its truth. How true it is may be seen by a glance at the following facts. The number
of school districts in 1879 was ninety-seven, in 1880, it was ninety-eight, and in 1882, 100. The
enrollment of pupils was for the three years respectively 3,986, 4,023 and 4,494. The average
attendance for the same time was 2,203, 2,448 and 2,454. There were 104 teachers in 1879,
135 in 1880 and 109 in 1882. The total expenditures for all purposes in 1879 was $22,210.62, in
1880 $23,589.77, in 1882 $25,707.45.

The various forms of manufacture are but lightly represented in the county, only those
processes which serve to reduce the native products to marketable shape being in use. Brief-
ly enumerated they are as follows: The water-power grist mill of Brown & Orr at Altoona,
valued at $5,000; steam saw mill of Z. A. Benell, Altoona, value $1,000; Fredonia Milling
Company’s mill on Fall River near Fredonia, value $7,000; water-power grist mill of Robert
Morney, New Albany, valued at $5,000; a similar mill of same value at Guilford owned by
C A. Sprague; $5,000 water power grist mill of R. McGahey at Dun (Tallyrand station); $2,000
steam saw mill of Sellers & Hixenbaugh at Dun; $1,200 steam saw mill of W. Brockway at
Neodesha; $8,000 steam flouring mill of Hobert & Keys and 4,000 water power flouring mill of
H. B. Hobert at Neodesha; $5,000 steam flouring mill (Verdigris Valley mill) at Coyville;
$2,000 feed mill operated by wind power located at Neodesha.

The following table shows the acreage devoted to various crops. A perusal of the par-
allel lines will show not only the increase of cultivation in the county but also what are the
favorite or most profitable crops. Minor crops are omitted, as also grasses :

 

 

    
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CROPS. | 1872. 1874. 1876. 1878. 1880. 1882.
Winter wheat__.---.-_.--.-- 5,702 13,025 20,126 20,358 20,704 6,019
RYCesese seine 4 390 1,004 812 181 196 255
Spring wheat oe 118 56 111 2
Corn.------ 19,258 26,464 50,949 49,898 51,678 69.736
Barley 2 144 28 a1 29
Oats._ = a 4,359 5,675 6,221 6,735 5,699 3,187
Buckwheat ---- 87 113 80 59 110 *
Irish potatoes-~ = 430 807 1,036 755 675
Sweet potatoes Ze 17 82 39.73 5 44.03
Sorghum..---- a 192 405 365.25 507 461.30
Castor beans. 4 546 627.75 696 1,939 2,579
Broom corn..------.-------- o4 218.72 454 768

FREDONIA.

Fredonia, the county seat of Wilson County, is located in Center Town-
ship, near Fall River, and upon the line of the St. Louis & San Francisco
Railway. The first building upon the town site was erected in 1868, on a point
now the southwest corner of the square. The builder was Dr. J. J. Barrett,
still a resident of Fredonia, who procured his materials from the mill of Jackson
& Hickox, on Fall River, above New Albany. Upon the completion of the
building, Albert Troxel opened a store in it. In April, a number of settlers got
together on Fall River and organized the Fredonia Town Company, with the
following officers: Justus Fellows, President; J.J. Barrett, Secretary. The other
members of the company were W. H. Williamson, J. H. Broadwell, Elisha
Hadden, G. F. Jackson, John T. Heath, W. T. Barrett, John E. King, Albert
Troxel and D. P. Nichols. That summer the town was laid out by the County
Surveyor, Charles H. Mariner, and the land entered on September 16, at the
land office at Humboldt, by C. S. McCoon, acting for the Town Company.

The second building on the town site was a box court house, 16x24 feet,
built by Samuel Hill; the third, a hotel, built by C.S. McCoon. In the sum-
mer of 1868, Albert Troxel retired from store-keeping, and Charles H. Mariner
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purchased a stock of goods, and June 1, took his place in business which he
still holds. About this time Jno. H. McMahon undertook to strangle the new
town by setting up a town of his own just northwest of Fredonia. Here he
built a court house, and here through his persuasions the County Commissioners
met on July 6 and 7, and August 3 and 4. Twin Mound was the title selected
by McMahon for his future county seat,and he sent in a petition for a postoffice
of that name. This request was refused, there being already a “Twin Mounds”
in the State. Learning of this, the town company, at the suggestion of Jno. T.
Heath, christened their new town Fredonia, in honor of Fredonia, New York,
and sent in a petition for a postoffice, which was granted, and J. J. Stofile com-
missioned as Postmaster. The growth of the new town was not rapid for some
time, the first year showing a total of five buildings, which number had increased
to sixteen in 1869. With the settlement of the county seat question came a
rush to Fredonia, and on November, 1870, there were 153 completed buildings
on the town site, and twelve others in construction. In this year, what now
forms the south part of the court house, was built by the town and donated to
the county. In June the first natural addition to the population occurred, and
the Town Company at once donated a town lot to the new comer, a daughter
of A. J. Miller. In 1871 the town was incorporated as.a city.

The city organized under the laws providing for cities of the third class
A meeting of the council took place on May 5, 1871, and an organization was
effected, the minutes showing the swearing in of J. L. Russell as City Clerk, by
the Police Judge. A second meeting was held at the office of J. H. McMahon,
on May 8, 1871, but no business was done. On this later record appears the
signature of ‘T. J. Hudson, Mayor. Mayor Hudson held office a second term,
being elected in 1873, and resigning October 6, 1874. Mayors since his time
have been: Wm. Stivers (appointed), 1874; R. M. Foster, 4875; Wm. Stivers
1876; T. J. Hudson, 1877, B. M. Short, 1878-79; E. E. Root, 1880; Isaac
Hudson, 1881-82. J. L. Russell remained City Clerk.until the resignation of
Mayor Hudson, when Jno. S. Gilmore served a short time, and was followed
by P. W. Bahl, who held the office until 1877. Since that date the following
have held this position: H. A. Jenner, 1877-78; P. W. Bahl, 1879-80; Charles
King, 1881; W. D. Christman, 1882.

The Twin Mounds.—The traveler rolling smoothly along the St. Louis &
San Francisco Railway between New Albany and Fredonia is struck by the
sudden appearance of a great hillock,or mound,rising to the west of the track.
Along its sides curve grassy slopes, becoming gradually steeper until they reach
the rocky plateau at the summit. As the angle of vision changes, the rocky
crown assumes strange and fantastic shapes, first a giant profile and then the
whole forward half of some giant ocean steamer protruding by the brief cliffs.
A curve of the road and the mound disappears and the eye rests upon the
second and larger of the twins, and beneath it, crowding up its very slope the
busy streets of the county seat. Taking a well worn path, the traveler reaches
the summit, and turns to see unrolled before him one of the finest sights of this
new world. Southward run the somber timber lines which mark the course of
Fall River. Westward lies the second mound, and between the fertile fields to
the far north can be seen the purple fringe of the Verdigris, the cattle-dotted
plain looking from this height like a vast floor, and beneath his feet the city.
As he gazes he can almost see that far off time when glacial rivers with their
resistless force cut down the higher levels, and left no feature to record their
course save these rock-bound pinnacles which standing here through the ages
have seen desolation yield to Indian occupation and that to the golden corn
fields of the pioneer. And when in the great future of this matchless State,
farm shall be added to farm, and town to town, and the great cities of the future
shall have come, the mounds shall still stand and still keep siler.t watch over
the noble landscape forever beneath their feet.

A postoffice was granted Fredonia and J. J. Stoffle appointed Postmaster
on August 15, 1868. The postoffice was in a frame building on the southeast
corner of the square. Here Melvin Mickle, who followed Stoffle, held his office.
W. L. Martin and Alexander Hunt succeeded Mickle. During their terms the
postoffice was moved to the middle of the block on the south side, thence to
the west side and finally to its present location on the south side. John S. Gil-
more, who followed Hunt, is the present Postmaster. ‘

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

School District No. 40, which embraces Fredonia’s school, was organized on July 10th,
1869. No record of school taught that year has been preserved, the clerk's record simply
stating the names of the officers elected. Willlam McMahon, director; A. J. Miller, clerk,
and J. H. McMahon, treasurer. In 1870 a three months’ school was taught by Miss Ella
Longwell, and an attendance of fifty-nine males and-fifty females, or 109 in all, is registered.
A schoolhouse, 20x30 feet, was erected this year. 1871 showed an attendance of 241 scholars,
and the services during the year of W. L. Martin, Miss Ella Longwell and Misa Julia MeClel-
lan. W. L. Martin remained Principal through 1871-72, and was followed In the fall of the
latter year by P. W. Bahl, who remained until 1879, when M. L. Moody was engaged. <A.
M. Whittaker taught in 1880, and was followed, in 1881, by the present principal, James
Kennedy.

The school soon outgrew its schoolhouse, and it was decided to issue bonds to the amount
of $7,000 for the purpose of erecting a substantial and creditable structure. ‘This was done,
and the sum thus secured added to the sum already accumulated as a building fund. The
pbuilding was completed in 1880 and at once occupied. Its cost was $10,000, an amount very
honestly expended, as may be seen hy an inspection of the fine brick structure at the foot of
East Mound. The district had, by the last census, 382 children between five and twenty-one
years; an enrollment of 360, and an average attendance of 220 for the past year. The present
corps of teachers is: James M. Kennedy, principal; G. B. McDonald, Mrs. Flora J. Park, Miss
Lou Young, and Miss Mary Hunt, assistants. The building has six recitation rooms.

Methodist Church.—Methodism is, from its form of church government, little tied to any
one locality, and it seems better to place under the religious history of Fredonia, not only the
Inatters of the Methodist Episcopal history strictly pertaining to the city, but also to a certain
extent those of the circuit.

The first services in Fredonia were conducted by Brother Woodward, of the Belinont Cir-
cuit. W. F. Travis had charge of the work in 1860-61, and was followed by John Earnheart,
in 1862; J. Payne, 1863; C. Meadows, 1864; William Robertson, 1865-66; B. Walker, 1867; A.
Long, 1868; J. Edmiston, 1869; J. McCabe, 1869. The Fredonia Mission was formed at the
Annual Conference at Topeka, in 1870, and J. H. Ross appointed to the circuit, which, at that
time, consisted of Fredonia, New Albany, Union Schoolhouse, Bethel and Guilford. The lat-
ter station was soon dropped as there was no place in which to hold services.

Of the points namedin this circuit, Bethel was the oldest, and contained the first Metho-
dist minister in the county, John Shaffer, and the first class-leader, Winsor Craig. New Al-
bany was the second in point of age, and formed, in 1866, the hasis of a separate work. Rev,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Ross reached Fredonia on April 9th, 1870, and found matters in bad shape, no records having
been kept. There had been preaching in Fredonia prior to this time, Rev. M. Hatter having
performed service in a wagon shop, in July, 1868. W. F. Travis was to have preached on the
afternoon of the same day, but while people and pastor were at dinner, a ‘ Kansas zephyr”
blew down the wagon shop. Mr. Ross’s first move was to secure a parsonage, which was done
by dint of much hard labor. A building site for a church was also secured, and the con-
struction of a church begun. In 1870 an assistant pastor was needed by the church, and Rev.
Thomas Elliott was appointed. In 1871, the circuit was divided, and the part retaining the
name of Fredonia had but two appointments, New Albany and Fredonia. The membership
at this time was 100, of which Fredonia had forty. Rev. William Bristow was appointed to
the work in 1872. This year the church building was completed, at a total cost of $3,000; and
an extensive revival added forty-seven to the church. Rey. W. 8. Stewart was pastor, in
1874-75. D. T. Summerville was pastor in 1876, and, by careful financial management, suc-
ceeded in paying off the entire debt of the church, and making extensive repairs. Rev. S. E.
Pendleton was appointed in 1877, Rev. M. L. Gates in 1878, and ltev. M. McDermond succeeded
him. Rev. D. §. Baldwin, the present pastor, came in 1882. There have been numerous re-
vivals in the church which now numbers over 100. |

The First Congregational Church of Fredonia was organized in the spring of 1871, under
Rev. George Beckwith; who became its first pastor. The society had, at this tim2, thirteen
members. Soon after the organization of the society a church building of wood, and costing
$1.000, was erected. After a pastorate of two years, Mr. Beckwith retired and Rev. C. Rich-
ardson was called. On his resignation the line of pastoral succession was filled by Rev. Messrs.
Cheesman, Adams, William Radford and O. R. Pryor, who served until 1882. At the pres-
ent time the society is without a pastor, but this want will be soon supplied. A parsonage,
costing $600, was added to the church in 1881. The church books show an enrollment of fifty.
A Sunday school was organized in 1873, and had an attendance of forty. It is still in prosper-
ous condition; has an attendance of 100, and is in charge of W. W. Sholes.

The Christian Church, of Fredonia, was organized in 1872, under Rev. Ziba Brown. In
the years 1872 and 1873,a neat stone church building was erected near the Public Square. The
cost of this structure was 82,000. Upon the retirement of Elder Brown, Rev. Milton Short
was placed in charge of the society. To him succeeded Elders Ss. G. Brown, Gwinn and E.
F. Taylor, the last of whom left the church in September, 1882. Arrangements are now be-
ing made to fill the vacant pulpit. The church has now forty-five members. A Sabbath
school was organized in February, 1881, with about forty scholars. It now has an attendance
of sixty-five, and isin charge of J. T. Cox.

Constellation Lodge, No. 95, A., F. & A. M., was organized in 1870. No record of the ex-
act date is now preserved, but the first entries in the ledger were made on September 3rd;
which is presumably the time of organization. The present record begins in 1871, with the
installation of the following officers: J.R. Willets, W. M.; W. H. Winner, 8. W.; W.H. H.
McDowell, J. W.; H. A. Jenner, S. D.; L. Q. Hobbs, J. D.; A. Johnson, treasurer; J. L. Rus-
sell, secretary. The lodge now has a membership of sixty-one, and the following officers:
C. §. Wicks, W.M.; A. W. Cormack, 8S. W.; P. W. Ball, J. W.; C. 8. Coleman, treasurer; w.
M. Oakford, secretary. Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of each month,
in the hall over Reeger’s drug store. The property of the society consists of regalia to the
yalue of three hundred dollars, and cash in the treasury tothe amount of a little more than
$100. Efforts are being made to secure the erection of a new hall, exclusively the property
of the fraternity.

Kilwinning Chapter, No. 44, R. A. U., was organized on January 22, 1880, with the follow-
ing officers: Wm. Cogill, H. P.; P. Reeger, K.; J. R. Willets, S.; P. G. Pinney, treasurer;
T. F. C. Dodd, secretary. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month,
in Masonic Hall. The present officers of the chapter are the same as those given above, with
the exception of C. F. Coleman, treasurer, and W. M. Oakford, secretary.

Kilwinning Council, No. 8, M. E. M., was organized on June 8, 1882, with a membership
of eighteen, and the following officers: W. Cogill, T. I. M.; I. Hudson, D. M.; P. W. Ball,
Pp. C.; C. F. Coleman, treasurer; J. T. Cox, Recorder; J. W. Paulen, steward. The society
now has a membership of twenty-nine. Its officers are: W. Cogill, T. 1. M.; I. Hudson, D.
M.; T. J. Hudson, P. C.; W. M. Oakford, treasurer; J. T. Cox, recorder. Meetings are held
on the last Saturday of each month in Masonic Hall.

Fredonia Lodge, No. 75, J. 0. O. F.. was organized under its present charter, on October
8,1872. There had been a previous organization; but the charter had been surrendered. The
only record of this early lodge, bears date July, 1871, and enumerates the officers as: J. L.
Rossell, N. G.; M. M. Murray, V. C.; 8. A. Hamburger, secretary; John T. Heath, treasurer.
The first officers under the present organization were: H. C. Barrett, N. G.; R. W. Sholes,
Vv. G.; Wm. Bristow, secretary; John Hammert, treasurer. The membership of the lodge
has grown slowly but steadily, and now numbers forty-two, Meetings are held on Monday of
each week in Odd Fellows Hall. The property of the lodge consists of regalia of considerable
value, and $600 in cash in the treasury. Its present officers are: R. W. Sholes, N. G.; T. 0.
Gould, V. G.; J. T. Cox, secretary; Louis Eppstein, treasurer.

Wilson Encampment, No. 35, I 0. O. F., was organized on March 9, 1880. Atthat date
it had eleven members and the following officers: M. W. Murray, C. P.; Samuel Barrett, H.
P.; Joseph Throp, S$. W.; J. E. Cox, J. W.; Douglas Hite. sertbe. At the present time the
membership has increased to thirty-six. Meetings are heldon the second and fourth Thurs-
day of each month in Odd Fellows Hall. The present officers of the society are: G. W.
Hughes, C. P ; G. W, Schlegel, H. P.; R. W. Sholes, S. W.; C. B. Cook, J. W.; T. 0. Gould
scribe; W. F. Miller, treasurer.

Charity Lodge, No. 1869, K. of H., was organized November 10, 1879, with eleven mem-
bers. Its first officers were: W. Cogill, D.; 0. B. Small, V.D.; J. L. Sexton, A. D.; H, A.
Jenner, R.; P. G. Pinney, treasurer. The present officers of the lodge are; O. Lee, D.; J.
Wolever, V. D.; Charles Franor, A, D.: R. M. Foster, R.; W. Cogill, T. Meetings are held
on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, ina hall over Butin’s drug store. The
society now has enrolled, twenty-three members. There has been thus far but one death
claim, which was promptly paid.

The Fredonia Building and Loan Association was organized on November 23, 1880. The
object of this association, is the loaning of its funds to members desirous of making im-
provements in the town. — Its first officers were: W. M. Oakford, Pres.; A. P. Hamilton, V-
P.; W. Cogitl, Sec.; I. Hudson, Treas. The board of directors consisted of these officers and
J.R. Pound, J. W. Hyler, J. A. Burge, W. B. Hess and J. G. Pinney. The present officers are
the same except J. T. Cox, See. The present board consist of W. M. Oakferd, A. P. Hamil-
ton, J: T. Cox, J. R. Pound, C. B. Brown, George Zuschnitt, O. Lee, M. T. Cantrell and P. G.
Pinney. Meetings are held at the office of J. T. Cox, on the first Monday of each month, and
the funds sold to the highest bidder. Thus far sixteen loans have been placed with very sat-
isfactory results.

The Equitable Aid Union came into existence on February 17, 1881, with a membership:
of twenty-six, and the following officers: W.L. Martin, Chan.; A. M. Cormack, Adv.; W.
M. Oakford, Pres.; A, J. Jenner, Treas.; M. Whitbeck, Sec.; J. H. Vilet, Act. The union
is divided into two classes, and has ninety-six members, of whom forty-five are beneficiaries.
Meetings are held in Equitable Aid Union Hall, on Tuesday of each week. This hall contains

piano, staze and other accessories, valued at 3500. The present officers of the society are:
A. N. Perkins, C.; W. M. Oakford, Ad.; 8. R. Ferguson, P.; James Wiley, V. P.; Simon
Golding, T.; J. T. Cox, 8.; M. Whitbeck, accountant.

Fredonia Post, No. 78, G. A. R., was organized on August 14, 1882, with a membership of
forty-eight, and the following officers; T. W. Corey, P. C.; H. Cook, S. V. C.; E. E. Root, J.
V.; J.T. Cox, Adj.; C. B. Cook, O. D.; W. H. Winner, Q.; M. T. Cantrell, chaplain. The post
oan anemberenip of sixty. Meetings are held on Friday of each week, in Equitable Aid

Twin Mounds Lodge, No. 57, K. of P., was organized September 22, 1882, with a member-
ship of twenty-nine, and the following officers: A. W. Carter, P. C.; C. J. Butin, C. C.; J.C.
Tuttle, V. C.; J. H. Vliet, M. E.: A. Burchard, K. R. $.; William B. Hess, M. F.; H. B. Hard-

ing, M. A. Meetings are held on Friday of each week in Odd Fellows Hall. The lodge now
numbers forty-one members.

 

THE PRESS AND OTHER LOCAL INTERESTS.

The first paper published in Wilson County, emanated from Fredonia on January 20, 1870.
It}was styled the Wilson County Courier, and was published by John R. Jennings, who com-
mitted the new sheet to Republican principles. The material of the Leroy Pioneer, which
had also been published by Jennings, was used on the Courier until its demise in December,
1870. The paper started as a six-column, and shortly enlarged to a seven-column folio. It

was never a very substantial sheet, coming outfas a halfgshect. or i ntire-
ii in aaani instanmes, ‘ g& outfas ¥sheet. or missing publication en
WILSON COUNTY.

The Fredonia Journal was started January 18, 1871, by W. A. Peffer and George M. Well-
man. Its material was the same as that used on its predecessor, the Courier. Starting as a
six column folio, of no politics, the paper was enlarged on April 28 to an eight column sheet,
and as such it continued until May, 1873, when {t was sold to John 8. Gilmore, who discon-
tinued it and at once started the Citizen.

The Fredonia Tribune was started as a Democratic seven-column weekly on September 7,
1876. B. F. Bowen was the parent of this hopeful. In January, 1878, it became a Greenback
organ, and a few months later Douglas Hite became half owner During a portion of this
year Bowen retired from active work, but returned in time to be in at the death, which oc-
curred in February, 1879.

The Graphic came on the newspaper field on December 18, 1879. It was a seven-column
folio, and was edited by C. E. Stivers and James Kennedy. March 25, 1880, it issued its last
number, finding no place for a second Republican paper in the county-seat.

Wilson County Citizen.—The first number of the Citizen was issued at Guilford on April
21, 1870, and was called the Guilford Citizen. It was published by John S. Gilmore, a prac-
tical printer, of Emporia, who had just become of age. The type was new, but the press, a
large size Washington, had been used thirteen years in printing the Emporia News. This
press, behind which the founder of the Citizen took his first lesson in “rolling,’? was brought
to Emporia in 1857 by P. B. Plumb, now United States Senator from this State. The Citizen
was a seven column folfo of pronounced Republican politics and entirely home printed. Guil-
ford was a mere hamlet of ten or a dozen houses, and the young editor soon decided that its
prospects did not assure much of fame or fortune to a newspaper. On October 22, 1870, at
Vol. 1, No. 27, the paper contained its own obituary. The printing material was moved to
Neodesha, then without a paper and one of the most thrifty and promising towns in southern
Kansas (though still in an Indian reserve), and on November 18, 1870, Mr. Gilmore issued the
first number of the Wilson County Citizen. Its course at Neodesha is described under the
press history of that town. After discontinuing his paper at Neodesha, on November 29,
1872, Mr. Gilmore took a rest of a few months previous to carrying out his theory that the
successful paper of a county should be at the county-seat. In May, 1878, he bought the
Fredonia Journal of Peffer & Wellman, and in its place, on June 6, 1873, revived his Citizen,
starting the new paper at Vol. 8, No. 27, a number attained by adding together the issues of
the Citizen at Guilford and Neodesha. Located at the county-seat, the Citizen at once became
the official paper of the county, and as such has remained to this day. It grew into a first-
class country paper, its circulation gradually increased and success attended the labor and
perseverance of its industrious and tenacious editor. In September, 1877, the Citizen was en-
larged to an eight column folio, and in March, 1882, a cylinder power press was purchased to
print its growing edition. It is now one of the best local papers in Kansas, and wields a
wide influence. It has done much for the welfare of Fredonia and Wilson County. devoting
special attention to every material and moral interest. . Mr. Gilmore, who set the first type on
the paper has always been the sole owner and manager, and his pride is centered in it as
deeply now as in the carly years when he was struggling to establish it.

The Fredonia Democrat was started on May 25, 1882, with N. Powell as editor and pro-
prietor Itis an eight column folio of the the stalwart Democratic type. T.J. Hudson has
recently purchased an interest in the paper and acts as political editor. The circulation of

the Democrat is 500. Thursday is publication day.

Wilson County Bank.—The Wilson County Savings Association, under the above title,
was chartered on September 9th, as a State bank. For about a year previous it had been in
operation as a private banking house. Its directors in 1871 were Joseph P. Hill, Joshua Hill,
Milton Short, Alex. Hunt and T. J. Hudson. The first three named being, respectively, pres-
ident, cashier and secretary. In 1874, Joshua Hill became president, and Isaac Hudson cash-
ier, positions they retain at the present time. John S. Gilmore is secretary. The fine build-
ing now occupied by the bank was begun in September, 1879, and completed at a cost of
$7,000 on November 29, 1880. It is essentially a Kansas building, the stone coming from this
county, as did all the fine black walnut of the interior, and the brick from Fort Scott.

Grain Business.—But little has been done in the shipment of grain from any part of the
county. This is not, as might be inferred, from lack of production, but rather from the large
home market for all sorts of grain suitable for stock feeding. Hence it is that. Fredonia has
but one elevator. Thisis the property of S. A. Brown & Co. It was built in 1880, at a cost of
$3.600, and has a capacity of 10,000 bushels. Power is furnished by a small portable engine.
The amount handled in 1881 was about 130,000 bushels.

Fredonia Band —The Fredonia Band, comprising almost all the really good performers of
jhe various band organizations of the past thirteen years, was re-organized in August, 1882,
with J, A. Burge leader. It has thirteen pieces, and executes all the most recent music of
the day in very creditable style. Its members have been selected not only for musical ability,
but for permanence of residence, all previous bands having been broken up by the removal of
transient members

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM F, BAIRD, merchant, was born in Kane County, Ill., in 1841; son of Alex-
ander and Charlotte Baird. He lived in his native county until twelve years of age, and in
Davenport, Iowa, five years. He came to Kansas in 1859, and located in Mound City, Linn
County, where he remained until he enlisted in the Second Kansas Volunteers. But after
three months’ service was mustered into Company D of the Third Kansas Cavalry, July 20,
1861; served in this regiment one year, and was transferred to Company D of the Fifth Kansas
Cavalry, July 25, 1861. He served in this command until he was mustered out, but was for
six months on detached duty as Sergeant of a battery of light artillery. He was in the en-
gagements at Helena, Pine Bluffs, Little Rock, Dry Woods and Springfield, and was almost
continuously scouting and skirmishing until mustered out in October, 1864. Since the war he
has been engaged in the mercantile business in various places in Kansas, four years in
Lawrence and eight years in Elk City. He was the first Pogtmaster in Montgomery County.
He is now located with his family at Fredonia.

C. B. COOK, real estate, loan and insurance agent, Fredonia, was born in Phillips County,
Me., March 6, 1837; son of Moses and Philena Cook. He moved at an early age with his
parents to Indiana; remained three years; moved then to Hamilton County, Ohio; thence in
1846 back to Indiana, and in 1848 moved to LaSalle County, Ill., where he lived until he came
to Kansas. He located on a farm near Lawrence, Kan., in 1859, but the next year moved to
Linn County, where he engaged in teaching until the fall of 1860, then went to Illinois and
farmed until July, 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Fourth Illinois Vol-
unteer Infantry. He belonged to First Brigade of First Division U. S. Army under Gen.
Thomas. He was taken prisoner at Murfreesboro, and held seven days. Was slightly
wounded two or threc times, but was never relieved from duty. Was in all the engagements
of his command, and was mustered out June 17, 1865. He then came to Kansas; farmed in
Linn County until 1874, then came to Wilson County and was proprietor of the Fredonia
Nursery until 1878. Has since been engaged in the real estate and loan business. He was
married in Illinois, July 20, 1861, to Mary E. Bradley, by whom he has six children—Imogene
E., Inez, Justin B., Warren, William L. and Philena Cook. Heis senior warden of the Wil-
son Encampment No. 35, I. O. O. F., and is one of the most enterprising and influential busi-
ness men in Fredonia.

JOHN T. COX, County Surveyor, real estate and insurance agent. Came to Kansas
March 21, 1857, located in Coffey County and laid out the town of Ottumwa. He engaged in
mercantile business in Ottumwa about six years. He then removed to Burlington, where he
remained until 1869. He served five months during the year 1867 as a clerk in the Pension
Office in Washington. He did the pen work on the great seal of the State of Kansas for the
engraver in 1860. He s ‘rved as Clerk of the committee on enrolled bills in the Kansas State
Legislature, sessions of 1859, 1860 and 1865. He served as County Surveyor in Coffey County
in 1859. Surveyed the town sites of Alma, Florence, California, Ottumwa, Oread a:d Madi-
son Centre in Kansas. He enlisted at Fort Lincoln in the One Hundred-Day Service in July,
1861, served one month and was taken sick and brought home to die, but on his recovery he
assisted in organizing the First and Second Indian Regiments. He was mustered in, in the
spring of 1862. He was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company A, Second Indian Regi-
ment, December, 1862, and on March 1, 1868, was made Quartermaster of the First Indian

Regiment. He served in this capacity six months and twenty-two days, and it was discovered
that S. 8. Prouty held a commission for the same office, which dated prior to his and Mr. Cox
Was at once appointed special Indian agent in the field and served in this capacity until March,
1864. He was in the engagements at Prairie Grove, Van Buren, etc., and made maps of the
country through which they passed, and mapped the Prairie Grove Battle Field for Harper's
Magazine. He returned to Coffey County, Kan., in 1864. He served two years as secretary
of the United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, beginning in 1865. He was afterward
appointed to represent the government in the appraisal of the Cherokee Neutral Lands, while

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Col. W. A. Phillips, ex-member of congress, represented the Indians. He was proprietor of a
hotel in Burlington four years, and at the same time carried on an insurance and real estate
agency. He also practiced law and served four months as County Attorney to fill a vacancy.
He moved to Fort Scott in 1869, and was employed by James F. Joy for one year as agent for
the re-appraisal and sale of Cherokee Neutral Lands. He removed to Little Rock, Ark., in
1873, and carried on the real estate and abstract business until 1875. He was appointed by the
President as Recciver of Public Moneys in the United States Land Office, and served in this
capacity fortwo years. Was County Attorney. He also took the census of Little Rock Town-
ship in 1880, and in December of the same year returned to Kansas and located at Fredonia,
where he has served as Justice of the Peace ten months, and where he now carries on the real
estate and insurance business, and is serving as secretary of the Fredonia Building and Loan
Association, and as County Surveyor. He was born in Fairfield, Greene Co., Ohio, February
8, 1821, son of Isaac and Lydia Cox. His father died in 1821, and his mother several years
afterward married Joseph Sexton. Sh: was born in 1799, and is still living. She is a very
prominent preacher of the United Brethren Church, has preached acceptably in the largest
cities of the United States. She served one year as chaplain of the Kansas State Penitentiary.
She is widely known and universally estecmed. Her autobiography has quite an extensive
sale. Mr. Cox lived in his native county five years, then lived with his mother in various parts
of Ohio, until 1840, when he went to Hancock County, Ind., and after assisting in taking the
census there returned to Ohio. He attended school and then taught two or three terms; finally
attended Hoshour’s academy at Cambridge City, Ind., then taught in Germantown and Center-
ville, Ind. Finally took charge of the Cambridge schools and afterward of the County Sem-
inary at Nublesville, Ind. He also edited and published the True Whig. While teaching and
editing the Whig, he accepted a position as secretary of the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad
Company, at the same time was proprietor of a drug store. He taught one year, owned the
drug store two years, and was secretary of the railroad company three years. He afterward
served as Postmaster of Noblesville, Ind., and was Transportation Clerk of the Railroad until
1858, when he was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Northwestern Christian University
at Indianapolis, and removed to that city, remaining there until the University buildings were
completed; then returned to Noblesville, and a few months afterward came to Kansas. He was
married in Cambridge City, Ind., April 20, 1845, to Catherine R. Al.ison, by whom he has five
children—Mrs. Clara A. McDiarmid, John T., Herbert Finley, Charles W., and Mrs. Katie L.
Johnston. He is a member of the Christian Church; he is secretary of Kilwinning Council,
and MasonicLodge. He has taken all the Masonic degress, to Knight Templar; is secretary of
the I. 0.0. F. Lodge, and Encampment; secretary of E. A. U., and commander of Post, No.
98,G.A.R, Few men are more widely and favorably known than Mr. Cox.

LOUIS EPSTEIN, merchant, proprietor of the New York Store, was born in the city of
Walkowisky, Eastern Russia, in the year 1850. He was raised and educated in the Province
of Poland, Eastern Russia. His father was an extensive grain dealer. Louis Epstein left his
native country in 1867, and went to England, where he remained one year, when he took a
steamer at Liverpool for New York City. He located at Buffalo, N. Y., and was engaged in
business there for six or seven years. He then spent three years in Pennsylvania as a com-
mercial traveler, and from Pennsylvania went to Colorado, but after prospecting two weeks,
he returned to Leavenworth City, Kan., and again went on the road; traveled in Kansas
until 1879, and then came to Fredonia, and on August 15, 1879, opened up’ an extensive stock
of dry goods and clothing. He is now permanently established in business, and is one of the
leading merchants of Wilson County. He is treasurer in the I. O. O. F., and is an officer in
the Encampment. He isa young man of good habits and chaste language, reliable in busi-
ness, urbane in manners and progressive in thought.

ALEXANDER W. FORGEY, farmer, Section 25, P.O. Fredonia. He was born in Tippe-
canoe County, Ind., May 28, 1883; son of John S.and Mary Forgey. He was raised in his
native county on a farm, and came to Kansas January, 1870; located in Prairie Township,
Wilson County, and has been engaged in farming ever since. But for the last two years, has
had his residence in the city of Fredonia. He was married, in Davis County, Iowa, January
2, 1859, to Sarah J. Feagins, daughter of Willis and Elizabeth Feagins. She is a native of
Ohio, but was raised in Iowa. She is an intelligent lady, and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Forgey is an unassuming man, of industrious and economical habits,
and is conscientious and reliable in business.

JOHN S. GILMORE, editor and proprietor of the Wilson County Citizen, was born in
Rochester, N. Y., December 6, 1848. He is descended from Scotch Presbyterian stock, and
one of his relatives on the father’s side, who was a participant in the Covenanter struggles
of the seventeenth century, was killed in the battle of Drumclog. William Gilmore, grandfather
of John S., was identified with the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and was a United Irishman of ex-
ceptional learning and ability. Robert G. Gilmore, born September 19, 1811, at Donaghadec,
County Down, Ireland, was by trade a carpenter, well educated, of good intellectuality, rare
penetration and firm character. He came to America in 1833, and in 1837 settled at Roches-
ter, N. Y., where he remained for twenty years. His wife, Helen Storrier, was born in
Dundee, Scotland, on April 28, 1812. She was reared in the Scotch Presbyterian faith, and is
a woman of sterling character, greatly respected by all who know her. Robert G. Gilmore
had eight children, six of whom are now living. J. S. is the fourth son. In 1857 Mr. Gil-
more came to Kansas and located near Emporia, Lyon County, ona claim. In 1870 he re-
moved to Emporia, where, on February 11, 1874, he died. The subject. of-this sketch had
but little schooling, his present education having been acquired in his intercourse with the
realities of life. Upto the age of sixteen he worked on his father’s farm, and on July 20,
1865, left it to enter the office of the Emporia News as an apprentice of the art preservative,
under the tutelage of Hon. Jacob Stotler. After acquiring the trade and working as a printcr
in various parts of the State a little over four years, and having laid up as the result of his
individual industry, frugality and good management $700, he purchased the necessary print-
ing material, moved to Wilson County, and April 21, 1870, established the Wilson County
Citizen. He was then twenty-one years of age, and the youngest editor in Kansas. The
Citizen was published six months at Guilford, then two years at Neodesha, and in May, 1873,
was moved to Fredonia, the county seat, and entered upon a career of newspaper success
which has few parallels inthe State. Everything he has attained is the direct fruit of un-
remitting hard work, tenacity of purpose, a straightforward course and exceptional business
tact. The Citizen has effectively championed the material interests of Fredonia and Wilson
County, and the services of its public-spirited editor in promoting the growth and develop-
ment of the county is generally conceded. Though independent and outspoken as an editor
Mr. Gilmore has always been a radical, unflinching Republican, advocating the interests of
his party with enthusiasm and fidelity; has been active in its councils and has been honored
with public confidence and trusts in a conspicuous degree. In nearly every Republican State
Convention held since he became a voter, he has been a delegate. He was also a member of
the Republican State Committee, Congressional District Committee and Chairman of the
County Committee several times. In 1871 he was elected Register of Deeds of ‘Wilson
County, holding two years. In 1876 he became a member of the State Legislature. and in
1878 was re-elected. On February 16, 1880, he was appointed Postmaster of Fredonia and
still holds the position. In 1881 he compiled the history of Wilson County. He was married
at Lancaster, Ohio, May 31, 1882, to Miss Viola Butin, of Fredonia, Kan., a beautiful and
accomplished lady of admirable disposition and exalted character. The wedding journey led.
to Washington, where, on June 9 the bride of nine days died. Over the sad ending of the
journey so happily begun, we draw the veil. Saddened and well nigh crushed Mr. Gilmore
returned to Fredonia and his many duties, beneath whose steady pressure he strives to bury
the sound of a voice forever stilled and a loved face forever faded from mortal vision. Mr.
Gilmore’s forceful character will, however, carry him over even this irreparable loss, and
we may look for his appearance again in some position suited to the character of the man
and the appreciation of his fellows.

WILLIAM B. HESS, merchant, dealer in general merchandise and country products, was
born in Westmoreland County, Pa., December 23, 1854; son of John F. and Catherine Hess.
He went with his parents, in 1861, to Ohio, in which State he was raised and educated until he
came to Kansas in the fall of 1868. He then farmed in Lyon County, Kan., one year, and the
next year came to Fredonia, near where he engaged in farming seven years and then entered
the mercantile trade and is now carrying one of the heaviest stocks of general merchandise in
the city. Heis a young man of fine business qualifications and good habits, and has a host of
friends in Wilson County. ;

S. S. KIRKPATRICK, ex-County Attorney, attorney for St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.
Co., came to Kansas in September, 1873, located at Fredonia and has been engaged in the prac-
tice of law here ever since. He has served one full term as County Attorney of Wilson County,
and is the present attorney for the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. He enlisted in Com-
pany A, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth INinois Volunteer Infantry in April, 1863, served 200
days of enlistment and was mustered out in October, 1863. He was born in Franklin Couaty,
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Iil., February 21, 1847. He isa son of John F. and Hester A. Kirkpatrick. He was educated
in the law department of the Michigan University, Ann Arbor. Left his native county in 1872,
and went to Cairo, Ill., and thence in September, 1873, to Kansas. He was married in Mat-
toon, Coles Co., Ill., December 25, 1867, to Rosa H. Bowen, an amiable and accomplished lady.
anative of the State of Indiana. By this union they have five children—Elsie C., Otto B.
Mark, Byron and Hobert. Mr. K. is one of the leading attorneys of southern Kansas.

OWEN LEE, real estate and loan agent, was born in Gasconade County, Mo., January 24,
1846; son of Drury and Matilda Lee. He lived in his native county until 1858, and then moved
to Cedar County, Mo., where he remained until July, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B,
Eighth Missouri M. S. M. and did home guard service six months, then entered Company E,
Seventh M.S. M. and was actively engaged about one year. Was in the engagements at
Carthage and Wilson Creek. He was also engaged in skirmishing, part of the time served as
a spy for Brig. Gen. Carr. He was taken prisoner while scouting by Gen. Price’s command at
Boston Mountain. Four days after the capture, he, in company with two companions, made
their escape from the guards, and mounting rebel horses ran through Price's camp, and rode
all night; two of the horses were run down and all three of the escaped prisoners mounted the
horse on which Lee rode; but the horse soon gave out, one of Lee’s companions was shot and
killed, the other wounded and re-captured, while Mr. Lee was hunted down by bloodhounds
and finally recaptured. He and his companion were then tied with ropes for a few days, and
for several weeks were fed on bran bread and water; about six weeks after the capture he
again effected his escape and eluded his pursuers by jumping into a stream and taking ref-
uge under a drift where he lay in the stream with only his head above water over twenty-four
hours; when his pursuers had given up the search he proceeded on his way, and was three
days and nights without food. On the evening of the second day he found in the road a $5
bill, and soon after an abandoned Government mule. He manufactured bridle of bark,
mounted the mule and rode all night, the mule gave out the next morning. Ie stopped for re-
freshments at a log hut occupied by a colored family. He was here provided with shoes to
protect his lacerated and bleeding feet. He then continued his journey on foot, taking only one
meal per day and sleeping out nights until he finally completed the distance of over 250
miles and arrived at his home in Osceola, Mo. He then returned to his regiment and completed
his term of service, which was one year. He then came to Kansas in March, 1868, and on June
1, 1863, was mustered into Company G, Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, was afterward trans-
ferred to Company M, same regiment. Was in the engagements at Newtonia, Prairie Grove,
Cane Hill, Vanburen, Little Rock, Bull Bayou and many skirmishes; was finally mustered out
August 15, 1865. He then returned to New Albany, Wilson County, where he clerked at an
Indian trading post two anda half years. Then spent two years in Indian Territory trading
with the Indians, after which he farmed in Wilson County, Kan., about two years. He then
went to Elk County and was there dealing in stock until he came to Fredonia in 1882, Since
coming to Fredonia he has been engaged in the furniture, lumber and grain business three
years, and in the harness business several years. On January 21, 1880 was burned out and
suffered a loss of $3,200. He is at present engaged in the rea] estate and loan business and is
serving as Constable. He was married at New Albany, May 13, 1868, to Salatha Law, by
whom he had fivechildren, two of whom are now living, viz.: Jonathan W. and Rosetta. His
wife died in 1875. His second wife, Miranda Walden only lived fi,e months after their wedding,
and he was mariied to Marinda A. Libby, January 6, 1877, by whom he has one child, viz.:
Dora Belle Lee. Mr. Lee is a worthy Mason, a member of the G. A. R. and is deputy grand
dictator of the State for the Knights of Honor.

GUSTAVUS McFADDEN, Register of Deeds, farmer, Sections 26 and 27, P. O. and resi-
dence, Fredonia, came to Kansas in March, 1870, located in Colfax Township, Wilson County,
and has engaged in farming and stock raising ever since. Has served as Township Trustee of
Colfax Township two years, County Clerk of Wilson County one term, Deputy Register of
Deeds one term, and is now serving as Register of Deeds, having been elected in the fall of
1881. He was born in Clinton County, N. Y., January 8, 1838; son of Henry and Phebe Mc-
Fadden. He lived in his native county twenty-one years and graduated from Albany Medical
College. Practiced medicine in Grant and Columbia counties, Wis., several years, then came
to Kansas. He was married in Grant Vounty, Wis., December 29, 1866, to Julia M. Hyde, an
intelligent and accomplished lady, a native of Vermont and daughter of Franklin and Arminda
Hyde. This union has been blessed with three children—George L., Harry S. and Minnie Mc-
Fadden. Mr. McFadden is recognized as a leading citizen and a careful and efficient Recorder.
Heis a Mason, and himself and wife are members of the Congregational Church.

ROBERT J. MACKEY, Clerk of the District Court, came to Kansas in the spring of 1869,
located in Linn County, ona farm, engaged in farming and teaching until 1875. He then
taught and farmed in Warren County, LIl., about two years, and returned to Kansas in March,
1877, located on a farm, and engaged in farming and teaching until elected Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court, in 1880; he has served one full term, and is also serving as Clerk of Center Town-
ship. He was born in Logan County, Ohio, April 25, 1852, son of Robert and Martha Mackey.
At an early age, he moved with parents to Porter County, Ind., where he remained until he
came to Kansas in 1869. He was married in Fredonia, Kan., November 380, 1882, to Lillie A.
Smith, anintelligent and accomplished lady, anative of Leavenworth City, Kan., and daugh-
ter of Homer and AugustaSmith. Mr. Mackey is a member of the K. of P. Lodge. He is
an enterprising, industrious and reliable business man, and a faithful public servant.

JACOB W. PAULEN, hardware merchant, and dealer in stoves, tinware and implements.
He was born in Sangamon County, Ill., September 8, 1839; son of Debold and Margaret Pau-
len. He wasraisedin his native county, and enlisted August 6, 1862, in Company B, One
Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in August 20 as Second
Lieutenant. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, in February, 1864, and was afterward com-
moissioned Captain, for meritorious conduct. He served inthe engagements at Port Gibson,
Champion Hill, Black River, and the siege of Vicksburg. He was taken prisoner at the bat-
tle of Mansfield, La., April 8, 1864, and held fourteen months at Tyler, Tex., then paroled He
was mustered out in July, 1865, then returned to Sangamon County, Ill., same year, and in
1868 moved to DeWitt County. In 1869, moved to Kansas, locating on a farm two and a half
miles southeast of Fredonia, and engaged in farmfng about three years. He was then elected
Clerk of the District Court, to fill a vacancy, and afterward completed the term. He has also
served as clerk in Foster & Co.'s Bank about four years, and for a while was engaged in the
real estate and loan business. He established his present business in 1879, and now carries a
large and comple stock of hardware and implements. He was married in Sangamon County,
Iil., January 18, 1866, to Lucy B. Johnson. By this unfon he has five childrea—Benjamin 8.
R., Laura E., Minnie, Dot, and Raymond Paulen. He is W. M. of the A., F. & A.M. Be-
longs to the Royal Arch and Knights Templar, and is a member of the Council. He {s one of
the leading men of Wilson County, and is very widely and favorably known.

N. POWELL, editor of the Democrat, was born in Dearborn County, Ind., In 1818, II{s
early education was gained in Shelbyville; this completed, he studied law in LaPorte and
South Bend, but upon graduation, did not follow his profession, but went {nto business tn Ha-
vana, Ills., thence he removed to Mankato, Minn., and later to Lexington, Mo. His next step
was to Neosho Falls, where he ran the Woodson County (Kan,) Post, thence he went to Fall
River, Greenwood County, where he established the Times, which he still owns. In the spring
of 1882, he established the Democrat.

ORLANDO V. SMALL, merchant, dealer in dry goods, clothing, etc., also stock and grain
dealer, was born in LaPorte County, Ind., May 14, 1849; son of Phincas and Mary Small.
Lived in his native county until he came to Kansas. He was educated in the public schools
of his native county, at Bryant & Stratton’s business college, Chicago, Nl. He came to Kan-
sas in August, 1870, stopped a short time In Montgomery County and then came to Fredonia,
September 10, 1870. He was in the boot and shoe trade six months, livery bus{ness over two
years and for the last ten years has been cngaged in handling general merchandise. He is
one of the most extensive dealers in Wilson County. He was married in Fredonia, December,
4, 1873, to Mary Agnes Freaner, and by this union has one child—Iona V. Small. He isa
worthy Mason, and belongs to the K. of H.and E. A. U. He is one of the most enterprising
and successful merchants in Fredonia.

HOMER SMITH, grocer, was born in Ohio, April 4, 1838; son of Cyrus and Mery Smith.
At twelve years of age he was taken out of school on account of his father’s death, and by
keeping a grocery store supported his father's family, consisting of six persons, He remained
in Kenton, Ohio, until 1859 and then moved to Kansas, locating in Leavenworth City in the
spring of that year and engaged for eight years in the mercantile business at that place. The
next three years were spent in Ohio. He then returned to Leavenworth City where he re-
mained three years, and then came to Wilson County. Here he engaged in milling three
years and farming two years, then entered the mercantile business and is now quite exten-
sively engaged in merchandising. He was married in Leavenworth City, March 22, 1864, to
Augusta Miller, an intelligent and accomplished lady, a native of Ohio and daughter of
Thomas P. and“Angeline Miller, By this union has six childreu—Lillie A., Homer Lee, Jes-

HISTORY OF KANSAS

sie E., Tommy M., Harry Max and Bessie Smith. He is one of the leading merchants of Fre-
dontia. ‘ .

WILLIAM STIVERS, Probate Judge, real estate and loan agent, came to Kansas in the
spring of 1871; located at New Albany, Wilson County, and in the fall of 1872 was elected
Probate Judge, and has filled the position ever since, having been elected for six consecutive
terms. He was born in Chester, Meigs Co., Ohfo, March 20, 1823; son of Randall and Phebe
Stivers. He was raised and educated in his native county. Moved to Tipton County, Ind.,
in 1851, and Hved in that county twenty years, during which time he served as clerk in
County Auditor’s office two years; served as County Auditor by elections eight years, as
Postmaster at Tipton one year, and representative in State Legislature two years. Moved to
Kansas from Tipton County in 1871. He was married in Tipton, June, 1852, to Matilda A.
Young, danghter of Alexander M. and Elizabeth Young. She is a native of Coshocton County,
Ohio. Mr. Stivers has a family of seven children, viz.: Urania Carrie, wife of M. G. Troup;
Mary Elizabeth, wife of J. M. Kenedy; Charles E. (editor), William R. (editor), George A.,
Kate A. and Joseph W. William R. and George A. are twins, so also are Kate A. and Joseph
W. Mr. Stivers is one of the most popular men in Wilson County, an honest and reliable busi-
nessman, and a faithful and capable public servant, Heis a worthy Mason and a member of
the 1.0.0. F.

J. W. STOVER, merchant and proprietor of the Fredonia flouring mills. Was born in
Muskingum ,County, Ohio, February 13, 1842. Son of David and Elizabeth Stover. Left
his native county, in 1852 Went to Clark County, Ill., and thence about the year 1856 to
Coles County, where he enlisted, in 1861,in Company E Sixty-second Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry. Was mustered in September 15, 1861, as Orderly Sergeant. He was principally en-
gaged in scouting, skirmishing, guarding railroads, and doing provost duty. Was stationed at
Cairo, Paducah, Columbus, and at different points along the Columbus, Ohio and Mobile
Railroad, Was taken prisoner at Holly Springs, but paroled twenty-four -hours afterward.
After the fall of Vicksburg left Mississippi and participated in the capture of Little Rock,
Arkansas. Was sent to Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, in the spring of 1864, and did provost.
duty there until close of the war. He was promoted Second Lieutenant in 1863, and early in
1864 was commissioned First Lieutenant, and afterwards detailed as Acting Regimental
Quartermaster, in which capacity he served till about one month before his term of service
expired. Was mustered out as First Lieutenant, March 19, 1866. He returned to
Charleston, Coles Co., Ill., where he engaged in the grocery business until May, 1870,
when he came to Kansas, and located on a farm near Buffalo, Wilson County. Farmed
two years, then served as Deputy Register of Deeds two years. He next moved to Topeka,
and engaged in the real estate and loan business two years; and, in the fall of 1876, moved to
Humboldt and prosecuted the same business three years; then, in 1879,came to Fredonia;
bought and rebuilt the mill, put in new and improved machinery, and operated the mill until
the spring of 1882, then leased the mill, but retains the ownership. He is at present giving
his personal attention to his grocery store on west side of public square. He was married in
Decatur, Il]., December 7th, 1876, to Fannie M. Bales, by whom he has two children, viz.:—
Warren T. and Roy B. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, J. 0. 0. F.,
Knights of Honor and G. A. R, Isone of Fredonia’s most successful and reliable business
men.

JAMES WILEY, sale and livery stable, was bornin England, August 6, 1819. Son of
John and Elizabeth Wiley. When only twelve years of age, he came to America, and for
about forty years lived in Newark, Ohio. He carried on a feed, sale and livery stable in that
place, served as Constable seven years, Justice of the Peace three years and Provost eighteen
months, during the early part of the war. He came direct from Newark to Kansas, in the
spring of 1869. Farmed in Clifton Township four years, and has since been engaged in the liv-
ery business. He has served three years as Police Judge, and about seven years as Justice of
the Peace, and is serving in both capacities at the present writing. He was married in New-
ark, Ohio, in 1839, to Alvira Riley, by whom he had four children, three of whom are living—
Jones R., in Kansas, John and Mrs. Emma Lyman, in Cincinnati. After the death of his
first wife he was married a second time in Newark to Sarah A. Holden, by whom he had six
children, four of whom are living—Dr. F. M. Wiley, Mrs. Annetta J. Allen, Herbert J. Wiley
and Mrs. Jessie Christman. His second wife died in 1874, and he was married again at Hum-
boldt, Kansas, to Mrs. N. J. Clem, an estimable widow lady, daughter of Thomas and Caroline
Brinkley. This union has been blessed with four children—Paul, Walter T., Bertha and
Mary. Mrs. Wiley has two children by her first husband—Dekalb and OscarClem. Mr. Wiley
is a man of good judgment and fine principles, a reliable business man and a conscientious
official.

NEODESHA.

In October, 1867, A. McCartney and A. K. Phelon came from Neosho
Falls to the neighborhood of what is now Neodesha and established a trading
post for traffic with the Osage Indians. This post stood near the now famous
Little Bear Mound. Nearly a year before this time, while the Indians still
held the land, and the whites had no rights in the premises, KE. K. Parris and A.
Tucker had built a cabin on Fall River some distance west of the future town
site, and sold goods to the Indians, Other settlements had been made still
earlier, but none near Neodesha. Numerous Indian villages were near the
junction of the Verdigris and Fall River, and the Osages had given to the place
the name of Neodesha (meeting of the waters), which soon came to be applied
to the trading post. In October, 1868, R. S. Futhey and John B. Keys arrived
at the trading post, and aftet looking over a suitable spot for a town site,
selected the claim where the city now stands, paying therefor $500. This
was the signal for a wild excitement, and all claims near that of Futhey and
Keys being held at enormous figures. McCariney and Phelon joined Futhey
and Keys in the formation of a town company and a survey of the town site,
which took place on July 12 and 13, 1869. On December 24, of that year, the
frame of the first building on the town site was raised, and on its completion
McCartney and Phelon moved into it the stock of the trading post. The policy
of the town company was most liberal, lots being freely given to all who would
erect buildings, and the town went on with a rush which soon carried it beyond
the other settlements on the Trust lands. In one year from the erection of
the McCartney and Phelon store there were 200 buildings in the town, and six
months later the population had reached 1,000, On March 5, 1870, the first
child, Neosho, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Derry, was born. The town
site was entered by Mayor Phelon on behalf of the town company in the fall
of 1871, and on December 15, a United States Land Office was located at this
point. In November, 1879, the St, Louis and San Francisco railway reached
the town, and in 1880 a division was established and a round house and repair
shop built. In 1880, the United States census gave the town 924 inhabitants.
Its present population is variously stated from 1,00Q to 1,500, but is probably
somewhere between the two figures.

In March, 1871, Neodesha was incorporated as a city of the third class.
April 3, a city election was held resulting in the polling of 167 votes and the
return of a full set of officials as follows: A. K. Phelon, Mayor; T. Blakeslee,
Jno. S. Gilmore, W. A. Hampton, S. L. McCuiston, C. W. Derry. Councilmen;
E. D. Huntley, Police Judge. J. K. DeMoss was made City Clerk. The robes
of mayoralty since that date have descended as follows: F. Smich, 1872; R.
M. Jones, 1873-74; John H. Gray, 1875; A. McCartney, 1876-77; T. Blakes-
lee, 1878; A. McCartney, 1879-81; T. Blakeslee, 1882. Clerks of the city for
the same period have been; F, H, Knapp, 1872; O, H. P, Sheffer, 1873; G.
WILSON COUNTY.

P. Smith, 1874 ; L. Scott, 1875; M.C. Stoner, 1876-77 ; E. C. Todd, 1878; J.
M. C. Keck, 1879; R. H. Doane, 1880-81; W. H. Parton, 1882. The first
ordinance on the books is one to regulate the sale of intoxicants.

A postoffice was established at Neodesha in 1870, and A. K. Phelon ap-
pointed Postmaster. After nearly two years of service Mr. Phelon retired and
O. H. P. Sheffer was appointed. His term of office lasted until July 14, 1873,
when E. K. Parris began handling the mails, William Cramer, the present
official, received his commission on August 17, 1877. There has never been a
separate postoffice building though the accommodations in the various stores
have been very fairly good.

The office was made a money order one on July 20,1872. The first money
order was issued by Hampton & Son to Dodd, Brown & Co., of St. Louis, for
$26 and bears the signature of O. H. P. Sheffer.

The first school was taught in the town in 1870, James A. McHenry being
the teacher. It was held in the old schoolhouse, which stood on Main street
until sold to John H. Gray, by whom it was removed to the country, where it
fills a dishonored old age as a barn, The brick schoolhouse in the northwest
part of the town was built in 1872, bonds to the amount of $15,000 being
issued by the district to secure building funds. It has four rooms, three of
which were filled with scholars from the time of occupancy. At the present
time not only has the fourth room been filled, but the primary department
crowded out and placed in the unused Congregational Church. As there
seems to be no indication that the number (225) of scholars will decrease, a
second permanent schoolhouse is a matter of near necessity. The present
teachers are: J. A. Wardlow, W. P. Maxwell, Eva Speers, Belle Witham and
Maud Gray.

LOCAL MATTERS.

At an early day Congregationalism seems to have been prevalent in Neodesha. A Con
gregational Church was built in 1872 at a cost of about 3600, and the society seems for a time
to have flourished, but later it gradually fell away and now has no pastor and no services, the
church building being used for the primary school.

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Neodesha was organized in 1870. Like all churches
of this denomination, it has a long pastoral list. It embraces Revs. Parker, Ross, Lowe, Lee,
Barton, Warfield, Baldwin, Weed, Ashbaugh, Hunt, Rubb and McClintock. The society now
numbers eighty members. A brick church was erected in 1872, at a cost of %3,500. A Sab-
bath school established in 1871 is still kept up under the superintendence of Charles Brigham,
and has an average attendance of 100.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1871 with twelve members. Its pastor at this
time was Rev. 8. D. Lowhea, Since his ministry Revs. J. H. Mateer, 8. N. D. Martin,
W.B. Truex and Allen have successively had charge of the church. The socicty has never
built a church edifice, but contemplate doing so soon. Early services were held in the school
house and Jater in the city hall, which is the present place of meeting. The society now num-
bers twenty-five. i

The Christian Church of Neodesha was organized in 1877 by Rev. C. A. Hedrick of Mis-
souri, The church was placed in charge of Rev. Mr. Pucket, who filled its pulpit for a con-
siderable time. Upon his retirement followed a brief time, when the church was without a
pastor. This ended in August, 1882, on the engagement of the present incumbent, Rev. C.
J. McKenney. At its organization the society numbered fifty, which number has increased
to 140, Achurch building, 32.50 feet, was completed in 1881, at a cost of $2,500. A Sabbath
school, organized in January, 1882, has an attendance of 140, and is in charge of Mr. F. Smith.

This is, in brief, the history of the Christian society as {t stands to-day. It should, how-
ever, be stated that an organization was effected as early as 1873, but having no pastor grad-
ually disintegrated and became defunct.

The Baptists have a society at this place, and also a church edifice, in which services are
held on each Sabbath, although the society has, at present, no pastor. The Catholics also have
an organization and hold regular services under Father F, R. Van Rosmalen.

Harmony Lodge, No. 94, A., F. & A. M., was organized on October 20, 1870, with ten
members. Its officers at that time were: William Cowgill, W.M.; J. N. Halsted, S. W.; A.
K, Phelon, J. W.; J. W. Sutherland, Sec.; J. H. Stodard, Treas. The lodge now has sixty-
five members and the following officers: J. M. Keck, W. M.; George Briggs, S. W.; R. M.
Jones, J. W.; R. H. Doane, Sec.; Henry Ferring, Treas. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall,

. the joint property of this lodge and the Odd Fellows, on the first and third Saturday of each
month. The property of the lodge consists of its half interest in the hall and $300 in the
treasury. Pe

Neodesha Lodge, No. 12,7. O. 0. F., was organized on March 14, 1871, six names appearing
on the charter. Its officers were: O. H. P. Sheffer, N. G.; Robert Hays, V. G.; William
Nicholson, R. S.; Reuben C. Spaulding, Sec.: John W. Duncan, Treas. The society now hasa
membership of forty, and the following officers: William Cole, N. G.; George W. Davis, V.G.;
A. Kashner, Sec.; H. Edwards, Treas. Meetings are held on Friday of each week in the hall
owned by this society and the Masonic Fraternity. This hallcosts900. Besides this property,
the lodge has about 8300 in the treasury for the orphans’ fund.

The Comet, No. 347, Equitable Aid Union, was organized on July 20, 1881, by V. M. Dew-
ey, Grand Dep. The union then had ten members and the following officers: Robert Hays,
Cc.; A. McAusland, Pres.; Mrs. Jennie Mitchell, Adv.; G. W. Davis, Aux.; G. B. Mitchell,
Treas.; R. H. Doane, Sec. There is no record of a mceting later than December 22, 1881,
when the above officers were still in power and the union had a membership of fourteen.

Neodesha Chapter, No. 28, Order of the Eastern Star, was organized under a dispensation
on October 17, 1882, with a membership of twenty-five. Its officers, who still hold their
positions, were: Mrs. C. Jones, W. M.; J. M. Keck, W. P.; Miss Addie Woodward, A. M.; W.
H. Cramer, Sec.; Mrs. Mary Briggs, Treas. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tues-
day of each month in Odd Fellows’ Hall.

Neodesha, No. 101, A. O. U. W., was organized on April 10, 1882, with twenty-seven mein-
bers and the following officers: W. E. Leach, W. M.; 8. S. Steele, F.; F. T. Allen, Treas.; J.
R. Young, Sec.; J. W. Ewing, O.; J. M. Puette, F. The order has already about 875 in the
treasury.

The Press.—The Neodesha Citizen was introduced to the public on November 18, 1870, by
John S. Gilmore, who had previously published the same paper at Guilford. It was a seven-
column Republican weekly, and in the flush times of Neodesha’s early growth did a prosperous
business. Later the support was inadequate to the maintenance of the style of paper the
publisher desired to keep up, and on November 29, 1872, it was discontinued.

On the day before Christmas, 1870, appeared the first issue of the Neodesha Enterprise.
a thunder and lightning Democratic weekly, published by Berry & Campbell. Nine weeks
later the office was closed by its creditors. The material of the paper was spirited away one
dark night by the holders of a second mortgage, and a Fredonia man who held a first mort-
gage was left to meditate on the well known fact, that it is easy to put money into a newspa-
per office, but its extraction is a far more difficult task.

The Wilson County Free Press was founded on January 9, 1878, by G. P. Smith, who used
the material upon which the Humboldt Southwest had formerly been printed. Th: paper
was a seven-column Independent weekly. In December, 1874, it passed into the hands of G.
D. Ingersoll, who made it Republican and reduced the size onc column. Ownership changed
again in December, 1876, and the paper became Independent in the hands of F. H. McCarter.
A little later it passed to Chapman Bros. who made it Democratic. In May, 1879, it was sold
to George A. McCarter by whom it is now published as a Republican sheet.

The Neodesha Gazette, a seven-column folio of Republican proclivitics, was ushered into
existence on April 28, 1881. Its sponsers were John H. and Frank W. Long. After a little
more than a year’s publication the Gazette was sold to C. E, McClintock and R. J. Monroe
who turned it into the Prohibitionist. This new venture in journalism was what its name im-
plies, the organ of the Prohibition party. It did not meet with a very cordial support and in
October, 1882, discontinued publication.

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Banking.—The Neodesha Sayings Bank was organized in 1872 and reorganized and char-
tered on April 1, 1873, The last statement of resources shows a capital of $16,591.70, surplus
of $3,000 and net undivided earnings of $1,260. The bank is officered by Douglas Stewart,
president, and William Hill, cashier.

Milling.—The Neodesha steam flouring mill was built in 1870-71 by Futhey, Keys &
Phelon, The saw mill attachment which was in use up to 1881 bears date a little prior the
grist mill, but though of considerable importance when the town was rushing into existence
has done little since that time. The cost of the grist mill was $16,000. It has three run of
buhr stones, two for wheat and one for corn, and can turn out sixty barrels of flour per twenty-
four hours. It was sold by its original proprietors to Futhey & Keys and by them to Hobart
& Keys, who now operate it.

The Hobart Mill.—The Hobart water mill is located on Fall River one and one-quarter
miles west of the town. It was built in 1874 at a cost of $5,000, Power is furnished by a
turbine water wheel which operates three run of buhr-stones. This mill was built by Sprinkle
& nr and passed from them to Phelon Bros., B. F. Hobart, and finally G. A. Adams, who now
runs it.

An attempt to recapitulate the various industries of a city as large as Neodesha is un-
necessary. It need only be sald that they are commensurate with its size. Improvements are
constantly being made and the population now stated at 1,000 is steadily growing toward the
1,500 point which some more enthusiastic than exact citizens now claim.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM D BALDWIN, dealer in fancy and staple groceries, queensware, etc., etc.,
was born in Madison County, Ohio, December 1, 1848, son of Henry and Mary F. Baldwin.
He was raised on a farm and came direct from his native county to Kansas in November,
1877. He opened agrocery and provision store in December of the same year and has been
engaged in the business ever since. He was married in Fayette County, Ohio, January 28,
1878, to Ella K. Cook, and by this unionhas three children—Lucy Lorette, William Henry,
and aninfant Mr. Baldwin is a successful merchant and one of the representative men of
Neodesha.

WILLIAM H. CRAMER, P. M., notary public, real estate, loan and insurance agent, was
born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 22, 1852, son of Henry and Catherine E. Cramer. He moved
with his parents to Brown County, Ohio, in 1859, and thence to Kansas in 1869. He
assisted his father in the mercantile business in Ohio. But for five years after coming to Kansas
was engaged in tilling and improving a farm in Wi:son County. He was then engaged three
years in the hardware business in Neodesha; was made Postmaster August 27, 1877, and has
served in that capacity ever since. He was appointed Notary Public, April, 1879, and since
that time has also been engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business. He has also
served as Township Clerk two terms. He was married in Huron County, Ohio, March 15,
1876, to Peninah H. Long, and by this union has one child, viz., Leon W. Cramer. Mr. Cramer
is a faithful and efficient public servant and a reliable business man. He is P. G., I. 0. O. F.,
and a worthy Mason.

J. A. HATCHER, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Green County, Ky., April
30, 1839, son of B. F. and Mary Hatcher. He lived in his native county until eighteen years
of age, and then moved to Hart County, Ky. He attended the Louisville College the winter
of 1868-9, afterward graduated from the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, March 1, 1880. He
came direct from Hart County, Ky., to Kansas,in April, 1870, andlocated in Montgomery
County. He had farming carried on, but gave his attention to practice at the time. He then
devoted his attention exclusively to the practice of his profession. After a successful prac-
tice of five years at Radical City he moved to Neodesha in September, 1880, and has estab-
lished an enviable reputation as a physician in Wilson County. He was married in Hart
County, Ky., September 17, 1865, to Sarah C. Smith, and by this union has two children—Ed-
win H. and Nina May Hatcher. He isa worthy member of the Christian Church and of the
A, F.& A.M.

JAMES M. KECK, dealer in groceries, provisions, qucensware, etc., was born in Jeffer-
son County, May 4, 1846, son of Joscph B. and Sophia Keck. He followed the saddler’s trade
in his native county for a number of years, enlisting in Jefferson County, Pa., in Company A,
One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Veteran Infantry, October 3, 1862, and was mustered
out November 9th. He was-in the following engagements: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Pa., Kelly’s Ford, Va., Locust Grove, Wilderness, Spottsylvania C. H., North
Anna River, Cold Harbor, siege of Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, Farmersville, and the surren-
der of Lee. We was severely wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and remained in the hos-
pital four months; was wounded a second time at Deep Bottom, Va., which confined him to
the hospital about the same length of time. He, however, served his term of enlistment and
was mustered out July 17, 1865. He then returned to his native county in Pennsylvania and
remained until he came to Kansas. He located on a farm near Neodesha in June, 1868,and was
among the first settlers in Cedar—now Neodesha—Township. Moved into the city of Neode-
sha in 1878, and during the year 1879 instructed Masonic lodges as Grand Lecturer for the
State of Kansas, and in 1880, established himself in the grocery and stock business at Neo-
desha, and is onc of the most extensive dealers in the city. In the year 1881 he held the po-
sition of custodian in the A., F. & A.M. He was married at Neodesha, December 19, 1871,
to Fannie V. Mitchell, and by this union has three children—Dora C., James and John G.
Keck. He isa worthy Mason and belongs to the Chapter, Council and Commandery, also to
the I. 0. O. F. Lodge and Encampment and to the G. A. R. He is now serving as Justice of
the Peace, and is recognized as one of the most useful citizens and reliable business men in
Wilson County.

GEORGE A. McCARTER, editor and publisher of Neodesha Free Press, was born in
Erie County, Pa., December 22, 1857; son of John and Kate Sterrett McCarter. He came
from his native County to Kansas, October 14, 1869, and located at Independence, Montgoin-
ery County, where he remained about six years. He then came to Neodesha, and in company
with his brother bought the Free Press and after conducting this paper about two years went
to Parsons and started the Parsons’ Daily Infant Wonder. Then six months afterward sold
out and again came to Neodesha and has edited and published the Free Press ever since, and
is now sole proprietor. He attended the Kansas State University a short time. But has been
engaged in journalism ever since eighteen years of age. He was married in Neodesha, Janu-
ary 20, 1879, to Amelia Creamer, who is anative of Ohio and daughter of Henry and Cathe-
rine Creamer. By this union has two children, viz: Kate S. and Henry B. McCarter. He is
a worthy Mason, and is treasurer of Neosho Valley Editorial Association; also a member of
Congressional Central Committee. Has already won an enviable reputation as a journalist.

A. McCARTNEY, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Marion County, Ind., June
14, 1838, son of M. D. and Elizabeth McCartney. He lived in his native county six years,
Crawford County, Southern Ind , about ten years, Fremont County, Iuwa, nearly two years,
Atchison County, Mo., six months, and then again in Crawford County, Ind., two years. He
was cducated at a Seminary located at Leavenworth, Ind., but finally graduated from the
Ohio Medical College in the spring of 1858. He came to Kansas in 1859, and located at Neosho
Falls, Woodson County. He engaged in the practice of his profession at Neosho Falls until
1867. He represented his county in the Kansas State Legislature in 1863. Also served one
terin as Clerk of the District Court, and was Postinaster at Neosho Falls two years. Tle
moved to Wilson County in 1867 and in company with A. K. Phelan kept an Indian trading
post one mile northwest of the present site of Neodesha. In 1869 he helped to organize the
company which surveyed and incorporated the city of Neodesha. He and Mr. Phelan put up
the first business house in the town, and carried on the mercantile business one year. He
has ever since devoted his entire attention to the practice of his profession. He represented
Wilson County in the Kansas Legislature in 1871; has served as Township Trustee two terms
and as Mayor of Neodesha two or three years. He was married at Emporia, Kansas, Decem-
ber 1, 1869, to Amanda Davis and by this union has three children, viz.: Amanda, Herbert and
aninfant. He is a worthy Mason, a prominent and useful citizen and a skillful physician.

FREDERICK SMITH, dealer in dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, was born in Licking
County, Ohio, December 22, 1828; son of John and Margaret Smith. He was reared in Logan
County, Ohio, and has been engaged in mercantile business ever since he was eighteen years
of age. Came direct from Logan County to Kansas in the fall of 1870 and Jocated at Neodesha.
where he engaged in merchandising five years, then went onto a farm near Neodesha and
farmed three years, since which he has been continuously engaged in the mercantile business
at Neodesha. He has served as City Treasurer, Township Treasurer and member of the
School Board, and is recognized as one of the best citizens and most reliable business man of
Wilson County. He was married in Bellefontaine, Ohio, February, 1855, to Charlotte Smith,
daughter of Solomon and Catherine Smith. By this union hast six children, viz: Dianstus,
George, Hattie, Sallie, Frederick and William Smith,
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J. W. SUTHERLAND, attorney-at-law, was born in Erie County, Pa., April 23, 1342, son
of Amiand Betsy Sutherland. He lived in his native county six years and Boone County, IIL.,
three years; after which he was raised and educated in McHenry County, Il., but graduated
from the Chicago Law School in 1869. He practiced law in McHenry County until he came to
Kansas, May 2, 1870. He located at Neodesha June 1, 1870, where he has ever since been en-
gaged in the practice of his profession. He has served as County Attorney two years. Was
married at Atchison, Kan., December 30, 1871, to Miss E. A. Raymond, an accomplished lady
and a native of Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Mr. Sutherland is one of the most promi-
nent and successful attorneys in Wilson County. He is a worthy Mason.

NEW ALBANY.

New Albany is located on Fall River in the southwest portion of the
county, seven mi'es west of Fredonia, the county seat. The town owes its ex-
«stence principally to Robert Mooney and William Hall, who in the spring of
1865, while this part of the county was still in the hands of the Osages, estab-
lished a trading post. Shortly after the land was vacated by the Indians and
surveyed by the United States authorities. It was not however, until April 20,
1871, that a town company was formed and any systematic effort made for im-
provement. The town company, which was officered by Wm. Stivers, Pres.;
W. Hall, Treas, and P. W. Mackey, Sec., laid out the town as it now stands,
enclosing a gently sloping square, a fitting spot for a court house should the
then uncertain future make this the county seat. Hopes of this sort have long
since passed away and the square is already dotted with buildings.

The first child born on the new town site was Miss Dora, daughter of
Robert and Mrs. Nannie E. Mooney, who enjoy the added distinction of being
the first couple married from the town. The first death in the place was either
that of a baby of a woman named Ilarlow, who shortly moved away, or J. W.
Gill—on this point the recollection of old settlers differs. The first building
was the old trading post of Hall & Mooney, the second, the log house of Wm.
Hall, andthe third, a similar building, belonging to Robert Mooney. Next
following these was the blacksmith shop of J. Russell. The first drug store
was opened by Simon Alter, who was followed by J. Q. Alter, Wynne & Fick-
len, Marr & Roby and Robert Marr, who still does business. A hardware
store was started in 1878-79, by Gardner & Bros, The business is now done by
J. L. Chamberlain. Prior to the building of the town, John Alter, who lived
about three miles northeast, practiced medicine for the benefit of the settlers.
In 1870, Dr. P. W. Mackey came to New Albany, and in 1871, A. G. Mar-h-
man put up a shingle, which stil] stands the card of the only physician in the
town. Prior also to the formation of the town or the residence of Hall
& Mooney, Jackson, Hickox & Fay built a two-run steam grist and saw mill
about a mile and one-half above the town. This mill still exists, but is not now

in use. In 1870 another millwas built at a point nearer town by Wauder,
Chase & Co, This mill had two run of burr-stones, one for corn and one for
wheat. The present mill is more particularly described elsewhere.

A postoffice was established soon after Hall & Mooney arrived on the
future site of New Albany, but the service was for some timea private one. Mr.
W. Hall kept the office until 1870, when it was removed to the store of Stivers
Troup, the latter being Postmaster and his partner deputy. Troup was
followed by Robert Mooney, Spencer Beaumont and Robert Marr, the present
official. ‘

The school district of New Albany is number nine—an indication of its age.
The district was organized in 1866, but there is no record of a school being
taught that year. In 1867 a three months’ school was taught by James Hanegan,
and in 1868 R. Nelson taught one of sim lar length. Probably there was also
a school term in 1869, but the records are silent on this point. Since that date
the following teachers have served: W.S. Robberts, 1870; T. E. Gregg, 1872;
(the school was built this year at a cost of $600); S. W. Burke, 1874; Sallie
McQuilkin, 1875; F. M. Robertson, 1876; Sallie McQuilkin. 1877; Mary
Wynne, 1878; Georgia E. Marshman, 1878; E. M. Boren and P. Van Hyatt,
1879 ; J. L. Stewart. 1880; B. M. Ewing, J. W. Kimball and A. Young, 1881 ;
A. Young and J. W. Kimball, 1882; V. L. Polson and Miss Susie Young,
1882 (fall term). A new school building is in process of erection, and is to be
completed January 1, 1883. It is of brick with stone foundation; 32x46 feet
and two stories inheight. It will be divided into two rooms on the first floor,
but the upper left for the present entire. An ell 15x16 makes the building
somewhat of a T shape, and above all will rise a graceful cupola. Complete.
the schoolhouse will cost $3,000. The school now has an enrollment of eighty.
five, but in the new building this will be greatly increased,

Baptist Church—An organization of this denomination was formed in the
summer of 1867 by Rev. Dr. Palmer, and services have been held with a de-
gree of regularity up to the present time. Mr, Palmer was succeeded by Revs.
G. W. Cope, Wm. Gable, N. H. Ward, Reuben Baket, P. A. McCartney, O. C,
Keniston and A. E, Lewis, the present incumbent. The society now has a
membership of ninety-three. Sabbath school services have been held during
mild weather, and have been well attended

The Methodist Episcopal Church, of New Albany, was formed in 1870,
with about thirty members. At no time has it been able to support a separate
pastor, but has been served by the Coyville circuit. The pastors who have oc
cupied its pulpit, are: Revs. Stewart, Somerville, Williams, Gates, Brady,
Hitchcock, Leech, and Rev. John Johnson, the present minister. A church
edifice of stone was erected in 1879, ata cost of $1,200, the expense teing di-
vided between the church society and the Masonic and Odd Fellows’ lodges,
which occupy the upper floor. The society now has a membership of fifty-five.
A Sabbath school of between sixty and seventy has been taught every summer,
but discontinued in cold weather on account of the distance at which many of
the pupils live.

Christian Church.—The first organization of the Christian Church of New
Albany was effected at a point three miles northeast, where there is a school-
house, and the name of Mount Zion has been given. Removing from this point
to New Albany in 1878, the society effected a reorganization and has held ser-
vices at this point ever since, although it has no church edifice

New Albany Lodge, "No. 81 A., F.& A. M.,was organized on November 26,
1869, with the following officers : B. F, Humphrey, W. M.; A. Butts, S, W.;

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

C. W. Hickox, J. W.; J. M. Edmiston, secretary; William Hall, treasurer ;
W. B. Fisher, T. The lodge has now a membership of thirty-six. Meetings
are held on each Saturday night, on or next following full moon, and each two
weeks thereafter. The lodge room is the upper portion of the church building,
and was built by this lodge at a cost of $750. It is leased for the use of the
Odd Fellows jointly with this lodge. The present officers of the lodge are:
C. W. Hickox, W. M.; Robert Mooney, S. W.; A.S. Helm, J. W.; O. Edmis

ton, S. D.; R. Lee, J. D.; Robert Marr, secretary; J. L. Toepler, treasurer;
John Griffin, tiler. ;

i Silent Temple Lodge, No. ot, J. O. O. F., was organized on June 7, 1872,
and chartered on October 8th of the same year. Its charter officers were:
Robert Stephen, N. G.; W. M. Harris, V. G.; T.C. Chilcote, R.S.; J. A. Rock-
wood, treasurer. These, with A.‘H. Abrams, constituted the chaiter members,
The present officers of the lodge are: J. E. Robinson, N. G.; A. G.-Marsh-
man, V.G.; Robert Marr, secretary; D. N. Young, treasurer. Meetings are
held on Wednesday of each week in Odd Fellows’ hall. The property of the
lodge consists of regalia to the value of $200, and a balance in the treasury of
$150 or more. ;

Mooney’s Mill.—This mill is located on a bayou or minor channel of Fall
River at a point less than a quarter of a mile fromthe town. It was completed
in 1880 at a cost of about $6,000. Power isfurnished by a ‘‘ forty-inch special”
turbine wheel. This is utilized by four run of burr-stones ; two used for wheat,
one for middlings and one for corn. Whenrun to its fullest capacity this mill
turns out seventy five barrels of flour per day.

The town now has two general stores, one grocery, one drug and one hard-
ware and furniture store, a flouring mill, two blacksmiths and a wagon maker.
There is no hotel, but the restaurant is able to furnish sleeping rooms for
travelers. :

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM HALL, merchant, and one of the oldest settlers of this region, was born in
Clinton County, Ohio, in 1823, and when a child of five years removed with his parents to
Henry Co., Ind., where he remained until he had reached manhood's years, when he went to
California, and upon his return enlisted in Company E, Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, and
after two years’ hard service in the field caine to Kansas, locating here and being the first
merchant in the town of New Albany, where he now enjoys not only the confidence of his
many friends, but also that of the entire community. In February, 1855, Mr. Hall was mar-
ried to Miss Mary A. Richards, of Indiana, who has borne him six children. Mr. Hall has
held several county and township offices.

ROBERT MOONEY was born in Hamilton County, Ind., February 16, 1842; came to Kan-
sas in April, 1865; located where New Albany now is in July, 1865; commenced mercantile
business in partnership with William Hall in 1871. He bought the New Albany grist and saw
mill and ran that in connection with mercantile business until the fall of 1878, when he sold
his interest in the store to E. Alley & Co., and then commenced building a new water mill.
In April, 1879 the miJl was completed, and in 1882 he put in improved machinery, and now
has a first class merchant and exchange mill. March 8, 1866, was married to Miss N. E. Beth-
ard, of Coffey County. Kan. Dora A. Mooney was born March 16, 1867; Albert B. was born Feb-
ruary 10,1870, died October 26, 1870; Elmer B. was born November 28, 1872, died August 27,
1872; Maud L. was born February 1, 1874; Fred R. February 1, 1876; Ethiel, February 6, 1878.

COYVILLE,

Coyville, Snce the county seat, is now a star postoffice. In the early days
of the county, when settlement was all in the northern part, this point was
very important. The step which finally located Coyville was the arrival, in
1859, of Albert Hagen, a Polish Jew, who, with the instinct of his tribe, opened
a store for trade with the Indians. This was the first store in the county, and
did a flourishing business. In 1864, Oscar Coy bought out Hagen and, with
P. P. Steele, embarked in business. The place soon became known as Coy’s,
and later as Coyville. A postoffice was established on May 2, 1866, and Coy
appointed Postmaster, A Masonic Lodge (No. 57) was organized in 1867, and
the place seemed on the high road.to prosperity; but as to many another
place came first a pause and then a reaction, which left it what it is to-day.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ALEXANDER C. HUTCHINSON, druggist, was born in December, 1850, in the city of
Perth, Scotland, and came to this country in 1874, locating for a short time in the Mohawk
Valley, N. Y., and in 1877 removing to this State aud for a short time located in Topeka,
from whence he removed to his present home. In May, 1878, Mr. Hutchinson married Miss
Marian Lang, of Ayr, Scotland, who has borne him one daughter—Maggie M., born September
8, 1875. His stock is large and well assorted and is valued at $5,000, fully insured. A!though
not a cltizen of the United States, Mr. Hutchinson is a live and enterprising business man.

J. W. SIMPSON, M.D., was born in Somerset County, Pa., in 1889, and came to Kansas
in 1875, locating in Coyville, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession,
he being a graduate of the Pennsylvanla Medical College. In 1874 the doctor married Miss
Lena Benils, of Chester, Pa, Dr. S. is considered one of the first physicians of Southern
Kansas and enjoys a large practice.

ALTOONA.

Altoona, first known as Geddesburg, is located on the Verdigris river, ten
miles east of Fredonia, the county seat. It was started in 1869 by a town
company of which Dr. T. F. C. Dodd was president and J. N. D. Brown secre-
tary. No town elections were, however, held, and the town company has
practically lapsed. The first business done near the town was by George
Schultz and John Hooper, who, in 1869, sold groceries under a tree on the bank
of the river. Shortly after, W. H. Tatham opened a store in the town proper,
and, in default of a newspaper to advertise in, cried the merits of his wares
through a tin horn. History does not state whether the effort was as success-
ful as that of the ‘pied piper of Hamelin town.” The town grew rapidly, and
in a year had sixty-five buildings.

Altoona was made a postoffice on April 11, 1870, and J. N. D. Brown
appointed Postmaster. He was succeeded by Freedman, Boyd, T. F.C. Dodd,
om McLaughlin, R. N. and M. E. Richardson, the latter of whom is still
in office.

The Altoona Union, the second paper published in the county, was started
on March 3oth, 1870, by Bowser & Brown. It was printed on new material
purchased for it by the Altoona Town Company. Four weeks later, Bowser-
wearied of his work and delegated the entire business to Brown, who kept the
berth until July oth, of that year. The paper then passed into the hands of

 
WILSON

James A. Smith and his wife, Carrie A., who hoisted the Republican banner,
Under this management the paper continued until December 5, 1872, when it
chronicled the death of Horace Greeley and its own, appearing with inverted
column rules.

The schoolhouse built in 1872 is still used, and, having been built witha
view to a rapid increase inthe town has ample accommodations. It is presided
over by Misses Clara and Celia Kashner, who have about one hundred scholars
distributed in two rooms. The cost of the building was $3,000.

Altoona has two churches, the Congregational], built in 1880, and the
Methodist Episcopal, built in 1882, The latter is in charge of Rev.C. W.
Swartz. Each hasa membership of about thirty. The Union Sabbath school,
supported by the two churches, has a large attendance. The Christian
Church formerly conducted meetings at this point, but has removed to Five
Mounds. °

‘Wm. Cowgill (now Altoona) Lodge No. 118, A. F. & A. M., was organiz-
ed in October 17, 1872. A fire destroyed all records, jewels and paraphernalia in
1879, and the lodge has since been unable to replace them. It has nowa
membership of twelve, and the following officers: T. F, C. Dodd, W. M.:
George East, S. W.; W. B. Ladd, J. W.; J. Orr, secretary; C. Streets, Treasurer.
Meetings are on Saturday before full moon.

The Odd Fellows had a lodge at this place, until the loss of their hall in
the fire of 1879, when they surrendered their charter. An attempt was recently
been made to organize a lodge of Knights of Honor, but was not successful.

The flouring mill on the Verdigris, now operated by Brown & Orr, was
built in 1870-71, by Spencer Bros. It has four run of buhr-stones, moved by a
turbine water wheel. Its capacity is one hundred barréls of flour per day, of
twenty-four hours. The buildingsand machinery are valued at $8,000.

The steam saw-mill, located in the timber near the Verdigris, is a portable
one, and has been in use near Altoona for twelve years. In 1880 it was pur-
chased by Z. A. Benell, for $1 000, and completely refitted. It is now valued

at $3,200, Power is furnished by an engine of twenty-five horse-power.

The town now has a population of 300, and the following industries : gen-
eral stores, 2; groceries, 3 ; drug stores, I ; hardware, 1; hotels, 2; doc'ors, 3;
dentists, 2; wagon shops, 1; blacksmiths, 2. With the completion of the new
railway, Altoona bids fair to become a live town of considerable size.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—MISscELLANEOUS.

SAMUEL BAUGHMAN, County Sheriff, farmer, Section 24, Chetopah Township, P. .0.
Fredonia, came to Kansas, March, 1878, and located on a farm in Wilson County, Has owned
this farm ever since. He was elected Sheriff of Wilson County, Nov , 1880, to fill vacancy and
served an unexpired term of fourteen months, and was then elected for afullterm. He also
served as Clerk of Chetopah Township five years. We enlisted at Rock Island, Ill., in Co. C.
Burgess Sharpshooters, June, 1861. He was in the engagement at Ft. Donelson, Shiloh,
Corinth, and was with Sherman in his famous march from Chattanooga to Savannah, and until
the surrender of Joc. E. Johnston. He was mustered out June, 1865. He was born in
Greensburgh, Westmoreland County, Pa., January 6, 1842. Son of P. C. and Barbara Baughman,
both living in Wilson Co., and about seventy-six years of age. Mr. Baughman lived in his
native county about seven years, then moved with parents to Rock Island County, Illinois.
He received a business education at the Davenport.Commercial College, and after his return
from the army in 1865, engaged in raising and dealing in stock, until he came to Kansas in
1878. He was married in Rock Island County, II1., Oct. 13th, 1868, to Leonora F. Kidder, a
native of Warren County, Pa., and daughter of Nelson and Marilda Kidder, by whom he has
three children, viz.—Nellie Zoe, Walter S., and Elsie Blanche. He belongs to Chapter and
Council A., F. & A. M., and also of the G. A. R. He is a reputable citizen, a reliable business
man and an efficient officer of the law.

HON.S.S. BENEDICT. Indian Inspector, P. O. Guilford, Guilford Township, was bornin
Manchester, Bennington Co., Vt., November 9,1844. Graduated from Williams College in Massa-

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chusetts in 1865, removed to Omaha, Neb. in the spring of 1866, and was connected with the
construction of the Union Pacific Railway until June 1, 1868. He then came to Wilson Coun-
ty, Kansas, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he still continues. In 187] he
was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, re-elected in 1874 and again
in 1875 ; elected State Senator in 1876, re-elected in 1880, resigned in 1882, having been ap-
pointed Indian Inspector in July, 1882. Inspectors have general supervision of all Indian
agencies inthe U.S. He is also a menther of the Board of Regents of the State Univer-
sity, was first appointed by Gov. St. John in 1881, re-appointed by Gov. Glick in 1883. Mr.
Benedict was married March 12, 1874, in the town where he now resides to Dura Farwell,
a native of Ilinois. Thev have two children. Frank Seward and Annie Maud.

LAFAYETTE HINER, of the tirm of Hiner & Gent, patent power churn, headquarters at
Cherryvalec, came to Kansas in the fall of 1870, and settled in Miami County, near New Lan-
caster; soon afterwards he removed to Newark Township, Wilson County, where he new re-
sides on a farm of 117 acres of land, on which he has made good improvements. Was born
on September 10, 1844, in Bartholomew County, Ind. At the age of thirteen he removed with
his parents to Adams County, Ohio. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-
third Ohio, and served until the close of the war. Was married to Miss M. E. Wagoner, of
Adams County, Ohio, in 1867, by whom he has seven children: Joseph T., Tallis Orr, Emily
§., Myrtie A., Nora C., Homer §. and Merrill. Mr. Hiner entered the partnersh{p of Hiner &
Gent, sellers of O. W. Patton's power churn, patented 1876, on May 15, 1883. He isa member
of the Neodesha Lodge, No. 72, I. O. O. F.; also a member of the G. A. R., of the same piace.

HON, J. Z. SEXTON, State Senator,farmer and stock raiser, Sections 12 and 7, Prairie Town-
ship, P. O. Fredonia, wasbornin Clarke Co., Ohio, September 7, 1841, son of Joseph and Lydia
Sexton. His mother is one of the most remarkable women of the age, being a prominent
preacher of the U. B. Church. She is very widely known and universally esteemed. Mr.
Sexton was principally raised in Jasper County, Ind.; was educated at what is known as
Hartsville College. He engaged in teaching for many years, and finally enlisted at Lafayette,
Indiana,in Co.G., Twentieth Indiana Infantry, August 11, 1862. He was mustered inas a private,
afterward promoted First Sergeant, and was acting Second Lieutenant at close of war. “He was
taken prisoner at Gettysburg, marched 300 miles to Staunton, thence to Belle Island, and
finally to Libby. He was confined in Libby Prison a few days and then exchanged. He was
in many of the heaviest engagements of the war, among which we mention Second Bull Run,
Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Mine Run, and all the battles before Petersburg ;
was present at the capture of Richmond, and at the time was in Hancock's Corps, Gen.
Mott's Division. He was mustered out in June, 1865. Before enlisting in the Twentieth
Indiana he had organized a company of volunteers in 1861, and was elected Second Lieutenant;
but the call being filled they were not mustered in. After the close of the war he returned to
Battle Ground, Indiana, and engaged in farming and teaching until he came to Kansas in
April, 1869. He then located in Wilson County, and has ever since engaged in farming and
stock raising. He represented his district in the State Legislature in 1873, and again in 1881.
Was elected District Clerk in 1874 and re-elected in 1876. He isat present State Senator from
Wilson County. He was married at Battle Ground, Ind., April 4th, 1866, to Sarah J. Sheets,
daughter of Joseph and Lorinda Sheets. By this union has five children, viz.: Clarence D.,
Florence, John H., Lydia L. and J. Z. Sexton, Jr. He belongs to the Knights of Honor,
E. A. U., andG. A. R. Mr. Sexton is a reliable business man, a gallant soldier, a patriotic
citizen, and an influential member of the State Senate.

NAPOLEON SHAREALL, farmer, Section 27, Verdigris Township, P.O.Coyville, was born in
Williams County, Ohio, in 1840, and when four years of age his parents removed to Ann Arbor,
Mich., where they stillreside. August 10, 1862, Mr. Shareall enlisted in Company E, Eighth Kan-
sas, he having come to Topeka the spring of that year, and served until the 18th of September,
1864, when he was mustered out with the rank of Sergeant. He settled in Wilson County in
1865, and January 25, 1866, was married to Miss Ethel Shamp. Mr. Shareall has two children—
Mary L., born May 22, 1867, and Ella, born August 6, 1870. His farm is one of the finest in
the county, his grain yields bei g exceptionally large. Mr. Shareall has been Township Treas-
urer for the past three years, and is a member of the G. A. R.

J.C. TUTTLE, County Clerk, formerly farmer, Section 17, Township 30, Range 1% east,
P. O. Fredonia, Newark Township, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, July 1, 1849; son of
Rey. Chandler and Catherine Tuttle. He lived in his native county until twenty years of age,
and came to Kansas in 1870. Remained one year, and on his return to Ohio, in 1871, entered
the National Normal College, located at Lebanon City, Ohio, and attended two years. He
then went to Anoka County, Minn., and was engaged in teaching for about three years, and
also served as Deputy Connty Superintendent part of one term. He again moved to Kansas, in
1876, and engaged in farming and teaching until elected County Clerk, in 1879. After serving
one full term he was re-elected, in 1881, and is now serving his second term. He is a member
of the Fredonia School Board, member of the City Council and Uity Treasurer of Fredonia, and
has served two terms as Township Clerk of Newark Township. He was married in Anoka,
Minn., April 18, 1876, to Matilda A. Noggle. By this union he has two children—Ina L. and
Urban Garfield Tuttle. He is chancellor commander of Twin Mound Lodge No. 57, K. of P,
He is an influential man and a capable and faithful county official.

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MITH County, named in honor of Majur Nathaz Smith, of the Second
Jolorado Cavalry, who was killed at the battle of the Blue, is on the
northern tier of counties, bordering on Nebraska on the north, and is the
sixth east of the Colorado and Kansas dividing lines. Its soil, like that of
contiguous counties in Kansas and Nebraska, is very easily worked, ab-
sorbs moisture readily, and rc-
tains it remarkably. What
Prof. Hayden says of the ad-
jacent valley applies with
equal force to Smith County
and the entire region watered
by the Solomon River: “The
soil is one of the best in the
world, and its fertility can
never be exhausted until every
hill of which it is composed
is entirely worn away. Where
the ground is cultivated, the
most copious rains soon per-
colate through the soil, which
in its lowest depth retains it
like a sponge. Even the un-
broken prairie absorbs much
of the heavy rains that fall,
and when droughts come the
moisture comes up from below
by capillary attraction.” High-
ty-five per cent. of the land
of Smith County is upland,
and the remaining fifteen per
cent. is bottom; two per cent.
forest (Government survey),
and ninety-eight per cent.
prairie. The average width of
the bottom lands of the Solo-
mon River is five miles, and
the general surface of the up-
lands undulating, with bluffs
in the neighborhood of the
principal streams. The tim-
ber of the county, principally
cottonwood, elm, oak and ce-
dar, forms narrow borders on
the banks of the Solomon and
its tributaries. In the south-
ern and central portions of
the county limestone of an
excellent quality abounds ; and
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HISTORY OF KANSAS,

MITH COUNTY.

man whosettled in Smith County was Mrs. Mary Peebles, who became a resi
dent of Lincoln Township in the fall of 1870. Ambrose Oldaker, probably
the first settler in the county, who made a home on Oak Creek, twelve
miles north of Cawker City, removed to Washington Territory in 1880,
where he now resides. The first homesteader in the county was Chris.
topher Noggels, who took a
claim on Beaver Creek in
June, 1871. The first mar-
riage in the county was T. J.
Burrow and Miss R. J. Dun-
lap. The ceremony was per-
formed in Smith Centre Town-
ship, Oct. 16, 1872, by Rev. H.
F. Albright. During the same
year the following m rriages
took place in the county:
George Bo and Inez Follon;
Charles Stewart and Ida
Keeler; T. J. Tompkins and
Flora I. Potter; John Dillon
and Julia Ann Walling.

The first birth in the
county was a son of Christo-
pher Noggels, in Centre Town-
ship, who was born Aug. 26,
1871. The first grocery store
was established in Houston
Township in the spring of
1871, by C. P. Newell. Fred
W. Wagner, of Germautown,
opened a general merchandise
store in April, 1871. The fol-
lowing year he became the
first Postmaster at German-
town and still retains the of-
fice. The first postoffice es-
tablished in Smith County was
at Cedarville, in July, 1871.
John Johnston was first Post-
master. He was succeeded by
James Johnson, who contin.
ues in charge of the office.

Mrs. W. M. Skinner taught
the first school in the county,
at Gaylord. in the fall and win-
ter of 1871. E. M. Burr, who
was the first attorney located
in the county, taught school
in Smith Centre in the fall of

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Smith County is the 8 .lomon ‘
River, which flows in a south- 4
easterly direction. It has ) In 1875, from original territor:
many tributaries, the Cedar, gh 121g om oniine tron
East Cedar, Beaver, East Bea- i In 1875, from orginal jencitory,
ver, and other streams flowing
south and southeast; Oak,
Middle Oak, West Oak and Possum Creek flowing southeast. In addition
to these, two arms of White Rock Creck flow in a southwesterly direction.
Smith County is well supplied with springs, and a superior quality of well
water is obtained at depths varying from fifteen to one hundred feet.

The first settlers in what is now Smith County were John Rhodes, J.

K. Belk, Ambrose Oldaker, an| B. F. Myers, J. H. Johnson, J. C. Morris-
son, who came in the fall of 1870. The following season they were fol-
lowed by Thomas Lane and Anthony Robertson, who brought their fami
lies; H. H. Granholz, H. Menshoff, L. Binman, J. Rider, J. Eldredge,
Thomas Decker, James H. Decker. T. J. Burrow, H. F. Albright, Charles
Stewart, T. J. Tompkins, W. M. George, Fred. W. Wagoner. The first
stone house erected was built in 1877, by Colonel Campbell.. The first wo.

(a) In 1875, from original territory.
(b) In 1875 from original territory.
c) In 1875, from originul territory.
d) In 1875, from original territory.
In 1875, from original territory.

(as Holland); name afterward changed to Lincoln.

court-house.

There are twenty-six post-
offices in Smith County, as
follows: Anderson, Andrew,
Beaver, Cedarville, Cl:fford,
Cora, Corvallis, Covington,
Crystal Plains, Custer, Eagle
Rapids, Gaylord, German-
: : town, Harlan, Judson, Leban-
on, Ohio, Oriole, Smith Centre, Stone Mound, Stuart, Sweet Home,
Twelve-Mile and Tyner. With a daily railroad mail traversing the south-
ern edge of the county by the Central Branch Road, and mails from the
offices located on the railroad, the county enjoys excellent mail facilities.

OOUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ELECTIONS.

_ Smith County, containing 900 square miles, was organized in 1872,
with a population of 3,876. The county seat was first located at Cedarville,
in the southeastern portion of the county. The first Commissioners
appointed by the Governor of the State were George Marshall and Fred
W. Wagner. James H. Johnston was the first County Clerk. The first
meeting of the board was held at Cedarville, March 9, 1872, At the April
SMITH COUNTY,

meeting the county was laid off into six townships, to-wit: Pawnee, Hig-
ley, German, Cedar (soon changed to Harvey), Huston and Holland.

At the first county election, held June 25, 1872, tor county officers and
to locate the seat of justice, the votes of four townships were thrown out
for illegality. The two townships where the law was complied with
polled 154 votes. The newly-elected officers were: W S. Angell, W.. D.
Covington, L. R. Hibbard, Commissioners; W. R. Allen, County Clerk.
They were sworn in July 12, 1872. Edmund Hall was appointed Superin.
tendent of Public Instruction; B. Higley, Register of Deeds.

In November, 1872, the county seat wasremoved to Smith Centre by a
vote of 275 for that place, ninety-two for Cedarville and eighty-one for Gay-
lord. At the same election J. T. Morrison was chosen Representative; V.
Payne, M. E. Wells and Jesse Stranathan, Commissioners; W. M. Skinner,
County Clerk and Register of Deeds; J. C. Harlan, Probate Judge; Nick
Clemens, Sheriff; W. M. George, Treasurer; Ed. Hall, Superintendent of
Publ.c Instruction; N. H. Withington, Surveyor; Levi Morrill, Attorney;
T. J. Burrow, District Clerk; J. M. Stephen, Coroner.

Noy. 7, 1873, the following officers were elected: J. T. Morrison,
Representative; N. Clemens, Sheriff; E. R. Fowler, County Clerk; T. M.
Hn, Treasurer; B. Higley, District Clerk; 8. C. Thompson, Register of
Deeds; N. H. Withington, Surveyor; A. J. Stevens, Coroner; Ves.
Payne, G. W. Hodson, Jesse Stranathan, Commissioners. . ‘

The November election in 1874 resulted in the choice of the following
officers: 0.8. Aldrich, Representative; J. C. Harlan,-Probate Judge; H.C.
Ellis, Superintendent of Public Instruction; W.M. Skinner, Count - Clerk;
0. F. Sheldon, District Clerk; G. W. White, Attorney; T. M. Helm, Regis.
ter cf Deeds.

The November election, 1875, resulted as follows: O. S. Aldrich, Rep-
resentative; T. M. Helm, Treasurer; G. W. Buckley, County Clerk; J. M.
Stevens, Sheriff; A. J. Smith, Register of Deeds; W.H. Nelson, Surveyor;
F. D. Morse, Coroner: J. A. Rossman, M. Duckworth, J. 8. Whitney, Com-
missioners.

{n November, 1876, the following were elected: E. W. Smith, Repre-
sentative; J. C. Harlan, Probate Judge; A. M. Corn, Attorney; Mrs. F.
oe Superintendent Public Instruction; W. P. Meadows, ’ District

erk.

The election of November, 1877, resulted as follows: J. M. Stevens,
Sheriff; W. J. Byers, Treasurer; E. Stevens, County Clerk; A. J. Smith,
Register of Deeds; W. H. Nelson, Surveyor; W. J. Byers, Coroner; S. P.
Glenn, 8. T. Mitchell, C. W. Freeman, Commissioners.

November, 1878, election: F. E. Baker, Representative; H. H. Reed,
Probate Judge; W. P. Meadows, District Clerk; L.C Uhl, Attorney; J.
W. Pearce, Superintendent Public Instruction; 8. P. Glenn, J. H. Willett,
W.H. Willett, Commissioners. :

November, 1879, elec ion; Jerry Brisbin, Sheriff; W. J. Byers, Treas
urer; Ed. Stevens, County Clerk; W. H. Nelson, Register of Deeds; Geo.
E. Smith, Surveyor; G. M. Edson, Coroner; B. W. Perdue and John
Walker, Commissioners.

November, 1880, election: J. A. Rossman, Representative; H. H.
Reed, Probate Judge; A. M. Corn, Attorney; L. A. Fairchild, County
Clerk; D. H. Fleming, Superintendent Public Instruction; John Walker,
John Johnston, Jacob Wolfe, Commissioners,

November, 1881, election: H. A. Hester, Sheriff; John Johnston,
Treasurer; J. N. Beacom, County Clerk; W. H. Nelson, Register of Deeds;
Lair Deam, Treasurer for short term; J. H. Sargent, Surveyor; Dr. M. F.
Leary, Coroner; A. Spires, Commissioner for first district.

It may be stated in this connection that there has never been a
licensed saloon within the borders of Smith County.

CHURCHES AND NEWSPAPERS.

The Congregationalists and Methodist Episcopals are the most numerous sects in the
county, but the United Brethren, Lutherans, Baptists, Roman Catholics and Presbyte-
rians also have church organizations. School-houses preceded church edifices in
Smith County, and religious services were held for several years in schoo] buildings and
private dwellings. The Congregationalists erected a stone church building in Centre
Towaship, in 1876, The same year the United Brethren, Methodists and the Lutherans
erected churches in various parts of the county. At the present time the several
churches in the county make the following showing as to organizations and member-
ship: Baptist—organizations, 4; membership, 205 Roman Catholics—organizations,
1; membership, 82; value of church property, $500. Congregational—organizations, 6;
membership, 180; value of church property, $3,900. Methodist Episcopal—organiza-
tions, 20; membership, 380. Presbyterian—organizations, 4; membership, 85. The
Lutherans have one church in the northwest portion of the county, with a membership
of 65, and church property valued at $700. The United Brethren have seve'al organiza-
tions, with headquarters at Harlan, where they have a fine educatio.1al institution.

The Smith County Pioneer, the oldest paper in the county, was started at Cedar-
ville in November, 1872, by Dr. W. D. Jenkins, and was edited successively by Dr.
Jenkins, Lew Plummer and Mark J. Kelley. The office was sold to Levi Morrill in 1873
and removed to Smith Centre, who continued its publication until October, 1874. when
it was sold to W. D. Jenkins, Jr., who continued its publication several yea-s. In 1878
the paper was enlarged and the name changed to the Kansas Pioneer. In 1880 the Pio-
neer and Press were consolidated, and Dr. Neely Thompson became the manager, the
paper being Republican. It has now passed into the hands of R, D. Bowen and its poli-
tics changed to Democratic.

The Cedarville Democrat was started in August, 1881, a8 a Democratic paper, by M.
M. Wachter. F. E. Baker purchased a half interest and the Democrat was then pub-
Tished as a half Greenback and half Democratic journal. Baker soon bought out his
partner’s interest and removed the material to smith Centre and changed the name to
the Record, It was run asa Greenback organ until Jan. 20, 1882, when E. M. Burr be-
came sole owner and changed it to a Republican journal. Early in February, 1882, G.
L. Burr purchased the establishment and continues the publication of the Record as a
Hepublean paper, strong in the advocacy of prohibition and low salaries for public
-officers. .

The Gaylord Herald was established by J. W. McBride (now of Beloit) in August,
1879. April 28, 1880, Webb McNall, the present publisher, became the proprietor, anc has
published a bright, newsy Republican journal. The Heraid has a large circulation, and
is one of the official organs of Smith County. | ana

The Harlan Advance, established in the spring of 1882, principally to advance the
interests of Gould College, located in the same Vi lage, has outgrown the intentions: of
its founder and become, under the local management of W. D. Lane, an excellent home

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and news paper. The Advance 14 now a twcnty-column paper and its subscription price
is $1.25 per annum.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

The first school-houses erected in Smith County were as follows: District No.4 builta
stone house on the town site of Smith Centre, in 1873; German Township, in August,
1873; at Cedarville,in Harvey Township, a school-house was erected in 1872 at a cost of
$1,700, (This district has twice lost school-houses by fire, and each time erected better
and more expensive houses than the one lost. The last loss occurred in the winter of
1881 and was the work of an incendiary. The present school building cost eS No.
9, in Houston Township, erected a house in Gaylord in 1872; Lincoln Township, No. 24,
builtin July, 1873; Oak Township, No. 34, in 1873.

In 1878 the number of organized school districts in the county numbered ninety-
seven, with aschool population of 2,864. The average salary then paid teachers, per
month, was $20.38 for males, and $16.71 for females. The total number of school-houses,
forty-one; log, thirty-one; frame, two; brick, one; stone, seven; and the valuation of
school property, $9,696.

In 1879 the number of school districts was 118; school population, 4,448; number of
teachers employed, 100; average salary paid teachers, per month, $21.02 for males, and
$16.59 for females. Thirty school-houses were built during the year. Estimated value
of school property, $13,478.

In 1880 the number of school districts was 123; school population, 4,835: number of
teachers employed, 157; average salary paid teachers per month, $21.15 for males, and
$18.56 for females; number of school-houses built during the year, twenty-nire; esti-
mated value of school buildings, $16,130; total school expenditures for the year, $10,-
te ta he United States census returns show the total population of the county in

In 18S1-"82 the reports show 128 school districts; there are 118 school-houses in the
county—eight log, eleven stone, thirty-six frame and sixty-three sod; thirteen of the
frame and two of the stone houses are furnished with patent desks. Teachers em-
ployed, holding first grade certificates, four males and two temales; second grade, nine-
teen mules and thirty-five females; third grade, thirty males aid thirty-five fe-
males; tolal number employed, 125; average salary of teachers per month, for
males, $18.42; for females, $17.30; amount received for school purposes in_ the
county for the year 1881, $16,543; paid out for the same period, $12 502.26. With
another season of prosperity like that of 1882 the school interests of the county
willbe va-tly benefited, both in the quality of the buildings and the pay of teachers.
The friends«.f education inthe county have courageously labored in the past under many
discouragements, In 1882 two districts have expended $6,000 for school buildings, The
average pay of teachers in 1882 was $19 per month for males and $18 for females, Four
months’ schools were taught. The Co.nty Institute commenced August’? and continued
four weeks. It was largely attended.

Since the first settlement in 1870 the growth of Smith County has been marvelous
as the following figures prove: Population in 1870, 66; in 1875, 3,876; increase in five
years, 3,810; populution in 1878, 8,315; increase in eight years, 8,249. The national census
of 1880 shows a population of 13,904, an increase since the first settlers came in, twelve
years si.ce, of 13,838! The population of the county entitles it totwo members of the
Legislature. The increase in acreage of field crops from the first settlement to the pres-
ent time shows that the labors of the people have kept pace with the growth of popu-
lation. In 1872 the acreagein corn, wheat, rye, barley, prairie meadow, prairie pasture,
sorghum, oats, broom corn, etc., amounted to 5,310 acres. The latest returns show an
acreage of 69,310.

Aside from a few grist and saw mills, the manufacturing interests of the county are
inconsiderable, and the people understand that their great dependence is in agricult-
ure, cattle and the dairy.

The statistics for 1882 make the following showing: Number of acres in cultivation,
341,304; valuation, $1,831,027. Number of acres sown in fall wheatin 1881, 5,368; rye,
5,626. Number of horses, 5,046; mules, 558; cows, 3,982; other cattle, 6,113; sheep, 2,659;
swine, 20,236. Fruit trees, bearing: 32) pear, 12,851 peach, 1,047 plum, 390 cherry, 23,571
apples. Not bearing: 1,156 pear, 43,747 peach, 3,281 plum, and 3,976 cherry. Artificial
forests, trees one year old and over: 273 acres walnut, 49 acres maple, 7} acres honey
locust, 1,044 acres cottonwood, other varieties, 2,167 acres. Total population of the
county in 1882, 12,870.

There are f ur excellent grist-mills in the county, all located on the Solomon River,
owned by Wilson & Sou, Excelsior Mills, Keeler & Son, and Bougman & Tally. Capital
invested, $15,300. Value of products annually estimated at $20,000.

Value of church buildings and grounds in the county estimated at $7,500. The
United Brethren, Congregationalists, German Lutherans, Methodist Episcopals and
German Baptists all have church buildings.

SMITH CENTRE.

This town was made the seat of justice of the county by vote of the
people in November, 1872, soon after its organization. It is located near
the geographical center of the county, and is a thriving business town of
450 popula‘ion. Smith Centre emerged from insignificance when the
county-seat question was settled in her favor, and since that time has had
a steady, healthy growth. The first sermon preached in the village was
by Rev. R. B. Foster, of Osborne City, in 1871. The same year Rev. H. F.
Albright organized the first church in the town. In 1872 Mr. E. M. Burr
commenced a term of school, but other engagements prevented his giving
it personal supervision, an1 Miss Alice Campbell finished out the term in
what is known as the old court-house building. The earliest settlers in
the town were A. J. Watson, Wait George, A. J. Smith, Henry Pugh, W.
D. Jenson, R. K. Smith, Pleasant Hodgson, W. A. Garrison, J. M. Stevens
(who started the first blacksmith shop). W.M. George was the first Posi-
master—appointed in the summer of 1872. In 1878 Mr. George died, and
the present incumbent, R. A. Chandler, was appointed.

A.J. Allen opened the first store in the town in 1872. Colonel F.
Campbell, now a resident of Kirwin, started the second store and erected
on his homestead, in Centre Township, the first stone house built in the
county. EH. M. Burr, the first lawyer to settle in Smith Centre, arrived in
1872. The same year came Dr. Traverse, the pioneer physician. The first
public school-house in the township was a stone structure erected in 1873.
The town has always been supplied with excellent schools and gocd houses
since the early times. The first marriage in the township took place Oct.
16, 1872—Mr. Thomas J. Burrow to Miss R. J. Dunlap. The first birth in
the townsbip was a son of Christopher Noggels—bora Aug. 25, 1871. The
first hotel was opened by W. M. George, the Postmaster, who also kept a
stock of groceries. =

The Smith Centre Town Company was incorporated in September,
1871, with a capital stock of $12,000—120 shares of $100 each. The char-
ter members were: J. W. Raynolds, of Belleville, Republic County; R.A.
Wilson, Dr. Bell, W. E Stone, W.A.Garretson. A portion of the com-
pany resided in Smith County and the remainder in Jewell, J. W. Ray-
nolds was the first President, W. A. Garretson the first Secretary, and R.
A. Wilson the first Treasurer. In the spring of 1872 John W. George, of
Jewell City, was chosen President, The assessments paid by the stock-
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holders amounted to about $25 per share. The money thus raised was
partly disbursed in the county-seat contest, in which Smith Centre was
rhe successful candidate. The remaining funds were used in erecting
buildings, one of which was donated to John Stevens for a blacksmith
shop. A second building was donated to the county, and is still used as a
court-house.

During the year 1873 it was discovered that the town company, as
such, could not lawfully perfect titles to land, and the corporation was
dissolved. The land, consisting originally of a whole section, was taken
up by parties interested under the homestead law, except one quarter-sec-
tion, which was reserved as a town site, under the town-site act, and the
title was perfected in 1875.

Smith Centre has five stores for the sale of general merchandise, two
hardware stores, two agricultural implement stores, two banks, three gro-
ceries, two drug stores, three hotels, one boot and shoe store, one furniture,
one millinery, four blacksmiths, one wagon-maker, two livery and sale
stables, two newspapers, two restaurants, one billiard room, two meat
markets, seven lawyers and two physicians.

SOCIETIES.

Western Star Lodge, N».174, A. F.& A. M., was chartered October, 1877. First
officers: Will D. Jenkins, W. M.; Jeremiah Gillman, S. W.; Charles H. Aldrich, J. W.
Present officers: W. H. Nelson, W. M.; R. M. Pickler, S. W ; A. Cleveland, J. W.; F. J.
Pattee, Sec.; L.C. Uhl, Treas.: Henry Unl, 8. D.; A. J. Brenneman, J. D.; Ez. W.
Haines, Tyler. Sixty-five members. eetings first and third Saturdays, in ‘Masonic
Hall, Main street.

Vesia Lodge, No. 153, I. 0. 0. F., organizid October, 1878. Charter members, J.
C. White, J. W. Henderson, 8. S. Hite, H. A. Hester, B. W. Perdue. Present officers:
R. D. Bowen, N. G.; W. H. Nelson, V.G.; 8. 8. Hite, Per. Sec.; C. P. Booth, Financial
Secretary; A.M. Corn, P.G. Forty members. Meetiugs hela every Wednesday even-
ing in Odd Fellows’ Hall, Main street.

Robert Anderson Post, No. 45, G. A. R. Organized April, 1882. H.H. Reed, P. C.;
Lair Dean, S. V.C.; H. W. Cowry, J. V.C.; H. R. S:oae, Quartermaster; F.J. Pattee,
Adjutant; Rev. H.G. Miller, Chaplain; H. A. Watson, O. of D.; R, A. Chandler, Q. M
S.; D. H. Fleming, 0. G.; J. D. Hagadorn, Surgeon; John Walker, S.M. Sixty mem-
bers. Meets on second and fourth Fridays in Masonic Hall, a"

Smith Centre Lodge, No. 47, A.-0. U. W., organized May 31, 1880, with the follow-
.ing charter members: Willis Cannon, W. H. Nelson, A. M. Corn, Neely Thompson,
C. G. Wheeler, J. Q. Royce, W. B. Hardacre. W. J. Byers, A. F. Lane, R. D. Bowen, W.
F. Donaldson, J. R. Burrow, A. J. Smith. Present officers: S. D. Cummixgs, P. M. W.;
F. J. Pattee, M. W.; W.B. Hardacre, Foreman; John L. Royce, Overseer; J. R. Bur
row, Receiver; J. N. B2acon, Recorder; R. D. Bowen, Financier; W. H. Nelson, Guide;
E. C. Stevens, Inside Watchman; O. P. Daley, Outside Watchman. Twenty-three
members. Meets first and third Mondays of each month.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J.N. BEACOM, County Clerk, settled in the south part of the above county in the
fall of 1878, and engaged in agriculture. Was elected County Clerk in the fall of 1881,
and has held the office since. He was born in Logan County, Ohio, April, 1846. Was
raised in Eddyville, Wapello Co., Iowa, his parents moving there in 1854. Enlisted
Sept. 4, 1861, ia Company K, Third Iowa Cavalry. Participated in all the battles of his
command. Was wounded and taken prisoner in the battle of Village Creek on the 27th
of June, 1862, and was confined in Rebel prison at Little Rock, Ark., until the latter part
of November of the same year, when he was paroled and rejoined his regiment.
He was mustered out Sept. 23, 1864. He then lived in Iowa until 1867; then in Cum-
berland County, Ill., where he followed merchandising and the wool trade. Was mar-
ried in 1870 to Miss Maggie A. Starnes, of Owen County, Ind. They have three children
--Arlino, Charies W. and Nellie K. He is a member of Blue Lodge, A. F.& A.M. K
of P., A.O. U. W., and Robert Anderson Post, No. 47,G A. R., of Smith Centre.

R. D. BOWEN, edi.or and proprietor of the Smith County Pioneer, began the pub-
lication of the above newspaper Oct. 18,1882. This paper was first edited in the fall of
1871. It now has a circulation of 2,241, being the largest circulation of any paper in
Western Kansas, and is Democratic in politics. Hecame to Smith County, Kan., sept.
24, 1873, and engaged in_agriculture and blacksmithing, He was born in Trumbull
Vounty, Ohio, in 1840. His parents with their family moved to Mercer County, Pa.,
in 1845, and lived there ten years. His experience in life has been somewhat varied.
Enlisted July 11, 1861,in Company M, Second Iowa Cavalry, and participated in all the
battles of his command. Was wounded in a skirmish, and at the second battle of
Corinth. Was mustered out in the fall of 1864. Was married in 1866 to Miss Lucy A,
Ada.r, anative of Iowa. They have six children—Herbert H., Millie B , Carrie N.,
Estella A., Walter S. and Maude. Heis a member of I. 0. O. ¥, Lodge No. 153; A. O.
U. W., Lodge No. 47; Anderson Post, No. 45, G. A. R., and Adjutant of the latter.

JACOB BRUNNER, dealer in general merchandise, came t» Smith Centre in 1873,
began the drug trade and followed the business for four years; then embarked in gen-
eral merchandising. He first carried a very small stock. Built a store in 1878, 20 x 50
feet, two stories high, and carries now a very large and extensive stock, and doing good
Dusiness. He was horn in Germany in 1842, and came to Americaio 1862. Lived first
in Cincinnati, Ohio, Detroit, Mich., and St. Louis, Mo., clerking in stores.

GEORGE L. BURR, editor and pep eto of the Smith County Record, was born
in Heury County, Ja., July 12, 1859. The fumily removed tv» Missouri in 1865, and to
Smith County in 1872, settling on a farm near Smith Centre, where the family still own
a large body of land. Mr. Burr attended school at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and Keithville
Mo., receiving a substantial English education. Has studied Jaw and is now prepared
for admission to the bar. Mr. Burr is a fearless defender of what he believes to be
right and just. He had charge of the schools in Gaylord and Smith Centre for four
terms,—two in each town,—two years. Mr. Burr was married to Miss Hattie Bonnett,
daughter of Rev. L. M. Bonnett. ‘They have one child.

WILLIS CANNON, dealer in drugs, medicines, books and stationery, began trade
in fall of 1878, with astock of $500, under the firm name of Stevens & Oannon. He be-
came proprietor in January, 1681, and now carries a stock of $2,000. He came to Smith
Centre in the spring of 1878. He is the present County Coroner of Smith County. He
is a physician and surgeon of the allopathic school, Was born in Hancock County, IIl.,
Nov. 23, 1850, and was raised in his native county, Began the study of medicine 'n
1870, graduating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, in the
class of 1875. Begau practicing medicine in Henderson County, IIl., and continued
until he came to Kansas. Was married May 1, 1881, to Miss Emma Belle Pollock of
Iowa. They have one daughter—Carrie Gertrude. He is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F.
& A. M., A. O. U. W. ond Kansas State Medical Society.

R. A. CHANDLER, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in August, 1882.
Erected hia store in 1879, size of which is 20 x 40 feet deep and cost $1,100. He carries a
stock of about $2,000. He came to Smi.h Centre spring of 1873 and engaged in agricult-
ure some time, then returned to lowa and remained eighteen months, after which he
came to his present home. He was Deny County Clerk some time; Postmaster four
years and over, then embarked in trade. He was born in Henry County, Iowa, July 11,
1842, and was raised there. Enlisted fall of 1861 in Company I, Fourteenth Iowa Volun-
teer Infantry, and was placed on detached service; participated in battles of Fort
Donelson and Shiloh, being taken prisoner in latter battle, spring of 1862. Confined two
months, and paroled ; mustered out winter of 1864. Was married in 1870 to Eunice M.
Kelley, of Henry County, Ja. They have four children—John 8., Walter S., Mary L. and
Grace L. He is a member of I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W., and Robert Anderson Post,

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2 a F, COOLIDGE, editor and proprietor of the Weekly Smith County Record. This

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

paper was established Ang. 5, 1881. Has a circulation of 700 copies, and is Republican
in politics. Mr. Coolidge came to Smith Centre in 1872, and ocated near the village,
where he engaged in agriculture. Followed that andteaching. He became editor an

roprietor of the above paper in February, 1883. He was born in Madison County, N.
re May 9, 1856, living in his native county until 1861, and came with his parents to
Benton County, Ia., where he was raised and lived until he came to Kansas. He isa
graduate of the high school of Vinton, Iowa. Was married in 1881 to Miss Cora Burr, of
Smith Centre, Kan.’ They have one son, not yet named. :

DANIEL H. FLEMING, Superintendent of Public Instruction, came to Smith
County in April, 1878, and engaged in agriculture. Was elected County Superintendent
in the fall of 1880; re-elected in the fall of 1882. Was born in Moultrie County, Iil.,
March 1%, 1840. Lived in that and Shelby counties, until 1847, and moved with his

arents to Davis County, Ia., where he was raised and educated. He began teaching in
i850, and has followed that occupation more or less since. He enlisted in the spring
of 1861 in Company G, Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the
battles of his command. Promoted to Second Lieutenant. Musteced out in the spring
of 1864, on account of expiration of term of service. After army life he returned home
and followed farming, stock-raising and teaching. He was married in the spring
of 1865 to Miss Martha V. Rall, of Drakesville, Iowa. They have eight children—
Warren E., Willie O., Lillis A. Festus R., Levi R. (deceased), Beulah, Fenton and
Flora. eared oe members uf the Christian church. He is a member of Anderson Post,
No. 47,G. A. R.

H. A. HESTE R, Sheriff and farmer, came to Jewell County, Kans.,in 1870, and en
engaged in various pursuits; came to Smith County, Kans., in 1872, and followed freighting
between Hastings, Neb., and Smith Centre, Kans., until the railroad cut off the business
in 1879. Since that tolluwed various pursuits until the fall of 1881, when he was
elected Sheriff. He took his land in the spring of 1872. Has 160 acres, northwest quar-
ter Se’tion 21, Township 3, Range 13 eighty-five acres of which is cultivated. He was
born in Pike County, Ill, Jan. 2, 1850, and grew to manhood there. He followed steam-
boating for: number of years on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. He was married
in 1869, to Ella George, of Macon County, Ill. He lost his wife in 1876 in Jewell County,
Kans. They hadoneson—Charles E. He was married a.ainin 1881 to Mrs. Meranda E.
George, who had one son, Morris George, by a former marriage. Mr. H. is a member of
Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M , and Knights of Pythias, of Smith Centre.

CAPTAIN J. 8S. McDOWELL, dealer in general merchandise and live stock. He
opened trade in the fall of 1874, with a stock of $2,000, being among the firot merchants
in tbe village, and now has the oldest established business in Smith County. Erected
his sture in the fall of 1880. The size is 28x70 feet deep, two stories and a basement,
buils of cut stone, at a cost of $4,500. Now carries a stock of $8,000, and employs three
clerks steadily. He first came to Atchison County, Kan., in 1869. Farmed until 1871,
and then clerked in a store on asalary until he cameto Smith Centre. He was born
in Frauklin County, Pa., Aug. 1, 1840, and lived in his native county until twelve years
of age, when his parents moved to Fulton County, Ind., where he enlisted in April, 1861,
ia three months’ service, and Sept. 1, 1861, enlisted for three years in Company F, Sev-
enty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Participated in all the battles of his
command. Was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863, and held un.il March,
1865. He entered the army as Sergeant; woolen were: Second Lieutenant, First
Lieutenant and Captain of his company. a8 mustered out in July, 1865. He then
settled in Amboy, [ll., and embarked in merchandisin,
1876 to Miss Cordelia A. Niles, of Dane County, Wis.
Lodze, A., F. & A. M.

WILLIAM H. NELSON, Postmaster and Register of Deeds, came to Cora, Smith
Co., Kan., June, 1873, and embarked in merchandising. Was elected County Surveyor
of Smith County, and filled that position by re-election from 1875 to 1879 inclusive. Was
elected Register of Deeds in the fall of 1879. Re-elected in the fall of 1881. Came to
Smith Centre in 1876. Was born in Titusville, Crawford Co., Pa., March 22, 1851, and
lived in his native county until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the Kansas
State Militia. Hewas educated in surveying and civil engineering at Edinboro, Erie
Co., Pa., graduating with the class of 1872. Was married in 1875 to Miss Rose M.
Thompson, of Grand Valley, Warren Co., Pa. They have four children—Alansen E.,
Arthur, Elith and Stella. eis amember of Blue Lodge, A., F,& A.M., 1.0.0. F.
aud A. O. U. W., of Smith Centre.

R. M. PICKLER. County Attorney, came to Smith Centre winter of 1879, and
opened a law office. Elected to his present office, fall of 1882. He was born in Davis
County, Iowa, Feb. 28, 1856. Lived in that county until 1867, when parents, with family,
moved to Kirksville, Mo., where he was educated. Began the study of lawin 187#, He
was editor of the Milan /’epubddican, of Milan, Mo., three years, and studied law at the
same time. He was a student in the law office of Hoffman, Pickler & Brown, of Musca-
tine, Iowa, some time. Was admitted to the bar of practice in spring of 1879, at the latter
city, and began the practice of law there. He soon opened a law office at Milan, Mo.,
and practiced afew mnths, when he emigrated to Kansas. Was married in August,
1882, to Miss Clara A. Smith, of Washington, Iowa. He is a member of Western Star
Lodge, No. 174, A., F. & A. M.

H. H. REED, Probate Judge, and dealer in general merchandise. He first came to
Leavenworth, Kan., in 1866, and engaged in agriculture until the spring of 1872, when
he came to Smith Centre and farmed ten years. He was elected Probate Judge in the
fall of 1878, and re-elected in the fall of 1880 and 1882; served as Justice of the Peace from
1872 until 1878. He hegan trade with a stock of $1,000, and now carries a stock of $2,000.
He was born in Portage County, O., July 14, 1839, and remained there until 1852, when
he removed to Fayeite Coanty, [ll.,and farmed until] 1861. Enlisted July 3, 1861, in
Comp ny B, Thirty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; particinated in all the battles ex-
ete Chickamauga; promotions were Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain
ofhis company; mustered out Sept. 28, 1864; returned to his home and lived until he
came to Kansas. He begai the study of law when quite a young man; was admitted to
the bar of the District Court, Smith County, in 1881. He wes married in 1862 to Miss
Ssrah J. Welch, of Bowling Green, Il. ney have six children—John T., Owen L.
Isabella, Ann A.,Hattic J.and Ida E. He isa member of I. 0. 0. KF, K. of P., and
Anderson Post, N6. 53, G. A. R.

A. U. SHELDON, Cashier of Smith County Bank. This bank was organized Aug, 1,
aot and opened for business as a private bank. The officers are: John Hall, Presi-
den A 0. W. Sheldon, Vice President; A. U. Sheldon, Cashier; and C.J. Sargent, “Assist-
ant Cashier. The Eastern correspondents are: Merchants’ National Bank, Kansas City,
Mo, ; Continental National, N.Y. City; and Bank of John Hall & Co., Fort Ann, N. Y¥
They do a regular banking business. A. U. Sheldon came to Smith Centre in September,
1880, and cmbarked in the banking business. He was born at Fort Ann, N. Y., May 28,
1857, and lived there until he came to Kansas. He spent three years in the wholesale
manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, in Western NewYork; he took a three years’
course at Fort Edward Institute, N. Y. He was engaged in the banking business with
his father (9, W. Sheldon) and a partner (John Hall ) in his native place. He is a mem-
ber of the Masonic Order, K. of P., etc.

HERBERT H SPRINGER, farmer and stock-raiser. His farm joins the village on
the south. Itis a beautiful place, nicely set with many varieties of forest trees, fruit
trees, etc., Section 22, Township 3, Range 18. He filed on his land Dec. 4, 1875. Has 120
acres, and has 17 acres of timber. In the spuee of 1877 he began planting trees, aod
now has walnut trees five inches in diameter and twelve feet ih bh; cottonwoods ten
inches in di:meter and thirty feet high; tho latter were planted from slips, und the
former from walnuts Mr, 8. was born in Ashland County, O., June 18, 1844, living in
Ohio util about twenty-two years of age, on a farm. He then moved tu Fulton County.
ae and farmed two and ahalf years; then to Henry County, Ia., where he farmed
and dealt in live stock until he came to Kansas. In 1882he was married to Miss Mary
Fairchild, a native of Ohio. He is President of Smith County Agricultural Society.

HENRY R. STONE, stock raiser, has a ranch sixteen miles from Smith Centre, of
1,280 acr 8, 200 of which is finely cultivated. On his ranch he has 1,000 head of thorough:
bred Spanish merino sheep, sixty-three head of which sheared twenty-four pounds each
oe 1882. He has the finest ranch in Northwestern Kansas. He also keeps a farm loan
office, and within the past two years has loaned out $350,000 at 9 and 10 per cent. interest
for Eastern parties. He Came to the ranch in 1872, where he engaged in agriculture and
sock Ti ing. and embarked in merchandising June, 1880, continuing in the business
about three years. He was born in Dansville, Livingston Co., NY. April 6, 1840,

until 1869. Was married in
r. McD. is a member of Blue
SMITH COUNTY.

living there until 1856, when he-went to Lake County, 0., and worked on a farm, He
tanght school in Michigau in 1857; then went t» Whileside County, Ill., and worked
on afarm and taught schon]. Enlisted Ang. 2, 1861. in Burker Dragoons, of Chicago,
aud was transferred to the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry; participated in all the battles of
his command; was woinded in the battle of Upperville, Jan. 21, 1863; was mustered
out Aug. 2, 1864; then taught school in Illinois and Lowa; crossed the fains in 1866,
and engayed in quarcz m'11 two yeara in Nevada. In 1872 he wens to Oalifornia and en-
gaged in farm ng. Returned to lowa und taught school sone time. Was married in
1865 to Miss Angie D. Foy, of Whitesides County, Ill. They have one son—Wardie H.
ve ptone 7 a member of Blue Lodge, A., F.. & A..M.,and Robert Anderson Post, No.
,G.A.

DR. NEELY THOMPSON, editor of the Smith County Pioneer, was born July 28
1839. He was educated for a physician and commenced practice, but with the outbreak
of the Rebellion he entered the military service as Captain of Company D, Thirty-
fourth United States Infantry, and served with honor until the close of the Rebellion.
He came Weat and settled in Kansas, at Muscotah, Atchison County, and in 187! married
Miss E. J. Spangler, and moved to Smith Centre in 1877, and soon became editor of the
Kansas Free Press. The Press and Pioneer were consolidated in 1880, and Dr. Thomp-
son b came editor of the Kansas Pioneer, asthe paper is now caled. He is a bold,
fearless advocate of the principles he believes to be right.

LEONARD C. UAL, attorney at law, first came to Smith Centre, Kan., in August,
1872, and opened a law office. He practiced law and followed hardware business for six
years; aleo interested in agriculture, Has 240 acres of land adjoining the village, 180 of
which is cultivated; 160 acres fine timber; 320 acres six miles east, seventy-five of
which is cultivated. He was born in Hessia, Europe, Nov. 26, 1846. Came to America
in 1848, with parents, settling in Ross County, Ind. In 1856, removed to Pratt County,
lll., where he was raised. Educated in Illinois State Norma] School, and followed
teaching som?time. Began study of law in 1870, at Falls City, Neb., admitted to bar at
Omaha, May term 1872, 1n U. S. District Court, and began practicing law at Smith
Centre. Was married in 1875, to Miss ancy Widick, a native of Illinois. They have one
son—Leonard C.,Jr. Mr. U.is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M. and I. U. O. B.
Wasa County attorney in 1879-"80,

GEORGE W. WHITE, of the firm of Burrows &-White, proprietors of People’s
Bank. This bank was opened in the spring of 1881, and docs a regular banking busi-
ness. Kastern correspondents are: St. Joseph Savings Bank, Mo.; U.S. National, New
York City. Average deposits are $4,000. Employ acapital of $25,000. The names of the
firm are J. R. Burrows and Geo. W. White. Mr. W. came tu Smith Centre in the fall of
1873, and opened a law office, and has since practicedlaw. He was born in Muskegon
County, Ohio Jan. 17, 1854. Graduated from the L:w Vepartmeat Iowa State Univer-
sity in the class of 1873; also tcok a collegiate course of two years in the same institu-
tion. Was admitted to the bar in 1873, by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa,
G. C. Cole. Was married, April 19, 1883, to Miss Nina Newkirk, a native of Indiana.
He has two children by a former marriage—Edith May and Floyd Marion. Mr. W.
served in 1874 and 1875 as County Attorney ot Smith County.

GAYLORD.

The town of Gaylord, named in honor of C. E. Giylord, of Marshall
County, Kan., was first settled in January, 1871. ‘The earliest settlers were
W.D. Street, Peter J. Ott, L. Darling, C. P. Newell, B. Ballard, N. H.
Worthington and Webb McNall. The first settler was W. D. Street, who
settled early in January, 1871. He was soon followed by Ott, D wling and
Newell. The first child born in Gaylord was Cora May McNail, on March
25, 1872. The first marriage in the village was George Parker and Miss
Rhoda Phillips, in the summer of 1872. Tue first death occurred in No-
vember, 1874—Cora May MeNall. The first town officers were: E. R.
Fowler, Trustee; Henry Abercrombie, Justice; Webb McNall, Constable ;
George Parker, Treasurer. :

The first school was taught in town by Mrs. Agnes L. C. Skinner, in the
summer of 1872, The school-house was built of logs, and was erected the
same season, in the west part of town.

The first sermon delivered in Gaylord was preached by Elder Gibbs,
of the Baptist church, in 1872, in the school-house.

Toe first church was built in the east part of town,in 1879. -It was
erected by the Methodist Episcopals. The house is 30 x 50 feet, has a seat-
ing capacity of 300, and was built at a cost of $2,000. The Congregational
church, built in 1881, at a cost of $1,000, will seat 150 persons. The same
year the German Baptists erected a house 20 x 32 feet, with a seating
capacity for 100. The building cost $600.

Gaylord postoffice was established in 1871, and W. D. Street was the
first Postmaster. This gentleman the same season opened the first store
on ihe west side of Beaver Creek, and over the door his sign read, “Bill
Street-—His Ranch.” The first grist-mill, located on the S lomon River,
southeast of town, was er.cted in the the fall of 1871 by Baker & Keeler.
C. P. Newell was the second merchant to open out in Gaylord.

The town is located on the east bank of Beav:r Creek, near the Solo-
mon, on rolling prairies, with fringes of timber on the two streams in the
vicinity.

Gaylord enjoys the distinction of possessing the best and most expensive
school-house in Smith Couaty. It was erected in 1881, at an expense of
$3,500, located in the east part of town. It contains two twelve-foot stories,
and is 40 x 40 feet. There are four rooms in the building. At present
there are two teachers—D. F. Shearer and Miss Irene Lieurance. The
attendance of pupils averages 120. The population of Gaylord is esti-
mated at 375. There are in the town three general merchandise stores,
two drugs, one hardware, two restaurants, one newspaper, one shoe shop,
one hotel, one billiard hall, one millinery, two land offices, three insurance
agents, two lawyers, three physicians, one barber shop, one cabinet and
furniture store, one grist-mill, one saw-mill. It is an excellent shipping
point on the Central Braoch Railway. : :

Gaylord Lodge, No 183, A., F. & A. M., chartered Oct. 16, 1879. First
officers: Jeremiah Gilman, W. M.; Sylvester Kelley, 8. W.; Don C.
Ayers, J. W.; John S. Morgan, Treas., C. J. Holmes, Sec.; Uri ih Harrison,
§. D.; Thos. Willis, J. D.; Wm. Cross, Tyler. Present officers: John C.
Ayers, W. M; ©. J. Holmes, 8. W.; L. R. Blair, J. W.; J. R. Myers,
Treas.; D. F. Shearer, Sic.; Carr Bailey, 8. D.; J.8. Wright, J.D. Present
number of members, twenty-nine. : é :

Meet every second and fourth Saturday in each month, in Masonic
hall.
Gaylord Lodge, No. 162, I. O. O. F., organized by charter, Oct. 18,
1880. Charter members: OC. F. Ream, Otto Ohm, S. B. Miller, D. L.
Hubler, P. H. Hammond, R. Hagadorn, H. C. Sunderland. Present

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officers: G. R. Parker, N. G.; W. W. Foster, V. G.; J. I. Lenan, Treas. ;
C. J. Holmes, R. 8.; D. S. Shearer, P.S.; A. D. Herron, I. 8. Present
number of members, thirty. Meets every Friday evening in Odd Fel-
lows hall.

Gaylord Lodge, No. 45, A. 0. U. W., organized May 12,1880. Charter
members: C. Baker, Webb McNall, Frank Plummer, C. B. Bennett, P. H.
Hammond, Geo. R. Parker, J. Hagadorn, F. Wilkinson, W. W. Foster.
Present officers: C. J. Holmes, P. M. W.; D.E. Kelley, M. W.; L. C.
Hadley, Receiver; Webb McNall, Financier; R. 8. Dunham, Recorder;
W. W. Foster, Outside Guard. Fourteen members. Meets first and third
Mondays in each month in Hammond’s hall.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE W. BUCK, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in July, 1879, with
a general stock of $5,000. Built his store the same year, 24x 66 feet deep, at a coat of
$1,000. Now carries a stock of $6,000. H: came to Smith Centre, Kan., in 1879, and
clerked in a store until he began trade for himself He wa: born in Brown Count;
Tl)., March 22, 1848. After 18538 was raised in McDonough County, Ill. Enlisted in
1864, at the age of sixteen years, in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illi-
nois Volaonteer Infantry, servng five months, when the reziment was discharged.
Moved to St. Jose..h, Mo., in 1874 and engaged in general commission and seed business
until he emigrated to Kansas. Was married in 1878 to Miss Ellen Taylor, a native of
lowa. They have one son, Roger Harvey. Mrs. Buck died July 27, 1882. Mr, Buck is
a member of Blue Lodge A. F.& A. M.

JEREMIAH GILMAN, retired, uwnos the Gilman House in Gaylord and a farm of
160 acres one half mile from the village. He came to Gaylord in June, 1870, from New
York City. He farmed six years, then bought the Gilman House, and opened it to the
public in 1876. The hotel is 27x13 feet, two stories hiyh, and has a capacity of twenty
guests. It cost $3,000. When Mr. Gilman came to Gaylord there was nota building of
any kind there, only a wild prairie. He built the first frame hou<e in the summer of
1871, and kept hotel in it five years, hauling the lumber from Waterville, a distance of
150 miles, by horse-team. He was born in Gilmanton, N. H., Jan. 1, 1812. Parents
moved with family to Chenango County, N. Y., in 1817; was ra sed the.e. Helivedin
Michigan ten years ani from thence to New Yor« City, where he cmbarked in the
furniture business, until he came to Kan-zas. Was married Sept. 15, 1842, to Miss
Caroline E, Lewis of Schoharie County, N. Y., who was born April 19, 1824, but was
raised in Chenan o County, N. Y. Th-y have twochildren— Emma E., married to
Geo. T. Ketchum, now keeping the Gilman House, and Lewis M., now living in Arizona.
Mr. Gilman is a member of Masonic Order and Master of Blue Lodge the past three
years.

Cc. J, HOLMES, physician and surgeon, and dealer in a geseral line of drugs, books
and stationery, came to Smith County in the ‘pring of 1872. Beganselling drugs in
1877, with a sto’k ot $400; has now about $2.000. e was bornin Delphi, Ind., April
10, 1843, and was raised in Cortland County, N. Y. Euucated at the New York Central
College, Cincinnati Academy 1nd Oneida Conferen e Seminary, at Cazenovia, N. Y.
He graduated from the Medical Department of the University 0: New York in 1868, and
began practicing his profession at Truxton, N. Y., continaing» year, when he emigrated
to Pleasant Hill, Neb., and practiced medicine three years. Thence to Cedarville, Kan.,
in 1872, finally locating in Gaylord. Was married in*1373 to Miss Ma tha Mooberry, of
Pleasant Hill, Neb. ‘Chey have two children—Albert D.and Mary J. Heis a member
of the first three branche; of the Masonic Order, viz: Blue Lodge,—Chepter and Com-
mandery,—I. 0. O. F., A.O.U. W. and Gaylord Post, No. 162,G.A.R. He enlisted
March 10, 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty fifth Indiana Volunteer Infant-y.
Mustered out Sept. 29, 1864. His mother, Mary A. Holmes, came with them to Kansas,
and hasremained since She was born in Litchfield, Conn.,in 1824. Her maiden name
was Bolles, a daughter of William Bolles, of Delphi, Ind.

W.H. KELLEY, of the firm of Pratt & Kelley, proprietors of the Gaylord Roller
Water Flouriog Mills. ‘These mills were erected at a cost of $13,000 by the above firm in
the winter an | spring of 1882 and 1883, and opened for business in March, 1883, with five
run of burrs and two sets of rollers. The size of the mill is 30x40 feet, 45 feet high,
or three stories and a basement, They have all of the recent improved machinery from
the Richmond City Mill Works, Ind., plenty of water and eight feet head. W.H. Kelley
came to Kansasin the fall of 1870, locating at Gaylord. He engaged in farming aud
stock-raising until he began the milling business. He has a farm of 360 acres, 160 of
which is cultivated. He was borr in Providence, R.I., March 13, 1943. and lived there
until he came to Kaasas. Enlisted in April, 1861, in Company H, First Regiment Rhode
Island Volunteer Infantry, and served three mouths. Participated in the first battle of
Bull Run. Was mustered oul in July, 1861. He spent the winter of 1868-°69 on the
plains in Kansas. Was married in 1874 to Miss Marcella Phillips, of Green Co., Wis.

WEBB McNALL, editor and proprietor of the Giylord Herald, was born in Ran-
dolph Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Oct, 11,1848. He removed to Iowa in August, 1861, and
from tbere to Gaylord, Smith County, Sept. 11, 1871. He took a homestead one mile
northeast of Gaylord, and has since purchased enough land in the vicinity to give him
a fall section Since his residence in Smith County he has Jerved as Constable and
Deputy Sheriff, and bas not been afraid or ashamed to work. As a conge-
quence he is now @ prosperous man. In March, 1868, he married Miss Aunie K. Hum-
berger, of Muscatine, Iowa, by whom he has had two children, one of them now living.
In 1876 he was chosen a doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, aud was re-elected
in 1877. March 10, 1877, he wus appointed on the Capitol police iorce at a salary of
$1,100. Mr. McNall was admitted to practice in the district and infer.or courts of
Kansas in May, 1879. Asa lawyer he has been very successful. His friends cl im that
in several] railroad cases he secured for his clients $4,000 more than even they hoped to
secure. Whether as editor of the Herald, lawyer, insurance agent or farmer, Webb
McNall always displays unbounded energy.

HARVEY D. PRATT, firm of Pratt & Kelley, proprietors Gaylord Koller Water
Flouring Mills, came to Gaylord in 1871, and engaged in agriculture two years, since
which time he has been engaged in milling business. He erected a mill four miles
below Gaylord, and operated the same six years. He then erected a fine mill at
Osborne City, and sold it, after which he began the erection of the above mills. The
Gaylord Mills are the finest and most nicely arranged insid) of any mill in the West.
He was born in Chateaugay Franklin Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1852; lived there until sixteen
years old, and came to Jowa, and remained until he came to Kansas; engaged in
agriculture. Was married in Juve, 1882, to Miss Fannie B. Harran, of same place,

. Y. Hvis amemberof Masonic Order, Lodge No. 183; I. O. O. F, No. 162.

WILLI -M M. SKINNER, notary public, insurance agent and Justice of the Peace,
came to Kaneas in 1853 on a prospecting tour. H+ settled in Atchison County, 1869,
and farmed two years, then came to Gaylord in May, 1871, and to :k a homestead near
the village. In November, 1872, he was elected Register of De -ds aud County Clerk;
served in former capacity two years, and latter three years. Has been notary public
since Feb., 1872, and administered the first oath in Smith County for a pension Claim.
Has served as Justice of the Peace since 1878. There were only about sixty-three
bona-fide settlers in Smith County when he first came. He was born in Belmont County,
Ohio, Aug. 8, 1834, and lived in his native State unt | ninete u years old, wheu he came
with parents to Jay County, Ind., where he made headquarters until 1869. Wasin Kan-
sas before border warfare and durins those hazardous times. Enlisted in August, 1863,
in Company £, Seventh Indiana Cavalry. Participated iz all battles of his command,
until wounded in a cavalry engagement Feb. 22, 1864, and discharged July 23, 1864, by
order of General 'cPherson. Mr. Skinner is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M.,
and Gaylord Post, No. 162, G. A. R.

CORA.

Cora, in Pawnee Township, fourteen miles northeast of Smith Centre,
on Pawnee Creek, has one store, postoffice, blacksmith and wagon shop, a
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good school-house, and the Congregationalists have a church organization.
5S. M. Cupp taught the first school in the winter of 1871-72... Julius
Nelson, Geo. Buckley, Mat. Duckworth, were the first settlers. The
earliest mails brought to Smith County were brought from Washington,
Washington County, by private parties, in July, 1871.

CEDARVILLE.

Cedarville, the oldest village ia Smith County, so named from a tribu
tary of the Solomon River, in the vicinity. The town was the first county
seat and the first settlers came in the fall of 1870. The earliest settlers
were John and James J. Johnston, John T. Morrison, Andrew and Joseph
Marshall, A. H. Black, B. J. ana B. 8. Bottomley. The first birth in Cedar-
ville was a child of Ida Chase, in 1871. The first marriage was Charles
Stewart to Ida Keeler, in 1872. The following year James Phillips and
Miss M. Simmons were married. The first death was Geo. H. Smith, in
the summer of 1872.

The first town officers were: George R. Hunt, Trustee; D. H. Crosby,
Clerk; Charles E. Newman, Justice. The first school-bouse was erected in
Cedarville in 1872. The first school was taught in the spring of 1872, in a
dwelling house, by Mrs. J. D. Loucks. The Rev. Mr. Blackstock
preached the first sermon in the fall of 1871, in Mr. Morrison’s doe
house. There is no church building in the town, but the Methodists an
Congregationalists have organizations and church services. Rev. L. M.
Bonnett preaches every four weeks to the Congregationalists, and Rev.
Thomas Muxlow every two weeks to the Methodists. The Methodists
have one of the oldest organizations in Northwestern Kansas, having ob-
tained a charter from the Secretary of State in June, 1872. The first
Trustees were: R. F. Clark, A. Marshall, E. P. Curtis, John T. Morrison and
James H. Johnston. The town will have expended, when their present
school building is completed, $6,000 for school-houses. The original Post-
master, John Johnston, appointed in 1871, retained the place until 1878,
when he resigned in favor of his brother James, who still holds the office.
Samuel and Berry Baker built, iu 1874, the first grist-mill, now owned by
Cox & Muxlow. It is located on the north branch of the Solomon. The
first store was opened in 1871, by John Johnston. It is now owned by
James and Allen Johnston. There is one other general merchandise store
in Cedarville; one drug store, one livery stable, one hotel, one billiard hall,
two blacksmith shops. The population numbers 100. The town is lo-
cated on a slightly rolling prairie.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

WILLIAM H.COXxX, proprietor of the Excelsior Water Flouring Mills at Cedarville,
erected the milla in Octover, 1877. _The main building is 28 x 40 feet, and two und a half
stories high above the basement. Its capacity is 160 bushels of wheat in twenty-four
hours, and 100 basheis of corn in the same time. They have eight-feet head. The mills
were built at a cost of $6,000. He came to Dickinson and Jewell counties in an carly
ony and in June, 1873, came to Cedarville. He has 480 acres of fine agricultural land,
100 of which is cultivated. He was born in Union County, Ind., Dec. 19, 1839, and was
raised on a farm, and when quite a boy he began work in a tanyard, and followed the
same three years; there ran a steam engine thirteen years; came to Blu» Grass, Vermil-
lion Co., Ill., in 1866, and followed merchandising three years and agricultur: same
length of time. Was married in 1863 to Miss Sarah Hobbs, of Kentucky. They have
two children—David M. and William E., and oneadopted daughter, Eva M. Mr. Cox
and famiiy are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Cedarville.

JOHN JOHNSTON, County Treasurer, came to Holton, Jackson Co., Kan., in
the fall of 1868, and worked at any kind of work he could find to do the first year. He
then clerked in a general store until the spring of 1871, when h» came to edCarville, Kan.,
bringing $50 worth of goods with him in a small box, and sold the first goodsin the
place, one alone in business for nearly ayear. He was appointed the first Post-
master, July 3, 1871, the salary being fixed at $12 per annum. At that time there was
not a white man’s habitation to be seen in any direction. His brother, J. H. Johnston,
and himeelf erected a Jog cabin and covered the top with earth, using it for a dwelling,
store and postoffice, They bought their goods at Waterville, 150 miles cff, and hauled
them with horse teams. J. H. Johnston, after a year's time, became a partner, and con-
tinued in business until the fall of 1877, when John Johnston bought the whole interest
and continu d until September, 1882, when he sold out to his brothers. He was elected
County Treasurer in the fall of 1881, and since October, 1882 has had charge of the office.
He has served as School and Township Treasucer, and Notary Public for the past ten
years. He was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Jan. 19.1847; moved with pareuts to Hock-
ing County in 1851, and lived there until he came to Kungas. Was married Feb. 18, 1874,
to Miss Fannie Dollarhide, of lowa. They have four children—Nellie M., Edna M.,
Minnie B. and Beesie J. His wife isa member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
They built the log cabin 14 x 18 fvet in the latter part of April, 1871. There was an In-
dian scare in the fall of 1871, but no person was injured. In the fall of 1871 he erected a
log store, and Puy the first shingled roofoo it in Smith Oounty, This cabin is yet a
landmark in the village. ; :

J.H. JOHNSTON & BRO., dealers ina géneral line of merchandise, grain, etc.,
began trade in Cedarville in September, 1882, J. H, Johnson beginning on only a few
dollars’ capital. They now occupy rooms 2b x 40 feet,and carry an average stock of
$5,000. He came to Kansas in the summer of 1870, and selected some land and located
the village site of Cedarville. There were ten persons in the company coming from
Muscoda, Kan. He was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Dec, 28, 1840, ai.d lived there until
1850, when the family moved to Hocking County, Ohio, where he wasraised. Enlisted in
August, 1862, in Company E, Ninetieth Regimeut Ohi » Volunteer Infantry; participated
in al] the battles of his command; was wounded in skirmish line shortly after the bat-
tle of Kennesaw Mountain; was mustered out in the apting of 1865; returned to Ohio,
and followed teaching until he came West. Marriedin 1873 to Miss Emma Sherwin ao
native of lowa. They have one son—Carl. Mr. J. is a member of Charlie Aldrich Post,
No 184. He took charge of Cedarville postoffice Dec. 22, 1875, and has served as Post-
master ever since. When he first began trade they were obliged to haul their goods 150
miles with a horse team from Waterville, Kan. Was first County Clerk of Smith County
by appointment from the Governor.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

KING & WINTON, dealers in general merchandis, dry gcods, groceries and
queensware, began trade Jan. 1, 1883. Their storerooms are 25 x 40 feet, and they carry
an average stock of $3,500. They also deal in live stock and all kinds of grain, doing a

eneral shipping business by the car load. Samuel G. King first came to Kaneas in

arch, 1876, and settled on some land twelve miles northwest of Cedarville, where he
followed agriculture until he became interested in trade. He was born in the corner of
Jay County, Ind., near the line of Delaware and Randolph counties, May 27, 1842, and
lived there until he enlisted, in August, 1861, in Co. E, Thirty-sixth Indiana Volunteer In-
fantry. He participated in all the battles of his command, including 200 engagements;
was tanstared out in October, 1864; moved to Holt County, Mo., the same year; followed
agriculture and merchandising, and wasinthe employ of the railroad company; also
farmed five years. Was married in 1865 to Miss Mary A. Pollock, of Fayette County, O.
They have two daughters—Effie A. and Irene V. He is Vice-Commander of Aldrich
Post, No. 184; is a member of the M. E. church, Masonic Order,-I. 0. O. F., Grand
Lodge of St. Lonis, Mo; is present Township Treasurer of Harvey Township, Smith
County. ;

C. MEADE WINTON, of the firm of King & Winton, dealers in genéral merchan-
dise, grain and live stock, came to Kansas as a commercial tourist in 1882; finally
located in Cedarville, and became one of the above firm. He was born in Quincy, Ill.,
Nov. 1, 1858. His parents moved with their family to St. Joseph, Mo., a number of years
afterward. At asuitable age he began asa clerk in a newspaper Office. Soon alter-
ward he began clerking in a wholesale drug store, continuing two years; then in a
wholesale grocery house the same length of time; then engaged as traveling salesman
one year for the same firm, and finaliy located as above stated.

HARLAN.

The village of Harlan, lying southwest of Gaylord, in Duston Township,
was laid off in 1877, and named in honor of Judge Harlan, a respected
citizen of the county. A. L. Bailey and W.S. Bradford became the owners
of the town site by purchasing the land from John White. F. R. Gruger
opened the first store in 1878. The first sermon was preached in Harlan
in 1878, by Rev. Mr. Thompson, a Congregational minister. There is but
one church organization in town—the United Brethren, who hold their
meetings in the chapel of Gould College. The church has forty-five mem-
bers. A. L. Bailey was the first Postmaster in the town, appointed in 1877.
He was succeeded in 1881 by the present Postmaster, Joseph Himes. The
principal houses of the village are built of beautiful magnesian limestone,
obtained from the bluffs within a half mile of town. Harlan contains two
general merchandise stores, one grocery, one printing office, one hotel, one
blacksmith shop, one livery stable, one drug store, one hardware store, one
insurance agency, one physician, five preachers, one coal dealer, one grain
buyer. The first newspaper issued in Harlan was the Independent. After
publishing the paper one year in that place, Messrs. Garretson & Topliff
removed their office to Kirwin, where the paper is still published. The
Harlan Advance was established in February, 1882, by Rev. A. W. Bishop,
president of Gould College. The main object was to secure a college or-
gan, but during the past few months the paper has been enlarged and the
services of a local editor and business manager (W. D. Lane) secured, who
has made the Advance an excellent home journal. The chief glory of
Harlan lies in the fact that Gould College, under the patronage of the
United Brethren Church, is located in the town. Under the wise manage-
ment of President Bishop, the institution is taking a front rank among the
educational institutions of Kansas. The number of students enrolled the
present year (1882) far outnumbers that of the preceding year. The pop-
ulation of Harlan is about one hundred.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

REV. A. W. BISHOP, A. M., President of Gould College, and editor of the Har-
lan Advance, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, Oct, 27, 1852. He received his col-
legiate education muinly at Oberlin, Ohio, paying his way by teaching school and
working as a carpenter during the summer. in 1878, he graduated from Union Bib-
lical Seminary, at Dayton, Ohio, and the same year was elected to the chair of Math-
emuticsin Avalon College, Avalon, Mo In the spr-ng of 1881 he was elected the first
President of Gould College, at Harlan, Kan., and is still filling that position. In Feb-
ruary, 1882, he began the publication of the Harlan Advance, a paper devoted largely
to the cause of higher education The Advance has attained a large circulation, and
is ereming rapidly into popular favor. Mr. Bishop is a minister of the United Breth-
ren Church, a’ d amember of the West. Kansas Conference.

TRUMAN KEELER. firm of Keeler & Son, dealers in general merchandise, opened
trade in 1876, with a stock of $1,000. Erected a stone and wooden store in 1879, 22 x60
feet, two stories high, They now carry a stock of $5,000, in two stores, one of
whichis kept at Harlan, two miles north. They ouilta flouring mill in 1874, 25 x 38
feet, of cut, stone, three stories high. Capacity, 300 bushels in twenty-four hours
There is thirteen feet head. Mills built at a cost of $7,000. They have 1200 acres of
fine apreuenrel land, 300 acres of which is cultivated. In 1882 they raised 2,800
bushels of wheat and 4,000 bushels of corn. Average wheat was twenty-three bushels

er acre; corn averaged fifty bushels. They setiled at Eagle Rapids. in January,
871. There were only six settlers in the vicinity. Buffaloes, antelope, deer and other
wild game were in great abundance, and could be shot down within u few rods of
the humble habitations of the early pioneers. Mr. Truman Keeler was born in
Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt , March 18, 1813. In 1828, family moved to St. Albans, Vt.,
and in 1834 he came West to grow up with the country, locating in Orleans County,
He farmed some time, then went to Rockford, Iil., where he followed agri-
culture six years. He then went, 1849-50, to Stevens Point, Wis., where he kept hotel
some time; ran the Wisconsin River on umber; returned and moved to Little Bu)),

Marathon Co., Wis., where he followed lumbering and milling until 1861. _He then
went to Plover, ae County, and kept hotel until he came to Kaneaz, Was mar-

ried in 1888 to Miss A. Baker, a Native of Georgia, Franklin Co., Vt..™8ern Dec. 1,
1813. They have four children—Tabitha S., maariad ‘ko Lewis B. Farr; James A., mar-
ried in 1872 to Miss Frances G. Carson, of Portage County, Wis.; Castle M., Ida E.,
married to Charies L. Stewart, of Eagle Rapids, Kan. James A. has one daughter,
dna A. He is a member of the firsttwo branches of Masonic order. The postofiice
was established in 1879. Mr. Truman Keeler has been Postmaster since that time.
MARSHALL COUNTY.

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MARSHALL COUNTY.

TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY.

ARSHALL COUNTY is in the first tier of counties south of Ne-

braska, and the fourth, west of the Missouri River. It is bounded

on the north by Gage and Pawnee Counties (Nebraska); on the cast by Ne-

maha County; on the south by Pottawatomie and Riley Counties; and on
the west by Washington County.

Geological formations in Marshall County are most apparent. in the hills
and bluffs along the Big and Little Blue Rivers, that divide the uplands
from the river valleys. These hills and bluffs are filled with an endless va-
riety of building stone, the finest among which is the-magnesia limestone,
which can be readily modeled
into any shape by sawing or 5
cutting, and is susceptible of ”
receiving a fine, smooth polish. -
The Marshall County limestone
is of superior quality, quarrying
in massive blocks, and is al-
most entirely free from petrifi-
cations. Other varieties of build-
ing stone are found in every
portion of the county. The
magnesia limestone, as found in
this county, weighs 144 pounds
ce cubic foot, when dry, and
ies in courses from twenty
inches to three feet in thick-
ness, or averaging two feet
three inches. Gypsum, in ap-
parently inexhaustible quanti-
ties, is found and utilized in
the vicinity of Blue Rapids.
Vast beds of gypsum of as fine
a quality as any of that from
which the plaster of Paris which
come from Nova Scotia, is pre-
pared, are found at. different
points along the Blue River.
Although strong indications of
coal have been discovered within
the past few years, there are,
as yet, no mines in operation,
though several attempts have
been made by sinking shafts in
different parts of the county.

The Big Blue River runs
across the county from north to
south, nearly in the longitudinal
centre, and has an average
width of one hundred and thirty
feet. Owing to the altitudinal
change in the contour of the
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Along the banks of all the streams are found bodies of timber that em-
brace all the varieties in this part of the State. There is’ more timber in
this county to-day than there was when the buffalo wandered unmolested
over its fertile prairies. Hither natural or planted young forest groves are
to be seen in all parts of the county, and in a very few years scarcity of
timber will not be known.

The bottom lands are about twenty per cent; the uplands, eighty per
cent; forest, three per cent; and prairie ninety-seven per cent. Average
width of river bottoms, one mile. The general surface of the county is un-
dulating along the banks of the Big and Little Blue and largestreams, The
general contour of the country
is diversified by hills and bluffs,
and back from these the surface
becomes more rolling. These
picturesque, rounded,  grass-
covered hills, with now and
then a arte! gpmouceen or pre-
cipitous bluff, or towering, over-
hanging cliff, meet the eye in
every gentle curve of the river
as it meanders through the
county, and form a most beau-
tiful landscape. :

The latitude and longitude
combine to render this one of
the healthiest sections in the
State. The undulating upland,
broken bluffs, rolling second
bottoms and not too wide
stretches of deep, rich, level
first bottom, along the streams
that so rapidly flow over rock
and gravel beds, secure unsur-
peed drainage and entire free-

om from malaria-producing
miasma.

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The staple oe of the
soil is corn; from thirty to
ninety bushels to the acre being
raised, agcording to location,
cultivation and season. Owing
to the amount of lime found in
the soil, the cereals, wheat in
particular, prove especially sure
of producing abundant crops.
Wheat frequently yields up-
wards of thirty bushels per acre,
with only ordinary tillage. Oats,
rye, barley and buckwheat do
well, while millet, hungarian,
herd-grass and clover satisfy the

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The Blue valley is noted as one
of the most beautiful and fertile
in the West, and the traveler is
charmed by its lovely landscape
and delighted with its innum-
erable springs of pure cold water
that. gush forth from the bluff

sides that confine its waters. Murray Township...

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1870. 1880, expectations of the most sangu-
- ine. Vegetables, as Irish and
Blue Rapids Township-.--- 1,247 1,139 ?
Blue Rapids City Townshi 1,247 | 13299 | Sweet potatoes, cabbages, turn-
Center Township ...------ oe 592 ips, beets, onions, carrots, grow
Clear Fork Township.- 691 and mature to perfection. Fruit
Elm Creek Township ---...--------- 3y7 in all its varieties—appl
Franklin Township... --.- 427 letles—apples, pears,
Guittard Township .-.. -..-.----.------2--- 1,022 plums, peaches and cherries—is
Marysville Township, er grown in profusion. Fine young

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The Blue runs parallel with the Rock Township....-------------------- 540 all over the county, and it is
Missouri River, at a distance of Vermillion Townshi sera aera Lae estimated that from this time
about one hundred miles from we ee ee eee eee Se3+«CSs« forward enough fruit will be
the latter, and empties into the —_—_)}___—___ raised to Ey home use, and
Saag or Kay at Maphetin, Total __------ 22-2. ce2---n eens eee n ce nee cnn eee n ene tee enon seen ees eee 8,148 | 16,136 a a aD o ce =
about sixty miles south of the » i 829 kets. The live-stock industry
northern Marshall County line. Tccegiioeies ee eter Fs 300 | 1249 is carried on with most gratify-

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half the size of the Big Blue, :
enters the county near the southwestern corner. It comes in from the
northwest and empties into the Big Blue two miles above Blue Rapids.

The Red Vermillion is the next largest tributary; it comes in from the
eastern part of the county, and empties into the Blue four miles below Irv-
ing. Smaller tributaries empty into the Blue from the west, among which
are Deer Creek, Horse Shoe Creek, Hop Creek, Fawn Creek and Game Fork.
From the east, Mission, Lees’, Bridges’, Spring and Elm Creeks. With all
these water courses and numerous smaller tributaries, this county is one of
the best in the State for its water privileges.

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climate and the universally
undulating surface of the county, with the absence of lakes, ponds, marshes
and other features that generate malaria, together with the perfection
of the grain fed, the nutrition of the native grasses that cover the
whole face of the county, and the purity of the water, give Marshall
County special advantages in stock raising. Sheep raising is carried on
extensively, anda good home market for wool is‘found at the Blue Rapids
Woolen Mills.

Marshall County has been, and will always continue to be, one of the
leading counties in Northern Kansas.
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EARLY HISTORY.

Thirty years ago, there was scarcely a vestige of civilization in what is
now known as Marshall County. For untold ages its prairies had been cov-
ered with a waving sea of wild grasses; vast herds of buffalo had, for
numberless years, wandered almost unmolested across them. Nothing dis-
turbed its solitude, save occasional bands of nomadic savages, in search of
prey or plnader, and the hardy frontiersman who is always found far in ad-
vance of the onward march of civilization,—thus proving that it could not
always remain a terra incognita.

Major Stephen H. Long erossed that part of Kansas now known as
Marshall County, in command of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the
Rocky Mountains, during the years 1819 and 1820. Gen. Fremont, on his
expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1842 or 1844, passed through this
part of the State, and mentions, in his travels, passing a train or two of
emigrants, en route to Oregon. In 1847, John Smith, the Mormon apostle,
with his band of followers from Illinois, opened his way through this coun-
try, crossing the Big Blue River at the old _‘‘ Mormon,” ‘‘ Independence,” or
“California crossing,” six miles below theMPresent town of Marysville. For
two years these exiled ‘‘ Latter Day Saints” passed along this route by the
thousands, their numbers being greatly augmented, in 1849, by the gold
discoveries. In 1849, Lieutenant Standberry surveyed the route commonly
known as the ‘Military trail,” from Fort Leavenworth to the great Salt
Lake, and located a more practicable crossing of the Big Blue, six miles
above the old ford.

In 1849, during the excitement caused by the disgovery of gold in Cali-
fornia, Francis J. Marshall, from Weston, Missouri, came out and estab-
lished a ferry on the Big Blue, at ‘‘ Independence crossing.” During the
season of travel he remained there, but returned to Missouri every winter.
In the spring of 1851 he moved his ferry, and established it at the upper
crossing, at what is now known as Marysville. From this on, until 1854,
during the winter Marshall was in Missouri, and in summer on the banks of
the Blue. Here he located his ferry about one hundred yards above where
the bridge now spans the river, and, about an equal distance below, built a
row of rude log cabins; established a blacksmith shop, and opened, with a
small stock of goods, a ‘‘ general store,” in which low grade tobacco and
rot-gut whisky predominated, and traded with the Indians.

Inthe spring of 1854, James McCloskey, a Scotehman by birth, who had
been an Indian trader among the Sioux on the Upper Platte since 1839, and
who had adopted the Indian habits, ‘‘came in this country with a half dozen
other traders and their families, and decided to settle. The party was in-
vited by Marshall to settle at Marysville. They also received an urgent in-
vitation from Louis Tremble, a Pottawatomie half-breed, who had located a
short time previously on the Vermillion, at the ‘‘Independence crossing,”
where he maintained a toll bridge, to settle near him. cCloskey and fam-
ily located on the Big Blue near Marysville, while the balance of the party
settled on the Vermillion.

Settlements were made in the southeastern part of the county on the banks
of the Vermillion, early in the spring of 1855. Among the first white settlers
were John D. Wells, one of the first County Commissioners, and his family,
from Kentucky, who took up a claim near the present village of Barrett.
A. G. Barrett, present County Treasurer, settled in the same vicinity,
May, 1855. Among those who came in the same year and located in that
vicinity were the Brockmeyer brothers, Joseph Langdon, Thos. Warren,
H. Ashdown and the Farley brothers. These intrepid settlers and others
formed thus the nucleus of a settlement of pioneers, that were foremost in
the advancement of the county’s best interests.

In March, 1857, probably the first settler in that section of the county
now embraced within the limits of Center Township, and near the center of
the county, was Smith Martin, who took up a claim and erected a cabin.
Shortly after, others came in and began to make improvements. During the
same year, Stearns and Wm. Reedy settled on and near the mouth of Coon
Creek, in the southwestern corner of the county. Soon after, M. T. Bennett
settled on Coon Creek a few miles above them, and during the next two
years many others settled in the vicinity, making quite a neighborhood.

The northeastern section of the county was first settled in 1857, by Geo.
Guittard and his sons, who located claims about two and one-half miles
north of the present village of Beattie. In the same year, Ambrose, East,
Martin and James Shipp, four brothers, settled south of the Big Blue River
in what is now Blue Tavis Township, and but a short distance from the
present village of ie Previous to this time, Samuel Smith settled near
the eastern boundary of the county in what is now known as Noble Town-
ship, in 1855. Inthe same neighborhood, on the west fork of the Vermil-
lion, Isaac Walker located a claim in 1856 or ’57.

In the territory of what is now known as Blue Rapids City Township,
settlements were made in 1857, on Elm Creek, by James Walter, M. lL.
Duncan and others. Wm. Thompson, afterwards Probate Judge, settled a
short distance above the present town site of Blue Rapids, in 1858. About
the same time Andrew Scott, Henry Miller and others, located on the north
side of the river, while James Lane settled a few miles below ata point
known afterwards as ‘‘ Lane’s Ford.” James Parker and others came in and
established a permanent neighborhood.

Settlements were made up and down the Big and Little Blue, also on
Horseshoe, Spring, Walnut and other creeks, during the years 1858 and °59;
so that in 1860, Marshall County was fairly launched upon the advancin
wave of civilization, and was, in a measure, able to enjoy its legal, social ane
municipal regulations.

The first election in Marshall County was held at Marshall’s upper
crossing of the Blue, better known as Marysville, on March 31, 1855. he
Kansas-Nebraska Act, the act providing for the organization of the Terri-
tories, conferred the right to vote at that, the first election, upon every “ in-
habitant” of the Territory otherwise qualified, who should be ‘‘an actual

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

resident.” No number of days or period of time of residence was required.
The Pro-slavery party put a most liberal construction upon the law. Or-
ganizing in Missouri, large parties of men came to Kansas, many of whom
had no intention of being inhabitants or residents of the Territory longer
than it should be necessary to come to the designated place and vote.

The party which came to Marysville consisted of several hundred men,
with wagons, horses, tents, camping equipments and provisions. No oppo-
sition was offered them, as there were only two men—G. H. Hollenburg and
J. D. Wells—in Marshall County at that time belonging to the Free-state
party. F. Marshall was elected as a member of the Territorial Legislature
at that election.

At the election of the Territorial Legislature, October 5, 1857, the only
Free-state vote in the county was cast by James White. :

Lecompton Constitution (December 21, 1857).—Illegal elections and
ballot-box stuffing of the present day can inno way be compared with the
manner of conducting elections in the early days of Kansas, and in Marshal]
County in,particular. The election to which we refer is the one that was
to decide the fate of that relic of barbarism—the Lecompton Constitution.
At this point on the overland trail a little colony of Southerners had con-
pregutel, ostensibly for the purpose of building up a town, but in reality
to work in the interest of the Pro-slavery party. Marshall operated his
ferry here under a charter received from the Territorial Legislature, in
which he was allowed to charge the gold-seekers, Mormons, adventurers,
and all Western pilgrims that crossed the Blue at that point, the sum of $5
per wagon. The adoption of the provisions of the Lecompton Constitution,
among other things, was to vest Gen. Marshall with the high honors of
Governor, and it was natural to expect that the Pro-slavery men in this
section would take charge of the election. Three or four log cabins were
all that showed that a settlement existed, but it was the only place of note
in Northern Kansas at that date.

In the upper rooms of one of these cabins the polls were opened, by set-
ting a soap box on the head of a whisky barrel as the receptacle for ballots.
In case the above-mentioned soap box was filled with ballots, another box
was to be substituted. A narrow staircase led to a hole in the ceiling,
through which the voter would thrust his hand, holding a ticket, and yell
out his name, or the first name he happened to think of, and then would
immediately descend, to make room for the next’ man, absorb a sufficient
quantity of ‘tarantula juice,” conjure up a new name, and await his oppor-
tunity to vote again. Among the twenty-five or thirty voters present, there
was a notable personage known by the sobriquet of ‘‘Shanghat”—probably
so named from his personal appearance.

Long before half the day had passed, ‘‘Shanghai,” who had become so
thoroughly imbued with patriotism for his party, and whisky, that he could
not keep a secret, sprang upon a whisky barrel and exclaimed that he had
voted twenty-five times; was going to vote twenty-five times more, and
would bet any man $100 that he had outvoted any one in the ‘‘outfit.”
Tradition states that the little band of Southern pilgrims stood by and list-
ened with amazement. No one seemed willing to take up the challenge of
the champion voter, and the matter was about to go by default, when it
was oe by one of the ‘‘ pilgrims,” the money put up, and a committee
appointed to investigate. The result of the investigation showed that
““Shanghai ” was beaten, the challenged party having deposited nearly one
hundred votes. It was also shown that he had possession of a St. Louis
business directory, and that he was voting in alphabetical order, and had
only got half way through the ‘‘ A” list!

The voting continued briskly throughout the day, and when the shades
of evening closed in upon them, the little Spartan band had rolled up a
rousing majority of nearly 1,000 votes for the Lecompton, Constitution!

Fourth of July Celedration.—The celebration of the eighty-sixth anni-
versary of American Independence occurred at Marysville July 4, 1862.
ll parts of the county were represented, and many attended from adjoining
counties, making the attendance about 500 people, which was considered
large at that time. As per programme, the people assembled at the old
Methodist Episcopal Church, formed a procession, and with music marched
to a grove on Spring Creek, where took place the reading of the Declaration
of Independence, hy Dr. J. H. McDougal. The orator of the day, Rev.
Charles FE. Parker, portrayed “the beauties of a Republican govern-
ment, the blessings derived from our separation from the mother country.
and the strength and virture of our Government to overcome all attempts to
anarchy and despotism,” ending with a eulogy on the State, and of Mar-
shall County in particular. In the afternoon toasts were prepared by the
toast-master, R.S. Newell, and responded to in an eloquent manner by

rominent citizens present. Among the toasts offered was ‘‘The Union
forever,” which was responded to by the entire assemblage, who arose to
their feet and gave three cheers, with a ‘ tiger” accompaniment. The fes-
tivities concluded with a ball in the evening.

; Pioneer Reminiscences.—To preserve from oblivion the record of the first
white settler who crossed Marshalt County, and the second who located in the
county, we present a fewextracts from asketch prepared by Hon. F. G. Adams.
Secretary of the State Historical Society, in reference to James McCloskey:

‘“ As carly as in the year 1839, McCloskey came out from St. Louis and
passed over the trappers’ trail to the mountains, leaving the Missouri River
at Independence, and crossing the Kansas River near the present site of
Topeka. THe crossed the Blue where, ten years later, Marshall put. in his
ferry. McCloskey was then accompanying the trading party of Bibile &
Adams, having seven wagons loaded with Indian goods, and escorted by
twelve men. The goods had been purchased of Benard Pratt, of St. Louis,
and McCloskey went out as clerk, to look after the interests of Pratt in the
sale of the goods, and to make returns thereof.

“The party established For tt, a tradi i bove
Fort Levene. t Pratt, a trading post, three miles al
MARSHALL COUNTY.

‘McCloskey remained as a trader in the Indian country till, in 1854, he
returned to take up his settlement on the Blue. When he returned, he
brought with him quite a party of mountaineers beside. Among these was
Changteau, who, with his arly took up his settlement with Louis Tremble,
on the Vermillion, as did also Laroche, another of the same party.

‘*When our mountaineer, McCloskey, came in with his Sioux wife,
on the 20th of November, 1855, and with his companions and their Sioux
wives and children camped near Marshall’s cabin, there were no other set-
tlers in the neighborhood. Though nearly a year and a half had elapsed
since the settlement of the Territory had begun, the rich and beautiful val-
ley of the Blue had attracted no inhabitants to its borders. The enterprising
and energetic ferry-man legislator, who had been here six years, was the only
man who had come to stay.

‘McCloskey, as he had made his trips to and from his trading posts
among the Sioux, crossing the Blue, had determined that when he should
quit his life in the wilderness he would take up his home on the Blue. He
had intended, with the band of people he had brought in with him, to settle
at the Big Spring, just below the Independence crossing. But no sooner had
his party camped in the valley, than Tremble, the half-breed, living on the
Vermillion, came and persuaded a portion of the party to settle on the Ver-
million. He told them stories about the danger her was from the Kaws,
and gave reasons why his own neighborhood was a place of greater security.
These tales about the Kaws causal a number of the mountaineers to return
at once. Thus McCloskey found himself alone with his family, and he
made up his mind to settle near the ferry-man.”

{It will be remembered that Marshall had given up his lower establish-
ment two years before. :

‘‘What had brought these mountaineers here with their Indian fam-
ilies to make their homes, surrounded as they knew they were to be by a
community of white people?

“‘McCloskey says that they came in order that their children might
learn the manners and customs of white people, and be educated. They had
married Indian women in the Sioux country, actuated in a measure at least
by motives of prudence and business economy. Safety, and the protection
and promotion of their trade, required that they should marry and become
members of a tribe. These family relations resulted in family ties which,
once formed, were not easily broken. They became attached to their wives
and children. Naturai affection seems to become as strong in such relations
as in those formed in the midst of civilization.

‘* Here are phases of human nature creditable in the highest degree to
mountain white men who, like McCloskey, in their desire to secure to their
Indian offsprings the benefit of education, civilization and refinement, are
yet willing to take with them within the pale of civilization, their Indian
wives, and to undergo all the embarrassments incident to such an anomalous
relation in the midst of a cultivated community. The part which the wife
performs in this change is alike creditable and certainly is conclusive of the
fact that the retaining of some of the best qualities of human nature is not
inconsistent with a savage birth and education.

“McCloskey sent his boys to the Iowa Indian Mission schools, in Doni-
phan County, and his girls to the Highland University, giving them all a good
education. His eldest son, James, was for nine years, up to 1870, govern-
ment interpreter at Fort Laramie, when he was killed by a man named
William Boyer, who was hung for the crime. Henry had been interpreter
at Fort Halleck. On his return home he was killed at Cottonwood Station.
Charles, while at school at Highland, was accidentally killed by the dis-
charge of a gun which he was taking from a wagon, while going on a hunt.
Eda died at Highland, while attending school, at the age of fourteen.
Julia, now aged twenty-six, is living in Nebraska. Monie-waka (Medicine
Eagle), the mother of the children, died many years: ago.”

INDIAN OUTRAGES,

The oldest settlers in the Vermillion Valley say when they came there
they found two families—the head of one a Sioux half-breed named Louis
Tremble, whose wife was a full-blooded Sioux. The other family consisted
of a Frenchman named Changreau and his wife, a Sioux woman; her sister,
a gitl of fifteen, and numerous small children. Tremble built a bridge
across the Vermillion, and charged the Western pilgrims toll for crossing.
Changreau opened a farm of about fifteen acres, raising vegetables and pro-
duce, which found a ready sale to the travelers.

The Kansas, or Kaw Indians, as they are now commonly called, are a
branch of the Sioux, as are also the Otoes, Omahas and Iowas. The country
embracing all of northeastern Kansas was occupied by the Kaws, when, in
1825, the Government opened negotiations with them for the purchase of a
part of their territory. Between the Kaws and the Sioux, the parent tribes,
there was an implacable hatred. Whenever the bands of the two tribes met,
no matter where, there was war to the knife, and whoever was not killed,
but captured, suffered death by torture the most cruel and devilish. ‘No
Sioux or Kaw could meet each other and live.” These two Sioux families
were aware that they had located in the old territory of the Kaws, and that
the residence of their perpetual foes was not far distant; but trusted to their
neighbor Sioux for protection. : ;

One spring day, while Changreau was in the field plowing, the house was
suddenly surrounded by a band of mounted Indians, numbering a hundred
or more. The women made an effort to conceal themselves, but failed. The
Indians professed friendship, but helped themselves to everything that they
fancied. After a reckless pillage, the chief suddenly seized the young girl,
bound her to his pony, and mounting, they all disappeared.

Changreau, who was at once notified by: his frantic wife, of what had
occurred, suspected who the visitors were, and knowing that a fate worse than
death would await the helpless prisoner, made a most pressing and urgent ap-
peal to his white neighbors to go with him to the rescue. A few responded,

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and John D. Wells, and afew others, started with Changreau and followed the
trail for many hours, when fearing an ambush, they turned back, with the ex-
ception of the Frenchman, who pushed on alone. Changreau followed the
band for many days, until they camped on the Neosho River, near Council
Grove. The Frenchman, who had kept himself concealed, saw that unusual
eee were being made, and then knew that the worst was to come.

ut what could one man do against one hundred? He had followed without
hope, in utter despair as to the accomplishment of any good so far as the
captive was concerned.

Soon after the lodges were erected the Indians had a feast, which they
devoured with unusual despatch. ‘Then the fires were relighted and made
to burn with great brilliancy, lighting up the demoniacal group, and glar-
ing in the darkness upon the distant and rounded hill slopes. At last Chan-
greau saw an Indian, whom he had observed have his sister in his keeping,
lead the helpless and devoted captive into the semicircle and bind her to a
tree. The Frenchman could witness no more. Mounting his pony he turned
his face upon the scene, and rode away in the darkness. He was soon miles
and miles away, and all that ni@ht circled around the Indian camp, not see-
ing but knowing what was being transacted there. In the gray dawn of
the morning he rode back to the camp, and creeping almost among the
lodges, saw, seated by the waning camp fires, a row of Kaw hags, gibbering
of what had happened, and as they talked they pointed their bony fingers
at a figure, rendered indistinct through the smoke and darkness, bound to a
tree trunk. As it grew lighter he saw that his sister was dead—her lifeless
body covered with gore; whips and scourges lay at her feet, which showed
that the girl had been whipped to death amid the war dances and battle
orgies of the night. What he dreaded as the worst he now was sure of, and
with his sad and fearful tale he returned to his family and hastened to move
them to a place of greater safety.

Marshall County during the war was one of the border counties, and
was several times the seat of panics arising from depredations committed by
the Indians. Emigrants and ranchmen on the overland road were often
driven in, as were also the new settlers, who had taken up claims west of
Marshall County. At times apprehensions were felt that the Indians would
extend their devastations to the older settlements, depleted as they were of
able-bodied men, from enlistments in the army.

The first panic occurred in May, 1862, being occasioned by an Indian
raid made into Washington County. In consequence, a detachment of re-
cruits being raised at Marysville was sent out on a reconnoisance, but no In-
dians were seen.

The greatest panic was created in August, 1864, by a raid made by In-
dians on the Little Blue. On the 10th of August refugees from the scene of
the massacre began to pour in at Marysville. Teams with wagons filled with
settlers, station-keepers and ranchmen, with their families, flowed into the
town, each bringing stories of the outrageous murders and torture of men,
women and children, and beseeching aid in recovering their captured friends.
The militia companies were immediately mustered, and after making hasty
preparations, lett for the scene of trouble. One company under the com-
mand of Capt. Frank Schmidt and one in charge of Lieut. McCloskey were
under ere the day after the first intelligence arrived. They were also
joined by a company from the Vermillion, under Capt. James Kelley, and
one from Irving, under Capt. T. S. Vaile. The Marshall County troops
were under the command of Col. E. C. Manning. They were followed by a
brigade expedition composed of portions of the Nemaha, Riley and Wash-
ington County regiments, under the command of Gen. Sherry, of Seneca.
Both expeditions, after traveling and seeing evidences of the Indian warfare,
but meeting with none, returned to their homes. Many of the refugees
from the overland road and the counties west remained in Marshall County
two or three weeks before returning to their homes.

CALAMITIES.

Grasshoppers.—The gryllus or grasshopper family made their appear-
ance in Marshall County in great numbers, in August, 1867, and ‘‘destroyed
every green thing.” In August, 1868, they re-appeared in untold millions,
remained three days and departed, doing comparatively but little damage.

In the summer of 1874 the grasshoppers again appeared in the county
and commenced their ravages on corn and other products, and soon every-
thing was destroyed. The green foliage on the trees and bushes was next
attacked, and was as soon stripped. After eating every green thing they
departed for realms unknown. The county was self-supporting during the

lague.
E or cloueieil is seldom that the historian is called upon to chronicle so
sad and terrible an event as occurred in this part of the State, and in Mar-
shall County in particular, three years ago. Many are the once happy
homes that were rendered desolate and forsaken on that memorable occasion,
by the most terrific of storms—the cyclone.

On the morning of May 30, 1879, the sun rose in all its magnificence,
shedding its beautiful rays over the broad and fertile prairies, of which this
county may well be proud, and showing in every beam the gladsome tokens
of a pleasant day. During the afternoon of the same day, an observer
might notice a change in the atmosphere, the temperature being cooler by
somé thirty degrees, and also see that a few dark and angry-looking clouds
appeared in the northwest, while now and then sharp electric flashes lit up
the horizon, intermingled with heavy claps of thunder. Ina short time a
severe storm was raging throughout the southern portion of the county,
carrying death and destruction before it in some localities, while in other
sections leaving but the ordinary traces of a severe storm.

Waterville.—It is undoubtedly a fact, that the destruction of property
at this place was caused more by a severe wind blowing from the west to-
wards the cyclone proper, which was at that time raging in Irving, and not
by any cyclonal vortex or whirlpool. Although no loss of life was occa-
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sioned by the storm, the destruction of property was very great. In the
vicinity of the city, near the mouth of Coon Creek, and on the Little Blue
River, considerable timber was destroyed, undoubtedly by whirlwinds, the
largest of these being not more than twenty yards in circumference, and
remaining in contact with the earth for but a short distance. In the vicin-
ity of the city about twelve buildings were destroyed—either wholly or par-
tially—occasioning a loss of about $2,000. In the city, the damage done
was necessarily greater, not less than fifty structures being more or less
ron The estimated loss of property was placed at from $3,000 to

‘By the peaceful silent river,

Where the waters flow forever,

Like fancies of a dream,
Strode the Storm King in his power,

In that sad and awful hour
When death should reign supreme.”

Irving.— At this place the storm seemed to concentrate its demoniacal
strength and vent its fury upon, where had been a few hours before, one of
the pleasantest little villages in the county. No tongue can tell nor pen
portray the scene as the ruthless whirlwind swept its way through the de-
voted village. All was blackness, despair and desolation. It heeded not
the groans of strong men, the shrieks of frantic women, nor the heart-rend-
ing screams of innocent children, but continued its way unmindful of the
misery and woe it left behind.

The air was filled with flying debris, while now and then a house would
be lifted bodily from the ground and carried through the air intact, then be
dashed down and broken into a thousand pieces; limbs and trunks of trees,
wagons, farm machinery, huge foundation stones, bricks, lumber, animals
and human bodies were hurled through the air like feathers. The heart-
rending cries of the wounded and dying, mingled with the terrific roar of
the remorseless element, made it a scene never to be forgotten.

The whirlwind was seen approaching the town from the west, between
5 and 6 o’clock P. M., and presented the appearance of an immense funnel-
shaped cloud, moving with great velocity.

Before the terrified inhabitants had realized the amount of damage
done a second storm burst upon them, and although smaller than its prede-
cessor, was more furious and destructive to property. To add to the horror
of the situation, 2 deluge of rain descended shortly after the wind had
ceased its work.

Messengers were immediately despatched to the surrounding towns for
help, which soon arrived, and all through that dark and dreary night the
melancholy task of gathering up the dead bodies and caring for the wounded
was performed. Following is a list of the killed: Mrs. W. J. Williams,
Mrs. Susan G. Buckmaster, Elizabeth Buckmaster, Alice Buckmaster,
Laura Buckmaster, Celestia Buckmaster, Mrs. Emma Sheldon, Miss Fannie
Swach, Mrs. Thomas Noark, Mrs. George Martin, Clinton Keeney, John
Keeney, Mrs. Flora Keeney, Jacob Sabins. Number of wounded reported,

thirty.

te Irving and vicinity about forty buildings were completely destroyed
—in some cases not enough timber being left to mark the site of the struct-
ure. Among the property destroyed in the village was the Presbyterian
Church—a large stone structure—with the exception of the steeple, which
was left intact; the public school building—a brick structure—from which
school had dismissed but an hour previous; a portion of the Wetmore Insti-
tute building; and two spans were taken out of the iron bridge across the
Blue River—the approaches being left uninjured.

The burial services of most of the victims of the storm were held on
the following Sunday, June 1. The occasion was an impressive one, ren-
dered doubly so by the sad fate of the victims; the frantic outburst of
grief displayed immediately after the storm, had given way to deep, quiet
sorrow, which was visible in the tearless eyes and voiceless lips of the
afflicted.

Frankfort.—Here the storm was very destructive to both life and prop-
erty. An eye-witness of the storm, after acknowledging his utter enefbility
to adequately describe the fearful spectacle, says: ‘‘At first there were
cloudy pillars resembling smoke, afterwards assuming an inky blackness, all
rolling, dashing and clashing with each other as if engaged in a furious bat-
tle, and to battle they were mustered, and onward atid upward they rolled
with a deafening rour, mowing everything down before them, scattering
death and destruction in their course. The storm clouds were a grand secne
to behold, but their work is fearful to contemplate.”

To sum up, five persons were killed, as follows: James Downs, Mrs.
James Downs, John Howe, Mrs. Henry Johnson, Grove. About fifty
fin wounded—some seriously, and property destroyed to the amount of

150,000.

At Blue Rapids and Vermillion the damage done was slight, compared
to other localities, and no one injured.

WAR HISTORY.

Of all the troops that enlisted in the war of the Great Rebellion, from Marshall County,
the larger proportion was from Marysville and Vermillion Townships. By an. order from
the War Department, Marysville was made the recruiting station for Washington and Mar-
shall Counties. When the call for volunteers came, Marshall County proved itself for the
Union almost to a man, and of the 450 voters in the county at that time, is credited with
having sent nearly 400 men. Notwithstanding their good record they were called upon
March, 1865, to fill a quota of thirty-one men. After the quota was complete it was found
that the draft was illegal, and a portion of the men returned.

Company K, Ninth Kansas Cavalry—Was on panized at Marysville in the summer of
1862, by Capt. Thomas M. Bowen, present U. 8. Senator from Colorado. Under his com-
mand as captain and J. D. Wells as first lieutenant, the company, consisting of about
eighty men, were ordered to join the regiment at Fort Leavenworth. From Fort Leaven-
worth the regiment was ordered to the seat of war in Missouri and Arkansas, and partici-

ated in all the important engagements that took place on the Arkansas River. After serv-
ing with distinction the company was mustered out of service at Duval’s Bluff, Ark., and re-
ceived their discharge at Fort Leavenworth in July, 1865. The company suffered severely
during its service, only about one-third returning.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Company G, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry—Under command of W. 8. Blackborn, Cap-
tain, Thomas Hensel, First Lieutenant Company G was recruited at Marysville in August,
1862. Vermillion Township furnished most of the recruits for this company. At Atchison
the company joined their regiment and were immediately ordered to Nate Mo., but
arrived too late to participate in an engagement. Their first battle took place at Cane Hill,
Ark., and was followed by an engagement at Van Buren, Ark Their operations throughout

the war were confined to Missouri and Arkansas. The company was mustered ont of service

at Little Rock, Ark., in June, 1865, and was acne at Fort Leavenworth, July 9, 1865,
About one-half of the company returned to Marysville. : :

Company EB. Thirteenth Kansas Infantry-—Capt. Perry Hutchinson in command, was
recruited at Marysville during the summer and fall of 1862. Marysville furnished about
twenty-seven men to this company, the rest of the company being filled with recruits from
different points in the county. ‘ ; i :

These companies were stationed at Marysville until September 8, 1862, when they were
all ordered to Iort Scott via Atchison and Fort Leavenworth. They left Marysville on the
date mentioned in company with a number of Otoe Indians who were under the command
of Capt. D. W. Williams. Some three hundred men were in the ranks at that time.

Company H, Seconda Kansas Cavalry—was mustered into service at Kickapoo in the
spring of 1862, under command of Capt. A. Gunther, and was composed entirely of recruits
from arshall and Washington Counties. After serving with distinction throughont the
war it was mustered out of service March 18, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark. :

Large numbers of recruits from Marshall County enlisted in other Kansas regiments
and into regiments raised in other States. The Second, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and
Eleventh Kansas regiments were represented by volunteers from Marshall County. By
reference elsewhere it will be seen that Marshall, a frontier county at that time, gave a full
share of troops to the Union army. Tie regiments in which Marshall County troops were
chiefly enlisted were among those distinguished for active and effective service during the war,

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ROSTER, ETC.

By the autumn of 1855 quite a settlement had been made in different parts of Marshall
County, especially in the vicinity of Marysville, Barrett and Vermillion. It soon became
apparent that a municipal organization was needed, and the county was duly organized in
1855. The voting strength of the entire county at that time was not over sixty.

The duties ee the county officials were not,very arduous at that time—the County Sheriff
excepted. Alexander Clarke, the first Sheriff, was commissioned in October, 1855, but his ca-
reer ended very suddenly by his being shot by a desperado whom he was endeavoring to arrest,

A county warrant was issued December 15, 1856, by James McCloskey in favor of Henry
Adams and H. L. Kirk, of Atchison, for services rendered in laying out a Territoriai road
from Atchison to Marysville. Thiy is the first county warrant issued in the county of Mar-
shall John D. Wells, M. L. Duncan and W N. Glynn were the Connty Commissioners at
that time. J. 8. Magill was appointed Justice of the Peace during ihe same year.

The first District Court convened in Marshall County at Marysv lle in March, 1857.
Judge Burrel, of the United States District Court, presided, and James McCloskey acted as
Clerk. As no cases appeared on the docket, and no Grand Jury called, it looked as if the
Court would have to adjourn without transacting any business, when a ‘‘case of con-
science’ came up, and the law was adapted to suit the case. It appears that D. C, Auld, an
abolitionist, had obtained from the County Commissioners the appointment of Justice of
the Peace for the Vermillion district. The Territorial laws, as passed by a Pro-slavery
Legislature, required that officers, before assuming the duties of their office, should take an
‘*iron-clad oath,’ which provided that the officer should support the United States Fugitive
Slave Law. As this law was antagonistic to the principles of Auld he could not take it, and
asked his friend McCloskey to intercede with Judge Burrel to qualify him, without havin,
to take the oath. The Judge, being a Pennsylvanian, wrote out a Pennsylvania oath and ad-
ministered it to Auld, who served out his term and retained his freedom to assist any fugi-
tive slaves who, in their flight, happened to pass his way.

At the meeting of the County Commissioners at Palmetto, K. T., in June, 1856, it was
decided ‘‘ that the county of Marshall, for the convenience of transacting county business,
and the execution of legal processes, be divided into two principal townships: ““by a line be-
ginning at the mouth of Elm Creek, where it empties into the Big Blue River, and running
thence north to the base or meridian line. The section of country east of said line, in Mar-
shall County, will henceforth be known as Vermillion Township, and that portion of the
country lying west of the line, in Marshall County, known as Marysville Township.”

At the same meeting an assessment was made at “‘ fifty cents per head as poll tax,” and
one-sixth of one per cent, upon all property subject to taxation according to Territorial laws.

_ November 6, 1858, the County Commissioners divided the county proper into four town-
ships. according to the following description:

_ Marysville Township.—Townships |, 2. and north half of Township 3, Range 6; Town-
ships 1, 2, and north half of Township 3, Range 7; west halves of Townships 1, 2, and north-
west quarter of Township 3, Range 8.

Guittard Township.—East half of Townships 1, 2, and northeast quarter of Township
8, Range 8; Townships 1, 2, andnorth half of Township 8, Range 9; Townships 1, 2, and
north half of Township 3, Range 10.

Blue Rapids Township.—South half of Township 3, Range 6; all of Townships 4 and 5,
Range 6; south half of Township 3, Range 7; all of Townships 4 and 5, Range 7; southwest
quarter of Township 3, and west half of Townships 4 and 5, Range 8. :

Vermilion Township.—Southwest quarter of Township 3, east half of Townships 4 and
5, Range 8; south half of Township 3 and all of Towuships 4 and 5, Range 9; south half of
Township 3, and all of Townships 4 and 5, Range 10.

The voting places in the several Townships were designated as follows: Horns
Township, Marysville, or Palmetto; Guittard Township, Guittardville; Blue Rapids n=
ena a the house of William Thompson; Vermillion Township, at the house of Joseph

ngdon.

hat is now known as Washington County was at that time under the jurisdiction of
Marshall County officials, and was termed Washington Township. A voting place was es-
tablished at the house of M. L. Latt, on the mouth of Cottonwood Creek.

From 1869 up to 1880, the county has been sub-divided into municipal townships, as fol-
lows; Waterville Township, created February 15, 1869; Centre Township, created January
15, 1873; dm Creek Township, created March 1, 1873; Rock Township, created April 9, 1873;
Franklin Township, created April 19, 18738; Blue Rapids Ci'y Township, created August
24, 1870; Wells’ Township, created April 17, 1874; Noble Township, created June 5, 1878;
Murray Township, created January 9, 1880; Clear Fork Township, created July 13, 1880.

Following is a transcript of the county roster from 1855 to 1883:

Clerk.—1855-8, J. McCloskey; 1859, B. F. Barber; 1860, EC. Manning; 1861,C R.
Denning; Me R. 8. Newell; 1866-7, C. A. Imbert; 1868-9, F. R. Jacobs; 1870-3, James
Smith; 1874-7, J. G, McIntire; 1878-9, G@. M. Lewis; 1880-’83, W. H. Armstrong.

7 a Mera tame J oo Pane oe G.D. ee A. B. Lovell; 1866-9,
J. ; ~ . F. Koester; é ith; 3 1883-4
Wm Lo aincis3 , 3 “, Jas. Smith; 1878-82, A. G. Barrett; 1 .

ecorder.—1855-60, J. P. Miller (ex-officio); 1862-8, J. H. McDougall; 1864-9, C. F.
Koester; 1870-1, J. M. Watson; 1872-3, J. G. McIntire; 1874-9, J.B. Winkler; 1880-8, J. D.

District Clerk.—1855-9, J. R Whitehead; 1860-1, L. McArthur; 1868-72, A. Campbell;
1873-4, L. W. Chesley; 1875-8, M. Balgue; 1879-82, J.M. Patterson. : :

__ Probate Judge.—1855, J. Dani an; 1856, C. B. Buist; 1857-8, J. E. Clardy; 1859-"60,
William Thompson; 18634, J. D. Brumbaugh; 1865-°70, A. Cottrell; 1871-6, W.C. Mc.
Curdy; 1877- 82, H. P. Wells; 1£83-4, John Brown.

Sheri f’.—1855, J. M. Clark; 1856, G. F. Hubbard; 1857, J.P. Miller; 1858, H. Fraizer;
1859, James Foster; 1860-5, G. D. Swearingen; 1866-7, J. S. Grey; 1868-9, J. McCoy; 1870-
8, Frank Garaty; 1874--7, J. R. Voorhees; 1878-.’81, J. B. Logan; 1882--8, J. R_ Voorhees.

Superintendentof Schools.—1859, J. D. Wells; 1860. W. S. Blackburn; 1861-2, W. W.
a rome, ae T. H. Baker; 1865-6, M. T. Bennett; 1867-8, J. L. Chapman; 1869-'72, C. S.
ae 873-6, A. Jeffers; 1877-8. G. W. Winans; 1879-’82, W. F. Boyakin; 1888-4, ——

Attorney.—1861-4, J. W. Bollinger; 165-8, W. W. Jerome: 72, M. C. White;
1873-4, E. Hutchinson; 1815-78, F. Love; 1879-82, J. A. Bromanieny nee G F. Scoffield.

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Surveyor. —\857, W. S. Brewster; 1858, J. W. Swift; 1859, J. O°Neil; 1860-1, E. C.
gr 1862-3, Z Thomas; 1864-8, W. W. McCloskey; 1866-7, A. O. Waggoner; 1868-71,
ie Buco -3, W. Milliken; 1874-9, H. A. Parmalee; 1880-1, W. Millikan; 1882-8,
MARSHALL COUNTY.

Coroner.—1857, W. A. Hill; 1858, J, H.Meyer; 1859, M.Life; 1860-5, T. McCoy; 1866-7
¥. Pierce; 1868-9, J. Fraizer; 1870-1, J. Jewell; 1872-3, J. Fitzgerald; 1874-5, J. Bates:
187681, W. F. Boyakin; 1882-3, William Siders, : oe i a8

Commissioners.—1855-6, M. L. Duncan, J. D. Wells, W.N. Glenn; 1857, C. B. Buist,
M. L. Duncan, J. D. Wells; 1858, J.D. Brumbaugh, G. D. Pierce, J. Kelley; 1859, A G.
Barrett, W. H Pearsall, A. Ostrander; 1860, M.L. Duncan, G. H. Stoner, J. Kelley; 1861, P.
Gift, J. Lane, H. Foster; 1862-8, P. Gift, S. B. Varney, J Lane; 1864-5, F. Schmidt, A. J. Pal-
mer, J. Kelley; 1866-7, F. Schmidt, E. Lewis, J.L Freeland; 1868-9, P. Gift, J. Weisbach, O.
E. Allen; 1870-1, J. Mohrbacker, 8. Abbey, R. Osborn, 1872, J. S. Pierce, T. C. Hendricks, J.
Mohrbacker; 1873, J. Mohrbacker, D. Q. Millett, J. C Dickey; 1874-5, J C. Dickey, D. Q.
Millet, J. Whitley; 1876-7, D. Q. Millett, R. S. Newell, M. L. Duncan; 1878-9, A. Hohn, B. Mc-
Elroy, M. L. Duncan; 1880. A. Hohn, J.R. Voorhees, J. W. Means; 1881-2, C. E. Tibbetts,
J. W. Means, J. R. Voorhees; 1882, C. E. Tibbetts, I. C. Legere, L. W Libbey; 1883, S. M.
Willhite, I. C. Legere, L. W. Libbey.

+ _ Senators.—1861-2, 8. L. Lappin; 18634, T, H. Baker; 1865-6, E.C. Manning; 1867-8,
J.M Harvey; 1869-70, A. A. Carnahan; 1871-2, P. Rockfeller; 1873-6, F. Schmidt; 1877-’80,
Cc. J. Brown; 1881-4, Perry Hutchinson.

Representatives.—1855, F J. Marshall; 1856, J. P Miller; 1857, W.B. Jenkins; 1858,
J.P. Miller; 1859, T. S. Vaile; 1860, G. D. Pierce; 1861, D.C. Auld; 1862, H. Foster; 1863,
J. Weisbach; 1864, J.D. Brumbaugh; 1865, J.D. Wells: 1866. James |Smith; 1867, J. D.
Wells; 1868, A. G. Patrick; 1869, W. H. Smith; 1870, J. D. Wells; 1871, W. H. Smith; 1872,
A. Jeffers; 1873, I. C. Legere; 1874, A. Reed; 1875, C. J. Brown; 1876, J. D. Brumbaugh;
1877-8, J. Lockwood, W. W. Smith: 1879-’80, L. P. Hamilton, W. W. Smith; 1881-2, G. W.
Kelley, S. W. Hazen; 1888-4, J. D. Wells, W. S. Glass.

As early as 1859, efforts were made to move the county seat from Marysville to Sylvan,
anew town, the location of which was selected on Section 25, Township 3, Range 8. The prime
mover in this affair was T. 8. Vaile, a member of the Free-state Territorial Legislature,
from Marshall County. Marysville, at that time, was reputed as a Pro-slavery town, and
Vaile had an act passed removing the county-seat to Sylvan. The only official business
transacted at the new county-seat, was the canvassing of the vote of 1859. There being no
house in Sylvan, the Commissioners, G. D. Swearingen, J_D. Brumbaugh, George-G. Pierce
and S. Ostrander, held their session in the house of G. D. Swearingen, a mile distant. By a
vote of the people, Marysville was again made the county-seat.

Marysville enjoyed her supremacy until late in the fall of 1871, when the question again
came before the peo le of the county. At that time there were in the county a number of
good points for the location of the county-seat, and as each place claimed to possess better
advantages than its melanie, and_had its ardent supporters, a bitter county-seat war broke
out. aterville, Blue Rapids and Frankfort, on the line of the C B. Mo. Pacific Railroad
that extends from east to west through the southern portion of the county, each offered
special inducements; Centre Township had one strong point in its favor, it being the geo-

raphical centre of the county; Marysville, located on the St. Joe & Western Railroad i
the northern part of the county, had its advantages.

In accordance with an order from the County Commissioners, an election was held
November 14, 1871, and votes cast at the various voting precincts in the county, for the pur.
pose of deciding the county-seat issue, The election resulted in Waterville receiving 345
votes; Blue Rapids, 485 votes; Frankfort, 586 votes; Centre, 95 votes; Marysville, 807 votes.
Another election was ordered to be held, November 28, 1871, in which the contest was be-
tween Marysville and Frankfort; Waterville, Bluc Rapids and Centre, withdrawing their
claims. The result of the election showed that Frankfort received 1,078 votes, and Marys-
ville 1,637 votes, which made Marysville the county seat of Marshall County.

COUNTY BUILDINGS, RAILROADS AND SOCIETIES.

Court House.—Early in the spre oe 1860, the Sonthern Methodists built a frame church
edifice, 24x36 feet, on lots? and 8, Block 43, on the corner of Fifth and Laramie streets.
These lots were given to them by the Palmetto Town Company. Not being able to pay
for the building, RK. Y. Shibley and J. D. Ses who had claims against the associa-
tion, took possession, and without any process of law, moved iton Broadway In July,
1862, they sold the building to the county to be used as a court house. Previous to this
time, the county offices were located in different parts of the town. This building was used
as a court house until 1870, when the District Court was held in Watterson's Hall.

In February, 1873, a contract was let to George F Hamilton, by the township of Marys-
ville, to build a new county court house, to be located at Marysville. The cost of the build-
ing was not to exceed $15,000, and it was to be completed in November, 1873, but owing to
the usyal delay, it was not finished until July, 1874. The building isa two story brick
structure, 50x65 feet. The interior of the building contains on the first floor, a hall and six
offices, occupied by county ofticials. The second floor is occupied by the court room and
four offices. The court house is situated on a commanding elevation in the eastern part of
the city, and presents to the observer a neat appearance. 3 f

OQvunty Jail.—A few rods northeast of the.court house, may still be seen standing, the
‘Old County Jail.” Built in 1860, 20x24 feet, the first story being built of stone, the
second a frame, it stands as a relic of the early days of Marysville. The lower story, con-
sisting of one room, was occupied by the prisoners, and the upper by the jailer and family.
The unlucky wretches who were confined within its dreary walls, were chained to the
floor, but frequently managed to make their escape. This building was occupied until the
new one was completed in 1877. The new jail isa stone structure, 28x5U feet, two stories,
and was erected at a cost of $5,000. The building was commenced in June, 1877, and com-
pleted in December of the same year, by Messrs. McPherson & Fitzgerald.

. Central Branch, Missouri Pacific Railway.—This railroad, the first to enter the county,
was completed through the southern part in the winter of 1867, to a point one hundred miles
west of Atchison, now known as Waterville, within three miles of the eastern boundary
line of Washington County. The road enters the county from the east, ten miles north of its
southern boundary line, and passes through the townships of Noble, Vermillion, Blue
Rapids, Blue Rapids City and Waterville. On reaching Waterville, all railroad building
stopped, nothing more beinz done until 1876, when the road was extended under the name
of ‘the Atchison, Colorado & Pacific Railway, to points farther west. Including this ex-
tension, there are thirty-five miles of road under the Central Branch management in the
county,

The rincipal stations on the line of road, are Vermillion, Frankfort, Barrett, Bigelow,
Trving, lue Rapids and Waterville. . ‘ i

St. Joseph & Western Railway.—After innumerable delays and disappointments, the
people in the northern part of the county sticceeded in obtaining a railroad, under the
name of the St Joe & Denver City. In 1870, this road reached the eastern limits of the
county, and in January, 1871, passed through Marysville, and was extended northwest until
it made a connection with the Union Pacific, at Grand Island, Neb. _ .

The St. Joseph & Western enters the county from the east, nine miles south of the
Kansas and Nebraska State Line, and passes through the pene of Guittard, Franklin,
Centre and Marysville. The principal stations are: Axtell, Beattie, Marysville and Herkimer.

Marysville & Blue Valley Railway was built from Beatrice, Gage Co., Neb,. to Marys-
ville, following the valley of the Big Blue River, in 1879. Number of miles in Mar-
shall County, ten and one-half. Oketo, a small trading point, is the principal station on
this line of road in the county. 7 doe ‘

The Vermillion Valley Agricultural and Mechanical Society was incorporated by the
people of the ‘‘south half ” of the county, with a capital stock of $5,000, at Frankfort, Sep-
tember 20, 1878. . :

‘The first Board of Directors elected under the charter, consisted of R. Osborne, J. Wil-
son, E. Schriver, W.H Sabin, C. A. Barber, T. Wadick, I. C. Legere. A. Shearer, F. B, Tay-
lor, S. W. Hazen. Maj Beattie, H G. Trosper. First officers: R. S. Newell, President; A.
J. McKee, Vice-president; R. Osborne, Treasurer; H. H. Louery, General Superintendent;
E.L Begun, Secretary. .

A tract consisting of forty acres of desirable gr r
east part of the city of Frankfort. An amphitheatre, seating 1,500 people, floral hall,
judges’ stand, stalls etc., were built, A half-mile race course, pronounced to be one of the
best in nothern Kansas, is one of the chief features. The society, under its present man-
agement, is in a flourishing condition . nee

Present officers: R. Osborne, President; I C. Legere, Vice-president; F. M. Rhodes,
Treasurer; J. M. Lane, Assistant; H.H. Louery, General Superintendent: H. G. Trosper,
Assistant; J. M. Watson. Secretary ed Sas:

The Marshall County Medical Association, composed of the principal disciples of Es-
culapius, was formed in 1879, with ten members, ‘heir first officers were: W. H. Clutter,

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Frankfort, President; A. Fuller, Vermillion, Vice-president; A. J. Patterson, Beattie, Sec-
es A. G. Edwards, Marysville, Treasurer. Censors: A. G. Edwards, H. W. Barrett, P.
. Garvin,

Present officers: A. G. Edwards, Marysville, President; H. W. Barrett,Waterville, Vice-

president; A. J. Patterson, Beattie, Secretary; D. W. Humfreville, Watervile, Treas-
urer. Present ee twenty-three. Meetings are held semi-annually: first Monday
in May, and on the first Wednesday after the second Tuesday in November.
., Lhe Marshall County Old Settlers and Pioneers’ Association was organized in 1879,
its object being to ‘‘re-unite the old settlers of this part of Kansas; to cement and perpetu-
ate old a:lendshipe, and for theadvancement of the moral, social and material interests of
the members, and the society in general.”

The society was organized at a meeting held at Blue Rapids, September 12, 1879, and
the following officers were elected: A. G. Barrett, Barrett Station, President; William
Thompson, Blue Rapids, D. C. Auld, Frankfort, Vice-presidents; J, S, Magill, Marysville,
Secretary; F. Hamilton, Blue Rapids, Treasurer.

At the last annual election-—1882—the eae officers were elected: T. McCoy, Marys-
ville, President; A. G. Barrett, Barrett's Station, X. Guittard. Guittardville, Vice-presidents;
J.S Magill, Marysville, Secretary; G. D. Swearingen, Marysville, Treasurer. Meetings
are held annually at different points in the county.

MARYSVILLE.

Marysville, the county-seat-of Marshall County, and one of the oldest
towns in the State, is beautifully located on the east bank of the Blue River,
ten miles south of the Nebraska State line, and on the St. Joseph and West-
ern Railroad. At this point the old California or Central Overland route to
the mountains and the Pacific coast crossed the Blue. Adjoining the town
on the east are beautiful, grand-rising hills and gentle slopes, which are
dotted with fine private residences and-shady groves. Bounded by Spring
Creek on the south and the clear running waters of the Blue on the west,
with their heavy belts of timber, it forms a most desirable location for a
city. Located as it is on the famous Blue, and surrounded by a rich agri-
cultural country, settled by a good class of citizens, Marysville can well
boast of its superior advantages. Possessing two railroads—St. Joe and
Western and the Marysville and Blue Valley Branch of the Union Pacific,
making connections with the B. & M. R. R., at Beatrice, Nebraska, it has
good shipping facilities.

EARLY HISTORY.

In 1849, F. J. Marshall, of Weston, Missouri, established a ferry on the
Big Blue River, about nine miles below the present town site of Marysville.
This crossing was named ‘‘Independence ford,” from the trail that led from
Independence, Missouri, which was at that time the leading depot of the fur
trade. In 1850, the Government opened the military road from Fort
Leavenworth, crossing the river at what was afterwards known as Palmetto
or Marysville. Seeing that a great portion of the California emigrants were
using this route, Marshall moved his ferry, establishing it about one hundred
yards below where the bridge is now located, and built a few log cabins,
opening a general store and starting a blacksmith shop about the same
distance above the bridge.

The next settler, James McCloskey, an Indian trader, in company with
other traders, located near Marshall in November, 1855. The other mem-
bers of the company soon after settled on the Vermillion, leaving McCloskey
and his family on a claim which he had pre-empted a short distance south of
Marysville.

Phe Palmetto Colony.—In the spring of 1856, the Palmetto Town Com-

any was organized in Atchison with eighty-four members, composed of
Southern men with Southern propensities. They were mostly young men
who had come into the Territory chiefly for political reasons and in the inter-
ests of the Pro-slavery party. On account of various reasons, only about
thirty-five members of the colony left Atchison, and arrived at Palmetto
July 8, 1856, among whom may be mentioned J. S. Magill, J. P. Miller, O.
D. Prentis, Albert Morrall, W. B. Jenkins, J. R. Allston, John Vander-
horst, A. 8. Vaught, Robert Y. Shibley. Of the whole number of men
composing the colony, only three or four remain in the State and only two
in the county—J. 8. Magill and Robert Shibley, who still reside in Marysville.

The colony filed upon and laid out a town site of three hundred and
twenty acres, adjacent to a town site previously laid off and entered as a

re-emption claim by Marshall or his agent. The colony named the townin
onor of the ‘‘Palmetto” State, and entered it as such at the Land Office
September 25, 1858.

The progress of Palmetto was slow, none of the members seeming to
care whether a town was made or not. One instance may be mentioned, of
the erection of a log cabin during the summer of 1856, by Dr. J. P. Miller
—this being about the only town improvement made by the colony. Some
of the members, more progressive than the rest, made improvements on their
pre-emption claims, but most of the time was spent ‘‘ otherwise.”

For some time the town name of ‘‘ Palmetto” was used by some of the
early county officials when dating their official proceedings. "In the early
maps of Kansas, the name Palmetto appeared, but Marysville was left out,
although Marysville was the name of the postoffice and the established seat
of justice for Marshall County.

The Marysville Colony.—Previous to the location of this colony, Fran-
cis J. Marshall, while a member of the first Kansas Legislature, in 1855,
had a county laid off with the Blue running through the center, and also
had the county seat established at his ferry and named the place Marysville,
in honor of his wife, Mary.

The Marysville Town Company originated in Western Missouri, John
and James Doniphan and F. Marshall being the prime movers. The com-

any was incorporated by an act of the Territorial Legislature, August 27,
1855, the following being the corporators: A. G. Woodward, David Galis-
ie, John empee, R. T. Galispie, F. J. Marshall, James Doniphan, Robert
. Bishop and M. G. Shrewsbury. They bought up one hundred shares of
the ‘‘Palmetto” stock, and caused an addition of three hundred and twenty
acres to be laid off on the north half of Section 33, Township 2, Range 7. The
northwest quarter of this addition was termed ‘‘ Marysville addition,” and
the northeast quarter known as ‘‘Ballard and Morrall’s addition to Palmetto.”
ark

At this time, 1857-58, these two little antagonistic towns had a pretty
rough class of citizens, and being outside civilization generally, the pop of
the revolver and the clank of pure steel were familiar sounds, and in the
absence of civil tribunals, anarchy reigned supreme. Marshall bringing
diplomacy to bear, soon succeeded in making Marysville the leading trading
point, and in a few years Palmetto was forgotten.

When Marshall established his ferry at Marysville in 1850, he did not
give up his place at the old Independence crossing, but still continued to run a
ferry at that point up to 1853, the travel being divided for some years be-
tween the twopoints. No person, unless an eye-witness, can have any con-
ception of the scenes and incidents that were to be witnessed at those ferries
at that time. At the ferry at Marysville teams would gather by the hun-
dred waiting their turn to cross, and some becoming impatient would ford
the stream, but at considerable risk. The capacity of his ferry was such
that Marshall could only take three wagons at a trip, for which he charged
$5 per wagon. At a session of the County Board in June, 1856, the Com-
missioners fixed the rates of ferriage as follows: For crossing a loaded
wagon, $3; an empty wagon, $1.50; man and horse, 50 cents: footman, 25
cents, and all stock at 25 cents per head. In 1859, a still more visible
decrease was made by order of the Board, bringing the rates down to $1 for
crossing a six horse wagon and other vehicles in like proportion. This ferry
was in active operation until the bridge was built in 1864.

The following notice was published in the Squatter Sovereign (Atchison)
March 25, 1856:

GRAND SPECULATION. ;

‘“MaRYsVILLE, Kancas TERRITORY.
“T hold in my hand an obligation upon the Marysville Town Company obligating the
company to donate to the first person that will put up a steam saw-mill in said town seven
shares in the town, which are worth in value each $20". The putting up of the mill in the
town will make them worth $250 each, making the donation $1,750, which will very nearly
ay for the mill. Marysville is the best location in Kansus for a steam saw-mill. from the
act that it is located immediately on Big Blue River, where the timber can be rafted to the
mill, and the lumber rafted below to supply the great Kansas River Valley. So you bring
on your mill, set it to running, and I will give you the stock.
(Signed)

The above liberal inducement was accepted by Messrs. Shibley &
Quarles, who erected a steam saw mill in the spring of 1857, and operated
it until 1861, when it was destroyed.

Among the first business enterprises and professions that were estab-
lished in Marysville at an early date may be mentioned: Dr. John P. Miller,
who also built the first house on the Palmetto town site, located as the first
disciple of Esculapius, and he soon had a good practice in surgery. He
remained in the practice of his profession until 1862, when he died. J.S.
Magill was the first one to represent the legal profession, and was a member
of the Palmetto colony. F. 5 . Marshall opened the first store long before
the town site was surveyed, and sold as the chief commodity whisky, at 18
cents per gallon. The first hotel opened for the accommodition of the pub-
lic was built in 1859 by A. G. Barrett. No regular drug store was estab-
lished until 1859—the physicians keeping their own stock of drugs. In
1859 Ballard & Morrall, of the town company, opened a drug store. Flem-
ing & Wisner succeeded them in 1863; O. C. Hall succeeded them in 1864,
but shortly after moved to Frankfort. In July, 1865, A. Cottrell opened a
stock of drugs in a small building on the present site of Waterson’s block,
and in 1870 moved to his present location.

The first marriage ceremony taking place in Marysville was that of
James McCloskey and Monlewaka, a Sioux belle, whom McCloskey had
brought with him from the mountains. The marriage ceremony, which was
the third on record in the county, was solemnized by James 8. Magill, Jus-
tice of the Peace, October 28, 1857. Hettie A., a daughter of J. S. Magill,
was born August 2, 1860—this probably being the first birth. The first
death was that of W. Vaught, a member of the Palmetto colony, in the
spring of 1858. 7

ovember 30, 1863, a pra se mecting was held at the court house
by the citizens of Marysville and vicinity, for the pene of organizing a
bridge company, to build a bridge across the Bluc. The capital stock was
iver at $8,000, or 320 shares at $25 each. On December 28, books were
opened for stock subscriptions. In .April, 1864, the following officers were
elected: President, J. Samuels; Treasurer, A. 4. Lovell; Secretary, J.D.
Brumbaugh; Directors, T.W. Waterson, J. 5, Magill; Architect, 8. G. Jones.
The bridge was of the Howe Truss patent, and was completed in November,
1864. This bridge served its purpose until the spring of 1882, when it was
replaced by an iron structure by Marysville Township.

Criminal.—October 38, 1863, an attempt was made by G. and W. Reedy
and William Schroyer on the life of P. Hutchinson, now a resident of Marys-
ville, and formerly Captain of Company E, Thirteenth Kansas, The at-
tempt failed, but nearly cost the life of J. Heasly, who interfered in behalf
of Hutchinson. No attempts were made for the apprehension of the party
until October 26, when G. Reedy was brought before the grand jury, and
two bills of indictment were brought against him. On the first, by intro-
ducing false testimony, it is claimed, he was cleared. On the second in-
dictment, for ‘‘assault with intent to kill J. Heasly,” he was sentenced to
the State Penitentiary for one year, and was taken to the county jail.
Reedy, who was a member of the Thirtcenth Kansas at that time, was home
on a furlough. A few days after the trial, Company B, Ninth Ixansas,
passed through the town en route to Vort Leavenworth. Learning that a
comrade was confined in the jail, a party of them, numbering about twenty,
came back that night from their camp, a few miles distant, and going to
the jail, demanded the release of the prisoner. It being refused by the
Sheriff, they drew their weapons and swore they would blow out his brains.
One of the guards, fearing they would carry out. their threat, delivered up
the keys of the jail, and the prisoner was released.

Perhaps one of the most brutal and uncalled-for murders, in the history
of Marysville, occurred October 8, 1864, During the afternoon of the above-

“FJ. MARSHALL.”

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

mentioned day a political meeting had been held, and in the evening the
festivities were to conclude with a ball. During its progress, when all were
enjoying themselves, S. J. Goisney, who had during the day made several
attempts to create a disturbance, tried to force his entrance into the ball-
room, with the purpose of stopping the dance. He was stopped at the door
by a constable, and a scuffle ensued, during which Goisney drew his re-
volver. During the melee Patrick Cassey, a highly-esteemed citizen of the
place, interfering in the interests of peace, was shot by Goisney, and instant-
5 killed. In the sequel of this affair Judge Lynch officiated with his usual
promptness. Goisney was confined in the jail immediately after the shoot-
ing, but during the night a party of unknown citizens took the prisoner
away. Next morning, suspended from the limb of a tall oak on Spring
Creek, was found, swinging to and fro, the body of the murderer—Goisney.

Some time in 1863-64 the trial of an Indian occurred in Marysville—it
being the first of the kind in the county. The trial was held before R.S.
Newell, Justice of the Peace, upon a writ of habeas corpus issued by him in
case of the State vs. Medicine orn: an Otoe chief, who had been charged
with being an accessory of Moses Betine for the shooting of V. C. Poor at
Oketo. As he was arrested on suspicion, and no charge being found against
him, he was released, and showed his gratitude by extravagant gestures
and incomprehensible language.

INCORPORATION.

Marysville was incorporated as a city, by an Act of the Territorial Legislature, in Feb-
ruary, 1861, The bill prescribing the officers and their powers was vetoed by the Governor,
but passed over his veto by a two-thirds vote, thus becoming alaw. All who Heopaet on
the dignity of the law were tried before the Mayor—his jurisdiction embracing the city of
Marysville and Marysville Township 3 | . :

Under an Act of the State Legislature, it was incorporated as a city of the third class in
1871, and has since maintained a city government in accordance with that act. The follow-
ing is the official roster of the city:

Mayor.—1872-8, T. W. Waterson; 1874, Cal, T. Mann; 1875, Cal. T. Mann; 1876, F. F.
Thompson; 1877, Amos Garrett; 1878, C. F. Koester; 1879, T. W. Waterson; 1880, T. W.
Waterson; 1881, C. F Koester; 1882, C, F. Koester.

Councilmen.—1872, A. Garrett, P. A Kalleborn, M. Bendel, T. McCoy, W. Hewitt;
1873. H. $. Clark, A. Campbell, A. Garrett, F., Schmidt, A. G. Edwards; 1874, A. Garrett,
A. Campbell, A. G. Edwards, H. S. Clark, F. Schmidt; 1875, A. G. Edwards, H 8S. Clark,
A. Garrett, A. Campbell, F. F. Thompson; 1875, H. 8S. Clark, A. Garrett, T. Haghes, A. G.
Edwards, John Jeorg; 1877, H.S. Clark, C. F. Koester, A. Hohn, M Barlow, A G. Ed-
wards; 1878, A. G. Edwards, W. Lofinck, P. A. Kalloborn, F. F. Thompson, W.P Tinkham;
1879, F F. Thompson, H. Dryer, G. T. Smith, M. Barlow, A. Armand; 1880, T. Highes,
Cc, T. Mann, H. 8. Clark, F. F. Thompson, G. Ranksch; 1881, J. Brown, G H. Willis, J. B.
Logan, G. Reber, W. Becker; 1882, J. B. Logan, J. Brown, G. Reber, J. Grauer, M: Barlow.

Police Judge.—1872, James Doniphan; 1873, James Doniphan: 1874, J. S. Magill; 1875,
J.S. Magill; 1876, J.S Magill; 1877, J. S. Magill; 1878, J. S. Magill; 1879, R. White; 1880,
R. White; 1881, R. White; 1882, R. White.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

One of the earliest schools opened in Marysville was a select school, taught by Miss
Jennie Robb, in the fall of 1859. School was held in a small frame building located near
the present site of the Sullivan House. Select schools were taught by Miss Kate Weber and
others until 1861, when School District No. 4 was legally organized. A small frame school
building was erected by the school district, at a cost of $700. R.S. Newell and FP. O. Rob-
bins were among the first teachers.

In 1866, the frame building proving inadequate, a new building was erected on a com-
manding elevation in’the northern part of the city. The second building is constructed of
magnesia limestone, and was built at a cost of 38,000. The main building is 35x50 feet,
with two additional wings, giving it four large rooms. The first teachers in this building
were tne Rev. W.G. Williams, a graduate of Amherst, as principal, and Miss Kate Weber,
assistant ~

In 188), Marysville had progressed so far in the advancement of her educational inter-
ests, that it was found necessary to erect anqther building. The new structure was accord-
ingly erected on the same block, in close proximity to the other. The building is a brick
structure, 4(x70 feet, trimmed with white limestone, and cost $10,000

Marysville is to be congratulated on its educational interests, and its handsome school
edifices, that reflect credit on the city.

In the earlier years of the settlement of Marysville, the population was in some measure
of a transitory nature, and society was so much subject to the influences incident to a con-
stant tide of emigration and travel through the place, that churches did not thrive to any
great extent, although when services were held the attendance was good.

In absence of records, tradition states that the first religious services in Marysville

were held in the summer of 1857, in a saloon! The tirst sermon was preached by the Rev.
Mr. Millice, of the Methodist Church, South. In 1859, Rev, Mr. Kobbins, of the same de-
nomination, held services in Ballard & Morrall's drug store, In the summer of 1860, Rev.
Messrs. King and?Duncan, of the Methodist Church South, commenced a revival in the
Barrett House, now known as the Tremont House. The preachers in those days were
masters of that peculiar style of rhetoric which won its way into the hearts of their
audiences. In this case, the revival was in progress for two weeks, day and night, and as a
result of the labor, an organization was perfected. The church thus organized had no
regular pastors, but was supplied by “circuit riders” until the beginning of the Rebellion,
when the organization disbanded,
__ Methodist Lpiscopal —An organization of the Methodist Church North, was perfected
ia 1866, by Rev. Mr. Woodburn, of Manhattan, with five members. among whom were Mrs.
L. J. Swearingen and L. Keefover and wite. Meetings were held in the old court house, also
in the old frame school building. Among the early preachers were ‘ev. Messrs. Tenrent,
Tenney and Taylor. Meetings were held irregularly in different parts of the town until
April, 1879, when a brick church edifice. 30x50 feet, was erccted, at a cost of $2,000. This
building was erected mainly through the efforts of Rev A. J. Coe, their pastor. Mr. Coe
was succeeded by Rey. A. C. Murray, the present incumbent.

Lpiscopal.—A partial organization of the Episcopal Church was formed in June, 1882,

by the present incumbent, Rev. George Turner, rector.
_ Memorial Presbyterian Church.—Karly in the fall of 1862, religious services were held
in the old school house which stood on the west side of Seventh street, by the Rev. Charles
Parker, who was also known throughout the Stateas the eloquent “ blind preacher.”” Serv-
ices were held on alternate Sabbaths until 1865. For a period of four years no regular
services were held; but from 1869 until the spring of 1371, regular services were resumed.

In accordance with an earnest desire on the part of several, a Presbyterian organization
was perfected on the 16th of October, 1870, by Rev. Mr. Parker, to be known as the ‘“ Memo-
rial Presbyterian Church of Marysville,” with the following members: Mrs. A. Parker, C
Pritchard, E. Hutchinson, P. A. Reed, Mrs. A. F. Reed, Mrs. E. Morrill, Mrs A. §. Fisher.
P. A. Reed and E. Hutchinson were elected and ordained as the first elders.

Preliminary steps were taken towards the erection of a church edifice in 1870 or 1871, in
the form of a subscription paper, which was liberally endorsed by the citizens of the place.
The contract was let for the erection of a brick structure April 10, 1872, for the sum of
$4,000. The corner-stone was laid June 8, of the same year, under the supervision of the
Masonic and Odd Fellows’ societies, and was dedicated September 18, 1874. The edifice
has since met with some mishaps that have rendered repairs necessary, bringing the total
cost up to $6,000. The followmg-named pastors have served the organization in the order
mentioned: Revs. C. Parker, A. H. Lilly, E. C. Fish, E. E. Sheldon, J. A. Griffes, and F. E.
Thompson. No regular pastor at present. 5

The German Lvangetical Church was organized in 1868 by Rev. A. Bathe, witha good
membership Services were held in a trame building until 1876, when the present edifice
was dedicated. The corner-stone was placed in position in 1874, and a stone structure

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erected, 35x50 feet, at a cost of $3,000, Rev. A. Bathe was succeeded in 1870 by Rev. W.
Gogel, who in turn was succeeded by Rev. C. Haas in 1872. Rev. H. Barkmann, the present
incumbent, took charge of the church in July, 1876. Congregation now numbers about
forty families. . i

The German Evangelical Church at Stoleenbach was organized in 1870, by Rev. A. Bathe.

Meetings are held in the Merklinghaus school house. Cresent membership, about twenty:
two families, Since 1870, the church has been in charge of pastors named in above sketch.
These are the only two organizations of this kind in the county.
_ Catholic Church.—The first religious services held in Marysville hy the Catholic denom-
ination were presided over by Rev. Father Suitberl de Marteau, some time in 1870. A
church organization was perfected soon after, and the foundation laid for an edifice, under
the supervision of Rev, A Weikman. The construction of the building progressed slowly,
and in 1876, when Rev. John Pichler took charge of the organization, it was still uncom
pleted. In 1879, the building and lots were sold, and another site chosen. A new building,
2ix4) feet. was then erected. The congregation has at present a mémbership of about
sixty families, or three hundred souls, Rev. John Pichler being the present incumbent.

Marysville Lodge No. 9\1, A. F. & A. M., was instituted under dispensation, March 26,
1870. A charter was granted, October 20, 1870, with the following charter members: P. H.
Peters, P Hutchinson, A, Jester. T. McCoy, J. S Magill. E Bentley. D. Wolff. J. M. Car-
ter. J. Balderson, J. Samucls. The first officers were: P. H. Peters, W. M.; P. Hutchinson,
S. W.; A. Samuels, J. W.; A. G Edwards, Treas ; J S. Magill, Sec’y.

Present officers: C. F. Koester. W. M.; F. F. Thompson. S. W.; C. T. Mann. J. W ;
H. S. Clark, Treas.; J. M. Patterson, Sec’y. Present membership, forty-six. - Meetings are
held on every second and fourth Saturday evenings of each month in Masonic and Odd
Fellows’ Hall.

Marysville Chapter, No 29. R. A. I, was instituted under dispensation, July 6, 1875.
A charter was granted, October 20, 1875, with seventeen charter members. ‘The first officers
were: W.P Mnudgett, HW P.; N. P. Hotchkiss, K.; F. L. Dow, S.; L. F. Dow. Treas.; C.F.
Koester, See’y.

Present officers: E. Hutchinson, H. P ; C T. Mann, K.; D. G. Millett, S.; C. F. Koester,
Treas.; W. B Seaman, Sec’y. Present membership, thirty-five. Mectings are held in Ma-
sonic and Odd Fellows’ Hall, second Tuesday of each month

Otoe Lodge. No. 85.I. O. O F., was instituted under dispensation, February 14, 1872.
A charter was granted, October 8, 1872, with the following charter members: W.H_ Rich-
ardson, James Doniphan. I. Donahoe, F. F Thompson. G. D. Swearingen. J. S. Magill.
The first officers were: J. Doniphan. N. G ; W.H. Richardson, V. G.; J. A. Broughton,
R.8.; P. H. Peters, P.S.; G. D. Swearingen. Treas. -

Present officers: E. Drahein. N. G.; W. Becker, V. G.; M.S. Stackleford, R. S.; J. B.
Logan, P. 8.; F. J, Pierce, Treas Present membership, thirty-six. Meetings are held
every Wednesday evening in Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Hall

Blue Valley Lodge. No. 1347, K of H, was instituted under dispensation, January 23,
1879. A charter was granted, September 29, 1879. with twenty-three charter members. The
first officers were: C.'T. Mann. P. D.; G. H. Willis, D.; E. Hutchinson, V. D.; T. Hughes,
Chap ; L. W. Libby, R.; H. S$, Clark, Treas

Present officers: L. W. Libby. D ; J Merklinghaus, P. D ; J. Billmann. V.D.; J. B.
Logan, R ; E. Hntchinson, F. R.; H.S Clark. Treas; F_ L. Dow, Chap Present mem-
bership, thirty-seven. Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each
month, in Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Hall.

Marysville Lodge, No. 9, A. O. U. W., was instituted under a charter granted Sep-
tember 15, 1880, with sixteen charter members. The first officers were: A. E. Parks,
P.M W.; J. B. Logan, M. W ; J. Brown, F.; C. W. Thompson, O,; W. 8. Glass, R.; W.
B. Seamon, F. R.; C. H. Goelitzer, R. T.

Present ofticers: H. E. Wiedemeyer, M. W.; M. S. Shepard, P. M. W.; 8S. Foster. F.;
H. F. Meyer, O.; J. B. Logan, R ; J. F. Renoe. F. R.: F_G Drahein, R T. Present mem-
beret; thirty-tive. Meetings are held every Friday evening, in Masonic and Odd Fellows’
Hall.

Marshall Legion. No. 13, 8. Kk. of A. O U. W., was organized under dispensation,
March, 1882. A charter was granted, May 8. 1882, with fifteen charter members. The first
and present officers are: J. B. Logan. S C.; W. Becker. V. C.; A Ariand, L. C ; H. Ps
Alesander, R.; A G. Drahein, T.; C H Goclitzer, R.T, Present membership, twenty-
six. aoe arc held on every first and third Monday evenings,"in Masonic and Odd Fel-
lows’ Hall.

Marysville Turnverein was organized in August, 1875, and incorporated under the
laws of the State in May, :876, with the following charter members: A. Hohn, Charles Rohdt,
N. Kalmborn, M. Bendel, P. A. Kalmborn, J. Kempf, R Boehme, R. B. Werner, J. Knoni, E.
G. Dorfner, F. Weber. M Piel, F. W. Moelln. First officers were: P. A. Kalmborn, Presi-
dent; A. Hohn, Vice-president; R. Werner, Secretary :

In 1880, the society erected a brick structure, 42x8) feet. with tower 16x16, and 54 feet
high, at a cost of $7.0.0. This building has a seating capacity of between 4 0 and 500, and
presenting a fine appearance. is a credit to the city. ‘The society has a membership of fifty,
and is in a flourishing condition under its present officers: A Hohn, President; Charles
Goelitzer, Vice-president; E. Lewke, Secretary; J. Grauer, Cashier. _

Lyon Post Silver Cornet Band was organized under the leadership of Prof. H. Barks,
in January. 1880. with sixteen members. A set of instruments was purchased at a nominal
sum, and meetings held in Masonic Hall. In July, 1882, they purchased a new set of instru-
ments of the celebrated maker—Wurlitzer Their first officers were: H. Barks, Leader; O.
Hale. President; H. Hager,.Secretary; N. Carden, Treasurer. tL

In the fall of 1880, the band took the second prize in a hand contest, in which many of
the best bands in Northwestern Kansas participated. In connection with the band, an or-
chestra of eleven pieces was organized, with C. F. Barks as first violin, in February, 1t81.
The society at present is in a prosperous condition, and is a credit to the place. :

Marysville Cemetery Association was incorporated, with a capital stock of $2,900, in
September, 1878, by W. 1. Smith, P. Hutchinson, F. Linn, G. F. Hamilton, James 8. Magill.
T Hughes, J. A. Griffes. D P. Clark, E. Hutchinson, L. W.Libby. At the first regular
meeting the following officers were elected: P. Hutchinson, President; C. T. Mann, Sccre-
tary; W.H. Smith, Treasurcr Directors: P. Hutchinson, L. W. Libby, W. H. Smith, E.
Hutchinson, T. Hughes. 3 ; ,

In October, of the same year, a tract of forty acres adjacent to the city was purchased,
and $15.000 have been spent in improvements. Present officers: &. Hutchinson, President;
J.B. Winkler, Treasurer; Cal. T. Mann, Secretary. Dire tors: W.H Smith, J B. Winkler,
P. Hutchinson, W. Lofinck, £. Hutchinson. The association is ina prosperous condition,

NEWSPAPERS, BANKS AND HOTELS.

The Palmetto Kansan, the first paper printed in the county, was established December
18, 1857, at Marysville. The material of the establishment was formerly employed in the
publication of the Lecompton Union, and the ottice was owned by the “Palmetto Town
Company,” composed of F. J. Marshall. J. S. Magill and others. J. E. Clardy was em-
ployed as editor and pwblisher. The paper was a Democratic Pro-slavery organ. Mr Clardy
coutinued its publication for seven months, when the p per suspended. In 1858, an effort
was made to resuscitate it, under the name of the Marysville Democrat, by a Mr. Childers,
but the effort was short-lived. et 223

The Democratic Platform. was first issued at Marysville in the early part of 1859, by P.
H. Peters and R. 8. Newell, and in December of that year B. C. Manning became one of its
proprietors. In May following Mr. Manning obtained the entire control of the paper,
changing its politics to Republican, but retaining its original name. July 31. 1800, the build-
ing in which the paper waa printed was entirely destroyed and the material scattered by a
violent tornado. In the fall of the same year Peters gathered the fragments together and
resumed the publication of the Platform, continuing it until the breaking out of the war
in 1861. A

The Big Blue Union was founded upon the ruins of the defunct Platform, in 1861, by
G, D. Swearingen. 1t was a Republican paper, and was continued by, Mr. Swearingen until
August, 1868, when it was purchased by E. UC. Manning. who had returned from the army.
He conducted the Union until December, 1865, when the publication was suspended, and in
January, 1866, he removed the material to Manhattan

In July or Angust, 18#2, P. H. Peters purchased the press and fixtures of the Palermo
Ledger, removed them to Marysville and established the Constitutional Gazetteer. The
office was destroyed by a squad of Union soldiers soon after andthe proprictor lodged in the
guard-house at Fort Leavenworth, but was released two days after.

In 1864, the Znterprise was started at Marysville, by T. W. Baker, P. H. Peters and J.

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S. Magill. It was independent in politics with strong Democratic feelings, The paper con-
tinued under these auspices until the summer of 1867, when Peters became sole proprietor,
and the Znterprise was changed to a se paullven paper. It continued until some time in
1868, when it was sold to George C. Crowther, who removed the establishment to Irving

In the fall of 1869, the Locomotive was started at Marysville by the irrepressible Peters,
who continued it until some time in 1870, when he sold out to Thomas Hughes, who changed
its name to the Marshall County News. and conducted it as a Republican journal. Mr.
Hue remained sole proprietor until January 1, 1881, when he sold his interest to CE.
Tibbetts and George T. Smith, who conducted the paper until January 2, 1882, when Mr.
Tibhetts retired, leaving G. T. Smith, its present owner, as sole proprietor. The News is an
pe a folio, Republican in politics, and devotes itself to the best interests of the
county.

September 1, 1881, the first number of the Marysville Signal was issued by A. E Powers,
formerly connected with the Villisca, Iowa, Review. The Signal is a six-column quarto,
independent Republican in politics, and by its able editorials, and strict attention to home
interests. hus secured a large circulation,

The first number of the Marysville Post was issued July 23, 1881. by the Marysville Post
Company, William Becker, editor, a weekly perodien eight-column folio, printed in the
German language, and is the only one of the kind published in northwestern Kangas.

Postofice.—The postoftice at Marysville can trace its origin back to the time when this
Western country was first opened for settlement—in Territorial days. November 11, 1854,
the office was established, Francis J. Marshall being appointed Postmaster The subse-
quent appointments have been: Peter Valiton, March 12, .858; John W. Childross, Novem-
ber 8, 1858; Jacob S Goble, May 24. 1859; Russell J. Newell, February 16, 1860; Edwin C.
Manning, April 25, 1861; Jacob Weisbach, November 21,1861: Thomas W. Waterson, April
13, 1864: Alexander Campbell, July 5, 1865; Charles H. Heighton. March 26, 1868; Alexander
Campbell. October 19, 1868; William H. Smith, the present incumbent, received his appoint-
ment February 27, 1871.

Apropos: the oldest post office in the State is Fort Leavenworth, which was established
May 29. 1828, under the name of Cantonment, in what was then known as La Platte County.
Mo. The next postoffice established in what is now known as Kansas, was at Fort Scott.
then in Bates Country, Mo., on March 3, 1843. Following that came the establishment of
the postoflice at Marysville, in 1854. Hence it may be stated that Marysville can claim the
honor of having the first postoffice in the State of Kansas, which cannot be disputed, as
above duta is compiled from official records. Postoffice Money Order No. 1, waa issued
August 6, 1866, and was purchased by G _W. Transue. :

The Exchange Bank, the oldest banking institution in the county, was established at
Marysville in March, 1870, by Schmidt & Koester, who, for ten years previous, were engaged
in an extensive mercantile business in the place. Its facilities for doing a genera] bankin,
business are unsurpassed, having correspondents in the principal Eastern cities. -The ban
is now located in its new quarters—in Schmidt’s new building, one of the finest business
blocks in the West. The banking-room has an area of 589 feet. and its appointments are in
accordance with institutions of a simi ar kind in Eastern cities. Furnished with private offices
and vaults, and using the Yale time-lock, it is one uf the best equipped banks in the State.

The Marshall County Bank, was incorporated under the laws of the State October &,
1880, with a cash capital of $50,000. Its first officers were B. L. Harding, President; C C.
Southerland, Cashier; G. P. Millis, Assistant Cashier; Directors: Perry Hutchinson. Aug.
Hohn, B. lL. Harding, H. Stenis, C C. Southerland. December 1, 1881, C. C. Southerland
resigned his position as cashier and was succeeded by H. G. Burrogs.

August 1, 1-82, under a new management, the bank was operated by the following
officers: M. S. Smalley, President; ?. Hutchinson, Vice-president; E. R. Fulton, Cashier.
Directors: A. Hohn, H. G. Burrogs, P. Hutchinson, M.S. Smalley, E.R Fulton. Supplied
with the Sargent & Greenleaf time-lock, and other banking facilities, it is making the repn-
tation of a first-cluss banking institution

The first established hotel in Marysville was in a building erected for that purpose in
1859, by A. G. Barrett. The building was constructed of rough native lumber, and cost
about $4,000. This building, in 1861, was leased to Perry Hutchinson, who ran it a scason,
when it was purchased by Joseph Cottrell, who operated it under the name of the ‘ Tre-
mont House,”’ until 1878, since which time it has been uncer the management of differ-
ent parties.

The Sherman House, was opened in 1870, in » frame building 16x 24 feet, by G. D.
Swearingen. Jn 1875, an addition. three stories. 30x40 feet, was added at an expense of
$7,000. In 1880, Mr. Swearingen leased the building to R. R. Kelley, its present manager.

MANUFACTURES.

Excelsior Roller Mills —One of the industries of Marysville and of Marshall County are
the mammoth flonring mills of Perry Hutchinson. In 184, Mr. Hutchins n built on tke
east side of the Blue River, opposite the present mill, a two and one-half story frame build-
ing, 2’x60 feet. The first floor he occupied as a saw-mill. and in the second story he placed
two run of burrs, with which he did ‘‘ custom work.’ This combination mill was operated
by him until 1467, when, on the west bank of the river. he erected a three-story stone strnct-
ure, 40x80 feet. In the construction of this building 1,100 perch of stone were used, and wien
completed employed five rnn of burrs, with a capacity of one hundred barrels of flour per
day, This mill, as well as the first one. was run by water-power furnished by the Blue River.
In order to furnish the new mil] with sufficient power Mr. Hutchinson was obliged to con-
struct a tunnel. which, at that time was one of the greatest undertakings in the West. This
tunnel forms # semi-circle under the bank, and the mil] stands directly over the shaft. The
reservoir, from the mouth of the shaft, is ninety feet long, twenty-four feet wide, and eight
feet high. and is capable of containing a body of water the weight of which is equal to a
pressnre of one hundred tons. The tunnel itself, including a canal at its inlet and outlet, is
435 feet in length, 185 feet of which are cut through solid rock.

In the summer of 18*2. the entire mill was re-modeled and enlarged at an expense of
$40.00. Seventeen pairs of Stevens’ improved rollers, manufactured at Buffalo, N. Y.,
were put in operation, which gives the mill a capacity of 250 barrels of flour every twenty-
four hours.

In 1878, a switch was built from the niain line of the Saint Joe & Western railway—a
distarce of 6.1.00 feet—to his mill, and cars are loaded and unloaded at the mill. The flour
manatsetared by these mills is of a superior brand, and is shipped in large quantities to

rope.

Cigars.—The manufacture of cigars is carried on extensively in Marshall County. in
which there are four factories. Of the three located at Marysville, the factory of Charles
F. Pusch is the oldest and largest. Jn 1879, the factory of Charles E. Bendel was estab-
lished, and has been in active operation up to date. Henry Weidermeyer, of the firm of
Bendel & Weidermeyer, opened the third factory in May, 1882. [For further information,
see biographies ] :

Brick —The manufacture of brick first commenced in 1869-70, by Thomas Cooper, who
established a brick-yard, with a capacity of 300,000 per season, in the southern part of the
city, and operated it five years. In the spring of 1882. he opened a yard on the south bank
of Spring Creek, and during the season manufactures 6,000 brick per day.

Other Industries.—Marysvillv has an iron foundry, and a brewery, both of which were,
until 1882, in operation.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

PROF. H. P. ALEXANDER, principal of the Marysville schools, was born in Hunt-
ingdon County, Pa.. in 1866. Was educated at Lewisburg University, going out of the in-
stitution in 1859. Wasalso a student at the Millersburg (Pa.) Nora School, graduatin
trom that school in 1864. He began teaching in Bareville, Pa., in 1859, and alternate
teaching with his Normal course. He next taught at Service, in his native State, from 1866
to 1873, and was County Superintendent at the same time. In 1873, he removed to Marys-
ville, and has been principal of these schools ever since, winning an honorable place among
the teachers of the State. Mr. A. served three months in the Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, Company E. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. Was married, December 25,
1863, in Green Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, by D. James Clark, to Miss Hattie
Kunkel, Children: Mary J., aged fourteen years; H. Bessie, eleven years; Minnie A., nine
years; Maggie B., six years; Mattie O., one and a half years.

ALVIN ARAND is a native of the Czar’s empire. He was born in Muhchausen, Thuer-
ingen, Russia, on April 5, 1836. Was educated in Germany, and learned the business of
manufacturing woolen goods. Caine to America in 1854, and in 1861 enlisted in the army
for the three months’ service, in Company B, of the Ninth Ohio Infantry, re-enlisting for
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three years on the 27th day of May. Served out his enlistment. After the war, settled
at Vevay, Ind., and on March 1, 1866, married Phoebe Teppe. They have children—Frank,
born January 27, 1877; Charles, December 23, 1869; Nettie, July 23, 1879. He belongs to
the Marshall County pene Masonic fraternity, and A. O. U. W.

W.H. ARMSTRO. County Clerk, was born at Carrollton, Green Co., Ill., in 1842,
and is now forty years old, and continued to live there until 1861, when he enlisted in Com:
pany A of the Sixty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as private. His first battle was Shiloh,
April 6 and 7, 1862; soon after he was promoted to the office of lieutenant. He was made
captain in 1862, and commanded the company until mustered out of service. He served
three years and ten months in all, winning an honorable record as a soldier. After the
war, he settled in Lafayette County, Wis., and was elected Clerk of the District Court in
1868, In 1872, was elected Representative to the State Legislature. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, having attained to the degrees of R. A. and K.T. Mr. Armstron
moved from Wisconsin to Irving, in Marshall County, in the apne of 1876. He was electe
to the office of County Clerk in 1879, and re-elected in 1881. e is a man of large means,
liberal opinions and actions, and has an honorable record as an officer and a man.

M. BARLOW, merchant, is a native of the Green Isle, being born at Roscommon, Ire-
land, in 1842, He emigrated to the land of the free in 1850, Settled first in Connecticut.
Served in the Union army during the war. In 1870, came to Marysville, and began trade
as a merchant, carrying a Sere stock. Mr. Barlow was married in January, 1868, to
Tillie J. Wright, of Omaha, Neb. They have one child, Mina,Jborn September 15, 1868. Is
a member of the I. O. O. F.

WILLIAM BECKER, editor of the Marysville Post, was born in Fritzlar, Hessia, Ger-
mania, January 13, 1838. In 1849, removed with his parents to Hamburg; in 1859, entered
the Hessian army in the First Regiment of Hussars; served until August, 1862, when he re-
turned to Hamburg, where he lived until 1866, when he came to the United States, Set-
tled first at Chicago, but came, in 1869, to Sabetha, Kan. In 1890, removed to Marysville,
where he now resides. Mr. Becker is an experienced newspaper man, and edited with dis-
tinguished ability a paper in Illinois. In 1880, he became editor of the Post, a German
paper published at Marysville, and in 1882, also became editor of the Marshall County
Democrat, also published at the same place—both papers having a wide and large circula-
tion. The Post is sent to every postoftice in Kansas, to all parts of the United States and
Germany. The Democrat is the only Democratic paper published in Marshall County. Mr.
Becker was married in this country, May 18, 1869, at Joliet, Ill.,to Miss Mary Christine
Kaffer, but soon after the moarriage the wife was stricken, and died August 3, 1873, He was
married again, March 26, 1874, to Miss Mary Eleonore O’Mara. There were two children
from his first wife—Lucy, born April 11, 1870, and Florence, born January 28, 1872; the
latter died October 2, 1879. With his present wife he has four children—Dorethea, born
July 8, 1875; Agathe, born July 9, 1877; Jeanette, born April 9, 1879, and William John
Theodore, born May 9, 1880.

ES E. BENDEL, ks manufacturer, was born in Dayton, Ohio, December 28,
1852. In 1857, removed to Marshall County, Kan. Commenced business as a cigar manu-
facturer in 1879. Is proprietor of Factory No, 256, District of Kansas. Employs four hands.
Has a fine trade through Western Kansas and Nebraska. Was married, June 21, 1879. Has
re Sens Bas, orn May 21, 1880; George, born June 21, 1881. Is a member of

DR. W. F. BOYAKIN is one of the solid men of Marshall County. He was born in
Anson County, N. C., in May, 1807. Attended Mary College, Tennessee, and graduated in
1826. Studied law with Gov. Bramlette and James K. Polk, afterward the thirteenth Presi-
dent of the United States. Began practice in 1827, at Pulaski, Giles Co., Tenn., his partner
being Aaron B. Brown, afterwards Postmaster General during the administration of Presi-
dent Polk, the style of the firm being Brown & Boyakin. After practicing law for afew
years, studied medicine, graduating from the Transylvania (Ky.) University in 1832. Set-
tled in Jacksonville, Lll., in 1834, and remained in the practice there until 1868, when he
came to Marshall County, settling there in 1869, and has practiced his profession there
since. Was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1878 and 1880. Dur-
ing the time he resided in Illinois, traveled in South America, California, and Oregon. Dr,
Boyakin isa Royal Arch Mason, and amember of the I. 0. G. T. Heisa gentleman oftalent,
fine education, and genial manners. The people of Marshall County honor themselves
more than him by electing him to office.

DAVID IK, farmer, P.O. Oketo, was born in England March 5, 1825. In 1850
he came to America; is a brickmaker, but is now engaged in farming.
at Galena, Ill. In 1871 came to Kansas, and lived for a year in Washington County. In
1872 settled ten miles northeast of Marysville on a splendid half section of land, which is
now a grand, good farm. In 1882 built a fine residence. Is a progressive farmer, and good
citizen. Was married October 18, 1855, and has eleven children—David James, Luella,
Emma, Orpha, Joseph, Lionel, Agnes, Charles, Frank and Florence (twins) and Jessie.

WILLIAM DOUGHERT , builder, was born in Ireland, November 28, 1836, and came
to America May 5, 1868, first locating in Cleveland, Ohio, and in March, 1871, moved to
Marshall County, Kan., and in 1879 first located in the town of Marysville, and commenced
the business of contractor and builder. Mr. Doughserty held the office of Township Treas-
urer and School Director. He was married in Dungennon, County Tyrone, Ireland, to Eliza-
beth McGerr, now deceased. He was married the second time to Mary A. Dennehy, Feb-
ruary 19, 1882, in Marshall Co., Kan.

F. L. DOW, dealer in farm implements, was born in Illinois, July 29, 1845, and moved
to Marshall County, Kan., in 1872, where he farmed until November, 1882, when he and his
partner established their present business house under the firm name of Dow & Brenman,
and are now doing a flourishing business in the sale of agricultural implements. Mr. Dow
was elected Township Trustee in 1876, and again elected in 1879; also held office of Town-
ship Clerk. Married in Illinois on Oct. 18, 1867, and~has one child—Newell E., born
January 13, 1870. Isa Master and Royal Arch Mason and amember of the Knights of Honor,

EMIL G. DRAHEIM, grocer, was born at Bromberg, Prussia, October, 23, 1849, came to
America in 1873, Jang tae on the 15th day of February. First settled at Milwaukee,
Wis., remaining there until October, 1874, when he removed to Marysville. After clerking
for two years he went into the business of general merchant on_his own account, taking
a partner, Mr. H. Dargatz, the style of the firm being Dargatz & Draheim. After being in
business for fifteen months, he sold his interest and united his business ventures with Aug.
Hohn. The firm was organized and began business in 1877, and is still prospering. Mr.
Draheim is a Turner, belongs to the A. O, U. W., and I. 0. O, F. Was married in Marys-
ville, in 1879, to Dora Wollschleger. Their children are a8 follows—Walter, born July 10,
1880; Oscar, born February 24, 1882. *

A. G. EDWARDS, M. D., was born in Bardstown, a September 15, 1886, and with
his parents moved to Clark County, Ill., in 1840. Attende Pope's Medica College in St.
Louis, Mo., in 1859-’60 and ’61, graduating the spring of the last named year; enlisted
in the United States army, July 28, 1861, as Assistant Acting Surgeon, where he re-
mained until 1863, when he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, Fifty-first Missouri
Volunteer Infantry, serving until 1865, when he moved to Marysville, Marshall Co., Kan.,
where he now resides. Is a member of the Masonic Order, and has held _ the office of Mas-
ter. Married in St. Louis in April, 1864, and has one child—Lillian B., born in February,

1865.

J.D. FARWELL, eo Recorder, was born July 22, 1832, in. Soe County, N.
Y. In 1853 he removed to Whitesides County, Ill., where he remained teaching and ieee
ing until he came to Marshall County, Kan., in 1868. In 1879 he was elected County Re-
corder, and re-elected in 1881 to the same position. Mr. Farwell is a member of the Masonic
fraternity. He was married in the State of Ilinois, to Miss Lydia Hollinshead, October 20,
1855, and had three children—Etta N., Alice E. and Elmer S. His first wife died July 16,
1866. He was married again July 3, 1867, in Lewis County, N. Y., to Abba Hartwell. They
have two children living—Fred H. and Lowena May. :

W.S. GLASS, lawyer, was born near Napoleon, Ripley Co., Ind., in 1856. In 1871 he
removed to Mount Sterling, [ll., residing there until completing his education. His liter-
ary education was acquired at Wabash olla, Indiana, and his legal education at the Uni-
versity of Iowa, graduating from the law college in June, 1879. In November of that year
came to Mampevitts, Kan., and has his ea since at that place. Mr Glass
is a member of the A. O. U. W., and Beta Theta, Pi; Tau Chapter. He is a young attorney,
rapidly gaining a prominent position in the ranks of this most honorable profession. Is a
member of the present Kansas Legislature for the Fifty-fourth District.

AUG. HOHN, grocer, was born at Renisch, Prussia, in 1844, came to America in 1868,
stopping for a short time in Illinois, and in 1869 came to Marshall County, Kan., engaged
in Feuine: in 1870 moved to Marysville, and was a clerk until 1875, in which year he
engaged in the retail/grocery trade with Mr. Draheim, the firm name being Hohn & Dra-

First settled ”

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

heim. Mr. Hohn has been successful in his business ventures and has amassed a large

roperty. The building and stock of goods now owned by the firm is worth about $15,000.
He was Town Clerk, in 1877, and County Commissioner in 1878-’82. He is a Royal Arch Mason,
and President of the Turners’ society of Marysville. He was married in Marshall County,
January, 1870, to Miss M. Zimmerman. They have four children—Hugo, born November
12, 1870; Arthur, April 10, 1875; Mina, August 13, 1877, and Emil, December 11, 1879.

HON. PERRY HUTCHINSON, one of the most solid citizens of the town of Marys-
ville, is a native of ee County, N. Y. He first went to Wisconsin and then to
Jowa, and finally permanently settled at Marysville. His first work in Kansas was in husk-
ing corn for two per centum of his labor, corn being worth then 40 cents per bushel.
Bought a ranch seven miles east of Marysville, where he lived until 1861, when he moved
to the old American House in Marysville. He made money keeping hotel, and soon pur-
chased eighty acres of land where his mil] now stands, paying for it $3,000. Remained in
the hotel till 1862, when he raised a company of volunteers and entered the army. Mr.
Hutchinson was Captain of the company which was designated Company E, Thirteenth
Kansas Infantry; was in the service twenty months, then resigned, returning to Marysville.
Completed the dam across the Blue, which had been commenced before going to the war.
He built a mil] 16x20 feet, and a dwelling house 14x20. He continued to reside in this house
until 1871, when he erected his present palatial residence, which is one of the finest in
Northern Kansas. In 1867 he built the present mill, which is 40x80 feet, four-stories high.
In 1877 he built an elevator 36x120 feet, three-stories high, having a Eepeelty of
50,000 bushels. In 1878 built a side track from the St. Joe. & estern Railroad
to his mill and elevator which is over a milein length; feeds 200 head of cattle annually. He
was elected State Senator in 1879, and is now in office holding four years, He is a Mason.
Was married in New York, December 19, 1855, to Lydia'J. Barber. They have three chil-
dren—Frank W., born in August, 1858; Ettie, born in 1867, and Wallace, born November 6,
1871. Mill rebuilt to roller system and enlarged, 1882. Capacity, 300 barrels.

R. N. KING, merchant, was born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1842; learned the trade
of harness-maker in his native State and county, and in February, 1870, moved to Kansas,
first settling in Brown County, and in July, 1870, moved to Marysville, where he has since
resided. He, in connection with Mr. Duigenan, established a business under the firm name
of Duigenan & King, in that year. In 1878 the firm was dissolved. Mr. King began to
work for T. McCoy, until 1880, when he went into business again on his own account. Mr.
King started with but little capital, but by economy and industry has established a Jaree
trade, which annually pays him a handsome profit. He was married in 1864, to Miss Martha
E. McAtee. They have two children—Loyal, born July 9, 1876, and Bertha, born June 18, 1879.

CHARLES F. KOESTER, Mayor, came to Marysville, Kan., in 1860, and is one of the
early settlers. At the age of twenty-one years he was elected Register of Deeds for Mar-
shall County, to which office he was successively re-elected for a term of eight To and
in 1870 was elected County Treasurer for two terms, retiring as an accomplishe and hon-
orable clerical officer. Mr. Koester was a prominent candidate for the office of State Treas-
urer in 1874, but declined the nomination tendered him. In 1876 he was a member of the
Kansas State Centennial Commission, at Philadelphia, and by his earnestness ministered
materially to its eminent success. He has been for several terms Mayor of the city of
Marysville, and is cashier of the Exchange Bank; owns a valuable business block with
a liberal list of country real estate. Mr. Koester is a man of quick, clear percep-
tion, excellent judgment, delicate sensibilities, strong and tender friendships. Noman
a this region has warmer and stronger friends, or enjoys a higher degree of popular con-

ence. *

ERNEST LANGE, cabinet-maker, born in Prussia, January 18, 1853, came to America
in 1877, and settled in Marshall County. Worked as a journeyman cabinet-maker, and in
1879 began business for himself. Has a partner, Mr. Fred Gliss. The firm manufacture
and are general dealers in furniture, coffins, etc. Also own a hearse, and offer their ser-
vices to the community as undertakers. Mr. Lange is a member of the Turnverein and
Senger society of Marysville. He was married March 27, 1880, to Miss Minnie Rhodes.
Has one child—Emma, born February 1, 1881. :

LEROY W. LIBBY, County Commissioner, was born in Cumberland County, Me., Jan-
nary 25, 1847; was educated at Kent’s Hill Seminary, Maine, and in September, 1869, came
to Marysville, and was Principal of the Marysville schools for a year. In September, 1870,
engaged as bookkeeper to Perry Hutchinson, at the mill. Was with Mr. Hutchinson until
1872, and in July of that year formed a copartnership with Mr. Smith, and opened a gro-
cery store. He is a member of the K. of H. Was married June 30, 1871, at Fox Island, to
Miss Abbie E. Manson. Their children are—Lendell C., aged ten years; Mary A., eight,
Herbert M., six; Walter W., four; Ethel L., three; and Edith E., two years. Mr. Libby
was elected County Commissioner in 1881, and is now in office.

WILLIAM LOFINCK, merchant, entered the Union army when but seventeen years of
age, enlisting in Company~A, of the Forty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In June,
1863, at the age of nineteen years, he was promoted by President Lincoln to the office of
First Lieutenant of Company D, Sixty-first United States Colored Infantry. In 1865 was
transferred to Company F of the same regiment, and was promoted to Captain. He was
mustered out in January, 1866. His record as a soldier is clear of all stain, and is worthy
of honorable mention, He came to Marysville in 1871, engaging in the mercantile busi-
ness, which he has since continued. In 1881 he was elected Treasurer of Marshal] County.
He ts a member of the Masonic fraternity, K. of H., and of theG. A. R. Was married to
Miss Agnes Goelitz, January 29, 1867, at Waterloo, Ill. They have one child—Amanda,
born February 10, 1868.

JAMES S. MAGILL, City Clerk, was born in St. Mary's County, Md., on the first day of
May, 1821. Was educated at Charlotte Hall College, in same county. In 1845 he removed
to Georgetown, 8. C., and was a merchant there until 1848, when he moved to Savannah,
Ga., changing from general merchandise to the silk and fancy goods trade. In 1851 re-
moved his business to Marictta, where he ultimately failed. In 1853 returned to Savannah,
and remained until May, 1856, when he came to Marshall County, Kan. Before entering
trade, and while in Maryland, had studied law with John M. §. Causine, at Leonardtown;
in his native county. He was one of the first settlers on the Big Blue River in Marshall
County, and opened the first farm on Horseshoe Creek. In 1859 was elected a member of
the Legislature from Marshall and Washington Counties. In 1856 he was appointed Clerk
of the District Court, sitting for Marshall County, which office he held unti] Kansas was
admitted as a state. Entered the practice of law at Marysville in 1857. In 1865 was electe
County Treasurer, serving four years. Has been a Justice of the Peace in Marshall County
for a quarter of acentury. Was Police Judge for four years, and City Clerk of Marysville
for the last four years, and is still in office. Judge Magill was married in Georgetown, S. C.,
May 11, 1847, to Miss Ella M. Christian, who was fifteen years old at the time of her mar-
riage. Their children are—Dora, married, living in Sherman,Texas; Loyal S., married, living

n Marysville, age twenty-nine years; Hettie A., married, living in Marysville; and three
living at home: Harry W_, age seventeen years, Nellie F. P., fourteen, and James S., twelve.
OHN MERKLINGHAUS, book-keeper. was born in Prussia, October 5, 1848. Came to
America in the fall of 1865, and settled in La Salle Couty, Ill., and moved to Marshall County,
Kan., in the spring of 1869, and first engaged in farming.’ In December, 1875, moved to
Marysville, and has been clerking ever since. In 1880 was Deputy Register of Deeds of
Marshall County. Mr. Merklinghaus has been engaged in a lumber office in Marysville for
several years as book-keepcr, salesman and manager, etc., and is now working for the
Marysville Lumber Company. He is a member of the Masons, Knights of Honor and Turner
societies. Was married in Marshall County, Kan., in December, 1874, to Regina Schiff-
bauer, and has one child—Otto, born October 1, 1875. .

G. MESSALL, soda water manufacturer, was born in Posen, Prussia, December 27,
1843; came to America in 1869; is a miller by trade, and has practiced his trade both in
Germany and America; settled first in Wisconsin, and remondl to Marshall County, Kan.,
in 1870, and engaged in Perry Hutchison’s mill, where he worked eleven years. March 1
1882, he began business as a manufacturer of soda water. He bottles and sells a thousand
cases per month, also' owns and operates a fine farm near Marysville. He was married
August 10, 1870, to Miss Amelia Stetnish. They have two children—Richard, born January
12, 1874; and Frank, born February 5, 1876.

WYATT MILLIKAN, engineer, was born in Logan County, Ill., October 6, 1847. At
the age of ten years removed to Henry County, Iowa, where he lived seven years; educated
in the public schools of Illinois and Iowa. In’ 1863 moved to Missouri, and in 1869 came to
Marshall County, Kan. Taught school near Irving for four years. In 1871 was elected
County Surveyor for the term of two years. Again became a teacher, but in 1878 was
appointed by the Governor, County Surveyor in pice of Mr. Parmalee, resigned. Again, in
1879, was elected for the full term. Retired from officein January, 1881. In August of
same year was appointed to the staff of the Engineer's Corps of the U. P. R. R. Has been
MARSHALL COUNTY.

engaged in running lines for satd: company through Wyoming and Utah. Is now a practi-
cal engineer, and offers his professional services to those seeking help in his line Was
ree a May, 1870, to Miss Mary Ockerman, at Frankfort, Have one child—Edna, ten
years old,
FRED. W. MOELLER, auctioneer, was born in Germany, on the 7th day of April, 1843.
Came to America in 1858, and first located in Illinois. In eos emigrated to Ancyevitle.
Marshall County, Kan., where he has remained ever since, engaged in the business of anc-
tioneer, Is a member of the Knights of Honor and the Turner Society. Married in Will
County, Ill., July 26, 1868, Mary Holle. They have seven children—Mary, Christina, Emma,
Charles, Fred, Phillips and Henry.

A. P. MOHR, proprietor marble works, was born in Walworth County, Wis., May 8,
1844, Lived there thirty-four years. Was a farmer and pump-maker. In April, 1878, came
to Marysville and engaged in marble business, Is the proprietor of the first marble works
opened in Marshall County. Has a fine trade in Marshall and adjoining counties in Kansas
and Nebraska. Has in stock Italian and American marble and granite. Enlisted, January
22, 1862, in Company Kx, of the Second Wisconsin Cavalry. Served in Trans-Mississi pi
Department. From disability, caused by sunstroke while in the line of duty, he was dis-
charged from service, October 4, 1862. Was married July 20, 1868, to Miss Anna D, Nensell.
Have two children—Emma, born May 12, 1869, and Nellie, born May 4, 1873.

JOHN MOSHISKEY, nurseryman, was born in Russia, near Moscow, February 30,
1846, and in the fall of 188 came’ to America and located at Gilman, Ill., remaining two
and one-half years, when he moved to Doniphan County, Kan., and there remained for one
and one-half years, and then came to Marshal] County and purchased land, and established
a pune) ie the year 1872. Sales from $5,000 to $6,000 per year. Was married in February,
1882, to Magdalena Miller. Mr. Moshiskey has held the office of School Treasurer for
District No. 92. .

_A. E. POWERS, editor, was born in Medina County, Ohio, March 12, 1848. Moved to
Illinois, thence to Towa, and in 1881, moved to Marysville, Marshall Co., Kan., and estab-
lished a newspaper called the sina, September 1, 1881, and runs the same as a Republi-
can paper. Is a member of the A. O. U. W. and Odd Fellows lodges. Married in College
Springs, Iowa, November 26, 1868, to Inez Nod. They have three children—Zenetti H.,
aged eleven years; Glen R., eight years; Leona G., two years.

B. PRICK, hotel-keeper, was born in Franklin County, Ind., November 16, 1844. Set-
tled first, after leaving his native State, at Fairbury, Ill. In July, 1872, he removed to
Belleville, Kan., and engaged in the hardware trade. At this time, he and his brother es-
tablished two stores—one at Fairbury, Neb., the other at Belleville. In the fall of 1877, the
Belleville concern was removed to Marysville. In January, 1880, the firm of Price Bros,
was dissolved, the subject of this sketch taking the Marysville house,which has since been
under his sole name and management.

CHARLES F. PUSCH, cigar manufacturer, was born in Marienburg, West Prussia,
October 16, 1851, where his father was the owner of a large cigar and tobacco factory. Re-
ceived his education in a State gymnasium of that city until he was fifteen years of age.
He then entered as clerk in a large-book publishing establishment, where he remained
until he reached his seventeenth year. He then embarked upon the American steamer
‘* Arago,”’ landing in Hoboken October 20, 1868. Remained in New York City with his
father, who had preceded him, entering in a new line, his present business, until June 1,
1872. Came to Marysville in the same month, where he established his present business.
He commenced single-handed, working at the bench himself; and from time to time, as
his business increased, adding to his forces and facilities, until now he employs on an
average twenty hands. His capital stock at the opening of his business, was $1,100 in
debts. All of this has been paid, 100 cents on the dollar, and he is now worth many thou-
sands. His factory is one of the largest in the West. He is, to-day, the largest manufac-
turer in this State, having paid the government the largest amount of revenue this year.
He isan A. & M. and R. A. Mason, and a member of the K. of P. Was married to Miss
Maggie Barringer, of Troy, N. Y., June 29, 1872. They have one child, Charles Frederick
Oscar, who was born April 4, 1873. :

ALLEN REED, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born at Elizabethport, N. J., December
6, 1833. Left there in 1842; went to Canada, and from there to Australia, by way of Cape of
Good Hope. Was engaged in mining and freighting, and in 1860 returned to Canada by way
of Cape Horn. Also visited the principal points of interest in England. In Canada he car-
ried on a general mercantile business, and in 1870 went. to Kansas and first located in Mar-
shall County. Mr. Reed is the owner of 560 acres of land, and has the same well stocked. He
also has the full confidence of the people, and was elected to the State Legislature in
1874. He is a member of the Masonic Order. He was married in Newark, N. J., in 1861, to
Fannie Fredericks. Was married the second time at Reedsville, Kan., in 1879, to Susan A.
McKee. He has five children—Henry Melbourn, Frederick Allen, Augusta, Bessie, Wil-
liam S.

HON. FRANK SCHMIDT, real estate dealer, located ‘in Marysville in 1860, bringing
with him a general stock of merchandise, in which branch of trade he was eminently suc-
cessful. In 1870, he established the Exchange Bank, the first in Marshal] County, and in
connection of later years has a large line of real estate upon his real estate bulletin, and
is-the heaviest real estate dealer in this region. Mr. Schmidt is a man of plain life
and taste in general, but in making up his elegant and elaborate homestead, as well as
his spacious business blocks, expresses the love for a happy and useful life. All his public
and personal relations have been, in the highest degree, honorable. As a State Senator for
Kansas, general merchant and banker here, and a prominent worker either in public or pri-
vate relations, he is a strong, earnest and honorable man—always meting tp to his own
conyictions, always ready to do anything for the good and advancement of Marshall County.

N.S. SCHMITZ, real estate dealer, was born in Grand Duchy, Luxemburg, April 26,
1852. Came to this country, January 7, 1872, and first located in Chicago, Ill., where he
engaged in book-keeping until the spring of 1879, when he changed his location to_Marys-
ville, Marshall Co., Kan., and engaged in the reai estate and insurance business. He was
married in Chicago, May 11, 1882, to Miss Annie Birren. Mr. Schmitz is the agent for the
sale of the lands ‘belonging to the Central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company,
and has a large list of other lands, both improved and unimproved. | 7

M. M. SHEFFIELD, general merchant, was born in pip ia, Lorain Co., Ohio, Septem-
ber 10, 1851. Moved with his parents to Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1859, and to Marysville in
1878. ‘Has been engaged in trade as a retail dealer of general merchandise since settling
here. He commenced business life asa clerk, but has gradually won his way, until henow
stands at the head of one of the largest concerns in Marshall County, selling for cash $20,000
ayear, He was married to Miss Kate Matthews, June 11, 1878, in Muskegon, Mich. Their
children are—Raymond M., born March 29, 1879; Mary A., born March 6, 1881.

E. G. SMITH, lumber dealer, was born in Sagadahoc County, Me., July 30, 1857. Was
educated at the State College of Maine, leaving the institution in 1878. In May, 1881, came
to Marysville and entered the service of the Marshall County Lumbering Company as book-
keeper. In August of the same year became manager of the Marysville Lumbering Com-

any’s business. Mr. Smith is an educated, enterprising young man, made of the stuff that
8 sure to win an honorable position in the community. ;

GEORGE'T. SMITH, editor, was born in Armstrong County, Pa. Is now twenty-nine

years of age. Came to Marysville, Marshall Co., Kan., in 1874. Mr. Smith is editor and

ublisher of the Wews, published at Marysville. The News was first established in 1870, by
P. H. Peters as the Locomotive, and was under his management until October, 1872 when it
was purchased by T. Hughes, who changed the name to the News. In 1881, it was sold by
Mr. Hughes to C. E. Tibbetts and George T. Smith, who continued its publication under
the firm name of Tibbetts & Smith until Ji anuary, 1882, when the interest of Mr. Tibbetts
was purchased by his.partner, who remains the sole proprietor. February 8, 1883, Mr.
Smith also purchased the Marysville Signal, and merged it in the News. Mr. Smith was
married to Miss Kate Allen, in July, 1877, in Marshall County, Kan. They have two
children—Ora Allen, aged four years and Robert §., aged two years. Mr. Smith has been
Deputy County Treasurer four years, to the satisfaction of the people, and is an honorable
man and an honest official. ae pli. * a

W. H. SMITH, Postmaster, was born in Indiana County, Pa., December 3, 1841, an
remained in his native State until the war between the States, when he enlisted in Company
D, Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which was organized at Pittsburg in
1861, He was sergeant of his company, and took a prominent part in many of the battles,
serving three years and one month in all, Mustered out in 1865. After the war he came to
Marshall County, and was elected Representative to the Legislature in 1868, and re-elected
in 1870. Was Deputy United, States Marshal for the southern sub-district of Marshall
County, and took the census for tht year for the district. He was appointed Postmaster
in 1871, and has held the office-since that time. Marysville was the third postotfice estab-

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lished in Kansas, the first and second being respectively at Fort Leavenworth and Fort
Scott. He is a member of the G. A. R., Lyon Post. No. 9. Was married in the fall of 1871
to Miss Mary E. Allen.

T. F. SULLIVAN, lumber dealer, was born in Franklin County, Ky., April 17, 1853.
He was a student.in the Eminence College, in his native State, in the years 1874 and 1875, He
was married in 1876 to Miss Zaida Bates. They have two children—Rosa, aged five years,
and Guy, three years. Mr. Sullivan removed to Illinois, but soon thereafter removed to
Marysville, Kan. ° Established business there as the Marshall County Lumber Company.
Mr. Sullivan is doing a large business, his sales in 1881 aggregating over $40,000. The aver-
age stock on hand amounts to $20,000.

G. D. SWEARINGEN, hotel-keeper, was born in Fayette County, Pa., March 8, 1825;
moved to West Virginia, thence to St. Joe, Mo., in 1857 and to Marshall County the same

. year, and settled on aclaim near the present town of Frankfort, Marshall County, Kan., and

in 1860 went to Marysville, where he has resided ever since. In 1870 he commenced the erec-

tion of the Sherman House, of Marysville, which is now one of the best hotels in the city.

Mr. Swearingen owns 820 acres of land, in addition to being the owner of his dwelling, on

the same block that the Sherman House is situated on. as married December 10, 1851

ie Miss “ J. Shaffer, in Preston, W.Va. They have three children—Elizabeth, Belle and
corge P,

C. W. TERRY, builder, was born in Cortland, N, Y., November 23, 1%47. He moved to
Rochester, same State, then back to Cortland, where he learned the architectural trade, and
commenced doing business for himself in 1875. Came to Marysville, Marshall County,
Kan., in 1479, and engaged in the business of contractor and builder, in addition to that of
architecture. He drew the plans and specifications of the Marysville school building, Mar-
shall County Bank block, Turner Hall building, Koesler bleck, Waterson block, Price’s
dwelling, and many others. Mr. Terry was married November 25, 1-69, to Savilda Parker,
in Marathon, N. Y., and has three children—Edna, Clarence and Gertrude.

J.R. VOORHEES, Marshall County’s present Sheriff, was born in New Jersey, June
27, 1835, moved from there to Fulton County, Il., in 1853, thence to Fountain County, Ind.,
in 1856, In September, 1861, he enlisted in the United States army, Company M, First In-
diana Cavalry, and Twenty-eighth Regiment Volunteers. He remained in service until Sep-
tember, 1861, when he returned to Fountain Co., Ind., and then emigrated to Marshall
County, Kan. He was elected Sheriff of this county in 1873, and_held this office until the
epring of 1878. When his Deputy was elected in 1879, Mr. J. R. Voarhess was elected
Coun’ iy Commissioner, which office he held until he resigned in 1882, when he was again
elected to the office of Sheriff. This gentleman is a member of the Masonic order, and isa
Royal Arch Mason. He is an Odd-Fellow, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, A. 0. U.
W., and Select Knights. He was married in Fountain Co., Ind., in 1857, to Miss Martha J.
Baily, and has a family of eight children. ‘

THOMAS W. WATERSON, real estate agent, was born in Pennsylvania in 18!1. Re-
moved to Cincinnati, and thence to Doniphan County, Kan., in 1854, and to Marysville in
1860. He engaged in merchandising, in which he was eminently successful. Was the first
Mayor of Marysville, and has been re-elected four times. Was appointed the first Justice
of the Peace in the Territory of Kansas, appointed by Governor Reeder in the year
1854. Was a member of the first and second Legislatures of Kansas in 1855 and 1857. The
first Legislature convened at Pawnee, within the Fort Riley Military Reservation, and after
a session of two days, passed a bill to adjourn to the Shawnee Manual Labor School, after
a recess of ten days. The Governor, having refused to approve this measure, pocketed the
bill, and the Legislature, though away from all accommodations for civilized men, and in
a starving condition, remained in session three days longer, in order to have the bill become
a law, by the failure of the Governor to return the same within the time prescribed by the
Organic Act. The first bill passed at Shawnee, was an act to prohibit the sale of liquors

ithin one mile of the place where the Legislature wassitting. Mr. Watterson is one of
the substantial men of Marshall County, has a lage property, and is a liberal, Pe
ited citizen. He is the owner of a very fine brick business block, and is now building
another block containing two magnificent stores. : :

HON. ROBERT WHITE, Judge of Police Court, was born in Kentucky in 1811; was ad-
mitted to practice law in said State in 1840, and practiced his Roles several years, when
he was elected Judge of his county. In 1858 he emigrated to Kansas, thence to Colorado in
1864, and while there was appointed Quarterly Judge, and was afterward elected to the
same office. In 1868 the Judge moved to Marysville, Marshall County, Kan., where he was
elected Justice of the Peace, Police Judge, and was appointed Commissioner for the Dis-
trict of Kansas, and now holds the same appointment He is a member of the Masonic
ae Was married in Kentucky in 1834 to Miss Edith Goodan,
children.

HENRY E. WIEDEMEYER, cigar manufacturer, was born in Alton, Tl, February 23,
1857, and lived there mostly up to twenty years of age. Was educated in the public sciools
of that city. He first came to Marysville in 1878, and worked at the trade of cigar making;
returned the same year to Jerseyville, IJ. In 1880, he came to Marysville to stay. Be-
gan business for himself in May, 1882. He employs from three to six hands, and has a
good trade, Cer TO Eee EO ROY Cater Kansas and Nebraska. He was married, Septem-
ber 24, 187%, to Miss Katherine Wurth. They have three children—Joseph W., born June
30, 1879; Lulu, born December 8, 1880, and Maggre, born ey pieuieer 12, 1882. Mr. Wiede-
meyer belongs to I. 0. O. F., A. 0. U. W., and Select of A. O. U. W. a0

GOTTLOB ZEIGLER, general merchant, is one of the staunch German citizens of
Marshall County. He was born at Wurtemburg, Germany, March 16, 1844, coming to
America in 1848. First settled in Ohio, afterward removing to Sidney, Shelby Co., Ind.
On the 5th of September, 1861, when only seventeen years old, he enlisted in Battery M.,
First Ohio Light Artillery. He was in the army until the 13th of September, 1864, when le
was mustered out, and returning to Sidney, engaged as clerk in a store. Leaving this point.
he went to Michigan, then to Ohio, and in 186<, to Marysville, Kan., again clerking until
1869, when he engaged in the general merchandise line on his own account. He was mar-
ried at St. Joe., Mo., on the 24th of June, 1874, to Miss Lydia Banks. They have one child
—Ora, born in ‘April, 1875. .

They have eight

HERKIMER.

The little village of Herkimer is pleasantly located on a bend of Reamer
Creek, five miles northwest of Marysville, the county seat, on the St. Joseph
and Western Railroad.

Settlement.—The first settlement made in the vicinity of what is now
known as Herkimer, was by the Fredericks’ Brothers and H. Lenker, who
settled on Horseshoe Creek in 1858. They were followed in 1859 and 1860 by
H. Hibermann, the three Reamer brothers, I. and N. Holloway, James Bart-
lou, T. Koeneke and others. In 1874, through the efforts of O, Keller, a
postoffice was established under the name of Reamer Creek, F. Reamer act-
ing as postmaster. A few weeks later the office was discontinued. Some
time in 1876, the postoffice was re-established under its present appellation,
and received its name from a postoffice in New York, it being the second of
that name in the United States. O. Keller officiated as postmaster, V. W.
Emmert being the present incumbent.

In 1878, a town site was laid off on a tract of land owned by O. Keller,
who was its founder. The first business house built in the place was erected
by W. Ulch—who remained about two years. Other business enterprises
followed. ~ ; ;

Religious.—On Horseshoe Creek, five miles northwest of Herkimer, an
organization was ‘perfected of the German Lutheran persuasion, in 1869,
Rev Mr. Matheas acting as first pastor. In 1870, their-present stone edifice,
35x50 feet, was erected at a cost of $3,000. The present membership includes
cighty families; Rev. Mr. Bulluck present pastor. we

Paueation School district No. 63 was organized in 1870, and-a store

schoolhouse built. This structure was destroyed by a severe-storm in tle
922 HISTORY

spring of 1881. In the summer of 1882, a new building, 24x40 feet, with
an addition in front 8x14, was erected at a cost of $1,200.

Herkimer has the advantage of being located in the midst of a rich
agricultural community, which, by reason of its natural location, is tribu-
tary to it, and makes it one of the best shipping points in the county.

: OKETO.

A trading point located on the Big Blue River, ten miles north of
Marysville, the county-seat, on the line of the Marysville and Blue Valley
Railroad, An iron bridge spans the Blue at this point, and a dam fur-
nishes water-power for a grist-mill, owned by J. H. Chapman. Located in
a fine agricultural region, it affords good facilities as a shipping point.

BIGELOW.

Located on the line of the C. B. M. P. R’y., six miles cast of Irving and
three miles west of Barrett, was laid off in 1881. ‘The immediate occasion
for making Bigelow a point on the railroad was duc to the fine quarries of
limestone opened in the vicinity.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HENRY AMELUNXEN, merchant, Herkimer, was born in Westphalia, Prussia, Feb-
ruary 18, 1854. Educated at the Citizen’s school of Geseke, same province. Was a travel-
ing salesman for wholesale grocer, and afterward for a drug house in Cologne. In 1878 he
came to America, and settled in Cook County, Illinois. Wasa general merchant at Evans-
ton until he removed to Kansas, in 1879. In the early part of 1880 he opened a store at
Herkimer. Has a stock of general merchandise, and does a big husiness. Was appointed
Postmaster in July, 1882. Unmarried.

. W. CHAMBERS, M. D., Oketo, was born in Kane County, Illinois, September 30,
1850. Graduated from the Medical College of the University of Michigan on the 25th day
of March, 1874. Practiced at Mesilla, La Salle Co., Ill., until he removed to Marshall
County, Kansas, on the 16th of March, 1882. Resides at Oketo. Was married March 4,
1875, to Miss Mary L. Denny. Have two children—Claude Roy, born April 12, 1876, and
ane Guy, born April 1, 1877. Is a member of I. O. O. F.

. H. CHAPM. N, Oketo, was born in La Porte County, Indiana, July 28, 1886. Moved
with his parents to Waterford, Racine Co., Wis., and lived there until June 17, 1866, when
he removed to Marshall County, Kansas, and settled at the point where the new town of
Oketo now stands. In 1867 he built a saw-mill, and, in 1869, a flouring mill. He still owns
the mill property, but does not operate them himself, having them leased. In 1880 he laid
out the town of Oketo, on the left bank of the Blue River, two miles south of the Kansas
and Nebraska line. Was Postmaster for many years at this office. Owns 180 acres of very
fine bottom lands adjoining the town site. Was married July 4, 1856. Have six children—
Chauncey I., born July 2, 1857; Elmer G., July 29, 1860; Samuel E., August 30, 1862; Walter
F., July 4, 1873; Gertrude I., February 4, 1876; Bertie, November 6, 1878.

VALENTINE W. EMMERT, Postmaster, Herkimer, was born in Bedford County.
Pennsylvania, October 18, 1845. When a boy, six years of age, he removed to Illinois, and
settled in Henry County. Was educated in the high schools o: Geneseo and Mendota; taught
school in Henry County, and engaged in the grain and stock trade at Green River. Thence
he removed to Cleveland, Rock Island Co., Ill., and engaged in coal mining and general
merchandise at Happy Hollow, where he was also Postmaster. From Illinois he removed
to Iowa, and began chen Thence to St. Joe, Mo., where he engaged in buying and
shipping live stock. In 1889 he came to Herkimer, Marshall County, and opened a lumber
yard, and also buys and ships grain and stock, sells agricultural implements and coal. Was
appointed Postmaster at Herkimer in the fall of 1880. He was married to Miss“Martha J.
Morrison, of Princeton, Iowa, August 2%, 1870. They have four children—Ida May, born

ugust 1, 1871; John Philip, March 11, 1875; James Albert, May 20, 1879, and Mary Bessie,
June 11, 1882. . Emmert belongs to the Masonic order.

LEE HOLLOWAY, farmer, P. O. Herkimer. was born im Henry County, Ohio,
November 11, 1838. In 1856 he removed to Carroll County, Indiana, but in 1837 pushed on
to the young State of Kansas. Settled first in Doniphan County, and lived there until
1859, when he removed to, and permanently settled 1n, Marshall County. Lives seven miles
northwest of Marysville, on Horse Shoe Creek. Is a farmer, raising stock and grain. Was
married May 27, 1865, to Mrs. Belle Whitehead, at St. Joe, Mo. Have three children,
Thomas Whitehead, born January 1, 1864; William, born March 3', 1866; Hattie, born
November 7, 1868. Enlisted in the Union service, Company K, Second Kansas Cavalry,
November 6, 1861. Seryed in Texas, eee and the Department of the Cumberland.
His term of service hav ag ereiied, he was discharged at Little Rock, Ark., March, 1845.
Ig amember of theG. A. R.

JOHN HUBER, hardwaré dealer, Herkimer, was born in La Salle County, Illinois
June 17, 186), Educated in the common schools. In 1872 he moved to St. Joe, Mo, and
learned the tinner’s trade. In 1873 he came to Marshall County, and continued to work at
his trade for a time in Marysville. In May, 1881, he removed to Herkimer, and began busi-
ness for himself as a dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware, etc. Does a good business, and
is ae Is still unmarried.

JAMES JOHNSON, farmer. P. O. Marysville, is a native of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Was born in the City of Maskov, September 27, 1846. At the age of eleven years he came
to America. May 19, 1858, he settled on Spring Creek. and still resides on Seetion 9, Town
2, Range 8. Is a member of the Odd Fellows’ organization.

WATERVILLE.

On the C. B. M. P. Railway, one hundred miles west of Atchison and
fifteen miles southwest of Marysville, the county-seat, may be found located
on the south bank of the Little Bluc River, the city of Waterville, situated
on a gentle slope reaching back from the river and bounded on the west, and
north by large groves of timber. This point, for «a location of a town site,
could not have more appropriately been made in that vicinity.

The first settler who located near the present town site of Waterville,
was Stearnes Ostrander, early in. the spring of 1857. Ile was followed dur-
ing the same year by some half-dozen settlers, who located on Coon Creck,
a short distance west of Waterville. Among them were Ralph Ostrander,
P. Bollar, R. Brown, T. Palmer, H. Brown. Inthe spring of 1858, William
Pearson, William Hawkinsmith, John Hughes, W. Dickinson, H. Bramer
and Mrs, A. Davis located in the vicinity. During the same year, 1858,
Stephen Moore settled on the Little Blue. In 1859, J. L. McChesney, P.
Cassey and others came in and took up claims.

The first mill erected tn Waterville and vicinity was built in 1858 by
William Pearsoll. The mill was built on the site of the present flour mill,
at a place then known as Cedar Falls. Pearsoll’s mill was built on the
“combination plan” and used as both a saw and grist mill. The saw con-
sisted of the ‘“‘Mulley” patent and the grinding apparatus had a capacity
ot « few bushels per day. The mill has long since disappeared.

The melancholy death of Stephen Moore occurred in 1861. Moore, who
was returning from Marysville one bitter, cold night, got separated from his
companions and did not reach home. Harly the next morning a party was

OF KANSAS.

organized and a vigorous search instituted. He was at last found near the
mouth of Fawn Creek, sitting upright against a tree-—frozen to death,
Pioneer society in these days was rough, and this vicinity did not con-
stitute an exception. Dancing seemed to be the favorite amusement. No
dance could take place without the usual amount of whisky to keep up the
enthusiasm of the dancers, : : me
The original owner of the land on which the town site of Waterville is
now located, was David C. King, who subsequently conveyed it to G. H.
Hollenberg; Hollenberg conveyed it to William Osborn, who transferred the
title to R. M. Pomeroy and others, who made a conveyance to the Central
Branch Railroad Company.
In February, 1868, the town site was surveyed by O. B. Gunn, then
Chief Engineer of the C. B. U. P. Henry Agle bought the first Waterville
lot and erected the first house in town. “ :
During the spring of 1868, Messrs. Hutt, Niggley, Peters, McCubbin,
Fratour, Newell and others built business houses. In 1869, the town grew
rapidly. In 1870, doubled in size, business and population. ;
W. P. McCubbin occupied a building as a store moved from Marysville
by J. Samuels, in spring of 1868. The first birth occuring on the town site
was that of Frank, a son of J.C. Peters, who was born October 6, 1869.
This birth was preceded by the marriage of John Dunbar and a Miss Hurd,
October, 1868, the ceremony being performed by C, F,. Thorndyke, Justice
of the Peace. -The first death was that of Mrs. James Hurd, in August,
1869.
INCORPORATION.

July 30, 1870, Waterville wax incorporated in accordance with the State law that made
it a town or village. A. Fromm was elected the first President of the Village Board. In
accordance, by an act passed by the State Legislature, Waterville became a city of the third
class in April, 1871, and has since retained its organization as such. The following is the
official roster of the town: ,

Mayor.—187|-5. James P. Burtis; 1876, F. Mills; 1877, S S. Altschul; 1878, N. B. Thomp-
son; 1819, J. P. Burtis; 1880-2, J W. Sharrard. ag

Councilmen.—1871, M. J Scott, W. Haskell, A. Simis, Jr., H. Zeller, J. Flannery;
1872-3, N. M. Hinman, M. J. Scott, J. C. Peters, A. Simpson, A. Simis; 1874, J.O Flan-
nery, C. LL. Burtis, 8. S. Altschul, M. Niggley, W. W. Smith; 1875, J. C. Dickey, F Mills,
J. C. Peters, M. J Scott. W. LL. Woodf rd; 1876, W. L, Woodford, M. J. Seott, M.
Miburger, G. Thedick, H W. Pierson; 1877, W. L. Woodford, H W_ Pierson, N.B Thomp-
son, M J. Scott, W. H Barton; 1878 M. J. Scott, W.J, Rommel, R. Smith, J. C. Dickey,
C. H. Piillips; 1879, W. H Barton, J. D. Flannery, H. E Cowgill, C. F Sconten. 8. M,
Hurlbert; 1880, G. Stevenson, C. F. Scouten, J. J. Sproul, G. H Hall, M. J. Scott; 1881, M,
J. Scott, G. Stevenson. Sr.,C. F Scouten. coos Hall, J J. Sproul; 1882, C. F. Scouten, G,
S. Hall. M J. Scott, T. B. Powers, J J. Sproul.

Police Judge.—.871-3, F. Spaulding; 1874-5, J. W. Sharrard; 1876-9, A. G. Mudgett;
1880-2. T. Breckinbridge.

Clerk.—1871. J. T Saxton; 1872-8, Robert Campbell; 1874-7, W P. Mudgett; 1878, J.
W. Sharrard; 1879, W. P. Mudgett; 1-80-1, E. A. Berry; 1882, J. M Searles

Treasurer.—1871, W Haskell; 1872-8, H. Zeller; 1874, C. L. Burtis; 1875-7, W. L Wood-
ford; 18:8. W. J. Rommel; 1879, H. E. Cowgill; 1 2,G 8. Hall.

Marshal.—1872-8, J. Zise; 1874, F. Mills; 1875, C. F. Scouten; 1&7, C. H. Woodford;
1877, J. W. Hutt; 1878, 8S. L. McComb; 1879, A. Alexander; 1880-1, W. R Wilson; 1882,
A, Kunz.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The educational interests were looked afer soon after the location of the town. In the
summer of 1869 a school was taught by Miss F Hartwell, in a building known as the Luth-
eran Church. Inthe winter of 1869-70, a frame schoolhouse was erected at a cost. of $1,500,
G. B. Vroom being the fir-t teacher. He was succeeded by Mr. Griffin in 1872. During the
same year a new schoojhouse was built. 40x5° feet, two stories, with basement; four rooms.
The building, the finest in that part of the county, was built of limestone, at a cost of $12,-
000. J. Potter was the first principal in the new building, and was succeeded in order men-
tioned by Messrs. Winans, Sanders, Stanley, Winans, Holland and Van Vliet, who is the
present incumbent

Methodist Episcopal Church.—Services were held by the Methodist persuasion as early
as 1868. when they used the railroad depot. In the winter of 1868, Rev M.D. Tenney or-
patlzed achurch with nine members, among whom were J D. Farwell, W. L. Johnson,

. T Bennett, J. W Pierce, and their wives. kor the first two years meetings were held in
the depot. railroad coaches and grain houses In the summer of 1871 a ehurch edifice, 36x
70 feet, was erected, at a cost of $i,0 0. Rev. M. Spencer officiated as the first regular pas-
tor until 1871, when he was succeeded, in the order mentioned, by Revs. J. M. Sullivan, Ex
Gov. N. Green, R. Wake, W.R Kuster, and by the present incumbent, Rev. S. Brooks, who
has charge of a denomination numbering sixty-one members. :

Waterville Baptist Church was organized in the fall of 1873, by Rev W.A Briggs,
of Blue Rapids, with fifteen members. brick edifice, 32x42 feet, was completed in 1877, at
a cost of $1,500. Rev. W. A. Briggs, officiated until 1880, smce which time the church has
had no regular pastor.

Sutton Lodge, No. 85, A. F. & A. M.. was instituted under dispengation June 1. 1°70.
A charter was oe October, 1870 Following were the first officers: Edward A Berry,

M.; W. E Jobnson,8S Wy; W. P. Mudgett, .W.; F Spaulding, Treas.; F. Leach, 8,
D,; J.D ‘Farwell, J. 1.:; G. B Vroom, Sec'y. ‘

Present Otticers: J. W Sharrard, W. M.; J. A. Thompson, 8. W ; J.C Dickey, J. W.*
F. E. Thompson, Treas ; J Van Allen, 8. D.; W. F Kunz, J D ; H. £. Willson. Sec’y.
Present membership, thirty-seven. Meetings are held on the first and third Saturdays of
each month, at Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Hall.

__ Pawnee Lodge, No. 108, J O. &. F, was institated under a charter October 15, 1873,
with the following charter members: S$. M. Wilhite, (.eorge Bancroft, F Damour, J. W
Sharrard, R. Smith, A.H. Snyder, First cfficers: A J. Johnson, N. G.; George Bancroft,
V.G; J. W. Sharrard, Sec'y; F. Damour, Treas. 2

Present officers: J. R. Edwards, N.G.; J. W. Furr, V. G.; 8. W. Hurlbert, Sec’y; J. W.
Shaurvard, Treas, Present membership, thirty eight. Meetings are held on Thursday even-
ing of each week in the Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Hall.

Waterville Lodge, No. 57. A. O U W., was instituted under a charter granted Sep-
tem ber 6, 180, Following were the charter members and first officers: G.$ Hall, P.M
W.; H. E. Parmenter, M. W.; H. Humfreville, Fin ; ©. F. Scouten, O ; A. Kunz, Rec ;
F. Gaver, F,; F. H. Bancroft, R.; W RB Wilson. G.; 'T. Dockerty, I. W ; F. Pieral, O W.

Present officers: H. Humpreville, P.M W.;C. F Scouten, M. W ; J. W. Cowgill, F.;
L. E. Weaver, O.; 'T. B. Powers, R.; Robert Campbell, Rec.; H. E. Parmenter, F.; W. R.
Wilson, G.; P. A’ Miller, I. W.; L. Kunz, 0. W. Present membership, thirty-four. Meet-
ings are held on the second and fourth Saturday evenings of each month, in Masonic ant
Odd Fellows’ Hall.

Star Legion, No 12,8 K.of A. O U. W., was organiced under a charter September
12, 1881. Following were the charter members and first officers: H. Humfreville, 8. C.:

2.8. Hall, V.0.; J. W Cowgill, L. C , T. B. Powers, Rec.; George Stevenson, Jr., Treas.;
A Kunz, R. T.; F. Nugent, Ch.; C. F. Scouten, 8. V.: W. R. Wilson, S. W. Same officers
were re-elected in 1482. Present membership, twenty-two Regular meetings are held on
the first and third Friday evenings of each month, in Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Hall. ;
Waterville Cornet Band.—One of the first musical organizations organized wes. of Atchi-
fon Was Incorporated in the spring of 1872 under the name of the ‘Waterville Brass Band

y Prof. J. Wiilters, with eleven members. In 1876 the organization disbanded. In Devem-
ber, 1879, the band was re-instituted under the leadership of A. H. Carr, with eleven mem-
bers. Prof. Carr was succeeded in March, 1881, by C. F. Stanley, who remained leader until

June, 1382, when he was succeeded by brof. J. F, Kohler. The band is ina prosperous con-
dition under its present leader,
MARSHALL COUNTY.

The Cemetery Association was incorporated March, 1870, with o capital stock of $400. A
tract of forty acres was purchased one and one-half miles north of the city, and improve-
ments made. The society is in a prosperous condition under the management of J. D. Flan-
nery, President, and G. W. Filley, Treasurer and Secretary,

THE PRESS, HOTELS AND BANKS.

The Waterville Telegraph was established by Frank A. Root, now of the Gunnison
Review, of Gunnison, Col. The fir-t number was issued January 1, 1870. Mr. Root con-
tinued to publish the paper till August 5, 187, when West E. Wilkinson, now of the Seneca
Courier, became a partner. On the first of January, 1871, F. G. Adams and W, P. Camp-
bell, recently of the Wamego Tribune, succeeded Root & Wilkinson in the management of
the Telegraph. In February, 1871, Campbell sold his interest to E N Emmons, who, with
Judge Adams, controlled the paper till January 26, 1872, when Th mas Hughes, now Post-
master at PUTA TENAUE, New. Mexico, became a partner. On the 30th of August. 1872,
Adams & Hughes sold out to A. M. Baker, since deceased. On the 18th of June, 1873, W.
P. Campbell purchased the paper from Baker, conducting it till April 1, 1815. when W. H
Smallwood purchased an interest. On the 4th of August, 1875, Mr. Campbell sold his inter-
est toO. M. Osborn — Smallwood & Osborn continued the publication of the Telegraph
until December 17, 1875, when Mr, Campbell again came into the ownership of the paper and
continued to publish it till March 30, 1877, when it was sold to J. W Sharrard & Co, who
sold the material to J HE. Reece & Co They changed the name of the paper to the Blue
Valley Telegraph, and also its politics, which had always been firmly Republican, to Demo-
cratic. In September, 1879, C F. Stanley purchased tie material of the office. of Reece &
Co., and changed the name of the paper back to the Waterv.lle Telegraph, and also ran it
as a Republican journal until December, 1880, when H. © Willson bought his interest, and
is the present editor and proprietor. The Telegraph, as now managed, is a neat seven-col-
umn folio, Republican in politics, and devoted to home interests.

The Postoffice was established in 1868, George Hutt see as Postmaster He was suc-
ceeded in 1869 by C. H Phillips, who remained in office until May, 188... Mr Phillips was
sneceeded by the present i: cumbent. J. C. Dickey. In 1878. the office was created an office
of the third class, and retained that distinction until 1875, when it was changed into an office
of the fourth class In 18.8 it was re-instituted as an office of the third class. In August,
1870, it was made a Money Order office. The office is now one of tne two Presidential post
offices in the county.

Lick House —The first hotel in Waterville was the Eagle House, erected in the spring of
1858 by Henry Agle During the same year the ‘‘ Bay State House’ was erected by August
Fromm, who leased it to W W. Smith. Smith ran it but a short time, when F G Adams
lensed the building for one year. Mills and Hinman then purchased the building, and
changed the name tu its present appellation, ‘“‘Lick House.’ A short time afterwards, a Mrs.
Brown purchased Hinman’s interest, and the hotel was run under the ownership of Mills
and Brown for two years, when Mills became sole proprietor, and operated it until 1878, then
leazed it to W. H. Trusdale, who controlled it until 1880, since which tim: W. W. Smith has
been manager,

Bank a Waterville.—A private onesie es a was established December 1, 1880, by
8. T. Powell, in the building now occupied by him. The bank uses the McNeal & Arban
safe, with the Yale time lock, and is supplied with modern banking conveniences,

MANUFACTURES.

The Riverside Mills, located on the Little Blue, one-half mile from the business portion
of the town, was erected in 1873-4, by R. M. Howard. The building was constructed of
stone, fonr stories and has five run of burrs Soon after the completion of the mill. Messrs.
Moore and Greenman purchased an interest. In 1875, Mr. Howard sold his interest to E. T.
Durant. In 1376, through fin» cial difficulties, the mi 1 was involved until 1830, when M. E.
Moore purchased the entire interest an | 1s the present proprietor

Cigar Factory.—The manufacture of cigars was commenced in Angust, 1882, by G. C.
Martin, who makes as a favorite brand the “ Little Bine ”

Hlevator.—In the summer of 1870 the present city elevator was built by Messrs. John-
son & Haskell, the original building being 24x80 feet. erected at a cost of $3,500. In 1874,
unde the management of Johnson & Brydges, an addition was made, 18x80 feet. During
the fall of the same year they sold their interest to Burtis, Peters & Flaanery. In 1875,
Mr. Flannery withdrew his interest, leaving Messrs. Burtis & Peters sole proprietors. In
1876, G S Hall purchased Burtis’ interest, aad since that time the elevator has been man-
aged under the firm name of Peters & Hall. In 1x79, the railroad company needing more
room for their tracks, a portion of the building, 20x42 feet, was removed, leaving its present

size 42xH0 feet.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

H. C. BECKWITH, telegraph operator, was born in Canisteo, N. Y., November 28,
1845. Learned telegraphy in his native town, and took charge of the Western Union office
at that place. Emigrated to Waterville, Kan., and on December 29, 1879, took charge of
the office of the C. B. division of the M. P. R. R. at that town. He was married in Canisteo,
N.,Y. July 23, 1867, to Miss Augustine Bennett. Their children are—Alonzo, born September
7, 1874; Mary, July 10, 1°77. r. Beckwith is a member of the S. K. Degree, A. O. U. W.

_F. DAMOUR, M. D., was born February 17, 1831, and came to the United States from
Switzerland in 1839, with relatives, who located in Galena, Ill. In_1%50, moved to Califor-
nia, and until 1854 was engaged in gold mining. In the winter of;1860-°61, was a student in
the Medical College University of the Pacific, and in 1865,graduated from the Toland Medi-
cal College; of San Francisco. Also has a diploma. from the Jefferson Medical College, of
Philadelphia. In 1867, °68 and 69, was a doctor by contract in the United States Army.
Came to Waterville in 1870, from Arizona via California. He is proprietor of a house
known as the ‘“ Linn Drug Store,” where he has his office. + ;

. M. DELANEY, grocer, was born in Lockport, N. Y., September 38,1851. Emigrated to
Canada, thence to Michigan, Illinois and Missouri, and in 1865 settled in Lawrence, Kan.
The next year, however, he moved to Waterville; engaged in farming until 1874, when he
began business as a clerk, continuing until 1879, when he bought a stock of groceries, and
has been in the business since. By close application, coupled with an unusual amount of
energy, he has been enabled to secure 2 competence. He has a very fine store, a large stock
of fine, fresh groceries, and does a large business. He was married in Waterville, April 29,
1880, to Miss Lillie Winterbottom. They have one child—Frederick George, born April 1,

881. Mr. Delaney is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I. 0. O. ee

GEORGE W. FILLEY, furniture dealer, was born in Connecticut, June 4, 1832. Re-
moved to Massachusetts, and learned the wagon-makers’ trade. Enlisted in Huntington,
Mass., October, 186!, as musician in the First Cavalry of that State, Company H. After the
war, worked for the Florence Sewing Machine Company, at Northampton. In 1866,came to
Kansas and worked at the carpenter trade. Went to the Black Hills in 1879. Returning,
he began trade as a dealer in furniture, and is still in the business. He is a Mason, and
was the first candidate raised to the sublime degree of Master in Waterville Lodge; was
W. M. of the lodge two years, and has held every office in the lodge. Was married in May,
1858, at Chesterfield, Mass., to Miss Cordelia Pomeroy. Children are—Mary Ellen, born
May 27, 1861; Charles H., born August 12, 1866.

FRANK GLASER, merchant, was born in Germany in the year 1852. Came to
America with his parents the same year, and settled in New Orleans. Removed first to St.
Louis, thence to Madison County, Ill. In 1869, came to Waterville, Kan., and engaged in
the trade with a stock of generai merchandise. He is still in business at that place, and is
doing well. He is one of the largest dealers in butter and eggs in Northern Kansas. Mr.
Glaser began business without capital, and has won a competence. Is doing business in

his own store, 28x52 feet, two stories high, and has a large stock of goods, all paid for. This.

shows what grit and application to business in the great State of Kansas can do. He was
married, October 19, 1869, to Miss were Harmon. Children—Emma M., born September
16, 1871; Lillie M., October 13, 1873; Maple, February 3, 1875. Isa member of A. O. U. W.
D. W. HUMFREVILLE, M. D., bornin Darke County, Ohio, January 28, 1843. At three
ee of age his family moved to Piqua, Miami County, where he was raised. First learned
‘ug business, then became medical student, and had been reading two years at the outbreak
of the war, Immediately enlisted, and served until the fall, and came homg,and continued
reading medicine, and finally graduated, March 1, 1864, from the Ohio ical College,
Cincinnati. Entered the army again at once as Assistant Surgeon of the Ninety-fourth
Ohio, and served until the close of the war. Joined the army at Chattanooga; went with
Gen. Sherman from Atlanta to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Richmond, Going
home, he located at Union City, Ind., and practiced unti] 1874, when he removed to Water-

. trade of baker.

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ville, Kan., where he has been ever since, having a large business. He is Examining Sur-
eon of the United States. He was married at Union City, December 31, 1867, to Miss
linor Goode, Children are—William G., born January 19, 1869; D. Louis, December 19,
1874; Lillian, February 21, 1881.

B. F. JACOBS, farmer, P. O. Waterville, was born in Rockingham County, Va., Feb-
ruary 20, 1828. Moved from there to Johnson County, Iowa, in 1456. In the fall of 1861,
enlisted in the United States Army, in Company F, Fourteenth Towa Volunteer Infantry
and in March, 1863, was discharged. Again enlisted, in Compwmy B, Ninth Cavalry, an
went out as first lieutenant. Remained in service until the close of the war, when he re-
turned to Johnson County, Iowa, where he remained until 1871, when he emigrated to Mar-
shall County, Kan., where he has remained ever since, and niuw holds the office of Justice
of the Peace. Married in Augusta County Va., March 26, 185), to Jane McCutchon, and
has three children—Samuel, aged thirty; lorence, twenty-six; Fanny, twenty-four.

M. NIGGLY, real estate dealer, was born in Schweizerland, September 2, 1839; enlisted
in the Fifteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry in 1861, as Sergeant of Company C, and served
three years and two months, when he was discharged at the expiration of his term of serv-
ice; again enlisted for six months as United States carpenter; was wounded at the battle
of Chickamauga, being his fourth battle. The first engagement in which Mr. Niggly took
part was in the battle of Pea Ridge, and the third. Stone River. Entered into business in-
Atchison, Kan., in 1865. In 1868 settled in Waterville, and began business as a grocer, re-
maining in business until 1880, when he retired, and has since been engaged in looking
after his ne real estate interests in the country, an’ in the town of Wateryille. He was
married in Waterville, April 2, 1872, to Miss Fanny Richner. They have one child—Laura,
born September -7, 1879.

H.E. PARMENTER & KUNZ BROS., A. wad W. F. The first named gentleman was born
in Massachusetts in 1844, moved from there to Jefferson County, N. Y., with his parents in
1856; emigrated to Waterville, Marshall Co., Kan., in 1879, and engaged in the jewelry busi
ness. He is a member of the A.O.U.W. Albert, a member of the firm of Kunz Bros., was born
in New York City, in 1858; moved to Waterville, Marshall Co., Kan., in 1870, and with his
brother W. F., established a drug house in this town in 1878, and he has remained in this
business ever since. He isa member of the A. O. U. W. and Select Knights. W.F. was
born in New York City in 1856. He moved to Waterville, Marshall Co., Kan., in 1869, and
ay ed in business with his brother on the above date. He is amember of the A. O. U. W
and Select K oe Albert has held the office of Constable and City Marshal.

J. C. PETERS, grocer, was born in Saxony, Germany, on the 6th of February, 1835.
He came to America, March 1, 1854. First settled at Cleveland, Ohio, and worked at the
From thence he went to Painesville, Ohio, in 1855, and remained there un-
til 1857, thence to Iowa and Kansas in 1858. Settled in Atchison,, and remained there until
the spring of 1868, when he removed to Waterville, in Marshall County, and entered busi-
ness as agrocer. He helped organize the township of Waterville, and was first Treasurer of
the same. Was Director of the public school for two. terms. He belongs to the Turner
Society of Atchison. Was married in Painesville, Ohio, in 1858, to Miss F. Voelker. Chil-
dren—Anna L., born August 3, 1859; Albert C., July 2, 1863; Oscar H., October 22, 1867;
Frank, October 4, 1869. All his children were born in Kansas. . .

ILLIAM J. ROMMEL, druggist, was born August 13, 1850, in Missouri. Attended
school in St. Louis in 1865 and 1866. ‘Was a student in the St. Louis College of Pharmacy
in 1867, 1868 and 1869. Went to St. Joseph, where he remained for six months. In 1870
removed to Pou County, Kan., remaining there until 1876, when he came to Water-~
ville, and began business there as a druggist. He is a member of the I.0.O. F. Was
married May 15, 1876, to Miss Catherine Quandt. Children—Hannah J., born July 15, 1877;
Otto H. born in 1879, and Lina, born December 23, 1881.

J.M. SEARLES, attorney, was born in Barry, Barry Co., Mich., July 12, 1850. At-
tended school in his native State, and attended law school at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1870 and
1871; studied law in Grand Ra) ids, Mich.; was admitted as an attorney and counsellor at
law in 1876, and practiced in that city until 1878, when he removed to Kansas and settled at
Waterville. He is a member of the Masonic Order; was married in 1872, to Alice E. Scott.
His wife falling into a decline, he came to the western country for the benefit of her health
but she could not recover. After her death he was again married to Addie E. Clark,’ o
Irving. One child of his first wife—Emma L., aged nine years, and two of the second—M.
J., aged two years, and Josephine H., aged six months, constitute his family.

. W. SHARRARD, of the firm of Sharrard & Searles, agricultural implements and
windmills, was born in Camillus, Onondaga Co., N. Y. At the age of seven years emigra-
ted to Wisconsin. In 1853 went to Canada. Married there Maria Bentley, in 1857, who
died in 1861, leaving one child—Hattie, who was born May 28, 1859. In 1862 he married
Carrie Martin. Returned to Wisconsin in 1863, where his wife, Carrie, diedin February 1868,
leaving Lester, born January 14, 1866. He married Louise Martin, July, 1868, in Brooklyn,
N. by whom he had four children—Carrie, born July 24, 1869; Grace, born February 7,
1871; Kate, born September 29, 1872; George, born October 30, 1878. Removed to Kansas
in 1870. Opened a farm, rented it, and came to Waterville in 1871; ran.a meat market, sup-
plying Waterville and Blue Rapids. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1877, which office
he held till 1882, and ran in connection with real estate, loan, collection and insurance until
1876, when he opened an agricultural implement house, and is still in that business, having
arded windmills, wagons and buggies. ‘He was elected Mayor of Waterville in the spring
of 1889, and holds that office yet. Is Treasurer of Pawnee Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Master
of Sutton Lodge, No. 85, A. F. & A. M.

HON. W. W. SMITH, attorney-at-law, was born in Tariffville, Hartford County, Conn.,
June 17, °839. Removed with his parents to Massachusetts, where he lived until 1868, when
he came to Marshall County, and located at Waterville. He enlisted in the Union army on
the 22d day of April, 1861, Company C, Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. In
May, 1861, was promoted to First Lieutenant of the company. Was. successively promoted
to the offices of Captain, Major and Lieutenant-Colonel. Was mustered out of service as

Lieutenant-Colonel in July, 1865. Studied law and practiced in Marshall ee In 1878
was elected a member of the State Legislature, serving with distinguished ability. Was
married on the 26th day of May, 1880, to Mrs. Mary E. Wilcox, at Waterville, Kan. Is pro-

prietor of the Lick House, the leading hotel of the town. Is a Mason.

MRS. P. SPRAGUE, proprietress of the ae hotel, was born in Steuben County,

N. Y¥., and moved from there to Jordan, N. Y., thence to Adrian, Mich., and then
returned to Steuben County, N.Y. In September, 1870, came to Marshall County,, Kan.
In 1877 built the village hotel in Waterville, and is now with her daughter running a first-
class house, the said house being located southwest of the station building on the central
branch of the Union Pacific. Mrs. Sprague was married in Steuben County, N. Y., May 7,
1855, and has one child—Florence A., born March 27, 1858.
: GEORGE H. TITCOMB, farmer, P. O. Waterville, was born in Boston, Mass., April
24, 1836. In May, 1861, he came to Marshall County, Kan., where he has remained exer
since, except the time he was in the U.S. army. He enlisted in Ji uly, 1862, in Company K,
Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; was discharged in July, 1865, when he returned to Mar-
shall County. He owns a farm three-quarters of a mile from Waterville, Marshall County,
Kan. He was elected Justice of the Peace in February, 1882.

HENRY C. WILLSON, editor of the Yelegraph, was born in Canada, June 18, 1847;

learned the trade of printing, and followed it as a business until December, 1880, when he

urchased the Telegraph, a paper published at Waterville, Kan., of C. F. Stanley, and has
Baer publishing the paper since with eminent success. The paper is a live journal of local
news, and deserves the whole patronage of the community. It is, under his skillful man-
agement, rapidly increasing in circulation and influence. Jf the people of Waterville pat-
ronize him as they ought, he will do much for the improvement of the town and the edu-
cation of the people. He was married in Canada in 1880, to Miss Louisa Gullock. They
have one child—Lewis aged one year. Mr. Willson belongs to the Masonic fraternity, hav-
ing attained to the R. A. and K. T. degrees. ;

W.L. WOODFORD, merchant, was born in Washington County, Ohio, March 26,
1828. Farmed in Ohio until December, 1865, when he moved to Kansas, settling in Atchi-
son County; again began farming and stock-raising. Removed to Marshall County in 1869,
and engaged in the same business until] 1874, when he sold his farm, removed to Waterville,
and began business as a merchant. In the year it.< built a stone business house 22x0 feet,
and two-stories high. He is still in the same business. In 1877 he built a store in Green-
leaf, stocked it with merchandise, and started his two sons in business. Was married
March 23, 1852, in- Franklin County, Ind., to Elizabeth Points. oma! have five children—
Charles H., born December 8, 1852; Clark L., January 20, 1854; Seth, July 27, 1857; Dudley,
September 1, 1859, and Winnie, March 23, 1869. Mr. Woodford was in the Union army dur-
ing the war, serving as First Lieutenant in Company I, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry.
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BLUE RAPIDS.

The manufacturing city of Blue Rapids, the second in size in Marshall
County, is located two and one-half miles below the junction of the Big and
Little Blue Rivers, and ninety-five miles west of Atchison on the Central
Branch Missouri Pacific Railroad. The town site is laid off on a beautiful
level slope extending from the railroad to the river, which is skirted with
heavy belts of timber, forming a background of exceptional beauty. It is
acknowledged as being the most beautiful and possessing the finest water-
power of any town in the State.

In the fall of 1869, a preliminary meeting of those interested in Kansas
was held at LeRoy, Genesee Co, N. Y. At a later meeting held in
Batavia, N. Y., a colony was organized with the following officers: Rev.
C. F. Mussey, President; T. Holbrook, Vice-president: 8. H. Parmalee,
Treasurer; C. J. Brown, Secretary.

A location committee, consisting of Rev. CU. F. Mussey, H. J. Bovee
and J. B, Brown came out and located the present town site of Blue Rapids.
During the winter of 1869-70, the colony, numbering about fifty families,
came out and immediately commenced improvements. A town site of 287
acres, embracing the water-power privilege, was purchased of R. 8. Craft
and others at a cost of $15,000, and 8,000 acres secured in farming lands.

Among the members of the original colony and a greater part of whom
located here were: §. H. Parmalee, T. Holbrook, R. Robertson, M. T. Coe,
D. Fairbanks, S. Smith, J. T. Smith, H. 8S. Hurlbert, J. B. Waynant, C. J.
Brown, G. R. Brown, T. F.-Hall, J. B. Brown, C. E. Olmstead, J. L. Free-
land, J. V. Coon, R. S. Craft, John McPherson, J. E. Ball, Y. Douglass, H.
A, Parmalee, J. Yurann, V. R. North, H. Woodard, ‘b, L. Stone, J. 8.
Fisher, C. F. Roedel, C. F. Mussey and others.

Improvements were carried on on an extensive scale. The water-power
was surveyed by a competent engineer and found to possess manufacturing
facilities of over 1,500 horse-power. At a point where the rapids com-
mence, the current of the river strikes an abrupt rock bluff on the right
bank about forty feet high; the river then turns to the left, and ripples over
a solid rock bottom for a distance of 800 feet. At the above mentioned bluff
the town ean constructed the dam running over the lime rock bed to
the opposite shore. Built of cut stone, sunk into and keyed to the underly-
ing solid rock, it affords great strength. A King’s tubular arch wrought
iron bridge was completed in the spring of 1871.

Each town lot was sold or distributed on the fixed condition that it never
was to hold the foundation for a grog shop or a gaming house of any kind.

_ _ One of the first enterprises set on foot in the spring of 1870, was the
sinking of a public well on the Public Square. The work was carried on by
several parties, but after the drill was put down over two hundred feet and
no water found, it was given up. Subsequently, the people accepted a prop-
osition submitted by C. E. Olmstead, one of the enterprising business men
of the town, to supply the city with water from the Blue River, by the
Holly system of water-works, which have been in successful operation up to
a recent date.

_ _H.A. Parmalee and Yates Douglass established the first general stores
in 1870. A. W. Stevens followed with the first drug store. W.H. Good-
win was the first to pee the profession of law. Dr. R. A. Wells was
the first disciple of Esculapius to locate permanently in the place. The
manufacture of brick commenced in May, 1872, by a Mr. Seip. A marriage
ceremony was performed in Irving, in June, 1870, by the Rev. E. H. Chapen,
the contracting parties, Miss Lottie Hoit and the Rev. J. Williams, being
from Blue Rapids. The first birth was that of a child of a Mr. Van Dusen,
—a member of the Town Colony—in August, 1870. The first death on the
aor site was that of Mary, the wife of H. S. Halbert, in the summer of

On the arrival of the colony at Blue Rapids, as there were no buildings
on the town site, with the exception of a small stone building erected years
before, a large two-story frame structure was erected by the colonists and
termed by them—‘‘Colonial Hall,” but by the ‘‘natives” or the old settlers, as
the “Ark.” This building was used by the colonists until other structures
could be erected, and in it were held the first religious services and the first
school. All public meetings were held there, and at one time a portion of
it was used as a hotel and the other part for school purposes. The building
was finally moved down to the river and is now incorporated into a building
used by the Buell Manufacturing Company.

INCORPORATION AND LOOAL MATTERS.

, Inresponse to a petition signed by a majority of the leval voters in the village of Blue
Rapids, A.S Wilson, Judge of the District Court, in accordance with the laws of the State
of Kansas, incorporated Blue Rapids asa city of the third class,on March 20, 1872 The first
city election was held in Colonial Hall, April 2, 1872, with J. L. Freeland. J, 8. Fisher and
G. Fitzgerald, Judges of Election. The following is the official roster of the town.

ee C. E. Olmstead; 1874-5, John McPherson; 1876-7, A. E. Sweetland;
1878-9, W. A. Briggs; 1880, John McPherson; 1881-2, A. J. Loomis.

Councilmen.—1872, D. Mimium, H. Armstrong, J E. Ball, John McPherson, J. B. Way-
nant; 1873, J. B. Ball, A W. Stevens, J. McPherson, H. Armstrong, D. Mimium; 1874, J.
Allerdice, W. Burr, G. Fitzgerald, D. W. Hinman, J. 8. Wright; 1875. W. Burr, G. Fitzger-
ald, © W. Farington, C. J Brown, W. D. Cook; 1876. C. W. Farington, A. J. Brown, W,
D. Cook, G. B. Stocks, D. Fairbanks; 1877, A. J_Brown, G. B_ Stocks, D. Fairbanks, H.
McGrew, A. E. Benedict; 1878, A. E. Benedict, J A. Loban, H. McGrew, F. Cooley, G.
Marshall; 1879. J. Brown. W. A. Smyth, F. Cooley, G@ _W. Marshall, John A. Loban; 1880.
M. N. Shoecraft. E. M. Brice, F Cooley, D Mimium, I. D. Yarrick; 1881, J. Brown, I. D.
Yarrick, W. A. Smyth. J. B. Price, James Allerdice; 1882, John Brown. J. V. Coon, J. G.
Crawford, S. Hill, D. Fairbanks.

Police Judge,—187/2-3, C HE. Olmstead: 1874-6, T. F. Hall; 1877-9, H. W. Chapman; 1880.
E. J. Coon; 1881-2, J. L. Eldridge.

Clerk.—1872-5, C. J. Brown; 1876-7, W. H. H. Freeman; 1878-9, M. C. Holman; 1880, E.
W. Waynant; 1891, A. J. Brown; 1882 H. G. Reynolds.

Treasurer.—1872-8, J. L. Freeiand; 1874-6, F. C. Scott; 1877-9, W. Burr; 1880, C. W.
Farington; 1881-2, J. A. Loban.
-  Marshal.—\872, E. Colmstock; 1873, L. B. Doten; 1874, J. Sargent; 1875, 8S. M. Swan;
1876-7, A. Sharp; 1878, W. J. McAtee; 1879-81, A. W_ Kimball; 1882, W. W. Spencer.

Schools —The first school in the vicinity of Blue Rapids was taught by Lucy A. Palmer,
in November, 1861. The school, numbering twenty-five scholars, was held in a private

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

dwelling one-half mile west of the present town site. Up to 1871 the following teachers took

charge of the school in the order mentioned: Miss Emma Thompson, Rev. P. Duncan.

Harriet Whitmore, Emma Cooley, A. Smith and Rev. Charles Holmes. In the summer of

1870, the first school taught in the town was held in Colonial Hall by the Rev. Charles

Holmes, who was succeeded the next year by Charles Palmer. A. Griffin and C. M. Brydges

succeeded Palmer in the order mentioned. “In 1873, a two-story brick building, 30x50 feet,

with stone trimmings, was erected ata cost of $8,000. Mr. pera, who was the first
teacher in the new building, was succeeded by E. Philbrook, W_ B. Dimon, H. N. Halleck
and Pzof. J. W. Quay, the present incumbent, in the order mentioned, as principals. Ow-

ing to an increased number of scholars, a new building, 20x30 feet, was erected in the im-

mediate vicinity :

Churches.--The First Presbyterian Church was organized May 1, 1870, by Rey. C. F.
Mussey, D. D., with twenty-three members. Services were held in the Colonial Hall for some
time, and after moving from one public hall to another, a stone edifice, 32x56 feet, the larg-
est and finest building of its kind in the county. was erected in the fall of 1874, at a cost of
$4,000. Rev. Mr. Mussey remained in charge over the church until 1875, when he was suc-
ceeded by Rev. G. R. Hutchinson, who remained but six months, and was succeeded by
Rev W. N. McHarg, D. D., in March, 1876. The organization under its present pastor, Mr.
McHarg, numbers fifty members. , . :

The Congregational Church was oryanized January 1, 1872, with twenty members, Rey.
S. A. Van Dyke being their first pastor. Services were held in different public halls for a
number of years. when a church. edifice, 25x48 feet, was erccted, at a cost of $1,300, during
the summer of 1882 ‘The organization has been in charge of the following named pastors:
Rey. 8. A. Van Dyke, C. A Richardson, D. C. McNair. and Edward Skinner, the present in-
cumbent. The church is in a prosperous condition, and numbers sixty-five members.

Baptist Church.—An organization of the Baptist persuasion was perfected December 1,
1872, by Rev. G. Gates, with twenty-three members. In April, 1878, Rev. W. A. Briggs took
pastoral charge of the congregation, and immediately commenced efforts towards the erec-
tion of a church edifice. In sily. 1873, the ,corner-stone was laid with appropriate ceremo-
nies, and the church was dedicated in October of the same year. The building, a brick
structure, was erected at a cost of $1.800 The Rev. W. A. Briggs remained as pastor until
July, 1880, when he was succeeded by Rev. George Brown, the present incumbent, in
April, 1881. : aa hh ;

Methodist Episcopal Church.—A partial organization of the Methodist Church was per-
fected in the winter of 1870-71, by Rev. M. D. Tenney, with sixteen members. Occasional
services were held during the year 1871 by Rev. Messrs. Tenney, Spencer and Smith, who
held meetings in different public halls in the city. In 1473, Rev. W.H. Underwood took
charge of the church, and remained two years; he was succeeded by Rev. E. W.Van Deventer,
three years; Rev. J. G. Green, one year; Rev. G. W. Miller, two years; Rev. §. L. Hunter,
one year; Rev. C. 8. Freark, the present incumbent, taking charge of the church in 1882.
A church edifice of timestone was erected in 1876, at a cost of $2,200. .

The Press>—In the latter part of June, 1871, W. P. Campbell and C E. Tibbetts, pur-
chased the material of the Netawaka Herald and removed it to Blue Rapids, where, on the
4th of July, 1871, they issued the first number of the-Blue Rapids Times. On the 8th of
July, 1872, Campbell sold his interest to Frank Hall, who remained in the concern but a few
weeks, when he retired, leaving Mr. Tibbetts sole proprietor. The latter conducted the
paper until October, 1877, when E. M. Brice, of Ohio, becamea partner. and on the 3d of Oc-
tober, 1878, Mr, Tibbetts retired. leaving Mr. Brice alone in the office, which he still controls
as the editor of the Times. The Times since the issuing of the first number has been Re-
publican in politics and devoted to home interests. Under the management of its present
editor, it has grown to be one of the leading papers in the county. .

The Postofice.—A postoftice was established a short distance from what is now known
as Blue Rapids, in 1859, with William Thompson as the first postmaster. Mr. Thompson
remained in office three years, and was succeeded in 182 by D. Palmer. In 1865, Miss
Emma Lee received the appointment as postmistress, but remained in office but six months,
when she resigned in favor of S. Craft, who after a short period turned the o'tice over to
John Weber. During Weber’s term, 1869, the office was discontinued. When the Genesee
Colony came out and located a town site and commenced improvements. the postoffice was
re-established in the spring of 1870, with S. H. Parmalee as postmaster. Mr. Parmalee
was succeeded in 1875 by (. E, Tibbetts, then editor of the Times. In 1875, Mr. Tibbetts
resigned, In December of that year A. J. Loomis was appointed. and has officiated as post-
master up to the present time. Under Parmalee’s administration the office was madea
Money-order office in July, 1872—Money Order No. 1 being remitted by W. H. Goodwin.

A Great Fire —Blue Rapids, in its existence of twelve years, has singularly escaped
serious conflagrations common to Western towns, with the exception of a few instances.
The existence of Blue Rapids. as a town, was nearly wiped out, April 10, 1872, by one of
those events that frequently occur in a newly settled country—a prairie fire. About noon
of the day mentioned a dense cloud of smoke was seen to rise back of the bluffs, south of town,
und as a strong breeze was blowing from that direction. an apprehensien was felt that the
town was in danger, which was soon realized by the appearance of flames that came surging
down the bluffs with great velocity. The citizens turned out en masse, and seizing every-
thing that would stop the progress of the flames, rnshed to the scene. The fire first passed
over the railroad track and swept along the west side of town to the river, which alone could
check it, leaving a lateral column approaching the town at right angles. which monopolized
the exertions of one hundred men to Keep itincheck The flames also crossed the track
on the east side of town and passed on to the river Here the same efforts were needed,
and after all danger was over the gallant fire brigade returned to their homes, blackened,
scorched and burnt, but satisfied with their endeavors to save their homes.

Societies —Blue Rapids Lodge, No. 169, A. #. & A, M—Was instituted under a charter
dated October 18, 1872, with the following charter members: S. Hill. A. J. Brown, C W.
Farington, W. N. Halstead, C. Holman, D. Minium, R. S. Craft, D. W. Hinman, W. Burr,
LA. thandler, A. N. Taylor. ‘The tirst officers were: A. J. Brown, M.; C. W- Farington,
8. W.; 8S. Hill, J. W., W. Burr, Treas ; D W. Hinman, Sec’y. "

Present officers: C. W_ Farington. M ; W. Barrett. S. W.; RS. Craft, J W.; 8 C.
Holbrook, Treas.; 8. Hill, Sec’y. Present membership, eighteen. Regular meetings are held
on the first Monday of each month, in Masonic Hall.

Blue Rapids Lodge, No. 2,193, K of H.—Was organized under dispensation, July 27,
1882, with nineteen members. Following were the officers elected; J B. Miller, Dic.; G.
B Stocks, V. Dic.; R.S Craft, P, Dic ; C. Farington, Rep.; C. G. Reed, Fin. R.; G B.
Vroom, G.; I. D. Yarrick, Treas.; O. A. Cole. Chap. The society, but recently organized,
is in a flourishing condition.

Prospect Hilt Cemetery Association—Was incorporated June 17, 1879, with the following

charter members, who also constituted a board of directors: RS. Craft, T. F. Hali, Ed
W. Waynant, John Brown, William Coulter. At the first regular meeting R. §. Craft was
elected President; 'T. F. Hall, Vice-President; E. W. Waynant, Secretary and Treasurer,
A tract of land located one and one-half miles north of the city, on the southeast quarter of
northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 4 Range 7, was purchased, and improvements
made, Present Board of Directors; R. §. Craft, T. F. Hall, John Brown, B. W. Waynant,
H. D. Calkins, A Sharp, E. M. Brice, H McGrew, G. B. Stocks. At the last annual meet-
ing the following ofticers were elected: R.S Craft, President; T. F. Hall, Vice-President;
E.W. Waynant, Secretary; G. B. Stocks, Treasurer; H. D. Calkins, Superintendent.

- Blue Rapids Cemetery Association—Was incorporated under that name, with a capital
stock of $1,000, July 4, 1879, with the following charter members: F. Cooley, C. A. Freeland,
a C, Holman, W A. Barrett, J.D. Fields. F. Cooley was elected President; W. A. Bar-
rett, Vice-President; C. A. Freeland, Treasurer; M. C. Holman, Secretary. A site of ten
acres, located in the northeast part of the city, was purchased during the same year. At the
last annual meeting the following officers were elected: John McPherson, President; S. Hill,
Vice President; J. A. Loban, Treasurer; C. E. Tibbets, Secretary. ,

Ladies’ Library Association.—In 1874, the ladies of Blue Rapids conceived and carried
out the plan of establishing a circulating library. In May of the same year an incorporated
eee was perfected, with the following officers: Mrs J. E. Ball, President; Mrs.d.8.

right, Vice-President; Mrs. C. E. Tibbetts, Recording Secretary; Mrs. M. E Reed, Cor-
responding Secretary; Mrs C.F. Roedel, Treasurer; Miss Lizzié B. Hall and Miss Mar
Wright, Librarians. Board of Directors: Mesdames Hall, Stocks, McPherson, Beach an
Sweetland. Books were contributed and purchased and in a few months a nucleus was
formed for the library that gave gratifying results. ‘The library was thrown open to the
public for the first time, June 27, 1874, it then oceupying a part of D. W. Hinman’s store.
pee ae True Year efforts were inaugurated toward the erection of a library building.
somanenee a tera e of C. E. Olmstead and others funds were raised and building operations

+ In 1876, the building, a two-story stone structure, 24x40 feet, was completed at
MARSHALL COUNTY.

acost of $2,000, and now stands as a monument of the laborious but praiseworthy efforts of
the pevoeienen:

resent officers are: Mrs. A, B. Tibbetts, President; Mrs. C. Y. Reed, Vice-President;

Mrs. L. Forbes, Recording Secretary; Mrs. M. A. Farrington, Treasurer; Mrs J.S. Dawes,
Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. John McPherson and Mrs. George Heathman, Librarians.
The catalogue of the association shows nearly 2,000 volumes in the library, which list is
rapidly increasing. %

Hotels —-The Old Colonial Hall, the first building erected by the Blue Rapids Town
Company, was occupied asa hotel for several months, when Messrs McPherson & Reed
erectud the present building now occupied by them, in 1870. This building, known as the La-
Belle (beautiful) House, is a three-story frame, 38x40 feet, with an extension 24x26 feet. After
being in successful operation for twelve years, the hotel was closed August 28, 1882, and
the partnership between McPherson & Reed dissolved. :

The Arlington House was opened in the winter of 1882, by W. Coulter, Jr., who is the
present manager ‘The building, a two-story brick, was erected in 1873, by W. Coulter, Sr.,
at a cost of $7.000. In 1881 it was fitted up and used as a hotel, under the name of the Fair-
child House, managed by C. R. Fairchild, formerly proprietor of the Tremont House,
Marysville, The ‘‘ Arlington,” though comparatively a new enterprise, is securing the rep-
ulation of a first-class hotel.

Bank.—The banking house of Olmstead, Freeland & Co. was established in May. 1871.
The aes occupied by them was built in 1870, by D. Fairbanks and J. L. Freeland, who
bought out Fairbanks’ interest during the same year. The building is of limestone, two
stories, 25x30 feet, erected at a cost of $3,500. In the fall of 1872, owing to the death of one
of the firm (N. B Olmstead), the two remaining partners, C. E. Olmstead and J. L. Freeland,
conducted the business under the firm name of Olmstead & Freeland until 1879, when C. E,
Olmstead, having larger business interests in Burlington, Iowa, retired, leaving J. L. Free-
land sole manager, who enaeeed the name of the institution to the ‘‘Bank of ‘Bie Rapids
City.” The bank is supplied with modern banking conveniences, including a Hall's safe
A ae vault. A general banking business is transacted by its manager, J. L.

‘reeland.

Manufacturing Interests.—Since Blue Rapids came into existence it has been noted
throughout the State for its superior water-power privileges, and has been termed by some
enthusiastic writers the ‘‘ Lowell of Kansas.” ith its sixteen hundred horse-power, its
fine dam, its two-span iron bridge, and its numerous building sites for milla and factories,
it will in a few years be justly entitled to that appellation.

_,, Woolen Milis.—In 1872, a four story woolen mill, 40x80 feet, was completed and supplied.
with necessary machinery at a cost of $50,0.0. On inducements offered by the Town
Company, Messrs. Cook _& Chandler, of the Wathena Woolen Mills, transferred their
interests to this place and immediately commenced operations with a force numbering forty-
five hands. In 1874, owing to financial difficulties, tue firm was compelled to make an as-
sigument. In the fall of 1877, the woolen mills were pee by the Buell Manufacturin
Company, of Saint Joseph, Mo., who started the mill and ran it to its full capacity mnt
December, 1879, when it was destroyed by fire. It was immediately rebuilt and remodeled,
and filled with the latest improved machinery, and is now employing one hundred hands.
An addition was built, z0x6u feet, four stories high, and other improvements made at a recent
date. The mill at present is a model institution, lighted by gas, run night and day, and
uses300, 000" pounds of wool annually. Yarns, woolen cloths, flannels and Dlankets are manu-
factured in immense quantities.

Flouring Mill.—Situated on the east bank of the river and adjoining the woolen mill
on the south, is a four-story stone building, 54x83 feet, which was erected in 1871, by C. E.
Olmstead, at a cost of 930,000. The mill was originally intended for seven run of burrs, but
only five were used, which gave it a capacity of grinding 1,200 bushels per day. The mill
was run for some time under the firm name of Olmstead Brothers, when J. S. Wright be-
came a partner and the firm name was Olmstead & Co Mr. Olmstead retiring in 1879, R. S.
Craft purchased an interest, the firm name being then known as J. 8S. Wright & Co. until the
spring of 1882, when Messrs. Upham & Son purchased J. 8. Wright’s interest, and remodeled
the mill into the ‘‘ Roller Process,” at an expense of $50,000. A car load of wheat could be
used each day, or three hundred barrels of flour manufactured.. The Koller Mills of Upham,
Son & Co were totally consumed by fire November 26, 1832; loss, $60.00, insurance $40.0.0.
The aig are to be rebuilt by the same firm in the spring of 1883, and restored to former
capacity.

Paper Mili —This mill is located on the west side of the river, and was completed in
the early part of 1873. The building, a four-story stone structure, 40x60 feet, was erected
by Messrs. G. & J. Green, at a cost of $20,000 The financial crash of 1873 caused the mill to
be closed until Rix, Hale & Co. obtained it, and have run it under different managers, at
different periods, up to the present time.

Gypsum Mill.—The gypsum mill is located on the west side of the river, south of the
paper mill, and is a three-story stone structure, 40x60 feet, erected by Messrs. J. V. Coon &
Son, at a cost of $12,000. The mill was run with acapacity of eighty barrels of plaster of
Paris per day until 1877, when the interior was destroyed by fire, whicn was rebuilt and
again putin operation for ashort time, when it ceased running. The gypsum used is found in
exhausiless quantities two miles up theriver, from which point it is transported in flat-boats.

foundry and Machine Shops—Are located on the west side of the river, west of the gyp-
sum mill, and were established by Messrs. Price Brothers, in 1877, since which time they
have been in successful operation. The motive power in this foundry is supplied from
the river by means of an iron shaft running across the street under ground.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. COULTER, Jx., proprietor of hotel, was born in Peterborough, Canada, in March,
1851. Moved to Ohio in 1866, and to Blue Rapids, Kan., in 1873. He embarked in the drug
business, and in 1882 sold out and opened the Arlington Hotel, the only brick hotel in
Blue Rapids. Building 40x80 feet, two stories eee and is a first-class house in every par-
ticular. In 1878, Mr. Coulter ran for the office of Register of Deeds in Marshall] County, and
although a Democrat from principle, and running for office in a Republican county, he
came within 300 votes of being elected. His friends say if it had not been that another
Democrat ran independent, he would have been elected. Is a member of the Odd Fellows’
lodge and Knights of Pythias. Was married in Blue Rapids in November, 1881.

R. R. 8. CRAFT, was born in Winchester, Va. February 11, 183!. His parents moved
to Lawrenceburg, Ind., when he was a small boy. Was asoldier during the Mexican war.
Moved to Missouri and began the practice of medicine in 1852. Moved to Holton, Jackson
Co., Kan., in 1860. Was a member of the State Legislature from said county in 1863, and
Treasurer of the county in 1864 and °65; also held the office of County Commissioner, In 1863,
he purchased the Blue Rapids Water Power, on the Big Blue River. The Doctor is a meim-
ber of the mill firm of Upham, Son & Co., of Blue Rapids; is likewise proprietor of a drug
store in the town. It was he that induced the Genesee Colony to locate at this point in
1870. He is a member of the Masonic Order. He was married in Putnam County, Mo., in
October, 1852, to Anna B. Bledsoe, formerly of Ghent, Ky. They have three children—Ella
B., Julia M., and George R. :

J. G. CRAWFORD, M. D., was bore in Newark, N. J., December .11, 1840. In 1861 he
was commissioned in the Medical Department of the United States Navy, as Assistant Sur-
geon, and remained until the close of the war. Then the Doctor returned to New York
City, and practiced his profession and ran a drug store nine years. Graduated in 1861; also
attended lectures at the Kansas City College of Physicians and Surgeons. From 1872 to
1878, he alternated between New York City and Bluc Rapids, as he had a sheep ranch and
large land interests in Marshall County. in 1878, he made Blue Rapids his home, and en-
tered upon the practice of his profession. He is a member of the Masonic lodge. He was
married in Jersey City, June 30, 1870, to Julia A. Buclin. The Doctor has gained great
celebrity in the literary and theatrical world, being a play writer and actor of high order.

L. B. DOTEN, livery, was born in Virginia, October 11, 1837. With his parents moved
to New York State in 1839, thence to Cook County, I11., in 1844, and to Minnesota in 1858.
Enlisted in the United States Army in 1861, in Company F, Eighth Illinois Volunteer Cav-
alry. After the close of the war, Mr. Doten settled near Chicago, and engaged in the sale
of real estate and buying and selling horses. In 1872, he emigrated to Blue Rapids,*Mar-
shall Co., Kan., and engaged in the livery business. He has been City Marshall of Blue
Rapids, and has held the office of Constable. Is a member of the Union League and
Knights of Pythias, Married in Northfield, Minn., October 1, 1868, to Miss Alice M. Dick-
engon, who was born at FeO, yee 29, 1849, and has two children—Oral L., born
Februar: 1871; Lulu, November 9, 1881.

Cc. Ww. WARRINGTON, merchant, was born in Broome County, N. Y., February 12, 1841.

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He removed to Wisconsin when fourteen years of age. Was educated at Baraboo Collegiate
Institute, Baraboo, Wis. He enlisted in Company A, Sixth Wisconsin Infantry, in May,
1851. He was sent immediately to the Army of the Potomac. The Sixth Wisconsin Regi-
ment was in the “Iron Brigade,” and Mr. Farrington took a part in all the battles of that
splendid brigade until he was wounded at the battle of South Mountain, receiving a rifle-
ball in the arm and another in the shoulder. Heé was discharged on account of these dis-
ablities early in 1863. Hereturned to Wisconsin, and helped to organize another company
in the Forty-ninth Regiment. Was made First Lieutenant of Company E, and served in
Missouri until the close of the war. He came to Blue Rapids from Wisconsin in 1873, and
began business as a merchant. He and his brother, partners, have a large stock of general
merchandise, and are doing a good business. He was married, January 1, 1867, to Miss
Mary A, Kiefer. They have four children—Ivan E., aged twelve years; Fred E, eleven;
Lillie, nine; Stella, eight. Mr. Farrington isa member of the Masonic fraternity, and is
W. M. of Blue Rapids Lodge, No. 169.

W. HENDERSHOTT, farmer, P. O. Blue Rapids, was born in Livingston County, N.
Y., August 31, 1835. Educated at Temple Hill, Geneseo, N. Y. Studied law in the office of
Kelsey & Davis, in Geneseo. Enlisted as a private in One Hundred and Thirty-sixth New
York Volunteer Infantry, Col. James Wood, Jr., commanding, August 14, 1862. Was pro-
moted to First Lieutenant Company C, August 24, 1862. Promoted to Captain pee D,
February, 1863. The regiment was attached to Second Brigade, Second Division, Eleventh
Army Corps. A few days after the battle of Chancellorsville, was ordered to report to
Gen. A. 8. Diven, Elmira, N. Y., and was ordered from thence to report at Batavia, N. Y.,
on duty under the Conscription Act. Was at the entertainment given by Dean Richmond,
when Mr. Richmond, by his after-dinner speech, came out as a ‘‘ War Democrat,” and op-

osed to the Seymour element—changing the political aspect of the politics of the State of

ew York. He was discharged on the 8th of May, 1865, and in December, 1865, removed to
St. Louis and commenced the practice of law. Suffering to a great extent by the panic of
1873, he removed to New York City in 1874, and practiced law there. Was one of the
speakers of the National Democratic Convention in the Tilden camy nen and foretold the
conflict between capital and labor, after the Electoral Commission ha placed in his hands
the written confession Gen. J. B. Dennis of the change of the electoral vote of South Caro-
lina from Tilden to Hayes. Was with Hon. Scott Lord, of New York, at Tilden’s house in
Gramercy Park with this confession as one of the counsel at the time of the discussion of
the writ of guo warranto to unseat Hayes and inaugurate Tilden. During his practice in
New York was attorney for the stockholders of the H. & St. J. R. R. in their application
for areceiver. In 1879, his father-in-law, W. S. Mallory, Batavia, N. Y., died, and as one of
the executors in New York and administrator in Kansas, has been in the management of
the estate since. These matters brought Mr. Hendershott to Kansas. He now resides on
a farm two miles northwest of Blue Rapids, Marshall Co,, Kan. On this farm is one of the
largest gypsum deposits in the United States, and very valuable. Mr. Hendershott was
married, March 17, 1803, to Miss M. 8. Mallory, of Batavia, N. Y. They have three children
—W.M., Wells, and H. G.

SAMUEL HILL, hardware merchant, was born in Maine, February 13, 188% Learned
the tinsmith trade in Boston, 1855 to 1859. Lived in Maine until 1869, when he came to
Kansas. Lived for awhile at Frankfort, then came to Blue Rapids, in 1873. He was a
hardware merchant in Maine, and has pursued the same business here. He deals in shelf
and heavy hardware, stoves, tinware, and sundries. He isa member of the City Council,
belongs to the Masonic Order, and has attained to the Royal Arch. He wag married in
Buxton, Me., to Miss Lucy Leavitt. They have one child, Pliny, aged seventeen years, and
one child died in infancy.

ADONIRAM JUDSON LOOMIS, Postmaster, was born June 21, 1833, in Geneseo, Liv-
ingston Co., N. Y. In 1848, his parents moved to Livonia, Wayne Co., Mich. He gradu-
ated at the University of Michigan, in the classical course, in 1858, and received his second
degree in 1861. First married in December, 1861, and eee in literary and agricultural
pursuits. In 1864 was the Republican candidate for State Senator 1m the Third Senatorial
District of Michigan, but was defeated by his Democratic competitor. He removed to La-
peer, Lapeer Co., Mich., in 1867, where he buried his wife. Was admitted to the bar and
engaged in the practice of law there. Served two years as Circuit Court Commissioner,
and five years as Justice of the Peace. In 18t9 he married Mrs. Louise E. Loring, and in
1873 moved to Kansas, making his home at Blue Rapids. Appointed Postmaster in Decem-
ber, 1876, and still holds that position. He is now serving his second term as Mayor of Blue
Rapids. His family consists of his wife and son, Guy, six years of age; Herbert, nineteen,
son by former marriage, and a step-son, George H. Loring, one of the employes of the
Western Historical Company in the compilation of the History of Kansas.

JOHN McPHERSON, real estate agent. This gentleman is a native of Scotland, and
was born November 24, 1835. He came to America when tive years of age, and settied in
Racine, Wis. Thence removed to Milwaukee, and thence to Oconomowoc. He enlisted
August 15, 1861, as a private in Company A, of the First Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment.
Served in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. On April 7, 1863, was promoted
to First Lieutenant of the same company for gallant and meritorious service. He was
commissioned Captain in December, 1864. and was mustered out January 8, 1865. Capt.
McPherson took part in many of the great battles of the Army of the Tennessee and Ohio,
among them Stone River, Chicamaugua, and the fierce and terrible battle of the cavalry
corps against Wheeler in the Sequatchie Valley, and followed Sherman’s victorious stand—
ard in his famous campaign from Atlanta to the sea and through the Carolinas. After the
war he returned to Oconomowoc, and in 1870 removed to Blue Rapids, in Marshall County,
Kansas. He is now in business as a real estate, loan, and insurance agent In 1870 he and
his father-in-law, Mr. Reed, built the La Belle House in Blue Rapids, of which famous
hostelry they are now owners and proprietors. Mr, McPherson has held the office of Deputy
United States Marshal for the past four years and was recently re-appointed for another
term, under Maj. Ben Simpson. Has served three terms as Mayor of Blue Rapids. Mr.
McP. was married October 19, 1861, to Miss Emma A. Reed. They have one child, Edward,
aged ten years. 7

W. MEANS, farmer, P. O. Elm Creek, was born in Ray County, Missouri, December
6, 1835. Moved to Platte County. Thence to Marshall Co., Kan., in 1860, and locate
north of Blue Rapids, same county. My. M. has held the office of Township Trustee and
County Assessor of Marshall County. Is a member of the Masonic Order. Was married
in Soe County, Missouri, December 16, 1856, to Miss L. F. Riley, and is the father of
ten children.

DR. DAVID A. PEOPLES was born in Philadelphia November 8, 1854. Was educated
in the public schools of his native city, and studied dentistry there. He came to Kansas,
and first settled near Sterling, in 1877, removed to Topeka in April, 1880, and thence to
Blue Rapids, in 1881. He has a very neat office on the east side of the Public Square, over
the postoftice, and has a large and constantly increasing practice He has won success and,
what is better, deserves it, by his professional skill and honest dealing. He was married to
Miss Katie Bell, of Philadelphia. ‘They have two children, Dr. and Mrs. Peoples first united
with the Nazareth Methodist Episcopai Church, Thirteenth and Vinest reets, Philadelphia, in
1872, and are now members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Blue Rapids. The
Doctor is J. W. of Blue Rapids Lodge, No, 169, is rapidly advancing in Masonry, and takes
great interest in the progress of the Order. He pays visits to Irving semi-monthly and
Waterville weekly on his professional business, in botn of which places he is held in the
highest esteem.

ROBERT ROBERTSON, farmer, P. O. Blue Rapids, was born in 1826, in the State
of New York, and emigrated to Marshall County, Kansas, in 1869, locating two miles north
of Blue Rapids, and is the owner of over 2Uu acres of choice land. His wife, Mary A.,
cooked the first meal cver cooked on the land where the town of Blue Rapids is situated.
Mr. R. isa member of the Grange and the Masonic Order. He was married in Madison
County, N. Y., in 1849, to Mary A. Draper. ‘They have three children—George, Irene,
and Lafayette. He has a nice orchard, consisting o peach, pear, and apple trees.

ED. W. WAYNANT, Blue Rapids, was born at Shady Grove, Pa., April 9, 1855. In 1858,
he moved with his parents to Epworth, Dubuque Co., Iowa, and from there moved to Jackson
County, Kan. He became a resident of Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kan., in 1870. Attended
college at Highland University in 1873-'4~5, and was a member of the senior class when he
left college. After leaving school he studied law with Guthrie Brothers, of Topeka, Kan.,
and was admitted to practice in the District Court before Judge Morton, in April, 1877, when
he returned to Blue Rapids and engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1877, he was
elected Assistant Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, and was re-elected to the
same position in 1879. In 1881, he was elected Assistant Secretary of the Senate, which posi-
tion he now holds, Mr. Waynant was one of the delegates to the Republican State Con-
gressional Convention, held June 28, 1882, and was one of the secretaries of the convention.
IRVING.

The town of Irving is located on the line of the Central Branch Rail-
road, ninety miles west from Atchison. Situated in the wide spread valley o£
that winding stream, with its pure clear waters and timber-covered banks,
the Blue, it unquestionably has a pleasant location. Irving has, and always
will have, a good trade, arising from the fact of its being located in one
of the best settled and best cultivated portions of Marshall County.

In the autumn of 1859, a small colony of fourteen families organized in
Lyons, Iowa, and sent W. W. Jerome to prospect and secure a suitable site
for the location of atown. After traveling several hundred miles in Kan-
i oe recommended the lands on which the present town site of Irving is

ocated.

In February, 1860, the Irving Town Company was incorporated by the
Territorial Legislature. Following were the corporators: Jerome,
L. A. Ellis, W. D. Robinson, J. H. Flint, J. T. Wilson, M. D. Abbott, G.
M. Gifford, Joel Parker, C. Raymond, B. W. Powers, I’. H. Baker and C.
KE. Gaylord.

About one hundred families in Iowa and Illinois had made preparations
to locate near the town of Irving, and quite a number had already moved
out, but met, as their first experience, the severe drought of 1860, and many
went back, and by their reports kept others away. C. E. Gaylord is the
only member of the Irving Town Company now living in Irving.

EARLY EVENTS,

*

Irving received its name from Washington Irving, ‘‘whose sweet literary
productions will ever live to give lustre to the memory of that immortal and
beloved American author.”

Irving, during its infancy, seemed to be linked with a destiny fated to
its advancement. Alluding to the drought of 1860, we should mention that
the climax of the year’s discouragements occurred in July, in the shape of
a severe wind and thunder storm. Most of the buildings in Irving at this
time were new and unfinished, and offered but little resistance to the wind.
Buildings were blown down, houses unroofed, smoke-stack of the colony
saw-mill destroyed, and many narrow escapes reported. Some of the colo-
nists went back to Iowa, others located in Vifferent parts of Kansas, but the
majority remained, and soon others came in and Irving was again on the
ascendency.

In 1860-1, was built at Irving the first church in Marshall County—
there being none nearer than Manhattan, Riley County. The church was
built mainly through the efforts of friends of the colonyin New York. The
first religious services were held in this building by the Rev. Charles
Parker.

Neither records nor traditions state anything in regard to the ‘first mar-
riage, birth, or death. \

The survey of what was then known as the Atchison & Pike’s Peak
Railroad, was completed to Irving in November, 1865. In the fall of 1867,
the railroad, under the name of the C. B. U. P., was completed, and during
the next winter the depot was built.

A frame building, occupied as a hotel, was erected in 1870 by J. F. Joy,
at a cost of $2,590, and known as the Irving House. After passing through
different managements, it was purchased by William Connor—the present
proprietor.

Corporation.—Irving was incorporated as a city of the third class in
1871,, George C. Crowther being elected as the first Mayor. The first city
election was all that was ever carried out by Irving as a city. The officers
elected did not qualify; the charter was surrendered, and the ‘‘City of
Irving” soon became a thing of the past.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Postoffice.—W as established in 1°60, with M.D. Abbott as postmaster. Abbott was suc
ceed.d in afew months by 5. H. Warren, who retained the oflice a number of years, when
he turned it over to H. E. Smith. Smith was succeeded by S. H. Warren, egain, who in
1872 turned the office over to John Thompson, who ofticiated until 1:79, when he was suc-
ceeded by Thos. Gaylord, the present Poxtmaster, August 5, 187 ', Money Order No. 1. was
issued from the Irving Postoftice, Levi Chase, remitter.

Wetmore Institute.—Was established in 186', by Eastern friends of the Colony, promi-
nent among whom was Hon. AR. Wetmore. in honor of whom the Institute received its
name. The Institute building was erected on a aere overlooking the town from the we-t,
was a three-story structure 44x50 feet, and built of limestone. ‘The first teachers were the
Misses Blakely, who were succeeded by the Rev. J. L. Chapman, who taught three years.
In 1879 a portion of the building was destroyed by a cyclone, and in 1880 was totally de-
stroyed by fire. 6 de

In 1468. School district No. 2, erected astone school building 30x40 feet. The contract
price was $2,9.5, but before the building was completed. $6,0"0 was expended A Jeffers
taugh’ the first term. in 1869. In the summer of 1879, this buiding was destroyod by the
Irving cyclone In the fall of the same year, a new building—frame—avux40 feet, was com-
pleted at a cost of $1.50. Prof. H.C. Robinson, the present teacher.

The First Presbyterian Church was organized October 26, 1882, by the Rev.
Chas, Parker, with the following named persons ag original members; A. Goer, C. A.
Freeland and wife, C. E. Gaylord and wife. Mrs. A. Parker, Mrs. J. L. Freeland. Mrs W.
W. Jerome. In 1869, a stone edifice, 42x52 feet, was erected at a cost of 75,000, In 1879 the
church was destroyed by a cyclone; but not being discouraged, a new edifice 42x57 feet, was
commenced during the same year, and completed in the summer of 1881, at_a cost of $3.5UU.

The following named pastors have had chee of the organization: Revs. C. Parker,
J. L. Chapman. Mr. Shelden, G. F. Chapen, J _R. Brown, J Wilson, I. B. Smith and Rev.
J. A. Griffes. Since January 1, 1883, the church has had no regular pastor. Present mem-
bership. tifty-four. 5 :

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1867, by Rev. Mr. Devaul. In the sum-
mer of the same year eiforts w re made toward the erection of a church edifice, but after a
little progress wax made the work stopped. In 1871. a stone building was purchased, and
meetings were held in it until 1874, since which time services have been held in the Presby-
terian charch. The pastors 'p to date have been: M. D. Tenney, T. B Grey, B. F. Smith,
W. H. Underwood, E W. Vandeventer, 8. A. Green, G. W. Miller, 8. L. Hunter, and the
Rev. C. §. Freark. who is their present pastor. Present membership, twenty-eight.

The Episcopal Church was organized in 1867-8, by the Rev Chas. Holmes. Meetings
were held fora number of years in the schoolhouse, when the organization disbanded. In

_ April, 1874, the church was reorganized by Bishop Vail, Rev. C. Holmes, pastor. In the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

fall of 1879 a small frame edifice was built at a cost of $1,200. Present Rector, Rev Geo.
Turner Present membership, twenty. :

The Press.—October 31st, 1868, Geo. C. Crowther, having bought out the Marysville
Enterprise, removed the material to Irving, and commenced the publication of the Irving
Recoruver. May 21st. 1869, Mr, Crowther sold a half interest to Harris E. Smith. and the
Recorder was published under their management for some time, when Mr, Crowther retired,
leaving Mr. Smith sole proprietor, who published the paper unt'l the summer of 872, when
for want of patronage it was suspended. In 1875, John Thomson purchased the material
of the defunct Recorder establishment, and started the Irving Blue Valley Gazette. This

aper, a Republican journal. wis conducted by him till 18/9. when it was again suspended.
n 1880, W. J. Granger purchased the Gazette material and started the Blue Valley Citizen.
Mr Granger conducted the paper nine months, when it was discontinued.

Societies.—Irving Lodge, No 34. A. O U. W.—Was organized under a charter March 18,
188, with the following members: W_ KE. Brown, T. Gaylord, 8. A. Bosanko, G. W. Sil-
veriu, H. G. Walwath, W. P. Tilton. C. E. Coulter. J. >. Finney, O. Allen, C. H. Stiles,
First officers: W. E. Brown, P. M. W.;S_A. Bosanko, M W.; T. Gaylord, F.; CE. Conl-
ter, O.; G. W. Silveria, G.; C. H. Stiles, Fin.; J. S, Finney, Rec.,; H. D. Walwath, F. W ;
O. Allen, O. W.

The present officers are: W'. E. Brown. P. M. W ; T. Gaylord, M. W.; C. H. Robinson,
F.; C_H. Stiles, O.; J S. Finney, G., W. E. Brown, Rec ; C. EH. Coulter. F.;C, A. Montgom-
ery, R. Reguiuwr meetings were held until the spring of 1882. The organization still retains
its charter,

Blue Valley Lodge, No. \\2, A. F. & A, M.—Was organized_under a charter granted
October 17, 1872. Charter members: C. Nelson, T. Day, R. M. Patterson, W. E. Brown,
O.S. Straight, A. Jeffers, W. R. Haywood, F. Falkner, R.L. Weeks, N. W. Morgan, R. L.
Wigten. rivst officers: T. Day, W. M.; R. M. Patterson, 8. W.; C. A. Smith J. W.

Present officers: J. Day, W.M.; J.C. Ward, 8, W.; 0. Allen, J. W.; J, Armstrong,
Treas.; W. E. Brown, Sec’y. Present membership, nineeen,

Sylvan Shades Cemetery was incorporated May 22, 1873, by a stock company, In this
cemetery repose the remains of many of the victims of the terrible cycl ne of 1879.

Greenwood Cemetery was incorporated in 1877. by W. J. Williams. J. S. Warden, C. E.
Gaylord, C.Smith, T. Day. Officers elected for first year were: C. Pre-ton, Pres.; J. 8.
Warden, Treas.; C. E. Gaylord, Sec’y. During the same year, a tract of twenty acres was
purchased and improved. Pre-ent officers same as abvuve.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

D. C. CALHOUN, farmer, P. O. Irving, was born in Indiana, January 27, 1840. Enlisted in
Company I, Forty-third Indiana Voluntecr Infantry, and remained in service two years and
eight months, when he moved to Ohio. In 1867, he emigrated_to Marshall County, Kan.,
and located four miles from Irving, on a farm of 240 acres, Here he keeps from 75 to 125
head of cattle, 16 to 20 head of horses, and 75 to 200 head of hogs. Mr, Calhoun was married
in Marshall County, Kan., July 20, 1871, to Elizabeth McClure, and has one child—Frances
M., born July 11, 1873.

L. CHASE, M. D., was born in Jewett, Greene Co., N. Y., January 14, 1847. Studied
medicine, graduating from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1859. Moved to Kansas in
same year, and settled at Irving. Has es medicine there since. Is a Republican in
politics, and has frequently represented Marshall County in the State Conventions of his
party. Has never married.

C. E. COULTER, was born in Canada, in 1853. Came to Marshall County in 1872, and
settled at Blue Rapids. Studied medicine in Philadelphia. In 1875, began trade as a drug-
gist in Marysville, but in 1878 was burned out. The next year, began in same line at Irving,
soon after the great cyclone which destroyed the town on the 29th of May of that year. Was
married in February, 1877, to Miss E. B. Craft. Has a daughter—Edna A., aged four years.
Mr. Coulter is a member of the A. VU. U. W.

THEODORE GAYLORD was born in New York in 1839: moved from there to Illinois
in 1848. On the 25th of September, 1861, enlisted in the U.S. Army, Company A, Sixty-
fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Had the misfortune to lose one of his arms in a battle
before Atlanta, Was discharged in 1835. Mr. Gaylord holds a lieutenant’s commission.
In 1867, he came to Marshall County. Kan., and in 1879 was appointed postmaster at Irving,
Marshall County, Kan., which position he now holds. Is a member of the A. O. U. W. Was
married in Irving, January 5, 1871, to Minerva Gift. They have four children—Julia A., Jo-

Snes William and Bertha..
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GEORGE W. JONES, farmer, P. O. Irving, was born in Bath County, Ky., in 1857, and
‘ame from there as a boy to Miami County, Kan., in 1857, and in 1870 he joined rela-
tives in Marshall County, Kan., and in 1877 removed to Sedgwick County, Kan.
In the spring of 1879, himself, J. F. Forcy, William Glenn, W. “Merrick, John Burn-
ham and George Vickers, left Wichita with the express purpose of founding a new town to
the west. This expedition resulted in the platting of Harper City, in what is now Harper
County, by Mr, Glenn. Each of the colonists laid claim to a quarter section of “Mother
Earth,” and Dolene an interest in the town site. Mr. Glenn built the first house, the first
hotel, and_was the prominent man. Mr. Merrick built the first store.

_C, A. MONTGOMERY, merchant, was born in Franklin County, Pa., in 1838; moved to
Illinois in 1846, thence came to Irving. Marshall County, Kan., in 1866, and clerked for 8. H.
Warren, and in 1879 purchased from 8. H. Warren his stock of general merchandise, and is
now doing business in a room 25x75, with an addition of 16x60; carries a stock of $10,000.
In 1851 C. A. enlisted in the United States Army in Company G, Thirteenth Mlinois Volun-
teer Infantry; was ippeinted. Sergeant, and served three years and two months. After the
war he returned to Illinois, and in November, 1868, was married to F, Bigelow. They have
two children—William and May. {eis a member of the Masonic Order. 7

J.C. MOORE, merchant, was born in Ohio, in 1849, and in 1870, moved to Irving, Mar-
shall County, Kan., and in 1880, engaged in the grocery and boot and shoe busincss. Has
held the office of Township Clerk. Was married in Irving in 1874,, and has two ehildren—
B. O. and Clandy.

EM. PETERSEN, This gentleman was born in Norway, February 5, 1848. Ile came
to America in 1866, and locate. in’ Wisconsin, and in 1872 came to Marshall County, Kan.,
and engaged in the merchandise business, with capital less than $100. Mr. Petcrsen is a
young man who has gradually increased his stock, until he is now doing business in a room
22x75 fect, with an addition of 14x25 feet, and carries a stock of 12,000. Thus can be seen what
energy and eters will do ae great State of Kansas, if aman has the true grit and
persevermce. Te was marricd in Irving in the year of 1877, to Emma Heines.

W. H.SABINS & SON. WH. was born in Oneida’ County, N. Y., June 25, 1823:
moved to Hlinois, thence to Marshall County, Kan., in 1870, and engaged in farming and
stock-raising; has a farm of 820 acres; keeps 50 head of cattle, and 50 (> 100 head of
hogs. Mr. Sabius and his son farm 400 acres of land, the most of which is in broom corn,
und are compclied to keep about thirty head of horses'to do the work. Mr. Subins was mar-
ried in New York, and is the father of five children. He has held the oftice of Justice of
the Peace I. E. Sabins, son of W. H., was born in New York State in 1848, and
moved to Marshall County, Kan,, in 1870, and_ is now the owner of eighty acres of land,
ee father ae fon rage a Seeree of moving buildings and other heavy structures. The

eman was marrie ing i 7 i ick e child—

Bfte M, nget two ae in Irving in 1879, to Maggie Dedrick, and has one child
| . SHIPP was born in Indiana, in 1888; moved from there to Illinois, then to Iowa, and
ra ee is caine to Marshall County, Kan., settling within one mile of the town of Irving.
ve 8 aries living at this place'‘at the time the Indians made a raid through Northern
: ansaid ling over two hundred. This gentleman has held the office of Constable for
a ve ees aud is now holding the oftice of School Director, He was married in Iowa,
seamber 9, 1854, to Esther M. Slater, and has twelve children, and four grandchildren,
a STRONG, architect and builder, P. O. Irving, was born in Ohio, October 12, 1826;
we re re to Towa, thence to Tennessee, and in 1861 returned to Ohio. Enlisted in
ae any Bs ae Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained until
} ae oF . the war. He then returned to Ohio and remained until 1869, when he emigrated
saat oe ha. uy Kan., and now owns a farm of 340 acres six miles south of Irving. Mr.
Naw Ny aude -D.,was sent from the Eighth Congressional district of Ohio, to the United States
I a fet emy.where he remained two years. Mr. §, D. Strong was married the second time
a “es ing a blo, January 1, 1865, to Hannah K. Russell. Mr. Strong had two sons—R. D.,
eee arto ae o a ae the latter having died at the age of five a The children
agate Cn ee € are—W.L.,C.A., Frank (deceased) E.O., Henry R. deceased, Mary E.,

ana J., i i :
Donglaes, September 1 = oS inall eleven children. R. D. Strong was married to Hsther M.

 
MARSHALL COUNTY.

FRANKFORT..

Frankfort, the third city in size, in a business point of view, is located

‘in the south-central part of the county on a beautiful slope stretching back

from the Vermilion, eighty-seven miles west from Atchison, on the Missouri

Pacific Railway, and twenty-three miles on an air line from Marysville, the

county-seat. Situated in the midst of what is acknowledged as the richest

agricultural part of the county, and surrounded by a wealthy class of farm-
ers, it has advantages possessed by few towns in the county.

SETTLEMENT OF THE VERMILLION VALLEY.

The following notes of the early settlement of the Vermillion Valley,
were furnished us by an old settler in that region. At the risk of some slight
repetitions, since some of the individuals here mentioned have been alluded
to in the general history, we reproduce it here as given: :

‘In 1855 came the first actual settlers in the Valley of the Black Vermil-
lion. One of them was Louis Tremble, a Frenchman, who had married a
Sioux squaw, and who had been driven from the Rocky Mountuins in ac-
cordance with an order of General Harney, expelling everyone of that na-
tionality. In the fall of that year he operated a puncheon toll bridge across
the Vermillion River, at the old Mormon or Hollenberg crossing. Mr.
Changreau, another French settler, had also a Sioux wife. John D. Wells,
present Representative of the Fifty-fifth District, arrived during the early
part of 1855. Daniel M. Leavitt, stilla resident of this county; Teer Hol-
lenberg, a German, the father of Washington County, now buried in the At-
lantic; Frederic, Henry and Hans Brockmeyer, now of the above named
county; Soren Jason, now in California; and Dr. Ackerman and family, all
settled on the east fork in 1855. Joseph Langdon and family also settled
near the mouth of the Vermillion in the fall of 1855, as did Thomas War-
ren and family, whose location was on Section 31, Town 4, Range 9. Among
the early settlers of 1856 were Captain 8. B. Todd, of Pittsburg, Pa., since
of Frankfort, Kan.; Dr. William Blackburn, now in Ohio; John McKib-
bins, now of Westmoreland, Kan. The inciting cause of the coming of
this party was the speeches made, late in 1855, in Appolion Hall, Pittsburg,
by Hired Greeley, 5. N. Wood and a well known Sannter of Michigan, on
the subject of ‘‘ Kansas.” Captain Todd and fifteen others enlisted that
night to come to Kansas as Free-state voters and settlers. Within a few
weeks they were joined by about twenty-five others. The party of forty left
Pittsburg for Kansas, April 1, 1856. Under the auspices of the Massachu-
setts Free-state Emigrant Society, they arrived at Kansas City, and from
there scattered over the State. Captain Todd and his companions arrived on
the Black Vermillion, April 19, 1856. Later in that year the few settlers of
the Ohio Colony Company came to this valley. A surveyor named Johnson,
accompanied by A. G. Barrett, now County Treasurer of Marshall County;
John Roland, Hon. D. C. Ault and others came to this valley in May, 1855,

and laid off a tract of land, 5x8 miles, called the Ohio Colony Survey. They.

also platted ‘‘Ohio City” on the northwest quarter of Section 31, Town 4,
Range 9. It isnowafarm. Each member of the colony paid into the gen-
eral fund $25 for every quarter section he desired to secure, the money to be
used in the purchase of a steam saw-mill.. The mill was bought by A. G.
Barrett, as agent of the colony, and brought out in the fall of 1855. This
location is still known as Barrett Station, formerly Barrett’s Mills. The
Ohio Colony came to naught, as no books, papers or accounts were ever sent
to Kansas, and but few of the members ever came. Mr. Barrett bought and
for many years owned the saw-mill, which is still running, though the old
boiler and engine were disposed of and transported to Clyde, Kan. Although
Messrs. Barrett and Roladl built log houses on the west fork of the Vermil-
lion in 1855, they did not live in them unfil after Mr. Todd had built his in
May, 1856. He, therefore, must be considered the first. settler on the West
Fork, and his son, William H., born August 13, 1856 -is, perhaps, the first
male white child born in Marshall County. Among those who settled on
the Vermillion in 1856, were the Hon. A. G. Barrett and family, Hon. D.
C. Ault and family, Isaac Walker and family, H. W. Swift, a bachelor and
first Postmaster at Barrett postoffice; John Radcliffe and family, the two
brothers Frame and their families, the Shirk family, also Enoch Pugh, the
first blacksmith (who died there about 1857), and others whose names are
not now recalled. Other early settlers who may be mentioned are: W.
H. Wilson, then a bachelor, who came in May, 1856; James Wilson and
family, and W. T. Grinnell, in 1857; J. Burrell and family in April, 1858,
and Peter Trosper and family in 1859. Myr. Auld was the first Justice of
the Peace, and IL. V. Hall and Miss Ann J. Trosper, were the first couple mar-
ried by that functionary, in 1857. Mr. Todd was the second Justice of the
Peace, and the first one to serve under Free-state rule. During the years
1857, 1858 and 1859, few settlers located in the valley, and_in 1860 most of
the pioneers were driven away by the stress of hard times. From 1860 to 1865
this part of Kansas remained much as it was in 1856, as the uncertain issue
of the Rebellion discouraged settlement. ;

In August, 1856, Timothy Clark and Judy North, were married at the
house of James Smith, by Squire Ault. James and Samuel Smith settled
in the fall of 1855. James is now in Missouri, and Samuel died a few years
ago. Ellis Meyers came in the spring of 1856, and froze to death in a ter-
rible storm which raged during the winter of 1856 and 1857. John Harris
and family, now residing in Osage County, Kan., came in 1856. Lawrence
Kelly and family came during the same year. Mr. Kelly is dead. James P.
Malone and family came also during the same year. He 1s now a Catholic
missionary in Wabaunsee County. James Goldsberry and family came
in 1856, and also Mr. Musgrave and family, who still reside in the county.
‘Alexander Moore and family came from Ohio. He is now a resident of Illi-
nois. Mr. Fletcher and family came during 1856, but he died in the fall of
that vear. His family left the country after a few years.

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HISTORY OF THE CITY.

In 1867, the Frankfort Town Company was organized at Marysville with
the following members: ‘F. Schmidt, C. F, Koester, J. S. Magill, John Mc-
Coy, P. H. Peters, John Bollinger, Perry Hutchinson, J. Weisbach, R. S.
Newell and J. E. Smith. In August, of the same year, the company pur-
chased Section 16, Township 4, Range 9, and laid out.a townsite, which was
originally called Frank’s Ford, but soon adopted its present continental
oe On consideration of receiving a station, depot and side-track,
the town company gave the Central Branch Railroad Company one-half of
the town site.

The railroad reached Frankfort in October, 1867, and in the fall of the
same year the depot was erected. The first houses were built that year by
J. S. Magill, R. S. Newell and Frank Schmidt. O. C. Horr established the
first store in December, 1867. In 1868, seven buildings were erected, among
them being two business houses operated by Jacob Weisbach and O. C. Horr.
The next year, 1869, showed a marked increase in the building operations,
as there were fifty-four good substantial buildings erected, among which was
one of the largest hotels in the county, at that time. Since that time the
town has made steady progress.

In April, 1869, occurred the death of an infant daughter of 0. C. Horr.
Of this child it may be stated as being the first birth, afew months previous.
The next birth was a child of Jacob Weisbach, born in the fall of the same
year.

A serious affray occurred in Frankfort August 14, 1869, in which one of
the oldest and most respected citizens, James Vaugham,, was shot by a ques-
tionable character named Gus Quarles. It appears there had been for some
time previous to the shooting. an antagonistic feeling between the two par-
ties—Quarles having circulated the report that. Vaugham was a bushwhacker
and had served with Quantrell during his raids. On the day of the shoot-
ing, Quarles, who had been hunting, stopped in Jacob Weisbach’s store,
where he met Vaugham, who desired an explanation in regard to the report
circulated by Quarles. Quarles did not deny what he had said, and from
this an excited altercation arose, in the midst of which Quarles raised his gun
and placing the muzzle within three feet of his victim, fired, the charge
taking effect in the arm and side of Vaugham. As the wounded man did
not fall Quarles fired at him again, but in his excitement missed his antag-
onist. Quarles immediately jumped on his horse and left for parts unknown.
It was afterwards ascertained that he had gone to Missouri, where he soon
after died. Mr. Vaugham finally recovered from his wounds and is still a
resident of the place.

LOCAL MATTERS.

In response to a petition signed by a majority of the legal voters of the town of Frank-
fort, a charter was gianted July 24, 1875, and the town was incorporated asa city of the
third class. The first city election was held August 10, 1875. The official roster is as follows:

Mayor —1875, BR. S. Newell; 1876. E. Brady; 1877-9, H. H. Louery; 1880, I. C. Legere;
1881-2, H. H Louery.

* Councilmen.— 1875, E. Brady, I. C. Legere, J. Marksman, W. Schmicker, F. B. Taylor,
Sr.; 1 76,1 C. Legere, J. Marksman, P. C. Garvin, F. B. Taylor, Sr.. J. Weisbach; 1877,
Pp. GC. Garvin, J. Gano, J. Marksman, J. Weisbach, J. L. Davis; 1878, F. B. Taylor, Jr., W.
Ross, M. L. Moor, G. H. Rexford, J. Brown; 1819, T_ F. Rhodes, W. Ross, J. Marshall, B.
W. Coffiland, F. B. Taylor, Jr.; 1880, J. Weston, L. V. McKee, W. Ross, G. H. Francis, J.
Weisbach; 1881, T. J. Snodgrass, P. Spelman, F. B. Taylor, Jr., M. N. Haskins, J. W
Bartlett; 1882, W. Ross, M. N. Haskins, M. McKeon, A. H. Post, F. B_ Taylor, Jr.

Police Judge.—1875-6, J. Gano ; 1877-9, 8. B. Todd; 1880-82, W. Siders.

Clerks.—1875, 8. B. Todd; 1876, J. M. Lane; 187°, R. W. Reese; 1878, M. W. Taylor;
1879, E. L. Begun; 1880-1, G. C. Brownell; 1882, W. J. Gregg.

Treasurer.—1875, 8. D. McKee; 1876, J. L. Davis; 1877-8, J. M. Lane; 1879, J. S. War-
den; 1880-1, R. S. Newell; 1882, J. S. Warden. ;

Marshal.—1875, G. D. Osvorne; 1876, J. R. Marren; 1877, E. Davis; 1878-9, C. Osborne;
1880. W. Snodgrass ; 1881, F. R. Bulluck ; 1882, T, Akerman.

Schools.—School district No. 35, was organized in March, 1869, at the house of O. C.
Horr. At the first election held, W. Trosper was elected Director; J. Weisbach, Treasurer
and R. S. Newell. Clerk. Jn the spring of 1870, bonds to the amount of $:,600 were issued,
and a frame school building, 24x40 feet, was erected. This building was used until 1880,
when it was sold and is now used as a private residence. During ihe same year a new edi-
fice built of limestone, was completed at a cost of $4,000. In 1874, an addition was made to
the main building, and is used for primary purposes.

The following teachers, in the order mentioned, have had charge of the Frankfort Pub-
lic Schools, from 18:0 up to the present time: D. F. Nichols, T. Greenman, Miss M_ Dex-
ter, W. Barnett, C. Jackson, H. A. Day, H. R Faulkner, Miss L. Gano, E. R. Faulkner,
Miss J. Faulkner, J. W. Quay, E. R. Faulkner .

Methodist Episcopal —In the spring of 1869 religious services were held by the Metho-
dist persuasion, in the railroad depot, and a church orgauization was perfected, with J. S.
Kelly and wife, Jessie L. Hopkins, Mrs H. K. Hopkins, and a few others as first members.
Rev S. M. Hopkins «ns tlhcir first pastor, and was succeeded in March, 1871, by Rev. T. B.
Greeley. Rev. Mr. Grec.cy was succeeded in order mentioned by Rev. Messrs. McKee,
Knite, Zimmerman, Baytl.Cs, Kvester and S L. Hunter, the present incumbent.

Services were held in the schoolhouse in 1870, and until a church edifice was built’ pub-
lic halls were used ‘The foundations for a church building were laid in 1870, but nothing
more was done until 1881, when a church edifice, 30x5v feet, was completed at a cost of
$2,010. Present membership, fifty.

The Presbyterian Church at Frankfort was organized under the supervision of Rev.
Timot y Hill, with the following members: I. Greenman and wife, 8. B. Todd and wife,
Mrs. Mary Strong. Miss A 1.. Greenman. F. M. Fleming. The schoolhouse was used as
a place of worship for three yeirs. In 1874, work. was commenced on a church edifice,
which was dedicated December 2, 1877. The building isa stone structure 32x45 feet, and
was erected at a cost of $3,611,

The following pastors have had charge of the church: Revs. Chas. Parker, John Wil-
son, I. B. Smith and Rev. H. W. Woods, the present incumbent. Present membership,
fifty-three In connection, may be mentioned the existence of a flourishing Sabbath-
school, with a membership of 110.

The Press history of the town commences with the Frankfort Record, which was estab-
lished July 25, 1876. by Campbell & Bros. On the 26th day of October, 1876. I. B. Smith &
Son boughtthe paper, and continued its publication under the same name for some time,
when it was purchased by 8. B Todd, who named it the Headlight, and changed its politics
in favor of the Greenback party. The paper was continued under his management until
Nov. 18, 1881, when it was purchased by L P. Bowen, who changed its politics to Republi-
can, and its name to that of the Frankfort Bee. The Bee isa seven column folio, and is
devoted principally to home interests. The job office in connection is one of the most
complete in Northern Kansas.

The Frankfort postoffice was first established in 1867, two miles southeast of the pres-
ent town site of Frankfort, and was called Nottingham, 1). C, Auld being the first Post-
master. He was succeeded by O. C. Horr, when the office was moved into town, and its
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name changed to its present appellation. Mr. Horr was succeeded by S. D. McKee, then
tame I. B. Smith, R. W. Reese, A. McLean and Benj. McElroy, the present incumbent, who
has occupied his position since October 31st, 1881. It became a Money Order office in June,

1872.
r sree Lodge, No. 67, A. F. & A. M., was organized March 28, 1868, the first mect-
ing being held in the house of A. G. Barrett, at Barrett’s Station. In the fall of 1869, the

lodge was moved to Frankfort.

_, Hirst officers: D. W. Acker, W.M.; T. C. Hendricks, 8. W.; J. Grimes, J. W.; W.
Life, Treas.; S. W. Hazen, Sec’y. Present officers: B. McElroy, W. M.; J. W. Bartlett,
S. W.; H. Massie, J. W.; L. V. McKee, Treas.; J. M. Watson, Sec’y.

_ Present membership, forty-five. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Satur-
day evenings of each month, in Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Hall. .

Vermillion Lodge, No. 110,7. O. O. F., was instituted under dispensation, January 7,
1874, In October, 1874, the Society received its charter, which was granted to the following
charter members: F. B. Taylor, Sr., G. F. Poor, H. Sleigh, T. H. Gibson, G. Sleigh, J. L.
Davis, and J. R. Voorhees. The first officers were: F. B. Taylor, Sr., N. G.; H.C. Sleigh,
V.C.; J. L. Davis, Rec. Sec’y; J. R. Vourhees, Treas. .
ee Present officers: W. Ross, N. G.; G. F. Poor, V. G.; E. Brady, Sec’y; M. N. Haskins,

‘reas,

Present membership, twenty-eight. aa meetings are held on Thursday evening of
each week, in Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Hall.

Henderson Post, No. 53, G. A. R, was so named in order to perpetuate the memory of
R. A. Henderson, of Company A, Seventh Kansas, who lost his life in the defense of his
country in the battle of Little Blue, Mo., November 11, 1861—the first soldter who fell, from
Marshall County.

The organization of this post was perfected in April, 1882, with eighteen charter members.
L. V. B. Taylor, Commander; T. J. Snodgrass, Sr. V. Commander; ohn W. Brown, dr. V.
Commander; H. N. Pidcoe, Officer of the Day; S. B. Todd, Adjutant; John M. Watson, Q.
M.; H. G. Trosper, Q_ M. Sergt.; George H. Francis, Sergt. Major; A. J. McKee, one
lain; Joseph Wallace, Guard. The post now numbers thirty-seven members and constantly
increasing, and meets on first and third Wednesdays of each month, in Brady’s Hall.

Frankfort Lodge, No. 33, A. O. U. W.—was organized under_a charter, February 21,
1880. Following were the charter members and first ofticers: J. W. Bartlett, P. M. W.; F.
McBride, M. W.; J. J. Hiliker, G. F.; D. C. Marshall, O.; G. C. Brownell, Rec.; H. C
Phinney, Fin.; P. C. Garvin, Receiver; S. Chenoworth, G.; A. J. Weston, I. W.: J. N.
Farce, 0. W. ¢ ;

Present officers: J. S. Warden, P. M.; I. W. Brown, M.; S. Goodnight, Rec.; W. H.
Clutter, F.; @ C. Brownell, O.; D. M. Carlyle, Fin. Present membership, twenty. Regu-
lar meetings are held every Monday evening, at their hall. : :

Iron Grown Lodge, No. 32, K. of P—was organized under dispensation, October 14,
1880, and instituted under a charter dated May 18, 1881, with twenty charter members. First
officers: J. S. Warden, P.C.; J. W. Bartlett, C. ¢.; F. B. Taylor, Jr., V. C.; 1. C. Legere, P.;
P. C. Garvin, M. of Ex.; W L. Souders, M. of F.; W. 'T. Dwinnell, K. of R. & S.; M. G.
Phinney, M. of A.

Present officers: J. S. Warden, C. C.; W. T. Dwinnell, V.C.; G. O. Coffin, C; F B.
Taylor, M. F.; W. F. Holthan, M. of Ex.; C. W. H. Loutenberger, K. of R. & 8.;G E.
Scoville, M. of A Present membership, nineteen. Regular meetings are held every Tues-
day evening, at Taylor's Hall.

Frankfort Cornet Band.—This musical organization was organized under a charter
May 26, 1879, under the following officers: J. A. Weston, Pres.; J. M. Brown, Vice-Pres.;
W. Brown, Treas.; J M. Lane, Sec’y. The charter was for ninety-nine years. The organ-
ization continued two years. In the winter of 1882, it was re-organized, with ten members,
under the leadership of A. Williams. The organization is now in a prosperous condition,

Aotels.—The first hotel built was erected in 1869, by J. Heasley, who operated it for one
year, when it was discontinued.

Frankfort House.—-In 1870, a two-story frame building, 24x40 feet, was opened asa hotel
by W. Bailey, and known as the Bailey House. Under the management of E. Weston, it was
known as the Frankfort House, and has since retained that appellation. Mr. Weston was
succeeded by W. H. Clutter, who bought the building of Bailey. and ran it as a hotel un il
April, 18-1, when F. B. Taylor, Jr., the present proprietor, took possession. In the sum-
mer of 1882, a two-story addition, 30x32 feet, was made. This hotel has the reputation of
being a first-class house.

Bank.—The private banking institution of J.S. Warden was established, June. 1878.
The bank is supplied with a Diebold safe, with Beard’s time-lock. Since the bank was first
establishea it has remained under the same management. A general banking business is
transacted.

Frankfort has a water-power grist mill, owned and operated by R. 8. Newell, which is
located on the Vermillion, one-half mile west of town.

Steam Elevators.—The Frankfort Steam Elevator was built in the fall of 1876, by J. M.
Lane. The buildingis 28x62 feet, has acapacity of 12,000 bushels, and was erected ata cost of
$6,500. In 1878, A. J. McKee became an active partner, and the elevator has since run under
the firm name of Lane & McKee.

In 187, John A. Auld built a steam elevator, 20x50 feet, with a capacity of 8,100 bush-
els. In 1880, the Weston Bros. purchased the building, and have since retained its man-
agement.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

A. W. ADAMS, farmer, P. O., Frankfort, was born in Missouri, June 11, 1843; was a
farmer and dealer in stock at Brookfield until he moved to Marshall County, Kansas, in
1880, where he is now engaged extensively in the stock business; is married and has five chil-
dren. Belongs to the A. O. U. W.

W.H. AULD, farmer, P. O., Frankfort, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, January
13, 1840, and removed to Marshall County, Kansas, in 1856, and engaged in farming. Isa
member of the A.O.U. W. Married June 1;, 1862, to Mary E. Bradford, and has seven
children, His father, D. C. Auld, who resides with him, was born in Northumberland
County, Pa., February, 18, 1810, moved to Ohio in 1814, and to Marshall County, Kan., in 1855.
He, was elected to the State Legislature in 1861. Tnlisted in the United States Army and
was Lieutenant of Company G, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry. Lieutenant Auld first detected
the firing of cannons at the battle of Prairie Grove. und ‘at once notified General Blunt, who
immediately despatched an orderly to ascertain the cause of the firing, who returned in a few
minutes, and reported that the Confederate Army were passing on the line road. Gencral
Blunt at once moved to the front and gained the battle. Had it not been that Lieutenant
Auld detected the firing at the moment he did, the battle would have been lost to the Union
army. Mr. Auld is one of the oldest and best known settlers, and claims to have put the
first roof on a house in Marshall County. ys

J.J. BARBER, farmer and Trustee of Vermillion Township, P. O. Frankfort, was born in
Brockville, Canada West, July 5, 1840; was educated in Canada, and yrew up a farmer and
in mercantile business. In 1872 he came to Kansas and began teaching school. Has tanght
nine terms in Marshall County, and is owner of a small but valuable farm well improved,
His wife was Hannah Pennington, born in Lower Canada, and they have four children—-
Charles R. F., Alexander K., Carrie and John Garfield—the eldest born in Joliet, Ill,, and
the others in Kansas. Mr. Barber is eee in political faith, and a gentleman whose
probity and ence well qualify him for his position as an officer and as a teacher,

=f P. BOWEN, editor, was born at Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, December 16,

1857. Went to Frankfort, Marshall County, Kan. in 1881, and purchased of 8. B. Todd, the
Headlight, a National Greenback paper. The paper had formerly changed hands, it_ being
criginally started as the Frankfort Record, in augue 1876, by W. P. Campbell, and_ pur-
chased of him by I. B. Smith and son, and the said Toda in 188°) purchased the Record and
changed its name as above stated. In November, 1881, the present proprietor purchased the
aper and changed its name to the Frankfort Bee. Mr. Bowen is ason of Thomas M.
Daven, who figures prominently in Colorado politics, and is an enterprising young man.
Since purchasing the paper, he has placed in his office a Campbell power-press, costing
ing him $1,2 0, and a (,ordon press that cost $275; his entire office being estimated at $3,b00.

ELISHA BRADY, lumber merchant, was born in Jefferson County, Ind., April 4, 1820;
moved to Dubuque County, Iowa in 1836, and engaged in farming. Left that county in 1856.
and went to Delaware County. He was postmaster at Delhi, Iowa, from May, 1861, till the fall
of 1866. He was commissioned to receive soldiers’ votes in the United States Army in the Lin-
coln-McClellan Campaign of 1864. In 1869 he removed to Atchison, Kan., thence to Marshall
County, in the spring of 1870, and established himself in the lumber business in the town of
Frankfort. His sales for the year 1881 amounted to $24,000. He is a member of the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Masonic and Odd Fellows’ organizations. Married in Dubuque County, Iowa, May 18, 1848,
to Miss A. Smith, and has two children, Lucy E., born September 9, 1851, and Mary L., born
January 21, 1861. 3

D. N. CARLISLE, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Allen County, Ohio, April 15, 1846,
moved from there to Indiana in 1874, thence to Marshall County in 1878, and engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He has a farm of 240 acres, and feeds from 100 to 200 head of
cattle yearly. He was married at Lima, Ohio, October 1, 1872, to Mattie Lawrence. He is
a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W. :

W. H. CLUTTER, druggist and physician, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., April 25,
1834, moved to Greencastle, Ind., in 1854, and attended Asbury University in 1855-"56-'57;
went from there to Richland County, IlI., in 1858, and in February, 1861 enlisted in the
Sixty-fourth Dlinois Volunteer Infantry, as surgeon. Returned home in July, 1865, and
settled at Noble, Ill., until April, 1869, when he went to Frankfort, Marshall Co., Kan.,
where he is now engaged in the drug business and practicing his profession. The Doctor

raduated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, March, 1558. Isa member of
fhe A.O.UL.W, eee of Pythias and Odd Fellows’ Lodges. Was married in September,
1859, to Eliza Mauck, now deceased; married again to Hannah M. Strong, in May, 1870.
One child, named William, born December 27, 1872.

GEORGE O. COFFIN, M. D., was born in Northampton, Pa., August 4, 1856; attended
school at Williamsburg Academy, Penney lanl, in 1874, and attended school at the medi-
cal department of the State University, of Pennsylvania, and graduated in March 1879. Came
from there to Frankfort, and engaged in the practice of medicine. He is a member of the
eee of Pythias and A, O. U. W.

EONARD CUTLER, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born March 10, 1833, in Carpenter
Township, Chenango County, N.Y. Ateighteen he removed to Waukesha County, Wis., and
thence to Will County, Il., thence to Schuyler County, Tll.,and thence, in 1857, to Kansas.
The first two yeurs were spent on Clear Creek, then followed his permanent settlement where
we now find him, is claim was purchased of John Mitchell, and for it he paid abont all his
ready means. Mr. Cutler began in Kansas a very poor man, his old “‘patched up” wagon’
being drawn into the State by two small cows. Nevertheless, we now find his small farm
very well improved and his family living in comfort and plenty. Mrs. Cutler was Mary
Maxwell, married in 1852, in Joliet, Tl]. She died February 5, 1873, leaving two sons,
George and Albert, both now with their father.

EV. J. DALY, pastor of Irish Creek Catholic Church, P.O Frankfort, was born in
Ireland, February 28, 1833; was cducated at All Hallows College, Ireland, and Seaton Hall,
New Jersey. He came to America September 22, 1863, and his first work was that of
assistant pastor at Newark, N. J. His second pastorate charge was in Philadelphia in 1866,
where he remained till February, 1882, when he became pastor of the Church on Irish Creek,
ten miles southeast of Frankfort, Marshall County, Kan.

W.T. DWINNELL, farmer, P.O. Frankfort, was born in Charleston, N. H., August

25, 1836; went to Detroit, Mich., in 1855. In the spring of 1857 moved to Marshall County,
Kan., and engaged in farming. He has held the office of Township Clerk, Trustee and
County Assessor, and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1864, and has held the office con-
tinuously from that date. He is a member of the K. of P., K. of H., and the A. O. U. W.
He was married in Frankfort, Kan., February 18, 1860, to Margaret E. Auld; they had seven
children—Elitha, aged twenty; Frank, seventeen; Daniel, fifteen; Margaret, thirteen; Wil-
liam B., eleven. His wife died February 7, 1874. In November, 1874, he was married to
Agnes L. Greenman; they have two children—Walter J. and Howard Roscoe.
_ _t.8, EWING, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Ohio in 1836, and moved to Tllinois
in 1852; from thence to Marshall County, Kan., in 1874, where he purchased 1,280 acres of
land. He now has 800 acres under cultivation, and feeds about 400 head of hogs a year. Mr.
Ewing had in the year 1882, 312 acres of wheat, 40 acres of rye, 25 acres of oats, and 170 of
corn. He is Trustee of Noble Township. Married, and has five children—C. L., aged nine-
teen; M. R. seventeen, Franklin, eleven; Mary E., nine, and Ellen, two.

P. C. GARVIN, M. D., was born in Maine, March 3, 1840, and graduated at the Medical
Department of the University of Vermont at Burlington, Vt., June 2, 1862. He entered the
United States Army as Assistant Surgeon, Fifty-first Massachusetts Infantry, and after the
expiration of the term of service of this regiment, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of
the Fortieth Massachusetts Infantry from which regiment he was promoted to Surgeon of
the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, and served as such until the close of the war. He en-
tered the Regular Army and served as Assistant Sugpenn, at Fort Leavenworth, until January
1, 1871, when he came to Frankfort, Marshall Co., Kan., and engaged in the practice of his
profession, and has continued in the practice ever since. He is United States Examining
Surgeon, a member of the A. F. & A. M., A. O. U. W., K. of H., and K. of P. He was
married in Lawrence, Mass., Noy. 8, 1866, to Marion B. Bodwell. They have one child—
Fred A., born September 2, 1874.

W.P. GREGG, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, a native of Limerick, Ireland, was born In
1825, and came to America in 1845, and settled in New York, from thence to Ohio, then Ken-
tucky, Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and thence to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1856, and finally
to Marshall County, Kan., where he settled on and is the owner of 160 acres of fine land on
Irish Creek. Mr. Gregg hauled his grain to Iowa Point to mill, a distance of 100 miles, and
was compelled to go to Leavenworth and Atchison for his merchandise. He was married in
Se eee ert to Catherine Maloney. They have three children—Thomas F., William J.,
and James D.

M. M. HASKIN, of the firm of Davis & Haskin, stock dealers, and meat market, was
born in Harrisburg, Pa., and isa son of Stepben M. Haskin, deceased, who was born, raised and
married in Pennsylvania, His wife (now Mrs. William Pickett) was Eliza Foutz, of Penn-
sylvania. They removed in 1856, to Rochester, Minn., and in 1860 to a farm near Barrett's
Mills, in this county. Here a new farm was opened up with the aid of the oxen that trans-
ported the family from Minnesota. A slab-roofed and slab-floored log cabin was built, and
when just ready for occupancy was torn away by atornado. Mr. Haskin then located farther
up the valley toward Vermillion station, and built again. He enlisted during the rebellion,
inCo. D, Eighth Kansas Voluntecr Infantry, was taken sick at Fort Kearney, and died of lung
fever at his Kansas home August 2, 1832, Of his sons, William Haskin is how a Wabaunsee
County farmer, and M. M. Ilaskin, a thriving young business man of Frankfort. His wife,
Miss Ora, daughter of J. L. Davis, his business partner. They have two children, Mr.
Haskins is a member of the I. O. O. F, of Frankfort. His home is one of the neatest and
most tasteful in the place.

C. B. WASLETT, farmer, P, O. Frankfort, is a Vermonter, born in 1832, in Brookfield;
Was reared in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., and removed thence to Illinois, Iowa, and to
Kansas in 1860, He located one and a half miles east of the present site of Frankfort, and
in September, 1861, enlisted in pasa D, of the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and his
record is identified with that of his gallant regiment up to the battle of Chickamauga, where
he was captured. The first nine days of his captivity were spent in burying the ‘dead and
carrying off the wounded. Ile was then takeu to Richmond, and put in the third story of a
large tobacco warehouse, an adjunct of Libby Prison, and there, with only one blanket to
cover three men, he spent the fall of 1863. In November he was put into similar quarters in
Danville, Va., and spent the long, wretched winter in that way, fed on decaying bacon, corn
bread and sweet potatoes. In the spring of 1864, a removal still worse was made to Ander-
sonville, and it was in that hidcous prison pen that he fuily realized the full extent of the dev-
ilish barbarities of the slave-holding, women-whipping fiends, who sought to disrupt the na-
tion, His only clothing was the sume uniform in which he was capret—tneely pants anda
blouse in tatters; no shirt, boots or blanket, and the fare a pint of “ cow peas ” ora pint of corn
and cob meal in twenty-four hours. Scurvy, caused by exposure and 'y diet, was very com-
men, and many a poor wretch walked deliberately over the ‘dead line ® to be shot down in
order to escape his tortures, Men were promiscuously shot by the guards who desired a fur-
lough, and such a reign of misery and terror, as Mr. Haskett says: *‘is beyond the power of
language.” He was exchanged at Charleston, 8. C., in December, 1864, and returned to Kan-
sas. He has now a valuable 160 acre farm, forty acres in timber and the balance in cultiva-
tion. On this he has a good frame house, and other substantial improvements. Mrs. Has-
lett was born in Michigan, and there are four children living, three boys and one girl.

HON. S. W. HAZEN, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Denmark, N. Y., May 15,
1835,attended school at Denmark Academy, and studied law with Judge E. §. Merrill, at Copen-
hagen, N. Y., and was admitted to practice in July, 1858. Formed a Jaw partnership with
L. C. Kilham, and continued to practice until 1861." When the war broke out Mr. Hazen en-
listed in the Fourteenth New York Volunteer Infantry, Company I, and held the oftice of
First Lieutenant. In 1864 he moved to Marshall County, Kan., and engaged in farming,
where he has remained ever since. In 1868-70 he was elected to the office of County Sur-
veyor; held the office from 1869 to 1878, and in 1880 was elected to the State Legislature. He
is a member of the Masonic Order. He was married in New York, May, 1868, to Sarah E.
MARSHALL COUNTY.

Shultz. They have six children—Suel res ; :
Tan, ts Serln ais Basie ane, M., fourteen years of age; Maud, twelve; W. B., ten;
_ a» Le 'T, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Wyoming, was born Bi i
yea. Butler Co., Pa. His father, Reuben, farmer and blackemith, a ranvee Marina
on 1879, aged eighty-five. His wife, oy Dutty, born in Pennsylvania, is still living?
age eighty-seven. heir son, our sbbject, learned his trade and followed it in his native
State until 1871, when he brought his family to Marshall County, Kan. ‘Here he has a farm
on Section 10, Vermillion Township, and has also mining claims in Colorado. During the
time worked at his trade continuously. He is a Democrat, and served as Justice of the Peace
five years in Peunsylvania and seven years in Frankfort. His wife was Bridget Magee, born in
Clearfield Township, Butler County, Pa., and married November 21, 1858, in Coyleville Pa.

They have four sons and six daughters, and of the ten there are three pairs of twins. ”

J.L. HELEKER, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, is a‘native of Peekskill, N. Y., where he was
born August 26, 1880. Previous to coming West he was an extensive railroad and public
works contractor. In 1877 he came to Marshall County, Kan., and opened up one of the
finest farms in the county. He was married near Peekskill, January 7, 1851, to Eliza Kipp
and they have four childten--John J.. born Decembes 3, 1852; George B September 30, 1861;
Arthur A., January 3, 1804, and Charles H.. October 29, 1865. , : :

Cc. W. LAUDENBERGER, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Pennsylvania. Decom-
ber 29, 185%, and moved to Frankfort, Marshall County, Kan., November, 1878, and erected a
building 22x50 feet, and engaged in business with his father. They also own a fine farm of
198 acres, where they keep trom forty to fifty head of cattle, and 100 hogs. Mr. Laudenberger
is a member of the K. of P. He was married at Eaton, Pa., December 2, 1879, to Alice
Y. Frace. They have one child—H. H., born in August, 1880. ” : ,

CAPT. I. C. LEGERE, Attorney-at-law, was born in Kentucky, June 20, 1887; attended
school at Bedford, Indiana, and enlisted in the Union army in February, 1862, in Company A
Forty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; was promoted from this regiment to Captain o
Company G, First Tennessee Cavalry; resigned in 184, and again re-enlisted in February
186, as Captain of Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Dlinois, and remained until the
close of the war, when he returned to Illinois, where he remained until 1868, when he emi-
gratel to Marshall County, Kansas, where he now resides. The Captain was admitted to
practice law in the District Courts of Marshall County, in 1870. He was elected to the State
Legislature in 1873, elected Mayor of Frankfort in 1878, and was appointed County Commis-
ey re ese cw 2 ara oan in 1882. Heisa inemiber of the Masonic Order,

, 0.0. ¥. e K. of P, i i
iitehel Ta €@ was married to M. J. Lindsey, July 20, 1863, at
LLIAM LOGSDON, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in 1842, in Clarke

County, Mo. Six years later his parents settled in Dubuque County, Iowa, where he
grew up and entered the Union service in July, 1862, as a private in Company C, Twenty-
first Iowa Volunteer Infantry, _ His service was in the Hartsville fight, the siege of
Vicksburg, and the battles attending, his being the first regiment to cross at Grand Gulf. He
also served in Texas and at Mobile Bay, capturing the forts. A final raid up Red River was
followed by the close of the war, and his discharge at Baton Rouge, La., July 19,
1865, he married Mary Evansborn, in Dubuque County, Iowa, and in 1868, came to Kansas,
locating first in Marshall County, then going to Smith County, and finally returning to his
present location, in Marshall County. He is a stone mason y trade. Mr. and Mrs. Logs-

don have four children—Sarah A., James Mary A. and George.

H. H. LOUREY, real estate dealer, was born in Canada, January 17,1835. Emigrated from
Canada in 1352, and located at Akron, Ohio. Went to Hillsdale, Mich., in 1856, and remained
there until February, 1862, when he went into the United States Army, and was in the Quarter-

; master’s department until in 1835, when he returned to Hillsdale, and remained there until in

1849, when be came to Kansas and located at Vermillion until 1873, when he moved to Frank-
fort and engaged in the fancy stock and real estate business. Mr. Lourey is agent for the

C. M. Stebbin’s land, and has been Mayor of the city of Frankfort from year 1876 to 1882.

Belongs to the A. O. U. W. and Knights of Pythias. “Was married in Hillsdale, Mich., Feb-

Tuary 22, 18.9, to Mary E. Clark. Has one child—Frank H., born October 25, 1860.

BENJAMIN McKLROY, Postmaster at Frankfort, was born in Massachusetts, Decem-
ber 16, 1828; moved to Wisconsin in 1853, and in 1856 to Marshall County, Kansas. He en-
listed in the United States Army in Company G, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry. After the
close of the war he returned to Marshall County, and in 1875 moved his family to Frankfort,
and on November 1, 1881, was appointed postmaster; held the office of County Commissioner
in 1878-79 and °80. The first grist of wheat Mr. McElroy raised in Marshall County, he
hauled to Iowa Point, a distance of one hundred miles, and went the entire distance with an
ox team and he himself barefooted, and said he never felt better or prouder in his life
then he did on that royal trip. He also raised and sold the first apples ever sold in Marshall
County. He is a member of the A. F. and A, M. Lodge, and was elected Master of the Lodge
in 1869, and served five years; was re-elected December, 1882.

A. J. McKEE was born in Ohio, November 8, 1824, and with his parents moved to Allen
County, Ohio, in 1841. From there he enlisted in the United States Army, in Company E,
One Hundred and Fifty-first Ohio Infantry. After returning from the army, he again made
Allen County his home, until 187, when he moved to Marshall County, Kansas, and in 1877

“Moved his family on a farm, one mile west of Frankfort, while he engaged in the merchan:
dise and grain business in the town. Mr. McKee belongs to the Masonic Order and G. A. R.
He was married in Allen County, Ohio, April 19, 1854, to Elizabeth Protsman. They have a
family of ten children—Hermon R., Sarah A., Alice E., John A., Myron J., Estella H., Rea
D., Lillie, Ora D. and William C.

8S. D. McKEE, attorney, was born at New Cumberland, Ohio, on the 17th day of April,
1831, and moved from there with his parents to Allen County in 1841, and from that place to
Frankfort, November 1, 1871. Mr. McKee has practiced law for the past fifteen years.
When the war broke out, he entered the army as Captain of Company E, One Hundred and
Fifty-first Ohio Infantry. Is a member of the Masonic Order, and was married in Allen
County, Ohio, in 1854.

WILLIAM MORRISON, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Frankfort, was born July 20,
1823, in Jefferson County, Ind. His father, Robert Morrison, a North Carolinian by birth:
and a Kentuckian by raising, removed from Indiana to Garrard County, Ky., in 1825, an
lived there eight years. The next removal was to Clinton County, Ind., where William
Morrison married Margaret Stroud, a native of Washington County, Tenn. He came to
Kansas with his wife and four children in May, 1897, from Mercer County, Mo., and settled
on the farm where he now and has since lived. His first house was a log one, the timber
coming from his own “ claim” and skirting the Vermillion. Mr. Morrison has 232 acres well
improved and in a good state of cultivation, and one of the best orchards in the county,
comprising 370 bearing apple trees, a large peach orchard, and 150 or more cherry trees. Mr.
and Mrs. Morrison have iving three children—Mary, Mrs. Lyman Chesley; Jas. M., now in
Colorado, and Maria, who is with them on the Vermillion homestead.

BERNARD NAUMAN, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Saxe Altenburgh,
Germany, July 9, 1840. Came to America in 1849, settled in Linn County, Iowa, where
remained until 1860, when he went to the Pacific Coast and engaged in teaching and mining.
He returned from the coast to Marshall County, Kansas, in 1871, and is now in possession of
a choice farm of 410 acres. He was married in Marshall County, Kansas, March 5, 1874, to
Carrie 8. Cathcart, They have four children—Maggie, aged seven years; Luella, six; Eda,
four; Bernard, Jr., three.

R. 8. NEWELL, capitalist, came from Worcester County, Massachusetts, to Marshall
County, Kansas, in 1857, and in the fall of that year taught the first school in the county, in
Marysville, Was. elected County Clerk, County Assessor and Justice of the Peace in that
year, and in the following year, was appointed postmaster at Marysville, and purchased a
printing press of Frank Marshall, publishing a newspaper styled, ‘‘ 7e Democratic ee
Continued the publication until 180. From 186 '~’66 was Treasurer, County Clerk, Clerk of
the District Court, and Probate Judge. In 1866, in conjunction with nine others, purchased
a section of land and laid out the town of Frankfort. The town now has a population of
1,900 souls, is situated on the Central Branch Railroad, and is rapidly improving. He was
married, in 186), in Pawnee City, Nebraska, to Miss Annie Edwards. Is a Mason in good
standing, and has an honorable record in pone and private life. He owns a large flouring
mill at Frankfort, and is the original Yankee of Marshall County. .

- ROBERT OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Franklin County, Ill., Jan-
uary 12, 1822. Moved to Knox County, Ill., and remained until 1866, when he moved to
Marshall County, Kan., where he has remained ever since, and is engaged in farming and stock
raising, Has a farm of 320 acres. Mr. Osborn assessed the east half of Marshall County
‘~ in 1868, and served as County Commissioner in years 1870 and 18:2. Is a member of the
Masonic Order. Married in Knox County, Ill., in September, 1843, to Betsey Roundtree;
they have eight children.

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H. M. PIDCOE was born in 1840, in Williamsport, Pa., and was reared in that state, serving
a five ee apprenticeship as a plasterer. Prompt to respond to his country’s call he
cnlisted in September 15, 1861, in Battery G, of the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, and
with that organization took part in nearly all the desperate battles that made the army of the
Potomac the most famous in the universe. Beginning at Mechanicsville, Va., June 26, 1862,
his battery did its full share at the battles of Gaines Mills, Glendale, Second Bull Run,
Fredericksburg (two battles), Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Pa., Frunkstown, Md., Bristow
Station, Auburn, Va, Mine Run, Deep Bottom (two battles), Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
North Anna, Cold Harbor, Jerusalem Plank Road, and the siege of Petersburg. Novem-
ber 28, 1863, Private Pidcoe re-enlisted in Battery F, of the same regiment. On his return
from the war he followed his vocation in Williamsport, Pa., until March 26, 1878, when he
came to Frankfort, where he has a pleasant home and a good patronage. Mrs. Pidcoe was
Emma Hing of Williamsport, Pa. They have three children—Harry, Adell and Linford, all
born in Williamsport. Mr. Pidcoe belongs to the I. O. O. F. of Frankfort, is a member of
Henderson Post No. 53 G. A. R., and has been ollicer of the day since its organization

ELI PUNTENEY, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, came to Kangas in i857, as a Free-state man,
from Iowa, and took his share of interest and responsibility in the settlement of the exciting
questions of that day; was elected a State Senator under the (soon after defunct) a
constitution. Mr. Punteney was born in Henry County, Ind., in 1832, and is a son of John
Punteney, ® Marylander and farmer. Eli left ‘‘ Hoosierdom”’ in 1850, and engaged in the
lumber business in Decorah, Iowa. He made a claim on the Vermillion in 1857 and has siuce
beena farmer. Mr. Punteney lost the use of his right hand by a saw-mull accident, and was of
course debarred from taking up arms in active defense of the Union in 1861, but held a
quartermaster’s commission and served in that capacity, He is a Free Mason and a well-
known and respected pioneer of the Vermillion Valley. His wife was Alvarada Smith, of
Savannah, Mo., and they were married in 1859, Mr P, coming to Kansas a bachelor.

T. F. RHODES, stock-dealer, was born at Jordan, Onondaga Co , N. Y., Aug 8, 1844;

removed to Iowa in 1864, returned to New York in 1369. In 1878 moved to Kansas and settled,
in Frankfort, Marshall County. He purchased a farm of 1,240 acres, situated four miles
southeast of town. Feeds, on an average, 280 head of cattte and 150 head of hogs. Mr.
Rhodes loans money on real estate security; is a member of the Masonic Order He was mar-
tied February 9, 1870, in Camillus, N. Y., to Hattie R. Munroe, daughter of Hon. James M.
Munroe.
. .H.M. SANDERSON, M. D., was born in Richland, Tll., July 8, 1857, attended medical
college at St. Louis, Mo., and graduated March 4, 1880. Practiced medicine in Richland,
Tl., from March to November, when he went to Frankfort, Marshall Co., Kan., and took a
position in the drug store of Dr. W. H. Clutter.

G. E. SCOVILLE, attorney, was born in Cook County, Ill., March 28, 1852; attended
coliege at Beloit, Wis., in 1869-’70, moved from Cook County to Atchison in 1866; studied Jaw
with Senator Ingalls of said place, and was admitted to practice law in the District’ Court,
March 17, 1873; practiced law and worked on a newspaper in Atchison until 1874; was Assist-
ant City Attorney of Atchison in 1873, and Assistant County Attorney of Atchison County
in 1876-77, and was City Attorney of Frankfort during 1881-’83. Mr. 8. is a member of
the K. of P. and A. O. U. W., and was married April 24,1881, They have one child—William
E., born February 19, 1882.

CALVIN SHEPHERD, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in 1849, in Champaign Co.,
Ohio At the age of 17 years he located at Mt. Vernon, 1ll.. to engage in fruit culture, which
enterprise proved a disastrous failure. After ee there four years he married Miss Ida C.
Berger. The issue of this marriage was one daughter, Naomi, born at Mt. Vernon, July 1,
1871. On the 5th of October, 1872, started for Kansas; arrived in Nemaha County and
rented a farm, the proceeds of which were $312, in four years, with which he went from
Nemaha County, twenty-five miles west, to Marshal] County, where he now lives. He pur-
chased eighty acres of land, for which he paid $350 down (# 0 borrowed). He paid $600 in all
for the eighty acres; fenced it, has a good house, orchard, etc. In the spring of 1872 be
bought forty acres more, making him a good farm of 120 acres, free from all encumbrances.
On the 5th of July, 1878, Maud, their second child, was born in Vermillion Township,
Marshall County.

J. M. SHUMATE, merchant, was born in Iinois, January 27, 1840; enlisted in the U. 8.
Army, August 9, 1861, in Company B, Thirtieth Hlinois Infantry, remained in service until Jan-
uary 29, 1865, when he was discharged on account of wounds; moved to Marshall County, Kan.,
May, 1866, and engaged in farming, and in 1877 moved to Frankfort and engaged in the mer-
chandise business until 1881. Mr, S. was appointed J, P., Juve, 1882, and has been Township
Clerk and Constable for three years: is a member of G. A. R.and A, O. U. W. and a Knight of
Pythias; was married in Knox County, Il., December 12, 1865, to Elida Osborn, they have
four children—Lula, Carrie, William and Herbert,

ABRAM SMITH, blacksmith, was born in 1846, in Putnam County, Ind,, and reared in
Andrew County, Mo. In 1864 he enlisted in the Forty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry,
and was, with part of his regiment, captured by Gen. Price, the rebel-leader in Missouri,
paroled, exchanged and then re-entered the service; being honorably discharged for disability,
May 29, 1845. e then resided in Andrew County, Mo., until 1876, when he located in Potta-
watomie County, Kan., and came from there to Frankfort. He Jearned his trade when a boy,
in Missouri, and has always followed it. His wife was Nancy G. Poston, of Missouri; and
they have four children born in Missouri and two born in Kansus. Mr. Smith and wife
belong to the Christian Church and he to the G, A. R.

THOMAS J. SNODGRASS, blacksmith, was born in Champaign Connty, Ohio, March
10, 1834; moved to Lima, Allen Co., Ohio, and in 1851 enlisted in the U. 8, Army, and was
elected First Lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry; returned to \llen County after the close of the war, and in 1869 moved to Murshall
County, Kan. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and held the office of Master in 1880,
He is also a member of the G. A. R. He was married In Champaign County, Ohio, November,
1856, to M. E. Horr. He is the father of eight children Ella, twenty-five; William, twenty-
three; Olla, twenty-one; Dewight, nineteen; Nana A., sixteen; Emma, twelve; Jessie, ten;
Burt, six. Mr. Snodgr:ss is a blacksmith by trade and is the owner of a fine farm a short
distance from Frankfort, Marshall County, where he now resides,

WM. H. SNODGRASS, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, where he
was born Uctober 8, 1840, where he resided till the breaking out of the war of the rebellion.
In 1862 he enlisted inCompany H, Twenty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served during
the war, In July, 1865, he returned to Dubuque County. On the 6th day of March, 1881, he
arrived in Marshall County, Kan., and engaged in farming and dealing in stock; was mar-
ried in ae Coun‘y, December 21, 1866, to Matilda Tudor, and is the father of five
children—Mollie J.,Emily A., Elizabeth, Ella, James. Mr. S. is a member of the G. A. R.

G. R. TAYLOR, farmer, P.O, Frankfort, was born in Champaign County, Ohio, July 16,
1843. He enlisted in Company I., Sixty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. and served
as Corporal during the war, was discharged June 5, 1865, and returned to his Ohio home and
engaged in farming, where he remained until March 14, 1870, when he moved to Marshall
County, Kan. He is now the owner of 400 acres of land, 240fof which are under cultivation,
and feeds annually from 150 to 200 head of hogs and 25 to 50 head of catule. He was married
at Mechanicsburg, Ohio, December 29, 1869, to Mary Mulcahy.

F. B. TAYLOR, Jr., merchant, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., December 24, 1885.
Moved from there to Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and thence to Kansas in 1859, returning to
Mechanicsburg in 1860, and from thence to Benton County, Ind., and remained until 1866, when
he returned to Mechanicsburg, Ohio, in 1868, and again came to Kansaé in 1869. locating at
Frankfort, and erected the ninth house and stocked the same with hardware goods. He
bought the Frankfort House, of which he is now the owner, in March, 188); the building i
56x80 feet, two stories high. Mr. Taylor has been Councilman of the town of Frinkfort and has
held the office six years; was also Township Treasurer four years. He is a member of the
I. 0. O. F., and K. of H., and K. of P. Was married November 17, 1859, at Mechanicsburg,
Ohio, to Olive M. Horr. They have three children—Julia I., Willis and Ixaac C.

. B. ‘TODD was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., September 23, 1823. He re-
sided in the following States previous to his ne Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio.
Kentucky and Louisiana. He was married in 1845, after which be moved to Steubenville,
Ohio, where he enlisted in the Mexican war, in Company IJ, Third Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. After the war he returned to Pittsburgh, where he remained until April 1856, w hen
he moved to Marshall County, Kas., September 28, 1861. He enlisted in Company D, Eizhth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry, as private, and was promoted to First Lieutenant, November 9,
1861. Was mustered out of the service as ka deal at Nashville, Tenn., September 3. 1863,—
“* cause, oe October 11, 1879, he established a newspaper in Frankfort, called The
National Head Light, and sold out the paper November 11, 1881. He is a member of the
Masonic Order, and held the office of Master two terms. Also a member of the G. A. R,
He was married in Pittsburgh, September 25, 1845, to Mary A. Fleming. They have seven
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children living, viz: Sarah J., born October 28, 1846; M. L., July 18, 1850; Taura E., Novem-
ber 4, 1853, W. H., August 13, 1856; Mary E., May 11, 1859; Ida M., February 25, 1863; and
S. L., September 7, 1866. Their second child, Sarah E., was born May 28, 1848; was killed in
the Great Cyclone that passed over Marshall County May 30, 1879.

THOMAS W. WADICK, farmer, P. U. Frankfort. His father, William Wadick, was
of Irish birth and a Catholic, while his mother, Mary Middleton, was an Irish Presbyterian;
he was born December 26, 1848, in eee er County, C. W.; euler at twenty-two
years of age to Palo Alto County, Lowa, and farmed there five years. In February, 1872, he
came to Kansas, and in October, 1872, married Catherine Curteen, who was born August 18,
1847, on the Tsle of Man, Europe, and who came to America and Kansas about a month prior
to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Wadick have five children—William A., born August 23
1873; Thomas A., July 23, 1875; Jumes A., March 23, 1877, Joseph ., March 18, 1879; an
Robert E., born April 17, 1881. Five sons, and three of them born on the 23d day of the
month. Mr. Wadick paid $2,700 for 160 acres, $1,300 down, cleared off the debt and bought
and paid for 120 acres additional. He now has forty acres of timber, 115 in cultivation, and
125 in pasture. In 1876 he built a good farmhouse, 16x22, with wing 14x16, two stories high
and well finished. Mr. Wadick is a Catholic, a Republican, and has served three consecutive
terms as trustee of Vermillion Township.

JOSEPH WALLACE, drayman, was born in Arlington, Bennington County, V. T.,
February 28, 1837. His parents, N. G. and Hellen Wallace, removed soon after his birth to
Uniontown, Pa., where he grew up. On the Sth of October, 1855, he arrived in Atchison,
Kan., and has ever since resided in the State, in 1856-’57, he made two trips to Utah as a team-
ster. September 20, 1861, he enlisted from Rock ‘Township, Marshall County, in Company D
of the Kansas Eighth, and took part in various skirmishes and the battle of Chickamauga,
where he was captured, disarmed and ordered to the rear; instead of doing so, he broke for the
Union lines and escaped, though his uniform was well riddled with shots from both sides; a
most daring and fortunate escape, He then fought at Mission Ridge, and was sent to Knox-
ville, Tenn., where he was takemsick and laid up eleven months, or until the rebellion was
about crushed, Since the war Mr. Wallace has resided a farmer in Vermillion Township,
and, at his present business, which he has most successfully followed for the past ten years.
His wife was Lois Cutler, married November 25, 1869, in Vermillion Township, and they have
two daughtcrs—Mary A. and Myra L., both Kansans by birth. Mr, Wallace is an industrious
man anda good citizen, who has acquired a pleasant home for his family. He is » member
of Henderson Post 53, G. A. R., of Frankfort.

JAMES $8. WARDEN, miller, was born at Port Royal near Nashville, Tenn., April 7,
1849, and moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1856. Attended school at Ann Arbor College,
Mich., and graduated June, 1871, after which he returned home to Wisconsin. And in the
fall of 1875, went to Irving, Kan., where he engeged in the banking business, under the firm
name of Warden & Walker; and in 1878 went to Frankfort and engaged in banking and
dealing instock. Mr. S. Warden, Sr., is the owner of a stone flouring mill at Irving, 40x60 fcet,
three stories bet the said mill is supplied with all modern improvements. The water-power at
this place is all that could be desired by manufacturers, Mr Warden was married in
September, 1874, to F. N. Walker. Has two children - R, D., born June 23, 1876, and James
Hens September 3, 1881. Is a member of the A. . U. W., Knights of Pythias and Knights of

onor.

GEORGE 8. WHEATLY, of the firm of George §. Wheatly & Co., was born in
Kentucky in 1861; attended school in New York and St. Louis, and came West April 4, 1881,
and purchased lumber stock of D. H. Marshall. W.T. Wheatly, Sr., who started his son
George in business, was born in Kentucky, September 7, 1824. In the year 1848, Mr. Wheatly
went to Mexico, remained eighteen months and returned to Missouri, thence to California in
1850, passing through where the town of Marysville, Marshall County, is now located; returned
to St. Louis in 1851, and remained until in 1857, when he settled at Kansas City and engaged in
the wholesale grocery business, and did a business of two hundred thousand dollars per year.
Moved back to St. Louis and again engaged in the same business, and in 1875 moved to New
York and engaged in the collar business. Went to Frankfort, Marshall County, in 1881.
Married in Bowling Green, Ky., October 4, 1854, to G. E. Henry, a grand-niece of Patrick
Henry. Has four children—W. T. (this son Mr. Wheatly started in the lumber business at
Carbondale, Kansas), Geo. D., Juliet W. and Fannie L.

A. M. WESTON, of the firm of Weston Bros., grain elevator, was born in Maine, March
14, 1856.. Moved to Marshall County, Kansas, in 1870, and in 1880, took charge of a grain
elevator in Frankfort. He is a member of the Knights of Honor and Knights of Pythias. J.
A. Weston was born in Maine in June, 1852. The two boys came to Frankfort together and
engaged in buying and shipping grain. J. A. is amember of A. O. U. W.; 1.0. of O. F.,
and K. of P.; is member of City Council. He was married in Frankfort in October, 187:,
to Mary E. Brady, and they have one child—Angeline.

JOSEPH WILSON, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa.,
September .2, 1831. Moved from there with his pect to Ohio, thence to Illinois, where he
remained until 1869. When he moved: to Marshall County, Kan., where he now owns 400
acres of land, 215 under cultivation and ninety acres fenced for stock. The best stone quarry
in Marshall County is ou Mr. Wilson's farm, one and onc-half miles east of Frankfort. Heisa
regular ordained miuisier of the Universalist Church, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge,
and has beld every officc in said lodge. Murried in Uhio, September, 1852, toJaneShaw. Has
seven children—W. W., J. B., N.S., V. P., Nora. Viola and G. D.

W. H. WIi SON, of Frankfort, is one of the early scttlers of Marshall County. He was
born May 15, 1833, in Deersville, Harrison County, Ohio, and is a son of James Wilson, a
native of Pennsylvania, who settled on the Vermillion in 1857 with his family, and died there
in 1866, at the age of sixty-three. His wife, nee Grace Auld, is still living, aged eighty. W.H.
Wilson is a great-grand son of Hon. James Wilson, one of Pennsylvania's historic figures and
a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was later appointed first assistant justice of
the organization of the Supreme Court of the United States. W. H. Wilson accompanied his

arents to Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1847, and in 1851 removed to Corydon, lowa, where
i engaged in mercantile business, and later studied medicine, Practicing a year in Iowa, he
remand to the Valley of the Black Vermillion in Kansas, in May, 1856, und made the first
claim where Hon. John D. Wells now lives, and which Mr. Wilson sold to him. During his
residence in Kansas, Mr. Wilson has owned five different farms on the Vermillion, and built
as many houses. From 1X56 to 1861 he practiced medicine, and in 1861-’62 served six months
in the Union Army, being discharge first through the irregular organization of the Thir-
teenth Kansas, and finally through disability, his knee having been dislocated by his horse
falling upon it. Since the war Mr. Wilson has engaged principally in xpeculating in real
estate, live stock, etc. His first wife, whom he married October 30, 1858, was Emma
Griftis, of Hamilton, Ohio; she died December 17, 1875, and left five children. The present
Mrs. Wilson was Emma Bliss, whose first husband, C. C. Snow, died in Missouri. He left
two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson now have two others. Mr. Wilson is a Democrat,

BARRETT.

John C. Fremont crossed the Big Vermillion June 20, 1842, on his way
to the mountains, at some point near where Barrett is now located, and made
the following mention in his note-book: ‘‘We crossed at 10 A. M., the Big
Vermillion, which has a rich bottom of about one mile in breadth, one-thirc
of which is occupied by timber.”

The first settler after the Frenchmen and their Sioux families, was G.
H. Hollenberg, afterwards founder of Hollenberg, Washington County. He
located in the fall of 1854 on a claim in Section 2, Township 5, Range 9.
As there was at this time considerable California travel that way, My.
Hollenberg opened a small store and stocked it with provisions and articles
such as the immigration demanded.

John D. Wells, D. M. Levitt and Joseph Langdon were the next to set-
tle on the Vermillion, in 1855.

In the spring of 1855, a colony of sixty members was organized at
Cadiz, Ohio, with the intention of settling on the Vermillion in a body.
They selected a tract of land five miles square, and as the government sur-
veyors had not extended their surveys this far at that time, they laid out the
five mile tract themselves. A. G. Barrett, D. C. Auld, John Roland, J. G.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Radcliffe, W. 8. Blackburn and a Mr. Poe, all members of the colony, set-
tled on the five mile tract in the spring of 1855.

In 1858, the Trosper Brothers and others came in and located, and from
that time to this the settlement of the Southern part of the county has been
rapid.

r Organization.—Barrett was laid off as a town site in 1868-9, Py A. G.
Barrett, who deeded one-half of the site, forty acres, to the C. B. U. P. R.
R. Co., who agreed to erect a depot and build a side-track. About $1,200
was donated by the neighborhood for the privilege of having a station at

that point.

A post-office was established at Barrett in 1857, with E. Pugh as Postmaster, J. P. Far-
rant being the present post office official. During the time a to the establishment of
a post: office. the settlers obtained their mail at St. Mary's Mission, Pottawutomie County,
Ft. Riley, Davis County, and at Marysville. age Ps

A saw-mill was built by Joseph Langdon, on the Vermillion in 1856, and was operated
for several years In the winter of 1454, occurred one of the first births in the settlement—
a child of a Mrs. Teller having that honor. The first marriage ceremony took place in the
stimnier of 1837, the contracting partics being Solon Jasscn and a Mi-s Wrigh!. One of the
first deaths was the wife of a Mr. Shirk, in /857. The first religious services were held in
1897, in the old saw-mill, by vari us members of the “circuit riders.” A Methodist class
was organized in 1869, and attuched to the Frankfort Circuit, Services were, and have
been, held in the schoolhouse up to the present time by pastors having charge of the Frank-
fort organization, .

Education.—School District No. 1, wasorganized in 1859 and a small schoolhouse 14x2)
feet, was built on the site of the present edifice; during the same year John Crawford had
the honor of teaching the first term of school in the first legally organized district in the
county. In the full of 186% a new building was erected at.a cort of $3.0'0. This building
is the largest one-story schoolhouse in the county, its dimensions being 30x46 feet.

In the summer of 1855, A. G. Barrett brought out: grist-mill from Ohio. He shipped
it by steamer to Leavenworth, and hauled it around by the Ft. Riley road and the California
trail, to the Vermillion The mill com enced operations in the fall of the same year, and
has been in successful operation up to the present time. The present owner, J. Reodocker,
purchased the mill of A. G Barrett, in 1881, and has enlarged it, put in new eas hinel fs
and constructed a tunne! 400 feet long, to bring the water from the Vermillion to the mil,
which had formerly been run by rteam-power, The present building is two-sturies high,
36x45 feet, and has three run of burrs.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—cLear FORK TOWNSHIP.

THOMAS BISBING, farmer. P. O. Frankfort,was born 1829, in Bedford County, Pa.
In 1831, his people settled in Somerset County, where he grew up, and enlisted in 1864 in the
Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Was engaged in guarding Fort Sumner, at Washing-
ton for a month, then the O. & A. R. R., two months, then stationed at Fairfax, Va., where
he and the battery were engaged in the dread work of gathering and burying the bones of
the killed at Bull Run, and in erecting headstones until 1865, or the downfall of rebeldom.
After the war he was engaged as head rawyer at Lambertsville, Pa., until 1874, when be
located at Atlantic, Iowa, and for two and a half years engaged in bridge building. In 1877
he came to Kansas, where he has a valuable farm, a good stone house, 18x25, a basement
barn, 14x28, orchard, grove, etc., in Clear Fork Township, Marshall County. He married at
her birthplace, Buckstown, Pa., Rose A Ling, by whom he has eight children. It is a
remarkable fact that they were all born on Sunday, as was one that died. The names are
Saloma, Catherine, James B., Emma, Josie, Almina, Jessie and Lulu May, all born in
Somerset County, Pa.

A.C. HI'tHT, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Frankfort. Born in 1832, in Williams County, Ohio,
He removed at twenty to a farm in Allen County, Ind., and thence to Jones County, Lowa, in
1854. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B. Twenty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served
under General Blunt, in Arkansas. At the capture of Arkansas Post a piece of shell cut
away three fingers of his hand, which wound laid him up for six months. Re-entering the
service, he drove ambulance up to the engagement at Yazoo Pass, when a ball through the
calf of his leg ended his military service, and honorably retired him, a pensioner. Returning
to Maquoketa, Iowa, he came in 1872 to his present farm in Clear Fork Township, Mar-
shall County. Mr. Hight has done good work here. as 130 of his 160 acres are under cultiva-
tion, and_his ten acre orchard of all kinds of fruit is one of the largest and best in the
county. His wife was Lucy Battles, married in Jones County, Iowa, where were born their
two eldest children, Asa E., and Fannie E., the youngest, Rhoda O., being born in Maquo-
keta. Mr. Hight and family belong to the United Brethren Church.

SAMUEL McCONCHIE, P. O. Barrett, is a native of Scotland, where he was born Sep-
tember 30, 1837. Came to America in 1849 and located in Illinois. Enlisted in the United
States Army, August 9, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and Second Illinois Infantry. At
the close of the war returned to Knox County, Ill. Was married in Knox County, March 10,
1589, to Jane C. Baird. They have a family of six children—James H., Maggie, Thomas H.,
Mary A., Ida May and Jennie.

THOMAS NOLAN, farmer, P.O. Wyoming, was born in Ireland in 1832. Came to
Amerlea in 1876, and settled at Marshall County, Kan., and purchased 400 acres of land, 200
acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. Nolon is a member of the Catholic Church, and
states that their church @n Irish Creek was built in the year 1869. Raised the first Irish

otato raised on Irish Creek, in Marshall County. Mr. Nolan was married in St. Joseph,
Bs wae to Mary Welch, and has six children, Mary, Anna, Thomas, John, Hannah,
a ellie.

MORACE L, SAGE, P. O. Barrett, born in New York, April 27, 1810. His farher died in
1818; then Horace was sent to Massachusetts, where he remained until sixteen years of age.
He then went back to his mother on the old farm in New York, and remained there until
he was twenty-two years of age, and in that State till 1827, when he moved to Knox County,
Tl] , and bought a half section of land, and remained there till 1869. He then removed to
Kansas, where he has lived thirteen years, and has bought considerable land and settled
others others on it, and when they gain nee to buy the land, then he sells it. to them;
they pay cash rent, Mr. Sage has accumulated a handsome fortune for his old age, now
being in his seventy-third year.

VERMILLION.

Vermillion, a pleasant little town of about 150 inhabitants, is located
on the South Fork of the Black Vermillion, seventy miles west of Atchison,
on the Central Branch of the M. P. R’y.

arly Settlement.—Among the settlers who located in the vicinity of
Vermillion, prior to 1860, were J. Klapp, E. Lewis, W. Warren, Major
Beattie, 8. Smith, I. Blades, J. Kenworthy and 8. Osgood. Among those
who located in town, were Theo. Collier, J. E. Watson, G. R. Kelley, W.
H. Dickinson, R. Shields, A. Dilley and others.

The town of Vermillion was laid off in the fall of 1869, by Messrs. G.
R. Kelly and Theo, Collier and the C. B. U. P.R. R. Co. The original
town site, consisting of 240 acres, was owned as follows: R. R. Company,
40 acres; T. Collier, 40 acres, and G. R. Kelly 160 acres. Messrs. Collier
and Kelley gave one-half of their interests to the R. R. Company, who laid
off the town and built a depot and side-track.

Early Events.—The first building erected on the town site was. put up
by W. H. Dickinson, in the spring of 1870, and was used as a store. This
was followed by a large store building erected by Robert Shields. This
building was used in 1872 as a hotel, managed by a Mr. Byron, until 1875.

The first birth on the townsite was that of HRA le ason of Theo. Collier,

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in August, 1870. The first. marriage ceremony took place in 1875, the
contracting parties being A. Duffy and Miss Eva Burt. The first death was
that of George Collier, in May, 1870. The postoffice was established in 1870,
with T. Collier as postmaster, 8. Arnold being the present postmaster.

Churches.—Religious services were held by the Rev. Charles Parker, of
the Presbyterian persuasion, in the depot at Vermillion, in 1871. Irregular
services of this denomination were held up to February 9, 1879, when an
organization of thirteen members was perfected by the Rev. T. Hill, D. D.,
and Rev. I. B. Smith, who took charge of the church until April, 1882, when
he was succeeded by the Rev. H. W. Woods, of Frankfort. In 1879, a
church building erected in 1876 by the people of the ‘“‘Church of God,” was

urchased at a Sheriff’s sale for $884—the original cost being $2,500. The
pallding is a frame structure 32x60 feet, and since its purchase by the Pres-
byterians, $500 has been expended on improvements. Present membership
of the church, nineteen. '

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the depot with twelve
members, by the Rev. A. Grey, in 1871. Among the original members were:
T. Byron and wife, Mrs. W. H. Dickinson, Mrs. M. Parks, J. Musselman
and A. Dilley and wife. Rev. Mr. Grey was succeeded by Rev. Messrs.
Hibbard, Sweet, Biggs, G. Simpson, J. Biddleson, Amos Carter, and D. J.
Crooks, their present pastor. A church edifice, 26x42 feet, was built in the
fall of 1874, at acost of $1,400. Present membership, forty-five.

A church organization of the Universalist faith was consummated in
July, 1880, by Rev. Mr. Rhodes, with forty members. Services are held in
the schoolhouse by Rev. Mr. Rhodes, of Seneca, their present pastor.

School District No. 12 was organized in 1864, with only three families
in the district. The schoolhouse used was built by the ‘‘ United Brethren,”
and used by them for religious services. Miss Martha Lewis and W. Spear
were among the first teachers. When the district was divided, the school-
house was moved within one mile west of Vermillion, R. Middleton being
the first teacher after the schoolhouse was removed. In 1872, a new frame
school building, 24x44 feet, was erected at a cost of $38,000. The first
teacher in the new building was L. B. Holmes, who was succeeded by the
following in the order mentioned: Miss Holmes, B. F. Johnson, J. F.
Wright, W. Mock, F. M. Riddle, William Cochraun, G. W. Winans, J.
Van Vieit, —~—-————, D. Ewing and R. W. Reese, the present
incumbent.

Elevator.—In the summer of 1874, G. W. Duffy built an elevator 24x44
feet, with a capacity of 3,000 bushels, and operated it until 1878, when he
leased it to J. HL Earl for three years. Earl sub-leased it to different par-
ties. In August, 1882, the elevator was leased by Weston Brothers, who
are its present lessees,

- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W.H. DE WALT, proprietor ee Hotel, was born 1844, in Perry County, Pa., and enlisted
in 1861, in Company B, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves. He fought with his regiment at
Antietam, Mechanicsville, Second Bull kun and Fredericksburg, where he and a few others
captured the only trophy of that blood-clouded day—a rebel flag. After fighting at Gettys-
burg and the Wilderness campaign, and that of kichmond and Petersburg, he came, unin-
jured, out cf the service. Came from Pennsylvania to Kansas in 1870, engaged in farmir g
for a few years, then built his hotel, the first and only one in Vermillion. e has of late
done a brisk real estate business in connection. Mrs. DeWalt was Margaret E. Lauck, and
wey Be one son—Charles, born November, 1866, in Shermansdale, Pa. Mr. DeWalt is a

epublican.

G. R. KELLY, Vermillion, born in Ohio, January 13, 1813. He moved to Indiana in 1831,
and from there to Marshall County, Kan., in 1874, and engaged in farmiug. He is the owner
of 800 acres of land, 470 acres of which are under cultivation. The town of Vermillion is

, located on part of Mr. Kelly’s land. He has given to each of his children a farm, amounting to

‘about 1,200 acres in all. Mr. Kelly is » member of the Masonic Order, having taken the
degrees up to Knight Templar. Was married in Indiana in 1833, to Anna King, and has the
following named children living: Martha, Della, George W., and Laura.

GEORGE W. WARREN, carpenter, is ason of W. W. Warren (see sketch of W. 0.
Warren), and came to Kansas in 1859, witb the family. Upon the death of his father in 1862,
the family “broke up,” G. W. engaging in farming etc., until 1873, when he settled in Vermil-
lion, where he has a pleasant, cosy, home and interesting family, his widuwed mother finding
his roof her home during her descent of the plane of life. The family are Methodists in
religious faith. Those of them who have been residents of Kansas are William O., George
W., C. F., Esther, Mrs. John Corey, J R., and T. W. Warren. a

WILLIAM O. WARREN, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Vermillion. Is a son of W.
W. Warren, a relative of General Warren, of Bunker Hill fame, and who was born in
Cheshire, Vermout, was reared a ‘‘ bound boy” in Vermont, and married’in Warren County,
Pa., Lydia Usgood. William O. Warren was born here in 1811. He removed to Stcphens.n
County, 1ll., thence to Green County, Wis., and there married Sybil Morton. He came to
Kansas in 1857, and laid claim to his present farm, built a log house and began pioneering.
His only neighbors were Major Beaty and E. Sweet. Mr. Warren has a valuable 170 acre
farm, which he entered at the United States Land Office, July 4, 1859. The log house of
early times is replaced by a substantial frame one, and that is now surrounded by orv..ards
and yroves of his own planting. Mr. and Mrs. Warren have only three living children of
the ten‘born to them. Mr. Warren well remembers his early experiences. :

J. F. WATSON, retired farmer, came to Kansas from Iowa, June 4, 1857, taking a
claim on Vermillion Creek. Though but eighteeu years old he successfully held the claim
through the kindly co-operation of the ‘Claim Club,” against the few who tried to dis-

ossess him; though his land warrant, costing him $200 at sixty per cent interest, nearly
eat him eventually. He enlisted with the Thirteenth Kansas Volunteers, fought at Cane

Hill, Prairie Grove and Van Buren, and served out his time with theregiment. At the close

of the war he returned to Kansas, bought a 200 acre farm in Noble Township, operated it until

1879, then sold out, and has since lived in Vermillion village, operating in grain and stock.

He was born in Brown County, Ind., and married Frances Hutchinson, by whom he has six

children, born in Kansas.

AXTELL.

The difference in the location of Axtell and that of other places in
Marshall County, is apparent to the observer. Instead of finding the town
located in the valley of some stream, he finds it situated on the high prairie
land, from which an extended view may be had for miles. The town is
situated in the eastern part of the county—one mile from the Nemaha
County line—and is on the line of the St. Joseph & Western Railway, eighty-
nine miles west of St. Joseph and twenty-four miles east of Marysville, the
county seat; ten miles north of Vermillion, the nearest point on the C. B.
M. P. R’y., and nine miles south of the Nebraska State line.

The town site of Axtell was surveyed and laid off in January, 1872, by
the St. Joseph Town Company. The first building erected was put up by

 

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“Shoestring” Dickinson during the same year, and used by him as a store
for one year, when he was succeeded by R. F. White. During the same year
a depot and side-track was built by the Railroad Company and a postoffice
established, with R. I’. White as postmaster. August 2, 1880, this office
was made a Money Order office, money Order No. 1 being remitted by
Thomas Hynes. ,

The first birth occurred early in 1872,—a son of W. H. Dickinson. In
1874, occurred the death of George W. Earl, the first blacksmith in town.
His remains were taken to Seneca for interment. No marriage took place
until 1879-80.

Owing to adverse circumstances the town did not improve until 1879—
at this time there being four families in the place. In the fall of 1879 and
the winter of 1880, the-place received an impetus in the shape of a colony of
twenty families from Deep River, Iowa. Among the colonists may be men-
tioned the names of Reuben, Joseph, Harry, John and Lewis Wasser, J. H.
Seaman, J. Axtell, A. E. Axtell, J. Johnson and others. The colony imme-
diately commenced making extensive improvements, which are now manifest
in the thriving little village of Axtell.

Churches.—Axtell has four church organizations, namely: Catholic,
Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational. Of the four, the Catholic
denomination has a house of worship, and is one of the oldest religious
organizations in that part of the county. Rey. 'T. Luber, 0. 5. B., is their
present pastor.

The First Presbyterian Church at Axtell was organized in April, 1879,
with twenty-three members, by the Revs. J. Brown and James A. Griffes.
The society has, at present, no regular pastor, but holds services in the
schoolhouse. Present membership, forty-one.

An organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church was perfected in
the winter of 1880, with thirteen memhbers, by Rev. Maher. Regular ser-
vices are held in Axtell’s Hall. :

The Congregationalists organized themselves into a body in the summer -
of 1882, with fifteen embers. Services are held in the schoolhouse.

School district No. 56, was organized ten years ago, the first term of
school being taught by John Watkins in a house owned by A. Watkins, located
one mile northeast of town. In 1872-3, a frame schoolhouse, 20x30 feet, was
erectedon the town site at a cost of $750. Miss Jennie Newland taught the
first two or three terms. In 1880, the school building was sold to the Catholic
denomination, who used it for church purposes. A new building 26x42 feet,
was erected during the same year at a cost of $2,000, A. M. Billingsly, teacher.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. W. BROOKS, was born August 1, 1848, in Holt County, Mo. He removed to Kan-
sas in 1861; settled in White Cloud; was educated in the public schools. He removed to
Brown County in 1874; in December, 1881, he came to Axtell, where he now resides, and pub-
lishes the Axtell Visitor, established August 31, 1882. He was formerly a farmer, but is now
a real estate,loan and insurance agents has a prosperous business, and isdoing well Was mar-
ried June 5, 1870, to Miss Alice R. Jones, of ee Kan She died December 5, 1882,
leaving four children—Alfred, born August 19, 1871; Edith, born October 7, 1874; Walter G.,
Le oe, eee ; Alta, born March 4, 1881. Mr. Brooks is a member of Morrill lodge,
No. 187, I. O. f
GEORGE GUITTARD, deceased, came to Marshall County, Kan., in the spring of 1857,
settled on Section 4, in Township 2, south of Range 9 east. on the Vermillion, which was after-
ward called Guittard. Station. At the time of Mr. Guittard’s settlement, it was a complete
wilderness, his nearest neighbors being fourteen miles distant. In the fall of 1858, the great
overland thoroughfare was located through his farm, and at the point where it crossed the Ver-
million, Mr. Guittard established a trading-post, which was named Guittard Station. Mr.
Guittard erected a large and commodious building, and when the stage line was put on this
pret thoroughfare, they made his place a division headquarters, and it was known to be the
est ranch between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, Here Mr. Guittard enter-
tained many of the most celebrated men of the nation in their travels to and from the Pacific
Coast. When Ben Holliday assumed control of the overland stage line, Mr. Guittard became his
confidential agent, and in cases of peril and danger was entrasted by him in superintending his
affairs, and many times received from Mr. Holliday in person substantia] tokens of his respect
and esteem. In the early settlement of the county Mr. Guittard took an active part in advane-
ing the public interest, and by the exercise of cool judgment and wise counsel materially
aided in subduing the fierce and turbulent spirits who at'that time ruled the frontiers, and
knew no higher power to appeal to than the revolver and bowie-knife. He assisted in the
first organiz.tion of the county, and in the establishment of law and order, and when it was
divided into municipal townships, the one in which he lived was named Guittard Township,
in honor of her first. and best citizen. For nearly twenty years the township atfairs were
managed and controlled by him, and his son Xavior; and to bear testimony to their good and
wise management it became the most peaceable and prosperous township in the county, On
the 5th day of March, 1881, he passed away, full of years and honors. It may well be said
of him that he did more than any other man for the advancement of the early interests of
Marshall County, and when its history is written, bis trials and achievements will be among
its most important events He left a family consisting of wife and three xons—George,
Joseph and Xavior, who continued to reside on the old homestead, and are among the
wealthiest and most respectabte citizens of the county. Xavior is the postmaster at Guittard
Station, and is the oldest continuous postmaster in the county, having filled the position for
twenty-three years,
A.C KING, born in Fairfield County, January 8, 1852. At the age of nine years re-
moved to Fulton County. Ind. In 1873 came to Axtell, Marshall County; isa farmer and
livery stable proprietor. Was married May 25, 1872, to Miss Myra Meredith, of Fulton
County, Ind, Have one child—Hector Mahlon, born in August, 1874.
. J. R. LIVINGSTON, was born in Boone County, Ill., March 16, 1845, where he resided
until the war. The suppression of the rebellion called him to arms He enlisted October 1,
1864, in Company K, Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry; he was transferred to the Eighth Mis-
souri. He served until the close of the war, and took part in the second battle of Nashville,
and the siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. After the war he removed to Cedar Falls,
Iowa; was educated in the high school of that city, and graduated from Bryant & Strat-
ton’s Business College of Chicago. He taught penmanship in Illinois and Iowa for two
years. In 1870 he came to Seneca, Kan , on horseback; was a carpenter, and for a time kept
astore in Seneca. In 1874, he removed to Axtell, Marshall Co., Kan., and opened a general
stock of merchandise. He has been in business ever since and is doing well; has been
Township Treasurer for six years. He was appointed Postmaster for Axtell, March 5, 1875,
and is still there; is also Notary. He was married January 1, 1879, to Miss Lizzie R. Shum-
way, at Axtell. Mrs. Livingston died August 8, 1880; has one child—Rowena. born April
14, 1878.
” MICHAEL MURRAY, is a native of Ireland; was born in March, 1826. He came to
America when sixteen years of age; settled at Verplanck’s Point, N. Y.: was a merchant. In
1857 he came West, stopping one year at Lamont. In 1858 he settled at St. Bridget’s, Mar-
shall County. He was a farmer until 1866, when he again began business as a merchant. He
moved to Axtell November 4, 1875, and continued the business. He has a large stock of

eneral merchandise, and buys live stock. He is one of the largest shippers of Marshall

county. He was married June 15, 1852, to Miss Catherine Coghan, of Verplanck’s Point, N.
Y. They have three children—Jennie, born April 14, 1857; Susannah, born September 8, 1861;
Anna, born May 19, 1863.
932 HISTORY

WILLIAM RANDALL, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y.. March 16, 1828. When
twelve years of age, removed to Cleveland, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools of
that city. While yet a boy, removed fo Buchanan County, Mo. When the war between the
States began, he espoused the cause of the Union, and enlisted as a private in Company F,
of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteers. Was promoted to a Captaincy, and served in
Missouri until the war closed. He was elected a Representative in the State Legislature
from Buchanan County, in 1870, serving with honor to himself and profit to the State. Re-
moved to Axtell, Marshall County, March 1, 1881; has a fine farm well improved, two and a
half miles southwest of town; also buys, feeds and ships live stock. Was married Novem-
tee 1862; has six children—William, George, Nancy, Charles, Claudy and Annie. Is a R.

. Mason.

U. B. SAWYER was born in Washington County, Vt , December 22, 1857. Removed at
the age of fifteen years to Pawnee County, Neb.; educated in common schools; was a farmer
until 1879, when he came to Axtell, Marshall County, and opened a harness and leather store;
has a large stock of merchandise, and does a thriving trade, Was married July.7, 875 to
Miss Huldah L. Briles. ‘ They have two children—Hattie and Pearl.

B.S8.STANLEY. This gentleman is a native of Jefferson County, N. Y.; was born May
21,1825, At the age of eleven years he went to Galesburg, I]. Was adealer in lumber; re-
moved to Dixon 1n 1875, and continued the umber business. In_his early years he received
his education at Knox Academy, Galesburg. He removed to Kansas in 1879, locating in
Axtell, Marshall County. He is a dealer in lumber, building materials, agricultural imple-
ments and hardware, coal, etc. He also owns a fine farm in said county; was a member of
the county Board of Supervisors of Knox County, Ill., five years; member of the Board of
Education of the city of Galesburg six years. He was married on the 24th day of January,
1847, to Avis Prentice. They have three children—Julian, Willis and Frank B.

BEATTIE.

Beattie is located on the west branch of the Vermillion, and one hun-
dred miles west of the Missouri River, on the line of the St. Joseph and
Western Railway. Located as it is, in the very heart of the best and most
fertile body of land in Northern Kansas, it has advantages for the buildin,
up of acity. At this place are located the celebrated Beattie quarries, suid
to be the finest in the State of Kansas or Nebraska.

Settlement.—Prior to 1865, Hugh Hamilton, H. C. Smith, Eli Golds-
berry, E. Cain, J. Totten, G. Thorne, James Fitzgerald, P. Jones and others
settled near what is now known as Beattie. The town was laid out in June,
1870, by the Northern Kansas Land and Town Company, of St. Joseph,
Missouri, on land owned by James Fitzgerald and J. T. Watkins. The
original town site, consisting of 160 acres, was well chosen, and named
Beattie, in honor of Hon.:A. Beattie, then Mayor of St. Joe., Missouri. 4H.
M. Newton, James McKiroy, R. Shields, J. J. Sheldon, were among the first
to settle in the place.

Early Events. —The postoffice was established in 1871, with J. J. Shel-
don as postmaster. He was succeeded by A. J. Patterson, A. J. Brunswig,
and the present incumbent, H. C. Smith. Among the first buildings moved
on the town site was the depot—a building that was moved from Elmwood,
Doniphan County—in the spring of 1871. J.J. Sheldon, about the same
time, moved a building on the town site and used it as a dwelling. The
next building was buz/t on the town site by John Watkins. Messrs. A. J.
and L. Brunswig opened the first store, in the spring of 1872. The first
hotel was built by Putcamp, in 1878, and called the Sherman House.
The first marriage ceremony was performed in 1872 by Dr. J. J. Sheldon,
Justice of the Peace; the contracting parties being 8. M. and Charles Kei-
per, who married two daughters of Carol Scholtz. The first birth was that
of Beattie—named in honor of the town—a son of H. M. Newton, August
3, 1871. A child of a Mrs. Mahoney died some time in 1878, which was
the first death in town.

Churches.—The Catholic Church at Beattie was first organized at Guit-
tard station in 1866, by Rev. Father Fitzgerald, with eight families. The
following pastors have had charge of the church: Reverend Fathers Fitz-
gerald, Neakman. Eugene, Goth, Bonifice, Zuber, Fitzgerald, and Rev.
Father Daley, the present pastor. A church edifice 33x73 feet, was built in
1881, at Beattie, at a cost of $3,000. Present number of families included
in the organization, forty-seven.

An organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church was consummated
at Beattie in the spring of 1876, by the Rey. A. J. Coe, with seven members,
as follows: T. C. Byrum, Mrs. Byrum, Mary Sheldon, Lizzie Sweet, Phoebe
Byram, Julia Brown and Mrs. .\. J. Coe. Rev, A. J. Coe served the church
one year; J. H. Lord, three months; M. Belknap, nine months; F. F. Otto,
three years. Rev. D. J. Crooks, the present pastor, took charge of the
church in March, 1881. A fraine edifice 26x45 feet, was erected in 1881, at
an expense of $1,400, Present membership, thirty-nine,

An organization of the Baylis! Church was perfected in 1874, by Rey.
J. C. Newton, with six members. Services are held in the Methodist Church,
Rev. J.C. Newton stiJ] retaining charge of the organization. Present
membership, sixteen.

School district No. 29 was organized in 1868. A log schoolhouse was
built at a cost of $500, during the sume year. Charles Pritchard taught the
first term of school in said building. [He was succeeded by the following in
the order mentioned: Misses C. J. Sheldon, Ruth Barrett, Mary Hamilton
and H. P. Buck. At this tinee—1871— a new stone schoolhouse, 28x48 feet.
was erected in Beattie, at a cost of $7,000. H. P. Buck was succeeded by C.
Mattleson, who taught the first term in the new school building. _Mattleson
was succeeded by the following, in the order mentioned: J. M. Blair, Rev.
FE. Barber, F. W. Parsons, Mrs. F. W. Parsons, L. F. Fuller, Misses Flor-
ence Patterson, Ida Newton, Albert L. Perry and Miss Georgiana Patterson.

Chase Post, No. 101, G. A. &., was organized under a charter July 27,
1882, with sixteen members. The following officers were elected: Dr. J. J.
Sheldon, P. C.; J. Johnson, 8. V. C.: H. II. Helverin, J. V. C.; William
Schiller, Q. M.; H. C. Smith, Surgeon; John Crabb, Chaplain; J. VY.
Schleigh, O. D.; W. C. SP hompeen O. G.; S. Willis, Adj.; N. V. Culover,
Q. M.5.: M. A. Tucker, 5S. M. Regular mectings are held on the first: and
third Saturday evenings of each month.

Beattie Cornet Band was ee in the summer of 1881 withYen
pieces, W. F. Beckett, leader. The organization has kept up its full number
under the present leadership of F. Smith.

A steam elevator 24x60, 30 feet high, was built in 1873, by Messrs.

 

OF KANSAS.

Brunswig & Baer, at a cost of $2,000. In 1880-81, the elevator was remod-
eled at an expense of $4,000. Its capacity under its present managers,
Brunswig & Baer, is 15,000 bushels. The elevator is run by a fifteen horse-
power engine, and has @ corn sheller attachment with a capucity of 5,000
bushels per day.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

A. J. BRUNSWIG & CO.—A. J. was born in France, October 17, 1852. He came to
America, September 24, 1867, and first located at Atchison, Kansas, October 6, 1867, and
September 8, 18.1, cume to Beattie, Marshall County, Kan., and engaged in the general
merchandise business. They built a stone block, two stories high; also have a nice frame
building, stocked with furniture, 20x60, and carry a stock of goods valued at $25,000. The
above firm also owns a steam elevator, with capacity of 20,000 bushels.

H. C. SMITH was born in Gardner, Maine, July 31, 1834. Moved from above place to
Ohio, thence back to Maine; then back to Cleveland, Ohio, and entered Baldwin University
in years 1855, °56, "57. He enlisted in the United States Army in April, 1861, in Company C,
Third Maine Infantry. He was wounded in the battle of Fair Vaks in 1862, and was dis-

. charged October 25, 1862. Mr. Smith first went to Kansas in a and remained until 1860;

and after being in the United States Army, returned to Marshall County, Kan. In 1864 was
appointed postmaster at Beattie, October, 1879, and bas held this office ever since. He was
married in 1865 to Mina Hamilton, and has three children—F. L., R. F. and Harry.

ROCK TOWNSHIP.

N. BROOKS, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in 1828 in Madison, Jefferson County,
Ind., and grew up in that State a farmer, and later followed milling fourteen years in Hamilton
County, Ind. In the fall of 1863 he enlisted in the Seventy-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
helped. pursue John Morgan a few months, and was honorably discharged for sickness an
disability. He engaged in farming in Hancock County, Ind., until March, 1877, when he came
to Kansas, settling where he now lives. Has a good farm, eighty acres well fitted up with
substantial improvements. His wife was Julia A. Barnes, of Hamilton County, Ind., and
they have four children—Wm. A., Clara, Elmer and Frank, who was born mm Hancock
County, Ind., while the elder three were born in Hamilton County, Ind. 2

THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born June 18, 1830, in Cocke
County, Tenn. In 1840, his father, John, with his wife and ten children, settled in Platte
County, Mo., where he was reared. At twenty-four -he located on a farm of his own in
DeKalb County, Mo., and married Margaret Henry, a native of Cooper County, Mo. 1n 1861
he enlisted as a private in the State Militia, and during the rebellion of 1861—"U5, was several
times called into the field to repel bushwhacking invasions. After trying Fremont County,
Iowa, and Gentry and Worth Counties, Mo., he came to Kansas, made, and later abandone
a claim in Graham County, and finally bought one in Rock Townsbip, where he now lives.
Mr. Cunningham and wife united with the Baptist Church in 1864. They have eight children
—Francis R., Aldophena, John, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Martha, Mary and Aaron. For many
years past Mr. Cunningham has been a very successful grower of broom corn and manu-
facturer of brooms.

Z. E. EWING, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Baltimore County, Md., October
24, 1826, and lived thirty-four years in Baltimore County and City. In 1800 he located in
Whartonsburg, Ohio, thence remoyed to Hancock County, Ohio. He married in June, 1851,
in Baltimore, her native city, Matilda Creager, and they have nine children—Margaret A.,
born in Baltimore; Sarah, klizabeth and Jane, born in Texas, Baltimore County, Md.; Wm.
J., born in Whartonsburg, O.; Alice J., Lovi 1, Henry Z. and Charles, born in Hancock
County, Ohio. Mr. Ewing brought his family to Kansas in October, 1869. Three teams,
household goods and $1,200 comprised his possvssions, and his first permanent location was.
where we now find him. His farm comprises 160 acres fenced with hedge, an orchard of 150
trees, a stone house, stables, etc., and all needed teams and implements for modern farming.

WILLIAM A. SUTTON , farmer, P. 0. Beattie, was born 1834, ir Chippewa County,
Wis. Soon after his parents removed to McHenry County, ll., thence to Floyd County,
Jowa, and .hence, in 1859, to Kansas. At this time the worldly effects of the family, com-
prising pe and five children, were drawn in a wagon, and their means, very limited,
were all consumed during 1860 or the ‘‘bad year.” W. A. Sutton enlisted in 1862 in the
ae Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and served with that grand regiment of
fighting per until Appomattox decided the fate of rebeldom. Since the war, Mr. Sutton
has lived quietly as a Kansas farmer, following his threshing machine for about nine years.
He is a member of Chase Post No. 101, of Beattie. has been J. P. four years, and can right-
fully be looked upon as one of the substantial early settlers of Rock Township. He married
in 1870 Miss Julia A. Life, whose father, Martin Life, was a settler of 1858 in Rock Town-
ship. ee and Mrs.Sutton have five children—Henry B., Mary E., Edward, Melissa and
Wim. A.

WELLS TOWNSHIP.

_ JOSHUA HOWE, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born 1832, in Delaware County, Ohio.
Eight years later his parents, Aaron and Sarah Howe, removed to Knox County, Il, thence,
in 1864, to Bedford, Iowa, where his mother died and father yet resides. Joshua Howe came
to Kansas in May, 1861, and rented a farm west of Frankfort. He finally secured a farm of his
own, and is now prospering in spite of the dread effects ofthe cyclone of 1879, which utterly
destroyed his home, killed his only son and badly injured his wife. Misses Joan Howe, Ida
Osborn and Mr. J. T. Vaughn were in the house and escaped injury, with the exception of
Miss Howe, who sustained slight bruises. Mr. Howe himself was saved by clinging desper-
ately to a small tree in his orchard, but his son, John A. Howe, was blown over the orchard
and killed instantly; all farm implements, wagons, etc., were blown away and wrecked, and
but little save the bare land left to Mr. Howe, whose energetic spirit at once led to his rebuild-
ing and final success,

J.B. McCONCTHILE, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born . 1837, in Kirkenbreitshire, Scot-
Jand. He came in 1858 to America and located in Mlinois. In 18:2 he enlisted from Knox
County, HL, in Company T, One Hundred and Second Ulinois Volunteer Infantry asa private,
and served during the cntire rebellion, His regiment was first employed in gua: ding Kentucky
and Tennessce railroads, and in 1864 joined Gen. Sherman at Resaca, Ga., taking part in the
great hattle at that point. Thereafter, for eleven days, the regiment was under _an almost
continuous fire, then came the battles at Dallas, Kenesaw Mt., each Tree Creek, and the .
desperate battles nbout Atlanta, in all of which he was engaged. Marching with Sherman to
the sca, Mr, McConchie’s company was detached as foragers, and for many days the brave
fellows were ‘“‘corralled’ on an island in the Kavanmah ition, with forces of rebel cavalry
all about them. The One Hundred and Second Illinois was the first of Sherman’s regiments
to enter South Carolina, and made a good record through to the surrender of Johnston and
the collapse of the rebellion. eeuuroine to Knox County, “U., Mr. McConéhie brought his
wife out to Kansas in August, 1866. They lived four yeary in Home Township, Nemaha
County, and from there came to the farm on which they now live. Mr. McConchie has a
prosperous record to show as regards Kansas. His farm comprises 240 acres, well improved
and fenced, 1,000 peach and 200 apple trees. etc. They have eight children—William, Mary,
IaH age He Hattie, George, Edwin and Jennie. facie the eldest son, died October 25,

_ GEORGE N. MORSE, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in 1844 in Troy, N. Y.
Lived there until the age of fourteen. when he went with his father, J M. Morse, and the
family to Knox County, I]. From Illinois he came to Kansas in August, 1866 homesteading
his present farm There was then but one or two houses between him and Marysville, an
mavy a horseback chase he had after deer and wolf over the present site of Frankfort. He
was one of the first to settle on the high prairie, and for a few years worked land for others,
in order to get a start upon his own, and also followed house painting, etc. To-day we fin
him in a house of his own, consisting of seven rooms, on a well fenced and cultivated farm.
He has one of the finest maple groves in Marshall County and a thrifty young orchard His
wife, married February 14, 1867, was a daughter of Robert Osborn, a substantial farmer near
Frankfort. They have four children, all born on the Kansas farm.

CENTRE TOWNSHIP.

JOSEPH’ GREENLEAF, farmer, P. O. Reedsville; was born in 1844, in Onond
County, N. Y. His parents settled two years later in Calhoun County, Mich., where he ore
OSBORNE

to manhood, and enlisted in 1864 in the Seventh Mic! ieee Cavalry. His service was in the
Shenandoah Valley, and the battles of Cedar Creek and Five Forks. His horse having been
shot he was detailed for hospital duty, and served in Burkeyville Station until near the close
of the Rebellion. From 1865 to 1869 he lived in Michigan, then came to Kansas, and settled °
a year later on his present farm. Mr. Greenleaf has his farm in a good state of improvement
and cultivation. is wife was Annie Hawkins, married June 28, 1876, and their three
‘children, Mary A.,Frank and Elizabeth, were all born on the Marshall County farm. Mr.
Greenleaf is a stalwart Republican in politics, and a stirring well-to-do farmer.

ISAAC N. MARSHALL, farmer, P. O. Wells, was born May 16, 1848, in Guernsey
County, Ohio, and reared in Hocking and Benton counties. He enlisted September 2, 1864,
in the Union army, and was assigned to the Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry: served un-
der Gens. Sherman and Thomas, and participated in the desperately decisive battle of Nash-
ville; was then transferred from Alexandria, Va., by water to Moorhead City, N.C.. and to
Sherman’s army at Goldsboro. After the war he spent the summer of 1865 in Cass County,
Mo., then resided a farmer in Fort Madison, Iowa, until his settlement in Kansas. Mr.
Marshall is unmarried; is in religion a Methodist, and in politics a Republican.

_ JOHN MASSEY, farmer, P. O. Marysville. is a native of County Armagh, Ireland, born
in1839. His parents, James and Jane (Alderdice) Massey, emigrated to America and settled
in Adams County, Ohio in 1848. From 1851 to 1868 he resided in Mercer County, Ohio;
then came to Kansas. took aclaim in Osage County, and engaged in the Jumber business
sawing out thousands of feet of United States timber, and thus secured a start in « small
way. In July, 1869, he married Miss Sarah A. Allen, daughter of O. C. Allen, then the Cen-
tral Branch land agent, and settled on his present farm bought of Major Jones, who had
built an excuse for ahouse. In this old house Mr. Massey lived until his 160 acre farm was

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developed in the best state of improvement, and means secured to build just such a house
as he had fixed upon, resulting in the erection of one of the best in Marshall County. Itis
two-stories, 20x30 with an Laddition 16x18, the whole finished, fitted up, and painted in the
best modern style, with ornamental porticos, verandas, windows, etc., rarely seen on a
Kansas farm. In connection he has a well,so arranged as to supply his dairy and milk
house, under which he has an excellent cellar. Mr. Massey served 100 days in the One Hun-
dred and Second Jllinois Volunteer Infantry during the Rebellion. His father died in-
Centre ei 1880, aged eighty-two,and his mother still survives at the age of seventy-
eight. Mr. and Mrs. Massey have seven children—Alberta, Mary B., Lillie M. 2nd Minnie .
E., (twins); Julia, Jennie and Jcssic, all born on the Centre farm, The only son died an
infant. Mr. Massey has always been a Republican in political faith, and is rightfully looked
upon as one of the most successful and enterprising farmers of his county.

CHARLES SATTERFIELD, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in 1830, in Locust Grove,
Adams Co., Ohio, and raised there a farmer. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the First Ohio
Heavy Artillery; served in West Virginia, and helped build forts at Covington, Ky. He
was then sent with part of the Battery to Johnson’s Isle, Lake Erie, to guard against a sus-
pected invasion from Canada. Spent another year guarding Covington, and at the end of
the Rebellion located on a farm in his native county, where he lived until November, 1875,
when he came to Centre, Marshall County, Kan. Was two years a renter, then bonght his
present eighty acre farm, where he has a good house, granary, stock lots, etc., and forty
acres in cultivation. His wife was Christina Kieling, of Highland County, Ohio, and they
have four children, born in Adams County, Ohio, viz.--Emma E., Alice, George W.,
and Sara V., and two—John N. and Ida L:, born in Centre Township. Mr. Satterfield
is a Democrat.

‘/OSBORNE COUNTY.

TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY.

M

SBORNECOUNTYis |["s!
bounded on the north by
Smith County, on the east by
Mitchell and Lincoln, on the
south by Russell and on the west
by Rooks. It contains 900 square
miles and 576,000 acres of land.
The north fork of the Solomon
River runs diagonally through
the two northeastern townships,
and the south fork of the same
stream runs entirely through the
county from west to east, confin-
ing itself to the seventh range
of townships. The North and
South Solomon in Osborne
County have an average fall
through the county of over
eleven feet per mile until they
unite at Waconda, in the county:
east, where the average fall is
only ten feet. Hence the fre-
quency of mills along this
stream. These streams take up
in their course many small
streams and rivulets, among the
most important of which are
‘Little Medicine, Kill Creek,
Covert Creek, Indian Creek and
the Twin Creeks. On the North
Fork, Joy, Lawrence and Twelve
Mile creeks are among the larg-
est. In the south part of the
county many.streams head which
are tributary to the Saline River,
and flow nearly south; the larg- ci
est of these are Salt, Eagle and BLuis |
Wolf creeks. The whole county, oe
except the valleys of the Solo-
mon, is a high, rolling prairie,
with about 20 per cent of bottom.
land. Only 2 per cent of the

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‘land of the county is native 1880.
timber, and this, as is usual in (o Bethany Township.......----------------- oo
the western counties, is wholly Lene ian aa
confined to the banks of the (s Delhi Township... .- 5
streams. The absence of build- (e) Grant Township-.... 58
ing timber in quantity is atoned | Be ein vorueii 7 oe
for by an abundance of the best 8 Tadkeen Township ...-. 450
building stone, which crops out W Zu Mirek Tomach ps aa
j i is ¢ Township --
in nearly every township. It is & a toast Riess a
a cretaceous limestone, almost ) Mount Ayr Township... BRT

white in color, easily quarried

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POPULATION—FEDERAL CENSUS.
(Organized in 1871.)

and worked. Nearly all the
business buildings and many of
the farm houses are built of this
rock.

In 1870 the first census of
the then unorganized county,
taken by Charles Welch, of
Mitchell County, accompanied
by a squad of soldiers, reported
the inhabitants as numbering
thirty-three. In 1880,the report
showed that the respectable fig-
ure of 12,518 had been reached.
The majority of the people are
engaged in farming in its vari-
ous branches, although stock-
raising is fast taking the place
of agriculture. The soil is very
fertile, being composed of a rich
vegetable mould with a liberal
mixture of mineral substances,
sand and lime. It varies in
depth from two to fifteen feet,
and is particularly adapted to
withstand protracted drouth,

The yield of wheat in 1882
was quite large, 26,489 acres
having been planted, which
yielded twenty bushels per acre,
or a total of 528,780 bushels of
winter wheat alone. The spring
wheat yield was very light, only
about 40,000 bushels having
been harvested: Of corn 48,764
acres were planted which aver-
aged only twenty bushels per
acre, the total amounting to
975,280 bushels. About 8,000
acres of rye was harvested, with
an average yield of twenty-five
bushels; oats, 2,500 acres with
an average of forty bushels; and
about 800 acres of Irish potatoes,
with a total yield of 65,000
bushels. The broom corn crop
did well, 8,766 acres having been
planted, and 2,200 tons har-
vested. About 1,000 acres of

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1880

(m) Penn Township, including Osborne City. 1,495

(n) Ross Township, including Downs City--.. 1,119
Round Mound Township-.-..--. -. -- 463

   
 

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923
(q) Tilden Township 662 sorghum were planted in the
(r) Victor Tosmehip - 37 county, and the yield of syrup
(s) Winfield Township...-.---.--...-.-------» "4 ig 119,680 gallons.
Poti n= -e.2- se seen ensneneeseseeneesens TBM EARLY HISTORY.
Osborne City ...--.------------------------ oe e+ 719

The county was settled at

BORD CDs orci Seece Reenter eae the time when the Indians had

 

(a) In 1871. from original ber ttOry,
Township. (d) In 1878, from part of Blo I
‘ship. (h) In 1879. from part of Winfield Township. | from
1872, part to Kill Creek Township; in 1878, part to Victor Township; in 1879, pa
loc eorys in 1872, part to Corinth, Independence, Tilden, and Winfield Townships.
ship. P)

(r). In 1878, from part of Liberty Townsbip.

 

i 7 ] . 1871, from original territory; in 1872. part to Winfield; in 1878, part to Delhi. ;
oma eo fe Tn 1879, fra aero Sumner awaahin. ®) In 1879. from part of Sumner Township. (g) In18:2, from part of Penn Town-
(i) In 1872, from part of Liberty Township. 1
art to Round Mound Township. (1) % ol l
(n) In 1871, from original territory; in 1872, part to Corinth. ' i mt 1 v
In 1871, from original territory; in 1872, part to Tilden Township; in 1879, parts to Grant and Hawkeye Townships. (q) In 1872, from parts of Penn and Sumner Townships.
f B (8) In 1872, from part of Bloom Township; in 1879, a part to Jackson Township.

(c) In 1872, from part of Ross

1879, from part of Bethany Township. (k) In 1871, from original territory; in
Ze (1) In 18R0, from part of Kill Creek Township. (m) In 1871, from eriginal
(o) In 1879, from part of Liberty Town-

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made up their minds to abandon this territory; hence the absence of anything
startling under this head. In the fall of 1878, when the raid across the western
part of the State was in progress, a stampede of the settlers on the creeks
southwest of town filled Osborne, the county-seat, full of terrified people. The
people of the town read the daily papers, and proved that the savages were
in Nebraska, and the settlers fell beak and resumed their peaceful avocations.

The earliest settler lived on the north fork, near the mouth of Twelve
Mile Creek, and was drowned in the winter or carly spring of 1870. Zara
M. Hill made the first entry of land in Osborne County on the north fork
of the river, between Downs and Bethany. He was then a buffalo hunter,
but is now a prosperous farmer living on the land first entered.

In March, 1870, two brothers, named Bullock. made the first permanent
settlement in this county on the north side of the south fork, near where
the village of Bloomington now stands. They built a rude log cabin, half
fortress, which was a place of resort for frontiersmen. ‘These were shortly
followed by James Weston and family, who located on Covert Creek. The
north Solomon was settled by J. J. Wiltrout, Crosby brothers and Z. T. Wal-
rond, in the vicinity of Portis. Mr. P. Ray located and built a good log
house on the river south of the present city of Downs. about the 20th of
May, 1870. W. T. Kelly and E. McCormick, settled in Corinth Township
about this time, but up to January 20, when the United States census was
taken, all told, the county had only thirty-three settlers, four of whom were
females, viz: Mrs. Weston and daughters.

John Kaser and family were among the next settlers, and in July, 1871,
Mrs. Kaser gave birth to her son Albertus, to whom belongs the honor of
being the third child born in the county. While engaged in the subject of
first births in the county, the attention of the reader is called to the fact:
that several young people claim that honor, through their parents. On the
4th day of May, 1871, Miss Bertha Manning was born, and the physician
who attended her mother was called, on his return, to attend at the birth of
Miss Lilly Dewey, four hours later. This was two months previous to the
arrival of Albertus Kaser.

In May following, the town site of Osborne City, was selected by a Penn-
sylvania colony composed of thirty-five men from Berks and Lancaster
counties. They all entered land in this township. Col. W. L. Bear was the
President, and Dr. J. P. Moore, Secretary. On the 9th of May they filed npon
the present town site of Osborne, and built a log house and stockade, a half
mile south of town. The previous fall, in November, the New Haven col-
ony settled on Twelve-mile Creek, in the extreme northern part of the
county. Smith County secured the larger part -of this wealthy and ever
prosperous colony.

n the month of November, 1870, Gen. TH. C. Bull founded a city, which
received his name, and erected the pioneer store building. The first store
in the county was kept by Calvin Reasoner, on the John Kaser farm, near
the center of the county.

July 16, 1874, C. H. Cook, a merchant of Bull’s City, killed his only
child with a hatchet, and then failing in an attempt to kill his wife, commit-
ted suicide. He was a noble gentleman, well liked by everybody, and his sud-
den insanity could not be satisfactorily accounted for by those who knew
him most intimately.

On the 12th of October,1879, Gen. H.C. Bull, of Bull’s City, one of the pio-
neers of the valley—the first Probate Judge of the county,and its representative
in the State Legislature—met with a most horrible death. Two friends and
comrades, named George Nicholas and Robert Brickell, shared the same fate.
Gen. Bull had been keeping several wild animals in a park at his place. A
large male elk became unmanageable, and the General attempted to correct
the animal, which became infuriated, rushed upon him and gored him to death
inflicting forty-four wounds upon his body. Nicholas and Brickell attempted
to rescue the General,and were killed upon the spot, Nicholas having sixty-four
wounds, and Brickell thirty-two. William Sherman appeared on the scene
to assist, and was tossed against the park fence and wounded, but escaped by
flight. Over 2,000 persons attended the funerals of these men.

The county is divided into 117 school districts; 2,599 scholars are
enrolled out of 3,701 pupils of school age. The average. daily attendance
for the year ending July 31st, is 1,655, while the expenses for the year for
school purposes amount to $17,089.71. The first. school in the county was
taught in District No. 1, in Independence Township, by Miss Carrie Smith.
Among the early schools in the county was that over Markley & Bears store,
in Osborne City in 1872, taught by Miss Gates; one at Bull’s City in 1872, by
Miss Stockbridge. Miss Gates is now Mrs. Wintermyer, of Howard County.
This county now cinploys 121 teachers; there are ninety-one school buildings
in the county, and ninety-seven rooms.

Osborne County shared the general grasshopper set-back of [874. This
scourge afflicted the whole northwest, until the cold wet weather of the ap-

roaching winter destroyed them. John A. Boring, in the Oshorne Tiines of
July 80th, says: ‘‘ The grasshoppers made their advent into our county the
latter part of last week, and are devouring everything before them. We no-
ticed several fields of corn literally alive with them, bcing almost unable to
see, either the corn or the ground. We hear reports of their ravages from
every portion of Osborne and Rooks counties, and up to this writing they
are still with us, carrying on their work of desolation and ruin among the
fields of our farmers.”

This variety of the curse came again in 1875, and laid their eggs in
nearly all the sandy soil over the county, but the rains of the spring of 1876

totally destroyed them.

POLITICAL IISTORY,

On the 27th of May, 1871, the first meeting was held at Reasoner’s store at Arlington,
take preliminary steps towards organizing the county. A census was ordered taken, and
M. Cunningham, W. W. Bullock and A. B. Fleming appointed Census Committee.

September 12, Gov. J. M. Harvey, by 1 eee aie declared the county organized, and
appointed temporary officers as follows: Commissioners— Samuel Chatfield, C. M. Cunning-

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ham, Frank Stafford; County Clerk—Frank Thompson. An election being held on the 7th of
November, and the question of the locatlon of the county-seat being before the people, Os-
borne City was selected, by a vote of 126; Tilden, 30; Arlington, 41: ; Emley City, 18. The
first county officers were then elected ae follows: Sheriff—C. M. Cunningham, Treasurer—
John Joy; Clerk—C. W. Crampton; Attorney—H.H. Napier; Clerk of Court—C. J. Watson;
Register of Deeds—A. B. Fleming; Surveyor—F. R. Gruger; Probate Judge—H. C. Bull;
Superintendent of Public Instruction—J. T. Saxton; Coroner—S. B. Farwell; Commissioners
—P. W. Kenyon, F. Stafford, J. J. Hays; Representative—W. L. Bear. b
In the following February, the Commissioners were petitioned to call another election
for the re-location of the county-seat, which was ordered for March 19, 1872. In this election
Osborne City received 225 votes; Arlington, 144; Tilden, 43, and Emley, 46. No town hay-

ing received a majority of the votes cast, another special election was ordered by the Com. *

missioners, and the towns receiving the two highest votes at the previous election only in the - .~ a

field. The result was: Osborne City, 267 votes; Arlington, 247. Township officers were
also elected at this election, the county having been divided into voting precincts as follows:
Bethany, Bloom, Liberty, Penn and Sumner. The last effort to re-locat2 the county-sest
was made June 22, 1874, when a petition containing 600 names was presented to the County
Commissioners, praying for an election to re-locate the county-seat. The Board, after long
and mature deliberation, decided, taking the census of 1873 as a basis, that there were not
enough legal names on the petition t> give them authority to call an election. Thus the
rising hopes and aspirations of ‘Tilden and Emley City were doomed.

‘Ktter the April election in 1872, the Osborne City Town Company, proceeded at once to
build a large stone court house, at an expense of $2,000. This was for a few years the sub-
ject of considerable litigation; the elements finally foreclosed their claim on the build-
ing, and the county officers removed to Reasoner’s building in Osborne. In later years,
the necessity of a court house being patent t» all, the citizens of O=borne again put their
hands into their pockets and raised $1,800, with which the present frame court house was
built, County adfairs are now most prosperously and peaceably handled by the following
officers: County Clerk—Frank Stattord; Treasurer—W. F. Cochran; Sheriff—John M. Bab-
cock; Attorney—Z. T. Walrond; Superintendent of Public Instruction—A. W. Robertson;
Probate Judge—O. F. Smith; Recorder—A be. Smith; Clerk of Court—L. A.Linville; Surveyor
—J. W. McIntyre; Coroner—A. C. Dillon; Commissioners—David Jewell, J. J. Guyer, Perry
Doak. 4 p

The assessed valuation of all property in the county, by townshi;x. as reported March 1,
1882, is as follows:

Ross,- — - $ 150,063 88 Kill Creek, $ 22,482 00
Bethany, 115,620 95 Round Monnd, b 0
Lawrence, 30,181 00 Mount Ayr, - 14,056 00
Hawkeye, 17,995 00 Victor, - 11,981 00
Grant, 14,686 00 Covert, 15,387 00
Sumner, -- 107,749 08 ~=—- Deilhi, 19,488 00
Tilden, 96,035 38 Jackson, - 16,923 00
Penn, 147,940 35 Valley, - 11 936 00
Corinth, 64,683 00 Liberty, 20,358 00
Bloom. 44,294 00 Osborne, 94,845 00
Winfield, - 48,479 00 Downs, 40,599 00
Independence, 25,747 00

$1,137,906 71
OSBORNE CITY.

Osborne City was founded by a colony of Pennsylvanians who located
here in May, 1871. The town company was composed of thirty-five mem-
bers, W. L. Bear, President. The plat originally filed January 11, 1873,
embraces in the town site the southeast quarter of southeast quarter of
Section 18 and the north half of southeast quarter of Section 19, Town 7
Rader’s addition was afterward added on the east,
Yoxall’s on the north, and Hoffman’s on the northwest.

July 1, the postoffice was established here and named Osborne, since
which time the word city has been dropped as a part of the name.

Hl. D. Markley was appointed post-master, he was succeeded by F.
Yoxall, who in turn gave way to R: R. Hays, who was appointed receiver of
the Kirwin Land Office and the Osborne postoffice passed into the hands of C.
W. Crampton, the present incumbent. Early in the year 1873 Walter Jerome
was born. He was the son of the editor of the ZTimes. A note is made of
this event as the lad was presented with a town lot by the Town company,
in honor of his being the first to arrive on the town site through the
regular channels.

On the 28th of May, 1873, Judge A.J. Banta, of the fifteenth judicial
district. proclaimed Osborne a city of the third class. The people failed at
that time to organize acity government legally, and on the 2ist of December,
1878, Judge Holt again decreed the city a city of the third class and ordered
an election, which resulted in the choice of the following city officers:

Mayor, J. W. Elliott: Councilmen—R. G. Hays, E. Smith, J. M.
Morgan, A. Smith, Z. T. Walrond; Police Judge. A. Anderson; Clerk, F.
HE. Leebrick: Treasurer, A. N. Fritchey.

The present officers are: Mavor, Calvin Reasoner: Councilmen, F.
Yoxall, A. B. Coates, John Foutz, F. P. Wells: Marshal. R. H. Bell;
Police Judge, L. A. Linville: Clerk, A. W. Robertson. ;

This city is without a regular fire department of any kind. Prairie fires
have been the only phase of the scourge to be dreaded. — The second school
in the county was taught in Oshorne by Miss Gates, as before referred to.
In 1878 the people of Osborne district voted $2,000 in bonds for the erection
of a schoolhouse, which was immediately built of stone. In 1878 $3,000
more bonds were voted for an addition, and District No. 9 now boasts one of
eee substantial and handsome schoolhouses in the western part of the
SLALO, —

_.Among the other public improvements here worthy of note is the iron
bridge across the Solomon, built by Messrs Bolvin & Wise, of Leavenworth.
in consideration of $8,000 bonds of Penn township, issued in 1878, August
10. In the fall of 1878 considerable excitement prevailed among the men of
capital in reference to a pork-packing establishment at this point. One P.
H. Walker, aman of considerable means, was the leader, but owing to petty
jealousies the scheme was abandoned, much to the regret of many of the most
substantial citizens of Osborne. Mr. Walker is now in Philadelphia.

The school of Osborne City is one of its distinctive features. As hereto-
fore mentioned the schoolhouse was built in 1873 and added to in 1878 until
it now is capable of accommodating two hundred scholars, who are under
the instruction of four teachers. James H. Whitecotton is principal.

_ The school board in District No. 9 is composed of C. W. Crampton.
Director: S. B: arwell, Clerk; and C. Reasoner, Treasurer. School has
been held regularly in this city since Miss Gates taught early in the winter
of 1871 and 1872. The school house is of magnesian lime stone, two stories
in height and built in the form of a cross.

 
+> was succeeded by Rev. H. V. Romiger.

OSBORNE COUNTY.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

M. E. Church.—The records of this society in this city show that in May, 1871, the
church was organized. The membership was then very small, but a pastor was secured in
the person of Rev. J. C. Ayers, since deceased. The present pastor is E. H. Fleisher. The
church has a convenient parsonage, valued at $550. It numbers forty-three members, and
the Se bpenrechod! has an average attendance of sixty. No house of worship is as yet
provided.

Moravian Church.—In June, 1880, this church was organized. Jt now numbers a mem-
bership of over forty. The pastor who was chiefly instrumental in bringing about the or-
ganization is Charles Steinfort. Rev. Charles Ricksecker was for a long time pastor, and

l In 1881 a auto stone church was completed on
Washington street, at_an expense of several hundred dollars. The church property is valued
at $3,500 A flourishing Snnday-school of thirty scholars is regularly maintained,

The Presbyterian Church of Osborne was organized October, 1878, with nineteen mem-
bers, including five trustees and three elders. This organization was the result of the mis-
sionary labors of Rev. J. M. Batchelder, acting under the direction of the Solomon Presby-
tery. Hc is the pine pastor. The present membership of the church is fifty-one. In the
spring of 1882 the socicty bought the property known as the “Library Hall,’ and recon-
structed it into a handsome and commodious church edifice, 30x5u feet in dimensions, and
valued at $1,600. A Sabbath-school is maintained regularly, with an average attendance of
about forty scholars; it has a fine library of over three hundred volumes,

In connection with this work of Mr. Batchelder, appears the organization of the church
of Covert. in March, 1882, with ten members; also the church of Kill Creek, in Kill Creek
township, at the same date, with eight members. This latter society has an enthusiastic
Sabbath-school of thirty-five members.

In the year 18°6, the Rev. H. F. Albright assisted in organizing the Presbyterian Church
of Twelve Mile Creek, now Rose Valley; the original organization numbered but fourteen
members. Mr. Batchelder is their present pastor, and the church is in a prosperous condi-
tion and zegnlany maintains a good Union Sunday-school, with an average attendance, both
summer and winter, of forty scholars. This society has a sufficient fund on hand to com-
mence building a church building which will cost about $900.

Congregational Church—This was the first church of this faith to organize so far west
in the homestead region. On the 26th ae May, 1872, the First Congregational Church of
Osborne was organized with R. R. Hays, D. Tindal and J.J. Hays as trustees. Rev. Richard
B. Foster was the first pastor, and was chiefly instrumental in building the handsome church
bnilding on the south side of town. He remained with the church as pastor for about ten
years. The present pastor is Rev. Wm. T. Blenkarn. The church roll contains fifty-five
names at present. A Sabbath-school of thirty-five average attendance has been running for
several years. The value of the church property is about $1,600. e

Saqui Lodge No. 160, A. F. and A. Mf, was named for Hon. Jacob Saqui of Atchison,
a former Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas. This lodge was organized December
3, 1874, by Special Deputy G. M. Smith. The following officers were installed: 8. B. Far-
well, W. M.; Z. T. Walrond, 8. W.; Abram Smith, J. W.; C.J. Watson, Sec. The present
officers are: J.J. Hays, W.M.; J. K. Mitchell, 8. W.; A. A. Ford, J. W.; W. F. Smith,
J.D.; 8. B. Farwell, S. D.; A.N. Fritchey, Treas.; C. W. Crampton, Sec.; H. Hurp, Tiler.
The lodge is in a very prosperous condition, having property to the amount of several
hundred dollars and over fifty members. The regular meetings are second and fourth
Thursdays of each month in Masonic Hall.

Solomon Lodge No. 20, K. of P.—This lodge was organized here July 19, 1880. The
lodge now numbers fifty members, has about $450 worth of property, and is in a very
flattering condition of prosperity. The officers are: P. Crampton, C. C.; W. W. Watson,
p.c.; L. C. Vanscoyc, V. C.; G. K. Mooney, P.; M. Smith, M. of A.; C. W. Crampton, K.
of R. and S.; F. Yoxall, M. of Ex.

Lodge No. 44, A. 0. U. W.—Organized in this city May 14, 1880. There are forty-five
members in good standing and the lodge has accumulated a few hundred dollars in prop-
erty. The officers are as follows: A.B. Coates, M. W.; F. P. Wells, F.; J. A. Fouts, 0.;
L. A. Linville, P. M.; C. W. Crampton, Recorder; A. Smith, Fin.; H. W. Gardner, Receiver.

Osborne Lodge No. 185, I. O. O. F.—The Odd Fellows established a lodge in this city
with six charter members on the 2ist of March. 1881. The beginning was small, but now in
1882 the lodge numbers thirty-five members; has over $300 worth of property, and is officered
by the following gentlemen: Andrew Duffey, N. G.; O. F. Smith, V. G.; J.J. Hays, P. G.;
E. B. Garrigues, Sec.; John A. Fouts, Treas, Since the organization, from six charter
members in 1181, the lodge has steadily grown in wealth and members. :

O. M. Mitchell Post, No. 69, G. A. R.—This lodge, az ieoort one of the youngest in the
city, is one of the strongest. It was organized in June, 1882, hy General Mustering Officer
W.C. Whitney, of Cawker oes It is now officered as follows: Commander, C. M. Cun-
ningham; §. V. C., S. B. Farwell; Officer of the Day. A. Saxey; Chaplain, A. N. Fritchey;
Adjutant, L. A. Linville; Quartermaster, David Ward, Officer of Guard, A. B. Coates.
The post numbers sixty-five strong, and the officers are all provided with uniforms, as well
as the greater majority of the members. This post gives promise of being the largest and
is already one of the most prosperous in this part of the State.

THE PRESS AND BUSINESS INDUSTRIES.

In January, 1873, J. J. Johnson and F. E. Jerome, then of Beloit, aided by a small sub-
sidy from the Osborne Town Company, commenced the publicatlon of the Osborne Times,
under the firm name of F. E. Jerome & Co. _ Mr, Jerome was sole and exclusive manager and
editor, assisted ny a staid and verdant devil. In July the town corey assumed charge'of
the paper, by virtue of a purchase of Mr. Johnson’s interest, and Calvin Reasoner bestrode
the editorial tripod. Mr. Reasoner was a success in the place. The Yémes then passed
into the hands of John Boring and William Rader, members of the town company. James
H, Bower owned an interest in the paper, and for a brief time assisted Boring in the editorial
management. In November, 1874, the Times died a natural death, and for two months Os-
borne City was without a paper. In January, 1875, the town company effected a sale of
their material to F. H. Barnhart, who commenced the publication of the Osborne Farmer,
a Republican newspaper, which is yet in rhe field and one of the strong papers of the State
and one of the solid financial institutions of Osborne. Mr. Barnhart is a native of Chau-
tauqua County, New York, and has been a printer nearly all his life. His management of
the Farmer indicates that as a business man he is a success. A move is now on foot to
publish another paper at. this point. Sica?

Columbus Borin came to Osborne in September, 1879, and commenced the publication
of a handsome six-column quarto called the 7ruth- Teller. Mr. Borin had been for some time
a resident of Nebraska, and, although quite a gone ae had been chosen to represent his
county in the State Legislature. He made the Truth- Tellera respectable rival of the
Farmer for nearly a year, but finally realized that his income was too small for his news-
paper ambition, and “he hastily abandoned the field and returned to Nebraska. He has
since returned to Norton County, where he is principal of the public schools and busily en-
gaged as a student for the ministry. : F F

Osborne is now a solidly built town, many of the business houses being constructed of
magnesian limestone, artistically built and an ornament to any city. :

On the river, southeast of the city, E. M. Beach and sons have a large three-story stone
flouring mill, with three run of stone, which makes a good grade of flour, attends to all
custom work, and adds materially to the business of the town, The mill was erected at a
cost of $8,00, in 1879, and was added to in 188). a ‘

‘A branch of the Bank of Beloit is in operation here, and has an additional capital of
$25,00', under the minagement of W. H. Burke. Mr.-Burke was one of the first settlers of
Osborne County, having located in Delhi Township, in 1871. with a large herd of cattle

-Having business tact and a desire to do office work, the panking business presented the op-

ortunity, and he availed himself of the opening at the county seat. He still holds large
Ronde of cattle at different points in the county, and is also, in connection with Harry
Dobbs, the largest grain buyer in the city. They have a warehouse at the sere through
which a large part of the surplus grain of the county is shipped. Charles Wooley also does
a banking business at this point, in ¢onnection with a loan and insurance business. —_
The Lipton House, a four-storied building, is one of the best conducted hotels in the
Weat, and althongh Osborne has other hotels, the a owned and conducted by the gen-
tleman for whom it is named, is now the leader of all. :

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES..

J. M. BABCOCK, Sheriff, was born at Waukesha, Wis., February 23, 1841; lived and
worked on a farm in Wisconsin, until the year 1860, when he went to Illinois and taught a
school, near Lacon, in winter of 1860-61; enlisted in Company K, Eighteenth Hlinois Volun-
teer Infantry, as Private, at Corbondale. Tll., on the 12th of May, 1861; discharged June 17,
1864, at Springfield, Tll., by reason of expiration of term of service. He was wounded in the
left arm at Pittsburg Landing, April 16, 1862, and wounded in the leg at the siege of Fort
Donelson; was married to Miss Phoebe Eljorson, at Waukesha, Wis , September 20, 1864.
They had one child—Eva. We was married a second time to Mrs. Fynett House, a sister of
his first wife, December 24. 1868. They have two children-- Ella and Nora He moved to
Osborne County, Kan,, in May, 1871. has been engaged in stock raising and farming. making
cattle and hogs a speciality; wax elected Sheriff of Osborne County, Kan., in the fall of 1881,
term of two years.

JOHN L. BARNES, County Superintendent, was born in Montgomery County, Pa.,
October 14, 1824, and with his parents removed to Bradford County, Pa., in 1829, where he
resided until 1835: moved to Northumberland County, Pa, and in 1840 moved to Union
County, Pa., and from Union County went to Milesburgh, Pa., in 1847, where he resided for
two years, when he removed to Lewisburgh in 1849, and to Williamsburgh Pa.. in 1856;
was Principal of school at Willinmsburgh fur four years, and in 1860 located in Reading, Pa.,
as Principal of Ward School for four years, and Superintendent of city schools for six -
years and as merchant for one year, when he came to Osborne County, Kan.. where he engaged
m farming until January, 1879; elected to oftice of County Superintendent of Schools, which
office he holds to date He was married to Miss Catharine L, Vorse, May 4, 1847 They
have two children—-Frank and Irene. He enlisted at Reading, Pa.. in Company C, Forty-
second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, as private, June, 1863; discharged as Hospital
Steward. September, 1863, at Reading, Pa., for disability.

HALLER H. BAT. S, farmer, P. 0. Osborne, was born at Lewistown, Pa., September
19, 1856, where he followed farming and attending school until 1877, when he gradusted at
the Lewistown Academy, then in 1877 removed to Decatur, ]., where he read medicine, and
taught school for two years: then in 1880 be came to Osborne County, Kan.. where he has
followed farming. He has 275 acres, has sixteen horses and twenty-four head of cattle. He
was married to Miss Laura Hinds. February 26, 1879. They have one child—Frark.

SAMUELS. BELL, farmer, P. ©. Osborne was born at Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y.,
July 17, 1838, where he resided until 1857, when he moved to Waseca County, Minn,, where he
was a farmer until July 15,1862, when he enlisted as private in Company B, Fifth Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, and discharged as private in May, 1865, for wounds received in right
leg. at t'e battle of the Wilderness. May 5. After discharge from the army went to
Dunn County, Wis., worked in a shingle mill until 1868, when he moved to Wayzata,
Minn.. where he farmed until 1872, when he went to Russell, Kan., where he engaged as
clerk ina hotel until 1874. _ He then came to Osborne County, Kan., where he resided
until 1876, returned to Russell, followed teaming until 1878, then again came to Osborne,
where he has been a farmer to date. He was married February 4, 1875, to Miss Anna Beckwith.

D. C. BLEAM, agricultural implement dealer, was born March 30, 1842, in Adams County,
Ind. In 1845, moved to Waterloo County, Canada, where he engaged at the age of sixteen at
carpenteing, until 1862, when he returned to Ft. Wayne. Ind., where he enlisted as private in
Company D, Fifth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry; discharged as private, June 15, 1865, at the
close of the war; then returned to Huron County, Canada, where he engaged in carpen- *
tering until 1871, when he again came to the United States. located in Waterville, Kan.,
engaged in mercantile and grain business until January, 1875, when he came to Osborne
County. Kan., where he opened the City Hotel, and also engaged with‘ his brother in_the
agricultural implemen: business. He was married November 5, 1867, to Mixs Sarah Wise-
man, ‘They have six children—Mary A., Lucy A., William. John H., Margaret and Viola.
He was Justice of the Peace of Tilden Township, Osborne County, for three years. He is a
member of the Odd Fellows and A. 0. U. W.

W.B. BOWEN, liveryman, was born March 23, 1830 in Trumbull County, Ohio, where
he resided and worked in the iron works for several years. In 1851, he went to Randolph,
N. Y., where he learned the carpenter and joiner’s trade, and worked’at it until 1855, when he
was married and moved to Mercer County, Pa., where he farmed till the fall of 1858: he then
moved back to Randolph, N. Y., and engaged in the lumber business. In 1885, he moved to
Butler County, Iowa, and farmed. In 1871, he moved to Solomon City, Kan.. where he
farmed two years, unsucessfully. He then went to work on the K.T.R.R. He moved
to Bavaria, Kan.. January 2, 1875, and July 5, 1875, he moved to Brookville, Kan. In April.
1876, he moved to Russell, Kan., being still in the employ of the K.T. Co. In the spring of
1881, he went to Colorado, and engaged in railroading there until November the same year,
when he came back to Russell. In the spring of 1882 he came to Osborne City, Kan., an
engaged in the livery business. dJantary. 2, 1883, he moved with his family to Osborne. He
was matricd, July 4, 1855. to Miss Amelia Foskit. They have three children—-Ella A.,
Wm. B.Jr., and Winniefred A. He has held the following public offices: Road Overseer, one
year, in New York; Road Supervisor, one year, in Iowa; Constable three ye:r-, at Russell;
City Marshall, two years; School Clerk, one year; Chief of Police, one year; Deputy
ener and Warden of the Fire Department, one year, allin Russeli. W. B. Bowen 1s a

ason.

ROBERT R. BRIGGS, farmer, P.O. Osborne, was born in Perry County, Ohio. February
16, 1824, and until the year 1861 his residence was in the above county, where he was engaged
in farming. and.in September, 1861, mulisted as a Captain in Company A, Ninetieth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, at Pickaway, Olio; resigned on surgeon’s certificate of disability in 1661;
again enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and_ Fourteenth Ohio Voluntecr Infantry, at
Circleville, Ohio, in May, 1862, and was discharged on surgeon’s certificate in September,
1862. Also served in the Obio Volunteer, in what was the ‘Morgan raid” throngh Indiana
and Ohio, and after his discharge from the army followed farming in Pickaway County,
until 1871, when he contracted to build ten miles of pike, which he completed in September,
1874, when he started by wagon for Clarinda, Iowa, where he stayed during the winter of
1804-75, and in March, 1875, came to Osborne County. Kan. He was married April 5, 1848,
to Miss Nancy White, who died in 1863. Six children were born—Thomag, Sarah, Joseph,
Albert, Emma and Catherine. He was married the second time to Catherine Gerting,
August 10, 1877. They have two children—Manly R. and George W. He was Trustee of
Winfield Township, Osborne County, one year; member of the A. F. and A. M. Farmed
quite extensively this year. He is the owner of 130 acres of wheat (20 bushels to the acre),
and twenty-five acres of corn (twenty bushels to the acre.)

A. B. COATES, furriture dealer, was born December 18. 1836, in Trumbull County,
Ohio, where he lived and followed farming until 1851; moved to Grant County, Wis., and
engaged in farming until October 5. 1861; enlisted as a private in Company F, Tenth Wis-
consin Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged, July 7. 183; cause, disability; returned to
Grant County, Wis...where he farmed until January, 1865. when he went to Dallas County,
Towa, where he engaged in the furnilure business until 1868, when he moved to Northern
Iowa, in Cerro Gordo County. Again engaged in the furniture business until the spring of
1872, when he came to Osborne County, Kan., where he followed carpentering until 1877,
when he established the present business. He was married November 2, 1860, to Miss
Clarinda Ci:estnut. They have three children—Clarence H., Hannah E,, and A. Selma.
He was elected Trustee of Penn Township, two years; Justice of the Peace of Pei.n Town-
ship, two years; is a member of the K. of P. and of the G. A. R., Mitchell Post No. 69; also
of the A. 0. U. W.

WILLIAM F. COCHRAN. county treasurer, was born in Mercer County. Il]., December
2, 1841; raised on a farm and followed farming until August 14, 1862. He enlisted as a pri-
vate in Company G, One Hundred and Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry; was discharged
as a corporal June 26, 1865, at the close of the war; was taken prisoner near the line
between North and South Carolina, on the march to the sea, confined in Libby Pri-on until
the war was over, when he was discharged at Springfield, Nl. After his discharge from the
army returned to Mercvr County, Ill.. where he was engaged in farming until] 1871, when he
came to Osborne County, homesteaded a farm, where he resided and farmed until the fall of
1881. He was elected Treasurer of Osborne County; is now living in town. He was married
to Miss Mary A. Dunn, April 26, 1866 They have five children—Bertha, Ella, Laverne O.,
Fred and Nettie He was President of the Agricultural Society, fonr years; Township
Trustee of Winfield Township, one year; Township Trustee of Lawrence Township, two
years; County Treasurer elect. He isa member of the G. A. R., also member of I. O. O. F.

W.C. CRADDICK, farmer, P. O. Jsborne. was born in Danville, Ind.. March 24, 1848;
where he resided only one year, when his parents moved to Knoxville, Jowa, where he fol-
lowed farming until 1878, when he came to Osborne County, Kan.. where he has since been
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engaged as farmer, bnilder and contractor, having built some of the finest houses in ‘the
county of both stone and wood. He was married to Miss Kate Woodruff, June 29, 1876.
They have one child—Lizzie.

CHARL' 8 W. CRAMPTON, postmaster, was born in Hartford, Conn., June 10, 1830,
and when but two years of age his parents moved to Troy, N. Y., and at twenty-one years of
age, he «ngaged in the hat, cap and fur business until 1870. when he came to Osborne, Kan.
and engaged im farming until 1872; then he was elected to the office of County Clerk, which
office he was twice re-elected to. Then on retiring from office he served as salesman for the
agricultural house of Hays & Wilson until the fall of 1881, and on June 9, 1882, was appointed
postmaster of Osborne City. He was married September 11, 1850, to Miss Mary J. Harris.
They have three children—8. Palmer, Charles H., and Jessie. Myr. Crampton was elected
ed of Deeds, to fill unexpired term of one year of Osborne County. He is a member
of the A. F. and A. M., K. of P. and A. O. U. W.

C. M. CUNNINGHAM, farmer, P. O. Osborne City, was born June 9, 1887, 1n
Aurora, Cayuga County, N. Y. Lived with his parents on the farm until 1857, then removed
to Seneca County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming until April 19, 1861, when he enlisted
in Company B, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private, and was discharged as a
private September 16, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability. He enlisted as a privatein
Company I, Ninth Obio Volunteer Cavalry, October 1, 1863; promoted to First Sergeant at
the organization of the company; pr _moted to Second Lieutenant February 10, 1864, and to
First Lieutenant February 20, 1865 He was discharged as First Lieutenant August 2, 1865,
at Columbus, Ohio, at the close of the war. Was wounded at Aversborongh, 8. C., in the
wrist, and at Aiken, S. C., in the elbow; horse was shot and fell on him at Aversborough, 8.
C., causing hernia. After his siete from the army, returned to Seneca County, Ohio, as
a farmer until August 31, 1869, when he moved to Jackson County, Kansas, where he lived

for one year, Then in January. 1871, he came to Osborne County, where he has since been
engaged as a farmer and stock-raiser. He this year (1882) had 1U0 acres of wheat, twenty
bushels to the acre; fifty acres of corn, twenty bushels to the acre; twenty acres of rye,
twenty-one bushels to the acre; has 800 sheep, fleeces this year averaged five and one-quarter
pounds; thirty-one head of cattle He was married to Miss Helen Jennie Vernon, March
15, 1866. They have one child—Vernon E. Mr. Cunningham was appointed by the Governor
of the State as Special Commissioner for Organization of County, in June, 1871; in Novem-
ber, 1871, was elected Sheriff of the County for one year, and#in November, 1872 was
re-elected for one year. He is a member of the A. F. and A. M., also G. A. R., Mitchell
Post. No. 69.

J. D. DUNKELBERG, farmer, P. O. Osborne City, was born in Lockport, N. Y., July
18, 1857, where he resided with his parents on a farm until fall of 1877, when he moved to
Black Hawk County, Iowa. Taught school until spring of 1878, when he came co Osborne
County, Kan., where he has since engaged in farming and teaching school; also buys and
sells stock. He has now twenty-five head of cattle and 100 hogs. He graduated from junior
department, Lockport Union School, N. Y., in 1875.

8. B. FARWELL, farmer, P. O. Osborne, was born August 26, 1841, in Denmark, Lewis
County, N.Y. In April, 1857, his parents moved to Whiteside County, Ill., where he was
engaged in farming until Angust 10, 1861, when he enlsted as private in Company A,
Thirty-third Regiment, [linois Volunteer Infantry. Discharged as Sergeant, February 22,
1864, on surgeon’s certificate of disability. After discharge from the army he went to Ames,
Story County, Iowa, where he cngaged in mercantile business until November, 15, 1869;
then in September, 1 70, he came to Osborne County, where he has been engaged since in
farming and stock business, paying particular attention to stock. He handles about 100
head each year. He was married to Miss Nancy L. Ware, June 11, 1867 They have six
children—Lena B , Gue W., Roy, Mabel. Grace and Clay. He was elected Coroner at organ-
ization of County, !870, for two years; Probate Judge one term; two years Representative of
Osborne County, two terms, one year each, 1875 and °76._ He is a Mason and belongs to the
Knights of Pythias and G. A. R

. A. FOUTS, clerk. was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, May 7, 1844, and in 1847
moved to Logansport, Ind., where he was a farmer until August 6, 1861, when he enlisted as
private in Company E, ‘'wenty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry at Logansport, Ind., and
discharged as Rermeaut at Marietta, Ga., December 2, 895. At the close of the war he
returned to Logansport, where he farmed until 1867, when he moved to Fulton County, Ind.,
and engaged in farming until 1876, when he came to Waterville, Kan., as clerk and book-
keeper in dry goods store until August, 1878, when he came to Osborne County, Kan., and
followed clerkinz and book-keeping until employed as clerk for the firm of J. R. Borland,
where he is now engiged. He was married to Miss Mary E. Ferguson in April, 1869. He
was wounded in left leg at Chickamauga, Ga., September 19, 1863. Is a member ofI O O
F., A. O. U. W.andG. A.R :

R.G HAYS, lawyer, was bornin Cirmichael’s, Greene County, Pa., January 6,.1847. He
moved with his parents to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1849, and to Mendota, IL, in 1856; then he
went to St Gable’s Mission, California, whvre he attended school until 1830; thence to
Gregory mines, Cal , as miner, until 1862, and as prospector until 1869, when he returned to
Knoxville, lowa, where he read law and was admitted to the bar at Knoxville, lowa. in 1571.
Practiced Jaw for on: year at Bedford, Iowa, then came to Osborne County, Kan . where he
has been to date engaged in the practice of law. Was married to Miss Clara E. Bear, June
30, 1875. Has been County Attorney. Osborne County, for four years. Is a member of
Knights of Pythias and Masonic fraternity,

OHN JOY, farmer, P O. Osborne City, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October

19, 1811. Lived there until he was twenty years of age, when he bought-a farm and lived on
it until 1835, when Be established mercantile and tobacco business in Mountsville, which
business he followed nntil 1855, when he went to Savannah, Mo., where he engaged in raisin
stock, cattle and hogs until 1869, when he came to Jackson County, Kan. Here he farme:
until 1871, when he came to Osbort.e County.* There were only two houses in the town at
the time. He then built the third house, and engaged in mercantile business until May 1,
1872. When on his way East to buy goods and effect the sale of Osborne County Bonds (first
issne), he met with an accident by the overturning of a stage. from which he has never re-
covered. He is unable to do any work, but. oversees his farm. He was married to Miss
Mary Ellis, November 13, 1834. They have seven children—Harrison W., Elmyria J.,
Ransom, Joseph, Evelyne, Leonadas, Adele. He enlisted in Gov. Brough’s One Hundred-day
Squirrel Hunters, repel ing the attack of Braxton Bragg, at Cincinnati, Ohio,

B. F. KELLEY, thresher and farmer, P. O. Osborne. was born March 27, 1885, in Pike
County, Ohio, where he resided with his parents~until 1844, then moved 'o Green County,
Wis,, and in 1857 to Westport, Johnson County, Kan.; engaged as a laborer until 1858, when
he removed to Marshal] County, Kan., where he gave his attention to farming until Septem-
ber 1, 1862, when he enlisted at Atchison, Kan., as Corpor in Company G, Thirteenth
Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Discharged July 21, 1865, at the expiration of
term of service, when he again returned to farming in Marshall County, Kan., and in
1871 came to Osborne County, Kan, Farmed until 1878, when he followed threshing until
the present. He is now running a steam thresher. Married Miss Ruth P. Foster, June 24,
1850. They have two children—Alice an? Guy. Was elected to office of Justice of the Peace,
Corinth Township, Kan.. for one year. ;

JAMES H LIPTON was born November 10, 1827, in Milesburg. Pa., where he was
engaged in merchandising, lumbering and Hate eespine He came West with his fumily and
located in Abilene, Dickinson County, Kan., in 1875. Purchased a hotel, managed the same
until 1878, when he came to Osborne City, Osborne County, Kan , where he established the
Lipton House, one of the largest hotels west of the Missouri River, and in its management
second to none in the West. He was married to Miss Lucy M Davidson, February 12, 1858.
They have five children—William F., aged pee James M., twenty-six; George M.,
nineteen, Lida seventeen, and Mollie, thirteen. Lida and Mollie have the reputation of
being among the finest singers in the North-west. He was Prothonotary and Clerk of the
Courts of Centre County, Pa., for two terms (six years)

M. MOHLER, ex-County Treasurer, was born in Cumberland County, Pa, March 20,
1830, where he resided for ten years, then moved with his parents to Lewiston, Pa., where
at the age of seventeen he commenced teaching school, at which occupation he continued
until the age of twenty-three, when he attended Mt Morris Rock River Seminary for two
years, then attended the North-Western University, Evanston, Ill., until he graduated in
4861, at which time he retnrned to Lewiston, Pa., where he had charge of Lewiston High
Scuool for two years. In 1864 he was appointed County Superintendent of Schools of Mifflin
County, Pa., by State Superintendent; then in the spring of 1865, was elected County Superin-
tendent for two years, and in 1867 was re-elected for same time. During his last term of
office, he became owner and principal of Kishacoquillas Seminary until 1871, when, in con-

‘sequence of failing health, he sold out and struck for Kansas and visited in Lawrence until
June, 1871, when in company of friends he visited Solomon Valley, and hearing of the

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Colony from Pennsylvania, having located in Osborne County, where Osborne City now
stands, he concluded to visit them. He pre-empted part of Section 8,'‘Town 7, Range 11, and
afterward homesteaded part of Section 17, Town 7, Range 11, in 1872, where he resided as
farmer until elected to the office of County Treasurer in 1878, when he moved to Osborne
City; was re-elected to same office in 1880. Was married to Miss L. C_ Hoover, May 15, 1862.
They have four children—Maggie L , Laura M., Jacob C. and Frank M. Is also a member of
the Maconie Order, and member of the State Board of Agriculture, to which he was elected
in January, 1877. F ise.

B. M. MUTERSBAUGH, livery, was born April 1, 1864, at Mifflintown, Pa. In 1871
his parents moved to Port Royal, Pa., then in 1879 came to Osborne County, Kas. He is
now engaged in the livery business, established 1880. Has a large and commodious stable,
well stocked, fine carriages, and conducted in a manner that would do credit to places of
like business in large cities. ,

THOMAS ROCHFORD, farmer, P. O. Osborne City, was born at Quebec, Canada East,
May-20, 1833. At the age of seventeen entered as an apprentice at millwright and wagon
making, which trade he followed until 1856, when he moved to Austin, Minn., and engaged
in farming until 1859, when he removed to Cedar Falls, Iowa. Here he established a wagon
and general repair shop. which he carried on until 1863, when he went to Nebraska City
Neb , where he built the City Hotel and did a contracti g business until 1871, when he came
to Osborne, Kan., where he has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. Has now forty-
two head of fine cattle ready for market; farms quite extensively; had seventy-five acres of
wheat this year, with an average of twenty-one bushels to the acre. He was married to Miss
Mary Conly, July 24, 1851. They have seven children— Kate, Thomas, Edward J., John H.
Mary F., Rosa E. and Daniel. He has also a grand-child he is raising—Leon Emmett Smith.
Mr. Rochford was road overseer of Winfield Township three years. . =

ABE SMITH, Register of Deeds, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, August 28, 1831;
raised and worked on a farm until 1851, when he moved to Warren County, Iowa, and en-
gaged as blacksmith until 1855; removed to Dallas County, Iowa, where he remained work-
ing at his trade until 1878, when he came to Osborne County, Kan., where he engaged in
blacksmithing and farming until 1876. Married to Miss Martha Webster, November 11,
1852, They have seven dhildcen—-Albert, James K., Joseph N., David M., Cora E., Frank E.
and Blanche E.

OSCAR F. SMITH, Probate Judge of Osborne County, Kan., was born March 23,
1845, at Waukesha, Wis. Then in 1847 he went with his parents t» Hartford, Washington
Co., Wis., where he followed farming until November 7, 1861, when he enlisted in Company
E, Tenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; was discharged November 3, 1864, as private, at
Milwaukee, Wis., by reason of expiration of term of service; then went to Boone County,
Iil., Where he engaged in farming until 1870, when he migrated to Jcfferson County, Kan.,
where he again followed farming until 1872, when he again malerated to Osborne County,
Kan,, and followed the plow until 1880, when he was elected to the oftice of Probate Judge
of Osborne County,and was re-elected in 1882 for aterm of two years. He was married
January 7, 1869. to Betsey J Kimble. They have two children—Oscar F. and Flora May.
He held the office of Township Trustee and Asse-ror of Liberty Tc wuship for two terms;
was wounded at the battle of a ee Ga., September 2), 1863, in the right hand and
shoulder, for which he draws a pension of $18per month. He is a member of the A. 0. U.
W.; I,0.0.F., and G. A.R., P. M. Mitchell Post No. 69, Department of Kansas; is also
a member of the K. B. S. or Kansas Benevolent Society.

FRANK STAFFORD, County Clerk, Osborne County, Kan., was born April 24, 1845,
in Guilford County. N. C.: moved to Indiana in 1852, and in 1863 went to Leavenworth,
Kan., where he followed teaming until November 2, 1863, when he enlisted in Company B,
Sixteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; discharged in December, 1865, when the war was
over. Then in thespring of 1866, he returned to Indiana, where he followed a eae
1867; again came to Kansas, and October 4, 1867, enlisted in Battery B, Fourth United
tillery. Discharged October 4, 1870, at expiration of term of service; then came
to Osborne County, Kan..and engaged in farming until the fall of 1881, when he was elected
to the office of County Clerk of Osborne County. He was married to Miss Nettie Hart,
November 25, 1878. He is a member of the G. A. R. Mitchell Post, No. 69. Elected County
Commissioner, of Osborne County for unexpired term.

DAVID TINDAL, farmer, P. O. Osborne, was born September 23, 1823, in Edzell Vil-

lage, Scotland; engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes unti) 1853, when he emigra-
ted to the United States, and Janded in New York; thence to Lancaster, County, Pa., where he
engaged in boot aud shoe-making until August 10, 1852, when he enlisted in Company B, One
Hundred and Twenty-second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, asa private. Discharged as
a private in May. 1863, on expiration of termof service. After his discharge from the army
he continued in the shoe business in Lancaster, Pa.. until] 1871, when he joined the Pennsyl-
vania colony, composed of men from Burke and Lancaster counties, and came to Osborne -
County, Kan., where he has lived on his farm to the present day. Ne was married to Miss
Elizabeth Wood, December 14, 1849, in Scotland. They hnve four children—William.,
David, Charles and James. Mr. Tindal harvested thirty-five acres of wheat this year, aver-
aging twenty-five bushels to the acre, besides other crops of corn, rye, potatoes, etc. He
is a member of the K. of P., Good Fellows and Red Men.
_ JOHN W. VAN SCYOC, general merchant, of the firm of Cooper & Van Scyoc, was born
in Washington County, Pa., May 28, 1854, and in the fall of 1834 went with his parents to
Des Moines County, Iowa, where he lived on a farm with his pareuts until the year of 1871.
when he came to Osborne City, Kan., and purchased a farm one-half mile north of the
city: resided thereon until 1873. In the fall of that year he started on the Range, hunting
butfalo. and spent five mouths on the wild prairies. After returning to Osborne in 1882,
he entered into co-partnership with George W. Cooper, as general merchant—dry goods,
boots, shoes, hats, caps and grocerivs. Was married September 17, 1878, to Miss 8. R.
Schweitzer. They have three children—Lilly. May and Elsie. He has been a member of
the I 0.0. F. for the pust two years; has been a member of the A. O. U. W. since its
organization.

GEORGE W. WILLIAMS was born July 24, 1860, at Newtown, Monmouthshire, Eng-
land; emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1865, and to Osborne, Kan,, in
1875. Went into the music, insurance and sewing machine business in 1881,and on August
7, 1882, he took a partner into the business ‘by mune Curr: firm name Williams &
Carr. Firm doinga large amount of business until November 21, 1882, when Carr embez-
led all the fundsof the firm in the absence of Mr, Williams, left the country, and has
never been heard from. George W. Williams, after settling up all business of the firm, ac-
cepted a situation from J. K. Martin, InaUeE EL of the branch office of the American Sewin
meee Company, St. Louis, Mo., as traveling salesman, and is now in the employ of sai
company.

HARLES R. WOOLLEY, banker, was born in Davenport, Iowa, November 27, 1851:
moved with his parents toPike County, IIl., where he resided until 1856. when he removed to
Lincoln, Logan County, Ul , where he engaged in farming until the spring of 18%5, when he
went to Centralia, Ill,, and in the spring of 1870 went to Dutchess County, N. Y., to attend
school; ‘attended the new Poltz Academy from 1870 until the fall of 1871, when. he moved
to Lincoln, Lancaster Co, Neb. Studied law and admitted to practice March 4, 1876, and
then in 1876 went to Denver, Col., where he remained until 1877, then returned to Lincoln,
Neb.; resided there for two years, where he practiced law; then located in Beloit, Kan., en-
gaged as Inwyer and loan broker until J uly, 1881, when he came té6 Osborne. Kan, and es-
tablished the banking house of Charles B. Woolley. Was married to Miss M. E. Brown,
January 11, 1882. He is a member of the A. F, & A. M.; also Knights of Pythias.

FRED YOXALL, book and news dealer, wus born October 9, 1847, at CG ewe, England,
and atan early age commenced house and sign painting, continuing until 1866; emigrated to
the United States and located in Philadelphia, Pa » Where he again engaged in house and ne
painting for about twelve months, and then removed to Oshkosh, Wis.. where he followed the
trade of painting until 1871. Finding his health failing he left his trade and came to Os-
borne, Kan., where he engaged in the lumber‘business until 1874, when he was appointed Post-
master of Osborne City, which office he held until 1880, and then established his present-
business. He was married April 20, 1873, to Miss Libbie Everett. They have two chil-
dren—Lilly and May. He is a member of Knights of Pythias, and also of the A. 0. U. W.

BULL’S CITY.

_ The little frontier settlement founded by General H. C. Bull, as here-
tofore mentioned, nine miles in advance of Bullock’s ranch, then the
frontier settlement in the county, has grown to be one of the leading
commercial towns in the State. In, August, 1872, the town plat of this
OSBORNE COUNTY.

town was recorded, and included in the description as the north half of the
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 12; and the east
half of the northwest quarter of Section 12; and the south half of the
southwest quarter of Section 1, Town 7 south, Range 15 west.

A postoffice had been established here through the influence of General
Bull in the fall of 1870,and himself appointed postmaster, which appointment
he held until his tragic death (heretofore mentioned) when his estimable wife,
Mrs. Sarah M. Bull, was appointed his successor, which place she still occupies.

While this town was in embryo, the early settlers provided themselves
with the necessary currency by the pursuit of the buffalo for his hide. The
nucleus for several large fortunes was here, and in this manner acquired.
Mr. 8. S. Vansickle, now a prosperous attorney of the town, was in early
times a buffalo hunter. At last the rigors of an inclement winter deprived
him of his fingers and his toes, but his active mind saved him from a fright-
ful death and now provides him with the means of procuring a good living.

In 1872 the school district in which Bull’s City was then located, voted
$1,500 in bonds of the district, and built a good commodious stone school
building where a good school has been conducted ever since. The first
teacher was Miss Stockbridge and the present one is Mr. Frank Borin. The
building is too small to accommodate all the scholars of the district, and will
soon be enlarged. The present school board is composed of J. B. Taylor,
KE. F. Robinson and P. Campbell.

Although the city contains a sufficient number of inhabitants, they
have never petitioned the Judge for a city government.

LOCAL MATTERS,

The Press.—The Osborne County Key is a six-column folio, established here in the fall
of 1880, by George E. Dougherty, who shortly after sold it to A. J. Runyon, the present editor
and proprietor. Mr. Runyon came to Kansas from Iowa, and for some time had charge of
the Methodist Episcopal church at Bull’s City as its pastor. The Key requiring too much of
his attention, he resigned the pastorship and devoted his whole time to his newspaper.

Churches.—The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in February, 1 with only
fifteen members. Rev. W. A. Saville was the first pastor. It now numbers thirty-seven
members, and is cared for by Rev. E.G.Carey. A Sabbath-school is held regularly, with an
average attendance of thirty scholars. They have stone and lumber on the ground for a
church building, 28x45, and the walls are well under way. The building is estimated to cost
$1,500, $250 of which will be furnished by the Church Extension Society. Hawkeye Cen-
ter, northeast of Bull’s City, has also an organization of this church, containing sixty mem-
bers, also in charge of Rev. E. G. Carey. Small classes at Little Medicine and Kill Creek are
also organized, and under the care of Mr. Carey.

_ The Congregational Church.—In 1875, Rev. Mr. Eckman, of Osborne, was instrumental
in organizing the eoneree aoe church at Bull’s City, and was for several years its pastor.
The society now numbers thirty-five members, in charge of Rev. L.@. McHenry. The church
has no house of worship, although a building is contemplated for the coming season.
___ Societies.—On the ist of October, 1882, a Lodge of the Knights of Pythias was estab-
lished here with about twenty-seven members. The officersare now—J. R. Fitzsimmons, C.
.; F. B, Hall, P, C.; J. B. Taylor V.C.; William Rosegrant,P.; Frank Fifield,K. of R. & S.
The Lodge is in a flourishing condition, and anticipates the early erection of a castle of its own.
+ Gen. H. C. Bull Post, No. 106, G. A. R., was onganized herein July, 1882, and now numbers
forty members. The officers are as follows: P.H. Campbell, P. C.; B.S. Buell, Adjt.;
Charles Guthrie. Q. M.; E. Fuller, Chaplain.

Occidental Lodge, No. 207, A. F. & A. M., was organized under dispensation in Novem-
ber, 1880. The Lodge now numbers twenty-three members, and is presided over by J. M.
Babcock, W. M., with E. L, Ives, as Secretary.

Custer Lodge, No. 166,I. 0. O. F., Lodge was chartered March 6, 1880. The present offi-
cers are: T. M. Walker, N. G.; J. C. Schooler, V. G.; Bert Childs, Secretary; P. H. Camp-
bell, Treas. The number of members at present writing is thirty-eight. The lodge property
is valued at $200. ‘

_ Business Indystries—This city is the present western terminus of the Central Branch
Railroad, or that division which extends up the South Solomon. The railroad business of
the county of Rooks is all done here, making this quite an extensive anne point, Broom
corn and wheat are the chief exports this season, and the trade in the former. product has
been immense. The town has several large stores carrying a general stock; two exclusive
drug stocks; two large and convenient hotels, bank and lumber yard. It has the reputation
of being one of the best business towns in the northwest.

The bank of Bull’s City is owned and conducted by Messrs. Loomis, Robinson & Co.

Mr. Loomis has for years been the agent of the Central Branch railroad at its western sta-
tions while building. Mr. Robinson was formerly a partner in the Bank of Logan. They
are energetic and accommodating business men who are well liked. Mr, Rosegrant is the
Co. in the concern, and has special charge of the lumber yard branch of their business. _
_ _ A long combination wood and iron bridge spans the river south of the town; it was built
in 1881, the funds for building being procured by voting township bondsforsame. The bridge
cost nearly $3,000, a part of which was raised by donations from business men and public
spirited citizens. 3

A large three-story stone mill one-half mile south of the town, owned by W. W. Bush
erected jn 1875, and improved since with three run of stone in constant operation, is one o:
the chief manufacturing interests. This mill is valued at $10,000. | .

Messrs. Chamberlain & Post are proprietors of a mill one mile west of town, which
Keeps two run of stone in motion night and day. This is commonly known as the Advent
my ane e a good property, valued at about $7,000. These mills add much to the business
of Bull’s City.

A grain warehouse at the depot is in constant use this fall to accommodate the w heat trade

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

PATRICK H. CAMPBELL, Bull’s City, was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 2,
1839. While he was still an infant his parents moved to Allen County, Ohio. When he was
ten years old they moved to Hardin County, Ohio, where he engaged as a laborer until June
1861, when he enlisted as a private in Co. G, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was dis-
charged at Columbus, Ohio, June 24, 1864, at the expiration of his term of service. After
his discharge he went to Kenton, Ohio, where he engaged as a laborer until the fall of 1865,
when he went to Vinton, Iowa, where he was employed as a laborer until 1868. He then
entered a grist-mill as engineer, and remained until 1871, when he came to Bull’s City, and
located on the northeast quarter of Section 1, toveee 7, Range 15, when there were only
two families living in the township. He followed buffalo hunting and showing land to emi-
pane until 1874, when he opencd his farm, where he continued farming until 1880, when

is health failing, he moved to Bull’s City, where he has since been engaged asaclerk. He
was married February 16, 1871, to Miss Mary A. Campbell. They have three children—Nel-
lie (the first child born in Sumner Township, Kan.), Bertie and Jennie. Mr. Campbell
was Treasurer of Sumner Township for two years, and is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and
Grand Army of the Republic, 7 bout’

PERRY DOAK, farmer, P.O. Bull's City, was born in Tyler pony ee inia, March
5, 1845, where he lived on a farm until August 1, 1863, when he enlisted in Company D,
Seventh Virginia Volunteer Infantry, as private. He was discharged ascorporal at Mup-
son’s Hill, Va., in July, 1865, by reason of general order from the War Department, when
he returned to Tyler County, Va., where he farmed until 1868, when he came to Kansas;
worked on a farm one year in Douglas County, and one year in Osage County, when he
went to Clond County, where he farmed until October, 1876, when he came to Osborne
County, where he has since followed farming. He was married December 10, 1866, to Mrs.
Louisa Doak. a widow with three children—Jasper, Victoria and William. Mr. Doak is a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was appointed County Commissioner,
to fill vacancy, May 12, 1882, and waa Trustee of Grant Township one year, and Justice of
the Peace of Sumner Township two years.

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LYMAN P. EARL, coal dealer, was born in Benton, Yates County, New York, Oc-
tober 27, 1814, where he lived on a farm until 1826, when his father moved t. Niagara
County, N. Y., where he lived on a farm until he was seventeen years of age, when he
went to Kalamazoo County, Michigan Territory, in 1832. Here he farmed until 1837, when he
engaged in the manufacture of lumber, shingles and lath until the spring of 1871, when he
came to Osborne County, Kan., where he followed farming until 1881, when he engaged as a
dealer in coal. He was married to Miss Abigail Chipman, June 14, 1845, They have five
children—Charles, Luella, Lotilla, Alletta, and Austin. Mr. Earl is a member of the A.
F. & A. M., and was Trustee of Sumner Township for four years. :

JACKSON GEPHART, livery and feed stable, was born in Cass County, Mich., Jan. 10,
1835, where he lived and was a practical farmer until 1871, when he moved to Cloud County,
Kan., where he passed the winter. In the spring of 1872, he moved to Mitchell County. where
he engaged as a farmer until October, 1879, when he came to Bull’s City and built a Jargeand
commodious barn, which he has up to the present time used as a livery and feed stable. He
has eleven horses and six buggies in his stable. He was married Feb. 10, 1856, to Miss Emily
Vannammy. They have three children—Harry, Minnie and Carl. Served his country as
a private soldier in Co. D, One Hundredth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from October 12,
1862, until July, 1865, when he was transferred to Co. A, Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteer
Tata and was discharged August 15, 1865. "

J.R. LOOMIS, banker, was born in Kewanee, Ill., Nov. 26,1843, where he lived ona
farm until nineteen years of age, after which he was eee agent for the American Express
Company at Kewanee, Ill., until 1868, when he removed to Atchison County, Kan, and pur-
chased a farm near Effingham. He lived on this farm until the spring of 1869, when he
arene in the lumber and grain business and was station agent at Effingham until the
fall of 1869, when he sold out his lumber and grain business, and continued at Effingham as
station agent until 1872. He was transferred to Muscotah as station agent, where he re-
mained until October 1, 1872. when he returned to his farm at Effingham, and farmed until
May, 1874, when he was employed as check-clerk for the C. B. U. P. R. R., at Atchison,
where he remained until June, 1874, when he was transferred to Waterville, Kan., as station
agent until the railroad was built to Washington, Kan., in 1875, when he was transferred
to Atchison as train dispatcher and master of transportation, until the spring of 1876, when
at his own request he was made pioneer station agent of the Solomon Valley & Republican
Valley Railroad, from Greenleaf to Concordia. He was then called 10 Atchison as master
of transportation until the road reached Beloit, when he was appointed terminal agent,
which position he retained until the C. B., U. P. reached Kirvin, when he was assigned to duty
at Beloit as agent of the C. B. Division of the M. P. & Solomon Valley Division of the U. P.,
which position he held until July 1, 1881, when he accepted a pie as street car superin-
tendent at Atchison, Kan., until February, 1882. In May, 1882, he came to Bull’s City, and in
connection with E. F. Robinson established the Bull’s City Bank. He was married to Miss
Mary L. Van Wagner, January 1, 1868. They have had four children—Frank J., (Loie J.died at
four years of age, Hattie F. died at two years of age) and William H. Mr. Loomis enlisted
in the United States Army, in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Dlinois Volunteer
Infantry, as sergeant, in October, 1864, and was discharged as sergeant in March, 1865. He
is a member of the ae of, Pythias. 4 ; : ‘

ANDREW J. LOYD, hardware clerk, was born in Racine, Wis., April 3, 1841, where he
lived on a farm until 1854, when with his parents he went to De Kalb County Mo., where
he followed farming until 1856, when he came to Kansas and pre-mepted a farm in Doni-
phan County, on which he lived until the spring of 1860, when he moved to Marysville,
Kan., and took a claim, which after one year he abandoned and returned to his old home in
Doniphan County, where he stayed until November, 1861, when he enlisted us a private in
Company D, Second Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and was discharged as corporal at Leaven-
worth, Kan., in November, 1864, at the expiration of his term of service. He was wounded
at Roseville, on Arkarsas River, April 2, 1864, in theright hip. After his discharge from the
army he returned to his old homestead, where he farmed until 1878, when he sold his farm
and went to Troy, Kan., where he engaged in the mercantile business until December, 188u,
when he came to Bull's City, where he engaged again in the mercantile business until June,
1881, when he sold out, and has since been clerking. He was married to Laura J. Sergeant,
January 11,1870. They have three children—Dexter L., Eva and Frank. Mr. Loyd is
Justice of the Peace of Sumner Township, being elected in the spring 1882. He is also a
member of the I. 0. O. F., and the G. A. R

PETER MITCHELL, hotel keeper, was born in the City of New York, March 13, 1841,
and when he was three years of aye his parents moved to Oxford County, Canada, where
he lived on a farm until 1859, when he went to California, where he farmed for one and one-
half years. He then moved to Nevada, where he followed mining and farming until 1866,
when he returned to Canada, where he engaged in the hotel business until 1879, when he
came to Bull’s City, where he built and occupies one of the largest hotels in Solomon Val-
ley. He was married to Miss Helen M. Hartnett, March 8, 1867. They have four chidren—
Minnie M., Helena, Albert E., anda baby. Mr. Mitchell is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
and the Knights of Pythias. 7

E. F. ROBINSON, lawyer and banker, was born in Erie County, Ohio, May 28, 1850,
where he lived on a farm until his fourteenth year, when he went to Cold Water, Mich.,
where he attended school for two years, and then he entered Hillsdale College and re-
mained two years, and in 1868 came to Kansas and located in Wabaunsee County, where he
was engaged as teacher in public schools until 1571, when he was appointed County Super-
intendent to filla sagan wae 1878, when he went to Concordia, Kan., and had charge of
city schools until 1874. this year the State Normal School was established in Concor-
dia, and he had charge of this school until 1876, when the Legislature failed to make an
appropriation, and the schoo! was discontinued. He then moved to Kirwin, Kan., and was
ees in the peene of law until 1881, when he with H. J. Cameron and W. Reeder es-
tablished the Phillips County Bank, and in June‘of the same year this bank was consoli-
dated with a bank of Logan; continued in bank at co ate 1882, withdrew, when in con-
nection with J. R. Loomis he established Bull’y City Bank. Mr. Robinson was married to
Miss Emily C. Campbell, December 24, 1873. They had one child—Lottie H. His wife
died in May, 1376, and in March, 1879, Mr. Robinson was married to Miss Mary A. Camp-
bell. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.,K. of P., and A F.& A.M. He was elected Secre-
tary of State Teachers’ Association of 1871, and President of the same for 1872.

A. J. RUNYON, editor and proprietor of the Osborne County Key, was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, where he resided until seventeen years of age, when he went to Wellsburg,
Va., where he apprenticed to the tailoring business, at which he worked for two and one-half
years, at the end of which time he removed to Richmond, Ohio, where he attended high
school for two terms, and from there went to Jefferson, Ohio, where he engaged as a
tailor for two years, and then in addition added to his business a stock of general merchan-
dise, which he sold out in 18:4, and went to Washington, lowa, where he was engaged as a
farmer until 1880, when he came to Osborne County, Kan., and settled on a farm, where he
lived for eight months. He then returned to Iowa, closed up his business matters,
and returned to Bull’s City in the spring of 1881, when he was appointed to the posi-
tion of editor of the Osborne County Key, and in 1882 became editor and proprietor of the
same paper. He was married to Miss Sarah Barr, February 23, 1847. They had four
children—Emma F., Mary E., Eva L., and Ida F. Mr. Runyon’s wife died April 12, 1874.
He was again married March 18, 1878, to Miss Almena Walker.

A K. WEBB, farmer, P. O. Bull’s City, was born in Medina Co. Ohio, November 26,
1882, where he lived with his parents until 1845, when he went to Stephenson County,
Ill., where he lived on a farm until 1854, when he went to Freeport, Ill., where he appren-
ticed to the brick-laying and plastering trade, at which he continued until 1858, when he
moved to Benton County, Iowa, where he worked at his trade until May, 1878, when he
came to Osborne County, where he homesteaded his present farm. He has done nearly all
the brick and stone work of Bull’s City. He was married August 26, 1859, to Miss Maretta
Isbell. They have two children—Charles E. and Nora E. Mr. Webb has been constable of
oat Township since the spring of 1882. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd

ellows.

H. J. ULSH, farmer, P. O. Bull’s City, was born in Hughesville, Pa., May 28, 1836,
where ‘he lived until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Marion County, Iowa,
where he farmed until he was twenty-two years ofage. He then bought one-half interest in
a saw-mill, which he ran until August 10, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company
G, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged September 10, 1865, at the
expiration of his term of service. After his discharge he returned to Marysville, lowa,
where he engaged in milling and woolen business until the fall of 1877. In the spring of
1878 he came to Osborne County, where he has been engaged in farming since. He was
married to Mary E. Brewer, June 14, 1860, They have seven children—Frank, Harriet,
Nellie, Susan, Matthias, Harlan and Fern. Mr. Ulsh is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
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DOWNS. :

This young and prosperous city was platted in August, 1879, and _occu-
pies part 'of the east half} of Section 28, and west half of Section 27, Town-
ship 6 south, Range 11 west. The original proprietors were John A. Beal,
and A. Z. Blunt. The idea of making a town at this point sprang into ex-
istence at once when the Central Branch railroad concluded to make this
tract of land the place where the road should fork and pursue its westward
course up each branch of the Solomon river. Pennington Ray was one of
the first settlers on the river just south of the city. (See county history.)

The railroad company made this place the end of the division, located and
built a six stall round house, and commenced the erection of a repair shop,
which at present employs about twenty men, and in December, 1879, Judge
Joel Holt, after considering a petition of the citizens for the purpose of
establishing a city government, ordered an election December 30, 1872,
which resulted in the election of the following municipal officers:—Mayor,
J. B. Craney; Councilmen, G. W. Howell, J. E. Kentzel, L. F. Pennington,
O. Denton and John Parish; Clerk, J. G. Poole.

phe peat city government is administered by the following officers:
Mayor, W. G. Harvey; Councilmen, I’. P. Voorhees, F. M. Wells, D. G.
Gardner, C. C. Vining, Wm. Duden; Clerk, J. G. Poole; J. P.,.Wm. Willford.
The city grew rapidly and in August, 1880, school bonds were issued in the
sum of $3,000 and a respectable two story stone school building erected; an
after bond of $500 was voted for the completion of the building, which is
now one of the best in the county. The present school board is 8. A. Getty,
Director; E. M. Jones, Clerk, and John Henricks, Treasurer. The teacher
is Charles Hahn, with Laura Bradley, Assistant. The first school held in
this township was at the house of Z. C. Young, one mile east of Downs, in
the winter of 1871 and 1872, and was taught by Smith R. Young.

LOCAL MATTERS.

The Press.—On the 9th day of February, 1880, Thomas G. Nicklin commenced the pub-
lication of the Downs Times. Mr. Nicklin is a newspaper man in all that the term im-
plies. He made the Zimes a success from the start, printed it handsomely, edited it ably,
and made it a home productlon of merit, as well as a financial success.: Mr. Nicklin came
to Kansas from Pennsylvania, where he had been taught “‘the art preservative,” and in
Kansas is now making his way. At present he is the editor and sole owner of the Salina
Herald, a note of which will appear in the recorded history of Salina. May 25, George
Dougherty, of the Osborne County Key, bought the Times, and has since carried it success-
fully along. Mr. Dougherty is a young man of ambition and industry, who came here from
Illinois. His first business venture was at Glen Elder, in the county east of this, where he
penis a weekly newspaper on a press of his own invention. Mr. Dougherty is now by his

ard work and easily applied talent, fast working to the front.

Churches.—The first organization of the Congregational Church in this city was brought
about October 23, 1879, by Rev. J. A. Covey. The church now has over forty members and
a creditable building, which was erected in 1880 at an expense of $1,5'0. The church is at
ae aeue a pastor, although a flonrishing Sabbath-school of 100 scholars is regularly
conducted.

In the winter of 1879, a class of the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in this
city and a Sabbath-school immediately placed in working condition, and has been main-
tained regularly ever since. R.W. Knox, now of the Government works in Leavenworth,
was for a time its Superintendent. In 1882 a plain and neat church edifice was erected at an
expense of $1,300. A parsonage, which cost over $400, is also provided for the resident
pastor, who, at present, is the Rev. J. T. Riley.

As early as April 3, 1876, the Rev. Z. Thomas effected an organization of the Baptist
Church at this point, which has been actively in operation since that date. In 1880 a large
stone church building was nearly completed when it was destroyed by the wind, and its
walls subsequently razed. In spite of the frowns of the elements the church remains in
working order, having now a membership of twenty and a Sabbath school with an average
attendance of about fifty-eight. Thechurch has been without a pastor for some time, but
Elder Archer will officiate during the coming year.

Societies.—An enthusiastic organization of the Knights of Pythias, known as Magnolia
Lodge, No. 71, was placed in working order in this town November 1, 1882, The member-
ship, although numbering only twenty-five, is one of that element which must attract
others. The officers are: William Duden, C. C.; F. J. Gardner, V. C.; J. W. Nicholas,
P. C.; George Garner, P.; A. Wade, K. of R. and S.; W. G. Harvey, M. of F.; M. Mei-
bergen, M. of E. ‘

Downs Lodge, No. 204, A. F. & A. M., was organized August 2, 1881,and chartered
February 15, 1882. The present officers are: John Henricks W. M.; J. W. Huff, 8. W.;
George Garner, J. W.; W. W. Dimond, 8. D.; Henry Jones, J. D.; C. M. Forline, Sec’y; F.
D. oung, Treasurer. The lodge numbers thirty-five members and has property to,the
amount of $4.0,

Business Interests.—The business of the city is chiefly mercantile snd the business con-
nected with the railroads. There are two large hotels, an extensive lumber yard, and a
branch of the First National Bank of Cawker City. The bank is in charge of J. W. Huff
as cashier, and William Mellen, HEMET

A large five-story flouring mil] on the river south of the city is the chief manufacturing
interest, The mill was built by the Jackson’ Brothers, who also built and own one four
miles east, at an expense of $25,'.00. It contains; two rollers and four run of stone, and is
generally conceded to be the best mill on ther iver.

A splendid iron bridge, built at an expense of, $4,000, spans the river, which runs across
the southern borders of the town. :

With its railroad connections and intcrests and the vast scope of agricultural country
surrounding it, Downs bids fair to become one of the leading towns of the Solomon country.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—nross TownsHIP,

NATHAN N. ALLEN, farmer, P. O. Downs; was born in Bradford County, Pa., Jul
4, 1842, where he resided with his parents till he was four years of age; then they hovel
to Philadelphia, Pa., where he lived until he was seventeen years of age. He then went to
Burlington, Iowa, where he worked as a teamster; then to Atchison County, Mo., where he
clerked in a general store for two years, when he went to California, where he mined for
four months, when he went to Salt Lake City, where he herded cattle for one year. Thenhe
joined a train asfreighter, which business he followed until 1861, when he enlisted Septem-
er 11, as private in Company M, First Colored Volunteer Infantry; discharged as private at
Fort Leavenworth, October 31, 1864; he then returned to Atchison County, Mo., where he
farmed until the spring of 1865, when he moved to Nemaha County, Neb., where he farmed
one year, and engaged in mercantile business until 1874, when he came to Osborne County
and homesteaded his present farm. He was married February 22, 1866, to Miss Ella Rior-
dian. They have five children—Arthur §., Francis E., Charles A., Agnes E. and Willie.
ISAAC T. CROSS, merchant, was born in West Virginia, July 15, 1841, and with his par-
ents moved to Appanoose County, Iowa, when he was fifteen years old, where he lived as a
farmer until the spring of 1874, when he came to Osborne County, where he was engaged as a
farmer until February, 1881,when he established his present business—general merchandise.
He was married May 6, 1871, to Miss Jennie Lemley. They have two children—Morris H.,
and Daisy D. He was Clerk of Ross Township, Osborne County for one year.
JOSEPH B. CRANEY, merchant, was born in New York City, Aner 10, 1845, and in
1850, his parents moved to Wisconsin where he lived with them until 1862, when he went

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

into the employ of the Northwestern Railroad Company, filling various peidons from
lowest to Master Mechanic; was in the service of the railroad until 1871, when he went to
Troy, Kan., and engaged in general merchandising until the fall of 1879, when he came to
Downs, Kan., where he established his present business. He was married January 7, 1869,
to Miss Laura Stout. They have one child—Hannibal. Is a member of A. F. & A. M.;
also honorary member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Was Mayor of the
city of Downs the first eight terms after Gg a a of city. Elected State Representa-
tive of Osborne County in the fall of 1882, for two years.

W. W. DIMOND, postmaster, was born in Venango County, Pa., September 22, 1839,
where he resided uutil 1871. At twenty-one years of age commenced work as a blacksmith.
which business he followed until 1871, when he came to Kansas and homesteaded a farm
in Section 35, Town 6, Range 11, in Ross Township, Osborne County, where he lived and
farmed until the fall of 1879, when he moved to Downs, where he has since been postmas-
ter. Married January 3, 1866, to Miss Susan Bixby. Is a member of A, F.& A.M., and
has been trustee of Ross Township for the past two years. Enlisted in August, 1861.
in Company G, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, as a private. Discharged
as a Sergeant March 23, 1863, for gunshot wound—left arm and side—received at the battle of
Malvern Hill.

GEORGE BE. DOUGHERTY, editor, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., March 23,
1862. At the age of four years he moved with his parents to Maryland, where he lived for
six years, and from there to Sterling, Ill., where he lived for six years. In 1878, at Sterling,
he started the Alpha Journal, a weekly school paper, which he published fora year during
1878-79, He moved to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1879, where he published the Glen Hider
Key for fifteen months, during the years 1880-’81. In May, 1881, he came to Downs, Os-
borne Counts, Kan:, where he purchase | the Down’s Vimes, and is now its editor and pro-

rietor, He also published The Key at Bull City, Osborne County, for thirteen months,
uring 1881-’82. He was married September 19, 1882, to Miss Rose Getty.

JAMES D. GREEN, farmer, P. O. Downs, born on the Atlantic Ocean, June 8, 1809;
lived in Douglass, Mass., until thirteen years of age, when he moved to Oswego County,
N.Y. Here he lived until seventeen years old, when he went to Chautanqua County, N.
Y., where he worked as a carpenter and joiner until he was twenty-five years old, and then
removed to Grant County. Wis., where he farmed for sixteen years. In the fall of 1870, he
came to Osborne County, Kan., where he homesteaded his present farm, on which he has
lived and farmed to the present time. He was married, August 15, 1844, to Miss Eunice
Babcock. For the last five years he has given his attention to the raising of hogs.

L L. TAYLOR, hotel keeper, was born in Vermont, December 138, 1821. While he was

still an infant his parents moved to New York, where he lived with his parents until he
was thirteen years of age; then he went to eee where he lived for one and a half
years, then returned to New York, where he lived for two years, and then he went toSum-
mit County, Ohio, where he lived for three years, when he again returned to Michigan,
where he engaged as a cooper until 1852, when he established a grocery and liquor store.
which business he followed for nineteen years. He then went to Nebraska, where he lived
on a farm nntil 1878, when he came to Downs, Osborne County,.where he has since been
engaged as hotel keeper. Was married in 1841, to Miss Ann Riley; had two children
Clarissa and Carl Eaton. Was married again in 1859, tc Miss Lydia J. Webb. They have
three children—Cora, Nellie and Luella. Was postmaster of Colon, Neb., for seven
years.
. JOHN WOLFERT, livery, was born in Sheboygan County, Wis., February 22, 1859,
where he lived on and worked a farm until 1877, when he went to Marshall, Iowa, where he
worked as teamster until 1878. He then came to Downs, Kan., where he drove a team until
1881, when he established his present business—a liver: and feed stable. Was married
October 2, 1881, to Miss Lanra Lukens. They have one child.

JOHN H. WOLTERS, farmer and postmaster, Rotterdam, was born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, September 26, 1856, where he lived with his parents until he was twelve years
of age, when they moved to Kansas and settled on tke Saline River in Ottawa County, where
they lived ona farm for two ag ale pe his father moved to Osborne County and homesteaded
his present farm, where he has lived as a farmer to the present time: and since his father’s
death in March, 1882, he has had the general management of the farm. He also deals in
sewing machines—Royal St. John, New Home and the Wanzer. Has for the last three
years paid considerable attention to blooded stock; has now two blooded bulls. His father
was born in the Netherlands.

Z. C. YOUNG, Section 26, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Downs, was born in Chau-
tauqua County, N. Y., May 30, 1828, where he lived on a farm until 1852, when, he went to
California, where he followed mining until the spring of 1854, when he returned to New
York, where he resided until January, 1871. He then started for the West, and located on
his present farm. After his return from California to New-York, he was engaged as a farmer
stock-dealer and shipper; with the exception of the three years of the time, one
year of which he was in a flouring mill with his brother, and the last two years in mill-
ing business on his own hook. After his location in Kansas, he followed farming until
1879, and since has looked after his farm as manager, and has given his atttention to buy-
ing and shiping stock. IIe was married February 19, 1855, to Miss Sarah L. Smith. They
had one child—Smith R. He was married again March 19, 59, to Miss Lucy C Smith.
They have one child—Mark. Mr. Young is a member of the A. F. & A. M.; Trustee of
Ross Township for one year; Justice of the Peace of the same township six years; elected
Justice of the Peace in 1881 for one term of two years.

PORTIS.

This little town is situated on the north fork of the Solomon, and has
been since 1871 a good trading point. It was platted in May, 1879, as
Bethany, and included a part of the northwest quarter of Section 5, and
northeast quarter of Section 6, Town 6 south, Range 12 west. When the
Central Branch railroad made this one of the stations, and then passed into
the hands of the Missouri Pacific, that road found itself embarrassed by
having two stations named Bethany—the other being in Missouri—and by
mutual consent the name of this town was changed to Portis, in honor of:
the vice-president. of the Missouri Pacific. P. A. Judson and Samuel Chat-
field were among the first settlers and business men. The town now contains
several elegant business buildings, large hotel and newspaper. The Portis
Patriot, « well printed seven-column folio was started about the first of 1872
by I. N. Drummond, who is still conducting the paper. Mr. Drummond is
uv life-long printer, who came to this State in the fall of 1871 from Iowa.
He worked for a few weeks at Beloit and then purchased the dormant
material at Portis and issued the Patriot. It is a good local paper and fairly
reflects the business of the town. A good school and also Fiaten Sabbath-
school have been conducted at this place since the spring of 1872.

BLOOMINGTON,

Bloomington is a little hamlet on the railroad, six miles west of the
county seat. It was platted as a town site and called Tilden in May, 1878,
and the following May the name was changed to Bloomington. It is
recorded as occupying the south-east quarter of Section 8, Town 7, Range
18. This town once had hopes of being the county seat, but is now only
noted for being situated in the center of a rich agricultural district. In
August, 1879, an organization of the Baptist Church was effected at this
place. It now has a membership of twenty-three, and conducts a Sabbath-

school with an average attendance of about forty. It has no pastor at
present writing.
OSBORNE COUNTY.

‘ DELHI.

Delhi is in the southeast part of the county, and is quite a trading
oint, and has great expectations of a railroad from Salina up the Saline
alley, via Lincoln Center. The Catholic Church has an organization here,

under charge of Rev. Clemens Newman, ‘of Cawker City.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—TILDEN TOWNSHIP.

ALBERT A. FORD, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Osborne, was born in Fulton County,
Tll., April 19, 1836. He lived with his parents on the farm until 1855, when he went
to Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, and engaged as a laborer for one year. He
then returned to Fulton County, Ill., where he farmed for one year, and again went
to Waterloo, Iowa, and worked on a farm for one year. Then to Jackson County, Iowa,
and worked in a saw-mill for one year, then to Lake Pipin, Minn, where he worked at
carpentering three months, then went to Jackson County, Iowa, on a visit, and from there
to Iowa County, Iowa, where he worked on a farm for ten months. He then went to
Johnson County, Iowa, where he worked as a laborer until September 23, 1861, when he
enlisted in Company A, of the Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, as a sergeant. He was
discharged as a sergeant February 28, 1863. He re-enlisted as sergeant veteran in Company
A, Seventh Iowa Cavalry Volunteers, and was discharged March 11, 1865, as sergeant, to
accept second lieutenant’s commission, in Company I, Third United States Volunteer
Infantry. He was discharged at Leavenworth, Kansas, as second lieutenant, November 28,
1865. After his discharge from the army, he returned to Iowa City, Iowa, and worked at
the carpenter’s trade until 1866, when he went to Mitchell County, Iowa, where he worked
at his trade until 1868. He then went to Sacramento, Cal., and worked at carpentering
antil November, 1870, when he returned east and worked at his trade in Miami County,
Kan., until May 15, 1871, when he came to Osborne County, Kan., where he worked at his
carpentering until 1875. He then engaged in farming, locating on Section 13, Township 7,
Range 14, in 1871; and in the fall of 1875 on Section 30, Township 7, Range 13; and in the
fall of 1879 on Section 36, Township 7, Range 14. He has seven cattle and four horses. He
was married to Miss Lucinda Cavett, August 11, 1861. They have seven children—Anna L.,
Tra J., Frank, Ella, Earl G., Flora and Guy. Mr. Ford is a member of the A. F. and A. M.

C. G. PARIS, farmer, P. O. Bloomington, was born March 6, 1829, in Gloucester
County, N. J. and with his ee went to Warren County, Ohio, when he was six years
of age. Here he lived until ovember, 1868, on the farm; then moved to Kansas, and settled
in Miami County, where he farmed until 1871, when he came to Osborne County, and
homesteaded the farm he is now living on. His was then the only family on Kill Creek.
He resided on his farm until the fall of 1877, when he was elected County Clerk of Osborne
County; then removed to Osborne City, where he held the office of Clerk until January,
1882, when he returned to his farm. He was married March 11. 1854, to Miss Sarah J.
Harner. They have nine children—George L., Elmer E., Mary M., Willie G., Sallie A.,
Burr C., Anna, Nellie and Maud. Enlisted as Sergeant in Company H, Seventy-ninth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 14, 1862; was discharged as Sergeant March 26, 1863,
through loss of sight of his right eye. Heis a member of the I. 0.0. F. and G, A. R.
ae ustice of the Peace of Tilden Township for two years, and Trustee of same Township

‘or two years.

GEORGE SCHUMACHER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Osborne, was born in Baden,
Germany, January 5, 1828. Atthe age of seventeen years he came to the United States
and located in Erie, Pa., where he carried on a cooper shop, and engaged in farming until
1866 when he went to Benton, Iowa, where he engaged in farming until 1877, when he came
to Osborne County, Kan. Here his attention has been turned to stock-raising and
farming on a large scale. He has now thirty-eight head of fine thoroughbred cattle and
right head of ordinary stock. He was married to Miss Catherine Feasler, October 1, 1850.
They have ten children—Lewis, Emma, Maria, George, Thomas, Charles and Willie (twins),
Samuel, Frank and ‘Kitty. Mr, Shoemaker is a member of the A. O. U. W., and has been
Trustee of Le Roy Township, Benton County, Iowa, for four years.

COVERT TOWNSHIP

JOHN KASER, farmer, P. O. Covert, was born April 16, 1852, in Coshocton, Ohio.
in 1857 went to Tama County, Iowa, where he lived on the farm with his parents until

 

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1877, when he, came to Osborne County, Kan., where he has given all his attention to farm -
ing and the necessary stock to run the farm. Asa crop this year he had eighty acres of
wheat, fifteen bushels to the acre; forty-two acres of corn, twenty-five bushels to the acre;
twenty-four acres of rye, twenty-five bushels to the acre. He was married October 28, 1875,
to Miss Sussetta Leaver, They have two children—Jasper and Lotta B.

KILL CREEK TOWNSHIP.

JOHN J. GUYER, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Kill Creek, was born in Schwerzenbach,
Switzerland, November 10, 1840. At an early age he was apprenticed to the trade of silk-
weaving and rope-making, and followed these trades until 1857, when he came to the
United States and located in Wisconsin, where he worked as a laborer until February 22,
1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Nineteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantr , and was dis-
charged February 22, 1864, as a corporal. He re-enlisted in Company G, Nineteeth Wis-

consin Volunteer Infantry, as a corporal February 22, 1864, and was discharged as quarter-
master sergeant October 15, 1865, when he returned to Columbia County, Wis., where he
conducted a farm until March, 1871, when he came to Osborne County, Kan. His farm

operations for 1882 were forty-two acres of wheat, twenty-four bushels to the acre; thirty
acres of corn, fifteen bushels to the acre; six acres of rye, eighteen bushels to the acre; six
acres of oats, sixteen bushels to the acre. He has fifteen head of cattle and five horses.
Has 2,000 ae fruit trees on his farm from one to five ioe old. He was married Novem-
ber 15, 1858, to Miss Nancy M. English, who was killed by Hghtning June 10, 1864. They
had one child—Dora E. Mr. Guyer was married April 13, 1875 to Miss Emma Eldrid, and
they have had two children—Kittie and Willie. Mr. Guyer was Township Trustee of Kill
Creek Township for two years, and County Commissioner of Osborne County since 1876.
He was wounded at Petersburg, June 21, 1864, in the right thigh.

FRED V. HEBERLEIN, farmer, Section 17, P. O, Kill Creek, was born in Prussia, on the
Rhine, July 24, 1820, and worked on a farm until he was twenty-three years of age, when
he entered the Prussian army for two years. In 1846 he came to ‘the United States and
located near Milwaukee, Wis., where he was engaged in farming for twelve years. He
then sold his farm, and went to Columbia County, Wis., and alee in the livery business
for seven years, when he sold out and moved to Adams Count: , Wis., and bought a farm
and engaged in farming for seven years. He sold his farm and worked on the railroad for
two years, and then went to Monroe County, to the Wisconsin pineries where he kept a
pe ouse for four years; when he again sold his business and came to Osborne County,
Kan., where he has since been engaged in farming. He was married to Miss Louisa Rothe,
Maret lds 1850; they have six children—Fredericka, William F., Bertha, Matilda, Earnest
an a. ‘

INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP.

JUDSON LINDEN, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Bristow, was born in, Washtenaw County,
Mich., October 10, 1844, where he ‘engaged as a farmer and stock-raiser until 1872, when he
came to Osborne County, Kan., where he has been farming to the present time, but is
gradually working into stock, to which business in a few years he means to give his whole
attention. His farm operations for 1882, were: 85 acres of wheat, 25 bushels to the acre;
30 acres of corn, 30 bushels to the acre; 16 acres of oats, 37 bushels to the acre, and 10
acres of barley, 27 bushels to the acre. He is now putting in 100 acres of wheat and 35
acres of rye; his stock is 30 head of cattle and 10 horses. e was married to Miss Mary E.
Dell, October 24, 1869. They have two children—Eugene and Roy. He is a member of
the A. F. and A. M., and was Trustee of Independence Township one year. At present he
is one of the largest land owners in Osborne, owning the first place in Osborne County
settled upon by a white family. '

T. J. GOSSETT, practicing physician and dealer in drugs and general merchandise
Bristow, was born in Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio, July 29, 1822, where he lived unti
1828; went with his parents to ‘McDonough County, Ill., where he resided until 1834, when
he moved to Knox County, Ill., and at the age of twenty-eight went to Abingdon, where
he read medicine and engaged in the practice of medicine aud drug and mercantile business
until 1870, when he removed to Washington, Iowa, and engaged in general merchandise
business until 1872, when he came to Osborne County, Kan., where he has since been
engaged as a practicing physician and in the drug and mercantile business. Practiced in
the eclectic school, and attended lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio. Married to Miss Violette
Darling, March 8, 1843. They have four children—Mary E., John H., Abram L., and Arthur
T. Heis a member of the Masonic Order, I. O. O. F. and I. O. G. T. Appointed post-
master at Bristow in 1872, which appointment he still holds.
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TOPOGRAPHY.

Ne COUNTY adjoins Nebraska on the south, and is the third county
of Kansas in the northern tier west of the Missouri River. It is
bounded on the east by Brown and Jackson Counties, on the south by Jack-
son and Pottawatomie, and on the west by Marshall. Its size is twenty-four
miles east and west, and thirty miles north and south, its area comprising
460,800 acres of land, 247,117 acres of which is divided into farms in
the counties; contains about 87 per
cent. of prairie and 10 per cent. of
bottom lands, the amount of timber
being estimated at about 3 per cent.
The surface of the land, taken as a
whole, is aa es rolling to insure
good drainage, and hence is admirably
adapted for both grazing and agri-
cultural purposes. Good water is
abundant—in fact, it may be said of all
of Northeastern Kansas, that very few
of the prairie States are so generously
supplied with streams. ‘he great
water-shed in the northern part of the
State lies in Town 4, Range 13, in Har-
rison Township, of Nemaha County.
The waters run southward, making the
heads of Elk, Soldier and the Red
Vermillion, and northward, making
the heads of the south branch of
Harris, Tennessee, Hickey, Illinois and
Wild Cat Creeks, which find their
way into the Nemaha, the latter
leaving the county in Town 1, Range
12. None of the streams afford water
power; but they pervade almost
every portion of the county, and no
considerable amount of prairie is
far from timber. The average width
of the creek bottoms is one mile, of
the timber belts half that width. The
soil is a dark, sandy loam, varying
in depth from one to six feet, with
a reddish clay subsoil, underlaid with
limestone, the latter, of a quality
suitable for building purposes, crop-
ping out in various localities. Sand-
stone is also found in limited quan-
tities. Numerous coal beds abound,
of little value, except in Illinois Town-
ship, where two shafts are worked,

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NEMAHA COUNTY.

Nemaha County is pre-eminently adapted to stock raising, the highly
nutritious properties of the native grasses being best seen in the rapid
change which takes place when cattle that have been poorly wintered, lux-
uriate on the young grass of May and June, the hair rapidly becoming
smooth and glossy, and the animals taking on flesh very quickly. ;

The climate is salubrious, mild winters and healthf summers being
the rule, for while the summer day may be such as is best for the great
staple—corn—the night atmosphere is certain to be cool and bracing. The
averagerain fall for the past five years,
from 1876 to 1881, both inclusive, has
been 44.03 inches per annum.

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The territory now known as Ne-
maha County was originally, or at the
time of the earliest white settlement,
in the possession of various tribes of
Indians, notably the Pottawatomies
and the Foxes. Prior to this settle-
ment, however, and to any knowledge
we have of its native occupants, is the
record of the history of its discovery,
the soil of Nemaha County being
pressed by the foot of civilized white
men before a vestige of settlement other
than that of the aborigines had touched
any of the thirteen original colonies.
In the Smithsonian Institute are the
records of an expedition, under the
command of Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado, a Spaniard, which marched
from Mexico to the northern boundary
of Kansas, passing through the terri-
tory now known as Barbour, Kingman,
Reno, Sedgwick, Harvey, McPherson,
Marion, Dickinson, Davis, Riley, Potta-
watomie and Nemaha Counties, reach-
ing the fortieth degree of latitude, the
northern boundary of Nemaha County
and of the State, in the month of
August, 1541. Coronado says that the
country north of the Kaw was called
by the Indians, Quivira. He says:
‘The earth is the best possible for all
kinds of productions of Spain; for
while it is very strong and black, it is
very well watered by brooks, springs
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The native. timber is hickory, oak,

hackberry, elm, walnut, cottonwood, (a) Clear Creek Township
locust, sycamore and ash; the agricul- a Grains rowenta:
tural products comprising all almost i
that are indigenous to the temperate t ome
zone, the principal being wheat, bar- i Lo te:
ley, corn, oats and rye. Of wheat f) Nemaha Towns ip.
the yield is from fifteen to twenty-five ) Neuchatel Township......
bushels to the acre, of corn the average — jf Bea oan Township...
yield is about fifty-five bushels, of  ) Richnond ownahinn
oats about fifty bushels. Root crops,

such as potatoes, sugar beets and tur-

nips do remarkably well.

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ant, particularly plums and grapes,
while the cultivated varieties of these
may be found in every township in

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: ‘“‘mighty plains and sandy heaths,

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387 490 wood.” Hesays: “All that way the

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491 5x6 three hundred and fifty Spaniards and

ee 524 eight hundred Indians, but, provisions

pope 5 ae failing the party in the neighborhood
Moe eae ee ere 2,168 | 1,971 of the present site of Wichita, the main
City 740 | 1,854 body turned back; the, indomitable
eos wv? a Coronado, with thirty-six picked men,
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of gold, which tradition and their

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profusion. Peaches do well if pro-
tected from the winter winds, and no better country for the apple orchard
can be found anywhere.

Artificial forestry has been carried to such an extent that the prairie
farms are nearly all embellished with one or more thriving groves, from
one half an acre to four, six and ten acres in extent. The growth of young
trees, both fruit and forest, is very rapid.

(a) In 1879, a part to Marion Township. (b) In 1878, from part of Richmond Township.

Township. (e In 1873, part to [llinois; in 1879, parts to Marion and Richmond Townrhips.
and Clear Creek Townships. (h) In 1878, partto Washington Township, (i) In 1879, from part of Red Vermillion Township. (j) In 187
(k) In 1870, from part of Red Vermillion Township. (1) In 1878, part to Gilman; in 1879, part of HUme Tow nship annexed,

of Nemaha Township. (0) In 1872, from part of Granada Township.

which reached Nemaha County.

No other expedition of any importance is known to have crossed the
territory in question, until the second journey of Fremont—that of 1842—
his route extending across Nemaha County, entering the county south of
Sabetha, extending northwest to Baker's Ford, turning south to near Sen-
eca, and leaving the county at Town 1, Range 11; the tortuous path of the
expedition being due to its inability to cross streams, and of course, to its

(c) In 170, part to Harrison; in 1872, part to Wetmore. (d) In 1870. from part of Granada
(f) In 1878, from parts of Home and Valley ‘Sowisliipe (g) In 1878, from parts of Home
10, part_to Neuchatel; in 1879, part to Reilly.

(m) In 1878, part to Nlinois Township. (n) In 1878, from part
NEMAHA

entire want of knowledge as to where the streams were. This road, with
slight modifications, was afterward traveled by the Mormons in 1844, at
the’ beginning of their exodus to Utah. In 1849, it was the trail of the
California gold-seekers, and subsequently, the military road, along which
passed many of the troops bound for the far West.

About 1852, Benjamin Harding, an Indian trader, settled on the site of
Wathena, in Doniphan County, there being no other settlement effected in
this section to the west of that point until 1854. In January of that year,
'W. W. Moore came from St. Joseph and located in the proximity of Baker’s
Ford on the Nemaha, some nine miles from Seneca, the name of Moorestown
being subsequently given to the eighteenth election district. This point was
afterwards known as Urbana, though as a settlement it hardly deserved a
distinguishing name, ee as it was near the centre of immediately subse-
quent settlements. In February of the same year, Walter D. Beeles settled
to the north of Moore’s place, and in March, Greenberry Key; Thomas, John
C. and Jacob B, Newton ene upon the Nemaha, and somewhat to the
south, in April. John O’Laughlin, formerly of Iowa, accompanied this
party from St. Joseph and took a valuable claim on Turkey Creek. On the
4th of July a meeting of the settlers was held at Urbana, the object being
to arrange for the protection of each other in their claims. Of this meeting
John Castle was Chairman, and George T. Bobst, Secretary, both residents
of Nebraska, where the latter had arrived on June 11, 1854, accompanied by
Robert Turner, proceeding north from Urbana, and settling just over the
future Territorial line. At the time of this meeting, no settlement, except
in the vicinity of the Nemaha, had been effected west of the Wolf River and
Harding’s station; the early settlement of Nemaha County, preceding the
formal ceding of the Northern Kansas lands by the Indians, being due to
the understanding that a twenty mile strip along the valley of the Nemaha,
and extending southward some ways, was ‘‘neutral land,” to which the
Indians had no claim.

Of the settlers above mentioned, all who are known to have located in
the county in 1854, but few records are to be found; most, if not all of
them, have long since passed away. Elder Thomas Newton, then 58 years
of age, accompanied by his wife, their sons and sons’ families, settled five
miles from the present site of Seneca, on what is now known as the Bloss
farm. Elder Newton represented the Regular Missionary Baptists, and
during his first year on the Nemaha, preached occasionally when he could
get a half dozen or more settlers, emigrants or claim hunters congregated
together. He preached the first sermon, performed the first marriage cere-
mony, and officiated at the first funeral, that of his son, Jacob B. Newton,
who died in September, 1854. He died in February, 1881, after a residence
of twenty-seven years in Kansas, and a useful life of eighty-four years. W.
W. Moore and Walter D. Beeles, built the first bridge on the Nemaha in
1854, about half a mile below what was afterward known as Baker’s Ford,
a toll-bridge which the public was, for a time, obliged to use, by reason of
its proprietors felling a large elm tree in the ford, rendering it impass-
ible. In the spring of 1855, during the period of a great freshet, as the
owners were on the bridge guarding it from drift, they saw the elm tree
carried away by the rush of waters, and just as they left it, the structure it-
self, struck by the tree, loosened from its moorings, and swept towards the
Missouri, a fair example of poetic justice.

In January, 1855, there arrived in the vicinity of the Newton farm,
Mrs. Mary A. Lanham, with her two sons, Samuel and Joseph, her husband,
H. H. Lanham, accompanied by Horace M. Newton, reaching the Nemaha
on March 8th of the same year, the former having left Fayette County,
Illinois, from St. Louis, and come up the Missouri river to St. Joseph on
the old ‘‘ Banner State,” in seven days’ time. During the following month
Rev. Thomas R. Newtoh, accompanied by his wife and children, arrived;
and about the same time William Harris settled on the creek to which he
gave his name. Others who settled in close proximity to these, during the
summer of 1855, were James Thompson, Cyrus Dolman, John S. Doyle, Elias B.
Church and John S. Rodgers; all of the last mentioned, together with the
Newton family, and H. H. Lanham, locating within the boundaries of the

_ present Richmond Township. The first settlement in the east of the county
—in Capioma Township—was made during the same year, by James McCal-
lister, Robert Rea, William E. Barnes and Samuel Magill. William M.
Berry and L. J. McGowan settling in Valley Township, and David M. Lock-
nane in Granada Township. Hiram Burger left Canada in the spring of
1855; his family stayed in Tagicon County, Iowa, and in June, with Henry
Medcalf and Joshua R. Brown, he came to Nemaha County, returning for
his family in the fall. On November 9, having accomplished his mission,
ani accompanied by George Frederick and George Goppelt, he arrived in
the vicinity for the second time, settling on Turkey Creek. With Frederick
and Goppelt was a negro, named Moses Fately, who took a claim, sold by
him to Edward McCaffrey the following year for $200. This negro bought
his freedom of a Mr. Speer of Boonville, Missouri, and also the freedom of
his wife, sister, and the two children of the latter. :

Among the early settlers in Rock Creek Township were Jubal Brown,
Archibald Moorhead, Z. Archer, Levi Joy, William Z. and Robert Carpenter,
Isaac Ferguson, L. R. Wheeler, Thomas C. Priest, Joseph Haigh, John L.
George, William G. Graham, L. P. Hazen, A. W. Williams, James Oldfield,
David Tater, John Ellis, Hdwin Miller, Elihu Whittenhall, William B.
Slosson'and N. H. Rising. Thomas Carlin, Michael Rogers, Peter McQuaid,
Andrew Brewer and Alexander Gillespie were among the earliest settlers in
Nemaha and Clear Creek Township. In Granada Township, besides, and
following Locknane, were Uriah Haigh, George D. Searles, Augustus Wolf-
ley and sons, Jacob Geyer, Frederick Shoemaker, M. H. Terrill and Thomas
S. Wright. The earliest settlers in Red Vermillion Township were Garrett
Randel and D. Arnold, followed by Tobias Shaffer, William H. McCart,
Joseph Hannum, Samuel Sandys, Jacob Jacobia, Peter Hamilton, and the
Shepards, In Neuchatel Township, a settlement was effected in the spring

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of 1857, by Charles Aldolphe, Amie E. Bonjour and D. S. Veale. In Home
Township, among the early settlers, were the Armstrong Brothers, William
Meyers, J. Barnes, Hezekiah Grimes, Samuel Mitchell, George L. Squire,
Dr. John §. Hidden, A. W. Slater, Stephen Barnard, Joseph W. Franks, T.
A. Campfield, Drs. J. J. Sheldon, D. 3. and N. B. McKay, R. Mozier, and
William J. and Timothy McLaughlin. On the Nemaha, Illinois and Ten-
nessee, south and southwest from Seneca, were William R. Wells and sons,
Thomas Rich, Isaac Pliss, Thomas Carter, William Hickey, James F. Long,
William M. Houston, John S. Doyle, Alonzo Whitmore, Elias B. Church,
and others.

Of the above mentioned pioneers, H. H. Lanham became the first Post-
master in the county, the first Justice of the Peace under Free-state laws,
and was, for thirteen years, Probate Judge. He is still a resident of the
county. Horace M. erion. after a long residence in Richmond Township,
farming and milling, removed to Marshall County. Rev. T. R. Newton,
from 1855 to 1867, Aewoted himself faithfully to missionary work, his field
of labor extending from Burr Oak bottom, in Doniphan County, to Blue
River, in Marshall County, and from Manhattan, in Riley County, to North
Nemaha, Nebraska. On the 20th day of January he performed his last
work, in preaching his last sermon in Seneca, his text being the passage
from Job: “If a man die, shail he live again?’ He died of cerebro-
spinal meningitis, on the 25th of the same month. A characteristic incident
of the man, occurring in April, 1856, may not be out of place in this con-
nection. Through Isaac Hanby, a Free-state man, notice was given him
that he would not be allowed to preach at Burr Oak Bottom. At the ap-
pointed time he appeared, met the mob, many of them armed with revolvers,
with mild words, but-an unyielding determination to preach the gospel of
Christ as he understood it; the result being that he secured attention, de-
livered his address, and in the future was unmolested. Cyrus Dolman be-
came the first Probate Judge, remained in the county a few years, and then
went further West. William Harris, the first Justice of the Peace under
Pro-slavery laws, remained in the county only about two years.

The first birth in the county, of which any record is to be found, is that
of Mollie Key, born to Greenberry and Polly Key in March, 1855. The first
marriage solemnized was in Nemaha Township, by Rev. Thomas Newton, on
the 12th of November, 1854, the contracting parties being Charles Leach-
man and Mrs. Caroline Davenport, a widower and widow, who had emi-
pod from Iowa, to which State they shortly after returned. The first

eath is a question of some little doubt. In September, 1854, Jacob B. New-
ton, son of Rev. Thomas Newton, died of typhoid fever, the record further
saying that the first husband of Mrs. Davenport died in Nemaha County and
was buried on the Henri Korber place, his coffin being made by Christian
Bobst and Robert Turner, out of his wagon box. As Mrs. Davenport was
married a second time, on November 12, 1854, and without evidence to the
contrary, it must be supposed that a decent interval elapsed between the
funeral and the wedding; the question of i igtne't as regards Mr. Daven-
port or J. B. Newton remains a question. The first sermon preached in the
county was delivered by Rev. Thomas Newton, early in 1854. The-first
church was a Congregational organization effected at Albany, in Rock Creek
Township, in 1857. There were twelve charter members, of whom Hon.
George Graham, now deceased, was the leading spirit. The first church edi-
fice erected was that of the Catholics, built at Wildcat, in 1859, and, with
additions, still in use. The first school taught in the county was in 1856, in

‘Granada Township, a small building for school purposes being erected dur-

ing the same year. Various efforts in the cause of education were made at
an early date, of which, unfortunately, but few records can be found. A
school building was erected at America City, in Red Vermillion Township,
in 1857; 1858 saw the establishment of the first school in Seneca, taught by
Addie Smith; and 1859 witnessed the first school in Central City, under the
charge of Mahlon Pugh.

The first claims were taken, necessarily, without warrant, there being no
facilities for entry, or place at which payment could be made to the Govern-
ment. The earliest payments for land in the county were as follows, all
made in 1857: October 26, Frederic Shoemaker, Section 6, Township 5,
Range 14: November 2, I. G., J. D. and R. N. Ramsey, Sections 18 and 14,
Township 1, Range 4; November 10, Augustus Wolfley, Section 6, Town-
ship 5, Range 14; November 11, Hugh R. Magill, Section 10, Township 3,
Range 14; November 13, David P. Magill, Section 11, Township 3, Range
14; November 16, Elizabeth Farrar, Section 14, Township 3, Range 14;
November 19, Peter Hamilton, Section 27, Township 5, Range 12. Pre-
emptions were made up to the autumn of 1860, and the Land Office for the
district of which Nemaha County was a part was at Kickapoo.

The only Indian scare, in which its early settlers of Nemaha County
were concerned, was one occurring in the spring of 1856. In the fall of 1855,
and during the succeeding winter, they gathered from the signs and prepar-
ations of the Pottawatomies that as soon as the grass had grown sufficiently
to support their ponies the war paint would be put on and the war path
taken. The settlers naturally supposed that they were the intended victims
of savage hate, and accordingly they gathered in force, early in the spring,
at Baker’s Ford. After some days of anxiety, they learned that the Potta-
watomies, so far from premeditating an attack upon them, had gone forth in
search of their ancient enemies, the Pawnees, whom they found, by the way,
and by whom they were disastrously defeated. Assured of their own safety,
the settlers dispersed to their farms.

The first towns in the county were Central City, Richmond, America
City, Granada, Ash Point, Pacific City, Urbana, Wheatland, Centralia, Lin-
coln, Seneca and Sabetha.

Central City was laid out in 1855, by William Dodge, for Thomas New-
ton and sons, and H. H. Lanham. It never was incorporated by legislative
enactment. Its location was Section 1, Township 2, Range 12, now known
as the Bloss farm. There was a postoffice, the first in the county, under
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charge of H. H. Lanham; a blacksmith and wagon shop, and a horse-power
saw and grist-mill, all run by the Newton and Lanham families. There was
also a store kept by Benjamin Shaffer, afterward sold to Beeler & Williams,
of Iowa Centre, but oes by and in the name of Lanham and Newton.
The mill was bought at Kansas City, brought to its destination by teams,
and run for a time by ox-power. In 1857 or 1858 its proprietors built a
dam across the Nebraska, but failing by this means to secure sufficient.
power to run both branches of the business, they put in an upright boiler
and small engine, using the water power for the mill stones, and steam-
power for sawing. During the high water of 1858 and 1859, when the Ne-
braska was a mile in width, the dam and grist-mill works were carried away.
What remained of the establishment was moved to the prairie, and leased
to Leslie & Barnbrick, who put in a bolt and other necessary machinery, and
for a short time ran a saw, grist and flour mil.. Destroyed by an incendiary
fire it was rebuilt, sold and moved away. In 1863 Lanham & Newton
bought a steam-mill at Pawnee City, Neb., bringing it to Central City, and
a few months later removing it to Seneca. Ax has been said, the first. school
in Central City was taught by Mahlon Pugh, in 1859. It was select. Its
first teacher was soon succeeded by Mrs. H. M. Newton, who taught till
some time in 1860. The Central City Baptist church was organized August
1, 1857, with Elder T. Newton and wife, Rev. T. R. Newton and wife, and
H. H. Lanham and wife as charter members. A few additions to the mem-
bership were made, The first pastor was the Rev. T. R. Newton, who alter-
nated with Rev. Thomas Newton for several years, when Robert Turner as-
sumed the position. The members built a small church structure, after-
ward used as a school-house. On September 12, 1875, the society formally
united itself with the Seneca Baptist church. :

Richmond was started in 1855, at the crossing of the Nebraska un the
Fort Leavenworth and Fort Kearney and Leavenworth routes. “ithe owner of
the claim was Cyrus Dolman, a Pro-slavery man, and the first County Judge.
An act to incorporate the Richmond town company was passed by the ‘“ Bo-
gus” eee of 1855, constituting as a body politic and corporate by
name and style as above. F. T. Marshall, David Galispie, John Doniphan,
A. G. Woodward, R.C. Bishop, James E. Thompson, John A. Dolman,
Frederick J. Ebert, Cyrus Dolman, James 0. Donoghen, Augustus Leist,
John Donaldson and Daniel Vanderslice, and their successors. The second
section gave the corporation the power to purchase and hold, and enter by
pre-emption or otherwise, any quantity of land where said town of Richmond
is located, not exceeding 1,000 acres, and to lay the same off into lots, parks,
streets, squares and avenues, and to sell, dispose of and convey the same.
AS. i proved, the entire 1,000 acres permitted by the act, were not re-

uired.

Two buildings were at once erected for the proprietors by Lanham &
Newton; one occupied as a dwelling, and the other as a store-room and
hotel, the latter being the individual property of A. G. Woodward. It is
now on the farm of Festus M. Newton, the dwelling being removed to W.
B. Stone’s place, north of Seneca. This was the official business centre of
the county; the first county warrants issued were drawn here, it being the
temporary county seat, by legislative enactment; an honor it might have re-
tained had it not been for its established Pro-slavery character.

Ash Point embraced the south half of the northeast, south half of the
northwest, north half of the southwest, and north half of the southeast quar-
ter of Section 8, Township 2, Range 11. John O’Laughlin was the main
man of the town, which was made a postoffice, he being the official incum-
bent. He also established a general store and a hotel, these buildings, with
one or two dwellings, constituting the town. Other residents in the imme-
diate propinquity were Josiah Blancett and John Short. Ash Point was a
stage station on the overland road, a fact which kept it from entire extinc-
tion until 1871 or 1872, though for the last ten years of its existence it had
nothing but a store building to mark the town site, which is now a farm.
It is situated at the junction of the old overland and California roads.

Farmington embraced the northwest quarter of Section 26, and the
northeast quarter of Section 27, Town 1, Range 12, being southwest of
old ‘‘ Urbana,” a paper town started by W. W. Moon, at Baker's Ford.
Thomas Smith and James Parsons succeeded W. W. Moon at that point,
where there was a store building, while Rosalvin C. Perham and J it K.
Perley directed their energies to the up-building of Farmington. They
erected a hotel, store building and blacksmith shop, the last continuing in
operation for some years. The old town site ix now a pasture.

Pacific City was situated on Section 14, Town 3, Range 18, occupying
high prairie land. It was once a place of high expectations, though the
town consisted of a hotel building, owned by Orrin Gage, and a good well,
used by travelers to a considerable extent. he town site is now fulfilling its
destiny as a farm.

Lincoln was the’ property, and its future glory the dream, of J. E.
Hawkes. Its plat was filed for record November 20, 1860. At this point
there were, for a time, two stores, a harness shop, a blacksmith shop and a
mill, the last being subsequently sold to William Robinson, and removed to
Capioma Township, where its machinery is still in operation. :

The other early towns that have been referred to, having yet an exist-
ence, will be found treated of in the proper place, together with something
of their early rivalry, and their struggle for the county seat.

WAR HISTORY.

In August, 1861, A. W. Williams, then of Sabetha, acting under proper
authority, and with the commission of captain, succeeded in securing 150 vol-
unteers from the counties of Marshall, Nemaha and Brown. These, as they
enlisted, went into camp near Sabetha, where they remained for about a
month at Capt. Williams’ expense as to rations, and making use of extem-
porized barracks. In September, they proceeded to Leavenworth, where
they were sworn in, 100 of them as members of Company D, of the Eighth

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Kansas Volunteers, and fifty of them in other companies. The other com-
missioned officers of Company D were—R. Todd, First_ Lieutenant; John
Graham, Second Lieutenant. Of the 150 men, Nemaha County contributed
about one-third, the roster of whom will be found in the proper place in the
military history. : .

Subsequent to this, Hon. George Graham enlisted about thirty men
from Nemaha County, the squad dividing when it reached Leavenworth,
the members connecting themselves with various regiments, notably the
Ninth and Thirteenth Kansas. The county had about forty men in the
Seventh, and seventy in the Thirteenth, thirty-seven of whom were enlisted
by Lieut. Hensel, and the remainder by Lieut. Cline and others. Company
D, Eighth Kansas, was detached for service along the border, being sta-
tioned at Fort Kearney for a time, and afterwards at Atchison. In 1865,
it was in Texas, whence it was ordered home for discharge. The Thirteenth
Regiment was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., in June, 1865, the Ne-
maha County men arriving home in July. . .

In addition to the volunteers from Nemaha County, about 200 in num-
ber who enlisted early in the action, there was a call uly, 1864, for a regi-
ment of 100 days’ men, known as the Seventeenth Kansas. The quota de-
manded from Nemaha County numbered eighteen, of whom eight enlisted
and ten were drafted—the only draft made in the county, and one which
need not have been made had time been given for volunteers to come to the
front, notwithstanding that nearly all of the able-bodied citizens of the
county were already in service, Sabetha having but one man left. These
men were taken to Leavenworth and discharged the same month.

On November 3, 1865, occurred in Seneca a reception for returned sol-
diers, the welcoming address being delivered by Gen. Sherry, and the re-
sponse by Hon. George Graham, the exercises concluding with a banquet
and merry-making

Nemaha County did her duty, and more than her duty, in the war for
the Union. To her, as much as to any county in the State, is the world
indebted for the blow which struck off the fetters of the slave—the fetters
which became links to bind the States, both North and South, more closely
together.

[IMPORTANT EVENTS.

The section of Kansas in which Nemaha County is situated, while it has
not enjoyed immunity froin disaster, has certainly suffered as little as any
part of the State. Its climate is mild, the temperature even, and the rain- *
fall generally sufficient to assure good crops. No cyclones have swept its
prairies; no great droughts at any time afflicted it.

The first: great storm of which there is any record was one occurring
July.13, 1871, blowing from west to east through the central tier of town-
ships. _A number of buildings in its path were demolished, and three lives
were lost—those of Peter Westfall and his two daughters, who perished in
the ruins of their dwelling. The residence of Howard Chilson, situated
just south of Seneca, was blown several feet from its foundation, and the
brick dwelling of S. B. Smith blown down; these disasters, with the loss of
various barns and outbuildings, constituting the effects of the storm. On
May 30, 1879, a strong wind swept a limited section of the county, demol-
ishing several frame buildings insecurely constructed, but resulting in no
loss of life.

In 1866 occurred the first serious raid of the grasshopper army. They
put in an appearance in the early summer, swarming in immense clouds, and
coming from a southwestern direction. During their brief stay of two
weeks they did great damage to the growing crops, and deposited their
eggs, after which they passed on to the northeast. In 1867, those eggs,
which were deposited on light and sandy soil, exposed to the sun, hatched
out in great numbers. The result, while bad enough, might have been a
great deal worse, the fruit being comparatively uninjured, and the farmers
securing about half a crop of small grain. In 1868, they came from the
northwest, did immense damage to the growing crops, and also deposited
their eggs in great quantities, of which, owing to the severity of the winter,
but a few hatched out in the spring. In 1878, the swarms were compara-
lively small, but managed to ttect. considerable damage.

he year 1874 was one of drought, not sufficient in itself to have utterly
prevented the results of good farming, but'so severe as to leave the farmers
absolutely nothing as the result of their labors when taken in conjunction
with tho devastating hordes of grasshoppers which came from the north-
west, arriving in the county July 31, and laying everything waste. The
Courier suys: “The corn fields resemble well poled bean patches, while the
apple trees have been stripped of their leaves, and in many orchards this
year's growth of wood destroyed.”

The succeeding winter was that of the famine, when Kansas cried for
help. Nemaha County had suffered less than some of its neighbors, and
was richer than most of them: while aid was rendered her in a few cases
from outside sources, she rendered at least an equal amount of assistance to
Jewell and other counties. It was not until New Year’s that the suffering
really began, at about which time relief committees were organized in Wet-
more and Granada townships, which reported fifty families then in need.
In January and February, Illinois, Neuchatel, Harrison and other town-
ships appealed for help, and received it, the first mentioned of these report-
ing forty destitute families within its boundaries. The Granges did good
work systematizing the work of distribution, Hon. G. W. Brown deserving
special mention as the county agent for the Grange relief system. With
1875 came good crops, and with these prosperity.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND OFFICIAL ROSTER.

The first election held in the county was on March 80, 1855, for members of Council,
auc Teptese uiatives to the Territorial Legislature. There were ten Council Districts with
ue oa fourteen Representative Districts with twenty-six members. Nemaha

ecinct with Wolf River and Doniphan constituted the’ seventh Council District and the
NEMAHA

eleventh Representative District. The entire vote of the district, 478 ballots, was cast for
John W. Forman, a merchant, a native of Kentucky, and a resident in the Territory for
twelve years. The vote of Nemaha Precinct was 61. The representatives chosen were: R.
L. Kirk, a nine months’ resident; and John H. Stringfellow, who had been in the Territory
for one year. Nemaha Precinct gave the former 50, and the latter 48 votes. At this election
George H. Baker, Jesse Adamson and Samuel Cramer were judges; Samuel Crozier and
Thomas Cramer, clerks. Most of the voters were non-residents, the following being the list
of those actually entitled to the right of suffrage: W.W. Moore, W. D. Beeles George H.
Baker, Jesse Adamson, Samuel Cramer, Samuel Crozier, Samuel L. Miller, William Bunker,
ee Horace M. Newton, H. H. Lanham, John O'Laughlin, Greenberry Key and

The Legislature convened on the first Monday of July. Its acts took effect as soon as
they were passed, being now best known as the “ Bogus laws of Kansas.” Among other
things, provision was made for the organization of nineteen counties in the Territory, in-
cluding that of Nemaha, the boundaries of which were defined, as they have been given, and
as they yet exist. eats

_ Cyrus Dolman was appointed Probate Judge; James E. Thompson, Sheriff, the latter
mene soon superseded by James E. Hill; and Edwin Van Endert, County Treasurer. The
first County Commissioners were Jesse Adamson, of Nemaha; David P. Magill, of Capioma,
and Peter Hamilton of Red Vermillion Townships, Richmond was made the temporary
County seat, remaining the official business centre until 1858, when the County seat question
was decided by the people.

On October 6, 1856, the Pro-slavery men held an election, at which Cyrus Dolman was
elected a member of the second Territorial Legislature, receiving 12 votes. At this time the
counties of Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Marshall, Riley and Pottawatomie, constituted the
Council District, and those of Nemaha and Brown the kepresentative District. On October
5, 1857, the former of these elected Benjamin Harding. of Doniphan, and Andrew F. Mead.
of Riley; the fourth Representative District choosing E. N. Morrill, of Brown County. The
members of the Council held office for two years, the representatives for one session only.
This, the third Territorial Legislature, placed Nemaha County with Brown, Pottawatomie,
Marshall and eee in the fifth Council District; constituting Brown County the
eighth, and Nemaha the tenth Representative District. When it came to the election of
State Senators and Representatives, the districts were again changed, Nemaha being at
present associated with Marshall in the election of Senator, and herself entitled to two Re-
presentatives. In the official roster which follows, no further account is made of these
changes, the list merely showing Nemaha’s representation, whether solely her,own or in
conjunction with other counties. The first election for county officers was held November
8, 1859, the incumbents prior to that time holding their positions by appointment. Samuel
Lappin had been Rep ister of Deeds; R. N. Torry performed the duties of County Clerk,
Clerk of the District Court, and succeeded Edwin Van Endert as County Treasurer. The
Probate Judges from 1855 had been, in the order named, Cyrus Dolman, Morton Cave and
Haven Starr. J.C. Hebbard, and subsequently J. W. Fuller, had been County Superintend-
ents of public instruction, the former making the first annual report of school matters of the
County to Samuel W. Greer, Territorial Superintendent.

The election resulted as follows: County Clerk, R. U. Torry; County Treasurer,
Charles F. Warren ; Register of Deeds Samuel Lappin ; Sheriff, John S. Rogers; County
Superintendent, J. W. Fuller; Probate Judge, Haven Starr.

The first Court House stood on lot 4, block 74, on Main street. It was a small two-story
frame building, the lower room of which was used for general meeting purposes, and the
upper part by the county officers. In December, 1860, it was burnt. buikding for Court
purposes, but too small for county offices, was at once erected, on the corner of Main and
Castle streets, in Seneca, and in this the first term of District Court in Nemaha County was
held November 11, 1861, prior to this time Nemaha having been associated with Brown
County for judicial purposes. Albert H. Horton, of Atchison. was at this time District
Judge, having succeeded Judge Albert L. Lee, who had received a commission as major in
the Seventh Kansas. The District Clerk was I. C. Hebbard, to whom Homer L. Dean, the
Clerk of Brown County, had turned over the books and papers relating to Nemaha, The
Grand Jury who served at this term of Court, consisted of John Downs, Thomas Carlin,
Isaac H. Steer, Elias B. Church, James Larew, Salem B. Todge, Samuel Dennis, T. A.
Campfield, H. A. Goodman, Hezekiah Grimes, J ohn Hod, ‘ins, William Histed, John Kilmer,
Augustus Wolfley, H. D. Channell and James M. Randel. Wm. Histed was the foreman.
The most important case upon the docket was that of the State of Kansas vs. Josiah Blan-
cett, wherein the defendant stood charged with the murder of Thomas Wilson. The verdict
was “not guilty.” The indictment failed to state that the murder was committed in Nemaha
County. In 1855 three County Commissioners were appointed. From that time until the
spring of 1860, the Chairman of the Township Board was the Supervisor in the County
Board. In 1860 three Commissioners at Large were chosen, a like number being elected each
alternate year until 1878, when the system was changed, so that one was elected each year,
to hold office three years. The population of the county at various times has been as
follows: 1855, 99; no returns were made at this census of the number of voters. 1857, 512,
voters 140; 1860, 2,486; 1870, 7,296; 1880, 12,463; 1881, 13,476; 1882, 15,073. ;

As originally divided the county had, for municipal purposes, nine townships: Rock
Creek, Nemaha, Clear Creek, Richmond, Capioma, Valley, Home, Granada and Red Ver-
million. These have at various times been sub-divided, forming Washington, Gilman,
Illinois, Harrison, Neuchatel, Reilly and Wetmore. In July, 1882, the Commissioners
further changed the local geography, by the creation of Mitchell Township, from Home,
Richmond and Valley; and of Adams Township, from Valley and Capioma, the two divid:
ing Valley equally between them and blotting it from the map.

The official roster of the county since its organization is as follows:

Council.—1855, John W. Forman; 1857, Benjamin Harding, Andrew J. Mead; 1859,
Luther .R. Palmer.

State Senators.—1860, Samuel Lappin; 1862, Byron Sherry; 1844, Samuel Spear; 1866,
George Graham; 1868, Albert G. Spear; 1870, Joseph Cracraft; 1872, E. N. Morrill; 1874, J.
M. Miller: 1876, E. N. Morrill (for four years); 1860, I. F. Collins.

Territorial Representatives.—1835, R. L. Kirk, John H. Stringfellow; 1856, Cyrus Dol-
man, 1857, E. N. Morrill; 1858, George Graham; 1859, Morton Cave; 1850, Charles C. Cof-
finbury.

; State Representatives.—1860, David C. Auld, D. E, Ballard; 1861, Harrison Foster, F. P.
Baker; 1862, John S. Hidden; 1863, Richard Bradley, J. S. Hidden; 1864, J. D. Sammons,
C. u. Coffinbury; 1865, James K. Gross. George Graham; 1866, T. B. Collins, Joseph Hane-
mum; 187, Phillip Rockefeller, John Hodgins; 1868, Samuel Lappin, Daniel Helpshrey;
1869, L. Hensel, William Morris; 1870, Richard Johnson, A. Simons; 1871, Ira F. Collins,
H. C. De Forrest; 1872, Cyrus I. Scofield. H. C. De Forrest; 1873, J. E. Taylor, C. S. Cum-
mings; 1874, G. W. Brown, 8. P. Conrad; 1875, D, R. Magill, S. P. Conrad; 1876, J. F. Col-
ae L. C, Preston (for two years); 1878. E. G. Stitt, M. L. Wilson; 1880, N. F. Benson, A.

. Cracraft. ‘

County Officers.—Sheriff,—1855, James E. Thompson, superseded by James E. Hill;
1857. John §. Rogers; 1859, John 8. Rogers; 1861, John 8. Rogers; 1863, William Boulton;
1865, William Boulton; 1867, Abram Yger 1869, Abram Bree, 1871, David R. Ma il;
1873, David R. Magill; 1875, Richard Johnson; 1877, James Martin; 1879, D. R. Vorhes;
1881, D. R. Vorhes. . :

County Clerk.—1855, R. U. Torry; 1857, R. U. Torry; 1859, R. U. Torry; 186), Byron.
Sherry (to fill vacancy); 1861, William F. Wells: 1868, J. W. Fuller; 1865, J. W. Fuller;
1867, J. W. Fuller; 1869, J. W. Fuller; 1871, Joshua Mitchell; 1873, Joshua Mitchell: 1875,
Walter J. Ingram; 1877, Joshua Mitchell; 1879, Joshua Mitchell; 1881, Joshua Mitchell.

Register of Deeds.—1855 to 1859, Samuel |! appin; 1859, Samuel Lappin; 1861, J. H.
Peckham; 1863, William Smith; 1865, William F.” Wells; 1867, Abijah Wells; 1869, Peter
peo 1871, J. H. H. Ford; 1873.J. H H. Ford; 1875, J. H. H. Ford; 1877, J.H.H.
Ford; 1879, Roy A. Thompson; 1831, Roy A. Thompson. ; 7

County Treasurer:—1855, Edwin Van. Endert; 1857, R. U. Torry (acting); 1859, Charles
¥F. Warren; 1861, Charles G. Scrafford; 1863, J. H. Peckham; 1865, J. H. Peckham; 1867, J.
C. Hebbard; 1869, J.C. Hebbard; 1871, O. C. Bruner; 1873, O. C. Bruner; 1875, Edward
Butt; 1877, Edward Butt; 1879, T. W. Johnson; 1881, T. W. Johnson.

Probate Judgé.—1855, Cyrus .Dolman; 1857, Morton Cave; 1859, Havens Starr: 1860,
Thomas §. Wright; 1862, James R. Gross; 1863, James P. Taylor (to fill vacancy); 1864, H.
H. Lanham; 1866, H. H. Lanham; 1868, H. H. Lanham; 1870, H. H. Lanham; 1872, William
Histed; 1874, H. H. Lanham; 1876, H. H. Lanham; 1878, George Graham; 1880, William
Histed.

Superintendent of Public Instruction.—1857, J. C. Hebbard; 1859, J. W. Fuller; 1860. F.
P. Baker; 1861, Danie] Foster (to fill vacancy); 1862, J. C. Hebbard (to fill vacancy); 1862,

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Thomas D. Shepard; 1864, L. C. Preston; 1865, Thomas D. Shepard (to fill vacancy); 1866,
Thomas D. Shepard; 1868, J. S. Stamm; 1870, P. K. Shoemaker; 1872, Josiah D. Sammons,
1874, Abijah Wells; 1876, Abijah Welle; 1878, Abijah Wells; 1880, J. A. Amos.

Clerk of the District Court.—1859, R. U. Torry; 1861, J. C. Hebbard; 1862, O. C. Bruner;
1864, William Histed; 1866, Abijah Wells; 1867, D. B. McKay (to fill vacancy); 1868, J. H.
Williams; 1870, George Gould; 1872, George R. Benedict; 1874, George R. Benedict; 1876,
George R. Benedict; 1878, George R. Benedict; 1880, George R. Benedict.

iounty Commissioners.—1855, Jesse Adamson, David P. Magill, Peter Hamilton; 1857,
George Graham, A. A. Wood, John Lowery, William R. Wells, Thomas S. Wright, Peter
Hamilton; 1859, George Graham, G. H. Baker, Morton Cave, Charles C. Coffinbury,
Thomas S. Wright, Peter Hamilton, 1869 (spring election), John Ellis, Charles C. Cof-
finbury, Garrett Rendel; 1860 (regular election), John Ellis, David M. Locknane, Moses

/ Shepard; 1861, John T. Goodpasture, Nicholas Hocker and Samuel Bradshaw (M. H. Terrell
successfully contested Hocker’s seat, the only contested election in the county); 1863, Ed-
ward McCaffrey, Jacob Nicholson, Moses Shepard; 1865, L. P. Hazen, George D. Searles,
Albert Bonjour; 1867, E. F. Bouton, John M. Ford, H. M. Metcalf; 1869, ‘Archibald Moore-
head, George D. Searles, Henry O. Stauffer; 1871, Archibald. Moorehead, George D. Searles,
Henry O. Stauffer; 1873, George H. Adams, G. W. Conrad, Patrick Reilly; 1875, George H.
Adams, Patrick Reilly, Aaron H. Burnett; 1877, George H. Adams, Aaron H. Burnett, T.
M, Durand; 1878, @. H. Adams; 1879, T. M. Durand; 1880, A. H. Burnett; 1881, George H.
amis.

COUNTY SEAT TROUBLES AND COUNTY BUILDINGS,

Upon the organization of Nemaha County, in 1855, the legislature established the county
seat at Richmond, the official business center for several years Helng the combined store and
_ hotel building of A. G. Woodward, now on the farm of Festus M. Newton. For judicial
purposes Brown and Nemaha Counties were united, the District Court of both being held
at Hiawatha, until 1861; but the first county warrants were issued from Richmond, and it is
probable, considering its very. favorable location, that it might have remained the county
seat, permanently, had it not been for the pronounced Pro-slavery opinions of its proprie-
tors, these making them and their ears city unpopular with the Free-state men, who were
in the majority. By an act of the Legislature, approved February 12, 1858, a special election
was ordered to be held April 4, of the same year, for the purpose of selecting a permanent
county seat. It bein, provided that if no choice be made at the first election, it be continued
from month to month, but after the second election the votes should be cast only for the three
places having the highest number. At the first election the contesting places were Central
City, Richmond, Seneca, Wheatland, Centralia and Ash Point, all of nearly equal unimpor-
tance. All of the towns mentioned offered to give the county one-half of the town lots, to be
taken alternately, but Seneca, besides this, promised in case it secured the county seat, to
build a court house, donating the same to the county for five years. The first election re-
sulted in no choice, The next occurred in May, when several of the aspirants had with-
drawn, and the third in June, when the struggle lay between Richmond,eSeneca and Whe: t-
land, Central City having retired from the contest in favor of Seneca, th idea of its proprie-
tors being that Seneca was at a sufficient distance to allow Central,City to amount to some-
thing, while Richmond was so near that its prosperity must necessarily be fatal to its
neighbor, At the last election the vote of Graham Township was contested. With it Sen-
eca had won; without it she was defeated and Richmond successful. The vote of the
Board of Commissioners regarding it was a tie, the question remaining to be decided by the
chairman, Hon. George Graham. His vote was cast for Seneca.

The removal of the county seat has been agitated at various times since 1859, notably
when the court house was destroyed by fire in 1876. Sabetha, in the extreme eastern part
of the county, seemed, at that period, disposed to bring the question to an issue, but noth-
ing definite was done, and the probabilities are strongly against a change ever being made.
Seneca being but a few miles from the geographical center of the county, and the public
buildings—the court house, erected in 1876, and the jail in 1879—being altogether too valu-
able to abandon, the question may safely be considered as settled for all time.

Court House—In 1858, the Seneca Town Company, comprising S. and F. Lappin, R.
U. Torry, J. B. Ingersoll and C. G. Scrafford, in order to secure and retain the county szat,
entered into a contract with the commissioners, giving them, in trust, alternate lots to the
number of one-half of those on the town site, the amount arising from the sale of the
same to be used for the erection of public buildings. In addition to this, the company
agreed to build a structure suitable for court house purposes, donating the use of the same
to the county for five years.

Prior to this, official business had been transacted in the co mbined store room and
hotel of A. G. Woodward, at Richmond.

Upon the removal of the county seat to Seneca, the town company, in accordance with
its agreement, erected a two-story building, near the corner of Main and Buffalo streets,
the first floor of which was used for meeting purposes of every description, and second
floor by the county officers, of whom Byron Sherry, the county clerk, was generally the
only one to be found, the other incumbents engaging in other than official business, of
which there was little to attend to, Nemaha being attached to Brown County for judicial
purposes, and court held, until 1861, at Hiawatha. ~ :

In December, 1861, a religious meeting was held in the court house, on Sunday night,
the building being closed about half past eight o’clock: about half past two the next
morning it was discovered to be on fire, and by three o’clock it was completely destroyed—
probably the work of an incendiary

The Town Company immediately made arrangements with the Board of Commissioners
for the erection and donation, in fee-simple, of a one-story frame building on the corner of
Main and Castle streets. This was first occupied in November, 1851, by Judge A. H.
Horton, the first term of the district court in Nemaha County being held at the time.
The county officers did not occupy the building, which comprised but one small room, but
remained in different stores and offices about town.

In January, 1871, an order was passed by the board, locating all the offices, except that
of the Treasurer, in the second story of the postoffice block. The Treasurer's office re-
mained where it had been for some,time on Main and Court streets, and court was held
elsewhere, the building of 1861 having been abandoned.

In the meantime the city lots owned by the county had been sold, the last of them in
August, 180, netting to the court house fund the sum of $17,473.83. The question of build-
ing a court house was submitted to the people, carried by a majority of 289, and on March
8u, 1871, a contract for its erection entered Into with James A. Storm, of St. Joseph. On
April 30, 1871, ground was broken for it by Major Sargent, of Seneca, and in 1872, the
building, 57x80 feet, ninety-six feet in height, from the basement to the top of the tower,
of brick. with sawed stone trimmings, was completed. Its cost was $29,172.'8.

On March 4, 1876, fire was discovered in the southeast attic jury room, and notwith-
standing the strenuous efforts of the citizens, the building was totally destroyed. The books
and papers, with the exception of most of those in the superintendent’s office, and the
records of surveys prior to 1872, in the Surveyor’s office, were saved. The fire was sup-
posed to result from children playing with matches. The offices were temporarily located,
those of the Clerk, Register of Deeds and Treasurer in the Universalist Church building;
the others in various parts of the city.

The insurance on the buildings, amounting to $20,0C0, being promptly paid, the Com-
missioners immediately advertised for bids, awarding the contract for the erection of a
duplicate structure to James A. McGonagle, of Leavenworth. The new edifice, in almost
every respect similar to the previous one, was completed in June, 1877, at_a cost of $20,-
138.47. The first floor, divided by a wide hall, contains the various county offices; the second
floor being used for court purposes. The grounds surrounding the building comprising
an entire city block, are well fenced, and planted with trees now several years of age, an
will ultimately make a fine grove.

County Infirmary.—At the election of November, 1868, by a vote of 531 to 275 it was
decided to levy a t.x of one mill on the dollar of assessable property, for the purchase and
improvement of a poor farm, At the January meeting, 1869, the Commissioners advertised
for plans and specifications for a building to be erected on the land, 160 acres, which they
had purchased one and one-half miles west of Seneca, and on February 8th proposals were
invited for putting up a building according to specifications on file, and for breaking not
Jess than forty nor more than Sent acres of farm land. The contract was let and the
building erected at once, the building being completed the same year. It is a two-story
stone building with basement, situated on ground sloping to the south and east, and is
capable of comfortably accommodating thirty persons. The cost of the building was about
$2,500, The farm itself is a good one, and under efficient management has been made to
contribute not a little to the support of the unfortunate inmates of the infirmary.
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County Jail.—Prior to the year 1860, the few pe conte with which Nemaha County
was concerned, were lodged in various places, usually under guard, the tedious delays of
the ldw being less noticeable than at present, and there being little occcasion for a jail. In
1859, however, the county seat question having been definitely decided, the Commissoners
erected in the court house grounds a one-story stone building, about 20x30 feet in size, and
containing four gells, two light ones and two dungeons. This was completed in 1860.
There is nothing remarkable concerning it to be noted, except its insecurity. Escapes from
it were not only frequent, but the usual thing.

In October, 1878, the question of building a new jail was put to the people, the vote
standing 1,439 to 162 in favor thereof. The contract was at once let, and the structure
completed for occupancy on October 1, 1879. It is situated opposite the public school
building, near the court house. It is a two-story brick structure with an L, the main build-
ing, 82x25 feet, containing six rooms conveniently arranged for the residence of the jailor.
The L, 29x26 feet, contains three of J. Pauley’s patent steel cells, each of sufficient size to
accommodate four persons, while above the jailor’s residence are two rooms used for the
incarceration of female prisoners and those retained for minor offenses. In connection
with the building is a ee cistern and facilities for using the water to the best advantage
in case of fire. The building cost $9,965, and is in every way a credit to the county.

RAILROADS,

_ Central Branch, Union Pacific.—This road, proposed and surveyed as cay as 1863, re-
ceived as substantial aid from the Government as any railway corporation in the West. It
was granted snee a mile for the distance of 100 miles, from Atchison to Water-
ville in Marshall County, and in addition to this, alternate sections of Jand on both sides of
the track, and the territories back of these sections to the distance of ten miles. It needed
and received no aid from the county. It was completed to Wetmore in 1866,and to the pres-
ent site of Centralia a year later, the company virtually establishing both towns; though a

ostoffice of the latter name was in “existence before the arrival of the road. The Central

ranch enters Nemaha County at Wetmore, about five miles north of the south line, trav-
erses it in a northwesterly direction, touching at Sother, Corning and Centralia, and leaving
the ey about ten miles from the southern boundary. In Marshall County it connects
with the B. & M. in Nebraska, which renders close connection with east and west roads,
at Lincoln, possible, while at Atchison the road connects with lines traversing the
south and southwest, the north, east and northeast. . fi

St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company—EKarly in 1860 an effort was made to
build a railroad from St. Joseph west pao the northern tier of counties in Kansas, and
four miles of track were laid connecting Elwood and Wathena; but the war stopped all
work on it and nothing further was done for several years.

In September, 1862,a railroad convention in which the various counties interested were rep-
resented, was held at Troy in Doniphan eons but little Ep beats to have been done then, or
in 1864, when the question was again agitated, a meeting being held at Seneca, March 24
of that year. In 1866 the State Legislature passed an act granting the 500,000 acres of land
that had been donated by the general government to Kansas, under the act of September 4,
1841, to four railroad companies, among which was the Northern Kansas, from Elwood west.

In April, 1866, a petition was presented to the Board of County Commissioners of Ne-
maha County, for an election on bonds to the amount of $125,000, to aid the building of
said road, the election being held on May 8, 569 votes being polled, 822 of which were for,
and 247 against the issue of such bonds.

On May 12, 1866, a meeting was held at Hiawatha for the purpose of final organization
of a company, prepared to receive and make available the donation from the State, and va-
rious county grants, of which Nemaha’s has been mentioned. This organization was per-
fected by the election of Samuel Lappin, President; F. H. Drenning, Secretary; W. B. Bar-
a oo and of a Board of eleven Directors, of whom three were from Nemaha

ounty.

On October 9 of the same year, a joint meeting was held. at Elwood of the stockhold-
ers of the St. Joseph & Denver City and the Northern Kansas roads, the conference result-
ing in the consolidation of the two roads, the union to be called the St. Joseph _& Denver
Railroad. Various delays occurring, the road did not reach Nemaha County until 1870, and

the county objecting to the payment of bonds to a corporation other than that to which they |

were voted, sustained suit for such payment, the Supreme Court deciding for the defendant.
Prior to its entry, however, an agreement was entered into by C. G. Scrafford, Samuel Lap-
pin, J. H. Peckham, J. P. Tayler, W.G. Sargent, D. B. McKay, and forty-nine others, guar-
anteeing the road the right of way, 100 feet in width, through the county, and donating to
it depot grounds to the extent of ten acres, at Seneca. This peel was strictly kept.
The road was afterwards leased to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, being now known
by that company as the Union Pacific eu Division). It enters the county at Sabetha,
about eight miles from the northern line; touches at Oneida, Seneca and Baileysville, an
leaves the county eleven miles from the Nebraska line. At Marysville it makes connection
with the B. & M. in Nebraska, at Hiawatha, Brown County, with the Missouri Pacific, and
at St. Joseph with various lines running north, south and east.

COUNTY SOCIETIES.

Nemaha County Agricultural Society —As erly as July 28, 1864, an effort appears to
have been made looking towards the organization of an agricultural society, the Courier of
that date ecoe a leader on the subject, and urging the importance of holding a fair at
some time duting the fall for the exhibition of farm products. No energetic efforts appear to
have been made, however, and, at all events, no fair was held.

-. The organization of the Nemaha County Agriculture! and Horticultural Society was
effected June 27, 1868. with C. G. Scrafford, President; J. P. Taylor, Secretary, and Samuel
Lappin, Treasurer. Land suitable for fair purposes was donated to the association, com-
prising Blocks 82, 33, 34 and 35 of the town site of Seneca, tne grounds being enclosed early
in the fall of the same year, and the first annual fair of the society held October 22, 1868.

In 1869, a building 28x60 feet in size was erected for the reception of the display of farm
products and manufactured articles of various kinds, and the second fair held September 22,
23 and 24 of the same year. In 1870 and 1871, exhibitions were made, and in 1872, on Sep-
tember 18, 19 and 20, the fifth and, as it proved, the last annual fair of the series was held,
The officers at this time were: Wm. B Slosson, President; N. Coleman, Vice-President; Wil-
liam Histed, Secretary, and H. H. Lanham, Treasurer. The cause of the discontinuation of
of displays and the practical disintegration of the society was due to financial troubles, it
having gone in debt in the improvement of its grounds, and incurred other liabilities, the
total amount of the indebtedness being $1,140.50. In August, 1878, this burden was assumed
by George Graham, Jacob Van Loon, D. R. Magill, J. P. Cone and Mrs. C, G. Scrafford, as
consideration for a warranty deed of the property of the Association.

On October 4, 1877, a charter was issued by the Secretary of State, incorporating A. H.
Burnett, Willis Brown, West E, Wilkinson, Richard Johnson and Edward Butt as the Ne-
maha County Agricultural Society. No other record of the new organization is found.

As has been seen, there has been no county fair- since 1872. The recently-organized
Board of Trade of Seneca. oo this state of things, in July, 1882, appointed a fair
committee, consisting of William Histed, Abijah Wells George ‘A. Marvin, C. G, Scraf-
ford and M. Matthews, to devise ways and means for the holding of a falr, if possible, dur-
ing the fall of 1882. Learning that the only piece of ground near Seneca in every wayvfitted
for fair grounds was about to sold, and if secured for fair purposes must be bought at once,
the sum of $2,300 was raised b subscrij tion, and the property purchased, William Histed,
Willis Brown and George W. Williams being Bpperied trustees in behalf of the new owners.
The object of the proprietors is to hold the land subject tothe acceptance of the people upon
repayment of their investment, the law providing that the county may purchase and improve
fair grounds, appropriating not to exceed one and three-quarter mills on the dollar of the tax-
able valuation of the county for that purpose. The question of the purchase of these
grounds was voted on at the November election of 1882. The proposal was voted down by
the county, but the existence of the society and the purchase of the ground is an
assured fact.

Old Settlers’ Society. A meeting of the old settlers, preliminary to the organization of a
society, was held at the court house in Seneca on August 14, 1880. Committees on per-
manent organization were at this time appointed from each township, and on September 2
the organization was perfected by the election of the following officers: D. B. McKay,
President; J. 8. Hidden, Vice-President; Abijah Wells, Secretary; George F. Roots, Treas-
urer. The first annual re-union was held October 7, 1880, 127 genuine old settlers bein;
present. Speeches were made, toasts given, anda bountiful dinner in the court-house yar

enjoyed.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The second annual re-union occurred October 6, 1881. The day was raw and cold, pre-
venting very many from being present, there being in eee only seventy-five in at-
tendance. Great interest in the history and traditions of early Kansas was manifested. The
officers elected were: A. W. Slater. President; E. F. Bouton, Vice-President; Abijah Wells,
Secretary; Peter McQuaid, Treasurer. In addition to these, an executive committee was
appdinted, as follows: Rock Creek—William Graham; Washington—Jacob Spring, Jr. i Ne-
maha—James Gregg; Clear Creek—M. Keegan; Marion—Robert Bronaughs; Richmond—D,
B. McKay; Gilman—David Adamson; Capioma—Samuel Magill; Grenada—A. M. Hough;
Valley—D. R. Magill; Home—S. Barnard; Llinois—G, F. Roots; Harrison—J. H. Dennis:
Wetmore—S. C. Shumacher; Reilly—G. W. Hannum; Red Vermillion—N. B. McKay; Nen-

chatel—Alfred Bonjour. ~

SENECA.

Seneca, the county seat of Nemaha County, is favorably situated on high
rolling prairie land, surrounded on all sides by well cultivated farms and
leasant groves, those on its east ee divided from it by the current of the
Menena, whose banks are fringed with a goodly growth of natural timber,
and whose waters serve to render yet more picturesque its beauty and that
of its surroundings. It is on the St. Joseph & Denver Railroad, seventy-
seven miles west of St. Joseph, and one hundred and fifty miles southeast of
Hastings, Neb., while it is easily accessible from all points by connecting
lines. ‘The city is well built. There are, in Seneca, very many handsome
residences, the grounds surrounding, which are highly ornamented with
shade trees and shrubbery, giving a home like and finished appearance to the
town, that is rare in new states, while the business a of the place is
rapidly approaching the appearance of that which belongs to a city.

GENERAL HISTORY.

The town site of Seneca was regarded as a favorable point for a town, by
J. B. Ingersoll, who staked off a claim to which he gave the name of Rock
Castle. This was early in 1857. A town company was soon afterward
organized comprising Samuel ee Charles G. Scrafford, Royal U. Torrey
and Finley Lappin, the name of the town, which was immediately surveyed
and platted, being changed to Seneca.

The first house built in Seneca was erected in the fall of 1857; it was a
double log house, with a wide hall through the centre, or rather, two houses
connected with a wall of logs at the rear. It was built by John S. Doyle for
Finley Lappin, who immediately occupied one end of it for a hotel, while
Downing & Stewart opened « grocery store in the other end. The hotel

ortion of the building also served as the office of register of deeds, Samuel
to in holding that position. One end of the structure was afterward
used as a dwelling; the other end as a shoe shop and carpenter shop succes-
sively. It passed from Samuel Lappin to Albert Clark, finally returning to
its former owner, who demolished it to make -room for what is now known
as the city drug store. :

During the same year a blacksmith shop was put up, consisting merely
of four poles covered with brush, with a few boards over the forge. Its
owner was Levi Hensel, who was able to utilize his powers either as a son of
Vulcan, or as correspondent of the New York Tribune, for which paper he
made one of the most valuable contributions descriptive of this immediate
section of county.

The next house properly belonging to Seneca, was Smith’s Hotel. John
E. Smith came from Derry, N. H., in ash. 1858, accompanied by his wife,
two sons, W. H. and F. E. Smith, his brother Stephen, and _ his sister,
Addie Smith, and by Charles, George W. and iza Williams. He
brought with him the machinery of a mill, purchased in Massachusetts,
brought to St. Louis by rail, to Atchison by river, and to Seneca by means
of ox-power. The mill was erected about half a mile west of the town site,
and a log cabin, 10x12 erected, in the immediate propinquity. The hotel
referred to was built in the summer of 1858, being the kitchen, and rooms
above it, of the present Wilson House. In this building the first school was
taught, by Miss Addie Smith, in the fall of 1858.

The next house erected in Seneca was a concrete stone building, put up
by Downing & Stewart; the latter soon after selling to A. M Smith.
Downing & Smith sold to L. J. McGowan, who finally pulled down the
ee erected the substantial stone structure in which Hazard & Sons
now do business.

The building next erected, with the exception of unpretentious dwellings,
was the one on Main Street now occupied by Stein’s furniture store. Jt was
built by the Town copay and first occupied by James P. Brace, former!
of Elwood. His stock of goods was afterward bought by C. G. Scraf-
ford, who, subsequently taking Samuel Lappin as a partner, in connection
with him built the Central Store on Main Street in 1861.

Prior to this change, however, a second blacksmith shop had been built by
John Sufficool, one end of it being used as a grocery store. This was subse-
peor to John W. Furrow, was added to and used as a boarding house
by H. H. Lanham and others, and was finally demolished by Finley Lappin.

Succeeding this, in order of time, and omitting residences, came the
Court House, built in 1860, and burned during the same year.

The first birth in Seneca was Esther Hensel, daughter of Levi Hensel.
born in 1859. She only lived about three years; upon her birth a town lot.
was ees to her by the town company in honor of the event.

__, The first school in the new city was one taught by Miss Addie Smith,
sister of John E. Smith, in the fall of 1858. It occupied what is now the
pantry of the Wilson House, and what was then the “living room” of
Smith’s Hotel. In the fall of 1859, the overland stages commenced stopping
here, continuing to do so for eight years. The immigration to the far West
was at that time very great, their frequently being as many as twenty-five

assengers at the hotel table, all of whom were charged one dollar a piece.

n connection with this becoming a station on the overland road, in place of
Richmond, it is related that certain prominent citizens of Seneca, in order
to divert travel from the old road, sowed oats, under the most favorable con-
ditions for @ long distance along that road, which grew so rai idly and well,
as to practically block the comparatively little wane thoroughfare,
NEMAHA

Seneca was also, and for many years, a station of the Pony express from
St. Joseph to San Francisco. ss ee

For the first seven years of its existance, notwithstanding the civil war
which occupied the most of that peed the city grew rapidly. In 1858, she
had one house and a blacksmith shop, as unsubstantial as an Indian wigwam.
The actual population upon the town site was about six. In 1865, she had
three general stores, one hardware store, one jewelry: store, a grist and saw
mill, two hotels, a newspaper, and various other establishments, the entire
number of buildings, business houses, dwellings, schoolhouse and public
buildings, being fifty-six. At that time she had a population of three hun-
dred and one. In 1870 came the railroad, and with it the telegraph, con-
necting it with the great East and the no less great West. From that time
to the present immigration has flowed in, unrestricted by the inconveniences
and privations of stage coaching, and the other primitive methods of travel,
which retarded to an extent the growth of the great, West.

The city in 1879 had a population of 1,000; in 1880, of 1,203; in 1881, of
1274, and in 1882 the number of its inhabitants had increased to 1,519.

CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

The Nichols’ Case.—The first_murder in the immediate vicinity of Seneca, occurred

October 10, 1864, the victim being Joseph H. Nichols, his assailant, John Craig. The cause

of the trouble was a dispute in which Nichols so far lost his temper as to apply insulting

epithets to Craig, who immediately used his revolver, the result being the immediate death

ot eee Craig was taken before a Justice and discharged, the plea of self-defense being
‘ood.

_ The Murder of John H. Blevins.—On February 28, 1865, John H. Blevins, of Holt County,
Missouri, accompanied by Edgar Nuzum, of Doniphan County, Kansas, arrived at Seneca,
representing himself in search of two horses, stolen in Missouri, and believed to be in the
possession of one A. M. Smith. en C. G. Scrafford for information and assistance,
and accompanied by him, Blevins and Nuzum proceeded to Smith’s stable, reaching it just
as Miles N. Carter and Milton R. Winters had mounted the horses preparatory to decamping.
As the pursuers approached the premises, Nuzum asked Blevins if the horses were his, and
receiving an affirmative reply, ordered the thieves to stop, taking out his revolver to enforce
his demand. A. M. Smith also drew a revolver, firing first at Nuzum and then at Blevins,
shooting the latter in the left side, the ball passing through his lungs. He survived only a
few hours. While this was going on, Carter and Winters rode away, only to be thrown from
their horses, the latter returning to the stable, followed by the thieves; Winters fired several
shots at Nuzum as he approached, none of which took effect.

At the time of the tragedy, William Boulton, the Sheriff of the county was absent from
town, and no measures were taken for the arrest of the guilty parties cantil | his return on the
following morning; Smith and Winters taking the o poreamity to abscond.

Miles N. Carter was arrested on February 27, Bae re brought before John W. Furrow.
J. P., the case was continued to the next day at one o’clock. Carter was taken to jail, an
that night about eleven o’clock, a mob of about twenty men overpowered the guard, George
Monroe, took the prisoner from jail, and the next morning his body was found hanging to
the limb of a tree, at Baker’s Ford, about eight miles from Seneca. An inquest was held,
and a verdict found that the deceased came to his death in the manner stated, at the hands
of person or persons unknown to the jury.

On March 6, 1865, Milton R Winters was returnedito Seneca, having been arrested by the
City Marshal of Atchison. A preliminary examination was held, and the prisoner remanded
to jail, held to appear at the April term of the District Court.

‘Af the trial the State was represented by Attorney General Brumbaugh, and J. P. Taylor,
County Attorney; the defense, by Byron Sherry, of Seneca, and H. C. Hawkins, of Troy.
Two indictments were found, one foraiding and abetting Augustus M. Smith in killing John
H. Blevens, the other for assault_with intent to kill Edgar Nuzum. On the first charge
the jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree, the prisoner being sentenced to
ae labor in the penitentiary for fifteen years. On the second charge he pleaded guilty,and was

sentenced to hard labor for ten years, making his term of imprisonment twenty-five years in

all. The principal criminal, Augustus M. Smith, avoided discovery and escaped retribution.
The Baughn Tragedy.—On November 12, 1866, four men came to Seneca with a team and
wagon, and with three loose horses; the Jatter, as it was afterward proved, stolen by them at

Elwood, in Doniphan County. On the 19th, three pursuers arrived at Seneca, procured writs,

and proceeding west, on information obtained, found the thieves encamped on the Vermil-

lion, about ten miles from town. Making no attack, the pursuers returned, obtained the

Sheriff with a small force of citizens, and again started out to make the arrest, going out on

the North road, the men they were seeking coming into Seneca on the same day by the South

road, passing through and stopping a little east of the town. Here they divided; two of them,

Suse Jackson and Strange, remaining where they were, and being arrested, while the other

two, Baughn and Mooney, started out on foot, eastward. The Sheriff summoned a posse of

men, who started in pursuit, and overtook the men they were after, on the Capioma road, at
the crossing of the Muddy. , mee r ;

Three of the pursuers, Charles W. Ingram, Henry H. Hillix and Jesse 8. Dennis, were in

- advance of the rest, and on seeing thé men rode nearly up to them, Ingram remarking, as

they did so, ‘‘ We have come for you.’’ At this, one of the men, having a double barrelled,

shot-gun, discharged both barrels at ern neither of which took effect. The other one
had two revolvers, and shot at both Hillix and Dennis, one shot passing through Hillix’s
clothing, another striking him just below the shoulder blade, making a severe but not
dangerous wound. He returned the fire, but without effect.

Dennis received a bullet in the back, which passed diagonally through the body, through
the lungs, and in close proximity to the heart. He was fatally wounded, living only a few
moments The one having the gun, after getting over into an sce corn field, again
fired at Ingram, who jumped from his horse, thus avoiding the shot. Both men escaped.

A proclamation’ was at once issued by prominent citizens of Nemaha County, offering a
reward of $1,000 for the delivery of the bodies of Baughn and Mooney, to the legal authori-
ties of said county within ninety days, a description of bath deepens oes being given. ¥

On January 6, 1867, Melvin Baughn, the chief offender in the tragedy, was arrested in
Leavenworth, on a description or warrant sent from St. Joseph for a gang of burglars who
had plundered a store in Wathena, afew days before. Upon a ee as the murderer
of Dennis, he was brought from Leavenworth, delivered to the county authorities, and
lodged in jail, a preliminary examination having been held and the prisoner bound over
to await trial at the next term of the District Court. On January 10 an unsuccessful at-
tempt was made to lynch Baughn, going no further than demands for the prisoner, and
threats, but being only satisfactorily settled by the crowd ebpetnnne a Deputy Sheriff to
have special charge of the prisoner until his trial. On February 6, Baughn with another
prisoner confined in the jail, succeeded in forcing open the doors and escaping, helping
themselves to arms and ammunition in the passage of the jail.

Efforts were made at recapture; unsuccessful until June, 1868, and then only due to the
fugitive’s committal of lesser crimes than the one for which he was wanted in Nemaha
County. On May 25 a house was robbed at Sedalia, Missouri; the next day a suspicious
looking carpet bag was expressed by some one, to Joseph King, Otterville. Officers there
were posted, but in endeavoring to make the arrest of King, wounded him severely, but
nevertheless allowed him to escape for the time being, capturing him, disabled by his
wound, two days after he was shot. On its being discovered that the prisoner was none
other than the notorious Baughn, and after the necessary legal formalities, he was returned
to Seneca on June 27, and recommitted to jail. | ; ; :

On August 2 his trial commenced, cone ne on_the 6th, the jury returning a verdict
of murder in the second degree. On the 7th, Judge R. St. Clair Graham pronounced sen-
tence, that on the 18th of September, 1868, the prisoner should be legally executed.

This sentence was duly carried into effect, at three Pp. m. of the day mentioned, the con-
demned man showing extraordinary nerve at the approach of death, and freely forgiving the
community who had ‘‘tyrannized ” over him, attributing their ‘‘ill-feelings to ignorance and
bad whiskey.” It is unnecessary to state that he announced his reconciliation to God.

Thus ended the Dennis murder case, with the first and last judicial execution the

county has seen,

COUNTY. 945

INCORPORATION AND CITY ROSTER.

Prior to the year 1870, Seneca had no government of its own in any way sepa-
rate from that of the townships: trustees being elected annually who had full con-
trol of its affairs, in common with those of the country surrounding it. On February 25,
1868, an act of the Legislature was approved, entitled an act to incorporate towns and vil-
Jages, and in accordance with its provision H. H. Lanham, Probate Judge, issued a certifi-
cate on May 17, 1870, duly incorporating the northwest quarter and the north half of the
northeast quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter, and the north half of the south-
east quarter, in Section 34, Township 2, Range 12 east, as a city of the third class, The cer-
tificate further appointed as Town Trustees: James P. Taylor, Charles G. Scrafford, J. B.
Meyers, Abijah Wells and John F. McGowan. These were sworn into office May 2ist of
the same year, Charles G. Scrafford elected Chairman, and J. H. Williams, Clerk. “An ordi-
nance of the board, approved February 27, 1871, provided for the further acceptance of the
legislative act, and ordered an election for city officers, to be held April 8, 1871. At thir
election 180 votes were cast with the following result, certificates of election being issued to
the new officers on April 5: _W. G. Sargent, Mayor; George Graham, J. H. Peckham, John
H. Larew, Jacob Meisner, Mathias Stein, Council. Abijah Wells was subsequently ap-
poms, Police Judge, the Council approving the act, April 18, 1871. The city has always

een well managed, having had no bonded indebtedness, and no floating debt of any mo-
ment, Following is the official roster of the town by years:

1871.—Mayor, W. G. Sargent; Council, George Graham, J. H. Peckham, John H. Larew,
Jacob Meisner, Mathias Stein; Police Judge (by appointment) Abijah Wells.

1872.—Mayor, C. G. Scrafford; Council, J. F. McGowan, John Kanne, Edward Butt,
George Graham, J. iH. Larew; Police Judge, Frank H. Hurlbut.

1878.—Mayor, C. G. Scrafford; Council, Samuel King, A. H. Burnett, J. P. Taylor, J.C.
Hebbard, J. H. Larew; Police Judge, Abijah Wells. | :

1874.—Mayor, D. B. McKay; Council, G. W. Williams, D. R. Magill, J. H. H. Ford, J.
P. Taylor, J. F. McGowan; Police Judge, R. C. Bassett. :

1875.—Mayor, J. H. Larew; Council, J. H. Peckham, D. R. Magill, G. W. Earl, A. Kelm,
John Fuller; Police Judge, George Graham. ee

1876.—Mayor, Abijah Wells; Council, G. W. Williams, P. P. Fuller, Willis Brown, R.
E. Nelson, L. J. McGowen; Police Judge, R. M. Emery.

1877.—Mayor, Abijah Wells; Council, Thomas Bennett, J. H. Hatch, G. W. Johnson, R.
E. Nelson, J. +f Taylor; Police Judge, D. J. soy 2 : '

1878.—May or, R. E. Nelson; Council, J. H. Hatch, D. J. Firstenberger, Samuel King, J.
H. Larew, Joseph Behne; Police Judge, Joseph Sharp.

1879.—Mayor, R. E. Nelson; Council, D. R. Vorhes, J. H. Peckham, J. H. H. Ford,
Thomas Bennett, George Graham: Police Judge, J. F. Curran.

1880.—Mayor, Edward Butt; Council, S. E. Gallaway, J. H. Larew, James Parsons, Simon
Conwell, John Kaune; Police Judge, J. F, Curran.

1881.—Mayor, J. H. Larew; Council, J. H. Hatch. R. E. Nelson, G. W. Johnson, John
Fuller, R. M. Emery; Police Judge, J. F. Curran. : : :

1882.—Mayor, at, H. Hatch (declined to serve, Joshua Mitchell elected); Council, R. E.
ee: J. F. McGowan, J. H. Wilson, A. L. Scoville, A. L. L. Stone; Police Judge, William

isted.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

In writing something of the history of education in Seneca, it may not be out of place
to extend the record—sayisg something of the attention paid to instruction in the county
oneal The first report of school matters in Nemaha County was made in 1860, by J.C.

ebbard, the County Superintendent, to Samuel W. Greer, the Territorial Superintendent
of Public Instruction. This report shows that in the county at that time, there were 18)
persons between the.ages of five and twenty-one years, and six organized school districts,
the same number of schools being taught.

Twenty years later, in 1880. the county, witha school population of 4,475, had eighty-
six organized districts,with ninety schoolhouses. Theschools giving employment to one hun-
dred and thirty-three teachers. The total valuation of school property at this time was
$57,904. As early as 1864 a teachers’ association was organized, with T. D. Shepherd, Presi-
dent; Abijah Wells, Secretary, and William Histed, Treasurer. This, in a somewhat
different form as to object and method, is still in existence, and has done good work.

The first school taught in the county has already been noticed; the first in Seneca was
one tanght by Miss Addie Smith in the hotel building, erected by John E. Smith. This was
in the fall of 1838, a select school of which their is no further record. The school district
was not organized until some years later. The School Board of this, the eleventh district,
advertised on April 21, 1804, for proposals for building a one-story brick schoolhouse in
Seneca, the contract being let early in May, to L. J. McGowen and George Monroe. This
building, 24x50 feet in size, and erected at a cost of $1,7(0, was first occupied in the spring
of 1845, the school then being under the charge of Abijah Wells and Miss Kate Webber.
The building was used for the purpose for which it was designed until 1869, when it was
found totally inadequate to the increased demands of the school population. The board,
forseeing this, advertised in April, 1868. for bids for a new and much larger edifice, the
contract for which was let to C. G. Scrafford, and the building completed the year follow-
ing, the old schoolhouse being sold to the Catholic Society for church purposes. The new
building, as originally erected, was of stone, 45x5H4 feet, two stories in height, and with a
bell tower and pinnacle sixty-six feet in height above the surface,

In 1879, an addition was built, of the same height as the main building, and in harmony
with its design; 30x60 feet in size, the completed structure making not only one of the
pou but one of the handsomest buildings in Northern Kansas. Its entire cost was about

25,000.

On the 12th of September, 1870, the school was graded into three departments: primary,
intermediate, and high school. In the spring of 1871 a German department was added.
The school is now under the principalship of D. F. Hoover, and embraces the above
mentioned departments.

The first sermon preached in Nemaha County, in all probability, was by Elder Thomas
Newton. of the regular Baptist Church, who came from Illinois in 1854. For a number of
years he ministered regularly to the settlers, first at Central City and afterward at Seneca.
Following him, as regards the ministerial profession, was Elder Thomas R. Newton, who
arrived in 1855. The Methodists gained a foothold in the county in 1857; the Catholics in
1859, the Presbyterians a few years later, and the Congregationalists, as an organization. in
1866. There are now in Seneca five religious societies: the Universalists, Baptists, Con-
gregationalists, Methodists and Catholics. all but one of which have church buildings, com -
modious, handsome exteriorly, and well fitted up. The combined membership of the
societies is about five hundred,

Baptist Church.—The first society of this denomination was the Central City Baptist
Church, organized at Central City, August 1, 1857; the members at that time being
Thomas and T. R. Newton. H. H. Lanham and their respective families. The first pastor
was Rev. T. R. Newton, he and Rev. Thomas Newton alternating as leader of the little
flock, for several years, and being succeeded by Rev. Robert Turner. A small church
building was erected. afterward used for a schoolhouse. On September 12, 1875, the society
united itself with the Seneca Baptist Church.

The Seneca Regular Baptist Church was organized April 25, 1866, in the schoolhouse.
The constituent members were Elder Thomas Newton, H. M., Ursula M.. John C, and
Mary J. Newton; H. H. Mary Ann and M.S. Lanham; Rosanne Cordell, Eli Story and
Silas G. Wicks. The pastors have been as follows: Rev. T. R. Newton, April 1866 until his
death in January, 1867; Rev. Thomas Rice, to 1848; Rev. Robert Twrner until 1870. From
1870 to 1875 a hiatus occurred, Rev, J. S. Henry assuming the pastorate in 1875 and retain-
ing it for one year, there being no incumbent from 1876 to 1879. At that time Rev. E. F.
Strickland took charge of the congregation, retaining it until 1880, from May of which year
to October, 1881 there was again a vacancy. The present pastor is Rev. D. H. Cottrell.
From 1866 to 1875 the society worshiped in the schoolhouse and in private residences;
from 1876 to 1881 they made use of the Universalist Church building; under the present
pastorate returning to the schoolhouse. The church membership is about forty. __

Methodist Church.—As early as the year 1857, Rev. Leonard Nichols was appointed to
what was then known as the Kansas and Nebraska Circuit, Seneca or some point in the near
vicinity being one of the places visited by him in the line of his regular duty. He served
one year. In 1858 Rev. James Lawrence was pastor in charge, and Rev. William Robbins,
assistant. The first camp meeting in the vicinity was held during this year near Seneca. in
1859, the church was organized, Rev. Asbury Clark becoming its pastor, in connection with
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other duties he performed in surrounding towns. For years the organization made use of
private residences and of the schoolhouse for church purposes, and finally, upon its com-
pletion in 1869, of the Universalist building. In 187%, the society erected a handsome edifice,
in a convenient location, and with a seating capacity of 216. Its cost was $3,150. This
church building was dedicated June 10, 1877, the Rev. D. J. Holmes officiating. The
pastors have been as follows: 1859-60, Rev. George A. Riack; 1860-61, Rev. Asbury Clark;
1861-'2-3, Rev. A. G. Channel; 1864, Rev. H. G. Murch; 1865-6, Rev. J. S. Griffin; 1867, Rev.
T. H. Hawley; 1868, Rev. T. B. Gray; 1869-’70, Rev. T. B. Bracken; 1871-2, Rev. D. T. Roda-
baugh; 1873. Rev. L. L. Lence; 1874-°5-’6, Rev. J. A. Amos; 1877, Rev. Nathaniel Taylor;
1878, Rev. W. R. Kistler; 1879, Rev. William Holman; 1880-’81, Rev. R. E. McBride; the
last mentioned being the present incumbent.

Presbyterian Church.—The First_ Presbyterian Church of Seneca was organized June
14, 1868, Hiram Johnson and Demmon Miner being chosen Elders, and J. C. Hebbard, Clerk.
The only further record of the church known to be in existence, is the following petition,
showing the constituent members and the objects of its organization:

.__ | Believing it to be a duty we owe to God, to our fellow-men and to ourselves, to ‘let our
light shine,’ and labor efficiently for our own and others’ spiritual elevation, a5 a means to
suchan end, we, the undersigned, residents of Seneca and vicinity, do desire you, the Rev.
Charles Parker, to organize us into a Presbyterian Church, on Sunday June 14, 1863.
(Signed) J. C. Hebbard, J. W. Tuller, Lizzie P. Tuller, Leora Loveland, Henry P. Dryden,
Sarah S. Dryden, Demmon Miner, Elvira Johnson, Eliza Williams.

_ The membership of the Presbyterian Church, up to 1867, was as follows: June 14, 1863,
Hiram Johnson, Mrs, Elvira Johnson, Demmon Miner, Henry P. Dryden, Mrs. Sarah 8.
Dryden, Mrs. Leora Loveland, Miss Eliza Williams, J. C. Hebbard; December 18, 1864, C.
S. Knox, Mrs. Jane 8. Knox, Mrs. Martha Grover, Miss Harriet Grover; April 1, 1865,
Mrs. Rosetta N. Hebbard, A. O. Loveland, Alfred Chilson, Mrs. Mehitable Chilson, Miss
Sarah O. Chilson, James N. Weir, Mrs. Mary Jane Weir, John H. Sherman, Mrs. Angeline
Boyd; August 5, 1866, Miss Frances S. Chilson; October 8, 1865, Mrs. Isabella Smith; Feb-
ruary 10, 1866. Josiah Boston, Mrs. Elizabeth Boston, Mrs. Semantha Scofleld, David Neal,
Mrs. Nancy Neal; November 17, 1866, Mrs. Mary J. Hensel, Mrs. Jane Hornbeck, Miss
Marcia MeKay.

The Rev. Mr. Nash was sent out by the Board of, Missions and ministered to the society for
a few months, but the church soon became disorganized, and its members united themselves
with other denominations. In 1867 an effort was made to secure a new membership which
should be permanent, by the erection of a church building to be known as the Presbyterian,
but to be used by all denominations incommon. Thesum of $2,050 was subscribed. but the
Universalists, desiring the honor of the name, offered to do even more for the common
cause, and finally builf the church, used for many years by the Baptists and Congregation-
alists. No combined effort has since been made to establish Presbyterianism in this imme-
oe pints, most of the members of that organization belonging to the Congregational
church.

Congregational Church.—This society was organized in Seneca, on December 2, 1866,
its charter members being Reuben and Harriet (one, E. W., Emily and T. A. Cone,
George and Mary J. Graham. Keziah Mitchell and Lizzie P. Tuller. In 1870, a handsome
frame edifice was erected, at a cost of $4,000; the ded'catory services being held on Christ-
mas day of the year mentioned. The pastors of the church have been as follows, in the
order mentioned: Revs. W. C. Stewart, George Bent, R. B. Guild, A. G. Bergenand G. C.
Louckridge,the last named being the present incumbent. George Graham acted as Chairman
as the time of organization, and was, until his death, a leading and valued member of the
society. The membership of the church is fifty-five.

Universalist Church.—Preceding the year 1867, Seneca had no church buildings, and
no combined or energetic effort had been made toward the erection of any. On April 30th
of that year a church meeting, in which all the denominations represented in the community
took part, was held to consider the matter of building a church. A previous canvass had
resulted in getting subscriptions for the purpose to the amount of $2,050; it bere understood
that the edifice was to be known as the Presbyterian Church, but was to be used in common
by all the denominations. At, or immediately subsequent to this meeting, the Universalists
offered to piers $1,600 additional to the $2,000 already subscribed, if the previous sub-
scription should be transferred to them, and consent given that the name ‘ Universalist”
should be substituted for ‘‘Presbyterian,” the church to be used by all, but to be the property
of the former organization, when instituted. To this proposition the Presbyterians and
others freely consented, and a new subscription paper was drawn in accordance with the
above conditions.

On May 2, the Universalists met and organized their society, electing five trustees, as
follows: C. G. Scrafford, J. H. Peckham, William Histed, J. P. Taylor and D. B. McKay.
During the same month a contract was let for the erection of a church building, and a site pur-
chased on south side of Mainstreet, in an excellent location. On October 20, 1867, the stone
work was completed, and on January 1, 1868, the building occupied for the first time, the
occasion being a donation party offered to Mr. Ballou, the Universalist pastor.
this work was temporarily suspended for lack of funds, the edifice not being altogether fin-
ished until nearly eighteen months later.

The first services in‘the church were held July 17, 1869, Rev. G. W.'Skinner, of Leaven-
worth, preaching morning and evening, since which time, and until very recently, it has
been used by the Methodists, Baptists and Congrecat onailets in common with the organiza-
tion owning it. The building is of stone, is 39x55 feet in size, thirty-two feet from founda-
tion to aus with a belfry thirty feet in height additional. It is lighted by six windows,
and is, altogether, a commodious and handsome edifice. Its entire cost was about $7,500.

The pastorate of the Universalist organization has been occupied successively by Rev.
J. H. Ballou, Rev. R. M. Bartlett, Rev. A. Barnes, Rev. Joseph Wilson, and lastly by Rev. J.
F. Rhodes, who has filled the position satisfactorily since. The church membership is about
afty.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Wildcat).—A society, as above named, was organized in
1859, at Wildcat settlement in Richmond Township, about four miles northwest of Seneca.
It comprised John P, and Joseph Koelzer, Mrs. Margaret Dewey and family, P. J. Assen-
macher, Thomas Morgan, John Koch, Frederick Shumacher, Thomas Carlin and M. Rog-
ers. During the same year a frame building was erected 18x50 feet in size, this being
enlarged in 1864, and again in 1880, it present dimensions being 85x75 feet. It has
a bell weighing 1,800 pounds, cast in St. Louis, and costing, delivered in Seneca, $514.
The Rev. Peter Augustine was the first priest, the Rev, Ferdinand Wolf, O. 8. B., now hav-
ing charge of the eae families, which comprise the congregation, In 1861 a small school
building was erected near the church, the school being conducted by the Sisters of St.
Benedict.

St. Peter and St, Paul Catholic Church.—Thix ee was instituted in 1869, principally
through the efforts of Mathias Stein, who contributed largely toward the purchase of the
district brick schoolhouse in Seneca, during the same year; the building, in connection with
a block of land, costing $1,000, and being used for church purposes without matcrial altera-
tion until 1880. In the year mentioned a large frame addition was built, prior to which time
a parsonage had been erected. The following reverend fathers have had charge: Rey.
Father Pemine M, Koumly, 0. 8. B.; Rev. Timothy Luber, 0. 8. B.; Rev. Thomas Bartol,
O. S. B.; Rev. Emanuel Hartig, O. S. B.; Rev. Thomas Bartol, O. 8. B. In connection with
the church is St. Ann’s school building, erected in 1877 at a cost of $4,000. It isa prepara-
tory school under the charge of the St. Benedictine Sisters. From three to five teachers are
employed, and the average attendance of scholars is about fifty.

NEWSPAPERS, SOCIETIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS,

The first newspaper issued in Seneca and in Nemaha County, was the Vemaha Courier,
the initial number of which appeared November 14, 1863, with John P. Cone as editor and
roprietor. It was a six-column folio, Republican in politics, its principles being evidenced
iF its motto: ‘‘ When Freedom is in danger, all who are not for her are a; ainst her.’? In its
first issue the editor takes occasion to say: ‘‘The Courer, as pioneer of the art preserva-
tive in Nemaha County, to-day sends ee to all, friend and foe—Rebels and Copper-
heads excepted. Issued upon soil never before settled upon fora ‘pry’ to the ‘ work ‘8

lever,’ it stands first and yet alone to herald that happy day when types first—_ .

“*Were taught
To act the happy messengers of thought.’”

The office of publication was in Lappin & Scrafford’s building on the main street, whence the
paper was issued for years without change, until January 23, 1868, when it ceased to profess
a protection of freedom, and began to “ Protect Home Industry.” On March 25, 1869, the

Soon after,.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

name of the paper was changed to that of the Nemaha Kansas Courier, ‘‘vincit veritas,” being
taken as a motto, the principles and proprietorship of the paper remaining the same as be-
fore. On February 10, 1871, Frank A. Root and West E. Wilkinson purchased the estab-
lishment, taking the name of the Seneca Courier. On March 29, 1872, Frank A. Root with-
drew from the paper, since which time West E, Wilkinson has continued its publication as
sole editor and proprietor. Notable epochs in its career under its present management have
been the publication in its columns of a history of the county, on July 7, 1876, prepared by
George Graham, H. H. Lanham and J. C. Hebbard; and of aten-page immigration edition,
presented to its patrons on March 1, 1878. After various changes in form, the paper is now
an eight-column folio, and, as ever, aggressively Republican. ‘
second paper issued in Seneca was the aoe established by the Mercury
Printing Company, in 1869, the first number appearing on September 19 of that year. Its
editor was Thomas 8S. Kames. After a precarious existence of a few weeks, it suspended
ublication. :
The Independent Press was issued under the auspices of the Nemaha County Peete as
sociation, with George W. Collins, aseditor. The first number appeared January 1, 1870. Paul
Conner assumed editorial control on June 18 of the same year, the puper fuapend ing on De-
cember 25th following. On March 3, 1871, it was revived and published by L. A. Hoffman.
In August its proprietors were L. A. Hoffman & Co., and in January, 1872, L. A. Hoffman
again became the sole owner. On January 19 of the same year, W. D. Wood purchased the
ess, und March 14, 1873, changed its name to the Monpared. It ceased publication Febra-
ary 6, 1874,

: The Seneca Tribune was started by George W. Wrenn and George W. Clawson, April
16, 1879, as a seven-column folio, with Democratic proclivities. October 2, 1879, the property
was transferred to, and the publication continued by, George & Adams, H. C. Adams becom-
ing sole proprietor on December 18th of the same year. Under his management an immigra-
tion edition was issued on January 1, 1880, giving a complete and accurate description of
the various townships and ee in the county, with their several advantages. On Janu-
ary 8, 1880. Abijah-Wells purchased an interest in the paper and became its editor, the firm
name being Adams & Wells. Under the new management the paper assumed a Republican

tone. June 1, 1881, Andrew J. Felt, formerly of Nashua, Iowa, purchased the concern, and
has since continued its sole proprietor. The 7ridune is now an eight-column quarto, and a
slccess,

The Nemaha County Journal, a monthly publication devoted principally to real estate
matters, made its first appearance in August, 1879. Its proprietor, J. P. Taylor, continued
to issue it but a few months when its light went ont. E

Seneca, and the adjacent country have always treated the press well. For its part the

ress has deserved nothing worse, its energy and the ability displayed in its columns having
done very much to induce immigration, and to give the county the high relative place in re-
lation to the surrounding counties which it now enjoys. :

The first post office in the county wae at Central City, with H. H. Lanham as Postmaster,
that at Seneca not being established until December, 1858. At this time John E. Smith re-
ceived the President’s commission, Seneca being: made a station on the overland mail route.
The first post office was kept in the rear part of the present Wilson House, a building which J.
E. Smith had erected for hotel purposes in the spring of 1858. In 1861 John H, Peckham
became the official incumbent; during his administration in 1864 mails being received as fol-
lows: Eastern mails, tri-weekly, by overland daily coach line, received on Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday nights, returning on the alternate days. Western mail, semi-weekly, received
by horseback from Marysville via Guittard’s Station, Ash Point and Fairland, proceeding to
Albany, Carson, Hamlin, Ununda, and as far as Highiand, on Tuesdays and Fridays.

In January, 1865, J. H. Peckham was pupomed od by D. B. McKay, who retained the
office until January, 1875, when West E. Wilkinson, the present incumbent, was commis-
sioned. The office was changed to one of the third class, under an order dated December
17, 1878, taking effect January 1, 1879. There are now daily mails from the East and West
by way of the Kansas Division of the U. P. R. R., and Eastern mails also received by stage
from Centralia on the Central Branch, besides prompt and frequent connection with various
parts of the county, away from the railroads.

The Seneca Cemetery Association was organized according to the statute in May, 1863,
Samuel one being elected President; Thomas Cave, Vice-President; J. H. Peckham, Sec-
retary, and, B. Scofield, Treasurer. A necessary amount of land was purchased. about one
mile northwest of the city, surveyed and platted, and a few years later a substantial board
fence put up, at a cost of about $150. The land is admirably situated, its physical advantages
being all that could be asked; and while private improvements have been made, and a num-
ber of tasteful monuments erected, but little as yet has been done by the city or association
beyond the enclosure of the site.

Fire Department.—A preliminary meeting, toward the organization.of a fire depart-
ment, was held in Seneca, December 14, 1880. On January 11, 1881, this organization was
perfected by the election of the following officers: President, Simon Conwell; Foreman, A.

. Martin; ‘First.Assistant-Foreman, S. E. Gallaway: Second Assistant-Foreman, W. S. Dil-
lon; Secretary, J. L. Brockman; Treasurer, J. F. Curran. On March 18, of the same year.
the Council decided to purchase hook and ladder trucks, with four Babcock extinguishers,
six ladders aggregating ninety-six feet in length, ten oak-tanned fire buckets, and other
accessories. These were bought, and a suitable place secured for their reception. The fire
company, numbering twenty-two members, are provided with neat and tasteful uniforms,
and have devoted much time to practice, there having, however, been little occasion for their
services up to this time. No change has ever been made in the officers.

Seneca has had no fires of importance, except those which occurred in 1860 and in 1876,
by which the county each time lost a court house. The first of these was of little value; the
last, costing $29,000, entailed a loss upon the insurance companies of $20,000. A fuller ac-
count of both fires will be found in that of the county. ‘

Seneca Lodge, No. 39, A. F. & A, Af—This lodge was organized September 5, 1863, with
officers as follows: Byron Sherry, W. M.; A. K. Moore, S. -; J. H. Peckham, J. W.; L.
B. Jones, Sec’y; Hiram Johnson, Treas. The lodge continued under its first charter until
October 18, 1876, when it surrendered it, anew one being granted, under which the name
and number of the lodge were the same. Its present officers are: Joshua Mitchell, W. M.:
R. M. Emery, 8. W.; N.H. Martin, J. W.; John F. Curran, Sec’y; J. H. Hatch, Treas, The
present membership is about fifty.

_ A lodge of Royal Arch Masons was organized in the fall of 1877, with Willis Brown, High
Priest; 8. B. Murphy, King; John F. McGowan, Scribe; J. E. Black, Secretary. Its present
officers are, Abijah Wells, High Priest; Joshua ‘Mitchell, King; Thomas Bennett, Scribe; W.
P. Harrison, Sec'y, ,

Francis Chapter, No. 9, Order of the Eastern.Star.—The organization of this chapter
ae Sank Bi eek Hero ae J. H. Hatch, W. P.; Mrs. M. V. Peckham, W. M.; Mrs.

argaret. Brown, Asst. W. M. resent officers are: L, Cohen « Ps 7 ret
Brown, Lae eg ‘ ‘oben, Asst) Ww M. We Ee Bees ange

emaha ge, No. 19, I. O. O. F.— There appears to have been a call issued by Delos
Acker, J, H. Peckham and J. P. Taylor, as early as 1864, for a meeting whose object fica to
organize a lodge of the above order. Nothing, however, came of it. Nemaha Lodge, No. 19,
was instituted March 31, 1866, the charter being granted October 12, of the same year, to
George Graham, George L. Squire, John N. Cline, iNbaroas D. Shepherd and Delos Acker. Its
first officers were: Delos Acker, N. G.; William Histed, Secretary. Elections have been
held regularly from that time to the present,with the exception of that which should have
taken place June 30, 1871, during six months subsequent to which date there is mo record of
ase ane ae pele. In eet house ue of 1876 the secretary’s books were de-
x 3 nt officers are: L. Cohen, N. G.; Y iw V.G: illi
Bec'ys Som Latow ho , N. G.; Henry Belshaw, V. G.; J. H. Williams,
eneca Lodge, No. 60, was organized, September 27, 1880, with twenty-two members and
the following ist of officers: W. M., T. B. Collins; P. M. Ww. J.C. Het; Foreman, A. L.
ee 0., J. F. Curran; G., V. Martin; Recorder, W. Drowns; Fin., C. E. Carter; J..W., Ge
zs Wilson; O. W., R. M. Emery; Receiver, 8. E. Gallwey. Its place of meeting is, and
as been, Wilson’s Hall. The present officers are: M. W., W. Jenkins; P. M Ww. W.
Drowns; Foreman, W. E. Young; O., J. F. Curran; Fin., C. E. Wilson; Recorder, J. C.
Hart; Guide, L. J. Leeds; 0. W WS, Dillon: J. W., R. M. Pressler; Receiver, 8. E. Galla-
way. The membership is now thirty, and the lodge is in a flourishing condition. -

Seneca Library Association.—In reface to the history of this organization, it may be
well to mention Previous attempts at the institution of somewhat similar societies in Seneca.
The first of these began its existence in January, 1864, lasting but a few months. It was
known simply as the Seneca yeu and all records of value regarding it are lost beyond
the fact that on February 23, .F, Wells and H. P. Dryden discussed the question ‘whether
the miser exerts a more baneful influence upon society than the spendthrift.

   
NEMAHA

- On November 16, 1869, a preliminary meeting, with the purpose of organizing a literary
society, was held in the schoolhouse, and a week later the question debated whether or not
Seneca should be incorporated—the affirmative being taken by Abijah Wells, J. H. Cotton
and H. P. Dryden; the negative by G. W. Collins, John Caveand Prof. Gauss. An election
of officers was also held, resulting as follows: President, Thomas Moore; Vice-President,
§. L. Hamilton; Secretary, J. H. Cotton; Treasurer, Alice Church; Sergeant-at-arms, H. P.
Dryden. Considerable interest seems to have been manifested for some weeks, when the
society ceased to exist. : hats)

The Seneca PARES and Library Association was organized, December 12, 1871, with A,
Wells, President; W. G. Sargent, Seeretary, and Joseph Sharpe, Treasurer. On the 19th,
a constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the question discussed: ‘‘Resolved, That the
cause of temperance in our midst can best be promoted by licensing the sale of intoxi-
cating liquors’—a question which in one form or another has been under discussion ever
since, is, and organizations in legitimate succession to it, lasted a number of years; a
library was cstablished, consisting of three hundred dollars’ worth of books, in addition toa
number of donations. #

On September 26, 1878, a charter was secured for the present society, the Seneca Library
Association. The library previously referred to was secured, and important additions made,
it consisting at present of nearly 500 well selected volumes, in all departments of literature.
The officers elected September 30, 1878, were: Edward Butt, President; P. P. Fuller, Sccre-
tary; J. H. H. Ford, Treasurer. On September 30, 1880, J. H. Hatch became President; J.
H. Williams, Secretary, and Willis Brown, Treasurer. The last election, held January 31,
1882, placed in office A. Wells, President; J. H. Hatch, Vice-President; J. H. Williams, Sec-
retary, and L. Cohen, Treasurer—these, with the following persons, constituting the Board
of Trustees: R. C. Bassett, Simon Conwell, J. H. H. Ford, R. M. Emery and R. E. Nelson.
The society has commodious and pleasant rooms in the rear of the law office of Wells & Cur-
ran, and is now in a very flourishing condition, a decided public interest being manifested in
its success,

Company D., First Kansas State Militia.—The organization of this compan.
fected in the year 1878, with the ae list of commissioned officers: Willis Brown,
Captain; Lewis Sheely, First Lieutenant; Edward Butt, Second Lieutenant. In September
of the same year, arms were issued them by the State, the company went earnestly to work,
adopted a suitable uniform of the regular United States Army Blue, drilled regularly, and
soon showed fine progress in the art of military maneuvers. In November, 1879, the ladies
of Seneca presented the company with a fine stand of colors, Willis Brown being promoted
to the colonelcy of the regiment, preceding his commission as General of the State Militia,
Edward Butt was promoted to the captaincy, and Lewis Sheely commissioned First
Lieutenant. In the summer of 1881 the company disbanded.

Seneca Light Artillery Company.—This is both a civil and a military organization, char-
tered under the laws of Kansas, on July 4, 1881. The officers of the civil organization are:
Secretary, A. H. Burnett, President; A. Wells, Vice-President; J. F. Curran, Treasurer; Joshua
Mitchell. Those of the military company, which consists of twenty men, are: Willis
Brown, Captain; W. F. Troughton, First Lieutenant; C. E. Wilson, Second Lieutenant. In
_the fall of 1881, an armory was erected, a two-story frame building, 30x50 feet in size, in
which meetings are held, and wherein is kept a six pound brass cannon, the property of the
State. The members of the company are each provided with two uniforms, fatigue and dress
costumes, and as an organization, possess a fine fifty dollar flag, pes by the city.

Seneca Band.—The organization of a brass band was effected in November 1875, with L.
A. Hardon as Leader, a position which he yet retains. Various changes have been made in
the membership, the band, as at present constituted, being us follows: A. H. Gehr, Eb.
Cornet; W. W. Felt, First Bb. Cornet; F. E. Jacks, Second Bb. Cornet; J. W. Larew, First

. Eb. Alto; N. R. Bouton, Second Eb. Alto; J. H. Gleason, First Bb. Tenor; W. N. Snyder,
Second Bb. Tenor; B, C. Weaver, Baritone; F. Smith, Eb. Tuba; F. Doty, Snare Drum; W.
S. Nash, Bass Drum and Cymbals. The Seneca Silver Cornet Band, a defunct organization,
was constituted in 1869, with L. A. Hardon as Leader, and Anton Coblitz, John Norton, E.
C. Gibbons, J. W. Stickney, J. B. Meyers, George Graham, W. 8. Nash and Clarke Smith,
as members. It continued in existence but a few years.

The Seneca Orchastra is a comparatively recent organization. Its leader is A. H. Gehr;
its other members being: J. W. Larew, Second Violin; J. H. Gleason, Bass; F. E. Jacks,
Cornet; J.C. Hart, Flute; — Weaver, Trombone. The orchestrais provided with good instru-
ments, and is in excellent practice. ; ne

_. Seneca Board of Trade.—An organization, under the above name, and consisting of the

rincipal citizens of Seneca, was effected on March 17, 1882, a preliminary meeting having
foo eld on the 14th of the same month. The election of officers resulted as follows:
President, J. H. Williams; Vice-President, J. H. H. Ford; Secretary, Leopold Cohen;
Treasurer, J. F. Curran. It was instituted ‘for mutual benefit, and the encouragement of
every local enterprise, to induce and encourage immigration and manufacturing industries to
locate in Seneca, to work for low rates of freight, to encourage home patronage, and the
maintenance of home manufactures and home institutions,’’ and for various purposes in ac-
cordance with the objects above indicated. __ . :

But little work has as yet been accomplished beyond that, which must necessarily pre-
cede any thing definite, the awakening of public interest in the ee of the city. In
July, 1882, a committee was appointed, consisting of William Histed, A. Wells, George A.
Marvin, C. G. Scrafford and M. Mathews, to devise ways and means for holding a County
Fair some time in the fall of 1882. The sum of $2,200 was almost at once raised by subscrip-
tion for the purchase of land suitable for fair purposes; the land was bought, William
Histed, Willis Brown and George W. Williams pelag appointed as trustees of the same, in
behalf of the owners, those buying the land, holding it sabject to the acceptance of the
county upon repayment of their investment.

was per-

BANKS, HOTELS, AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS.

Lappin & Scrafford’s private bank was established in 1870; the firm as above mentioned
erecting a substantial and handsome brick building, for banking purposes on the north side
of Main Street. After a successful business of several years duration, other capital became
interested, and in January, 1875, the affairs of the bank were wound up, the c-ncern being
succeeded by the State Bank of Kansas, 4 . ;

The State Bank of Kansas, succeeding to the business and location of Lappin & Scraf-
ford, was organized in December, 1874, with a capital stock of $100,000, and Samuel Lappin,
President; Edwin Knowles, Vice-President; Willis Brown, Cashier; Simon Conwell, Secre-
tary; the four officers with C G. Scrafford, constituting the Board of Directors. The bank
went into operation January 25, 1875. In January, 1816, Samuel Lappin and C. G. Scrafford
withdrawing, Edwin Knowles was elected President and D. B. McKay, Vice-President; the
latter taking C. G. Scrafford’s place on the board. D. B. McKay was afterward superseded
by Edward Butt, who, as Vice-President gave way to D. J. Firstenberger; Edwin Knowles
retains the Presidency, and no change bas been made as to Cashier since the bank was
established. The Assistant Cashier is George Black. The present Board of Directors are:
I. T. Hosea, Edwin Knowles, Willis Brown, D. J. Firstenberger and George W. Williams.
The amount of capital stock is the same as upon organization. :

The Nemaha County Bank was organized in the month of July, 1881, commencing
business March 1, 1882, with a capital of $50,000, and with the following officers: E.J. Emery,
President; J. A. Hatch, Vice President; J.H. Johnston, Cashier; the Board of Directors
consisting of the above officials, together with L. Cohen and T. W. Johnston. No change
has been made in the management. : P

The first hotel in Seneca was also its first business house of any kind. It was a double
log house, with a wide hall in the centre; erected in 1857, by John S. Doyle, for Finley Lap-
pin. One end of it was used by the owner for hotel purposes, the other end by Downing &
Stewart, as a grocery store. It was situated on the site of the present city drug store, and
was only used as a hotel for a few years. - 5 “

In the summer of 1838, John E. Smith built what is now the kitchen, and the rooms
over it of the Wilson House; calling it Smith’s Hotel. In 1860, he built the front on Main
Street, and continued as landlord af the establishment until the fall of 1879, when he leased
it to J. Q. A. Jeffreys, who retained it for one year, when the property was sold to P. Joseph
Assemacher. In November, 1880, T. B. Collins took possession, and in 1882 P. Joseph Asse-
macher built a fine brick addition at a cost of $3,000, leasing the entire building to Charles
E. Wilson, the present proprietor, who changed its name from the Collins House, under
which it had been run for a time, to the Wilson House. The hotel has eighteen rooms for
ests. : .

. The Union House, a frame building was erected by Edward Ingram, in 1860; a brick
addition being put to it in 1862;-and another at the end of thefirst in 1873. At the owner's

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death, in 1875, the hotel. passed into the hands of John Shumway, who called it the Sher-
man House. Its next proprietor was C. R. Fairchild, the house taking his name. James
Martin, who succeeded Fairchild, named it the City Hotel, and no change in the appellation
was made by Levi Petty, who was the next proprietor. In 1879, C. é. Wilson became a
partner of Petty’s, an beequently buying the entire building, remaining landlord of the hotel
until July, 1882, when he leased the house to H. G. Stites; under Wilson’s management it
was called the Wilson House, resuming the name of City Hotel when Stites|took possession.
The house contains thirteen roums. Fs

The Seneca House was erected by John Kaune in 1871; it-is a substantial frame building,
containing twelve rooms, and is under its original proprietorship.

MANUFACTURING INTERESTS,

Seneca Mills.—The first mill at, or in immediate propinquity to Seneca, was a saw-mill

‘the machinery of which was purchased in Massachusetts, brought to St. Louis by rail, from

St. Louis to Atchison by river, and drawn by ox teams from Atchison toa site, just southeast
of Seneca, in the spring of 1858. Its owner was John E, Smith, who continued to operate
it for several years, it being finally sold to Bolivar Scofield, who moved the muchinery
to Marshall County, and resold the mill site to Newton & Lanham. This firm in 1864 moved.
a saw and grist-mill which they had been operating at Central City to Seneca; putting in
wool carding machinery in 1865, which they ran until] 1866, when H. H, Lanham withdrew
from the firm, the property passing to H. M. and J. C. Newton. In January, 1867, the New-
ton Brothers sold the mill to D. A. Starkweather and L. Sheeley, the machinery being moved
away, shortly subsequent. The Seneca mills, as at present constituted, were established in
1871, by Knowles & Son, of Galesburg, Tll., who received financial encouragement to a large
amount from the citizens, and notably from the firm of Lappin & Scrafford, The engine, of
sixty-horse power, and the machinery, were moved from Galesburg to Seneca, and several run
of burrs at once put in. In the winter of 1881, improved machinery was purchased, and the
capacity increased, there being now four sets of stones. The mill, under the superintendency
of J. W. Bergen, does custom and merchant work, and furnishes employment to six men.

Seneca Foundry.—In 1881, W. M. Butler and W. ¥. Troughton, entered into a copartner-
ship, under the firm name and style of Butler & Co., establishing the Seneca Foundry. They
erected a building on Mam street, 30x60 feet in size, put in a fifteen-horse power engine, and
began work in November of the year mentioned. From five to ten men are employed in
general cone and job work.

Keystone Barb W.re Works.—The manufacture of the L. T. Lostenwing patent, barb
wire, was introduced into Seneca in 1879, by G. A. Marvin and W. H. Tyler, who erected a

‘ood frame building on Main street, and put in five barbing machines, and two barb manu-

acturing machines. These they have continued to operate from the first. The patent cov-
ers a A ointed barb on a single wire. The product of the establishment is about 1,000
pounds a da;

Seneca Creamery.—in the fall of 1880, a creamery was started on Main street, in Seneca,
by W. H. Fosmer, who continued as proprietor for some months, the establishment passin,
into the possession of John A. Gilchrist, in the summer of 1881. A building was erected
during the same season, about two miles north of the city, and fully fitted up, the creamery
pele mantred according to the Davls & Fairlam system. It has a five-horse power engine,
by which the oscillating churn is operated. Its capacity is 3,000 pounds of butter per day;
its usual product being about 1,000 pounds. The actual cash value is $3,600.

Seneca Klevator.—This institution was established during the winter of 1877 and 1878,
by W. W. Stewart, who erected a bale adjacent to the railroad, 24x30 feet in size, with an
engine room contiguous, 12x24 feet. All machinery, other than the engine, isin the base-
ment. The storage capacity of the elevator is 6,400 bushels. In 1879 it was sold to Ferdi-
nand Cleve, subsequently passing into the hands of Gregg Brothers, of St. Joseph, Mo., its
present proprietors, represented by Willlam Scott, manager.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

REV. J. A. AMOS, County Superintendent of Instruction, was born in 1830, in the city
of Baltimore, Md., and grew to manhood in Urbana, Ohio; was educated in Mt. Pleasant
Academy, the Otterbein University, and the Ohin Wesleyan University. In 1862 he was
admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Ohio. Mr. Amos was ordained at
Circleville, Ohio, having been a member of the Methodiet Episcopal Church since 1857.
Came to Nebraska in 1865; was in charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Valley Falls
three years; one year at Monroeville and Hiawatha; two years in Seneca; three years in Troy,
and in the fall of 1840 was elected to his vee osition. |He married in Columbus, Ohio,
Ruth M. Smith. They have three daughters—Alice A., L; Florence and Nellie M., all born
in London, Ohio. During thirteen years of his life in Ohio, he taught school. Has always
been Republican; and during the civil war, sent a substitute into the field for three years,
afterwards sending another for one hundred days, he being physically incapacitated for
military service. :

CHARLES C, ANDREWS, jeweler, was born in Warner, Merrimac County, N. H., and
left his State in 1855, locating for a couple of years in Des Moines, Iowa. July 8, 1857,
found him in Atchison, Kansas, then containing seventy-five buildings by actual count; he
opened a shop in the building formerly the law office of A. G. Otis, itbemg the first jewelry
shop in Atchison, and the first one there for many years. Mr. Andrews remained thirteen
years in the jewelry business and later engaged in the railroad business in Atchison; re-
moving to Wetmore in 1870, paying and improving land, dealing in live stock, and runnin;
a jewelry store. His location in Seneca was made in October, 1876, besides his shop an
attractive stock of watches and jewelry. Mr. Andrews owns 240 acres of land in this
oeee ane is a devoted and enthusiastic sportsman, keeping for wolf hunting, etc., a pack
of hounds.

TOBIAS AUGUSTINE, farmer, P. O. Seneca, was born in 1883 in Pennsylvania.
Removed in 1£35 with his parents to Keokuk, Iowa, and came thence to Nemaha Township
in 1864; sold his farm in 1871, and settled where he now is; has 280 acres, a good frame
house, surrounded by orchard and groves, all the result of his labors during the past twelve
years. Mr. Augustine is looked iar as one of the solid prosperous farmers of Nemaha
County, and has done good work in the Seneca Masonic Lodge. He was married in
Mahaska County, Iowa, to Mary A. Miers, by whom he has six ehildren< lh cake L., born
in Mahaska County, Iowa; Irwin and John, born in Keokuk County, Iowa; Nora, Edward
and Ella, born in Nemaha County, Kansas.

REV. FATHER THOMAS BARTL, O.S B., of St. Peter and St Paul's Roman Catholic
Church, was born in 1830, in Bavaria, Germany. He began studying for the priesthood
upon attaining his majority; came to America in December, 1856, and resumed his studies
in St. Vincent's College, Westmoreland County, Pa. Was ordained in May, 1861, and in
June, 1862, located at Atchison, Kansas. ee his connection with St. Benedict's
College, he made pastoral visits through Northern Kansas as far west as Marysville. From
1878 to 1875 he was stationed at Seneca; then until November, 1881, at St. Benedict's.
Nebraska City, and went thence to Seneca, 4

GEORGE R. BENEDICT, retired farmer, was born June 17, 1832, in Royalton, Niagara
County, N. Y., where he lived on a farm until his twenty-second year, His education was
in the traditional log schoolhouse and in the Wyoming Seminary. After teaching two
terms in New York, and spending a year in the South, he located in Kane County, Ill., in
1857. Taught two terms in St. Charles, Kane County, Ill., and in the spring of 1858 moved
to Aurora, Kane County, and engaged in clerking, where he remained until July, 1859.
Was in Clay County, Mo., in 1859-60, and in July, 1861, located in Granada, Nemaha
County, Kan. After teaching three terms of school, he enlisted in the Thirteenth Kansas
Volunteer Infantry. Fought at Cane Hill and Prairie Grove; was then assigned to the
Second Kansas colored, and at the battle of Jenkin’s Ferry, received a ball in the upper left
arm, partially disabling it, His recovery and discharge was followed by the commission as
Second Lieutenant. Again locating in Granada, he made various trips across the plains
during the two seasons following. In 1869, while ae in that township, he was elected
Town Trustee, and in 1870 took census for Granada Township; in the fall of 1872, was
elected Clerk of the District Court, which office he held four consecutive terms, his
family residing in Seneca. Mr, Benedict began in Kansas with about $300, but by care,
labor, and judicious buying and selling, he has a farm of 90 acres, three or four village
houses and lots, and is well known as a money loaner. He married in Granada, Miss 8.
Isabelle Hart, daughter of W J. Hart, deceased, of Powhattan They have three children
—Mary L., George R., Emily I., all born in Nemaha County, Kan. Mr. Benedict and family
polene to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of the Masonic Lodge and
Chapter.
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JOHN Y. BENFER, sign and carriage painter, was born in 1844, in Union County,
Penn. Reared in Seneca County, Ohio, and learned his trade in Norwalk, Ohio. He en-
listed in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served two years
in the Shenandoah Valley; participating in the Winchester and other historic battles, and
one year with the army of the James; was three times captured and once escaped, the third
time being released at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. At Winchester he was
wounded. After the war he worked at his trade in Michigan and Indiana until 1869, when
he located in Seneca, Mr. Benfer is a thorough master of” his trade and has a well ordered
and occupied shop. For ten years he was an extensive dealer in paints, oils, varnishes. etc.
He married Lizzie Aigler of his native county. They have one child—Claude D., born in
Elkhart County, Ind. Mr. Benfer is a member of the A. O. U. W., and 1s now building a
roomy and picturesque home of his own design.

THOMAS BENNETT, harnessmaker and saddler, is a native of Cobourg, Canada. Was
born in 1533, and reared in Oswego County, N. Y , until 1854, when he returned to Mitchell,
Canada, and learned his trade. In March, 1870, he located in Seneca and began a business;
that judging by his large, varied and complete stock of everything in his line has thriven,
as has the town and county selected by him as a home. He married in Mitchell, Canada,
Miss Isabella Hawkshaw.’ They have nine children—the five eldest in Canada, and the
others, with one exception, in Seneca. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and he 1s also identified with the Masonic Lodge and Chapter of Seneca.

J. W. BERGEN, superintendent of the Seneca Mills, was born in 1829, in Menard
County. Ill. He attained man’s stature on a farm, He spent twelve years in Galesburg, T.,
and came from Mason City, Ill., to Seneca in 1479. He married in his and her native
county, Miss Lucretia Curry. They have two sons—Abraham G., born in Knox County,
Ill , and now a theological student in Lincoln, Ill., and George I., now in mercantile busi-
ness in Lincoln, Ill. The family faith is the Cumberland Ereabyterlan, though through lack
of orguntzation in Seneca, Mr. Bergen worships with the Congregationalists, of which
church he is now a deacon and algo church clerk.

JAMES L. BROCKMAN, City Clerk, was born in 1845, in Mount Sterling, Il], His
father, Lewis Brockman, removed with his family in 1857 to Pardee, Atchison County, Kan.,
where he died. J. L. Brockman enlisted August 22, 1862, in the Thirteenth Kansas Volun-
teer Infantry. Served with his regiment in its most dangerous and efficient warfare against

uantrell, Marmaduke, Price and Hindman. During six months, of 1864-65, he served as
chief orderly and clerk in the Provost Marshal’s headquarters at Van Buren, Ark. He was
discharged with the regiment, June 26, 1865. Returned to his Pardee home, which he left
in 1869, to take a homestead in Nemaha County, Kan.; losing thiseon account of sickness,
he has, since 1877, resided in Seneca, the present being his third term as City Clerk. He
married in Pardee, Kan.. Miss Maggie M. Curry. who was born near Columbus, Ohio, They
have four children—Robert L., born in Pardee; Franklin J., Mary E. and Sarah M., all
born in Nemaha County, Kan. Mr. Brockman is a Republican; has been a member of the
Christian Church since he was seventeen years old; isa member of the G. A. R., the A. O.
U. W., and the A. O. U. T. of Seneca, and a man universally respected for manly qualities.

-C. H. BUCKMAN, merchant, of fine old Kentucky family. representing the third
generation identified with that State. His grandfather, James Buckman, a Marylander,
with Ignatins Buckman and Ignatius Yates, a brother and brother-in-law, settled on the
‘dark and bloody ground” of Kentucky in 1808. Both Yates and Ignatius Buckman were
butchered by the Indians within four years. Jas. W. Buckman, father of C. H. and son of
Jas. Buckman, was born in Marion County, Ky.; reared a farmer; married Susan Yates, and
died at the age of sixty-five. C.H. Buckman, born in 1831, near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., left the paternal farm at eighteen, entering as clerk the store of a New Haven,
Ky., merchant In aa 1857, he removed to St. Joseph, Mo., where he was for twenty-one
years actively engage in mercantile business; twelve years (1865-"77) as one of the firm of
R. McDonald & Co. In April, 1878. he began business with D. J. Firslenberger, in Seneca.
This firm dssolved in August, 1881, since which time Mr. Buckman has carried on business
where he now is. He married in October, 1856, Miss Martha Quiggins, a native of Elizabeth-
town, Ky. Their family of eight children were all born in St. Joseph, Mo. The family are
Catholics in religion.

HIRAM BURGAR, retired farmer, and one of the first settlers in Nemaha County, Kan.,
was born near Niagara Falls, Can., and reared in Canada, working in saw and woolen mills.
In May, 1855, he brought his family to this county and located a claim in Richmond Town-
ship, living for several years in a clapboard roofed log shanty, 14x16 feet, the little sawed
Jumber used in its construction coming from St. Joseph, Mo., eighty miles distant. For
three or four years he had no mail whatever. In order to secure a warrant with which to
locate his quarter section, he was compelled to aortas the*land, and began, $40 in debt
besides, yet he afterward became the owner of a farm that sold for $4,!00, and he still owns
twenty acres near Seneca, and eighty acres three miles out. He married in Canada, Jane
Metcalf, by whom he has seven chililren—Mary, Ellen, Mattie, Henrietta, Cornelia and
Cordelia (twins), and James H. The two eldest were born in Canada, the third in Jackson
County, Iowa, and the others in Nemaha County, Kan. Mr. Burgar is a Republican, and
with his wife a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. +

M. M. BURGER, farmer, P. O. Seneca, was born in 1816 in Niagara County, N. Y.
Reared in Genesee County, N. Y., and Crawford County, Pa., which county he left in
1850 for the West; settling in Allamakee County, Iowa, locating on Indian land, he improved
afarm. Twelve years later moved to Illinois, where he started a fruit farm; this Egyptian
venture proved a failure. He came to Kansas in 1870. locating on his present farm. Has
180 acres, 23 of timber, and a fine 3-acre grove of black walnut. A tasteful farm house and
an ample barn were built by himself, Mr. Burger married in Crawford County, Pa., Miss
Emily Scoville, by whom he hag seven children—Emma, now Mrs. H. Allison; Cora, Mrs.
M. Taylor; Ida, Mrs. C. Sheperd; Melissia, Mrs. Dr. Synder; Ella, Mrs P. Johnson; Harry
D. and Minnie. Both of the youngest are with the parents. Mr. Burger is a Republican in
political faith.

W. M. BUTLER, of Butler and Co., Seneca Foundry, was born 1835 in Staffordshire,
Eng., and has worked in machine shops and foundries since he was eight years old. He
came to America in 1853, and for ten years worked in the shops of the Illinois Central Rail-
road at Chicago; he then went to Denver, Col., and started what is now the ‘ Vulcan
Foundry;” two years Jater he returned to Chicago, where he was employed as machinist
and engineer on the Goodrich line of lake steamers. In 1867 he opened up a new foundry in
Waukegan, Il] , which he managed fourteen years, selling it and coming to Kansas in 1879.
Here he started the Marysville Foundry, and in January, 1881, the Seneca Foundry. The
firm make a specialty of building fronts, crossing and pecan Re plows, land rollers, etc.
Mr. Butler married Mary Rone; they have three children—Jos. N., Wm. R. and Chas. F.

THOMAS CAVE, deceased, was born September 29, 1826, in England, and with only
his kit of carpenter tools came to America when he was twenty-one, locating in Grant
County, Canada. He married Hattie M. Adams, of St, Catherine’s, Canada, of which city
her ancestors were the founders. Mr. and Mrs, Cave came to Seneca in 1860, and the same
year purchased ‘‘ Forest Home,” the present family farm, and began ae trees, many
of which are now large enough for saw logs. Mr. Cave died July 18, 1869, and the propert,
is still in possession of the family. There are now six living children—John, James anc
Thomas by a former marriage, with Mary McDermott. deceased, and three—William, Huat-
tie and Fred, by second marriage. The four eldest were born in Canada, and the others in
Kansas Mr. Cave was a Republican, politically, anda Universalist in religion.

T. B. COLLINS, liveryman and farmer. Seneca, was born in 1836, in Trumbull County,
Ohio. and reared on a farm in Cass County, Ill , where his people settled in 1842. He loca-
tedin Albany, Nemaha Co., Kan., in 1865, and with his family lived there fifteen years.
fle married in Cass County, Ill., Miss Mary Pothecary, by whom he has four chil-
dren, two bornin Cass County. Ill., and the other two in Nemaha County, Kan. J.
T, Brady and T. B. Collins claim the honor of having been the first men in Kansas to begin
stock fattening on a large scale They beganin 1467, and in 1868 fed 125 head of cattle. In
1869 droveor bunch nf 800 head was fattened and sold to Illinois drovers Thereafter for
ten years they annually handled from 2.000 to 3,000 head. In 1880 Mr. Collins bought a farm
south of Seneca, and in June of that year built the largest livery barn in the county It is
32x80 feet. with sheds for twenty horses. He owns about forty-five horses, including ‘* Nug-
get,’ bred by Gen. Harden, of Tennessee, from imported *‘ Bonnie Scotland ”

REV. D.H. COTTRELL. pastor of the Seneca Baptist Church, was born in 1841, in
Portage County, Ohio; was reared in Cleveland, graduatiug from the city high school. Later
he studied at Baldwin University, and at Oberlin College, entering upon the ministry in
1870 Asan evangelist he labored in east and middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky
aeveral years, having settled charge of three churches in Hast Tennessee. In October, 1881,
he came to Seneca. His wife was Libbie Reynolds. a native of England. ;

BATSON DENNIS, deceased, was born in 1796, in Henry County, Ky.; settled thirty-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

four years.after in McLeanCounty, Ill., and came from there to Nemaha County, Kan., in
1856. With him were his wife and children, Samuel, Joseph W., John H., Jesse S. and
Batson J.; also Nancy, wife of J. Keenan. Batson Dennis, Sr., pre-empted government
land south of Seneca, and lived there until his death in 1877. his wife having died previously.
Jesse §. Dennis was murdered in 1866, by one Bohn, who was hung two years later in Sen-
eca. There are now only three representatives of thie pioncer family left in Nemaha County,
Kan.; these are Joseph W., Batson, Jr., and John H., all eubstantial farmers. Batson Den-
nis, Sr., met his death in consequence of injuries sustained while trying to mount a horse,

JOS&PH W DENNIS, farmer, P. O. Seneca, isa son of Batson Dennis. and settled
with his father and four brothers, in Nemaha County. in June, 1856. He was born in 1825,
in Henry County, Ky., and married in 1847, in DeWitt County, 1l., Mary A. Young. Mr.
Dennis bought 160 acres of his present farm of William Berry, for $75, and has added 480
acres, owning 240 acres besides in Harrison Township. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis lived four
years in a log cabin, seeing their full share of the shadows that ever beset the pioneer’s path-
way. They are members of the Harmony Baptist church, and have four children living—
Amanda. Campbell W., Ellen and J. Phillip; having lost six children.

HUGH DRANEY, deceased, was a native of Ireland, who emigrated to Canada, and
there married Margaret Connelly. In 1856 they brought six healthy sons and a daughter to
eastern Iowa, where the father died in the spring of 1857. The widow and children came
out to Kansas that summer and located on afarm in Wild Cat Creek, where the widow and
the youngest son Michael still live, in Nemaha County. . :

JAMES DRANEY, farmer, P. O. Seneca, was born in 1844, in Cobourg, Canada.
He See 1857 with his widowed mother, Mararet Draney, to Nemaha County, Kan.,,
where he has sincelived. During the civil war he served a year in Col. Taylor's State Mili-
tia, and about two years as ateamster. In 1873 helocated on a farm on Deer Creek, sold it
five years later and then located where he now is, three miles north of Seneca. Mr. Draney
has a good farm location, snd a new home erected by himseif. He married in Seneca, Miss.
Lu Stinson; both are members of the Wild Cat Roman Catholic church |

THOMAS DRANEY, of Selby & Draney, bakers and confectioners, is the son of Hugh
and Margaret Draney; was born in Cobourg, Northumberland County, Canada, Province of
Ontario; came with tae family to Nemaha County. The firmof the above name was formed
in September, 1879, and thrivesin a satisfactory way, running a delivery wagon, and stock
of fancy groceries and confectionery in connection with the popular bakery.

WILLIAM F DREES. of the firm of Drees & Assenmacher, was born December 24
1854, in Winneshiek County, Iowa. and reared a farmer. He came in 1868 to Seneca, an
clerked for L. Cohen, until the forming of his present partnership. He married in Seneca
Maggie Strauss, by whom he has one child. Mr. Assenmacher was born 1n Prussia, July
6, 1853. and came to the United States when three years of age with his parents, who loca-
ted first near Milwaukee, Wis , and in 1859 came to Nemaha County, Kan., where he has spent
his life. The firm was founded and business begun March, 1882. The firm is regarded as a
strong one, both in point of resources and business ability, and has a very large and com-
plete stock of general merchandise; is receiving constant accessions to meet the increasing
trade with which the house is favored.

ELBERT DUMONT, architect and builder, was born in 1847, in Seneca County, N.Y.
During the Rebellion he served in the One Hundred and Eleventh New York Volunteer In-
fantry, and in the Ninth Michigan Volunteer Infantry; was discharged from the army in
October, 1865; attended school at the seminaries at Ovid and Fulton, N. Y , til] the spring
of 1878, when he went to DeKalb County, Mo., where helearned the carpenter trade After
living in Missouri three years, he came to Seneca, Nemaha County, Kan. For the last four
years he has devoted his time to draughting and superintending. Among the jobs that he
has had charge of are the Nemahacounty jail, the Firstenberger, Settle and Williame resi-
dences, the bank of Nemaha County. Burnett Block, the Centralia schoolhouse, and the
Morris Opera House of Wetmore. His wife was Mary E., daughter of O. C. Bruner, an
early settler of Nemaha County. of which county he se: ved as Treasurer and Surveyor, Mr.
and Mrs. Dumont have four children, al] boru in Seneca.

E.J. EMERY, President of the Nemaha County bank. Seneca, was born in Hunterdon
County, N. J., September 1, 1814; isa son of John Emery, of the same county, who removed
his family to Clermont County. Ohio, in 1815. His farm was situated twenty miles from
Cincinnati; and here E. J. Emery grew to manhood, finally settling ona small farm of his
own, which he conducted very successfully for many years, and sold just before coming to
Kansas in 1873, having acquired a competency in Ohio. Mr. Emery, by judicious loans aud
investments in Kansas, has come to be looked upon as one of the solid men of Nemaha
County. At the organization of the Nemaha County bank in 1882, he as one of its largest
stockholders, was made i's President. Mr. Emery married in Clermont County, Ohio,
Eliza V. Johnson, of Hunterdon County, N. J. Her parents settled in Ohio in 1828, her
father removing thence to a farm in Cook County, Iil.. where he died. Mr. and Mrs.
Emery have seven living children, all now in Kansas, except the Rev. J. N. Emery, of Bev-
erly, Mass. The others are—William A. Emery, of Paola; Samuel A , of Ottawa County;
Eliza C.(Mrs W.H. Fitzwater); Charles F., of Paola; Rufus M. and Mary M , both in Sen-
eca; two sons, George and Edwin, both entered the Union service during the war. and both
met a melancholy and remarkably like fate, as George was drowned in the Ohio River, and
Edwin supposed to be shipwrecked and drowned off the North Carolina coast. The eldest
of the ten children, Almira. an an rareshag et of eighteen, died in the old Ohio home.

ANDREW J. FELT, editor Seneca Tribune. was born December 27, 1833, at Victor,
Ontario County, N. Y.; educated at the Hamilton Academy, Madison County. At the age
of sixteen commenced teaching, following that profession three years. Then began the
study of law, with Thomas Frothingham, of Rochester; completed his legal studies with
Judge Nichols, of Sherburne, Chenango County, but becoming enthusiastic as to the
West, emigrated to Iowa, before being admitted to the bar Ths was in the autumn of
1855; and during the following winter he taught school in a blacksmith shop upon the pres-
ent site of Luana, Clayton County, In 1856 Mr. Felt assumed editorial contro] of the North
Jowa_ Times, of McGregor, published by A. P Richardson. Remained in that position
until March, 1857, and was shortly after admitted to the bar of Chickasaw. Instead of ac-
tively commencing the ee of law at the time, he commenced the publication of the
Cedar Valley News, at Bradford, opening a law-offl e in connection with his newspaper
business, as soon asthe latter became established. One year later he sold out his mterest
in the paper, and entering into parkncrele with M. V. Burdick, devoted all of his energies
to the practice of his chosen profession. In 1860 renewed his-editorial connection with the
North Iowa Times, but the war breaking out, enlisted very soon after as a private in Com-
pay B, Seventh Towa Infantry. Was taken prisoner at Belmont, Mo., on November 7,

861, remaining in the hands of the enemy for nearly a year. Was then in hospital at
Annapolis from October, 1862, to February, 1863, Joined his regiment at Corinth, Miss.;
was promoted to Sergeant, and returned to Towa in the s ring of 1864. Mr. Felt proceede
immediately to West Union, Fayette County, and established the Public Record; conducted
it until 1866, when he sold out, and in May, 1867, started the Nashua Post. This he disposed
of in 1874, when he purchased an interest in the Waterloo Courier. In October, 1815, he
abandoned journalism for a time, and established a private bank at Nashua. Mr. Felt was
postmaster at Nashna from 1869 to 1874; was delegate to both Grant Conventions, being
one of the Secretaries of that of 1868, and was Chairman of the Congressional Convention
which nominated W. C. Deering, in aust 1867. In January, 1*80, disposed of his bank,
and removed to Seneca, where he established the Tribune, building a magnificent brick
office for its accommodation, at a cost of $8,000. The first issue of the Tribune appeared
June 7, 1881. It is a handsome seven-column quarto, Republican in politics. Mr. Felt
was married at Bradford, Towa, on February 21, 1858, to kmily Rutherford, of Fairfield,
Ohio. They have three children—Edward, Harry and Bertha.

JOHN FULLER, of Fuller & Son, hardware firm, Seneca John Fuller is a native of
Horsham in the county of Sussex, England. His parents took him when a child, to Dork-
ing, in the county of Surrey, where, under the tuition of his father, he learned the trades of
tinman, brazier and coppersmith. After serine seven years, he left home at the early age
of seventeen, and by perseverance and close application, he mastered the various branches
of those trades eo as to be entitled to the name of a general sheet-metal worker; he also
learned, in his spare time, the trade of shoemaker, and made shoes for his family in what
would have been, otherwise, leisure time for ten years. In April, 1570, he left England for
Nemaha County, Kan., bringing with him six children, with barely enough means to get
through to Atchison; on arriving at Atchison, was compelled to beg a passage for the rest
of his journey to his destination, of Mayor Downs, superintendent of the C. B. U P.R. R,
who kindly gave him a pass, and accompanied them to their destination, wishing them a
hearty success. The eldest. of. his six children was thirteen years old, and as no opening
offered for his trade, he tramped on foot to Centralia, Waterville, Marysville, and finally to
Atchison, Leavenworth and Kansas City, without money, with no better success; and in
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order to sustain life, was compelled to ‘grub’ trees for men clearing land, near Leaven-
worth—working with a gang of negroes, working at any and everything that offered any kind
of pay. Finally, he was introduced to John Roots, another sterling Englishman, living near
Centralia, whose son, Aaron Roots, offered to put $45u into the hardware business, against
Mr. Fuller's knowledge of the business and his trade, which proposition Mr. Fuller ladly
accepted. Thus was founded a business that to-day occupies a front rank in the fist of
Seneca’s enterprises, in the early days of Kansas. Mr. Fuller prides himself on the record
of his wife an children equally with his own; his good wife, though frail, was yet endowed
with the same earnest spirit of independent ambition, and desire to lift themselves to a
better been in the world—labored bard, like himself, at any and everything she could
find to do, early and late, for nearly three years, earning from $250 to $3U0 a year, besides
giving a mother’s care to her six thrifty children; the eldest son, Henry W., by working, while
yet a boy, on the track for the St. Joe & Western Railroad, earned a goodly sum, which
assisted his sire to buy out the interest of Mr Roots in the business in J: anuary, 1875. Siuce
then, father and sons have steadily prospered as they have deserved to do, having all done
their utmost to insure success, and as evidence of it have for inspection a $5,000 stock of
hardwure, stoves and tinware, etc., owning the building they now occupy, and real estate
to the value of at least $10,00). Mrs, Fuller was the eldest daughter of Henry Fagg, (many
rane engineer on the Southeastern Railroad) of Ashford, county of Kent, at which place
er six children who came with her were born, They now have seven hving—Henry W., John,
ee E., Walter, Martha I., Herbert and Beatus F.
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_ JAMES FULTON, proprietor of Elm Park, is a native of Seneca County, N. Y., was reared
in Seneca County, Uhio, and in 1866 removed to Seneca, Kan. In 1870 he bought twenty
acres of heavy timber skirting the Nemaha to the south of Seneca. Here he planted an
orchard and small vineyard, meanwhile working at his trade of carpenter—building houses,
barns, fences, etc. Flm Park, so named for a noble specimen of that beautiful variety of trees
that stands near its centre, was opened to the public July 1, 1882 Lt comprises about
four acres of walnut, oak and elm timber, along the south bank of the Nemaha, and prom-
ises to become the popular resort of Nemaha County for pleasure seekers. Mr. Fulton
and sons are constantly improving the grounds, naturally adapted te the use of picnic
parties. A pavillion for music and dancing will soon be built, and numerous tables and
seats provided. Mr. Fulton is also erecting a new residence for himself opposite the Park.
He married in Ohio, Margaret J. Moore. They have five children—David A., James C.,
Mayflower, Ella and Maggie.

JAMES H. GLEASON, Clerk of the District Court of Nemaha County, was born
October 27, 1849, in Broome County, N. Y. He grew to manhood at the home of his father,
Chauncy Gleason, receiving his education in Richford and Newark Valley, N. Y. The
family located in Grenada, Nemaha County, in 1870. J. H. Gleason was elected to his present
office in_the fall of 1880, Heis a member of the Seneca Lodge, No. 39, A. F. & A. M.,
and 1s a Republican in politics, He married in Seneca, Miss Charity, daughter of W. R.
Wells, Esq. They have three children; ajl born in Seneca.

JAMES GREGG, P. O. Seneca, is a native of Ayrshire, Scotlund, born July 26, 1827,
On his way to America, in 1852, his wife, formerly Mary Ellis, died while crossing the gulf
of Mexico. Mr. Gregg located in Lyous, Iowa; where he worked three years on farms and
railroads. July 3, 1857, was the date of his settlement on his present farm, and while living
in his log house, both wife and himself suffered six months with malarial fever.
His crop of 1858 was hauled to A chisun, fifty-eight miles, and sold at 24% cents per pound.
Inu Iowa Mr. Grogs married Janet (Anderson) Baird, a native of Perthshire, Scotland. Her
first husbund, Alexander Anderson, died in Iowa they having come to America in 1850..
Mrs. Gregy died, childless, in March 19, 1876. Upon her d ath Mr. Gregy gave to nephews
of his deceased wife, 240 of their 1,000 acres acquired since 1857.

J. H. HATCH, Iumberman, is a native of Maiue, and in early life ventured on the sea,
rounding Cape Horn as second mate of a sailing vessel. In 1850, resolving to stake his
fortune in the Golden State, he engaged in mining with good success for two years. During
the next nineteen years he followed the manufactory of lumber in California. Returning
to the Pine Tree State in 1859, he married in his and her native county—Sagadahock,
Maire, Surah D. Tallman. Since 1873, Mr. Hatch has been actively engaged in the !umber
wade in Seneca, carrying a $5,000 stock of mainly Michigan lumber. He is 2 Republican,
a Free Mason, and is a stock-holder and Vice-President of the Nemaha Connty Bank.
Besides his interests in Seneca, Mr Hatch owus a half interest in the Marysville Lumber
Company, with S. K. Martin, of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs Hatch have four children—
Lucine, Nellie, Lizzie and Lester. The son was born in Kansas, and the daughters in
California. It is worthy of remark that the father of Mr. Hatch is still living, at the age
of eighty-seveu years, though his mother died at the age of thirty-five; and that the father
o a Hatch died at the age of eighty-two, and her mother reached the age of only

irty-five.

NOAH HAYES, M. D., is a native of Henry County, Ind., and was educated in the
common schovls, and in Newcastle, Ind.; he enlisted, at seventeen, in the Thirty-sixth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three years during the Civil War in the armies of
the Cumberland and Tennessee, participating in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh,
Corinth, Stone River, Chattanooga, and the great battles preceding the investment of
Atlanta. Was granted a furlough about this time, and returned in time to take part in the
battles of Pulaski, Franklin, and Nashville. At the close of the war he returned to his
native county, and attended and taugat school until 1871, when he went t» Washington,
D. C., and in June of that year, sailed on the ill-fated ‘‘ Polaris” for the North Pole. A his-
tory of this disastrous government expedition need not be repeated here; sutlice to say after
wintering in latitude eighty-two degrees north, and spending nearly two years in the icy

olar regions, he, with others, was picked up by the Scotch ship ‘‘Arctic;” landed at Peter-

ead, Scotland: made his way, by way of Dundee, to Liverpool, and thence to the United
States. On his return to Washington he was in the employ of the United States Patent
Office for abuut two years; was then on the National Bank Bureau, with J. D. Knox for one
year. Entering the medical department of the Georgetown Vollege, he graduated in 1876.
He came west to Fairbury, Neb., ir 1878, and on the outbreak of the Leadville excitement,
went thither to make or break, and succeeded in accomplishing the latter. After.two
years’ varied experiences in railroad surveys and other business, he located at Seneca in
August. 1881, forming a partnership with Dr. A. C. V. McNeil, the firm having since enjoyed
a lucrative and increasing ene which leads Dr. Hayes, as he looks back over the tumult-
uous and exciting episodes of the former years of his life to fully appreciate his present
prosperity. :

.E. HIAZZARD, merchant, isa native of Scott County, Ind., born in 1831. He was
reared in. Washington County, Und., and in 1859, left his native State, for Kansas. In the
spring of 1860. he went to the mountains of Colorado. During 181-62 he was in the employ
of the Overland Stuge Company. In 1862 he bought a farm near Capioma, in this county,
where he lived peaceably and prosperously until 1877; then sold out and bought a farm near
Seneca, where he farmed with equal success until the spring of 1881, when the mercantile
firm of Hazzard & Son was formed, and the stock of L. J. McGowen purchased; Mr. Haz-
zard_ since devoting himself to the business. He married Miss Jane Gordon, in Indiana, who
died in Seneca. They had two children—Gordon and Nancy. The present Mrs. Hazzard
was Mary Myers, of Seneca.

REV. C. HOLMAN was born in 1823, near Concord, N. H. He was educated there and
at Philadelphia, where he went in his boyhood for a few years. He was afterward engaged as
a clerk in mercantile houses; and at the age of nineteen began preaching in the Methodist
Episcopal Church. In 1846 he was ordained as deacon, and in 1850 ordained as elder by
Bishops Heading and Morris. He has preached forty-one years. Four years he was presiding
elder of Dover District, New Hampshire. During the war, he served under the Christian
Commission, at Chattanooga, and also was appointed by Bishop Simpson, under an order of
the War Department. to re-organize the Methodist Episcopal Church of Tennessee, and
lately did the same work in Florida. He came to Kansas in 1869 and has since served two
years as presiding elder of the Manhattan District, and four ycars as presiding elder of the
Atchison District, and 1s still at the work, preaching at Corning and Axtell, Mr. Holman
has made a fine record in temperance labors as well as co-operating with Neal Dow and
other temperance workers of national reputation. .As a politician, all that need be said is,
that his very first vote was cast for James G. Birney. He married in Putney, Vt., Lucy T.
Underwood. They have five children living. ‘ ; .

DR. W.R. HUNTER, dentist, was born in Corning, N. Y.; raised_until he was seven-
teen on afarm. He then attended high school for atime in Steuben County, N. Y., and
began the study of medicine in the village of Jasper; afterward studying dentistry with C.
R. Hamilton, of Jasper, and Dr. R. Gillett, of New York City. Dr. Hunter built up a large
practice in New York City, where he commenced in 1855, and another nearly as large in

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Addison, N. Y. Having suffered for years from asthmatic troubles, the doctor decided to
test the dry air of Kansas, which resulted in his location at Seneca, August, 1878, although
his family still remain in Addison. The ductor married, in his and her native county, Mary
Sherwood, by whom he has two children. Mrs. Hunter is a sister of the Hon. Henry Sher-
wood, of New York.

LEROY JOHN SON, of the firm of Jenkins & Johnson, Seneca, was born July 6,
1831, in Van Buren County, Iowa. His father, J. H. Johnson, a farmer from Ohio, with
Thomas and Warman Johnson and George Hill, crossed the ‘‘ Father of Waters” at Fort
Madison, Iowa, in_1829, being among the first white settlers of that great State. Leroy
Johnson lived in Van Buren County until he was twenty-two, then spent about eight years
in Shelby County. In 1859, he began as a freighter, traversing the great plains from Atchi-
son, St. Joe and Plattsmouth, to Denver. In 1862 he began at the carpenter‘s trade in
Denver; located at Seneca in July, 1865; worked as a carpenter until 1872, then began the
furniture business, associating H. W. Jenkins, in October, 18-0. Mr. Johnson married in
Ash Point, Nemaha County, Kan., Miss Pauline Bland, who was born, 184), in Franklin
County, Ohio, and who settled in 186 , in Nemaha County, Kan., where her brother and
mother now live. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson belong to the First Universalist Church of Seneca,
and he is a Republican politically.

HON. RICHARD JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Seneca, was born in Montgomery County,
Ind.; made his first location in Mahaska County, Iowa, and thence went in 1854 to Cali-
fornia, driving his ox-team; spent three years in the mines, and two in the valleys; went to
Colorado in. 1860, and thence the same year to Nemaha County, Kan His location was
three and a half miles north of his present one; and during 1861, the hard year, saw times
when corn meal, hauled sixty and eighty miles from Missouri, sold for $1 per bushel. Him-
self and family also experienced the hardships of that memorable January, 1861, when ee
in their log cabin surrounded by two feet of snow, though his devoted wife who had crosse
the plains with him seven years before was well used to privation and danger. In 1871, he
settled where he now is—Section 10. Township 2, Range 12, Has 160 acres here, and owns
besides, the whole of Section 11. Has made good ‘tmarks”’ in the way of building and tree
planting, and is Srna one of the prosperous pioneers of Kansis. In 1871-72 he was
a member of the State Legislature, being the first Democrat to represent Nemaha County.
In 1876-77 he was County Sheriff, and has been a lncal school officer for seventeen years

ast. His wife was Eliza Mettler, of New York They have four children—Pierce, born
in Mahaska County, Iowa; Irvin, born in Sonma County, Cal.; Lydia and Ellu, both born
in Nemaha County, Kan.

S. KAYSBIER. M. D., was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1829. He is the son of
Samuel and Mary (Shull: Kaysbier. The doctor was left fatheriess at. the age of five years,
and from his tenth year lived in New Philadelphia, Ohio. He began the study of medicine
while in a drug store, at seventeen years of age; removed to Illinois at nineteen, graduated
in the spring of 1852 from the Medical Department of the State University of Missouri at
St. Louis; began practice in Toulon, Ll]. In the fall of 1X52 he opened the first drug store in
Toulon, and in 1857, in company with the late Rev. R. C. Dunn. commenced the publication
of the Sturk County News, « weekly paper stiliin existence, and in the editorial manage-
ment of which he continued until the war broke out.’ Tue docter gained a fair reputation
as a writer. He enlisted in the Band of the Forty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in
1861, served until the regimental bands were discharged by Government, and afterwards
as assistant surgeon, until 1864; resigned on account of sickness; practiced in Rochester,
Ill., and Toulon until 1870, when he came to Seneca, where he has since resided and prac-
ticed. The doctor married in Toulon, Ill., Miss Hannah J. Whitaker, a native of Tioga °
County, Penn. They have six children—five born in Illinois and the youngest in Kansas.
Their names are, E. Lena, Mary, Fred. L., Kate, Minnie M. and Thayne. The doctor has
a pleasant home, surrounded by an unusually good showing of fruit, shade, and ornamental]
trees, flowers, shrubs, small fruits, etc., all of his own planting. He is the oldest prac-
titioner in Seneca.

SAMUEL KING, blacksmith, is a native of Tioga County, Pa , born in 1836. Helearned
his trade in Wellsboro, Pa., and worked in Newark ‘Valley, N. J., until 1870, when he came
to Seneca: built his large stone shop and began pounding out the competence since secured,
He married in Newark Valley, N Y., Miss Maria L. Root, and they have one daughter—Mary
L. Mr King is a member of the Masonic Lodge and chapter, and Seneca Lodge and
Hiawatha Commandery I O O. F. Daring the Civil War Mr. King lost three of the four
brothers, who enlisted under the ‘‘ old flag;’’ he himself being rejected from the enlistment
rolls by the examining surgeon, though in 1864-65 heserved in the U. 8. Overland Service
asa blacksmith. :

JOHN P. KOELZER, farm&, P. O. Seneca, is a native of Prussia, born 1826; came to
America 1851, and lived in Manitowoc County, Wis., until 1857, when he came to Kansas,
pre-empting the quarter section, on which he has ever since lived. His first log cabin,
10x12, stood on the banks of the Wild Cat Creek. and while living here, he saw much of
early Bievecnne in a new prairie State. His wheat was hauled with an ox-team to the Doni-
phan mill, one half the load sold at fifty cents per bushel, and the remainder exchanged for
flour, the trip aud return occuping uine days. His brother Joseph, also born in Prussia,
came tu America and Wisconsin in 1853, and to Kansas in 1858. Both were prominent
movers in the first building of Wild Cat Catholic Church in 1859, and are both wel! located
and substantial farmers. J. P. Koelzer has 320 acres well improved. He married Margeret
Wing, and they have thirteen children—two born in Wisconsin and eleven in Kansas — Jo-
seph Koelzer married Sophia Koplitz, by whom he has seven children. He has 280 acres
and good buildings.

JUDGE HIRAM H. LANHAM, is a native of H:rtford, Ohio Co., Ky. Was born
February 9, 1827. His father, Elias G. Lanham, was a North Carolinian, and was a soldier
in the war of 1812-15. His wife was Nancy A. W? ite, a native of Virginia The family
settled in Spencer County, Ind., in 1836. After a few ye:rs H. H. Lanham returned to Ken-
tucky, where he engaged infarming. In 1848, he located on Grand Prairie, Ill., near Slab-
town, where heran a flouring and saw-mill. Five years later he came to St Joe, Mo., thence
in March. 1855, he made his final removal to and settled in Nemaha County, Kan. His father-
in-law. Elder Newton, his three sons and Mr. Lanham, at this time founded “ Central City,”
six miles north of Seneca. A storeand a feed and saw-mill once marked this spot, now a farm.
During 1856, Mr. Lanham was appointed postmaster in Central City, which office he held
three years. Two years later he was appointed Assessor of Richmond and Seneca, and at the
same time J. P.and N P. In 1861, he settled in Seneca, beginning as a wheelwright and a
wagon-maker. In 1863, he was appointed Probate Judge of Nemaha County, Kan , receiving
the election in 1864, and the re-election four successive times During 1872-74, he was en-
gaged in farming, being re-elected County Judge in 1874, and serving two terms, making in
all thirteeen years of service on the Probate Bench of Nemahu County. Since 1479, Judge
Lanham has attended to his business as J. P., and to his furniture business. He married in
1846, Miss Mary A., daughter of Elder Thomas Newton, and a native of Breckenridge County,
Ky. They have had four children—Manassa, AlmiraS., and Dutte G. (both deceased), and Jo-
seph. born in Fayette County, Il]. Judge Lanham is a Republican of whig antecedents, and
has been a member of the vlissionary Baptist Church since he was sixteen. He is alsoan
Odd Fellow and a Good Templar. His eldestson, Manassa L . was bornin Hancock County,
Ky. He served in the Union Army during 1854-55, was wounded while on picket duty, in
front of Atlanta, recovered, and served until the close of the Civil War, participating in
the long march to San Antonio, Tex. He is now engaged in business in Seneca.

J. H LAREW, was born in 1840, in Hamilton County, Ind. In 1848, his father, James
Larew, removed to Mercer County, Ill.; the family coming thence to Seneca in 1858 James
Larew drove stage twice a week during that summer between Atchison and Marysville; he
still lives a freeholder in Seneca. J. H. Larew enlisted in 186?, in the Fifth Missouri Cavalry,
and a year later was discharged and re-enlisted in the Seventh Kansas Cavalry (Jennison’s
Jayhawkers) and eee lead a lively dance for such guerrilla chiefs as Forre t, Van Dorn
and Price, until his discharge in July, 1865. The next spring Mr. Larew opened a barber
shop in Seneca. and has since continued the business. He is a Republican, has served as a
councilman nearly every year since the end of the rebellion, and was Mayor of Seneca, 1875.
He was the first man married in Seneca. (January 1, 1860: and has a son and daughter living.
Is also a prominent Free Mason (since 1871), and Odd Fellow (since 1879). Mr. Larew owns
a pleasant and well located home and is prospering in worldly ways.

J. W. LARIMER was born October, 1836, in Miami County, Ind. At the age of fourteen
he removed with his parents to Lucas County, Ind., and three years Jater to Adams County,
Iowa. He enlisted in 1861 in the Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; participating in the battles
of Pea Ridge, Arkansas Post, Chickasaw Bayou, Jackson, Black River Bridge, and the siege
of Vicksburg, his regiment being one of the first to enter the city; afterwards participating
in the second battle of Jackson, Mission Ridge, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, and win
tered at Bridgeport, Ala. It then joined Sherman and took up the grand march on Atlanta-
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fighting desperate battles every week, he not missing a fight or receiving a scratch. After the
capture of Atlanta, he marched with Sherman to the sea and through the Carolinas, partici-
pating in all in all the fights until Johnston's surrender. After taking final grand review at
Washington the regiment was discharged. Private Larimer having been promoted Sergeant,
returned to Adams County, Iowa; where in 1870, he was elected County Sheriff, serving four
consecutive terms. He came to Kansas in 1878; after farming four years settled in Seneca,
where he opened a livery stable in December, 1881. He married in Adams County, Iowa,
Miss M. A. Lockwood, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio. They have six -children, all
born in Adams County, Iowa. Mr. Larimer isa Republican, and a member with his

wife, of the Methodist church.

_ L.J.McGOWEN, farmer, P. O. Seneca, was born in 1833, in Somerset, Ohio, He
lived there until 1855, when he came west to St. Joseph, met John Rhine, City Engineer,
and with him proceeded to Nemaha County, and surveyed the plat of Richmond. By trading
a $7 shot-gun, he secured the 160 acres, now the farm of Hon. D. R. Magill. This he ex-
‘changed with William Berry for 160 acres, eighty of it now of his present farm. Berry and
himself were at this time the only settlers north of Richmond. fr 1860 and 1861, Mr. Mc-
Gowen was in Colorado; returning he enlisted in the Second Missouri, Federal, and was
wounded in the arm at the battle of Independence. After a year in the Kansas City hos-
ph he returned to Seneca and raised a company for the Kansas State Militia, and as its

‘aptain took purt against the revel Price in the final operations of 1865, and in the Indian
raid up the Republican Valley. In 1868 he began the mercantile business in Seneca; built
his stone store in 1872, and quit business in 1880, and retired to his old farm just south of
Seneca. Mr. McGowen is a Republican in politics, and one of the most respected of the
pioneer settlers of Kansas. He married Miss Hattie Oliver, a native of Monmouth, TI.
They have two children—William and Bird.

D. B. McKAY, M. D., proprietor of the ‘‘ Post-office dru;
born in Attica, Wyoming Co., N. Y., February 27, 1824. His father, Silas McKay, was a
blacksmith, a native of Connecticut, and of Scotch descent. He married Sallie Galloway,
a native of Newark, N. J., and a daughter of a Scotchman. D. B McKay received a com-
mon school education, and began the study of medicine with Dr. L. Goldsborough, of Wa-
verly, N. Y. He graduated from the medical college in Buffalo, in 1853, and began practice
in Greenbush, Ill. He removed to Wisconsin and practiced three and a half years. The
Doetor then spent a year in Iowa, and brought his family to Seneca, October, 1859, where
he was in active practice for six years. He began the drug business in 1864. He was ap-
pointed postmaster of Seneca in 1865, and held the office ten years. In 1870 he formed a
partnership with Edward Butt, and began business in his present store, wel] known
throughont the county as the “ Post-office Drug Store.’ The partnership was dissolved on
the election of Butt as County Treasurer. The Doctor was married in Greenbush, IIl., July

store.’ Dr. McKay was

21, 1853, to Rebecca A. Chambers, of Mason County, Ky. They have one living child— ‘

Ellen, now Mrs. Frank Greenwood. the manager of the drug store. The Doctor was promi-

nent in founding the Universalist chnrch of Seneca; is a Republican of the Free-soil ante-

cedents. He is now enjoying the comforts of an elegant home erected in 1881; this home

ala the humbler one in which they spent twenty-three years of active life in
ansas.

HON. D. R. MAGILL, farmer, P. O. Seneca, is a son of D. P. Magill, who setttled with
a large family in Capioma Township in 1856, and died there in 1866. . R. Magill was born
September 11, 1843, in Platte County, Mo.; came to Nemaha County with his father, and in
due time began farming on his own account; was elected County Sheriff in 1871, and again
in 1873; was a member of the Legislature in 1876, and in 1880 sold his Capioma farm, and
settled where he now is, one and a half miles south of Seneca. Has 160 acres with good
improvements. Mr. Magill married in Seneca, Mary E., daughter of Capt. A. W. Williams.
They have two sons—Elwin A. and Charles Guy, both born in Nemaha County, Kan.

JAMES MARTIN, retired farmer, isa native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born in
1825. He was reared there a farmer and stock-grower, and from 1851-55 was Sheriff of his
native county. Was engaged for several years in the stock business in Henry County, II1.,
and then came to Kansas, locating in Capioma Township, where he still owns a valuable
farm of 16) acres. Asa Democrat he was elected County Sheriff in 1877, and defeated by
just twenty-seven votes by his Republican opponent in 1879. Since 1878, he has resided
with his family in Seneca. Mr. Martin is well known in his county as an auctioneer, which
business he began thirty years ago, and has sold at least nine-tenths of the live stock ‘‘ auc-
tioned off ** since he located in Nemaha County.

N.H. MARTIN, lumber dealer, was born July 16, 1848, in Calaiz, Me., and reared in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where his father, James Martin, still Jives. At sixteen he enlisted in
the Forty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served during 1864—’65 in the Civil War, In
1867 he began railroad life as a brakeman on the B.C. R., & M. R. R.; ran a freight train as
conductor for about five years, then a jassenger train until 1879, when he resigned, married
and came West. Began at Seneca asa dealer in agricultural implements. In 1881 opened
his present lumber business. His wife was Sarah McElwaine, a native of Wales, N. Y.
Mr. Martin is a prominent Free Mason, presiding officer of the Fire Department. member of
A. O. U. W., and with his wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having been
Ce tee rade of the Methodist Episcopal Sabbath-school since January, 1880; politics,

epublican.

PMORTIMER MATHEWS, County Surveyor of Nemaha County, was born May 23,
1840, in Hardin County, Ohio; was educated in the Ohio Wesleyan University, taking a sci-
entific course, which course included surveying. During 1864 he served with the One Hun-
dred and ae oe Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Shenandoah Valley, In the spring of
1866, he located in Story County. Iowa; removed thence in 1869, to Richardson County, Neb.;
thence in 1870, to Nemaha County, Kan. In the fall of 1871 he was elected County Sur-
veyor; was twice re-clected, and served two terms as Deputy Surveyor under O. C. Bruner;
was appointed to the office to fill a vacancy in the fall of 1881, by Gov. St. John, He mar-
ried in Ames, Iowa, Miss Grace G. Scoville. They have one daughter—May Mathews,
born in Seneca.

MILLER & KEITH, lumber merchants, This firm, founded in March, 1882, has made
a decided revolution in the lumber business in Seneca, and caused a decline)in prices very
favorable to the interests of the Nemaha County farmers, and in consequence, to Seneca.
Mr. Miller, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, has been almost a life-long Jumberman in Wiscon-
sin, lowa and Kansas, having owned a yard at Leona, Kan., for about five years. 8. B.
Keith, born in Stark County, Obio, was reared in Ohio; served three years in the Union
army during the Rebellion; came to White Cloud, Kan.. in 1866, and was in the mercantile
business there until the ee of 1882. A very complete stock of lumber of all kinds, and
everything in the line of building material, make up the stock of this pee oung firm.

0G. OORE, farmer, P. O. Seneca, is a native of Guernsey County, io; came to
Kansas in 1869, and engaged in mercantile business until 1877, when he exchan ed his stock
of goods then in what is now the ‘‘ City Drug store,‘ for his present 333 acre farm, one of
the best located and valuable in the county. Mr. Moore has 175 acres in cultivation; sev-
enty-five acres of good timber, and keeps from fifty to seventy-five cows. There are four
miles of fence wire, principally on the farm; twelve acres of orchard, and 1,000 Concord

ape vines. On this farm is, also, the only ‘‘ California windmill” in Kansas’ Mr, Moore

ag a wife and three children, and seems to ae and its prospects, He is a member
of both the Lodge and Chapter of Seneca Free Masons, and though only uo farmer since
1877, is an eminently successful one.
JAS. L. NEWTON, farmer, P. O. Seneca, a son of Rey. Thomas Newton, and was born
in 1818, in Breckenridge County, Ky., where his father and grandfather settled in 1812. Ie
removed in 1850 to Fayette County, ti , and in 1859 left with his team for Kansas. When
he arrived, his father sold him eighty acres on which he lived about five are The failure
of the crop in 1860, and the distress and privations, incidents thercto, fell heavily upon him
and his. He began teaming to Kearney and other western points, and to Atchison; one trip
made that fall occupied eleven days, he unloading his 3,200 pound load eleven times on the
way. He was paid $60 per hundred for hauling supplies for the sufferers from Atchison,
and thus made some money. Since 1864 he has lived where we now find him; has owned a
section of land here in all, but has aiyeu each of his sons and foster sons an eipity acre
farm, now reserving 130 acres for himself and wife. He married in Hancock, Kentucky,
Mary Rusher, who died in 1851, leaving three sons—Festus M., John O. and Thomas R,_ In
1852 he was married again to Mrs. Mary Wicker Johnson. by whom he has three sons—Jas.
M., Millard F. and Theodoric B. Mrs. Newton has two sons—G. W. and Perry C, Johnson,
by her deceased husband. .

REV. THOMAS NEWTON, Sr., deceased, one of the first to locate in Nemaha
County, Kas., was born in Culpepper County, Va., and came with a wife and two sons, Jacob
and John, in March, 1854, settling on Section 1, Town 2, Range 12. Green Key and family
came with them, locating near by (see early history of the county). Horace Newton came to

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eneca in 1856, and so did Rev. Thomas Newton,'whose manly fearlessness in preaching in the
es of UEoting Burr Oak bottom mob, that had threatened him with death, from the teat
‘The wicked flee when no man pursueth,” etc., will long be remembered and admired,
Rev. Thomas Newton, Sr., died wennuary 21, 1881, in Marshal] County, and bis distingnished
son died in Seneca, January 25, 1867. Mr. Newton was the first preacher in Nemaha County,
and married the first couple. “His wife was the first woman, and his son, Jacob B., the first
man, buried in the county, f ;

JAMES PARSONS, one of the early settlers and substantial men of Nemaha County, is
a native of England, and came to the United States when fourteen years of age. Since 1849
he has lived west of the Mississippi. He came to this county in 1857, and bought of one
Shafer a farm of 320 acres near Baker’s Ford, paying $1,70u for it The original pre-emptor
was one Moore, a Pro-slavery man, at whose house so many ille; ‘al votes were cast by the
Missouri “border ruffians” at the election of 1856. On account of this Moore was ‘‘bounced”
by Jim Lane and his men. In 1858, Mr. Parsons was elected County Surveyor, being the
first to hold that office in Nemaha County. In 1859 he associated himself with J. Blancett,
and founded the town of Ash Point. During the rivalry between that point and Okeeta,
Blancett killed a resident of Okeet». Ash Point, during 1859, ’s0 and ’6!, contained three
“ranches” or stores, a hotel, and about thirty inhabitants. The construction of the St. J.
& W.R. R. blasted the hopes of its projectors, and it relapsed into a farm. In 1860, Mr.
Parsons went to Colorado, and in 1861 enlisted in the Denver Home Guards. Later he re-
cruited a company for a New Mexican regiment, and finally took the field as Second Lieu-
tenant in the Second Colorado Volunteer Infantry; served three years and came out a First
Lieutenant, His was the regiment that pursued Quantrell and his horde of murderous
thieves into Missouri after the sacking of Lawrence, they capturing a number of the guerril-
las and much of the plunder. Gen. Ewing, Lieut. Col. Hays, himself and other Kansas
officers, were the originators of the famous order “* No. 11,” and this far-western regiment
did its full share in the desultory warfare in New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas,
At the close of the war, Mr. Parsons located again on his farm, which he sold in 1870, taking
up his residence in Seneca, where he engaged in buying, fattening and selling stock. In
1980-81 he was with his brother-in-law, C. N. Smith, in the boot and shoe business. Mr.
Parsons married in Kane County, Ill., (her native county) Miss Hattie Smith. ;

J. H. PECKHAM was born May 30, 1826, in Ballston Spa, N. Y., where his early
life was spent as a mercantile clerk. From 1857-’59 he was in the hardware business
in Nemaha, Wis. In the spring of 1860 he bought in Seneca, lots where the Felt lo: now
stands, and in a small frame building opened a stock of general merchandise. In the spring
of 1861, he was appointed postmaster of Seneca, and held the office until the fall of 1864;
was elected Register of Deeds in the fall of 1861; he served one term and was then elected
County Treasurer, which office he held two terms and six months by appointment; he dis-
continued the mercantile business in the fall of 1861, but in the fall of 1863 opened a stock
of tinware and hardware, that met with a ready sale, as it was the last chance for miners
and prospectors going west from Atchison and St. Joe. In 1869 he built the present G. W.
Williams’ hardware store, and im two years sold out to Nelson and Williams. Buying out
Mr. Nelson in 1874, the firm of Peckham & Williams flourished for three or four years,
when Mr. Peckham retiring, built the store now occupied by Martin, Jacks & Co., and kept
a general store until his final retirement to his pretty suburban farm and home west of
town in 1880. Here Mr. Peckham has forty-five acres and an elegant modern house, over-
looking the town and country, and surrounded by orchards and groves of his own pines
His wife was Miss M. C. Nelson, of Hudson, NX. Y. They have three sons—Frank N.,
George K., and John G. | 7 ;

ANTONIO A. RAFFO, Proprietor Delmonico Restaurant, is the son of Michael Raffo,
a native of Genoa, Italy, who, in year 1819, settled near and at one time owned part of what
is now the city of Pittsburgh, Pa. He also fought two years under Napoleon, and took part
in Waterloo. A. A. Raffo was born in 1837 in Baltimore, Md. Before he was a year old his
family returned to Italy, and his father enlisted in the Italian army, taking part in the
Crimean war. As a souvenir of the Malikoff, where half his regiment was lost, he has a
silver medal presented by the English Government. Again, and finally, coming to this
country, he located at Baltimore, and as one of the Baltimore City Guards, helped to capture
heroic old John Brown at Harper’s Ferry. In 1861 he enlisted in the Sixth West Virginia
Volunteer Infantry. In September, 1864, he re-enlisted in the Seventeenth West Virginia
Volunteer Infantry, and was made Second Lieutenant of Company C. After the war he
lived in Wheeling, Pittsburgh and St. Joseph until 1875, when he cameto Seneca. Mrs, Raffo
was Kate A. Brooks, of Maryland. She has one son by a deceased husband, Hansom Davis.

R. S. ROBBINS, deputy postmaster of Seneca, was born May 7, 1830, in Allentown,
Monmouth County, N. J. In 1840 his father, Chas. Robbins, removed to Highland County,
Ohio. He was a stone mason and taught his son the trade. In April, 1861, R. 8. Robbins
enlisted in Company K, Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months; at ex-

iration of term of service, re-enlisted as First Lieutenant of Company A, a ee Ohio
Vauiteer Infantry, Col. R J. Sullivan; participated with his regiment in the battles of
Shiloh, Corinth, Young’s Point and Sherman’s demonstration on Haines’ Bluff; on the
return of the regiment to Young’s Point, ill-health caused the resignation of Capt. Robbins.
Returning north, he spent three years in Ohio, then removed to Towa and engaged in the
milling business at Cedar Falls about four years. In 1870 he came to Seneca almost without
a dollar; by five years steady work at his trade, secured a pleasant home. InJanuary, 1875,
he was appointed to his present position, und has since retained it. He married in Ohio,
Miss Elizabeth Beeson, a native of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. They have four children—Charles
C., Maud, Edwin and Meads. The-eldest was born in Cedar Falls, and the others in Seneca.

DANIEL SCHAAF, baker, is a native of Germany, born 1849, and came to the “Land

of the Free" in 1855, his parents locating near Dubuque, Iowa. In 1864 he went to Nebraska
City, where he learned his trade, removing to Seneca in 1871, and continuing the same line
of business, in connection with which he has a delivery wagon and confectionery store.
_ .WILLIAM SCOTT, stock dealer and partner of Gregg Bros. elevator, Seneca. Born
in 1388, in Surrey, England. He came to America in 1846, living in Kendall and Henry
Counties, Tll., and Peoria County, IIl., until 188. when he settled in Pawnee County, Neb.
He began to buy, fatten and sell stock at Kewanee, Ill., and has since continued the business.
Has lived in Seneca since 1878, and superintended the elevator since 1880. This structure
was built in 1878, by W. W. Stewart; hasa capacity of from 12,00U to 15,000 bushels, and is
now owned by the Gregg Bros. Grain Co., of St. Joseph, Missouri Mr. scott is a Democrat
politically, and looked upon as a genial neighbor and capable business man and manager.

. C, K. SCOVILLE, attorney at law, son of Daniel and E. P. B Scoville, was born
September 14, 1852, in Conneautville, Penn, Was educated in Minnesota and Iowa, and
came to Sencca in 1870, He taught school cight years, then studied law with S. Conwell, -
and in October, 1878, was admitted at the bar of Nemaha County, Kan. Was elected City
Attorney, and served during 1879-'80, Is a Congregationalist and a Republican. He married
Mary L. Bergen, a daughter of Geo. J. Bergen, of Galesburg, Il. Mrs. Scoville was edu-
cated at Oberlin College, Ohio, They have one child, born in Seneca.

ACON DANIEL SCOVILLE, was born April 19, 1820, in Cornwall, Vt., and has
becn a life long shoemaker. In 1888 he went to Essex County, N. Y.; in 1886 to Geauga
County, Ohio: in 1839 to Crawford County, Pa ; in 1852 to Ashtabula County, Ohio; in 1
to Allemakce County, Iowa; in 1854 to Spring Valley, Minn. ; in 1863 to Mantorville, Minn.;
in 1867 to Humboldt County, Iowa; 1868 to Ames, Lowa, and in 1870 to Seneca, where he has
since resided. He united with the Congregational Church in 1852, and has been deacon of
the Seneca Church. He married in Crawford County, Pa., Miss Eunice P. B. Kennedy, of
Wyoming on N.Y. They have four children—Gertrude (Mrs. Dr. J. J. Everhard),
Grace G. (Mrs. M. Mathews), A. L. L. Seoville, of Nelson & Scoville, and C. C. K. Scoville,
a rising pone attorney of Seneca.

G. SCRAFFORD, the pioneer merchant of Seneca, was born January 28, 1829, in Al-
bany County, N. Y. is ason of George C. and Nancy (Hayes) Scrafford and grew to man-
bood in Bellevue, Ohio. In 1856 he settled in White Cloud, Kansas, built the first hotel and
saw-mill there. Im January, 1860 he opened the first general store in Seneca (now the fur-
niture store of M. Stein. (The lumber for the building. and the goods in the store were
drawn from the Missouri river by ox-teams. For eight years Mr. Scrafford continued the
mercantile business, then ass*clating a brother-in-law, Samuel Lappin, the business was
continued by Scrafford & Lappin, who, in 1871 built the bank now prospering under the
name of the State Bank of Kansas. In 1875, through financial misfortunes, the firm col-
lapsed. Two Phicids later Mr. Scrafford took an interest in the firm of J. P. Cone & H.C.
Lettle, both of whom were superseded in 1878 by the present firm of Scrafford & Ford.
Mr. Scrafford married Miss Justianna, daughter of Finley Lappin. They were wedded in
<— in Fremont. Ohio, and have three children—Josephine, born in Ohio; Frank M., born

in White Cloud, Kan., and Grace, born in Seneca. Mr. Scrafford is a prominent member of
he Universalist church.
NEMAHA

CAPT. LEWIS SHEELEY was born, 1843, in Green County, Ohio, and spent seventeen
ears in his native State and in Michigan, locating at Seneca in 1860. In June, 1861, he en-
isted in the Thirteenth Missouri, and as one of Col. aeaigars gallant force in the memor-

able detense of Lexington, Mo., he was captured by the rebels. Upon his release he re-en-
listed in the Second Missouri Cavalry; was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and fought
the guerrillas in Missouri and Arkansas until the close of the war, when he enlisted in Han-
cock’s Veteran Reserve Corps for one year. Since March, 1866, he has lived in Seneca, and
was at one time commissioned Colonel of the First Kansas Militia, The Captain is an en-
gineer by trade, and a Bepoplcas in politics. His wife was Emma T. Shafer, of Michigan.
They have six children, all born in Seneca. ‘t

JOHN E. SMITH, farmer, P. 0. Seneca, is one of the earliest settlers of Nemaha
County, and a founder of its county-seat. He was born in Saugus, Mass., and reared in
Derry, N. H., where most of his life was spent. He came from there for his first visit to
Kansas in the fall of 1857, and in the spring of 1858, with a large party of friends and relu-
tives made his permanent settlement at Seneca. [See General History of Seva Mr,
Smith married in Burlington, Vt., Miss Agnes Williams, of that city. Her father, W. Wil-
liams, died in her infancy, and her mother, coming Be one of the pioneer party to Seneca
died here September 8, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Smith kept ‘‘ Smith's Hotel’’ until the fall o
1879, when they sold it and settled on their valuable 320-acre farm adjoining the city limits
of Seneca to the west. ‘This farm Mr. Smith has owned twenty-three years, and upon it has
been built by himself and eldest son (the present manager), a handsome two-story brick
farmhouse, 20x36 feet, with wing; a barn 36x75 feet, two and one-half stories; sheds 20x230
fect; a barn 14x6 ' feet for young stock, and an engine-house and feed-mill, wherein a twelve
horse-power engine shells and grinds corn for the hundreds of head of cattle annually fat-
tened here. Mr. W. H. Smith, the elder son, and his partner, G. W. Williams, now own
about 600 head of cattle grazing in Nemaha and Marshall counties. The younger son, Frank
E. Smith, is a graduate of the Columbia Law School, New York city, and is now practicing
law in Seneca,

EDWARD STERLING, of Seneca, was born in 1834, in Kings County, N.Y. Was
reared in New York City, where he drove stage for a number of years, spending his winters
in Charleston, S. C., in the same business; then came to Nemaha County, Kansas, in 1860,
and for over a year drove stage between Seneca and tlollenburgs; he then drove one sum-
mer on the Platte route, and in the winter on a route south of Salt Lake City. The next

ear having charge of the station at Rock Creek, Neb. He was then for a time on the Smoky
Hill route and saw his full share of the excitement and danger during the Indian raid in
1864. Since 1865 he has lived in Seneca; first as u teamster, and then for six years as a
farmer. In ‘877 he opened the ‘Overland Livery Stable,” and has since kept it. He
married in Seneca Miss Annie Koch, a native of Germany. They have three children—Mary
E., Annie C., and Edward, all born in Seneca. Mr Sterling has six good teams and does a
thriving business at boarding stock. He is a member of Seneca Lodge A. O. U. W

M. E. STIRK & CO., well-borers, windmill and pump agents, came to this county in
1868 as wagon-makers. P. H. Stirk,a wagon-maker by trade, was born in 1826, in Chester

County, Pa,, and worked many years in Greenfield and Palestine, Ind, M. E. Stirk was
born in 1856 in Hancock County, Ind., and began selling improved pumps and other
appliances in 1875 and still continues the business, making a specialty of the Halliday wind-
mill, that reliable oid favorite so well known by farmers throughont the Union. He also
sells the Challenge windmill, and in connection corn-shellers and feed-mills run by either the
Halliday or the Challenge mills, with eight to sixty foot wheels. The father and son began
using the Tiffin, Ohio, well-auger in 181, and during the past few months have bored and
drilled 100 wells from 17 to 100 feet in depth. Their success has been gratifying as the
rock-drilling attachment to their machines enables them to sink wells almost anywhere

L. STONE, lumberman, came here in 1876, then went to Portland, Oregon, where
with a brother he engaged in dairy-farming on a large scale for about three years. In De-
cember, 1879, he relocate in Seneca and _ began his present business, having since carried
from. $3,000 to $5,000 worth of stock. He married in Seneca, Miss Minnie W. Wetmore,
daughter of L. Wetmore, of Seneca, formerly of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have
acosy and conveniently located home in the village, where their many excellent social
qualities render them deservedly popular. ala

J. P. TAYLOR, attorney-at-law and real esta'e agent, was born in} Coles County, Dl.,
September 23, 1833. A few days later his father, John 'I'aylor, removed to Sangamon Count
Ill. J.P. resided in Sangamon, Pike and McDonough counties, and studied law in Macomb,
Ml. In 1861, located at Seneca, Kansas. was admitted to the bar and eae practice. Spent

1862-63 on the Pacific coast; returned to Seneca; was elected Probate Judge, and, at the ex-
piration of his term elected County Attorney, practicing law continuously from 1873-74,
since which time he has devoted himself to his real estate business. Mr. Taylor married in
McDonough County, Ill. Mary L Cox, by whom he has five children, the eldest born in
McDonough County, Ill.. and the others in Nemaha County, Kan. |

REV. NATHAN TAYLOR was born July 21, 1816, in Stark County, Ohio, where he
attained his early education, afterwards attending the high school at Newark, Ohio. He
united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1831, and in 1841 entered upon the itineracy;
he was first assigned to the-States of Arkansas and Texas, his experience and adventures
along the frontier of civilization being of the most interesting character. At the end of six
years he returned to Ohio, where he preached ten years. In 185%, he came to Kansas, locat-
ing at Baldwin City, then called Palmyra. Soon after his arrival he. ‘was made chairman of
the committee having charge of the building of the proposed Methodist Episcopal College at
that point. A grant of a section of Jand having been made by the Palmyra Town Company,
adjoining Palmyra, it was laid off as a town site by Elder Taylor and the committee, and
named Baldwin City, in honor of John Baldwin, of Berea, Ohio, known as “‘ Old Grindstone
John.” In 1858, the name Palmyra was dropped, and both towns united under one name.
Under the supervision of Mr. Taylor the enemy college building was erected. It was of
stone, 24x40 feet, and three stories high. Elder Taylor spent eight years in Baldwin City,
and two years at Circleville; was Presiding Elder of the Neosho, Wyandotte and Manhattan
districts. He was then pastor of Junction City one year, and Paola one year. Was then
at his own request placed on the retired list. During the next three years he, with H.N.
Elliott, ex-Governor Green and J. W. Taylor, engaged in real estate business at Manhattan.
Re-entering the ministry, he preached one year at Monrovia, three years at Seneca, and gne
year at Whiting. He was then at his own request aes on the supernumerary list. and: in
October, 1877, fook the place of his son, J. W. Taylor, in the mercantile firm of Taylor, Gal-
loway & Co., of Seneca. The firm was originally Taylor & Galloway, of Manhattan, and
now comprises Rev. N. Taylor, S. E. Galloway and C. W. Taylor, Mr. Galloway being a son-
in-law and Mr. Taylor a nephew of the senior member of the firm. Elder Taylor is a fine
representative of that energetic, alert, working Christianity that glorifies the Methodist
Episcopal Church above all others.

ROY A. THOMPSON, Register of Deeds of Nemaha County, was born February 26,
1849, in Guernsey County, Ohio. His father, the Rev. R. J. Thompson, a Congregationalist
preacher, removed to Greene County, Ind., with his family in 1855, Roy A. Thompson ob-
taining his education at the Indiana State University. He located in Nemaha County, Kan.,
in 1872, and engaged in farming and clerking until his appointment in 1876 as deputy post-
master of Sabetha. He is a Republican, and is now serving his second term as Register of
Deeds Mr. Thompson is an Oud Fellow, belonging to Central City Subordinate Lodge and
the Hiawatha Encampment. He married in Sabetha Miss Nannie A., daughter of ex-County
Coramissioner A. Moorehead, a resident of Nemaha County, Kan., tor twenty-six years, of
which county Mrs. Thompson is a native. 7

W. F. TROUGHTON, M. D., is a native of Westmoreland, England, born in 1836. He
was schooled at Kendall, and began the study of medicine with Dr. Skelton, of Plymouth
entering the St. Thomas ‘Medical Colle e London. He graduated in 1865, came to the Unite
States the same year, and practiced in ‘Tennessee till 1871, when he located in Seneca. Dur-
ing the Crimean War, he held the position of assistant surgeon in a Royal Artillery Regiment
at Gibraltar. The Doctor still makes a specialty of surgery, and has a lucrative and increas-
ing practice. He is one of the firm of Butler & Co., of the Seneca Foundry and Machine
Shops, and is prominent in various civil and military organizations. He married in Eng-
land, Anne Daryes. They have five children living and have lost three.

D. R. VORHES, Sheritf of Nemaha County, was born near Smithfield, Jefferson Co.
Ohio, June 17, 1847. He grew up on the farm of his father, James Vorhes. He attende
the public schools of Smithfield, and learned the milling business, and later the carpenter's
trade. In April, 1870, he came West with what is known as the Buckeye Colony, which
located at Abilene, Kan. In July, 1870, he came to Seneca, where he has since resided as a
contractor and builder, having erected a number of public and private buildings of some
note. He isa member of Seneca Lodge No. 35, A., F. & A. M.,and was Master of the
lodge for three years in succession. He was elected to his present position in 1879, and re-

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elected in the fall of 1881, asa Republican. His wife was Miss Emma M Seeley, of Seneca,
by whom he has one daughter, born in Seneca :

ABIJAH WELLS, attorney, of the firm of Wells & Curran, is a son of William R. and
Betsey K. (Skinner) Wells. both of whom were born and reared in Orange County, N. Y.
They married, June 2, 1832, in Susquehanna County. Pa., and in 1845 ‘‘ came West,” locating
in La Salle County, Ill. The year 1856 found them Jocatedion Illinois Creek, Nemaha County,
Kan., where they lived about nine years, coming thence to their present home, Seneca,
where, on June 22, 1882, their “ golden wedding ** was fitly celebrated by the assembling of
a large par y of relatives and friends, and the bestowal of suitable presents and reminders
that the fine old couple bad happily passed the “‘ fiftieth mile-stone’ of their wedded life.
Abijah Wells was born June-12, 1840, in Susquehanna County, Pa. was educated in La Salle
Ill., and in the Kansas Agricultural College. In 1867, he, after teaching school three years,
was elected Clerk of the District Court; served out his term; was elected Register of Deeds;
re-elected; then elected County Supcrintendent of Instruction, serving in that capacity
from 1+74 to 1877. Mr. Wells has studied law from the time he was twenty-three, and in
1866 was admitted to the bar of his county. The present partnership with J. F. Curran was
formed in January, 1881. During the early part of that year, Mr. Wells was editor and pro-
prietor of the Seneca Tribune, which he ‘‘ converted” to the true faith of Republicanism,
and sold it to its present owner and editor. Mr. Wells has been a Republican since he be-
came a voter; is a prominent member of the Universalist Church of Seneca, and is thor-
oughly identitied with the town and county in every way. He is a Knight Templar in Free
Masonry, is now H. P. of Nemaha Chapter No, 82, and is aleo a member of Nemaha Lodge
No. 19,I1.0.0 F. Hemarried Miss Loretta C. Williams, and they have five children, all na-
tives of Nemaha County, Kan. ¢ :

WEST E. WILKINSON, editor Seneca Courier, was born at Berrien Springs, Mich.,
March 21, 1846, remaining there until 1862. Then entered the Independent office at Bu-
chanan. Mich , for the purpose of learning the printer's trade. In the fall of same year he
was called home by his father’s death, staying at Berrien Springs until spring, when he pro-
ceeded to Dayton, Ohio, ents the office of the Dayton ./ournal to complete his appren-
ticeship. This purpose achieved, he declined a proffered foremanship, taking a place in the
Telescope Book Office and Stereotype Foundry, In 1865, returned to Buchanan, where he
acted as foreman of the Advent Christian publishing, printing and press rooms, remainin
there until 1870, when he emigrated to Waterville, Kan, entering into partnership with Fran
A. Root, in the publication of the Telegraph. In 1871, the firm removed to Seneca and
purchased the Courier, Mr. Wilkinson subsequently seeming the sole proprietorship. Was
married at Buchanan, Mich., April 8, 1869, to Mary F. McLellan, of Brunswick, Me. They
have had three children, one of whom they have lost. Those Ie e Paul and Hugh.

CAPT. A. W. WILLIAMS was born March 21, 1818, in Rochester, N. Y. From his
fourteenth to his twenty-fourth year he resided in Oakville, Canada. In 1842, he located as
an architect and builder in Marion, Linn Co., Iowa; thence, in the spring of 1857, he came
to Kansas, and in 1858, under the townsite law, pre-empted a half-section of Jand, and laid
out the town of Sabetha. jae General History.] He was carrying on mercantile business
here in 1861, when he raised 14! volunteers, 100 of whom entered the service as Company D,
of the Eighth Kansas, with himself as Captain. He resigned the position in 1863, on ac-
count of ill health. In 1870, he sold out his entire property in Sabetha to an agent of the
St. J. & W. R. R. Co., and began the hardware business in Seneca. After a few years, by
an exchange of town property, he came into possession of his fine farm, a mile and a half
south of Seneca, where he has since lived in comparative retirement. Capt. Williams married
in Marion, Linn Co., Iowa, Miss way A. Nordyke, of Vienna, Ohio. They have two sons—
Justus H, and Charles B., both useful and respected citizens, and four daughters—Lorctta
(now Mrs. Wells), Eliza (Mrs. Masheter), Mary (Mrs. Mees and Olive. The youngest son
and daughter are with the old folks, who rank among the earliest and most successfully
progressive in Nemaha county. :

J. H. WILLIAMS, merchant of Seneca, son of Capt. A. W. Williams, a man closely con-
nected with the civil war and military history of Kansas, as he was founder of Sabetha in
1857, and won his shoulder-straps while serving in the Eighth Kansas. J. H. Williams was
born in 1845, in Lancaster, Wis., came to Kansas with his parents in 1857, resided with
them at Sabetha until 1866, in which year he located at Seneca, and in connection with’ Mr.

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Abijah Wells prepared the first numerical index and abstract of title of real estate in the Re;
ister’s office for Nemaha County. He was appointed Clerk of the Circuit in 1867, and electe
to same office in fall of 1868, which he held until 1870. In January, 1868, he was married
to Mies Eliza M. Perry, daughter of J. C. Perry, of Sabetha, formerly of Wellsburg, W. Va.
From 1870 to 1875 Mr. Williams traveled as general agent for Geo. H. Grant & Co., of Rich-
mond, Ind., manufacturers of school furniture. In March, 1875, with his family he went to
California, and returned in August of same year. In 1866, he had the management of the
mercantile business owned by J. Van Loan, formerly known as the ‘‘Grange Store.” In
November, 1877, Mr. Williams bought the stock and business of Mr. Van Loan, and adopted
the name ‘TRADE Pauace” for his store, his line being dry goods, clothing, hats, caps,
boots, shoes, etc. He has been a successful business man, liberal-hearted_and public-spir-
ited. He organized the ‘‘ Seneca Board of Trade,” with nearly one hundred members, of
which he was elected President. He is a member of the Universalist Church, and in politics
has always worked and voted with the Republicans.
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CHARLES E. WILSON, roprietor Wilson House, was born in 1853, in Henry County,
Ind., where his father, S. B.Wi son, was avery early settler, and his grandfather also, the latter
a hotel-keeper. The family have resided in uciapspol’y, nd., for twenty years past. C. E.
Wilson was educated in Harlham College, Richmond, Ind., and married in Cincinnati, Ohio,
to Miss Arry V. Mitchell, of Indianapolis, : Mr. Wilson came to Seneca in August, 1879,
purchased and ran the “‘ City Hotel,” called by him the ‘‘ Wilson House,” until July, 1882,
when he leased that house to H. G. Stiles, who restored the old name. Mr. Wilson in turn
leased of P. J. Assenmacher the centrally located hotel now so popular under his good man-
agement. It contains twenty-five rooms, and is the only first-class house in Nemaha County.

SABETHA.

Sabetha, the second town of importance in Nemaha County, is located
on the extreme eastern border of the county, about sixteen miles northeast
of Seneca. Its site is one admirably chosen, commanding at once, streets
reasonably level, and natural drainage, a great desideratum of prairie towns.
In its vicinity are groves of natural and artificial timber, serving to break
the otherwise monotonous aspect of its surroundings, which are, in the main,
rolling prairie lands, admirably watered, and producing all of the grains and
grasses adapted to the latitude. The vicinity of the town is closely scttled
by a sturdy, substantial class of farmers, who have done very much to make
it what it claims to be, the leading shipping point of grain and live stock
between Hastings and St. Joseph.

Its buildings are erected with an eye to the beautiful as well as the sub-
stantial, many of them presenting an appearance worthy of a place of far
greater note. ‘

EARLY HISTORY.

The first settlement upon the land where Sabetha is now situated, was
made by Captain A. W. Williams, a native of Rochester, N. Y., who came
from Wisconsin in the early spring of 1857, locating wpon the site of the
future town, and having one-half section of land surveyed and filed in the
spring of 1858. The name which it now beais,; was given the village at this
time, being the same as that of Jim Lane’s somewhat famous fort, two miles
east, in what was afterward Brown County. This fort in Brown County
was named Lexington. Plymouth was down the Pony Creek, north of it.
In 1857 Captain Williams established a store, and received a commission as

ost-master, the few settlers being obliged prior to this time, to go to the

issouri river, a distance of nearly fifty miles, for their mail. During the
same year there arrived at, or very near, the new settlement, George, John
L. and William Graham, Edwin Miller, William Slosson, Isaac Sweetland,
Lawrence R. Wheeler and Noble H. Rising, the last named establishing the
second store soon after his arrival. ‘

Of these early settlers, Captain A. W. Williams is now living in the
vicinity of Seneca; William Graham and Isaac Sweetland are still active

-citizens of the town which they helped to build, and which they have watched
almost from the time of its conception; George and John L. Graham are dead,
the latter yielding up his life for his country. Captain Williams, in addi-
tion to being the first post-master, was also the first justice of the peace.
He relates that his sales averaged two hundred dollars a day during the
Pike’s Peak emigration of 1858 and 1859, the new town being situated directly
upon the St. Joseph and Denver trail, a fact which would have been of
manifest advantage to the permanent growth and prosperity of the settlement,
had the temptations which it offered not been too much for many of its own
citizens, upon whom it depended for its stability. Captain Williams’ store
building burned down shortly aftcr its erection, was rebuilt, and continued
under the same proprietorship until 1861, when it, together with that of
Noble H. Rising was closed, the owners entering the army. This occasioned
the opening of a new store by one John J. Goodpasture, distinguished as the
only man left in Sabetha at the time.

The first preaching in Sabetha, or more properly speaking, the first
attempt at a religious organization, occurred in 1859, Williams’ store being
occupied for that ae eae and a Methodist circuit rider, by the name of
Rawlins, officiating. The first wedding was that of W. G. Sargent and
Fanny Gertrude Whittenhall, united in marriage December 27, 1859. The
first birth can no was be definitely determined, there being various claim-
ants to the honor. The first school was taught by Rebecca Hawkins (now
Mrs. C. P. Branigan), during the summer of 1860, in a log building owned
by John J. Goodpasture, and at one time kept as a hotel by Noble H. Rising.
The attendance varied from five to eighteen pupils.

The first town company was that of 1859, the incorporators, under a
special act of the Legislature, being James Oldfield, Isaac Sweetland and
e W. Williams. No special advantage being taken of the act by those in-
terested, an incorporation charter, under the qual laws of the State, was
issued by Thomas Moonlight, Secretary of Statc, on August 24, 1870, to
William B. Slosson, John T. Brady, Thomas [. Collins and Archibald
Moorhead, of Kansas, and Eldred P. Gray, Benjamin Childs and Jefferson
Chandler, of Missouri, these parties being organized as the Sabetha 'Town
Company, with a corporate term of existence of ten years, it being under-
stood that they were liable in the sum of $4,000 to A. W. Williams, who
owned the title to the town site.

At the time the war interfered so seriously with the growth of so man
of our Western towns, Sabetha contained three store buildings, a blacksmith
shop, owned by Captain Philip Rockefeller, and two or three dwellings.
For ten years there was no change of importance, the new growth, which
has resulted so favorably, being inaugurated by the advent of the railroad in
1870. At this time a drug store was opened by E. B. Gebhart and T. K.
Masheter, succeeded by the junior partner in 1872, sold to Wright & Behne
in 1875, transferred to Masheter & Wright in August, 1876, T. K. Masheter
resuming sole proprietorship in June, 1879, and being succeeded by McCul-
lough & Glass in February, 1880. This is the oldest store, continuous as to
the original business in the town.

As has been said, Williams’ grocery store building, also occupied as the
postoffice, was destroyed by fire in 1860. In March, 1875, the residence of

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

John T. Brady was consumed, the loss being about $1,500, and in 187%,
Masheter’s drug store building was burned, entailing a loss of $4,000. No
other fires of importance have occurred, and devastating winds, so formid-
able upon the Kansas prairies, have so far, treated Sabetha kindly by their
non-attention. Its prosperity, since the arrival of the railroad did away
with the last important obstacle to its growth, has been remarkable, its
present population being about 1,100. :

. As has been mentioned, the first school in Sabetha was that fave by
Rebecca Hawkins (now Mrs. C. P. Branigan) during the summer of 1860.
The second teacher was Hattie Rockefeller, the third Thomas Phillips,
others in direct succession being Abijah Wells, Mary Perry, A. J. Wagner,
D. L. Anderson, William Churchhill, Susan West and KE. Philbrook. The
first school building, a frame structure, was erected in 1866, being first oc-
cupied by Mary Perry. It was built by the district at a cost of $2,100, and
was abandoned only because of the necessity for more room. This demand
was filled in 1871, by the building of a fine frame edifice, costing $5,000,
reinforced by a third, one of the best brick buildings in Northern Kansas,
in 1882, at an expense to the district of $7,700. Hach of these buildings,
now in use, contain four rooms, and are admirably adapted to the purpose
for which they were intended.

The schools were graded in September, 1880, by Professor T. W. Cun-
nick, into primary, intermediate and grammar departments. In 1882 a
High School was established. Since these improvements in method,. the
progress of the schools has been rapid, the roster showing three teachers
and two hundred and ninety pupils during the school year of 1880-81, in-
creased to five teachers and three hundred and ninety pupils in 1881-82, an
additional teacher being secured in 1882-83, to help meet the demands of the
five hundred pupils enrolled. The studies are those corresponding to the
ones required to obtain a first-class county certificate.

INCORPORATION.

Previous to the year 1874 the town of Sabetha had no government distinct from that of
the township. The condition of the streets and alleys, the preservation of the public peace,
the general welfare of the citizens as affected by ordinance, were matters for the County
Board of Commissioners and the Township ‘frustecs. uring the summer of the year
mentioncd, in response to a petition of the citizens, then numbering 600, Judge P. L, Hub-
bard, District Judge of the Second Judicial District, issued an order for the incorporation
of Sabetha, in accordance with the laws of the State, as a city of the third class.

An election was ordered for August 15, 1874, George W. Larzelere, Isaac Sweetland and
Ira F. Collins being appointed Judges; Samuel Slosson and John Kaffer, Clerks; and Albert
West. George E. Irwin and O. O. Marbourg. Board of Canvassers. The result of this
election was to place in office. Ira F. Collins, Mayor; A. E. Ccok. Police Judge; M. E.
Mather, ot Sweetland, John Muxworthy. John T. Brady and G. H. Adams, members of
the Council.

Official Roster.—Since 1874 the city officers have been as follows: 1875—Mayor, W. H.
Hook; l’olice Judge, L. R. Wheeler; Council, M. E. Mather, John Muxworthy, L. V. Turner,
W.M. Slosson, A. L. Austin. 18/6—Mayor, Ira F. Collins; Police Judge, L. R. Wheeler;
Council, J. E. Black, J. Martin, H. Ely, A. Hawkins, J. E., Corwin. 1877—Mayor, J. E.
Corwin; Police Judge, L. R. Wheeler; Council, J. E. Black, A. Hawkins. H. Ely, Joseph
Brown, J. Martin. 1878—Mayor, J. E. Corwin; Police Judge, L. R. Wheeler; Council,
Hiram Ely, Ira F. Collins, W. G. Sargent, W. M. Slosson, A. Hawkins. 1879—Mayor, Ira
¥’. Collins; Police Judge, J. E. Corwin; Council, W. M. Slosson, A. Hawkins, John Liver,
T. K. Masheter, D. D. Wickens. 188 !—Mayor, A. C. Moorhead; Police Jadge, Thomas
Fagan; Council, T. W. Wickens, Joseph Brown, E. J. White, A. L. Austin, J. Swearingen.
1881—Mayor, Joseph Brown; Police Judge, J. W. Irwin; Council, D. D. Wickens, E. J.
White, L. S. White, B. T. McCullough, A. Hawkins. 1882—Mayor, J. E. Corwin; Police
andes James W. Irwin; Council, A. Hawkins, W. Hicks, John Liver, B. Wickham, Ham-
mond Tarr.

THE PRESS, CHURCHES, AND SOCIETIES.

The first paper in Sabetha was the Adrance. established May 7, 1874, by George W!
Larzelere and James H. Wright. The former withdrew November 6, following. Feb
ruary 4, 1875, William L. Palmer joined J. H. Wright in its publication, but remained only
six weeks. J. L. Pelticr was connected with the paper for a few weeks, dating from August
of the same year. July 28, 1876, Wright sold the paper to E. A. Davis, who continued its
publication until January 18, 18:8, when it was discontinued. The Advance was republican
in politics. The Nemaha County Republican was established at Sabetha, October 5, 1876,
by James F. Clough, and June 1, of the following year, J. C. Webbard, formerly of Seneca
and now of Topeka, became Associate Editor, a position which he retained for about one
year. The paper, as its name indicates, is Republican. It is a seven-column folio, and ably
represents the interests of the town and surrounding country.

It is somewhat difficult to determine what church organization deserves precedence in
the religious history of Sabetha, for the reason that several of its societies are the direct
outgrowth of those established at Albany in the early history of the county. Of these, the
Congregational denomination was undoubtedly the first to secure a foothold in the immedi-
ate vicinity, a Congregational church being organized at Albany, on September 26, 1888.
Its early history will be found in the proper place. 7

The Sabetha Congregational Church, (formerly the Albany Church) was reorganized in
Sabetha in 1871, with Rey. O. A, Thomas, Pastor. In 1874, the society erected a fine frame
church building, at a cost of $4,110 and with seating capacity for 600. Rev. H. W. Shaw
succeeded O. X. Thomas about 1872, remaining until 1880, when Rev. Alfred C. Hogbin, the
present incumbent, assumed the Pastorate. The present membership is two hundred.

The Methodist Episcopal Church.—A society of this denomination was organized in
the old schoolhouse at Sabetha, in 1868, by Rev. #. W. Meyer. There are no local church
records in existence, except from the year 1817. The following list of pastoral incumbents.
however, is believed to be correct: _1868, Rev. F. W. Meyer; 1869. Rev. John Madison;
1870, Rev. John Deming; 1871, Rev. E. Gill; 1872, Rev. D. Campbell and Rev. B. F. Parlett:
1878 and 18s4, Rev. E. C. Chilson; 1875, Rev. C. Minear and Kev. M. Spencer; 1876, Rev. M.
Spencer; 1877, Rev. F. F. Ottu; 1878 and 1879, Rev. W. H. Underwood ; 188U and 1881, Rev.
J. Biddison; 1882, Rev. C. W. Shaw. In 1874, the society erected a church building, at a
cost of $4,000 and with a seating capacity for three hundred, the structure being dedicated
January 27, 1878, by Bishop Thomas Bowman, of St. Louis. Thenumber of actual members
enrolled at present is about one hundred and seventy-five. c

The Sabetha Baptist Church was organized in 1871, with about eight communicants.
Its first Pastor was Rey. Granville Gates, who remained until 187#; from 1876 to the spring
of 1878 Rev. Peter Carey and Rev. J. Walters officiated, each of whom continued in the
pees but a brief period; upon the departure of the latter Rev. Granville Gates resumed

is former position, being succeeded by Rev. 8S. Taylor. The next incumbent was Rev.
W. A. Bigart, the present Pastor, The society erected a handsome church building in 1875,

at a cost of $1,200. Its seating capacity i ;
handzed. , ig capacity is two hundred. The number of members one

The German Reformed Church i i i i
io Hid was organized in the year 1889, with thirty members.

first has been Rev. D. J. i vorships i
Baptist Church, v. D. J. Greenewald. The society worships in the

_ A Catholic society, numbering about tw
ae for about ae years from \ev.
church building was erected, at a cost of $2,500. It has a seating capacity for 400,

ane Lodge, No. 162. A. F. & A. M—On October 21, 1805, hacer was granted to
Willis M. Slosson, Master; John E. Corwin, Sr. Warden, and Jeremiah E. Black, Jr. War-

enty members, has been receiving occasional
Father Timothy Luber. In 1882, a fine frame
NEMAHA COUNTY.

den, to establish and have control of the above lodge, Its original membership was nine-
teen. The present officers are: J. Cue LenE SD M.; D. 5. Wickens, Sr. W.; H. C.
Haines, Jr. W.; J.S. Love, Secretary; G.H. Adams, Treasurer. The lodge has now about
eighty members, and meets in Whittenhall’s Hall, in Opera block.

Central City Lodge, No. 125, I. O. O. ¥.—A charter was granted on October 16, 1875, to
Theodore Pope, L. H. Wright, C. B. Bichmond, J. C. Sherrard, J. F, Moon, J. W. Irwin,
Samuel Ludwig, John Liver, W. J. Robbins, John Palmer, O. F. Manville, J. 8. Elliott,
W.B. Kurtz and J. A. Fulton, as constituent members of the above organization. J. F.
Moon was elected Noble Grand, and W. J. Robbins, Secretary. The first meetings were
held in what was then Miller’s Hall, the Lodge subsequently adjourning to Richmond's Hall,
and finally to Opera Hall. It has now eighty-five members, and the following officers: John
Liver, N. G.; Frederick Khoeler, V. G.; W. Wilson, P. G.; Hiram Fulton, Recording Secre-
tary; Hiram Ely, Permanent Secretary, and J. W. Irwin, Treasurer.

Excelsior age, No. 2272, K. of H—This Lodge of the Knights of Honor, was institu-
ted August 4, 1880, the charter pene granted on the 19th of the same month, to James F.
Clough, D. D. Wickens, ‘T. K. Masheter, G. C. McGuire, A. D. Hook, John Liver, W. H.
Whelan and others. Its original membership was twenty-four. The officers were: Dicta-
tor, D. D Wickens; Past Dictator, J. F. Clough; Vice Dictator, W. W. Jenne; Assistant Dic-
tator, W. H. Craig; Chaplain, J. Swearengen; Guide, S. A. Gronninger; Reporter, G. C. Mc-
Guire; Financial Reporter, T, K. Masheter; Treasurer, J. E. Corwin. The present oflicers
are as follows: Dictator, D.C. McGuire; Past Dictator, W. M. Walker; Vice Dictator, J.
L. Thompson; Assistant Dictator, E, B. Gearhart; Reporter, W. W. Jenne; Financial Re-

orter, J. Swearengen; Chaplain, E.M. Ashly; Guide, N. 8. Smith; Treasurer, E. Ukele.
he present membership is twenty-five. The lodge occupies Opera Hall for its meetings,
as it has from the time of its organization.

Seneca Library Association.—In 1871, the above association was organized, with 8. W.
Brooke, President; Emma Brady, Secretary. Its membership comprised, among others, J. T.
Brady, G. M. Edson, Mr. and Mrs. Prof. Philbrook, H. Tarr, Samuel Slosson and D. L. Geb-
hart. About twenty books were donated and purchased as the nucleus to a library. Until
1879, no change was made as to the method of conducting the affairs of the-society, its only
income being the result of yearly fees and fines aapors . On January 1 of the year men-
tioned, the society was duly incorporated under the laws of the State, with a capital stock of

1,000, divided into.shares of 0 each. As now,managed, it is in charge of a board of five

irectors; those now in office being, I. F. Collins, G.C. McGuire, C. L. Sherwood, J. F.
Clough and H. Tarr, Its executive officers are: R. C. Bassett, President; H. Tarr, Secre-
tary; C. L. Sherwood, Librarian and Treasurer. The library, which occupies.a part of Sher-
wood & Marshall’s drug store, consists of'650 well selected volumes in all departments of lit-
erature. Their use is free to stockholders, a yearly fee of $2 being charged to all others.

W. C. T. U—In April, 1878, a temperance movement was inaugurated in Sabetha, by
Rev. H. W. Shaw, Rev. W H. Underwood, L. R. Wheeler, O. Fountain, §; Slosson and G.
H. Adams. Much good was done within a very short time, the encouragement ‘being suffi-
cient to induce the permanent organization of a branch of the Woman’s Christian Temper-
ance Union; this being thought a more advisable step than that of attempting to constitute a
lodge. The list of charter members, included as prime movers: Mrs. 1’. W. Wickens, Mrs.
H. W. Shaw, Mrs. W. H. Underwood, Mrs. O Fountain, Mrs. Dr. Slosson, and Mrs. W.
B. Slosson, assisted by twenty-six others, hardly less devoted to the cause than themselves.
In September, 1878, under the auspices of the Union, a Band of Hope was organized, the
result of the combined efforts of those interested being that in November, 1882, Rock
Creek Township, in which Sabetha is the all important political factor, gave eighty majority
for the prohibition amendment. The present membership of the Union is sixty.

Sabetha Cornet Band.—This is a comparatively recent organization, effected in Febru-
ary, 1882. Its members are: J. R. McKee, John Muxworthy, G.J. Adams, C. R. Gardner,
G. E. Palmer, N. L. Mitchell, J. W. Cunnick, G. W. Myers and M. Turner.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, HOTELS AND BANKS.

The,Sabetha Opera House, a very handsome two-story brick buildings was erected in-
1877, by W..S. White, W. M. Walker and the Sabetha State Bank, the latter owning the
corner room of the first floor. Its entire cost was $8,000. Its second story is divided into
two Jane halls, known as Opera Halland Odd Fellows’ Hall. The latter of these is occupied
by the Odd Fellows’ Lodge and as a public hall, the former for miscellaneous purposes.

The first-commission issued to a post master at Sabetha was granted to A. W. ‘Williams,
the first store keeper, in 1858. Upon his enlistment in the army in 1861, John J. Goodpasture,
the only male resident remaining in town became~the official incumbent, to be succeede
in a short time by John C. Perry. ‘The next commission was issued to 1). L. Gebbart, who

ave way to Samuel Slosson. .The present post master, J. F. Clough, proprietor of the

amas County Republican, being-appointed in August, 1877. For many years the mails
were received and delivered at and from various store buildings, the office being frequently
moved.. In 1877 it was situated in the brick building now occupied by G. H. Adams, and
was moved in September, 1881, to its present location, the east end of the Sabetha House. It is
elegantly fitted up, its appointments having cost one thousand dollars. In April the office
was-increased to one of the third class. P

Sabetha receives a daily mail from the east and west, via the St. Joseph & Western
R. R., and also a daily mail by stage, from the Central Branch of the Union acific, which
traverses the southern section of ire neunte a8

As early as 1858 travelers were entertained by A. W. Williams, who would deserve
the appellation of Sabetha’s first hotel keeper even had he not built a frame structure
86x50 feet, very early in the history of the town, which he devoted exclusively to hotel
purposes. This was subsequently purchased by the town company in 1870, and leased ‘by
Albert West, who managed it as lessee until 1874, when he bought the title. A few years
later it was abandoned as to the purpose for which it was designed.

In 1870, a hotel building opened in Albany by Edwin Miller, was moved to Sabetha.
It was a two-story, cottonwood structure, still standing upon Main Street, and occupied
now as a SvelinE. : ;

The Sabetha House was built by the town company in 1871, managed by W. I. Robbins
for a time, and finally purchased by Jackson Swearengen, in 1879. It isa substantial brick

building, three stories in height. : g

‘Hook’s House was built in 1870, burned in February, 1873, rebuilt, and continues to accom-
modate the public, under the original proprietorship. It is a large frame structure, conven-
iently situated to the depot. : : . :

‘A private institution, known as the Sabetha Exchange Bank was established in 1878, by
M.E. Mather; J.S. Lemon and J. T. Hosea, of St. Joseph, becoming partners in 1875. On
January 1, 1877, the affairs of the bank were closed, the design of the capitalists chiefly
‘interested being to organize a joint stock company for banking purposes. ve 3

The Sabetha State Bank, was organized early in 1876, being opened for business on
March 6, of that year. Its incorporators were J. 8. Lemon, I. T. Hosea, Edwin Knowles, Wil-
lis Brown and J. E. Black, these constituting its first Board of Directors. The officers
were: Willis Brown, President; J. E. Black, Vice-President; Edwin Knowles, Cashier. The
subscribed capital of the bank is $50,000, the paid in capital $89,000. The concern occupies
the corner of Opera block, that portion of the structure having been built and sleeaay ae
ted up by the company in 1877. It contains a Hall burglar proof safe,with improved Yale
time lock. No change has been made in the officers, except that G. H. Adams has succeeded
J. E. Black as Vice-President, and a newly created position_is filled by Charles E. Clarkson,
as Assistant Cashier. The Board of Directors comprises J. S. Lemon, I. T. Hosea, Edwin
‘Knowles, Willis Brown and G. H. Adams.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

Sabetha claims to be the leading shipping point for grain and live stock, between St.
Joseph and Hastings, Neb., presenting the following facts in support of its assertion. In
1871 the first warehouse was built by two firms, Slosson Brothers, and Brady & Collihs,. the
latter firm disposing of its interest shortly after the completion of the building, to L. R.
Wheeler, who, with the Slossons, managed it until 1881, when it was sold to J. E. Price. Mr.
Price immediately converted it into an elevator, at an expense of several thousand dollars;

ut in a twenty-five horse power engine, and the newest and best machinery known to grain
Toaleae These improvements enable him to elevate, clean, weigh and load for shipment 800
bushels of grain per hour, a capacity which is aeaysuily tested. ‘

Gregg Brothers & Co.’s grain Somnneny of St. coe es own and operate at Sabetha,
the largest grain elevator on the St. Joseph & Western Railroad southeast of Hastings, and
west o St. Joseph. It was built in 1875 by William Gatton, sold in 1876 to M. E. Mather, and

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three years later transferred to H. Grege, one of,its present owners. The elevator is well and
solidly built, has a capacity of 30,000 bushels of corn and small grain, and is in the efficient
charge of E. P. Neal. Thirteen car loads of grain have been cleaned, weighed and shipped
here in one slay

The Sabetha Flouring Mills were builtin 1872, by L. J. Sprinkle, who sold it to Smith &
Kurtz. The latter sold his half interest to Willis M. Slosson, who subsequently bought Smith's
interest, also, Other owners in direct succession have been: W. E. Stitt, L. B. Brinson, I.
N. Speer & Co., and finally Speer,& Hubburd, who assumed control in May, 1882. The mill
during the year last mentioned, was thoroughly remodeled, new and improved machinery

‘ added, together with an additional run of burrs, making three in all. An elevator was also

constructed in connection with the mill, with a capacity of 18,000 bushels; all of the machin-
ery, of both mill and elevator, being operated by a forty-horse power engine. The Superin-
tendent in charge is George C. Maguire; the head miller, J. C. Hendrie.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HARMAN ALTHOUSE, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, is a son of the late Conrad Althouse, a
Hessian, who served as a Captain under the First Napoleon during all his campaigns from
Piedmont to Waterloo. At the final downfall of that pt warrior, Capt. Althouse sought
and found refuge in the United States. He married in Somerset County, Pa, Susanna
Workman, who survives him. The family came West to Savanna, Mo., in 1857, removing
two years later to Rock Creek, where the father died in 1860, at the age of sixty-seven. His
eldest son, Harman Althouse, was born 1834, in Somerset County, Pa., and married near
Savanna, Mo., Miss Susanna, daughter of Abram Howard, one of the original settlers of the
“Platte Purchase.”” Mr. Althouse settled on his present farm in 1860, and has made good
and durable improvements, Beste with raw prairie, Near him lives his aged mother and
his brother, John Althouse, all that now represent this family in Kansas.

J. C. BELYEA, harness-maker and dealer, was born September 9, 1840, in Canada. His
early life was spent in school.and in his father’s store in Bronte, Canada. In 1861 he settled
in St. Joseph County, Mich., and spent about ten years there as a fruit-grower. In 1871 he
came to Sabetha; returned to Ohio in 1874, and for two years owned and operated a large
steam stave-mill at Leipsic, Ohio employing thirty men and making large shipments to St.
Louis. In 1876 he again came to Kansas and bought and sold real estate and live stock until
June, 1882, when he began his present line of trade. His wife was Miss Emily, daughter of
Elijah Williams, a prominent business man of Cleveland, Ohio, the organizer and President
of its Board of Trade, and a man whose accidental death in 1879 was deeply deplored. Mr.
and Mrs. Belyea have two sons—Edgar A. and Herman A. Mr. Belyea is showing character-
istic enterprise in pushing his new line of business, having the largest and most varied stock
of harness, saddles, whips, trunks, etc., in Sabetha.

E, F. BOUTON, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, was born in Virgil, Cortland County, N. Y.,
April 8, 1838, and came to Albany, Kan., in 1860, Enlisted in September, 1862, in the Thir-
teenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry as a private; was appointed Sergeant and afterward -pro-
moted to First Sergeant; was detailed while yet a Sergeant for duty as an officer, July 15, ,
1864, and was virtually in command of Company E, Seventy-ninth United States Colored
Infantry, being the only officer present with it from that date till the 2ist of April, 1865,
when he received commission as First Lieutenant of the same Company, and continued in
command till discharged, October 3, 1865. Mr. Bouton, in 1860, married Fannie E. Waldo,
in Steuben County, N.Y. She died in 1867, leaving two children—Rosa and Henry W. He
married for his second and present wife Mrs. Nancy J. Slosson Graham, widow of John L.
Graham (see sketch), They have one daughter—May L., born in 1874.

C. P. BRANIGAN, liveryman, came to Kansas in 1859; spent the next three years in
Colorado; settled in Washington County, Kan., in 1862, and was driven out by the Indians
in 1864. Enlisting in Hollenburg’s command, he took part in the pursuit and punishment
of the ‘‘Reds.”” During the next six years he was farming. in Rock Creek Township, and in
August, 1870, built a house and the first livery barn in Sabetha. Has since been in the livery
and stock business, retiring from the latter in 1881. For about five years he had the mail
route from Sabetha to Pawnee City, Neb. Mr. Branigan married Miss Rebecca, daughter of
A. Hawkins; this lady enjoys the honor of having taught the first school in Rock Creek,
first in 1859 in A Moorehead’s house, and in 1860 in J. Goodpasture’s house, Sabetha. .

REV. MOSES M. CHASE, farmer, P.O. Sabetha, was born 1836, in Meigs County,
Ohio. Grew to manhood there, and at the age of nineteen,-went via New York and the
isthmus to California; returned in the fall of 1857, and in 1858 settled in Woodson County,
Kan., where he made two farms from raw prairie. In 1860 he settled on _a farm, now part
of the Sabetha town site, and a year later sold to I. D. Simons, and located north of
Capioma, where he secured the organization of school district No. 18, and did good work at
farming. In 1871 he located where he now is; he has 480 acres of magnificent land in a
body, andi is now building a tasteful and commodious farmhouse at a cost of $2,000. His
wife was Sarah Barnes, of Guernsey County, Ohio. They have'six children, all born
Kansans. Mr. Chase has been an elder in the Christian Church since 1878; has organized
three churches, and now has charge of that number. He has also been a vigorous and effec-

J. F. CLUUGH, editor Nemaha County Republican, and postmaster of Sabetha, was
born 1847, in Oxford, Ohio, and at fifteen, while an attendant of the village school, he en-
listed in the Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving from 1861 to 1864. He was twice
shot at the battle of Mission Ridge, both balls striking him simultaneously, crushing his
left shoulder and piercing both lungs. After about a year in hospital, he received his honor:
able discharge. Founded the Monroeville, Ohio, Spectator in 1870, sold out in 1876, and in
the fall of that year started the eee at Sabetha. It is aseven column quarto, straight
Republican in politics, and a well conducted and popular county newspaper. Mr. Clough

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HON. IRA F. COLLINS, of the firm of. Moorehead & Collins, hardware, was born
October 14, 1848, in Cass County, Ill., where he grew up on a farm. Early in 1862 he en-
listed as a Pa te soldier in the One Hundred and Fourteenth Dlinois Volunteer Infantry.
Served under Grant at Vicksburg, and at the battle of Guntown, Miss., received a bullet
in the side of-his head and face; was taken prisoner and confined at Mobile and Castle
morenn until the close of the war, and with 3,000 others suffered the horrors of a regulation
Southern prison pen. During 1865 he came to Sabetha, bought land on Rock Creek, and
farmed it until 1870; then removed to Sabetha, where the above named firm was formed in
1872. He engaged in general mercantile business until 1877, when an intermission occurred

_ has been postmaster since August, 1877.

» until 1880, when the present business was commenced. Politically, Mr. Collins is a Re-

ublican. He was the first Mayor of Sabetha. He has twice represented his district in the
ower House, and is now State Senator from Brown and Nemaha Counties.

JOHN E. CORWIN, of the firm of Corwin & Holdridge, was born in Fayette County,
Pa., as was his father, John Corwin, a first cousin of the talented and eloquent Thomas
Corwin, of Ohio. J. E. Corwin lived alternately in Pennsylvania and Ohio until 1856, when
he settled in Greene County, Pa. He enlisted early in 1862 in the Ninety-seventh Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, serving through the entire war as a First Lieutenant under Gen. W. T.
art in the first siege of Vicksburg, the battles north of Atlanta, the march
to Savannah and through the Carolinas. Discharged with his regiment after the “Grand
Review” in 1865, he began the carpenter’s trade in Indiana, and came thence, in 1872, to
Sabetha, Here, as an architect and builder, he planned and built the Congregational
Church and most of the substantial homes that grace Washington avenue, Sabetha,” Began
his present business in 1876; has been City Councilman ever since his location, and is now
betving Te third term as Mayor; has been Justice of the Peace four years, and belongs to
the A. F. and A. M., and the I. O. O, F. 4

J. W. CUNNICK, A. B., gee of the public schools, is a native of Cambridge
County, Pa.; graduated from Oberlin College with the class of 1880, and has since occupied
his present position. It is but just to say that his repeated re-appointment to his place at
the head of the city schools is the result of the high appreciation in which his services as
an educator and disciplinarian are held by the tax payers of Sabetha.

O. FOUNTAIN, merchant, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, November 21, 1834; was reared
and educated in Peoria County, Il]. Followed the sea for a number of years in early life,
and in 1861 enlisted as a private soldier in the Forty-seventh Llinois Volunteer Infantry;
was during the war, by regular promotion, commissioned Lieutenant, apie and Major.
February 1, 1864, was married to Miss Jeannie Shepherd, of Saratoga, N. Y. Thesame year
they settled on a farm at Fairview, Brown County, Kan., making it with tree-planting and
thorough culture noted throughout the country as Fairview Farm. At this place their only
child, Ethel, was born, December 20, 1864, who at the age of fifteen was sent to Binghamton,
N. Y., to be educated under the care of Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Shaw. In 1867 Mr. Fountain
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established a post-office at Fairview, and was first postmaster. J
Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kan., and built the store now occupied by the Weiss Bros. In
1880 he built his present fire proof store building, 26x80 feet, and is doing a large and in-
creasing business in general merchandise. He is a member of the Masonic Order of Sabetha.

S. B. FREELOVE, farmer. P O. Sabetha, was born in 1835, in Rutland County, Vt.;
settled in Will County, [1., in 1848, and about 1856 became one of the Plainfield Battery,
an organization that, with Edward McAllister as Capa, and himself as First Lieutenant,
tendered its services to President Lincoln a few days prior to the bombardment of Fort

Sumter. This battery was the first of the military to reach Cairo, Il)., where it remained on .

duty during its three months’ term of service. Lieut, Freelove, however, with fifty-four
men ran the patrol boat “ W. H. Brown”’ between Cairo and St. Louis. After his term of
enlistment, while stationed at Bird’s Point with the battery, he turned his guns on the com-
missary, threatening to blow the establishment to.flinders unless rations heretofore refused
by reason of ‘‘red tape” subterfuges, were furnished in five minutes, and, as he says: “* We
got ’em.”’ Serving two months after his time, he re-enlisted in the Kighth Illinois Cavalry,
which heroic and reckless eae thoroughly detested and feared by the Rebels, took
active part in the following battles: Manassas, Rappahannock Station, Mechanicsville,
Seven Pines, Gaines’ Mill, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Poolesville,
Frederic, South Mountain, Boonesboro, Antictam, Martinsburg, Piedmont, Barber's Cross
Roads, Little Washington, Amosville, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Beverly Ford, Get-
tysburg (where it opened the fight), Second Boonesboro, Frankstown, First and Second

randy Station, Culpepper, Raccoon Ford, Stevensburg, Brantsville, Second Culpepper,
Mine Run and others. Private Freelove re-enlisted in the same regiment in December,
1864, and in August, 1865, was discharged with the rank of regimental Quartermaster,
After the war he farmed two years in Will County, Illinois, and in other places in Illinois and
Indiana, until 1879, when he came to Kansas and settled where he now is. His first wife
nee Ellen Smith, died in Indiana. The present Mrs. Freelove was Lucretia Aldrich, of
Vermont. Her first husband, George Wyman, left her one daughter; her second, E, C.
pal leaving her a son and daughter. Both deceased husbands were Union soldiers,

rt. Wyman dying in the service.

JOHN L. GRAHAM, deceased, one of the four ongael settlers of Albany, Nemaha
Co., Kan., was born in Richford, N. Y. He was married April 7, 1853, in Maine, Broome
Co., N. Y., to‘Nancy J. Slosson. Mr. Graham settled at Albany in April, 1857, pre-empted
a quarter section of land, and engaged in farming. Mr. Graham assisted in raising Com-
pany D, Eighth Kansas Infantry, September, 1861; was chosen Second Lieutenant, and
served in that capacity till thesummer of 1863, wheii he was promoted to First Lieuten-
ant. He held at the time of his death a commission as Captain, but had not yet been mus-
tered. He was killed in action at the battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, Capt.
Graham was one of the few army officers who were never known to taste intoxicatin,
drinks. He lefttwo sons—Charles D. and Fred HE. His widow afterward married E. F.
Bouton (see sketch). Graham County, Kan., was named by the Kansas State Legislature in
honor of Capt. John L. Graham.

WILLIAM GRAHAM. one of the numerous and noteworthy Graham family, which
through early settlement and right living, has become well known and popular in Nemaha
County, is a native of Tioga County, N. Y., born in 1834; he was reared: a farmer, and
came with the Albany Colony to Kansas in the spring of 1857. His farm lay just to the
south of what afterward became Sabetha.. Here he worked until July, 1861, when he en-
listed in the Thirteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was captured with the heroic
Mulligan at Lexington; was paroled and discharged; re-enlisted in November, 1861, in the
Seventh Kansas Cavalry, and served through the war with that regiment. Returning to
Sabetha, he was married in 1870,to Miss Sarah L. Rolyea, of Union, Broome Co., N. Y.
They have one danghter—Eliza J., born in Sabetha. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are leading mem-
pars of the Congregational church, of which he isa deacon. Politically he is a Repub-

ican. ;

G. W. GREENFIELD, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, was born September 14, 1842, in Can-
ada. He learned the trade of carpenter, and in 1869 came to Nemaha County, Kan. With
him were two brothers, James and John. The three bought each 160 acres of school land
southwest of Sabetha. When G. W. Greenfield settled on his farm, not a house waa visible,
even in Sabetha. He began with raw prairie, and to-day has 200 acres well improved, a

‘ood house and other conveniences, orchard grove, etc. His wife was Bettie M. Ginty.

‘hey have a daughter—Sadie E. The parents of Mrs. Greenfield were early settlers of
Brown County, Kan., where her mother now lives at the age of eighty, her father having
been killed by lightning in 1860.

H. C. HAINES, merchant, began business here for himself in 1878; built his present
26x80 store in 1880, and is doing a ate and steadily increasing business. The first floor is
devoted to a full line of staple and fancy groceries, and a partial one of dry goods and
gents’ furnishing, while carpetings. clothing, trunks and books occupy the second floor;
carries a stock of from $20,100 to $30,000, four and five clerks ne employed. Mr. Haines
was born in 1844, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Enlisted in 1862, in the Eighty-seventh
Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was taken prisoner with Colonel Miles at Harper’s Ferry, and
paroled; kept books for a while for J. B. Lea & Co., Philadelphia, and in 1864 enlisted in
the Eleventh Maryland Volunteer Infantry, serae 100 days, and fighting at Monocacy,
Md., when 6,000 Federals were finally driven back by 25,000 Rebels. At the end of 100
days he enlisted in the,Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was sent into Texas with his
regiment, and served until November, 1865. On his discharge he settled in St. Joseph, Mo.,
and clerked three years for May, Weil & Co.; was then for four or five years partner of Capt.
Williams, at Bigelow, Mo., where he remained until he located at Sabetha. Here he has
erected a spacious aud elegantly appointed home for his wife, nee Jessie Hartzell, and large
family of eight children. Mr. Haines isa Congregationalist, and does not interest him-
ea Z politics, never desiring office, though now serving as President of the School
‘Board.

ALMON HAWKINS, livéryman, settled in November, 1858, near the head of Pony
Creek, and engaged in Seema in Brown and Nemaha Counties until 1869, when he began
the butcher businessin Sabetha; ran that four years, and has since been in the livery busi-
ness. He was born in Rochester, N. Y. His father, Alanson Hawkins, with his father,
Ebenezer Hawkins, and three brothers settled in 1826, in Vermillion County, Ill. Alan-

son Hawkins and wife removed thence to Kankakee County, Il],, where both died. Almon
Hawkins was reared in Illinois, and married Caroline Thompson, by whom he hay seven
Frank, Viola and ‘lla.

children ae ae Amanda, Hattie, Abbie

JOSEPH HAIGH, deceased, was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to America in
1842, settling in Muskingum County, Ohio, where he married Anna Mulviney. They came
to Kansas in 1860. During the*Civil War, Mr. Haigh served two years as a teamster. The
family began poor, living in a log house with no neizhbors near, and suffered much from
sickness and privation, but eventually secured a fine farm by improving the original claim,
and a pleasant.home by replacing the log cabin with aneat frame farmhouse. Mr. Haigh
died in 1872, leaving a widow and three children, to mourn the loss of a husband and
father, always to be remembered as a kind and good one.

J.8.HENDRIE, miller, was born in 1857, in Westmoreland County, Pa. Went to Sid-
ney, Ill., March 24, 1876, and there farmed for J. B. Porterfield three years; went to Sidney
to learn milling, and came to Sabetha, Kan., March 20, 1880, and after workin,

one yeal
for S. A. Groninger & Co., took his place as head miller in the Sabetha Mills. His father,
George Hendrie, served one year in Virginia during the Rebellion asa volunteer in the

One Hundredth and Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment.

' J, HESSELTINE, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, was born in 1830, in Clinton County, N. Y.;
reared m Medina County, Ohio, where his parents, Eli and Betsey Nesseltine, settled in
1833, In the spring of 1858 he came from Marion County, Ohio, to Kansas, and his present
farm, 160 acres of which he holds by virtue of the United States patent. His first night on
this claim was spent by himself and family in their wagon; he then building a shanty of
“sheeting; a bed being made by driving two stakes, and placing sticks from them to the
walls. His neighbors were a Z. Archer and A. Moorehead, not a house being in sight.
To-day be has 720 acres in a well fenced and improved farm, and a conienualeis farm-
house built in 1879. He married Miss Caroline Waits, of Richland County, Ohio. They have
seven children, all save the eldest, born n Rock Creek Township. Mr. Hesseltine is a large
feeder and breeder of cattle, and is prospering, as he ought.

E. HOLTZSCHUE, of the mercantile firm of Hammon & Holtzschue, is a native of
Germany, born in 1842. He came to the United States in 1864, and from 1865 to 1877 clerked
in St. Joseph,Mo. The firm as now constituted was founded in 1880. Mr. Hammon resides
in St. Joseph, Mr. Holtzschue managing the Sabetha branch, the store being 22x110 feet,
the deepest in Northern Kansas, Four or five clerks are kept in constant employ, and a
very large buxiness transacted, as a full line of general merchandise is carried, hardware and

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drugs only excepted. Mr. Holtzschue is a member, with his wife, of the German Reformed
Lutheran Church, has a pleasant home and three children. - oe :

W.H. HOOK, proprietor Hook’s House, is the son of Capt. William Hook, who followed
the sea for twenty years. In 1820, while on a vayaee with his family, he touched at the
Island of St. Thomas, West Indies, where W. H. Hook was born. He sew up in Bangor
and Portland, Me., and removed to Carlisle, Ind.; thence in 1846 to the. ead mines of Wis-
consin; thence to Kansas in 1870. During that year he built Hook’s Railway House, which
burned down February 7, 1873. On the site he at once built the present hotel, which his

enial good management has made the headquarters of commercial men in Sabetha. Mr.
Fook married in Carlisle, Ind., Rebecca Arnett. They have ten children, the eldest born in
Carlisle and the others in Southwestern Wisconsin. Mr. Hook is a grandson of two Revo-
lutionary officers, who, with warrants, located uve tracts of lands in Rockingham County,
N. H., where W. H. Hook’s parents were born and reared as neighbors of Daniel Webster.

EDWIN KNOWLES, banker, is a native of Maine, and is a son of Alfred Knowles,
now of Galesburg, Ill., and himself a stockholder in five different banks. The subject of
this sketeh came to Seneca. Kan., 1871, with the nota mill belonging to himself and his
father, and engaged in milling and banking until 1877, when he located in Sabetha, where he

 

has built an elegant home, and in various ways advantageously identified himself with the
place. He was made. Director of the St. J. & W. R R. in 1873, and has since held the po-
sition, but is best known in Kansas as a banker, being President of the Washington State
Bank and the State Bank of Seneca, Kansas, Cashier of the Sabetha State Bank and a Di-
rector of the Cevtralia State Bank. Mr. Knowles and wife are active members of the First
Congregational Church of Sabetha, and he, since 1877, President of the State Board of
Charities. Politically, Mr. Knowles is a Republican, but he has never taken an active in-
terest in campaigns as an aspirant for office. 7

W. B. LAWRENCE, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., in
1836, and came thence in 1858 to Albany, where he now lives. Ip early times he was active
with W. B. Slosson aad others in helping slaves across the Missouri River into Jowa via
Pern and Nebraska City, Neb. In 1860 he went to Colorado and enlisted in the Second Col-
orado Voiunteer Cavalry, and served through the war of the rebellion with his regiment.
He has since resided in Albany, married Emily Stewart of his native county, and with her
is a member of the Congregational Church of Sabetha. They have two children—Guy and
May—both born in Albany. Mr. Lawrence is a Freemason of Sabetha Lodge No. 162.

M. A. LEWIS, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, is a native of Broome County, N. Y., and married
Jennie McGregor of that county. They came to Kansas in March, 1869, and in 1871 settled
where they now live. Mr. Lewis has here a valuable 160-acre farm, on which he has spared
no labor during the eee ten years, having erected a substantial and tasty frame farmhouse
and planted about 600 fruit trees, besides fencing and hedging. He is a Republican, ad
Conpeeionelee with his wife.

.A. MoCAUL, attorney-at-law, is a native of Toronto, Canada, where he was reared
and educated. He located in 1876 at Hiawatha, Kan., where he was admitted to the bar in
1879. He practiced for ashort time in Morrill, in Brown County, but came thence to Sa-
betha, where he has built up a very comfortable law practice and a good busiaess as a loan
and real estate agent. Politics, Republican.

J. R. MoKEK, D. D. S., was born and educated in Armstrong County, Pa., and began
the practice of dentistry in Lathrop, Mo., in 1870. Came from there to Sabetha in the fall
of 1881; married Miss Emma A. Hook, of Sabetha, and is prosperous and popular. Is
leader of the Sabetha brass band, which he organized, and a member of the Congregational
Church, Sabetha. ‘

GEORGE C. MAGUIRE, Superintendent of the Sabetha Mill and Elevator, was born in
Baltimore, Md., in 1847; attended the city schools and later St. John’s College, Annapolis,
where Hon. Reverdy Johnson and the most noted of Maryland scholars were also schooled.
In 1861 he went to the Virginia and Maryland battlefields as correspondent for various Bal-
timore newspapers, and wrote more or less for those journals during the entire Civil War.
He came West in 1870, clerked for a mercantile house in St. Joseph, Mo, eight years, then
located as a merchant in Sabetha. In 1880 he discontinued business and took his s preset
yoettion. Mr. Maguire was an organizer, and is Dictator of the Excelsior Lodge K. of H.

e married Miss ary B., daughter of Rev. William Philips, a noted Catholic divine, for-
merly of Baltimore and St. Joseph, Mo., now a well known lecturer.

T, K. MASHETER, merchant, was born September 16, 1843, in Zanesville, Ohio, and
reared and educated near Albanén., in Meigs Co., Ohio. He located in Sabetha in April,
1870, and opened a nurse ca raising fruit trees of all kinds of small fruits, and shade
and ornamental trees ani shrubs. He owned twenty acres on the town site, and followed
the nursery business about eight year and during this time owned and kept the first drug
store in the city. Closing out both of kis former lines, he embarked in the general merchan-
dise trade in 1881. He married, in 1871, Miss Eliza W., daughter of Capt. A. W. Williams,
the first settler of Sabetha. Mrs. Masheter was born in Bronta, Canada, September 6, 1849,
and has lived in Sabetha longer than any other resident (since September, 1856) of this
thriving little city, Mr. and Mrs. Masheter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Charch.
They have five children living. In 1882, Mr. Masheter laid out an addition of ninety-eight
ae to the city of Sabetha, on the southwest, comprising the finest resident lots in the

M. E. MATHER, farmer and stockdealer, P. O. Sabetha, came to Sabetha in 1872, and
began by establishing the Sabetha Exchange Bank (see notes on Sabetha). His failure in
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this enterprise he attributes to poor crops and the grasshopper panic, as well reas-
oning haste and fear of creditors Since 1877 he aa lized ei ia farm, of 160 oe
Sabetha, controlling by lease one-half a section besides. In 1875 he bought a half section
here for $5,400. Creditors took half his land and all his personal property; yet to-day he
owns about 200 head of cattle and has a good and vilaahis home farm. His barn, 32x112
feet, built in 1875 at the low cost of $1,000, is one of the best in Nemaha County, and would
cost $3,000 to build it at this writing. ‘Mr. Mather is an enthusiastic stock man, active, cour-
teous and intelligent, a diligent reader and a close and practical thinker. He bi-annually
feeds from-250 to 350 head of cattle, and is prospering. He was born in Columbus, Pa,, and
learned the profession of contractor and builder from his father, Dan Mather, now of Clarks-
ville, Iowa, be ARO himself in-1861. M. E. Mather soon saved about $7,000, which
was his capital when he began in Kansas. His.wife was Miss Florence, daughter of Ex-State
Senator J. M. Miller, who settled near Seneca in 1870 and is now a citizen o Colorado.

JACOB J. Lee farmer, P. O. Sabetha, came to Kaneas in 1859, making the claim
on which he now lives. During the first two years he worked in a Missouri saw-mill, and in
1€61 enlisted for six months in the Missouri State Militia. Returning to his farm, he put in
and harvested the crop of 1862, and in August enlisted in the Kansas Thirteenth for three
years; fought at Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, and in other disputes with the Mis-
souri and Arkansas rebels, For two years after the war he worked by the month for A.
Moorehead. Built his house in 1867, and in 1868 married Miss Mary Moorehead. He now
has 320 ane ar ke ae ie ay unde ure rement good buildings and a five-
acre orchard, etc. r. an rs. Miller have four children—Annabel, Lilli i
Nellie, all born in Rock Creek, Nehama Co., Kan, cee ae
__,W.T. MILLER, jeweler and dealer in watches, clocks, silverware, jewelry and musical
instruments was born January 23, 1845, in. Knox County, Ky. His parents settled near
Falls City, Neb., in 1854. Here he grew to manhood, and eatablished himself in business,
coming to Sabetha in 1882. He married in Falls City, Annie E. Powell, who died in Jan.
uary, 1879, leaving four children—all born in Falls City. The father of W. T. Miller, John
C. Miller, died in 1862, and the widowed mother, now sharing W. T. Miller's home, Telates
that in early times the famous Geueral Jim Lane in disguise, with 150 followers, called at
the Miller farmhouse and were treated to a substantial breakfast. J :

ARCHIBALD MOOREHEAD, deceased, one of the first men to locate in Rock Creek
Township, was _a native of Ireland, who came to the United States alone at the age of thir-
teen years, and after a year spent in New York, located in Ohio, thence going to Iowa,
thence, in the fall of 1856, came to Kansas, where he bought 160 acres on Section 11, which
is now the family homestead. He located here in the spring of 1857, and began farming
and stock raising on a large scale, at one time owning 1,000 acres of land in this county, the
home being about five miles north of Sabetha; here he died January 2, 1881, honored and
respected by all whose friendship he had won during his long residence in the State. He
was for years a member of the County Board of Supervisors, and was prominent in causing
the county to take its decided course with the St.J. & W. R.R. Co., in 1872. Mrs.
Moorehead was Sarah McBride, of Coshocton Count , Ohio. Nine children resulted from
this union, viz: Anna M., now Mrs. W. A. Joy, of Tecumseh, Neb.; Mary, now Mrs. J. J.
Miller; Sarah, Mrs. I. F. Collins; these were born in Coshocton County, Ohio. William M.,
Archibald C. and Richard, all born in Wapello County, Iowa, Nannie, now Mrs. Roy A.
Thompson; Nettie and Jennie; all born in Rock Creek. Two of the sons—A. C., of the
firm of Moorehead & Collins, hardware merchants, Sabetha, and Richard—are joint owners
of Section 16, in this county; 200 acres are under cultivation. Mrs. Moorehead and the two
youngest children are on the home farm, comprising all of Section 11. During the border
war this family were frequently visited by raiding parties from both sides, who, however,
did no harm other than sponge free meals, and a ones,

JOHN P. PENDERGRASS, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, settled in Wyandotte County,
Kan., in 1857; worked there until 1861; then settled on a farm three and half miles north-
west of Sabetha. This he sold in 1866, settling where he now lives. Has 330 acres; 200
under cultivation. He married in Atchison, Kan., Julia Cavanagh, by whom he has five
children, all born in Kansas, as was an infant and deceased daughter. Mr. Pendergrass was
born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1848.

DANIEL PETTITT, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, was born in 1822, in Cambridgeshire, Eng-
land, and married in the same shire, Elizabeth Gotebed, who was born 1823, in Helge,
Norfolk. They came to America in 1851, and settled in Genesee County, N. Y., thence
removing to Carroll County, Ill.; thence to their present Kansas farm. In New York State,
Mr. Pettitt worked as a wagon maker, and in Illinois as carpenter and joiner. During the Civil
War he served in the First Illinois Artillery. He has done good work on the farm where he
now lives, having brought it all to a high state of improvement, erected good buildings, plant-
ed hedges, orchard, grove, etc. The children are: Rebecca, born January 1, 1843; James, born
July 2, 1848; William, born October 31, 1850; Elizabeth, born November 25, 1853; Daniel J.,
October 9, 1855; Anna, July 17, 1859; Thomas, August 8, 1862, and Nathan, January 9, 1864.
Two children—Daniel and Martha died in infancy.

J, E. PRICE, proprietor of elevator, came to this city in 1879. He was born July 4.
1843, in Huntingdon-County, Pa.; enlisted early in the Civil War in the One Hundred an
Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served eight months; was wounded at
Antietam, and then fought until the collapse of the rebellion in the First Pennsylvania
Light Artillery, coming out with a Lieutenant’s commission, as a reward for heroism dis-

layed in manning an abandoned gun at the siege of Richmond. From 1865 to 1873 he was
in Cincinnati; from 1873 to 1875 in Doniphan roa Kan., and then in Hiawatha until
1879, when he bought a home and settled with his family in Sabetha, He is an Odd Fellow,
belongs to the K. of H_, and represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of 1882 at Atchison.

CALEB RAWSON, farmer, P. O. Sabetha, was born in 1812, in Northbridge, Mass.
and successful farmer. He emigrated to Geneseo, TIL, in 1852, an
“improved three farms thereabouts. In 1861 he settled in Jasper County, Iowa, improving three
more farms in that county. The year 1870 found him on a new quarter section in Capioma
Township, Nemaha County; after develepine this farm, he began on another new one in Rock
Creek Township, Sections 29 and 30. ere, in 1870, he planted 300 apple trees which, with
40u planted, subsequently make up what is conceded to be one of the most thrifty, pro-
ductive and valuable orchards in Nemaha County; the first planted orchard alone produced
600 bushels of apples in 1881. At this writing both orchards are so laden down, that it has
become necessary to destroy part of the fruit, as propping of the limbs has proved insuftici-
ent. Mr. Rawson is now living on his ninth farm, and has made it to ‘blossom like a rose
garden,” as he has all that have come into his possession during his fifty years’ ex-
perience as a farmer. Beginning with land once broken, but abandoned, and so weed-grown,
that fire swept the ground clear, he has planted trees, vines, and fruit bearing and ornamental
shrubs in the greatest profusion; builf a tasteful and substantial frame farmhouse, a barn,
etc., and to-day his suburban farm is a model tosee. His vineyard comprises 370 vines,
mainly Concords; his garden of three acres, and the remainder to great crops of corn and
potatoes, the equal oF which the writer has not seen in Kansas. 10,000 Catawba plants
growing in immense, dense green rows, are one of the features that interest the visitor at
this pretty farm and hospitable home, while but a word can be said regarding the thrifty:
and vigorous orchards of peaches and apples now fairly started. . z

W. SEAMANS, retired farmer, was born in Woodstock, Conn., in 1816, and reared
in Steuben County, N. Y., and in the fall of 1858 came to Kansas, making claims on Sections
20 and 29, Rock Creek Township. On this farm he planted Seamans’ Grove, one of the
first in Nemaha County, visible for many miles in either direction, and the land-mark for
the host of over-land travelers, who soon began to make such claims upon his hospitality,
as to encourage him to enlarge his cabin to a fair-sized house, and build a stone stable forty
feet long. While living with his wife and children in his board roofed, floorless and
windowless house, a party of eight travelers, not liking his slender. accommodations,

ushed on one cold night and nearly froze to death on the open prairie, ee to find
Rerisos, then the nearest inhabited point to the West. His place was popular for years
thereafter, and was known all over the west'as Seamans’ Grove, which name it still bears,
though he sold the property in 1865. He then lived on a farm at Albany, until his final
retirement to Sabetha in 1881. He married in Steuben County, N. Y., Phoebe Blakeslee,
who died in 1878, leaving three children. The present Mrs. Seamans’ maiden name was
Sarah Russell, of Seneca County, N.Y. She married Benjamin Force, who died in New
York State, leaving two children—David A. Force, of Detroit, and Lizzie E., now Mrs.
Blakeslee, of Elmira, N. Y. + = 4 ie a

SAMUEL SLOSSON, of Slosson Bros., was born in 1837, in Broome aye N. Y.;
reared on a farm and came thence, in 1863, to Albany, Kan., associating with his brother,
W. B, Slosson, who had located there as early as 1858. The brothers were prominent an
prosperous merchants here until 1870, when they ‘‘ packed up bag and baggage and came

‘to Sabetha, building the east part of the ‘‘Red Front” block. Samuel Slosson was the

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first station agent at this point, ‘serving about a year. About this time the brothers built the
waréhouse now known as the Price elevator, and continued in the mercantile and grain
business, : In 1881 the ‘‘Red Front” block was nearly trebled in size, its present dimensions
poe 64x70 feet. Mr. Slosson married in Salem, Neb., in 1875, Miss Emma §., daughter of
Dr. J. R. Brooke, a native of Philadelphia, who brought his family to Salem in 1860. Mrs.
Slosson was born in Ohio, and educated in the Nebraska State Normal School, from which
she graduated in 1871. She enjoys the honor of being the only lady physician in Nemaha
County, having spent 1874-75 in the Woman’s Medical College, Philadelphia, from which
institution she graduated with full honors in 1875. She relates with evident interest, that
during the severe winter of 1880-"81, ‘Old Doctor Irwin” and herself were the only practi-
tioners in Sabetha, the others, in consequence of the State Registration Law, having either
qult practice or resumed study in order to secure the required diplomas. Mr. and Mrs.
Jossen have two sons—Frank §. and John Brooke, both born in Sabetha.

WM. B. SLOSSON, one of the pores of Albany, was born November 2, 1835, in
Broome County, N. Y. Settled at Albany, Nemaha County, Kan., in April 1857, and lived
there and at Salem, Neb., until his final location at Sabetha in 1870 or °71. He married in
March, 1860, in his and her native county, Miss Achsah L, Lilly, They have one child—
Edwin E., born June 7, 1865, in Albany. T. and Mrs. Slosson have both been almost life-
long Con; egationalists, Mrs. Slosson, an active temperance and Sunday-school worker,
occupied for years in Sabetha the position of president of the W. C. T. U., and superintend-
ent of the Congregational Sunday-school of that place. Mr. Slosson opened the first store
in December, 1861, in Albany, With a stock of goods brought from Salem, Neb., because
of the fear of the “Free-state’’ owners that they would be seized by the border ruffians if
left in Salem. He was among the most prominent organizers of ‘Council No. 40, of the’
Union League of Albany,” organized July 22, 1863, and prior to that had, with others of ~
Albany and vicinity, assisted many a runaway black to his freedom—once barely escaping
an armed, drunken and maddened mob at Nebraska City, by persuading the Pro-slavery
ferryman and securing passage across the Missouri for his party, including three escaping
slaves. In 1872 he was appointed by Governor Osborn to a State office, Trustee of the
Blind Asylum, and served the state in that capacity and as Trustee and ecretary of the
Board for all the State Charitable Institutions for four years or until 1876. In 1882 he
removed with his family to Leavenworth citv, Kansas, where he now resides, and is con-
nected with the Brown Medicine & Mfg. Co, of that city as its Vice-President and Advertis-
ing Manager. As an early settler, staunch Christian, temperance worker, active business
man, and fearless advocate of the right at all times and places, must W. B. Slosson ever be
remembered.

_N.S. SMITH, Propelsiee Chicago Lumber Yard, was born in 1837, in Ashland County,
Ohio. He removed to Henry County, Ill’, where in 1862, he enlisted in the One Hundre
and Twelfth Dlinois Volunteer Infantry. Served in East Tennessee, and fought with his
regiment at Chattanooga, through the Atlanta campaign, and finally with brave old ‘“‘Pap”
Thomas at Franklin and Nashville. Was sick in hospital during the summer of 1865; dis-
charged eogree 1865. He then engaged in farming in Henry County, Il., until 1879 when
he came to Sabetha. He deals in all kinds of lumber and building material, and somewhat
in agricultural. implements. \ ‘

ON. CAMPBELL TARR, deceased, was born in 1818, in Wellsburg, W. Va., where
he spent most of his life. A Douglas Democrat in politics he early took a decided stand
against secession, and was one of the few delegates. to the State convention in 1861 who
voted against the ordinance of secession, for which he was compelled to leave Richmond
by night to save his life. In April, 1861, with two others, he went to Washington and
succeeded in getting 3,000 stand of arms with which the loyal Virginians were armed; this act
undoubtedly made the State of West Virginia possible. “He was one of the leaders in the
movement culminating in the erection of West Virginia as a State in 1863. He was the
first State Treasurer and a Lincoln delegate in 1864, and was re-elected ‘State Treasurer in
1865. In 1870 he located at Sabetha, having purchased land in Kansas as early as 1856. He
was one of the original owners of Sabetha, and later platted the addition that bears his
name. At his death December 1, 1879, he left five children, one of whom—Hammond
Tair, now a prosperous merchant of Sabetha, is proving himself worthy of his father’s hon-
orable name and record.

HAMMOND TARR, merchant, of the firm of Tarr & Koehler, dealers in general
merchandise, was born in 1852, in Wellsburg, W. Va., and is a son of the late Hon. Camp-
bell Tarr, a distinguished citizen and native of the same State. Mr. Tarr accompanied his
father to Kansas in 1870, and was with him in the mercantile business until 1875. He is
largely interested in real estate in Sabetha and vicinity; in 1881 laid out and platted H.
Tarr’s addition to Sabetha. Mr. Tarr resides on his farm adjoining Sabetha; has a pleasant
home and family.

J.L. THOMPSON, M. D , was born January 14, 1859, in Solsberry, Greene Co., Ind.;
educated in the Bloomfield State Normal School; began his medical studies with Dr. Har-
row, of his native village, and later with Dr. Grey, of Whitehall, Ind. He came to Capi-
oma, Kan., in 1879, practiced awhile, then re-entered the Louisville (Ky.) Medical College,
from which institution he graduated February 25, 1880. He married Miss Nannie Magill,
of Capioma, and settled in Sabetha in 1881. The Doctor is popular, both prot eeonely
and socially; is an Odd Fellow, ahd Vice Dictator, and Medical Examiner of the K. of H.
Tenge: Sabetha, and with his wife a Congregationalist.

ILLIAM K. THOMPSON, deceased, a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, was a son of
David Thompson. The family removed to Athens County, Ohio, then to Illinois, then to
Jasper County, Mo., thence in 1859, to Douglas County, Kan. In 1865 the two brothers W. K.
and A. J. Thompson, settled in Rock,Creek. William K, Thompson married Frances Secreast,
of Guernsey County, Ohio, and at his death October 19, 1867, left three children—Ruth,
Rachel and William K. His estate then comprised 333 acres of valuable land, part of which
has been sold or divided among heirs. At his deceased son’s old home, lives his father, now
a widower and in failing health, aged eighty. After an éxterided visit to California, he
settled here with his son, Abraham J. Thompson, born in Guernsey County, Ohio, wasa
lifelong companion of his elder brother; married Phoebe Tucker, in Jasper County, Mo.,
and died August 13, 1875, leaving five children, one of whom has since died.

ALBERT WEST, came to Kansas in 1866; was ona farm in Rock Creek three years,
then came to Sabetha, first leasing and later buying the hotel property of A. W. Williams,
This ke kept as ‘‘ West’s hotel’? for five years, and ‘‘fed *em wellif I did have mean ac-
commodations,” as hesays. Thehouse was a petcuyors affair, comprisin seven different
‘additions ” or ‘‘ stories on the ground” as they were then called. Mr. West was born in
1817, in Tompkins County, N. Y., and married Harriet N. Stratton. They have five chil-
dren living. During the past few years Mr. West has devoted himself to the practice of
veterinary surgery. He is owner also, of “ Zern,” a handsome, mahogany bay stallion, for
which he paid $1,000 in Chautauqua County, N. Y. ‘‘ Zern” is of Blackhawk and Hamble-
tonian stock, and a most valuable animal.

COL. W. 8. WHITE, owner of the Oakland Stock Farm, near Sabetha. This farm is
one of those institutions that, springing up ina few years as it has, ought to be a model
for many who, instead of decrying Kansas as a drouthy, grasshopper country, might well
attempt to rival it. In 1872, Col. White bought 160 acres, still the ‘homestead quarter,”
and placed thereon thirty-two fine bred Short-horn cattle. Gradually adding to his farm and
herd, he has to-day a magnificent farm of 575 acres in a body, with a detached 160 acres in
Brown County. His herd comprises 110 head, all eligible to register, and all registered ex-
cept the youn er and barren animals. He annually sells about forty head of these choice
pedigreed cattle to Kansas farmers, who now fully appreciate the value of the rare breeding
and eee iont care bestowed by the Colonel upon his herd. For years past he has exhib-
ited stock at various county fairs, and wearying of his easily won laurels, tested the merits
of his stock in competition with the herds of the State in 1882, with the most gratifying re-
sults. His cattle are from the best herds of Kentucky and Illinois, bred by such men as J.
H. Spears & Sons, Wm. Stevenson & Sons, C. E. Lippincott, Pickerell, of Decatur, and
others equally noted as progressive, successful breeders. Col. White himself has the only
complete edition of the American Short-horn Herd Book in the State. He has a substantial,
even elegant home, his house, built ‘‘four-square to every wind,” being one of the largest
farmhouses in Northern Kansas. He is a native of Menard County, IL. and a graduate of
the Illinois College, at Jacksonville. In early life he often met Abraham Lincoln in familiar
neighborly intercourse, and has of him vivid and most pleasant recollections.

C. T. WHITTENHALL is'a son of the late Elihu Whittenhall, and was born January 3,
1834, in Addison, Steuben County, N. Y. Educated in his native village, and came to Kan-
sas with his parents and located in Albany until 1862, when he enlisted in the Union cause.
entering the service as Second Lieutenant of Company A, Fifty-fourth United States In-
fantry. Fought through with his regiment in the Trans-Mississippi Army, and at the close
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of the hostilities returned to Sabetha. During the last few years he a controlled
his father’s extensive real estate business, to which he succeeded at the latter’s demise.
He has an elegant home in Sabetha, and is one of her foremost men socially, financially and
religiously, he nar united with the old Albany Congregational Church twenty-five years
ago. His wife was Frances Stevens, of Hornellsville, N.Y. They have three children—
Charles, Aralenah and Ralph.
ELIHU WHITTENHALL, deceased, was one of the typical Kansas men, keen, alert,
aggressive and broadly public spirited, who have so rapidly advanced this. their adopted
State, to so enviable a rank in the sisterhood of the Union. Asa leader in the Albany Col-
ony of sturdy New Yorkers who laid out Albany, Nemaha Co , Kan., in the spring of 1858,
he is best known. During his first twelve years here we find hima quiet, successful farmer,
whose command of means and whose executive ability placed him at the front where public
measures were discussed by the colonists. He was among the first to grasp the situation,

and to take advantage of the changes wrought through the building of the railroad to Sa- |

betha, at: which point he opened a real estate office in 1870. His business here was begun
on a large scale and instantly expanded. Village lots were sold to actual settlers at Sabetha
at almost their own terms, and yet at his death Mr Whittenhall owned about one-half the
town site. His real estate traneactions in Northern Kansas were for such men as Gov. Por-
ter, of Indiana, W. T. Wooster, of Ohio, and others. Mr. Whittenhall was a founder in
Albany of the Congregatic nal Church, and continued active in the cause dosti his life. He
was born in 1808, in Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., and fought life’s battles alone after the
age of seven, when he was left an orphan. When twenty, he married Eliza A. Shumway,
who was born in 1809 in the same town with himself. She was a graduate of the Oxfor
Academy with ex-Governor Seymour and other distinguished New Yorkers, and died August
“18, 1866, and was followed by her husband December 1, 1881.

ALBANY. »

The settlement rather than town of Albany deserves special mention as
essential to the true record of the early colonization of NemahaCounty. Its
location is two miles almost directly north of Sabetha, and its first settlement
was effected long before the latter thriving town had an existence or a name.
In 1857, a colony of New Yorkers, comprising fifteen or twenty families,
came to Kansas, located in the vicinity referred to, and a year later the
majority of them so far effected an organization, as to found a town to which
was given the name of Albany, in honor of the New York capital. Those

rincipally interested in this movement were Elihu Whittenhall, W. B.
Bicaech. dwin Miller, George, John, and William Graham, Rev. R. D.
Parker and Archibald Webb. The first thing attempted in the nature of
ae improvement was the erection of a clapboard hotel, by Edwin

iller, the house being moved to Sabetha a few years later. A cottonwood
schoolhouse was next built, and then a residence by Elihu Whittenhall, con-
structed of black walnut lumber. The first store building was erected by
Moses Stevens, of New York, in 1860. It was afterward sold to W. B. Slos-
son, and finally taken to Sabetha. A post-office was established in 1859,
with John P. Shumway as postmaster. About: 1860 he was succeeded by
W. B. Slosson, the third incumbent being Mrs. C. B. Stinson. The office
has recently been discontinued. .

In 1860, the district, built the lower part of a grey limestone school-
house, the Congregational Society completing the structure, and for many
pets using the oo part as a place of worship. This society was organized

eptember 26, 1859, with a charter membership of eighteen, under the
mjnistrations of Rev. R. D. Parker. Its original members were Elihu Whit-
tenhall and family, George Graham and wife, John L. Graham and wife, John
Van Tuyl and wife, Edwin Miller and wife, B. H. Job and wife, Mrs. Rising,
Mrs. Archer, Thomas Robbins, W. B. Slosson and John P. Shumway. The
first services were held, prior to organization, on July 11, 1858, under a great
tree, near Edwin Miller’s residence. The Pastors of the church, succeeding
Rev. R. D. Parker, have been Rev. George Rice, Rev. Joseph Peart and Rev.
0. A. Thomas, it being during the incumbency of the last mentioned, in
1871, that the society, as such, removed to Sabetha.

It may be well in this connection to say something more of those prom-
inent in this pioneer movement. “Rev. R. D. Parker is now editor and
publisher of the Kansas Telephone, at. Manhattan; Elihu Whittenhall, after
along lite of usefulness is dead; John L. Graham was killed in the army, shot
dead at the battle of Chickamauga; George Graham was elected to the Kansas
Legislature in 1858, and again in 1865,was a member of the Seventh Kansas
Cavalry, serving throughout the war, was State‘Senator in 1867 and 1868,
State Treasurer in 1869 and 1870, served as Probate Judge of Nemaha
County, in 1879, and died, universally regretted, February 21, 1880. John
Brown’s last night in Kansas, February 1, 1859, was passed at Albany, in
the house of Edwin Miller, part of his men being quartered upon Elihu
Whittenhall, and part of them at George Grahams and W. B. Slosson’s.
From Albany he passed out through Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan,
leaving the United States at Detroit, proceeding to Chatham, Canada West,
where he organized the Southern movement, which resulted in his death.

Albany is now but a little cluster of dwelling houses.

WETMORE.

The town of Wetmore, situated upon the Central Branch of the Union
Pacific Railroad, is located in the extreme eastern portion of the county,
about four miles from its southern line. Its name was given it in honor of
Hon. W. T. Wetmore, Vice-President of the road. Early in 1866, surveys
having been completed from Atchison to Centralia, the Central Branch
platted one hundred and sixty acres of land, and almost immediately erected
a section house, and soon after, a depot building, upon the completion of the
road between the points named; in the autumn of the same year, a hotel was
built by A. Simpson, the condition being that he was to be favored by two
trains daily, stopping for dinner. The first dwelling house erected was that
of Augustus Mayer, built in 1867, upon the site now occupied by William
Cawood’s residence. The first business building constructed was that of
Morris & Brown, though prior to this, by a few months, a general stock of
goods had been kept by Simpson & Morris in a small room at the depot
building. In. 1867, the town was given a post office, with A. O. McCreary,
the present incumbent, as postmaster. In the spring of 1868, a lumber

ard was opened by M. P. M. Cassity, the business being disposed of to
William T. McVey & Co., early in 1869, This firm during the ensuing year,
erected a grain elevator, now owned by Stowell & McVey. The year 1869

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also witnessed, together with minor improvements, the opening of a general
store by N. H. & D. C. Rising, subsequently disposed of to DeForest Brothers,
the present proprietors. In 1870 the Wetmore House was built by Peter
Shuemaker, passing into the hands of S. C. & D. C. Rising, to be repurchased
by the original proprietor, it finally being disposed of to the pene owner,
A. J. Dooley. During the same year a drug store was opened by Dr. J. W.
Graham, and the Overland House built, for a private residence, not being
used for hotel purposes until 1874. ;

The first birth in the new town was that of Mary Cassity, born August
8, 1868, into a world in which she had small part, her death occurring but
two years and four months later. Death first entered Wetmore in October,
1869, removing Nellie A. Rising, an infant. The first marriage, occurring
in 1870, united N. Morris and Mary Wolfley. The first school was taught
by A. S. Kenoyer, during the winter of 1868 and 1869.

The only fire of importance, which has occurred in Wetmore, destroyed
the business house of Morris & Brother. This was subsequently rebuilt by
Wolfley, Morris & Co., the senior partner withdrawing from the firm, soon
after the structure was completed. The town, in its brief existence, has de-
veloped rapidly, supplying parts of four counties, from which it, in turn,
derives its elements of strength and prosperity. Its population, according to
the last census, is 565. a0 ;

Early in the year 1882, the town of Wetmore containing a population
exceeding two hundred and fifty, and not greater than two thousand, and
the majority of the ninety-six qualified electors peng in favor of incorpora-
tion, an appeal was made to Hon. David Martin, Judge of the Second Judi-
cial District, for an order, incorporating the said town, as a city of the third
class. This order was granted by the court on July 8, 1882.

On July 25 of the same year the first city election was held, the result

lacing in office: J. W. Graham as Mayor; and a Council consisting of
illiam Morris, E. H. Chapman, William Buzan, Joseph Haigh and E. F.
Vilott; M. P. M. Cassity being elected Police Judge.

The third house in Wetiere let it be said in due honor to the intelli-
gence of the community, was a district school building, erected in the fall of
1868, by William Morris, M. P. M. Cassity and Jacob Geyer, these constitut-
ing the School Board at the time. It was a frame building of one story,
28x40 feet in size, and costing $1,860. Until 1879 no special need for
more commodious quarters was experienced, a new building being erected
in that year, larger and in every way better, at a cost to the district of
$3,400. The growth of interest in educational matters has been marked, the
attendance increasing from twenty-two in 1868, to one hundred and seventy
in 1882, The principal at the time of writing is E. H. Chapman; the assist-
ants, Nettie Crist ad Annie Gill.

In May, 1878, Daniel C. Needham commenced the publication of a line
of co-operative newspapers along the Central Branch Railroad, one of which,
the Acme, was devoted to, and-nominally issued from, the rising town of
Wetmore. It was a small sheet, of Republican proclivities, and soon died
a natural death.

CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, ETC.

The first religious organization effected in Wetmore, or in immediate propinquity, was
that of the Methodists, who succeeded in the erection of a church edifice as early ag 1872; a
very handsome frame building, with a seating capacity of 300, and costing $1,810. The pas-
tors, in direct succession, have been as follows: Rev. E. H. Bailiff, Rev. E. Gill, Rev. J. A.
Woodburn, Rev. D. J. Crooks, Rev. R. J. McGinnis, Rev. J. Richardson, Rev. S. M. Hop-

kins ane Rev. William Moody. The present number of members, exclusive of probation-
ers, is fifteen.

Following closely the Methodist example, the Baptists organized a class during the same
year, occupying the church building of their more fortunate brethren, and worshipping in
private residences. The pastor is, and has been from the first, if we except the occasional
irregular supplies with which the society has been favored, Rev. Thomas Rolfe, who dis-
penses the truth to his little flock of about twenty-five, one Sunday in every four.

The Catholics of Wetmore and vicinity, about forty in number, are under the spiritual
charge of Rev. Father Johh Bagley, who first gathered them together in 1875. They worship
in a comfortable frame building, sufficient to their present needs.

Wetmore Lodge, No, 58, A. &. & A. \—A lodge of this Order, bearing the title of Gran-
ada Lodge, No. 58, was instituted in Granada Township, October 16, 1867. Its first officers
were; Master, William J. Hart; Sr. W., Henry ©. Gragg; Jr. W., Sneathon Vilott. Its
present place of meeting being changed in 1881, by reason of the removal of many of its mem-

ers, its title was altered to conform with the new conditions under which it existed. The
ee membership is thirty-four. The officers elected last are: Master, S. C. Shuemaker;
r.W., E. Campfield; Jr. W., T. H. Doolittle; Sec’y, E.S, Frager; Treas., John Thornburrow.
_,.The Wetmore division’ of the Sons of Temperance was instituted, October 18, 1878,
with twenty-seven charter members, Its first W. P. was E. H. Chapman; W. A., Peter
Shuemaker, _ Its present peep is about fifty, and_its officers as follows: W. P., M.
DeForest; W.A., Mary Thomas; R.S., D. W. Stowell; A. R. §., Mary Sisson; F, §.,
Catherine Thomas.

The organization of a banking corporation—Wetmore State Bank—was effected early in
1881, with Willis Brown, President; ulliam Morris, Vice-President, and S. C. Shuemaker,
Cashier, Its capital is $50,000, $15,000 of which is paid up. A substantial and elegant bank
building was erected in the ae of the company’s organization, being completed at a cost of
$8,400 in April, 1882, _It is furnished with one of Mosler’s finest safes, with time locks, and
is In every way a credit to the town, affording it facilities without which its progress had
been materially retarded.

Wetmore Mineral Springs.—Ear\ in the summer of 1881, it was discovered that certain
springs in the vicinity of the town, Which had long been known, but neglected as of no par-
ticular value, were possessed of Jmportant medicinal qualities. In the spring of 1882,
their owner, John Pool, Sr., obtained an analysis of the water, the chemist reporting as

follows:
Orrick oF J. H. Waren, M. a eae CHEMIST,
2 T. Louis, Mo., July 3, 1882.
On analysis of the water from the Wetmore Mineral Springs, I ind the specific gravity

to be 1006.8. Reaction, alkaline; and the solids, per gallon, as follows:
Carbonate of Lime, -  - - oe 7.102 grains
eo Magnesia, oa 9.880“
‘ Iron, 2.592“
: Soda, . 738 +S
Chloride of Soda, . 2.654“

Ge Potash, “646
Phosphate of Lime, - 408 *“
Silica, - = - > = 1886 :
Organic Matter, - = 1686“
Su phate of Magnesia, 941g“

. Lime, - 7.440 °
Total solids per gallon, - 43.832 grains

Carbonic acid gas, per gallon, 38.8 cubie inches.

 
: NEMAHA COUNTY. 957

I regard the combination found in the water of these springs as of great value in the is now Justice of the Peace i

i : ; ee u / and Police Judge of Wetmore. In 1878, at Plattsburg, Mo., he
Hpaimeny oF may forms of disease. “ine slightly alkaline property would indicate its use in defended and cleared one Samuels, a half brother of Frank and Jesse James, chatved with
disceace of he uTDary organs, as e as in foes Jropsical affections will probably a geal assault upon a colored man with a revolver. ‘‘The Judge,” ase he is familiarly
ae ed by its use. I would strongly rceommend its use as a bath, as well as by called, ae 4 zone. memory, and is full of incidents and anecdotes relating to early days in

. ansas an e West. ;
Juan H. Wricut, M-D., Chemist. ‘ aoe COX, farmer, = O. Wetmore, was born in 1837 an ponder: England, where
5 ’ ; 7 e learne e carpenter's trade, serving a six years’ apprenticeship. e came to America
Bot pile, = seh Bee peed done in the way of improvment to-render the springs more in 1868 as one of the Kansas colonists fron endo tn the sprin, ror 1869 he homesteaded
sees le to e eee Ne ut it is undoubtedly but a question of a short time when they will ~ eighty acres, and was so poor as to be obliged to pay for the first breaking done upon it by
fe a a toes eee and become a source, not only of occasional revenue, but giving his coat. In 1x70 he managed, by buying one horse and hiring another, to get a team,
°: Phe Wetmore A ‘ own, i A and then was doomed to see his first crop destroyed by grasshoppers. During the winter of
; . ei cat tls.—In 1881, William J. Merritt and J. L. Gettys, both of Illinois, erected  1870-"71 he built a “ Kansas” house, or Hoxhouce, and Began lite here when he had but a
a a 7 pe mi! uae furnishing it with a sixty-horse-power engine, three run of burrs, cord of wood in the way of family supplies. To day we find his farm hedged, mostly in cul-
a0 the latest improved machinery necessary to the enterprise of handling and pees tivation, and upon it a house costing $1,100, with barn, stock yards, wire fences, orchard.
the yet a coe tee et with economy and in its highest possible excellence. ‘The entire etc., etc. His wife was Jane Lansley, also of London. They were married in that city in
expense has been about $7;000, 1859, and have nine living children, four born in London and the balance in Nemaha County,

a Kan. : =

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. sad ce C. ey, of ve pete ee ice Me N. Deo eae ae sons,
. ’ arles and H. C., came to Kansas in , purchasing a farm four miles south o: etmore,
_ Z. BEAN, of Wetmore, was born October 29, 1843, in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., Wis. the father and H. C. engaging for about Three years in the lumber and implement business,
His father, James L. Bean, was a pioneer of Wisconsin, and worked on the first frame house asI.N. De Forest & Co At the end of that time H. C bought the interest of W. W. Let-
built in Milwaukee. J. L, Bean was a New Yorker, and married in Chicago Phillis Butter- _ son, of the firm of Letson & Spencer. J. D. Spencer & Co. did business until April, 1877,
field, also of New York. About 1845, they settled in Union, Rock Co., Wis., and eiehe years when Charles De Forest secured Mr. Spencer’s interest, constituting-the present firm. H.
later in Stevens’ Point, Wis., where the father_was in the Jumber business. Z. Bean en- C. De Forest is a native of Dutchess County, N. Y. Graduated at Yale College in 1863, and
listed in 1864 in the Fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served under Sheridan in the: was for six years in business in Chicago. Mrs. I. N. De Forest and Rodman A. joined the
Shenandoah Valley and at the siege of Petersburg, Va. Was sunstruck near that city, and father and brothers in 1870, the family coming from Madison, Wis., formerly from Dutchess
honorably discharged about the close of the war. He then spent four years in Wisconsin; County, N. Y. The De Forest Brothers are doing a large and increasing business, their
married, and settled in Nemaha County as a farmer, which business he followed until re- stock aving increased from $3,000 to $15,000 in ten years, it now including everything ex-

cently, when he sold hix farm and bought the livery stable in connection with the Dooley cept drugs and hardware. :
House, which he is nowrunning. His wife was Frances Hudson, of Granada, whose people, JOHN DUDLEY, farmer, P.O. Wetmore, was born in 1838, in Coles County, IJ], and
formerly from New York, settled in Kansas in 1870. Mr.and Mrs. Bean have three children, there reared a farmer. In 1859 he came to Kansas: was ee by the destitution and
all born in Kansas—Eddie A., born September 11, 1871, and twin daughters, Ethel May and _hardships of 1860; returned to Illinois, and enlisted from Coles County in 1861 as a private
Carrie Estelle, both pretty as pictures, and difficult to distingush from each other. in the the Third Missouri Cavalry. His service was in Missouri and Arkansas, and at Little
JOHN BRADFORD, farmer and stockman, P. 0. Wetmore, was born in 1819, in Calla- Rock; Ark., he was wounded in the arm and taken prisoner. After several months’ cap-
way County, Mo., and reared a farmer in that county. At the age of twenty-one he settled tivity he was paroled and rejoined his regiment. On the last day of 1864 he was a second
in Miller County, Mo., and there lived until 1857, when he located seven miles due west of time captured, and after being taken 12! miles into' Arkansas, made his escape, lost most of
Atchison, Kan., where he built and for twelve years kept the noted ‘‘Seven Mile House,” —_ his clothes in swimming the Saline River, and crossed Arkansas in a pair of antaloons,
so well remembered by the old-timers of Kansas. ‘‘I didn’t see a leisure hour here,” said © made by tearing out the sleeves of his coat. Since the war he has resided in Kansas as a
Mr. Bradford, ‘‘and many a night have my floors been covered with sleeping men, and my farmer. He married, in his and her native county, Susan E. Lemmon. They have nine

yard filled with wagons and teams.’ While here he dealt extensively in grain and stock, children (eight daughters and one son, Wm. E. Dudley).

and carried on a large farm, besides three years spent in freighting on the plains. ‘In 1871, J. W. GRAHAM, M. D., Mayor of Wetmore, was born December 5, 1845, in Tusca-
he settled on a large farm near Whiting, Kan. Had 50 acres in cultivation here,and em- rawas County, Ohio. In 1852 his parents settled near Independence, Iowa. J. W.
ployed men and teams without end. Was undertaking too much, however, and gradually attended the schools of both States, paying his own way by ee and teaching, and
sold out his land. Settled in Whiting, and for a nnmber of years engaged exclusively inthe was finally enabled to enter Hopkinton Collegiate Institute, which, however, he left in
stock business. Forming a co-partnership with W. S. Engle, they began buying land about = 1864, and enlisted in the Forty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Was at Tupelo, Miss.,
a mile south of Wetmore, and in 1882 Mr. Bradford built near the center of their splendid and Memphis when the rebel Forrest made his memorable raid and dashed into that
1,400-acre stock-farm, and there we find him to-day, surrounded with from 3'0 tn 400 head city. Dr. Graham has in his possession a paper signed by President Lincoln and counter-
of cattle, inc] nalng 45 sraded Short-horn cows,130 head of yearlings, 55 two-year olds, and the signed by Secretary Stanton, conferring special thanks upon him for service performed. At
balance calves. Near his farmhouse gushes out a ‘‘ twin spring” of the best water, sufficient the close of the Rebellion he began the study of medicine in Winthrop, Iowa; came to Kan-
to water all the stock in Wetmore Township. The entire ranch is fenced off into ‘“ cisnty mu sas in 1868, and after a year’s practice in Capioma came to Wetmore, which has since been
and ‘‘ quarters,’ and one “forty,” with a five-wire fence, for hogs. It is doub' ess the his home. He is a graduate of the Northwestern Medical College, St. Joseph, Mo. His wife
most natural stock-farm, all things considered, in Nemaha County. Mrs. Bradford was was Miss Alma, daughter of N. H. Rising, a very early settler of Granada, and their five
Eliza Henderson, of Tennessee. and they had two children—George Bradford, who died in children were born in Wetmore. The Doctor built the first drug store here; kept it eight

Butler County, Kan., aged thirty-five, and Sarah M., wife of Henry Lepprin. of Whiting. years; was Postmaster 1872-’74, and has served eight years as Justice of the Peace. In pol-
WILLIAM P. BUZAN, of the firm of Buzan, Hazeltine & Co., was born in 1848,in _itics he is an Independent Republican; religious views liberal. .

Manitou County, Central Missouri. At fourteen he egen to learn telegraphy, and during J. H. HART, farmer, P. O. Wetmore, was born in 1833, in Bath County, Ky., and reared

the following nine years he operated and helped to build lines for the Western Union Tele- in Putnam County, Ind. ’ In 1-60 he settled in Marion County, Iowa, and in the fall of 1862

graph Company in Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Calo- enlisted in Company I, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Was in the, Western army;
rado and Utah. The centennial year found him in Wetmore, where he was a mercantile | was in the Yazoo Pass, at Shel] Mound Fort, Helena, and Duvall’s Bluff; also at the secon
clerk until the spring of 1881, when the present strong lumber firm was founded. He is of capture of Little Rock. Ark., Pine Bluffs, Saline River; then at Camden, Ark., Red River.
French ancestry, and his parents both Kentuckians. His mother’s mother died in that Little Rock, White River, and finally to New Orleans, and thence to Mobile. While besieg-
State at the age of 103 years. Mrs. Buzan was Miss Annie, daughter of Augustus Wolfley, - ing the forts there, a ten-inch shell came screaming through the air toward a rifle-pit in
deceased, the pioneer settler of Wetmore Township. which were Mr. Hart and two comrades, and_as it rushed on, Mr. Hart exclaimed, ‘Boys,
_M. CALLAHAN is a native of Limerick, Ireland. About 1840, his people came to the that’s coming in here!’ and sprang to one side just as the shell buried itself where he had
United States and settled in Pennsylvania. He grew up in Richmond, Va., where he learned been seated a moment before. It was a most miraculous escape, as he was the only man of
the blacksmith’s trade in the famous Tredegar Iron Works. -Prior to the Rebellion, he the three who moved at all. After the fall of Mobile, his regiment did some duty to the
helped to put the machinery in the United States war-steamers “Jamestown” and ‘“Ro- north of that city, and was then transferred to Mexico and Texas, and in the fall of 1865 sent
anoke,”’ that soon became noted as fighting-ships. Mr. Callahan’s first real removal was to via. New Orleans to Rock Island, Ill., and there discharged. Returning to Indiana, he re-
Terre Haute, Ind., where he followed his trade, working at a later date in Litchfield, Dl., joined his family, took them to Marion County, Iowa, and in 1867 struck for Kansas, settlin,
then in Indiana olis, Ind. He came to Kansas as an employe on the Central Branch Rail- on a farm two miles east of Granada, where he made good improvements and lived unti
road, then building west from Atchison, and for a time pumped water and lived in a box- 1875, when he located on his present 110-acre farm. Here he has a good house. with eight
car where Wetmore now stands, and for four years was a ‘‘section boss,” his section ex- rooms; a well-fenced farm, and plenty of timber on Elk Creek. e married, in Putnam

tending from the twenty-fifth to the sixtieth mate pone. ‘His family meanwhile lived in County, Ind., Polly A. Clawson, who left one daughter, Annie, at her death. The present.

Netawaka and Wetmore. In the latter place he finally settled, and in 1880 built his home, Mrs. Hart was Nancy Murphy, and by her he has two children, Sarah E. and Ara O. Mr.

in connection with which he has a restaurant, *‘ The Farmer’s Home,” and a ten-pin alley. Hart is a member of the Christian Church of Elk Creek, and is a Deacon therein.

A good farm was recently sold by him, and the proceeds thereof will propa bly be _ invested JOHN HAZELTINE, deceased, a native of Sweden, was twice married in Sweden. He
in another one. He married Anne Boucher, of Terre Haute, Ind., by whom he has three chil- had three sons—John, Alfred and Charles. John and Alfred came to America and located in
dren—Henry (born in Indianapolis), William and Margaret, born'in Kansas. Pennsylvania in 1859; about a year later the father and remaining brother joined them, and

JOHN H. CAMPBELL, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Wetmore, was born in 1882, in Pu- in the spring of 1860 they all came together to Kansas, settling on a new prairie farm half a
laski County, Mo, His father, James Campbell, born in Harwood County, N. C., was a mile west of where Wetmore now stands. John Hazeltine, Jr., died here in 1865, and the
territorial settler in Missouri; married Ruth Anderson, and at his death, in 1836, left five father in the fall of 1877. Charles Hazeltine is a prosperous farmer near Wetmore, and Alfred
children, of whom J. H. and A. G: Campbell, with their mother, came to Kansas early in Hazeltine, who engaged in stock dealing and farming until 1881, is now one of the flourishing
1856 from Laclede County, Mo. Both sons were bachelors, and both made claims, J. H on the firm of Buzan, Hazeltine & Co., which firm has about $12,:00 invested in the lumber busi-
southwest quarter of Section 1, and A. G. on the southwest quarter of Section 3. Arude,low- _ness, also dealing in coal, farm implements of all kinds,.wagons, buggies and barbed wire.
roofed cabin was built, and though the stalwart young men could barely stand upright in \y The yards cover three lots, and from three to six men are employed.
it, yet here they spent the summer of 1856, on no floor but mother earth. Such was the K ALFRED JONES, farmer, P.O. Wetmore, was born in 1830, in Delaware County. Ind.
commencement in 1856, and to-day (1882) we find J. H. Campbell the owner of a finely im- t fourteen he strack out for himself and settled on the Platte Purchase in Missouri,. living

roved 280-acre farm and a 240-acre grazing tract, and ilving with his family ina substantial’ there until 1855. when he came‘to Kansas, making a claim between Leavenworth and Law-
Pime farmhouse, 32x26 feet. two stories and hip roof, and everything needed by the pros- _— rence, and improved two different farms prior to the Rebellion. During that great atte
perous farmer of the age. His wife was Sarah Williams; married December 31, 1862; and he served as a volunteer in Col. Jennison’s Fifteenth Kansas, and helped fight the rebels
their three children are: Henry, Frances R., and Mary L., all born on the Kansasfarm. Price, Marmaduke and Hindman in Missouri, Arkansas and the Cherokee country. Since
Mr. Campbell well remembers his adventures during the ‘Kansas War’’—his capture by the war he has engaged in farming in Atchison and Nemaha Counties, and settled on his
the noted Kickapoo Rangers, and his panishment to Missouri on pain of death. A.G, present eighty-acre farm about'1872. His wife was Mary A. Underwood, and they have
Campbell went to Colorado and became’ wealthy in male Og cepeula gone and noted as the eight children, three born in Platte County, Mo., and five in Kansas. Mr. Jones has a
contestant for the seat of polygamous delegate Cannon, of Utah, in the United States Con- = pleasant home and valuable farm, and is one of the respected oid settlers of this State.
gress. : F e DAVID M. LOCKNANE, deceased, the first settler of Granada Township and one of
ELWIN CAMPFIELD, attorney-at-law, son of T. A. Campfield, a pioneer settler of the earliest in Kansas, was born March 13, 1823, in Clark County, Ky.; removed to Ray
old Home Township, was born November 16, 3847, and came with his parents to Kansas in County, Mo., and. there married Miss Clarissa E. Owens, a native of Clark County, Ky.
1859. Was an attendant of the early schools of Kansas, and later of the Agricultural Col- | From 1850 to °53, Mr. Locknane was in California, and in March, 1855. he came from Platte
lege at Manhattan and the Institution at Irving. Studied law with Taylor & Purnell, of | County, Mo., to Kansas, settling on what has since been named Locknane’s Creek, in hia
Seneca, and was admitted to the bar of Nemaha County in October, 1874. Began practice honor. His claim was just west of what was afterwards laid ont as the town or village of
at Centralia, and in March, 1881, removed to Wetmore, where he has built up a prosperous Granada, and the log-house that he built in February, 1855, is still standing—the oldest
law, real estate, loan and insurance business. Mr. Campfield is an active member of Wet- _ building in Nemaha County. From 1860 to 1864 he kept the ‘‘ Granada Hotel,” and then re-
more_Lodge A. F. & A. M., and it is through his agency as Senior Warden of the Lodge = suming his farm work, actively continued it until his melancholy death caused by a runaway

that the name was changed from Granada to Wetmore in 1882. team in August. 1879. He was made a Mason in Clay County, Mo., and was a charter member
M., P. M. CASSITY, attorney-at-law, was born June 15, 1835, in Fleming County, Ky. of Granada Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; was also a member of the Christian Church in Granada,
“His father.was a Kentuckian, whose parents lived to the age of 95 and 98 years. Thesub- He left a valuable farm of 320 acres, to which the widow later added ighty acres. Mrs.

ject of this sketch was brought up and educated in Kentucky; visited Kansas in 1858and  Locknane is still living, clear headed and vigorous, a hale and handsome matron, who can
made a claim on Section 18, Township 4, Range 15 (Brown County); taught schoolin the _ tell of many an episode of interest regarding ‘ Bleeding Kansas” in the days of the ‘‘ Border
winter of 1857-58 in Linnzeus, Mo., and the winter of 1858-"59 in the log schoolhouse in War.” A company of South Carolinians ae eg in their (Locknane’s) door-yard, and one
Granada, Kan., it being the first school. The house was built and the school supported by _— of the number accidentally shot himself so badly that death ensued. It was not an unusual
subscription. From 1860 to 1864 he was in the grocery business at Oak Point and Granada; = event for a band of Pro or Anti-slavery horsemen to dash into their yard and demand
was Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk of Granada in 1865-66; Deputy County Assessor  ‘‘ dinner in fifteen minutes,”’ and leaders like Jim Lane, etc., were sometimes guests of this
in 1866, and in 1667-68 traveled over Western Missouri, Eastern Kansas and Southern Ne- pene family...Ten children survive Mr. Locknane, viz: Cicely J, John D, Winfield
braska in the insurance businéss. In 1864 came to Wetmore and built the third building cott, Sarah E..(born, Sasembey &, 1858, in Granada Township), Ella K., Mary V., Harriet
in the place, a ‘‘box house,” near the depot, and opened the first lumber yard directly opposite. F., Clara B., Chas. S. and Cora F. ;

The year 1871 found him in the mercantile business in Sabetha, and in 1872 he practiced law CHAS. McCARTHY, druggist; was born 1836, in London, England; was educated there
there. He then traveled three years for the St. Joseph Gazette, and since that time hasre- and served an apprenticeship of seven years as a coppersmith and brazier, at which trades
sided in Wetmore, engaged in the lumber business and the practice of law, which he has —_—he worked in all fifteen years. In 1869 he came to America, with the original colony of
followed for twenty-five years. He has served in all nine years as Justice of the Peace,and English people, who settled in Nemaha County, and for a few years identified his fortunes
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with that association, He then went East to Chicago, worked about three years for a whole-
sale house there and five years for the Standard Oil Co. His earnings were wisely invested,
and at this writing he has property valued at $4,000 in Chicago, and real estate in Nemaha
County valued at $2,000, all acquired in eight years. He came to Wetmore for permanent
settlement, and began his present business in June, 1882, His wife was Mary Hollaghan,
and they have five children—Charles, Thomas, Eugene, Justin and James ‘Garfield, the
youngest born on the day of the assassination of Pres. Garfield, and named by the em-
ployes of the Standard Oil Co., for which company his two eldest sons are now working.
Mr. McCarthy is a Roman Catholic and a Democrat.

A. J. McCREERY, farmer, P. 0. Wetmore, is ason of Alexander McCreery, deceased,
who was the father of eight children, of whom three sons served during the rebellion in the
Union Army. A.J. McCreery enlisted in September, 1862, at Holton, Kan., in the Eleventh
Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served with that regiment throughout the entire war (see
sketch of Kansas, Eleventh Infantry, in this volume). He has since been a resident of
Kansas, and has recently sold a farm in Wetmore Township. Six of the efht children above
referred to are now residents of Kansas. The father died in 1876 in Wetmore Township.
Alvin O. McCreery, now postmaster of Wetmore, served in the Ninth Indiana, and Wm. H.,
in Tenth Regiment Kansas Volunteers.

THOS. AM, M.D, of Wetmore. is a son of M.S. Milam, a native of Franklin
County, Ky., who married Harriet Stokes, of Rutherford County, Tenn., and brought his
family to Kansas in September, 1859, settling on Elk Creek, three miles east of where Holton
was afterwards built. Here they began farming on the virgin sod of the Kansas prairie,
meeting with but indifferent success for several years. In 1859 then planted thirty acres of corn,
but did not harvest a bushel, and in consequence saw some pinching times in 1860. In 1870
M.S. Milam and wife sold out, retired from farming, and have since lived in Holton. Their
only son, whose name heads this sketch, was educated in the Holton High School and in
Cumberland University. His medical studies were pursued in the University of Louisville
Ky., where he Enaduated in 1877, since which time he has resided and practiced in Wetmore.

NATHANIEL MORRIS, merchant, began business here in September, 1867, the firm of
Morris & Bro., Hourisiing here until the total destruction of their store by fire in 1870. He
then formed a partnership with his brothers-in-law, the Messrs. Wolfley. rebuilt and resumed
business. Having purchased the interest of his partners, he has since 1878 carried on a
large and rapidly increasing business, the $1,200 stock of 1867, pane increased to one
of $25,000 in 1882. Mr. Morris has in process of construction the largest store building in
Nemaha County, it being two stories high, 44x112 feet, and is well finished and fire-proof
en ee the second floor to be an opera house. He is a native of Illinois, and married
Mary Wolfley, by whom he has had three children—Frank, James and Harry. , The young-
est, Harry, died August 380, 1882, aged six years. While Mr. Morris’ business record is above
reproach, and well worthy of emulation, it is his military record he most _pleasurably re-
members, He enlisted July 3, 1861, in the First Dlinois Ce and served with that regi-
ment until itscapture at Lexington, Mo., with Mulligan. At the, expiration of his parole
here-enlisted February, 1863, in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, and thereafter was engaged in
about twenty-five pitched battles; was with Generals Grierson, Wilson and Hatch, in their
dashing raids; fought at Somerville, Hatchie River, Moscow, Columbia, Franklin and
Nashville, and everywhere the regiment added to the laurels already won. The testimonials
of his commanding officers show that Private (afterwards Sergeant) Morris, was ever fore-
most in all posts requiring cool courage and reckless daring. Whilenear Somersville, Tenn.,
dressed in citizens clothes, he captured a rebel captain, and near Ripley, Miss.. himself
and a comrade overhauled and captured two rebel officers. On another occasion he pur-
sued 2 mounted rebel with only a small revolver, overhauled him and presented his weapon
when the rebel exclaimed: ‘‘I’ll surrender!’ almost instantly thereafter, grasping the
muzzle of the revolver, and presenting his own Hiren ‘at Morris, who shot the rebel so
seriously that he died the next day. Mr. Morris takes pride in relating the incidents of
camp and field life, especially the recovery of his favorite horse, which had been captured
by Saul Street, the noted guerrilla, Street himself being captured with the horse, by the
One Hundred and Third Illinois regiment, and the steed turned over to his rightful owner.
When but a boy seventeen years old, he eame to Kansas and settled in Linn County, this
being in the fall of 1857. At that time John Brown and James Montgomery were stirring up
the pro-slavery men in that section. United States Deputy Marshal Russell, of Arkansas,
came up and organized two companies in Linn and one in Bourbon County. Nathaniel Morris
went into company No. 2, and went through the jayhawker war. They had two skirmishes
with John Brown, both on Big Sugar Creek. There was but one man killed in this war, and
mae a captain, who was shot when getting a gun out of a wagon to shoot a prairie
chicken.

HON. WILLIAM MORRIS, was born in 1829, in Edwardsville, Ill. He came to Kansas
in 1854, from Galesburg, Il]., and made aclaim near Mound City, Linn County, only eigh-
teen miles from the Kansas home of John Brown, with whom he became well acquainted.
Brown used to call the three Morris brothers,George, William and James, the ‘‘three suckers.”’
William Morris returned to Illinois in 1858, and lived in Knox County, till March. 1863,
when he brought bis family again to Kansas, and settled on a farm three miles east of Wet-
-more,where he located in 1868, and built the third store in the town, his brother Nathaniel
and himself doing business together as ‘‘Morris & Bro ,’’ until they were burned out in1870.
Each then built a store, and resumed business for himself. At the end of four years William
Morris bought a farm northwest of Wetmore, which he sold in 1877, and packing all his
earthly possessions returned with his family to Dlinois, which State he traversed thor-
oughly without finding a location that suited him as wellasdid Kansas. Returning to
Wetmore, he boughta number of lots and built the store now occupied by Frager & DeFor-
est, and wasin business with Mr. Frager two years, then sold out and built two adjoining
stores to the north. For the past three years Mr. Morris has lived quietly enjoying the
comforts of his elegant home in the town. He came to the State in 1854, a staunch Demo-
crat, but became a Republican within a fortnight, thanks to the Missouri Democracy then
dominant. In 1869 he represented his district in the Kansas Legislature, and prior to that
was a Commissioner of Brown Couftty. Mrs. Morris was Eliza Stump, of Knox County,
Til. They have one daughter now with them in Wetmore. : ;

JOHN RADFORD, jeweler, was born in 1836, in Devonshire, England, went to London
in 1846, and for a few years was glad to subsist by doing anything to which he could honor-
ably turn his hand, and by which he could turn a penny. Determined to secure an educa-
tion he attended night schools, lyceums, and mechanics’ institutes, etc., and his conversa-
tion and writings to-day show that the time was not an Bepetts For seven long years he was ap-
prenticed to an enameler and engraver, at which trade he worked twelve years in all. Lib-
eval ideas, socially, politically and religiously, early found lodgment in his brain, and a
ready and energetic champion in his tongue and pen. ‘‘Brontcrre O’Brien” was a co-
worker and intimate friend. ‘‘ The Mutual Land Emigration and Co-operative Colonization
Company (Limited),”’ was the rather pretentious name of an organization formed by the
labors of James Murray and John Radford in London, in 1868. One pound shares were
issued, and each member allowed to own not to exceed fifteen shares, The idea briefly sta-
ted, was for the company to buy land in one of the new American States, and to lease the
same to actual settlers,who were to be reasonably well paid for developing the raw land into
farms, A tract of 720 acres was bought in Harrison Township, Nemaha County, Kan., and
in 1869 six families came as colonists, joined by over twenty more in 1870. While the main
idea has proved a failure, yet the Association was thé means of bringing over about fifty
English families, most of whom are now counted among our wealthiest and best people, like
the Fullers, Stowells, Edgingtons, Radfords, etc. The grasshopper plague of 1874 “ wound
up” the colony affairs; a Mr. Willson, a liberal-minded English gentleman taking the land
of the hands of the embarrassed colonists. Mr. Radford came over in 1874 as Organizing
Agent, by special vote of the Association, but his efforts availed but little, ‘land was too
cheap all around us” he says. After a few years of hard struggling, working at garden-
ing, farming, engraving, and as a jeweler, he has finally located his large farm in Harrison,
(bought of Sir, Willson), and opened up a very fair jewelry business in Wetmore. He had
eight children by his deceased wife, Mary Days, who died in 1873. The present Mre. Rad-
ford was Maria Slark. i ‘

- DON C. RISING, the eldest son of N. H. Rising, deceased, was born in 1844, and came
to Kansas with fhe family in 1858; crossed the prairies in 1860; rode pony express for the
stage company in the winter of 1862; was made aasistant wagon-master in the United States
service, and in 1862, was at Isle No. 10, Pittsburg ene Shiloh, Tuscumbia and Corinth;
was discharged on sick leave; worked at railroading till the spring of 1863; returned to
Kansas, and that year went with a train of 185 wagons from Ft. Leavenworth to Mexico;
was then in Granada, Kan., until 1866, part of the time in mercantile business, then in
same occupation in Wetmore till 1871. That year-he began railroading again, and followed
it as brakeman and conductor on the Santa Fe & Missouri Pacific roads till 1875, and since

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

that time in the stock business in Wetmore. From October, 1879, to April, 1862, he kept
the Wetmore Hotel. Mrs. Rising was Mary C. Shuemaker, ‘daughter of Peter Shuemaker, a
very early settler of Granada, Kan.; and they have three children. J

N. H. RISING, deceased, an honored Kansas pioneer, was born in 1824, in Herkimer
County, N. Y., and reared in Steuben County, where he learned surve: and held various
public offices. In April, 1857, he came to Kansas and made a claim potolning Babes on
the west. His wife and four children joined him in August, 1858. His plank house was
one of the first built here. During 1858-’59, Messrs. Rising and George Lyons kept a store
in Sabetha. In 1859, Mr. Rising leased the hotel at Granada, which he ran during 1859-60.
In 1861 he built the noted ‘‘ Log Chain” ranch, at the crossing of the old military road over
the creek of that name. It may be noted here that when General Albert Sidney Johnston
was sent with United States troops to quiet the impudent Mormons, he had great trouble in
crossing this creek, and scores of heavy chains‘were broken by the teams of twenty-four
and thirty-six yoke of oxen hitched to the heavily-laden government wagons, and that the
broken chains piled on the bank of the creek gave it the name of Log Chain Creek, when
the country was first settled. Mr. Rising’s “‘ranch”’ was a house 24x40 feet, and a barn seventy
feet long, and his business was most lively here for abont eighteen months, at the end of
which he built the “ Reserve Station” on Plum Creek, and flourished here about five years,
the men and teams of the old stage companies being regular patrons. In 1867 he settled in
Wetmore, and engaged in mercantile business until his death May 3, 1878. Mr. Rising was
highly esteemed by all; was a man of few words, but imbued with much honor and good
sense. He was buried by the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a valued member. tre.
Rising, who still lives in Wetmore, was Mary E. Smith, of Tioga County, Pa., and the four
children—Don C., Clara (Mrs, A. Huff, of Wetmore) Frank S., and Alma M. (Mrs, Dr.
Graham, of Wetmore) were all born in Steuben County, N. Y. ; .

DAVID SCOTT, farmer, P. O. Ontario, Jackson County, was born in 1836, in Cass
County, Michigan, Removed to Calhoun County, Iowa, in 1857; to Mahaska County soon
after, and there enlisted as a Second Lieutenant in the Third [owa Infantry; served in Mis-
souri for some time, guarding the line of the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad, and at Quincy,
Tl, was taken sick and resigned. On his recovery, he enlisted in the Twenty-second
Iowa Volunteer Infantry, as color-bearer. Served under Curtis and Hurlburt in Missouri,
and under Grant at Vicksburg, and after the surrender of that stronghold, he again went
home on sick leave, recovered, and enlisted again—this time in the Ninth Iowa Cavalry, and
after an exciting and dangerous campalet, in Arkansas and Missouri, against guerrillas like
Price and Marmaduke, he came out atthe collapse of the Rebellion with a Second Lieu-
tenant's commission Mr. Scott has resided in Kansas since 1868, and is farming in Wetmore.
He married in Leavenworth, Sophia Keyser, and they have two sons—Virgil and Franklin—
born in Kansas, : : .

ROBERT SEWELL, of Wetmore, was born in 1827, in Glenn’s Falla, Warren County,
N. Y. In his younger days he traveled with a circus company about four years in the
Southern States. bout 1857 he located in Iowa City, Iowa, drove stage a year for the
Western Stage Company, and in 1858 located in Leavenworth, Kan., and drove stage for the
Kansas Stage Company for a year. In 1859 he located in Seneca, Kan., and for about ten
years was in the employ of the Overland Stage Company, driving stage, buying and sellin,
stock and grain, and making himself generally useful. About 1868 he went to Monumen
Station in the Smoky Hill region, and remained about a year, and then engaged in farming
for a few years in Granada, and in 1873 bought of W. W. Letson the property which he has
since converted into the Overland Hotel, which has become a most popular hotel under his
judicious management. Mr. Sewell was a charter member of Wetmore Lodge, No. 58,
A. F. & A.M. He relates that General Lane and prominent Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery

- magnates of that day were frequently his DaReCne Ere stage-bound for various parts of

the Territory. Mrs. Sewell was Miss Cicely, daughter of David M. Locknane, one of the
very first settlers of Granada Township, now deceased.

PETER SHAVEY, Wetmore, was born in 1836, in Columbia Fountain, France, and
came to America in 1846, with his parents who settled in Whitley County, Ind. Peter
Shavey left here in 1857, and located at Grasshopper Falls, Kan., then buta hamlet. After
about a year he came to Brown County and worked there as a farm laborer until 1861. when
he enlisted in Company F, of the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and thereafter identi-
fied his fortunes with that regiment. (See history of Eighth Kansas in this book.) On his re-
turn from the army he again located in Powhattan, Brown County, and by several shrewd
“deals” in real estate acquired a capital that enabled him to form a partnership with Wil
liam Morris, of Wetmore, in the mercantile business, the firm of Morris & Shavey doing
business about two years—1871-"72. During the next four years, Mr. Shavey ran a meat
market, where he now is, and then built his present residence, one of the finest in Wetmore.
It is 18x24 feet, with a wing 16x18 feet, well finished throughout, and stands over a cellar ad-
mitted to be the best in Séuthern Nemaha County. His next move was to build the store
building lately occupied by Vilott & Co., sell it and then build his billiard hall, which he has
since managed. Beginning as a day laborer, he has earned every dollar of his property in
Kansas. He married in Hiawatha. Kan., Sarah A. Garvin, by whom he bas three children—
Mattie, Ida and Blanche; all born in Nemaha County.

DANIELSMITH, deceased, an early settler and farmer of Granada, was a native of
eae ee County, N. Y.; married Harriet Gage in Crawford County, Pa.; lived for a few
years in Columbia County, Wis., and in 1858, bought and located upon the claim of Joseph
Eldredge, in Granada, Kan. Mrs. Smith died here in 1857, and the husband and father in
1860. Six children survived them—Julia, Elmira, Mary, H. E., Ellen and Sylvia, H. Eu-
gene Smith, the only son, enlisted August 29, 1862, in Company I, Thirteenth Kansas

olunteer Infantry. He was at this time not quite fourteen years of age; undoubtedly the
youngest soldier who ever enlisted in either the Union or Rebel armies. He carried his
musket and served out his three years term of service, and has since lived in Nemaha
County with the exception of about three years spent in the mountains of the West. His
wife was Mary Graham, of Granada. Mr, Smith by trade is a plasterer, and his home in
Wetmore is a pleasant one.

JOHN G. SPENCER, now among the oldest settlers of Nemaha County, was born
December 18, 1818. in Pulaski County, Ky. His father, Samuel, born in Mercer
County, Ky.. was a son of Amasa Spencer, one of New York's soldiers in the rev-
olution John G. Spencer removed to Jenmings County, Ind., where his father settled
in 1882, and in the summer of 1839 he visited the Platte Purchase on a hunting frolic with
a party of young men, and rode as far west as Fort Riley, Kan., then Indian, Territory.
Westport, Mo., was then the Kansas City of the West, as Atchison, Leavenworth, St.
Joseph and Kansas City had no existence. Returning to Indiana, Mr. Spencer stayed
there until 1855, when he came West again for permanent settlement in Kansas. He was
became by his son William, now‘a farmer in Granada Township, and John T., who
was killed in the Union Service at Fort Smith, Ark. His first location was on the northeast
quarter of Section 18, Township 4, Range 15, on what is now known as Walnut Creek. Here
he built a hewed log house with a puncheon floor and roof, and for several years saw
much of frontier life in this border territority. His neighbors were Caleb Magill, Henry
Gregg. D. M. Locknane and Barney Gentry, all of whom had settled a few weeks or per-
haps months before him. Gentry and Locknane are dead, and Gregg and Magill are in
Oregon. About 1860, Mr. Spencer engaged in the mercantile business in Granada, and
in 1871 located in Wetmore, where W. W. Letson and himself associated in business until
the purchase of Mr, Letson’s interest. by H. C. De Forest, who finally, in 1877, bought out
Mr. Spencer, who has since been in the stock business, Mr. Spencer has been thrice mar-
ried, and has three children—William, Eliza and Hattie; the two eldest children born in’
Jennings County, Ind., and Hattie in Brown County, Kan.

ISAIAH THOMAS, deceased, a pioncer farmer and settler of the present town of Wet-
more, was born December 19, 1819, in Ohio, and removed to Noble County, Ind., and there,
October 3, 1839, he married Martha Uallas, who survives him, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas came
to Kansas in the summer of 1856, and made a claim on Elk Creek, their only neighbors
being John and Green Campbell. A log house was built and various improvements started
pas tothe enlistment of Mr, Thomas in the Union Service in the Kansas Eleventh. He
died November 18, 1862, in Pineville, Ark., leaving eight children—A. Elwood, Ruth A.,
Patience, Susan J., Pehreeas Ellen, Emma and Mamning. Since 1876, Mrs. Thomas has
ee on, her small but valuable farm east of Wetmore, on which she has planted many
shade and fruit trees. Of her children, the eldest was a volunteer in the Fifth Kansas
Regiment, and was for ten months a rebel prisoner, and is now in Utah; Ruth is Mrs.
John Williams; Emma, Mrs. William Poston; Patience, Mrs. Henry McCrary; Ellen is dead;
Susan in Michigan, and Ephraim in the Far West; Manning is with his mother. Mr and
Mrs. Thomas Were Methodists, prior to his death, and were attendants and among the
organizers of the Pioneer Sabbath-school, on Elk’ Creek, supported by the Woodburn,
Thomas, Steele and Campbell families, to whom Rev. Messrs. Steele (an Indian mis-
NEMAHA

sionary, but at that time an itinerant) and Lawrence were the first preachers in

Kansas,

EVERSON WHITED, carpenter and joiner, is a son of Oliver Whited, of Orange
County, N.Y., who is likewise a carpenter. He (Oliver Whited) brought his family to Roc!
County, Wis., then to Jones County, Iowa, and thence, in 1874, to Kansas, locating in Gran-
ada. Of his eleyen children, three are dead, the others being now residents of Kansas,
Everson Whited married in Jones County, Iowa, Miss Melissa J. Cain, of Wapello County,
Towa, and is prospering at his trade in Wetmore,

AUGUSTUS WOLFLEY, deceased, the first settler in what is now Wetmore Town-
ship, was born March 23, 1802, in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pa., and died on his Wet-
more farm, May 2, 1882. He married Mary Cudney, of Tompkins County, N. Y., who was
born September 3, 1810, and died May 28, 1881. They had eight See ae John.
Reuben, Jacob, James, Theodore, Mary (Mrs. N. Morris,) and Annie (Mrs. W. P. Buzan,) all
residents of Kansas, except James, who was murdered in Iowa. Augustus Wolfley, his
wife, and their six youngest children came to Kansas from Iowa in the spring of 1855,
settling on Section 35, Township 4, Range 14, on a stream afterwards named Wolfley Creek,
in honor of their being the first settlers upon it, Augustus Wolfley, Jr., settled at this time
in Brown County, Kan. John Wolfley came in the spring of 1856, and actually settled on
Spring Creek a short time before his father, who removing to the same creek, built his first
log house near an enormous spring that still gushes out near a substantial frame house built
in 1861. During 1856, Mr. Wolfley and his son Reuben visited Atchison on business, wheré
they were arrested by a Pro-slavery mob, tried and sentenced to be shot, but were respited
‘on condition that ed cross over into Missouri and remain there till the next election
and vote, in Kansas, the Pro-slavery ticket. According to this, they ‘were put across the
river, but made their way to the St. Joe Ferry, re-crossed into Kansas, and walked sixty-
five miles across the uninhabited prairie to their home. Mr. Wolfley came to Kansas with
considerable means, and in a few years, by good management in loans and investments in
jands and stock, he accumulated a tract of about 5,000 acres of land, mainly in his own town-
ship- Prior to his death, he deeded each of his children a section of land. Mr. Wolfley
was a member of the Church of God, and was in early life a preacher of that faith,

ELIAS WOODBURN, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Wetmore, was born in 1827, in Preble
County, Ohio. Is ason of John Woodburn, of Kentucky, and. Elizabeth Telley, of Ohio
He was reared in Rando'ph County, Ind., where his parents settled in 1834. Mr. Woodburn
came to Kansas with a wife and three children. In July, 1857, after a six weeks’ tour of
observation, he closed the claim which has since been his home, built a 14x16 foot log
house, roofed with clapboard. and began his pioneering with onl the Cam bell, Thomas
and White families as neighbors. To-day we find him on a well-improved farm, fenced
with hedges and wire, a good frame house, a stable, etc., 300 apple trees, and with his native
timber. and plentiful water supply, can easi'y envy him. His wife was Sarah J. Odle, a
native of Randolph County, Ind., and they have four children—Anna R., now Mrs. J. Helsby;
Mary, Mrs. T. C. Overhulse; William T., born in Kansas, and a teacher; and Mattie. Two
daughters—Mellinda EH. and Emma E., died at the ages of twenty and twelve, respectively.

CENTRALIA.

Long before the advent of the Central, Branch of the Union Pacific
Railroad, and as early as 1859, a settlement known as Centralia, was estab-
lished about one mile north of the present town. Its founders were J. W.
Tuller, J. S. Hidden, and A. A. Goodman. The first named of these erected

_a store building in 1860, soon after which a schoolhouse, a hotel and a drug
store building were constructed, the hotel by J.T. Morse, while a law
office was opened by F. P. Baker, now of the Topeka Commonwealth. These
few buildings, together with a blacksmith shop, comprised the town in 1867.

The new Centralia is pleasantly located upon the eastern branch of the
Black Vermillion, which flows west, and empties into Blue River. Its site,
covering 240 acres, was purchased about 1867, from private parties by Peter
Clippinger, John E. one W. J. Smith, J. S. Hidden and A. W. Slater, who
gave aone-half interest to the railroad comireny in consideration of the
latter using a part of it for depot purposes. he first building erected, was
a store room put up by I. Stickel in 1867, a grocery being opened soon after
in a second building, by A. Williams, while a third store building was con-
structed in 1869 by J. H. Smith, and leased to W. P. McCubbin. In 1870 a
hotel was opened by McCubbin, and in 1871 Dr. J. 8. Hidden’s drug store
commenced operations. =

In 1873, a mill was built by John Ingram, at a cost of $7,000.
Upon the owner’s death the property passed into the hands of the present
proprietor, Augustus Hybskmann. During the following year the Excelsior
cheese factory began operations, under the roprietorship: of E. A. Waite,
and in 1878 2 second one was established by J. S. Hidden & Co.

It is impossible to be accurate as to the first birth occurring in the town.
'The first marriage upon the site of the future city was in 1860, uniting Albert
Clark to Sara Mitchell. : : :

On the 13th day of July, 1882, Centralia ne
of inhabitants, presented a petition to the Hon. :
the District Court, to grant an order incorporate the town as a city of the

“third class. This petition was signed by seventy-five qualified electors, and
defined the town-site as covering all of the northeast quarter of Section 12,
and the south one-half of the southeast quarter of Section 1, of Township 4,
Range 11. An order was subsequently granted in accordance with the
terms of the petition, and an election ordered. Se ,

The first school in Centralia was taught by J. S.’Stamm, in 1872, in a
frame school-house, erected at the cost of $2,500. This building continued
to do service for ten years, being almost totally destroyed in a wind storm,
which oecurred in July, 1882. 1
of a new one, the Sietion of bonds for that purpose, in the sum of $6,000,
being decided by a vote on July 29, 1882. The present principal is O. M.
Bowman; the school attendance 175. ; . ;

The Methodist Episcopal denomination, organized a class in Centralia
in 1867, worshiping in private houses. The church, as such, was formally
instituted in 1871, and placed in the ae charge of Rev. T. B, Gray.
Mr. Gray was succeeded in 1873, by W. H. Sweet, other incumbents, in the
order as given, being: L. C. Biggs, J. A. Simpson, J. Biddeson, J. A. Amos
and Thomas Carter. A commodious church edifice was erected in the same
year that the formal orgamen otk was effected. Its seating capacity is 200,
and the actual membershi ; : Pie

~ The Congregational a effected an organizatiou in 1868, through the

‘efforts of Rev. William Stewart, and with a charter membership of twelve.
A few months later, Mr. Stewart was succeeded by Rev. S. A. VanDyke,
more recent incumbents being: Rev. John Phillips, Rev. Myron W. Hunt,
Rev. H. L. Howard, Rev. A. B. Cochrane, the last named assuming charge

_in December, 1881. The membership is seventy-five. A church building

the requisite number
avid Martin, Judge of

 

teps were at once taken toward the erection .

‘being capable of the production of twelve

COUNTY.

was constructed by the society in 1871, at a cost of $2,500. The seating
capacity is 300.
s LOCAL MATTERS.

The only paper ever devoted to, or published in, Centralia, was the Phonograph, the first
number of which appeared in May, 1878, under the proprietorship of Daniel C. Needham. It
was one of a line of co-operative papers, issued along the Central Branch Railroad, and had
but a brief existence. -

The postoffice was originally in charge of I. Stickel, who received his appointment in
1867. He was soon succeeded by A. W. Manchester, he, in turn, giving way to A. B. Clip-
pinger, the present incumbent, who has held the position since 1872.

Home Lodge No. 39, A. F. and A. M—Was instituted in 1870, its title being cobeequpnely
changed to Home Lodge No. 89. Its first officers were: W.M., L. R. Jackson; Sr. W., A.
Hornbeck; Jr. W., A. W. Manchester; Secretary, A. J. Birchfield. The membership in 1882
is twenty-five, the officers as follows: W. M., Edward Holtzlander; Sr. W., T. M. Durland;
Jr. W., A. Hornbeck; Secretary, A. J. Birchfield.

A. 0. U. W—A lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen was organized Septem-
ber 1, 1880, with a charter membership of fifteen, and officers as follows: M. W.,G. W.
Pampel; F.§., E. J. Benedict; R. S., Milton Todd. The membership in 1882 is thirty, the
officers: M. W., W. H. Gwinn; R.S., Adam Hoge; F. 8., E. J. Benedict. ‘ ;

Cheese Factories.—Of these there are two in successful operation. The Excelsior Factory,
erected in 1875 by E. A. Waite, and the Centralia Factory, built by J. 8. Hidden, A. J. Birch-
field and A. W. Slater, in 1878. Their ry. is about equal, each having three vats, and

undred and fifty pounds of cheese oS day. |
he Centralia State Bank was established in April, 1882, with John S. Hidden, President;
ae Cummings, Vice-President; A. Oberndorf, Jr., Cashier. Its capital is fifty thousand
ollars.

Centralia has, at the time of writing, four general stores, two hardware stores, one drug
store, one grocéry store, one lumber yard, and two livery stables. Its population, according
to the last official census, is two hundred and eighty-nine.

: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

_M. Z. ANDREWS, farmer, Section 4, P, O. Centralia, was born in Ashtabula County,
Ohio, in 1830, reared in that State as a farmer, married there, and, with his family of chil-
dren to educate, located in Oberlin, they having the benefits of the College there for a period
of twelve years. He came West in 1877, and with his youngest brother, Professor of Theol-
ogy in Talladega College, Ala., owns a fine farm of 400 acres, and is prospering in worldly
affairs. Soon after his settlement in Kansas he united with the Centralia Congregationalists
and was almost immediately made a Deacon and Superintendent of the Sabbath-school,
which office he still holds. Mrs. Andrews was Augusta C. Cathcart, born in Erie, Pa. They
have seven children. With Mr. Andrews lives his aged mother, now ninety, and beyond
doubt the oldest person in Nemaha County. f 2
__ _ STEPHEN BARNARD, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Centralia, was born August 18, 1814,
in historic old Deerfield, Mass. Was reared a farmer, and at twenty-eight began boot man-
ufacturing in Hopkinton. Il health caused him to move westward. oe at the mush-
room town of Sumner, near Atchison, he lost his all by bad_ investments, and filed a claim
on 160 acres, a mile west of his present farm; lost it through inability to meet his payments, -
and by an exchange of the remnant of his Sumner property, secured his present valuable
farm, adjoining the village of Centralia. His only capital on commencing here was a
team and plenty of ‘‘grit.’”> To-day he has a fine farm, well improved, on which he has ex-
pended many a hard day’s work and many a dollar. Just prior to the preliminary survey
for the Central Branch Railway he accepted an offer of $500 for his farm, but was induced
to “back out” by his tried and often proved friend F. P. Baker, then of Centralia. Within
a year he could have sold for $4,000, the present valuation of his farm. Mr. Barnard is a
kindly and genial man, popular with his townsmen, and a Free Mason. Mrs. Barnard was
Miss Achsah E. Skinner, a native of Warren, Mass. Married November 28, 1838. She is a
member of the Congregational Church of Centralia, and a lady esteemed for her mild and
engaging ways with all whose pleasure it is to make her acquaintance.

. J. BEST, M. D., is a native of Nova Scotia, born in 1847. He was educated in Water-
ville, N. S , and served four years as a commissioned officer (Captain) in the Colonial Mil- .
itia. He left his native place in 1868; locating at Netawaka, Kan , where he began the study
of medicine, entering the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa. He gradu-
ated in the spring of 1876, locating at Centralia the same year. He has since resided and
practiced here. The Doctor received in 1880 a final ad eundem from the Missouri Medical
College, St Louis, He has a pleasant home in the village; has a large and lucrative prac-
tice, steadily increasing, and is popular and prosperous He is a member of the School
Board and the A.O. U. W. Mrs, Dr. Best was Hattie Little, and their daughter, Maud L.,
was born in Kansas. :

ANDRUS J. BIRCHFIELD, druggist, was born in 1844, in Franklin County, Ky., and
educated at Frankfort, the State capital. He came to Kansas as a youth, with untamed
cereals to sow, in 1866, joining his uncle, Major Vanderslice, then Indian Agent. Driftin;
westward to Centralia, he was appointed Railroad Station Agent, and in that capacity eerve:
two years. He then purchased a half interest in Dr. Hidden’s drug store and began his bus-
iness career. About 1878 his brother, Daniel Birchfield, and himself started a combined

eneral store and drug store in Centralia, but made an assignment six years later, A.J.

irvhfield married Miss Anna I. Hidden, a daughter of the pioneer druggist and doctor of
Centralia, by whom he has two daughters, Gracie and Jessie, both born in Centralia. Mr.
Birchfield is a charter member of the Home Lodge No. 79 A. F. & A. M., and was the first
Secretary there, a position since held by him with the exception of four years. Few
young men have made a finer or more flourishing record in Kansas than has A. J. Birchfield.
His well-stocked drug store has been his since 1880, at which time he bought out the Doctor,
his father-in-law. 2a

DANIEL BIRCHFIELD, of the lumber firm of Birchfield & Co., was born August 12,
1848, near Frankfort, Ky., and orphaned at an early age, through the death of his mother,
nee Betse Ross, and the accidental killing of his fatherafew years later, His father, James
Birchfield, was a native of Virginia and an early settler of Kentucky. By the first wife-he
had four children, Andrus J., Daniel, Luther P. and Martha Of these, A. J. is a prosper-
ous and popular Centralia druggist, L. P. is a commercial man, and the sister a resident of
Doniphan County, Kan. He enlisted for one year in the late war, in Company E (Capt. H.
J. Sheets) Ninth Kentucky Cavalry; was in several engagements, and was captured on the
retreat from Richmond Ky., to Louisville; was in a skirmish at Shelbyville, and being cut
off from his Company, was captured, but was soon exchanged, and returned and served out
his term, Mr. Birchfield came to Kansas in 1864, the first of his family, and settled in High-
land, Doniphan Co., where lived his uncle, Major Vanderslice, and J. W. and Robert Birch-
field. In 1865 he drove three yoke of cattle across the Pa to Salt Lake City, thence to
Montana Territory, and prospected during the winter of 1865-66 in Confederate Gulch for
gold, and in the spring farmed in the Gallatin Valley; sold his crop in the fall, and with 440
others came down the Yellow Stone and Missouri Rivers, in Mackinaw boats, to Omaha,
Neb., from whence he returned to Kansas, engegin until 1870 in the stock business in
Highland. He then bought a farm with L. P. Birchfield near Centralia, and for three years
was engaged in selling out the bankrupt stock of Mr. Dickson, of Waterville, and such

oods as he bought in connection with the Dickson stock. His next move was to embark
in the drug and general mercantile business with his brother, A. J. Birchfield, in Centralia,
which was closed out in 1878, at which time he began his present business. Mr. Adam Hogg
associated himself with Mr. Birchfield in January, 1879, and the business has increased from
a stock of $3,500 to one of $12,000, the firm dealing in lumber, coal, paints and building
material, and also in grain and seeds of all kinds. Mr. Birchfield was married on Thanks-
giving Day, 1879, 10 Miss Ella E., youngest daughter of the Hon John §. Hidden, of Cen-
fralia, and they have two sons, John Prentiss and Raymond Andrus. Mr. Birchfield is a
Free Mason, and in politics a Democrat. . ;
H. BONSTEEL, Centralia. Half a mile west of Centralia we come to Mr. Bonsteel's
farm. ‘One can hardly realize by the looks of the place, that_two years ago, it was a raw
rairie. Mr. Bonsteel was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., in 1838. His father was a
farmer, His parents, when he was nine years of age, moved to Lake County, Il., where they
purchased a farm and lived five years. Selling out there, they moved to Lake County, Ind.,
where they both died a few years since. A. H. Bonsteel, after helping his father improve his
farm in Indiana, learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it for twenty years in various
places. In 1864 he was married and settled in Crown Point, Ind., where he lived until he
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moved West. In 1877 he came to Thayer County, Neb., where he bought a piece of wild
land and commenced farming. The first year he broke seventy acres, and the second year
raised 720 bushels of wheat, only paying out $28 for help in the whole time. In 1880 he came
to his present farm in Nemaha County, Kan., where he went to work to make a new home,
although not a furrow had been cut upon it. He now has seventy-five acres broken and his
farm fenced. His crop for 1882 was as follows: 2,40 bushels o: corn, 240 bushels of oats,
40 bushels of rye, and 33 bushels of wheat. He has a cosy farmhouse, well surrounded by
yearling cotton-woods, and a fine young orchard already growing. His new corn-crib and
granary combined, is a model of neatness and ae and can not be surpassed in the
State; it holds 2,000 bushels of corn and 500 bushels of oats, besides a shelling and cleaning-
room. His stock is twenty-eight head of cattle and thirty-five head of hogs; he bas good
yards and LS to accommodate them all. Mr. Bonsteel has two children-~a son, Charlie
(by a deceased wife), born May 17, 1865, in Crown Point, Ind., and a daughter, Jessie, born
September 1, 1881, in Centralia, Kan., by his present wife, formerly Miss Maggie Stewart,
of Geneva, Ill. Mr Bonsteel and son have done all the work and improvements on the
place with one team of horses, without hiring a dollar’s worth of help.

JAMES F. BROCK, proprietor Brock’s Hotel, was born September 11, 1831, in Toronto,
Canada. Lived eleven years in Lake and McHenry Counties, Ill. In 1858 settled in Jackson
County, Iowa, and here, in August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Twenty-
fourth Iowa, and served with his regiment at Helena, Arkansas Post, the siege of Vicksburg,
the Red River campaign, and in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. While in Arkansas, he
was twice wounded, and now draws a pension of $18 per month. He married in Crystal
Lake, Ill., Miss Adeline M. Countryman, of Syracuse, N. Y.. They have had four children.
Mr. Brock came to Kansas in 1866, and for six years owned and managed a farm on Section
5, Harrison Township, In 1872 he ran the Smith House in Seneca, then removed to Centra-
lia, where in 1871 he came into possession of the property, out of which er the Brock
House. The original house was built by J. E. Smith, of Seneca, and opened as a hotel by
William Hornbeck, of New York. Dr. Tenney was the next lessee. George Wood then
bought it and sold it to Mr. Brock. He ran it two years as the Centralia House, and then
thoroughly remodelled and refitted it, and gave it the present name. Mr. Brock has been a
Free Mason for twelve years, and an Odd Fellow for nine years. Is also one of the A. O. U.
W., all of Nemaha County. He is a public spirited and popular landlord, and a good
citizen, and his recent leasing of the house is generally regretted by ee

T. A. CAMPFIELD, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Vermillion, was born July 2, 1820, in
Morris County, N. J., and resided as a farmer in that State untilythe fall of 1858, when he
came to Kansas. His first claim was the northeast quarter of Section 24 in the old ‘‘Home
Association” township. In 1859 he built a frame house, then the best in Nemaha County;
it was 17x28 feet, 14 feet posts, with Walnut siding, and ‘‘A” shingles hauled from Atchison,
Dissatisfied with the management, or rather mismanagement of the colony's affairs, he
sold out, and in 1864 settled where he now is. He has a farm of 486 acres, 200 under cultiva-
tion, 40 or 50 acres of natural timber, 12 acres of soft maple grove, and an orchard of 4 acres,
two good dwelling houses, 35 horses and mules, 120 head of cattle, and 160 hogs, and is in
all respects a prosperous and wide awake pioneer farmer. His wife was Hyla Genung,
also of Morris County, N. J., and they have four children. Elwin and Arthur were born
in New Jersey, and these, with the parents, were all the native born ‘Jersey men” in
Nemaha County up to 1870. The eldestis now a practicing attorney in Wetmore, Kan,. the
second a prosperous farmer, the third is Mrs. P. K. Shoemaker, and Laura, born eight

_ days before the admission of Kansas as a State, is now the wife of Thomas Lovell, of

Thomas Vermillion. Mr, and Mrs, Campfield were Presbyterians in New Jersey, and were
among the organizers of the old Centralia Congregational Church in 1859.

A. B. CLIPPINGER, hardware merchant, was born in 1850, in Franklin County, Pa.;
accompanied his father, Peter Clippenger, to a farm near Monmouth, IIl., in 1857, and spent
ten years there. The family came to Kansas in 1867, locating on the beautiful prairie farm
near Centralia, where P. Clippinger still lives. Mr. A. B. Clippinger worked on the farm
and attended school until 1872, then went into ‘the lumber business with his father. Two
years later A. B. went into the hardware business for himself, and such has been his success,
that the growth thereof necessitated the erection, in 1881, of his large and complete store.
It is 44x70 feet, and in basement and on first floor is well filled with a complete stock of
every thing to be found in the hardware and furniture and implement trade. Mr. Clippinger
sold about $40,000 worth of goods during 1882, his barbed-wire trade alone footing up
$18,000. He was appointed postmaster of Centralia, April 1, 1874, and has since continuously
served Uncle Sam and the public in that capacity. He married Eliza J. Mayhew, of
Centralia, and they have one son—Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Clippinger belong te the Congre-
gational Church. As evidence of his prosperity, we may note that Mr. Clippinger has just
completed an elegant new residence, 28x36 feet, hip roof, two stories high, and finished and
fitted up with all conveniences and comforts known to modern architecture. :

HON. CHARLES S. CUMMINGS, hardware merchant, one of the oldest and most
successful business man of Centralia, came here in 1868—just before the railroad did—as a
blacksmith. He built the first shop that year, and subsequently the wagon shop and black-
smith shop, now occupied by A. Hornbeck. Mr. Cummings relinquished the hammer and
forge in 1871, and built the stone store. Under it is a fine basement, well stored with goods,
as is the upper floor and the adjoining built in 1872. Mr. Cummings carries a very heavy
line of hardware in all branches, furniture and sea ae His retail trade is about $40,000

erannum. He is a native of New York, removed with his parents to Michigan, thence to
Tilinois, thence to Kansas. Is a son of David and Mercy Cummings, and married in Taze-
well County, Ill., Mary Smith, by whom he has two sons—Oscar S. and Clarence O. As a
Republican Mr. Cummings was elected to the Kansas Legislature in 1874, and attended the
special ‘‘grasshopper”’ session. He is Vice-President of the Centralia State Bank, and a
member of Home Lodge A. F. & A. M. ;

A. C. DURLAND, farmer, P. O. Centralia, was born in Greenville, Orange County, N.
Y. Ason of the late Hon. Stewart T. Durland, a prominent and popular farmer, stock dealer
and politician of that county, who died while a member of the New York Legislature, after
having served as an associate judge for many years. His eldest son, Addison C. Durland,
came West in 1869, an impecunious young man with little save a clear head and good habits
to help himself with. His studies were pursued between the plow handles, and in due time
his qualifications were such, that he engaged and successfully taught school for several
terms. His first farm on Section 11, of eighty acres, is still in his hands, as are160 more of
the same section. His home farm on Section 14 comprises 160 acres well improved, and
this, with four acres in the town site of Centralia, and his general forehandedness, causes
Mr. Durland to be reeeeded as one of the successful eee men of his adopted
county. He married Miss Rose L. King, of Orange County, N. Y., and both his children are
natives of Kansas. Mr. Durland is an active member of Home Lodge A. F. and A. M., of
which he has been secretary. :

WALTER EDGINGTON, farmer, Section 34, P O, Centralia. Mr. Edgington strik-
ingly illustrates the fallibility of the idea thata oe man can be nothing but a “ side-
walk” farmer. Born in 1852, in London, England, he came as one of the English Colony in
1869 and settled near Wetmore, Kan. Working at the carpenter's trade as opportunity of-

fered, Se worked his way up, so that to-day we find him on a valuable 160-acre’

farm, well fenced and improved, on which he and his brother-in-law and partner, Mr. Wil-
liam Ryan, have built a snug farmhouse and suitable sheds for their large herd of stock cat-
tle, horses and hogs. Mr. Edgington is a member and now Junior Warden of Home Lodge,
. F. & A. M., Centralia.

G. H. GUILFORD, 8r., farmer, P. O. Centralia, is of the old Puritan stock, and is a
credit thereto. Born in 1816, in Hampshire County, Mass., he was reared and educated
there. In 1865, he removed and settled on a beautiful farm near Geneva, N. Y. Sold out
here and came to Kansas in 1872. He has, with his son, G. H. Guilford, Jr., a section of land
principally devoted to stock. Mr. Guilford has two living sons—Charles A., now in Dakota
Territory, and George H. The only a Bessie, a lovely young woman, died while yet
a bride, the wife of Alexander Dunn, of New York. The Messrs. Guilford are breeding
Poland-China hogs and Durham cattle, and are owners of one thoroughbred, registered ani-
mal, which is the pride of that section of the county. Eighty acres of their farm planted to
corn yielded about 4,000 bushels in 1882. Both are stalwart Republicans, and the son an Odd
Fellow and Cee ‘ g

OLAUS HANSEN, Sunday-school missionary of the American Snunday-school Union,
came to Kansas, March 1, 1869, and first located in Howard County, where he resided until
May 1, 1881, when he moved to Centralia, Nemaha County, Kan. He is a member of the
Grange, the T. 0. G. T:, and the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hansen was born in Bottne,
Holmestrand, Norway, April 19, 1837, and lived in his native place until December, 1865, and

~ then came to America and located in Clinton County, N. Y., where he lived about one year,

and then removed to Chicago, where he resided until 1869, and from there came to Kansas.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Was married, October 17, 1864, in Bargan, Hillestad, Norway, to Miss Marie Tolffesdatter, a
native of Norway. They have four children, viz.: Hakon, Torvald Dicken, John Adolph and
Amelia, Mr. Hansen’s field of labor as a missionary extends over ten counties in the north-
eastern portion of the State of Kansas. His mission is to organize Bible-schools in destitute
districts, and to provide the scholars and parents with Bibles and Sunday-school literature.
He has met with good success, and during the last three months .has visited twenty estab-
lished Sunday-school8, organized twenty-four new ones, with a membership of 825 scholars,
and 108 teachers, and visited 640 families, and has traveled during this time 1,227 miles. He
is active and zealous in the discharge of his duties, and gains the respect of all with whom he
comes in contact. s ;

J. H. HEROY is of French lineage, was born in 1845, in Ulster County, N. Y., and reared
there,-the son of afarmer. During the winter of 1863 and spring of 1864, he was in the
United States Government employ, and in the spring of 1868 was induced by the glowing
accounts he received to start for that fiat of the famed West where he now resides, and on
the 6th of May was pleased far beyond his expectations to see the beautiful, rich and, rollin;

rairies of Kansas. He had in his possession a cash capital of ten cents. ‘With a little ai

rom home he started a harness shop, the first in Centralia. During the summer his father
sent him $500, which was invested in eighty acres of land one mile east of town. After
running the harness business for four years he was married to Mrs. Frank A. Hazeltine, nee
Matthews. He again turned his attention to farming, leased and rented different farms
for a few years, meanwhile visiting the old York State home. He finally settled on the
eighty acres east of town, improved it, built a house and_barn, and stayed on the place for
about three years, then sold land and crops for $2,600. His last move was to buy 160 acres
of raw prairie half a mile east of Centralia, and a home in the village, where he now resides.
‘Mr. and Mrs. Heroy belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Jay E. Matthews, an
adopted son, is all that composes their family. A good comfortable home, and a welcome
for visitors.

DR. JOHN 8. HIDDEN is one of the best known men in Northern Kansas, both in a busi-
ness and a professional view. He is the oldest regular practitioner in Nemaha County, and
one of its wealthiest men, and as a man and citizen has few, if any, peers. He was born in
1820, in Tamworth, N. H. He received a liberal education in the schools of his native vil-
lage, and when twenty years of age removed to Saco, Me., where he began the study of medi-
cine, entering the medical college at Dartmouth, N. H. He graduated with unusual credit as
a physician and surgeon in 1846. Practiced three years in Maine, then spent a winter in the
Bellevue Hospital College, New York, thus pene his knowledge of surgery. In 1857, he
was,a member of the New Hampshire Legislature. His settlement in Kansas dates from the
fall of 1858, he being one of the colony, or Home Association, that located in Home Town-
ship. His home was at old Centralia, he being the first graduate to practice in Nemaha
County. The Doctor took long rides in the old days, often going as far west as Waterville,
east to the river, and north into Nebraska. At the dissolution of the Home Association, he
was treasurer and a trustee. The Central Pacific Railroad employed the Doctor as chair-
man of the board of appraisers for the adjustment of claims for right of way, and he got
his pay for it, as certain railroad magnates may remember. When the present Centralia was
laid out, Dr. ‘Widden was owner of one-sixth of the town site, and no man has done more for
the advancement of the town and its interests. While devoted to his chosen profession,
winning with every recurring year a greater prestige as a careful physician and skillful sur-
geon, he yet found time to buy and improve farms, to build stores, opening the first drug store
in 1869, and to breed fine stock. He has been United States Examining Surgeon for twelve
years past; is both a Royal Arch Mason aud an Odd Fellow, Home. dee No, 89, A. F. &
A. M., of Centralia, having had no other Treasurer since its institution. He is a consistent
Republican, and in 1863 and 1864 represented his district in the Kansas Legislature. Mrs.
Dr. Hidden was Miss Hannah M. Wadleigh, of Parsonfield, Me., a lady of fine attainments,
and a descendent of an old and honorable New England family. Two daughters resulted
from the union, both now married to the Messrs. Birchfield, a couple of brothers who enjoy
a first-class reputation among Centralia business men. .

GEORGE R. HUNT, farmer, P.O. Centralia, born in 1834, in Oakland County, Mich.
During the Civil War he served as a volunteer, and was with Gen. Butler on the Dutch Canal,
his regiment being cut to pieces by the terrible slaughter, going into one battle 1,200 strong,
and coming out with only 225 men. This caused a re-organization, and he was transferred
to the Twelfth United States peculiar, which regiment did grand service in quelling the
famous draft riots in New York City; afterwards guarding ee on’ Bedloes
Island, N. Y., until the close of the war. Mr. Hunt removed from Michigan to Kansas in
1869, settling with his wife and five children near where Washington now stands, there
then being only five shanties in the place. He then took a claim on White Rock Creek,
Jewell County. He was driven out by the Indians. The settlers made a strong fight at the
mouth of White Rock Creek, but had to giveup. He returned to his family in Washington
County. In the spring of 1871 Mr. Hunt again went West with his family, and made the
third claim on the Solomon River, in what is now Smith County. In the fall of that year
their settlement had increased to five families and a few single men, but the Indians again
attacked them and drove them out, but Mr. Hunt returned in the spring. Three of the
families never came back. He took his revolver with him to work, and buffalo meat was
the only meat he had to live on. In 1872 Messrs. Morrison_and James and John Johnson
were appointed by the Governor of Kansas to organize Smith County, which they did,
by laying out three voting precincts. Mr. Hunt was elected Trustee, made the first assess-
ment, and was chairman of the first convention. He removed from that county to his
present location in May, 1882, though he still holds his ranch in Smith County.

A. H. HYBSKMANN, proprietor of the Centralia Steam Mills. isa Dane by birth, and a
thorough-going American by adoption and enterprise. Born in 1887, he came to this coun-
try in 1867, locating at Galesburg, Ill. He has been a miller since his fifteenth year, and, if
“ practice makes perfect,” ought to be agood one. Since he has been in Kansas has worked
in Marysville, Seneca and Centralia, and purchased the Centralia Mill in 1880 of Wood &
Holyoke. It is 28x40 feet, has three run of stone, a forty horse-power engine, and has a
large petauage: Mr. Hybskmann has twenty-five lots in Centralia, a pleasant home, and
hosts of friends. His wife was Anna Magroda, and they have seven children.

E. D. HYMER, deceased, was born in North Carolina, and after a residence in Indiana
and Tilinois, removed his family to Kansas in August, 1859. His wife was Nancy Pope, of
Shelby County, Ky., and their eight children accompanied them. The first location was on
x farm in the ‘‘ Home Colony,” the next on a farm southwest of Centralia. He died, Janu-
ary 18, 1881, full of years and honors, leaving eight children—Sarah, James, Mary, Lillie,
Julia, E,D., A. P. and Mattie, all born in Tlinois. A. P. Hymer enlisted in the Eighth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served with bis regiment through the Atlanta compaley
under Sherman, and the Nashville campaign under Thomas. After the collapse of Hood the
regiment was sent into East Tennessee, then into Texas, and mustered out at San Antonio
in 1866. Mr. Hymer then returned to Hea pursuits; was a farmer till 1880, and has since
engaged in the coal, salt, plaster and building-material trade in Centralia. His widowed
mother now lives with him, ;

GERARD LETELLIER, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1850, in Ger-
nelle, France, and came to America in 1868. Two years later he settled in Kansas, working
by the month for various Nemaha County farmers, thus securing means to purchase a farm
of his own. It Comprises ninety-five acres, is well located and valuable, part timber, part
meadow, and the balance prairie. He married Mary A. McLaughlin, daughter of W. J. Mc-
Laughlin, a prominent and honored citizen of Nemaha County, now deceased, Mr. and
Mrs. Letellier have four children, all born in Kansas.

; W. A. LYNN, farmer, Section 19, Mitchell Township, P. 9. Centralia, was born 1840 in
Orange a ia N.Y. In 1861 he enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry, a regiment
made world famous by its dashing, heroic deeds, and fought through from Antietam,
Fredericsburg, etc., to the Sheridan campaign, in the ‘Valley’ and the Wilson raid on
Richmond, t! e battles of Gettysburg, Winchester and Five Forks, to the final surrender at
Appomattox, “‘and,” relates Mr. Lynn, “itywas to our Lieutenant Colonel that the first flag of
truce was waved, as we held the front and centre of Grant’s army that memorable morning.”
Mr, Lynn was wounded in the head at Gettysburg and laid up three months. From 1865 to
1871 he resided in Missouri, then settled where we now find him in Kansas. His wife was
Margeret Raught, and they have three children. Mr. Lynn is a holder of many local offices,
and As o Ee uu san

IN McBRATNEY, farmer, P. O. Centralia,:was born in 1818, in Ireland, and came
to America in 1834 with his parents, who settled in'Adams Caan Ill. Here he learned the
trade of blacksmith, and through that attainment was em; loyed as a manufacturer of plows
Hi about six years in Pattersonville, La. In 1859 he settled in Kansas, where we now find
wet His brick house, built in 1860, is with one exception, the oldest brick house in Nemaha

ounty, and it is pleasantly environed by a good orchard. Mrs, McBratney was Presenda

 
NEMAHA

Chapman, and of their nine children, three were born in Illinois, two in Louisiana, and four in
Kansas. Mr. McBratney is a noted and successful breeder of Clydesdale horses, his im-
ported stallion “Confidence” being regarded, before his unseasonable death, as a most valu-
able and premeins horse. :

TIMOTHY McLAUGHLIN, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Centralia, came to Kansas in 1857,

and to Nemaha County the next spring. His 160 acres was secured nee United States land -
is

warrant, and he still holds it by virtue of a United States Patent. pioneer log cabin,
14x16 feet, is replaced by a comfortable farmhouse, and on every hand is to - seen.
evidences of the good work done as a civilizer by Mr. McLaughlin, who now, with his wife,
owns a valuable farm of 400 acres. He was born in Lawrence County, Ind., and resided in
Peoria County, [ll., from 1847 to 1857, Mrs. McLaughlin was Hannah 8. Hammett, and a
large family of intelligent children has blessed their union. - ;

IAM J. McLAUGHLIN, deceased, was one of the most energetic and successful,
as well as cultured and scholarly men, who, by reason of early settlement, became pioneers
of Nemaha County. Born in Kentucky, he was reared in Peoria County, Ill , where he
received a rudimentary education, In 1856 he brought his family, comprising a wife and one
daughter, to Kansas, locating on the beautiful valley farm in Home Township, Nemaha

- County, on which he died August 20, 1875, aged forty-six years. Beginning asa frontiersman,
he hewed and chopped, plowed and planted, and in due time evolved a pleasant home, sup-
ported by 300 acres of rich, well-cultured land. Failing health during his later years, caused
greater application to books on the part of this already studious man, and the most advanced
ideas, religiously and socially. He left at his death a wife and nine children, viz: Mary,
Marcus, Hiram, Addie, William, Rebecca, Simon, Emma and Darwin.

G. J. MAELZER, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Vermillion, born in 1846 in Saxony;
after a course in the private schools, he attended a Mechanic's Institute, and later served
an apprenticeship as carpenter and joiner. Attaining his majority, he came to America, and
located at Cleveland, Ohio. In July, 1876, he came to Kansas and bought his present farm,
comprising 100 acres. For two years past Mr. Maelzer has made a specialty of breeding
Poland China hogs, his stock, purchased of A. C. Moore, Canton, Ill., being very fine. ‘The
sorghum industry also finds an able and successful advocate in Mr. Maelzer, he having
manufactured about 800 gallons in 1881, and 1,800 cree in, 1882, he making it for 22% cents
per gallon, or for one-half the yield. Mrs. Maelzer was Miss E. 8. Krapf, and their six

children are—Anna C., Jacob K., Valentine, Louisa M , Emilie A. and Edwin B.

JACOB MEYER, farmer, Section 29, Mitchell Township, P. O. Centralia, was born in
Columbiana County, Ohio. He grew up the son of a poor village mechanic, and at the
age of fourteen, began as a farm laborer; when twenty-two he began farming on his own
account in Jefferson County, Iowa, Came to Kansas in 1868 and began on 160 acres of raw
prairie land, pare of his splendid 330 acre farm. His farm-house is 20x80 feet, with additions
since built; barn 82x48 feet, and with his stock-sheds, corn-cribs, etc., make up a small
village. His stock yards enclose about three acres, his grove about five acres, and his
orchard comprises 400 trees. An osage orange hedge encloses the original 160 acres, and
the farm has rightfully earned for its enterprising owner the name of a model farmer. He
married in Iowa and has three sons—John J., Amon L. and Henry F., and has an adopted
daughter—Gracie A. ~ ie :

‘ROBERT “MORRISON, farmer, Section 18, P. O.- Centralia, is a native of Garrett
County, ky:, born 1832. He was reared a farmer in Howard County, Ind.. and sold out a

‘ood property there in order to come to Kansas in 1859. In 1864 he removed from his orleinal
fecatinn in Marshall County to a farm on the north branch of the Vermillion, which he
improved. His settlement on his present 108 acre farm was in 1877, and this is the third farm
ee out and rendered valuable by his care and labor. His wife and helpmate was, as a
girl, Harriet Garrett, of Madison County, Ohio, and they have eight living children, six born
in Kansas. Mr. Morrison is a staunch Republican in political faith, ;

ELLIS W. MYERS, deceased, one of, the earliest pioneers of Kansas, was born
in 1812, in Howard County, Mo., and reared a farmer. emnov aie to Iowa, he married
‘Sarah J. Barker. In 1855, accompanied by his wife and three children, and by Messrs.
Smith, Neal, and another man, he started for Kansas, the then ‘dark and bloody ground.”
Arrived in St. Joseph, they were warned that it was almost certain death to cross into the
troubled State or Territory of Kansas. However, he and his companions armed themselves
and. proceeded as far west as Marshall County, where Mr. Myers paid $300 for an unsur-
veyed claim, on which was built a log cabin with a weather boarded roof, and partially
sided with hewed. slabs, a : ree affair, in which many a pleasant season was passed
by the family. Myr. Myers died here in October, 1863, leaving a wife and seven children—
James T., Charles H., Jemima A.,Margeret J., John E., La Fayette and Mary E., of these
the two eldest daughters have gone the way of all the earth. James T. Myers, the eldest son,
born in 1849 in Lucas County, Iowa, ownsa fine farm of 144 acres, and is regarded as a pros-
perous and thriving young farmer. He married Lucy O. McLaughlin, by whom he has
‘five children. Asa stock breeder, he has Poland: China hogs, and a fine drove of cattle and
horses. He takes much pride in the early reminiscences of his parents, and relates that his
father once spent fourteen days on the road in making a trip to St. Joseph, when that was
the nearest market. : . “ ;

JOHN NESBITT, blacksmith, was born in 1836 in county Antrim, Ireland. Was
brought by his parents to America and grew up in Pittsburg, Penn.; when seventeen years
of age, he removed to Ottawa, Ill., and learned his trade. Since this time his life has been a
changeful and eventful one, as he has pursued various occupations ‘in Nebraska, Pennsyl-
vania and Wyoming Territory, besides serving during the Rebellion as a volunteer in the
Fourth Iowa Regiment. He doaeut with his regiment at Pea Ridge, through both the Vicks-
burg campaigns, at Arkansas Post, Jackson, and through the Atlanta-campaign, then with
Gen. Sherman to the sea, and through the Carolinas, taking part in the final grand review
at Washington. He then followed blacksmithing in Illinois until 1876 and came to Kansas.
His wife was Elizabeth Royle. They have two children—Annie E. and James D. Mr.
Nesbitt is Senior Warden in Home Lodge A. F. & A. M., Centralia. : ee;

REV. LEVI C. PRESTON, deceased, one of Nemaha County’s most gifted, honored
and lamented sons, was born in 1830 in Caroline, Tompkins County, N. ¥. His boyhood
was spent in school, and his whole life in study. After finishing a course of literary studies
in Ithaca, N. Y., he entered the Free Baptist Theological Seminary at Whitestown; was
ordained, preached regularly about four years. He married in her native county, Herkimer,
Miss Mary Gorsline, an attractive and cultured lady, then recently graduated from the
Whitestown Seminary, and thereafter, hand in hand they read together from life’s great
book. Til health, a lung trouble, caused Mr. Preston to seek a milder climate, resulting in
his settlement near Centralia, Kan., in 1862. Though not a farmer, the good work done by
him in neat, economizing wa; 3 of farming and as a horticulturist, has left its indelible impress
in the minds of the many old farmer neighbors, who so regretfully remember him. He liter-
ally made two farms, causing nearly a section in all of raw prairie land, to bloom as did the
Babylonic gardens of old. His work in the pulpit was only occasionally that of a. supply,
thotigh his eloquently practical sermons are cherished in’ the minds of fortunate listeners.
Though not a Bolltionts, he was twice elected superintendent of schools, and twice to the
Legislature of Kansas, 1876-77. His death occurred August 8, 1878, at his father 8, in the
old York State home, and his ashes, followed to the tomb by old classmates, repose in the
family cemetery among the grass-grown hills and vales of that good old State. He was,
while in Kansas, 2 consistent and faithful member of the Congregational Church, and was

stiperintendent of the Sabbath-school at his death. His widow still is a resident on the
beautiful farm made so attractive by his tireless hand and brain; is also a member of that
church, as also are their daughters. Of these the eldest—Flora, after eradnatng at Hillsdale,
married the Rev. A. C. Hogbin, the popular Congregationalist Pastor at Sabetha, Kan., and
made the tour of Europe. Miss Mary Preston, M: 8. Ph. D., is a graduate of Cornell Uni-
_versity and of Hillsdale College, and the son, Bryant Curtis Preston, will, in due time, grad-
uate from the Hillsdale (Mich.) College.  ’ . a .

P. H. RUNDLE, farmer, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1840, in Hocking County, Ohio,
and removed with his father, Charles Rundle, to Vernon County, Wis., in 1854. Four years
later they removed. to Logan County, Ill., where, August 8, 1862, P. H. Rundle enlisted in
the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Volunteer. Infantry. His service was on the Bluff at
Vicksburg and in-Arkansas, regiment capturing Little Rock. He was honorably discharged
with his regiment August 1, 1865, having served eight days less than three years In 1870
he moved from Logan County, Til, to Mitchell County, Kan., and made the third claim in
Walnut Township, on which he lived ten years, since which time he has resided in Brown and
Nemaha Counties as a farmer. He married Louisa Ewing. They have had ten children,
of whom only three are living, four of their children having been swept away within ten
days in the fall of 1879. The three living are Ella, Francis and Arthur L. i

A. W. SLATER, real estate dealer, one of the earliest and most respected of Centralia’s
Sullivan County, N. Y.; was in early life apprenticed

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asa tailor; married in Orange County, N. Y., Marietta Holbert, and in the fall of 1858 came
to Kansas. He had spent the summer in Galesburg, Ill., and remained there a week or two
to hear the since famous joint discussion between ‘Lincoln and Douglas; heard it, and has
never regretted his delay. His first location was one and a half miles east of old Centralia,
his house a substantial frame structure that was almost a marvel in that day, and-his neigh-
bors of the old home association were pleasant and congenial, people who thought more of
good living and jolly times than of style, and who never allovesd jealousy or pride to cloud
any one’s enjoyment, The house first built by Mr. Slater stood the dread cyclone of 1882,
which burst the windows and actually thrust bits of glass into solid black walnut doors
across the room. During the war times Mr. Slater relates that many a family spent night

sorghum, that home-made staple that, sugared down, sweetened the
home-made coffee of the day. In 1871 Mr, Slater opened a real estate office in Centralia,
where he has a most pleasant home, the farm being leased. Mr. and Mrs. Slater have had
two daughters, Ella and Jennie, The eldest, grown to beauteous womanhood, married A.
G. Rogers, who died May 23, 1880, the young wife following him, a victim to the same fell
disease, consumption, December 22, 1882. Two children, Mamie and Lena, survive them.
Mr. and Mrs. Slater were founders of the Centralia Congregational Church, and he of the
Home Lodge A. F. & A. M., and neither organization has more honored members.

ISAIAH STICKEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Centralia, was born in York County, Pa.,
April 16, 1880, His parents, John and Mary Stickel, both Pennsylvanians, removed in 1837
to Macon County, Ill., where Isaiah Stickel grew to manhood. He received a classical edu-
cation in McKendree College, working his way without assistance to successful graduation.
He was then engaged as ee al of Union Academy, at Sparta, and of graded schools at
Jacksonville and Monticello, Ll., until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he gave up
teaching, and in July, 1861, enlisted as a private in Company F. Second Mlinois Cavalry; was
elected Orderly eeeant at organization of the Company, promoted to Second Lientenant.
June, 1862, to Fist Lieutenant, August, 1862, and remained in the service four years and
nine months. Lieut. Stickel was complimented for gallantry at Bolivar, Tenn., it being the
first battle in which the regiment was engaged, and in which Lieut. Col. Hogg and five of
Company F, including the First Lieutenant and Orderly Sergeant, were killed in a sabre
charge. At Holly Springs. Miss., December, 1862, the Captain of the company was taken
prisoner, and from that time to the close of the war the command of the company devolved
almost exclusively upon Lieut. Stickel, On the Vicksburg campaign he, with six men, in
canoes, penetrated the ewes and bayous for thirty miles in pursuit of a boat load of rebel
soldiers, among them two Lieutenant Colonels, whom he captured after an exciting day's
chase. Near Black River, in rear of Vicksburg, he, with twenty men, having the advance,
charged a company of mounted infantry numbering eighty men, and killed and captured
thirty without the loss of a man. For this brilliant feat he was complimented by Gens.
MeClernand and Osterhouse. At the battle of New Iberia, La., Capt Higgins and Lieut.
Stickel, having the advance, hurled their companies upon the Rebel cavalry and killed and.
captured one hundred men. As the Captain was unhorsed at the first onset, the command
of both companies devolved upon Lieut. Stickel. In an expedition from Baton Rouge, La ,
to Liberty, he, with twenty picked men, had the advance, in which he several times charged
the enemy, though outnumbering him two’ to one, killing and capturing a large number.
For the valuable service rendered on this expedition he was highly complimented in a gen-
eral order by Gen. Lee. Few men have had a more brilliant or more eventful military
career than Lieut. Stickel. He settled in Centralia in 1866, built and occupied the first
store, was the first postmaster of the place, and after a mercantile career of six years, en-
gaged in stockraising. and is now superintending his farms, consisting of 480 acres lying
near the town. His wife was Mrs. Gaylord, of New York, and both are prominent members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. | “ ‘

MRS. ANN E. WARD, of Centralia, was Miss Moss, of Galena, Ill., and married, No-
vember 15,1860, W. H. Bevard, a native of Indiana, who removed to Galena, Ill., married
there, and enlisted in August, 1862, in the Ninety-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; served
two years, and died in (
Howard, of Centralia) and Wm. H., also of Centralia. In October, 1866, Mrs. Ward married
her second husband. Allen Ward, of Wayne County, Ind., who served over three years as a
volunteer in the Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, through the Vicksburg campaign, and
was nine months in Libby prison. In June, 1871, Mr. and Mrs. Ward removed to what is
now Kirwin, Phillips Co., Kan., and thus became the fifth family to settle in that county.
With them came other families, and for nearly a year they lived on the present site of
Kirwin. | During the timé a band of Indians camped on a hill overlooking the town,
and to frighten them, sent word that all whites found there at sunset would be killed. This
at once set the few men in the settlement at the work of throwing up an embankment of
earth, and later of building a stockade, in which the few families pasted a long dreary winter,
enlivened by an occasional incident like that of the Irishman who, while on guard at night,
supposing he saw Indians, fired his gun at the grindstone, and of course roused the camp.
In the spring of 1872 Mr. Ward settled on a claim in Phillips County, and while here Mrs.
Ward was the frontier white woman, farthest west of any in Kansas. In 1878 the family re-
turned to Mitchell County, and in 1881 to Centralia. Mrs. Ward has been a-widow nine

ears; she has three children, Russell W., J. N. and Cora B., the second child born in Phil-
ips County. Mrs. Ward relates that her eldest daughter once drove off a buffalo that came
to their home in Phillips County and was “‘ too neighborly.”*

ONEIDA,

This thriving village, located on the St. Joseph & Western Railroad, six
miles east of Seneca, and thirteen west of Sabetha, is due directly to the
efforts of one man, Col. Cyrus Shinn, who purchased about four hundred
acres of land in the vicinity, in 1878, platting a large portion of it, and
naming it as above, in July, 1878. Prior to this, however, and dating from
1872, a postoffice known as Oneida, was established in the farmhouse of
Henry Kerns, then situated directly upon the site of the future town. In
1876, Colonel Shinn erected a store building upon his purchase, which he
leased first to John Mitchell, and subsequently to J. O. Steinbaugh, who
succeeded Kerns as post-master. The putlding is now occupied by W. H.
Rockefeller. In May, 1878, Colonel Shinn gave an acre of land to George
W. Buswell, who built, during the same year, the Oneida Cheese Factory,
and immediately after the town was established, as such, he opened a land
office and commenced the publication of the Oneida Real Estate Journal,
while he traveled extensively during the season, through Illinois and Mis-
souri, distributing handbills and lecturing upon the possibilities of Oneida,
his discourse being entitled, ‘‘ What I know about farming in the West,”
while his circular advertised five hundred city lots, free. It may be mentioned
in this connection, that he has never sold a lot, depending, for his profits,
upon the enhancement in value of his surrounding lands. During 1878 a
blacksmith shop and ‘harness store were built, and in 1879 the Lindell House,
two stories in height, erected by Colonel Shinn, who immediately sold it to
B. F. Chamberlain, its subsequent owners being J. N. Conger, J. M. Clay-
pool and David Kautz. The streets.of the embryo city are named for, and
arranged upon, the same plan as the streets of Chicago. During 1881, two
churches were built, the Randolph Street Christian Church, and the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian, the latter being used both by that sect and the Con-
gregationalists. In the spring of the same year, the Lake Street School-
house, two stories in height, 34x66 feet, was built, the district school being
immediately graded into four departments. Opera Hall was also erected on
Monroe street, the lower floor of the building, 24x60 feet in size, being used
by J. H. Mayhew’s furniture and hardware store, the proprietor of which
succeeded Steinbaugh as postmaster. Hyde Park, comprising ten acres of

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densély timbered land, was opened in 1878, a refreshment building known
as the Rialto, and a platform and pavillion, 40x40 feet in extent, being
constructed in connection therewith.

The Oneida Real Estate Journal was founded by Colonel Shinn in 1878,
was sold to J. F. Clough, of the Nemaha County Republican,in October, 1879,
the new owner giving it the name, Oneida Journal. It suspended publica-
tion in May, 1882.

The Oneida Cheese Factory is owned and managed by J. B. Elliott &
Sons, comprising the Oneida Cheese Company. The building is two stories
in height, 24x60 feet in size, and is fitted up with the most improved
machinery, including two vats, boiler, curd cutters, improved presses, tube
testers, ete. Its capacity is rendering ten thousand pounds of milk into one
thousand pounds of cheese, each day. Its sales extend from St. Joseph to
Denver, Colorado, and as far north as Nebraska City.

Oneida has never had a saloon, nor a drunken brawl within its limits.
It now has two general stores, one hardware and furniture store, two dru
stores, one hotel, one lumber yard, one livery stable, and various industria
shops, including one restaurant, the Delmonico. Its population is 163.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

J. O. BARNARD, farmer, P. O. Oneida, was born in 1834, in McLean County, Il,
where he spent forty-five years of his life, though during the Rebellion he served three
years with the Ninety-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nearly losing the use of an eye

“ inconsequence. He came to Kansas in 1879, and now owns eighty acres adjoining Oneida

village, and 160 acres four milesnorth. He married, in McLean County, Ill., Anne Weekly
of Virginia. They have four children—W. H., J. M., Florence (Mrs. RL. Wheeler), an
Katie. The eldest son is married and settled on an Dlinois farm. Mr. Barnard’s parents,
natives of Tennessee, and of Virginia and North Carolina ancestry, came from Tennessee
to McLean County, Ill., in 1828. : :

HON. J. B. ELLIOTT was born in 1829, in Rush County, Ind., but_spent thirty-three
years of his life in White County, Ind. He then removed to ‘Woodford County, Tll,; thence
to Mankato, Minn,, and there, with his brother-in-law, Levi Scott, built the Red Jacket
Mills; four miles southeast of town. His next settlement was in Otoe County, Neb., where
he engaged in farming for about ten years, and represented his District one term of two
years in the Legislature. In 1879 he came to Oneida, and in 1880 bought the Oneida Cheese
Factory, now owned and managed by himself and four sons—Milo, Oris, Charles and Elmer.
This is one of the best known, most popular and successful factories of the kind in
the State. About 50,00¢ pounds of cheese will be made in 1882, and shipped as far
west as Denver and Red Cliff, Col., and to Grand Island, Neb., to the north (see Histor
of Oneida). Mrs. Elliott was Elizabeth Burnthrager, and she is the mother of eleyen chil-
dren. ‘One son, Oris, died December 1, 1882.

W.C. HAMLIN, of Hamlin & Roberts, ee is a native of St. Joseph County,
Mich., and came to Nemaha County, Kan., from Nodaway County, Mo., where he had been
in mercantile business for several years. He began business at Oneida in 1879, firm of
Hardy & Hamlin. This was dissolved, and the before-mentioned firm established in the
fall of 1880. Mr. H. E. Roberts was born and reared in Nodaway County, Mo.

GEORGE W. HEAD, proprietor of the ‘Buckeye Livery Stable,” is a native of the
‘Buckeye State,’ born in 1847, in Huron County. He was five years a butcher in Monroe-
ville, and came to Nemaha County, Kan., in 1875; engaged in farming here until 1880, when
he bought of Wm. Bell the present J. Conlin stablein Oneida. The Buckeye stable, a model
of its kind, was built in 1882. It is 36x60 feet, and in it are half a dozen elegantly matched
and lively teams, with ‘“‘ outfits” to correspond. Mr. Head has a 140-acre farm in Gilman
Township, and is prosperous and popular, Has a wife and one child.

H. MAYHEW, merchant and postmaster, was born in 1856, in Perth County, Canada,
where he was reared and educated. His parents and the family.came to Centralia, Kan., in
1870, and soon after he struck out for himself by teaching school, and then going to St.
Joseph, Mo., where he clerked in various mercantile houses and took a commercial school
course. He began business in Oneida in April, 1880, with a stock of hardware, in a 16x24
foot building, and in June 1881, built his present commodious store, 25x60 feet, where he has a
large and complete line of hardware and furniture of all kinds, also the village postoftice, he
having received the appointment as postmaster in November, 1881.

COL. CYRUS SHINN, the founder and presiding genius of Oneida, was born in 1826,
in West Virginia, and reared and educated in Knox County, Il., his father, Sampson Shinn,
having located in 1834 on a farm near Galesburg, where he still lives. During the war
Cyrus Shinn succeeded Col. Baker as recruiting officer, and from this is derived the title by
which he is known all over the West. Jor over ten years he was in the real estate business
in Gilman, Ill., with a branch office in Chicago a portion of the time. It was his lively ad-
vertising that first boomed Iroquois County. In 1878 he came to Oneida, where he had
owned 400 acres of land since 1873. At this time he owned 2,500 acres in Nemaha County,
and from this time a better idea can be obtained from Col. Shinn by referring to a sketch of
his pet town, Oneida, for says he: ‘‘I am bound to boom the town if I don’t make a cent.”
The Colonel har given every person in Oneida a free lot, and will do the same by all who
come to build and stay permanently, and not sell liquor on the same. He is jolly, loqua-
cious, bright, and ‘‘on the make;” like all stirring, progressive men, occasionally gets on
some one's toes, and of course has enemies; yet, when it comes to doing anything, from mak-
ing a speech to building a schoolhouse, the Colonel is always in demand. Oneida has never
aid a saloon fight or case for assault and battery since its foundation. Gilman Township,
in which Oneida is located, is the only township in the county that gave St. John a majority
last fall.

CORNING.

What is now known as Old Corning, was situated one and one-half
miles west of the present town of the same name. It was established as a
Post-office in 1867, with Dr. N. B. ey us postinaster, and named in
honor of Erastus Corning, of New York. . B. MeKay at this time opened
a general stock of merchandise, in a small frame building which he erected ;
and another store was soon after opened by W. H. Dixon, the two business
houses, with one or two dwellings, being all there was of the place.

The present town of Corning is located on the Central Branch of the
Union Pacific, about half way between Centralia and Wetmore. Its site
was originally school land, bid in by Dr. N. B. eat who gave one-half
section to the railroad in 1870, in consideration of its locating a station at
that point. The first building was the store of Dr. N. B. McKay, removed
from its former site; the second, a ee erected by J. S. Henry. Dr.
McKay then built a small frame hotel, which he conducted for a year or two,
since which time it has passed through various hands, its latest proprietor
being IT’. J. Peters. In 1874 another store building, now occupied by M. T.
Baker & Co., was erected by McKay, and during the few succeeding years,
quite a number of dwelling houses and store buildings have been added to
the settlement, the most of them being moved in from the surrounding
farms and cross-roads.

The first religious exercises held in the new town, were conducted by
Rev. J. S. Henry, a Baptist minister, who for a number of years preached

the word of God to all sects; there being no attempt made by other denom-
inations to institute services. No Baptist organization, however, was

effected.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

A Methodist Episcopal Society was organized in 1878, the schoolhouse
being used as a place of worship. The original membership was twenty-six,
the first minister, Rev. J. Biddison, who retained the pastorate, in connec-
tion with other duties, until 1880. In the fall of 1879,.a frame church
edifice was erected, at a cost of $700. Succeeding Rev. J. Biddison, Rev.
J. A, Amos and Rev. C, Holman have successively assumed the pastoral
relation. The membership in 1882 is about seventy, and the church is in a
fairly prosperous condition. :

Presbyterian Society was instituted in 1878, through the efforts of
Rey. J. Todd, who retains the incumbency he assumed. The congregation
make occasional use of the Methodist building. i

In 1872 a small district schoolhouse was built, replaced by a larger
one, at an expense of $800, in the fall of 1878, The first teacher was Minnie
Bracken, the present one, N. H. Walters, who instructs a daily average of

sixty pupils. rn

The first postmaster was Dr. N. B. McKay, appointed in 1870;
succeeding him, the position has been filled successively by Thomas McKay,
H. W. Hazen, Edward C. Dennett, Jacob Stiger and G. H. Johnson, the
last named being the present incumbent.

Corning, in 1882, has two general stores, two grocery stores, one hard-
ware, and one drug store; one hotel, one lumber yard, and various minor
business industries. Its population is about one hundred.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—iL1INoIs TOWNSHIP.

HENRY EARL, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Corning, was born in 1826, in York County,
Canada. Removed to the State of Ohio in 1838, thence to Laporte County, Ind., thence in
1871 to Kansas; settled on his present farm in 1874, has made all the improvements and
dere ered a pleasant home, commencing with a capital of only $2, when his family num-
bered ten persons. Mr, Ear) has now a grove of about 500 cotton-wood trees and an orchard
of seventy-five young apple trees, his farms fenced and paid for and the foundations laid
for a prosperous future, ls : . a

ISAAC FOSTER, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Centralia, was born in 1833, in Ashtabula
County, Ohio, and reared there a farmer. He left for the West in 1852, settling in Keokuk
County, Iowa. Ina year or two he removed to Warren County, Ill., where he engaged in
farming for about eighteen years. Beginning life the son of a poor man he had every dollar
to earn, and has'no mean record to show as a financier, as we now find him on a well
improved farm of his own. He came to Kansas in 1868, and not having means to buy,
rented a farm (meanwhile taking a homestead which is still his) and finally bought the one
on which he now lives.. Not a bad showing for a man who began as a farm laborer at low
monthly wages thirty years ago. Mr. Foster married in Warren County, Ul., Sarah E. Shaw,
and they have eight children: William, George and Milton born in Illinois, Rose A.,
Calvin, Cyrus. eer and Alice, born in Kansas,

E.'S. GIBS N, farmer, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1824, in Allegheny County, Pa.,
and grew to manhood there. In February, 1864, he enlisted in Hampton’s Artillery and
served in Virginia until the end of the Civil War of 1861-65. He then returned to Vennsyl-
vania and lived there until 1879, when he settled on his present farm. He built a large and
tasteful farmhouse that year, and has since made other permanent improvements, changing
the bare prairie to an attractive home. Mrs. Gibson was Mrs. Lucy A, Seni Same,
widow of Josiah Sams, a gallant Kansas soldier who died at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., durin;
the Rebellion. He left two children, Addie and J osiah, by a now deceased wife (Ranhect
Ritchie). Mr. Gibson has six children—Mary A., Keziah E., Eliza, Andrew and John, all
now in Pennsylvania.

EDWIN HOLTSLANDER, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Centralia. was born in 1830, in
Orange County, N. Y. Lived in Fishkill, N. Y., until he was nineteen, then took employ-
ment on a Hudson River steamer and ran five years. He then rharried and removed to New
York City, entered the transportation business with the Hartford and New Haven Steam-
ship Company, and it was thus he was engaged at the outbreak of the Civil War, when he
was ae as Superintendent of A tneat for New York City. During the entire war
he had charge of the outside work and charge of. eee that went to the front as army
supplies. In 1866 he was commissioned as captain and placed in charge of the Government
property on David’s Island, and penn not a book or a figure held him accountable for
the thousands of dollars’ worth of valuable movable property there, yet bearing in mind the
Divine injunction, ‘Thou shalt not steal,’’ he came out of the office with clean hands
and comparatively little money, and the Kansas fever. This was in 1870, and though he has
seen many discouragements in Kansas, and seen much of actual poverty, yet he has now a
valuable and well-improved farm, a fruitful orchard and all the comforts ‘and conveniences
of the Kansas farmer of 1882. He and his wife are leading members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church; he is superintendent of the Sabbath-School, steward, class-leader and
Trustee. Mrs. Holtslander was Mary Emma Cary; she was born, reared and married in
Dutchess County, N. Y. They have six children—William H., Idella, Edwin G. Eugene C.,
Nettie S., and Charles A. The eldest was born in ‘Dutchess County, Idella and Bdwin G. in
New York City, and the others in Kansas.

FRANK A. HURLBURT, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1843, in
Lorain County, Ohio, and removed in 1853 to La Salle County, Ill., where he took his first
lessons as _a thresherman, a vocation he has followed for over twenty years. During the
Civil War his proffered enlistment in an Mlinois regiment was refused on ground of his
youth. In October, 1873, he came to Kansas with his family, two wagons and eight horses,
settling where he now lives, He now has 240 acres of land, a good frame house and stock-
yard, ane etc., and still runs his ‘ Vibrator.’’ Mrs. Hurlburt was Agnes M. Mc-
Cannon, of New York, and they have six children—Frank, Charles, William, George,
IIarry and Wayne. The two youngest born in Kansas.

JACOB JACOBLA, stockdealer, was born in Ghent, Columbia County, N. Y., June 9,
1818. He is of German descent, his parents however being New Yorkers. The family
removed to Racine County, Wis., in 1848, where he remained until 1857, when he settled in
America City, Kangas, He was mail carrier for eight years from America City to Louisville.
Atchison and Leavenworth, and later crossed the plains with a small train of his own bound
for Denver, Mr. Jacobia says one of the greatest sights he ever saw on the plains, was au
expanse of country, thirty miles long, covered with wild buffaloes standing like a forest and
so densely crowded that you could not see the ground. Inall he crossed the plains eighteen
times, and wax attacked by Indians, they on one occasion corralling 104 men, fifty teams,
and 300 head of cattle near Alkali Station, and holding them there until his’ men, led by
Jacobian as captain, finally drove them off with some hurt. The other encounter was in 1864,
at Sand Hills, and all in all, few men have seen more of Indian life and their barbarities,
than has our subject. Mr. Jacobia considered America City his home until 1874, when he
bought the Corning Hotel and settled here. He ran the hotel four years, and rented it and
built his pretty home in the village, and has since engaged in speculations in grain and
lots. His wife was Jane E. New, of his native town, married June 11, 1839. T) ey have
three children living—Josephus, a Kansas farmer, Martha (Mrs. Theodore Eddy, of Potta-
watomie County), and William Jacobia, now eighteen years old, an engineer on the Cc. BU.

.R Mr. Jacobia is a Democrat and served several years as Justice-of the Peace. and
was & member with his wife of the Corning Methodist Episcopal Church.

G. H. JOHNSON, postmaster, druggist and real estate agent, was born in 1848, in
Unadilla, see County, N. Y., and educated in Unadilla Academy. In January, 1864, he
enlisted in the ip ante New York Volunteer Infantry; served under Gen. Grant on the
James River, at Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad, and was with Gen, Butler at Fort Darling,
was discharged in August, 1865; remained in his old home town until 1868, then began the
lumber business in Washington, D. C., in company with his father, the firm of William John-
son & Son doing a heavy and prosperous business until unwise endorsements caused their
financial ruin in 1878. G. H. Johnson came to Kansas and began his present business in
1880, and with the various lines carricd on by him, is looked upon a3 one of the live and
ween ee aera of 1 pee Sea es wife was Ida M. Andrews, of Dela-

»N.Y., and their only son, Herbert §., was born in ingt: .C. Mr.
Johnson and wife are Methodists, and he a Republican. ee
 

NEMAHA COUNTY.

JOHN KILMER, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Centralia, was born in Luzerne County, Pa.,
and as he says, ‘‘ raised all the way from there to Kansas, ’”? where he came with a family in
1860, The next year he located where he now is, his eighty acres having been secured of
“Uncle Sam,” by virtue of a land warrant. His house built in 1861 of lumber hauled from
Atchison is stilla good home. Mrs, Kilmer was Elenor Gillette, of Genesee County, N.
Y. James and Albert, their two eldest children, are dead, while Stephen, Martha, George
and Alma survive. Mr. and Mrs. Kilmer belong to the ‘Church of God,” of which Mr.
Kilmer isa deacon. The Whitehall Society was organized in 1868, the first pastors being
the Revs. Dr. Thomas and A. B. Sly.
. GEORGE LANGDON, farmer, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1827, in Cornwall, Eng-
and. Came to America with his parents, Thomas and Jane Langdon, in 1829, settling in
Germantown, Pa. He followed the trade of carpevter and joiner in that State until he
came to Kansas in 1870, He has since resided as farmer and carpenter in Illinois Township.
He married Sarah McCutcheon, who died in June, 1878, leaving four children The present
Mrs, Langdon was Mary A., daughter of John Dabner, deceased. She was born in Kent,
England, and came to America in 1855 with her parents, who came from De Kalb
County, Tll., in 1859, settling in Illinois Township, Nemaha County, Kas. John Dabner
died here in 1868, leaving six children,
MORRISON MACKLEY, farmer, Section 4, P, O. Centralia, was born in 1882, in
Jackson County, Ohio. He was reared a farmer, enlisted in 1863 in the One Hundred and
Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served with his regiment in the Army of the
Cumberland in and about Nashville, Tenn., taking part in the decisive battle before that
city in which the gallant old Gen. Thomas so ruined the hopes of the heroic Hood and his
army. In August, .1865, he settled in Missouri, living in Tednwny and Gentry Counties until
March, 1871, when he removed his family to Pittsburg, Mitchell County, Kas., his being the
second family to settle in that township. His pioneer experiences here are well remem-
bered, especially the buffalo shooting from his own door.* In August, 1880, he settled in
eres Township, where he now is. Mrs. Mackley was Mary A. arke; they have nine
children. ;
JOSEPH McCUTCHEON, farmer, P. O. Centralia, is a son of William McCutcheon,
and was born in 1848, in Allegheny County, Pa. When only seventeen, he enlisted in the
Sixty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served with the Union Army through the
siege of Petersburg and the battles, sorties, explosions, etc., incident thereto. Also in the
final scene at Appomatox and in the Grand Review at Washington. From 1865 to 1878 he
resided in Pennsylvania, part of the time in Piitsburg, where he followed his trade of
plasterer. He has-since his settlement in Kansas, in 1878, followed farming in Illinois
Township, and has a pleasant home. His wife was Anna Bardoner, and they have five
children—Mary E., Catherine and Luella, born in Pennsylvania, and John and Lillie M.,
born in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. McCutcheon belong to the United Presbyterian Church.
HUGH ROSS, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1836, in Glasgow, Scotland.
At fourteen he emigrated to this country; resided in Kalamazoo County, Mich., till 1860,
then went via New York and the Isthmus to California, where he spent eight years mining
and conte He then returned to Michigan, and in 1869 came to Kansas, settling where he
now lives. Has 320 acres on which he commenced when it was perfectly raw, and has made
first-class improvements upon it; a good house, barn, yards, stabling, etc. He married in
1870 Miss Mary F. Shaw, and five children, al] born in Kansas, compose the family circle.
Mrs. Ross is a member of the Church of God, and the family is one uniyersally respected.
GEORGE F. ROOTS, farmer, P. O. Centralia, is a son of Uncle John Roots, a popular
pioneer of the same town. The family are English, and came to America about 1850. The
son, George F. Root, came with three others to Nemaha County in 1856, from Illinois. and
made a claim on the stream named by him, Illinois Creek; having some knowledge of sur-
veying, he and his party, having a compass, ran out their own lines, settled as ‘‘squatters,”’
and finally bought the land at $1.25 per acre. In_ 1860 Mr. Roots returned to Illinois and
enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Fought at Pea Ridge, Corinth,
Perryville, Chickamauga, Peach Tree Creek, and with Sherman to Atlanta. His regiment
then turned north with gallant old Thomas, and at the battle of Nashville was nearly
annihilated, losing every officer, commissioned and non-commissioned. Mr. Roots comin,
out fron under the war-cloud unscathed, returned to his Kansas farm, and in 1866 marrie
Miss Emma Ensign, of Centralia. They have five children. Mr. Roots now has 210 acres,
a fine farm naturally, and made valuable by his labor and care. Upon this he has two
houses, a fine orchard, hedges, etc. His father, who settled on Illinois Creek in the fall of
1856, is still there, hale and hearty. His wife, formerly Anna Durrant, and himself, cele-
brated their Golden Wedding in 1880, the event calling together a large turn-out of the
oldest and most respected families in the county. Jobn Roots. a Kansas soldier in the
Rebellion, was dangerously wounded at Adairsville, Ga., and has since died.
M. SAMS, Section 9, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1817, in Richland County,
Ohio. Left there at the age of twenty-two, lived nine years in Indiana, twelve years in
Michigan, and in 1860 brought his family to. Kansas. He settled on his present farm in
March, 1862, and in ae of the same year enlisted in the Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer
Infantry, and fought the Missouri and Arkansas Bushwhackers until 1865; was a partici-
pant in the battles of Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, etc., and while in the service, gave his
family, then on the new prairie farm, a comfortable living by wages sent home. r. Sams
took the farm management at once in his hands at the close of the war, and has made it
valuable and productive. He married Nancy Kilmer, of New York, by whom ‘he had ten
children—the eldest, Josiah, a volunteer in the Kansas Eighth, died in Leavenworth, leav-
ing a wife and two children; Priscilla Sams married David Hall, a Union soldier, who died
at Nashville; Francis Sams died when nine years of age; Ella married Mr. Coats, and lives
in Ohio; while Hannah, Mrs. George Carver, lives in Marshall County, Kan.; James P.,
Robert, Albert, C. Edward and Sadie, are all living in Nemaha County. ;
Cc. E. SAMS, farmer, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1858, in Barry County, Mich., and
came to Kansas with his father, A. M. Sams, in 1860, and though then an infant, he is now
an old settler. His education, attained in Nemaha County, included among other branches
a thorough training in vocal music, for which he had a natural aptitude, and for the past
three winters he has successfully tanght a number of classes in this pleasing and useful ac-
complishment. Mr. Sams has a cosy home about two miles east of Centralia. His wife was
Miss Julia Chadwick, daughter of an early settler of Harrison Township, and a native of
Clinton County, Pa. : ss ‘
MES P. SAMS, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Centralia, born in 1848, in Steuben County,
Ind. He accompanied his father, A. M. Sams, to Kansas, in 1860, opening is Nemaha
County in 1862. He saw his. share of the pioneer privations of the family, and began on his
own account in 1870. Was a renter for four years, and then settled where he now is. He
has 200 acres, a good two-story farm-house, a barn, stock-yards, etc. He married in 1870
Minnie Van Loon, of Leeds County, Canada. They have three children—Josephine, James
F. and Louis V. Mr. Sams is a Republican and Free Mason, and a member with his wife of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. 5
J. W. STICKNEY, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Centralia, was born January 7, 1832, in
Oneida County, N. Y., and is of New England ancestry. His grandfather and father were
born in New England, and were early settlers at Booneville, N. Y., where J. W. Stickney
was born. He came West to Woodford County, Ill, in 1854, spept five years there as a
mercantile clerk, and in 1858 came to Kansas as one of the Home Association. In 1860 he
bought his i al farm of the Government, and in the fall of 1861 enlisted in the Highth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry. His and his regiment's service was under Rosecrans, the
Chattanooga campalgn, Sherman on the Atlanta, and Thomas on the Nashville campaigns
and in Texas, where he secured his discharge in 1866. On his return to Kansas, he clerked
two years in Seneca for Bolivar Schofield, and then in the spring of 1868 he settled on his
farm, and has since resided there. His farm is a valuable one, and has been made attractive
by his taste and skill in horticulture, of which he has made a specialty. His orchard com-
rises 300 trees, and his plow ne of grapes and small fruits is varied and excellent. He is a
epublican, and a member, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Stick-

os was Mary J. Bostian, a native of Tennessee, and their seven children were born in
‘angas.

R. T. TOWNSEND, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Centralia, was born in Providence, N. Y.,
and learned the carpenter trade in Ulster County, N.Y. In 1870 he came to Kansas and
settled where he now is, He has eighty acres of land, a tasteful frame farmhouse, orchard,
groves, fencing, etc., most of which has been done by himself and sons, during the present
decade. He married Sarah J. Schoonmacher, who was born in Ulster County, N. Y., and
they have six children. Mr. and Mrs, Townsend are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church,

E. 8. VERNON, farmer, Section 32, P, O. Corning, is a native of Muskingum County,
Ohio, where he was reared. In December 1861, he enlisted in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volun-

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teer Infantry. His first introduction to the rebels was at Fort Donelson, thence to Shiloh,
siege of Corinth, Bolivar, Iuka, Raymond, Champion Hills, and the siege of Vicksburg;
he ping to undermine Fort Hill. After the surrender of oe, he was engaged in
several raids into Louisiana and Missisippi; took part in Meridian raid, after which the regi-
ment went home on veteran furlough of thirty days; joined General Sherman at Big Shan,
Ga ; then taking part in the battle of Bushy Mountain, Kenesaw, Nickajack, Atlanta, July
21, 22, and 28; Jonesborough and Lovejoy. After the capture of Atlanta, the regi-
ment went North with General Sherman, after Hood, to near Tennessee, but soon re-
turned to Atlanta, and ee in Sherman’s march to Savannah; thence by steamer
to Beaufort, S. C., he ping capture Pocataligo, by crossing the Coosa River, in. skiffs
in the night. Sergeant Vernon was then detailed as Sergeant of a forage squad of
thirty men, and in that capacity made frequent raids, sometimes twenty miles from
the main army, in scarch of supplies for the regiment. At the Edisto River, this forage
squad took an important part in the capture of the town of Orangeburg. When the
army arrived at Fayetteville, N. C., Sergeant Vernon was placed in command of a pro-
vost guard of twenty men at ca nae headquarters; was at the battle of Bentonville;
from thence went to Goldsborough, Raleigh, Petersburg and Richmond, and after par-
ticipating in the final grand review at Washington, in 1865, he went to Louisville, Ky.,
where he was mustered out. _He again sought the walks of private life, and in 1869
brought his family to Kansas. Mr. Vernon has 240 acres of well-fenced and improved Jand,
his farm house being surrounded by a fine grove and orchard, where twelve years ago was a
bare prairie. Mrs. Vernon was Mattie Stiers, of Adamsville, Ohio, They have five chil-
dren—Samuel W., Frank W., Newton L., Clara M. and Eddie L. .

‘J. H. WALTERS, teacher of the Corning Public School, was born in Rochelle, Re
County, Ill., in 1852, was educated there, and in Rock River Seminary. Mount Morris, I'l.;
taught twenty terms of school in his native State, and, in 1878, came to Kansas, where he
has taught ten terms additional. His wife was Miss Mittie Peck, whose people settled in
1878, in Corning, coming from Illinois, Her father, Duane Peck, is now farming near

Corning.

8. ‘K.. WARRENBURG, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Centralia, was born in Fayette
County, Ohio, 1850, and is a son of Frederic and Elizabeth Warrenburg, who removed, in
1854, to Indiana, and, in 1859 to Champaign County, I]. S. K. Warrenburg came, in 1870,
to Kansas and opened up the farm where his father now lives, His capital was about
$500 and plenty of muscle and will-power; to-day we find him on a small but valuable farm,
well-fenced and improved, with about $2,000 worth of fat cattle in his yards, besides eight head
of horses and mules, and seventy-five head of “stockers.”. He married Adabelle Hondy-
shell, of Miami County, Ind.. and they have two children—Ralph H. and Albert W., both
born ony Whe Kansas farm. The father and mother of Mr. Warrenburg came to Kan-
sas in 1875.

J. ©. WARRINGTON, druggist, was born in 1836, in Union County, Ohio. His
parents removed, in 1847, to Jones County, Iowa. Here he enlisted as a private,
October, 1861, in the Thirteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and with the Seventeenth
Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, fought at Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka. Bolivar, Holly
Springs, Vicksburg, Port Gibson, the Shrevesport Campaign, and the raid to Meridian,
Miss., and Selma, Ala. Hethen fought with Sherman, from Rome to Atlanta. and was
wounded August 15, 1864, in one of the desperate battles before Atlanta. His honorable
discharge dates March 23, 1865, and he is now a pensioner. Since the war he has made
various removals in Iowa, and for a time kept hotel in David City, Nebraska. Came to
Kansas and Corning in 1881. Mrs. Warrington was Mrs. Jane Layton, formerly of
Le this lady is now manager and hostess of the Corning Hotel, the only one
in the place. ;

A.D. WELLS, farmer, P. O. Centralia, was borh December 18, 1832, in Susquelanna
County, Pa., and is a son of William R. and Betsy Wells, now residents of ~eneca. He
settled in Hlinois about 1848, and came to Kansas: in June, 1857, A young man, alone in
life. he took aclaim on Hickey Creek, improved it, and disposing of it, removed to Lincoln,
then a contestant with Seneca for county-seat honors. After taking an interested part in
the contest, and seeing the downfall of his town imminent, he settled on his present well-
ee 200-acre farm. He owns besides, twenty acres of timber, and has his orchard,
hedges, etc. He has been twice married, the deceased wife being Lucinda Dennis, the
present one, formerly, Mrs Catherine M. Sherman. They have five children. Mr. and Mrs.
‘Wells are Methodists, and he is a Republican,

GRANADA.

The first settlement in the vicinity of Granada, located in the township
of the same name, was effected by D. M. Locknane, who arrived in 1855, and
was shortly followed by Messrs. Chappel, Pilant, Haigh, Searles, Vilott,
Spencer, Anderson, Terrill, Wright, rotaen, Knapp, N evil, Swerdferger,
O’Brien, Riley, Duwalt, Brown and Steer. .\ store building. was erected by
Manoah H. Terrill in 1856, and at the beginning of the war Granada was a
thriving little town, situated on the old freight route to Denver. Its exist-
ence ended, practically speaking, with the advent of the railroads, both north
and south ot it. It has now a post-office, kept in connection with a general
store, one hardware and drug store and a blacksmith shop.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—cGRANADA TOWNSHIP.

JOHN ACHTEN, farmer, P. O. Granada, was born in 1827, in Rhenish Prussia, edu-
cated there, and served three years in the German Army, Prince William (afterward King,
and now Emperor William) commanding at his last review. He came to America in 1862,
located in Ohio, thence went to Illinois, and thence, in 1857, came to Kansas, making a
claim on Section 13, Township 3, Range 14. This claim he improved, breaking up land
built, fenced, etc.; and in 1867, changed to his present location. Mr. Achten now has 320
acres in his home farm, all hedge fenced und rail fenced, and 170 acres of which are in culti-
vation. He has, besides, 32" acres for pasturage, fenced with wire—not a bad showing for
one who began without a dollar, only twenty-five years ago. He married September 17,
1857, in Paris, Ill., Annie Press, also of ‘‘ Rhine Prussia,” who came, in 1841, to the
United States, settling in Wisconsin. They have seven children—Frank, Fred, George,
Lizzie, Mary, Rene and Dollie—all born in Capioma and Granada. Kan.

JAMES BARNES, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Wetmore, is a son of James Barnes. Sr.,
who brought his wife and eleven children to Kansas in 1857, and settled the next year in
Granada, where the father died in 1873 and the mother in 1875. James and Wesley. Barnes
settled on their respective farms in Granada Township in 1857. James Barnes enlisted in 1862,
in the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served with that a regiment throughout
the entire Rebellion; was seriously wounded in the hip in the battle of Chickamauga; has
five bullet marks on his person—one received in the battle before Atlanta; and is a United
States pensioner. He took part with his regiment in over twenty pitched battles, and was
discharged at Huntsville, Ala., in 1865. e has since been a permanent and_ prosperous
settler of Kansas. Has a good farm, well-stocked, and a new frame house. His wife was
Ellen Walters, of Andrew County, Mo., and their six children were all born on the Granada
farm. The Barnes’ family are of English ancestry, and were among the founders of the city
of Baltimore, where James Barnes, Sr., was born, He removed to Guernsey County, Ohio,
where his large family of eleven children were born, seven of the brothers being now
residents of Granada. .A singular coincidence will be noted in the fact, that James Barnes,
Sr.. was born March 10, 1812, his son, the subject of this sketch, was born March 10, 1841.
and his grandson, Joseph (son of James Barnes), was born March 10, 1867.

DAVID BRONSON, farmer, P. O. Granada, was born in 1838, in Danbury, Conn.
At the age of seventeen, he removed to Carbondale, Pa., with his parents. and from there to
Aurora, Il., where he worked as carpenter. In September 1861, he enlisted in Company
H, of the Fifty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Served in Missouri during the Price
raid and returned into Kentucky, his being the regiment that mutinied on account of the
poor old Belgian rifles furnished, and destroyed them. Col. Thomas Sweeny, of Fenian fame,
was their leader during the remainder of the Rebellion. The regiment fought at Fort Donel-
son, Pittsburg Landing and Shiloh, where Private Bronson was struck with a piece of shell.
and immediately after by two balls, the three wounds, however, confining him but a few days.
as he was present at the Corinth affair, an imprudenee that cost him many a weary month in
the hospital thereafter. Upon his recovery, he again enlisted in Company K, of the One Hun-
dred and Forty-sixth Dlinois Volunteer Infantry, and was on detached service in his uwu
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State during the remainder of the war, coming out with a commission as Second Lieutenant.
He married in 1867, in Champaign, Ill., Martha Hodgdon, born in Williston, Chittenden
County. Vt.; lived two years in Kane County, IIl., and then settled in Powhattan, Brown
Co., Kan., lived there three years, then réturned to Aurora, Ill., where he was employed
as yardman, by the C., B. & Q. R. R. Co. In 1875, he again settled in Kansas, coming this
time in connection with an agency for fence barbs; sold all his Illinois property, including
a hotel in Bristol, and settled permanently as a Kansas farmer and stockman. Mr. and Mrs.
Bronson have four childen—Julia E., George E. and U.S. Grant, born in Kane County, Ill.,
and Grace, born in Brown County, Kan. Mr. Bronson is a member of the G. A. R-

THEODORE CHIPMAN, farmer, P. O. Capioma, was born in Warren County, Pa. In
1860, his father, Giles Chipman, settled with his wife and a family of five children on a new
prairie farm in Brown County, Kan. It was the “‘hard year,” and the family saw many of

. the privations incident thereto. The lumber for their first real house was hauled in 1863
from Iowa Point. Both parents died in Brown County, near Hiawatha, and here Theo-
dore Chipman has lived for twenty-three years. He began with raw prairie, and has devel-
oped a good farm and home. He married in 1879 Mrs. Sanet Hamilton, » native of Ottawa,
Canada. Mr. Chipman is a Free Mason. A brother, George Chipman, a volunteer in the
‘Twenty-fifth Missouri Unionists, was killed by rebels at the battle of Pittsburg Landing,
during the Rebellion of 1861-65.

A. B. ELLIT, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Wetmore, was born in 1825, in La Rue
County, Ky., and raised in that State asa farmer. On the outbreak of the Mexican War in
1846, he enlisted under Col. McKee in the Second Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and under
Gen. gach. Taylor fought at Monterey and Buena Vista; returned home in July 1847, and
farmed until the spring of 1849. Was married that year to Elizabeth Edwards. in the fall
of 1849, moved to Missouri and engaged in farming until 1855, when he made and settled upon
a claim near Mt. Pleasant, Atchison Co., Kan. In 185s, he brought out his family, and his
father and brother settled near him. During 1856, a band of 600 Southerners destroyed all
their fences and fed all their corn,.and were about to appropriate the only remaining yoke
of cattle left them, but were prevented by a Missouri captain, who drew a six-shooter and
swore he would kill the first man who attempted to yoke them up. A rumor that Jim
Lane and his Kansans were close ut_hand scattered the Southern banditti with Indicrous
haste, some even leaving saddles and guns, telling-Mr. Ellit to ‘‘give Lane thunder” if he
came that way. In 1858, Mr. Ellit moved to near Huron, and there lived until his enlist-
ment in 1861 in the Second Kansas Cavalry, with which he served until the spring of 1863.
In 1862 was one of a company of forty that killed and routed Quantrell and his band on
Blue River, in Missouri; out of thirty-three all were killed but seven. Mr. Ellit was Duty-
sergeant, and managed one part of the fight. In the fall of 1863, he was with Gen. Blunt
when Price drove him from Blue River bridge; remained with him till Price was whipped
and driven out. In 1864, he freighted to Denver, Col., and in the fall of 1866, moved to Pet-
tis County, Mo., and a few years later to his present farm in Granada Township. His first
wife, Elizabeth Edwards, died in Pettis County, Mo. But three of her ten children survive
her. The present Mrs. Ellit was Mrs. Watson. Her maiden name was Porter. ;

JOSEPH HAIGH, M. D., is the only son of Uriah and Isabel (Anderson) Haigh, pio-
neer settlers in Granada. They came there in 1857, from Washington County, Pa., where
Joseph Haigh was born, October 22, 1851. He studied medicine with Dr. S. R. Anderson, a

Virginian, and the first practitioner in Granada. Dr. Haigh is a graduate of the Northwest-
ern Medical College, St. J oserns Mo., and is now First Vice-President of its alumni. He is
a Republican in politics and liberal in religion. Mrs. Dr. Haigh was Miss Fannie J. Cooley,
a native of Franklin County, Ind., and their two daughters, Bertha and Belle, were born in
Granada. Three brothers of the Haighs came to Granada in 1857, James, Urias and Jo-
seph, and all served in the Union Army during the Rebellion of 1861-65, the youngest dy-
ne at Pu Smith, Ark., the second still residing in Granada, and the eldest in Republic
ounty, Kan.

D. H. HARGIS, farmer, P. O. Goffs, was born in 1847, in Howard County, Mo., and
reared in that State a farmer. In 1863, he and three brothers enlisted in Company A, Ninth
Missouri Cavalry, and served through the guerrilla campaigns of that State. An older
brother, William Hargis, was shot down in his father’s yard by Bill Anderson, the bandit,
who bad previously robbed and burned the house solely because the family were known to
‘be loyal. Another brother, Sergt. Thomas Hargis, was killed in a skirmish, and D H.
Hargis saw 180 men butchered and scalped by these white fiends in Missouri. In 1865,
Mr. Hargis came to Kansas, locating in Troy, Doniphan County, and five years ago removed
to Osborne County, took a homestead on Section 22, got a deed, then left it. 18 location
in Kansas was followed by that of his father and five brothers. Mrs. Hargis was Mrs. S.
J. Meers, born in Buchanan County, Mo. Their three children ace—Leonard, Cora and
Isaac N., all born in Doniphan County, Kan.

G. K. HATCH, farmer, P. O. Wetmore, was born in 1846, in Hamilton Township, Erie
Co., Pa., where he was reared, and from which town he enlisted in September, 1864, in the
One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. With his regiment he
participated in the Bermuda Hundred affair, the siege of Petersburg, the assault on Fort
Gregg. etc., and the pursuit and capture of Lee and his army. Hecame to Kansas in 1869,
lived seven years here, then four years in Pennsylvania, and has finally settled again in Kan-
sas,and intends making Nemaha County his future home. He is a member of the G. A, R.,
F. & A. M.,the I. 0.0. F.,and the I. 0. G. T., of Union City, Pa.. His wife was Miss Addie
Hitchcock, of Erie County, Pa., and their two children are Roscoe C. and Elzie, the eldest
born in Pennsylvania and the girl in Kansas.

SAMUEL R. HATCH, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Goffs, came with his wife to Kansas in
1870, from Erie County, Pa. He entered eighty acres of raw prairie and bought 160 more,
and as a result of thirteen years of labor and care has it nearly all fenced, and seventy acres
in cultivation; has a good-sized frame house, orchard, grove, etc. He was born in 1833, in
Erie County, Pa., and married Abbie Pickett, of Schoharie County, N.Y. They have one
son—Hardie E., born in Erie County, Pa. Mr. and Mrs, Hatch belong to the Goffs Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. :

A. M. HOUGH, farmer and stockman, P. O. Granada. Mr. Hough was born in 1817, in
Loudoun County, Va., and was reared there, the son of afarmer. In 1888, the family settled in
Zanesville, Ohio, the father and sons engaging in the manufacture of windmills, which was
carried on Jater in Springfield, Il]. A.M. Hough, a carpenter by trade, worked many years
in this city, and it was he who framed the first window for the old State House, While here
he made the acquaintance of honest Abe Lincoln and Mary Todd, then a ‘‘ sparking couple.”
Mr. Hough came to Kansas with his wife and nine children in 1866, and bought 70 acres on
the line of Brown and Nemaha counties, living in the former, in which he served six years
as a Commissioner. So well did he manage his farm and stock operations, that each of his
five sons is now settled and Horne for himself—four of them farmers and one of them a lum-
ber dealer. Mr. Hough was the first man to feed cattle on a large scale in the old Lock-
nane Township, and fed in all ten years. Since 1880, he has lived in Granada, and devoted
his entire attention to stock transactions instead of farming actively. Mrs, Hough was Su-
san Kuhn, of Lancaster County, Pa., and their nine children are all well fixed around them.

JOHN A. WOODBURN. farmer, P. O. Wetmore, was born October 12, 1833, in Eaton,
Preble Co., Ohio. In 1835, his parents, John and Elizabeth, acttled in Randolph County,
Ind., where he grew up on afarm. In 1855, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
1860, he brought his family to Kansas and began life as a day laborer, living on a vacated
claim on Elk Creek, and at the same time preaching as a supply, and has since resided as a
farmer and preacher in Northern Kansas, much of the time in poor health, and making
twenty removals with his family. In 1878, he located on his present farm in Granada.
Mrs. Woodbarn was Mary F. Roberts, of Montgomery County, Ohio, married in 1855, in
Deerfield, Ind. They have nine children living. Mr. Woodburn had but poor and limited
educational facilities in youth, and his effective work in the church for the past sixteen
years attests the fidelity with which he has studied.

CAPIOMA.

The town site of Capioma, situated in the township of the same name,

- was laid out in 1857, the plat being recorded July 9, 1859. It was named in
honor of an Indian chief, and the first settlers in its immediate propinquity
were William Barnes, James McCallister and Samuel Magill. A schoolhouse
was built in 1857, and in 1859 a good hotel building was erected by Walter
R. Gage. Some years later a store building was ma ep J. H.H. Ford. In
1866, a steam saw-mill was put in operation by John Walker, and at different

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times, two churches, Methodist and Congregational, have been erected. The
settlement is now, just about where it was fifteen years ago, having one store,
a hotel and a blacksmith shop.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—caPioMA TOWNSHIP.

JOSHUA BUSHNELL, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Capioma, was born December 25, 1825,
in Oswego, New York, and is of York State ancestry, as both parents were born in Oneida
County. Mr: Bushnell removed West in 1851, settling in Henry County, Ill., and lived
there seventeen years, twelve years as a farmer and five years as proprietor of the Cambridge
House at Cambridge, the county-seat of Henry County. He came to Kansas in 1869 and
settled where he now resides, paying $825 for a quarter section on which was a one-story
adobe house in which his family lived fora few years. Beginning thus Mr. Bushnell rapidly
increased his operations and became a large land owner and stock-raiser, owning at one
time 800 acres of land. To-day we find him nicely situated, his farmhouse being one of.the
best in Capioma Township, a roomy and substantial stone house with a basement well
fitted for culinary purposes and the two stories surmounted by a mansard roof. His ont-
buildings cofrespond; a circular barn, thirty-six feet in diameter, granaries, corn cribs,
tool house, etc. While Mr. Bushnell has never been an active politician, he has been
chosen a delegate to nearly every State and Congressional Convention held during the past
ten years. Heisa Hepiibl leat, His first wife, Sarah C. Wilson, whom he married Novem-
ber 15, 1849, in Camden, N. Y., died September 11, 1858, in her home in Camden and is
buried there; she left two children, both since deceased. The present Mrs, Bushnell was
Barbara J. Sensley, of Brown County, Ohio, married Febraary 2, 1859, in Henry County,
Il, Their children are Barbara, Jane and Lensby. aa

G. W. CONRAD, farmer, P. 0, Capioma, is a native of Williamstown, Oswego County,

N.Y., born in 1840. Is of German and American ancestry, his mother being a native of
New York State. Mr. Conrad left his native place at the age of sixteen, and settled in
Henry County, Ill., removing five years later to Jasper County, Iowa, where in 1862 he

enlisted in the Twenty-Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, fought with Gen. Grant at Belmont,
Helena, Jackson, Black River, Champion Hills. and through the siege of Vicksburg, and
then went with Gen. Banks on the ill starred Red River Expedition, fighting at Pleasant
Hill, Sabine Cross Roads, St. De Russy, etc. His regiment was then sent by water to
Alexandria, Va., and fought under Gen. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, Opequan, and
Winchester, where Mr. Conrad well remembers Sheridan’s immortal ride, and hearing the
gallant little Irishman shout, ‘‘ We will drink coffee- in the rebel camp to-night,” which
promise was, as all know, made good. During this battle Mr. Conrad received a singular
wound, 4 three-inch ball striking and destroying his blanket roll and knapsack, and coming
so close to his shoulder as to break a blood vessel and raise a ‘‘ welt’? bunch perfectly dis-
cernible to this day. After some final service on the track of Sherman’s grand march
in Georgia and the Carolinas, at guard and provost duty, Mr. Conrad and the heroic
and honored Huai pe were discharged in July, 1865. In 1869 he brought his family
to Kansas, settling on the 220-acre farm in Capioma, where we now find him. Here he has
first-class improvements and buildings, and has become one of the substantial and respected
farmérs, having served as a Republican three years as Trustee of Capioma, and one term as
County Commissioner. His wife was Lurana M Rawson, of Worcester, Mass., and they
have six children—Clara, George, Isabel, Eunice, Burton and Millie.

WALTER R. GAGE, deceased, late of Capioma, was born in 1818, in Pennsylvania,
and grew up there as a farmer. He married in Erie County, Pa., Lavinia Ostrand, who was
born in Barcelona, N. Y. They lived eight years in Gowanda, N. Y., and seven in Marcel-
lon, Wis. Came to Capioma in 1856, lived there three years on a new farm or claim south of |
the village, and in 1859 built in Capioma the Gage House, which Mr. Gage ran as a hotel
until his death, in August, 1869. He was a Republican, and served as postmaster, Notary
Public, and Justice of the Peace many years. He left eight children—C. S., Adella, H. C.,
W. R. Burton (since deceased), William, Minnie S., Effie. Arabella Gage died in April,
1869. In 1876 the hotel and contents burned down, a total loss, and on the site Mrs. Gage
has erected a pleasant cottage home in which to spend her declining years.

HUGH R. MAGILL, farmer, P.O. Capioma, was born in Clay County, Mo. He was early
left an orphan, and was reared by Caleb Magill, anuncle. In 1849 he settled with a brother,
William B., in Platte County, Mo., where.he remained until 1854, when he took a claim
near Kinnekuk, helping to survey the Kickapoo Reservation while there. In ‘856 he came
to Capioma, making a claim on Sections 10 and 11, which he sold to D. P. Magill. Has
resided on his present farm about twelve years. Is a Republican and was Judge of Elec-
tions (Free-State) when his townsmen first voted on the Lecompton Constitution, for
which only two votes were cast in that town.

_ SAMUEL MAGILL, farmer, P. O. Capioma, is a son of D. P. Magill, a Kentuckian and
pioneer of the Platte purchase. Samuel Magill was born in Platte County, Mo., grew up
there, and in February, 1854, with David Locknane. made a visit to what is now Granada—
each selecting land and building log houses, the first in that town. Messrs. Robert Ray and
Magill came out for Gepmanen settlement in October, 1855, Mr. Magill claiming 160 acres,
now the site of Woodlawn, which he sold the next year to H. L. Alkier He then settled
where he now is, and began work in earnest, this work resulting in the fine 320-acre farm
and home he owns to-day, though he began in a shanty fourteen feet square, with scarcely
a dollar in the world. Mr. Magill is a Democrat in politics, and though not a politician, is
known as one of the most successful farmers and fruit growers of his county, his orchard
and vineyard being among the first planted and the most productive in this region. He has
a tasteful and commodious home, environed by a grove and orchard, strongly reminding
one of down Kast, the effect being heightened by his barn, sheds and the timber skirting
Walnut creek which crosses his farm, He married in 1858 Miss Uree J. Hooper, and they
have cight living children. ,

L. D. TATMAN, farmer, P. O. Woodlawn, was born in 1842, in Ohio. Eight years
later, his parents, William and Lydia Tatman, settled in Adams County, Il. S. D. Tatman,
after a varied ouperienee in Ilhnois, Texas, and Colorado, finally settled on a farm in Wal-
nut Township, Brown County, Kas., improved it, and selling, settled on his present farm
in 1876, Here he has rebuilt the house and erected a barn forty feet square, qlanted grove,
orchard, etc, He married Miss Nancy Eldredge, of Henry County, Ill., a daughter of John
and Sarah (Roberts) Eldredge. They left Henry County in December, 1854, and pushed out
on the frontiers as far as ‘Ash Point, Nemaha County, Kas., Mr. Eldredge making the usual
a pene acabin, and commencing pioneer life. During the winter he had occasion
to vis! t Iowa oint, on the Missouri River, and, being caught in a violent and long-con-
tinued ‘ blizzard, * was kept there four weeks, his wife and two daughters meanwhile be-
lieving him dead. They were compelled to cut their own wood, caretae the stock, and_do
all the rough out-of-door work during this weary month, freezing hands and feet and euffer-
ing much from fears of Indians, and grief and loneliness. During the ‘scare’ of 1855,
Mr. sla eae removed his family to Missouri, but satisfied that it was a speculative hoax.
returned, The family settled in Brown County, Kas., in 1856, and here Mr, Eldredge died
m ae 1878, his widow and daughters surviving him. He was a native of New York. and
Mrs. Eldredge of Pennsylvania. She recalls numerous anecdotes and incidents of early

times in Kansas and Illinois, and is a perfect t i i
of thirty years ago. : P ype of the healthy and fearless pioneer woman

BAILEY VILLE.

In 1880, N. Bailey, a substantial farmer in Clear Creek Township, laid
out a town on the Union Pacific Railroad (Kansas Division) seven miles west
of Seneca. A post-office was established with G. M. Rasp as postmaster, and
a large hay press and sheds erected by S. H. Rice & Co., of St. J oseph, which
firm also established a store for the benefit of their employes and others.
In the spring of 1882, 8. H. Rice & Co. sold their hay-pressing machinery to
Bailey Brothers, together with two sections of hay lands, which they owned.
The store was transferred to Bay & McQuinch, who still run it. ‘Prior to
this time a siding had been put in and astation built by the railroad company.
The post-office passed from G. M. Rasp to Bert E. Rice, and finally to James
Tennant, the present incumbent.
NEMAHA COUNTY.

OTHER TOWNS.

Neuchatel.—This is the name given to a post-office in Neuchatel Town-
ship, established early in the history of the county. The settlers in the
immediate vicinity are French and Swiss. In 1870, Jules Leroux commenced
the pablosties in this township of the Star of Kansas, an eight page
monthly, printed in the French language and devoted to Communism. Thi
May, 1876, he removed to Fremont County, Iowa, taking his establishment
with him. There is no village of the name.

Goffs.—A railroad station of this name, the title being a compliment to
Edward H. Goff, of the Union Pacific Railroad, is situated on the Central
Branch, a few miles northwest of Wetmore. It is a railroad town, laid out
in 1880, and contains a hotel and store, occupying one building, the property
of Abbott Brothers.

“  Woodlawn.—During the summer of 1881, W. L. Challis selecting a fine,
natural site, in.Capioma Township, erected a four-story mill with stone base-
ment, in which he placed an engine of one hundred horse-power, and four
sets of burrs. This mill, placed in the charge of J. W. Burt as manager, at
once became so far popular as to constitute a nucleus around which a little
settlement formed, given by the proprietors the name of Woodlawn. <A
store building was erected, in hich was placed a stock of general merchan-
dise, by W. N. Taylor. A private post-office was established early in 1881,
converted to a government office, with Paul Challis as postmaster in 1882.
A drug store was opened by Dr. J. B. West, and a hotel of nine rooms
thrown open to the traveling public, by Albert Yost. The second floor of
Taylor’s Store Building is fitted up as a public auditorium, known as Wood-
lawn Hall. Situated as it is, about an equal distance from Wetmore and
from Sabetha, and too far from either to interfere with the moderate growth
which it asks, Woodlawn has, undoubtedly, unlike so many of its neighbors,
a permanent lease of life.

American City is a post-office, situated in Red Vermillion Township.
An act, incorporating a town of this name, comprising 380 acres of land,
was approved by the Territorial Legislature, February 14, 1857. <A store
was opened, and in 1861 a Methodist church building erected. Dr. N. B.
McKay is the present postmaster.

Dorcas and Clear Creek, are post-offices only, located in farmhouses, the
former in Capioma, the latter in Clear Creek Township.

Sother is not.a post-office, but is accorded notice as having been for a
time the terminus of the C. B. U. P. Railroad. A section house was built,
and a store opened by J. R. Pickett. It was named for Hon. Thomas Sother,
and is about four miles northwest of Wetmore.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—HARRISON TOWNSHIP.

E. C. CHILSON, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Seneca, is ason of Alfred Chilson, was born
in 1840, in Geauga County, Ohio; enlisted’ in 186i in the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and later in the Chicago Mercantile Battery; was in the department of the Gulf, and fought
at Sabine Cross-roads. Went with Gen. Banks to Texas, and took part in the Pascagoula
raid. On his return from the field, he located with his father and brother in Harrison
Township. His school was at the old Geauga Seminary, made famous by the associations
of the martyred Garfield; and, with strong religious convictions, he began preaching as a
licentiate in 1866; continued for a number of years in Kansas, his theological studies re-
sulting in a serious mental affection, which forced his retirement, He is now living quietly
and happily on his Harrison farm. Mrs. Chilson was Caroline Fortney, of Virginia, and a.
settler of 1860 in Kansas. .

W. W. GROVES, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Goffs, was born in 1833, in New Lyme,
Ashtabula County, Ohio, and married Josie Chandler, of Orwell, Ohio, in March, 1854.
They then removed to Louisa County, Iowa, and after_a few years’ residence in that State,
returned to Ohio, and from there to Goodhue County, Minn. , The ill health of Mrs. Groves
caused their settlement in Kansas in the fall of 1869. Mr. Groves has done good-work here,
transforming a raw prairie farm into a tillable and productive one. Built a good farmhouse
and planted a grove of forest timber, also an orchard of 250 apple and 300 peach trees. He
is a carpenter by trade, and has always followed it. Mr. and Mrs. Groves have four children
—W. J. Groves, Theresa and Terissa, twins, and Mary A. Samuel Groves died at the age
of fourteen, and another pair_of twins died in Ringgold County, Iowa. Mrs. and Miss
Groves are Methodists, and Mr. Groves is a Baptist. . ‘

LEWIS LOGAN, farmer and stock-breeder, P. O. Goffs, is a native of Kings County,
Ireland, born in 1838. His parents emigrated to this country in 1846, and settled in Johnson
County, Iowa. Lewis Logan grew up here, and in pane 1862, enlisted in the Twenty-
second Iowa Volunteer Infantry. His was the first brigade on the east side of the Missis-
sippi, and the first to open battle at Port Gibson; also did brave service at Champion Hills,
Black River bridge, and the siege of Vicksburg. It: was then sent to Texas to meet Gen.
Banks, then supposedly on his way up Red River. After Banks’ failure, the Twenty-second
joined the army of the Potomac, and fought under Butler and Phil. Sheridan. Joined
Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, from there went to Georgia, and from there
to Morehead City, North Carolina, where the brigade did fatigue duty, and from there to
Augusta, South Carolina. The company then went to Athens, Capt. A. B. Cree command-
ing, and established a provost marshal's office. After the discharge of the regiment in 1865,
he returned to Iowa, and in 1874 settled in Norton County, Kan., and opened a stock ranch.

~ Dearth of rain and rapid settlement caused his removal to his present farm, which he bought
of Peter Mackey. In 1879 the range for stock was almost entirely open from Corning to

Wetmore, and with 200 head of cattle and a herd of horses, he rapidly developed a large -

stock business. He now has 36" acres of land, a fine residence, and all needed improvements

* and appliances. It is his intention to breed mules quite extensively hereafter. His regis-.

tered jack, Prince Albert, was bred by George Jenkins, of Savannah, Mo., and he has a
number of’ very fine brood animals. Few men have more reason to look back with satisfac-
tion upon the past than Lewis Logan, of Harrison. Mrs, Logan was Miss Frances Brenne-
man, of Lancaster County, Pa., and they have a fine family of seven active, intelligent boys
—John E., Lewis, Charles M., Walter S., Fred L., William O. and Elmer E. Mr. Logan is a
member, and is chaplain of Wetmore Lodge, A. F. & A. M. :

PETER MACKEY, farmer, P. 0. Gotfs, was born May 4, 1822, in Manchester, England,
and came with his parents to the United States -in 1831. They located in Patterson, N.J.,
and in that State he learned the'’blacksmith’s trade. He worked seven years as a machinist,.
and one year for the Government at Nashville, Tenn., during the war. In 1868 he came to
Kansas and scttled in Harrison. He began on a “‘raw’? quarter section, broke it, planted an
orchard, etc., and then sold it and settled where he now is. His farm here is a good one,
located on Rose Creek, and he is continuing his work as an improver. Mrs. Mackey was
Levina Walts, of Brownsville, N. Y., and they have had four children—William, Peter,
Anne, and Catherine, who died the wife of C. H. Lane and left two children. Mr. and Mrs.
Mackey belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Goffs. : :

A. J. MORGAN, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Senecg. Mr. Morgan was born in 1839, in
Venango County, Pa.; removed to Indiana in 1858, and in June, 1861, enlisted in the Four-
teenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, it being one of the first on the field, and taking part at
Rich Mountain, Cheat Mountain, Greenbriar, and the first Shenandoah campaign. Early in
1863, Mr. Morgan was assigned to the Sixth United States Regular Cavalry, and as one of
that regiment he fought at Fredericksburg, Beverly Ford, etc., and harassed Lee’s invasion
of the North. He narrowly missed capture at Gettysburg, and a few days later was taken
prisoner, held three months, and paroled, this of course ending his service. Locating again

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in Indiana, he married Mrs. S. J. Sappington, and came West. He has 240 acres all under
fence, and in a good state of culture. Is a member, with his wife, of the Christian Church, of
Harrison. There are three children—Luella and J. P. Sappington, and John E. Morgan.

J. F. RANDEL, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Corning, was born in 1838, in Decatur County,
Ind. In 1846, his father, Garrett Randel, removed the family to Schuyler County, Il., and
in 1853 to Marion County, Iowa. The Randel Colony, in Red Vermillion, Nemaha County,
Kan., was founded in 1856, by the settlement of Garrett, Harvey and G. W. Randel, with |
their families and those of eleven others, only four or five of the heads of the families bein
now alive. The removal of the said colony was an interesting event, as the train comprise
seventeen ox-teams, three horse-teams, fifty yoke of work oxen, twenty-seven head of horses,
and 252 head of cattle. J. F. Randel resided as a quiet farmer colonist until early in 1864,
when he enlisted in the Twenty-second Kansas, and served six months. Mr. Randel married
Melinda Thompson, September 6, 1857, and a noteworthy fact is that of their having seven
children, four of whom were married under the same roof that sheltered the nuptials of
their parents, Mr. Randel having purchased the estate of his father-in-law, John Thompson,
who settled among the colonists in 1857. Another historical fact is that G. W. Randel, son
of Garrett Randel, and Miss Lydia White, were the first couple married in Nemaha County,
the date of the event being May 18, 1857, and the result, seven lively, healthy children.-

CHARLES W. ROMINE, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Corning, was born in 1830, in Jackson
County, Ohio, and is an early Kansas settler. His parents removed in 1839 to Champai;
County, Ill., returning to Ohio in 1846. C. W. Romine lived in Champaign. McLean, De Witt
and Hamilton Counties, Ill., and came to Kansas with his family in 1857. He bought the
claim which comprises his present fine farm of C. M. Allison, who had built a log-house and
made slight improvements. This house burned down with contents in 1868, entailing of
course a severe loss upon Mr. Romine. Upon the ashes, however, he built his present frame-
house, and b: oe management and hard work has secured a valuable 200-acre farm and

‘ood home. -His wife was Catherine Young, of De Witt County, Ill., and they have three
iving chiJdren—Joseph, Nancy and Henry H. James Romine died June 3, 1875, in Republic
County, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Romine are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

. A. C. ROSEL, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Goffe, born in 1837, in Greensburg, Ind. He
accompanied his father, Wesley Rosel, to Keokuk County, Iowa, in 1849; he then, in 1858,
removed to Marshall County, Kan., went to Denver in 1860, and during the Civil War was
per of the time in Fort Larned, and part of the time in Iowa. He has lived in Brown,

oniphan and Jefferson Counties, and settled on his present farm in 1868. Has eighty acres
in good state of cultivation, a good and substantia] farmhouse, a grove of 500 trees, an
orchard, etc. Jn 1875 he lived in Republic County, Kan., called there by the unsettled affairs
of his father, who had settled and died there. Mr. and Mrs. Rose] have two children—
William L. and Edward, and are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JONATHAN SPRINGER, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Goffs, born in 1834, in Shelby
County, Ind. Is of Swedish ancestry, his fore-fathers being among the founders of Dela-
ware. He grew to manhood and received such schooling as was attainable in Holt County,
Mo. From there, in June, 1454, he came to Kansas with nine others and located in Doni-
Pane County, These men were, David Martin and his sons, Thomas and James, George

cIntyre, Charles Millermon, Robert Davis, —— gone and himself, Of these, only Messrs.
James Martin, Davis and Springer ure now residents of Kansas. After visiting various parts
of the county, the Fox and Sauk Villages, Mission, etc., Mr. Springer made aclaim on Wolf
River, where Severance now stands. He held the best water-power on the river, which hesold,
in 1869, to a company that have built a $25,C00. mill upon it. Since his first location in the
State, Mr. Springer has been a firm advocate of the Republican party, and was in early times ©
asubscriber to the New York Tribune, then classed as an incendiary tel tenaaits by the
Pro-slavery Code, then in force. He, with a few adherents, carried side-arms, and at all
times spoke their sentiments. In those days, and in 1857, when they won their first victory,
every man went to the polls armed to the teeth. Mrs. éprnger was Mary H. Ploutner, born
near Harper’s Ferry, Va., and married March 20, 1860, in Holt County, Mo. They have had
a very large family of children. Since 1880 Mr. Springer has resided in Harrison Township,
where he owns a well-improved farm. '

REILLY TOWNSHIP.

EDWIN CAPSEY, farmer, P.-O. Smithland, Jackson County, was born May 24, 1850,
in Shropshire, England,.and grew up to the age of twenty in that county. He came to
America in 1870 with 4 company of three others—Allen Brisbourne, Thomas Dickin and
William Stanway; went into partnership with Ed. Davis. This party came at once to Kan-
sas and located on a farm on Soldier Creek, Jackson County, where they spent the summer
of 1870. One summer satisfied his three companions, who returned to ‘‘ Merry England,”
Mr. Capsey alone having to stay in the ‘‘ Land of the Free.” In 1872 he married Mrs. Char-
ity E, Clime, who inherited a farm by her‘deceased husband in Nemaha County, where they
now reside. Her maiden name was Rule, and her birthplace Pennsylvania. Mr. Capsey
bought a farm adjoining hers, and there we find them in a substantial frame house, 24x18
feet and 22x18 feet, owners of a good barn and orchard and a well-improved farm. They
have seven children—Mary E., Sarah B., William H., Nellie C., Frank L., George E. and
Nettie I, all born in Kansas, on the homestead. Mr. and ae Capsey attend the United
Brethren Church.

PATRICK REILLY, farmer, P. O. Smithland, Jackson County, is the pioneer of this
lates family of brothers in Kansas. The four brothers, Patrick, Francis, John and James
Reilly, are all of Irish birth. Their father died in the old country, the widowed mother and
the sons coming to America and locating in Philadelphia about 1850. Patrick Reilly was
the first to strike West, as he, locating in 1854 in Bureau County, Ill., began first as a day
and *‘ by-the-month”? farm hand; later rented the farm on which he worked, and ran it until
1859, when he came to Kansas and bought the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 5.
Range 13. In March, 1860, the brothers all settled in this neighborhood, where the two
eldest, ‘‘ Pat” and ‘‘ Frank,” as they are best known, have become large land-owners and
stock-feeders. The mother joined the hoys in 1864, and died in 1880. During the first six
years Patrick Reilly engaged in freighting across the plains, then settled, and for the next
fourteen years was engaged in farming and stock business, on a farm partly composed of
the original anerte bought in 1859. Mr. Reilly was elected a county commissioner in 1873,
and re-elected in 1875. He was first a Douglas Democrat, then a war Democrat, and finally
severed his alliance with any party and acts for himself. Reilly Township was set apart
and named in honor of the brothers in 1880. Frank Reilly has about 2,000 acres of land, and
feeds annually about 200 head of cattle. The family are Roman Catholics.

W. 'T. WILCOX, farmer, P. O. Wetmore. was born in Wilson County, Mo., and earl
left an orphan; he lived during his boyhood ncar Palmyra, Mo., and one year in Mississippi,
later residing on the Platte Purchase in Missouri. He came in 1854 to Kansas, and lived two
years on Stranger Creek, then in 1856 settled on Straight Creek, Jackson County. He was
reared in Missouri by a family named Elliott, and one of this family, Jesse Elliott, located
with him on Straight Creek, in 1856. Other settlers there were Robert Mitchell, Thomas
Davis, A. B. Owen, and J. Snieder, or Snyder. Mr. Wilcox was one of the tirst men mar-
ried here, as he and Lucretia F. Green were united by Squire, afterward Rev., Abner Chan-
nell, February 24, 1858. His wife Lucretia died May 23, 1872, and he was married March 20,
1878, to Cassandra M. Morgan, who died February 17, 1876, and he was married to his present
wife, Sarah M. Tinemore, February 15, 1877. By his first wife, Lucretia, he has three chil-
dren, James E., Susan J. and Jesse G-; by his present wife, Sarah, he has three children.
Minnie J., Julie M. and Joanna M. During the Rebellion Mr. Wilcox served as a volunteer
in the Eleventh Kansas (see history of the same on another page in this volume), and has
since been a resident of Nemaha and Jackson counties, and is now farming on Elk Creek.

NEUCHATEL TOWNSHIP.

F. F. FISHER, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Centralia. The subject of this sketch has a record
of more than ordinary interest. Born in 1843, in Jefferson County, N. Y., his parents settling
six years later in Dodge County, Wis., he grew up there, and in 1:62 enlisted in the Twenty-
third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, a regiment that pions holds that it was never de-
feated, though in the difficult and dangerous service of the Southwest Its first work was
at Vicksburg, the Yazoo Swamps and Arkansas Post, then through the siege of Vicksburg
to the surrender. The Peet however, won its brightest laurels during Gen. Banks’
disastrous Red River Expedition, the whole route being a series of skirmishes and terrible
dangers. Surprised at Carrion Crow Bayou, while arms were stacked and pay being drawn,
the heroic Twenty-third rallied ‘‘and saved the army by its devoted bravery,”’ as Greele;
says, though only forty uninjured men came out of the fight. Mr. Fisher was shot throu;
both cheeks, the ball leaving a scar distinctly visible at this writing. In consequence of the
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wonnd he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and guarded rebel prisoners there-
after till the close of the war. He then spent a year in Minnesota, and in 1867 went from the
pineries of Wisconsin on a raft to St. Louis; then to the mountains, where he spent
twelve years, finally “ striking it,” his partners and himself now owning twenty-five “ pros-
pects,” several of which are ‘panning out” richly. He married, November 7, 1882, Miss
Nettie Kendall, of Mount Lake, Minn.; has bought a section of land in Neuchatel, and will
pass the remainder of his life as a farmer and stockdealer. ‘

ELIAS HAWK, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Centralia.
Kan , in 1866, with his family, and was the first settler at the head of French Creek, where
he still lives. His now fruitful and valuable farm was then raw prairie, and his entire stock
compulsed only a cow, a pig and a lamb, his last dollar having been expended in Centralia.
With his own hands he cut the timber for his first log house, hauled the logs three miles,
and built it. For years he made a practice of hiring cattle, and breaking in young steers
for apie npers fortunate enough to own them. To-day he has a good Sania house, an
orchard of 100 trees, stock yards, sheds, etc., and is well-to-do. Born in Dauphin County,
Pa., he removed when seventeen to Johnson County, Iowa. Enlisted in the Twent -eighth
Jowa Volunteer Infantry. He served through the siege of Vicksburg, and on the Red River ex-
pedition was severely wounded at the battle of Sabine Cross-roads. After being laid up
about a year he was honorably muscnnraet and returned to Iowa. His wife was Sarah Lin-
inger, of Cumberland County, Pa., and they have seven children, four born in Iowa and
three in Kansas.

J. HOLLINGSWORTH, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Centralia, was born in 1846, in Clay
County, Ky. His parents, both Kentuckians, settled soon after his birth in McLean
County, Ill., where he was reared. aie 15, 1861, when but fifteen years old, he enlisted

in the Thirty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and fought ax a private in the battles of
Frederickstown, Mo., Cash River, Fort Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hills, Black River
Bridge, and at the assault on Vicksburg received a ball through the left shoulder. Again
entering the field, in September, 1863, he fought at Jackson, Miss., then went to New Orleans
and took a hand in the fahts at Opelousas, Franklin, Grand Coteau, etc.; then went into
Texas, meeting armed rebels at ee Isle, Fort Esperanza, Indianola, etc. His regi-
ment was badly used up by the railroad accident on the Opelousas and New Orleans Rail-
road, losing fifty-seven men. Its final work was done at Mobile. Mr. Hollingsworth then
settled in Fairbury, Il]., married, and in 1869 came to Kansas, first to Crawfor County, and
in 1877 to his present farm. He also owns aclaim in Norton County, Kan. Mrs. Hollings-
worth was Rachel Fitzgerald, of Fairbury, Ill. +

VALLEY TOWNSHIP. o
JACOB NICHOLSON, farmer, P. O. Seneca, was born in 1825 in Guernsey County;

Mr. Hawk came to Nemaha County,

V JEWELL

LOCATION AND NATURAL
FEATURES.

EWELL COUNTY is located

in the northernmost tier
of counties, 150 miles from the
Missouri River. The county is
thirty miles square, divided into
twenty-five Congressional town-
ships, and contains 900 square
miles, or 576,000 acres of land.
The county is among the first
in the State in agricultural re-
sources. Its central portion is
rolling, and in places some-
what broken, but contains
many fine farms and much
good pasture land. The valley
of Marsh and Buffalo Creeks—a
tract embracing the southeast
quarter of the county—is, next
to the White Rock Valley, the
finest, richest and most densely
settled portion of the county.
It is about fifty or seventy-five
feet below the central portion,
and is exceedingly fertile, and
just rolling enough to afford
proper drainage.

The valley‘of Limestone
Creek in the southwest, is a
, well settled and fertile district,
but the finest and most noted
portion of the county is the
valley of the famous White
Rock, to which the Indians
clung with most desperate per-
tinacity to the last. To them
it was the paradise of the sur- : ‘
rounding country, and to-day
it is the richest, most thorough-
ly developed and well improved
portion of Jewell County. This
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through Towns 2, Sati ene ‘Athens Towns! ipa "46
creek being wholly within that Brown’s Creek Towns A cerns - _ 666

ier of Buffalo Township, includiug Jewell City .... 1,050
tier of towns. The first attempts Burr Oak Township, ipcluditis Burr Oak City 1,237
-at settlement were here made, Calvin Township. |..........--------. -.--- 508
but for years proved fruitless, Center Township, including Mankato City... 1,017
owing to the determination of Rote ante Bas
the savage occupant never to Grant Township 674
yield his possession, The Re- Harrison Townshi; 638
publican River touches the ae rere ts 658
northeastern corner of Jewell {onia Township... 1,142
County. Jackson Township.........------.-- 496

 

POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.
(Organized in 1870.)

HISTORY OF KANSAS. /

Ohio; he settled in 1848 in Jasper County, Mo., removing thence in April 1861 to Kansas,
buying the farm of William Berry, South of Seneca. as elected a county commissioner
in 1863, served one term, sold out to Leopold Cohen, and bought his present 317-acre farm
in 1874. He has made good improvements here, as he did on the original farm. He married,
in Ohio, and in her native county, in 1845, Annie E. Gregg. They have seven children—
Hezekiah, Elizabeth A.. George E., Sarah, John, Alice and Jacob. Mr. Nicholson is a Dem-
ocrat, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of old Lincoln,
the site of which is on his land. 7

STEPHEN SHERMAN, farmer, P. O. Seneca, came to Nemaha County in June, 1860,
with his wife, father, J. H. Sherman, and brothers, Albert, Amos and Edward. Stephen
enlisted, 1862, in the Seventh Kansas, and served under Col. Jennison until, at the battle of
Hurricane Creek, August 13, 1864, he (Sherman) received a ball through his left leg, which
confined him abont a year in i and inactivity. Returning, he took a homestead in
Nemaha County, and six years later bought the old Sherman homestead, where he now
lives. His father, a native of Germany, came to America in 1829, and died in April, 1878.
Albert Sherman, a volunteer in the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, died in Leavenworth
Roppitel in 1862. Amos served through the Civil War in the Thirteenth Kansas, and is now
dead. The youngest brother is farming in Rice County, Kansas. :

AMERICA CITY. .

N. B. McKAY, M. D., a pioneer settler of Nemaha County, was born Sept. 13, 1826:
studied medicine with Dr. L. Goldsborough at home and in the Western Reserve College,
Cleveland, Ohio. In the fall of 1849 he settled in Greenbush, Ill.; practiced there three
years, one year in Clayton, Il., and later in Milton, Iowa, and Galesburg, Il]. From
this latter city Dr. McKay and two others were sent to Kansas to locate a site fora colony.
This resulted in the establishment of the noted Home Association in June, 1858. The Doc-
tor identified himself with the Home Association for about four years, and then located at
America City, where we now find him, still active in his chosen profession. He is also post-
master at that place. Mrs. Dr. McKay was Chloe Goldthwaite, of Worcester, Mass., and
they have had four children—Sarah M., born in Greenbush, Ill.; Augusta M., born in Clay-
ton, IIl., died October 5, 1870, at the age of seventeen; Frank, born in Milton, Iowa, and
Carl, born in Galesburg, I]. The Doctor is genial and a fat, fair and fifty-seven.
He is well remembered in connection with the varions public enterprises, both in early and
later days, and was one of the founders of Corning. in this connty,
his partner, the Hon Erastus-Corning, of New York

COUNTY.

The principal streams are:

RVII . White Rock, Buffalo, Lime-
stone, Marsh and _ Brown’s
creéks. White Rock flows east,

and empties into the Repub-
lican River, in Republic County.
Its principal tributaries from the
north are: Burr Oak, Walnut
and Montana, and from the
south: Porcupine, Troublesome,
Big Timber and John’s creeks. .
Buffalo has three principal
branches, all rising near the
center of the county, and flow-
ing in a southeasterly course, |
forming a junction six and one-
half miles from the south line
of the. county; thence running
east and emptying into the Re-
ublican River in Cloud County.
here are three branches of
Marsh Creek that- drain the
eastern middle portion of the
county, and, uniting, empty into
Buffalo in Cloud County. There
are five branches of the Lime-
stone, all having a southerly
direction, draining the south-
west corner of the county, and
emptying into the Solomon
River, in Mitchell County. All
of these streams have numerous
small tributaries, which, with
the main streams, are belted
with from fifteen to seventy-five
rods of timber, consisting prin-
cipally of cotton-wood and elm;
but including burr oak, ash,
hackberry, walnut, red , and
white elm, box elder and red
cedar,
The soil is a rich, black
vegetable mould, from one to

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Montana Township.....- TTI ozggsprincipally with a porous clay.
Prairie Township... ..-...-- 701 The valleys will produce good
pend Lanes Hie ee a crops with far less rain than the
; Seber rntrcs eeeaa asses aese os 3 : ; riousl
Vicksburg Township -....__ 725 Ser ea are more seriously
wale ra as affected with too much ss
Wi ott Poa a Go i ene ee
Total....-.--2--0ee cece scene anes 17,47 of the county, ranging from
Jewell Cit an the level surface or springs to
Burr Oak City 12.2020 JIT 495 125 feet.
Mankato City-_.- stitesensvedesvinseees 506 The principal building stone

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is magnesian limestone, it being found in every township except Highland.
When first quarried it is generally soft and easily cut with a common saw,
but by exposure becomes hard. Sandstone is found in the extreme south.

EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY.

In the spring of 1862, William Harshberger and wife settled upon land
adjoining the present town of White Rock, and John Furrows took a claim
just west of Mr. Harshberger’s farm. A. Clark, wife und. child, settled
just over the western boundary of what is now Republic County. Mrs.
Clark and Mrs. Harshberger were sisters, the whole of the little colony com-
ing from Knox County, Ill. *They formed the first settlement in Jewell
ces built cabins and broke ground, but were soon driven away by well-
grounded fears of Indian raids.” A battle between the Pawnees and Sioux,
was fought near Mr. Clark’s cabin, and one of the former tribe was literally
hacked to pieces. Upon this occasion these settlers were warned of a threat-

-ened outbreak, and were told that it heralded no good to the whites of
White Rock Valley. They therefore left, and a second attempt at settle-
ment was not made until four years thereafter—in the spring of 1866. At
that time William Belknap took a claim five miles west of the present town
of White Rock; John Marling with his wife and child, settled near the pres-
ent town of Reubens; Nicholas Ward, his wife and adopted son, Mrs. Sutzer
and son, Al. Dart, Arch. Bump, Erastus Bartlett and a man by the name
of Flint, took claims within two miles east of that town. ‘This settlement
was broken up by something more than presentiments. In August of this
year a party of forty Cheyennes attacked Marling’s cabin, and while he was
gone for assistance the savages entered his house, dragged his wife into the
woods with a rope around her neck, and horribly outraged her. They then
stole everything they could find, set fire to the cabin and dashed off before
Mr. Marling could obtain assistance from the stockade below White Rock
City. After this, the entire settlement took refuge there, where they re-
mained two days, and then went to Clyde, Cloud County. A few days
afterwards, learning that the rumors of a general massacre were groundless,
the settlers returned to their claims. They rested-in fancied security until
the following April, when occurred a horrible event which effectually de-
stroyed the little settlement from the face ofthe earth. A detailed account
of the massacre is taken from the county history prepared by M. Winsor and_
James A. Scarbrough, and from which many of the facts of the early his-
tory of Jewell County are condensed: ‘‘On the 9th day of April, 1867, the
Cheyennes made another descent upon this devoted settlement, killing Bart-
lett, Mrs. Sutzer, her little son, and Nicholas Ward, and desperately wound-
ing Ward’s adopted son, leaving him for dead, and carrying Mrs. Ward off
acaptive. The petuiculees of this horriblé massacre are as follows; ‘‘The
Indians came to Mrs. Sutzer's cabin, where Bartlett was boarding, and de-
manded dinner, which she proceeded to prepare, in the meantime sending
her little son across the creek to Ward’s to inform them of the presence of
the Indians.
for dinner, was met. by the Indians and tomahawked as he was passing
around the corner of the house. He was found lying on his back, his iron
wedge near his right hand and his own knife—a dirk—sticking in his throat.
It is thought that when Bartlett was killed Mrs. Sutzer started to run. She
was found dead about thirty yards from the house with her skull crushed
with a rock. It appears that the cunning fiends had refrained from usin
fire-arms for fear of raising an alarm. After completing their bloody wor
at Mrs. Sutzer’s the Indians crossed the creek to Ward’s cabin, and again
called for dinner_which Mrs. Ward prepared for them. They ate their din-
ner, smoked their pipes and chatted away in the most friendly manner. At
the conclusion of their ‘“‘smoke,” one of them very coolly loaded his gun
and asked Ward if he thought it would killa buffalo. Ward replied that he
thought it would. Whereupon the Indian instantly leveled his gun at Ward’s
breast and shot him through the heart, killing him immediately. The two
boys—Ward’s and Mrs. Sutzer’s—then started torun. The Indianspursued
them, following them to the bank of the creek, and shooting them down in
the bed of the stream. The Sutzer boy was shot through the heart; in-
stantly killed. The Ward boy was shot through the neck and left for dead.
Some time during the succeeding night, however, he recovered_his senses,

" and groping his way back to the cabin in the dark, found the door broken
down and entered, Feeling around in the dark with his hands he stumbled
and fell over the dead body of his adopted father. Procuring some blankets
from one of the beds, he returned to the timber, where he remained during
the night, and was found the next morning by a party of claim hunters, to
whom he told the sad and harrowing tale, It appears that when the In-
dians ran out to shoot the boys, Mrs. Ward must have shut and bolted the
door, when the Indians returning, broke it down and took her prisoner. Her
sad fate will probably never be known, as up to the present time, after the
lapse of eleven years,nothing definite has ever been heard of her.”

Of the original members of the settlement who were not victims of this
massacre, Mr. Flint was absent at Clyde, the Darts were absent, Mr. Mar-
ling, wife and child, had returned to Missouri, and Messrs. Bump and Davis
had been waylaid and shot in Cloud County during the previous May. The
survivors, including Mr. Rice, all left the county, after this horrible affair.

In the winter and spring of 1868, Richard Stanfield and Carl G: Smith
took claims in Sections 7 and 9, Township 2 south, and Gordon Winbigler
and Adam Rosenberg near White Rock Creek and the town of Rubens. Mr.
Rosenberg was with General Custer in his famous expedition to the Indian
Territory, where Mrs. Morgan and Miss White were rescued from the In-

-dians. When the Chicago colony of Scandinavians laid out Scandia, Re-
buble County, in the fall of 1868, their settlements extended into Jewell

ounty, though none remained here permanently until the spring of 1870.
In May, 1869, the Excelsior, or New York Colony, ‘‘under the lead of one
Walker, came into the county and took claims along White Rock Creek, as
high up as Burr Oak, and as far down as John’s Creek. About two miles

 

Bartlett was down in the timber, ae rails, and returning .

COUNTY. 967

east of the present site of Holmwood, a block house was erected for protec-
tion, and surrounded by two lines of earth-works. Here the whole col-
ony resided during its short stay in the county. Immediately after their
arrival, they gave public notice that all claimants of land on the creek must
be on their claims by a certain date, or they would be contested. This had
the effect to bring to the creek a number of Swedes and Norwegians, who
laid claim to nearly all the most valuable land. At this time, the latter
part of May, 1869, there were over one hundred people in the county, all on
White Rock Creek.” During this month a force of men was raised, and
cence to. the scene of a late massacre in the northwestern part of

ewell County, in which four hunters from Nebraska had been killed. Pre-
vious to their return John Dahl, one of the Scandinavian settlers, was killed
by Indians, Peter Tanner’s cabin was burned, and other outrages were com-
mitted. The Excelsior Colony, consisting of Mrs. Frazier and her two sons,
Mr. Walker, President of the company, and others, considered that they were
‘‘wanted elsewhere” than in this locality, and made immediate prepara-
tions to depart. While a portion of them were moving their household ef-
fects from their fort to the protecting care of Mr. Lovewell and his band,
they were attacked by Indians, robbed of all their possessions, but escaped
alive. Mr. Walker was at Junction City at the time, and hearing of the
raid, sent up a lot of men and some teams, and in June moved away. All
the Scandinavian settlers had already gone, which left Jewell County en-
tirely deserted. It remained in this desolate condition from June until
August, 1869, when Peter Kearns ventured hitherward and took the old
Nicholas Ward claim. He worked it all of the following winter. In the
spring and fall of this year, however, such men as James A. Highland, N.
S. Cederberg, William D. Street and James McCraith, took claims, and
finally became permanent residents of the county. In February, 1870, the
great tide of immigration commenced to set into Jewell County. In that
month John O’Roak, ‘William Scott, Samuel Sweet, Wilson McBride, Chris.
Erns, John W. McRoberts, Samuel Bowles, T. Bowles, Phil. Baker, Adams
and Gregory came in, all taking claims on White Rock. In the same month,
A. J. Davis, Jerry Burnett, M. L. Stultz, Benjamin Lewis and Charles
Lewis came in and settled on Buffalo Creek.

The first permanent settlers of the Buffalo Valley were Henry Sorick,
George A. Sorick, John A. Sorick, George W. Waters, R. F. Hudsonpiller,
Thomas B. Hart and William Cox, who took claims in the immediate vicin-
ity of Jewell City, April 8, 1870. The next arrivals were 8. R. Worick,
John H. Worick, John Hoffer, Joseph W. Fogle, Cyrus Richart, Chris. Ben-
der, David J. Rockey, William H. Cameron, Samuel Krape, C. A. Belknap
and A. J. Wise, known as the ‘Illinois Colony,” who arrived at the forks of
Buffalo Creek, April 12, 1870. They all took claims in the vicinity of Jew-
ell City, and all, with the exception of Mr. Cameron, remained until ‘‘the
war was over” and very materially assisted in ‘“‘holding the creek” during
the somewhat troublous season of 1870. On May 13, 1870, twenty-eight
settlers gathered at John Hoffer’s shanty, to discuss means of defense against
a rumored invasion of the Cheyennes. William D. Street called the meet-
ing to order, and suggested the building of afort. His suggestion was at
once adopted, and the following gentlemen organized themselves into a
company—the Buffalo Militia—for the purpose of building that structure
and protecting their homes: L. J. Calvin, F. A. May, W. M. Jones, Samuel
Krape, Louis A. Dapron,C. L. Seeley, J. A. Scarbrough, Cyrus Richart, Chris.
Bender, J. H. Worick, David J. Rockey, James W. Hall, Richard D. Fardy,
Charles J. Lewis, C. A. Belknap, A. J. Wise, John Hoffer, William Cox, S. R.
Worick, Allen Lightner, James F. Queen, J. W. Fogel, J. A. Sorick, R. F.
Hudsonpiller, I. A. Sawin, Henry Sorick, William D. Street and John R.
Wilson. Mr. Street was elected Captain: Charles J. Lewis, First. Lieuten-
ant; Louis A. Dapron, Second Lieutenant; James A. Scarbrough, Orderly
Sergeant. At once selecting a spot fifty yards square, they plowed around it,
laid a wall four feet thick and seven feet high, and in two days ‘Fort
Jewell” was completed. It is upon the present site of Jewell City, and the
well which they dug, the first in the county, was situated at the edge of
the present Delaware street. The Buffalo Militia ‘‘held the fort” until
June, 1870, when it was taken possession of by the Third United States
Mounted Artillery. They held the fort, but they never were called upon to
repel an attack, although there is no knowing what would have happened
had they not taken these wise precautions.

During the months of May and June, the numbers of those who located
at ‘‘ Jewell City” were neo ay the arrival of Colonel E. Barker, Jesse
N. Carpenter, O. L. McClung, W. C. McClung, R. R. McClung, Z. F.
Dodge, J. K. Dodge, F. T. Gandy, H. P. Gandy, L. C. Gandy, Gabe. B.
Wade, P. R. Deal, Samuel Cameron, C. KE. Plowman, Jonathan Street,
Goonge F. Lewis, James Carpenters Jacob 8. Jackson, W. R. Phillips and
others. \ ;

During the month of April, 1870, quite a number of other settlers
arrived and took claims in the southern part of the county. Prominent
_among them were Charles L. Seeley, Isaac A. Sawin, Allen Lightner, Wil-
liam M. Jones, James W. Hall, Richard D. Fardy, L. J. Calvin, F. A. May
and John R. Wilson. The majority of them remained.

_ The first white woman who became a resident of the southern part of
Jewell County, was Mrs. Annie Billings, wife of N. H. Billings, who arrived
at Fort Jewell, May 22, 1870. She was accompanied by her little ten-year-
old sister, Miss Jennie Jones, who is now married and lives on Wolf Creek,
in Cloud County. The second invoice of white women who came to cheer
the bachelor pioneers with their refining presence were: Mrs. Adaline So-
rick, Mrs. Jennie Halstead, Mrs. Annie Waters and Mrs. Mariah Dodge,
all of whom arrived at Fort Jewell on the evening of July 3, 1870.

CRIMINAL MATTERS.

In 1871 Guy Whitmore and Jake Hanes, noted horse-thieves, were
arrested at Grand Island, Neb., by William Stone, the Sheriff of Jewell
968

County. When taken, they had eleven stolen horses in their possession.
When the Sheriff reached his home near Salem, in Jewell County, he re-
mained over night with the prisoners. Leaving them with his Deputy he
went out on an errand, and during his absence a mob overpowered the Dep-
uty, and hung the prisoners to a tree. Efforts were made to discover the
perpetrators, but without success. The Sheriff never received his pay for
the capture, as the County Commissioners claimed that he did not ‘ pro-
duce the prisoners dead or alive.” ;

The most noted murder trial in the county, was that of Daniel David-
son, a Swede, for the murder of his wife, November 29, 1878. The first.
trial resulted Jn conviction; but in the second he was acquitted, by the dis-
appearance, it is claimed,of a a of the evidence found by the coroner’s
jury. The circumstantial evidence was strongly against the accused. He
had been separated from his wife for some time; she refusing to live with
a oud receiving marked and suspicious attentions from a man named

wartz.

For some weeks previous to her death she had been ill, and her husband
had remained with her during the time. On Friday, the 29th of November,
1878, having recovered sufficiently to attend to her family—a girl of twelve
and a child of one and a half years—she told her husband she had no
further use for him, and that he could go to his own home, which was a mile
and a half distant. She further told him that he must pay for the divorce
which she had applied for, and that she intended to marry Swartz as
soon as it was obtained. He returned home, and that night she was shot
through the window while undressing to retire. The two children were in
bed asleep, and Mrs. Davidson was near the foot of the bed, facing the win-
dow, when the shot was fired, which took effect in her breast. close to the
heart, and must have killed her instantly. The concussion blew out the
lamp and awoke the children. The younger began to cry, and“ the older
calling to her mother, and receiving no reply, arose, and in going to the
bureau to light the lamp, stumbled over the dead body of her mother.
Toward morning the frightened, lonely and weary children fell asleep, and
a until a neighbor coming to the house onan errand, discovered the awful
and touching situation. Fresh footprints of a horse going and coming between
the house of Davidson and that of Mrs. Davidson through the fields, were
traced the next morning, the horse having been fastened ata spot where
none had been seen for several weeks, according to the recollection of the
little girl and the neighbors. This testimony, although strong against the
prisoner, being circumstantial, was riot deemed by the jury sufficient for
conviction.

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.

In July, 1870, Col. E. Barker and Orville L. McClung presented a petition to Governor
Harvey, as a for the organization of the county. On the 14th of that month, C. L.
Seeley, F. T. Gandy and A.J. Davis were appointed the first Commissioners, James A.
Scarbrough, County Clerk, and Jewell City was designated as the county-seat. The county
and the city were named in honor of Lieut. Col. Lewis R. Jewell, of the Sixth Kansas Cav-
alry, who died of wounds received at the battle of Cane Hill, Ark, November 28, 1862.
Col. Barker, had been commissioned Notary Public on the 16th of June, being the first public
officer of Jewell County. That functionary presented the new officers with their commis-
sions, and in August they called upon him at his shanty on Middle Buffalo, one and one-
half miles north of Jewell City; held an open-air meeting on the banks of that stream, and
were sworn into office on the 20th of that month, 1870. e duly-qualified Commissioners
held their first meeting at the office of the County Clerk in Jewell City, on August 22, Mr.
Seeley being chosen as chairman. The county was divided into three commissioners’ dis-
tricts, and five municipal, viz.: Vicksburg, Buffalo, Limestone, White Rock and Big Tim-
ber. At this meeting it was ordered that on the twenty-seventh day of September, 1870, an
election be held for the purpose of electing county and township officers, and locating the
county-seat, Result was as follows: For County Commissioners—First District—Dennis
Taylor; Second District—Thomas Coverdale; Third District—Samuel C. Bowles. For
County Clerk—James A. Scarbrough. For County Treasurer—Henry Sorick. For County
Surveyor—-N. H. Billings. For pee of Deeds—S. O. Carman. For Probate Judge—
Charles L. Seeley. For Sheriff—A. J. Davis, For Coroner—William Cox. For County
Superintendent—S. R. Worick. ‘ Springdale,” a paper town, supposed to be located on
the divide between White Rock and the head of the East Buffalo, received twenty-four votes
for the county-seat, and died a premature death—or rather, died before it had ever' been
born. In April, 1873, Jewell Center, now Mankato, concluded that, owing to its central
location, it was more entitled to be the county-seat than Jewell City. In response to a peti-
tion, on April 7, 1873, the County Commissioners ordered an election upon the re-location of
the county-seat, to take place the 13th of May, 1873. Jewell Center was the successful can-
didate for the honor, by a vote of 861, to 626 for Jewell City. On the 28th of June, 1875
another election for the re-location of the county-seat took place, at the request of Jewell
City. This election resulted again in favor of Jewell Center—971, to 756 for Jewell City,
ind nine for Midway, a town on Middle Buffalo, and another aspirant for the county-seat,
The question has not been agitated since, and it is, probably, definitely and fairly settled.

e county buildings of Mankato are small, inconvenient, and unsafe for keeping the
records of so large a county. The present court hose is a small frame Dullalng. donated by
the citizens of Mankato to secure the county-seat. A court house square has been sect
apart in the most elevated portion of the town, where it is intended to soon erect a court
house commensurate in size and elegance with the importance of the county.

The county poor-farm, of about 200 acres, situated one mile south of Mankato, is pro-
vided with a good poor-house, costing about $4,000.
.

COUNTY ROSTER.

First County Commissioners (appointed in 1870)—A. J. Davis, C. L. Seeley and F. T.
Gandy; present County Commissioners—J. B. Davis, M. D. Ross and M. a ie County
Clerk: ames Scarbrough, William Allen, W. M, Stephens; Treasurers—H. B. Kellog,
L. M. Butts, John Burns, W. C. MeTue ohn Burns and O. 8. McClung; Probate Judges
Abraham Jackson, J. W. George, J. W. McRoberts; Recorders—J, W. Worick, 8. F. Script-
ure, M. Stone; Sheriffs—E. E. lake, A. B. Smith, J.Q. A. Chives, O. F, Johnston; County
Superintendents of Schoola—T. R. Cumstock, T. J. Patterson, D. 8. Kenney, E. Smith;
Coroners—A. H. Studley, Dr. W. Crew, Dr. Powell; State Representatives—D. W. Pate, G.
S. Bishop, C. E. Parker, D. S. Palmer, 8. E. Wilson, G. S. Bishop, North District; J. M.
Hutchison, South District; David Heron, North District; M. F. Knappenburger, South
District; State Senators—Col. E. Barker, T, B. Carpenter, G. H. Case.

STATISTICAL.

The Assessors of Jewell County, in their returns for 1882, give the following statistics,
which fairly exhibit its wealth and prosperity: Acres of taxable land under cultivation
128,379; not under cultivation, 225,147; total, 348,526 acres. Of the total valuation of al
real estate and personal property ($2, 086 2), $1,146,206 is in taxable land, $102,360 in town
lots, $656,030 in pereanal property, and 142,856 in railroad lands. Acres of winter wheat,
19,515; rye, 2,634; spring wheat, 17,509; corn, 120,734; oats, 5,211; barley, 70; buckwheat,
556; potatoes, 1,885; sorghum, 739; tobacco, 15; broom corn, 614; millet, 4,891; Egyptian
or rice corn, 226; tone of prairie hay, 20,247. Value of garden products, $3,989; pounds of

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cheese, 9,004; butter, 224,884. Number of horses, 7,543; mules, 1,038; cows; 5,342; cattle,
10,397; sheep, 2,817; swine, 35,925. Value of all animals sold for slaughter, $328,285. Num-
ber of apple trees, 78,167; peach, 150,465; cherry, 12,450; pear, 2,054; plum, 1,152. "
The population of Jewell County for 1882, by towns, is as follows: Jackson, 449; Sin-
clair, 528; Vicksburg, 644; Grant, 563; Allen, 636; Montana, 622; Richland, 504; Washing-
ton, 448; Buffalo, 648; Prairie, 658; Harrison, 637; Holmwood, 593; Central, 1,114; Calvin,
444; Brown Creek, 557; Walnut, 632; Burr Oak, 960; Limestone, 550; Odessa, 456; Athens,
656; Highland, 575; White Mound, 620; Ezbon, 576; Ionia, 514; Erving, 502. Total, 15,086.
Railroads.—The main Jine of the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, built
by the Union Pacific, extends along the southern boundary of the county, a branch of
which runs up the valley of the Buffalo to Burr Oak, on White Rock Creek. This line will
soon be extended to Salem, and on to some connecting point on the Burlington & Missouri
Railroad in Nebraska. It was built in 1878 and 1879, and has been of incalculable value to
the county. At present there are no encouraging prospects of any part of the county’s re-
ceiving better railroad facilities. The northern part of the county has the benefit of the-
Burlington & Missouri in Nebraska, the eastern part of the Scandia Branch of the Missouri
Pacific, und the southern part of the main line of the Missouri Pacific. This county is not,

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however, so dependent upon close railroad communications, as it ships more hogs and cat-
tle than any culien county in the State, and consequently has a correspondingly less amount
of grain to freight to market.

MANKATO.

Mankato, formerly Jewell Center, is situated about the center of the
county, on Sections 15 and 22, Township 3, Range 8 west. In Center Town-
ship, in 1872, a ‘‘town company ” was formed, of which M. W. Whitney was
President, P. 8. McCutchen, Secretary, and G. 8. Bishop, Treasurer. They
surveyed and platted 320 acres, now included in the town site, and named it
Jewell Center. Their design was to start a town and secure the county-seat.
In the fall of 1872, C. W. Petigrew built and opened a store, and the future
county-seat, in the minds of its projectors, was ‘‘started.” A postoffice
was established, and D. T. Vance, the present official, was the first post-
master. Early in 1878, the citizens of Jewell Center and the settlements on
White Rock commenced to agitate the question of removing the county
seat, as before stated. The similarity in the names of Jewell Center and
Jewell City caused delays in mail, and two vears ago the former place deter-
mined to select a new name. ‘* Alta” was first chosen, but it was found to
be the cognomen of another town in the State, and it was again christened,
by the name it now bears—Mankato. This was given to it by H. R. Hill,
who attended school at Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Minn. :

The country around Mankato is the most rolling and broken of any
part of the county. It was the last in the county to-be taken up, and it

. was thought when the first settlements were made that it would never be

suitable for anything but grazing; but it now has some very fine farms.
Had the land been as suitable for a town as Jewell City, it is quite likely the
founders of that city would have chosen the present site of Mankato. Water

is reached, in permanent supply, at a depth of from ten to ninety feet. This

is certainly a great consideration to those who come here to live. The town
is mostly settled by live young business men from the East, who brought
with them, especially, the educational ideas of that older section of the
country. The school advantages of Mankato have always, therefore, been
good. The attendance is at present about 140. It is the ee of the
citizens soon to replace the wooden school building with the finest structure
in the county. f

There are four organized religious denominations here, namely:—the
Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Lutheran. The last has been organ-
ized for about three years, but is at present without a pastor. Most of the
members reside in the country. They are intending to soon erect a church
building. :

The Mankato Baptist Church was organized in 1876, by Rev. Mr. How-
ard. They worship in the Methodist Church. but are now making arrange-
ments to build. They have about forty-five members, and Rev. J. Schutz is
their pastor; he also has charge of East Buffalo Baptist Church, of eighteen
members, which was organized in 1882, and of the Holmwood Church, with
twenty-five members»organized in 1880.

The Presbyterian Church has about forty members, and was organized
February 18, 1877, by Rev. A. R. Naylor and Elder R. R. McClung. No-
vember 28, 1880, they dedicated their church. It cost $1,400. Rev. A.
R. Naylor supplied the pulpit until March, 1880, when he was succeeded by
the present pastor, Rey. Warren Mayo, who also has charge of the Ionia
Presbyterian Church, organized by himself, Rey. H. F. Albright, and Elder
Patterson Alexander, May 11, 1882, with eight members.

The Methodist denomination organized in March, 1877. The member-
ship has increased from ten to sixty-five. Rey. G. H. Woodward was pastor
in 1877, “78 and “79. Rev. J. R. Schultz in 1880, and J. C. Dana in 1881, ’82.
The Mankato circuit includes three other points in the county.

Mankato has reached a population of over 600, and is steadily increasing
in business and wealth. The town has grown more rapidly since the com-
pletion of the Central Branch, three years ago, than for any equal period

revious. .It was incorporated as a city of the third class, April 22, 1880.

he first city officers were: B. J. Thompson, Mayor; A. Evans, City Clerk;
L. Pp, Vance, Tre&surer; J. W. McRoberts, Police Judge; M. Stone, C. An-
gevine, L, M. Butts, S. C. Bowles and G. 8. Bishop, Councilmen.

In 1881: M. Stone, Mayor; L. M. Butts, D. Heron, A. Evans, J. M.
Ketchum and Ed. E. Chapman, Councilmen; W. G. Stowell, Clerk; L. P.
Vance, Treasurer; J. W. McRoberts, Police Judge.

1882: M. Stone, Mayor; L. M. Butts, J. J. Lamar, A. Evans, W. 0.
John and J. J. Dalton, Councilmen; G. W. Collins, City Clerk; Herbert
Evans, Treasurer, and B. J. Thompson, Police Judge.

THE PRESS, SOCIETIES, ETC.

The Jewell County Monitor was established at Jewell Center, now Man-
kato, May 19, 1874, with Frank Kirk as editor and publisher. The press
and equipment was purchased by the citizens of Mankato of A. B. Wilder,
Belleville, Kan., having been used in printing the Belleville Republéc. In
June, 1874, W. P. Henderson succeeded Mr. Kirk as publisher, and in October
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following, Byron J. Thompson became editor and sole proprietor. In April,
1878, it was consolidated with the Diamond, edited by M. Winsor. B. J.
Thompson soon bought out the establishment, and continued as editor until
aed 1882, when he sold to W.S. Thompson. In October, 1882, Mr.
Thompson sold the paper to Vaughan Brothers, who had been publishing
the Western Advocate, at Omio, since August, 1881,
eight-column folio, Republican in politics.

Jewell County Review.—This paper, which enjoys the largest circula-
tion of el paper in the county, was established in July, 1879, by L. D. Ray-
nolds, and purchased by M. Winsor, formerly connected with the Clarion
und Diamond of this county. It is an eight-column folio, printed ona
steam-power press. Mr. Winsor has been for a long time in the newspaper
business, and issues a neat, spicy, well-edited paper, although it is independ-
ent in politics and published in a Republican county.

The Jewellite was established August 16, 1882, by EH. P. Worcester, the
pa editor and proprietor. It is an eight-column folio, Republican in

olitics,
Mankato Lodge, No. 186, I. 0. O, F., was instituted May 28, 1881.
The society is in a flourishing condition, with forty-five members. Officers:
C. Angevine, N. G.; M. Stone, V. G.; J. F. Hudson, Sec’y, and L. A.
Saunders, Treas. .

Mankato Lodge, No. 87, A. F. & A. M., was instituted March 18, 1882.
L. M. Butts, W. M.; E. E. Chapman, 8S. W.; B. W. Slagle, J. W.; L. P.
Vance, Treas., and A. Evans, Sec’y. They have about forty members in
good standing.

Jewell Lodge, No. 31, K. of P., was instituted September 22, 1880, and
has seventy-five members, being the strongest society in the county. H. S.
Hanley, C. C.; George Caswell, V. C.; Ira Harrison, K. of R. & S.

Jim Lane Post, No. 34, G. A. R., was organized in December, 1881.
There are about 1,500 soldiers in the county. It has over forty members.
J. W. McRoberts, Post Commander; G. W. McGehee, Adjutant.

I. 0. G.T., Lodge No. 180, organized February 8, 1881, and has seventy
members. Rev. W. Mayo, W. C.T.; Miss Emma Nichols, W. V. T.; G. F.
Van Velzer, W.S.; Rev. J. C. Dana, W. C.; F. W. Cutler, L. D.

Mankato has three hotels, the Central House, operated by W. O. John,
being the first erected in the town. The Commercial House was built in
1878, by S. C. Bowles, its present owner. Its size is 34x60 feet, contains
twenty-four rooms, and the house is well patronized.

The private bank of Bishop & Co. was organized by Case, Vance & Co.,
in October, 1877. The present firm assumed the management in March,
1880. It has a capital of $40,000.

The Monitor is an

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

F. A. BAUGHMAN, furniture, was born in Mahaska County, Iowa, February 18, 1853;
removed to Cawker City, Mitchell Coun , Kan., in 1878, and engaged in the furniture busi-
ness. Later he came to Mankato, Jewell County, and erected a building 25x50 feet, and
stocked the same with furniture. Mr. Baughman is a young man, and full of energy and
enterprise; he has been compelled to do for himself and make his own start in the world.
He now carries a good stock of goods. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Was mar-
ried in Story County, Iowa, June 13. 1877, to Miss Blanche Hambleton.

_8. C. BOWLES, Commercial Hotel, was born in Kentucky, April 15, 1842. In 1865
moved. Le ame T., where he remained until 1867, when he again made a move, this
time to Nebraska. Came to Jewell County, Kan., in 1870. In 1876 he built the Commercial
Hotel of Mankato, a building 34x60 feet, two and a half stories high. The house is first-
class in every particular, and the landlord understands how to runahotel. Was married
in Pottawatomie County, Iowa, May 3, 1868, to Miss Louisa Marshall.

JOHN BURNS, County Treasurer, was born in Delaware County, N. Y., September 4,
1831. Removed to Iowa, then returned to New York; soon after again moved, this time to
Jewell County, Kan., in 1872. Was elected County Treasurer in 1873 and re-elected in 1875,
and again elected in 1879, and still holds the office. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Was married in Delaware, N. Y. in July, 1864, to Miss Jane Love, and is the father of two
eel ae A. and Lulu,

L. M. BUTTS was born in Delaware County, N. Y., February 21, 1843; removed to
McHenry County, IlJ., in 1852, where he lived until the beginning of the war, when he
enlisted September, 1861, in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, taking an active part in nearly
every battle in the Army of the Potomac, and was honorably discharged in October, 1864.
In the spring of 1871 he located in Jewell County, Kan., taking a quarter-section of land
under the homestead act, and at the genera: election that fall was elected to the office «.
County Treasurer, which office he held two years from the following July. In the fall ot
1874 he started in the mercantile business in Mankato, since which time, by fair dealing,
strict integrity and close attention, his business has steadily increased, and he now carries
a $15,000 stock, in a buildlng 40x62 feet. He also carries a full line of farm implements and
deals in grain. He is Past Master of Mankato Lodge No. 87 A. F. & A. M., and is a member
of Concordia Chapter No. 45 R. A. M., and the I. O..O. F. and K. P. lodges. ~

SE, BISHOP & HERON, bankers. G.H. Case is a native of Ohio, and is a lawyer
by profession. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union army, in Company E, Second Iowa Volunteer
~ Infantry. Held the office of Recorder of Deeds, also Clerk of the District Court, in Jefferson
County, Iowa; was elected to the Kansas State Senate in 1880. The banking house of Case,
Bishop & Co. was ereenized, in 1877. The second member of the firm, George S. Bishop,
was born in Butler County, Ohio. He was a soldier in the United States Army; enlisted in
Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1871 he came to
Jewell County, Kan., and was elected County Surveyor of Jewell County; was elected to
the Kansas State Legislature for three terms. The third named member of the firm is D.
Heron. He was born in Scotland in 1842; came to America with his parents when a child.
In June, 1861, he enlisted in the army, in Company B, Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; re-
turned to Fairfield, Iowa, where he studied law, and was admitted to practice before Judge
Sampson in Jasper County; held the office of Superintendent of Jefferson County, Iowa;
ne fa Jewell County, Kan., and was elected to the State Legislature, and now holds the
said office,

W.S.CHAPMAN, of the firm of W.S. Chapman & Co , merchants, was born in Jefferson
County, Iowa, October 17, 1847; enlisted in Company F, Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry,
and remained until the close of the war. He came to Belleville, Republic County, Kan., in
1872, and engaged in merchandising; and in 1874 started a branch store in Mankato, Jewell
County. Mr. Chapman came to Mankato and erected a business building 23x60 feet, with a
wareroom 16x60 feet, and now carries a stock of from $10,000 to $12,000. The firm own 960
acres of land in Jewell County, 500 of which adjoin the town of Mankato; also owns a
building and lots in Oberlin, Kan. He isa married man and father of two children—Walter
and Clarence.

GEORGE W. COLLINS, real estate and farm loans, was born in England, December 12,
1858; came to America July.8, 1870, and settled in Republic County, Kan. Moved to
Jewell County, and engaged in the printing business. In 1875, in company with N. W. Petti-
few: he established the Norton County Advance, and ran the same for eight months, when

e sold out and moved to Mankato and engaged in the real estate and loan business, in
which line he has been very successful. He is amember of the Masonic fraternity. Was
Married in Mankato, December 22, 1881, to Kate Monson.

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or : G. COOPER, real estate and loans, was born in Ohio, January 25, 1888. Enlisted in
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nited States Army, in Company N, Third Ohio Cavalry, and remained in service about
two years, when he returned to Fremont, Ohio. Came to Jewell County, Kan., August 28,
1881, and settled in Mankato, and engaged in the real estate and short time loan business.
Is a member of the Royal Arcanum. as married in Erie County, Ohio, December 24, 1861,
to Miss Susan L. Prentice, and they have one child—Sallie E., born December 3, 1867.

J. J. DALTON, drugs. Born in Ilinois, July 1, 1855; moved to Glenwood, Iowa,
thence to Jewell County, Kan., in 1870 Came to Mankato in 1873; was appointed Treasurer
of Jewell County, July 1, 1876, the very day he was twenty-one years old; has held the
offices of Deputy Treasurer, Deputy Recorder, Deputy Clerk, etc., from 1873 to the present
time. He engaged in the drug and jewelry business under the firm name of J. J. Dalton &
Co., in 1874, and is now engaged in the same line of business. He is a member of the Odd
Fellows Louge) K. of P., and A. O. U. W.; holds the office of Noble Grand in the Odd Fel-
lows, and Chancellor Commander in the K. of P. He was married in Jewell County, No-
vember 20, 1881, to Miss M, V. Snyder.

CAPT. JOHN W. ENOCH, farmer, P. 0. Mankato, was born in Ohio, October 4, 1825.
Removed to Northern Indiana, thence to Northwestern Missouri. Enlisted in the United
States Army in 1862, in Company C, Fifth Missouri Cavalry. He raised the Company for
the service, and was elected its Captain. He served two years as quartermaster of the regi-
ment. Was discharged in 1864, in St. Joseph, Mo., when he returned to Atchison County,
Mo. Was elected to the State Legislature of Missouri, and held said office in 1869-70.
Canie to Jewell County, Kan., in 1874, and was elected Justice of the Peace, and did a loan-
ing business for two years. Is now eneaped in farming, and owns 160 acres of land, four
miles from Mankato. Was married in Indiana, June 5, 1855, to Miss Eliza A. Kimball, and
is the father of four children—J. W., C. F., Carrie and Alice. :

8S. H. HARRISON, attorney-at-law and loan agent, was born in Rutland County, Vt.,
January 17, 1837. Removed to Dodge County, Wis., in the fall of 1855. In the fall of 1859
he went to Minnesota. In 1862 he enlisted in the United States Army, in Company B, Sev-
enth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in January, 1866. He was com-
missioned first lieutenant of Company C, Sixty-fifth Infantry, and returned to Wisconsin;
thence to Harrison County, Mo. Inthe spring of 1875 he came to Jewell County, Kan.,
and located at Jewell City, after which he removed to Mankato, where he now resides. He
was admitted to practice law in Harrison County, Mo. Is now doing business under the
firm name of Harrison & Mechem. Has held the office of Justice of the Peace. He is the
owner of 400 acres of land, 225 of which are under cultivation. He was married in Graves-
ville, Wis., March 4, 1858, to Miss Albina M. Godding; they have had five children—A. V.,
Lorena (now deceased), Francis E., S. H. and N. T. :

L. 8S. HORNE, attorney-at-law, was born in North Carolina, September 28, 1828. Re-
moved to Georgia, thence to Indiana, thence,to Missouri, and came to Jewell County, Kan.,
in 1872. He enlisted in the United States Army, in Company H, Fifty-seventh Indiana Vol-
unteer Infantry, and was promoted from the ranks to the position of quartermaster. Was
admitted.to practice law ‘in the State of Indiana, and again in Jewell County, Kan., where
he has practiced his profession ever since his coming to Kansas. Mr. Horne was the presi-
dent of the town company that proved upon the town of Mankato in 1874. Was married
september 30, 1852, in Indiana, to Miss Ruth Barrett, now deceased. He was married a
second time, to Miss Eliza C. Lee, November 22, 1874, and has tive children—Rosa,
Charles F., Belle, Albert G. and Ida. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

LEROY HULSE, merchant, was born in Ohio, January 10, 1848. Removed to Henry
-County, Iowa; thence to Jefferson County; thence to Dlinois. Came to Jewell County,
Kan., in 1876, and clerked for Chapman & Co. for several years, Commenced business for
himself in September, 1882, and now has a stock of general merchandise, and is doing a
oa baameene ‘Was married in Mankato, June 20, 1880, to Miss Lizzie Howe, and has one
child—Mand.

0. F. JOHNSON, Sheriff, was born in Norway. Came to America in 1850, and located
in Wisconsin. Removed to Minnesota. Enlisted in the Union army, October 4, 1861, in Com-
pany K, Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; discharged February 14, 1866, when he re-
turned to Freeport, Il. Came to Jewell County, Kan., in 1870, and took a homestead in
Vicksburg Township. Held office of Justice of the Peace in said township, being the first
Justice ot the Peace elected in the same; also held the office of Trustee for two terms. Was
elected Sheriff of Jewell County in 1881, and now holds this office. Isa member of the K.
of P. Mr. Johnson took out the first marriage license in Jewell County after its organiza-
tion; was married in Vicksburg Township on the 17th day of June, 1871, to Miss Elizabeth
Zimmer. They have one child—Harry A., born October 12, 1879.

J. M. KETCHUM, merchant, was born in Wayne County, Pa., February 3, 1850. In
June, 1874, he was appointed postmaster at Pleasant Mount, Wayne County, Pa., which
position he held unti 1879, when he came to Mankato, Jewell Co., Kan., and erected & store-
room 25x85 feet, one anda half stories high, and stocked the same with general merchandise
and carries a stock of $12,000. He also runs a lumber business, his sales in that amounting
to over $12,000 per annum. Mr. Ketchum stands at the head of one of the best establish-
ments in Mankato, and by close application to business has accumulated a large amount of
property. He was married in Iowa, May 17, 1882, to Miss Emma Baughman. |

T. S. KIRKPATRICK, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Wisconsin, April 29,
1849; moved to Minnesota; thence to Jewell County, Kan, in July, 1870, and took a home-
stead ten miles east of Mankato. He was elected Clerk of the District Court of Jewell
County in the fall of 1880, and unanimously nominated and elected for the same position
in the fall of 1882. Is a member of the K.of P. Was married in Mankato, January 8, 1881,
to Miss Florence Hildreth. Mr. Kirkpatrick states that he has killed buffalo in Jewell
County as late as 1873.

_J.d. La MAR, hardware, was born in Missouri, November 13, 1869. Removed ‘to Ne-
braska, and again returned to Missouri. Attended school at the Seminary at St. Joseph.
Mo.; also attended Commercial College. Came to Mankato, Jewell Co., Kan., in 1880, an
established himself in the hardware business with L. H. Sanders. Mr. La Mar is erectin
one of the best store-rooms in Mankato, the building being built of stone, 25x80 feet, auf
two stories high. Was elected to the City Council of Mankato in the spring of 1882. Is a
member of the Masonic fraternity.

J. R. MOSER, marble-works, was born in Warren County, Iowa, July 2, 1858. Removed
to Madison County. In May, 1877, moved to Rush County, Kan., and came to Mankato,
Jewell County, in 1878, and in December, 1881, established himself in the marble business.
He is now doing a splendid business, shipping tombstones to different points.

. L. B. POWELL, drugs, was born near Frankfort, Ky., September 8, 1847. Re-
moved to Illinois. In March, 1862, enlisted in Company D, Sixty-fifth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry; transferred to Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry; was discharged in August, 1865, when he returned to Port Byron, Ill., and in 1869
went to Texas. In 1871 the Doctor was crossing the Staked Plains, at the head of the
Concho River, when he, with his party of nine, was attacked by the Indians. Three of the
men were killed and one committed suicide, and all of his party, including himself,
were wounded, The Indians stole 1,000 head of cattle from the party. Dr. Powell, while
in Texas, was appointed one of the State police by Gov. Davis. He came to Jewell County.
Kan., in 1872. In 1875 he graduated at the Eclectic Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
returned to Jewell City, Kan., and engaged in the prectice of his profession. Came to
Mankato and went into the drug business under the firm name of Reynolds & Powell.
Was elected Coroner of Jewell County in 1881. Is a member of the G. A. R. at Jewell

City

MANOAH STONE, Register of Deeds, was born in Iowa Territory (now Jefferson
Couuty, Iowa), May 11, 1843. Removed with his parents to Marion County in 1853, where
he resided on a farm until the spring df 1860, when, like a great many others, he took the
gold fever and went West to make his fortune, and spent several years in the various mining
camps of Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Montana. He returned to the States in 1865; was mar-
ried to Miss Mary P. McLean, May 15, 1867, at Knoxville, lowa, and November of* the same
year removed to Richardson County, Nebraska, where he engaged in the occupation of
teaching school until the spring of 1873, when he came with his family to Ji ewell County:
was elected Trustee of Prairie Township, and served two terms; was elected Register of
Deeds in 1875, and re-elected in 1877 and 1879, and now holds the office. He is also engaged
in agriculture, having a valuable farm of 240 acres near the thriving town of Jewell City. Is
a prominent member of Mankato Lodge No. 1861,0.0.F. _

BYRON J. THOMPSON was born in Gallia County, Obio, in 1848. He received a high
school education, and has since devoted the most of his time to teaching, in which profession
he has been very successful; was principal of the public schools of Austin, Mo., and Lonis-
ville. He abandoned the profession on account of poor health. Purchasing the Jewell
County Monitor, he sprang into the arena of journalism, where he is meeting with deserved
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success. Heis one of the early settlers of Jewell County, is widely known and highly
esteemed for his honesty, integrity and ability.

, SMITH THOMPSON was born in Beaver County, Pa., January 15, 1834. Removed to
Ohio in 1847; thence to Henry County, Iowa, in 1853. Enlisted in April, 1861, in Company
F, First Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under the first call of the President. Enlisted again in
the fall of 1861, in Company D, Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and held a commis-
sion as Lieutenant in said company. Was wounded in the head and side at Shiloh, and in
the thigh at Pilot Knob, Mo. He was afterward appointed First Lieutenant of Company F
Seventh United States Veteran Volunteers of First Army Corps (Hancock's). Was mustere
oe at Beleores June, 1866, Came to Jewell County in 1871. He is a member of G. A. R.,

‘ost No. 34.

__D. J. VANCE, postmaster, was born in Elkhart County, Ind., June 19, 1840; removed
with his parents to Jefferson County, Iowa, the spring of 1843. Enlisted in Company M,
Fourth Iowa Cavalry, October 22, 1861; served in said company and regiment as First
Sergeant until re-enlisted March 14, 1864, as private; commissioned and mustered as
First Lieutenant of said company and regiment in May, 1864, and seryed in that position
until mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., August 8, 1865, having been engaged in active service
about all the time, Returned to Jefferson County, Iowa, after his discharge, and followed
merchandising at Fairfield for three years, and farming three years, and in the spring of
1872, in company with N. G. Chilcott and family, removed overland to the place where

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Mankato, Kansas, now stands; being the only man left who now lives in the city of Mankato
who was here at the time the town was started. Served as Deputy Clerk of District Court
from June, 1883, until January 1, 1885; then served as Clerk of'District Court for two terms,
of two years each; was commissioned postmaster, when this office was established in Octo-
ber, 1872, and has held the office since that time. Is a member of theI. O. O. F. Lodge at
Mankato, Kansas. He is a married man and the father of five children now living—Varilla
E., Alma A., Frank A., Julia May, Margaret C., and eoree S., deceased. Has been twice
married; his first wife was a daughter of J. H. Allender, of Salina, Jefferson County, Iowa;
his present wife is the oldest daughter of Prof. R. H. Bishop, of Oxford, Ohio, whose father
was once president of the Miama University, D. J. Vance is of Scotch and German descent
his wife of Scotch descent, They have been identified with the best interests of the town and
county in which they live. "

LOUIS P. VANCE, of Mankato, Jewell Ce Kan., was born at Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., December 9, 1837; removed at four and a half years of age to Jefferson County,
Iowa, with his parents; was a farmer till his twenty-second year; spent two years prior to
the war of the Rebellion in the Colorado mining regions. Enlisted in the service of the
United States in March, 1862, a8 a member of Company B, Thirty-fifth Missouri Volunteer
Infantry; was promoted from the ranks through the grades of non-commissioned and two
of the commissioned oftices of the line; was mustered out in July, 1865, with his company
with the rank of Captain, which rank he occupied about ten months prior to the close of the
war. Returned to Fairfield, lowa, and was, by election, Treasurer of Jefferson County eight
years, during the years intervening January 1, 1868, and January 1, 1878. Entered into
private banking at Mankato, Kansas, with Case, Vance & Co., in September, 1877; after-
wards was engaged in breton: loan and other pursuits in Kansas, ag married ‘May 6,
1868, at Fairfield, Iowa, to Miss Lizzie P. Heron. They had six children born to them—
Minnie A.,; George C., Blanche L., Jessie May and Oscar Perry; the two latter died of scarlet
fever, Oscar P. died April 1, 1879, aged two years, and Jessie M. died April 9, 1879, aged
four years. Sibyl L., the junior member of the family, at the date of this compiling, was
three years and six months old. ‘ i i

M. WINSOR, editor Mankato Review, has been one of the most prominent men in
the county. He was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., March 20, 1840, IIe received only
a common school education, yet a thorough one. He removed when eighteen to Illinois
with his parents, and when twenty, went alone to Colorado, where he joined the First
Colorado Cavalry in 1863, remaining in active service to the close of the war. His regiment
was at the battle of 4 ees Canyon, New Mexico, when the Texan Rangers were defeated
and four million dollars worth of Government property was saved at Fort Union. Soon
after the close of the war he selected Jewell County as his future home, where he located on
a homestéad. In 1873 he established the Jewell County Diamond, which in 1878 was united
with the Monitor, under the title, Monitor-Diamond. In 1876 Mr. Winsor and James A.
Scarbrough wrote a history of the county, which was issued in pamphlet and to which this
history is greatly indebted for its data. Mr. Winsor is now editing the Review at Mankato,
an excellent county paper, with perhaps the largest circulation of Boy paper in the
county. He is a man of marked ability, and widely known and esteemed for his benevolence

and kindness of heart.
BURR OAK.

Burr Oak, at present, is the largest and most prosperous town in the
county, situated at the terminus of the Central Branch, on White Rock

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Creck, ten miles northeast of Mankato. It is pleasantly located. and sur-
rounded by as fine a country as can be found in the pom :

The first settlers in the town and vicinity were A. W. Mann, F, Gilbert,
A. J. and D. H. Godfrey (A: J. Godfrey built the first house on what is now
State street), G. Beanblossom, L. N. Tingley, J. M. McCormick and others,
who located in the spring of 1870. | . ;

The postoffice was established in 1871. J.M. McCormick, a faithful
public officer, has held the position of Postmaster from that time to the
present. The town was laid out in 1875 by A. J. Godfrey on the northwest,
quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 23, Township 2 south, Range 9
west, being a part of his homestead. The first store was that of J. E. Faid-
ley, the second F. Gilbert, and the third T. B. Carpenter. Rev. Allen Ives,
in May, 1871, at A. J. Godfrey’s, preached the first sermon. The first school
was taught in the winter of 1873 by W. H. Kemp. In 1875, a whirlwind of
considerable severity passed over the town, but owing to the scarcity of
houses did little damage, merely injuring the few that then marked the
town.

Since 1875 Burr Oak has made a more rapid growth than any place in
the county. It is larger in population and does more business, owing to
the fact that it is the terminus of a railroad and has the trade of a very rich
and well-settled district. . .

The place was organized as a city of the third class in April, 1880. It
now has a population of 700. The first city officers were: J. K. McLain,
Mayor; W. M. Spurlock, Clerk; A. W. Mann, Treasurer; T. B. Carpenter,
0. F. Roberts, A. J. Godfrey, George Quigley and Dr. J. EH. Hawley, Coun-
cilmen.

1881—J. W. Mann, Mayor; J. H. Palmer, Clerk, and William Spurlock
Treasurer. :

1882—Dr. J. E. Hawley, Mayor; Thomas Tweedy, Clerk, and W. B.
Spears, Treasurer.

The church and school privileges are good. _ The first school was taught
here in 1873. The town now has an elegant and commodious school build-
ing, just completed at a cost of $3,500. There are three grades, and the
departments are doing good work. ;

There are four religious denominations in Burr Oak—the Baptist,
Methodist, Durikards and Catholics. The last was organized in 1881 by
Rev. J. Perrier, of Concordia. There are fifteen families in the parish and
they have an $800 church edifice.

The Baptist Church was organized in September, 1879, by Rev. Mr.
Howard. The society has just purchased the old schoolhouse and is re-
modeling it for its accommodation. The society has about twenty-five
members. H. D. Babcock was the first pastor, succeeded by Rev. 5. Shutz,
the present incumbent.

The Methodists were organized in 1878, with fifteen members, Rev. H.
G. Breed being their first pastor. The membership is now about 110. The
pastors in order have been Revs. H. G. Breed, C. G. Chrysler, E. Puckett,
G. H. Woodward, H. G. Breed, and D. D. Campbell. In 1880 they erected
a very neat and commodious edifice at a cost of over $2,300. Under Rev.
Mr. Breed, in the winter of 1880-81, there was a revival, which secured forty
members to the church.

The Dunkards, or German Baptists, were organized in October, 1870,
by Rev. Allen Ives. Burr Oak, Limestone, and White Rock are included
in the same organization. Their membership is over 350. They have a tent,
50x90 feet, in which they hold their meetings. Their pastors have been
Revs. Allen Ives, Jacob Amsberger, P. B. Porter, H. E. Faidley, A. W.
Austin, Eli Renner, and J. W. Switzer. Their meetings are held in the
spring, summer, and autumn,

The Burr Oak Reveille was established at Burr Oak January 1, 1879, by
H. E. Taylor, and purchased by W. E. Bush, in 1880. It suspended in
August, 1882, and was reorganized in October by a joint stock company, but
continued under the same management. It is a seven column folio and en-
joys a good circulation. It is independent in politics.

Burr Oak Lodge, No. 178, A. F. & A. M., was instituted in the fall of
1878, by J. C. Postlethwaite. It is in good working order and has about
sixty members. Officers: O. F. Roberts, W. M.; A. B. Smith, 8. W.; J.
K. McLain, J. W.; J. F. Williamson, Treas.; G. W. Oakwood, Sec.

Burr Oak Lodge, K. éf P., was instituted May 3, 1882, by J. H.
Lyon, Grand Chancellor of Kansas, They have about seventy-five mem-
bers. G. M. Ross, C. C.; HE. E. Smithy K. of R. and S.

The Cornet Band has ten pieces, under the leadership of R. W. John-
Tt. was organized in 1879.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

N. E. BURNS, lumber dealer, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, March 4, 1861
Removed to Hoopeston, I1]., and did business just across*the line in Ambia, Ind. Came to
Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kan., May 3, 1882, and engaged in the lumber business under the
firm name of Cobb & Burns. The same firm have a number of lumber-yarde in Kansas, and
are working up a satisfactory trade. Mr Burns is an energetic young man, and will be
well known in the commercial world. He was married in Doupeston, Ill., December 25,
1881, to Miss Anna Richards. '

W. E. BUSH, editor, was born at Beaver Dam, Mass., February 9, 1854. His parents
soon after his birth removed to New York State, where the subject of this notice received a
good common-school education. He at first followed farming for a livelihood, but soon
abandoned that occupation and adopted the profession of teaching with marked success in
New York State and Otoe County, Nebraska. In 1880 he purchased the Burr Oak Reveille,
which he is conducting in a manner highly satisfactory to its patrons.

J. E. FAIDLEY was born in Somerset County, Pa., October 9, 1840. Removed to Ohio,
thence to Iowa, thence to Nebraska, and came to Jewell County, Kan., in October, 1870,
and took a homestead adjoining the town site of Burr Oak. Purchased from Lewis ani
Godfrey part of the town site of Burr Oak. He is the owner of 2,000 acres of land in
Jewell County and a large part of Burr Oak, and has an interest in a hardware and farm
implement establishment in Burr Oak, also an interest in a large stock of merchandise, and
has done a great deal toward the up-building of the young and thrifty town of Burr Oak.
He is a member of the German Baptist Church, He was married in Falls City, Neb., in
June, 1870, to Miss Joanna Ives. They have tive children—Lnella, Albert, Irena, Marshall
and Allen. He also owns a large interest in the town of Cambridge, Neb., in Furnas
County, on the B. & M. R. R.

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FRANK GILBERT, merchant, was born in Erie County, Pa., January 6, 1844. Moved
to Indiana; came to Jewell County, Kan., in 1870, and engaged in the grocery business in
1872. In 1878 the firm name was Faidley & Gilbert, and they ceeioned in business until
1878. The firm of Mann & Gilbert are now carrying a heavy stock of general merchandise in
a room 24x50 feet, ee upper floor of the same size. He isa member of the Masonic
fraternity. Was married in Lagrange County, Ind., August 18, 1866, to Miss Ellen Austin, and
they have two children—Abbie, born September 4, 1867, and Arthur, born November 2, 1881

4. J. GODFREY, druggist and grocer, was born in Kent County, Mich., April 15, 1840.
Removed with his parents to Indiana in 1841. Enlisted in the United States Army in Com-
ad B, Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, May 28, 1861, and was discharged August

2, 1865, when he returned to Noble County, Ind., and was married to Miss Sarah Gilbert,
January 18, 1866. Removed to Iowa in 1868. Came to Jewell County, Kan., in August, 1870,
and took a homestead, a ie of which is the town site of Burr Oak. In the fall of 1872
Mr. Godfrey caused“the said town to be laid out and platted. Was elected the first County
Commissioner from his district in 1871: was elected the first Justice of the Peace in Burr
Oak Township in the fall of 1870; and the first post-office was opened in his house in 1871,
and Mr. Godfrey was assistant postmaster. He is a member of the Masonic Order. His
family consists of himself and wife and three living children—two boys and one girl. Two
children are dead, the first a girl—Cora Leota, born September 8, 1870, the first white female
child born in Jewell County, died April 7, 1871.

J. W. GREEN, furniture dealer, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, November 21, 1844.
Moved to Iowa in 1868; came to Jewell County, Kan., in the fall of 1873, and took a home-
stead five miles northwest of Burr Oak, and is now the owner of 280 acres of land. He went
into the furniture business in Burr Oak in 1881, under the firm name of Green & Carpenter.
He held the office of school clerk and trustee of Burr Oak Township for three years. Took
United States census for the one hundred and twenty-third sub-district of third district of
Kansas in 1880. He is a member of the K of P.. Was married March 25, 1869, in Marstall
County, Iowa, to Miss Louisa C. Fulwider. They have four children—L. W., E.L., H.L.,
J.R., and Musett and Maud, deceased.

DR. H. HANNUM was born in Paine’s Point, Ogle Co., Ill., March 11, 1854. Attended
Rock River Seminary in Illinois; also attended Rush Medical College, of Chicago, and
graduated February 22; 1881, after having taken a full course of clinical and didactic in-
struction during three winters and spring terms of the institution, and received a certificate
of honor for the same. The doctor first practiced in Illinois, came to Kansas in April,
1881, and settled in Burr Oak, where he has been engaged in the practice of his chosen pro-
fession ever since. He is also a graduate of-the Kalamazoo Commercial College. Isa
member of the Masonic fraternity, and has acted as secretary of the lodge; and-is a member
of the Knights of Were

_DR. J. E. HAWLEY, was born in Delaware County, N. Y., June 1, 1852, removed to
Chickasaw County, Iowa, in 1865: removed to Clay County, Neb., thence to Burr Oak, in
Jewell County, Kan., in 1878. Held the office of City Councilman of Burr Oak for two years,
and was elected Mayor of the City in April, 1882. Heis a member of the Masonic fraternity.
The doctor studied medicine in Iowa, and graduated at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical
College, February 27, 1882. He was married in Spring Ranch, Clay Co., Neb., November
27, 1871, to Miss Alice J. Stephenson, and has four children—Burt A., Edward F., Seth

Zelland Julia A.”

- J.T. HOLLENBECK, merchant, was born in Indiana October 14, 1835; removed to
Louisa County, Iowa, thence to Johnson County, thence to Grundy County, came to Jewell
County. Kan., in 1871,and took a homestead, moved to Burr Oak, and- engaged in general
pre roe and is also extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising, making fine
stock a specialty. Is now doing business under the firm name of Faidley, Hollenbeck &
Smith.. He held the office of Justice of the Peace in Walnut Township, in Jewell Co., Kan.

Was a soldier in the United States Army, in Company D , Sixteenth Iowa’ Infantry. Mr..

Hollenbeck is now the owner vf 16" acres of land in addition to town property. He was
married in Linn County, Iowa, June 29, 1855, to Miss Mary Hepker, and they have five chil-
dren—Alla, §. L., Libbie, Estella and J. H.

_ B.A. JOHNSON, druggist, was born in Litchfield, Conn., August 1, 1835; removed to
Wisconsin; ‘thence to Minnesota; came to Jewell County, Kan., in October, 1873, and
engaged in the hardware business in Burr Oak. In May, 1878, he engaged in the drug busi-
ness, which business he has been in ever since; and owns hisstore building, 22x44 feet. Held
office of County Commissioner in Jackson County, Minn., also held the office of Justice of
the Peace and Assessor and Township Clerk of Burr Oak Township. Mr. Johnson started the

_first regular hardware, also the first drug store in Burr Oak. Enlisted in the United

States Army December 4,-1842. in Company F, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and was made
sergeant, Discharged September 29, 1865. Is a married man, and the father of five chil-
dren—R. W., I. B., Louis, Lloyd and Ethel.

DR. THOMAS KIRK, Jr., was born in Clearfield, Pa., January 20, 1859; attended the
Eclectic Medical College at Cincirinati, Ohio, and graduated in June, 1880, and first located
in Bellefonte, Pa. Came to Burr Oak, in Jewell Co., Kan., in 1881, and engaged in the
practice of his profession; he is now working into a fine business.

. W. MANN, merchant, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, September 4, 1845. He
removed to Webster County, Iowa, and came to Jewell County, Kan., in May, 1870, and

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took a homestead two and a half miles from Burr Oak. He engaged in the drug business
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firm name of McLain & Mann; afterward the firm was changed to Mann, Faidley & Gilbert.
The present firm is Mann & Gilbert. Held the office of Justice of the Peace and was
second Justice of the Peace in Burr Oak Township after the organization of the county.
He is a member of the K. of P., and enlisted in the United States army, in Company C,
Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, July 20, 1861; re-enlisted as a veteran December 15,
1863, in same company and regiment. He was transferred from the army to the navy in
1864; served nine months on the monitor Winnebago and three months on the Circassian.
He was married in Ashtabula County, Ohio, August 14, 1865, to Miss Martha Steves, and
they have four children—Hattie, Arthur W., Edith, and Mattie 8.

J. W.McCORMICK, postmaster, born in Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio, March 10, 1847.
Enlisted in the United States army in Company K, Third Ohio Cavalry, November 1861,
and was discharged in August, 1865. He moved trom Ohio to Michigan, and came to Jewell
County, Kan., in 1870 and took a homestead, a part of which is now the town of Burr Oak,
and he is now the owner of the same, less a few lots, which have been sold. Has held the
office of Township Clerk, Trustee and Justice of the Peace. Has held the last named office
for nine years past. He was appointed postmaster in June, 1871, and named the office Burr
Oak, after which the town was named. ‘He was married in December, 1874, to Miss Ellen
Myers; second marriage to Miss Jessie McCammon in August, 1878, and they have had two
children—William L., and Charles Francis.

B. F. ROYER, one of Burr Oak’s prominent citizens. was born in Union County, Pa.,

January 13, 1850; moved from there to Stephenson County, IJ]., im October, 1868; from

there to Jewell County, Kan., in the spring of 1872, and took a homestead three miles south-
east of Burr Oak, and still owns the same. Mr. Royer is 2 wagonmaker by trade, and fol-
lowed that business from eighteen years of age until he was thirty-two; commenced run-
ning a wagon and blacksmith shop of his own in the spring of 1873. In 1882 he bought the
livery, barn and stock of O. B. Ford, in Burr Oak, and nee in the livery business. Mr.
Royer was Treasurer of Burr Oak Township seven years, City Marshal one year, and is at
Present one of the City Council. Was married in Monroe, Wis., November 13, 1870, to Miss
arien R. Fair. They have two children—Lila B. and Nita KE. Is owner of two quarter
sections of land, blacksmith and wagon-shop, livery barn, and the residence where he now
lives in the city of Burr Oak. ‘
_ _E.O. W. SMITH, merchant, was born in Juniata County, Pa., July 5, 1244, Enlisted
in the Union army in February, 1864, in Company G, Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry;
was discharged im 1865, when he returned to Llinois. Came to Jewell County, Kan., m
1872, and took a homestead two and a half miles south of town, which he sold, and bought
one five miles from town, containing timber and water, where he carries on farming and
stock-raising, making fine stock a specialty; is also the owner of a tine residence in Burr
Oak. He went into the restaurant business in Burr Oak in 1877, and in 1880 engaged in
general merchandising under the firm name of Faidley. Hollenbeck & Smith, and the firm
are doing a flourishing business, in a room 22x60 feet, also a room 22x40, the last named
building being used for a boot and shoe store. He was married in Illinois to Miss Hannab
Frey, and they have three children—Cory E., George W., and Charles E. Mr. Smith is a
member of the K. of P. ‘

SPEARS BROS., bankers. P. B, Spears was born in Carroll County, Ind., Decem-
ber 29, 1854, and came to Kansas in 1880. He was married in Illinois, May 10, 1876, to Mies
Georgia A. Taylor. They have two children—Ethel and Charles. W. B. Spears was born
in Carroll County, Ind., April 6, 1858; moved to Illinois, thence to Burr Oak, Jewell County,
Kan., March 1, 1880. He was married in Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois, January 19,
1881, to Miss Minnie B. Clark. They have one child—Helen, born January 15, 1882. The
brothers established the Bank of Burr Oak, and in 1882 erected a brick bank building 24x50
feet, two stories high, and furnished the same in first-class style, with glass counters not
surpassed in Western Kansas, a well-built vault, safe and time-lock. The firm are the
owners of 280 acres of land, well improved and well stocked. =

N.S. STEWART, hardware merchant, was born at Battle Creek, Mich., February 27,
1858. Removed to Clayton County, Iowa; thence to Jackson County, Minn; came to
Jewell County, Kan., in 1872; clerked’ for McLain in the na business for five years.
In May, 1882, he engaged in the hardware business, under the firm name of Faidley Bros.
& Stewart. Mr. Stewart, by hard work as a clerk for several years, made the foundation
for his present flourishing business. The firm is one of the best in Burr Oak, and they are
doing a splendid business. He was married at Smith Center, Kan., November 15, 1880, to
Miss Emma C. Gist. They have one child—Willie. :

THOMAS TWEEDY, attorney-at-law, was born in Indiana, September 12, 1853; came
to Jewell County, Kan., in 1878; studied law at Red Cloud, Neb., also at Oswego, Kan.,
and was admitted to practice at Verne, Jennings Co., Ind., June 19, 1881, He is the only

racticing attorney in Burr Oak. Attended college at Lancaster, Ind. He was married in
urr Oak, September 12, 1882, to Miss Ella M. Story. |

M. WEIL, merchant, was born in Alsace, France, December 1, 1858; came to America
in October, 1875, and settled at Atchison; moved to Muscotah, Kan., and engaged in general
merchandising. He came to Burr Oak, Jewell Co., Kan., in January, 1880, and engaged in
the same line of business, in 2room 22x80 feet, and carries a stock of from $16,000 to $18,000.
He is a member of the K. of P., and was married in Holton, Jackson Co., Kan., March 1,
1881, to Miss Ida Sarbach, and they have one child—Carl, born April 28, 1882.

JEWELL CITY.

The early history of Jewell City can be found at length in the County
history. The origin of this city, which is situated ten miles east of south of
Mankato, was the building of a fort, in 1870, for the protection of the set-
tlers in its vicinity. It was called Fort Jewell, and was a large sod enclos-
ure in which the first well in the county was dug. It was a false alarm
that caused its erection, and, happily for the settlers, they were never
called upon to use it asa means of defense. The town is well situated be-
tween the middle and west branches of Buffalo Creek, on a comparatively
level tract of land. Itis surrounded by rich lands, and adjacent to the
Limestone and Marsh valleys.

In May, 1871, George James established himself in town as the first
shoemaker in the county, or in fact in the country, west of Concordia. The first
store in the town was opened June 4, 1871, by John D. Robertson. In
September, 1871, the Jewell House, the first hotel in the place, was built by
James Kelsey. The town has grown steadily and substantially ever since,
although it had the misfortune, early in its existence, to lose the county-
seat. ;

In March, 1872, W. P. Day and W. D. Jenkins established the Jewell
City Clarion, the first paper in the county. It was purchased by M. Win-
sor in February, 1873, and enlarged from a four column folio to one of seven
columns. Mr. Winsor changed the name of it to the Diamond, retaining
possession of it until April, 1878, when it was consolidated with the Monitor.
The postoffice was established July 4. 1870, with J. Hoffer as Postmaster,
who was succeeded by J. A. Scarbrough, and in November, 1874, by 8S. R.
Worick, the Money Order department having been established the previous
July. :
"Senda morning, at 5 o’clock, July 28, 1873, a cyclone from the north-
west visited the prosperous town and blew down a $4.000 schoolhouse, sev-
eral partially finished buildings, and removed several from their founda-
tions. Fortunately, no lives were lost. The storm continued in a south-
easterly direction, and did considerable damage in Cloud County, especially
at Concordia. . Bm Tats be :

There is an excellent quality of limestone in this vicinity, which has
been used in the finest buildings of the town,
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In 1880 the town was organized as a city of the third class, with the fol-
lowing officers: H. C. Jennings, Mayor; H. A. Schulenberg, Clerk; J. D.
Robertson, Treasurer; G. B. Crandall, R. W. Hill, J. T. Bunch, A. L.
Marks, and Thomas Miller, Councilmen; H. F. Stone, Police Judge.

The officers of 1881 were: J.T. Bunch, Mayor; H. A. Schulenberg, City
Clerk; J. D. Robertson, Treasurer; J. Hoffer, Police Judge. *

The following were chosen in 1882: G. B. Crandall, Mayor; M. F.
Knappenberger, City Clerk; J. D. Robertson, Treasurer; A. L. Marks,
Police Judge.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, THE PRESS.

The schools from the first have been good. Since 1873 to the present
time they have been kept in a building constructed principally from the
ruins of the one destroyed at that time. In October, 1882, a $6,000 stone
school building was completed and occupied. It is the finest school building
in the county.

The Jewell County Republican, a five column quarto paper, was estab-
lished at Jewell City, in the fall of- 1879, by Col. W. W. Brown. It was
purchased by Woodward & Musser in 1881. It is Republican in politics.

The Methodists organized a society in 1872, and three years later com-
ae a building, Rev. Mr. Rose being the first pastor. He was succeeded

y Rev. H. G. Breed, Rev. J. Phillips, Rev. B. Hollen, Rev. J. Lawrence,
and the present incumbent, Rev. A. B. Conwell. The latter assumed the
pastorate in 1879, and during his term of service the debt has been lifted
from the church and money put in the treasury. Present membership, sixty.
Mr. Conwell has charge, also, of the societies at East Buffalo and $Spring
Creek.

The Christians organized a society in the spring of 1878, under the pas-
torate of Rev. O. N. Gray. He remained in charge until 1877, when, on ac-
count of the territory covered by the church membership, societies were
formed at Brown’s Creek and Marsh Valley. Rev. G. D. Sellers took charge
of the city and county churches, but was succeeded in 1882 in the pastorate
of the Jewell City society by Rev. J. T. Kiggins. The church building, a
good wooden structure,.was erected in 1879.

The Evangelical Association in Jewell City was organized in the spring
of 1872, Rev. L. Wenger being its first pastor. The church building was
erected in the summer of 18738. Present membership, eighty-five; pastor,
Rev. T. W. Serf. :

In 1872, Rev. Mr. Fletcher, organized a Baptist society. It has, at
present, no settled pastor. In the fall of 1881 a flourishing country church
was formed at East Buffalo, five miles northeast of Jewell City. Rev. Geo.
Peterson is still in charge. :

Rev. Father Perry organized the Catholic church in 1878, and a build-
ing was erected in 1877. embership, twenty-five families.

SOCIETIES, ETC.

Jewell Lodge, No. 11, A. F. & A.M., was instituted October 22, 1874.
J.C. Postlethwaite, W. M.; M. F. Knappenberger, 8. W.; A. M. Hogan,
J. W.; N. Kreamer; F. Felker, Sec’y.

Jewell Lodge, No. 116, I. O. O. F.—This society was instituted October
14, 1874. They own a $1,200 hall, well arranged and neatly furnished.

_ Present officers: H. A. Schulenburg, N. G.; E. D. Smith, V. G.; George
W. Brick, Secretary; John Fry, Treasurer. It now numbers seventy mem-
bers.

Ancient Order United Workmen.—A lodge of this Order was started at
Jewell City June 30, 1880. It now has forty members, with the following
officers: G. B. Crandall, W. W.; C. C. King, T.; M. F. Knappenberger,
O.; F. Felker, P. M. W.; S. R. Worick, R.

Washington Camp, No. 2, P. 0. S. A.—This post was organized March
21, 1879. It has fifty members. Officers: J. Earle, Pres.; J. C. Perfect,
Vv. P.; I. N. Hockman, Sec’y.

S. R. Deach Post, No. 58, G. A. &., was organized May 19, 1882, and

-has forty members. George B. Crandall, Post Commander; A. L. Marks,
0. C.; W. C. McClung, Q. M.: IK. D. Heinecke, Adj.

Jewell City has a favorite local band, incorporated May 24, 1880. It
has fourteen pieces; leader, W. C. Manifold.

The Citizen’s Bank was established in March, 1880, by B. Musser, editor
of the Jewell County Republican.

J. H. Schaffer & Co.’s Jewell City Bank was established in 1880.
J. C. Postlethwaite is the Cashier. The bank capital is $25,000, and the
bank property is valued at $3,000. The bank has loaned $250,000 on real
estate.

Two hotels accommodate the place—the City Hotel, erected by James
Kelsey as the Jewell House, in 1871, and now operated by Morand King.
The next year Mr. Kelsey commenced the erection of another hotel. Ad-
ditions have since been made until the structure is now 44x56 feet. James
Kelsey is still proprietor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

COL. E. BARKER, farmer, P. O. Jewell City, was born in Maine, August 12, 1816; re
moved to Manhattan in Riley County, Kan.; thence to Jewell a in 1870, and is now the
owner of 100 acres of land, well improved, with a fine house, the same being situated adjoining
the town of Jewell City. The colonel was in the special service of the United States army for
over four years; was Colonel of the’Third Regiment, Second Brigade of Sixth Division of
the Maine State Militia for over seventcen years. Has held office of Deputy Sheriff in
Oxford County, Minn., for two years; was the first Notary Public in Jewell County, and
administered the oath of office to the first county officer. Served in the State Senate of
Kansas for the twenty-eighth district for two years; was next elected Sergeant-at-arms of

- the State Senate for two years. Isa membet of the Masonic fraternity. Married in Salis-
bury, N. Y., September 23, 1840, to Miss C. E. Little, and they have five children—Mary C.,
Victoria V., Ruth S., Onora M. and C. E. : ; ;

LESLIE A, and H. G. BREED, farmers, P.O. Jewell City. Leslie A. was born in
Erie County, Pa., December 11, 1855, removed to Johnson County, then to Linn County,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

thence to Missouri, and came to Jewell County, Kan., in 1878, and took a homestead and
timber claim; and the father and son are now the owners of 820 acres of land, and they kee;
about 60 head of cattle and 120 fine head of hogs. Leslie A. held the office of Township Clerk
for four years. He was married December 4, 1879, at McCabe Chanel, in Brown’s Creek °
Township, Jewell Co., to Miss Elizabeth Morgan, They have one child—Otto,

DR. G.S. CHRIST, was born in Lehigh County, Pa., October 31, 1839; removed to
Tllinois, thence to Jewell County, Kan., October 1, 1870, and engaged in the practice of his
profession; also took a homestead, and now owns the same. Attended the Medical depart-
ment of the State University of Pennsylvania, located at Philadelphia, and graduated in
1866. Is a member of the Odd Fellows, K. of P. and P. 0.8. of A, lodges. In the Odd Fel-
lows Lodge he has held office of Past Grand, in the Masonic, Senior Warden, and in K. of
P., High Worthy Chancellor. The doctor has been one of the Examiners of the Board of
Education of Jewell County, Was in the United States army for two years as Citizen Ser.

eant, Was married October 30, 1860, in Lehigh, Pa., to Miss ElizaWarmkessel, now deceased.
hey had three children—Emma, George, and Jacob. ‘

db. F. DILLMAN, livery, was bornin Decatur County, Ind., February 21, 1854. Removed
to Iowa in 1856 with his parents, thence to Cass County, Neb., thence to Wyoming Territory,
Came to Jewell City in 1874, and took a homestead in Washington Township the same year,
Held the office of Constable and City Marshal of Jewell City. Mr. Dillman left home
when but fiftcen years old to do for himself, and all that he has was accumulated by his own
individual effort. 7 4

E. D. HEINECKE, grocer. was born in Washington, D. C., August 11, 1839; removed
to Bucyrus, Ohio, at three years of age; in 1857 went to Van Wert, Ohio, where he clerked.
Went from there to Kankakee, Il., in 1859, and clerked for F. Samuel before entering the
army, and after returning was again employed by Mr Samuel as cashier in his store, until
he commenced business himself in 1866. He was burned out in March, 1871. In August,
1862, he enlisted in the United States army in Company F, Seventy-sixth Dvinois Volunteer
Infantry, and was one of the sergeants of the company; was discharged in June, 1865; was
wounded, being shot through the left lung at Blakeley, Ala. Came to Jewell County, Kan.,
in May, 1871, and took a homestead. He commenced business in Jewell City in 1880 under
the firm name of Heinecke & Wyland. Held the office of Deputy Postmaster of Jewell
City, also at Waterville, Marshall Co., was District School Clerk. He is a member of the
G. A. R ; is a married man, and has three childen—Anna P., Charles W. and Jesse.

R. W. HILL, general merchant, was born in Greene County, Ill., June 16, 1849. In
1869 he came to ‘Washington: County, Kan., and to Jewell County in 1874, and engaged in

eneral merchandising. In 1861 he built a large store room, 28x100 feet, and stocked it with
frou $15,000 to $20,000 worth of goods, and is now doing a tremendous business. He was
married in Pike County, Ill., in May, 1875, to Miss L. Bashforth. They have three chil-
dren—Alice, Richard and Helen. Mr. Hill belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

JOHN M. HUTCHISON, druggist, was born in Northumberland County, Pa., March
18, 1842, moved to Stephenson County, Ill.,came to Jewell County in 1871, and took a
homestead. Engaged in the drug business in July, 1873. Was elected to the Kansas State
Legislature in 1878. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and the Odd Fellows lodges, He
was married March 22, 1875, in Jewell City, Kan., to Miss Temperance Jordan. They have
one child—Mary Leonora, born May 14, 1881. .

C. C. KING, farmer and stock dealer, P. O. Jewell City, was born in Serie wures N.Y.,
July 9, 1838; removed to Iowa in 1855; thence to Nebraska in 1860. At the breaking out of
the war he enlisted as priyatein Company F, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry. Was discharged in
September, 1862, for disability, Re-enlisted in March, 1863, in Company M, Second
Nebraska Cavalry, to serve nine months; discharged in December following, and_returned
to his farm in Nebraska. He was married March 20, 1864, to Miss Lucinda J. Horner.
Again he entered the army, August 15, as Sergeant in Company K, Forty-eighth Missouri
Infantry. At the close of the war he returned to Nebraska; came to Jewell County in 1871,
and took a homestead adjoining Jewell City. Is now the owner of 640 acres of land, mostly
under cultivation. Also a herd of 125 cattle. Was elected County Commissioner and Presi-
dent of the board in 1875. He isa member of the A. F. & A. M., A.O. U. W. andG. A. R.
They have had nine children—Edd H., Frank V., Dora May (deceased), Rosa A., Levi A.,
C. Burtie (deceased), Otto C., Roscoe J. and Nellie. ;

MORAND KING, hotel and livery, was born in Canada, June 18, 18°0. He came to
Nebraska in 1867, and to Jewell County, Kan., in 1871, and took a homestead; came to the
town of Jewell City in 1876, and engaged in the livery business. In June, 1831, he took
charge of the City Hotel of Jewell City. Mr. King started in the world with but little
money, but by perseverance and push’has accumulated considerable property. Was mar-
ried May 15, 1871, in Richardson County, Neb., to Miss Catherine Keffer, and has four chil-
dren—Powell, born June 29, 1872; Morand, born June 15, 1874; Kate, born April 14, 1876;
Mary, born December 15, 1878.

A. W. KREAMER, Jumber mercharit, was born in Center County, Pa., December 6,
1844. He attended school at Marklesville Normal Institute. Also attended the Union
Seminary in Union County, Pa. He united with the Evangelical Church, and has been
a minister of that denomination from 1867 until the present time. He came to Jewell City,
Kan., in February, 1879, when he had charge of the church at that place, until 1880. He
then engaged in the lumber business. Was married in Montoursvilie, Lycoming Co , Pa.,
August 10, 1869, to Miss L. A. Strevey, and has two children—William E, born August 31,
1871, and Roland A., born November 4, 1873.

. A. LEWIS, grain dealer, was born in Georgia December 7, 1859; attended an
academy, also St. Benedict College, Atchison, Kan. Came to Jewell City in August. 1872,
and engaged in the grain business, and is also purchasing grain in Mankato. Mr. Lewis was
in the grain business with his father in Atchison for six years. Isa member of the Odd
Fellows’ Lodge, and K. of P. Mr. Lewis has just branched out in business for himself,
and is working up a good trade. He is young and enterprising, and will come to the front
in the commercial world.

0. L. McCLUNG, farmer. P. O. Jewell City, was born in Clermont County, Ohio,
April 17, 1841; removed to Riley County, Kan., in 1868; came to Jewell County in 1870, and
took a homestead. When Mr. McClung settled in Jewell County, he, with others, built a
sod fort on the present town site of Jewell City, to protect themselves from the Indians.
Ifas held office of Township Trustee; was elected Treasurer of Jewell County in November,
1881, and took his office October 10, 1882. Is a member of the Masonic order, and G. A. R.
Enlisted in the United States army, Company F, Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in
October, 1861, and was discharged in July, 1865. Was married in Smith County August 20,
1877, to Miss . C, Barns

A L. MARKS, general merchant, was born in Prussia August 7, 1842. He came to
Americu in June, 1855, and located in Chicago, Ill. In 1861 he enlisted in Company K,
Thirteenth Iinois Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted May 22, 1861, and was discharged Mae
24, 1865. Was taken prisoner May 17, 1864; was in prison at Cahaba, Ala., and Meridian,
Miss., and was held until April, 1865, Returned to Chicago, then went to Lee County,
Town, the sume year; thence to Missouri; thence to Nebraska: thence to Jewell ote Kan ,
where he went into the merchandise business, and went in debt for lis first stock. Has
built his store rooms in Jewell City, one building 20x55 feet, and the other 24x55 feet, two
stories high. By energy and perseverance Mr. Marks has made money, and now carries &
stock of $13,000. Has held the office of City Counsel, Police Judge, and the office of Justice
of the Peace for the past five years, Heis a member of the G, A. R., A. O. U. W. and
K. of P. Was married in Towa, April 16, 1866, to Miss Jeanetta Hirsh, and has three chil-

: dren—Bertha, Dora and Daniel.

J.C. POSTLETHWAITE, attorney and banker, was born in Mifflin County, Pa.,
August 22, 1848. He attended school at Mount Union, Pa., and came to Manhattan, Kan.
in 1869, and worked in the banking establishment of W. P. Higinbotham. Came to Jewel
County in 1870, and took a homestead. He studied law. and was admitted to practice in
1873, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession ever since. The Jewell City
Bank was organized in 1880, when Mr. Postlethwaite became cashier and one of the owners.
He is a Mason, and was the first Master of the Jewell City Lodge, organized in 1873, and has
held said position for six terms. He was married November 8, 1870, in Manhattan, to Miss
Louisa McClung. Has four children—Robert, Jessie, William and John,

_8. R, WORICK, Postmaisy, was born in Stephenson County, Ill., March 4, 1842. He
enlisted in the United States army September 17, 1861, in the Fifth Wisconsin Battery, and
was discharged June 14, 1865, when he returned to Illinois. He came to Jewell County,
Kan., in 1870, and took a homestead near Jewell City. Mr. Worick became a member of the
Town Company that laid out Jewell City in May, 1870. He was appointed Postmaster in
Boren bes ane nee held ule ethos oer os He is a member of the A. 0. U. W. He

¢ inois, Janu. , 1867, iss Lizzie H. children—
Nelly, Lewis, Ralph and Mabel” poten pareriae

 
JEWELL

SALEM.

Salem, situated ten miles east of Burr Oak, in the fertile and far famous
valley of White Rock, is an inland town, bnt enterprising, prosperous, and
enjoying an excellent trade, It is without a railroad, but has good pros-
pects of having the Central Branch extended from Burr Oak. It was laid
out, J anuary 25, 1872, by H. 8. Browning, C. P. Miller, and George W.
Smith, the site taking a portion of their adjoining farms. The location isa
pleasant one, and the country surrounding is fertile and quite thickly settled.
The first house was built by Browning & Smith, in March, and occupied by
Wilson Bros., of Scandia, with a stock of general merchandise. The second
store was opened, June 1, 1872, by J. M. Parker. Messrs. Miller and Smith,
both of the Free Methodist Church, have left the town, and are abroad as
ministers of that denomination.

Within a decade Salem and the surrounding country have made marked
proenaes. The town has a population of about 300, and is steadily growing.

t has good schools, and three religious organizations. The United Breth-
ren, organized in 1872, under Elder Bird. On the Salem circuit they now
-have six churches and 150 members. Rev. Andrew Poulson is the present

astor. The Methodists, organized in 1877, with fifteen members. They
ave been prosperous, and are expecting soon to erect a house of worship.

Rev. Mr. Breckenridge is their present minister. The Free Methodists were
organized in 1872, by Rev. C. P. Miller, one of the Town Company, with-five
members. They have increased to seventy-five. Rev. John Whiting, of
the Mankato circuit, is their pastor. :

Salem Chronicle.—This paper was started at Nelson, Neb., in 1879, by
J. Wilkes More, and removed to Salem, Jewell County, in 1882. It is a
seven-column folio, Greenback and Anti-Monopoly in sentiment, and, al-
. though a new comer, it has secured a fair circulation.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. WILKES MOORE. Mr. Moore was born in Pittsburg, Pa., March 16, 1840. Received
a collegiate education, graduating at Iowa State University. In 1861 he joined the First
Regiment, Company G, Davenport, Iowa, and in August, 1862, joined Company G, Twentieth
Iowa. Was in the battles of Wilson’s Creek, Perry Grove, Vicksburg, Morgan and Mobile.
Entered the service as a private and was promoted to the position of Captain. After the
war he returned to Davenport, and became afterwards Marshal and Chief of Police of that
city. In 1876 was a steel-blower for the Bessimer Steel Co. of Pittsburg. ' Edited the
Davenport daily and weekly Banner in 1869-70, and in 1871 established the Dorglas County
(Illinois) Democrat at Arcola. In 1879 established the Salem (Kansas) Chronicle at Nelson,
Nebraska, which he removed to Salem in 1882. Mr. Moore is a man of excellent principles,
ability and energy, and in connection with G. W. Reede is making the Salem Chronicle a
paper worthy of the ares town in the county.

GEORGE W. REEDE was born in Madison County, N. Y., January 28, 1857. Received
an academic education and graduated _at the Albany (N. x Jaw school. Practiced his pro-
fession for a short time in his native State, removing to Salem, Kansas, in 1880, and in 1882
joined Mr. Moore in the publication of the Chronicle.

OMIO.

This is a finely-located village in the eastern part of the county, fifteen
miles from any other town. It is in the middle of the renowned Marsh
Valley, quite as fertile but not as famous as White Rock Valley. It was
laid out in May, 1877, by J. 0. & A. J. Godding, J. Fogle and C. Green,
and has become a village of over 200 population. The first store in Omio
was opened.in July, 1877, by G. A. Boal. The schools are in good condition.
The Baptists organized in 1877 and the Methodists in 1880. A branch so-
ciety of the Independent Order of Good Templars was instituted by E. Crew.
G. W. 8. of Kansas, in December, 1878. The society has about forty mem-
bers, and is dois good work. The present officers are: R. W. Turner, W.
©. T.; Mrs. S. P. Morse, W. V. T.; J. M. Althouse, P. W. C. T.; W. G.
Barge, W. M.; H. J. White, Chaplain; Mrs. S. S. Vaughn, W. R. S.; H.
McClann, W. F. S.; Mrs. J. Andrews, W. T.; C. Fogle, L. D.; S. P. Morse,
I. G.; T. Low, 0. G.; Mrs. Mary Althouse. R. H. S.; E. Turner, L. H. S.;
and T. Surtevant, W. D. M. ;

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

\

B. F, DOW, merchant, was born in the State of Maine, January 13, 1845. Removed to
Wisconsin in November, 1853. Enlisted in the Union army February 22, 1864, in Company
K, Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry; discharged June 26, 1866. “After he returned to Wisconsin,

_came to Jewell County, Kan., in September, 1¢71, and took a homestead. Engaged in mer-
chandising in the town of Omio, February 11, 1879. Built a stone store building, 20x40 feet,
in 1880, and 1s now carrying a stock of general merchandise. Was married in Chilton,
Wisconsin, on the 7th day af tine, 1870.

R. G. PATTERSON, merchant and stock-dealer, was born in the North of Ireland,
September 25, 1845. Came to America with his father in 1848, and located in Sauk County,
Wis. Came to Jewell County, Kan., in 1871, and took a homestead two miles east of Omio,
where he now lives. Engaged in general merchandising in Omio in 1878, and built his store
building the same year. Deals in stock, and keeps 400 head of cattle, 825 head of sheep, 25
head of horses, and is the owner of 960 acres of land. Mr. Patterson is a self-made man, as
he was compelled to make his own start in the world, by his own individual efforts. Was
married in Milwaukee, Wis., October 18, 1867, to Miss Mary J. McMurray, They have three
SU dese, born November 16, 1871; Edward, born April 4, 1873; Liddie, September

i F

. CHARLES 8S. VAUGHN, editor, was born in Medina, Ohio, September 18, 1815. He
received an academic education in his native town. In the spring of 1863 he joined Battery
F, Fourteenth New York Artillery. Was in the army of the Potomac under Burnside. He
was captured at the battle of Weldon Railroad, and confined as a prisoner of war for four
months at Pemberton, Libby and Belleville prisons. He was recaptured at Fort Steadman,
but was held only six days. After the war he engaged in the stock business in Wisconsin.
In 1873 came West and homesteaded in Jewell County, and in August, 1881, in conjunction
with his brother, established the Western Advocate at Omio, a small town and without rail-
road communication, but the paper in size and matter would seem to come from a large
railroad city. They are dererving of great credit for their ably conducted journal. —

_S. F. VAUGHN, brother of C. S. Vaughn, was born in Calumet County, Wis., in 1854.
With a limited common school education, he commenced the printing business, an excellent
School, at the age of fourteen. Established the Black Creek (Wis.) Journal in 1877, and the
Northern Wisconsin News in 1879. Came West in August, 1881, and with his brother
established the Western Advocate at Omio.

OTHER STATIONS.

Holmwood, situated on the White Rock, eight miles north of Mankato
and five miles east of Burr Oak, isa young and flourishing town, but was

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unfortunate when the Central Branch Railroad went to Burr Oak, only five
miles west on the same stream. But, surrounded by a fertile and well-set-
tled district, the town has continued to grow, yet more slowly than before.
If there is ever a railroad built across the county, from cast to west, it will
be likely to pass up the valley of the White Rock. The schools are pros-
erous, and there are two religious denominations here—the Baptist and
ethodist. i
Rubens, three miles east of Holmwood, and Ionia, on Limestone Creek,
are towns similar in size and location to Holmwood and Omio. Being
without railroad communication, these towns are not making many sub-
stantial improvements, yet are enjoying a fair local trade in general mer-
chandise and farm machinery.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—1oniA TOWNSHIP.

J. E.andJ.C. BAGGOTT, farmers, P. O. Ionia. J. E. was born in Bradford, Pennsylva-
nia, June 29, 1852. Came to Doniphan County, Kan., in 1869, and to Jewell County in 1873,
and took a homestead ten miles southwest of Mankato, and the three Baggott brothers own
1,080 acres of land. J. C. was born in Pennsylvania, May 28, 1855. Came to Kansas at the
same time his brother, J. E., came. The brothers have made most of their money by their
angen efforts, and are bound to be among the rich men of Western Kansas.

ILLIAM BARNETT, farmer, P. O. Ionia, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., July 8,
1824, Removed to Vermillion County, Ill. Came to Jewell County, Kan., in 1871, and took
a homestead, and is now the owner of 320 acres of land. Held the office of School Treasurer
for nine years last past. Was married in Vermillion County, Ill., September 17, 1851, to
Miss A. J. Walston, now deceased. Was married a second time in Edwards County, Ill., in
December, 1856, to Miss Nancy Barnett. He is the father of four children—Susan J., Robert,
Martha E. and Lolie. Mr. Barnett is one of Jewell County's best and most respected citizens,
and has done much toward the up-building of the county. oS

FRED BEELER, stockdealer and farmer, P. O. Ionia, was born in Linn County, Iowa,
January 15, 1844. He came to Jewell County, Kan., in April, 1870, and pre-empted and
took a homestead sixteen miles southwest of Mankato. He is now the owner of 8U0 acres
of land, and keeps 500 head of cattle, 725 hogs and 20 head of horses. He is also Director
of the First National Bank of Cawker City, in Mitchell County. When Mr. Beeler settled
in Jewell County it was necessary to watch as well as pray, as the settlers had to contend
with the Indians. On the 9th of May, 1870, three men were killed at Glenelder, in the Sol-
omon Valley. After this, Mr. Beeler, as foreman of the settlers, built the first successful
stockade ever built on the Solomon River. Mr, Beeler richly deserves the large fortune he
has accumulated since he settled in Jewell County. He was married in Jewell County,
October 18, 1878, to Miss Eliza Scott; they have two children—Fred, born October 4, 1879,
and Ella, born October 14, 1882. ,

HERMAN COLSON, postmaster of Ionia, Kansas, was born in North Abington, Mass.,
March 5, 1849. Moved to New Jersey, thence to West Virginia, thence to Jewell County,
Kan., in 1873, and took a homestead sixteen miles southwest of Mankato. Was appointed
postmaster, July 13, 1878. In April, 1882, he was succeeded by B. F. Pound for two months,
when Mr. Colson was again appointed, and still holds the office. He has held the office of
Township Treasurer for four years, and was Clerée of the school board for the same length
of time, and is Treasurer of the Limestone Agricultural Association. He is a Mason, and
was married in Beloit in February, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth E. Ely. They have two children
—Ernest E. and Dice.

E. R. HOAG, farmer and stock-dealer, P_O. Ionia, was born in Peoria County, IIL,
December 26, 1844. Came to Jackson County, Kan., and to Jewell County in the fall of
1871, where he took a homestead eleven miles southwest of Mankato, and is now the owner of
320 acres of land, and feeds 200 head of cattle. In July, 1861, he enlisted in the United
States army, in Company A, Illinois Second Light Artillery. Discharged October 4, 1864.
Was married April 22, 1869, in Tazewell County, Il., to Miss Catherine Anderson. They
have four children—Winter, Emita, Mary and Clay B. :

F. L. POUND, merchant, Ionia, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., May 15, 1844.
Removed to La Salle County, Ill., in 1860. Enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and
Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry in August, 1862; was discharged in June, 1865, when he
returned to Odell, Ill. He came to Jewell County, Kan , in 1870, and.took a homestead nine
miles from Mankato. Is now doing business in Ionia, in same county, in a room 34x50 feet,
two stories high, built in 1882. Held office of Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. Isa
member of the Odd Fellows’ fraternity. He was married in Illinois in 1868, to Miss Susan
M. Downing, of Lyman, Mass., now deceased. His second marriage was to Miss Libbie
Winslow, of Pontiac, ll., February 8, 1874. He is the father of three children—Florence B.,
Ora and Lottie.

ROBERT WILDMAN, P. O. Ionia, was born in Ireland, February 25, 1848. Came to.
America in 1850, and located in Kankakee County, Ill. Came to Solomon City, Kan., and
to Jewell County in February, 1870, and took a homestead eighteen miles southwest of
Mankato, and is now the owner of the same. He and his brother are the owners of 200
head of hogs, and from 80 to 100 head of cattle. When Mr. Wildman settled in Jewell
County, he was compelled to work out by the month, herding cattle, etc., until he got a
start in the world, so it is plain to be seen that a man can flourish and make money in this
county if he will but put forth the effort. He isa member of the A.0.U. W. He was
married in Jewell County, Kan., October 28, 1875, to Miss Emma C. Davis. They have
ae children—Blanche, Lee and Bert E. Mr. Wildman has held the office of Township

easurer,

MISCELLANEOUS BIOGRAPHIES.

ALBERT CHANDLER, P. O. Cawker City, isa nating of the State of Mainc, having
been born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, in said State, in the year 1841. Young (handler
and his parents came to Kansas in 1856. and located in Brown County, near Hiawatha. The
subject of this notice was a soldier in Company C, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, for four years
and one month. After the war he was, until 1871, a practical farmer of Brown County; in
that year he moved to Irving Township, Jewell County, where he now resides and culti-
vates a farm of 600 acres in Sections 8 and 17, in Town 5, Range 10. Mr. Chandler and Miss
Lizzie Englehart were married in January, 1866, in Hiawatha, Kan.

D. H. DILLON, merchant, P.O. North Branch, was born in Keokuk County, Iowa,
October 12, 1846. Enlisted in the United States army, im Company A, Forty-eighth Iowa
Volunteer Infantry. Came to Jewell County, Kan., in 1878, and took a homestead ten mules
northwest of Burr Oak, in Walnut Township. In the spring of 1878 Mr. Dillon established
himself in business, carrying a genet stock of goods. He built a building in 1882, 22x40
feet, and has the same well filled with goods. He was appointed postmaster in May, 1878,
and named the office North Branch. With Malen Lamb, he has laid out a town, which they
called after the postoffice. He was married in Warren County, Iowa, April 30, 1866, to Miss
Emma Folger.

T. B. JOHNS, farmer, P. O. Athens, was born in Galena, Ill,, April 8, 1841. In 1861
he went to California, and back to Nevada in 1862; thence to Utah; thence to Idaho; thence
to British Columbia; thence to Oregon; thence to Montana; thence to Wyoming; thence
back to Utah; thence to Prescott, Arizona, back to Nevada, and again back to Jlinois;
thence to Queenstown, Ireland, and back to the United States, settling at Abilene, Kan., in
1871. Came to Jewell County in October, 1871, and is now the owner of 240 acres of land.
Mr. Johns has been an extensive traveler, but becoming tired of traveling has for the past
eleven years lived in Jewell County, and_has found the soil of Kansas productive. Has
held the office of Township Trustee. Was married in February, 1872, in Jewell County.
to Miss Claire Farren; they have four children—Thomas C., Richard 8., Carrie, and
Franklin.

ISAAC JOHNSON, farmer, Section 10, Township 5, Range 6, P. O. Randall Station,
came to Kansas in April, 1870, and located on his farm, in Allen Township, Jewell County,
where he has resided since. He is a member of the Church of the United Brethren. He

articipated in the last war as a member of Company A, Ninety-second Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted in Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio, July 25, 1862, and was
discharged at Washington, D. C., June 29, 1865. He took part in the battles of Hoover’s
Gap, Tenn., and Chickamauga,where he was severely wounded through the arm and shoul-
der, from which he suffers to-day. Mr. Johnson was born in Perry County, Ohio, December
974

30, 1829, and lived in his native State until his forty-second year, when he removed to Guthrie
County, Iowa, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was married in Morgan County,

Ohio, in 1848, to Miss Ellender Teeter, a native of Ohio. They have four children living—.

Samuel Emmet (married to Miss Lizzie Cox, a native of Indiana), and G. William (a resident
of Robinson Township; married to Miss Tavey Hachett, a native of Christie County, Tl.); Ida
and Auwilda, Mr. Johnson has a bottom farm of eighty acres, mostly in cultivation. There
is a peach orchard on the ete which contains 600 young and thrifty trees. The water supply
is good, there being a good well on the premises, and Buffalo Creek flows almost through the
centre of the farm. The improvements consist of a small stone house, stock stable, stone
corn-crib, etc. He had forty-five acres in corn in the season of 1882, which averaged twenty
bushels to theacre, and five acres in millet which yielded two tons to the acre. :
ISAAC NEES. farmer, of Brown’s Creek Township, P. O. Jewell City, was born in
Venango County, Pa. Removed to Warren County, Il]. Came to Jewell County, Kan., in
1871, and took a homestead twelve miles southwest of Mankato, and is now the owner of

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

560 acres of land; keeps eighty head of cattle and fifty head of hogs. Mr. Nees’ farm is
one of the best in Jewell County, and may be called the model farm o said county, He has
each forty acres-fenced with hedge, and has splendid improvements, Is a member of the
Odd Fellows fraternity. He was. married, November 20, 1864, near Havana, Ill., to Miss
Sarah A, Edkins, and is the father of ten children. ; : ;

J. A.WHITE, farmer, of Brown’s Creek Township, P. O. Jewell City, was born in Carroll
County, Ohio, March 30, 1838. Removed to Missouri; thence to Iowa. Came to Jewell
County in 1852, and took a homestead twelve miles southwest of Mankato, He enlisted in
the United States army, in Company A, Thirty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry, July 6,

1862, and was dischar, ed, by reason of expiration of term of enlistment, July 8, 1865, in
Davenport, Iowa, He % now the owner of 160 acres of land, and keeps thirty-five head of
cattle and about that number of hogs.. He was married in Morgan County, Ohio, March 27;
1838, to Miss Nancy E. Ellis. He is the father of nine children—Basil H., Lydia, Willie,

Wilton, Thompson, Lucy, Mary, Charles and Clara.

VPOTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.

NATURAL FEATURES.

OTTAWATOMIE County, formerly embraced within the limits of

Riley, was organized by the Territorial Legislature of 1857. Its
northern and southern boundaries were the same as at present, while its
western boundary was the guide meridian, about five miles east of Manhattan,
and its eastern boundary about five miles east of its present one. It is now
bounded on the north by Marshall and Nemaha cotinties, on the east by
a and preg on
the south by the Kansas
River, on the west by the M AR DB HH A OL
Big Blue; having natural RVI RVI
boundaries on the south
and west. Its area is about
850 square miles, and its
present territory is em-
braced within Ranges 7, 8,
9, 10, 11 and 12, and with-
in Towns 6, 7, 8,9 and 10.
Its northern boundary is
on the line dividing Towns
5 and 6; its eastern, on
the section line in Range
12, that is one mile west of
the line dividing Ranges
11 and 12; its southern
and western boundaries
are very irregular. It lies
in the second tier of coun-
ties from the Nebraska
line, and between it and
the Missouri River are the
counties of Jackson, Jef-
ferson, Atchison, Leaven-
worth and Wyandotte. It
is the most accessible coun-
ty west from the state
capital. The county has
quite a varied physical ap- &
pearance, of bottom, bluff 7
and upland; the bottom a
land is 25 per cent; up-
land, 75 per cent; forest, MANHATTAN
5 per cent; prairie, 95 per C
cent. The average width ‘ O
of its creek bottoms is one
mile; of the bottoms on
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and some of the varieties of its limestone are very beautiful in appearance.
In the eastern portion of the county good coal has been found, though it is
not known to exist in considerable quantities. The taxable and cultivated
acres have largely increased in the last half decade, and the whole number of
acres in the county is about 543,000. Good springs are numerous, and well
water is readily obtained at an average depth of twenty-five feet.
Water Courses.—The Big Blue touches the county at its northwest
corner, separating it from Riley County; starting in a southwesterly direc-
tion, i ioe west point
is reached at about the line
CG 0 NE M AHA G0 separating Towns 7 and 8,
RX RXI from thence the course is
southeasterly to its mouth
at Manhattan. Its north-
western tributaries are
Spring Creek with eastern
branches, and the Four
Mile as a western branch;
the Shannon, Carnahan, _
McIntire, Cedar and Elbow
creeks. The Kansas River
forms the southern bound-
ary of the county, its
principal tributary in the
county being the Red Ver-
million, which has _ its
source in Nemaha County,
enters Pottawatomie from
the northeast, runs south-
westerly, and empties into
the Kansas in Bellevue
Township. Its tributaries
from the west are French
and Mill creeks. Others
are Coal, Indian, Adam,
Rock Bush, Darnell, Cross
Clear and Pleasant Run
creeks. The county, with
its water boundary south
and west, and the numer-
ous creeks running through
every portion, is second to
none in the State in its
water supply,
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southwest corner of the Blue Valley Township...... -| .--- | 681 || Saint Mary Township, including Saint Bertrand, now the wife of
county there is a small, Center Township........-.- a), pee 509 ‘Mary’s City.-.-.-----------2---------/ 1,205 | 1,418 9 Dy. R. Palmer, Zoa
beautiful, fertile peninsula, Clear Creek Township.-.-..-- =| eee 657 Shannon Township. ... 812 "921 ‘ : my Wil
fate ‘Gok the Big Emmet Township ......---.-- en 522 || Union Township... eee 634 Durcharm, now Mrs. Wil-
situated between the Big’ Greene Township all osc 504 || Vienna Townshi 1,288 336 son, were the earliest set-
Blue and Kansas Rivers, Lincoln Township -- - Mh esta 459 || Wamego Township ..-. | 1.788  tlers of what is now Potta-
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Kansas some of the most
beautiful scenery, made
up of the fertile vales and picturesques bluffs of Riley County. Its timber
belts are quite extensive, and their rae width is a quarter of a mile, and
the varieties are such as are common in the adjoining counties.
Gebdlogy.—There is a great variety of elements in its soil, which makes
it a leading county in Kansas for the raising of grain and of stock, in which
production it takes high rank, Of building stone, there are large quantities,

Such information appears in the historical sketch below.

("The Census Report of Pottawatomie County gives no information as to changes or creation of-new townships.

on the land where now
stands Louisville, and here
: ; he erected tite first house
in the county outside the Pottawatomie reserve. It was used as a hotel
for many years. Judge Huggins and Dr. Sabin erected the first flouring
mill that was run in the County, in 1856. The first white child born in
the county was Frank X. Palmer, son of Dr. Luther R. and Mrs. Helen L.

Palmer. Luke Lea, of Mississippi, was the first Indian Agent. stationed at
St. Mary’s.
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.

War Record.—In the early Kansas struggles, and during the late re-
bellion, the record of the county is such that satifies her most patriotic sons
and daughters. Her people; ever true to freedom and to a true nationality,
furnished a full quota of volunteers, and their deeds of valor and heroism
will be sacredly A and faithfully preserved in the annals of Pottawa-
tomie County. . The history of the people, whose homes are in this county,
is a history that is in no sense tame, in any of its particnlars. Having an
aboriginal class within its borders, in the long ago; and hence a people of
remarkable energy and force of character, standing related to them; having
a population, coming from nearly all quarters of the globe, different nations
with differing religions, have settled upon its soil to solve the problem of a
homogeneity, where in no other land but that of New Kansas, could there
be so successful a solution. The Indian, the African, the Caucasian; the
Catholic, the Protestant, the Free Religionist, the Yankee, the Buckeye, the
Sucker. the Hawkeye, the Southron, the Celt, the Frenchman, the Swede, the
German, the Dane, the Britain, all these have homes on these expansive
prairies, and here alike remembering their devotion to fatherland, con-
secrate their all to the perpetuity of American liberty.

Educational Progress.—Samuel W. Greer, Territorial Superintendent
of Public Instruction, January 4, 1860, submitted a report to the Legislature,
in which Pottawatomie County is reported as having six organized school
districts, five of which had employed teachers; $9 had been raised to build
schoolhouses; $30 had been raised by private subscription for teachers’
wages. ‘There were 182 persons of school age.

J. S. Mitchell, County Superintendent, in his report for 1882, states:
The children of school age are—males, 2,927; females, 2,765; total, 5,692.
The number of school buildings, 98; of school rooms, 106. There are ninety-
eight school districts. There are four joint districts with Nemaha, three with
Jackson, and three with Riley. During the year 1882, the superintendent
has made 120 school visitations; has organized two school wustricts, and
since October 1, 1881, there has been an examination of 203 teachers. The
estimated value of school property is $80,735. There was $8,505 of school-
house bonds issued during the year. The present bonded indebtedness is
$17,455. The certificates granted were of first grade, seven; second, sixty-
seven; third, fifty-seven. About 80 per cent of the school children were
enrolled in the school during the year, while the average daily attendance
is but 55 per cent of the enrollment. During the year, eight new school
buildings were erected and finished, and five new ones are in progress. The
tax levy for all school purposes is 9.2 mills. :

Taxable Wealth of the Cownty.—Pottawatomie County is year by year
increasing its visible wealth. -Hundreds of men went to it in the neighbor-
hood of two decades ago, with scarcely any thing of this world’s a who
to-day can count their lands, their cattle, and their varied personal property,
in the aggregate reaching tens of thousands of dollars. Comparisons of as-
sessments made in the early part of three decades, show the marked
increase of property through the years. In 1861 the assessment was $324, -
436. In 1871 it was $2,510,821, and in 1882 it was $38,854,712.05. The
value of the lands was $2,112,552; of personal property, $977,826; the
railroad assessment, $427,548.05; the town lots stand, $336,786.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION,

The county takes its name from the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians,
whose reservation at the opening of Kansas Territory for settlement, and for
years afterwards embraced a large portion of the lands of the county. In
the latter part of the year, 1856, a petition drawn by Dr. Luther R. Palmer,
the Government physician at St. Mary’s Mission, and signed by himself and
a few other settlers, was addressed to the Legislature, asking for the organ-
ization of a new county to be named Pottawatomie, Charles Jenkins and

_J. A. J. Chapman-being appointed to present the petition to the Legislature.

_ The petition was granted, and on the 23d of February, 1857, Governor
Geary appointed Robert Wilson, Probate Judge; George W. Gillespie and
Charles Jenkins, County Commissioners, and J. L. Wilson, Sheriff. The
first Commissioners’ Court convened at St. George, March 21, 1857, Judge
Wilson, Chairman, ex-officio, and appointed L. R. Palmer, County Clerk;
Josiah D. Adams, Treasurer; J. A. J. Chapman, Surveyor, and W. L.
Seymour, Coroner. April 20, 1857, the Board of Commissioners appointed
James 8. Gillespie, County Assessor, and divided the county into the four
townships of Pottawatomie, St. George, Blue and Shannon.

August 17, 1857, Jacob Emmons was the Probate Judge and Clerk of
the Commissioners’ Court, and on September 21, two municipal townships
were formed, named Vienna and Louisville. At the meetings appointed for
October 19, November 16, December 21, 1857, and January 18, 1858, there was
no quorum present. February 21, 1858, Thomias R. Points was appetiad
Commissioner, and on March 15, William C. Dyer was appointed Sheriff.
Judge Emmons performed the double functions of Chairman and Clerk of
the Board, as may be seen in an order, of which the following is a copy:

ORDER No. 1.,

Treasurer of the County of Pottawatomie: Pay to Jacob Emmons, or order, the sum of
$82.85 out of any money in the treasury eporopsated for county expenses. Given at Saint

this 16th day of March, A. D. 1858. By order of the County Commissioners.
i a 7 : JACOB EmMons, President of the Board.

Jacosp Emmons, Clerk for Pottawatomie County, Kan. Ter.

January 17, 1859, at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the town-
ships were represented as follows: Vienna, A. K. Johnson; Louisville, L.
R. Palmer; St. George, John Blood; Pottawatomie, A. Cornell; Blue, Morde-
cai Cockrell; Shannon, Thomas Pierce. A. G. Rowell, was Clerk: A. Bart-
lett, County Attorney; Jacob Emmons, County Surveyor and Acting County
Treasurer. Ata meeting of the Commissioners’ Court, held April 2, 1860,
the members were L. B. Palmer, Chairman: L. W. Crowl, Joseph H.
Cornell. . April 5, John L. Wilson was appointed Probate Judge, and E. M.
Squires, Superintendent of Public Instruction, July,2, 1860, the county

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was divided into Commissioner’s districts. Louisville and Vienna were the
first; St. George and Blue, the second; Pottawatomie and Shannon town-
ships, the third,

October 2. 1860, Joseph D. Patterson was clerk of the United States
District Court, and the proportion of the court expenses for Pottawatomie
County was $587.70. July, 1, 1861, Uriah Cook was appointed County
Treasurer; October 11, S. Cooper, Sheriff; October 22, aie L. Wilson,
County Commissioner, and Isaac Walker, County Assessor. April 7, 1862,
the board consisted of C. C. Foot, Chairman; L. W. Crowl, and Jacob Van
Brunt; John N. Liserbocker was County Treasurer. October 8, A. Benton
was appointed Superintendent of Public Instruction. The last term of the
Commissioners’ Court, held at St. George, was November 7, 1862; the first
term at Louisville, January 5, 1868; the first at Westmoreland, in October,
1882. January 5, 1863, Asa P. Smith entered upon the duties of the office
of County Clerk, and remained as such until his death. He was suceeeded
by Henry P. Smith, who has since held the office and whose term expires in
January, 1884. ;

In the struggle for county-seat location, the aspirants in 1861 were St..
George, Louisville and Mount Union. Louisville finally triumphed by a
majority of twelve.

A plain two-story frame building was erected for court house purposes
at Louisville, and was occupied until the departure of the county officers for
Westmoreland, in September, 1882; the election held September 19, 1882,
determining its location there. The last contest was between Westmoreland
and Wamego, and the former place had a majority of 350 votes. County
Clerk Smith, by order of the Board, advertised for bids for the lot and build-
ing, to be received on or before January 1, 1883. ;

The Town Company at Westmoreland have erected a neat and com-
modious frame building of two stories for court house uses. The Methodist
Episcopal Church Hailing for several weeks was occupied by most of the .
ae officers. The jail at Louisville is a small stone building, 12x16, hav-
ing a limited capacity for holding criminals. During the years of 1865 and
1866, the county paid to Douglas County for the use of their jail $226.
There has been a good deal of friction over county-seat matters in Pottawat-
omie County, and a suit in 1882 is pending over the permanent location of
the county seat of Westmoreland, growing out at an alleged fraudulent can-
vass of the votes that were cast at the election for county seat, on the 23rd of
September, 1879, when Louisville, Wamego, Laclede and Westmoreland
were the candidates, Wamego and Westmoreland standing as the two highest
from the available returns.

Municipal Township.—The county in 1882 is divided into twenty-one
municipal townships. They are named Blue Valley, Shannon, Clear Creek,
Rock Creek, Sherman, Lone Tree, Mill Creek, Vienna, Lincoln, St. Clere,
Emmet, Center, Union, Pottawatomie, Greene, Blue, St. George, Louisville,
Wamego, Belvue and St. Mary’s. Shannon will probably be divided in.
January, 1883, as petitions are on file at present writing in the County
Clerk’s office, from the citizens of the northern and southern portions of the
township to that effect. Shannon has two voting precincts, north and south:
Blue Valley has north, south, and Olesburg; Greene has Carnahan and Gar-
rison; Blue, north and south: Mill Creek, Onaga, and Havensville. Thus
there are twenty-seven voting precincts in the county. The population of
the towns and villages in 1880 was as follows: Havenville, 180; Onaga, 242;
Butler, 48: Garrison, 145; St. George, 206; Belvue, 100; St. Mary’s, 884; St.
Clere, 22; Laclede, 32; Louisville, 483. Wamego is included with the popu-
lation of the township of the same name. The area of the township in
square miles, their population in 1875 and in 1880 with their gain are
presented in the following table:

 

Gain in five
years.

Area in sq.

Population
miles. | i 7

in 1875.

Population

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Mill Creek.
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Rock Creek -
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St. Clere
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Population of 1870, 7,848; of 1860,1,529.
POLITICAL STATUS OF THE COUNTY.

St. Mary’s, Rock Creek and Big Blue are known as the early voting
recincts of what is now Pottawatomie County, and of the members in the
Post Territorial Legislature of 1855, H. D. McMeekin, now proprietor of the
Merritt House at Wamego, then a member from Leavenworth County, is one
of the surviving ones. At Pawnee, July 6, 1855, he introduced the resolu-
tion which carried an adjournment of the body to Shawnee Manual Labor
School. In April, 1857, the census of Pottawatomie County showed 205
votes; apopulation of 641. In the Territorial Legislature, elected October 5,

*Sherman and St. Clere townships have been formed since 1880; their separate areas are
given, but the population includes the o/d and new townships in one.
976

1857, Benjamin Harding and Andrew J. Mead were elected Councilmen from
the district of which Pottawatomie was a part; Abraham Barry and Charles
Jenkins were elected to the House from Riley and Pottawatomie. This
a gave for Territorial delegate, M. J. Parrott, 148; E. Ransom, 16
votes.

January 14, 1858, on a vote on the Lecompton Constitution, the county
gave two votes for it; 207 against it. March 9, 1858, J. D. Adams and Uriah
Gook were elected from the county as delegates to the Leavenworth Consti-
tutional Convention. October 4, 1858, Thomas R. Points was elected as the
representative to the Territorial Legislature from this county.

March 28, 1859, on a vote for or against a Constitutional Convention,
the county gave sixty-six votes for, twenty-nine against. Dr. Luther R.
Palmer was elected as delegate to the Wyandotte Convention, having received
seventy-three votes; Uriah Cook, sixty-nine. October 4, 1859, on a vote on
the adoption of the constitution, submitted at the Wyandotte Convention,
the vote of this county was ninety-three for; sixty-eight against. At the
election, November 8, 1859, for a Territorial Legislature, Dr. L. R. Palmer
was elected a member of the Territorial Council, and Amasa Bartlett, of this
county, a member of the House. December 6, 1859, at an election held under
the provisions of the Wyandotte Constitution, the average Republican
majority of this county was one hundred.

Samuel D. Houston received 103 majority from this county for State
Senator in the district composed of this county and Riley; Ambrose W.
Mussey, of St. George, was elected Representative. Jacob Safford, though
elected Judge of the judicial district, in which this county was a part, re-
ceived no votes from this county; thirty-one having been cast for J. R.
McClure; 120 for R. L. Wilson. November 6, 1860, Charles B. Lines, of
Wabaunsee, was elected as a member of the Territorial House, from Potta-
watomie and Wabaunsee counties. November 5, 1861, Welcome Wells and
QO. J. Grover were elected as Representatives from this county to the State
Legislature. The district was composed also of Riley and Clay counties,
a the other members were I. T. Goodway and Daviess Wilson from the

istrict.

The apportionment made by the Legislature of 1862, put Pottawatomic
and Jackson in one Senatorial district, and they still remain as one district.
The representation in the State Senate for this county is reported in the
history of Jackson County. In the House of Representatives, the county
has been represented since 1862 as follows: 1863, S. V. Lee; 1864, O. J.
Grover; 1865, Russell Church; 1866, Henry P. Smith; 1867 and 1868, R. W.
Jenkins; 1869, P. Y. Baker; 1870, John H. Clark; 1871, H.C. Linn; on and
after 1872, the county has had two representatives. From 1872 to 1877,
the districts were numbered 13 and 14; from 1877 to 1883, they were 68 and
69; they are now 56 and 57.

The representatives from the county since it has had two, are as
follows: 1872, J. C. Lightcap, Welcome Wells; 1878, R. A. Guffy, Welcome
‘Wells; 1874, O. J. Grover, James H. Shehi; 1875, J. 8. Codding, P. Marvel;
1876, Theodore Saxon, W. R. Benton; 1877, James S. Merritt, Thomas
Huey; 1879, L. C. Prunty, Elijah Walker; 1881, C. N. Points, H. F.
Robbins; 1883, O. J. Grover, A. C. Merritt. Since Kansas has been a
State, the Judges of the District Conrt, who have presided at the temple of
justice in Pottawatomie County, are Jacob Safford, Charles K. Gilchrist and
John T. Morton. At the Presidental election of 1864, Pottawatomie County

ave Lincoln, 213; McClellan, 35 votes. In 1872, Grant had 1,307; Greeley,
92 votes. In 1880, Garfield had 2,139; Hancock, 1,179; Weaver, 224 votes.

LOUISVILLE.

This place was pre-empted by Robert Wilson, who built a log cabin on
Rock Creek—since called Brush Creek—at the military crossing, where he
kept a frontier hotel for several years. He and his sons, James and Louis,
were the earliest settlers in this region. The town was located on the south-
east quarter of Section 20, and the southwest quarter of Section 19, Town-
ship 9, Range 10, and it was named after Louis Wilson. It was recorded as
a town site with the above description, January 15, 1857. It lies on both
sides of Rock Creek, quite the larger portion north of it. It is a very pleas-
ant locality. There are medicinal springs near the town. A most interest-
ing old settlers’ reunion and basket dinner was held at Taylors’ grove, near
Louisville, June 4, 1879, L. R. Palmer, presiding. July 10, 1880, a
soldiers’ and sailors’ reunion was held at Louisville, an enrollment providing
for all who have served their country, cither ux National or State troops. J,
R. Baker, of Westmoreland, was President; J.S8. Mitchell, Sceretary: J.J.
Iostutler, Treasurer; with Vice presidents from the municipal townships.

The Congregationalists and Methodists of this town have well established
church organizations and good church buildings. Rey. Mr, St. John is
pastor of the Congregational, and Rey. Mr. Brown of the Methodist. Epis-
copal Church.

The I. 0. O. F., Rose Lodge, No. 122, was instituted al Westmore-
land, December 15, 1874; its officers were ax follows: M.S. HL. King, N. G.;
R. P. Atwood, V. G.; W. K. Merritt, Secretary; J. 8S. Codding, Permanent
Secretary; Charles Zable, Treasurer; J. (. McBride, Warden; C. A. Skene,
Conductor; John Sebring, R. 5. to N. G.

“The lodge was moved to Louisville, March 22, 1879. During the
summer of 1881, it built a new stone hall, 25x65 feet, costing nearly $2,000.
Its officers for 1882 are as follows: L. G. Beal, N. G.; R. $. Hick, V. G.:
John M. Cotton, Secretary; John A. Beal, Permanent Secretary; A. C.
Merritt, Treasurer; David Hilderly, R. 8. to N. G.; E. T. Baker, L. S. to
N. G.; J. S. Mitchell, R. 8. to V. G.; George Parry, L. 8. to V. G.; RB. J.
Hodgson, Warden; G. R. Anderson, Conductor; Abe Giltner, I. G.; E. D,
Anderson, 0. G.; A. H. Brill, Chaplain.

This lodge has a membership of about seventy-five. Its meetings are
held on Saturday evening, and visiting brothers are always welcome. This
is the most prosperous secret organization in the county.

of age.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Press History.—July 17, 1867, A. Sellers started the Pottawatomie
Gazette at, Louisville, which was the first one in the county. Patrick Mc-
Closkey, in February, 1868, bought a half interest in it; on July 5, 1869, he
obtained the other half from Mr. Sellers, and in 1870 it became the Kansas
Reporter. This paper became the property of a joint stock company, and
W. H. Powell was its editor. E. Barnes succeeded Mr. Powell, and in the
summer of 1876, he disposed of his interest to Messrs. Hick & Reed, and
they published it until April, 1878. Sylvester Fowler then took possession
of it as editor, and continued until January, 1879. Hick and Reed ran it
until July 1, 1879, when H. G. Evans edited it until July 1, 1880. In March,
1880, Reed bought Hick’s interest, and on July 1, 1880, Reed took charge of
it as editor and proprietor, with John M. Cotton as assistant editor. Octo-
ber 23, 1881, the paper was sold to a joint stock company and was moved to
Wamego. Mr. Cotton went there as editor and remained three weeks. The
paper was then sold to S. Fowler, and in February, 1882, Mr. Fowler sold
it to Charles E. Chandler and J. L. Browne. There. were twelve share-
holders in the joint stock concern. Cotton and Anderson sold out their
shares, and Mr. Fowler, who had bought the Wamego Tribune of W. P.
Campbell, sold to Cotton & Anderson, and they established the Louisville
Republican, November 24, 1881. W. T. Anderson had printed the St.
Mary’s Hapress. Messrs. Cotton & Anderson are the present editors and
proprictors of the Republican,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

S. P. BARRETT, farmer, P. O, Louisville, was born in Barbour County, Va. (now West
eee August 22, 1840. When a boy, he moved with his parents to Indiana County, Pa.
He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company K of the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. Returned to Pennsylvania,
and in 1872 moved to Powesheik County, Iowa. In December, 1873, he came to Kansas,
settling on a farm in Louisville Township, Pottawatomie County, where he still lives. He
is engaged in grain, stock and farming. Was married in Indiana County, Pa., December
25, 1866, to Miss Anna Elkins. They have seven children—Charles, Henry E., William M.,
Arthur, Frank E., Elsie J. and George. .

JOSEPH A. BEAL, cashier of Banks was born in Peru, Ind., April 15, 1859. When a
child, his parents removed to Indianapolis, where they lived until our subject was six years
Then they moved on toa farm in the same county, but returned to the city at the
end of two years. Joseph attended the public schools of the city, and a course at a business
college. In the spring of 1868, he accompanied his parents to Kansas, they petting. at
Leavenworth, and in November of the same year. came to Pottawatomie County, settlin,
on a farm near Louisville. In 1875 he entered the office of J. K. Whims, register, an
worked there for a year. In March, 1876, he entered the office of M.S. & C.N. Beal,
bankers, He worked for them in the business and in various county offices until January, |
1, 1877, when he became accountant and cashier for the banking house of Beal Bros., where
we still find him. He is a member of the J. 0.0. F. Was married September 80, 1879, in
Pottawatomie County, to Miss Louise J. Immenschuh. They have one child—Mary Gertrude,
born August 29, 1881.

L. G. BEAL was born in Peru, Ind., March 19, 1857. When a child, his parents moved
to Indianapolis, and from thence to Kansas, in 1869 settling in Louisville. He is the resident
and managing agent for Beal Bros., bankers and abstractors. They have a complete set of
abstracts of title for all lands in Pottawatomie County; also, abstracts of the books of the
Clerk of the District Court and Treasurer. He is at present N. G. of Rose Lodge, No. 122,

. 0. O. F. He was. married December 25, 1879, at Louisville, to Miss Lizzie Bittmann. They
have one child—Bertha, born October 31, 1882. =

M. S. BEAL, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Switzerland County, Ind., March
7, 1848. He was educated at the Northwestern Christian University, Indianapolis, Ind. In
186¢ removed to Kansas, settling at Leavenworth, where he resided until 1868, when he
removed to Louisville. In 1872 he was elected Clerk of the District Court of Pottawatomie
County, and re-clected every succeeding year until 1882, when he declined a re-election. In-
connection with his brother, C. N. Beal, he began a set of abstracts of title to lands of
Pottawatomie County in 1873. Have also abstracts of the Treasurer’s and District Court
Clerk’s books. In 1875 they established a bank in Louisville, which they still conduct. Also
do a general land agency, loan and insurance business. He belongs to the Masonic Order,
also the I. 0. O. F. He was married July 21, 1869, at Louisville, Kan., to Miss M. E. McComas.
They have four children—Florrie M., C. Xavier, Merritt F. and Garnet.

ALMON BENTON, hardware, was born in Tioga County, N. Y., July 10, 1824. He
learned the carriage and wagon-making trade. In 1853, moved to Illinois, settling at Peca-
tonica, Winnebago County, and engaged at his trade for two years. He then bought » farm
in Ogle County, and was for several years a farmer. He sold his farm, moved to Wisconsin,
thence to Iowa, thence came to Kansas in June, 1858, settling in Oskaloosa, Jefferson
County. In November, 1860, he moved to Vienna Township, Pottawatomie County, on a
homestead, where he jived until 1869, when he moved into Louisville, and engaged in the
milling and hotel business; at the end of four year he gold out his interest in the mill to his
panne C. C. Foot, and continued his hotel and farming operations. In August, 1874, he

ought out H. Hopkin’s stock of hardware and implements, in which business he.continued
until February 1, 1883, at which time he sold out his store and stock to Mr. Charies E.
Tucker, of Jacksonville. Kan. Mr. Benton was married January 20, 1847, to Miss Betay F.
Lewis, daughter of Jeptha Lewis, of Chenango County, N. Y. They have had five children,
four boys and one girl, all married, except Otis L., who is in his seventeenth year, and liv-
ing with his parents and attending Washburn College at Topeka during school months.
One son, Lewis O., dicd March, 1882, at San Antonio, Texas, of consumption, after having
been married to Miss Sue Sabin one year and nine months. The two older boys are living
near the old homestead in Vienna, and deal largely in cattle and hogs. The daughter
marrried A, I. Case, a» prominent lawyer of Topeka, and is residing there. Mr. Benton isa
member of I. O. O. I, and both he and his wife have been members of the Congregational
Church since childhood.

CHARLES W. BITTMAN, merchant, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 9, 1840. He
was educated in the public schools of that city. In 1859, came to Kansas, locating at
Leavenworth. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, First Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
He was wounded at Wilson's Creek, receiving a minie ball through his right wrist, cuttin:
out one of the bones. ‘This ended his military history. He returned to Leavenworth, an
was cmployed as a clerk. In 1866, he took a train of merchandise, principally groceries, and
epenen with his partners, a commission house at Virginia City, Montana Territory, firm of

. R. Merk & Co. _ In 1867, came to Louisville from Montana, and opened a store of general
merchandise on his own account, and has been in business here since. He is a member of
the I. 0. 0. F. Was married, September 6, 1874. at Albion, Nebraska, to Miss S. H. Rice.
They have two children: Albert G., born October 6, 1875, and Lorin, born July 1, 1878.

A. H. BRILL, M. D., was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, January 21, 1885. He was
educated at an academy at Albany, Ohio, and began the study of medicine. He enlisted,
October a sl, in Company G of the Sixty-third Ohio, asa private Was promoted to the
rank of Second Lieutenant in November, 1864, and in the following month, to First
Lieutenant, in which capacity he commanded his company until the close of the war.
Returning to Ohio, he entered the P. M. Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating
in February, 1871. He settled at Plymouth, Ohio, and practiced until 1878, when he came
to Kansas, settling at Louisville, where he has been in constant practice since. He is a
Mason, and belongs to the I.0.0.F. He was married September 13, 1856, at Plymouth.
es to Miss Nancy E. Miller. They have four children—O. M., Ella, Charles M. and

JOHN F. CAILLOZ, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in France, March 10, 1817, In
1854 he came to America, settling in Cincinnati, where he worked at the brewing business
fora year. In 1855 he came with the colony from that city to Manhattan, but returned to
Topeka and lived in Shawnee County until 1859, when he came into Pottawatomie County,
scttling one mile East of Louisville, on the farm he now occupies. September 2, 1862, he
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.

enlisted in Company K of the Eleventh Kansas, and took part in all the battles of that
celebrated regiment. Served three years and returned to his farm, where he has since been
engaged in farming and stockratsing. He was married in France, September 1, 1838, to Miss
Margaret Minary. They have three children all grown. His only son, Frank, served three
rear sugars months in Company F of the Sixth Kansas, in the war for the suppression of

' the Rebellion.
JAMES B. CAMPBELL, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Bellaire, Belmont
County, Ohio, June 5, 1850, At the age of thirteen years lost his right arm by having it
crushed in a cane-mill. He was educated at Hopedale College, Harrison County, Ohio. In
1871 moved to Missouri and taught school in Shelby County. Returned to Ohio, finished his
college course, and was principal of Glencoe public graded schools until 1878, when he came
to Kansas, settling at St, Mary’s in Pottawatomie County. Was the principal of the
Bellevue schools one year; then he became Deputy Register of Deeds since 1879. In 1882
wis oe by the Democratic party for Clerk of the District Court. He is a member of the

R. M. CHILCOTT, son of Lieutenant E. Chilcott, was born in Livingston County, Il.,
July 16, 1857, from whence his parents emigrated to Kansas in_1869, settlin at Louisville.
He received a good common school education in the schools of Illinois and Kansas, and a
practical business education while in the newspaper business, and in the various county
offices of Pottawatomie County. In 1880, in connection with Mr. Nagle, Register of Deeds,
he commenced a set of abstracts of title of all lands of the county, which they have now fully
completed. They have also abstracted the books of the Treasurer, District Court and
ees aud e, and they are doing an extensive land and loan business. He is a member of
the .O.F.

WILLIAM CLARK, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio,
March 11, 1833. In 1844, his parents removed to Livingston County, Mo. In 1855 came to
Kansas, and for a time lived at Leavenworth, but was back and forth at times, until 1859,
when he settled permanently on a farm near Council Grove. In+183 he removed to his
farm in Pottawatomie County, near Louisville. He served in the Fourteenth Kansas as
Commissary Sergeant in the year 1864, taking part in repelling the Price and Indian inva-
sions of that year, In 1869. Mr. Davis appointed him Deputy Sheriff, and he was elected to
the office in 1871, and re-elected in 1873, serving six years in all. May 1, 1880, he bought an
interest in_a drug store, which was run under the name of Taylor & Co. for a short time,
when Mr. Clark bought his partner’s interest, and afterwards consolidated with the busi-
ness of J. Sabin, the business now being conducted under the firm name of J. Sabin & Co.
Mr. Clark has been twice married, first to Miss Mary A. Churchman, of Livingston County,
Mo., on the 6th of March, 1859. She bore him three children—George, Sarah Frances and
Flora J. Mrs. Clark died in March, 1865; and, January 14, 1877, he was again married at
Louisville, to Miss Lucinda A. Gann. They have from this marriage five children—Anna,
Ella, Belle, Jessie and Pearl.

ad. 8. CODDING, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Butler County, Ohio, October
18, 1886. When a lad, his parents removed to Will County, Il. In 1847 he entered an office
in Milwaukee and learned the printing business, remaining two years, when he returned to
Tllinois. In 1858 he came to Kansas, settling at Marysville, but in 1861 he returned to Cook
County, Ill., thence to Porter County, Ind., where he lived during the war. Again, in 1872,
he removed to Kansas, settling on a ranch ten miles northwest of Louisville. where he has
been engaped in farming and stockraising since. In 1874 he was elected to the Kansas

. House of Representatives for the county of Pottawatomie. He is the president of both the
State and Kansas Central Wool Growers’ Association, and has been from their organization.
He is an Odd Fellow and a good one too. Was married in Lockport, Ill., March 28, 1858, to
ae Bireet M. Case. They have four children—Julian K., George T.. John F. and

illie V.

THOMAS N. COONEY, farmer, P. O Louisville, was born in County Limerick,
Ireland, November 24, 1848. He landed at New York, February 28, 1855, and went to work
in Dutchess County, N. Y., where he lived until 1869, when he came to Kansas, settling
in Leavenworth County, where he engagedin farming. In 1876, hesettled in Pottawatomie
County, Louisville Township, where he still lives engaged in farming. He was married
in Dutchess County, N. Y., to Miss Eliza Mulchay on August 17, 1865. They have nine
children: Dennis, born July 27, 1866; Mary. born September 17, 1867; Kate, born Sep-
tember 29, 1869; William, born March 12, 1871; John, born June 2, 1872; Thomas, born
December 21, 1875; Patrick, born August 21, 1878; Mathias, born April 28, 1880; Elizabeth,
born October 21, 1882. J a ee

JOHN M. COTTON. The parents of the subject of this sketch were Kentuckians,
The father, Isaac Cartright Cotton, was of Scotch-Irish descent, descending on his
mother’s side from the noted family of O’Ragans, in Ireland. The mother, Sarah Morgan
Cotton, was of English-Welsh stock, being a second cousin of the noted Rebel raider, John
Morgan. John M- Cotton was born in Parke County, Ind., November 19, 1851, and is the
oldest son of his father’s second marriage. In his infancy, hie father’s family moved to
Storey County, Iowa, and located on a farm in Skunk River Bottom. He attended the dis-
trict school in the neighborhood until about seventeen years old, working on the farm in
the summer time. hen about seventeen he entered the State Agricultural College at
Ames, Iowa, attending that school two years. In 1870 he came to Kansas and for
several years, taught schoolin Jefferson and Douglas counties. In 1873 he commenced
reading law with Hon. N. Hoysradt ,Lawrence, and in 1874, he read with Price & Gillespie,
Falls City, Nebraska. In January, 1875, he was admitted to practice as an attorney and coun-
selor-at-law, in the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska, being the first person
admitted to that court on examination. In the same month he was elected Clerk
of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. holding said office to the close of the
session. In the spring of 1875, he returned to Richardson County, Nebraska, and practiced
his profession. On the 8th of June. 1875, he was married, at the residenceof Dr. M M.
Gordon, Rulo, Nebraska, to Miss Lilla L Johnson, daughter of Capt. J. H. Johnson, of
Spencer, Ind. In 1876, Mr. Cotton returned to Kansas, locating at Winchester. He prac-
ticed his profession for a while, and in June, 1877, in company with T. W. Gardiner, Ksq.,
established the Winchester Argus. In August. following, he sold his interest in the paper
to his partner. In April, 1880, he moved to Louisville, Kan., and opened a law Office.
July 1, he became associate editor of the Kansas Reporter, and entered into partnership in
the practice of law with F. A. Reed, Esq., the editor and proprietor. Jn October, 1881, the
R ter was moved to Wamego, and November 24, 1881, Mr. Cotton, in company with Mr.
ED. Anderson, issued the first number of the Louisville Republican. This paper seemed
to meet a ‘long-felt want’? as it rapidly increased in circulation and influence until when
one year old it had an actual circulation of 840 copies. Mr. Cotton is now editor and man-
ager of the Republican, and is one of the proprictors of the Westmoreland Weekly Period.

r. Cotton is a young man of rather more than Brernee ability and promise. Heis a ready,
vigorous and fearless writer, and always expresses his convictions regardless of conse-
quences. He lives ina beautiful home in Louisville, and enjoys a fair-share of public
esteem. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Rose Lodge, No 122,
of Louisville. He has one child, a girl, Minta Moyne. born October 28, 1878.

JAMES L. COX, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Morgan County, Ill., October
23, 1842. In November, 1868, he landed in Pottawatomie County, Kan., settling in Wamego
Township, March 1, 1871, he moved on to a farm which he had bought, and where he now
lives. He is an extensive farmer and stock-grower, owning and cultivating 240 acres of
prairie land. He has been School Director and Clerk, and Township Trustee for the last
three years. He was married, December 13. 1870, in Morgan County, Tll., to Miss Mary
Robinson. They have two children: George W., born December 1, 1873; Lula May, born
January 23, 1879. : ;

D. A. DUCKWORTH, M. D., was born in Putnam County, Ind., June 16, 1841. At
the age of fourteen, he removed to Davis County, Iowa, where he lived until 1862, when he
entered the army, enlisting asa private in Company G of the Second Iowa Volunteer In-
fantry. He was promoted to Hospital Steward, and served in the Sixteenth Corps, until the
capture of Atlanta, when he was transferred to the Fifteenth Corps, and served through
the war. After the war engaged in Taceis in Jowa, and studied medicine. Graduated
from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1877. Same year hecame to Kansas, settling on a farm
in Pottawatomie County. A year latcr, he moved to Louisville, and has been in practice
there since. He has held the office of Coroner of the County, two terms. He isaK. T.
Mason, and belongs to the I. 0.0. F. He was married, March 17, 1870. at Florence, Iowa,
to Miss S. F. Hunter. hey have five children: ne W., Otis, Omar, Orton, and Otto.

J, W. FULTON, County Surveyor, was born in Athens County, O., November 29, 1841.
He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, taking the “‘Scientific Course.” He
entered the U. §. army, October 7, 1861, as the First Lieutenant of Company G, of Fifty-
third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to a Captaincy, August 19, 1862. Re-

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signed September 27, 1864. Returning to Ohio, began business as a merchant at Amesville.
In 1868, came to Kansas, bringing with him a steam saw-mill, which he located five
miles from Louisville, Pottawatomie Co. In 1875, sold out the mill, and was engaged in
various occupations until 1877, when he was elected County Surveyor. Was re-elected in
1879, and 1881. He is a member of the Masonic Order. Was married, March 21, 1872, at
Louisville, Kam., to Mrs. Kate Bain. They have twochildren, Adelbert and Elma.

ABE GILTNER, County Treasurer, was born in Morgan County, Ill., June 9, 1837.
Was a farmer and stock-raiser and was largely engaged in shipping stock from Kansas for
several years before locating in the State, In 1874 he removed to Kansas, locating at
Belvue, Pottawatomie County, where he was engaged in feeding and shipping stock until
1879, when he was elected Treasurer of Pottawatomie County and re-elected two years
thereafter, Term expires in October, 1884. He is a member of the Masonic Order and the
I.0.0.¥F, He was married March 20, 1873, at Ashland, IIl., to Miss Carrie F. Shortt. They
have two children, Abe and Kate.

JAMES GRAHAM, Sheriff of Pottawatomie County, was born in the County of Cork,
Ireland, December 28, 1845. When he was a childhis parents emigrated to America, living
for a short time in New York City, and Cincinnati, finally settling in St. Louis, where, in
1849, they both died of that dreaded scourge—cholera. Orphaned, and without relatives,
he was taken in charge by the Sisters of Charity, and placed in the St. Joseph’s Orphan
Asylum of St. Louis, where he remained until 1854, when he came with a Mission to the
Pottawatomie Indians, landing at St. Mary’s Mission from the steamboat ‘‘Excel,” June 17,
1854, He became a protege of Dr. L.R. Palmer, and lived in that gentleman’s family
until March, 1863, when he enlisted as a private in Company L of the Sixth Kansas Cav-
alry. In October, 1864. for meritorious services, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant of the
Company, by the recommendation of Gen. Thayer. The war having ended, he was mustered
out of the service in October, 1865, and returned home, settling in Louisville. In 1868 he
was commissioned by Gov. Crawford, as First Lieutenant of Company M, Ninetcenth
Kansas Cavalry. This regiment took an active part in the campaign against the Indians
during the winter of 1868-9, under Gen. Curtis. Mustered out inthe spring of 1869, he re-
turned to Louisville, and eugsecd in business, In 1881, he was elected Sheriff of the
County, and is still in office. e was married, March 5, 1867, at Louisville, Kan., to Miss
Azzie P. Jackson. They havefive children: Clinton W., born January 11, 1868; Llewellyn
a aoe on 4, 1870; John J., March 14, 1872; Mary M., April 29, 1880; Douglass,

pri , 1882.

SAMUEL GRIFFITH. farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in the County of Donegal,
Ireland, in 1829. In 1851 he came to America and for two years worked in Philadelphia.
From thence he went to Woodford County, Ky., where he worked for Robert E. Alexan-
der, the famous breeder of fast horses. He continued in Mr. Alexander’s employ until
1855, when he came to Kansas, settling at Fort Leavenworth, and for a year was in the Gov-
ernment service as a teamster and drove to Fort Laramie in 1856. He left the Government
service in 1858 at Leavenworth and continued there until 1860, when he went to Pike's
Peak, where he remained until 1864 and from there went to Idaho and engaged in min-
ing, and from there he went into British America still in the capacity of a miner. He re-
turned to Leavenworth City in 1866 and then visited Philadelphia the spring of 1867, when
he returned to Kansas, settling on a farm in Louisville Towne where he now lives en-
gagedin farming. Owns a splendid farm of 340 acres. In 1867 he was elected Sheriff of
the county and served oneterm. He was married in Pottawatomie County, Kan., January
25, 1872, to Miss Kate McHan. They have four children: George Sheridan, Samuel,
Minnie and Mary. 2

GUY HARRINGTON, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Essex County, N. Y.,
August 17, 1845. In 1860, he entered the Normal school at Farmington, Me., where the out-
break of the pram rebellion found him a student, and in August, 1862, he enlistcd in the
Twenty-eighth Maine Volunteer Infantry; re-enlisted as a veteran in the Second Maine
Battery, and served through the war. He took part in many battles, and wax at Appomattox
when Gen. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. Returned to Maine for final
discharge, and then returned to New York, where for a year he was a student at Eastman’s
Commercial College, Poughkeepsie. In the spring of 1866, he moved to Merccr County, L1..
and engaged in teaching in the public schools. In 1871, he moved to Kansas City, Mo., and
was in business there until 1873, when he began teaching in Jackson County. This con-
tinued until 1€83, when he bought a farm in Pottawatomie County, Kan., and moved to this
State, where he at present resides, in Louisville Township. He is a member of the Masonic
order, and the G. A. R. He was married in Jackscn Ccunty, Mo., July 1%, 1874, to Mixs
Mol'ie Jessup. They have four children—Wilbert, born Cctcber 9, 1875; Herbert. Ay rib 29.
1877; Clio E., April 9, 1879; Velma L., March 9, 1881.

A. F. HEISER, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in the city of Hclzhausen, Germany,
April 29. 1849. He landed at New York City, July 4.1852. and setiled in Maryland, where the
family lived a short time, and from thence moved to Hart County, Va. (now West Virginia),
and from thence to Shenandoah County. In 1860, moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, where
he lived three years. In 1863, moved to Coles County, Illinois, and from thence to K»nsas,
in 1869. The following year, settled in Pottawatomie County, where he still lives. He was
married in Westmoreland, Kan., to Mrs. Mary L. Vieux.

R. 8. HICK, attorney-at-law, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., January 20, 1829. At
the age of eight Sea he removed with his parents to Mount Carmel. IJ.. where he attended
and academy and received most of his education. In 1848, he removed to Kendall County,
and in 1852, to Livingston County. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Illi-
nois, sitting at Ottawa, in 1854. In the political campaign of 1858 1n Illinois, whercin Lincoln
and Douglas were opposing candidates for the United States Senate, he was chosen a Rep-
resentative in the Illinois Legislature by the Republicans of his district. composed of
Grundy, La Salle and Livingston counties, and voted for Abraham Lincoln for United States
Senator. He took an active part in the organization of the Republican party in that part of
the State where he resided, and has been identified with it ever since ils fonndation. In 1862,
he removed to Kansas, intending to locate in Topeka, but soon afterwards became employed
in the quartermaster’s department of the army, and was aclerk in the post-quartermaster’s
office at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, until the close of the war. April 14, 1866, he settled at
Louisville, and has been in practice there ever since. In the fall of 1866, he was elected
County Attorney, and re-elected in 1868, again in 1870, and again, after an interval of one
term, in 1874, and was elected to the same office again in the fall of 1882, where we now find
him. Several months in 1867 he acted as Register of Deeds, by appointment of the Gov-
ernor, to filla vacancy. He belongs to the Masonic order and to the I.0.0.F.. He was
married in November, 1852, in Kendall County, Ill., to Emeline F. Wright. They have two
children now living—a son and daughter. The son, Udell Hick, is an attorney of Louisville,
and the daughter, Rosa M.. is married to F. A. Reed, an attorney of Onaga,

HENRY HOPKINS, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Washington County, N. Y.,
March 12, 1846. He was raised a farmer. In 1868, came to Kansas, settling on a farm in
Louisville Township, Pottawatomie County. In March, 1870, he was appointed a guard at
the State prison at Leavenworth, serving until May, 1871. In 1872, he began business as a
merchant in agricultural implements, hardware, wagons, etc. This was continued for four

ears, when he sold out to Almon Benton, and returned to the farm. He deals in live stock
in addition to grain, and handles large shipments. Is a member of the I. 0.0. F. He was
married, April 17, 1871, at Leavenworth, Kan., to Miss Martha Harris. They have four chil-
dren—Mark, George, Olive, Josie and Mary Ella.

A.S. KEMPER, stock-dealer, was born in Wayne County. N. Y.. August 24, 1852. He
was educated at an academy at Newark. In 1870, he came to Kansas, settling in Pottawa-
tomie County near Louisville on a farm. Continued to farm for five years, and then clerked
for Mr. Bittman for two years. He returned to New York in 1877, and began business at
Lyons as a clothing merchant. Two years later. hc returned to Kansas, relocating at Louis-
ville, and has been engaged in the live stock trade since, his shipping points being Wamego
and Onaga. He is a member of the Masonic order. Was married, January 6, 1883, at West-
moreland, Kan., to Miss Hattie A. McComas. Is the proprietor of the Mechanic’s Hotel,
Louisville, Kan.

A. H. KNECHT, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Northampton County, Pa., Janu-
ary 30, 1843. He was educated in the Easton High School, and on attaining manhood’s
years became a manufacturer of lumber in Clinton County. In 1878, he came to Kansas,
settling first in Wamego, where he lived a year, and then bought a farm in Louisville Town-
ship, where he now lives, engaged in farming and stock-raising. While in Beech Creek, Pa.,
he held the office of Councilman, and was a member and Clerk of the School Board. He
owns a splendid farm, and is a good farmer. He is a Mason of Royal Arch degree, and also
belongs to the K.of P. Was married, June 10, 1869, at Beech Creek, Pa., to Miss La Frances
Keyes. They have three children—William A., born December 30, 1876; Alvin, August 24.
1872, and John Y., July 22, 1874.
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JOSIAH R. McPROUD, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Ross County, Ohio, March
29, 1829. When he was nine years of age his parents moved to Randolph County, Ind. He
was raised a farmer, but received an academic education at the Indiana Asbury University.

He taught in the public schools of Indiana for nine years. Came to Kansas in 1866, eouline
on the farm where he now lives. In 1875, he was elected County Treasurer, and re-electe
in 1877, serving four years. Heisa member of the I.0.0.F. He was married, March 8,
1859, in Delaware County, Ind., to Miss Sarah A. Taylor. They have nine children—Guy
C., Jessie H., George K., Laura, Millie A., Lawrence, Orville, Edwin and Osborne.

ALBERT C. MERRITT, miller, was born in Cass County, Mich., March 9, 1849, and
was raised a farmer, which business he pursued in his native county until 1876, when he
removed to Kansas, settling at Louisville, Pottawatomie County. He, in partnership with
his brother, J. S. Merritt, bought the Union Mills,of Louisville, and he has been engaged in
gene farming since. In 1882, he was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives
from the Fifty-sixth District, comprising the western part of Pottawatomie County. He
was married, August 1, 1871, at South Bend, Ind., to Miss Elva Storey. They have one
child, Myrtle, born August 22, 1877. He is a member of the Masonic order, and the I. 0. O. F.

J.S. MITCHELL, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, was born in Hunting-
don County, Pa., October 21, 1842. He was educated at Kishacoquillas Seminary, Mifflin
County. He enlisted in October, 1861, in Company C, Forty-fifth
Infantry, and served through the war. “Returning to his native State, he entered the Peo-
ple’s Business College at Reading, and took a thorough course, He then engaged in teach-
ing in his native State until 1871, when he came to Kansas, and settled on a homestead in
this county. He continued to farm and teach with success until 1880, when the people of
the county elected him to the responsible office which he now fills. He was re-elected in
1882. He has been on the Examining Board since 1873. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F.

_ Was married, February 13, 1869, in Mifflin County, Pa., to Miss Eleanor L. Galeway. They
have three children—Mary Margaret, Edith Florence and James Garfield.

P. SOOSFIELD NAGLE, Register of Deeds of Pottawatomie County, was born in De-
catur County, Ind. He removed to Kansas in 1870, and settled in Pottawatomie County.
He was educated in St. Mary’s College, leaving that institution in 1875. He was elected to
his present office in 1879; re-elected in 1881, and his official term expires in January, 1884.

ANDREW NOLL, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Prussia, March 28, 1823. In
1846 came to America, landing at New Orleans January 1, 1847. In 1848he came into Kansas
at Fort Leavenworth, and entered the employ of the government as ateamster. Went with
a train in the year 1848 into New Mexico, and returned to Kansas in 1851. Hauled the first
cord of lumber for Fort Riley from Fort Leavenworth. Left the government service in
1853, and returned to New Orleans, where, on February 1, 1854, he was married to Miss
Julia Fesler. Returning the same year to Kansas, he settled in Pottawatomie County,
where, with his wife, he still resides. He was the first settler of the county outside of the
St. Mary’s Mission, and his daughter, Lizzie (now Mrs. Henry Hesse), was the first white
child born in the county, born ant 10, 1855; Kate (Mrs. Vincent Rapp), born December
12, 1856; Louis, born June 3, 1858; Eli, born February 22, 1861; Victoria, born May 2, 1863.

EZRA D. PERRY, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Jackson County, Ind., March 1,
1852. In 1878 came to Kansas, settling in Pottawatomie County. In 1879 settled on a farm
in Louisville Township. Has been Constable for ayear. He was married February 4, 1880,

iu Pottawatomie County, to Miss Tabitha E. Thompson. They have one child—Edua May,
born February 12, 1883. bs

JEREMIAH SABIN, M. D., drmpeiat, was born in Portage County, Ohio, July 22, 1810.
He was educated in an academy at Tallmadge, Ohio, and studied medicine, graduating from
the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1831. In 18382 he moved to Michigan, and
located in Macomb County, where he was engaged in practice until 1855, when he started for
Kansas, reaching Topeka January 1, 1856. He settled in Shawnee County, and took an
active part in the struggle between the free and slave State factions, being on the side of
liberty, and was ape of acompany. During the Civil War he was a contract surgeon in
the Western posts for four years. He has held many important civil offices. In 1856-57 he
was a member of the Legislature under the so-called Topeka Constitution. He was a mem-
ber of the first Legislature under the Wyandotte Constitution, having been elected from
Shawnee County. In the spring of 1862 he moved to Pottawatomie County, located in Louis-
ville, and has been in practice since at that place. Has been many times a Justice of the
Peace, and in 1868 was elected Register of Deeds for Pottawatomie County. In 1869 he
opened a drug store in Louisville, which has continued to the present time, the firm being
J. Sabin & Co. He is a Mason.

H. P. SMITH, County Clerk, was born in Leipsic, Germany, May 17, 1881. Was edu-
cated in the High School and University of his native city. In 1852 he came to America,
oe at Philadelphia July 4 of that year. The year following he came to Kansas. and
worked for a few years in that city and Wyandotte. In November, 1859, he settled in Potta-
watomie County, and engaged in farming in Pottawatomie Township, where he still lives. In
1865, was elected to the House of Representatives, and served in the session of 1866. In
1869, was elected Clerk of the County, and has been re-elected every two years since. He was
married July 3, 1857, in Louisville, Kan., to Miss Lillie C. Skelton. They have three chil-
dren—John H., Lillie and Ernest.

PATRICK SULLIVAN, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in the County of Kerry,
Treland, February 6, 1836. At the age of fourteen he came with his parents to America. In
1859 he started for the West, traveled through Colorado and the other contiguous Territories,
and in June, 1862, returned to Kansas, settling in Pottawatomie County, on the farm he now
occupies, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has been Justice of the
Peace for two years, and Township Treasurer for the same term. He is a Mason. Was
married April 26, 1864, in Louisville, Kan., to Miss Anna Richter. They have eight chil-
dren—John, now on the staff of the Kansas City Times; Mary, Edward, Charles, Eugene,
Willie, Nellie and Anna. ue

JOHN UBEL, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Austria, July 26, 1849. He came
to America with his parents when one year old. They settled in Manitowoc, Wis., where
they lived four years, and from thence came to Pottawatomie County, Kan., settling here
May 11, 1855. Mr. Ubel is a fine farmer, has ae farm, and raises cattle and hogs,
feeding all the corn he can raise. He was married October 5, 1873, in Pottawatomie County,
to Miss Matilda Bower. They have four children—Lillie, Lizzie, John and Ida.

CHARLES A. WALLACE, teacher, was born in Iredell Cotinty, N. C., November 30,
1846. When seventeen years of age he moved to Clinton, Tenn., where he completed his
education in Union Seminary. In 1869 he engaged in trade at Whitesburg, where he con-
tinued until 1872. He then was a traveling. salesman until 1878; then taught in the public
schools for two years. In 1878 he came to Kansas, settling in Louisville. In 1882 he moved
to his present residence, on Adams Creek, where he is engaged in teaching and the insurance
business. He is a Mason, Was married June 4, 1871. in Greene County, Tenn,, to Miss
Mary E. Rush. They have four children—Walter D., Minncola M., George A., and Rosabel.

ST. MARY’S.

The beautiful town of St. Mary’s is on the Kansas River, in the town-
ship of the same name. This township is in the extreme southeast of the
county, and comprises an area of thirty-five square miles. The present site
of St. Mary’s marks the earliest po settled by white men in the county.

In 1848, the Jesuit fathers, chief among whom were Rev. Morris Gail-
land, Rev. J. B. Hoeken and Rev. Father Va Wright, established a mission
at what is now the town of St. Mary’s, for the ri of educating the
Indians, so as to bring them into a knowledge of Christianity. Outside this
little band of devoted priests, James Graham was probably the first white
man who settled in the county. His term of office as sheriff commenced in
January, 1882. He came from St. Louis with these founders of the mission,
June 17, 1848, landing from the steamer Excel, at what is now St. Mary’s.
Dr. Luther R. Palmer came in 1850, as a physican employed by the
Government. In May, 1851, Benjamin H. Bertrand started from Mich-
igan, under a contract from the Government, for this point with 660
Indian men, women and children. His brother Joseph came to Kansas in
1840, first locating at Sugar Creek, near Fort Scott. Washington Hewins

ennsylvania Volunteer °

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

and Alexander Coquillard came from South Bend, Indiana, with Mr.
Bertrand. Mr. Bertrand acted as interpreter, having been an Indian trader
and of a French race intermingled with Indian blood. The Bertrand
brothers, who were Catholics, and the members of the priesthood, who served
here as missionaries, worked the initial movement for the foundation of an
institution, known as St. Mary’s College. This school was started in 1848.
Up to 1869, it was a Mission School for the Pottawatomies, and was then
chartered. The main college building was burnt in February, 1879. After
the fire, the Sacred Heart Convent, which then contained about thirty
persons, was used for that purpose, and the females of the convent were
transferred to an institution at St. Louis. This building cost about $75,000;
the stone addition. built in 1881, cost about $20,000; and the link, built in
1882, about $2,000. The log buildings erected for the mission are still stand-
ing as reminders of the day of small things, which are never to be despised,
especially when all that nature and art have contributed to make this place,
with its general surroundings, one of the most attractive places for student
life that can be found in the West. In 1882 ‘there are about 250 pupils at the
college, nearly every State, the Canadas, and Mexico being represented. The
cost per year to pupils is $150. There are fifteen professors; there is a
classical and a commercial course of study. There are five sisters for the
parish church, who are instructors, and they have about 150 pupils. These
receive a good English education. The college library embraces about
1,500 volumes of miscellaneous, historical, literary and scientific. The
Philatethic Society—signifying truth-loving—is a very prosperous organiza-
tion. Of the appurtenances of the college, there is a grist-mill, a bakery, a
blacksmith shop, a carpenter’s shop, an extensive orchard, a vineyard of
five acres, a stone wall for several miles surrounding the college farm. In
short-horns there are nearly 500 head of a most excellent class. The old

church building, now used as a tool house, was the first one erected in
Kansas. Father Gailland acted as teacher and pastor. He spoke the Indian

and English languages, as well as the French, and made a dictionary and

grammar in the Indian language. The Catholic Church, erected in 1875,

was burned in 1880. It was a stone building, costing about $1,500. The

neat and beautiful edifice now standing in the city, built of fine stone, cost

about $25,000. It has seating room for about 1,000 people; its dimensions

are 50x100 feet. ‘There are about 150 families in the parish. There are

over 2,000 acres in the college farm, and it is one of the very best in the

State. The pastor of the church is Father Swearer.

St. Mary’s was laid out as a town by B. H. Bertrand, August 8, 1866.
Another addition was made by Mr. Bertrand, Dr. Luther R. Palmer and
Dr. H. C. Linn, September 20, 1869. Another addition was made January
31, 1870, by Dr. Palmer, Adelaide Bertrand and John D. Lasley. June 27,
1870, an addition was also made. The town is located on the northwest
quarter of Section 10, Town 10, Range 12. The bulk of the business done
in the town is on Bertrand street, which is south of the railroad. This is
an active growing town, and is doing a good amount of business.

Of the three organized churches of the town, the Swede Lutheran
Church was established in 1874; the Methodist Episcopal, in 1876; the
Congregational, in 1878. There is only regular preaching in the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Rev. Mr. Morris is pastor. :

There are three elevators, which do an immense business in shippin;
grain, and handle considerable coal and lumber. Trumbo & Co., atid
Moulde & Connor, and Thomas & Hathaway, are the operators.

The village contains two hotels, a banking house, five general stores,
besides a hardware, shoe, cabinet and other shops.

Press History.—In October, 1870, the St. Mary’s Star was commenced,
John O’Flanagan, editor. A few months afterwards, the office passed into
the hands of James W. Fox, who started the Pottawatomie Independent.
This paper collapsed in a short time, and Mr. Fox sold the material to a
joint stock company, who after publishing a paper for a few weeks, moved
it away from St. Mary's. The St. Mary's 7mes was established by O. Le Roy
Sedgwick, in the spring of 1875, as a Republican newspaper, and in July,
1877, H. G. Evans took control of it a changed the name to St. Mary’s
Democrat. It was independent in its polities. Gebrunry 1, 1878, the paper
passed into the hands of H. H. Tipton, who changed it to a Democratic

aper. John O’Flanagan is the present editor and proprietor: In January,

878, H. G. Evans started the Pottawatomie Chief, at St. Mary’s, as an
advocate of the doctrines of the National Greenback party. Shortly after
Mr. J. A. McAnerny became a partner. This firm, in August, 1878, sold
the rae to J. E. Clardy, who continued its publication here for a while,
and later removed the material to Wamego.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

_ GF. ANDERSON, merchant, was born in Warren County, N. J., November 6, 1844.
His parents removed _to Calhoun County, Mich., when he was ten years of age. He was
educated at Albion College, Michigan. Tn 1870 he first visited Kansas as a traveling sales-
man for the wholesale house of M. D. Wells & Co., of Chicago, boots and shoes, and con-
tinued to travel for ten years through this State, moving his family to Topeka in 1877, where
he lived four years. In 1881 he moved to St. Mary's, and opened a store with a very large
stock of hardware and agricultural implements, groceries and provisions. He does a very
large business in all his lies. He isa Mason of the K.'T. degree. He was married Decem-
ber 3, 1874, at Byron Ogle County, Ill., to Miss Louise Olive Fletcher. They have four chil-
dren—Frank F., born December 13, 1875; Eugene E., born August 1, 1878; Pierre P., born
December 1, 1880, and George W., born August 26, 1882.

_ , PATRICK BEHEN, farmer, P. O. St. Mary’s, was born in County Wicklow, Ireland,
in 1833. He came to America in 1849, settling at New Orleans, where he lived two years.
Thence to St. Louis, where he lived four years, engaged in his business of marble cutter.
Then he moved to Clinton County, Ill., where he remained two years, engaged in farming.
In 1853 he came to Kansas, settling at Leavenworth, and for a time was in gis ‘overnment
service as a teamster. The same year he came to Pottawatomie County, rotting at St.
Mary’s, where he worked at his trade for four years. Then he bought a farm in St. Mary’s
Township, where he now lives eneeeed in farming and stock raising. He raised high-grade
pheeoens, and has a small herd of thoroughbred stock, including some of the finest ani-
mals in Kansas. He was married in June, 1875, at St. Mary’s, to Miss Mary C. McCoy.
J.F, Fee nia easton was born in C enatgo County, N. Y., June 28, 1841.. He
was educated at Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y.; enlisted September 6, 1862, in Com-
pany F, One Hundred and Fourteenth New York Volunteer Infantry, and was made Second
‘ POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.

Lieutenant. The poles June he was promoted to First Lieutenant, and was mustered
out-on account of physical disabilities, after serving fifteen months. He returned to New
York, and in 1865 removed to Branch County, Mich., and engaged in farming and the live
stock trade. He lived in Michigan six years, returned to New York, and staid a year, and
in 1871 came to Kansas, settling at St. Mary’s. He lived in the city, but devoted his energies
to farming for three years, He was elected a Justice of the Peace, and held the office three
years, He was appointed postmaster at St. Mary’s, February 2, 1880. In addition to his of-
ficial duties he is engayed in fire insurance and collections. He is a member of the Masonic
order, Was married in May, 1871, at Sherburne, N. Y., to Miss Addie Allen. They have
four children—Meta M., Floyd A., Albert E, and Chester Arthur.

WILLIAM M. CARNEY, farmer, P. O. St. Mary’s, was born in Columbus, Ohio, Sep-
tember 11, 1841; learned the business of a harnessmaker in his native city, and in Septem-
ber 1861 enlisted in Company G of the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and was made Company saddier.
Served until October, 1864, and was discharged by reason of expiration of term of service.
Returning to Ohio he worked at his trade in various towns until 1878, when he came to Kan-
sas, settling ona farm in St. Mary's Township. He is engaged in the business of stock rais-
ing principally, and like all other Kansas farmers is doing well. He belongs to the Masonic
order. Was married July 28, 1866, at Dayton, Ohio, to Miss Clara B. Graham. They have
one son, Harry, aged fifteen years, and a daughter, Lillie, aged eleven years.

JOHN CHELANDER, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. St. Mary’s, was born in Sweden,
September 17, 1844; educated in the public schools of that kingdom. In 1868 he came to
America, and settled at-St. Joseph, Mo., where he worked seven years ina furniture factory.
In 1875 he settled on a farm in St. Mary’s eee where he now resides, engaged in
stock-raising. He wasmarried in St. Joseph, Mo., June 24, 1871, to Miss Bregitta Bison.
Have no children. Isa member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. 0. U. W.

. FRANCIS W. GALLAGHER, M. D., was born in Clarendon, Orleans Co., N. Y., No-
vember 2, 1852, He was educated at the Buffalo High School, studied medicine, and gradu-
ated from the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo with the class of 1877,
receiving honorable mention for his graduation thesis, and taking the only premiums
offered in ‘‘Anatomy and Diseases of Women.” He practiced one year in Butfalo, two
years in Lockport, N. Y., where for one year he was Secretary of the Niagara County
Medical Society, and in June, 1880, came to Kansas, locating at St. Mary's, where he has
since had a very active practise. He was married December 30, 1877, at Lockport, N. Y., to
Miss Mary E. McCollum. They have three children—Peter Edmund, born November 16,
1878; Francis, born March 17, 1880, and Monica, born October 4. 1881. When Dr. Gallagher
came to Kansas he brought letters from his former professors in medicine, from which we se-
lect the following one:—‘‘216 Franklin St., Buffalo, N. Y., June 28, 1880.—I am happy to
state that when Francis W. Gallagher graduated in medicine, he was regarded by the Faculty
as the best student in the class, and that_his subsequent career and position in his profes-
ion have justified this opinion.—Thos. F. Rochester, M. D., Professor of Principles and
Practice of Medicine, Medical Department, University of Buffalo.”

GEORGE MILLER, M. D., was born in Williamsport, Pa., August 26, 1854. He re-
ceived his literary education at St. Joseph's Institute, Baltimore; studied medicine in his
native city, and in the medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating
with the class of 1877. He was resident physician of St. Mary’s Hospital, Philadelphia,
until the fall of 1878, when he moved to Kansas, locating at St. Mary's, and has been in
active practice since. He is the visiting physician of St. Mary’s College, Kansas. He was
married April 21, 1881, at St: Mary’s, to Miss Minnie A. Caplice. They have one child—
Frederic, born March 18, 1882. =

PETER O’CONNOR, grain dealer, was born in Somerset County, Pa., April 15, 1847.
He enlisted February 1864 in Company F of the Twenty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer
Cavalry, avd served until the end of the war. He returned to Pennsylvania, and was en-

aged in the live stock trade. In the spring of 1872 he came to Kansas, settling near St.

ary’s ona farm. He became an active live stock merchant, and in 1880 léft his farm, and
moved into the city, and has been extensively paeeea the grain and live stock trade
since. He is the owner of an extensive elevator. He was married December 1875in Wa-
baunsee County, Kan., to Miss Jessie Hughes. They have one child, Amanda, five years

of age.

‘ELLIOTT G. OLSON, merchant, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 1857, His
parents came to America with him when he was eight tat of age. They lived a year in
New York, and then moved to Chicago, where they lived until the great fire; he then came
to Kansas, locating a, St. Mary’s. In 1880 he started in business as a grocer on his own
account, which he continued until January 20, 1881, when he added drugs, and took in Mr.
Ullerick asa partner. They are leaders intrade. Heisa notary public, City Clerk, and
-does a large business as a Fire and Life Insurance agent. Heisa Mason. Was married
ee oa at St. Mary’s, to Miss Clara Nelson. They have one child—Allie, born
March 6, 1882. 3

L. R. PALMER, M.D., was born in Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., January 9, 1819;
was educated in Columbia Boarding School, a Quaker institution. Studied medicine,
graduating from Berkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass. Practiced medicine in
New York forfour years, and then moved to Berrien County, Mich., where he practiced
until 1350, when be was eppom ted physician to the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, and came
to the Agency near St. Mary’s, where he has since resided. Was Government doctor until
1857, and from 1861 till 1864; and Indian agent of the same tribe from 1864 to 1870. He wasa
member of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention that framed the State Constitution.
In the same year he was elected a member of the Territorial Council, which he held two
years, until the State was admitted into the Union. In 1872 he was elected to the State
Senate, and served in the sessions of 1873 and 1874. Was County Commissioner from 1857
to 1860, and the prime mover in the organization of Pottawatomie County. In October,
1882, he was appointed Postmaster of St. Mary’s, and is now serving the people in that
capacity.

PAE B. POOL, merchant, was born in. Westmoreland County, Pa., December 13, 1842,
and lived in Greensburg until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Rushville, Ill.
He was a farmer until August 16, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B of the Seventh Mis-
souri Cavalry. In ane , 1862, he was taken prisoner by the notorious Quantrell, parolled
and discharged before being exchanged. In the spring of 1863 he went to Johnson County,
Towa,where he lived until the spring of 1864,when he went to Virginia City, Montana Territory.
In the fall he went to Kootney Mines, British America, but soon after journeyed on to
Walla Walla, Washington Territory. The next spring he went to Fort Colville, and thence
up the Columbia River in British America prospecting. His health failing he returned to
Fort Colville, and for two years was engaged in farming at that point. In 1868 he went to
Gold Creek, Mont., spent the summer, and in the fall returned to his home in Pennsylvania.
In 1869 he eame to Kansas, settling at Topeka, where he lived seven years, the last five years
being employed by the King Bridge Company as foreman of work. He built bridges in Ne-
braska, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas. In the spring of 1876 he returned to
Schuyler County, Ill., and was married April 12, 1876, to Miss Matilda OC. Harshey. They
made a tour to Pennsylvania, and in the summer returned to Topeka, where they lived until
the following year, when they moved to St. Mary’s, Kan. He formed a partnership with
George Mohler, and began business as a merchant in general merchandise, May 25, 1881.
Mr. Pool bought his hotties interest, and has since conducted business on his own account,
The stock now includes dry goods, clothing, bootsand shoes. Heisa Mason. He has two
children—Ezelia, born February 7, 1878, and Clarke, born November 28, 1880.

JAMES M. ROYSE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. St. Mary’s, was born in Wayne County,
Ind., January 16, 1838. Was raised a farmer, and received acommon school education. He
enlisted June, 1861, in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the
close of the war. ee to his native county he engaged in the grocery trade for a short
time, and then returned tothe farm. In 1871 he came to Kansas, settling in St. Mary's
Township, Pottawatomie Co. He is a good citizen, respected for his honesty, and is a lead-
ing farmer of his part of the sounty: Belongs to the I. 0. O. F.and G. A. R, Was mar-
riedat Richmond, Ind., March 14, 1869, to Miss Rachel Goodspeed. ‘They have three chil-
dren—John, Mary, and Richard T. .

BERNARD J. SHELDON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. St. Mary’s, was born in Elk-
hart County, Ind., June 19, 1843. Served three yearsin Company K of the First Indiana
Volunteer Cavalry, and was discharged in July, 1865. He was a printer before the war, and
worked at business for several years after leaving the service. In 1876 he came to Kansas,
settling first in Russell County, but believing he was too far west for profitable farming, he
returned to St. Mary’s, and bought afarm, He raises grade cattle for market, also swine.
He was married at Bristol, Ind., June 20, 1872, to Miss Nannie Thompson. They had one
child—Josie, born November 11, 1874. Mrs. Sheldon died in 1881.

C. A. ULLERICK, merchant, was born in Greene County, Wis., September 19, 1856. He

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was educated at Richmond College, Richmond, Mo. He settled at Lexington Junction

Mo., after leaving college, and for four years was engaged iu railroading. Then was a clerk

in a store of general merchandise, and afterwards learned pharmacy. 1875 he came to

St. Mary’s, Kan., where he was employed in dry goods trade by Mobler & Pool. In 1880 he

began business in Rene with Elliott G. Olson, opening an extensive stock of Buoconles
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and drugs. They do a splendid business, and deserve the patronage so liberally bestowed
upon them.

WAMEGO.

The township of Wamego, in which the town is situated, is the smallest
township of the county, but, according to the census of 1880, is the most
populous. The city of Wamego, by its eligible situation, on the banks of
the Kaw, and also on the main branch of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, has
distanced in growth many towns which, by earlier establishment, had, not
long since, greatly the advantage in point of growth.

June 12, 1866, Hugh 8. Walsh, general agent of the Wamego Town Site
Company, had a plat filed for record. April 5, 1870, A. M. Read made an
addition; Antoine Ulrich made one June 9, 1870; 5. Finney made one
October 12, 1870, and Antoine Ulrich made one December 6, 1870. It is the
end of the first division of the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific, and is 104
miles from Kansas City. Here is a round house and shops that employ a
very considerable number of laborers. The site is beautifully located. A
wagon bridge crosses the river at this place. The expense of this bridge was
borne by the issuance of bridge bonds, the larger part of which was voted by
the citizens of Wamego. This causes a large amount of the products of
Northern Wabaunsee County to find its way to market at the Wamego
Station. This place is the most populous one of the county, and it must of
necessity be a place of very considerable commercial importance.

April 26, 1882, the Sixty-third Anniversary of Odd Fellowship in these
United States was observed at Wamego; the Lodge of Louisville joining with
that of Wamego to listen to an oration by Theodore Botkin, of Mound City.
From these proceedings is gathered the history of Wamego Lodge, No. 80,
I. O. of O. F., which was instituted September 18, 1871, by Isaac G. M. The
seven charter members were T. H. Lowell, J. Houston, B. F. Fliger, 8. A.
Clary, H. Kimmell, 8. K. King and F. J. Sellinger. The first officers of
the lodge were: T. H. Lowell, N. G.; J. Houston, V. G.; B..F. Thayer,
R.5.; 5. A. Clary, Treasurer; H. Kimmell, W. M.; 5. King, I. G. Wa-
mego furnished the first Grand Master of Odd Fellowship in the then Territory
of Ransas, in the person of John Collins, who became an Odd Fellow in
1852. He died July 7, 1882, and his funeral services held July 9, were con-
ducted by the Wamego and Louisville Lodges, and Manhattan Lodge No. 17.
Judge Collins had held the office of Justice of the Peace almost continuously
for about seventeen years. Pottawatomie County, with its shire town, per-
manently located at Westmoreland, becomes settled upon the matter of
boundaries, and retaining its present territory, it is morally certain to in-
a in wealth and population equal to that of any interior county of

ansas.

The Methodist Church, South, made the first attempts at preaching at
Wamego, and Rev. Mr. Williams, living near the Big Blue, was the first
reacher. Rev. J. H. Lee of Manhattan, Rector of the Protestant Episcopal
‘hurch there, frequently preached at Wamego. Preachers of the Baptist
and Christian Church occasionally ministered here, and in 1867 there was a
union of the Northern with the Southern Methodists in one organization,
and they have a very good church edifice costing about $3,500. It was dedi-
cated June 9, 1878; its pastors have been T. F. Herd, J. A. Woodburn, Mr.
Robins, William Knife, E. R. Brown, G. F. Houts, J. A. Lord, Lawrence
Hibbard, B. F. Parlett, J. M. Wilson and George E. Nicholson. Its present
membership is about seventy-five. :
The Baptist Church was organized December-9, 1869, with nine mem-
bers. Rev. G. W. Scott was the pastor when the church was organized.
Rev. R. P. Evans has since been the pastor, but the church has preaching
only occasionally. Their church building was obtained of the school district,
it being the early school building prior to the organization of the church.

The edifice cost $1,200; the church membership is about fifty.

The Presbyterian Church edifice is a well-built frame, completed in 1881,
at a cost of about $3,500. The organization was effected February 7, 1869.
Its pastors have been J. A. Veale, J. T. Whitamore, A. Essick, W. B.
Christopher, H. R. Lewis, W. E. Williamson, Alexander Sterrett, and Wm.
A. Scarrett. Its membership is about seventy-five.

The Catholic Church building was erected in 1881, at a cost of $3,000.
Their pastor is Rev. B. Nuttmann. Their services were held formerly in
various available places.

There is also a Methodist Episcopal Church, which has a membership of
about twenty. This society had a small structure which was burned, and
they rebuilt a neat building, and hold regular services.

The Wamego school is a two-story stone building, 50x75 feet, erected in
1872, at a cost of $12,000. The principal of the school in 1882 was H. M.
Donaldson. There were five other teachers.

The Choral Society was organized April 22, 1878.
thirty members. ;

A plat of the Wamego Cemetery was filed in the office of the Register
of Deeds, October 7, 1874, and the grounds have been most beautifully laid
out and adorned. Wamego is the objective point that is reached by rail in
going to the late county seat, Louisville, and the new one, Westmoreland,
which place is reached by Butler on the Kansas Central.

The Wamego Lodge, No. 80, I. O. O. F., was organized in October,
1873. Its charter members were T. K. Lovell, M. 8. H. King, James
Houston, S. A. Chary, H. Kimmell. Its membership is about fifty. Its

resent officers are as follows: John Prunty, N. G.; 0. N, Baker, V. G.;
. J. Hord, Secretary. :

The Wamego Lodge, No. 75, A. F. and A. M., was organized in 1869.
Its charter members were J. W. Peck, W. M.; W, D. Embley, 8. W.; T. N.
Gardner. J. W.; D. H. Wayner, Treasurer; E. B. Deitrick, G. D,;. A, P.

There are about
g8o

MeMillian, Joel 8. Sheldon. Its present membership is about seventy-five.

The history of the press at Wamego is quite eventful. In 1869, J. E.
Clardy and John O’F'lanagan established the Kansas Valley. They published
it until March, 1879, when Mr. Clardy sold out his interest to Mr. O’Flanagan,
who continued the paper until November, 1871, when he sold the office to
J.T. Bradley, who removed it to Solomon City. It was strongly Democratic
in its politics. In May, 1869, Mr. Jennings started the Wamego Courier.
It suspended the following September, and Mr. Jennings took charge of the
Le Roy Pionéer.

In August, 1870, R. W. Jenkins commenced the publication of the
Wamego Dispatch, independent. J. EH Clardy purchased an interest in it
in the spring of 1871, and they published it until August, 1871, when it was
sold and the material was taken to Neuchatel, a French settlement in
Nemaha County. '

The Wamego Blade was started in the spring of 1872, by R. E. Cun-
ningham, who, about a year afterwards, moved the material to Clay Center.
lt. was independent in its politics. In the spring of 1871, lL. Rk, Palmer and
FH. C. Linn published the Pottawatomie Star, They ran it about one year,
when they sold it to W. E. Powell, who removed the office out of the county.

. In May, 1871, W. E. Powell commenced the publication of the Potta-
watomie Republican. It was discontinued in November, 1871. During the
County Fair at Wamego, in September, 1882, Mr. W. P. Campbell had
exclusive charge of the Datly Hansas Reporter, which ran for that time.
Mr, C. is one of the best of newspaper men,

_ In September, 1877, the Wamego Tribune was established by W. P.
Campbell; his associate was his brother, J, B. Campbell. October 1, 1878,
the paper was published semi-weekly. It was Republican in its polities.

n 1882, J. L. Browne, the Postmaster at Wamego. is managing the Wa-
mego Reporter, which in its politics is Republican,

The veteran newspaper man, J. KE. Clardy, is now publishing the
Wamego Agriculturalist as a semi-agricultural, semi-prohibition paper at
Wamego. It is the largest newspaper in the county and is well patronized.
It was established February 22.

There are four hotels in Wamego—the Ames House, Avenue House,
Merritt House, and Wamego House.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

P. H. ASMUSSEN, merchant, was born in Schleswig Holstein. Germany, September
29, 1850. Educated ina gymnasium at Flensburg, graduating in 1870. In 1871 came to
America, and, same year, settled in Riley County, Kan., and engaged in farming. In 1876
he became a book-keeper for Blattner & Blakely, at Enterprise, Dicnivesn County, continu-
ing with them till 1877, when he came to Wamego, Pottawatomie County, and engaged with
the Western Lumber Company as their manager. He carries a stock of lumber, hardware
agricultural implements and building sundries. In 1879 was elected to the City Council, an
is still in office. In 1883 was elected Township Trustee of Wamego Township. He is a
member of the I.0. 0. F. He was married March 27, 1879, at Alma, Kan., to Miss Ellen E.
Timsen. ;

J. M. BOYS, druggist, was born in Monroe County, Pa., July 25, 1842. Was educated
at Dickinson ace Carlysle, Pa. After leaving college, he worked two years in a whole-
sale drug house in Philadelphia, and then began business on his own account at Strouds-
burg, Pa., as a retail druggist. In 1863 he removed to Iowa, where he purchased the same
business, and in 1869 came to Kansas, settling at Wamego, and has there been in the dru
trade since. He has a large, fine store, and does a large trade. In 1882 he built and occupie
a new stone block on the corner of Lincoln avenue and Fifth street. The building is the
best business house in the city, and an ornament to the place. He is a member of the
Masonic Order. In 1870 he was appointed City Treasurer, which office he still holds. He
ee ae November 9, 1881, at Wamego, Kan., to Miss G. E. McLeod, of Neosho

‘ids, Kan. ;

PGEORGE H. COX, farmer and stock-dealer, P. 0. Wamego, was born in Morgan
County, Tll., April.20, 1850. In 1871 he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Pottawatomie

County, where he has since resided, engaged in grain and stock-farming. He ships largely.

from apa. He was married January 4, 1877, in Pottawatomie County, Kan., to Miss
Lizzie Hard. :

HENRY FOX, retired, was born in Hampshire County, Mass., February 14, 1815. When
thirteen years of age, his parents removed to Cayuga County, N.Y. While still a youth, he
learned the carriage and wagon-making trade. In 1841 he removed to Medina County, Ohio,
where he carried on his business, and afterward lived in Huron County, from whence he
caine to Kansas in 1856, The train in which he came had to avoid Missouri, and they came
through Iowa and Nebraska, Soon after entering the Territory about four miles from the
Nebraska line, they were arrested by the United States forces, under Col. Cooke, and escorted
to Indianola. Gov. Geary met them and ordered them released, and told them to seck their
homes. The morning they were taken prisoners, it rained, and being ordered out of the
wagons, his children all took cold; in consequence of the exposure, four were attacked with
typhoid fever, from which one daughter, fourteen years old, died, three weeks after they
reached Topeka. He lived for a time in Topeka, and finally settled at Auburn, Shawnee
County; continued to farm until 1875, when he moved to Wamego in Pottawatomie County,
and entered business as a merchant in the grocery line, which hc continued four years, He is
‘now retired and in possession of competence. He had two sons who entered the Union urmy,
and served through the war of the Rebellion, In1864he was elected to the Legislature from
Shawnee County, and served one term with zeal and ability. [is wife, who accompanied
him to Kansas, lived two years.

HON. JAMES L. HUGGINS was born in Troy, Renssclacr County, N. Y., in October,
1814. His grandfather, William Hineeine served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, ns a
private volunteer from Washington, N. Y. Tis maternal grandfather war a native of Salem,
Mass.,’and was also a soldier in the Revolution, and one of the participants in the Boston ‘Ten
Party of December 13, 1773. He was ile second son of Samuel and Sarah (Kettel) Iluggins.
He received his education in the common schools and at the Salem Academy. After leavin
school, he learned the trade of a tanner and eurrier, Not liking the business, he appl ind
himself to the study of law. Soon after being admitted to the bar, he removed to Oakland
County, Mich., where he successfully practiced his profession until 1856, at which time he
emigrated to Kansas, He was an ardent Free-state man, and became an intimate friend of
James FH. Lane, and one of his folldwers during the troublous times that followed. He was
in Lawrence, May 17, 1856, when the town was sacked by the border ruffians, and was robbed
of all his money, and even his coat. Thus reduced to first principles, he went to Franklin
and hired out with John Stroap as fireman and engineer, with the stipulation, that in case of
fighting to be done on the Free-state side, he should at all times be free to leave his work
and engage in the battle. He worked thus for some time,-participating meanwhile with the
Free-state men in all their battles. He engaged in the second battle of Franklin, and all the
subsequent battles, up to the surrender of Titus, On the arrival of Gov. Geary. Mr. Huggins
left the Territory, being onc of the companions of Gen. Lune. He reached Civil Bend, Iowa—
as one of his biographers states—‘‘ragged and dead broke.”’ Here he remained lumbering until
the spring of 1857, at which time he returned to Michigan. In the fall of 1858 he returned to
Kansas, and first settled in Auburn, Shawnee County, where he resumed the practice of law.
In 1862 he removed to Wamego, Pottawatomie County, which place has since becn his home.
Jn 1868 be was elected Probate Judge of the county, and was again re-elected in 1870. He
has been an ardent and consistent Republican since the organization of the party in Kansas,
JIe married Miss Louisa Paddock, of Springfield, Oakland County, Mich., March 26, 1840.
She die@ December, 1857. Their children were—Sarah E., Mary E., Charles J., James B.,

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

Cordella C. and John P. On September 18, 1858, he married Mrs. Elmina C. Green. He
took a leading part in the organization of Pottawatomie County, and, in connection with
Jeremiah Sabin, erected the first flouring mill at Louisville, in that county. He is one of the
most successful horticulturists and farmers in the county. _ :

G. W. LIMERICK, loan and insurance agent, was born in Princeton, Il., November 9,
1853. June, 1855, his parents removed to Kansas, settling within a mile of Westmoreland,
Pottawatomie County. He was educated at Spaulding’s Commercial eee Kansas City,
and learned telegraphy. For six months after leaving school, he was in the telegraph service
of the United States army in Texas, and then for two years with the Western Union Com-
pany in Tllinois, Missouri and Kansas. In 1879, with his brother, they founded a land
agency, loan and insurance business. They do, also, a brokerage business, and have a bank
aE Alma, of which J. F. has the management, while our subject conducts their extensive busi-
ness at Wamego. 7 |

H. D. MCMEEKIN, proprietor Merritt House, was born in Nelson County. Ky., January
3, 1822. He was raised to the dry code trade in Shelbyville. In 1850 he came to what is
now the State of Kansas. He was licensed by the Government as a trader for the Pottawat-
omie tribe of Indians, his store being at old Uniontown, opposite the site of Rossville.
He continued the business until 1856, but meanwhile, in 1854, settled on a farm in Leaven-
worth County. In 1855 he moved into the town of Leavenworth, building the fourth house
in the town. In 1864, in partnership with James M. Karr, contracted with the United States
to supply beef to the forts in Kansas, and Forts Lyon and Union, Colorado. In 1868 he
engaged with Hensley, Russell & Co., wholesale grocers, Leavenworth, as a clerk, which he
continued until 1873, when he engaged with M. Hageman & Co. In 1868 he became proprie-
tor of the Tefft House, Topeka, which he continued until 1880, when he moved to Wamego,
since which time he has been proprietor of the Merritt House. In 1855 he was a member of

‘the First Territorial Legislature, which assembled at Pawnee. Mr. McMeekin immediatel

introduced a bill, providing for an adjournment to the Shawnee Manual Labor School,.

Johnson Couuty, which passed, removing the Legislature to the last named place. While a
citizen of Leavenworth, he was Deputy United States Marshal, under Donaldson, for two
years, and Deputy Sheriff of Leavenworth County for four years. He was married in
Shelbyville, Ky., April 3, 1844, to Miss Mary J. Lawrence. Has three children, all grown.

J. A. MONINGER, attorney and counselor-at-law, was born in Washington County, Pa.,
August 3, 1851. He was educated at Bethany College, West Virginia, graduating with the
class of 1873. Also graduated from the law college of the Michigan University with the
class of 1876. He practiced his profession a years in the county-seat of his native
county, and in 1879 came to Kansas, locating at Wamego, where he is now located. He has
a fine practice and is a rising young man. He was married September 25, 1879, at Wellsburg,
West Virginia. to Miss M. H. Buchanan. 7 :

S. E. PARDEE, stock-dealer, was born in New Haven, Conn., in 1840, his father, the
Hon. 8. D. Pardee, being one of the most prominent men of the State. Mr. Pardee came to
Kansas in 1869, locating at Wabaunsee, and engaging in farming and stock-raising. During
the war he was in the Tenth Connecticut Regiment; served under Gen. Burnside and partic-
ipated in the North Carolina campaign, being wounded in the side at the battle of Little
Washington, N. C., when Gen. Foster was hemmed in, and was mustered out after two years
and four months’ service. f

R. C. PEDDICORD, farmer, P. O. Wamego, was born in Mason County, Ky., January
3, 1828. In 1859 moved to Morgan County, Ill., and in 1869 came to Kansas, settling on a
farm in Wamego fevone ee ottawatomie County, where he still lives. He was married
March 1, 1856, at Springfield, Ill., to Miss Harriet B. Cox. They have four children—George
H., John Edward, Lizzie Frances and Sue Ella.

J. H. WIERMAN, Police Judge, was born in Delaware County, Ind., July 14, 1840.
August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company B of the Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Took a part in alk the battles of the ene April 9, 1865, in an assault on Fort Blakely,
Mobile, Alabama, he had his left leg shot away. Mustered out June 5, 1565, and returned
home. Engaged in the grain trade at Selma, Delaware County, which he continued until
1877, when he came to Kansas, settling at Wamego. In February, 1882, he was elected Police
Judge, and in April of the same year, was elected a Justice of the Peace. He holds both
offices. He is at present Post Commander of O. P. Morton Post, No. 38, G. A. R.; Master
Workman, of Wamego Lodge, No. 125. A. O. U. W.; also belongs to the I. 0.0. F., and
E. A. U. He was married January 15, 1869, in Selma, Ind., to Miss Nancy A. Taylor. They
have four children—Dora A., Ina May, Bessie O. and Walter Thomas.

WESTMORELAND.

Rock Creek Township, which agrees in location and area with Con-
gressional Township 7, Range 9, contains Westmoreland, the new county-
seat, and Moodyville, and is one of the most picturesque sections of the
county. There are mineral springs at both of these places, whose waters
possess highly medicinal qualities. The original town plat of Westmore-
land was recorded April 25, 1871, Volney Baker, proprietor. Since, there
have been additions made by Rachel Armer and A. C. Cochrun. It is
located in the center of the southwest quarter of Section 33, Town 7, Range 9.
Cockrun’s addition was platted and filed October 12, 1882. There are in
the town, three gencral stores. four hotels. two churches, Congregational
and Methodist (each with a good church building). one physician, one lawyer,
a carpenter shop, restaurant, livery stable and butcher shop. October 5,
1882, Jasper K. Whims, of Westmoreland, and Messrs. Cotton and Anderson
issued the first number of the Period, a five-column, four page paper at
Westmoreland, :

MOODY VILLE.

_, Moodyvillo, a place of considerable prospective importance, was laid out
in April, T882, Tt 1s situated in the southwest quarter of Section 14, Town 7,
Range 9. It has a joint stock company hotel, 30x50 feet, three stories high,
anlcontaining twenty-one sleeping rooms. It is a frame building; its cost is
$3,500. Hiram I) Robbins is president of the Company; William Henry,

 

Secretary: K. M. Moody, Treasurer. The village has a stone schoolhouse,
costing $500, and a church edifice, erected by the Church of the Disciples, in

WT): Rev. J.T. Jackson, pastor.

Moodyritle Springs.—East_ of the general highway, down the main:
street—culled Broadway—which is 100 fect. wide, a short distance from
where the suspension bridge crosses Rock Creek, is one of the best springs
in the State. Its waters are very strong in salts of magnesia; it has traces
of nitrate, sulphate of lime, sulphate of soda, sulphate of potassa, car-
bonates of lime, chloride of sodium; and contains alumina and organic mat-
ter. These springs flow from the base of a hill on the east bank of Rock
Creek. A thick foliage from the beautiful forest trees renders the surround-
ings quite pleasant, and keeps out the sun’s burning rays in midsummer.
There is quite a large, level park below the springs, on which is located a
nice fountain. Northeast of the xprings is an attractive cave that furnishes
much to interest the geological student. A roadway crosses the creek north
of the cave, passes around a romantic bluff to the south, and again crosses
the creek below the bend, where Pray Creek forms a junction with Rock
ier ae a - ae = of Broadway.’ This spring drive-way is
? y feet In width. Preparations are made for formi 1
which will be well dieskeods ee ee

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with fish.: Southeast from the springs on the_
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.

bluff is a mound, suggesting pre-historic periods, giving reasonable evidence
of the existence of the mound-builders. Fossils and petrifactions of the
native flora are exceptionally rich at. the springs and vicinity, and on the
farm of: Archibald Richards, adjoining them, was found, in a mound,
remains of an Indian, decorated with trinkets. . In addition to these natural
beauties and curiosities around these springs, there is an enchantment in
the vision that presents itself in the distance. Rich grasses grow on the
acres, from the water-line to the crown of the highest hill. On an October
day, the grand wooded lands, with their mantle of green, crimson and gold,
softened by the mellow haze, reach away to the horizon in every direction.
Here the air is as pure as the breath of mountains, and the limpid, refresh-
ing fluid kind Nature has furnished at these springs, is as clear and sweet
as those of ancient Bethesda. :

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—rock cREEK TOWNSHIP.

J. R. BAKER, attorney and counselor-at-law, Westmoreland, was born in Canada, in
August, 1640. At the age of eighteen he came to the United States and settled in Iowa.
In May, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Sixty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and
served two years. Again he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-second Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, and_served the term of enlistment—one hundred days. In 1867 he
entered the Upper Iowa University at Fayette and completed a course of four years. He
studied law at Terre Haute, Ind., and was admitted to the par in 1871. He practiced at
Rockville four Zo and in the spring of 1878 came to Kansas, settling at Louisville. He
belongs to the G. A. R., and was first President of the Pottawatomie Soldiers’ Association,
and is now Secretary of the same Association. He was married August 22, 1876, in White
County, Ind., to Miss Annie Curtis: They have two children—Jennie iL and CharlesH. Mr.
Baker is engaged in real estate, loan and insurance business, and Mrs. Baker is postmistress
of Westmoreland.

A. C. COCHRUN, merchant, Westmoreland, was born in Hamilton County, Ind.,
August 5, 1833. When ten years of age, his parents moved with him to Shelby County, IIl.,
where they lived two years; then to Wapello, Iowa. He was a farmer until he came to Kan-
sas, in December, 1857. Settled first in Jackson County, where he lived until September 20,
1869, when he removed to Pottawatomie County settling near the present site of Westmore-
land, where he began business as a merchant. He carries a large stock of general merchan-
dise, and is also an extensive farmer. In 1882 he laid out an addition to the town, and has
taken an active part in securing the county-seat for this place. Was postmaster for seven
years at this office. He served in the militia in the campaign against Price. He was married
at Ottumwa, Iowa, to Miss Mary Shaul, fue 30, 1856. They have six children—James
P., Laura A., Francis H., William E., Richard O., and Charles.

JOHN O. DETWILER, the eloquent temperance advocate, P. O. Westmoreland, was
born in Somerset County, Pa., October 20, 1827. When a child he went to live with an uncle
in Washington County, Maryland, and was raised on the historic field of Antietam. At the
age of sixteen, moved to Ogle County, Ill., and was engaged in railroad contracting for
twelve years. In 1856, moved to Benton County, Iowa, and owned a farm, but spent his
whole time in the work of lecturing on temperance, having begun to speak in that field in
the same year of his removal to Iowa. Again, in 1870, moved to Kansas, settling on a farm
in Pottawatomie County, but continued lecturing until 1878, when he retired from the field.
He lectured under the auspices of the I. 0. G. T. for over a quarter of a century; traveled
through twenty-six States and three Territories, and spoke in pele over 6,400 times. He
was married in Boone County. Ill., April 25, 1846, to Miss O.N. Wade. They have seven
children, all grown up, and all living in Kansas. :

W. J. DOWNING, druggist, Westmoreland, was born in Bloomington, Ill., December
19. 1851. When a child, his parents removed to Putnam County, Ind., and from thence to
Allegan County, Mich. In 1875 he moved to Kansas and settled at Neosho Falls. He entered
the ministry of the Christian Church, and continued in the work for five years, in Potta-
watomie, Marshall and Washington counties. In 1879 he began business in Greenleaf, Kan-
sas, in the grocer’s line, which continued until May, 1882, when he sold out, moved to West-
moreland, and began business as a druggist. He has a fine stock, and is doing a flourishing
trade. He was married February 7, 1875, at Westmoreland, Kan., to Miss Mattie Waln.
‘They have two children—Lewis J. and Jessie.

__ J. GREEN, M. D., Moodyville, was_born in Amherst Mass., March 6, 1823. At the age
of six years his parents moved to New York, and at the age of twelve vears he was removed
to Ohio. He was educated at an academy in Wayne County, N. Y. Studied medicine,
alternated with teaching school. Attended his first course of lectures at the Medical Depart-
ment of Willoughby University, and the following year graduated from the Medical Depart-
ment of the University of Buffalo, class of 1849. He settled in practice in Lucas County,
Ohio, and practiced there until 1878, when he moved to Kansas, a Alma, Wabaunsee
County. e 1882 he moved to Pottawatomie County, locating at the Mineral Springs, near
the new town of Moodyville. He, in partnership with Dr. Woodard, erected, in the spring
of 1883, a bathing establishment at that famed resort. He is a member of theI.0.0.F. He
was married May 29, 1849, in Wayne County, N. Y.,to Miss Catherine Stoutenberg. Mrs.
Green having departed this life, he again married, February 8, 1855, at Monroe, Mich.

Sate Eveline Bancroft. They have four children—Kate S., William C., M. Anna, an

attie. :

D. B. KITTS, farmer, P. O. Westmoreland, was born in Chester County, Pa., April 11,
1821. When a child, his parents removed to Philadeiphia, where he lived until sixteen years
of age. In 1837 moved to Marion County, Mo., where he lived until 1850, when he went
overland to California; traveled through Northern California and Oregon, returning to Wa-
pello County, Iowa, in 1859. On his return, visited Central America, Mexico and Cuba. In
Iowa was engaged in the manufacture of brick until 1866, when he came to Kansas. Settled
in the then new town of Westmoreland in 1872. He built the first house in the town. He
has been engaged in farming since coming to Kansas. He was a Justice of the Peace
fortwo years. In September, 1882, he laid out an addition of twenty acres to the town,
donated a public square of three acres to the county for a new court house. He was married
at Hannibal, Mo., December 31, 1845, to Miss Susan George. She lived but a year and a
half, and again, November 16, 1849, he was married to Miss Jane George, a sister of his
former wife. Her death soon after sent him to the mountains. September 26, 1861, he was
married to Mrs. Susan Armour. They have four children—M. H., Susan M., Joseph and

en.

JOHN E. LANE, farmer, P. O. Blaine, was born in Troy, N. Y., May 16, 1856. In 1865
removed with his parents to Boone County, Il]. In the fall of 1870 he came to Kansas, set-
tling in Pottawatomie County, where he has since resided, except three years—February,
1880, to February, 1683—during which time he was in business in Chicago as a private de-
tective and police officer. March:1, 1883, he returned to his farm in Rock Creek Township,
where he is engaged in farming and stock-feeding. He belongs to the I.0.0.F. He was
married September 25, 1818, in Pottawatomie County, to Miss Estella Fowler. They have
one child—Francis Edwards, born June 22, 1880. : ;

EDWIN M. MOODY, farmer and merchant, P. O. Moodyville, was born in Grafton
County, N. H., October 29, 1842. Educated at Burlington Academy, and was a farmer until
1867, when he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in.Rock Creek Township. He has since
laid out the town of Moodyville, which, owing to. the discovery of very valuable mineral
springs, is destined to be u fine place. In 1874 he built a store on his farm, and has been
engaged in general merchandise since, in connection with his farming. He raises grain and
stock, In 188) the post-office of Moodyville was established, and Mr. Moody was appointed
postmaster. He was married June 30, 1864, at Landoff, N. H., to Miss Mary J. Kendall.
They have eight children. . :

OSCAR M. OSBON, livery, Westmoreland, was born in Brown County, Ohio, May 20,
1846. At the age of six years he removed with his parents to Princeville, Peoria County.
Ill. October 12, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Battery A., Second Illinois Artillery, an
served three years, seeing the close of the warasa soldier. He took part in seventeen bat-
tles, among them the fierce and terrible struggles of Champion Hill, the siege of Vicksburg,
and the capture of Spanish Fort, Mobile. After the war he came West, traveled about for
two years, and in the spring of 1868 settled on a homestead in Washington County. In 1877
started the Greenleaf Bugle. He published, it for a few months, sold out, and went on the
road asa traveling salesman for a wholesale boot and shoe house in St. Joseph, Mo. After

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a year in the business he resumed farming, in Washington County, and in 1880 was elected
a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, from the One Hundred and Fourth Dis-
trict, comprising the eastern half of Washington County. He served in the session of 1881,
and was Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, and was on the Committee on Print-
ing, and several other committees of less importance. In 1882 he sold his farm, removed
to Westmoreland, in Pottawatomie County, and built a livery stable. He belongs to the
G. A. R. He was married at eaehngion August, 1873, to Miss Oral Reed. ey have
three children—Orman, Wilson M., and Kenneth.

AMOS PLUMMER, farmer, P. 0. Moodyville, was born in Putnam County, Ind., Octo-
ber, 25, 1839. He was raised a farmer, and in 1865 came to Kansas, stopped for a time in
Johnson County, and returned to Missouri to winter. In the spring of 1866 he came again
into Kansas and settled on a farm in Rock Creek Township, Pottawatomie County. He
owns a large farm, and raises grain and stock. He was married February 13, 1862, to Miss
R. G. Siddons, in Putnam County, Ind. They have six children—Isaac B., Dora Frances,
W. W.,-Amanda E , Joseph H., and Rachel Annie,

J. H. PRAY, farmer and merchant, Moodyville, was born in York County, Me., Octo-
ber 3, 1833. At the age of twelve years he went to Dover, Mass., and attended school. He
then engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, which continued until 1871, when he
moved to Kansas, He settled in Pottawatomie County, and has been engaged in farming
and stock-raising. In the fall of 1882 he built a store-room in Moodyville, and began busi-
ness as a merchant. Carries a general stock of merchandise, flour, feed, etc. He was mar-
ried in May, 1854, at Danvers, Mass., to Miss Dorothy Joy.

HAVENS.

The Kansas Central Railroad Company filed a plat of this town,
November 12, 1878, which is located on the northeast quarter of the south-
east quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 21, Town 6, Range 12. In
1882, a neat two-story’ stone schoolhouse was erected, two teachers being
employed. The name of the postoffice at this station is Havenville.

There are this year (1882) three churches in the town, The Baptists
erected a neat frame church edifice in the spring of 1880. Rev. Mr. Dick,
of Circleville, is the pastor.

The Church of the Disciples, a thriving society, also erected a frame
structure in the autumn of 1881. Their pastor is Rev. R. L. Downing.

__ The Methodist Episcopal Church erected a frame building in the spring
of 1881. Rev. H. A. Pasley is pastor.

In 1880, the Masonic Order formed a lodge, which is prospering; the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows organized in 1881; the Ancient Order
of United Workmen in 1882. These societies are growing, and their
members are active workers,

, ONAGA,

Paul E. Havens, President of the Kansas Central Town Company.
filed a plat of Onaga, October 15, 1877. To it there was an addition
made November 6, 1878, It is a growing and prosperous town on the Kan-
sas Central, In January, 1878, Amos E, Landon and J. B. Hubbell, with
their families, were the only people on the town site.

The town has aneat stone school building. The Baptists have started
an organization; the Catholics have rebuilt their frame structure, which had
been damaged by a cyclone. The Congregationalists have an organization,
and the Methodists have a neat frame structure which cost $4,000. The
Onaga Journal was established May 9, 1878, Carnes & Stauffer, editors and
proprietors. Samuel A. Stauffer bought the interests of Mr. Carnes in about
three weeks, and is the present manager. It is Republican in its politics.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,—mMILL CREEK TOWNSHIP.

JAMES B. ATTRILL, live- stock merchant, Havenville, was born in Ottawa, Canada, Sep-
tember 12, 1852. At the age of four years, he removed with his parents to the United States
locating in Chicago, where he lived until 1863, when he went to England, remaining abroad
until 1867, when he returned to America, settling in Baltimore, Md. He was educated at
Philips’ Exeter Academy, eee 1871. Inthesame year, he went to Dakota Territory
and engaged in trade at Richland, Union County, with a general stock of merchandise. In
1872, he moved to St. Louis, and was in the employ of the La Clede Gas Company for a short
time. Thesame year, he went to Salt Lake City, and was book-keeper for John A. McDon-
ald & Co. for three years. In 1876, moved to Marysville, Mo., and was in business with W. H.
H. Myres in sewing machines, musical instruments-and merchandise, which continued two
years. In 1878, engaged with H. Hoofman, music dealer, as traveling salesman. In the fol-
lowing year, he became general agent in Kansas for the Mason & Hamlin Organ Company.
February, 1880, he moved to Pottawatomie County, and purchased a farm. The following
year, he bought the hardware store of C. N. Points, and continued until February, 1882,
when he closed the business and began buying and shipping live stock. He belongs to the
Masonic order, the I. O. O. F., and the A.O.U.W. He was married, October 29, 1878, at
Holton, Kansas, to Miss Ariadne Lewis. They have two children—Helen, born October 3,
1879, and Edmund L., August 29, 1881.

WILLIAM F. CHALLIS, attorney-at-law, Onaga, was born in Pontiac, Livingston Co.,
Ill., August 16, 1857. When ten years old, his parents removed with him to Kansas, settling
at Wamego, Pottawatomie County. He was educated in the high school of that city. He
studied law with R. S. Heick, of Louisville, and was admitted to the bar at the March, 1880,
term of the District Court for Pottawatomie County. He moved to Onaga, and has been in

ractice there since. He is a notary public. He was married, July 10, 1879, at Louisville,
an., to Miss Lizzie Riddell. They have two children—Leon, born April 11, 1880, and Ray,
born June 10, 1882. ,

REV. M. C. COATES, P. O. Havenville, was born in Coatesville, Chester Co., Pa.,
August 30, 1819: Learned the carpenter’s trade, and was a builder in Philadelphia. He was
married in Camden, Del., to Miss Mary Ann Palmer, March 9, 1843, and in 1844, came to
Stark County, Ohio. In 1850, came to Akron, Ohio; in 1863, came to Wharton, Wyandotte
Co., Ohio; in 1875, came to Kansas, settling in Pottawatomie County, two and a half miles
south of Havenville. Heis engaged in raising stock, and also buys and sells to feeders.
He also spends a good part of his time in preaching the gospel. He has been a Justice of
the Peace for several years in this county, and isa notary public. He is a member of the
I; 0. O. F., and of the Baptist Church, being one of its trustees, and a deacon of the Haven-
ville Baptist Church.

L. W. DENEN, postmaster, Havenville, was born in Cumberland (now Androscoggin)
County, Me., February 24, 1824. He was raised a farmer, In 1857, he came to Kansas, lo-
cating on a farm in Brown County. March 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company L, First Regi-
ment of Missouri State service, and was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant, serving three
years. After the war, he returned to Brown County, and in 1870 moved to Pottawatomie
County, locating on a farm in Rock Creek Township, where he lived until 1878, when he
moved to Havenville. He was appointed postmaster at Havenville in February, 1881. He
is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the G. A. R. He was married, January 6, 1846, in
Oxford, Me., to Miss Clara B. Andrews. They have four children—Abbie A. (now Mrs.
Perry Kazebeer), Clara A. (now Mrs. John Zimmerman), Charles L., born November 27,
1851, and James A., born December 29, 1860.

J. W. FARROW, M. D., was born in Williamsport, Md., January 13, 1857. He was
educated at the high school of Williamsport, He studied medicine in Baltimore, gradu-
ating in medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons with the class of 1878. He
practiced in Williamsport for one year, and in April, 1880, came to Kansas, locating in La
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Clede, Pottawatomie Coun In November, 1882, he moved to Havenville, began practice
and opened a drug store. He carries a line of drugs, patent medicines, sundries, etc.

SILAS I. GRIFFIS, live-stoek dealer, P. O. Onaga, was born in East Canada, June 20,
1849. At the age of eight years, his parents moved with him to Niagara County, N.Y. He
was educated in an academy in Lockport, N.Y. In 1870, he came to Louisville, Kan., and has
‘lived in Pottawatomie County since. He first engaged in farming. In 1880, the Sheritf of
Pottawatomie County having resigned, he was pup emued Sheriff by his excellency, Gov.
St. John. He served until February, 1881, and has been in live-stock trade since. He was
married, April 9, 1872, at Louisville, Kan., to Miss Emma A. Ingalsbe, They have four
children—Hdith May, born November 2, 1873; Pete, March 27, 1876; Edna Maria, July 16,

' 1879, and Emma Mildred, September 16, 1881.

CHARLES GROVER, farmer, P. O. Havenville. Is a son of George Grover. deceased,
and was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y. His father, brother, O. J. Grover, and himself
removed first to Ohio, thence to St. Joseph County, Mich., and thence, in 1859, to Kansas.
the brothers buying of Mr. Smith 160 acres of the prosent farm of Charles Grover. It was
at that early day well known that a coal bed existed on the farm, und that a fine belt of
timber fringed Coal Creek. O. J. Grover sold his interest and removed to a neighboring

. farm. Both brothers have prospered, and are well-known and respected farmers and stock-
men. The farm of Charles Grover, with its timber, large basement barns, orchards and
roomy farmhouse, reminds one of ‘‘down East.” The coal bed here has neyer been ac-
tively worked, but enough to show a vein of from twelve to sixteen inches in thickness, and
of an excellent quality, the coal vein lying just above the waters of Coal Creek, and on
either side. Mr. Grover now has 960 acres in one body, and iiving water on every quarter
section, making it a most famous stock range. Mrs. Grover was formerly Mrs. Organ, and
one son, Budd, survives her deceased husband. By a deceased wife Mr. Grover has one son,
C. Mortimer, who married Laura Ross, and they have one daughter, Gladys.

C. M. GROVER, druggist, Havenville, was born in Nottaway County, Mich., February
19, 1857. In 1860, when he was three years of age, his parents removed to Kansas, settling
in Pottawatomie County. He was educated at the Kansas ae College. In 1877,
che began business in Havenville as a live-stock merchant, which he has continued up to
the present time. In 1881, he built a very fine business room in Havenville, and opened a
splendid stock of drugs, patent medicines and sundries. He is the owner of a fine farm four
miles north of the city. Heisa member of the I. 0. 0. F., and of the K of P. He was
married, March 28, 1880, at America City, to Miss Laura Ross. They have one child, Gladys,
born January 28, 1882. Also conducts the only lumber yard in the city.

H.S. HART, merchant, Havenville, was born in Beverly, W. Va., November 18, 1828.
He was a son of James Hart and a great grandson of John Hart, of New Jersey, one
of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was engaged in farming until he
was appointed Deputy Sheriff and Collector for Randolph County, which offices he held
for four years. On the 15th day of September, 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Rebecca Harper, at Beverly, W. Va. The fruits of their union were four children,
one son and three daughters, all grown. In 1858 he came to Kansas, settling in Jackson
County. He returned to Jackson County, Mo., to winter; butin the spring of 1859 he re-
moved with his family to his farm near Circleville, Jackson Co., Kan., where he continued
to reside until January, 1874, when he onset in the general merchandise business in
Circleville with C. A. Oursler as partner. In 1878 he moved to Havenville, Pottawatomie
County, where he opened a stock of general merchandise in his own name, where he is now
engaged in the same business. He was Justice of the Peace for eleven years in Jackson
County and has served one year in the same office in this county. He is a member of the
Masonic Order and also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He served three years
in the late war, enlisting August 16, 1862, in Company B of the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry.

HENRY HOOVER, farmer, P.O. Onaga, was born in Henry County, Ind., April 19,
1889. In 1854 he came to Kansas and lived in Jefferson County until 1856, when he moved to
Pottawatomie County, locating on the farm he now occupies. He isthe oldest inhabitant of
Mill Creek Township. In August, 1863, he enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry.
He served with his regiment three years, was in the Price raid, and in a skirmish in which his
regiment took part he was wounded, receiving a minie ball in the left arm. He has been a
member of the District School Board. He was married, January 13, 1857, in Pottawatomie
County, to Miss Melinda Eytchison. They have nine children: Laura C., now married;
Nancy Ellen, William Merritt, Charles Henry, James Alfred, Edwin Elmer, Bessie May,
Sarah Belle and Cicely Pearle. :

WILLIAM HUTCHISON, farmer, P. O. Onaga, was born in Westmoreland County,
England, April 12, 1824. At the age of eleven years, he came to America with his parents.
settling in Canada. In 1848, he came to the United States, locating in Chillicothe, Ohio, en,

aging in the milling business. In March, 1862, he enlisted in Company M of the First
Oto Cavalry, serving nearly four years with the armies of the Cumberland and _the Ten-
nessee, Returned to Ohio after the war, and in 1868, came to Kansas, locating in Pottawat-
omie County, and was engaged in milling on Rock Creek, and in improving afarm. His
mill was swept away in a flood, and since, he has been afarmer. He is a member of the A.
F, and A. M. and the I. 0.0. F. He was married, June 20, 1850, at Chillicothe, Ohio, to Miss
Josephine Fritch. They have six children: Mary, Catherine, George, Thomas, Joseph and

Flora.

PERRY KAZEBEER, general merchant, Havenville, was born near Steubenville,
O., May 19, 1832, When he was seven years old his parents moved to Van Buren County,
Iowa, He was a miller until he came to Kansas, in 1857, when he settled on a
farm in the western part of Jackson County. In 1862 he opened a stock of general
merchandise at Bucks Grove, and in January, 1881, moved his stock and family to Haven-
ville, Pottawatomie Co., where he is still in trade. He is a local minister of the Methodist
Episcopa! Church, to which he has belonged since he was twelve years old. He was married,
June 30, 1854, to Miss Martha J. Cochrane, at Ottumwa, Iowa. Mrs. Kazebeer died July
17, 1881. He was again married at Havenyille, February 6, 1882, to Mrs. A. A. Denin.
He has three children, two daughters married, and a son, David A., aged fourteen,

JOHN P. KOENTZ, M. D., Onaga, was born in the Province of Gelderland, Holland, Jan-
uary 27, 1828. He was educated in a medical college at Amsterdam. Coming to America
in 1849, he settled in Sheboygan County, Wis., where he was in practice. In 1855 he came
to Kansas, locating in Leavenworth, where he lived four years, and then moved to Pottawat-
omie County, where he has been practicing his profession since, except when he was in
thearmy. In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, of the Eleventh Kansas, and was promoted
to Hospital Steward. He served in that capacity until the close of the war, was acting Post
Surgeon most of the time. He returned to his farm at the close of the war, ahd in 1880
moved into the City of Onaga, where he still resides. He belongs to the G, A, R. Te was
married in October, 1865, at Little Santa Fe, Mo., to Miss Sarah M, White. They have
three children: Walter William, Charles E., Christian H.

JEFFREY J. LA MORSNA, live-stock dealer, P, O. Onaga, was born in Upper Canada,
September 21, 1846. In the fall of 1848, moved to Kalamazoo County, Mich., with his
parents, where they lived until the spring of 1853, when they removed to Grundy

‘ County, Ill. He enlisted, March 4, 1864, Company A of the One Hundred and Twenty-
seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., lost his
left leg. Returned to Grundy County, Ill., where he remained until 1865, when he moved to
Champaign County, where he lived three years, In 1868, he came to Kansas, settling on a
farm in Clear Creek Township. In 1878, he moved to Onaga, and went into the livery busi-
ness. Inthe spring of 1881, hereturned to his farm, and again in December, 1882, returned
to Onaga} and engaged in present business. He was married, March 4, 1872, to Miss Maria
Clough, at Onaga, Kan. They have three children: John W., Eben H. and Girard C,

AMOS E. LANDON, banker, Onaga, Kan., was born in Pottsdam, N. Y., June 2, 1830.
He was a farmer’s boy, but on attaining his majority, he began railroading. which he con-
tinued until 1854, when he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Jackson County. In 1859
he was elected Sheriff of the county, and re-elected two years after. In 1863, he was elected
County Clerk, and served one term, In 1870, he came to Onaga, and has been in mercantile
business heré since. In 1881, he established his present banking-house, one of the substan-
tial institutions of the town. He was married, July, 1854, at Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Miss
Harriet H. Burt. They have four children, now all grown to maturity.

FRED MIDLAM, druggist, Onaga, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., June 28, 1837.
At the age of seventeen, he went to Cleveland, Ohio,‘and learned the oo eee rakine trade,
and worked there three years. During the mania for speculation in the oil regions of Penn-
sylvania he spent six years there, amassed a fortune and lost it again. He ‘then moved to

rie, and lived there two years. In 1868, he settled at Kansas City, Mo., and for four years
was in business as an undertaker, then ten years in railroading In 1878, was assistant fore-
man of the bridging of the Kansas Central Railroad, and came to Pottawatomie County.
He located at Onaga, and in 1880, established the drug store which he still conducts. He is

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

a Mason, and a member of the K. of P. Was married, August 11, 1859, at Mentor, Ohio, to
Miss Ellen Hoyt. They have one child, Nellie. : ;

FRANKLIN MILLER, merchant, Onaga, was born in Fond du Lac County, Wis., August
3, 1852. When a boy, his parents removed to Milwaukee. He learned the carpenter’s trade
in that city. In the fall of 1869, he came to Kansas, settling on a farm three miles west of
Onaga, in Pottawatomie Gounty. “He worked on the farm until 1878, when he went to the
town of Hollenburg, in Washington County, and engaged in the lumber trade with Charles
Zable. The next year, returned to Onaga, and engaged, in the building business. In August,
1882, opened present business with his brother, Washington. They have a store 30x100
feet, basement same size, and have both rooms filled with an immense stock of hardware,
stoves, tinware, icultural implements, wagons, etc., and do a large business.

THOMAS 0° EARA, merchant, Onaga, was born in Canada, June 6, 1831. When one
year old, his parents removed with him to the United States, settling in Miami County, Ind.
He was Taleod: a farmer. In 1866, he came to Kansas and located in Atchison, where, with
his brother, he began business in the grocery line. This continued two years, when he re-
moved his business to Effingham, and then to America City, Nemaha County, where he
opened a stock of general merchandise. In 1878, moved to Onaga, Pottawatomie County,
and has been in trade here since. He 18 a Mason, and is Worthy Master of Onaga Lodge, No.
188; also belongs to the K. of P. He was married, April 16, 1863, at Peru, Ind., to Miss
Lizzie O’Brien. They have five chiJdren—Carrie, Nellie, Charles A., Anna and Leon.

JOSEPH PECHEUR, merchant, Onaga, was born in Lorraine, France, February 1,
1831. He was educatetl at a Normal school at Nancy, and was engaged in teaching in the

ublic schools until he came to America, in 1864. He taught two years in Stark County,

hio, and then moved to St. Clair County, Ill., where he lived for a short time. In 1868, he
came to Kansas, settling on a homestead in Pottawatomie County, four miles from Onaga.
In 1879, he moved to Onaga, built a business house, and opened a trade in general merchan-
dise, and is still in the business. He is clerk of the school district, and an active man in all
educational movements. He was married, August 2, 1880, at Seneca, Kan., to Mrs. Stephen
Azier; each has children by former marriages. __ ;

CHARLES N. POINTS, farmer, P.O. Havenville, was born in Delaware County, Ind.,
July 30, 1847. At the age of six years, his parents removed to Black Hawk County, Iowa,
where he lived three years, and from there, in 1856, came to Kansas, settling in Potta-
watomie County, where he has lived since. In 1863, he enlisted in Company E, Thirteenth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Re-enlisted as a veteran, serving until the close of the war.
Returning to his home at the close of the war, he entered the Kansas Agricultural College,
where he remained a student for four years. He was then in the service of the King Bri ge
Company, Topeka, for two years; afterwards a director and general agent of the Humboldt
Bridge Company. This company having retired from business, he returned to his farm, In
1879, he moved to Havenville, and began business as a merchant, ee hardware and
lumber and began the banking business. Sold out in 1881, and is now out of all business ex-
cept farming. In 1878, he was elected to the Board of County Commissioners, serving two
years as chairman of the board. In 1880, he was elected to the Kansas House of Represent-
atives, serving in the session of 1881.as chairman of the Committee on Claims and Aceounts,
and other important committees. He is a Muson, and member of the I. O. O. F. and G.
A.R. In 1882, he laid out an addition of forty acres to the city of Havenville, which is
rapidly PAPE NINE He was married in Omaha, Neb., February 27, 1876, to Miss Josie A.
Solomon. They have one child, Mabel, born in 1878. 5

F. A. REED, attorney and counselor-at.law, Onaga, was born in Kendall County, Ill.,
March 17, 1850. He was educated at Fowler’s Institute, Newark, graduating in 1870.
1871, he came to Kansas, locating at Louisville and started the Aansas Reporter, which he

ublished seven years, selling to a stock company that removed it to Wamego. He studied
Taw. meanwhile, with R.S. ick, and was admitted to the bar in 1873. Practiced at Louis-
ville until November 1, 1881, when he moved to Onaga, where we now find him in prac-
tice, which is rapidly increasing. He was married. September 30, 1875, to Miss Rosa Hick,
of Louisville, They have two children—Pear] and an infant. .

THOMAS J. RICHARDSON, hardware and implement dealer, Havenville, was born
in Smith County, Va., January 5, 1856. He was educated at the Marion Collegiate Insti-
tute, Marion, Va., graduating from that institute in 1875. He was engaged in teaching in
the public schools of his native county for two years, read and practiced medicine under R.
D. Huffard one year, and in 1878, came to Pottawatomie County, Kan., settling at Haven-
ville. In the spring of 1879, he engaged in teaching again; taught three succrssive terms
in the Havenville schools. and tiewerds engaged in the general merchandise business
with H. S. Hart, where he remained for two years. In March, 1882, he engaged in the hard-
ware trade in his town, opening up with a neat httle stock of shelf and heavy hardware,
stoves, implements, farm machinery, etc. A few months later, H. J. Solomon was taken
in as an equal partner, and they are now doing a good business under the firm name of
Richardson & Solomon. Mr. Richardson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
at is now serving his term as Noble Grand in the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd

‘ellows. :

W.F. RICHARDSON, M. D., Havenville, was born in Smith. County, Va., March 5,
1849. He was educated at ‘Emory and Henry College, Va. Enlisted in the spring of 1863
in Company I, of the Twenty-first Virginia Cavalry. Served two years until the close o:
the war, and was wounded three times. Studied medicine after the war, graduating from
the Richmond Medical College with the class of 1869. In 1870, went to Dallas County,
Texas, where he practiced his profession two years. Returned to Virginia and lived the
two following years, and then moved to Washington County, Neb., where he was in prac-
tice two years. In 1877, he came to Kansas, settling at Havenville, Pottawatomie County,
where he is still located with a very large and lucrative practice. He is a member of the
city council. He belongs to the K. of P. and the A. O. U. W. He was married, September
19, 1878, to Miss Lizzie Giles. They have two children—Cleo, born August 18, 1879, and
Ovela, born August 17, 1882. :

HENRY STORCH, banker, Onaga, was born in Poppenhausen, Bavaria, November 7,
1845. In, 1867, came to America, landing in New York City April 8. Settled in Atchison,
Kan,, the peutiag 2), and was engaged in clerking for three years. In August, 1873, he
went to Muscotah, Kan., and began business as a merchant on his own account with a gen-
eral stock. This he continued until Februar: 1872, when he built himself a store building,
24x85 feet, in Onaga, Kan., where he moved his stock of goods and continued business until
June 1881, when he took as partner E. B. Landon. In 1882, he built a fine stone building,
25x50 feet, two-story and a basement, the first story occupied by the Onaga Exchange Ban
Henry Storch & Co., and the upper story being used for various offices. He is a Mason an
a member of K. of P. Was married, November 19, 1873, at Atchison, Kan., to Miss Alice E.

agaman.

HUG SUTHERLAND, farmer, P. O. Onaga, was born near Inverness, Scotland, Feb-
ruary 14, 1819. Whena pot he came to Canada with his father, and lived there four years.
Ne afterwards came to the United States, settling at Cleveland, and was the book-keeper for
a mercantile firm in that city until 1849, when he located in St. Louis and engaged in same
business, In 1850, he went overland to California, and for a short time was engaged in
mining, Then he entered the service of a mercantile house at Nevada City, in Nevada
County, where he continued until 1853, when he again made the overland journey to Mis-
souri. ‘He settled in Weston, and for a time followed his old business. His health declin-
ing, in 1857 he gave up mercantile life and moved on a farm in Jackson County, Kan.,
where he lived until 1865, when he moved to Pottawatomie County, locating on_a farm,
where he now lives, In 1872, he was elected a County Commissioner, and re-elected in 1874,
serving four years, While a citizen of Jackson County, he served several years asa Justice of
the Peace. He is a member of the Masonic order. Was married at St. Louis, Mo.. January,
1851, to Miss Hannah Mary Strickland. They have eight children—John, Mary Ellen (Mrs.
S. A. Regar), Jenneatte (Mrs. D. H. Crum), George D., Lorena, Ida May, Nettie and Maud.

SAMUEL H. TAY LOR, farmer, P. 0. Onaga, was born in Delaware County, Ind., Oc-
tober 6, 1833. He was raised a farmer. In the fall of 1859, he came to Kansas, settling in
Mill Creek Township, where he now lives. In the spring of 1875, he moved to Oregon,
where he lived three years. Returned in the fall of 1877, and is engaged in farming and
stock raising. In 1864, he was in the Twentieth Regiment of Militia uring the Price raid.
He has been Constable and Deputy Sheriff for several years. He was mairied, in Delaware
County, Ind., to Miss Nancy Godlove. They have five children—Harvey, Perry, Mary Ann,

Martha and Carrie.
ST. GEORGE.

St. George Township is one of the most romantic and historic portions
of the county. It is composed of beautiful rolling farming land, well
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.

wooded in the valley. Black oak timber is found here in large quantities.
Among the early settlers in this vicinity was Jacob Emmons, who settled on
the northwest quarter of Section 8, Township 10, Range 9. He was Probate
Judge, County Commissioner, County Clerk, and County Surveyor, and for
quite a period of time virtually ‘‘carried the county in his pocket.” He
was a general adjudicator of neighborhood difficulties in the early time, and
in matters that came before him as judge, in the absence of a knowledge of
legal lore, his decisions were based on honesty and common sense. The first
Commissioner’s Court at St. George was held at a building owned by Dr.
J. Teles) Judge Emmons advanced $200 for books used for public
records. :

St. George was a town of fine prospects in the early days. Its original
pa covered the east half of Section 9, Township 10, Range 9. It was made

y John Andrew Jackson Chapman, surveyor, in February, 1857.

One ie scheme of the citizens of St. George was to have their town
connected with St. Joseph by rail, on a great southwestern thoroughfare.
The old town of St. George was vacated in 1879, and its present area is about
sixty acres, which is on the southwest quarter of Section 9, Township 10,
Range 9. This is a place where extensive grain shipments are made, and
E. B. Purcell & Co., of Manhattan, built their capacious elevator here in
1879; their store was started in 1871. C. W. Knapp, formerly of Riley
Center, is their resident manager, becoming the successor of G. W. Cheney,
who is the efficient station agent and telegraphic operator ‘here. Elijah
Walker is insurance agent, broker, notary public and real estate convey-
ancer. He isone of the earliest settlers, and is a manof affairs. C. IF’. Shipps
is postmaster. There is one hotel, one good schoolhouse, and the usual
complement of stores and shops. The Methodist Episcopal Church was
organized in 1877, Rev. E. H. Parkinson, pastor. Since then its pastors
have been Rev. Mr. Brown and Rev. Mr. McNair. Its membership is about
thirty-five. C. F. Shipps is Sunday-school superintendent. The Church of
the Disciples was peed in 1880, with a membership of forty-five. Its pas-
tor is Rev. R. W. Watson; W. A. Ensign, Sunday-school superintendent.
Its early members were Jacob Emmons, George W. Gillespie and J. W.
Simpkins.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE W. CHENEY, agent Union Pacific Railway at St. George, was born in
Conneaut, Ashtabula County, State of Ohio, August 30, 1844. Graduated at the Kingsville
Academy, in class of 1858. Entered the United States army as private, and served déring
the Rebellion; belonged to the Fourteenth Army Corps, in army of the Cumberland; was in
all the prominent battles, and with Gen. W.T. Sherman from “Atlanta to the Sea.”
Received commission as First Lieutenant, October, 1863, and was mustered out of service at
close of the war, with the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteers. After the war, again
went South, and spent nearly a year at Nashville, Tenn., in the Quartermaster’s department,
disposing of surplus Government stores, etc. Left Nashville, Tenn., and went to the Penn-

sylvania oil regions; was in active business until 1868. At that time came to Manhattan, *

Riley County, Kan. Was in the employ of E. B. Purcell as book-keeper, but finally came to
St. George, Pottawatomie County, and took charge of Mr. Purcell’s interests at that place,
which position was mutually dissolved October 2, 1882. In 1874 was apport’ railroad and
express agent of the Kansas Pacific Railway (now Union Pacific Railway), which position
he still holds. Was married to Miss Julia M. Russell, of Olean, N. Y., on March 25, 1868.
Have two children ving. (George Parke, dead), Ernest Russell, born January 31, 1869, and
Mary Ellen, born April 29, 1877.
_ _L. W. CROWL, farmer, P. 0. St. George, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio,
February 22, 1834. He was raised a farmer. In 1857 he came to Kansas, settling in St.
George Township, where he still lives, engaged in farming and stock-raising. In_ 1858, as
chairman of the township board, he became a member, ex officio, of the county board of
supervisors, and was elected one of the first county commissioners under the present law in
1859, February, 1863,he enlisted in Company L of the Eleventh Kansas; was mustered in as
First Sergeant, and in that capacity served until mustered out October 5, 1865. Returnin,
to his farm, he was, in 1870, elegted County Treasurer, serving two years. He was _marrie
in October, 1857, at Salem, Ohio, to Miss Mary Emmons. They have five children—Florence
(now Mrs. Warren Shehan), Jessie (now Mrs. John P. Russell), Laura, Nellie and Harry.

. W. EMMONS, farmer, P. O. St. George, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio,
June 1, 1832, In 1857 he came to Kansas, settling first in Douglas County, but same year
came to Pottawatomie County, settling in St. George Township, where he now lives, engaged
in farming and stock-raising. September 15, 1862, enlisted in Company K of the Eleventh
Kansas; was mustered as Orderly Sergeant, and commissioned near the end of enlistment
as Second Lieutenant. Returned to his farm, and in 1867 was appointed a County Com-
tnissioner to filla vacancy. At the next election he was elected to the full term, of two
years. He has been Township Clerk and Treasurer. He was married March 28, 1858, at
St. George. Kan., to Miss Louise Wilson. They have six children—Francis M., Martha
Theresa, Mary Louise, Charles W., William W. and Nora.

FRANZ HOLUBA, grain-dealer,’was born in Bohemia, Germany. March 31, 1853. In
1868 he came to America, settling in St. George, where he engaged in grain and stock trade.
He waa married June 4, 1876, in Pottawatomie County, Kan., to Miss Clara Straub. They
have two children —Charles L. and Louise A.

HENRY HUMAN, *estaurateur, was born in New Orleans, La., December 15, 1853.
In 1865 he removed with his parents to Leavenworth, Kan. In 1875 he moved to Salina,
Kan., and was employed by Eberhardt & Suddendorf, in their lumber-yard until 1877, when
he went to Pueblo, Colorado, and was for a short time in the employ of the D. &R.G.R.R.
In 1878 he went into the San Juan country, and worked at mining for Edward Ennis, of
Cunningham’s Gulch, until 1880, when he returned to Kansas, settling in St. George, Potta-
watomie County, where he has been in business since. He was married June 30, 1880, at
Salina, Kan., to Miss Paulina Voigt. They have two children—Ella Gertrude, born July 1,
1881, and Henry Ganat, born February 8, 1883. ;

J.D. KARR, M. D., was born in Williamson County, Ill., April 15, 1848. Was a
farmer, and studied medicine at the age of twenty-seven years. Graduated from Keokuk
Medical College in the class of 1877. In the same year he came to Kansas, settling in St.
George, where he is still in practice. In 1880 was elected coroner of Pottawatomie County,
serving one term. He is one of the leading physicians of the county, and is a rising man.
He was married April 3, 1869, in Williamson County, Ill., to Miss Elizabeth A. Avery. They
have four children—Mattie, born November 13, 1871; Lulu, born July 8, 1875; Barbara, born
February 15, 1877; William Leon, born February 23, 1879. 7

FRANK LAMBERT, farmer and gardener, P. O. St. George, was born in Lausanne,
France, June 22, 1838. Served in the Austrian war, and in 1864 came to America, landing in
August. After traveling South, pear e al various points in Louisiana and other Southern
States, he returned to Kings County, N. Y., and was employed in his trade, that of a
gardener. In 1866 he came to Kansas, settling in Manhattan, Riley County. Thence he
removed to Blue Township, Pottawatomie County, and thence to St. George Township. He
is engaged in raising small) fruits and vegetables, one a specialty of growing celery and
seeds of all kinds. He was married June 3, 1872, at St. Mary's, Kan., to Miss Elizabeth
Eliohah, They have one child—John, born ‘ig 12, 1878. : 5 #

GOTTLIEB SCHURR. farmer, P. O. St. George, was born in Wittenberg, Germany,
April 12, 1825. He learned the trade of stone-mason, and worked at the trade until 1851,
what he came to America, settling in Jay County, Ind., on a farm, where he lived three
years, In the spring of 1855, he came to Kansas, settling in Leavenworth, where he lived a
year. In 1856 he settled in St. George qownalte Pottawatomie County, and has since been
engaged in farming. September 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company K of the Eleventh Kansas,

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and as Sergeant served through the term of three years, having been mustered out Septem-
ber, 1865. He took a part in all the battles of the regiment, and at the battle of Prairie
Grove was wounded in the right hand by a minie ball. He has been Township Treasurer
for several years, also School District Treasurer. He was married at Dayton, Ohio, January
oe ig Mee Rosanna Gerue. They have five children—Mary, Rudolph, Rosa, Franklin
and Joseph.

C. T. SHIPPS, merchant, was born in Fuuntain County, Ind., January 18, 1845. Grad-
uated from Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind., in the class of 1868. He enlisted August
10, 1863, in Company H, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry for six
months, and discharged by reason of expiration of term of service, March 1, 1864. Then
entered college and graduated in the scientific course. He was principal of the Noblesville,
Ind., public schools for one year, and Arcadia, Ind., public schools, two years. In May
1871, he came to Kansas, settling on a homestead in Pottawatomie County. ‘Taught schoo
in the county one year, and in 1872 was elected county superintendent of public instruction,
and served one term. Afterward taught in the county four years, the last two at St. George.
September 18, 1878, opened business as a general merchant at St. George, and is still in the
same line. Was appointed poehnbeieh October 22, 1878, for St. George. He was married
August 30, 1876, at Louisville, Kan., to Miss Mary E, Huggins. They have one child—
Clara E., born September 7, 1877.

CONSTANTINE UMSCHEID, farmer, P. 0. St. Goorge, was born in Bavaria, May 26,
1844, In 1861 he came to the United States, settling in Pottawatomie County, Kan. In
September, 1862, he enlisted in Company H of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. He
was promoted to musician and sergeant, serving three years, taking part in all the battles of
that splendid corps. After the war he clerked for a year for John C. Grunt, Leavenworth,
and then returned to his farm in this county, where he has since resided, engaged in farm-
ing and stock raising. In 1876 he was elected County Commissioner for Pottawatomie
County, serving two years. He has been township trustee for one term, He was married
May 12, 1867, in Pottawatomie County, Kan., to Miss Monica Repp. They have five
children—Fannie, Eugene, Mary, Rosa and Bertha.

E. WALKER, real estate broker and insurance agent, was born in Orleans County, Vt.,
January 3, 1835. Came to Kansas in 1857, from Des Moines, Iowa. Was Register of Deeds
for Pottawatomie County in 1858, and served two terms. Enlisted as a private in Company
C, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, August 22, 1862; was promoted Sergeant Major in October, the
same year; was commissioned Second Lieutenant in January, 1864, for the Sixteenth Kansas
regiment; was discharged in August, 1865. In 1872 he was a delegate to the Republican
State Corvention. He isa Republican, and cast his first vote for John C. Fremont, in 1856.
He was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1878, s2rving in the sessions of
1879. His business is general broker, insurance and real estate agent. He was married in
November, 1864, at Manhattan, Kan., to Miss. E. C. Gillaspie. They have four children—
Oma, Stella, Lucius A, and Flora L,

OLESBURGH.

Olesburgh is a Swedish settlement for the most part. In church organ-
izations it has a Swedish Lutheran, Swedish Methodist, and United Breth-
renchurch. The church services have been held in the schoolhouse of the
village, which was built in 1880, and having been injured by a cyclone, it
was rebuilt in 1882. It is a frame building, 24x36 feet. Its cost was $1,200.
Its business in 1882 is as shown below: General stores—O. ete Bro.,
Nicholas Bittinger, and Caldsen & Blaney; druggist—John Johnson; hotel
—George Shehi; livery—George Shehi & Bro.; lumber dealers—Foster &
Sons; Postmaster—O. Fagerberg.

MARIADAHL.

This is a thriving hamlet, containing a stone schoolhouse, 25x36 feet,
two stone churches, the Swedish Lutheran having been built in 1874, at a
cost of $4,000; a Swedish Methodist in 1878, at a cost of $2,500; a black-
smith shop; a grange store, J. Williams, manager, who is also postmaster.
John A. Johnson, the proprietor of this place, laid it out April 12, 1871, on
Section 5, Township 7, Range 7.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—8LUE VALLEY TOWNSHIP.

OSCAR FAGERBERG, merchant, Olesburgh, was born in Sweden, October 21, 1849
At the age of sixteen years he came to America with his father, settling in Porter Connty,
Ind. In 1870 he came to Kansas, locating in Manhattan, and worked as a painter for sev-
eral years. October 6, 1876. he moved to Pottawatomie County, and began business as a
merchant, at Mariadahi. Had the post-office established atthat place and was the post-
master. In 1880 he moved to Olesburgh, was ae postmaster of that station. He
with his brother, C. W. Fagerberg, firm name O. Fagerberg & Bro., are engaged in genera
merchandise, agricultural implements, wagons, and handle stock, grain, etc. They handle
$65,000 worth of merchandise a year, and_$100,(00 worth of stock and grain. He was
married, March, 1880, in Riley County, Kan., to Miss Hannah Miller. They have one
child, Oscar Dixon, born August 5, 1881.

NICHOLAS PITTENG«R, merchant, Olesburgh, was born in Clinton County, O., July
3, 1829. When a child his parents moved to Marshall County, Ind., where he was educated and
taught school for several years.~ In 1853 he removed to Knox County, Ill., and lived two
years, In 1855 he settled in Kirksville, Mo., and engaged in clerking. In 1859 he moved to
Kansas, locating in Shannon Township, Pottawatomie Co., but returned the next -year
to Missouri. In the fall of 1861 he again removed to Kansas and has lived here since. In
1868 he was elected Assessor for Pottawatomie County, serving one term. In 1877 began
business as a merchant, at Adam’s Peak, and in 1881, moved his business to Olesburg. He
is a member of the Masonic Order and the I.0. 0. F. He was married December 31, 1853,
in Knox County, Ill., to Miss Catharine Cooper. They have four children, all grown, ex-
cept one, Cone aged seven years. 3 a

J.W. STEWART, M. D., Olesburgh, was born in Jefferson County, Ind., November
16, 1829. He studied medicine in Wabash, Ind., with Dr. T. C. Hunter, and with Drs.
Gillin, Holloway and Teague, He attended the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College,
and entered upon the practice in Wabash, Ind. In 18634, he was in business at Texas,
Henry Co., Ohio. Returning to Wabash, he resumed business there, which continued until
1870, when he came to Kansas, locating on a farm in the southern part of Washington
Coanty. He continued on the farm until 1881, when he removed to Olesburg, and is now
in practice there. He was married, March 9, 1866, at Texas, Ohio, to Mrs. Clara Allen.
They have five children.

TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES.

Blue Township.—This_ is the southwest township of the county,
and it has much to do with Manhattan, the county-seat of Riley. Its areais
about forty-five square miles. Its shape is exceedingly irregular. No portion
of the county has had settlers who have made their impress on public affairs
more than have those who settled early on the Big Blue. At the Juniata
crossing of this river was Samuel D. Dyer, who had charge of a government
bridge ere the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Among the early set-
tlers was the family of Asahel Gilbert Allen, who left Roxbury, Mass.,
October 17,.1854, and settled at Juniata early in December, 1854. Febru-
ary 18, 1855, Mrs. Dunklin, the mother of the wife of J. Dyer, died, and her
funeral was held on the following day. There were twenty-eight persons
present. A Sunday-school was organized here April 27, 1856. The three
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ale teachers were Rev. Mr. Lovejoy, Mr. Nealy and Mr. Allen. The fe-
male teachers were Mrs. Lovejoy, Mrs. Child and Mrs. Allen. The librarian
was Dr. S. Whitehorne. There were thirty-one pupils. June 3, 1856, the
first quarterly megting of the Methodist Hpiespel Chureh North was held
here. Elder Goodnow presided, and Rev. Mr. Lovejoy was given the circuit.
Rev. Messrs. Blood, Denison, Griffin and Trafton were present. There were
eighteen at dinner at Mrs. Allen’s and the bill of fare was baked beans, plum

udding, bread and butter. Mrs. Allen’s son, John Adams Allen, born in

une, 1842, is now the manager of the Co-operative Grange store at Man-
hattan. Moody Powers is one of the early settlers of this township. On
Elbow Creck, in this township, is a neat church building erected by the
Catholics, situated near the dwelling of Mr. Richard Sheehan, one of its
‘most earnest patrons.

Clear Creek Township includes’ within its limits Butler, a station on.

the Kansas Central, whose postoffice is Blaine. Dennis V. Cox is postmas-
ter.. Blaine was laid out October 14, 1879. Jacob Wederbrook is station-
agent. Downing & Cox have a general store; John O’Connell a blacksmith
shop; Thomas McDonald is the lumber dealer: J. W. Bell and Harry Don-
‘ley, hotel keepers. The Catholics have a church building here, which is a
frame, 30x50 feet. Its cost was about $2,500. It was built in 1881. The pas-
tor is Father Hudson. IIere is a frame schoolhouse which cost $400.

Pottawatomie Township now has three postoflices—Hanson, Myer’s Val-
ley and Pleasant Run. The gencral stores at_Myer’s Valley are kept by
Jesse Harvey and ‘J. W. Smith; at Pleasant Run, by George W. Duncan.
This is a large grain-growing region, and the shipments are mostly made at
St. George.

Shannon Township, embracing Townships 6 and 7, Range 12, is the
westernmost*township in the county that touches the Marshall County line.
Its area is about seventy-two square miles. Its post-offices are Springside,
which is in the northern portion of the township; Otter Lake, in the central
portion, and Adams’ Peak, in the southern.

Center Township has its business center at Laclede. This village is
situated on the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 19,
Township 8, Range 11. Here is adrug store, blacksmith bop general store,
restaurant and grist-mill. J. Taylor is the blacksmith; D. Hennekson has
a restaurant and grocery; A. P. Davis and Thomas Prunty, general stores;
L. C. Prunty, a mill and store. :

Belvue Township.—This is one of the southern tier of townships on
the Kansas River. Its chief point of interest is Belvue, a thriving young
village on the main branch of the Kansas Pacific. This village was laid out
by A. J. Baker and Malcolm Gregory, March 14, 1871. The township has a
steam saw-mill and a steam flouring mill. The remaining post-offices of the
county are Oak Grove and Harrison—the latter a railroad town on the Kan-
sas Central, and on the banks of the Big Blue, in Greene Township: Leg-
horn and Arispie, in Sherman Township; Vienna, in Vienna Township; St.
Clere, in St. Clere Township; Laclede, in Union Township.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—8ELVUE TOWNSHIP.

GEORGE H. EVERETT, farmer, P. O. Belvue, was born in Hillsboro County, N. H.
December 22, 1838. At the age of five years his parents moved with him to Woodford
County, Ill. September 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Fourth Ilinois Volunteer Cav-
alry, serving three years and two months. Was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh,
and several other engagements. He was engaged in teaching school, before and after the
war, in Dlinois and Kansas. In 1866 he came to Kansas, settling in Shawnee County. In
1871 moved to Belvue. He owns a splendid farm and is engaged in stock-raising. He was a
Justice of the Peace for four years. He was married. September 19, 1865, at Oberlin, O., to
Miss Elsie S. Spees, a school teacher. They have six children: Ernest T., Charles H
Roscoe S. and Rollo D., twins, Clayton W., and Clifford R., twins.

F. D. FOREMAN, farmer and fruit-grower, P. O. St. Mary’s was born in Highland
County, Ohio, June 23, 1835.__When thirteen years of age, his parents removed to Montgom-
ery County, Ill., thence to Monroe County, Iowa, in 1857. In 1874 came to Kansas, set-
tling first in Washington County, where he worked as a miller until 1878, when he settled
near Belvue, Pottawatomie County. He is engaged in farming and fruit-growing. Was mar-
ried at Cuba. Monroe Co., Iowa., to Miss Anna M. Lloyd. They have five eilldver m M.,
Samuel E., Elmer E, Charles and Earle

SWEN P. JOHNSON, farmer, P. 0. Belvue, was born in Sweden, August 17, 1887. In
1854, came to America, settling in Marshall County, Tl, where he lived four years. In
1858 he came to Kausas, and located ona farm in Butler County, living there six years, and
was County Commissioner for two years. In 1864, settled in Belvue Township and engaged
infarming. He was married in 1860, in Butler County, Kan., to Miss Mary E. Thomas.
They have five children: Mary A., Margaret, Eleander, John H., and Alice.

THOMAS 8. PASCHAL, farmer, P. O. Belyue, was born in Delaware Couuty, Pa., July
17, 1845. At the age of twelve years, parents moved to Westmorcland County, Pa. In June,
1863, enlisted in Fifty-third Volunteer Pennsylvania Militia, serving three months. In
August, 1864, he again enlisted in Company H, Two Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania
aValanteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war, In March, 1871 he moved to
Is engaged in farming and stock-raising, He has a herd of
thorough-bred Short-horns, and pure blood Berkshire swine. In 1880 he was elected Justice
of the Peace of Belvue Township and re-clected in 1882. Ile was married, December 25,
1887, to Miss Annie E. Ross, in Westmoreland County, Pa, They have three children—
Olive E., born November 17, 1868; Benjamin R., born July 1870; ‘Thomas, born Juno

1877.

a HENRY E. SHORTT, farmer, P. O. Belvuc, was born in Cass County, Ill., Angust 29,
1850. . In 1869, came to Kunsas, settling in Belvue, and engaged in farming, buying grain
and stock. In 1880, with a brother, he engaged in general merchandise, in Belvue, but in
1882, sold out the store, continuing his grain and stock speculations. He has a large, fine
farm, and buys and ships large quantities of stock and grain.

L. C. THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Laclede, was born in Decatur County, Ind., August
12, 1830, but spent his youth in Shelby County. In 1849 moved to Missouri, and in 1850
went overland to California, where he spent a year and a halfinthemines. In 1852 returned
by the way of Panama and New Orleans to Missouri, where he married, July 11, 1853, Miss
Mary Roberts. In 1857 he settled in Woodson County, Kan., and took an active pet under
Gen’ Lane, in the struggle that made Kansas a free State. At the beginning of the war, he
enlisted in a Kansas State regiment, which, after four months, became the Ninth Kansas
Cavalry. Mr. Thompson was the First Lieutenant of his company, and after four months’
service resigned and emigrated to Jowa. He enlisted in an Iowa regiment, and rose to the
rank of Major. He lived in Davis County, Iowa, and for fourteen years was one of the
largest live stock shippers in the State. Again in 1876 came to Kansas, settling in Pottawat-
omie County, where he is an extensive farmer and stock-raiser. Heis a member of the

ic Order. ‘
ae NREIROD WASHINGTON, miller, P. O. Belvue, was Sorn in Fayette County, Pa.,
June 2, 1924. Learned the millwright business. Worked at his trade in various cities of the
‘Western States, and February 28, 1857, entered Kansas at Wyandotte. Here he built a mill,
and was engaged in milling until 1870, when he sold his mill, and began trading in lumber,
In 1872 sold his lumber-yard and stock, and purchased one-half of a flouring mill at the

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Kansas, ara at Belvue.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

I. & L. Junction, Ray County, Mo. In 1874 moved to Pottawatomie County, Kan., locating
in Belvue, where he is now in trade in grain and in the milling business, having bought out
a mill and elevator.. Has been Township Treasurer. He was married. March 25, 1855, at
Pittsburg, Pa., to Miss Sarah Emma Taylor. In 1857 Mrs. Washington died; and, again, he
was married October 5, 1570, at Fremont, Ohio, to Miss Anna Sharp. They have two sons—
Albert and George. : :
JOSEPH WELCH, farmer, P. O. Belvue, was born in Cook County, Ill., March 16,
1834. In 1844 moved with the Pottawatomie Indians to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and from
there went to the Choctaw Academy, Scott County, Ky., where he was a student for two ,
years. Meanwhile the Pottawatomies having removed to Kansas in 1848, he rejoined his
mother in Pottawatomie County, Kan., and- located on a farm, where he still lives,
engaged in farming. He has a splendid farm of 320 acres on Lost Creek, and is one of the
most substantial farmers of the county. He was township trustee for seven years, and has
been elected Justice of the Peace. He was married August 11, 1861, at St. Mary’s, Kan , to
Miss Mary E. Duchrue. They have seven children—Carrie (Mrs. Montow), Mary P., John

_L., Joseph Morris, Francis M., Clinton and Charles. Mr. Welch served in the Twentieth

Regiment of Militia in the Price and Indian raids of 1864, :

A. S. WORTHING, farmer, P. O. Belvue, was born in Bristol, Grafton County, N. H.
When a child, his parents moved to Ohio, and when Mr. Worthing was sixteen years of age,
they settled in Kendall County, Ill. In 1872 he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Belvue
Township, where he still lives. He owns a splendid farm of 320 acres, and is engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He was married March 15, 1855, to Miss Esther A. Barron, in
Kendal County, I. They have three children—Edwin A., Estella P. and May L,

POTTAWATOMIE TOWNSHIP.

J. H. COOPER, farmer and live-stock merchant, P. O. Adam’s Peak, was born in Knox
County, Ill., November 24, 1844. Attended the public schools of Henderson until twelve
years of age, when his people moved to Kansas, settling at Pleasant Run in Pottawatomie
County. In the spring of 1862 he took a load of freight to Colorado, and on returning, he
enlisted in July, 1862, in Company K of the Ninth Kansas Cavalry. Served three years and
took part in ull the battles of his corps, the Army of the.Frontier. At the close of the war
he returned to Pottawatomie County. Crossed the plains and returned in 1866, and has
since been engaged in stock. He is the township trustee of Pottawatomie Township, which
oftice he has held for two years. He was married November 24, 1867, in Pottawatomie
County, Kan., to Miss Delilah Shute. They have four children—Frederic, born May 27,
1869; Melvina, September 1, 1871; Samuel W., March 13, 1875, and Lorena, September
22, 1881.

WILLIAM H. COTTON, farmer, P. O. Myers’ Valley, was born in Story County, Iowa,
November 6, 1857. When he was twelve years of age, his parents removed to Jefferson
County, Kan. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1877 he
began teaching in Jefferson County, and has been engaged in the business nearly all the
time since. In 1880 he moved to Pottawatomie County, and in the winter of 1880-’81, taught
at Wheaton. He is now, 1883, engaged in District No. 80. He was married at Louisville,
Kan., January ”, 1882, to Miss Gertrude Sommerhinser. :

GEORGE W. DUNCAN, farmer, P. O. Pleasant Run, was born in Vanderburgh County,
Ind., September 23, 1843. In 1863 he moved to Logan County, Il., where he was engag
in farming until 1871, when he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Pottawatomie County.
He is engneed in farming and stock-raising. He has been prominent in the politics of the
county, and has been urged by his friends for the office of Sheriff. He was a delegate to the
State Convention—Republican party—in 1862, and voted for St John and McCabe. He
belongs to the S. of T. Was married December 22, 1868, in De Witt County, Ill., to Miss
Keziah Jones. They have three children—Charles W., Eldestan and Howard P.

EMIL EBERT, farmer, P. O. Hanson, was born in Saxony, November 17, 18382. At the
ane of twenty years he came to America, and settled in Pittsburg, Pa., where he worked at
the trade of saw-making for three years. He then went to Northern Michigan, and worked
in the copper mines on Lake Superior for two years. He afterward traveled through the
West, and in August, 1854, he settled in Pottawatomie County, where he new lives. 1n 1859
he moved West and spent two years in Colorado and New Mexico. He returned to Potta-
watomie County pears but by energy, economy, and the tilling of Kansas soil has raised
acompetence. He has a farm of 480 acres, thirty of which are timber, the balance tillable
prairie. He has 112 head of cattle, about too hogs, and an abundance of work-animals and
implements. He was married at St. Mary’s, Kan., June 18, 1865, to Miss Mary Umscheid.
They have nine children—Christine, Rosa, Lizzie, Louise, Louis, Charles, Emma, Vincent
and an infant.

JACOB H. HARD, farmer, P. O. Hanson, was born in Wittemburg, Germany, January
25, 1827. In 1844 he came to America, and first lived in Rochester, N. Y., for a year; thence
went to Reading, Pa., and worked on the Schuylkill Canal during the summer; thence to
New Orleans, La., where he lived a year, running on steamboats; after a year at this work
he settled at Jackson, Miss., and kept a grocery-store for a year. In 1849 he came to Kansas,
and was employed by Quartermaster of the United States army at Fort Leavenworth as a
teamster, and the same year accompanied Capt. Easton to California, arriving about Christ-

-mas. He remained in California for four years, returning to New Orleans in 1853. Spent

the succeeding winter in Texas, and in the spring of 1854, came to Kansas to stay. He
settled in Pottawatomie County, in township of same name, where he still lives, engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He is now Township Treasurer, and has held the office for four
years. He was married July 22, 1854, in Weston, Mo , to Miss Barbara Weist. They have
seven children—Mary (now Mrs. James Blackmoor), Louis, Lizzie (now Mrs. Geo. H. Cox),
Nellie, Edward, Emma and Frederick. In 1863 Mr. Hard moved to Idaho, but after trying
Oregon and Idaho two years, returned to Kansas, believing it the best State in the Union.

HILIP IMMENSCHUH, farmer, P. O. Hanson, was born in Baden, April 27, 1828. In
1848 he came to America, and worked in Cincinnati and attended night schools, and was a
year and a half clerk ina hotel. In 1852 he came to Fort Leavenworth, and was for three
years a Government teamster. During that time he was frequently at the frontier posts. In
the winter of 1852 he accompanied ee Ogden and the United States army engineer to the
Republican River, where they established Fort Riley. In 1853 he went overland to California,
where he worked in the mines for three years, returning via Panama and New York. In
1856 he again came to Kansas, and settled in Leavenworth and lived there until 1862, when
he located on his present farm in Pottawatomie County. The following year, however, he
returned to Leavenworth and engaged in buginess as a liquor dealer. During the Price and
Indian raids in 1864, he served in the First Kansas Militia. In 1867 he returned to his farm
and has since lived here, lle was a member, and is Past Grand of Lodge No. 9, I. 0. 0. F.
Tie was married February 28, 1858, at Weston, Mo., to Miss Gertrude Repp. They have ten
children—Louisa J. (now Mrs. Jox. A. Beal), Edward Ph., Amelia C., Eiades A., Julius,
William F., Theodore P., 1da B., Leo J. and Philip M.

P. MARVEL, farmer, Pleasant Run, was born in Gibson County, Ind., December 29,
1835. While a boy, his parents moved to De Witt County, Ill., where Mr. ‘Marvel worked
on a farm until he entered Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind., where he was educated.
Tn 1871, he came to Kansas and settled on thefarm on which he now lives. In 1874, he was
elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, and served in the session of 1875. In 1876,
he was clected County Commissioner, and served three years. Again, in 1882, was a candi-
date for Representative. He has been twice married; the first time, November 18, 1859, in
De Witt County, Ill , to Miss Ellen J. Kenton. They had two children—Mary and U.S. G.
Mrs. Marvel dying, he was again married, at Lincoln, Ill., to Miss Mary J. Jones. They
have seven children—Esther, Anthus, Hattie, Asenith, Alma, Mabel and Isabella.

FERREOL MOULIN, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Grenoble, France, July 11,
1826. He had a college education, and in 1865, came to America, and for six years was a
teacher of langnases in New York City. He is master of the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian,
Greek, English, and his vernacular, the French. In 1871, he moved to Kansas, settling on
a farm, where he still resides. He is engaged in farming. Mr. Moulin has discovered on
his farm a quarry of lithographic stone of the best quality, which is probably the only

uarry of the kind in America, He was married at Paris, France, in 1846, to Mlle, Augusta
ertrand, They have four children.

CENTER TOWNSHIP.

_ AARON B. DAVIS, farmer and merchant, P. O. Laclede, was bofn in Calhoun County,
Mich., May 5, 1849. He received a common school education, and took a thorough course
in Mayhew’s Business collec, Detroit. Was engaged in farming, and for two years as 8
sa lesman in Coldwater, Mich. December 10, 1876, reached Pottawatomie County, and has

 
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. :

beenhere since. He settled on a farm two miles west of Laclede post-office, and which
he still controls. In 1878 he was appointed post-master at Laclede, and opened a drug,
grocery and provision store. He is a member of the I.0.0.F He was married, October
22, 1876, at Bronson, Mich., to Miss Sarah Annetta Henderson. They have one child, born
November 28, 1882. \ ;

JOHN M. JORDAN, farmer, P. O. Laclede, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, May
15, 1885; was raised a farmer. In 1870, came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Center
Township. He has a splendid farm of 420 acres, all fenced, and cultivates 240 acres. Is
engaged In grain and stock. Has been Township Treasurer, and in 1879 was the Republican
candidate for Register of Deeds. He isa member of the1.0.0.F. Was married July 9,
1857, in Morgan County, Ohio, to Miss Bliza J. French. They have eight children:
Florence, John H,, Ella, Charles E., William H., Amanda A.,; Emma B. and Albert M.

JEROME PITNEY, farmer, P. O. Laclede, was born in Saratoga, N. Y., May 1, 1840.
He was raised a farmer, and his saul and himself have been for years proprietors of the
Pitney House, Saratoga, where he still has a large interest While a citizen of Saratoga,
he was for two years 2 member of the City Council, and five years on the Board of Water
Commissioners. - In May, 1880, he came to Kansas, settled in Center Township, and began
the work of building up a very large stock farm. He owns 9,000 acres of land, lying on
both sides of the Red Vermillion River, 600 acres being now under cultivation, and the entire
tract fenced. The ranch is one of the best in the State, being well watered and havin
good timber shelter, and can afford good feed for 3,000 head of cattle. He has 1,000 hea
of cattle, and a flock of 500 pure blood merino sheep. He is rapidly developing his im-
mense farm, and has come to Kansas to live. He was married, October 14, 1866, at Saratoga,
N. Y., to Miss Elizabeth Owen. They have two children: Walter and Arthur.

L.“C. RIGHTMIRE, farmer, P.O Laclede, was born in Knox County, Ohio, Decem-
ber 2, 1836. Hehas been a farmer always, but for fourteen years, in connection with his
farming operations, was engaged asa general agent for an insurance company. In February,
1876, came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Center Township, Pottawatomie’County. Heis en-

aged in grain and stock-raising. Has 340 acres, all under fence and all tillable, except
fficen acres of timber. He was married, February 10, 1875, in Knox County, Ohio, to
Mrs. Mary Drake. They have a ay of ‘six children, by former marriages,

I. W. ZIMMERMAN, farmer, P. O. Laclede, was born in Lehigh County, Pa.,
March 11, 1851. Atthe age of four years removed with his parents to Mahaska County,
Towa. In 1868 he came to Kansas, settling in the eastern part of Marshall County. He
came to Pottawatomie County the following year and ran a saw-mill with his father one-
half mile from the site of Onaga. In 1876, bought a farm in Center Township, where he
now resides. He is engaged in farming, stock-raising, ete. He has been Township
Trustee for the last'three years, He isa Mason. He was married, November 16, 1876, in
Pottawatomie County, Kansas, to Miss Flora M. Benedict. They have two children:
Miles F., born February 16, 1879; Walter A., born July 28, 1881. “ /

BLUE TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM F. ALLEN, farmer, P.O. Manhattan, Riley County, was born, March 7, 1835,
in Roxbury, Mass., and is a direct descendant of the Plymouth line of the‘same name, the
genealogical tree being traced back to 16U8, A.D. Mr. Allen was educated in the comee
schools of his native city, and was employed in the mercantile business as salesman, etc.,
until the fall of 1854, when he came to Kansas, locating near his present farm, which is on the
southwest quarter of Section 9, Township 10, Range8 east, the greater part of which is under
cultivation. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Com any B, Second Kangas Infantry, and participated
in the battles of Dug Springs, Wilson’s Creek (at the latter place being slightly wounded), and
Shelbina, Mo., and was mustered out, November 1, 1861, at Fort Leavenworth, having served
nearly six months. After leaving the army, he was encaged. in mining, building. and con-
tracting in Colorado nearly seven years, when he returned tafarming. Mr. Allen is at pres-
ent engaged principally in stock raising, making a specialty of thoroughbred Berkshire
swine. Has about 30 head of cattle, 125 head of hogs, etc., and raises grain sufficient to sup-

ly his stock. January 1, 1880, was married to Miss Florence M. Ingraham, of Manhattan,

y whom he has two children—Marian, born April 29, 1881, and Amy Lena, born December
6, 1882. Mr. Allen has been Clerk of the Board of Education for his district, and likewise
has been Township Treasurer, Trustee and Justice of the Peace. He isa
fayette Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and has held the office of High Priest of Manhattan Chapter
for six years. 7 h

SAMUEL ORAIG, farmer, P. O. Manhattan, Riley County. was born in Cumberland

County; Pa., September 21,1859. Was educated at an academy in Easton, and clerked in a dry
‘oods store in that city for two years. In 1881, he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Blue
ownship, where he is engaged in farming and also teaches in the public schools. He isa

scholarly gentleman, and has a good farm of me acres. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. and

K..of P. ‘ag married, February 23, 1881, at Easton, Pa., to Miss Mabel M. Felton. They

have one child, Samuel G., born December 14, 1882. i : :

BERNARD DEMPSEY, farmer, P. O. St. George, was born in County Queens, Ireland,
July 5, 1828. In 1848, he came to America, working at his trade of stone-cutter in various

arts of the country. In 1855, he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Blue Township,

Pottawatomle County, where he now lives, He has a very large farm, and produces from

$5,000 to $6,000 in grain and stock annually. He was married in New York City, January

3, 1853, to Miss Mary Moran. They have five children—Charles, Martin, Ellen (Mrs. Mc-

Guire), John and Margaret Ellen. .

WELCOME WELLS farmer and County Commissioner, P.O. Manhattan, Riley County,
was born in Danville, Caledonia Co., Vt., September 17, 1808. At the age of sixteen years.
moved to Troy, N. Y., where he learned and worked at the trade of shoemaking for seyera
years, In 1828, he removed to Utica, where he continued his manufacturing business. In
1834, he removed his family~and business to Coshocton, Ohio, where he lived until 1857,
when he came to Kansas, settling in Riley County near Manhattan. In 1860, he moved into
Blue Township, Pottawatomie County, where he still resides, engaged in farming and stock
raising. He is an extensive fruit-raiser, and has a large apiary. He was Mayor of Manhattan
one term, and a Justice of the Peace for Riley County. In 1862, he was elected a member
of the House of Representatives for Pottawatomie County. In 1869, was County Commis-
sioner, and again, in 1872, was elected to the House, and re-elected in 1874. In 1875, he was,
by the Governor, appointed a member of the Board of Trustees for the Asylum for the
Blind, of which board he was chairman, holding the office for three years.. In 1876, he was
elected a member of the State Senate for the district composed of Pottawatomie and Jackson
counties. In 1881, he wag again elected to the office of County Commissioner for the term of
three years, and is now inoffice. He was married, May 27, 1828, at Troy, N. Y., to Miss Eliza
ori They have four sons, all fully grown. Mr. Wells is a member of the Masonic
order, =~ 2

VIENNA TOWNSHIP.

JAMES P. BASKETT, farmer, P. O. Onaga, was born in Shelby County, Ky., Novem-
ber 11, 1824. When a boy, he removed with his parents to Howard County, Mo. In 1852,
he came to Kansas, settling in Leavenworth County, where he lived until 1870, when he
came to Pottawatomie County, settling on a farm in Center Township. In 1880, he moved
on a farm in Vienna Township, where he at present resides, engaged in stock farming. He
was married, in August, 1850, at Weston, Mo., to Miss Florence Beagle. They have one
child, Alice, now Mrs. Charles Day. : :

D. A. COOK, farmer, P. O. Onaga, was born in. Seneca County, N. Y., April 12, 1840.
Was raised a farmer, and educated at an academy at Penn Yan. Enlisted, April 13, 1861, in
Company-I, Thirty-third New York Volunteer Infantry, serving two years as orderly ser-

eant. Enlisted again, in the Twenty-second Cavalry, and served through the war. After
the war, returned to New York, and in 1869, came to ‘Kansas, settling in Vienna Township,
where he still lives, engaged in farming and stock raising. He has been Township Trustee
for five years, and is now in office. Has been on the school board for ten years. He is a
member of the G. A. R. He was married, September 15, 1870, in Douglas County, Kan.,
to Miss Lydia N. Thompson. They have two children—Mabel, born October 4, 1876, and
Arthur, born August 3, 1881. Pi :

MOSES DAY, farmer, P. O. Onaga, isa native of France. Was born, August 16, 1827,
near Belfort. Emigrated with his parents to America in the year 1832, and settled in
Ohio, Coshocton County, Franklin Township. He married Miss Mary Smith, daughter of
Thomas Smith, May 11, 1851. In the fall of the same year, he borrowed a horse of A. T.
Jones, and emigrated to-Clark County, Ill., where he lived four years. From there he went
to Iowa and settled in Boone County, near Boonesborough, where he resided for eighteen
months. He went elk bunting and caught three elk calves. He moved from there to Potta-
watomie County, Kansas. He was the first’settler in Vienna Township; made his claim on

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the southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 7, Range 11. His nearest white neighbor
was five miles away. He had a good time with the Indians, and, as he says, they were
clever and honest. He hunted buffalo, which afforded meat for his family. He ‘has seven
children—five boys, Charles, Thomas, Frank, Moses and Fred, and two ers, Mary A. and
Martha. His eldest son, Charles, is married and doing for himeelf. e second is also
married. The third is a student of Lane University, at Lecompton. His two youngest are
plow-boys at home. His eldest daughter is a widow, living on her own farm, and the
youngest is staying at home. He has been fortunate in accumulating property. He has 3,000
acres of land, mostly in the Vermillion Valley, and plenty of water and timber. Hehas 400
head of cattle and 150 head of horses. He hasaccumulated the property since he came to the
State of Kansas, where he has been twenty-five years. He has served one term as Sheriff;
was lieutenant in the army during Price’s raid. When he came to Kansas he was a mere
skeleton, but now weighs 180 pounds. He has been in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico,

RICHARD A. GUFFY, farmer, P. O. Onaga, was born in Northumberland County, Pa,
April 18, 1832. When he was fifteen years of age, removed with his parents to Mercer County,
l., where he lived until the spring of 1850, when he engaged as a clerk in Edgington, Rock
Island County, Ill, This was continued until 1857, when he began farming in the same
county. In the year 1860, was in the Rocky Mountains gold-mines, on the headwaters of
the Arkansas River. In the spring of 1865, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and
Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of'the war, In the spring of
1868, he came to Kansas, settling on the farm where he still resides, and has done so con-
tinuously since, except the years 1877-78, when he lived in Louisville, and was engaged in
the lumber trade. In 1872, he was elected from Pottawatomie County to the Kansas House
of Representatives, serving in the session of 1873. He was chairman of the Committee on
Internal Improvements, and a member of the Committee on Agriculture. Is now a farmer,
stock-raiser, etc. He is a member of the K. of P., and A.O.U. W. He was married, May
10, 1859, to ‘Miss Eliza Ed, ‘ington, at ea enon, Ill. They have seven children—Harriet,
Mary May, Ella, Richard Grant, Charles B., Cora and Etta.

SETH INGALSBEE. farmer, P, O. Arispie, was born in Genesee County, New York,
May 15, 1829. Was raised a farmer. In 1858, moved to Ford County, Ill. He enlisted Sep-
tember 15, 1861, in Company C, of the Tenth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, as Second Lieu-
tenant, Becoming disabled while in the line of service, he resigned, after a year’s service,
and returned to Illinois. In 1870, he moved to Kansas, settling on the farm he now occu-
pies. Is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He isa Justice of the Peace, having held
the office for six years. He belongs to the G. A. R. Was married, December 23, 1851, at
Batavia, N. Y., to Miss Lois Baker. They have seven children—Emma (now Mrs. 8. J.
oe Della (now Mrs. Orin Ingalsbee), Adna, Edwin S., Franz Sigel, Carrie and Clar-
ence A.

CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP.

D. H. FITZGERALD, M. D.

ss Butler City, was born in Franklin County Ee, July 23’
1853.

In 1865 his parents moved to Macomb, Ill. He was educated at Cart

D y Bee sree
_ Carthage I]., and Macomb, and en school in the public schools of Hancock County for

several years; studied medicine in Bowensburg, Ill., and entered the Keokuk Medical Col-
lege, graduating with the class of 1880. He practiced near Paola a year, in Garrison, Pot-
tawatomie County for nearly a year, where he had settled in 1881. From Garrison he came
to Butler City in July 1882, and is stillin practice. He is also proprietor of a drug store,
carrying a line of drugs, patent medicines and sundries. He belongs to the Masonic Order
and Lhe I. 0. 0. F e was married February 15, 1882, at Paola, Kansas, to Miss Hettie

. Hall.

CARLYLE PIERCE, farmer, P. O., Leghorn, was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y.,
July 18, 1846. When a youth of seventeen years he removed to Illinois. He enlisted De-
cember 27, 1863, mustered January 4, 1864, in Capt. Colvin’s Battery, Number 7, of Illinois
Volunteer Artillery, afterwards designated Company K, First Illinois Artillery. He served
until July 18, 1865, and after his discharge settled in Grundy County, Illinois. October 7,
1871, he came to Kansas, settling in Clear Creek Township, where he now resides, engag
in farming and stock raising. He belongs to theG. A. R. He has been District Treasurer.
Was married December 25, 1878 in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, to Miss Mary Welch.
They have one child—James Jeffries, born July 31, 1881.

SHANNON TOWNSHIP.

JOHN W. GRAHAM, farmer, P. O. Blaine, was born in Wayne County, Indiana,
March 16, 1840. In September 1861, enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infan-
try, Company K, and served three years. Returning to Indiana, he began business as a
stock shipper, but soon afterward, in 1867, moved to Pike County, Illinois, where he lived
as a farmer until 1880, when he moved to Pottawatomie County, Kansas, and settled on a *
farm in Shannon Township. He is engaged in farming, and has begun sheep husbandry on
asmall scale. He now owns 150 head of good blood. He was married in Pike County, [l-
noe June 23, 1868, to Miss Josephine Riley. They have two children—Mary E. and Wil-

iam J.

WILSON M. RILEY, farmer, P. O. Blaine, was born in Scott County Illinois, May 4
1847. When a child his parents removed to Pike County, and there he lived, a farmer until
1880, when he came West to Kansas and settled in Pottawatomic County. He with his
brother-in-law, Mr. Graham, are engaged in farming and sheep raising. They contemplate
a large herd, and believe this part of Kansas is ‘‘the best wool-growing country on top of
the earth,” He belongs to the I. O. G. T. and A.O. U. W. He was married July 11, 1873,
at Pittsfield, Illinois, to Miss Jane G. Littlefield. They have only one child Pe E.

JEFFERSON I. STEVENS, farmer, P.O Adam’s Peak, was born in Bradford County
Pa., June 4, 1841; was raised a farmer. In 1864, he enlisted in the New York First Cavalry
Regiment, and served through the war. In 1870 he came to Kansas, settling on the farm he
now occupies. He is engaged in grain and stock-raising. He is now serving his fourth term as
Township Trustee. He belongs to the Masons and I. O. O F. He was married October 2,
1868, at Stevensville, Pa., to Miss Mary E. Keeney.” They have three children—Amy R ,
born September 10, 1866; Oscar Ray, born April 22, 1879; May Ella, February, 1881.

LONE TREE TOWNSHIP. x

GEORGE ALLEN, farmer, P.O. Leghorn, was born in New Brunswick, August 6, 1846.
When a year old he removed with his parents to Rockford, Winnebago County, I]. In
1869, he traded lands in Dlinois for lands in Floyd County, Iowa, and the following spring
removed to that State and county, where he lived until 1872, when he came to Kansas, set-
tling in Pottawatomie County, locating a farm in Lone Tree, where he has since been en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising. He does a large business in papers, loans, etc., and is
always ready to put up cash on papers fairly secured. He was married August 19, 1872, in
Osage County, Kansas, to Miss Haney. They have five children—George B., Henry E.,
Minnie May, Daisy Ann and Lillie Jane

HIRAM F. ROBBINS, farmer, P. O. Blaine, was born in Warren County; Pa., October
7, 1843. When a child his parents removed to Wisconsin and from thence to Ogle County,
Il, in 1857. He has always been a farmer. In March 1862, he enlisted in Company A, of
the Twelfth Dlinois Cavalry, and served three years. In May 1866, he came to Kansas, set-
tling on the farm where he now is. He is papaged; extensively, in stock-raising and farming,
and has a fine place. In 1880 he was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representa-
tives, and served in the session of 1881. He was on the committee on Federal Relations,
and Fees and Salaries ; belongs to the I. 0. G.T. He was married in Pottawatomie County,
July 19, 1867, to Miss Mary E. McMurray. They have four children—Sanford, Fanny,
Edward and James.

GREENE TOWNSHIP.

JOHN W. BROOKS farmer, P. O. Garrison, was born in Jasper County, Ind., January
6, 1847. Was raised a farmer. In 1869, moved to Otoe County, Neb., where he resided
until 1878, when he moved to ‘Kansas’ settling in Pottawatomie County, Greene Township.
He has a good farm, and is engaged principally in stock-raising. He was married, Augus}
10, 1871, in Otoe County, Neb., to Miss Alice Dunning. Has one daughter—Sarah, born June
19, 1878.

ALR. GRINDEL, farmer, P. O. Garrison, was born in Henderson County, Ill., June 16,
1850. In 1871, came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Greene oe where he now lives,
engaged in grain and stock farming. Has a fine herd of sheep, and is starting a herd of
Short-horn cattle. poms to the Masonic order, and the Knights of Honor. He was mar-
ried, January 9, 1871, in Henderson County, Ill., to Miss Harriet E. Gaines. They have two
children—Hiram G,, born June 3, 1873, and Cora, born September 16, 1875.
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SHERMAN TOWNSHIP.

M. S. H. KING, farmer, P. 0. Moodyville, was born in Carrol] County, Ohio, February 3,
1845. Educated at Harlem Spring College. He was raised a farmer. He enlisted in August,
1862, in Company F, of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
served three years, and until the close of the war. Returned to Ohio,.and in June, 1869,
came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Pottawatomie County, where he now resides. He is
engaged in farming, stock-raising, etc.. He has been Township Clerk of his Township: He
ie pemiater up to the present time, but a good fellow, nevertheless. He is a member of

eI. 0. O. F.

ANDREW KORNMAN, farmer, P.O. Wamego, was born in Marburg, Germany, March
8, 1883. Educated in common schools, and learned the stone cutter’s trade. In 1856, he
came to America, landing at New York, June7. Settled in Putnam County, Ill., where he
worked on a farm, and at his trade. In 1858, he came to Kansas, and took a farm in Sher-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

man Township. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the First Kansas Battery, serving in the
army of the Frontier for three years. Returned to Kansas, and has been in business in
Wamego, and in farming and stock-raising. Has been Township Treasurer, and Justice of
the Peace. Is now Director of School District No. 47. He was married September 22, 1864,
in Pottawatomie County, to Miss Phoebe J. Curry. They have one child—Charles Henry,
born November 25, 1876. eit | ; .

MARTIN REPLOGLE, farmer, P. O. Arispie, was born in Bedford County, Pa., June
15, 1849. When a boy his parents removed to Appanoose County, Iowa, where he lived until
1874, when he came to Kansas, settled on a farm in Rock Creek Township (now Sherman),
in Pottawatomie County. Here he still resides engaged in farming and stock-raising. He
has over 100 head of cattle, and raised last year over 6,000 bushels of corn. He was mar-
ried twice, the first time to Miss Sophia Replogle, and lived with her ten years, they had
two children—William and Anna. He was married the second time, June 15, 1882, to Mrs,
Catharine Davis,

/ WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

TOPOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE,

ABAUNSEE County is located about midway between the north
and south lines of the State, and about seventy-five miles west of the
Missouri River. The county is bounded on the north by the Kansas River,
on the south by Lyon County, on the east by Shawnee County, and on the
west by Davis County and a portion of Morris and Riley Counties. The
_north line of the county follows the sinuous course of the Kansas River, by
which it presents a rather rug-
ged and irregular appearance,
the northeast corner being six
Mailes farther south than the
northwest corner, and the cen-
ter of the north line being about
three miles still farther north
than the northwest corner.
The east line of the county is
perfectly perpendicular and the
south line horizontal, these two
lines forming a regular right
angle. As the county was origi-
nally established, it embraced,
in addition to its present terri-
tory, a portion of what is now
Riley and Morris Counties. By
enactment of the Territorial
Legislature in 1870, the greater cD
portion of Zeandale Township,
which was at that time the
northwest township of the
county, was set off from Wa-
baunsee and annexed to the
county of Riley; and by the
same enactment a tract of land
about six miles square was sev-
ered from the southwest corner
of Wabaunsee and annexed to
Morris County. By this sever-
ance of territory the west bound-
ary line of the county lost its
uniformity, and represents the
side of a square with two smaller
squares taken from the north-
west and southwest corners.
The eOnpey of the
county is very much broken and
uneven, but much more go in the
central than in any other por-
tion. Along the boundary lines
-of the county the country is
more level, and the undulations
more gradual, but in the central
portion the acclivities are abrupt
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flat lands lying along these streams and creeks are denominated ‘bottom ”
lands, the soil of which is exceedingly rich and productive, nine successive
crops of wheat having been taken from some of them without a change or a
failure. These creek valleys are not very wide, running from one-half to
about one and one-half milesin width. It is seldom that these valleys ex-
tend from both sides of the streams along which they lie, the valley bein
sometimes on one side of the stream and sometimes on the other, uplan
and bottom land alternating according to the winding of the water course.
On one side will be a long stretch
of bottom land, while from the
otherrises abrupt, high bluffs.
The sinuosity of the streams
gives a peculiar formation to
the character of the surface,
causing the low lands along
their margins to assume the
shape of basins. By far the
greater portion of the county is
upland prairie, which is used
chiefly for stock ranges, and
which affords excellent pastur-
age; agriculture being confined
almost entirely to the bottom
lands along the creeks.

The water courses by which
the county is meandered are
numerous, all of which are de-
nominated creeks, and to each
of which is given a particular
name. The largest stream in
the county is Mill Creek, to
which many of the smaller
streams are tributary. There
are three branches of Mill
Creek, named respectively, East
Branch, West Branch, and
South Branch. These branches
are fed by still smaller branches,
the largest of which are Illinois
Creek and Spring Creek, which
fiow into the est Branch,
while a few lesser creeks are
tributary to the Hast Branch.
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Branch form a confluence about
four miles south of Alma, from
which point the course of the
stream is northward. The West
Branch and Spring Creek take
their rise in Washington Town-
ship, which is the western town-
ship of the county; Illinois
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creeks also break the face of the
country, and on the banks of these water courses some very fine timber
grows, consisting of several varieties, chief among which are oak, hickory,
walnut, cottonwood and sycamore.. These belts of timber vary in width
from less than one-fourth to one-half mile, and furnish ample fuel. The

" (a) To 1872, part to Mill Creek; in 1873, parts to Farmer and Washington. (b) In 1878, from part of Alma. (c) In 1875, fro!
Bue ere ie toe aot Wilmington. th) Ee Ie, Rove went oe

(e) In 1872, from part of Alma; in 1875, part to Kaw.
Creek.

(f) In 1872, part to Maple

name of Mill Creek proper,
and runs east by north until it empties into the Kansas River at the
northeast; corner of the county. After passing Alma it receives the water
of Henry’s Creek, which has its rise in Wabaunsee Township, and still fur:
ther east Mulberry Creek and Snokomo Creek, add their tribute, both of

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1878, from part of Alma. (1) In 1872, part to Roc!
WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

which have their rise in Newbury. Township, Mulberry running from the
north and Snokomo from the south, while Maple Hill Township:helps to
swell the current by adding the water of Dry Creek. Rising at almost the
western boundary line of the county, and flowing in a northeasterly direc-
tion across the entire county until it empties into the Kaw or Kansas River
at the northeast corner, Mill Creek forms the most important stream in the
county. It is not the only stream, however, as in the southeast portion of
the county there is Dragoon Creek and Elm Creek, both of which have their
rise in Wilmington Township, and flowing in a southeasterly direction, be-
come tributaries of the Osage or Marais des Cygnes River. In the southeastern
pore of the county there is Rock Creek, which has its rise in the township

earing the same name, and which, flowing in a southwesterly direction,
winds its way until it becomes lost in the greater waters of the Neosho
River. Inthe northern portion of the county there is Antelope Creek and
Wells Creek, the former rising in Wabaunsee Township and the latter in
Kaw Township, both of which run north and are tributary to the Kansas
River. Mission Creek is another stream in the eastern portion of the county
which rises in Mission Creek Township, the course of hich is due east until
it enters the Kansas River, about twelve miles west of the city of Topeka,
the capital of the.State. Excepting a few minor streamlets, which occa-
sionally furnish water where cattle may drink, the streams and creeks de-
scribed constitute the water system of the county.

The character of the soil differs in eal according to localities. That
of the low or bottom lands is deep, rich, and fertile, ranging from two to
ten feet in ae while that of the uplands is shallow, and very uncertain
as to crops. The soil of the bottom lands along Mill Creek and its tribu-
taries is exceptionally rich and fertile, as also is that of the Kansas Valley
in the northern penien of the county. In the dow lands which lie along
the streams and creeks, the soil is alluvial in character, and has been
formed by sedimentary deposits resulting from recurring overflows, to
which has been added washings of earth from the adjoining uplands, and
also the accretions rising from decomposed vegetable matter. e depth of
the soil varies with the width of the valleys, it being much deeper where the
valley is narrow than where it is wide. These valleys constitute the chief
farming lands of the county. On the uplands the soil runs from six to fif-
teen inches in depth, ee upon the higher blufis, which are usually
found to be faced with a flat limestone, which in many cases covers the sur-
face, while in others it is to be found from two to six inches, and some-
times more, beneath the surface. In many localities, where the ground is
not so broken and bluffy as it is in the central portion of the county, and
where the prairie, although upland, is more undulating, and the acclivities
and declivities are not so abrupt, there are numerous spots of excellent
farming land which are, as yet, uncultivated, and which are devoted to graz-
ing and haying purposes. The difference between the soil of the upland
and that of the low land is not so much in quality as in quantity, as where
in the former case it is measured by inches, in the latter it is measured by
feet. The uncertainty of the uplands for crops, except in unusually wet
seasons, has caused settlers to locate chiefly on the low-lying lands along
the streams and creeks; but while the upland prairie is almost destitute of
settlement, there is not a single foot of the soil but that has passed into in-
dividual ownership, and while it is still unoccupied, it is nearly all under
fence, and it is no unusual thing to see tracts containing thousands of’ acres
embraced within one enclosure. :

The products of the county are, mainly, agricultural, and consist of
wheat, oats, corn, rye and barley. Within the past few years flax has been
cultivated to some extent, and each year finds more attention given to its
culture. Millet, timothy, hungarian and clover are also extensively culti-
vated, while from the soil, in its primitive and natural state, a superabun-
dance of rich and nutritious grasses grow in great luxuriance. Fruit also
‘+ ig among the products that receive a great deal of care and attention, and
in ordinary seasons, apples and peaches yield immense crops. Potatoes are
raised in abundance, and no little care is given to the cultivation of escu-
lents, such as turnips, beets, carrots, and other roots, but these chiefly, al-
though cultivated and raised in large quantities, are mostly used for stock-
feeding purposes. The chief products, however—that is, those that sprin,
from the soil—are wheat, oats and corn, of which immense quantities fin
their way to Chicago, St. Louis, and other chief marts. Plums, cherries,
and other small fruit, including grapes, strawberries, raspberries and cur-
rants, are raised quite extensively in the older settled portions of the county.
In the timber along the streams and creeks, natural, or wild fruit, grows in
abundance. This consists chiefly of wild plums, grapes: strawberries, mul-
berries, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries and wild currants, while in
some localities, after the trees have shed, walnuts and hickory nuts can be
shoveled up by the bushel. Hay is a product of vast importance to the
county, not only on account of the immense quantities cut and put up for
feeding purposes during the winter months, but also on account of the
amount transported out of the county, and which is a source of consider-
able revenue. :

The mineral resources of the county, if there are any, are as yet undevel-
oped, excepting rock, consisting chiefly of various kinds of limestone, which
is used extensively for building purposes and for fencing. Coal has been
found in various parts of the county at different times, but of a very infer-
ior quality, and so limited in thickness of vein as to preclude any attempt

uccessiul operation.
= But little ne no attention has been devoted to the establishment of any
manufacturing industries. For this there are several reasons, among which
are, absence of railroad facilities, scarcity of fuel, paucity of population, and
lack of material. If we except three cheese factories, two in Mission Creek
Township, and one in Wabaunsee Township; the two flouring mills, al-
ready mentioned, and the salt works, we except all that has been attempted
in the way of manufacturing. At present nothing is being done at'the

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salt works, nor have they been in operation for some time past. That there
is ample brine in the well, and of superior quality, has been established be-
yond a doubt, and that excellent salt has been there made when the works
were in operation, to the amount of from twenty to thirty barrels a day, is
a fact beyond dispute; but the facilities are lacking by which the operation
of the works can be made profitable. It is true, however, that Wabaunsee
from all natural appearances, was never designed for a manufacturing
county, but there is no reason why an oil-mill and also a woolen-mill should
not be established there in the near future. The water-power is there lim-
ited, it is true, and there is no county in the State better adapted to the
cultivation of flax and the raising of sheep. ;

In the county there are some eight or nine good mill sites on Mill
Creek, where ample power could be had for milling purposes. Only two of
these are at present utilized, one being at Paxico, in Newbury Township,
and the other in Alma Township, about one-half mile from the city. The
former was constructed in 1880, by Strosch Bros., and the latter in 1858,
by G. Zwanziger. Both of these are flouring mills, the former having
three run of buhrs, two for flour and one for corn; and the latter four, three
for flour and one for corn. The mill near Alma was the first built in the
county, excepting one, built by the government for the use of the Indians,
on the Pottawatomie Reservation. The government mill was washed out
by high water in 1857, and was never rebuilt, and the following year Mr.
Zwanziger erected his mill. In 1862 the ownership of the mill changed, Mr.
Zwanziger selling out to the present proprietor, Mr. L. Pauly. As the popu-
lation of the county increased, the mill became altogether inadequate to sup-
ply the demands of the people, and shortly after falling into Mr. Pauly’s

ands he doubled its capacity, and he is now taking steps to enlarge it still
further. The system by which the stream is dammed in order to get the
utmost power, is somewhat peculiar, and may be classed among those things
that are set down as being much better understood by having been once seen
than from any attempt at description. About a mile from where the mil],
stands, the east and west branches of the stream fork, and at this point the
first dam is built. Close by the mill is another dam, and from this a race is
constructed through which the water is eenueyed to the mill where it falls a
distance of twelve feet upon a forty-inch Lefelle wheel and thus its power is
obtained. The size of the mill is 40x52 feet, it is three stories high; is

_ solidly built, and its capacity is 300 bushels a day. The mill at Pasico is a

very solid stone structure, and is fitted up with the most improved ma-
chinery. These two mills, however, are far from being adequate to the de-
mands of the people, and at present a third flouring mill is being con-
structed farther down the stream in Maple Hill Township. It does not fall
within the province of the writer to say what advantage may be taken of the
idle water powers in time, but in a county where the wool of thousands upon
thousands of sheep might be gathered annually, and where flax and hemp
are of easy cultivation, to say that these unused powers will be utilized in
the near future, might not be considered a wild prophecy.

There are no places in the county possessing any peculiar interest, either
to the sojourner or traveler. As far as known there is no spot rendered
historic, either in writing or tradition, as the place where hostile tribes of
Indians met in deadly combat and renowned chiefs performed wonderful
feats of valor and heroism. In this respect the history of the eounty is a
blank. Nor has nature furnished the county with any of those wonderful
places, either for beauty, grandeur, or health-imparting properties, which
the seeker for pleasure, the tourist or the invalid desires to find. If Buffalo
Mound and the old Mormon trail are excepted, the county is void of any-
thing to which is attached any peculiar interest. What interest attaches to
Buffalo Mound is derived from the fact that it is the highest point of land

in the county, and in a county the greater portion of which is all high bluffs

and hills, this makes the mound somewhat conspicuous. How it obtained
its name no one seems to know, but its shape bears a stronger resemblance
to the back of a dromedary than to anything else. The mound is in Maple
Hill Township, and south of Mill Creek, and is the north end of a chain of
high ridges that terminate on the south side of the creek. A person can
obtain a better view of the surrounding country from this point than from
any other in the county. From the top of the mound the view embraces a
radius of forty miles, and is very beautiful. Away below you, stretching
out east and west, is the Mill Creek valley with its oceans of corn and in-
numerable stacks of grain, and through the heavy belt of timber that marks
the course of the stream, glimpses of the water can occasionally be had as it
winds its serpentine way to join the waters of the Kaw. In front of you
lies the town of Rossville, in Shawnee County, whose spires can be distinctly
seen rising above the trees. Still further to the west, in Pottawatomie
County, can be seen the town of St. Mary’s, and, extending the gaze still
further westward, a glimpse can be had of Wamego, and that spire of curl-
ing smoke that you see rising above the timber tells of a passing train on
the Kansas Pacific Railway. Allow your gaze to travel in a southeasterly
direction from Wamego for a distance of about forty miles, until you reach
a point where the earth and sky seem to kiss, and if the day is bright and
the atmosphere clear, you can sight Topeka, the capital of the State. It is
the grand view it affords that compensates the traveler for climbing to its
hight. The belief prevails arnong the people that Gen. J. C. Fremont, on his
exploring expedition through the great West in 1838-39, camped upon the
mound and planted the stars and stripes upon its highest point, and this
belief, however founded, adds to its interest.

The Mormon trail leads through Wilmington Township a little south of
Eskridge. There is nothing remarkable about it, nor is it possessed of any
other interest than marking the way that Brigham Young and his followers
took in marching through the unexplored regions of the West in search of a
place where to found a city and erect temples, where Mormons could wor-
ship without further molestation from civilization and Christianity.
988

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The first collective settlement of which there is any authenticated ac-
count, is that made in Wabaunsee Township in 1854, although there were a
few settlers in other portions of the county whose advent dates as far back,
but not possessing that contiguity as to give them that distinctive feature
by which a settlement is characterized. For instance, in Wilmington
Township, in the southeast corner of the county, there was settled as early
as 1854 Henry Harvey and one or two others; while in what is now Farmer
Township we find that John P. Gleich settled as early as 1853, and in 1854
we find Peter Thoes, Frank Schmidt, R. Schrauder and C. Schwankee; but
when it is borne in mind that at that time the county was not divided into
civil townships and that these settlers were miles apart from each other, the
fact of their having settled in the county did not give the respective local-
ities where they located the character of a ‘‘settlement,” or rather not that.
distinctive character which is ascribed to a collection of settlers in one im-
mediate neighborhood, and since the settlement made in Wabaunsee Town-
ship in 1854, by Peter Sharra, Bartholomew Sharra, J. H. Nesbitt, Rev.
Harvey Jones, D. B. Hiatt, J. M. Bisby, Clark Lapham, Joshua’ Smith,
_ Robert Banks, Rev. Mr. Leonard, and probably a few others, assumed this
distinctive feature, we give to it the onal of being the first collective settle-
ment in Wabaunsee County. Following this came, April 1856, the
‘* Beecher Rifle ete or ‘‘ New Haven Colony,” as described by some.
During the fall of 1855 and the winter of 1855-56, great’ excitement pre-
vailed in:the Free States over what was known as the Kansas-Nebraska
Bill, during which time public meetings were held almost nightly, and the
measure was strongly and bitterly denounced. Great enthusiasm was cre-
ated among the people, and a spirit sémewhat akin to that which took hold of
the Colonists in 1776 seemed to be aroused throughout all of the Free States,
but chiefly in New England. :

It was during this winter, and when the feeling against the Nebraska
Bill was at its highest, that the ‘‘Beecher Rifle Club” was formed at New
Haven, Conn. The company first took shape on February 17, 1856, when
C. B. Lines announced at a public meeting in New Haven his intention
organize a colony, and at an early day start for Kansas to help make it a
Free State. Books were opened the next day to receive the signatures)?
those wishing to enroll, and in less than a week eighty-five names were sub-
scribed, which was increased to ninety by the 7th day of March, 1856, on
which day the organization held its first meeting. C. B. Lines was chosen
president of the company. A few days before setting out on their journey
westward, a meeting of the members, together with other citizens of New
Haven, was held in the North Church, where they listened to an address de-
livered by Rev. H. W. Beecher. At the close of the address, C. B. Lines,
as president of the organization, arose and gave a brief outline of the origin,
aim and purpose of the company, reminding the audience that though about
starting for a country where, in all probability, hard knocks would be inter-
changed, no provision had been made to furnish them with weapons, either
offensive or defensive. Prof. Sillman, of Yale College, being in the audi-
ence, arose and made a short address, in which he appealed to the citizens
to furnish the company with arms, and concluded by subscribing $25 for
the purchase of a Sharp’s rifle. He was followed by others until nearly
enough was subscribed to purchase half the required number of rifles. Mr.
Beecher then informed the audience that if half the number was furnished
by the people, he would supply the other half. The first half of the num-
ber having been furnished, Mr. Beecher returned to his home, and, in a few
days thereafter, forwarded to the president of the company $625 to pur-
chase the rifles he had agreed to furnish, with which was also sent a Bible and
hymn-book for each member of the company.

Thus was the Connecticut Kansas Colony equipped, and on the 81st
day of March, 1856, they started from New Haven amidst many hand-
shakings, farewell greetings, and oft-repeated ‘“‘God bless you,” and “God
speed you,” each man having a rifle on his shoulder and a Bible in his
pocket, and from the active part taken by Mr. Beecher in the equipment of
the colony, it became known as the “‘ Beecher Rifle Company.” Arriving
at St. Louis, the company—which, by the way, was composed of preachers,
teachers, doctors, merchants, mechanics and laborers—held a consultation
as to future action. The result of their deliberations was, that a consoli-
dated fund was raised. There was considerable money among the colo-
nists, with which a ae stock of groceries and other provisions were

urchased, after which they took passage on board the steamer Clara, for

msas City. At this place another meeting of the company was held, at
which parties were detailed to go into the interior and purchase oxen, wag-
ons, cows, etc., while another party was detailed to cross over into Kansas
and look up a location for settlement.

All being in readiness, the colonists crossed over'into Kansas, having,
with thirty yoke of oxen, a suitable number of wagons, and many other
articles deemed necessary for the successful establishment of their new
home. Of the colonists, five had their families with them. Next day they
reached Lawrence, where they halted for two or three days, and while there
they were joined by the party who had been detailed to select a location,
and who reported in favor of Wabaunsee, and the report being unanimously
adopted, they struck camp and took up their westward march, arriving at

the point of destination April 28, 1856, where they found that they had al-
ready been preceded by the settlement already mentioned as having gone
there in 1864-55. The object of the colonists was to secure for each member
of the company a farm, and also to locate a town site. .

_ A large tent about twenty feet long was immediately made and erected,
which served as a store, a meeting-house, and also as a home for several of
the company. Prior to this time J. H. Nesbitt, of the 1854 settlers, had
built ail carried on a small store, which had been burned down shortly
before the arrival of the Beecher Rifle Company. Some of the colonists,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

who were not sheltered in the large tent, put up tents for themselves, while
others’ boarded with the families in the neighborhood. There being a
goodly supply of timber in the immediate vicinity, log cabins soon began to
spring up, and two of the company having purchased a saw-mill in Kansas
City on their way West, after a few days’ rest five wagons, with the requisite
number of oxen, were sent back to bring the mill to the settlement. Luther
H. Root had started a day or so earlier for a load of household goods, and
on his. way back to the settlement was attacked by a band of ruffians, who
swore they would hang the d—4d abolitionist, and suiting their action to the
word, they dragged him into the woods, where the rope was thrown around
the limb of a tree and the noose adjusted to his neck. He begged for a few
moments to pray for his family up in the territory, which the leaders of the
ruffianly gang would not grant, until one of the crowd, smitten by his con-
science, stepped forward and said, ‘‘I have a family, too, and protest
against this proceeding.” Mr. Root was liberated and permitted to go on,
but not until all his baggage had been ransacked by the villains, and every-
thing worth appropriating was appropriated. The mill reached the settle-
ment in safety, and was set up and in motion with all the speed possible,
and its powers were sorely taxed to supply the demand for lumber.

Up to this time, all that had been done by way of surveying the county
had been done by the government in dividing it into congressional town-
ships of six miles square. Before claims could be taken so that each man
sould tell his own with any degree of certainty, it was necessary to have the
townships surveyed and marked off into sections. This having been done,
claims were staked off for those who had determined to remain, after which
a committee of appraisement was appointed to set-a value upon each
claim. The value of the best claim was set at $120, the second best
at $80, and so they ran, on a descending scale, until $5 was reached.
Quite a number were valued at par, which was found by striking an average
of the whole. This having been done, the claims were then offered for sale
at auction, those offering the highest bonus over the appriied value get-
ting the choice claims. The money derived from these bonuses was dis-
tributed among those who had taken claims below par, and thereby equal-
ity of distribution was secured as nearly as it was possible so to do. ach
having secured his claim, a town company was then organized by the colonists,
into which were taken as many of the older settlers as desired to join. A
beautiful site was selected on the south side of the Kansas River, which
was surveyed and laid off into streets and lots, to which was given the name
of Wabaunsee, and by which the village is still known. Thus the plans
and purposes of the colonists on leaving Connecticut were carried out, and
the Beecher Rifle Company became established as among the earliest settlers
of Wabaunsee County.

While this settlement was being made in the northern portion of the
county, we find that during the same year settlers were commencing to
locate further south; as, for instance, in Mill Creek Township we find that
Henry Schmidt, Wm. Drebing, B. Cline, J. Metzger, Joseph Treu and one
or two others, made settlement there in 1856. In 1857 the Wabaunsee set-
tlement was reinforced by the arrival of five young volunteers from Mendon,
Illinois, who had volunteered to go to Kansas. The citizens of Mendon
furnished them with arms and accoutrements, and they started together to
render what assistance they could in adding Kansas to the list of Free States.
Finding it impossible to go through Missouri, they struck across Iowa, tak-
ing for an objective souk Tabor, in Fremont County, which at that time
was the rendezvous for Redpath and his men. When they arrived there
they found that Redpath had already preceded them, and that at that time
he had in his command about 150 men, well armed with Sharp’s rifles, and
for artillery he had one brass field-piece. They crossed over into Nebraska
with Redpath’s men and went with them south until within one day’s march
of Topeka, where the command was halted. The Mendon volunteers, at
this point, started off as an independent company by themselves, and
arrived on the second day thereafter. These young men were named Enoch
Platt, J. E. Platt, L. H. Platt, S. R. Weed and S. H. Fairfield.

The northeast portion—or about one-fourth—of the county was not
open to settlement until 1869, it being embraced within the Pottawatomie
reservation. About this time a few settlers had also located in Alma Town-
ship, among whom were Henry and J. Terras, G. Zwanziger, Fred Polenski,
Edward Bee and some others. Irrespective of Indians, as near as can
be aoe , there were, at’ the close of 1857, about 400 settlers in the
county.

Tho following is a list of the names of those of the ‘Beecher Rifle
Company,” or ‘‘New Haven Colony,” who came to Wabaunsee and remained
over three months. Twenty of the original ninety who started from New
Haven never, came to Kansas at all, and all the others whose names are not
given, either not wishing to share the fatigues, hardships and difficulties of
the colony, or from some other cause, left the colony shortly after its arrival
and the names that are given represent only those who remained with the
colony during its early struggles. They are as follows: C. B. Lines, Wm.
Hartley, Jr., J. D. Farren, Geo. H. Coe, F. H. Hart, Silas M. Thomas, L.
H. Root, J. M. Hubbard Jr., Wm. Mitchell Jr., O. Bardwell, Rollin Moses,
A. A, Cotteral, H. 8. Hall, Benj. Street, J. J. Walter, T. C. P. Hyde, E. C.
D. Lines, E. D. Street, Timothy Read, H. M. Selden, George Wells, S. A.
Baldwin, W.S. Griswold, Isaac Fenn, J. P. Root, J. F. Willard, H

Rice, H. Isbell, D. F. Scranton, E. J. Lines, F. W. Ingham, L. A. Parker,
E. N. Penfield, R. W. Griswold, G. H. Thomas, M. C. Welch, B. C. Porter,
F. Johnson, C. E. Pond, L. W. Clark and W. G. MeNary.

BORDER INDIAN TROUBLES.

_In territorial days the prope had a law among themselves, and one
which was generally observed, known as the ‘‘squatter” law. It was a kind
of protective society, the governing panel being a sort of offensive and
defensive arrangement by which each protected the other in his claim to the
WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

land upon which they squatted. In 1855 one J. H. Nesbitt had taken a
claim in the vicinity of what is now the town of Wabaunsee, but he had al-
lowed two years to roll by without putting up any buildings, or making any
improvements. Under this local law things moved along very smoothly
until one night towards the latter end of the summer of 1857, a man came
along from Missouri and a the claim. Assisted by a few Missourians
who had previously settled in the neighborhood, that night he erected what
is known as a ‘‘shake,” and entered upon possession. Next morning the
news soon spread that Nesbitt’s claim was jumped, and this was the signal
tor a general muster. That day a party waited upon the Missourian and
notified him to leave, but he very politely told them to go to h—l, at the
same time giving them to understand he would shoot the first man that un-
dertook to disturb him.

A few nights after his “shake” was surrounded by a prairie fire, but he
had taken the precaution to-place a fire-break around it, and thus saved it.

About two weeks subsequent to this time, a party of men surrounded the:

“shake” one night, and commenced the assault by hammering in the door.
The Missourian thought it was about time to leave, but just as he was mak-
ing his exit, a blanket was thrown over his head and he was carried to the
river. Here he was fastened to a log and pushed out into the stream. At
this juncture he begged so piteously for mercy, and promised so strongly
that he would surrender the claim and leave, that they pulled him ashore,
untied him, and after having escorted him about three miles from the settle-
ment, told him to go and never return, and that was the last seen of him in
the neighborhood.
That system of railroading known before the war, or previous to 1861, as
“underground,” was very successfully conducted in Wabaunsee County.
There were two stations in the county, one at Mission Creek and one at
Wabaunsee, which were about thirty miles apart. All the passengers trans-
‘ported over an ‘‘underground” railroad were escaped slaves seeking freedom.
~ Passengers arriving at the Mission Creek station would receive safe conduct
from there to Wabaunsee. Nearly all the travel was done by night. Ar-
rviving at Wabaunsee, the eee would there be taken in charge by
other conductors, who would take them to the next station, which was sixty
miles distant in the direction of Tabor, in Fremont County, Iowa, which
was the point of delivery. As many as eighteen have been conducted
through on one trip. At one time a slave named Charley had found his
way from Missouri to Wabaunsee station, and was taken in charge by the
conductors, but his master having pursued him, he was found and his sur-
render demanded. The settlers were not the kind of men to answer such a
demand but in one way, and arming themselves with their Beecher rifles,*
they brought Charley out and told the master and his men if they wanted
him to come and take him. They did not come for him, and Charley

- yeceived safe conduct toward the land of freedom, but over a different route
from the one usually followed.

The lands of the Pottawatomie reservation lay on both sides of the
Kansas River, part in Pottawatomie County and part in Wabaunsee County.
On the Wabaunsee side of the river: there were about 2,000 Pottawatomie
Indians. In Nebraska the Pawnee tribe was located. It was eae
this tribe to make periodical predatory incursions into the land of the Potta-
watomies, and carry off all the ponies, cattle, and other plunder they could get
their hands on; nor were they any way backward about taking as many
scalps of the Pottawatomies as they could conveniently reach. On one of
these plundering expeditions the Pawnees had crossed the river, and_had

penetrated the Pottawatomie territory nearly as far as the present New-

bury, where they were set upon by the Pottawatomies, and in the conflict
that followed the Pawnees were defeated and driven across the river after
losing a number of their warriors, whose scalps afterwards graced the
belts of the Pottawatomies. This was the end of Pawnee predatory
incursions. Nothing was known of this fight by the whites until the follow-
ing day, when a party from the Wabaunsee settlement, on its way to: Leav-
enworth for provisions, camped near Newbury, and on going to a spring
near by for water, came upon the remains of a dead Pawnee, whose ears and
nose had been cut off, his tongue and heart cut out, and otherwise terribly
mutilated. : :
In 1854 D. B. Hyatt, in company with a young comrade, left their
homes in Illinois with the intention of settling in Kansas. Arriving at the

Missouri River, they took the boat for Leavenworth. While on the boat.

they made the acquaintance of a young man from Missouri, who said that he
was going out to look for a location in Kansas, too, The three left the boat
together at Leavenworth, and procuring ponies, started westward. Hyatt's
comrade had about $800 in gold in a belt, which he wore round his body.
They traveled together, enjoying each other’s company, until a place named
Likens was reached, a short distance west from Topeka. Here they con-
sulted as to the best course to, pursue, when the Missourian proposed that
Hyatt should remain where they were to take charge of the extra ponies
while he and Hyatt’s comrade would push on through Wabaunsee County
and see what advantages it offered for settlement. This proposition was
agreed to, and next day carried into effect. Day after day passed by, and

yatt was becoming quite anxious about his absent comrades. What had
become of them? Had anything serious happened to them? Had they
been killed by Indians?—were questions which he could not answer, and his
increasing anxiety gave rise to doubt, and doubt created fear, and fear was
succeeded by determination. He would go in search of his comrades, and
know the worst. Engaging a few Indians to accompany him, he started
across the country, but they had not gone far when they were met by the
saddleless and riderless pony which had been ridden by his young friend
from Illinois. Doubt now became certainty, and following the trail they
came to a creek in the northwest of Wabaunsee County, where they found
the ashes of the saddle and the charred remains of the young man from

 

*Furnished the company by Rev. H. W. Beecher before leaving New Haven for Kansas.

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Illinois who had started with Mr. Hyatt to make himself a new home in
Kansas, but instead of which he found a grave, having been foully murdered
by the Missourian, and this was the first case of murder committed by a
white man upon another in the county. The murderer was tracked, pur-
sued, captured, and received that punishment, without the aid of court or
jury, which he so justly merited. The creek by which the remains were
found was afterwards known and designated by the Indians as Dead-man’s
Creek, but subsequently it was given the name of Emmons Creek, by which
it now appears on the map.

The outbreak of the Wiowa tribe of Indians took place in the fall of
1860, and having succeeded in getting several bands of the Cheyennes and
Camanches to join them, they commenced operations by attacking emigrant
trains and the white settlers on the frontiers. Their movements were made
chiefly along the old Santa Fe trail. Train after train was attacked and
plundered, regardless of whether it was composed of emigrant or govern-
ment wagons. They succeeded in carrying their depredations as far east as
Marion County, which is in the second tier of counties south and west from
Wabaunsee. The whole country for miles around was filled with dread and
consternation. The desire to plunder reached the prairie band of Potta-
watomies, at that time located in Wabaunsee County, and this desire was
fanned into war-heat by a few emissaries from the Kiowas, who induced
them to join in the plundering foray. The Pottawatomies assembled their
warriors, about two hundred strong, and made preparations to march and
join forces with the Kiowas, Cheyennes and Camanches. This becoming

nown to the white settlers adjoining the reservation, word was immedi-
ately sent throughout the county warning the people of the threatened In-
dian outbreak, and cautioning them to keep themselves in readiness, and for
as many as possibly could be spared from the different localities to hasten
with all possible speed to Alma. The women and children in the vicinity of
Alma sought shelter in the corn-fields, while the men, though few in number,
took to their rifles, determined, at all hazards, to prevent the junction of
the Pottawatomies with the Kiowas, Cheyennes and Camanches, as there was
no telling what might Happen if this combination was effected.

No sooner had news of the impending danger gong abroad than settlers
from a distance commenced to come in to the designated place of rendez-
vous from nearly every direction. Some came alone, while others came in

oups of two, three, four, and upwards, but every man came prepared to
fight if necessary. Not dreaming of meeting with any interruption, out
marched the Pottawatomies in full war dress and paint, and south to join
the depredating Kiowas, Cheyennes and Camanches. They crossed Mill
Creek at or near a point where Pauly’s mill now stands. A little beyond
the creek, close to Polenski’s farm, they were brought to a halt by the as-
sembled whites, by whom they were told they could go no further, and that
they had better return to their reservation. The Indians largely outnum-
bered the whites, and were inclined to parley, but the whites were deter-
mined, told them they were their friends and did not want to harm them, but
if they persisted in going any further they would fight. While this parley
was being held, and while the Indians were counselling as to what they
should do, armed men continued to arrive from more distant parts of the
county. The Indians saw that to insist upon advancing further would be
useless, and very wisely concluded to return to their reservation, which they
did, and thus a collision was avoided, and the junction of the Pottawato-
mies with the other plundering tribes was prevented.

The ‘‘ Beecher Rifle Company,” which is sometimes described as the
“‘New Haven Colony,” and also as the ‘‘ Connecticut Kansas Colony,” ar-
rived in Wabaunsee County in April, 1856, during the border ruffian
troubles. In the following month, May, a messenger arrived at the colony
from Lawrence, and informed the settlers of the danger that threatened the
Free-State men in that vicinity from an anticipated attack from the Pro-
slavery men from Missouri and some other Southern States. The Beecher
Company had not got properly quartered yet, and were busy in their prepa-
rations for settlement, when the messenger from Lawrence arrived and be-
seeched their aid. Under these circumstances a council of the company
was held to take into consideration what they had better do in the premises.
They desired to go to the help of their beleaguered friends in Lawrence, but
their own affairs were such that they could not leave them without incur-
ring great risk and entailing vast trouble and inconvenience. It was finally
determined to send a committee of two to investigate affairs at Lawrence,
upon whose report the colony would act.

Mr. Mitchell and Dr. L. Root were selected as the committee, and started
immediately for Lawrence. They reached Topeka the same night, and next
morning hired two mules, intending to push on to their point of destina-
tion as fast as possible; but having been told that the ruffians were patrol-
ing all the roads leading into Lawrence, they stopped at Tecumseh until
darkness set in, when, evading the patrols, they succeeded in reaching Law-
rence in safety. Having ascertained the true position of affairs, and seeing
the danger by. which the Free-State men were threatened, the night follow-
ing their arrival they mounted their mules, and, in company with two others
well mounted, started from Lawrence to return to the colony and _ report.
A little way from town they came upon a log house, through the chinks of
which light was visible, and from which, as they were passing, some ten or
fifteen muskets were discharged at them in a volley. The night was rather
dark, and the two horses on which their companions were mounted, either
through fright or urged by the spur, set off at full gallop, and that was the
last seen of them. Without taking time to re-load, the party stationed in
the log house, after firing the volley, rushed out and surrounded Mr.
Mitchell and his comrade, Dr. Root, and commanded them to dismount and
surrender. To this they demurred for some time, but they were told if they
were found to be “‘all right” they would be allowed to proceed in the morn-
ing. The doctor and Mr. Mitchell held a short consultation, in which the
doctor advised submission as the surest and quickest way of getting word
back to the colony, arguing that as they were but a few weeks, and the

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colony about seventy miles from Lawrence, nobody would know them, and,
as a consequence, when morning came they would be allowed to go on their
journey unmolested. Their mules and revolvers were taken from them under
protest, the captain of the ruffians telling them they could have them in the
morning. They were then escorted to a little hut that was used as a ‘‘guard-
house,” into which they were put, and where they found that several other
prisoners had preceded them. :

Next morning they were conducted separately before the captain and .

examined, and for no other reason than that they were Free-State men, they
were remanded to the guard-house,where they were kept for several days.
Mr. Mitchell, by his abrupt and defiant answers, had incurred the displeas-
ure of the captain, and a day or two after a man was sent to search him for
supposed concealed correspondence. Mr. Mitchell was lying on the floor,
and told the ruffian to search away, that he would not get up to yield to
such an outrage, and wanted to know why he was singled out for such pur-
ose. The ruffian told him that he was suspected of having concealed in
is boots letters from the Free-State men in Lawrence to others in Topeka
and Wabaunsee. ‘‘Pull off my boots and see,” said Mr. Mitchell, and the
ruffian pulled the boots off, but found no correspondence. Mr. Mitchell
was no way guarded in his language during the performance, every word of
which was reported to the captain. The culprit was sent for, and for his
misbehavior was detailed as cook for the rest of the prisoners, who now
numbered eighteen. He flatly refused to cook, when again he was taken
before the captain, followed by a crowd of drunken ruffians, to whom was
given all the whisky they could drink, free of charge. While the captain
and Mr. Mitchell were bandying words, some of the ruffians cried out,
‘Hang the abolitionist!” and, as if all had been pre-arranged, a rope was
instantly thrown around his neck and the noose drawn; but some of the
ruffians, more sober than the: rest, interfered and saved him from being
hung. All this time the colony was anxiously awaiting the return of its
committee, and hearing no tidings of them or from them, one of the settlers
of Wabaunsee took it upon himself to go and, if possible, ascertain what
had happened to them; but he also was captured and placed in the guard-
house, where they were kept for over two weeks, and until after the sacking
‘ of Lawrence by the ruffians, when they were liberated, and returned to the
colony in Wabaunsee. Without meeting with any further delays or acci-
dents, more than was rendered necessary by both having to ride the same
mule in turn, one having been lost or confiscated during their stay in the
guard-house. Mr. Mitchell and Dr. Root returned in safety to the colony,
where they told the story of their arrest, confinement and treatment.

Steps were immediately taken to organize a military company, composed
of the colonists and surrounding settlers, which in a short time was per-
fected. The company was armed with Sharp’s rifles, being the same that
were furnished, half by the people of New Haven and half by Rev. H. W.
Beecher, numbered between fifty and sixty men, and took for its name that
of ‘‘Prairie Guards.” Mr. Mitchell was chosen captain of the company, and
scarcely was its formation completed when, in response to a call of the
“Committee of Safety,” it marched to Lawrence to aid in defending that
city against the band of ruffians who had swarmed from Missouri and other
Slave States and threatened it with destruction. To this conflict between
the settlers of the Free States and those from the Slave States has been

‘iven the name of the ‘‘Wakarusa War,” at the close of which the Prairie
Grand without meeting with any casualties, returned to their homes in
Wabaunsee County.

Another incident that gave rise to a good deal of excitement at the
time, was the murder of Mr. Waterman, who was the first postmaster in
Maple Hill Township. The murdered man, Waterman, owned and ran
a saw-mill at a point on Mill Creek, near where the government grist-mill
once stood. ite and Frego, the party who did the killing, had been in
his employ, and had quarreled over some trifling matter in settlement.
White was a white man and Frego a half-breed Indian. One day Water-
man, with one of his hired men, was returning from Topeka and had reached
Mission Creek, where he stopped in the stream to allow his horses to drink.
White and Frego were lying in wait for him, concealed in the timber along
the bank of the stream. As the horses were in the act of drinking, crack,
crack, went two rifles, fired by these men in ambush. Waterman was in-
stantly killed, and the hired man badly wounded. The news of the killing
soon spread, and instantly a hue and cry went forth against the murderers.
The country was scoured in every direction for several days, but the assas-
sins succeeded in eluding the vigilance of their pursuers, and made their

escape.
INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE,

Thirty years ago, Wabaunsee County, with the greater portion of Kan-
sas was considered part of the Great American Desert. But few white
people then ventured west of the Missouri River, intending to make

~ settlement upon Kansas soil, and those that did so venture, came with the
expectation of battling against privations, difficulties and hardships never
thought of or known but to the early pioneers. In those days the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans were not bound together by steel bands, nor did the iron-
horse go bounding across the seeming boundless prairies of the West.
Settlers came expecting hardships and fatigue, nor were they disappointed
in their expectations, and those who first settled in Wabaunsee County, were
no exception to the rule. Up to 1861, their fare was of the hardest kind.
Leavenworth and Kansas City were their nearest trading points, and these
were distant one hundred miles or more, and the usual mode of conveyance
was by ox-team. Their manner of trading was for the people in an entire
neighborhood whose means enabled them so to do, to club together and pur-
chase their goods by the wagon load, and the poorer settlers whose means,
if they had any, were very much limited, were obliged to get along as best
they could. Jt usually required from ten days to two weeks for an ox-team

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

to make.the trip to Kansas City and back, and its return would be as anx-
iously looked for as a shipwrecked mariner tries to desery land. In 1855,
some of the settlers succeeded in raising a little sod corn, but how to prepare
it for food was a troublesome question. The nearest mill was fifty miles
away, and the quantity-of corn raised was so small that it would not pay for
the hauling and milling. Their mannercf preparing it was to dry it ona
sheet and then break it up between two rocks or in an improvised mortar and
then make it into hominy. Tea was a luxury that very few, if any, enjoyed,
and burnt corn or corn bread was very often substituted for coffee, while
chickory was relished as a delicious beverage. When they began to raise a |
little wheat they supplied their necessities for flour by grinding it in coffee
mills, and thus they fought and struggled on from year to year until garden
atches began to furnish them with vegetables and wider wheat and corn
elds afforded crops sufficiently abundant to enable them to go to mill. To .
add to their other discomforts ena year would see about eight out of every
-ten of the settlers shaking with the ague which was caused by the use of
creek water. This was attributed to climatic causes, nor was the true cause
discovered until the people — to dig wells and get pure water, after which
all signs of ague disap eared. Nature, however, was kind to them and
stocked the streams with an abundance of fish and the prairies with plenty
of buffalo, antelope, elk and deer, while of wild turkeys and prairie
chickens there was an amplitude. Fencing was about the most difficult task
the settlers had. They did not expect to fence in large farms in the earlier
days of the settlement, but yet: efforts were made to fence in patches of land
running from five to twenty acres. Most of the posts and rails had to be
made from cottonwood trees, the snarly nature of which rendered it almost
impossible for a man during a hard day’s work to cut and split more than
fifteen or twenty rails. Nor was this the worst they had to contend
against, for after having their fences built they ran great risk of having
them destroyed by prairie fire, and not only their fences but all their
worldly possessions. Then there was no roads to stop the progress of a
rairie fire when once it got started, and it would sweep 1cross the prairie,
icking up the tall, rank grass on its way, with a roar like that of mighty
ocean when under the power of a raging tempest.

This fighting prairie fire was a very arduous duty imposed upon the
settlers, and there was no telling when it might come. It would frequently
be set onfireby Indians while out hunting, and three times it entered the
settlement and did considerable damage. Notwithstanding all the backsets
and disadvantages under which they labored, 1860 found the settlers in such
condition as to be able to get along with some degree of comfort. -This was
a terrible year, however, for Kansas, for it was then visited by the severest
drouth that has ever been experienced in the State. So severe was it in
character, and the heat of the siroccos so intense, that the streams were dried —
up, cattle died by the hundred, buffalo, elk, and deer perished by droves,
and the entire State was so scorched and parched, that not a sign of vegeta-
tion could be seen upon its surface. This was a very disheartening blow to
the settlers of Wabaunsee County, who had already undergone so much, but
they met it bravely and triumphed over all difficulties, and are now enjoy-
ing in peaceful homes, surrounded with plenty and prosperity, the reward
of their industry, couraye and perseverance.

But one single lady accompanied the Beecher Rifle Company from New
Haven to Wabaunsee, and she acted ascook, washerwoman, and maid of all
work for the Company. She took up her quarters across Antelope Creek on
the opposite side to that where the majority of the Company were quartered.
The means of communication between the two sides, was by a tree placed
across the creek and running from bank to bank. In ordinary times the
creek could be forded without much difficulty, but when the water was high
the log became oT convenient. It happened on one occasion that the
water was pretty high, and Miss Alford was sorely troubled as to how to get
the washing across to the men. This was on Saturday, and she was ex-
tremely desirous that the men should have clean ‘‘hickory’s,” (in those early
days all the men in Wabaunsee wore hickory shirts, in which to attend
church on Sunday), but how to get across the creek perplexed her sorely.
She battled with the problem a longtime, until shades of evening began to
come down, and if the washing was to be delivered at all it would have to be
done quickly, or darkness would render it impossible, and her New Eng-
land religious training precluded every thought of delivering the clothes on
Sunday. She tied the yeas firmly together, and then fastened it on top
of her head, and thus prepared, undertook to ‘ coon” the log, that is, cross
it on hands and knees, or all fours. When about the center of the log and
just over where the water was deepest, there was heard ascream and a
splash, and the next moment she was neck deepin water, holding on to the
log to steady herself against the current. On hearing the scream, some of
the men ran towards the creek to ascertain what was the matter, but by the
time they got there Miss Alford was safe on terra firma, and though soaked
from neck to feet herself, the bundle on her head was perfectly dry; and yet
after all her fidelity and devotion, not one of the whole Company had the
manly courage to propose toher. After vainly waiting for a year or so,
she returned to New England, where her many Virtues would likely be met
with such warmth of appreciation as to dispense with all ‘cooning ” of logs
in future. :

_ An amusing incident is told of the early courts. It was during Terri-
torial days, and it was the first court held in Wabaunsee County. The
residing judge was Judge Elmore. While court was in session, a man
rom the neighborhood of Harveyville came stalking into the room in true
Western style, with his pants stuffed in his bootlegs, a corn-cob pipe in his
mouth, and a great white hat on his head, the rim of which flopped down
like the dead ears of a mule. Throwing himself into a seat he stretched
his legs out at full length, folded his arms, and assumed an attitude some-
-thing like that given to Napoleon in some of his pictures. To say that the
Judge was horrified would not express it. He looked at the disrespecter of

 
WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

judicial dignity for a moment or two, but observing that his fierce scowl
was disregarded, he cried out in stentorian tones, ‘‘ Take off your hat, sir.”
The countryman straightened himself up a little and glanced around the
room, then turned towards the judge and:said, ‘‘ Me, sir.” ‘‘ Yes, you, sir,”
said the judge, adding, ‘“‘ this is a land of law and order and both shall be
respected.” ‘‘All right, sir,” said the rustic, standing up and taking off his
hat, and looking around the room and seeing no place where he could hang
it, he turned again to the judge and asked, ‘‘ Where will I put it?’ The
audience could not restrain themselves, but broke out into roars of laughter.
“Sheriff,” said the judge, ‘‘take that man into custody.” and the order was
instantly obeyed. ‘The man was well thought of by his neighbors, and dur-
ing the noon adjournment they interceded for him with the judge, and
pleaded that he might let him go unpunished. Now, if the judge was partial
to anything in the world, it was to a nice, ripe watermelon, and on re-open-
ing court the judge had the culprit brought in. He gave him asound lecture,
and told him ifit had not been for the intercession of his neighbors he should
have meted: him out the full penalty of the law, but now he was disposed to
be lenient, and he should sentence him to furnish watermelons for the crowd
as quickly as possible. The man went off highly delighted, and in a short
time a wagon-load of watermelons was drawn up in front of the court house,
and the biggest one in the pile was carried up and laid upon the judge’s
stand. Then they commenced to roll in over the floor by the dozen,
when the judge ordered. court to be adjourned to the following morning,
and that afternoon a melon-feast was held in the court room.

It was late in the fall of 1860, when a party started from Wabaunsee to
go buffalo hunting, in order to lay in a supply of meat. The hunting
ground was about forty miles west from Salina, or nearly one hundred miles
trom the starting point. It was Saturday evening when they pitched their
camp on the edge of the hunting ground. Next day being Sunday, the
question was debated whether they should hunt on that day or not. Some
favored hunting, but more opposed it, and it was decided not to hunt.
However, a man of the party named Williams, a little more skeptical than
the rest, concluded he would hunt anyhow, and started out. He had gone
but a short way when he shot a buffalo and dropped it. Thinking the beast was
dead, he went up to dissect it, but he had not quite reached the spot, when
up rose the buffalo and made for him furiously. He now began to realize
that there was not quite so much fun in being hunted by the elephant as in
hunting him. He ran and he shouted, and the faster he ran the faster the
buffalo ran, and was rapidly gaining on him. To hasten his speed he threw
away his rifle; but it was useless, on came the “‘ King of the prairie” until his
horns almost touched Williams’ coat tail. At this juncture Williams
turned sudddenly and took hold of the infuriated animal by the mane and
Ree up straddle of his back. The lookers on dare not fire for fear of hitting

illiams. It wasa life or death struggle with him, but the brute danced,
and bucked, and kicked, until it threw him off, and the next instant Wil-
liams was pitched into the air and came down full length upon the sod.
Just asthe buffalo was about stamping the life out of him, a crack from a
rifle was heard, and his majesty dropped; but Williams was saved. The
horns of the animal did not enter his body, but he was stripped of his clothes,
even tohis under-garment. He came back to camp pale as death, and said
that it all occurred from his disregarding the Sabbath, and made solemn
promises to never do anything on Sunday again. .

An incident is told of love and jealousy among the pioneers. In 1857,
a very estimable young lady, named Miss S., who found her way from
New England to’ Wabaunsee, where an uncle of hers had preceded her.
She was a bright, well-educated lady, and to the eyes of the young men
in Wabaunsee, seemed as fair as the Jersey Lily. That some of them
lost their balance on her account was no fault of hers. She was modest.
and well behaved, and had been raised under the strictest New England
training. The first who was smitten by her charms was a young doctor,
who soon began to flutter around her like a knat round a candle. He
was stricken by a disease that all the compounds and nostrums known
to the science of medicine could not cure. He seemed to be prospering well
in courtship, but just about this time a second suitor came along who
thought he had as good right to try win the affections of the girl as the com-
pounder of pills. ‘The young lady was civil to both suitors, and sometimes
would be seen strolling along the banks of the river with one and sometimes.
with the other. The second suitor was the owner of a cow, and while the
courtship was going on this cow gave birth to a calf. _ Here was his ORR
tunity 10 get ahead of the doctor. Those little attentions generally paid to
girls, by way of presents, was out of the question in Wabaunsee, and the
idea entered the head of number two, that he would show his devotion to
his lady-love by presenting her with this calf, which, he concluded, would
be a settler on the doctor. In due time the calf was led forth and pre-
sented, and the young lady, having an eye to business, accepted the quad-
ruped with a very gracious smile, which greatly pleased the donor, and he
thinking he had laid out the doctor by this little strategem, went away de-
lighted. While all this was going on, there was a third gentleman who had
been taking observations of how things were moving, an‘ about this time he
made his appearance upon the scene and carried away the prize. In ashort
time they were married in due form, and having previously had a home all
prepared for the reception of his bride, thither they, ee after the mar-
riage ceremony was over, with a number of their friends, where they found
the wedding supper already prepared to which the company sat down.
This over, the guests in due time departed, and the newly married couple
were left to enjoy the commencement of their honeymoon. Suitor number
two, had taken his discomfiture quite philosophically, and consoled him-
self by the old adage about as good fish being in the sea, etc. ; but the doctor’s
mind took a very different turn. The green-eyed monster had taken pos-
session of him, and that night when the settlement was all still and quiet,
he stole forth and applied the torch to the house of the new-made bride and

‘Zwanziger, 1856; Washington Township—Henry

got

groom. -Soon the house was in flames, and instantly the ery of ‘‘Fire”
ringing through the settlement disturbed the newly-married couple in their
dreams of future pleasure and happiness, and rushing from the house, they
left the bridal couch to become food for the flames. In the morning the
doctor was missing, and never after returned to the settlement.

FIRST THINGS.

First Setilers.—Alma Township—Henry Terrass, Fred Polenski, G.
Grimm, A. Brasche, Mr.
Maxbrink, Adolph Patting, Mr. Durfee, 1857; Farmer Township—J. P.
Gleich, 1853; and Peter rittors, Frank Schmidt, B. Shrauder, John Copp,
C. Schwankee, 1854; and Ed. Krapp, A. Hankimmer, Joseph Thoes, and
John Prk, in 1856; Wabaunsee Township—Peter Sharai, 1854; and J.
H. Nesbit, B. Sharai, Rev. Harvey Jones, J. M. Bisby, D. B. Hyatt, Clark
Lapham, Joshua Smith, Robert Banks, and Rev. Mr. Leonard, in 1855; and
the “Beecher Rifle Company,” or ‘“‘New Haven Colony,” in 1856; Maple
Hill Township—Henry Fauerbach, John Winkler and John Durham, 1868;
Mill Creek Township—Henry Schmidt, William Drebing, B. Cline, J. Metz-
gar, 1856, and Joseph Treu, 1857; Wilmington Township—Henry Harvey,
1854, and Isaiah Harris and Samuel Woods in 1856; Kaw Township—Peter
Renow and Henry Reeding, 1868; Newbury Township—J. W. Phillips and
F. Muchendahler, 1869; Rock Creek Township—Ed. Baker, W. Cooper, Mr.
Zink and J. R. Wolfe in 1859, and William Exon in 1860.

First Business Established.—W abaunsee Topas uy store, J.
H. Nesbit, 1855; Alma Township—saw and _ grist-mill, by G. Zwanziger,
1858; Wilmington Township—country store, by H. D. Shepard, 1856; Har-
mer Township—country store, by Thors Bros., 1857; Newbury Township—
dry goods and groceries, by Goldstandt & Cohn, 1870; Mission Creek Town-
ship—country store, by Co-operative Company; Rock Creek Township—
country store, by Wm. Brewer, 1874; Maple Hill Township—country store,
by Brooks & Varety, 1880; Alma City—dry goods and groceries, by Schmitz
& Meyer, 1867; town of Eskridge—grocery store, by Wm. Earl, 1880; Alma
Township—country store, W. T. Mahan, 1857. ;

First Schoolhouses. —Wabaunsee Township, 1857, teacher, D. B.
Hiatt; Alma Township, 1862, teacher, A. Rusch; Farmer Township, 1862,
teacher, Anna Rene. Washington Township, 1868, teacher, 8. Thackery; Mill
Creek Township, 1862, teacher, Mr. Woestraw; eae Hill mabe 1872,
teacher. John Totes Newbury Township, 1870, teacher, Miss Jessie Hughes;
Wilmington Township, 1858, teacher, Susan Andrews; Mission Creek Town-
ship, 1859, teacher, Mary Garrison; Rock Creek Township, 1878, teacher,
Miss Armina Walderman. :

First Marriages.—Alma Township—T. Boydston and Margaret C.
Johnston, April 19, 1868; Wabaunsee Township—E. C, D. Lines and Grace
A. Thomas, June, 1857; Washington Township—August Brasche and Wil-
helmina Schultz, June 14, 1866; Mill Creek Township—Joseph Treu and
Catherine Cline, April, 1859; Rock Creek Township—Robert Hastell and
Catherine Consalus, 1872; Wilmington Township—k. B. Murrell and Mary
J. Harris, February, 1860; Farmer Township—J. P. Gleich and Catherine
Terrass, April 16, 1857; Maple Hill Township—sS. 8. Walkby and Ellen
Taylor, December 21, 1871; Newbury pore ee Carr and Anna
Griffin, 1872; Mission Creek Township—Geo. W. Daly and Eliza Doty, 1858.

First Justices of the Peace.—¥. H. Hebrank, E. L. Lower, C. F. Hotch-
kiss, W. F. Cotton, 8. F. Ross and J. W. Mossman.

First Constables.—John Schwanke, W. 8. Williams, J. T. Genn, A.
Shepard, Daniel Spear and H. S. Founce.

First Postmasters.—Alma Topmeiips A Meyer; Newbury Township, |
P. H. Mosier; Maple Hill Township, R. H. Waterman; Washington Town-
ship, H. Grimm; Farmer Township, John Speicher; Mission Creek Town-
ship, H. J. Loomis; Wilmington Township, 0. H. Sheldon; Rock Creek
Township, Wm. Exon; Mill Creek Township, John Hess.

Hon. Jacob Safford was the first District Judge that held court in the
county; and the first case tried in court was ‘‘ Patrick M. Henry vs. Parker,
McGregor et al.,” which was an action of foreclosure.

C. B. Lines was the first man elected to represent the county in Terri-
torial Legislature, and E. J. Lines the first to Heproseul the county in the
State Legislature. The first—and only—State Senator ever elected from
the county was J. M. Hubbard.

The first white pan that died in the county was Henry Terrass, who
died in the spring of 1857; and the first births were, —— Sharrai, in 1856;
Wm. Krapp, October 1, 1857; and Caroline Gleich, April 19, 1858.

First Suit in Justices Court.—The first lawsuit tried in the county
was tried before F. H. Hebrank, a Justice of the Peace in and for Alma
Township. The case was brought to recover damages, and the following is
a copy of the docket entries:

Prerer THoEs, Plaintiff’, t
v8.
Epwarp Krapp, Defendant.

This 26th day of June, Peter Thoes sued Edward Krapp for trespass, by carrying off
gravel off his lands without his consent, and treble damages for the sum of $73.124 cents
and costs of suit. [Here follows a list of the witnesses. ] i

Alma Township, Wabaunsee County, the 7th day of July, A. D. 1860. The above
named persons are present, but Peter Thoes demanded a jury therefore, I adjourned the
cause from the 7th to the 10th of July. On the 10th day of July, the case was heard, and
the following testimony was introduced: Peter Thoes, plaintiff, said, under oath, that he
had not seen that Ed. Krapp has taken the gravel, but that he (Ed. Krapp) offered him $2
for it.

Joseph Thoes testified that he went to the place where the gravel has been taken, and
that he found, to his judgment, about two hundred bushels of it a: he saw the wagon
tracks going out into the road toward the house of defendant. The testimony -of Joseph
Weiss likewise, of Fred Steinmayer, also. : ;

The testimony of Elis Metzgar and Peter Metzgar is unimportant. ;

_ The jurors went back and returned in a short time; they agreed in the verdict and are
discharged. 2
992
Verdict:
We, the jury, do find the complaint of the plaintiff, as set forth in his bill of particulars,
trae, and do assess his damages in the premises at nine dollars.
Cur. HANKAMER, Foreman.

cvvdgment rendered according to the verdict.
F. H. Hesrann, Justice of the Peace.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY-SEAT TROUBLES.

In 1855, the Territorial Legislature, the same that enacted the laws which have passed

into history as the “‘ Bogus Statutes,” divided that portion of what is now the State of Kan- -

sas, commencing at the north line of the State at the northwest corner of Marshall County,
and running south to the northwest corner of Davis County, thence west to the northwest
corner of Saline County, thence south to what was then the north line of the (‘sage Reser-
vation, which was fifty-four miles north of the south line of the State, and all east of said
north and south line, into counties. The territory thus described embraced what is now
known as Wabaunsee County. As originally established, ‘‘ Richardson’? was the name
given to the county, in honor of Governor Richardson, of Illinois; but subsequently, in
1859, the name was changed to Wabaunsee. The county was made one municipal township,
and was attached to Shawnee Coufty for judicial and revenue purposes. In 1859, there
being the necessary population requisite to eee a county, a petition was signed by the
inhabitants and presented to the Governor of the Territory, praying that the county be organ-
ized into a separate and distinct corporation for all purposes corporate, revenue and judicial.
The prayer was granted, and to perfect the organization an election was held on the —— day
of March, 1859, for the election of county officers. There were two voting precincts in the
county—one at Alma. and one at the village of Wabaunsee. The whole number of votes
polled was 111, which resulted in the election of the following-named officers: County Com-
missioners—Henry Harvey, J. M. Hubbard, G. Zwanziger; Probate Judge—J. M. Hubbard;
Clerk of the Court—J. M. Harvey, Sheriff—John Hodgson; Register of Deeds—Moses C.
Welch; County Attorney—R. G. Terry; Coroner— August Brasche; Treasurer—Henry Har-
NAD: Di as Zwanziger; Auditor—S. F. Ross; Superintendent of Public Instruction
_ . Platt. \

After the organization of the county was completed, the commissioners divided it into
four townships, named repectively, Alma, Wabaunsee, Mission Creek and Wilmington.
Alma embraced the territory now comprised in the townships of Alma, Washington, Farmer
and Mill Creek. Wabaunsee embraced the present township of that name, and what was
afterwards Zeandale Township, but which was subsequently, by act of the Territorial Leg-
islature, set off and annexed to Riley County. Mission Creek Township embraced its pres-
ent territory, and Wilmington was composed of what is now Wilmington aud Rock Creek
Townships. The territory that now constitutes the townships of Kaw, Newbury and Maple
Hill then formed a portion of the Pottawatomie reserve lands, and was not open to white
settlement. In 1869, the Pottawatomie reserve lands were opened to settlement, and in
1870, all the territory embraced therein which was located in Wabaunsee County was made
into a township, to which was given the name of Newbury. In September, 1872, a new
township was created and named Maple Hill, the eastern portion of Newbury Township
petip tee off for this purpose. Again, in July, 1875, Newbury underwent another division,
by which what is now known as Kaw Township was taken from its northern territory,
thereby bringing Newbury Township to its present limits. In September, 1873, the town-
ships of Washington and Farmer were created from territory originally included in Alma
Township; and still earlier by one year, in October, 1872, Alma was reduced in size by tak-
ing from it the territory necessary to create Mill Creek Township. In October, 1872, Rock
Creek Township was formed, the territory necessary therefor having been taken from the
west half of Wilmington Township. oF these Bovese tied! divisions that took place from
time to time as the popnlation increased, the county has been divided into eleven town-
ships, which, yoee not altogether equal in extent of area, are very fairly proportioned.

Following is the list of the present county officers: Commissioners—F. L. Raymond,

B. H. Younker, George Mogge; Probate Judge—John T. Keagy; County Attorney—G. G-

Cornell; Clerk of District Court—H. G. Licht; County Clerk—D M, Gardner; Treasurer—
Charles Ross; Register of Deeds—S. H. Fairfield; Sheriff—-H. J. Pippert; Superintendent
of Public Instruction—Matt Thomson; Coroner—E. W. planar Surveyor—W. T. Mahan.
As in many other counties, the county-seat question has been a bone of considerable
contention in Wabaunsee Coun’ In 1859, when the county was first organized, the seat
of justice was established at Wabaunsee, this being the only place in the county at that time
bearing any resemblance to a village, and for the further reason that Wabaunsee Township
was then by far the most thickly populated township in the county. Its location, however,
was far from being central, Wabaunsee being situated in the northwest corner of the county,
Owing to this fact, and from the belief that, when the county became more settled, efforts
would be made to change it to a more central location, no permanent county buildings were
erected, and the official business of the county was transacted in temporary buildings im-
provised for the occasion. Subsequent events proved that the belief as to change of loca-
tion was well founded, for in a few years after the question of changing the location of the
county-seat began to be agitated, and in 1866 the matter was submitted to the people by the
commissioners. The contest was between Wabaunsee and Alma, and the election took
place on the 22d day of November, 1866., The fight was hotly contested on both sides, but
when the ballots were counted, Alma came off victor by twenty-eight votes out of a total of
258. This was a hard blow to Wabaunsee. but the fiat of the people had gone forth, and to-
wards the latter end of December, of the same year, all the records of the county, with the
county officers, were loaded on two wagons and conveyed to Alma, where a small frame
building, about fourteen feet square, had been built to receive them, At that time not as
much as a single dwelling-house had been erected on the town site of Alma. The following
spring, the frame building now occupied by Fred Crafts as a drug store was erected for
county purposes, which, when compte was taken possession of by the county officers, and
into which the records were moved. Alma had now the county-seat, but still she was not
happy. The fear of losing it, which had_so hatinted the people of Wabaunsee, soon be-
an to take possession of the Almaites, and the questions that bothered them. were: How
ong will it remain? Can we hold it? The uncertainty that hung about the permanent loca-
tion of the county-seat, which was rendered still more uncertain by the fact that up to this time
there was no railroad in the county, and no prospect of one fn the near future, retarded
greatly the growth of Alma. In 1870, the question of another change was agitated, and
again the matter was submitted to the people, the contesting points being Alma, Newbury
and Eskridge, The election was held on the 7th of February, 1871, at which 842 votes were
cast, of which Alma received 369; Newbury, 217; and Eskridge, 256. There being no choice,
another election was ordered to be held on the 21st of een 1871. Now was the trying
time for Alma, because at the preceding election an understan ing was had between New-
bury and Eskridge that, in case there should be no choice, whichever of those two places
received the smallest vote should drop out of the contest and_unite forces with the
other. Excitement ran high, and the people were appealed to by all manner of argument,
Speeches were made and committees sent out to visit every voter in the county, and sound
him upon the question, and if found doubtful, ‘fix’? him if possible. Placards and hand-
pills setting forth in glowing colors the advantages of one place over the other were posted
up on every school-house and at every cross-roads, Circulars were scattered broadcast over
the county setting forth that one ples wae uestined to be a great mepnitnemne ing, and the
a great commercial, emporium. Al] that could be said or done, either for or against the other
. respective localities, was faithfully pelornie In one of these circulars this sentence ap-
peared: *‘ Alma is pledged to, give the county a safe, well-built and handsome stone build-
ing, worth from six to ten thotsand dollars,” and compares this with the offer of Eskridge,
“to give the county the use, fora stated time, of a wooden building.’? How necessary it
was for Alma to put forth all the effort possible will be seen by the result. The 2tst of
February came—a day freighted with so much interest to Alma. The election was held,
and Newbury, true to her compact with Eskridge at the previous election, cast a solid vote
in favor of the county-seat to Eskridge. There were 894 ballots cast, of which number
Alma received 465 an Hei riage 429, so that Alma carried off the prize by arty ei votes.
The people of Alma, in order to redeem the pledge they had made to the people, immedi-
ately set to work and erected a very fine stone court house at a cost of about $8,000, of
which sum they raised by subscription $4,000, and the remainder was La by the township.
This building, with the four lots upon which It is located, Dey. deeded to the county upon
condition that there should be no change in the location of the county-seat for twenty-one
years; so that in all probability there wil] be no further contests over the county-seat ques-
tion for at least ten years yet to come, and possibly, never.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

WAR RECORD.

At the breaking out of the war for the Union, the population of Wabaunsee County, all
told, was about 1,050, the voting population numbering about 250. The settlers being nearly
all from the Eastern States, and, chiefly, from New England, renders it almost unnecessary
to write anything on the porition of Wabaunsee in the etragzle for freedom. The historian,
however, in ae material for history, must write for the future as well as the present,
and must not omit to write of things, merely because the subject matter upon which he
writes is well known to the people who are contemporaneous with himseJf. The manner in
which Wabaunsee County reaponded to the call of the nation for men, to put down the
Rebellion, constitutes one of the brightest pages in its history, and eae to be recorded
in indelible letters, so that if the occasion ever arises, when like services may be required,
the noble example of her sons may be followed by those who come after them. There were
probably not over two hundred men in the county, subject to military duty, at the commence-
ment of the war of Rebellion. Of this number the following enlisted in the Union Army
and went into active service in the infantry regiments: :

Segond Infantry, Company B.—E. C. D. Lines, A. M. Reed, A. Hankimmer, H. L.

Isbell, M. C. Welch, I. C, Isbell, : ;
Eighth Infantry, Company E.—Capt. John Greelish, Wm. Richardson, R. M. Kendall,
Wm. Biankenalip, Ephraim Smith, J. P. Kendall, J. B. Bancks, G. W. Barnes, L. P. Cawkine,
Charles Cooney, J. H. Dunmire, Henry Harvey, T. O. Hill, T. Ingersoll, L. D. Johnson,
Henry Naegilli, Josiah Richards, Daniel Spear, John Wells, 8. Bickford, Charles Burne, J.
H. Cummings, Henry Grimm, A. W. Harris, Z. Johnson, J. W. Johnston, Henry Lutz, Amos
Reese, A. J. Smith, 8. J. Speer, John Saylor, F. M. Weaver.

The following enlisted in the cavalry service: Second Cavalry, Company A—W. C,
Studibaker; Conpany B—James Dickson; Company F—Charles Ross, W.B. Doty, G. W.
Eddy, G. F. Hartwell, A. 8. Waters, 8. B. Easter, Eli Watson; Company K—C. E. Bisby,
Columbus Foster, A. H. Kelsey. Fifth Cavalry, Company A—Hamilton David; Company 'L
—B. C. Benedict. Sixth Cavalry, Company F—Joseph Weisse, E. W. Wetzold. Bighth
Cavalry, Company E—Haynie Thomson. Eleventh Cavalry, Company E—Benj. Cripps, Ira
Hodgson, A. D. McG@oy, Geo. Hodgson, I. H. Isbell, G. H. Hill, A. H. Brown, J. N. Smith,
George Ross, Riley Frizzle, Albert Kees, Wm. Mahan, W. F. Isbell, W. H. Lapham, L. J.
Mossman, Samuel Sage, C. G. Town, Samuel Woods; Company G—J. F. Chapman, T. 8. St
John, J. V. B. Thompson; Company H--D. B. Hiatt, G. R. Saunders, T. D. Rose; Company
I—H. C, Thomson; Company K—Capt. J. M. Allen, Lieut. J. M. Hubbard, J. H. Pinkerton,
J. B. Allen, Moritz Krauz, D. Schwanke, P. C. Pinkerton, W. A. Limbocker, Henry Grimm,
8. H. Fairfield, Albert Dieball, G. D. Ensign, Isaac Fenn, Edward Hoffman, Jacob Isler,
Hiram Keyes, A. T. McCormick, J. M. McCormick, J ohn McNair, Sebast. Nehring, G.
Siegrist, R. M. Widney, Wm. Wiley, R. P. Blain, R. J. Earl; Company L—Lieut. J. Van
UT J. oy Green, G. B Cotton, E. A. Kelsey, Wm. Smith, John Smith; Company M—

ohn N. Doty.

For 112 men to enlist and voluntarily go to the war out of a total of 200 subject to
military duty is an example of patriotism, fully equal to the Spartan age, and which Places
jabauniee County high up on the roll of honor in the terrible four years’ conflict for
iberty.

STATISTICS OF GROWTH.

The growth 'of the county in poeuaeen has not been rapid, nor is this to be wondered
at, when it is borne in mind that less than one-half of the county is adapted to farming pur-
poses, and not even this much, except in unusually rainy seasons, and that it is only a little
more than a decade since one-fourth of the county has been open to settlement Added to
these is the other fact that, until the latter part of 1881, the county was withont any railroad
facilities whatever, and the one that traverses it now, being only a branch of the A. T. &S.
Fe, running north and south, from Manhattan on the north, to Burlingame on the south, a
distance of fifty-five miles, offers none of those advantages which tend to encourage immi-
gration. Considering these circumstances, its growth has increased about as rapidly as
could reasonably, be expected. The following table will show its increase in population
during the last twenty year:

Year. Population. Increase.
1860 : uke
1870 3,362 2,339
1875 4,649 1,287"
1878 5,386 737
1880 8,757 3,371

Total increase in twenty years........ 7,734

The material growth of the county has more than kept pace with the growth i =
ation, as will be seen from the folowing figures: Bee growth in popula

The acreage of field crops in 1872 was
“ ae es ygey te

 

   

$891,568.92
-- 390,522.65
717,180.25

It will be observed by these figures that the value of the crop for 1881 is almost as much
as that of 1877-78 combined, while if we compare the acreage, we find that in 1877 it was
46,147.25, and in 1878 it was 52,480.00, making a total for the two years of 98,577.25, or
14,604.25 more than the acreage for 1881, while the value of the product of the latter is nearly
equal to that of the other two years, the difference in value representing only about $4.40
PS acre of the ag sregated ey of the two years over that of 1881. This is accounted for
by the fact that 1877 was a tolerably good year for crops, while the crop of 1878 was exceed-
ingly short; but on the other hand the crop of 1881 was considered very far from an average.
If we look for a cause of this great difference, we will find it in the market price of the pro-
ducts for the various years, so that the material growth of the county cannot be measured
hy the value of its products, but by the improvements made upon realty and the increased
accumulations of stock and other personal property. When we come to compare the increase
in farm animals, then we begin to see evidences of material prosperity. In 1874 the valne of
farm animals was $20,019.00, whereas in 1881 it was $149,880.00, an increase in seven years of
$89,861.00, In 1874 the products of live stock were valued at $142,108.47, in 1881 at $283,-
405.10, an increase of $141,296.73. In 1874 the value of horticultural products was $5,463.18,
in 1841, it was $17,611.36, an increase of $12,148,18. The total valuation of products of 1881
in Wabaunsee County was $1,171,064.71, being an increase from 1874 of $759,361.48. The
total assessed valuation of property, March 1, 1881, was $2,109,705.86, and the real valuation
was ee and the total value of all property was $4,687,241.16. The value per capita
of products of 1881 was $145.89, and that of assessed property was $438.04, while the per
capita value of products and aésessed propert. Geaibinet was $583 93. During the year
ending March 1, 1881, there were erected in the county 104 farm dwellings, which were
valued at $29,391. The number of acres sowed to wheat in 1881 was 14,862; rye, 861; spring
wheat, 1,077; corn, 40,851; oats, 2,082; buckwheat, 50: Irish potatoes, 931; sweet potatoes, 58;
sorghum, 202; castor beans, 18; flax, 785; hemp, 2; tobacco, 10; broom corn, 26; rice corn,
309; pearl ete 62; millet and hungarian, 2,951; timothy, 59; prairie pasture, 7,895; clover,
90; prairie meadow grass, 10,681; making a grand total of ahora acres cultivated in 1881,
irrespective of gardens. In 1881 there were in the county 395,784 rods of fence, or 1,(88
miles, _Of this 13,859 roods were of boards; 48,663 rods were rail; 72,317 rods were stone;
63,122 rods were hedge; 147,824 rods were wire, and the aggregate value of the whole was
$346,618.55. As to quantity, stone occupies the second place, from which may be inferred
the stony character of the soil, and it is no unusual thing to see stretches of stone fence ex-
tending for miles in length, If the position of Wabaunsee County is taken as to the rank
it occupies, when compared with other counties of the State, relative to acreage of wheat,
corn, and cultivated area in 1881, and also as to the number of farm animale, a better under-
standing may be had, not only of its material growth, but algo as to the nature and character
of the land, and those industries to which the county is best adapted. The rank of the
county in acreage of wheat was 48; in corn, 64; in cultivated ar 56; in horses, $8; in mules
and asses, 56; in milch cows, 7; in other cattle, 18; in aheep, 41, and in swine, 50. These

Value of field products in 1877
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“ “ “ “6
WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

figures show, at glance, that the peculiar characteristics of the county are its extensive

astures and nutrititious grasses, By the returns of the assessors of the Done townships
‘urnished to the County Clerk, but not yet published, and which furnish the latest statistics
as to the condition of the county, bringing them up to March 1, 1882, we find the number of
acres enclosed in farms to be 200,855, and the number of acres under cultivation to be 89,000,
which is an increase of 5,027 acres over the preceding year. We also find that the number
of acres sowed to wheat was 18,841; to rye, 1,685; to corn, 38,361; to oats, 4,656; to Irish
potatoes, 735; to sweet potatoes, 23; to sorg’ umn, 225; to flax, 674; to millet and Hungarian,
3,060; to timothy, 49; to clover, 70; and the prairie grass under fence, 25,547. The tous of
tame hay cut during the same year were 1,585; prairie hay, 44,542. The value of garden pro-
ducts marketed was $3,646; value of poultry and opes sold during the year was $9,769; and
the pounds of cheese manufactured in factories and families were 256,458. The number of
horses in the county, according to the same returns, was 5,535; mules and asses, 361; milch
re eS other cattle, 18,009; sheep, 5,937; and swine, 9,078. The value of animals
slaughtered and sold for slaughter Was $248,018, and the amount of wool clipped was 17,516
pounds. The number of apple trees in bearing was 22,981, and the number not in bearing,
60,825; number of pear trees in bearing, 848, and not in bearing, 1,551; peach trees in bear-
ing, 50,747; not in bearing, 32,282; te trees in bearing, 853, not in bearing, 958; cherry
trees in bearing, 7,607, and not in earing, 8,519. When all the circumstances connected
with the history of the county are considered, it cannot but be admitted that the material
prosperuy of the county has been all, and more than all, than could have been reasonably
expected. : i

Wabaunsee will never be a very populous county, for the reason that fully seventy-five
per cent. of the soil is much better adapted to stock-raising purposes than to agriculture.
The higher uplands of the county being unfit for farming, settlers will not locate thereon,
consequently settlement will be limited to the bottom lands along the streams, the lower
jevel lands, and the towns. On some slopes, good wheat can be raised in ordinary seasons,
but unless there is an abundance of rain, corn cannot be planted and cultivated with any
degree of hope of securing a crop, and this will have a tendency to limit settlers to the
localities above mentioned. Manufacturing can never be carried on to any extent in the
county, if at all, because its water privileges are not of a character to warrant their establish-
ment, and the scarcity of timber and absence of coal would render steam power too
expensive, and in addition to these there is no natural material to manufacture. The
natural ada tability of the county is for stock-raising; agriculture, horticulture, and arboricul-
ture might be pursued advantageously and profitably. Trees of all kinds grow very rapidjy,
and, if properly cared for, Wabaunsee County might be made a forest. For the purposes to
which nature has adapted it, agriculture and stock-raising, but few, if any, surpass it.
cattle ranges, aoe miles in extent, and covered with rich, nutritious grasses, abound
in the county, capable of supporting as many herds as can conveniently find room to roam
over them. Besides this, there is an abundance of pure, clear water, so that stock-raising can
be successfully carried on with very little trouble, and at comparatively small expense. It
presenis a grand field for dairying and cheese-making, and with better facilities for reaching
the leading markets, there is no reason why these industries should not be extensively pur-
sued. The future may, and doubtless will, open up various branches of industry, of an
agricultural nature, which present circumstances will not admit of, but though the people
of the county may be rich in flocks and herds, and their granaries be constantly filled to
repletion with the choicest products of the soil, and though that contentment which is the
offspring of smiling plenty may surrround every hearthstone, yet nature has so formed
Wabaunsee that it never will become a thickly populated county. ‘

Up to 1880, there was not a foot of railway within the borders of the county. Com-
pletely hemmed in by railroads, but yet without the benefit of any, was the condition of
‘Wabaunsee County until !880. During this year the A. T. & S. Fe Railway Company built
a branch road from Manhattan, on the K. P, R. R., to a point on its main line named
Burlingame, a distance of fifty-five miles. This branch runs through the county, from the
northwest to the southeast, and for this poor privilege the people of the county voted tne
company $140,000. Indications, however, point to the early completion of an east and west
line running westward from Leavenworth, through Topeka, and along the Mill Creek
Valley, through Wabaunsee County. The line has been surveyed, the contract for its con-
struction let, and the road is already almost completed to the east line of the county. This
line once running eee the county, Wabaunsee will be supplied with ample rail-
way one which will be the opening to the people of a new era of progress and pros-
perity. :

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF THE COUNTY.

The educational interests of the county receive great and close attention, and the peo-
re pay cheerfully, all the tax imposed upon them for their support. The growth in schools
as advanced more rapidly than any other interest in the county. Prior to 1859, the year in
which the county was organized, there were but four schoolhouses in the county, all of
which were built by private subscription. In considering the growth of the schools, it must
be borne in mind that up to 1868, one-fourth of the county was without white settlement,
except by a few men who had intermarried with the Indians. There are now (1882) sixty-
three schoolhouses in the county, locafed among the different townships as follows: Kaw
Township, four schoolhouses, all frame; Wabaunsee, six, of which five are of stone and
one frame; Maple Hill, five, of which four are frame and one stone; Newbury, eight, of
which one is log, six frame, and one stone; Alma, one, stone: Washington, five, four stone
and one frame; Farmer, four, three stone and one frame; Mill Creek, four, three stone and
one frame; Mission Creek, seven, four frame, and three stone; Wilmington, thirteen, seven
stone and six frame; Rock Creek, six, four frame and two stone. The total number of
school children enrolled in the county in 1881, was 2,306, of whom 1,238 were males, and 1,098
were females. -The average daily attendance during the same year was: males; 591, females,
529; making a total of 1,120. This is not a fair criterion, however, of the number of pupils
that attended school during the year, as in the winter season the attendance was about three
times as large as during the summer months. The number of children in the county between
the ages of five and twenty-one years, in 1881, was 3,211. of which number, the males were
1,707, and the females, 1,504. The average wages paid teachers for the same year was: males,
33.20 per month, and females, $27.34. ‘ If these rates of wages are compared with those
paid in 1860, it will be found that they have nearly doubled. The average wages paid in
1860 was $16 per month. whereas in 1881, the average paid male teachers was $33.20, and
females, $27.84, which shows, certainly, a very liberal advance. The schools are all well
supplied with desks, blackboards, maps, charts, giche and other apparatus, and the grounds
of many of them are beautifully ornamented with shade and other varieties of trees The
present superintendent of schools is Mr. Matt Thomson.

e CHURCHES.

Congregational.—Organizations, 3; membership, 290; church edifices, 3; one at Alma, one
at Wabaunsee and one at Maple Hill. Pastors—Alma, Rey. John Scott; Wabaunsee, Rev. H.
Gear; Maple Hill, Rev. William §. Crouch. f

‘aptist.—Organizations, 2; membership, 140. No resident pastor, and no church

building.
Daan (German).—Organizations, 2; membership, 220; church edifices, 2; one at
Alma and one at Wells Creek. Pastors—Alma, Rev, H. C. Senne; Wells Creek, Rev. Wil-

liam Lang.

Evangelical (German).—Organizations, 2; membership, 125; church edifices, 2; one at
Alma and one at Wells Creek. Pastor for both churches, Rev. Mr. Welky.

Christian.—Organizations, 3; membership, 175. :

Methodist Be a oe 11; membership, 340; church edifices, 3; one at
Alma, one at Eskridge, and one in Newbury Township. Pastors--Alma, Rev. Josephus
Collins; Eskridge, Rev. W. E.Glendenning.

Presbyterian —Organizations, 1; ee 22. 3

__ Society of Friends.—Organizations, 1; membership, nearly 100; church edifices, one in
Wilmington Township. : :

Roman Catholic.—Organizations, 2; membership, 450; which includes the entire Cath-
olic population; church edifices, 2; one at Alma, and one at Newbury. Rev. Father Hund-
hausen, who resides at Alma, officiates as pastor for both churches. :

Nearly every church organization in the county conducts a Sabbath-school in connection
therewith, and to these and church matters generally the people give a good deal of atten-
tion. The first church built in the county was the Congregational at Wabaunsee, by the
members of the “Beecher Rifle Company” in 1856, by money furnished by parties in Connec-
picut; and the first minister who held service within its walls, was Rev. Harvey Jones, who

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remained its pastor for several years. It was a frame building, but in 1862 the frame was
moved away and a very fine stone edifice was erected where it stood. The first preacher
that occupied the pulpit of the Congregational Church in Alma was Rev. Harvey Jones,
although Thetate the building was erected, services had occasionally been held by Rev.
Darius Scott, who was the first minister that ever preached in the city of Alma

ALMA.

This is the shire town of the county, or the county-seat. Had it not
been for the severance of territory by which the northwest aud southwest
corners of what constituted the county as originally established, Alma
would be very near the geographical center of the county. It is located on
the north side of Mill Creek onthe side of the rising ground as it ascends
from the valley. The xvise upon which the town is built is not abrupt, but
rises gradually towards the west, and when beyond the limits of the corpor-
ation the ground makes another dip until it rises in still higher hills farther
west. Viewing the town from the hills on the east side of the creek, Alma
seems to sit in a valley. Looking down from these hills the course of the
stream can be seen through the timber; beyond the stream is the valley, on
the west side of which is visible the track of the Santa Fe railway, and still
beyond this the town commences. There are hills tothe north, south, east
and west of it, and the perspective is not bad, viewed from a distance. To
the northeast of town can be seen the tower of the salt works, while to the
northwest, considerably well elevated, stands the public schoolhouse, which
is built of stone, is two stories high and of considerable dimensions. A
short reference here as to the manner in which the town originally started
may not be out of place. Taking advantage of an old law which existed in
territorial days, by which a number of persons could form themselves into
what was known as a ‘‘town company,” and claim one hundred and sixty
acres as a town site, a number of individuals in St. Louis organized
themselves into such a company and sent Gottlieb Zwanziger out to Wa-
baunsee County to select a town claim. This was in 1857. Mr. Zwanziger
selected for the company one hundred and sixty acres of land, a part of
which is now embraced in the present corporate limits of Alma. To make
these town claims good, the law required that the company by which a town
site was selected should make certain improvements, by way of putting
buildings within a certain time, in default of which their claim was for-
feited. <

The St. Louis company having allowed its claim to go by default, Mr.
Zwanziger entered a claim in which was embraced eighty acres of the tract
which had been originally selected by the company of St. Louis as a town
site. After having secured his claim, Mr. Zwanziger set off forty acres for
prospective town purposes. Nothing, however, was done towards building
a town until after Alma became the county-seat in November, 1866. Shortly
after the change in the county-seat was effected, an association of citizens of
Alma Township was formed, their object being to take steps towards build-
ingatown. The forty acre tract which had been set apart by Mr. Zwanzi-
ger for this purpose was purchased of him by the Alma association, two
hundred dollars being the price paid. The association then engaged Mr.
Zwanziger to survey the tract and lay it off into streets, blocks, and lots.
The town as thus surveyed and laid off became the stock of the association,
which was divided into shares, each member taking so many shares and each
share representing twenty-five dollars. Up to this time there was not a
single house-on the town site, notwithstanding the fact that it had been made
the county-seat. The lots were offered at sale and from the proceeds first
derived therefrom a frame building was erected on the southeast corner of
Main and Missouri streets in which to transact the county business, and
this was the first building put up in the town. About the same time that
the building was put up for county purposes, a smaller one was built for the
county clerk’s office, a little south from the county building. These build-
ings were put up late in 1866. The next building erected in the town was
the ‘‘ Alma Hotel,” which was built by John Winkler in the spring of 1867.
It was erected on Missouri street nearly opposite the county building, and
was of good proportions fora town without inhabitants. Mr. Winkler’s
wife was the first lady settler in Alma, and their son, Robert, was the first
child born within the city limits. These three buildings constituted the
nucleus of the present city of Alma. In 1868, it was incorporated as a vil-
lage by the county commissioners, upon petition of the residents who then
numbered about twenty. By the, then, law of the State the granting of
licenses to sell liquor was left to the county commissioners, but in cities,
towns and villages it was left to the corporate authorities. As the com-
missioners were opposed to granting por licenses, the object of having
Alma incorporated as a village was to take the licensing power out of their
hands and place it in the hands of the village council. The members of the
first village council were S. R. Weed, chairman; August Meryor, Henry
Schmidt, John Winkler and Herman Dicker. 8. R. Weed acted also as
police judge, and N. H. Whitmore was attorney for the council. Up to
1871, the growth of the town was very slow, but in February of that year
another contest for the county-seat took place which resulted in favor of
Alma. Greater faith in its future being now established, its growth became
more rapid, and, though comparatively slow, was steady. The county-seat

uestion having been settled in favor of Alma, the people of the town
donated to the ecunty four lots, and agreed to erect a stone court house at a
cost not less than $6,000, upon condition that the county-seat should not be
changed for twenty-one years; but in the event it should be, then the build-
ing and the lots should revert to the people of Alma. The proposition was
accepted, and in 1872 a very fine stone court house was erected at a cost of
$8,000. Of this amount $4,000 was raised by private subscription and the
balance was paid by Alma Township. The next buildings of importance
that went up in order of time, were the schoolhouse, which was erected in
1875, which is a fine, commodious structure two stories high and built of
stone; the Catholic Church commenced in 1874 and completed in 1877, a
very fine stone edifice; the German Lutheran, quite a large stone building
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and built in 1878; the Methodist Church, frame, erected in 1878; the Ger-
man Evangelical Church, stone, built in 1881, and the Congregationalist
Church, frame, constructed in 1881. In 1875 a party prospecting for coal
commenced boring just outside the corporation line, and when down to a
depth of 586 feet struck water strongly impregnated with salt. Upon this
discovery being made a company was organized to establish salt works.
The brine was of very superior quality and excellent salt was made from it;
but owing to the high price of fuel, which rendered it impossible to carry
on the works to paying advantage, after running at intervals for several
years the works finally ceased operation in the spring of 1882. One chief
drawback to the town, and, in fact, to the county, has been, that up until
1880 there was not a foot of railway in the county. The mearest railroad
point to Alma was Manhattan, in Riley County, distant about twenty
miles and situated on the north side of the Kansas River. In 1880 the A. T.
& 8. F. company built a railway diagonally across the county from northwest
to southeast which runs within a few rods of the business portion of Alma.
From this the town received quite an impetus, and since that time building
has been carried on quite rapidly. The mercantile business of the place
consists of four dry goods and clothing stores, one clothing and hardware,
two hardware, two drug stores, one millinery establishment, one furniture
store, one bank, one harness shop, two lumber yards, and two hotels, the
“Winkler House” being the most commodious and best appointed. Most
of the buildings are of stone, of which there is an endless supply in the vi-
cinity and easily obtained. There are no manufacturing establishments in
_the city and its business is entirely supported by the farming community
“located up and down the valley, and from the farmers of Farmer and Wash-
ington Townships. Alma remained a village until Febyuary, 1871, when by
an act of the Legislature it became a city of the third class, its first mayor
being S. R. Weed. The census of 1880 showed the population of Alma to
be 329, and it is now (1882) estimated at a little over 400, which would give it
a gain of about 80 in two years. The first store built and opened in Alma
was by Schmitz & Meyer in 1867, and the first school opened was in 1868,
with Mr. Rush as teacher.

The first issue of the Wabaunsee County News was made at Alma,
April 1, 1869, by A. Sellers and G. W. Bertram as editors and proprietors.
It was then known as the Wabaunsee County Herald. Bertram sold
his interest toS. H. Fairfield October 1, 1869, who became one of its editors
and proprietors, and who, in March, 1871, became sole proprietor by pur-
chasing the interest held by Sellers. After Mr. Fairfield had gained full
coutrol of the paper he changed its name to the Alma Union, and Rev.
R. M. Hiemiball teens principal editor, which position he held until De-
cember 1, 1871. On May 1, 1872, Fairfield reantd to Sellers, who became
sole editor and proprietor, and by whom the name of the paper was again
changed to the Wabaunsee County News, under which it has been regu-
larly issued since that time. About the time Mr. Sellers re-purchased the
paper, he transferred a half interest in it to his’ brother, George Sellers,
and it has remained in their possession from that time until now. The

aper isa weekly and is issued on Wednesday of each week. Its circu-
fon is between 700 and 800, and it is devoted chiefiy to the interests of
Alma and Wabaunsee county. In politics it is Republican.

The Land Mark was the next paper that made its appearance as a
county paper, and was started by E. H. Sandfordin the spring of 1871, who
was sole editor and proprietor. Inthe spring of 1874 the office and material
were removed to Alma, where the paper was issued regularly until Novem-
ber, when it was moved back to Eskridge and soon thereafter the publication
of the Land Mark was discontinued. The Alma Blade, was the next
paper to spring into existence in the county and was started March 1, 1877,
by R. Cunningham & Co. It was short-lived and expired in February, 1878.
The Home Weekly was started in Alma, in October, 1881, with W. W. Cone
editor. Its publication was continued at Alma until the spring of 1882,
when the oitiea was moved to Eskridge where it has been published and
issued regularly each week since that time. It is a six column folio sheet,
devoted to general news and the interests of Eskridge chiefly, and the
county generally. It is Republican in politics, and has a circulation of be-
tween 400 and 500.

The Congregational Church of Alma is the oldest Protestant Church
in the place. It was organized in 1875. It is a thriving society. Rev.
John Scott is the present pastor.

Alma Lodge, No. 161, A. F.& A. M., organized 1874, Its. first officers
were: L. J. McCrumb, W.M; Robert Minnas, 8S. W; John W, Taylor, J. W.;
John ©. McElvain, Treas.; H. G. Licht, Sec.; Ed. Herrick, 8. D.; 8. H.
Fairfield, J. D.; Joseph W. Bishop, Tyler. Present officers: Fred Crafts,
W. M.;J.-T. Keary, S. W.; J. I. Fix, J. W.: H. G. Licht, Sec.; F. C. Simon,
Treas.; Charles Ross, Treas.; T. R. McElroy, J. D; Ed. Herrick, Tyler.
Present membership, twenty-tive.

Alma Lodge, No. 170, I. 0. O. F., organized May, 1880, with twenty-eight
members. First officers: Andrew Lang, N. G.; William Shubert, V.G. ; Charles
Weaver, R.S.; Dr. Green, P.S.;T. N. Watts, W.; Henry Weygand, Con. ; Jo-
seph Fields, Treas. Present membership, sixty. Present officers, N. G.,
G. M. Keine; V.G., J. M. Eck; R. S., Matt Thomson; P. S., C. M.
Rose; Treas., Charles Ross; Warden, W. T. Mahan; Conductor, J. B.
Cassady. : 3 .

Alma Lodge, No. 76, organized June, 1881, with twelve members, Offi-
cers: P. M., W. H. G. Licht; M. W., D. M. Gardner; F., Dr. T. N. Watts;
Ree., J. M. Eck; Fin., A. F. Adabold; Treas.,S. H. Fairfield. Present
membership, nineteen. : :

Edward Lyon Post, No. 29, organized October, 1881, with twenty mem-
bers. Officers: J. O. Keagy, P. Ci; 8. F. ee 8. V.C.; Fred Crafts,
J. V. C.; E. A. Kilson, Adjt. ; Joseph Fields, Q. M.; W. T. Mahan, O. of D.;
M. W. Rock, O. of G., S. M. Gregory, 5. M.; Albert Diebold, Q. M. 8.;
S. H. Fairfield, Chaplain.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

DAVID R. BRAMAN, J. P., was born in Avon, Lorain Co., Ohio, in 1828, and for
upwards of a quarter of a century was a sailor on the great Lakes; for many years owner
and commander of the schooner American Eagle. In 1861, he married Miss Elizabeth W.
Aldrich, of Dover, Ohio. Mr. Braman was Justice of the Peace of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for
four years. His home for many years, was within a short distance of Cleveland, where he
owned and rented a fine farm, but in March, 1876, he removed to Alma, where he has built
him a substantial stone residence. Besides several building lots in Alma Township, Mr.
Braman owns a thousand acres of upland. He was elected to the office which he now so
ably fills in March, 1882. : . :

TSAMES CARROLL, attorney, was born in 1844, in the town of Belleville, Ontario, and
while yet an infant, his parents removed to Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. Upon completing
his education, Mr. Carroll entered upon the study of law with Messrs. Martin & McKercher,
of Sidney, but in 1864, he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio, in Company F, Forty-seventh Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, participating with his ee in active service, and being taken
prisoner (while suffering from a fractured ankle), by the rebels near Goldsboro, N.C. He
was three months confined in Salisbury, N. C., and Augusta, Ga., and was liberated at the
close of the war, when he returned to Ohio, and, resuming his studies was admitted to the
par in 1876, at Lima, Ohio. He located in Alma in 1879, and has since continued to practice
his profession. Mr. Carroll is a member of Lyons Post No, 76, G. A. R., and also of Alma
Lode, No. 170, I. O. O. F. , ‘ j 4 :

tEORGE G. CORNELL, County Attorney, was born in 1828, in North Bristol, Ontario
Co., N. Y._ Studied for the legal profession, and graduated from the State National Law
School at Poughkeepsie, and in 1456, commenced practice in Canandaigua, N. Y. In 1863,
he removed to Carbondale, Ill., where his brother Alanson B. Cornell was associated with
him as # partner under the firm name of Cornell Bros. They removed to Iowa City in 1865, -
remaining there several years when the junior partner took charge of a Chicago Branch of
the firm. In 1876, the Iowa City office was closed, and the partnership dissolved two years
later. The subject of this memoir located in Alma, in 1878 resuming the practice of his
profession, and in 1880 was elected County Attorney, which office he still retains. Upon
the breaking out of the war, and before any government bounties were offered, Mr. Cornell
and his three brothers, Eugene, Alanson B., and Stephen, raised_and equipped two full
companies of Infantry, in Ontario and Livingston Counties, N. Y. Messrs, E; and A. B.
Cornell entered the field as Captains, and ap are as Lieutenant of troops so raised.
Eugene, the youngest, was killed at the battle of Antietam, while leading on his men to the
last charge made upon the enemy, in that great battle. :

FRED. CRAFTS, postmaster, is a native of Plymouth, Mass., having been born there
in 1885, and graduated from the Boston High School. Bight eS of his early life were
spent at sea. Mr. Crafts came to Kansas in 1858, locating in Ogden, Riley County, where
he resided for seventeen years; and previous to the war was engaged in farming, subse-
quently engaging in the drug business. In June, 1875, he came to Alma, and has since
resided here, eye on business as deugerst and pharmacist, and in 1879, was appointed

ostmaster, which offlce he still holds. In 1861, he enlisted in Leavenworth in Company G,

‘ourth.Kansas (subsequently the Tenth Regiment), in which he served thirteen months,
and was then mustered out in order to receive his commission as First Lieutenant. He was
subsequently appointed’ Captain in the Indian Brigade, serving with distinction, and partic-
ipating in all engagements of the brigade until the close of the war. He is a member of
Lyons Post G. A. i i

PETER DEGAN, hotel keeper, was born in the town of Muchlham, Rhine Province,
Prussia, in 1841, and with his parents came to America in 1846, settling in Dodge County,
Wis. His father being a farmer, he assisted him until twenty-two years of age, when he
enlisted at Fond du Lac, Wis., in Company A, Seventeenth Regiment Wisconsin ‘Volunteers,
and remained in the regiment one year, being mastered out on account of ill-health. Upon
leaving the army he located for a time in Seward County, Mo., finally removing to Alma in
1869, and locating upon Section 9, which he still owns. In 1878, he built the hotel known as
“The Germania Hall,” a stone structure, on the corner of Main and Missouri streets. In
1866, Mr. Degan married Miss Barbara Dumbach in Mankato, Minn., by whom he has five
children living. Mr, Degan is not a member of any organization, civil or military, and has
never taken any interest in politics.

E. W. ELDRIDGE, M. D., is a native of Bristol, Elkhart Co., Ind., studied medicine in
the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated
in 1879, locating in Alma in 1880; his practice is considerable. He has recently married.
aie Doctor is a member of Alma Lodge No. 170, I.O. O. F., and of Alma Lodge No. 76, A.

8. H. FAIRFIELD, Register of Deeds, was born September 4, 1833, in Middleton, Essex
Co., Mass. When fifteen years of age, he bought his time of his parents, and in 1856, left
New England for Illinois, remaining during the summer of that year in Mendon, Adams
County. While there, Lawrence, Kan., was sacked and burned by the border ruffians. Mr.
Fairfield with five others started in August for the scene of strife, via Tabor, Iowa, where a
company of 100 men were gathered under the command of James Redpath. They reached
Kansas in September, 1856. The company were disarmed by United States troops on reach-
ing the Territory. Fairfield selected a claim near Wabaunsee, which he immediately pro-
ceeded to enclose and improve. Afterfour years of the hardships incident to pioneer life
at that period, he returned to Tabor, Iowa, where he married Miss M. H. Burt. Returning
to Kansas, he was in 1861, elected door keeper of the State Senate, and also of the High
Court of Impeachment. He took an active part in the Sunday-school and other Christian
work, and assisted in organizing the First Congregational Church in Wabaunsee, of which .
the Rev, Harvey Jones was pastor. September 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Eleventh
Kansas Volunteers, and was mustered in at Fort Leavenworth two weeks later; was detailed
as clerk at regimental headquarters, subsequently being assigned to duty as postmaster of
his Division, and the Army of the Border, and in 1863, had entire charge of the Military
Mail in Kansas City for Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. In 1864. he rejoined the company,
the regiment then being cavalry, and served as corporal until 1865, when he was detailed as
clerk In the pstbcnmniete Department of the Frontier. Returned to his company at
Horse Shoe, fonts Territory, in the same year, and remained while engaged in sub-
duing the hostile Indian tribes of the plains, being mustered out at Fort Sleavenworth,
Peer 15, 1866. While in the army he participated in the battles of Marysville, Cane
Hill, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, Lexington, and the Big Blue. At the close of the war he
returned to Wabaunsee, Three of his brothers and his father were in the army, as were
also two of his brothers-in-law, one of the latter being killed.and one aye from starvation
in a rebel prison. With wife and children he again commenced the battle of life, and in
November, 1865, was elected Clerk of Wabaunsee County. In 1867, he removed to Alma,
which had become the county-seat. He was appointed Treasurer ad interim, and in
1867, was elected Treasurer of the county; was re-elected in 1869; also elected Register of
Deeds, which latter office he still retains. Mr. Fairfield was editor and proprietor of the
Alma Union for two years. He contributed literally to, and took an active interest in, the
building of the court house; also in the building of the Congregational Church, of which he
was the first Sunday-school [superintendent. fie has 400 acres of excellent land under
cultivation, owns two residences and lots in the town of Alma, and has a quarter interest in
the town of Fairfield He is largely engaged in real estate and loaning business. Mr. Fair-
field is a member of Lyon Post, G.'A_R., and charter member of Alma Lodge No. 176 A. F.
ae eee Member of Alma Lodge, I. 0. O. F., and a charter member of Lodge No. 76,

JOSEPH FIELDS, P. 0. Alma, has always been a farmer, and has proven himself a
very successful one. He was born February 21, 1882, in Belmont County, Ohio. In June,
1856, he married Miss Martha E. Johnson, of Kentucky, by whom he has had eleven chil-
dren, ten of whom are living, the eldest being Mrs. A. Walton, of Harveyville, this county
Charles D. Fields, now twenty-four years of age, is associated with his father as a partner,
while Jeremiah is at present studying civil en ineering at Washburn College. Mr, Fields
experienced many hardships and struggles in his early life. Coming to this State withouta
dollar, he first located upon Dagon Creek, this county, and, in 1875, removed to Alma
Township. He now owns the whole of one Section, 230 acres being under cultivation, his
average yield of wheat being twenty-five bushels to the acre. Has 125 head of eattle, 17
horses and 550 sheep. In 1880 he built a substantial and commodious stone residence, situ-
ated one mile from the town of Alma, which, together with his outbuildings and grain in
stack, is fully insured. In 1862 he enlisted at Camp Dennison in Company D, One Hundred

-and Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteers, but was discharged in the following February, on ac-

count of sickness. Immediately upon his recovery he became a member of Company B
Capt. Talbot, One Hundred ind. Forty-ninth Hepiment 0. S. N. G., and responded With his
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regiment to the call to arms in 1864, participating in all the engagements of his regiment un-
tir made Quartermaster’s Clerk, in Which department he remained until mustered out with
his regiment by Gen. Sheridan, at Bolivar Heights. Mr. Field was Treasurer of Wilming-
ton Township for three years, has served four years as County Treasurer, and is at present
a Trustee of Alma Township. Mr. Fields is Quartermaster of Lyon Post, G. A. R., and D,
G. M. of the I. 0. 0. F., and a charter member of Lodge No. 76, A. O. U. W., and has al-
ways contributed liberally to all charitable and patriotic movements, ever taking a deep in-
terest in the welfare of his adopted State.

D D M. GARDNER was born in New York City, July 4, 1850. His father, David
Gardner, was a native of New Hampshire and a prominent citizen of that State, being
largely interested in the iron manufacturing interest of New York City. In the year 1863,
David M. Gardner settled in Bureau County, Ill., remaining in that county until the fall of
1869, when he moved to Wabaunsee County, Kansas, locating on Section 14, Township 13,
Range 12, Mission Creek Township. November 23, 1873, he married Mattie 8. Crandall, the
oldest daughter of J. W. Crandall, of Wabaunsee County, Kansas. In the spring of 1874,
he was elected to the office of Township Clerk, which position he held for three-years. In
1877 he was elected Sheriff of the county, which office he held until 1881, when he was
elected to the office of County Clerk, which position he now fills. He moved to Alma, the
county-seat of Wabaunsee County, in the year 1877. He is a charter member of Alma
Lodge, No. 170, 1. 0. O. F., and P. W. M. of Lodge No. 76, A. O. U. W.

A, W. GREGORY, Deputy Clerk of United States Court, is anative of Syracuse, Onon-
dagagCounty, N. Y., born in 1837, and is of Scotch descent. {n 1853 he removed to Fulton
City, Ill., where he remained until 1859, w en he located on Section 32, Township 11, Range
10, in what was then Wabaunsee but is now Alma Township. His farm consists of 2v0 acres,
nearly all of which are under cultivation. In 1864 he enlisted in Manhattan, in Company L,
Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, his company being immediately assigned to duty on the Tociiel
to assist in subduing the hostile tribes of Indians, and at the close of the war was discharged
(1865) with rank of Sergeant. Mr. Gregory was Justice of the Peace in Wabaunsee County,
1862-63, and again from-1874 to the present time. He was Clerk ef the United States Dis-
trict Court, 1874-76; at present is Deputy Clerk of said court. Mr. Gregory is a member of
Alma Post, @. A. R. ; ;

JUDGE -G. G. HALL, was born in 1803, in Herkimer County, N. Y., and for many
years was engaged in mercantile pursuits on his own behalf in Eatonville and alao in the
city of Utica, N. Y. In 185) he married Miss Helen A. Wadsworth, of Canandaigua, N. Y.,
but the failing health of his wife, in 1858, and a desire to aid in making Kansas a free State
decided him to move to the far West, which he did, and settled in Wabaunsee, Wabaunsee
Co., Kan., where he soon became interested in a grist and saw-mill, which, however, hesoon
abandoned and engaged in farming. They have two adopted daughters. The Judge has
always been a Free-State man, and was een nee Probate Judge in 1862 by Gov. Robinson,
and held that office for eighteen years, and has held various township offices, as well as that
of postmaster for nine years. A few years ago he lost heavily by fire, and feeling too far
advanced in life to think of rebuilding, he sold out and moved to his present residence in
Alma, the county-seat, to spend the remainder of a busy life in the retirement and comfort

. he has so justly earned.

J.M. HUBBARD, Esgq., farmer, Section 7, Township 31, Range 20, P.O. Alma, was
born in Middletown, Gonn., June 16, 1832, of an old New ngland family. Educated until
twelve years of age in district schools and in the private academy until sixteen years of
age, being a descendunt of a race of farmers, he followed the ancestral occupation. In the
eprine of 1856 he joined a party of emigranis known as the Beecher Rifle Company and
settled in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, pre-empting the southeast quarter of Section 31,
Township 10, Range 19, which he still owns. Subsequently he bought the east half of Sec-
tion 7, Township 14, Range 10, Wabaunsee County, as also the northwest quarter of Sec-
tion 20, Township 10, Range 9, in Riley County, all of which he still owns. Mr. Hubbard
was elected President of the first town company, and subsequently Supervisor. Upon the
organization of the county he was elected Probate Judge, which office he resigned to enter
the army, on September §, 1862, a8 a private in the Eleventh Kansas, and subsequently was
elected Lieutenant of Company K, and as such served in all the engagements of the regi-
ment and was on active staff duty during tae Price raid, being present at the battles of Big
Blue, Little Blue and Mine Creek, Previous to his enlistment Mr. Hubbard served two terms
in the State Legislature, representing what are now the counties of Wabaunsee, Davis and
Dickinson. Mr. Hubbard, while in the army, was married July 6, 1863, to Miss H. E. Fair-
child, of Middletown, Conn., who died December 8, 1847, leaving one child, now a school-
boy of fifteen years. Has been member of the Town Board of Selectmen and also of School
Visitors; is now one of the Trustees of the Storrs Agricultural School, and has for six years
been a member of the State Board of Agriculture. 3

JOHN T. KEAGY, Judge of Probate Court, was born in 1840 in Bedford County, Pa ,
his father being a descendant of the early Swiss settlers of the Quaker State. He came to
Kansas in April, 1870, locating in Alma, where he resumed the practice of law, having
graduated ‘six years previously in his native State. In 1871 he was appointed County At-
torney, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of N. H. Whitimore, and elected to the same
office in the following year and again in 1874. In the fall of 1880 he was elected Probate
Judge. In 1861 he enlisted, on October 9, in Company D, One Hundred and First Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers, and remained with his regiment until mustered out after the battle of
Fair Oaks, on account of wounds therein received, for which he now receives pension. He
is a member of Alma Post No. 29, G. A. R., as also of Alma Lodge A. F. & A.M, The
Judge intends devoting his attention to stock-raising at no distant date.

ED. A. KILIAN, now of Alma, Kan , was born in Hesse Nassau, Germany, September
1, 1828. He was educated at the Polytechnic School at Darmstadt and at the Normal School
at Friedberg. Becoming a participant in the Revolution of 1848, he emigrated from his na-
tive country and came to America in September, 1819, first locating in Rochester, N. Y.,
where, he remained six months. From Rochester he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and stayed

- until the spring of 1853; from thence to New Orleans, and remained until 1856; from thence
to Chicago, where he was local editor of the Staats Zeitung until the spring of 1857; thence
to Hermann, Mo., where he remained until the spring of 1861, principally engaged in teach-
ing. On May 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, First Missouri Volunteer Infantry, asa
private. He was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Wilson’s Creek, August 10,
1861, and remained at Springfield, Mo., in charge of the rebels, until November of the same
year, being released when Gen. Fremont took possession of the city, and discharged on ac-

. count of disability. He again enlisted in November, 1862, in Company A, Seventeenth Mis-
souri Volunteer Infantry, and served as a private until September, 1863, when he was pro-
moted to sergeant of the regiment. On December 20 he was promoted to first lieutenant
and adjutant of the regiment, and was mustered out September 24, 1864, at the expiration of
the term of service of his regiment. He participated in the ee at the siege of
Vicksburg, Jackson (Miss ), Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the Atlantic cam-
aign. He was commissioned as captain of Company G, Eightieth Missouri Enrolled Mi-
itia, and participated in the Price raid, in October, 1864, and the same month accepted the
position of first assistant in the public schools of Hdwardsville, Madison Co., Ill., which he
occupied until 1869. He then became principal of the public school in Marine, Ill., holding
the position until 1874. Im the fall of that year, he took charge of the German paper at
Joliet, The Herald, which he conducted until the spring of 1875. From that time until
July, 1878, he was at Buffalo, N. Y., as custodian of the Museum of Natural Sciences,when
he returned to Edwardsville, Ill., and resumed his old position in the school, which he held
until he came to Kansas, cee 22, 1879, and located at Alma, Kan., and was principal of
the public schools of that place, being also engaged in farming at the same place. Mr.
Kilian was married at Buffalo, N. Y., June 2%, 1865, to Carrie Bloecher, a native of Tona-
wanda, N. Y.; they have five children. umgerd, Edward, Hedwig, Carrie and Edith,
Kilian is a contributor to several educational and scientific journals, and has, perhaps, the
finest conchological collection in the State, and has also a large archeological collection.

HENRY ee LICHT, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark,
September 16, 1848, and in time learned the trade of a painter. In the fall of 1865 he ar-
rived in New York City, and worked at ship painting for four years, removing to Topeka in
the spring of 1869, remaining there as house painter until 1871, when he removed to and
located in Alma. He was elected Constable of this township in 1875, and Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court in 1876, which office he still retains, and bas been City Clerk since 1979. Is a
charter member and Secretary of Lodge No. 76, A. O. U. W.; also a charter member and
Secretary of Alma Lodge No. 17, I. 0.0. F.; charter member and Secretary of Alma
Lodge No. 161,,A. F. & A. M., dimited from Fortitude Lodge, No. 19, of Brooklyn, N. Y.

‘Has been in the real estate business since 1879. ;

WILLIAM T. MAHAN, County Surveyor, was born in 1844, apen what afterwards be-
» ame the sanguinary battlefield of Antietam, Washington County, Md. While but a boy in

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years, he eame to Kansas, and for several years kept a store or trading post in this county,
near the Indian Reserve, which reserve he assisted the Government to survey in 1862. In
August of the same year he enlisted in Company E, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, participating
in all the engagements of his regiment, and in 1865 was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth.
He was subsequently appointed United States Surveyor, and was enpacea in subdividin,
and sectionizing from the sixty-fifth to the hundredth meridian until the spring of 1870,
when he returned to Alma, where he has since remained. He was under sheriff of the
county, 1871-72; appointed Deputy United States Marshal, which position he held under Col.
Houston until 1876, when he was elected County Surveyor, which office he still retains.
During the time he kept the trading post, and afterwards, while on the plains, Mr. Mahan
had many pees of studying Indian character. During a fight which took place in
1859, about five miles north of Alma, between the Pawnees and Pottawatomies, the form 9
of whom had come to run off the latter’s horses, Mr. Mahan lent his oes to a Pottawatomie,
who, upon tevarnlng, it afterwards, tricked out in feathers and ribbons, declared it was
“mighty good gun; kill two Pawnee; and insisted upon Mr. Mahan accompanying him to
the camp of the victors, where the hearts and right hands of their dead enemies were roasted
and eaten to ‘‘make Injun brave.” Mr. Mahan is officer of the day of Lyon Post, No. 29,
G. A. R.; Warden of Alma Lodge, No. 110, I. O. O. F., and charter member of Lodge 76, A.
0.U.W. He owns a residence and four lots in town, is engagéd in real estate business, and
has always taken a lively interest in the welfare of his adopted State.

LOUIS PALENSKE, photographer, was born in Alma in 1858, bis father having emi-
grated ‘here from Pomerania, Germany, in 1855, and owning at the time of his death 260
acres in Alma Township. After leaving school here, Mr, Palenske acquired a thorough
knowledge of photography, and opened a studio in his native town; in addition to which he
conducts a newsroom and stationery store. He is a member of Alma Lodge, No. 170, I. O.
O. F., and, although but a young man, has already established an excellent reputation in
both social and business circles. :

LORENZO PAULY, farmer, P. O. Alma, was born January 6, 1827, in the town of Ade-
nan, District of Coblentz, Prussia. In early life he learned the trade of confectioner and
baker, and in 1849 entered the Twenty-ninth Regiment of Infantry, in which he remained
two years, seeing active service during the Austro-Prussian War of 1850. In March, 1852,
he married Miss Wilhelmina Ruth, a native of Curhessen, Germany, by whom he has seven,
children. Mr. Pauly came to America in 1856, remaining for a time in the East, and coming
to Kansas in 1857. ' He located first in Quindaro, four miles from Wyandotte, where he started
a bakery; but in 1861 he removed to Topeka, where he again established himself in the bread
and confectionery trade, remaining there fourteen years, and, finally removing to his present
location, in this township, in 1875. Mr. Pauly is the proprietor of the ‘‘ Mill Creek” flour
mills, which contain four rnn of stones, one run being for corn pending and has a
capacity of 25u bushels of grain per day. The motive-power is the Leffel, hio, turbine
wheel, 40 horse-power. Besides the mill property and his residence, Mr. Pauly owns upr
wards of 80.) acres of land in the township, Sections 14 and 15, and this year raised ove-
6,000 bushels of corn, averaging 63 bushels to the acre. He also deals extensively in stock,
buying and shipping largely. During the Price excitement, Mr. Pauly’s being the only bakery
in Topeka, he was kept constantly busy, working day and night, and, almost unassisted, turn-
ed out 2,160 loaves of bread every twenty-four hours, with which to satisfy the militia and
others then stationed in the town. He was elected County Commissioner in 1877, serving as
such until 1882; and from 1877 to the present time he has been treasurer of the school board.
Although a member of the Roman Catholic Church, he has contributed liberally to all the
other churches in town, without regard to denominational lines, and has always taken a deep
interest in the county’s welfare and progress. He now represents Wabaunsee County in
the Legislature of the State. 2

‘H. A. PIERCE, attorney, is a native of Orleans County, Vt. He received his education
in the Newberry Collegiate Institute; at the age of twenty years removed to California,
where he engaged in mining, farming and the study of law, being admitted to the bar in Sac-
ramento in 1860, and to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1866, in Washington, D.
C., where he had removed in 1864. From 1864 until the close of the war was employed by
the Government on special service from City Point to Washington City. Resuming the
practice of his profession in the National erie he remained there until 18t9, when he re-
moved to Yankton, D. T., where he remained two years as Commissioner of Emigration and
Adjutant General of the Territory. In the fall of 1879 we find him in Arkansas, conducting
the Jefferson Republican, at Pine Bluff, and the Patriot, at Fort Smith He was also Super-
intendent of Public Instruction, at a salary of $3,000, and Cee of Militia. In
the spring of 1879 he moved to Kansas, locating in Alma, and resumed the practice of his
profession. He now owns 400 acres on Section 9, Township 12, Range 11, Newbury Town-
ship, and intends in the near future to devote his attention principally to stuck-raising.

NRY J. PIPPERT, Sheriff, was born in Cassel, Germany, in June, 1850. His father
and family emigrated to America in 1855, locating for a time in Muscatine, Towa, and in 1807
removing to Willow Springs, Kan., where the elder Mr. Pippert now resides. The subject
of this sketch located in Lawrence, where he worked at his trade of harness-making, until
1871, when he came to Alma, and opened a large saddlery and harness-making establish-
ment, upon Missouri street. Mr. Pippert carries several thousand dollars worth of stock
and has several competent workmen constantly employed in the manufacture of harness.
Besides his store and residence, Mr. Pippert owns other real estate (chiefly building lots) in
town. November 12, 1874, he married Caroline, eldest daughter of John P. Gleich, Esq., of
Alma, by whom he has had four children, only one of whom, Helen Mary, born December
4, 1880, now remains to him. Mr. Pippert has been Councilman for several years, was
elected Mayor of Alma in April, 1880, and in 1881 was elected Sheriff of Wabaunsee County,
in which position he has made a very efficient officer, proving quite a ‘‘terror’’ to evil-doers.

SYLVESTER ROSS, County Treasurer, was one of the early settlers of Kansas, and
contributed much, by his untiring energy, in promoting the welfare of the young State. A
native of Vermont, he settled in Ohio in 1825, and there married Miss C. Rice. In 1835 he
removed to Indiana, and in 1846 to Rock County, Wis., where he remained until 1856, when
he joined a party of eight families which had assembled in Milwaukee, Wis., and were
about to start for ‘‘the West.”” His son, E. G. Ross, was choscn commander of the party,
and the long and tedious wagon journey was made still more so from the fact, that having
maby women and children in the party, they were compelled to give Missouri a wide berth,

‘owing to the unsettled and dangerous condition of society there, caused by the border ruf-

fianism of that period. Upon arriving in Kansas, he located on Lot 1,818, Section 3. in
Mission Creek Township, and subsequently took a prominent part in the formation of Wa-
baunsee County. He held the office of County Assessor for two terms, and was County
Commissioner and Justice of the Peace for many years. He died in 1874 at the age of
sveenty-five years. During the war for the Union, four of his sons represented him in the
Federal army—E. G., George, W. W. and Charles. E G. Ross was United States Senator
from this district from 1865 to 1870. W. W. Ross was Mayor of Topeka for several years,
and, with his brother E. G., was one of the early newspaper editors of the State. Charles
served with distinction during the war in Company F, Second Kansas Cavalry, and in 1872
removed from the old homestead to Alma upon being elected to the office of County Treas+
urer, which position he still fills. He is a member of Lyon Post, G. A. R.; charter mem-
ber of Alma Lodge, No. 171, A., F. & A. M., and also of Alma Lodge, No. 170, 1.0 O. F.
HENRY SCHMITZ, farmer, P. O. Alma, who now resides in a handsome stone house
upon his farm of 160 acres, situated on Section 2, Town 12, Range 10, Mill Creek, came
here in the spring of 1857 with a borrowed half dollar as his only cash capital. Born in the
town of Siegburgin, Prussia, in 1823, he spent his’ early -years upon his father’s farm, and
emigrated to America in 1852. Working for some time on railroads in Iowa and Missouri,
until his final location in Kansas, he experienced all the hardships and privations incident
to pioz.eer life. Ere selecting his claim upon Mill Creek, he, in the winter of 1857, accom-
panied by four others, left Westport upon an exploring expedition; besides the ox team,
two of the party had horses; but about night fall they were overtaken by a blinding snow
storm, and were compelled to camp in a ravine near where Eskridge now stands. Upon the
return of daylight he, with Mr. Joseph Thoes, who had a cabin upon Mill Creek, mounted and
sallied forth to discover, if possible, some road by which to continue their journey. Nothing
met the eye but immense drifts into which both horse and rider often tumbled, and after
ee ae for some time they were compelled to return to the wagons. Their
provisions being frozen solid a fire was necessary, so breaking up the boxes contained in
the wagon, they at length per one started, and using snow for water ere long were enabled
to regale themselves with hot coffee. Thus refreshed they once more set out upon their
journey, finally arriving at Mr. Thoes’ house; but the weather continuing bad they were
compelled to abandon the object of their trip, and after a rest of some days returned to
Westport. During this journey Mr. Schmitz suffered from snow blindness, and his face
became so blistered that his nearest friend failed to recognize him. Someidea of the
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difficulty of such traveling may be had, when we state that it often took them seven hours to.

make three miles. Mr. Schmitz was in the militia during the border troubles; and in 1866,
engaged in business as storekeeper in Alma, but in 1875, he sold out and returned to the
farm. Besides the ‘Homestead Farm,” Mr. Schmitz has 820 acres in other sections, his
average yield of wheat is 25 bushels to the acre, and of corn 60 bushels. His stock at
present comprises 100 head of cattle, 9 horses and 100 hogs. His residence and out-buildings
are insured. In September, 1868, he married Miss Lena Linss, by whom he has had six chil-
dren. Mr. Schmitz was Township Trustee for two years,and four years County Commissioner,
and by his strict integrity and sterling character has long held the esteem and:confidence 0:
the community, To his personal efforts and generosity is Wabaunsee County greatly
indebted for its promeny
REV. JOHN SCOTT, is a native of Waterbury, Conn., and soon after the close of the
war, was sent South by the American Missionary Association of New York, then connected
with the Freedman’s Bureau, where he remained eight years ‘engaged in missionary work
such as distribution of oe food, etc., to theenegroes, and organizing schools and
churches. He organized the First Congregational Church in North Carolina, eight miles
south of Goldsboro. Upon his return East he attended the Oberlin Collene and ‘Theological
Seminary of Ohio, of which he isa graduate, At the invitation of the Home Missionary
Society he came to Alma to take charge of the church, there erecting a house of worship,
which was dedicated August 28, 1881. He is a hard working clergyman, having done much
to increase the numbers of his congregation, and has two other missions in his charge. He
is as yet unmarried, and still maintaining his connections with his native State where he has
property, he annually visits it for the benefit of his health, which is not of the most robust
nature, as also to keep up with the theological world in the Kast, in its march of progress. |
JOSEPH THOES, merchant, was born in Germany, November 15, 1828; and lost his
mother while he was yet a boy in years. His father with the children emigrated to qlperls,
Africa, in 1845, but he and two of his children dying there, the care of the family fell to
Joseph, who in October of that year accompanied by his brothers and sisters, sailed for
Toulon, France, where they remained until 1851, when Mr. Thoes, after a short visit to his
‘ native land, emigrated to America, arriving im New York, July 7, 1851, and remaining there
fifteen months, from thence to Westport, Mo., finally locating in Kansas, in 1855, upon Mill
“Creek, this county. He built the first house (of logs) in what is now Farmer ee
where he now owns a fine farm of 800 acres, also residence and three acresin Alma. In
1862 he married Miss Augusta Dieball, of Alma, by whom he has six children ranging in
e from six months to twenty years. During the Free-State or Border Ruffian times, Mr.
: Thoes was on his way to Westport with his team for the purpose of procuring provisions
and upon reaching a point a little east of Palmyra, a scene of devastation met his astonished
gaze. Where formerly had stood rude, but prosperous and happy homes nothing now
remained but ashes, and black and smouldering ruins; the work of the infamous Price or
others of that ilk. Upon his return journey he stopped for food and rest at Indian Creek,
and, while reclining by the side of his wagon, he was surprised to see a man emerge from the
woods close by, approach and beg forfood. Mr. Thoes at once invited him to share his
repast, and when the poor fellow had satisfied his hunger, he informed Mr. Thoes that he
was a native of Pennsylvania, who had with his wife and children located near Palmyra
some time previous; that he and another had been surprised and taken prisoners by a party
of ruffians commanded by Milton McGee, who shot his companion dead at Cedar Creek,
while he was marched towards Kansas City, but on the way was confined in a log house
where he remained for two days without food or water; but on the third day during the
absence of his captors he broke through the roof and escaped to the timber, where he had
remained secreted, until seeing Mr. Thoes, Our friend conveyed him in his wagon to the
vicinity of Palmyra, which the fugitive reached in due time only to find his-home in ashes,
and learn that his wife, believing him dead, had with her children returned to Pennsylvania.
His companion’s body was afterwards found nearly devoured by wolves. Mr. Thoes was
County Commissioner for four years, and has ever taken an important and prominent part
on all measures tending to the proeee and improvement of the county. He nowrepresents
as manager the E. B. Purcell Elevator Company’s Alma Branch.

MATTHEW THOMSON, County Superintendent, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn.,
im 1843. Received his education in Fayette Ses and with his father, Mr. James
L. Thomson, located in Wabaunsee County, in 1857. Besides devoting his attention to
his farm of 160 acres in Wilmington Township, he was a school teacher for twelve years.
He has been Township Clerk three terms, and is now County Superintendent of schools for
the third term. Nor could the county make a better selection; himself an artist of no medn
ability, an accomplished scholar and thorough gentleman, the cause of education finds in
him a warm and able advocate, and Wabaunsee County will perhaps never fully realize the
benefits derived from his wisdom and experience in educational training. In 1878, he mar-
ried Miss Agnes Henderson, of Mission Creek Township, this county. Was a member of
the Union army during the war, serving for a time in the Quartermaster’s Department.
In 1863, took part in Sully’s expedition against, and fight with, the hostile Indians; and ere
twenty years of ee had experienced many of the hardships, privations, and_ thrilling
incidents which fell to the lot of the soldier on the Western plains during those
exciting times. He is the Posacenet of several interesting Indian relics andc uriosities.
Mr. Thomson has also draughted several county and township maps of the State, and ave
interesting and instructive chart relative to the aiecovery of America, and another which
contains in a very brief space, yet clearly set forth, all the American and British land and
naval engagements, Indian wars and massacres, etc. ‘

R. A. WALD, under-sheriff, is a native of Berlin, Prussia, and was born in 1849, arriv-
ing in America with his parents in 1856, and receiving his education in Burlington, Racine
Co., Wis., where his father had located, and where he, for many years, carried on an exten-
sive tannery. The subject of this sketch upon attaining to manhood’s years acted as his
fatlier’s traveling salesman, and subsequently for a Milwaukee hide and leather house.
Owing to the delicate health of his wife, whom Mr. Wald was compelled to remove to a
milder climate, he, in 1878, located in this county, and_turned his attention to insurance,
representing the German Firc Insurance Com any, of Freeport, Il].; Connecticut, of Hart-
ford; Home and Star Companies, of New York, and Union, of Philadelphia. Mr. Wald is
2 constable of the township, and also under-sheriff of the county.

JOHN WINKLER, was born in 1829, in the town of Renzhausen, Hanover, and received
his education in the college of Hildesheim, after which he entered the army as a private,
but was subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant for bravery in the field during the
Austro-Prussian war. He remained sixteen years in the army, received several wounds in
action, and poseesses several medals as evidences of valor. March 6, 1860, he married Miss
Lena Marten, also a Hanoverian, by whom he has six children—Augusta and Amelia, being
porn in Hanover, and Robert (mentioned elsewhere as the first white male child born in
Alma), Arthur, Gtto and Lena being born in this State. Mr. Winkler came to Alma, his
first location in America, August 13, 1866, and built the first hotel here which he continued
to “run” for two and-a-half years, when he sold out and removed to Maple Hill, where he
turned his attention to farming. He was trustee of the townships of Newbury, Kaw and
Maple Hill for several years, and postmaster of the latter place from 1871 to 1874, when he
returned to Alma, and bought the building (to which he made considerable additions), now
owned and occupied by him, and known as the ‘ Winkler House,”’ one of the best hotels in
this part of the State. The house contains upwards of twenty rooms, a large and pleasant
dining room, where the wants of the inner-man are well cared for by his amiable daughter,
Miss elia, who is an experienced and efficient caterer. Sample rooms for commercia
men, and a free ‘bus runs to and from all trains, Mr, Winkler has recently purchased 600
acres of land, situated about seven miles from Alma, upon which are several never failing
springs of good water. and intends to engage extensively in stock-raising. A very extensive
lead of excellent fire clay, suitable for brick or pottery is now being opened upon it.

GOTTLIEB ZWANZIGER, farmer, P. O. Alma, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in
4822, He received bis education in the Polytechnical Institute of Munich, graduating with
honor in 1840. He was called to the army in 1844, and commissioned a Lieutenant of
topographical engineers. Being dissatisfied with the reaction that took place after the rev-
olution in the year 1848, he resigned in 1849. In 1850 he married Miss Theresa Von Orff,
and shortly afterward emigrated to this country and settled for two years in St. Louis, Mo.,
pursuing his profession 0 civil engineer. From 1852 to 1856 he was topographical en-

ineer. and inspector of masonry on the Iron Mountain Railroad, and in_1857 he located in
the township of Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas, upon Section 10, Town 12, Range 10,
where he stillresides. The greater part of his farm is under cultivation, with an average
yield of wheat of eighteen bushels to the acre, and corn forty bushels. Righty acres aré laid
out in town site of Alma. Coming here while the country was in its infancy Mr. Zwanziger
took an active part in advancing the interests of the township. He built the first grist-mill

and sesiated in organizing and building the German Evangelical Church. In 1862 he entered

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the United States army as Captain of Engineers on Gen. Sherman's staff, retiring from the
army in 1868. During the Price raid he was Major of militia on Gen. Curtis’ staff and post
engineer at Topeka. Mr. Zwanziger was one of the first three Commissioners appointed to
organize Wabaunsee County, and remained County Commissioner from 1858 to 1862, Dur-
ing Col. Fremont’s Presidency of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, Mr. Zwanziger was civil en-
gineer of the road, and now acts as its land agent. He also represents several insurance
companies and is passage ticket agent for no less than sevén ocean steamship companies,
He has been Justice of the Peace for the past twelve years, and held the office of County

Surveyor fourteen years.
WABAUNSEE.

This place can not be called a town, nor can it, properly, be named a
village. ‘True, it has a very fine church edifice, and a good schoolhouse,
both built of stone. It has alsoa post-office and one store, but aside from
these there is an utter absence of those characteristics peculiar to a village.
There are not over ten or a dozen houses in the whole place, and these are
scattered and far apart. For a town site, however, it would be difficult to
finda more beautiful place. It is located in the northeast portion of the
county on the south side of the Kansas River, on the second rise from the
stream. It is the oldest settlement in the county, the town site having been
selected and platted by the “Beecher Rifle Company” in 1856. It was the
county-seat from 1859, to the time it was removed to Alma in 1866. Here
was erected by the same company, the first church in the county, a frame
building, which served the treble purpose of church, schoolhouse, and place
of holding company meetings. It was more of a town ten years ago than it
is to-day, and since the county-seat was removed from there, it has been
constantly on the decline. As already intimated, the earliest settlers of the
place were members of the ‘‘ Beecher Company a few of whom still re-
main. Rev. Harvey Jones, whom the American Missionary Association sent
to Kansas and who located with his family in Wabaunsee in 1855, still
resides close to the village or about three-fourths ofa mile from the depot.
Capt. Mitchell, who was one of the ‘‘ Beecher Company,” resides in the vil-
lage, and performs the double duty of carrying ona store and being station
agent. OC. B. Lines, who was the first president of the ‘‘ Beecher Company,”
resides about one-half mile from the village. J. M. Bisby, one of the 1855
settlers, resides a little farther away than Mr. Lines, while E. R. Weed, one
of the 1857 Minden Volunteers, is postmaster of the village and carries on a
small store in connection therewith. The first school taught in the county
was in Wabaunsee, and the first teacher was D. B. Hiatt, Here was located
the first post-office in the county, and the first postmaster was J.H. Nesbitt.
Here was performed the first marriage ceremony in the township and the
second in the county, the parties being E. C. D. Lines and Grace A. Thomas,

\ which was solemnized by Rev. Harvey Jones. The incidents of early days
in Kansas that cluster around Wabaunsee, even ie its greatness has
pared from it, will always give it an important place in Wabaunsee County

istory. :

cs BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. T, COLLINS, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Wabaunsee, was born in 1848 in Lexington,
Ky., where, after completing his education, he engaged in farming until hie removal to I-
linois, in 1865, where he remained until the spring of 1880, when he removed to Junction
City, this State. Was engaged in school teaching until his removal to this county, in 1881,
-when he located on the above Section. About one-half of his land is under cultivation,
wheat averaging twenty-three bushels per acre. Mr. Collins is married and has one child.
In the spring of 1881 he entered into partnership with Mr, A. Sellers as stock and grain
dealers. Mr. Collins also deals extensively in coal, game, pelts, etc. Mr. Collins is an in-
telligent and shrewd business man and bids fair to soon become one of the leading men
of his township and county.

JAMES P. GOFF, farmer, Section 23, Township 10, Range 9, P. O. Wabaunsee, was born
in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1843. ceived his education in the public schools, after
which he worked upon his stepfather’s farm until he was, thirteen years of age, then left
him and went to work for Thomas Gardner, of Lawrence County, Ohio, at $10 per month.
Worked for him until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Battery H, First Virginia
Light Artillery, and participated in all its engagements—viz., Winchester, Va., Droop
Mountain, where he was wounded by a minnie ball in his left leg and by a piece of shell in
the left side, near the abdomen, the marks of which still remain, but he refused to be in-
valided and still stuck to his gun; Moorfield, Rock Gap, Va., and the second battle of Win-
chester, Maryland Heights ani Charlestown.” He is in possession of a very complimentai
address to him from his commanding officer, in which a high tribute is paid to his valor an
courage as a man and soldier, being termed one of the heroes of 1861, 62, 63 and ‘64. He
was mustered outat Wheeling, W.Va., October 22, 1864, with the rank of Corporal, Upon leav-
ing the army Mr. Goff repaired to Scott Town, Ohio, where he remained nine months as
clerk in a general store, at the end of which time he engaged in business on his own ac-
count at Millsville, Ohio, in which he continued until his removal to Kansas, in January, 1867.
He has upwards of 3(0 acres of good land near Decp Creek, one-third being under cultiva-
tion, with an average yield of wheat of twenty bushels and corn fifty bushels per acre. Of
stock he has at present seventy-five head of cattle, ten horses and thirty hogs, In 1878 he
built his present fine stone residence and outbuildings, having quarried and drawn all the
material himeelf during two pen winters. His residence, etc., are fully insured. In
May, 1867, Mr. Goff married Miss M. V. Russell, of Ohio, by whom he has four chil-
dren, Mr. G. has never accepted any political office, but has always taken a deep interest
in the welfare of theState. He is a charter member of Lew Gove Post, G. A. R., of Man-
hattan, and also a member of the Masonic fraternity.

REV. HARVEY JONES, of Wabaunsee, was born near Pittsburgh, Pa., in June, 1821.
He received his early education in the academy in Bakerstown, Pa, Subsequently he at-
tended Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio; was a student in Oberlin College, and gradu-
ated from the theological course in 1852. The following year he spent in Illinois, preaching
in Lombard, then known as Babcock’s Grove. In the spring of 1855 he removed to Kansas
Territory, locating near his present home. During the ‘“ border troubles” he was active in
efforts to secure the State for freedom. Mr. Jones is one of the oldest settlers of Wabaun-
see County, there being but few families when he came, in June, 1855. He engaged at once
in pioneer work, preach ong a opportunity offered in tent, sod house, log cabin or in groves,
io God's first temples,” in Wabaunsee, Greendale and Ashiand, until the organization of the

First Church of Christ” in Wabaunsee in 1857. of which he was the first pastor. In 1860
Mr. Jones returned to Ohio, and preached at Monroc, Ashtabula County, four years,
till near the close of the war. He was one of the 100,000 volunteers, “Squirrel Hunters,”
who at the call of the Governor hastened to the defense of Cincinnati when threatened by
Kirby Smith, of the Rebel army. On his return to Kansas, in 1864, he became pastor of the
Congregational Church in Geneva, Allen County. While there he was peveret times a vol-
unteer for the defense of various points, twice to Humboldt snd once to Fort Scott, in the
famous Price raid. In the fall of 1866 he was appointed Supermtendent of Home Missions
for the State. From 1870 to 1872 he preached at Valley Falls, when he returned to his first
home in Wabaunsee, since which time he has been engaged in home mission work in new
and needy fields in various parts of the State. Soon after commencing his work in the min-
istry he was married to Miss H. N. Keyes, of Windsor, Morgan Co., Ohio. They have
four children living--Carrie, born December 10, 1857, at Wabaunsee; Henry Martyn, born
December 19, 1859, at Wabaunsee; Horace Bushnell, born June 6, 1861, in’ Monroe, Ohio;
Emma, born November 30, 1863, in Monroe, Ohio. Recently Mr. Jones has relinquish
preaching in part and is devoting his attention to horticulture and the interests of his farm.

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WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

DAVID MeN.IR, farmer, Section 16, P.O. Wabaunsee, was born in February, 1845,
near Londonderry, Treland, and followed the ancestral occupation of a farmer until his emi-
aration to America, in 1864, Open his arrival in this country he settled for a time in New

ersey, removing to Princeton, Ill., in 1867, where he remained until 1869, when he cume to
Kansas, locating on 125 acres on above named.section, about seventy-five acres of which are
under cultivation and about twenty acres in timber. As Mr. McNair raises considerable
stock his grain is chiefly corn, averaging sixty bushels per acre, the balance of ground be-
ing devoted to turnips, potatoes, etc. At present he has thirty head of cattle, twelve
horses and about fifty hogs. Besides his farm residence, Mr. McNair has real estate in the
town, all his property being insured. March 1, 1856. he married: Miss Bell, a country-
woman of his own, by whom he has had ten children, five of whom were carried off within
‘two weeks by diphtheria. His five remaining ones are: Alexander, Martha, Sarah, David
and Emma. Mr. McNair has never cared to accept political honors in any form, but has
ever striven in every honorable manner to advance the interests of the community, and
votes as his conscience approves. :

RO T McNAIR, farmer, P.O. Wabaunsee, was born in Wigtonshire, Scotland, in
December, 1846, and, after completing his education, went to the neighboring town of Kirk-
eudbright to study civil engineering, but sickness and death at home compelled him to re-
linquish the idea and attend to the farm, thus becoming the sole stay of the family. For
several years he engaged in business as a merchant in his native place, but in 1869 he went
to the west of England, where he remained for a time, finally coming to America in 1874.
He first located in Coffey County, where he remained one year, and then to his present loca-
tion on Section 19, where he owns 600 acres, 200 or so being under cultivation, and real-
izing this past four years above the average of his neighbors in yield. He has a very nice
stock of yearlings, besides horses, hoes etc., and has house, etc., insured. While in En-
gland he married Miss M. K. McDonald, by whom he has had two children. Mr. McNair
does not care to interest himself in politics, and isnot a member of any secret society, being
content, as he expresses it, ‘to ‘‘ tak care o’ the wife and weans.”

CAPT. WILLIAM MITCHELL was born in 1825 in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and while
yet an infant his parents emigrated to Middletown, Conn. He received his education in the
common schools there. In 1849 he went to California, from thence to Australia, in 1853, and
in 1855 réturned by way of Great Britain to Connecticut. In 1856 Mr. Mitchell formed one
of the Beecher Rifle Company, and upon his arrival in Kansas located in Wabaunsee upon
what is now the east half of Section 28, Township 10, Range 10. He experienced ali the
hardships incident to the Kansas settler of that period. Desirous of seeing Kansas a free
State he took ‘a prominent part in assisting to repel the border ruffians, and was in com-
mand of the forty men who went to the assistance of Lawrence during Gov. Geary’s admin-
istration. He was one of the first Commissioners of this county upon its organization, and
in 1868 was elected to the Legislature. In 1868 he married Miss Mary N. Chamberlain, of
Middletown, Conn., by whom he has four children. Capt. Mitchell has always been a Re-
publican in politics and a strong advocate of prohibition. ‘

ENOCH PLATT, farmer, P. O. Wabaunsee, was born in Plymouth, Conn., in 1825, and
with his parents removed to Adams County, Ill., in 1834, where he remained until 1858, when
he located on Section 5, ninety acres of which are under cultivation. During his early life
Mr. Platt was one of the most successful conductors on the ‘‘ Underground Railroad,” he
and his father being strong ‘‘ Free-State” men, there being at one time $1,000 offered for his
head. Many narrow escapes can he relate, but he does not feel so disposed. He suffered
extensively in loss of horses, etc., at various times. Mr. Platt was in the State militia dur-
ing the Price raid, and has been School Trustee, Township Clerk, County Commissioner and
Justice of the Peace for several years, and is a member of the Congregational Church.

SAMUEL WEED, postmaster, was born in 1833 in Marblehead, Mass., where he re-
mained until 1850, when he went to Adams County, Ill., where he engaged in school teach-
ing until 1456, when he removed to Kansas, locating in Wabaungee, and engaged in farm-
ing, but some years ago sold his farm and opened a general store in town, which he stil]
conducts. In July, 1882, he was appointed postmaster. Mr. Weed was Register of Deeds
from 1861 to 1871; County Treasurer from 1862 to 1866; Clerk of the District Court from 1863
to 1870, and County Clerk four years. At present he holds the office of Township Clerk. He
has ever been active in the Republican ranks and in 1869 was elected to represent his county

in the State Legislature.
‘ ESKRIDGE.

Eskridge is a town situated in the north of Wilmington Township, and
is located on the branch of the A., T. & 8. Fe R. R. running from Bur-
lingame to Manhattan. The town was first laid out by Col. EK. H. Sanford
in 1868, twelve years before the branch road mentioned was built, but, like
many other Western towns, about the only thing it had to indicate it was a
town, before the coming of the railway, wasitsname. In 1880, the Santa Fe
railway company selected a town site of their own adjoining that of Col.
Sandford’s, which they had surveyed, platted, and laid off into lots, and
thus is the town known now as Eskridge. The town is situated in the center
of a large stretch of prairie, miles from either timber or stream. The land
upon which it is built is high and dry, sloping gradually from all sides for
some distance, when it again takes an upward turn and rolls away in
gentle undulations to the south, while to the north the tendency is up-
ward until the high bluffs are reached which characterize the center of
the county. The town has had a wonderful growth for its age. The
first house built in the place was in June, 1880, by Dr. Trivet, and
though only two years have elapsed since then, it has now a. population of
about 450. The schoolhouse was built in 1881, and the first teacher was
Miss Emma Henderson. The number of pupils attending the school is 124.
The church was built in 1881, and has now a membership of 75. There are
two drug stores in the town, three dry goods stores, two hardware stores,
one harness shop, two millinery establishments, one boot and shoe store, and
two grocery stores. The first store put up in the town was the grocery store
of William Earl, in 1881. Thre are two hotels in the place, the ‘‘ Lawlor
House,” built by J. H. Lawlor, and the ‘‘ Santa Fe House,” erected by Joseph
Emmerson, both of which were built in 1880. The chief business of the
place is in putting up and exporting baled hay, of which not less than
twenty thousand tons will be shipped this season. At an average of $3.00
per ton, this will bring a return of $60,000, a pretty good revenue for a

small place. %
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JONAS BARRETT, dealer in boots and shoes, is a native of Dutchess County, N. Y.,
where he was born in 1837, and received but a common school education. At an early age
he learned the trade of shoemaker, at which he worked until the outbreak of the war,
when he enlisted in Company C, One Huadred and Sixty-ninth New York Regiment, but
was assigned to saddlery.duty after seventeen months’ active service. At the close of the
war he removed to Kansas City until 1871, when he removed to pakeieee and engaged in
business for himself. He now owns a fine stock of boots and shoes. He owns his store
and residence as also several town lots. He is a charter member of Eskridge Post 75, G.
A. R., and also A. G. of Eskridge Lodge No. 200, I. 0. O, F., and charter member of Emi-
nence Lodge A. F. and A. M. : .

W. W. CONE, editor, isa native of Chautauqua, N. Y., where he was born in 1828: He
received his education in the common schools, and after a short desultory study of law turned
his attention to literature, and worked at the case on the Syracuse Herald for a time, then
came to Kansas in 1856, locating in Topeka, where he remained until the breaking out of
the war, when he enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Kansas Regiment, and served until the
fall of 1863, when he was mustered out, pene to disability. He returned to Topeka, and
upon recovering his health became connected with the Topeka Capital and Kansas Farmer.

. to abandon his journey, and located on the Western Reserve, where he

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In October, 1881, he bought the Alma Herald of J. B. kee and removing press, etc.,
to Eskridge, changed the name to the Home Weekly. Mr. Cone has always been a staunch
Republican, and his paper has now upwards of 540 paying subscribers. He owns office and
residence besides several town lots. Has always taken a deep interest in the welfare of
his adopted State, Deve 1877, published a history of Shawnee County. He is a mem-
ber of Eskridge Post G. A. R., and in February 15, 1882, he organized Eminence Lodge No.
205, A. F. & A. M., of which he is now Secretary. Excepting the office of postmaster of
Hekrldee, which he held for ashort time, he has never held nor sought any political
onors.

EZRA R. COXEN, builder, etc., was born in Blair County, Pa., May 25, 1837, and
after attending the district school learned the trade of house carpenter, at which he worked
in ena: Del., and other places, finally in 1856, establishing himself in the city of
Brotherly Love, where he married Miss Anna B. Pancoast. Upon the cry for men to save
the Union he arranged his affairs, leasing his business for three years, and assisted in
organizing Company F, Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, being assigned as
sergeant, but was subsequently detailed to special service in commissary department. He
served until the early part of August, 1864, when he was mustered out on account of fll-
health superinduced by exposures. Shortly after his return home he removed with his
family to Berks County, Pa., where his wife had property, and in 1868, came to Kansar,
locating for a few months in Lawrence, but removing to Eskridge in 1871. He has built
the majority of the stores and residences since erected in the township, and his eldest son
is now associated with him in business. He owns his own residence besides several town
lots; is a charter member of Eskridge Lodge of Odd Fellows, having,been its first ‘‘N. G.,”
and was also the First Adjutant of Eskridge Post G. A. R. Heisa Republican in politics,
but has never taken a very active part in public affairs.

HON. EPHRAIM H. SANFORD was born January 24, 1822, at Caneadea, Allegany
County, N. Y. In 1885, his father settled in Livingston County, State of Michigan. He
studied the law with Hon. A. L. Roof, at Lyons. For several years he devoted part of his
time as editor and publisher, having purchased the Ann Arbor True Democrat, a free-soil
democratic paper of extensive circulation. On the breaking out of the war with Mexico, he
warmly advocated the ‘‘manifest destiny” policy. Receiving a telegram to go on to Wash-
ington to take orders from the Government to Mexico, he sold his paper to his brothers.
Reaching Cleveland, his family was taken sick, which detained him so long, he was obliged

edited the Akron
Free Democrat eee an election campaign. He attended the Buffalo Convention in 1848.
His speech, Wednesday evening, was mainly devoted to the election of United States
Senators, the President and Vice-President, by the direct vote of the people. This speech
was reported in part, the next morning, in the Buffalo Daily Republic. After locating at
New London, Ohio, he opened a law office with Rollin C. Powers, where he published in
1851 a small work on political subjects, chiefly devoted to the measures already indicated.
This work was extensively published and favorably received by the press. At New London
he was postmaster through several administrations. He was also holding his second term
as mayor when he moved to Kansas, locating at Marysville, Marshall County, devoting his
time to the practice of the law on the Circuit. When the war broke out in 1861, although
strongly urged by some of his democratic friends to chance his fortunes with the Confederates,
he was prompt to decline all offers in that direction, and set himself at once to work in rais-
ing troops for the war for the Union. On the 4th of July of that year he delivered a stirring
oration to a large assembly of people at Barrett’s Mills, in that county. Soon after, it being
reported that the Indian tribes on the west were approaching the settlements with a field-
piece, headed by a notorious secessionist, the country became alarmed. The Indians were
supressive and impudent. The border was well nigh si ae It was at this juncture
that it became necessary to send a force to reconnoiter the west and northwest, and keep
between the Indians and the settlements. Col. Sanford was placed in command of this force.
The duty was ably and successfully performed. On their return to Irving, Col. Sanford and
his men received the thanks of a meeting presided over by Hon. Thomas H Baker, then
pee of the high school at that place. Soon after he was employed as ‘attorney for the
anta Fe Mail Company, which was in failing circumstances, and suits against the company
were commenced in the several counties along the line. <A part of his time was directed by
the company to a contest of the town site of Council Grove as a mail station. This contest
was for several years pending in the Interior Department, where it was decided sometimes
for one, and then re-opened and decided in favor of the other party. While in charge of the
several mail stations, he was elected in the eastern district of Lyon County, by only three
dissenting votes, to the State Legislature, where he distinguished himself, in 1866, in aidin
in the establishment of four new railroads traversing the State, one of them passing through
his district. He served on the Judiciary and Federal relation committees, and was chairman
of the committee on the State Library. He was the author of several bills which became
and still remain the laws yet inforce. For part of the term he served as Judge of the Dis-
trict Court. For about twenty years he has held the office of postmaster at Eskridge. He
was the first to lay out the town, which he owned, with other lands adjacent, in all, about
600 or 700 acres, The town has become one of some importance under his management,
chiefly. The railroad company has since laid out an addition, while other roads have been
surveyed and bonds voted to some of them. Mr. Sanford is now considerably advanced in
rts but his appearance does not indicate his age. He is known.for his kindness of heart,
iberal in his views, and his success, as a criminal lawyer, is well known throughout the
State. In politics he is progressive; and amongst the measures already stated, he favors the
placing of all towering and threatening monopolies jn the hands of the general Government.
He is, this year, the commander of a flourishing Post (G. A. R.) in the town. of Eskridge,
Wabaunsee County, Kan., with which town he has abundant reason to be delighted. One
thing is remarkable—he has never suffered his name to be presented as a candidate for any
office in any political convention; and, though he feels a pee sense of duty to the country,
ne is in no sense a partisan, and yet he has generally voted with the Republican party since

e war.

_ M. F. TRIVETT, M. D., was born in Ash County, N. C., in 1845, and attended the dis-
trict school until the age of sixteen, when he enlisted in the Confederate army and attached
to Bragg’s Division, although he served immediately under Gen. Patten. He remained with
the Confederate army until early in 1864. When stationed at Newberry, 8. C., the entire
Rebel division went over to the Federal army, and the doctor was entered in Company B,
Fifty-third Ohio. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in September, 1865. After the
war he removed to Missouri, where he for a time engaged in farming. Finally he attended
Rush Medical College of Chicago, graduating in 1879. He then removed to Kansas, locating
in Eskridge, where he opened a drug store and commenced the practice of his profession.
He is W. M. of Eminence Lodge, No, 205, A. F. & A, M., and was the first Commander of
Eskridge Post, No. 75, G. A. R., which was organized June 17, 1882, with twenty-three
charter members.

A. J. WARD, M. D., was born in Kent County, Delaware, November 14, 1832, and
graduated in 1854 from Union and Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa., after
which he practiced in his native State until November, 1870, when he located in North
Topeka, taking Dr. Ashmore’s practice until 1871, when he removed to Eskridge, his present
location. The doctor has a very large practice throughout the surrounding country, and is
spoken of as very skillful. He is a member of Eminence Lodge, A. F. & A. M.

 

NEWBURY TOWNSHIP.

JOSEPH GLOTZBACH, farmer, P. 0. Newbury, was born in Saxony in 1825, his
parents emigrating to America in 1839, and settling in Indiana, where his aged father still
resides. Mr. Glotzbach learned the trade of cigar-maker, working at it several years.
Resuming farming, he settled in Wisconsin about 1858; subsequently locating in Kansas on
Section 28, Township 11, Range 11. He has 240 acres of land, 130 of which are under cultivation,
with an average yield of twenty-one bushels of wheat to the acre. He has 300 fruit trees,
8 horses and 40 head of cattle. Residence, etc., insured for $1,800. He was married in
Indiana in 1849; has eight children living, two of his sons oven Ag adie uine farms. While
in Wisconsin, he held several public offices, but since coming to Kansas, has preferred to
remain in private life. 3 ;

MICHAEL HUNDT, farmer, P. O. Newbury, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1823, and
with several of his townsmen, emigrated to Missouri in 1832. He settled in Minnesota, and
farmed there eighteen years. He removed to Kansas in the fall of 1872, locating upon his
present farm of 420 acres, situated in different sections. He has good water privileges, and
245 acres under cultivation. He devotes his attention ahaa open to wheat. is yleld this
year (1882) being about the average. He has a fine orchard of peach and apple trees. Does
not keep much stock. He was married in Missouri and has eight children living, the eldest
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boy being in his thirty-second year. Since settling here he has caused many of his relatives
and friends to emigrate to this country. He is liberal in his views, and contributes to all
enterprises in his district when called upon. He has been Justice of the Peace and Township
Trustee several times, but prefers now to leave the care of affairs in younger hands. :

JOHN KOPP, farmer, P. O. Newbury, was born in Germany in 1819, and upon leavin;
the provincial school was Spprenaced to his father as a tanner, and upon the expiration 0:
apprenticeship he went to the town of Guttenburg, and worked for a short time at his trade.
In 1850 he married “Miss Katrina Getlin, and emigrated to America, landing in New Orleans,
where he remained but short time, going to St. Louis, Mo., where he again resumed his
trade until 1853 or 1854, He, with Mr. M. Muckentheler and several other German families
set out for Kansas, first locating in Wabaunsee, and finally taking a squatter’s claim on
Section 4, as it since became by survey, Being the only white man within several miles
of the Indian Reserve, he suffered for some time very much from their thieving depreda-
tions. He now owns 460 acres, fully two-thirds of which are under cultivation, and has
been ety uote as a wheat-grower, his yield being for the past ten years fully twenty-
four to thirty bushels per acre, with corn averaging fifty-five. Of course, he, with others
of the early settlers of the county, marched to repel the raid of Price during the border
roffian days; and he has ever since taken a prominent part in every public or private work
in the county, being sometimes spoken of as the father of Newbury Township. He has
held the office of Township Treasurer for many years; has also been County Treasurer
and County Commissioner, being one of the first to hold the latter. He has been for many
years past, a Justice of the Peace. He is not a member of any church or society, but when-
ever called upon contributes liberally to all.

ELIJAH McCRUM, farmer, P. O. Alma, was born in Wexford County, Ireland, on Oc-
tober 17, 1837, and for some time worked on his father’s farm; finally gomg to Belfast, he
got employment in a linen mill, and at night attended school, thus laying the foundation of
a good education. Went to Glasgow for a short time; then to Manchester, England, where
he acted as traveler for a en irae Meo ne for four years; but the firm failing, he was
thrown out of employment; but his father soon after dying, he fell heir to a considerable
property, and decided to come to America. He remained a few months East, and then
came to Kansas. He now owns 360 acres of fine land, near Paxico; wheat pods cattle, 30;
horses and mules, 9. He also possesses some very fine imported Cotswold and Leicester
sheep for breeding. He has been in several minor county offices, and is now County Com-
missioner, ° *

_ JOHN MONCK, farmer, P. O. Newbury, although by birth .a Belgian, came to
this country when very young, his parents having emigrated and settled in Belmont County,
Ohio. He received his education at the district school, and partly from his father. Noth-
ing eventful occurred to him until 1856, when he formed one of the second detachment of
the Ohio colony, who, having heard of the fertility of Kansas Territory, came here. He
took a squatter's claim on Papen Creek, pot what has since been sectionized as Section
17, Township 10. ee 8, and had scarcely oe to fence and improve when the border
troubles occurred, and he formed one of Capt. Krapp’s company to repel Price. In other
respects he took a prominent and active part in the interests of the growing community.
He now owns in all, upwards of 460 acres, his average yield of wheat being 22 to 25 bushels,
and corn 60 to the acre. He has 87 head of cattle, 21 horses, besides 50 or more hogs and
calves. He assisted in contributing liberally to the building of the court house, and also
the various churches. While in Ohio, he married Miss Louisa Merrick, by whom he has
nine children living. He is a Justice of the Peace, has been Township Trustee and School
Commissioner, etc. He is not a member of any society, and is independent in politics.

P. H. MOSER, farmer, P. O. Newbury, is a: descendant from the old_ Pennsylvania
Dutch stock, and was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1841, locating in Kansas in 1870
on Section 22, Township 11, a 11, Newbury Township. He has a fifth interest in half
of town section, and a house and lot in Newbury. He is a farmer, and is also engaged in
the sale of agricultural implements. In 1869, in Mahoning County, Ohio, he married Miss
Belle Dennison. In 1862, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry, and was wounded at the Battle of Perryville, Ky., and subsequently received
his discharge, owing to ill-health. Mr. Moser formed one of the original band of Ohio set-
tlers who located here in the early days of the township. He has held the office of Town-
ship Clerk, and held the office of postmaster from 1871) to 1880.

MARTIN MUCKENTHELER, farmer, P. O. Newbury, was born in Wurtemburg, Ger-
many, in 1825, and emigrated to the United States in 1854, locating for several years in Min-
nesota, where he engaged in farming. Upon his removal to Kansas, he located upon the
southeast quarter of Section 15, in Newbury Township. .He now owns 400 acres of good
land, 265 acres of which are under cultivation. Of 230 acres of wheat sown this year, the
average was 23 bushels to the acre; corn, 60 bushels per acre. He has upwards of 500 fruit
trees, 94 head of cattle and 15 horses. His residence and farm buildings are insured for

2,000. He was married in Germany, and has ten children living—Wilhelm, Paulina, Frank,

copold, Albert, Martin, Joseph, Elizabeth, Rose and Charles. Shortly after his arrival
here, a little daughter of three years was burned to death, a son aged seventeen dying the
same year. Mr. Muckentheler was one of the first settlers in the township, his uearest white
neighbor being six miles distant. He built the first schoolhouse in the township, and also
assisted materially, pecuniarily and otherwise, in building the Roman Catholic Church.

ALDEN E TRUE, farmer, P. O. Newbury, is a native of Orange County, Vt., and has
always followed the ancestral occupation of tiller of the soil. Finding his health failing he
came to Kansas for change of air in 1870, and shortly afterwards located here on Section 29,
Township 11, Range 12. He has 225 acres under cultivation, all bottom land; his‘yie!d of wheat
this year averaged 18 10 20, with corn 50 bushels per acre. Besides the above he has 400 acres
of grazing land upon which he has 200 head of stock. Residence, out-buildings and grain
in stack fully insured. Mr. True has been one year Township Clerk, and Trustee three
years; he was also County Commissioner in 1874 and 1875, and is at present Township
Trustee. He is a Republican in politics, but takes'no interest in societies.

MILL CREEK TOWNSIILY.

J. W. CORE, farmer, P. O,. Eskridge, was born November 18, 1840, in Trumbul] County,
Ohio, and received but a common school education, his father being a farmer, who thought
it better for his boys to work than to go to school; yet, Mr. Core often sat uy late nights
until he could glean from the fields of knowledge. Upon the breaking out of the war he
enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Third Ohio, and participated in all the engage-
ments of his regiment, until the expiration of his three ycars’ term of enlistment, when
removed to Kansas, locating for a short time in Wahaunsce, finally eae in Wilmington
Township, where he owns 320 acres, upwards of 200 of which are under cultivation He has
taken great interest in the welfare of his adopted State; he has held several minor township
offices, and has twice been elected County Commissioner, holding that office at the present
time. He is a charter member of Eskridge Post G. A. R., and was the first S. V.C. Tle is
also a member of the A. F. & A. M.

JOHN P. GLEICH, farmer, P. O. Alma, was born in Bavaria in 1829, and has been a
farmer from his youth. He landed in New Orleans in J une, 1848, and getting work with a
blacksmith remained there two years, and left the city owing to the prevalence of cholera,
going to Ohio, and roving around until 1852, when he took.a squatter’s claim on Mill Creek,
which he subsequently pre-empted, and is now on Sectioh 27, Township 12, Range 10, 160 acres
of which are under cultivation with an average yield of fifteen bushels of wheat and twenty-
five of corn to the acre. He was married in 1857, and has three children living, the eldest
daughter being Mrs. H. J. Pippert, of Alma. He has devoted his attention of late years princi-

ally to eee He experienced all the hardships of early ene and was under Capt.

app’s command during the Price raid. He was first clerk of his school district, and was

Justice of the Peace for ten years. With many others of his countrymen, he has done much
to increase the wealth of Wabaunsee County. : ;

EDWARD KRAPP, farmer, P.O Alma, was born in Loclingen, Germany, November

15, 1824, where he learned the trade of an armorer, and came to America in 1850, landing
at New Orleans, where he remained until 1855, when he came to Missouri, remaining a year
in St. Louis, subsequently engaging as traveling frontier trader to outer ee and settle-
ments. In 1857, he located on Section 1, Township 1, Range 10, subsequently buying the en-
tire section, only about one-quarter of which is under cultivation. He is the principal stock
buyer and shipper of this section. He has a very fine residence on his farm, four and one-
half miles southeast of Alma, and although always leading a rary trying life is yethale and
hearty. He was in command as captain of a ey of militia during the Price raid. Has
held one term as County Commissioner, and has done much to further the interest of the
county. Besides buying he also is an extensive stock-raiser. He has seven children.

.in Michigan, near Niles,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ALLAN NIXON, farmer, P. O. Eskridge, isa native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was
apprenticed to the grocery business in the city of Glasgow, with Mr. Thomson, of Argyle
station, with whom he remained until 1859, when he came to New York, and secured an ex-
cellent situation in a wholesale house; but in 1863, the fever of war excitement was too much
for him, and he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment, He remained
with his regiment, and participated in all its battles until the close of the war, and upon
being mustered out found the close air of a store uncongenial after a soldier’s life, so in 1868,
he drifted to Kansas, and located first on Rock Creek, but has since bought 850 acres ‘in the
adjoining township. His wheat yield is not above the average; his corn this and last three
years averaging sixty bushels. He devotes his time principally to raising, buying and ship-
ping cattle and hogs to Eastern markets. At present he has 315 head of cattle with about
400 hogs, 28 horses. Mr. Nixon is a bachelor; a staunch Republican, but never cared for
any office, and was one of the charter members of Eskridge Pos G. A. R.; he is also a mem-
ber of the Masonic order. : 7 | oe :

JOSEPH TREU. farmer, P. Q. Bismarck, is a native of Gottingen, Germany, where he
studied for the Roman Cathelic priesthood, but eventually decided to get married instead,
Not finding a wife to suit him he came to America in 1860, and after a year’s wanderin,
found himself in Leavenworth, where he enlisted November 8, 1861, in Company I, Sevent
Kansas Regiment; he served throughout all the war with his regiment, and was in every one
of its engagements, being re-enlisted three times, and at its close determined to settle down
in Kansas. He married in 1868, Miss Mary E. Liston, of Kansas City, Mo., by whom he has
four children living. He now owns the whole of Section 21, Township 7, Range 4, and has
residence and out-buildings insured. His average wheat yield is about nineteen bushels to,
the acre, and corn fifty; horses seven, cattle eighty-four head, and twenty-two hogs, He has
never sought or held any office, but is a staunch Democrat, and although now known to be
4 confirmed infidel has the reputation among his neighbors of being one whose word is as
good as his bond. He isa member of Lyon Post G. A. R., but of no other organization,

WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP.

JOHN N. BARLOW, farmer, P. O. Eskridge, was born in Clinton Coiinty. Ohio, where

he received a common school education, and has until recently, been engaged in mercantile

ufsuits both in his native and adopted State, to the latter of which he removed in 1869.

He now owns 160 acres on Section 27, on Dragoon Creek, seventy-five acres of which are

under cultivation. Yield of wheat seventeen bushels, and corn forty-five. Mr. Barlow has

been Clerk of Township, Trustee, and Justice of the Peace. He is aleo a charter member
of Wilmington Lodge No. 57, I. O. O. F., which was organized June 18, 1870.

JOHN FIELDS, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Harveyville, was born in Belmont County,

Ohio, in 1833, and came to Kansas, October 22, 1865, locating on above section, the greater
art of which is under cultivation with an average corn yield of forty-five bushels per acre,
Mir. Fields pays considerable attention to stock-raising, carrying at present only about fifty
head of cattle, part imported Durham, and thirty Poland hogs. He has also two very fine
Hambletonian Prood mares. In addition to his farm in this county, he has also eighty acres
in Osage County. In November, 1857, he married Miss Polly A. Johnson, of Ohio, by whom
he has had eight children, six of whom are living, viz: Charles E., born 1858, and now mar-
ried to Miss E. Davis; Lola Jane, born 1861, and now Mrs. Byron Clark; Frank, born 1870;
Harold, born 1874; Nellie, born 1877, and Susan M., 1881. In politics Mr. Field is a Repub-
lican; has for years been a total abstainer, aud is a class-leader in and steward of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Harveyville. He has been Township Trustee for the past
two years.
M. E. RICHEY, farmer, P.O. Wilmington, was born in Lee Township, Athens Co.,
Ohio, June 1, 1841. Educated at Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio; enlisted asa
private in August, 1861, in Company A, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served until
Decmbeer 27, 1865, when he was mustered out as second sergeant of hiscompany. While in
the army he was correspondent of several newspapers, He participated in all the engage-
ments of his command, over 100 in number, and never was wounded. In June, 1868, he
located at Manhattan, Kan. In August of the same year he removed to a farm which he
purchased in Osage County, located four miles north of Burlingame; resided there unti)
1872, then located on his present farm on the northeast pe of Section 8, Township 15,
Range 13. In 1875, he was elected superintendent of the public schools of Wabaunsee
County, and was re-elected in 1876, both times receiving the entire support of both political
parties. Mr. Richey was married at Norwich, Muskingum Co., Ohio, May 8, 1868, to Mar-
oe J. Miller, a native of that place. They have two children—Mary and Annie. Mr.
ichey is a member of the A. F. & A.M., and Presbyterian Church; his wife is also a mem-
ber of the same religious society. He takes an active interest in everything pertaining to
the welfare of his county and State.

G. W. VEST, farmer, P. O, Harveyville, came to Kansas in 1862. He enlisted in Janu-
ary, 1863, in Company I, Second Kansas iment, and was transferred to the Sixth Jowa
Cavalry, and sent to Dakota, under Gen. Sully, to punish the Sioux marauders of Minne-
sota. Took part in the battles at Whitestone Hills. and the Bad Lands, which about anni-
hilated the red demons. Mr. Vest served three years in Dakota, on the Dakota and Yank-
ton rivers, and has since resided, with the exception of one year,in Kansas. Hlas recently
bought a good farm in Wabaunsee County, and will make it his home. He was born in
Lexington County, Ind., and his wife, formerly Susan Meeker, in Louisville, Il]. They
have five children—one born in Lee County, Iowa, and all the others in Kansas.

MIsslON CREEK TOWNSHIP,

_ BENJAMIN SAGE, farmer, P. 0. Eskridge. is a native of Devonshire, England, where
his father was largel, eng: ed in farming. Mr. Sage came to America in 1871, and located
ut sold out two years ago. He has 200 acres on Section 5, Town-
ship 1, Range 1; wheat yield good; has house, etc., well insured; his stock is not large,
but very choice, he having some very fine Devon and Durham imported cattle. He has re-
cently been joined by his younger brother. Neither of the gentlemen is married, the elder
being a widower. Both are gentlemen of education, and are practical farmers.
.R WADE, farmer, P. O. Eskridge, is a native of Shropshire, England, where he and
his progenitors for man gencrations have been engaged in farminvg, and came here in 1875,
locating on Section 15, Township 12, Range 12, where he has a fine farm and residence. His
farm is well stocked, and his grounds and location good; wheat is average in yield with his
neighbors, He has five children, He takes no heed of politics, but is a genial, whole-souled,
typical John Bull; is a member of the Masonic body and of the English Church,

GEORGE H. YOUNKER, carpenter and farmer, residence three and one-half miles-
north of Eskridge; owns forty acres of land on Section 16, Township 13, Range 12—-all under
cultivation; came to Kansas in 1878, from Dearborn County, Ind., where he was born, April
27, 1854; resided there continuously until coming to Kansas; learned his trade near Aurora,
Ind., but followed farming most of tlre time until coming to Kansas; is a member of Emi-
nence Lodge, No, 225, A., F. & A. M., at Eskridge, Kan.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

ADAM KRATZER farmer, southeast quarter Section 32, Township 11, Range 10, was
born in the kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, J uly 4, 1834. He came to America in 1853, land-
ing in New York on the 19th of January, remaining until his parents came, in 1854, when
they removed to Iowa. In 1857 Mr. Kratzer removed to Kansas, and commenced work upon
afarm. He purchased a piece of land for himself the next year. In 1859 his parents came
to Kansas. Mr. Kratzer, however, suffered, in 1860, from bad crops, and went to Ohio to
work for an uncle in a brewery. In October of the next yeur, he joined the Fifth Ohio
Volunteer Cavalry, and was ae May 5, 1863, on account of sickness. He has since
been in ill health. He returned to Ohio and worked for his uncle until he returned to Kansas
in 1864. He soon purchased the land upon which he now resides—southeast quarter Section
82, Township 11, Range 10. Mr. Kratzer is now ia comfortable circumstances, and is the
owner of considerable good stock. He has ten children—five boys and five girls, the oldest
being nineteen years of age and the youngest eleven months. He is a member of the
Lutheran Church.

CHARLES LEHMBERGH, farmer, P. O. us was born in the Province of Hesse
Darmstadt, Germany, in 1841, and received part of his education in Munich, He came to
America in 1868, and, landing in New York, remained for a time in that city. He then went to
Schenectady, N. Y., and engaged in business, until the spring of 1879, when he married and
came to Kansas, locating for ae months in Leavenworth, and finally took up his present
location, on Section 8, Township 2, Range 1, where he has a very nice little farm, and is
ey getting it into a good state of cultivation. He is a member of the Lutheran
WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

MAPLE HILL TOWNSHIP.

OWEN RAFFERTY, farmer, owns 160 acres, Sections 22 and 27, two miles from Dover;
has seventy acres under cultivation; came to Kansas in 1854, and settled in Doniphan County,
near St. Joe, Mo., and participated in the early struggle of Kansas for the cause of liberty,
under the leadership of old John Brown and Jim Lane. He was born in County Monghan,
Ireland, in 1816, and when twenty-six years of age came to America, and settled in the West.
While in Ireland he was engaged in the cattle business. He was married in 1859, at St. Joe,
Mo., to Miss Margaret Hamlon, a native of Ireland; they have six children—William,
Thomas, Barney, Mary, Hattie and Rosa. He was disabled by a wound received in the
right leg while. in Capt. Kelloge’s perpen of the Home Guards; was also a member of
Loomis’ Cavalry; is a member of the Catholic Church,

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FARMER TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM STRASCHEN, farmer, P. O. Alma, was born in 1836, in Hessen, Germany,
and for many years followed the trade of millwright, both in his native land and this. He
aniigrated to America in 1866, and for several years resided in St. Louis, and for one year in
St. Joe, Mo., working at his trade. Finally, in September, 1870, he came to Kansas, lo-
cating on the southeast quarter of Section 9, Township 1, Bane 4, and subsequently pur-
chasing 160 acres of Section 14. Only about ninety acres are under cultivation, with a yield-
of corn fifty, and wheat sixteen bushels to the acre. He has forty-seven head of cattle,
seven horses and seventeen hogs. He was one of the first organizers of the Lutheran Church
Society of Alma, of which Rev. H. C. Lenne is pastor, and is now trustee of same, He has
never held any public office,

7 DAVIS COUNTY.

LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY AND MINERAL RESOURCES.

Tyee County is located in the third tier of counties from the northern
boundary line of the State, and in the fifth tier west from the Missouri
River. Were the township of Milford, and a small portion from the north
of Smoky Hill Township taken from the county, its formation then would be
almost square. Milford Township is a tract of land about six miles east
and west, and nine miles north and south; that, jutting northward from the
northwest corner of the county, preiects: as it were, into Riley County, of
which it was formerly a part. The map of Davis County bears a strong
resemblance to the side wall of a church, with a spireless belfry built on top
of the west corner, Milford Township representing the belfry. The county
is bounded on the north by. Riley County, on the south by ‘Morris County,
on the east by Wabaunsee County, and «

on the west by Dickinson County.
Davis is a small county containing only
260,480 acres, or 460 square miles.
It is divided into six civil townships,
namely: Liberty, in the southeast;
Jackson, in the northeast: Jefferson.
in the center, running the whole length
of the county, from north to south;
Lyon, in the southwest; Milford, in
the northwest, and Smoky Hill in the
west, between Milford and Lyon.

The surface of the county is al-
most entirely prairie, only a little over
three per cent. of it being timbered.
The upland of the county stands in
about the same relation to the bottom
land as 80 to 20. The timber is con-
fined exclusively to the margins of the
rivers and creeks, the average width
of the timber ranging from one-fourth
to three-fourths of a mile. The timber
consists of several varieties, which in-
clude white and burr oak, hackberry, -
black walnut, elm, cedar, sycamore,
ash, hickory and cottonwood. © The
attention that has been given to artifi-
cial tree planting has been confined
chiefly to shade and ornamental trees,
although about 300 acres of artificial
forest trees have been planted in differ-
ent portions of the county, of various
varieties. Taking the county alto-
gether, not more than four per cent.
of it, if quite this, is timber land. In
the western portion of the county, the
character of the prairie is rolling, its
undulations being remarkable for their
regularity and absence of those eleva- & Se i
tions which, in some places, are charac- Junction City ..--.-.-----
terized as “bluffs” or ‘‘mounds.” (c) Liberty Township..-..---
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ever, is very broken and uneven, the (f) gmoky Hill Township --
uplands rising to such a height as to

be termed bluffs. The valleys, or :
bottom lands, that lie along the course of the streams are not of uniform
width, some being as narrow as one-fourth of a mile, while others reach to
a width of two miles and over. ¢
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If anything related to the mineral kingdom lies hidden beneath the
surface, if has not yet been discovered to any material extent. Several years

   
         
    
    

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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

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The valleys of the Smoky Hill and Repub-°

ago, as has been mentioned elsewhere in this history, coal was bored for in
the vicinity of Junction City, in the search for which, at a depth of 390
feet, a vein of salt brine was struck, of considerable strength. From this,
some salt was made, but the making of it proving unprofitable, it was soon
discontinued. A further boring, to the depth of about 800 feet, failed to
find coal, but another vein of brine was struck, not as strong, however, as
the one nearer the surface. Magnesian limestone, of the very best quality,
is abundant in the county, and several very-fine quarries have been opened.
From these quarries considerable stone has been furnished for the new capitol
at Topeka. Recently, however, some other parties have undertaken to find
coal, with tolerably fair prospects of succeeding. The locality of the latter
prospecting is on Humboldt Creek, in Jackson Township, about ten miles
southeast from Junction City, on the farm of John T. Hobbs. The
operations thus far have been confined to digging in from the face of the
bluff that rises above the creek, instead of boring down from the top. At
this time (October, 1882) they have. gone in about fifty feet, and thave dis-
covered a. vein of coal about one foot in thickness, of which the writer
saw specimens, and it is of very good quality. It is expected that when the
center of the bluff is reached, sufficient coal will be found to warrant the
development of it, and to.render the mining of it profitable.

SOIL AND STREAMS.

The surface of the county may be described as a ‘high table-land of
rolling prairie, whose altitude is set
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down as being 1,300 feet above the

level of the sea. The soil is designated .
‘as “uplands” and ‘“‘valleys.” These
valleys follow the courses of the ~
streams, and vary in width. The soil
in the valleys is alluvial, and is com-
oe of decayed vegetable matter, a

ecomposition of other substances, to
which has been added alkalies, gener-
ated by the ashes created by fires, that
have for ages, until recently, swept
over the surface, consuming the tall
grasses and other vegetation, in its
course, and the combinations of all
these ingredients have made the soil
extremely rich and fertile. The soil of
these valleys may be said to be limit-
less in depth, and is capable of sus-
taining any and all kinds of vegetation.
The soil of the uplands is also very
fertile, although it does not extend to
near the depth of that in the valleys.
In many places, and thig is especially
the case in the eastern ‘portion of the
county, rock crops out from the sur-
face, but in the other portions of the
1880. county, where the surface is more level
and the undulations more gradual,
there is an absence of this character-
istic, and farming can be successfully
followed. There are some splendid
upland farms in the county, and those
who cultivate them do so successfully.
é Experience has demonstrated the fact
that the soil of both upland and lowland is well adapted to the cultivation
and production of all kinds of cereal crops. There is no soil, in any country,
better suited to the raising of wheat, oats, corn, barley, rye, and all other
staple productions. Rich, nutritious grasses grow spontaneously from the
soil, with great luxuriance and in immeasurable quantities, while tame grass,
clover, timothy, hungarian, millet and blue grass can be cultivated with

 
  

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art of Jackson. (d) Organized in 1877, from part of Smoky Hill.

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as much ease as though native to the soil. In a stock-raising country such
as Kansas, an abundance of rich, nutritious grasses is an item of vast
importance, and these, with an abundance of clear, pure water, make Davis
County one of the finest grazing counties in the State.

There are very few sections of country better watered that the western
portion of Davis County; and while the eastern half contains no stream of
sufficient size which entitles it to be called a river, yet itis far from being
destitute of water, as it is meandered by several very fine creeks. The
Republican River enters the county at the northwest corner, and, after
bending a little towards the east, runs due south about seven miles, when it
forms a curve resembling a horse shoe, curving towards the west, after
which its course is southeast, forming the boundary line between Smoky
‘Hill and Milford Townships. It follows this course until it reaches Junc-
tion City, when it makes another bend and runs northward about three
miles, where, taking another sudden turn, it resumes its southeastern course
until it forms a junction with the Smoky Hill River, about two and a half
miles northeast from Junction City. he Smoky Hill River enters the
county from the west, and constitutes the dividing tits between Lyon Town-
ship on the south, and Smoky Hill Township on the north. Its course is
very serpentine until it reaches the west line of Jefferson township, from
which point it runs north to Junction City, when it rounds towards the east,
returning to form a confluence with the waters of the Republican. At the
point of junction of the Republican and Smoky Hill, the Kansas River
begins, which, flowing past Fort Riley, leaves the county at the northeast
corner of Jefferson Township. The tributaries of the Republican are:
Curtis Creek, that enters Milford Township from the west, and is about six
miles long; Four Mile, whose course is southwest, five miles long; Timber
Creek, running southwest, about ten miles long; Madison Creek and one or
two smaller creeks. The Smoky Hill has only one tributary in the county,
and that is Lyon Creek. This is an important creek, and has sevéral lesser
streams as feeders. The length of the creek is between thirty-five and forty
_ niles, and enters the county from the south, about a mile east from the
southwest corner. Its course for a few miles in Davis is due north, and then
it verges toward the east, still keeping its northward tendency until it finds
the waters of the Smoky Hill at the northeast corner of Lyon Township.
Clark’s Creek runs the entire length of the county from south to north, and
as it travels its course, it receives the waters of Thomas Creek, Davis Creek,
Dry Creek and Humboldt Creek, the latter being a stream about twenty miles
long, which rises in the southeast corner of ‘the county. . From the point
where the fork is formed by the junction of Humboldt with Clark’s Creek,
the latter becomes quite a stream, and turns the wheel of a grist-mill as it
travels onward towards the Kansas River. McDowell’s Creek runs in a north-
westerly direction, across Jackson Township, and is some twenty-five miles
long. Two or three diminutive streams are tributary to this creek. In
addition to these water-courses there are some very fine springs in
the county, and excellent well water can be obtained without much
difficulty.

There is, probably, no county in the State that possesses superior water-
ing privileges to Davis County. So far, these privileges have been very
sparingly used. In the neighborhood of Junction City a water-power could
be obtained capable of turning any amount of machinery, and setting mil-
lions of spindles in motion. How long is this immense power to remain
idle? A person looking at the map will see that the Repabliean River flows
from the northwest, and the Smoky Hill from the southwest, forming a
junction at or near Junction City. The water in these rivers is permanent,
even in the dryest seasons containing sufficient to run, if utilized, the heav-
iest kind of machinery. Now, were a canal, or race, cut from the Repub-
lican to the Smoky Hill, which could be accomplished without much
difficulty, and at moderate expense, a water-power could be obtained
capable of turning all the machinery that could be placed upon it. Some
years ago a survey was made by one Daniel Mitchell, for a water-power
canal between the two rivers, and his finding was as follows: By starting
at Callen’s corral, a short distance from Junction City, and following the
slough, or marshy land in that vicinity, in a southeasterly direction for 1,600
feet, then southwest 2,250 feet, then northeast 2,110 feet, the Smoky Hill
was reached. The total length of a canal following. this line of survey
would be 226 yards more than a mile, whereas, following a straight line from
the starting point on the Republican to the terminating point on the Smoky
Hill, the distance would be 127 yards less than a mile. At Callen’s corral the
Republican is 4414 feet wide, and the banks are sufficiently high to admit of
the construction of a dam eight feet high. To cut such a canal the average
depth of excavation pee would be five feet, and the natural fall is very
close upon nine feet, which could easily be increased to twelve feet by » dam
across the Republican. Of the undeveloped water-power of Kansas, Mr.
Josiah Copley says: ‘‘The Republican fork, as it used to be called, which
unites with the Smoky Hill at Junction City, and together form the Kaw, is
a large stream, with a strong flow at the driest season. At Junction City a
fine power can be created by throwing the water of the Republican through
a race of between one and two miles in length, across a nearly level plain,
into the Smoky, giving a head of from twelve to twenty feet, as that stream
descends from the northwest, down which there is an average descent of ten
feet per mile. The water can be used over and over many times, affording
thousands upon thousands of horse-power. I saw it at the close of the dry

eriod of the present year, and found a volume of water sufficient for the

eaviest works.” While these two streams offer water privileges sufficient
for all manufacturing enterprises, they are not the piel popes in the
county by any-means. Lyon Creek, Clark’s Creek, and McDowell’s Creek
can all be utilized for milling purposes. The permanency of the streams in
the county is attributable to the numerous springs by which they are fed.
The best kind of water for domestic use, can be had anywhere in the county
by sinking wells to the depth of from twenty to forty feet.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

EARLY HISTORY.

It is not only supposed, but it is believed, that as far back as 1542, the
territory now embraced in Davis County was visited by the Spanish explorer
Francisco Vasquiz de Coronado. This is commencing a long way back, but
the fact is set out ina map given in an article in the Smithsonian Report
for 1869, prepared by Gen. J. H. Simpson, United States Army, in which
the explorer’s line of march is located through Davis County. Again, it is
believed that a French explorer, named Dutisne, struck Davis County in his
explorations, about 163 years ago. having arrived at the village of Pawnee
on September 27, 1719. The account given of his explorations sets forth
that here he found two Indian villages containing about 13U cabins each, and
250 warriors, who owned several hundred horses. It would seem that
nearly all the western explorers were attracted to Davis County, because we
find in the narrative of Gen. John C. Fremont’s exploring expedition, that
he crossed the Smoky Hill River in what is now Davis County, in June,
1843, and that he remained in the neighborhood several days. 5

‘We have now arrived at that period when it may be said the history
of Davis County commences—1852, and from which it can be followed toa
degtee of coneHeratle accuracy to the present time. In that year, Col. T.
T. Fauntleroy of the First Dragoons, recommends the location and establish-
ment of a fort at, or near, the mouth of the Republican River. In the fall

_of the same year a detachment of pee arrived at the site of the present
fort, to which they gave the name of Camp Center. In the following spring
Fort Riley was located, re been named after a distinguished general in
the United States army. At that time it was supposed that the Kansas and
Smoky Hill rivers were navigable, and a steamer named “Excel” had
made several trips as far west as the Smoky, but this idea was soon aban-
doned. In 1854, settlers began to locate in the county, and to Thomas
Reynolds is given the credit of being the first, he having settled near
Ogden in June, 1854. It was in this year that Kansas became a Territory,
and 4t that time there were not over twenty voters in all the territory now
embraced in Davis County. .

Under the territorial law, by which parties could form themselves into
town companies and claim land for town sites, the Pawnee Town Associa-
tion was organized in November, 1854, and, immediately after its formation,
the town of Pawnee was located. The Association issued certificates of
shares, which bore date November 26, 1854 signed by W. P. Montgomery,
as president, and Wm. A. Hammond as secretary. Parties at that time
connected with the army took quite a conspicuous part in the management
of the affairs of the county (at that time there was no county organization),
and thus we find the names of Gen. Lyon, Col. Montgomery, Maj. Ogden,
and others, frequently mentioned in connection with transactions that go
to make up the history of the county. Gen. Lyon, Col. Montgomery, and a
few others connected with the army, were stockholders in the Pawnee Town
Association.

The first election, held in what is now Davis County, was on the 29th
day of November, 1854, at the house of Thomas Reynolds, near Ogden. The
election was for a member of Congress for the ninth district. The Free-
State candidate was R. P. Flenniken, and the Pro-slavery candidate was
J. W. Whitfield. The judges of election were Lowe, Miles and Tombley,
all members of the army. Forty votes were cast, of which Flenniken re-
ceived thirty-one and Whitfield nine. The great object of- the people in
those days was to discover the head of navigation of the Kansas River, be-
cause no one doubted but that the river was navigable as far west as the
confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill. The Pawnee Town Associa-
tion, thinking they had discovered the desired spot, began work on their
town site in December, 1854. If this was to be the head of navigation, be-
yond which boats could not go, and where steamers would load and unload,
it was necessary that a levee should be built, and, with commendable en-*
ergy, the Association went to work and expended a great deal of time and
money in its construction. The site chosen for the town of Pawnee was on
the north side of the river, not far from Fort Riley. Some little trouble
arose over the land claimed for the town site, as a number of settlers had
already located thereon. Col. Montgomery, however, who was interested
in the Association, with a squad of men drove the settlers off in January,
1855. Gov. Recder, who was the first governor of the Territory, notified the
Association that if they would have the necessary buildings completed, he
would convene the first legislature at Pawnee. On March 6, 1855, was held
the first public meeting in Pawnee, the president of the meeting being
Robert Klotz. Among those who addressed the meeting was Gen. Nathan-
iel pe afterwards killed at the battle of Wilson’s Creek. The meeting
passed strong resolutions in favor of a Free State. In the same month
another town company was organized, of which an army surgeon named
Wm. A. Hammond was ee and Gen. Lyon was secretary. J. R.
McClure, who had settled upon a claim on Lyon Creek the year previous,
was a'member of the company. Certificates of stock were issued, and the
town of Chetolah located. The place selected for the town site was a spot
of elevated ground, north of McClure’s claim, and near the mouth of Lyon
Creek. About this time tuwn-fever must have run high, for before the ex-

iration of the month of March another company, known as the Ashland

ompany, made a settlement on McDowell’s Creek, and laid out a town, to
which they gave the name of Ashland. The town of Pawnee received quite
an addition to its population during this month by the arrival of G. F. Gor-
don, M. Barry, A. Barry, 1. P. Dickerson, and several others. At that
time there were but two houses on the town site, but men were at work pre-
geriis for the commencement of the erection of the stone building designed

or occupancy by the legislature. On the last day of March, 1855, occurred
the first election for members of the Territorial House of Representatives
and Council. Pawnee was the only voting precinct in what is now Davis
County.. The county formed part of the Highth Representative District
DAVIS COUNTY.

and Sixth Council District. For the Council, John Donaldson was the Pro-
slavery candidate, and M. F. Conway the Free-State candidate. For rep-
resentative, Russell Garrett was the Pro-slavery candidate, and S.

Houston the Free-State. Seventy-five votes were polled, twenty-three Pro--

_ Slavery and fifty-three Free-State. In April another town company was
organized, composed of A. Barry, 8. D. Houston, B. E. Fullington, Moses
Younkins and Frank Smith. This company located the town of Bacheller
(since changed to Milford), on the east bank of the Republican, and about
four miles south of the north line of Milford Township. In May the repre-
sentatives of the Cincinnati Manhattan Company arrived at the site where
Junction City now stands, and located a town, to which they gave the name
of Millard. The parties who arrived were John Pipher, H. Palmer and
A.J. Mead. Scarcely had they staked out the town, when they proceeded
to elect a Mayor, and Pipher was chosen. In 1855 the Executive office was
established at Pawnee, and in July of that year the first Territorial Legis-
lature met at the same place. Unfortunately for the future of Davis
County, a very dread and unwelcome visitor made its appearance at Fort
Riley in that month. This was Asiatic cholera. At that time, in addition
to the garrison, quite a large number of mechanics and other workmen were
employed at the Fort, among whom the cholera made terrible ravages, car-
rying off for several days as many as one-eighth of the population. During
its prevalence the mortality at the Fort reached as high as 175. The epi-
demic spread beyond the Fort, and reached Pawnee, where eight persons
died from its attacks. The first case in Pawnee occurred on the 4th of July,
when one Aaron Dutot was taken with it and died. This was a hard blow
to the county, for the legislature that had just convened became terribly
alarmed, and passed.a bill for an adjournment of the session to Shawnee
Manual Labor School, in Johnson County. The Governor vetoed the bill,
but the Territorial Court sustained the measure, and Pawnee lost the capi-
tol. The town of Island City was located in July, 1855, and a mile or two
from this, in September, Riley City was located, both these towns having
been located on the south side of the river. In September, 1855, the town
of Pawnee was completely destroyed by -the soldiers from Fort Riley, it
having, by a change of the boundary lines, been brought within the limits
of the military reservation. The legislature that convened in Johnson
County in 1855, has passed into history as the ‘‘bogus legislature,” and it
was by that legislature that the eastern.half of the State was divided into
counties. The names given to the counties indicate the Pro-slavery pro-
clivities of the majority of that body. .Davis County was named after that
Southern celebrity, who afterwards became the head and front of the rebel-
lion for the destruction of the Union. That same year two additional voting
precincts were created in the county, one at the town of Ashland, and one
on Clark’s Creek. In the legislature that convened at Topeka in March,
1856, Davis County was represented in the upper branch by J. H. Pillsbury,
and in the lower branch by Abram Barry. In June of that year the govern-
ment built a bridge across the Republican, a little way above the forks, but
the winter that followed saw it washed away by high water. The first
wheat raised in.the county was in the summer of that year on a patch of
ground containing two acres, on Humboldt Creek. It was raised by a man
named Spencer, and was sold to G. K. Harris, who hauled it to Topeka, a
distance of seventy-five miles, to be ground. In June, 1856, a party of Cin-
cinnati speculators organized themselves into a company known as the
“Cincinnati and Kansas Manufacturing Company,” and located the town of
Millard. J. McArthur, of Cincinnati, was president of the company, and
D. Wilson, of Millard, K. T., was agent of the company.. Millard was laid
out on the identical land on which Junction City now stands, but it was
soon abandoned, not, however, until the schemers who had embarked on
the plan of establishing a bogus town had realized thousands of dollars from
the sale of lots, to which they had, and-could give, no title. The nearest
Millard came to.being a town was the building of one house, which was
afterwards attached and sold. The notable event in October, 1856, was a
visit made to Fort Riley by the Governor of the Territory, John W. Geary.
He had, as an escort, « company of dragoons under command of Maj. Sib-
ley. .Coming from the South, he crossed the river at Riley City, by ferry,
to Pawnee. Riley City at that time contained eight houses and Pawnee
two. In fact, Pawnee, after having been destroyed by the troops in 1855,
lost its identity as a town, except in name. In this same month a party led
by P. B. Plumb, afterwards Col. Plumb, and now a U. S. Senator from
Kansas, arrived at what is now Junction City, in quest of a place to locate.
A. C. Pierce, one of the company, insisted on what had been known as
Millard as being the place to establish themselves; but Plumb not agreeing,
they went further west and located the town of Mariposa, in Saline County.
The town they created was soon abandoned, and the party dissolved,
Plumb.going to Emporia, and Pierce to what is now Junction City. At
that time Davis County was not organized as a county, but was attached to
other territory in a district, in which it bore the character of a municipal
township. ws ae ;

The legislature of 1857 made provision for the organization of Davis
County into a separate and distinct corporation, and appointed three com-

- missioners, the chairman of whom was to be ex officio probate judge, and a

sheriff, who were to hold office until the first Monday in October. The

board thus appointed met and held its first. meeting at Riley City, on March

16, 1857, at i were present as commissioners Robert Reynolds and C.

L. Sanford. Provision was also made at the same'session of the legislature

for an election to be held on the first Monday in October, 1857, for the per-

manent location of the county-seat of Davis County. About this time ap-
plication was made by several officers at Fort Riley, and a number of. citi-
zens, for a dispensation to form a lodge of Masons, to be known as ‘‘Union

Lodge.”

n the summer of 1857 another town company was organized by

Thomas Reynolds, A. J. Mead, J. R. McClure, Robert Wilson and Abram

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Barry. This company started a town, or rather selected a site, to, which
they gave the name of Humboldt. The object of the organizers was to
locate their town on the abandoned town site of Millard, but their enter-
prise proved an utter failure. In September of 1857 we find another town
company organized under the name of the ‘Kansas Falls Town Company.”
This company located a town on the Smoky Hill River, about seven miles
southwest from Junction City, and almost on the western boundary line of
the county. In that year Pawnee disappeared as a voting precinct, and at
the election on October 5, for members of the legislature under the Le-
compton constitution, the voting precincts in the county were Ashland,
Ogden, Chetolah, Clark’s Creek, Riley City and Montague’s. At that elec-
tion Davis County polled 126 Free-State votes and 30 Democratic. In the
fall of 1857 the Junction City Town Company was incorporated, with J. R.
McClure as president, Daniel Mitchell secretary, and Robert Wilson treas-
urer. The survey of the town site was begun in the latter end of December,
and finished in the summer of 1858. In April of this year another town
company was organized, by which a town named Cedar Point was located
on Clark’s Creek. A.J. Baker was president of this company, and E. Davis
secretary. Work on the first building in Junction City was commenced in
May, which was erected near the intersection of Washington and Seventh
streets. The first’sermon preached in the town was by Rev. W. Millice, of
the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, South, who held service in the month of
July, in a frame building on the northeast corner of Seventh and Washing-
ton streets. In the same month Union Lodge A. F. & A. M. was estab-
lished in the town, the first meetings of which were held in a roughly con-
structed log cabin. The legislature that convened in 1859, located the
county-seat of Davis County at Ashland, on McDowell’s Creek. In June,
1859, Junction City was visited by Horace Greeley, who delivered a lecture
to the citizens. In the summer of 1859 a contest arose between the Junc-
tion City Town Company and the Millard Company over the land embraced
in the town site, each claiming it by virtue of its organization and location.
In the fall of 1857 a U. 8. land office had been established at Ogden, and it
was here the contest over the town site was heard. The hearing of the case
continued through six weeks, after which it was submitted to the authori-
ties at Washington for final decision, which resulted in favor of the Junc-
tion City Company. In March, 1860, the board of commissioners made
Junction City a voting precinct.

In accordance with a petition presented to the board of commissioners
asking for a change in the location of the countys eat, which was at that
time at Ashland, the question was submitted to the people, and an election
ordered to be held on June 25, 1860. The contesting places were Junction City,
Union, Ashland, and Riley City. Great interest was manifested in the can-
vass, Junction City and Union being the two chief competitive points. On
June 29, the vote was canvassed by the commissioners, the result being, 287
for Junction City,129 for Union, 3 for Ashland, and 3 for Riley City. Junction °
City was victorious, and became the seat of justice for the county, which it
still remains, and the first meeting of the county commissioners at that
place was held on July 2, 1860. Prior to 1861, there was no contract. for
carrying the mail farther west than Junction City, but in April of that year
a contract was let to one Samuel Orr, for carrying the mail once a week
from Junction City to Salina, a distance of about forty-five miles. The first
mail that started from Junction City to Fort Larned, a distance of about
150 miles, was June 20, 1861, the carriers being, 8. Orr, and P. E. Weston.
The extent of the mail that trip was one solitary letter. The facts con-
nected with the history of the county in 1861, relate chiefly to army matters.
There was enlisting, and mustering, and meetings, and speeches, and uni-
forming, and arming, and equipping, and fifing, and drumming, and cheer-
ing, and departing, and a regular hurrahing for the Union all the year
round. On December 12, 1861, a daily mail commenced to run between
Junction City and Leavenworth. On March 10, 1862, the soldiers stationed
at Fort Riley, came to the conclusion that the editor of the Kansas Frontier
conducted his paper more in favor of secession than the Union, and that his
sentiments as expressed therein, were rather disloyal than loyal in tone, and
becoming impatient at being kept in a state of inactivity, and, probably,
with a view to show how they would act when called upon, charged upon
the office of the Frontier, and captured it by storm, doing great damage to
the property. Some of the citizens, not liking this manner of dealing with
a private citizen’s preparty held a meeting the following day in Taylor’s
Hall, and denounced the action of the soldiers. The meeting was not of the
most orderly kind, and quite a boisterous time was had over a rosolution
introduced to the effect that the paper was loyal, and asking the meeting to
indorse it assuch. Whether it was the proceedings had at this meeting, or
something said by the editor of the Fronteer that further aroused the indig-
nation of the soldiers is not known, but a few evenings after, on Saturday
evening of the same week, they made another attack upon the office and ut-
terly demolished it, and in so doing they wounded a man named C. A. Wood,
from the effects of which he shortly afterwards died. OnSunday, April 20,
1862, quite a little excitement was created in Junction City, over a shooting
affair which some soldiers engaged in, while in one of the saloons in Junction
City. At that time there were several regiments encamped in and about Fort
Riley, and among them the Twelfth and Thirteenth Wisconsin, and the First
and Seventh Kansas. The outbreaks of the soldiers while in town, became
so frequent, and such a source of annoyance, not to say danger, to the peo-

le, that it was found necessary to place the town under charge of Capt.
Belventer of the Twelfth Wisconsin, with Company K., who acted asa pro-
vost-guard. Capt. Sylvester has the reputation of having been very rough
on saloons, and whether by his orders, or the orders of some one else, thir-
teen barrels of whisky were broken open and spilled on the 6th day of May,
1862, at a place named Island City, on the opposite bank of the river from
where Pawnee once stood. This place took its name from the fact that it was
located on a piece of land, which, in some seasons. would be entirely
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surrounded by water, owing to a slough or strip of low, wet land, by which it
was encompassed. At the extreme west point of this island, so called,
some parties had once undertaken to build town to which they gave the
name of West Point; but the town never had an existence outside the imag-
ination of its would-be founders. The name of the place was afterwards
changed to Whisky Point, it having derived’ this name from somebody in
court having said he would rather die in Junction City than live at Whisky
Point, referring by this remark to West Point. Since that time the place
has been known by the name of Whisky Point. .

On May 14, 1862, a very unpleasant affair occurred at Whisky Point,
between a party of soldiers, in which two were killed and one wounded.
On the same day the provost-marshal, witha squad of men, went around
and closed up every saloon in which intoxicating liquors were vended. In
that same month considerable excitement was created, not only in Davis
County, but in those adjacent, from the fact that a body of Comanche
Indians had entered the Republican Valley and were Geiving of the settlers,
and committing other depredations. Ofcourse, owing to the large number
of troops in and around Fort Riley, the people within easy distance of that
place had not much to fear, but among those farther west, great consterna-
tion prevailed, and Junction City was sought by many asa place of safety.
The first stage coach that left Junction City for the far West was on August
4, 1862, which was considered quite an event in the history of the county, as
it was the formal opening of the Smoky Hill route to Santa Fe. Prior to
that time all the travel had been over the Santa Fe trail which passed
through Morris County to the south of Davis. Five days later, the first
stage from the West arrived in town. On the 17th day of September, the
whole frontier was thrown into a state of feverish excitement by a band of
bushwhackers, who made a dash through the country and raided Salina,
doing just what they pleased and carrying everything with a high hand.
Although the pope of Davis County were comparatively safe from such in-
cursions, yet in those unsettled times of trouble and danger, there was no
telling what might happen, and to guard against surprises, guards were
posted every night around Junction City, so that timely warning might be
given to the inhabitants ee the first appearance of the approach of an
enemy. This system of night guarding was kept aa for séveral weeks, when
it was discontinued. On the 28rd day of March 1863, the people of Junc-
tion City had a visitor that filled them with as much alarm, and caused them
to move as lively asif they had been invaded by both Comanches and
bushwhackers combined. They might shoot off savages and guerrillas, but
--what they had to contend against now was not to be frightened away with
' bullets. On that day the whole town was startled by the cry that a terrible

prairie fire was approaching, which threatened the town. Lene
everybody was on the alert, men, women and boys, to fight the fire, some wit
mops, some with brooms, and some with whatever they could get to. beat out
the flames. The fire swept over the uninhabited portion of the town site,
but the town itself received little, if any, injury. On the 12th day of May,
1868, a deplorable affair occurred on the Smoky Hill River, about two or
three miles south of Junction City. Some time previous to the occurrence,
two brothers, Paul and Henry Kramer, had located and settled on the scene
of the quarrel. On this particular day, a dispute arose between the brothers
over some trifling matter, in which Henry became so incensed that he at-
tempted to kill his brother Paul, but failing in the attempt, he there and then
committed suicide by cutting his own throat. The summer of 1863 was ex-
ceedingly wet, and a vast amount of the wheat crop of Davis County was
completely destroyed, because sufficient help could not be procured to secure
it. It may be worth mentioning here as indicative of how the county
abounded in game and other wild animals, that one man, during the month
of September, 1863, killed, in his own neighborhood, 660 prairie chickens,
50 geese, 260 ducks, 20 skunks, 6 wolves, 3 badgers, and 6 raccoons.

A desire had long existed among the people to have the name of the
county changed from Davis to one more agreeable to the Union sentiment
of the county. They did not like the idea of their county having been named
after Jeff Davis, who was at that time President of the Confederacy and
commander-in-chief of the Rebel army. Two years prior, an effort had been
made to have the name changed from Davis to Lyon, in honor of General
Lyon, who was killed at, Wilson’s Creek, and who had taken quite a part in
the early settlement of the county. Jailing in this, they made another effort
in 1864 to have it changed to Lincoln, but in this also, they failed, and so it
is that Davis County retains the name of the individual who wus placed at
the head of the rebellion for the destruction of the Union.

‘The winter of 1863-64 was quite a severe one, and a great amount
of snow fell; in some places the ground was covered to the depth of
eighteen inches, rendering travel extremely difficult, and very often
stopping it altogether. Travel was so retarded that séttlers on Clark’s
Creek rreeived no mail for six successive weeks. Tho first draft for the
army was ordered on March 10, 1864, of which Davis County was required
to furnish fourteen men. In September, 1864, the Rebel General Price
made a raid through Kansas, and in order to give him a warm recep-
tion when he struck Davis County, business was completely suspended
and great activity prevailed among army men. The Fifteenth Regiment,
which had been chiefly re-ruited in Davis and adjoining counties, was at,
that time, encamped on the Republican River near the place where the present
bridges cross that river, and all the militia were in camp. Pricedid not
come, however, and after a suspension of about three weeks, business re-
~ gumed its ordinary channels. In May, 1865, D, A. Butterfield organized
the Butterfield Overland Dispatch Company, and proposed to open up the
Smoky Hill route to Denver, and on June 25, the construction train of
the company arrived at Junction City, from which point they started West
on July 8, and arrived in Denver on the seventh day of August. In Septem-
ber the coaches of the company began making tri-weekly trips from Junction
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by Indians, near Cow Creek, and burned. In September, quite an ex-
citement was created over the arrest of two strangers who were charged with
horse stealing. Sheriff Purinton had them in his charge at the Eagle Hotel
in Junction City, but the place was surrounded by a mob, some of whom
entered the hoiel and took the prisoners away from the sheriff, after which
they carried them to the saw-mili on the Smoky, where the two men,
guilty or innocent, were hung. In January 1866, « great excitement was
created in Junction Oity over 2 very little matter. The cause of all this ex-
citement was a little four-year-old colored child, who made its appearance
in the public school. This was something not to be borne, and the p-ople
rose in their wrath against such an outrage. The school at that time was
held in the upper story of a two-story stone building located on Sixth street.
The people were not all one-sided in regard to turning the little colored
child out of school, and the fact that a colored child desired to be
educated ought not to have caused en people to lose their heads,
The wrath of the people was shortly allayed, however. for on the 18th day
of January, 1866. the building in which the school was held, was burned
down, some say by accident, some say otherwise, but no matter how il, hap-
pened the school was brought toaclose. At that time, although Junction
City was the county-seat, il was without a county building, and the several
county officers held their various offices in the Upper story of a two story
stone building that stood at the corner of Sixth an ashington streets. On
the night of April 8, this building was totally destroyed. by fire, and two or
three days afterward a fearful hurricane swept over the county, doing

great deal of damage to Property both in the town and country. 2

The Smoky Hill route to Santa Fe having now been opehed, the first
coach from that point arrived at Jimetion City on June 29, 1866. The first
through mail for Santa Fe over the Smoky Hill route, left Junction City on
July 2, 1866. It was a tri-weekly, and the time for the through trip-as per
time-card was fourteen days. On the 5th of July, the county commissioners
having decided that a bridge across the Smoky, in the vicinity of Fogarty’s
mill, was necessary, authorized the sale of bonds for the building of the
bridge to the amount of $20,000.

The year 1867 was remarkable only for the wonderful improvement
made in Junction City, the great interest taken in railroad matters,
as manifested by the numerous meetings that were held, and the voting
of a large amount of bonds to aid in the construction of the U. P.
Railway, Southern Branch, bitter contests over the building of bridges across
the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, and the large influx of immigration,
The completion of the K. P. railway through Davis County, and the estab-
lishing of a tri-weekly line of mail coaches between Junction City and
Santa Fe, made 1867 a very prosperous year for the county. Railway and
other magnates from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and St Louis visited
Junction City in the course of the year. :

Nothing of a very interesting character occurre’ during 1868, the
chief toy ic that interested the people at that time being the construc-
tion of the U. P. Railway, Southern Branch. There was a transaction,
however, that occurred in the bank «f Hale & Rice, at Junction City,
that gave rise to a great deal of talk and a good deal of speculation. One,
W.C. Rawalle, had deposited $15,000 in the bank, which, on the 26th
of March was stolen from the safe. How was it stolen? Who stole it?
These were questions frequently asked, but while some ‘‘ guessed,” and
some ‘‘suspected,” and some ‘‘calculated,” and others ‘‘surmised,”
and some whispered that it looked a little ‘‘ suspicious,” yet how it was
stolen, or who stole it, none seemed to know. Rawalle sued the bank to re-
cover the amount, but after being in the court for over two years, the suit
was decided against him. About this time the farming community was
greatly excited over the introduction of Texas cattle into the county, and
several meetings were held in different portions of the county to organize
resistance to their entering Davis County. A strip of land about a mile wide,
between the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, at their point of junction
with the Kaw, and which was formerly part of the Military Reservation
land, became an object of dispute between the U. P. R. R. Co., and the Re-
publican River Bridge Company. Both companies claimed the land, and
the railway company had included it in their addition to Junction City.
The River Bridge Company brought suit to enjoin the railway company
from selling lots in this addition, which was eventually decided against the
Bridge Company. In the early part of December, 1868, quite a heavy snow
fell, which greatly impeded ‘travel. The snow drifted so fearfully that
there was no communication either east or west from Junction City for the
space of a week. In this month, the U. P. Southern Branch began to as-
sume tangible shape, and the contractors advertised for ties, and twelve miles
of the road were located south of town. The old year went out with a rain.
that commenced on the 30th of December, and continued until about noon
on New Ytar's day, when it turned into a sevdre snow storm.

For a long time the county had been infested by a gang of horse thieves
to the great, annoyance of the settlers, Scarcely a week passed but a settler,
somewhere in the county, would have one or more horses stolen. To-night
the thieves would operate on Humboldt Creek, to-morrow night on Lyon's
Creek, and so they would change their field of operations at each theft, : It
began to be suspected that such a systematic method of horse stealing was not
carried on by transient thieves, and suspicion settled strongly down upon u.
party that were located at intervals over the county. Among the
suspected party was one Thomas Reynolds, who, on the morning of August
22, 1868, was found hanging to a tree lifeless. It never became satisfacto-
rily known who did the hanging, but the supposition was, and is, that it was
done by the balance of the gang who entertained great fears that Reynolds
was going to betray them. A coroner’s jury labored for three months to
arcertain how Reynolds came to his death, and finally concluded that he
met his death at the hands of persons to them unknown.

To avoid all further trouble on account of black and white children
DAVIS COUNTY.

attending the same school in Junction City, a separate school was opened for
colored children on the 14th day of Septeriber, 1868, For the tn or three
years following the completion of the K. P. Railway to Junction City,
that point seemed to be the center of attraction for people -secking business
locations in the West. So rapidly had it increased in growth, that, at the
general election in 1869, the vote of the town was more than half of that
cast in the entire county. The most remarkable feature in the history of
the county for that year, was the great flood, which occurred on the 24th day
of June. The rain commenced to fall between five and six o’clock in the
evening, and for about the space of half an hour, the water came down, not
only in torrents, but in sheets, like the waters of a mighty cataract.
Towards nine o’clock it began again, but not with such terrible force, but
what it lacked in force it made up in time, as it rained incessantly until the
following morning. The rise in the creeks and rivers was sudden and great.
The Republican and Smoky Hill overflowed their banks. Powerless to re-
sist the rushing flood, bridges were-swept away as if they were feathers; a
large portion of the railroad track was destroyed, and a vast amount of
other property was either totally destroyed or seriously injured. Nor was
the loss confined entirely to property, as thirteen lives were lost by the flood
on Chapman’s Creek, which enters the Smoky about a mile west of Davis
County. Neither before that time, so far as known, nor since, has the
region of country about Davis County been visited by such a flood. The
Smoky Hill River rose ten feet higher than any point to which it had reached
before that time. In that same year quite a sad event occurred on Davis
Creek, in Jefferson Township. Two children whose parents resided close to
the creek, while out gathering the first flowers of spring, got so far from home
that they lost their way. One was eight and the other six years old. The
little things wandered on not knowing which way to turn. Darkness set in,
but the little wanderers did not .return, Alarm was spread throughout the
neighborhood, and the settlers for miles around turned out to search for the
missing children. Morning came and still they were not found. The
search went on, and was continued throughout the second day and the second
night, but no trace was found to lead to the discovery of the lost ones.
How far their little feet wandered, or how much they suffered will never be
known, The people kept up the search,and on the third day the missing
ones werefound about a mile from home, but their wanderings had ceased.
Their little tired feet would wander no more, for side by side, firmly locked
in death they lay, embraced in each others’ arms. .

The business of Junction City had grown immensely within « few
years and the transactions of 1869 eclipsed those of any previous year, as
will be seen from the following figures:

Pounds of local freight received, 37,697,167
. Pounds of freight shipped, - 9,470,925
Cash paid for local freight, - $ 188,410

Gross sales of merchandise, : - 1,575,000

Cash deposited in banks, - - a 3,174,500

Eastern exchange sold, - - 1,985,000

Cash paid over bank counters, 6,345,000
These figures would indicate that at the close of 1869, Junction City
was in a very flourishing condition. ‘Che following year was one in which
many improvements were made in the county, and railroads projected to al-
most every corner of the State, and to a great many places out of the State.
It would seem that the people were wild on railroad schemes, and several
meetings were held in the interest of as many different routes. In 1867, the
county had voted $165,000 if bonds to aid in the construction of what is
now known as the M., K. & T. Railway, but for some cause or other the
bonds never got into the hands of the company. To recover these bonds,
and interest on the same from November 1, 1869, the company brought suit
against the county in May, 1870,.and after the case had been fought to a
final decision in the Supreme Court, it was decided in favor of the county,
In that year also, the legislature authorized the county to invest in a poor-
farm, and the county commissioners acting in accordance therewith, did in
the month of December purchase a farm and erect a poor-house. Since the
completion of the K. P. Railway to Junction City in 1866, that place had been
the terminus of the first division of the road, which fact added greatly to
the business of the town, but in April 1870, the division was changed from
Junction City to Wamego,a point about thirty-five miles east, in Pottawatomie
County. The Smoky Hill mills which had been previously destroyed by the
flood, were rebuilt this year by Henry Panton. Towards the latter end of
the year, deer were quite plenty in the county, and, one day in December,

thirteen were killed within a mile of Junction City. :

In August, 1870, one Sanderson, who lived a little way from Junction
City, suspected of being connected with a gang of horse thieves, and
of having committed several and divers other offenses, was arrested and
laced in custody. According to law, his preliminary examination should
fags taken place ir. Junction City, but instead of this he was handcuffed and
taken in an omnibtis to Jackson Township, for the ostensible purpose of hav-
ing an examination. He went under charge of the sheriff and a guard of
six men. Arriving at the place of examination, no Justice of the Peace
could be found, and several hours must elapse before this functionary could
ut in an appearance. In the meantime, news soon spread far and wide that
Senderta was there, and in a short time a mob gathered and demanded his
surrender by the sheriff. The sheriff, like a brave, magnanimous officer, de-
serted his prisoner, and told him to defend himself as best he could.
Defend himself! How could the unfortunate man defend himself against a
howling mob with a pair of handcuffs on his wrists, and without a weapon
in his hands? He ran and got into the omnibus, several shots being
fired at him as he entered. When Sanderson entered the "bus, there was a
portly gentleman sitting init, named John Gross, who had~-gone over as
one of the guards. Now, Mr. Gross was not used to having lumps of lead
flying through she air in close fe a to his cranium, and when he heard
the bullets go whiz-hiss-buz, he thought it was full time to make himself

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searce, and, notwithstanding his 225 avoirdupois, he managed to scramble
through the omnibus window in ahurry. To this day he cannot tell how he
ever succeeded in doing it. Sanderson, seeing the thirsters for his blood
coming after him, jumped from the omnibus and started for the timber; but
two or three men pursued him on horseback and shot him as he was run-
ning, killing the unfortunate man while he was manacled. Having dis-
patched him, they next turned their attention to two brothers of Sanderson
who had accompained him from Junction City. To these they gave ten
minutes in whic to prepare their wills, but for some cause or other they
changed their minds an ae them so many hours in which to leave the
county. They both left. One of them never returned, but the other one
did, and is now respected as a good neighbor and an honest farmer.

The year 1871 commenced by the county commissioners paying to Mc-
Clure & umphrey, and Shannon & Shannon, $6,000 for services in the
railway bond suit. In laying out. the town of Junction City, a very beauti-
ful, Hs of ground was set outside for park purposes, and a very elegant
park it is, with fine walks and handsome shade trees. This delightful patch
of ground took the eye of a party named Hynes, who thought it would be a
magnificent place for a residence, which, in reality, it would. An idea
entered Hyne’s head that the “claim” could be successfully “jumped,”
owing to some real, or supposed, flaw he had discovered in the title, and act-
ing on this discovery, he “jumped,” and commenced the erection of a build-
ing in the park. hen he had got this far, he was ‘‘jumped,” and fined
$50 for trespass. Out of this grew various law-suits between ‘he city and
Hynes as to the ownership of the park, and it is to be presumed they re-
sulted unfavorably to Hynes, as the city still holds the ground for park
purposes. January 1871, was an exceedingly cold month, anda great deal of
snow fell, The mercury was as low as 15 degrees below zero.

In March a murder was committed on Clark’s Creek, a man by the
name of John 8, Evans, having been murderered by one Mansel Cuppy.
The murderer was afterwards convicted and sent to the penitentiary. Quite
a fire broke out in Junction City on June 28, 1871, and before it could be ex-
tinguished several buildings on the northwest corner of Seventh and
Washington streets were destroyed. July was- a month of railroad excite-
ment, and three propositions were submitted to the people. One was for
$150,000 to the Kansas & Nebraska Company; another was for $100,000 to
the Junction City & Fort Kearney, and the third was for $100,000 to the
Holden Branch, or to the Lawrence, Topeka, & Junction City Railway.
Men went outall over the county canvassing in favor of the bonds, while
others filled columns of the Union on the same subject. The election on
the bonds was held on the 8rd day of September, 1871, and every one of the
propositions carried by majorities as follows: 441, 455, 431. The year 1872 was
ushered in with no abatement in the railroad fever. In February, the county
commissioners submitted a proposition for an additional $100,000 for the
Junction City & Fort Kearney Railway, which was voted upon April 2, and
carried by 357 majority. In May, the First National Bank was established

_in Junction City, with Robert McBratney as president, and James Streator

cashier. The last half of 1871, and the first six months of 1872, witnessed a
large influx of people to the county. Not less than 150 new farms were
opened in the county in twelve months. The country now receives more
settlers than the town, and the number is rapidly increasing. At the gen-
eral election in November, 1870, the vote of Junction City, was seventy-seven
more than half of the entire vote of the county, whereas in 1872, it was
eighty-seven less than half the vote. This was alsoa great year for crops,
the corn crop all over the county averaging nearly seventy bushels to the
acre.

The legislature of 1873 made a change in the boundary lines of Davis
County, by which Ashland Township was taken from Davis, and added to
Riley County, and Milford Township was taken from Riley and annexed to
Davis County. One of the first settlers in the county, Abram Barry, a citizen
very highly respected, and who had occupied several honorable positions to
which he had been chosen by the oe met his death by accidental drown-
ing in Madison Creek on May 4, 1873. On the 12th day of June 1878, a
colored man named Hilliard Morrow, killed a man named Overbee on Fifth
street in Junction City. He was tried in June and found guilty of murder
in the first degree, and sentenced to be hung. This was the first sentence of
death pronounced in the county. The sentence was afterwards commuted
+o imprisonment for life. The county jail was completed and ready for oc-
cupancy in September, 1873. In November, a very destructive prairie fire
swept over the country in the vicinity of Humboldt Creek, doing immense
damage and entailing heavy losses upon the settlers. In April 1874, the
farm house and out-buildings of Joseph Beavers, located on Humboldt Creek,
were swept out -of existence by fire. In the same month a very destructive
fire occurred in Junction City, by which the ‘‘Hale House,” ‘‘Brown’s
Hall,” and eight other buildings were utterly ruined. In 1873, a party
commenced boring for coal in the vicinity of Junction City, but instead of
finding coal, they struck, at a depth of about 290 feet, a vein of highly im-
pregnated salt brine, a sample of which was sent to the Smithsonian Insti-
tute for analyzation. The analyzation was made in 1874, the result of which
was that one gallon ofthe brine made three and a half poundsof salt. In
August. 1874, Junction City was visited by another fire, which destroyed the
‘‘Tllinois House” and a number of stables. In December 1874, Mr. Fogarty
completed his dam across the Smoky Hill River. This was the year of the
great grasshopper raid, by which Davis County, like every other county in
the State, was completely ravaged. Crops were utterly destroyed, and a
great many of her people were thrown into a state of destitution. A few
becoming discouraged, left the State, but the great majority remained, and
while many suffered from the want of actual necessities, they met their ad-
versity bravely, and in a year or two were again on the road to prosperity.
As everything was destroyed, the people had to be aided from outside sources,
and early in 1875, the County Commissioners and the Ladies’ Aid Society
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bepan to distribute aid to relieve the distressed. Lhenumber of persons in the
county rendered destitute by the grasshopper raid was 1,154. If the crops
in 1874 were destroyed, it would seem that the people were fully compen-
sated by the abundant crops the following year, the wheat crop ranging
from twenty-five to as high as forty-five bushels per. acre, so that the first
year after the grasshopper calamity, the farmers were in a condition not only
to supply their own wants, but.to ship immense quantities of grain to feed
others. In January, 1876, the County Commissioners ordered a herd law, to
go into effect on the 19th day of the following month. This herd law had
been a bone of contention in the county for a long time, and each time the
queen had been submitted to a vote of the people it had been defeated.

inally the law was changed so that county commissioners in their eal ee
tive counties could establish a herd law, and although the commissioners had
been repeatedly urged by petition and otherwise, to declare a herd law,
they persistently refused to do so until January 1876, when one was declared.
Since then the county has gone on steadily improving and growing in wealth,
without any incidents transpiring of historical interest. Each year brings
its quota of new settlers, and sees new farms opene:l up, and each year adds
to the people’s happiness, comfort and prosperity.

In the summer of 1881, however, the northern portion of the county in
the vicinity of Fort Riley, was visited by a cyclone that did considerable
damage, but chiefly to the barracks and stables at the Fort. The barracks
were in great part unroofed, and several men were killed by falling stones
and timber. One stable was blown down in which there were thirty horses,
and, however strange it may seem, only one of the number was killed.
Some of the others were pretty badly bruised, and they. were all so_tightly
wedged in between stones, timber, and debris, that they had to be dug out.

There is a place close to Junction City, which it is currently believed
was a fortified place long, long, long ago, before gunpowder was invented or
cannon thought of. The place is known as the ‘‘old fortification,” and consid-
erable local interest is attached to it. In shape, it bears some resemblance
to that of a fort, and the fact that a number of flint arrow heads, and other
ancient warlike missiles and weapons have been found upon the premises,
establishes the belief in its antiquity.

There is still standing on the old town-site of Pawnee, a monument to
the early days of Davis County. This is the old stone building, erected in
1855, and in which the first Territorial Legislature convened in July of that
year. The old building still stands, but is used for other and different pur-
poses than those for which it was originally intended. Through one gable
end there is a considerable hole, which, some say, was made by cannon at the
time the military from Fort Riley razed the town in December, 1855. Some
give no credence to this statement, but the burden of testimony goes to
prove that the hole was originally made by a shot. from a field howitzer,
and since that time has been considerably enlarged. Judge G. F. Gordon,
one of the first settlers of Davis County, says that the hole was left by
workmen, through which to convey timbers; that he was there at the con-
struction of the building, and assisted in putting the timbers through the
hole. He further says that the razing of the town by the military is a
myth—not a shot was fired. When Jeff Davis was Secretary of War, the
boundaries of the Fort Riley Military Reservation were extended so as to
take in the town site of Pawnee City. -When the order to vacate the town
was given by the military, it was quickly obeyed by the settlers, and the
romantic story of the hole made bya cannon ball is exploded. Most people

‘ prefer, however, to believe the story of the cannon ball, romantic as it is,
rather than the cold truth of history. |

The first commissioners of the county were Robert Reynolds, C. L.
Sandford and N. B. White, and the first meeting held by the board was at
Riley City, on the 16th day of March 1857. The commissioners present at
this meeting were: Robert Reynolds and C. L. Sandford. G. F. Gordon
was oe clerk (pro tem, but E. li. Pattee was the first regularly ap-
pointed clerk. H.N. Williams was appointed sheriff, and was the first man
in the county who held that office. P.M. Barclay was the first treasurer of
the county, and G. F. Gordon was the first Justice of the Peace. The first

ost-office in the county was established at Fort Riley in 1853, with Robert
ilson as postmaster. The first death in the county was that of Aaron
Dutot, who died from cholera on the 4th day of July, 1855. The first mar-
riage in the county was that of Thomas Jenkins and Ella Wicks, which took
pisos October 1, 1855.
Fleming, December 20, 1854. The first merchant in the county, was John T,
Price, who opened a grocery store at Pawnee in 1854. The first instru-
ment vecorded in the county,as shown by the books in the office of Reg-
ister of Deeds, was a chattel mortgage covering four yoke of oxen, two
mules, four cows, and five calves,which was given by Hanson, N. Williams
to David Clarkson, to secure the payment of a note for $200, the date
of the instrument being March 17, 1857.

ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIPS.

Prior to the 7th day of August, 1872, Davis County constituted but one township. The
board of County Commissioners on that date divided the county into two civil townships,
to which they gave the names of ‘‘Smoky Hill’? and “Jackson.” . Smoky Hill embraced
all the territory in the county lying west of the east line of Range 5, and Jackson included
all that portion of the county lying east of that line.

Milford Township.—This township was transferred from Riley to Davis County by act
of the Legislature in 1873. This is the northwest township of the county. Its first settlers
were Abram Barry, Marshall Barry and George Taylor, who settled in the township in
1855. The first school district was organized at Bacheller ats Milford) in 1859. In that
year also, Clarke, Pierce aud Bryan erected a saw-mill, and the first store in the township
was opened by F. B. Smith at Bacheller in 1859. The first postoffice in the township was
established in 1861, and named Bacheller, the building used for the office being the log
cabin of Abram Barry, on Madison Creek, who was the first postmaster. The first marriage
in the township was that of Albert Avery and Calista Whittemore in 1858. The first child
born was Thomas J. Bartell, the date of his birth being September 17, 1859.

Smoky Hill Township.—This ine ee organized August 7, 1872. The first settler
in the township was Thomas Reynolds, who settled there in 1853. The township embraces

all that portion of the county lying between the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers from

The first birth in the county, was that of John .

_ There were nine teachers employed, eight o'

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

i int of junction to the west line of the county. Fort Riley is within the limits of
this anal. Tt was also in this township that the old town of Pawnee was situated, the
founders of which were Col, Mont, a U. 8. A’; Surgeon W. A. Hammond, UV. 8. A.;
Capt. Nathaniel Lyon, U.S. A.; Robert ilson, Post Sutler, and Robert Klotz. The town
was founded in the fall of the year 1854, but was destroyed by the military in 1855, owing to
its being located on the military reservation. In 1854, J. R. McClure located at Pawnee,
followed. in March, 1855, by G. F. Gordon and Abram and Marshal Barry. A family ‘by
name of Fleming also renidad in the township in 1854, as to this family is accredited the
birth of the first child, which was born on December 20, 1854, and to which was given the
name of John. The first merchant in the township was Ji ohn. T. Price, who established a

rocery store at Pawnee in 1854. The first couple married in the township were Thomas

enkins and Ella Wicks, October 1, 1855. The first postoffice was established at Fort Riley
i i ert Wilson as postmaster. °
a Ee adie named after General Andrew Jackson, and was created on the
7th day of August, 1872. When first organized it comprised more than half the territory of
the county, but by subsequent subdivisions it has been brought down to its present dimen-
sions, and now comprises only the northeast portion of the county. meng the first set-
tlers {n the township were Charles and John Briggs, with their Otner, CBk erine Briggs,
C. M. Barclay, W. D. Poole, T. Donovan and John Westover, all of whom settled in the
township from 1854 to 1856. The first settlements were made along McDowell’s Creek, on
account of the timber that skirts the stream. The first schoolhouse built in the township
was in 1863, and-Miss Ayers was the teacher. The first marriage in the township was that
of James Tully and Ruth Briggs, in 1861. The first death was that of Mrs. McClelland, in
January, 1864, and the first.Justice of the Peace was T. Donovan, in 1861. ;

Liberty Township was organized on April 14, 1875. This is the southeast township of
the county, and was formerly part of Jackson Township. The first settlement made in the
county was by E. N. Church on, Humboldt Creek, in June, 1857, followed shortly afterwards
by Flavius Chase. The first marriage in the township occurred on January 10, 1860, the
contracting parties being William H. Church and Matilda Cooper. The first birth in the
township was that of Mary E. Church, which occurred on the 30th day of October, 1857.
The first postoffice established in the Ore was in 1863, which was named Grant, and

ostmaster was KE. N. Churc'! ; .
oe Deon tomas was created on October 3, 1877, and embraces all that portion of terri-
tory originally included in Smoky Hili Township lying south of the Smoky Hill River. It
is the southwest township of the county. The first settlement made in this township was,
by J. R. McClure, who pre-empted a claim at the mouth of Lyon Creek in December, 1854.
Here, during that same winter, he erected a log cabin, into which he moved with his family
in April, 1855. Bean, Cobb and McElroy came in 1855, aud they were followed in 1856 by a
niimber ‘of Germans, who settled further up the creek. At the time of the first settlement
of this township large herds of buffalo roamed over the country south of the Smoky Hill,
and more than a year elapsed after her settlement before Mrs. McClure saw the face of a
white woman. The first marriage celebrated in the township was that of William Staatz
and Mary Recken, which took place in June, 1857. The first child born in the jonny
was Ada McClure, in 1856. The township was named after General Lyon, who was kille
at the battle of Wilson Creek. : i

Jefferson Township was organized October 29, 1878. This township was formerly em-
braced in Jackson Township. It extends the whole length of the county from north to
south, and embraces all the territory included in Range 6, in Davis County south of the
Kansas and Smoky Hill rivers. Jacob Spencer is accredited with being the first settler in
the township, having located on Humboldt Creek in 1855. If Mr. Spencer was the first, he
could not have much the start of several others, as we find a family named Beavers, and one
named Berry, another Ransehoff, and stil] another named Booth, all there in 1855 The
first marriage in the township was that of G. F. Gordon and Ruth Berry, in February, 1856.
The first birth was that of William Beavers, October 30,1855. The first store opened in
the township was by N. S. Ransehoff, at Riley City, in 1855. The first postoffice in
the township was established at Riley City in 1856, with Fox Booth as postmaster. The
first school district in the township was organized on Clark’s Crcek, in 1862, by Riner
Whitehair. Riley City has long since passed into the list of the towns that were, and the
site on which it once stood is used as afarm. During its short existence, however, it was

uite important in a small way. It was there the first board of commissioners of Riley

county met, in December, 1856; and it was also there that the first board of commis-
sioners of Davis County met and held its first meeting, in March, 1857. There, also, G. F,
Gordon built and kept the first hotel in the county, but now there is not a landmark to tell.
where it once stood. The first wheat raised in Davis County was in Jefferson Township, on
Humboldt Creek, by Jesse Spencer. ‘ :

County Officers, 1882.—Commissioners—John T. Hobbs, W. B. Lowe, Adam Beigert;
Probate Judge—S. D. Underwood; County Clerk—P. V. Trovinger; Clerk of District Court
—Jacob B. Callen; Treasurer—Reuben Emick; Sheriff—B. R. Kiehl; Register of Deeds—
A. L. Barnes; Superintendent of Public Instruction—J. A. Truex; Surveyor—C. B. Steb-
bins; County Attorney—J. H. Franklin; Coroner—Dr. Max Kennedy.

County Officers, 1883.—Commissioners—Jno. T. Hobbs, Wm. B. Lowe, Geo. A. Taylor;
Probate Judge—J. F. Ayars; County Clerk—P. V. Trovinger; Clerk of the District Court—
J.B. Callen; Sheriff—B. R. Kiehl; County Attorney—James Kebner, Treasurer—Jno. 8,
Corgell; Register of Deeds—A. L. Barnes; Coroner—Dr. Max Kennedy; Surveyar—C. B.
Stebbins; Superintendent of Public Instruction—J. A. Truex.

SCHOOLS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES,

There are forty-one organized school districts in the county, and forty-two schoolhouses,
making an average of seven to each township. As to material, the buildings are divided as
follows: Stone, 25; frame, 15, and log, 2. With three or four exceptions, the surroundings of
the school buildings exhibit no signs of taste or neatness; and but very few—in fact, none—
have gone to the trouble of re out trees to ornament the grounds or shelter the children
during hours of recess. The buildings in themselves are good, but many of them are not
even surrounded by a fence. The County Superintendent of Public Instruction reports that
many schools are deficient in maps, charts, globes, and other apparatus, This seeming lack
of interest in external matters docs not extend to the method of giving instruction, because
in visiting several of the schools, we found the deepest interest manifested by both teachers
and apt 8. In 1881, the school population between the ages of eight and fourteen years
was 1,255, of whom 618 were males, and 642 females, while the total school population, em-
bracing all between the ages of five and twenty-one years, was 2,333, of whom 1,228 were
males, and 1,105 females. The number of pupils enrolled was 1,861, which, divided accord-
ing to xex, gave 986 males and 875 females. The average daily attendance during the year
was 1,109, the males being 567, and the females 542. As showing the interest taken in
schools by the parents of children, it may be stated that of the school population between
the ages of eight and fourteen years, there were only twenty who aid not attend school
three months during the year. The salaries paid to teachers averaged, to males, $84.25;
females, $29.32. The average number of mills levied for payment of teachers’ wages was
seven, and ‘for all school purposes, eight and one-half. There were seventy-one persons
examined during the year for teachers, of whom five were rejected, and sixty-six of the
number applying received certificates. The average age of the persons applying for teach-
ers’ certificates was twenty-three and one-half years, and the average age of those who re-
ceived certificates was twenty-four years. The foregoing statistics have no reference to the
schools of Junction City, where the graded ao has been adopted. The number of
persons of school age in the city in 1881 was 941, of whom 459 were males and 482 were fe-
males. The number of pupils enrolled was 779, of whom 385 were males, and 394 females.
The average daily attendance was 501, averaging, according to sex, males, 246; females, 255.

L D | whom were males, and one female, The num-
ber of months taught in the city schools during the year was ten. The total paid for teach-
ers’ wages in the city for the year was $2,865, and the salary of the principal was $900. The
total current expenses for the year, including interest on bonds oat repuirs, was $6,236.86.
and the cost per month, per capita of the average daily attendance, was $9.

Agricultural Society.—The Davis County Agricultural Society was organized on_the
22d day of March, 1873, with John Davis as presi ent, and N. F. Greene as secretary. Sub-
sequent to this the society was re-organized under the name of the Kansas Central Agricul-
tural Society, with Dr. Reynolds as president, and BE. E. Heath as secretary. The first fair
held by the society was in October, 1875, and in all respects was quite a success. Annual
fairs have been held regularly by the society since that time, the seventlamd last one held oc-
curring on the 4th, 5th and 6th days of October, 1882. The interest manifested in these fairs
has been increasing yearly, and they are now looked upon as the most interesting and
DAVIS COUNTY.

attractive features of the county. Liberal awards are offered and made to exhibitors, and
the spirit of friendly rivalry with which the agricultural classes enter into competition for
rizes,- gives a zest to agriculture and stock-raising, which adds greatly to the pleasure of
‘arming, and makes it much more rofitable. Monthly meetings of the society are held, at
which essays on farming and stock-raising are read, and topics pertaining to agriculture
thoroughly discussed. The society has a very fine fair-ground, containing forty acres,
about three-quarters of 2 mile west of Junction City. One bad feature about it is that it 19
destitute of shade trees; but in a country where trees grow so fast as they do in Kansas, it
will require but a few years to remedy this. The buildings erected for the exhibition of
articles are well-built and commodious. A sufficiency of good, pure water for all purposes
is obtained from a well eo the sromnds, from which the water is pumped by a wind-mill.
The grounds are enclosed by a tight board fence, inside of which is a very fine half-mile
track. The last fair held was a great success, and the society is now in a most prosperous
condition. The present officers are: C. EB. Murphy, President; P. W. Powers, Secretary,
and C. E. Murphy, John Wallace, F. O'Reilly, J. §. Cor ell, George Heidel, John Davis, J.

K, Wright, J. J. Blattner, S. T. Grant, H. L. Miller, and P. W. Powers, Directors.
Horticultural Society.—This society was organized in 1881, with William Cutler as presi-
dent, and John Davis, acting secretary. That there has been a great awakening among the
people within the last few years in regard to fruit culture is very evident, from the interest
that is now taken in horticulture. Just prior to the opening of the State Fair, a meeting of
it was held in the th City

those interested in the cultivation of fru ribune office at Function

when a grand exhibit of the different varieties of fruit raised was held: The exhibit of ap-

_ ples, pears and grapes, of which nearly every variety known was exhibited, was a surprise
even to the eee of Davis County, although all the fruit exhibited was raised within the
borders of the county. _For nearly three hours the office was crowded with visitors viewing
and admiring the beautiful specimens, after which it was carefully boxed up and shipped to
Topeka, to take its place among other exhibits at the State Fair. The society meets quar-
terly,, when the merits and methods of horticulture are discussed in such a manner as to
make'the meetings both profitable and interesting. The society, it may be said, is yet in
its infancy, but that it will be the means of creating increased interest in the culture of fruit
is beyond question.

RAILROADS AND MANUFACTORIES.

There are three lines of railroads running through Davis County—
namely: the Kansas Pacific, which enters the county on the north at the
dividing line between Ranges’6 and 7, from which point it runs along the
north bank of the Kansas River, passing Fort Riley on its way, and
crossing the Republican almost at its point of junction. with the Sages
Hill. - Its inclination is southwest, and from where it crosses the river until
it reaches Junction City it runs almost due south. Leaving this point it
takes a westward course, running parallel with the Smoky, on the north
side of the stream, leaving the county at the west line, two miles west of
Kansas Falls. This was the first line of railway that entered the county,
crossing Three Mile Creek on the Military Reservation, in Davis County, on
the 6th day of October, 1866, and reaching Pawnee two days later, when
the first scream of the construction-train locomotive was heard in Junction
City. On Saturday, the 10th day of November, one long to be remembered

by the early settlers of the town, the first train of cars touched the town-
site, and the people of Junction City were jubilant. The next railway in
the county was the Union Pacific, Southern Branch, now known as the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas. This road runs south from Junction City, and
work was commenced at the north end of the road, or Junction City, in
April, 1869. On May 6, the first locomotive arrived for this road, and suf-
ficient track was laid on which to run eight or tencars. This road is the
means of communication between Davis County and the south.

The next road in the county was the Junction City & Fort Kearney, the
contract for building which as far as Clay Center, in Clay County, was let
on April 9, 1872, on which work was commenced on the 4th day of June
following, and on the 8th day of November, track laying was begun. In
the following February regular trains commenced running from Junction
City to Clay Center, and these three roads—-the Kansas Pacific running east
and west, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, running south, and the Junction
City & Fort Kearney, running north—comprise all the railways in the
county at this date. The Junction City & Fort Kearney has its northern
terminus now at Concordia, seventy-one miles north of Junction City.

If superior water-power privileges are all that is necessary to establish
manufacturing enterprises, then Davis County ought to be the leading man-
ufacturing place in the State. As yet, however, this vast power is allowed
to go to waste. Virtually, this is the case, as the only use made of it is to
run one or two flouring-mills. The first mill in the county, in point of im-
portance, is owned by Mr. C. Fogarty, and is known as the ‘Star Mills.”
This mill is located on the south bank of the Smoky Hill, about three-
fourths of a mile from Junction City. At the point on the river where the
mill is built are great, rugged bluffs, which are hugged close by the water
in its flow. Here Mr. Fogarty, in 1874, constructed a dam across the river,
which has successfully stood the test of floods and ice-flows for eight years.
It is what is known as a brush-dam, although over 100 cords of rock were
used in its construction. At the western bank it is protected against wash-

“ing by piling and rip-rapping. The dam is nine feet high, and the water-
ieee is estimated at 250-horse. The mill is a substantially built frame
uilding, 36x46 feet, and is four stories high. A little further up the stream
was located the “Smoky Hill Mills,” but a short time ago the building was
torn down and the machinery sold. It was in this mill that two strangers
were hung on the night of September 17, 1865. At that time it was used
only as a saw-mill, but was afterward converted into”a grist-mill. Some
people are sufficiently superstitious to believe that the hanging of the two
strangers had something to do with the bad luck that since that time at-
tended the mill. Whatever the cause, certain it is that those who under-
took to run it afterwards lost money by the operation, until finally no one
would take it, and after standing idle a long time, the owner had it torn
‘down, as already mentioned.

On Clark’s Creek,-in Jefferson Township, there is a good water-mill,
owned by Henry Mitchell. It is nota large mill and has only two run of
burrs, but its capacity is sufficient to supply a large section of country.

The “Union Mills” are located at. Milford, and are owned by A. B.
Whiting. It is run by steam-power, its machinery and appliances being of
the very best kind. It is quite an extensive establishment, with three run
of burrs and ample accommodation for the storage of grain. Mr. B. A.
Fullington is contemplating the early completion of a water grist-mill on

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Madison Creek, a short distance from the village of Milford, and with this
object in view, has the dam already constructed. In 1881, R. M. and C. H.
Miller erected a very fine steam flouring-mill in Junction City. All its
machinery and apparatus is of the very best and of the most approved known
to the milling business. The mill has four run of burrs, and is capable of
making 300 barrels of floura day. It runs almost continually and does an
immense business. Those mentioned, comprise all the mills in the county
at present, but that the superior water-power of the county, that now goes
to waste, will, in the near future, be utilized to advantage and profit. is
‘almost beyond a doubt. At Kansas Falls, on the Smoky, near the western
boundary line of the county is a water-power not excelled by any in the
State. hy all this power should not be utilized is beyoud comprehension.
Davis County, and all those surrounding it, are admirably adapted to wool
growing, and that woolen mills are not already established, is a mystery.
There are also grand openings for paper mills, and the immense crops of corn
would insure a rich profit to persons who would undertake the manufacture
of starch and syrup. There is one cheese factory in the county, located in
Jefferson Township, and owned by C. Boyer, in which is manufactured,
annually, large quantities of cheese. There is also a creamery, known as
the ‘Cedar Springs Creamery,” located in the same township and owned by
John K. Wright. That this can be made a highly lucrative business, is
made plain by the great success met with by Mr. Wright in his undertaking,
and from which he realizes large yearly profits. In Junction City there is
quite an extensive wagon works, owned by C. P. Foglestrom. In addition
to making wagons, all kinds of repairing in machinery is done. It is divided
into departinents, one for wood, another for iron, a third for painting, and
still another for finishing. There is also a broom factory in Junction City,
owned by John Louber, which employs several hands, and in which is manu-
factured all kinds of broom work, frém the smallest hand-duster 1o the
largest broom. The stone quarries in the neighborhood of Junction City
might also be classed among the manufacturing industries of the county.
From these quarries can be taken blocks of excellent magnesian limestone to
almost any dimension, and a great deal of it is shipped to Kansas City and
other places East, both in and out of the State, for building purposes. A
great deal of the stone in the new State House, now in course of construc-
tion, was taken from the Junction quarries. In 1872, two stones weighing
10,000 pounds each, and two weighing 21,000 pounds each, were shipped
from these quarries. :
GENERAL STATISTICS.

The growth in the population of the county has not been very rapid, at
least it would appear so, if figures only are considered. In considering, not
only the growth in population, but also the growth in material wealth, it
must be borne in mind that Davis is a very small county, compared with
almost every other county in the State, containing only 260,480 acres, or 407
square miles. When this is borne in mind, it will be seen that the county
has adyanced in population about as rapidly as any of those surrounding it,
and more rapidly than many. In 1860 the population of the county was
1,163; in 1870 it was 5,526, being an increase in ten years of 4,363, being an
average increase per year-of 436 and a small fraction over. The State census
of 1875, however, gave the population as 4,611. being a decrease in five
years of 915, or nearly 200 per year. After this it takes an upward turn,
and in 1878 had reached 5,382, showing a gain in three years of 771, or an
average gain of 257 per year. The United States census of 1880 gives the -
population of the county as being 6,994, being a gain in two years of 1,612,
or 806 per year. This is a wonderful growth, and those who are thoroughly
acquainted with the facts and have every means of knowing, say that the
growth in the last two years will exceed that of the two years preceding
1880, and estimate the population of the county now, 1882, as not less than
8,000. ; ;

The rapidity with which Davis County has advanced in material
growth during the last decade, ought to satisfy those who, in the early
struggles of its existence, were most sanguine and hopeful as to the future
of the county. We will allow the figures to tell the story for themselves.
The following table will show the total average of field crops each year, for
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These figures indicate that during the nine years set out in the above
table, the average in field crops in 1881 reached 3,053 acres, more than
double the average of 1872. Now, if we compare the value of the crop of
1874 with that of 1881, we find that the former was valued at $582,124.78,
and the latter at $1,510,922.20, showing a gain in seven years of $928,797.42.
The year 1874 is taken, because in that year was first attempted by the State
Agricultural Department the work of compiling complete statistics. The
returns of the different township assessors for the vear ending March, 1882,
which, by law, are required to be filed with the county clerk in June of each
year, show the following facts relative to Davis County. Number of acres
in farms, 121,324; valued at $1,149,085. Number of farm dwellings erected
during the year, 70; valued at $57,650. The total acreage in field crops
‘was 54,947. Number of tons of tame hay cut in 1881 was 1,020, and the
number of tons of prairie hay was 20,729. The value of garden products sold
was $2,492, and of eggs and poultry sold, $7,503. The cheese produced in
family and factory was 1,350 pounds, and of butter there was made 118,007

ounds. The value of milk sold, other than for cheese and butter was
2,691. There were in the county at the date of these returns, 3,385 horses,
190 mules and asses, 3,260 milch cows, 8,150 other cattle, 6,414 sheep, and
7,768 swine. By a comparison with the figures of 1878, we find that horses
have increased 779, mules and asses 60, milch cows 1,112, other cattle 3,276,
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sheep 6,253, and swine 4,649. These figures show a remarkable increase,compensate him for any trou ble he may take to acquire it. Before him lies

and would indicate that, during the last three or four years, the people of
Davis County have been advancing rapidly in material prosperity. The
value of animals slaughtered, or sold for slaughter, in 1881, was $134,496, as
against $81,898 for 1880. The number of pounds of wool clipped was 5,471,
as against 262 for 1880. The number of apple trees in bearing in the count,
in 1881 was 9,636, against 4,033 in 1880; pear trees 841, against 616; peac
trees 47,552, against 33,945; cherry 4,721, against 2,151. The trees not in
bearing were: Apple 31,926, pear 1,916, peach 37,278, plum 2,147, cherry
7,824. There were rods of fence in the county as follows: Board 9,046,
rail 17,859, stone 39,708, hedge 35,717, and wire 33,172, making a total of
185,502 rods, representing a value of $169,377. The people are commencing
to manifest considerable interest in the cultivation of forest trees, and in
1881 there were in the county 66 acres of artificial forest walnut trees, 31
acres of maple, 8 acres of honey locust, 78 acres of cottonwood, and 150 acres
of other varieties. The foregoing statistical figures render any further
statements unnecessary touching upon the prosperous condition of the people
and the development of the material wealth of the county.

Recorp Enrries:—The following are verbatim copies of afew of the
entries made in the first kept record of Davis county:

“Davis County, Riley City K

ects
7 March 19, A. D. 1857.

County commissioners court of said county. : .

It was declared by said court that the following shall be the form of opening the
court of Davis county, vize, O yes !, O yes!!, O yes!!!, silence is commanded while the
honorable court of Davis county is sitting. All those who have causes will please come
forward and they will be heard—God save the Territory.” From page 1.

“Tt was then agreed that all dramshops at Riley City. be licensed to sell at
Twenty two Dollars & fifty cents per annum. Where upon the court agreed that C. M.
Barclay be appointed as the county treasurer for the term fixed by law im place of J.C.
Fruit who failed to give bond.”” From page 3.

“Tt was then ordered that the clerk write notices to all ferries and dramshops to take
license by 10th day of May or an action will be commenced at May term of court for Davis
county against all that refuse todoso. The court then adjourned to meet at the May term
being the third Monday of each month.” From page 4.

“November—1957.

‘‘Commissioners court did not convene for Reasons unknown to the clerk, there fore
all business was postponed until the Dec term.” se Ie IBA
‘eb 15 .

“The next business was the Licenses of Dram Shop—Decjsion was, The court cannot
Issue License until after an election has been held for the purpose of voting Dram Shop
Or no Dram shop.

April 15 1859,

‘“‘On motion 4 Boxes be procured for Ballott boxes to be of the following dimentions to wit,
Of Walnut lamber 3% inch thick 8x10. Eight by ten each large 8 inches high to be Dove-
tailed to gether and sawed apart 2 inches from top or 1 & fh inch from top with hinges lock
& key to be done in work man like manner to be delivered by the first day of June 1859 by
David E. Adams at $9.95 for all.”
ASHLAND, Feb. 21, 1860.

‘Supervisors all present. When the Board ordered the following. to be copied anda
copy sent to the secretary of the territory. Whcreasa Transcript copy of the Proceedings
of the Board of Supervisors of Davis County in relation to township organization has been
received from the Secretary of the Territory and has been laid before the present board and
whereas the present Board has at the present session examined the Records of the Proceed-
ings of said Board and fin that the Townshipping of Davis county as set forth in said
Transcript has never completed as contemplated, and further that the clerk was never
authorized to Transmit the report aforesaid by the Board according to the Recorded pro-
ceedings aforesaid and we the present Board Do hereby Declare that the Townshipping of
Davis county was never completed according to law But remains One Township embracing
the Limits of the whole county.”

WAR RECORD.

At the beens out of ‘the war, the population of Davis County, all told, was 1,163.
What proportion of this population was subject to military duty cannot be ascertained.
Probably half were exempt either on account of youth, age, or sex. If this were so, and it
is not an unreasonable supposition, then there were in the county at the commencement of
the war for secession 582 men. The people of Davis County, however, were not all of one
mind as to the righteousness of the war, and while the sentiment was largely in favor of
the Union, there were a few who favored secession, some of whom immediately went South
and joined the Confederate army, and in fact one of the earliest settlers of the county, W.
W. Herbert, was captured at the battle of Fair Oaks, he being at that time Colonel of a
South Carolina regiment. Those who favored the Union,
responding to President Lincoln’s callfor men, Capt. J. R. McOlure recruited a company
of over fiffy men in the early part of 1861, which became Company B, of the Second Kansas
Infantry. His Second Lieutenant was James Downer, of Davis County. The Captain, in
September, 1861, had a foot shot off ina skirmish at Shelbina, Mo., after which he returned.
home and was subsequently appointed Quartermastcr of the Eleventh Kansas. Company
G, of the Eleventh Kansas, was nearly all recruited in Davis County, although the Captain,
NN. A. Adams, was from another county. A.C. Pierce, of Junction City, went out with the
Company in 1861,as First Lieutenant, and was afterwards promoted to Captain in 1864,
Captain C. F. Clark and Captain E. 8. Stover recruited nearly two full companies in the
county, and besijes these, a good many of Davis County men enlisted in other counties.
Never was acall formen made to which Davis County did not oy respond, and
when the draft her quota was always pperapuly el pre The best information obtain-
able sets down the number of men furnished by Davis County to the war at between four
and five hundred, being nearly every man in the county subject to military duty.

JUNCTION CITY.

This is one of the most beautifully located cities in the State, It is
situated between the Republican and Smoky Hill Rivers, about two miles
‘west of the point of confluence. Northward, the town extends almost to the
south bank of the Republican, and its southeast corner nearly touches the
north bank of the Smoky. At this point the river makes a bend, and runs
north almost parallel with the eastern boundary line of the city, until it reaches
as far north as the limits of the corporation, when it makes & sudden turn to
the southeast. It is on the high land, or second bottom, as it is called, that

the city is located. From the center of the town the ground slopes gradually”

to the north, south, east and west. To the north is the Republican, wit

its timbered banks and the rising ground beyond. To thesouth and east is the °

Smoky, from whose southern margin rises a line of high, romantic bluffs,
overlooking the strip of valley that lies between the town and the river. To
the west is open prairie, unfolding in width as the course of the rivers
become farther apart. Close to the west limits of the city the prairie takes
another rise, not abrupt, however, but sloping gradually upward and west-
ward, and then rolling away in gentle undulations. A person standing on
the high bluffs east of town and on the south bank of the Smoky, can have
a splendid view of the city and its surroundings, and one that will amply

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however, were not slow in-

the city, with its spires, domes and turrets, and if he allows his gaze to
travel a little beyond, in a northeasterly direction, he will see Fort Riley
standing out full and clear on the rising ite above the Kansas River,
with its tall flag-staff, from the top of which the stars and stripes float out
on the breeze. From this point, if the observer permits his eye to follow in
a circle westward, he will find what seems to be an unbroken line of bluffs
or rising ground, forming, as it were, a basin, the center of which is consider-
ably elevated. It is upon this elevation that the town of Junction City
stands, its location being one of the most beautiful imaginable. The original
town site, with the subsequent additions made, thereto, contains 1,269.30
acres.
EARLY HISTORY.

The efforts made to establish a town upon this site, antedating the
starting of Junction City, have been spoken of in the narrative history of the
county, and call for no further mention, The history of Junction City
commences with 1857, when the founders of the town, J. R. McClure, Robert
Wilson, F. N. Blake, John T. Price and P. Z. Traylor organized themselves
into a town company, and selected the town site upon which the city has
been built, The survey of the site was commenced early in 1858, by Daniel
Mitchell, and was completed early in the summer of that year. In the
following year “‘ Cuddy’s addition ” was added; in 1867 the site was further
enlarged by the railroad addition; in 1870, Sanderson’s, Schnell’s and Miller’s
additions were added, and in 1874 it received a further enlargement by the
adding of Price’s addition. The first building erected on the town site was
erected on the corner of Seventh and Washington streets, by the town company
in May, 1858. Here the first sermon in town was preached by Rev. W. Millice
in July of that ea Buildings went up rapidly, and by the following spring
the place bore the appearance of being quite a village. In April, 1859, F.
N. Blake and E. S. Stover started a Sabbath-school; and in this month was
held the first election for town officers. William Cuddy was chosen mayor,
but imperfections having been discovered in the organization, the officers .
elected never qualified. Another election for town officers was held in
July, the DErOPInE candidates for-mayor being R. C. Whitney and William
-Cuddy. Whitney was elected and became the first mayor of the town. The
councilmen chosen at this election were Samuel Orr, Edward Cobb and W.

K. Bartlett, and the town clerk was V. K. Speer.

In the latter part of 1859, Casper Bundle moved from Ogden to Junc-
tion City, and opened the first hotel in the town. The first deed issued by
the mayor bears date January 16, 1860, and conveys to John M. Sullivan,
Lot number 4, in Block 42. On the 7th day of March, 1860, the county com-
missioners made Junction City a voting precinct. In May, work com-
menced on the Episcopal Church, which was the first church erected in
town. That the town must have grown wonderfully during the first two or
three years of its existence, is evidenced by the fact, that in 1860, according
to the United States census, the population of the county was 1,118, at
which time the voting population was 422. This was the total vote cast in
the county at an election held on the 25th day of June, 1860, on the question
of locating the county-seat, and of this number, Junction City alone vast
224, being more than half the entire vote of the county. By this vote,
Junction City became the county-seat, which it still continues to be. We
incline to the opinion that elections must have been rather loosely conducted
in those days, because the records show that the whole population of the
city, in July, 1860, was only 217, being seven less than the votes cast the pre-
ceding month on the county-seat question. We only mention these dis-
crepancies as we find them, without undertaking to explain them. On July
2, 1860, the county commissioners held their first meeting at Junction City.
In November, 1861, Streeter & Strickler commenced work on their brick
building at the corner of Washington and Sixth streets, This was the first
brick building erected in town. It is a two-story building, with a store-
room on the ground floor. The first school district in town was organized
in July, 1862; but tg to that time, in April, Mrs. McFarland had opened
a school, but whether it was a public or private school, is not stated. The
first district school in town was opened on December 10, 1862, with 0.
Davisson as principal in charge. On Sunday, January 4, 1868, a union
church was organized by Rev. William Todd, but-as each denomination
grew sung enough to support a church of its own, it withdrew from the
union, until the Congregationalists were left as the only representatives of
the ori yinal union ¢ urch. In August, 1868, George i urinton opened
the ‘City Hotel,” which was the third hotel opened in town. In June,
1864, a Catholic Church was organized by Father Demotrius, and in March,
1865, the Methodists formed an organization. The next church organization
in town was that of the Baptists, which was organized October 20, 1865, by
Rev. Caleb Blood. On May 15, 1866, was laid the corner-stone of Trott
Bros.’ building on Washington Street, and in it was placed a copy of the
Junction City Union, enclosed in a tin box. September 5, 1867; is one of
the memorable days ® the history of Junction City. Everybody in town
felt happy and was in excellent spirits. The occasion that gave rise to such
an exhibition of felicity and hilariousness, was the laying of the corner-stone
of the Union Pacific, Southern Branch. No less @ personage than Major
General John Pope set the stone, and Col. Goss and Robert McBratney dis-
played their highest oratorical ability. Five days subsequent to this event,
the corner-stone of the Methodist Church was laid, in which a copy of the
Bible was placed, beside which, to make the foundation more sure, was
laid a copy of the Union. As the Kansas Pacific Railway neared the city,
new-comers crowded in by the score, until there was neither hotel accom-
modations nor house-room for them. This was an exceedin ly prosperous
year for the town, and houses sprang up as if by magic, and still the cry
was, ‘‘More, more.” In October of that year, 1866, the Kansas Pacific depot
grounds were marked off, and a turn-table erected. In November, trains
commenced to run from Leavenworth to Junction City, and a new era
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opened up for the Peoples In.December the ‘“‘ Hale House” was completed,
the commodiousness of which added greatly to the hotel accommodations of
the town. The house opened for business on the morning of February 4,
1867, under the pcngiorlnp of McMeekin & Dougher. Sixty men were
served with brea, fast on the morning of its opening; twenty-seven regular
boarders were registered, and the first. day’s business closed with forty-five
arrivals. These facts are mentioned to show how people were flocking to
Junction City at that period. February, 1867, was noted for the high water
in the Republican River, it having been higher that year than it had been
at any time during the twelve preceding years. The high water carried
pray the railway bridge that crossed the Republican at this point, making’
the third bridge that had been carried away in fourteen years. In 1853 the
government built a truss bridge across the Republican, which was carried
off in 1856, and in the year following, another one was built, which was
carried away in 1858, and the railroad bridge made the third. In March of
that year (1867), Congress passed an act, granting to the State of Kansas,
for bridge purposes, that portion of land embraced in the Military Reserva-
tion, lying between the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, being that tract
lying between Junction City and the fork of the rivers. This land, in
March of the same year, was transferred by act of the Legislature to the
Republican River Bridge Com any, and this so aroused the indignation of
the people of J unction City, that public meetings were held to denounce it,
and a delegation was sent to Topeka to resist the claim of the Bridge Com-
pany to the reserve lands. The details of this transaction would make inter-
esting reading, but as they bear more upon legislative doings than the
history of the city, we will leave them unrecorded. On March 13, the
county commissioners let a contract to Marsh, Hilliker & Co., to build a bridge
across the Smoky Hill, southeast of town, for $17,500, upon which work was
begun on the first day of the month following. “Whether the particular day
upon which work was commenced on the bridge, ‘‘ All Fools Day,” has an
significance or not, we cannot say, but from the row it created we thin
somebody must have been ‘‘ fooled.” The bridge was completed on the first
day of August, but the Smoky Hill Bridge Company refused to accept it,
and declared it to be an outrageous fraud. Some three or four years after-
wards, the bridge was accepted by the commissioners, and a settlement
made with the contractors. Two weeks after the completion of the bridge
across the Smoky,work was begun on the one across the Republican, which
was completed in December, and accepted by the Governor and Attorney
General of the State. The city election that took place on April 5, 1869,
was the liveliest probably, that ever took place in Junction City. The rival
candidates for mayor were, R. O. Rizer and R. O. Miller. The contest was
close, and a good deal of acrimonious feeling was exhibted in the manner in
which it was conducted. Some not satisfied with the ordinary methods of
reasoning, endeavored to work conviction by means in which the fists be-
came important factors, and_ that-there were a few optical discolorations is
not tobe wondered at. The election was declared in favor of Miller, but Rizer
contested it and carried it to the courts, where he was again defeated. One
thing that added greatly to the growth and importance of Junction City
after the completion of the Kansas & Pacific Railroad to that point, was the
fact that it was made the end of the first division of the road. This of
course, necessitated the building of a roundhouse, and other workshops
at that place which naturally drew a good many people to settle in the town,
In October, 1869,the Kansas Pacific Company sold the roundhouse, workshops,
depot and thirty acres of ground to the U. P. Southern Branch Company, and
on April 8rd,of the following year, the division was changed from Junction
City to Wamego. On June 28, 1871, Junction City was visited by quite a
fire, which destroyed several buildings on the northwest coroner of Seventh
and Washington Streets. On July 18, a proposition was submitted tothe
voters of the city, asking $30,000 to build a new schoolhouse, which the peo-
ple rejected. In August of the same year another proposition was sub-
mitted, asking for $10,000 for the same purpose, which was agreed to by a
large majority. The schoolhouse was built after plans furnished by E. T.
Carr. of Leavenworth, and was finished in October, 1872. It was dedicated
on the 18th of November in grand style, the dedicatory address having
been delivered by Gen. John Fraser, at that time Chancellor of the State
, University. The building is very neat and substantially constructed, and
although the town hasfar outgrown its accommodation capacity, it was
doubtless, at the time of its erection, sufficiently commodious to meet the
wants of the community. It is a graded school, and in connection with
it, but in another portion of the town, is another school which may be
termed a primary or preparatory school, from which pupils, after having
advanced to a certain stage in their studies, pass to the graded or higher
school. Both these buildings, however, have been found to be too small to
accommodate the number of school children in the city, and now, 1882,
another very handsome and commodious school building is being erected.

In February 1873, trains on the Junction City & Fort Kearney Rail-

way commenced making regular trips from Junction City to Clay Center.
It was stipulated in the proposition to vote bonds to aid in the construction
of the Junction City & Fort Kearney Railway, that the workshops of the
Soteaiy should be located at Junction City, and that work on the shops
should begin before the 24th of April, 1873. For a time it looked as if the
bonds would be forfeited, but just twelve days before the expiration of the
stipulated time, work was commenced; but, after laying the foundation, the
work was abandoned.

Quite a calamity befell Junction City in April, 1874, which for a time
threatened the destruction of a great portion of the city. On the 13th day
of that month, a fire broke out in the ‘‘ Hale House,” which stood on Wash-
ington street where the ‘‘Bartell” now stands. It spread with ‘great
rapidity, and although every effort was made.to check its progress, before
it could be extinguished, the ‘‘ Hale House,” ‘‘ Brown’s Hall,” and eight or
nine other buildings were totally destroyed. This calamity, followed as it

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was soon afterwards, by the fearful grasshopper calamity, by which not only
Davis County, but the entire State was devastated, was a severe blow to
Junction City, but the courage and enterprise of the people, enabled them to
meet it bravely, and by the end of 1875, they were again on the high road to
prosperity. In 1875, a Centennial Board was organized for the purpose of
taking steps to abe priaisly celebrate the centennial year of the nation.
The board consisted of Dr. Charles Reynolds President: A. C. Pierce, Secre-
tary; and John T. Price, Treasurer. What they did, if anything, has not
been recorded, but in February, 1876, the “‘ Ladies’ Reading Club,” remem-
bering what Webster is accredited as saying about the raising of the Bunker
Hill monument. took hold of the matter and collected funds sufficient to
erect a frame building, to which they gave the name of ‘‘ Centennial Hall.”
The trustees of the club were, Mrs. it A. Boller, Mrs. James Humphrey,
Mrs. M. E. Clark, Mrs. N. 8. Gilbert, and Mrs. John Davis. In 1870, the
census showed Junction City to have a population of 3,100, and the entire
pe of the county to have been 5,526, but during the next five years,
rom 1870 to 1875, there was a decrease in the population of the county of
915, and the figures would indicate that the greater portion of this falling
off went from Junction City,-as the census of 1878 shows the population of
the place at that time to have been only 2,203. Several causes contributed
to this falling off, none of which are attributable to any fault that can be
laid to Junction City, or the superior advantages by which it is surrounded.
The removal of the division of the line from Junction City to Wamego in
1870, was one cause; the removal of the M. K. & T. workshops from Junc-
tion City to Denison, Texas, in 1873 was another cause; the great panic of
1878 was also felt in Junction City, as parties who had engaged in various man-
ufacturing and industrial enterprises, were unable to stem the tide, and had
to succumb; the great grasshopper raid of 1874, was another cause, and all
these causes combined, falling in the space of five years, upon a city yet in its
infancy, were surely sufficient to give it a great backset, and the only won-
der is that the decrease in population was not greater than it really was.
The census of 1880, shows the population of the place at that time to have
been 2,977, and judging from the number of buildings that have been put
up since that time we think the population now, November, 1882, may safely
be set down at 3,500. Its growth in the last few years, while it has been
very rapid, has been of a healthy, permanent character, and the majority of
the buildings that have gone up, have been of a good class and substantial
kind. Being the seat of justice of the county, it has a court house, but
though the building is of stone, it is rather inferior, and not in keeping with
the progress of the town or the advancement of the county. One thing the
city can boast of isa beautiful park, well filled with elegant shade trees,
which make it a delightful summer resort. Its beauty could be greatly
augmented by a neat fence, but at nee it is not enclosed by a fence of
any kind. A place of great taste and beauty is the city cemetery, and those
who have charge of it deserve great credit for the manner in which it is kept.
In 1878, there were 1,000 trees and evergreens set out in it, and had those
who sleep within the Silent City the choice of a resting place, they could
not have selected a more beautiful spot. Junctiom City is a progressive
town, and all kinds of business are well represented. The business
houses are nearly all built of stone or brick,-and some of the stores
would grace a city of 50,000 or a 100,000 people. They are large, neatly
built, elegantly fitted up and well stocked with goods. Dry goods, clothing,
hardware, boots and shoes, drugs, groceries, millinery, jewelry, books and
stationery, furniture, banks, and in fact all kinds of mercantile business are
well represented. Its hotel accommodation is excellent. The ‘Bartell
House” as a building, will compare favorably with any hotel in the State.
It is a large four story brick building, substantially built. It was built in
1878, and opened for business in January 1879. Another very good hotel is
the ‘‘ Pacific House,” a frame building of goodly size, neatly and comfort-
ably furnished and well kept. There are several other inferior hotels, and
all combined are capable of furnishing ample accommodation for every oc-
casion. The city has nine churches, five of stone, andfourframe. The city
can also boast of a magnificent opera house, to which is connected a little
history. Itis a grand building, however, 65x140 feet. In 1880, the people
were asked to vote bonds to the amount of $12,000 to build a city hall, the
building to contain suitable offices for the city officials. This proposition
was acceded to. At that time there were about $6,000 in cash in the city
treasury, which the city authorities turned over to the contractors, thus
making $18,000. Subsequent to this, and after the work was well under
‘way, the city government issued $10,000 in city scrip to complete the build-
ing, thereby making the amount $28,000. This scrip they afterwards bonded,
and bonds wereissued and the scrip called in. The course pursued by the
authorities and that portion of the community who favored the erection of the
building, gave rise to a very bitter feeling on the part of those who opposed it.
A spirit of great hostility existed between the two parties, and when the walls
were about completed, the party opposed to it brought an injunction suit to
restrain the builders from going any further, but the court decided that they
were too late, and the work went on. Shortly after the injunction was dis-
solved, and before the building was under roof, an accident occurred which,
had it taken place in the daytime, would doubtless have caused loss of life,
-but which fortunately happened in the night: the tower, which had been
run up to a great height, and, as afterwards proved, on an insufficient foun-
dation, tumbled and fell, destroying a large portion of the front of the
building, and entailing a loss on the city of about $2,000. The City Council
immediately ordered an investigation of the causes of the accident, and
employed H. T. Carr as supervising architect, and soon all traces of the
accident were gone, and the building completed in the fall of 1881. It isa
magnificent structure, well furnished throughout, and admirably adapted
to the urposes for which it was intended. To repair this injury, required
about $2,000 more, so that by the time it was finished, the $12,000 that the
people had voted to build a City Hall, had grown to $30,000, and instead of
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getting a hall, they got a grand opera house. Junction City is a ope
thrivimg place, and has a magnificent country to support it. Everything in
and about the city has an air of thrift and neatness. There are a great
many very handsome residences, surrounded with neatly trimmed and
tastefully ornamented lawns, which bespeak aesthetic culture. What
Junction City may be in the future is yet hidden in the womb of time, but
if it does not grow to be one of the most flourishing cities in the State, then
nature has lavished her gifts in vain. Junction City was incorporated as a
city of the second class, February 9, 1859. The first sermon preached
in town was by Rev. W. Millice, a Southern Methodist, in July, 1858;
the first school opened in town was by Mrs. McFarland, April 7, 1862;
first district school in November, 1862, under the charge of Mr. 0. Davisson;
first hotel was opened August, 1863, by Geo. H. Purinton; the first Sunday-
school organized in town was by F, N. Blake and E. S. Stover, in April,
1859; the first marriage that occurred in town was that of John Powers and
Miss ——- ————, in 1858; the first child born in the city was Lizzie,
daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Henderson, on the 5th day of August,
1858; the first post-office established in town was in 1858, with L. J. Harris
as postmaster; the first store opened in the city was by L. J. Harris, in May,
1858; the first church erected in the city was in 1860, the Episcopal; the
first paper published in the city or county was the Sentinel, edited by B. H.
Keyser, the first number of which was issued in June, 1858; and the first
work at building on the town-site was commenced in May, 1858.

THE PRESS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

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. The Protestant Episcopal Church was organized in December 1859, as the Parish of St.
John. It is now known as the Church of the Covenant. In May, June and July of the
year following, the walls of their church were erected, and the building was completed im
the course of the year. This was the first church edifice erected in the city. It is a
neatly-built stone building, and stands in the center of a beautiful plat of ground. The
property of this church is valued at $6,000. Its present membership is thirty, and its
pastor is Rev. Charles Reynolds. Although the first built church in the city, it was not
consecrated until May 10, 1870. :

The Presbyterian. Church was organized in January, 1860, but not until 1868 did they
take any steps towards building a church. -In May of that year they purchased two lots
fronting the southeast corner of the city park, with a view to having a building erected.
In August, 1869, they resolved to build, and a committee was appointed to further the work.
In May, 1870, the authorities made a contract for the building of their church, which was
so far completed in December that a festival was held in it, by which the church cleared
$925. In January, 1871, the building was ready for occupancy, and the first worship that
took piace in it was on January 29 of that year. The church was dedicated on July 14, 1872,
the dedicatory sermon being preached by Rev. Dr. McCabe, of Topeka. The church

is built of stone, and its style of architecture is beautiful. It is an edifice that would bea
credit to any city. The property of this church is valued at $12,000. It has a membership
of 181, and its pastor is Rey. A. T. Hale.

The Methodist Church.—A society of this church was organized in Junction City, in
March, 1865. On the 10th day of September of the following year, the corner-stone of their
church was laid, and the building was completed early in 1867. It is a very fine stone struct-
ure of neat design and good finish. It was dedicated on the 2ist day of July, 1867, Rev. A. C.

_ George, of St. Louis, preaching the dedicatory sermon. Its property is valued at $3,500.
It has a membership of 100. and its pastor is Rev. J. W. Mitchell.

The Baptist Church was organized by Rev. Caleb Blood, October 20, 1865, the reverend
-gentleman having located in Junction City the June previous. In August, 1869, the society
took steps towards the erection of a church, and in the beginning of the same year work
was commenced upon the building. It was completed in the spring of the succeeding year.
and was dedicated on the 5th day of June, 1870. It ie a stone edifice, tastefully constructe
and well finished. The property of the church is valued at $4,000. Its membership is seventy-
five, and at present it is without a pastor.

The Catholic Church was organized in Junction City by Rev. Father Demotrius, in June.
1864, and in 1867 steps were taken to have a church built. The building was completed and
consecrated in 1869. The church is in keeping with the taste and magnificence usually dis-
played by this denomination in the erection of its places of worship. It isa stone pulang.

eautifully designed and well finished. The property of the church is valued at $8,000. It

has 150 members, and its pastor is Rey, Father Carius.

The Congregational Church.—The exact date of the organization of the society of this
church is not given. That it had an existence price to January, 1868, we think is evident,
because on the 4th day of that month we find that a Union Church was organized by Rev.
William Todd, and in connection therewith is mentioned the fact that the Union Church be-
came afterwards the ponerse sonst. In the latter part of 1868, the society commenced the
erection of a church buil ing, which was completed in January, 1869, and was dedicated on
March ‘4 of that year. The church is a small frame poe void of taste or neatness. It
stands on an uninclosed lot, and time and the weather have denuded it of paint. The mem-
bership is small, numbering only twenty-five persons, which, probably, accounts for its
present condition. It is located in the central portion of the town, just across the street from
Centennial Hall, which makes the property quite valuable, It is valued at $3,000, and Rev.
M. D. Tenny is the pastor. ; j

The German Methodist Church has been but recently organized, but during the present
year (1882) the members have erected a very neat frame church edifice. The property of this
oe is valued at $1,500; its membership is only twenty, and the pastor is Rey. J. L.
Sternberg.

The o prican Methodist Church, ee but lately organized, yet by zealous efforts and
the liberality of the people, has been enabled to complete in 1882 0 very comfortable little
frame church building. Their church properhy. is valucd at $800. The membership of the
church is forty, and the pastor is Rev. Robert Rector. .

Baptist Church (colored).—This organization, also, is of recent origin, but they, too,
completed a neat little frame church edifice in 1882. The property is valued at $800. The
church has fifty members, and the pastor is Rev. George W. Brown.

The Universalist Church has quite a society in town, the members of which meet for
worship in the Centennial Hall. 4 .

The Junction City Sentinel was the first pe per ever published in Junction City or Davis
County It was Democratic in politics, and B. H. Keyser was its editor, The first number
appeared in June, 1858. In July, 1859, Keyser was succeeded by Samuel Medary, dr., who
ehanged the name of the paper to the Kansas Statesman. W. W. Herbert and William
Cuddy purchased the paper in the spring of 1860, and G. W. Kingsbury and W. 8, Blakely
became its publishers. {[n September, 1861, Kingsbury, retired from the paper, and in No-
vember following the Statesman ceased to exist. 4

The Frontier Guide was started shortly after the demise of the Statesman by H. T.
Geery, into whose hands the material of the office of the Statesman _had fallen. Its publi-
cation continued under the name of the Guide until September, 1861, when it was
changed to Kansas Frontier. In November, 1861, Mr. Geery was succeeded by George E.
Dummer. The office was partially destroyed by soldiers from Fort Riley on March 10, 1862,
and on the 15th of the same month they utterly demolished it, and forced its editor to enlist
in the Union army. .

The Junction City Union made its first appearance on the 12th of September, under the
name of the Smoky Hill and Republican Union, under the editor and proprietorship of G.
W. Kingsbury. It was Union in politicy. W.S. Blakely and George W.-Martin assumed
charge of the paper on the 30th day of January. 1862, who, in turn, were succeeded by Dun-
lap & Russell, on November 19, 1864. The latter changed the name of the paper to the
Courier, but after two issues under this name it suspended. On April 15, 1865, the paper
was revived by George W. Martin, under the name of Junction City Union, which it still re-
tains. On April 28, 1866, the publishing firm took the name of Porter & Martin. From No-

vember 1, 1866, until July 29, 1867, the paper was issued as a daily, still keeping up its weekly

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publication. In the meantime, on May 11, 1867, Porter retired from the paper, and on the
15th J. W. Dalaney took his place. His connection with the paper only lasted until the 18th
of December of that year, when he, too, retired. G. W. Martin continued to retain the pro-
prietorship of the paper, but on fares 9, 1878, N. L. Prentiss became its editor, which po-
sition he held until March 6, 1875, when G. 'W. Martin and H. H. Snyder became its editors, _
and remained such until December, 1875, when Mr. Martin became sole editor. John E.
Rastall assumed editorial ehatae in June, 1876, which he retained until August, 1877, and on
the 15th of the following month §.S. Prouty became its editor, to whom, on October 1, 1877,
the office was leased for two years. George W. Martin has been sole editor since the expira-
tion of that lease, and has been sole proprietor since 1869. The frequent changes in the edi-
torship. between 1872 and 1880, was owing to the fact that Mr. Martin had been elected State
Binder, which office he held for eight years, and which necessitated his being at Topeka,
The Union is a weekly paper, and Republican in politics. ‘‘ Hubbard’s Newspaper and Bank
Directory of the World,” for 1882, gives the circulation of the paper, as sworn to, at 900.

The Junction City Avalanche issued its first number July 17, 1868, with A. 8. Baling as
editor. It was Democratic in politics, and its existence was limited to a little less than three
months.

The Function City Tribune was ushered into the world August 14, 1873, under the man-
agement of Henry Farey and Theodore Alvord, and took the position of an indepeadent
journal. On March 12, 1874, Mr. Farey withdrew, and Mr. Alvord continued its publication
until July 1, 1875, when the paper fell into the hands of John Davis & Sons, where it still
remains, and who are sole editors and proprietors. In politics it is independent greenback.
A circulation of 1,400 is claimed for it. . : ;

The Davis County Republican is a seven column folio sheet, just ushered into exist~
ence by the Davis County Republican Publishing Company. Its first number appeared
September 16, 1882, so whatever history it may have is yet to be made. The editor is J. H.
Franklin, with Rev. J. A. Reitz as assistant. It starts out as being Republican in politics.

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Centennial Lodge, No. 18, K. of P., was instituted April 24, 1876, with twenty-three
charter members. _ Its first officers were: T. A. Cullinson, P. C.; Samuel Orr, C. C.; ¢. L.
Linten, V. C.; E. KE. Heath, K. of R. and S ; William Zieglasch, M. of F.; William Lock-
stone, M. of B.; B.A. Pierson, I. G.; E. G. Ahrens, O. G. The present officers are: J.d.
Godell, P. G3 George Taylor, C. C.; John Oberg, V. C.; E. G. ‘Ahrens. K. of R. and S.: J.
H. Stroud, M. of F.; Charles Fogelstrom, M. of E.; Peter Bergren, M. of A.; J. L. Upton,
1. G.; Charles Peterson, O. G. Present membership, forty-five.
; Union, Lodge, No.7, A., F. & A. M., was chartered October 20, 1857, but prior to that
time it had worked under a dispensation granted January 6, 1857. The first meeting of the
lodge took place at Fort Riley on January 31, 1857, where it continued to meet until
July of the following year when the place of meeting was changed to Junction City.
The first meeting of the lodge in Junction City was held in a little log cabin in “Cuddy's
Addition,” on July 18, 1858. The apple for the charter were: C. W. Beebe, T. L. «
Brent, William Cuddy, D. Clarkson, O. Cunningham, C. M. Barclay, L. A. Ormistead, D.
James, A. W. Putnam and A. A. Garrett. The first officers of the lodge were: C. W. Beebe,
W.M ; T. L. Brent, 8S. W.; William Cuddy, J. W.; A. L. Putnam, Sec.; David Clarkson,
Treas.; David James, 8. D.; C. M. Barclay, J. D.; Owen Cunningham, Tyler. The present
officers: W. W. Hurley, W. M.; Robert Henderson, §. W.; hk Kepperling, J. W.; A
Vogler, Treas.; G F. Gordon, Sec.; F. M. Rogers, 8S. D.; William Lawrence, J. D.; J.
Campbell, Tyler. Present membership, sixty-seven.
unction City Chapter, No. 1%, R. A. M., was organized October 18, 1870, with twelve
charter members. The first officers were: J. A. Anderson, H. P.; D. C. Jones, E. K.; J. H.
Gilpatrick, E. 8.; J. Dewitt, C_H.; J. P. Quinn, P. S.: H. H. Lynch, R. A. C.; J. Dewitt,
3 V.; T A. Reynolds, 2 V.; F. M. Juneman, 1 V.; Robert Henderson, Treas.; Thomas
Hooley, Sec.; R. C. Whiting, ier. The present officers are: J.T. Price, H. P.; W. W.
Hurley, E. K.; J. J. Blattner, EH. §.; W.S. Blakely, C. H.; A. Clough, P. §.; P. V. Tro-
ba ae R. A. C.; William Lockstone, 3 V.; Robert Henderson, 2V.; J.C. Scott, 1V.; A.
Vogler, Treas.; G. F. Trott, Sec.; D. N. Hicks, Tyler; Rev. Charles Reynolds, Chaplain.
Frontier Lodge, No. 25, L. 0. O. F., was instituted March 29, 1867, with five charter mem-
bers, as follows: I’. G. Horn, George Draschel, Moritz Will, G. F. Gordon and Joseph Lane.
First officers: T, G. Horn, N. G.: G. F. Gordon, V. G.:. J. C. Hill, R. S.; George Draschel,
Treas, The present officers are: C, P. pe lsren, N. GQ. Charles Ross, V. G.; James Kerr,
Sec.; Louis Hauserman, Treas. Presen’ membership, thirty-eight. This lodge has fur-
nished one Grand Master to the State in the person of George W. Martin. ;
; DAVIS COUNTY.

Junction City Lodge, No.32, 4. 0. U. W.. was mstituted January 30, 1 with ten char-
ter members. Firat aneer: J. M. Asher, P. M. W.; 8. C. Hoag, ™M. We wt Badtont G.
F.; A. H. Leak, 0.; J. H. Franklin, R. T.; D. Shaw, Fin.; G. a Graven Rec.; A. H. Clem-
ens, G.; W. Bradford, I. W.; A. J. O. W. Present officers: M. Bradford, P. M. W.;
H. M. Gemeny, M. W.; A.W. Gerhardt, Gg. F,; A. J. Callahan, O.; Robert Graves, R.;.G. J.
Graves, Fin.; C, C. Tyler, Rec.; J. C, Dumbrick, G.; N. Freeman, I, W.; W. R. Morgan-

feldt, O. W
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. ’

HENRY AIMAN, proprietor Iowa House, erected and opened the above hotel to the
public in 1881, size of which is 40x48 feet, two stories high, contains twenty-two rooms, can
accommodate twenty guests; cost of hotel was $2,000. Mr. Aiman located in Junction City
in December, 1876. He was born in Montgomery County, Pa., July 8, 1828, lived in native
State until fall of 1864, moved to Iowa, and:farmed until he came to Kansas. He was married
in Pennsylvania in 1852, to Miss Mary E. Stebbins, of New York. They have eight chil-

“aie eves M., Charles A., Luretta, Roxana, Mary Ella, Catherine May, Harry W., and
rancis. ; }

J. F. AYARS, dealer in ee line of drugs, medicines, druggists’ sundries and
notions. The firm of Bowers & Ayars opened trade February 9, 1882; they carry a stock of

about $4,800. Mr. Ayars came to Davis County in 1865, worked’ at carpenter trade a year
or two, then embarked in the live-stock business until he became interested in the above.
Born in Lewis County, Mo., December 16, 1841, lived with parents in native State until 1847,
and moved to Grant County, Wis., where he lived until the breaking out of the Rebellion.
Enlisted August 12, 1861, im Company F, Tenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry;
articipated in all battles of his command, re-enlisting in January, 1863, in Company E, Miss-
‘aatppi River Marine Brigade on the United States Steamer ‘‘ Diana,” was in the siege of
Vicksburg, Colman’s Corners, Milligan’s Bend, Hayne’s Bluff, Columbus, Lake Village,
Rodney and Austin. Mustered out in Vicksburg, in 1865, being orderly sergeant. He was
married in 1866, to Miss Kate Mitchell, of Pittsburg, Pa.; they have five children—Maggie,
Fannie E., Maude D., Dolly and Gracie.
- MK. BITTERMAN, ealer in general merchandise, furniture, hides and wool; opened
trade in 1869, by ls father B, Bitterman, and continued by the latter until 1875, after which
the subject of this sketch took charge of the business, and has since continued it. He carries
astock of $15,000, and employs seven persons in the business. He occupies a building erected
in 1878, 28x70 feet, two stories high, costing $4,000. He was born in Booneville, Mo.,
OeUEr 19, 1853, and came to Leavenworth, in 1858. He is a member of I. O. O. F. of Junc-
ion City. ®

SAMUEL H. CHURCH, of the firm of Church & Hurley, manufacturers and dealers in
all kinds of harness and saddles; was born in Allen County, Ohio, June 18, 1842. He moved
to Linn County, Iowa, in 1852, enlisted in August, 1862, in Company F, Twentieth Regiment
Jowa Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, Vicks-
burg, Miss., Mobile, Ala., and Fort Morgan, besides many skirmishes. He was mustered
out of the United States service at Mobile, Ala., and discharged in Clinton, Iowa, July 27,
1865, then farmed until he came to Kansas in 1869, farming five years and-a-half, then
moved to Central City, Iowa, keeping a hotel and harness shop until he returned to Junc-
tion City, January 10, 1880. He was married in Linn County, Iowa, in 1868, to Miss Mary
C. Dennis, of Logan County, Ohio. He is a member of Lodge No. 82, Ancient Order of

-United Workmen.

_ ALFRED CLOUGH, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade April 1, 1877; erected
his store of two stories high, 24x100 feet, with an iron front, at a cost of $7,000 in 1872. He
carries a stock of about Pre 000s his annual trade will equal $20,000. He jocated in Junc-
tion City in the spring of 1859, and engaged in merchant tailoring until 1864; spent year
in Leavenworth, Kansas, in the same business, returned to Junction City, where he went
into a sutler’s store as clerk at Fort Riley, until 1867, then went as post trader to Fort Rey-
nolds, Col., until 1875, then returned to Junction City. Went to Europe in 1876. He was
born in England, May 10, 1837, and was educated and learned his trade in his native country,
coming to America in 1857. He was married at Fort Riley in 1860, to Miss Emma Jackson,
of Jefferson Barracks, Mo., a daughter of R. T. Jackson, then: Bandmaster of the First
United States Cavalry: They have eight children—George Alfred, Daisy Alice, Robert
Walter, Edwin Jackson, Henry Tompkins, Caroline Camille, Winfield Hancock, and
Bernardina Juanita A. Was County Commissioner in 1879-80 and’8i. Is a Knight

‘emplar. .

THOMAS DIXON, proprietor of the Junction City Elevator, and dealer in all kinds of

ain and live-stock. ‘The elevator was erected in the fall of 1879; capacity, 10,000 bushels.

e shipped 450 car-loads of wheat in 1879, and 150 car-loads of live-stock; average cost of
car-load of wheat is $400; average cost of live-stock is about $1,000. He employs from
three to six men in the business. He located in Ogden Township, Riley County, in 1854,
where he farmed and raised stock until he came to Junction City, and opened business,
He now owns 1,280 acres of landin Riley County, 400 of which is in one body and in cultiva-
tion. He was born in Ireland, September 8, 1831, came to America in 1849; was educated in
his native country. He was married in Riley County, Kan., May 1, 1856, to Miss Mary
Huff, a lady born and educated in Frankfort, Germany. The above was the first mar-
tiagein Riley County. They have nine children—Ella, Josie, John T., Thomas P., Charles,
Cosmos, George, Mary L..and Julie. __ ne

A. DREY 8, came to Junction City in September, 1879. Engaged in the cooper trade
a short time, then went into the produce business until he went into the trade as above.
He was born in Delaware County, N. Y., September 5, 1857. Lived in his native State
until he came to Kansas. He was educated in Andes, Delaware Co., N.Y. - :

A. G, EMERY, photographer, does all work in that line; began the business in March
1876, He located in Junction City, on the latter date; formerly engaged in farming and
horticulture. He was born in Penobscot County, Maine, June 19, 1833. Lived in his native
State until 1862, worked many years in the lumber business, living in Peshtigo, Wis., three
years during the time. He worked several months in a ship-yard in Milwaukee, Wis.,
and went to Michigan, and followed photographing a year. He was then employed at Erie
County, N. Y., as recruiting sergeant. Returned to.Marquette, Mich., and bought out-a
pee aphing establishment, followed the business in Michigan until 1874, then to Rock-

ord, Ill , and engaged in the sale of sewing machines until he came to Kansas. He was
married in Marquette, Mich., in February, 1865, to Miss Agnes C, Cole, of Wales, N. Y.
They have three children—Diana G., Edwin A., and Arthur L. He is a member of the
Order of Royal Arch Masons, and the A. F. & A. M. . : ;

CHAS. P. FOGELSTROM, manufacturer of wagons and buggies to order, also manu-
facturer-of the Taylor Harrow; employs five men. Began the business in 1872. Came to
Junction City in 1870, worked at blacksmithing and repair work; they now do about $6,000
in repairs and manufactures per annum. He was born in Sweden, October 27, 1842. Came
to America in November, 1866. Worked in Chicago, Ill., some time, in Iowa about two
years, then went to Utah, and worked on the Union Pacific Railroad, then to Omaha, Neb.,
worked some time, then in other places, finally he came to Junction City. Married in the
latter city in 1878: his wife died. Again, married in October, 1878, to Miss A. A. Peterson,
a native of Sweden. They have two children—Carl Roy and Ada Augusta. He is a member
of the fire department, I. O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias, . A :

ROBERT M. GAGE, of the firm of Gage & Dreyfus, dealers in a general line of family

roceries, boots and shoes, rubber goods, auPeneWane, etc. They ppened the trade in

eptember, 1880, succeeding C. H. Miller, and carry a stock of about $3,500. Mr. Gage first
came to Junction City, Kansas, in June, 1867. He had quite a practice in the mercantile
trade before going into business. He was born in Athol, Mass., June 16, 1859, and received
a practical business education. : aad 7

Dr. R. M. HAYS, physician and surgeon, first came to Junction City in spring, 1875,
and continued practice. Born in Gettysburg, Pa., October 9, 1851. Began the study of
medicine in 1871—graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1873;
graduated from La Fayette Literary College of Eastern Pennsylvania, in 1870. Began the
practice of medicine in June, 1874, in Junction City, where he has since continued. He is a
member of Kaw Valley Medical Society of Kansas. : 4

ALBERT S. HOWARD, firm of Woodmansee & Howard, proprietors of Variety Iron
Works-Foundry and Machine Shops. The buildings were completed in 1881; size, 46x60 feet,
one and one-half stories high, cost $1,000. They have all necessary machinery to carry on the
above business; employ four workmen. Mr. Howard was born in Monroe County, N. Y.,
October 28, 1840, his parents moved to Columbia County, Wis., in 1846, locating in Scott
Township,’ where they farmed twenty-four years. He then went to Peabody on the
Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Kansas,where he followed contracting and building,
and came to canelion City in November, 1880. He was married in Scott, Wis., in 1860, to

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Miss Charlotte Tremble, of Illinois, They have four children—Clinton J., Samuel W.
Hattie M., Harvey W. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of
Peabody, Kan. f

JAMES HUMPHREY, attorney-at-law, first settled in Manhattan, Kan., in the spring
of 1857, where he served until 1862, as County Treasurer. He was editor of the Manhattan
Express until the fall of 1862, admitted to the bar in 1863, practiced Jaw until March
1867, when he was appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of Kansas, and electe
for a full term the same year. He resigned in the spring of 1870, and moved to Junction
City, and resumed the practice of his profession. He was born in England, March $, 1833.
Came to America in 1854, being educated partly in his native country, and completing in
United States, and began to study law in 1860. He was married in 1861, to Miss Mary A.
Vance, of Sreiigield, Ohio, They have five children—Herbert J., James V., Spencer,
Ella and Adelia A.

W. W. HURLEY, firm of Church & Hurley, manufacturers and dealers in harness, sad-
dlery, etc.; opened business August 15, 1881. They carry a stock of about #1200 and
employ three men. He located in Morris County, Kan., in 1866, and worked at the saddlery
trade, etc. Came to Junction City in May, 1876, and worked at his trade since. He was
born in Greene County, Pa., August 6, 1824, and moved to Pomeroy, Ohio, in 1840, where he
lived until 1866, and there learned his trade. He was married in Meigs County, Ohio, in
1846, to Miss Lucinda B. Harris, of the latter county. They have one son—Horace Hurley,
now a resident of California. Mr. Hurley is a member of the Masonic Order, Chapter
and Union Lodge No. 7, of Junction City. :

M. W. KELLER, dealer in groceries, queensware, etc., opened trade January 1, 1882,
Carries a stock of from $3,000 to $4,000, and occupies two floors 25x100 feet. He was born
in Fairtield County, Ohio, May 12, 1856. Lived in his native State until the fall of 1864,
when he moved with his parents to Davis County, Kan., where he lived until March, 1868
when he moved to Sedalia, Mo. In 1874, he returned to his native State, and attende
school at the Southern Ohio Normal School. In 1876, he again went to Kansas, and became
a member of the State Agricultural College at Manhattan Kan. The following spring he
became a resident of Junction City, Kan., and began the hardware business, at which he
continued until January 1, 1882, at which time he began by himself. He was married at
Lancaster, Ohio, August 14, 1879, to Miss Mary E. Trovinger, of Fairfield County, Ohio.
a ig a member of the Méthodist Episcopal] Church of Junction City, and the Knights of

conor.

JAMES KENNEDY, insurance agent and farmer, has a farm four miles west of Junc-
tion City, on Sections 7 and 8, containing 480 acres, 300 of which are cultivated. Has a fine
orchard, and a large stone house 40x50 feet two and one-half stories high, built at a cost of
$5,000; he also has other necessary buildings. He is insurance agent for the Burlington
Fire Insurance Company of Burlington, Iowa, also agent for the Centennial Life Insurance
Company of the same place. He located in Junction City, in the spring of 1872, and
engaged in farming, which he is still interested in. He was born in New Jersey, November
8, 1834. His parents settled in Chambersburg, Pa., in 1840, where he lived until he came to
Kansas. He enlisted in the fall of 1863, in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of South Moun-
tain and Antietam, and he was mustered out in the summer of 1865, at Chambersburg, Pa.
He was married in 1865, to Miss Mary Emma Gray, of St. Louis, Mo. They have four chil-
dren—Thomas Gray, Guy Morrison, William and. Mary Emma.

MAXWELL KENNEDY, physician and surgeon, firm of Kennedy & Daugherty. He
was born in Warren County, N.J., November 16, 1831, and moved with his parents to
Chambersburg, Pa., in the fall of 1839. He began the study of medicine in the fall of 1850.
Graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa., in March, 1855, and
began the practice of medicine in the latter city, continuing two years, then removed to
Chambersburg, Pa., and practiced one year, then removed to Orrstown, Pa., in the spring
of 1859, and practiced his profession until the fall of 1871. Mr. Kennedy was a volunteer
surgeon at the battle of Antietam and Gettysburg. He was married in December, 1859, to
Miss Martha J., eldest danghter of Col. James B Orr, of Orrstown, Pa. They have six
children—Thomas B., John McClelland, Frank S., Hettie May, William Orr, and Margaret
E. He came to Junction City, Kan., in November, 1871, and has continued the practice of
medicine. He is president of the Board of Examining Surgeons for pensions, and is
coroner of Davis County. ae

WILLIAM B. LOWE, dealer in real estate and insurance agent, came to Junction
City in 1872, He engaged in the above business in the spring of 1882. He was born
in Dayton, Ohio, September 13, 1835, and lived in his native State until he was about
twenty ee old, when he went to Keokuk and Montrose, Iowa, and engaged in lumber-
ing and saw-mill business, until the winter of 1859, when he returned to Ohio. He
was appointed captain of the Eleventh Regnlar Infantry, and served in the army of the
Potomac, until the close of the war. Participated in twenty-three general battles and
skirmishes, and was retired from active service in 1866, on account of wounds and sickness »
in the line of duty, and still retains his position of captain on the retired list of the regular
army. Previous to entering in the regular army, he was a member of the Twelfth Regiment,
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went to his native city in 1866. He served on Court Martia
duty three years in Richmond, Va., then returned to Ohio, and from there to Kansas. He
was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, in December, 1859, to Miss Anna E. Finley of the latter
city. His wife died in Junction City, Kan., May 25, 1880. Mr. Lowe was elected County
Commissioner of Davis County, in the fall of 1881.

H. C. McCARTY, of the firm of McCarty Bros,, dealers in all kinds of farm produce, .
etc., P. O. Wreford; began business in July, 1882, at Wreford Station, Davis County. He
located near the above place in 1872, with his brother opened a farm, and has always fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits. He was born in Medina County, Ohio, January 16, 1888, and
lived in his native State until 1848, and the family moved to Owasso, Shiawassee Co., Mich.,
where he lived until coming to Kansas; was raised a farmer. He enlisted in August, 1861,
in Company D, First Michigan Cavalry, and served six months. Re-elisted in the Tenth
Michigan Cavalry, and participated in all the battles of his command. He was mustered
out in November, 1865. Was married in 1861, to Miss V. J. Chase, of Summit County,
Ohio. They have one son—Edwin L. McCarty Bros. own a fine bed of cement on Lyons
Creek, one and-a-half miles from the mouth of that stream, and five miles from Junction
City. It is an immense bed, eleven feet in thickness; it has been tested with the best cement
known and found equal to the best, They aiso operate a lime kiln near their warehouse, which
cost upward of $2,000, a fine location. Lyman McCarty, the other member of the firm, was
born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 1, 1845. Served nearly three years during the war in the
Fifth Michigan Infantry. Since then has been engaged in railroad business, and is now
enous Wesiere Passenger Agent of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, He resides in Kansas
City, Mo.

WILLIAM H. MACKEY, Jr., of the firm of Mackey & Mann, retail dealers in staple
and fancy groceries, glass, wooden and queensware. Opened trade May 1, 1880; carry a
stock of about $3,000, and do an annual trade of $30,000. William H. Mackey was born in
Easton, Kan., July 28, 1856; his parents lived there until 1859, then moved to Cincinnati,
Ohio, where they jived three years. He returned to Kansas and settled in Junction City in
1862. "Educated in the home schools. He is now a member of the City Council of the Third
Ward. He was married in January 18, 1882, in Manhattan, Kan., to Miss Eva 8. Seymour,
of New York.

FREDERICK MANN, of the firm of Mackey & Mann, dealers in groceries, queens-

ware, glassware, woodenware, and provisions. Opened trade May 1, 1880, and carries
a stock of about $3,000. Mr. Mann located in Junction City, in January, 1877, and engaged
in various occupations until he entered the above business. He was born in East Windsor,
Hartford Co., Conn,, June 23, 1856, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas.
He is a member of the Union Lodge No. 7, A., F. & A. M., Junction City. He was married
in the latter city in January, 1881, to Miss Caroline Wilhelmina Thiele, of Junction City.
- CHARLES H. MILLER, of the firm of R. M. & C. H. Miller, proprietors of the Atlas
steam flouring mills, Junction City. They erected the mills in 1881, and began operating
the same in November of the same year. The size of the main building is 30x40 feet, three
stories high, with basement; engine room is 22x30 feet, one story. The mill contains four
tun of stone, with all the latest improved machinery; capacity, seventy-five barrels in
twenty-four -hours, and seven hundred bushels of feed at the same time. The engine is
forty horse-power. The total cost of mill and fixtures is $10,000. Mr. Miller first located
in Davis County in 1868, and engaged in farming eight years; then into the grocery business
three years at Junction City; then milling business. He was born in Worcester County,
Mass., June 12, 1840, and followed mercantile business in Massachusetts a number of years.
He was married in 1861 to Miss Virginia A. Bigelow, a native of Belleville, N. Y. They
have one daughter, Anna Virginia,

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GEORGE WASHINGTON MARTIN meee with his parents to Kansas in March,
1857. The family located at Lecompton, and George W. entered the office of the Lecompton
Union (a Pro-slavery paper) as printer. After about four months, the Union was succeeded by
the Kansas National Democrat, Martin Pare with that office two years, and spending
the following year in a book-publishing house in Philadelphia. He returned to Kansas in the
spring of 1861, and located at Junction City, Davis County the following August. In Febru-
ary, 1862, in connection with William S. Blakely, he commenced the publication of the Smoky
Hill and Republican Union, which they continued until the fall-of 1864, when the paper
suspended until the spring of 1865, when it was revived by Mr. Martin under the name of
Junction City Union. Mr. Martin has been editor of the paper since February, 1862, and sole
owner since December, 1869. In November, 1866, to August, 1867, a daily was issued by him
from the Unzon office. On the first of January, 1865, he was appointed postmaster at Junction
City, and served until October of the same year. He has also served twice as Register of

 

the United States land office at Junction City, and as Assistant Assessor of Internal Reve
nue for Western Kansas. In 18/2, he was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows for Kansas, and also served as Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United
States in 1875 and 1876. He was elected State Printer by the Kansas Legislature in Janu-
ary, 1873; re-elected in 1875, 1877 and 1879, retiring July, 1881; residing during those years
in Topeka. At the close of his last term of office as State Printer he returned to Junction
City, where he now resides, being still editor and Na of the Junction City Union
the first Republican paper in the city. At the November election, 1882, he was elected
Representative from Davis County to the Legislature by a majority of 276, George W.
Martin was born in Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., Pa., June 30, 1841. He was married, Decem-
ber 20, 1863, to Lydia Coulson, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Allen and Catherine
eon. of Pottawatomie County, Kansas. They have three children—Lincoln, Millie and
aries.

CHARLES H. PARSONS, manufacturer of carriages and light spring wagons, opened
the business February 14, 1881; employs five men; capacity to turn out work equaled $6,500
‘the first year, including repairing. He was born in England November 19, 1819; came to
America in November, 1842, locating in Pontiac, Mich., where he learned the carriage busi-
ness, remaining in the latter city until he came to Kansas, He began business for himself
in April, 1840. He was married in Pontiac, Mich., October 14, 1848, to Miss Charlotte Stan-
ley, of pugand. They have three children—William, Charles and Charlotte. He is a mem-
ber of the Masonic order, of Pontiac, Mich.

CAPTAIN A. C. PIERCE, dealer in real estate, Joan and insurance agent, first lo-
cated in Saline County, Kan., in 1856, and afterwards removed to Kansas Falls and engaged
in surveying and locating settlers. He moved to Junction City in 1860, and was elected
County Assessor in the same spring, and took the census of Davis, Clay and part of Riley
counties. He enlisted in Company G, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, as
second lieutenant; promoted to first lieutenant; was subsequently changed to cavalry; par-
ticipated in the battles of Fort Wayne, Indian Territory; Cane Hill, Ark., and Phaltis
Grove; Price’s raid, Independence, Mo.; Big Blue, Fort Scott and the battle on the line,
near Kansas City. He was mustered out as captain of his company at Fort. Leavenworth,
Kan., in Augnst, 1865, when he returned to Junction City. He was married in May, 1865, to
Miss Harriet L. Bowen, of Otsego County, N.Y. He was born in the latter county, Sep-
tember 18, 1835, and was educated in Cooperstown, N. Y. They have seven children—Al]-
fred B., Mary, Harriott, Madge, Levi Benjamin, Marcia and Maude. He is a member of the
Universalist Church and I. 0. G., Junction City; served a term in Kansas City Legislature

- in 1861, 1862 and 1868; was re-elected in the fall of 1880. He has been County Surveyor,
County Clerk and Register of Deeds. :

SUMNER W. PIERCE, of the firm of S. W. Pierce & Co., dealers in fee organs,
sewing machines, etc., opened trade in the fall of 1871, and carries a stock of $10,000 of mu-
sical merchandise, etc. There are ten men employed in the above business. Mr. Pierce
located in Junction City, Kan., in January, 1870, where he opened the’ insurance business,
which he still carries on, representing twelve reliable companies; also, the Mutual Life In-
surance Company of New York. He also does a large loan business on real estate securi-
ties. He was born in Otsego County, N. Y., May 24, 1851, and lived in his native State until
he came to Kansas. He was married in 1874 to Miss Anna E. Manley, of Buffalo, N. Y.
They have two children—daughter, Lulu Belle, and son, Horace Manley. Mr. Pierce is-a
member of the Universalist Church of Junction City.

JAMES POTTER, dealer in all kinds of fresh and salt meats and live stock, also manu-
facturer of Potter's celebrated soda water. He also supplies the city with ice, and ships
large lots by car-loads. He first located in Paola, Kan., in 1869, where he engaged in the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

manufacture of soda water during the summer. He then went to Fort Scott, Kan., and con
tinued the same business until 1870. At Baxter Springs he was engaged in the manufacture
of soda water and the ice business until 1871, when he went to Junction City, Kan., and
opened business. He was born in England, April 17, 1842, and came to America in 1866, lo-
cating in Canada West, where he engaged in various occupations for three years. He was
married in 1873 to Miss Mary Wall, a native of Germany. He is a member of the Knights
of Pythias of Junction City. . Bg :

P. W. POWERS, agent for the Badger Lumber Company, of Hannibal, Mo., located in
Junction City, and began the above business in 1878. They keep all kinds of lumber and
building material, paints, etc., carrying a stock of about $10,000. They employ three men
in the business. Mr. Powers was born in Yates County, N. Y., February 19, 1852. His pa-
rents moved to Lyons, Iowa, in 1856, and lived there four years, when he came to Kaneas,
settling in Irving, where he remained a year. He then went to Manhattan, Riley County,
where he obtained a business education. He engaged in the harness business in 1870, fol-
lowing the same about six years, and then engaged in the lumber business in the latter place
for some time, finally locating in Junction City. He has also been quite extensively engaged
in the stock business, in connection with his present trade. He is a member of Bluemont
Lodge, No. 17, 1.0, O. F., of Manhattan. He was married in 1872 to Miss Ida Bowen, of
German, Chenango County, N. Y. They have four children—Bennie N., Hale P., Gracie
B. and John. Mr. Powers is secretary of the Davis County Agricultural Society.

GEORGE W. REYNOLDS, keeper of the Bartell House, opened the above ‘first-class
hotel to the public on Febrnary 12,1880. It is constructed of brick, three stories high, 90x
120 feet, contains fifty-four rooms, and can accommodate one hundred guests. Mr. Rey-
nolds was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1852. He has been in the hotel business since 1867,
following the business nine years in Chicago, Ill.; algo, has been in the business in Hick-
man, Ky., Evanston and Lake Bluff, Tl. e was married in Cam eee Mass., in 1876, to
Miss Gertrude M. Wright, of Chicago, I]. They have one son, Ralph D. Mr. Reynolds is
a member of the Masonic order, Knights of Honor and Hotelmen’s Mutual Benefit Asso-
ciation. F

ROBERT O. RIZER—Retired. First came to Kansas in 1862, as Quartermaster for the
Second Colorado Infantry. Crossed the country to Kansas City Mo; located in Junction
City in 1865, engaging as bookkeeper one and a half years, he then went into a species of
insurance and commission business a few months, after which he engaged in the banking
business, under the firm name of James Streeter & Co., until 1873. He then created the
Davis County Savings Bank, which he continued two years under the name of Robert 0.
Rizer & Co.; at the end of that time, he purchased the entire interest, and continued until
1880, since which he has been retired from business. He has been Mayor of Junction City
three terms, county treasurer four years, city clerk eighteen months. Was born in Phila-
delphia, Pa., in 1837; educated in native city, living there until fifteen years of age; then
went to Chicago, Ill., and was bookkeeper fwo yeurs; then engaged in the commission bus-
iness under the firm name of Rizer & Hudson until 1859; then went to Denver, Col., and
worked for a general merchandise house as bookkeeper for eighteen months. He then re-
ceived a commission as Second Lieutenant of Second Colorado Infantry; crossed the plains
in 1862, and served in bushwhacking, etc.; mustered out at Fort Riley in 1865; participated
in all the battles of his command. He was married in 1865 to Miss Mary Josephine Keith, of
Boston Mass. They have five children—Harriet R., Josephine, Blanche, Mary, and Martin.

A. C. SCHNELL, grain buyer and speculator, now in the employ of McCarthy Bros.,
came to Junction City in 1866. Was train master for the K. P. R. R. two years. He then
engaged in merchandising at Wichita a year; removed to Junction City and there continued
merchandising until the fall of 1874; then engaged in railroading for Missouri, Kansas, &
Texas, being agent for the above Company until April, 1882, since which he has been in
the grain business. He has served as Register of Deeds for Davis County; been alderman
and mayor of Junction City. He was born in Clearfield Co., Pa., June 3i, 1838; was raised
in Belfont, Centre Co., Pa., until 1861, when he enlisted in the Lochiel Greys, Cameron’s
Body Guard, of Harrisburg, Pa.; was soon detailed into Railroad and pe eerere Depart-
ment; served in that capacity until 1863, when he was discharged. He then became super-
intendent of the Oil Creek Railroad until he came West. He was married in Lancaster Co.,
Pa., in 1862, to Miss Alice C. Haskins, of Columbia, Pa. They have five children—Joseph
H., Andrew C., Alice C., Anson C., and Kate.

J.C. SCOTT, firm Scott & Thurston, dealers in hardware and a 3]
The trade was opened by Mr. Scott in the spring of 1878, running the business until 1880,
when the company was formed. They carry a stock of about $12,000; also deal quite largely ~
in live stock, and employ five men. Mr. Scott was born in Lucas Co , Ohio, September 2,
1844. His parents moved to New York when he was a small boy, where he lived until he
was twenty-one years old, when he went to Eaton Rapids, Mich., and there farmed until
1876, them came to Kansas, as before noted, first engaging in the coal trade ayear. He en-
listed July 29, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth, New York Volunteer
Infantry; participated in all the battles of his command in the Army of the Potomac;
wounded at Gettysburg, in July 1863. The whole regiment was captured at Harper’s Ferry,
but soon paroled and mustered out June 3, 1865. He was married at Eaton Rapids, Mich.,
in January, 1869, to Miss Anna M. Harwood of the latter place. They have four children—
Susie A., Boyd P , Katie L., and JohnH. Mr. Scott isa member of City Council, Masonic
order, Knights of Honor, and Universalist Church of Junction City.

CAPT. HENRY SWEENEY, Captain Company E.. Fourth United States Cavalry, came
to Kansas in 1859 as a member of the regular army, and remained in the service until 1862, as
hospital steward at Fort ae He was in 1862 sent to the seat of war at St. Louis, Mo., being
chief steward of the general hospital at Jefferson Barracks one and a half years. He then
accepted a commission in the Sixtieth Colored Infantry as captain, and stationed in Arkan-
sas until 1867, He was them appointed Second Lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regular Infantry
which he joined at Mobile, Ala., in September, 1867, where he remained until January, 1868,
then was ordered to Montgomery, Ala., as post adjutant for some time, then was sent to
Huntsville, Ala., where he was post quartermaster, post adjutant and post commissary
until August, 1868, when he accompanied his regiment to Texas, and remained as first lieu-
tenant and captain on post duty, etc., until 1879. He then went to the Rio Grande River
for a short time only, when he was ordered to Colorado in consequence of the Ute outbreak.
The captain being constantly on scouting duty for the past ten,years, had a severe attack
of rheumatism, and was placed on waiting orders until a vacancy hould occur on the retired
list of the army, and came to Junction City. He entered the regular army in 1854, in New
York City; participated in the Sioux war under General Harney in 1855, Cheyenne war in
1857, and all through the Utah campaign of 1858--°59. He was formerly a member of the old
Second United States Dragoons a well known regiment in the West. His first promotion
to a commission, was that of captain, in October, 1863. He was born in Ireland, November
26, 1831, and served an apprenticeship of four years in the drug business in Dublin, Ireland.
He was married in 1853, in the latter city, to Miss Agnes T. Plunkett of Dublin, Ireland. He
came to America in 1854. They have had three children—Agnes Mary, living, Edith Frances,
deceased, and Bartholomew Henry, deceased. Mr. Sweeney was one of the first men to buy
an interest in the original town plat in the spring of 1860 at Junction City. He is now lo-
cated adjoining Junction City, and has a fine piste of seventy-five acres on special Sections
11 and 12, named ‘‘ Maple Lodge.” He has a beautiful grove of timber, and plenty of water
in the Republican River, which bounds one side of his grounds.

, CAPT. MARCUS D. TENNEY, farmer and Pastoriof the Congregational Church of Junc-
tion City. He first settled in Lawrence, Kan., in October, 1858, preached in Bourbon, Linn and
Johnson Counties until the opening of the Rebellion, when he enlisted as a private, August,
1861, in the Third Kansas Volunteer Infantry, serving inithatregiment until January 15, 1862,
then was transferred to Capt. Thomas Bickerton’s Battery, and was made First Lieutenant.
He had command of the Battery in all the battles of Locust Grove, Newtonia, Fort Wayne.
Kane Hill, Prairie Grove and Van Buren; promoted to Captain of the First Kansas Battery
July 20, 1863, He then engaged in the pursuit of the Rebel, Gen. Morgan, through Indiana
and Illinois, He was transferred to the Department of the Cumberland, October 23, 1863,
and paleaed in the battle of Johnsonville, against the Rebel, Gen, Forrest, who sent
word to the Captain, that he had the best battery in the field. He participated in the battle
of Nashville, December, 1864, then was ordered to Chattanooga in February, 1865, to become
a part of the Light Artillery Reserve Corps, under Maj. Mendenhall, and from there was
ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for discharge, July 17, 1865. The Captain had com-
mand of ninety-five men during his service, and they received high honors for soldierly
conduct, bravery and rapid firing while in action. After his discharge from the army, he
went to Champai, ae Ill., and preached a year in the Methodist: Episcopal Churth;
then returned to Johnson County, Kan., and Reenening one and a half years; then went to

Marshall County, Kan., and preached until 1879; then went to Washington County, Kan.,

preaching two years, and finally locating permanently in Junction City. He was born in

‘icultural implements.
DAVIS COUNTY.

Hillsboro, N. H., in 1826. Was married in St. Louis, Mo., March 29, 1848, to Miss F. E.
Nichols, of Boston, Mass; They have one son—Frank G. Capt. Tenney has been com-

mander of Clifton Post No. 24., of Clifton Kan., G. A, R.; member of Masonic order,

-in the latter city in 1867, to Miss Josephine McBratney, of Xenia, Ohio. They

~ Junction City.

‘hardware an

_It is located on the north side of

10. 0. F., and Ancient Templars.
CAPT. C. H. TROTT, dealer in stationery, books, wall paper anda general variety of
fancy goods. He carries a stock of about $10,' 00, and opened business in 1867. Was post-
master from 1868 to 1873 inclusive; City Treasurer, since 1874; County Clerk, from 18/3 to
1874; Repository of the American Bible Society, since 1870; President of the Highland
Cemetery Association, since 1878. He was born in Boston, Mass., August 8, 1837. He lived
in Iowa three years previous to the breaking out of the Rebellion. Enlisted in July, 1861,
in Company B, Seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted second
lieutenant, first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster, and assistant adjutant general of
volunteers. He participated in all battles of his command from Pittsburg Landing, includ-
ing Gen, Sherman’s campaigns. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865, then
iived in his native city six months, after which came to Junction City, Kan. _ married
ave one
bon foring, Trot Mr. Trott is a member of the Universalist Church of Junction City.
J. A. TRUEX, County Superintendent of Public Instructions for Davis County; first
located in the above county in 1869, on a homestead He taught school six years, and was
elected superintendent in 1874; by re-election has since held the office; he was re-elected
at the late election in November, 1882. He was born in Morrow County, Ohio, November 6.
1843, and was educated in the Goshen High School, Ind.; Kalamazoo College, Mich.; an
the college of Abingdon, Tll., and made teaching his profession previous to emigrating to
the West. He was mavried in 1876, to Miss Addie-Merriam, of Lorain County, Ohio. ey
have one son—Howard E. Truex. Mr. Truex is a member of the Baptist Church. He is
also a member of the A. O. U. W.

Ss. D. UNDERWOOD. Probate Judge of Davis County, and City Attorney; he came to
Kansas in 1867, locating in Junction City, where he was first engaged in contracting, and
shipping magnesia limestone for rour years. He also had a contract on the State House,
Topeka. In 1871, he went to Europe, and remained some time, returned and went to Ari-
zona on a prospecting tour. He soon returned to Junction City, and engaged in the study
of law. Was admitted to the bar of practice in 1880, was elected city attorney in the spring
of 1878, and probate judge in the fall of 1881. He was born in Geauga County,Ohio, November
29, 1842. Came to Iowa when quite young, where he lived a year, then went to St. Louis,
Mo.; engaged in steamboating until the war broke out, when in 1861, he enlisted in Fre-
mont Body Guards, and was wounded in October 25, 1861, and taken prisoner. He was
mustered out in December, 1861, then enlisted in the secret service in bi bene He received a
commission as Second Lieutenant of Company B, First Regiment Light Artillery, and partic-
ipated in the battles of Cross Keys and Franklin. He soon received a commission as
Captain of Company K, Tenth Missouri Cavalry, promoted to major of his regiment, and was
transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and was mustered out in 1867. He is a member
of the St. Louis Lodge No. 5, I. 0. O. F.

C. H. WARD, dealer in drugs, medi-
cines, paints, oils, glass, heavy goods,
druggists’ sundries, etc,, etc. Opened
business in the apring of 1880, and
carries a stock of about $5,000. He was
born in Bradford County, Pa., Septem-
ber 2, 1849. He lived in his native State
about fifteen years, and learned phar-
macy in Athens, Pa. He worked in the
business in Troy, Pa., three years, and
Addison, N. Y. two years. Was travel-
ing salesman for five years in the drug
trade, and was in business five years in
Van Etténville, N. Y., then went to,
e was married in Troy,
Pa., in 1869, to Miss Mary E. Mastin,
of the latter city: They have one son—
Harry C., who was born August 21, 1872.
Mr. Ward is a member of the Masonic
order and Chapter; he has been junior
deacon, secretary, and junior warden of
the same. He was town clerk for three

years. |
CHRISTINE F. ZIEGLER, dealer
in hardware, stoves and tinware, farm
implements, etc. He began business in
September, 1880, employs six men in the
business,and carries about $15,000 stock.
He was born in Germany. June 2, 1851,
and came to America, 1852, with his
parents, locating in Cleveland, Ohio,
where at the Fup age he engaged in
woodenware business
until 1880; came to Junction City in the
fall of 1880. He was married in the fall
of 1878, to Miss Lucia Kluever, of Cleve-
land, Ohio. They have one son—Oliver
D, Ziegler. :

FORT RILEY.

While Fort Riley is neither a
city, town, nor village,. the posi-
tion it occupies, and has occupied
in Davis County, entitles it to a
paz’ in the history of the same.

the Kansas River, distant from
Junction City about four miles by
wagon road, or three miles by rail. A person would naturally suppose
from its name that it was a fortification, but if he looks to see any-
thing of’the kind, with embrasures and cannon, he will look in vain.
It is not a fort, but simply a post where troops are stationed. There is
barrack accommodation for twelve companies, with stabling for six
hundred horses. The barracks are built of stone, in the shape of a
square, overlooking the river. Two sides of the square are occupied
by the soldiers’ quarters, and two by the officers. The barracks and
parade ground are enclosed by a beautiful fence, and the country surround-.
ing is among the grandest that eye ever rested upon. A little to the west of

_ the barracks, on a beautiful knoll, and enclosed by a neat fence, stands a

very fine monument, erected to the memory:of Major H. A. Ogden. This
officer was in command of the post in 1855, at the time the cholera made
such terrible ravages among the soldiers. The surgeon had left, and the
Major acted in the double capacity of commander and physician, going
around among the afflicted men and doing all in his power to alleviate their
suffering. He continued in this good work until he was attacked himself
by the dread disease, to which he fell a victim. The monument is made of
limestone, taken from a quarry in the neighborhood, and is of neat design

 

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and elegant construction. On the east side of it is inscribed the following:
‘* Erected to the memory of Brevet Major E. A. Ogden, the founder of Fort
Riley. A disinterested patriot and generous friend, a refined gentleman, a
devoted husband and ‘father, and an exemplary Christian. Few men were
more respected and loved in their lives, or more lamented in their deaths.
As much the victim of duty as of disease, he collectedly closed a life in the
public service distinguished for integrity and faithfulness.” On the west side
it bears the following: ‘‘Brevet Major H. A. Ogden, Assistant Quartermaster
United States Army, died at Fort Riley, August 3, 1855, aged forty-four
years. ‘And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: rite, blessed
are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labor, and their works do follow them.’” The
location of Fort Riley is peculiarly beautiful and attractive. It is built on
the land of the Military Reservation, which embraces a tract of about
twenty miles square, a small portion of which only is in Davis County,
directly opposite the fort and south of the Kansas River, the larger portion
extending north from the fort into Riley County. When Satan tried to
ternpt our Savior by showing Him and offering Him all the kingdoms of the
world and the glory of them, we incline to the belief that he must have
omitted all the region of country in the vicinity of Fort Riley. We have
sailed from Cork to Queenstown, and the scenery on either side was grand;
we have passed up the Bosphorus from Constantinople to the sea of Mar-
mora, and beheld its scenery in all its enchanting loveliness, but let a person
place himself on one of the bluffs in the vicinity of Fort Riley, and a scene
will spread out before him that will equal, if not surpass, either of them.
Looming up to the south, with slopes and groves intervening, are the hills
that mark the location of Clark’s Creek; to the north is a wide sea of open
prairie, rising and falling in gentle undulations like the unperturbed waters
of some great lake; to the east, stretching away for miles, you follow the
windings and turnings of the river, whose course is marked by heavy bodies
of timber, majestic in growth and rich in foliage, as it courses onward
through a charming valley teeming with golden grain and lofty corn, with
: . every here and there a comfort-
able house standing in the midst
of beautiful surroundings, which
marks the peaceful home of the
settler; to the west the view is
simply magnificent. Here and
there through the foliage you
catch glimpses of the two rivers,
the Smoky Hill and Republican,
as they come gliding along, one
inclining to the northeast, and
the other to the southeast, until
their waters meet and kiss, and
' glide quietly and smoothly into
the Kaw, a short distance west of
Fort Riley. Looking up the val-
ley of these two streams, the
scenery is highly diversified and
extremely beautiful in its diver-
sifications. As you allow your
gaze to extend westward, the
valley widens, and ‘between you
and the horizon are wide fields
of rich pasture, and homesteads
marked by artificial groves.
Gradually withdrawing your view
from the horizon, and a short dis-
tance from where you are stand-
ing, the eye rests on the spires of
Junction City towering up above
the trees, until finally looking
from the eminence you have
selected as a point of observation,
the Kansas River flows smoothly
along, as it winds its serpentine
course to mingle its waters with
those of the muddy Missouri.
For a moment the eye dazzles
as it rests upon the shining
steel rails of the Kansas Pacific
Railway, made bright by the friction of travel, then all at once you hear
the scream of the locomotive, and the next instant the train goes bounding
by at lightning speed. The person whose imagination will allow him to
picture to his mind’s eye all these objects, and locate them so as to be most
effective in a landscape panorama, will be enabled to form some conception
of the grandeur of the scenery Po by the country surrounding Fort
Riley. Another fact connected with the fort, and one worthy of mention,
is, that it is very nearly, almost quite, the geographical center of the United
States. Let any person who is desirous of ascertaining the exact location of
Fort Riley, take a map of the United States and fold it once from east to
west, and then from north to south, then let him unfold it, and the point in
the center, where the marks of the folds have crossed, will mark almost the
identical spot where stands the monument erected to the memory of Major
Ogden.

MILFORD.

Milford is a small place in the northwestern corner of the county. It
can scarcely be called a town, but inasmuch as its existence antedates that
of the organization of the county, it is worthy of a brief mention. The
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town site known as Milford was located in 1855, by Abram Barry, S. D.
Houston, B, E. Fullington, Moses Younkins and Frank Smith. It was
then known by the name of Bacheller. It is situated on the Republican
River, and is a station on the line of the Junction City & Fort Kearney
Railway. It is a more of a trading point for the section of country that
surrounds it, than a town. It has three small stores, a church, a school-
house, a steam flouring mill, and a few dwelling houses. The population,
all told, can not exceed 100 or 150, Surrounding it is an excellent country,
and it is just far enough away from Junction City and other larger towns to
-insure it a certain amount of country trade. The first post-office in Milford
Township was established at Milford—then Bacheller—in 1861, and the
first postmaster was Major Barry.

At Milford, the Congregationalists have a very fine frame church build-
ing, which was erected in 1877, and their church property is valued at
$2,500. The membership of this church is thirty-five, and the pastor is Rev.
M. 8. Riddle.

In Smoky Hill Township there is an organization which is known as the
St. John’s Evangelical, which has a neatly built stone church. Its member-
ship is fifty, and the pastor is Rev. Peter Lehman.

In Lyon Township, the German Lutherans have a tastefully built stone
church, which was erected in 1872. The Baptist organization, in that town-
ship, also have just completed (1882) a very handsome edifice.

In Jefferson Township the Methodist Society, although numbering only
fifteen members, have a neat little church, valued at $600.

In Liberty Township the Methodists have a church in the vicinity of
Moss Springs. :

In Jackson Township the Catholics have acomfortable and neat stone
church, which was erected in 1872, and valued at $700. The membership
of the church is 100, and the pastor is Rev. Father Ennis, of Wamego, who
holds service there once every two weeks.

From the foregoing statements it will be observed that there is not a
township in the county but that has one or more churches, which is some-
what remarkable for a comparatively new country.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

LUCINDA BADGER, wife of the late John S. Badger, who located in Riley County in
the spring of 1855, on Government land, under the pre-emption right, about six miles south
of Milford, on Sections 17 and 18, Lots 4 and 5, Jackson Township. They were the first
settlers in that part of the Republican Valley. Fort Riley was their nearest post-office, six
miles away, while the nearest grist mill was at Kansas City, 150 miles off. They erected the
first house In the above valley, above Fort Riley, in August, 1855. They had no team of
their own for nearly two years after locating. Various tribes of Indians roamed over the
wild prairies, and the vast herds of buffalo, elk and deer were only occasionally molested
by the wily savages for ot The Badgers had plenty of wild game with which they graced
their table at every meal, but often went hungry for bread. People in those days have been

- known to dig up their potatoes which had been planted, and‘eat them, but only in cases of
emergency. But the early pioneers in_ those days often were obliged to undergo hardships
now never experienced in the West. Mr. Badger worked at anything he could find to do for
several years, until he could get his farm under cultivation. He was born in New York,
December 24, 1815. Mrs. Badger, nee Fowler, was born October 24, 1820, in Washington
County, Pa. They were married, December 5, 1839; they had twelve children—Martha E.,
Ephraim, John S., Rebecca, Alcinia, Alonzo, Cornelia C., Sarah M. (deceased), Byron,
Frank, William E. and Morgan F. John §. and Ephraim served threc years in the Rebel-
lion, and came out without ascratch. Mr. Badger died December 26, 1868, from the effects
of an injury received by a saw-log rolling on him. §

JOHN FAWLEY, merchant in general line of groceries and dry goods, opened the
trade in the spring of 1879. He bought his present store in 1881, and carries a stock of about
$8,000. He is also postmaster, and owns a farm on Sections 9 and 10, Township 10, Range
5 east, containing 720 acres, with 170 cultivated. He first located one-half a mile east of Mil-
ford, in 1864, and followed farming until he began mercantile business. He was born in
Rockingham County, Shenandoah Valley, Va., August 1, 1834, and was raised on a farm.
He lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in December, 1859, to
Miss Sophia Brenneman, in his native place; they have two sons—Abraham, now assisting
in his father’s store, and Ashby A., now on their farm. The father and mother are members
of the Con ational Church of Milford.

BRADLEY E. FULLINGTON, farmer, P. O. Milford, first settled in Riley County, Kan.
(now Davis County), Madison Township, Section 31, May 3, 1856; opened a farm, carried it
on about ten years, sold out and located on his present home, Section 6, Township 10, Range
5 east. He owns the south half of Section 6 and the north half of Section 7, being 620 acres
of land, with 200 of the same cultivated. There are two fine streams of pure spring water
running through his farm—Madison Creek on the west half, and Spring Creek on the east
half. The two unite near the center of the farm, and form a fine stream of water, with a
mill-power, on which his son-in-law, Charles A. Streeter, is erecting a grist-mill, at an ex-
pense of $5,000. The cone of the mill will be 100 bushels of wheat and 300 of feed in
twenty-four hours. Mr. Fullington certainly has the model farm of Davis County, which
contains the varieties of timber in abundance herein named: oak, walnut, hickory, sycamore,
elm, cottonwood, soft maple and box elder, Mr. Fullington was born in Cambridge, Vt., in
1819, lived in his native State until 1852 (being raised on a farm), when he went to California
and spent three years for his health; he returned in 1855 to his native place, He represented
Riley County two terms in the State Legislature, 1862 and 1863, and 1868 and 1864. He was
married in 1843 to Miss Louisa ur nter, a native of Johnson, Vt; they have one daughter,
Alice Elizabeth, now married to Mr. Charles A. Streeter. They are all members of the Con-
gregational Church of Milford.

J. W. C. PIERCE, farmer, carpenter, etc., P. O. Milford, first settled at Cedar Creek,
Riley Co., Kan., in 1855; worked at his trade and took a pre-emption claim. He built the
first bridge across the Blue River, near Manhattan, March 6, 1854. He moved his family to
Fort Riley, where he took charge of a Government saw-mill for seven years, afterwards op-
erated the saw-mill at Manhattan for'three years, then came to Milford, Davis County, and
erected a saw-mill in Milford Village, then a wilderness. He has since worked at his trade
and farmed. His place is located south of Milford Village, a few miles, and contains eighty
acres, with fifty-six cultivated; has a fine peach orchard and a grove of fine timber. He was
born in New York City, May 22, 1827, and was married in 1850 to Miss Mary A. Waller, of
Virginia. He is a member of the Masonic order of Manhattan and the Congregational
Church of Milford,

MERCHANT S. RIDDLE, pastor of the Congregational Church of Milford, came to
the above village May 25, 1880, and became pastor of the above church. He also engaged in
merchandising and the drug business on January 1, 1882, under the firm name of Riddle &
Humphrey. ‘They carry a general stock of $3,500. He was born in West Virginia, at Glen-
ville, Gilmer County, September 25, 1851, and moved to Ohio in 1874, settling near Marietta,
Washington County. He was educated in West Virginia. His first cuatee in pastoral duty
was at Ravenswood, Jackson Co., W. Va., for two years; then to West Columbia, Mason
County, for two years; thence to Parkersburg for a year; then near Marietta for six years,
and then direct to Kansas. He was married in West Virginia, September 25, 1873, to Miss
Carrie Bumgarner, of West Culumbia; they have six children—Newton Howard, Tandy
Homer, Hattie Pearl, Frank Emmerson, Clyde and an infant son not yet named. He served
in Company B, under Capt. W. T. Wyant, as scout for a few months, near the close of the

war.
JOHN W. SHAEFFER, farmer, P. O. Milford, came to his present home in 1877. He
was born in Lancaster County, Pa., November 18, 1825, lived in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

was raised ona farm. He was drafted for a soldier in the late Rebellion, and was aed in
the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia; he participated in many
skirmishes, and was wounded several times; was discharged in 1863. _

. YOUNKIN, farmer, Section 21, Township 6, Range 5, P. O. Milford, has 160 acres of
fine land, sixty of which are cultivated; also,a fine lot of timber,and has owned the farm since
1870. He first located in Clay County, Kan., in 1860, lived in that county until 1872, and
then moved to his present home, He was born in Somerset County, Pa., March 4, 1829, and
moved to Illinois in, 1856, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was married in De-
cember, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Branscom, a native of Illinois; they have five children—
Marietta, Sylvia E., George David, Celinda J. and James E. Mr. Younkin was a member of
the Kansas State Militia during the Rebel Gen. Price’s threatened raid.

SMOKY HILL TOWNSHIP.

R. R. CLEMONS, farmer, P.O. Alida, came to Davis County, December 14, 1868,
locating on the southwest quarter of Section 12, Township 11, Range 4; has 160 acres, eighty
of which are cultivated. He was the first postmaster of Alida, receiving his appointment in
1870, and resigned his office in April, 1873. He was one of the Board of County Com-
missioners for a term of two years. He enlisted September 6, 1864, in Company E, Ninth
Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and participated in the battle of Cedar
Creek, in October 19, 1864, one at Fort Fisher (on the lines at Petersburg) March 25, 1865,
taking of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and at Sailor’s Run, April 6, 1865, during the pursuit of
Leo's army, He was mustered out June 28, 1865. He was raised on a farm, and lived in
his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married January 12, 1870, to Miss
Mary J. Gilbert, a native of Allegany County, N. Y., and born February 7, 1850. Mr.
Clemons was born in Livingston County, August 5, 1843. They have one daughter—Lorena
E. Clemons, born March 18, 1874. ‘They are members of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM CUTTER, P. O. Junction City, proprietor of the Glenwood Nursery, located
in Republican Valley on special Sections 12 and 13, Township 11, Range 5, on what is
known as Bridge Land. in 1871. He has 101 acres, seventy of which are in a fine state of
cultivation. There are twenty-five acres ae toa nursery of a general assortment of
fruit trees, evergreens and shrubs, also a large orchard containing the choicest fruit. It is -
the only nursery in Davis County. He was born in Middlesex County, N. J., September 10,
1825: his parents settled in Adams County, JJJ., in 1885, where he began the nursery busi-
ness before he was twenty years of age; has since followed the business. He was married
in 1848, to Miss Mary J. Harvey, a sister of ex-Gov. Harvey, of Kansas. They have four

_children—Charles, John H., Charlotte and Nancy. He has a farm of 240 acres in Riley

County, Kan., 125 of which are cultivated. He is a member of the State Horticultural Society
and president of Davis Horticultural Society; also a member of the Masonic order. :

W. B. FINLEY, farmer, P. O. Junction City; came to Kansas in_ 1871, locating
near Junction City. He has pene infarming and stock-raising since. He is the pro-
prietor of the well-known Glenmore farm, one of the first farms taken on Lyon’s
Creek. The above farm has the record of being the oldest farm in Davis County. It
contains 400 to 500 acres with about 250 cultivated. There was once a village laid out on
it and named Chetola, by Judge Gordon and others, but was abandoned on account of Junc-
tion City. It is really a beautiful location with plenty of timber, and on one side of the
farm flows the Smoky Hill on the west, Lyons Creek on the south, and the Mankato, Kan-
sas & Topeka Railroad through the centre with Kansas & Pacific Railroad on the north
and west. The finest specimens of timber were sent from this farm to the centennial ex-

osition of any place in Kansas. Thefarm was first taken up by Capt. J. R. McClure, a
Suave of Junction City. Mr. Finley was born December 10, 1849, and raised in Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, and came from the latter place to Kansas. He has been general superin-
tendent of the Davis County Agricultural Society of Davis County for four years,

WILLIAM D. GRANT, farmer, P. O. Junction City, first came to Kansas in 1872, set-

tling in Junction City, and sneeged in farming. He bought his present p ace in 1880, being
located on Sections 20, 21 and 18. He now owns 1,410 acres of fine land, 300 of which are
cultivated. He has also 640 acres in Dickinson County, Section 29, Township 12, Range 5,
600 of which are cultivated. Since he came to Kansas he has raised 45,000 bushels of wheat,
including the crop of 1882; he now has 375 acres in corn, which eee a yield of 50
bushels per acre; his farm is well watered and finely timbered; he also has 140 head of cat-
tle, and makes stock-raising a specialty. He was born in Newark, N.J., November 20,
1856, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1881 to Miss
Vina James, a native of Illinois. They have one daughter, Josie Kate. :
— JOHN P. GRASBERGER, farmer and dealer in merchandise and grain; carries
a stock of about $600. He came to Kansas in September, 1855, as a soldier, being a member
of the Second United States Dragoons, locating in Fort Riley. He was born in Germany,
December 25, 1833, came to America in 1852, and lived in Philadelphia, Pa., about a year,
with an uncle. He then enlisted in ae I, Second United States Dragoons, and
served the full term of five years; re-enlisted in 1861 in Ponipeny F, Sixth Kansas Cavalry,
and participated in the battles of Newtonia. Mo., Kane Hill, Prairie Grove and Honey
Springs, and was mustered out in Leavenworth in 1864. He then located on his present
place, Section 14, Township 11, Range 4; has eighty acres, forty-six of which are cultivated.
He has a warehouse at Alida for handling an, etc. He was married in 1863 to Miss Susan
E. Maxfield, who was born in Van Buren, Crawford Co., Ark., November 11, 1846.

R. E. LAWRENSON, farmer, P. O. Junction City, was born in Ireland in 1832, and -
came to America in 1852, lived in New York City a few months, and came to Kansas -in Oc-
tober, 1855, as a soldier in the Second United States Dragoons, was stationed at Fort Riley;
served until the expiration of his time, and was mustered out in March, 1857. He serve
three and one-half years in Texas before coming to Kansas. He then pre-empted his pres-
ent farm, now adjoining the city limits, Section 11, Township 12, Range 5 east, being the
east half of the northwest quarter and west half of the northeast half, containing 160
acres, 100 of which are under cultivation; has about ten acres of fine magnesia limestone for
building purposes; also two and one-half acres of fine vineyard; in 1881 manufactured two
barrels wine and sold $180 worth of grapes; has a fine orchard of ten acres, containing all
varieties of fruit. He was appointed adjutant of the Fifteenth Regiment Kansas State
Militia, November 17, 1863; served under Gen. Curtis against Indians and Price's raid;
elected County Treasurer of Davis County in 1865; re-elected in 1867; Democratic candidate
for State Senator in 1868 for the Twentieth District; in 1870, appointed assistant marshal to
aid in taking the census; was Presidential elector for O’Connor in 1872; County Commis-
sioner in 1872-1874. He assisted to erect the first house in Junction City in the spring of.
1858. He was married in 1867 to Miss Ellen M. Barry, of New York; they have five children
~—Edward C., Mary E., Bertha C., Margaret and Clara. . 3

CITARLES E. MURPHY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Junction City, located here in
1879, being on Section 19, Township 12, Range 5; has 1,400 acres of fine land, all in one body
700 of which are cultivated; raised 400 acres of corn in 1882; also, 100 acres of wheat. 40 of
oats and 67 of ryc. -He keeps about 100-head of cattle. The nearest post-office and grist
mill is Junction City. He was born in Bradley, Me., in 1846, and was raised a lumberman.
He went to Michigan in 1866, and followed the latter business until he came to Kansas. He
is a member of the Masonic order _and Detroit Commandery, No. 1, of Detroit, Mich., and
Knight Templars of Michigan. He was married in 1871 to Miss Helen P. Towsley, of
Waterloo, N. Y.; they have one son, Fred T. Murphy.

COLONEL JOHN T. PRICE, farmer, P. O. Junction City, was born in Louisville, Ky ,
February 14, 1826. His parents died when he was but a child. He was reared by his mother’s
brother, William A. Cocke, a gentleman of high standing in life. Mr. Price was educated
in the comrhon schools of his native city, completing at Hanover College, Indiana. At the
beginning of hostilities between the United States and Mexico, he enlisted as a private in
the First United States Dragoons, with which he marched across the plains to Santa Fe,
and thence to Old Mexico. Col. Kearney having been promoted to the position of brigadier
peueral in the regular army, left Companies I and G at Santa Fe, under command of Capt.

.H.K. Burgum. These companies took part in the battles of Elamboda, La Hoya and
Pueblode Taos, in the fall of 1847. They then went with Col. Sterling Price to Chihuahua,
and assisted in the battle of San Rosalie, After the capture of this point, Mr. Price was
made a sergeant, and was sent, with a squad of ten men, to Monterey as a bearer of dis-

atches to Capt. Thomas W. Sherman, then commanding Bragg's Battery. Having safely

elivered the dispatches, they were sent to Washington, where he and his men were re-
quested to remain in Monterey to await an answer. ith two soldiers, he returned to Col.
Price, bearing the answer. The entire distance from Monterey to Chihuahua is four hun-
dred miles, which they accomplished in twelve days, traveling only at night, and hiding in
the i ae escape capture by the wily enemy, in whose country they were traveling.

After being mustered out at the close of the Mexican war, he accepted a position a8
DAVIS COUNTY.

clerk in the Quartermaster’s Department, at Fort Union, which he held until 1854,
When Kansas was organized as a Territory, he re-crossed the plains and settled in what
is now Davis County. He was elected County Treasurer in 1872, and re-elected in 1874.
In all the positions he has held, he has discharged his duties with fidelity. He was
married on October 7, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Badger, of Davis County, Kan., formerly
of Pennsylvania; they have nine children—Flora M., Martha, John T., Jr., Hiram,
Elizabeth, Charles B., Lucy, Annie and James C. e is a member of the Masonic
order. He is one of those who assisted to organize the town of Junction City, in May,
1857. He was Sheriff of what was then Arapahoe County in 1854 and 1855, including
all the country from the eastern part of Davis County west to the Pocky Mountains. He
rode down three horses and collected 25 cents fees for his trouble during his term of office.
It nub therefore, not be difficult for the reader to imagine that the country was very thinly
settled.

DUSTIN SANDS, farmer, P. O. Junction City, came to Kansas in March, 1871, taking
a homestead in Dickiuson County, twelve miles west of Junction City, where he farmed a
year, then sold out and worked a rented farm five years. Finally he located on his present
place in the spring of 1878, Township 11, Range 5, Sections 20, 21, 29, 28, owning 600 acres,
all bottom land, 350 of which arecultivated. He makes a specialty of raising stock and
grain, He raised 1,20) bushels of wheat on 40 acres of land in 1882, and marketed a share
of it at 76 cents per bushel. He was born in Piscataquis County, Me., December 1, 1844,
was raised on a farm, living in his native State until 1861, when he enlisted in Company H,
Eleventh Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and served about a year, when he contracted
the typhoid fever and measles, and was discharged in 1862. Returning to the army in 1863,
he was in the Sanitary Commission until Gen. Kobert E. Lee surrendered. He then went to
California, where he followed mining and lumbering until 1870, soon afterwards going to
Kansas. He was married in Boston, Mass., in 1870, to Miss Henrietta Rich, a native of Pe-
nobscot County, Me.; they have two children—Karle and May. He is a member of the
Masonic order of Junction City. 5

GEORGE A. TAYLOR, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Junction City; was born in Hartford

County, Conn., September 24, 1836, where he was reared and educated. He made farming.

his occupation until 1855, when he came to Kansas, and was engaged in various pursuits for
quite a while. . In 1857 he moved to this county and settled on his present home. . He has
held the offices of County Commissioner and County Assessor. In 1861 he enlisted in
Company I, Old Second Infantry. and was engaged in several battles; was discharged 1863.
He was married, in Dickinson County, this State, March 24, 1964, to Miss Jane Lamb. She
was born in Butler County, Ohio, August 25, 1846. They have four children—Henry S.,
Maud E., Grace A., and Eveline R. Mr. Taylor is a greenbacker.

LYON TOWNSHIP,

CAPTAIN ROBERT HENDERSON, farmer, P. O. Junction City, is farming 400 acres
of land on Section 24. He first settled in Junction City in 1858, and followed house-building
until 1861, when in September of that year he enlisted in Company F, Sixth Kansas
Cavalry, as a private, and after about ten months’ service he was promoted to second
lieutenant of Company G. He participated in the battles of Coon Greek, Kane Hill
and Prairie Grove; was promoted to first lieutenant in December, 1863; then partici-
pated in the battles of Prairie de Han and Poison Springs, being wounded and cap-
tured at the latter battle, and confined in the Rebel hospital at Camden, Ark., for
some time, and in the Rebel prison in Shreveport, La. He was then removed to Tyler,
Texas, and there confined for six months, finally escaping, and was twenty-six days
and nights in making his way into the Union lines at Fort Smith, Ark. He was promoted
to the captaincy of his company while in Rebel prison, in November, 1864, and was mustered
out as captain, May 20, 1865. He then returned to Junction City soon afterward, settling on
his present fine home. When he first settled in Kansas, his nearest grist mill was Topeka,
seventy-three miles distant, and nearest post-office, Fort Riley, five miles distant. He was
born in Ireland, February 8, 1°33, and came to America in 1851. He was married in 1897 to
Miss Elizabeth Douglas; they have five children—James B., Lizzie E., William J., Mary D.

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and Robert D. He has served one term as County Treasurer, and is a member of the
Masonic order. -

THEODORE JONES, farmer, P. O. Junction City, first came to Kansas in October,
1854; located near Osawatomie, where he assisted to erect the first house in that place;
peeal farming, but soon sold out and went to Westport, Mo.; remained there a short time
and returned to Shawnee County, Kan., for a short time; then to Lawrence, until April
1856; was there during the first well-known troubles in that place; he soon afterward settle
near Fort Riley on a farm, on Section 24, Township 12, Range 5 east; 153 acres of land, 75
under cultivation, with a fine orchard, timber, etc. He enlisted in May, 1861, in Company
B, Second Kansas Volunteer Infantry; participated in the battle of Wilson’s Creek; after
serving five months, was mustered out; re-enlisted ia Company E, Second Kansas Cavalry;
participated in the battles of Kane Hill and Prairie Grove; was mustered out at Fort Leaven-
worth, February 18, 1865. He was born in Onondago County, N. Y., January 25, 1831, and
married in 1879 to Miss Mary P. Smith, of Lawrence. Eliza Roxy is their only child.

E. 8. McFARLAND, farmer, P. O. Junction City, came to Kansas latter part of
August, 1855; worked for the Quartermaster at Fort Riley; was also a member of the
Second United States Dragoons. He was born near Lake Champlain, N. Y., July 3, 1828.
His pe moved to Worcester County, Mass., when he was a child, and there he lived
until twenty-four years of age, when he enlisted in the Second United States Dragoons,
being sent to Carlisle Barracks, Pa., soon after to Texas, where he remained until 1855, and
then to Fort Riley, Kan. Mustered out of service in 1857, since which time he has made his
home in Kansas. Took a pre-emption claim in 1858, on Section 11, Township 12, Range 5.
He has 160 acres of finely watered and timbered land, sixty acres of which are now under
cultivation. He built the first house in Junction City in the spring of 1858 for P. Z. Taylor.
He enlisted April 14, 1861; served five months and re-enlisted in Company B, Second
Kansas Voluntcer Infantry. Transferred to the Second Kansas Cavalry; participated in all
the battles of his command; mustered out February, 1865. He was married in 1871 to Miss
A. L. Staples, of Needham, Mass. They have two children—Mary E. and James E.

JAMES MANSFIELD, Section 33, Township 12, Range 5, P. O. Junction City, owns
900 acres of Jand, 300 of which are under cultivation. He first came to Kansas in the fall of
1859, locating on his present place where he te farming and stock-raising. He was born
in Orleans County, N. Y., December 8, 1831. His parents removed to Washtenaw County.
Mich., in 1833. He lived there twenty-four years, then went to the mines of California, an:
followed mining until the fall of 1859, then came to his present home. He was married in
1865 to Miss L. A. Ableson, of Ontario, Canada. They haye four children—Helen V., Ida
F., Lucien H. and Clark. He is a member of the Masonic Order of Junction City. He has
one of the finest orchards in Davis County. eaten

G. R. WOODWARD, farmer, P. O. Junction City, came to Kansas in 1857, locating in
Ashland, Davis County (now Riley County), where he engaged in farming until 1865. He
then located on a homestead, Section 20, Township 12, oe a 5, of eighty acres. Sold out and
now is located one-half mile west of Junction City, where he is engaged in farming. He was
born in Rutland County, Vt., September 20, 1836; lived in his native State until he was
twenty-one years old, then came to Kansas. He was a member of the Kansas State Militia
some time during the Rebellion. He was married in 1861 to Miss Maria M. Kelley, a native
of Ireland. His wife’s parents emigrated to America when she was a small child, and
located in Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two children—Mary Janette and William Raymond.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP,

PAUL KRAMER, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Junction City, was born in Germany, Octo
ber 12, 1824. He was reared and educated in his native country; came to America in 1851
and lived in New York for quite a while. Came to Kansas in 1855, and enlisted in Company
B, First United States Cavalry, where he served for five years. In 1865 came to Davis
County and settled on his present home. He was married in this county in 1863 to Miss
Mena Tobeern. She is a native of Prussia; born October 15, 1844. They have seven
children—Herman F., Paul, John, William, Florence, Elizabeth E. and Annie C. Mr.
Kramer is a Republican.

 
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

/ CLOUD COUNTY.

 

LOCATION, SOIL AND STREAMS.

Ce formerly Shirley County, is on the west side of the sixth Princi-
pal Meridian in the second tier of counties from the north. It is
bounded on the north by Republic, on the east by Washington and Clay, on
the south by Ottawa, and on the west by Mitchell and Jewell counties.
The northern third of the county lies in the Republican Valley, and its
southwest townships are in the valley of the Solomon, making it agricul-
turally, one of the finest in the State. The elevated, rolling and quite
broken country between the Republican and Solomon rivers at first was
considered useless, but a large portion of it is now under cultivation; yet it
it is better suited for grazing purposes.

The soil of the valleys is exceedingly rich and friable—a rich alluvial,
from three to ten feet indepth. The uplands consist of a black vegetable
mould, ranging from ten inches to three feet in depth. In favorable seasons
the uplands yield very large crops. There is quite a differenee between the
soils of the Republican and
Solomon valleys, as the latter
yields large crops of winter and
spring wheat. while the former
does not. Along the banks and
bluffs of the Republican are ex-
tensive quarries of limestone,
while the majority of the quar-
ries along the Solomon River

-are w red sandstone, which is
also true of the Smoky Hill
River, whose valley, like that of
the Solomon is noted for its

_wheat crops. Like the soil of
Nebraska, it is most admirably
constituted tostand both drouth
and wet seasons, it being very
porous to a great depth.

The Republican River en-
ters the county seven miles east
of its northwest corner, flows in
a southeasterly direction for
about ten miles, and then east
through Township 5, running
in its serpentine course over
forty miles in the county. The
Solomon, with about ten miles
of its course, crosses the south-
west corner of the county. Be-
sides the extensive streams,
there are numerous smaller ones
traversing the county in every
direction. Salt, Elk, Upton and
Hoy creeks are tributaries of the
Republican from the north;
Beaver, Oak, Wolf and Buffalo,
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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

The first attempt at settlement in Cloud County, according to J. B.-
Rupe, was made in the fall of 1858, yy John and Lew Fowler, hunters and
trappers. The next year, they, with G. W. Brown, plotted a town site upon
the land now comprising the farm of Donald McIntosh, and designated it
Eaton City. They also built a house and lived in it during the following
winter. icholas Eslinger, of Washington County, assisted in the raising.
It was situated in the western part of what is now the city of Clyde, and
was afterwards called the Conklin House. Before the Conklins oceu-
pied it, Mr. Brown lived in it temporarily with his family. The Fowlers
were single men. The Conklin House was torn down by a mob in 1862,
as hereafter detailed. Some breaking of land was done near the house,
and wu well commenced; thus showing that the design was to found a
permanent home. In 1879 the well was filled by dirt thrown from the
track of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The surveyors had gone Hast, and
intended to return.and prove up
on the land. The Fowlers se- '
lected claims, but did not file
on them before they enlisted in
a Kansas regiment, and when
the war was over, their claims
had been taken. Brown must
have left the county early in
the spring of 1860, as no fur-
ther trace of him can be found.

In the spring of 1860, John
Allen, of Kentucky, and his
son-in-law, Sutton McWhorter,
took claims north of Lake Sib-
ley, on the military road to Fort
Kearney, and laid out a town
which they named Union City.
Mr. Allen brought with him’
sixty head of blooded stock.
Three other families from Ken-
tucky,comprising Allen’s party,
settled near him. While this
party were ee their cab-
ins, Phillip Kizer, Carey Kizer
and their brother-in-law, New-
ton Race, with their wives, chil-
dren, two hired men and forty
head of cattle, passed up the
river and selected a location on
White Rock Creek, three or
four miles from its mouth, and
twenty-five miles northwest of
Lake Sibley. Messrs. Park,
Heffington and Finney settled
on Elm Creek about the same
time; and during the year,
Daniel Wolf, from Pennsylva-

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tributaries from the south. “eve. | 1990
The southern part of the county : :
is most thoroughly drained by (a) Arion Township ......------ | ---- 67
numerous branches of the Solo- ) sone poet es ai oe
] ] a Cc. uffalo ‘Township.. e By
mon and Smoky ee TLYOISs d) Center Township... — 967
rincipal among W. ich are (e) Colfax Township -...--..---.| 122. G07
‘isher, Pipe and Chapman (f) Elk Township, including
creeks. omnes City geen eee 561 1,448
_The Solomon and its tribus (§} Yawrenee'fownehip 0) | ath
taries are better timbered than (i) Lincoln Township, including
the Republican and branches, ” Goer cece cceeseee rig
although for the prosent there is { Mereaith Township <----.2-2.| 2. | B97

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= nia, with several sons, located
1870. | 1880, on the creek which bears his:
1) Nelson Township ...........| .--- 722 name, and some few miles

my Saleen eee F a southwest of Concordia.
s wheship .. 3 Jacob Heller took a claim

0) Sibley Township... soo | 7 nce”

° Relometr Township 513 1s on the 20th of June, 1860, and
q) gtr Township. ... ale eee 565 his father, Moses, and two
1) Summit Township......--.- %7 ‘brothers, David and _ Israel,
Total................] 2,398 |15,943 came to Cloud the coming fall.
In October, 1860, Jacob ie
Gigie Wins oan dentally shot himself in the
Concordia, Olif- ccc. - 18 mouth while drawing a —
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The prevailing woods are cot-
tonwood, elm and box elder, although in places, large groves of oak
abound. Walnut, ash, honey locust, willow, hackberry, coffee bean, and
mulberry are found. In the list of wild shrubbery may be mentioned
hazel, black currant, choke cherries, black raspberries, black’ szrries and
apes.
PThe principal building material is limestone, but a few quarries of red
sandstone are found on the Solomon River. An excellent brick clay can be
found in all parts of the county.

un from a wagon,
oremost. He died from the
effects of the wound, his death being recorded as the first in the county.

: On the 8th day of July, 1860, J. M. Hagaman, J. M. Thorp and August
Fenskie came to the county, and on the 15th, settled on Elm Creek. Mr.
Hagaman has resided in the county from that time, and is the oldest perma-
nent settler in Cloud County. He has been prominently identified with the
growth of his community, and has written a Mnatoes of Cloud County. This

suateey has been drawn upon to some extent by the compilers of the present
work.

 

(a) Organized since 1870, from part of Buffalo. (b) Organized since 1870, froma parts of Shirley and Solomon.
@ " d since 1870, from parts of uffalo, Shirley and Solomon. (e) Organized since 1870, from
(g) Organized since 1870, from part of Buffalo. (h) Organized since 1870, from parts of Elk and Sibley. (i) Organized since 1870, from parts of Buffalo and Sibley.

and Summit.
Lawrence.

Organized

(c) Since 1870, parts detached to form Arion, Center, Grant, Lincoln
arts of Shirley and Solomon. (f) Since 1870, part detached 1 form
rgan-

ized since 1870, from part of Solomon. (k) Organized since 1870, from part of Solomon. (1) Organized since oe part of Shirley. (m} Organized since 1870, from part of Bolomon.

Since 1870, parts detached to form Aurora, omg Lincoln and Nelson. (0) Since 1870, part detached to form

Th *
SPoredith, Star and Oakland. (q) Organized since 18'

0, from part of Solomon. (r) Organized since 1870, from part of Buffalo,

awrence. (p) Since 1870, parts detached to form Aurora, Colfax, Lyon,
CLOUD COUNTY.

In July, 1860, most of these settlers left the county, on account of the
Indian scare. None remained except J. M. Hagaman’s family, J. M. Thorp
and August Fenskie, Mr. Heffington, however, returned to the county in -
the spring; remained, and died about three years thereafter. His remains
now repose in Clyde Cemetery. Mr. Parks sold his claim to David Heller for
a yoke of steers in April, 1860.

Jobn and Lew Fowler, the first settlers of the county, enlisted in the
Fifth Kansas Volunteers, on the 5th of August, 1861. John was discharged
in December, 1862, for disability, but Lew remained in the service until June
22, 1865. Moses Heller had a son in the army, and J. M. Thorp had two—
Caleb and Jacob. Besides these, who served in Kansas regiments from this
county, of the early settlers, may be mentioned Fred. Chapbanskie, David
Robinson, Emanuel Cline, Joseph Berry and Charles Davis.

Emigration to the county was almost cut off by the war, Many who
had but just commenced to establish a home in this new country, joined the
Union army, and were never permitted to return to their new homes, pre-
empting, with their comrades, only some six feet of Southern soil.

The year 1860, known as the great drouth year, was nearly as disastrous
to the emigration to Kansas as the Civil war. The new settlers were dis-
couraged, and doubts were entertained of the advisability of remaining in
a country subject to such dry seasons.. Many were disheartened, and either
returned to their old homes or removed to other States, Those that re-
mained, were able to subsist until the spring of 1861, but found themselves
without seed, and were obliged to go to Atchison for it. But the spring
and summer of 1861 was not a repetition of 1860, as the harvest was abun-
dant. The population at the close of the year 1860, was about eighty.
With an abundant harvest, the settlers of Cloud were still in an unenviable
condition at this early date, as they were sixty miles from a post-office, and
150 miles from mill or market for their grain.

During the war the increase in population was very slow, and in Kansas,
more than in the older States, progress in internal improvements was
stopped; hence, for years, Cloud County was without rail or water trans-
portation.

During the winter of 1861-62, the most. sorrowful event that occurred
was the death of Mrs. M. A. Menzel and her, child. Difficulty was expe-
rienced. in obtaining material for a coffin, as lumber was scarce, and the
nearest lumber-yard was fifty miles distant. Enough was finally obtained
by visiting the different houses. The mother and child were placed in the
rude coffin, and in the silence of the plains, without ceremony, were laid to
rest in ‘“‘mother earth,” and consigned to her protection. In 1862, Charles
and Peter Conklin, with their two sisters and an orphan child, lived in this
first house built in the county, on the town site of Eaton City (before men-
tioned) that was on the farm of Donald McIntosh. It was also the best
house in the county at this time, built of hewn logs and covered with shakes.
The citizens of Cloud and adjoining counties suspected that these men
were a ee of an organized band of horse thieves. man by the name of
James Fox, the founder of Clifton, in Washington County, and seconded
by one Rose, organized a company for the purpose of lynching these two
men. Fox, it was afterwards found, was as mean and desperate a character
as either of the men he sought to kill ‘“‘honorably.” He afterwards joined
a band of bushwhackers, and his body was last seen, by one who knew him
while here, pierced with bullets. The Conklins, learning of the design
upon their lives, secreted themselves near their home. The mob came and
not finding their men, tore down the house that sheltered the child and
innocent sisters, and still more inhumanly, voted to lynch any one who
should, in any way, aid the sufferers. After leveling the house, the assail-
ants scoured the country for the boys, and as one of them afterwards con-
fessed, passed close to their place of concealment, but being well armed,
they would have taken some lives before being captured. During the night
they made their escape to Iola, where they were captured by United States
soldiers, carried to Leavenworth, and confined in the calaboose. They
escaped a second time, and Pete eventually died in Missouri. Charles dis-
appeared from sight. For two weeks the two helpless women and the
orphan child lived with only a sheet stretched over poles, for a covering
from the chilly night winds and storms, and with what little food a .
rescued from their late home. No one dared to give them aid, until J. M,
Hagaman had the courage, in the face of the decree of the mob, to
take his ox-team and carry them to the river, where they were among
friends. He did more. He denounced the conduct of the mob as an out-
rage, which required in him more than ordinary courage. It is, perhaps,
needless to add that he was never molested. It is doubtless true that
only one Cloud County man—Emanuel Cline—was concerned in this affair.

The crops and increase in population of 1863 and 1864 resembled that
of 1862. ut the year 1864 is noted as the commencement of public
religious worship in Cloud County. Until late in the fall, no public
worship had been held, but finally, as is usually the case in new countries,
the Methodist circuit preacher was the first minister to commence the
mission of his life in Cloud County. 'Chis honor falls to Rev. R. P.
West, of Republic Cotinty, as he settled there and made it his home for
many years. Mr. West held his first services in the house of Moses Heller,
which at that time, was ample enough to hold all the settlers living near
enough to attend. Rev. Mr. West was, in a sense, eccentric. He usually
enlivened his audience with a few jokes or stories, and then proceeded to
deliver his sermon. He was everywhere known as aman of kindness of
heart and geniality of manner; ever ready and anxious to do good and
relieve suffering in body or mind. His circuit included Jewell, Republic,
Washington, Clay and Cloud counties. He was also the first Representa-
tive from Republic County, and was twice elected his own successor. Miss
Rosella Honey taught the first school in the county, at Elm Creek, in the
summer of 1864. In October, 1860, was born the first child—Augutus, son
ef Ellen and August Fenskie. :

IOIS

INDIAN TROUBLES.

The greatest Indian scare in the history of the county occurred during
this year (1864). It was reported that the confederates had leagued with
the Indian tribes, and were warring on the frontier from Minnesota to the
Gulf of Mexico. It occurred just after the great Indian Raid in Nebraska,
which extended from Denver, 600 miles east along the great overland stage
route. Though the report was not true, it had a disastrous effect among the
counties along the frontier. Most of the settlers fled to Washington and
Clay counties, where they halted and banded together for defense. Many
never returned, and most of those that did were not so ambitious to improve
their farms as before. ‘‘ But one of the most diabolical outrages committed
by the savages on this border,” says J. M. Hagaman, “‘ was the destruction of
six hunters in the month of May, 1865. This party left home about the 4th
of May, and were last seen by white men near the forks of Buffalo Creek some
two days later. The story of their death will never be fully known, as not
one of the party survived, and because of the total unreliability of the
Indians who massacred them. But a clue, at least, was obtained by the
party who found the bodies of the murdered men and gave them burial, of
the manner of their death, and as no attempt has ever been made to
describe the fearful encounter, we will attempt to do so, although we are
compelled to draw largely upon imagination:

“We find the party, composed originally of four brave men—no braver
ever lived--encamped on the banks of Brown Creek, in Mitchell County; their
outfit consists of a team of ordinary horses, an old wagon, camp equipage,
arms and ammunition, each man having a good rifle, one a Spencer, one a
Henry, and two muzzle loaders. Besides these, each man had a six-shooter,
and all were good marksmen. Buffalo were plenty, and one or more had been
slaughtered and the ‘saddles’ carried to the camp. Suddenly and unexpect-
edly, a party of Cheyenne Indians appeared at their camp, and commenced
rifling it and menacing the hunters, when Lewis Castle, the captain of the

arty, and an intense Indian hater, fires upon them, wounding or killing an

ndian. The Indians flee, and the hunters, aware of their inability to cope
with the large number of savages that it was probable could be brought
against them, sought safety by flight. That course proved their destruc-
tion, for whilst it was possible for them to successfully resist an attack
from under such cover as the timber and high creek banks afforded, it was
impossible for them to thus resist the impetuous assaults of frenzied savages
on the open prairie. But they chose the prairie and met their death man-
fully, fighting to the last.

‘Immediately after the first trouble, the horses were hitched to the
wagon, the camp equipment hastily thrown into it, and the brave men
started in a northeasterly direction, intending to reach Buffalo Creek as
soon as possible, distant from their camp about fifteen miles. Proceeding
a few miles unmolested, they came upon two other hunters, sons of William
Collens of Lincoln Township. Thus reinforced, their escape seemed prob-
able, when suddenly forty or fifty warriors, armed to the teeth, dashed down
upon them, delivering a shower of bullets and arrows at them, and as sudden-
ly wheeling their fleet ponies and riding away at a safe distance. Of the
effect of this first atindle, of course it is impossible to definitely determine,
but that some of the little squad must have been wounded is almost cer-
tain. And that they returned the fire is as certain as anything connected
with the affair. Again and again was the assault repeated, and again and
again was it repulsed. At one time there seems to have ‘been a terrific
struggle between the contestants. Pony tracks were thick in the rear, in
front, and on both sides of the wagon, and the course of the fleeing men
had been nearly reversed. It was, without doubt, a hand-to-hand conflict,
but the little band of heroes proved more that a match for their brutal and
cowardly assailants, and drove them away again for the eighth or tenth
time. In this last encounter, it is probable that at least one Indian got
severely hurt, as portions of a dress were found. These and blood spots
were seen on the ground. From this time on until within a quarter of a
mile of Buffalo Creek and safety, the heroic band were unmolested and
would probably have made good their escape, had not an unfortunate
accident happened. It was here that one of the linch-pins broke and let
one of the hind wheels of the wagon run off, and while replacing it with a
wooden pin, the Indians got between them and the creek, and all hope of
escape was cut off. The team, too, was sorely jaded, and could make but
poor speed at best. Again did the fierce and merciless savages assault
them, and drive them from the creek upon the open prairie. From this on
the fight was incessant, and at the head of the Little Cheyenne, a small
tributary of the Buffalo, the whole party was killed, Castle being the last
to surrender, with his head split open with a tomahawk. Thus perished
six as good and brave men as this or any other country could boast of,
fighting as long as life lasted; dying as only the brave die.”

Robberies and outrages of various kinds occurred for several years,
commencing with 1860. Horse stealing seemed to be the red man’s peculiar
weakness. A band of Indians made away with'six horses from the Elm
Creek settlement in 1865, but were pursued and severely punished, the
settlers improving upon the Biblical adage, ‘‘an eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth,” by taking from the thieves fourteen head of horses and con-
siderable camp equipage besides. In May of this year, the murder by In-
dians of the six hunters in Republic County, created universal horror and
alarm in this section. In August, 1868, Indians made their appearance in
the vicinity of Glasco (where the town now stands). Miss Jeannie Paxton
was there teaching school, and because of her heroic action, her pupils all
reached a house near by, with the exception of one young boy, a son of
Hon. H. ©. Snyder, who was overtaken, wounded and left for dead. Ben-
jamin White, who lived on Granny Creek, west of Concordia, was killed
about the same time, and his daughter, Sarah, taken prisoner. Six months
afterwards she was recaptured by General Sheridan in northern Texas, In
1016

the spring of 1869 the Cheyennes and Arapahoes again made their appear-
ance. A boy ten years of age, a son of Homer Adkins, living five miles
northwest of Concordia, was shot and killed. It was towards evening, and
the boy had been sent to look after stock, riding a pony. Neither boy nor
pony ever returned. The savages mercilessly murdered the boy in order to
steal the pony. At the same time a man named Nelson, a Dane, living
near Mr. Adkins, was robbed of his team while plowing in the field. But it
is so difficult to separate the Indian troubles of hee: years and confine them
to county limits, that the reader is referred to the State history for a general
view of these outrages.
a few local illustrations of these crimes and outrages, which are fair sam-
ples of those occurring all over this portion of Kansas.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION,

The Legislature of 1860 enacted a statute, prescribing the limits of Cloud County, and
appointing F. F. Blake, M. 8. Essick and M. Gates, of Clay County, three non-residents, as
commissioners. Fortunately the statute became a dead letter. During this same year it was
suggested that the county be named Sherman, in honor of John Sherman. But a represent-
ative of but little forethought and possessed of a hilarious spirit, proposed the name of a
then unsavory character, Jane Shirley, phonetically somewhat similar to John Sherman,
which by mistake, rather than design of the members of the Legislature, was adopted. By
request, Hon. J. B. Rupe, the first representative, had the name changed. It now bears the
name of a gallant Kansas soldier, Col. W. F. Cloud, of the Second Kansas Cavalry. Col.
Clout Ny now (1882) the Republican nominee for Congress of the Thirteenth Missouri

istrict. .

{n 1865 the first political convention was held at the house of Moses Heller, It was a
joint convention of Republic and Cloud counties, for the purpose of nominating a candidate
‘to defeat G. H. Hollenberg, the nominee of Washington County, The prominent candidates
at this convention were J. M. Hagaman, of Cloud, and Rev. R. P. West, of oe County.
The latter secured the nomination, but at the election was defeated by M. Ho re The
county was legally organized on the 6th of September, 1866. Moses Heller, G. W. Wilcox
and Dr. Lear were appointed County Commissioners; N. D. Hagaman, County Clerk, and
Elk Creek was designated as the county-seat, there being no organized town in the county.
On the 1st of September the first convention for the nomination of county officers was held
at the schoolhouse on Elm Creek. ‘Tie representation was small, not exceeding forty
members. J.M Hagaman opened the convention by nominating Thomas Williamson for
Chairman, and making a short speech. Mr. Williamson was elected Chairman, and Matt
Wilcox, Secretary. J. M. Hagaman and J. B. Rupe were put in nomination for representa-
tives. r. Rupe defined his political position and made prominent note of his being a
soldier, which was the means of his election. J. M. Hagaman was elected a delegate to the
State Convention, which met at Topeka, September 5. illiam M. Willcox was nominated
for County Clerk; Quincy Honey for Sheriff; Z. Swearingen for Treasurer; Joseph N.
Hagaman for Probate Judge; John Fowler, County Assessor; Dr. Lear, County Superintend-
ent of Schools; Lew Fowler, William Smith and William English, Commissioners, Ed. Neely
ran independently for Probate Judge and was elected. Moses Heller-ran for Commissioner
and was elected instead of Mr. Smith. All of the others nominated were elected. ,The ques-
tion of the location of the county-seat was voted upon, and by throwing out ten votes,
on account of an alleged irregularity, the question was decided in favor of ‘‘ Rochester,” a
town situated at the mouth of Oak Créek, two miles east of the present Concordia. A little
log hut had been erected, called the court house, and that was all there was of Rochester.
The commissioners refused to recognize her claims, and met at Elk Creek, now Clyde, until
1870. The county-seat was then permanently located at Concordia. The county court house
is a small one-story frame building, built in the form of a Greek cross, and is situated in the
center of a square occupying an eligible position in the flourishing town of Concordia: The
square has been beautifully ornamented with shade trees to befit the large stone court house,
it is the design to erect ina few years. The county jail is scarcely more deserving of men-
tion than the court house, in which the county records are not well cared for. The poor
farm, situated about two miles south of Concordia, is provided with good buildings. The
farm has become about self-sustaining.

The political history of Cloud County has had so little diversity, that it is easily summed
up. From the ore anlaeiion to the presen time the county has been Republican by a large
majority. Republicans have filled the offices, with the exception of a few independents

who were elected by the opposition and their Republican friends, as they generally were

Republicans. The Republicans were the first to organize. At the first‘convention, held
September 5, 1866, nine-tenths of whom were of that faith, the party organized by appointing
a county central committee. The official vote of 1880°placed Cloud County sixty-four
majority against the Prohibitory Amendment, but when the vote was corrected, it was 193
for the amendment, ?

OFFICAL ROSTER,

County Commissioners—Moses Heller, G. W. Wilcox and Dr. Lear (appointed); Moses
Heller, William English and Lew Fowler (elected). : .

County Clerks—N. D. Hagaman, Charles Davis, Eb. Fox, W. E. Reid, E. Martin, E. E.
Swearingen and L. N. Houston. | ‘ ‘

County Treasurers—Z. Swearingen, David Heller, W. J. Campbell, W. E. Reid, H. M.
Spalding and E. E, Swearingen. ;

Register of Deeds—J. 8. Bowen, M. Reasoner, C. W. ape

Superintendent of Schools—Dr. Lear, B. H. McEckron, . Doran, J. C, Dana, W. T.

Root.
ch Honey, G. E. Hibner, James Woodward, J.D, Wilson, D. C. Wilson,
J. D. Wilson.

Probate Judges—Edward Neeley, S. Doran, D. J. Fowler, C. W. McDonald, 8. D.
Huston, Jr., W. F. Compton.

County Attorneys—L. Westover, H. A. Hunter, F. W. Sturges, T. Laing.

Surveyors—J. A. Sawin, .§. Doran, L. H. Sm th, R. 8. McCrary, J. Short.

United States Land Office—Amos Cutler, Register from 1870-75; B. H. McEckron,
1875-82; E J. Jenkins has been Receiver since its location at Concordia in 1870,

Representatives to State Legislature—J. B. Rupe, 1867; J.M. Me I. N. Dalrymple,
A.J. Ghelhamer, B. H. McEckron, 1871-72; H. C. Snyder, B. II. McEckron (speaker), C. K.
Wells, G. N. Nichols, C. W. McDonald, 1877, for One Hundred and Third District; county
having two representatives; length of term two years. D.C. McKay, One Flundred and
Second, 1877, two terms. J. Cool, One Hundred and Third, two terms, W.8. Crump, One
Hundred and Second.

State Senators from Cloud County—A. A. Carnahan, 1869; N. B. Brown, 1880.

SCHOOL STATISTICS, EITC,

The first schoolhouse in the county was built by J. M. Hagaman and John Thorp in
1864, on Elm Creek, in Shirley Township. They were liberal, progressive men, and could
not wait the course of law to establish a district and commence aschool. On the completion
of the building, Miss Rosella Honey was employed, and taught the first school. She was an
excellent teacher, giving entire satisfaction to her paras) one parent valuing the acquire-
ments of his offspring under her instruction at $500. From this time on a great interest has
been taken in education, both in the towns and country. There are now 107 organized dis-
tricts, requiring about 160 teachers, with about 4,000 pupils enrolled. Most of the schools
have an adopted course of study, and a number have school libraries, consisting principally
of books of reference. It costs now about $15,000 annually to run the schools, and the value
of all school property is nearly $100,000. That the schools of Cloud County and of Kansas
have in so short a time become so prosperous, is largely due to the large State Endowment
Fund, which, when the lands are all sold, will amount to over $15,000,000. Yet this would
have been comparatively useless without the energy in education displayed by the people.

The population by last census numbered 15,465 souls. The number of acres of land
under cultivation and taxable {were 133,091; not under cultivation, 228,186; total 361,227;
valuation, $425,000. Number of town lots, 5,963; value, $290,347. Aggregate value of all

All that can be done, in this connection, is to give -

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

personal property, $539,748; railroad property, $581,683; total taxable valuation of the county,
2,276,592. : :

ae .Number of acres of Winter wheat, 26,895; rye, 4,194; spring wheat, 3,779; corn, 97,985;
broom corn, 447; barley, 17; oats, 4,355; buckwheat, 250; millet, 1,772; Trish Potatoes,
1,317; sweet potatoes, 37; sorghum, 354; castor beans, 805; flax, 239; tobacco, 11; cotton, 1.

Bushels of corn on hand, 410,832; tons of hay, 25,245; pounds of cheese, 72,105; butter,
822,784; wool, 54,117. :

Number of horses, 6,642; mules, 616; cows, 4,647; cattle, 8,210; sheep, 14,706; swine,
29,112.

Number of trees bearing: apple, 3,362; pee, 150; peach, 58,550; plum, 2,385; cherry,
2,522; not bearing: apple, 46,493; pear, 1,318; peach, 118,655; plum, 5,352; cherry, 11,621,

Four railroads cross the county, thus: The Central Branch of the Kansas Pacific Rail.
road, built by the Union Pacific, runs east and west across the'county, along the Republican
River, until that stream turns north into Republic County, from which point it runs in a
southwesterly direction, until it strikes the Solomon River in Mitchell County.: From the
mouth of Buifalo Creek the Scandia Branch continues on up the Republican to the Burling-
ton & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska. Six miles west-of this point the Jewell County
Branch starts from Jamestown. The southwestern ell of the county has the benefit of the
Solomon Valley Branch of the Kansas Pacific, which runs along the Solomon River within
Cloud County.

With the exception of the great grasshopper scourge of 1874, Cloud County has not
materially suffered from natural calamities, barring the droughts which have, from time to
time, scorched the entire State. During that year the early crops were fair, but corn; the
late crops and fruits were carried away, almost bodily, by the pestiferous insects. The
storm which passed over the county in June, 1873, did considerable damage to crops and
weak frame buildings. It came from the northwest, doing most damage at Jewell City. A
few years later a storm passed over the southwest corner of the county, doing considerable

damage to property at Glasco.
CONCORDIA.

When Concordia was made the county-seat, by vote of the people, in the
fall of 1869, there was not a solitary building upon the town site, and the
only houses subsequently embraced within its limits, then in existence, were
two small structures owned, respectively, by G. W. Andrews and J. M.
Hagaman.

At first there were two town companies, Messrs. G. W. Andrews, J. M.
Hagaman and 8. D. Houston, Sr., comprising one, and J. J. Burns, Wil-
liam McK. Burns, Frank Burns, 8. D. Houston and N. H. Billings the
other. The former owned the deeded part of the site, and the other what
was known as the congressional town site. There were two surveys made,
the first in 1869, by G. W. Andrews and J. M. Hagaman. This survey was,
however, abandoned and a new one made in the fall of 1870. During the
winter of 1869-’70, a small one-story building, 16x20 feet, was erected for
county purposes, but the commissioners met in it but twice—the second
time adjourning to Clyde. A. A. Carnahan also built a house a little later.
It was sold in the summer of 1870 to E. Linney, who opened a store and
kept the post-office there. The previous spring, Mr. Linney had opened a
store in the abandoned court house. e served as postmaster until the
autumn of 1878. Hon. James Strain, of Ilinois, was the next person to
commence the erection of a house, but the success of the new town did not
seem to be assured until the United States Land Office was fairly located
here. It opened for business January 16, 1871, a building having been
erected at a cost of $2,000. The rush of applicants was tremendous and
continued for days. The Gliddens mommaianvell the erection of a hotel about
the same time, Hon. C. W. McDonald opened a law office, and in November
the Truesdell House was ‘‘seen moving over the prairie from the west,” and
H. Lanoue commenced to operate a saw-mill. The officers of the Land
Office were Amos Cutter, of Massachusetts, Register; E. J. Jenkins, Doni-
phan County, Receiver—a position he still holds. In 1875, Mr. Cutter was
succeeded by Mr. McKckron, of Cloud County. It was upon the recom-
mendation of Hon. 8, C. Pomeroy, United States Senator, and Hon. Sidney
Clarke, Representative in Congress, that the land office was definitely
located at this- place in October, 1870. Hon. S. D. Houston, one of the
members of the old town company, however, was the prime mover in secur-
ing the location, which did so much to give Concordia her first business
start. McKinnon & Co. opened the first lumber-yard and hardware estab-
lishment, and in January, 1871, If. Buckingham moved his Republican
Valley Empire from Clyde, and continued its publication at Concordia.
Several stores started up about this time, and by the following spring and _
summer Concordia was firmly established as a thriving business town. In
August, 1871, $5,000 in bonds was voted for the erection of a commodious
schoolhouse. In December, 1872, the prosperity of the young city was
increased by a fire which destroyed $10,000 worth of property—its prosperity
was inereascd because it marked the era of the erection of a better class of
buildings, such as Hagaman’s Block, Merchant’s Block and Union Block.

On the 6th of August, 1872, Concordia was incorporated as a city of
the third class, R. E. Allen being the first Mayor. Present city officers
(1882): Mayor, Thomas Wrong; Clerk, L. N. Houston; Councilmen, Wil-
liam Conner, W. F. Groesbeck, C. L. Drake, C. W. Whipp, F. LaRocque;
Police Judge, A. A. Carnahan; City Marshal, A. W. Whitehead; Chief of
the Fire Departmont, H. M. Spalding. In 1879, the two town companies,
pee noticed, were consolidated under the title of ‘The Concordia

own Association.”

The Concordia of 1882 is the largest and most flourishing town of the
county; nearly at its center, on the south bank of the Republican River.
The site is an admirable one, being sufficiently above the river to be free
from overflows and to afford a good system of drainage. From the more
elevated portions 4 commanding view of the surrounding country can be
obtained. The great river meandering down the valley, fringed here and
there with groves and massive trees, and the far off bordering hills and
bluffs that scem to be guarding the valley, during certain portions of the
year, compose a picture at once interesting and beautiful.

% SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, SOCIETIES AND THE PRESS,

Concordia was settled, as a rule, by Eastern people, who had enjoyed educational ad-
vantages, 4nd her school system early showed the good effects of their ideas. Its depart-
ments are the primary, intermediate and high school. The work is comprehensive and
thorough. The large school building was commenced in August, 1871, and a $5,000 one was
erected. Extensive additions have since been made.
. Lhe Presbyterian Church was the first established here, their organization dating from
June 4, 1871. Their first pastor was Rev. M. P. Jones,who has been succeeded by Rev. Messrs.
B. F. Haviland, 8. F. Farmer and Horace Bushnell, the present incumbent. They have one
of the. set churches in Concordia. Their membership has increased from twenty to
over sixty. : .

The Methodist Church was organized in 1874, with Rev. Mr. Gray as pastor. This denomi-
nation has the honor of furnishing the first sermon preached in Concordia. It was deliv-
ered in the old land office building by Rev. R. P. West, of Hepablie County. Rev. Messrs.
Talmand, J. C. Dana, George W. Wood and F. L. Tuttle have been the pastors. The church
has a pon Sa and parsonage, and 100 members. .

The Baptist Church was organized by Rev. J. F. Raridan in February, 1877; October
28, 1881, they dedicated their church edifice, which cost $3,500. Rev. C. H. Nash, the
present pustor, succeeded Rev. Mr. Raridan.. The membership, which was very,small at
first, is now seventy. : :

_ Lhe Notre Dame Catholic Church was made a branch of the Clay Center Church in 1870.
Since 1873 it has had a separate pastor. There are ninety families in the parish. Rev. Jo-
seph Perrier is the priest. The church, built in 1876, cost $9,500, and the parsonage $2,500,

St. John’s Lodge, No. 113, A. F. & A. M., was instituted October 11,1871. The first

meeting of Masons in the county was June 24)1&71. First officers: M, D. Sutherlin, W.
M.; W. E. Reid, S.W.; A. A. Carnahan, J. W.; J J. Burns, Treas.; Herbert Patrick, Sec.
Their membership has increased from thirteen to seventy-five. Present officers; Benjamin
Lake, W. M.; E. J. Carlyle, 8. W.; J. C. Gafford, J. W.; J. C. Elliot, Treas., and A. A.
Carnahan, Sec.

Concordia Chapter, No. 45, R. A. M., was instituted, as Chapter, April 25, 1881. There
are thirty members. Officers: W. E. Reid, H. P.; Ed. Weck, K.; W. C. Patrick, Scribe;

A. A, Carnahan, Sec.; J. C, Elliott, Treas.

. Concordia Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. #, was instituted October 8, 1872 First officers;

Pius Bean, N. G.; Edmund Martin, V. G.; C: W. McDonald, Sec.; L. J. Crans, Treas.
Thomas Wrong, N.G ; L. N. Huston, V. G ; W. C. Whipp, R. Sec.; J. C. Mossburg, Per
Sec.; E. E. Swearingen, Treas.; W. T. Root, Rep. G. L.

Rebekah eaeee Lodge, No. 17, I. O. O, F', was instituted October 10, 1877. Officers:
Mrs, ’ H. Judy, N. G.; Mrs. §. Case, V. G.; Mr. J. Wilson, W.; Mrs. E, E. Swear-
ingen, Sec. 4

Lincoln ie No. 2, K. af P., was instituted May 6, 1881. J.C. Gafford, C. C.; W.
F. Groesbeck, V. C.; L. G. Hull, K. of R. and §.; C. L. Drake, M. of F.; Ed. A. Belisle, M.
of E; GA. Beauchamp, M. at A. 2

The Endowment Rank (K. of P.) was instituted April 25, 1881. :

The Cloud County Temperance Union was organized in May, 1882, with 300 members,
for the purpose of sustaining the prohibitory law of Kansas. Pres., F. L. Tuttle; Vice-
Pres., J. B. Rupe; Sec., R. S. McCrary. ; :

The Republican Valley Ens, the first newspaper started at Clyde, was established in
1870 by Henry Buckingham. In the following year it was removed to Concordia. It was
sold to H. E. Smith in 1872, and has since passed through the hands of Honey & Davis, H.
R. Honey, Chaffee & English, and is now owned and edited by C. J. English. Mr. English
is a young man, having been born in Nodoway County, Mo., in 1855. He has been a resident
of Cloud since 1864, so that the Concordia Hmpire is edited by a man educated in Clow
County. It is, and always hag been, Republican in politics, and is one of the leading jour-
nals of the county.

The Concordia Republican was established as the Watchman, at Clyde, in 1871, by Mark
J. Kelly, Subsequently revived by J. S. Paradis & Bro.; published for a few months and
removed to Concordia in 1875, and the name changed to Concordia ositor. In January,
1881, it was changed to the Republican. It is owned and-edited by W. E. Reid and L. G.
Huli. It is Republican and religious; the only one in the county with a religious inclination.

The Cloud County Blade was established April 23, 1879, by J.M. & J. E, Hagaman. It
was at first only a 6x9 inch folio, a little larger than a respectable sized hand-bill. In July it
was enlarged to a six column folio; in September to seven, and 1n 1880 to its present size,
an eight column folio. It has a good circulation, and is independent in politics.

HOTELS, BANKS, ETC.

The Commercial House, one of the oem | hotels of Northern Kansas, was built by
Elson Crill in 1873. Additions were afterward made by himself and E. D. Crandall, who
became part proprietor. Mr. Crandall retired in October, 1882. The Commercial House,
as it stands, is a solidly constructed stone building, three stories and basement in height,
76x50 feet dimensions. It contains fifty-five rooms, well furnished, and obtains the bulk of
the commercial travel. The entire property is valued at $15,000. There are several other
small hotels and boarding-houses here, but the Commercial House takes the lead.

There are three banking houses'in Concordia—the Cloud County Bank, N. B. Brown &
Co, and Concordia State Bank. The first, owned by Eastern capitalists, has the finest bank
building, and represents the most capi it was established in 1880; T. B. Smith, presi-
dent, and F. T. Atwood, cashier. N. B. Brown and J. C. Elliott own the second mentioned,
which is the oldest, and is considered a safe and reliable bank, It was established in 1878.
The Concord ia State Bank was established in 1880; W. C. McDonald is president, and H.

-R. Honey cashier. Its capital is quite large. At present it is in a small rented building,
but the design is soon to erect a suitable one. : :

The Concordia Mills, owned by H. Lanoue, G. R. Letourneau, A. Berard, A. Gosselin
and E. Gustineau,was first started in 1872 by Mr. Laneaue as a steam grist-mill, but changed
to water-power in 1874. The Republican River is not well suited for damming, its banks
being low and the bottom quicksand. In 1875, 120 feet of the dam was carried away, and
the following year another portion went out, which compelled him to form acompany. At
an expense of about $70,000, with repairs and improvements, they have secured one of the
best dams on the river. There are five run of burrs, with seven feet head, and enough
water to run twenty burrs and the necessary machinery throughout the year. :

The Republican Valley Agricultural and Stock Fair Association was organized in the
fall of 1881, with $20,000 stock. They have an excellent tract of land, east of Concordia,
with a half-mile race course and necessary buildings. The fairs have been very successful.

The coal fields of Republic County and the northern part of Cloud _are of great value
to Concordia, for they furnish the principal part of her fuel at a reasonable price.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

F. J. ATWOOD was born in Washington County, N. Y., March 15, 1857; was educated
at Castleton, Vt., and graduated second in a class of eleven in the ciass of 1875, and then
took a commercial course at Troy, N. Y., rednating ta March, 1876. In July, 1876, he en-
tered service as teller in the First National Bank of Brandon, Vt., and remained in that po-
sition until 1879. In January, 1879, he removed to Kansas, and was made assistant cashier
of the Cloud County Bank. ‘In September, 1880, he was elected cashier of the same institu-
tion. The capital stock of the bank is $100,000; T. B. Smith is president and Mr. Atwood
cashier. The bank deals largely in long-time loans. He was married July 15, 1880, to Miss
Jessie Hawkins, at Brandon, Ve He was elected City Treasurer of Concordia in November,
1880, and now holds the office. ‘

WILLIAM BLAIR was born in Essex County, N. Y., August 29, 1842. In 1855 he moved
to Wisconsin, where he engaged in the lumber business. He held the office of clerk of the
District Court in Fond du Lac County for two terms of two years each. He emigrated to
Concordia, Cloud Co , Kan., in 1879, and engaged in the lumber and grain business, and is
now buying grain at Jamestown, Randall, Burr Oak and Concordia. He is the owner of 160
acres, aouthenee eight miles. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He was married in
Fond du Lac County, Wis., May 25, 1866, to Miss Mary Brown, and is the father of one
child, Minnie L., born May 25, 1867. ‘ js

DANIEL L. BROWN was born August 14, 1846, at Plymouth, Ind. He enlisted in the
United States army, Company H, Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, arid at the close of
the war was discharged, and returned to his old home.at La Porte, Ind. He was twice
elected Sheriff of La Porte County. He was admitted to the bar, and commenced the prac-
tice of law in November, 1874, at La Porte, Ind. In 1879 he moved to Concordia, Kan., and
engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. In the fall of 1882 he was elected Judge
of the Probate Court by a large majority, running several hundred ahead of his ticket. He
is a member of the I.0. 0. F., K. of P. and the G. A. R., and has been a lifelong Republican.
He was married at Union Mills, Ind., July 28, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth M. Carpenter; they
have two children—Maude and Daniel L., Jr., and Luella, a brother’s child.

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WILLIAM McK. BURNS was born in Platt County, Mo., August 13, 1840, and moved

to Quincy, Iowa, in 1850. In the fall of 1861 he went to Missouri, where he enlisted in the
United States army, in Company G, Twenty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, and’ remained in ser-
vice three years. hen he returned from the service, he located at Desola, Neb., where he
remained a tew months, and then went to Iowa, and again returned to Nebraska, where he
remained until 1869; and he again emigrated settling this time in Cloud County, Kan.,
where he pre-empted and homesteaded land. In 1879, he engaged in the drug business,
which business he is now in, and in 1871, in the land business. Was president of the Con-
cordia Town Company, and afterwards the company was reorganized, and he was made
secretary of said company. He was married in Nebraska, November, 1873, to Miss Almina
Brisbin, and has four children—Clara, Arthur, Robert and Frederick. ;
.. E.J. CARLYLE, was born October 19, 1847; with his parents went to Sigourney,
Keokuk Co., Iowa, thence to Washington County, Kan., in 1871; thence to Republican
County in 1873, thence to Concordia in 1874, In 1880, he engaged in the hardware business
under the firm name of Coron & Carlyle, and have been doing an extensive business from
the day they opened. He is a member of the Masonic order. -He was married in Cloud
County, Kan., November 3, 1878, to Miss Mary L. peed When Mr. Carlyle landed in
Kansas, he did not have one dollar to rub against another. To-day he is running a good
establishment, and is one of Concordia’s flourishing business men.

N. E. CARPENTER, attorney-at-law, was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, January 13, 1856;
was educated at the Iowa Wesleyan University, at Mount Pleasant; studied law at Ottumwa,
and was admitted to the bar of the Circuit Court of Wapello County, in the fall of 1879. In
June, 1880, he came to Concordia, and began the practice of law; was elected Justice of
the Peace in January, 1881, and still holds the office; by a unanimous vote of the bar was
elected Judge of the District Court of Cloud County pro tem for the April term of 1882. He
is amember of the I. O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias. He was married at Concordia, June 2,
1881, to Miss Belle ne and has one child—Lora, born April 22, 1882.

JUDGE W. F. COMPTON, was born in Ross County, Ohio, March 30, 1838; moved to
Republic County, Kan., in 1870. He was elected coroner of the county in 1871, and held
that office until 1876, when he moved to Cloud County. He was elected Justice of the Peace
in 1877, and held the office until 1880, when he was elected Probate Judge of Cloud County,
and has held the said office ever since. He is amember of the Knights of Pythias. He was
married in Indiana, January 30, 1860, to Miss Mary Johnson. : b

F. L. CORON, was born in Aurora, Ill., November 22, 1852; emigrated to Concordia,
Cloud Co., Kan., in 1871, and clerked in a hardware store until October, 1880, when he
opened up a hardware business, under the firm name of Coron & Carlyle, in a room (22374
feet, and is now doing a flourishing business. He was married November 9, 1874, in the
city of Concordia, to Miss Edith Gorlow, and has two children—F. R. born October 30, 1875,
and G. L. born October 25, 1878.

L. J. CRANS, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 26, 1826. He descended from a
German family, which was among the earliest settlers of Orange County, N. Y, He pursued
the principal course at the Central High School of Eee pas which institution conferred
on him the degree of A.M. After graduating he studied law, and conveyancing for five
years, and was admitted to practice in the common pleas court at Clearfield, Pa., in August,
1850. The same year he was nominated by the Democratic party for District Attorney, an
unanimously elected. In 1853, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Penn-
sylvania, and in July, 1854, to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. He was

   

 

  

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married at Philadelphia, July 21, 1847, to Miss Margaret A. Peterson, whose ancestors were
Pembertons, who came over with Penn and Petersons, early Swedish settlers in Delaware.
They have six children—William E., Charlie, Merwin, Clotilda P., Margaret A., and Frank
W., who were all born in Clearfield, Pa. He was a Douglas Democrat. After the breaking
out of the rebellion, at the request of Gov. Curtin, he was active in getting forces in the
field, and on the 4th of July, in an oration he delivered he traced the history of the doctrine
of secession and exposed its fallacy. A severe and protracted illness, causing an anchy-
losed knee, prevented his going into service with the force to which he was attached. in
the spring of 1871, Mr. Crans removed with his family to Concordia,Cloud Co., Kan., where
he has since continued in the practice of his profession—his practice having extended over
the northern tier of counties. Having been familiar with the common law, he became a
concise and careful pleader under the Code, When addressing the court he is brief, and
seldom cites authorities unless the question is new, or his position doubted. When before
the jury he uses plain, forcible, logical arguments, appealing to their reason, rather than
their feelings, and being possessed of a retentive memory he, without referring to notes,
It is related of him that, in defending in an
action of ejectment for land on which his clients had a valuable mill-dam, tried before the
younger Judge Burnside, on account of the rulings during the trial, he devoted the most of
the hour allotted to argument in discussing the facts. This colloquy then occurred between
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Judge B.—‘ Mr. Crans, you have but eight minutes left of your hour, and although you
have submitted a number of points, the court has heard nothing from you on the law of the
case."” As Mr. Crans turned to the judge he continued: “In order to facilitate matters the
court will intimate how it will charge. As to your first point—‘The marks on the ground
constitute the survey and control the return,’ we will tell the jury such is the law. As to
your second point—‘In making a resurvey it is improper for the deputy-surveyor to remark

old lines; we will tell the jury there is neither law nor common sense in it.”

Mr, C.—‘‘I conceive your Honor will commit error in so charging. Will you hear any

authorities on ae

Judge B.—“‘ What; can you produce any authority for so ridiculous a proposition?”

Mr. C,—‘‘ Your Honor, I never make any proposition in court for which I do not have

an authority, or what seems to me to be an authority. Shall I read some?”

Judge B.—‘ Yes! I would like to know what judge under the heavens ever made such a

fool of himself as to enunciate such twaddle as law.”’

_ Mr. C.—‘ The first case I cite is Collins vs. Barclay, 7 Barr, Page 78; the unanimous
opinion of the Supreme Court is delivered by your honor’s father, and is in these words:
‘In making a resurvey it is improper for the deputy-surveyor to remark old lines,’ (applause

- from audience), ‘because it leads to fraud and confusion.’ ’ (Renewed applause.)

Judge B.—‘‘ Mr. Crans, will you please pass that book up to me?”

Mr. C —‘‘Shall I read other authorities I have here?”

Judge B.—‘‘I will charge the jury in the wneiiee of this book.”

The cause was gained, and afterwards affirmed by the Supreme Court. hi

C. L. DRAKE, was born in Erie County, Ohio, September 9, 1848; removed to Michigan,

thence'to Indiana. In March, 1879, came to Concordia, Kan., engaging in livery and stock
commission business. He is a member of the city council. Enlisted in Company G, One
Hundred and Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteers, and again in Company K, One undred and
Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteers. Is a member of the 1. O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias.
Was married October 1, 1879, at Clyde, Kan., to Miss Edna Seavey.

D. T. DUNNING, was born in Vermont, November 4, 1838, and moved to western New
York, thence to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1863, thence to the Indian Nation in 1865, when he
returned to Leavenworth, and in the spring of 1866, again made a move, making a move
this time to Dakota Territory. He came back to Leavenworth in the spring of 1871. In
the fall of 1871, he went to Independence, Montgomery Co., Kan., thence to Concordia in
1878, where he is engaged in the grocery business, and enjoys a splendid trade. Is a master,
Royal Arch and Commandery Mason. Mr. Dunningis a married man, and has two children—
Willis M.. and Ellsworth D. Doane ,

C. J. ENGLISH, the youngest editor in the county, was born in Nodaway County, Mo.,~
January 30, 1855. His parents emigrated to Cloud County in 1862, so it can be said that Mr.
English is a Cloud County editor, anda Cloud County man, as all his learning and ability
has been acquired within its borders. He is a young man of great promise, being a promi-
nent Christian, and as does Mr. Hull, publishes a religious journal, the Empire (Con-
cordia), the oldest paper in the sonnty. having been established at Cl yde in 1870,

A. GAY, was born in Canada, July 24, 1845; removed to Kankakee, Tll., in 1865, and
remained until 1868, when he returned to Canada, and remained until 1870. He again made
a move, this time going to Louisiana, and remained until March, 1872; thence to St. Joe,

Mo., and in the same year came to Concordia, Cloud Co., Kan , where he established him- -

self in the drug business after having struggled along until he got money enough, as he had
to make his own start in the world When he came to Concordia, he had just $1.50, but
to-day he has an extensive business in a room 20x70 feet. In addition to his drug store he
owns his own dwelling and fifteen acres‘of land adjoining the town of Concordia, and eight
dwelling lots. Thus can be seen what a man can do by diligent enterprise and perseverance.
He was married September 4, 1881, in Leavenworth, Kan., to Miss Suvoie Mauver.

'B. GILBERT, was born in Toronto, Canada, November 29, 1837; came to United States
in 1871, and settled at Concordia, Cloud Co., Kan., and engaged in the.hardware and
grocery business under the firm name of McKinnon &Co. In 1878, the firm went into the
exclusive hardware business, and has been doing a very extensive business ever since. He
belongs to the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias and the Knights of Honor.

W. F. GROE<BECK. was born in Wisconsin, February 2°, 1850. In 1866, he went to
Harvard, Ill,. thence to Monticello, Iowa, in 1872, and in 1878 to Concordia, Cloud Co.,
Kan., where he opened a grocery establishment, and is now doing an extensive business.
He is a member of the Knights of Pythias _He was married in Monticello, Iowa, January 6,
1875, to Miss Addie R. Chamberlin, and has one child—K. H., born June 8, 1876. : Mr. Groes-
beck is a member of the City Council of Concordia.

Dr. L. D. HALL was born in Franklin County, Ohio, May 5, 1834. In 1838, with his
parents went to Indiana. Graduated at ee ee ee Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb-
Tuary 7, 1867, and began the practice of his profession in Jay County, Ind., where he
practiced until 1869, when he emigrated to Atchison, Kan., where he remained until 1871,

 

when he weat to Republic County, and in February, 1877, to Concordia, Cloud County,
where he has remained in practice ever since; he is and has been for two years United
States ex-Surgeon for pensions; also appointed Medical ex-Surgeon for the Northwestern
Masonic Aid Society, and several other insurance companies He enlisted in the late war
May 2, 1864, in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteers. and was
discharged Octoher 8, 1864, He was married October 19, 1858, at New Corydon, Jay
County, Ind., to Miss Catherine Lewis, and has seven children—Ella R., Marietta E., Lenna
K., Orestus é. Augusta J., Fred. Garfield and Baley Hall.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

HON. JAMES MANNEY HAGAMAN. The subject of this Blography, one of the
early pioneers of Cloud County, was born at Tribes Hill, New York State, i 81, 1880.
His father was a private in the war of 1812, and was of German descent, and was led in an
altercation in Cloud County, Kaa., July 11, 1868. Mr. Hugaman can boast of only threé years’
sojourn in the common schools, but being a great reader and ambitious he has won for
himself distinction as an able man with his’pen and in debate. Studied Jaw a short time mn
1849. In 1851, went to Wisconsin, where he was rafting, hunting and trapping until 1855,
when he married Miss Mary L. Webster, who has borne him five girls and two boys. From
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reaching Cloud County the 8th of July. He homesteaded a part of the present site of Con-
cordia. He is the oldest settler now in the county, and has perhaps done more for the
county than any other map, being the most conspicuous character in the county to-day.
During the Indian trials he rendered the settlers valuable service for which he was madé
lieutenant of Company C, Seventeenth Kansas Militia. He was representative from Cloud
County to the legislature in 1868, and was the first delegate from Cloud County, to the State
Republican convention. In 1871, was admitted to practice law in the State. He has written
an extensive history of the county. In 1869, he and his son James E. established The Blade.
It was at first a 6x9 (in.) folio, but has become to be one of the largest papers in the county.
He is a man of eneney and great force of character. His religious tenets are well known
to be not in accordance with those generally accepted by the members of any Christian
church; yet, in all good works, hg joms hands with his fellow-citizens, and is counted a
Christian of the strictest sect in deed, although denying the word.

DR. WILLIAM HAYDEN, physician and farmer, was born in Connecticat in 1821, and
moved to Wayne County, Pa , with his parents in 1827; thence to Illinois in 1855. Attended
medical college at Castleton, Vt., and graduated June, 1844. First practiced in Wayne
County, Pa., and has been engagéd in the practice of his chosen profession ever since. He
removed to Concordia, Cloud County, Kan., in 1875, and has been county physician in Cloud’
County. The doctor is the owner of two farms of 16! acres each, and is going to give his:
undivided attention to serous, Raves practiced medicine for nearly forty years. as

H. R. HONEY was born in Jefferson County, Wis., March 21, 1859. Moved to Con-
cordia, Cloud County, Kan., in 1864 Mr. Honcy is a printer by trade, and being a young
man of more than ordinary push and ability, he embarked in the newspaper business for
himself at the age of twenty-one, and owned and edited the Empire of Concordia. with
marked success from August 1, 880, to February, 1882, when he was elected cashier of the
Concordia State Bank. This bank has a capital stock of $100,000. G. W. McDonald,
President; E. Linney, Vice-President; H. R. Honey, Cashier. Mr. Honey is also engage
quite extensively in cattle raising, and owns a fine herd of young stock.

Cc. F. HOSTETTER was born in Fayette County, Pa., January 8, 1847. Enlisted in
Company H, Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. Wounded April 5, 1865, and had his
foot amputated. Era July 7, 1865. Took a commercial course in the Iron City
College at Pittsburg, and graduated April, 1867. Took charge of a telegraph office at
Belville, Washington County, until 1870, when he engaged in the mercantile business until
April, 1872, and immigrated to Cloud County, Kan., Janding in March, 1872, when he took a
homestead, that he now owns. “In 1873 he was appointed assistant journal clerk of the.
House of Representatives of the State of Kansas. In the fall of 1874 was elected clerk of
the District Court of Cloud County, which position he has held eversince. In 1880 he was
elected docket clerk of the Housd of. Representatives. He is a member of the Knights of -
Pythias, and was married October 9, 1881, to Miss Clara Livingston.

L. N. HOUSTON was born in Manhattan, Kan., July 9, 1858; attended Manhattan
College and came to Cloud County in March, 1877; studied law and was admitted to
practice in the District Court at Concordia in the said county in the fall of 1880, and has
practiced his profession ever since. In November, 1881, he was elected county clerk of
Cloud County, which position he now holds. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias
and Odd Fellows’ Lodges, He was married in Savannah, Mo., November 11, 188), to Miss
Alice M. Selecman. ey have one child—J. Lablanche, born August 17, 1881.

L. G. HULL is the present editor of the Concordia Repudlican, one of the most promi-
nent journals of the county. He.was born in St. Jossen County, Mich., in 1854; received
scarcely the rudiments of an education, before he entered the school-room of compositors,
having been connected in some way with the printing press for twenty years. He came to
Kansas in 1881, and purchased the Scandia Republican, which he is making a neat and
popular Ate bene jpemmaps the best fitted journalist in the cout.

HON. H. J. JENKINS was born in es County, Ohio, May 1, 1882. In the fall
of 1854 and spring of 1855, he visited Doniphan County, Kan., and in the spring of 1856 he
returned to Ohio, studied law and was admitted to practice in 1859, when he returned to
Doniphan County, and ee the practice of his profession. He was elected county clerk in
1861, and in the fall of 1868 was elected district attorney for the Second Judicial District and
served one year, when he resigned. In 1864 he was elected coun'y attorney and served until
1866, when he was elected to the State Legislature and re-elected in 1867, and in 1868 elected
State Senator. In the same year he was elected one of the directors of the St. Joe & Western
Railroad Co. Mr. Jenkins was appointed receiver of the Republican Land District Office,
located at Concordia, Cloud County, in 1870, and has held the office ever since. He is a
member of the Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias, and was married September 22, 1861, in
Anderson County, Mo., to Miss Josephine Brown; they have two children living—Melvin
C., born August 18, 1862, and Edwin, born February 26, 1873. Oneson, Charles T., born
May 12, 1865, deceased.

D. J. KELLEY, was born in Ohio, November 28, 1843. Enlisted in Company B, Eleventh
Indiana Colored Volunteers in October 1862, and was discharged in 1865. Returning to
Ohio he farmed until 1872, when he moved to Concordia, Cleud Co,, Kan. In 1882, he engaged
in the grocery business, under the firm name of Kelley & Co., and is dooing an extensive bus-
iness. He was married in Ohio, October 21, 1866, to Miss Mary Dicks, on has four children
—A.C., J. P., D. E., and Vesta.

BENJAMIN LAKE, was born in Chester Co., Pa., on the 28th day of May, 1840. In
1858, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio; thence to St. Louis Mo,; thence to New Orleans; thence
to Italy, and then to Havana; then back to New Orleans in 1861, when a proclamation was
issued for all aliens to leave the State, so Mr. Lake went to St. Youis and enlisted in Com-
pany E, Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer tenet May 26, 1861, and remained in the army until
the close of the war, when he went to Illinois. In 1868, he emigrated to Page County, Iowa, and
remained until 1878, when he moved to Concordia, Cloud Co., Kan., and engaged in the
harness and saddle business, where he is now doing a flourishing business. He is a member
of the Masonic fraternity, and isa Royal Arch and Commandery. Mason; also belongs to

 

 

 

 
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the Odd Fellow order. Was married the 23rd day of April, 1871, in Page County, Iowa, to Miss
Ella L Hicks, and has two children—B. H. was born August 8, 1872 7 :L. di aunty 13, 1879.
Mr. Lake held the office of Justice of the Peace and: Township Clerk. *

GEORGE A. LETOURNEAU, was born in Kankakee City, Ill., May 26, 1853; attended
schoo] at a French institution at Bourbonnais Grove, for nine years, and graduated Novem-
ber 6, 1868. The first position he held after graduating, was keeping books for four differ-
ent grain dealers. In 1876, Mr. Letourneau. removed to Chicago Ill., where he speculated
in 1878, when he returned to his native place where he was appointed Deputy Recorder of
Deeds for Kankakee County. He emigrated to Concordia, Cloud Co., an., in 1880, and
went into the Concordia flouring millsand took charge of the financial part of the business,
including the keeping of the books. ‘The firm is known as H. Lanoue R Co. The Concor-
dia flouring mills are valued at $50,000, and the firm has paid out $10,000 in the past year
for repairs. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Hewes married in Kankakee City,
February 4,1879, to Miss Rilla Gibson now deceased, and had two children—Pilore and Clore.

HON. B. H.McECKRON, was born in Se nate County, N.Y., June 17, 1884; moved to
Delaware Co. N. Y., in 1848; and in 1860 went to Cloumbia County, Wis. September 2, 1861,
enlisted in Company E, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry. He was discharged on ac-
count of disability November 28, 1862, when he returned to Partare City. Wis., where he
remained until the spring of 1868. He then emigrated to Cloud County Kan. In the fall of
the same year he was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction of said county.
In the fall of 1870, was elected to the State Legislature, re-elected in the fall of 1871, and
again in the fall of 1875, and at the same time elected Speaker of the House by a unanimous
vote. March 8, 1874, he was appointed Register of the Land Office at Concordia, Cloud Co.,
Kan , which office he has held ever since. He is a member of the Masonic order. He was
married in Randolph, Wis., April 26, 1864, to Miss Adda M. Parmenter, and they have three
TT e M., born July 19, 1865; Maud L., April 5, 1870, and Alexander 8., De-
cember 26, A . :

_M. McKINNON, was born in Canada on the 12th day of February, 1858. In 1869 he
emigrated to Waterville, Marshall Co., Kan., and in 1870 to Concordia, Cloud Co., Kan., and
in the early part of 1871 established himself in the grocery and hardware business, under the
firm name of McKinnon & Co. In 1878, he went into the exclusive hardware business,
which business he has remained in ever since. Mr. McKinnon is a member of the Knights
of Honor, He was married in Canada, December 31, 1864 to Miss Anna L. Gilbert, and has
four children—Anna L., Malcom,, T. B., D. 8.

Ww. L. MADDOX, was born in Iowa, February 14, 1858. Emigrated to Concordia, Cloud
Co., Kan., in 1875; first engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1880 the firm of Maddox
& Sons established themselves in general merchandising in the town of Concordia, which
business has continued to the present. W.L. was married in Concordia, April 2, 1882, to
Miss N. L. Barcelo. :

CARL J. MILLER, was born in Sweden, November 1, 1856; came to America in 1875,
and first located at Leavenworth, Kan. In Anetat 1882 he moved to Concordia, Cloud Co.,
Kan., and engaged in the marble business under the firm name of Wilcox & Miller. Mr.
Miller learned his trade in Ystad, Sweden, and is a first-class workman, prepared to do all
kind of work 1 his line.

ALBERT NICHOLS, farmer, P. O. Concordia, was born in Vermont, December 2, 1822;
removed to Massachusetts; then to New York City, N. Y.; thence to Brooklyn; thence to
Cloud County Kan.; has held the office of township trustee. He is a member of the Masohic
fraternity. He was married in Brattleboro, Vt., August 31, 1852, to Miss Delia A. W. Tis-
dale, and is the father of two children—Susan W., and A. T, The last named was born
July 8, 1856; came to Cloud Co., Kan., with his parents and was married in Concordia, July
8. 1881 to Miss Kate Richardson. "

M. OPPENHEIMER, was born in Germany, November 17, 1887; came to America in
1870, and first located in Baltimore, where he remained until 1872, when he moved to New
York City, and remained until 1875; arfd he again moved, this time to Quincy. Ill., remain-
ing there until 1880, whem he emigrated to Concordia, Cloud Co., Kan., where he engaged
in the grocery business , and has remained in said business ever since. He isa member of
the Masonic order, and was married in New York City, December 15, 1872, to Miss Clara
Heyman, and has one chjld—Isaac, born the 7th day of October, 1874.

J. W. PETERSON, attorney at law, was born in Helsingborg, Sweden, January 18, 1858;
came to.America in 1876, and first settled ‘at St. Charles, Il. In 1877 moved to Missouri,
where he studied law, and was admitted to practice December, 1878, in the Circuit Court of
the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District of Missouri. He settled at Concordia in January, 1879,
and still continues in the practice of his ae nc He is a member of the Masonic order,
and isa R.A.and Commandery Mason. Mr. Peterson is also doing an extensive loan business.

S. H. PRATT, farmer, P. O. Concordia, was born in Riley County, Ind., March 16, 1841.
In 1848, he removed to Peoria County, Ill.; thence to Marshall County in 1851, and to Henry
County in 1855. He enlisted in the United States armay August 19, 1861, in Company A Forty-
Second Illinois Infantry; returned to Henry County January, 1866, and engaged in farming,
In March 1871, he came to Cloud County Kan., and engaged in the livery business. He was

one of the first settlers in Concordia, Kan.; has been coroner of the ay township trus-
tee and assessor; was appointed superintendent of the constrution of the Republiean River
bridge at Concordia, Heisa member ofthe I. O. O. F.; is the owner of a farm of 820
acres; was married in Henry Co., Ill., December 24, 1867, to Miss M. E, Adams. They
‘have two children—C., L., born January 18, 1873; 8. C., born January 18, 1876.

D. PROCTOR, was born in Indiana, An pust 16,1845. Enlisted in the United States
ay September 4, 1861, in Company I, Ni hb Indiana Volunteer Infantry; discharged Sep-
tember 5, 1864; returned from the army to Bristol Ind., where he remained until 1867, when
he went to Washington City and there remained until he emigrated to Saline County, Kan. In
1871 he went to Bates County, Mo.,where he kept a large ro store till 1879, when he went
to the Pacific Coast, returning to Beloit, Kan?, in 1881. -He moved to Concordia, Cloud Co.,
in 1882, where he now resides, and is engaged in the butter and egg trade. Was married in
Washington City in !871 to Miss E. F'. Daniels, and has two children—A. H., and R. F. Mr.
Proctor was once elected road overseer by a unanimous vote and without his knowledge o1
consent. He has ont refused to take an active part in politics. :

G. RE loan, real estate and insurance agent, was born in Nashville
Tenn., July 20, 1852, and moved to Dodge County, Wis., in 1855, Three years later move
to Joliet, Il., and again to Wisconsin, in 1860. In 1870, he came to Clyde, Cloud Co., Kan.,
and in 1872, settled in Concordia, having been appointed Deputy County Clerk and Clerk of
the District Court, holding these offices unti: 1876, when he was appointed Deputy County
Treasurer, which office he held until the fall of 1880; was also City Clerk in 1872 and 1873.
He was traveling salesman from the fall of 1880 until spring of 1882, for the blank, law
book and publishing house of George W. Crane & Co., of Topeka, Kan. He is a member of
the Masonic order, and also of the sole of Pythias. He was married in Concordia,
Kan., January 14, 1879, to Miss Della F. Shafer. They have one child—Robert Emery,
born January 29, 1880. 4 AG i

W. T. ROOT, was born in Washington County, Ohio, April’ 15, 1850; and attended
school in his native State; also attended the State ‘Normal school, located at Concordia,
Cloud Co., Kan. It was in 1870 when Mr. Root landed in Kansas, and in 1871, when he
made Cloud County his home, settling on a homestead thirteen miles west of Concordia
and he has taught school most of the time since settling in the said county. He was electe
county superintendent of public instruction in the fall of 1878, and agaiu re-elected in 1880.
and atill holds the said office. He isa member of the 1.0.0. F. He was married Apri
29, 1877, in Concordia, to Miss Kate H. York. They have two children living, and one dead—
Nellie, born March 38, 1879, and S. S. born June 2, 1882; Knowlton M. born October 10, 1880,
died May 6, 1881. . 3

J. W. SHEAFOR, was born in Ohio, March 9, 1852; moved to Iowa with his parents in
1853, and in 1865, settled at Burlington, Kan., and studied law, and was admitted to practice
in May, 1873, and in the supreme court of the same State in 1877, practiced law in Topeka,
when he made another move to Concordia, Cloud County, and engaged in the practice o
his profession. He is a member of the I, O. O. F., and the Knights of Pythias. He is now
prosecuting attorney for Cloud County. .

Dr. W. O. SPERRY, was born in California, September 23, 1856. In 1862, removed to
Ohio, and studied medicine at Cleveland, and graduated at the Cleveland Medical College
in March, 1881, when he removed to Lincoln, Neb., and began the practice of his pro-
fession, In February, 1882, the doctor moved to Concordia, Cloud Co., Kan., and again
engaged in the practice, and formed a co-partnership with Dr. C. W. Oviatt. They are
specialists in operative surgery and diseases of the eye andear. _ :

CAPT. E. Te. SWEARENGIN, county treasurer, was born in Morgan County, Ind.,
January 17, 1840; removed to Centreville, Iowa, in 1849; enlisted in March, 1862, in Company
F Seventeenth Towa Volunteer Infantry as a private, and went through all grades of the

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‘discharge of his duties October 10, 1882.

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a to the captaincy. He was discharged in July, 1865, and returned to Centreville,
but in 1869, he came to Cloud Suny, Kan. In 1875, was elected county commissioner, and
in 1877, county clerk; was re-elected im 1879, and county treasurer in 1881; entering on the
M ), He is a member of the L 0.0. F. He was
married February 4, 1864, at Centreville, Iowa, to Miss Alice Udell.

N TATE, stockman, was born in Massachusetts. September 6, 1844. In 1851, removed
to Ottawa County, Mich.; enlisted in Company I, Third Michigan Volunteer Infantry, August
19, 1862, and was discharged on account of wounds October 8, 1864. He returned to
Grand Rapids, Mich., and in 1871, he came to Concordia, engaging in farming and the
buying and shipping of stock. Was postmaster in Sibley Township; also trustee and
treasurer. He was married September 6, 1869, at Lowell ich., to Miss Fanny M. Miller,
and has two children—Libbie B., born August 1, 1871; Edith L., born October 5, 1881.

W. H. TAYLOR, was born in Missouri, December 19, 1855. In_1877, he went to Con-
cordia, Cloud Co., Kan., and commenced work in the well-known banking house of N. B.
Brown & Co., where he has remained ever since. He was married May 10, 1882, to Miss
Ida Neetzel, i

Dr. C. W. WHIPP, was born in Knox County, IlJ., March 10, 1846; moved to Iowa in
September, 1869, thence to Nebraska, and in 1871, again moyed and settled in Cloud County,
Kan., and took a homestead of 160 acres. Dr. Whipp taught school and practiced medicine
for several years. In 1877, was elected register of deeds of Cloud County, and was again
elected in 1879, and re-elected in 1881. In January, 1882, he purchased the drug establish-
ment of B F. Posten, and formed a partnership under the firm name of Whipp & Taylor.
He belongs to the I, 0. O. F. and Masonic lodges. He was married December 18, 1878, to
Miss Dora E. Carter. They have four children—Bertha E,, Rachel O., Charles, Paul.

_ W.C. WHIPP, was born in Fulton County, Ill., November 27, 1852; moved to Iowa
with his parents in October, 1867; thence to Nebraska jn the fall of 1870, and emigrated to
Cloud County, Kan., in the spring of 1871. In the spring of 1874, took a homestead, and
i He was appointed deputy register of
deeds in January, 1881, und still holds the office. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

D.C. WILSON, De uty Sheriff, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, September 7,
1841; removed to Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1845; 1n 1857 came to Marshall County,
Kan., and in 1870 removed to Cloud County. Has been constable of Buffalo Township;
elected Sheriff of Cloud County in 1879, and held the office two years; appointed Depa
Sheriff in January, 1882. Was married November 12, 1862, to Miss Alice E. Lovell, at
Marysville, Kan. They have seven children—Laura, born November 23, 1863; May B., born:
September 14, 1866; Margaret E., born March 17, 1870; Lovell, born July 13, 1872; Elizabeth
B., born July 24, 1874; Jodie, born March 23, 1877, and Joanna, born May 29, 1881.

J. D. WILSON, Sheriff, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 4, 1840. In 1848
removed to Van Buren County, Iowa; in 1857 he came to Kansas and settled in Marshall
County; in 1868 removed to Cloud sonny Was elected Sheriff in 1876-’78 and °82, holding
the office until the present time. He enlisted in the Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry,
Company.A, in August, 1861, and was alacharee on account of wounds received in battle,
March, 1863. He is a member of the I. 0.0. F. Was married in Cloud County, Kan.,
November 7, 1876, to Miss jinegie E. Bland, and has three children—Edward, six years of
age; Myrtle, four years, and Roland, one year. i

MAS WRONG was born in Buffalo, New York, October 28, 1856. Went with his
parents to Detroit, Mich., thence to Missouri, and in March, 1875, made another move, this.
time settling at Concordia, Cloud County, Kan , where he studied law, and was admitted to
practice in the District Court of the Twelfth J: udicial District of Kansas, and at once engaged
in the practice of his profession. In the spring of 1882 was elected be of the city of
Concordia. “It would surprise some of our Eastern brethren if they would come out West
and find young men like Mr. Wrong occupying the most important position in the gift of

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CLYDE.

Clyde situated on the Republican, in the eastern part of the county, is
the oldest town in the county, and considering it has been without the
influence and aid of the county-seat and United States Land Office it has
made the most rapid and substantial growth of any town in Cloud. This
is due to the energy and intelligence of her citizens. It is the second town
in size in Cloud, and is surrouded by a rich agricultural district.

It was here on Elk Creek that the first settlements of the county was
made, and it was for a long time the designated point of assembly for set-
tlers west, when there were Indian raids. Many of the early settlers west
of this point would here leave their families, and go into Bie County
as far up as White Rock to locate and work their claims. It was also at
first the county-seat, but being at one side of the county had no hope of
retaining it after the western part of the county had become settled. It
has an excellent location, and is destined to be a large and flourishing
inland town. :

he original tewn site consisted of forty acres, purchased from W. H.
Page for $300 by a town site company, consisting of Andrew Smith, Ed
Neeley, J. B. and F. B. Rupe, Lew and John Fowler, Dave Heller, C. J.
Cowel, Charles Davis and B. V. Honey. It was laid out in 1866, but before
this, Chauncy Cowel and Charles Davis had opened a country store in the
house of Moses Heller, which may be considered the commencement of
business in Clyde. In this store the first meeting was held, to talk over the
feasibility or propriety of starting a town. At the forming of the regular
town association, the following were members: F. B. Rupe, C. J. Cowel,
C. Davis, Q. Honey, B. V. Honey, R, L. Fowler, J. 8. Fowler, W. H.
Page, Moses Heller, D. Heller, D. Turner, J. McClure, R. P. West, S. S.
Way and Ed Neeley. They held their first meeting December 11, 1866, and
elected Q. Honey, president; B. V. Honey, Vice-President; J. B. Rupe,
Secretary; Charles Davis, treasurer. The shares were first held at $20
apiece. At the meeting held in January, 1867, three names were presented
by which to christen the new town—Elkhorn, Shirley and Colfax. Shirley
carried away the honors, but the members thought best to reconsider their
action, and so during the next month, they voted again and chose the name
of Clyde. In January, 1866, Cowel & Davis opened the first store in
town, before it had aname. Soon afterwards, Simons & Peters opened a
second store, but sold out to the first-named firm. The next store was not
established by Ed. Neeley and S. Way until in the spring of 1867, when the
latter erected the first frame building, where Judge L. W. Borton’s resi-
dence now stands. The first school was taught in the fall of 1866, by Dr.
Rodgers. Rev. R. P. West, of the Methodist Episcopal denomination,
preached the first sermon at the house of Moses Heller in the fall of 1863,
which, however, was not in Clyde, as it was not then in existence, but it
was delivered where Clyde now stands. The first marriage in the county
occurred here in 1866, the contracting parties being W. M. Wilcox and
Miss Rosella Honey, who taught the first school. :

The growth of the town was very slow for a few years, but it has been
steady and substantial, with perhaps, the exception of the ie succeeding
the grasshopper visitation, when it rather decreased in population. To-day
there are a fares number of substantial and ornamental business houses, and
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the shells that are the commencement of every town are fast disappearing.
The resident portion of the town contains a number of elegant houses, and
the appearance in general is wonderfully taseful, neat and homelike. Con-
sidering the disadvantages she has had to contend with, Clyde has made
remarkable progress. But it has secured a start and a position that will
always make it at least the second town in the county. It now has the
advantage of two railroads—the Central Branch of the Union Pacific, and
the Junction City Branch of the Kansas Pacific, which now has control of
the former road. With these roads, the vast water-power of the Repub-
lican, its favorable location in a rich agricultural district and its intelligent
and energetic class of citizens, Clyde will always remain a prominent in-

‘land town.
LOCAL MATTERS.

Clydé was incorporated as a city of the third class in the spring of 1873; her first
municipal election being held on the 7th of April of that year. First officers: George W-
Bartlett, mayor; Peter McCord, police judge; Frank McNulty, A. W. Campbell, Moses
Heller, S. M. Ransopher and Henry Dobbs, councilmen. Officers for 1882: Mayor—W. 8.
Cannon; Councilmen—C, F, Armstrong, 8. M. Ransopher, A. G. Derse, Wm. Brown and W.
J. Nye; Clerk—E. R. DeBray; Treasurer—Martin Patrie; Police Judge—Geo. W. Barnes;
City Attorney—J. J. McFarlan; Captain of the Fire Department—E. I, Peck. The depart-
ment consists of a prisk volunteer force and a hook-and-ladder truck.

The post-office was established in 1865. Moses Heller was the eat, succeeded
by W. T, Batty, and he in turn by E. T. Peck. ‘The office is a third class.

The Elk Creek settlement was about four years behind the Elm Creek in the matter of
schools. Doubtless this was due to the fact that the former was not so prolific of children
as the latter. One of the old settlers has stated that next tu the Indians, ‘old baches,”’ were
considered nuisances, and were not welcomed as settlers, since it was well argued that they
were the means of Seas the establishment of » school, which event depended, of
course, upon the number of children in the district. Early in the spring of 1866, there was
a-meeting at Moses Heller’s, for the purpose of discussing the interests of education in the
community, and devising means, if possible, for the building 6f a schoolhouse. They
determined to build a good one, as they believed that the settlement would soon require it.
The site agreed upon was the lot on which now stands Dr. Campbell’s house; the size of the
building, 16x22 feet, to be built of hewn logs, dirt roof and cottonwood flooring. Fach
settler agreed to contribute four dollars in work. The design was to have it ready for occu-
pancy early in the summer, but it was the 14th of July before it was ready to be raised. The
raising was connected with a pic-nic, which made it an enjeyable-affair.. It was not com-
pleted, however, until the following winter, Dr. Rodgers was the first teacher. This
schoolhouse served as a church, public hall and court house, and the commissioners first
met here to transact county business. Its day of usefulness has long since passed, and in
its place a fine $10,000 brick structure, containing six large rooms, and all the modern im-
provements for convenience, comfort and health, Instead of ten or fifteen pupils, there are
now 300, and five teachers instead of one. The school is a credit and ornament to the town,
besides an institution of profit.

This settlement, and the county in fact, were ee pticually slow in establishing religious
worship, as the first sermon was not preached until the fall of 1863. This sermon was
delivered by Rev R. P. West, of Republic County, at the house of Moses Heller, about
four years after the first settlement. It was not till three years later that a church was
established, and a Sabbath-school was not commenced until 1864 or ’65.

In the spring of 1866 the Methodists organized. They are the oldest, the most numerous,
and occupy the finest church in the town.

The Clyde Baptist Church was organized by Rev. H. S. Cloud, on the 10th of January,
1887. This church has grown steadily, and now, with a large membership, owns a spacious
and neat church edifice. -

The Presbyterians organized in 1870, or at least steps were then taken in that direction
by Rev. Mr. Chapin, who resided at Lene The church has a goodly membership, and a good
church building. These churches are all ina ae te condition. Their pastors are able,
faithful and untiring in their effort in instilling into the minds of their flocks, words of
truth and precepts of morality. ; 2

The Clyde Herald was established at Clyde in 1878, by Batty & Bachelder. The office
was burned in February, 1881, and was suspended until July. In March, 1882, it was pur-
chased by J. S. Paradis. It is a seven column folio, Republican in politics, a newsy and
well-edited paper. The Clyde Democrat was established the 24th of July, 1880, by Haukohl.
In June, 1881, Thomas Owen, Jr., purchased an interest in the paper. It was at first a six
column folio, but changed to seven in November, 1880. It has a fair circulation, is Demo-
cratic in politics, and for prohibition. The Jamestown Herald was established in 1880.

Travelers find the hotel accommodations of Clyde superior to those of most towns of its
size. The leading hostelries are the Pomeroy House and the Commercial Hotel. The
Pomeroy House was erected in 1878, and came into possession of its present proprietors,
Messrs. F. E. & J. H. Barons, in November, 1879. The hotel has thirty rooms, neatly
farnished, and its accommodations are first-class. These gentlemen also own a fine elevator,
and 100 acres of valuable land adjoining. The Commercial House, conducted by George H.
Wilkes, was opened in April, 1879.

, The bank of Clyde, owned by Van De Mark brothers, is the only banking house in the
pe at present. It enjoys the confidence of the people, and does an excellent business.
t represents a capital of $40,000.

Phe only manufactures of note are those of flour and pottery. The Clyde Mill Co. have
just completed a steam flouring-mill, costing about $15,000. Sohlinger & Mosier are the
proprietors of the pottery that produces an excellent and durable ware, This is destined
soon, to be one of the most extensive industries of the town.

lyde Agricultural and Driving Park Association was organized in 1879. The first fair
was held in the fall of 1880. The association has forty acres enclosed, supplied with neces-
sary buildings and an excellent half mile race course. Officers: C. W. Van De Mark,
president; M. Petrie, secretary; E. T, Peck, treasurer,

Prairie Queen Lodge, No. 176, A fF. & A. M.—This society was organized in 1876, and
has secured a membership of about fifty-five. It is in a flourishing condition, Officers: M.
Patrie, W. M.; J. W. Eaton, 8S. W.; C. Armstrong. J. W.; W. N. Woodward, Treasurer;
T. W. Roach, Secretary. .

Signed Chap, U. D., was opened April 20, 1882, with thirty members, G. W. Eaton,
M. E. H. P.; L, Moshier, E. K.; C. W. Van De Mark, E.8.; D. Turner, Jr., Treasurer;
R. F. Hermon, Secretary. .

Clyde Lodge No. ——I. O. O. F. was instituted March 25, 1878. There are about forty
members. Officers: M. W. Carney, N. G.; L. B. Haynes, V. G.; G. W. Hay, Secretary; P.
McDonald, Treasurer; T. K. Teter, Deputy Grand Master,

Clyde Lodge, No. 1373, K. of H., was organized February 4, 1879. Officers: L. W.
Bortion, D.; E. T. Peck, V. D.; A.J. Montgomery, Ass’t D.; M. W. Carney, Representa-
tive; P. McDonald, F. R.; J. J. McFarland, Guide. There are about thirty members.

Samson Lodge, No. 33, K. of P —This lodge wus instituted in November, 1880, and has
at present about forty members. M. Petrie, P. C.; E.'T, Peck, C.C.; D. Turner, Jr., V. C.;

J. Turner, P.; Wm. Brown, M. at A.; J. W. Brown, K. of R. & S.

Rebekah Degree, Lodge No. 26, I. O. O. F., was instituted in 1880, and has now over
fifty members. Officers: Mrs. Emma B. Teter, N. G.; Mrs. A. J. Bradford, V. G.; Mrs. D.

Byrne, Secretary.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE W. BARNES, Justice of the Peace, was born in Huron County, Ohio,
December 20, 1846. Removed with his parents to Indiana in 1848; came to Clay County
in 1865, and from thence to Clyde, Cloud County, in 1869. Was elected Justice of the Peace
in 1876, and Police Judge in 1878, holding both offices at the present time. He enlisted in
the Twenty-fifth Indiana Battery, Light Artillery, and served through the war. He is a
member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, I. 0. O. F., and the G@. A. R. He was

“married October 5, 1870, to Miss Rebecca T. Edelblute, of Riley County, Kan.

W. 8. CRUMP, hardware, was born in Bartholemew County, Ind., July 1, 1837. Came
to Manhattan, Kan., in the ue of 1869, and engaged in the grocery trade; in 1872 removed
to Clyde and opened his present business. In 1870 was a member of the City Council of
Manhattan. e was a member of the school board at Clyde from 1872-77; county commis-

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

sioner in 1876 and °77. In 1881 he was elected a representative to the State Legislature; was
a Mayor of Clyde in 1875. He is a Royal Arch Mason; member of Knights of Pythias.
Married January 1, 1861, to Miss Sophronia Fish, now deceased. He was married again
April 4, 1869, to Miss M. L. Russell, and has two children—C. O., born November 5, 1861,
and W. R., born October 31, 1871. . 4 | :

HARRY FUGLET, boots, shoes and clothing, etc., was born in Germany in 1850, Came
with his parents to America in 1852, locating at Seneca, Ohio. Removed first to Illinois,
thence to Iowa. In March, 1879, located at Clyde, Kan., and opened presen, business with
a stock of boots, shoes and clothing. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias,
and A. O. U. W. Has been member of the City Council. Was married November 18, 1872,
at Webster City, Iowa, to Miss Hattie Noyes. Has one child—Blanche, born November
16, 1873. ‘

. THOMAS OWEN, JrR.. was born in Flint, North Wales, September 1, 1853. In 1873 he
raduated at Holyhead College; in 1875 he came to the United States. Liking the country and
its institutions, he adopted it as his new home and new country, by vowing allegiance to
the stars and stripes. From 1877 to 1880 he edited Farm, Field and Fireside (Chicago). In
July, 1880, he established the Clyde Democrat. He is a promising editor, being well educated
and energetic, : 7 i 7

J. §. PARADIS, editor. The subject of this article was born in Canada the 26th of
December, 1845. He was educated at private college. For three years was connected with
the American Bridge Company, 1868, °69, °70. In 1871 located at Momence, lll., where he
became interested in the Momence Reporter. In 1872 he sold his interest in the pe and
removed to Kansas. Locating at Clyde in 1873, he established the Clyde Local Reporter.
In 1875 he removed to Concordia, ee the name of the paper to the Concordia
Expositor, 1n 1881 he sold the paper to Mr. Hull, who changed the name to the Republican.
Mr. Paradis returned to Clyde, and in the spring of 1882 established the Clyde Herald. Mr.
Paradis is an able editor, and his paper is becoming very popular. ;

E. T. PECK was born in Rochester, N. Y., March 6, 1852. Removed with his parents
to Ohio the same year, and in 1866 went to Wisconsin, and attended college at Ripon in the
years 1867, ’6x, 69, 70, 73 and 74; moved to Missouri, where he lived until he came to
Clyde, Cloud Gounty, Kan., in 1880, and engaged in the lumber business. He was appointed
postmaster, June 1, 1881. ‘It was agreed with the congressmen that there should be a vote
of the people as to who should hold the said office, an the man who should be elected by
the majority, should hold the office. Mr. Peck was the one selected. He is a member of the

. 0. U. W., Knights of Pythias, and Knights of Honor.

C. W. VAN DE MARK was born July 13, in Seneca County, N. Y. In the fall of 1868
went to Williams College, Massachusetts, and graduated July, 1867; thence to Pittsfield,
Mass., and studied law, and was admitted to the Supreme Court of Berkshire County, Mass.,
October, 1869. First practiced in North Adams, same State, and was clerk of the District
Court, and remained until 1872, when he returned to Pittsfield, and was appointed justice
of the District Court, and was elected city attorney of Pittsfield; also practiced his profes-
sion. Took a visit to the Pacific Coast, starting January, 1877, where he arrived and remained
for a few months; when he returned, this time settling at Chicago, Il]., where he remained
in the practice of his profession until 1877, when he went to Orange, Texas, on business,
and in 1878 came to Clyde, Cloud County, Kan. In 1880, he and his brother engaged in the
banking business, under the firm name of Van De Mark & Bro., afterwards the Bank of
Cloud. The two brothers are worth $50,000. Mr. Van De Mark is a Mason, and belongs to
the Royal Arch and Commandery. He was married in Texas, April 21, 1880, to Miss Addie
Stevens, and has one child—W. V. B., born January 17, 1882.

OTHER TOWNS.

Glasco, situated on the Solomon River and the Solomon Valley Rail-
road, in the southwestern part of the county, is a thriving, prosperous and
admirably situated town. It is destined to be the metropolis of the southern
and western part of the county. It is in the best part of the county for
winter wheat. The Solomon River affords excellent water-power through-
out the year.- It is along this river that the best sandstone in the county
abounds. The town is not old, but has made a rapid and substantial
growth. =

Jamestown, situated on the Central Branch Railroad, twelve miles west
of Concordia, is the southern terminus of the Jewell County Branch of the
Central Branch R. R. It isa young but prosperous town lying in the valley
of Buffalo Creek.

Buffalo Junction is a small town four miles west of Concordia, the
southern terminus of the Scandia Branch of the Central Branch R. R.

Lake Sibley, Brittsville, Rice, Redstone and Ames are small towns and
post-offices; the last three being on the Central Branch Railroad. °

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—soLomon TowNsHIP.

ISAAC BIGGS, merchant, P. O. Glasco, was born in Indiana, September 26, 1846, and
removed to Cedar Rapids,. Iowa, in 1849; thence to Cloud County, ma in 1870, and pre-
emped. 160 acres of land, on which the town of Glasco is situated. Mr. Biggs had the town
of Glasco laid out in the spring of 1870, and erected the first frame building in the said
town, and held the office of ostmaster at this place for nine years. He is now en, aged in
general merchandising, and is doing a good business in a stone store building 24x70 feet. He
was married in Cloud County, January 1, 1872, to Miss Sarah C. Starks, and has two chil-
dren—Adah, born November 28, 1873, and Oral E., born in January, 1876. :

Dr. J. H. BRIERLEY, P. O. Glasco, was born in Lockport, N. Y., and removed to
Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, in 1858; thence to Dayton, Ohio, in 1864, and attended Den-
nison University, and graduated in classical course in June, 1875. He attended the Sterling
Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and graduated in the spring of 1878: first practiced at
Dayton, Ohio; came to Cloud County, Kan., in the fall of 1878, and engaged in the practice
of his profession, where he has remained ever since. He is amember of the Beta Theta Pi.
He was married in Dayton, Ohio, July 17, 1879, to Miss Mary L. Bennett.

_’ ROBERT MISELL, farmer, P. O: Glasco, was born in Virginia, in 1858; removed with
his parents to Louisville, Ky., thence to Ohio, from there to Bt. Louis, Mo., and then to
Wyandotte, Kan. In the fall of 1866, he removed to Solomon City, Kan., then to Cloud
cay and settled one and one-half miles west of Glasco. Mr. Misele is a ‘member of the
I. 0.0. F. Mr. Misele relates many thrilling incidents of his early life in Kaneas, one of
which is as follows: One day in August, 1868, he and his brother -were overtaken by three
Indians. The leader was dressed in female attire, and the boys were not aware of their
purpose until too late to escape from them.’ One seized hold of the younger brother, and
pulling him upon a pony rode off toward the river. The others tried to lift Robert upon
a oe but he resisted so strongly, that they mare up the attempt, and contented themselves
with dragging him mone: Loosing their hold fora moment, the boy broke away, and ran
toward the river. The Indian then drew a revolver; at first it snapped, the second time he
was more successful, and shot, wounding Robert slightly. The boy fell upon his face, and
as he lay there, he heard two shots fired, and heard his brother groan. Then he sprang to
his feet and made for the river. The Indians shot several arrows after him, and one of
them pean through his sleeve, but he escaped without further injury, and brought help
from his home to his wounded brother. :

B AUGUSTUS OTT, postmaster, Glasco,was born in Stephenson County, IIl., July 81, 1856;
Pemaned to Worth County, Jowa, in 1865, and thence to Buchanan County, Mo., in 1870.
ie came to Cloud County, Kan,, In 1878, and located at Glasco, and engaged in the confec-
gonery ant stationery business, Was supormted postmaster in September, 1879, and now

olds the said office. He isa Good Templar. He was married in Glasco. September 18,
Tt Miss Luey H. Dalrymple. . ,

, . H. SPAULDING, dealer in furniture, P. 0. Glasco; born in Belmont County, Ohio,
gone 26, 1841. He removed to Indiana in 1853; enlisted in the United States army in
1, In ion any F, Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantr , afterwards organized as a cavalry
Tee nen {; and Mr. Spaulding was in pomeany. F Hignth Indiana Cavalr . He was dis-
eu mee a August, 1865, when he returned to Indiana, then came to Cloud County, Kan.,
i ecember, 1865, and settled in Solomon Township, in the southwest corner of the county,
8 nearest neighbor being thirteen miles from him. He was one of the original owners of

’

 
MITCHELL COUNTY.

the town site of Glasco, in Cloud County; he is the owner of 200 acres of land adjoinin;
the town on the west, He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was acted in
Ottawa County, Kan., December 26, 1866, to Miss Mary Copeland, formerly of Johnson
County, Ili. Mrs, Spaulding was born in Johnson County, Ill., in 1847, and came to Kansas
in 1865. They have four children—Addie M., Lillie B., Arlet C., and William H.

. J.C. THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Glasco, Kansas; was born in Alleghany County, Pa.,
January 31, 1834; removed to Ogle County, IIl., in the fall of 1855, and removed from Ogle
County to Kendall County, Il., in the spring of 1857. He enlisted in the United States
army at Lisbon, Ill., July 15, 1861, in Company D, Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Was promoted to first lieutenant in the same company, and was wounded by an ounce ball
through the right lung at the battle of Peele. Ky., October 8, 1862; was discharged in
1868, and received an appointment as second lieutenant of the Volunteer Rifle Corps, in
the fall of 1863; was promoted to first lieutenant of Company H, Twelfth Regiment Vol-
unteer Rifle Corps. Resigned on account of poor health in the fall of 1864, and returned
home to Kendall County, Ill. Came to Cloud County, Kan., in the spring of 1871, and took
a homestead four miles northwest of Glasco. When in Illinois, he held the office of town-
ship collector; has held the office of trustee and assessor since:coming to Kansas. He is a
nares man, and the father of two living children—Georgia B., aged fifteen, and Joann B.,
agetl six years. = ; ;

7 J. M. VERNON, farmer, P.O. Simpsonville, was born in Western Virginia, January 17,
1844. Removed to wavette County, Pa., where he lived until 1872, when he came to Cloud
County, Kan., and took a homestead, and is now the owner of 586 acres of land, ten miles
southeast of Beloit. eens 800 to 1,000 sheep of the Merino stock; also keeps from 40 to 50
head of cattle, and 12 head of horses, Held the office of school-director. Married in Mitchell

“Qbunty, Kan., on the 19th day of March, 1874, to Mies Sarah Darrow. Has four children—Eddie
E., Anna L., George and Jesse.: 4
GRANT TOWNSHIP.

¥F, T.S. ANSDELL, merchant, Jamestown, was born in England, August 16 1820, and
came to America in 1843 and located in New York for one year; removed to Wisconsin;
thence to Cloud County, Kan., and located in Jamestown in the same county in 1878, and
engaged in general merchandise, in a room 22x8' feet, and has his store well stocked, He was
appointed postmaster in 1881. Mr. Ansdell has held the office of District Treasurer for the
ast ten years, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace fortwo years. He was married
in New York in the year of 1844, to Miss Mary Patterson of the City of New York. He is
the father of five children, three boys and two girls.

._ JOHN A. DANIELSON, merchant, Jamestown, was born in Sweden; came to America
in 1868 and located at La Porte Ind.; thence to Chicago; thence to Okolona, Miss.; thence
to Memphis, Tenn.; thence to St. Louis, Mo.; thence to Hannibal, Mo.; thence toKeokuk,

Iowa; thence to Alexandria, Mo.; thence to Memphis, Mo.; thence to Cincinnati, Iowa;
thence to Memphis, Mo.; thence to Scandia, Kan., in 1874; thence to Marysville, Kan.;
thence to Scandia, 1876; thence to Concordia, Cloud Co., in 1880, and to Jamestown, same
county, in 1882, and engaged in general merchandising. Heis a member of the Knights of

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Pythias. He was married on the 16th of May, 1880, at Scandia, Kan., to Miss Ida A. Taylor,
and is the father of one child—Maud, born Teng 7, 1881. a

CHARLES IRVING GOULD, farmer. P. O. Jamestown, was born in Batavia, N. Y.
November 17, 1850; removed to-Cloud County, Kan , in 1870. Homesteaded 160 acres of land
where the town of Jamestown is nowsituated. The said town was laid ont in 1878, and
now has a population of 300. A branch railroad runs from this point northwest to Burr Oak,
in Jewell County. He was married May 4, 1875, at Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., to Miss Lucy

~ Webster, and has four children—Olive, Webster, Arthur Garfield, and Krancis Irving.

, JOHN O. HANSON, dealer in furniture, stationery, blank books, notions, schoo] sup-
plies, sewing machines etc., Jamestown, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 19,
1842, and came to Chicago, Ill., in 1862; thence to Cloud County, Kan., in 1872, and to
Jamestown same county, in October, 1878, and engaged in the furniture business. He has
also @ circulating library in connection with his establishment. He is a member of the
Knights of Pythias, and was married in Chicago, Ill., in the year of 1869, to Mrs. C. Hanson,
and has three children—Anna, William, and Clara. ,

M. M. STRAIN, merchant, Jamestown, was born in La Salle County, l., February 20,
1854; removed to Monnouth, Warren Co., Ill., in 1861; thence to Concordia, Cloud ‘Co ,
Kan., in 1870; moved to Jamestown same county in 1878, and engaged in general merchandis-
ing in the same fall. He held the post-office at the last named place for two years; and was
married in Jamestown, December 22, 1880, to Miss E. F. Robinson, and is the father of one
child, born October 6, 1881.

BUFFALO TOWNSHIP.

J. F. HANNUM, farmer, P. O. Concordia, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, July 23,
1844; removed to Allegheny City, Pa. with his parents in 1847; thence to Des Moines County,

“ Jowa, in 1851. He enlisted in the United States army August 5, 1862, in Company C, Thirtieth

Iowa Volunteer Infantry; mustered out in June, 1865, and returned to Des Moines County,
Iowa, where he remained until the fall of 1869, when he came to Cloud County, Kan. Has
held the office of township trustee and township clerk, and was elected County Commis-
sioner in 1880; has held the said office ever since. Was married in Cloud County.
Kan. May 19, 1872,to Miss Adeline Shelhamer, and is the father of three children—Lottie
Alice, and Lulu. Mr. Hannum is the owner of 400 acres of first-class land, situated
three miles west of Concordia.

SIBLEY TOWNSHIP.

CAPT. B.C. SANDERS, farmer, P.O. Concordia, was born in Kentucky, March 23,
1831; moved to Indiana in 1832; thence to Brown County, Kan., in 1857. Enlisted as private
in the United States army August 30, 1861, in Company H, Seventh Kansas Cavalry; when
discharged September 29, 1865, he was captain, having risen from the ranks. The captain
came to Kansas in 1865, and to Cloud County in 1867, and located near where the town of
Concordia is now situated. The captain is a graduate of the Rush Medical College of Chi-
cago, Ill., and has practiced medicine for several years, but 1s now engaged infarming. He
isa married man, and is the father of two children.

\/MITCHELL COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL

7 .» FEATURES. .
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ITCHELL County is situ-

ated in the northern part

of the State, and is bounded on

the north by Jewell County; on

the east by Cloud and Ottawa;

on the south by Lincoln, and on
the west by Osborne.

The Solomon River ‘flows
into the county from the north-
west corner, and passes through
it in an easterly direction, bear-
ing enough south to leave the
county at about the center of.
its east line. The river is quite
a rapid stream in this county,
and furnishes many mill privi-
leges along its course. Its
tributaries are long, well-tim-
bered streams. Commencing in
the northwest, Oak Creek comes
first, then Granite, the Lime-
stones, Brown’s Creek, Mulberry,
Plum and the Asher creeks on
the north side of the river; while
on the south the streams are not
quite so long, but are all well
timbered. In regular order,
from west to east, comes_the : ie
South Fork, Carr Creek, Hard © T I N C 0
Scrabble, Walnut Creek, Turkey ib Basar Hieuaes
Creek, Indian Creek, Laban

 

growing here when the settlers
rst began to arrive. They have
given place, however, to culti-
vated grasses, and now only two
of the native varieties are com-
mon, viz.: Buffalo grass and
blue stem. The first is a short,
succulent sort of moss, which
grows by being trampled upon
and broken; hence the name of
its former chief cultivator
attaches to it. At each point
where broken by the hoof of the
buffalo, it extends a runner like
that of the strawberry vine, and
immediately sets another root.
Since the millions of buffalo
have been driven from the
plains, this ane is giving place
to the tall blue stem. The buf-
falo grass is the first to appear
in the spring, and.grows rapidly
until a thick mat of soli green
coats the ground. It dies or
cures before the Ist of July.
The blue stem is the grass most
available for hay, and often
grows to a height of eight feet;
but is ready for the stack at
about twenty inches,

Many acres of blue grass
are now in good growing con-
dition in the county, but it is
quite difficult to make any tame
grass take root in the wild

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Creek, Marshall Creek and POPULATION BY CENSUS.
Fourth Creek. Through the srouni, : Leonie
south part of the county runs 1870. | 1880. 1870. | 1880 e most general, and for
Salt Creek, with its many large . : all purposes the most profitable.
tributaries, making Mitchell one a) Asherville Downstate ace 144 693 (m) Lulu Township Sig mens 145 oe Z ae oor is eo
ies i Beloit Township, includin n) Pittsburg Township ihe eat and rye are also a favor-
of, the: best: watered countless (0) Peer Gite enn 2] 173 | 9,798 ) Plum Creek Township - = | 0% —She-pith anaes. and in 1880. the
the State. sys : ‘c) Bloomfield Township aoe 624 p) Round Spies Townsbip...|  _-.. 304 : “

The soil is a rich loam, and { Blue Hills Township .. oe 449 || (q) Salt Creek Township... .-_. 40 514 yield of all these cereals was
in the valleys is very deep. (e) Carr Creek Township ---.. nee 461 Hf Solomon Rapids Township..| 65 637 large. Spring wheat is not
T ty-fi t of the (f) Cawker Township, including s) Turkey Creek Township ....|  ._-- 698 much in favor among the farm-

Laer y os or pee d me a Cawker City .-....--------- 38 1,688 t) Walnut Creek Township -...) ---- 16 ers of this county. although
county Is bottom Jan Center Township. - eee in 3 :
little over two per cent is native - ; Custer Township... dees 390 Total.....2..-.----.. 485 | 14,911 about 2,500 acres were har-
forest. The surface of the (i) Eureka Township... sg 407 vested, which yielded 35,000

elk 3 i) Glen Elder Township . 2% | 847 ae Lia, Ghee ake bh ae
country is undulating. Several () Hayes Township .... de 524 || Beloit City 22.2222. 0000.---e0-- _... | 1,835 ushels, e number of acrex
varieties of wild grasses were (:) Logan Township.--- Suse 665 || Cawker City ....-..-.-....------ ---- | 1,089 of corn planted this season wax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Since 1870, parts detached to form Lo;

anand Lulu. (b) Since 1870, parts detached to form Bloomfield and Plum Creek. (c) Organized since 1870, from part of Beloit. (d) Organ-
rganized since 1870, from part of Cawker. (f) Since 1870, parts detached to form Carr Creek and Pittsburg. (g) Organized since 1870, from

‘eet aines IS. srom perk of Bee salad Me 1870, from part of Salt Creek. (i) Organized since 1870, from part of Salt Creek. (j) Since 1870, parts detached to form Hayes and Walnut

part of Solomon Rapids. (h) Organi

Creek, (k) Oran ae pi eae part. ee oe
er. (0) Organiz

asks ant Hoacd Springs. hy Shace 1870, parts detached to form Center and

part of Glen Elder.

 

(l) Organized since 1870, from part of Asherville. (m) Organized since 1870, from part of Asherville. r
tof Beloit. (p) Or, puleey aimee 1870, from part of Salt Creek. (q) Since 1870, parts detached to form Blue Hills, Custer.
‘urkey Creek.

(n) Organized since

(8) Organized since 1870, from part of Solomon Rapids. (t) Organized since 1870, from

 
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74,437, and the yield amounts to 2,228,110 bushels. The number of acres of
rye in this county was 8,000, which averaged twenty bushels per acre. Over
200,000 bushels of oats were raised, and the average yield was_forty bushels
per acre; 602 acres of sorghum were planted, and the yield amounts to
54,180 gallons of syrup. The broom corn crop is one of the sure and profit-
able ones, and in 1882 this county planted 8,683 acres, which yielded 3,040
tons. The wool clip of Mitchell for 1882 was 91,000 pads which will be
greatly increased in 1888, as several thousand head of sheep have been
brought into the county this fall. Over $18,000 worth of poultry and eggs
were wise from the county in 1882; 310,000 pounds of butter were man-
ufactured during the year ending March 1, 1882. In the south part of the
county many sait springs are found. The largest one, however, is the Great
Spirit’s Spring, in Cawker Township, Section 35. This spring is being im-
proved by a company of Eastern gentlemen. who intend to make it a resort
for invalids. The water of this spring possesses medicinal properties which
in time will make the property valuable.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND INDIAN TROUBLES.

In the falt of 1867 a few settlers moved into the county, and in the
spring of 1868 several log houses were built along the river, from the east
line to a point where Solomon Rapids is now located. It is, perhaps, safe to
state that the first actual white settler in ‘Mitchell County was Joseph
Decker, who early in 1866 located on the Charles Davis farm, north of the
village of Glen Elder. Mr. Decker filed on this quarter section of land at
the Junction City Land Office, and came on with quite a large herd of cattle
and built a dug-out and broke a little spot for garden. Before fall the
Indians drove off his cattle, and he abandoned the country.

Among the earliest permanent settlers were Hon. John Reese, of Asher-
ville, Thomas Howie and William Joiner, just below the forks of Asher
Creek; Matthias Neison, David Bogardus and B. Bell at the mouth of Plum
Creek; Whit McConnell and Tunis Bulis, between Asher and Plum creeks,
on the river; James Farow and James Duff, just above Plum Creek, on the
river; near where Beloit was afterwards located, H. A. Be!l and John White-
hurst and his sons, Vinton and Abraham; and at Solomon Rapids, John
Smith. LEarly in the spring of 1868 nearly all of these settlers were making

rimitive improvements, from the east line of the county west as far as
Batamon Rapids.

At the mouth of Marshall Creek the family of Abram Marshall, con-
sisting of himself, wife, two grown sons and two daughters, were living and
building a dam for the future improvement of the Solomon. Two miles
north, Charles Welch and B. F. Moody were building a dug-out and br-ak-
ing prairie. Rumors of Indians in the neighborhood occasionally reached
their ears, but the settlers gave little heed, except to picket their stock a little
closer to camp and prepare to protect themselves and their property against
these small bands of thieves, as they were then considered. During the early
part of the summer several teams were stolen along the valley, and in
August the Cheyennes and Sioux, or roving bands of outlaws from each,
came into the valley and called at the house of A. A. Bell, where the city of
Beloit now stands. After along parley, the Indians passed down the valley,
and the settlers becoming alarmed, also started east to round up at Thomas
Howie’s, on Asher Creek. The Indians hung about the mouth of Plum and
Asher creeks for several days, when they called at the house of B. Bell, and,
calling him and David Bogardus from the log-house, shot them dead. The
then compelled Mrs. B. Bell to mount a pony and start down the river with
them. Two children of A. A. Bell—Maggie, aged six years, and Esther,
aged eight—were also captured. Mrs. B. Bell rode only about 300 yards
from ihe house where her husband had been killed, when she.jumped from
the pony and started back. ‘The Indians not having the time to spare to re-
capture her, turned and fired a volley at her; one bullet struck her tn the
breast, and she fell, and this band of Indians left her. She was found by
the settlers and taken to Thomas Howie’s, where she lived in terrible agony,
without the care of a physician, for three weeks. :

On the 17th of August a young son, aged fourteen years, of Mr. Hewett,
who had settled on Brown’s Creek, came into the stockade in a most deplor-
able condition, and reported that the Indians had killed his father three
days before and wounded him. He was properly cared for and recovered.
His sister now lives in Osborne County, where his mother afterwards located.
Company G of the Seventh Cavalry, then stationed at Fort Harker, received
orders to make a reconnoisance in the direction of the Solomon Valley, with
a view to the protection of the settlers, and on their way over, their scouts
came across this party of Indians who had the Bell children prisoners. The
soldiers pressed them so closely that they abandoned the children on the
high prairie, where they were afterward found and returned to their parents
at the Howie stockade. Miss Maggie Bell is now living with her parents in
Decatur County; while her sister, Esther, is Mrs. J. B. Dunlap, who resides
in Bloomfield Township, in Mitchell County.

While the settlers of the valley were being ‘‘ rounded up,” by the differ-
ent bands of Indians at this time, the two sons of Abram Marshall, accom-
panied by a man named Thompson, left the stockade at Howie’s and went.
over to their dug out, at the mouth of the creek which bears their ame, to
secure the provisions which had been left there. On their way they saw a
lone Indian come out of the underbrusl which skirts the river on the north
side. They gave chase, and the Indian led them in a northeasterly direction,
nearly toward the stockade, but, on reaching the bluffs, turned abruptly to
the north, up a ravine, where they were confronted by a band of thirty-five
Indians, who opened fire upon Thompson and the Marshall brothers, killing
them instantly. ; .

The company of soldiers, under Lieut. De Rudio, who had found the
daughters of Aaron Bell, arrived on the banks of the Solomon, near the
mouth of Asher Creek, and went into cara in the afternoon. About sunset
two Indians rode out of the timber and boldly approached the horses of the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

company, tied to the picket rope, and, selecting De Rudio’s horse, untied it,
and started across the broad river bottom in a northwesterly direction. One
of the Indians who had taken the Lieutenant’s horse was mounted on a fleet
sorrel pony, and the other, who kept quite a distance ahead, rode a large.
and powerful mule, probably stolen from some of the settlers. Orderly Ser-

geant Harris was the first in the saddle, and the leader in the chase of four

miles to the bluffs, where the schoolhouse now stands.’ Here the Indian on

the pony dismounted, and, throwing a spear into the flank of his pony.

mounted the Lieutenant’s horse and easily escaped. ‘

The stockade at Asher Creek that winter was one of the liveliest places
in the far West. Many of the settlers previously mentioned wintered there,
and were joined by George Ealand, William Holton, John Cushing and John
Owen, who was a trapper then, now a substantial farmer of Osborne County.
John Owen was elected commander of the stockade because of his frontier”
experience. He protested strongly against this promotion, but was unani- °
mously chosen, and during the night packed his traps and fled from this
forced civilization, and went to the heed waters of the Cimaron, in the pan-
handle of, Northern Texas, to hunt and trap alone.

The soldicrs came West to a point two miles south of Cawker City that
fall, and built a block house on the bank of the Solomon, which was aban-
doned rey after, and early in 1869 Dr. Rose, of Junction City, filed on
this tract of land and came to make settlement in the early spring. He re-
mained on the claim but a short time, when he discovered roving bands of
Indians in several different directions. He was expecting his family, who
were then on the road. Writing a hasty history of the situation on the
block house door, he started down the valley in the darkness to meet his
family and turn them back. His body was afterward found on the hill west
of Glen Elder. A pile of stones marks the spot where he met his death.

Later in 1869 and during the winter of 1870, many settlers located
claims, and the Government established a post west of the Great Spirit’s
Springs, on the north bank of the river, to which Battery B of the Fourth

nited States Artillery was assigned, commanded by Capt. H. C. Has-
brouck. Later this company was relieved by G Troop of the Seventh
United States Cavalry, under command of Lieut. C. C. De Rudio, Second:
Lieut. McIntosh, a full-blooded Chippewa Indian, being second in com-
mand, April, 1870, and the raids of the Indians were not quite so
frequent. They were not wholly deterred at once from trips into the
valley, for on May 9, a party of Cheyennes and Arapahoes came down
Oak Creek, and near the county line came -across a party composed of
Lew J. Best, John Hatcher, R. G. F. Kshinka and John A. Seger, from
the young settlement of Cawker City, who were looking up valuable
tracts for settlers, and ‘‘rounded them up” in a buffalo wallow for sev-
eral hours. The party of four were well armed, and by lying close to the
ground and keeping up a continual firing at any advancing Indians, kept
them at bay for four hours. Lew J. Best was wounded by a stray bullet in
that portion of his anatomy most exposed while lying prone upon the
ground. The Indians, finding the party difficult of capture, abandoned
them and passed east to the Limestone, and down that creek until they came
upon the little settlement at Glen Elder, where they killed Solomon Meiser,
John Geer and Mr. Kenyon. The bodies of these men were found in the
river, a few yards below where the mill now stands. Mr. Geer was killed by
a stroke in the forehead with a tomahawk, and was lying on a sand bar
where the road crosses the stream; Kenyon was shot with a revolver, and
Meiser was pierced by seven arrows, which were still sticking in his body.

The settlers fled in different directions, but nearly all found shelter at
the stockade erected on the farm of George W. Stinson. Among those who
sought shelter at that time were Hon. D. C. Everson, John Neve, Milton
Spencer, Scott Guffy and many others. The troops came down from Spirit’s
Springs, and the Indians fled, one party going norte and the other southwest,
to the plains, twenty days later they again appeared near Cawker City, and
were reconnoitering the camp of troops on the river. Uncle John Seger was
alone in the little town of Cawker, which then consisted of one house and
a sod stable, and the Indians—some thirty in number—not knowing how
many persons. ee be concealed in the stable, declined to attack it.
The whole force of settlers were then several miles down the valley hauling
lumber and a saw-mill from the railroad. Uncle John clad himself in
different suits of clothes belonging to the parties who were away at work,
and appeared before the Indians first in one suit and then another, person-
ating different men, until he apparently convinced them that the sod stable
was filled with brave whites, who desired a parley. That night ten horses
were stolen from the ranch of Best & Hatcher, on Oak Creek, two miles west
of Cawker, while nearly a dozen men were concealed in the house, silent but

assive witnesses to their own robbery. The final attempt to reclaim this

eautiful Hard for the buffalo and the Indian was made by a party of dusky
raiders July 2d. It proved unsuccessful, and civilization triumphed. The
buffalo made one more attempt July 5th, 1872, when a straggler from the
main herd came through Cawker City, then a flourishing village of 250
inhabitants; and‘was killed on the main street, dying near the scales just
in front of where Mead & Tandy’s store now stands.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ELECTIONS.

Early in 1870 the county, aa described in the beginning of this sub-division, was decided

i have aaneone population to demand an ereautentinn.” The county had been named in
ee of Capt. William D. Mitchell, who enlisted in the Union army during the late rebel-
che ae private soldier in the Second Kansas Cavalry, and efter promotion to captain, was
i e in the battle at Monroe's Cross Roads in North Carolina, on the 10th of March, 1865.
; ines of the special board of County Commissioners appointed by the Governor,
ba ‘ a a Ree yah oa ten es Eos were, J. M. Myers, William E. Schooley
voting precincts payin teas Slee clerk. At that meeting the county was divided into

She : ; ‘ ‘
bis ne e My s aoe DONE! of Townships 6-7-8, in Range 6, with voting place at

Beloit, No. 2, to i {
at the stotle houwe in Belew nee oF Townships 6-7-8 in Range 7, and the voting place to be
\

MITCHELL COUNTY.

Solomon Rapids, No, 3, to be composed of Townships 6-7-8, in Range 8, and the votin

piece, +0 We ee ae house ot R.C. Clark. yee Be 8, : .
en er, No, 4, to be composed of Townships 6-7-8, Range 9, wit i lace at the

house of George W. Stinson. ® salt - ne eee av

Cawker, No. 5, to be composed of Townships 6-7-8, in Range 10, with voting place at
Cawker City. z

Salt Creeks, No. 6, to be composed of Township 9. Ranges 6-7-8-9-10, with the voting
place at the house of J. A. Markley on Fourth Creek.

No. 1 was afterwards divided as per Congressional Townships, Township 6 being called
Lulu; Township 7, Asherville; eae, 8, Logan; Township 9, Eureka. Beloit precinct
was divided, and Township 6, named Plum Creek; 7, Beloit; 8, Bloomfield, and 9, Salt
Creek. Solomon Rapids was cut up, and Turkey Creek, Center and Kound Springs made
from that rare of townships. Glen Elder, made Walnut Creek, Hayes and Blue Hills; Caw-
ker precinct furnished Carr Creek and Pittsburg, with Custer in the extreme southwest.

he first election resulted in the choice of the following County Officers: Commission-
ers, C. L. Brown, William E. Schooley, Lew. J. Best; Clerk, Laf.C. Snrith; Probate Judge,
James Britt; Sheriff, W.B. Smith; County Attorney, Don. A. Peaslee; Treasurer, H. J.
Messenger; Superintendent of Public Instruction, i W. Elliott; Coroner, J. W. Clark;
Representative, E. Harrison, Cawker. .

Since this first election, the a agg re in the State Legislature have been in regu-
lar order. John Reese of Asherville, John Curtain of Beloit, D. C. Everson of Glen Elder,
Harry Babcock of Walnut Creek, Ww. su. Warning of Center, Horace Cooper, Charles J.
Brown, Capt. F. Charlesworth of Beloit, and John M. Kyle, of Carr Creek.

In the winter of 1880, the county was divided_into two representative districts, the west-
ern district being composed of Solomon Rapids and all the territory west of the west

~ line of that township. Mitchell County managed to get along without the usual unpleasant

county-seat contest, or at least without the unpleasantness commonly engendered. Beloit
was selected by a vote of nearly two to oneover all other competitors (zee history of Beloit).

A court house buildin was needed at once, and T. F, Hersey built one in 1871 and pre-
sented it to thecounty. The building cost Mr. Hersey abont $4,000, and was amply sufficient
for the county at that time. The county built a jailshortly after, at an expense of $800; al-
though it cost its builders as much in proportion as the court house, it has as yet never
proved of much avail. About the only prisoners ever confined therein, were a couple of
alléged horse thieves, who stole the extra blankets provided by kind hearted Sheriff
Hatcher, took out the horrid grates which obscured the window, and passed through the
orifice out intoa. purer sphere. They have never been heard from, and the frugal janitor of
the court house Seperated the hole to toss coal through for winter consumption in
the various county offices.

The county business at present (1882), is in charge of the followin,
sioners, W. L. Record, First District; J. S. McGrath, Second District;
District; Treasurer, James L. Buchanan; Clerk, George W. Clark; Sheriff, W. H. Lan; ord;
County Attorney, A. H. Ellis; Register of Deeds, W. T. Yates; Clerk of District Court,
W. 8. Search; Probate Judge, John Mehl; Superintendent of Public Instruction, M. J. Wil-
cox; Coroner, Joseph Riley. :

Commis-
jamuel Depoy, Third

officers:

SCHOOLS, RAILROADS AND OTHER MATTERS.

_ The rapid settlement and growth of the county led to a rapid formation of school dis
tricts and erection of schoolhouses. The county is now sub-divided into 106 districts, with
suitable pee in each for school purposes; there are 4,574 pupils of school age; 3,733 f
which are enrolled, and the average yearly attendance for the year ending August 1,1,
amounted to 2,461 pupils. One hundred and thirty-two teachers were employed, and the
amount expended for school purposes during that year reached the sum of $23,519.33. Rev.
O. N. Fletcher, a Baptist minister, taught the first school in the county, in the little settle-
ment of Beloit. Although this was the first school in the county, before the term closed, not
less than a dozen others were in , progress in different parts of the county...

+ The Central Branch Railroad was built through the county in the summer of 1879, and
received the bonds of the county in the sum of $50,000 in aid thereof. The Solomon Valley
Railway, a branch of the Kansas Pacific division of the Union Pacific, also extended its line
from Solomon City on the Kansas Pacific to the county-seat of Mitchell. Both roads then
passing into the hands of one management, further extension through the county became
unnecessary, and the work on the Solomon Valley line was stopped at Beloit.

‘Mitchell, like many other of the western counties of Kansas, suffered from the ravages
of the srasehappers in 1874, and many settlers left the county in order to provide food for
themselves during the winter. Much assistance was rendéred the needy settlers through the
organized State and county societies, for the distribution.of Eastern charity. Good crops in
1875 and 1876, however, brought back the popitlation which the county had lost, and Mitchel!
again Commenced to prosper. This county is well settled, nearly every quarter section being
under a degree of ee The abundance of good. building rock has led to the erec-
i ae oe of buildings, both farm and business houses, which are both beautiful and
substantial. :

- During the year in which the railroad was built Sinaieet the county, its advancement in
wealth was very rapid. The following is the property valuation as returned by the March
assessment for the year 1882. i

   
 
   
    
  
  
 
 
 
 
 

 

Tila e si esce Soreee ciao Snide phelps osalgaicideee es eine $190,850
Asherville .. --- 128,999

LOGAN secces cocsscesscessececsassceces sexe ceeeweetessceses oe 65,
~ Eureka... 27,020
PIOM Greek. 12 35:52 cyaseis mtersn ca tasae seme aaesdwiesen aamene: 426
DOO wweenscvanhaavnedd ws ci cdemincnanse nuda aemamemm a eenow 170,188

Bloomfield . oaimicer OR

Salt Creek... isweweecegeeace, $41,
Solomon Rapids: <jcs:ssvesses see'scs cess sues sen comssess 90,016
Durkey ‘Creek. <4... ioseo a Sei nswiccn Seat eeai-eelsew se sees; 95,696
Center weve s2csionee coasessencasy Asecesetesie@ ace tes eseqecsee 58,218
ROUNG SPriNg oe onc ccnsnicss ccisceesecssacenewensianacinn nes’ 24,625
Glen Wider oj. sce conas tomes cectcs mcd ee aesimcea secs mediee cee 127.946
Walnut: Creekiy. csc sccss wecincee de ovecpsvennces uss cweesceesice 75,208
Hayes ....-.... 37,685
Blue Hills 25,120
Cawker -__... 261,86
Carr Creek. 1,463
Pittsburg . - 45,770
Custer ___- 23,957
Beloit City . - 878,727
WOtAl occ seddos sceeuaccineeedeedeteseecse: $2,001,720

The milling interest is perhaps the most important manufacturing industry in the
county, and the Solomon River affords an abundance of .water and plenty of fall. Begin-
ning at the east line of the county, and in fact on the county line, at the little village of
Sinypaon is located Simpson’s mill, with two run of stones and a strong power. This is one
of the oldest milla in the county. Five miles west of the line is the stone grist-mill of
B. W. Tanquary, with four run of stones, built in 1874, by Williams & Finnigan, of Beloit.
This mill has a large business, running night and day. The propery is valued at $18,000.
The next mill on the river is grown from the one started by T. F. Hersey, at Beloit, in 1869;
further reference will be made to this property in the history of Beloit. Six miles
west of Beloit is another custom-mill, known as the Jamison Bros,’ Mill, it has two
run of burrs and plenty of custom work. The property is valued at $6,000. At Glen Elder,
Kaull & Nash have a flouring-mill, with three run of stone, doing a large business. This
mill was built in 1871, by Neve & Spencer, and is now one of the most valuable establish-
ments of the kind in the west part of the State. Three miles south of Cawker City, T. F.
Hersey located his homestead, and commenced building a mill in 1872, in eon with
Hon. John Curtin. They labored under many difficulties on account of frequent oods, but
in 1873 the dam was completed, and the mill has been in operation ever since. The mill
aoe four run of stone, and is valued at $15,000. On the west line of the county the

ackson Bros. have a splendid milling property built in 1875, and doing a vast business.
The property is valued at $15,000. Fo

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BELOIT.

On permanent organization of the county in 1870, Beloit was selected as
the aon es by a vote of nearly two to one. Beloit receiving 143 votes,
Solomon Rapids 48, and Glen Elder 36. The town site of Beloit was first
settled by A. A. Bell in 1868, and for some time was known as Willow
Springs. Mr. Bell anticipated then the improvement of the water-power at
this point; also that the natural commanding location would in time be
improved for a town. Owing to the continued hostilities of the Indians
referred to in the county history, nothing permanent was done until 1869,
when T, F. Hersey purchased the mill-site of Mr. Bell, and commenced get-
ting out timbers fora dam. Notwithstanding two heavy floods Mr. Hersey
had the saw-mill in operation the following September, 1880, and completed
the grist-mill the next season. ; .

The first township election was held April 4, 1871, and the following
ticket elected: Wm. Bickle, Trustee; E. M. R. Blanchard, Clerk; D. E.
Sedgely, Treasurer; Jeremiah Baldwin and J. W. Elliott, Justices; John
Hyde, Road Overseer; Vinton Whitehurst and Magnus Munson, Constables.

In April, 1871, through the enterprise of Hon, T. F. Hersey and a few
others, a school building was erected on the lot where Mr. Robert’s furniture
store now stands, and Rev. 0. N. Fletcher took charge as first teacher of
the first school in Beloit.

- Mr. Fletcher also held religious meetings in the neighborhood, and was
mainly instrumental in organizing the Baptist Church in this city. ;

During this summer of 1871, many meetings were held by the Baptists
in yienes not usually devoted to divine worship. For instance, Rev. George
Balcom stepped into one of the early saloons on Mill Street, and taking a
violin from the hands of a player, stepped behind the bar, and played and
sang, then gave out a text, and for nearly an hour held his audience in close
attention. Elder Baleom located a claim in the west part of the county
where he resided until his death in 1880.

Nearly every building erected in town during the years 1870 and 1871,
was opened by a dance as soon as completed, and services held by some
traveling preacher the following Sabbath when the building was allowed to
fall into its owner’s hands for the legitimate purposes of trade or residence,

In the winter of 1878, an iron bridge was built across the Solomon
within the city limits at an expense of $10,000, for which the bonds of the
township was given. ; f

The town of Beloit was platted March 26, 1872, and the original descrip-
tion as found in the recorder’s office covers all of Section 9, and the south
half of the southeast quarter and south half of the southwest quarter of Sec-
tion 4, Town 7, and Range 7 west. .

The proprietors of the town were T. F. Hersey, A. A. Bell, George
Campbell, Mezandier Campbell, C. H. Morrill, Edward Valentine, W. C.
Ingram and Daniel Kepler. The town grew very rapidly, and in July, 1872,
was incorporated as a city of the third class, an election held, and the fol-
lowing city officers chosen: Mayor, T. F. Hersey; Councilmen, W.C. Ingram, .
M. R. Mudge, H. H. Lyon, Joseph Baughman, J. R. Vaughan.

The Mayors have been T. F. Hersey, G. W. Elliott, Alex. Campbell, E.
Valentine, W, S. Vreeland, John S. Rogers, and W. 8. Vreeland.

On the 10th of March, 1879, Gov. John P. St. John proclaimed Beloit
a city of the second class.

In 1872, the school district in which this town is situated, which was
the second district formed in the county, voted $5,000 bonds to build a
schoolhouse, which was completed in the spring of 1873. In 1878, this
building was found to be too small to accommodate the scholars, and a
$3,000 addition was built thereto. In 1880, a frame building valued at
$2,000 was erected in the Second Ward, and is known as the Second Ward
schoolhouse. Four hundred pupils are in attendance during the present
(October, 1882) term under the supervision of B. 8. Hutchins, principal and
seven assistants.: Five hundred and forty-two pupils are enrolled in this
district, and nine months school held per annum. The current expenses
per year amount to $3,752.70. It is one of the largest and best schools in
the county.

The School Board is composed of the following named gentlemen: W.
H. Mitchell, President; Samuel Thanhouser, Treasurer; J. H. Roberts,
George T. Finnell, H. T. Rogers.

. A. Bell was appointed postmaster July 1, 1870, and_held the office
for several months with Joel Miley as assistant at a fixed salary of $12 per
annum. In April, -1871, H. H. Lyon was appointed, vice Bell, resigned, and
held the office until the spring of 1878, when C. H. Long assumed charge.
On the. 7th of peplenit es, 1875, the present incumbent W. H. Mitchell was
appointed, and the following year built the handsome post-office building on

ain Street, and moved the office therein where it has since remained.

Beloit has two large three story hotels. The Avenue House was built

‘in 1875, by Frank McGrath and H. Bramwell, on the*corner of Main Street,

and Hersey Avenue. It is a stone building three stories above a well finished
basement, and the roomiest house in the county. The Reeder House is of
wood, and is on the corner of Hersey Avenue and Court Street. It was
built by A. Reeder, and is now run under his management. Both houses are
very popular and are a credit to the town and county. Several smaller
hotels are also kept busy.

THE PRESS.

The first newspaper to behold the light in Mitchell County, was the Mirror, whose ini-
tial number was published April 5, 1871 by A. B. Cornell. The proprietor was not wholly
unknown to fame before he dawned upon the Kansas prairies. In Minnesota, he had been
a representative in the Legislature from Steele County. The State of Missouri knew him as
an attorney and newspaper man. His advent in Beloit was made under difficulties, and his
first paper was printed in the open air. After a few months of real earnest hard work on the
frontier, the M7vor suspended, and Mr. Cornell removed to Russell County, where he has
since ascended the ladder of famz, at least a few rounds, by publishing the Kansas Plains-
manand the Russell Ilawkeye, representing his county in the State Legislature and serving
the Federal government as a mail contractor. For completer details in this particular,
the reader is referred to the history of Russell County.
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About a year after the birth of the Mirror, Messrs. J.J. Johnson & A, B. Chaffee
commenced the publication of the Gazette, the first issue appearing on the 11th day of April,
1872. On the 25th of June Mr. Johnson became the sole proprietor, and continued the pub-
lication of the Gazette alone until September 3, 1874. when his brother, W. H. Johnson
porehased a half interest in the business, and remained with it until the second of the fol-
owing April, when J. J. Johnson resumed complete proprietorship. Justin J. Johnson
was one of the pioneers of Kansas, who served State and country in the Seventh Kan-
sas Cavalry pe! the war of the rebellion; an earnest Republican and a successful pioneer
pavlener, In 1876, February 11, he sold the Gazette to an early settler of Solomon Rapids

‘ownship, named G. W. Anderson, who in turn sold the same to Brewster Cameron.

Anderson removed to Lincoln County, where his further history will be recorded. Mr.,

Cameron took possession of the Gazette October 1, 1879. John Coulter was employed as
editor; the paper was enlarged at once, and has siuce been the largest paper, in Mitchell
County. In May, 1880, S. H. Dodge, the present editor and business manager, assumed
charge of the paper, and is, at ee writing, occupying the chair. The proprietor is spec-
lal agent of the Department of Justice under Attorney General Brewster at Washington.

D.C.
During the first week of December in 1874, G. W. McBride, of Iowa, arrived in Beloit

with new material fresh from the foundry, and commenced the publication of the Beloit

Index. This paper chanced to drop in the field in the fall of “ grasshopper year,” and the
people not being able to give it the necessary support, it survived only three months, when
its editor returned to his native State, and the material of the office was shipped to 8. P.
Rounds, of Chicago. ‘é
The Beloit Record, a sprightly real estate monthly, was the next candidate for public
favor in Beloit, Its first issue appeared February 15, 1877. In August of the same ror
it was made a weekly and shortly passed into the hands of the junior partner, Mark J. el-
ley, who bought the interest of G. Webb Bertram. Mr. Kelley conducted the paper fora
few months, and then sold it to W. H. Caldwell, who changed the name to the Courier.
Mr. Caldwell was a member of the Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, an old publisher, a thorough
printer, and he has staid by his paper persistently, until he has now the satisfaction of know-
Ing that he has an established business and reputation.
_ October 1, 1878, the Western Democrat was started by J. B. Chapman who had just ar-
rived from Tama City, lowa. Mr. Chapman made the Democrat a success, and in 1881,
October 14. sold it to F. W. Hiddleson, who changed its name and politics. The paper is

now called the Western Nationalist, and advocates the principles of the national, or green-
back party.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,  ¢

Methodist Church.—This society in this city was the second church organized, and has
enjoyed quite a marked degree of prosperity. It is now cared for by Rev. J, M. Davidson;
has 120 members, and a thriving Sabbath-school of seventy-five - members, The church
pbuilding is of stone, erected in 1874, and is valued at $2,000, Beloit is the head-quarters of
the Beloit District, and the presiding elder, now Rev. J. H. Lockwood, makes this city his

me.

The Catholic Church, known as St. John's Congregation of Beloit, was organized by
Rev. Henry Temphans in 1876. In 1876 theirchurch, which is the largest in the county, was
completed. The congregation numbers 400 members, and is in charge of Rev. Frederick
Schalk. The church property is valued at $5,000.

The Presbyterian Church was organized March 17, 1872, by Rev. Charles Higgins pastor.
The first trustees were, D. F. Eakin and J.S. Schwartz. A building committee composed
of H. T. Walker, Joel Holt, George McKinney and D F. Eakin were early\appointed to
build the church on Main Street. It isone of the most elegant houses of worship in the
county, vaiued at about $5,000. It was dedicated December 1, 1878. The church roll shows
a membership of 100, the average attendance at Sabbath-schools numbers 140. Rev. J. A.
Pinkerton the present pastor, reports the church to be in a flourishing condition. A

Baptist Church.—In the spring of 1871 the Baptists organized a church in Beloit. The
charter members were: Ira O. Pierce, C. H. Long, H. A. Sutton, G. W. Simpson, E. N.
Thomas. The first pastor was Rev. Geo. Balcom. They have a handsome church on the
corner of Campbell Avenue and Second Street, which was built in 1875, at an expense of
$4,000. The Rev. H. H. Branch is the present pastor; the membership numbers eighty-five,
and the average attendance at Sabbath-school. 125. : ;

Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 145, A. F. & A. M., was organized June 10, 1873, and

” chartered November 29, of the same year. The membership now reaches 100, and the lodg

is in a healthy state, with property valued at $1,200. The officers are: G.S, Field, M.;
A. Manifold, S. W.; T. J. Morris, J. W.; H. Casey, Treasurer; W. C. Ingram, Secretary;
» Geo. Frazier, S. D.; David Perdue, J. D.; Wm. Powell, Tiler. -

' Beloit Chapter, No. 47, was organized on the 25th of April, 1880—under dispensation—
and was chartered February 16, 1881. The Hage at present has fifty-five members, and
property valued at $1,500. The officers are: G. W. Port, H. P.; W.C. Hoffmeister, K.;
A. H. kLllis, S.; Duane Freeman, Treasurer; W. C. Ingram, Secretary; Sam. Thanhouser, C.
of H.; W.S. Search, P.S.; C. A. Norton, R. A. C.; C.J. Wynkoop. G. M. Third Veil; S.
H. Dodge, G. M. Second Veil; W. A Usher, G. M. First Veil; Wm. Powell, G.

Beloit Lodge, No. 130, J. 0. of O. F.. was organized the 81st of December, 1876. The
resent officers are: J, P. Hoffman, N. G.; Perry Wynkoop, V.G.; T. J. Culver, P. G.;
ohn Mehl, D. D. G. M.; E. M. R. Blanchard, Secretary. The lodge contains something

over fifty members, and is in a prosperous condition.

Tron Cross, No. 13, Knights of Pythias, was organized in April, 1879, and now numbers
seventy members. The officers are: Daniel Bramwell, P. C.; Chris. Weldon, C. C.; Chas.
Bozell, M, in R.; J. H. Calderhead, K. of R. and G.; A. J. Kinsley, V. C.; A. T. Rogers, M.
of Ex.; J. Hamilton, M. of F. This lodge is in a very prosperous condition, and owns
property to the value of $650.

Library and Historical Association was chartered September 4, 1879, with twenty life
members, who subscribed $25 each. Among the donations was a fund of about $50, which
was a balance left after The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ reunion was held at Beloit July 4, 1879.
Dexter L. Ruggles was the first librarian, and W. C. Ingram is the present official, The
Vbrary. eoneine about 800 volumes, valued at $1,050, and is located on corner of Main and
Mill streets.

BUSINESS INTERESTS,

Beloit is at present a busy broom corn and wheat market Thirty car-loads of broom
corn were shipped from this station during the month of October, and about fiftcen of
wheat and flour. There are three grain warehouses, one of which is an elevator of 10,000
bushels capacity.

In 1873, F. H. Hart came to this city and erected a handsome stone building on Main
Street, where he commenced a banking business, This business has increased every yeur,
and he has twice added to the size of his building. Mr, Hart also bought an interest in the
town company. and has done much toward improving and building up the town. On cast
Main Street he has built one of the most elegant private residences In the western part of the
State. The Bank of Beloit, A. N. Schuster, president; H. T. Walker, vice-president, and
J. W. Walker, cashier, with a capital of $50,000, built an clegant two-story bank building,
on corner of Mill and Main streets, in 1880; they also have branch banks in adjoining
counties. M.S. Atwood owns and manages a bank opposite the court house on Cour
Street, which is in successful operation. Nearly every branch of mercantile business is
well represented, many of the houses doing quite a large wholesale trade, and all of them
carrying stocks, which indicate an immense business. There afe three grain warehouses
that are in constant use by the different local buyers; that of Denton & Co. being u steam
elevator of 10,000 bushels capacity. Each of the above at present writing, is chiefly en-
gaged in Sanne corn, although a few car-loads of wheat are bought each day.

Foundry.—Messrs. Derby & Puffenberger built a stone building in 1878 for foundry
purposes, and until 1882 were engaged in the manufacture of every variety of castings,
many of the handsome iron fronts in the Western towns bearing their mark. In March,
ieee ey sold the business to S. H. Smith, who now employs severa] hands and continues
the business, é

Marble Works.—The business under the above head, in this city, is conducted by R. F.
Wilcox, a practical marble cutter; he employs several hands in the shop, and men and teams
constantly on the road. The value of the manufactured goods which left his factory during
the past year reaches well up into the thousands. The business was established in 1878,
and has grown ateadlly . atid

Flouring-Mill.—The largest and most complete flouring-mill in this part of the State is
located at Beloit, and has grown from the little concern begun by Hon. T. F. Hersey in the
fall of 1869. It is now owned by Messrs. Vreeland & Sheldon, and is valued at $25,000.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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The mill proper is a four-storied frame building.

The engine house is sixty feet north of
the mill, an i

contains an engine of eighty horse-power, which united with the water-
power on the south side, operates two roller mills and seven run of stone. The flour manu-
factured here has a good reputation and finds ready sale all over the State.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

M.S. ATWOOD, banker, was born at West Chazy, Clinton Co., N. Y., and in 1854
moved to Ripon, Wis.; thence to Albert Lea, Minn.; thence to St. Ansgar, Iowa, where he
engaged in the mercantile business, and- held the office of postmaster; again moved to
Plattsburgh, N. Y., and then returned to Wisconsin, and located at Fond du Lac, where he
was engaged in the mercantile business for many een but moved to Beloit, Kan., in No-
vember, 1878, and May 1, 1879, established himeelf in the banking business In the city of
Beloit, and holds the office of ‘City Treasurer. He was married October 30, 1878, to Miss
Josephine Watrous,and is the father of two children—Christine and Louise.

Ww. BARRETT, livery, was born in Westminster, Windham Co., Vt., in 1848: re-
moved to Boston, Mass., in 1866; came to Doniphan County, Kan., in 1869, and in 1871 to
Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan., where he engaged in the gewing-machine business and the loan-
ing of money. He also rung a feed, breeding and exchange stable. Mr. Barrett owns one
of the Richards’ Hambletonian horses, as well asa number of other valuable horses, and we
think it can be truthfully said that he keeps the best pedigreed horses in Northwest Kansas.
He was married in Townshend, Windham Co., Vt., January 25, 1874, to Miss Fannie F.
White, and has three children—Lizzie M., born September 3, 1875; Alice I., August 26, 1877,
a ‘harles W., June 29, 1880. : 7 B 5

= s G. BARTON, land and loan agent, was born in Apacs, Tioga Co., N. Y., May 6
1853, where he resided and followed the business of small fruit culture and teaching school
during the winters, until 1877, when he removed to Billings, Christian Co., Mo., where he
resided and engaged in Joan and land business until the fall of 1878. Poor. health compelled a
change, and he traveled in Kansas until March of 1879, when he located in Mitchell County,
where he has since been engaged in his present business. He attended the Free Academy
of Oswego, N. Y., for two years (1870 and 1871), studying classics at home for five years
(1871 to 1876). He was married May 31, 1880, to Miss Kate E, Bonren,; they have one child.

E. M. R. BLANCHARD, farmer, was born in Boston. Mass., May 1, 1845. In the spring
of 1862 be enlisted in the Union army in ome B, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry, and was discharged in June, 1865, when he returned to Boston. In 1866 he came to
Riley County, Kansas; in 1870 to Mitchell County, and took a homestead, one and one-half
miles south of Beloit, and is now the owner of the same He held the office of Township
Clerk for seven years; also, held the office of School Clerk. He is a member of the Odd
Fellows’ fraternity, and has held the office of secretary for the last seven years. He was
married in Riley County, May 21, 1867, to Miss Emma Whitney, they have two children
living—Lizzie and Nellie; Laura, deceased, was the first child born in Beloit. ;

"AMES M. BROWN was born March 21, 1818, in Mifflin County, Pa.; principal business
farming; also, followed-droving and mercantile business until 1877, when he came to Mitchell
County, Kan., where he engaged in farming and the hotel business. He was married Jan-
uary 15, 1844, to Miss Elizabeth McManigle; they have five children—Samuel M. Brown,
Francis M., Sarah J., Elizabeth and James W., who was married September 20, 1876, to
Elizabeth M. Alexander. He has been a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature
two terms) four years. : 5
S J. 1 BUCHANAN, County Treasurer, was born in Washington County, Pa., May 11,
1834; removed to Adams County, Ohio, in March, 1846: thence to Mercer County, IIl., in
October, 1855; and again made a move—this time to Boone County, Iowa, in 1866. Held
the office of County Supervisor for two years; also, the office of Deputy Treasurer of Boone
County. He came to Mitchell County in the fall of 1873. and took a homestead in March,
1874, nine miles southwest of Beloit; was elected County Commissioner in 1875, and held
the office two years: was appointed Deputy Treasurer in 1878, and served until October,
1880, when he took charge of ihe office as Treasurer, and was again re-elected, and still holds
the office. He was married January-15, 1878, in Boone County, Iowa, to Miss May C. McCall.

S. H. CALLENDER, attorney, was born in Wisconsin, December 10, 1852; attended
college at Ann-Arbor, Mich., and graduated in the spring of 1877. He had studied law, and
was admitted to practice law in the fall of the same year. Went to Woodstock, McHenry
Co., Ind., and remained in the law office of T. D. Murphy, until 1878, when he came to
Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan., and began the practice of his profession. He was elected City
Attorney of Beloit in the spring of 1880, to fill a vacancy, and re-elected in 1881, to the same

osition, which he still holds. Is a Mason and has taken the Royal Arch degree, and

elongs to the Phi Delta Phi. 7

HENRY CASEY, general merchandise. born in Albany, N. Y., July 25, 1848; removed.
to Illinois in March, 1855; enlisted in the United States army in May, 1861, in Company I,
Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; captured at Acworth, Ga., October 4, 1864, and was
a prisoner in Andersonville prison for eight months; discharged J' uly 7, 1865, and returned
to Lake Zurich, Ill. Moved to Minnesota, thence to Missouri 1n 1866, and to Beloit, Kan.,
April 16, 1872, and engaged in general merchandising. He built the building he is now
doing business in, in 1874; room, 23x70 feet. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was
married July 19, i866, to Miss Amanda A. Wadlin, and has three children—Pearl, Alice and
Lenora. Mr. Casey held the office of Township Treasurer for five years. ie :

F. CHARLESWORTH, born in England, August 28, 1834. Came to America in 1856;
settled in Blackstone, Mass., and came to Kansas in March, 1857, where he took an active
part in favor of afree State. He enlisted in the Sixth Regiment Illinois Cavalry in August,
1861, and served three years and four months attaining the rank of cauiein in November,
1862; moved his family to Mitchell County, Kan., in the fail of 1870. He served one term
as City Councilman, and one term as County Commissioner. Was elected to the Legislature
in a = again in 1882. His residence is at Beloit, and he is a dealer in agricultural
implements,

G. W. CLARK, County Clerk, was born in Brown County, Ill., January 12, 1838.
Removed to Greene County, Iowa, in 1856 and returned to Brown County, Ill , in 1859. In
1860, he went to Pike's Peak, and returned to Tlinois the same year. He enlisted in the
United States army August 17, 1861, in Company C, Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry.
Was wounded at the battle of Stone River December 31, 1862, and had his arm amputate
and was discharged soon ufter; when he returned to Perry, Pike Co., Ill., where he remained
until he came to Jewell County, Kan., in 1871. Was elected County Surveyor of said county
in 1873, He returned to Illinois in 1874, and again came to Kansas, this time settling in
Mitchell County in the year of 1875, Was elected County Clerk in the fall of 1879, and took
his office January 12, 1880, the same being his forty-second birthday. He was a: ain elected
in 1881, and now holds said office. He was married June 24. 1868, in Perry, Ill., to Miss
Martha Chenoweth, and is the father of four children—Fazillo, May, Anna and Fred,

J.F. COOPER, druggist, was born in Illinoia, October 28, 1824. He was married Feb-
ruary 5, 1846, to Miss Mary J. Kitchell, and raised three children—two boys and one girl.
Was clected Sheriff of Pulaski County, TI1., in 1855, and followed the river for many years.
Was captain and half owner of the steamer ‘‘Alida;”’ sold her and enlisted in the United States
army in 1861, in Company A, Fifty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was captain of the
company after the battle of Corinth, Mississippi. in 1862; was promoted to major, and a few

_months later was promoted to lieutenant colonel of his regiment in the fall of 1863, and on

account of bad health was discharged from the service.

Ill., and engaged in the merchandise business. He was appointed postmaster, and held the

office from 1868 to 1871. Migrated to Mitchell County, Kan.; settled on a ranch, and dealt

in cattle, He established a drug store in Beloit, Kan., in 1874; was elected County Treas-

et of Mitchell County in 1876, and re-elected in 1878, and is now attending his drug
iness.

DR. EDMUND D. CONVERSE, physician, was born in Princeton, Bureau Co, IIl.,
July 9, 1853; attended Knox College at Galesburg, Ill., also attended Amherst College
Mass. Attended the medical department of the Northwestern College at Chicago, an
graduated March 10, 1874, Was appointed house surgeon of the Mercy Hospital at
Chicago, and held this position for one year; also held the position of house physician in
the United States Marine hospital. Was assistant surgeon of the Northwestern Railroad
Company. He went to New York and attended the college of physicians and surgeons, and
was graduated in March 1, 1875. Returned to Chicago, and engaged in the practice of his
profession with Dr. Henry Gradle; afterwards took a position as assistant superintendent
of the Illinois Southern Hospital for the insane, which position the doctor held for two
and one half year. He came to Beloit, Mitchell Co., in March, 1880, where he has remained
ever since in practice. He is now county physician; also physician and surgeon for Mis-
souri Pacific Railroad Company. Is a Master and Royal Arch Mason,

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G. T. FINNELL, hardware merchant, was born in Virginia, December 29, 1840.
Removed to Ohio with his parent in 1844, thence to Illinois in 1854. Enlisted in the United.
States army, June 29, 1861, in Company EK, Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was
discharses Fee rosy 22, 1856. Returned to Clay County, Ill., and had charge of atelegraph
office unt! 1871. He came to Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan., in the fall of 1876, and erected a
building for the hardware business, 25x102 feet, and stocked the same with hardware, and
is now engaged in this business. Isa member of the Masonic order. He was married in
Tilinois, March 17, 1871, to Miss Ella White, and is the father of three children—George,
Burr and James. \ 2

JAMES F. FLOYD, was born October 15, 1845, in Pope County,Il]. He moved to Ar-
kansas in 1866, then to Pope County, Ill., and in 1871, moved to Beloit, Kan.; moved to
Beloit City in 1875, as Register of Deeds—elected for three terms, six years. Was married
November 21, 18°5, to Miss Louisa Pangborn. They have four children—Laura E., Emma
E., Francis Logan, and Elzina M. Enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Twentieth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in the spring of 1863 as private; was discharged in October,
1865. His father, Spencer B. Floyd, now deceased, was first clerk of Territorial’ Supreme
Court, appointed in 1856. Mr, Floyd is a member of the orders of Odd Fellows and Knights
of Pythias. He was deputy sheriff of Pope County, Il., for 1860 and 1861. ‘

W. S. FLOYD, deputy sheriff of Mitchell County, was born in Polk County, IIl.,
August 19, 1854. Removed to Mitchell County, Kan., in the spring of 1871, and engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He was appointed deputy sheriff of Mitchell county in 1878,
and has held this. position ever since. Mr. Floyd is ason of Judge Floyd, now deceased
who held the office of Probate Judge of Mitchell County. The Judge also held the office of
collector of revenue in Polk County, Ill., and was Sheriff of same county for eight years.
D.C., brother of the subject of this sketch, a young man of twenty-two years of age, was
elected Clerk of the district court of Decatur County, Kan., nominated and elected by a
unanimous vote. W.S.is a member of the Knights of Honor. He was married on Novem-
ber 26, 1874, at Beloit, Kan., to Miss Addie Osborn, and is the father of three children—C, E.
Jessie, and D. C. : 2

CHARLES N. FOWLER, a member of the law firm of Holt & Fowler, was born in
Stephenson County, Ill., November 2, 1852. Attended Beloit College at Beloit, Wis., in 1870
and 1871. In 1872 he went to New Haven, Conn., where he attended Yale College during
the years of °72, 78, "74, and ‘75, graduating from that institution in theaspring of 1876. He
studied law in Chicago with Williams & Thompson, attending Union Law School, and was

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admitted to practice in theyear 1878; went to Beloit, Mitchell Co,, Kan., in January
1879, and-engaged in the practice of his profession, where he has remained ever since. He
“ was eae in Beloit, Wis, April 30, 1879, to Miss Hilda 8. Heg. They have one child—
Charles Webster, born March 25, 1881. - ‘ x
GEORGE T. «FRAZIER, stock and grain dealer, was born in Scott County, Iowa,
August 28, 1847, and in infancy with his parents, went to Rock Island County, Ill., where he
lived and worked on a farm until 1868, when he went to Cloud County, Kan., where he fol-
lowed farming until 1874, when he came to Mitchell County, Kan., where he has since been
engaged in stock and grain. Yearly ‘business transactions amount to about $40,000. Mr.
Frazier was married to Miss Nancy Beck, September 19, 1867. They have three children—
oe Maud and Joseph. He is an honored member of the A. F. & A.M.. Knights of
Pyithias, and A. O.U. W. . : 58,
- §. H. FULLERTON , lumber merchant, was born in Treland, April 22, 1853; came to
-America and first located at Pittsburg, Pa., removed to Nebraska and engaged in the lum-
ber business. where he remained until 1875, when he again moved, this time settling at pel
Center, Kan., where he remained until 1878, and then ‘moved to Concordia, Cloud Co., an
from there to Beloit, where he now resides, He has been engaged in the lumber business in
the different places above mentioned, and now has an interest In seventeen different lumber
yards in the State of Kansas, Mr. Fullerton holding the position of general manager. The
name of the firm being, the Chicago Paraben Conan :
WILLIS C. GLIDDEN, M. D., Homeopathic physician and surgeon, was born in Or-
leans County, N. Y., July 28, 1848. Removed to Illinois near Chicago, with his father in
1854. Graduated at the Illinois State Normal University, at Normal, taking two diplomas;
one in the scientific course, and onein the classic. Taught school three years- in llinois.
Studied medicine and graduated at ‘The Chicago Homeopathic College’? in 1879; came
to Beloit, Mitchell Co., eu, and. a the practice of his Breteaon. . Isa member of the
Odd Fellows fraternity; married in Beloit, June 1, 1881, to Miss Mabel Seager.
J. §. GOODWIN, attorney, was born in Edinburg, Ind., March 16, 1858. Attended

Brookville College, Ind., Champaign, Ill., and at J ‘ohnson College, at Quincy, Ill.; also at-

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tended the business college at the last named place; graduated at Asbury University in the
spring of 1877, and took the first honor in a class of fifty-one. Went to Indianapolis and
went into the law office of Morrow & Trusler. Was admitted to practice law in the Supreme
Court of Indiana in May 1878. Came to Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan., September 27, 1878,
and began the practice o law. He was elected Police Judge of the town of Beloit, which
position he held for one year. The judge has a law library consisting of over 800 volumes,
as large as we have seen in Western Kansas. He is also looking after the comforts of life,
as he has a wlephone connecting his office with his dwelling, which is situated on a hill
about a third of a mile from his office. He.is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and a
member of the Beta Theta Pi. He was married October 7, 1880, af Danville, 1ll., to Miss
Mary E. Forbes. He was elected judge pro tem of the District Court of Mitchell County in
the fall of 1882. In the same fall he was a prominent candidate for County Attorney before
the Republican Convention, but was finally defeated after some twelve ballots had been
taken. His successful competitor, not residing at the county-seat, after the election
appointed Mr. Goodwin Deputy County Attorney, a ape recognition of Mr. Goodwin's
merit. The judge's law practice has steadily increased, and has necessitated the employment
of an assistant, in the person of Mr. A. W. Hicks, a young attorney, who was admitted to
the bar in May, 1878, at Prairie Du Chien, Wis., and who came to eloit in September, 1882.
This addition to the working force of the office makes a strong legal team, and they have
won as well as deserved a large clientage, and a prominent position at the bar of North-
western Kansas. 5

.ROBERT GRONEWALD, merchant, was born August 20, 1858, in Hanover, Germany.
Arrived in the United States in 1869, and located in Adams County, Ill., and in 18783 went to
Buda, Ill., employed by the Chicago. Bate on & Quincy Railroad; in 1879 moved to
Wyoming Territory, and was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad until July, 1879, when
he.went to Peabody, Kan., shipping hay to Denver, Pueblo, Colorado, thence to Denver in
1880, as shipping clerk for the firm of L. U. Albers & Co., also traveling solicitor for the
same firm in Kansas and Nebraska, thence to Beloit, Kan., as business manager of the
branch house of L. U. Albers & Co., of Denver, Col. He enlisted in the Illinois State
National Guards,Company E, Eighth Regiment, in 1876—Col.,Wm. Hanna; Capt.,W. Hemeck.
He is a member of the Beloit Lodge, No. 130, 1.0.0 F., Beloit Lodge, No. 39, A. O. U. W.
He was married to Mrs. L. Cross, of Denver, September 26, 1882. He now is agent for Wm.
Nordloh, commission merchant, Denver. . : .

J. M HAMILTON, general merchandise, was born in Peoria County, Ill., April 14,
1850. Removed to Iowa in June, 1871, and engaged in the fam and general merchandise
business, and in September, 1878, moved to Beloit, Mitchell County, Kan., and eneneet, in
gencral merchandising as manager of the extensive house of W. W. Wheeler, in a double
room, first room 22x100 feet, other room 20x5) feet, with an arch door between. ‘The two
rooms contain 350 feet of shelving; amount of stock usually carried is $25,000, Mr.
Wheeler, the owner of the Beloit business, has opened up a new enterprise. Mr. Wheeler
conceived the idea of building a refrigerator and shipping to different points in Western
Kansas. During the summer they pack all the butter and keep the same in good condition
until winter. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Knighis of Pythias; is a married man, and
the father of two children—Stella and Edward. :

F. H. HART, banker, was born in McHenry County, Ill., November 30, 1846. Removed
to Iowa in 1853, and again moved, this time to Beloit, Mitchell County, Kan., in 1878, and
purchased one-half interest in the town site of Beloit, when the town had but 300 inhabit-
ants. Mr. Hart at the same time established a bank in Beloit. It being the first bank started
in Northwestern Kansas. Now Mitchell County has five banks, and Mr. Hart does twenty
times the business he did when he had a monopoly of the business nine years ago. Is now
doing business in a two-story stone building, 20x40 feet, and well finished and furnished,
He belongs to the I. 0. O. F., and was married in Couneil Bluffs, lowa, February 15, 1876,
to Miss Ellen E. Way. ~~ ;

FRANK HOBART, farmer, was born February 26, 1845, in Deweae County, N. Y.. and
in 1849 moved to McDonough County, Ill. Followed farming until he went to Montana,
where he remained for one and a half years, then to Iowa until 1872, then came to Mitchell
County, Kan., and has continued farming and stock-raising to the present 1ime. He was
married September 17, 1873, to Miss Lizzie E. Harvey. They have two children—Sylvester
and Lyle. He enlisted in the’United States service, in Company D, Sixty-fourth Ilinois
Volunteer Infantry, in February, 1864, as private. Discharged August, 1865, as private.

-Was Sheriff of Mitchell County, Kan., two terms—four years, Justice of the Peace of Glen

Elder Township for 1876 and 77. Is a member of the Masonic order.

JUDGE JOEL HOLT, Judge of the District Court, was born in Troy, N. H., October
27, 1843. Enlisted int the United States army in Company G, First New Hampshire Volunteer
Cavalry Studied law in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated at the Cincinnati Taw School.
Came to Kansas in June, 1867, and settled at Wathena, Doniphan County, and engaged in
the practice of his profession. In 1869, with Frank Drenning, published the Wathena
Reporter. In 1870 was elected County Attorney of Doniphan County. Moved to Troy, the

‘county-seat of the same county, in March, 1871. Came to Beloit, Mitchell County, in 1873,

and was elected Judge ofthe District Court the same year, and held said position until 1882,
when he refused to allow his name to be used. On the 28th of June, 1882, the State Repub-
lican Convention was held at Sone and nominated four congressmen at large, there being .
twenty-three candidates. In the last ballot the Judge received 154 votes of the convention,
and the man that was nominated, 179. The Judge is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
and was married in St. Louis in 1870, to Miss Kate A. Blanchard, and is the father of five
children—Joel S., Kate M., Milton, Alice W. and Anna H. —

W. H. HOUGHTON, agent for the Singer Sewing-Machine Company, was born in New
York, December 16, 1843; removed to Ohio with his parents. In 1861 he moved to Iowa,
where he enlisted in the United States army, in Company K, Twenty-seventh Iowa Volun-
teer Infantry. His enlistment dated October 13, 1862. He was discharged June 15, 186.
He returned from the army to Minnesota; thence to Brown County, Kan., in 1867, and to
Mitchell County in 1871, and took a homestead, twenty-four miles southwest of Beloit, and
now, with his homestead and other lands that he has since purchased, owns 1,067 acres.
When Mr. Houghton came to Mitchell County buffalo were plenty, and he states that he
helped to kill a number of them. His farm is situated on Salt Creek, the creek having been
settled by William Haywood. In June, 1877, the subject of our sketch commenced working
for the Singer Sewing-Machine Company, as thelr manager of a branch office at Beloit. He
is a Master and Royal Arch Mason. He was married at Albert Lea, Minn., July 27, 1866, to ©
Miss Florence E. Farr, and is the father of two children—Hattie and Henry. A

J. B. HYDE, farmer, was born,at West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co, Mass.. August 7,
1845; removed to Northern New York in 1850; from there to Ontario, Canada, in 1854;
thence to Michigan, in 1856; moved to Pennsylvania in 1867; returned to Michigan in 1868,
where he remained until 1869, and moved to Dickinson County, Kan., settlin in'Mitchell in
November of the same year. Mr. Hyde was the first permanent settler on the south side of
the Solomon, in Beloit ‘Township, if not in the county, and claims to have laid the second’
pine floor in the county. He is the owner of 32) acres of land; has been the means of set-
tling about 109 persons on the lands of Mitchell County; has held the office of Township
Trustee for four terms; was appointed County Commissioner of Mitchell County in July,
1880, and elected one of the County Board November 7, 1882. He was married at Mitchell,
Ontario, Perth County, Canada, to Miss Elizabeth Cotter; they have three children—James
E.. John G. and Charles P.

H. JERMARK, livery, was born in Northeast Germany, October 17, 1846. l'e enlisted
in the United States army, sugust 16, 1862, in Company B, Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Vol-
unteer Infantry. He was discharged September 22, 1865; returned to Wisconsin after the
close of the war. In 1868 he went to Montana Territory; where he remained until 1871,
when he returned to Wisconsin. He came to Mitchell County October 23, 1871, and took a
homestead, five miles northeast of Beloit. In 1872 Mr. Jermark saw six buffalo going
through the town of Beloit. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1878, and held this office
until 182. He is.a member of the Knights of Pythias, and was married March 1, 1876, in
Beloit, to Miss 8. Reeder; he is the father of two children—Ernest and Lawrence.

CHARLES JONES, produce dealer, was born March 20, 1839, in Bristol, England; emi-

ated to Towanda, Pa., in 1849, and in 1857 went to Southern California, and followed

rading for twelve years; then went to Mitchell County, Kan., where he has followed general

mercantile business to the present time. He was married in 1815 to Miss Katie James; they
have one child—Maude. ;

JOHN KEYS, implement dealer, was born June 24, 1839, in Dundas County, Canada.
He went to Huron County, Canada, in 1846, and engaged in general mercantile business until
June 1876, when he removed to Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan., and engaged as traveling sales-
man for an agricultural works until 1880. He established a depot of farm implements at
Minneapolis, Kan, He was married September 9, 1857, to Miss Margaret J. Elliott; they
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have eight children—George, James, Mary, Percy, Flossy and Evans (twins), John and
Maggie. He was Mayor of Bayfield, Ontario, for a term of two years, and County Clerk of
Huron County, Ontario, for a term of two years. '

MARTIN KLOOS, merchant, was born in Germany, November 29, 1841; came to
America in 1866, and located in Chicago, Ill., where he clerked ina store. In 1868 he re-
moved to Omaha, Neb., and in 1871 again moved—this time to Blair, Neb.; in 1878 he went
to Hastings, same State; thence to Beloit, Mitchell Co , Kan., and engaged in general mer-
chandising. Is 4 member of the Knights of Pythias and A.O.U W. He was married May
19, 1870, in Omaha, Neb., to Caroline Wisner, and.has three children—Olara, born October
7, 1864; Minnie, born January 4, 1872; Arthur, botn August 2, 1875.

W.H. LANGFORD, Sheriff of Mitchell County, was born in McDonald County, Il.,
July 15, 1889, Removed to Jefferson County, Iowa, in 1856, where he remained until 1842.
Thence he moved further west, crossing the plains and remaining west of Nebraska until
1868, and then returned to Jefferson County, Iowa, and remained until 1870, when he
moved to Keokuk County, and in 1872 again moved, this time to Nebraska City, Neb.
Thence to Missouri in 1873. The last move be made was to Beloit, Mitchell County. Has
held the office of Constable, City Marshal, Deputy Sheriff, and in 1881 was elected Sheriff
of Mitchell County, which position he now holds. Belongs to the Knights of Pythias. Is
a married man and the father of two children—Emma, born September 24, 1862, and Maggie,
born October 15, 1869. F

C. H. LONG, farmer, was born in Cedar County, Iowa, August 19, 1843. Removed to
Mitchell County, Kan., in 1870 and took a homestead four miles north of Beloit and is now
the owner of the same. Was appointed postmpeter at Beloit February 17, 1878, and held
the office until the fall of 1876. Has also held the office of Justice of the Peace of Beloit
Township, and was Deputy Sheriff of Mitchell County under Edward Abbott. Was married
February 27, 1873, in Mitchell County, to Miss M. D. Brown. They have four childeen—F.
R, born February 3, 1874; Florence, born February 22, 1875; C. H., March 3, 1877, and
Edna, November 2, 1881. 7 ‘

FRANK McGRATH, hotel and livery, was born in Western Virginia, January 3, 1846.
Removed to Lisbon, Il., in February, 1854. Enlisted in the United States army January
1, 1863, in Company C, Fourth Mlinois Volunteer ,Cavalry. Discharged January, 1845, and
returned to Kendall County, Ill. Came to Mitchéll County in 1868. And located at Beloit
inthe spring of 1870 and engaged in the stock business and ix now. dealing in stock.
In the spring of 1872 0n the Republican and Solomon valley it is estimated that 175,0 0
cattle perished in that winter, Mr. McGrath and .his brother losing 782 valued at $14,000.
The subject of this sketch built the Avenue Hotel of Beloit, and also with three others owns
the Opey House of said place. He is also enone in the livery business. Is a member of
the Masonic order, and was married in Kendall County, Ill., on January 12, 1868, and has
two children, Henry and Lee. ; J

JOSHUA 8S. McGRATH, farmer, was born November 21, 1825, in West Virginia. He
moved to Kendall, Ill, where he farmed for twenty-five years; then came to Mitchell
County, Kan., and engaged in farming to the present time. For the past three years has
been raising broom corn; on an average for three years the broom corn produce has been
one ton to four acres. Was married in April, 1846, to Miss Elizabeth J. Bowen. They
have six children—Frank, John, Garrett A., H. C., Parish, Melissa. He was Supervisor for
Town of Lisbon, Kendall Co., Ill., for seven years, member of the State Legislature of
[linois for 1874-75, Trustee of Beloit Township dne year, elected to fill vacancy in Board
of Commissioners for a two-years’ term. .

JOHN MAHAFFA, farmer, was born June 17, 1841, in Franklin County, Ind. Moved
to Mitchell County, Kan., in July, 1881. He has four children, Anna, Robert. Edward and
Carrie. His wife's maiden name was Mary 8. Furpuson, He enlisted in the United States
service in- the spring of 1862, as Second Lieutenant Ninth Indiana Legion Volunteer In-
fantry; was discharged in October, 1862. He was Township Assessor of Bartholomew
County, Ind. Is engaged now in farming and livery business. Makes a specialty of raising
corn; had over 100 acres this year; will yield between thirty and forty bushels to the acre.
He is a member of Masonic order.

JOHN MEHL, Probate Judge, was born in Dearborn County, Ind,, July 14, 1848. Re-
moved to Nebraska in the spring of 1870, where he remained until the spring of 1874, when
he came to Mitchell County, Kan., and took a homestead. He held the office of Township
Trustee of Blue Hill Township for two years, He was elected Probate Judge in 1878; re-
elected in 1880, and again in 1882 re-elected to same office. Was married in Nebraska, Jan-
nary 18, 1872, to Miss Ida M. Peavey, to whom have been born three children—Harry C.,
Sseorre E. and John H. ;

.M. NOAH, grocer, was born January 10, 1841, in Daviess County, Mo. In 1859 moved to

Mills County, Iowa; thence, in 1865, located at Glenwood, Iowa, engaged as plasterer and

farmer until 1870, when he came to Mitchell County, Kan., where he is now engaged in the

ocery and produce business. Was married August 10, 1864, to Miss Martha Nelson.

They have two children—Minerva, Logan M. He enlisted in United States Service as

rivate in Company A, Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, July 15, 1861. Was discharged at
oodville, Ala., in 1864, to re-enlist as veteran. Was ischarged June 10. 1865.

T. ROY RANDALL, for five years engaged in the bakery and grocery business a
Beloit, was bornin Kentucky, Married September 4, 1879, to Miss Belle White, at Beloit t
They have one child—Roy. He is engaged at'this place in baking and grocery business..
Has been experimenting with yeast for more than twenty years. No baker need lose his
place as baker; write to Randal Baking Company, Beloit, Kan.

A. REEDER, hotel keeper, was born November 10, 1823, in Perry County, Pa.
Lived there until 1853, when he moved to Fulton County, Ill. Engaged as a black-
smith in phe and plow shop for sixteen years. Then moved to McLean County, Ill.
Farmed for three years, and then moved to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1872. Engaged the
first year as a blackemith. the balance of the time as prcprictor of the Reeder House, one of
the oldest hotels in the Solomon Valley and complete in all its requirements. He was married
November 15, 1844, to Miss Susan A. Highland. They have seven children—William,
Theresa, Laura, Sophia, Mattie, Calvin and Lilly.

B. H. RICHARDSON, lumber merchant, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April
5, 1850. Removed to Williams County, Ohio, with his parents in 1852. Thence to Gales-
burg, Ill., in 1870, where he purchased the Western Business College in the same year.
This school he ran until 1873, when he sold out add became bookkeeper for the road master
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, and taught school until 1877,
when he went into the photograph business. Remained in this business until 1878. He
then came to Beloit, Kan., and became bookketper for the Kansas Lumber Company,
which position he held until February, 1882, when he purchased the busincss of the com-

any at Beloit, Mitchell County, and carries a stock of $10,000 and does an annual banking
business of from $2 ,0U0 to $30,000. He is'a member of the A. O. U. W. and K. of H. He
was married in Galesburg, Ill, April 20, 1872, to Miss Jonnie Houston, and is the father of
two children—Carrie B. and Edwin | ;

A. T, RODGERS, dealer in grain and live-stock, was born in Jefferson County, Iowa,
January 6, 1848, and engaged in the milling business at Merrimac, Jefferson Co., lowa; came
to Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan., in 1877, and went into the grain and live-stock business, and
is now engaged in the same business. He has been a member of the school board of Beloit.
Is a member of the ae of ee was married in Henry County, lowa, October 19,
1811, to Miss Elizabeth Noel, and has one child—Gertrude, born October 9, 1875.

M. M. ROWLEY, attorney, was born in Chicago. Tll., on March 27, 1852. Studied law
with Winston & Willard, and attended law school at,Union College of Law at Chicago, and
graduated in the suring of 1878. Came to Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan., and engaged in the
practice of law, where he has remained ever since. He was elected Justice of the Peace in
the spring of 1881, and now holds said office. Married in Beloit on December 24, 1879, to
Miss Ida M. Work; they have one child—Lloyd.

W.S. SEARCG, Clerk of the district court, was born in Union County, Pa., May 27,
1845, and removed with his father when quite young to Center County, Pa., where he re-
mained until he enlisted in the United States army in 1861, in Company G, Fifty-first Penn-
sylvania Volunteer Infantry. On the 22nd of October, 1862, he was transferred to Company
K, Second United States Cavalry, regular army, of which. regiment he was sergeant-major.
He was discharged February 15, 1867, when he went to Jasper County, Iowa, and remained
until 1869; he removed to Will County, Ill.. where he remained until February, 1872, when
he came to Mitchell County, Kan., and took a homestead. He was elected Clerk of the
district court in thefall of 1876. and has held the office ever since. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and_has taken the Royal Arch degree. He was married December 7,
1868, in Center County, Pa., to Miss Eliza A, Rinkard. They have one child—Emma May.
born August 30, 1876. Le .

BE TT SHAW, news and stationery, was born in Crawford County, Pa., January

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

4, 1850, where he resided attending the public school until he was fourteen years of age,
when he apprenticed to learn tinning, and went into a shop at Meadville, Pa., where he
finished his trade in 1867, and from there went to Missouri. where he worked at his trade at
various points in the State until 1874, when he moved to Beloit, Kan., where he worked at
his trade until 1877, when in company with his brother established a book and news stand,
afterwards taking inthe firm Mr. Edward Guibor, and establishing the Beloit Book & News
Confipany; later Mr. Guibor became the proprietor of the Beloit Book & News Company, ‘and
again in 1882, Shaw Bros. again opened a stock of books and stationery. This has been a
very discouraging country for Bennett ; he came to Kansas a shim, delicate youth, and is now
known as the ‘‘ Happy, jolly Ben,” only Seas 280 pounds, president ot the “‘ Fat Men’s
Association.” Was married to Miss Imogene Dunn, of Stewartsville, Mo., January 1, 1871;
have two children—Edmond and Pearl. Heis a time honored member of the Masonic and
Knights of Pythias orders, and “‘toots”’ in the Beloit band. ooh ;

ANIEL D. SLOCUM, manufacturer, was born February 1, 1846, in Tompkins County,
N.Y. He carried on wagon-making until 1872; moved to Ottowa County, Kan., and in
1880 came to Mitchell County, where he is now engaged in the manufacture of brooms, corn-
scrapers and presses, and a general blacksmithing and wagon-shop. Married February 11,
1868, and has five children—Daniel F,, Wealthy L., Cora, Carrie, and Bessie. He enlisted
in Company F, Fourteenth United States Infantry, February 22, 1862; was discharged Feb.
ruary 23, 1865; member of the Odd Fellows, Encampment, and Knights of Pythias. Was
Coroner of Ottawa County, Kan., for four years. ‘ :

HENRY D. SMITH, wagon-maker; was born August 6, 1846, in Warren County, Ind.,
and in 1856 moved to Warren County, Iowa. In 1878 he came to Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan ,
and is now engaged in wagon-making and general repair shop. Was married October 12,
1868, to Miss Sarah M. Cartright. They have two children—Cora J., and William C.

Cc. P. STEVENS, attorney, was born in Maine, AneUAL 1, 1843. Enlisted in the United
States army in. Company E, Fifth Maine Volunteer Infantry, mustered in June 26, 1861.
Re-enlisted. and promoted to lieutenant of Company I, First Maine Veteran Volunteers,
November 17, 1864; wounded and discharged February 17, 1865 __ Returned to Lewiston,
Maine. In 1866 he moved to Adair County, Iowa, where he remained until 1871, when he
came to Mitchell County, Kan., and took a homestead and located seven miles southwest of
Beloit, Studied law and was admitted to practice in the fall of 1879 at Beloit, Mitchell Co.
He was married in Maine, March, 1865, to Miss Celeste Small, and is the father of two chil-
dren—Walter, born August 25, 1866, and Sarah, born January 23, 1870, ‘ :

W. A. USHER, gencral store and Jumber, stockdealer, was born July 20, 1852, in Erie
County, Pa.; in 1868 moved to Waterville, Kan.; thence to Clay Center. Engaged in
cigar manufacturing for two years; went to Bedford, Iowa, engaged in cigar making, grocery
and bakery until he removed to Beloit, Kan., in 1877, and for the past two years has been
engaged in shipping, selling and growing stock, cattle and sheep. Last year handled 2,000
sheep and 100 cattle. Deals in blooded merino sh¢ and graded cattle. Was married in
1875 10 Miss Rosamond Pratt. They have two children—John and Clyde. Isa member of
the Masonic order, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. |

J.W. WALKER, banker, was born June 4, 1856. Removed to Plattsburg, Mo., in 1872,
came to Beloit in 1874, and engaged in the mercantile business with his father under the
firm name of H.T. Walker & Son. Organized the Bank of Beloit in 1877. with A. N.
Schuster of St. Joe, Mo., president; H. T. Walker, vice president, J. W. Walker, cashier;
capital stock, $26,050. The firm has three other banks in Kansas; one at Minneapolis, cap-
ital $27,000; Lincoln City, $13,000; Osborn, $13,000. ‘In Beloit they own a stone bank
building two stories high, and is 51x62%4 feet, that inclades one stone building built with
said bank building. Mr. Walker belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and isa Royal Arch
Mason. Was married September 12, 1876, in en Mo., to Miss Mollie Vance, and
is the father of four children—Huna E., May B., Henry W . and §. H.

W. R. WEST, grain dealer, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., February 4, 1849.
Removed to Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1852; thence to Lawrence, Kan., in 1870, and to Beloit in
1871. and engaged in the grain business. He has an elevator in Beloit, is also buying grain
at Jamestown, Cloud Co., and Slackville, same county. Is now in the wholesale fruit busi-
ness. He hag held the office of City Council of Beloit. Is a member of the Knights of
Pythias and Knights of Honor. He was married in Mitchell County, Kan., March 2b, 1874,
to Miss Esther M. French, and is the father of three children—Charles R., born February
12, 1875; J ceeph, and the other child not named. ,

.J. WILCOX superintendent of public instruction, was born in Walworth County,
Wis., September 23, 1848; attended the seminary at Geneva, and finished his school educa-
tion at the Normal School, at Whitewater, Wis. He came to Mitchell County in July, 1870.
Was a member of the Board of Examiners in Mitchell County from the year of 1874 to 1880;
and was principal of the Cawker City public school two years, in 1876 and 187.. He was
elected to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in the year 1880, and re-elected
in 1882, and now holds said office. He was married in Walworth County, Wis., April 2.
1872, to Miss Hattie J. Foote, and has two children—Lettie, born August 21, 1875, and
Floy, born suse 11, 1877.

L. D. WIL IAMS, merchant, was born in Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y., February 19,
1839. Removed to Illinois, and engaged in farming; came to Beloit. Mitchell Co., Kan.. in
the fall of 1870, and erected the first business building in Beloit. Mr. Williams has done
much toward the upbuilding of Beloit, as he has built some ten buildings. The stone store
building he is now doing business in is 25x80 feet, costing $5,000, two stories high and well
filled with a general stock of merchandise. Mr. Williams enlisted in the United Statesarmy
in August, 1861, in Company F, Thirty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry; and was dis-
charged on account of disabifty. He was married in Libertyville, Lake Co., Ill., January
7, 1864, to Miss Mary O'Neil.

N. H. WHITE, farmer, was born in Putney, Windham Co., Vt., February 12, 1830..
Removed to New York in 1858, thence to Massachusetts in 1862, and to Mitchell Coanty,
Kan., in May, 1881; and is the owner of 200 acres of land. Mr. White has erected a barn
on his place, one mile from Beloit. which is said to be one of the best in the State; it coat
0e, and including the basement it is three stories high, 38x60 feet. He brought from

‘oston, Mass., the stallion Broken Leg, he being the only son of Rysdyk’s Hambletonian, in
Mitchell County; also brought a herd of Short-horn cattle, the same being registered stock.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Royal Arcanum, Home Circle, and Legion of
Honor. He was married in Millbury, Mass., to Miss Ann E. Livermore, November 19, 1867.
They have one child—Bessie, born February 7, 1870.

L M F. WRAY, grocer, was born March 28, 1851, in Shelb County, Ind. In
1854 he went to Iowa, and in 1877 came to Mitchell County, Kan., where he engaged in
bakery and restaurant, and carries on his place of business in a favorable manner compared
with like institutions in pee cities. He was married October 10, 1875, to Miss Lucinda
Mader... He is a member of the Odd Fellows, and the United Workmen. They have one
child—Walter W., he was born November 17, 1879. .

C.J. WYNCOOP, merchant, was born November 23, 1843, in Putnam County, Ohio
and moved to Greene County, Iowa, in 1854; studied medicine from 1860 to 1864, and adu-
ated at the Iowa State Medical College in 1865; practiced medicine in Sac County, Iowa,
for two years, then located in Atlantic, Iowa, and engaged in drug business until 1872,
then located in Mitchell County, Kan., doing a business of from $40,000 to $50,000 a year.
He is also cngaged in sheep-raising, havin,

November 2, 18
and Ethel.

W.T. YATES, County Recorder, was born in Kentucky, February 20, 1831; removed
to Illinois in the fall of 1884, and settled near Quincy, Adams County; moved to Hancock
County, and from there enlisted in the United States army, in Company I, Sixteenth Tllinois
Volunteer Infantry. He returned to Hancock County, where he remained until 1865, when
he moved to McDonough County, and_remained until 1877, when he came to Mitchell
County, Kan., and took a homestead. Mr. Yates has held the office of Township Trustee,
and was elected to the office of County Recorder in 188!, which position he now holds. Is
a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married in Quincy, Ill., April 6, 1858, to Miss
Mary Kendall, and is the father of six children—Frank, Bell: George, Arthur, Charles, —

and Eva.
CAWKER CITY.

The idea of founding a town at this point was conceived by E. H.
Cawker, J. P. Rice, R. G. F. Kshinka, of Milwaukee, and John J. Huckle,
of Towanda, Pa. In February, 1870, Messrs. Rice, Kshinka and Huckle
came up the Solomon Valley, and selected the site for their prospective

8 1,500 sheep at this time. He was married
6, to Miss Nancy C. Stanford. They have four children—Foy, Opal, Harry,
MITCHELL COUNTY.

town, took the numbers of the land as near as they could then ascertain
them; and, returning by way of the Land Office then located at Junction

City, filed on the southeast quarter of Section 21, the southwest quarter of

Section 22, the northeast quarter of Section 28, and the northwest quarter
of Section 27, Town 6 south, Range 10 west. In April following Messrs.
Cawker, Huckle and Kshinka came to commence operations, and they found
that their papers described land situated one mile north and one half mile
east of that which had been selected, and that the land they supposed they
had taken was occupied by actual settlers, i

They commenced work at once on the land described by their Land
Office receipts, and the city grew apace. The first building erected was the
frame house on the southeast corner of Section 21, known now as the Spears
building. It was built by E. H. Cawker. The town was well advertised
and attracted the attention of immigrants. Mr. Huckle built a dwelling
ind returned to Pennsylvania, and brought a colony of emigrants from that
State. Mr. Rice put up the first stone Building now standing on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, and familiarly. known as The Tribune building. The city
was surveyed into lots and blocks, and the whole section included in the
plat. The interests of the four town proprietors were confined to their
respective quarter sections, Cawker taking the southeast of 21, Huckle the
southwest of 22, Rice the northwest of 27, and Kshinka the northeast of 28.
Some time in June, Cawker had a steam saw-mill in operation, and cotton-
wood buildings sprang up in every direction. The town was named in honor
of E. Harrison Cawker, and he spared no expense -to hasten the growth of
his nainesake. The plat of the town was not recorded until July 15, 1871.
When the Northwestern Land District was created the Government. Office
was located in this city, and opened for business in June, 1872, with A. A.
Thomas, of Cawker City, as register, and Thomas Plowman, of Leaven-
worth, as receiver. The Land Office remained here until December, 1874.
when it was removed to Kirwin as a more central location.

In the early spring of 1874, Dr. J. M. Hodge, of Abilene, was appointed
receiver of the Land Office in place of Thomas Plowman, removed.

On the 20th day of March, 1874, Judge Joel Holt considered a petition
from Cawker City, and finding the names of a sufficient number of voters
thereunto attached, granted the petition, and declared the city incorporated
as a city of the third class. The first city election was held on the 2d day
of June, 1874. The following were chosen city officers for the year to ensue:
Mayor, F. J. Knight; Councilmen, A. Parker, D. A. Huling, W- Wood-
mansee, P. Wolfe, and J. A. zee Police Judge, L. §., Tucker. The
Piha officers are: Mayor, F. J. Kelley; Councilmen, Jacob Rothschild,
nor e out George Tuthill; Marshal, W. C. Whitney; Police Judge, W.

. Mead.

Since the organization of the city the mayors have been F. J. Knight,
J, A. Pope, W. G. Whitney, A. L. Topliff, A. Parker, and F. J. Kelley.
The city being extremely orderly, no police force is required. Although the
city has suffered by two extensive fires, it has no organized fire department.
In 1879, a fire on the south side of Wisconsin Street destroyed seven busi-
ness buildings and $15,000 worth of property. Again in 1882, four good
buildings were burned on the north aio of the street.

The first school in Cawker City (District No. 10), was opened with about
fifteen scholars inJune, 1871. The house used as a schoolhouse was located
where the Berry Block now stands, and was made of cottonwood, size 12x14
feet. This building had previously contained the ‘‘ household gods” of ‘The
Depot Locater,” and constituted his residence during the time he was
required by law to reside upon a portion of the townsite before entering it
as a homestead. - ‘The Depot Locater” is the nickname given to J. J.
Huckle by reason of his having, years before a railroad was built into this
country, located a depot upon every lot of the town site; the location being
in each instance just such as to suit the convenience of some customer he
was inducing to purchase a town lot. :

~The teacher, Miss Phcebe Phillips, was paid in part by pee money,
and in part by subscription of the patrons of the school. The young men
of the town constituted the larger part of the population, and they nearly
all took a lively interest in this first school, as the teacher was perhaps the
most attractive of the three marriageable ladies of the place. The school
‘did not want for visitors especially at noon times. The next’ spring the
teacher became Mrs. George R.-Parker, whose husband is now postmaster
and banker at Gaylord, in Smith County. The first public school sup-
orted entirely by public money, was opened in December, 1871, in a frame
uilding located on the present site of the Chicago Lumber Company’s office.
That schoolhouse has since been moved to Pennsylvania Avenue, and used
as a tin shop.

At the opening of the school there were about forty scholars, and the

number soon reached fifty. The teacher, Clark A. Smith, having just hung

out his shingle as a lawyer, received $40 per month. The salary was eked |

out by evening and Saturday law practice, which gained the young lawyer
a reputation which soon brought him a desirable practice. He is now Judge
of the Fifteenth Judicial District. That first school numbered among its
scholars two men who are now railroad station agents, one who is the editor of
a successful daily newspaper on the Pacific Coast, and many of the little
pits then are matrons now. And so it comes that very young towns look
ack to ‘‘the old days.” vhs :
In 1871, School District No. 10; including Cawker City, voted bonds in
the sum of $6,500 for a schoolhouse, which was built in the spring of 1872.
In 1877, the building was deemed both unsafe, and too small for the district,
and $1,500 additional bonds were voted, and the building rebuilt and
enlarged. The present school board are: C. H. Van Wormer, clerk; G.
C. Farmer, director; L. S. Tucker, treasurer; W. P. Trueblood, is prin-
cipal, and has three assistants. : 2
There are 205 scholars enrolled in the district, and the average ‘daily
attendance is 177. For the last three years an extra building has been
rented for the primary department.

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- CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

_, Catholic Church.—In the summer of 1879 a church society was organized in Cawker
City, by Rev. Clemens Newman, and a frame church building and parsonage Sen was
immediately erected. The stone work of a large church was over half done when Father
Newman arrived in Cawker City, but owing to a defect in the title, the work was abandoned
and the frame church completed as stated. Said property is worth about $1,900. The
Cawker City congregation numbers 225.

Father Newman also organized the Pittsburg Catholic Church, twelve miles south of
Cawker, in a German settlement, the same season. It has 350 members, and a good church
building worth $1.200. 7

Methodist j pleco Church.—On the 14th of April, 1872, the Cawker City class of the
Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. Rev. G. A. Blackstock was assigned to the
Cawker cet that ee

The ors have been: Rev. G. A. Blackstock, H. G. Breed, B. R. Brown, C. L. Schackel-
ford. The first trustees were: Williant Belk, Hiram Coble, R. W. Knox. A comfortable
church building on North Pennsylvania Avenue was completed, and dedicated in the summer
of 1877. It is valued at $2,500. “A comfortable parsonage was built under the management
of Pastor Brown in 1877, at an expense of $500. The church now numbers ninety members.
The present trustees being: Wm. Belk, N. J. Wooden. L. S. Tucker, C. A. Smith, John
Berry. The Sunday-school class averages 125. Rev. C. L. Schackelford, the pastor, is also
pastor of the Walnut Creek class, numbering some forty members,

Congregational Church.—This was the first church organized in Cawker City. The Rev.
A. W. Safford brought about the peanataoe in the month of December, 1871. ‘The trustees
were: W.L. Barr, D. A. Huling, Wm. Harris, C. M. Niles, Jr., and L. GC. Porter. -The
church in the Second Ward was completed the following season, and the church property is
now worth about $2,000. The membership is not so great as in 1874, as the Presbyterian
Church drew away a great portion of its strength, and it now numbers only thirty-seven
members. The Sabbath-school is in a prosperous condition, and under the supervision of
Mr. Barton, has over thirty members.

The Presbyterian Church, of Cawker City, was organized on the 18th of May, 1879, and
the first trustees were: A.W, Smith, E. O. Garrett and Clark A. Smith. The Rev. J. Baay
was employed as pastor, and at present writing still occupies the pulpit. The church has no
Oo its own, but rents a convenient chapel east of the Whiting House. The furniture
of the cl apel is valued at $300. There are thirty-five members on the rolls, and an average
of over eighty Sabbath-school scholars. ee

Cawker City Lodge, No. 125, A. F. & A. M., was organized under dispensation in
ae 1872. The officers were: C. A. Smith, W. M.; Robert Addams, 8. W.; £.S. Tucker,
J. W.; D. A. Huling. S. D.; H. eee J.D.; J. W. Hatcher, Secretary; R. W. Lundy,
Treasurer; W. H. Barke, Tyler; Frank cConneill, Steward. The lodge was chartered by
the Grand Lodge, October 17, 1872. It is now one of the wealthy and prosperous lodges of
Kansas. Itsmembership numbers forty-one. The present officers are:.J. W. McGhee,W. M.;
W. 4H. Mead, S. W.; L.S. Tucker, J. W.; R. W. Lundy, Treasurer; W A. Remfry, Secretary;
Horace Potter, Tyler, ;

Ancient Order of United. Workingmen.—On the 5th of May, 1880, an organization of the
United Workman was placed in working order. The society has prospered, and at this
writing, the books show a membership of sixty-two. The officers are: Joseph Jackson,
M. W.; H. Shepard, Foreman; W. H. Mead, Financier; Frank Goepel, Recorder. Their
regular meetings occur on, the second and fourth Fridays of each month.

Reynold's Post, No. 43, G. A. R., was organized in Cawker City, March 16, 1882. The
present officers are: W. C. Whitney, ee L. L. Alrich, Adjutant; George Latham,
Second Major; Dr. A. Wilson, Surgeon; and forty-one members. Although a young post
it is in a very prosperous condition, having money in the treasury and one year’s rent o: hall
paid in advance. 5 :

Great Spirit Spring's Lodge, No. 159, I. O. of O. F , was organized in October, 1879.
There had been a lodge of this order in Cawker City before, but it succumbed to the hard
times of ‘‘ grasshopper year,”’ and was compelled to surrender its charter, The lodge is now
possessed of much material wealth, and is ignly rosperous. It numbers fifty members,
and is officered by A. Wilson, N. G.; W. C. Whitney, V. G.; F. Goepel, Secretary; J.’ -
Rothschild, Treasurer. ot penta: : soa :

Hesperian Library.—One of the most popular public enterprises in Cawker City is the
public library of the above name. It was organized in November, 13873, with a subscription
capital of $77. It has now grown to be a large and self qusiaining educational enterprise.
The books-are valued at $800. The original members were: A. Patten, A. Parker, R. W.
Lundy, C. H. Rew, Wm. Jensen, Clark A. Smith, H. C. Scrafford, Frank Clark, C. G. Eno,
A. A. Thomas, W. T. S. May, J. S. Shearer, D. Dodge, H. G. Rew, Peter Wolfe and J. S.
Berry. R.W. Lundy was the first librarian. Lewis 8. Tucker. is the present librarian, in
whose office the library is now kept.

THE PRESS AND BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The Sentinel was the first newspaper to greet the people of Cawker City, Kan., as a
home institution. It was first issued by E. N. Emmons, éditor and proprietor, in March,
1872. It was a well patronized seven column folio, earnestly devoted to the rapid settlement
and improvement of the Solomon Valley homestead region. Mr. Emmons is a native of
Wisconsin, a good printer, an industrious and ambitious worker, who made the Sentinel a
success. In September of the same year the Sentinel was sold to Flavius J. Macmillan, a
young attorney from Boston, who conducted it until the spring of 1874, when he moved it to
Phillipsburg and commenced the publication of a paper at that place, the history of which
will be found in the history of Phillips County. :

Mr. Emmons, the founder of the Sentinel, is now one of the leading real estate dealers

. in the northern part of Kansas, located at Washington, Washington County, Kan.

ne Tribune was founded by E. Harrison Cawker, and was first issued in November,
1878. It was a handsome eight column folio, printed on new material. The foreman of the
office, Mr. J. D. Botefur, was a splendid printer, having for years been in the employ of the
Harper Bros., in New York. He made the 7ribune one of the handsomest sheets in Kansas.
The paperlived until the spring of 1875, when the hard times which followed the invasion
of the grasshoppers in 1874, proved too much for it and it suspended publication, and the
editor and proprietor, E. H. Cawker, returned to Milwaukee, Wis., where he has since been
engaged in the publication of the United States Miller, a monthly magazine devoted to mill-
ing and manufacturing interests.

The Echo was the next paper to appear in the field at Cawker City, Kan. It was printed
by Topliff & De Young, who had purchased the Zribune material. The tirst issue appeared
in August, 1875, and started with the announcement that it would be independent in politics.
In January, 1877, De Young sold his interest to A. L. Topliff, who changed the politics of
the paper to Republican, and continued its publication until July, 1878, when he sold it to
Stephen De Young. For a few months Cawker City was again without a paper.

The Free Press rose from the ashes of the Echo in the month of October, 1878, with
Stephen De Young as publisher. It is an eight column folio, and has been independent in
politics, a during the campaign of 188, when it supported the complete Democratic
ticket. Mr. De-Young is a native of Pennsylvania and one of the early settlers of Mitchell
County, having arrived here in August, 1871. He is a quiet, unobtrusive man, with firm
convictions of right and wrong. He is true to hi» friends and makes few enemies; his
political campaigns ee conducted in a most kind and liberal manner. ,

The Journal now published in'Cawker City by J. W. McBride, madeits first appearance
May 12, 1880. Itis Republican in politics, and is a well-looking eight column folio well sup-
ported. Mr. McBride came to Cawker City from Gaylord, Kan., where he had pub-
lished the ‘Herald. Previously he had been connected with the publication of the Chief
at Kerwin, Phillips Co., Kan. Mr. McBride is a thorough business man, who ceaselessly
labors to make the Journal a success. C : .

The Camp Fire is the name of a monthly paper started here in August, 1882, in the in-
terest of the G. A. R. Mr. L. L. Alrich. the publisher, is a native of snare was a
soldier during the war of the rebellion, and has a surplus of enthusiasm on hand which he
works off through the Camp Fire. : :

Cawker City is chiefly noted as being a good point for trade, and the sale of corn and
hogs. Two local grain buyers have warehouses at the depot, and are making daily ship-
ments of wheat and corn. The business buildings are nearly all built of stone, and are
very handsome. There are eighteen elegant stone store buildings, and several frame struc-
tures for business purposes. : :

The city has a National Bank with an authorized capital of $100,000. The directors are
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H. P.Churchill, president; E. E. Parker, vice-president; H.P. Stimson, cashier; Fred Beeler,
George Buist, E. O. Garrett, and C. T. Gorham,

The Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Cawker City, is also located here. A. Parker,
president, and W. A. Remfry, cashier. These banks are in elegant buildings of their own,
one on Wisconsin Street, and the other on Seventh Avenue: The leading hotel is the Whit-
ney House, a large three-story stone house of forty-three rooms, thirty-four of which are
sleeping-rooms. This hotel is situated on the,corner, with eighty feet front on Seventh Ave-
nue, and 105 feet on Ninth Street. The Commercial a large frame hotel, is situated fifteen

. feet north of the Whitney House.
The city of Cawker numbers now about 1,050, according to the census of 1882, taken by

the township‘trustees
; WACONDA.

Waconda was the name of a town which sprang up on the farm of
J. W. Terry, about two miles south of Cawker City, near the confluence of the
north and east forks of the Solomon River. At one time in 1871, it had six
or eight general stores; a large stone hotel, kept by W. C. Whitney; steam
saw-mill; blacksmith shop and brewery. Now nothing remains but a dwell-
ling or two. The hotel is a large farmhouse, the brewery an unoccupied
building, while nearly all the stores are torn down, burned down or moved to
help build up its rival, Cawker City. A large two-story stone schoolhouse,
which was built in the spring of 1878, is the most conspicuous landmark left
—like a headstone erected to the memory of a departed life.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

_ SAMUEL DEPOY, farmer, P. O, Cawker City, was born September 1, 1831, in Fayette
County, Ohio. In 1845 moved to Whitley County, Ind., and until May 29, 1865, wasa farmer
and practical miller. He then moved to Franklin County, Kan., and in Auguer, 1871, arrived
in Mitchell County, Kan. Was married September 17, 1852, to Miss Zada Fellers. They
had four children—Flora A., Henriette J., Hlizabeth A., Isaac N.. Was married again Janu-
ary 9, 1864, to Miss Rachel Edgar. They have five children—Nellie J ., Joseph H., David
W., James N., Samuel C. Was clerk of the Board of Trustees of Whitley County, Ind., five
. years, Trustee of Carr Creek Township, Mitchell County, two years, and County Commis-
sioner, Mitchell County, for past five years, and re-elected. ‘
DR. D. C, EVERSON was born in Orange County, N. Y., in 1847. At an early age his
parents moved to Illinois. The doctor was educated at Bloomington University and Medical
College of Chicago. In May, 1870, Dr. Everson came to Mitchell County and settled near
Glen Elder, where he engaged in farming and the practice of medicine. In the fall of 1873
he was chosen to represent Mitchell County in the State Legislature, which he did with
credit to the county and honor to himself. In 1876 he removed to Cawker City, where he
has since resided. He has been gngaged in business with the firm of Lundy & Everson,
drogeie. Was married in 1867.

‘RANK J. KELLEY, lawyer, was born May 5, 1849, in Pottsville, Pa. In the spring of
1855, his parents moved to Galena, Ill. He graduated from the State Normal Institute,
Plattsville, Wis., in 1869. In the year 1872 he moved to where the city of Cawker now stands,
and where he built the first public house in the city. For the past five years he has been
practiciug law. He was married August 15, 1869, to Miss Cecelia Gallahan, who died in
1873. They had one child—Loretta. He was married to Miss Flora Balcom, March 24, 1881.
Was elected Mayor of Cawker City for 1881 and 1882. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.,
Knights of Pythias, and the A. 0. U. W. -

OHN W. McBRIDE, editor and proprietor, was born July 11. 1844, in Summit
County, Ohio. He removed with his parents to Will County, Ill., in 1853. and in the year
1858 returned to Ohio to attend the Summit County University, from which place he grad-
uated in 1862. In the year 1865 he removed to Ottumwa County Iowa, where he ee in
the implement business until July of 1878, when he at eas to Kirwin, Kan , and pon ished
the Kirwin Chief until July, 1879. He then went to Gaylord, Kan., where he published the
Gaylord Herald until May 8, 1880, when he came to Cawker City, Kan., and established the
Cuwker City Journal, of which he is ‘editor and proprietor.’ Was married January 1,
1862, to Miss Sarah E. Tooker. They have three children— Mattie J., May and Florence.

A. PARKER was born in Warren County, N. Y , October 10, 1829. Removed to Indiana;
thence to Cincinnati, Ohio; thence to California in 1849, back to Cincinnati in 1852; thence
to Missouri; thence to Illinois, and back to Missouri. This time settling at St. Joe; came
to Mitchell County in 1870, and engaged in the mercantile business. Started the first busi-
ness of any importance in the now thriving town of Cawker City, and he owned an interest
in the town-site. Mr. Parker established the first bank in Cawker, in the year 1878, under
the name of A. Parker & Co. He now owns the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank, with a
stock of $50,000, with A. Parker, president, and Mr. W. A. Remfry, cashier. He enlisted
during the late war in the Missouri State Militia. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
He was married in Cincinnati, September 1, 1847, and has two boys and three girls—George
R., Flora, Effie and Ettie; the last two named are twins. ,

RICHARD M. PERRINE, insurance agent, was born in Ripley County, Ind., in 1841.
Received a common school education, and was reared a farmer, in which business he was
engaged when the war of the rebellion called him to the front. He enlisted in Company D,
Sixteenth Indiana Volunteers, and served one year. On being discharged he recruited a
company for an Jowa regiment, and was commissioned first lieutenant. He made the
State of Iowa his home, and farming and insurance his business until 1879, when he removed
to Kansas and engaged in insurance as a specialty. Mr. Perrine was married at Scott's
Grove, Iowa, in 1866, to Miss M. J. Johnson. R. M. isason of Charles and Lucinda A. Perrine.

STEVEN A. ROGERS, farmer, P. O. Cawker City, was born June 15, 1847, in Johnson
County. Vt. In 1852 his parents moved to Iowa, and in 1859 went to Illinois, where he lived,
farming until 1870, when he came to Mitchell County, Kan.. where he is to-day on a fine farm
of 640 acres, 400 acres under cultivation, with good buildings and well stocked. This
year raised 120 acres of corn, averaging forty bushels to the acre. Was married
to ae Lydia McCune. They have five children—Edward, Joseph, Flora, Ralph and
Charlie. f

CLARK A. SMITH, lawyer, was born in Rock County, Wis., July 29, 1846. Was raixed
on a farm and worked his own way through college by interspersing farming and school-

teaching. Graudated at the State University of Wisconsin classical course in 1870, and from
the law department in 1871. In Anas, 1871, he located at Cawker City, Kan., where he
still tesides. He was married to Miss Sarah Bower, of Strasburg, Pa., February 6, 1878,
and they have two children—Matthew Allen and Omer De Witt. In November, 1880, he was
elected Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District, but by the decision of the euprame Court
of the State, the term of his predecessor did not as et until January, 1882, and the election
was held void. In November, 1881, he was again elected to the same office, running as an
Independent candidate against C. Angevine, epublican nominee, and L. C. Uhl, Democrat.
The canvass will be remembered as being the most spirited and exciting that has occurred
in Northwestern Kansas. His term will expire January, 1886. :

GEORGE TAMM, farmer, P. O. Cawker City, was born in Seligen Stadt, Germany, Scp-
tember 15, 1848. He received a common public school education, and was indentured to a
machinist, whose trade he learned. Came to St. Louis in 1867, where he worked at his trade
until February, 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating on Section 23, Township 6, Range
10, near Cawker City, where he commenced the life of a farmer, which he still continues,
Was married in St. Louis to Eliza Berberich, in 1871.

GLEN ELDER.

Glen Elder is the name of a flourishing town in Section 28, Town-
ship 6, Range 9. It was originally platted as West Hampton, by Messrs,
Neve and Spencer, who in 1871'commenced building the large flouring-mill
now in operation in that place. The name of West Hampton was soon
lost, as the Glen Elder post-office was moved down from half a mile north,
and Glen Elder was more widely known. Thére are now nearly a dozen
good stores in the town, a grain warehouse_at the depot, and considerable

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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business of every kind; the mill referred to in another place being one of
the leading enterprises. ;

The Mitchell County ~Key, a greenback paper, was established here
January 5th, 1880, and was published a short time by George E. Dougherty,
who afterward moved the paper to Bull City, in Osborne County. The
Methodist Episcopal Church: of this place is one of the strongest in the
county, numbering 141 members. They have as yet no permanent ehurch
building, but have a handsome parsonage built last year at an expense of
$57% The Rev. D. Pruitt is the present pastor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. F. BECKER was born in Middleburgh, N. Y., March 25, 1841. In 1849 moved to
Indiana. Enlisted in the Union army, July 4, 1861, in Company C, Thirty-fourth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry. Discharged September 25, 1865, and returned to Henry Covnty, Iowa.
In 1868 moved to Omaha, Neb., and to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1876, and took a homestead
ten miles west of Beloit. Came to Glen Elder and engaged in general merchandise, under the
firm name of Becker Bros. Was appointed potas Glen Elder, August 31, 1877, Mr.
Becker enlisted in the army as a private, and was promoted to second lieutenant, but was
the acting captain of the company the last year of service.

DR. Ww: C. BEEDLE was born in Wayne County, Ohio, October 14, 1827. Removed to
Indiana, thence to Wisconsin. thence to Iowa in 1854. Left Iowa in the spring of 1860, and
moved to Colorado. Returned to Iowa in 1866, and came to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1871,
and located on a homestead eight miles west of Beloit. Has been practicing medicine for
the past thirty years. The doctor has been located at Glen Elder but little over a year, and
enjoys a good practice. He is a married man, and the father of eleven children.

} . T. BUENING was born in Prussia, February 5, 18538. Landed at Boston, Maas,
April 18, 1875. First located in Clearfield County, Pa. Went to Allegheny County, Pa., in
the fall of the same year, thence to West Virginia; returned to Allegheny County the same

ear, thence to Clarion County, Pa., thence to Lake County, Ind., came to Mitchell County,
kom, and settled at Glen Elder, and engaged in the grocery, boot and shoe business, and is
now enjoying a good trade. He was married in Lake County, Ind., August 27, 1878, to Miss
M. L. Barman,

J. M. SUTTON was born in New Jersey, September 20, 1851. Removed to Bureau
Courty, Ill., in 1855, thence to Wisconsin in 1868; came to Mitchell County, Kan., in the
fal! of 1870, and entered a homestead twelve miles west of Beloit, and is now the owner of
the same. Mr. Sutton is carrying a general stock of goods in the town of Glen Elder, and is
doing a good business. He made his own start in the world, and has no one to thank for his
success but his own energy and enterprise. Married in Mitchell County, April 20, 1879, and
has one child—Henry, born January 6, 1881. : a .

A. A. THOMPSON was born in Wayne County, Ohio, September 27, 1839. With his
parents moved to Wisconsin in 1846. He enlisted in the Union army in April, 1861, in Com-
pany F, Third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Was discharged in July, 1864, and returned to
Grant County, Wis. Moved to Charles City, Iowa, the following year, thence to Lawrence
County, Mo. Came to Mitchell County, Kan., in November, 1875, and took a homestead in
Lulu Township. Opened a stock of general merchandise in Glen Elder in 1877. Mr.
Thompson is a self-made man, having started in the world without capital, and is now the
owner of a large stock of goods in a room 30xh0 feet, the same being built by him in 1878.
His finances are such that he discounts all of his bills. He was married in Charles City,
Iowa, January 28, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Blunt. They have'seven children—Carrie, Mannie
M., Sylvia A., Maud E., John J., Harvey J. and Daisy.

SOLOMON RAPIDS.

Solomon Rapids was once quite a town, when it would compete for the
county-seat. It now has one store and a railroad depot. One of the first
settlers of the township was R. C. Clark, an attorney of some prominence,
and on the formation of the Fifteenth Judicial District, a candidate for
Judge. In the winter of 1871, he made himself obnoxious to Mr. Mann
and his employees, who were keeping a herd of cattle on the Solomon River.
Under direction of Mr. Mann, te “Greasers” lassoed Mr. Clark, and took
him across the prairie at race-horse speed, much to the discomfort and
bodily injury of said Clark, and against the peace and dignity of both
Clark and the State of Kansas. A trial by Justice resulted in the acquittal
of Mann and his Mexicans. J

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. C. COCHRAN, farmer, Section 34, Township 6, Range 8, P.O. Solomon Rapids,
was born in Illinois, December 18, 1438; moved to Keokuk County, Iowa, in 1840; enlisted
as private in Company D, Thirteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry in September, 1861; dis-
charged in Mowexiner 1862, and went to California in 1863, and returned to Jowa in 1867,
where he resided until 1870, when he came to Mitchell County, Kan., and homesteaded his
present farm six miles northwest of Beloit. He has taken more than ordinary care of his
trees, and has now a fine fruit orchard, and a walnut grove of six acres that cannot be
excelled in the State; has a fine stone dwelling; the main part is 18x30 feet with a wing 18x18
feet. Heis a member of long standing of the Masonic fraternity, and of the G. A. R.
He has been elected to the office of Justice of the Peace and Trustee of Solomon Rapids
Township. He was marricd in Jasper County, Lowa, to Mary A. McConnell, February 11,
1868, and they have four children—Ida M., John T., Ora D., and Etta L.

BL. DOUGLASS, farmer, P. O. Solomon Rapids, was born in Livingston County, N.
Y., July 10, 1852. Came to Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kan., in 1870, and to Mitchell County
in 1872. He is the owner of 160 acres of land, and superintends the farming of the same.
In addition to his mercantile business, he now carries a pose stock of goods at Solomon
Rapids; it is » country store, but does a good business. tT. Douglass has taken great pride
in collecting a great many specimens of different kinds from all parts of the world. He was
married in New York, November 31, 1881, to Miss Addie C. Douglass.

oO. B. DOUGLASS, farmer, P. O. Solomon Rapids, was born in Avon, N. Y., June 26,
1847; removed to Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kan., in 1870. Came to Mitchell County in
the fall of 1872. Is now the owner of 400 acres of land, six miles northwest of Beloit and
raised 500 acres of broom corn, and 200 acres of corn in 1882. He is erecting a dryin; house
26x150 feet, two stories high, and built of stone. Mr. Dougiass is also erecting a mill on the
Solomon River near his place, size 40xt0 feet, four stories high. He keeps 800 hogs, 600
sheep and twenty-five head of cattle. It is to this gentleman's credit that he made his own
start in the world. He was married in Mitchell County, April 10, 1876, to Miss Jenny
McGrath, and has two children.

GEORGE H. McKINNIE, farmer, P, O. Beloit, was born in Logan County, Ill., August

6, 1842, where he followed farming until 1873, when he came to Mitchell County, Kan.,
and since he has been here, aside from his farming has given considerable attention to
horses and hogs. He has now a fine farm of 400 acres—good house and barn—and well-
stocked, nearly 150 nore and fifteen horses, He was married to Miss Henrietta H. McCor-
mick, June 11, 1870. ey have two children—Ralph G., and Charles M. He enlisted as
private in Company F, Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, August 6, 1862; was dis-
charged February 1, 1865, for wounds received at Resaca, Ga. May 17, 1864.
3 ON A. PEASLEE, farmer, P. 0. Solomon Rapids, was born in Concord, N.#., March
22, 1848; moved to St. Croix Falls, Minn., in 1854, and from there to Iowa, with his parents
in 1858, and came to Mitchell County, Kan., in May, 1870. He took a homestead ten miles
west of Beloit. Was appointed clerk of Mitchell cunt Kan., in 1870, He was elected
County Attorney in the fall of the same year, and held the office until 1872. Attended the
college at Pella, Jowa, also at the State University. He was married in Iowa in the fall of
aon to Miss Elizabeth Smith; ina ee two children—May R., and Bertha. Fe

JOHN S. RODGERS, farmer, P. 0. Beloit, was born in Piqua, Miama County, Ohio,
ae 14, 1827, and in 1851 removed to Jefferson County, Towa, where he farmed and taught
school until 1865, when he went in the milling business, He invested $30,000 in a grist and
MITCHELL COUNTY.

saw-mill, doing a fine trade until September 14, 1865, when the mill and contents were
destroyed b re. He farmed then until 1877, then came to Mitchell County, Kan., and has
engaged in farming since. He was married June 30, 1852, to Miss Caroline M. Foreman.
They have three children—Thomas C., William B., and J ohn. Was County Commissioner
in Jefferson County, Iowa, three years, and Mayor of the City of Beloit, two years.

J.S8. SMITH, farmer, was born in Adams County, Ohio, August 15, 1844; removed to
Concord in Lewis Co., Ky., thence to Carl County, Mo., in the spring of 1859; enlisted in
Company A, of ving. Regiment State Militia. He moved to Ray County in 1865, and came
to the Solomon Valley, Mitchell Co., Kan., in the fall of 1865; returned to Missouri, and
came back in 1866, and located on his present homestead April 20, 1866; broke prairie on
May 1 of the same year. When Mr. Smith settled at this point the wild indian and buffalo
roamed up and down the Solomon gee _ He has killed 100 buffaloes. He enlisted in the-
State Militia, In the spring of 1870, he built a stockade to protect himself and family from
the wild Indians. His father, Alexander, and his brother Alexander, were killed by the
Indians the same day Mrs, Morgan was captured. The subject of our sketch is a mem
ber of the Baptist Church of Beloit, and helped found the same. Isa married man and ha
one child—Coy B., ten years old. He is the owner of 320 acres of land.

J.B. WICKLIN, farmer, P. O. Glen Elder, was born in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa.,
May 12, 1883; removed to Jackson County, Ohio, in 1834, and to Clark County, Ill., in 1839,
and-to Robinson, Crawford County, in 1856. Was married December 16, 1857, to Mary
Wood. He enlisted in the Union army, June 6, 1864, as captain of Company H, One Hun-
dred and Thirty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and returned to Crawford County at the
close of the war. In 1865, he came to Marshall County, Kan., and settled near where Frank-
fort is now situated. He moved to Pottawatomie County in 1867, and to Mitchell County,
in 1878, and bought land and took a homestead ten miles west of Beloit. He held the
offices of postmaster, Justice of the Peace, and Town Clerk in Pottawatomie County. They
have s1x children—J. K., Clara A., W. E., J. O., M. A., and May.

JOHN W. WOOD, farmer, P. O. Solomon Rapids, was born in England, June 26, 1842;
came to America in 1861, and located in North Central, N. Y.; left there in 1870, and located
on a homestead in Mitchell County, Kan., and is now the owner of 3878 acres of land;
keeps from 25 to 50 head of cattle, and 25 to 100 head of hogs. Mr. Wood claims to have
marketed at Junction City, 110 miles distant, the first barleyraised and marketed in Mitchell
County. He was married in Canada in the spring of 1866, to Miss Alla Dorland.

Cc. C. WOOSTER, farmer, P. O. Solomon Rapids, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio,
June 10, 1241, Enlisted for three months in the United States Volunteer Infantry, in Com-
pany K., Second Ohio; removed to Iowa in 1865, and then to Mitchell County, Kan., and took
a homestead and is now the owner of the same; raised a crop of twenty-five acres of broom
corn in 1882. Mr. Wooster settled on his homestead at a time when the buffaloes were
plenty in this part of the country. The Indians stole a horse from Mr. Wooster three days
after his settling on his homestead. but the horse was recaptured. Is a member of the Odd
Fellows lodge. He was married in Ohio, in the spring of 1861, to Miss Nannie Cullum.
They have six children—Rosanna J., Jeremiah, Lizzie, Oslor, and J osephine. Has held the
office of Township Trustee for four years.

SCOTTSVILLE.

The building of the Central Branch Railroad through the county
caused several little towns to spring up, among which is Scottsville, which
according to the plat in the office of the Register of Deeds occupies a part
of Section 11, Township 6 south, Range 6 west. It was platted on the
16th day of October, 1878. Considerable business is carried on here, as
this railroad station is in the center of a large corn-raising territory, and
many car-loads are being shipped therefrom each week. The Methodist
Episcopal Church has an organization here, presided over by Rev. H. EK,
Pickle. The membership numbers eighty-three, and nearly one hundred
Sabbath-school scholars attend regularly each Sunday. A project is on
foot to build a church next season.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,.—LULU TOWNSHIP. :

C. W. CULP, farmer, P. O. Scottsville, was born in Decatur County, Ind., April 27, °

1843 Removed to Adams County, Il., in 1844. Enlisted in the United States army Octo-
ber 21, 1861, in Company D, Fiftieth Ilmois Volunteer Infantry. Was mustered out July
15, 1865. Returned to Quincy, Il]l., and moved to Mitchell County, Kan., in March, 1870,
and took a homestead and is now the owner of 320 acres of land which joins the town of
Scottsville. He laid out the town of Scottsville in September, 1878, and is the owner of a
third interest in this town. He held the office of County Commissioner from 1871 until
1875 and held the position of chairman of the said board for three years. Mr. Culp helped
to organize Mitchell County and was the first Justice of the Peace elected in this county.
He named the townships of Lulu, Bloomfield and Logan. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity. He was married October 1, 1865,in Adams County, Ill., to Miss Elizabeth A.
Wagner. They have five children—Minnie, born September iz, 1866; Sherman, Decem-
ber 29, 1867; Archie W., August 21, 1871; Orville W., January 20, 1878, and Bertie January

0.

a 1 M. CULP, Scottsville, was born in Indiana July 22, 1838, and removed to Illinois in 1844,
He enlisted in the United States army, in Company D, Fiftieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry
in August 1861, and was discharged in October, 1864. He returned from the army to Illinois
and in October, 1871, came to Mitchell County, Kan., aud took up a homestead eight miles
northeast of Beloit. He engaged in the merchandise business in Scottsville in 1877. He
has held the office of Trustee and Justice of the Peace. He was married August 8,
1858, in Adams County, Ill., to Miss Rebecca Lane. They have one child—Luella, born
July 22, 1861. :

‘8. R. GLIDDEN, Scottsville, was born in New York State June 24, 1850. He removed
to De Kalb, Ill., with his parents, and from there to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1877 and en-
gaged in gener: menehautitan: under the firm name of Glidden & Keeler. The firm built
a room 22x70 feet and filled the same with a general stock of goods and are doing an immense
business, having sold over $30,000 last year. Mr. Glidden was married in Scottsville, De-
cember 15, 1880, to Miss Emma Green. | .

R. P. KENDALL, farmer, P. O. Canyon City, Oregon, was born in Hamilton County,
Ohio, May 12, 1829. Studied medicine and graduated at the Miami Medical College, Cin-
cinnati, in March, 1856. Taught school fora number of years. He commenced the prac-
tice of medicine at Liberty, Adame County, Ill. He enlisted in the United States army,
July 22, 1861, in Company L, Second Illinois Cavalry as a private and was raised to the

osition of Major Surgeon of the Seventh United States Colored Heavy Artillery, and was
Hischarged November, 12, 1865. e came to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1871 and pre-empted
160 acres of land and homesteaded 160 acres, and is now the owner of the same and is doing
an extensive farming business. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows. He was mar-
ried March 16, 1858, at Liberty, Ill., to Mrs A.M. Collins, They have four children.
Ordained July 9, 1876, in Grace Cathedral. Topeka, by Bishop Vail. |

D. W. McCUTCHAN, farmer, P. O. Scottsville, was born in Floyd County, Ind.,
February 11, 1846. -Removed to Wayne County, Iowa. In 1865 to Decatur County; thence
to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1872 and took a homstead April 12, 1872, and is now the owner
of 240 acres of land. He has held the office of Township Trustee and took the census of
Lulu and Asherville Townships in 1880. Mr. McCutcheon is a leading member of the
Christian ;Church. He was married March 10, 187 , in Decatur County, Iowa, to Miss
Fannie R: Bassett. They have four children—Cora, born February 24, 1874, Kdgar H,
born-July 30, 1876; Frank L., July 29, 1879, and Annie E., March 13, 1882

REV. B. B. NEWELL, P. O. Scottsville, was born in Vermont, Se tember 8, 1825;
removed to New York in 1887, thence to Cleveland, Ohio, thence to Michigan, and again
moved, this time to Mitchell Kan., in 1878, and engaged in the loan and insurance business;
and was appointed notary public, and elected Justice of the Peace; having loaned over
$50,000 in the past three years. The Rey. Mr. Newell pe educated at Cleveland, Ohio, and
became a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Chure when twenty-seven years oe aud
hag continued in the ministry ever since. He was married January 1, 1845, in Cleveland,
Ohio, to Miss Jane Robinson, and has six children.

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PLUM CREEK TOWNSHIP.

DAVID IRISH, farmer, P. O.Beloit , was born in Wyoming, N. Y., April 10, 1831, and

- with his parents went to Wisconsin in 1812, where he was for himself a successful farmer

until 187’, when he came to Mitchell County, and since coming here has been engaged in
farming. For the past seven years he has given special attention to broom corn, at which
he has been very successful; had 110 acres this year; yield, about one ton to four acres.
Was married to Miss Sarah James, February 25, 1857. They have five children—Joseph E.,
Earl M., Carrol, Perry, Nora.

G. E. JAMES, farmer, P. O, Beloit, was born in Rhode Island June 28, 1818. Removed
to Wisconsin, thence to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1873 and located near Beloit and is the
owner of a section of land. Mr. James is the pioneer broom corn man of Mitchell County,
and in 188% raised 200 acres. He built a broom corn press called the Down press, that has
proved to be a success, the first used in the county, Now the broom corn business in
sMitchell County has grown to be one of the most successful crops in the county. Mr.
James has the sale of the Star windmill that has grown so popular, He is a member of the
Baptist Church, of Beloit, and helped to organize the same. He has been on the school
board for seven years. He was married in Wisconsin in 1858, to Miss Ellen Delaney, and
they have gent children.

W.A. STEVENS, stock dealer, P. O. Beloit, was born September 13, 1836, in Buncombe
County, N. C. He removed to Peoria County, Ill., and engaged in farming and stock dealing
until 1867. Then went to Wapello County, Iowa, engaged in the same business until February,
1878, removed to Mitchell County, Kan., and engaged in the buying, selling and growing o
stock, He handles about 200 head of cattle and 600 head of sheep each year; raises from
150 to 200 acres of corn each year to feed stock. He was married in 1859 to Miss Belinda E.
Smith. They have five children—Major A., Carrie, William, Morris and Milton. He was
Township Clerk of Illinois for'three years, and Collector for the same, three years. Is a

member of the Masonic order.
ASHERVILLE.

Although not the largest town in the Solomon Valley, Asherville is one
of the oldest, Hon. John Reese, one of the first settlers, having had a
grocery store at this point since early in 1867. It is now quite a flourish-
ing station on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, from Solomon City to Beloit.
So long ago as in 1871, the Baptists organized a church: at this place. A. 0.
Foote, Daniel Culp and E. C. Baker were the first trustees. O. N. Fletcher
was the first pastor. The church now contains sixty members and has an
average of eighty Sabbath-school scholars. They have a good substantial
house of worship, erected at an expense of $1,200. Rev. H. H. Branch is
the present pastor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

M C. BAIRD, farmer. P. O. Asherville, was born in Fayette County, Pa., January 10,
1857; came to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1872, and he with his brother J. E., purchased 640
acres of land in Cloud County, and 400 acres in Mitchell County. They are the owners of
2,300 sheep. M. C. was married in Asherville, Mitchell County, Kan., January 10, 1878,
to Miss Tillie Pearson, and has one child—T. M., born January 15, 1881.

OTTO BORGEN, merchant, P. O. Asherville, was born in Denmark, October 18, 1887;
came to America in 1867, and located two miles from Asherville, Mitchell Co., Kan.,
April 17, 1869. Engaged in business in the town of Asherville in March, 1881, and putin a

eneral stock of goods. Was appointed Postmaster August 10, 1881. He was married
October 13, 1872, in Asherville, Mitchell Co., Kan., to Miss Sarah Rees, and he has four
children—Clara E., Walter, Car], and Marietta. Mr. Borgen owns 183 acres of land situated
one mile from Asherville. ; ‘

CHARLES L. BROWN, farmer, P. O. Asherville, was born in Merrimack County, N.
H., December 9, 1839; came to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1868, and took a homestead, and

re-empted 160 acres, but now owns in all 480 acres; keeps from 1,200 to 1,300 sheep, and

‘rom 175 to 200 head of cattle, and deals in Short-horns; his sheep are mostly of the Merino
stock. Has held the office of County Commissioner of Mitchell County. He was married
at Hopkinton, N. H., February 20, 1862, to Miss Emma C. Sargent, and has four children—
Frank C., Robert B., Claire 8., and P. H. Mr. Brown was one of the earliest settlers of
Mitchell County, having settled there when the buffalo and wild Indians roamed up and
down the Solomon River.

SAMUEL CARTER, P. O. Asheryvil!e, was born in Middlesex County, Conn., May 19,
1820, and removed to Ohio in 1840, thence to Wisconsin in 1855, to Illinois in the spring of
1866, again moved this time to Richardson County, Neb., in the fall of 1866. Was elected to
the Nebraska Legislature in 1869. In the spring of 1871, he came to Mitchell County, Kan.,
and settled eight miles southeast of Beloit, and engaged in merchandising and farming, He
is the owner of 340 acres of land adjoining the town of Asherville. Has held the office of
Justice of the Peace, assessor, assistant postmaster and school superintendent. Mr. Carter
is a materialist, and has written a lecture on ‘‘Mind and Matter” that has attracted
considerable attention. The said lecture has been copied in the Boston Instigator, and
several papers in the State of Kansas. He was married in Clinton, Conn., November 1,
1840, to Miss Nancy L. a and is the father of two children—Archie, born May 26, 1861,
and Leon, born August 1, 1865. ° r

M. S. CHAPEL, farmer, P. O, Asherville, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Septem-
ber 4, 1848; removed to Nebraska in 1869, thence to Mitchell County, Kan., in the spring of
1870, and is now the owner of 160 acres of land. He is a dealer in fine stock, and is keeping
short-horn cattle and Berkshire hogs. Has held the offices of Township Trustee and Townshi,
Clerk. He was married in Mitchell County, Kan., August 4, 1872, to Esther E. Darrow, and
has three children—Cora M., born December 23, 1874; Stiles E., born June 5, 1876, and
Arthur H., born October 7, 1877. ; 5

F. M. CULP, Jr,, P. O. Asherville, born in Adams County, Ill., February 16, 1859;~
carfie to Mitchell County, Kan., July 26, 1871, and is the owner of 160 acres of land, and
feeds a number of head of cattle each year. He has held the office of school clerk of Asher-
ville Township. Isan energetic young farmer, and will have as many hogs and cattle as his
neighbors if you will but give him time and the required years for business.

. O. FOOTE, farmer, P. O. Asherville, was born in Kirkland, Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb-
ruary 7, 1840; thence to Walworth County, Wis., in 1846; removed to Mitchell County, Kan., -
in 1870, and located on a homestead; handles Merino and other grades of sheep. Enlisted
in the United States army, August 16, 1862, in Company I, Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Vol-
unteer Infantry; discharged in September, 1865, when he returned to Spring Prairie, Wis.
Mr. Foote has held the office of trustee, treasurer and township clerk. Is one of the con-
stituent members of the Baptist Church of Asherville. The church was organized with
nine members in 1871, and it now has a membership of sixty, and they have built a church
valued at $1,000. The Sunday school was organized about the same time with Mr. Foote as
superintendent, which position he has held ever since. He was married in Spring Prairie,
January 2, 1871, to Miss Sarah M. Gleason, and is the father of four children—Leon R., Roy
F., Bessie A., and Ephraim J. _ :

MAJOR JOHN REES, station agent, P. O. Asherville, was born in Liverpool, England,
December 20, 1839; came to America in 1841, and located in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co.,
Pa.; removed to St. Louis, Mo., in December, 1852. He enlisted in the United States army
as a private August 28, 1861, in Company G, Twenty-sixth Missouri, and discharged August
20, 1865. Mr. Rees was pracuely promoted from the office of fourth sergeant from rank to
rank until he finally held the position of major when discharged. Returned to Jefferson
City, Missouri, after the close of the war; again moved, and this time to Asherville, Mitchell
County, April 26, 1866, where he became the owner of a third interest in the town. He was
elected to the State Legislature in 1872, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace for
ten years past, and Postmaster for seven years, and also held the office of school district
clerk for one term. He was captain of a company of Kansas militia since he came to
Kansas. Mr. Rees claims to have sold the first dry goods and groceries in Mitchell County.
He was married September 11, 1865, in Georgia, to Miss Nancy C. Goodwin, and is the
father of eight children. The oldest pene one after Generals Sherman and Grant.

B. W. TANQUARY, farmer, P. O. Asherville, was born in Ohio, March, 1822, Removed
to Chicago, Ill., and engaged in the milling business, and was burned out in the Chicago
fire of 1871, lomlne $65,000. Came to Mitchell County, Kan., where he erected a mill,
82x70 feet, three stories high, a distance of five miles southeast of Beloit, on the Solomon
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River, at a ea where they have fourteen feet head. Is the owner of a 160-acre farm. He.
was married in Ohio, and has two children—W. B., who is now in Chicago in the wholesale
wood and willow business; and O. P., who is engaged in the milling business with his father.

SOLON STEERE, farmer, P. O. Asherville, was born in Connecticut, May 18, 1845.
Removed to Rhode Island, thence to Illinois, thence to Iowa. Enlisted in the United States
army, in Company A, Sixty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, April, 1862, and was dis-
charged in August, 1862. Enlisted again in Company A, Fifth lowa Cavalry, and was dis-
charged in August, 1865. Returned from the army to Illinois. Came to Mitchell County,
Kan., and located seven miles southeast of Beloit, and is now the owner of 480 acres of land,
and keeps 1,700 sheep. Has been master of the grange. Held the office of Justice of the
Peace, and treasurer of the school district. He was married in Northern Illinois, February
11, 1867, to Miss Elvira Woodworth, and is the father of six children—Mary, Caroline, Louis,
Delia, Mabel and Myron. ;

CLARK and ISAAC WILKINSON, farmers, P. O. Asherville. Clark was born in Ohio,
November 27, 1842. Enlisted in the United States Sry August, 1862, in Company E,
Ninty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Was discharged in January, 1863. Returned to
Belmont County, Ohio. Came to Mitchell County, Kan., in May, 1881, and the two brothers
purchased 640 acres of land. They: keep from 90 to 100 head of cattle, and 700 head of sheep.
Clark was editor of the Belmont Chronicle, and published the Mount Vernon Republican for,
three years. He isa member of the Knights of Honor. Was married in Belmont County,
Ohio, February 13, 1872, to Miss Nellie Lewis, and has one child—Daisy, born June 26, 1873.
Isaac Wilkinson was born in Belmont County, Ohio, February 16, 1845. Came to Howard
County, Kan., in 1871. Is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. He was married November
29, 1872, in Shawnee County, Kan., to Miss Olive M. Howard, and has three children—Agnes
M., Mand M. and Walter D.

SIMPSON.

Simpson is the name of a small town on the eastern border of the
county. It has a railroad station, and also a water-power grist-mill. The
town was formerly called Brittsville, but the name was changed during the
present Fie (1882). The town supports a few stores and contains about
twenty-five or thirty buildings.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—1ogan TOWNSHIP.

J. J. BRITT, attorney, P. O. Simpsonville, was born in Maryland, May 22, 1838
Removed to Indiana in 1857, thence to Minnesota, thence to Northern Missouri, thence to
Montana Territory, and to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1868. Attended law school at Chicago,
Hl, and graduated in 1871. Laid out the town of Britain in Mitchell County. Was elected
Probate Judge in Mitchell County in 1873, and held the office for two years. Married at
Asherville, Mitchell County, Kan., on the 22d day of January, 1872, to Miss Isadora Rice,
and has three children—Julia, Hulas and Alta. :

ISAAG N. DALRYMPLE, farmer, P. O. Dalrymple, was born in Clark County, Ohio,
March 22, 1836. Removed to Ind{ana in 1842. Enlisted in the United States army, August
12, 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and Twelfth Volunteer Infantry. Was taken prisoner
September 18, 1863. Was held as prisoner in Belle Island, Libby, Andersonville and Milan.
Exchanged November 21, 1864; discharged May 31, 1865. Returned to Stark County, Ill.
where he remained teaching until June, 1866. when he came to Cloud County, Kan., an
settled in the southwest corner in Solomon Township. Afterwards moved into Logan Town-
ship, Mitchell County, and is the owner of 600 acres of land. Was elected to the State
eens in the fall of 1868. Was Captain in the Second Battalion of the Kansas Volunteer
Militia in the spring of 1869, and served five months and twenty days. He was married Sep-
tember 13, 1870, in Dickenson County, Kan., to Miss A. Kilgore, and is the father of six
children—Walter, May, Burton, Wood, Arthur and Lucy. Mr. Dalrymple states that on the
18th and 14th days of August, 1867, the ‘Indians murdere twenty-one settlers, and on October
18, 1868, killed nine more, and in !869, killed seven, all in the Solomon Valley.

W. G. FRIDAY, druggist, P O. Simpsonville, was born in Illinois, August 8, 1860.
Removed to Butler County, Neb., in 1870. Came to Mitchell County, Kan., in December,
1880. In 1881 he settled in the young town of Simpson, where he engaged in the drug busi-
ness, and was appointed Postmaster in April, 1881.

ENOS HALBERT, P. O. Coursen’s Grove, was born September 19, 1824, in Orange
County, Ind. He followed farming until 1874. Moved to Mitchell County, Kan , farming
to date. Particular attention being paid to thorough-bred horses. He had 170 acres of
broom corn this year; yield, one ton to five acres. arried January 15, 1848, to Miss Susan
Shirely. They have six children—Mary, Harriet, Emma, Maggie, Seth and Lucy A. He
enlisted in the United States service, August 1, 1861, as private, in Company I, Thirty-third
Indiana. Promoted to Second Lieutenant, 1864; to Captain, 1864. Discharged August 1, 1865,
at the close of the war. He is a member of I. 0.0. ¥., and Masonic fraternity.

D. THOMPSON, merchant, Simpsonville, was born in Wisconsin, March 1
1854. Removed to Idaho Territary in 1874, thence back to Wisconsin in 1879. Attended
the Whitewater Normal School; in Wisconsin; also attended the commercial school in
Denver, Col. Came to Mitchell County, Kan., in the fall of 1879, and in 1881 engaged in
business in the town of Simpson, under the firm name of Foot & Thompson. The firm
handle a general stock. He was married November 28, 1878, at Spring Prairie, Wis., to
Miss Carrie Funk, and has two children—Kate, born December 4, 1879; David, born October

17, 1881.
ALFRED SIMPSON, eon dealer, Simpsonville, was born in South Carolina,
July 26, 1838. Removed to Tennessee in 1838, thence to Missouri in 1858 Again moved,
this time to Doniphan County, Kan., in 1870; came to within one mile of the present town
of Simpson, and erected a mill 28x36 feet, two and a half stories high. In the spring of 1881,
Mr. Simpson caused the town of Simpson to be laid out, and the citizens have since named
the town after its founder. The population of the town is about 100, The subject of our
sketch has done much toward th upbuilding of the place, as he now owns a grain-house.
dry goods store and hardware. Other business interests are there also, as the town is supplied
with another general stock of goods, rae store, harness shop, etc. He was married in
Jackson County, Mo., on October 22, 1865, to Miss Rebecca L. Rhoads. and has six children
--Josephine, Thomas J., Margaret E., ee Mabel A. and Catherine.

A. N. NOELL, station agent, P. O. Simpsonville, was born in Virginia, May 18, 1846.
Removed to Caldwell County, Mo., in 1855. Enlisted in the United States army, June 1
1864, in Company D, Seventh Kansas Cavalry. Discharged Beptomiber 20, 1865. Returned
to Leavenworth, Kan., where he was discharged; then went to Caldwell County, Mo. Went
to Keokuk, Iowa, and attended commercial college and learned eerie Came to
Mitchell County, Kan., in 1875, and was appointed ticket agent and telegraph operator at
Simpson, and the station of Brittsville, on the Union Pacific Railroad, June, 1881. Is a
married man and the father of one child—James K.,, born November 10, 1870,

PITTSBURG.

Pittsburg is located in the southwest part of the county, on a portion
of Sections 19 and 20, Township 8 south of Range 10 west. The original
town company was organized in November, 1872. Fred Sackoff was _presi-
dent, W. A. Pitt was treasurer, and J. F, Steinberg, secretary. It was
not until May 5th, 1877, however, that the plat was recorded. The town
is sabstantially built, many of the business buildings being of stone. There
are thirty or forty houses on the town site and a wealthy German settle-
ment around it. A German subscription school with thirty-five scholars
and a regular district school of about thirty scholars are maintained in the
town. The regular school board of the district is composed of M. D.
Fabrique, director; Matt. Arnoldy, clerk; A. Seright, treasurer. The
Catholics have a church organization of 825 members, and a church build-
ing worth $1,200. Rev. Clemens Newman is the pastor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—tTuRKEY CREEK TOWNSHIP.

E. J. FRENCH, farmer, P.O. Solomon Rapids, was born in Point Armond, Canada,
February 6, 1824; came to the United States in 1847 and. settled in the State of Wisconsin;

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

moved to Keweenaw Point, Mich., and builta mill for a Philadelphia Manufacturing Com-
pany. Moved to Kansas in 1870, and settled on a homestead in Mitchell County, and is
now the owner of 320 acres of land. Is now building a mill at Jewell City, Jewell Co.,
Kan.,24x40 feet, with an engine-room 16x28 feet, two an one-half stories high, Held the office
of overseer of the poor of Mitchel! County, from March 1880, to April 1882. He is a married
man, and the father of five children. , ,

EV, J. P. FINNEY, P. O. Beloit, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, February 27,
1837; removed with his parents to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1846. Atten ed and gradnated at
Westminster College, New Wilmington Pa., in 1861; also graduated at the United Presby-
terian Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., in 1864. After Jaboring some time as a home
missionary, he was sent by the United Presbyterian General Assembly, to Manhattan, Kan.,-
in 1867. In 1871, he was settled as pastor of the Unity Church, Adams County, Ohio.
Again he returned to Kansas, and in 1879 he was settled in his present charge, Boverell
Church in Center Township, ten miles southwest of Beloit. Since coming to Mitchell
County, he has secured, 240 acres of land. His home is decorated with young groves of
forest trees, fine orchard, and one of the best houses in the county, 32x44 feet, neatly painted,
built in 1879. He was married on March 22, 1864, to Miss Elizabeth Short, a graduate of Ver-
millon Institute, born May 8, 1841, two miles from Ashland, Ohio. They have five chil-
dren—Minnehaha 0., William 8. Herbert, Roscoe R., S. J. Pearl, Dwight Mac.

KAULL & NASH, millers, Glen Elder. F.M.Kaull was born in Ohio, March 29,
1849; removed to Nebraska in 1863, to Illinois, in 1864; thence to Missouri in 1865; thence
to Doniphan County, Kan., and remained until 1877; thence to Cloud County, where he re-
mained until 1879, when he came to Mitchell County in December, 1879, and purchased a
mill at Glen Elder. The mill is 40x60 feet three stories high, and they manufacture the fine

tent flour. He was married May 16, 1871, in Doniphan County, to Miss Mary O. Gordan.
he have three children—W. J., Lee and Anna. . . i

DENNIS LEWELLEN, farmer, P. O. Solomon Rapids, was born in Ohio, November
22, 1835, and with his parents went to Indiana, and as a farmer lived there until the
spring of 1864; moved to Iowa. and in 1870 came to Mitchell County, Kan. Since living
here he has given considerable attention to the culture of sorghum; has this year thirty-five
acres which will produce about seventy-five gallons to the acre. He now uses all the im-

rovements in the manufacture of molasses, and the result is a very fine article of syrup.
‘a8 married to Miss Sallie Porevo. They have eight children—Elizabeth, May E., Nelson,
Harvey, Anna, John, Frank, and Edward J. ;

THEODORE McGRATH, P. O. Beloit, was born January 19, 1850, at Moundsville, W.
Va., from there to Kendall County. Ill, and in 1871 came to Mitchell County, Kan., where
he has followed farming, sheep and broom-corn raising; keeps about 450 sheep for wool;
fleeces average eight pounds; raised 180 acres broom-corn this year, about six acres to the ton.
Married December 25, 1877, to Miss Lizzie A. Douglass. They have three children—Ray,
Edna, and Guy. « ae

T. P. NASH, miller, Glen Elder, :s a member of the milling firm of Kaull & Nash; was
born iu Dodge County, Miss,, March 25, 1849. Removed to Middlebury, Vt.; came to Clond
County, Kan.; thence to Mitchell County, and with his partner purchased the said mill, De-
cember 1, 1881. Married in Concordia, in March, 1874, to Miss C. P. Crans, and have three
children—Lillie, May, and Maggie. : ae

W. R. SIMPSON, farmer, P. O. Beloit, was born in Illinois, February 16, 1846. He re-
moved to Ottawa County, Kan., in 1865; came to Mitchell County, in April, 1871, and took
a homestead of 160 acres of land and has since erected a fine large stone house, 24x27 feet, one
and a half stories high. Mr. Simpson was in the State Militia in 1868, when it became
necessary to fight the Indians. He has seen buffalo roaming over the town site of Beloit.
He has held the office of school director and township treasurer. He was married in Ottawa
County April 2, 1871, to Miss Sarah Carson. They have four children—Gracy, born Sep-
ae 8, 1872; Alice, born May 21, 1874; Edna, born May 24, 1878, and Edith, born December

SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP.

W. W. ABERCROMBIE, farmer and postmaster, Saltville, was born in Georgia in 1846 ;
came to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1869; took a homestead thirteen miles south of Beloit,
Is now the owner of 1,240 acres, with 400 under cultivation. Has forty head of cattle and
one hundred hogs, and six head of horses. When Mr. Abercrombie came to Mitchell
County, he had about $300, and a wife and six children. In 1870 the first election m Mitchell
County, Mr. Abercrombie and eight others were all the votes in his township, six miles wide
and twenty-four long, and he brought the poll-books to Beloit the county-seat, and when he
came tothe Solomon River, he was compelled to leave his horse on the south side and swim
across. He also left his shooting iron on the other side, a thing the early settlers hated very
much to do. When the subject of this sketch moved to Mitchell County, his nearest neigh-
bor lived thirteen miles away. Mr. Abercrombie now holds the office of postmaster of
Saltville, and has held the office of township clerk. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
and is also a Royal Arch Mason. He was married at Cooper Gap, on top of Blue Ridge in
Lumpkin County, Ga., to Miss Elizabeth Brookshire, and is the father of ten children.
His little daughter Arvey was,the first white child born in Mitchell County south of the river.

BENJAMIN F. McMILLAN, P. O. Saltville, was born December 29, 1844, at Lancaster,
Pa.; moved to Polo, Ogle Co., Ill., mn 1847, and located in Mitchell County, Kan., in 1874,
where he is engaged 1n farming; has 130 acres of broom corn this year, yield about one ton to
five acres, about two to one better than last year. Graduated at Northwestern College of Chi-
cago, Ill. Preached for the past seven years. Married April 3, 1877, to Miss Julia Pratt.
They have one child—Robert W. Enlisted in Company E, Ninety-second Illinois Mounted
tetany Volunteers, as private, August 6, 1862; discharged August 10, 1865, at the close of

e war.
JACOB A. MARKLEY, P. O. Fourth Creek, was born April 30, 1824, in Richland
County, Ohio; went from there to Fulton County, Ill., in 1834; engaged on farm and coal
bank until 1850; thence to California for two years freighting; returned to Illinois in 1852
and in 1860 went to Butler County, Iowa, farming and milling until 1869, came to Mitchell
County, Kan., where he has followed farming for the past six years. He is engaged in
raising broom corn, and has about 450 acres this year, averaging about one ton to five
acres. Married March 17, 1845, to Miss Almenia Stoubaugh. They have seven children—
Margaret, Elizabeth, Joseph, Almedia, Ruth, John ane Lydia.
Masonic tepterniey .

G. W. MURREY, farmer, was born March 15, 1836, in Guilford County, N. C., and in
1854 went to West Virginia. In October, 1865, moved to Nodaway County, Mo.; then in
the fall of 1865, went to West Virginia, and in 1868 removed to Wisconsin, where he lived
until 1880, then came to Mitchell County, Kan.; followed carpentering and mill-wright until
he came to Kansas; since here has been farming. He was married January 5, 1882, to Miss
Anna Burkeypile.. Enlisted in the United States army, in Company C, Tenth West Virginia
Volunteer Infantry, October 11, 1861, as petals, .discharged at Washington, D. C., Febru-
ary 10, 1865, by reason of gun-shot wounds received near Sheppardstown, Va., on July 3,
1864, Is a member of the order of Odd Fellows.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM HEDDEN, farmer, P. O. Beloit was born April 17, 1887, in Fayette County,
Pa. In 1851 he moved to Dewitt, Clinton Co., Iowa, and engaged in the grocery and butcher
business and farming until 1860, when he removed to Dekaloous, Towa, and during the year
1869 came to Mitchel aE Kan. He raised forty acres of corn this year, forty bus! els
to the acre. Was married October 15, 1859, to Miss Julia H. Dun. They have two children
Renny ee G. Be pen sheep and cattle to the amount of $500 each Ep bi

ear, and Trus i ' of the
oder oad Fellows e of Logan Township one year. Is a member
MRS. LUCY T. McKUNE, Laban, was born March 6. 1829, in Lanesboro, Susquehanna
Co., Pa, Was married August 31, 1845 as Miss Lucy T. Hatch, to Silas C. McKune; went to
Lee ronnie le September, 1845; thence to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1878. Six children
were the fruit of this marriage, three of whom are dead, namely: Frances I., Roenza B., an
Gertrude EB. The three living are: Charlotte, Bulissa, and Celia. Mrs, McKune has a farm
carried on under her own supervision; also is postmistress at Laban, Bloomfield Township,
and Carries in counection, a small stock of merchandise. ,

DAVID W. MOSS, Laban, was born May 17, 1842, in Chester County, Pa.; in 1845,
located in Allegheny County, and farmed until 1874; removed to Adair County, Iowa; be
was engaged in the drug business until 1879; came to Mitchell County, Kan., and en: aged
in teeming and hog raising, speciality, Poland China. He was married October 31, 1868, to
ae Anna Hopper. They have two children—Robert H., and Alice E. Married again

ugust 28, 1873, to Miss Maria L. Getgen. They have four children—Martha B., Pearl, -

He is a member of the
REPUBLIC

Mabel M., Kitty, Enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, August 22, 1862, as private; discharged June 2%, 1865, at the close of the
war, Justice of the Peace for two years in Iowa, and Trustee of Bloomfield Township, Kan.,
for one year.

CENTER TOWNSHIP.

J. W. BARTLESON, farmer, P. O. Beloit, was born in Illinois, Pulaski County, August
16, 1846. He enlisted in the United States army October 9, 1863, in Company I, Fighty-first
Ilinois Volunteer Infantry; was discharged July 14, 1865, when he returned to Illinois He
came to Mitchell County, Kan., in 1872, and took a homestead, and is now the owner of 240
acres of, first-class land. ‘Mr. Bartleson keeps a fine stock of hogs, and has the Poland China
stock; he always keeps from fifty to one hundred head, and twenty to forty head of cattle. He
has held the office of Township Trustee and School Treasurer. He was married in Illinois,
February 8, 1872, to Miss Mary L. Anderson. They have five children—Clarence P., born
March 16, 1875; Morris W., October 10, 1876; Silas L., February 10, 1878; Elsie L., May 26,
1879, and N. Kate, April 26, 1881.

EUREKA TOWNSHIP,

C. C. PRATT, secretary of the Vigilant Insurance Company of Nimrod, Lincoln County.
Section 20, P.O.Nimrod. The above company was organized in August. 1882,with the following
officers: J. A. Woody, president; C. E. Coursen, vice-president; J. A. Ballard.-treasurer; C.C.
Pratt, secretary; Directors, Enos Halbert and M. R. Hart: C. H. Umberzadt, general agent.

. The headquarters of the company are now at the company’s building in Nimrod, Lincoln Co.,
Kan, The company: insure stock from loss by theft, death or accident, and they have now
in progress a schedule that will give three classes for stock, and two for farm and mercantile
property, with a life insurance similar to the Royal of Liverpool, England. Mr. Pratt was

/REPUBLIC

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES,

Re County is the fifth from the east State line in the northern
tier of counties; is bounded on the north by the State of Nebraska; on
the east by Washington; south by Cloud, and west by Jewell County. It is
thirty miles in width from east
to west, twenty-four wide, and
contains an acreage of 460,800.
It is an excellent county for
agriculture or stock-raising.
About ten per cent of the land
is valley or bottom land, and
ninety per cent upland. When
first settled, about five per cent
was forest, but the timber has
been cleared away until scarcely
three remains. The yoo
part of the bottom land is along
the Republican River, from
which stream the county re-
ceives its name. On the east
side of the river the bluffs, from
fifty to. seventy-five feet in
height, sharply define the divi-
sion of bottom and upland, but
on the west side the change is
very gradual in most places, so
that there is no waste land; in-
deed, there is but very little in
the county. East of the river
to Washington County, the land
is a beautiful plateau, broken
only in a few places by creeks
and draws. The undulations
are seldom precipitous, and the
general slope is toward the
south. The soil of the upland
is a friable, dark mold, fertile
and porous, so that it is well
adapted to wet or dry seasons;
that of the bottom land is ex-
ceedingly rich, containing a
little more fine sand, together

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born in Johnson, Vt., September 22, 1885, where he lived until 1847, when he went to
Boston, Mass., where he studie? music, and was connected with musical institutions until
1861, when he went to Springfield, Il]., where he was engaged in musical business, and in
1862, established musical concerts in connection with sanitary commission which he con-
ducted until June, 1862, when he enlisted as Captain of Company A, One Hundred and
Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. . He was discharged in 1863; resigned because of
disability. Then organized a sanitary concert troupe which he conducted until the close of
the war, when he operated in music, conducting musical conventions and institutes, until
1868, when he came to Kansas; representing King, of Cleveland, Ohio, building the cele-
brated min bridges until 1870. with real estate and insurance business connected, and in

0 a trip over the South conducting musical institutes, at which he continued
until 1876, when he was employed as general ee for the Burlington Insurance Company
of Iowa, at which he worked until the establishment of his present company. He is a mem-
ber of the I. 0. 0. F. and V. A. 8. Fraternity. He was married to Miss & M. Nilson in
1877, They have three children—Clark A., Mary C., and Elmer C. During the year 1882,
he ae aioe of the Broom Corn Alliance of Mitchell County, Kan., he having some 200
acres of corn.

WALNUT OREEK TOWNSHIP.

HIRAM HADLOCK, farmer, P.O. Glen Elder, was born November 9, 1829, in Ashtabula
County. Ohio, and in 1837 went to Crawford County. Pa., and in 1849, located in Mercer
County, Ill., where he angaged as mill engineer until 1853; went to Iowa engaged in the
same busines, and from there he removed to Richardson County, Towa, and farmed until
1872, when he migrated to the far West in Mitchell County, Kan. He was married March 238,
1858, to Miss Hester A. Wiggins. They have two children—Ella and Grant,

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sons. As a mill stream, it is not so valuable as many smaller ones, owing to
its broad channel, with a bottom of shifting sand. White Rock Creek, the
second stream in size, flows northeast into the Republican, in the north-
western part of the county. Dry, School, West Riley, Salt and Elk creeks
are east of the Republican, and flow south into that stream. Rose and
i Mill creeks water the eastern
and northeastern part of the
county, the .former flowing
northeast into Nebraska. The
timber from the banks of the
Republican’ has nearly all been
cut away. The smaller streams
are still quite well timbered,
White Rock Creek being the
best. The soil of the uplands
is fertile, very friable and well
adapted to all kinds of crops and
for pasturage. The valley of
the Republican contains some
of the most desirable land in all
Kansas. It is from three to six
miles wide in this and Cloud
counties, but that of the upper
Republican, in places, reaches a
width, of-one hundred miles.
In all parts of the county are
snares of excellent limestone.
he stone is at first soft enough
to be sawed with a hand-saw,
but by exposure becomes very
hard. In many places it occurs
in layers of even thickness, five
to eight inches, with a streak
of red or iron-rust color through
the center, which shows to good
adyantage when used for build-
ing purposes. There is also a
fair quality of brick-clay in
most parts of the county.

In the southern part of the
county, adjoining the village of
Seapo, is a salt marsh, in the
form of an ellipse, about three

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with the usual deposits of bot-

toms. The county is quite well 1870. | 1880.
watered, living streams abound- (a) Albion Township. = 508
ing in nearly every township. (b) Beaver Township.-...--.--.-] ---- 481
The Republican is the main fy Baltewiite Township, includ- des

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stream of the county. Entering a) Big Bend Township mel eee a ae
at the northeast corner, it soon Courtland Township. hea 661
makes a sharp turn to the south, p wk Creek Township. = 669
its: ‘i g arview ownsnip.--

from its easterly course, and  {) aitmington Township. aig | 670
continues nearly south through (j) Freedom Township ... = 682
the county. Like the Platte of (j) Grant Township... 232 730
Nebraska, it is a mountain-fed _(k) Jefferson Township oe 580
f: : d falls bel () Liberty Township i eee 713
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miles long, from north to south,

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

1870. | 1880. and two miles in width. It is
: known as Tuthill’s marsh—so-

n)- Norway Township...-.-.-... = 492 *
iy Hickland Townshin cae gig called from J. G. Tuthill, one
) Rose Creek Township - ...| -... | 1,885 of the early pioneers of the
@) Renee TO patly; including bbs county, who took up his home-
6 union Township. 22......| Ic. | “709 Stead “on the east, side of the
s) Washington Township......| ---- 74g marsh. The marsh, containing
(t) White Rock Township-..__. a 651 about four thousand acres,. is
strrounded by high, rolling
Total ..------=s----+s BIL {14,918 - prairie, except small gaps at
Belleville Cit ois the north and south extremi-

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(f) In 1872, from part of Grant. (g) In 1871,

rom parts of Farmington and Re
to Jefferson, (i) In 1871, from part of Republic.

ic. 2, from part of Republic. (m) In 1871, from part of Grant. (n) In 1871, from
ee ecaiucen Ls G) In ‘ar from p art of Republic. (r) In 1871, from part of

from parts of Farmington and Republic.

In 1878, from part of Grant _(c) In_ 1871, from
ublic. .(h) In
(j) In 1871, parts to Lincoln and Norway; in 1872, part to Elk Creek; in 1873, part to Beaver.

part of Republic, (d) In 1872, from part of Republic. (e) In 1872, from part of Republic.
870, parts to Albion and Rose Creek; in 1871, parts to Fairview and Richland; in 1872, part
i (k) In 1872, from parts of Farmington
art of Grant. (0). In 1871, from parts of Farmington and Republic. (p) In 1871,
épublic. (s) In 1872, from part of Republic. (t) In 1870, from part “ public.
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white salt. It is as dry as the rolling prairie, and is without any flowing
streams. At the head of the marsh, which is its north limit, is a stream
called the “Canal.” It is one rod in width, three-quarters of a mile in
length, and is formed by the union of Coal, Hast and Turkey creeks. The
mouth of the canal spreads out into three branches, which flow into the
marsh for a short distance and disappear altogether. The tributaries that
form the canal are all fresh water, and flow constantly, even in the dryest
seasons. The salt is not in small patches, but is spread over an area of
about fifteen hundred acres to the depth of an inch or more. The farmers
Collect wagon-loads of it for-stock and domestic purposes. The accepted
theory is that a subterranean vein of salt water underlies the marsh, and
that by evaporation salt is precipitated. Prof. Taylor, Massachusetts State
Assayer, made an analysis of the salt, and found it of an excellent quality.
It is a remarkable fact that on the east side of the marsh all the wells yield
fresh water, while those on the west side yield salt water. This would tend
to substantiate the theory and to locate the position of the underlying
strata. Borings have been made—one to the depth of sixty feet, and another
two hundred and sixty feet; the latter threw up a column of brine, three
inches in thickness, five feet. There is another large salt marsh in the
southwest corner of the county quite as remarkable, and about twice as ex-
tensive as the one above described. A fresh water stream flows through the
marsh, the water of which is only slightly brackish. On each side of the
stream the salt lies in profusion. The grass which grows in this region is
especially a favorite with all kinds of stock. Their predilection for any-
thing ‘‘ flavored with salt” is well known. i
he lack of wood for fuel in this county is more than equaled by the
supply of coal. The coal fields are in the center of-the southern tier of
sections, around Minersville. The lands where the mining operations are
carried on belong to Messrs. Henderson, Richardson and Williams. The
‘coal measures are from eighteen to thirty inches thick, and are worked by
shafts and slopes, but are not operated to their full capacity. The coal is of
the latest carboniferous formation, a pure lignite and lusterless. It is tough,
with stratified structure, and separates easily along the lines of cleavage.
In many respects it is a desirable coal. It does not ‘kindle readily, but burns
well when ignited, with a white flame; makes a hot fire, producing no soot,
leaves no clinkers, and consumes to pure ashes. One of its peculiarities is
that it slacks like lime, and becomes almost useless when exposed to the
weather. Nearly. the entire southern third of the county abounds in profit-
able coal deposits. ;
Potters’ clay abounds in paying quantities in the southern portion of
the county. The planting of trees has been very extensive in Republic
County. A large number of farmers are supplied with fuel from trees that
they have grown. The rapid-growing varieties are most abundant, but there
are many varieties of hard wood planted. There are nearly six thousand
acres planted in groves within the county.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

Hon. I. O. Savage has furnished many of the notes on the early settle-
ments, and the matter in quotation is copied verbatim from his history.

For a long time the Republican was the boundary line between the
white and Indian territory, consequently the early settlements of Republic
County were the scene of a great, many Indian outrages. Daniel and Conrad
Myers, the oldest settlers in the county, located February 28, 1861. Daniel
settled upon the east half of the northeast quarter and east half of the
southeast quarter of Section 1, Township 4, Range 3 west, and Conrad on the
west half of the northwest quarter and west half of the southwest quarter
of Section 6, Township 4, Range 2 west, of the Sixth Principal Meridian,
where he still lives. During the most trying period of the early settlement,
Conrad never left his claim, but Daniel sought a more safe retreat, and re-
turned after the imminent danger had passed. During the war the Indians
were very savage, and made many raids upon the settlers. They all proved
futile; the frontier did not recede, but steadily advanced, until the Repub-
lican River became the boundary line. At this time the nearest settlement
was in Cloud County, at Lake Sibley, which, however, was soon deserted on
account: of the hostile Indians. The nearest post-office was Manhattan,
eighty miles away.

“Daniel Myers built a dwelling-house in September, 1861, which was
the first in the county. :

“The next settlers were Jamcx E. Van Natta, David and John Cory,
who arrived early in the spring of 1862, and are still living on the land first
taken. At the close of 1862 the population numbered thirteen, which included
those above mentioned and their families. During the war the growth of the
county was very slow, scarcely averaging three families a year, the settlements
west of the Sixth Principal Meridian being regarded as an experiment.”

In 1863 Samuel Fisher arrived, staked his claims upon Sections 5 and 6,
Township 2, Range 5 west, but returned Hast again, and did not settle here
until the spring of 1866.

The next permanent settler to arrive after Mr. Van Natta and the Corys,
was James G. Tuthill, who came in the spring of 1866, and settled in the
east side of the great salt marsh, on the present site of the flourishing vil-
lage of Seapo. J.C. Riley and family settled near the city of Belleville
about the same time. D. N. Davis settled near Republic City, and Thomas
Lovewell, in the same year, crossed the Republican and located on White
Rock Creek, near the town of White Rock. They were the first to move the
frontier across the river. But the valley of the White Rock had long been
looked upon as the most desirable location in Republic or Jewell counties,
and only the dread of Indians kept the settlers from them up to this time.
Before safety was secured, scores of settlers lost their lives in the attempt to
establish here a home. Fisher and Lovewell, only by hair-breadth escapes,
were spared to see the valley of the counties. After the war, Mr. Lovewell
was an Indian scout.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

FIRST EVENTS,

The first American to cross the county was undoubtedly Zebulon Mont-
omery Pike, the discoverer of Pike’s Peak, who reached the Republican
iver at Scandia the 25th day of September, 1806. Here he is said to have

found a Spanish flag planted in a pile of stones, and, notwithstanding that
the prevailing sentiment among his followers was that it looked “prettier”
than the American flag, history records that upon the present site of Scandia
he first raised the stars and stripes over Kansas soil.

The first settlers in the county were: Daniel and Conrad Myers,
Daniel’s wife being the first white woman to enter its limits, with a view of
making it a permanent home. John Myers, a eousin of the two brothers,
came with them in February, 1861, and died the following April, his being
the first death in the county. Lincoln, the. son .of Daniel and Matilda
Myers, was the first child born in the county—date, September 15, 1861.

The first, last, and only soldier who went from Republic County, was
Spencer Cory, who enlisted as a private in Company C, Second Kansas. He
died at Springfield, Mo., of disease contracted in the army, after a service
of alittle over a year. The marriage between M. Way and Mary Tuthill
was the first in the connty.

The first post-office was Salt Marsh, now Seapo, and James G. Tuthill
the first postmaster, which position he has held ever since. James Van
Natta was the first justice, and was appointed by Gov. 8. J. Crawford. He
held the office four years. ,

The first law suit in the county was tried before him in 1869. Henry
Mead sued Conrad Myers for breach of contract, and each party to the suit
was his own lawyer. At this time there were no attorneys nearer than
Marysville and Manhattan.

The law library of the county then consisted of the ‘‘ Territorial Laws”
of 1859, the Session Laws of 1865, the Testament and Psalms in one volume,
and the Blue Laws of Connecticut; the latter being. furnished by J. C. Riley,
the first trustee of the Republic precinct, then attached to Washington
County.

The first election was held on the fourth Monday of March, 1868. Al-
though this election was not held at the duly appointed date, the officers
elected were subsequently appointed by the commissioners of Washington
County. The result was as follows: J.C. Riley, trustee;’ James E. Van
Natta, justice: J. H. Frint, constable.

The first car-load of cattle fed in the county, and the first two car-loads
of hogs, were fattened by J. Hindt.

MORMON MASSACRE.

There are no Mormons in the county, but a great many have passed
through the county on their way to Salt Lake, and it is believed that a com-
pay of nineteen were massacred near the present town of Scandia. Charles

. Hogan, a scout, relates that a company of twenty Mormons were crossing
the county before any settlement had been made, when they were attacked
by a band of Indians, and all killed but one. The nineteen were afterwards
buried by the soldiers on a high bluff, near the Republican River. Adjoin-
ing the village of Scandia, on a high bluff, on the farm of R. L. Whitney,
is a large grave, containing a number of skeletons, which, if the scout is cor-
rect in his statement, is doubtless the grave of the unfortunate nineteen.
The grave, when discovered, yas covered with triangular flag stones, placed
vertically in the ground a few inches apart.

INDIAN TROUBLES.

In 1864, during the great Indian scare, every settler left the county,
except Conrad Myers. Raids had been occurring almost from the commence-
ment of the war, but the situation had not, until this year, seemed suffi-
ciently dangerous for the whole country, to warrant an organized armed
resistance. In September of this year, however, a mounted and well-armed
company of militia was formed, composed of the early settlers of Clay, Cloud,
Washington and Republic counties. It was commanded by Capt. Isaac M.
Schooly, with headquarters at Elk Creek, now Clyde. In the summer of
1868, the Independent Salt Creek Company of State Militia was organized,
composed wholly of the early settlers of Republic County. It numbered
about fifty men—W. P. Peake, First Lieutenant, and afterwards Captain, and
W.H. 1. Riley, First Lieutenant. The same year a company was organized
in the northern part of the county, commanded by R.-T. Stanfield. This
oy built a fort, and made several incursions into the Indian Territory.
It was during August of this year that Gordon Winbigler, who had a claim
in Jewell County, was killed within a short distance from the fort. A num-
ber of the men were out cutting hay, when they were surprised by a band of
Indians. They rushed for the camp, and all could have reached it, had not
Winbigler stopped to pick up his hat, which the wind blew from his head.
This solicitude for his hat cost him his life, an Indian’s lance severing his
jugular vein before reaching the camp. Mr. Winbigler had a little dog,
that after the death of his master set up a terrible howl. The Indians have
a superstition that the spirits of those who are killed take the form of
animals, and when this little dog set up its mournful howl, they, after
several ineffectual attempts to kill it, came to the conclusion that it was
Winbigler’s spirit, and was there to torment them for his death. This
attack upon the White Rock settlers was made on the same day that White
was killed in Cloud County, the attack being simultaneous all along the
frontier, from the Saline to the Republican, the Indians murdering about
forty men, women and children, indiscriminately.

In May, 1869, young Granstadt, a lad of fourteen, son of F. E. Gran-
stadt, was herding some horses with two other boys, near the present site of
the railroad depot at Scandia, when a band of Indians swooped down upon
them from the bluffs. Two of the boys reached the colony house, but
Granstadt was shot and seven horses driven away.
REPUBLIC

In 1869, Capt. Stanfield, A. Davis, W. P. Phillips and Clarke Tenike
were besieged in. the block house by over one handel Indians, A message
stating their situation was tied to a cow’s tail. The next day the cow
arrived at Scandia with the message, but the Swedish settlers were afraid
to venture to the relief of the party.

On the 25th day of May, 1869, a party of seven hunters from Waterville,
with J. ee as guide, were in the vicinity of White Rock Creek, near
its mouth, when they discovered a party of Indians on the divide north of
that stream. They playfully fired upon them at long range, knowing that
their ammunition would not reach the savages. The Indians saw their
action, disappeared in the lowland, and did not teturn the fire. Although
McChesney warned them that their thoughtlessness might lead them into
danger, the party thought no more of the affair, and instead of taking the
precaution to cross the creek, went into camp on its western bank. The next
morning (May 26), just as the hunters were preparing to continue their
journey, they were attacked by a airy of Thdions, who undoubtedly had
been in ambush during the night. Two of the party were killed in the
creek, one after he had got across, and the others, with the exception of
McChesney, were butchered in the timber, on the west side of the stream.
When the attack was first made, McChesney jumped, as if shot, and fell
‘into the water. An Indian pursued him with a spear, but fortunately, at
that moment, one of the party, to all appearances unhurt, rushed past the
savage into the woods. The Indian’s attention was turned to him, and Mc-
Chesney crawled along down the river, and by secreting himself under an
overhanging bank, escaped, and reached Scandia in safety. The fortunate
man is an uncle of John W. McChesney, widely known in the newspaper
circles of Northwestern Kansas. After 1869 there were no more lives taken
in this county, and in 1870 and 1871 immigration was very heavy.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION. *

The county was organized in 1868, and Gov. Harvey fixed the county seat at Pleasan‘
Hill, eight miles northwest of Seapo. By a vote of the people in the fall of 1869, it was
removed to Belleville, but was not pormenenty established there until the next year. The
first election in the county was held on the fourth Monday of March, 1868, the whole county
being in one precinct. The vote cast was as follows: J. C. Riley, trustee, 8; I, M. Schooly,
ditto, 5; J. E. Van Natta, justice, 13; J. H. Frint, constable, 6; his opponent, 6. Mr. Riley
states that although the whole number of votes cast was only thirteen, as much electioneer-
ing and political ‘* mouthing” transpired eure the day, as though the woods were full of
voters. Although, the day was not the legal election day, the officers chosen were made
“good” by appointment from the commissioners of Washington County, to which Republic
was attached for political and judicial purposes. In 1869, Rev. R. P. West, the first repre-

entative, had a bill passed through the Legislature, detaching Republic County for judicial
purposes, but neglecting to attach it to any judicial district. Consequently, until the next
session of the Legislature the county was without a judicial organization, except that formed
through the efforts of Justices of the Peace and Probate Judge. In May, 1870, the citizens
of the southern part of the county petitioned for a relocation of the county-seat at Belleville.
The immigration to this county in the spring of 1870 was very heavy, and those who came
here with the design of permanently settling were greatly interested in this matter. The
election for voting on the Soumty eek HneencE was fixed for August 16, 1870, and conse-
quently the new-comers were not legally qualified voters. Belleville, Scandia and Salt Marsh
were the competitors. It is not the province of history to give an opinion as to the merits
of any local disputes. Ii is sufficient to say that illegal votes were cast from all sections of
the county; that citizens of Manhattan even took a part in the election; and that, finally,
the whole of White Rock precinct, and 100 votes were thrown out by the judges of election.
Ag a result the vote stood: Belleville, 166; Scandia, 76; Salt Marsh, 62. The county-seat
was therefore declared fixed at Belleville. In 1880, a vigorous attempt was made to move it
to Scandia, but without success. :

The county buildings consist of a small frame building used as a court house, and an
apology for a jail. A square, occupying the most seine position in Belleville, stands
vacant, Sean the time when the county shall feel able to erect suitable buildings. The

oor-farm of 160 acres, situated two miles west of the county-seat, has a very neat and com-
ortable dwelling house upon it, and good smaller buildings necessary to a farm.

The county roster, given in order, without their time of service, is as follows: County
Commissioners—John Harris, J. M. Campbell, J. C. Reily; W. Newlon, Z. P. Rowe, J.

“Harris; Z P. Rowe, J. H. Frint, G. W. Johnson; J.H. pert d P. Williams, L. C. Hanson;
J.C. Reily, Robert Kyle, J. Manning; W.D. Day, J. T. Glasgow, J. H. McCall; J.C.
Keene, L. C. Hanson, J. H. McCall; John Goud, A. B. Bachelor, J. F. Wells, G. M. Edwards,
J: F. Wells, Flure Wohlfart.

County Clerks—John McFarland, P. P. Way, S. W. Scales, Chauncy Perry.
= County Treasurers—J. G. Tuthill, Trowbridge, I. O. Savage, E. M. Crummer, 8. G.

~ Stover.
Probate Judges—Daniel Myers, J. C. Griffith, Joseph Booth.
_ Register of Deeds—John McFarland, E. O. Kindy, R. J. Adams, E. A. Hallowell.
: County Superintendents of Schools—J. M. Lawrence, J. H. McCall, J. C. Price, D. C.

Gamble, A. D. Marble, W. Lancaster, C. R. Brown, B. F. Saylor, Charles Hogin.

County Attorneys—N. T. Van Natta, A. F. Heeley and N. T. Van Natta. F
= Surveyors—William Hardaker, N. 0. Wilkie, J. G. Arbuthnot, J. C. Price, E. W.
agener. - ;

, Coroners—W. F. Compton, J. C. Reily.

Clerks of the District Court—L. R. Dobyns, C. Perry, John Brown, Frank Armstrong,
Cc. F. Woodward, J. E. Hallowell. i

Senator—I. O. Savage. . ;

Representatives—R. P. West, A. D. Wilson, G. L. White, W. P. Peake, N. T. Van
Natta, Almond Shaw, William More, W. H. Lee.

STATISTICS.

The county has $28,500 in bonds outstanding with a sinking fund of $5,000 now on hand
June, 1882. In 1881, there were 209 dwellings built at a cost of over $40,000. Acres in
farms, 323,799; acres of winter wheat, 10,886; spring wheat, 17,482; rye, 9,317; oats, 7,825;
‘barley, 192; buckwheat, 181; potatoes, 1,559; sorghum, 484; flax, 200; millet, 1,948; bushels
‘of corn on hand in'1881, 535,902; tons of hay on hand in 1881, 21,714; pounds of butter made

in 1881, 348,535; horses, 7,471: mules, 645; cows, 4,766; cattle, 9,189; sheep, 9,336; swine,
\ 40,298; apple trees bene 5,784; pear, 867; peach, 59,528: apple trees not bearing, 51,925;
| pear, 1,888; peach, 138,215; plum, 13,874; cherry, 13,475. ; ; ;

In 1861, there were five white inhabitants in the county, and thirteen in 1862; in 1870,
1,281; in 1875, 8,048; increase in five years, 6,767; population in 1878, 10,132; increase in

- eight years, 8,851. Rural population 9,119; city or town population, 1,013; per cent of rural
to city population, 90. Population in 1880, 14,913; in 1882, 16,254. :

Th drouth of 1861, was the most severe in the history of this county. There have been
several since, that ruined the corn and other late crops, but the small grains have generally

.yielded something. The grasshoppers have made two or three raids, the most destructive of
which occurred in 1874, and extended throughout the State, and over the greater portion of
Nebraska. The crop of small grains escaped their ravages, but the corn was completely
destroyed. During several years the chinch-bug did great damage to small grains with the
exception of rye and winter wheat. The cold wet weather of the spring. of 1882, nearly
exterminated them, and, it is believed that they are not likely to appear again fora number
of years in sufficient numbers to materially effect the crops. . .

In June, 1878, a violent wind swept over the county from a point three miles east of

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Scandia, in a southeasterly direction, destroying one house that was in its path, and carry-
ing, fora considerable distance, wagons, mowing machines, and farm implements. One
man was borne along some distance, but was not seriously injured. The most fatal storm
known in the history of Republic County, was the great Easter storm of April 13, 14 and 15,
1873. The wind blew like a hurricane from the north with rain and snow, and the ther-
mmeter for the first day stood at freezing point. One family, six miles east of Belleville,
fearing that their frame house would be carried away, went to a neighbor's, who lived in a
stone house, for safety. The husband of one of the families was in Waterville, and the
other had gone to another neighbor for assistance, but the latter believing there was no
danger would not take his team from the barn. When the husband returned he found his
house blown down, and the two families, seven in all, scattered about the prairie, frozen to
death. The pouring rain had saturated their clothing, which was soon frozen encasing
their bodies in ice. One woman was found with a babe in her arms. sitting against a wagon
wheel around whose spokes her hair had been caught and fastened with sleet. She was
dead, and the child which was still alive, soon expired, The frame house that was deserted
was not materially injured by the storm. The wind blew so strong that no beast could face
it without soon becoming exhausted.

There are 108 organized districts in the county with a school papnlation of 4,274. Aver-
age salary of teachers per month, males, $28.11; females, $22.11. ‘Total number of school-
houses, 101; log, 7; frame, 75; brick, 3; stone, 16. Value of all school property, $53,497.
But few of the school grounds are as yet ornamented with shade trees. The schools are
generally in a good condition, and the people are wide awake to the interest of education.

The railroad facilities of the county are very good. Through the northern tier of
the townships of Cloud County, runs the Missouri Pacific branch, a branch of which runs
up the Republican Valley to the northern limits of the county. The Burlington & Missouri
River railroad runs along the north boundary, coming within the county in the northwest
corner; and it will not be long before a road will be constructed by one of these two power-
ful companies through the center of the county, north and south, touching Belleville, and
the coal and salt fields‘of the southern tier of townships. No railroad bonds were ever
issued by the county. The Republican River branch was secured because it could be buiit
with little expense, ihere being only a few short grades to build in its whole length. There
are eight stage routes through the county.

BELLEVILLE.

Belleville, the county-seat, centrally situated on the picturesque and
fertile table lands, was located and laid out by the Town Site Company in
the fall of 1869. The members of the original company were: J. C. Eouly,
David Cory, J. E. Van Natta, T. C. Reily, H. G. Jackson, John Cory, J. H.
Campbell, N. T. Van Natta, John McFarland, B. F. Saylor, R. P. West,
A. B. Tutton, Henry Frint and two others. Within two years most of the
stock was sold to second parties. The last officers of the company were V.
Van Trump, president, and C. H. Smith, secretary. There is now no or-
ganization. :

The. town has a charming location, commanding views from five to
twenty miles in all directions. Owing to its elevation, the supply of soft
water is generally over 100 feet below the surface, but the water is of an ex-
cellent, quality. It is only ten miles from the coal mines, giving its citizens
the advantage of cheap fuel, which few towns in Kansas and Nebraska enjoy.
The coal and salt fields are just below the town, and the Burlington &
Missouri River Road or the Missouri Pacific will probably soon cross the
county, from north to south, through the coal region, and Belleville, being
on a direct line, will doubtless be supplied with railroad communications.
In fact, the former road has made one or two surveys to the coal mines,
passing through Belleville. In 1870, the county seat was removed to this
place, an account of which may be found elsewhere. Some unsuccessful
efforts have been made to remove it from Belleville.

The population of Belleville is now about 400. January 11, 1878, it
was incorporated as a city of the third class, and the following officers were
elected: W. H. Woodward, pe Chauncy Perry, Edward Knowles, D.
Muller, E. E. Chapman and F. N. Munger, councilmen; C. H. Smith, clerk,
and W. Haskett, police judge. 1882: F. N. Munger, mayor; W. A.
Brock, 8. G. Stover, C. Perry, J. E. Hallowell, J. 8. Beckwith, councilmen;
V. Van Trump, clerk; J. C. Reily, police judge.

With the exception of a few months, Mr. V. Van Trump has been the
postmaster since the establishment of the office at this place in 1870.

The people are wide awake to the interests of education. The present
schoolhouse, a fine two-story stone structure, was built in 1872 at a cost of
$6,000. The first school was taught in August, 1870, by Mrs. W. S. Latham.
There are now two grades; L. T. Billingsly is principal, and Miss May
Tucker, assistant. The school is in a flourishing condition, and has some
patronage from the surrounding country.

CHURCHES, THE PRESS, SOCIETIES, ETC.

There are two organized religious denominations in the place—the Pres-
There are a number of other denominations rep-
resented in the population, but'not being numerous enough to sustain an
organization, they worship with the Methodists and Presbyterians. The latter
was organized in October, 1873, by Rev. Messrs. Clark and Taylor, with sixteen
members, which has increased to over thirty. They built a $2,200 church in
1874 and 1875. Revs. C. HE. Jones, —— Loughlin, W. J. Moffit and W. R.
Smith have consecutively held the position of pastor, and a new one is ex-

ected soon. The Methodists, now having a membership of about forty-

ve, organized in 1871. They have a $3,000 church edifice, and are in a
flourishing condition. “The pastors of this church have been Revs. R. P.
West, G. E. Nicholson, J. J. Walker, J. T. Shackelford, T. B. Gray, C. G.
Crysler, George Winterborne, B. W. Hollen and Rev. A. Hoffman, the
present pastor.

The Belléville Telescope was the first paper in the county, established
September 20, 1870, by J. C. Murphry. The first issues were about the size
of legal-cap paper, and at that time there were only two houses in the town.
It was suspended February 1, 1872; started again July 3, 1873, as an eight-
column folio, and has been issued regularly ever since. It has a good circu-
lation, and is a prosperous and well-edited county paper.

The Belleville Bank was established in November. 1881, by George N.
and Earnest Davis. They have $25,000 capital, and are doing a general
banking and farm loan business. They expect to soon erect a stone bank
building.
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In 1870 the Republic County Agricultural and Mechanical Association
was formed. They held their first fair at Belleville the same year, and each
succeeding year until 1876, since which time there have been no fairs held
in the county. ; ! :

Belleville Lodge No. 129, A. F. and A, M.—This lodge was instituted
October 17, 1872. In connection with the Odd Fellows they are building a

hall of brick with stone trimmings to cost $1,200. The society has about

seventy-five members. N. T. Van Natta, W. M.; J. A. Mosher, 8. W.; J.

J. Scofield, J. W.; W. E. Hall, Treas.; C. Perry, Sec.; J. Nealeigh, 8. D.;

Pa e Rich, J. D.; E. A. Hallowell, 8. S.;S. G. Stover, J. S.; A. R. Park,
'yler. 3

Belleville Lodge No. 96, I. O. O. F.—Instituted August 12, 1872.
‘Forty members. W. Thompson, P. G.; J. S. Beckwith, A. G.; M. J.
Creighton, V. G.: V.Van Trump, Sec.; D. Clemmons, Treas.; Harry
Kindt, W.; W. A. Brock, C.; A. Dixon, R. S. N. G.; T.N. Noble, L. 8S. N.
G.; A. J. Hill, R. 8. V. G.; J. C. Keene, L. S. V. G.; J. P. Ball, R.S.S.;
‘E. Mackey, L. S. S.

Belleville Lodge No. 55, A. O. U. W. was instituted in 1880, and has
thirty-five members. J. 8. Beckwith, P. M.; V. Van Trump, W.M.; W.
-W. Wait, Foreman; Eli Hasket, O.; L. C. Hall, Financier; C. Perry,
Reeiver and District Deputy.

Olympian Lodge No. 36, K. P.—Instituted April 26, 1881, by Max J.
Alwens of Atchison. Forty members. Officers: Chauncy Perry, C. C.;
J. 5. Beckwith, V. C.; V. VanTrump, Prelate; F. N. Munger, P. C.; J. E.
Hall, K. of R. and S.; W. Thompson, M. of F.; Daniel Clemmons, K. of
Ex.; John Nealeigh, M. of ...; D. Muller, I. G@.; M. J. Post, 0. G.

The Post of the Grans Army of Republic at this place numbers about .

Ahirty members. It was organized April 14, 1882. B. R. Hogin, Comman-
der; S. G. Stover, 8. V.C.; 3. V. Pyan, J. V.C.; J. E. Hallowell, Adj.;
D. C. Clemmons, Surgeon; W. W. Wait, Q. M.: G. A. Hovey, O. of D.; J.
H. Bradford, 0. of G.; A. 0. Kindt, 8. M.; D. C. Bowersox, Q. M.S. The
town has a well organized band of ten pieces.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

C.M. ARBUTHNOT,'™M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Allegheny County,
Pa., 1852. Soon aft-r his parents emigrated to Iowa, where they remained until 1871, coming
from there to Kansas and locating in Republic County, his father, J. G. Arbuthnot, being
‘among the early settlers of Farmington Township. Young Arbuthnot remained at home help-
ing his father on the farm and teaching in the district schools until 1875; then attended the
State Normal School at Leavenworth, and then taught two year# in the southern part of the
State. During this time had been devoting all his spare moments to reading medicine, and in
1878 went to Philadelphia, Pa., and iccx a medical] course at Jefferson College, graduating in
March, 1881. He then returned home and soon after located at Hubbell, Neb., but in Sep-
tember, 1881, returned to Republic County and began practicing medicine in Belleville, and
has the largest practice in the Be meeting with splendid success. Is a young man of
energy and enterprise and will be sure to rank high in the profession he has chosen as
he is a close student and attends strictly to his profession; is highly respected and a man
Belleville could illy afford to lose.

RLES BLANCHARD, wagon-maker, was bornin Orleans County, N. Y:, in 1827.
Learned the carpenter and wagon-makers’ trade. Remained there until 1854. Emigrated
from there to Wisconsin and located in La Fayette County. He engaged in manufacturing
wagons and carriages, which he carried on extensively until 1862; hé then enlisted in the
Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry, serving two years. After receiving his discharge he re-
‘turned to La Fayette County. and remained there until 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas,
landing in Republic County in the dead of winter with $13.40. Took a homestead on Section
6, Township 2, Range2, and was among the first settlersin the town. He had a large family
to support besidesix head of horses to buy feed for, drawing corn forty miles which he
- paid eighty cents per bushel for. In thespring of 1871 he came to Belleville and put up the
first wagon-shop in the place, and guring the summer put up the first buggy and lumber
wagon which was manufactured in Republic County. He remained in this business until the
fall of 1872, when he moved back.on his farm and began improving it. He broke 115 acres,
planted about 6,100 forest trees and put up good buildings and remained there until March,
1882, when he sold out and again opened a wagon-shop "at Belleville, Hewas married in
185", in Erie County, N. Y , to Miss Burgess of that county, born there in 1828. They have
five children—Alice, Francis, Sylvester, Charles, Jr., and Wesley. Mr. Blanchard is amem-
ber of Belleville Lodge, No. 96, I. O. O. F., and of John Brown Post No. 44,G. A R.

D.C. BOWERSOX, farmer, P. O. Belleville, Kan., was born in Carroll County, Md.,
in 1844. Soon after, his parents removed to Adams County, Pa., remaining there until 1853.
From there went to Montgomery County, Ohio, remaining there eighteen months,
thence to Darke County, remaining until 1863, when he enlisted in the National State Guards,
serving about one year. Then enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-second Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry, serving about five months. In 1867 emigrated to Illinois, locating in Knox
County, and ro in farming until 1871, when he came to Kansas and took a homestead on
Section 21, Township 3, Range 3, Republic County, Kan. Has sixty-five acres under the plow,
twenty acres of pasture and the balance hay land; has four acres of timber, a good orchard
of about 400 peach trees and a number of apple, pear, cherry and plum trees, and other

“small fruits. Engaged in canine stock for the past four years, mecting with good success,
He was married in 1868, in Darke County, Ohio, to Miss Sarah A. Ream, of that place.
They have one son, Elmer, born in 1873. Mr. Bowersox was Town Trustce and Assessor,
and for four years was Constable besides school officer. Is amember of John Brown Post
No. 44,G. A_R.

Ww. A. BRO CK, merchant, was born in Boone County, Ind., in 1852. In 1855 his parents
emigrated to Iowa, locating in Greene County. At the age of twelve any entered a dry

‘oous store as salesman and was 80 employed for a number of years, Then engaged in the
ary goods trade in Jefferson, Greene County, until 1876, when he sold out and came to
Kansas, locating in Belleville, Republic Co,, and bought a stock of gencral merchandise.
The first year he had a trade of $10,000 and his trade increased so that in 1879 was obliged
to seek larger quarters. He then purchased the building he now occupies, 20x64'feet, onc and
one-half stories high, and increased his stock, making it the largest in the placc, and by
close attention to the wants of his customers, succeeded in increasing his trade to $25,C00 per
annum. In January, 1880, was married to Miss E. E. Hallowell of Belleville. Is a member
of Belleville Lodge No. 96, I. O. O. F., alao member of Belleville Cornet Band,

E. BUSHBY, farmer, PLO. Scandia, was born in La Fayette County, Wisconsin, in 1845.
Was raised there until twenty-one years of age; he then enlisted in the Fiftieth Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, serving sixteen months on the frontier, fighting Indians in Minnesota and
Dakota. Was discharged and mustered out of service at Madison, Wis.; then located
in Illinois and engaged in farming. At the end of one year and for a time was traveling
through the Wert: went to Missouri; thence to Dakota; back to Nebraska, and over tothe
mountains. Jn 1872 he made a permanent settlement in Kansas and took up a homestead
in Republic County on Section 31, Township 8, Range 8 Has 115 acres under the plow,
thirty acres fenced for pasture, the balance is meadow. Has a grove of two acres
planted and a variety of fruits. He has a good stone house, stone barn 40x18 feet. The place
is well watered and is well adapted to stock-raising. He hasnine head of cattle which he
will increase, and sixty head of hogs, and has been very successful in this branch of stock-
raising. He was married in 1874 in Wisconsin, to Miss Martha Bateman of that place.
They have two children, Mary A. and George W. Mr. Bushby is a member of John Brown
Post No. 44, G. A. R., Belleville. : : :

WILLIAM COOPER, P. O. Belleville, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. near the
City of Cleveland, in 1827, and was raised there until twenty-two years of age. His father

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~HISTORY OF KANSAS.

‘the State and the best in this part of the State.

was engaged in the nursery and tree planting business and they planted a good share of the
trees inthe park at Cleveland. In 1850, he settled in Wlinois, near Chicago, and engaged in
farming, remaining there three years. Then emigrated to Black Hawk County, lowa, and en-
gaged in farming and improved afarm there, remaining nineteen years. In 1872 he emigrated
to Kansas, locating in Republic County and took a homestead on Section 29, the southeast
quarter of Township 3, Range 3. This place is well watered by West Creek, which rung
through the place. Has about twenty-five acres of timber land along the creek which makes
a fine place for stock. Has since bought eighty acres,on the same section, and has. ninety
acres under the plow, seventy acres fenced for pasture, the balance being hay land.. Hag
planted about five acres of fruit trees, has put up good stables and good granary 1494)
feet, large stone house 30x30 feet, two stories high; has a good stone quarry ‘on the
lace and everything tomake farming a success. Has thirty head of cattle, tive head of
finrses, forty head of hogs and turns off an average of fifty head per annum. He was married
in 1851, ab Crete, Will Co., Ill.,to Miss Mary J. Bonnelle. They have four children--
Ida J., Annie E., Ella E. and Frank P. He isa member of the Masonic order. Mr. Cooper
is a pleasant hospitable gentleman and one of the most methodical farmers in the town.
B. M. CRUMMER, farmer, P. O, Belleville, was born in Jo Daviess County, Il., June
16, 1850; was raised there ona farm until fifteen years old; then went to Iowa and was em-
ployed as a clerk in a store for nearly three years and then returned to Illinois and took a
year’s course at the academy in Aurora.. In the spring of 1871, emigrated to Kansas and
took a homestead on Section 21, sonthwest Lone Township 3, Range 8, Republic
County, in 1873; kept bachelor’s hall and improved it; has added 160 acres more; has 120
acres under the plow, the balance in pasture; has four or five acres of timber, with good
orchard and small fruits, and a good house and everything handy and neft around him,
Is extensively engaged in raising hogs and has from 250 to 275 head to dispose of every
year; has the best hog building in the county, 16x60 feet, diyided into apartments so he can
divide them, with windows to let in light and air, a large platform for feeding which is very
convenient; will hold 350 large hogs without sroyaine and is no doubt as good as any in
Mr. Crummer is noted as the model farmer
of this State. Also bays and feeds cattle for market and ships the greater portion of his
stock. He has been in this branch of business about six years.’ In 1875 was elected
‘County Treasurer and held this office two terms and gave entire satisfaction while he
served. Was married in 1873 at Elizabeth, Ill., to Miss Margaret Fraser of that place.
They have four children, viz: James. Ariminta, Ralph and Mabel. He is a member of
Belleville Lodge No.53, A. O. U. W., Belleville Lodge No 169, A., F. and A. M. |
DAVIS BROTHERS. bankers. George N. Davis, the senior brother, was born in Clay
County, Mo., in 1853. When six years of age his parents moved to Plattsburg, where he
was raised. His father was extensively engaged in the stock business and young Davis
soon acquired a knowledge of the business which few men of his age ever attain. In 1868
he engaged in the stock business at Kansas City, remaining there about one year and was
extensively engaged in shipping stock. He then engaged in the same business at Platis-
burg, meeting with good saccess. Previous to going into the stock business he commenced
a course at the Missouri State University, but left while in his junior year. In the fall of
1881 closed out his stock interests and came to Belleville, Kan., and in November opened a
rivate bank in Belleville, the first in the place, and meeting with good success, sent for his
rother and the style of the firm was George M. Davis & Bro. Soon after they henge a build-
ing and lot which they converted into a bank. During the summer of 1882, sold their lot
aul building to Mr. E. Powell. He put up a stone building 24:70 feet two stories, one of
-which Davis Bros. occupy. The front is glass and iron, the main business room 50x20
feet, bank parlor is 20x24 feet, finely furnished. The bank counter is on a circle of blocks
of wood and glass top; vault is 5x7 feet inside, making one of the first_banking rooms in
Northern Kansas. The firm name has been changed from George N Davis & Bro. to
Davis Bros. George N., president, E. Davis, cashier. Besides a ea banking business,
they handle real estate and are agents for the western loan agent of the Phenix Insurance Com-
pany. Messrs. Noble & Towle attend to the legal business of the firm. Earnest Davis of the
firm of Davis Bros. bankers, was boro in Clay County, Mo., in 1854. In 1859 his parents.
lovated at Plattsburg and he was raised on the farm until 1872; then took a course at the
State University, graduating in 1876 From 1876 to 1878 he attended the St. Louis Law
School, graduating in 1878. He was married in 1880, at Plattsburg, Mo., to Miss Mary F.
Birch, granddaughter of Judge J. H. Birch, one of the most prominent men of the State.
In 188f he came to Kansas. locating at Belleville, where he engaged in the banking
business.
t CAPT. ADAM DIXON, farmer and sheep raiser, Freedom Township, was born at
Wigton, Cumberland County, England, July 4, 1827, and raised there, remaining until
twenty-four years of age and was engaged in mechanical labor. On February 24, 1851, he
was united in marriage to Miss Ann Lightfoot, a native of the same county, and the fol:
lowing March sailed from lay for the United States, landing in New York City,
April 29, 1851. He soon after located at Hemlock Lake, Livingston County, N. Y.,where he en-
gaged in the merchant tailoring business, following this until the war broke out. In Octo-
ber, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Wadsworth Guards at Geneseo, N. Y., and was
mustered into the United States Service with the One Hundred and. Fourth New York Vol-
unteer Infantry, November 2, 1851, and actively participated with the First Corps, Army of
the Potomac, from Cedar Mountain to Gettysburg. He was promoted to First Sergeant
and commanded Company G through the second battle of Bull Run. On September 12,
1862, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant for general good conduct and efficiency while °
onduty. On October 21, 1862, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, after the battle of An-
tietam, and as First Lieutenant went into the five days’ battle of Chancellorsville, Va., in
command of Company G; also had command of the company at the battle of Gettysburg,
but on the evening of the first day was captured and held as a prions of war for twenty
months, confined in the so-called military prison of the South, having during’ this time
made three «unsuccessful attempts to escape to the Union
ward promoted, receiving a Captain’s commission for gallant and meritorious con-
duct while before the enemy, commission to date from May 25, 1863. March 1, 1865.
he was exchanged at Wilmington, N. C.; was discharged and mustered out of service at
Elmira, N. Y., July 28, 1865. “In 1867 he settled in Maryland, remaining there until 1870,
but finding it unpleasant for a Union soldier to live there, he sold out at a great sacrifice
and emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 24,
Township 2, Range 3, on April 12, 1870, and at once began to improve it. He has added
eighty acres, making a farm of 240acres. This has been finely improved. He has a good
house and barns, a fine peach and apple orchard, besides small fruit of all: kinds. The
place is well watered by Salt Creek and numerous fine springs. Mr. Dixon is the-champion
sheep raiser of .Republic County, or Northern Kansas. In 1877 he started in the business
with 311 common Missouri sheep and has been improving the grade by importing some full
blood rams from England. In 188) he imported two full Blood Southdown rams at great
cost per head and then bought rams in Western New York, and again in 1881, imported
two more full blood Southdown rams from the celebrated Lord Walsingham flock, which
took the first preminm at the Centennial Exposition over all the world. These are the only
sheep of this blood in Northern Kansas, and Mr. Dixon has the first flock of sheep in the
country. The average clip is nine and one-half pounds, while merino rams imported go
from twenty-six and one-half to thirty-two and one-half pounds. His flock now numbers 558.
In fonr years his sales on wool and mutton have been between $4,000 and $5,000. ‘The in-
terest must have paid 125 per cent per annum. Mr. Dixon has taken great pains with his
sheep and thinks there is no reason why wool growing is not one of the best industries of
this State. He is considered the most practical sheep breeder in Northern Kansas and
there is no doubt but he is making the largest per cent on the investment of any one in the
same line in the country, as he is well situated to,care for them and has @ thorough knowl-
edge of the business. Mr. Dixon also imported a pair of full-blood Scotch Collie shepherd .
dogs from Sc tland__Mr. Dixon is one of the most public-spirited men in the country; he
is president of the Wool-growers’ Association of Republic County; is also United States
Commissioner for the State of Kansas, receiving his appointment in January, 1882. Mr.
Dixon has a host of friends and is one of the most enbatantial men in the county. The
letters which are appended to this biography will show how he co-operated with those who
came in contact with him. He had five children by his tirst wife, (who died at Hemlock
Lake, gngast 8, 1866,) viz: Joseph K.. born at Hemlock Lake, N. Y., December 8, 1853;
Mary E., born at Livonia Centre, N. Y., May 27, 1855; John L., born at Hemlock Lake, N.
Y,, May 10, 1857; William E.,, born at Hemlock Lake, N. Y., June 23, 1860; Thomas G.,
born at Hemlock Lake, N. Y., July 30, 1866,—died July 6. 1881. He was married. in 1867, to
Mary J. Harder of Livonia, Livingston County. N.Y. They have been blessed with one
son, Robert Vickers. born April 29, 1875. Mr. Dixon is a member of: John Brown Post, No.
44, G. A. R. and of Belleville Lodge, No. 96, 1. 0. O. F.

lines. He was after- .
REPUBLIC

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Capt. Apam Drxon:
My Dear Sir:— ‘
Ihave much pleasure in expressing to yen my appreciation of all your good qualities
of head.and heart, while we were associated together as members of the late One Hundred
and Fourth Regiment of New York Volunteers, and to convey to you my acknowled g-
ment of all the kindly relations which ever existed between us. No com pany ever
owed more to the tact and discipline of an Orderly Sergeant in moulding it into shane than
ours did to you, and for that in Vie Dea ani, as well as your faithful, prompt and efficient
discharge of every duty, it was my pleasure, as well as duty to the service, toaid in procur-
ing your several promotions to the rank of Captain. Not that it required urging, for your
merits were well recognized by all who preceded me in the command of the regiment.
Further than that I desire to express to you my regard for you as a man, (nr relations
have been somewhat intimate for several years, and not only in our army relations, but, in
our business transactions since, I have ever found you prompt, reliable, a faithful friend on
whose good opinion I count with oe at all times.
. 4 ery respectfully yours,

Gengsxo, N. Y., December 14, 1869.

Joun R. STRANG,
Late Colonel One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers.

: Geneseo, N. Y , January 22, 1876.
To whom it may concern: — a
I very gladly certify that Adam Dixon, = now of Belleville, Kan,, was a soldier in
the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, New York State Volunteers, during the war of the
. Rebellion, entering active service in 1862, as Orderly Sergeant of Company G, and retiring
in 1865, with 4 Captain's commission. And that, during the whole of such time, his con-
duct as asoldier and a gentleman was such as to entitle him to the entire and high re-
gard and respect of all who were beara in contact with him. His frequent promotion
shows the estimation in which he was held as a soldier in his regiment and that he retired
with the cordial gpd wishes of all his brother officers I know. Any claim which he may
have against the United States, and may ask Congress to allow, I believe to be presen:ed __
in the most entire good faith. OHN R. STRANG,
Late Colonel One Hundred and Fourth New York Volunteers.
FREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Wasuineton, D. C. July 27, 1882. i
Avam Dixon. Esq., = :
ee One Hundred and Fourth New York Volunteers,
Sin: —
In transmitting to yon a formal certificate that you are not indebted to the United
States on the books of this office, I take occasion to express my appreciation of the hon-
. esty and straightforwardness which prompted you to voluntarily refund an over payment
that the accounting officers of the Treasury Department had failed to discover.
Very respectfully, . O. Ferriss, Auditor.
Rocuester, N. Y., July 16, 1863.

Mrs. AwnaA Dixon:
Yours.of the 15th inst., reached me this morning. I will cheerfully give
you such information as I have, and should have written you before this, had I not suppined
that your husband’s letters contained as much as I know. ‘We were captured together; I
was with him during the battle, and can assure you that he-fought bravely, and was amon
the last men of his regiment to leave the line we were: ordered to hold. On the evening o
the ist, we surrendered, and were marched into a field about three miles to the rear of the
battle field. ‘The Rebels treated us well in every respect, except that they did not give us
Sutticient food; their excuse for this was, that their army was engaged, and they had not
time to attend to getting rations for themsclves.. On the 8rd inst., a parole was offered to the
pete Taccepted it on account of é/-health; had I been well, I should have refused it. _
our husband and about one hundred and thirty other officers refused it, and they were
started for Richmond; when -they reach that place, they will be exchanged soon, probably,
for our government has plenty of prisoners to return for them. Your husband was in good
health, and I think that.he will, without doubt, be able to endure such hardships as he may
meet. Iwas sent inside our lines, and socame home. I have no means of knowing any-
thing positively as to your husbatid, since the 8d inst., but I feel sure that he is well, and ©
willreturn safely. :
: Iam, very truly yours,
Homer StTutt,
Hire Listener and Adjutant, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, New York State
olunteers ” es
PETER P. DOCTOR, farmer. P. O. Scandia, was born in Forfarshire, Scotland in 1841.
He learned and worked at the stone cutters’ trade there until 1867, with the exception of three
years spent in London. In 1867 he emigrated to América, locating in Boston, remaining a
few months, and then going to New York City, and in 1870 emigrated to Kansas, locating in
Republic County. Took a homestead on Section 17, Township 3. Range 3. For the first
five years he did not progress much, as he did not know anything about farming, and had to
wait and see how others did, and get along the best way he could. West Creek runs through
his farm. Has seventy-five acres under the plow, forty acres of pastnre, about three acres
of timber, and a small orchard of all kinds of small fruits, two miles of hedge, stone house,
and astone barn 22x32 feet. Is raising stock, has eighteen head of cattle, sixty head-of
hogs, and ten head of horses. For the first few years he had to go sofar to market, that he
did not get along very fast. Also worked at his trade and went to St. Louis and worked
since he settled here. Was married in 1871 in St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Jennie Chalmers.
They have four children—Nellie, Alexander, Peter, Jr., and Robert. | .
ROBIRT DOCTOR, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1848;
“ wasastone cutter by trade, and followed the business until 1867, when he emigrated to
America, locating in New York City and worked at his trade until 1871, then emigrated to
Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead in Section 19, in the northeast
quarter. Has seventy acres under the plow, thirty acres of pasture, the balance bein;
meadow. Has a forest grove of about ten acres; has some fruit, and has put up a goo
stone house 18x30fcet, stone barn 22x50 feet, and has stone enough on his place to last him a
life time, of good quality and uniform thickness. Is engaged in shag raisins and has a.
few cattle, four head of horses, eighty head of hogs, and makes a speciality of hogs. Has
been successful since he came here, and is well pleased with Kansas, and since they got
markets nearer than sixty to sixty-five miles, he has been doing extremely well. He was
married in 1870 in Philadelphia, Pa., to Miss Ella Shond of that place. They have five
children—Annie, C., John, Kate. and Ellen. z
JAMES DUNCAN, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born on the Island of Buteshize, Scot-
land, in 1844. Learned the carpenters’ trade, and lived there until 1867, He then emigrated
to America, locating in New one City, remaining there four years working at his trade.
In 1870 he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County; came out with the Excelsior
Colony, composed of mechanics. There were seventeen of this number who did not know
how to drive a team, letting alone putting the harness on. Mr. Duncan was one of the sev-
enteen, and says they knew nothing about farming; however he took a homestead, as most
of them did, on Séction 7, Township 3, Range 3, and they were the first to settle on the
open prairie, Uncle Sam had a company of soldiers camped four miles from here, durin
the first summer they were here. Has sixty-five acres under the plow, #nd thirty-eight ferice
‘for pasture; the balance of about fifty acres is hay land. West Creek runs through the place
which furnishes plenty of water for stock. Has planted about five acresof timber, one and
a half miles of Teves. 300 peach trees, some apple trees.and other small fruit, besides a large
number of plum trees. ~-Has eleven head of cattle, seventy-five head of hogs, also one span
of mules, and one pair of horses, and is doing much better then he expected _when he came.
Has worked at his trade a part of the time, and in 1881 went to New York City and worked
at his trade nearly one year. He was married in 1872, to Miss Marian Shields of New York
City. She was a native of Scotland, and came West in 1872. They have two children—
Sadie and James, Jr. He isa member of Enterprise Lodge A., F. & A. M., Jersey City, N. J.
J. FULCOMER, farmer and fruit raiser, at Belleville, Kan., was born in Indiana
County, Pa.,in September, 1840, but wasraised in Ohio until he attained his fourteenth
year. -In 1854 he emigrated with his-parents to Wisconsin, locating in Dane County. In
1861, they moved to Sauk County, and in 1863 was married to Miss Eliza M. Stewart of Troy,
Sauk Co., Wis., and was engaged in farming and hop raising until about 1869, when he sold
out, and for about eighteen months, he was in the butchering business at Spring Green, Wis.
in 1871 he moved to Kansas and located in ane County, and soon after took a home-
atead on northeast quarter of Section 34, Township 3, Range 38, which he began to improve,

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but losing one of his oxen, he did not getialong as fast as he would otherwise have done.
Did all his work the first year with one ox. In 1878 he bought another quarter Section
southeast of Section 31, Township 3, Range 3, and now has it well improved. Has 205 acres
under the plow, and has been engaged in raising horees and hogs a number of years. Mr.
Fulcomer is one of the largest fruit raisers in the county, and is the largest peach grower:
Has 8,0u0 trees, 2,000 of which are in bearing. At the present outlook his crop for 1882, will
reach from 800 to 1,200 bushels; also has 2,000 trees growing from the pit, planted in the
spring of 1882. His peach crop netted him in 1879, $200. ‘This was the first crop raised; in
1880, $150, and in 1881, the net was 50 per cent less, it being a poor fruit year; the crop for
1882, placing it at alow estimate, will net ee Besides the peaches, he has 200 standard
apple trees, cherries, crab-apple, plum and berries in abundance, making the orchard on
the whole, one of the best in the county. Mr. Fulcomer takes preat ride in his success as
a fruit grower, and spares no time or labor in making it profitable and keeping it up in good
shape. Has a good stone house in_ the midst of his orchard, well roveniell by a large grove
of forest trees. They have four children—William H., Eliza A., Edward A., aod Mae J.
Me and Me. Fulcomer and their two oldest children, are members of the Methodist Episco-
pa: urch, ‘ ;

J.C. GRIFFITH, M. D., and farmer, was born in Dearborn County, Ind., in 1821, was
brought up on a farm until twenty-one years of age. when he commenced reading medicine,
taking a course at the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati. In August, 1861, he entered the
army, serving in the Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, as hospital steward for the first eight-
een months; received a commission as First Assistant Surgeon of the regiment, serving
until 1864; a good share of the time there was no other surgeon in the regiment. After com-
ing out of the army, he located in Pawnee, Ill., and engaged in the practice of medicine,
remaining five and one-half years, coming from there to Kansas in 1870, locating in Republic
County; March 4, had taken a homestead on Section 35, Township Zz, Range 3. Previous to
this there was an old log house on the present town site, and Mr. Griffith put a small
stock of drugs into this building which he brought with him, and sold the first goods in
Belleville. At the same time commenced putting up Ree a store, and had it com-
pleted and put a stock of family groceries with his drugs in the building. and commenced
selling from the new store July 4, 1870._ He was appointed Probate J ndee in August, 1870,
and filed, on Section 2, Township 3, Range 3, for the town site of Belleville by virtue of
his office, and succeeded in getting the county-seat located at this point, and turned it over
tothe town company. Putupa house on his homestead during the summer of 1870, and
moved his family there. The place is abont one-half a mile from Belleville. In March,
1871, sold out his business and turned his attention to im) ae his farm and breaking the
first upland prairie in the county. Some of his friends laughed at him for saying that he
could raise crops on the uplands; the same land raised seventy-five bushels of corn to the
acre under the plow; has good stone house and large grove planted, which is now forty feet
high, with fruit etc., and has forty acres of timber and stone quarry on Section 46, with
thousands of cords of good building stone. Was elected and served one term as Probate
Judge. After his first term by appointment had expired, he was also elected School Di-
rector, and called a meeting to see what could be done about building a school house.
They furnished $3,000 bonds, and the Doctor was instructed to purchase material and put
up the building; but when he came to see the specifications, he saw it was impossible to
build it for that money,-and concluded to go ahead, and put it up as far as the money
would go, being afraid if he called a meeting and told them that it would cost more, they
would withdraw their votes. The first six months Mr. Griffith served as School Director,
Probate Judge, and attended to his store and to improving his farm; practiced medicine be-
sides presenta the gospel. He was married in 1841, to Miss Sarah Martin of Madison
County, Ind. They had one daughter—Nancy I. He was married again in 1853, at Warsaw
Ind., to Miss Mary E. Personett, They have three children—Beecher F., Benjamin T.-and
Dora A. He isa member of the Belleville Lodge No. 55, A. F. & A. M.; also of the I. 0.
O. F., and the Christian Church. : :

ww. R.-HALL, farmer, P.O. Belleville, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., in 1887.
In, 1870 he came to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took one of the first home- -
steads in Union Township, on Section 35, Township 2, Range 3. This place he improved by
breaking 100 acres, planting a grove and orchard, building a house, etc., and remained there
until 1877, when he sold out and bought a farm in Belleville a. consisting of 320
acres on Sections 22, 23, 26, and 27; of this he has 100 acres under the plow. 70 acres fenced
for pasture, and has planted 600 peach and 12 cherry trees, besides small fruits. He has
three fine springs on his place; a branch of Lig toca algo waters a part of the farm, and
there is considerable young timber growing up. e has agood stone house and 100 rods of
store wall taken from a quarry on the place. Is fittmmg up this place for a stock farm, and
will increase his stock as fast as the place will warrant it. He has twenty-one head of cattle,
twenty-two head of hogs, and four head of horses. His land is rolling, and has a beantifu
building spot commanding a view of Belleville three and one-half miles away. He was-
married in October, 1859, at Loweville, Lewis Co., N. Y., to Miss Estella Collins. They
have six children—David, Corhilia, Xura, Lelia, Amos, and Onique. 2

E..A, HALLOWELL, Register of Deeds, was born in McLean County, II1., October 11,
1850. In 1854 his parents-moved to lowa, locating in Keokuk County. While there he re-
ceived the benefits of acommon school education, and then finished a course at.the Normal
school. At the age of eighteen he learned the harness makers trade, and remained there
until the spring of 1871; coming from there to Kansas, and locating in Belleville, Republic
County, and was employed as salesman in the general store of Van, Tromp & Hallowell,
remaining with them twoand ahalf years. In 1872 he tooka homestead on Si: ction 8,
Township 2, Range 3, in the northeast quarter. During the time he was with Van Tromp
& Hallowell, he was clerk in the post-office which was in the store, (Mr. Van Tromp being
Postmaster) having most of the post office work to attend to. From there he was in the em-
ploy of C.H. Smith, who wasrunning a general store, and remained with him fifteen
months; was then employed by Edward _E. Chapman & Co.. 1emaining with them one
year. Then spent the summer of 1875 in Denver. Col.; after returning from Colorado, was
appointed deputy treasurer to collect the last half of the county taxes for 175. He was ap-
pointed deputy clerk, remaining in the position until September, 1876, when he took a trip to
the Centennial Exposition, remaining about six weeks. After his return, in company with
I. 0. pamnee, engaged in the real estate and loan business, which he conducted until the fad
ot 1877, when he was elected Register of Deeds on the independent ticket, by a majority of
178 votes; was re-elected in 1879 on the independent ticket with 362 majority. In January
1880, he formed aco-partnership with Mr. Adams in the drug business, continuing in this
about sixteen months; again in 1881, he ran, on the independent ticket, and was elected b;
thirty-one majority for Register of Deeds, andis now filling his third term. 1s a thoroug!
business man, and has made a success of every enterprise he has taken hold of. In 18%7.
he made final proof on his homestead. In 1880 he was married in Keokuk County, Iowa,
to Miss Mand Hair of that place. He is 1member -of Belleville Lodge No. 129,A.F. & A.
M., of Belleville Lodge No. 55, A. O. U. W., and of Belleville Lodge No. 96,1. 0. O. F. ‘

J. E, HALLOWELL, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Cecil County, Md., in
1833. At the age of seven years his parents moved to Belmont County. Ohio, remaining there:
two years, thence to Champaign County, Ohio; in 1854 went to McLain County, Il, and
engaged in farming. September 18, 1861, enlisted in Company-I, Thirty-ninth Illinois
Infantry; served until Juue 30, 1865. In May, 1864, was captured on the Weldon Railroad,
about eleven miles from Petersburgh,.Va.; was taken there and confined in a tobacco ware-
house, and from there was taken to Andersonville, Ga., and was there from May 26 until
about October 1; from there was taken to several other prisons, and November was taken to
Savannah, There were 7,000 prisoners in Milan, and the Rebels took a vote to see how many
were for Lincoln and McClellan. Mr. Hallowell was so reduced that he could not walk, but
crawled 150 yards to vote for Lincoln. November 26, 1864, he was paroled. They received
three crackers that night and three the next morning, made from corn meal ground with the
cob, without salt. Got into the Union lines and reached Annapolis, Md , in December, and
was in the hospital until the last of December,when he received a furlough. While in Ander-
sonville, had no covering of any kind anda scant allowance of clothing, and when it rained,
lay in the mud. Was sometimes sixty hours without food of any kind. When he was
captured, had $25, but they robbed him of this, so he had aoe to help himself with. Mr.
Hallowell has never recovered from the effects of his prison life, and when he came out_
weighed but-sixty pounds. After his discharge, in June, 1865, went to Ohio and then to
Tllinois, and in September, 1866, came West and traveled over all of Kansas, trying to recruit
his strength, In 1870 he located at Belleville, and in company with V. Van Toup, put up
the first store building in the place, and opened it July 15, 1870, with a line of genera] mer-
chandise, and continued until 1877. In 1879 was elected Clerk of the District Court,
and is now serving his second term. He was married in 1872 to Miss Fannie Rule, of Belle-
ville. They have one danghter—Lula Gay, born October, 1874. Mr. Hollowell is a member
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of John Brown Post, No. 44, G. A. R.; Olympic Lodge, No. 36, Knights of Pythias, of which
he is now keeper of seals and records. Is adjutant of the G. A. a Post, and the president
of the Soldiers’ Reunion Association. He is a pleasant gentleman and has many warm
friends in this county. 2
D. W. HAMILTON, Deputy Register of Deeds, was born in Washington County, Ind.,

in 1838. In 1858 he emigrated to Illinois, locating in Henry County, where he engaged in
teaching school and ee until 1866, then took a course-in ornamental penmanship
with his brother, who was con ounes business college in Hartsville, Bartholomew County,
C 1, ll, where he remained most of the time until 1871; a

part of the time was engaged in teaching school, and the balance of the time devoted to
classes, which he instructed in penmanship, with the exception of a few months previous to
coming West, which he spent as teacher of penmanship in the Rockford Business College;
from there came West, locating in Republic County, Kan., in March, 1871, and took a home-
stead on Section 23, Township 2, Range5, northwest quarter. His father-in-law, Nathan

‘Martin, taking the northeast quarter, same section, and building on it the first frame build-

ing in the township. Mr. Martin died in March, 1878. During the summer of 1871, Mr.

Hamilton succeeded in having a post-office established, which was called “Mimosa,” of ,

which he served as Postmaster until June, 1876. Improved his Bee remaining on the place
until 1879; then went to Courtland township, where he engaged in teaching school and pen-
manship until the fall of 1880 (Mr. Hamilton is considered the best scribe in the State), when
he received the appointment of Deputy Register of Deeds,.under E. A. Hollowell, and
located in Belleville. In 1869 he was married at Spring Hill, Ill., to Miss Achsah A. Martin
of that place. They have four children living, viz: Cora K., Don W., Daisy H. and Louie
. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
_ _GEORGE A. HOVEY, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in CAHioaae ds County, N. Y.
in 1836. Soon after his parents located in Ohio, until 1848, going from there to Crawford:
County, Pa., where he remained until 1853; then went to Springfield, Erie Co., Pa,; then
emigrated to Iowa and settled in Red Oak, and engaged in farming until 1861, when he
entered the Union army, serving in the Fifteenth Iowa Infantry. At the end of six months
was transferred to the Seventeenth Regiment, and served as Sergeant until July 4, 1863, then
appointed Quartermaster Sergeant; was taken prisoner at Tilton, Ga., in October, 1864, and
was taken to Cahaba, Ala., from there to Camp Lawton, where he remained until some time
in November; while there, voted for Lincoln; thence to Blackshick and other points, and
reached Andersonville on Christmas, where he remained until April, 1865. He was then
taken with about 3,100 to Jacksonville, Fla. They were set free with three days’ rations,
the best they had received since being Carnes, but a number were made very sick after
partaking of the food, and Mr. Hovey told them to\empty the rations on the ground, as he
Supposed it was poisoned, and as he had cheree of the camp, he told all who could, to keep
.up, and he would go to Jacksonville and reach the Union lines for help. This he did the
Ssame day, April 28. He was discharged June 27, 1865. Mr. Hovey had some money, which
he was lucky enough to save, and this saved him.from hunger. He changed his greenbacks
for confederate money, and paid $32 for a bushel of sweet potatoes and meal. After receiv-
ing his discharge, he returned to Iowa, and remained there until 1871, when he came to
Kansas and located in Liberty Township, where he took a pre-emption. Was among the men
to help organize the town; Mrs. Hovey naming the township. He was elected trustee for
two terms. In June, 1873, traded his farm in Liberty Township for one in Freedom, which
he now owns. Has 100 acres under the plow and the balance in pasture and meadow. Has
eight acres of timber, with a good orchard of epp le cherries, and some peach trees, besides
small fruits; has eighty rods of hedge and good buildings, and is one of the best places in
the town. Mr. Hovey has always taken an active part in the politics of the county, and isa
strong advocate of the temperance cause. In the spring of 1881 settled in Belleville and
bought his place. He was marricd in 1856, at Erie, Pa., to Miss Symonds, of Springfield,
Pa. They have one son—Charles E. He is a member of John Brown Post, No. 44, G. A. R.
' He is one of the auditors of the Republic County Co-operative Society, and deputy of the

.» Kansas State Grange, P. of H.

J. C. HUMPHREY, editor of the Telescope, Belleville, was born in Canada in 1845. At
an early age learned the printers’ trade, and in 1863 went to Ohio and was on the road about
five years, and then returned to Canada, where he remained until 1870, working at the

rinters’ trade, from there he cume to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a

omestead on Section 2, Township 3, Range 3. In September, 1870, established the Tele-
scope, the first newspaper in the county, and has published it most of the time since. There
were but two houses in Belleville at that time, and homesteads could be had within two and
one-half miles of the town. The size of the paper was 14x18 inches, four pages. The paper
is now oe column, 24x86 inches, Republican in politics, having a circulation of 800, and
is the official paper of the city and county.

A. F, KINDT, farmer, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1847, and was raised there
until twelve years of age. In 1857 emigrated to Missouri, locating in Buchanan County,
remaining there nine years, and in 1869 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Doniphan County,
remaining there two years, thence to Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 34,
northwest quarter, Township 3, Range 3. Has sixty acres under the plow, fifteen acres
fenced for pasture, and eighty-five acres fine hay land. Has about one hundred bearing

_peach trees, with plums, cherries, apples and small fruits, and raises from sixty to one
Rondved head of hogs annually. Has good stone house and one of the finest gardens in the
town. The house is presided over by his sister, Miss Crissie Kindt. Mr. Kindt is a member
of Belleville Lodge, No. 96, I. O. O. F., and of the Encampment.

JOSIAH KINDT, County Sheriff, was born in Northampton County, Pa., in 1836,
When about one year of age, his parents emigrated to Ohio and located in Tuscarawas

| County, and here he lived until he reached the age of manhood, and was traveling for a
number of years. In 1861 he removed to Illinois; and located in Champaign County, and
enlisted in the Twentieth Illiinois Infantry the same year, and served three years and three
months. After coming out of the army he located at St. Joseph, Mo. In 1868 he settled in
Donipnan County, Kan., remaining there two years, In 1870 he located in Republic County
and took a homestead on Section 1, Township 3, Range 8. He was among the early settlers
here, and has his place well pape: and has bought 160 acres on the same section, making
afarm of 320 acres. He has 160 acres under plow, eighty acres pasture for hogs, and is rais-

(ing a good many hogs. He shipped the first stock from Republic County, consisting of two
cars ot cattle and two cars of hogs. During the spring of 1874, built the first stock-yards in
the county, at a cost of $200. He has a fet stock farm, with plenty of living water and
timber for shade, good buildings and all modern improvements. In 1874 he was elected
Sheriff of Re ablic County as an independent. There were two others in the fleld; Mr.
Kindt received 125 majority, and has run four different times as an independent, and has
been elected each time; is now serving his fourth term. Tec has been a good officer, pivin
the highest satisfaction. Mr. Kindt was married in 1880 to Miss Jennic Golyean, of M tchell
County, Kan.; they have one daughter—-Lulu. He is a member of Belleville Lodge, No. 96,

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{ JOHN KUHN, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Switzerland in 1885. In 1868 he
‘ emigrated to America, landing in New York City in September of the same year, and soon

after emigrated to Washington County, Iowa, where he engaged in farming, remaining

there until 1871. Coming from there to Kansas, he located in Republic County, and took a

homestead on Section 28, the northeast quarter, Township 3, Range 3; was one of the first

settlers inthis part of the township; has fifty acres under the plow, five acrcs of good tim-
per and one acre of orchard, two miles of hedge, eighty acres fenced for pasture, with both
) hed, e and wire; has put up a good stone house, 21x28 feet, two stories high, the stone for
ihe Ronse coming out of a quarry on the farm. He also owns the southwest quarter of
‘ Section 28, hte he filed on in 1875 as a timber claim; has planted forty acres of timber,
consisting of box elder, ash, honey locust, walnut and coffee bean; has twenty-five acres

“ -under the plow, besides the timber; the balance is pasture. A branch creek running through

the place furnishes plenty of living water, and building stone in abundance of fine quality.
He is engaged in stock-raising; has eight head of horses, twenty-six head of cattle, thirty-
five hea of hogs, and 185 head of sheep of the cotswold and merino breeds; the average clip
, has been five and three-fourths pounds to the head, and his sheep has paid him thirty-five to
fifty per cent on the investment; has a very desirable farm, and has made his property
‘ gince he came to the State. He was married in 1857 to Miss Katherine Barman, of Switzer-
Jand; they have six living children--Ida T., Harmon, Robert, Johnnie, Louisa and Henry.
Mr. Kuhn is a member of the Anti-Horse Thief Association. :
JOHN M. LAWRENCE, county superintendent and farmer, was born in Rensselaer

County, N. Y., in 1826. In 1827, his parents moved to Oneida County, where he remained

‘twenty-five years, and was engaged in teaching for several years. In 1852, he moved to
Illinois, and located in De Kalb County, where he engaged in teaching, afterwards in the
mercantile business. When the war broke out was one of the, first to volunteer, serving

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three years in Company F, Thirteenth Regiment Dlinois Infantry Volunteers; receiving his
dis haree in 1864, eeae time afterwards enlisted in Company G, Second Regiment Tlfnoie
Light Artillery, serving until the close of the war. After coming out of the ary returned
to De Kalb County, Lll., remaining there until 1870, then moved to Kansas, locating in .
Republic County, aud took a homestead on Section 10, Cortland Township; was one of the
earliest settlers of this township, putting up the first frame building in the town, Has one
of the best farm houses in the county, and the place well Jeiproved, has added eighty acres
to the place making in all 240 acres with about 100 acres under plow, balance being used for
pasture and hay land, is raising some stock, and has some timber planted. Was the first
Justice of the Peace in the township, serving eight years. He was elected County Superin-
tendent in 1880, and if close attention to bueiness is anything to judge from, he is giving
good satisfaction; has 103 districts and 4 joint districts in the county, 105 of these bein
under his control. He was married in 1867, to Mary J. Churchill, of De Kalb County, Ul.
He has five children, viz:—Arthur E., Frank M., Mary M., John W., and Edwin G. Mr.
Lawrence is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, antl a local preacher in the same;
also a member of John Brown Post No. 44, G. A. R., and of Belleville Lodge No, 129, A,,
F. & A.M. He was re-elected County Superintendent in the fall of 1882. _

J. E. McCULLOUGH, carpenter, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1839. In 1843,
he emigrated to Iowa, and located in Jefferson County, remaining there thirty years; learned
the carpenter’s trade there, and worked at this, but farming the most of the time while in
Towa. In 1873, he came to Kansas and located in Belleville, April 23. In May, he purchased
a farm of 160 acres, northeast quarter of Section 11, and moved on to this place in the
fall, which he proceeded to improve, and has made his h: me there until the epein of 1882,
when he Tented. his place and took up his business in Belleville. He has eighty-five acres ©
broken on hia place, 11,000 forest trees planted, or about eight or nine acres, and has a good
orchard with small fruits of all kinds. He put up a good frame house with stone basement
16x24 feet with a 14x18 feet wing to it, and fair stables. He has ten acres fenced for pasture,
and has a good spring, which furnishes water for all the stock the place will accommodate,
and has been raising stock, making a specialty of hogs, and keeps three horses, cows and
some hogs at the present time. He has a very desirable Bes about one mile from the
center of Belleville. He was married in 1860, at Salina, Jefferson Co., Iowa, to Miss Ellen
Turner, of that place. They have had six children, four of whom are living—George B.,
Ida B., who is teaching school, James I. is also teaching, and ig the youngest male teacher
in the county, and Mary E., (Frank T. and Charles E. 8., deceased.) Mr. McCullough is a
member of Belleville Lodge No? 55, A. O. U. W., and a member of the Grange, also of the
Methodist Episcopal Church; politicaly heisa Republican. Mr. eC ulowe has seen hard
times in his early days, and grasshopper times, but he is now better fixed, and he appre-.
ciates it.

J. A. MOSHER. proprietor of the Pleasant View Nursery, was born in Somerset County,
Maine, in 1847, was raised there until fourteen years of age, then moved to Kennebec County,
and at the age of ‘sixteen years enlisted in the Fourteenth Maine Volunteers, serving ten
months. Aftercoming out of the army heremained at home one year, and then emigrated to
San Francisco, Cal., where he remained one year, thence back to Maine, and in 1868, emi-

ated to Kansas, stopping in Donipban County, remaining there one year; thence went to
ouncil Bluffs, lowa; remained at Council Bluffs four months, clerked in the Commercial
hotel, then from there to Montour, Tama Co., Iowa; there bonght butter and eggs, and
shiped to Boston, Mass., then moved to Republican County, Kan., and took a pre-emption
claim on Section 12, Township 3, Range 4. He was about the earliest settler on the prairie
in Scandia Township. He at once commenced to improve his place with the intention of
putting out a nursery. In the spring of 1871, he put out 60,000 apple grafts, which he kept
ene and they were in fine conditicn and ready for market, when in 1874, the grass-
hoppers destroyed all his plants, and thé money and labor of years was swept away.
Although this was a severe loss to his hopes, he again started in the spring of 1875, by
paene 10,000 more grafts of various kinds, which the folluwing year were all destroyed.
still in the face of this difficulty, he did not give up, but in 1877 commenced again by put-
ting out 40,000 apple, 5,000 cherry, 100 plum trees, and one acre each of strawberries, black-
berries, raspberries, gooseberries, currants and grapes, and a large variety of crab and pear
trees,.-and ornamental trees, evergreens, vines, etc.; raised 500,000 Osage orance and honey
locust plants for hedges, and in fact there are but few berry trees, pJants or fruits which
will grow in this part of the country, which he cannot furnish out of hisownnursery. This
fruit is all choice and he makes a specialty of hardy varieties, which are especially adapted to
this climate and soil. Heis having good sales and gives entire satisfaction, and should
receive a liberal oar from the residents of Republic County, as this is one of the
industries which help to build up a county. Mr. Mosher is entitled toa good deal of praise
in the success he has made in the face of difficulties which would have staggered most men.
He is wed to his chosen vocation, and is never so happy as when he can be working at some
plant or tree to improve it or develop its beauty. He tas a great many fruit trees bearing,
and will onlaee his.orchard with the intention of making one of the best fruit farms and
nurseries combined in this State. Besides this nursery he has four and one-half miles of
hedge on his place, and ten acres of fine timber, forty acres fenced for pasture, thirty acres
seeded to tame grasses, and the balance under cultivation, and is raising a few very choice
cattle. He has some imported full-blood Poland China hogs from Butler County, Ohio, and
is making a specialty of fine hogs and other imported stock. He does not do as large a
business as some in the county in this line, but raises as choice a lot as is to be found in the
State of Kansas. He receives the highest price paid. He was married in August 3, 1878, at
Belleville, Kansas, to Miss Helen Wilcox of that place. They have five children—Frank,
Daniel, jta, Fred and Grace. He is n member of elleville Lodge No, 129, A..F. & A. M.,
Scandia Lodge No. 165, I. O. O. F., and John Brown Post No. 44, G. A. R.

T. M. NUBLE, attorney, was born in Dubois County, Ind., in 1851; soon after his
parents emigrated to Taylor County, Iowa: in 1860, came to Kansas, located in Shawnee
County, remaining about one year, going from there to Atchison County, Mo., where he was
raised on a farm receiving the benefits of the common school, and then he took a course at
College Springs Academy, Iowa, finishing his course in 1875, in the mean time had been
reading Blackstone, and in 1875, took up the study of law with E. W. Thomas, of Brown-
ville, Neb., remaining there two years; in 1877, returned to Atchison County, Mo., and was
admitted to the bar in this county. He began the practice of law, the following year located
at Belleville, Kan , and an the practice of law and handling real estate; has worked up
a good practice, and made lots of friends during his short residence in Belleville. Was
elected County Attorney this fall,

WILLIAM NORRIS, farmer, P, O. Scandia, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in
187K; was raised nnd lived there until 1848, going from there to Indiana, and located in
Adams County, remaining there three years; thence to Illinois locating in De Witt County,
and engaged in shecp-raising, remaining there eighteen years; then located in Missouri,
and remained there two. years, and in 1871 located in Republic County. Kan., taking a home-
stead in Section 81, Town 3, Range 3. He has 150 acres under the plow, three acres of
timber, one mile of hedge, good house 16x24 feet, plenty of good water, stables and granary,
also owns eighty acres in Section 19 same town with fifty acres under the plow, good house,
three acres of pine forest trees in this place, and a good orchard with fruit m abundance.
He has seventy head of hogs, seven head of cattle, does not confine himself to stock-raising
pacha lvaly. _He was married in 1841, in Richland County, Ohio, to Miss Martha Enlows.
ee, Cniibon—Rnudenne, T. W., Emaline, Narcessa, John, Thomas, Louisa,

JOHN I. OSMAN, P. O. Belleville, was born in Grant Co i ere he
was raised and remained until 1866, when he emigrated to tae Tne ae Srna
remaining there four years; from there he came to Kansas in 1870, and located in Republic
County. He filed a piece of land on Section 28, Township 8, Range 3, which he held until
1873, when he homesteaded it, and has made it his home since. He has sixty acres under
poy, a good orchard and a grove of fruit trees with a hedge nearly around the piace He

as a fine stone house and barn, and is engaged in stock-raising, and has one of the best
ae in the township. He is a model farmer, and has done well since his coming here,
: ere one of the most ae re men in the county. He was married in January,
moe iss Kate M. Doctor, of Belleville Township. They have two children—Ira and

HENRY PATRICK, M. D., physician and surgeon, was bor i ua
quai Y., January 9, 1825. He iB oF Scottish descent on his ae tae tie ep aecnan
: ie oo on his piers who, in early years settled in Western New York. When he was

ve years of age, his parents moved to Canada West, where they remained for a few
gone thence moved to Kent County, Mich., settling near Grand Rapids, while it was yet
eld by ane Indians, and nearly dn unbroken wilderness. He remained at home helping to
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several years in that vicinity, he was so close a student of his father’s library, that at eighteen
years of age we find him teaching a district school. In 1847, he married a wealthy young lady,
Miss Louisa Hartwell. In 1850, he engaged first as salesman, then as bookkeeper, and gen-
eral manager in a large wholesale and retail hardware establishment in Monroe City, Mich.
In 1852, his wife was stricken with paralysis; she was from this time an invalid until the
time of her death, which (occurred in Jannary, 1859. Their two and only children were
buried, the first in 1852, the last in 1855. The constant care and effort to restore his stricken
‘wife, was the moving cause that decided him to engage in the study of medicine, which he
-did in 1856; first under the instruction of Dr. 8S. R. Arnold, a practitioner of eminence in
‘the regular school of medicine.
attending lectures in Belleview Hospital Medical School; also in the Broadway, New York

~ Hospital, and attended a full course of lectures in the Hygeia Therapeutic College of New

York, until the spring of 1859, at which time, he had conferred upon him the degree of
“Doctor of Medicine.” The doctor in company with friends, spent the summer and
autumn of 1859, in the vicinity of Moorehead Lake, Maine, recruiting his health, and worn
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South, and located at Clarksville, Tenn., where he soon established a very lucrative prac-
tice, and was laying the foundation for eminence and success, when the war of the rebel-

lion broke out. At the passage of the Act by the Legislature of Tennessee, “That all
foreigners and all citizens of the United States. should fake the oath of allegiance to, and
support the Southern Confederacy, or leave within ten days,’’—the doctor, being a Northern
man by birth, and a Union man by sentiment, declined to recognize the Confederacy, and
refused to take the prescribed oath of allegiance; also, being a law-abiding citizen, chose
not to abandon the home of his choice and his business. The specified time expired. Then,
when too late, he was compelled to leave under the cover of night, to avoid arrest as a foe
to the South. Saving only his clothing and books, he made his way back north to
Rochester, New York, where he commenced working at dentistry and a small practice till
the close of the war. | He three times enrolled his name for enlistment in the Union army;
but was each time rejected, being considered too frail to pass muster. At the close of the
war he again returned to Memphis, Tennessee, with a view of making that his future
home. Soon after, however, the negro riot occurred at New Orleans, fol owed by a similar
riot in the City of Memphis. A “reign of terror” lasted for several days, so terrible that the
doctor concluded it not'safe for Northern men with Union sentiment to remain there at that
time, and again made his way North, spending the time for a few years in Iowa, Michigan
and Illinois, among his friends. Early in 1870 the doctor decided ‘to brave the hardships
incident to a life on the frontier settlements, and came to Lake Sibley, Cloud County,
Kansas. He pre-empted a quarter section of land, commenced improving it, and put out
his “shingle” as physician and surgeon, and for several years did a very extensive practice,
riding in a circle from ten to thirty miles. On his farm he planted several thousand trees,
‘has sixty acres under cultivation, a fair house with well of soft water. It is. pleasantly
located, giving a fine view of -the Republican Valley for miles up and down, wit the en-
terprising city of Concordia in full view across the river. In the autumn of 1874, the
doctor removed his office to Belleville, Republic County, where he now resides. Hehas a
fine residence, surrounded by a well-grown Osage hedge while his grounds ate well stocked .
with the finest varieties of fruit grown in the country. The doctor has also a. fine farm of
240 acres, ix Republic County, with about 100 acres of substantial improvements, besides
other city property. He has had rather a large practice since ee to Belleville. Is the
oldest and has the reputation of being one of the most successful practitioners in the
county. Has made many warm friends wherever he is known among the people. Creden-
tials hanging in his office show that he is a member of the “Eclectic Medical Society of
the State of Kansas.’’ The doctor is a tireless student, an indomitable worker, a very close
observer, a clear, logical reasoner, and has one of the finest, libraries in the county. In
the spring of 1875, the doctor was married to Mise C. A. Bradley, an estimable lady of
Mahoska County, towa, who had for several years taught in the graded schools of Eddy-
ville and Albia, Iowa. Had also been the principal of the Belleville schools for about two
years, and conducted the first exercises in the teachers’ institute held in the county, in ali
of which she gaveentire satisfaction. The doctor and wife are very highly respected in the
community, and wherever known. They take eee interest in all pu i
ally those which tend to educate and improve t epeople. They are n ted for their pure
moral character, their genuine hospitality, kindness to and friendship for everybody—and
many can well testify to the good cheer and hearty welcome received under their hospitable
roof, and around their festive board. In medicine, the doctor is liberal and progressive.
In religion, he and wife are both what are known as Liberals or Free Thinkers. Preferring
to do their own thinking, and have the courage of their convictions—daring to speak an
honest thought before the world. While yielding to all other persons the same right, and
equal protection in that right, are uncompromising foes to immorality, injustice, and wrongs
of every kind or character. The doctor is also a member of the Masonic order.
CHAUNCEY PERRY, County Clerk, was born in Lenawee County, Mich., in 1848, and
was brought up on a farm, working at this business in summer and attending school in
winter, until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Company E, Third Michigan Cavalry,
serving until January, 1864. The regiment was then veteranized, and Mr. Perry re-enlisted,
serving until February, 1866. After his discharge, he went to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where
he was employed as clerk and bookkeeper in the Insane Asylum for poaly ince years.
Coming from there to Kansas in 1870, he located near Cuba, Farmington Township, Republic
County, where he took a homestead on Section 1, Township 3, Range®, and there taught school
about eighteen months; then settled in Belleville, and soon ‘after was appointed Clerk of the

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District Court, and in the fall of 1873 was elected County Clerk, holding both offices a year, and
is now on his fifth term as County Clerk, and has given universal satisfaction during the time,
and has made a host of friends during his residence in the county, and has been engaged in
stock-raising to some extent since 1877. He was married in 1873 to Miss Counter, of Belleville;
they have one son—T. S., born in 1874. Mr. Perry isa member of Belleville Lodge, No, 129, A.,
F, & A. M.; of Olympic Lodge, No. 36, K. of P., and Belleville Lodge No. 55, A.O. U. W. _

HON. W. H. PILKENTON, Receiver of the Land Office, Wa Keeney, Trego Co., Kan,
was born in Rush County, Ind., in 1832; was raised in Hamilton County on a farm until
1846; he was educaied at the Union and select schools of this county, and then took a sei-
entific course at Newcastle Academy, remaining there four years; fora year afterward he
was engaged in teaching; taught astronomy and geography for about two years in other
portions of the State. At the age of twenty-five he was married to Miss Isabell Shafer, of
Greenfield, Hancock County; he then went into the office of Judge Gooding, of that place,
and began reading law, remaining there until 1859, when he was admitted to the bar, an
soon after located at Fortville and opened an office for the practice of his profession. In
August, 1862, he enlisted in the Fifth Indiana Cavalry, Company F, serving three years; in
the second year of service he was promoted and received a second. lieutenant’s commission,
and was mustered out in 1865 as first lieutenant, He then resumed his law practice at Fort-
ville until 1871, when he was stricken with the Western fever, and came to Kansas, locating
in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 34, Township 2, Range 3. This
homestead had been taken, but when Mr. Pinkenton saw it he offered $800 for the bargain.
This place he converted into a home, and has it nicely et atalale with sixty-five acres
under the plow; 8,000 fine forest trees of various varieties, such as walnut, ash, cottonwood,
box elder, maple; besides 400 bearing peach trees, about 100 apple trees, cherries, plums
and small fruit-in abundance, with good house and barn and plenty of good water; one an
one-half miles of hedge, eighty acres of pare, and everything to make it a pleasant
home. There were but two attorneys in this county, and he enjoyed a good practice all the
time he was there. He was elected to the Legislature from his district in 1874, and has been
elected three times in succession to that office. In 1874 he was appointed trustee of the
Blind Asylum at Wyandotte by the Governor for a term of two years, In 1880 he was ap-
pee by the President as one of the Commissioners to represent Kansas in the World’s

‘air to be held in New York in 1883, and the same year received his present appointment as
Receiver of, the Land Office at Wa Keeney. He first received this appointment during the
vacation of Congress, and was confirmed by the Senate in December, 1880. Mr. Pinkenton
has been a delegate to every State Convention but two, a delegate to nearly every Congres-
sional Convention, since he has been in the State. He is a member of the John Brown
Post, No. 44, G. A. R., and was first Commander of the Post in Fortville, previous to comin
West. He is a member of Belleville Lodge, No. 96, I. 0. O. F.; of Republic Encampment,
No. 30, and for the years 1879 and 1880 was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas,
and in the fall of 1881 was elected representative to the Severe Grand Lodge of the I. O.
O. F: He has been closely identified with the growth and development of Republic County
and the State; as a public officer has discharged his duties honestly and faithfully, and has
won the esteem of his fellow-citizens.

M. J. POST, proprietor of the Belleville House, was born in Marion County, Iowa,
March, 1846, His father was proprietor of the American House, of Pella, and he was raise
in this hotel until 1870; then engaged in farming one year, and in 1871 came to Kansas, and
took a homestead on Section 29, Township 1, Range 1, and was on this place from January,
1871, to June; had fifteen acres broke, a well, and a farmhouse up, when he received wor
from the Land Office to vacate, as it was railroad land; had expended about $100, and was
obliged to leave; then bought 160 acres in the same township, and, after expending $200 to

et water, without succeeding, sold out and bought a farm on Section 4, Township 2, Range

, which he improved; has‘ eighty-five acres under the plow, a good orchard, containin
apples, peaches, plums and cherries; remained on the place three years, and in 1875 mover
to Ida, and was engaged in freighting about fifteen months. In the spring of 1878 he rented
the hotel at Cuba, remaining there two years; from thereshe came to Belleville, and rented
the Belleville House, which he is still running; has a good trade—all the house will accommo-
date; has eleven sleeping-rooms, and is a genial landlord, and his table is number one, which
makes it a popular resort with the traveling public. In 1866 he was married to Miss Mary
E. Reese, of Pella, Iowa; they have five children—Sadie, Harry, Hettie, George and Alonzo.
He is a member of Olympic Lodge, No. 36, K. of P., and is Deputy Sheriff, under Mr. Kindt.

J. G. RICH, carpenter and farmer, was born in Northampton County, Pa. In 1829,
when eight yeas of age, his parents emigrated to Seneca County, N. Y., remaining there
five years; then to Ohio, locating in Seneca County, and remained there until he was of age;
learned the carpenters’ trade, and worked at this business while there; thence to St. Joseph
Connie Mich., and worked at contracting and building, with the exception of four years,
when he was running a saw-mill, until 1869, coming from there to Kansas, and locating in
Republic County, when- he took a homestead on Section 1, Belleville Township. There
were no buildings in Belleville at the time. The following spring he nape to put up a log
building for a court house, and laid the first shingles in Belleville when he put on the roof;
has worked at his trade more or legs all the time he has been here, although he has lived on
his farm, which he has improved during the time; has broke 105 acres, planted five acres in
forest trees, put out two and one-half acres in an apple orchard, 1,000 peach trees anda
variety of small fruit, and eighty rods of hedge; has put up a good house 16x24 feet, one
and one-half stories high; good barn 20x20 feet, of stone, and a stone poultry-house 12x16
feet, and has this place in good condition. He has been raising stock, and has some cattle
and about seventy-five head of hogs to turn off, besides some good colts, and expects to
raise stock enough to eat all the grain the place will produce. He has done exceedingly well.
since he came here, and is well R leased with Kansas. He was married in 1854 at Colon, St.
J pepe County, Mich., to Miss Staly, of that, place; they have had four children-—Henry,
pare Zz ; Willie and Estella, deceased. He is a member of Belleville Lodge, No. 129,
A., F. & A. M. :

S. G. STOVER, County Treasurer, was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1837, remain-

ing there until 1855; then moved to Stevenson County, Ill., where he engaged in farming
until 1862; then enlisted in Company A, Ninety-second Illinois Infantry, serving until the
close of the war. After receiving his discharge, he returned to Illinois, and engaged in the
oy trade at Lena, Femaiaing there until 1870, when he sold out and came to Kansas,
ocating in Republic County, and_ took a homestead on Section 29, Township 1, Range 5,
Big Bend Township, near White Rock, and commenced to improve his place. He and his
brother-in-law, Mr. et put up the first buildings with shingled: roofs in this township.
There were but few settlers in the town at this time, the most of them settling there the
same year. They were seventy-five miles from a mill or a store fora time. In 1878 he was
elected County Treasurer, and gave such satisfaction as to receive the nomination and elec-
tion for the second term. He was married in 1859 at Lena, Il]., to Miss Lowe, of that place;
they have two children—Berty and Mamie. Mr. Stover is a member of the John Brown
Post, No 44, G. A. R.; of Belleville Lodge, No. 129, A., F. & A. M., and of Lena Chapter,
No. 105, Illinois; of the Olympic Lodge, No. 55, A. O. U. W.

A. E. TAYLOR, attorney, was born in Cheshire County, N. H., in 1849. In 1856 he
eee with his parents to Iowa, locating in Jones County, and was raised on a farm
until 1865, when he had the misfortune of losing his left hand and a portion of the right
hand in a cane-mill, which obliged him to seek some other occupation. As soon as he was
able he began teaching school, and all the spare time he had he devoted to reading law. In
1870 he located in Jewell County, Kan., where he took a homestead, and engaged in teach-
ing, earning enough in this way to improve his place, following this business until 1876,
He then located in Belleville, Republic County, and began the practice of law (having been
admitted to the bar in this county in 1871); also, handles real estate and has made a specialty
of collections; is a member of several Chicago’ commercial agencies, and has most of the
work to do for the Chicago houses doing business in this part of the State. Mr. Taylor is
one of the largest land-owners in this county, having over 900 acres of deeded land, 400 of
this being in crops. Mr. Taylor is a man who attends strictly to business, and but few, if
any, nauk have accomplished what he has in the same length of time, starting as he did, oa
a homestead, ninety miles from a mill, badly crippled. Only through his integrity and
close attention to business has he been enabled to succeed, For the first two years after
the city was organized, he was City Attorney, and then served as City Treasurer, and now
fills both offices. He was married in August, 1881, to Miss Elbridge, of Boston, Mass. He
is a member of Belleville Lodge, No. 55, A. O. U. W.; also of the Patrons of Husbandry,
and of the I, O. G. T., and has been vice-president of the State temperance organization of
this county. i . ,

G. A.. TERPENING, manager of the Grange store, was born in Union County, Ind., in
1845. Soon after his parents located in Cincinnati, Ohio, remaining there until 1851; thence
to Illinois, and located in Henry County. In 1855 he emigrated to Union County, Iowa, and
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remajned there until 1862, when he enlisted in the Twelfth Hlinois Cavalry, and served
nearly three years. He was mustered out in 186%, and located in Henry County, Ill., where
he remained until 1868, when he went back to Union County, Iowa, where he remained until
1870. From here he emigrated to Kansas, locating fn Republic County, and took a home-
stead in Jefferson Township, and was among the early settlers in this part of the county
He improved his place by breaking 10U acres, planting five acres of forest, putting outa
‘ood orchard and put up good buildings, and was extensively engaged in hog-raising until
e spring of 1882. He then sold out, and bought 140 acres in Richland ‘Township, on
Sections 4 and 5, with seventy acres under the plow, forty acres fenced for a pennies a good
creek running through the place, with plenty of living water for stock, and forty acres of
good timber. In December, 1881, the Patrons of Republic County organized a body known
as the Republic County Corporation Association, for the purpose of carrying on a co-
operative store at Belleville, with a capital of $1,000 to start with. There were sixty share-
holders when they commenced business in the spring of 1882. In July this stock had
increased to $1,125, with eighty-eight shareholders. The first 107 days nctted ten per cent
on the investment, and five per cent rebate was paid shareholders on the amount traded at
the store, and two and one-half per cent to Patrons not shareholders. The trade is growing
very fast, and there will be more stock sold during the fall of 1882 and the business en-
Jarged. Mr. Terpening was one of the peael pal movers in this new enterprise, and was
elected manager of the business, in which he has proved himself to be thoroughly compe-
tent, and he is a sharp business- man, with an extensive acquaintance throughout the city,
and wholly reliable and ably assisted by his amiable wife and pleasant daughters. He was
Town Trustee or Justice of the Peace a good share of the time while a resident of Jefferson
Township. He was married in Union County, Iowa, in 1869, to Miss.A V. Smith, of that
place; they have two daughters—Bertha A. and Myrtle A. Mr. Terpening is a member of
John Brown Post, No. 44, G. A. R.

E. B. TOWLE, attorney, was born in Waldo County, Me., in 1851. He was raised on a farm,
remaining there until twenty-one years of age. He attended the district schools of his county,
and finished by attending one or two terms of high school. In 1872 he took acollege prepara-
tory course at the Maine Central Institute, and graduated in 1875. After graduating, he took
up the study of Jaw, which he had been reading previous to this, at Belfast, Me., remainin,
there four months; thence to Bangor, Me., where he finished his course, and was admitte
to the bar at the April term of Court in 1878. During the time he was taking his law course,
he spent about three months of each year in teaching. Soon after finishing his law course
he began the practice of law in Penobscot County, Me., remaining there three years, but
concluded there were better openings in the West, and in the spring of 1881 he emigrated
to Kansas, and was in the office with Col. M. M. Miller, of Clay Bester during the summer.
In September, 1881, he was admitted to the bar in Clay County. In February, 1882, he lo-
cated at Belleville, Republic County. and opened an office for the practice of law. He has
met with good - success, and is a valuable addition to the bar of Republic County. He isa
young man of ability, and a courteous gentlemap, and being an enterprising man, of educa-
tion, will be sure to make it win. He is a member of Pine Tree Lodge, No. 172, A., F. &
A. M., Mattawamkeag, Me. :

N.T. VAN NATTA, County Attorney and farmer, was born in Schoharie County, N.
Y., in 1833, but was raised in Montgomery County, on a farm, until 1843; then commenced
teaching, following this about fourteen years. In 1857 he began reading law, and took a law
course at the State National Law School at Poughkeepsie, graduating in 1860; also took a
classical course at the New York Conference Seminary. In the spring of 188 he came
West, locating at Mexico, Mo., and was superintendent of the city schools of that place
from June until October, 1879, the first free schools in the State; then located in Clinton
County. and had charge of the schools there about one year. During his stay in Clinton
County he was admitted to the bar, and came to Kansas and took a homestead on Section
19, Township 3, Range 2, and went back to Clinton County, Mo., remaining six months.
Since that time he has lived on his homestead, and has improved his place and boughta
farm in Elk Creek Township, and‘is engaged in stock-raising ; has one of the largest orchards
in the county, and five acres of forest trees. Mr. Van Natta is the oldest attorney in the
county, and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1870, in Washington County, Kan , and
has been engaged in the practice of law continuously since. In 1876 he was elected County
Attorney, and is now serving his third term. He was married in 1858 to Miss C. A. Smith,
of See County, N. Y.; they have three children—Maggie A., Via and Henry. He
is a member of Belleville Lodge, No. 129, A., F. & A. M.; Olympic Lodge, No. 36, K: of P.,
and Belleville Lodge, No. 55, A. O. U. W. q

VAN TRUMP, postmaster, was born in Cecil County, Md., in 1843, and lived ona
farm until 1861; then was employed as salesman in a store until 1864; then took up a com-
mercial course at Baltimore, and in 1869 started West, stopping in Illinois, where he re-
mained about eight months, coming from there to Kansas in the spring of 1870; locating in
Republic County, taking a homestead on Section 25, Township 2,-Range 3; lived on the
place only a short time, when he came to Belleville, and, in company with J. E. Hollowell,
put up the first store in the place, and put in a stock of general merchandise, continuing in
the business six years. e was appointed postmaster soon after he came here, and has
held it continuously since. In 1872 he pe an interest in the town site, and was elected
president of the company. The company dissolved in 1878, Mr. Van Trump receiving 150-
lots as his share, and has disposed of about one-half of them. In 1873 he bought the Belle-
ville House, which he remodeled and owned about two years. After disposing of his stock
of goods, he engaged in the real estate and collection business, and in the fall of 1881 put
in a stock of furniture. In the summer of 1882 he pu up the first brick building in the
place, 24x64 feet, two stories high; the front is used for a bank, and the rear for the post-
office, the upper story being used for the Masonic and Odd Fellows’ hall. He is a public-
spirited man, and has done all he could to build up the place, having put up-several good
buildings. He also owns the homestead which he took when he first came here, and has it

- finely improved, with good buildings and timber and orchard. He was married in 1868 at
Raltimore, Md., his wife only living eighteen mionths, and in 1671 he was married again at
Atchison, Kan., to Miss M. E. Reynolds; they have two children—Bertie 8., born in 1872,
and F. R., born in 1874, He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.; Belleville Lodge, No. 96;
Olympic Lodge, No. 36, K. of P.; Belleville Lodge, No. 55, A. O. U. W., having filled all the
important offices in each. :

CAPTAIN W. W. WAIT, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Cattaraugus County, N.
Y., in 1830; learned the carpenters’ trade, and worked at it there until 1861; then enlisted in
the Sixty-fourth New York Infantry, serving in Company C, and at the end of nine months
was promoted to orderly sergeant, serving two months, and received a commission as cap-
tain; served three years, and was wounded at the battle of Antictam in 1862, and at
Spottsylvania Court House in May, 1864, after which he was mustered out of the service
and returned to Cattaraugus County, remaining there until 187); then emigrated 1o Kansas,
locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 31, Township 2, Range 3; has
100 acrés under the plow, and a fine peach orchard of 500 trees, 100 apple trees and a fine
grove of four acres, and is Talli stock; also owns 160 acres on Section 18, Scandia Town-
ship, with fifty acres under the plow, the balance of which is used for grazing his stock and
for hay. Capt. Wait is one of the men who has taken a lively interest in the developmen}
of his county, and is respected by all who know him. He was married in 1856 in Cattarau-

County, N. Y., to Miss Mary Braman, of that place; they have three children—Malcom,
er and D.H. He is a member of John Brown Post, No. 44, G. A. R., and is Master of
Belleville Lodge, No. 55, A, O. U. W.; is also a member of the Masonic order.

H. G. WALLIN, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was
raised, and entered a store when quite young and was employed as a salesman until 1861,
when he entered the Union army in the Shirteenth Brooklyn National Guards, servin,
ninety days; then again, in 1863, enlisted and served ninety days more; afterward retire
from the service and opened a hat and cap store, and was doing a good business up to 1869,
and then was burned out. He then joined a New York colony, composed of about fifty
members, principally merchants, clerks and professional men, and came to Kansas, locatin’
in White Rock Creek, where they selected a tract of land, and each one took a farm, an
they were preparing the land and building cabins when the Indians made an attack on
them. There were but three women in the party, Mrs. Wallin being among them. They
were there three weeks when the Indians were repulsed, and their colony was broken up.
Mr. Wallin wrote a full and complete history of the colony’s settlement, their fight with the
Indians and all the details, which was published by the New York Sun, and which are on file

at the present time; then went to Salt Creek, where he remained until the spring of 1870, when
he took upa quarter section of Section 29, Township 3, Range 3, situated on West Creek; was
the first settler on this creek, and got a desirable farm; has about forty acres of timber, a
good share of it being oak, which was the only oak in this portion of the town; has,sixty
cres under plow, and the balance being for hay and pasture. He is engaged in stock-

HISTORY OF

KANSAS.

raising; has twenty-seven head, and raises a good many noes Mr. Wallin is about the thiré
man left of the New York colony, and he has done well here. He was married in 1866 to
Miss A. C. Paulsen, of Brooklyn: Mr. Wallin has been a correspondent for the New York
Sun the most of the time he has been here, and has added many settlers to the prairies in
Republic County by his finely executed letters containing, a8 they have, the detailed: de-
scription of the eng soil, climate and great natural advantages of Kansas. .

W. P. WEEKS, hardware merchant, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1845, re-
maining there until 1870; was a miller, and worked in the Jamestown Mills. In 1870 he
came West, and located in Republic County, Kan., taking a homestead on Section 33.
Township 2, Range 3. At that time there was not a building in Belleville, except one smal
log cabin, which had been partially built for a court house, to locate the county-seat,
but it was not completed; it vad no roof; but he got a few pieces of boards and put over
his head, and slept in this for several wecks before there were any settlers in the place. He
was engaged as locating agent in the county for several years, and was instrumental in set-
tling a good many people in this vicinity, working hard to get the county well settled. In
1872 he commenced improving his farm, and lived there until the spring of 1882, when he
sold out and bought the hardware business of Shaw Bros. He is also engaged in the real
estate and land business, having opened an office in the fall of 1881. Mr. Weeks is a good
business man, and will build up a good trade in his new business. He was married in 1872
in Atchison, Kan , to Miss Kate Montgomery, of Buffalo, N. Y.; they have three children—
Annie M,, William M. and Fenton V. r ; .

JOHN F. WELLS, farmer, was born in Allen County, Ind., in 1840, making this’ his
home until 1864, and was engaged in farming. In 1865 he enlisted in the One Hundred and
Fifty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving about eight months. In 1869 he emi-

rated to Kansas, locating in Washington County, where he remained two years, coming to
Republic County in 1871, and took a homestead on Section 9, northwest quarter, Township
3, Range 3; has added eighty acres on the same section, making a farm of 200 acres, 160 of
which are under the plow; has seven or eight acres of forest and orchard on the homestead;
has 200 acres on Section 15, with forty acres of timber on this place. Mr. Wells is one of
the largest stock-raisers in the county, and is noted for being a practical farmer, and*is one
of the present County Commissioners; was sppante in 1876, serving one year, and was
then elected for one year, and in 1878 was elected for a term of three years. Mr. Wells has.
been very successful since he came to Kansas, which is due to the attention he gives to
whatever he undertakes. He was married in 1860 to Miss C. Johnston, of Alien ounty,
Ind.; they have two children—Olive A. and William R, He is a member of Bellevi)/<
Lodge, No. 129, A., F. & A. M., and of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh.

SCANDIA.

The most prosperous and business-like town in Republic County is sit-
uated on the east bank of the Republican River, at a point where the river
valley on that side terminates. About four miles north of the town bold,
strong and well-rounded bluffs loom up and press closely to the river as far
as Scandia, where they make a right angle to the east; then further ona
curve to the south, sharply outlining the bottom and uplands. Viewed from
the south, the town is within a curve of bluffs which yield fine natural pro-
tection from the cold, winter winds of the north. It faces west for business
purposes, and south for natural advantages. From the north and east, the
approaches close to town are sharp and steep, while on the south and west
the broad and fertile valley of the Republican stretches out in a wide plain,
varying from two to three or more miles in width; both sides of the river,
being crossed by a strong trestle bridge at the foot of the principal street.
The town site is, perhaps, the most interesting, historically, of any place in
the county, for seventy-five years ago it was the seat of the Pawnee Repub-
lican village, and was covered by hundreds of lodges. Here the great chief
and the medicine men of the tribe lived and drew the warriors and braves
together at the war-dance and around the council-fires. Here, on the spot
teeming with business marts, schools, churches and happy homes, many an
unfortunate white man has paid with his life the penalty of a too venture-
some curiosity and ambition to penetrate the dominion of the savage.

In 1868, the Scandinavian Agricultural Society of Chicago selected this
oo on which to locate a colony. A small immigration (about fifteen

wedes) followed that year. and was largely augmented in 1869, 1870 and .
1871, and by scattering arrivals ever since from Chicago and direct from the
Scandinavian Peninsula. until they now number about 1,000 of the popu-
lation of the county and one-fourth of the town. In 1869 the Chicago sup-
port of the colony sent out a saw-mill, which was of great value to the early
settlers, there being at that time considerable timber on the Republican. In
1871 it was converted into a grist-mill, which brought business to the town
from miles around, and also held ihe home trade. In the spring of this year
the ferry was also put into operation by citizens of Scandia, by which the
town was able to take advantage of the heayy travel passing along from
Towa to Kansas, In 1873 Messrs. Ericsson & Forest purchased the old mill,
and a steam mill was erected at a cost/of $25,000. During this year, also,
the terry was sunk during a great storm. In 1877 the people of Scandia
built the dam and improved the water-power here, and the mill was
removed and much enlarged and improved.

For some years previous to the coming of the railroad to Scandia, in
December, 1878, the growth of the town was very slow. A committee, con-
sisting of L. C,. Ilanson, C. W. Gulick,.A. D. Wilson and L. H. Tibbetts,
was chosen by the citizens, and to them is mostly due the credit of obtain-
ing for this region railroad communication. At the time that they were
canvassing the county in favor of the extension of the Central Branch, the
Junction City & Fort Kearney Road had made a proposition which in-
volved the voting of $180,000 bonds. The coming of the Central Branch
road placed Scandia in the list of the flourishing and growing cities of
Northern Kansas.

The town site of Scandia was chosen and laid out in the fall of 1868,
and the old stone Colony house erected. On March 28, 1879, Scandia was
incorporated as a city of the third class, and has been prosperous ever since
under the new organization.

The first_officers were: A. D. Wilson, mayor; C. W. Gulick, D. F.
Longnecker, T, A. Nelson, L. C. Hanson and A. B. Wilder, councilmen; A.
D. Marble, clerk; Isaac McClure, treasurer; R. L. Whitney, police judge,
and M. J. Sigsby, marshal.

Officers for 1882: R. W. Swan, mayor; J. H. Cullers, W. A. Smith, T.
F. Hunter, Ed. Christian and J. V. Loofborrow, councilmen; Henry Stinson,
clerk; D. Weyand, treasurer, and J. W. Gunter, police judge.

EDUCATIONAL, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Quite as much interest is taken in education as though the population was exclusivel
Atnerican. The public school is in a flourishing condition, the baliding being a credit aad
REPUBLIC COUNTY.

ornament to the town. It is a fine cut stone building 40x60 and 28 feet, two stories each 14
feet, occupying an eligible position on the bluffs in the eastern portion of the town. It was
built in 1880 of that excellent quality of limestone, so abundant in the county, and cost
about $8,00'. Prof, McAfce, the present, and-for three ycars past the principal, lias been
a teacher for over twenty years and has ably managed the Scandia shoel, The school has
quite a patronage from a distance, pupils attending for the benctit of the normal or high
school course.

The Lutheran Church was organized in 1873, and in 1876 erected a $1,500 stone edifice
which is commodious,-and presents a neat and appropriate appearance. Rev. N. Oslund is
the present pastor. The present membership is abun 130.

The Methodist denomination has a fine, large stone church bnilding erected in 1879.
The church is ina flouishing condition and has about thirty members.

The Presbyterian denomination has a neat frame edifice, occupying one of the most de-
piplna situations within the city limits. The membership is not large and they are without
a pastor.

The Free Will Baplists organized a society and built a church in 1879. The church
Bae ow a membership of about twenty. The Baptists have also an organization but no

uilding, ; :

Orion Lodge No. 50, Knights of Pythias, was instituted March 13, 1882, by MaxJ.
Alwens, Grind Master at Arms of Kansas. There are forty-five members. Officers, E.
M. Purdy, C. C.; C. H. Buck,V. G.; C. S. Morey, M. E.: J.S. Thompson, M. of F.; F. Newton,
K. of R. and 8.; H. Speldia, M. A.; J. Hamberger, Prelate; J Wind, I. G.; F. Fliner, 0. G.

Scandia Lodge No. 156, 7, O. OV. F. was.instituted March 20, 1880. ,.They have about
twenty-five members, and are in good working order. Officers, M.‘ urren. N. G.; W. A.
Smith, V. G.; C. P. Carstensen, R. S.; D. F. Longnecker, F. S.; W. F. Allen, Treasurer; A.
B. Wilder, D. D. G. M. : 3

Lebanon Lodge of Masons is working under a dispensation, granted in August, 1882.
Membership twenty-five.

. THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS,

The Belleville Republic was established by A. B. Wilder, February 7, 1872, as’a seven-
column folio, all home print. May 6, 1874, it was sold to Frank Kirk, and the office removed
to Jewell Center, Re-established under the same name at Belleville August, 1875; it was
moved to Scandia one year later. The name was then changed to Republic Journul. In
August, 1878, the Jornal was pig by Mr -Wilder, and sold to 8. W. More in
November, 1879. In June, 1881, C F. Woodward purchased the establishment, and in April,
1882, Mr. Wilder, present elitor and proprietor, again came into possession, The Journal
is still a home-print, and is a good local and county paper.

A. B. Whiting opcned the firstgeneral store in Scandia in June, 1870,—rather it was
operated under the firm name Baker & Co. In November of that year Wilson Bros. estab-
lished themselves in thesame line, and continued until May, 1871. ‘Then came A. B. Miller
and Augustus Wells.

Scandia is now the best business point on the Central Branch, north of Concordia. It
is one of the best hoy markets in Northwestern Kansas. In 1*81 over 350 car-loads of hogs
were shipped from here, besides about 40 of cattle, 98 of corn, 9 of potatoes, 7 of
wheat, and 6 each of sheep and rye. The merchandise received and disposed of last year
was 275 car-loads, besides 300 car-loads of lumber sold from the yards of the town. The
general merchandjse business yearly amounts to nearly $300,100, and that of grain, stock,
lumber and the mill will nearly double that amount.

The Hanson and Valley houses are excellent hotels.
traveling patronage. wi

The first store in Scandia was opened by Wilson Brothers in the Old Colony House,
in 1870. .

The Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank was established in February, 1879, by McClure &
Allison. The firm name afterwards became McClure Brothers, who were succeeded by the
present owner, C.S. Morey. a general banking business is transacted and money loaned
on farms and real estate. : ;

The mill property at this point is very valuable, owing to the expense of constructing
the dam and flume, and the scarcity of mills in Republic and Jewell counties; there being
only three in the former, and none in the latter. Itis owned by C, F. Ericsson, who values
it atover $20,00'. There aré four runs of burrs and apparatus for making patent flour.
Only sixty-horse power isused, but there is water enough for two or three times that
amount. ‘These mills. since gr. atly improved, are the original saw and grist-mills, sent oul
by the Chicago Company, in 1871. °<

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.--scaNDIA TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM F. ALLEN, merchant, was born in Savanna, Ilinois, m 1855. While quite
young, his parents emigrated to Lyons County, Iowa, and from that time until sixteen years
of age, was attending school; then learned the tinners* trade, working at it until twenty-one
years ofage. Then,in company with Mr_ Carstenson, engaged in the hardware business at
Lyons, Clinton County, until January, 1879; then sold out and came to Kansas, locating at
Scandia. Put up a store 22x50 feet, and a tinshop 12x16 feet, and warehonse 24x30 feet;
put ina large stock of hardware, stoves, wire, pumps, €Cc., and has been doing a nice busi-
ness. This has. grown from $10,000 for the first year’s sales, to $22,000 for the third years’
sales, over 100 per cent in three years; have increased their stock about 100 per cent during
this time. They also puton tin roofs, and do considerable im this line. Mr. Allen is a tiue
business man, and the trade they have worked up speaks well for the firm as competent
merchants. Was married in 18:8 at Lyons, Clinton County, lowa, to Miss Mary Gage. of
that place. They have one daughter—Dibga. Mr. Allen is a member of Scandia Lodge
No. 1551. 0.0. ¥F. é

GEORGE D. BOWLING, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born at Rock Island, Il., in
1847, and was raised there until eighteen years of age; thence to Henry County, with his

arents, remaining there about three years, and then emigrated to Kansas, in 1808, locating
in Atchist-n County, remaining there two years. In 1870, located in Republic County, and
‘took a homestead’ on Scction 25, northeast quarter Township 3 south, Range 4 west;
wasamong the early settlers of this part of the township. There was only one house in
sight when he moved on his place. He was sixty miles from market. He has a choice
jece of land, and has eighty-five acres under the plow, forty acres fenced for pasture, and

The former has the most of the

as a fine grove of forest trees of seven acres, and a good orchard; fifty apple.trecs, a good
many peach trees, and a variety of small fruits; good house, stable and granary, with
plenty of good water. Has been working in stock, and has fourteen hcad of cattle,

seventy head of hogs, andis one of the best farmers in this section of the country. He
came to Kansas without any property, and has made what he has during his residence in
the State. He hasserved as Justice of the Peace two terms, once in 1874 and again in 1882.
He was married in 1871 at Knoxville. Knox County, Ill., to Miss Martha A. Sullivan, of that
county. They have been blessed with four children—Minnie M., Samuel L., John B., and
Charies L. Mr. Bowling is a member of the Farmers’ Alliance. |
J. B. BOWLING, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Rock Island County, Tll., in 1849.
When sixteen years of age, his parer.ts settled in Henry County, and he remained at home
five years. In 18/0, he emigrate. with his brother and took, a homestead on southeast
quarter of Section 25, Township 8, Ranged. He has ninety acres under the plow, ten acres
of pasture, forty acres fenced with hedge, six acres of timber, anda good orchard of apples,
-peaches, and all kinds of small fruits. Has aged houseand barn, and his place in good
shape, From farming he is workinginto stock, and has twelve head of cattle, fifty head of
hogs, and will make _stock-raising his business. He has been employed as a salesman in a
store five years of the time since he came here, He was married in 1874 ut Cambridge,
Henry County, Ill., to Miss A. E. Perry, of that place. They have one danghter—Della
May, and one son—Frank. Mr. Bowling is a member of the Farmers’ Alliance. ;

C.:H. BUCK, agent of the C.B.M.P.R.R. Co.. was born in Vermont, in 1833.
When eight years of age, his parents settled in York State. At the age of fifteen, the sub-
ject of this sketch located at Rochester, N. Y., where he learned telegraphy, after which
he had five years’ “engagement with the Railroad Company. He was then employed by
other railroad companies in the East, until 1860, when he came ‘West and took charge of a
line of telegraph, which was being built up the Mississippi River. In 1861, he enlisted in
the Second New Jersey Volunteer Infantry; served until September, 1862. and was discharged
on account of disability. He enlisted again in 1863, in the Second Ohio Heavy Artillery, but
was put upon detached service and paymaster department, on a branch of the Government
telegraph, He was then given in charge of twenty-nine men, to build a line of telegraph

-McFaddin, of Cambridge, Crawford County, Penn..

. marriage with Miss M. L. Downing.

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from Cumberland Gap to Knoxville, Tenn., a distance of forty-eight miles, which he suc-
ceeded in erecting in the short space of thirteen days—clearing the way partly through heavy
timber, and having the poles to cut as they went along, and receiving a medal from the
Government for the expedition with which the work was done. He then remained in the
Government telegraph until the close of the war, since which time he has been with the
most of the large railroad companies of the West, having given entire satiefaction in all
cases, as his testimonials will certify. .He has been in his present position since 1877. Is a
pleasant, courteous gentleman, accommodating to_the traveling public, and has gained a
host of friends since his residence in Scandia. Was married in May, in 1868, to Miss
They have four children—Jessic,
Alta L., Frank A., and Chester W. Mr. Buck is a member of Scandia Lodge No. 165, I. O.
O. F., and Orion Lodge K. of P.. No. 50.

EDWARD CHRISTIAN, stock-dealer, was born in St. Joseph County, Ind., in 1852,
remaining there until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating at Clyde. He took a home-
stead in Cloud County, and remained there eight years; -engaged in farming and stock-rais-
ing from 1876 to 1879; was engaged in buying and shipping foes, at Clyde; then settled in
Scandia, and engaged in handling stock. He is doing a good business, his shipments
amounting to 200 cars annually; also handles coal. his sales being about seventy-five cars
annually. Isa young man of energy and push, and a thorough business man. ‘Was mar-
ried in 1880 at South Bend, Ind., to Miss H. M. Crevista, of that place. They have one son.
Is a member of Orion Lodge No. 50, K, of P.

J.T. COOPER, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born near Martinsburg, N. Y., in 1834
When two years of age his ee emigrated to Jackson County, Michigan, remaining
there ten years, then located in Mercer County, Ill., where he remained until 1862. He
learned the carpenters’ and wagon makers’ trade, working at this business. In 1862 he enlisted
in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three years, was
on detached duty part of the time, working on the government building in Arkansas; and
was discharged at Springfield. Ill., in August, 1*65. After coming out of the army he
returned to Mercer County. At the end of three years he emigrated to Hardin County,.
Iowa, and was there and in Story County until 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating
in Republic County. He took a homestead on southeast quarter Section 13, Town-
ship 3. Runge 4. He was among the first settlers on the prairie between Scandia and
Belleville, and broke the first track between the two places nearly two-thirds of the way.
He has his farm well improved, 100 acres under the plow, three acres of forest tre s, 10)
rods of hedge, seventeen acres fenced for pasture, a good orchard, and a good farm
house 22x26 fect. The place is watered by School Creek and numerous fine springs.
He is raising cows, and is working into dairying; and has been working at his trade
about five years since he has been in the county. He was the first road overseer, and
the first county school director in his district. He was married in 1857, in Mercer County, -
Tll., to Miss Nancy J. Caine. They have ten children—Levi, Newell, Grant, Ashley, Jay,
dors. remnsh Zora, Berton and Lola. He is a member of Wallace Post No. 136, G. A.

. Scandia.

W. R. GOODWIN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Scandia, was born in Tioga County,
Pa., in 1828, but was raised in Hocking and Vinton counties, Ohio, until 1855; going from
there to Vermillion County, I].; where he engaged in farming. In 1861 he enlisted in the
Thirty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three years; and was slightly wounded
at Pea Ridge. He received his discharge in January, 1865. After oe out of the army
he remained in Illinois, where he was engaged in farming until 1876, then emigrated to
Kansas, locating on Section 11, Scandia Township. He has the pare finely improved,
with 1.0 acres under the plow, and thirty-five acres of pasture. e has a fine grove of
forest trees, consisting of two acres, two and a half miles of hedge, and a fine youn
orchard. ¢onsisting of forty apple and fifty peach trees, besides an abundance of sma
fruit. He has a good frame house, 16x22 feet, and an addition 14x16 feet, with stables,
corn-crib and granary. He is sneae et in raising stock. and has twenty-two head of cattle,
some of them being thorough bred; also raises a good many hogs; and is considered one
of the best farmers in this township. He was married in 1848 to Miss Elizabeth _Craw-
ford, of Vinton County, Ohio. They have eight children—Henry, Albert, Sarah, Josiah,
Elisha, Elijah, Elizabeth and Siegel. His wife died in 1812. He was married again in
4867 in Ford County, Ill., to Miss Mary Bryan. They have two children—Franklin and
Edwin. Mr. Goodwin isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 7

$.-W. GUNTER, real estate and insurance, was born in Tennessee in 1830. He was
raised there, and was a large planter in that part of the State; also put up and operated
a large grist-mill for many years. In 1861_he located at Vincennes, Ind., remaining there
until 1864, going from there to Hancock County, Ill., where he engaged in farming, and
stock-raising for a number of years, and then cngaged in the grain and stock trade, re-
maining there until 1877; he then closed out his business and came to Kansas, locating at ,
Concordia, and engaged in the stock and grain trade, remaining there two years. In 1879
he located at Scandia, and opened an agricultural implement house with McKinnen &
Co. Heis now engaged in the real estate and insurance office; also represents the follow-
ing insurance companies: Home, of New York; German American. of Springfield, Mass.;
Hartford, of Hartford; Orient, North British, Mercautile and others: representing the
largest number of companies of any agent in the county. The business has grown fifty
per cent in insurance and real estate in two years. Mr. Gunter is a thorough business
man and a genial gentleman, and has made many warm friends in the short time he has
been in Kansas, and has a bright business future hefore him. In 1866_he was united in

H., Atlina, W.J. and John C. He'is a member of Lebanon Lodge, under dispensation
F. & A. M., and the first Master of the same; member of Concordia Chapter No. 45, of
which he is a charter member; al-o a member of Concordia Lodge No. 1230, K. of H.,
and of the I. 0. 0. F. He has been Police Judge for three years, and also held the office
of Justice of the Peace. ;
Cc. W. GULICK, merchant, was born in Orange County, N. Y., in 1842, and was
raised there until twelve years of age. He then went to New York City, and_was em-
ployed as an errand boy in the wholesale house of Staples, Caldwell & Co. When he
had been there about one year they failed, and through their influence he secured a posi-
tion with Booth & Tuttle, one of the oldest importing and jobbing houses in silks and
dress goods, remaining there until the fall of 1859, He then took a trip to Illinois, and
while visiting friends at Morris accepted a position with Rockwell & Kineman, one of the
oldest dry goods houses in the place, and remained there until 1864: then enlisted in the One
Hundred and Thirty-cighth Illinois Infantry, serving as Orderly Sergeant of Company H, and
when mustered ont at the close of the war was in command of the company, although he
did not receive acommission. Aftcr coming out of the war he accepted a position with
R. B. Uorrie, and went to San Antonio, Texas, in the cotton trade. At the end of six
months Mr. Horrie bought an interest in a wholesale stationery and book-house at Galves-
ton, Texus, and Mr. Gulick was sent there to represent Mr. Horrie in the house. After
remaining there one year he accepted a position as manager of the dry goods department
in Hannah, Lay & Company's mammoth establishment at Grand Traverse City, Mich., re-
maiming with them three years; then located at Mason City, Ill., and engaged in the mer-
cantile business, jematning. there until the spring of 1877. He then emigrated to Kansas,
loretne in Scandia, Republic County, before there was any railroad, and put in a large
stock of general merchandise for a place of the size; at the end of two years put up his
present place of business. The building is 142 feet in length by twenty-five feet in width,
fourteen feet ceiling; this is built of stone, on the corner of Cloud and Fourth streets, and
he has built up a large trade, and carries from $15,000 to $20,000; his sales growing from
$15,000 to $75,000. The store is well filled with goods, and uses basement to full size, well
filled also. His stock comprises a full line of general merchandise. The store is under
the charge of C. G. Bulkley, one of the best business men in Northern Kansas. There are
five other menas assistants. In the spring of 1882 he put in a branch store at Republic
Citv, Kan., under the management of F, W. Craft. They carry a stock of from $5,000 to
$6,0: 0 with a trade of from $20,000 to 22,000 per annum. This is one of the best stores
in the place. Besides the mercantile business Mr. Gulick has been actively engaged in
railroad matters. In the fall of 1879 he helped to organize a railroad company called the
Atchison, Colorado & Pacific Railroad. The charter calling for the building of a railroad
from Concordia to a point called Willow Island in Nebraska. Mr. Gulick was elected
President of the company, and remained so about eighteen months. He still retains his
stock in the company, and is one of its directors. In the spring of 1881 he was employed
by the M. O. P. R. R. Co.. as Right of Way Agent, and Bond Commissioner on the
Denver, Colorado Exteusion, remaining in this one year. He is also a stockholder ang Di-
rector of the Nevraska Central Railroad Co., which was 2 ahead for the purpose of
extending the railroad from, Warwick near the State line to Nelson, Nuckolls County, Neb,

They have five children living—James A., siege :

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He was identified with the Scandia Land Company, which purchased the town site which
was not disposed of. He had 220 lots as his share; and has disposed of about sixty. He
also owns @ seventh interest in the Republic City, Kas., town site; the town was organized
in 1879, and he has disposed of about one-third of the lots, Mr. Gulick put up a fine build-
ing there, 25 x 60feet, which he uses fora store. He isa thorough business man, and has
done more to build up Scandia thanany half dozen other men, A'l his improvements are
number one, and he makes a success of every enterprise he takes a hold of. and is highly
respected by his many friends in Republic County and vicinity. He is a member of Scandia
Loi ge AF. & A.M,

3. B. HAWES, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was bornin Jefferson County, N. Y., in 1823
remaining there until twenty years of age. He then went to Oneida County, N. Y., and
commenced learning the trade of machinist. At the end of one year, he located in Spring-
field, Mass.; engaged at the machinist’s trade, remaining there four years. From there he
went to Utica, N. Y., where he remained most of the time until 1662, when he shipped on
board the ‘‘Quaker City,” receiving an appointment in the Government Engineer department
ranking the same as captain. Was mustered out at Philadelphia in 1865. He then locate

. in Chicago, and organized a mining company there, but during the great Chicago fire in
1871, was burned out, losing everything. He was then employed by the Government to
oversee the building of Fort Parker, in the Indian Territory.. Coming from there to Kansas
in 1878, he. located in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 7, Leee 3,
Range4. At that time there were no improvements in this township to speak of. He has
eighty acres under the plow, thirty acres in pasture, and the whole farm under fence; has
six acres of a fine forest grove, a good orchard of eighty apple and fifty peach trees, and
small fruits in abundance. He hasvune of the finest farms in this township; house 16x26
feet, and 16x16 feet, two stories; good tenement house 16x82 feet, and a fine stone barn

22x82 feet. He is also raising some fine stock. Has been employed in the U. P.R, R.

gnope a portion of the time since he came here. He was married in 1856 at Spring-
aon gure to MissJulia R. Barrington. Is a member of the Masonic order and the
JOHN BAY, farmer, P. O. Scandia. Was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1836. Was
raised on a farm, and, in 1671, emigrated to America. Came direct from New. York-City
to Kansas, locating in Republic County. Took a homestead on Section 23, southeast
quarter. Had just got up a little house, in order to hold his place, and had gone to a neigh-
bor’s, about two miles away, when a prairie fite swept over the country and destroyed his
hubitation. He has eighty acres of his land under the plow, the whole place hedged, and
three cross hedges, three acres of forest trees, 200 peach and 150 apple trees, black cherries,
and all kinds of small fruits. Has a good frame house, 18x25 feet, one story and a half,
basement 15x18 feet. Good stables and barns, 16x30 feet, with stone basement. Is raising

. Stock, both cattle and hogs, and is doing well, and is sure there is no place like Kansas for
& man with small means to get a start and make some money. He was married in Decem-
ber, 1861, to Miss Catherine McGuire. They have had ten children, eight of whom are liv-
ing—Thomas, John (deceased), Margaret, James, John, Robert (deceased), William, Agnes,
Jennet, and Mary. Mr. Hay is a member of Farmers’ Alliance, and a member of the Pres-
byterian Church.

RANSOM H. GILE, farmer, P. O. Scandia. Was born in Springfield, Mass., January
9, 1885. When four years of age, his parents came west as far as Ohio, locating on the West-
ern Reserse, remaining there until nineteen years of age, when he went to Iowa in the em-
ploy of the Ohio sure Line Company, and was ae the Indians for a number of years
and learned to speak the Sioux language In April, 1862, he enlisted in Company A,
Twenty-first Iowa Infantry, serving until July, 1864, when he re-enlisted and served in the
First Iowa Battery. Was wounded at Jackson, Miss., and at Champion Hill; also slightly
at Port Gibson, and, in November, 1865, was discharged and mustered out of service. Re-
turning to Iowa, he located at Humboldt and was in the milling business until 1873, when
he came to Kansas and took a homestead on Section 2, Township 4, Range 4, of eighty acres.
This he improved and lived there until 1879, when he traded for 160 acres in Section 35,
Townehip 3, Range 4. This place had no improvements on it, and he broke forty acres,
put up a house 14x20 feet, put out sixty apple trees, 300 peach trees, a few grape vines,
cherries, plums, and all kinds of small fruits. Has good stone stables and house, and has'a
fine stone quarry on the place. He is Leet out a good many stone and burning some
lime, his sales amounting to some hundred dollars per annum; has put out two acres: of
fruit trees, with ,a variety of timber, among which is the yellow larch, of which he has
1,500 trees; is preparing to re out twélve acres of timber, and getting his place in shape to
engage in stock-raising, and has done well since he came to this State. He was married in
-March, 1865, in Henry County, Iowa, to Miss Sarah A. Mahoffay. They have had four
ehileren.—Carsis A., W. O., Thomas and Harry. Mr. Gile is a member of the Baptist
Church. ;

WILLIAM G. KING was born in Woolford County, Ill., in the year 1849, of a line of ances-
try coming from England and Ireland before the Revolutionary War. His father died in 1850
and in 1856 his mother removed with the family to Mahaska County, [owa,where through the
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the next; attended the Law Department of Iowa State University in 1875-’76; was ad-
mittted to practice in 1876; came to Kansas in 1877; taught school in Jewell County in 1877.
Took a tour through Southwestern and Western Kansas and Colorado in 1878; located in
Scandia, Republic Co, Kan., in October, 1879; took a firm stand against the saloons and in™
favor of the Constitutional Amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors, during that campaign; was a prominent worker during the campaign and after the
adoption of the act was one of the most active in enforcing it. Is a Republican in politics.
Is a member of Scandia Lodge of the I. O. O. F.; is also a member of the Encampment of
Belleville. .

PETER JOHNSON, manager for M. Johnson, merchant, Scandia. Was born in
Sweden. on March 7, 1837. When eigtee Feat of oe he emigrated to the United States
of America, landing in New York City July, 1855. The same year he located in Chicago,
where he remained. until 1868, when he joined the Scandinavian Agricultural Society and
emigrated to Kansas, locating at Scandia; took a homestead on Sections 17 and 18, Township
3, Rauge 4; made final proof 1874. He has about fifty acres under the plow, some timber set
out, and other 1mprovements. Some time about 1872 he came to Scandia and went into
trade, and has been in business since he first started, in a emall wooden building on the corner
of Cloud and Fourth streets. In 1878 he put in a full line of ened merchandise, and con-
tinucd in the old store two years, then put up a fine store, 23x44 feet, two stories, and has it
well filled with goods. His trade has grown from $8,000 to $16,000 per annum. He owns
two store buildings, his farm having made all for him since he’came here, as he had to bor-
row money to come West with, thus showing what a man of energy can do in Kansas. sHe
is the oldest merchant in Scandia, Was married in 1878, to.Mary Johnson, of Scandia,
They have four children, viz.: Josephine, Mary, Oscar and Hellena.

A.D. MARBLE, patentee and manufacturer of the Adjustable Bulletin Board, lives in In-
dependence, Iowa; was born in Cattarangus County, N. Y., in 143; was raised there re-
maining until the winter of 1859, when he started out, landing in Chicago, and in the sprin,
of 1861 located in Livingston Coynty, Ill., and in August, 1862, enlisted in the One Hundre
and Twenty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving nearly three years; was wounded at
the battle of Peach Creek, infront of Atlanta, Ga., July 20, 1864, securing his discharge
in June, 1865; then took a two years’ course at the Aurora Business College, graduating in
1868; thence to Odell, Ill., where he engaged in the hardware trade; at the end of ofle year
sold out and taught schoo] until November, 1870, when he came to Kansas and took a home-.
stead on Section 84, Township 2, Range 4, Republic County: was one of the-first settlers in
the townshp and was seventy miles from market; had but little to do with when he came, but
soon commenced improving his place; broke 120 acres, planted a hedge around the farm
besides cross hedges; put up agood frame house 16x24 feet, story and-a-half and two additions
one 16x16 feet and the other 9x13 feet; put up good granary, planted fruit and forest trees;
had it well improved. remaining there until 1878, when he located in Scandia and purchased
a house and Jot and soon after took charge of the Scandia schools for about six months and
was one term County Superintendent; then was on the road as traveling agent one year; during
this time had been thinking of some plan for bulletin board which could be arranged to suit
any business, and for nearly two years was at work on it before he could perfect it
and get his patent; finally received it January 18, 1881; this board is composed of a frame
two feet wide and five fvet high with cross bars one and one-fourth inches apart forming.
progves, recesses in which are placed cubical blocks having letters or figures on five sides

eaving a blank side upon which isa small index figure or letter. The blocks are held in place
by springs at the right of each line; the blocks are easily and quickly changed to form any
reading matter desired and are adapted not only for business men but for schools, Mr.
Marble has bought out a factory at Lincoln, Neb., which was opened and operated by
Foster & Parsons who were handling the boards on aroyalty, and will operate it himself and
is making arrangements to erect atactory at Independence, Iowa, where he will make his
headquarters; the boards are also manufactured at Bloomsburg, Pa.; in connection with
this patent had to invent a machine for printing the blocks, there being but one place in the
world where this kind of work is dene; has also received a patent for a carpet strip for
fastening carpets without the use of tacks. Mr. Marble is a hard-worker and has certainly
laid foundations for future success. He was married April 23, 1882, to Mrs. T. Belle Martin,
M.D., of Scandia. Mr. Marble is amember of Belleville Lodge No. 96, 1.0.0. F. Itis
proper to state that Mr. Marble has always been one of, the zealous workers in education,
temperance and the cause of humanity, and often. together with his wife, lectures
aeOD those subjects, also upon universal suffrage and universal mental liberty, with
much success.

E. NELSON, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was horn in Sweden in 1839; emigrated to America
in 1851 and located in Rock Island County, Ill.; in 1857 moved to Missouri and remained
there until 1861, when he returned to Rock Island County, Ill., and in 1862 enlisted in the
Eighty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three years; was mustered out at Nash-
ville, Tenn., and was discharged at Chicago; after coming out of the army settled in Iowa,
locating in Lyon Connty, remaining there three years; thence to Johnson County, remaining
there two years; in 1871 came to Kansas and located in Republic County and took'a homeste
on Section 29, Township 2, Range3; was among the early settlers in the township; has
eighty acres under the plow and eighty acres of hay land and pasture. The place ix watered
by a fine spring; has five acres of forest trees, good orchard and buildings. Was Justice
of the Peace for five terms. In 1878 located in Scandia and opened a restaurant, remaining
in this business three years, Has done well since he came here. Was married in the
aprne of 1866 in Rock Island County, Ill., to Miss Lois E. Bissell. They have four
children—Jessie, John H., Iva J., Sarat. Is a member of the G. A. R. ae

WILLIAM NORRIS, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, in
1844, but was raised in Bloomington, Ill., until 1864, when he enlisted in the Seventh Illi-
nois Cavalry, serving until December, 1865, was discharged and mustered out at Nashville,
Tenn. In 1870 came to Kansas, locating in apnehe oa Be a homentend. on pen

; Was sixty-five miles from market and there
was but one house in sights has his place well (aproved.- clghty eres anner (ie plow,
the ba'ance hay land and pasture; has a small orchard, a fine grove of forest trees, good
house 14x20 feet and ell 14x20 feet and other buildings and is but three miles from market;
is raising a good many hogs; has forty-five head. Served as Sheriff of Republic County
during the years of 1878 and 1879. He was married in 1879, in Republic County, to Miss
Della Blanchard, They have two children—Huston and Hilton. :

CHARLEST. OHARRA, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Adams County, Ind., in
1841; was raised there until twenty-one years of age. In 1862 he enlisted in the Eighty-ninth
Indiana Infantry, serving three ‘years; was captured at Munfordsville, but was paroled
soon after; was in nine engagements and many skirmishes; was discharged and mus-
tered out at Mobile, Ala, in 1853 at the close of the war; after he returned from the army
located in Jny County, Ind., remaining there until the following fall, when he came to
Kansas, locating in Doniphan County, where he remained until 1871; then came into Re-
public County and homesteaded the southeast quarter of Section 35, Township 3, Range 4;
was among the first settlers on the prairies in this township and was sixty miles from mar-
ket for the first five years; there were no improvements in this part of the county at that
time, he has broken seventy acres, put out three acres of forest, and 1,500 peach trees,
which bear from 200 to 300 bushels per annum: twenty cherry trees and plenty of small
fruits; has yood pasture and some very fine meadow: frame house 16x24 feet story and a half
and owns one of the best farms of its size in the township close to market and about three
miles from the coal banks: is raising stock, making a specialty of hogs in which he has been
very successful; is also interested in the livery business with a Me. Lewis of Concordia.
Was married in 1868, in West Custer, Jay Co., Ind. They have two children—Rhoda E. and
Royden M. 1sa member of John Brown Post No. 44,G. A. R, of Belleville. Mr. and Mrs.
O’Harra are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. : aes

J. M. ROCKHOLD, M. D., phzatelan and surgeon, was born in Hiram, Ohio; at
the age of ten years went to Illinois, remaining there until 1855; then went to Avon
and began reading medicine with Dr. J. J. Rowe remaining there six years; part of
the time was engaged in the drug business: in 1860 began its practice: in 1867 emigrated to
Towa, remaining there two years; in 1870 came to Kansas locating in Belleville, where he
engaged in the practice of medicine, remaining there two “years and then located in Union
Township and took a homestead on Section 14. remaining there about five years; then
bought a farm.on Section 15, remaining there until 1881; besides attending to his practice,
ee three farms, which he still owns: has eight; acres broken on the farm he bought
and 120 on the homestead; a good house’on each place, good barn, stables and orchard
three acres of fruit trees on the last place, a spring which furnishes water enough for 1,000
sea of cattle, and has about sixty head of cattle on the place; also owns a fine residence
ne eee ue rue made all he has since he came here: when he landed in Belleville in

-40 and a large family. Was married in 1849, in Illinois. They have nine living

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children—David T., Zurella, La Fayette, Kttie, Freddie, Van, Orpha, Arthur and Jessie. Is
a member Qf Eclectic Medical Society of Kansas, also member of I. 0. O. F.

J. R. SANDELL, salesman with C. W. Gulick, was born in Sweden in 1837; at the age
of twelve years learned the tailors’ trade. He emigrated to America in 1866, locating in
Chicago and was employed in one of the largest tailoring establishments in the city until 1868
when his health failed and he joined the Scandinavian Agricultural Society, just forming to
locate a colony in Kansas, thinking the change would improve his health. During the first
year in Kansas was unable to do anything, the most of the time being obliged to walk on
crutches. In the fall of 1869 opened a grocery store at Scandia, it being the first store
opened in Republic County. Atthe end of one year sold out to Whiting & Baker, re-
maining with them one year; was then appointed postmaster and also carried on real estate
and commission business. In 1870 resigned the office and took a homestead on Section 8,
Township 4, Range 4, remaining on this place two years; sold it out. and returned to Scandia,
where he was again appointed postmaster. In 1875resigned the office and accepted a posi-
tionin P. Newman's store, remaining with him about two years; was then employed in
Peter Johnson's store about one year; then for about one year had charge of the tall bridge;
since then has been employed in the store of C. W. Gulick with the exception of one year,
when he was ona farm. Mr. Sandell is a-number one salesman and holds a large trade not
only among his own countrymen but among Americans also. Was married in the spring of
1875 to Miss Emma Peterson, of Scandia. They have four children, namely: Robert,

Harry, Charley and Andrew. Is a member of Scandia Lodge No. 165, I. 0. O. F.

_W. A. SMITH, manager of the Chicago Lumber Company, was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, in 1854. In 1857, his parents emigrated to Wisconsin, locating in Trempeleau, and
from there emigrated to Illinois, remaining a short time. Thence to St. Louis, and then
returned to Trempeleau, Wis. - In 1872, took a commercial course at the celebrated LaCrosse
Business College, graduating in the spring of 1873. He then located at Bangor, and en-
gaged in the grain trade, and was engaged in this business at different points in Wisconsin
until 1876, when he moved to Kansas, locating at Clay Centre, and was there nearly one year
as weigher in the elevator; thence to Concordia, and took charge of the Chicago Lumber
Company’s yards at that point until February, 1879, when he was put in charge of their
business at Scandia. He has worked up a good trade for them, and has given satisfaction
to the public and his employers. Isa young man of enterprise and ability, and will give
satisfaction wherever he fills a position. as married September 14, 1881, at Belleville,
Kan., to Miss L. A. Hallowell, of that place. Mr. Smith is a member of Scandia Lodge
No. 155, I.0. O. F., Orion Lodge No. 50, K. of P., and of Lebanon Lodge under dispensa-
tion A., F. & A. M. ‘

W. H. STINSON, inventor, was born in Crittenden County, Ky., in 1848. In 1865,
he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Lucas County. In 1868, learned the carpenters’ trade, and
remained there until 1871, then came to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a
homestead on Section 2, Township 3, Range 4, andremained on_ the place five years. He
. broke seventy-five acres and planted a grove of forest trees and orchard; put up a house
14x16 feet, with addition 12x14 feet; a granary and stables. School Creek runs along the

_ west line, furnishing plenty of running water. In 1878, he located in Scandia, and engaged
in contracting and building. In 1881, he commenced work on a novel device to be used ‘by.
wood-workers, called a Dado Plane Guide. Hereceived a patent on the same in April, 1882;
in August, 1882, made another improvement, which he got a patent on also; has several
oiper nweutiens which he is at work on. He is a member of Scandia Lodge No. 165,
- _R. W. SWAN, druggist, was born in Canada in 1847. During this year his parents
emigrated-to Illinois, where they remained a short time; then moved to Wisconsin, and
located in Winnebago County, and remaining there and in Portage County until he came to
Kansas, in 1864, and located at Valley Falls, then called Grasshopper Falls. After remain-
ing there a few months, he took a trip to New Mexico, and then back to Kansas, stopping
a short time at Junction City; then took a trip to Colorado, and was there and through the
West until 1868, when he made permanent settlement in a Township, Republic
County, and took a homestead on Mill Creek. He was among the first settlers in the county,
and improved his place and was engagedin stock-raising. In 1874, he sold out and opened
a general store at Cuba, remaining there two years. Then he sold out and bought a farm,
andat the end of six months traded his farm for a stock of goods in Haddam, Washington
County, remaining there about two years, when he sold out and bought out the -only drug
store in Scandia at that time; is having a fair trade, and has the oldest store in this line in
the place. His trade has .grown 100per cent in the past year. He is a very popular man,
and has ahost of friends in this place. He was married in January, 1873, to Miss Ella
Loring, of Albion Township. They have two children—Frank, born in 1874; Claude, born
in 1880. Mr. Swan is a member of Scandia Lodge, A., F. & A. M.. and of Concordia
Chapter; also Scandia Lodge K. of P. te 4

W. TAYLOR, physician and surgeon, was born in Sangamon County, IIl., in 1845, re-
maining there until twenty, years of age. At the age of Sighteen years, he took up the study
of medicine. In 1865, he emigrated to Marion County, Iowa, where he continued in hia.
medical studies, finishing his course at the college of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk,
Towa, graduating in the winter of 1870-71. After receiving his diploma, he commenced
practice in Marion County, Iowa. In 1874, came to Kansas, locating at Scandia. At the
end of two years, he returned to Iowa, and was there until 1879, when he again came to
Kansas and putina stock of drugs at ae the junction of the C. B. M. P. R.R., and the
B. & M.R. R. In the spring of 1882, he sold out and located at Scandia, and engaged in
the practice of medicine; has a good practice and has been very successful since he has
been here. Was married inthe spring of 1871, to Miss E. V. Fletcher, of Marion County,
Iowa. They have one son—O. §., born in Republic County, Kansas, April 5, 1874, Isa
member of the State Medical Society; also member of Scandia Lodge No. 165, I. 0. O. F.

J. 8. THOMPSON, stock-dealer, was born in Rockingham County, Va., in 1853. ‘In
1854 his parents settled in St. Louis. The next year, 1855, they came to Kansas, his father
taking a Glaim on the present town site of Leavenworth. In 1867, he went to St, Louis and
was railroading for about one year; thence to Howard County, where he engaged in the
mercantile business; at the end of three years he sold out and went to Colorado, locating in
Wet Mountain Valley, and for nearly two years was engaged in mining; thence to Nevada,
and was mining there for two years; at the end of that time he returned to Kansas and
went to farming-in Davis County; also handled stock more or less until 1879, and then lo-
cated in Scandia; has been doing the Jargest shipping in cattle and hogs of any dealer in
North Kansas. His shipments for 1881 were 290 cars, which he-sold for $261,000. Mr.
Thompson is considered the best stock buyer in this county, and, although a young man,
shows the qualifications of men with twice his experience. He is known to be a fair buyer,
who has always paid good prices, and is very opular with the farmers of Republic County.
He was married in November, 1880, at Belleville, Kan., to Miss J. B. Norton. He is a mem-
ber of Scandia Lodge, No. 155, 1.0. 0. F. and of Lebanon Lodge, under dispensation, A.,
F. & A. M.. and of Orion Lodge, No. 50, K, of P. . . :

W.K. VAN HORN, carpenter and builder, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, 1829,
and was raised there until twenty years of age, and learned the carpenters’ trade. From
twenty to twenty-six he was rambling and traveling in the Western States and Territories,
and as far south as Mexico. He then located in Butler_County, Ohio,and was there until
tober, 1861, when he enlisted in the Thirty-fifth Ohio, Volunteer Infautry, serving three
years; received several slight wounds while in the service; was discharged and mustered
ont in 1864; in 1870 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Jewell County and took a homestead
near the present site of Jewell City; put up the first frame house in the county, and was
among the very first who settled in the county, was thirty miles from a post-office and tifty
miles from a blacksmith shop; at the end of two years sold out and located at Jewell City
and opened a grocery store, and continued in this business about two years; he then located
at Beloit and worked at his trade, remaining there until June, 1882; then located in Scandia
and commenced contracting and building; was Deputy County Surveyor of Ji ewell County; ~
was Justice of the Peace for a number of years, and when the first store was opened in the
county, bought the first goods sold, the article being a plug of tobacco. He was married
in 1855, to Miss Mary J. Drake, of Ohio. They have three children—W. H., Eva A, and
Harry K. His wife died in 1867, and he was married again in 1869, to Miss Edith Jones,
of Hamilton County, Qhio. He isa member of Jewell Lodge, No. 116, I. 0. O. F., and has
been 'a member of the G. A. R. for a goad many years. — . .

J. J. WARD, dealer in farm machinery, was born in the village of Barkby, Leicester-
shire, England, in 1850. He emigrated to America in 1865, locating in Keokuk County,
Towa; remained here until 1872. Was with his parents on the farm, except the last two
years, when he was engaged in teaching. He moved to Kansas in 1872, locating in Republic
County; took a homestead on Section 2, Township 1, Range 4; improved this place summers
and taught school winters until 1875, when he took up the study of law and was admitted

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to the bar in 1877. The improvements on his place consist of eighty-five acres of breaking, *
three acres of timber, two miles of hedge, good frame house; also MER 170 acres adjoin-
ing the homestead, and has broken fifty acres; has a barn 32x38 feet, planted three acres of
forest trees, put up a house 16x26 feet, a good wind-mill for pumping, has good feed yards
and has been engaged in raising stock most of the time. In 1877 he commenced handling
farm machinery in Belleville, putting in the first stock of agricultural implements in Re-
pablle County, his brother, R. B. Ward, taking a half interest with him, the firm name

eing Ward Brothers. At the end of eighteen months he suld out to his brother and en-.
gaged in the same business at Scandia. ‘The trade has steadily increased under the careful
management of Mr. Ward, his trade increasing nearly fifty per cent on all goods except
harvesters and sulky plows, in the first two years. He is a wide awake business man and
thoroughly posted in his business. He was married in 1879, to Miss Emma Robertson, of
Belleville. They have been blessed with two children, E, V, and Albert J.

WEYAND BROTHERS, hardware. James Weyand, the senior brother, was born in
Jefferson County, Iowa, in 1847; was raised on a farm and remained in that county until tne
fall of 1868. Then located in Washington County, and engaged in farming, remaining
there until 1869, when he sold out and emigrated to Kansas, locating: in Scandia. Wa
married in 1866, at Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, to Miss M. A. Looney, of tha t
piace, Their children are—Dallis, Carrie, Minnie, Roy, Pearl. Myr. Weyand is a mem-

er of Scandia Lodge No. 165, I. O. O. F.; also a member of Orion Lodge No. 50, K. of P-
D. Weyand, junior partner of the firm of Weyand Brothers, was born in Jefferson County,
Towa, in 1849, and was raised on a farm, remaining there until 1861. Then located at Cedar
Rapids, and engaged in the grocery business, remaining there about eighteen months.
Going from there to Belle Plaine, he engaged in the hardware trade, in company with a Mr.
Palmer. At the end of two years, he sold out and emigrated to Kansas, locating in Scandia.
Was married in 1874 at Fairfield, Jefferson County, lowa, to Miss M. E. Hagen, of that
place. They have two children—Myrtle and Carl. In January, 1880, the Weyand Brothers
formeda eae, for the purpose of carrying on the hardware trade at Scandia, and put
up a building 22x50 feet, two stories, and a wareroom 22x50 feet, and put in a full line of
shelf and heavy hardware, and a full line of farm machinery, carriages and wagons. Among
the wagons and carriages, handle the celebrated Studebaker carriages and pe The
trade in hardware increased twenty-five per cent in less than two years; while the sales of
farm machinery increased fifty per cent in the ,same time, showing the business to bein the
hands of thorough business men. The Weyand Brothers are very popular, and will con-
tinue to increase and hold up their trade, as they are thoroughly posted and attend to the
business personally. :

. B, WILDER. Thesubject of this sketch was born at Rochester, N. Y.,July 21,
1847. At Fally Seminary, Fulton, Ontario County, N. Y., he received an academic educa-
tion. Graduated in law in August, 1870, under Joseph A. Stull, one of the best criminal
lJawyers in the State of New York. In 1871, he caught the western fever, and in February
of that year emigrated to Chillicothe, Kansas, where he practiced law eight months, re-
moving thence to Belleville, Republic County, where he established the Belleville Republic,
February 7, 1882, with D. D. Kirby as his partner. Sold ont to Kirke in 1874; soon after
the office was moved to Jewell County. In 1875, Mr. Wilder started the Republic again at
Belleville, but removed to Scandia in 1876. The paper has changed hands several times
since, but is now ably conducted by its originator. Mr. Wilder and his paper have done
much for the county. He is aman of energy, ambition and ability, and is well known and
highly respected through the county. His paper has a large circulation, being a sound and
thoroughly Republican in a county in name and politics Republican, .

HON. A. D> WILSON, attorney-at-law, was born in Dundee, Scotland, August 2,
1840. In 1847, he emigrated to America with his parents, and located near Madison,
Indiana. In 1862, he entered Hanover College, and graduated in the Scientific department
of that institution in 1865. During his collegiate course he, in 1864, with eeveral of his fel-
low students, enlisted inthe One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, and served for a time with the regiment. After graduating, he took up the study
of law at New Castle, Ind,, and remained there one year. He conducted the Blountsville
Academy, Henry County, Ind., as Principal of that institution; 4nd from thence went to
Portsmouth, N. H., where he finished his law studies, and was admitted to the bar of the
Supreme Judicial Court of New Hampshire in the fall of 1849. Early in 1870, he, alone with
his brother, C. C. Wilson, emigrated to Kansas, and located at Waterville, where he en-
gaged in the practice of his profession, remaining there neatly a year. Thence to Scandia,
Republic County, at that time the most westerly settlement of the northern tier, and in
company with his brother, who had settled there in July, in November, 1870, bought out T.
J. Baker & Co., who were engaged in the mercantile business, and for the next two and one
half. years engaged in selling goods under the firm name of Wilson Brothers; and being
during that time, the only business firm in the place. During this time he was instrumental

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in getting several stage and post routes established to this point, and also in organizing a
Joint Stock Ferry Company, by which a ferry was established over the Republican River at
this point, which finally led to the building of the first bridge over the upper Republican.
In 1871, he was elected as Representative from this county to the State Legislature, having
closed out his business in Scandia. In January, 1875, he located at Kirwin, Phillips
County, Kan., a new land.office town, and engaged in the practice of law. While there Ke
was appointed County Attorney, and removed to Phillipsburg, the county seat, and at the

 
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next election was elected to that office and served the term. He has been a delegate to a
number of State Conventions, and in 1876 was chosen as a member of the Republican State
Central Cominittee, and served two years. In the fall of 1877, he returned to Scandia, con-
tinuing in the practice of his profession, and taking an active part in getting a railroap
built to this point, being one of the very few who succeeded in getting it. With the
coming of the railroad the town grew to acity, and he was chosen its first Mayor, and re-
elected fora second term. Mr. Wilson has been identified with almost every public enter-
ce of benefit to the city of Scandia and county of Republic. He has built up alarge and

_ lucrative law practice, and is a man highly respected by all who know him. In January,

1882, he was married to Miss Elise S. Johnson, of Republic County, Kan.

THURE WOHLFART, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Sweden in 1833; emigrated
to America in 1867, locating in Chicago. At the end of one year he joined the Scandinavian
Agricultural Society and emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County and founded the
town of Scandia then called New Scandinavia; for the first three months he was in the employ
of the society; in 1869 he took a homestead on Section 21. Township 8, Range 4 west. Hehas
since bought land adjoining, so that he now has 445 acres in one farm, 15) acres under the
plow, 200 acres under pasture; the balance is hay Jand; has set out and raised five miles of

. Osage orange hedge fence; put out five acres of timber, a good orchard, good stone house

15x25 feet, granary, corn-cribs and stables, and is engaged in raising and handling stock.
He has 130°head of cattle, 100 hcad of hogs, 60 head of etna, and usually buys, feeds and
ships considerable stock, aside from what he raises. He is a leading man among his coun-
trymen and has been Township Treasurer and School District Treasurer since 1870. In 1881
he was elected County Commissioner. He was married in Scandia in 1872 to Miss
Louisa Ericson, of Scandia. They have two children—Carrie and Axel,

? REPUBLIC CITY.

The town of Republic City is in the valley of the Republican River, one
and one half miles from the stream and ten miles north of Scandia. It is in
the cradle of its existence; having been laid out and given a “‘local habita-
tion and a name” in May, 1880. :

But it is a live, wide-awake town—just young enough to be vigorous,
and busy enough to be in good spirits, Since its establishment it has grown
very rapidly, having a population of 250. It is surrounded by an excellent
country, and, enjoying the benefits of a railroad, it will continue its pros-
perity for some time. One year and a half ago only a blacksmith-shop and
a post-office could be seen. Now a cluster of busy stores, shops, hotels,
livery stables, stock-yards, elevators, dwellings and a schoolhouse have
sprung forth. At this point a good bridge spans the Republican, which
causes a great many emigrants to pass through the town, coming by way of
Beatrice and Fairbury, Nebraska.

“Three miles west of the town, on a high point of land, the outline of
a large Indian town is as plainly visible as it was fifty or a hundred years
ago. The streets are regular, the wigwams were in rows an a large
number of them. The ground floor is exactly like a circus ring with earth
thrown up around the zircle. By measurement they are all thirty.feet in
diameter. Immediately back and to the south of this Indian town isa
broad and almost perfectly level plane affording fine picket grounds, having
the best possible commanding view of the surrounding country. The view
from the Indian town site covers sixteen miles to the north and northwest,
twelve to the northeast, ten due west and .about the same to the
south and east. The Republican Valley lay spread out before them
for many miles, and the slightest intrusion or invasion of their
domain would be readily detected. The town faces north and the
streets run north and south, About forty rods north of the town
the river makes a sharp curve around a low point of land covered with low
brush anda few shrubby trees. Here are found Indian trinkets, powder
horns, moccasins, beads, dinged-up copper kettles, etc., ete. In this locality
were their winter quarters. A natural protection from the cold winds was
afforded by a heavy clump of timber on the outer curve of the river, which
fermed a semi-circle around them to the north. A ford across the river lay
directly in front of this low point of land. Here, it seems, nature had striven
hard to combine every advantage and condition suited to Indian life, This
town was occupied, not many years ago by the Cheyennes or Arapahoes who
were allies.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, ETC,

The Republic City school is in a flourishing condition. A $700school
building was built last year, which was designed to meet the wants of the
town for four or five years.

The Baptist Church was organized at Otter Creek in 1871, and since
the starting of the town has been removed.

The Christian Church was organized at Otter Creek schoolhouse in
1874,

When the Central Branch is extended into Nebraska the town will
likely be benefited by having the western market brought closer by connec-
tions with the B. & M.

Some of the oldest settlers in the county live in or adjacent to Republic
City. Capt. Stanfield, who commanded the militia at this point in 1868 re-
sides here.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

vACOB BECK, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Milwaukee County, Wis., in
1845. In 1860 came to Kaneas, locating in Atchison County; in 1862 enlisted in the Thirteenth
Kansas Infantry. serving two years and ten months; was in the West most of the time.
Was married in 1867 to Miss Emma Garside of Atchison, Kan. They haveseven children—
Charles, Annie, George, Rose, Olive, Frank and Arthur. In 1872 he located in Republic
County and took a homestead on Scctions 23 and 24. There were but few settlers at the
time. He was seventy-five miles from market or mill and for two or three years the grass-
hoppers and drouth madeit hard to accomplish anything; but notwithstanding all these draw-
b ihe Mr. Beck has his place well eee ninety acres under the plow; has planted
seven acres of forest trees which are large enough for fencing; also put up one of the first

* frame houses built in the township, good stables, corn-crib, and has turned his attention to

raising stock, for which his place is well adapted, it being bottom land well watered by
numerous springs which furnish plenty of water for his stock. Also raises some very fine
Norman horses. He is a member of Republic City Lodge No. 204, I. O. O. F.
WILLIAM R. CHARLES, farmer, P. O. Republic City,was bornin Wales in 1832. In 1863
he emigrated to America, locating in Tioga County, Pa. Atthe end of two years he emigrated
to Missouri, remaining there until 1868. From there came to Kansas, locating in Republic
, County, and was among the early settlers in the county before it was organized. He took

a homestead on Sections 34 and 385. Township 1 south, Range5 west. The following August
_was driven out by the Indians after stealing one of his horses and killing cne of his
‘companions, one Gordon Winbigler, whose claim was in Jewell County, but was killed on

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ection 36, Big Bend Township. Mr. Charles found it up-hill work for a few years with
toes and erasshoppers to contend with, and could not permanently locate wjth his fam.
ily upon his farm until December, 1869, when he removed his family on~a cold winter's
day, and found his log cabin and everything that was left in it, in aheap of ashes, when he
had'to dig through two feet of frozen ground some kind of a habitation until he couid do
better. But at last he has succeeded in improving one of the best farms in the county.
He has 400 acres in one body well watered by White Rock Creek, with forty acres of good
timber along its banks. Besides this he has five acres of forest trees which he planted.
He has 13) acres under the plow; the balance of 270 acres is fenced for pasture; has some
fine hedge, a fine house 18x24 feet with two additions 11x24 feet and 10x12 feet, good stables,
orchard, and everything to make home pleasant; is but two miles from market and is exten-
sively engaged in stock-raising; has seventy-five head of hogs, sixty head of cattle, and
has been very prosperous in alf his undertakings. He was the first postmaster in this part
of the county. Received his appointment in 1870. The office was called Gomeria; held
this three years; was Township Treasurer several years. He and his wife are members of
the ‘National Liberal League.” He is also amember of the I. 0. O. F. He was married in
1853 to Mrs. Lydia Davies of Wales, Their family consists of seven children—Gomer T.
Davies, Morfydd O. Davies, Dervi A. Davies, and Alwen, Jestyn, Tudor and Thomas Charles.

S. DENMAN, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Knox County, Ohio in 1846,
making his home here the most of the time until 1871, when he emigrated to Kansas, locat-
ing in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 24, Township 1, Range 5, being
one of the first places homesteaded in this part of the township. Has a fine place; Spring
Creek runs through it, and there is also a small lake made up of springs, which fur-
nishes the place with fresh water in abundance for stock purposes. When he took this

lace, was seventy-five miles from market or mill. Has broke ninety-five acres, fenced fifty-
Eve acres for pasture, the balance being bay land; also has a timber claim of forty acres
joining the homestead, and has three acres of fine timber on this place, has a fine peach
orchard of 150 trees, a fine lot of apples, cherries and other small fruits; put up @ good
frame honse 14x28 feet, a barn 14x25 feet, stables 12x80 feet, two corn-cribs, and is work-
ing into the stock business; has ten head of horses, nincteen head. of cattle, sixty head of
hogs, and has done well for the past five years. Was married in 1870, to Miss Mary
Mahogan, of Richland County, Ohio. They have one daughter—Ada.

RED ELLIOTT, farmer, P.O. Republic City, was born in Willshire, England, in 1848;
emigrated to America in71864, locating in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1870 emigrated to Kansas,
locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 35, Township 1, Range 5.
Was about the first settler in this part of the township, and the first one on the
east side of the river; was seventy-five miles from market and had to swim the river
after his mail; took eight days to make a ae to mill. After living in this place and
keeping it four years, sold out and bought the southeast quarter of Section 25, same
township, and forty acres on Section 26, making 200 acres, tuis lies in the second bottom
and isa fine stock farm; is well-watered by Otter Creek, which is fed by springs, making
plenty of pure water for stock; has four acres of forest trees which are eighteen inches
through, grown in eight years, also has a fine apple orchard of fifty trees four years old
whioh raised some of the finest fruit ever seen in Kansas; has some choice peach trees,
cherries, plums, grapes and all kinds of small fruits, has a good house and_ stables,
one-half mile of hedge, and has a choice farm, ene the town site of Hepple City, was
one of the original proprietors of the town site, and has disposed of all his claim except
four lots. which he built on; is raising stock, among which are some thoroughbred draft
horses; also noted for the fine hogs he raises. In 1881 raised fifty, which sold for $860
when nine months old; has some fine feed-yards, and will make stock his business. Served
as Constable two terms in his towuship. Was married October 1876, in Republic County,
Kansas, to Miss Nellie G. Sullivan of this county. Is a member of Belleville Lodge, :
No. 129, A. F. & A. M. Tite eeeds

JOHN ELLIOTT, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Willshire, England, in 1829;
In May, 1864, sailed from Liverpool, reaching New York City in June. He then located at
Cleveland, Ohio, and engaged in market-gardening, and fcr five or six years was in the
Cleveland market. In 1870 emigrated to Kansas, locating in eps County, and took a
homestead on Section 26,Township 1, wanes 5; has bought some land since, making a farm of
235 acres, with 120 acres under the plow, 100 acres fer.ced and the balance in hay land. There
is a large spring on the farm joining him, which forms a creek running through his place;
besides this has three wells and a wind-mill for pumping. Has a good house 24x32 feet,
story and a half, good stables etc., good grove of forest trees and a good orchard. The
Repnblican River bounds his farm for three-fourths of a mile on the west. Is raising some
stock; has forty-five head of cattle, fifty-five head of hogs; is but one mile from Republic
City, thus having a desirable farm; has done exceedingly well since he came here. Was mar-
ried in 1848 to Miss Matilda Hunt, of Willshire, England. They have five children—Fred,
Rosena, Mary J., \V. J.,and Sarah E. Mr. Elliott was postmaster for four years.

‘W. ELLIOTT, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Willshire, England, in 1839.
Emigrated to America, 1867, locating in Cleveland, Ohio, remaining there three years; in
1871, locating in Republic County, taking a homestead on Section 35, Township 1, Range 5;
was one of the pioneers of this township, and at the date of his settlement, was eighty mile:
from market; at the present time is but one mile from a railroad point; has 520 acres of fine
land, 300 acres under the plow, well watered by Otter Creek; forty acres of pasture, and
has planted about 15,000 forest trees, put up a good stone and frame house, 24x28 feet, besides
barn, stables, hay and corn-cribs; has some fruit; is extensively engaged in stock-raising
and alr yine raises from 100 to 123 head of hogs annually, has forty-three head of cattle,
twenty-five head of which are cows, Was married in 1860 to Miss Ann Fregeard, of Will-
aa they have seven children—George, Eliza, Jane, William,
an a.

JESSE ILELPER, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in North Carolina in 1820, but
was raised in Indiana, living there twenty-eight years, going from there to Lowa in an early
day, locating in Black Hawk County; thence to Allamakee County, and in 1863 enlisted in
the Thirty-second Iowa Infantry, serving over three years. In 1873 emigrated to Republic
County, Kan , iocating in Washington Township, and took a homestead on Sections 7 and
8; at the end of the year proved Wy and got his patent and bought afarm of 40. acres on
Section 23, Town 1, Range5, this lies in the Republican River Valley and is well adapted for
stock-raising. ‘There is a fine spring creek running through the place, besides numerous
springs, one at his house which he has so arranged as to force the water to the house; has 100
acres of pasture, 100 acres under the plow; has two acres of grove and ten acres of youn
timber in the pasture; also has a timber claim of eighty acres; has good frame house 16
feet with addition 14x16 feet, granary 16x20 feet, besides good shed; has thirty-five head of
cattle, twelve head of horses and sixty head of hogs. Mr. Helper is one of the most prosperous
farmers in the township and is highly respected ‘by all. He was married, in 1813, to Kuezann
Grover, by whom he had nine children—Sarah;'John and Lida, twins; Mary, Eliza, Jane,
Minerva Ann, Daniel Bradley, Jacob Monrowand Adaline. He was married again in 1867,
to Sarah E. (Smith) HWanghton of Iowa, who had one son by her first husband, Franklin 8.
Haughton, By his second marriage Mr, Helper has been blessed with six children—Minnie,
Araminta, Allia G., Jesse Jr , Martha Ellen, Lewis, Beal and Henry D. Sata

T.A. LOWG, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Republic City, was born in Huntingdon
County, Pa, and was raised there until ten years of age; his parents then emigrated to
Stephenson County, Il. In 1862 enlisted in the Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving
twoand one-half years; wasin all the principal battles of his regiment. After coming out 0
the army was engaged in carpenter and building business in Stephenson County, lI., until
1870, when he came West, locating in Republic County, Kan.; was among the first settlers
in Big Bend Township and took a homestead on Section 32, Township 1, Range 5; he has
the place well improved, 140 acres under the plow, three acres of timber; has twenty acres
fenced for pasture, good well with wind pump, a good frame house and barn, and has since
purchased ve acres of timber joining the homestead; is extensively engaged in stock-rais-
ing; has 135 head of cattle, 150 head of hogs, and is preparing to still enlarge the business
of stock-raising; is one of the model farmers of Big Bend "Townehip, and has been very
successful since he came here: at the time of settling here was some eighty miles from
the nearest railroad point, while now is but four miles. Was married, in 1867, in Lena, Il.,
toMiss Young of that nlace. They have five children—Fred, Blanche, Lita. Carrie and Lettie.

. WILLIAM MoGUIRE, farmer, P. O. Republic, City, was born in Ray County, Mo.. in
1834, living there until fifteen years of age; then emigrated to Iowa, locating in Webster
County. Enlisted in 1864, in the Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, serving until August,
1865. Emigrated to Kansas, June 15, 1870, locating in Republic County, and took a home-
stead on Section 31, Township 2, Range 4; improved the place by breaking thirty-five
acres; planted three acres of timber, built house and stables; at the end of two years.sold
out and pre-empted 160 acres on Section 25, Township 1, Range 5; has eighty acres under

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REPUBLIC COUNTY.

the plow; has planted four acres of timber, one and three-fourths miles of hedge, 300 apple
trees, 300 plum trves, 20 cherry trees, 300 peach trees, and 2)0 grape vines, and a variety of
small fruits; good frame house 14x26 feet, wing 14x14 feet, story and-a-half; has a good
stock farm, the place being well watered by a large spring, furnishing plenty of water for
stock. The farm is but one mile from a railroad point; at the time he located in the
county was seventy miles from a railroad point, Ilas the place stocked with twenty-three
head of cattie and about forty head of hogs, raising from twenty-five to fi ty head annually.
Is one of the model farmers of the township and a man of good judgment, and has done
well since heivcated:here. Was married in 1853, and had five children, viz: J. F.D., W.
M., Mary, Jesse and Sarah E. Was married again in May, 1874 to Miss Stenson of Repub-
lic Connty, Kan, They have four children, viz: Walter, Noble, Royal and Cora Pearl. Is
a member of the Mission Baptist Church. :

WILLIAM McWELLS, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Downsville, Delaware
Co., N. Y., in 1846. In 1857 his parents emigrated to Illinois, where he ,remained fifteen
years; in 1872 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on
Section 8, Township 1, Range 5; hasa very fine place, well improved and only two and
one-half to three miles from market on two different roads Has 180 acres under the plow;
the place all fenced with hedge and about one mile of cross hedge; has ten acres of good
timber, which he planted, besides a fine orchard, good house 16x24 feet two stories, corn-
crib and granary 32x36 feet, with wind-mill and feed mill for grinding and shelling corn.
The mill is used for pumping water and there are 933 feet of gas-pipe for conveying the water
to his feed-yards for stock, of which he has a good many, some fifty-three head of cattle
and seventy-five hogs and a number of horses; and although the grasshoppers ate his
crops two years and he was burned out, losing nearly all he had excepthis land, still by
close attention to business and his thorough ene eaee of farming, has been able to make
money, Was married December 1, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth M. Halsted of Marshall County,
Il. They have five children, viz:_Jason E., Marietta E., Ida E., Olive M., George J..

. M. MUTH, liveryman, was born in Hancock County, Ind,, in 1841, remaining there
until 1862, when he enlisted in the Seventy-ninth Indiana Volunteer Yafantry, serving
three years. Was wounded at the battle of Stone River, losing'his right eye, and also
received a wound in the hip. Was discharged at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1865. After his
discharge emigrated to Iowa, locating in Jasper County remaining there five years and
owning. and improving a farm. In 1870 came to Kansas, locating in Republic County,
and took a homestead on Section 14, Township 1, samba 4, and made the first improve-
ments in the township. Putup the first frame house, building it of? native timber. Was
seventy-five miles from market, and the same distance from a mill. Broke 120 acres,
i five acres of forest trees, and two acres of orchard. In 1874 the grasshoppers

estroyed them all and he had to replant it again. Put up a wind-mill, stables,
ranary, corn-crib, and remained there until August, 1882, when he sold eighty acres, and
uilt a livery barn 82x64 feet. and put. in a good stock of horses and carriages and is work-

_ing up ‘a good trade. He was married in 1862 to Miss Annie B. Wilkinson of Hancock

County, Ind. They have seven children, viz: Annie, A. 8., Edward, Clinton, Cora,
Clarence and Iva. ® .

M. C. POLLEY, merchant, was born in Newark, Rock Co., Wis., in 1850. In 1863 his
arents settled in Michigan, remaining there until 1871, and then emigrated to Kansas,
pening. in Republic County. Here he took a homestead on ‘Section 10, Township 1, Range

5, and for the first five years improved his farm summers and taught school winters. fa
August, 1881, he put up astore building 20x40 feet in Repo City and put ina full line of gen-
eral merchandise and has met with sales away beyond his expectation. He isa live business
man and is sure to build up a large trade. Also owns eighty acres adjoining the town site,
which will soon be very valuable as town lots. He was married in October, 1881, to Miss
Annie Cleveland of Cloud County, Kan. He is a member of Republic City Lodge No.

204, 1. 0.0.F., ,

WILLTAn POLLEY, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Stamford, Delaware Co.,
N, Y.; was raised there until fifteen years of age; went to Chenango County, and remained
there until 1844; then emigrated to Rock County, Wis.; remained there until 1865 engaged
in farming. From Wisconsin he went to Michigan, locating in Cass County, remainin
there until 1871; then came to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a Heriestead
on Section 1, Township 2, pereert was seventy milesfrom market and for a year or two had
to go that distance to market. His place now lies 2 mile and a quarter from a railroad point;
has a fine farm nicely improved; has 100 acres under the plow; the balance is pasture and hay
land; has about five acres of fine forest trees, among which are somé very fine walnut trees
which have been bearing for a number of years, grown from the seed planted by Mr. Polley;
also has some fine peaches and other fruits. He is enazed in raising corn and a
principally; also owns a fine place of eight acres with good frame house in Republic City. Is
one of the best citizens in the township and is highly respected. He was married December %,
1848, to Miss Clarissa L. Christie of Oxford, Chenango Co., N.Y. They have four children
—Milton C., Ralph W., Edgar A. and Lucy. Mr. and Mrs. Polley are members of the
Missionary Baptist Church. .

J. C. PRICE, attorney:at-law, real estate, loans, and collection agent, was born in
Cassopolis, Mich., in 1846. He was raised there and remained until 1869; was educated at
Kalamazoo College, graduating in 1869. During this time taught several terms of school,
and devoted a part OF his time to the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in Kansas in
1872. In 1869 he emigrated to Kansas, locating in the northwest corner of Republic County,
nearly 100 miles from any railroad, and out of sight of any improvements He was the first
settler in this part of the county; took a homestead on Section 6, Township 1, Range 5,
After getting his papers, he then looked around to see what he could do to’make a living.
Having a knowledge and some practice of surveying, he secured a set of implements and
began work, and succeeded in making a fair salary. The next year he taught school, kept
parting a few improvements on his place, and in 1874 was elected County Surveyor, and

eld this office until about 1881. He was County Superintendent of schools during 1877 and ,

1878. In 1862 he came to Republic City, and in samipany with Milton Grim, engaged in the
real estate, loan and insurance business. They are doing a large business in this line. Mr.

- Price is also engaged in the practice of law, and is the only attorney in Republic City. He

still retains his homestead, and has sixty acres under the plow, eighty acres of fine young
timber, a large spring which furnishes plenty of water, good buildings, and is but a quarter
of amile from Hardy, Neb., the junction of the B. & M., and the Central Branch of the M. P.
R. R. Has a fine lot of stock on the place, and has been very successful in all his enter-
rises since he came to Kansas. He was married in 1874 at Owatonna, Minn., to Miss
hillips, a teacher in the public school of that place. Mr. Price is a member of Republic
City Lodge, No. 204, I. 0. O. F., and of Belleville Lodge, No. 129, A. F. & A.M. Mr. Price
is one of the most thoroughly posted men in real estate in the county, and a gentleman whom
it is a pleasure to meet. - Nates 8 | eH
EDWARD SIMMS, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Willshire, England, May
18, 1848. Emigrated to America, May 27, 1870, locating in Cleveland, where he remained
three months. In the-fall:of 1870, emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County. Was
among the first settlers here, and took a homestead on Section 26, Township 1, Range 5.
Was seventy-five miles from market and one hundred miles from mill, and for two or three
years had nothing to work with, now has sixty-five acres under the plow, has planted 1,000
fruit trees, a Boe orchard of peaches, apples, plums, cherries, grapes, and a large variety
of small fruits; good frame house, 12x16 feet; wing, 8x16 feet. He is raising stock, has nine-
teen head of cattle, and only had one cow to start with in 1875, and has disposed of fle
one exceed-
ingly well. He was married in November, 1869, to Miss Ella Elliott, of Willshire, England.
They have four children —Edward W., Charles J., Clifford C. and an infant not named, He
is a member of the Migsonary Baptist Church. | e
R.-T. STANFIELD, merchant, was born in Jackson County, Ind., in 1845, remainin;
there until nineteen years of age. In 1864 he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred an
Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving about two years. He was discharged in
January, 1866, at Indianapolis, Ind. In 1867 he came West and located in Eastern Kansas.
In 1868 he located in Republic County and pre ranted 160 acres of land on Section 35,
Township 1, Range 5, which he improved and kept until 1875. In 1872 he bought 180 acres
of land, in Section 27, in the same township. In 187F he traded his pre-emption for 160 acres
adjoining the 180 acres, in Sectior 27; this was an exceptional fine place, two and a half miles
from Republic City. He has 160 acres under the plow, ninety acres of pasture, ten acres of
timber, good house, stable and other buildings. It is watered by White Rock Creek, a fine
stream which flows through the place. In July, 1881, pore one-half interest in the hard-
ware store of Mr. Laughlin. They have a building 20x40 feet, with tin shop 16x20.feet, and
well filled with a oa stock of shelf and heavy hardware. He has supplied a lon -needed

want by the people of Republic City and vicinity, as this is the first stock of the kind opened

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in the place. Their sales have been good and promise a large trade. In 1869 commanded a
company of militia to protect the settlers against the Indians. He was married in 1870 to
Miss Carnahan, of Pottawatomie County, Kan. They were blessed with four daughters—
Nettie, Mary, Elsie and Sarah. Mrs. Stanfield died in 1880. Mr. Stanfied isa very popular

man and a pleasant gentleman.
WITTE ROCK.

White Rock is a small village ten miles northwest of Scandia, and six
miles from the mouth of the stream of the same name a tributary of the Re-
ublican rising in Smith County, and running due east across Jewell into
epublic County. Itisnear the western boundary, and was one of the most
rosperous and flourishing towns in the county until the Central Branch
ailroad was completed up the east side of the Republican. Even that mis-
fortune did not destroy the town altogether. It is still a business point, al-
though it has not grown since. It was then the depot of trade for a broad
district, embracing the famous valley of White Rock and the adjacent, por-
tion of the Republican. The valley of the White Rock is the finest portion
of Jewell or Republic counties, and during the frontier days more Indian.
outrages occurred within its borders than along any other stream in these
counties. These outrages occurred year after year until 1870 when a per-
manent peace succeeded throughout the homestead region. Emigrants, as
now they wend their way up the peaceful valley of this beautiful stream,
seeking homesteads on the adjacent lands or in the counties farther to the
west, can hardly realize the change in circumstances. Now substantial and
beautiful homes are found at intervals along the valley. The Burlington
& Missouri River Railroad has surveyed a line to this place and should the
Boat construct the line the town will resume its past prosperity.
he stream furnishes water-power a greater part of the year for a sub-
stantial grist-mill, which is furnished with steam power for steady work.
The schools are in good condition. The population, of about 200, take great
interest in all that pertains to the weal of their place, and the school being
the most important, has careful attention. The Baptists here have a church
edifice and their denomination flourishes both here and in the adjacent
country. Other denominations worship in their church.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—wuHITE ROCK TOWNSHIP.

I. N.CRISPIN, farmer, P. O. White Rock, was born in Clark County, Obio, in 1830, and
remained there until twenty years old; thence to Henry County, Iowa, remaining there until
the fall of 1870, when he again started West, locating in Nebraska; where he resided only
six months, and came to Kansas in the spring of 1871, and located in Republic County, and
took a homestead on Section 6, Township 2, Range 5. The place is watered by a branch of
White Rock Creek, which runs through one corner of the place, with some timber along its
banks—from fifteen to twenty acres—furnishing all the timber necessary for the farm; be-

-sides this he has planted a fine grove of forest ‘trees, a good orchard, and a variety of small

fruits He has 125 acres under the plow, a frame house 16x 20 feet, and 14x !8 feet, good

- stable, granary, aud corn-crib, and has one of the choicest farms in the county for its size,

but a short distance from the village of White Rock, and handy to market. He is eee
in stock-raising to some extent—has sixty head of cattle, forty head of hogs, and eighteen
head of horses; and is one of the many who came to the State with but little to do with, and
has been successful. Mr. Crispin has lately enclosed his farm with a wire fence, and added
to it one of Holiday’s Standard wind-mills, which pumps water for his stock, grinds feed,
and runs a corn-sheller, churn and grindstone. Mr. Crispin was married in 1851, in Henry
County, Iowa, to Miss Brewington, of that place. They have four children—Owen, W. H.
Annie and Ada. Mr. Crispin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GEORGE W. FERGASON, farmer, P. 0. White Rock, was born in Erie County, N. Y.,
in 1850. ‘In 1857 emigrated to Stephenson, Ill , remaining until 1870; thence to Republic
County, Kan., and took a homestead on Section 19, Township 2, Range 5, and was amon
the first settlers in this part of the township. He was seventy-five miles from market, an
no buildings in sight anywhere. He has 110 acres under tbe plow, forty acres of pasture,
two acres of forest trees, a good peach orchard, ace frame house, granary and stables,
and is working into stock-raising—has twelve head of cattle and forty head of hogs. He
was married in 1872 to Miss Mary J. Osborne, of Jewell County, Kan. They have six
children—Sadie A., Luella, Estella, William H., Charles F. and Freddie.

E. S. McKAY, farmer, P. O. White Rock, was born in Essex County, Canada, in 1843.
He emigrated to Michigan in 1863, and engaged in lumbering.on Lake Superior. In 1871 he
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and homesteaded the northeast quarter
of Section 32, Township 2, Range 5. He has 145 acres under the plow, and the finest grove
of forest trees, consisting of six acres, mostly in maple, in this part of the county; and has
two acres of fine orchard, consisting of apple, peach, cherry, plum and apricot trees; a fine
lot of grapes, and small fruits of all kinds; a good house, 14x 30 feet; a good barn, 14x 28
feet; and a granary, 14x17 feet. He is extensively engaged in raising swine, turning off
from fifty to 100 head annually. He was married in 1875 to Miss Martha E. Forest, of Des
Moines, Iowa, They have three children—Curtice, Anna and Earnest. He is a member of
White Rock Lodge, No. 126, I. 0. O. F. ;

“  P. McHUTCHON, attorney. was born in Scotland, in 1833, and was brought up in the
mercantile business. In 1863 he emigrated to America, locating in New York City, and was
employed in A. T. Stewart's store, remaining there a little over one year, and then went to
Detroit, Mich., remaining there two years, and was engaged in the mercantile business. In
1866 he located in Cincinnati, and was engaged in handling butter and the exchange business.
After remaining here about two years he closed out his business, and went to Indianapolis
and engaged in the dry goods trade, remaining there until 1869, emigrating from there to
Kansas, locating in Republic County, In the spring of 1871 he took a homestead on Section
19, Township 1, Range 5, and afterward pre-empted 160 acres on the same section. He im-
proved this place, and remained there until 1879, then located in Jewell County, and bought
a farm on Section 13, Township 2, Range 6. There is a fine stone quarry on the place,
from which he is taking from 250 to 300 cords annually, and is farming some. In 1849 he
commenced reading law, and devoted a part of this time to the study until'1874, when
he was admitted to practice in the higher courts, and has been engaged in practice the most
of the time since at White Rock, and is the only attorney in the place. He is a member of
the Masonic order. i ee ’ °

S. E. MORLAN, capitalist, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1821. From the age
of two years until 1855 was in Beaver County, Pa. He went from there fo California, and
located near Placerville, where he engaged in mining, remaining there until 1869. He then
returned East, and_in 1870 came to Kansas and located in-White Rock, and pre-empted 160
acres of land on Sections 31 and 82, remaining on the place a few months, and then in com-
pany with his brother engaged in the mercantile business in White Rock, running one of the
first stores in the place; they also had the post-office for a number of years, and continued
in business seven years. They do a large business, and have been engaged in loaning money
all the time they have been in Kansas. Since 1879 they have been engaged in real estate,
buying and selling farms, and owning several farms at the present time. They are among
the wealthiest men in the county, also own a part of the town site. He was married
in tere Miss Anna Bryes, of White Rock. They have three children—Clara, Fred and

amuel KE.

A. B. OGLE, farmer, P. O. White Rock, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1847, While

uite young his parents emigrated to Andrew County, Mo. In 1864 he enlisted in the Forty-
third Missouri olutitcer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. After coming out of
the army he remained in Missouri until 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Re-
public County, and took a homestead on Sections 7 and 8, Township 2, Range 5. e has
since bought 160 acres adjoining, making a farm of 320 acres in one body. He has 290 acres
under the plow, sixty-five acres of pasture, three and one half miles of hedge, two acres of
forest trees, good wells with wind-mill for pumping; barn, 14x28 feet, house and other
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improvements. The place is all fenced. Mr. Ogle is engaged in raising stock, and has forty
head mostly graded. He has some fine blooded stock—has one’ two-year old that weighs
1,500 pounds—has forty head of hogs, and has been very successful since he came here.
He is one of the leading men in the township, anda pleasant gentleman. He is Township
- Trustee and Assessor, also takes an active interest in school matters. He was married in 1871
in Marysville, Mo., to Miss C. Pool, of that place. Mr. and Mrs, Ogle are members of the
Missionary Baptist Church.
CHARLES PAIRAN, dealer in general merchandise, White Rock, was born in Wolf-
sanger, near Hesse Cassel, Germany, in 1831, and was raised there until 1846, when he went
to Egeln, in Prussia, where he was employed in a dry goods liousc until 1852, when he emi-
grated to America, locating at Lockville, Fairfield County, Ohio, trying his hand at farming
-Until the fall of the same year, when he went to clerking. for Ernst Becker, at Lancaster,
Ohio. In 1854 he became a partner in the general merchandise store of Mithuff Brothers
at Lockville, Ohio. In 1856 commenccd business on his own account at Lancaster, Ohio,
where he remained until 1869. He then emigrated to Kansas, locating in Washington
County, where he took a homestead, remaining on_his place five years; coming from there
to White Rock, Repubile County, and bought out W.H. Collin’s mercantile business, and
has continued in that trade there since. His store is 20x70 feet, filled with all kinds of
merchandise, and he has built up a good trade, his sales aver ue $22,000 per annum.
Although the railroad has built up opposition towns Mr. Pairan_ stil holds his trade, and
,is considered by all who know him as the model merchant of Republic County. He still
retains the homestead in Washington County. He was married in 1855 to Miss M, L.
Mayer. They have four children—W. C., Clarence H., Francis L.and Victor A. Mr. Pairan
is a member of the Lutheran Church.
JOHN PERSINGER, farmer, P. O. White Rock, was born in Butler County, Va., in
1835. When fifteen years of age he settled in Tennessec, where he engaged infarming. In
1863 he enlisted in the Eighth Tennessee Cavalry, serving three years, the most of the time
serving as a pilot conducting Union men from the South to volunteer in the Union Army;
-he was taken prisoner during one of these trips, but succeeded in making his escape at the
end of forty-nine days. After coming out o: the army remained in Tennessee until 1870,
then emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and secured a homestead on Section
20, Township 2, Range 5. For the first two or three years. he had to go eighty miles after
his provisions, while now ke is but ten miles from market. He has 100 acres under the plow,
five acres of forest trees, a peach orchard of 300 trees, 480rods of hedge, and is engaged in
raising hogs and horses. He was married in 1867 to Miss Elizabeth Roller. He is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. _ :

_ _H. K.PECKHAM, postmaster, was born in Utica, N. Y., in 1849, In 1860 he located
in Chenango County, remaining there until 1871; emigrating from there to Kansas he located
in Republic Connty, and took a homestead on Section 30, Township 2, Range 5. He im-
proved his place, and remained there five years; he then located at White Rock, and opened

a drug store, the first exclusive drug stock in the place; has continued in the business, and
has built up a large trade. He isa thorough business man, and one of the most enterpris-
ing merchants in the county; he is very popular, and ‘his many friends are anxious to have

him te them in the State Legislature; he is well ea to fill the position, and
would be sure to give satisfaction to his constituents. He is farming some in connection
with his other business. He was united in marriage with Miss Bobcock, of Battle Creek,

Mich., in 1870. They have six children—Ada, Estella, Edith, John, Ray and Bert. He is

a member of White Rock Lodge No 126, ].0.0.F. He was appointed postmaster in 1881;

which office he still holds.

_T. POMEROY, merchant and farmer, White Rock, was born in Ireland, in 1841, He
emigrated to America in 1848, locating in Chicago, and remaining there until 1865, and was
with his father in the boot and shoe trade. Going from ChleeKO to Lyon County; Iowa, he
engagedin farming. In 1871 he settled in Republic County, Kan., and took a homestead on
Section 21, Township 2, Range 5. He has lived in the place continually since, and has it
under good cultivation; seventy-five acres under the plow; thirty-five acres fenced; has planted
7,000 forest trees, four acres of orchard, and has a good frame house, 16x 24 feet; barn, 18x ~

- °20 feet; and is raising some stock—has five head of horses, thirteen head of cattle, forty

head of hogs. In January, 1881, he opened astore at White Rock village with a full line
of general merchandise, and has been doing a good business. He served in the army in
the Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry from 1861 to 1865; and was wounded and cap-
tured during the time. He’ was married in 1870 to Miss Mary Stark, of Lyon County,
Iowa. rae havesix children—Charley, Margarette, Alice, Henry, Mary and imma. 2

J. Z. SCOTT, M. D., P. O. White Rock, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1828, remain-”
ing there (with the exception of two years, during which he was in the Mexican war) until
twenty-one years of age, when he removed to Indiana, remaining there five years; going from
there to Linn County, Iowa, and took up thestudy of medicine. In 1868 he took a course
of lectures at the Rush Medical College in Chicago, and then commenced the practice of
medicine. In 1871 he came to Kansas, and located in White Rock Township, “He was the

. first regular physician in this part of the country; and pre-empted 160 acres in Section 23,
and began to improve the place the following year. In 1874 he returned to Iowa, took a
course of lectures in the Iowa University, and a third course of lectures in the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, of Keokuk, Iowa, where he graduated in 1878. He then returned.
to his farm in Kansas, and soon built up a large practice; also improved his farm by break-
ing 120 acres, and planting three acres of-forest and orchard trees. He built two good
houses, one 16% x 26% feet; and one 22 x 22 feet; and remained there until 1880; when he sold
out, and went to southwest Missouri, and engaged in the hardware bnsiness with his sons;
and at that piace built up a large practice of medicine; but his health failing he returned to
Kansas in the fall of 1882, and purchased a farm in the same township he first located in,
and but one-half mile from his old place, and resumed his practice. He hay a good farm,
with thirty-five acres in cultivation, and has in preparation a good residence, and will make
this his future home, being satisfied that Kansas is the place to live inif one wants to, make
money and have good health. He was married in 1851 in Marion County, Ind’, to Miss Sarah
F, Arnett, of that county. They have five children—Charles 8., Frank M., George M., Lida
E. and Minnie May. . Scott is a member of the Masonic order.

CHARLES STEWART, farmer, P. O. White Rock, was born in Stephenson County,
Tll., in 1845, remaining there until 1871; when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic
County. He was among the early settlers in this part of the county; it, at that time, being
devoid of improvements. He took a homestead on Section 30, Township 2, Range 5. There
were plenty of buffalo on the prairie, and it was seventy-five miles to a railroad. He hasa :
fine place, with 132 acres under the plow, twenty-eight acres of pasture, has planted six
acres of forest trees, and has a good orchard of ppple and peach trees, two miles of hedge;
and a fine house 14 x 18 feet, with wing 12 x 24 feet. He is raising stock, and has about
twenty-five head of cattle, and fifty head of hogs; and has made money ever since his set-
tlement, his capital being one mule and $1 in money when he came. He was married July
2, 1875, to Miss Julia Sullivan, of White Rock. They have one son—Charles H.

JAMES C. STEWART, farmer, P. O. White Rock, was born in Rote County,
Tll., in 1848. Augnst 12, 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
serving until July 5, 1865. He was wounded in the siege of Vicksburg, receiving a gun-sho
Round After pemingiout of the army he remained one year in Illinois, then took a trip to
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, finally locating in Dubugue; and remained there about
eighteen months engaged in boiler making. In the spring of 1871 he came to Kansas, locat-
ing in Republic County; and took a homestead on Section 31, Township 2, Range 5. He was
one of the first homesteaders on the prairie in this township; and was eighty miles from
railroads, and buffalo and antelope were roaming over this part of the township. He has
110 acres under the plow; eleven acres of pasture, two acres of timber, 160 rods of hedge,
fifty apple and fifty peach trees, and smal] fruits of all kinds. He is engaged iu sto!
raising quite extensively, and has twenty-five head of cattle, and forty-five head of hogs,
and algo raises some horses. He was married in 1873 to Miss A. J. Silvis, of Jewell County,
Kan. They have two children —William C. and Olive A.

JAKE 8. TIPPERY, hardware, P. O. White Rock, was born in Stephenson County, Il.,
in 1850, and was raised at Freeport, where he learned the tinners’ trade. In the fall of 1875
he came to Kansas, locating in White Rock, and put in a stock of hardware, this being the
first stock of the kind in the place, and succeeded in Oe up an extensive trade; he isa
thorough business man, and a general favorite, and although the railroad has run within
eight miles of White Rock he has held his share of the trade, He has been offered induce-
ments by private parties of Hardy, Neb., to locate there, and by so doing would hold the
most of ‘his old customers besides gaining a large trade from other territory, and if he goes

there he will be sure to work up a large trade. Jake has been a leading Republican in his
county, and is respected by all. He was married in 1870 to Miss N. L. Martin of Illinois

‘They hie one son—J. W.

OF KANSAS.

SEAPO.

On the eastern bank of the great salt marsh is situated the once flourish-
_ing village of Seapo; the oldest village in Republic County. The town is
well laid out on a level plain, but is without tree or fence ornaments.

Just north of the tdwn isa fine three-story grist-mill well fitted up
with improved machinery and capable of running five run of burr stones.
At present the mill is idle, but being repaired to commence operations in
the fall. There are three church organizations here—Christian, Methodist,
and Presbyterian, and # good school building, with the school of about 100

upils in good condition. Minersville, Ida, Jay Eau, Cuba, Prairie Grove,
Ima, Fenwick and New Tabor are post-offices in the county.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—GRaANT TOWNSHIP,

JOHN J. BURKMAN, farmer, P. O. Seapo, was born in Sweden, in 1840... Learned his
trade,that of mason, and worked atit and farming until 1866,when he em ited to America,
locating in [linois, and lived there one year, coming to Kansas in the spring of 1867,
first locating at Lawrence, Soon after he located in Manhattan, and for two years was en-
gaged in different vocations. Went from thence.to Marshall County, and was engaged in
contracting and building for eight years. In 1878, he located in Republic County, and
bought a farm in Section 30, Township 4, Range 2, consistin; of 189 acres. He has 100 acres
under the plow, forty acres of pasture and the balance all fenced. Salt Creek runs across
one side of the place, and he hasten acres of good timber. Aiso has three acres of forest
trees which he planted, and a good peach and apple orchard. Has a good atone barn 18 x
28; is raising stock; has thirty head of cattle and 100 head of hogs; has been Township
Treasurer and Clerk one term each. He was married in September, 1882,to Miss Chrissie Eng-
strom. Is amember of the Grange, and a member of the Lutheran Charch. : 4

J. W. CORY, farmer, P. O. Seapo, was born in Cortland County, N. Y., in 1840,
When five years of age his parents emigrated to McHenry County, Illinois, remaining there
twelve years. From there went to Iowa, locating in Fayette County, where he remained
until the fall of 1861, when he came to Kansas, and located on a farm on Sections 17 and 18,
Township 4,Range2. Then spent the winter at Lake Sibley, in Cloud County. At that
time there were but two or three families in Republic County, and there was quite a settle-
ment at Lake Sibley. Mr. Cory was one of the pioneers of Republic County, and at once
began improvements on his place. As soon as the Homestead Act was passed, filed a home-
stead, and at that time there were but three places filed on. Soon after he proved up on his
place, paid the Government price, and _received his patent in October, 1864, this being the
first patent received in the counjy. Fora few years after settling here, the Indians made
so much trouble that it retarded improvements. In June, 1862, he was obliged to take his
wife and goto Clay Centre, on account of the Indians. On thie trip his eldest child, a
son, wasborn. In August he returned to his place, but was again driven out, but this time
went to a place called Clifton, where a number of other settlers had gathered, and they put
up a small fort, which was called Fort Clifton, remaining here until the next spring. The
last time they were driven out was in 1864, when the Indians made a general raid all over
the frontier. This was in the fall, and he remained away until July, 1865. After that time
he was not bothered by Indians, except as they came begging. At this time settlers had
come in, and a militia company had been raised, etrong enough to protect them, aboutevery
settler in the county belonging tothe company. His farm is finely situated on Salt Creek,
which furnishes plenty of water, and the creek is well skirted with about fifty acres of
timber on the place; has 130acres under the plow, five acres of forest, and-fruit planted
around his residence, has 160 acres fenced for pasture, 9) acres of meadow, has one mile of
hedge; owns 370 acres of land in all; has a good barn 28x34 feet, granary 16x24 feet,
house 20x22 feet. Is extensively ae in stock raising; has 77 head of cattle, 120 head
of hogs, and usually raises 150 head of hogs. He was married in 1861 to Miss B. Harrington
of Iowa. They have nine children: Fremont, Ida May, Inez, Eddie A. U.S. G., Orra, Hugh,
David, Jr., and Robert. : ass

COLONEL DAVID ©. GAMBLE, real estate dealer, was born in Geneseo, Livingston
Co., N. Y:, in 1837, and was faised there until sixteen years of age; then started out for him.
self and emigrated to Illinois, locating in Lake County, and took a two years’ course at
Lake Zurich Academy, after which he engaged in teaching in Cumberland, Shelby and Scott
counties until the war broke out. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in Company B, Twelfth Ili-
nois Infantry; after serving three months was elected First Lientenant and returned home to
recruit, and was taken sick and for six weeks was unable to do duty. He then resigned his
position and in September enlisted as a private in Company E, Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry,
then known as Birge’s sharp shooters; in June, 1863, was promoted—received a Captain’s
commission, and in 1864 was raised to a Major, and in 1865 was promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel of his regiment; was in twenty-two pitched battles, besides skirmishes innumerable;
was with Sherman on his march to thesea; had his left armshattered at Dallas, Georgia,
May 29, 1864. Aftcr his return from the army he located at Nashville two years as salesman
in a large book house; then located in Logan and Mason Counties, Ill., where he engaged in
farming until 1870; then emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, taking a home-
stead on Section 24, Scandia Township, and remaining there a little over two years; then
located at Seapo and invested in town lots and succeeded in getting about 417 of these lots and
began haneling. real estate; was also appointed postmaster, holding the office three or four
years; at that time his business was very limited and Mrs. Gamble took charge of the
office, Mr. Gamble taught several terms of school and was clerk in a store for a short

time; in 1875 was elected County Superintendent, serving through 1875 and 1876. Since
then his business has so increased that his whole time is occupied in the handling of real
estate. In this business he does more than all the others who are engaged in the same
line in the county, and in August, 1882, established a branch office in Clyde, Cloud County, Mr.
J.P. York having charge of this office. They have some 40,000 acres of wild and improved
lands for sale and are having all the business they can attend to; at one time had 60,000 acres
of land todispose of. Mr. Gamble thinks that real estate business is only in its infancy and
says that the fact of so much land being thrown upon the market is not because people are
selling out, but it is brought about by the homestead, pre-emption and timber claims, loans
which give the early settlers an opportunity to securea three-quarter section of land and
after getting a patent for them they are disposing of a part of their lands and using the proceeds
for improving the balance and to engage in thestock business. Mr. Gamble is an extensive
farmer; has 800 acres of land, 390 of which are under cultivation, which he is renting. When
Mr, Gamble came to Kansas had a team and all his possessions amounting to about $200,
which demonstrates the fact that a man of pluck and one who is not afraid to work canno
help but meet with success in Kansas, Mr. Gamble has always taken an active interest in
the politics of Republic County; is a staunch Republican and a warm advocate of the party's
interests. In 1875 was a candidate for the Legislature and openly through the press advo-
cated funding of the county debts by bonds and was defeated in this measure, but
when his opponent was elected a petition was sent to him with 1,200 signatures to influence-
the members and to carry the very measure suggested by Mr. Gamble; it was carried and the
county scrip doubled in'value from 50 cents on the $1, and is now at par. Is also notary
pee, the only one in the southern portion of the county. Was married in 1968 in Decatur,
ll., to Mrs. Eliza Bolles Finney, daughter of Major H. D. Bolles, of Scott County, I]. Mra.
Gamble was born in Hartford, Conn. They have one son, Edward, born December 18, 1869.
Mr. Gamble is a member of John Brown Pest No. 44, G. A. R., Belleville; algo member of
Belleville Lodge No. 129, A., F. & A.M. Col. Gamble was elected to the'Legislature from
the eightieth district of Republic County, in November, 1882,Jas the nominee of the Republi-
can a he is a strong anti-monopolist.

ONRAD MYERS, farmer, P.O. Seapo, was born in Somerset County, Pa,, in 1821,
and was raised there until ten years of age; his parents then located in Blair, remat™-
ing there until eighteen yeara of age. His father was a millwright and young Myers
learned this trade,working with his father. In 1884 they emigrated to Iowa, locating in
Linn ape where they remained four years; thence to Butler County; while here hig
parents died and the support of the family, consisting of one brother and three sisters, fell
upon him; he still continued working at his trade until 1860, when he and his brother con-
cluded to make Kansas their home and early in the spring started for Kansas, reaching the
State in July, locating in Riley County, where they put ina cropand then came to Republic
County and picked out three farms on Salt Creek, in what ie ene as Grant Township.
REPUBLIC COUNTY, ’

'They were about the first settlers in the county, and Mr. Myers is the oldest settler left in
the county. The following spring settled on his place and has lived on it constantly since,
In March following the Homestead Act he walked eighty miles to homestead his place;
was one of the first places filed on; the claim is a choice one, Salt Creek running through
the place"and Ruby Creek uniting with Salt Creek in his place; there are about sixty acres of

‘ood timber along the creeks. At the time of his settlement there were a good many

ndians and it was pene. to go away fromhome. Grasshopper Falls, 140 miles distant,
was the nearest mill and for two years had no post-office within eighty miles. His crops
were number one but for seven years there was no market, so he did not realize anything on
them more than what he consumed; has sixty acres under the plow, a good orchard of
apple, peach, pear and cherry trees; one and one-half mile of hedge and the whole place fenced,
new frame house 28x33 feet two stories, fine large corn-crib 30x30 feet, a good stable, and is
raising considerable stock; has about seventy-five Poland China hogs and raises about that
number each year; is also raising some very fine horses.
Indians, but did not leave his place; is the only man who did not leave the county during
the Indian scares. At one time—about 1862—was out capturing buffalo calves and had caught
two when he was surprised and surrounded by Indians, but te managed to keep them at a
distance and was offered no violence. Mr. Myers was one of the first County Commissioners
at the time the county was organized, serving one term. He was married in the fall of 1862
at Grasshopper Falls, Kan., to Miss L. Shafer of Lake Sibley; they have five children—
George, May Ida, Jacob, Margaret and Lillie. Has done well since he came here after the
county had settled enough to create a demand for produce.

FREEDOM TOWNSHIP.

W.H. BOYES, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., April 17
1888, but was raised in Ontario County, ona farm. When old enough to do business for
himself, he then en, oe in market gardening. Remaining in Ontario County until the spring
of 1870, he then sold out and emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a
homestead on Section 12, Township 2, Range 8, which he has lived on since. He has this place
finely improved, and as fine a grove and apple orchard as there are-in the county, consisting
of 250 bearing apple trees and 100 peach trees, with various kinds of small fruits, etc. In
1871, in company with E. Powell, he o ened the first nursery in Republic County, consisting
of twenty acres of various kinds of fruits, and had 150,000 apple trees ready for market,
when the grasshoppers in 1874 destroyed nearly all the plants; about $5,000 worth in all.
The following year he sold out to Mr. Powell, and has been engaged in stock-raising since,
making.a specialty of hogs, of which he raises some very fine ones, He has done well since
he came here, although he lost nearly all he had in the nursery in 1874. He is one of the
leading farmers in his township, and a man highly respected; is » member of the Patrons of
Husbandry, and a stockholder in the Republic County Co-operative Store. He was married
in 1860 to Miss Wolverton, of Steuben County, N. Y.; they have four children—Elmer E.,
Effie, Harman and Joseph.

R. P. CHENEY, farmer, P, O. Belleville, was born in Franklin County,Vt., in 1821, and -

was raised there until 1857, emigrating to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where he engaged in
farming, remaining there twelve years, but meeting with reverses, he concluded to try his
fortunes in the West, and in 1870 we find him entering Republic County, Kan., nearly fifty
years of age, with but little means, but an‘abundance of hope, and succeeded in selecting
one of the finest homesteads in the county on Section 13, Township 2, Range 3, which he
proceeded to convert into ahome, He has the finest natural building spots in the count; 5
on which he erected a goud house, after a few years; has about eight acres of timber planted
with orchard, containing peaches, pears, plums, cherries and other small fruits, besides
que an amount of hedge, and the place thoroughly improved; also has a timber claim on

ection 14, which he filed on in 1875; has ten acres of: timber on this place, a good house,
and the most of it improved. He is in good shape to enjoy life, within four miles of town
and everything pleasant around him, and feels as though it was a wise move when he set-
tled in Kansas. He was married in 1843 in Franklin County, Vt., to Miss Mary A. White,
of that place; they have three children—A. B.,O. F. and C.H. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, of the Republic County Co-operative Society and a stockholder
in the store, and has been Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee for several terms.

J. A. CLARK, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Marion County, Ohio, in 1844, but
was raised in Wyandotte County from the age of four years, remaining there until 1870. In
September, 1861, enlisted in Company D, Fifteenth Ohio’ Infantry, serving twenty-three
months; was taken prisoner at the attle of Stone River in 1863, but was paroled soon
after, and was discharged soon after. The same year he enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Cav-
alry, serving one year, when he was discharged for disability. After remaining at home four
months, he re-enlisted in the Fifty-firth Ohio Infantry, serving until the close of the war.
After receiving his discharge, he returned to Wyandotte County, and was married in Sep-
tember, 1865, to Miss Emily R In_ 1870 he emigrated to Kansas, taking a homestead
on Section 10, Township 2, Range 3, living on this place until 1874, when he sold out and
pre-empted on Section 3, Township 2, Range 3, where he lives at present; has eighty acres
under the plow, four acres in timber, some fine fruit, and is raising hogs and cattle. Mr.
Clark and his brother put up the second saw-mill im the county, which was located at the
mouth of White Rock, Grcele They brought this mill from Ohio with them, and had it run-
ning early in the fall of 1870, and did a good business until the following April, when they
sold out Mr. Clark has two children—-Luella J. and William T. He is a member of John
Brown Post, No. 44, G. A. R., and of the I. 0.0. F. -

8. T. COLLINS, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Pike County, Mo., in 1825. While
quite young his parents moved to Central Illinois,where he was raised, and lived there until
1878, and was enyaged in farming; came to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and waving
a farm on Section 23, Township 2, Range 3, and his son took a homestead on Scction 23, ad-
joining, and the whole has been worked as one farm. Mr. Collins put up one of the best

arns in the county, and has the finest farmhouse in the town, if not in the county; is one
of the best farmers in this part of the State; has 170 acres under the plow, forty acres of

asture, and the balance in hay land; has five to six acres of trees planted, with some very

ine ene and small fruit; has a hedge around the place, and is raising from 100 to 150
head of hogs annually, besides buying and feeding a good many cattle for market; has a fine
timothy meadow, of which there are very few in this part of the State. In the spring of
1852 he was married to Miss M. A. Clark, of Jlinois; they had one son, and in March, 1854,
Mrs. Collins died. He was married again in 1856 to Mrs. Margaret A. Robinett, of North
Carolina; they have ten children—George, Josephine R., Thomas E., Lewis, Henry, Robinett,
Martha A., Freddie, Frank and Ernest. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. :

E. H. COUCHMAN, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Owen County, Indi-
ana, in 1846, was raised there until ten years of age when he emigrated to Iowa
with his parents locating in Appanoose County and remaining there until August,
1462. At the age of sixteen he enlisted, serving in Company CU, Bighteenth lowa
Volunteer Infantry for a term of three years, was mustered out at Little Rock,
August 5, 1865, then returned to Iowa and engaged in farming; remaining there
about three years in 1870 emigrated to Kansas and located in Republic County
and the following spring took 2 homestead on Section 20, Township 2, Range 3,
on which he began to improve a home, has eighty acres under the plow, about five
acres of forest trees planted, a fair apple orchard, 400 peach trees, 210 of which are to be
with fruit. besides 300 rods of hedge. Eighty acres of his land is fenced into a pasture and
meadow, has good’buildings ‘and is situated in onc of the finest portions of the county,
turns his attention to raising hogs and has from 100 to 125 in market each year. Is four
and .one-half miles from Belleville, and has done well since he settled here, is one of the
enterprising men who help to build up acity. He was married in 1868 at Albia, Monroe
County, Iowa, to Miss Hancock, of that county. They have three children, viz.: Emma
D., Lillie R., and Jessie A. Is a member of John Brown Post No. 44, G. A. R. My x

JOHN L. DANIELS, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in
1844, In 1848 his parents emigrated to Wisconsin, locating in Jefferson County; remain-
ing there until 1860, thence to Rock County, where he remained until 1862, then enlisted in
Company F., Thirty-third Wisconsin Infantry, serving three years. After receiving his dis-
chargereturned to Rock County, remaining there until 1870 emigrating to Kansas, reaching
Republic County in December and pre-empted 160 acres on Section 2, Township 2, Range 3;
and in 1872 homesteaded 16) acres in the same section, making a farm of 320acres, has 125 acres

 

‘fenced for pasture, 130 acres under the pew and the balance is finehayland. He hasa fine

‘ove of about forty acres, a good orchard started and is extensively engaged in stock
Faisin . Is also a ent for the Monitor Vaneless Windmill, having control of Republic and
Jewell counties. He put up six mills during the first six months, besides attending to his
farm, which is encouraging as these are the first of the kind put uv in this part of the State.

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He also handles the Monitor Feed Mill, manufactured by the same company, He was
marricd in 1868 to Miss Onora Dibble of Rock County, Wisconsin. They have three chil-
dren—Mabel, Edith and Leonard. He is a member of John Brown Post, No, 44, G. A. R.;
also a member.of Republic County Co-operative Society and stockholder in the store.

_O. L. GRIFFIN, farmer, P. O. Belleville; was born in Belvidere, Ml., in 1848 and re-
mained there until 1870; after he was old enough he was employed in a store as a salesman
until hecame West. Located in Belleville in March, 1870, and took a homestead adjoining
the town site on Section 35, northeast quarter, He has eighty acres under the plow
and the other eighty he has for hay and pasture. He has a fine grove on the
place with number one stone buildings. He is extensively engaged in stock-rais-
ing and is noted for always having fat stock on hand when others are out. Also farms a&
place in the same township for his brother; is also the possessor of a small farm and is
one of the best farmers in the county and has the respect of all who know him. He has a
yery desirable place anda pleasant home. He was married in July, 1876, in Belleville, to
Miss Ella D. Lowell; they have three children—John, May and Arthur.

E.G. HAVEN, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in McKean County, Pa., in 1824. In
1850 his parents moved to Mlinois, locating in McHenry County, where he remained until
1874, then emigrated to Kausas and located in Republic County; bought a farm on Section
11, Township 2, Range 3, consisting of 160 acres and the same year filed 160 acres on Section
10, as a timber claim and has planted from fifteen to sixteen agres of forest trees on the
place of various kinds with several very fine walnut trees, ana has from three to four acres
of timber on the home farm with a fine lot of cherry trees, about 100 apple trees, besides a
fair amount of small fruit, and has about 130 acres under the plow, asmall stock of cattle
and is raising a good many horses and hogs; has bevn quite extensively engaged for many
years in raising broom corn which has been one of his best_investments, Tas shipped the
oe portion to Chicago with an occasional shipment to New York City, and has raised

rom forty to seventy-five acres each year, In 1858 he was married to Miss R. E. Robinson
of McHenry County, Ill. They haveseven children—Elyza, Estella, Helen, Elinor, Henry,
Orlow and Gracy. He isa member of the Republic County Co-operative Association and a
stockholder in the store and also a member of the Baptist Church.

D. M. HOWARD, farmer, P, O. Belleville, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in
1835, and was raised there until fourteen years of age going from there to Allen County,
where he remained until 1870 arid from therecame to Kansas locating in Republic County,
and took a homestead on Section 2, Township 2, Range 3; and was one of the early settlers
in the town and aman highly respeeted and is one of the most substantial men in the
county and has continued to live on his place which he has well improved, and has 100
acres under the plow and sixty acres for pasture. The place has a hedge around it, a good
grove of 4,001) forest trees, 150 apple trees and other small fruits in abundance and is rais-
Ing a good many hogs, and usually has from forty to fifty head in market each season besides
quite a herd of cattle and has a very desirable place and within five miles of Belleville, and
is strongly opposed to monopoly and is 2 member of the Republic County Co-operative
Association and a stockholder in the store at Belleville. He was married in 1854 to Miss
Rickner of Allen County, Ohio, and they have four children—John, Jennie, Edward and
Estella. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WESLEY JEHLIK, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Bohemia, Austria, in 1848.
In 1866 he emigrated to America and located in Manitowoc County, Wis., until May, 1867,
when he moved to Peoria County, Ill., remaining there three’ years ae in farming. In
187.) he came to Kansas, locating at Kansas City, remained eight months and then went to
St. Joseph, Mo., and soon aftér came to Republic County and took a homestead on Section
18, Freedom Township and has about ninety acres under the plow, forty acres fenced for pas-
ture the balarce in hay land, and-has planted four acres of timber, one-half acre of peach
trees, fifty apple trees and fifty grape vines, besides all kinds of small fruits, and has a

‘ood house 18x36 feet, one story anda half and a barn 14x18 feet with granary same size.
ts raising stock and hogs; he usually markets from twenty to thirty head annually. The
farm is all fenced with good- hedge. He was married in 1873 to Miss Annie Houdek, of
Fairview Township. She was born in Bohemia, Austria, in 1857, and came to America in’
1864. They have five children—Mary, Emma, Annie, Jo-ephine and Rose,

A. M. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born near Primrose, Lee County, Iowa,
in 1844, and was raised there until 1865 and then went to Jefferson County, where he
worked at farming and loaning money until 1872 when he came to Kansas.and opened a gen-
eral store in Belleville and was engaged in the business four and one-half years and in 1876
sold out and bought a farm on Section 34, Township 3, Range 2, of 160 acres, and has
eighty acres near this place and eighty acres adjoining the town site of Belleville on the
south, and has 160 acres under the plow and eighty-five acres in pasture, the balance is in
hay land. He has about ten acres of timber and is raising cattle and hogs and has sent
more fine hogs to Illinois than any man in the county and in which he is very successful;
usually markets from 100 to 150 each year. He has a fine stone house 34x30 feet, and is
nicely situated one and a half miles from Belleville. He is one of the best business men in
the town and is highly respected by all. He isa good musician and is leading the Belle-
ville cornet band. He was married in 1872at Fairfield, Iowa, to Miss Chandler and _ they -
have two children—Ira L. and Cora. He is a member of Belleville Lodge No, 129 A., F.and
A. M. and Belleville Lodge No. 55, A. O. U. W. =

ALBERT MYERS, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Trenton Ohio, in 1837. and was
raised on a farm, and then engaged in farming. “In 1864 drafted in Company E, Fifty-fifth
Ohio Infantry, serving one year. After receiving his discharge he returned to Ohio, and
remained there until 1870; coming from there fo Kansas, locating in Republic County,
and took a homestead on Section 34, southwest quarter, Township 2, Range 3, and was
among the first settlers in the township. Has remained on the place, and has sixty acres
under the plow, with 100 acres for pasture. Has been engaged in stock-raising fora number
of years. of which hog-raising has been his principal business. Mr. Myers is one of the
most successful men in this line inthe town. He was married in 1874, in Freedom Town-
ship, to Miss Margaret M. Taylor, qauepiet of James Taylor. They have three children,
viz., Melissa A., Elmer J., and Nellie E. ;

REV. A. ODELL, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Carroll County, Indiana, in 1835,"
remaining there until thirty years of age. In 1865 he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Clay-
ton County, where he remained one year, thence to Marion County, where he remained four
years; was filling the pulpit at these places. In 1870 came to Kansas, locating in Republic
County, taking a homestead on Section 29, Township 2, Range 3, which he has improved,
having added forty acres. Has a farm of 200 acres, with 115 acres under the plow, forty
acres for pasture, and the balance in hay land. Has good buildings, a grove of forest trees,
and a young orchard started. During the years 1878 and 1879 was filling the pulpit in Free-
dom and Courtland townships, and now preaches in the Odell schoolhouse, Freedom
Township. Mr. Odell is engaged in sheep-raising, commenced in 1880,'and has 215 head,
which he feeds very peouably. The annual clip is from seven and one-quarter to seven
and three-quarters, and since he has been in the business they have netted 100 per cent on
the investment. Also raises a good many horses and hogs. In 1874-75 he was Assessor and
Township Trustee of Freedom Township. He was married in 1882 in Indiana, to Miss Mattie
Thompson, of that State. They have three children, viz., Ella, Clara,and Albert. He is a
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

E. POWELL, farmer, P.O. Belleville, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, in 1847. Was
raised on a farm,and lived in that county until 1870. In 1865 enlisted in Company A, One Hun-
dred and Ninety-fifth Ohio Infantry. serving until the close of the war. After receiving his
discharge he returned to Hancock County, remaining there until he came to Kansas in 1870,
locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 13, Township 2, Range 3, which
he has converted into one of the finest homes in the State. Has a large. convenient rvsi-
dence situated in a grove of about eighteen acres of different varieties of forest trees, and
is the largest of the kind inthe county. Hasan apyle orchard of 1,500 healthy trees, the
most of them bearing, 150 being cherry trees, and an abundance of all kinds of small
fruits. These trees were taken out of a nursery which Mr. Powell and Mr. Boyes started in
1871, and are much superior to any which have been shipped in from Eastern nurseries.
This was the first nursery started in the county, and from 1874 until 1882, Mr. Powell has
carried it on alone, having bought out Mr. Boyes’ interest in 1874. Mr. Powell is noted as
being the model farmer of Republic County, and is verv popular with all who are acquainted
with him, Is extensively engaged in raising hogs. In 1868 was marricd in Hancock, County,
Ohio, to Miss Jennie C. Baldwin.of that county. They have two children, viz.. Flo.a and
Arthur M. Is amember of Belleville Lodge, No. 1x9, A., F. & A. M., and is a member of the
Republic County Co-operative Association, and the present treasurer of the same.

N. I. O. SAVAGE, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Moravia, Cayuga County,
New York in 1883. Spending his early life on a farm and attending the district school in
the winter until 1848. He then took an Academic course at Moravia Academy, finishing in
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1849. After completing this course he emigrated to Michigan, with his parents, locating in
Lewanee County, and began teaching. Was sixteen years of age when he taught his first
school, and from that time until 1804, taught every winter, and for three summers, during
this time, taughtselect school. In 1855 was elected School Commissioner, and afterwards
elected School Examimer for two terms, and always took an active part in all educational
matters. In July, 1862, enlisted in the Eighteenth Michigan Infantry, and was not mustered
in until August, and during this time recruited twenty-six men, who were mustered in, and
received a commission from Gov. Blair as Second Lieutenant of Company I, to rank from
July 29. In November »f the same year was promoted and reccived a First Lieutenant's com
mission. Was tendered a Captain’s commission afterward, butdeclined. In May, 1864, was
commissioned as Regimental Quartermaster, serving eighteen months in this capacity, from
January 1865, until July, 1865,was serving as Post Quartermaster at Huntsville, Ala.,and was
mustered out in July, 1865, and returned to Michigan and engaged in farming fora short
time, and then put up a saw mill and was engaged in lumbering until 1870, Then rented his
mill and took a western trip, reaching Republic County, Kansas, in Jannary, 1871, and
homesteaded on Section 9, Township 2, Range 3, in March, soon after erecting a large frame
dwelling, and had forty acres of ak done. His family did not move out until the fol-
lowing September. During the summer he was employed asa clerk in the drug store at
Belleville. During this time his mill was burned, which was a severe loss. arly in the
spring of 1871, he was appointed Clerk of the District Court, and inthe fall of 1871 was
elected County Treasurer, and was re-elected,, holding the office two terms, and when his
last term expired the commencement of the term of office was changed from July to Oc-
tober, and he received the appointment to fill the vacancy during the three months and ten
days longer. In 1876 he was appointed by the Board of Centennial Commissioners to repre-
sent Kansas at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, Pa. As Assistant Monee was
there about forty days, and then returned home and was elected State Senator in November
for the Thirty-third District on the Independent Republican ticket, by a majority of four-
teen votes, Has beena member of the State Board of Agriculture since January, 1874.
Was the first Secretary of the Republic County Agricultural Society, which position he
held for four years, and is the present President of the Republic County Co-operative So-
ciety, and a stockholder in the store. Mr. Savage has been an active public man’ all the
time he has been in this State. Has never overlooked his farm, which has been his home
all the time, and which has aes into one of the most desirable farms in northern
Kansas through his care, with hedges, groves, orchard, pet Warn, large residence, etc.,
and_ has a few very choice ornamental] trees, anong which may be found the European
larch, the only trees of this variety in the county. Mr. Savage is extensively engaged in
raising the Poland China hogs, with which he hag heen very successful. Jn 1878 began
gathering facts of the early settlement of Republic County, through the request ot the
State Historical Society, to which he has devoted considerable time, and ims succeeded in
getting the history down to 1871, dating back to about 1857. Has bound 1) pages of legal
cap, and on July 4, 1882, read portions of this tothe people who were gathered at Belleville
to celebrate the day. Mr. nave is a pleasant gentleman, and has made a host of warm
friends since he has resided in Republic County, and all who call onhim meet with a hearty
welcome, not only from him, but his pleasant lady, who has the pleasant faculty of making
the time glide smoothly along. In 1855 he was married to Miss C. J. Baker, of Fairfield, Le-
nawee County, Aichi sa They have seven children, viz., A. J., Lydia A., Byron F.,
Emma, Alice M., Nellie Pearl, and Ruby. He is a member of Belleville Lodge,. No. 96, I.
O. O. F, and Belleville Lodge, No. 55, A.O. U. W.; John Brown Post, No. 44, G. A. R., and
Secretary of Pleasant Dale Grange, P. of H,, No. 1059.

D. VAN AKEN, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Schoharie Coujiy, New York, in
1839. Was raised on a farm until about twenty years of age, and before the war broke out
went into a carriage factory until 1861, when he enlisied im Company 1), Third New Yerk
Cavalry, serving three years and ten months. Was mustered out June 12, 1865. Served as
Sergeant, and in a skirmish on the South Side R. R., near Black and White Station, Vir-
ginia, received asevere wound in the foot, which disabled him for further service, and is a
source of great annoyance to him now, Being unable to use it after receiving this wound,
he received a First. Lieutenant's commission, and was mustered out as such. In 1870 emi-
grated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 15, Town-
ship 2. Range 3, and was one of the early settlers of Freedom Township. Has the place
nicely improved with a good grove and orchard and small fruit. Is one of the most suc-
cessful breeders of fine hogs in the county, also handles a good many cattle. Mr. Van Aken
is one of the most enterprising farmers.of the town, and is highly respected. He was mar-
ried in 1867 in Hillsdale County, Michigan, to Miss Kesselring, of that place. They have
two children, viz., Ina T., and Herbert. He is a member of the Republic County Co-oper-
ative Society, and a stockholder in the store, also a member of the G. A. R., John Brown
Post, No. 44.

JAMES VAN AKEN, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Schoharie County, N. Y.. in
1845, and was raised there on a farm until 1869; then engaged in carpentering and buildin, ;
remaining there until 1874; then emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County and took
a homestead on Section 25, Township 2, Range 3, of 160 acres; then bonght forty acres,
making 200 acres; has 115 under the plow, 55 fenced-for pasture and the balance hay land;
has a creek running ee the place with about fifteen acres of timber along its banks;
has a good house, a stone barn 20x45 fect, 12-feet posts, good granary 20x35 feet, and the
buildings are well protected by a fine grove of about five acres of forest trees of all kinds,
with a good orchard with a large variety of fruits; also has two and one-half miles of hedge
around the place. The farm is nicely situated about two miles from Belleville. Is engaged
in raising cattle and hogs. Was married in 1867, in Belleville tc. Miss Snyder, daughter of
J.N.Snyder. They have one daughter—Lillie L. Is a membcr of Republic County Co-op-
erative Socicty and stockholder in the store; also member of Methodist Episcopal Church.

R. B. WARD, farmer, P. O. Belleville,was born in Lestershire, England, in 1852, com-
ing to America with his parents at the age of thirteen, and locating in Keokuk County,
Jowa, where they remained six years, thence to Kansas in 1871 and settled in Republic
County, and took a homestead on Section 2, Washington Township, aud remained there

five years; then went to Belleville and put up a stable and rs in the livery business and
ane lies agricultural implements, for three years, then traded the stable for 160 acres of
land on Section 25, Township 2, Range 3, one and one half miles from Belleville, and then
traded his homestead for 160 acres on Section 26, Joining the other Jand, making 820 acres
in one body. This farm is one of the most desirable places in the town, is well watered,
and has a stone quarry which will furnish stone enough to build a city, which lays close
to the top of the ground, all the way from 6 inches to1 foot. The stone is very fine and can
be worked with little trouble, Thisstone is worth a great deal to Belleville and vicinity.
He has 130 acres of land fenced for pasture, 65 acres under the plowand about 125 acres
ofhay land. Is extensively engaged in raising stock and has some very choice cattle, He
about 85 head in all, besides hogs and horses. Llasa good orchard, with all kinds of
fruits. A fine grove of maple, box elder,cottonwood, etc, Ile hax a good stone house and
barn, and is one of the most enterprising young men in the county. as married in 1879
to Miss M. A. Van Natta, danghter of N.L. Van Natta. They have two sons, Guy and
N. J. Is amember of Belleville Lodge No. 129, A., F. & A. M.

JOHN WATSON farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Wayne County, N.Y., in 1818, and
was raised there on a farm until eighteen years of age; thence to Erie County, remaining a
short time, then emigrated to Ohio, and in 1838 landed in Calhoun County, Mich., remainmg
there two years. Then for anumber of yeurs was changing around from Michigan to Lllinois,
thence to Indiana, and then to Erie County, Pa,, and in 1858 emigrated to lowa, remaining
there until 1871. Then came West and located in Republic County, taking a homestead on
Section 2, Township 2, Range 3, which he has lived on, and has improved the most of the
land, has added 40 acres, making a farm of 200 acres; has from 10 to 12 ac es of forest trees
planted, a good orchard, apples, and a nice lot of small frults,with about 200 peach trees; raises
a good many hogs, some cattle, and has done well since he came here; The first two
years lived in a sod house 16x24 feet, then put upagood frame house. Was married in 1843
at Springfield, Erie Co., Pa., to Miss Mary Symonds. They have six children, viz., S. H.,

‘Mary J., George R., John, Edgar, Franklin. Mr. Watson is a shareholder in the Republic

County Corporative Store, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
FAIRVIEW TOWNSIIP.

8. H: BALLARD, farmer, P. O. New Tabor, was bornin Cuyaga County, N. Y., in 1842.
In 1850 emigrated with his parents to Michigan, locating in Kent County, cleven miles from
Grand Rapids,and he lived on the farm until the age of twenty-one and then engaged in farm-
ing fora time and then sold outand engaged in the mercantile business at Moon, Kent County.
for a short time, when he sold out and engaged in farming again. In 1878 came to Kansas

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and engaged in farming on Section 27, Township 2, Range 2. Has 115 acres under the plow
and 5 acres of forest trees; 60 apple trees, 60 peach trees and small fruitof various kinds;
has 30 acres fenced with wire for pasture, and a large hog pasture, and about 15 acres of
hay land, and hasa good barn 24 x 30 feet; 16 feet posts, and a good frame house 16 x 24
feet, one and one half stories high; good well and wind-mill, and is raising hogs and cattle;
also runs a feed wind-mil] which will shell and grind teed for forty head of cattle, Althongh
Mr Ballard has been in Kansas only ashort time he has taken the lead in many things and tg
one of the most enterprising young men in the county; has been JI ustice of the Peace the
past two terms and has been a delegate to the Congressional Convention. He is one of
the lively men in politics and a strong Republican. He was married in 1868 in Kent
County, Mcn., to wliss Elizabeth Swinson. They have four children, viz., Harry, Claude,
Mary and Charley. He is a member of the Olympic Lodge No. 36, K.of P. Isan Audi-
tor in the Republic County Co-operative Association. 5

A. G. BROWN, farmer, P. O. New Tabor. Was born in Warren Connty, Ill,
in 1849 and in 1859 went to Iowa with his parents, locating in Page County, remaining
there until 1869, when he came to Kansas and ‘located in Riley County, remaining
there two years; from there went to Republic County and took a homestead on Section
35, Township 2, Range 2: has 100 acres under the plow; 30 to 35 acres of pasture and the
balance being hay Jand; has about 2acres of timber, and planted 25 apple trees and 400
peach trees, besides plum and other small fruits; has been Sogeged in raising stock.
Markets from 35 to 40 head of hogs each year, and has been doing well. Is amon the
first settlers in the town, and his house was among the first put up in the township. He is
a pleasant, hospitable gentleman, and very popular. He was married in 1875 in Albion
Township, to Miss Knowlton. They have one child, Pearl, born June 25, 1876. He
ig a mint of the Belleville Lodge No. 129, A., F. & A. M. .

CHARLES 0, BROWN was born in Syracuse, N. Y., in 1839. In 1844 his parents
emigrated to Wisconsin, locating in Kenosha; thence to Lyons, where he remained until
about 1859; then went to Geneva, where he learned carriage ironing, remaining there about
three years; thence to Columbia County and was there about one year; then back to Spring-
field, where he opened a shop andremained there two years; then took a trip to Iowa, re-
maining one summer; then back to Geneva, Wis.; then took a tiip to Missouri and re-
mained there but a short time and then went to lowa and bought a farm and put up a shop
and carried on this line of business until 1868, when he sold out and went to California, re-
maining therein 1870; returning East, Jocatae in Republic County, Kan., and took a home-
stead on Section 21, Farmington Township,and built a shop and remained there three years.
This was the first shop started in Farmington. Then sold out and bought a farm adjoining,
and run a shop there also, remaining there two years; then took a trip to California, re-
maining there about six months. Returning to Kansas, he built.a shop in New Tabor, re-
mained one season and sold out and took a contract to keep tne Stage Company's stock and
stages in. repair; moved to Prairie Home, two miles south of New Tabor, remaining there
two years. Since then he has bought and sold several different places in the town, and has
done considerable in real estate. He bought a farm on Mile Creek of.16U acres on Section
17, Township of Farmington, and one on Section 24,Rose Creek coven and will make real
estate his principal business. He is a thorough business man and no doubt wil] make this
business a success as he has whatever he has undertaken in the past. He was married
August 28, 1860, at Wheatland, Wis, to Miss Irena Ingham of tnat place. Mr. Brown iza
member of the Masonic order. 3 :

A. J. HILL, farmer, P. O. Bellevilie, was born in Shelby County, Indiana, Aug. 8, 1827,
and was raised there until twenty-two vears of age. In 151 emigrated to Iowa, locating in
Davis County,and engaged in farming, and remained tnere until 1871, when he carae to
Kansas,locating in Republic County, and took a nomesteea in Section 29, Township 2, Range
2, southeast quarter. Was the first settler on the prairie in this part of the town; has 100
acres under the plow, 60acres fenced for pasture, has planted two acres of forest trees, and has
some cottonwoods which have been planted ten years, fifteen inches in diameter; 140 apple,300
peach, 25 cherry trees, and an aburidance of plum and small fruit; put up a barn 33x43 feet,
with basement full size, the basement 8 feet and barn 14 feet posts; a sheep shed of stone,
30x60 feet, and stone house 14x30 feet; has devoted himself to stock-raising; has been raisinga
good many sheep but has disposed of the most of them; only has 164 at present; has proved
sheep to be very profitable, realizing about sixty per cent on the investment; has been rais-
ing agood many colts and mules; owns the finest Jack in the county, weight, 850 pounds, four
years old, besides 17 head of horses, 12 head of cattle, and 70 head of hogs, usually ete
from:50 to 7)to market each year. Mr. Hillis one of the leading farmers of this town, an
one of those substantial men who help to improve every county they settlein. Has been
Justice of the Peace one term and Constable one term. Was married in 1850 in Shelbyville,
Indiana, to Misa Garoline E. Brant of that place. They have five living children, viz., An-
drew, William, Philip L., Mary, and Harvey. Is a member of Belleville Lodge No. 96, I. 0.
O.F.; is a chartermember of the same, and the only one in the lodge at present; has be-
longed to the order since 1856. -

J. HOOSER, farmer, P. O. New Tabor, was born in Plattsville, Grant Co., Wis., in 1839,
and was raised there on a farm until 1863, when he enlisted in Company B., Forty-third Wis-
consinVolunteer Infantry, serving eleven months; was a sergeant; was mustered out Septem-
ber 15, 1864, and returned to Plattsville and engaged in the mercantile business for the next
three years. In 1871 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead
on Section 24, Township 3, Range 2; was one of the first settlers in Fairview Township, and
put up the first house with shingled roof in the town; has a good place, well watered with four
fine springs.furnishing an abundance of water for stock ant for use in the house; has 120 acres
under the plow, andthe balance used for pasture and hay land; has four acres of timber,
with a fine peach orchard, also ae cherry and small fruits. Has a large stone house 18
x 26 feet, with addition 18 x 18 feet, a story and a half; good stone barn 20 x 3) feet, and a
fair amount of cattle, and from forty to sixty head of hogs to market each year. In 1881 took
a trip to Colorado witha view of selling the lot; concluded that Kansas was good enough
for any man; was Justice of the Peace for five years; received the appointment first when
the town was organized. Was married in 1861, at Plattville, Wisconsin, to Miss Jane Stoin-
hofer. They have four children, William G., Mary L., J. C. and B. F. Is a member of G.
A. R., of Belleville Lodge No, 96 I. O. O. F.; Belleville Lodge No. 127 A, F. & A. M.

J.C. KEENK, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in England, in 1842; m 1852, came to
America, locating in Pennsylvania, remaining there three years, going from there to Wis-
consin; thence to Lowa, locating in Dubuque County, remaining there until the war broke
out in 1861, when he enlisted in the First Iowa Infantry, serving about five months; was
mustered out at St. Louis and returned to Dubuque County and taught school during the
winter of 1862-63, and the following spring went to British Columbia, where he had a posi-
tion offered him, remaining there nearly four years, having charge of a train in the for-
warding busincss, shipping supplies to the mines; then took a trip to England, remaining
about six months, when he returned, locating in Illinois; the following year, 1870, came to
Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 29, Township 2,
Range 3. After six months went to St. Joseph, Mo., where he was employed on the bridge
for one year; then returned to his homestead, which he has lived on since. Has 15 acres
under the plow, thirty acres of pasture; has a fine grove of 1,000 maples, about three acres of
cottonwoods; has good stone house and barn, and is engaged in stock-raising; has from 100 to
120 head of nee to market cach year, eighteen to twenty head of cattle, anda number of
fine horses. Was elected County Commissioner in 1876 for one term, and has been Justice
of the Peace a term or two. Was married in 1878 to Miss Edney Marsh of Freedom Town-
ship. They have two children, viz: James H. and Harry. Is a member of John Brown -
Post No. 44, G. A, R., of Belleville Lodge No. 96, I. O. O. F:, and a member of Republic
County Co-operative Society, and stockholder im the store. :

JOHN LOVENBURG, merchant, New Tabor, was born in Bohemia in 1824; in 1850
caine to America, locating in Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained three years, working at the
shoemakers’ trade which he learned while in the old country; then emigrated to Iowa, -lo-
cating in Tama County, remaining there about eight years, and from thence to Benton
pounip and carried on a boot and shoe store and shop unti! 1869; then cameto Kansas and

porte in Republic County and took a homestead on Section 35, Fairview Township. In
1870 his family came here and they moved on to his claim, living there until March, 1882; then
put in astock of boots and shoes, crockery, glassware and groceries at New Tabor and was ap-
pointed deputy postmaster at that place. Has his place well improved, having 107 acres under
lay PiOW ae an orchard containing apple, peach, plum trees and all kinds of small fruit.

ir. Lovenburg is aleading man among his people of which there isa large settlement in Fair-
view Township, and highly,respected by all who know him: He was married in 1864, to Miss
Mary ea af Zama, ene They aise eight children, viz: William, Frank, Malinda,

, ’ : ey, Frederick. e is a member of the onic order and 0!

the I. 0. O. F., and wasa member of the Union League. See
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JOSEPH NORTHROP, farmer, P. 0. Ida, was born in Warren County, Pa., in 1815,
where he was raised until 1849; thence to Crawford County, where he remained 16 years, en-
gaged in farming; in 1865 emigrated to Iowa, locating in Tama County, remaining there until
1870, coming from there to Kansas, locating on his present place, Section 3, and‘10, Township
2, Range 2, which he took as a homestead. There was but one log house anywhere near him.
The town was not retuned until the following year, when the meeting was called and
held at the house of Mr. Northrop, and, as the place was in the high rolling prairie, he pro-
posed the name of Fairview and it was so called. The elections were held at his house for
some two or three yous Mr. Northrop’s place is well situated and is highly improved,
having 120 acres under the plow, from fifteen to eighteen acres of timber, a fine orchard,
with apples, peaches, and plums, cherries, and small fruit; has some land seeded with blue
oe and the balance is used for pasture; is raising some cattle and a good many hogs.
Te is a leading man in the town, is public-spirited and enjoys the confidence of his fellow-
citizens. He was appointed assessor and trustee of ‘the town wiien first organized and was
elected to these positions ufterward. He was married in 1836, to Miss Amie E. Sherman, a
-native of Washington County,N. Y. They have eight children, viz: Sherman, Charles,
Cinthia—now Mrs. See; Sophrona—now Mrs. M¢Niel; Mary—now Mrs See; AmieJ.—now
Mrs. Munson; Amanda—Mrs., Canfield; and Martha E.—now Mrs. Thompson. L. S.
Northrop, deceased, the only son that Mr. Northrop had at home, came here with his father
and was actively engaged in helping his parents build up ahome im the West, and when his
death occurred in 1875, his parents received a cruel blow from which they will not recover
soon, Mr. Northrop is anactive member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has been
a steward in the church ever since it was organized in 1870, the meeting being called and
held at his place. He is a member of the Republic County Co-operative Society and
-stockholder in the store.
J, N. SNYDER, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Montgomery County, N. Y., in 1833,
but was raised in Oneida County until eighteen ioe of age, going from there to Kankakee
County, Ill., where he remained eight years, and was engaged in blacksmithing until 1862;

’ then enlisted in Company H, Seventy-sixth Ilinois Infantry, serving three years. In 1867

wert to Iowa, locating in Story County, where he engaged in farming, remaining there until
1875, when he sold out and came to Kansas, locating in Republic County and bought a farm
of 360 acres on Section 30, Fairview Township; soon after bought 139 acres on Section 19,
same township; then bought 200 acres on Section 31, joining the home farm,making 560 acres in
one body and the balance cornering with it; has 350 acres under the plow, 160 acres in pas-
ture, ten acres in feed yards; has a grove of about two acres of maples, the same of box
elders, with quite a large grove of cottonwoods; has plenty of peaches, apples, plums,
cherries, and all kinds of small fruits. The place is well watered by a creek and eight
springs; is extensively engaged in raising stock of which he has agood grade of shorthorns.
Has two good tenement houses, and has just completed a fine Testaonce on the home farm,
with plenty of timber about it and commanding a fine view of Belleville; hasa good barn with
basement, and has oneof the most desirable places in the township, Has from-eighty to
one hundred head of cattle for market each year; has one of the finest shorthorns for
breeding in the county, three years old_and weighs 2,200 pounds. Was married in 1856, to
Miss Mary J. Baldrick, of Oneida, N. Y. They have nine children, viz: Lillie, Icella, Eva
M., Ethel, Guy, Nellie, Maggie, Daisy, John "Is a member of John Brown Post No. 44, G
A.R., and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 7
\ FRANK SLOPANSKY, M. D., druggist, New Tabor, was born in Bohemia, 1845; in
1854, emigrated to America, locating'in Buffalo, N. Y., remaining there two years; thence
to Racine, Wis., where he was raised nd lived until 1874; in 1867, began reading medicine,
finishing in 1872; then began the practice of medicine at Racine, and in 1874 emigrated to
Kansas and took a homestead on Section 7, Township 2, Range 1, and began the improve-
ment of the same, and also practiced medicine among his countrymen, of which there is a
large settlement in this part of the county. Has fifty acres under the plow, the balance
uses for hay and pasture; has 160 apple and 50 peach trees and some small fruits; in 1878
ut in a stock of drugs at New Tabor, the first and only stock of drugsin the place and has
had a good trade in the same. Was married in 1871 at Racine, Wis., to Miss Annie Stotler,
of that place.- They have seven children, viz; John, Annie, (Victoria and Katie) Willie,
Josie and Frank. 1s a member of the I. 0. O. F., and of Olympic Lodge, No. 36, K. of P.
J. A. SWENSON, stock-raiser, P. O. Belleville, was born in Sweden in 1847, and in
1853 came to America, locating near Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich, remaining there two
years, and thence to Kent County, settling in Grand River Valley, remaining there until
1870 helping his father to clear up a heavily timbered farm; from there came to Kansas
and located in Republic County and took a homestead_on Section 27, Township 2, Range 2,
settled on it. remaining there seven years, when he sold out and invested his money in cattle

and leased Section 20, in Fairview, and has turned his attention to stock-raising; has 125 head -

of cattle, with some very fine ones, and will make it apoint to breed some good ones—will
breed some forty or fifty head thix season. He has one Durham which he had shipped from
Clay County, Mo., for which he paid $100. He is one of the best stock men in the county and
aman thoroughly respected as a thorough business man, public spirited and enterprising.
He was married in 1851 to Miss Jennie, daughter of J. G. Arbuthnot, one of the early sct-
es . Jee cnanty They have one child, Karl I, born June 22, 1882. He is a member
of I. 0. 0. F. :

; AUGUSTUS WEGAL, farmer, P. O. New Tabor, was born in Sweden in 1843, and in
1858 emigrated to America and located in Kent County, Mich., where he remained until
1870, when he came to Kansas and located in Republic County, taking a homestead on Sec-
tion 27, Township 2, Range 2; has 123 acres under the plow, seven acres of timber, the
balance hay and pasture; has good orchard—100 peach trees, 35 apple trees, and a variety
of small fruits; is extensively engaged in raising hogs in which he is very successful. In
1880 bought the hotel at New Tabor which he enlarged and run for two years. He is one
of the most enterprisin s young men of his town and is a Jeading man inall political move-
ments. Served three years in the Fourth Michigan Cavalry; was discharged at Nashville in

. July, 1865.. He was married in 1874 at New Tabor to Miss Maggie Skidmore. They have

one gir bore. : : ;

. I. WILSON, farmer, P. O. New Tabor, was born in Warren County, Ind., in 1835.
Soon after his parents moved to Henry County, Il., where he remained for nineteen years;
from there he went to Iowa, locating in Union County. and engaged in farming, remaining
there about eleven years. In 1873 he came to Kansas, and took a homestead on Section 25,
Township 2, Range 2; has fifteen acres under cultivation; the balance is hay land; has five
acres of forest trees, and has a good orchard, eighty-five or ninety apple trees, 400 peach
trees, with cherries, plums and other small fruits. He is extensively engaged in raising
hogs, and has been very successful. He has ‘good buildings, and one of the best places in
this part of the county. He was married in 1855, to M. A. Terpenning, of Missouri; they
have four children—Rose, Esther, Ida V. and Alfred A. He is a member of the Republic
County Co-operative Association.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.

ELI HASKETT, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Tipton County, Ind., in 1847. In
1856 his parents moved to lowa, locating in Lee County, remaining there until 1864, when
he enlisted in Company H, Ninth Iowa Infantry, serving until July, 1865; was mustered out
in Louisville, Ky.; returned to Jefferson County, Iowa, remaining there until 187'; thence
to Wayne County, Iowa, where he engaged in farming, remaining one year; then was en-
gaged in different vocations until the spring of 1874, when he came to Kansas, and located
i oewell County, and was employed as a salesman by W.S Chapman & Co., merchants,

at Jewell Center, remaining there until January, 1877; then came to Belleville, and was en-
gaged as salesman in the general store of E. E. Chapman & Co., remaining with them until
they sold out in 1880; then bought a farm in Fairview Township, and was on the place from
May until August 15, 1880, when he traded for a farm on Sections 6 and 7, Tow nship 3,
Range 2, consisting of 160 acres, located on Salt Creek, with plenty of timber, and a stream
of running water, which furnishes plenty of water for his stock; also owns the southwest
quarter of Section 19, Rose Creek ‘Township; is engaged in raising hogs and to a consider-
able extent cattle; has seventy-five acres under the ‘plow, and has fine, good buildings, and
has his place in good shape, having put most of the improvements on since he settled there;
is one of the most enterprising young men in the town, and a thorough business man. He
“Was married in March, 1877, at Fort Madison, Iowa, to Miss Louisa Hicks; they have two
children—Myrtle M., born in 1878; Cecil G , born in 1882. He is 2 member of Jobn Brown
Post, No. 44, G. A. R.; of Belleville Lodge, No. 55; A. O. U. W., and to the Blue Lodge
and Chapter, A., F. & A. M. A :

J. E. VAN NATTA, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Montgomery County, N. Y.,

e; emigrating from there to Lllinois, locating

i ing th til eighteen years of a, ‘ Y
fy Goa Gonity, ana toolea: e a mile of road on the pike to Chicago. This

in Cook County, and took a contract to buil

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was his first venture for himself. From there he went to Winnishiek County, Iowa, and
worked in a mill, and put up a store, and was in the mercantile business about two years;
then went to Fayette County, and worked at the stone-masons’ trade, He came to Kansas
in 1841, and was one of the first settlers in this county, locating here, and lived on a piece
of land on Salt Creek, and the following year settled on his present place, Section 19, Town-
ship 3, Range 2. In June, 1863, he took this place as a homestead, and has lived here all the
time, except when driven out by the Indians; this occurred first in the summer of 1862, and
again in the fall of the same year, and the last time in the fall of 1864. After this they were
not troubled, but a great deal of damage had been done, and a good many killed and run
into other parts of the county by tae Indians There were plenty of elk, baffalo, antelope
and wild turkeys at this time. It was through shooting at an antelope that the Indians
were first seen by Mr. Van Natta and an early settler who had a cabin near Mr. Van Natta’s
place, and were out in the bluffs looking to see if there were any signs of Indians, as they

ad received word they were in the vicinity. As they came down the bluff, they shot the
first antelope, and took it down to the cabin and dressed it, and all at once they were sur-
rounded by Indians, who demolished the food. They gave them meat and meal, and they
camped near them and prepared for a feast. They did not offer to harm them, but. the women
were frightened, and the next day they packed up and left for awhile. The first few years
Mr. Van Natta and family had a pretty hard time; they were nearly one hundred miles from
market, and had it not been for the game in the county they could not have gauea through.
His place .is situated on Salt Creek, which is well skirted with timber, and has plenty of
fresh running water; has his place well improved, and is extensively engaged in stock-
raising; for a number of years has paid his attention more to raising hogs. He was the first
Justice of the Peace in Republic County; received his appointment from Gov. Crawford,
and has been elected since, holding the office a number of times in the township. He was
married in March, 1856, in Fayette County, Iowa, to Miss Annetta Cory; they have three
children—Della, Jaraes W. and John A. He is a member of the Republic County Co-oper-
ative Association. Mr. Van Natta is a respected gentleman.

G. W. WILCOX, farmer, P. O. Belleville, was born in Warren County, N. Y., in 1882.
While quite young his parents located in Ohio, and remained there until he was eight years
of age; then went to Illinois, remaining there about five years; going from there to Iowa,
locating in Mahaska County; remained there until 1863, when he came to Kansas, locating
at Clyde, and remained there about two years; thence to Lake Sibley, remaining there one
year; then came to Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 31, Township 3,
Range 2. The place is watered by Salt Creek, with about forty acres of good timber along
its banks He was among the early settlers here, and was obliged to leave once on account
of the Indians. He also Pelpee to the militia, which was organized to protect the settlers
from the attacks of Indians. The country was very wild at that time, and it was some
eighty miles to market, and for many years he could not do much toward improving his
farm, The place is well improved now, with seventy acres of plow-land, seventy acres of
pasture, the balance being meadow; has a good orchard, 320 rods of hedge, good buildings,
and is raising stock; has twenty-five head of cattle, fifty head of hogs and quite a number
of horses, He was married in 1861, in Marshall County, Iowa, to Miss Maria Bradford; they
had five children—Emma C., O, W., Rosse M., A. L. and E. M A

LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

G. B. BASSETT, farmer, P. 0. West Creek,was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1844, In
1852 his parents settled in Mercer County, remaining there until 1878; then emigrated to
Kansas, eee in Republic County. Landing there in February, he took a homestead on
Section 21, southwest quarter, Township 4, Range 3; is well situated for stock-raising. He
has about fifty acres under the plow, has a good orchard of 125 peach and forty-five apple
trees, and one-fourth acre of raspberries and other small fruits; he has three and one-half
acres of forest trees and one-half mile of hedge on the place. He is extensively engaged in
raising hogs, and turns off from seventy-five to one hundred head each year; also raises
some cattle, but makes a specialty of hogs and corn. He has done well since he came to
this State. He has held the office of Township Clerk for five terms, besides other offices,
part of the time he has been here. He was married January 2, 1870, to Miss Harriet Clark,
of Mercer County, Ohio; they have four children living—Minnie, Permelia, Mary E, and
ee Mr. and Mrs. Bassett are members of the Methodist reeegrs Church. ©

AMES J. DAY, farmer, P. O. Concordia, Cloud County, was born in Lincolnshire,
England, in 1243. In 1852 his parents emigrated to America, locating in Richland County,
Ohio, remaining there about nine years, going from there to Williams County, where he en-
gaged in farming. In 1862 he enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, Company K, remaining
one year, He was discharged at Warrenton Junction in 1863. In 1871 he emigrated to Kan-
sas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 30, Township 4, Range 3,
and put up the first house in this part of the country, building it out of cottonwood plank;
size, 12x16 feet. He had but little to do with, and had to ge sixty miles to mill and market,
and for a few years it was hard work to get along, but by close attention to his business an
by hard work and economy, he has his place improved, and is one of the best in the town-
ship. He has seventy acres under the plow; the balance is used for hay land; he has three
acres of forest trees planted, 200 peach trees, besides apples, grapes and otber fruits, He
has a good frame house 14x22 feet, with an addition 14x20 feet; good barn 22x30 feet, and
other necessary buildings for grain, tools, etc. He is also engaged in stock-raising. He is
a miller by trade, and has followed that business some since he has been in the State. He
was married in 1867 to Miss Lucy Funk, of Williams County, Ohio; they have three
children—Leah, Luther and Minnie. Mr. Day isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

J. E. GALLOWAY, farmer, P. O. Concordia, was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1853.
His parents settled in Mercer County, Tl] , while he was quite young, and he remained there
until 1874, and then emigrated to Republic County, Kan., where two of his brothers had
settled previous to this. He bought 160 acres on Section 33, the northwest quarter, Township
4, Range3. which was wild land, and he has improved it by breaking seventy acres, has seventy
acres fenced, is planting a grove of forest trees, a good orchard of fifty apple trees, 100 peach
trees and small fruits of various kinds; put up a good stone house 19x27 feet, and numerous
other improvements. He has been engaged in stock-raising for a number of years; was in
company with his brothers, and they bought, fed and shipped stock. Mr. Galloway is one
of the oldest teachers in the southern ‘part of the county, and has taught some nine or ten
terms in all, giving entire satisfaction, having had a number of years experience in the
East previous to locating in Kansas, and is considered one of the most enterprising and
capable young men in the town.

J. M. GALLOWAY, farmer, P. O. Concordia,was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1846,
and when six years of age his parents emigrated to Illinois, locating in Mercer County. He
was brought up here on a farm and in 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fortieth
Illinois Wolanteer Infantry, serving six months and was discharged and mustered out at
Chicago. In 1872 he emigrated to Kansas, located in Republic County and homsteaded on
Section 29, Township 4, Range 38. The place is well watered by a large spring which flows
out of the yard, forming a small creek furnishing plenty of water for stock. tie has sixty-
five acres under the plow, thirty acres of pasture, and the balance is hay land, also
a grove of forest trees, a good orchard of fifty apple, fifty peach and fifty plum
trees, besides cherries and other small fruits. He has been more or less engaged
in stock-raising for a number of years and turns off from seventy to eighty hogs
each year besides some cattle. He is one of the leading farmers of the town
and was Town Trustee and Assessor one term. He was married in 1879 at Peach
Creek, Clay Co., Kan., to Miss Elizabeth McBride of that place. They have one daughter—
Mabel, born in 1880.

R. H. GALLOWAY, wool grower, P. O. Concordia, Cloud County. At the age of five
years his parents emigrated to Mercer County, Ill., where he received a common school
education, finishing with a special course under instructions at home. He taught a few
terms of school after which he was employed as salesman and bookkeeper for a number of
years. [n 1872 he emigrated to Kansas and took a homestead on Section 33, Township 4,
Range 3. This place he improved and was engaged in the stock-raising business in com-
pany with his brother for a number of years and was also one of the first and best teachers
in this part of the county and tel a number of terms after his settlement in Kansas. In
1880 he sold his homestead and 160 acres in Section 22, Township 4, Range 3, bought 60
acres, put out a'small orchard, and built a house 16x24 feet. In 1880 he engaged in woo]
growing and has 1,000 sheep of the medium merino breed; the average clip is from sevea
to seven and one-half wool and the per cent onthe investment will average thirty-five to
fifty per cent per annum. He was married in November, 1881, to Miss Henry, of Viola,
Mercer Co., Ill., and they have one daughter. He is a leading man in the town and popular
with a ae have made his acquaintance and is a leading member of the United Presbyter-
ian Church.
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W.G. HAY, farmer, P. O. Concordia, Cloud County, was born in Jefferson County,
Ind., in 1825. He was raised there until twenty-one years of age, emigrating from there to
Marshall County, living there and in adjoining counties about four years. He then went to
Iowa, locating in Benton County, where he remained nineteen years, was engaged in farm-
ing and working at the carpenters’ trade. On January 12, 1871, he located in Republic
County, Kansas, and secured a homestead on Section 30, Township 4, Range 3, and was one
of the pioneers of this town and like nearly all who came here at that time had but little to
do with. He has 100 acres under the plow, two acres of forest trees, a good orchard, 40.0
aah and apple trees and a large variety of small fruit, 320 rods of hedge, good frame

ouse 14x24 feet, stone barn 24x34 feet, nineteen and one-half feet to the eaves and is quite
extensively engaged in raising stock, turning off from fifty to 100 head of hogs and a num-
ber of cattle per annum. He had but $10 when he moved on his place and was sixty miles
from market or mill. He was married in Benton County, Iowa, to Miss Samantha Shaul of
that place, in 1853, They have eight children living—Sarah, Pelonia H., Lottie A., Rolly E.,
Ebert E., Jennie O., Bertha W., Gaylen and Annie, Mr. Hay is a member of the Farmer
Alliance and Anti-Horse Thief Association. :

: LEVI KIMMAL, farmer, P. O. Concordia, Cloud County, was born in Wayne County,
Ohio, in_ 1886, living there and in Loraine County until 1850 then emigrated to
Mercer County, Ill.; he remained there until 1860 when he was seized with the
Pike's Peak fever and took a trip to that point but not meeting with the success he antici-
pated he remained but a few months going from there to California where he remained
three years, returning from there to Mercer County, Ill., and engaged in farming. In 1872
he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, taking ‘a homestead on Section 38,
Township 4, Range 3. He was one of the pioneer settlers of his township and secured one
of the best claims in this part of the country. The place is wcll watered by a branch of
West Creek, making a very desirable place for stock-raising and Mr. Kimmal is workin,
into the branch of farming. He has Preniy gent head of cattle, four head of horses ani
forty head of hogs. The place is well improved with seventy-five acres under the plow,
fifty-six acres for pasture, and the place is surrounded by a good hedge fence besides two
cross hedges divi ane the place into four forty-acre lots. He has three acres of good forest
trees and the same of orchard, consisting of apple, peach and cherry trees, besides small
fruits of all kinds, good frame house 14x18 feet, one-story and a half, with wing 12x12 feet,
has a good stone basement 22x34 feet which he is preparing to build a barn on,
besides granary, corn-crib and other buildings. He has made all of this property
since coming to Kansas. He was married in 1863 toMiss Fanny Hines, of Mercer
County, Il. They have six children—Annie J., Charles H., Joseph B., William M., Elsie
L. and Mary E. Mrs. Kimmal and their eldest daughter, Annie, are members of the Pres-
byterian Church.

H. C. MILLER, farmer, P. O. West Creek, was born in Putnam County, Ohio, in
1839. In 1854 he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Fayette County and remaining there until
1855, went to Missouri, locating in Daviess County and remained there until 1859,
then went to Kansas, locating in Atchison and remained there until 1861, and from
there settled in Jefferson County on the Delaware Reservation, remained there two
years and then located at Clay Centre, Clay County and remained there until 1868,
and thence to Woodson County and was there about two years, coming from
there to Republic County and bonght 160 acres on Section 16, paying $3.50 per
acre. The farm is well watered by abranch of West Creek and a fine spring.
There is about twenty-five acres of timber along the creek. He also has a good
stone quarry of magnesia lime stone covering about four acres and has eight
acres under the plow, twenty-five acres fenced for pasture, good orchard, althou
small, good stone house 16x20 feet built of stone taken from his quarry. He has a small grove
of forest trees and one of the best stock farms in the town and is fast commencing to raise
stock. He has twelve head of cattle, eight head of horses and twenty-five head of hogs.
This he will increase to enable him to feed all the grain he raises. He was married in 1862.
to Miss Mary Khunley of Clay County, and they have five children—Fred, Harvey, Mattie,
Sarah and Mabel.

J.P. NUTTER, farmer, P. O. West Creek, was born in Alton, Dlinois, in 1842. He learned
the engineering trade and worked at this business until 1861 when he enlisted in the Fifty-
fourth Llinois Infantry, serving three years and four months in Company K., was captured
in Arkansas-in 1864 but was paroled at the end of seventeen days and was mustered out at
Hickory Station, Arkansas, and discharged at Springfield, Dlinois, in 1865. After coming
out of the army he engaged in farming and in 1872 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Re-
public County and in March took a homestead on Section 21, Township 4, Range 3, He se-
cured a good homestead and has sixty-five acres under the plow, eighty acres fenced for
pasture and about twenty acres ef hay land. Hehas a fine grove of about three acres of
forest trees, forty apple trees, a number of peach trees and small fruits of all kinds. Hehas
built a good stone house 17x27 feet, two stories high and has a stone quarry and a fine sprin
in his pasture and also a large well with wind mill. He keepsa large number of cows an
does quite a business in dairying and butter making. ‘He was married in 1867 at Decatur,
PMs io Miss Caroline Crow and they have five children—John, Charles, George, Maud
and Claude. :

OSCAR PARK, farmer, P. O. Concordia, was born in Mercer County, Tl., in 1849, and
was raised on aj farm and lived in that county until 1872, when he emigrated to Kansas, lo-
cating in Republic County, in June, ane secured a homestead on Section 33, Township 4,
Range 38. He was among the early settlers of the town and has a very desirable place. His
building commands an extensive view of the surrounding country, noless than three towns
and cities can be seen from his place besides an extensive view of the Republican River and
Valley. He has eizhty acres under the plow, sixty-fiveacres of pasture besides a field of
twenty-seven acres fenced. He has a hedge around the entire place and a fine grove of for-
est trees consisting of box elder, soft maple, cottonwood and honey locust. A fine orchard
consisting of seventy-five apple trees, 225 peach trees, fifty young cherry trees and a variety
of small fruits. He has a new frame house 14x23 feet and twelve feet high with basement
full size, stone basement for barn 26x40 feet, a well 169 feet deep with sixty-two feet of
water using a wind-mill for pumping. He is somewhat engaged in stock-raising and will
increase his stock to consume all the feed his place will produce. He has thirteen head of
cattle, six head of horses, fifty head of hogs, and ix raising from forty to fifty head an-
nually for market. He has done well since his settlement in Republic County and is one of
the most reliable men in the township. He was married in 1870 to Miss Susan Guthrie of
Mercer County, lll.,a native of Canada. They have six children—Celia A., Jessie E.,
Royal G., Myrtle S., Fannie B. and George C. Mr. Park is u member of the United Presby-
terian Church and an Elder in the same.

JONAS RARICK, farmer, P. O. Concordia, Cloud County, was born in Licking
County, Ohio in 1842 and was raised in that county until about fifteen years of age, thence
to Illinois, located in that State and engaged in farming, remaining there about twelve
years, thence to Iowa, locating in Buchanan County, remained there until 1870, then emi-
grated to Kansas locating in Atchison County, remaining there three years thence to Re-
public County and took a homestead on Section 20, Townshi p 4, Range 3, and bought 160
acres on the same section making one-half section in his farm. He has running water on his
place besides several good wells, He has 120 acres under the plow, 130 acres fenced for
pasture, forty acres of forest trees planted consisting of walnut, soft maple and cotton-
wood. Hehasa good orchard of 100 apple, 215 peach trees, besides pears, cherries and
other small fruits, also has a fine stone quarry on the place which furnishes plenty of
puilding stone for his own use. He has put up a house of the stone 21x82 feet, and is quite
extensively engaged in raising stock, He has forty-eight head of hogs and thirty-eight head
of cattle and is also raising amber sugar cane in which he is very successful. He has raised
four crops and has a mill and manufactures syrup. The first year he made 800 gallons,
second year 1,800 gallons and the third year did not do as well. For the year 1882 he had a
large crop of cane which was extra nice. The syrup sells for 50 cents per gallon at the
factory and this pays a good per cent, as he gets from seventy to 120 gallons per acre. He
was married in 1842 in Hancack County, Ind., to Miss Elizabeth Watts of that place. They
have four children—William F., George H., Clinton J. and Mattie C. He has been a mem-
ber of the I. O. O. F. since 1870. ; : ;

WILLIAM P. RARICK, farmer, P. O, Concordia, Cloud County, was born in Juniata
County, Pa., in 1841, but while quite young his parents settled in Licking County, Ohio
and he was raised there, remaining until 1858 when he emigrated to Macon County, Ill., and
engaged in farming. In 1870 he started for Kansas reaching Bepunie County in March of
the same year and filed on Section 7, Township 4, Range 3.__ After holding it two years he
made timber filing and put out fifteen acres of timber and has 10,000 living trees, mostly
cottonwood ‘which will average four inches in diameter, he has sixty-five apple trees besides ~
some small fruits. Since settling here he has bought 160 acres on Section 8, adjoining his

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first place. This land has a fine stream of water called Turkey Creek and there is con-
siderable timber along the creek, There are cae eee of pasture which takes in the
creek, 150 acres under the plow and the balance is hay land. He hasa poe stone house,
good stable and is preparing to put up a large barn, has a good well, good wind-mill
and is in good shape for stock-raising which he is working into. He has twenty-five head
of cattle and raises from 100 to 150 head of hogsannually. For the first five years it was
pretty hard to do much as he was sixty miles from market and only had an ox tenm todo
the work, but since the railroad has come thfough the north part of Cloud Vounty it
has made a good market for both stock and grain. Mr, Rarick is well pleased with the
choice he made in settling in Kansas. In 1874 he was married to Miss Lydia Slipler, of
Concordia, Kansas. They have three children—Minnie, Joseph and Walter.
Hi. SKEELS, farmer, P. O. Jay Eau, Republic County. as born in Lewis County, N.
Y., in 1829. When six years of age, his parents emigrated to Licking Wouuty, Ohio. . He
was raised here until twenty-two years of age, and then located in Mercer County, anden-
gaged in farming until 1859; going from thereto Kentucky, where he remained uiil the
war broke out, and being astrong Union man anda Northerner, was obliged to return
North, locating in LaFayette, Ind. In 1863, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Indiana Light Artil-
lery, serving nineteen months. Was stationed at the entrenchment at Washington; was dis-
charged and mustered out of service at Indianapolis, Ind., J uly 6, 1865. Returning to Mer-
cer County, Ohio, he engaged in farming, and remained there until 1873, and then emigrated
ed to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section5, Township 4,
Range 3. This placehe has improved by breaking 100 acres, fenced 8 acres with hedge,
planted a forest grove of 8 acres, planted 200 rods of hedge, 75 peach trees, 200 apple trees,
put up good stone house 17x29 feet, with an ell 14x16 feet, good stables and granary of stone,
and has been engaged in farming, in which he has been successful. He has been doing
well enough since he settled here. He was married in 1864, in Mercer County, Ohio, to Miss
Almeda Hesser, of that county, They have been blessed with five children, all deceased but
the second, Lambert Willie, In June, 1877,he had the misfortune of losing his wife, leav-
ing him alone just as they had got, their home in shape to enjoy life. | : tee
Z. J. TATE, farmer. P.O. Jay Eau. Was born in Harrison County, Indiana, in 1838.
Was raised in Crawford and Orange counties, and made his home there until 1870. Learned
the cabinet-makers’ trade, and worked at this business, and when the war broke out, was
among the first to respond tothe call for volunteers, serving in the Twenty-fourth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry from July 4, 1861,until Dec.10, 1865, He received his discharge at Galves-
ton, Texas, He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, receiving three shots—one in the
collar bone, and one shot through the elbow, and one through the hand. “After coming out
of the army, he located in Orange County, and in 1870 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Re-
public County, and took a homestead on Section 5,Township4, Range 3. He was among the
early settlers on the plain, and was sixty miles from market. His place is well watered by
numerous fine springs, and he has 85 acres under the plow, 6 acres of forest, 500 rods of
hedge, a fine peach orchard of 1,200 trees, 75 apple trees, and a full variety of small fruits.
A good stone house 17x21 feet, stone barn 18x22 feet; 27 acres of pasture, and is engaged in
stock-raising, turning off from thirty-five to fifty head of hogs yearly, besides, some cattle;
also raising from 20 to 300 bushels of peaches, which mee: with a ready sale at good prices.
He has been eat out with grasshoppers and other drawbacks, but has been gaining some each
year; has worked at the plasterers’ trade some since he came here, which has beena help in
the years when the crop was short. Was married in 1866, in Crawford County, Ohio, to
Miss Rhoda Hall. They have fourchildren—Mary A., Edward, Effie, Loella. Is a member
of the A., F. & A. M., and a Patron of Husbandry. |
GEORGE W. TITTLE, farmer, P. O. Concordia, Cloud County, was born in Van Buren
County, Mich, in 1846; when nine years of age, his parents emigrated to Iowa, locatingin
Davis County, and remained there until May, 1863._Then enlisted, at the age of seventeen,
in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, serving three years. He was on the plains fighting the Indians
the most of the time. Was stationed at Fort McPherson for a time, to help build the Fort.
He was as and mustered out in May, 1866, at Leavenworth, Kansas, and disbanded
at Davenport, Iowa and then returned to Davis County and took a two years’ course at
Troy Academy, inth,at County, and was then engaged in teaching a good share of thetime
until he came to Kansas, in 1871,and located in Republic County, on Section 14, Township 4.
Range 3. He has 140 acres under the plow, with the balance used for hay; has two miles of
hedge; put up a house 16x24feet: wing, 14x16 feet: stone stable, 15x23 feet; 1s eugared in stock-
raising, making a specialty of hogs, turning off from 100 to 150 each year. Also ships some
cattleand most of his hogs. He has seventy-three head of cattle, and feeds from forty-five
to seventy-five each year. He has been Township Trustee and Assessor twoterms. He has
taught a number of terms since he came to this State. He has been very successful since
he engaged in the stock business. He started in 1876 or 1877 with seventeen calves. He
was married June 18, 1874, at Troy, Davis County, lowa, to Miss Sarah C. Haine, of that
lace. They have been blessed with two children—Della H., born May 31, 1875; Eber D.,
orn Jan. 19, 1882. Mr. Tittle is a member of the Belleville Lodge No. 96, I. O. O. F.
_ .SAMUEL WHAN, stock-raiser, P. O. Concordia, was born in Mercer County, Il.,
in 1843, where he was raised on the farm, and there received an idea of the stock business, In
1872, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County. He took a homestead on Sec-
tion 27, Township 4, Range 3, situated on West Creek. He also bought the whole of Section
26, Shoes 4, Range 8, peas to coming West, and has added to this until he has 800
acres in one body, one of the best and most extensive farmsin thecounty. He has 180 acres
under the plow, 4°0 acres of pasture, 180 acres of meadow; has 25 acres of timber on the
creek,4¢ miles of hedge, a good orchard of all kinds of fruits, good house, 16x24 feet, with ad-
dition, 14x16 feet. Is extensively engaged in thestock business. Has 90 head of cattle, 200
head of hogs; besides this, buys and Teeds, and also does some shipping, and is the larg-
est raiser and shipper of stock in the township. He also owns the largest farm in one body
in the township; has been very successful since he came here, as he had nothing to do with
outside his land. Heis one of the substantial men of the township, and very popular
among his many acquaintances. For the first four years after settling in this State, he had
to go fifty miles to market. He was married in 1868, in Mercer County, Il., to Miss E. H.
Peterson, of that place. They have five children— Alviso, born 1869; Edith, born 1870;
auice, Dey 1872; William, born 1874, Mr. Whan is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Mercer
ounty, Tl.

ELK CREEK TOWNSHIP,

JOHN MOORE, farmer, P. O. Agenda, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., 1836
remaining there until 1873, except what time he served in the army, from 186i until Feb-
Tuary, 1862. In 1873, migrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a home-
stead on Section 21, ae 4, Range 1. Was forty miles from market, and there were
no improvements in sight, and but few settlers in the township. Has since added 160 acres
on Section 28 to his place. This is well watered by Elk Creek. with five or six acres of
timber, making a very desirable stock farm. Has sixty acres under the plow on the home-
stead, good frame house, good Branary and stables, and a good orchard of 100 apple and
100 peach trees, grapes and small fruits. Has about twenty acres broke in Section 28, and
100 acres fenced for pasture. Has been working into stock, and has twenty-five head of
fine cattle, which he will increase to abouttwice this number. Has made arrangements to
ship some full-blooded Short-horn stock, which he will make a specialty of. Also raises
fen ay to Wed ted eee is en very successful since his settlement in

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tie _Chaties and Sein a Estep, of Virginia. They have two children,

a Na RANDER, farmer and sheep-raiser, P. O. Seapo, was born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., in 1848, where he was raised until twenty-one ear of age. In 1869 migrated to
Wisconsin, locating in Walworth County, remaining there about one year, thence to Kansas,
locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Sections 18 and 19, Township 4,
Range 1; also pre-empted 260 acres on Section 18, Township 4, Range 1; also took timber
foe on Section 24, Township 4, Range 2. Has planted twenty acres of timber on this
claim. When he settled on his place was forty miles from market or mill, and for atime
had all he could do to make more than a living, Dida general line of farming, Broke
100 pores (Uaated an orchard, put out a grove of forest trees, built a good stone house, and
put in other improvements. His place is well watered by Elk Cree » with some timber,
making a fine stock farm, and in 1879 purchased 145 head of sheep, mostly Cotswolds,
an turned his attention to wool-growing. In this he has been quite successful. The increase
ue been thirty-three and one-third per cent per annum; the annuul clip, seven pounds per
ae ae iuceoaied ther pale ac per cme erannum. Has increased his flock to 397

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best citizens in the township, and i highly necpected” ee, es ener
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REPUBLIC

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP.

JOHN GIBBONEY, farmer, P. 0. Cuba, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1843, When
old enough, learned the brick-molder’s trade, working at- this trade summers, and was em-
vleged in a woolen factory as weaver in the winters, following this business until January,
1862, when he was employed in the post-office until February, 1864. Was a member of
Weston Hose Fire Company, of Philadelphia, thirteen years secretary of the same. In
1865 migrated to Iowa, locating in Jones County, where he engaged in farming, ee
there until 1873, when he came to Kansas, locating in Republic County, taking a homestea
on Section 27, Township 8, Range 1. Was among the first settlers, there being no improve-
ments, except once in-a while a small field on thecreeks, Was forty miles from market,
and about the same to mill. ,.Hasa good place, which he has improved with thirty-five
acres of plow land. Has planted 'a good grove of forest trees, me up stone house and stable,
and is raising stock, Has a good place, being watered by Elk Creek, with about forty
acres of timber along the stream for shelter. Mr. Gibboney is avery popular man in his
town, and has held the office of Town Trustee continuously for six terms. Was married in
1872 e Mise Charity Howkett, of Republic County. They have one child. Is a member of
1.0.0. F.
W.dJ. KENNEDY, farmer, P. O. Cuba,was born in Logan County, Ill., in 1845,where he
was raised, and lived there natil 1867. Emigrating from there to Iowa, locating in Wapello
County, where he remained three years, and in October, 1879, emigrated to Kansas, locating
in Republic County, and homesteaded 160 acres on Section 6, Township 3, Range 1 in the
same year. Has since added eighty acres in Section 31, and has 240 acres in one body. This
was the first homestead taken in what is called the divide. Has put in all the improve-
ments, consisting of 170 acres under the plow, eleven acres of forest trees, which he planted
a good orchard of fifty apple, 200 peach trees, besides plums and small fruits, and has good
horses, and is engaged in raising stock. Is dealing in stock and produce.. Has been in this
business since 1881. Has shipped from 150 to 300 head of hogs, besides lee quantities of
batter and eggs. Has been Clerk of the Township four times, and is a thorough farmer
and business man, Was married in February, 1879, at Farmington caunelpe to Miss L.
Sissell. They have two children viz., Leroy, born in 1879, Harry A., born 1881. Is a mem-
ber of the Grange.

FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP.

J. G. ARBUTHNOT, farmer, P. O. Cuba, was born in Allegheny County, Pa., in 1816,
where he was raised, and lived there until 1852. Was engaged in farming, and then move
to Iowa, locating in Tama County, where he engaged in farming, and in 1871 came to Kan-
sas, located in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 83, Township 2, Range 1
and commenced to oe his ee He was elected County Surveyor in 1871, and ele.
the office until,1875. Has since onan more land, and now owns about 900 acres in Farm-
ington Township. Mill Creek runs through his farm, which furnishes plenty of water for
his cattle and stock,and there is about forty acres of timber, which furnishes al] the wood which
hevequires. Has 480 acres fenced; 160 under the plow; good house, and barn with base-
ment of stone, and is exclusively engaged in raising stock. Raises from thirty to forty
head of cattle, and buys and feeds as many more, and has from sixty to eighty head to mar-
ket each year; also has 150 to 175 head of hogs. Mr. Arbuthnot is one of the leading men
in his town, and has always taken an active part in Pe meta he does not aspire to
office. He is a genial, hospitable gentleman, and is highly respected by his many acquaint-
ances. Is a number one farmer, and a good business man. e was married in 1847 in
Pittsburg, Pa., to Miss Mary C. Fogal, of that place. They have eight children,—Samuel,
Lou, Charles, Thomas, Jennie, Juliet, Grant and Sherman. Heisa member of the Belle-
ville Lodge, No. 96, I. 0. 0. F. ;

A. A. BURK, P. O. New Tabor, was born in Walworth County, Wis., in 1845, and was
raised on a farm until 1862, when he enlisted in the Twenty-second Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry, serving in Company € until June 28, 1865. In 1863 was taken prisoner at Brent-
wood Station, Tenn., and was taken to Richmond, Va., and confined in Libby Prison six
weeks, and wae then paroled. After See discharge, he returned to Wisconsin and
engaged in farming until 1871. Then came to Kansas and located in Republic County, tak-
ing a homestead on Section17, Township 2, Range 1, and which he has improved. In 1882
sold his farm in Township 2, Range 1, and bought in Township 2, Range 2, where he now
lives. He has a house and barn, and a splendid creek runs through his place, furnishing
pleaey of running water for his stock. There are about forty acres of timber along the

anks of the creek. Has asmall orchard and plenty of small fruit, He was Justice of the
Peace several terms, and was School Clerk three or four terms. Has been running a thresh-
ing machine for nine years. and has all he can do in this line, having worked up a good
reputation as a worker. He was married in 1866 to Miss Julia O. Baker, of Racine County,
Wis. They have three children,—Mary E., Alfred D., and Nellie. He isa member of the
Masonic order. | :

N. 0. DANNEFER, merchant, Cuba, was born in Denmark, 1847. In 1863 emigrated
to Amierica and located in Vernon County, Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming
until 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas and took a homestead on Section 4, Township 3,
Range 2, which he lived on and improved until 1881: broke seventy acres, planted four acres
of timber, 350 peach trees, with a good grove of plum trees, and some very fine hedge. In
September 1881 went into the mercantile business in Cuba with a general line of mer-
chandise. The store is 18x30 feet, well filled with goods and has worked up a good trade
jn the short time he has been there. Was married in Belleville, Kansas, in 1876, to Miss R.
Jackson. They have two children, viz.: Sarah M., and Grace H. os

JOHN HARRIS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Cuba, was born in Macomb County,
Michigan, in 1885, but was raised in St. Clair County until fourteen years of age. From
there he went to Wisconsin with his parents, locating in Fond Du Lac County, at the end
of two years located in Waupaca County,and remained there about nine or ten years and in
1860 came to Kansas, locating in Woodson County, and remained one-year. From there
came West to Coffey County, remaining about nine months, and in December, 1861, en-
listed in Company C, Second Kansas Cevely, serving until February,. 1863, -After coming
out of the army lived in different portions of the State until March, 1866, made a permanent
settlement in Republic County by ee a homestead on Section 4, Township 3, Range 1.
Was the first settler in the township. His claim is situated on Mill Creek, taking in a por-
tion of the creek, with about forty acresin timber. Has added to the place, and has 490
acres in one farm, has 220 acres under the plow and eighty acres of timber, the balance in
hay and pasture; has 150 rods of hedge, good orchard, fine buildings, and it is one of the
finest places in the township. He isextensively engaged in raising and has a half interest
in 800 head of cattle; about 150 head of hogs, and 700 head of sheep, besides 18 head of
horses. In 1869 he was appo.nted Sheriff of Republic County and was Chairman of the
first Board of County Commissioners, besides Justice of the Peace and other Township
offices. In 1855 he was married in Portage County, Wisconsin, to Miss Swan, of that place.
They have eight children: George A., J oka W., Alvin, Annette, Ida G., Edwin, Ella and
Olive. He isa member of John Brown Post No. 44. G. A. R., and a member of the Repub-
lic County Co-operative Association. Sie 2 wy

. DR. N.STITT, farmer, P. O. Cuba, was born in Vermont in 1831, and was raised there
until ten years of age, when his parents settled in St. Lawrence County, New York. About
1846 he moved into Essex County, where he remained about ten years; at the age of eighteen
went tolive with Dr. Morse, at Jay, Essex County, and took up thestudy of medicine, remain-
ing with him five years, finished his course and commenced practice under the doctor. He then
went to Lewis, where he remained about one year, then he went to West Point on the Lake,
remaining a short time, then moved to DeKalb County, Illinois, where he remained about
twelve years engaged in the practice of medicine the most of the time, then went to Tama
County, Iowa, remaining about one year, from there went to Carroll County, and in the fall
of 1870 moved to Kansas, locating on his present place on Section 21, Farmington Town-
ship, which he homesteaded; has eighty acres under the plow, and one and one half miles of
hedge, and a fine prove of three acres, a good orchard of 90 apple and 150 peach trees, besides
emall fruits; ood Hone 12x16 feet and 16x20 feet with the basement. ises some stock,
and. has one of the finest stock horses in the county, Norman imported from France in 1881,
valued at $1,000, Markets from $150 to $250 worth of hogseach year. He has put in all these
improvements besides attending to his practice since he has been in the State. He was mar-
ried in 1852, at Jay, Essex County, New York. to Miss Hellen Smith. They have seven chil-
dren: Marion, Edley, Ida, Walter, Lydia, Wallace and Orvin. | ‘ |

H.O. STUDLEY, farmer and teacher, P. O. Cuba, was born in Branch County, race
in 1844; was raised on a’farm, and after he became of age was engaged in forining an
teaching. In 1870, emigrated to Kansas and located in Republic County and took a home-
stead on Section 31, Farmington Township, and began improving it summers and teaching

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winters. In 1877 sold this place and now owns a farm on Section 29, and is engaged in raising
stock; has some cattle,‘four horses and forty-five head of hogs, and will still continue
teaching winters and farming summers; has taught ‘fourteen terms since he came to the
State and was one of the first Schoo] Examiners in the county and one of the first teachers;
and has been Township Clerk several terms. In 1863, entered the Union army, serving in
the Fifth Michigan Cavalry; was discharged in July, 1865, at the close of the war. as
married in 1876 in Farmington, Kan., to Miss Ella Ingham. They have been blessed
ey hee cudnt, viz: Allie and Goldie. Is Secretary of Republic Courty Co-opera-
ive Association.

_C. W. WAGENER, farmer, P. O. Cuba, was born June 25, 1858, in Scott County, Ti.
nois, and came to Kansas in 1870 with his mother, Mrs. M. Wagener, who took a homestead
on Section 30, Township 1, Range 2. She has her two sons, two daughters, and her son
Charles, twelve years of age. They have improved the place by breaking sixty-five acres,
planted about eight acres of timber and a good orchard, fifty apple trees, thirty-five cherry
and peach trees, and small fruit, and havea good house and some fine stock, consisting of
about twelve head of cattle, thirty-five hogs and horses enough to carry on the farm, havin,
since added forty acres on Section 29, using most of it for pasture. There are two goo
springs, and twehty-five acres under the plow. They have done well since they came under
the management of Mrs. Wagener. She was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1819. Her
maiden name was Williams. In 1829 she went to Scott County, Illinois, and in 1840 was
married tod. W. Wagener, of that county, from there went to Towa, remaining there three
years, then returned to Scott County, Illinois, and in August, 1862, Mr. Wagener enlisted in
the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ilinois Infantry, Company F, and was taken prisoner
and from the treatment he received while in prison his health was shattered and in 1865 he
died in the hospital of the Benton Barracks, St. Louis. They had ten children, of whom
five are ae viz.: E. W.,O.M,, Sarah E., Charles and Cinthia. .

W. H. WOODHOUSE, farmer, P. O. New Tabor, was born in Knox County, Indiana,
in 1838, but was raised in Grant County, Wis. In August, 1862, enlisted in the Twenty-
fifth Wisconsin Infantry, serving until June 25, 1865. In 1870 came to Kansas in com-
pany with his brother-in-law, J. Hoosier, and they were among the first in the town-
ship. Mr. Woodhouse took a homestead on Section 26, northeast quarter Township 2,
Range 2, and has 100 acres under the plow, eight or ten acres of timber and the balance
in hay land and pasture, and has a small orchard and a variety of small fruits, raises
from thirty-five to forty head of hogs to market each year, besides some cattle. Was married
in 1865 at Fairplay, Grant Co., Wis., to Miss Rocena Sleinbrook. They have five children,
Flora, Allen, Dora, May, and Frederick. Is a member of the G. A. R., and of Belleville
Lodge No. 129, A., F. & A. M., was one of the first constables in that town, holding the
office two terms. :

ALBION TOWNSHIP.

. ‘S. M. EDWARDS, farmer, P. 0. Hubbell, Neb., was born in Macoupin ene Nllinois,
in 1847. In 1865 his parents moved to Sangamon County, remaining there until he was
twenty-one or twenty-two years of age, then located in Moultrie County, where he engaged
in raising; dealing and shipping stock, remained there until 1875, when he closed out his
business, and then emigrated to Kansas and located in Republic County and bought.a farm
of 160 acres on Section 18, Township 1, Range 1, which he began to improve with a view of
making it a stock farm; has 12v acres under the plow and planted two acres of timber, 290
apple trees, 100 peach trees, besides a variety of cherries, plums, pears and grapes and
small fruits. He has thirty-seven acres fenced for pasture, good house 16x24 feet, granary
12x24 feet, and other necessary improvements, and is raising stock and has from forty to fifty
head of hogs. willmake hog-raising a specialty. He has direct from imported stock imported
some full Poland blood hogs, also buys and feeds and ships a great many hogs and cattle each
In 1881 he was elected County Commissioner for a term of three years. He has been
Town Clerk one term and Town Clerk and Township Collector one term in Illinois, and often
refusing the nomination of other ee of honor and trust within the gift of the eople,
also refusing the nomination for Representative of 79th District to the Legislature of Kansas
in.1880. Heis one of the leading men in his town. He has made an extensive acquaint-
ance and a good many friends in the short time he has been in the county and is known as a
thorough business man and a good officer. He was married in 1372 at Waverly, Sangamon
County, Ill., to Miss Elizabeth C. Adams. They have five children: Sarah M., Emma G.,
Della A., Guthrie O., and Frank W. He isa member of Ida Lodge No. 147,I. O. O. F.,
member of the Grand Looks of Kansas, of the Grange and of the Republic Co-operative
Association, and of the O. U. A., the Anti-Horse Thief Association and the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. 5
DANIEL H. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O: Hubbell, Neb., was born in Kendall County,
Illinois, in 1839, where he was raised, living there until twenty-four years of age, thence to
Knox County, where he remained six years. In the spring of 1870 emigrated to Kansas,
peng in Republic County, and was among the first settlers in Albion Township, and home-
steaded the northeast quarter of Section 17 and began improving his place, now has 140 acres
under the plow and twenty acres of hay land, has planted seven acres of timber, sixty-five
apple trees, forty rae trees, cherries, plums, and a variety of small fruits, a fine fot of
eps and many Russian. mulberries; has a fair house, good stone sheep barn 18x48 feet.
8 engaged in sheep rani started this branch of his pe in 1879, starting with 200, and: °
has been very successful, has sold $1,270 worth of sheep and wool and has 500 sheep, the
annual clip has been 6% pounds per head, and finds after paying all costs of feed, care of
sheep, and taxes, that he hasa net gain of 160 per cent perannum on the investment. Also
raises a few cattle, colts and here for market each year, and for a number of years was
extensively engaged in raising hogs, but will turn his attention to wool growing hereafter.
Has leased 320 acres adsoinine his place for his sheep to graze upon. Was married in Knox
County, Illinois, in 1863, to Miss Julia Jones, daughter of Conoley Jones, one of the pioneers
of Knox County. Their children are, Lester, Leon and Mary S.; the last-named, born in the
spring of 1870, was the first white girl born in Albion Township. Mr. Johnson and family are
members of the Seventh Day Adventists. :
C. B. MOSSER, M. D., P. O. Hubbell, Nebraska, was born in St. Joseph County, Michi-
gan, in 1848, and was raised on a farm, living there until twenty-eight years of age, when he
ook up the study of medicine. In 1872, emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County,
and took a homestead in Albion Township, on Section 12; finished his medical course soon
c t At the same time he began improving his
ae broke ninety acres, built a house 14x24 feet, a barn 20x40 feet, with stone basement
‘ull size for stable, planted ten acres of timber and lived on the place for ten years. Was en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising. In the fall of 1881 he crit out and bought 240 acres on
ections 2 and 3, same township, and is preparing this place for a stock farm. He has fifty-
five acres under the plow, about one acre of forest trees, a small orchard of apple trees and
other fruits. Has 200 medium merino sheep, and will increase this number in a short time;
he has found sheep-raising a good investment, having netted him 100 per cent per annum.
He will turn what time he has outside of his practice to stock-raising; is the only physician
in this part of the county and has a good practice. He was married in 1869 at Bristol, Iowa,
to Miss G. A. Bowens, of that place. They have five children—Bonnthie, Jennie, Mary,
Gertrude and Lillie. Is a member of the Baptist Church. He was elected Treasurer of
Albion Township in 1881.
_ , JACOB S. SHOLL, farmer, P. O. Hubbell, Nebraska, was born in Fayette County, Pa.
in 1826. When about four years of age, his ps moved to Ohio, where he remained.
twenty-two'years. While in Ohio he went to Malvern and learned the wagon-makers’ trade,
and followed this business until 1851; then emigrated to Indiana, locating in La Porte
County, and was employedin the reaper works of J. J. Mann, remaining there six years,
then engaged in farming. In 1865, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-first Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, serving seven months. In 1874, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in
Republic County, and filed on the northwest quarter of Section 10, Township 1, Range 1,
and settled on this place in August, 1876. He, homesteaded this place, and has broken 100
acres, planted 5 acres of timber. 25 apple, 175 peach trees, besides small fruits. He has put
up a good frame house 18x24 feet, tenement house 18x23 feet, granary 8x16 feet, planted
nearly one mile of hedge and is raising stock, raising from 25 to 50 head of hogs annually,
besides other stock. He was married in 1852 in La Porte County, Indiana, to ‘Nise Betsey,
daughter of J. J. Mann, of that place. They have seven children—Lorenzo, Colista, Clara,
William F., Mary, Sarah and Lincoln.

ROSE CREEK TOWNSHIP.

v. L, ADAMS, farmer, P.O. Ida, was born in Erie County, Pa., in 1849. He was rai
there and lived in that county, working on his father’s forcast he came to ees
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1871. He located in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 22, Township 1,
Range 2 He has eighty acres under the plow, and eighty acres in pasture; has about two acres
in forest trees, 200 apple trees, also some peach trees and other fruits; 120 rods of hedge, a
good house 24x16 feet, with an addition 16 x 18feet. He has a stable andis working into
the stock business. He has a small stock of cattle and twenty-six head of hogs, and is doing
well. He was married in 1877 to Miss Dooley, of Rose Creek Township. They have one
daughter—Clara E., born in 1880. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. _

. R. BISE, farmer, P. O. 1da, was born in Greene County, Tenn., in 1837. In 1841, his
parents emigrated to Missouri, and lived in Osage, Cole and Crawford counties, until 1849,
when they moved to Iowa, locating in Lee County, remaining there until 1851, when he emi-
pe to Clark County, Missouri, remaining there until 1861; then enlisted in the Illinois

Peacoat three years. He was promoted to Fourth Sergeant.then Orderly, then-was
transferred to the Sixth Independent Light Artillery of Chicago, and was promoted, receiv-
ing a Second-Lieutenant’s commission, He was mustered out at Chicago in August, 1864.
After coming out of the army, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Atchison County, and
engaged in farming, remaining there until 1469; then to Republic County, and took a home-
stead on Section 8,Township 1, Ratige 2, a tributary of Rose Creek running through the place.
He broke 90 acres, planted 4 acres of forest, 500 peach, 50 apple, 100 cherry and plum trees,
besides small fruit, and put in good buildings. two good wells, and remained there nine
years; then sold out and bought a farm on Section 25, Township 1, Range 2, He has 66
acres under the plow, a forest of 3 acres, 700 fruit trees of different varieties, good frame
house 14x22 feet, with an “ell twenty feet square, and a cellar full size of main build-
ing; barn Jarge enough for four horses, 1,100 bushels of corn, 3 tons of hay, 14 acres fenced
for pasture, with hedges and cross hedges. He is raising from twenty-five to thirty hogs to
dispose of each year, besides some blooded horses. He has three fine colts—Norman
Blackhawk, and two others. He has been Justice of the Peace one term, Township Treas-
urer one term, besides holding several school offices nearly all the time he has been in the
county. He is avery popularman, and is usually chosen as the eee to the County Con-
vention of his township. He was married in 1859 at Williamstown, Missouri, to Miss 8. E.
Williams, They have seven children Living—W. M., A. M., N. A., O. M., Bertha C.,
Daisy F., and Thomas. ;

W. F. BOBENHOUSE, farmer, P. O. Ida, was born in Prussia, in 1845. In 1858 he emi-
grated to America, locating in Indiana, where he remained two and one-half years; then em-
igrated to Iowa, locating in Wayne County; and when of age learned the carpenters’ trade,
and followed this business until 1870; and then came to Kansas and took a homestead on

Section 25, Township 1, Range 2. His mother came with him and took a homestead on the
same section, and they have 320 acres in one farm. He was among the first settlers on the
prairie. He has 130 acres under the plow, eighty acres of pasture, and the balance in hay

and. He has about three acres of timber, planted about 100 apple trees, 20 cherry, and
some peaches and small fruits. He is also raising stock, has twenty-six head of cattle, five
horses, 115 head of hogs, and usually has 100 to sell each year. He has a fine house, 14x26
feet, a story and a half, with an addition 14x16 feet, barn 36x40 feet, and everything con-
venient around the place. When he first came here he worked at his trade to help make a
living while getting his place improved, and has followed carpentering and building consid-
erable until 1881. He put up a great_ many buildings in Ida, among which is the school-
house. _ He was married in 1871 in Wayne County, Iowa, to Miss L. A. Allen. They have

four children, Alice, Maggie, Sadie and Edith. He is a member of the Masonic order, I. O.
O. F., Ida Lodge, No. 147. r

E. D. BUGBEE, farmer, P. O. Chester, Neb., wds born in Ashtabula County, Ohio,

in 1848, and was raised there until twelve years of age. In 1855 went to !Jlinois, locat-
ing in Warren County, where he remained until 1862; then enlisted in the One Hun-
dred and Second Illinois Infantry, serving nearly three years. In 1863 was wounded at
the battle of Reseca, Georgia. Was mustered out at Washington in May, 1865. After
returning from the army settled in Boono County, Iowa, where he remained until he
emigrated to Kansas in 1871. Located in ae County, and took a homestéad in
Liberty Township. He was among the early settlers there, and helpéd staan ae the town-
ship, and was the first Constable elected in the township, and held the office six

years. He improved his place, broke 110 acres, put up a house and stable, dug a well,
planted 10,000 forest trees, and a small orchard. In 1878 sold out and bought a farm on Sec-
tion 19, Township 1, Range 2, and has 100 acres under the plow. He a up @ good house,
14x 22 feet, with wing 12x 16 feet, porch on each side. He has planted five acres of fruit
trees, fenced twenty-five acres for pasture, and has thirty acres of meadow. Rose Creek
runs through his place, which makes wood and water in abundance, and a good place to
raise stock. He will raise from five to ten cows each year, and turn off from fifty to sixty
head of hogs. He was married in 1862 to Miss Sarah Frentz, of Warren County, Illinois,

They have three children, W. A., Frank E., and Jessie Mabelle. He is a member of John

Brown Post No. 44, G. A. R., Belleville Lodge No. 127, A., F, & A. M., and of the Anti-

Horse Thief Association.

T. CARPENTER, farmer, P. 0. Chester, Neb., was born in Lancaster County, Ohio, in
1849. In 1854 or 1855 emigrated to Iowa, locating at Cedar Rapids, where he attended school
until 1868, when he was employed as a clerk in a hotel two years; and in 1870 emigrated to
Kansas, and took a homestead on Section 19, northeast quarter, Township 1, Range 2. He was
among the first settlers in the township; has 100 acres under the plow, sixty acres of pas-
ture, a hog pasture of about seven acres, Rose Creek runs through the place, with twenty-
five or thirty acres of timber along the stream. He has a good house, stone barn, 18x35

. feet with basement under the whole. He has fifty head of cattle, seventy-five hogs, 11 head
of horses; and has done well since he came here. In 1878 he was married to Miss Gaskell,

of Rose Creek. They have four children—Bert E., Zula May, Zella M and Henry C.

J. E. C:)OPER, farmer, P. O. Ida, was born in Heury County, Indiana, in 1838, where
was raised, and lived there until he came to Kansas. In 1864 he enlisted in the One
Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, serving about seven or eight months, and
was on detached service in the Commissary department. In 1870 he located in Republic
County, Kaneas, and took ahomestead on Sections 20, 29 and 30; 160 acres. This place he
improved by breaking seventy acres, planting one acre of forest trees around his house,
seventy-five apple trees, twenty-ftve cherry trees besides grapes and other small fruit. Rose
Creek flows through the place, and there is about fifteen acres of timber along the stream.
He has a good stone house, and is raising stock, and markets about sixty to 100 hogs cach
year, and has three head of horses. He was among the first settlers in Rose Creek Town-
ship, and was the firet Trustee elected in the township, and held the office five years, and
took the census for 1880 in the township. He was married in 1861 in Henry County, Indiana,
to Miss S. E. Julien of that place. They have one daughter, Lulu May, born in 1863. He is
a member of the Republic County Co-operative Association.

* G. W. DIXON, farmer, P. O. Ida, was born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1831, and was
raised there until twenty-two years of age, and emigrated from there to Knox County, Illi-
nois, and engaged in farming remaining there about seventcen yeurs. In 1870 he
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Scc-
tion 27, Township 1, Range 2, and was the first settler on the prairie in this part
of the township. He had to. draw his provisions and feed from Marysville and Water-
ville, sixty miles, and a part of the time had to go to Brownville, a distance of 130
_miles for corn. He has sixty-five acres under the plow, the balance is ae land, He
has planted 4,000 forest trees, a good ‘orchard of apple, peach and other small fruits and
grapes. He has put up a good frame house and barn, and is raising stock. He has six head
of cattle,and is raising from twenty to twenty-five hogs to market each year; and has one of
the most desirable farms in the township, He was married April 7, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth
A. Miller, of Preble County, Ohio; she was born in that county in 18384. They have two
children—Cora A. and Nellie. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon and Cora are members of the Christian
Church. i

HENRY C. FULLER, farmer, P, O. Ida, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, 1838.
Soon after his parents moved into Illinois, locating at Peoria, where he was raised, and lived
there until 1870. He was brought up on a farm, and in 1861 enlisted in the Eleventh Illinois
Cavalry, under Colonel Indgersoll, and served with the regiment four years, and was mus-
tered out at Washington September 20, 1865. He was wounded at Egypt Station, Missis-
sippi, in 1864, and was captured at Scott's Hill, Tennessee, 1863, but was paroled soon after.
In 1870 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and in May took a homestead on
the northwest quarter of Section 33—160 acres. There were no improvements on the
prairie at that time, and onlya few settlers on the creeks. He began at once to improve
the place, and now has eighty-five acres under the plow, twenty acres fenced for pasture,

fifty-five acres of meadow, planted five acres of forest trees, and has 260 apple, fifty peach
and 100 cherry trees, some good grape vines, three-quarters of a mile of hedge, a good
stone house; and is raising a good many hogs, and has from thirty to thirty-five to market

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

each year. Mr. Fuller has been one of the hardest working men in the township, and isa
thorough-going business man, and very Popular in his township, being social and well posted
in the topics of the day. He was married in 1871 in Rose Creek Township to Miss E. Sellers,
They have three living children—Nancy M., W. W. and A. A. He is a member of Belleville
Lodge No, 127, A., F. & A. M. ; z
OHN S. GLEASON, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O. Ida, was born in Hancock County,
Iinois, in 1839, and lived there until August 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-
eighth llinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until June, 1865. He was in the Western De-
partment, and was in twelve pitched battles and many skirmishes. He was at the siege of
Vicksburg and Spanish Fort. He was mustered out at Mobile. After coming out of the
army he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Lucas County, and engaged in farming. In 1870 he
came to Kansas, locating in epooue County, and tooka homestead on Section 1, Town-
ship 2, Range 2, and commenced to improve the place. He was among the early settlers in
the township, and one of the first to engage in the stock business. He broke fifty-five acres,
putupa good house and barn, planted a large a of forest trees, a good orchard, and
made sundry other improvements; and remained on this place until the fall of 1881, when
he sold out and bought the northwest quarter of Section 26, Township 1, Range 2,
He has ninety acres under the plow, a good house and barn, an orchard of fifty peach, 400
apple trees and smal. fruits, a fine grove of forest trees, and it is one of the best farms in
ose Creek Township. He is extensively sumned in raising stock, and has sixty head of
cattle, fifty head of hogs, and makes a specialty of stock In 1866 he was married to Miss
Nancy C. Leeper, of Newbern, Iowa. They have eight pin ren Geore N.. Mahala J.,
Mary E., Landy T., Charles N., Calvin, Joseph A., and Harriet E. Mr. Gleason is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. | ae
G. W. HUTCHISON, farmer, P. O. Ida, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1823, liv-
ing there until 1838, when he emigrated to Illinois, locating in Clark County, remaining
there two years, thence to Richland County, remaining there abouteight years. -After leav-
ing Richland County, Ilinois, he emigrated to Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, where
he studied surveying; here he remained eight years, then emigrated to Mahaska County,
Towa; he then practiced surveying in connection with his other business until 1874, when he
came to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 24, south-
west quarter Township 1, Range 2, of 160 acres. He has about eighty acres under the plow,
and the balance in hay Jand; has two acres of timber of various kinds, about 200 peach
trees, fifteen apple trees, and pears and other small fruits. He has a good frame house and
barn, and is engaged in raising stock; also does some work at his trade each year. He was
married in 1853 at Indianapolis, Iowa, to Miss Owen. They have six children—Jennie,

JOHN M. JONES, farmer, P. O. Ida, was born in Mercer County, Ill., in 1847, and was
aised there on a farm, living on the same place until 1871, when he came to Kansas and
took a pre-emption on Section 21, Liberty Township, Republic County. In the fall of 1872
he was united in marriage with Orpha, daughter of N. W. Wells, of Rose Creek Township.
They moved on to a homestead taken by his wife, adjoining her father’s place, on Section
29, and as they could not both hold a place after marriage, he sold his pre-emption, and
began improving the place taken by his wife. They have 150 acres broken. 30 acres of
pasture, has planted two acres of forest trees, two acres of apple trees. and the same number
of peach trees; besides small fruits, plums, cherries, grapes, etc. He has 680 rods of hedge,
has four good wells, two pood frame houses, a stable and granary, and is raising stock; has
about thirty-three head of cattle, and has one full-blood Short-horn, which he imported from
Missouri; and is grading his stock. He has fifty head of hogs, eleven head of horses; has a
fine Norman, valued at $400; besides, usually buys and feeds a-car of cattles to ship each
year. Is one of the most enterprising men in the town, and is erg epee _Mrs, Jones is
also a.good manager, and assists a great deal in helping to get ahead, by her judicious man-
agement in the house. She was born in Dane County, Wis., in 1850, and came from Wis-
consin with her father in 1871, riding a horse all the way, and driving a herd of cattle.

MATTISON BROS, merchants, Ida. James Mattison was born in Schuylkill
County, Pa., 1847, learned the shoemakers’ trade, and remained there until 1868, when he
emigrated to Iowa, locating in Marion County, and opened a boot and shoe shop, remaining
there until 1874, then emigrated to Kansas. locating at Ida, and went into the mercantile
business with H. C. Roise; at the end of eighteen months bought out Mr. Roise, and his
brother John went in company with him, remaining this way until 1882, when a half
brother, Aleck Unitt went into business with them. They are having a Free trade, it
having. grown from $4,000 to $15,000. They have the only store of the kind in the place;
and they have given good satisfaction. They also own a farm of 102 acres, in Section
26, with eighty-five acres under the plow, and are raising some stock. James was appointed
postmaster in the year 1879 at Ida; was married in 1870, in Iowa, to Miss Margaret A. Roise.
They have six children—Mary, Kate, Roy, Frederick, Grace and Rebecca. He is a member
of Ida Lodge, No. 147, I. O. O. F.; has been Justice of the Peace one term. <

JOHN MATTISON was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., remaining there until 1876.
Went to Kansas and went into business with his brother James. Was married in Pennayl-
vania, to Miss Henrietta Roise, in 1872. They have one child—Laura. Is a member of Ida
Lodge, No. 147, 1.0.0. F. Aleck Unitt was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., in 1860. Came
to Kansas in 1882, and went into business with his brothers John and James.

HON. WM. M. MOORE, farmer and _stock-raiser. P. O. Ida, was born in Yorkshire,
England, August 8, 1842. At the age ef six years, his parents moved to America, and
settled in Milwaukee County, Wis., where he was raised, and lived there until 1871, when
he moved to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and settled on a homesterd on Sections
30 and 31, Township 1, Range 2. Lived on this place six years; engaged in sheep-raising;
and sold out in 1878; bought a farm on Sections 29 and 82, and put on a flock of 300 sheep
of medium grade merino. The average clip has been six and one-half pounds, and the
investment has paid 50 a cent. Has fifty acres under the plow, the balance. 270, he uses for
a ranch for his sheep. Has three fine springs, furnishing plenty of pure, fresh water; has
about one acre of timber, and _a good orchard of twenty-five peach trees, 200 apple trecs
and twenty-five cherry trecs. In 1878, was elected as a Representative from his district to
the Legislature, and has held the office of Township Clerk two years. He is a strong
advocate of the tempcrance cause, and has devoted a great deal of his time to the tem-
perance work, He was married February 24, 1869 to Miss Sarah M. Persons, of Wisconsin.
They have four children—Wiliam H., Sarah M., Charley P. and Emma M. He is a member
of the Republic County Co-operative Association.

_ JOHN MOSSHART, farmer, P. O. Chester, Neb., was born in Tuscarawas County,
Ohio, in 1842, and was raised there until 1861, when he enlisted in the Eightieth Ohio Volun-
teer infantry, serving until June, 1865. After coming out of the army, he emigrated to Iowa,
locating in Benton County, where he was farming the most of the time. In 1870 he came
to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 30, toweetp 1,
Range 2, of 160 acres. There were no improvements on the prairie at that time, and but
few settlers in the county. Has 120 acres under the plow, forty-five acres fenced for
pasture, and about five acres of forest trees planted. Has a fine peach orchard of 250 trees.

25 snpe trees, thirty plum trees and seventy-five grape vines, besides a large amount of
blackberries and raspberries, Has since added forty acres, which takes in Rose Creek,
making a fine pasture, as there is Blonty of water and fifteen acres of timber. 4e is raising
considerable stock; has forty-two head of cattle, 140 hogs, and usually buys aad feeds a car
of stock every wintcr. Has done well. He came here without anything, and had to go
sixty-five miles to market, and has met with many draw-backs, but has mastered them all.
and is as thrifty a farmer as there is in the township. Has a good house and stable, and a

leasant home. Was married in 1869 in Benton County, Iowa, to Miss Elizabeth Blotter.

hey have four children—Olive May, Edward C , Alice Maud, and Charles J. Is a member
of the Anti-Horse Thief Association.

C. A. NORTHROP. farmer, P. O. Chester, Neb., was born in Warren County, Pa., in
1839, and was raised in the vicinity until 1861, when he enlisted in the Ninth New York
Cavalry, serving seven months, and was discharged on account of disability. After regain-
ing his health he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Infantry,
serving nine months, then re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Tatsnley, serving
until the close of the war. _After the war he moved to Tama County, Iowa, remaining six
years. In 1871 he located in Republic County, Kan., took a homestead on Sections 18 and
19, Township 2, Range 1, and has lived there continuously since. Rose Creek rans through
the place, furnishing plenty of water; and he has about thirty acres of timber, of which
there is a large per cent of oak, besides ash, walnut, etc.. There is one very fine place in
this timber where pic-nics and celebrations have been held since the town was settled. He
has added eighty acres, making 240 acres in all. Has 130 acres under the plow, thirty-five acres
of meadow; and has planted 300 apple trees, 100 cherry trees and twenty-five peach trees,
and has some small fruits. He hasa good brick house, 23x29 feet—the first put up in the

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town. ' Is raising a good many horses, has sixteen head, and fifty head of hogs; and ig one
of the most successful farmers in the township. Has been iactiee of the Peace, oA has
held other town offices,and isone of the Trustees in the Republic County Co-operative Associ-
ation. He wae married in 1865, in Erie Count , Pa., to Miss Lucina C. Putnam, a
ce = eee Z ae ee Mtge ising children—Hattie, Joseph and Albert.

e oldest son, Willie, died in aged ei, ears. Mr. Northrop i i
AntiHorse Thiet Association, » Ag ight y Northrop is president of the

a De W. » farmer, P. O, Hubbell, Neb., was born in Livingston County, N. ¥:.
in 1843, remaining there until 1861, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fourth New
York Infantry, serving two years as Sergeant of Company B. He was taken prisoner at the
second battle of Bull Run, August 30), 1862, and was taken to-Point Rock, Maryland, and from
there to Cumberland, and then paroled. After coming out of the army, settled near Colum-
bus, Ohio, and engaged in farming. _1n 1869 he emigrated to Kansas and located in Republic
County. Was about the first settler in the township. Tooka homestead on Section 11, ‘kown-
ship 1, Range 2; has since added 150 acres of Section 10, making a farm of 310 acres, which
is well-watered by Rose Creek and four fine springs. He has about thirty acres of timber,
as fine as any in the county; has a good lot of blac walnut, black and burr oak, ash, elm,
hackberry, and a half acre of black mulberry; has sixty-six acres of pasture, the balance is
hay land. He has one-half mile of hedge, a good orchard, consisting of 100 apple trees,
twenty-five peach trees, plums, cherries and all kinds of smal! fruits and a few grapes; has a
good stone house 16x20 feet, two stories high, and a good granary, 16x20 feet, with a stone

asement full sized for a stable; raises considerable stock, and markets from seventy-five
to 100 head of hogs annually; has some choice land which has produced ninety bushels of
corn to the acre and thirty bushels of wheat to the acre. He has been appointed Town Treas-
urer one term, and has been Clerk of the school district ten years. When he first settled
here he had to go fifty miles to market, and until 1880 had to go thirty miles to a railroad.
Now he is about two and one-half miles from a station. “He was married in 1865 at
Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Ruth A: Godown, of Franklin County, Ohio. They have three living
children—Ethel, May, born in Rose Creek, Kan., May 2, 1870, the first white child born in
the township, and Eldine. Mr Powell is a member of Ida Lodge, No. 147, 1. 0. O..F,
United with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1864. There were but sixty acrés of break
ing done in the township in the spring of 1870, and but thirteen persons in the township,
and only seventeen voters in the fall election of 1870.

A. STEENBLOCK, farmer, P. O. Ida, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1832; at the
age of nineteen years he emigrated to America, locating at Freeport, Ill., where he remained
three years engaged in farming; thence to Hardin County, Iowa, and he remained there
until 1860, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in what was known as Breckenridge
District, remaining one year, when he returned to Iowa, remaining there until 1870; he
then returned to Kansas, locating in Republic County and took a homestead on Section 28,
Township 1, Range 2, where he now lives. He has 110 acres under plow, thirty acres
fenced for pasture; the balance is hay land; he has ,two acres of forest trees and has an
orchard; has a fine house 22x24 feet, story and-a-half, and the place is well watered by
a tributary of Rose Creek. He has twelve head of cattle, thirty-two head of hogs and fifteen
head of horses, and has made about all he has since he came here. There were no im-
provements on the prairies when he settledjhere and was at the first election held in the
township. He has been Justice of the Peace two terms and was highly respected by all. He
was married in 1858 in Hardin County, Iowa, to Miss T. Bowman; they have ten children—
Annie, born in Kansas in 1860; Ellen, Wirtje, William, Hannah, Martha, Bessie and. Sina;
two have died. Mr. Steenblock isa member of Belleville Lodge, No. 129, A., F. & A. M.,
Ida Lodge No. 147, I. 0. O. F.

__5. F. VINTON, real estate spent, was born in Chenango County, N. Y., in 1833; was
raised there until twenty years of age and learned the carpenters’ trade; then emigrated to
Illinois, erat there until 1857, and was engaged in teaching. From there he went
to Missouri and located in Chillicothe, remaining three years, working at his trade;
then took a trip to’ the Rocky Mountains and Colorado, remainining two years; part of
the time was engaged in running a hotel; afterward returned to Illinois, locating in White-
side County and in the early part of 1865 he enlisted in the Sixty-fifth Illinois Ingeninys
was mustered out the following September; he then returned to Whiteside County, Il.,
where he remained until 1870; then emigrated to Iowa, locating at Preston, Jackson Co.,
and went into the mercantile business; he then put up a cheese factory which he carried on
about two years; in 1878 located in Republic County, Kan., and began contracting and buildin
at Ida, doing considerable work in Ida and vicinity; in 1880 began handling real estate an
purchased a number of town lots and put up a fine residence for himself, the best in the
place. Was also elected Justice of the Peace and re-elected in 1882. | Was married in 1857,
at Whiteside County, Ill., to Miss M. E. Nichols; they have one child—Ida M. Isa mem-
ber of Ida Lodge No. 147, I. 0. O. F,, and the A. O. U. W. of Iowa.

_ | LEANDER WELLS, farmer, P. O. Ida, was born in Wyoming County, N. Y., in 1840,
living there until about 1848; thence to Crawford County, Pa, where he remained until 1860;
worked in the cabinet and rope factory for his father a good share of the time; from there
emigrated to Grant County, Wis., and in 1862 enlisted in the Twenty-third Wisconsin Vol-
unteer Infantry, serving three years; in November, 1863, was taken prisoner at Carencro
Bayou, La, and was taken to Alexandria, where he was kept about ten months; after

-coming out of the army went to Pennsylvania, remaining there two years, going from there
to Iowa, where he remained until he came to Kansas in June, 1870; located in Rose Creek
Township and took a homestead, northeast quarter of Section 33; now owns 288 acres in

~ one farm, with ninety-five acres under the plow, thirty-five acres of pasture, the balance

being hay land; has five acres of timber which he planted and one mile of hedge, good
orchard—seventy-five apple, 100 peach, eighty-five cherry trees and a variety of small fruits;
has a good house, a large granary 18x30 feet with stone basement large enough for four
teams, new barn 38x44 feet with basement under part of it; has three good wells and a
windmill pumping water. Is raising stock and has from fifty-five to sixty head of hogs; is
one of the best famers in the township and hasachoicefarm. Was married in 1875 in Rose
Creek Township to Miss Almira Garner. Is a member of the Grange.

N. W. WELLS, farmer, P.O. Ida, was born in Windham County, Vt., 1827, and was
raised in Genesee County, N. Y.; until eighteen years of age he was brought up in a hotel,
going from there to Illinois, locating in Kane County, remaining two years and then to Col-

- umbia County, Wis. where he engaged in farming and from there to Crawford County; January
1, 1864, enlisted in the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry, serving nineteen months and was mustered
out in July, 1865; he was wounded in a charge during the battle of the Wilderness in 1866.
After receiving his discharge he returned to Crawford County, and engaged in farming, but
concluded hecould do better West and moved to Kansas in the spring of 1871, locating in Re-
publicCounty and took a homestead on Section 29, Township 1, Range 2. He had a little
money when he came out which heinvested ing stone house 22x% feet, the best in thetown;
his wife was in poor heaith and he was afraid to live in a Kansas dugout; so he spent all his
money in building and at the end of six months he had not enough money to pay the post-
age on a letter; this continued for seven months. He began to improve his place and in
four years he had 150 acres under the plow, five acres of trees planted—250 apple trees, 100
peach and a variety of small fruit, cherries, plums, etc.;-has @ granary 18x28 feet with a
stone basement large enough to hold eight head of horses, and is iil money; during the
second year and just before harvest he went to Belleville to see if he could get some groceries
on thirty days’ time and offered security on his cattle or crops and he could not get them; this
so discouraged him that he went home and sat down and shed tears, but soon after went to
Fairbury, Neb., and was able to get all he required. Since this he has made money very
fast and now is independent, being one of the best farmers in the township, having a farm
well improved and a new house costing about $1,800. Is engaged in raising stock and hogs;
raises about 100 hogs annually and is breeding some very fine horses; sold one in the fall of
1880 for $400 and has some colts which will command a high price. He was married in 1847
to Miss Elizabeth Maynard of Columbia County, Wis. _ They have six children, viz:
Orpha C., Oscar H., Annie, Hattie, George and Fred. He is a member of the John Brown
Post No 44, of Belleville. ‘ F wnat

J.G. WHITELOCK, farmer, P. O. Chester, Neb., was born in Henry County, Ind., in
1833; was raised there, learning the carpenters’ trade and revhained there until 1859; emi-
grating from there te Nebraska, he settled in Plattsmouth when there were but three busi-
hess houses in the place and began contracting and pane following this business until
the war broke out in 1861, when he enlisted in the First Nebraska Regiment as First Ser-
geant Company A, first company raised in the State; at the end of the first year was pro-
moted, receiving a Second Lieutenant’s commission and served as such four years, serving
in all five years. After coming out of the army he returned to Plattsmouth and was em-
Ployed as a salesman in a store for two years; he then located at Ashland, Neb., and en-
gaged in contracting and building, remaining there until 1876, when he sold out and emi-

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grated to Kansas, locating in Republic County and, purchased a farm of 242 acres on
Section 30 Rose Creek Township. He has 168 acres under the low; the balance is
meadow. He has three acres of timber, a good orchard, seventy peach trees, seventy apple
trees, cherries and small fruits of aj] kin 8, and is extensively engaged in raising hogs,
marketing from sixty to 100 each year; and will increase this ay raise all the farm will
produce feed for. He is raising 150 acres of corn at the present time. He was married in
1856, at Warren County, Ind., to Miss Malissa Aughe of Williamsport, Warren Co., Ind.
They haye three children—Frank, Guy, and Robert. They are also raising a niece of Mrs.
Whitelock, Sophia M. Ennis. In 1868 Mr. Whitelock was elected Sheriff of Saunders
County, Neb., and served for two terms, four years in all, and after term of service was
appointed City Marshal of Ashland, and held that position for seven years and worked at
his trade as carpenter and contractor. .-

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.

A. B. BACHELOR, farmer, P, 0. Crainville, was born in Macomb County, Mich., in
1849. _In 1858, he emigrated to Hardin County, Iowa, where he lived until 1865; then emi-
eure. to Colorado, remaining there three years. In 1868, he located in Brownville, Ne-

raska, and attended school until 1878. and then came to Kansas, locating in Republic
County and took a homestead on Section 32, Township 1, Range 3. He has 100 acres under
the plow, forty acres fenced for pasture, and twenty acres of hay land: has planted five acres
of forest trees, 800 fruit trees, mostly peach; has a few apple and plum an cherry trees, be-
sides small fruit of all kinds. He has one and one half miles of hedge, good well and wind-
mill, good frame house and barn, and is engaged in raising stock; has fifteen head of cattle,

* five head of horses, seventy-five head of hogs, and usually has 100 to dispose of annually.

He was elected County Commissioner in 1878 for aterm of three years. He has served as
Town Trustee for some time, and is now on his fourth term. He is one of the leading men
in this part of the country, and well liked. He was married in 1873 in Liberty Township,
to Miss Mattie James. .They have twosons—Frank and Guy. Mr. Bochelor isa member of
Belleville Lodge No. 129, A..F. & A.M. i ; ee

G.M. CHILDS, farmer, P. O. Chester, Neb., was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1840,
and was raised there until fourteen years of age, when he was left an orphan, and anuncle
living in Genesee County, N. Y., took him home with him, where he remained until twenty-
one years ofage. In 1862, he enlisted in Company C., One Hundred and Fifty-first New
Tore Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. He was mustered out at
Rochester, N. Y., in June, 1865. After coming out of the army, he emigrated to Iowa, locat-
ing at Grinnell, where he engaged in farming, remaining there until 1870,when he emigrated
to Kansas, locating in Republic County, where he tooka homestead on Section 21, north-
west quarter, and was among the first settlers in this part of thecountry. The township was
not organized untilafter he came there. He began to improve his place, and in the spring
of 1872 put up a frame house 14x16 feet, one of the bestin thecounty at that time. He hes
improved his place by breaking 130 acres. He has one acre of forest, three acres of fruit,
consisting of peach, apple, and smull fruits of 4.1 kinds. He bas added eighty acres to his
homestead, and has twenty-fiveacres of this under plow, forty acres fenced for pasture, and
the balance hay land; good house, stable and genes, and a good well: with wind-mill; has
turned his attention to stock-raising mostly, He has thirty head of cattle, seventy-five head
of hogs, and usually has from fifty to sixty head to market each year. He is also engaged to
some extent in butter making, their sales from eight cows amounting to $12.0U per month,
this being about two-thirds of the amount made. Mr. Childs. is one of the most enterpris-'
ing men of his township, and is highly respected by all, He was married in 1866 in New-
ton, Jasper County, Iowa, to Miss Grace Kingdon, a native of New York State. They have
been blessed with three children—Henry A., born in 1868, Clara L., born in October, 1873;
Arthur K., born ini882. Mr. Childs isa member of the Grange, and the Anti-Horse Thiet
Association. ; : : . F ’

D. CRAINE, farmer, P. O. Crainville, was born in Erie County, N. Y., in 1826; was
raised there on a farm until about nineteen years of age, then learned the blacksmiths’
trade, and worked at this business through the Eastern States and Canada until 1861, when
he enlisted in the New York Forty-ninth Infantry, serving until the close of the war. He
was mustered out at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1865; was taken prisoner near Spotteylvania Court
House in 1863, and was taken to Andersonville, remaining there four months; from there
was taken to Florence, where he was retained as a prisoner of war three months. When he
was captured he weighed 174 pounds, and when he came out he weighed 100 pounds. The
treatment he eouteed while there has affected his eyes,which have troubled him more or less
since. After coming out of the army, he located in Chautauqua Couuty, N. Y., remainin
there until he came to Kansas, in 1871, locating in Republic County, and took a homestea
on Section 27, Township 1, Range 3; began to improve his place, and put up a little black-
smith shop, working at his traaea part of the time. In 1874, he put up a good stone shop,

‘the best in this part of the county. Was elected the first treasurer in the township, and for

two years the elections were held in his house. In 1878 he put up a building on his farm
14x24 feet, a story anda half, and used the first floor for a storeroom; putin a stock of
general merchandise, and was in trade about four years, doing a good business until the
railroad went through and _a town was built up ; has been an active man in everything,
which helped to build up and settle the county; has a good farm of 200 acres, having added.
forty acres to the homestead. The placeis well watered by Kose Creek, with about six
acres of timber along its banks; has ninety acres under the plow, eight acres of pasture, the
balance timber and tay land. ‘He has planted abont six acres of forest trees, consisting of
walnut, butternut, ash, and many others, besides some sugar maple and beach; has a good
orchard of apple, peach, plum, cherry, etc., and some fine grape vines. He has been en-
gaged in stock-raising a large share of the time since he came here; also owns eighty acres
on Section 36, with a good frame house and twenty acres under cultivation. In 1878 he

athered the facts of the early settlement of Liberty Township for the history of Republic

ounty, which Hon. I.O. Savage is preparing. Was married in 1851, to Miss Caroline Coal,
of Erie County, N. Y. She was born in 1835, and was raised in Erie County. They have
two children—Frederick and Grace. nae ont ia | E

ANDREW GLENN, farmer, P. O. Crainville, was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1840.
Learned the stone-cutters’ trade, and went to Edinburgh, where he followed the business of
stone-cutting, and thence to Manchester, England, and then back to Scotland, and in 1869,
emigrated to the United States, locating in New York City, and remained there eighteen.
months, working at his trade. He then formed a colony of New York mechanics, consist-
ing of eight, and then came to Kansas, and located in Republic County, all taking home-
steads in Liberty Township, reaching Kansasin the winter of 1870, They raised enough
money among them to buy a yoke of oxen, and with this team drew stone and put upa little
house, where they could stay until spring, when each one went out to work at his trade to
earn enough to live on. Mr. Glenn went to work on the Kansas Pacific Railroad at his
trade, receiving good wages, and in the fall was able to buy a team, and commenced to im-
prove his place, going out a while each summer to work at his trade. After the Chicago
fire, he went there and worked inthe summer, receiving good ‘wages, and soon after gave
up his trade and devoted himself to his farm. His homestead is on Sections 26 and 27. He
has sixty-five acres under the plow, and seventy acres of pasture. Rose Creek runs through
the farm, furnishing plenty of living water for his stock, with about forty acres of timber
along the creek; has planted an acre of timber around kis house; twenty-five ape trees
and small fruits. He has sixteen head of cattle, ten horses, forty hogs, and deals exclu-
sively in stock-raising. Was married in 1867 at, Edinburgh, Scotland, to Miss Elizabeth
Phamister, a native of the North of Scotland. They have four children—Jessie, Maggie,
Marinia and Willie. Mrs. Glenn was the only woman who came out with the colony. Mr.
Glenn is a member of Républic County Co-operative Association, and owns five shares in
the same.

WILLIAM LARKINS, farmer. P. O. Crainville, was born in Bureau County, IIl., in
1837. Was raised in Marshall County, living there until 1854, then to Stark County, and en-
gaged in farming; remained there until 1868, emigrated to Pawnee County, Neb., where he
remained until sy, then located in Republic County, Kan., and took a homestead on Sec-
tions 22 and 23, and has since added eighty acres on Sections 22 and 16, Township 1, Range
8. He has 200 acres under improvement, oe acres of pasture, and sixty acres of hay
land. The place is watered by Rose Creek, with from thirty to forty acres of timber along
its banks. A good share of this timber is oak, and there are many other varieties, such as
ash, walnut, hackberry, etc.; he has a good orchard of apple, ach, pear, plum
trees, etc., besides grapes and small fruits. He has one and one-half miles of hedge,
and is extensively engaged in raising stock, He has 100 head of hogs, raises three to four
colts each year, and has twenty head of cattle. Mr. Larkins has been one of the most
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successful men in the county. Hecame herewith very little means, and by close attention to
business and hard work, he has a good commencement for a fortune, and is considered one
of the most substantial men in the county. He was married in 1860, in Bureau County, Ill.,
‘to Miss M. J. Sturm, of Stark County. They have nine children—H. L., H. C., C. E.,
Winnie E., Marion G., Ethel A., Ernest, Rolph’and Minnie E. He has 160 acres in Section
22, and 80 in 23, and 80 in 16, making 320 acres, or half a section, in all. haat

JOHN NESMITH, farmer, P. O. Chester, Neb. Was born in Athens County, Ohio, in
1833. Was raised there, and learned the carpenters’ trade, following this business until 1870,
and then emigrated to Kansas, and located in Doniphan County, remaining there two years,
thence to Republic County and took a homestead on Section 28, Township 1, Range 3. He has
100 acres improved, 40 acres fenced for pasture, 4 acres of forest, 2 miles of hedge, 275 apple
200 cherry, and 200 law trees, besides grapes and other small fruits; two good wells, with
windmill, and the P ace in good pate to produce crops. He is raising some stock. Has
twelve head of cattle, and sixty head of hogs. Is a man well liked in his township, and has
served two terms as Justice of the Peace; also Town Trustee and Assessor. He was mar-
ried in 1855, to Miss Elvira Watkins, of Trimble, Athens-Co., Ohio. They have five chil-
dren—Lillie A., Hastings A., Joseph L., W. C., and Charles A. Mr, Nesmith has been a
member of the Christian Church since 1849.

A. N. STINSON, farmer and merchant, P. O. Belleville. Was born in Crittenden
County, Ky., in 1850... Was raised on the farm, and lived there until 1865, then emigrated
to Iowa, located in Lucas County, remaining there about six years, and in the fall of 1871 he
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and pre-empted 160 acres of land on Sec-
tion 30, Township 2, Range3. At the end of six months he proved up, and sold out, and took a
homestead in Norton County, and remained there nearly three years. Then sold out and
came back to Republic County, and took a timber claim on Section 21. Has planted four-»
teen acres.of timber, 36,000 trees, and has 125 acres broken. The balance is pasture and hay
land. In 1881 he put up a building 16x28 feet, and put in a stock of general merchandise,
and, has had a good trade. Is raising some stock, turns off from twenty-five to thirty-
five head of hogs annually, and a few head of cattle; also raises a few fine horses, He is
Justice of the Peace, and is among the leading men in the town. He was married in 1878,
in Freedom Township, to Miss Martha Barrett. :

J. M. VANCE, farmer, P. O. Chester, Neb. Was born in Davis County, Iowa, in 1849.
Soon after his parents moved to Illinois, locating in Mercer County, where he lived most of
the time up to 1872, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County while the
country was wild and very few settlers in it. He took a homBtead on Section 21, which he
at once proceeded to improve. He put out three acres of timber, a good orchard of 100
cherry and 150 apple trees, besides small fruits. He has 160 rods of hedge, good frame

house, 14x24 feet, and other improvements. Is raising some ‘stock. Has seventy-five head “

of hogs, and usually markets from forty to fifty head per annum, He is considered one of
the best farmers in the township. He has made all he has since he came to Kansas. He
was married in 1873, in Republic County, to Miss Lillie Nesmith. They have three chil-
dren—John, Violet, and Olive.

J. J. WILKES, farmer, P. O. Crainville. Was born in Stowonthewold, Gloucester-
shire, England, in 1837. Learned the stone-citter’s trade, and worked at this business until
1869, when he emigrated to America, locating in New York City, remaining one summer,
working at his trade. In the winter of 1869 he joined ‘the Excelsior colony, from New
York City, consisting of eight mechanics, and emigrated to Kansas peng Republic
County, and took a homestead on Section 34, Township 1, Range 3. They were about the first
settlers in Libetty Township, and the first winter put what little money he had into a col-
lection to buy a team, so they could draw stone to put up a house the following spring.
He went out to work at his trade every summer, for the first three or four years, and, in this
way, made enough to live on and buy a team. Since this he has devoted his attention to his
farm. He has a place on Rose Creek, which furnishes plenty of running water for his
stock. There is plenty of timber for firewood on this creek, He has ninety acres under the
plow, thirty-six acres fenced for pasture, thirty to thirty-five acres fenced for meadow, 300
fruit trees, of various kinds, and plenty of small fruits; good barn 33x40 feet, with large sheds
attached. He has twenty head of cattle, fifty to seventy head of hogs, and some very fine
colts. He is the present Justice of the Peace, this being his second term. He was married
in 1863, to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, in Campden, Gloucestershire, England. They have five
children—Charles E., George H., Horace, Albert, and A.J. He is a member of Republic
County Co-operative Association, and is Secretary of the Anti-Horse Thief Association.

D. WILKIE, farmer, P. O. Crainville. Was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, in
1838. Was raised in Manchester, and learned the stone-cutter’s trade, working at it there,
and then went to Scotland, in 1859, remained two years, and was employed on the new
Cloister House of Commons, and the India Office, and other government buildings; then
went to London, where he remained six years. In 1869 he came to America, and located in
New York City, and worked there a while at his trade, and then went to work on Yale Col-
lege, and in 1870, came West, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section
27, Township1, Range 3. The place is wel! watered by Rose Creek, which furnishes plenty of
living water for his stock. There is considerable timber along the creek. He has ninety
acres under the plow, forty acres fenced for pasture, and the balance is meadow. He has
a good orchard, and plenty of small fruit. He has eighteen head of cattle, and markets
from forty to fifty head of hogs each year. He has a good frame house, and a good barn,
48x40 feet. In 1881, he was appointed postmaster of Crainville. Has been School Clerk.
He was married in Manchester, England, in 1861, to Miss Helen Wilkie, who was born in
Airdrie, Scotland, in 1838. They have four children—Helen M., Henry G., David J., and
Maud B. Mr. Wilkie is a member of Republic County Co-operative Association.

NORWAY TOWNSHIP. ’

W.H. DAY, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Concordia. Cloud County was born in Lin-
colnshire, Eugland, in 1839. In 1852 he emigrated to America: and located in Richland
County, Ohio, remaining there about nine years, and in 1861 he moved to Williams County
Ohio. In 1862 he enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, serving one year and was discharged
at Warrington Junction, Va., in 1863. After coming out of the army he located in Williame
County and learned the engineers’ trade, remaining there nine years; then located in
McLain County and remained there until he came to Kansas in 1871, locating in Republic
County. He and his brother were about the firet settlers on the prairie in Lincoln Town-
ship, and at the time of his settlement was sixty miles from market or mill and endured
many hardships ducing (tne first few years in the State. He took a homestead in Nor-
way and Lincoln townships, eighty acres in each township; has seventy acres under the
plow, forty acres of pasture, the balance being fine hay land. He has anice little grove of for-
est trees, about 100 peach and thirty apple trees anda variety of small fruit, a eae house
16x24 feet built of stone, barn 22x43 feet 14 feet poets making a valuable place. He has quite
astock of cattle and hogs; also works some at the carpenters’ and wagonmakers’ trade. Mr.
Day is well pleased with his success here, as well he might be. He came here in debt and
has settled up and owns his place and stock free. of all incumbrance. He was married in
1863 to Miss Sarah Stinger of Williams County, Ohio; they were blessed with two children
—John and Enos. Mrs. Day died in 1871. In April, 1873 Mr. Day was again married to Miss
Maria Bennett of Lincoln Township, Republic County; they have three children—Alva,
Alfred and Victor. Mr. Day isa member of the Farmers Alliance and is an active member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and for a number of years was class-leader in the same.

HUGH McQUEEN, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Tennessee in 1846, and was left
an orphan at an early age and became a wanderer, and in 1861 when the war broke out, was
at Little Rock, Ark., and enlisted in the Southern army and in 1862 was captured by the

Third Iowa Cavalry and held by them about ey eee months although he had his freedom
to go andcome. When he got into the Union Jines his views on the rights of the South to
secede took a change, and when one of the boys went home on a furlough he went with him
to Iowa and finding how people lived in the North, he became a Northern man and joined
the Third Iowa Cavalry and served until the close of the war. When he came into the
militia he could not read, and being anxious to learn, the soldiers volunteered to
teach him and in a short time began to learn so that he could read the papers. From
that time until now he bas been a strong Union man. After the war he settled in Iowa and in
1870 emigrated to Kansas and took a homestead on Section 2, Township 4, Range 4. The .
place has some fine springs and there is a creek of running water, making a very desirable
stock farm. He has sixty acres under the plow, the balance being used for hay and pasture;
three acres of timber and a fine orchard along the creek, and is raising a good many hogs.
Has been doing well since he came here except the first five years when he had to go sixty

miles to market. He was married in 1873 in Lincoln Township, Republic County, Kan., to

Miss L. Skeels. They had three children—Annie M., William and Estella. His wife died

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in 1878. Married again, March, 1881, to Miss Emeline Nickson. They have one child—Ing.
Mr. McQueen is a member of John Brown Post No. 44, G. A. R., Belleville, and of the
Missionary Bavtist Church.

CORTLAND TOWNSHIP.

JOSEPH W. FULLEN, farmer and manufacturer of amber syrup P. O. Scandia, way
porn in Lawrence County, Ind., in 1846. In 1862 enlisted in the Ninety-third Indiana Vol-
unteer Infantry and served until the close of the war. In 1869 emigrated to Dallas County,
Iowa, where he engaged in farming and raising and manufacturing amber cane syrup.
In 1872 settled in Republic County, Kan.; took a homestead on Section 5, Township 3,
Range 5. Has sixty acres under the Flow, four acres of timber, small orchard. Has de-
voted more time to the manufacture of syrup than tofarming. In 1880 purchased a cane-mill
and machinery for manufacturing syrup, the first year’s product being 1,4uU gallons; the
second year manufactured 2,500 gallons. Has put up this year (1882) a syrur house 24x30
feet and will manufacture 4,000 gallons. He finds this a paying investment, the syrup
wholesaling at 45 cents per gallon and is unable to fill all his orders. He has the reputation
of making one of the finest brands in the State. Was married in August, 1873, to Miss
Susan A. Coffee of Cortland Township. They have five children—James, Virgil, Roscoe,
Delmont and Pearl. i is .

N. MARTY, farmer, P. O. Prospect, was born in Switzerlang in 1840; emigrated to
America in 1854, locating in Ohio; after a short time there located in Philadelphia and soon
after located at Massillon, Ohio, and learned the shoemakers’ trade. In 1861 he emigrated
to Iowa, locating in Oskaloosa, and for four years was engaged in shoemaking, and then
engaged in farming, and in 1872 came to Kansas, locating in Republic County and took a
homestead on Section 28, Township 3, Range 5. He was, among the first settlers, seventy-
two miles from market. He secured a fine piece of land and has ninety acres under the
plow, a fine grove of forest trees of five acres, one and one-half miles of hedge, 225 apple,
150 peach, 120 cherry trzes, besides an abundance of small fruits, grapes, etc, He is raising
a good many hogs and cattle and some very fine horses. Mr. Marty has always taken an
active part in the politics of the county and has been the leading Republican in ‘his town,
Has been Trustee four terms. He has done well since he came here, starting with a capital
of 50 cents in cash. He was married in 1861 to Miss Maria Cramer, of Ohio. They have
six living children—Kate, Edward, Lizzie, Harry, Newton and Loring. Mr. Marty is a
member of Scandia Lodge No. 165, I. O. O. F., and of Scandia Lodge No. 165, K. of P,

JOHN ROUSE, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Sauk County, Wis., in 1846; was
raised there and was eneaged in farming the most of the time until 1876; then emigrated to
Kansas, locating in Republic County, soon after coming here was united in marriage with
Charlotte Peterson and settled in Beaver Township on a farm consisting of sixty acres, on
Section 8, Township 4, Range, 5, which was taken as a homestead by his wife in 1872, she
being among the 1st settlers in the township. Mr. Rouse, however, put on the improve-
ments, building a good stone house, granary, stables, etc.; planted a fine grove of forest
trees, 160 rods of hedge, Hoe orchard, twenty-five apple trees and a variety of small fruits,
Has some nice stock on the place, consisting of eleven head of cattle, thirty head of hogs,
and has gained steadily each year since he has been in the State, and is known as an active,
energetic farmer. They have four children—Lena, Albert, Hulda, and Sarah.

-ETER WORKMAN, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1837
renee there until the fall of 1865, when he emigrated to Wapello County, lowa; in 1872
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County; took a homestead on Section 4, Town-
ship 3, Range 5; was among the first settlers in this township; was seventy-five miles from
a railroad point with a cash capital of $15 to commence business with; for the first two or
three years found it up-hill work. Has a fine farm, nicely improved; also has a timber
filing on Section 10, Township 3, Range 5, making a farm of 320 acres, with 160 acres under
the plow sixty acres of pasture, fifteen acres of timber; the balance is hay land. Has 800
peach trees, 600 trees, 200 apple trees, two and three-fourths miles of hedge; has a

ood house and barn. The place is well stocked with twenty-nine head of cattle and sixt

ead of hogs, Was married in March, 1866, in Delaware County, Ohio, to Miss Elizabetl
eet They have five children—Lois. E.. Jennie S., Ewin H., L. E., and Webb. Mr.
orkman is a member,of the Farmers’ Alliance.

UNION TOWNSHIP

JOHN R. BOWERSOX, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Carroll County, Md., in Oc-
tober, 1842. In 1854 his parents moved to Ohio, locating in Darke County, where he remained
until 1861, when he enlisted in Company E, Fifth Ohio Cavalry, serving until December,
1864, when he received his discharge. In 1865 he moved to Illinois, l-cating in Galesburg.
Knox County, and was employed in the stock-yards, remaining two years; thence to Warren
County, Ill., rented a farm, and went to farming and did very well; then sold the farm im-
plements. In February, 1871, he came from there to Kansas, and located in Republic County,
where he had taken a homestead the year before on Section 23, Township 2, Range 4. He
has 116 acres under the plow, has planted about five acres of timber, and has a good orchard,
containing apple, peach, pear, plum and cherry trees, and small fruit; has nearly three
miles of hedge, and a good house 14x 22 feet, with a wing 16x18 feet. He is raising stock
cattle and hogs, has a poe farm, and has done well since he came here. He was married
in 1866 at Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, to Miss Gertrude Axer. They have five chil-
dren—Dora M., U. S. Grant, Minnie O., Arlie E. and Orville. He was Trustee of the town-
ap urine 1822 and 1873. Heisa member of John Brown Post No. 44, G. A. R., and of
GEORGE A. CATE, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Adams County, Ill., in. 1847,
and was raised there until 1855, then iocated in Hancock County. In 1862 he enlisted in the
One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Mounted Infantry, Company C, serving three years,
and was discharged at Camp Butler, Ill, in 1865. After coming out of the army he returned
to Hancock County, remaining there ...til June 1872; then emigrated to Kansas, locating in
Republic County, and took a homestend on Section 11, Township 2, Range 4. There were
no ap peevenony in this part of the county. He has seventy acres under the plow, thirty
acres fenced for pasture, has three acres of timber, a fine orchard of 150 trees of different
kinds, besides a variet of small fruits; has a good house, 16 x 20 feet; with ell, 12x 20 feet;
good stables, and wind-mill for pumping. He was seventy-five miles from market when he
came here, and now is six miles. _He is raising stock, and has seven head of horses, four-
teen hend of cattle, and twenty-six head of hogs, and has done well since he came here.
He was married in March, 1878, to Miss Cordelia Wilson, of Hancock County, Ill. They
have two children—Margaret J. and Edwin M. He is a member of the G. A. R.

T. W. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Pike County, Ohio, in 1820, and
was raised there, living there until 1845. He then emigrated to Iowa, locating in Wapello
County, and engaged in farming, remaining there until 1864; thence he went to Appanoose
County, where he remained untii 1873; coming from there to Kansas he located in Republic
ae cunty, taking & homestead on Section 23, and a tree claim on Section 22—making 240
acres—Township 2, Range 4. He has 150 acres under the plow, thirty-five acres fenced for
peers twenty acres of timber which he planted on his timber claim, and three acres on

is homestead; the balance of jand is meadow. He has about ninety apple trees, sixty
Pee, besides plum and cherry trees and small fruits, He has a good house 16x 22 feet,
with stone basement; and a barn 20x 35 feet. He has seven head of horses, and is raising
meme other stock; has a nice place, and is considered one of the solid men of the township.
ie was married in 1843 in Pike County, Ohio, to Miss Phillips. They have nine children—
Geers aie a pu Loulees Oliver Ay Martin M., David P., Emma Cornelia,
+ Dis ember i-

Horse Thiet pee eet of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Anti:
. A. MCKAY, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Bangor, Me., in 1 At the age of

jute ae parents moved to Wisconsin, locating in Milaunes ae they ernained
at ae then to Sheboygan, where he remained but a short time, when they moved to
ane oentne in Moline, and was in the employ of John Deere Plow Works the most of
He ee until 1861. He then enlisted in Company H, Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, serv-
mg out tree years, and was mustered out in October, 1864. He then returned to Moline,
Z ae oan oyed in the paper-mills until 1868; then went to Mercen County, and_was en-
8 agec eine until 1870, coming from Mercer County to Kansas and settling in Repubiic
oe uty. _ = & homestead on Section 25, Townshi 2, Range 4, December 25, 1870—there
ree houses between them and Belleville, He has ninety-five acres under the plow

the balance in pasture and Meadow; has four acres of forest trees; and a good orchard o!

400 peach, fifty apple, and small fruits of all kinds; has i i isi

; ne mile of hed ‘aielD|
aoe horses cattle mostly. He was the first Constable in the towns Nips aud reserve
his appointment from the Governor, delivered up the petition to the County Commissioners
,

to organize and name the township; was elected Township Clerk, and has held the office
the most of the time since. He drew up the paper to publish the first call for a Masonic
meeting in the county, and has been a leading man in the county ever since. He was mar-
med in ite in Meroe come a ie es Mangarct ja Coe er. They have seven children—

yron; Cass and Cora, twins; Walter; Almira an meda, twins; and 4 i
member of the Belleville Lodge No. 129, A. F. & A. M. Panne RIES

,__J. W. NELSON, farmer, P. O. Scandia, was born in Chester County, Pa., m 1846; was
raised there until fifteen years of age; then he went to Wilmington, Del., and went into
Sullivan & Tee carriage factory to learn carriage-making, remaining there four
years; then came West, locating in Chicago, where he was employed as foreman in Thomp-
son and Edward's works, remaining there three years, and in 1870 came to Kansas, locatin
in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 23, Union Township. He has 10
acres under cultivation, 40 acres fenced, and the balance is hay land. He has eight
or ten acres of forest trees planted, and a small orchard of about one and one-fourth acres
of various kinds; has the place hedged on three sides and 160 rods wire on the fourth
side. The place shows the work of a good farmer. ' He is engaged to some extent in stock-
raising. Has twenty head of cattle, and from thirty-five to forty head of hogs and usually
markets one-half that many annually. Heis oneof the Jeodiog men in the township. He has
been Township Trustee and Assessor three terms, besides holding some school offices a por-
tion of the time he has been in the county. Prior to coming to Kansas he served two years
at mechanical engineering. He was married in 1874 in Union Township to Miss Emma
Ebling. They have four children—Nellie, William, Eugene and Kate.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

J.B. GAYLORD, farmer, and dealer in grain and lumber, etc., P. 0. Harbine, was
born in Lake County, Ohio,in1845. When three years of age went to Wisconsin, locating
in Waupun, remaining there a short time and then located in Marquette County, remaining
there until the war broke out in 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Tenth Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, and served three years and two months, received his discharge in 1864.
After coming out of the army, returned to Wisconsin, remaining there until 1871, when he
emigrated to Kansas, and located in Republic County, taking a homestead on Seetion 11
Township 1, Range 4. Was among the first settlers in Washington Township. Has remaine
on the place continuously since. Has 105 acres under the plow, two acres of forest and fruit
trees, has good frame house, 12x20 feet; ell, 10x20 feet; good barn, 12x24 feet, and granary,
18x24 feet; is raising stock. In October, 1880, put in a warehouse at Harbine and
commenced buying grain; also handles lumber and coal, and is working up a large trade in
this business; is-still carrying on his place and makes his home there; is a wide-awake,
active, business man, the kind of a man to build up-a town and business, and very popular
with all. Was married in 1865 to Miss Lillian Bailey, of Wisconsin. They have seven
children—Fred, Hepworth, Nellie Irene, Ray, Maggie, Mary, Chesley.

T. F. MARLATT, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Allegheny County, Pa., in
1887. At the age of fourteen years his parents located in Hamilton County, Ohio, near Cin-
cinnati, where he remained until the war broke out, in 1861, when he enlisted in the Fifty-
seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years. Was discharged at East Port, Ga.,
in 1864. After coming out of the army he returned to Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1870
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Republic County, and took a homestead on Section 31,

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Township 1, Range 4. Was among the first settlers in Washington Township. No roads,
except the old Government trail, and sixty-five miles from any railroad, He has eighty-five
acres under the plow, one and a quarter miles of hedge, an orchard consisting of nine
pple and 150 cherry trees, 3,000 cottonwood and other trees, new house, 24x14 feet, wit
ell, 14x14 feet, new granary and stables, and is engaged in raising stock. When the
town of Republic City was laid out, Mr. Marlatt became one of the members of the Town
Company and was chosen president of thesame. He has thirty lots besides what he has
disposed of; at one time sold his interest for $10 and paid $150 to get it back; the lots are
now valued at about $500 to $600. Mr. Marlatt has done well, and now, instead of his farm
being sixty-five miles from the railroad, is joining the town site and less than one mile from
the station. He was married in 1859 to Miss Julia A. Kidd, of Ohio. They have four
children—C. W., W. A., Charles E. and Julia. Isa member oftheI O. O. F., and has been
Master of the Grange. :

J. B. POLLARD, farmer, P. O. Republic City, was born in Owen County, Ind., in 1834,
and was raised there until seventeen years of age, going from there to McLean County, IIl.,
and engaged in farming. In 1865 emigrated to Oregon, remaining there three years; from
there to California, remaining one year; he then returned to Illinois, remaining there two
years. In 1871 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Washington Township, Republic County.
Took a homestead on Section 31. Was seventy-five miles from railroad and thirty miles
to a mill. Has 100 acres under the pee thirty acres of pasture, the farm runs up to
the town site of Republic City, and he had forty acres in Big Bend Township, and has laid
off ten acres into lots, which he has disposed of; also owned one-seventh of the town site
when it was laid out, and has disposed of forty-five lots in all, of his share in the town plat;
has done well here, as his land has been very valuable, lying as it does adjoining the town.
He was married December 31, 1861, to Miss Van Arsdall, of Illinois. They have four
children—Nora, Fannie, Horace H. and Harry. Is a member of the Anti-Horse Thief
Association. :

.__ W. A: REEVES, farmer, P. O. Harbine, Kan., was born in Portage County, Ohio, in
1836, but was raised in Knox and Stark counties, Ti, until 1860, when he emigrated to Pike’s
Peak, and for six years was engaged in mining and freighting in the Western States and
Territories. At the end of this time he returned East and located in Iowa, where he remained
until 1871, when he gathered his wordly possessions together, consisting of team and wagon,
and what he could put in a wagon, and started for Kansas. Reaching epublic County in
the spring, he took a homestead on Section 11, Township 1, Range 4. Was among the first
settlers in this township, and eighty miles from any railroad point. The first five years had
to draw his water for family use five miles and with other drawbacks, which a new county
is subject to, commenced to make a home of his claim. He had his crops destroyed by the
grasshoppers in 1874, and for a time thought it would be about impossible to do anything,
but now has 125 acres under the plow, four acres of fine forest, a peach orchard of 500 trees,
besides apple and cherry trees, 100 plum trees, and a variety of small fruits. A good frame
house, 16x24 feet, story and a half, stable, granary and cribs, and meadow of about twelve
acres of tame grass, forty head of hogs, sixteen heac of cattle, 6 head of horses, with tools
and machinery for carrying on his place. It is but three miles from market. ‘Has been
Justice of the Peace of his township seven years, and one of the most enterprising citizens in
the town, and highly respected by all. He was married in April, 1868, in Cass County, Iowa
to Miss KE. A. Jordan, of that place. They have four children—William E., Ethe] G., Mabel
E. and Walter S. He was at the last election elected Representative for this, the Seventy-
ninth District, to the Legislature, which convenes January 9, 1883.

 

 
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

WASHINGTON COUNTY.

 

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

ASHINGTON County is fifth in the first tier of counties stretching

west from the Missouri River. To the north lay Jefferson and Gage
counties, Nebraska; east, Marshall County; south, Riley and Clay counties;
west, Republic and Cloud. Washington County is embraced within that
fertile terrritory which lies between the Blue and Republican rivers as they
flow southeast into the Kansas River. The Little Blue River pays most
particular attention to Washington County, draining, with its branches, all
except its southwestern portions. This section, comprising Strawberry,
Clifton and Sherman townships, is watered by Parson Creek, Kast Branch,
Peach Creek, and other streams, which flow south into the Republican
River. Mill Creek flows east through Mill Creek Township into the Little
Blue River; Pierce Creek southeast through portions of Union, Hollenberg
and Washington townships into
the same; and Coon Creek takes
the same general direction
through Lincoln a and
also empties into the Little
Blue. The Little Blue proper
drains the greater portion of
the county included in Hanover,
Charleston, Washington and
Little Blue townships. Joy
Creek, Devil Creek, and other.
tributaries of the Little Blue in
the northern part of the county,
serve to further advance its
reputation as an abundantly
watered section of the State.
Springs also abound, good well
water being reached all the way
from ten to sixty feet. The
streams are bordered with tim-
ber, the belt averaging from
forty rods to half a mile in
width. The native varieties are
oak, walnut, hickory, elm, cot-
tonwood, ash, locust and elder.
Trees have been planted, mon
or less, throughout the county.
the varieties which succeed best
being cottonwood, box elder,
soft maple, black walnut. and
elm. The best grazing land is
found in the northern part of
the county. Nearly 100,000
acres of land are yet in the
market, but lands are, toa great
extent, in the hands of railroads
and speculators. The whole
county is thus divided: Bottom
land, 8 per cent; upland, 92 per
cent; forest (Government sur-
vey), 2 per cent; prairie, 98 per
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Hollenberg are found fine limestone quarries, while pottery clay is being
utilized at Hanover. The few traces of coal which have been discovered
have not, so far, led to any valuable results.

EARLY HISTORY.

Strictly speaking, the earliest history of Washington County com-
mences in 1542, when Coronado’s Expedition marched from Mexico-to the
northern boundary of Kansas, crossing the Little Blue River near the east-
ern boundary of Washington County. In 1820 Major Long’s expedition
crossed that portion of the ‘Great American Desert” now known as Wash-
ington County. A few years thereafter this portion of the State became
seamed with roads converging towards Santa Fe, and traders, missionaries
and herders prniee trod its soil, but not to make it a permanent abiding
place. In 1845 the Mormons passed through the county, on their way to
their new home in Utah. One
of their favorite camping

rounds was. at ‘Mormon

prings,” on Ash Creek, three
miles south of Washington City.
Close to these springs is a high
rock, composed of red sand-
stone, upon which were carved
the names of many of these Lat-
ter Day Saints, with date of
their visit. The emigration has
now passed on and left no sign.
behind in this locality.

West of Washington about
eight miles, on the old military
road, there is still a large sand-
stone upon which are carved
the names of many early ‘set-
tlers. Formerly the Mormon
emigrants had inscribed their
names thereon, but these traces
are now obliterated. The line
of the road, however, can be
plainly - traced through the
county, especially northwest of
the Little Blue, about the
mouth of Sandy Creek, near the
Sixth Principal Meridian. -

The early history of Wash-
ington County proper, however,
begins with its first settlement.
by a white person. In July,
1857, James. McNulty came
from Iowa with his family and
settled in Marysville. Here he
spent the summer, fall, and a
portion of the winter, but choos-

‘i ing a locality further west,
Toe BY G20 selected a beautiful piece of
“Rand, MoNally & Co., Eugr’s, Chicago, land about five miles west of
the present city of Washington,
ill Creek. This was in

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of th onntry, odalatng. im [| a [i etuaned Yo Marysville for
tains 900 square miles, being (a) Charleston Township-...-... ws. 466 Strawberry Township......- ---- | 1,258 for their accommodation—the
exactly 30 miles square, Oithe (0) Olltton Tewospe.cspsseon| Mid | A860 |) 4) Tipton Rownshipe nc... .-— ---- | 535 first building in the county. It
532.000 bl f land i ce) Hanover Township, including (k) Washington Township, in- & y:

,000 taxable acres of land in Hanover City 2,108 cluding Washington City .| 1,288 | 1,836 Was afterwards sold and moved
the county, less than 28 per cent, (a) Hollenberg Townsht : Pa : : to the head of Turkey Creek,
. i ion. e) Lincoln Township .- ‘ TOU sun cetepccitaac 4,08 4 { im-
aetna eigenen Ea ae f) Little Blue Townshi 11586 ost _|14910 where, in a renovated and im
wi kG grea pee nets: ) Mill Creek Township .. 1,222 || Hanover City......-.------.2---. hs 578 proved condition, it is now oc-
pike shoe! : is ae a ee (b) Sherman Township 2,045 || Washington City._..-.-_..--_--- es 675 cupied. When Mr. McNulty
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been in force for ten years, and the general sentiment throughout the county
isin its favor. Besides farming and stock-raising, horticulture is receiving
considerable attention, and excellent varieties of fruits are raised.

Wild fruits grow in plenty, such as plums, strawberries, grapes, rasp-
berries, mulberries and gooseberries. There are five different kinds of na-
tive grasses—the tame, such as timothy, clover, blue grass and alfalfa are
successfully grown.

An excellent quality of common and magnesian limestone is found in
most parts of the county except the southwestern. Sandstone exists in fair
quantities in the eastern, northern and western tiers of townships. At

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‘a) In 1874, from parts of Hanover, Hollenberg and Washington. (b) In 1870, parts to Sherman and Strawberry.
(d) In 1870, from part of Washington; in 1874, part to Charleston. (e) In 1870, part to Little Blue.
of Clifton, (i) In 1870, from part of Clifton, (j) In 1870, from part of Mill Creek. (k) In 1870, parts to Hanover and Hollenberg; in 18

:

; : returned to Washington Town-
ship he brought with him Ralph Ostrander, who settled adjoining him, on
what is known as the ‘‘ Lavering Place.”

In May, 1858, Gerat| H. Hollenberg, one of the most respected and
useful citizens who ever lived in Washington County, settled on the Fort
Kearney road and started a ranch which he called ‘ Cottonwood.” Mr.
Hollenburg was born in Hanover, December 19, 1823, coming to this
country and going to California during the gold fever excitement in 1849.
He accumulated money, went to Australia with a mining party, returned
to, New York, started for Kansas and established a ranch on the Baca Ver-
million, Marshall County, in 1857. In May, 1858, he married his wife and

(c) In 1870, from

art of Washi zt 7 leston.
f) In 1870, from part of Linedlm.  ¢ ashington; in 1874, Vag? to Charles

In 1870, part to Union. n 1870, from part
4, part to Charleston, =
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

brought her with him to Washington County. For seventeen years, as a
private citizen and public officer, Mr, Hollenberg labored for the county’s
advancement. At one time he was a Representative, and acted as County
Commissioner for pany qe Tn 1869 he laid out the city of Hanover, and
worked for it night and day. In the summer of 1874, being in poor health,
sailed for his native country, but died on passage, July 1, 1874, and was
buried in the ocean. A fine monument was erected to his memory in Hanover
cemetery upon which is the inscription, which is well merited, ‘‘ Founder
of Hanover and Father of Washington County.” John and M. Lott settled
near the ‘Cottonwood ” ranch the next year—at least in the same town-
ship. ;
Pi the spring of 1858 George G. Pierce and D. E. Ballard settled in
Washington County, and in the spring of 1859 selected the site of a town,
about a mile and one-half north of the center of the county. The location
was abandoned the coming fall, however, and the present site chosen in the

spring of 1860. Inthe fall of 1858 Jacob and Daniel Blocker staked their °

claims on Mill Creek, in the pate a that name, being the only settlers.
west of Washington City, except, McNulty and Ostrander. In the winter of
1858-59 George Foster settled_on the place, afterwards bought by James
Brown, in Lincoln Township. William Tarbox settled in Little Blue Town-
ship, northeast quarter Section 35, in March, 1858, and William Mercer, on
the creek which now bears his name, in June. Rufus Darby and M. Wood-
ward, with their families, located near Ballard Crossing, in July, but when
the Government survey was made, they found they were upon school lands,
and the next year moved up on Mill Creek. In 18588. F’. Snider, the first
Probate Judge of the county and who held the office for several years, first
came to this section and built three cabins in the southwestern part of
Charleston Township. The next spring Jonathan Snider and S. Stone-
breaker located permanently in this vicinity, and 8. F. Snider did not ‘‘ come
to stay” until the spring of 1860, when he brought with him John and Richard
isher. In the summer of 1859 N. and Peter Eslinger
located on Parson’s Creek. W. Parson, from whom the creek took its name,
settled at Clifton during 1859. The above mentioned comprise the principal
settlers who had homes in Washington County, up to the fall of 1859.

FIRST EVENTS.

In May, 1859, a man named Daniel Sigmun, from Missouri, who had
been visiting friends in this section, was found lying dead upon the old
Mormon trail, about three miles southeast of Washington. The man was
stabbed in the side and shot under the chin. Messrs. E. B. Cook and W.
Way had been with William Sn es on the Republican River near the
bend, assisting Judge Adams to build a ferry-boat_ so as to make a more
direct route between Atchison and Denver. They discovered the body, and
at first supposed that Sigmun had committed suicide, the location of the
gun-wound seeming to point to that theory. But the grass was found to be
trampled around him, and other evidences were discovered of a desperate
struggle. Mr. Way feared that he might be suspected of the murder, anda
strong suspicion in those days was almost equivalent toalynching. He there-
fore left the body where it was and it was buried by some California emi-
grants. The friends of Mr. Sigmun learning of his fate began their search
for the murderer. Two theories were advanced. The same day that Mr.
Sigmun was found dead a band of Otoe Indians had passed along the trail,
closely pursued by the settlers from Wild Cat Creek from whom they had
stolen horses. They might have found the man in their path and killed him.
Also, upon the day that Sigmun was found dead, a certain James. McCarty
had sold out his claim on Coon Creek and was traveling the murdered
man’s way. Many of the settlers decided upon the latter theory, and in

June McCarty was arrested. There was, as yet, no officer of justice in the.

county, but McCarty was arrested and confined in a little log house this
side of Waterville. The citizens then induced Rufus Darby, who was every
day expecting an appointment as Justice of the Peace, to try the prisoner
before a citizens’ court. He was not qualified to administer oaths, and con-
sequently the witnesses were not sworn. The testimony, however, was so
purely circumstantial, and ‘‘lame” at that, that McCarty was discharged by
the prospective Justice of the Peace. During the same month Mr. Darby
received his appointment, and the suspected murderer was tried again, with
alike fortunate result. ‘he trial, the second time, was held at Mr. Darby’s
house, and the testimony of the defense seemed to prove an alibi, quite
strongly. The crowd in attendance was large and highly excited, and had
the verdict been different, McCarty, no doubt, would have met the close em-
brace .f ‘Judge Lynch.”

The first preachers, says Dr. Williamson, that visited this county, were
Elder Hartford and Elder Robertson, of the Episcopal Methodist Church.
On their first advent to Washington, they called at a house about sundown,
to stay all night.. The men in the house thought it was-some of the boys

laying a practical joke on,them, so they halloed back some western adjectives.
That alarmed our preachers, and they left, starting down Mill Creek. By
this time, the proprietor came home and told the boys their mistake. They
started out forthwith across the fields to call them back or head them off,
but this had the effect of scaring the preachers worse, thinking robbers were
after them. They rode out a few miles on the prairie, unsaddled their hosres
and laid down to sleep supperless. In the morning they started again, and
soon came in sight of M. G. Driskell’s. After breakfast they went back to
Washington, helding a meeting that evening in the log house on the John
Penwell farm. This was Brother Hartford’s first sermon ’as a preacher, and
the first religious services in Washington County. The next morning Elder
Hartford, with a few biscuits in his pocket, started to his work on the
Republican, but sundown found him lost and beyond the settlements. T'ak-
ing the prairie, and his saddle-bags for a bed that night, he took a fresh
start again at early sunrise. After traveling some fifteen miles, he came to
a solitary house, the site of which is now the city of Clay Center. From

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pete he went to Little Mill Creek, his home. This was in the year

INDIAN TROUBLES,

So far as is known no one was ever killed by Indians within the limits
of Washington County, but the people of the county, especially during the
raids of 1863 and 1864, were often panic-stricken, and twice deserted the
county en masse. Until the breaking out of the war, and the denuding of
the military forts of troops, the Cheyennes, Arapahoes and other wild tribes
were kept incheck. They did not claim that their rights were molested as
long as settlers kept east of a line drawn from the Great Bend of the
Arkansas river to the Republican. As soon, however, as they realized that
most of the troops were engaged in other business than keeping them quiet’
they commenced to make their demonstrations, quarreling with the Otoes
and falling upon the whites. In the spring of 1864 bands of Sioux, Cheyennes
and Arapahoes appeared along the Little Blue, in Washington and Marshall
counties, on the war path—following the Otoes toward their village. They
were armed with bows and arrows, spears and raw-hide shields. ‘They first
puend eed) John Ferguson’s house, on Mill Creek; then O. S. Canfield’s.

hey found Mrs. Canfield in the house alone, and a dozen of them outraged
her most horribly. Rufus Darby was just returning from Marysville,
riding a pony, upon which he had thrown a bag of provisions. He was
entirely unarmed, and his feelings may be imagined when he observed
fifteen or twenty of the wild-men of the plains dashing along toward him,
brandishing their long spears and otherwise conducting themselves like blood-
thirsty fiends. They surrounded him quite, grunting savagely. ‘‘Pawnees?”
asked their prisoner, in fear and trembling, but hoping for the best.

“‘Cheyennes,” answered they in chorus, glaring at him Biv He
thought that now his time had surely come, especially as they told him,
with a scowl, when he remarked that he was going to his wigwam, ‘‘ No go
wigwam; this way.” All except two of the Indians then galloped away in
the direction indicated—toward Mr. Hallowell’s. His provision bag, which
had tumbled from his pony, was replaced, and with an Indian guarding him
on each side Mr. Darby was silently guided toward the Hallowell house.
‘When he arrived he found young Mort Hollowell, a stout, plucky young
fellow of eighteen, engaged in a hand-to-hand conflict with a Cheyenne
brave for the possession of his new Sunday overcoat. The sc-vages had not,
so far, afterat to take away anything without leaving a buffalo robe in
exchange. Young Hallowell wanted to keep his coat, and the Cheyenne
buck wanted it too. When Mr. Darby came upon the scene the Hollowells
were so surprised that hostilities ceased, and the Cheyenne warrior darted
off into the bushes with his precious plunder. Mr. Darby entered the
house, and, seeing a gun standing against the wall, picked it up and
fingered it carelessly, not knowing whether it was loaded or not. The
Cheyennes, however, took the alarm and scattered pell-mell. The Hallowells
and Mr. Darby went in pursuit, armed with three guns, and Mortimer
recovered his best coat. Although the Darbys and the Hallowells escaped
luckily, others were not so fortunate. A general panic ensued, and most
of the settlers in the county fled south and gathered at the house of Orville
Huntress, near the present site of Clay Center. About two hundred people
encamped there until the scare was over. Following is Dr. Williamson’s
account:

. ©The first place they struck was Mr. Furguson’s, afterwards Mr. Can-
field’s, one of the oldest settlers on the Creek, plundering the houses and
insulting the women. Traveling on down Mill Creek, in the vicinity of Mr.
Wertman’s, the Indians took prisoner Rufus Darby. With one on each side
of him, armed with spears, they took him down to Washington to the log
house of Jesse R. Hallowell, where another band of Indians were plunder-
ing his house of bedding (they called it swapping). Leaving there they
followed down Mill Creek, pene on their way G. M. Driskell of
bedding and blankets. Rich Bond they corralled on the mound above John
Bond’s barn. Andy Oswalt was also taken prisoner. After taking them a
few miles down the creek they let them go. Many of the citizens took the
alarm and started for Marysville, in Marshall County. The citizens that
were left then held « meeting in Washington, at what is now called the
Collins’ stable, the result of which was that William Cummings and D. I.
Ballard were appointed to reconnoitre the whereabouts of the Indians, and
ascertain their number. Saddling their ponies, armed and equipped with
rifles, revolvers, and blankets, they started south. Night found them at
Parson Creek, hungry, tired, and cold, but no Indians. By thistime the
boys found they had no matches. I suppose they rubbed two sticks together,
but it wouldn’t work, so they hung up a blanket, shot into- it and made it
smoke, then raised the wind, took puff about till they got a fire, and got
some supper. The next morning bright and early our scouts started south
again, but still no Indians. But resting at noon they found what proved to
be bituminous coal. . Filling a blanket with the same, they returned home,
showing their treasure, which is now known by the name of the Clyde
coal banks.

* Still later in the fall of the same year there were Indian troubles,
and J. R. Hallowell, Mort Hallowell, and the women and settlers around,
forted up in the Humes’ log house in Washington, keeping guard over
night. Just at sunrise a dark object was seen crawling up the ravine by
the parsonage. Some of them wanted to shoot, but about that time Elijah
Woolbert, Sr., raised up, waved his broad brim hat and shouted at the top
of his voice, ‘‘Halloa, you wouldn’t shoot a native, would_you?’ The
following fall scouts brought word from the west that the Indians were
attacking the settlements. The citizens of Mill Creek, with their cattle,
oxen, and wagons, pushed to Washington, camping on the high land, on
what is known as the George Shriner farm. south of Washington. ‘That
night might be heard the lowing of cattle, the lamentation of the women
and children, the bleating of the sheep, for they were leaving with their
chickens and all their household goods. Some pushed on the next day to
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Harden’s Ford,
subsided. :
In August, 1864, the Cheyennes and Arapahoes came up the Little
Blue valley again, waging war against the settlers of Colorado and Western
Kansas. Near Oak Grove, six miles above Hanover, 1 family named
Eubanks were scalped and murdered, several men killed in that vicinity,
' and a young lady named Laura Roper carried into captivity. Most of the
settlers in this county fled to Marysville, where a public meeting was called
to discuss ways and means of self-protection. Rufus Darby was chairman of
that meeting and G. H. Hollenberg treasurer. Money was raised to pay
scouts $4 or $5 per day to scour the country and report any traces of the
enemy. This was done for several days, the excitement died away, and the
settlers of Washington County and other alarmed districts returned to their
homes. The Indians were afterwards pursued by the State militia and
driven toward the source of the Republican. A company was raised in
this county, Mr. Hollenberg being active in the muster and commanding a
regiment. The Indians were driven toward the source of the Republican.
From all reliable accounts the State troops had the plundering propensity
quite strongly developed. The advantage gained by the settlers who
owned property was that they were not in danger of their lives from the
soldier boys, but they kept a sharp eye upon their hens and pigs and all
eatables of a fascinating nature to healthy appetites. Neither could the
boys resist a buffalo hunt, and several delays were occasioned in their
Paes of savages by their unsoldierly pursuit of the shaggy monsters. In
868 the Indians made another raid through Washington, Cloud, and Re-
public counties. Their depredations here were confined to thieving, the
raid of 1864 being the only one which was noticeably’ destructive of Tite in
this vicinity.

returning home in a few weeks, as the excitement

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND ELECTIONS,

The boundaries of Nahe toe Township were defined by the Territorial Legislature of
January, 1857. It was attached to Marshall County for judicialand municipal purposes.
In the fall of 1858 occurred the first election ever held within the present limits of Wash-
ington County, to choose a.representative of the Sixth District Dr. J. P. Miller was elected,
receiving 300 votes; T. S. Vail, Miller’s successor, fifty-eight. The township cast just thirty
ballots upon this important occasion. In April, 1859, George G. Pierce was elected supervisor
of the township, D. E Ballard, clerk, and William Tarbox, treasurer. On the second Monday
in April, 1860, the township was organized into a county, and Mr. Pierce represented it in
the last session of the Territorial Legislature of 1861, Mr. Ballard being its first State
Representative during the same year. On the fourth Monday of April, 1860, occurred the
election for county officers, resulting as follows: Commissioners, George E. Cadwell, Joseph
Malin, William Hoffhine; Clerk, David E. Ballard; Treasurer, M. G. Driskell; Registrar,
David E. Ballard; Sheriff, William Langsdale; Surveyor, James O'Neal; Attorney, omas
M. Bowen; Superintendent of PublicInstruction, John M. Hoffthine; Probate Judge, S. F.
Snider; Assessor, William M. Mercer; Coroner, Charles H. Bruce. When Judge Snider’s
name was first proposed he had been a resident of Kansas but a few days, having resigned
the office of County Judge in Page County, Iowa, and removed to Washington. He told
his friends that he was not even a legally qualified voter, but he was induced to run, upon
the Ro of dearth of legal timber and his own known abliity. and elected, serving the county
well for a number of years. Rufus Darby is sometimes spoken of as the first Probate J udge
of Washington County, but the position he held was Justice of the Peace, receiving his
appointment from the governor in June, 1859.

The time for holding the election to decide upon the county-seat was fixed for November,
1860. Washington had been incorporated the previous fall, and in August, 1860, the town
company donated a namber of lots to the county to induce the voters to favor this location.
There were two other competitors. ‘‘Rogersville’? was Judge Snider’s pet, located on his
farm, four miles northeast of the center of the county, in what is now Charleston ‘township.
About four miles west of Washington was a paper town (West: Union), located on James
McNulty’s claim, and fathered by him, Ralph Ostrander and James Darby. On the afternoon
of the election day Judge Snider withdrew Rogersville from the race, and threw its seven
votes for Washington, thereby selecting this point as the county-seat. The town company
had already erected a log house, and here the first commissioners’ meeting was held, and the
county divided into Washington and Mill Creek townships. In 1862 Clifton Township was
created; in 1868 Lincoln Township, and the county divided into four equal townships. In
1870 Little Blue, Hanover, and Sherman Townships were formed; in 1872, Strawberry, Union
and Hollenberg; in 1874 Charleston Be SEADE: In January, 1879, the Otoe Reservation
lands, in Washington County, came into market and that tract was annexed to Hanover
Township. In March, 1871, the Twelfth Judicial District was created, A. S. Wilson
appointed District qudge and William Hoffhine, Clerk.

In the fall of 1860 E. Woolbert built a large ee log house, where he kept hotei
and postoffice at the sametime. In 1865, when he yeelene as postmaster, he sold his house
to 8. F. Snider for $250. In 1868 Mr. Snider sold the building to the county, and it became
known as the old stockade court house. Burning down in the spring of 1809, it was
re-built by the county in 1871, and burned a second time December 15, 1872. Most of the
county records were burned, as the fire occurred early on Sunday morning, and was not dis-
covered until it had obtained great headway. The building was insured for $2,000 and was
rebuilt by the Insurance Company in July, 1873. This is the present court house, a plain,
unpretending two-story structure, which will doubtless soon be replaced by a more preten-
tious building.

Present county officers: Clerk, J. O. Young; Treasurer, H. C. Sprengle; Probate
Judge, S.H. Maunder; Sheriff, T. M. Dolan; Register of Deeds, Charles W. Aldrach;
Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. C. Robinson; Surveyor, Orlando Sawyer; Coroner,
Dr. H. Markham; District Judge, A. S. Wilson; Clerk of the District Court, ie O. Woody;
Attorney, Charles Smith; Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, J. K, Brown.

SCHOOLS, ETC.

School District No. 1 was organized in 1861, Miss Agnes Hallowell, now Mrs. Philip
Darby, being the first teacher. he school was held at first in the ‘‘Company’s House,”
put in 1869 the district issued bonds and the ‘‘old stone schoelhouse was built. These
were the first bonds issued for educational purposes in the county. In 1864 school district
No. 2 was organized in Charleston Township. The county is now divided into 120 districts.
Of the 6,000 persons of school age, nearly 5,000 are enrolled in the district schools and about
60 per cent of this number are in attendance. The county is settling up so rapidly that
six new buildings are about to be erected for educational Ys anes ‘he value of school

roperty is some po and 110 teachers are employed, the average wages of females
bein $27 per month and of males $33).

n 1860 the population of Washington County was 383; in 1870, 4,081; in 1875, 8,621;
in 1878, 10,319; in 1882, 15,668, By townships and cities it is now divided os follows:
Charleston, 501; hago 982; Sherman, 2,050; Washington City, 1,020; Strawberry,
1,282; Union, 672; Mill Creek, 1,321; Clifton, 1,580; Hollenburg, 1,047; Hanover, 1,563;
Little Blue, 1,301; Lincoln, 1,399; Hanover City, 627; Greenleaf City, 373.

; The value of all taxable lands in the county is $1,565,170; of town lots, $153,043; of
personal property, $618,162; of railroad property, $361,141.74—total, $2,697,516,74. Her
citizens possess over 6,000 horses, 6,000 milch cows, 10,000 other cattle, 11,000 sheep and
21,000 swine. The above figures speak for themselves in proclaiming a prosperous ccunty.

The Washington County ae was organized July 9, 1881, with officers as follows:
A. G. Murphy, president; F. M. Lavering, vice-president; F. A, Head, secretary; E. N.
Emmons, financial secretary; E.C. Knowles, treasurer. The exposition owns fifty-six acres of

round, sixteen acres being included in a good trotting park. The grounds are fenced with
edge, exhibition buildings have been erected, and more are to follow. The track is a half

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

mile one. During the coming year (1883) a large floral hall is to be erected. The capital
stock of the ex, ceitiGn is $5,000 ; number of shareholders in October, 1882, seventy-five, and
officers: F. M Lavering, president; William M. Allen, vice president; C, W. Aldrach,
secretary; Charles Smith. unancial secretary; J. 0. Ae treasurer. ;

Washington County Horticultural Society, an auxiliary 0 the State Society, was organized
April 3, 1880, by Dr. Charles Williamson, a prominent member of the State organization.
Its present officers are: Dr. Williamson, president; G. C. Penwell, vice-president; E. J.
Nason, secretary; Wm. Cummings, treasurer. At present the society numbers about sixty
members, its object being to encourage and promote the growth of fruit, shrubbery, shade,
ornamental and forest trees, and hedging for fencing.

WASHINGTON CITY.

In September, 1859, George G. Pierce and David E. Ballard platted
the town of Washington Center at the center of the township, then com-
prising the county. Papers were taken out before Rufus Darby, Justice of
the Peace, by Messrs. Pierce, Ballard, Rezin C. and J. W. Darby, and M.
H. Lott, on the 9th of that month and year. It was soon found, however,
that the location was a little off the direct line of travel from Marysville,
and the site was therefore changed to the present one, one mile north of the
center. During the spring of 1860, when the township was changed into a
county, the new town was platted by Mr. Pierce, assisted, as chairman, by
E. Woolbert. The members of the Town Company were: Mr. Pierce, presi-
dent; Mr. Ballard, clerk; H. Lott, J. W. Darby and T. Bowen, Mr, Bowen
having acquired his interest from R. C. Darby. Upon the second Monday
in November, 1860, Washington was selected as the county-seat. A log
house had been erected by the Company, called the ‘“‘Company’s House,”
each member of the Company contributing seven logs towards its erection. In
the mean .me Rezin Darby, son of Rufus, and one of the members of the orig-
inal Company, had, during the season’s terrible drought, gone to Guthrie
County, lowa, for provisions. He was accompanied by his two brothers.
In December Phil Darby returned with provisions and seed for the spring

lanting. The other two remained, and joined the army in the spring.

ezin was mustered into the Fourth Iowa Infantry, and was shot through
the left lung, at the battle of Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862. He died from
the effects of his wound a few days later. As will be seen, further on, Mr.
Pierce, the energetic president of the Town Company, also gave’ his life in
his country’s service. :

Soon after the ‘‘ Company’s house ” had been erected two shanties were
built in which Chris. Straum and Elgin Richards resided, that the Com-
pany might hold the two quarters comprising the town site. These men

roved up their claims separately, and then deeded the land to the Company.
The eighty acres of land lying south of East, Washington was formerly part
of the site. D. E. Ballard afterwards bought up the lots, canceled the
plat and transferred the property to S. F'. Snider, who disposed of it to H.
©. Sprengle. In connection with the railroad company Mr. Sprengle re-plat-
ted a portion of it. Returning to the old Company house, built by Messrs.
Pierce and Ballard, it is found that in 1861 Miss Agnes Hallowell (now.
Mrs. Philip Darby) opened the first school there. _ Thomas Bowen occupied
the second house on the town site, it being erected by M. G. Driskell, who
had settled near him. In July, 1860, Mr. Bowen put in astock of dry goods and
groceries. In the fall E. Woolbert built a hotel of six-inch logs, put up end-
wise, stockade fashion. This became the old ‘Stockade Court House.”
A partial drawing of city lots was made in August. 1860, some to be owned
by the Town Company, and others were given to the county as an inducement
to locate the county-seat here at the coming November election. When
the war broke out George G. Pierce and Thomas Bowen went into the
United States army, leaving the town to be governed by D.E. Ballard.
Mr. Pierce is a noted and popular character in the early doings of Washington

County. He was well educated, popular, and full of young yet well-directed
energy. Mr. Pierce came from Wyoming County, N. Y., with Judge J. G.
Adams. He was the first representative in the Legislature, and active in

everything relating to the advancement of the city’s and county’s interests.
When the war broke ont, he with most of the ardent and patriotic young
men of the county, left Washington to enter broader battle fields of strife.
Mr. Pierce was shot at Petersburg, taken to Washington, D. C., where he was
cared for by Jim Lane, but died in about a week. Death surely had hit a
shining mark.

As was the universal fact, the war had the effect to bring Washington
City to a standstill, but in 1866 immigration commenced to flow this way
again, among those coming with the tide being Dr. Williamson, the first
physician, and George W. Shriner. Two years later came James F. Tall-
mann and Charles Smith. In 1869 the first newspaper, the Western Ob-
server, made its obeisance to the public, and the stone schoolhouse was
built for $9,000. Bonds were issued to that amount—theffirst in the county.
The same year came J. W. Cullimore to open his pioneer hardware store,
and Thomas Haak started his lumber-yard. In 1869 A. C. Baumbarger first
made his appearance as a shoemaker, and J. C. McCew as a furniture
dealer; Hon. A. S. Wilson opened a law office. Within the next few years
business and rofesssional men of all kinds settled in Washington, and
“early times” may be said to have ended with the year 1869.

Upon the petition of ‘‘George Shriner and fifty-five others” to Judge
Wilson, of the District Court, Washington town was incorporated as a city
May 3, 1875. The first election, held on the 10th, resulted as follows:
Mayor, J. S. Vedder; Clerk, E. N. Emmons; Police Judge, T. J. Humes;
ee J. W. Rector; Treasurer, Charles Smith; Marshal, M.
Patrie. Mr. Vedder has acted as Mayor three years and is the present City
Clerk. Thomas Groody is es third term as Mayor. Charles Smith,
present City Attorney, is serving his fifth term, having acted as Treasurer
three years.

An January, 1877, the Central’ Branch Extension of the Union
Pacific road reached Washington, and the city experienced a decided
revival in business prosperity. Since then nearly all her brick. busi-
ness structures have been erected, and her streets really commence to
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

present a solid metropolitan appearance. She “as now an abundance
of general stores and those devoted to special lines. Washington is
pleasantly situated, settled by an intelligent and industrious class of
citizens, and though she has experienced no mushroom growth, she is
growing and is bound to grow. Her population isabout 1,100. Inthe fall of
1881 a fine brick schoolhouse, three stories in height, was erected, at a cost
of $15,000. It is being conducted more as an academy ‘than a common
school, and is obtaining a ae outside-the county. The building has
accommodations for 500 children, and is so constructed that when it is found
necessary, an additional wing can be erected without marring the symmetry
of the present imposing structure.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1861. Rev. Messrs. R.I. Hartford and
Robertson, missionary circuit riders, bales the pastors in charge. Then came in succession,
after their term of service, Rev. James Phillips, 1863 and 1864; Rev. Taggart, 1865; Rev.
James Phillips, 1866 and 1867; Rev. E. Chilson and Rev. M. P. Welty, 1868 and 1869: Rev.
E. J. Fulford, 1870; Rev. Robertson and Rev. John Woodburn, 1871; Rev. E. W. Vande-
venter, 1872 and 1878; Rev. E. R. Brown, 1874-76; Rev. A. N. See, 1877 and 1878. In Sep-
tember of the latter year the society erected a neat church edifice, they having previonsh
occupied private houses, the school building and the Presbyterian Church. In 1879, Rev. 2
C. Dana became pastor, and was succeeded in 1880 by Rev. Henry Frank. During this year
Washington was made a station. Mr. Frank was followed by Rev. B. F. Kephart, who
remained until August, 1881, when Rev. R. H. Hoffman assumed the pastorate and had
charge of the church until March, 1882. Then Rev. A. H. Walter, the present incumbent,
became pastor. In September, 1882, the membership of the church was about 130. The
soc:ety is out of debt, and is one of the most flourishing religious organizations in the county.

First Presbyterian Church was organized in 1866, by Rev. Gary Hickman, a missionary
of the Presbytery of Highland. The society numbered ten members, but before the services
of Mr. Hickman could be obtained to preach to the little band, it had scattered, some of the
members having moved out of the county, and others joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.
A second organization was effected through the efforts of Revs. W. G. Thomas and Edward
Cooper, in October, 1869, the membership numbering fifteen. Rev. W. G. Thomas, now of
Kansas City, who had been preaching temporarily, was elected stated supply for one year,
and continued thus to act for several years, In January, 1874, a new church was dedicated,
Rev. Edward Cooper, now of Cincinnati, preaching the sermon upon the occasion. Rev. L.
G. Fisher had been called to supply the church in 1873, and remained its stated supply until
1875. For two years the society remained without stated services, but in June, 1877, Rev.
George Hageman, the present pastor, was called to the field. The church now numbers
nearly 100 members, and is growing in strength and usefulness.

Masonic—Frontier Lodge, No. 104, was chartered October 19, 1871, its first officers being:
J.C. McCew, W. M.; John McKennett, 8. W.; A. S. Markham, J.W. Present officers,
September, 1882: J.G. Lowe, W..M.; G. W. Johnson, 8S. W.; J. W. Haines, J. W.; J. W.
Barley, Treas.; S. H. Matinder, Sec. ; Thomas Groody, 8. D.; A. H. Foote, J. D.; N. Wood-
bury, 8. S.; A. W. Moore, J.S.; Charles Fitch, Tiler. Membership about fifty..

Independent Order of Oda Fellows.—Washington Lodge, No. 75, was chartered October
12, 1871, G. W. Shriner, John Palmer, J. B. Baumbarger, J. B. Snyder and A. B. Baumbarger,
being charter members. The present membership is about forty, with officers as follows:
James Root, N. G.; W. A. Clark, V. G.; N. Woodbury, Treas.; J. P. Rockefeller, Per. Sec.;
W.H. Johnson, Rec. Sec. and Rep. to Grand Lodge.

Knights of Honor—Keystone Lodge, No. 1,478, was organized March 12, 1879, with twelve
charter members and H. C. Sprengle, dictator, At present (September, ead the member-
ship of the lodge is twenty-five, and the officers are as follows: T.M. Achenbach, dictator;
J. M. Welch, vice-dictator; J. W. Cullimore, assistant dictator; Jacob Miller, reporter;
Frank Road, financial reporter; Thomas Haak. treasurer; H.C. Sprengle, chaplain; D. M.
evane, guide; J. Deniston, guardian; J. B. Baumberger, sentinel; E N. Emmons, past

ictator, d
_  ,Grand Army of the Republic—Kearney Post, No. 5, Department of Kansas, was organ-
‘ized July 18, 1878; following being its charter members: §. H. Maunder, United States
foe Huron; P. S. Erl, Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry; A. W. Ellsworth,
Eighty-ninth Illinois Infantry; E. D. Moore, Second Wisconsin Cavalry; E. N. Emmons,
Sixth Wisconsin Infantry; George W. Sharp, Ninth Kansas Infantry; R. James, One Hun-
dred and Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry; William M. Allar, Fifth Ohio Cavalry; Phillip
Rockefeller, Eighth Kansas Infantry; P. R. Childers, Second Iowa Infantry; George E. Ross,
Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry; John A. Bull, Twenty-third and Forty-ninth Wisconsin
Infantry; G.M. Parks, Fourth Ohio Infantry; M. Stewart, One Hundredth Pennsylvania
Infantry; F. M. Cox, Second Pennsylvania ea Charles Smith, Sixty-first Massachu-
setts Infantry; J. W. Barley, One Hundred and Thirth-fourth Ohio Infantry; W. W. Randall,
Hightieth Ohio Infantry; H. E. Sheets, Thirty-fifth Iowa Infantry; R. H. Sheldon, Twelfth
Ohio Cavalry; Fritz W. Brown, Twenty-first Illinois Infantry. At present the Bor hasa good
membership, and is officered as follows: S. W. Maunder, P.C.; J. M. Welch, 8. V. P.C.;
John Pickard, J. V. P. C.; K. P. Aldrich, Adjt.; N. M. Smith, Surg.; Charles Smith, Q. M.:
i us Boney Chap.; F. M. Cox, O. D.; J. W. Forbes, O. G.; W. HL Johnson, Q. L.;
. Speer, S. M.

nights of Pythias—Laurel Lodge, No. 29, was instituted June 22, 1880, with J. B.
Besack as P. C: Its present officers are: C.C., O. L. Taylor; B.C., WA. Clark; K. O.
R. &S., E. N. Emmons; M. of F., Julius Speier; M. of E., George H. Thiele. Its member-
ship is about thirty. - Be Ne
THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS,

On March 11, 1869, appeared the first number of the first paper published in Washington
C Mark J. Kelley. I- was a
little 7x9 inch sheet, office in the old stockade court house. The advent of a newspaper is gener-
ally an important event in any town. It signifies either that its turning point for the
better has comé, or is to be brought about through its agency. The turning point for
Washington had already come, and hereafter she was never without a newspaper to foster
her growth and prosperity. The Observer was the means of drawing to Washington some
of her most ‘influential citizens, a large immigration having come into the county one year
before, in the apene nd summer of 1868. In May, 1870, the paper was sold to George W.
Shrmer and James F’, Tallman, and its name changed to the Magnet. On the 25th of August,
1870 appeared, the first number of the Washington Republican, editors and proprietors, M.
J. Kel ey and J.O. Young. Mr. Tallman soon retired from the Magnet, and in January,
1871, J. O. Young pee that journal from Mr. Shriner, and Mr. Kelley’s interest in the
Republican, consolidating the two popes under the name, Republican and Magnet. After
a few months it became plain Republican. John I. Tallman and W. P. Day, successively
became proprietors during the next year, Mr. Young purchasing Mr. Day’s interest in
February, 1872, and selling the same to J. C. Martin and Perrine Stultz, during the follow-
ing July. Mr. Martin afterwards bought out Mr. Stultz, and sold to John Guinn in Janu-
ary, 1874. E. N. Emmons, who had been associated with Mr. Martin for a number of
months in the publication of the Hern purchased half of the establishment of Mr.
Guinn, in June, 1874. In July he enlarged the paper to a seven column folio. In October,
1876, J. B. Besack, its present editor, bought Mr. Emmons’ interest in the Repudlican ani
enlarged it to an een column folio. Its mame indicates its politics. The Republican is
well printed and ably conducted, and is a reliable exponent of the standing and progress of
the city and county of Washington. 5 : Bie.

Washington Register.—This new and brisk young candidate for journalistic honors was
first issued April 10, 1880, by Dr. Charles Williamson and Samnel Clarke, its place of publi-
cation being Palmer. In August it was removed to Washington City. In July, 1882, W. A.
Clark became associated with Mr. Clarke, Dr. Williamson retiring. On September, 1882, the
Register commenced to issue a small daily, devoted to the wants of Washington City. This
is claimed to be the first regular daily paper ever issued in the county, its only possible com-
pele for this honor being a campaign sheet issued by M. J. Kelley and J. O. Young, from

tober 19 to November 8, 1870. It was not the intention to make the latter enterprise per
manent. The Daily Register suspended after a brief season. The Register is Republican
in politics, a seven column folio in form, and is edited and published by an energetic and
practical firm of young men.

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In the summer of 1872, J. B, Snider erected a hotel on the west side of the square, It
was opened in September of that year, and is now known as the Commercial House, a pop-
ular resort for travelers. The building is 52x40 feet, two stories, and will accommodate
some sixty guests. The property is valued at $6,000. G. W. Sharp, the present landlord,
has been in possession nearly four years.

In July, 1872, the Money Order department was established at the post-office.

In 1876, R. E. Foote came from Wisconsin and opened the Central House. He has since
made additions to his buildings and improvements in his property, so that it is considered
the first-class hotel of Washington. Commercial men, especially, flock to itand him. The
Central House has now thirty rooms, is 40x70 feet in dimensions, and the entire property is
valued eae Mr. Foote purchased the original building of oes Wilkes. In Septem-
ber, 1882, A. H. Foote assumed charge of the small but comfortable and homelike hotel, called
the American House. He runs in connection with it a first-class livery stable. Besides
these establishment, Wan possesses private boarding houses and several restaurants.

The Washington County Bank.was organized in September, 1878. - Its officers are the
same as at the time of organization: A. W. Moore, president; F. A. Head, cashier; John
W. Barley, assistant cashier,. The capital of the bank, which transacts a general business,
is $50,000, and its average deposits, $30,000. _

The Washington State Bank was organized April 1, 1881. Capital, $50,000; average
deposits, $100,000. A general banking business is transacted and special attention paid to
collections. Its present officers (September, 1882) are: Edwin Knowles, president; Thomas
Haak, vice-president; E, C. Knowles, cashier; O. L. Taylor assistant cashier.

The first bank in Washington was started by George W. Shriner, John J. Shriner and
W. H. Collins, in July, 1874. : ; be

The new Opera House block, completed in 1882, is a credit to Washington and an evi-
dence of its citizens’ enterprise and confidence in the city’s permament prosperity. It is an
imposing three-story brick structure, ornamented with galvanized iron cornices and fancy
tower. the Opera House proper occupies the two upper stories, and is finished within
neatly and tastefully, without being gaudily embellished. Dimensions, 52x90 feet; 24 feet

_ ceiling; ond capacity, 900. Washington is an amusement-loving town, and hence the

enterprise has been, and will be supported. The block was erected at a cost of $20,000 by
a stock company, consisting of Thomas Haak, G. M. Parks, E. C. Pickard, J. G. Lowe,
Frank Wolf, Robert Burns and J. B. Besack. Mr. Haak has been elected president; G. M.
Parks, secretary; E. C. Knowles, treasurer. One side of the lower story of the block -is
occupied by the post-office, the other by a store. In connection with the amusement-loving
nature of the Washingtonians, it must be stated that the young men of the city have organ-
ized a cornet band, which is obtaining more than a local reputation.

In the immediate vicinity of Washington are two flour mills. The old one is about a
mile northeast of the city, and is run by Messrs, Welty and Johnson, They are not partners,
the mill, which is a water-power, being used by each a portion of the time. It was erected
by S. S. Penwell in 1869, and after passing through various hands, M. P. Welty, in 1878,
purchased an interest of Mr. James. The mill has two run of burrs.

The Eureka Mills were erected in 1871-72, by Messrs. Hallowell and Bowersox. The
value of the property is about $15,000, the mills being now operated by Nathan Woodbury.
They have two run of stone. :

The first mill in the county was built, in 1865, on the south side of Mill Creek, just
south of Washington, E. Woolbert erected it for A, Cubison. It has fallen to decay.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

CHARLES W. ALDRACH, Register of Deeds, was born at Highgate, Franklin County,
Vt., March 10, 1848. He came West in 1860, settling at Fond du Lac,.Wis., and learned the
trade of marble-cutter, and worked at various points in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri.
In 1870 he removed from Hastings, Minn., to Brantford, Washington County, Kan., and fol-
lowed various occupations until 1881; when he was elected Register of Deeds of Washington
County. He was married in 1870 at Prescott, Wis., to Miss Eliza Allibone. They have four
children—Mabel, born September 21, 1871, at Brantford, Kan.; William, born May, 27, 1873,
at Brantford, Kan.; Blanche, born June 26, 1877, at St. Louis, Mo.; Coit, born May 1, 1879,
at Brantford, Kan. All living except Coit, who died November 3, 1882.

« J. B. BESACK, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., July 18, 1836. At the age of sixteen
he removed to Whitley County, Ind., and taught school for two years, and then worked at
his trade of printer in Columbia City. In 1855 he removed to Jasper County, Iowa, and
started the first paper in that county, and was engaged in the business in that county for
fifteen years; also published papers in Guthrie and Shelby counties, Iowa. In 1875 he re-
moved to Tecumseh, Neb., and rented the office of the Chieftain; whici he published for a
year. From Tecumseh he removed to Clay Centre, Kan., and published the Dispatch for a
short time. In October, 1876, he bought the Republican, of Washington, Kan., and removed
to that place, where he has resided since.

W. FRENCH, M. D., was born in Lowell, Mags., November 30, 1839. He re-
moved to Wisconsin when a child, settling at Burlington, Racine County, and lived there
until the war. He was educated at Beloit College, studied Jaw, and was admitted to the bar
in Washington County in 1860. He enlisted in the army July 12, 1861, in the Ninth Battery
Wisconsin Light Artillery, and served in the Truns-Mississippi Department, and was sta-
tioned at various forts in Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming and Nebraska, He was mustered out
a Sergeant January 1, 1865; and settled at Westpoint, Mo., and studied medicine under the

receptorship of Dr. John S. Davis, attended one course of lectures, and graduated at Rush

edical College in 1872. He settled in practice in Osage, Bourbon County, Kan.,and was assist-
ant surgeon of the Gulf Road for several years. He cameto Washington from Paola in 1882,
and immediately entered upon a very lucrative practice. He was married June 24, 1868, at
Ellsworth, Kan., to Miss Sue Gallion, They have two children—Eva, born May 10, 1872,
and Charles, born July 25, 1876. Mr. French is a member of the Kansas State Medical
Society.

W. F. HACKNEY, was born in Iowa, February 28, 1850. He came to Washington
County, Kan., in July, 1874, and engaged in the agricultural implement business, real estate,
loans, etc. He owns half a section of fine prairie land five miles south of Washington,
with 240 acres under cultivation, and two dwelling houses thereon. There are four miles
of hedge on the farm. He was married April 13, 1872, to Miss Flora E. Anderson. They
have two children—Eneid, born May 6, 1878, and Lula B., born June 15, 1878.

J.M. HOOD, was born in Vermillion County, Ind., November 18, 1827, and lived on a
farm until he was of age, when he learned the telegraphers’ art. In 1861 he removed to

- Dallas County, Iowa, where he taught school for three years at Lemon’s Point. In 1863 he

moved to Hamburg, Fremont County, and in 1865 he was elected County Superintendent of
Schools for the term of two years; and in 1869 he was elected Representative to the State
Legislature from that county. He was Mayor of the city of Hamburg in 1874, and served
as a Justice of the Peace for eight years. In 1878 he removed to Hanover, Kan., and began
the publication of the Hanover Democrat, and has published the same since. He was mar-
ried September 30, 1861, to Miss Climena Flanders, at Adel, Dallas County, Iowa.

CAPTAIN J. H. HOWE was born in Richmond, Jnd., February 8, 1842. He removed
to Dayton, Ohio., when a child, and soon removed to a farmin the same county. At the age
of sixteen he went into the nursery business, and has been at the business since, excepting
only the time spent in the army. He enlisted in September, 1861, in Company A, First Bat-
tallion Fifteenth United States Infantry; served a year and one half and was discharged
for disability resulting from wounds, having been disabled at Shiloh and other places;
was wounded three times. Again, on December 4, 1863, he entered service as Captain of
Company E, One Hundred and Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until February,
1865, when he was struck by lightning and disabled, having been partially paralyzed. He
was once married, but Mrs. Howe is deceased. He has one child, a daughter, Mary B.
Howe, ee Towa, and aged seventeen years.

E. C. KNOWLES, banker, was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1856. In 1881 he removed
to Kansas, and engaged in the banking business in Seneca, Nemaha County. In the same
year he removed to Washington and organized the Washington State Bank, with a capital
stock of $50,000. Mr. Knowles is an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, and owns 4,000 acres
of land in one body, in the county of Washington. He has 1.200 head of cattle, thirty head
of which are thoroughbred Short-horns; has forty head of thoroughbred horses, and 5,000
sheep. Two hundred acres of land are under cultivation. =

CAPTAIN S. H. MAUNDER, Probate Judge, was born on the island of Guernsey
August 14, 1882. When a child he moved to Somersetshire, England. At the age of twelve
he entered the merchant service as cabin-boy, and came to America, settling in New York,
and followed the sea until 1865; but in the mean time he had settled in 1858 in Henry County,
 

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Il. ,He was in the naval service of the United States during the war of therebellion. In
1861 he entered the service, and served until the end of the war; he was in the blockading
squadron of the South Atlantic coast, and was first appointed Acting Ensign, corresponding
to Second Lieutenant of Volunteers; he was pee to Acting Master, and took part in
the capture of Fort Fisher. In 1869 he removed to Sherman Township, Washington County,
Kan., and was in 1878 elected Probate Judge, and re-elected in 1880 and in 1882, He was
married July 20, 1866, to Miss Isabella Gunning. Their children are: Mary, born January
30, 1868; Thomas, born September 17, 1869; Emma, born November 17, 1872; Fannie, born
er Biss and two younger children, poth deceased, He is a Mason, and belongs to
eG. A. R.

R. 0. MOODY, County Clerk, was born in Grant County, Ind., on April 22, 1856, and
removed with his parents, when a child, to Jo Daviess County, Ill. In 1870 he removed to
Washington County, Kan., settling in Clifron Township. e taught school and clerked
until elected to the office of Clerk of the District Court in 1880. He was married December
24, 1877, to Miss Della Webster, of Washington County. They have one child, Worth W.,
born July 29, 1881. He isa member of the I. O, O. F. .

OMAR POWELL, attorney, was born in Greene County, N. Y., May 4, 1855. He re-

' moved to McLean County, Ill., with his parents in 1865, where he received a common school

education. In 1874 he settled at Vermillion, Marshall County, Kan. Here he taught school
forseveral years. He attended the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan. After
leaving Col cee he studied law in the office of Col. T. Mann, of Marysville, Kan., and was
admitted to the barin 1880. He then located at ‘Washington, and is now making an excel-
lent repmiaricn as an attorney. Heis a member of the Masonic sateen ty

L. ROOT was born in Licking County, Ohio, July 24, 1822. and lived in Ohio until he
was eighteen years of age; and was educated at Marietta College. In 1841 he removed to
‘Van Buren County, Iowa, and was a farmer, and merchant carrying a general stock; and in
Oskaloosa was in the stock and produce shipping business. In 1878 he came to Kansas, ae 4
in Washington County, and lives on afarm eight miles southwest of Washington. In 187
in company with his son J. M. Root he started a marble shop in.Washington, the only one

_ in the county, the style of the firm being J. M. Root & Co.; they use Italian and Ameri-

can marble and granite, and trade through Western Kansas and Nebraska. He was
married September 28, 1852, in Van Buren County, Iowa, to Miss Nancy M, Burns. He has
three children—James M., Charles M. and Mary E., now the wife of Rev. Joel Battey, of
National, Clayton County, Iowa. He is a member of the I. 0.0. F., J. M. Root is twenty-
nine years old. He was married July 6, 1875, to Miss Lillis Edgar, at Oskaloosa, Iowa,
They have one child, Bertha, aged six years. He is a member of theif. O. 0. F., and is now
Noble Grand of Washington Lodge No. 76.

H. C. SPRENGLE, County Treasurer, was born in Frederick City, Md., May 3, 1830. In
1835 he removed to what is now Ashland County, Ohio, then a part of Richland. In 1869
he came to Kansas, settling on a farm adjoining Washington. He was appelnted Postmaster
in 1870, and served four years; and was elected Justice of the Peace the same year, and
served five years. In 1877 he was elected Treasurer of Washington County, and was re-
elected in 1879, serving the full term of four years—the legal limitation: he was nominated
both times by acclamation, and received about 1,000 majority at the last election. He was
married April 8, 1852, to Miss Amelia G. Cook, of Ashland County, Ohio. Their children
are: Francis J., married, and lives in Iowa; Lewis J., born May 8, 1857; Caroline M., born

: _ September 30, 1859; Preston F., born February 26, 1862; William H., born December 19,

1864; Joseph F., born January 24, 1867; Laura A., born March 21, 1870; and John A.,:born
January 2, 1872. oa
HANOVER CITY.

In the spring of 1869 Gerat H. Hollenberg laid out the town of Hanover,
on Section 9, Township 2, Range 5. William Kalhoefer and August Jaedicke
were the first to settle upon it. The town was named by Mr. Hollenberg in
honor of his own native Hanover, and for the five years that he resided
here previous to his death, it is not too much to say that he was at the head
of all the best improvements of the village, and that he was most ably
assisted by Messrs. Kalhoefer and Jaedicke. He abandoned his ranch,
removed the post-office to the new town, and Mr. Jaedicke, the present
incumbent, was appointed. In 1870 W. Wendell, Jr., started a blacksmith
shop, his uncle having taken a homestead in the spring and returned Kast
for him. The same year the Hanover House was built by H. Marguard,.
Charles Jockers started a brewery, Deviman & Smith a lumber-yard, and
other noticeable improvements were made. The first term of school was
also taught this year in the old building which had been erected the previous
fall. John Turk was the teacher.

Hanover was incorporated as a city of the third-class July 5, 1872. Mr.
Hollenberg died July 1, 1874, while on passage to visit his native city of
Hanover. His will bequeathed $600 towards building a city-hall, provided
the citizens of Hanover, Kan., would contribute an additional $1,000. This
was done, and in 1875 the city hall was erected. A fire company was organ-
ized the same year. In 1872 Hanover was made the end of the first division
of the St. Joe & Western Railroad, and a round-house and machine shops
erected here. Under Mr. Kalhoefer’s several administrations as Mayor
the town has greatly prospered. It has eight general stores (Aug.
Jaedicke occupying a handsome two-story brick building which cost $10,000),
two hardware stores, three butcher shops, three harness shops, two drug
stores, three livery stables, two boot and shoe stores, one jewelry store, one
marble yard, one bakery, two restaurants, two hotels, one brewery, two

‘furniture stores, one land office, one barber-shop, one elevator, two lumber-

yards, two tailors, two pee buyers, one brick-yard, four blacksmith shops,
and one paint shop. . A. Gilson, proprietor of the Wushington House,
also runs the stage line and carries the mail between Washington and Hanover,

The Catholic Church was organized in 1870 by the Herman Brothers
and others. The east half of the old church was then built. Occasional
mass was said, but a resident priest did not come until 1874, when Father

Weickman took charge. In July,. 1876, Father John Pichler assumed,

control. Through his energy a schoolhouse and residence was built during
this summer and fall. The school opened in November. In 1877 the old
church was enlargéd to twice its regular size, and the fine brick church
now occupied was commenced. Because of financial incapacity the structure
was not entirely completed until the fall of 1880, and then at a cost of
$10,000. Upon October 3, 1880, the building was dedicated by Bishop Fink,
of Leavenworth. A new schoolhouse, to cost $8,000, is now being built.
Father Pichler’s congregation is the strongest in the county, numbering
about 250 families. :

The Evangelical Association of North America in Hanover and at or in
the vicinity of Washington was formed in 1870. Missionaries had been

reaching for a year previous, but at that time Jacob Warner and wife,
Jacob Gehring and Conrad Geothring, C. Berner P. E., and others organ-
jzed the first class in Hanover. Rev. Messrs. Mortell, Troyer, P. Fricker, and
Schesser had charge from 1870 to 1878. Mr. Fricker organized a second
class in 1873 about eight miles southwest of Washington. A number of

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

-traveling missionaries succeeded Mr. Fricker in his work, and finally, in

1879, a church building was erected at Hanover. In 1880 Rev. D. R.
Zellner was appointed.to the mission, and a parsonage erected. In 1881 he
was re-appointed. :

The German Lutheran Church was a pea in 1874 by Rev. Henry
Roeoer, William Kalhcefer, Aug. Jaedicke, Henry Brockmeyer, Fred Run-
ger, Jacob Mosen, B. Wolfe, Henry and Fred Allerhielegen and others
being among its first members.. In 1875 a church edifice was commenced,
and completed in 1882 at a cost of $1,500. Rev. Charles Hawes was the
first pastor, Rev. J. G. Groenmiller the present. Membership about thirty.

he Methodists have a good society; erecting a brick church in 1880,
Rev. J. N. McNulty, of Hollenberg, is their present pastor. The Baptists have
an organization, worshiping in the Methodist Episcopal Church building.

anover has a population of nearly 700, and ‘esides its business is
blessed with a number of churches and societies and a weekly newspaper.
The Democrat, established by A. B. Bowman, was the first paper published
in Hanover. Its first number was issued November 7, 1871. In January,
1872, he removed it to Canon City, Col. Messrs. Baker & Moore started
the Caucasian soon after, and in May, 1872, G. H. Hollenberg purchased it.
The name was changed to Enterprise, and when P. D. Hartman purchased
it in August, 1872, it became the Western Independent. In November,
1877, E. i. Emmons, who had purchased the paper, re-christened it the
Sun. J. M. Hood came into possession in April, 1878, and named his pur-
chase the Democrat. The paper is a neat six-column paper, is of home
print, and is well peionieel as a local and a county paper.

The new schoolhouse was built in 1878 at a cost of $3,000. It is
attended by about 200 pupils. Principal, J. G. Binder.

The Hanover German Se was organized March 1, 1872, August
Jaedicke, August Neugebauer, William Brandt, W. Wendell, Jr., and H.
Marguard being charter members. In 1874 they partially built a hall,
making an addition and completing it in 1881. It is of brick, and its sub- .
stantial appearance is an index of the society’s condition. About thirty
regular members form the society.

The Masons in Hanover are represented by the Star Lodge No. 69, or-
ganized under dispensation, March 2, 1881, and granted-a charter, ag |
15, 1882. The membership is about any Present officers: W. J.
Nevins, W. M.; D. Spence, S. W.; H. W. Heagy, J. W.; H. Marguard,
Treas.; R. Wald, Sec’y; W. Jacobs, S. D.; Aug. Jaedicke, J. D.; D.
Michelson, Tyler; H. 0. Janicke, 8. S.; H. Osendorf, J. S.

The Odd Fellows Lodge was organized in February, 1879, Aug.
Jaedicke, Dr. W. Moll, W. Jacobs, Ch. Zabel being charter members. The

resent membership is about twenty—W. J. Nevins, N. G.; H. Ostendorf,
V. G.; Jacob Straub, Sec.; Aug. Jaedicke, Treas.

CLIFTON.

In 1859 a town called Clifton was laid out in Clay County, just over the
line. The company, composed of gentlemen from Manhattan and St George.
assed the government of the ‘‘town” over to one James Fox, after they
tad built one log cabin. The next year Mr. Fox abandoned Clifton, Clay
County, and started a new Clifton in Washington County, on the east side of
Parson’s Creek. He opened a store and blacksmith shop, and was appointed
postmaster. In 1863 J. Haines, who had obtained possession of the site,
moved the town back into Clay County. Clifton, Clay County, did not
prosper, this time, either, and William Funnell bought out Mr. Haines and
moved the town back into Washington County. A hotel was built by George
Green, and there the growth of Old Clifton ceased forever.. The present
town was laid out by Rufus Berry in 1870. In 1871 Mr. Funnell moved his
store and postales to the new town. A. Green built a hotel and George
Miller and Thomas Dolan started a general store. In December, 1877, came
the railroad and the next year Hoenan & Barlow opencd a hardware store, C.
C. Funnell started a lumber-yard, the Pacific House was built, the school
house erected, and Clifton commenced to assume its present promising ap-
pearance. Clifton, as it stands to-day, is a pleasant little village of about
600 inhabitants, situated twelve miles southwest of Palmer. It contains a
number of churches and societies, a good newspaper and school, one flour
mill, six general stores, one bank, two hotels, one hardware establishment,
two drug stores, one furniture store, one lumber-yard and grain elevator,
two agricultural implement stores, two millinery stores, ete., etc. The
professions are represented by one lawyer, three physicians and three
clergymen. : ,

The flour mills, operated by Messrs. C. F. Scheppele and George H.
Stegman, were built by these gentlemen in 1880. Since then the mills have
been twice overhauled and re-fitted with new machinery, and they are now in
pe order having a capacity of eighty barrels of flour daily. They have

our run of stone and tworollers. The building is 36x56 feet, three stories
and basement in height, and the entire property is valued at $17,000. The
pecs co of flour manufactured by this firm is ‘“‘The Belle of the West,

The bank of Clifton was organized September 1, 1881, it being the suc-
cessor of the private bank established by Snider Brothers three years before.
A substantial two-story brick building was erected in the fall of 1881. This is
the only banking institution in Clifton. Its capital is $20,000 and average de-
posits $15,000. The bank doesa general banking and exchange business, its
officers being: M. F'. Southwick, president; E. W. Snider, vice-president: C.
W. Snider, cashier. aie)

The Clifton Review was establishhd February 27, 1879, by Willman &
Blake. In May the paper passed into the possession of George Blake, and, in
June, into the hands of C. H. Rice & Co. A. Dobbins & Co. purchased. the
establishment in October, and in April, 1880, N. S. Hewett, present editor
and proprietor, assumed control. The Review is Republican in politics,
printed at home, and asix-column folio inform. Mr, Hewett is a native of
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Ohio, residing in that State up to the oreaking out of the war, when he came
West and settled in Pawnee City, Neb. He served through the war, after-
wards lived a number of years in Valley Falls, returned to his native State
for ayear, and in 1880 came to Clifton and purchased the Review.

The first hotel built in Clifton was the old ‘‘ Parallel House ” erected, in
1871, by George W. Lang. The name was afterwards changed to ‘‘ The At-.
lantic House,” and in 1879 J. A. Kern took charge. This hotel contains
fifteen rooms, is 85x50 feet, and is valued at $2,000.

The Pacific House is a neat, well kept hotel, opened in the summer of
1878 and built by J. L. Miller. P. S. Carpenter, its present proprietor,
bought the hotel in October, 1878. The Pacific House will accommodate
about thirty guests, and the entire property is valued at $5,000.

The strongest religious denomination in Clifton is the Methodist. A
church was organized in 1878, by Rev. J. H. Colt, and a parsonage built in
duly. In the summer of 1879, chiefly through the well-directed efforts of its

-pastor, Rev. W. J. Mitchell (P. E.), George Funnell, H. Rundle, G. D.
Geabarey and S. H. Hamilton, the society erected a house of worship at a
cost of $8,000. In March, 1880, Rev. J. C. Dana was called to the pastorate.
He served one year and was succeeded, in March, 1881, by the te
incumbent, Rev. J. R. Shultz. The society has a membership of 150. .

The oldest church in the county is that organized by the Catholics, in
the spring of 1866. J. Bowmaker, T. Kingsley, N. Eslinger and P. Eslinger
are among the first members. A log schoolhouse was built the same year,
about three miles north of Clifton, and here services were held until 1872,
when the society erected a church building. Rev. Father John Loevenich,
who assumed charge in the fall of 1882, is making arrangements to remove
the church to Clifton, and it is the intention to build a church in the village.

The Baptists organized a society ten years ago, removed to Clifton in
1879, and built a church. Rev. A. J. Hssex, their present pastor, assumed
charge in the summer of 1882. The Presbyterian Church was organized in
1877, and numbers about thirty members. Rev. N. Meerken, the present

* incumbent, carne in 1882. The Christians have a small society. Rev. John
Boggs, pastor. ;

: ‘The district schoolhouse, built for the accommodation of both Clifton
and Vining, is a large two-story wooden structure, erected in.1878. Bonds
to the amount of $4,000 were voted. phe wens, numbering over 200,
are divided into three departments. C. H.

school, has had charge since its organization.

As to social privileges, there are a number of secret and benevolent

organizations. The Masons, Clifton Lodge, No. 122, was chartered Febru-
ary 15, 1882, and has already (September) about thirty members. C. C.
Funnell is W. M.; C. W. Snyder, S. W.; A. J. Banner, J. W.; C. A. Elson,
Treas.; F: 0. Andrews, Sec.; W. C. Robb, 8. D.; S. Long, J. D.
_ Sedgwick Post, No. 24, G, A. R., was chartered November 80, 1880.
Present number of members (September, 1882), fifty-seven. Its officers are
as follows: Post Commander, Joseph Epos S. V., H. R. Sturdevant; J. V.,
Samuel Herley; Ajt., Calvin White;-Surgeon, L. W. Lynde; Q. M., Ed.
Short; 0. D., B. F. Scott; O. G., G. W. Mowry; Sergt. Major, C. M. Woody;
Q. M. Sergt., W. S. Bunton; Chaplain, W. T. Harris.

The A. 0. U. W., Lodge No. 40, was organized a 17, 1880; has now
nearly sixty members, and is officered as follows: . D. Harmon, P. M.;
A. C. Potter, M. W.; John Shea, F.; Jos. Greenleaf, O.; Wm. P. Funneli,

‘R.; J. W. Chadwick, F.; C. C. Funnell, Rec.; Charles Service, G.; John
Ross, J. W.; N. B. Needham, 0. W.

Lodge. No. 181, I. 0. 0. F., was organized October 12, 1881, and has
now twenty-five members. Present officers (September, 1882): Geo. A.
Huston, N. G.;D. C. Fraser, V. G.; N. B. Needham, Sec. ; A. Roeneigh, Treas.

Clifton Temple, No. 20, U. 0. A. T., is organized with F. H. Bennett
as Templar, and H. 8S. Haynes, Recorder.

GREENLEAF.

This is a bright growing little division town on the Centrai Branch of
the Missouri Pacific road. It already contains nearly 400 people, although
located. only about six years ago. The town was platted in November, 1876,
and named in honor of A. W. Greenleaf, treasurer of the Union Pacific
Company; proprietor, R. M. Pomeroy, of Boston. The railroad reached
here in December. Prior to this, a small town named Round Grove, had
been located about two miles south of the present site. Several buildings
were erected and a post-office established. hen the line reached Green-
leaf, however, the post-office was removed to the new town and the old site
abandoned. The postmaster of Round Grove, J. A. Simons, became the
first postmaster of Fresnleat. He resigned in favor of W. K. McConnell,
the present incumbent. A. A. Young opened the first store on the present
site of Greenleaf, about the time the town was platted. On March 25, 1877,
occurred an always important event—the birth of the first child, Ralph
Greenleaf Snyder. In pursuance of previous arrangements, Mr. Greenleaf
argo the parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Snyder, with a silver cup. They

ad opened the Greenleaf House but a short time previous, so that their
accommodations were amply-sufficient for the additional guest.

In the spring of 1877 the old schoolhouse, erected at Round Grove, was
removed to Greenleaf, and Miss Sadie Hackey, first ‘‘manipulated” the

oung ideas. In 1880 a fine new structure was erected at a cost of $2,500,
vof. Charles Brown being principal, and Miss Hackey his assistant. The
attendance varies from 90 to 110. :

In 1878, while Greenleaf was the terminus.of the Central Branch, a
round-house was established at this point. But in 1880, when the road was
extended to Cawker City, and Greenleaf was made the end of the first divi-
sion, a new one was built. Some twenty men, including car repairers, are
employed here, and as many again around the depot, dispatch office, etc.

Since 1880, Greenleaf has taken a new breath and a fresh start. The
town was incorporated as a city of the third class, September 6, 1880. In

WASHINGTON COUNTY.

mill.

ice, the principal of the ~

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the wey of secret societies she has lately organized flourishing lodges of the
A. 0. U. W. and Knights of Pythias.

Of churches she has her share. The Methodist Episcopal Church was
organized in 1877, having completed a $4,000 building in the fall of 1882.
Rey. J. W. Porter served the church for about four years, Rev. S. M. Hop-
kins being the present incumbent. n the spring of 1877, a Baptist Society
was organized by Rev. J. T. Randen, who continued in charge until 1880,
when Rev. Charles Clutz was called to the pastorate. The church has a
membership of about thirty. In the winter of 1871, the French Catholics
organized a society at the house of Sol. Lanoux. The organization is still
maintained, with Father Molier, of Cloud County, as pastor. The old
schoolhouse was purchased and transformed into a suitable place of worship.
In the spring of 1880 the Presbyterians organized, but their society has died
out and they are without any settled pastor. In May, 1882, the English
Lutherans formed a flourishing church, and are now erecting a building—
Rev. J. Schaurer, pastor. - The Universalists organized in June, 1882, with
Rev. Joseph Wilson as pastor.

The Greenleaf Journal was established by W, H. Besack, of Washing-
ton, January 15, 1881. In February he sold to H. A. Moore and J. A. W.
Bliss. The paper was enlarged to an eight column folio, In May, 1882,
Charles Barrett, its present editor and proprietor, purchased Mr. Moore’s
nee and in August, that of Mr. Bliss. The Journal is independent in
politics. ‘

J. W. Bliss established the Independent, September 15, 1882. Its name
indicates its poliey. It_is a seven column folio.

The business of Greenleaf is decidedly on the increase with her growth
in educational, social and religious privileges. An important factor in this
line is to be the Fair Association just formed (September, 1882), which is to
hold an exhibition in November. It is also proposed to build a steam flour-
The business of the city is now represented as follows: Two hotels,
five.general stores, three hardware, two drug stores, one bakery, and four
restaurants, two lumber-yards, two grain warehouses, and four agricultural
implement depots, two blacksmith and wagon shops, two liveries, one bed-
spring manutactory, one barber shop, etc., etc. Greenleaf has her two
lawyers, her two physicians, and her two editors. ‘

The oldest hotel is the Greenleaf House, built by A. Snyder in 1876.
Soon after (1880) Greenleaf was made a division town; the railroad company
erected a commodious hotel. It is maintained in fine style, W. W. Randall
being proprietor. It is the Pomeroy House by name, being christened’ in
honer of R. M. Pomeroy.

PALMER.

The village of Peach Creek was located in 1870, about two miles south
of the present site of Palmer. In the spring of that. year, EH. Wilson, of
Sherman Township, established a store, and a Methodist Episcopal class was
soon after organized, Dr. Geo. Wigg being pastor. Dr. Randal! came about
the same time, opened a store, and was appointed postmaster. Others came
in 1871. In the spring of 1879, however, those who had settled at Peach
Creek, moved to the new village of Palmer, which had been laid out and
named in honor of J. Palmer, one of the first superintendents of public in-
struction in the county. The town was platted in November, 1878, R. M.
Pomeroy, E, A. Thomas and Eliza A. Currier, proprietors. Frank Nadeau
started the first store on the site of Palmer in 1879, and his father, Francis,
the present incumbent, was appointed the first postmaster.

Palmer is. now a village of about 200 people, containing, besides the
Methodist Episcopal Society, referred to, a French Catholic Church, organ-
ized in 1879 by Louis Ray and others. Father Molier was their pastor.
They built a church the same year, and have now a society of some thirty.
The present pastor is Father R. A. Hoffman. Rev. J. 5. Horner is pastor

‘of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The village has a good district school.

The business of Palmer is represented by five general stores, an elevator,
a lumber-yard, an agricultural implement depot, two blacksmith shops, and
one hardware store. The traveling public are accommodated by two hotels
—the Palmer House and the Central House. The latter was built by W. J.
Cook in 1879, and is kept by Francis Nadeau, the postmaster. The Palmer
House has just been opened.

HOLLENBERG.

This station situated on the St. Joe & Western Railroad, in the north-
eastern part of the county, was located in the spring of 1872, by G. H.
Hollenberg, on his own land. He built a store on the town site, and when
the railroad was extended from Hanover, C. A. Fuller built a store, and
Jesse Elliott erected the Otoe House. In 1879 considerable building went
on, and in 1881 J. Snider & Co. built a two-story stone building, opening a
general store. In 1872 a post-office was established and R. T. Kerr appointed
postmaster. J. ee is the present incumbent.

In 1872, C. Y. Van Deventer organized a Methodist Episcopal Society.
Rev. J. N. McCurdy is the present pastor.
society, but have no building.

In 1872 a small schoolhouse was built, Miss Reynolds teaching the first
term in the fall of that year. She had but two pupils, the children of R. T.
Kerr, and the only ones in town. Mr. Kerr kept a store in the first building
erected by Mr. Hollenberg on the town site.

Hollenberg Lodge, No. 182, I. 0. O. F., was organized June 16, 1881,
by W. H. Johnson. OC. C. Babcock is the present W. M. It has a member-
ship of about thirty-two.

In 1881 the mill on the Little Blue, one mile south of town, was com-
ee at a cost of $8,000. It is now operated by 8. F. Benson and .A. G.

obbs.

At present writing, Hollenberg is a village of over one hundred people,

Later the Baptists formed a
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containing in the way of business two general stores, one hardware store,
one drug store, two blacksmith shops, a grain warehouse and agricultural
implement depot, one hotel and a boarding house. The Ohio House was
opened in 1882. :

HADDAM.

This post-office is situated about twelve miles west of Washington, off
the line of railroad. The town was founded in 1869, when J. W. Taylor
built a store upon land donated by Geo. Canfil. About this time A. Whitney
opened a store on his claim, just west, and started a rival-town of Haddam.

e fight waxed hot for five years, Mr. Whitney being appointed post-
master at one time, and removing the office to West Higttiane. In 1874,
however, he sold out his store and removed to the rival and the present
town. The post-office was removed, and W. H. Taylor built a hotel. Had-
dam, is quite a trading hamlet, having several stores, a lumber-yard, two
blacksmith shops, and a wagon shop. It receives daily mails.

VINING.

This station, situated on the line between wens and Clay coun-
« ties,was laid out in the fall of 1877, by W. Haynes and Oliver Cooper, acting
for the Junction City & Fort.Kearney Railroad, which located a depot here.
It was then called West Clifton. In the spring of 1881 the old Riverdale
post-office was moved to town, and its name changed to Vining, in honor of
E. P. Vining, general freight agent of the Union Pacific road. Vining con-
tains a general store, a hardware store, a drug store, a hotel, a grain eleva-
tor, a lumber-yard, and an agricultural depot. The population, numberin,

about 200, depend, at present, upon East Clifton, for educational an

religious privileges.
BARNES.

This is a small station of the Central Branch, containing about twenty-
five people, situated near the head of North Coon Creek, a few miles east of
Greenleaf. Elm Grove post-office was established in July, 1875, with J. R.
Ober as postmaster. The post-office was removed to Barnes when the rail-
road reached that point in November, 1876. Henry Ober erected the first

Y GRAHAM

RAHAM County is situ-

ated three hundred miles
west of the Missouri River. It
is composed of twenty-five Con-
gressional townships, each six
miles square. The surface of
the country is generally roll-
ing, with small plateaus be-
tween the streams, The slopes
are gradual toward the larger
streams. The principal streams
are the Solomon, running from
west to east, and touching at
the ee center; Bow
Creek, in the north from west
to east, the entire width of the
county; Happy Hollow, from
northwest to southeast in south
of county; Spring Creek from
northwest to southeast to Solo-
mon at the east line of county;
Brush Creek, from southwest
to northeast, enters into Solo-
mon near center of county; and
Sand Creek empties into Solo-
mon one inile west of center of
county.

The principal timbered
stream is Bow Creek, consist-
ing of oak, ash, box elder,
cottonwood and elm; with oc-
casional groves on Brush and
Coon creeks.

Sandstone and lime for
building are found in abund-
ance along most of the streams.
The stone is a white magnesian

_ limestone, which upon first
being taken from the quarry
can be planed or sawed very
easily, but hardens by expos-'
ure. The sand is of various
kinds and qualities, suitable for
any kind of mechanical work,

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and what is termed native lime Bryant Township -.. 28
is found in abundance, an ex- Gettysburg Township 510

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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.
(Organized in 1880.)

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

building on the town site and opened a store. The English Lutherans
organized a church in August, 1879. They own a building, the Methodists
worshiping in it every alternate Sunday. The only society at Barnes is the
Maplewood Grange, organized in the fall of 1874. They erected a grain
warehouse, in which the Congregationalists held services for a time in
1877-78. Besides the elevator there are two general stores in the place and

a boarding house.
SUMMIT (or uiny).

The post-office of Linn was established in 1877, the name ‘Summit ”
being derived from the fact that when the railroad reached this point; it
was found to be situated.on the highest ground west of Atchison. ~ William
Cummins opened a store in January, 1881, and soon after F. Schwerdtfage
laid out a town on Section 21, Township 4, Range 3, and built a two-story
structure, which he occupied as a general ‘store. Among the other early
settlers were H. E. Billings, F. K. Fisk, Thomas Baker, John Mathews and
Theo. Bedkar. There is a small Methodist Episcopal Society at Linn, and
a Masonic Lodge. The lodge was. granted a dispensation April 20, 1882,
and organized a week thereafter. The present membership is eighteen, with
officers as follows: H. E. Billings, W. M.; G. R. Nunnemaker, S. W.; E.
J. Gay, J. W.; M. Johnson, Treas.; G. R. Clark, Sec.; E.S. Newsum, 8. D.;
A. T. Riley, J. D.; D. Lyons, 8S. 8.; A. B. Haworth, J. 8.; N. Johnson, ..
Tiler. AG. A. R. Post has also’ been lately organized—Gen. Blunt Post,
No. 31. The district school is attended by about seventy pupils.

Linn has now a population of about sixty-five, and its business is repre-
sented by two general stores, one lumber-yard, one oo house, four
carpenters, two stone masons, one blacksmith, and a hotel. -

~ OTHER POST-OFFICES.

Peach Creek Village was laid out by D. T. Smouse in 1871, containing
several stores and about forty people. It is on the main traveled road from
Waterville, Marshall County, to Clyde, Cloud County, being in the southern
part of Washington County. d

Kimeo, a few miles to the southeast in Lincoln Township, is a diminu-
tive hamlet in the midst of a good farming region.

COUNTY.

action of the elements, water
dissolving it very readily. The
soil is a dark loam, sometimes
a little sandy, and well adapted
for corn, wheat, rye, millet, and
all kinds of vegetables. The
natural grases are buffalo and
blue stem. Tame grass is being
put out, and does as well as in
any other section of the country. '

EARLY HISTORY.

The first settlement in
Graham County was made May
18, 1872, by W. E. Ridgely, on
the northeast section of the
county, his nearest neighbor
being at Logan, Kan., eight
miles distant. From that date
until the census was taken in

* November, 1876, there were but
seventy-five inhabitants in the
county, and in the spring of
1882, the census of the county
was 3,328.

From the summer of 1879,
until April 1, 1880, the county
was attached to Rooks County
as a municipal organization,
and April 1, 1880, by a proc-
lamation of Gov. John P. St.
John, an organization was es-
tablished with Millbrook as the
county-seat, ee and
John P. Inlow, 0. G. Nevins
and A. EH. Moses as Commis-
sioners, and HE, P. McCabe as
County Clerk.

On June 1, 1880, the first
election was held in the county,
and the following officers were
elected: Representative, J. L.
Walton; ommissioners, A.
Mort, G. W. Morehouse and J.
N. Glover; County Clerk, John
Deprad ; County Attorney, J.R.
McCowen; Register of Deeds,
H. J. Harrvi; Treasurer, Ji:

G ‘ QO j ELLs

MeNally & Co., co.

Millbrook Township
Morelaw Township._...... 22-222 2...20-.- 381
Nicodemus Township... ..
GRAHAM

Thoman; Surveyor, L. Pritchard; Sheriff, E. A. Moses; Coroner, Dr.
Butterfield; Probate Judge, James Gordan. The first crops raised in
the county were by Messrs. Ridgely, Wilkinson and Poole, in 1878, and con-
sisted wholly of corn. The first post-office established was on Bow Creek,
iw 1874, at H. M. Wisdom’s pie he being the postmaster.

The first Sabbath-school in the county was held at J. A. Holloway’s
place, May 10, 1874, Nett Spanos as Superintendent, and the first church
society was organized by J. M. Brown, near the Houston post-office, July
30, 1876, as the First Presbyterian Church of Graham County. The first
matringe in the county was between Paris Stevens and Miss Morrison, in
the ee of 1874, by Judge Schurz, of Phillips County.

he first death was that of a daughter of A. Coleman, November, 1882,
buried in Coleman cemetery, the first one organized in the county, April,
1879. The first school held in the county was in what was called Nevins
District No. 45, in 1874, with Miss Anna Smith as teacher. °

The first child born in the county was Thaddeus Beaumont. The first
Notary Public was Osen G. Nevins, commission dated June 28, 1878. N. C.
Terrell settled on Millbrook town site July 29, 1878, and in the fall of the
same year laid out the town of Millbrook—now composed of the following
business houses: N. ©. Terrell, general’ merchandise; W. A. Cox & Co.,
drugs; H. J. Fuller, drugs; C. Tillotson, general merchandise; Thomas
Nesbitt, boots and shoes; J. N. Boyles, hotel; N. C. Terrell, postmaster.
Samuel Stevens, blacksmith. In the fall of 1876, W. R. Hill located the
town site of Hill City—John W. Ferrow, general merchandise. A. J.
Wheeler settled August 17, 1878, on town site of Gettysburg, where now
are the following business houses: Willis Ellsworth, hotel; Shearer Bros.,
boot and shoemakers; H. 8. Hogue, livery stable; Sam Sharer, blacksmith;
Willis Ellsworth, postmaster; H, S. Clubb, general merchandise; T. F.
Goff, drugs and general merchandise. In July, 1878, G. E. Higinbotham
settled where Roscoe now is, and in the fall of same year laid out the town
of Roscoe—Samuel Coder, general merchandise; W. H. Hughes, blacksmith,
and Higinbotham & Van, Slyck, general merchandise, Barent Van Slyck,

ostmaster. Four miles southeast on Spring Creek, Higinbotham & Van
Stak have a flouring-mill, with two run of burrs. This is the only grist-
mill in Graham County. Nicodemus was first settled July 30, 1877, the
Town Company being W. H. Smith, President; Berry Clark, Vice-President ;
S. P. Roundtree, Secretary, and Jerry Alsup, Jeff Lindsey and William
Edmonds, Trustees. It now contains W. Green’s general store, and S. G.
Wilson’s store, Z. T. Fletcher, postmaster. The first newspaper pupae’
in the county was the Western Star at Hill City, May 15, 1879, Beaumont
& McGill, editors. Later McGill was its publisher, and later still its
editor; it expired June 17, 1880. The Millbrook Times came next on the list
by B. F. Graves, July 11, 1879; Greenback in politics. Itis still being issued.
Next the Graham County Lever, August 2, 1879, H. S. Hogue, editor and
proprietor; Republican in politics; discontinued December, 1881. Next
in order is the Poses Tribune, May 12, 1880, Worcester & Kellogg, editors
and publishers; discontinued. Then the Mfilbrook Herald, established
January 8, 1882, by N. C. Terrell, proprietor; circulation about 300.
Republican in politics. The attorneys in the county are R. H. Litson,
H. J. Harrvi, T. T. Tilitson and F. B. Turk. ;

County Officers.—Rep. A. Woodin, County Attorney; R. H. Litson,
Probate Judge; E. Sanford, Clerk of the District Court; John H. Currie,
County Clerk; .E. P. McCabe (now State Auditor), County Treasurer; H. C.
Mosely, Superintendent of Schools; John Malony, Sheriff; G. P. Turner,
Register of Deeds; C. Fountain, Surveyor; T. J. Gardiner, Coroner; Daniel
Hickman, Commissioner of the First District; Woodard, Commissioner of
the Second District; Lewis Welton, Commissioner of the Third District.
R. W. McGrew built the first store in the county, which was opened by J.
D. Egleston in the spring of 1878, on Bow Creek. ;

‘There are ten church organizations in the county: Presbyterian, 2;
Methodist, 4; Baptist, 2; Campbellites, 1; Congregational, 1.

INDIAN TROUBLES.

The only Indian trouble in Graham County, since ‘its first settlement,
was during the summer of 1874. Mr. E. Poole, one of the first settlers on
Bow Creek, was visited by three wild Sioux Indians (the only ones ever seen
on Bow Creek), who walked into his cabin, and without any ceremony began
to pick up such things as struck their fancy, whereupon Mr. Poole thought
it time for Mr. “Lo” to go slow, and with a war whoop he knocked one of
them into a heap in the corner, while the other two laughed at the fun.
They left Mr. Poole in possession of his property, went farther down the
creek, where they were met by some of the settlers armed, who ordered them
to return West, which they did, and to the present time there has been no
trouble in the county from Indians. ;

The secon! death by violence was on the 24th of October, 1882. Mitchell
Hopson (colored) killed Theodore Rudman by shooting him with a Colt’s

istol, one shot killing him instantly, the ball penetrating the heart. The
Hifficulty arose from Mr. Rudman putting up some of Hopson’s hogs. Hop-
son was arrested by Special Constable, tried before Justice Currie, and bound:

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over to the next term of the District Court of Graham County, and confined
in jail of Ellis County, Kan. On the 4th of December, 1882, while trying
to make his escape from the officers at the jail, he was struck on the head
with a hammer by one of the officers, from which he died the same day.
The hammer, a large knife and quite a large package of red pepper were in
possession of the prisoner, given him by outside friends to assist him in
making his escape.
The population of Graham County, in March, 1882, was 3,328.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

I. N. BOYLE, hotel-keeper, Millbrook, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, January
8, 1845, where he resided on a farm until September 19, 1861, when he enlisted as a private
in Company E, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Was discharged as a private of Com-
pany E, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, November 19, 1864, on expiration of term of
service, when he returned to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and followed farming until the fall
of 1865, when he went to Logan County, Ill., and worked on a farm until February 1, 1875.
He then moved to Macedonia, Iowa, and again engaged in farming until September 15, 1879,
when he came to Graham County, Kan., and homesteaded a farm on Section 2, Township 7,
Range 24, where he resided for one year, when he removed to Millbrook, Kan., to fill the
office of County Treasurer, he being elected to that office in the fall of 1880. On retiring
from the office, he moved on to his farm, where he lived until November, 1882, when he
again moved to Millbrook, and established his present business. He was married to Miss
Emalie Beezley, November 19, 1868. ‘They have five children—Harvey T., Vinnie E., Macia
E., Lulia A. and Jennie. (Lost by death—William F., one year old, August 13, 1878, and
Charles A., infant, September 26, 1873.) He is a member of the K. of P. and G. A. R. Was
wounded. at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, in right thigh; on pension roll at $4
per month.

HENRY J. FULLER, physician and druggist, Millbrook, was born in Vergennes, Vt.
June 30, 1852. In infancy his parents moved to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where he live:
until 1868, when he went to McComb County, Mich., where he worked on a farm until 1870,
when he moved to McDonough County, Ill., where he read medicine with Dr. Scroggs for
nearly three years; then he attended the Louisville Medical College until he graduated during
the winter of 1876-77; then in the spring of 1877 he moved to Fremont County, Iowa,
where he practiced medicine until 1879, when he came to Graham County, Kan., where he,
in connection with his practice of medicine, established his drug store He was married to
Miss Ella Hushaw, of McDonough County, Ill., March 14, 1874. They have two children—
Leroy W. and Katie N. (George died at one year of age, in 1876.) He is a member of the
Knights of Pythias. Was Justice of the Peace for oks County while Graham was at-
tached as a municipal organization. Was United States Examining Surgeon, appointed 1881.

R. H. LITSON, Section 16, Township 8, Range 23, farmer and County Attorney, P. O.

Gettysburg, was born in Barnstable, England, April 18, 1831, and at eleven years of age came
to America and located at Syracuse, N. Y., where he lived until 1845, when his mother
returned to England, and he, at fourteen years of age, went to Madison, Ind., where he was
ee at inashoe shop for three years; he then worked at the same business as a eee
shoemaker until the Sonne of 1856; also during the years from 1848 to 1856 studied law
with J. C. Thom and J. Y. Allison, and was admitted to the bar of the First Judicial Circuit
of Indiana. In March, 1856, and from then until April, 1861, he practiced law at Madison,
Ind. At the breaking out of the war he raised a company, and was mustered in as Captain
of the Twenty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, July 14, 1861. He was discharged as
Major of the Twenty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, August 1, 1865, under special order
of the War Department, when he returned to Madison, Ind., and practiced law until the
fall of 1868. He moved to Syracuse and remained there until 1872, when he moved to
Parsons, Kan., looking at the West, and the same year returned to eras N. Y., where
he resided until the spring of 1873, when he returned to Madison, Ind. He resided there
until 1875, when he moved to Indianapolis, Ind., remaining until the spring of 1878, when
he moved to La Fayette, Ind, He lived there until March, 1880, when he came to Graham
County, Kan., where he has since been engaged as a farmer and in the practice of law. He
was married to Miss Maria Eudaily, December 7, 1851. They have had born to them five
children, of whom are living—Mary E. and Richard E. He was Justice of the Peace of
Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, Ind., for two years; was member of the House
that elected O. P. Morton, United States Senator; was é ected in 1858 District Attorney of
Common Please Court of counties of Hendricks and Putnam, for two years; was Chief of
Military Conductors of Military Division of Mississippi Headquarters at Nashville, Tenn.
appointedin the spring of 1865. He was wounded at Stone River, December 30,1862 , in left
knee; was also wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6, 1862, on the left cheek;
is on pension roll. He is a member of the G, A. R.; was elected County Attorney of
Graham County, Kan., in the fall of 1880, and re-elected in the fall of 1882.
_ _H. C. MOSELEY, farmer, Section 20, pene 10, Range 23, P. O. Millbrook, was born
in Jessamine County, Ky., October 28, 1823, where he resided as a farmer until October 10,
1865, when he.moved to Clay County, Mo., where he Seale engaged in farming until March
18, 1872, when he moved to Johnson County, Kan., and farmed until April, 1879, when he
came to Graham County ard homesteaded his present farm, October, 1878, and where he
has since lived as a farmer. He was married May 1, 1850, to Miss Theresa M. Walker, of
Henry County, Ky. They have one child—George H. His wife died July 29, 1853, and he
was again married to Miss Margaret Hunt, October 18, 1854. They have two children—
Albert J. and Maggie T. A, He was elected County Treasurer of Graham County in the
fall of 1881. Elected Sheriff of Jessamine County, Ky., in 1854, for two years. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F. ‘

N. C, TERRELL, merchant and postmaster, Millbrook, was born in West Haven, Vt.
November 17, 1830, where he resided and followed carpentering until 1855, when he moved
to Kankakee, Ill., where he engaged as a contractor until 1878, when he came to Millbrook,
Kan., where he homesteaded his farm on Section 27, Township 8, Range 28, where he has
since resided. In the fall of 1878 he established a general store, which business he is still
following. He was married September 27, 1855, to Miss Maria L. Fuller. They have four
children—Kate, Mary E., Jennie and Willie. Charles R., an infant, died in the spring of
1875. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M.,and K. of P. Was appointed postmaster at
Millbrook in February, 1882. He built the first house in Millbrook, Was City Assessor in
Kankakee, Ill., for four years; City Alderman two years, and City Collector two years.

- ALBERT WOODIN, farmer, Section 32; Township 8, ge 22, P.O. Millbrook, was born
in Saratoga County, N. Y., July 19, 1844, where he resided as a farmer until he was twenty
years of age, when his health failing, he went to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he resided for
eighteen months, most of the time attending Ann Arbor University, and on leaving Michi-
gan, he moved to Lexington County, Mo., where he engaged as a farmer until 1878; also for
our years of the time he lived in Missouri he was an active minister of the Christian
Church, and in the fall of 1878 he came to Graham County, where he homesteaded his
resent farm and where he has since resided as afarmer. He was married to Miss Rebecca
pp, February 28, 1866. They have six children—Carrie, Allie, Ida R., John, Mason and
Florence M. He enlisted as private in Company F, Thirteenth New York Volunteer Heavy
Artillery, January 18, 1864, and discharged as a private February 13, 1865, on Surgeon's
Certificate of Disability—‘‘Heart Disease.” He was elected Representative for Graham
County, Kan., in the fall of 1882. Is a member of the G. A. R.
"> 'Pownship, in April, 1872. In

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

COUNTY.

 

NGS County, lying inthe northern tier, adjoining Nebraska, is
the fourth county from the Colorado line on the west and the tenth
from the eastern boundary-line of the State. Its climate and soil are simi-
lar to the neighboring counties of Phillips, Smith and Decatur. The soil
has the same marvelous richness and capacity to resist drouth; there is the
same scarcity of timber and absence of stone-coal, the same abundance of
fine building-stone (magnesian limestone.) Like its neighboring counties,
already named, Norton has numerous water-courses, the principal of which
are the Solomon River, flowing east through the southern tier of townships,
the Prairie Dog, through the central portion, and the Sappa, from south-
west to northeast, through the northwest corner of the county. The Solo-
mon has as tributaries, Cactus, Skull, Buck, Big Timber, Otter, Sand, East
_and West Elk creeks, and the Prairie Dog and Sappa both have numerous
tributaries. Norton County’s lands are divided as fullows: Upland, 92
per cent; bottom land, 8 per <
Seas forest (government sur-
vey) 1 per cent; prairie, 99 per
neue vriey, willow and cations
wood timber may be found on
the margins of the principal
’ streams.

Early Settlements. —The
first actual settler in what now
constitutes Norton County was
Shelby D. Reed, who came and
settled in what is now Centre

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the fall of the same year
Thomas Beaumont, Henry Gor-
don and Peter Hanson settled
in the southern section of the
county, near the Solomon River.
The last-named person (Peter
Hanson), who now resides in
the adjacent county, Phillips,
opened the first farm in the
spring of 1872, several months
before he became an actual set-
tler. The first families to make

ermanent settlement were

ames Hall and Daniel C. Cole-
man, who located on the Prairie
Dog, twelve miles east of Nor-
ton. They came soon after
Shelby Reed, in 1872. During
the same season Joel Simmons,
W. E. Case, Charles and John
Beiber, G. N. Kingsbury, Henry
Oliver, Sol. Marsh, Charles
Hilsinger and Joel Mott settled
in the county. Soon after came
an individual called Col. N. H.
Billings, who taking sway as a
leader, became the first Repre-
sentative in the Legislature on
the organization of the county.

Organization.— August 22,
1872, the Governor issued a
proclamation and declared Nor-
ton County organized for all
purposes of government. He
appointed as temporary officers,
D. C. Coleman, County Clerk;
J. W. Vance, S. D. Reed and
James Hall, Cornmissioners.
The county was divided into
three townships, each ten miles
wide and thirty miles long—
to constitute the three Commissioners’ Districts—named Almena, Centre and
Solomon.

To perfect the county organization the first election was held Septem-
ber 24, 1872, which resulted in the choice of the following officers: Com-
missioners: Almena—J. W. Vance; Centre—Abram Louck; Solomon—
Peter Hanson; Representative,N. H. Billings; Treasurer, H. Oliver; Clerk,
D. C. Coleman; Attorney, N. H. Billings; Sheriff, James Hall; Superin-
tendent of Schools, N. H. Billings; Register of Deeds, 8. B, Newell. Less
than fifty votes were cast. At the first meeting of the Legislature after the
organization of the county,.the name was changed to Billings, asa matter

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(a) Aldine Township
bp) Almena Township..
c) Center Township
d) Grant Township
e) Leota Township ..

: 8 Solomon Township.....
(h) Twin Mound Township.
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of sport, and to please the overweening vanity of the “‘ honorable member”
from the county, but the original name was preferred by the people inter-
ested and it was again assumed. ;

Norton avas selected at: the first election as the county-seat, but complaints
of unfairness caused a second election to be held in 1874, when Norton
again received a majority and still retains the court-house and other
county buildings. : :

mdtians.—When Norton County was organized, it was no uncommon
sight to witness immense herds of buffaloes roaming over its beautiful
lains, andas a consequence there were many visits from bands of Pawnee,
Davai, and other Indians, but no outbreaks occurred. In the winter of 1872,
-out was located ona bend of the Prairie Dog, was
stead when the blanket that served as a door was
several others. The little dug-
out was crowded. The old
Chief, his family and five of
his tribe slept by the fire that
night—it was very cold. In
the morning they visited a
ranch where dwelt a Mr. Shaw,
and the men being absent. their
presence caused consternation.
One’of the Indians came to the
bed where Mrs. Shaw was lying
with a four days old infant and
said: ‘‘Good Indians; no hurt
i white squaw,” which,
owever, did not relieve her
fears. They were part of a band
of nine hundred Pawnees out
on a hunt.

Educational.—On the first
day of December, 1873, J. H.
Simmons (now senior editor of
the Norton Advance), com-
menced teaching the first school
ever taught in the county. The
school was held in a dug-out
where the town of Norton now
stands. There were sixteen pu-
pils in attendance and the time
was by no means wasted. It
was a “pay” school, and like
most others of the kind, the’
tuition promised was never
paid. Mr. Simmons, however
found a wife among his fair
pupils, and of course that piece
of good fortune compensated
for his pecuniary loss.

In 1878, there were 24 or-
ganized school districts in the
county, with a school popula-
tion of 642. The average pay

er month of male teachers was
$09.55: females, $15.13. There
were 11 schoolhouses in the
county—10 log and 1 frame.

The following year, 1879,
showed an increase of districts

Edgar Page,whose du
one day fixing up a be
raised and in stepped an Indian,followed by
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we to 52; the school population was
5RG 1,628; teachers employed, 34;
969 average pay of male teachers,
cnet eee eects teen ee cree eee ee ee $19.76; females, 13.07; the as-
O74 sessed valuation of school pro-
684 perty was reported at $157,728. ,
sha dete a7 od Paar ke 2 le OD In 1880, the returns show

% . _84districts; school population; .
2,014; teachers employed, 62; the aveage py of male teachers, $17.89; fe-
male, $14.80; the assessed valuation of school property, $324,922.72. The
returns for the present year show the number of districts to be 92; the school
population, 2,122; teachers employed, 71; males, 19 and females, 52; the aver-
age pay of male teachers, $17.50; females, $15.90. The schoolhouses, with
very few exceptions, are built of sod. The public school building in Norton,
however, is a notable exception. This is a large, two-story stone structure,
erected at a cost of $3,800, - :
Agricultwre.—There are nineteen postoffices,named as follows: Almena,
Cactus, Clayton, Croco, Dallas, Densmore, Devizes, Edmond, Fair Haven,

 

(a) In 1879, from part of Almena. (b) In 1872, from original territory; in 1879, parts to Aldine and Rock Branch. (c) In 1872, from original territory; in 1879, parts to. Grant and

Leota, (d) In 1879, from part of Center.

Union. (h) In 1879, from part of Solomon: (i) In 1879. from part of Solomon,

(e) In 1879, frcm part of Center, (f) In 1819, from part of Almena. (g) In 1872, from original territory; in 1879, parts to Twin Mound and West
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Lee, Lenora, Long Branch, Hedgewood, Neighborville, New Almelo, Nor-
ton, Reagle, Tucket, Wakeman.

The townships are named as follows: Almena, Aldine, Almelo, Centre,
Crystal, Emmett, Grant, Garfield, Leota, Lenora, Lincoln, Modell, Noble,
Rock Branch, Solomon, Sand Creek, Union.

The population of the county, according to the returns of 1882, show a
trifle under 6,000. ;

Number of acres in the county, 576,000. Since 1874, when the first
returns were made, the acreage has increased from 8,156 to 205,921, the
present season. Number of farm dwellings erected in 1881, 159; value of
same, $15,635; pounds of butter made in 1881, 123,259; number of horses,
2,181; mules, 280; milch cows, 2,020; other cattle, 2,684; sheep, 2,947;
‘swine, 2,565; prairie hay, 6,900 tons; timothy, 816 tons: number of acres
in spring wheat, 4,268; corn, 28,188; barley, 114; oats, 1,112; buckwheat,
88; Irish potatoes, 289; sweet potatoes, 25; sorghum, 1,366; castor beans,
116; broom corn, 970; Hungarian, 3,382; rice corn, 590; pearl millet, 39.
Bearing peach-trees, 1,014; plum, 100; cherries,117. Not bearing: Apples,
2,376; pear, 184; peach, 13,885; plum, 6,326; cherry, 1,935. Artificial for-
est. trees: Walnut, 82 acres; maple, 26, honey locust, 40; cottonwood,270;
other varieties, 182. Value of-agricultural implements in the county, $28, 158.

Manufacturing: Saw and Grist-Mills.—C. S. McMakin, in Almena
Township, capital invested, $2,000; there are five grist-mills (water) in the
county, to-wit: David Morton,Charles Lathrop (two mills) at Lenora; Lind-
say & Bro., at Devizes; Noah Weaver, at Edmond. Capital invested, $21,000.
Value of raw material used during the year 1882, $110,000. A. successful
creamery is in operation and rapidly increasing its business, Capital in-
vested, $2,000. =

Religious.—The seating capacity of the several church edifices of the
county is returned for 1882 by the assessors as follows: Methodist Episco-

al, 125; Presbyterian, 300; Christian, 125; Free Methodist, 400. In ad-
Bitton, no returns are made for the Missionary Baptists and the Church of
God. These two sects have each a church edifice in the county.

Church Membership.—Christians have four organizations and..a mem-
bership of 218; Baptists, four organizations and a membership of 165; Con-
gregational, one organization and a membership of 55; Methodist Episco-
pal, eleven organizations and a membership of 268; Presbyterian,one organ-
ization and a membership of 34: Roman Catholic, one organization, 100
membership. The Mennonites, Church of God and Free Methodists have
organizations but have made no returns of the number of members.

First Things.—The first marriages in the county were James Kinyon
and Ellen Green, July 25, 1873, and a few days later, John Lunny and Miss
Dunlap. The first births were Annie Beaumont, January 4, 1873, and Kate
Kelly, Mareh 3, 1873. The first natural death occurring in the county was
that of Minnie Stiles, June 10, 1873. A few weeks previous to this date a
man named Cross, supposed to be a horse thief, was shot on suspicion. The
first post-offices were established at West Union and Port Landis, in January
1874. Alfred Coleman and John Landis were the first postmasters. The
first store for the sale of general merchandise was established by Newell
Bros., in Centre Township in 1878. In the fall of 1878 the first regular
term of court was held by Judge A. J. Banty, in the fall of 1873. The tem-
ple of justice wasa log house afterward used as a residence. A local histo-
rian states that ‘‘the roof was made of buffalo-skins.. The term occupied
some twenty minutes. Thomas Beaumont and Edward Hooverson were the
two practicing attorneys. Representative Billings invited the bench and
bar to take dinner at his house, and charged them twenty-five cents each.”

Early Incidents.—The canvass of the votes for the location of the
county-seat in 1872-was conducted on the following plan. It isaverred that
the election was held in an emigrant’s covered wagon, and forty-two votes
were cast, and that after the ‘‘formality ” of the election was gone through
with it was discovered that they had neglected to locate the county-seat.
Whereupon, Representative Billings, then a central figure in local affairs,
climbed out on the tongue of the wagon, and assuming the duties of chair-
man, exclaimed in stentorian tones: ‘‘All in favor of Norton for the county-
seat, say aye.” The vote was declared unanimous and the record made u
accordingly. This may seem slightly irregular, but two years later this
action was endorsed at a regular election. aod

In the year 1873, an old man named Chapman settled in the county,
near the Solomon, built a neat cabin, and commenced improving his claim.
It was known that he had quite a sum of gold, which he at times indiscretl
displayed. He was found dead in his cabin, his head severely bruised, an
a, pistol ball in his heart. The money’ was. taken from his pockets. ‘I'he
murderers were never discovered.

NORTON.

Norton, the largest town, and from the organization the county-seat of

' the county, is located within a mile or two of the geographical center of the
county, near the bank of the Prairie Dog, on gently rolling ground. The
town was projected in the summer of 1872, by D. C. Coleman, L. J. Crans,
N. H. Billings and Samuel and Edward Newell. The design was to make
it the.county-seat, as the project for county organization was started about
the same time. Coleman and the Newell Brothers began the erection of a
frame store building. Logs were cut on the creek, sent to Kirwin, a dis-
tance of about fifty miles, by ox teams, where after a delay of ten days the
logs were made into lumber. This was the first frame house built in the
county. Newell Brothers put a stock of general merchandise in this build-
ing; the first storé in the county. The following December the house was
sold to J. S. Briggs, who immediately moved it to the site of a new town
which was started one mile up the river, leaving the stock of the Newell
Brothers on the prairie without shelter. They made a temporary shelter
with-poles, hay ricks and buffalo hides. The object of the sudden removal

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was to leave the ‘‘claim” without a building, as required by law, but to
remedy this defect a log house, located six miles away, was purchased the
following day, and removed to the old site. The roof of the new house
was made of buffalo hides. Within a week or two a violent wind storm
destroyed the frail tenement. The relics were gathered up and again put
together and the house was used for a church. A clergyman named Wain-.
right was the first to preach a sermon in the house—the first public religious
services in the county. Elder Gibbs afterwards held forth to the early zet-
tlers in the same place. This building was also noted as the place where
Judge A. J. Banty held the first term of court in Norton County. As soon
as the town was declared the county-seat the Newell brothers erected an-
other building, and leased it to the county for court and other purposes.
During the summer of 1873, other business houses were erected, among
others a drug-store was started by John Cooper. The Fourth of July, 1872,
was celebrated in Norton in old-fashioned style. Thirty men and three
ladies, Mrs. James Hall, Mrs. John Price and Mrs. D. C. Coleman. The
ladies prepared a bountiful dinner, in which buffalo meat was served among
other delicacies.

Like nearly every Western Kansas village Norton had its Town Company.
The charter was dated September 8, 1873. The charter was to run twenty
years; capital stock, $2,000; shares, $100 each. Of this corporation
Richard Williams was President; George N. Kingsbury, Vice-President: J.
H. Simmons, Secretary; W. E. Case, Treasurer; Alva Smith, John O’Brien
and John De Mott acting with the President and Secretary as a Board of
Directors. B. W. Rawlins, David C. Coleman, B. F. Williams, H. F. Brown,
Phillip Brunner. David Close, John Diffenbach, Ei. Fisher, E. M. Newell, S.
B. Newell, N. H. Billings and J. Stevenson were the original stockholders.

The first mails to Norton were brought by B. W. Rawlins from Repub-
lican City, and the post-office, kep tby N. H. Billings, was about one and a
half mile from its present location. The service was paid for by the people,
the Government generously furnishing mai]-sacks.

In the fall of 1872, a rival town was started one mile further up the
creek, called Norton Center. Mills, stores, shops, etc., were established,
and for a time the village had a boom and seemed like a formidable rival
of Norton, but within two or three years it collapsed, the best buildings
were removed to Norton, and the scheme of building a large town at Norton
Center collapsed. Nothing remains there but cellar holes and a few relics of
the old mill. :

The first building erected in Norton, after the organization of the Town
Company, was a residence for W. E. Case. In the spring of 1874, Van
Trump & Hallowell bought a stock of goods from Belleville, and opened in
a house on the Square built by David Close. From the smal] beginnings of
1872 Norton has grown to be a bustling, thrifty trade center, with an in-
telligent, law-abiding population of five hundred persons. At present there
are five general merchandise stores, two hotels, two milliner stores, two
restaurants, five lawyers, two physicians, one harness shop, one furniture
store, two livery stables, two blacksmiths, two newspapers, two billiard
halls, two meat markets, one feed store, two hardware and farm implements,
one lumber-yard, one barber shop, four church organizations, three church
edifices, one bank, two drug stores, fwo shoeshops, two elevators.

Creamery.—The Norton Creamery, located one mile from town, was
established in the spring of 1882 at a cost of nearly $2,000. There was at
first a company, but it is now owned by three persons, Jesse Wright, J. B.
Newell and John Graves. They manufacture 250 pounds of butter per day
during the spring and summer months. The product of the creamery is
mostly shipped to Denver. Itisagood investment, and gives general satis-
faction.

The first officers of Norton were: J. M. Price, Treasurer; W. H. Hop-
wood, Clerk; W. Louk, Trustee; Henry Oliverand S. Reed, Justices, M.
Wood and A. Wrager, Constables.

The Norton County Bee was established by Harmon & Baker, in Nor-
ton, January 1, 1877. In November, of the same year, the office was
removed to Leota. where it remained a few months, was then returned to
Norton, and after issuing a few numbers there the publication was dis-
continued.

’. The Free Press was started at Norton, October 7, 1878, and the Zoco-
motive at Leota, October 15, 1878; the first by Dr. A. A. Baker, and the last
named by Nat. L. Baker. Both publications were short-lived.

The Norton County Advance was established at Norton, June, 1878.
Pettigrew & Collins, publishers and proprietors. Their successors were
Beckett, Beckett & Gowdy, and at present the paper is managed by J. H.
Simmons and Hugh McCredie. The Advance has attained an excellent
circulation, and is conducted with ability. The Advance is Republican in

olitics.

: The Norton People, a seven column folio, Republican in politics, was
established by its present editor and proprietor, Hugh T. Carlisle, July 15,
1880. The paper has made its way, and enjoys a good circulation and fair

advertising patronage; present publishers, Carlisle & McCredie; two papers

have been consolidated under the name of the People.

Norton Lodge, No. 157, f. 0. O. F., was organized April 12, 1879.
Charter members: R. Rowley, David Reagan, John Wallace, Julian
DeJean, A. G. Chambers, A. F. Harmer, W. E. Case, David Keagan.
Present officers: W. E. Case, N. G.; J. H. Simmons, V. G.; A. Hepler,
Treasurer; J. R. C. Stettler, Secretary. Norton Lodge has a membership
of thirty, and holds its meetings in Odd Fellows Hall every Saturday
evening.

Nerton Lodge, No. 199, A., F. & A. UM.; organized in August, 1880.
First W. M., Albert Graves. Present officers: Albert Graves, W. M.; W.
R. Cannon, 8S. W.; John Randolph, J. W.; J. King, Treasurer; Samuel
Means, Secretary; Frank Lockard, Senior Deacon; J. W. Vining, Junior
Deacon; Samuel Will, Tiler, Regular meetings on the first Wednesday of
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e lodge. t

Norton Cornet Band was organized in May, 1882, with the following
members: E. M. Turner, Leader; Calvin Newell, Sol. Marsh, B. V.
Wheeler; Charles Darling, A. Curry, Phillip Blue, Ed. F. Jones, Hall Har-
mason, A. N. Clawson, L. H. Thompson, Secretary.

Public School.—Norton may not only be proud of her elegant school
building, but of her efficient teachers. The schools of the town were started
nearly ten years since by J. H. Simmons, ‘an excellent educator and a
gentleman of culture and refinement. The school building, built of mag-
nesian limestone, is a large two-story edifice, located in a commanding,
position in the south part of town. The cost of the structure was $3,500
‘ and the building was finished in the winter of 1881; Two- teachers are at
present employed, E. Borin, principal, and Annie Means, assistant.

LENORA.

This thriving town, located at the western terminus of the Central
Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, located on the Solomon in the south-
ern part of the county, was named in honor of Mrs. Lenora Hauser, was
first settled in 1878, but it was not until the last few years, the prospect
and finishing of the railroad, has it made much progress. The first settler
in the village was R. C. Sadoris. A. Hendricks and George W. Hood came

HISTORY OF KANSAS. e o§

to the place soon afterward. The first town officers were G@. W. Hood,
Trustee; W. Griffin, Treasurer; A. Hendricks and A. Bowman, Justices, and
George E. Dubois and Eph. Burris, Constables. - The first school in the vil-
lage proper was taught three years since, by Mrs. Alice Pugh, in the south
art of town. Rev. Mr. Graham-preached the first sermon, in the school-
ouse, in 1879. A post-office called Lenora was established in 1875, with
R. C. Sadoris as postmaster. .C. Lathrop built the first grist-mill in 1879,
It is located on the Solomon, near the village. The first store was opened
by A. Hendricks in October, 1875, near what is now the center of the town, '
Lenora is located on a rolling prairie. The town contains three general
merchandise stores, one hardware, one drug, two hotels, one restaurant;
one blacksmith, one wagon-maker, two shoemakers, two livery stables, three
physicians, one barber shop, one billiard hall, one lumber-yard, one meat
market, one lawyer, one flour store, one eee office. Population, 125.
The Leader, a five-column folio, started in Lenora, as a Greenback organ,
by Garretson & Topliff, March 16, 1882. August 17, 1882, the office was
purchased by J. B. Wright, who made improvements in the appearance of
the paper. With the advent of Mr. Wright The Leader became Republican
in politics. It devotes considerable space to local affairs. _ ;
Edmond, a thriving village on the Central Branch Railroad, is located
in the famous Solomon Valley. four miles from the south line of the county-
seat. It is sixteen miles from the county-seat. The town contains an excel-’
lent flouring-mill, famed for good work. It is an excellent trading point
for a considerable part of Graham and Norton counties. :

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BOURBON

“BOURBON

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

‘Bae County borders on Missouri, and is in the third tier of coun-
ties from the Indian Territory. The northern boundary of the
county is three-miles north of the 38th parallel of north latitude. It is
bounded as follows: On the north by Linn County; on the east by Mis-
souri; on the south by Crawford County, and on the west by Neosho and
Allen Counties. By the ‘“‘Bogus Laws,” its limits were defined as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of Linn County, thence south thirty
miles; thence west twenty-four miles; thence north thirty miles; thence
east twenty-four miles to the place of beginning. Within these limits
were contained 720 aquane miles or 460,800 acres.

On February 3, 1867, an act was approved which fixed the boundaries
as follows: ‘‘Beginning at the south- ‘
east corner of Linn County; thence
south on the east line of the State of
Kansas to the southeast corner of
Section 24, Township 27, Range 25;
thence west to the southwest corner of
Section 28, Township 27, Range 21;
thence north to the southwest corner
of Linn County; thence east to the
place of beginning.”’ By this act the
extent of the county from north to
south was decreased to twenty-five
miles, and increased from east to west
to about twenty-five and a.quarter
miles north of the fifth parallel and
to about twenty-five and three-quar-
ters south of said parallel, and the
area reduced to about 406,000 acres.

The county was named Bourbon,
after Bourbon County, Ky. This lat-
ter county was organized, with eight
others, in 1785, by the Virginia Leg-
islature, before Kentucky became a
State, and named in honor of the
Bourbon family of France, a prince
of which family was at that time on
the throne, and who had rendered
valuable aid in men and money to the
American colonies in their struggle
for independence. : . 3

The general surface of the county
is undulating, the highest hills pele
situated in the northwest part an
being about 200 feet above the level
of the Marmaton. The bottom lands
average about one mile in width, and
comprise seventeen per cent of the
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Limestone Creek, in the northwestern part of the county, flowing north-
easterly. The Marmaton flows from west to east through the central por-
tions of the county, and has also numerous tributaries—the main ones from
the north being. Turkey and Mill Creeks, and from the south Yellow Paint
Creek. Pawnee Creek is a tributary of Yellow Paint and flows north.
Dry Wood Creek is in the southeastern part of the county, flows eastward,
and has as branches Walnut and Richland Creeks. Numerous springs are
found and good well water at a depth of from ten to forty feet.

EARLY HISTORY.

In the year 1837, a plan for the defense of the Western frontier was
proposed by Charles Gratiot, and published by the Secretary of War.
Fort Scott was recommended as a
military post. In 1842, Py Benja-
min Moore of the First Dragoons,
and Dr. Mott, Assistant Surgeon U.
8. A. were appointed a commission to
select a military post to guard Mis-
souri and the frontier, against the
depredations of the Osage Indians.
This commission was ordered West
by Gen. Zachariah Taylor, from Fort
Wayne, I. T., under escort of Lieut.
John Hamilton and nineteen men,
leaving there April 1, 1842.

They at first selected a suitable

lace at the mouth of Shoal Creek, on
Bovine River, fifty-five miles south of
Fort Scott. The proprietor of the
land, John Rogers, a Cherokee Indian
—asked $4,000 for the site selected;
but the officers had been instructed
not to pay over $1,000, hence the
Rogers’ site had to be abandoned.
Proceeding northwestward, they at
length arrived at the Marmaton, in
Missouri, and camped near the farm
of Col. Douglas. The next morning
in company with Col. Douglas and
Squire Redfield, they visited the pres-
ent site of Fort Scott. Being satisfied
with the location, and the land be-
longing to the Government, they de-
cided to locate there. Lieut John
Hamilton with his party was left in
charge, and immediately proceeded
to erect temporary quarters for his
command. This was on the 9th of
April, 1842. These temporary quar-
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of the area: open prairie ninety per : * 10th of June, with two companies of
cent... The timber belts average one- ; the First Dragoons, assumed and held
half mile in width, and contain, as Drywood. Townshi 1,199 | 1,497 command until the arrival of Maj.
principal varieties, hackberry, hick- Fort Scott (city)... 4,174 | 5,372 William M. Graham, who arrived with
p 2 «Franklin Townshi 1,207 | 1,538 * f Sixth ;
ory, oak, pecan and walnut. But lit- Freedom Township 815 | 1,159 two companies of the Sixth United
tle attention has as yet been paid to Marion Founelips piovuvs near es vn eaves Cy deck aus shar gctet ss acasUacsbbeus'scsvcrevsaasessersisees ae belt States eenges a ge een qos
forestry, but the disposition to plant Marmaton Township 359 | go; command, wit apt. Swords for
trees is being manifested. The va- Glee Cores 1,053 | 1,234 Quartermaster, Rev. Mr. Clarkson,
rieties planted are the ash, catalpa, Pawnee Townsh: 630 so0 Chaplain, and John A. Bugg, sutler.
cottonwood, elm, hickory, hard and Scott Township..... ; bee 2,316 Mr. Bugg was also Postmaster, and
soft maple, poplar, walnut and willow, Zimber Hill Township. tee | Vgsg SO remained until 1849, when he
allof which do well. Bourbon is also Walnut Township... ..cccccsccce sense ctecsssenceneeseeeanenensneneeneareeas was succee dé by Col. H. T. Wilson.
an excellent county for the different Total Beavis aban areceas sav ssesrsaitd ceasdoasTioeassasstet eet nascceta 15,076 | 19,591 Within a year from the establishment
varieties of grasses. The soil is deep of the post, its name was changed

 

and fertile, and is underlaid by lime- .
stone and sandstone at various depths all over the county. Fire
clay abounds and pottery clay is occasionally found, also hydraulic
cement, yellow ocher and other mineral paints, which however exist only
in limited quantities. An extensive quarry of fine flagging stone is found
about five miles west of Fort Scott. This stone exists in layers from two
to five inches in thickness, is known as the Fort Scott stone, and is shipped
in all directions and as far eastward as St. Louis. Two qualities of bitu-
minous coal are found, ared quality and a black or gascoal. The most of
the county is probably underlaid at depths varying from one to fifty feet,
and in veins from one to five feet in thickness. One and a half miles up
the Marmaton from Fort Scott is a natural gas well from which escapes
about 2,000 cubic feet of gas per day: The well was bored in 1870, anda
company formed with the view of supplying Fort Scott with gas from
this well, but in reaming out the well, the reamer was broken in the well
either by accident or design, and the larger portion of the flow cut off.
The principal streams are the little Osage and the Marmaton. The
former flows from west to east near the northern boundary of the county,
and has numerous smal] tributaries from either side, the main one being

from Camp Scott to Fort Scott. The
first mill in the county was erected by the Governmént, on Mill Creek,
about two and a half miles west of Fort Scott. The lumber for the
construction of the Government buildings was sawed at this mill. These
buildings when completed were said to be the finest quarters in the army.
They were erected at a cost of upward of $200,000. There was no other
military post anywhere near Fort Scott. Fort Gibson was 160 miles
southwest, on the Arkansas, and Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri, 140
miles north.

Col. H. T. Wilson who had been in the sutler’s department at Fort
Gibson for nine years, came to Fort Scott in September, 1843. He pur-
chased of John A. Bugg an interest in the sutlership, and in 1849 pur-
chased the remaining interest and became Postmaster as well as post
sutler. Col. Wilson was the first white civilian settler in the county, and
still lives in Fort Scott, an honored citizen.

No military reserve was secured here by the Government, hence when
a few years later it was decided by the authorities at Washington to
abandon the post, the buildings were offered for sale “without land.” In
1858, all the movable property was sold, and in May, 1855, the buildings

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were advertised for sale. When Maj. Howe came down with his
auctioneer to sell the buildings, Col. Wilson, by permission, read a protest
to the sale; claiming the land upon which the buildings stood, as a pre-
emption; but despite the protest the sale proceeded. But as there were
onlya few persons who desired to buy such large buildings without the land,
there were very few bidders, and but a small amount was realized from the
sale. The improvements that had cost upward of $200,000, sold for less
than $5,000. Col. Wilson bought the large, double, two story house, in
which he still resides, for $300, selling one-half of it immediately for $150.
During the residence of the military, but little was done toward building
up a town, and but little military service was required of the soldiers.
Social pleasures, trading with the Indians, fishing in the Marmaton and
its branches, and hunting turkey and deer comprised the round of duties
and daily life from 1842 until 1854.

In this latter year, the Territory of Kansas was organized, and settlers
began to enter what isnow Bourbon County. Among the earliest of these,
whose names are now ascertainable, were the following: In 1854, Nathan
L. Arnett, in Marmaton Township, and Gideon Terrell, William and
‘Philander Moore, in Pawnee Township; in 1855, Guy Hinton, in Walnut;
Cowan Mitchell, James Guthrie, John and Robert Wells, and David T.
Ralston, in Marion; in 1856, John Van Syckle, Samuel Stephenson and
Charles Anderson, in Franklin; D. D. Roberts and Joseph Ray, in Free-
dom; H. R. Kelso, A. Ward and Col. Bullock, in Scott; Ephraim Kepley,
the Stewarts, Bowers and Halls, in Mill Creek; Gabriel Endicott, David
Claypool and others in Drywood. David Endicott assisted the Govern-
went in the survey of the neutral lands, and Edward Jones, one of the
earliest settlers in Marmaton Township, built the first saw mill in the
county, except the one built by the Government, already mentioned. Mr.
Jones mill was erected in 1856, on the Marmaton, near the present site of
Marmaton Village. At first it was only a saw mill, but later a grist mill
was attached. In Timber Hill Township, the earliest settlers were T. K.
and T. B. Julian, father and son, June 4, 1854; F. D. Myrick, in Novem-
ber, 1854; and M. E. Hudson, in 1855.

The first marriage in Mill Creek Township was that of William R.
Morgan to Miss Elizabeth Bollinger, June 15, 1856; in Marmaton Town-
‘ship, ('. F. Rucker to Miss Ellen M. Chambers, October 16, 1856. The
inst ze in Marmaton Township was that of Henry C. Painter, March

5, 1855. :
THE COLORED BROTHER.

The following bill of sale is the first of the kind on the records of
Bourbon County :

“Know all men by these presents that we, James M. Rucker and
Minta E. Rucker, of the State of Illinois, Macon County, for and in con-
sideration of $500 to them in hand paid by Wiley Patterson, of the coun-
ty of Bourbon, Kansas Territory, the receipt whereof is hereby ac-
knowledged, do by these presents, bargain, sell, transfer, assign and de-
liver unto the said Wiley Patterson, his executors, administrators and as-
signs, a negro woman slave, called and known by the name of Lucinda,
now at the age of thirty-six years, of a yellow complexion, rather slender
made, about or a little above ‘“‘(medium height ?)” together with all our
right, title and interest in and to the said negro woman slave, to have and
to hold the said negro slave above bargained and sold, or intended so to
be sold to the said Wiley Patterson ; and the said James M. Rucker and
Minta E. Rucker, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators
do hereby covenant to and with the said Wiley Patterson; his executors,
administrators and assigns, that said negro woman is a slave for life, and
that she is perfectly sound both in body and mind.

“In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
8th day of August, 1857.

“James M. Rucker,
“Minra BE. Rucker,
“Witiiam Wasson, Attorney,
“Witness : C. B. WINGFIELD,
J. D. WINGFIELD.

‘Recorded this 10th day of August, 1857. ‘ ‘

“James J. FARLEY,

“Clerk and Hx Officio Recorder.”

BORDER TROUBLES.

After the invasion of March, 1855, by Missourians, to participate in
the election of the 30th, Bourbon County enjoyed comparative peace un-
til July, 1856. At that election, there were about three hundred armed
men at the Fort Scott precinct from Missouri, who cast most of the votes
that were cast for Joseph C. Anderson and 8, A. Williams on that day.
At the time, there were probably not more than thirty legal voters in the

recinct.
f In the early spring of 1856, a party of about thirty men from South
Carolina came to Rearhon County under a leader named George W. Jones,
all under the auspices of the Southern Emigrant Aid Society, and in fur-
therance-of the scheme of making Kansas a Slave State. Upon their first
appearance in the county, their manners were mild and conduct that of
gentlemen. They visited most of the Free-State settlers, made inquiries
as to where they came from, what their views were upon the pending
issues of the day, how they were off for arms and ammunition, and what
kind of land there was in this part of the Territory ; and informed them
that they were looking for a good location for a colony from South Caro-
lina. Some of the Free-State men were themselves from South Carolina,
as was the case with Josiah Stewart, who had settled in what is now Mill
Creek Township in 1855 ; and without suspecting the final ends these pre-
tended forerunners of a colony had in view, gave them full information
not only as to the country itself, but as to their own political opinions and
means of defense. It thus became easy to make a complete list of the
leading Free-State men, with full particulars regarding them, which was
done; and then commencing in July, and continuing on through the fall,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

those on the list were taken prisoners, taken to Fort Scott, and, in some
cases, while thus held, advised by some “friend” among their captors,
that, if they had any regard for their personal safety, it would be best to
“skip out ” and leave the Territory. In this and other wage nearly all the
Free-State men were driven out during the year, and a Pro-slavery man
put upon each Free-State man’s claim.

Besides these operations, there was but one other important historic
event that occurred during the year. That was the arrival at Fort Scott
from Texas of a party of “‘ Rangers,” in August, who, in company with ‘a
like number of citizens of Fort Scott, under command of Capt. William
Barnes, formed themselves into a company of upward of one hundred, all
under the command of the Texas leader, and marched north toward Osa-
watomie, for the purpose of having ‘‘some fun.” When camped on Mid-
dle Creek, in Linn County, about eight miles south of Osawatomie, they
were attacked by Capts. Anderson, Shore and Cline, and most ingloriously
defeated. (See history of Linn County.)

This battle of Middle Creek, although not veryimportant in itself, has
an interesting sequel. The parties engaged in it on the Pro-slavery side,
who were not taken prisoners, made the best time possible—some to Mis-
souri, others to Fort Scott, imagining themselves closely aud hotly pur-
sued the whole distance, by the ‘ Abolitionists.”

“Those who took to their heels arrived home about midnight, yell-
ing: ‘The Free-State men are upon us; the Free-State men are uponus; the
buildings will be burned;’ etc. The surprise was so sudden that resist-
ance on the part of those who had remained at home would have proved
of little account, and their only salvation was to save what they could and
make the best of it. A party consisting of five or six families, with Col.
H. T. Wilson as pilot, started for Mr. Brantley’s residence about one-half
mile from the Fort. They found Mr. Brantley’s family in bed fast asleep,
but when awakened by the voice of Col. Wilson, asking for shelter, Mr.
B. concluded that something of unusual importance was on foot, and so
jumped up and opened the door, when a general inpouring took place, and
the room was soon filled with frightened women and crying children.
Confusion was no name for it. Mr. Brantley’s sons were at the Fort, but
when the Free-State men were announced, hastened home to alarm the
household and to prepare for fight. They reached home shortly after the
arrival of the Colonel’s party, and brought the report that everything was
being destroyed, and that this was their next point of attack. What was
to be done? Destruction and death stared them in the face. One of the
ladies suggested a season of prayer. A circle was formed, and Mr. Brant-
ley, who was a very devoted Baptist, commenced to pray. We will leave
them on their knees, and return to the Fort, and see what became of the
other people. Mrs. Dr. Hill, who resided in the East Block, was in the
act of retiring, when the news reached her that the Free-State men were
going to burn the buildings. Her husband and son were away at the time,
with the horses, and what to do she hardly knew. She called together the
remaining portion of her jhousehold, informed them what was up, and
after offering prayer, told them to take care of themselves as best they
could. She then ordered her servants to bring her carriage around to the
front door, and, seating herself in it, ordered the negroes to draw her away
to some secluded spot. In the rear of her house was a deep ravine, and
an almost, impassable road, even in daylight, wended its way to the bot-
tom. Down this road they went ‘‘a-flying” regardless of expenses, and
not until they had reached the thick underbrush, did they stop for further
orders. After remaining here for some time she involuntarily clasped her
hands to her head, and discovered that in her haste she had forgotten to
take her ‘‘night cap” off. The first impression that entered her mind
after the discovery, was that the “cap” (being white) would attract the
attention of the “‘Abolitionists,” and they would shoot at it, so she took it
off and put it in her pocket. She remained in the buggy all night, her
servants acting as her body guard. The next morning the wanderers re-
turned. We are unable to Jearn whether it was the prayer offered up at
Mr. Brantley’s that kept the Free-State men from making a raid into the
place, or whether Mrs. Hill was drawn back home, but we do know that
when Col. Wilson and wife returned, Mrs. Hill rushed over, and told Mrs.
Wilson and several other ladies that had assembled at the Colonel’s resi-
dence, of her exploits.

“ After this scare, it was thought best by those having families here to
send them away. George W. Jones, who hailed from South Carolina, took
an active part in this movement. He owned a large wagon (Noah's Ark,
No. 2), with a capacity too numerous to mention. He ‘took in’ all the
women and children in the country that he could hear of, who had no
other means at their command, and started for the States, drawn by four

oke of oxen.” (This quotation is from a history of Fort Scott by C.
ollin Camp.)

In 1857, the Free-State men, driven from their homes the year before,
began to _Teturn. A considerable number of new settlers entered the
county this year, so that with increased strength they acquired increased
confidence in their ability to maintain their rights. ts a preliminary step
to the regaining possession of their stolen stock and claims they organized
themselves into a “wide awake” society, in opposition to the ‘‘ dark lan-
tern lodge of the Pro-slavery men. “Among the leaders of the ‘wide
awakes, were such men as J. C. Burnett, Capt. Samuel Stevenson, Capt.
Bain, J josiah Stewart and Benjamin Rice. This organization of “wide
awakes was accustomed to meet at different settlers’ cabins at different
times, as a precaution against surprise and attack by their “dark lantern”
neighbors. When everything was in readiness, the Pro-slavery usurpers
were notified that they must ee the claims they had wrongfully
seized. The greater part now realizing the fact that resistance on their part
would result certainly in defeat, and possibly in bloodshed, left the appropri-
ated claims on receipt of the notice, but others, more tenacious of their

rights,”’ had to be driven out by force of arms. As an illustration of
these difficulties, the case of Stone against Southwood will suffice. South-
wood was a preacher of the Methodist Church South, who had taken
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endeavored to assert his rights, but the Rev. Southwood refused to
vacate. The Free-State men thereupon built Stone a cabin near the one
occupied by Southwood, into which Stone moved his family to await the
opening of the land office. Soon a difficulty arose about a well of water,
which ed to an assault by Mrs. Southwood upon Mrs. Stone. This
assault led the Free-State men to order the Rev. Southwood’s family off
the premises by a certain fixed time. On the day before this order was to
be carried into effect, the Rev. Southwood’s Pro-slavery friends, to the
number of about 200 armed men, prepared to move Mr. Stone off the claim.
The Free-State men thereupon collected in Mr. Stone’s cabin and awaited
the attack of the Rev. Southwood’s friends. The attack was made at
night but failed, the attacking party retiring to Fort Scott, threatening to
return with increased numbers, and to hang every Free-State man found
on the premises. The Free-State men then increased their number to
sixty, and awaited the second threatened attack, which was made accord-
ing to peoonse, but which resulted in failure as had the first. As the
result of the whole movement, Rev. Southwood left the premises before
his time expired and Mr. Stone was reinstated.

Similar difficulties were of frequent occurrence, and it is certain that
the Free-State men did not in every instance have the law and the right
.upon their side, as a six months’ abandonment of a claim worked a forfeit-
-ure of legal title to it under the pre-emption laws. At any rate they were
frequently arrested on various kinds of charges, and harassed in every con-
-ceivable way. The District Court was presided over by Judge Joseph
“Williams. Claim questions were for a time referred to his court for
decision, but the Judge being a Pro-slavery man very generally decided in
favor of the Pro-slavery claimant, and the Free-State men indicted for the
most part for imaginary offenses, were either required to give excessive
bail, or refused bail altogether. The Free-State men were of course
:universally dissatisfied with such a state of things, and Montgomery deter-
-mined if practicable to bring Judge Williams to his senses. To this end
.he arrested a certain Pro-slavery man, kept him in custody long enough,
.and treated him severely enough to make him think when released that he
‘had been in great peril and was exceedingly fortunate in being released at
_all; incidentally mentioning in his hearing his own intention of march-
ing to Fort Scott and forcibly releasing the prisoners held and refused
-bail. Montgomery’s Pro-slavery prisoner, upon being set at liberty, im-
‘mediately set out for Fort Scott, and lost no time in informing Judge
Williams of Montgomery’s programme; whereupon the Judge suddenly
‘discovered that to refuse bail to prisoners under such circumstances was a
‘thing unheard of in law and in itself absurd. The prisoners were at
‘once released without bail, and upon their own recognizance.

On account of the dissatisfaction of the Free-State men with the
‘decisions of Judge Williams’ court, they organized a court of their own,
‘calling it the ‘‘Squatters’ Court.” Dr. Gilpatrick, of Anderson County,
“was made Judge, and Henry Kilbourn, Sheriff. The proceedings of this
‘court were regular and dignified, its decisions impartial and just, and rig-

idly executed, by its most efficient Sheriff.

The proceedings of this squatter’s court were as distasteful to the Pro-
‘slavery men, as were those of Judge Williams to the Free-State men, and
in consequence, on the 12th of December, 1857, an expedition was organ-
ized, and started out under the command of Deputy United States Mar-
‘shal Little, of Fort Scott, to capture the court. This attempt was a fail-
cure, and on the 16th of the month Marshal Little organized a posse of
‘about fifty men, for a second attempt. As Little approached the “fort,”
Capt. Bain’s house, in which the ‘‘court” was sitting, he was met by an
embassy from the ‘‘court,” consisting of D.B. Jackson, Maj. Abbott
and Gen. Blunt. This embassy had been sent out, as Marshal Little was
advancing, under a flag of truce. At the close of the parley that ensued,
Marshal Little informed the embassy that if the ‘‘court” did not surrender
in thirty minutes he ‘would blow them all to hell.” Thereupon the em-
bassy returned to the “‘fort,’’ which the “court” promptly placed in con-
dition of defense by removing the chinking from between the logs for
port holes. Those who had shotguns remained inside, while those who
had rifles stationed themselves near the “fort’’ behind trees. Maj. Ab-
bott then warned Little that if he advanced beyond a certain line he
would be fired upon. Little advanced, notwithstanding, and received a
volley from Maj. Abbott’s rifles and muskets. The Marshal’s men re-
turned the volley, and then wheeling beat as precipitate a retreat as possi-
ble to the distance of one-half a mile. Here they halted and learned that
four of their number had received slight flesh wounds, and that B. F.
Brantley’s horse had been shot through the neck. Little re-formed his
line, and asked all who were willing to make a second attack upon the
“fort”? to step aside with him. Ten men responded, and Little at their
head made a second advanee, with the same result as before, except that
this time none of his men were wounded. None of the Free-State men
were wounded in either charge. Finding it impracticable to take ‘‘ Fort
Bain,” the Marshal led his posse back to Fort Scott. On the following
day, as Marshal Little was approaching ‘‘ Fort Bain,” with forces increased
to about 150 men, he was informed by William Hinton, “that his birds
had flown.” This upon reaching the fort he found to be true, the court
having retired during the night to the Baptist Church at Danford’s Mill.
Here their numbers were increased to about 300. On the following Sun-
day they returned to ‘Fort Bain,” and held a “‘jollification ” over the
victory of the previous Tuesday. They then returned to the Baptist
Church, disbanded and went to their homes. ae.

Prominent among the members of this “‘ Squatter’s Court” were
Capt. Bain, Col. Phillips, P. B. Plumb, Gen. Lane and Maj. Abbott, who

-was military commander. One of Marshal Little’s posse, James Rhoades,
who was at the time engineer at Ed. Jones’ saw mill, after returning to
Fort Scott, started back to the mill, up the Marmaton. On the road he
met a Mr. Weaver, a Free-State man, with whom he engaged in a contro-
versy. Weaver was unarmed, Rhoades had a an he had in some way
obtained possession of which belonged to a Free-State man in Linn County,
..and besides being armed he was under the influence of intoxicants. He at-

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tempted to shoot Weaver, but Weaver seized the gun, wrenched_it from
his grasp, and shot him through the head, killing him instantly. He was
buried on the 20th, with Masonic ceremonies. eaver retained possession
of the gun, and thereby came near getting himself into serious difficulty.
It had an individuality of its own, and was well known to many Free-
State men of Linn County, and when it was discovered by some of them
in Weaver’s possession, he was at once adjudged a Pro-slavery man, and
had to prove himself innocent before his personal safety was re-assured.

About this time began what may be called the Denton difficulty. In
the year 1856, a Pro-slavery man named Hardwicke settled on the Little
Osage, and later in the same year, Isaac and James Denton, father and
son, and also Pro-slavery men, came to Bourbon County from the South.
Hardwicke permitted James Denton to settle on a claim of his, upon the
condition that in the spring he should look up a claim for himself. When
the time arrived for Denton to vacate the claim, he refused to do so,
and referred his case to the “Squatter Court,” which sustained him.
Hardwicke’s cabin was fired into, and himself and family forced to leave
the claim; but he himself lurked around the country for some months.
About the last of March, 1858, Isaac Denton and Hedrick were shot and
killed. Davis’ house was fired into and he wounded in the hand. Hard-
wicke and some of his friends were suspected of the crime and fled the
country. He was subsequently arrested in Missouri, placed in irons and
delivered to John Denton, another son of Isaac’s, to be brought to Kan-
sas for trial ; but on the way Denton shot Hardwicke dead. Denton in
his turn was shot and killed October 25, 1860, at the State Line Grocery,
near Barnesville, by William Marchbanks in retaliation for the killing of
Hardwicke.

Toward the close of the year 1857, Montgomery’s band, on account
of their operations on the Little Osage, became known as the “Osages,”
and the pro-slavery element, as the “ Pro-slaveries.” The people of Fort
Scott during this time were constantly subject to alarms, by reports that
the “Osages” were coming to attack the place. The Fort Scott people
were composed of three classes of persons—Free-State, Pro-slavery and
Border Ruffians of the worst class. Among the latter were such men as
George W. Clarke, W. B. Brockett and the Hamiltons. Against these
men the “Osages ”’ entertained an undying hatred, and it was because
they were harbored in the city against the wishes of the Free-State and
other peace-loving citizens that these annoyances and alarms were of such
frequent occurrence. The Free-State men in the city did most of the
guard duty, and from the peculiarity of their position were almost con-
stantly between two fires ; or at least they had to serve as a kind of bul-
wark, over which the ‘‘Osages” from without had to fire, or through
which they had to break, in order to reach the Border Ruffians within.

On account of these constant alarms, a public meeting was held in
Fort Scott, Sunday, December 18. Gov. E. Ransom was Chairman, J.
Kennedy ]Williams, Secretary. A committee on resolutions was appointed,
consisting of Charles P. Bullock, H. T. Wilson, George W. Clarke, D. F.
Greenwood, Dr. Hill, 8. A. Williams, J. W. Head, John H. Little, J.
Cummings, William Gallaher, Mr. Harlan and B. F. Brantley. Gov.
Ransom was afterward added to the committee. At an adjourned. mect-
ue held in the afternoon, the following resolutions were reported and
adopted :

aaa: That the Sheriff and Deputy Marshal be requested to make affidavits to the
facts touching the matter now under consideration, and that the same be conveyed by ex-
press, accompanied by a communication to the Governor of the Territory for military aid.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed, consisting of five persons, to be denominated
a “Committee of Vigilance,” under whose authority and directions a military organiza-"
tion shall be had, with a view to aid when necessary the civil authorities in the execution
of warrants, and any other legal process, and in the due execution of the laws; and it shall
bethe further duty of the committee to organize a night patrol for the security of our town,
its citizens and their property.”

The Vigilance Committee appointed consisted of H. T. Wilson, B.
Little, T. B. Arnett, George A. Crawford and J. W. Head.

The following resolution, offered by George W. Clarke, was also
adopted:

Resolved, That we recommend to the good citizens of the Territory to abstain from all
retaliatory acts, and not to allow themselves to be drawn into illegal combinations or con-

duct by the acts of lawless men, but in all cases to maintain their rights under and by the
laws of the land.

The following communication accompanied the affidavit of the
Sheriff :
To His ExcELLENcY F. P. Stanron, ACTING GOVERNOR OF KANSAS TERRITORY:

Sir: As Sheriff of Bourbon County, I feel it my duty to report to you that, in conse-
quence of an organized and armed resistance to the civil authorities by a body of armed
men in this county aided and assisted by men equally lawless, Iam unable to serve processes,
make arrests, or otherwise perform my official duties; and I have the honor to ask that you
have a body of United States troops sent to this point to aid me in enforcing the laws, and
to give quiet to the disturbed state of things in this region, Herewith I send my affidavit
and the concurrent statement of Marshal Little. JoHN 8. CUMMINGS,

Sherif’ of Bourbon County.

In response to this appeal, Secretary Stanton sent Companies E and F,
First United States Cavalry, to Fort Scott, under command of Capt. Stur-
gis, they arriving there December 21. Their presence had the effect to
restore and maintain quiet for several weeks. But on January 10 the
troops were removed to Fort Leavenworth, and it was not long before the
old troubles broke out afresh, and guard duty was resumed. At that time,
“‘Old Ganter,” as he was called, a German, was living on Mill Creek, on
a claim which he had bought in that part of the county. One night in
February, 1858, he came into Fort Scott, and reported the enemy in his
neighborhood, saying, he ‘‘vish der tam Abolitionists get frost bite mit der
Jeet!” ‘Old Ganter” was somewhat of a character. He owned a slave,
of whom he took good care, and obliged his wife to do all the heavy
work. At one time he was asked by Ed Jones if he thought it was right
to drive the Free-State men off their claims as was then being done by
Pro-slavery men. His reply was, ‘‘ Oh, vell! By tam, der vill pe so many
less to vote.’ But when his time came to be driven out by the Free-State
men, with characteristic inconsistency, he sought the protection of the
very men of whose expulsion he had previously so emphatically approved.
Ganter was afterward shot and killed by bushwhackers during the war.
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At the time the forerunners, under George W. Jones, of the South
Carolina ‘‘ colony,” were making their selection of claims, Josiah Stewart
was advised by Jones as a ‘‘friend” to leave the Territory. Mr. Stewart
acted on this advice. In 1857, he returned and took possession of his
claim. In June, 1860, Nathaniel Boylston returned from Texas to Kansas
through Missouri. In passing through Fort Scott, some of his Pro-slavery
friends told him they knew of a good claim they wanted occupied by a
good Pro-slavery man, and, acting on the advice of a lawyer, Boylston
moved onto the claim then belonging to and occupied by Mr. Stewart.
The next morning, which was Sunday, Mr. S. heard some one choppin
in the timber, and, with one of his boys, went out to learn who it was an
why. Upon approaching Mr. B., whom he did not know, he inquired of
him why he was there, and what he proposed to do. Mr. B. replied, “You
will see in time. I propose to pre-empt this claim.” Mr. Stewart there-
upon sent his son back to the house after a shot gun and revolver, and
upon their arrival went down to Mr. Boylston, who had his ox-team and
wagon and family with him, and some other man also for a witness to the
fact of his having made his ‘‘improvement” on the claim. As Mr. Stew-
art came near the party, and demanded of Mr. B. what he meant by at-
tempting to pre-empt a claim already taken by himself, Mr. Boylston
stepped from the opposite side to the rear of the wagon, brought his gun

_to his shoulder, and attempted to fire on Mr. Stewart; but the gun failed
to go off. Stewart then raised his gun and fired upon Boylston, wounding
him so that he died in about thirty days. Stewart gave himself up to
await the result of the shooting. Upon the preliminary trial, the doctors
testified that the wounds were not necessarily mortal. In the following
fall, the grand jury failed to find an indictment against Mr. Stewart, and
he was therefore never brought to trial. Mrs. Boylston contested Mr.
Stewart’s claim, but did not succeed in securing it. *

On the night of the 10th of February, 1858, scouts reported that the
“‘Osages’’ were coming to the city, and were certain there was now no
mistake about it. Montgomery had been appealed to for assistance by a
Mr. Johnson, who had suffered from the Border Ruffians of the city. He
at once set out at the head of about forty men, to execute writs which had
been procured against the offenders. He was met by a deputation of
citizens at the outskirts of the town. Of this deputation he demanded the
persons for whom writs were held, and received the reply that they should
be surrendered upon condition of being tried in Fort Scott, but that other-
wise they would not be surrendered without a fight. . Montgomery
promptly decided to fight, and put his command in motion for the town,
preceded by the more rapid movements of the deputation, among the
members of which were Judge Williams and George A. Crawford. All
the leading Pro-slavery men suddenly discovered that important business
interests in Missouri demanded their immediate attention, and when Mont-
gomery arrived, the birds he sought were flown. The hospitalities of the
city were extended to, and accepted by, the ‘‘Osages,”’ after which they
quietly took their departure.

On the 15th, the runaways returned, and a serious difficulty arose at
the Fort Scott Hotel, on account of an attack by W. B. Brockett on
Charles Dimon: Mr. Campbell; proprietor of the~hotel, was, however,
equal to the emergency, and by his determined bravery, prevented _blood-
shed. On this same day two companies of the First United States Cavalry
were ordered to Fort Scott, to report to Judge Williams or Deputy Mar-
shal John H. Little. They arrived on the 26th, under command of Capt.
George T. Anderson and’Lieut. Ned. Ingraham. Montgomery always
desired to avoid aconflict with United States troops, and now as Fort
Scott was defended by them, he operated against the Pro-slavery men in
the country, with the object of driving them into the city. Many families,
some say as many as three hundred, were thus broken up and ruined.
Capt. Anderson could afford them no security at their isolated homes, and
the only recourse was to flock to the city, which they did. During these
raids, much property and many horses were stolen. John Brown had a
fine horse, which belonged to Mr. Poyner, and Montgomery had one
belonging to J. J. Farley, which he offered, some time afterward, to per-
mit Judge Wright to ride home to its owner; but on account of the horse
being ‘‘ too wild,” the Judge declined. During these raids, on the 28th of
February, a party of Montgomery’s men, under command of Rev. John E.
Stewart, alias Levi W. Plumb, approached the house of Van Zumalt, a
Pro-slavery man living on the Little Osage, and in attempting to enter it
shot and badly wounded him. He, however, recovered and left the
Territory.

After the killing of Denton and Hedrick, Travis was arrested and
tried for complicity in the murder. He was a harmless old man, about
sixty years of age, and without marked political proclivities. The ‘‘squat-
ter court’ before which he was tried found him ‘not Bulli" On his
way home-he stopped at Wasson’s, where, on April 1, he was shot and
killed, some say by James Denton and others of Montgomery’s men.

On the 21st of April, Montgomery, with a small party of his men, were
in the valley of the Marmaton. Word was brought to Capt. Anderson that
a party of ‘‘Osages’’ were up the valley robbing and plundering. Capt.
Anderson immediately started in pursuit. On his way, he passed Jones’
saw-mill, where a meeting of Free-State men was being presided over by
John Hamilton. Anderson invited Hamilton to accompany him in pur-
suit of Montgomery, but he was ‘‘too busy” just at that time to leave.
Anderson soon came in sight of Montgomery, who, upon discovering the
presence of United States troops, retreated at full speed up Paint Creek,
closely pursued. Arriving at a narrow defile, Montgomery dismounted
his men and assumed the defensive. Capt. Anderson’s troops were fired
upon as they approached, one of their number mortally wounded, Capt.
Anderson’s horse killed, and the troops defeated. An armistice followed,
to remove the Captain from under his fallen horse, and the ‘‘Osages’’
beat a timely retreat, having but one of their number slightly wounded.
The wounded soldier, Alvin Satterwaite, a young man of good family, and

exemplary habits, died on the 23d and was buried on the 24th, with mili-

tary honors.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

It is impossible to imagine, much less to appreciate and describe, the
bitterness of feeling which existed in the hearts of the.two classes of the
people that then inhabited the Territory against each other. Insult and
wrong provoke retaliation, and the retaliators seldom cease when they
have merely dealt out justice. Revenge continues to spur them on, and
it is natural to desire to put the enemy hors du combat, so that he shall no
longer be dangerous or a disturber of the peace. It was in some such
spirit as this that a portion of Montgomery's men, calling themselves “ the
committee of safety,” met the next day after the encounter with thetroops
and passed the following resolutions, believing as they did that the Pro-
slavery residents of Fort Scott had instigated the attack upon them by the_
troops: 7

Wuereas, A body of Government soldiers and border ruffians did, on the 21st inst.
fire upon some Free-State citizens, who were peacefully and inoffensively traveling on the
common highway, and being incited to commit said outrageous and unlawful act by other
ruffians living in Fort Scott;

Resolved, 1. That Judge Joseph Williams, the corrupt tool of slavocracy, be required
to leave this Territory in six days; after that eet he remains at the peril of his life.

2. That Dr. Blake Little, y C. Sims and W. T. Campbell, the traitors who were elected
by fraud and corruption to the bogus Legislature, be required to leave within six days—an
infraction of this order at their peril.

3. That H. T. Wilson, G. P. Hamilton and D. F. Greenwood, the infamous swindlers
of the Lecompton Convention, who forged an infamous constitution, be hung to death if
they are caught in this Territory ten days from date.

4. That E. Ransom and G, W. Clarke, the holders of the two “wings” of the pre-
tended National Democracy and the corrupt fuglemen of a corrupt President, have six days
to leave this Territory, under penalty of death.

5, That J. H. Little, James Jones, Brockett, B. McDonald, A. Campbell, Harlan and
the ruffians who accompanied the soldiers to assist and witness the massacre of Free-State
citizens, be sentenced to death.

6. That Kennedy Williams and D. Sullivan, who stole by legal forms horses of Free-
State men, be sentenced to ne and branding and then be driven from the Territory.

7. That after the departure of the Judge and Marshal, no other official officers shall
be allowed to administer the law but those elected under the Free-State constitution.

8. That Judge Griffith, Maj. Montgomery and Capt. Hamilton be directed to carry out
the orders of this meeting. :

9. That Capt. Anderson shall be hanged to the highest tree in Bourbon County, and
every soldier put to death wherever he may be found.

10. That a copy of this notice be served on the people of Fort Scott.

No effort seems to have been made to carry out these resolutions.

As early as March of this year, a feud developed itself in the Fort
Scott Town Company. George W. Clarke was continually concocting
some scheme to its injury, and on several occasions in Trustee meetings
an angry debate occurred, in which George W. Clarke and George A.
Crawford were the principal opposing disputants. On the 27th of April
the feud came toa head. Dr. G. P. Hamilton and Brockett notified by
letter George A. Crawford, Charley Dimon and William Gallaher to leave
town within twenty-four hours, under penalty of being shot on sight.

It was now plain that Crawford & Co. or Hamilton & Co. must go.
Crawford & Co. decided to stay, let the consequences be what they might.
It was not long before the new state of affairs was generally understood,
and a force of about twenty-five well-armed men collected to prevent the
execution of the Brockett-Hamilton programme. On account of the kill-
ing of young Satterwaite the week previous, it was feared the soldiers
would take sides with Hamilton’s crowd, but everne on proved that only
three had been induced to do so. J. H. Little and B. F. Brantley arrayed
themselves on the side of Mr. Crawford, as did also Capt. Anderson and
all of his soldiers except these three. Next morning, when they were
found to be missing, a Sergeant with a guard was detailed to find them.
The Sergeant proceeded to the Western Hotel, where he found Brockett and
demanded of him the deserters. Brockett at first flatly refused to surrender
them, but the Sergeant, who with his men was well armed, told Brockett he
should have the deserters, even if he had to tear down the hotel to get
them. Brockett yielded, the men were taken to camp, given their break-
fast, and ordered by their comrades to leave town within one hour, under
penalty of death. This order they promptly obeyed. The original par-
ties to the feud remained mutually besieged until next day, when Brock-
ett, Hamilton and most, of the other border ruffians left Fort Scott for
good, and were not again heard of there until after the Marais des Cygnes
massacre, in which they played the leading part.

The next event of importance was the arrival of troops under com-
mand of Major, subsequently Maj. Gen. Sedgwick. This was May 6,
the troops consisting of one company of dragoons, one of heavy artillery:
and a section of T. W. Sherman's battery. On the 17th all the troops,
except the heavy artillery and battery, left for Fort Leavenworth, those
remaining being in command of Lieut. Shinn. Soon reports of the Marais
des Cygnes massacre were circulated throughout the country, and of
retaliatory robberies by Montgomery’s men. All was excitement and false
alarms for a number of days, until on the 29th of May, Deputy U. 8.
Marshal Samuel Walker, of Douglas County, reached Raysville on his way
to Fort Scott with writs for the arrest of Montgomery and others of his
men. Te had been sent down by Gov. Denver, who feared that bloodshed
would result from the terrible state of excitement in Southeastern Kansas,
and who thought it could be prevented by the arrest of a few of the Free-
State leaders. Gov. Denver had offered Marshal Walker all the troops he
might need for the execution of the writs, but the Marshal knowing that
Montgomery would not arrest him if he went alone, and that if he went
with a body of troops, Montgomery could not be found, he reached Rays-
ville accompanied only by Maj. Williams. Upon_his arrival there he
found assembled about 200 men, who were being addressed by Montgom-
ery in favor of going to and burning Fort Scott. A Mr. Oakly, who was
ie only one of the crowd that knew the Marshal, asked him why he was
ee to which he replied, ‘‘To arrest Montgomery.” Mr. Oakly advised
an ae 2 ees it, as it could not be done. Montgomery in his address
be sy in s that a Deputy U.S. Marshal was coming down to arrest
aes a . ‘ authorities would arrest Free-State men, but that they would
to, , erree i ro-slavery men, and advised the expedition to Fort Scott,
aide 4 Ma ee decision of the meeting. After the speaking con-
at ars - Mea arose to address the meeting. He informed them

e was a U. 8. Marshal, and that if they would get. out warrants for
BOURBON COUNTY.

Clarke and others who were believed to have been participants in the
Marais des Cygnes Massacre, and furnish him with a posse he would go to
Fort Scott an
Judges would not issue the warrants. The Marshal then told them to get
warrants from a Justice of the Peace, and that, although he, as a U. 8.
Marshal, had no right to serve a writ issued by a Justice of the Peace, yet
in this case he would do it. So armed with his writs for the arrest of
George W. Clarke and others, and escorted by a posse of seventy-five
mounted men with Montgomery in command, the Marshal entered Fort Scott
on Sunday morning May 30. Among the first in Fort Scott to discover the
Marshal’s presence was George W. Clarke. He seized his, Sharpe’s rifle,
ran in his shirt sleeves and with face exceedingly pale to the hotel and
al the alarm, and then ran to his house. The Marshal soon arrested a

‘ew that he wanted and proceeded to Clarke’s house. Clarke closed his
house and refused to surrender. Montgomery drew his men up in line in
front of the house, Clarke’s friends to the number of 300 quickly assembled
and drew themselves up in line on the sidewalk in front of Montgomery,
and not ten feet distant, every revolver and rifle on both sides on the cock.
The Marshal seized a a belonging to a Government wagon, and was
on the point of breaking down the door when Clarke put his head out of
an upper window and said that if any one would assure him that Marshal
Walker was in command of the posse he would surrender. Mr. Oakly as-
sured him of that fact, and in a moment Clarke opened the door and came
out, his wife on one arm and daughter on the other and a carbine in his
hand.’ He asked to see the Marshal’s writ, which the Marshal refused to
show, knowing that Clarke would refuse to surrender to him on such
authority. Walker drew his pistol on Clarke, told Maj. Williams to hold.
his watch and count two minutes, and then told Clarke that if during the
two minutes he did not surrender, he should fire upon him, whereupon
Clarke dropped his carbine and gave up. ;

Immediately upon Clarke’s surrender, Capt. Campbell, a Deputy United
States Marshal, of Fort Scott, came forward with a warrant for the arrest
of Montgomery, and said to Marshal Walker, “Montgomery is in_com-
mand of your posse, here is a warrant for him, now arrest him!” Walker
fepne “ Arrest him yourself; if I had a warrant for him I would arrest

im.’

As soon as Montgomery heard Campbell speak, he ordered his men to
“shoulder arms,” ‘‘about face,’ and ‘‘double quick for their horses,”
leaving Marshal Walker and Maj. Williams alone with their prisoners.
Matters now became pretty warm for the Marshal. He was in a tight
piace, in a “bad fix,’’ and in order to get out of it he persuaded Marshal
Campbell to furnish him with a horse that he might pursue and arrest
Montgomery. . Upon overtaking Montgomery, he induced him to_sur-
render, and took him back to Fort Scott, when all the people turned out
to see the unusual sight of Montgomery a prisoner.

Marshal Walker then turned Clarke and his other prisoners over to
Capt. Lyon, who was stationed there and was present when the arrest was
made, on condition that Capt. Lyon should send them the next day to Le-
compton for trial, and himself started for Lecompton with his prisoner,
Montgomery. The next day, upon arriving at Raysville, he was overtaken
by a courier from Capt. Lyon, bearing a dispatch stating that he had just
released Clarke and the other prisoners on a writ of habeas corpus. This
news vexed Marshal Walker so much that he promptly released Mont-
gomery and told him “to stay and fight it out,” and when he was through
to report to Lecompton, all of which Montgomery promised to do.

Upon the authority of Capt. Lyon, it may be stated that had not
Clarke surrendered, and*had he been shot by Marshal Walker, as he un-
doubtedly would have been, Walker himself would have been immediately
riddled by more than one hundred bullets.

On the morning of June 7, an_ attempt was made by some of Mont-
gomery’s men to burn the Western Hotel, Fort Scott, by piling a quantity
of hay against it and igniting it, and a number of shots were fired into
town from the southwest. No one was hurt, and the fire was extihguished
before any harm was done. Capt. Nathaniel Lyon was stationed in the
city on the 10th, for the purpose of protecting the place. On the 138th,
Gov. Denver arrived, and on the 14th a public meeting was held with a
view of arriving at a basis of peace. Speeches were made by Govs. Den-
ver, Robinson and Ransom, Judges Wright and Griffith, and B. F. Brant-
ley. Gov. Ransom, at the request of Gov. Denver, made a speech express-
ing his views as to the cause of the troubles, and-as to the course the Ter-
ritorial Government should pursue. He said that Montgomery, Jennison,
Brown, and their men were guilty of robbery and murder, and should be
brought to trial and punished. Judge Wright opposed Gov. Ransom’s
sentiments and plan; feeling ran high, and serious difficulty for a time was
feared. But by the judicious and firm course of Gov. Denver, peace was
restored, and the meeting adjourned until next day. i

The adjourned meeting was held at Raysville, of which Gov. Denver
assumed control. He made a brief address to the assembled settlers, dur-
ing which he said in substance that his purpose in visiting Southern Kan-
sas, was to assist in removing difficulties then existing; that he should treat
actual settlers without regard to past differences; that he believed both
parties had been to blame; that his mission was to secure peace, and as a
basis for'an agreement, proposed the following conditions:

1. The withdrawal of the troops from Fort Scott. oe

2. The election of new officers in Bourbon County by the citizens
thereof, without regard to party lines. : .

The stationing of troops along the Misseuri frontier to guard
against invasion from that State. : ; . ne
The suspension of the execution of old writs until their legiti-
macy could be properly authenticated. .
5. . The abandonment of the field by Montgomery and his men and
all other bodies of armed men, on both sides.
“Ag soon as the Governor had concluded his address, numerous calls
were made for Montgomery. ~ His appearance had the effect to reduce the
assembly to breathless silence. The most intense interest was manifested

arrest them. The reply to this proposition was that the -

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in what he had to say, as he was universally recognized as the leading '
a of the party with whom the Governor was making a Sia meee

ontgomery said in substance, that he accepted the terms the Governor
had proposed, and thanked him for the spirit of justice by which he ap-
peared to be actuated ; that justice, which for so long had been a stranger
to the Free-State party, was what of all things it most desired ; that he
should, with the sincerest pleasure, return to his home ; and that when
the Governor redeemed the pledges he had that day made, he would dis-
band the three hundred men that followed his banner and his fortunes and
retire to his cabin-home, there to remain.

Tranquillity was thus restored and both parties seemed to strive for
some months to preserve the peace. Under date of June 25, Capt. Lyon
wrote to Gov. Denver, that the agreement up to that time was fully ob-
served ; and on August 5, Gov. Denver wrote that the troops are no longer
needed at Fort Scott. But notwithstanding this quietude the embers of
turmoil were not extinguished, only temporarily smothered and liable to
burst forth into flame at any moment on‘the least provocation. The Pro-
slavery men and many who were Free-State men were much dissatisfied
with Gov. Denver for making a compromise with Montgomery, believing
with Gov. Ransom that he and his ‘‘banditti” ought to be brought to pua-
ishment ; and a difference of opinion developed as to what were in fact
the terms of the compromise. ontgomery’s men claimed that although
it was not so stated in the treaty, yet it was the distinct understanding
that no arrests should be made for any offenses committed prior to June
15, the day upon which the compromise was effected, that “by-gones
should be by-gones,” and that all would do their best to preserve the peace.
The Pro-slavery party claimed on the other hand that the compromise did
not mean that there should be entire immunity from punishment for all
crimes committed prior to June 15, but only that private individuals should
refrain from inflicting punishment according to their own code and pleas-
ure ; and that it was an article of that compromise that all such offenses
should be referred to the Grand Juries of the proper counties; that that
compromise only pledgedimmunity from punishment for political offenses;
that it could not and did not condone crimes against the law. Thus the
Denver compromise left 'room for wide differences of opinion, disputes
and difficulties. "What the Free-State men and Jayhawkers called a “by-
gone”’ the Pro-Slavery men and sometimes officers of the law did not call
a ‘‘by-gone.” What the former called a ‘‘political offense,” the latter
called a ‘‘crime against the law.”

In the meantime, however, George W. Clarke, who had been so long
in the land office at Fort Scott, who was one of the worst, if not the worst
of the evil geniuses of the border, and for whom there are even now few,
if any, to speak well, had been got rid of, to the great joy of all the citi-
zens. In August, the President had appointed him to the position of
Purser in the Navy, and he left Fort Scott under an escort, which conduct-
ed him safely into Southwestern Missouri.

The following extract from a letter written by a Pro-slavery man No-
vember 10, 1858, shows the general estimate in which George W. Clarke
was held : .

I suppose the Governor (Denver) forgot to name George W. Clarke, a pet in the land
office at Fort Scott, who was the real cause of all the troubles in that region, and that a
company of Dragoons had to be stationed there to protect him from the merited vengeance
of an outraged people. He forgot to say that this Government “pet” had, in the summer of
1856, prandere robbed and burned out of house and home nearly every Free-state family
in Linn County, while his hands were steeped in innocent blood, and the light of burning
buildings marked his course. This being the case, was it any wonder that, the country
arose in a flame of indignation, and clamored for revenge against the soulless wretch placed
in their midst, and rewarded for his brutality?

IT am no.friend to Montgomery, nor to those who sustain him, for he caused many civil
and unoffending families to abandon their homes. Had he, after having raised his forces,
marched to Fort Scott, demanded the surrender of the murderer Clarke,* and then strung
him up to the nearest tree, and gone home to his business, he would have deserved the
gratitude of his country. But he showed himself a desperado and a plunderer, and his ang
plied a stronger game for their pockets than they did for the safety and security of the
people.

"tt is not easy to state with certainty which party first broke the truce,
but on the 16th of November, Ben Rice was arrested on a number of in-
dictments by Charles Bull, Sheriff of Bourbon County ; and on the same
day, or about the same time, the houses of Poyner and Lemons, a short
distance north of Fort Scott, were robbed by some of Montgomery’s men.
One of the indictments against Rice was for the murder of Travis, who
had been shot February 28. Montgomery regarded this as a violation of
the treaty of June 15, looking upon the act as a political offense, or “‘ by-

one,” while the other side regarded it as a crime against the law. Then
ollowed a couple of weeks of horse-stealing, robbing and threats of per-
sonal violence, which led to a second meeting at Raysville, held December
1, with the view of again restoring peace. Of this meeting, W. R. Grif-
fith was President, J. C. Burnett and Rev. M. Brockman, Vice Presidents,
and J. E. Jones, Secretary. The compromise of June 15 was discussed,
and a new set of resolutions reported and adopted. A resolution that all
offenses committed prior to June 15 last, be referred to the Grand Juries
of the proper counties, was lost by a vote of 64 to 109. A motion was
then made by Rev. M. Brockman, but subsequently withdrawn, “that we
now go to Fort Scott and release Benjamin Rice.” At this meeting, Mont-
gomery made the statement that by-finding indictments against Rice and
others, the compromise had been broken. This brought out a letter from
Judge Wright denying the truth of the statement, but saying that if all
the Pro-slavery men were of the stamp of Dr. Little and son, neither
Montgomery nor Brown would then be in the field ‘ driven almost, if not
entirely, to be maniacs.” Ex-Gov. Denver also wrote a letter dated De-
cember 19, denying that Montgomery's was the true interpretation of the
treaty of June 15. He wrote: ‘‘In that agreement it was never intended
to compromise the laws of the Territory, by debarring the Grand Juries
from the proper discharge of their duty. The agreement was substantial-
ly this: That for past offenses no arrests should be made, except upon in-
dictment found by the Grand Jurtes.”’

 

’]t is now conceded that Clarke was innocent of the murder of Barber—time has
shown that he, in common with many others, was accused falsely in those troublous times.
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But on this question it was impossible for the two parties to agree,
and the release of Rice was fully determined upon by Montgomery. Ac-
cordingly, on the 15th of December, he organized a rescuing party of
nearly 100 men, Old John Brown being one of the party. John Brown,
however, did not enter Fort Scott with Montgomery, for the reason that
the two differed as to what should be done with the city upon entering it.
Brown was in favor of its complete destruction, or, as Montgomery after-
ward said to parties still living: ‘If Brown had been in command of the
party instead of myself, not one stone of Fort Scott would have been left
upon another.’ Montgomery’s main object was to release Rice. He
therefore proceeded with his men without Brown, leaving him at what
was called the ‘‘ Wimset farm,’’ about three miles from Fort Scott up the
Marmaton, and entering the city about daylight. Upon approaching the
house in which Rice was held prisoner, one of the large double houses
built by the Government, then called the ‘‘Free-State Hotel,” and kept
by Col. William T. Campbell,.now occupied as a residence by Judge Mar-
grave, Montgomery divided his‘command into three divisions of twenty
each. One of these divisions passed quietly around to the right of the
hotel, another as quietly to the left, while the third division entered the
house by the front door, which had been left unlocked for the convenience
of George A. Crawford, who, upon Little’s invitation, slept with him that
night in the store. Thus the hotel fell an easy prey to the mob. This
third division went up stairs into the third story, or attic, where they
found Rice chained to the floor. A chopping axe was soon brought up,
and with it the chain which was around Rice’s leg was severed, and thus
the prisoner released.

While this was going on a tragedy was being enacted just across the
alley from the hotel. Here was the building or store in which Little and
George A. Crawford had passed the night. The front end of this store
faces southwest, and the side is next the alley toward the southeast. At
both front and side is a door over which there is a transom. In this store
Little and George A. Crawford were sleeping. The noise made by the
rescuing party awoke them, and Little opening the front door fired upon
the party with his shot gun, which he had used the day before in hunting
ducks. ‘The duck-shot with which the gun was loaded lodged in the
heavy overcoat worn by J. H. Kagi, doing but little injury to Mr. Kagi.
Immediately after firing his gun, Little closed the front door and locked
it, went to the side door, placed a dry goods box against it, and mounted
the box 1o look out through the transom to see what was going on. The
transom window being covered with dust. he proceeded to clean it with a
handkerchief so that he might see out. The movement of the handker-
chief was noticed by Montgomery’s men in the alley, one of whom raised
his Sharpe’s rifle and fired at the handkerchief, not being able to see Lit-
tle. but hitting him almost precisely in the center of the forehead, from
which shot he of course instantly fell to the floor, and expired in about an
hour. The cannon was immediately brought to bear upon the store, and
a demand made for its surrender. This demand was not complied with.
But an entrance to the store was effected through the back door, which
was opened by Dr. Blake Little to admit Miss Louisa Conway. Montgom-
ery’s men then robbed the store of about $7,000 worth of goods, consist-
ing mostly of dry goods, but quite anumber of ladies’ saddles were taken.

Alexander McDonald, then living in the house now owned by Gen.
C. W. Blair, opened his door, and stepped out upon the porch. Upon re-
fusing to surrender, he was promptly fired upon by C. R. Jennison, the bul-
let passing through the door. Mr. McDonald immediately retreated into
the house unharmed. From twelve to fifteen of the citizens of Fort
Scott were made prisoners, among them Col. and Mrs. H. T. Wilson. It
was the design of Montgomery’s men to burn Col. Wilson’s store, but
Montgomery, discovering, as he thought in Mrs. Wilson a resemblance to
Dr. Hogan, who had at a certain time befriended him, and upon learning
from her that she and the doctor were brother and sister, gave the order
that the store should not to burned. upon the condition, however, that the
Colonel should furnish breakfast for fifty of his men. The Colonel or-
dered the breakfast at the ‘‘ Western,” or Pro-slavery” hotel; but not a
mouthful of it was tasted for fear of poison.

Little was buried next day in the west part of town, and subsequently
removed to Evergreen Cemetery. The following resolution, passed with
others on the day of bis burial, shows the estimation in which he was
held by his brother Masons: “That our brother living, was an ornament
to society, a worthy representative of the genial spirit and kindly virtues
of our order, and in every sense a noble, generous, brave and upright
man.” :
After the occurrence of this affair, the citizens of Fort Scott made ap-
plication to Gov. Medary for protection. The Governor having no troops
to send, advised the organization of home militia to act as a Marshal’s
posse in arresting criminals and enforcing law. The first company was
organized December 24, with John Hamilton, Captain; C. F. Drake, First
Lieutenant, and E. W. Finch, Second Lieutenant. Two other companies
were organized. Of one of these, Alexander McDonald was Captain, A.
R. Allison First Lieutenant, and W. C. Dennison, Second Lieutenant. Of
the other, J. G. Parks was Captain, and Hugh Glen and E. W. Black,
Lieutenants. Daily drilling continued for some time, the ranks of the
companies being readily filled by a promise of pay at the rate of $3 a day.
The promise was never redeemed. Gov. Medary having made a requisi-
tion on the Government for a quantity of smooth bore muskets, said mus-
kets were forwarded to Sedalia, Mo., the end of the Pacific Railroad, in
January, 1858, whence they were taken to Paris, Linn County. On Jan-
uary 30, a party of fifty Bourbon County Militia started on a four days’
trip to procure the new arms. Upon their return, preparations were at
once made to make a raidin pursuit of ‘‘ Jayhawkers,”’ and after a three
days’ scout all along the Little Osage, about a dozen prisoners were
brought to Fort Scott. After a needed rest of a few days,.a guard started
for Lawrence with the prisoners for trial, camping near Black Jack on the
night of the 14th. Next morning at the Wakarusa, they were met by the
news of the passage of the ‘‘ Amnesty act,” which rendered all their labor

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

vain. The captives were set at liberty, and about twenty of the captors:
continued on to visit Lawrence, where on account of their leader being:
named ‘“‘Hamilton,” he was supposed by the citizens of that city to be:
Capt. Charles A. Hamilton, of Marais des Cygnes Massacre fame, and a
reception very much more earnest than kind was accorded them. (See:
i of Lawrence. ;
ete the ae of the “Amnesty act,” there was but little more
trouble in Bourbon County on account of border feuds. Peace had ap-
parently come to stay, and when the Fourth of July approached the peo-
ple decided to hold on that day a grand celebration, as an evidence, not.
only of their patriotism, but of their desire for peace as well. The people:
of Fort Scott prepared and gave the dinner, and a most memorable din-
ner it was. There were wagon loads of beef, mutton and pork, and im-
mense quantities of bread, cake and pie. A four-horse wagon load of ice
was brought from the Marais des Cygnes, for the purpose of making
lemonade. Everybody participated in the ceremonies. Gov. Ransom
was President of the day; Judge Joseph Williams, Col. Judson, Judge
Farwell, M. E. Hudson, Thomas Helm, 8. W. Campbell and Col. Moran,
Vice Presidents; Rev. Mr. Thompson, Chaplain; Mason Williams read
the Declaration of Independence, and L. A. McCord was Orator of the
Day. In the evening there was a grand ball at the Free-State Hotel.
During the remainder of this year, immigration poured into the coun-
ty, and material progress was visible on all sides. The principal occupa-
tion of the District Court was the punishment of horse-thieves. In May,
1860, the arch horse-thief of the border was brought to trial in Fort Scott.
This was “Pickles,” whom everybody knew. The indictment upon which

‘he was to be tried was for robbing Indian Seth the fall before. Some

members of ‘‘Pickles’” gang came to the Little Osage, and endeavored to
raise a rescuing party ; and, in order to forestall any such attempt, mem-
bers of the Vigilance Committee armed themselves and poured into town,
to the number of nearly two hundred. Having assembled, their object
changed from that of preventing a rescue by Pickles’ friends, to making
a rescue themselves, and executing summary vengeance upon one who had
committed more crimes than any other two of the border thieves. The
officers of the law who had Pickles in charge were too wary and adroit to
permit this programme of the Vigilance Committee being carried out, and
Pickles was too sharp to voluntarily place himself in their hands by plead-
ing “not guilty,” which would have been the result of so pleading, be-
cause he could not have been convicted on the evidence. He, therefore, in
order to save his life, plead guilty, was immediately sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $500, and escorted to Washing-
ton. Pickles fared much better than did Hugh Carlin, who, having given
the settlers on Little Osage a great deal of trouble, was taken from the
house of F. A. Monroe, and hanged by a party of mounted men belong-
ing to the Vigilance Committee, about the 10th of July. This was fol-
lowed about November 16, 1860, by the killing of L. D. Moore by C. R.
Jennison, in retaliation for the killing of Carlin. Jennison’s party con-
sisted of about twenty-five picked men. Upon reaching Moore’s house,
Jennison rapped on the door and demanded admittance. This was refused.
Jennison immediately kicked the door down, and shot Moore while he was
sitting on the side of his bed. Jennison then passed into the house, and
took Moore by the wrist, holding it until the pulse ceased to beat, when
he exclaimed: ‘‘ Boys, he’s dead.” Jennison and his party then went to
the house of M. E. Hudson, whose wife was a relative of L. D. Moore.
Mr. Hudson was away from home. Jennison informed Mrs. Hudson of
what he had done, and, while she was weeping, ordered her to provide
breakfast for his party, which order sbe obeyed.’

L. D. Moore settled in Kansas in 1857, on a claim near Mapleton. He
was a Pro-slavery man, was a member of the ‘‘ anti-horse thief” or ‘dark
lantern association,’ and had taken an active part in the lynching of
Guthrie and Carlin, his office having been that of hangman.

About the ist of December, Gen. Harney, in command of about 200
United States soldiers, arrived in Fort Scott for the purpose of attending
the land.sales, which came off on the 3d of that month. The attendance
was very large; everything passed off quietly, but only fourteen eighty-
acre tracts were sold—the prices ranging from $1.25 to $5.50 per acre.

On the 8th of the month, Gen. D. M. Frost's brigade of Missouri mili-
tia reached and camped at the State Line; and Gen. Frost and staff rode
into Fort Scott to confer with Gov. Medary and Gen. Harney with refer-
ence to raids into Missouri from Kansas.

BOURBON COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR.

The first meeting in Bourbon County which had for its object the dis-
cussion of questions likely to grow out of the gigantic war which was then
impending was held March 18, 1861. Upon the invitation of many lead-
ing citizens of Fort Scott, Gen. J. H. Lane was present and delivered

an address. He advocated the cultivation of friendly relations hetween
Missouri and Kansas. A large number of citizens of the former State were
present.

_ The next meeting of the kind was held at Barnesville March 20. A
series of resolutions was reported to the meeting, which were conservative
and in favor of States Rights. Gen. Lane addressed this meeting, express-
ing se sentiments to those delivered by him the week previous at Fort

cott.

These meetings occurred before the firing on Fort Sumter, and were
comparatively but moderate affairs. After war had once begun by the
bombardment of a United States fortress, the thrill of fiery indignation
was felt as keenly in Kansas as anywhere in the Union. On Thursday
night, April 24, a Union demonstration occurred in Fort Scott, which was
the largest that up to that time the city had ever seen, and which was un-
surpassable in enthusiasm and unanimity. Past party difficulties were
forgotten, patriotic songs were sung, patriotic addresses delivered, and the
wildest and heartiest applause greeted every expression and person that
was in favor of the Union. It was a demonstration in which Fort Scott
and Bourbon County, and every true and loyal Kansan and American may
BOURBON COUNTY.

always feel the deepest pride. In the latter part of April, two companies
of volunteers were formed on Drywood, under Capts. Boring and Brown,
and on the 1st of May, two companies were formed in Fort Scott. The
officers of one company were: Captain, C. W. Blair; Lieutenants, A. R.
Allison, R. L. Phillips and Charles Bull. Of the other company —Cap-
tain, A. McDonald; jeutenants, Charles Dimon, William Gallaher and A.
F. Bicking. These two companies were a few weeks afterward consoli-

dated under ©. W. Blair, Cantera, and W. C. Ranson, C. O. Judson and:

A. R. Allison, Lieutenants. The total number of members in this com-
pany, after consolidation, was sixty-three. It left for, Lawrence soon after-
ward, where it was to be armed, uniformed and mustered into the service
of the Government. But after marching to Lawrence—where Capt. Blair
was promoted to the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the Second Kansas Regiment,
and Lieut. Ransom elected Captain—and then to Wyandotte, preparatory
to crossing to Kansas City, to be mustered in, the patriotic fervor of three-
fourths of the members of the company had so far subsided, that this
number backed squarely out and counter-marched for home May 19, 1861,
so that the company as such was never mustered in.

Early in this month, a company was organized on Lightning Creek,
with John T. McWhirt, Captain, and Roswell Seeley; John Pally and John

F. Gates, Lieutenants. The company was named originally the ‘‘ Lightning.

Guards.’’ Some members of the company preferred the name “ Light-
ning Blues,’’ but the majority fearing this name might be mistaken for
‘Blue Lightning,” chose the former name.

Capt. Blair’s company, whose first term of service was so brief, was
named ‘‘Frontier Guard No. 1.’’ Frontier Guard No. 2 was organized with
A. McDonald, Captain. Upon his resignation, W. T. Campbell was elected
Captain, the Lieutenants being S. B. Gordon, C. O. Judson and John F.
White. These two companies had a parade on July 4, inviting all the
other companies to participate that had been organized in the county.
The Drywood Company under Capt. Boring, and the Mill Creek Company
under Capt. Hall, responded.

On the 5th a battle was fought at Carthage, Mo., which had the effect
to greatly alarm and disturb the citizens in the southeastern part of the
county. Many families left their homes, apprehensive of an attack from
the rebel forces. Shortly after this alarm, Gen. Lyon authorized Capts.
W. C. Ransom and W. T. Campbell, each to raise a company of one hun-
dred men, to act as Home Guards. Afterward another company was au-
thorized, and,thus there were three companies of Bourbon County Home
Guards, all-of which went into camp at Fort Scott. These three compa-
nies were infantry; afterward a cavalry company was raised, and the four
companies were the origin of the Sixth Kansas, with the following officers:
Major, W. R. Judson; Captains, W. C. Ransom, W. T. Campbell, Z.
Gower and L. R. Jewell, of Companies A, B, C and D, respectively. The
activity and proximity of the war in Missouri led Gen: Lane to order a
considerable number of troops to Fort Scott toward the latter part of Au-
gust. Five companies of the Third Regiment under Col. Montgom-
ery, arrived on the 20th from Mound City, and other troops arrived, until
the aggregate number was about 2,000. A large number of Osage Indians
also arrived about this time and offered their services to the Government.
This was now headquarters for Gen. Lane’s Division, which rapidly in-
creased in size, and as rapidly improved in discipline and appointments.
Two companies of Col. Johnson’s Fifth Kansas were also stationed at
Barnesville. The Rebel Gen. Rains, with 14,000 men, was operating in
Missouri, and contemplated an attack on Southern Kansas. September
1, he approached within ten miles of Fort Scott, drove in Lane’s pickets,
and stole a number of mules. Until this was done, his presence was not
suspected. Col. Johnson made immediate pursuit, but inflicted upon them
only the small loss of two or three killed. All the troops in the vicinity

were then concentrated at Fort Scott preparatory to its defense against an

expected attack, and a force of 500 cavalry with one mounted howitzer
sent out to reconnoiter. This force met the enemy’s pickets five miles
west of Drywood, and drove them back across Drywood Creek to camp.
Quite a severe battle was fought, until the Union troops exhausted their
ammunition, and retreated in good order toward Fort Scott. The infan-
try was stationed on the heights east of the city, to receive the rebels in
case the anticipated attacks were made, maintaining their position until
the darkness of the night and the raging of a heavy thunder storm ren-
dered it highly improbable that an attack would be made. Gen. Rains’
force was much superior to that of Gen. Lane, which made Gen. Lane ap-
prehensive of the results of a general engagement. He therefore led the
infantry back to Fort Lincoln, on the Little Osage, thirteen miles to the
northward, leaving the cavalry in Fort Scott with orders to defend the
city to the last, and then burn it rather than let it fall into the enemy’s
hands. Fort Scott was thus left practically without defense. It was al-
most entirely deserted by the citizens. Only four women had the courage
to remain. These ladies were Mrs. H. T. Wilson, Mrs. William Smith,
Mrs. J. 8. and Miss Sallie Miller. They determined to remain until their
feet should be guided in their flight by the light from their burning homes.

A few days thereafter, the rebel forces beat a precipitate retreat toward
Independence, pursued trom Fort Lincoln to Pappinsville, by Cols. John-
son and Jennison, who returned with two hundred cattle and a number
of “ contrabands.”

The removal of the greater-part of the troops from Fort Scott, at a
time when that city was menaced by a rebel force considerably larger than
Gen. Lane’s whole command, was a most remarkable piece of strategy on
the part of that most remarkable of men, and is explained by his ene-
mies on the ground that he had more solicitude for his own safety than
for the safety of the town.

Notwithstanding numerous efforts were made to have the base of sup-
plies removed from Fort Scott to Fort Lincoln, Mound City and Hum-
boldt, none of them were successful, and when the troops were paid off,
business was lively in the former place ; and when about March 1, 1862,
on account of the advance of the rebel armies into Northwest Arkansas,
a considerable military force, under Col. Deitzler, consisting of the First,

 

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Fifth and Sixth Kansas, the Ninth, Twelfth and Thirteenth Wisconsin,
the Second Ohio Cavalry and the Second Indiana Battery, was stationed
there, money was still more plenty and times still more improved. During
March, Lieut. Strong, of the Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, built a
strong and -handsome bridge across the Marmaton, for the convenience of
Government trains. This bridge was swept away about April 20, by a
tremendous flood, the waters rising fifteen feet above the bridge.

Lieut. Col. Jewell, Sixth Kansas, was appointed Post Commander at
Fort Scott, June 1, 1862. Lieut. Col. Blair, of the Second Kansas, raised
in Bourbon County a battery of artillery in August. This was the Second
Kansas Battery, and when completed was oflicered as follows: C. W.
Blair, Commanding Officer; First Lieutenants, E. A. Smith and D. C.
Knowles; Second Lieutenants, A. G. Clark and A. Wilson. Soon after-
ward, Lieut. Col. Blair was commissioned Brigadier General, and in 1863.
succeeded to the command of the post and remained in command until
the close of the war.

A number of forts were erected in the city of Fort Scott during the
war; Fort Henning, on Birch street, between Jones and Judson; Fort
Blair, on Locust street, between Main street and Scott avenue, and Fort
Insley, north of the Plaza.

The most exciting incident of the war in Bourbon County after the
battle of Drywood and the retreat of Gen. Lane to Fort Lincoln, was the
ae of Price’s army through the eastern part of it, in October, 1864.

efore the result of the battle of Mine Creek was known, the people of
Fort Scott were hourly expecting Price’s forces to march into their city
and raze it to the ground. Any speculative individual with a few dollars
in his pocket could just then have bought and paid for the whole town.
It was the darkest hour its people had ever seen. But just at evening of
that day, Col. Moonlight, who had kept on Price’s right flank from Mound
City, arrived with the most welcome news that Price had been defeated,
and that Gen. Blair, with his command would enter the city within an
hour. Everybody was overjoyed and a feast was soon begun for the tired
and HUneEy soldiers. The next day saw the entrance into the city of a
part of Price’s army, as prisoners—Maj. Gen. Marmaduke, Brig. Gen.
Cabell, Col. Slemmens and about one thousand private soldiers. Had
Price entered the city he could easily have destroyed it. This was the
last actual danger Fort Scott was ever in from rebel soldiers.

As Price’s army crossed the valley of the Little Osage it committed
numerous murders and robberies. At Fort Lincoln they killed Andrew
Stevens, and further down the river Mr. Goodall and Mr. Miller. They
burned the houses of Richard Spafford and Mr. Hopkins; robbed many
families of all their money, provisions, clothing and bed-clothing, and
stole what horses they could find.

Bourbon County made an honorable record in the war. It furnished
its full proportion of soldiers and was fifth in rank in regard to the num-
ber of her citizens that entered the militia, the number enrolled being 676,
while the number organized was 550. Thecounty furnished one Brigadier
General—C. W. Blair; one Colonel—W. R. Judson; one Lieutenant Col-
onel—Lewis R. Jewell, in the volunteer service, and in the militia, two
Colonels—J. Stadden and George P. Eaves. : .

Since the war steady progress has been made, as will be seen by an
examination of the various paragraphs on railroads, public schools, etc.,
and on the city of Fort Scott.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

The county was organized September 12, 1855. S.A. Williams, as Probate Judge, ad-
ministered the oath of office as Commissioners to Col. H. T. Wilson and Charles B. Wingfield.
B. F. Hill was appointed Sheriff and William Margrave, Deputy Sheriff of the county. On
the 17th of September, the following officers were appointed: Clerk, James J. Farley;
Constable, John F. Cottrell; Justice, Thomas Watkins, William Margrave had been
appointed a Justice of the Peace in December, 1854, by Gov. Reeder and was the first Justice
in the county. On the'15th of October four additional Justices, and three Constables were
appointed, and as Treasurer, A. Hornbeck; Assessor, W. W. Spratt; Coroner, H. R. Kelso.

In November the county was divided into the following townships: Little Osage,
Timberhill, Scott, Drywood and Russell. In 1858, the name of Russell Township was
changed to Marion, and Freedom Township was organized. In 1859, Franklin and Marma-
ton were organized; in 1866, Walnut and Pawnee, and in 1870, Mill Creek, making eleven
townships in the county. F

From the organization of the county to January, 1858, its affairs were in charge of the
Probate Judge, assisted by two Commissioners, this body being styled the County Court, at
which time a Board of Supervisors took the place of the court. This Board consisting of one
Supervisor from each township. In 1860, this form of government was changed to the
present—that of threeCommissioners. Under this arrangement the first Commissioners were
Isaac Ford, Lester Ray and G. W. Miller.

The first election for county officers held in the fall of 1856, resulted as follows: Clerk.
James J. Farley; Treasurer, A. Hornbeck; Sheriff, B. F. Hill; Probate Judge, 8. A,
Williams; Register of Deeds, James J. Farley.

In 1855, the county seat was located at Fort Scott, that being then as now the most
important town in the county. In 1858, on account of the border troubles it was moved to
Marmaton by a special law of the Legislature enacted for that purpose. An election was
held on the i1th of May, 1863, for the purpose of re-locating the county seat, which resulted
as follows: For Fort Scott, 700 votes ; ‘Centerville, 279; Mapleton, 14; and for Fort Lincoln,
1vote. Fort Scott therefore having received_a majority of all the votes cast was proclaimed
the county seat; no attempt has since been made to remove it.

The members of the Territorial Council from Bourbon County with date of election,
are as follows: William Barbee, March 30, 1855; George S. Hillyer, 1857; Watson
Stewart, 1859. 7

The members of the State Senate have been: J.C. Burnett, 1861; Isaac Ford, 1862; A.
Danford, 1864; D. B. Emmert, 1866; M. V. Voss, 1868; W. E. Guerin, 1872; J. W. Bainum,
1874; W. R. Griffin, 1876 and 1878; E. F. Ware, 1880.

List of Representatives in the Territorial Legislature, with the date of election have
been as follows: Samuel A. Williams and Joseph C. Anderson, March 30, 1855; W. W.
Spratt and B. Brantly, 1856 ; Stephen C, Cooper, 1857; T. R, Roberts, 1858; Horatio Knowles,
1859; J. C. Burnett, 1860. 3

The Representatives in the State Legislature have been: H. Knowles, 8. B. Mahurin
and J. T. Neal, 1861; D. B. Jackman, J. Hawkins, D. R. Cobb and C. F. Drake, 1862; D. R.
Cobb, J. G. Miller, R. P. Stevens and William Stone, 1863; L. D. Clevender, D. L, Campbell,
N. Griswold and W. Z. Stron| , 1864; C. W. Blair, N. Griswold, W. H. Green and J. S. Wilson,
1865; S. A. Manlove, W. N. McIntosh, W. F. Travers and J. S. Wilson, 1866; William Hin-
ton, E. M. Hulett. J. B. Moore and B. F. Smalley, 1867; J. B. Moore, D. D. Roberts, L.
Roberts and W. Simpson, 1868; George P. Eaves, C. W. Libby, J. A. Tiffany and W. ©. Webb,
1869; W. H. Green, C. W. Libby, C. 8. Steele and W. C. Webb, 1870; W. H. Green, J. R,
Greening and L. G. Palmer, 1871; Jacob Brenner, W. J. Cochran and R. P. McDonald, 1872 ;
S. Bird, David Johnson and T. F. Robley, 1873; John Raney, A. Goucher and E. M. Hulett
1874; E. P. Davis, John J. Stewart and B. J. Waters, 1875; John J. Stewart, Roberts Geffs’
1072 se

8. A. Day and S. D, Hart, 1876; John J. Stewart, W. I. Smith, J. H. Sallee and T. W. Tall-
man, 1878; Wiley Bolinger, Oscar Strait, J. H. Lawhead and Thomas Cochran, 1880.

The Four Constitutions —During the early history of the Territory Bourbon County was
Pro-slavery. At the election of March 30, 1855, Joseph C. Anderson, a résident of Missouri,
and 8. A. Williams, the Pro-slavery candidates for the Legislature, received 315 and 313
votes respectively, while John Hamilton and William Margrave, the Free-State candidates,
received respectively but 35 and 16, William Barbee, elected to the Council, received 343
votes, all that were cast in the district. At the election held October 9, 1855, for Delegates to
the Topeka Constitutional Convention, John Hamilton and W. R. Griffith each received but
39 votes, and ex-Gov. Reeder received the same number for Delegate to Congress. The vote
on the adoption of the Topeka Constitution was taken December 15. Delegates to the Le-
compton Constitutional Convention were elected June 15, 1857. Col. H. T. Wilson and Blake
Little were chosen from Bourbon County, the former receiving 204 and the latter 187 votes.
On October 5, at the election for tee to Congress, Epaphroditus Ransom received 175
votes, to 96 for M. J. Parrott, and at the election held December 21 for officers under the
Lecompton Constitution, the Pro-slavery candidate for Governor received 523 votes, to 281
for the Free-State candidate. But when the question of adopting the Lecompton Constitu-

_ tion was submitted, January 4, 1858, the electors of Bourbon cast 268 votes against it to 55 for
it with slavery and none for it without slavery. On August 2, 1858, the “English Swindle,”
or “Lecompton Junior,” as the English bill was variously called, received but 37 votes, while
429 were cast against it. Under the Lecompton Constitution, Blake Little had been elected
to the Senate and W. C. Campbell to the House.

The delegates from Bourbon County to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
were W. R. Griffith, M. E. Hudson and G. W. Campbell. At the election on the constitution,
a Soth cast one vote for it and 58 against it. The vote of the county can not be ascer-

ained.

The first election under the Wyandotte Constitution movement occurred March 28,
1859. Bourbon cast 333 votes for the convention and 47 against it. J.C. Burnett and W. R.
Griffith were elected delegates to the convention, receiving 281 and 294 votes respectively.
On the 4th of October the adoption of the Wyandotte Constitution was voted on, the result
being 464 votes for it to 256 against, the homestead exemption clause receiving 530 votes to
102 against it. November 8, at the election of Delegate to Congress, Saunders W. Johnson,
Democratic candidate, received 251 votes, and Marcus J. Parrott, Republican, 368—Bourbon
having thus become a strong Republican county. On the Ist of J une, 1860, according to the
census taken at that time, the county contained a population of 6,102.

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SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

The first school district organized in the county was what is now District No. 10, De-
cember 10, 1859. This was the only one organized that year. In 1860, four districts were
organized; in 1861, none; in 1862, eight; in 1863, twenty-three, and in 1864, eight. In 1867,
the organization of new school districts again commenced, and from that time to 1881, with
the exception of 1878, from one to nine districts were organized each year., There are now
ninety-eight districts in the county, including Fort Scott. In 1862, the number of scholars
in the county was 722; in 1865, 3,261; in 1870, 5,312; in 1880, 7,015, and in 1882, 7,866—males,
3,995; females, 3,871. The number of pupils enrolled was—males, 2,921; females, 3,089. The
number of different teachers employed during the year was 150; average wages of males,
$34.27 ; females, $30.86. There are 100 schoolhouses in the county—two of brick, three of
stone, and ninety-five frame. In the district school libraries there are 350 volumes. The
value of school property is estimated at $89,672, and the total value of all school property in
the county is $100,000.

The personal Property of the county is valued as follows: Horses, 6,374, value, $193,-
285 ; cattle, 29,250, value, $327,736 ; mules, 907, value, $32,182; sheep, 6,102, value, $6,953 ;
‘swine, 9,225, value, $24,892; farming implements, value, $65,928; carriages, 403, value, $4,977;
stocks, $7,499; national bank shares, $25,000; money, $39,027 ; credits, $71,095; merchandise,
$211,176; manufacturers’ stock, $12,280; notes, $6,817 ; mortgages, $1,300; wagons, $15,070 ;
other property, $141,682; total, $1,186,899; constitutional exemption, $311,400; net amount
on the tax list, $875,499.

Estate.—Taxable acres under cultivation, 194,127: not under cultivation, 192,508;
value of all lands, $1,938,345; number of town lots, 5,995, value, $837,767; value of all rail-
road property, $673,309.60 ; total taxable value of all property in the county, $4,324,926.60,

n 1882, of the 267,920 acres of farmsin the county, the following was the acreage of
the principal crops: Winter wheat. 6,826; rye, 466; corn, 71,948; oats, 10,241; Irish potatoes,
878 ; sweet potatoes, 19; sorghum, 395; castor beans, 1,221 ; flax, 7,300; millet and Hungarian,
6,268 ; timothy meadow, 782; clover, 373; prairie, 36,758; timothy pasture, 77; prairie pas-
ture, 41,153 ; other pastures, 174.

In nurseries, 216 acres; apple trees—bearing, 158,766; not bearing. 63,994; pear trees—
bearing, 4,559; not bearing, 4,835; plum trees—bearing, 3,129; not bearing, 3,005; peach
trees—bearing, 103,040; not bearing, 22,061; cherry trees—bearing, 33,370; not bearing, 11,-
080; vineyards, 88 acres, with 215 gallons of wine made in 1882.

But little attention has been paid to the cultivation of timber, the following being the
number of acres of each variety of trees reported as planted up to 1882: cottonwood, 4;
honey locust, 2; maple, 58; walnut, 41; other varieties 54; total, 159. The planting of
Osage orange trees in double rows on either side of railroads, for railroad ties, and by farm-
ers for fence posts and similar purposes is earnestly recommended.

f board fence there are 20,035 rods; rail, 212,596 ;. stone, 98,268; hedge, 435,144; wire,
114,160 ; total, 870,203 rods, or 2,719.4 miles.

The population of the county in 1860 was 6,102; in 1865, 7,961, of which 787 were col-
ored ; in 1870, 15,102; 1875, 16,879; in 1880, 19,595; in 1882, 20,159, distributed among the sey-
eral townships as follows: Osage, 1,159; Freedom, 1,216; Timberhill, 1,235 ; readin, 1,560;
Marion, 1,980; Mill Creek, 890; Marmaton, 1,134: Scott, 2,245; Drywood, 1,324; Pawnee,
918; Walnut, 809; the city of Fort Scott, 5,689.

RAILROAD HISTORY.

The first action taken by the Commissioners of Bourbon County looking to the build-
ine of a railroad through the county was upon a petition for the privilege of voting $150,-
000 in bonds to the Kansas & Neosho Valley Railroad Company, and of subscribing to the
capital stock of said road alike amount. This was November 18, 1865, when an election was
ordered to be held December 16th. At this election the proposition was adopted by the
electors by a vote of 705 for the bonds to 220 against them. On the 22nd of December the
Commissioners of Bourbon County sent an address to Thomas Carney, Mayor of Leaven-
worth, asking that Leavenworth County be given an opportunity to vote $200,000 or $250,-
000 in bonds in aid of the project, before the election of new officers of the railroad company
should be held, and before the change of the name of the road should be made, which had
been promised Bourbon and Linn Counties if they would vote bonds. Individual subscrip-
tions to the stock were also solicited and as an inducement to private parties to subscribe,
this new election had been promised in order that the people so subscribing might be repre-
sented in the company by directors of their own choosing. :

On September 10, 1866, it was resolved by the Commissioners that as the K. & W. V.
R. R. Company had failed to change the name of its road, that the tender of the subscrip-
tion of $150,000 unless the name were changed within thirty days, and the County Clerk was
forbidden to issue the bonds without instructions from the Commissioners.

On June 29, 1868, Col. K. Coates, President of the K. & W. V. R. R. Company, asked that
the bonds voted to the road be issued and placed in the hands of the trustee, but not to be
delivered to the company until the road should be completed to Fort Scott, and on the same
day the Commissioners entered into an agreement with the railroad company, whereby the
county agreed to sell its $150,000 of stock in the road for the nominal cousidbration of $5,
and on the conditions that the company shall build and operate the road from Kansas City
to Fort Scott within two years from that date; and also agree that when the road is built
and in operation to Fort Scott, then the bonds shall be issued, provided that in the
meantime the name of the road shall have been changed to the Missouri River, Fort
Scott & Gulf Railroad. The name of the road was changed previous to April 29, 1869,
on which day the company, by its attorney, B. F. Simpson, made application for the laying
off of a route through Bourbon County for said road, and on the 1st of June the route was
laid off by the Commissioners to the southern boundary of the county of Bourbon,

On July 22, Col. A. S. Johnson, Land Commissioner for the road, submitted an applica-
tion to the Board, asking that a day be set for appraising damages and locating the route
through the Neutral Lands in Bourbon County, and in response to the application, August
31 was chosen.

The M. R., Ft. 8. & G. R. R. was completed to Fort Scott in December, 1869, and on Jan-
uary 7, 1870, the bonds for $150,000 were delivered to Col. Coates, President, the company

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

having fulfilled its part of the contract of June 29, 1868; and the stock for $150,000 was at
the same time delivered to the company, the county receiving its $5 in cash, promised on the
day of sale to be paid for the same. The name of this road was changed to the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. : : ‘

The first step in the Tebo & Neosho Railroad movement in Bourbon County was taken
May 7, 1867, on which day the people voted on the question of subscribing $150,000 to the
stock of the company, and issuing a like amount of county bonds, The election resulted in
the casting of 468 votes for the proposition, and 442 votes against it, and there were no
returns from Franklin and Walnut Townships. . . .

On July 23, 1869, the Commissioners decided that it was not advisable to subscribe, at
that time, to the capital stock of the Tebo & Neosho Railroad Company ; but it was ordered
that $150,000 be subscribed to the capital stock of any railroad company that would build a
road, starting at Fort Scott and running north of the Marmaton in the general direction of
Humboldt, and that bonds.be issued in payment therefor, provided that at a general elec-
tion held for the purpose, the people of the county should approve of the order, and that said
election should be held August 24, 1869; and it was also understood that a vote in favor of
this proposition would be a vote re-affirming the election of May 7, 1867. The proposition
was approved of, August 24, 1869, by the casting of 1,428 votes for it to 703 against it, On the
10th of November, 1869, the Board of Commissioners, convinced of the propriety and neces-
sity of being represented in the directory of the Tebo & Neosho Railroad Company, appointed
pr. J. 8. Redfield as agent of Bourbon County to attend the meetings of the company’s
directors, with authority to cancel the county’s subscription to the stock of the company,
departed from its promises, ; Ca

On the 19th of December, 1873, the Tebo & Neosho Railroad bonds having been declared
void by the Supreme Court of Kansas, it was ordered that the 4,400 collected to be applied
to the payment of the interest thereon be transferred to the county fund, and the balance
was oilered to be expended in the purchase of outstanding county internal improvement
bonds,

On the 13th of October, 1870,the Clerk of the county, was authorized to subscribe
$150,000 to the capital stock of Fort Scott & Allen County Railroad Company, under the pro-
visions of the election held August 24, 1869, on the condition that the railroad should be
completed from Fort Scott to the west line of the county by July 1, 1872. On February 13,
1872, the Fort Scott, Humboldt & Western Railroad Company, as successors to the Fort Scott
& Allen County Company, made application for the issuance of the bonds promised on con-
ditions to the latter; but as the conditions had not been complied with, the application was
refused and denied. But the Chairman and Clerk of the Board were authorized to sign,
issue and deliver to the Fort Scott, Humboldt & Western Railroad Company, bonds for
$150,000, upon the conditions that after the road should be built and operated for five miles,
then bonds to the amount of $7,500 should be issued, and similarly for each succeeding five
miles built, until the whole amount of $150,000 should be issued. of os

On the 12th of August, 1873, the latter company made application for the issuing of the
bonds, but the Commissioners, having no evidence that the company had secured the right
of way, or that it filed a copy of the mae or profile of its road in the office of the County
Clerk, as required to do by law, refused the application, and the Clerk was ordered to deliver
to the Hoard the lithographed bonds, which had not been signed, and the Board themselves
then proceeded to burn and destroy the bonds. : :

n Tuesday, February 13, 1872, an election was held on the question of subscribing

$150,000 to the capital stock of the Topeka, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company, and
$25,000 to that of the Lexington, Lake & Gulf Company, on the conditions with respect to
the former company, that it should build its road through Mapleton, and locate its general
office and machine and work shops at Fort Scott, the road_to be in operation, and office and
shops to be erected, by May 1, 1873. As the result of the election, there were cast 2,185 votes
for the proposition, 820 against it, and 8 scattering—total vote, 3,013. But as this company
failed to build its road, and to erect its general office and machine and work shops by May 1,
1873, the bonds, which had not yet been signed, were likewise burned and destroyed, August
12, 1873, and on the same day the proposition to subscribe $25,000) to the Lexington, Lake
& Gulf Company’s stock was declared void, the company having taken no steps toward
building the road.
: On July 11, 1874, the Fort Scott, Southeastern & Memphis Railroad Company, asked
that Commissioners proceed to assess damages for right of way of said road from Fort Scott
to the Missouri State line. This road was built from its junction with the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gulf Railroad, four miles south of Fort Scott, to Springfield, Mo., in 1880 and 1881.

On July 26, 1881, an election was held in Scott, Timberhill and Mill Creek Townships
on the question of voting in each township $10,000 in bonds to Fort Scott, Topeka & Lincoln
Railroad Company, on the condition that the road should be built by January 1, 1883. In
Scott and Timberhill Townships the bonds were voted by majorities of 114 and 116 respect-
ively, but in Mill Cfeek the vote wasatie. At a second election held in this township Octo-
ber 17, 1881, the bonds were voted down by a vote of 58 to 81 against them. This company
was merged into or re-organized as the Kansas & Nebraska Central Railroad Company, in
1882, and a new election held in the same three townships on the question of subscribing in
each of them $10,000, and in Franklin Township, $15,000, to the capital stock of this latter
company, the limit of time given in which to complete the building of the road from Fort
Scott through each township to the north or west side of Franklin Township being January
1, 1885. The election was held on November 21 and 22, with the following results: Scott
Township cast 116 votes for the subscription, and 70 against it; Mill Creek 63 for, and 86
against ; Timberhill, 137 for, 36 against; and Franklin, 156 for, and 118 against it.

Marion Township aided the building of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad
to the extent of $10,000, and these are the only township railroad bonds outstanding.

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad was built in 1870, and as the successor of the
Tebo & Neosho Railroad Company inherited the $150,000 issued to that company, and
which were twice declared void by the United States Circuit Court for the district of Kan-
sas, on the ground that at the original election, held May 7, 1867, the returns from Franklin
Township, although in on the day prescribed for the counting of the vote, were not counted
by the Commissioners, while had these returns been counted the majority against the bonds
would have been 100, instead of, as reported, 26, in favor of them; and also because at the
election of August 24, 1869, there was no opportunity given to vote for or against one propo-
sition without voting for or against both. ;

But as there was danger of the case going before the Supreme Court of the United
States, which has always held that such bonds are valid in the hands of innocent holders,
and in this event the county would have both principal to pay, the Commissioners on
November, 1882, compromised the matter by issuing bonds to the amount. of $30,000, due in
thirty yoars, bearing six per cent interest; thus making the total bonded indebtedness of
the county $219,200.. The county now has eighty miles of railroad.

“FORT SCOTT.

Fort Scott is situated in the eastern part of the county, five miles
from the Missouri State line. It is on the south bank of the Marmaton,
on ground sufficiently uneven to admit of excellent drainage. It is sur-
sounded by a natural amphitheater of hills, from whose summits a splen-

did view of the city and adjacent country may be obtained. Fort Scott

has been styled by a certain writer and not perhaps unjustly, the “ Pitts-
burgh of Kansas,” on account of its present and prospective importance
as a manufacturing center. Its natural advantages are both numerous
and great. There is an abundance of building stone, lime, cement. coal,
water and natural gas, the latter, however, has not as yet been utilized.
As the country is settled up and developed, Fort Scott must naturally in-
crease in population and importance; and she may, by a continuance of
generous and judicious assistance to such new manufacturing enterprises
as may desire or as may be induced to locate there, not only rapidly en-
hance her own interests and growth, but may also largely aid in the devel-
opment of the agricultural interests of the surrounding country.

From 1842 to 1854, Fort Scott was nothing but a military post. In
the latter year the troops were withdrawn, and on the 16th of May, 1855,
the buildings erected by the Government at a cost of about $52,000, were
sold at auction. The block farthest toward the west, which was after-

 

 
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BOURBON COUNTY.

ward known as the Fort Scott or “‘Free State’? Hotel, was bought by A.
Hornbeck for $500; the next block east by Col. H. T. Wilson, for $300;
the next by Edward Greenwood for $505; and the next one farthest to-
ward the east by J. Mitchell for $450, or a total of $1,755. The families
of Col. Wilson and Capt. John Hamilton were the only ones not in the em-

loy of the Government.at the time of the withdrawal of the troops. Col.
Wilson continued to conduct his store, which stood on Market street near
the present location of Has. Clark’s agricultural implement house. The
first hotel in the city was opened in the west block of the old Government
buildings by Col. Thomas Arnett.

During the year 1855, quite a number of other people came to Fort
Scott, among them Dr. Hill, R. Harkness, D. F. Greenwood, Thomas
Dodge; and nearly all the land in the county at this time belonged to the
New York Indians, hence nothing could be done but to select and hold
claims until such time as they should by purchase of or treaty with the
Indians be thrown open to settlement. A number of claims were thus
taken and held, but nothing was done toward organizing a town company
or building up a town until June, 1857, about the first of which month
George A. Crawford, D. H. Wier, D. W. Holbrook, Norman Eddy, James
E. Jones and Charles Dimon arrived on the ground to purchase claims and
lay out atown. On the 8th of the month the Fort Scott Town Company
was Mas tenets and consisted of George A. Crawford, President; .G. W.
Jones, Secretary; H. T. Wilson, Treasurer; Norman Eddy, D. H. Wier,
D. W. Holbrook, William R. Judson, T. R. Blackburn and E. 8S. Lowman.
Soon afterward Dr. Blake Little was made a conditional member of the
company, and Judge Joseph Williams purchased the interest of G. W.
Jones. The town compan porened the ‘‘claims” of H. T. Wilson, G.
W. Jones, N. E. Herson, A. Hornbeck and 8. A. Williams. The company
was incorporated in February, 1860, and obtained title to their land on the
17th of September folléwing, through the Mayor, Joseph Ray. The town
site then consisted of 320 acres, but subsequently the company purchased
200 acres more. The company dealt liberally with the old settlers, donat-
ing to them the lots upon which the houses purchased of the Government
stood. They also donated lots to all the religious denominations, one to
the Government for a National cemetery, and a square to the county for a
court house and jail.

In July, 1857, Ex-Gov. Eeepenadta Ransom, of Michigan, who had
-been appointed Receiver of the Land Office, arrived and opened the office.
He was accompanied by his son-in-law, George J. Clark, and the latter’s
family, of wife and two children. George W. Clarke also arrived about
this time, having been appointed Register of the Land Office, conducting
the business after his arrival in the name of: Mr. Doak, his brother-in-law.
In August, the following named parties arrived: Horatio Knowles, T. R.
Roberts, Joseph Ray, Charles Bull, Orlando Darling, B. P. McDonald, J.
N. Roach and William Gallaher. ‘A plat of the town site was made im-
mediately thereafter by O. Darling, and a second one by O. Edwards.
Some time during the year, Dr. Blake Little & Son opened a store in the
old quartermaster’s building. John G. Stewart started a blacksmith shop,
and Sheriff Hill and William Barnes each opened a saloon. George A.
Crawford, W. R. Judson and C. Dimon bought the ‘“‘ Free State Hotel,”
which for a long time was a popular resort for travelers. Across the
Plaza to the southwest, about the beginning of the ye@ 1858, a Mr. McKay
opened the Western Hotel, which at once became Pro-slavery headquar-
ters, and was henceforward known as the *‘ Pro-slavery Hotel.” On the
ist of January, 1858, William T. Campbell, who had_just previously
moved into Fort Scott from Barnesville, succeeded C. Dimon as proprie-
tor of the ‘‘Free State Hotel,” and on the 18th gave an “opening ball.”
One fiddle furnished the music, and the calling was done by Joseph Ray,
to the eminent satisfaction of all, except one Pro-slavery young lady, who
said-she ‘‘ didn’t like that derned Abolition prompting.”

During the early part of this winter, Alexander McDonald, E. 8.
Bowen and A. R. Allison arrived. On the 6th of January, McDonald and
Bowen selected a site at the foot of Locust street for a saw mill, which
they had purchased in St. Louis. In the early spring the mill was erected,
and it sawed all the lumber for the town company’s building, and some
frame dwelling houses. In the fall a corn-cracker was added to the mill.
In the spring two stores had been erected on Market street—one by W. I.
Linn, the other by J. S. Caulkins, the store of the former being the first
frame building erected in the city outside the Plaza. The first frame
dwelling house was erected in the fall by ‘“‘ Uncle Billy” Smith, on the
corner of Locust street and Scott avenue. About the same time, a second
blacksmith shop was started by O. H. Kelley, and ‘Fort Roach” was
built at the corner of Jones and Hickory streets. It was a small log struct-
ure and often served as headquarters for the “‘jayhawkers,’’ on the occa-
sion of their numerous raids into the city. George J. Clark and William
Gallaher erected a small log building, and B. P. McDonald and A. Camp-
bell, a small house on Main street. —

The years 1859 and 1860 were for the most part peaceful and devoted
to material interests and the building up of the town; during the war but
little progress was made; since the war the city has made steady and sure
progress, and is justly entitled to the appellation of the “‘ Metropolis of
Southeastern Kansas,” as a reference to the histories of the local industries
and institutions will amply reveal. There is yet, however, one thing lack-

-ing, which will doubtless be. supplied in due time—a public library and
reading room. Heretofore, public spirit has been mainly active in secur-
ring railroads, manufactories and other aids to material prosperity. Here-
after this spirit will to some extent lack fields of that kind in which to
exert itself, and will naturally be diverted into providing ampler means
for the mental improvement of the masses, and thus to wealth add more
of intellectual culture, taste and refinement.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
The town of Fort Scott was incorporated by the Legislature of 1855. A Board of

Trust ft d, consisting of six members, as follows: H.S. Wilson, A. Hornbeck,
Muonsstloage, RG. Roberts, I’ Denint and Thomas B, Arnett. This act of incorporation

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was under and in accordance with the “ Bogus Laws” of that date and consequently was in-
effectual in law. ‘

The ee and legal incorporation of the place was effected on the 27th day of Febru-
ary, 1860. 1. Judson was elected Mayor; H.T. Wilson was President of the Board of
Councilmen, and Joseph Ray was Councilman. Judson, however, declined to serve, and
Joseph Ray became acing Mayor. In 1861, Joseph Ray was elected. Mayor, William Galla-
her City Clerk, and John 8, Miller Recorder. The place was incorporated as eee pee at the
following described tract of land: The whole of the southwest quarter, the west half of the
southeast quarter, the southwest fourth of the northeast quarter, the southeast fourth of
the northwest quarter of Section 30, Town 25, Range 25, an! including an area of 220 acrey

The following is a list of Mayors of Fort Scott, with dates of office:

_,, 860, Col. Judson, resigned, Joseph Ray Acting Mayor; 1861, Joseph Ray; 1862, J. 8.
Miller; 1863, G. A. Reynolds; 1864,G. Dimon; 1865, Isaac Stadden; 1866, G. blian 4 1867,
John McDonald; 1868, C. F. Drake; 1869, B. P. McDonald, also 1870; 187], F. R. Boyle, and
also 1872; 1873, J. G. Stewart ; 1874, J. M. Terry; 1875, C. W. Goodlander, also 1876; 1877
John A. Bryant; 1878, M. Cohen.

: POST OFFICE.

The Fort Scott post office was the second one established in Kansas, and took place
March 3, 1843, John A. Bugg holding the commission as Postmaster. The establishment of
the office was made for the military post then located here and was kept in the Government
pees H. T. Wilson was appointed Postmaster February 26, 1849, and the office was
kept in his store-room. A change of place in which it was kept was made with the change
of Postinasters, having been kept at various times in store-rooms, the Hospital building,
Town Company’s building, Fort Scott Hotel, Land Office, ete. It finally became fixed in the
present building which stands on the east point of Market Square.

The office arrangement at first was exceedingly crude, consisting of a small goods box,
divided off into pigeon holes, and furnished with two folding doors, so that valuables might
be deposited inside and the wooden doors securely locked. In 1857, the revenues of the
office amounted to about $8; in 1866, they were more than $1,500; in 1875, $11,500; in 1878,
$200,000, and have largely increased regularly since that time.

It was made a money order office in February, 1866, and the first order was issued on
February 5th of that year. In 1857, the mail was obtained by means of the stage route from
Jefferson City, Mo., a tri-weekly horseback route from Lecompton, also a horseback week-
ly mail from Westpoint, Montivallo and Sarcoxie, Mo., and from Crawford Seminary, now
Baxter Springs, Osage Mission, Coffachiqui, now called Humboldt. The mail is nuw ob-
tained over the various railroad lines entering the city from all directions, and the office is
now one of considerable importance. The following is alist of the Postmasters, from the
first appointment to the present incumbent, together with the dates of appointment:

John A. Bugg, March 3, 1843; H. T. Wilson, February 26,1849; J. J. Farley, January
28, 1856; Wiley Patterson, August 2, 1856; T. H. Casey, July 18, 1857;W. Gallagher, August
20, 1857; David Manlove, May 3, 1861; S. A. Manlove, J anuary 20, 1864; C, W. Blair, March
2, 1867; J. A. Tomlinson, April 16, 1869; J. B. Campbell, March 30, 1871; T. F. Robley, Feb-
ruary 26, 1875. He was re-appointed February 27, 1879, and is still in office.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

The early school advantages of Fort Scott, were such as were afforded under the
district organizations. A private school was taught in 1857, and, during the next summer
Mrs. C. H. Haynes taught a school which was kept in the old hospital building. Up to 1860,
the school population of the city was about 300. In 1863, the attendance was 248, and in
1864, it was only 210. Prior to 1863, the city was without any regular house for school pur-
poses. The ladies, seeing the necessity of the matter, took steps toward some improvement
in this direction. Accordingly, a petition signed by Mrs. Jane Smith and thirty-three other
ladies, was laid before the City Council, asking them to take steps toward the erection of a.
suitable school building. The matter was referred to a committee, who reported thatthe city ©
had no jurisdiction of the matter and it was consequently dropped. In ibe summer of 1863,
a City Hall was built, which served for hall, church and school purposes, etc. The Schoo
Board in 1869, purchased Block 158, and in the next year erected the Central School Building.
Itisalarge three-story brick building, containing twelve rooms, and cost about $60,000. In 1872,
the “East Side” school building was erected at a cost of about $12,000; it was subsequently
destroyed by fire, and was replaced in 1880, by a two-story brick schoolhouse containing
four rooms, and which was erected at a cost of $6,000.

The school population of the city in 1869 was 520. A school was established for the ©
colored children, and the Poepel building was purchased and fitted up for this purpose. A
missionary was sent by the Freedman’s Home Mission to take charge. The school now
comprises four departments. The last school census shows the school population of the city
to be 2,300; the enrollment, 1,500; and the eee attendance, 1,100.

The schools are thoroughly graded, and include in their course, geometry, the natural
sciences, etc., such as are usually taught in the best graded schools of the cities! The man-
agement of the schools are under Prof. B. Hudson, as Superintendent, and nineteen teachers,
and are thoroughly efficient: and ably sustained.

The Kansas Normal College was established at Fort Scott in 1878, by Prof. I. C. Scott,
assisted by Prof. D. E. Sanders. The desigi of the institution is to meet the wants of such
persons who desire a practical preparation for the demands of life in the shortest time, and
at the least possible expense, consistent with a thorough and systematic knowledge of the
various and more practical branches of education. The school was first kept in the Congre-
gational Church, and consisted of about sixty students, under the instruction of two
teachers. f

There is now an attendance of about 200 students, under a corps of seven teachers, as
follows: D. E. Sanders, Principal and Professor of Greek, Natural Sciences, General
History and Methods of Teaching; Charles Vickery, Professor of Elocution and Rhetoric ;
Ella Wickersham, Professor of Latin; William Stryker, Professor of Algebra; E. H. Robbins,
Professor of Penmanship and Drawing; E. C. Merris, Professor of Vocal Music; W. J.
Bauer, Professor of German.

There are eight courses of study, namely, the Preparatory, Teacher’s Scientific, Special
Scientific, Classic, Engineering, Musical and Business.

The college building was erected in 1880, and is a tastefully constructed two-story brick
building, costing about $6,000. The building contains seven large recitation rooms and other
apartments as are necessary in institutions of learning. Contributions were received from
the citizens of Fort Scott toward the erection of the building. A two-story frame boarding
hall for the accommodation of students was erected in 1881. Theterms are exceedingly low
and easy, thus placing the advantages within reach of persons of limited means. Among
the attendance are students of both sexes from various of the States and Territories. Judging
from the rapidity with which the school has acquired popularity and increased attendance,
andthe ability and enterprise of those who having it in charge, this appears destined to become
one among the foremost of the normal educational institutions of the land.

In the midst of the tragic and thrilling incidents of disaster and death with which the
early history of Fort Scott is fraught, the Gospel minister, armed with the buckler and shield
of the Holy Religion, faced undismayed the glitter of the saber’s edge, and proclaimed to the
inhabitants in strife, the words of Heaven’s King, ‘“‘ Peace on earth, good will among men.”
At an early period in the city’s existence, congregations were formed as soon as the num-
bers of any particular faith allowed.

The First Presbyterian Church was the first Christian organization that was effected in
the city. In the beginning, the congregation was extremely small, having been organized in
the summer of 1859, by Rev. Mr. Rankin, of Buffalo, N. Y., with a membership of only three
persons; these were Mr. John Calkins, Mrs. Emiline McDonald and Mrs. JaneSmith. For
some time, Mr. Rankin preached in hopefulness to this little flock, and after him, the work
was taken up by Rev. Mr. Mitchell, who remained with the charge until 1861, holding serv- .
ices once in two weeks.

The church was then without a minister for some time, until the Board of Home Mis-
sions sent Rev. A. Warner to take the charge, who continued to hold meetings at this place,
monthly, for about two years, and was succeeded in 1865 by Rev. George Irwin, who re-
mained about three years, when Rev. T. Y. Gardner accepted a call, and continued pastor
up to 1871. In January, 1872, Rev. W. C. Porter accepted the call of the people, with whom
he has since remained. The present membership of the congregation is 100.

The first trustees of the church were: G. A. Crawford, W. R. Judson, H. T. Wilson, J.
8. Redfield, S, A. Williams and A. McDonald. J : nae

The early services of the congregation were held in the hospital building. The Fort
Scott Town Company deeded to the trustees two lots upon which to build a church house,
April 1, 1861. The erection of the building began in April, 1864, and was completed in Sep-
1074

tember of the next year. Rev. George Irwin preached the first sermon in the new house,
November 26, 1865, and dedicated the house December 3.

_ St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was partially organized in 1859, by G. J. Clark, Gen.
Blairand C. H. Haynes. Later in the fall of that year, the perfecting of the organization took
place under the superintendence of Rev. Charles Reynolds, D. D., of Lawrence. Gov. Ran-
som was made Senior Warden; C. H. Haynes, Junior Warden; G. A. Crawford, C. W. Blair,
A. McDonald, G.J. Clark and W.T. Campbell, Vestrymen. Rev. Mr. Reynolds, as Post Chap-
lain United States Army, came to the parish through the instrumentality of Gen. Blair.

___ The first services were held in the Government building, used for a hospital at the
time. Afterward services were conducted on Sundays in a building used during the week
*for a theatre, and later in the City Hall, until the church building was erected.

Soon after the song gation was organized, a committee was appointed by the vestry,
for the PUEDE of completing arrangements for the erection of a choreh, Two lots were
donate by the Town Company, and a few of the ladies, headed by Mrs. C, H. Haynes, solic-
ited contributions. In this way enough money was raised to erect the walls of the house
and almost pay for roofing it. The breaking out of hostilities between the North and South
suspended further work upon the building, as also parish services. The building, in an un-
finished state, was rented to the Government as an arsenal, for which the officers in com-
mand of the post agreed to floor the building and put in doors and windows, which they did
after a fashion, without reference to elegance or taste.

On the 21st of October, 1866, after hostilities were ended, Rev. J. M. Kendrick took
epatee of the parish as the first rector. The building was improved and seated with pews,
the chancel arranged, and a cabinet organ was donated by the ladies of the congregation.
In 1869, still further improvements were added to the house. The chancel was carpeted
and a communion set purchased. In 1872, the entire audience room was carpeted ; gas fix-
tures and a font, donated by the Sunday-school, were put in, and the building underwent
some internal improvement. A parsonage building was completed in the spring of 1870,
costing $2,110. A part of the money for this purpose was obtained from the sale of lots in
the eastern part of the city, and the balance was raised by the Ladies’ Sewing Society. Shortly
afterward, the entire church grounds were enclosed with a neat picket fence.

_ This was the second church building erected in the city, and is a large stone structure,
having a capacity for Sune, about two hundred and tifty persons. The congregation at
present has a membership of forty-five, under charge of Rev. B. Hartley, pastor.

The Methodist Episcopal Congregation was established in 1865, Earlier services, how-
ever, had been held by this denomination. During the war, the Methodist Army Chaplains
held occasional services at Fort Scott, as they passed through the place, or being regularly
stationed at the post. After the close of the war, Rev. S. Brooks was sent to the charge, un-
der whose administration it became organized. Rey. C. R. Rice was stationed here in the
spring of 1866, and in the following spring was succeeded by Rev. John Paulson. After a
continued service of about three years, Mr. Paulson was called to become presiding elder,
in place of Rev. J. D. Knox, who resigned on account of failing health, and the vacancy was
filled hy Rev. J. P. Dimmitt. The first services by the regular church body were conducted
in the court house. In 1869, a church building was erected, under the administration of
Rev. Mr. Paulson, and was dedicated the same year, by Rev. A. B. Leonard, of Leavenworth,
and was the third church built in the city. The erection of a new church edifice began in
1880, which was completed and dedicated in November of that year. It is a fine, large, one-
story brick building, with a capacity for comfortably seating 600 persons; 400 in the audi-
torium, and 200 in the gallery. The parsonage building was erected in 1871, when Rev.
Allen Buckner was stationed here.

Some indebtedness had accumulated upon the congregation from the erection of the
church and parsonage, but which, as early as 1877, had been fully defrayed. The’ present
puombership is about one hundred and seventy-five, and Rev. R. H. Sparks is pastor in
charge.

The Catholic Church of Fort Scott dates from 1860. During this time efforts were being
made by Rev. J. Schoenmakers, Rev. P..M. Ponziglione, Rev. J. Van Gach, Jesuit Fathers
from Osage Mission, to establish the church, and the first priest in charge was Rev. J. F.
Cunningham, who was succeeded by Father Bononcini.

About thirteen acres of ground came into the possession of the church. Five acres on
the edge of the city limits were donated by the Town Company, and five acres outside of the
city limits, adjoining this tract, were donated by W. Gallagher, from whom three acres more
were purchased at a nominal price by Father Schoenmakers, and upon which is an excellent
stone quarry from which the material for the stone work of the building was taken. A
church was built in 1864, under the direction of Father Bononcini and Donnell, a lay
brother. Alongside of the church a building was erected for a school.

The building of a new church began in 1870, and_was completed in 1872. The house
was dedicated June 16, 1872, by Rev. Bishop Fink, and Father Phelen, of St. Louis, preached
the dedicatory sermon. The church is in a flourishing condition, as also the school, which
is liberally supported.

The First Congregational Church was organized on Sunday, February 28, 1869, with
twelve members. Previous to this date there had been services conducted here by preachers
of this faith, at times, since 1866. The organization was effected by a council of the Con-
grep eonal Churches of Lawrence, Paola, Oswego, Geneva, Mound City, and Osawatomie,
and Rev. J. C. Plumb was ordained pastor. The Trustees were chosen January 12, 1869,
with instructions to procure a charter for the church body. :

The early services of the congregation wert held in the Presbyterian Church, then in
the City Hall, and in McDonald’s Hal], where they continued until January, 1870, at which
time they were held in the old seminary building. Two lots on the corner of Jones and
Orange streets were procured in August, 1870, and_a church building begun. The house
was so far completed as to permit services to be conducted in the lecture room, in February,
1871, and soon following the building was completed and dedicated, August 20, 1871. The
building was destroyed by fire March 14, 1872. A meeting of the trustees was held the
next day and it was decided to ask assistance for the erection of a temporary house of
worship. The response was prorat, general and liberal. By the close of the same day, the
lumber was on the ground and with a force of between forty and with carpenters, whose
services were donated, the building was ready for services on the followin Sunday. No
time was suffered to pass until efforts were put forth toward the ercction of a
house of worship. So successful was the attempt, that a new church was built an
in February, 1874, The house is a substantia brick structure,
pearance.

The Christian Church was formed in the fall of 1871, by the Rev. Dr. Franklin, of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio. Dr. Franklin had come on the solicitation of a few parties for the special
purpose of organizing the epusreeation. With the first organization there were only about
ten of a membership which has since increased to fifty. Soon after the formation of the
church body, Rev. R. E. Swartz was employed as the se pastor, and was succeeded by
Rev. M. N. Parker, who in time was succeeded by Rev. B. H Smith, the present ee

There were services by this denomination at the place, prior to the rebellion, and an
organization was effected at that time, but the commotion engendered by the civil strife
had the effect to entirely break up the congregation. [Following this no services were held
here by this denomination until in 1871, at which time the re-organization took place.

The first services were held in McDonald’s Hall and then in the court house, until the
erection of a church edifice. The church building was erected in the fall of 1882, and is a
neat frame structure of the Swiss aor style of architecture. The house is thirty-five
feet wide by sixty feet in length, and has a capacity for seating 400 persons. The building
was erected at a cost of $3,500. . :

The First Baptist Church of Fort Scott was organized February 18, 1866. This formation,
however, was not in accordance with the statute made for the regulation of such bodies, as
was afterward discovered. - For some time the church body continued to transact business

in this imperfect state, a deed of the lots for church purposes was made to the trustees,
October 10, 1566. Subsequently the defect in the organization was discovered, which showe
all acts and proceedings of the church to be illegal, for want of conformity to the laws of
the State. To remedy the matter and to maintain the rights of the body, an act was passed
by the Legislature, approved. March 2, 1869, by which all acts and proceedings of the church
were legalized, and declared it re-organized December 15, 1868, in accordance with the charter
filed with the Secretary of State, without surrendering any of its corporate rights or the re-
linquishment or abandonment of any of its property, real or personal. The deed made by
the Town Company to the trustees, Octobor 10, 1866, was legalized and made to vest poe
title to the property conveyed, in the First Baptist Church, as the legal grantee. The first
Deacons were David Gardner and N. C. Hood, and J. Harris, pastor. The first services were
conducted in the old stone school house for about a year, and after the completion of the court
house, were conducted in that building. The church building was erected in 1870, at a cust
of about $10,000, and is a commodious stone structure, having a capacity for seating 600 per-
sons, After the erection of the church, the congregation was burdened with a debt of about

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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000, which was mostly in the hands of the church edifice fund of the denomination, and at
ie rates of interests. The following is a list of the pastors of the church since its organi-
zation, namely: J. Harris, J. R. Baldwin, J.C. Post, Rev. Moon, Charles Whiting, G. W,
Greene, J. M. Garrison, A. M. Averill and E. Gunn, who resigned the charge in September,
1882, since when the church has remained without a regular pastor. The present member-

hip of the congregation is 150. sys
oe Wesleyan’ Methodists have an organization of which Rev. Mr. Fisk is now pastor.
The church building, a small stone, was erected in 1878. C
There are also three church organizations ge the colored people of the city, These
are the First AfricanMethodist Episcopal Church, the First African Baptist and the Sec-
ond African Baptist. Each of these is supplied with a comfortable church edifice.

NATIONAL CEMETERY.

About one and a half miles from the heart of the city is the National Burying Ground,
Where sleep the brave,
In soil their blood made free. .

These grounds were established as a cemetery by the Government, November 15, 1862.
It is rectamgular in shape, 924 feet long extending east and west, and 478 wide, north
and south, and comprises a little over ten acres. _A part of the ground was donated by the
city, a part by the Presbyterian Church body which they had secured for cemetery gounds.
The} rest was purchased by the government for which they paid $75. The whole is en-
closed by a neat and solid’stone wall, through which entrance is made by means of iron
folding gates swinging from stone pillars, at either end of the cemetery. The surface of
the ground is a graceful slope. The crest of the slope is at the east end and for a short dis-
tance the descent is extremely light, butsoon becomes of greater fall, extending about half
the length of the grounds, and again becomes more mild reaching to the other extremity of
the place. The main entrance is in the center of the west wall at the foot of the grade. A
wide driveway passes up the gentle slope in the center of the cemetery, and at about half
the length of the grounds divides, branching to either side around the more abrupt slope to
the summit, enclosing a heart shaped plat, tastefully ornamented with shade trees. At reg-
ular intervals upon the margins of this plat four mounted cannon are stationed to guard, as
it were, these holy and sacred precincts. Upon the summit of the grade, at the east end of
the grounds and near one corner, is the tasty two-story brick residence of the Superintend-
ent hack of which in the corner are the stable and outhouses, which are shut in by a neat-
ly trimmed Osage orange hedge, extendiny from the corner of the residence building to the
outer wall’of the cemetery. Farther along from these buildings and toward the other corner
of the grounds and also upon the crest, is the speaker's platform, which was erected in the
fall of 1882. This rostrum is 37 feet long by 22 feet wide and of handsome design. A brick
wall of these dimensions is built, with pe sides, to the height of five feet. The en-
closure is filled with earth to the top of the wall and covered. with a blue grass sod, which
constitutes the floor of the platform. Four brick pillars, 12 feet high, are built upon the
side walls, and upon these pillars rests a heavy frame of carpenter work, tastefully orna-
mented with moulding and other artistic mechanism. Upon this frame rests a row of cross
ties over which is a festoon of clambering vines. The platform is approached by stone steps
of full width at both ends of the rostrum. On each side of the structure is an iron railing
extending from the foot of the steps at one end, along the side of the rostrum and to the foot
of the steps at the other end. Immediately upon the brow of the crest at about equal angu-
lar distances from the residence La heme the rostrum, rising out of a large, grass cov-
ered mound, is the tall flag staff, upon the summitof which the national emblem mourn-
fully keeps untiring watch over the resting place of its defenders. At the other end of the
cemetery and about half its length, separated by the central driveway and surrounded by a
driveway on the remaining three sides, are the two rectangular plats or pannels occupied
by the interments. These plats of equal size are of even and moderate grade. Here,side by
side, in rank and file, like as in solid phalanx they marched, the veterans lie buried.

The surface of these plats is smooth and even, with no perceptible marks of the graves
except the little block of marble standing at the head of each. The entire grounds except-
ing the drives, is covered with a blue grass sod, and the whole is underdrained with tiling,
by which the surface is always kept dry. The enclosure is also adorned with a profusion of
artistically arranged shade trees, while the burying pists are embellished with numerous
Sore through whose dark green foliage may be seen the ghostlike whiteness of the
marble blocks, giving the whole a weird-like and mournful appearance. There are 557 in-
terments in the cemetery, about 100 of whom are unknown. At different places among the
graves are verses of poetry appropriate to the place, printed in enduring letters, on tablets,
such as

: “Your own proud land’s heroic soil
® Must be your fitter grave,
She claims from war hisrichest spoil—
The ashes of the brave.”

And,
“On fame’s eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.”
and so on,

The cemetery is reached from the city by a magnificent macadamized drive, alongside
of which is a walk, and on either side of both a row of shade trees. This improvement was
made during the year of 1882, at a cost of about $18,000. The cemetry is under the super-
intendence of Captain J. A. Commerford, who served in the war of the rebellion as Captain
of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry, Company B. His appointment as superintendent of
the cemetery was made April 15, 1881.

Besides this national burying ground there are three other cemeteries bafonging to
the people of FortScott. These are the Evergreen Cemetery, situated one and a half miles.
south of the city; the Hebrew Cemetery, near the same place, and the Catholic Cemetery two
miles west of the city. '

THE PRESS.

The first newspaper published at Fort Scott, and the first in Bourbon County, was that
pablisher. in 1855, called the Southern Kansas. It was Democratic in politics, and was edited
y aman named neler

The publication of the Fort Scott Democrat was begun in the winter of 1857-58, by J. E.
Jones, which he sold to FE. K. Smith July 14, 1859. Smith established the Western Volunteer
in the spring of 1862, which, in a few months afterward, was enlarged, and the name
changed to that of the Fort Scott Bulletin, Soon after this the paper was sold to Charles Hay-
ward, and was consolidated with the Monitor in 1863.

: The Monitor was established at Marmaton by D. B. Emmert J uly 15, 1862, In August,
1863, it was taken to Fort Scott and consolidated’ with the Bulletin, the name becoming the
Union Monitor, published. by Emmert & Hayward, D. B. Emmert, editor. In the fall of 1864,
Hayward withdrew and Emmert became sole pono The first issue of the Daily Mon-
itor was made May 16, 1864, but which, after about eighteen months, was suspended. J. P.
Taylor, for a part of this time, was interested in the paper. In 1865, the paper was owned

by John Scott, who, on March 8, 1866, sold out to W. A. Cormany and Oscar Edwards, and ©

Emmert was editor up to the fall of this year, at which time he was succeeded b W.C.
Webb. From the time of the withdrawal of Webb, and until the spring of 1867, the editorial
chair was filled respectively by Emmert, A. Danford, and W.J.Bawden. Following this,
S. A. Manlove became editor. During the latter part ef 1867, J. W. Harris became interested
in the proprietorship of the paper, Cormany sold his interest to Col. Hawley, in October,
1868, who, in a short time, sold out to the other members of the firm. In 1869, it was pur-
chased by G, A. Crawford, by whom it was enlarged, and the large three-story brick build-
ing erected in which the paper has since been published. .A job office and book binder:
were also added at this time. When the railroad. was built to Fort Scott, the daily, whic!
had been suspended, was revived, and the Associated Press dispatches secured.

_ The paper was admitted to the Associated Press, August 4, 1869, and in November fol-
lowing the revival of the daily took place. D.W. Wilder became the editor of the sheet
January 1, 1871, which position he held for some time. In October 1878, B. J. Waters and
W.C. Douthett bought the paper, and in July of the next year, Flannery & Tice became
members of the firm, from which Waters retired in 1875, and in about the same time
Douthett sold out to J. B. Campbell, and in about a year re-purchased the interest. In Sep-
tember, 1876, the paper was bought by D.T. Elson and & F. Darrow, who conducted it
during the Presidential campaign of that year. T.H. Anable purchased the establishment
January 7, 1877. Anable was connected with the M. R., Ft/S. & G. R. R., to which he became
indebted, and becoming financially embarrassed and unable to satisfy his creditors, the rail-
BOURBON COUNTY.

road company, to secure their debt, was forced to take the office and paper. This change
was made November 1, 1878, and G. 'H. Nettleton took charge of the establishment for the
company. The paper was edited by Leslie Winter, and W. C Perry was business manager.
On August 1, 1880. J. H. Rice purchased the concern from the railroad company, the paper,
material, good will subscription list and telegraphic franchise passing into his hands. He
has since associated with him his three sons, N. M., R. P. and H. V., the firm being John H.
Rice & Sons, Under the able management of this firm, the popularity of the paper has
advanced, and the circulation of the weekly issue increased from 700 at the time of purchase,
to 2,000 copies, and of the daily, from about the same number as the weekly to the present
number of 1,070. The daily is an eight-column folio, and the weekly a six-column quarto,
both issues being live and spirited.

The book bindery has been greatly enlarged, and is furnished with two ruling machines,
one of which, a Hickock striker, has recently been added, costing $450, also a faces lot of
various other material has lately been added. All kinds of publication and blank-book
binding are substantially and elegantly executed, upon which a force of seven experienced
workmen are employed. <A job office is also run, in which all kinds of job work is done,
requiring a force of nine men. Four presses are used. These are, a Potter Cylinder Power;
a No. 7 Campbell Pony; a Cincinnati Nonpareil; and a one-half medium Gordon press. The
ee is run by steam power, which {8 soon to be replaced by a No, 5 Eysters’ Water

otor.

The building used is a large brick, 25x110 feet, three stories high,-including the base-
ment. The basement story is occupied by the nee work, the first or ground floor by
the office and job room, and the entire upper story by the book bindery. ;

The operation of the entire concern requires the employment of a force of thirty men.

The Fort Scott Press,a Democratic paper, was started in 1866 by Hayward Brothers,
who sold out to Warner & Winter.

After the completion of the railroad to Girard, Crawford County, the paper was taken
to that place.

The Fort Scott Evening Post was established in 1869, by E. Schiller, which he sold to W.
Coffrey in the early pant of 1870. It was first issued as a tri-weekly paper and then as a
daily, having been admitted to the Associated Press. Soon after coming into the hands of
ooh the name became that of the Fort Scott Telegram, and was discontinued in the year

‘ollowing. ;

The Fort Scott Democrat was established in 1870, by the Goode Brothers. It was sold
August 21, 1873, to J. W. Allen and W. F. Sargent, and the name of the sheet was changed to
the Pioneer. Sargent became sole proprietor June 1, 1874. In the following December the
office was burned and all consumed except the subscription and account books. This mis-
fortune, however, did not discontinue the paper. In February, 1875, it was consolidated
with the Border Sentinel, a paper that had been brought from Linn County by N. G. Barter
during the previous year. The name of the new paper formed was the Sentinel and Pioneer.
September 1, 1875, the firm became are & Larkin, Barter having sold his interest to W.
K. Larkin, and the paper was published under the name of the Herald. U. F. Sargent, who
from the first had been editor of the paper, also became its proprietor in March, 1877. The
paper afterward came into the hands of D. E. Caldwell, and in February, 1882, it was pur-
chased by Silas A. Day, Along with the weekly a daily issue, called the Evening Herald,
was begun in June, 1882. In September of the same year, Day bought out the Republican
Record which he consolidated with the Herald in a weekly edition called the Herald and
Record, of which he is now editor and proprietor. é

The Little Foot Print was brought into existence in 1870, but its time on earth was short.

_ Edwards & Winters began the publication of the Occasional in the winter of 1870.
This sheet also enjoyed but a brief existence when it “ passed in its type.”

_ The Evening Echo was a “Greeley” paper, published in 1872, by John Shorton, but
which died with him whom it labored to support.

In October, 1877, John Forbes started the Bourbon County Democrat, which he sold to
Caldwell in March of the next year. The paper has since been discontinued.

The Fees i! Guide was established in 1875, by C. R. Camp, as a monthly publication,
but has since been given Ws

During 1875-76, J.S. Taylor published a sheet called the Rays of the Oross, in the interests

of the Baptist Church. This paper preached “red-hot” doctrine, but did not long survive. .

The New Century was a temperance paper started by Rev. J. Paulson in January, 1877,
but has since suspended publication.

A paper called the Colored Citizen was started October 1, 1877, by Eagleson Brothers
(colored men). It was suspended for a time, and again revived in March, 1878, and during
the summer was taken to Topeka.

The Banner was established in October, 1882, by Joseph B. Chapman. The’sheet is a
five-column quarto in size, and is strongly Democratic in politicalsentiment. Although the
paper was established but recently, it enjoys the encouragement of a liberal patronage.

SOCIETIES.

Fort Scott Lodge, No. 22, I. O. O. F, was instituted July 1, 1866, with the following char-
ter members: Joseph Oakley, William Males, S. A. Williams, D. B. Emert and T. W. Tall-
man. A handsome lodge building was erected in 1881. It.is a three-story brick building,
one hundred and twenty feet long by twenty-five wide. The lodge-room, which is in the
third story, is sixty, feet long by twenty-five wide and is handsomely carpeted and furnished.
The ante-room is thirty feet long by ten wide, to which adjoins a preparation room contain-
ing six wardrobes for the various societies which hold meetings in this hall. To the rear of

. these is an elegantly furnished parlor thirty by twenty-five feet. The membership is 122,
and the present officers are: John Bruney, Noble Grand; A. Graff, Secretary; M. Roths-
“childs, Treasurer ; ‘J. Henvey, Vice Grand. - :

Rising Star Encampment, No.7, I..0. O. F.. was instituted April 27, 1868; Augustus Graff,
C. A. Morris, C. C. Jerrel, G. Ww. Jones, G. W. Webb, J. W. Morris and §. A. Williams, were
the charter members. The membership of the order at this time is forty-eight, and-G. W.
Katzun as Chief Patriarch; J:S. Bell, High Priest; -— Warner, Junior Warden; J. Hen-
vey, Senior Warden; A. Graff, Secretary; John Glimz, Treasurer, are the present officers.

Fort Scott Lodge, No. 25, A. 0. U. W., was instituted November 23, 1879. J. H. Bowen was
Past Master Workman; G. W. Katzun, Master Workman; J. M. Lea, H. W. Pond, Over-
seers; R.I. Pearson, Recorder; D. A. Williams, Financier; R. Stalker, Receiver. The pres-
ent officers are: W. M. Dillard, Past Master Workman; Charles W. Green, Master Work-
man; J. M. Neuberry, Foreman; L. H. Seely, Overseer; D. M. Limbocker, Recorder; G. W.
Katzun, Financier; J. H. Brown, Receiver. The lodge has a membership of fifty-one, and
meets in the Odd Fellows hall.

Osage Tribe, No.1, of the Great Council of the United States of the Improved Order of
Red Men, was instituted on the 12th Sun of the Corn Moon, G. C. D. 381, or the 12th of Sep-
tember, 1873. The charter members were: L. M. Havens, H. K. Bates, B.S. Mallory, J. W.
Johnston, W. L. Winter, J. D. Rush, W. R. Reid, A. W. Gifford, E.S. Ware, J. R. Williams,
W. C. Ware, C. H. Graen, J. H. Liepman and J. B. Bayliss. The order meets in the Odd
Fellows hall and has a membership of forty. The present officers of the lodge are: John
Gluntz, Saghem; F. Towner, Senior Sagamore; William Patterson, Secretary; C. Loucks,
Prophet ; M. Hiney, Keeper-of Wampum. |

Mystic Lodge No.17, Knights.of Pythias, was instituted April 13, 1876, with fifteen
charter members, namely: A. Leck, H. f Potter, B. Neubauer, M. Cohen, J. W. Allen, H.
Wolf, E. L. Kohn, M. Crocker, H. Valker, H. R. Perkins, L. M. Havens, T. %. Clark, E.
Schott, M. Rothschilds and D. T. Hiatt. The pee er is forty-five, and the officers
are: J. Neuberry, Chancellor Commander; J. A. Bryant, Vice Commander; C. A. Benham,
Prelate; L. M. Haven, Grand Prelate.

Endowment Rank No. 60, was instituted December 27, 1877, with A. Leck, C. J. Neal, H.
C. Loucks, J. Smith, B. Neubauer, F. W. Wisbach, A. Keys, H. Neubauer, C. A. Benham, T.
8. Clark, charter members. C. Loucks is now President of the society.

Fort Scott Lodge, No. 2,122, was instituted April 19, 1880, with a membership of twenty-
one. G, E. Kincade was the first Dictator; E. A. Deland, Vice Dictator; D. D. Dougherty.
Assistant Dictator; Lewis Voss, Reporter; H. Wilcox, Treasurer; John Brunney, Guide,
The membership of the lodge is now fifty-one,and the following are the present officers, namely:
John Brunney, Past Dictator; Lewis Voss, Dictator; J. Campbell, Vice Dictator; J. Buckley,
Assistant Dictator; John Bayliss, Reporter; H. Wilcox, Treasurer; Joseph .Antrem, Guide.
auube es institution of the lodge, there has not occurred the death or suspension of a-sin-
gle member. ;

Bourbon Lodge No. 19, Select Knightsof the A. O. U. W., was instituted October 24, 1882,
with twenty charter members. The first officers were: H. W. Pont, Commander; E. A.
Blakeley, Vice Commander; J. Conine, Lieutenant Commander; G. W. Katzung, Recorder ;
Charles Graen, Receiver.

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Blue Lodge, Rising Sun, No. 8l. Officers: F; Dickerson, W. M.; B. E. Langs Ss. W.;
P. Dalrymple, Jr. W.; M. Liepman, Treasurer; L. M. Havens, Secretary; E. P. ‘resslar, Sr.
Deacon; William Armstrong, Jr. Deacon; §, B. Gardner, Sr. 8.; J. B, Trinder, Jr. 8; H.R.
Perkins, Tiler.

The following lodges are also in active operation :

Bourbon Lodge, No. 8, A., F. & A.M.

Rising Sun Lodge, No. 46, A., F. & A. M.

Fort Scott Chapter, No. 3, BR. A. M.

_Adoniram Council, No. 5, of the Royal, Select and Super Excellent Masters.

aig Be Payne Commandery, No. 3, Knights Templar.

T. W. Henderson Lodge, No, 12, A., F. & A. M. (Colored.)

Industrial Lodge, No. 1, Fort Scott Turn-Verein.

The Peabody Association was organized during the winter of 1878, with J. R. Morley,
pe President, Mr, Williams, Vice President, J. M. Galloway, Secretary, and Mrs. Hepler,

‘reasurer.

The object of the association is to minister to the wants of the destitute and poor, to
relieve the suffering and assist the helpless. Its mission is purely charitable, and is lauda-
ble in character. Much relief has been given not only to the poor of the city, but also to
the sufferers in the yellow fever districts of the South during its ravages.

BUSINESS INTERESTS AND MANUFACTURES.

First National Bank of Fort Scott.—This bank was organized January 10, 1871. Its offi-
cers were B, P. McDonald, President; C. F. Drake, Vice President; L. C. Nelson, Cashier;
C. H. Osbun, Assistant Cashier. Its capital stock was $50,000. In 1873, the capital stock
was increased to $100,000, but a few years later it was reduced to the original sum. The
present paid up capital and surplus is $75,000, and the authorized capital is $300,000.

The present Board of Directors is as follows: W. Chenault, F. L. Underwood, John
Glunz, C. H. Osbun, J. Chenault and Samuel B. Clark.

The present officers are. W. Chenault, President; John Gluntz, Vice President; ©. H.
Osbun, Cashier, and J. Chenault, Assistant Cashier. +

Prior to the organization of the First National Bank, B. P. McDonald had been en-
gaged in private banking, having commenced in 1859, under the firm of A. McDonald &

rother. After a period of a few years, B. P. McDonald became sole proprietor of and con-
tinued the business until the organization of the First National Bank.

Planing Mill started in the fall of 1876, by S.S. Peterson and J. H. Gardner. The con-
cern was begun as a sash and door factory, and the light machinery used -was run by tread
power. As the business gradually increased other machinery was added and horse power
was employed. In 1880, a four-horse power engine was procured, and in about eighteen
months following a ten-horse engine was putin. Several machines are employed, and all sorts
of job wood work is done. The principal business is the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds,
stair railings, mouldings, etc. About 10,000 feet of lumber is consumed monthly, and em-
ployment given to a force of eight workmen:

The Fort Scott Brewery was started in 1865, by a A. Butler, in the manufacture of beer,
but which, under the temperance laws of the State, was forced to suspend operations. A
part of the establishment is used by C. Herring in the manufacture of soda and mineral
waters. This enterprise was begun in 1880, and at present make ahout three hundred gal-
lons of these waters per day. 2

The Acorn Flour Mills were started in January, 1882, by D. W. and R. L. Milligan.
The mill building is a two story frame. Four run of stone are employed, with a capacity for
grading 150 bushels of wheat and 200 of corn per day. The machinery of the mill is run

v a forty-horse power engine. 2

The City Brewery was established in 1869, by F. Schultz and (. Smith. It was first
started on a small scale, and was gradually enlarged to a capacity for the manufacture of
5,000 barrels of beer per year. The prohibitory law taking effect compelled a suspension of
the business, and the buildings representing large investments by the owner are compara-
tively valueless, on account of not being allowed to be run in the business for which they,
were constructed.

The Fort Scott Woolen Mills were established in the spring of 1873 by A. Polsgrove &
Son. The object of the mills is the manufacture of hosiery. <At first it was begun in a
asmall way, and during’the first year only twenty-five pair of hose were made. The
increase and enlargement of the establishment has been remarkable, showing the demand
for work of this kind. This year there was manufactured 4,000 dozen pair of hose, of men,
women and children’s wear. At first only one knitting machine was employed, now there
are fourteen. The mill works consist of one set of twenty-four inch machinery besides the
knitters, and is run by acombination of steam and wind-mill power. The building isa one-
story stone, eighty-seven feet long by thirty-six wide, with engine house, knitting apart-
ments and other outbuildings, and was erected in the fall of 1879. Besides the supply of a
large trade in Kansas, there is a pressing demand for the goods manufactured, in Denver,
Leadville, and other cities in Colorado—and the orders are far ahead of the capacity to sup-
ply. The production amounts to about twenty dozen pair of hose per day, requiring a
force of twenty-two hands. The design is to speedily enlarge the factory not only to equal
the already large demand but to satisfy a further extended trade.

Castor Oil Mill—The manufacture of castor oil was begun by H. Mahew & Son (colored)
in 1873. A horse-power press is used and the manufacture of oil amounts to about eighty
gallons per day, for which a market is found in Kansas City, St. Louis and Texas.

‘The Excelsior Mills, for the manufacture of flour, were started in June, 1871, by E. A.
Deland and F. C. Bacon. It was the intention of the firm to establish a foundry, and for
this purpose most of the machinery was purchased. The idea was abandoned before any-
thing further was done, and the idea of building a flour mill con¢eived. Work upon this en-
terprise was at once begun, and before the end of 1871, a large mill was completed, at a cost
of about $40,000, The main building is three and a half stories high, 40 by 36 feet, with an
engine house 24 by 36 feet, and an office 16 by 20 feet. The machinery is of the most ap-
proved pavers, and complete in every detail, and is run by a forty-horse power engine.
The mill has a capacity for the manufacture of about three hundred barrels of flour per day,
for which a market is found in Kansas, Texas, Colorado and other points.

Pioneer Wagon Manufactory was established in 1862, by J. A. Bryant. This establisb-
ment is operated in the manufacture of the “ Bryant” wagon, and enjoys a large and pros-
perous business. .

The Fort Scott Foundry and Machine Shops began operations in the fall of 1869—George
A. Crawford, proprietor, who carried on the business until 1874. Mr. Frank J. Nutz be-
came Superintendent in 1871, and one of the proprietors in 1874; Charles F. Drake became
proprietor in June, 1875, Mr. Nutz remainiag as Superintendent since that time. The es-
tablishment now employs about. one hundred men, and manufactures boilers, engines and
improved machinery of all kinds. res

The Goodlander Flouring Mill was built by C. W. Goodlander in 1872, its capacity the
‘being about one hundred and twenty-tive barrels perday. It was run under the firm name
of Goodlander, Currie & Co. for about three years, and then by Mr. Goodlander alone un-
til the explosion in January, 1876. The mill then passed into the possession of the First
National Bank. It is now run by the Goodlander Mill & Flouring Co., which was organ-
ized in 1880.

The Foundry and Sickle Factory was started by John E. Petty with one assistant in 1880.
They manufacture ploughs, sickles, sickle-grinders, harrows, scrapers, spring wagons, culti-
vators, shovels, single-trees, neck yokes, shovel ploughs, the “ Little Aopen ” sickle grind-
er, and have a foundry connected with the manufactory where they do all kinds of light
casting. They give employment to sixteen men, the business having now increased to seven
times what it was originally.

The Fort Scott Nursery was started by Shinn & Sons, one mile north of Fort Scott in
the fall of 1867, in a very small way. They now do a business of about $30,000 per annum
in nursery stock sales, and their fruit sales amount to from $5,000 to $10,000 yearly. They
have 270 acres of ground, most of it being in nursery stock and orchard. They ordinarily
give employment to about 30 hands, and during packing season employ about 50. Sales
principally in Missouri and Texas. They ship most of their apples to Texas. At the fair
at Lawrence two years ago, they took three premiums—taking the third prize for orchard

roduce.
: The York Nursery Company, with home nursery at Fort Scott,and branches at Denton,
Texas, and Parsons, Kan., keep a full line of all kinds of nursery stock adapted to the
new West. The officers of the sompeny are: J. H. York, President; G. C. Kennedy, Secre-
tary; U. B. Pearsall, Treasurer, and J. F. Willett, General Manager.
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Besides the manufactories already mentioned, there are several others of lesser magni-
tude and importance, yet which in their way contribute to the wealth and influence of
Fort Scott as a manufacturing city. These are a baking powder, broom, brick, candy,
cracker and tobacco manufactory.

WATER AND GAS WORKS.

The Fort Scott Water Company became organized “and incorporated June 5, 1882. The
enterprise was carried out by P. B. Perkins, of Geneseo, IIl., who succeeded in entering into
contract with the city of Fort Scott, whereby upon certain terms and conditions he was to
supply the city with water. A.company called the Fort Scott Water Company was then
formed among a number of the citizens of the city. The number of directors is seven, and
the term of the existence of the corporation is ninety-nine years.

_ Ata meeting of the Board of Directors held April 7, 1882, C. F. Drake was elected
President; B. E, Langdon, Vice President; F. N. Manlove,’ Secretary ; Charles Nelson,
Treasurer, and P. B. Perkins, Engineer, The capital stock of the corporation is $100,000,
divided into 1,000 sharesof$100each.

The rights, franchise and contract held by Perkins from the city, were purchased by
the company, for which they paid $23,399, by which the company became entitled to and
ossessed of all and every the powers, rights, privileges and franchises owned and possessed

y Perkins relative to the construction and operation of water works for the city and as
stipulated in Ordinance 370 of the City Ordinances of Fort Scott, for the construction of the

“works, the company issued of its bonds to the amount of $50,000.

__ The Perkins’ system of water works is used. This system operates upon the gravity
principle by means of an elevated reservoir and tower. The earth reservoir having a stor-
age capacity of two million gallons of water, is constructed upon an elevation of about
seventy-five feet above the city, by which water can be raised at least twenty feet above the
highest building. A tower of masonry is built to an altitude of fifty feet above the earth
reservoir, making it about 115 feet above the city. Upon this tower is a large iron reser-
voir, from which, by the gravity pressure, four streams can be raised to the height of eighty
or ninety feet. This is what is termed the fire pressure and is so combined with the main
pipes leading from the reservoir, by valves, that the additional pressure can be applied to
the entire pipe distribution in less than one minute, in case of fire. The pumping machinery
consists of two sets of the Perkins and Smith and Vaile & Co. pumping engines, having a
capacity and capability for elevating 1,500,000 gallons of water each day to a height of 185
feet. The water supply is taken from the Marmaton River from’a well sunk down beneath
the sand and gravel in the bed, and extending entirely across the stream. This well is
walled up with masonry and covered with sand, gravel, ete., by means of which water is
accumulated and perfect filterage is secured.

The pumping houseis of stone masonry and has a brick smoke stack fifty feet high.
A residence near the reservoir is also constructed for the engineer, and is a stone structure
containing six rooms. About eight and three-quarter miles of distributing pipe are already
laid leading to all parts of the city, and about $86,000 have already been expended upon the
construction of the works. ; z ‘

The Fort Scott Gas Works were built in 1871—finished October 8—by Mr. Buckner,
J. H. Ambrose, now of Jefferson City, and Charles Boyle, now residing near Fort Benton.
The works then used one bench of three retorts, and one furnace, making irom 10,000 to
15,000 feet of gas per day. Their present capacity is 40,000 to 50,000 feet per day—three
benches. Cost about $45,000. Mr. Buckner died a few weeks after the works were
opened, but his widow retained his interest, Mr. Peak becoming President of the Company
at the death of Mr. Buckner. Soon after the construction of tn8 works, they were bonded
for $25,000—J. M. Nelson of Boonville, Mo., getting possession of the bonds, and at their
maturity, about five years later, of the works themselves, In the fall of 1877, he leased the
works to J. W. Pinkston, and January T, 1882, L. K. Schofield bought the lease of Pinkston
and leased the works from Nelson for six years, with contract for purchasing.

The Fort Scott Driving Association —The objects for which this corporation was organ-
ized were the improvement of the breed and the development of borses, through the pro-
motion of the interests of the American trotting turf; the prevention and punishment of

frauds thereon, and uniformity in the government of trotting and pacing, also the mainte- -
nance of a park and a club for social enjoyment. The association was organized December .

14, 1881, authorized capital $5

000—$1,000 paid in. The incorporators were O. A. Cheney,
N.C. Perry, C. H. Osburn, W.

i. Roberson, H. G. Herrick and C. H. Morley.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM AHRENS & CO., manufacturers of soda and all kinds of mineral water
corner of Hickory and Wall streets. W. Ahrens and C. Herring, partners,

ROBERT: AIKMAN, M. D., came to Kansas in October, 1863. His first location was at
Leavenworth, but about one year later he removed to Olathe, which was his home most of
the time until he came to Fort Scott in March, 1875. He is a native of Vermilion County,
Ind., born April 15, 1844, and his home was there until he came to Kansas. He served two
years in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the late war. Dr. Aikman re-
ceived his education at Bloomingdale Academy, at the University of Michigan, from the
medical department of which he graduated in 1868, and_at Bellevue Hospital Medical Col-
lege, graduating from the latter institution in 1880. He commenced practicein Leavenworth,
in company with another physician, and has been engaged in practice since coming to Fort

ott. He is a member of the State Medical Association, the S. E. Medical Society, the A., F.
& A.M.,and the K.of P. He was married in Leavenworth, May 25, 1870, to Josephine C.
Coffin, a native of Parke County, Ind. They have two children—Hal M. and Paul.

J. M. ANTHONY, dealer in sewing machines, corner of Wall street and Scott avenue,
is a native of Washington County, N, Y., born in 1834, Te came to Kansas in 1856, arriving
at Kansas City in the spring. He located a farm near Osawatomie, of which he broke
and fenced nine acres, and built a 9x12 house here. After a time he was epiien to protect
himself against the border ruffians and Pro-slavery men, He barely at one time saved his
Sharp’s rifle from capture, and was with John Brown in some of his movements in 1856.
While milking that evening, after the battle of Osawatomie, he was addressed by John Brown,
who approached from the woods, and on learning that his comrades were killed, went to a
neighbor’s and rested, and then went on to Lawrence. In 1858, as Mr. Anthony relates, he
had met with an accident and was obliged to go to town; so a neighbor yoked up the oxen
and drove him to Osawatomie; when they drove up to the post office, a lady met him whom
he at once recognized as Miss Luther, a young lady to whom he was engaged. He had the
stage hitched up, and then proceeded at once to the parson’s, and there they were married
returning to his little 9x12 residence, and the young couple partaking the next morning ot
the very best meal they had ever eaten before or after, consisting of ham, hoe cake and cof-
fee. In 1860, he went to Pike’s Peak, and farmed in 1861, going « own on to the Platte River,
and settling 100 miles from Omaha. Enlisting in the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, Company A,
in 1862, and after a varied experience returning in 1865 to Leavenworth, Kan., going into
the insurance business, where he lived until 1869, when he came to Fort Scott, openihg a
sewing machine depot, to which he intends giving his attention forthe future, Mr, Anthony
became identified with the temperance movement at the earliest period, and is now the
President of the Committee on Prosecution, and although his life has been threatened and
he has been attacked personally three different times, he stands undaunted. His family
consists of his wife, himself and four children.

WILLIAM H. ALCORN, farmer, Section 10, is a native of Washington County, R. L,
born in 1841. Mis father, Henry Alcorn, who is a native of County Donegal, Ireland, came
to Rhode Island in 1819, and in 1833 married Miss Hannah Fenne. They moved to Kansas
in 1858, and Jocated on the northeast quarter of Section 14, which William bought of a party
for a yoke of steers. They remained on this till 1861, when they let Mr. Baker have it for a

iece on Section 10, southwest quarter, and having bought since, they now live on the west
half - of the southeast quarter of Section 10, having 260 acres which is farmed in stock and
grain. The broad acres are covered with abundant crops of corn and hay. Mr. William
Alcorn has been married, but lost his wife. She left him one child, ason. His father, Henry
Alcorn, bas always followed the trade of blacksmith since learning it in Rhode Island, now
having a shop on the farm, and although seventy years of age, he can turn out as smooth a
job asin days of yore. William’s brother John was in the Sixth Kansas Regiment, and
served during the war. : ; o .
P. J. ANSHUTZ, farmer, Section 10, isa native of Germany, born in 1809,’ He emi-
rated to America and located in Ohio. Here he entered the steamboating business on the
Ohio River, where he was Pilot and Captain, following this life from 1833 to 1851, and being
prominent among the steamboat men of the Ohio and Lower ee as the builder of
the Queen of the West and Swallow. In 1851, he took a trip to England, going over in the

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

Baltic. His intention was to see the World’s Fair at the Crystal Palace, which he succeeded
in doing, then going from there to Paris, and on with his party to Lyons, where he tired
and turned through Switzerland and down the Rhine to his old home near Strasburg; he
then returned to America, and in 1878 settled on his farm in Kansas. His family consists of °
himself, wife and daughter Amanda, his three sons being away from home. _

0. AUSTIN, grocer, a native of New Hampshire. Before leaving his native State he had
learned the carpenter trade, but on account of his health he moved West, going to St. Louis,
Mo., and then to Kansas, locating at Lawrence in 1874 but came to Fort Scott, and in 1876,
he bought out what is known as the West End Meat Market, kept by Edward Marble. In
1881, he put in a stock of groceries, and now has for a partner Mr. Hobson. He is married,

has six children. 4
e JUDGE A. M. AYERS, attorney at law, is a native of Washington County, Penn. He
lived several years in Ohio, and then located in Urbana, Ill. He had charge of the organiza-
tion of the L, B. & W. R. R., and was attorney for that road for five years, remaining in prac-
ticeat Urbana until he came to Fort Scott. He drew up the charterand articles of incorpora-
tion of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad, and filed them February 23, 1880. He was
one of the original Board of Directors, and Vice President of the company, and was President
until March 10, 1882, when he sold out his interest to L. M. Bates. He is now interested in
timber lands and town companies along the route of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita
Railroad, and injthe Gilfillan Flag Stone Company. Thisstone is used for sidewalks, win-
dow.sills and copings, and was pronounced the best flag stone in the country by the Govern-
ment Representative. They are now working thirty-two layers and are eEplO yang twenty-
five men, and ship mostly to penises, Topeka and Emporia, Kansas, and Springfield, Nevada,
Cansas City and St. Louis, Mo. ‘ .

a C. TRAILER, Principal of the Plaza School, a native of Randolph County, Mo,, was
porn in 1857, He graduated from the high school of Huntsville, Mo., and commenced teach-
ing in Howard County. In 1878, he went to Lebanon, Mo., where he taught an ungraded
school until 1880, when he came to Fort Scott, and entered the school as Principal. In 1880,
he married Miss Fannie U. Payne, of Coldwater, Ohio. She is also a teacher, having taught
in Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo., prior to her engagement here. _ - ;

R. BALDWIN, M. D., has lived at Fort Scott since April, 1866,in active practice
during the whole period.. He is a native of Saugerties, Ulster County, N. Y.; born in May,
1840. He received an academic education at Tecumseh, Minn., and began the study of med-
icine at Ann Arbor, Mich.,completing it at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York. He
commenced practice in the army, being Surgeon of the Eighteenth PA es Volunteer In-
fantry from 1862 until the close of the war. Dr. Baldwin was married at Fort Scott in 1867,
to Annie E. Johnston, a daughter of Mrs. John S, Miller, who located here in 1860. They
have two children—Robert R. and Frederick. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and-
the G. A. R. : es ck

THOMAS BARNETT. M. D., came to Kansas in 1870, with his family. He opened a
farm in Barton County, and was in practice there about five years. Has been in Fort Scott
and Findlay, Kan., the balance of the time. He isa member of the Southeastern Kansas
District, Medical Association; Alumni Society of Medical Association; A., F. & A. M.;
Methodist Episcopal Church, and various temperance organizations, and is a regular or-
dained Elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He isa member of the District Conference,
and was Chaplain of the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment nearly two

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was born in Washington, Fayette County, Ohio, July 17, 1833, and removed to Wayne, Ind,
with his parents, when six years of age, making that State his home until 1870. He receiver
his education at the Union Literary ustitute, over two years in Randolph County, Ind., and
at Whitewater College at Centerville, and was a member of the faculty of same last year
(tutor of mathematics), Wayne County, Ind., remaining in the latter institute three years.
lle is also a graduate of the St, Louis Medical College. Dr. Barnett was margied in Noble
County, Ind., in March, 1856, to Christian R. Ha; gerty, a native of Sussex County, N. Y.
They have two children—Molly May, now Mrs. J: oh Trinder, of Fort Scott, and Annie Jane,
now Mrs. H. R. Taylor, of Rockville, Mo,
HENRY BA‘ EMANN, Sr, gunsmith, is a native of Séndersleben, Saxony, Germany,
born August 7, 1812, Leaving his fatherland, he arrived in New York city in 1842, While
there he married, remaining four years; he then went to Canada, where for ten years. he
carried on a profitable cabinet shop, but was burned out, and in 1856 wentto Chicago; while
there he worked at the gunsmith business, leaving in 1857 for Kansas, being one of six-
teen men sent out by the land association to select a site for a-town; they selected and had
platted the town of Eudora, which they named after the daughter of the Indian chief from
whom they urchased the land; his name was Pastor Fish. In Eudora they lived and pros-
pered with their families, Mr. Basemann holding offices of trust while there, such’as!Mayor
Councilman, ete. In 1873, he sold out and moved to Fort Scott, where he went into the hotel
business but broke up and went to gunsmithing. At the age of fifty, he enlisted in our late
war, and underwent all the hardships and privations of a soldier's life, being wounded in
the leg at the battle of Jenkins’ Fer, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He returned
home-and soon afterward moved to Fort Scott, where he lost his daughter Carrie, who was
burned to death by the piston of a coal oil lamp, at the age of nineteen. This misfortune
caused the death of his wife a year afterward in 1877. In 1879, he married again -and lives
hap, ily with his family, having three children now: living—Henry, William and Louisa; he
has lost four. In politics, he is a Democrat and belongs to the G. A. R.
cane ee BA EMANN, JR., proprietor of the Basemann’s Billiard Parlors, was born in
in New York City, and lived at home until enlisting in 1862, returning to his home in
BOURBON COUNTY.

1865, an invalid. He moved to Fort Scott in 1873; in 1878, he was appointed to the police

force of the city by John A. Bryant ; he was also engaged in gunsmithing at this time, but in

1881 he dropped both and took up his present business. In 1873, he married Miss Endicott,

of Drywood, Bourbon Co., Kan., daughter of Gabriel Endicott, one of the early settlers of

this county. They have two children—Lillie and Lulu. Mr. Basemann is a member of the

1L. 0. 0. F., and also of the G. A. R.

WILLIAM BASEMANN, gunsmith, 312 west side of the square. When his father,
Henry Basemann, Sr., moved to Eudora, he had his family sent out some seven weeks after-
ward and with them they brought Henry. He arrived in the State in 1857, remaining at home
until he was sixteen or seventeen years of age, then starting on his travels to other parts. In
1875, he came to Fort Scott and opened the sun business, having for a partner his brother
Henry; they dissolved the firm in 1882, April 17; he now conducts the business alone. He
married Miss Wincell, of Bates, Mo., in 1880, and they have one boy named Henry, who was
born January 24, 1881. Mr. Basemann is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the
Catholic Church. :

~~ §. D. BATES, teacher in Room 1, Third Ward Building, is now the teacher of longest
standing in the Fort Scott Schools, having taught from 1869 to the present time in 1882. She
was born in Vanderburgh County, Ind.; her early education was acquired in the convent. of

Indianopolis, Ind., where she finished her course and intended attending the head school of

that organization in Terre Haute, but after her course of study in the convent she returned

home in 1857; about this time, a gentleman of her acquaintance proposed to her to go to

Kansas and teach, and some months afterward was surprised to receive a call for a school in

Fort Scott, which had been obtained by her friend, so she came in 1869, taking an ungraded

school in East Scott, under the most Cacourasing circumstances ; but with Spartan courage

has persevered, and is now nicely established. When the school of East Scott was burned,
she moved to Shield’s Building, and with Prof. Frankenburger, Miss Caldwell and Miss

Hoxie, taught till the new building was completed. In 1881, her enrollment was 136 and the

average seventy-seven.

ON. WILLIAM J. BAWDEN, attorney at law, located at Fort Scott, March, 1866, and
has since been engaged in the practice of law at that point. He has been a member of the
Board of Education three terms, County Attorney seven years, Assistant United States At-
torney three years, and served as District Judge a short time to fill a vacancy. He is a na-
tive of Baltimore, born August 31, 1833, and lived in Maryland and Delaware until 1853, then
removing to Ohio. He taught school for a short time in Licking and Fairfield counties, and
then entered the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. He subsequently.read law at that place
and was admitted to the bar in 1863. After assisting in raising three different regiments, he
enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was
detailed to headquarters and received the position of Quartermaster Sergeant, which he held
until he left the service in the fall of 1864, After leaving the army, he spent one year in
Indiana prospecting and looking for a permanent location before coming to Kansas. He is
a member of the A., F. & A. M., and I. 0. O, F., and was Commander of the G. A. R. Post
at Fort Scott in 1867. He was married at Crystal Lake, Ill, February 8, 1866, to Annie
R. Walsh, a native of Athens, Ohio. They have five chillren--Williarh Culver, Edna
Estelle, Mable Clare, Annie Maud and Grace.

JOSEPH BECK, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Memphis, is a native of Center County, Penn.,
born in 1829, and at the age of twenty-six he was married in Center County, by Rev. Mr.
Spotwood, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1858, he came West and first pened on
Buck Run; but this was supposed to be in the Cherokee reservation, so he abandoned it; at
the same time rented land in Missouri, but did not leave Kansas, and in June, 1859, he took
aclaim on Section 22, consisting of 160 acres, it being very near to the timber he owned.
At first he carried on grain-raising, but afterward changed it to a stock farm in 1863. In
1866, he lost all of his cattle by a disease known as the Spanish fever. He then tried grain-
raising again, and is now working into stock, having 400 acres in the farm of which 120
acres is in cultivation. He has improved his farm, fencing and putting up a fine residence
and barn, having built a og house in 1859, that he is now using as a corn crib. In 1870, he
built his house and in 1874 his barn. They had a family of three children—two daughters
grown and married,and one son now at home who is intending to become a civil engi-
neer. Mr. Beck has always been indentified with the public school interests, having served
on the board for years.

JOHN S. BELL, grocer, native of Fayette County, Penn., he was born the 25th of
March, 1838, his boyhood was spent on the farm, and after getting his education commenced
teaching in the fall of 1858 and taught two terms. In 1864, he enlisted in Company H, but it
split up and he went into Company D, Thirty-eighth Infantry. Volunteers; he was at Peters-
burg and the battles about Richmond. In 1865, he returned to his farm which he sold in
1867, and then emigrated to Kansas buying land near Godfrey, Bourbon County, but sold
and located here January 7, 1868, and went into a planing mill which burned in 1876, August
11. In March, 1877, he-opened a store where the mill stood before, on a piece of nine and a
half aeres that he had bought and had laid off in lots in what is called Bell’s Addition to the
city of Fort Scott; he also opened a store on National avenue, and conducts both with the
help of his sons. In 1881, he took the National Hotel, but suld to C. L. Pate. In 1859 he
married Miss N. L. Grooves, of Wisconsin; they have four children. He was in the City
Council in 1878-79, belongs to the I. O. O. F.

GEN. CHARLES W. BLAIR, a citizen of Fort Scott since 1859, is a native of George-
town, Brown Co., Ohio, where he was born February 5, 1829. He studied law and wasadmitted
to the bar in his native county while a mere boy, and at the age of twenty-one was its Prose-
cuting Attorney. In 1851, he was elected Clerk of the-Ohio House of Representatives, and
during the same year as Captain of a Kentucky company raised for the purpose, he joined
Gen. Lopez’ expedition for the liberation of Cuba. On the 25th of December, 1858, he was
married in Columbus, Ohio, to Katherine Medary, daughter of Hon. Samuel Medary, after-
ward Governor of Kansas. In June, 1859, he immigrated to Kansas, and in Sompany with
Hon. Andrew Ellison, his former law tutor settled at Fort Scott, and entered upon the
practice of his profession. He soon purchased property on the public square amounting to
an entire block where he still resides. In politics, Gen. Blair is a Democrat, and during the
war was a patriotic and efficient war Democrat. During the border troubles in Bourbon and
Linn Counties his influence was always on the side of order and justice, and at the breaking-
out of the rebellion he was one of the first to respond to the call for Kansas troops. His
career, as Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Kansas Infantry- forms a part of the history of
the regiment, one of which the State is proud. February 28, 1862, Col. Blair was made Major
of the Second Kansas Cavalry ; raised Blair’s Battery, of which he remained in command about
six months, and was then assigned to the command of the post of Fort Scott and also of a
subdistrict composed of all of Kansas south of the Kansas River and of the border counties
of Missouri. September 26, 1863, he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourteenth Kansas
Cavalry ; was soon afterward promoted to Colonel of the same regiment, and did gallant
service through the Price campaign of October, 1864. He was mustered out ofservice August
21, 1865, having been brevetted Brigadier General prior to that time. He has filled with
honor to himself and satisfaction of his constituents numerous important political offi-
ces. Is an eloquent and accomplished orator, and is a most able and influential attorney.
His family consists of his wife and four daughters—Kittie, Birdie, Lillie and Josephine.

CAPT. EDWARD A. BLAKELY, came to Kansas in ae 1868, and was employed by
C. W. Goodlander as a carpenter for eighteen months succeeding his arrival. He then had
charge of teams for Mr. Clough (who was Street Commissioner) until 1873, when he became

- engaged in the transfer business for himself, in which he has continued since. He was born
at Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N. Y., December 24, 1840, and lived there until he came to Kansas
with the exception of four years’ serviee in the Union army. He enlisted as a private May
_ 16, 1861, in Company G, Eighty-first New York Volunteer Veteran Infantry, and served in
the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac until September 16, 1865, participating in all
the battles of his command. He was fireman on the N. Y.C. R. R. five years, and engineer
two and a half years on the same road before entering the army, and was engineer on the
same road after the war until he came to Kansas. He is a merchant by trade; he was mar-
ried at Syracuse, N. Y., October 4, 1872, to Martha A. Mortimer a native of Virginia. They
have three children—Fdward S., Arthur R. and Everett H. Capt. Blakely is a member of
the A. 0. U. W., I. 0. O. F. and G, A. R., Grand Legion, and Captain of Company F, First
Regiment of the Kansas National Guards.

AMOS HERBERT BOURNE, was born in Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vt., May 4, 1840,
and at the age of thirteen was apprenticed to a manufacturer and dealer in paints in Boston,
Mass., with whom he remained three years. In 1856, went to Chicago, Ill. In the fall of
1857, he came to Kansas stopping at Leavenworth awhile. He joined a Government sur-
veying party for New Mexico and Arizona, and for nearly a year was employed in making
military roads, fighting Apaches, etc., in what was then called the Gaelsem purchase, now
the southern part of Arizona. In the summer of 1858, in company with a young man by the
name of Joseph Reed, and taking two mules, left Fort Buchanan, ninety miles south of Tuc-
son, A. T., for California. They lost their way on the desert, and in hunting for water were

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attacked by a band of Apache Indians; his companion was carried away into captivity ; he
saved himself by hiding in a hole in the rocks, where he remained nearly two days; crawlin;
out, he wandered three days and nights on the desert, and when nearly exhausted was picke
up by the Pincos Indians, near their villages on the Gila River, being four days without food
or water. He remained with the Pincos and Maricopas, who treated him very kindly, until
recruited up, then went on to California, and eventually arrived at Los Angelos. The next
seven years of his life he spent in California, Washington Territory, Oregon and Nevada, en-
ies most of the time in prospecting and mining; was one of the pioneers of Nevada, being

n Virginia City before there was a house built, and one of the original owners of one of the
best mines on the Comstock lode. In the spring of 1865, he left San Francisco for Wilming-
ton, N. C., to buy turpentine for the California trade, loading a schooner in the Cape Fear
River with that product, and in attempting to get out of Hatter’s inlet was wrecked, and his
fortune mixed with the salt waters of the Atlantic. From Wilmington he went to Florida,
and eventually back to his old home in Vermont, where he married Lucinda Earle, daughter
of Judge Roswell Earle, of Mount Holly, July 12, 1866. Owing to his wife’s health, having con-
sumption, went to Winona, Minn., and from there to Fort Scott, where he arrived in No-
vember, 1866. Soon after he discovered material formaking umber and other mineral paints,
and in extending his experiments with paints, discovered that the city of Fort Scott rested
on a foundation of hydraulic cement rock. In 1868, he got the Fort Scott Paint and Cement
Works in operation, which he operated as Superintendent until 1873, On July 12, 1871, his
wife died, leaving one son, Arthur H., who is now being educated in Vermont. On June 9,
1873, he marred his present wife, Mrs. Bertha IE. Martin, widow of Capt. Leander Martin,
killed in action at Bridgeport, Ala. Mrs, Martin was the daughter of Franklin Blake, who
died in Leavenworth City in 1857; she was born in Greensboro, Vt., on May 28, 1840, and has
been a resident of Kansas since 1857. In 1873, he started the cement pipe works, under the
name of the Southwestern Cement Pipe Company, with branch works at Dallas, Tex., which
did an extensive business. In 1879, he started the Fort Scott Pottery & Tile Works. fn 1882,
started the Cafion City Iron, Paint & Cement Company, at Cafion City, Colo., of which he is
still Superintendent, and the Bourne Paint & Tile Company, at Fort Scott, which is operated
under patents obtained by him, and is preparing to work on an extensive scale, ani to which
he proposes to devote his time and abilities the balance of his days, believing it to be the best
of all his enterprises, and Kansas the best State in the Union to live in.

_ J. M. BRIGHT, established in 1867 a general dry goods business, the only exclusively
dry goods house in the city at that time, the firm being Bright Brothers. Mr. Bright isa
native of Liberty, Clay Co.,Mo. He came to Fort Scott in 1867. Since he has been here, he
was burned out twice and now occupies a store building 25 feet front and 115 deep, 2 floors
and basement extending from Main street to Market street, being one of the handsomest
store rooms in the city or State, and stocked witha class of Goods, and patronized by a trade,
of which cities of a much larger growth might well be proud. He was married to Miss Mary
Kearns, of Fort Scott. They have three children.

$. 5. BRINKERHOFF, County Attorney, was born near Auburn, N. Y., April 15, 1838,
and removed to Plymouth, Huron Co., Ohio, with his parents when an infant. He received.
his education at the Academy at Carlisle, and the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware,
Ohio, and commenced the study of law at Painesville, with Bissell & Tinker. He was mus-
tered into the State Militia April 16, 1861, and into Company D. Seventh Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, May 2, 1861. He served two and a half years on detached duty, and when he left
the service in November, 1865, it was with the rank of Major. He came to Kansas in No-
vember, 1867, and settled at Osage Mission, but removed to Fort Scott the following spring and
made that his permanent home. He has served as Police Judge three terms, and is now
serving his second term as County Attorney, having firstserved from 1876 to 1878, and after
an interval of two years renominated by acclamation in 1880. Mr. Brinkenhoff was mar-
ried at Fort Scott February 20, 1871,to Dana I. Gordon, a native of Lake County, Ohio,
deceased May 26, 1881. He has five children—Helen G., Henry Gordon, Della, Lizzie and
Blake. He is amember ofthe A..F & A.M., A.O. U. W.andG. A. R.

IRA D. BRONSON, came to Kansas in March, 1857, and located at Paris, Linn County.
He remained there and in that vicinity until 1866; with the exception of the period durin
which he was in the army, was engaged in the lumber business. In May, 1861, he enliste
as a private in Company IF’, Second Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He was in all the sng
ments of his command, being present at the battles of Wilson’s Creek, Prairie Grove, Old
Fort Wayne and Cane Hill, and in many engagements in Missouri, Arkansas and the Indian
Territory, and was mustered out of service in the fall of 1865, as Captain of Company I
Second Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, having also served as Captain of Company A, an
commanding Fourth Arkansas Infantry Regiment. In March, 1866, he removed to Mound ~
City, remaining there until August 1, 1870, when he came to Fort Scott and accepted the
position of Clerk of the District Court, a position he retained until January, 1881. He be-
came connected with the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad Company, February 23,
1880, in the capacity of Stockholder, Director, Secretary and Treasurer and Builder, a con-
nection which continued until March 10, 1882. He has since been engaged in buying tim-
ber land in Oregon, Ozark, Douglas and Howell Counties, Mo., and in Fulton County,
Ark., and is also interested in the towns of Marmaton, Redfield, Bronson, Moran, La Harpe,
Iola, Lilly and Toronto, Kan. Isa member of Gilfillan Flag Stone Company and St. Louis
Flag Stone Company. He isa native of Warren, Herkimer Co., N. Y., born October 24,
1835. When nineteen years of age, he came to Illinois and taught school in Knox County
and near Antioch, Lake County. He was married in,Antioch, Lake Co., Ill., June 11, 1867,
to Miss Annie Webb, a native of that place. They have five children—Ira H., Lucy A.,
Charles W., Elizabeth and Anna J. Heis amember of the A. F., & A. M., Knights Templar,
the A. O. U. W. and the G. A. R. '

* HENRY BROWN, merchant tailor, came to Fort Scott in November, 1869, and was
employed as a journeyman tailor for two years, since which he has been in business for
himself. He employs six hands and does the leading merchant tailoring business in this
locality. He was born in Yorkshire, near Hull, Segiene June 4, 1845, and came to America
March 26, 1868. He resided in Cincinnati prior to his removal to Fort Scott. Mr. Brown
was married near Lawrenceburgh, Dearborn Co., Ind., August .2, 1870, to Harriet E. Brum-
blay, a native of that county. He is a member of the 1.0.0. F.

§. A. BURGE, farmer, Section.6. He is a native of Ashland Co., Ohio, and was born in
1847. Asa foundation to start in life, he secured an education at Oberlin College in 1866,
and at once entered commercial life as a clerk, but he was taken with the Western fever
and came to Kansas in 1868, going to Baxter Springs, where his two comrades becoming dis-
couraged went back Last. e, in the meanwhile, was clerking for Robert Lytle, but was
taken with the ague and gave up his position in the store; then EheAe nS to drive mules, he
went to Fort Arbuckle in the Red River country ; oncoming back, went into Mr. Lytle’s
store again. In 1869, hecame to Fort Scott and went to work in Gardiner & Smith’s dairy.
He was so successful in this line, that in 1872 he rented the dairy and carried it on till 1875,
in partuership; then taking the whole business in his own hands, he conducted it until he
bought his farm on Sections 6 and 1 of 100 acres, keeping the dairy until 1882, when he sold
out to L. D. Latham and now carries on a butter farm, having improved it. He has a fine
building and five acres of orchard, -In February, 1872, he married Miss Gardener, of Wis-
consin. They have four children.

JOSEPH BAXTER CHAPMAN, editor of the Banner, was bornin Nauvoo, IIl., in
February, 1853. He spent the early part of his life on a farm in Tama County, Iowa. is
education was obtained in the district school, inthe high school of Tama City, and in the
University of Iowa, spending three years in each of the latter institutions, leaving the Uni-
versity in 1875. In the latter year he assumed editorial charge of the Tama City Press, a
Democratic paper. Disposing of his interests in the Press in 1877, he returned to the Univer-
sity, graduating from the Law Department, and being admitted to the bar in June, 1878. In
September of that year he established the Western Democrat at Beloit, Kan. In May, 1880,
he was chosen a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio. In
the fall of that year, he was nominated candidate for the State Senate, and although he ran
1,000 ahead of his ticket, he was defeated. In the fall of 1881, in connection with Hon. J. B.
Fugate, he established the Topeka Daily Democrat, afterward changed to the State Press. In
October, 1882, he was called to the editorship of the Banner.

NEWTON CHASE, farmer, Section 12, is a native of Illinois, born in 1844, near
Quincy, and was raised and educated on a farm. He comes of Eastern parentage. His
grandparents were from Massachusetts and his parents from Pennsylvania. In Illinois
they were grain and stock farmers, and on coming to Kansas in 1869 he began grain
farming on Beetle 12, taking 349 acres which he farmed as a grain farm. In 1875, he went
into stock-raising. He now has a farm containing 1,177 acres, 425 of which he cultivates,
the rest is grass and pasture for thestock. He has his farm fenced with hedge, stone and
galvanized barb wire, and this year, 1882, the wonderful year of crops in Kansas, his oats,
of which he has had but few acres comparatively, averaged 60 bushels to the acre, corn about
45 bushels, and a piece of 55 acres which was planted with rye last fall was turned under in
June, and after the 16th was planted in corn, has turned out a wonderful crop. His farm is
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stocked with 1,000 head of sheep, 170 of hogs, 125 head of cattle. He hassold off a number
of head of cattle at an average price of $48 apiece. He has two barns and is putting up
another bank barn 48x88. He has not neglected the fruit crop, as he has now 1,000 pear
trees, 500 peach-and 500 apple trees, and intends to set out 1,000 more trees in the spring.
In 1879, he was married, and has one child living; has lost one. Mr. Chase is a Democrat.

HON. ORLANDO A. CHENEY, Probate Bel e, was born in Brandon, Vt., June 28,
1848, and has educated and supported himself since he was thirteen years of age. He came
to Fort Scott in March, 1872. Having read law in Windsor County, Vt., previously, he was
admitted to the bar of Kansas the same year, and has since been engaged in practice. He
was Justice of the Peace of the city of Fort Scott nearly six years, but resigned that posi-
tion upon being elected to the office of Probate Judge ; was also United States Commissioner,
which office he resigned. September 6, 1876, he was married to Miss Ella A. Fassett; they
visited the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, and returned to Fort Scott, where they
lived happily together until August 4, 1880, when after a very brief illness she died of peri-
tonitis. Mr. Cheney is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and of the Congregational Church.
He was re-elected to the office of Probate Judge in 1882, by'an overwhelming majority. —

LYMAN R. CHURCH. was born in Ohio, 1834; 1850 went to Marion County, Ohio ;
1868 came to Kansas, located at Fort Scott; in 1868, he located in Crawford County, Kun.,
on a farm near Girard; lived on the farm until March, 1882; he then moved to Fort Scott.
Is engaged in the book business, He was married in Ohio in 1861, to Miss Susan Frazier, a
native of Ohio. They have three children, William J., Ralph P. and John. He belongs to
the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Christian Church. Enlisted in Company G, One Hundred
and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteers; remained with this regiment fodr months.
Was one of the early settlers of Crawford County, Kan.

THOMAS COCHRAN, farmer, Section 5, native of Scott County, Ind., and when thirty-
five years of age, or in 1867, he moved to Iowa and went to farming, but sold out and pre-
pared to. move to Kansas, but remained till the fall of 1869. The last summer he was there
he worked at the carpenter trade. October 28, 1869, he located on his present farm, which
he bought of Mr. Stanbury, consisting of 240 acres, which he has converted into an im-
proved stock and grain farm, handling about 100 to 150 head of cattle in a year, besides

ogs. His orchards are wonderfully productive, having some 1,200 apple trees, which pro-
duced this year, 1882, 1,200 barrels. He also, on the rich soil of this farm, raises good crops
of wheat and oats. Mr. Cochran has held township and school offices, reposed in him as
indicative of the high estimation in which he is held by his friends, who in 1880 elected
him to the State Legislature. He has been a member of the Masonic order since 1868, and
on September 12, 1853, he married Miss Oard. They have four children. Mr. Cochran’s ex-
perience has not been one of unmixed prosperity, for in 1872 he Was burned out, and again
in 1876, losing fences, hay, trees and all but the soil of the farm. He is a member of the
Christian Church, and a Republican.

  
  

      

 

 
 

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A. H. CAMPBELL, horticulturist, Section 36, was born near Aun Arbor, Mich., in 1839,
The family moved to Kansas in 1857, locating at Barnesville, and then came to Fort Scott,
where his father, Col. William I. Campbell, was appointed Deputy United States Marshall,
as early as 1858, and the history of whose life belongs to the history of Fort Scott. At the
time the war broke out, A. H. being a member of the home guards, was mustered with the
rest of his comrades into the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, then holding the commission of Second
Lieutenant in Company H, eet pene in all the prominent engagements of the regi-
ment. He commanded the advance guard which drove in the enemy’s pickets at Newtonia,
Mo., and had his horse killed under him in the cavalry charge at Cane Iiill, Ark., at the
time Lieut. Col. Jewell was killed. In this company he served until 1863, when he organ-
ized a company of his own and went into the field as Captain of Com pany G, Fourteenth
Kansas Cavalry. For one year he was with his company and was then placed on Gen.
Thayer's staif'at Fort Smith, Ark., and acted as Assistant Inspector General of the frontier
district. In the retreat of Steele’s forces from Camden, Ark., to Little Rock, Ark., his com-
pany was the only one of cavalry detailed as rear guard, and at the battle of Jenkin’s Ferry,
or Saline River, his was the only cayalry in the fight. He was highly commended in the
report of Brig. Gen. Rice, of Iowa, under whose orders he was during the battle. He was
mustered out March 6, 1866, and returned home. l'rom 1874 to 1880, he was purchaser and
Paymaster at Kansas City for the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad.

MRS. M. J. COLTON, proprietress of the Colton House, isa native of Worcester County,
Mass.; born in 1827, and was married to Mr. Colton in 1856. They lived in Australia nine
years and five in New Zealand. They then came across the Pacific to Panama, across the
Isthmus and sailed for New York, and in March, in 1866, Janded and proceeded to Boston.
They visited Mrs. Colton’s old home and then moved westward lived in Rochester, N. Y.,
one year. While here Mr. Colton came West to Kansas and purchased some 480 acres of ex-
cellent land in Bourbon County for a stock farm, and the next year they moved onto it, re-
maining there until February 21, 1870, and then moved where Mr. Colton had begun build-
ing; however, his labors were closed in death, February 5, 1879. Mrs. Colton since her
widowhood has lost a residence in Fort Scott, which was burned in 1881, so that now she
and her daughter, Miss Clara, live in the fine. large building known as the Colton House,
which she still retains as she does 160 acres of the homestead farm located on Range 25,
Township 25, Section 5, Bourbon County. Mr. Colton was a native of New York, and was
born in 1821. : : .

Fi J. N. COLE, farmer, Section 3; native of West Virginia; burn in 1842, and was raised
on a farm, an orphan boy; he succeeded in getting a common school education, and when

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the war of the rebellion broke out enlisted in the Third West Virginia Volunteer Infantry,
Company A, and while scouting below Springfield of that State was taken prisoner, an
with seventy-eight others confined in Andersonville. This was in the spring of 1863, and
November 28, 1863, he was exchanged at Savannah, Ga., and returned to Virginia, where he
went into the Sixth West Virginia Cavalry, Company F, serving as Sergeant till the close
of the war. He was mustered out at;Leavenworth, Kan. Liking the State, he returned to
it from West Virginia, locating on Section 6, Scott Township, Bourbon County, in 1866, and
in 1869 he bought bis present stock and grain farm, consisting of 360 acres, all well fenced,
having a fine orchard and 170 acres under the a In 1879, he married Miss Sharp, a
niece of J. B. Trimblee. They had three children, but lost two. Their son is named Charlie
N. Mr. Cole has held township offices of trust, having been also School Treasurer.

WILLIAM M. COLE, grocer. He is a native of Missouri, was born in 1846, and raised
onafarm. Left home in 1869 and came to Kansas, locating first in Neosho County, and
went to farming, but in 1872 came to Fort Scott, going to work for Val. McKinley in the
liquor trade, going into the grocery when the Prohibition law closed the liquor trade here,
Tn 1870, he married Miss Demsey, of Michigan. They have afamily of four children, three
boys and one girl. : x ;

J, A. COMMERFORD, Superintendent of the Fort Scott National Cemetery, was born
in Lowell, Mass., November 2, 1838. His early years were spent in attending the publie
schools at Lowel , graduating at the grammar to enter the High School at the age of fifteen.
He studied at this school two years and then entered business with his father till 1862, when
he enlisted in the Third Massachusetts Cavalry, and upon his enlistment was made Second
Lieutenant of his company ; was promoted First Lieutenant in 1863, and in 1864 to Captain.
At the close of the war he received a complimentary commission as Major of his regiment,
from Gov. John A, Andrew. His career as a soldier and officer was meritorious and gallant.
Ife commanded the Color Company of his regiment at the battles of Winchester, where he
was wounded; Cedar Creek and Fisher’s Hill, Va. Was with Sheridan on his famous ride;
was at the siege of Port Hudson, and battle of Irish Bend, La.; was ape Assistant Pro-
vost Marshal of the Second Division Nineteenth Army Corps, and had charge of the Con-
federate prisoners at Baton Rouge, La., in 1863. He serve through the Red River expedi-
tion, and under special order from Gen. Grover, was detached from his regiment to transfer

meu from thearmy tothe navy. September 28, 1865, he was honorably discharged, the war
being ended. During the service he received serious and permanent injury. After the close
of the war he held several positions in the customs service at Mobile, Ala. At his own re~
quest, he was made Superintendent National Cemetery at New Berne, N.C, In 1879 was
transferred from this place to Fort Scott, Kan., National Cemetery, of which he became
Superintendent April 15,1881. Mr. Commerford was married in 1872 to Mrs. E. H. Stearns,
a native of Illinois, and has two children, Pauline and Lionel.

 

JOIN If, COUL ‘'H, physician and surgeon, arrived in Fort Scott, then a village of
about 100 inhabitants, in March, 1857. His family arrived about two months later; he has

lived here ever since, engaged in practice. He wasjnterested in the drug business for about

five years, and has also becu engaged in farming, owning several farms at the present time.

Dr. Couch served as President of the school board for several years, He was born at Lex-

ington, Ky., April 8, 1827, but removed to Indiana, when two and a half years old, and was.
reared and educated in that State, receiving both a collegiate and medical education. In

1852, he went to Monroe, Green County, Wis., and resided there until he came to Kansas,

being married at that point April 9, 1854, to Lillis Andrick, a daughter of Judge Jacob And-

rick, of Wisconsin, formerly of Indiana. They have five children living—Mada A., now Mrs.

Chapman; Otto D., John H.; Birdie M. and Wina Etta, and lost one son, William Andrick, aged
three years and ten months. i ‘

D, C, COOPER, engineer, was born in 1845, in Pike County, IL, and at the age of fif-
teen he enlisted in Company I, Sixty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry (his father having
previously enlisted in Company H, Fiftieth Illinois). The Sixty-second was in the Sixteenth
Army Cor tne ete subsequently transferred to the Seventh Army Corps, He was ina
number of skirmishes prior to that at Parker’s Cross Roads when fighting Jerry Sullivan
surprised Forrest and ee from him three regiments of the Union army. ‘In the fall
of 1865 he was at Pine Bluff, and was shortly afterward with the regiment on frontier dut;
at Fort Gibson, being relieved by the Nineteenth Regulars, February 20, 1866, and snnisten
out at Little Rock, receiving final discharge March 19, 1866, at Springfield, Ill. Ile remained
in llinois until 1868, when with his father’s family, he removed to Kansas, finally locating
at Fort Scott. For several years he was engaged in “freighting”’ on the Western plains,
trading with the Indians and frontier posts and settlers. Since 1877, Mr, Cooper has been
engaged on the Kansas Pacific, Fort Scott &« Gulf and other railroads, as fireman and engi-
neer, and is now in the employ of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad. Au-
gust 2, 1868, he married Miss Klinor W. Keppler, of Hancock County, Ill, by whom he has
six children livin - Mr. Cooper is a member of Post 35, G. A. R., of Fort Scott.

é a A. CORMANY, insurance agent, is a native of Ohio. He was born in 1841, just be-
ie ix parents reached Lithopolis, Ohio, to which place they were immigrating from Penn-
id vania. He attended school in Laneaster, Ohio, until he reached the age of ten years; he

ren went to work at telegraphy, but the employment being too confining he hired out toa
or pe ; he worked at this for some little time until an accident occurred which came near
a ne his life, Then he gave up carpentering and tried printing, working three years in

© Lancaster Gazeite office; then went from Lancaster to Cincinnati, Ohio, and there en-

 
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BOURBON COUNTY.

gaged himself to the Cincinnati Commercial. He worked here six years, the last three having
charge of the show bill department of that office. In 1861,he enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry. He was in thirty-three hard-fought battles, among which were Shiloh,
Stone River, Fort Donelson, Chickamauga, etc. He was one of the men that tore the Con-
federate flag off of the State House at Nashville, Tenn. He was one of the firing squad at
the burial of Gen. Nelson, at Louisville, Ky. He was captured by John Morgan and held as
a hostage for one of Morgan’s men. He was also captured at Stone River, and was confined
in Libby Prison for several months. He was mustered out of the service in 1864 and went to
Chicago, where he became one of the publishers of the Voice of the Fair, a daily paper pub-
lished under the management of 8. P. Rounds during the Sanitary Fair held that year in
Chicago. Hethen went to Mount Carroll, IN., and published the Mount Carroll Mirror. In
1866, he left for Kansas with but $350. On his way and while in St. Joe, Mo., he was robbed.
He arrived in Fort Scott with $50. He formed a partnership here with Oscar Edwards and
resurrected the Fort Scott Monitor, the firm being Cormany & Edwards. In two years he sold
his interest in the Monitor, and in 1869 went into partnership with J. S. Emmert in the real
estate business. Shortly afterward they took into the firm W. A. Shannon. In 1870, Em-
mert & Kellar bought the interest of Cormany & Shannon. He then went into the insur-
ance business, making the first year only $150. In 1881 he formed a partnership with A.
Graff, the name of the firm bene Cormany & Graff. He has been a member of the School
Board, Secretary of the Board of Trade, and Secretary of the Second Ward Republican Com-
mittee for fourteen years. In 1864, he married Miss Emmert; they have six children. He
isa member of the I. 0. 0. F. and G. A.R. He is now special agent and adjuster of the
North British & Mercantile Insurance Company of London and Edinburgh, and has charge
of the company’s business in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and the
Indian Territory.

JAY COREY, M. D., came to Fort Scott in March 1882, He was born in Onondaga
County, N. Y., October 18, 1850, and went to Michigan with his parents when only three or
four years of age. He lived in Michigan until 1878, most of the time in Ionia. He received
his education at the Agricultural College of Michigan, at Lansing, and at Hahnemann Med-
ical College of Chicago, graduating from the latter institution in the spring of 1882. He
was married at Ionia, Mich., December 17, 1876, to Dacie Vance, a native of Clinton, Mich.
They have one child—Paris. tr :

J.F.COTTRELL; book store; native of St. Clair County, Mich. At an early age he
entered a cay goods house in Detroit, as cash boy with a salary of $1 a week and board; be-
ginning at the bottom of the ladder, he has continued rising since. After four years he
went to Bay City, remaining here till 1866; then returning to Detroit, he entered the old
firm at $1,200 a year. In 1869, he came to Fort Scott on account of his health, and opened
a stationery stand in the Wilder House, buying out Charles Corbin and afterward John C.
Campbell, in 1877, and opened in the new Opera House building. In 1881, he moved to his
present stand, occupying a room twenty-five foot front and 110 deep, carrying a stock of
trom nine to fifteen thousand. William Cottrell was City Treasurer from 1878 to 1881, and
was instrumental in effecting the city compromise in 1878. He is Treasurer of the Bourbon
County Fair Association, and is a member of the Catholic Church.

M. CUMMINGS, farmer, Section 20, native of Jefferson County, Mo., was born in 1826.
In 1880, he went to Pennsylvania with his parents, and in 1832 they moved to Ohio; while
here he learned the trade of wagon maker, and worked at it until he came to Kansas in
1861. He took a claim on Section 7, Scott ven in this county, but sold and moved to
Fort Scott, where he worked at histrade. He had, during the war, served in the State
militia when called on. In 1867, he bought and moved on ‘his present place, which was en-
tirely unimproved, but which is now in perfect working order asa grain and stock farm.
He has been married twice, in 1847 and in 1863, having eight children.

S. M. CUTLER, teacher in the Normal School, Fort Scott, is a native of Spencer
County, Ind., born December 1, 1855. ‘In 1875 and’76, attended the National Normal School,
at Lebanon, Ohio. Commenced teaching in 1874, alternating from school room to student’s
desk, earning money to educate. himself, and graduated in 1879 from the Central Normal
College of Danville, Ind. He came to Fort Scott the same year, and bought a part interest
‘in the Normal School, with Prof. D. E. Sanders, and the school improved and enlarged un-
der their pe die having had forty pupils; it now has 150. Mr. Cutler is now Super-
intendent of the city schools, Columbus, Kan. In 1879, he married Miss Ella Dickerson, of

> Danville, Ind. They have one son, named Frank Garfield, and one named Thomas H.

PETER DALRYMPLE, came to Fort Scott in 1871, and has since been connected with
the Goodlander Mill. He has always devoted his entire attention to the management and
development of the flouring mill interests with which he has been connected, and has been for
the last two years one of the proprietors of the mill. Mr. Dalrymple is a native of Scotland,
and came to this country in 1860. He was a resident of Chicago prior to coming to Fort

cott. :

D. D. DAUGHERTY, East Wall street, was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1827, and
lived there until‘he was thirteen years of age, and moved to Delaware County, Ind., where
his family settled right in the woods and commenced clearing a farm, at which they suc-
ceeded; he then cleared one of his own, afterward selling, and still another which he sold.
In 1863, he was elected Sheriff of Delaware County, serving four years, and then engaged in
the grain business, in which he-lost about all he had, and then came west to Barton County.
Mo. In 1869, he went to farming, but gave it up and went to Fort Scott in 1870, and opene
a meat market on Wall street. e was burnt out of his first stand, and then moved into
the present place, Cotton House. He has been married three times, in 1848, 1856 and 1878,
and has two boys and two girls. In 1876, he was elected to the City Council, and again in
1881. He belongs to the I. O. O. F., and the K. of H. Z

J. W. DAVIS, of the firm of Davis & Co., grain and seed dealers, was born in Bourbon
County, Ky., from there going to Bourbon County, Kan., where he established business in
1872, representing the only exclusive grain and seed firm in the city, and the largest and
oldest on the Texas Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. They have introduced into
the trade what is known as the loansystem, getting a loan of castor beans and flax seed from
Eastern firms, and then paying the seed back. This business has grown of late years until
it is becoming a most important trade. The crops of beans and flax are less afflicted by
drought than the cereals, and are not so subject to the depredations of chinch bugs and grass-
hoppers. In addition to this, a price is made with the farmer for the crop, which saves them
ae the fluctuations of the markets. Mr. Davis was a farmer before coming to Bourbon

ounty, Kan. . =

Miss J. N. DAVIDSON, teacher in Room 9, Central School, is a native of Vinton
County, Ohio. She attended the village school in childhood, afterward going to the high
school at Wilkville. In 1871, they came to Kansas, and she attended the publicschool in Fort
Scott, and finally graduated in high school and ormal course under Prof. Dilworth, and
after an examination in 1875, received a first class certificate, and commenced teaching in
Room 5, Central School. In 1876, she went to Parsons, and eae in the grammar school.
In the spring of 1878, taught a district school, and then returned to Fort Scott, teaching in
Room 7, but in 1882 was promoted to Room 9, where sheis now industriousiy engnee is

SILAS ADDISON DAY, publisher of the Herald and Record, was born at New Albany,
Ind., November 4, 1842. His father was 8. C. Day, a native of New Jersey, a wholesale
dry goods merchant of New Albany, and is now a private banker of that place. His mother
was a native of Kentucky, her maiden name being Harriet N. McClung. Silas A. Day re-
ceived the rudiments of his education at the New Albany High School, and at Tonsley’s
Academy. He then attended successively Miami University, Oxford, Ohio ; Hanover Col-
lege, Indiana, where he graduated in 1863; attended medical lectures in Paris, France, dur-
ing the winter of 1863-64; attended the Polytechnic Institute at Btuttente Se: in the
summer of 1864, and attended law lectures in Tubingen, Germany, during the following
winter. Returning to New Albany, he was admitted to the bar in 1866, and practiced law
there until March, 1869, when he-moved to Fort Scott, and followed the practice of his pro-
fession until January, 1871; having the preceding fall been elected Probate Judge of Bour-
bon County, he at that time (January, 1871) entered upon the duties of that office, in which
he was continued until January, 1877. In the fall of 1876, he was elected to the State ies
lature in which he served one term as Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Re-
turning to Fort Scott, he resumed, and continued the practice of law until February, 1882,
when he purchased the Herald, a weekly ney at In June, 1882, he established the
Buening Herald, and in September, he purchased the Record, combined that paper with
the Herald, and- now publishes the consolidated papers under the name of the ferald and
Record, as a weekly paper, in addition to the publication of the Huening Herald asa daily.
He was married in June, 1868, to Miss Mary E. McMillen, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have
had five children, all of whom have died. 7 Zl

CHARLES DE.MOISEY, teacher in Room 4; native of East Tennessee; born in 1851.
In his youth, although having school advantages, he took little interest in them, and at the
age of fourteen he had made but little,progress. At this time, his father had lost his prop-
erty, and he was awakened to the necessity of having an education, so he went to Cincin-

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nati, and while there attended the Chickering Institute, and in 1869 got a position on the
Government survey under Col. Averett. Here he developed his talent as a draftsman, and
was alloted the best position on the corps. He was afterward employed on the Southern
Pacific Railroad, by T. Scott. In 1875, he started to California, and went up the Gila River,
On reaching San Antonia, he returned, and came to Bourbon County; went to farming and
teaching. He taught-in Marmaton for three years; then came to Fort Scott, and took charge
of the east school in 1882, In 1881, he married Miss Gordon. They reside on their farm on
Section 19, which is a convenient ride from his school.

FERD DE STWOLINSKT, mining engineer, was born in Germany December 1, 1840, and
educated at mining and engineering institutions in that country. He was for twelve years
an officer in the French-Belgium Sociele Anonyme des Mines et Monderies de Zinc de la Vielle
Montague. He came to America in 1869, and was in the employ of Matthiessen A. Hegelar
Zine Company, at La Salle, Ill, for six years and a half, erecting their concentrating works.
He afterward removed to Missouri, and erected the machinery for Mine Las Motte Company,
Desloge Lead Company and several other works of similar character in Southeastern Mis-
souri. He was next employed in erecting the extensive concentrating works of the Granby
Smelting & Mining Company in Joplin, and other works in that vicinity. He removed to
Fort Scott in 1881, and has since been employed with the Fort Scott Foundry & Machine
Shops, in the capacity of mining and mechanical engineer, and having entire charge of their
mining department. The mining machinery built by the Fort Scott Foundry & Machine
Works has the reputation of being the best in the country, and is all put up under the per-
sonal supervision of Mr. De Stwolinski, he giving his entire attention to this particular kind
of work. He has put up machinery extensively in Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico,
Mexico and the far western mining regions.

i. E. DIX, agent, native of Lawrence, Kan.; born in 1860. He commenced November
12, 1878, as operator at Olathe for the K.,C.& F.S.&G.R.R.; has had four stations since
then, and has acted as last agent. In 1882, he was appointed agent at Fort Scott, the best
station on the road. -

ALBERT DOUD, dentist, came to Olathe, Kan., in September, 1868, and was engaged
in the practice of his profession there until he came to Fort Scott December 25, 1879. He
has been engaged in the practice of dentistry about fifteen years. He was born near Peru,
Ind., April 27, 1842, and received his education principally in that town. He served in Com-
pany K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in 1864, for about four
months, his regiment doing service in Alabama and Tennessee most of the time. He is a
member and Past President of the Kansas State Dental Society, a member of the A., F. & A,
M., and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, Dr. Doud was married, at Olathe, Sep-
tember 15, 1870, to Manett Whitcomb, a native of Vermont. They have four children—
Winnifred, Manetta, Alberta and Sarah Lydia.

CHARLES F. DRAKE, President of Bank of Fort Scott, came to Fort Scott in June.
1858. At the time of his arrival, it was a village of about 200 inhabitants, Col. Hiero Wilson,
merchant; Benjamin Riggens, later at Kansas City, and now in the West mining, and Drs.
Hill and Little being the principal business men. Fe immediately engaged in the hardware’
and tinware trade, establishing the first hardware store in that region, and drawing his
trade principally from Missouri. In 1862, he closed out his stock, and the troops oceupied
his building for some time, he afterward returning, and remaining in business there until
1876. He organized the First National Bank in Fort Scott, acting as Vice President until
1877, and then as Cashier until 1880, and also,the Fort Scott Bank, which is owned as a part-
nership by Charles F. Drake, President; Charles Nelson, Cashier, and Charles F. Martin
Assistant Cashier. They doa poneral banking business, and are largely interested in farm-
ing. Mr. Drake isa native of Mount Vernon, Knox County. He was born September 1
1882, and resided there until he came to Kansas. He was elected a member of the Kansas
State Legislature in 1863, there being but three votes against him. He secured the assage
of the law, locating the county seat, by a vote of the people, and in 1864 organized he first
school district in Fort Scott, and, he being Secretary of the School Board, transacted the
burden of the business. He has since held various local offices, serving the city as Mayor,
Councilman and City Treasurer, and in 1865 was a candidate for State Senator. He. is the
proprietor of the Fort Scott Cement Works, one of the most complete works of the kind in
the country, employing from twenty to forty men, and having a capacity for crushing and

rinding about one hundred barrels fer day, and one-fifth owner of the Goodlander Flour-
ing Mill & Elevator ae Mr. Drake is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and for thirty
years belonged to the I. 0. O. F.

JOHN EMMERT, real estate agent, is a native of Washington County, was born in
1813, near Hagerstown, where he was raised on the farm, and engaged in farming till 1872
when he came West, and located in Fort Scott. He married in Maryland, and has eight
children. His son William is mining and storekeeping in Mexico; John H. is in the emp oy
of the Gulf Railroad; Charles is in the West End Grocery with J. P. Robens; Miss Louisa is
clerking in J. M. Bright’s store; Miss Helen is a teacher in the central school building, and
he has three married daughters in Maryland, wives of farmers. :

END & HAFER, merchant tailors, established August 1, 1881. J. F. End was the
founder of the business, and started it in 1881. He is a native of France, and was born
March 22, 1853. His knowledge of the business was gained in France. He worked at it three
years in Paris; from there he came to New York in 1871, moving thence to St. Louis, and
worked for F. W. Luhre, clothing house, and then going to Mexico, Mo. He came from
there to Fort Scott in 1873. He remained until 1877, and went back to St. Louis, comin
back in 1880. He worked for H. Brown one year, and then bought F. O. Baker out. The
firm was then End & Miller. He then, on the 1st of January, bought Miller’s interest, and
in May took Mr. J. Hater into the firm. Mr. End married Miss Karlleskint, of Fort Scott.
They have one child. Mr. Hafer is a native of Franklin County, Penn.; born in 1836. He
learned his trade in Mansfield, Ohio, and then traveled over the county looking for a loca-
tion, and settled in Napoleon, Ohio, where he remained until the opening of the war, and
then enlisted in the Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B; served as Commis-
sary Sergeant, and _was holding his commission as First Lieutenant; but resolved to not use
it, 80 returned to Napoleon, Ohio, soon after going to Ligonier, Noble Co., Ind. In the fall”
ot 1866, he went to work for Strauss Brothers. Leaving them in 1870, he came to Humboldt.
Kansas, and opened a shop, where he stayed until February, 1882, when he went to Nevada,
Mo., and opened there; but not liking it, he came to Fort Scott, and went into his present
business. He married in Napoleon, Ohio. They have three children.

FRANCIS FERREE, farmer, Section 23. He is a native of Clinton County, Penn., and
there learned his trade, “plastering,” at which he has worked in connection with farming
ever since. In 1838, he moved to Quincy, Ill., where he went to farming, and there met his
wife in 1855, Miss Sarah A. Ogle, of St. Clair County, [1]. She comes of Kentucky blood, her

andfather moving from there to Illinois with a part of his slaves, set them free in
Illinois; and in early times her father came near losing his life while on a load of hay on
the road going to Belleville, the county seat, being shot at by the Indians. She is some rela-
tion to the Oglebys of that section. Her folks still live there. In 1860, he moved to Kansas.
locating on Section 24, and remained till the war troubles drove him away. He went back
to Quincy, IIL, in 1861, passing through many perils and returning after theswar, he lived in
Fort Scott from 1868 to 1876, when he returned to the farm. They havea family of five, one
deceased. Two of these children were twins, John W. and Benjamin F. My. Ferree is a
Republican in politics and has held some township offices. The twins weighed at their
birth, respectively, two and a half and three pounds.
BENJAMIN FILES came to Kansas in March, 1859, and went to Colorado and Texas
the same year, returning and locating permanently in Fort Scott, November 8, 1862. He has
been engaged in the livery business in his present location since that time. eis a member
of the I. 0. 0. F., and was Alderman of the Second Ward one term, also City Marshal one
term. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 27, 1837, and lived in that State, Canada
and Michigan until he came to Kansas. He was married in Fort Scott on November 12
1868, to Mary Watson. She is a native of New York, and her parents were early settlers at
Fort Scott, having come there in 1859. They have one child, Cora.

PROFESSOR H. FRANKENBURGER, County Superintendent of Public Instruction
came to Kansas in April, 1870, and located at Fort Scott, engaging in the business of con-
tracting and building for about eighteen months. He then taught in the district schools of
the county for one year, and was then, until 1880, Principal of the East Fort Scott School
holding during this time the office of Clerk of the Board of Education. In 1880, he was
elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was born in Leesburg, Mercer
Co., Penn., June 7, 1839, and lived there until 1844, when he went to Lawrence County, Penn.,
making that his home until 1855, graduating in the meantime at the Mahoning Valley
Academy. He then went to Wisconsin and located in Green County, near Monroe, residing
there until he came to Kansas. Ife was married to Ann Groves August 21, 1857, They
have six children—Clara Irene, Henry (vant, Lewis Smith, John Martin, Frank Rawlin
and Mamie Tot. Mr. Frankenburger enlisted August 2, 1864, in Company D, Thirty-eighth
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and served until the close of the war. He isa
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member of the Grand Army of the Republic and I. 0.0.1. In the fall of 1882, he was
re-elected_to the office of County Superintendent_and also Q. M. of W. H. Lytle Post, No. 32,
Grand Army of the Republic,

_ THOMAS GALLAGHER, proprietor of the East Wall Street House, is a native of Ly-
coming County, Penn.; was born in 1806. In that pastoral State it was not astonishing that
he should have been raised on a farm. The old State was new at that time, as Mr. G. can
remember some things of the Revolutionary times; though loving the old place, he concluded
to go West for his health ; so, in 1860, he moved to Freeport, Ill, staying there till he came to
Fort Scott, or more properly speaking, to his farm in Bourbon County, where he lived till
1878, where he opened his boarding house. He has been married twice, once in 1833, and
last time, to Miss Isabella F. Grier, of Pennsylvania, in 1858. Her father was a Presbyterian
minister, and remained in one church for fifty-three years. Mr. Thomas Gallagher has been
a member of the same church for fifty years ; his wife, for forty; by his last marriage, he has
but one child—Miss Lizzie Bell; by the first marriage, John C. William, who died in the
army, Harry, Clay and Philip M., a civil engineer, now in Montana, besides two daughters
married in Pennsylvania, William Gallagher, a nephew, came to Kansas in 1859; he is now
living in Independence.

RS. J. M. GALLOWAY, teacher in Room 7, Central School, is a native of Bridgeton,
Cumberland Co., Penn. Her first school experience was the child school or kindergarten
of an old lady that lived near, and when thirteen years of age was taken by the Rey. H. J.
Vandyke, who prepared her for her profession. At the age of sixteen, she attended Mount
Holyoke Female Seminary at South Hadley, Mass. She graduated from here when twenty-
one years of age, then, on

oing to Philadelphia, she took a full course of mathematics,
and then went to St. Louis

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Principal in Stoddart’s Addition. She had married Mr, John M, Galloway in 1869, and the

next year came to Kansas and entered the professional field, teaching in the public school
under Prof. McKinney, and afterward she opened a private school, where she taught her
pupils the higher branches, fitting young men and_ ladies for the university. She num-
bers among her pupils many of the leading young business men of the city. She is now
in the Central School, Room No. 7. Mr. Galloway is a well-read first-class lawyer in every
respect. 2
B. F. GARDINER, proprietor of the Fort Scott Cement Works, was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, May 22, 1842. At the breaking-out of the civil war, he was in New Mexico, where, in
April, 1861, he enlisted in the Seventh United States Infantry, was taken pes arolled,
and subsequently discharged. He re-enlisted in December, 1862, in the One Hundred and
Twenty-fitth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out in September, 1865, with the
rank of First Lieutenant, and in command of Company D of that egiment. He was with
the army of the Cumberland during most of his service, and was in all the engagements of
his command. At the close ot the war he returned to Cincinnati and was engaged in the
lumber business ; three years after which he returned to Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he
was connected with the John Cooper Engine Manulacturing Company until 1876, when he
entered the United States Internal Revenue Department as gauger and storekeeper until
-1878, when he went to Carthage, Mo. In January of the following year, he went to
Fort Scott and engaged in the manufacture of cement. He isa member of the A., F. & A.
M., I. 0. O. F., and the K. of P., and is at present a member of the School Board. He was
married at Mount Vernon, Ohio, December 25, 1865, to Ella M. Martin, a native of Mount
Vernon. They have two children, Eda D. and Charles H.

E. N. GILFILLAN, of the Gilfillan Flag Stone Company, is a native of Mercer County,
Penn. ; was born in 1852, and received a mercantile education. Prior to this he lived on the
farm, and here they opened up the quarry of flag stone that is now supplying vast quan-
tities. He commenced his commercial experience with Bright Bros., staying some five years,
and then going into Westervelt & Co.’s as clerk. In ‘April, 1881, they formed a company,
and he gave his attention to the stone business. In 1872, he married Miss E. Lockwood, of
Eee Scott. They have one babe and have lost one. Mr. Gilfillan belongs to the Knights of

onor

JOHN GLUNZ, harness manufacturer and dealer in hides and leather, wholesale and
retail, came to Kansas in 1862, and located at Leavenworth, where he was engaged in his pres-
ent business until 1868, when he removed to Fort Scott. His business has increased from $7,000
to $80,000 per annum, and he employs thirteen hands. He has been Alderman of the First
Ward several years, and a member of the School Board; and is now serving his second year
as Mayor of the city. He is Vice President of the First National Bank, one of the directors
of the Fort Scott, Topeka & Lincoln Railroad, and member of the I. O. O. F., and of the Or-
der of Red Men. Mr. Glunz was born in Prussia, October 7, 1842, and came to America in
1847 and located at Weston, Mo. That was his home until he went to St. Louis, eighteen
months before coming to Kansas. He was married at Hermann, Mo., October 6, 1869, to
Bertha Christel, a native of that place. They have six children—Julia, Hedwick, Bertha
John George, Leslie and Walter.

GEORGE W. GOODLANDER, architect and builder. Heisanative of Northumberland
County, Penn. Born February 24, 1840; arrived in Fort Scott December 13, 1864, and worked
with C. W. Goodlander till 1870, at the carat trade, and married Miss Mead, of Fort Scott,
in 1870. They have a family of two children. He then in partnership with A. McAllister
worked at the trade till 1872, when he went into the business alone, having dissolved part-
nership; he has planned and built the following buildings since 1872: Built on the burnt
district on Market Square, seven business houses, and the Rodecker & Co. Block ; in 1873,
the following in Oswego: a business block two-stories high, and then built a business house
for Raymond & Officer in Girard, Kan.; built residence for Charles Nelson in Fort Scott.
George W. Goodlander constructed large brick barn for John Mead and business house on
Main street for same party and A. A. Byington; architect for D. Prager’s residence. Built
Third Ward Schoolhouse ; was architect for Drake’s Block, also, for business house and resi-
dence for Col. Huntington; was architect and builder of the Odd Fellows Hall, built the Knox
House, and residence of John Gluntz ; architect of J. Kirby’s residence in the country, also,
of Archy Thompson’s. In the last year, has completed a mission school in Indian Territory
for Creek Indians at a cost of $24,000, remodeled bank of Paul Thornton & Co., Nevada, Mo.,
business house for H. P. Hildebrand. In the méantime he has had two shops burned, one
in 1873 and one in 1874.

ELMER ELLSWORTH GOODLANDER, was born in Fulton, Ill., July 24, 1861, and
came to Kansas with his parents in 1863. He received his education in Baker University,
Baldwin, Kansas, and at the Northwestern University of Evanston, Ill. He isason of Sam-
uel Goodlander.

SAMUEL OSBURN GOODLANDER established the first furniture in Southwestern
Kansas at Fort Scott in 1863. He commenced business as.a cabinet maker in a room 14x20
feet, doing all of his own work, making tables, coffins, etc., and doing a little painting, and
in the fall of 1865 got a small stock on from Kansas City and Leavenworth, [From this very
small beginning his sales have increased to over $65,000 in 1881, and he now Suey twenty-
five men. They manufacture walnut beds, and tables of walnut and poplar. r. Good-
lander is a member of the I. O. O. F., subordinate lodge and encampment, A. O. U. W., Board
of Trade and the Methodist Episcopal Church; 4vas a member of the School Board for four
years. He was born in Milton, orthumberland County, Penn., December 31, 1835. He
learned his trade and lived in Pennsylvania until about 1896, when he went to Fulton, mak-
ing that his home until he came to Kansas. He was married at Lewisburg, Penn,, in Sep-
tember, 1859, to Sarah Catherine Price, a native of that city. They have three children—
Ella Etta, Elmer Ellsworth and Charles Wesley.

JACOB GOTTLIEB, grocer, came to Kansas in 1870, and has been éngaged in the live-
stock business since that time, his business now amounting to from $10,000 to $15,000 per
month, He has also been engaged in the grocery business since September, 1881, in partner-
ship with Charles Love. Mr. Gottlieb was born in Prussia in June, 1841, and came to Amer-
ica in 1858, and located in Saline County, Mo., where he was engaged in the live-stock busi-
ness and general merchandise at Brownsville until he came to Kansas, He was then in the
merchandise business at Baxter Springs for one year, and at Pleasanton for the same length
of time. He was married in Fort Scott in March, 1873, to Ida Thaus, a native of Wisconsin.
They have five children—Herman, Jessie, Elm, Blanche and Fred. Mr. Gottlieb is a mem-
ber of the “ Briar Brith” of Sedalia.

\ AUGUSTUS GRAFT, insurance agent, came to Fort Scott September 1, 1866, and en-
gaged in merchant tailoring until November 1, 1881, when he entered the insurance busi-
ness,. He is a member of the I. 0, O. F., and the K. of H., and has been a member of the
School Board for several years. He was born in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Rudolstadt,
Germany, September 24, 1830, and came’ to America in 1849, and located at Buffalo, N. Y.
After stopping there nine months he went to Waukegan, and fifteen years later to Jackson-
ville, which was his home until he came to Fort Scott; he was married at Waukegan, IIl., in
May, 1853, to Mary A, Zimmerman. She died in 1879, leaving four children—Emma M.,
Fannie M., Ida and Edwin F. He was married to his present wife, Hattie Harbin, Novem-
ber 11, 1881. She is a native of Missouri, but was reared in Kansas. Her father, John Har-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

bin, first came to Kansas in 1855, and removed to Fort Scott in 1857. He was killed near
Baxter Springs while serving in the Union army during the late war,

Cc. W. GRAEN, wholesale and retail druggist, commenced the drug business in Fort
Scott in 1868, and was in partnership with Jacob Rush until 1874. The firm has since been
C. W. Graen. & Co., his present partner being E. Lowe. Mr. Graen is a native of Prussia,
and came to America in 1856, ree sag For two years subsequent to his-arrival in Indiana,
and then in Illinois. He enlisted at Bloomington, in April, 1861, in the Thirty-third Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry, and after serving in that regiment fourteen months, joined the
Third Kentucky Cavalry and served in that regiment until the close of the war. Af-
ter leaving the army he was employed in the construction of the U. P. R. R. in Utah, until
he came to Kansas; he is a member of the A., F. & A. M., A. O. U. W., Red Men, and the G,
A.R: Mr. Graen was married in Fort Scott July 1, 1872, to Ida, donshter of Hon. D. P..
Lowe, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two children—Hazel Maud and Percey
Edon.

E. GRANT, superintendent for Keith & Perry, coal mines, Scaramonville, Cherokee
County, was born in Oxford County, Maine, August 6, 1836; was raised on a farm and re-
ceived a common school education; learned the carpenter’s trade and followed it ten years
in Wisconsin ; was in the army three years; came to Kansas in 1869; stopped at Fort Scott
and began coal operations. Had charge of the old Fort Scott Mining Company, getting
there before the railroad was built. Mr. Grant was married to Miss Bertha Nydick, of Wis-
consin, in 1860 They have five children—Ivan, Fred, Lillie, Nellie and Perry.

REV. ELIHU GUNN, D. D., pastor of the first Baptist Church of Fort Scott, was born
at Montague, Mass., January 3, 1818, and isa son of Elihu P. Gunn, a farmer and native of
that place, his ancestors being among its early settlers. Samuel Gunn, earliest known ances-
tor, lived in Sunderland, Mass., one of the original forty proprietors of the town; date of
death unknown. Nathaniel Gunn, son of the above, born at Hatfield, Mass., August 1,
1693, died in Montague, November 29, 1779, aged eighty-six; married four wives, named re-
spectively, Dickinson, Belden, Ballard and Wells. Nathaniel Gunn, son of above, born in
Monta ue, Mass., February 4, 1726, died in Montague, April 22, 1807, aged eighty-one. Dor-
othy Marsh, his wife, died July 183, 1805. Elihu Gunn, son of above, born November 10,
1765 ; died “pul 27, 1851. Elihu P. Gunn, born December 18, 1792. Elihu Gunn, the subject
of this sketch, was educated at Franklin Academy, Mass., and at Madison University, N. Y.,

raduating from the literary department of that institution in 1847, and afterward taking a
fall theological course from which he graduated in 1849. He was ordained in 1849, and sta-
tioned at Keokuk, Iowa, for eight years, and was afterward President of the Central Uni-
versity at Pella, lowa, for five years; he was then pastor of the Baptist Church at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, for nine years, and came to Atchison in 1870. He was there pastor of the
Baptist Church for three years, and subsequently resided at Lawrence for four years before
coming to Fort Scott, holding the office of General Superintendent of home missions for
Kansas during that period. He was married at North Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., in
August, 1849, to Amy Barrett, a native of Vermont. They have five children—Charles E., a”
inerchant and Postmaster at Calhoun, Mo.; Amy A., now Mrs. .G.S. Warn, of Fort Scott;
William C., Edward L., and Abbie F., now Mrs. W. H. Baker of Fort Scott. Mr. Gunn had
the a aes of D. D. bestowed upon him in 1880, by the institution of which he was for-
merly President in Iowa.

 

A. A. HARRIS was born in Simpson County, Ky. January 16, 1838, of Scotch-Irish
parentage. Was brought up on a farm, receiving but a limited education; served in Mor-
re Cavalry of the Confederate ae from 1861 to the surrender. Settled at Lebanon,
‘enn., and commenced the practice of law in September, 1865. Married Miss Belle Evans,
daughter of R. J. Evans, Esq,, a prominent and ighly respected citizen of Lebanon, Ma)
29,1866. Removed to lort Scott, April, 1871, since which time he has been actively engag
in the practice of his profession, having now a large and lucrative business. Mr. ocris
stands very high as a lawyer, and is especially distinguished as an advocate. He mingles
ee eee a although” he was an Elector-at-large, on the Democratic Presidential
E. J, HALL, specialist in native wood works, shop on corner Main and Burch,
came to Kansas in 1870, and located at Fort Scott where his first work was done in a foun-
dry, but on the 4th of July he took his first job on Mr. Potter’s house, and then a house
for. Mr. Sinzc, also the Centreville Church. Being a superior mechanic, he confines himself
to the finer quality of work. He hasdone some very fine finishing and ornamental work for
many parties in Fort Scott. In 1880, he moved his shop or place of business from Locust
ek a me Pent atand it he 1s non en ne parlors in black walnut for C. H. Mor-
: , Mrs. Dr. Hall, is. a graduate of the femal i i i
Penn., and has been practicing since 1871. Ne eae Oe eae Seok
x 8. E. HALL, engineer on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, is a native of the
tate of Illinois, Putnam County ; was raised in La Salle and Bureau counties. They then
moved to Iowa, and from there 8. i. went to work in the yard of Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad. For George H. Littleton he has been workin: since commencing in
1862, and going to Hannibal he ran an engine on the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad, where he
worked, a number of years; then taking the Chicago & Kansas City Express, and for 2
while he ran an engine on Iron Mountain Railroad, Missouri, when he came to Fort Scott
in 1879, and worked on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad running below Fort
Scott most of the time. His father was a native of Virginia. G. B. Hall, his grandfather,
was in the war of 1812, and his great-grand father was in the Revolutionary war. The noted
massacre by the Indians of the Hall family which took place in Illinois, near where Ottawa
ay stands, is a matter of history. From this terrible scene his father and an uncle escaped.
1s experience in enginecring is not unmixed with danger, as he has turned over with the

 
“America he concluded to enter the ministry, attending and graduating from Bexley

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engine three times, and jumped from the engine seven times; his right ankle joint being
the only sound one about him. In 1861, he married Miss Shepard of Kentucky, and they
have a family of three children—Minetta, Lena E., and Harry E., who has taken the pre-
mium as finest baby at the Brookfield, Mo., Fair; his brother,
serving under Sherman; William J., Ezra M. and Leonard Hall are in California, while his
sutey ee lives net te srene « of the msssacve in Illinois,

5. D. , farmer, Section 12, P. O. Fort Scott, is a native of Allegheny County, Penn.
born January 17,1833. In 1852, with his parents, he moved to Washington ounig: Ohi, where
he engaged in farming until 1857, when he went to Iowa, from there to Mississippi, locating
in Southwestern Missouri, and went into the nursery business in Dade County. In 1860, he
sold fruit trees all eae this part of Kansas, but went into the pump business in Illinois
in 1863, and returned to Kansas, and when they were burned out he and his brother brought
the remnant of their nursery stock to Bourbon County in 1864, carried on business until
1867, when he sold, and has since carried ona stock and grain farm, having an improved
place with fine orchard. Mr. Hart married Miss Kern in 1869, They have four boys and
four girls, He has received from the hands of the people an office of high trust, being
elected as a Representative on the Greenback ticket in 1874. His fortune has been check-
ered, however, for in 1879 he lost most all he had by fire. Mr. Hart has always been:an act-
ie wouee in building up the public schools of the State, and is a member of the Christian

urch.

BENJAMIN HARTLEY, rector of the Episcopal Church, was born in Scotland, Sep-
tember 9, 1837. In early life his tastes as an artist were developed, and he attended the
Royal Scottish Art School of Edinburgh; while educating himself in this way he also be-
came a printer, thus gaining the wherewith to pursue his chosen profession ; after coming to
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the theological school_of Kenyon College, the same seminary from which have graduate
R. J. M. Kendrick, C. E. Butler and D. W. Coxe, all of these penilemea having pyensied Mr.
Hartley in Fort Scott. In 1864, he left Gambier, Ohio, and went as a missionary to Liberia
and the western coast of Africa. While here he met his wife, then Miss Griswold, of New
York ; on returning to the United States he preached in Brighton, Mass., then in Holliston,
though suffering from African malaria; he also ministered to the souls’ wants of congrega-
tions in Blossburg, Penn., then in Br: dgeton, N. J., where he remained until 1879, when he
was called to Fort Scott, Kan., succeeding Rev. Daniel W.Coxe in the charge. Mr. Hart-
ley’s parents were both of a ae birth ; he has now a family of three children, two boys
and one girl—Kenneth, Randolph S. and Carrie Griswold. Mrs. H. has written quite a num-
ber of books for the Sabbath school, and he continues his art and instructs in drawing and
painting. He has quite a number of exquisite oil paintings in his studio.
: M.D, HARTMAN, ice dealer, was born in Lycoming County, Penn., in 1840; his trade
is that of the miller, having learned that in 1858; he worked in the mill till 1861, when he
enlisted in the Eleventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company C, and served till 1865;
was mustered out in Madison; he then went back to Pennsylvania, where he engaged in
canal boat running, but lost money at that, and came West ; he intended settling in Missouri,
but came to Fort Scott, Kan., in 1867, and bought an interest in a mill on the Marmaton
River, with A. J. Evans, but in 1870 went to Marshall, Texas, and went into the ice business,
shipping from St. Louis. He came back to Fort Scott in 1877, and built ice houses, and in
1881 built a fine residence on land on Section 31, Scott Township, where he lives, attending
fruit growin gand his ice business. In 1868, he married Miss Tincher of Fort Scott.

UCAS M. HAVENS, Assistant Postmaster, was born in what is now Columbus, Ohio,
March 8, 1836, and received his education at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware,
Ohio. Hecame to Kansas December 15, 1858, and located at Wyandotte, remaining there
until October, 1861. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant of a company by Gov. Rob-
inson in June, 1861, and was about to start for Kansas City to be sworn into the Second

ansas Regiment, when he was disabled by the fall of a building at Wyandotte. Twenty-
five of the company were ae in the same accident, most of them so severely as to be
incapacitated for service. J. H. Harris was Captain of the company at the time. Lieut.
Havens received injuries in his right wrist, and was badly crippled in his right leg, being
still obliged to carry a cane in consequence of the accident, He returned to Columbus,
Ohio, in October, 1861, and remained there until November 19, 1868. He then came to Fort
Scott, and was employed in a banking house as book-keeper until January 1, 1869, and has
since held his present position as Assistant Postmaster. He was married at Lafayette, Ind.,
February 3, 1857, to Ruth E. Van Fossen, a native of Homer, Mich. They have three chil-
dren—Joseph D., Effie G. and John C. : :
CAPT. CHARLES H. HAYNES, merchant, came to Fort Scott April 1, 1857, and opened
a lumber factory on Locust street, on the banks of “Buck Run,” now the ravine between
the Gulf Railroad and West Fort Scott. In 1858, he removed the mill to where Johnson's
brick-yard is now situated, and continued in business there until April, 1861, when he en-
tered the army. He enlisted: in the Sixth Kansas Cavalry as Second Lieutenant, and in 1862
raised and was appointed Captain of Company B, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry. In August,
1865, he was paid and distharged at Lawrence and returned to Fort Scott, where he has
since been engaged in mercantile pursuits. He is also considerably interested in farming,
having farms both in Kansas and Missouri, and has represented the Second Ward in the
Common Council. Capt. Haynes was born at Hoosack, N. Y., November 27, 1827. When
eleven years of age, he removed With his parents to Fremont, Ohio, and that was his home
. until 1857, He is amember of the A., F. & A.M., Royal Arch Chapter, of the G. A. R.
and of the Speer Church. He’was married at Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio, December .20,
1855, to, Miss Jennie Hoyle, a native of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. They have two children liv-
ing, Kate and Jennie, and Jost three—a son and a daughter who died in infancy, and
~Blanche, who died when eighteen years of age. . .
J. J. HAZELTON, station baggage master for the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Rail-
road, Fort Scott. A native of Licking County, Ohio. He was born in 1838, His early life
was spent on a farm, there learning the carpenter’s trade. He worked at that until 1862,
when he enlisted in the Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Veteran, Company C,
and was mustered out as a Second Lieutenant in 1865. Was wounded at the battle of Vicks-
burg and also at Jackson. He returned to Marshall County, Ind., and worked for T., P. W.
R.R. and the I. B. W.R. R. at bridging work. Coming to Fort Scott in 1872, he went to
work for the Kansas City, Fort. Scott & Gulf Railroad. Was on a switch engine awhile,
then in the freight department and on the police force, and then in the baggage department.
In 1880, he was appointed general baggage master. In 1860, he married Miss Lizzie John-
son of Ohio, They havea family of four children, three boys and one girl. Two of his
pers . G. and A.J. Hazelton, are working at the foundry. Mr. Hazelton belongs to the

MARTIN HEINE, Sr., retired liquor dealer, was born in Baden, Germany, October 29,
1824, He learned shoemaking in the old country, and emigrated to America in 1847. When
he arrived here he started on quite an extended tour from Wheeling, Va. He visited St.
Louis, Mo., Burlington, Iowa, Memphis, Tenn., Hollow Springs, Miss., through Georgia to
Charlestown, 8. C., Richmond, Va., Washington, D. C., back to Wheeling, Va., where he in
1850 married Miss Magdalene Geist. In 1851, he moved to Wellsville, Ohio, then to Cleve-
land. He went back to Wheeling, but in 1854 we find him keeping a saloon and boarding
house in Cleveland. He then moved to Canada, and at different places worked at his trade
and saloon keeping and butchering. In 1857, he moved to Cleveland and then to Louisville,
from there to Paducah, then on the Cumberland River to Cadiz, where he made in sixteen
months $450. He then went to Elktown, Todd Co., Ky. This was in 1859. In 1863, he went
to Henderson, on the Ohio River, to avoid the war trouble, but returned and stayed until
1869; he had visited Kansas in 1868, and selected Fort Scott as the finest location. Bought
a lot on Scott avenue, 100x120 feet, and built in 1869 a residence that cost $2,800. He worked
at his trade for a month, and then on the staff of the newspaper called the Post. He then
went into the liquor business, until the prohibition law shut him up. He belongs to the
I. 0.0. F. and the Red Men, and to the Masonic fraternity in Kentucky. He has a daugh-
ter, Mary T., born in Fort Scott September 6, 1869, and a son, Martin Heine, Jr., who keeps
the new dining hall built by him in 1881. Martin, Jr., was born in 1851; has been a com-
pear and reporter in the Monitor News office. He was married in 1882. Mr. Heine is

ighly respected for the honesty and integrity which mark all his actions. He was born in
Vorenbach, Baden, Germany, and came to Fort Scott in 1868. When he landed in New
York he had $320 in his pocket. : :

M.M. HELLMAN, wholesale and retail groeel came to Fort Scott in December, 1866,
and in February, 1867, opened a wholesale and retail grocery store, having for the first few
years two partners in the business. Since 1872, he has carried on the business alone. | In
addition to his grocery business, he has a stock farm in Marmaton Township, which he gives
his personal supervision. He was born in Bavaria, December 10, 1835, and came to America
in 1852, and located in Peru, Ill., making that his home for two years. His home was then
in California for twelve years, and subsequently at St. Louis, nearly a year before coming to

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Kansas, He was married in St. Louis in November, 1868, to Emily Lederman, a native of
Baden, Germany. They have four children, Harry, Milton, Minnie and Rudolph. Mr.
Hellman is Secretary and Treasurer of the Hebrew Relicf Association.

WILLIAM R. HENRY, merchant, came to Fort Scott in February, 1871, but engaged
in no active business for himself until 1874, when he entered upon the pursuit of agricult-
ure. In the spring of 1876, he began to deal in agricultural implements, seeds, grain, wag-
ons, buggies, etc., under the firm name of Henry & Boyce. This partnership continued for
one year, He was then alone until June, 1880, when the present firm of William R. Henry &
Co. was organized, composed of W. R. Henry and W. J. Robbins. They do almost exclu-
sively a retail business; in January, 1882, D. M. McIntosh became a partner in the firm. Mr.
Henry was born in Hartstown, Crawford Co., Penn., November 20, 1823, and lived there
until about 1854, when he went to Rock Island, Ill. The following year he removed toSioux
City, where he remained until July, 1862. He then enlisted in Company E, Twenty-third
Iowa Volunteer Infantry, as first Lieutenant, and in the fall of the same year became Cap-
tain of the company, having had practical command from the first. He remained in the
service about three years, then, in May, 1865, went to Shreveport, La., where he was ae
in mercantile business until 1867. He was then engaged in the real estate business in New
Orleans for two years, and then removed to Monmouth, where he remained two years before
coming to Tort Scott. He was married to his present wife, Sidney 8. Meason at Uniontown
Penn., September 16, 1863. She isa native ot Fayette County, Penn. They have one child
—Mary M. Mr. Henry is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and the G. A. RB.

BENJAMIN F. HEPLER, M. D., was born in Pennsylvania; emigrated to Missouri in
the winter of 1858, and established himself as physician and surgeon at Nevada, Mo., re~
maining there during the beginning of the war, the hostilities of which were the mitigating
cause of his removing to Fort Scott, Kan., in 1863, and opening adrug store. In 1864, he became
assistant surgeon of the Twenty-fourth Kansas State Militia, Col. Isaac Stadden commanding,
which was called into active service during the Price raid. The Doctor, possessing a social,
enthusiastic spirit and genial nature, was soon acknowledged a necessary acquisition in busi-
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most of the public enterprises of the city, often receiving the seat of honor. The first feat-
ure seemed to be an educational demand, as no feasible Free School system had as yet been
established ; and in 1864, he, with others, organized a School Board, and eventually suc-
ceeded in maintaining literary advantages, and to-day he lives to see the public schools of
Fort Scott “living monuments of honor.” He has been ever since 1865 prominently con-
nected with the various railroad interests of the State, being one of the originators, and al-
ways one of the directory of the railroad chartered as the Tebo & Neosho Railroad Com-
pany in the State of Missouri. The Nevada Times of Nevada, Mo.,in one of its issues of
1869, in speaking of him in connection with this enterprise, calls him the “ Headlight of the
Road.” In 1867, he got up a charter, and selected the charter members for the Missouri, Fort
Scott & Santa Fé Railroad Company, with a view of ultimately merging the two roads into
one, and to further this enterprise, a treaty was conceived and arranged with the Big and
Little Osage tribes of Indians, which treaty was held in May and June of 1868, at the mouth
of Drum Creek, on the Verdigris River, where the town of Independence, Montgomery
County, now is; he and others connected with the directory of the two railroads, met the
Secretary of the Interior with their commissioners speatanes by the President of the United
States, at the time and place appointed to treat with the aforesaid tribes for a body of land
involving 13,000,000 acres, then known as the “Osage Indian Reservation,” to secure a
landed franchise to build the two roads. In October, 1869, the Tebo & Neosho directory sold
their franchises to the Land Grant Railway & Trust Company of New York City, Levi G.
Parsons, President, R. 8. Stevens General Manager, and through whose management the
road was built. under the name of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. He was also con-
nected with the Memphis, Topeka & Fort Scott narrow gauge Railroad, organized in 1870,
and the Laclede & Fort Scott is still a director in that road, also a member of the executive
committee. He holds the position at the present time of assistant surgeon of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, and the Kansas City, Iort Scott & Gulf division, also chief surgeon of
the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad Company. The Bourbon County Agricultural,
Horticultural and Mechanical Society, was organized in 1865, and in 1871 he was elected
President of the society, and at the same time was made President of the Kan-
sas & Missouri District Fair Association, organized in 1871. At an early day he
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in the manufacturing of hydraulic cement, and in July, 1872, became general Super-
intendent, and sold out his interest in 1876. In 1871, he, with others, organized a Town
Stock Company in Crawford County, twenty miles southwest on the line of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway, of which he was elected President, and in -honor of its Presi-
dent they named the town “ Hepler.’ He was one of the le and assisted in organizing
the District Medical Society known as the Southeast Kansas District Medical Society in 1879,
with G. R. Baldwin, M. D., President; F. F. Dickman, Secretary, and in 1880 he himself was
elected President of this society, and in 1881 he became one of the proprietors of the Kansas
Medical Index, ¥. ¥. Dickman, M.D., editor. For a series of years he did very little in a pro-
fessional way, and in 1876 resumed the practice of medicine, since which time he has been very
actively devoted to the interests of his profession, still holding some landed and mining in-
terests in the suburbs of the city and adjoining counties. Thus we see in point of labor he
has been one of the happy mediums through which the populace of the great State of Kan-
sas have been able to prove by united efforts to their posterity the magnitude of advance-
ment and improvement. ‘

GEORGE HERMERLING, proprietor of the Cottage House, native of Louisville, Ky.,
born in 1843. His parents moved to Indiana in 1850, where they farmed. In 1861, he
enlisted in the Fifty-ninth Indiana Infantry, Company G, serving till 1865; he then went
to work fora woe company, and finally came to Fort Scott, where he went into the yard for
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, and worked for the oumeeny till 1880. In 1879,
he started a private boarding house, and in 1880 the Spencer House, but was burned out, so
he built the eee House, at the cost of $1,200, having fourteen rooms. In 1871, he married
Miss Johnson, of Drywood. They have two children. Mr. Hermerling was with Sherman
when he went to the sea, z
, T. L. HERBERT, paints, oils, glass and wall-paper, is a native of Toronto, Can., born in
1845. He learned the trade of painting in Canada, and in 1861 came to Buffalo, N. Y., and
worked at his trade, where he staid till November, 1864, then coming to Fort Scott, Kan., in
December of the same year, but when he arrived was obliged to camp on the other side of
the River Marmaton, on account of the high water. On arriving in Fort Scott, he went to
work for the Government, but was taken sick, and was laid up from December to March 15.
He tried to get to Fort Gibson, but was compelled to come back. In Marchi, he went to
work again, and when the troops were withdrawn he opened a shop for himself in the same
location that he now occupies, it, at that time, being an old building, which was removed
when the present block was built. His business is steadily increasing, being the largest in
the city in this line. In 1873, he added to his stock of paints and paper by buying of J. B.
Campbell his trade in plate glass. Trade is largely increasing and Pees, having put in

‘the following fronts: the National Bank, Boston Store, Rodecker & Co., besides decoratin,
em other large buildings. In 1870, he was married, and is a member of the Episcopa
ureh.

J. D. HILL, Superintendent of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad, was born
in Clermont County, Ohio, in A.D. 1837. He graduated at the Cincinnati Law School in
April, A.D. 1861. Returning home, he immediately enlisted, and served with credit and
distinction during the war. On returning to civil life, he went to Decatur, Ill., and com-
menced the practice of law, and succeeded in Dailaing oP a large and successful business.
In 1873, he came to Fort Scott, and formed a copartnership with Gen. C. W. Blair, and con-
tinued in the practice of his profession with marked success; was County Attorney of Bour-
bon County for one term. as one of the founders of the Kansas Normal College at Fort
Scott, which has taken high rank among the educational institutions of the State. In
1880, he,-in connection with Francis Tiernan, Judge A. M. Ayers and Ira D. Bronson, pro-
cured a charter for the building of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad, and has
been engaged in the building, construction and management of this road since that time.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and peas to the Grand Armyof the Republic.

Z. A. HORNADAY, farmer, Section 16, native of Washington County Ind.; born near
Old Salem in 1832, 2d March. He was engaged in farming there until his health compelled
him to abandon it, then going into the mercantile line, he followed it until he opened in the
hotel business, and in 1876 came West to the State of Kansas. While in Indiana, at the
beginning of the war, he had organized a military company, but his mother’s sickness,
“which was her last,” called him to her side, so he gave up the company. On leaving the
State of Indiana, he traded his land there for the farm he now occupies, taking just one Sec-
tion, or 640 acres, in Bourbon County, which is well known as the “ Pleasant Valley Farm,”
which he farms and uses as a cattle ranch, handling 150 to 200 head of cattle yearly, and fine
wheat and corn crops on the cultivated land, having also in reserve some eee acres of fine
timber, Mr. Hornaday, in 1865, married Miss Jones. They have a family of four children,
two girls and two boys. He is President of the Bourbon ounty Fair Association, and has
been a Mason since 1863, having the degree of Scottish Knights. In 1880, he was elected
County Commissioner.

GEORGE W. HOWE, came to Fort Scott in June, 1866, and was engieed in mercantile
business until his store and stock were destroyed by fire April 23,1873. In November of the
same year he again started in business, and continued until the spring of 1875, when he
engaged in farming on Section 6, Scott Township, about two miles south of the city, and
west of the fair grounds. In September, 1880, he became salesman, stock-keeper and
shipping-clerk for Isaac Stadded, but still carries on his farm, raising principally fruit. Mr.
Howe was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., August 12, 1836, and lived there until the winter of
1856, when he went to St. Louis. He there became connected with the steamboat service, as
freight clerk, and continued on the river, later as pilot, until 1859. He was sworn into the
United States service June 13, 1861, having enlisted in Company C, Eighth Missouri Volun-
teer Infantry, and served until July, 1864, participating in all the engagements of his com-
mand, He has always been actively identified with the epanieen party, and was Chairman
of the Fort Scott Republican Central Committee, when he went on to his farm. He isa
member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the A., F. & A, M., Rising Sun Lodge,

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_ 3B. HUDSON, City Superintendent of Schools, native of Madison County, Ind. He was
born in 1850. He was raised on a farm, and attended district schools; he then attended the
Northwestern Christian University of indianapolis now called ‘Butler University ; leavin,
there he went to Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial College ; he then taught, and afterwar
going to the National Normal, at Lebanon, Ohio. Then going to Illinois, he taught school,

eing Principal in the high school of Ramsey, then to Vandalia eee In 1874, went to
the Indiana University, and in 1875, taught high school in Brazil, Ind. Hethen turned his
attention to the law, commenced reading, and graduated from the Indiana University and
settled in Marshfield, Mo., where he practiced till 1877, when he came to Fort Scott. From
the age of thirteen to fifteen, he was a soldier in the Second Indiana Cavalry, and was pro-
moted to Sergeant. Mr. Hudson is not married,

WILLIAM HUGHES, farmer, Section 6, Fort Scott, native of Wales, Great Britain
born in 1841, was raised a farmer and stock breeder, and in 1871 came to America and
right out to Kansas, locating in Miami County; he then came to Bourbon County, and
rented land till 1881, when he bought a farm near Fort Scott for the benefit of the fine schools
of the city, He is now engaged in grain, fruit and stock farming, making most of hismoney
from cattle. His crops are fine this year; his corn will oe ene ushels to the acre;
oats thirty bushels, and fruit and hay good. In 1867, he married Miss Eliza Hopkins. They
have a family of six children. Mr. Hughes is a Republican, and belongs to the Congrega-
tional Church.

J. 8. JOHNSON, brick manufacturer, is a native of Norwich, Connecticut, born in

1840. While in Norwich helearned bricklaying. In 1861, he wentinto the army, and when he
returned he went into the armory ; when he quit there he went to his trade, and moved to
Cincinnati, Ohio. From there coming west to Leavenworth, Kan., and in 1870 came to Fort
Scott, to work on the Catholic Church, and started a brick yard, manufacturing 10,000 daily,
now increased to 15,000. He is not married.

ENOCH S. J ONES, proprietor of the Tremont House, came to Fort Scott in November,

1880, and in the spring of 1881, founded the Tremont restaurant, conducting it in connection
with the oyster trade, which he carried on quite extensively, until he opened the Tremont
House June 1, 1882. The Tremont firm is Jones & Co. He was born in Stafford County,
England, May 1, 1854, and came to this country and settled in Pennsylvania when eight
years of age. He resided in that State until 1869; then moved to Chicago, and was
clerk in the employ of Burrell & Co., coal dealers, for about two years. He afterward was
General Manager of the Chicago branch department of Midway Coal Co., coal miners of Pitts-
burgh, until the fall of 1874. He was in Alabama two years, in Texas one year, and in the In-
dian Territory nine months, and then returned to Chicago, and remained there a few
months. Mr. Jones was married at Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 10, 1879, to Jean Watson, a native
of Belleville, Ill. They have two children—Hugh and Robert. Mrs. Jones is of Scotch de-
scent; her father was Colonel of the Twenty-second Illinois Volunteers, ~ :

B. W. JORDAN, proprietor of Gulf Dining Hall, a native of Straffordshire, England,
born in 1851. In 1874, he emigrated to America; though he had learned printing, was una-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ble to follow it on account of his eye-sight failing. On landing at Ottawa, he went into the
hotel there, and in 1876, visited the Centennial at Philadelphia; going from there to New
York City, and then to Rochester, where he was employed in that palace of hotels, the Os-
born House, From there, in the course of his travels, he visited Texas in 1877, came to Fort
Scott, going at once into the Wilder House; next, here he opened what was called the Lon-
don Coffee House, where he cleared $1,000in sixteen months, He sold out and went to
Missouri in the cattle business, but did not succeed, and so came back in 1881, and opened
his present stand, and is doing a good business. in Chambersville, Mo., he married Miss
Agnes Skelton, of Coventry, England. They have one little daughter.

MOSES KAISER, cigar manufacturer, came to Kansas in 1869, and located at Leaven-
worth. The following year he removed to poria, which was his home until he came to
Fort Scott'in 1872. e was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in May, 1845, and came to
America in 1856. His home was then at New York for twelve years. He was married at
Fort Scott, in January, 1875, to Bertha Daus, a native of Indiana. Mr. Kaiser is a member
of the A,, F. & A. M.

SIGMUND KAUFMANN, grocer, while on a visit in 1879, being impressed with

‘the wonderful natural advantages of the State, and splendid opportunity for business

enterprise, was induced to establish himself here. Mr. Kaufmann 1s a native of Rhenish
Bavaria, Germany, was born in 1848. When eighteen years old, he came to America, land-
ing in New York; he went to New Orleans, La., and by boat to Shreveport. This was in
the fall of 1866. Going into the general merchandise business, he clerked for N. Hirsch,
After a period of four years he entered a general merchandise business with his father; the
firm was M. M. Kaufmann & Sons, Shreveport, La. They did_a very extensive business at
this time. Sigmund was the buyer. He decided to locate in Kansas cy, but on visiting
Kansas he was convinced of the future of the State and set his stake in Fort Scott to grow
up with the country. So on the 29th of March, 1880, he commenced business in Fort Scott,
carrying a full stock of groceries and queensware, and commands a steadily increasing trade.
In 1877, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Henry Mayer, who is now residing in Paola,
Miami County. Mr. and Mgs. Kauffman have a family of two girls and one boy. He is a
member of the I. 0. O. F., besides belonging to some other societies. .

GUSTAVUS W. KATZUNG, harness manufacturer, came to Fort Scott, December 26,
1873, and has been engaged in the hide, leather and harness business since that time, and in
partnership with John Glunz since 1879. He was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, February
16, 1838, and came to America with his parents November 6, 1849, locating at St. Louis, May
22,1851, and remaining there until January 2, 1863. He then removed to Leavenworth,
Kan., and made that his home until 1869. His next location was at Lawrence, and he re-
moved from there to St. Louis, making that his home until he removed td Fort Scott. He
was married in St. Louis, March 16, 1862, to Mary Wolf, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany.
They have four children—Lena, now Mrs. Charles Wagner, of Fort Scott, Charles, Edward
and Lawrence. Mr. Katzung is a member of the I. 0. O. F. Turners’ Society, and A. 0. U.
W., being Grand Receiver of the latter society, of the State of Kansas and was elected a
member of the Board of Education, in the spring of 1882.

JOHN KEARNS, capitalist, is a native of Fayette County, Penn., 1816; he was a farmer
in early life in Knox County. He met his wife, Miss Bran, of Knox County. He quit farmiag
finally and went into the grocery business, and afterward tried the dry goods line. In 1861
he took the Hedekin Hotel in Fort Wayne, which he conducted till 1871, when he mov
West and went on a farm, but he sold and moved into the house he now occupies. His son,
Eli received a commercial education, and his daughters graduated at Fort Wayne. They
have lost one. Miss Sarah is now Mrs. Ogden, and Miss Mary B. is now Mrs. Bright. Mrs.
Kearns is now owner of two farms in Bourbon County.

I. V. B. KENNEDY, farmer, P.O. Godfrey, is a native of New York, and has been a rail-
road man, giving twenty-five years of life to that business. He commenced as switchman,
and was afterward brakeman and conductor on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad. He worked there for some seventeen years, and took the position of General
Roadmaster of the Laramie Division of the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1880, he bought
a farm on Section 26, intending to make a stock farm of it. He commenced with 30
cows and 15-calves, now having about 136 cattle, finishing about 30 head this year. He has
his place nicely arranged and perfectly fenced and shedded. He now has 554 acres which is
used for'grazing’and grain. He has also about 200 tons of hay, feeding some fodder. In 1862
he married Miss Mary Smith. They have three children. Mr. K. is School Treasurer, and
is a member of the Masonic Order. ’

GEORGE C. KENNEDY, Secretary of the York Nursery Company, came to Kansas in
March, 1871, and located at Fort Scott. He was engaged in teaching in the schools of Bour-
bon County for two years, and then in farming and stock raising until August, 1880, when
he-entered the York Nursery Company as Secretary,a position which he has since held.
He was born at New Orleans, La., January 29, 1850, and that was his home until 1856, when

‘he removed to Vevay, Ind., on the Ohio River, remaining there engaged in mercantile

business until he came to Kansas. S

O.S, KEYSER, Cashier of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is a native of Livingston
County, Ill, born in 1856. When nine years old, he came to Atchison, Kan. In 1866, moved
to Bourbon County, and the next year to Neosho County, then going to work as an operator
at Osage Mission, in 1872, where he remained until 1874, when he went to Appleton City
in the employ of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, which is now known as the Mis-
souri Pacific Railroad, He was assistant station agent until 1877, when he went to Clinton,
Mo., as night operator, remaining only two months. He went to Muskogee; from,there to
Vinita, as operator, and was then appointed relief agent, with headquarters at Appleton
City, where he remained until 1880; while in this capacity he worked in every station be-
tween Muskogee and Sedalia, but Parsons. In 1880, he went to Oswego as night ticket
agent, coming to Fort Scott in May, 1880, where he is now stationed. b

Rk KRAMER, of R. Kramer & Sons, house and sign painters, is a native of the Rhine
Province, Germany; born in 1834. He learned his trade before leaving Germary, also serv-
ing in the army during the years of 1861, 1864 and_1866. He came to America in 1872, with
about $5 dollars in his pocket ; he went at once to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his brother Will-
iam lived ; in the succeeding eight years he made $16,000 at his trade. At one time he ran
the Park Hal, and when that lease gave out he opened a large billiard parlor in Newport,
Ky.; thinking to do better he went to Texas and started at farming and cattle-raising, an

* lost all his money but $800; he then came to Fort Scott and went to work at his trade, where

he has prospered, building a large residence in 1881, a shop and a barn, besides buying and
improving some town lots. In Germany he married Miss Mary Hohn. ‘They have one son
—William, a partner of his father’s, in painting.
W. H. LEWIS, agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is a native of London, En-

glia born in 1886, and came to New’ York in 1848. He commenced railroading

wenty-seven years ago in Pana, Ill; worked for the Illinois Central Railroad, and then the
Minois & St. Louis Railroad. He was for thirteen
perintendent of the Chicago & Illinois Southern Railroad five years; he was located for five
months in Scheriectady, N. Y., for the Delaware & Hudson Canal Railroad. On comin
West to take the Leavenworth station, September, 1881, he was taken sick, and afterwar
sent to Muskogee, Indian Nation, and then took the Fort Scott station in 1881.

_ HON. J. M. LIMBOCKER, attorney, came to Fort Scott January 8, 1871. He re-
ceived his sepa education at the State University of Iowa, at Iowa City, receiving there the
degree of L.L. D. He has been engaged in the practice of law at Fort Scott since he retired
from the office of Probate Judge.

. M. LIEPMAN, merchant, a native of the Prussian Province of Posen, was born
June 12, 1841. He was educated in the mercantile business, and in 1860, he emigrated
to New York. There, with $14, he became a pack peddlar, going through New York
and New Jersey. About 1863, he was found working for $6 per month; to better himself he
moved to Sedalia, Mo., and clerked for Steinber, a Rosentaats, merchants, being paid
at first, and running up to $125 per month. He then went to Warrensburg, Mo., and estab-
lished a branch house for the firm, and another at Pleasant Hill, Mo., finally at Lawrence,
While at Warrensburg he joined the State Militia, and was in Capt. Grover’s company dur-
ing Gen. Blunt’s raid against Price. In 1866, he arrived in Lawrence Kan., and in arch,
1867, came to Fort Scott, Kan., opening a huckster and tobacco shop

ears station agent at Mastoga, Su-

openi but this was for a few
months only, when he bought in his present place, buying out Weil Bros., and going into

artnership with Mr. D. Lowen; this was in 1868; however, in 1869, the firm became M.

iepman & Bro. Their first store building was only 19x60, and now it is 39x90, two floors.
Mr. | ae has always been interested in pubes affairs, and desires the advancement of
the welfare of the city. He was elected to the mt Council in 1876, re-elected in 1878, and
again in 1880, and was President of the honorable body for three years. Hetook a promi
nent part in the settlement of the ee indebtedness in 1879-80, and when the normal
school movement was first inaugurated, was the Treasurer of the same, and also Board of
Trustees of the Kansas Normal School at Fort Scott. In 1868, he was married to Miss Sarah

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Loewen, of St. Louis, Mo.; they have a family of four children. Mr. Liepman belongs to
the Masonic Order and the I. 0.0. F.-'

JOHN LOCKWOOD was born at Barrow, Lincolnshire, England, in 1827. He was'mar-
ried at Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, in 1853, and sailed for America four days after. He
came to Princeton, Ill., and staid with his two brothers two weeks ; then went to Davenport,
Towa, and went to work for Dalum & Heldreth, flour mill, where he remained until 1858,
when he went over to Rock Island, and ran the engine in Warner’s mill for seven years,
and went back to Davenport in 1865. He worked for D. H. Barrows one year; then went
into business with Merideth & Thompson and built what was called the i’armers’ Mill, in
1867. Sold out in 1870, and came to Fort Scott, Kan., built the Lockwood House; Mrs. Lock-
wood managed the house while Mr. Lockwood engaged to work for Gov. Crawford, and ran
the mill until the mill was burned down. He then engaged with Shepard & Higby, and
ran their engine until 1876, and then took charge of the heel where he now resides. He
owns three fine residences on Eddy street and one on Judson street, the Lockwood House
on National avenue. He has a Largs of four children, two are married and two single.
Mr. Lockwood belongs to the I. O. 0. F. ,

F. G. LOTTERER, hardware, is a native of La Grange County, Ind., born in 1854. He
came to Fort Scott in 1870, and was employed by the Land Office here; soon afterward he
went into the grocery business, and finally in 1872, learned the tinner’s trade,going to work

“for Morely & Brother, wheré he remained until 1877, leaving their employ tarestablish his.

resent business on the corner of Oak and National avenue. Mr. Lotterer in 1876 married
Miss Blackett of Fort Scott; they have three children. He isa member of the Lodge of
Red Men here.

G. W. McBREED, contractor and builder, was born in Syracuse, Onandaga Co., N. Y.,
December 26, 1847. At the age of fifteen he went to serve a four years’ term as apprentice
with L. C. Earl, carpenter and joiner, Syracuse, N. Y. At the age of twenty-one, started on
his travels as a carpenter, coming to Kansas in 1871; then went to Creston, Iowa, where he
was employed four years by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, as bridge
inspector. From there went to Davis County, Mo., where he was in the employ of the
Wabash Railroad Company, as lumber merchant. Thence to Rich Hill, where he followed
contracting and building. From there he went to Bronson, Kan., and built all the houses
there but three. Came here April 20, 1882, and located where he now resides. Since he
came here he has built quite a number of houses, among them was one for Dick Richards
one for J. Hart, J. Crow, Martin Gillfillan, Thomas Mathews, L.C. Drake, C. H. Simmons an
C. Conard, two in the country, one for Mrs. Bailey, one for J.C. Rousey. Mr. McBreed
married Miss S. L. Runyan, a lady belonging to a family that were early settlers of this
county ; they have one child, a girl. ¢

ABSALOM H. McCLINTOCK, real estate agent, came to Bourbon County, Kan., and
located in Mill Creek Township in the eo of 1870, and was engaged in farming in that
township for three years. He then came to Fort Scott, and since 1877 has been engaged in
the real estate, loan and insurance business, still, however, retaining his farm in Mill Creek
Township. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, November 25, 1836, and was raised in
Carrol and Hancock counties, going to the later county when nine years of age, and
remaining until he came to Kansas. He served in the army three years, trom 1862 to 1865,
first in the Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then in the Veteran Reserve Corps and
lastly as Captain of Company B, One Hundred and Sixteenth United States Colored Infantry.
Mr. McClintock is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was married in Hancock
County, Ohio, July 12, 1866, to Harriet Fisher, a native of that county. They have two
children living: Willard Hall and Ella Jane, and have lost four, two died in infancy, Mary
May died at the age of five years, and Luther Holmes at the age of three years.

F.S. McDERMOTT, attorney at law, came to Fort Scott in 1868, and has been engaged
in practice here since that time. About two years ago his eye-sight failed -him, and he has
not been so actively employed since. He became interested in real estate here in 1870, and
has acquired considerable city and farm property. He is a native of Allegheny City, N. Y,,
and received his education at St. John’s College at Fordham, near New York City, com-
mencing the practice of law in New York State. He made the original survey ofthe Buffalo
& Washington Railroad, over the divide from Canoe Place, Pottery Co., Penn., to Emporium,
Cameron Go., Penn., in 1866, and did a great deal of running land lines in the timbered
country throughout the Alleghany Mountains. .

McDONALD, capitalist, came to Fort Scott, August 1, 1857, and engaged in
furnishing lumber to the saw-mill until 1859. In July of that year, in company with his
brother, A. McDonald, he engaged in mercantile business. He has since been engaged in
banking and railroad building, owning and operating the Fort Scott & Meniphis Railroad
for some time. He commenced building the road in the fall of 1874, and in 1879 when there
were twelve miles in operation sold it to the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Com-
pene Mr. McDonald is a native of Queens Run, Clinton Co., Penn., and lived at Lock

aven and vicinity until he came to Kansas. He has been a member of the Legislature and
several times Mayor of Fort Scott, besides holding. minor offices, but has not been engaged
a are business since July, 1880, when he resigned the presidency of the First National
ank.,

MRS. E. McELROY, grocer, is a native of Ireland; was married to Mr. M. McElroy in
1861, and they emigrated the same year to America. He was a tobacconist, and carried on
his trade in Illinois and Missouri before coming to Kansas, where they arrived in 1868,
having come from Kansas City by wagons. In 1870, he built his store and was in the
grocery business up to the time of his death, which occurred August 19, 1881. Mrs. McEl-
roy was left with a family of eight children, and not only the management of the store, but
a large estate also on her hands. ;

. S. McK AY, proprietor of the Boston Shoe Store, came to Fort Scott and engaged in
his present business in September, 1877. He was a partner for one year of J. E. Westeroelt
and P. G. Noel, then vuretiaséd the shoe department, and has continued to manage it to the
present time, doin, Both a wholesale and retail business. His business amounted to be-
tween $60,000 and $70,000 in 1881, and will probably reach $100,000 in 1882. He employs eight
men and two traveling salesmen, and deals exclusively with the manufacturers. He was
born at Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., March 7, 1843, and resided in his native county until about
seventeen years of age. He was educated in the common schools of Steuben County and at
Eastman’s Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He then entered the retail store of A. T.
Stewart in New York, and after remaining there two years went to Washington, D. C.-and
was in the Quartermaster’s department for a few months in 1864. He then went to Addi-
son, N. Y., and engaged in the boot and shoe business, and remained in business there until
forced by sickness to go to California in 1865. After three years spent in California, he re-
turned to the East, and was engaged as traveling salesman for J. F. Comstock & Co., of St.
Louis, and Leonard, Lamb & Crosby, boot and shoe manufacturers, until he came to Fort
Scott. He was married at Penn, Yates Co., N. Y., December 22, 1874, to Ruth A. Mallory, a
native of Penn Yan, N. Y. They have one child, James Stuart. Mr. McKay is a member
of the K. of P. He carries the largest stock of shoes in the State of Kansas. ;

J.P. McCNAUGHTON, Express Agent Pacific Company, native of Nova Scotia, born in
1833, When but a babe, his parents moved to Erie County, N. Y. In 1855, he went to Mil-
waukee, Wis., and entered the employ of the American Express Company, for which he
worked ten years, then going into the State Express Company, where he stayed till 1867,
when he went to Kansas City, Mo., working for the Wells, Fargo & United States Express
Companies til] 1869. He arrived in Fort Scott in this year, and represented the Wells, Fargo
Express Company, till they ceased doing business here in 1876, when he went to farming his
161 acres, located near Hiatville, Bourbon County. In 1880, he was appointed Government

' Enumerator, and, in 1881, he became agent for the Pacific Express Company, located at Fort
Scott. In Milwaukee, he was matried to Miss Mugridge, of Buffalo, N. Ye They have a
family of four boys and five girls. His mother lived to the advanced age of eighty-six.

¥. N. MANLOVE, land agent, is a native of Rushville, Schuyler Uo., Ill.; was
born in 1836; made his home ihave until 1861, when he came to Fort Scott, where he
has made his home since. He -had visited. the State previous to this in 1859. He was em-
ployed in the post office department here during 1862-63, and then went into the book and
stationery business, which he carried on until 1867, when he opened a land office here, and
has continued in that business up to this time. He was married to Miss Everhart, of Phila-
delphia. They have one child—a girl. Mr. Manlove was elected a member of the City
Council in 1877. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. >

- C.F. MARTIN, Assistant Cashier of Bank of Fort Scott, was born in Mount Vernon,
Knox Co., Ohio, October 12, 1856. While here, he attended the high school, and finished the
business course, afterward going to Pittsburgh, where he graduated from the Commercial

- College of that place, giving some attention to banking, although on. coming West he did not
at once use this knowledge, for there was no fortuitous circumstance to at once place him
in the calling which he most desired; but, instead, he went into Mr. Drake’s hardware store
on arriving in Fort Scott in 1874. Here he was called pon to take right hold of the heavy
work customary in iron stores, and, beginning at the bottom of the ladder, gradually

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ascended, surmounting difficulty after difficulty, until he became book-keeper of the ostab-
lishment; but, in 1876, the opportunity offering, he went into the First National Bank there.
He succeeded, and was Assistant Cashier there when the bank of Fort Scott was organized
in 1880, when he took his present position. He married Miss C. M. Messenger, of Mount
Vernon, June 14, 1880. They have lost one child. In 1877, Mr. Martin was Treasurer of the
schools here, and attends the Congregational Church.

W. MARGRAVE, Justice of the Peace, came to Kansas, and located at Fort Scott No-
vember 7, 1854, engaging in the grocery trade the following spring, and continuing in the
business for six years. He was aul ghee Justice of the Peace December 5, 1854, receiving
his commission from Goy. Andrew H. Reeder, it being believed to be the first commission of
that nature issued in the Territory. He has retained his office of Justice of the Peace since
that date, and was also Clerk of the District-Court, Probate Judge for seven years, and Police
Judge for five years, holding all four of these offices together some of the time. He was born
in Gasconade, now Osage County, Mo., February 17, 1818, and saw the first steamboat that
ever went up the Missouri River. He lived in his native county until fifteen years of age,
then in Jasper County, near Carthage, Mo., until he came to Kansas. He was married, in
Osage County, in 1840, to Mahala Baker, a native of McMinn County, Tenn. They have two
children—Jennie and Eva W. Mr, Margrave is a member of the A., F. & A. M.

E. D. MARR, real estate, loan and insurance agent of the firm of Gunn & Marr; was
born at Mound City, Linn Co., Kan., May 28, 1859. The first eleven years of his life were
spent in Mound City and vicinity. In the spring of 1870, he removed with his parents to
Fort Scott, where he received a common school education. At the-age or nineteen he left
school, and on August 23, 1878, associated himself with Mr. W. C.Gunn in the establishment
of a real estate and loan office. Commencing their business with a capital of $50, Gunn &
Marr, have within four years, by square dealing and close attention to business, placed
themselves among the leading real estate firms of the State. Mr. Marr was married at Fort
Scott, September 27, 1881, to Fannie M. Warfield, a native of Maryland.

LEROY M. MATHEWS dentist, came to Linn County, Kan., and located near Mound
City, in November, 1865. In June, 1866, he returned to Cordova lll, and in 1868, went to
Ohio for one year. He then returned to Linn County, Kan., and remained there; engaged
in the practice of dentistry, at Mound City and Pleasanton, until February, 1882. He has
been engaged in the practice of dentistry for eleven years, during nine of which he has
had an office of his own in Kansas and Iowa. He was born in Princeton, Bureau Co., IIL,
September 27, 1848, and when a youth removed with his parents to Scott County, lowa.

_ After remaining there a year or two he removed to-Rock Island County, Ill. Dr. Mathews

is a member of the A., I’. & A. M., and of the Kansas State Dental Association. He was
married in Vernon County, Mo., March 16, 1873, to Marilla Lane, a native of Knox County,
IH. They have one child, a daughter—Lou Taylor. He isason of Zachariah M. Mathews,
now a resident of Linn County, Kan., having located there about ten years ago.

H. MAYHEW & SON, proprietors of the castor oil factory. H. Mayhew, the father,
is a native of Clinton County, Ill., and was born in 1823, In 1871, he established a factory
in Illinois for making castor oil, but the production of the bean was abandoned by the
farmers and he moved to Fort Scott, Kan., in 1873, bringing with him a wife, two sons and
two daughters. He at once built his factory, a heavy stone building 40x80 feet, two floors,
and manufactures from 400 to 500 barrels a season. He raised on his own farm this year
forty acres of castor beans, and markets the oil in most of the Western States. Besides run-
ning his factory, he and his sons work the farm, which consists of 220 acres. When eighteen
years of age, he joined the church and was ordained a minister in 1862. His views of religion
are of the most enlightened character, he keeping pace with the greatest thinkers of the day.
He ignores the present theory of eternal punishment, and says that the only resurrection

H. M. MAYBERRY, farmer and proprietor of Mayberry coal mines. He is a native
of Hamilton County, Ill.; born in 1830, and raisedon a farm. When twenty years of age
he went into the coal mines of Illinois; and in 1851, he went through California with cattle,
and again in 1852, 1853 and 1855, visiting Kansas each time. In 1859, he located on north-
east quarter of Section 10, and opened the Mayberry Coal Mines and built a house. The
mines are of unlimited quantity, and he has employed as many as seventy-five men and
taken out 1,000 bushels per day. In 1861, he enlisted in the Sixth Kansas, and in 1864, was
mustered out as Sergeant. In 1862, he had taken a run up home, and borrowing a land war-
rant he located the ]and he is now on, the southeast quarter of Section 10; he had built a
log house in 1859 on the northeast quarter. In 1868-69 he built his present large residence,
24x24, and wing 16x16, of stone, doing the work himself. Has been married twice, the
first time in Springfield, Ill., to Miss E. Fairweather, of England, and then to his present
wife, M. F. Kenneday. He has fifteen children altogether, of whom there are ten living.
He has been Under Sheritf and United States detective tor twenty-four years, and has
served in school offices, always taking an active interest in the educational problems.

J. H. MEAD, meat market, native of Elkhart County, Ind., was born in 1848, He
attended school and worked on the farm in youth, and in 1867, came to Fort Scott and went

- to work in his brother’s meat market, His brother, J. D. Mead, had bought an interest in

the firm of Sam Berner & J. F. Bair. In 1866, this market was established as the Govern-
ment market, and was the first one in Fort Scott. The firm dissolved in 1867, Mr. Berner
going away, it became Bair & Mead, and in 1871, J. H. Mead bought in; it was then Mead
Bros., but in 1878, Mr. Mead became sole proprietor, and continues so. He married Miss E.
Douthett, of Fort Scott, in 1873. They havea family of two children, boys.

C. H. MORLEY, was born at Brockport, N. Y., March 27,1835, and removed to Paines-
ville, Lake Co., Ohio, in 1837. He was engaged in the hardware business in Saginaw, Mich.,
for some time, and in the fall of 1870, he removed to Fort Scott and there started a hard-
ware store, under the firm name of Morley Bros. & Co., two of his brothers and two nephews
being his partnersin the firm. He has now entire ownership and control of the business,
which has fully doubled since its formation. He does a retail and to some extent ajobbing
business, and gives employment in the various departments to about ten men. Mr. Morley
is also the owner of the Tremont House. He was married at Painesville, Ohio, in 1864,
to Mary L. Perkins, a daughter of Hon. William L. Perkins, and a native of Painesville.
They have two children—Julia P. and Maggie.

CHARLES NELSON, cashier of Bank of Fort Scott, is a native of Prince William
County, Va., forty miles below Washington, D.C. He was born May 26, 1833, and when quite
‘young removed to Kentucky, remaining in that State until the spring of 1864, when he
removed to Cincinnati and engaged in the hotel business. He came to Kansas and located
in Fort Scott in the fall of 1869, and was engaged in the wholesale liquor business until 1880.
Since January, 1881, he has been engaged in banking, and for several years past in farming
and stock-raising. He deals in Short-horn cattle, Long Wool, Cotswold sheep, Berkshire
hogs, etc., in which he has annual sales. He has a herd of forty Short-horns and the same
number of fine wool sheep. : 5

C. A. NELSON, grocer, was born in Virginia in 1834, He came to Kansas in 1870, and
located in Fort Scott. He went into the pork packing business with Mr. A. Large, in Che-
topa, Kan., in the winter of 1870-71. Then engaged with Charles Nelson in the wholesale
liquor business until January 1, 1881, when he closed out and entered the
general grocery known as Nold & Nelson. In 1882, the firm changed Mr. Nelson taking
entire charge of the business which he now conducts. His home was between the lines of
the two armies during the war near Manassas, while he was commissioned Captain of a com-
pany of sharpshooters in Gen. Lee’s army, and was with Stonewall Jackson when that
gentleman met his sudden death. Mr. Nelson married Miss Nelsonin Virginia. They have
a tamily of three children. His mother is now alive and well, at the advanced age of ninety-
eight years, having been born in 1784,

D. C. NOONAN, hardware, native of Limerick, Ireland, born 1840, emigrated in 1857 to
America ; going to Briton, Conn., there he went to farming; in two years he had tired of that
and went into the dairy business, finally gravitating to the machine shops of Staffordsville.
In the year 1869 he started across the continent, going to Sacramento, Cal., working at
machine business ; not staying there he returned as tar as Kansas, and pitched his tent at
Hell’s Bend, keeping supplies and making about $4,500. He then came to Fort Scott, and
built the first business house in East Fort Scott and opened a resturant called the Inter-
national. In 1870 he built a 24x50 and opened as a hotel ; he kept this till 1874, when he went
into the liquor business to 1881, and then opened a wholesale and retail tobacco store. In
1882, opened as hardware merchant. He married Miss Margaret Desmond, of Connecticut,
August 24, 1868. They have a family of four boys. :
JOSEPH OAKLEY, retired farmer, is a native of Westchester County, N. Y., born in
1805. Here he spent his childhood, and when old enough served at glass cutting with a Mr.
Baggot, but his father being a sea-faring man he was led into the same course, and after
running on the river he converted his sloop into a schooner and went into the coast trade.
At the age of twenty he married, and was left a widower at twenty-two. At the age of
twenty-five he was Captain of his ship and sailed in the New York and Baltimore trade,
this trade he remained in for ten years. It was while sailing along the coast that he got

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acquainted in Baltimore with his present wife, Miss Ellsworth, whom he married in 1833,
and went to keeping house there. He was suse awhile in the West India trade, but in
1843 he started up Hudson River, went through the canal into the lakes, settling in Michigan
three miles south of Dearbornville on 2 farm; here he remained till 1857, when he came to
Bourbon County ; he had visited the Stute in 1855 and located in Douglas County, having the
hardihood to take a tree claim; while he was away in Michigan, Sheriff Jones with a posse of
Pro-slavery men drove his boys off of the claim, but when he arrived he moved right back
and built a fortitied house on his former claim, and in 1857 he moved to Bourbon County,
locating four and a half miles south of Fort Scott, owning 380 acres at one time, but having
now sold it all, and last August, 1881, they moved to town onto property owned by them.
Mr. Oakley has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1830, and was

in the military company known as the Kansas Stubbs. They have had eleven children—,

Benjamin F., died January 11, 1872; Joseph, died December 13, 1859; Edward, died October
18, 1866; Petrina, died October 2, 1852; John H., died May 16, 1862; William, now living in
Montana; Joshua J., now farming in Iowa; Matilda, now Mrs. Wheeler ; Margaret, now
Mrs. Gardiner ; Andrew J., with William; Alvira, now Mrs. Easley. Mr. Oakley has for
years been a member of the Schoo! Board.

8. ODGERS, of the firm of Odgers & Richardson, carpenters, architects and builders.
In 1878 he commenced individually and put up a house for Mr. Russell, a barn and a house

for Mr. Pearsoll, a barn on the Nelgon farm in Godfrey, a house for 8. T, Shankland, also
one for J. Kennedy. In November of 1880, he formed a partnership with H. Richardson; to-
ean, they have put up houses for Gov. McComas, one for Strode, remodeled one for

illiam Meyers, one for T. Huston, and an addition to Mr. Nelson’s residence, house for
Taylor Barr, building and remodeling one for J. Perry, one for W. W. Lord, one for
Tressller, remodeling one for Mr. Greenfield and one for Ogden. Mr. Odgers was born in
Cornwall, England, in 1852, and came to America in 1871, and to Kansas in 1878; while here
a ea iss Sattler, daughter of Jacob Sattler, old settler of Fort Scott. They have no
ehuldren.

JAMES O'HARA, house and sign painter, native of Belfast, Ireland, born January
6, 1842, He emigrated to America in 1846, landing at New York. From there he went:
to Cambridgeport, Mass., where he learned his trade. He then started South, and
while in Georgia he was mustered into the Sixth Georgia Regiment in 1861, Ie could not

fight against the Union, so endeavored to get through the lines to the Vederal army. At
Antietam he was captured again, and until he got to Charleston, S. C., he remained in the
rebel army, when he was taken by some of Gen. Terry’s men and sent to Governor’s Island,
N. Y., and after taking the oath of allegiance, enlisted in the One Hundred and Third New
York Volunteer Infantry, and served till 1865, when he was mustered out, and then went to
his trade, egueite for Holbrook & Ferry Co. He left Washington for the coal regions of
Pennsylvania, and in 1868, came to Fort Scott. It was not till 1878, however, that he opened
the shop now employing some six or seven hands, doing a business of about six thousand a
year. July 4, 1877, he married Miss Hernolss, of Woodson. They have four children. His
wife belongs to the Presbyterian Church. "
.C. J. OKEEFFE, manager of the Telephone Exchange at Fort Scott, was born in St.
Joseph Mo., in 1861. His parents died in 1876, at which time he appointed John A. Ryan his
uardian, who placed him in the St. J carph College for a period of four years, after which
e went into the employ of the St. Joseph Telephone Exchange, from where he went into
various exchanges, taking charge of the Fort Scott Exchange, in September, 1881, which ex-
change is owned by the Merchants’ Telephone & Telegraph Co., of Kansas City, Mo.
. H. OSBUN, Cashier of First National Bank, came to Kansas in the spring of 1858,
and located at Fort Scott. He was engaged in agricultural Bussuits for three years, and has
- still some interest in that direction. In 1861, he was engaged as salesman in-the mercantile
establishment of A. McDonald & Bro., and about two years later he became book-keeper in
the banking department of their business, and has remained in the employ of that firm and
their successors to the present time. He was born in the town of Washington, Washington
County, Penn., September 7, 1840, and removed to West Virginia, in 1852, making that his
home until he came to Kansas.

S. A. OULDS, proprietor of Oulds’ Livery, native of Cornwall, England, ornwas b
in May, 1816. He emigrated to America in 1842, having learned stone cutting and slating.
He worked at it in Armstrong County, Penn., for the Western Iron Works; then going to
Pittsburgh, in 1850, he kept what'was called the Two-Mile Run House, a hotel, then, on selling
out, when-to Cincinnati, Ohio, and went into hotel and bus line, having twenty-four buses, run-
ning every ten minutes from Lower Market and Broadway to Ould’s headquarters, Fulton,
Ohio. In 1852, sold out and took a trip to South Australia; here he went into the gold mines,
where in nine months he made $150,000. He then went home to see his parents, whom he
had not seen for ten years; he then returned to his family in Cincinnati, Ohio, and went to
farming on the Ohio River, but tired of that, and sold out and traveled South and West through
Missouri and Texas, looking for a iocation, and finally settled in Fort Scott; here he started
a livery, in 1862, in the building meant for the Government mill. In 1865, he built a stable
out of smoke-house that had belonged to Wilson, Gordon & Ray, and the Government car-
penter shop. This was his second stable. He also had a hotel, and ran free bus to hotel; he
then built his present stable, and converted his old one intoa grocery and rented it. In 1881,
he built his cottage residence. He was married in 1839, and has a family of five children,
four daughters and one son. 7 3

W. W. PADGETT, attorney, was born in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County,
Ohio, November 16, 1856, and came to Kansas in March, 1869, with his parents, James S. and
Adeline Padgett, and settled in Marion Township, Bourbon County. He received his edu-
cation in the public schools of the county, and after studying law at home for three or four
years, he was admitted to the bar in May, 1882. Me has since been associated in practice
with Judge Limbocker. i . . i

JAMES B. PALMER, farmer, Section 8, is a native of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,
Penn., born October 5, 1838. He was raised on a farm; he enlisted, in August, 1862, in
the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company C. Novem-
per 21, 1862, he was commissioned (uartermaster of the regiment in the Vifth Army
Corps. First Division. June 21, 1865, he was mustered out, eis Pittsburgh, where he
went into the brick business, where he remained until 1875, when he sold out and moved to
Crawford County,Penn. He went to farming; at this he continued until 1878, when hesold
out and moved to Kansas, locating on his present farm, owning 160 acres, and eptting fine
crops. The corn this year will yield fifty bushels to the acre. In 1862, he married Miss 'Town-
ley, of Pennsylvania. They have five children, Mr. Palmer while in Pittsburgh, was a
member of the City Council, but has not been in public office since coming West. He is a
member of the G. A. R., and also of the Presbyterian Church, :

WILLIAM PALMER, Secretary and Treasurer of the Fort Scott Manufacturing Co.
-came to Kansas in 1881, and to Fort Scott in September of the same year, becoming connected
with his present business at its establishmeat. He isason of Sarah and the late Charles
Palmer, and was born in Sutton, Northamptonshire, ngland, January 6, 1855. He managed
his mother’s farm until he came to America. |

C. L. PATE, proprietor of the National Hotel, was horn in Dearborn County, Ind., No-
vember 21, 1834. He moved to Putnam County, IIL, in 1852; to Steel County, Minn,, in 1856;
returned to Henderson County, Ill., in 1857; then moved to Warren County, in 1858, living
there until 1878, when he emigrated to Bourbon County, Kan. Here he followed the occu-
pation of farming, near Centerville, until February 14, 1882, when he became proprietor of
the National Hotel, and moved into Fort Scott. He was married December 26, 1867, to Mrs.
Eunice J. Preston, of Warren County, Ill., formerly Miss Buck, of Vermont. At the time of
their marriage, Mrs. Preston had one child, a girl. Since their marriage they have had two
children, bot. boys; all of them are stiltliving. _ : ;

COL. U. B. PEARSALL, came to Kansas, April 22, 1865, being stationed at Fort Scott,
as Commander, relieving Col. Blair at that time. He had command of the subdistrict of
South Kansas until September, 1865, and then went with his regiment to Fort Larned, with
the Seventeenth Lllinois Volunteer Infantry, and the Ninth Wisconsin Battery, and estab-
lished headquarters at that point, having command of the troops on the Smoky Hill route,
consisting of the line of posts from Fort Riley to Fort Lyon, Colorado, Ie was discharged
at Leavenworth, February 1, 1866, and after spending a few wecks East, he settled in Dry-

d, Bourbon o., Kan., where he was engaged in milling until 1870. He was then en-
mie in the stock business until July, 1874, when he entered the office of County Treasurer
ae Die uty, continuing in that office until October, 1878, at which date he became County
Trancurest He held that position until October, 1880, and. has since been actively connected
‘vith the York Nursery Company. Col. Pearsall was born in Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., July
17, 1840, and in 1857 went to Oconto, Wis., where he was engaged in lumbering until the out-
break of the war. He enlisted as a private in Company H, Jourth Wisconsin Volunteer
Infai try, May 14, 1861, but was made Sergeant of his company in about three months after-

eee and Second Lieutenant July 1, 1862; he then went on the staff of Gen. T. W. Sherman
ic aid-de-camp, serving in that capacity until May 27, 1863, when he was transferred to the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

staff of Gen. Emery, with whom he served until July 15, 1863. He was then commissioned
Lieutenant Colonel, and raised a colored regiment known in military history as the Ninety-
ninth Colored Infantry, but in fact the fifth regiment of colored troops raised in the country,
He continued as Lieutenant Colonel of that ese until March, 1865, but on detached
service a considerable portion of the time. In the Red, River campaign of 1864, he had
charge of the engineers’ department and of the’pontoon trains. The dam built across the
Red River, the one.redeeming feature of that unfortunate expedition, was due to his sagac-
ity and military genius, and George D. Robinson, June 13, 1864, mentioned his unceasing
toil and devotion, and says that the final success of the dam, was largely due to his engineer-
ing skill. He was appointed to a position in the engineers’ department by Gen. Canby in
the summer of 1864, and had charge of constructions and repairs of fortifications on the
Lower Mississippi River. He was then ordered to Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Fla., and
after remaining in command there several weeks, went to Cedar Keys, Fla. He was wounded
at the battle of Natural. Bridge, Fla., and was disabled for a short time and came to Fort
Scott after his recovery. He was brevetted Brigadier General, March 13, 1865, for meritori-
ous services during the war. Col. Pearsall was married at Clarksfield, Ohio, March 29,
1866, to Josephine M. Peck, a native of Clarksfield, Ohio. They have three children—Lottie
M., Guy B. and Charles, and have lost two, Mark U., who died at the age of three and a half
years, and Mary, who died at the age of two years. The Colonel is 2 member of Blue Lodge
and Chapter, A., F. & A. M. and Knight ee and. G, A. R., and was one of the youngest
Colonels from Wisconsin. He is a son of William 8, and Eliza Balcom Pearsall, and a
nephew of Ransom Balcom, of Binghampton, N. Y., who was one of the leading judges of
Supreme Court of the State for twenty-three years. i bi

MAJ. E. J. PECK came to Kansas in July, 1865, and settled in Bourbon County, where
he was engaged in the milling businessand the manufacture of lumber on Dry wood River,
until 1867, when he removed his business to Vernon County, Mo., remaining there three

ears. He then returned to Bourbon County and was engaged in farming in Drywood

‘ownship until 1874. In the fall of 1873, he was elected County Treasurer, and two years
later re-elected. He was Deputy Treasurer until 1880, when he went to New Mexico and
engaged in mining operations there for six months, since which time he has been engaged
in the lumber tr: Te is also at present engaged in building the Government road to the
National Cemetery which will cost, when completed, about $20,000, being a little less than
two miles in length and eighty feet broad, and is macadamized for one half its breadth.
Maj. Peck was fort on Hartland Ridge, Huron Co., Ohio, June 15, 1833, and lived there
until 1853, when he went to Oconto, Wis., and made that his home until the breaking-out of
the war. In May, 1861, he raised a company and entered the army, First Lieutenant of.
Company H, Fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, a regiment which was afterward
changed to the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry. He rose to the rank of Major, but in September,
1864, was obliged to resign on account of disability, and returned to his native place, makin,
that his home again until he came to Kansas. Maj. Peck is a member of the I. 0. O. I’. an
K. of H. He was married in Oconto,<Wis., May 4, 1861, to Violet Tibbetts, a native of Maine.
They have six children—Albert E., I'rank, Wade, Daisy, Meda and Fred.

E. PEIRSON, farmer, Section 20, is a native of England, born in 1831. When-he was
eighteen years of age he came to New York and located. While there he farmed and was in
the lumber business, running a saw and planing mill, and in 1870 came to Kansas taking his
present location. He opened up a farm of 160 acres, raising fruit, grain and stock, hen

e first took the farm it was in its primitive state. Now the residence and other
buildings are fine, the fencing good, and the railroad is almost at his door, and the city of
Fort Scott less than a mile from the farm. Mr. Peirson married in New York in 1857, now
has three children, who have attended the excellent schools of the city. Mr. Peirson in
politics is a Republican.

A. C. PENNIMAN, hardware merchant, came to Fort Scott in June, 1869, and has been
engaged in the hardware business here since that time. Le was born at Mendon, Worcester
Co., Mass., April 29, 1821, and in 1435 removed to Fayette County, Ohio. He remained there
until June, 1857, and then removed to Sidney, Shelby ('o., Ohio, and made that his home
until he came to Kansas. He has been engaged in mercantile business most of the time
since 1835. Mr. Penniman was married in Greene County, Ohio, in October, 1850, to Martha
A. Ogden, a native of New Brunswick, N. J. They have five children—Andrew Ogden,
Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in East St. Louis; Edward Leigh, now associated
with his father in business; Charles Wesley, 'rank McCullough and Martha Belle. He isa
member of the Presbyterian Church.

-W. C. PERRY, attorney, came to Fort Scott in May, 1873, and read law with Gen. C.
W. Blair, until admitted to the bar in September, 1575. Since May, 1876, he has been asso-
ciated with Gen. Blair in partnership. In October, 1878, he took charge of the Monitor, and
ran ituntil August, 1880, but did not discontinue his law practice during that time. Blair
& Perry are attorneys for the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad and Adams Ex-
press Company, and are associate attorneys for other corporations. Mr. Perry is a na-
tive of the village of Kingham, Oxfordshire, England, born October 28, 1854, and received 2
collegiate education. He is a member of the <A., P& AM. Lodge, Chapter and Com-
mandery.

F JOHN PETTY, President of the Foundry and Sickle Manufactory, came to Fort Scott
in October, 1869, and opened a blacksmith shop. In 1880, he opened the Foundry and Sickle
Manufactory, with one assistant. He now employs sixteen hands, and does a business fully
seven times as extensive. Mr. Petty was born in Parke County, Ind., near Terre Haute,
May 22, 1837, and lived there until seventeen years of age, when he removed to Marion
County, Iowa. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Kighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry,
and served until December, Iss2, He then returned to Iowa but removed to Vermillion
County, Il., in 1865, and engaged in blacksmithing, a trade at which he had begun to work
when a boy. Ife was married in Rossville, Vermillion Co., Ill, in September, 1867, to Al-
mira McMains, a native of Montgomery County, Ind. They have three children—Llla,
Eee Herbert and Pearlie,May. Mr. Petty isa member of the K. of P. and of the “ Red
en.

__ & S. PETERMAN, of the firm of Peterman & Gardner, manufacturers of sash, doors,
blinds, stairs and stair railings, is a native of Crawford County, Ohio, and was born in 1840.
He came to Leavenworth in 1860, bought an outfit, and started for Pike’s Peak, He stopped
at Central City, and built the five stamp mill on Clear Creek returning to Denver in Decem-
ber. Then he joined the Baker expedition, going to the San Juan mines in Arizona, In
order to got to the minos, they had to promise the Navajo Indians that they would confine
themsclyes to mining, and not build houses or cultivate the land. However, some of the
party violated the treaty, and they were all given ten days to leave the mines and ten of
their work cattlo were contiseated by the Indians. On leaving Arizona, Mr. Peterman went
to Fort Union, New Moxico; this was in 1862. Martial law then being in force, he was
presto into the Union service under Gen. (andy, and served three months in the army.

hen he received his discharge he returned to Denver, and from there went to Central City
again. Iinding his claim there had been jumped, he decided to return to his native State.
On arriving at Atchison, and finding that martial law was yet in force in Missouri, he went
back to Leavenworth, where he hired as Government teamster and was sent to Fort Scott,
from there to Fort Smith, and thence to Nashville, Tenn. He came back to Fort Scott in
1864, where he was foreman of the Government carpenter shop. In December, 1865, he
was discharged and went into the furniture business. In 1868, he sold out and opened a car-
penter shop. In 1878, the firm of Peterman & Gardner was formed, and they put steam into
the mill, first a four-horse power engine, then, that not being sufficient, one of twelve-horse
power was put in, In 1881 they built their present mill on Wall street, where they are am-
py supplied with the machinery needed for all kinds of plain and ornamental wood work.
eee was married in 1866. He has two children, both boys. He belongs to the Ma-

CAPT. H. C, PHENICIE, farmer, Section 6, is a native of Bedford County, Penn., and
was born in 1886; was raised in Franklin County, Penn. Ie was educated at Marshal Col-
lege. Commenced teaching in 1853, and entered a store as clerk the same year, and worked
for the same firm for three years, when he accepted a position in a store in Iowa City, Iowa,
where he remained until the spring of 1859. He then returned to Pennsylvania, and on
June 21, 1859, was married to Miss Cook of Chambersburg, Penn. He enlisted in the Federal
army during the war, and at the close of the war was Captain of Company K, Twenty-first
Pennsylvania Cavalry, having held that position for two years. He returned to Chambers-
pune and having lost all his possessions when the confederates burned that town, he with
I is ena emigrated to Kansas in December, 1865, and Shaeser in farming, first on rented
te , afterward purchasing a farm on which he-now resides. Mr. P. is a member of the

resbyterian Church, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace for a number of years.

J. W. PINKSTON, grocer, came to Fort Scott in November, 1871, and immediately
accepted the position of superintendent of the gas works. Two years later, he became sec-
retary aud treasurer of that institution as well, and continued in that position until Janu-
ary, 1878, when he leased the works for five years, In January, 1882, he sold his lease, and
BOURBON COUNTY.

in May of the same year purchased the grocery of W. R. Lond. He now does a business of
about $30,000 per annum, and carries a stock of about $4,000. Ie is a native of Madison
County, Ky., and was reared in Gallatin County, Ky. Ile lived there until 1867, when he
came to Kansas City, which was his home until he came to Fort Scott. Ile is a momber
of the ; A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter.and Commandery, Eastern Star and
‘ouncil.
GEORGE F. POND, general agent of the Howe Sewing Machine Company, for North-
ern Kansas and Southern Nebraska, P. O. Godfrey, first came to Kansas in March, 1862, as a
member of Company C, Third Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry. His regiment served all
through the war under Maj. Gen. Blunt in Kansas. After his discharge from the army in
March, 1865, Mr. Pond returned to Kansas and located on Drywood Creek, near Fort Scott,
where he resided one year, and was oupeged in the milling business with his brother. From
here he moved to Lamar, Barton Co., Mo., where he resided six years, and was engaged in
farming. From Missouri he returned to near Godfrey, Bourbon County, where he has re-
sided since, Mr, Pond and two of his brothers enlisted at Fairwater, ¥ond Du Lac Co.,
Wis., October, 1861, in the same Company C of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and served un-
til the close of the war. His eldest brother entered the service as Second Lieutenant, and
was mustered out as Major of his regiment; his next eldest brother entered as a Berea
and was mustered out as Second Lieutenant of his company. Mr. Pond himself preferred
scouting duty to monotonous service of a soldier's life, which in a measure accounts for his non-
preuener He has frequently carried dispatches in company with one of his comrades from
‘ort Scott to Fort Gibson, without any rations or forage except what could be carried on
their horses. The distance is 175 miles, and a trail went through the Indian Territory, and
the journey was frequently made in three nights and two days. He participated in the
battles of Montevallo, Honey Springs, Cain Hill, Lexington, Little and Big Blue, the massa-
cre of Baxter Springs and numerous other minor engagements. Mr. Pond had the honor of
capturing the notorious guerrilla, Captain Fa. Price, a nephew of the rebel Maj. Gen. Price.
On the night of May 20, 1863, Mr. Pond in company with two of his comrades attacked Capt.
Henry Taylor, a noted bushwhacker, who had sixty men under his command, and who was
returning with nineteen Union prisoners captured by him in Kansas, to Missouri, and who
had stopped on his way to rob and plunder the house of J. C. Ury, a famous Union scout.
. Mr. Ury and his father were taken prisoners by the rebel band. Mr. Pond and his comrades
succeeded in stampeding the rebéls, and in releasing all the prisoners taken by them except
the father of Mr. Ury, who was slain in cold blood. For his daring deed Mr. Pond and his
comrades, Elwin Weber, now a resident of Laramie, Wyoming Territory, and O. H. Carpen-
ter, pow a resident of Jasper, Mo., were publicly thanked in general orders issued by Gen.
Charles W. Blair, then commanding the Union forces in Kansas. Mr. Pond first met Miss
Ann Harrington, a native of Ohio, who subsequently became his wife, at Lamar, Mo, Dur-
et the war, in pursuit of bushwhackers, the rebels proving too strong for him and his com-
rades, they were forced to take to the woods where Miss Harrington found Mr. Pond, and
supplied him with provisions while he lay concealed. He was married to her on December
24, 1865, at Drywood, Mo. They have six children living—Clarissa J., Junia L., Franklin W.,
Herbert G., Florence May and Eugene. Mr. Pond was in the State registering office in
Barton County, Mo., in 1866 and: 1877, Justice of the Peace of Richland Township,
Barton Co., Mo., for six years, or during the entire time he resided in the State, and was
elected to this office when only twenty-one yearsold, Healso was coroner of Barton County,
Mo., for four years. He is at present, and has been for the past five years a member of the
Board of School District, No. 80, Bourbon County, this State. He is a member of the W. H.
Lytle Post, No. 32, G. A. R., of Fort Scott and Godfrey Lodge, No. 124, A., F. & A. M., and is at
present W. M. of his lodge, and has held the same office for the past five years. He is also
assistant lecturer of this fraternity for the State of Kansas. Mr. Pond was born in the court
house in Libertyville, Lake Co., Ill., October 5, 1844, His parents removed when he was two
years old to the Badger State, where he resided until he entered the United States army.
H. W. POND, State Agent for the Howe Sewing Machine, came to Kansas in June,
1862, with the’army, and was in theservice until 1865. After the war, he put up;the first saw-
mill in Drywood ‘Township. Bourbon County, built in the winter of 1865-66, and after
operating it until the spring of 1867 he sold it to Pearsall & Peck. He then engaged in the
agricultural implement business for two years, as manager for Charles I’. Drake, and has
since been engaged in his present business. He has the general agency for the Howe Sewing
Machine in Kansas and Southwestern Missouri, and has forty-five agencies, ates a sale
of ten machines each month. He is also engaged in farming four miles south of the city
in Scott Township. He is a member of the I. 0.0. F., K. of P., A. O. U. W., and Gran
Army of the Republic, being Junior Vice Deputy Commander of the latter organization.
Mr. Pond is a native of Hector, Tompkins Co., N. Y., born November 12, 1839. From
there he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, and located in Alton Township, Fond du
Lae County, which was his home until the outbreak of the war. In November, 1861, he
enlisted in Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and served until the close of the war,
mostly in Kansas and Missouri. He entered the service as Sergeant, and was discharged as
First Lieutenant. He was married at Fort Scott, in January, 1865, to Barbara E. Ury. She
was born in Martinsville, Ind., and reared at Greenbush, Warren Co., Ill. Her father, Lewis
L. Ury, came to Drywood, Bourbon Co., Kan., in 1858, and was killed by the Taylor Bush-
whackers in the spring of 1864. 3
L. E, POTTER, Under Sheriff, Bourbon County, is a native of Killingly, Windham Co.,
Conn., born in 1853, and when three years of age his parents moved to Morgan Co.,Ill.,where
they engaged in farming until 1870, and in the fall they moved West, Supple in Crawford
County, Kan., where they stayed some five years; then ane Bourbon County, Kan.,
they located on a farm near Hiattville, raising grain and stock. He was appointed and took
his office January 10, 1882. “He is a Democrat. ae .
A. POPKESS, Auditor and Treasurer of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad,

is'a native of England, and was born in 1847, When eight years of age, he emigrated to-

America with his father, who was connected with locomotive works in England, and on
coming to New York followed the same line, so that Mr. Popkess was educated to the busi-
ness in his father’s office. His first official position was Auditor of the J. B. & W. in Urbana,
Champaign Co., Ill., where he remained from 1870 to 1880, when he was appointed director
of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad. And in 1881 moved to Fort Scott, and took
the position he now ‘occupies on the last-mentioned railroad. He was connected at one
time with the Treasurer’s office of the P. P. & J. Railroad. ‘
REV. W. C. PORTER, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott, is a descendent
of the Rev. J. C. Porter, and a native of the Isle of Jersey, Great Britain, born May 11, 1834.
Was brought to this country by his parents, his father working as a missionary in Illinois.
At the age of nineteen, W. C. commenced studying for the ministry, and after graduating at
Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1858, he studied theology at Lane Theological Semi-
nary. Of his "class there are living now but three. He took his first charge in 1859 at
Plymouth, Marshall Co., Ind. In 1861,he joined the Twentieth Regiment Indiana Volun-
teers, and was mustered out July 25, 1865, and in November took charge of the First Presby-
terian Church of Coldwater, Mich., where he remained until December, 1871, then, in Janu-
ary, 1872, he came to Fort Scott, and took this charge. The membership of his church is 150
and the congregation numbers 225. In November, 1866, he married Miss L. I. Cunnning-
ham, daughter of Rev: J..W. Cunningham, of oe IL, They have four children. —
JAMES POWELSON, baker, is a native of Lycoming County, Penn. He was born in
1819, some seven miles from Williamsport. He is of Holland and Scotch parentage. Having
learned his trade in Pittsburgh, Penn., 1841 found him in New York, working in a bakery.
He then went to Philadelphia in 1842, where he remained till 1849, and the gold discoveries
in California attracted his attention, so he went West to the Pacific coast, to try his fortunes;
but he made more at his trade than he did at mining. From San Francisco he went to New
Mexico, then to the Gulf, across to New Orleans, and then to St. Louis, and from there here,
where he established his bakery in 1872. He commenced on nothing, and now owns the
bakery, with a good trade. In 1873, he married Miss Sanford. They have two children.
He belongs.to the I. O. O. F., which he joined in 1848. a
_D. E. PRICHARD, druggist, of the firm of Prichard Bros.,is a native of Columbus,
Ohio. His brother James was one of the firm up to the time of his death, which occurred
in 1875. He was also asoldier, having served during the war in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
On coming to Fort Scott, in 1867, they established what is now one of the oldest drug firms
in the county, occupying a small building on Main and Market streets, where they were
till the fire of 1873,.when they were burned out, and then moved to their present stand,
doing a good wholesale and retail trade, which is growing with the development of the sur-
rounding country. ‘
G. J. RADELL, agent for the Adams Express Company, a native of Lewis County,
N. Y., was born in 1846. He received his early education at home, and entered the commer-
cial line as traveling agent, visiting different sections till 1880, when he came to Fort Scott
to take charge of the office here.®The Adams‘occupy;alljthe*roadstrunning into Fort Scott.
MRS. J. M. REYNOLDS, widow of Mr. James M. Reynolds, was born in Maryland and met
i issiscinni u jon-they were married in 1859, He lost

 

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most of his property in the war. Coming to Fort Scott in 1870 on a visit, he finally moved
here in 1872, buying property and building. In 1879, he died leaving his wife with a
family of three children, and considerable property. Mrs. Reynolds is a member of the
Lpiscopal Church.

JOHN HOLT RICE, editor of the Fort Scott Monitor, was born November 14, 1824, in
Greene County, Hast Tennessce. His father, David Rice, was a Virginian, and the youngest
brother of Dr, John H. Rice, founder of Andover Theological College, Virginia, David Rice
was a respectable Tennessee farmer, and was elected at_ twenty-six successive biennial elec-'
tions, surveyor of Greene County, on the Federal and Whig tickets, notwithstanding Greene
County on the general ticket was overwhelmingly Democratic. John Holt Rice was named
after his uncle, Dr. John II. Rice. His mother’s maiden name was Jane Doak. She was a
daughter of Rev. Samuel Doak, founder of Washington College, Washington County, Tenn.
Rev. Samuel Doak was a noted educator and Presbyterian divine. John H. Rice received his
education at Tusculum College in his native county, which college at the time was under the
Presidency of his uncle, Dr. Samuel W. Doak. He was a law student with Samuel M. Milli-
gan, and was admitted to the bar in February, 1845. In May following he moved to Georgia,
and located in Cassville, Cass County, practicing law until 1858. On the Ist of January,
1856, he was elected Major General of the Twelfth Division, Georgia State Militia, as the
Union candidate by a majority of 1,772 over Col. E. M. Gaull, witra Southern Rights candi-
date. In 1855, he became editor of the Cassville Standard, and conducted it as a stanch
Union paper. In 1857, he removed to Rome, Ga., and soon afterward to Atlanta, where he
established Franklin Printing House, which under his direction became an extensive book
publishing establishment, but which was broken up at the outbreak of the Civil War. In
1861, he was attacked by paralysis, and was confined to his bed four years. In May, 1865, he
was appointed pune ee agent for the Union cavalry forces, under command of Maj. Gen,
Wilson, and afterward under Brig. Gen. Croxton, to whom the command of the cavalry
forces was turned over by Gen. Wilson. Gen. Rice was thus engaged until about August 1,
1865, during which time he purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of forage and
provisions, which he shipped to Macon, Ga., together with large quantities of corn and bacon
that had belonged to the Confederate Government before it became defunct. In the fall of
1865, Gen. Rice, on account of his large family of boys, left the piney woods of Georgia, for
the boundless, open prairies of the West. After remaining a few weeks in Westport, Mo.,
he moved to Cass County in November, and was here engased in one of the warmest politi-
cal contests ever waged, growing out of the enforcement of the “Drake Code.” In 1867, he
moved into Miami County, Kan., settling on a farm on Pony Creek. On the 22nd of June,
1872, he was again prostrated by paralysis, and was this time confined to his bed for two
years. In the fall of 1874, finding himseif permanentiy disabled, he moyed to Paola, and on
the 20th of March, 1875, purchased one-half interest in the Miami Republican, and in June,
1877, the other half. This paper was conducted by himself and his sons until July, 26, 1880,
when he sold it to Leslie J. Perry, its present proprietor. Gen. Rice purchased the Republi-
can when it was at a very low ebb of prosperity, and built it up from almost nothing to a pros-
perous Republican paper with a circulation of over two thousand, and sold it at a very large
advance over the purchase pace: Upon selling the Miami Republican in 1880, he purchased
the Fort Scott Monitor, which he has since conducted. In the management of this paper he
has associated with him his three sons: William M. Rice who is managing editor; R. P.
Rice, business manager of job’printing and book-binding, and H. V. Rice, general traveling
agent. Gen. Rice became a Mason in 1849. Politically, he was always a Democrat, until the
breaking out of the rebellion, casting his last Democratic vote, in 1860, for plephen. A. Doug-
las, for President. He was always opposed to secession, believing and teaching that that
was the South’s sure road toruin. Gen. Rice has a strong and positive character, believing
firmly what he believes, and defending his faith with all-his strength; and is a tower of
strength to the cause which he espouses. For several years during his residence in Kansas
he has taken a leading part in politics, on the Republican side, and the contest just
closed, terminating in the election of Hon. George W. Glick as Governor of the State, it is
generally conceded that his efforts saved the Bourbon County ticket from defeat. Gen. Rice
was married, December 1, 1847, to Miss Nancy Russell, a native of South Carolina, They
have had ten children, six boys and four girls. Five of the boys and two of the girls are
still ae His oldest child, William M. Rice, was born in December, 1848.

REV. J. A. RICHARDS, Evangelist Wesleyan Methodist minister, a native of
Canada, born in Compton in 1826. He commenced studying for the ministry in 1844, and
took his first charge in 1849 as a member of the Wisconsin conference, where he labored six
years, and then in 1861 returned to Canada, remaining until 1862, when he went to Washing-
ton and entered the Mount Pleasant hospital as assistant surgeon. In 1864, he entered into
business, and in 1874 he moved to Girard, Kansas, and became connected with the Kansas
conference, his first charge being four miles from Fort Scott, and in March 7, 1877, he com-
menced holding service in J. Moreley’s hall, and on the 12th day of July, 1879, they moved
into the church they now occupy, costing $2,100, and paid for it in 1880. Mr. Richards was
succeeded by Rev. L. 8. Cooper, and in October, 1881, by Rev. G. L. Shepardson. The pres-
ent pastor, Rev. K. M. Fisk, took the charge in October, 1882, While Mr. Richards was there
there were 100 members in the church, and in 1877 they organized a Sabbath school, havin;
to begin with 60 scholars, and increased to165, It has been a complete success. He marrie
Miss A. S. Olds, July 3, 1869, of Little Prairie, Walworth Co., Wis. They were married by
Rev. T. G. Colton, pastor of the Congregational Church; they have one son. Mr. Richards -
wants to say that the Wesleyan Church was always opposed to slavery, as it always was in
favor of the equal rights of all men before the law. Also,the church is opposed to all or-
ganized “secret societies ;” is in favor of the Bible in our public schools; is in favor of tem-
perance and “ prohibition.” That ours is a Christian Government, and that we should rec-
ognize God, as the author of all just law, and “Jesus Christ” as King of kings, and that all
men should fear God, and live holy lives. 7

HENRY RICHARDSON, of the firm of Odgers & Richardson, carpenters, architects and
builders, was born in Wigdon, Cumberland, England, April 16, 1848 ; he learned his trade at
New Castle on the Tyne; he then came to America in 1872, and located in New York City,
where he remained till 1879, when he went to St. Louis, and then came to Fort Scott, Kan.,
in 1880, and entered into partnership with 8. Odgers, making a specialty of stair building.

M. RILEY, retired, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1832. In 1850, he eae
to America, landing in New Orleans; here he remained working on the steamers of the Lower
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers until the war broke out, when he was captured but succeeded
in getting away from his captors at Cairo, and went to St. Louis, from there going to the
mountains of Montana and Wyoming, where he succeeded in making a little money arriv-
ing in Fort Scott in 1869, and opened a private boarding house at the corner of Jones and
Locust streets, the only place he could get. In 1870, he bought land of Col. H. T. Wilson, and
built his residence, 22x45, wing 22x20, where he also built in 1870-71 a tenement house 20x30,
wing 20x20, then bought lots of Shears and built a 30x20 and raised the old one in 1873,
built one 18x22, wing 18x20, and this season one on the corner of Oak and Barbie streets
22x30, wing 14x16, the improvements will amount to $8,000. ‘Mr. Riley married Miss Welch
of Iowa; they have one daughter and a boy, the son of his brother whomMr. Riley brought
from Ireland after his last visit to the old country.

WILLIAM ROBBINS, of the firm of W. H. Henry & Co., grain and agricultural imple-
ments, is a native of Illinois, born in 1859in Waukegan. He attended school in Bloomington,
but intending to be a druggist he commenced studying with A. O. Ingalls, in his pharmacy ;
he was with him in 1876-77,"then going into the Merchants National Bank, Fort Scott, as
assistant book-keeper, and finally entered the firm of W.H. Henry & Co., now doing a
business of $100,000 perannum. William’s father has collected some wealth in California, and
married Miss Fraser, coming to Fort Scott in 1869; he has not engaged in any business
since. He is well thought of. He is a member of the K. of T. organization.

JeP: ROBENS, proprietor of the West End Grocery and China Emporium, Fort Scott,
Kan., he was a native of Northumberland, Saratoga Co., N. Y., born in February, 1840. In
1862 he enlisted in the Seventy-seventh “Bemis Heights” Regiment New York Volunteers
as a private, was transferred and promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant Company E,
One Hundred and Seventy-sixth New York Volunteers, better known as the “ Ironsides”
regiment; was with Banks in the “Gulf Department,” was captured at Brashear City in
June, 1863, taken to Tyler, Texas, was exchanged July, 1864. Was married in 1866 to Miss
Labor of Lockport, N. Y., moved to Missouri in 1868, and to Fort Scott in 1870, embarking in
the grocery business. By diligence and enterprise his business has grown into large propor-
tions. He carries a stock of $10,000 to $12,000, and has a yearly trade of over $30,000. Mr.
Robens has been in the city council for a number of years, and is at the present time
Treasurer of the Board of Education for the city. It was largely through his efforts that the
compromising of the city indebtedness was secured on a basis at once’honorable to the city
and her creditors.“ In all matters relating to public enterprise he is liberal and enthusiastic.

G. B. ROBINSON, livery and sale stable, is a native of New York, and has always dealt
in horses. During his stay in Montreal, Canada, he learned the profession of veterinary
surgeon, getting his diploma in 1854; he then moved to Chicago, and afterwards toSt. Louis ;
he then went up into Iowa and located at Council Bluffs, where he remained for twelve
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years handling the best of horses. In 1871 he sold the “ King of the turf” to Judge Ford for
$6,200. He came to Kansas in 1878 and brought with him Uwenty right head of horses,
stopping at Fort.Scott, where he first boarded his horses at Morely’s stable. In 1880, put up
the stable he now occupies, having fine brood mares in stock, and fast steppers of Bashaw,
Hambletonian and Tom Hyar blood. Mr. Robinson has a family of ten children.

_ I. F. ROBLEY, Postmaster, came to Kansas in April, 1859; his first location was in
Linn County, and he remained there until the outbreak of the war. In November, 1861, he
enlisted as a private in Company H, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, and served until December, 1864,
being mustered out as Sergeant Major of the regiment. After leaving the army he spent a
few months in Iowa, and in April, 1865, located at Fort Scott. He was pupae ce in the real
estate business three years and then in the milling business for a somewhat Jonger period of
time, and in March, 1875, was appointed to his present position of Postmaster. He was a
member of the Legislature from 1873-74. Mr. Robley is a native of Greene County, IIJ., born
near Whitehall November 9, 1839. When nine years of age he moved to Appanoose, Iowa, and
made that his home until he came to Kansas, He was married in Fort Scott, December 24,
1877, to Fannie W. Wilson, a native of that place.

J. RODECKER, of the firm of Rodecker & Cohn, clothing and gents’ futnishing goods
north Main street, isa native of New York City, and was born in 1841. He commence
working for Levy Brothers & Company, New York, and came to Leavenworth, Kan., 1863,
where he continued in their employ until coming to Fort Scott in 1866. He established a
clothing house here in October of that year; the firm was Rodecker & Cohn; they occu-
pied the Roach building from 1866 to 1873, then moving into the Blackett building, where
they had not been long, he was burned out and he moved into the store called the Sala-
mander, because the only two stores left after the fire of 1873, were burned, leaving his alone.
He then bought the building he now occupies, of William Hack, and moved in in 1877. He
has now 66 feet frontage and 80 feet deep. In 1872, he married Miss Loewen. They have
three boys. Mr. Rodecker is a member of the School Board.

J.C. RODGERS, of the firm of Rodgers & Larrimer, proprietors of Knox Hotel, is a native
of Adair County, Ky., born in 1822. Hecame to Kansas in 1871, and located on a farm three
miles west of Marmiton, where he was éngaged in farming up to the time he came to Fort
Scott and took the Knox House. In 1861, he enlisted in the Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, as
Privates was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and then to Second Lieutenant; he then resigned.

e enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry, and in 1864 was promoted to Second Lieutenant.
In 1865, promoted to First Lieutenant; May 15, he was mustered,out at Houston, Tex., and
went home to Illinois, where he engaged in farming in Hancock County. He is married,
but has no children living. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also be-
longs to the G. A. R. .

A. F. ROTHFUSS, cigar manufacturer, came to Kansas in 1871, and has been engaged
in his present business since that time. In business for himself for the last nine years.
When he commenced he and his brother were in partnership, and did all the work them-
selves, but four years later his brother retired from the partnership, and Mr. Rothfuss has
since been alone in the business. He now-employs twenty hands, and is proprietor of the
largest cigar factory in Kansas. He manfactures the famous La’Creme brand of Havana
cigars, as well as the Diamond R., Coral and Who’s Been Here brands. In 1881, he manu-
factured 850,000 cigars. Mr. R. was born in@ermany April 2, 1849, and came to this country
with See in 1853, and settled_in Cincinnati, Ohio, making that his home for sixteen
years. He has been employed in tHe manufacture of cigars since he was eleven years of
Bee. He was married in Fort Scott, September 2, 1875, to Hulda Blasch, a native of Chicago.
zy ey nee two children—Matilda and Albert. Mr. R. is amember of the I. 0. 0. F., and the

. of H.

H. E. RUSSELL, Section 6, is a native of Ellington, Conn., born in October, 1833. At
the age of seventeen, he went into the employ of an Eastern railroad, and has continued in
the business now for some thirty years, working in the machine department for fifteen
years, and as conductor on the Chicago & Adton Railroad for fifteen years. In 1876, he pur-
chased of K. W. Shedd the seventy-acre ints on which he now lives, which he has improved,
putting up a fine residence in 1879, and large stone barn, 44x28, with an addition. His farm-
ing consists or eran and fruits. . In 1874 he married, and now ‘has two children.

AMES H. SALLEE, attorney at -law, came to Fort Scott, June 14, 1873. He was ad-
mitted to the bar at Dixon, IIl., prior to coming to Fort Scott, but commenced practice here.
From February, 1876, to April, 1881, he was in partnership with J. D. Hill, but has been
alone in his business the rest of the time. Mr. Sallee was a member of the Kansas House of
Representatives during the session of 1879, and has held the office of City Attorney for the
last three years. He was born in Georgetown, Ohio, August 2, 1848, and lived there until
October, 1861, when he came to Fulton, Il]. He prosecuted the study of law with Eustace
Barge and Dixon, at Dixon, IIl., from 1870 to 1873. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M.,
Blue Lodge and Chapter. He was married at Pensaukee, Wis., June 10, 1874, to Harriet M.
Neff, a native of Ligonier, Noble Co., Ind. They have three children—Helen D., Josephine
N. and Harriet. = : j
I. 5. SANGER, M. D., is a native of Hampden, Penobscot Co., Maine, was born in 1828,

December 2. His career may be said to have commenced when he attended the Hampden
Academy and studied: medicine with his father, Dr. I.S. Sanger. In 1848, he graduated
from Bowdoin Medical College, then taking a trip to Indiana, he visited his cousin, Dr.
William A. Sanger, of Lima, Lagrange €o. The death of his father recalled him home.
He started from New England for a trip on the ocean, and while at the Sandwich Islands
was in charge of the United States Hospital, and on his voyage to foreign‘lands he experi-
enced many wonderfulthings. In 1858 he was traveling, being away seven years, he saw
all of the sights of the old world, and combined business with pee by taking every op-
portunity to enlarge his already large stock of medical lore. On returning, he visited his
New England home, and then turned West, locating in‘Earlville, LaSalle Co., Ill., where he
remained till 1868, when he came to Fort Scott, and entered the profession here, where he
has a fine practice. In 1862, July 22, he married Mrs. Jane Larkin, of LaSalle County, Ill.
They have nochildren. Mrs. Sanger by a former marriage had three, Edgar, Warren and
Emma lL, The last having married Mr. Lean, taught music and practiced photography ; her
mother learning the latter art of her, is at present engaged in the business. Dr. Sanger is a
direct descendant from the old Puritan stock of New England; his grandfather, David
Sanger, was one of the early settlers of New Hampshire, and his father, Increase Sumner
Sanger, was a celebrated physician. The doctor has a host of relatives in the East, and a num-
ber in illinois, all of more or less note. The doctor has never taken any public office, but
has always taken a stand in the Democratic ranks, He is liberal in his religious belief, say-
ing that to do right because it is right, without fear of hell or hope of heaven, is his creed.

D, E. SAUNDERS, Principal of the Kansas Normal College, is a graduate of the Na-
tional Normal University, of Lebanon, Ohio, graduating in the summer of 1876, and coming
to Kansas in 1877. He has been ee in the Nebraska Normal Institute, and since 1879
in the college here, which, by his individual efforts, he has built up and made one of the
most popular institutions of learning in the State.

CHARLES T. SAXE was born in pore County, Ohio, November 21, 1849, and lived
in Ohio until he graduated from Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, in 1873, being {n the first

aduating class of the college. He served in Company IJ!, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth
fadiana Volunteer Infantry for four months in 1864, and is a member of Crane Post, No. 77,
G. A.R. In 1873, he went West, and was engaged in mining for three years in Nevada and
three years in the pottery business in California. He then returned to Missouri, and located
at Deerfield, where he was engaged in the stone ware manufacture with his brother, F. M.
Saxe, for two years. They then came to Fort Scott, and opened the pottery and tile works,
commencing in June, 1882. He was married at Nevada,
beth Harrison, a native of Carroll County, Mo. They have one child, an infant daughter.
Mr. Saxe is a member of his college society, of the Miners’ Union, and the Order of the
American Union.

J. B. SAXE, minister, a native of Saratoga, N. Y., born in 1819. He is of Ger-
man_ descent. His grandfather was a Hessian soldier, who left the English and fought
for the Republic under Gen. Washington during the Revolution. In 1838, Mr. Saxe began
studying for the ministry, and attended the Clinton Liberal Institute, of Oneida County,

oN. v He was ordained in 1843, in Jefferson County, N. Y._ He moved to Vinton County,
Iowa, where he labored in the ministry, and on coming to Kansas in 1869, came to fill the

ulpit of the Universalist organization. At the same time he bought twenty acres of land
in Section 7 and gave his attention to horticulture. He yet holds a pulpit in the county.
He married, but lost his wife, and now has a family of three daughters, Mary C., Eva L., a
teacher, and Nettie G. Mr. Saxe is having quite a success in fruit raising, preferring Wine
Sap and Ben Davis for apples, Duchess and Bartlett for pears, and Concord for grapes.

CHRISTOPHER § Hr LTZ, confectionery and bakery, born in Berlin, Germany, in
1831. He there learned the confectionery business, and came to America in 1865, landing
in New York. He then went to Cincinnati and opened a bakery; he made money and went
to visit his fatherland. He returned and located in Chicago, but was burned out and lost

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about $10,000. He then went to St. Louis and from there to Fort Scott in 1871. Here he
worked for Miller for awhile, then started for himself. In 1874, he married Miss Coats, of
Fort Scott. They have a family of three children. His son Herman, a child by his first
wife, after a thorough education, went into the Turkish army, and is now a General, being
only twenty-five years of age. Mr. Schultz belongs to the Turnverein.

FREDERICK SCHULTZ, brewer. He is a native of Germany, was born in 1833, emi-
rating to America in 1851. He landed in New York and came at once to Milwaukee, where
e remained until 1856, when he moved to Iowa, staying until 1869, when he came to Fort

Scott and erected the brewery here, the firm being Schultz & Smith. In 1870, the firm
changed to Schultz & Blasch. In 1875 or 1876, the oe firm was established, Schultz &
Hazelmeyer. They have not brewed any since the prohibition enactment. Besides the
brewery, he has a fine residence. His family consists of himself, wife and two children—
irls. 5

. L. K. SCOFIELD, proprietor of the Fort Scott Gas Works, was born near Albany, N.Y.
In 1849, he established the New Canaan Nurseries, at New Canaan, Conn. In 1854, he came
to Elgin, Ill., entering extensively into the nursery business at that place. In 1867, he
purchased the gas ote at Freeport, Ill, and the following year, established the Commer-
cial. Nurseries there, supervising the business up to 1879. He was for several years Presi-
dent of the Northern I}linois Horticultural Society and Acting President of the State Hor-
ticultural Society, and for a number of years a member of the State Board of Horticulture,
and one of the organizers of the National Association of Nurserymen. In September, 1880,
he went into the stock raising business, opening a stock ranch in St. Clair County, Mo.,
where he owns and operates nee farming and: grazing interests. On the ist of January,

1882, he purchased the lease of the Fort Scott gas works of J. W. Pinkston, and contracted
for the purchase of the same from James M. Nelson, their owner. 3 | ‘

MISS ADDIE SCOTHORN, teacher in Room 2, Central School, is a native of Findlay,
Hancock County, Ohio. In 1870, moved to Fort Scott when only five years of age. She has
acquired her education in the schools of Fort Scott, when they were not in séssion attend-
ing select schools, She has especially been associated: with Miss Hoxie, attending her
select school as pupil, and later as assistant teacher, also attending the select school of Prof.
Hudson. She has from the first intended to be a teacher, and is now fairly embarked in
her chosen profession, teaching at present in Room 2. .

DAVID SEEVER, Sr., farmer, is a native of Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn.,
born in 1810. His eldest brother, Abraham, was in the war of 1812. There were
ten more in his father’s family, of which he was the youngest. During his early manhood
he learned milling and also the thorough system of farming used in Pennsylvania. In 1831,
he married Miss Helen, of Chambersburg, and on account of his failing health they moved
to Indiana onto a farm, where he remained till 1857, when he emigrated to Kansas, locat-
ing on Section 28, and took 320 acres, some of it laying in Section 27. Erecting a log house,
they lived in it till it was destroyed by lightning. They then built the stone one now used.
Of war reminiscenses, Mr. Seever has seen a great deal, being here at the time John Little
was killed by Montgomery's men, and in 1861 he was at home on his farm, when Gen. Price
came along and captured him, taking him to Lexington, Mo., together with his son William
and Mr. Chapman: He was set at liberty in some twenty-two days afterward, and made his
way home again, having passed through these pee times. He is now enjoying a time
ot peace and the promise of a most bountiful harvest for the year 1882. In 1878, he was
elected Township Treasurer and has held it since, having been Township Clerk and school
officer from time to time. His family numbered twelve, two of whom are deceased. His
son John, who is now at home, was a member of the brave Sixth Kansas Regiment. They
farm about 200 acres now.

MISS M. J. SERGENT, teacher in Room 1, Central School, is a native of Southern
Michigan. She moved to Lake Station, Ind., where she lived till she was fourteen years of
age. § to this time, she was getting her education from private tutors. On returning to
her old ome in Dover, she taught her first school, but her experience was of such a dis-
couraging nature that she quit, and we find her a postal clerk in St. Johns, Mich., soon after.
In 1871, she came to Fort Scott, Kan.,and went into the Central School as teacher of the
Second Primary, now being Eeinetpal, and assisted by her sister Ella, who is also an artist,
mes Sergent has perfected her system of teaching by studying the best school systems in
the country. —

MRS. LORINDA M. SHIELDS, proprietress of the Commercial House, is a native of
Pennsylvania, born in 1833. She went to Illinois in 1836, and lived there till 1851. She was
married to Mr. McLeod-in Chicago. When he died she went to St. Louis, where she lived
till 1875. She met Mr. Shields in Fort Scott, and was married in 1877, Christmas eve. Mr.
M. Shields, son of Dr. Shields, a native of New York, was born in 1830, and learned ‘the
machinist’s trade when a young man. He then went West, and erected and run some
quartz mills. Making money, he returned and visited his old home. From Fort Madison,
lowa, where his parents were, he went to Kansas, in company with Henry and George Win-
ters. Soon after arriving in Fort Scott, he built the hotel, at a cost of $7,000, and became
the leader of several organizations, belonging to the I.0.0.F.and Masons. He died in 1881.
She now conducts the house as the Commercial House.

GROSVENOR A. SHINN was born at Lacon, Marshall Co., Il, June 28, 1848, He came
to Kansas in 1867, and started a nursery about one mile north of Fort Scott, in company
with his father and younger brother. Froma very small beginning, their business has
pen to quite considerable proportions, and now gives employment to from thirty to fifty

ands. He was married in § vingald, Mo., in September, 1873, to Ida M. Underwood, a
native of Pike County, III. They ave three children—John B., Grove Leslie and Nellie.
Mr. Shinn is a member of the A., F. & A. M.

J.B. SMITH, Deputy County Clerk, is a native of St. Joe County, Ind., near-South
Bend, Ind. Was born in 1840. In early manhood he concluded to follow medicine, and in
consequence he attended the Upper Iowa University, but the war breaking out and most of
the students enlisting, he joined the Twelfth Iowa Infantry in 1861, but on account of disa-
bility he was discharged, and after spending most a year in the Keokuk Hospital, he re-
turned to Fayette County, Iowa, and soon afterward went to handling horses in Indepen-
dence, Iowa. Ife then returned to his old home in Indiana. From there they came West
in 1867, in a wagon train, himself, two brothers, sister and his mother. His father died in
Iowa. He had five brothers in the army. Albert was in the Sixth Iowa, killed at Pitts-
burg Landing ; Oliver in the Fifth, wha was confined in Andersonville and Libby Prisons
twe! Ke months and five days; .\aron was Captain of a colored regiment, and John was in
the inth Towa ee One of his brothers is in Indiana, one in Clay County, Kan., one
in La Cygne, Linn Co., Kan., and one in Colorado. Mr. Smith has also (in a useful career)
been in the school room as an instructor, having taught in Misssouri, Iowa and Kansas at
least in eleven schools, and having also learned a tra le, that of carpenter, —

SMITH «& NELSON, proprietors of livery stable. They established their business in
1881, and are doing a strictly livery business, keeping first-class horses and the finest of all
kinds of carriages and buggies. Mr. Nelson, junior member of the firm, is a native of Vir-
ginia, born in 1860. He has been to his old home visiting once since leaving there in 1870,
with hhis parents. While in Arcadia he was Postmaster; this was in 1877; and in 1881, he
went in with H. D, Smith in the livery business. Mr. Smith is an old and ighly respected
Sail Reo EE who has traveled a seat deal, and whe then settled down on his farm

. € was in the dair i i ing i i e

abou us s0 0 n invested con y business before going into the livery. They hav:
EV. R. H. SPARKS, Pastor of the First Methodist Episcops] Church, is a native of
Franklin County, Ind., born July 6, 1833. He was educated ae Ercoxville College and joined
the Southeast Indiana Conference in October, 1854. In 1861, he became a member of the
North Indiana Conference. The principal charges to which’ he has been appointed in In-
diana were Cambridge City, Union City, Mishawaka, Anderson Logansport, Richmond and
Muncie. 1n 1863, Bishop Andrews appointed him to Towa City, Iowa, where he served the
church one pastoral term. By his own re uest, he was transferred back to Indiana in 1865.
In 1879, Bis op Wiley transferred him to the South Kansas Cofiference, and stationed him
at Paola. In March, 1880, he went to Wichita, and in 1881, to Fort Scott. Under his min-
istry the church has prospered, having a membership of 170 and a congreg ation of from 300
to 400. In 1855, he was married to Miss B. C. Compton daughter of Rev. H. Compton. They
Dees sons—Harry B, and Frank L., and one aughter—Mattie May ; their eldest, Anna
By lied in 1865. Mr. Sparks was Chaplain in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana

egiment, and at the close of the war returned to his pastorate in Union City, Ind.

f WILLIAM H. SPENCER, Sr., farmer, Section 3, is a native of Kentueky, and was born
in 1807, April 1. He continued to reside there till he had married and raised a family,
when his sons wishing to come West, he came with them, and in 1871, arrived in Fort Scott,
where he went into the grain and cattle business, and as sodh as he got possession of the
Bigs bart he now resiles, which was in 1874, he built and iniprove ; but in 1879, he
w van ate and lost everything; they then moved to town, where they remained till his
Pp ng was finished, when they moved back to his land, on which the house is
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built, containing twenty-six acres; he has also, on Section 14, 160 acres used as a cattle
ranch, not at present stocked, His son, Robert E., oversees the farm, and his son, William
H., Jr., is practicing law in California. Mr. Spencer has a sister, Mrs. Norton, living in
Kentucky, and a brother James, aged eighty-three, In 1848, he married Miss Brookin, of
Kentucky. They have four girls and two boys. He belongs to the Christian Church.

COL. ISAAC STADDEN, was born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, March 28, 1834,
His father, Richard Stadden, was one of the pioneers of Licking County, and served in both
the House of Representatives and Senate of the General Assembly of Ohio. He was a Cap-
tain in the Mexican war, for which he raised two companies, being in the Second Ohio both
before and after its re-organization into two regiments. THe was in all the battles from
Camargo to Monterey. In the battle of Camargo, where he especially distinguished him-
self, he was wounded. For his gallantry in this battle he was rewarded with a pension.

Col. Stadden’s mother’s maiden name was Rachel Martin. Miss Martin was born in
Bedford County, Penn., and removed at an early day with her parents to Ohio. She wasa
lady of intelligence and education. Richard and Rachel Martin Stadden were the parents
of ten children, of whom Isaac was the fifth. William, a brother of Isaac, was an Adjutant
in an Illinois hia eae during the war of the rebellion. When Isaac was twelve years old,
his father moved his family to Mexico, where they resided two years. Upon arriving in
Mexico, young Isaac enlisted in the Mexican war as drummer boy, and was with Gen. Scott
from Vera Cruz to Mexico, and was appointed by Col. Erwin, Drum-Major of the Second
Ohio regiment. At the close of the war, his father removed to Ottawa, Ill., where Isaac re-
ceived a good business education and worked on his father’s farm. In 1858, the family re-
moved to Kansas, settling at Rockford, Bourbon County. Here they resided until 1864.
Upon the outbreak of the civil war, Isaac enlisted as a private soldier in-the home-guards.

is company was afterward included in the Sixth Kansas Volunteers, of Company B., of
which he was elected First Lieutenant. This Paces afterward became a cavalry regi-
ment, under Col. William R. Judson, Lieut. Stadden being appointed Adjutant, in which
capacity he served one year, when he was mustered out. At the time of the Price raid, he
raised the Twenty-fourth Kansas Militia, of which he was commissioned Colonel by Gov.
Carney. As Colonel of this regiment, he did efficient service against rebel bushwhackers
and guerrillas. z 2
After the war he located in Fort Scott, and established himgelf in the grocery business.

. For six or seven years he carried on a retail trade, at the close of which period he com-

menced the wholesale business, This has ee until now it has acquired im-
mense proportions, having few if any equalsin the State. He employs several commercial
travelers, and is doing an annual business of nearly half a million dollars.

In 1864, Colonel Stadden was elected Mayor of Fort Scott, and has been twice elected to
the City Council. He and his family are regular attendants at the services of the Episcopal
Church, and he is a liberal supporter of religious: enterprises. Politically he has always

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He was married November 16, 1866, at Paola, Kan., to Miss Nellie D. Newcomb, a
daughter of Bayse and Mrs. May A. Newcomb, who was born in Philadelphia, and who
graduated at ‘one of the principal female seminaries in that city. They have three children

* —two daughters and oneson—Lillian M., Leo I. and Nellie Mc.

ROBERT STALKER, retail grocer, commenced business in Fort Scott in 1876, doing
an exclusively retail business. He came to Kansas in October, 1859, and_resided in Marion
Township ; eugene in farming until 1865, when he removed to Crawford County. During
the war he served in the Twenty-second
the time, and participating in the Price raid. Mr. Stalker was born in Clackmannanshire,
Scotland, March 30, 1838, and came to America, July 16, 1852. His first location was at

~Rochester, N. Y., and he remained there and at Brockport, N. Y., until about 1856, when he

went to Rockford, Ill., making that his home until he came to Kansas. He was married in
Marion Township in October, 1860, to Elizabeth Stadden, a native of ‘Newark, Ohio. They
have six children—Emma, Janet, John, Mary, Richard and Isaac. Mr. Stalker is a member
of the A. O. U. W., and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. “

JAMES M. STANLEY, Register of Deeds for Bourbon County, came to Kansas and
located in Marmaton Township, where he lived until elected Register of Deeds in the fall of
1879. He was engaged in farming prior to his election, and_was Township Trustee three
years. Mr. Stanley is a native of Delaware County, South Wooster Township, N. Y.; born
October 14, 1889. He removed to Illinois with his parents in 1845, to Knox County, Il.
which was his home until he came to Kansas. He enlisted in Company K, Ninth Dlinois
Cavalry, September 19, 1861, and served until October 20, 1865, eae in all the en-
gagements of his command, and returning to Illinois at the close of his service. He isa
member of the G. A. R. Mr. Stanley was married in Linn Township, Knox County, Ill.,
February 22, 1866, to Tacie S. Morgaa, a native of Indiana. They have three children—
John §., Blanche A., and Anna M.

MRS. S. H. STEVENS, teacher in Room No. 3, is a native of Scranton, Penn. She re-
ceived her education at the Wyoming Seminary, in Luzerne County, and commenced. teach-
ing in Pennsylvania. In 1870, she came to Kansas and commenced teaching in the East
Fort Scott school in 1876, and when the building burned, she came to the Central School,
but returned as soon as the school in East Fort Scott was built again. She has been a widow
since 1870. Her mother, Mrs. Hodgson, and two of her brothers, live in the southern part
of Scott Township on the farm. Her children are with her—a son and two daughters.

N G. STUART, came to Kansas July 1, 1857, was at Lawrence a short time and

then located at Fort Scott, and took up a claim where he now lives on Section 36, Town of
Scott, a portion being in the city of Fort Scott. He built the first wagon shop in Fort Scott
in 1858, and continued in the trade until 1862, his shop being built of walnut which he cut
-on his farm. During the war he was engaged in contracting for the Government in the
Quartermaster’s Department, his last contract being to furnish 25,000 bushels of corn to the
troops at Fort Scott at $2.35 per bushel. He held the office of Deputy United States Marshal
for one year, from 1858, having been appointed to fill the position of John Little, and was
contractor for the construction of the national cemetery wall, and also street improvements
made in 1870 in Fort Scott. He has also dealt extensively in lands, penne entered up 2,000
acres in Bourbon County at one time, and built and owned the brick block where Stadden’s
wholesale grocery is now located. He represented the Second Ward in the Common Council
for six years, and was Mayor from 1873 to 1874. Mr. Stuart was born in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, February 10, 1834, and went to Boston in 1851, remained there until 1856. He was
married at Fort Scott in July, 1860, to Melissa Dillon, a native of Ohio. They have five
children—Charles, John Elbert, Frank, Mary C. and Mabel C. He is a member of the A., F.
having entered the first lodge at Fort Scott soon after its establishment.
JOHN J. STEW. ART, Deputy County Treasurer, came to Bourbon County January 13,
1856, and settled in what is now Mill Creek Township, engaging in farming and stock-raising,
a business in which he has continued up to the present time. He has represented his district
in the Kansas Legislature three successive terms, from 1875-79. He served as Township
Trustee for one year and has held the office of Deputy County Treasurer since October, 1880.
He was born in Miller County, Mo., March 31, 1840, and lived in that State until he came to
Kansas. July 27, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, and served until
March, 1863, He then served for a time on the border as Captain of Company C, Bourbon
County Battalion, a company which he had himself raised. He was married in Mill Creek
Township, in February, 1860, to Elizabeth J. Harbin, a native of Indiana, who came to Kan-
sas with her parents in 1857. She is a daughter of Calvin Harbin, Miami County, Ind.
They have three children—Melissa J., Sophronia Grant, and Emma. Mr. Stewart is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the A, F. & A. M.. ;

WILLIAM STURM, sewing machines and organs, native of Peoria, IIL, born May
6, 1835. From here he went, in 1853, to Clayton County, Iowa, and went into Lewis
Sturm’s sawmill, where he remained till 1860, then going West to Denver, Colo., and
on to Russell’s Gulch, then to Lake Gulch where he kept store; returning to Clayton
County, Iowa, in’ 1861, and built a grist millin which he owned one-quarter, father, one-

quarter, and W. D. G. Fastman one-half. Before it was finished his grandfather bought
Eastman’s interest, so the firm was Lewis, Nicholas & William Sturm, the mill and farm
was called Sturm’s mill and farm. They run this till 1866, and sold to John Carty. He then
went to Colorado City and opened a store; sold this, making about $1,000; he returned to
eee County; here he bought a water-power, built a sawmill and sold to his partner, H.
C.Beman. This was in 1868; he then bought an interest in a grist mill and farm with W.
B. Grant, and sold again, coming to Fort Scott in 1873, when he established his present busi-
ness, acting as sub-agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, under §. E. Hatfield, but
in 1874 he took a general agency till 1875; he then worked in connection with Mr. An-
thony till 1879, when he enlarged his business, carrying the Whitney & Holmes, Estey and Camp
and Haynes organs and list of pianos. Mr. Sturm is a man of strong convictions, being an
earnest advocate of the temperance principles, and he was one of the Council when the
compromise of indebtedness was effected. He married Miss Wolf, daughter of Thomas

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Wolf. They have three children—two sons and one daughter. Mr. Sturm is a member of
the I. O. O. F., and of the Royal Templars of Temperance.
H. SWANK, proprietor of the Fort Scott ea Works, established by him in 1870.
In 1874, the factory was bought by A. L. Gangwer, D. B. Burger and J. J. Henry. In March,
1882, C. W. Flickinger and J. A. Miller entered the firm. Mr. D. B. Burger is a native of
Allentown, Lehigh Co., Penn.; born in 1848; learned the trade of carriage painting, in the
Neff Factory in 1857; went to work for Foltz & Ganze, in Peoria, Il].,and in 1870 came to
Fort Scott and worked for H. Swank, an uncle, and in 1874, took an interest in the business,
when his uncle died. He is not married; belongs to the Knights of Honor and the Red
Men. Mr. A. L. Gangwer is a native of the same county and State; was born in.1839; his
ae going to Ohio in 1854, where he learned the trade of wood-worker with Wenner &
oore, of Tiffin, Ohio. In 1860, he went to Biensopn, ae and has been in other States. At
Napoleon, Ohio, he built a large factory. He came here to Fort Scott in 1874, and entered
the firm in 1874. Mr. J. J. Henry, isa native of New York; was born in 1846; learned his
trade of ironworker of EDA & Titus in 1865; then going to Toledo, Ohio, and then to
Leavenworth in 1871. He then went South to Vicksburg and New Orleans, and then back
to Kansas City, and here in 1872, and worked for Swank. He married Miss Brown. They
have a family of two children. He belongs to the I. 0. 0. F. and Red Men. C. W. Flicken-
er isa native of Mahoning County, Ohio; was born in 1855; he learned his trade in Can-
held, Ohio, with N. Swank, in 1873, going to Fostoria, Ohio, then to Indiana, and here in
1874. He visited Colorado, and returned in 1880, entering the firm in March, 1882. Belongs
to the Red Men. J. A. Miller is a native of Lehigh County, Penn., born in 1847; he learned
the trade of woodworker with Snyder & Hendricks, and came to Fort Scott in 1876; worked
for the company until March, 1882, when he became one of the firm. In 1874, he married
Miss German. They have a family of three children. He is a member of the Red Men.
VAN RENSSELAER W. SUNDERLIN, M. D., came to Fort Scott January 28, 1868, and
has .been engaged in practice here ever since his arrival, with the exception of part of the
years 1873-74 spent in Lawrence, and one and a half years spent in Eureka Springs, Ark.,
in 1880-81. He was born in Dundee, Yates County, N. Y., aes 28, 1826, and received
a common school education in his native county. He received his medical education at the
Union Homeopathic Medical College in New York, and commenced practice in 1850, in his _
native county. In 1855, he removed to Pewamo, Mich., and that was his home until 1867,
with the exception of two years spent in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1861, he organized Company
F, Thirteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned hong of the company.
He served one year in Gen. Garfield’s Brigade of Wood’s Division, in the Army of the Cum-
berland, and was commissioned Major of the regiment, but his health failed him, so that he.
was obliged to resign before he was mustered in as Major. He then returned to Michigan,

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and remained there until 1867, peng Chicago in that year and engaging in practice for
one year before going to Kansas. He was married to his present wife, Julia Banister, a
native of Allegany County, N. Y., at St. John’s, Michigan, January 31, 1867. He has two
children by a former marriage—Eugene A:, now Cashier of the Lowell National Bank, Mich-
igan, and Lorenzo D., a physician at Pewamo, Mich. Dr, Sunderlin is a member of the Ho-
meopathic Medical Society of Kansas, and was President of that organization in 1879.

T. W. TALLMAN, farmer, Section 29, was born in New Jersey in 1827. He was raised
on a farm, and remained there until sixteen or seventeen years of age, then starting in life,
he tried a variety of trades, but gave most of his attention to horses, handling them in Cin-
cinnati, Peoria and then in Iowa. He came to Kansas in April, 1857, leaving Ohio when the
frost was in the ground some inches. He was delighted, on arriving in Kansas, to find the
grass growing, making good feed tor stock, and though not intending to farm, he went on a
claim of 160 acres, which he increased to 300, but has sold all but 115. Mr. Tallman has
taken quite a prominent place in official life of the county, being one of the first Commis-
sioners of the county. He was appointed in 1858, by the Governor, having held it since for
a number of years, and was Chairman most of the time from 1870 to 1874. He was Sheriff of
the county, and in 1878 he was elected to the State Legislature. Returning to his farm, he
at once assumed agricultural pursuits which he has carried on since coming to the State, his
family living on the farm since they first settled there. He has improved the farm and has

~ many fine buildings on it, and a large and commodious residence, which hé has just been

improving. He has been a member of the I. 0. 0. F. for thirty-four years, and in politics
a Democrat. They have five children, two daughters at home and one daughter married;
two boys, one in Colorado and one in Kansas City.

MRS. J. M. TERRY, proprietress of the Terry Bus Company, is a native of Massachu-
setts. Married Mr. J. M. Terry in Putnam, Ohio, in 1855. He was born in Leroy, N. Y.,
October 9, 1828, and died in 1877. They have a family of six children. Mrs. Terry now
carries on the bus line in Fort Scott, which is part of the enterprise established by Mr.
Terry, who was one of the early stage men of Kansas with his brothers, William D. ant Col
L. G. Terry, and was connected with them in the Kansas Stage Company and also in what
was known as Southwestern Stage Company. His experiences on these frontier routes
would fill a volume. The personal risks at times were perilous; his labors in Kansas asa
pioneer of traffic, is of marked value. Mr. J. M. Terry was the first Mayor of Fort Scott who

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was elected on the temperance ticket. The bus line now consists of two buses and one
hack*under Mrs. Terry’s management. 7

MISS VIRGIE THOMPSON, teacher in Room 3 Central School, eS Tola, Allen

Co., Kansas; born and bred in the State; she also received her education here. When

uite young she went to Missouri; while here her father died. In 1876, she returned to the

tate, and attended school under Mrs, Rhodes’ instruction, and afterward with Mr. Math-
ews, finishing with the Normal course in the Fort Scott High School, graduating under Mr.
Hudson in the class of 1880, the members being Belle Moulton, Ella Sargeant, Josie Walters,
Kittie Wilson, Jennie Phenisie, Addie Gardiner, Anna B. Nellie and Fry and herself. In
1879, she received a certificate, and has taught since in the city. giving her attention to pri-
mary work. Miss Thompson, mother and brother Charlie are living in the city, while she
teaches; her brother is employed on the railroad, as is another brother, William.

A. THRONDSON, proprietor of the New York House, a native of Norway, born in
1848. While there, he learned the tanner’s trade, and worked at it till coming to America
in 1870. Having a brother in Chicago, he sopeed there three months, then came to Fort
Scott, Kan., in 1872, where he went into the saloon business in connection with a grocery,
but closed out and opened the New York House, in 1877, having a hotel of twenty rooms,
and doing a good business, In 1876, he married Miss C. Wilks, of Fort ‘Scott. They had
one child, now deceased. Mr. Throndson is by faith a. Lutheran.

H. TRECHTER, manufacturer of soda water, sarsaparilla and ginger ale, Market street;
native of Germany, was born in 1852. He came to America in 1864, at once coming to Kan-
sas, where he arrived in 1865, and went into the beer brewery, working there till it closed
up, then going into his present business in 1882. In 1878, he married Miss Ahrens, of Fort
Scott. They have three children, and he belongs to the Knights of Pythias.

8. P. TRESSLAR, photographer, Nos. 108 and 110 Market street. Born in Johnson
County, Ind., in 1843. Commenced the photographic business at Franklin, Ind., in 1864
located in Fort Scott in 1872. His gallery covers 3,000 square feet, and is the best arranged

allery in Kansas, and the only one west of St. Louis where life-size portraits are made
irect from the sitter. . é
oO C. UMSTED, farmer, Section 2, is the eldest son of L. H. Umsted, who is a
“native of Ohio, and who came with his family to Kansas in 1866. He is known to be one of
the best farmers of this section. not having lost a crop since coming here, and during the bad.
seasons succeeded in reaping good harvests; in the dry year of 1874, he raised wheat that
ran forty-three bushels and one peck to an acre, and this year will have a wonderful crop
of corn that will average sixty bushels to the acre; his sons promise to be as good farmers,
His family consists of eight children—John C., Etta, Mary, Albert, Louis, Owen, Lillie and
Clifton. John C, is also a teacher, having taught school for the Ett five years, and having
taken the scientific course in the Kansas Normal School at Fort Scott |

J! HC. URY, railroad contractor, came to Kansas with his father, Lewis L. Ury,
in July, 1858, and settled on “Buck Run,” Dry Wood Township, on what was known as the
-“Neutral Strip.” This was his home until he entered the army as a Government scout and

spy. He served in that iy pee in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Texas, during almost
the entire period of the war, under different generals, most of the time under Gens. Blunt,
Curtis and Henning, During the Price raid he was for thirty days Major of the Four-
teenth Kansas Militia. He had been through to Springfield, Mo., for prisoners, in May,
1864, and on his return stopped overnight with his parents. While there he was attacked
and eapuuree. by a band of bushwhackers, eighty-two strong, commanded by Taylor, but
escaped through strategy the same night. He was born near Fairfield, Fairfield, Co., Ohio,
October 15, 1842, but when one year old removed with his parents to Morgan County, Ind.,
where he lived until he went to Warren County, Ill., about twelve years prior to coming to
Kansas. After the war engaged in the lumbering business, running a saw mill until 1867,
since which he has been engaged in railroad contracting, making a specialty of grading
contracts. He was first married at Fort Scott in the fall of 1865,to Jennie Vincent, who
died in the winter of 1872, leaving one child, Maudy. He was married to his present wife,
Nettie Brough, a native of Kentuckey, at Bowensburg, Hancock Co., Ill., in November, 1879.

D. J. VAN FOSSEN, real estate, joan and insurance agent, came to Fort Scott in 1865,
and was engaged in the grocery business for about nine months, in partnership with his
brothers, John and Charles. In 1866, he established the Kansas Record, and has published it
ever since that time. In 1866, he engaged in the real estate and Joan and insurance and col-
lecting business, putting out the first real estate sign or bulletin board in Fort Scott, and
since 1870 has been connected with his present partner, Henry Wilcox. Mr.'’Van Fossen
was born in Livingston County, N. Y., February 4, 1833, and removed to Michigan when
only two or three years of age, residing at Concord in that State until 1844, when he removed
to La Fayette, Ind. In 1852, he went to California, driving ten yoke of oxen and passing
through Fort Scott on the way, and he remained there until he came to Fort Scott. He was
married at Kansas City in August, 1868, to Josephine, a native of New York State. They
have two children—Kate and Fred. Mr. Van Fossen is a member of the A., F. & A. M.

VAN FOSSEN & WILCOX, real estate, loan and insurance agents; the firm is com-

sed of D. J. Van Fossen_ & Henry Wilcox, and the business was originally established by
Mtr. Van Fossen in 1866, Mr. Wilcox becoming a partner in 1871. They handle lands on
commission, and buy and sell lands on their own account, and have very largely increased
their business since its establishment. In 1875, they began to loan money for eastern capi-
talists, loaning the first year perhaps $25,000. Now their loans amount to at least $250,000
per annum, principally in the eastern counties of Kansas. They represent the local interest
of some of the leading fire insurance companies of New York, Philadelphia and Connecticut,
as well as some foreign companies. They have sold over 100,000 acres of land since January
1, 1882, a period of less than six months.

G. W. WARD, farmer, Section 13. His father, Asa Ward, was a native of North Caro-
lina, and his mother of Virginia. They moved to Illinois in 1847. George was born on the
farm. They carried on grain farming there, and on coming to Kansas they settled on Sec-
tion 13, his father having claimed 160 acres. Here George grew up, and in 1862, he had a
friend enter eighty acres on Section 23, Scott Township. In 1862, he enlisted in the militia,
and after some marching he returned to the farm, Beginning at the bottom he has worked
his way up, in his boyhood passing through many thrilling scenes, such as were experienced.
by everyone who lived in Kansas during those stirring times. By hard work and good man-
agement, he has succeeded in acquiring some 400 acres of land ; he has 130 acres of corn, be-
sides cattle, horses and mules, -In 1879, he married Miss 8. Hadleston, of Vernon County,
Mo. They have two boys—Elmer and William Harvey. Mr, Ward is a Republican, and a
member of the J.0.0.F. Of the old family, his brother Jamesisin Missouri; Asa is on the old
farm ; William H. is farming on Section 26; two sisters are living near Nevada, Mo., and
one brother is in Fort Scott, Alexander is in California, and Amanda is in Philadelphia; a
brother Meljar died some thirteen years ago on the old farm, In December, 1880, his father
died, aged one hundred and three years. ‘

EUGENE F. WARE, attorney, is a native of Hartford, Conn. THe came to Fort Scott in
September, 1867, and for some time worked at his trade, that of a harness maker. In 1871
he was admitted to the bar, and has since been engaged in practice, He at one time held
the office of State Senator.

H. E. WARE, of the firm of Dulany & Ware, lumber dealers, representing a branch of
the Empire Lumber Co, Mr, Ware is a native of Orange ee Vt.; he was born January
1, 1824. While at home he lived on the farm, but most of his life has been lumbering. In
1859, he worked in Chicago for Ferry & Sons, up to the time of his coming to Fort Scott,
Kan , in 1869. He ran a yard himself till 1875, when-he went to farming, having some 240
acres of grain and stock land. In 1879, he went into the lumber business with Dulaney, now
about the largest stock yard in the city, carrying about $12,000 worth of stock.

‘SS M. M. WARFIELD, teacher in Room No. 7, Central School, is a native of Mont-
gomery County, Md. She attended the Western High School of Baltimore, and then mov-
ing to Hartford County, she was examined and given a first-class certificate, then taking a
school in Abington District, her first, then in Darlington District, where her agreeable ex-
perience decided her upon following the profession. In 1876, they moved to Fort Scott, and
in 1877she commenced teaching in Room No. 5, Central School. For five years she instructed
her young pupils, and endeared herself to them, so that in changing to Room No. 7, some
insisted on following. Miss Warfield’s success in teaching is the result of her love of the
vocation.

REV. F.J. WATTRON, priest of the Catholic Church “Mary, Queen of Angels,” Fort
Scott, is a native of France, where he was born in 1834, and emigrated to America in 1854,
and in 1858 or 1859, located in Atchison, Kan., and in 1864 graduated from the Milwaukee
Seminary of St. Francis De Sales. He was ordained by the Right Rev. Bishop J. B. Miege.
Before ¢oming to Fort Scott, he was at Paola, where his members consisted of twelve white
families and Indians belonging to five tribes. He came to Fort Scott, December 9, 1874,
where he has a membership of fifty families, and also took charge of St. Patrick’s Church ai
Fulton, embracing forty families. The old church here in Fort Scott was built in 1860, now
used as a residence and a schoolhouse by Father Wattron. The present building was dedi-

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cated by Rt. Rev. L. M. Fink in 1872, June 16. The priests preceding him were Fathers
Cunningham, Bononcini, Dougherty, Father Murphy, and then Father Wattron.

LEWIS B. WELCH, County Clerk, came to Kansas in May, 1859, and the following
month located in what is now Allen County. He was engaged in farming until August,
1861, and then in Company G, Sixth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, In February, 1862, he was
transferred to Company F*, Eighth Kansas Regiment, and continued in that company and
regiment until he left the service at Chattanooga, Tenn., September 19, 1864, being at that
time First Sergeant of his company. He was in all the engagements of his command and
was wounded at Atlanta. In October, 1864, he located permanently in Pawnee Township. He
held the office of Township Trustee of that. township for six terms; has been Township Cierk,
Township Treasurer and Clerk of School Board, and was elected County Clerk in November,
1881. He was born near Urichville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, July 2, 1839, and when fifteen
years of age removed to Illinois, where heremained until he came to Kansas. He was mar-
ried in Pawnee Township, in June, 1865, to Mary J. Viers, who was born in West Virginia, near
West Liberty. They have six children, Mary L., Alice, Nannie P., Jesse, Charles and Frank
C. Mr. Welch is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WEST & HUMPHREY, attorneys at law; firm established in 1882, February 22, J.
S. West, as has his partner, J. M. Humphrey, educated himself, and finally, with com-
mendable perseverance, established the firm. _Mr. West is a native of Michigan ; was born
June 28, 1855. He cameto Kansas in 1869, and in 1876 began reading law; in winter of 1877-78
taught school, and then went to the Lawrence University, and went to teaching again;
was in school-book fight here, and went into Hill & Sallee’s office to read law, and was ad-
mitted in 1881. He was Clerk of aSenate Committee in and belonging tothe Baptist Church.
He has become an expert in coal mining, which he carried on with his farm. J.M. Hum-
phrey’s career is similar. He is a native of Indiana; was born in 1856, April 12, and came
to Kansas in 1869, having farmed and taught till 1877. He went to the high school of Fort
Scott, and next season to Girard, under Prof. Quick, preparing for college, and in 1878, pre-
pared for and entered Freshman Class of State University, expecting to take the classical
course, but went to teaching and reading law, and entered the law office of Col. J. R. Hal-
lowell, and afterward studied under Judge C. 0. French; was admitted to the bar in Feb-
ruary 22, 1882, and entered into partnership with J.S. West same year.

8.8. WESTOVER, grocer, native of Massachusetts, born May 6, 1818. At the age of three,
parents moved to New York,and when six years old-he lost his father, his mother dying
when he was ten years of age. He was then an ii without money or an education.
In 1854, he went to Illinois, to Aurora, where he worked at the mason’s trade, having learned
it in 1838, remaining here till 1870, when he came to Fort Scott, Kan., and worked at his
trade till 1874, when he bought out George Patterson, and established himself in a fine
business, commencing with $10,000 a year, and now doing a business of $30,000 in groceries
and produce. Mr. Westover married in 1843, and again in Aurora, IIl., to Mrs. Moftat. He
has had a fumily of seven in all, three of whom are masons, and Fred an engineer on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. ,

C S. WHEATON, farmer, Section 12, native of Aurelius Township, Cayuga County,
N. Y., born January 9, 1810. He remained in his native State till 1832, when he tooka
timber farm and opened it to farming in Ohio, In 1842, he moved to Michigan, being a
pioneer there, clearing and improving, but was taken with the ague, being so reduced in
strength that when he went back to New York to recruit he could not walk alone, but re-
covering soon after reaching home, he went to canal boating, and in 1846 removed to
Dodge County, Wis., thence to Rock County, where he engaged in farming till 1859, when
he came to Mound City, Linn County, Kan., arriving April 2. He was here engaged in
farming and serving as Under Sheriff. In 1865, he moved to Fort Scott and bought property,
serving till 1868 as Deputy Sheriff under Harris & Knowles. That year he was elected
Sheriff and served until 1870; he was jailor for six years in Fort Scott, and passed through
many dangerous scenes; having bought his present farm in 1868, he moved onto it in 1874,
where he has lived since with his wife and son John. He married Miss Thayer, of Essex
County, N. Y., December, 1829. They have three children. Mr. Wheaton’s farm is a stock
and grain enterprise ; he has now retired to this quiet life and enjoys a ripe old age. He
uy) ms a member of the Masonic order for thirty years, and is also a member of the

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W. J. WHITTEKIND, carpenter, contractor and builder, two doors south of court
house, on Nathaniel avenue. He was born in Adams County, Ill., February 15, 1847, where
he remained till 1878, having learned his trade’; he then went to Texas, and from there to
Fort Scott, where he married in 1868. They have now a family of fourchildren. Mr. Whit-
tekind owns his own residence; he is a member of the Royal Jenaplars of Temperance Soci-
oy also a the G. A. R., and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In polities he isa

emocrat. —

HENRY WILCOX, real estate, loan and insurance agent, came to Fort Scott in June,
1870, and has been engaged in his present business, in company with Mr. Van Fossen, since
that time. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and was for five years a member
of the school board, its President during a portion of the time. He was born in Luzerne,
Warren County, N. Y., and lived in his native county till six years of age, then in Saratoga
County, N. Y., until he removed to Kansas. He received his education at College Till Insti-
tute, Poughkeepsie, N. Y , and at Union College, at Schenectady, N. Y., and was admitted to
the bar at Schenectady, April 7, 1869, before the Judges of the Supreme Court. He com-
menced practice at Saratoga Springs, and was Superintendent of the public schools of Sara-
toga County, N. Y., for six years previous to coming to Kansas. He was married in Kent,
Portage County, Ohio. They have two children living—Mary H. and Lucy B., and have
a two, one an infant son, larry, and the other a daughter, Anna, who died in 1876, aged

‘our years.

J. F. WILLETT, general manager and secretary of the York Nursery Company, came to
Kansas September 27, 1867, and located in Franklin Township, Bourbon County, where he
resided most of the time until 1874, engaged in farming. For the next four years he was en-
gaged in teaching, and then entered the nursery business, in which he still continues. He
was born near Fayetteville, Washington County, Ark., October 26, 1854, and resided there
until 1861, when he went to Mercer County, Ill. He remained there until coming to Kan-
sas, in the fall of 1s67, He was married November 23, 1880, at the residence of M. M. York,
0 mon Township, Bourbon County, Kan., to Augusta Margery York, a daughter of M. M.

ork,
_, ©. A. WILLIAMS, first assistant teacher in the PlazaSchool. Hecommenced his school
life at Union College, Ind., afterward attending Wilborforce College from 1857 to 1861. In
1864, coming to Galesburg, IIL, he taught, moving on to Somerset, Monroe County, Mo.; also
taught in Shelby County. In 1878, he was Principal of the colored school of Quincy, Ul. He
thon returned to Shelbina, Mo., where he stayed until coming to Fort Scott, in 1878, His
wife is a teacher also in the Plaza School, in Room 1. Her education was chiefly acquired
from private tutors, Her expetienne began in 1867, in a school in Missouri, on Otter Creek,
suceveded by one on Crooked Creek. She then went to Somerset, and from there with her
husband to Quincy, Il; then back to Shelbyville, where she taught, also in Shelbina, and
oy one to Fort Scott she preceded her husband by some four months in entering the
room,

_,, COL. IITERO T. WILSON was born at Russellville, Logan County, Ky., September 6,
1806, and lived there until 1834, He then went to Fort Gibson, in the Indian Territory, and
became associated as clerk with his brother, Thomas E. Wilson, who was then sutler at Fort
Gibson, and afterward died at Fort Smith. ‘Col. Wilson removed to Fort Scott September 13,

"1843, and was sutler at that point until 1853, when the troops were withdrawn, and there

Was no government reserve at Fort Scott, and consequently no government property except
the buildings of theFort. Col. Wilson purchased the bunlding in which te Teel, at the
pone te sale of the government buildings in 1855. Four officers’ blocks, accommodating two
‘amilies each, whic cost $13,000, selling at that time for $300 to $500. In 1857, a town com-
pany was formed, of which George A. Crawford was President, and Col. Wilson Secretary
and Treasurer, and the town of Fort Scott was laid off and platted. The young town pros-
pered from the first, and its se built houses to some extent, and sold houses and lots
as the demand was created. Col. Wilson was engaged in mercantile pursuits for some time,
and then entered the real estate and insurance business. He was Postmaster for severa
years, and served in several prominent positions in early times. He was married in Pettis
County, Mo., 30 miles from Boonesville, September 28, 1847, to Elizabeth C., daughter of Gen.
a a ee of Harlan County, Ky. The
- Robinson, residing in Dura: 5 Eli i

Hobie, Poth resid _o ng ana ngo, Col.; Elizabeth C., Mrs. Goodlander, and
re LL, SON was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 17, 1816, and lived in his native

oe until March, 1859, when he moved to Vernon County, Mo., and lived there two years ;
ne moyen to Kansas in June, 1861, and located in Osage Township, eight miles northeast of
port cot, in Bourbon County, whore he has been engaged in farming and stock-raising ;
e has also been employed in building railroads in Kansas, and is now President of the

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Kansas & Nebraska Central Railroad. He organized the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
in Kansas, and was the President of that road for four years; he also built the Parsons &
Cherokee Railroad, and was the Vice President and General Manager of that road. He
was married in Knox County, Ohio, in 1840, to Miss Mary McCoy, a native of Ohio; they
have five children—Elysba, Charles N., Phebe A., Marion and Myron. Mr. Wilson organ-
ized a company of home guards during the war, and was elected to the captaincy of the
eorpany Mr. Wilson commenced building railroads in 1836, and built several roads in
Ohio betore coming to Kansas, and has been largely engaged in developing the resources of
the State of Kansas. a

: WINSBY & GOUCHER, house, sign and carriage painters. J. R. Winsby was born
in Nova Scotia in Queen’s County. He learned the trade of painter in the ship yards of
Boston, Mass. He Jeft there and came to Avoca, Iowa, where he opened a shop, and
visited Kansas in 1872, but going through via Wichita to Galveston, Tex., then to Omaha,
with cattle, then to Boston and back. He came to Fort Scott in 1873, and married N. J.
Glavebrook. They have a sen ot three children. The shop was first located on Main
street, and then on Wall street. E.S. Goucher is a native of Ohio, born in 1843. He learned
his trade in Canfield, Ohio, and then traveled with Hoffman’s menagerie, from 1862 to 1869,
going through the States of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, Del-
aware and others. He came to Fort Scott in 1869, and opened his shop. In 1870 he was in
partnership with Mr, Lane. For a while during the fishing season, he gives his attention
to that business. In 1876 and 1877, he worked for the M. K.&T.R. RB. June 27, 1872, he
married Miss Lane. They have two children.

A. M. YORK came to Kansas in 1870, and located at Independence, where he was
engaged in the practice of law until 1875. In 1872, he was elected a member of the State
Senate. In 1875, he went to Shreveport, La., and remained there two years, engaged in mail
contracts in that State and Texas. He then came to Fort Scott and became interested in
the York Nursery with his father and brother. Heis a native of Byron, Ogle Co., Ill.; born
July 7, 1838. That was his home until September, 1862, when he enlisted in Company I,
Ninety-second Iinois Volunteer Infantry. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and
in 1863 was promoted First Lieutenant. In 1864, he was again promoted Captain of Com-
pany G, Fifteenth Colored Infantry, and was the same year raised to the rank of Lieutenant

olonel of the Fifteenth Colored Infantry. He was finally mustered out of service in April,
1866, and went to Shelbina, Mo., where he was engaged in practice until he removed to

 

Independence. He was married at Polo, Ogle Co., Il, March 4, 1861, to Juliett Preston, a
native of Oneida Co., N. Y. They had three children—Winnefred J., Ernest Preston and
Frederick A. Mrs. York died April 9 1875, and he was married to his present wife, Candace
Tracey, a native of Payson, Ill., at Independence, Kan., March 26, 1877. They have one
ehild—Roscoe Tracey. Col. ‘York is a member of the A, F. & A.M.

M. M. YORK was born at Towanda, Bradford Co., Penn., on the 15th day of July, 1809.
He sprang from a strongly marked ancestry. His grandfather was a pioneer settler of the
historic Valley of Wyoming, and fell a victim at the terrible massacre that depopulated that
beautiful region. His father, then a babe, was saved by the heroism of its mother, who
escaped under the cover of darkness of night, and with others descended the Susquehanna
River. The child thus saved became one of the leading Presbyterian divines of Pennsyl-
vania, and was distinguished for the vigor of his intellect and his power as a pulpit orator,
and stood among the foremost in the councils of his church. His son, Miner M., was
thoroughly instructed in the tenets of his father’s faith, and through all the changes and
vicissitudes of a long and active life has held firmly to the teachings of his reverend father.
At the age of nineteen years he left the parental home to seek his fortune in the then far
West. Yor several years he engaged in lead mining at Galena, Ill. In 1835, he removed to
Rock River County, and made an entry of Government land, opps to the present town
of Byron, in Ogle Co., IN. In 1837, he married Margery Irvine, eldest daughter of Reverend
Alexander Irvine, one of the pioneers of Methodism in the new State of Illinois. They
made their home on the same farm continuously until 1865, and raised a family of seven
children, five sons and two daughters, In the year 1865, the entire family, with the excep-
tion of one son, Irvin, then in California, removed to Shelbina, Shelby Co., Mo. Then M. M.
York and his son, Julius H., engaged in the nursery business, and remained there until
the year 1870, when they removed to Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kan., and then and there laid
the foundation of the famous York Nursery Company, which has grown into the largest
one of the kind west of the Mississippi River. An account of their operations appear-
ing elsewhere in these pages, renders it superfluous to notice at length in this connection.
In politics M. M. York was an ardent Whig during the existence of that party, and
since the party ceased to exist, he has never attached himself,to any party, but has sup-
ported men and measures upon their individual merits. In politics, as in religion, he
adheres to the views and principles adopted in early life. While he has always been active
in business, he has yet been a great reader. His books have been his constant companions.
The subjects to which he devoted the greatest attention were ancient history, and the his-
tory and growth of the Christian religion, arid in a thorough and comprehensive knowl-
edge of both these subjects he has few equals. He is a man of positive ideas, possessed of a
keen and searching intellect, and intolerant of all social, religious or political strains. As a
business man, he has at all times been a model of uprightness and probity, and in all the
walks of life he has made an enviable and noble record of a well-spent and useful life. His
greatest ambition and interest in life have centered in his family. He rightly regards the
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child a good or a bad citizen when ary to manhood. He is still the strong counselor and
watchful father to his children, and, like one of the patriarchs of old, he is still the head of
his family, deeply reverenced and beloved by them. He is now in his seventy-fourth year,

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still actively engaged in the nursery business, an energetic, vigorous old man, retaining in
full force his mental powers and affording a marked example of the effects of an active,
temperate, honest Christian life in the preservation of his mental and physical forces to a
ripe old age. °

P J ULIUS HAMLIN YORK, President of the York Nursery Company, came to Fort
Scott April 1, 1870, and has since been engaged in the nursery business on ground which he
phe for the purpose. He had been previously engaged in the same business in Shel-

ina, Mo., having been in the business now seventeen years. Heis a native of Byron, Ogle
County, Ill., born January 5, 1845. In 1865, he removed from there to Shelbina, Mo., which
was his home until he came to Kansas. He was married at Shelbina February 15, 1870, to
Frances L. Brandt, a native of Canandaigua, N. They have two children—Miner M.
and Carroll T. Mr. York is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

MARMATON.

There have been three town sites by this name, with a slight variation
in the spelling, and two towns or villages. The first Marmaton was located
on Section 83, Township 25, Range 24. A town company was organized and
incorporated by the Legislature, by an act approved February 6, 1858, the
incorporators named in the act being William R. Griffith, W. B. Barber,
William H. Krotzer, Horatio Knowles and their associates. The town
company was permitted by this act ‘to pre-empt land not to exceed 820
acres. ‘ :

A town company under the name of Marmiton was incorporated by an
act of the Legislature, which act was approved February 11, 1858. This
town was located on Section 31, Township 25, Range 24, about three miles
west of Marmaton. The incorporators named in statute were: T. R.
Roberts, James E. Jones, Orlando Darling, Charles Dimon and their as-
sociates and successors. This spelling of the name Marmiton is found
frequently in the county records, and was the favorite method of spelling
it with James E. Jones, a somewhat noted editor of those days. The
town site consisted of 320 acres. The first building erected on it was fora
store by the town company, and the second building was built also by the
town company for a hotel. It was a large three-story frame structure now
standing near the railroad station of Marmaton on the St. Louis, Ft. Scott
& Wichita Railroad. The first general store was opened at Marmiton by
Horatio Knowles, in 1858. The firm became Aiken & Knowles during the
year, and in 1859, Edward Jones opened astore. The first blacksmith was
W._W. Burns, who started his shop in 1858. The first school was taught
by Miss Frances Barrett. Horatio Knowles built the first dwelling house
on the town site in 1858. During the winter of 1858-59, about twelve
other buildings were erected, and by 1860, the town contained a population
of seventy-five persons. In 1860 or 1861, a flouring mill was built within
the limits of the town site. In 1862, the town probably reached its greatest
prosperity, at which time it contained a cabinet shop, two blacksmith
shops, a furniture store, and a three-story store building containing $14,000
worth of goods.

The town was sacked and burned by rebels October 22, 1864, during
the time of the Price raid, but not by Price’s men. These raiders were
from Newton County, Mo., about eighty in number and under command
of Maj. Courcey. At this time there were burned two stores, one dwell-
ing house and the Methodist Church. The store building of Cobb & Jones,
valued at $1,500, was consumed, together with $13,500 worth of goods.
The store building of Aiken & Knowles, worth $1,500, containing $15,000
worth of goods, was also burned. The house burned belonged to Mrs.
Shane, widow of a Union Lieutenant of the Tenth Kansas Regiment. It
was worth $500, and the church $800, making a total loss of property
amounting to $32,800.
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Ten citizens of, Marmiton were taken prisoners by the rebels, marched
out about one-half a mile, arranged in a row and fired upon. Six were
killed, the rest escaping by running to the woods.. The killed were
Horatio Knowles, Joseph Stout, Daniel M. Brown, Abner McGonigal, Dr.
L. M. Shadwick, and Warren pawns. Abner McGonigal was a mere
boy, Mr. Hawkins sixty years old, and Mr. Brown was Postmaster at the
time. The murder of these men was utterly ruthless and inexcusable,
except it can be excused on the ground that they favored the Union cause,
and had it occurred in time of peace, instead of in time of war, when
human life is considered of little value, this Marmiton massacre would
have been considered as equally atrocious and would have caused as great
a sensation as did that of the Marais des Cygnes. Some of the survivors
who had not before known fear, were so affected by its atrocity that now,
erent ste the lapse of eighteen years, they have not recovered from the
shock.

In 1882, after the building of the St. Leuis, Ft. Scott & Wichita rail-
road, which passed about three-fourths of a mile north of Marmiton, it
was abandoned, the buildings being moved to the railroad. The buildings
moved consisted of the hotel, two stores, four dwellings and schoolhouse.
The new town site consists of thirty-four acres, and was platted and filed
November 18, 1882, by Francis Tiernan, President of the railroad. Edward
Jones is Postmaster, having served in that capacity continuously since his
first appointment in 1857, at Marmiton, except about a year, during which
time the office was filled by Daniel M. Brown. In the spring of 1882, by
petition of the citizens, the spelling of the name was changed back to the
original spelling, Marmaton. At the present time this town contains about
twenty-five inhabitants. ‘ ‘

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—MARMATON TOWNSHIP.

A.J. BROWN, M. D., farmer, isa native of Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio; born in 1847. Here he
was raised and educated, attending the city high school, also the schools of Ann Arbor, Mich., Hud-
son, Ohio, and the University of Michigan, craduating in medicine in the Charity Hospital of Cleve-
Jand, Ohio, in 1868. He commenced to practice in his old home at Fremont, Ohio. In 1866, his
health failed, and he went to Salt Lake, and returned home only to come to Kansas in 1869, stop.

ing in Fort Scott a few months, but buying a farm on his present location. Here he attends to
igs practice and farm, dealing in sto¢k and raising grain, now owning some 160 acres of improved
land. In 1870, he married Miss White. They have three children, two girls and one boy, having
lost two. Dr. Brown has held oflices and joined the Masonic Order when he wasinFremont. He
is a Democrat in pond s

0. C.BENDER, M. D., is a native of Overton County, Tenn. bornin1836, His father, who was
a leading physician and native of Maryland, moved to Dade County, Mo., in 1842, and here
O. C, was educated and received his first lessons in medicine. He also attended the High School
of Fidelity, Jasper County, and then took a course of lectures in McDowell’s College, in St. Louis,
Mo. The war breaking out he continued his studies by entering the Sixth Missouri Cavalry in
1862, but was displaced on account of order om War Department returning Brigade Surgeon to
regiment. And in 1864, was,surgeon in the Sixth Kansas Militia; after the war he took the final
course of Jeetures and graduated in 1866 from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. The
Doctor had moved to Kansas as early as the winter of 1855-56, lccating on Mine Creek near
Pleasanton. In 1863 he opened an office in Mound City, Linn County, and practiced until 1869,
then moving to Fort Scott practiced until 1875, when he moved to his farm where be now lives,
having a beautiful home and well improved farm, where he gives his attention to farming, horti-
cultore and medicine, While in Mound City he married Miss Lowe; they have a family of four
girls and one boy.

T. B. DARKS, farmer, is a native of Schuyler County, Ill., born in 1842. His father died in
1852, and in 1857, the family moved to Kansas locating on what js knownas the Nelson farm; there
were five brothers and four sisters, hen Mr. Dark was eighteen years of age he took aclaim
where the Crane farm now is, but abandoned it and took a timber claim in Marmaton Township,
but when the war broke out he sold and went to Fort Smith, Ark.. and went into the livery
business. Returning to Kansas in 1868, and buying 160 acres where he now lives, he settled down
in his farming enterprise. He handles about eighty head of cattle a year, and raises grain in
abundance. [n 1867 he married Miss Van Syckle; they have five children.

ALVAN DODGE, M. D. and farmer, is a native of Buffalo, Erie Co., N. Y., born in 1840. In
1859 he commenced reading, medicine with Dr. Campbell, of Mount Morris, Livingston County,
attending the Michigan Universijy in 1861, and graduated from the New York City College of
Physicians and Surgeons in 1865, Fiom there he entered the United States Navy as Acting
Assistant Surgeon. He resigned his Rosition there and next opened practice in Hannibal, Mo.
He then returned to Erie County, N. Y., and went to practicing, which he continued until 1880,
when he came to Bourbon County, Kan., locating on his farm where is now located the village:
site of Marmaton, taking forty acres from the quarter section. Besides his practice he is tending
a fine farm, using the most progressive ideas and going into thoroughbred horses, and having
improvements to the amount of $5,0000n the home farm, In1877he married, now living on one of

‘ the finest places in Marmaton Township. .

FAHS & STOWER, merchants, Redfield, established in 1882, putting up their buildingin April,
20x40, and in August opening with a stock of ¥4,500 in general merchandise. In connection with
the store they farm-and buy, sell stock and deal in coal, grain and lumber, G. W. Fahs taking
the Express Agency and the station for the Fort Scott. & Wichita Railroad, Mr. Fahs is a native
of Hiinois. and raised on a farm, marrying in Quincy, Ill., Miss Harris. When the war broke out
he enlisted in the Fiftieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, but was transferred to the Forty-fourth
United States Regulars, as Quartermaster. While Mr. Fahs was in Missouri, he was appointed
Deputy United States Marshall. In 1876 he came to Kansas and went to farming, but his wife died
in 1880 and he has been trading up to the time he entered his present business. His family con-
sists of two boys. In 1882 he was elected Justice of Peace.

MRS. J.A GRIFFIN, residence on Section 10, Township 26, Range 23, native of West Virginia,
the widow of the late Senator W. R. Griffin, who was a native of Pennsylvania. With his family
he came to Kansas in 1868, and bought the farm on which his widow and younger children now
reside; was a consistant member of the Mount Orum Baptist Church, taking an active part in
religious, social and political matters of the State. Mngaged while in Kansas in stock raising and
farming, during which time he held numerous minor offices, and in 1876 was elected to the State
Senate for a term of four (eats as a Republican, which colors he always bore, serving one term,
closing a life of noble deeds and usefulness August 14, 1879, leaving his wife and family, consisting
of seven sons and two daughters, a competency as the result of his own efforts, The eldest son,
Dr. U. M. Griffin, is now a practicing physician of note in Gtrard, Kan,, while the second and third
sons. D. B. and L. W., are now in college studying for the profession. Theolder daughter, Lizzie
F., is known as one of Bourbon County's educators. The younger daughter and sons are with
Mrs. Griffin on the farm, which consists of 300 acres well stocked and improved.

J.8. JUDD, farmer, Section 380, 1s a native of Grant County, Wis., born in 18387, He was
raised on a farm, and after trying the agricultural line, he-entered @ mercantile establishment,
soon buying an interest in the business. When the war broke out, he enlisted in the Ninty-ffth
Tlinois Volunteer Infantry, Company I, and served as First Lieutenant. In 1864, we find him in
the ‘Thirty-seventh [linois, in command of Fort Montgomery, at Brownsville, Texas. He was
mustered out in 1865. Returning to Illinois, he located at Whitehall, where he had gone in 1858,
going into the mercantile line. He continued at this till 1815, when he went to work as excursion
agent, on the M. K & T. R. R., and afterward over the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf R: R. In
1881, he located on his present home farm, where he has improved and developed the natural re-
sources of the land, solving in most satisfactory manner the question of ‘tame grasses in Kansas.”
He has married twice, once in 1858, and the last time in 1810. His first wife was the daughter of
William McColtish, the last the daughter of Dr, Culver, While in Whitehall he was Mayor of the
city, and did good temperance work there. His family attend the M. E. Church, Mr. Judd in
politics is a Republican. :

J. R. McBAY, farmer, Postmaster of Redfield is a native of papules County, Penn., was born
in 1819, and remained in Fenneylvanin unti] 1856, when he went to Illinois, and came from Illinois
to Kansas. In the year 1868, he was in Linn County a few days, and then Jocated in Bourbon
County, Kansas. He bought a farm on Section 27, in December, 1868. Continues farming in the
same place, and in May, 1882, took charge of the post office. This office was established in 1872; was
first kept by Mr, Hopkins. Mr. McBay has been married twice: has four children living and
three deceased. ‘

; I. N. MILLS, farmer, Section 5, is a native of Alaska County, Ky., born in 1830; his parents
moved to Missouri in 1837; he was raised there, and in November 11, 1854, he came to Kansas in
company with James Arnot and located where he now lives. He is one of the earliest settlers of
this section, and passed through all the early troubles comparatively unmolested ; belonging to the
Free State party, he was with Montgomery and others noted in the early history of this part of the
State, all this time giving his attention to his farm, leaving only for four days, when every one was
ordered away. Out of the 160 acres he has made 24, improving year by year until he is now the

ossessor of an excellent farm, that for the year 1882 is covered with abundant harvests. Mr.
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dying only three months afterward in 1871. Mr. Mills married in 1853; they have six boys and
three girls.

JOSEPH OLIVER, farmer, is a native of Carroll County, Ind., born 1832. . The first move he
made he went to Cass County, and then in 1857, he loaded his wife and one child into the ox
wagon and started for Kansas. On arriving at Scott he went out to where he located his claim and
soon had acabin built. During the border troubles he was engaged in running a mill for E, M.
Jones, and in this mill the Free State men held their first convention, at which he was present,
‘When the war opened, on the 24th of July, 1861, he joined the Tenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry,
Company E, and under Capt. John F. Broadhead and Lieut. David Schoen, he went through the
compaign in Arkansas. the heaviest engagements of which were Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862,
and Van Buren, December 28, 1862; after this he was on duty at St, Louis, returning home in 1864,
His farm is considered one of the best in the county; though only 160 acres, the large crops and
fertile soil as well as his prolific apple orchard make it a valuable farm. In 1854 he married Miss

amsey; they have one son and two daughters. |
= Wei SMITH, farmer, is a native of smith County, Va., born in 1838, and with his father and
the rest of the family moved to Illinois, where he remained until he married. He then came to
Kansas, together with B. R. Wood, in 1859, when he took a claim on Section 28 and Mr, Wood took
claims on Section 21, and though Virginians by birth they were Free State men. Mr. Smith at
once went to work improving and cultivating his farm, not being disturbed by the border
troubles. When the war broke ont, he served in the militia, and belonged to Capt. Smith’s com-
pany. The first year he was on the farm, he broke twenty-three acres. About the beginning of the
dry season 1860, the ground became very dry and the air very hot, so that they had to go to their
houses and quit Work. In the years that have followed he has prospered, and now has 320 acres,
raising grain and handling stock to the amount of from 200 to 300 a year, and his corn for 1882
will average forty-five bushels tu the acre. Mr, Smith has served his public friends in the Legis-
lature of the State, being elected in 1878, and in schoo} offices. has. been treasurer of his district
for some thirteen years. In the Missionary Baptist Church he has been ordained Deacon. He
has been married twice: by the first marriage Le had eight children, and by the second, one
daughter. : _ ss .

JOHN W. STANLEY, farmer, Section 21, is a native of New York; he was raised on a farm,
and the first move he made was to Knox County, Il., and while there he married Miss Caldwell.
In 1867 he came to Kansas, buying eighty acres, giving $12.50 an acre. The first season he raised 43,
bushels of wheat to the acre, and the next season a crop of corn that netted him $3,700, and the
year of 1882 his corn will average 50 bushels to the acre. He is a farmer purely, not raising
stock, illustrating the fact that a grain farm is a paying enterprise in Kansas. He has a family of
four boys and four girls, all industrious. His son William, a lad of twelve plowed 100 acres of
land this last year. Mr. Stanley has not been in public office, and in politics, he is a Republican.

T.d. TOLER, farmer, Sectfon 18, is a native of Logan County, Ky., born in 1827. He remained
on the farm till he was sixteen years of age, then learning a trade ** that of carpenter,” in 1855 he
moved to Jasper County, Mo., where he worked at his trade, he then moved to Bourbon County
and farmed with his brother, and worked at his trade also till 1864, when, with his sister and a
crippled brother, he started for Kansas in a wagon, when he was waylaid and robbed by bush-
whackers, but was finally helped by the Union forces, and arrived in the State and located in
Bourbon County. He joined the militia in 1864, and was called out to defend the village of Mar-
maton, and saw the attack and also the shooting of his comrades by the enemy after they were
taken prisoners. He located his farm of 160 acres, having enlarged and improved the claim until
he now has 235 in cultivation, some ninety-five in a fine timber land and prairie. In 1858 he mar-
ried, having five children living and two deceased. Mr. Toler has been treasurer of school dis-
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UNIONTOWN.

This town is situated on the St. Louis. Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad
in the valley of the Marmaton,fiftcen miles from Fort Scott. The valley
here is about two miles wide. A post office was established in 1856,
about four miles north of the present site of Uniontown, William Holt
being appointed Postmaster. This post office was named Turkey Creek.
A few years afterward it was moved to the Marmaton Valley, about two
miles east of Uniontown, and in 1862 moved to Uniontown. At this time
K. ©. Kirby became Postmaster, and held the office until 1865, in the
spring of which year he was succeeded by L. P. Foster.

About the beginning of the year 1865, a town company was formed
consisting of the following gentlemen: Aleph Goff, President; B. F.
Gumm, Secretary; K. C. Kirby, W. W. Wrtenh. George P. Eaves, John
W. Wells, Robert W. Wells, Nelson Griswold, L. P. Foster, James Wright
and John L. Guttry. The town company purchased twenty acres of John
L. Guttry for a town site, and preparations for the building up of a town
were made. The year before a store had been opened near the town site
by Dr. John E. Grant and A.J. Mounce. This store was purchased in
the spring of 1865 by L. P. Foster. It stood a little to the southwest of
the Be site. The first building on the town site was erected for a store
by K. C. Kirby in 1866; the second by L. P. Foster, in 1867; the third by
B. F. Gumm, in 1868; the fourth by James Patterson, in 1870. Mr. Pat-
terson is the only one of the four now doing business in Uniontown. The
first dwelling house on what was afterward the town site was built in 1868
by L. P. Foster; the second by Francis Ramsey, the third by B. F.
Gumm. A hotel was built by Gumm in 1868. This has since been remod-
eled and improved, and is now the Howard House. The first hardware
store in the town was opened in 1882 by H. A. Hill. The first physician
in the vicinity was Dr. R. Auderson, who came into the township in 1866,
and into Uniontown in 1867. The first lawyer was Columbus Sprague in
1878. The first school in the township was taught by William Kirby, in
1860. A schoolhouse was erected just off the town site in 1864. The
present hee frame school building was erected in 1871, and the school
was graded in 1872. The house cost $2,000. The first birth was that of
Mary J. Wells, January 15, 1856: the first marriage that of A. J. Fly to
Miss Lydia Holt, April 27, 1856, and the first death that of Mrs. John J.
Buckman, in April, 1856. The first blacksmith was John Hartman, who
opened his shop in October, 1864, the next was James G. Oliver, who came
in ;

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1865.
afterward the organization was discontinued, and in 1882, a re-organiza-
tion was effected with eight members. They have thus far used the
church building erected by the Protestant Methodist Church which was or-
ganized in 1878, with forty members, by Rev. Mr. Grant, their first preacher.
The church building was erected in 1880. It is a neat frame, and cost, in-
cluding the furnishing and grounds, about $2,000.

The Uniontown Mill was erected in the spring of 1871 by L. P. Foster
& H. Smith. After changing hands a number of times it was finally pur-
chased by Dr. Fulton and T. B. Julian, who are conducting a successful bus-
iness. The mill is two and a half stories high, contains two run of bubrs,
with a capacity of 125 bushels of wheat per day. The engine is thirty-
five horse power, and the whole property is valued at $7,000.

Uniontown now contains five general stores, one drug store, one hard-
ware store, furniture and agricultural implement dealer, two blacksmiths,

one wagon shop, two hotels, one lumb f iver da
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BRONSON.

_, This thriving town is located on the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita
Railroad, twenty miles west of Fort Scott. It is on gently rolling prairie
BOURBON COUNTY.

and surrounded by a rich agricultural and stock-raising region. It was
named in honor of Ira D. Bronson, of Fort Scott. The first settler in the
town was G. H. Requa, who was followed almost immediately by J. W.
Timmons. Messrs. Requa & Martin opened a store in September, 1881,
making a.specialty of boots and shoes. The post office was established
ne the same month, Mr. Requa being appointed Postmaster. The first
school was taught by Miss Rose Daughters, about one-half mile east of the
village. Bronson has made very rapid growth during the first year of its
existence. It now contains a number of fine residences, and an ample
supply of business houses, among these four general stores, three grain
dealers, one grocery, one furniture and one drug store, one hotel, one
blacksmith and one physician. The population is now about four
hundred. .

This town was the last established on the railroad between Fort Scott
and Iola. It is about midway between the two cities, and the natural
advantages of the location seem to insure a permanent growth.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—MARION TOWNSHIP.

JACOB ANDERSON, farmer, Section 28, is a native of Owen County, Ind., born in 1888. - He
visited the State of Kansas in 1857, having an uncle, George W. Anderson, living on Turkey Creek
Bourbon County, but in 1858-he returned to Indiana. In September. 1859, he with his father and
father’s family came to Kansas and located on Section 23. His cousin, Mitchell Anderson, and an
old friend, William Jones (both now deceased), emigrated to Kansas with him. When the war of
the rebellion broke out he at once joined the army. Heserved in the State Militia and later in the
Union army, in the Tenth Kansas Veteran Volunteer Regiment, Company C, Sixteenth Arm
Corps, commanded by Gen. A. J. Smith, and served until the war closed.” In 1863 he marrie
Mrs. Lydia Fly, whom he had known since childhood, being a native of the same State and
county, in fact they had attended the same school together; she had come to Kansas as early as
1855, having married Mr. Fly in 1856, and his wife passed_through all the troubles of those times.
In 1856, they were leaving the State when a man named Russell attacked their party, but the men
fired and drove them off. They returned in 1857 to their claim in this county and were visited b:
Montgomery. and his men, whom she told she should poison, so they insisted on her tasting all
the dishes first, In 1862 Mr. Flydied. Mr. Anderson has now a farm of 200 acres, raising stock
and grain, his corn in 1882 averaging forty bushels and flax seven bushels to the acre. Mr.
Anderson was married before but had no children; by this marriage they have seven. Their eldest
daughter Laura is a teacher. “ 2

M. R. BOLINGER, tarmer, Section 22, is a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., born in 1843,
The family moved to Carroll County, Ill., where his father still lives. His mother died at their
home there in 1860. In 1866, Mr. Bolinger married and moved to Kansas, locating on his present
farm, December 20, 1866, paying #650 for his farm of 160, then unimproved. He has cultivated it and
fenced it, since planted a fine orchard of apple and peach trees. He has also a good residence and
outbuildings and excellent fencing, having improved the farm to the cost of $3,000. System of
farming is grain and dairy farming; his corn crop is excellent and the result of his work since
coming to Kansas satisfactory. He has been married twice; by the first marriage he had
three boys; he then married Mrs. Flower, who had two girls; they now have eight children. Mr.
Bolinger has officiated as clerk of his school district almost ever since its organization in 1874, and
was elected Justice of the Peace in 1852. ‘

J.B. BOLINGER, farmer, Section 2, is a native of Huntingdon County, Penn.; from there
they movedto Carroll County, Ill., and he came to Kansas in 1864, two years before his brother M.
R. At one time all of the children of the old family were in the State of Kansas, some eleven in
number; he has four brothers here now. He located on Section 2, taking 160 acres, now having 248,
highly improved, reporting forty bushels of corn to an acre; he is engaged in raising grain and
stock. Mr. Bolinger married in 1853, and has a family of ten, two deceased, four girls and four
boys living. He isa Republican in politics, _ _ . : ;

J. N, CROUCH, farmer, Section 29, is a native of Lincoln County, Mo., where his wife was

also born, Miss McDowell, whom he married in 1854. In early life Mr. Crouch commenced teach-
ing as well as farming, following these vocations while in Missouri; he was helped also by his wife,
who was also a teacher. In the fall of 1857, they moved to Kansas, locating near Xenia, in Frank-
lin Township. He, Mr. Crouch, owned two farms which he worked, retiring for awhile to the vil-
lage, and at one time teaching asubscription school, but of late years he has giving up teaching, al-
though he has not lost his interest, the educational problem, his wife now taking an active part in
the school of their neighborhood being elected the last. meeting to position of Secretary of the
School Board. Mr, Crouch being an early settler, was in the State Militiaduring the war of the
rebellion, and in 1875 moved to his present farm on Section 29, containing 200 acres, for stock and
grain. They have a family of seven children; their daughter is now Mrs, Wells; Henry is in
Texas; William Edgar is in business in Missouri; James A., is a horticulturist in California,
while Charles, Claude and Jesse are athome. They are members of the Christian Church, and
Mr. Crouch is a Greenbacker. . . . 4
. M, EASTWOOD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 1, isa native of Monroe County, Il., born
1828, learned the blacksinith’s trade in his youth, spent his life until the age of thirty-two in manu-
facturing and repair of machinery and agriculturalimplements. After spending one year in roam-
ing over Texas and other States, emigrated to Kansas and started and improved the farm known
as the Walnut Hill farm, and there took his first lesson in farming, being his own instructor. The
farm took its name from the accidental dropping ofa walnut in thesoil, when he was making gar-
den, which grew and is now a fine tree bearing an abundance of fruit, and was the first tree on the
farm ; but now there are hundreds of the same kind on the place of his own planting. His first year
was the starving year of 1860, but by the efforts of himself and family, they raised buckwheat
enough to make bread for the family and some to spel: His first crop of wheat was raised from
one half bushel of seed, obtained trom Springfield, Mo., sowed in the year 1860 and harvested in
1861 with cradle and thrashed with a flail, from which he obtained sixteen bushels of good wheat,
During the war he spent his time in farming, gardening and attending to stock raising. and a‘part
in the militia service, being frequently called to shoulder his musket to help defend his hotne,
and so his time was spent during the war. In 1865, he Jost most of his cattle with Spanish fever,
which gave him a little set back, and in 1874 he was bondsman for a defaulting county Treasurer,
which caused thé loss of a great deal of time and money and gave him financial trouble. The
ear 1875 he spent in traveling in California, Oregon, Washington Territory and the Western Slope,
ut finding nothing to suit his desires in the way of a better country, he contented himself to re-
main in Kansas. Ene year.1880 he spent in the Rocky Mountains, in Montana, for the benefit of
- his health; having regained his health, with renewed vigor, he returned to his old home and busi-
ness, and in company with his sons is now in the stock business. They now have on the farm
and in pasture between four and five hundred head of stock, which are making good returns. In
1848, he was married to Miss Pegg, of Illinois, and to them have been born eight sons and two
daughters; six sons and one daughter are now living. Mr. Eastwood has been a Republican since
the organization of that party, and voted and labored with that party for some years atter the
war, but is now a stanch Greenbacker. ?
M. D. ELDER. physician and surgéon. is a native of Williamson County, Ill., born in 1848.
In 1862, he came to Bourbon County and moved to Uniontown in 1881. Having taken a thorough
course of reading, he attended the Keokuk Medical College, and graduated in 1877. The Doctor
gets his share of the practice, which is divided up among three ot them. He is a man of great
ability and with a promising future ; ‘‘ not married.” He joined the Masonic lodge in 1875. 7
&. P. EVES, merchant and fine stock breeder, is a native of Toronto, Canada, born in
834. His father was a physician, and it was not till G. P. was twenty years old that he tried
farming. While in Illinois, he carried on a grain farm, and in 1860 came to Kansas, locating on
Sections 3, 26 and 22, having a farm of 620 acres, and went to raising blooded Durhams and high-
bred cattle, of which he now has fifty head. In 1861, he enlisted in the Seventh Kansas Volunteer
infantry, company H. After eighteen months, he came home and organized a battalion for bor-
der service, and went in as a Lieutenant Colonel, serving till 1865, when he returned to his farm.
He established his mercantile business in 1881, having Mr. Willey for a partner. In 1870, he was
elected .to the Legislature. Mr. Eves has been married twicc, marrying the last time in 1864.
They have no children. 7 3

-C. J. FIELDER, farmer, Section 82, native of Claiborne County, Tenn, born in

July, 1883. His father and family moved to Lawrence County, Ind., in 1550. He married
Miss Painter in 1856, where he remained until 1859, when he came to Kansas and lovated
on his present farm. Taking 160 acres, his claim was entered, through mistake, by a man named
Deitrick Foreman, so he entered Foreman’s and then changed; and Mr. Fielder prepared to open
his farm, but had to sell his oxen and wagon, and bought a milk cow and an old blind mare and
lumber for a house, manufactured his own plow and made lines from grape vines. This was his
experience of pioneer lifein Kansas. The year they came there was 2 Missionary. Baptist Church
organized. and in 1868 he was ordained a Deacon. In 1864, he served in the State Militia, and was
at the battle of Westport, and then returned to agricultural pursuits. He now has a farm of 820
acres, well improved, on which, by husbandry, he has been able to establish a beautiful home.
They have a family of five girls and one deceased. 3 :

Cc. J. HALM, M. D., of the firm of Fulton & Halm, Physicians and surgeons, is a native of
Luzerne County, Penn., born in 1854. His father died in England, and he was adopted by Mr.
Halm, who took him to Fort Scott, Kan., and we find him clerking for Prichard Bros., Drug-
gists, in 1869. While here he met Dr. Fulton, of Union Town, who emplo ed him to clerk in his

rug store, where he went in 1871, at the same time reading medicine, which he continued till 1875,
when he took a course of lectures in the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis, where he gradu-
ated in 1877. On coming back he entered into partnership with Dr, Fulton. They also carry on
a stock farm of 220 acres on the edge of town. Dr. Halm married Miss Stelle, of Uniontown.
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H. A. HILL, furniture and hardware, grain and agricultural implements, is a native of Rock
Island, Il]. Was born in 1845 and raised on a farm, and in 1861 he moved to Missouri, where, in
1864,he,enlisted in the Forty-seventh-Missouri Volunteer Infantry,Company:B. He served one year:
then, peace returning, he returned to his former pursuits. In 1866, he came to Kansas and located
a claim near Marmaton, on Section 22, remaining till 1873, when he moved to Uniontown and
worked at the trade of wagon-maker in partnership, first, with T. L. Ledbrook, then with C. S.
Steele, who bought Mr. Ledbrook’s interest. In 1881, he sold to Mr. Steele and established his
present business, In 1865,on Christmas, he married Miss Mahler. They have three children—two

oys and agirl. Mr, Hill has always taken an interest in the schools, and has served on the local
school board. He belongs to the Masonic lodge, and also the A.O.U. W.

JAMES F. HOLT, farmer, Section 2, native of East Tennessee, born April 15, 1819. He was
raised in Indiana, and for ten consecutive years he held offices there, having to resign when he
came away. In i852, he went to Iowa, and from there to Missouri, Coming to Kansas in 1858, he
bought a claim of his brother: William and had a post office established and was appointed first Post-
master in 1858, continuing for four years and six months, or until the Turkey Creek Post Office was
discontinued. In 1862, Mr. Holt was elected County Judge, and was Commissioner in 1865, and has
always been a delegate and regular attendant at the Democratic conventions. During the early
troubles the Judge occupied neutral grounds, but, notwithstanding, he was present and saw
many of the lawless proceedings that took place, and was at times in a perilous position.
He has a thorough knowledge of all parties and their motives, of all the early incidents of
this section. From the claim he first bought he has made a farm of 360 acres, 200 now under
cultivation, rasing good crops of wheat and corn, having some of the finest cattle in thecountry, °
and keeping blooded horses and hogs. In 1840, he took his first wife, but losing her, he married

‘ain in 1860, By the first marriage he had eight children, and six by the second, having lost two.

Mr, Holt was Township Treasurer for five years, and served on the School Board as Clerk, etc.,
since 1870. He has been Notary Public, and was one of only four Masons west of Fort Scott in 1858,
He is a charter member of the lodge at Uniontown.

_ Ww AM JACKMAN, farmer and Postmaster, Rockford, is a native of Pennsylva-
nia, In early life he moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, coming from there to Kansas
in 1858 and locating on the north side of the section where he now lives, and in 1859 he married
Miss Mason. This was an early date for this section, and he was counted among the pioneers,
enduring the privations which marked early life on the frontier of civilization. In 1861, he
enlisted in the Twelfth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and served until 1865, when he
was mustered out and returned home. During the time he was away, his family lived with his wife’s
father, Benjamin Mason. In 1863, he lost all of his property by a prairie fire, and in 1877, he
moved to the southest quarter of Section i7, where he engaged in stock farming and conducting
astore and post office, He started his store in 1879, and was appointed Postmaster in 1881. They
have four children living and three.dead, The family are members of the Protestant Method-
ist Church, organized there in 1877.

_ i. B, JULIAN, miller, native of Putnam County, Tenn., was born in 1843, His father, T. K.
Julian, M. D., visited Fort Scott in 1854, but returned to Cassville, Barry Co., Mo. In 1855, June 5,
he came to Fort Scott with his father and they went West to Mapleton, Bourbon County, and
settled there, where his father still lives. In 1861, he commenced milling with Noel & Myrick,
and the same year went into the army as scout, and served during the war in various capacities,
as messenger and wagon-master, also enlisted as private in Company: B, Third Kansas Cavalry.
In the milling business he has worked for Deland & Bacon, millers, Fort Scott, and for others.
In 1877, he moved from Mapleton to Fort Scott, and while there was elected Alderman of the
First Ward, 1880 to 1881; he had been Under Sheriff of Labette County, and Superintendent of
the Poor there, In 1881, he moved to Uniontown and bought an interest in the Uniontown Steam
Flouring Mills, which he is now managing; they have three run of stone and a capacity of 120
bushels of wheat and 200 bushels of corn. The property is worth about $6,000. Mr. Julian mar-
reds a 1868, Miss Nelson. They have three children. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge and the

- I. D, MARKS, station agent on the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad, is a native of
Butler County, Ohio, born in 1849, May 16. As soon as he was of suitable age he was educated in
the mercantile business, but he went to Illinois in 1865, to Arcola. It was while here he married
Miss Wright in 1877, and next year commenced his railroad experience on the Illinois Midland;
his first station was Chesterville, Ill. In 1881, he came West, and on April 1, 1882, took the station
at Uniontown, having also the Western Union Telegraph agency. His matrimonial venture
was blessed with one daughter.

G. W. VER, farmer and Superintendent of the Poor, Bourbon County. He isa native
of Geneva, Ontario Co., N. Y.; was born in 1832, February 28, at the foot of Seneca Lake. When
eleven years of age, his father moved to La Grange, Ind., and from there they moved to St, Joe
County, Mich. After four years’ residence here, he went to live with his grandfather, James Good-
win, at Geneva, N. Y. In 1854, he returned to his father’s farm, and then went into the machine
shops at Sturgis’ Ferry; from there he went to St. Joe, Ind., into an ax factory there; while in
this place he married Miss Eller in 1858; next year going to Tawas, Iosco Co., Mich., where he
farmed and worked at carpenter work. In 1864, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, at Portsmouth,
N. H., serving in the barracks; was removed to the Brooklyn barracks, and soon joined the man-
of-war vessel St. Mary’s, and sailed in the coast service to Valparaiso, Chili; then to Panama,
where he had the yellow fever; then to San Francisco. He was transferred to the Jamestown
and went to Panama, then back, and on up the Pacific coast to Sitka, where he saw a curious
land and a curious people. They touched at Vancouver's Island on their return trip to San Fran-
cisco, where he was transferred to the barracks, and discharged September 16, 1868, and sailed
for home, arriving October 24, 1868, returning to the pursuits of civil life. In 1871, he came to
Kansas, locating in Uniontown, and in 1872 he took charge of the Poor Farm, giving it up in 1874,
and farming A. Chaftin’s farm; taking charge of the County Poor Farm again in 1877, retaining
possession to present time, 1882. In 1880, he bought A. Chafiln’s farm of 130 acres, in Section 27,
which he also farms now, in blooded cattle, horses and grain. He has four children living; has
buried two since living in Kansas. During his eventful life he has been on a man-of-war forty-
four months, and was away from home four years. a

JAMES PATTERSON, general merchandise, is a native of Missouri, born in February,
1817, and has since commencing business always been in the mercantile line with the exception
of ten or twelve years; when he was in a foundry in Alton, IlJ., he carried on a mercantile
enterprise in Calhoun County, Ill. Coming from Alton, Ill., to Kansas. in 1870; he has the third
oldest store in Uniontown. e built the building in which he does business at a cost of $4,500;
24x60, two stories high. He now carries a stock of $5,000, and does a steadily increasing business.
He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, but there being none of that denomination here, he
helped to build the Methodist Protestant Church, which be attends. He married in Illinois, and
has five boys and three girls, all of age—George and William in the business with him; James
is agent for J. T. Stalker, general store; John is a blacksmith at La Harpe, Allen County, and
Elmer is in Montana, on the railroad. Both of his daughters are married, and his household con-
sists of nine members now.

D. T. RALSTON, farmer, Section 8, is a native of Lincoln County, Tenn., born in 1818, June
10, and was raised in Fayette County. When eighteen years of age he went to Greene County,
Mo., where he was employed at farming and working at the carpenter's trade in the neighbor-
hood of Springfield. In the spring of 1840, he married Miss Guttry, and moved to Kansas in
1855, whither John and James Guttry had preceded them, being the first settlers in Marion Town-
ship. Qn the 12th of January, 1855, he arrived, and, as was his custom, he staked out his claim from
hill to hill, taking in a choice piece of 320 acres, retaining the most of it now. During this time
he had some trouble to keep the squatters from his claim, and in 1856, he relates, as they were
taking the body of one of his children to the grave, they were met by a company of Pro-slavery
men, who demanded his horse of him, and atter following them to the place of burial, possesse!
themselves of the horse, promising to return it, which they did afterward. In 1855, he had but
few neighbors, being McCarty, Fly, Mitchell and Coyle. In 1857, he lost his wife. He remained
a widower until 1859, when he married again to Miss Rhotom, of Bourbon County. He has im-
proved his farm and now raises stock and grain on 300 acres. His family consisted of sixteen
children, nine of whom are living. [n 1856, Mr. Ralston was elected Justice of the Peace, but
his commission was made out in another name, so he never served. He has belonged to the Ma-
sonic fraternity since 1864, and is 2 member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

C. 8S, STEELE, blacksmith and wagon maker, is a native of Port Byron, Cayuga Co., N. Y.
‘Was born in 1834. Removing to Logansport. Ind., in 1843, and while in La Porte County he learned
his trade. His father’s family live in Indiana yet. Tracing their ancestry back to the Patriarch
John Steele, who was born in Essex County, England, and came to Cambridge, Mass., in 1631, the
descent is as follows: the Patriarch John Steele had married a wife in England, who died in i653;
he then married Mercy Seymour; he died at Farmington, Conn., November 25, 1655; his son,
John, Jr., married Mercy Warner, and died in 1653 or 1654; his son,. Lieut, John, born November
5, 1647, married Ruth Judd, of Farmington; he died in 1737, August 26; his son, Lieut. John, was
born March 7, 1685, married Mary Newell, and died April 2, 1751; his son, Solomon, born Novem-
ber 18, 1728, married Mary Guernsey, and died 1786; his son, Job, married Olive Stoddart, and died
1813. This was Mr, Steele's grandfather, and his son, or Elisha, lived and died in Indiana. Six of
the old family are in Kansas. C.S. Steele arrived in Kansas, May 15, 1860, in Fort Scott, June 16,
and went to Rockford, July 12,in company with George Diamond. He then bought out Gilford &
Hamlin, the pioneer blacksmiths of Rockford, and in company with M. L. Ford, worked at his
trade and farmed. On the 22d of August, 1862, he enlisted in the Second Kansas Battery, serving
there till September, when he was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company G, Fourteenth
Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; then was commissioned Commissary, and finally received the com-
mission of Captain in the same companys In 1865, he was mustered out and returned to his home
in Rockford. In 1873, he moved to Uniontown and established his business here as blacksmith,
and took possession of the wagon shop in 1881. He still has 280 acres for farming purposes, be-
sides owning other property. Mr. Steele has ever taken a determined stand in politics, and as a
reward and also to show the trust they placed in him, the people elected him to the Legislature
in 1871 for the Fifty-second Representative District, on the Kepublican ticket. From 1879 to the
present year, 1882, he has been Justice of the Peace and also Notary Public. He has held other
minor offices, always found ready to serve the public for the public good. He has four daughters,
and is one of the charter members of the A. O. U. W., and Recorder of the same.

D. C. STEVENS, with J..W. Brown, isa native of Albany, N, Y., born in 1851. His father
was in the gents’ furnishing line, so he was educated to a mercantile life Coming West to Mis-
souri in 1867, went to work for Pierce & Cobb, in St. Louis; coming to Kansas in 1865, he entered
the store of Mr, Foster, but soon after went onto a farm and in 1879 he commenced_ with J. W.
Brown, and is now manager of the business, which was bought of Mr. Foster by J. W. Brown in
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1869, carrying a stock of $4,500. Mr. Brown is now conducting a branch store in Toronto, Wood-
son County, of about the same magnitude as this one.

JOAB TEAGUE, farmer, Section 14, isa native of North Carolina, born in 1812. When about
fourteen years of age, he went to Indiana, and in 1837, to Missouri, and twenty years afterward came
to Kansas and bought a claim of Mr. Etheridge, comprising 500 acres, for $500. The land was
then notsurveyed, About this time they organized a commission regulating claims, of which he

‘wasamember. He stood on neutral ground in the Free-State and Pro-slavery fight; although his

feelings were those of the Free-State men, he was unmolested by the two parties, though they
had his name and a list of his property. When the Governor of the State appointed Boards to
settle and arrange all troubles, he was one of the members, In 1859, he was County Treasurer;
Justice from 1858 to 1862, and again elected. Since, he has taken great interest in the public wel-
fare of the State. Mr. Teague was first married in 1885, and lost his wife in 1857. Marrying again
in 1863, to Miss Wood. Mr. Teague had five boys and one girl by his first wife, and three boys by
his second wife. Is a successful farmer and fruit grower, taking the premium on his apples all
over the world, at the Centennial in 1876, and this year, 1882. has an apple weighing twenty-one
ounces and measuring fifteen and a half inches in circumference.

.. _J.W. WELLS, farmer, Section 27, is a native of Rutherford County, N. C., where he was born
in 1828. Until he was eleven years of age they lived in his native State, and in 1839 moved to
Greene County, Tenn.: here they engaged in stock farming, and in 1851 he married Miss Brown.
Immediately starting West he located at Cape Girardeau, Mo.; while there he was engaged in
farming, and here his brother Robert married. In October 27, 1855, they came to Bousbon
County and located in an almost wilderness, there being only the Guthreys and one or two other
families in the section for miles. There was another family named Russel that attempted to wrest
the claim from Robert Wells, coming to the unfinished cabin and entered, when the two brothers
ordered them from the claim. Astone struck the eldest brother, John, when the war was opened.
Neither party used arms or knives, which was fortunate, and the Wells brothers coming o victo-
rious, the Russell party retreated. Such were the perils of pioneer life in Kansas jn 1855. John
‘Wells had at first located on Section 12, Town 25, Range 22, but in 1857 he moved to his present lo-
cation, which he has improved, and now has a farm of 860 acres of fertile soll covered with heavy
crops; himself and wife are the only couple of °55 now living in Marion Township; their
daughter, Mary Holt, was the first child born in Marion; he belonged to the first town com any

W. F. WELLS, merchant, Uniontown, is a native of Missouri, born in 1852. His father, J. W.,
and his uncle Robert were pioneers in this township, coming West and settling in 1855, bringing W.
F. with them. His gouth was spent on a farm, and as he grew older he became quite an expert with
the gun, spent his time hunting, and in the chicken season killing 120 dozen prairie chickens and
eighty dozen quails; his best season in 1877 he killed 1,500 chickens; his best day’s record is thirty-
seven birds without a miss, having to shoot one a second time, but his younger brother David has
Made the best record known, killing forty-four chickens, two jack-rabbits and one plover in forty-
four shots, three shots each killing a brace of chickens; he followed shooting till 1881 when he
built his store and stocked it with general merchandise, at the cost of $1,800 and is now
doing a good business. He married a Miss Crouch, the daughter of J. M. Crouch :one of the pto-
neer families; their union has been blessed with one child.

G. C, ‘LLEY, merchant, Uniontown, of the firm of Eves & Willey, is a native of Sullivan
County, N. H., born in 1888; he first learned the business of an engineer, and also clerked, but his
health failed and he went West, locating in Iowa; he tried the mathine shops of Clinton. This was
in 1867. Here he had an excellent offer, but his health failed again and he then came to Kansas,
locating in Erie, Neosho County, in 1868; from here he traveled for Parsons & Co., Kansas City; he
was a commercial agent for some years, then commencing in Uniontown in 1871, with a stock of
some sixty-odd dollars, by perseverance he estabjished himself, and in 1875 was appointed Post-
master. He was so successful that in 1881, he built and stocked a store with general merchan-
dise; he was appointed agent for the Adams Express in the same year, and in 1882 Mr. G. P. Eves
went into partnership with him. In 1861 he enlisted; in 1865 he returned to his former occupa-
pes He has been married twice, marrying the last time Miss Annie Rousche, daughter of James

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ELIAS WILLIAMS, farmer, P. O. Uniontown, is a native of New Jersey, born in April, 1815;
when he was four years old he moved to Ohio with his parents, and remained there tiJl he was
twenty-four, when he went to LaSalle County, Ill., and began farming. While here he married
Miss Lewis, of Ohio, one of the pioneer families of that section, and as for himself he was one of
the pioneers of three States. Ohio, I}inois and Kansas. In 1859, he came to Kansas, locating in
Johnson County, and in 1860 he came to Bourbon County, and settled on Section 14, going into
stock and grain farming on a farm of 339 acres, cultivating about 150 acres. In 1840, he was
married and now has six children—John, in the Chickasaw nation; Jerome, at home; Reese was
in Gunnison County, Col., Fred is. away, Charles is at home, and a daughter, now Mrs.
Goff. Mr. Williams was Justice in 1861 and 1867 and also in Illinois; he has always taken an inter-
est-in school matters, and has held school office.

PAWNEE.

Pawnee is located in the southern part of Bourbon County, on the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, about ten miles south of Fort
Scott. It was established in 1871, by the railroad company, the site com-
prising ten acres Immediately following the founding of the town, H. B.
Brown and Peter Smith each began in business, dealing in general
merchandise. In the winter of 1871-72, a man named Conkling put in a
general store. The Godfrey Coal & Mining Company began mining
operations in the vicinity, and also engaged in general merchandising in

1873. About the same time, the Laidlaw Brothers started a general store. ©

Two years later the Fort Scott Coal & Mining Company began business,
dealing in coal and merchandise. A man named Smith began the hard-
ware business abgut the same time. In 1877, T. D. Harris erected a store
and began the general merchandising business. T. M. Grisham bought the
Fort Scott Coal Company’s store, and continued the business. The
Laidlaw Brothers failed in business, and the business was taken up by the
Enterprise Company, which also soon closed out, the business passing into
the hands of Hugh Mckay. Peter Smith sold out to Ryan & Woolf, and
T. D. Harris to Hibbard & Sharp. The mercantile business is at present
represented by two establishments, viz.: G. W. Barton, and H. B. Brown,
dealer in coal, lumber, grain, hay and general merchandise. The popula-
tion of the town is about 100.

The post office was located here in 1871, H. B. Brown was appointed
Postmaster, and he has since acted in that capacity. The name of the
office is Pawnee Station.

A man named Harris taught the first school in the town, in the winter
of 1871-72, the school being kept in the frame school house which was
built in the fall of 1871 The first residence was built by Mrs. Bender, the
next by D. T. Brown, and the next by H. B. Brown. A hotel building
was erected in 1871, by Crawford & Botsford, who ran it for a time as a
public house; it was then taken by Botsford alone, and then by L. G.
Griffith, who now runs it as a hotel. The country in the vicinity of the
place is finely adapted to agriculture, and the town is a considerable point
in the shipping of grain, hay, live stock and produce.

HIATTVILLE.

This town was named after James M. Hiatt, who owned the land upon
which the town is located. E. B. Rall was the first settler here in May,
1870. Others were Thomas Hartwell, D. R. Anderson, Jacob Dockter and
William Daly. The post office was established in May, 1870, and named
Pawnee. Soon afterward, the name was changed to Hiattville. E. B.
Rall kept the first store in the town, opening it upon moving into the
place from his farm one mile south May 1, 1870. _D. R. Anderson was the
second storekeeper. Shortly afterward, Jacob Dockter opened a black-
smith shop. The first child born in Hiattville was John Hartwell, in 1874.
The first marriage was that of Jacob Dockter to Mrs. Queen Hamlin July
9, 1876. No death has yet occurred in the town.

. HISTORY OF KANSAS

Hiattville now contains two general stores, the proprietors of which
buy stock, grain and all kinds of produce ; one blacksmith and wagon

maker; one dealer in lumber and agricultural implements, and a popu-

lation of seventy-five. . i
The town is beautifully situated on rolling prairie, and surrounded by
a fine, healthful country, well supplied with good water.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—PAWNEE TOWNSILIP.

5 RKER, farmer, Section 6, is a native of Indiana, born in 1836; at an early age moved to
Hiden ana was raised “there as a farmer, living in the southern part, near the line, In 1862 he
moved to Kansas, and enlisted in the Fourteenth Kaneas Cavalry, and was in Arkansas during
inost of the campaign, being mustered out in 1865, He returned home and haying bought his

resent farm in 1863, he at once moved onto it and commenced improving, and under his hus-
Pandry it has grown to be 270 acres of fertile land, on which we find broad stretches of corn field
and’numerous herds of stock. Mr. Barker has been married twice, once in 1857 to Miss King and
the last time to Miss Nellie Britt; by the first marriage he had six children, and one by the last.

he is a Republican.

= pat ww BOWLUS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, is a native of Frederick County, Md.
He was born March 28, 1837, and when eight years of age went to Fremont, Ohio, where
he was raised and educated. In 1857, he graduated from Oberlin Commercial College, after-
ward farming and lumbering; then in partnership, with Capt. Totten, a ship-carpenter, built
a schooner for the grain trade between Chicago und Buffalo, But when the war broke out he en-
listed in the three months’ service, under Capt. Writter; then he was elected First Lieutenant of
Company E, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1861, he joined the army in West Vir-

inia, and was stationed under Co), Milroy, at Cheat Mountain summit, which they fortified.
Seing surrounded by Gen, Lee's army, he describes a remarkable scout on which he was sent in
order to open communication with Gen. Reynolds. With sixty picked men, in gray uniform, he

roceeded to run the rebel camp, which he did by entering their camp as the picket-guard was

‘orming, and in the dim light marched through and out by a bridle-path. ‘When approaching a
house on Becky Creek, at daylight they were discovered by the rebels and fired at; Capt. Coon,
of the Fourteenth Indiana, wanted to have an engagement; Lieut. Bowlus put his men in cover,
while Capt. Coon went forward to reconnoiter. The rebels fired, shooting down the advance,
consisting of a Sergeant and five men. Lieut. Bowlus advanced to the support of Capt. Coon, but
the rebels advancing at the same time, the two commands were separated; Capt. Coon made for
Cheat Mountain summit, while Lieut. Bowlus made for a canyon, where he kept the enemy at
bay from 7 A. M. until 11.A.M. This was a remarkable engagement, for here was the lieutenant
with a handful of brave men contending with the whole force of Col. John A. Washington’s com-
mand, and when one of the Union Surgeons returned, who had been called by the wounded
rebels who were left on the fleld, his escort reported eighty-three rebels killed and wounded; the
dead were found buried in the canyon covered with logs and leaves. After the Lieutenant re-
ported to Gen. Reynolds, at Huttonville, he returned to Cheat Mountain. He was shortly after
sent on another successful scout after a band of guerrillas called the Dixey Boys, on Seneca
Creek, where he remained until the entire band was broken up, and then joined Gen. Milroy at
Monterey, and advanced with the army to McDowal. From here he was sent on a scout to Po-
cahontas County, Va., for the purpose of destroying a mill, the rendezvous and source of sup-
plies of a band of guerrillas infesting that county. This ex) edition was successful and practi-
cally put an end to guerrilla warfare in that part of the State. It was while on this expedition
that Gen. Joseph E. Johnson engaged and defeated the Union forces under Gen. Milroy, at Mc-
Dowal, forcing Milroy to fall back in the direction of Franklin, leaving the country between
Lieut, Bowlus and the Union forcesin possession of the rebels. The rebel cavalry being informed
by the natives of the Lieutenant’s expedition, lost no time in finding his whereabouts.
menced a series of skirmishing and bushwhacking which lasted five days. By keeping the
mountains and marching by bridle-paths and changing from one spur of the mountain to an-
other, during the night, the Lieutenant finally joined the Union forces under Gen. Fremont, at
Franklin, without the loss of aman. After the battle of Cross Keys he was promoted to Captain
of Company C; was on the skirmish line that opened the second battle of Bull Run, and with
the rear guard that covered the retreat from the field. Stationed at Fort Ellsworth, in front of
Washington, that winter, laying at Stafford Court House. The spring-campaign of 1863 opened
with the battle of Chancellorsville. In this engagement his regiment lost out of a total of 700,
nearly 500 men, and from being the seventh Captain in rank, he was left in command on the field
of the handful of surviving soldiers of his regiment. Soon after he was commissioned Major,
and in July following, he received his commission of Lieutenant Colonel. His health was soim-
paired that shortly after the battle of Gettysburg he was compelled to resign, leaving the ariny
August 4, 1863. e then went north to the lakes; recovering somewhat his health, he returned to
Fremont, Ohio, where he married Miss Anna B, Rice, and went into the mercantile line, but
sold out and came to Kansas in 1866, and located on Section 28, taking 160 acres of raw prairie,
from which he has proauced a well-arranged farm. In 1876, he visited Nevada and California.
Col. Bowlus has held offices of trust for the public and is an earnest worker and believer in the
principles of the Republican party as enunciated and practiced by Abraham Lincoln. His or-
Chere ere “produced fruit that can be equalled nowhere but in Kansas. They have but one
child—Ella R.

H. B. BROWN, merchant, Pawnee Station, a native of Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y., born in
1831; he went to Indiana with his parents in 1837, and they removed to Illinois in 1841, where
they remained until 1859, when he came to Kansas, locating on a farm on Section 31, “Marion
Township, living there until 1862. In 1862, he moved to another neighborhood. In 1865, he was
called out to servetin the Home Guards and State Militia, holding the position of Commissary
Sergeant. In 1871, he opened the first mercantile establishment in the village of Pawnee, com-
mencing in a building 14x20 feet, He has in the intervening time, with characteristic persever-
ance, increased his business until 1882 we find him with astock of merchandise amounting to
$5,000; in a large building; also dealing in lumber, stock and baled hay, doing a business of about
$80,000 ayear. Mr. Brown has had the post office since 1871, He married and has one daughter.

J. G. CLAYFIELD, farmer, Section 5, native of Illinois. His father, J. G. Clayfield, Sr.,
wus a native of Prussia, and followed the sea for some years, bringing a family to America and
locating in Tennessee; from there he came to Illinois, and then to Kansas in 1866, locating on the
farm they now possess. They have made an excellent home out of the raw, unimproved prairie,
but in 1880. Mr. Clayfield died. Since then the boys have carried on the farm. In 1878, Mr. J. G.
elyaeld, Jr., married and settled on part of the estate now consisting of 260 acres. They give
their attention to raising stock and grain, of which corn is the staple. Mr, Clayfield has been in
public office and is a Republican in politics.

L. GRIFFITH, hote!, Pawnee Station, a native of Genesee County, N. Y., was born in 1826;
his parents were surly cettlerd in that county, his father building the first bridge on Perry Creek.
Mr. Griffith left New York in 1870 and went to Michigan; having lost his first wife, he married in
this State, and in Decatur he learned and worked at butchering. In 1877, he came to Kansas and
went to farming, but sold, and took a hotel in Hepler, Crawford Co., Kan.; leaving there he came
to Pawnee, and bought the Pawnec House of Mr, Botsford; after fitting it up he rented and went
into hotel bustness in Cherokee; from there he went to Indian Springs in McDonald County, but
has since moved back to Bourbon County, having bought a farm in Pawnee Township, and
farmed the summer of 1882, moving into the hotel in October, 1882, He has one daughter ty the
first marriage. 1n 1870, he married Miss Raymond, who is a teacher, having followed the pro-
fossion for twenty years, teaching in New York, Michigan, Kansas and Missouri. She was a na-
tive of the same.county as her husband, and was born in 1842.

WILLIAM DUNN, farmer, Section 84, a native of Wexford County, Ireland, was bornin
1844, He came with his mother to America in 1856; they located in Pennsylvania; from there
they movod to Wisconsin. His father having died in Ireland in 1856, the boys supported the
family, and William’s experience has been varied. In 1867 we find him employed on The Burling-
ton Railroad, and afterward on the Union Pacific, While working on this road he lived for
eleven months in Utah, where his first child was born. Here he made money; then moved to
Omaha, He then pre-empted a farm on the Big Blue, but abandoned it and returned to Omaha,
working there for Dick Whitney. He then went to Texas and contracted on the Little Rock &
Fort Smith Railroad, making money there, and then came to Kansas, December 81. 1878, and lo-
cated on his present farm, where he has $20 acres of improved land. Here he handles about 100
head of cattle, from 300 to 850 head of sheep and some fifty hogs a year; reporting for 1882 a yield
of forty bushels of corn to the acre on his farm. In 1866, he married, but has lost all his children
but one boy—George J. Mr. Dunn is a Democrat in politics, and is a member, as is his wife, of
the Catholic Church.

THOMAS HARTNETT, Hiattville, employe of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, a
native of Ireland, was born in 1842, His parents moyed to Canada in 1844: from there to New
York in 1846, and came West to the State of Missouri in 1852. Mr. Hartnett has been a railroad
man for some sixteen years. He came to Kansas in 1865, and in 1873 he married Miss Jury.
They are the second family that settled in Hiattville, where he owns property. They have a fam-
ily of two children. Mr. Hartnett was engaged in freighting durin, the war Tor the Qovernment,

W. F. HIATT, farmer, P. 0. Hiattville, Sec. 36, is a native of Indiana, He was raised a far-
mer, and from his native place moved to Iowa in 1866, then to Kansas, arriving in 1868; he then lo-
cated in Scott Township, Bourbon County, farming the land since owned by Mr. Westervelt; mov-
ing in 1869 to his present home in Pawnee Township, where he bought 160 acres and opened a farm
that has since developed into one of the finest farms in the section, and with the best of improve-
ments, making it one of the most valuable places in the township; he handles nearly 1¢0 head of
cattle yearly; his corn for 1882 will average forty bushels to an acre; his stock is thoroughbred
cattle, Durham, and his horses Norman. He has a thoroughbred called Bob Havier, that took the
premium at the Bourbon County Fair for i882. Mr. Hiatt has been an active partisan in the

eading public issues, and has served at home in local offices. He has a family of four boys
and one girl, In 1862, he enlisted in the Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving three
years. At the battle or siege of Nashville he had nine bullet holes in his clothing, and his knap-
sack shot away, yet escaped unharmed. He married in 1866,

 

 

hen com- .
BOURBON COUNTY.

_R. J. MORRISON, farmer and mechanic, Section 15, a native of Indiana, was born in 1831.
While still young his Barents moved to Illinois, and from there he went to Lowa, where he re-
mained from 1862 to 1869, then came to Kansag, locating in Section 15, buying a farm of 160 acres,
which he has increased to 280, farmed to stock and grain, his fertile acres turning out forty bush-
els of corn to the acre for 1882, Mr. Morrison married in 1859, and has five children. He ig
prominent in local politics, being Township Trustee. He attends, as does his family, the Method-
ist Episcopal Church. :

. B. RALL, merchant, Hiattville, was born at Macomb, McDonough Co., Ill.,in 1838. He
came to Kansas in 1859, located at Rayaville, and engaged in farming. In 1861, he returned to LIIi-
nois, and enlisted in the Second Illinois Cavalry, and afterward in the Eighty-fourth Illinois Infan-
try, in a.company of which he served as Sergeant. In 1863 he returned to Illinois, married and in
1gé¢ again emigrated to Kansas, locating on Mill Creek. Here for atime he followed farming, but
on account of failing health moved to Section 11, Pawnee Township, opened a trading post, kept the
stage line then run by William Smalley, and the post office at Pawnee. Upon selling his farm on
Section 11, he moved to Section 15, and in 1869, moved to Hiattville and opened the first mercantile
establishment in that town. Originally hisinvestmentin business amounted to about $800, with a
proportionate annual trade; at present his investment in his store is $6,000, with an annual business
of +3,000._ Mr. Rall also deals in stock, grain and hay. He has three hay presses and a large barn
in which he stores his baled hay, of which he presses on an average twenty tons per day. The
mother of Mr. Rall died in 1815, His father lives with him at Hiattville. Mr. Rall has been
married twice. By-the first marriage he had one child, a boy named Eddie; and by the second
marriage six children. He has held several offices, and has taken an active interest in the success
of the Bepublican par y. He belongs to the G. A. R,, and to the Temple of Honor.
G. W. ROMSPERT, merchant, Hiattville, established his business in aueuat 1882; buying
the lots and building a large store room, he opened with a stock of some $8,000—the largest estab-
lishment in the village; he handles stock, grain and produce, doing a probable business of $25,000 a
year. He is.anative of Greene County, Ohio, born in 1857, and was raised and educated there, hay-
ing read law with the noted firm of Spri; &Vallandigham, of Dayton. He opened his law office in
Xenia, Olio, where he practiced until 1882, when he came West, having been through the wildest
art of the Western life and wilds during the years 1877-78. He published a book entitled
“Romspert’s Travels Through the West" of which he sold a large number. He is a member
of the I, O, O. F., of Xenia, Ohio, _ ‘
,. J. H, WILLIAMS & SON, agricultural implements and lumber, Hiattville, established in
- March, 1882. Mr. J. H. Williams is a native of Kentucky, born in 1816, from there he moved to Ohio,
then to Missouri, then coming to Kansas in 1874. Whilein Missouri he married Miss Stone; they
had seven children. The youngest, R. Tillard Williams, is the junior partner of the firm; he isa
native of Missouri, and was born in 1854. He was raised and educated in that State and mar-
ried Miss Wilcox, of Miami County. When they first came to Kansas, they located in Miami
County, Kan., in 1874, in 1877, Scott Township, Bourbon County, where they farmed and in 1882
sold out coming to Hiattville and establishing themselves.

 

MEMPHIS.

The town of Memphis, located in the southeastern part of Bourbon
County, was laid off in the fall of 1874. The land upon which the town
is situated belonged to D. N. Phelps, the site comprising an area of forty
acres. It was established under the auspices of a town company, com-
posed of D. N.. Phelps, W. R. Clybourn and T. Woodard, and was laid off
by M. M. Hellman. The names of the streets are Clybourn, Woodard,
Phelps, McDonald, Main and Kansas avenue.

The first house upon the site was astore house which had been
brought to the place by the firm of Sweeny & Benson, in which they en-
patel in the sale of general merchandise, in the fall of 1874. About the
same time, Keith & Henry moved a store room upon the site, in which
they put a stock of general goods. During the winter, they were joined
by J. M. Terry with a general store, and B. Daily with a boarding house
and restaurant, and the firm of McLean & Linn also began dealing in
miscellaneous merchandise. At this time it was the terminus of the rail-
road which was projected to run from Kansas City to Memphis, Tenn.
For some time the people had little hope of the road ever being completed
to its projected destination, since it remained completed only to the little
town of Memphis, Kan., for several months. During this time the im-

- mense coal fields in the vicinity were developed, and this became important
,_as 4 coal shipping point. 4 ;

It was a question with the town company what the name of, the vil-
lage should be. After the proposal of sundry names, none of which were
chosen, they concluded, from the dearth of hope that the zailroad would
ever be brought to its destination, at Memphis, Tenn., that, if the rail-
road could not be taken to Memphis, they would bring Memphis to the
railroad. ‘They accordingly named the terminus Memphis. The build-
ing.of the road was again taken up, and is fast approaching the projected
point, which will soon demand achange of the name of this station.

The town, being the terminus of the road for so long a time, and the
development of the coal interests, caused it to spring up with great rapid-
ity, so that, at one time, it was considerable of a business point, and con-
tained a population of about 350. After_the extension of the road was
begun, the town began to go backward. It now contains a population of
about 100, six general stores, two drug stores, two blacksmith shops, a
corn mill, school house, post office, two churches and several residences.

The town of Appleton had been established in 1866 by Capt. Stevens.
It was just near the State line, between Kansas and Missouri, and was
called Wheeling on the Missouri side. The town contained a post. office,
threé stores, blacksmith shop, etc., but after Memphis was started Apple-
ton became absorbed by it and is now no more. |

The post office was established at Memphis in 1874. W. R. Clybourn
was commissioned Postmaster, and he has since occupied that position.

The first school taught in the town was a select school, taught by
Miss Adelia Moore, in 1878, and was kept in a private residence. During
the next summer, a school was taught by Mrs. James in the school build-
ing that had been erected in the early part of the year. —

The first religious services were held in the depot in the summer of
1875 by the Baptists. During that summer a Sunday school was organized,
and T. Woodard was chosen Superintendent. The Baptist church building
was erected in 1881 and the Methodist in 1882, both being small frame
structures. : .

The country surrounding the town is excellent for agricultural pur-
poses, and is underlaid with vast coal fields. The development of these
important industries will, in time, insure the growth and importance of
the town. ‘

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—DRYWOOD TOWNSHIP.

3 é i i t

¢ ESS, farmer, isa native of North Carolina,,was born in_ 1824. The family firs
awed i Cert from there they came to Dade County, Mo. Coming to Kansas ane.
Jocating on their present farm in August, 1855. being considered the earliest settler now in Dry:
wood Township. _ His father-in-law, George Holliday, came with him but returned to Indiana m
the fall of 1856. During the border warfare he was not molested, giving his attention to improv
ing his farm. In 1862,he was captared #0 a bart or about eighty men belonging to tbs Ae airy
‘tt ouse, robbed of $90 or n cash and was re Y me,

rand ae am 3 ae reighbors Southerd and H. Howard, wounding Charlie Howard. During
the latter part of the rebellion, after his capture, he was in the State Militia. The same year he was

. giving his attention to his farm, raising large quantities ot grain and handlin,

- Humphreys now owns 240 acres of good Jand, farmed in grain and stock,

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called out to make a raid into Missouri with Capt. Bray's command. In the meantime, between his
militia services and avoiding the bushwhackers, his farm did not develop; it was not till after-
ward that he made the fine place he has now, Mr. Bauguess married Miss Holliday, and they
have five children living, four deceased. He was Justice of the Peace for twelve years, bein;
elected in 1858, He was appointed Chairman of the Township Board, by Gov. Denver, then electe
by he eople for a second term. He is Deacon in the Predestinarian Baptist Church, was

J, B. CALDWELL, farmer, Section 28, is a native of Washington County, Penn., was born in

 

~ 1889, In 1854 the family moved to Ohio, but the location proved unhealthy so they started for Kan-

sas in 1858, Arriving in Kansas City they met Judge Fairwell, who directed them to Rockford Val-
ley, Bourbon County, but they stopped in Fort scott and bought property there consisting of
four lots, then reaching from the Gulf Railroad to the town limits, but now described by the lots
owned by H. Collins. In taking the property, his father also took the mail contracts which was
carried by himself and sons. He had thret, John B., T, A. and A, B.; besides these there were two
daughters. The town propeity was bought for $800 of Thomas Roberts, and was sold for
moch more in later years, ‘They being early settlers of Fort Scott, were acquainted with all the
history of this section belonging to those times, and J. B. served in the militia in the war of the
rebellion. In 1868, the boys John B. and A. B. bought the farm where they live, of 820 acres and
moved on it in 1869, where they carry on a first-class grain farm, being among the few that raise
ood wheat. Mr. Caldwell was married to Miss McKay. Both parents are deceased, his father
ied in 1876 and mother in 1879.
W. RK. CLYBURN, farmer, Section 36, is a native of La Porte County, Ind., born in 1835. He
was raised on a farm, and he did not leave his native State till 1858, when he came to Kansas, locat-
ing on the Drywood for a while, In 1861, moving to his present location where he has a farm of
400 acres, owning 320 in Missouri. In 1875, the town company of the village of Memphis was or-
ganized, consisting of himself, D. N. Phelps and T. Woodard, each taking a one-third of the
forty acres from their farms. It was his misfortune to be called out with Jennison in his raid
into Missouri in 1862, and he also served in the militia in 1864 under H. Coffein, Captain. Heis now
t 1 somestock, In Indi-
ana he married Miss Metcalf; they had two children, and this year, 1882,'she died. Mr. Clyburn was
the first Postmaster of Memphis; he is Township Trustee and a member of the M. E. Church and
Superintendent of the Sunday schoo); he is Trustee of the church and on the building committee,
putting up a building that will cost some $10,000 to $12,000.

. C. CUSTARD, farmer, Section 14, is a native of Erie, Penn. In the old State there
were quite a number; the family there were some twelve of them in the Presbyterian Church
choir, well-known for their musical talent, singing there for some twenty years. In 1857, they
left Pennsylvania and came to Jasper County, Mo., where they stopped till they located their
claims, three brothers taking 160 acres apiece, locating on same section on which they now live.
William now has a farm of 240 acres, and is farming it successfully in stock and grain. The fam-
ily in early days braved many perils, and on account of open and avowed Free-State principles
ran many risks; his sisters ma ing the first Union flag for the soldiers of this section. William
married Miss Mary J. Coffein, in 1860; married by Parson Dr. Hogan. Mr. Custard has served
on the School Board for eight years. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, and were
members while in Pennsylvania. :

. M. DRUMMOND, farmer and merchant; farm in Vernon County, Mo.; native of Greene
County, I]. Born in 1844, he was raised on a farm, and in 1869, located in Missouri, where he
now lives carrying on a farm there till 1881, when he bought out T, Woodard’s business and stock
of hardware and general merchandise, now carrying about $1,200 in stock, and doing a business
of some $5,000 a year, He has 220 acres in his farm, well improved, and raising stock and grain.
In 1871, he married Miss Anderson, They have four children. ;

JAMES 8S. DURBORAW, farmer, Section 26. Mr. Durboraw’s ancestors were Scotch and
Irish; his grandfather was Capt. Isaac Durboraw, of the Revolutionary Army, and his father
Maj. John Durboraw, of the war of 1812. He claims Pennsylvania as his native State, and 1813
the year of his birth. In 1827, he started to learn printing as his trade, but ran away after serving
two years, and went to Cincinnati, taking a trip on the steamer Bonnets of Blue; there was one
other boat on the river called the Rising Sun. After working in the printing office and finishing
his trade he went back home; beginning about this time a series of wanderings that covered a

- space of about eighteen years. In 1837, he married Miss Nancy Smith, of Chambersburg, Penn.

In following his trade they moved to Pittsburgh, when, after remaining two years, he moved to
St. Louis. He had previous to this made two trips to New Orleans, visiting important cities on

. the route; then the last trip was in 1839, when he was recalled by his brother-in-law to take charge

of afoundry, but arriving too late he waited for bis wife in Chambersburg, Penn.; then in com-
pany with several other families moved to Bartholomew County, Ind., where after a stay of eight
years moved to Illinois in 1855, and in 1859, moved to Kansas, where he entered 160 acres; he
sold it in 1869 and moved to Section 26, where, from time to time, he has purchased land, having
a farm of 280 acres, which he runs as agrain farm. In early years here, many of the farmers of
this section stopped at his house before locating their farms. His family consists of five chil-
dren, all grown and married but one—Fillmore S. James, who went_to California in 1857, and
has not been heard from since. Mr. Durboraw is a member of the I. O. O. F., and his son John
was in the Sixth Kansas Regular Army, under Capt. Greenoe.

.J. ENDICOTT, farmer, Section 21, isa native of Pike County Ky., and was born November
22, 1836. Came to Kansas in 1859, locating on a claim now owned. by William Ewing. In 1863, he
enlisted in the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, and in a battle at Mons Mills, was taken prisoner and
marched to Tyler, Texas, where for eight months he was exposed to untold suffering, having his
clothes taken from him, and starved; he anally escaped in 1864, with a comrade named Kilbourn,
but were so near exhausted that they were close to the bugle-call in the moving, but they suc-
ceeded, and in recruiting and getting clothing he was some time, not getting well until 1866, when
he took a farm in Dry wood, now owned by Dr. Hildreth, and in 1868 located on his present farm,
buying 160 acres, which has since increased to 320. He is engaged in grain and stock-farming.
In 1865, he married, and has one son alive and one deceased.

SAMUEL ENDICOTT, farmer, Section 20, native of West Virginia, was born in 1824. His
parents moved to Jasper County, Mo., in 1834; there he was raised, In 1854, his father came to
Kansas and located in Drywoo Township, but he did not come to the state until 1855, when he
selected his claim, and in 1856 moved onto it; at this time it was nothing but a wilderness, and
the Indians were numerous, Osages, Pottawatomies and Kickapoos, often stopping at his cabin;
the border-ruffians also stopped there, but he was in the bushes concealed; they robbed him and.
afterward took him prisoner while visiting a sick neighbor, but released him, taking away his
horse and saddle. [n 1864, he was called out in the militia, and was stationed at Fort Scott, after-
ward following Price into Missouri. He also had achance to make araid with Jennison into
Missouri, but the style of warfare carried on by him was not to Mr. Endicott’s liking, so he re-
turned home. He has been married three times, but has only two children living. is present
wife was Miss McDonald, of Tennessee. He'is a grain farmer, and owns 200 acres.

AMOS HILDRETH, M. D,, and farmer, Section 22, native of Lewis County, N. Y.,was born in
1824. His parents moved to Illinois in 1836; here he read medicine, and in 1848 took his first course
of lectures; then entering on his preliminary practice, he graduated in 1869, from the Cincinnati
Eclectic Medical Institute, and then came to Kansas and entered practice in Fort Scott, where he
remained till 1873; then baying his present farm and Teuring from active practice. Heisnow
giving his attention to stock, dealing principally in horses. In Illinois, he married Miss Hard-
castle. They have now two children—a son and daughter, Dr. Hildreth has been a member of
the Masonic fraternity since 1864,

J.T. HOLE N, M.D., is anative of Weston, Henderson Co., Ky., born in 1847. His early life
was spent on the farm. In 1866 he commenced studying medicine with Dr, Whittledge, taking his
first course of lectures in Missouri, Medical College of St. Louis in 1872. He in 1876 moved to
Kansas and located at Memphis. In 1879-80, he graduated from the Eclectic School of Homcepathy
in St. Louis. and in 1881, from School of Midwifery of American Medical College at St. Louis. He
returned to his practice in Memphis, and is handling successfully a large practice; he was also
interested ina mercantile venture here, but sold in October, 1882, to Mr. Huffiine. He married Miss
Phelps. The Doctor is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.

UFFINE & ANDERSON, merchants and farmers, They established the business in
October, 1882, buying out Dr. Holman & Co., now carrying a stock of $2,500, and doing a business
of some $9,000 a year. Mr. Huffine is a native of Missouri, and now farms some 200 acres in grain
and stock; his land is located in that State. Mr. Anderson is a native of Tennessee, and has a fine
farm of 280 acres in this township, Bourbon County, raising fine crops of grain on its fertile tracts
and grazing cattle on its pasture land.

. §. HUMPHREYS, farmer, Section 17, P. O, Godfrey, native of Albemarle County, Ind.,
porn in 1816. His father had emigrated to the Territory of Indiana in 1812 and lived in the block-
house while he was clearing his farm, having two men to guard him while he worked. From
there they moved to Illinois, locating in Hancock County, and farming. In the wet year of 1859
they emigrated to Kansas. A man named Boydston then owned the place Mr. Humphreys now
lives on, and asked $1,200 for it, but being a Pro-slavery man, he was warned to leave, and sold
for much less. He just escaped, for a number of men, armed, were looking for him a few days
afterward. One night a force of men came to the house and called him out, but as they could
not give the pass-word of Free-State men he fired into them and drove them away, Such was
the state of affairs, and when the war broke out two of his sons, Cornelius and James, enlisted,
so that he was almost alone, and to save his scalp, he joinedthe Second Battery, Blair's, where
his boys were. He was stationed at Fort Scott during the war, and got home to the farm so as to
attend and look after things, and on one of these visits was visited by bushwhackers. Mr.
e has eleven children
alive—two born since coming to the State. He has been Justice of the Peace and Constable.
His son, J. M., is School Treas., while Cornelius is Township Trustee. The family are all Repub-
licans and are representative citizens. In 1889, December 26, he married Miss Juliette B. Lockett.

R. M. JONES, nursery, Section 6, native of McCoupin County, Ill., born in 1835. He was
raised in the nursery business, his father carrying it on in Illinois. When he came to the State
there was a train made up of some dozen wagons, and on arriving he located on his present place
jin 1866, buying 160 acres; he has been busy improving and propagating; he has fine buildings on
the farm, some twenty-five acres of orchard containing 1,600 bearing trees; his nursery stock is in
fruit and ornamental trees, making a specialty of the Baker peach tree, which is an early bearer
and of fine quality. His nursery business will amount to some $3,000 or $4,000 ayeur. In 1857 Mr.
Jones married and has five children. He has been Township Treasurer and in other offices of
public trust. In 1872, he became a member of the Masonic Lodge.

 
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D. N. PHELPS, farmer, Section 1, is a native of Birkshire County, Mass., born in 1824. When
he was quite young his parents moved to New York, locating'in Erie County. Was married to a
Miss Sarah Woodard in 1844. Although raised on a farm Mr. Phelps sought other pursuits and
engaged in the hotel business some twenty miles trom Buffalo. In 1846 he sold out and moved to
Wisconsin, opening the Kingston House at Kingston in Marquette County, sold out and moved to
Packwaukie, twenty miles from Kingston, remaining four years, sold his claim, then returned to
Kingston, engaged in the grocery business until 1858, when he was again found in the hotel busi-
ness. During his Period of stay in Wisconsin, he served eight years as Deputy Sheriff. In 1861
he enlisted in the Third Wisconsin Cavalry, Company C, under Col. Barstow. They were sent to
Kansas where they established a post on the Drywood. He was mustered out in 1865, Selling his
properly in Wisconsin he brought his family to Kansas. His wife visited relatives in the East in
1868, returning in 1869. He rented his farm and moved to Fort Scott, where he remained four
years, returning to his farm in 1874, where he has remained ever since; has visited the East. He
owns one-third of the village plat in part with the Town Company. Has five children—Ambrose.
Frank, Barnett, Emma, now Mrs. Dr. Holeman; Clara, now Mrs, Irvin. Mr. Phelps has belonged
to the Masonic fraternity and I. 0. 0. F. since 1852.

ROUSEY & MILLION, merchants: business was established by J. I. Million August 13, 1879.
and in 1880 the firm became Rousey & Million. Besides general merchandise they deal ingrain and
coal, doing a business of $20,000 a year. Mr Million is a native of Morgan County, Ill., born in 1851,
He went to Missouri in 1876, where he farmed and taught school, He had attended in Illinois the
Jacksonville College, and had married in Morgan County; he has four children. Mr. W. M. Rou-
sey isa native of Morgan County, Il1., and was a playmate of Mr. Million’s througn youth. He
came to Kansas with his father and family in 1879, where they engaged in farming, his father
dealing in stock here, Mr. Rousey is not married. He has been’a member of the I, U. 0. F. since

875.

WILLIAM SIMPSON, farmer, Section 24, is a native of Fulton County, Ill, born December
1, 1837. Fulton County was settled by his parents and relatives. In 1860 he came to Kansas and
bought his farm of a man named Scaggs who settled it in 1858. When the war broke out Mr, Simp-
son enlisted in the Second Kansas Battery, “Blair’s,” and was sent into Arkansas; he was at the bat-
tle of Cane Hill; afterward detailed to escort Col. Jewell’s body to Scott; from here hiscompany
were sent to Baxter Springs. While in their warfare with the bushwhackers and guerrillas he
saw the hardest service of the war. They returned to Scott, and he-was ‘put on detached
service. Finaily was mustered out and returned to his farm, which he has now in
wonderful degree of development, farming 400 acres in grain and stock; he goes more largely in-
to hogs, raising Poland-China blood and handling about 200 a year; his orchard is large and pro-
ductive, In 1859 he married Miss Mathews, they have eight children. Mr. Simpson has held
offices high in trust besides township: he was elected to the Lower House of the Kansas
Legislature in 1868 and to the Upper House in 1872, ve

CAPT. E, R. STEVENS, farmer and merchant, Section 12, is a native of Erie Cou ty N. Y.,
born in 1824. He lived on the old home farm till 1848, then going to Wisconsin, he located In Mar:
quette County, opening a mercantile establishment in Kingston, He enlisted in 1861 in Third Wiscon-
sin Volunteer Cavalry, Company C, under Col. Barstow. They were sent West and located in Kan-
sas, Bourbon County,on the Drywood. Hewas Captain of the company, He was mustered out in
1865, and 1n 1866 he located his farm, opened a store and got the post office appointed as Appleton,
then building up the yillage which at one time was larger than is Memphisnow. A town company
was formed of Capt. E. R, Stephens, Adam Hoffman and Eugene Goss, who laid out the plat in
1868. When Memphis was platted on the railroad, most of Appleton moved over and the Captain

moved over in 1879, opening a store of general merchandise, which he sold to Kk. H. Weddle in 1x82.’

He then opened a drug store and now carries it on in connection with farming. The Captain mar-
ried in 1854 to Miss Goss; they have three children. He was United States Marshal! in Wisconsin,
and is a member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F., having joined about 1856,

.  |E. H. WEDDLE, merchant, is a native of Vernon County, Mo., born in 1847. He was raised
on the farm, coming to Kansas in 1881, he bought an interest in the mercantile establishment of
Capt. E. R. Stevens, and in the tall of 1881 bought his partner our, eotaplishing the business in his
own naine, now carrying a stock of $700 or and doing a business of some $1,500 a year, In 1878
Mr. Weddle married Miss Manzer; they have one daughter; his parents live in Texas,

T. WOODARD, merchant and farmer, Section 36, P. O. Memphis, native of Erie County,
N. Y., born in 1832. He remained on the farm till 1848, when he learned millwrighting, and in
1861 he helped to raise a regiment in his native county, in which his brother Henry served till the
time of his death, Which occurred in 1862, His body was brought to their home for interment.
He started West and for awhile worked at his trade in Sac and Cedar Counties in Missouri; then com-
ing to Kansas, he was employed in the Goodlander mill. In 1868 he bought 140 acres of E. Dugan,
in Sections 36 and 1, and in 1872 located here. In 1872, when the village of Memphis was platted
out, beingone of the Town Company, owning a third. He has established a large mercantile
venture; has the Town Hall; has put up tenement houses and donated lots for public buildings;
has held the post office here, and in fact made the village. Besides his store he deals in grain an
coal, dving a business of $30.000 a year. Mr. Woodard has been married twice, having five chil-
dren. He has been Justice of the Peace seven years, and is Notary Public now. He is a Mason
and an I. oO: O. F since 1854. Took part in the Grange movement, and was a Greenbacker; now
a Democrat.

ROCKFORD. -

This town is situated on rolling prairie adjoining timber. It was
named after Kockford, Ill. The first settlement was made in 1858, by Guy
Hinton. Others early on the ground, were William E., B. and J. Mason,
and William Jackman. The first death was that of Emma Hinton in this
year. The first school Said here was by Edith E. Mason, in 1858. The
first marriage was that of William Jackman to Edith E. Mason December
9, 1859. Guy Hinton preached the first sermon in 1858. The post office
was established in 1859, with Ezekiel Brown, Postmaster. A saw-mill was
built this year, on Paint Creek, by Farwell & Stadden, and a store was
opened also by a Mr. Donahue. A schoolhouse was built in 1866, in Rock-
ford Valley. At the present time, there are three religious denominations
in the town—Methodist Episcopal, Protestant Methodist and Cumberland
Presbyterian. The present town and post office is three and a half miles
west of the original town site.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—waLNnut TOWNSHIP.

M. V. HAM, farmer, Section 32, 1s a native of Calloway County, Mo., born in 1840, he was
raised on a farm and received his education there. In 1857 he moved to St, Clair County, Mo. In
1861 he enlisted and served til] 1865; he then went to Illinois, where he engaged in’ farming. In
1867 he married Miss Hollis. of Pike County, Ill. In 1873 he came to Kansas and located on Section
5, starting in stock; he is now giving more attention to that line than to grain farming; at present
owns 640 acres of land, of which 125 are cultivated; having good crops with the exception of that
section injured by the hail-storm thaw passed here this spring. They have ® family of nine chil-
dren, two boys and seven girls. Mr, Ham joined the Masonic order in 1862; he has never been
in public office, not having cared for it.

W.E. MASON, farmer, Section 20; he is a native of Greene County, Penn., born in 1828, Tn 1882,
he went to Ohio, and then to Southwest Missouri, where he started 1n 1957 with D. Henton for Kan:
sas, via Kansas City; he came into the county, past Mapleton. When he arrived in Rockford Val-
ley they bought what was known as the Louisiana Groves for $300, consisting of about two sections
of fertile soil. At first he settled on Section 20, but in 1875 he married Mr, D. Henton’s widow, and
moved to Section 28; they live ona farm of: 600 acres; his family of four girls and four boys are on
the old place, as is his mother; his father died in 1872. In 1862 he enlisted in the Twelfth Kansas
Volunteer Infantry, Company K, serying till 1865. Mr. Mason has not sought office, but was Town-
ship Treasurer for twelve years, and is a member of the Cuinberland Church, Presbyterian. He
and his boys carry on a stock farm.

BARNESVILLE.

Barnesville is situated in the north part of Bourbon County, about three
miles east of Fulton. The town was laid out, in 1858, by J. and F. Barnes,
who also built a hotel upon the site during the same year. Dr. Neal
started a general store in 1860. At first, the town enjoyed a°‘‘boom” on
asmall scale, and at the zenith of its greatness contained fifteen houses
and three stores. It now contains one large business establishment, oper-
ated by the firm of Messinger & Son. This firm carries a large stock of

oods, and does a flourishing and extensive business. Besides this, there are
fe or six dwellings and a blacksmith shop.

The first school was taught in the district, in 1864, by D. B. Jackman.

The United Brethren in Christ have a flourishing society. It was
organized, in 1866, by Rev. 8. B. McGrew, with twelve members, to which

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

only two additions have been made. Mectings have been held in the
schoolhouse. Rev. G. H. Hinton is pastor.

The post office was established at Barnesville in 1859, and Dr. Neal was
the first Postmaster. The office of Postmaster is now held by J. Messinger.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—osace TownsHIP.

THOMAS J. ARMSTRONG, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Fort Scott, is a native of Kalamazoo
Mich.. born June 16, 1833. He was raised on a farm and acquired a common school education. In
1855, he married and moved to the State of Missouri.. In November, 1859, Miss Eva was born, and in
1860 the family moved to Kansas, locating on Section 34, Osage Township, Bourbon County, where
Mr. Armstrong has prospered till he now has 440 acres of farm Jand, carrying on mixed farm-
ing, stock and grain. He hasa fine family of nine children, having lost three. The members
ot the home circle are himself and wife (formerly Miss 8. A. Bowman, of Ohio), Alpheus D.,
Eva C., Willis P., Frank 8., Emery B., Orville, Melvin and Marvin, twin,and Merrill H. They
have lost Herman A., Emerson R. and John G. Miss Eva, the only daughter, is a school teacher,
and loves her profession. She received her education from the public schools, graduating from
the Kansas Normal, of Fort Scott. Her last school was taught in Missouri, in 1881. Her broth-
er, Alpheus D., owns 160 acres in Crawford County.

E. J. CHAPIN, farmer, Section 14, P. 0, Barnesville, is a native of New York, born September
6,1841. When going to school, he had fora schoolmate H. L. King, and their fortunes through life
seemed cast together. Mr. Chapin came West to Illinois, where he taught school in Whitehall from
1865 to 1868, His friend was with him here, but went to Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the
commercial line, but in 1868 came West, met Mr. King, and made their plans to come to Kansas to-
gether, or rather for Jasper County, Mo., but changed their plansand went to Kansas, coming into
Bourbon County, via Pleasant Hill and Builer, footing it, having their money concealed on their
persons, and stopping at Mr. Ely’s house the first night spent in the State. Passing on, Mr.
Chapin located on Section 29, but moved to his present home in 1873, where he has 160 acres,
and reports good crops this year (1882). In 1873, he married Miss Davenport, a sister of Mr.
McIntosh, They have three children—two boys and one girl. From 1877, up to the present
time, he has been Assistant County Examiner of teachers, and has held other offices of minor
importance,

A. E. CURRIER, M. D., and farmer, Section 30, P,O. Hammond, isa native of Bethany Center,
Genesee Co., N. ¥., born in 1832, Although bora there, he was raised in Champaign County, and at
the age of eighteen went to teaching, thus educating himself. In 1853, he commenced reading med-
icine under Dr. J. G. Miller, graduating from the American Medical College in 1856, At this
time the political affairs of Kansas were being discussed, and he became much interested, which
ultimately brought him tu the State. After leaving college, he went to Illinois and practiced
medicine. In 1862, he joined the famous One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
but returned home in 1863 and resumed practice, till he resolved to quit the profession, and
came Weit in 1867, bought a farm,and in November, 1868, moved into his present dwelling,
and is now farming 640 acres in stock and grain. During the winter of 1881-82, he fed seventy
head of cattle. His corn this season will average fifty bushels to an acre. In 1859, he married
Miss Chase, of Illinois, daughter of John L. Chase. They have three children—one daughter
and two sons.

T.M. GORDON, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Hammond, isa native of Syracuse, N. Y., and was born
in 1814, When a young man he moved to Ohio, in the year that the cholera epidemic was devastat-
ing Eastern cities, and as he passed onward he found Buffalo and other places almost deserted. He
settled in Lake County and went to farming, where he stayed until 1869, when he came to
Kansas and bought his farm of Mr. Johnson. He has since improved and increased it, until
now he has 320 acres, which is farmed in mixed farming, raising stock and grain, In 1839, he
married Miss Ferguson ; she died, and he married axain, Miss Brown, of Ohio. They have had
four boys and three girls—H.S. Gordon is a mastér mechanic at Dayton, Ohio; Alvin is an
evgineer on the railroad ; Hiram B. is at home and Blake A. isa farmer; his eldest daughter,
Mrs. Brinkerhoff, is dead; his second daughter is now Mrs. DeMoisey, and the third, Belle, is
at home. Mr. Gordon has held township and school offices, and has not had better crops than
this year (1882). He also had a good crop in 1875.

_MRS. EUNICE GUNSAULLAS, the relict of H. B. Gunsaullas, deceased, P. 0. Barnesville. She
is a native of New York, and was married to him May 20, 1847, in Indiana, her maiden name being
Harris. Mr. Gunsaulias was born November 16, 1825, in Richland County, Ohio, and died in Janu-
ary, 1873, In boyhood, he was a nature that devoted himeelf to a variety of trades, having a genius
for all, probably following shoemaking the longest, and after their marriage was employed in a
saw mill, and came to Kansas in 1859, the family staying at Barnesville until he could atrange
for their convenience on the claim, locating in 1862 on Section 9, where he had 160 acres, until
giving his son Levi eighty. During Mr. Gunsaullas’s lifetime, he always took an active part in
Politics, representing several township offices, discharging the duties of such in a satisfactory
manner. At his-death, he left a family of five children—two sons, Frank, who runs the farm,
and Levi, who is married; three daughters, Cornelia and Cordelia, who are teachers, having
attended the Kansas Normal College, and Anna, who stays at home. \

i WILLIAM HINTON, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Fulton, isa native of Bullitt County, Ky., born
in 1828. His father moved to Indiana in 1840. While hero he was engaged in millingand river wok
at which he was employed until 1855, when he (William) came to Kansas, and located on Sec-
tion 21, Freedom Township. This farm he entered in 1861. This was in accordance with the
advice from his friend, S. Williams, who was in the United States Land Office in 1859. On this
farm he remained until 1879, only leaving it to recruit his health, for which purpose he went
to the mountains, returning vigorous and sound, but the symptoms of bis old complaint re-
turned, and his physician suggested a change of neighborhood, s0 he went to the farm where
he is at present, in a beautiful situation. During the war, he, like his neighbors, was called
out to defend their homes, acting as Commissary Sergeant. He had several narrow escapes
from capture, staying in the fields or forest over night and visitiag his family in the day time.
But at the close of the war he returned to the ordinary manner of living. In 1859, he was
Township Supervisor, and was Justice of the Peace for eight years. In 1868, was Representa-
tive, and has held minor offices since. He was married in 1853, but loat his first wife in 1856 ;
he then married Mrs. Young, formerly Miss Smith, of Missouri, He has had seven children,
two of whom are living. His crops for 1882 are good. :

L. M, HODGES, farmer, Section 10, P. 0. Barnesville, is a native of Sumner
County, Tenn., born May 10, 1819. In_ his youth he was in his father’s smithy,
and as he grew older he gradually picked up the trade and wo:ked at it. In
1847, they all moved to Kentucky, where they lived until 1850, when he went to
Macon County, Mo. From there he came to Kansas in 1859, bringing two teams.
Accompanying him was his brother Ephraim and Mr, Tom Clark and family. He camped on
the banks of the Osage River until he got possession of his claim, which he bought of a man
named Gunter, giving a team of horses and wagon for 160 acres, which has since increased to
320 acres. This is farmed in stock and grain. He keeps fifty head of cattleand some horses. His

. crops for 188% were very fine, corn and oats turning out forty bushels to the acre. He has already *

entered into the new industry of raising Castor beans. During the war, he served in 1862 in the
Ho ne Guards, Sixth Kansas, and then was mustered out and Joined the State Militia, and served
until they were disbanded. He married Miss Lucinda Dixon, of Tennesssec, who was born May
26, 1824, and they had the following children: Catherine; John, born in Tennessee; Mary E.;
Benjamin, deceased ; Robert R., deceased, born in Kentucky; Edmund P., James W., Thomas M.
and Alex N., all deceased, born in Missouri; Louisa J., Sarah M., Alice A., deceased, and Fran-
ces J., Franklin J. and Asa, alive, were born in Kansas. :

_B. B. JORDAN, farmer, stock-gcower and feeder, Section 15, P. 0. Fort Scott, was born in Indi-
ane in 1838. He was Taised on a farm and received a collegiate education. Was engaged in the mer-
cantile business in Indiana twelve years, then came to Fort Scott, Kan.,in 1870. Inthe stock busi-
peat, bought and shipped stock twelve years exclusively. In 1876, he bought 480 acres of land in

gage Township, and began raising and feeding stock. He keeps on hand about 260 head of
Paes a 400 hogs. He formerty kept about 2,000 sheep, Dropped sheep in 1881, because cat-
. and sheep could not be profitably raised together. His farm is composed mostly of raw land,
Ww! ee is getting into blue grass and clover as fast as pessible. He has about 180 acres in
con, the rest in clover and blue grass, The farm is divided up by hedge, wire and plank fences.
A © was married to Mary J. Conway, of Indiana, in October, 1866. They have one son, Frank

ey bem ie June, 1868, who is now at the Normal School at Fort Scott. ,

igen LIAM JORDAN, farmer, Section 12, P. 0. Barnesville, is a native of Breckinridge Coun-
Y, Yo on in 1820. His father had moved to this State in 1800, remaining until 1827, when he
as iN ndiana. They lived in this State until 1866,and Mr. Jourdan grew to manhood, getting
: on iments of an education from the common schools of the neighborhood, and giving his at-
er as to farming afterward. He was a member of the Home Guards during the rebellion, and
a oa wenty-four years of age he married » Mies Mack, who lived to come to Kansas with him
n 1866, and after the privations and labor of establishing her husband and family, quietly passed

 
BOURBON COUNTY.

away in 1877. Mr, Jordan bought his farm of John McNeil, it being one of tbe first farms
opened in this township, on which many scenes of border ruffianism was enacted. He built a
good residence on the place in 1873, and otherwise improved it. He has five married daughters—
Mrs. Johnson is keeping house for him, besides there are Mrs. Coffman, Mrs. Renshaw, Mra.
Cox and Mrs, Kessinger. Mr. Jordan has held offices of trust for the township. ;

H. L. KING, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Barnesville, is a native of New York, born September 4
1841, making a difference of two daysin the ages of himself and his friend, Mr. Chapin. Mr. King,
after finishing his schooling, went irto the schoolroom as a teacher, but afterward went into the
commercial line, and when he went to Illinois entered a mercantile establishment in Whitehall, go-
ing from there to Pennsylvania, But ia 1868 he came back to Illinois and married Miss Doud,
and then came West, intending to go to Jasper County, Mo., but coming to Kansas they tramped
through the State from the north, coming into Bourbon County, and Mr. King located on his
present farm, where he has his life’s friend with him on the adjoining farm. He has a farm of
ninety acres, and reports the best of crops this year. His corn will go fifty bushels to an acre.
He was Township Trustee in 1876-77 and 1878, and has held other offices. His family con-
sists of one son and one daughter,

WILLIAM LOUNSBURY, farmer, Section 19, P. 0. Fulton, is a native ot Westmoreland Coun-
ty, N. B.and was born in 1818, His father took the family to Maine when he was about eight years
of age. Here they remained while William was growing to man’s estate, surrounded by scenes
which make up the experience of the Maine lumberman. At the age of twenty-one, he re-
moved to Albert County, N. B. While here he was engaged in lumbering and rafting. April
22,1841, he married Miss Hopper, both of them from the same parish, Elgin, In 1852, they
moved West to Green County, Wis., locating on Sugar River, coming to Kansas in 1859, and
located on Section 19, taking 160 acres. His first crop was a failure, his cattle died with the
Texas fever, but in 1861 he had a good crop. When the war broke out he was appointed Cap-
tain of Company I, Sixth Kansas Militia, and acted under orders from Mound City until 1864,
when ha moved with fifteen men to Barnesville and received supplies from Fort Scott. In
1864, after Price’s raid, the militia returned to their homes. Mr. Lounsbury and wife had
twelve children, nine of whom are alive—Nehemiah, Isaiah and William H., deceased; James,
Michael, George, Benjamin F., Thomas G., Andrew J., Amanda, now Mrs. Blake, Grace, now
Mrs. Hazlett. and Almira J. ;

J.A. McDONALD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 31, P.O. Fort Scott, is a native of Ohio, born
in 1839, and raised on a farm andcattleranch. Hecanie West to Kansas with the intention of going
into the stock business, and came to Bourbon County in 1880, buying a farm. He had aboutsixty acres
fenced. He now has 1,840 acres, all iu good fence. He has three pastures, in which his cat-
tle graze at different times of the year, containing 1,040 acres, His pastures will graze 40U head
of cattle well, He also raises corn, and cuts hay enough on his ranch to winter 400 cattle
(palf corn fed) and turo them off for beef each year in July and August. Mr. McDonald has
taken but two years in doing all this, which any man can do in the same time in this State.
Tn-1859, he married in Ohio and has a family of seven children.

JOHN McNEIL, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Fulton, is a native of Miami County, Ohio, born in
February, 1812. His ancestors run back among the patriots of America. His father was one of Hull’s
army at the time of his unfortunate surrender to the English. Mr. McNeil remained at home on
his father’s farm until he was twenty-one years of age, then he married Miss Elizabeth Ried in
December, 1833, and moved to Champaign County, where he made a farm, In 1837, we find him
in Park County, Ind., clearing and improving. Having then made the place, he sold and moved
to Vermillion County, Ind., then across the line into Vermillion County, [ll. Here he made
another farm, then going to Mason County he started another farm. From there he intended
going to Jasper County, Mo., and had his effects shipped to Jefferson City, but came on to Bour-
bon County, Kan., and put his tent on the banks of Osage River. He then located on Section 12
until 1866, He then moved on to this farm, but rented this and went to Section 36, where after
living five years he came back and now is engaged in mixed farming, stock and grain, During
the war of 1861 to 1865, he was between the two armies, and for two years slept in the fields or
timber. At one time he was captured by bushwhackers, and was taken out to be killed three
different times, but escaped. He had three sons in the service. His first wife died; was married
the second time to Miss Maria A. Ross. He had in all seventeen children, thirteen now alive
and living in this county. Mr. McNeil is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

MELVIN MANNING, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Barnesville, is a native of Edgar County, IIl.,
born November 17, 1836. He was raised on the farm, and in 186i he enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry, Company D, and served three years and three months, During that time
he was wounded thrice, the first time at the battle of Pea Ridge; he had his leg broken; and at
the battle of Mission Ridge he was wounded and confined to the hospital for sixteen weeks.

Being mustered out he returned to the farm, and in 1866 came to Kansas and bought of Peter
Orr a farm in Section 1, but not liking the society as it existed he went to Fort Scott and tried
teaming, hauling goods for C, Morely from Pleasant Hill and Kansas City to Fort Scott, In the
winter of 1866, he went back to Edgar County, Ill., and there he married Mrs. Price. He lived there
until 1873, when he returned to his farm here, and has always been successful in raising good
crops of corn, wheat and oats and some stock. ‘hey have but one daughter, Ida Belle, having
lost a son, Mattison Brady. Watson, her son, is living with them.

JOHN Ww. MARTIN, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Fulton, is a native of Virginia, and was born in
1851. His father, Melker J. Martin, is one of the pioneers of the county, coming to Kansas in 1858,

and, on account of the border warfare, moved back East again; but they all returned to Bour- ©

-bon County in 1859, and located on Section 29, taking 160 acres. During the war, his father
was in the State militia, as was a brother. John W. now carries on the farm. This year he re-
ports heavy crops, experimenting in broom corn and flax, both of which have yielded well, In
1878, he married Miss Morehead, who is, or was, a member of a pioneer family of this township.
They have one child. In 1864, their buildings were all burned, so they have rebuilt and placed
fine improvements on the place. ‘
FRANK MESSINGER, general merchant, Barnesville, isa native of Pennsylvania. His father,
John, came from Illinois to Kansasin 1860. He wasa native of Perry County, Penn., and was born
in 1819. After coming to Bourbon County, he went to farming on Section 20. On the breaking
out of the war his father entered the State militia, and was stationed at Barnesville, in Capt.
Lousberry’s company. In 1864, there were some twenty-seven bushwhackers attacked two
men, William Nugent and William Beckford, in their cabin, but were put to flight by their de-
termined resistance. This Mr. Nugent was afterward a partner in the store. In 1865, Mr. Mes-
singer-sold his farm and moved to Barnesville, and opened a store. The firm was then Nicker-
son & Messinger, having a stock of $800 or $9U0 worth, and the store room wasorly 20x16. In 1866,
William Nugent bought into the firm, but in 1867 we find that the firm was simply John Mes-
singer, and in 1871 he turned the business over to his son, the present proprietor, who is doing
.& business of some $30,000 per annum, In 1871, Frank married Miss Stevens. They have four
children, three boys and a girl. The old family consists of Frank, J. J., Sarah, now Mrs. S. Mor-
till, and Emma, now Mrs. E. Morrill. ah ts ; Pe ‘
NATHANIEL OATES, farmer, Section 27, P. 0. Barnesville, is a native of Virginia, born in
the Shenandoah Valley in 1824. He spent twenty years of his boyhood on the farm, and two years
-later went to Hardy County, where he learned the trade of riflemaker, at which he worked until 1857.
In the meantime he had married a Miss McQuade. On leaving Virginia, he moved to Vernon Coun-
ty, Mo,, where he went to farming. In this vocation, he changed his location to Bourbon
County, Kan., taking the farm on Section 20, Osage Township, where he remained until after the
war. During the years of the rebellion, he was First Lieutenant in Company I, Sixth Kansas
State Militia, and was called out at several times. 1n 1864, when Gen. Price raided into the
State, his company and regiment were ordered out and marched to Hickman Mills, Mo. At this
time the company was under hiscommand. From there they went to Kansas City, and afterward
participated in the battles of Westport. As the regiment marched down the State line the sol-
diers returned to their farms and citizen’s life. In March, 1865, he moved to his farm on Section
27, taking 160 acres, which, being on the New York Indian reservation, he bought the farm of
the Government in 1875. The soil is rich and deep and well watered, returning bountiful crops
this year of 1882. They have three children, a daughter, now Mrs. Roy, and two sons. Mr.
Oates has held offices of trust in his township,and for four years was Justice of the Peace.
HENRY TODD, farmer, Section 35. P.O. Fort Scott, is a native of Durham, Cumberland Co.,
England,aud was born January 12,1833. He was raised to work in the coal mines, where the Queen’s
mandate found him. Being under ten years of age he was compelled to quit, but went back and
worked again as soon as old enough. In following mining he worked in North England and in
the iron mines of Scotland. His father had preceded him to America, so he started in 1855, and
on arriving went to work in Massillon, Ohio, where he lost what money he had, and was then
appointed Superintendent of the mines. In 1865, he came to Kansas, and located on Section 5,
Scott Township, where he created quite a name as a potato raiser, but he finally moved to his
present’ farm, where he farms in grain and stock. His corn this year (1882) averages sixty
bushels to the acre. He has 320 acres now, and is satisfied that Kansas is equalled by no coun-
try in the world, His father died in 1868. Mr.'Todd has been married twice. In 1857, he mar-
ried Misa Emerson, of Guernsey County, Ohio, and the last time, in 1874, to Miss McIntosh.
They havea family of seven children, five boys and two girls. His oldest son is now in the
general merchandise business in Colorado and is doing well.

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FULTON.

The town of Fulton was founded by B. P. McDonald, O. Chanute,
T. C. Myer and C. A. Morris, in 1869. The first business house was that
established by Ben Ivens, soon after the starting of the town. Followin,
this, in almost consecutive order, were the business establishments of Ww
H. Green, A. Parker and the firm of Stapleton, Wells & Co. Some
changes and additions soon took place. The firm of Stapleton, Wells &
Co. dissolved, the business falling into the hands of the new firm of Staple-
ton & Green. In 1870, Isaac Burton started a store, which he sold to Tim-
othy Hackett in 1872. During the year 1873, J. W. Jewell began in the
drug business. In 1869, George White began business, dealing in grain
and lumber, and was the first railroad station agent. J. Hays started a
aoe in 1870. The present directory of the town stands as follows:
John H. Quirk and I. Rader, druggists.

J. W. Bainum, Wesley Shipman, Stapleton & Co., Price & Osborne,
and Wilson Brothers, dealers in general merchandise.

H. F. Ruble, hardware. W. Shaffer, harness and saddles.

Timothy Hackett and W. Walford, wagonmakers and blacksmiths.

Besides these, there are three grain elevators, a grist-mill, three hotels,
two churches, school building and a population of 350.

The town, at first, was called Osaga, but owing to the similarity to
the name Osage, the difference being only the terminal letter, by reason of
which goods, mail, etc., would often be missent to the one place for the
other, it’ became necessary to change the name. Jn 1878, the name was
changed to that of Fulton. Osaga was incorporated on the 23d day of
a x 1874. :

J.S. Wilson, Timothy Hackett, George White, Asheal Parker and J. A.
Ludlow constituted the first Board of Trustees. The Board became duly
organized and held meetings for the purpose of framing and passing
ordinances. After a good deal of quibbling, mixed with much amusement,
a body of ordinances was adopted for the regulation and government of
the village. But the incorporation was delayed a few days too long, for
the Legislature, a short time before, had taken the authority to incorporate
towns, villages, etc., out of the hands of the Probate Judge, and reposed
it within the jurisdiction of the District Court. By this means, the people
of Fulton soon learned that after all their trouble, and thinking them-
selves incorporated, had no such legal recognition. .

A post office called Osaga, was established here in 1869, with Mrs. M.
A. Stapleton as Postmistress. Mrs. Stapleton has since held the office
continuously. The first school was taught in 1871, by E. T. Shaffer, a
schoolhouse had been erected in 1870. The new school building was
erected in 1882 and is a two-story stone structure, containing four rooms,
and cost about $3,500. The school population of the town is 130. Two
church organizations have been effected by the Methodist and Catholic
denominations.

The Methodist congregation was organized in 1870 by Rev. Mr. Har-
mony, with thirteen members. There is a present membership of forty.
The erection of the church house, a large one-story frame, was begun in
1880 and completed in 1882. :

The Catholics also have a very flourishing congregation, and are sup-
plied with a small but neat frame church building. Among the local in-
stitutions are two secret organizations, the Mason and Odd Fellows. The
Fulton Lodge,.A., F. & A. M., was instituted under a dispensation Septem-
ber 12, 1882. J. W. Jewell was chosen Worshipful Master. The lodge
now has a membership of twenty-two. .

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows had instituted a lodge at
Barnesville, which was removed to Fulton in 1875. J. H. Quirk is now
Noble Grand. ‘The membership of thg lodge is twenty-seven.

The first child born in the town was James Hughs, a son of Thomas
Hughs; in 1878. : ; 2

4 one first marriage was that of Julia Hughs to James McDougall
in 1871.

The people of this youthful town are characterized by much energy
and enterprise, which will insure to the place prompt and needed improve-
ment. The town is favorably situated in the north part of the county on
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, and in the midst of a fine
farming district from which it draws a large and excellent trade. With
all these advantageous surroundings no other outlook is present than that
of its future growth and prosperity. -

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—FREEDOM TOWNSHIP.

A. BEELER, druggist, principal of the firm of Beeler & Feenster, native of Coshocton
County, Ohio, born in 1831, and in 1856 he entered the Methodist Episcopal Conference Col-
lege, at Greencastle, Ind., called the Alesbury University, and in 1862 entered the Central
Illinois Conference, and preached for some seventeen years, but his health gave way, and he
eame to Kansas, giving up the ministry, and locating on Section 35, northwest quarter.
He has some 320 acres in histwo farms. In 1879, he also opened his drug store. He had for
awhile Mr. Johnson as a partner, but he took his share of the stock and set uf in a separate
business. Then Mr. Beeler conducted the business alone until 1882. He then took Dr. Feen-
ster into partnership. Mr. Beeler belongs to both the I. O. O. F. and the Masonic orders.

REV. C. E. BRISTOL, northeast quarter, Section 2, P.O. Fulton, is a native of New
York, and was born in 1828, He was reared and lived on the same farm till thirty years of
age, when he went to Wisconsin, and began his ministerial career there. From thence to
Shurtleff Céllege, Upper Alton, in 1861. Entered the Junior year, and graduated in 1863.
Thence to Quincy, [ll.,in charge of First Baptist Church of that city. as ordained that
summer, 1863. Went into the army as Chaplain of the Thirtieth United States in April,
1864. Thence to Baltimore, and thence through the Wilderness campaign. During that
campaign contracted a chronic disease, and resigned and came out of the aii in November,
1864. Thence a while in the theological department at Shurtleff College, and went to Ohio
in the spring of 1865, taking charge of a church at Milford, and has been preaching more or
less ever since, though during the last thirteen years his army disease has forced him out of
the study into outdoor work, more or less on a farm. His first wife dying in 1865, he again
married in 1872, at Dayton, Ohio. He married one of his parishioners of Milford. He and
his family moved to Kansas. in the fall of 1876. In the spring of 1877, he went out on to the
farm now occupied by him for general farm purposes, together with fruit and nursery. He
has at this writing over 1,200 fruit trees in permanent orchards (1,000 apple). He has charge
of two small churches at the present time. As samples of Kansas fruit, he states that he
weighed, this year, 1882, one pear (Duchess variety) seventeen ounces; one ppple (Bennett
variety), twenty-three ounces; one peach (Foster variety), thirteen ounces. His family con-
sists of wife and her five children, four boys and one daughter. Three of the boys are teach-
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ers. Mr, Bristol has also taught more or less during his life. In all over forty school terms.
He began teaching in New York, when he was but seventeen years old.

ALFRED CLEAL, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Fulton, native of Middlesex County, England,
born in 1838, coming to America in 1848. He located in Cook County, Ill, and, together with
William L. Witt, came to Kansas in 1860, and located in Bourbon County, but this being the
dry year, he went down into Missouri and worked in the lead mines; then returning to
enlist in 1861,in the Third Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and in 1864 he re-enlisted in the
United States Veteran Volunteers, ‘“ Hancock’s,” and remained in service till 1866, when he
was mustered out at Indianapolis, and returned to Kansas. On arriving here, he entered in
the commercial business. The firm was Cleal & Co., of Fort Lincoln. They moved to Ful-
ton in 1867 or 1868, and there he sold to M. A. Stapleton, returning to his farm, where he now
has 450 acres, renting some and farming some in stock and grain. He has made all he has
‘since coming. to the State, and still single.

P. DEVEREUX, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Fulton, native of County Tipperary, Ireland,
born in 1837, and in 1849 they came to America, landing at New York. They went up to
Waterford on the Hudson River, from there to Madison County, Ohio, and from Ohio to
Kansas, coming into the State in 1857, and buying a quit-claim of Capt. Boyne, which they
afterward made perfect. The four brothers lived on this claim, Michael, Patrick, Thomas and
John. In the winter of 1857 the trouble began. They were declared Free-State men, and
were called out at the Fort Boyne fight, and retired to Mound City for some time, then
returning home, they were visited by some of Price’s men, who carried off five head of
horses, his brother and brother-in-law. Pat was at first in the Home Guards, and afterward
in the State militia; was in the fight at Westport. Ile now has 320 acres of good land, for
stock and grain farm. In 1869, he married Miss Cunningham, of Ireland. Mr. Devereux is
a member of the Catholic Church.

CHARLES ELLIOTT, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Fulton, native of Knox County, Ohio,
born in 1820. He was raised on the old farm till his father bought hima farm in Marion
County, where he remained till 1851, when he went to McLean County, Ill., where he
engaged in farming, but moved to Kansas in 1858, taking a claim of 160 acres, which he
has increased to 240 acres, dealing in stock and grain. His new industry, raising flax, is
promising to be profitable. His place is finely improved. In the early times he was
exposed to the many perils of the pioneer life in this State, and was in the militia in 1864,
nal in 1862 he was County Treasurer of Bourbon County. He was married in 1844, in Ohio,
and had seven children, of whom five are alive, three boys. The eldest is in Arizona;
Charles S. is a teacher of this county, and Hemans at home. One*daughter is now married
to Mr. Clay, of Linn County, the other is at home. Charles 8. has taught for seven years.
He is a graduate of Fort Scott Normal School. !

W. E. FLYNN, teacher and farmer, Section 14, P. O. Glendale. He came with his
father, John }lynn, to the State in 1868, when they located on their present farm. In 1877,
he commenced a course of studies and reading, with the view of fitting himself for the bar.
In 1879, he attended and graduated in the scientific course, from the Kansas Normal Col-
lege. He then commenced teaching in the Marmaton District, but closed school on account
ot small-pox, and in 1882 he commenced reading in J. H. Sallee’s oftice, leaving off to take
his school in Fish Creek District, where he is engaged for the next nine months, still pur-
suing his course of law reading. :

HN FRY, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Glendale, native of Holmes County, Ohio,
born in 1833. The years of his youth were rene on the farm. In 1842, his parents moved
to Iowa, where they were pioneers. His brother Jacob built the first house in Winterset,
Towa. Mr. Fry came to Kansas‘the first time in 1856, and located on the Big Blue River,
near Marysville, but returned to Iowa in 1858, not coming back to Kansas till 1868, when he
located in Brown County, moving to Bourbon County in 1873, where he rented first, and
then bought his farm of 160 acres. During the war he was freighting on the plains, but re-
turned to farming, at which he is quite successful. Mr. Fry’s mother, brother and two sisters,
live in Nebraska, one sister in Iowa, also two brothers living in Kansas. John Fry isa
bachelor, and a straight Prohibitionist, and 2 Douglas Democrat.

PATRICK GORMAN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Fulton, native of County Limerick,
Ireland ; born in the Parish of Cahirconlish, in 1837, lived the life of a farm boy, and came
to America in 1856. He at once went to farming in illinois, where he stayed till 1859, then
moving to Kansas, where he and H. McLaughlin entered a claim of 320 acres—160 each, on
Moore’s Branch. In 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Kansas Infantry, and served till
1865. He had sold his 160 acres to Mr. McLaughlin, and in 1864, while he was a prisoner
with Price, a friend purchased the farm where he now lives for him. When he was taken
prisoner he had but just been married some three weeks to Miss Devereaux. When he re-
turned he worked in the Quartermaster’s Department till 1865, then taking his farm in
hand, which he has carried on with entire success, not having missed raising a good crop
every season. His stock and grain farm covering 480 acres in this township and 480 in
Osage Township, corn being his principal grain crop. Their family of children consists
of five boys and two 7girls—Thomas, now attending the Mission School; John, Patrick,
Michael, Edward, Mary E. and Margaret.

DANIEL GORMAN, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Fulton, native of County Limerick,
Treland, born in 1824. Emigrated to America in 1853, landing in New York. From there
went to Massachusetts, where he worked in a cotton factory, but the business not suiting
him he changed, finally going to Sangamon County, Ill., and eneaged in farming, till he
came to Kansas in 1865, bought 160 acres of the Widow Gilbert, which he has improved and
increased, having a farm of 386 acres in all, raising stock and grain, his corn going forty
bushels to an acre, and flax twelve. In 1861, he married Miss Harris, of Illinois. They
have five children, having lost two. Mr.Gorman has held offices of trust in the township,
and is a member of the Catholic Church.

W. H. GREEN, lawyer, Fulton, native of Missouri, was born in 1838. Since his first
experience he has been in the commercial line, and in 1863 came to Kansas. He had lost
his father in 1849, and in 1860 he had married Miss Mary Sherman, of Wellsville, Ohio;
from which marriage he has two girls. When he came West he located at Fort Lincoln an
opened a store of general merchandise; the firm was Knowles & Green. While here he
met with a great disaster, nearly losing his life. It was in 1864, a detachment of Price’s
army took the place and burned all the buildings but one; his store and peoparty were de-
stroyed, and as he and Mr. Stevens were about to ride away, Stevens was killed by his side,
and he saved his life by running the gantlet of rifle-balls and plunging into the woods on
the other side of the river. In 1868, he left there and went to Missouri, returning, came to
Fulton in 1869 and opened as Wells & Co., in general merchandise, changing the Rear to M.
A. Stapleton & Co, in 1871. Mr. Green was the first Postmaster of I'ulton, then called Osaga.
In 1866-67, and in 1870-71, and 1871-72, he was Representative from this district, and in 1879
he was admitted to the bar. In 1868 he was County Assessor.

TIMOTHY HACKETT, notary public, real estate and collection agent, is a native of
Lancashire, England. He was born in 1832, and after learning the wagon and blacksmith trade
in Liverpool, he emigrated to America in 1850, and landed in New Orleans, Ic remained
in Louisiana until the spring of 1852, when he removed to Jackson County, Mo., and after-
ward to Bates County, where he was married to Miss Lydia Starr in the winter of 1855-56.
He then went to Calloway County, working at his trade until the fall of 1857, when he came
to Kansas, and located on Section 32, in Freedom Township, His brother James had
arrived in 1806, and they had farms adjoining. He was very poor, having lost all his house-
hold goods on account of a warehouse caving in in Kansas City, and after purchasing a
chopping ax and a pair of boots his finances were exhausted. His ax broke in felling lie
tirst log, and he had to borrow another one to build his first cabin. He lived on corn bread
and pumpkin for six weeks; he split and sold rails for $2.50 a hundred, and paid $8.50 a
hundred for flour. In 1859, his house burned, and he moved to his brother’s home, and in a
short time this house burned also. He then took a horse (all the property he had in this
world), and traded it for a kit of tools, and walked back forty miles and built a house for
himself and one for bis brother. These mishaps, together with the border warfare, made the
situation interesting, and the early privation long to be remembered. In 1872, he moved to
town, having lost his second wife. He was commissioned Notary Public, at which time he
opened a law office and began the insurance and real estate business, which he still prose-
cutes. In 1875, he opened a wagon and blacksmith shop, which he still supervises. He has
been married three times. His last wife was a widow whose maiden name was Johnston.
She was raised in Delaware, Ohio. He has two living children, having lost six. He was
County Assessor in 1867, and Township Trustee in 1879, and has been a member of the Ma-
sonic Order since 1863. ‘ .

D.B. JACKMAN, lawyer, Fulton, native of Newburyport, Mass., born in 1824; he lived
in Harvard, same State, for some time before coming West, which he did in 1856, going to
Champlain, Minn., where he has two sisters now living. He then came to Anderson
County, Kau., in 1857. He had a good education, which he had acquired in the East, and,
on coming into a new country, he taught school, soon after establishing himself on the
farm. He was present at and participated in all of the troubles that occurred in this neigh-

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

borhood up to 1866, especially the fight at Fort Boyne. He came to Bourbon County in
1858, and has since been identified with her interests, owning two farms. -He is‘busy in the
town of Fulton, following his profession. In 1863, he was sent to the Legislature, and, in
1867, he was Docket Clerk at the House. He has been Notary Public for some years, and, in
1880, was elected Justice, and was admitted to the bar of Bourbon County in 1867. He is
conversant with the events and men connected with the county history, and retains these
things with a wonderful memory. He is a member of both the I. O, O. F. and Masonic
Orders, and is still a bachelor. ‘

J. W. JEWELL, merchant, Fulton, is a native of DeKalb County, Ill.; born in 1838,
He was educated as a farmer. In 1857, his father, Judge E. G. Jewell, emigrated to Kansas,
and brought his family with him, locating at Fort Lincoln, Bourbon County, filling the
oftice of Probate Judge in 1858 and 1859, hen only nineteen years of age, he pre-empted
160 acres on the Osage, on Section 19, northwest quarter, where he lived when the war
broke out. He'was connected with the commissary department, and, on returning to Fort
Lincoln, found that all the place had been burned but his house. He then opened a store,
which he kept there till 1875, when he moved to Fulton and established himself in the dru
business, atid then went into general merchandise, Belling ou in the spring of 1882 to rw
Reynolds. Heis now preparing to go into business again this fall. Mr, Jewell has held offices
of trust for.his township, and, in 1862, he joined the Masonic fraternity, also belonging to
the I. 0.0. F. He is now one of the Trustees of the M. E. Church of Fulton, which has
been but just erected. In 1861, he married Miss Blake, of St. Louis, Mo. He married again
to Miss Smith. The family consists of wife’s father and sister and four children.

JOHN KEATING, farmer, Section 33, Town 23, Range 24, P. O. Fulton, is a native of
Tipperary, Ireland; was born in 1824; emigrated to America in 1848, landing in New York.
They went up the river, living between Troy and Glen Falls, working in the saw mills of
that section. In 1852, he married in Waterford and moved to Glen Falls, and, in 1854,
moved to Ohio, locating in Madison County, then to Clinton County and engaged in farm-
ing. He then came West to get a farin of his own. Arrived in Kansas November 5, 1859,
He claimed at tirst 160 acres, and bought of the Government at the same time his brothers-
in-law did, John and Mike Devereaux. He has increased his farm to 640 acres, last season
giving 160 acres to his son James. During the raid of 1864, he lost some property and
nearly his life, but/just escaping, and was in the militia, stationed at Fort Scott under Gen.
Blair, During the dry year, 1860, and years of general want his family had enough. They
have six children—James (was born in Marion County, N. Y.), John (in Madison County,
Ohio), Mary (in Clinton County, Ohio), the’ rest in Kansas; Maggie in 1860, the dry year;
Michael William (deceased) in 1862; Thomas F. in 1864, and Salome A. in 1867, May 31: Mr.
Keating has held oflices of trust in the township, and belongs to the Catholic Church.

D. W. McGUIRE, farmer and mason, Section 11, P. O, Glendale, native of Bangor, Me.
born in 1835. The same year they moved to New York City; it was here that he learn
the trade of mason and plasterer. Before he had finished school he became infatuated with
the sea and ran away from home; a nine months’ voyage dispelled his fancied love of a
sailor life, and he returned to his trade. In 1854, he went tu Kane County, Il]. and worked at his
trade. 1t was in this State that he met and married Miss Lacey in the year 1857. Her parents
were pioneers in Llinois, coming trom Massachusetts in 1843. In 1857, they left for Kansas,
Mr. Lacy had found a location on Lost Creek, where he had all that man could wish, water,
wood, coal and stone, as well as fertile soil. In 1861, Mr. McGuire enlisted in the ‘ighth
Hlinois Cavalry, Company I, followed the fortunes of the Peninsular Campaign, was in the
seven days’ fight at Mechanicsville,Gaines’ Mill, etc., at South Mountain and Fredericksburg;
was hurt at Chancellorsville, and sent to the hospital, but left and went to the dismounting
camp, where he held position as Assistant Forage Master, afterward Postmaster, and was mus-
tered out in 1865. He at once came to Kansas, where his wife had precedéd him ; he located
in Linn County first, but in 1874, bought 160 acres of Mr. Lacy’s farm on Section 11, and
since his decease, 1876, Mr. McGuire has united the two farms. He is a member of the
Grange and alsoG. A. R. Their family consists of four children, his wife’s mother is now
eighty-one years of age. -

W. H. MILLER, hotel proprietor, Fulton, native of Perry County Ohio, was born Sep-
tember 28, 1837; was raised on a farm, and till twenty-one years of age did nothing else.
He then came West to Kansas, and engaged in farming. In‘1877, he came to Fulton and
entered the drug business with W. J. Stone, finally selling to his partner. He went to
Arizona for his health, when he returned recovered, and in 1878, went to buying stock for
Mr. Parker, and then went to work for Taylor & Delano; here he worked till 1881, when he
went to his old home in Ohio on a visit, finding the old farm the site of a modern city. He
returned and traded his property to Mr. Hughes for the Fulton House, but it was burned
on the 11th of June, 1882, and he lost all; but on the 22d of June he started to build, and
now has a hotel 26x40, the mai building, and an addition of 20x20, two stories high, with
eleven sleeping reoms, to be called the Miller House. In 1861, he enlisted in the Fitth Kan-
sas, Company K, and for nine months was a prisoner in Tyler, Texas, and in 1864, during
Price’s raid, his father, who lived on the Osage, on the old farm, was killed. In 1865, he re-
turned home, and in 1866, he married Miss Stone, of Fulton. He has belonged to the I. 0.
O. F. since 1881. > 7

JOHN MORAN, farmer, Section 10, P. 0. Speen of County Tipperary, Ireland,
and the Parish of Grange; born in 1827, and emigrated to America in 1848, landing in New
Orleans, La. He proceeded to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained that summer, return-
ing to New Orleans in the winter. He continued doing this until 1859, when he came West
in company with his brother Lawrence. The two brothers lived together on Section 11.
During the dry year they were subject to great privations, but were convinced that such a
beautiful land had great resources, so they stayed. During the years of the war, he was
called out several times with the State Militia; at one time, to Barnesville; then to Fort
Scott and to Drywood, where he found the noted Jennison. While he was away from
home, the raid of Price came down and took everything of value, horses, clothing, etc. His
little girl, Banat concealed an amount of money in the bosom of her dress and saved it.
He has, since those troublous times, given his attention to farming, and succeeded, being
rewarded for his trust in the resources of the soil of Kansas. He has 322 acres in the
farm, raising stock and corn. In 1852, he married Miss Kennedy, of Ohio; they have had
ten children, six of whom are living, three boys and three girls.

LAWRENCE MORAN, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Fulton, isa native of Tipperary, Ire-
land, born in 1837. He emigrated to America in 1848, landing in New Orleaus. He pro-
ceeded to Cincinnati, Ohio, and while there, worked in an eating house. Going from there
to Warren County, he learned farming. In 1859, in company with his brother and John
Keating, he came to Kansas and located on Section 14, taking a claim of 160 acres. He
passed through all the troubles of the rebellion, being a member of the State militia, and
driving team for the Government. During Price’s raid he lost all of his hay and horses,
and was left almost destitute of food for three days, having nothing to eat Sut potatoes.
Mr. Moran now farms 280 acres, corn being his chief crop; he also handles a number of
anata ae he married Miss 0’Donnell. They have a family of six children—two boys.

Y girls,

ISAAC RADER, physician and surgeon, Fulton, is a native of Owen County, Ind.,
born in 1828, He moved to Chariton, Lucas Co., Towa, in 1852, having read medicine under
Dr. Daniel Tivis and attended college in 1849 and 1850, and graduated from the Ohio Medi-
cal College in 1851 and next year went West. He then opened practice, also practicing in
Pleasant Plains, Decatur County, also at the county seat. On coming to Kansas, he prac-
ticed in White Cloud, Doniphan County, then coming to Bourbon County in 1866, locating
on a farm, where he traded in stock and carried on his practice till 1873, when he moved to
Fulton, He bought a cornec lot, improved, and sold for a farm, then opening an office for
professional business exclusively, until persuaded to go into the drug business again in
ae 4 a oe iene i 1880, Lae to oe friend, and then bought his on stand

Mr. je e married Miss Anna al i i ve two
ehil dren, Job 1a Kate : er oie Randall, of Vandalia, Ind. They have

J. W. , physician and surgeon, Fulton, is a native of Owen County, Ind.,
born in 1830. He remained until he was twenty-three years of age, then went to Guthrie
County, Iowa, where he read medicine under Dr. Massy, and in 1872 he graduated from the
Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio. He practiced first in Guthrie County, and
remained there till coming to Kansas, when he sold his office and instruments to Dr. Jones
and in 1882 came to Fulton, where he purchased of Mr. Jewell his stock in trade, intending
ee = = sous ay ay. oe aoe leave the railroad. In 1867, he joined the Masons,

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daughters and oan urch. In 1850, he married Miss Rader. They have two
fh. T-SHAFFER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, P. 0, Fulton, is anative of Delaware
county, Ohio, born in 1850, His parents were Pennsylvanians. His father died here in 1874,
ie Toe years. His mother lives with him, still strong at the age of seventy-seven.
aaaiwoee there p10 eee in 1852, but the family broke up and some of fom moved to Iowa, :
ere in 1868, locating in the south part, where E.T. made some fine improve
BOURBON COUNTY.

ments, and then rented the place and moved to his present location. In early life he mar-
ried, taught school and carried on the farm, commencing with $10. He has now a compe-
tence. In 1876, he went into general merchandising with Mr. Jewell, but dissolved and
spened out on an extensive scale and made a great deal of money. In 1881, he sold to M.

ilson, carey ne then only: agricultural implements. He is now giving his entire attention
to farming, stock-raising and trading. He has a farm of some 750 acres. His corn will
average fifty bushels to.the acre. He keeps some thirty-two brood mares. In 1869, he mar-
ried Miss Sarah MeNeil, of one of the plonese families. They have had seven children, six
of whom are pane r. Shafter ran for Representative on the Greenback ticket, but
eltbougle running ahead of his ticket he was beaten by a small majority.

. SHIPMAN, general merchandise, Fulton, is a native of Monroe County, Ind., and
was born in 1827. He was raised on a farm and has always given it his attention, although
he was ordained a minister of the Church of God in 1860, following preaching until his
health failed, when he came West, and having a brother in this section he located, bought
160 acres of land, which has since been increased to 240. He has given up preaching and
has regained his health. His farm is located on Sections 22, 24, 25 and 26, Freedom Town-
ship, and this year (1882) seports most excellent crops. In order to give his children the
advantages of the Fulton school, he nioved to town in 1875, and at the same time opened a
store, carrying a full stock of mixed goods and doing a fine business. He was elected Jus-
tice of the Peace in 1875, and has been on the school board. He has been married three
times, the last time to Miss Hackett. They have five children—two daughters at home,
Martha E. and Rosa.

JOSEPH M, SNYDER, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Dayton, native of Monroe County,
Penn., was born in 1837. He was raised in the mercantile line, and did not try farming till
he came to Kansas in 1865, when he bought a farm of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Smith, on
Section 6, containing 160 acres. This has since been increased to 247, and Mr. Snyder is en-
gaged in raising stock, handling about fifty head per annum and grows enough corn to feed
with. His crop this year, 1882, will average forty bushels to an acre. His venture in flax was
not an entire success. While in Pennsylvania he married Miss Malinda Young, and they
have four children—three boys and one girl.

W. H. STEVENS, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Fulton; native of Fulton
County, Penn. In _ 1873, he Eos at Kishacoquillas Seminary,in his native State.
In 1875, he came-to Kansas and located in Erie, Neosho County. In 1876 moved to Sher-
man, Cherokee County ; in 1877, in March, to Pawnee, Bourbon County, and from 1879 to
1882, was preaching in Walnut, Crawford County. He came from there to Fulton in March,
1882, taking charge of a parish that numbers 168 members, and has a flourishing Sabbath
school of 1U0 scholars. August 10, 1876, he married Miss Cummings, of Illinois. They have
two children—Addie and Blanche. In 1877, he was ordained in Wichita, and again in 1879,
at Hutchins. He has a brother a minister in Cherokee County. =

E. L. TAYLOR, farmer and capitalist, Section 31, P. O. Fulton, native of Saratoga
County, N; Y., born in 1810. In the war of 1812, he had an uncle a Major. In 1831, just
after a spell of sickness he started West, his father and mother going as far as Buffalo with
him. There he took a schooner, and after a tedious voyage arrived in Detroit, Mich., locat-
ing some thirty-five miles northwest of that city and went to farming. In 1833, he returned
to New York, and married Miss Jennings, of the same county. Returning to his farm they
lived there till he sold it, and in 1873 he visited Bourbon County, Kan., and while here
he bought 160 acres in Section 31, and in the spring of 1875 broke up some forty acres and
raised a fine crop of wheat. He then returned to Michigan and went to Ohio. In 1876, he
returned to Kansas; in the mean time the mill property in Fulton had reverted to him, and
his son-in-law took the management of the town business. In 1878, he built an elevator,
and in 1881 put up.an agricultural warehouse and established_a lumber yard. In 1879, he
moved to his present- home, where he has some 200 acres. He has had a family of seven
children—Caroline, now Mrs. Delano; his eldest son in Big Rapids, the second deceased,
the third in New Jersey, a merchant; the fourth in Chicago, one daughter in New York and
his eldest daughter was married, but she and her children are now dead.

DR. J. BR. WASSON, farmer and horticulturist, Section 20, P. Q_ Fulton, native of Mc-
Minn County, Tenn., born in 1829, and studied medicine under Dr. Jones, of Missouri, and
at times practiced, having become acquainted with the neighborhood. His brother was also
adoctor, and in 1860 he took his Pipe: In 1855, he came to Kansas from Tennessee,
stopping two days in Fort Scott, and then coming out and locating on the present site of the
village of Fulton. He traded this claim for the one in Section 20, or his present farm.
There was at this time and in the following year, 1856, a general exodus, and those that
were left were a law unto themselves. In 1858 there was a party of men collected about the
Doctor's cabin and helped themselves to a valuable pair of mules, and then commenced firing
into the cabin, killing a man named Conrad Traverse, and wounding ae Doctor in the arm
and paralyzing his left side. They were conveyed over the line into Missouri, where he lay
forthree months, when his brother took him to Dade County, where he recovered. He
then took his brother’s practice, and in 1864, went to Illinois. tn 1867 , he commenced pro-
ceedings in the United States Courts for the recovery of the farm, and in 1869 succeeded in
effecting a compromise with the occupant, G. W. Burgess. In the mean time Mr. Burgess
had roofed in a building put up by the Doctor before leaving Kansas in 1858, so he live
it until completing his present fine residence, in 1880, In 1875, Mr. Wasson retired from the
practice of medicine, and has since given his attention to farming, at least that part of it
pertaining to horticulture, having converted the wild prairie into fruit-laden acres anda
well-improved farm. His children have also prospered, notwithstanding the sad experience
of their pioneer life. He married Miss Hardwick, and they have ei bt children. — His eld-
est daachten, Mary, is now Mrs. Feemster; eldest son, William H., is Principal of the
Mound City schools; George R. and James O. are teaching district schools, and his daughter
Lory is also a teacher, but has taken her mother’s place in their home, as they lost her in
188f. Robert M. and Jasper C., the two youngest, are at home. G. H., the second son, is
Principal of the Valley Falls schools, in Jefferson County. | z ; :

A. WILSON, of the firm of Wilson Bros., merchants, is a native of Ohio; the family
moved to McLean County, Ill., and in 1858 he and his brother came to Kansas where he
went into business in Mapleton, Timber Hill Township, which he continued till 1862, when
he enlisted in the Second Kansas Battery Light Artillery, and was after some of the vicissi-
tudes of war mustered out in 1865, when ‘he returned to Bourbon County. and bought a
farm of 200 acres on Section 35, which is now highly improved and wel known as the
Bachelors’ Ranch, or Stark Wilson’s farm; giving his attention to stock almost entirely. In
1881, he came to Fulton and went into company with his brother, M. Wilson, in general mer-
chandise, Mr. A. Wilson has been a member of the Masonic Lodge for years, he was a
charter member of the Mapleton lodge, and helped organize the one in Uniontown.

M. WILSON, of the firm of Wilson Bros., merchants, Fulton, is a native of Columbiana :

County, Ohio, was born 1835; was taken with the rest of the family to McLean ora: in
1839, where they lived on a farm. He entered the merchantile life at an early age and lost
his health, so that on coming West with his brother he went to the Rocky Mountains; regain-
ing his health he came back to Mapleton and bought, in 1861, Mr. Greenfield’s interest in a
eneral merchandise business, which he sold as soon as the war broke out and went to
llinois. In the spring of 1862, came back to Mapleton and ran a carding machine and sold to
Mr. Hobson ; he then went to Fort Scott and entered the employ of Wilson, Gardiner & Ray,
where he remained till July 4, 1864; then. going-to Mapleton he became one of the firm of
Higby & Co. In 1866, he went to farming on Section 26, running a grain farm of 160 acres,
with forty acres of timber ; he was engaged on this for some fifteen years, till opening here
in Fulton, carrying a stock now of $7,000, In 1864 he was in Mound City, when Price made
his raid into Kansas ; this year his father was killed by li btning, while on his return home
to Illinois, just about four miles east of Lawrence. Mr. ilson has been a Mason since 1856,
having joined the lodge in Pekin, I]. He joined the Chapter in 1858, and helped organize
the lodge in Fort Scott. He married Miss Hobson in 1864; they have a family of four girls
and one boy. . : 7
HARLES WOGAHN, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Fulton ; is a native of Prussia, Germany,
was ne in 1845, came to ‘America in 1855 with his father Frederick Wogahn, who located on
Section 12, Freedom Township, in 1859, having stopped in Wisconsin awhile. When only
fourteen years of age, he served in Fort Scott in the State Militia, and in 1871 he bought this
farm, at first of eighty acres, now having 406acres, raising stock and grain, having this year
(1882) an excellent crop of grain. In 1871, he married Miss Grunwold i, they have four
children—Heman, Ida, William and Eddie. Mr. Wogahn’s father and mother are still alive,

aged respectively sixty-five and sixty-eight, now living on the old place; they are Lutherans

in belief. . 3

¥YREDERICK WOGAHN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Fulton, native of Prussia, Germany,
born in ree he was raised a farmer in the old country, and his wife, formerly Miss Mena
Adams, was educated as a cloth weaver; they emigrated to America in 1855 and located in
Wisconsin where they engaged in farming until the year 1859, when they moved to Kansas

and took a farm on Section 12, 160 acres, which they farm successfully. In 1860, the dry year

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in Kansas, they suffered greatly, and Mrs. Wogahn, her brother and sen Charles, hauled a
load_of provisions from Wyandotte for the relief of the famishing; at another time her son,
brother and another boy hauled provisions from Atchison ; of all the aid brought from these
places, they received but one half sack of flour, and during the Price raid of 1864, they lost
their horses and other valuables. In 1840, Mr. Wogahn married, and has had a family of
four children, three of them now alive and one deceased.

A. J. WOOD, physician and surgeon, native of Paris, France, born 1844, he came to
America with his parents in 1847, and located in Kentucky. Here in 1864, he commenced
the study of medicine under Dr. Ford, of Georgetown, Scott County. The winter of 1864-65,
he attended the Ohio Medical College, and graduated from the Indiana Medical College,
in 1872. He had excellent and valuable experience in the hospital at Lexington, Ky., in 1865,
where he went from the Ohio Medical College. In 1869, he went to Fort Scott and prac-
ticed with Dr. Hogan, and in 1872, went to Fulton, where he has a good practice. In 1876,
he married Miss Della Randall. ‘They have three children, two boys and one girl. The
Doctor’s parents were both of French parentage.

MAPLETON.

The town of Mapleton is situated in the northern part of Bourbcu
County, about six miles west of Fulton. The site was located in May, 1857,
by a company of New Englanders under the direction of William Hutchin-
son, Rev. Mr. Morton, B. B. Newton, J. C. Burnett, E. P. Higby, 8. W. Chee-
vet and D. Scott. The town site was located and laid off by this company,
but not pre-empted or improved. After it was apparently abandoned, a
new company, composed of Western men, and consisting of Ellis Green-
field, William Baker, 8. O. Hinoe, A. Wilson, John Hawk, James Hoff-
nagle and M. E. Hudson, formed themselves into a company known as
the Eldora Town Company, and pre-empted the same town site. The
company was organized by the election of E. Greenfield, President; Will-
iam Baker, Treasurer ; James Hoffnagle, Secretary. Although the town
was called Eldora for a time it was soon changed to Mapleton, the post
office having been established by that name in 1857, with 8. O. Hinoe
Postmaster. The name was given from the beautiful and stately maples
that shadowed the waters of Lost Creek on the north, the Osage on the
south, and Possum Creek on the west of the town. The first store was
started in the fall of 1858, by E. Greenfield, and consisted of a general
stock. In 1859, a mill was built on the Osage River, south of the town,
the company contributing toward its establishment. The mill was built
and run by Mr. Jackson. It is still in operation, now a first-class custom
mill with saw-mill attached.

Miss Mary Burnett taught the first school in 1858, and in 1859 a small
log building was put uP for a schoolhouse, and a school was there
taught by Mr. George Wilcox. 8. O. Hinoe started a drug store during
the same year, which he soon afterward sold to E. P. Higby, and the
Masons organized Eldora Lodge, No. 28, composed of seven members,
which now numbers over fifty, and owns a large and commodious hall.

After the completion of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Road and
the establishment of the village of Fulton, much of the trade and busi-
ness of Mapleton was drawn to that point, but it is still sustained by a large
and flourishing country trade. It has a fine school building 46x24, built
of stone, two stories, well finished, with both rooms occupied for school

urposes nine months of the year, and attended by about 114 pupils.

‘he place now contains three general stores, a drug store, boot and shoe
store, blacksmith shop, wagonshop and butcher shop. Mapleton Post-
masters have been, S. O. Hinoe, whose office was at his farm residence;
E. P. Higby, who was appointed by President Buchanan and has occupied
the position since that time.

During 1882 the Christian or Campbellite Society have erected a hand-

_some church building, and the Presbyterians contemplate building during

the coming year.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—TIMBER HILL TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM BAKER, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Mapleton, native of Bourbon County,
Ky., born in 1805, and when twenty-five years of age, or in 1830, he moved to Indiana; while
there he was called on to join a vigilance committee, and while a member, followed a horse-
thief into what was the village of Chicago, shooting the thief there. In 1856, he came to
Kansas and located on his farm. The first night on his'landing, he was informed of the
shooting of three men‘about claim troubles, and from that time to 1865, they were more or
less disturbed. In 1859, they found it necessary to organize a vigilance committee, of which
he wasa member. In 1857, he had sold out and went to Kentucky, but returned to Kansas
in a few months, and stood his ground through all of the perils that menaced person and
property. In 1867 or 1868, he moved to his present home. He has 200 acresinhis farm and
reports good crops; he has gone into stock-raising, Keeping the best of Durham blood and
plooded horses. In 1830, he married Miss Inlow; they have two daughters—Phebe E., who
married Dr. C. R. Clark, and Mary J., who is the relict of M. E. Hudson; he died in 1882,
Mr. Hudson was a pioneer, and stood the brunt of most of the troubles in early times. Be-

ng a man of more than average intelligence, he was prominent in this section up to the time
of his death, having held the office of Grand Master of State Grange, and other offices of
trust. He left three children.

M. BOWERS, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Berlin, native of Pike County, Ohio, born in 1835.
When nine years of age, his father took them to Illinois, and in 1855 they moved to Missouri,
finally coming to Kansasin 1857. His father, Henry Bowers, located on Section 28, Mill
Creek Township, but moved onto Section 29 next year, 1858, Timber Hill Township, and in
1865 Mr. Bowers took 160 acres and started for himself, succeeding so well that he now has
885 acres in stock farm, having raised a good crop every year since starting. He handles
about 350 head of cattle a year, buying, feeding, selling and raising enough corn to supply
his stock. During’ the war he wasa Commissary Sergeant in the State militia. In 1861,
he married Miss Edwards. They have eight children. His faiher died in 1867, but his
stepmother is still alive, aged sixty-five. r. Bowers is a member of the Masonic Lodge.

J.B. BRITTON, physician and farmer, Section 27, P. O. Mapleton, is a native of Hali-
fax County, Va., born in 1830. In 1850, he commenced the study of medicine, and gradu-
ated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1852. Located in Winston, N. C., in 1854,
where he practiced his profession up to the spring of 1858, when he returned to Virginia.
In the fall of that year he left Virginia for the West, and was on his way to Washington,
D.C., when the troops were conveyed to Harper’s Ferry to guard John Brown, of Kansas.
He located in St. Joseph, Mo., where he remained until June, 1861, when he received the
appointment of United States Physician for the Osage Indians from the Indian Commis-
sioner, Dr. Robertson, whose headquarters were then in St. Joseph. He proceeded to the
Osage territory, as in August a beat was to be confirmed between the United States and
the Osage tribe, but owing to the unlooked for magnitude of the Southern rebellion and the
fact that a number of the Osages were implicated in it, the Government deferred making a
treaty at that time. He then returned to Fort Scott, where he remained a short time, when
he located at Fort Lincoln, a fort established by Gen. James H. Lane, fifteen miles north of
Fort Scott, for the better protection of the border tier counties in Kansas. Dr. Britton re-
mained in practice there until the fall of 1862, during which time he was instrumental in
establishing a post office at Fort Lincoln, and was appointed first Postmaster, which he held
until September, 1862, when he removed to Mapleton to take the practice of Dr. 8. O. Himor,
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been raised in his native State and at his former home. Dr. Britton lived in the village un-
til 1867, and then located on his present farm, which is located three-quarters of a mile east
of Mapleton, and is beautifully improved, containing 220 acres, with an abundance of water.
He farms in the most approved style and consequently successfully. In 1858, be lost his
first wife in Virginia, which induced him to go West. Was married again in 1864, and has
a family of foursons. The eldest, Waltet, is at Lawrence, attending the University of Kan-
sas, from which he will graduate in the classical course in 1884, The other sons are at home.
4 JOHN CROSS, merchant, Mapleton, is a native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, born
in 1837. He was raised in the mercantile pusiness, and tried farming for the first time on
going to Missouri in 1859, locating in Dane County; but the life not suiting him, he came
to Kansas in 1861 and entered the employ of Dr. Lyon, of Mapleton. In 1862, he clerked for
D. L. Campbell, and for Hudson, Campbell & Co. in 1866, and he was with E. P. ey till
1869, when he opened a store for himself, having for a partner for a while George Darling,
and since 1878 has been alone, carrying a complete assortment and doing a fair business.
During the war, he was with the State militia at the battle of Wilson’s Creek. In 1859, he
married Miss Blackmore. They have three children. Mr. Cross has been a member of the
Masonic fraternity since 1868, and is now Secretary of the lodge, which was established
October 17, 1860,

WILLIAM D. DEEDS, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Mapleton, is a native of Madison Coun-
ty, Il, born in 1819. While in the State of Illinois he was engaged in farming, and for a
number of years was in the lead mines of Galena, Coming from that State, he arrived in
the State of Kansas in November, 1857, at once locating on Section 10, buying 160 acres of
John Pitkin. This farm was unimproved, having only seven acres in corn, Mr. Deeds build-
ing his own cabin. At this time there was peace among the people of this part of the State,
but it was not lasting, for in 1859 there was a party of men who came to his tabin one night
intending to take his life, but, as it unfortunately happened, his son-in-law, Benjamin
Bishop, was in the adjoining cabin, and, not suspecting danger, went to the door of the cabin
and was shot by some of the marauders. He died six days afterward. Mr, Deeds went to
Fort Scott that night, and after hunting the parties with help he obtained there he went to
Missouri. This was in 1859. Soon afterward, his wife was induced by these same parties
to abandon their home and follow her husband. It was while living in Missouri and trad-
ing back and forth that he was accused of carrying dispatches to the rebels, and was im-
prisoned in the guard house at Fort Scott. He sees in this act an attempt to deprive him of
character as a loyal citizen of the United States, but it miscarried, for he found a stron
friend in the Government scout, Jeff. Denton, who at once cleared him of all suspicion, an
related how Mr. Deeds, at a great risk to himself, had adie gar only his (the scout’s)
life, but the Government dispatches also, at his home in Missouri. Thesescenes are still vivid
inthe mind of this pioneer case although the actors have all disappeared from the country.
Mr. Deeds returned to his farm in 1864, and took part in the closing action of the war in
this State, that of Westport; since then he has given his whole attention to farming, suc-
ceeding in accumulating a competence, and being blessed with plentiful harvests has pros-
pores and now has some 320 acres of well-improved land, raising stock and corn. He has

een married five times, living with his last wife since 1857, formerly Miss Lawhorn. They
have eleven children ; there were four by the former marriages. Two of his sons were in
the Union army.

E. P. HIGBY, merchant, native of Essex County, N. Y.; born in 1831; he grew to
manhood, having the ordinary advantages of the farm boy, and at the age of twenty-one,
changed ‘his course of life by entering a mercantile house in Burlington, Vt., that dealt in
hardware. Here he applied himself for four years, and, in 1857, came to Kansas in com-
pany with the Sheaver, Byington and others. Hoe located on Section 21, in Timber Hill
Township, Bourbon County, and the same year laid out the village of Mapleton, being one
of the Town Commissioners. In 1858, he opened a general merchandise business in com-
pany withS. 0. Himoe ; in 1861, his partner entered the service as Surgeon of the Fifteenth

* Wisconsin ; his brother, J. E. Himoe, enteréd the firm in 1863. M. Wilson took his place.
Mr. Higby, however, has conducted the business since 1865, himself carrying a stock of
$3,000, and doing a business of $6,000 @ year, also carrying on a farm. In 1863, he married
Miss Baldwin, daughter of S. D. Baldwin, of Neosho, Newton County, Mo. They have
three children. :

GEORGE H. B. HOPKINS, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Prescott, is a native of Logan
County, Ohio. He was born April 12, 1825. In the fall of 1829, his father moved to Carroll
County, Ind., settling near the; Tippecanoe River, two and a half miles west of Pittsburgh,
where he followed farming until 1840. He then moved to Missouri, living for a time in Jas-

_ per County, and then in Taney County, where he bought a mill. In September, 1847, G. H.
B. Hopkins, his brother Josiah and four others left Carthage, Mo., on a tour of exploration
to Iowa. On the second night out they camped at Fort Scott, where were stationed two
companies of United States troops, the only whites they saw in the Territory. Passing on
through Bourbon, Linn and Miami Counties, they crossed the Missouri River at Kansas
City, which then consisted of only a few log houses. They then passed through Platte City,
Mo., and Council Bluffs, Iowa, and finally reached Des Moines at the time when the first
frame house in that town was being erected. In 1849, Mr. Hopkins moved his family to
Towa, settling in Polk County, and learned the carpenter’s trade. In 1851, he sold his farm
and moved into Polk City, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Ip 1854, he sold his mer-
cantile business and moved to Swede Point, where he was engaged in house carpentering
until the summer of 1857, when he sold this business, and in the fall, in company with his
brother, moved to Bourbon County, Kan., settling on the Little Osage, September 19. In
December, he bought the claim where he now lives, and moved on it in February, 1858.
During the troubles that followed between the Pro-slavery and Free-State men, Mr. a
kins was in active sympathy with the Free-State men. He lived neighbor to Hedrick at the
time the latter was called from the bedside of his wife, who was supposed to be dying, to
the door, and shot dead, as detailed in the county history. After the killing of Hedrick and
Denton, on account of the threats of the Pro-slavery men that the Free-State men should
raise no crops, nor stay upon their claims, Mr. Hopkins and his neighbor Denison, rode out
among the citizens and suggested the organization of a protective a Accordingly, a
meeting was called to meet at Osage City. A large crowd collected and organized by the
election of Squire Jewell, Chairman. Mr. Hopkins, Jewell and Denison were chosen a
committee to draft resolutions and by-laws to govern the association, At a second meetin
held three days later at the same place, James Montgomery was present, but declined to
speak or to define his position until the citizens had defined theirs. The resolutions pre-
pared by the committee were submitted to the niseuing only the third eliciting any discus-
sion. It was as follows: “That we, the members of this organization, plage ourselves to
protect all good citizens in their rights of life and property, irrespective of politics.” A long
and heated discussion followed on this resolution, the question being on striking out the
phrase, “ irrespective of politics.” When, at length the resolution was adoptedas originally
reported, Montgomery arose and said: “I am now with you, and will be to the end.” Many
similar organizations were formed throughout the country, the settlers took fresh courage
and went to work with a sense of security they had not felt for months. In 1861, Mr.
Hopkins enlisted in Company C, Home Guards, and furnished horses to two com-
rades in the same company. He was afterward transferred to the Fourth Ree uot
under Col. Wier. He was mustered out March 12, 1862, and paid off, together with the
palance of his company. When on his way home from Wyandotte, near Paola, he narrowly
escaped being robbed by Quantriil’s men. In the latter part of March, 1862, he moved to
Fort Lincoln and engaged in mercantile business. He was soon appointed Postmaster. In the
organization of the militia in the winter of 1863, Hopkins'was elected and commissioned First
Lieutenant of Company E, Sixth Regiment. He was afterward made Captain of the same
company, and at the battle of the Big Blue was entrusted with the command of an important
reconnoitering expedition, upon which he learned that Gen. Pleasanton had attacked Gen.
Price. After the escape of Price from Gens. Pleasanton and Curtis, Capt. Hopkins returned
to his home. He found oe destroyed, and his wife and family at Fort Lincoln.
Price’s forces had taken $450 from his wife, and destroyed property to the value of $2,100.
Tn 1866, he moved onto his farm, where he lived until May 18, 1875, when, on account of the
asshopper raids, he became discouraged, and, with his family and stock, moved to Swede

Point, Boone County, Iowa. In the fall of 1876, he.returned to his farm in Kansas, and has

lived thereon ever since. Mr. Hopkins was the first Postmaster at Fort Lincoln in 1862,

and was Justice of the Peace from 1862 to 1867. He was one of the distributing committee

of 1860. He was married to Miss Martha Denison December 27, 1846. They have nine

children living, nine others having died. Henry S. and Martha M. have taught school; the
thers are farmers. |

. R. M. D. FEEMSTER, farmer, Section 17, P. 0. Fulton, native of Lowndes County,

Miss., born in 1838, His father moved from South Carolina to Mississippi in 1836, bringing

his family with him. He was a Congregational minister, being a graduate of Washington

College, East Tennessee. In locating in Mississippi, he took the pulpit of the church in

that neighborhood, and as early as 1842 introduced the slave question. He also built a

schoolhouse on his land, at his own expense, and for twelve years taught in it, giving his

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

sons and daughters an education fitting them for the Senior year in college. When the war
broke out, Robert and some thirteen other men started for the North, their sympathies
being there. They traveled at night and rested in the daytime for 100 miles. They reached
Tuscumbia, and there took the railroad, going to Illinois, to relations at Decatur, in Macon
County. Here he engaged in farming, and in the spring of 1864 attended Wheaton College,
in Du Page County. ‘Hore he married, in 1864, Miss Ferguson, and in 1866 returned to Big
nativeState and county. He became then one of the leaders of Republican principles of that

art of the State, and in 1871 was sent to the House of Representatives, He was re-elected
in 1873, and in 1875 was on the ticket for Senator, but the Sa of their Solid South
leagues defeated him, in common with all Republicans, though they did not intimidatehim.
In 1875, he commenced preaching, and in 1878 he was ordained. He took his brother’s place
in the pulpit, and when he moved to Kansas part of the society came with him. So they
organized here, and chose him pastor, and have regular weekly meetings in the Oxford
schoolhouse, and a flourishing Sabbath school. He came to Kansas in 1879, and selected a
location, and in 1880 moved his family to their present home, where he owns 176 acres well
watered and fertile soil. He is prospering, having a fine family growing up around him, all
of whom he is educating in the principles of his father before him.

R. T. FORBES, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Fulton, native of Jefferson County, Ill., born in
1833. He was raised on the farm, and in 1853 started for Kansas, but stopped one year in
Missouri, near Sedalia. Coming to this State in 1854, together with his brother Dave, he at
first took a claim on the forks of the Creek. This was given to Dave. He then took a claim
of 1,000 acres, of which he has sold some five quarters. He finally located on the present
farm. There were but few in this section of Kansas at that date, and as they came in and
settled, Robert was looked on as an old settler, and looked up to. Although living here
through the border troubles, he was not molested. He saw all the men that were shot or
hung in this neighborhood, and being well versed in the geography of the country, was

uide for both Montgomery and Jennison at times. He also belonged to the Home Guards
diciie the war. In 1859, he and his brother Dave took a trip to Pike’s Peak, but made
nothing. Losing their summer’s work, they returned to Missouri. In 1863, Robert married.
His father and sister lived with him. His father died in 1864, His wife was a Miss Banks,
of Missouri. They have six children alive, two dead. He now farms in stock and grain,
reporting good crops for 1882. 7 ,

J.B. RICK, farmer and miller, Section 31, P. O. Mapleton; native of Henry
County, Tenn., born in 1843, He came to Kansas with his father in 1857, and located on
Section 82. He has three brothers. His father died in 1863. In the troubles of this section
they took no part, their father was too old andthe boys too young, so they were unmolested.
His father was away from the State in 1858 and again in 1861, but then settled down. Mr.
Myrick farmed until 1878, when he bought the Mapleton Flour and Saw Mills, running
them since in connection with his farming. He is doing well. This season he has com-
pleted a fine residence and improved the mill greatly. In 1865, he married, and now has
six children.

WILLIAM M. NESBITT, farmer and hotel proprietor, is a native of Greenboro
Township, Orleans Co., Vt., born in 1832. In 1858 he first came to Kansas and located a
claim in the northern part of the State, but was taken sick and returned to Vermont,
where he remained until 1861, when he enlisted inthe Fourth Vermont Volunteer Infantry
and served until May 12,1864. He had his left arm shattered by a musket-ball in the battle
of Spottsylvania Court House. He was conveyed to Fredericksburg, where his arm was
amputated at the shoulder. On the 2ist he was moved to Alexandria, and July 1, taken to
Brattleboro Hospital, Vermont, from there he returned home, and as soon as he recovered
reported tothe same place. From there he got transferred to Burlington. While there he
attended Bryant & Stratton’s College. In 1865 he came to Kansas again, where he located
on a farm in Linn County just north of Mapleton. In 1866 he started back to Vermont,
but stopped in Iowa and taught school for awhile. In 1867 he returned to Kansas aid mar-
ried Miss Tout; she was a nativeof Indiana. He farmed here until 1877, when he moved
to Mapleton and repaired his hotel, still owning the farm. In 1871 he was elected Clerk of
Linn County, and served one term. They have four children—Mary A., Leafy J., Lizzie G.

and Vina E, :

JOHN REESE, farnier, Section 17, P. O. Mapleton, native of Lebanon County, Penn.,
born March 28,1816. In his migration westward he stopped first in Ohio and then in
Northwest Missouri, but not being able to procure a farm to suit him he came to Kansas
and located on his present farm, taking a claim of 160 acres in 1859. When he came to the
State he was a Democrat, but did not want to take any side or part in the troubles of this

‘section; after losing a steer and a valuable horse, he concluded to save the rest of his prop-

erty by joining the ruling party, and after doing so, was not molested. He served in the
State Militia, and has prospered so in his farming industry that his farm of 160 acres has in-
creased to 600. Since the year 1860 he has not wanted, raising good crops since. In 1857,
he married Miss Burkholder. They have four children—two sons and twodaughters. His
wife died in March, 1881. Mr. Reese has been a member of the I. 0. O. F. since 1852,

A. H. TANNER, farmer, Section 7, P. O. ee is a native of Huron County, Ohio,
born in 1837; was raised in Lorain County and educated at Oberlin College, leaving there
in 1855; coming to Kansas in 1856, with a party of other men, they met a small party of
Missourians, who ordered them back, until meeting a larger force near the Nebraska line,
they were compelled to return to Iowa. In March, 1857, he got to Lawrence and from there
went to Linn County, where he located on a farm and took an active part in Free-State pre-
ceedings, being nominated as one of the delegates to frame the Wyandotte Constitution.
He was the recipient of one of the hundred Sharpe’s rifles that were sent to John Brown and
distributed at that time, and was with Montgomery on numerous raids. He was in Fort
Scott under his command when Mr. Little was killed, and in 1861 joined Col. Jennison’s
Sharpe's rifle oT imperiling his lifein many instances under that daring leader. In 1860,
he took a trip to Colorado, and returning in the fall of the same year, he went back to Ohio,

- in 1862, but came to Kansas again in 1865, where he has been since. In 1860, he located his

farm of 160 acres on Section 7, in Bourbon County. It was not until within the last few
years that he was able to make farming pay, but since then he has made giant strides, per-
fecting his seed corn in a manner peculiar to himself; has succeeded in raising over one
hundred bushels per acre, and raising and handling 100 cattle a year and about 150 hogs.
His farm is now 250 acres. In 1859, he married Miss Wilson, of Kalamazoo, Mich. He has
two children by his first wife, anda son by the second. His eldest son is attending school
in Topeka. Mr, Tanner has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1870, His
father was a member for fifty-six years, and died at Newburg, Ohio, in 1879.

D. VAN BUSKIRK, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Mapleton, native of Appanoose County,
Towa, born in December, 1849; he was raised in Davis County, and thinks there is no place
like this section of Iowa, for in 1869 he came to Kansas, going to Wichita, from there to the
State of Texas, then to Missouri and back to Iowa. This same year, however, he took a claim
in Chautauqua County, Kan., where he farmed till 1872, when he returned to Iowa, seeming
to be able to breathe eer; but_Kansas offering better opportunities for stock raising, he
came to his present location in December, 1877, buyin eighty acres and opening up a farm,
clearing an pupreviee his crops are good. Tn 1877, he married, and has one child—a girl.
Mr. Van Buskirk is a Greenbacker.

__ HANSON WARD, farmer and teacher, Section 1, P. O. Fulton, native of Morgan
Te eavern in 1840. He was educated there and commenced teaching in 1859 or
1860. hen the war broke out he enlisted in the First Ohio, Heavy Artillery, and did not
leave the service until 1865, when he was mustered out at Louisville,Ky. He at once went
back to his profession in 1867. He moved to Missouri, and taught school there until 1872,

‘when he came to Morris County, Kan., and taught school in Parkerville. However, he re-

turned to Miso) thence to Ohio, where he remained until 1882, coming to Bourbon
County, Kan., with his father, Hiram Ward, who*had never moved from his native place,
until coming here. They located on their present farms the 11th of March, owning 280
sone ee » in stock, and grain, and doing well.
eye Nee LIAM YOUNG, farmer, Section 1, P.O. Fort Scott, is a native of Orange County,
te orn in 1810, December 7. In 1827, he went to Pennsylvania, where he learned h
e e, shoemaking. While in this State, he became acquainted with, and married Miss
Belzer; who is a descendant of an old family who settled in Pennsylvania in 1632, locating
ae nnten vey Hamilton Township. Mr. Young lived in Monroe County. In
a e was ordained eacon by Bishop Wall, of Pennsylvania, and has since filled the
pulpit, where he has lived, still Saag in the ministry in Kansas. He lost his eldest
oon pyeonees in 1855. In 1864, he moved to Kansas, bringing his family with him, and
a - on me present farm, where he owns 200 acres, besides eighty in Linn County. They
have Lal ‘ht children; his sons, W. C. and J.S., were both in the service during the war
fhe 1 ellion, W. C. is now in business in Rich Hill, Mo. J. W. is » Methodist minister
a © Newark Conference. His daughter has been married three times, 1s now Mrs. H. S.
taumnluig fa the meiant rhe ac of ee Ohio. His pune son, Charles W.
i . Mr. Youn
advancing age intends there to reside, ED rater nee seernner encreruees
BOURBON COUNTY.

OTHER TOWNS.

: Mohon—This town is situated on rolling, timbered prairie, twelve
miles southeast from Fort Scott. The first settlement was made here in
1878, by Wesley Calkins. The post office was established the same year,
ay : - McDonald, Postmaster. Mr. McDonald also opened a ‘store
in ,

Godfrey is a town on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad,
five miles south of Fort Scott.

Glendale is a post office in Freedom Township, three miles west of
Hammond Station. }

Redfield is a station on the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad,
eight miles west of Fort Scott. : ;

Berlin is a post office about ten miles west of Fort Scott. Clarkesburg
and Dayton are also post offices. The latter was originally Sprattsville,
and is located in the southern part of Timber Hill Township. Mill Creek
post office is in Mill Creek Township, ten miles northwest of Fort Scott.

Hammond is a post office situated seven miles north of Fort Scott, in
Osage Township. F. M. Allen was appointed first Postmaster.

Xenia is a small town located in Franklin Township.

Paint Creek is a post office seven miles southeast of Uniontown.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—wrut CREEK TOWNSHIP.

GEORGE AMEY, farmer, Section 22, P. 0. Glendale, is a native of Wayne County, Penn., born
in 1835, During hia early life he worked as brakeman gn the railroad. This was his occupation
till Le was twenty-three years of age, when he went to farming. In 1858, he married Miss Salina
Minor, of Peansylvania, and then moved West to Iowa. In 1859, R. A. Williams and himself
spliced teams and started for Osage City, which was supposed to be in Bourbon County, Kan.,
but on arriving found but one or two buildings making up the village. He then located on
Section 23, taking a claim of 160 acres, on what was New York Indian land. In 1860, his wife
not being able to endure the privations of the dry year, he went back to Pennsylvania, When
the war broke out, he enlisted in the Home Guards, and in 1862 re-enlisted in the Sixth Kansas
Oavalry, Company E. He was taken sick at Paola and sent back to Fort Scott, where his wife
nursed him. He then rejoined his regiment, and on the 27th of July, 1864, in the engagement
on Mazzard’s Prairie, thirty-four men of Comy-any’E were taken prisoners and marched to
Camp Ford, where they were kept till May 27,1865, when they were exchanged, and he was
mustered out at Duvall’s Bluff, Ark., returning home in July. He has since been engaged in
farming. He moved from Section 23 to his present location.. The last few seasons he has been
dealing in hay extensively, but now gives his attention to stock and corn, of which he has a
bountiful yield for 1882, They have had eight children, five living and three deceased. His
son, George M , was shot through the head by a mam named Wyatt, who robbed him. George
recovered. His daughter Katio is a teacher. The others are Asa, Judd and Clara.

WILEY BOLLINGER, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Mill Creek, is a native of Bollinger County,
Mo.,born in 1831. This county was named after his grandparents, who settled there in 1800. When
Wiley was nine years of age, his par. nts removed to Northwestern Missouri, on what was known as
the Fat Purchase. It was here his father died in 1853, The family then removed to.Greene
County, in the same State,‘and in 1854 his brothers Joseph and Jake came to Kansas, and selected
a location. So with two yoke of cattle and a wagon they moved out in 1855, staying in an unoc-
cupied cabin till theirs was finished. They then moved on their claim. In 1856, they received
notice to leave the State, as they were Free-State people. They then went to Missouri, and took
refuge with a minister named Redfield, coming back the next month, however, and settling in
theirhome. In 1861, he served as First Lieutenant of the Mill Creek Rifle Company, and in
1863 joined the State Militia, going jnto Capt. J.J. Stewart’s company. Here he was Color
Bearer and Ensign. Notwithstanding tbe hardships.and perils of the Kansas pioneer, the life in

the old cabin was described asvery pleasant. They at one period had post office, preaching, sing- -

ing school, speHing school and literary society there. It was in 1861 that Mr. Bollinger married
Miss Lee, of Jasper County, Ill. Since the war they have prospered. He now owns 220 acres
of land, farming in grain and stock. He has always been a prominent man in his section, hav-
ing been Justice of the’Peace for fifteen years, Coroner from 1868 to 1872. In 1880, the people
sent him to the State Legislature, and he is now giving his aid and support to the public schools,
serving as Clerk in his school district. He bas five boys and threo girls, all of whom he intends
shall have a good education. In the M. E. Church he is a Trustee and Steward, and itecording
Steward for the circuit.

JACOB GROS, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Mill Creek, is a native of East Tennessee, born in 1830.
About 1853, he started West to Arkansas, but stopped in Greeno County, Mo, He then came to Kan-
sas in 1854, looking for a location. Having selected it, he built part of a cabin and then returned
to Greene County, bringing his family out in 1855, beiag accompanied by several other families.
The only one now-remaining is thatof Wiley Bollinger. Settling in a wilderness, he has carved
out a fine, well-improved farm, but it took almost a miraculous amount of work, and in those
unsettled times a great amount of personal danger. In 1864, he was out under Capt. Dan Hall,
but took no part in the disturbances, though he was compelled to hide in the timber. In 1853,
he married Miss Tipton. They have five childrean—James, Henry, Tennessee, Charlie and Lila.
Mr. Gros has been Township Treasurer fur some six or eight years, and is an earnest supporter
of the public schools, e

D. F. HALL, farmer, Section 2, P. 0. Mill Creek, is a native of Portage County, Ohio, born in
1834. He remained at home untit he was twenty years of age, and theu went to work on the Cleve-
land & Cincinnati Railroad. Having learned the carpenter's trade, he then went to Illinois, where
he went to farming in McDonough County, but with poor success, for he first lost his crops and then
his farm. In this condition, he emigrated to Kansas, locating on Section 2, his present home,
stopping with his brother at first until he had built. He arrived February 10, 1859; with little

or nothing, and since then has accumulated a little fortune in stock and land, now having some-

1,361 acres, all fenced, stocked with about 200 head of cattle and 200 hogs and Norman graded
horses. On the homestead piece of land he has put some $8,000 in a fine residence and improve-
ments, He went through all the earlier troubles, losing some property, and serving in the
State militia. In 1864, his wife and family were exposed to the guerrilla warfare which raged
here at that time. In 1858, he married Miss Stinson. They have four boys and two girls. Be-
ing always an earnest supporter of education, he is giving his children the advantages of the
State Normal College, located at Fort Scott—William, Clarence, Ellsworth, Effie, Leonard and
ud.

W.H. HARRIS, farmer, Section 1, P.O. Mill Creek, is a native of Lower Canada, born in 1838.
His parents were of English descent, and settled there atan early period. Inthe same year that he
was born they moved to Ohio, remaining there until 1843, going thence to Illinois, where they lived
until 1860. They then came to Kansas in 1860, the party consisting of his parents (both since
deceased ), his brothers, George, Jolinand William, also one sister, now married and living in Dakota,
W. H, located in Mill Creek Township on his present farm, and has succeeded in making a beau-
tiful home fur himself and family, farming in stock and grain. In 1860, he married Miss Vine-
yard. They have one daughter. Mr. Harris has held many of the gifts in the power of the
people, such as Township Trustees, School Treasurer, etc. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity,
having joined in 1865, : ‘ ,

H. HLXON, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Dayton, is a native of Highland County, Ohio, born in
1828. Most of his youth and years were spent in Illinois, but in 1858 he came to Kansasin search of
milder climate and a larger range for stock. At first he settled on Section 10, in the timber, but in
1859 ho moved to his present home. He is well known as the pioneer mail contractor, having three
different mail routes, and during the years of the rebellion carrying the mail was attended with
great danger, especially the route from Dayton to Pawnee, where he only escaped several am-
bushes by changing his route each time. He carried the mail up to the year 1866, since giving
hie attention to farming. In 1850, he married Miss Wade. They have four children, two boys
and two girls. He isa member of the M.E. Church. His farm has increased in acreage, amount-
ing now to 400 acres. : .

E. KEPLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 27, P. O. Berlin, is a native of Davidson, N. C.
born in 1825, In 1835, he moved to Greene County, Mo., and in 1854 came to Kans»s. He first located
in the southeast quarter of Section 10, Timber Hil! Township. They were unmolested here fora while.
Mr. Kepley and Tom Whitlock explored all this country before locating, and E. Kepley built the
first cabin on the Osage River, claiming all the land they wanted, as there was no one to dispute.

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In 1856, the family moved to Drywood Township, where they stayed some four or five weeks,
and then returned to the farm, In the fall of 1857, a party of eighteen armed men visited the
place. Four of them came into the cabin and engaged in conversation, while the others ran off
his horses. As soon as he found out his loss, being a man of decision and iron nerve, he at once
went to the nearest village, Mapleton, and rallied a force fur the purpose of following the rob-
bers. He then proceeded to Fort Bayne, where Col. Montgomery was in command. There Mr.
Kepley found two of the men, whom he recognized, but was referred to Gen. Lane, who, when
he heard the particulars, said he would help no Democrat. The horses were returned. In 1859,
not having any horses, as he could not keep them, his steers were taken. About this time a
vigilance committee was organized. Mr. Kepley and a friend, J. B. Dejarnett, at once traced
the steers to Osawatomie, but found they were not able to procure the arrest of the thieves, who
were supposed to be Pat Devlin and Stecle. The cattle were returned to Mr. Kepley’s wife, and
he gave the man the reward offered, $75. In 1860, the family moved to the State of Misssouri,
Mr. Kepley beiug about ruined. But the troubles ceasing, he returned in 1861, and served dur-
ing the war‘in the State militia. Mr. Kepley’s misfortunes did not cease with the coming of
peace in 1865, but in 1866 his house was invaded by two desperadoes, who compelled thm to
deliver $670 to them at the muzzle of the pistol, but, singular as it may appear, he has contin-
ued to prosper, and since his last reverse has steadily gained, until to-day we find him the owner
of 1,200 acres, located in the richest and most fertile portion of Bourbon County, stocked with
the finest Durham cattle, premium Poland-China and McGee hogs, which he thinks excel all
others. His herd of Short-horns numbers 60, while he handles about 2U0 head of stock cattle a
year, with from 200 to 500 hogs. His corn will average sixty bushels to the acre, and in every
respect he is the leading farmer of the county. In 1849, he married Miss Pipkin, of Tennessee.
They have nine children living and five deceased. Mr. Kepley belongs to the Masonic lodge.

B. WILTSE, merchant and Postmaster, P.O. Mill Creek, is a native of Erie County, N. Y., born
in 1832, He read law with Mr. Thayer, since Governor of Oregon, and finished his law studies at the
Genesee Western Seminary, afterward practicing at he Green, Ind., Chippewa Falls, Wis.,
and on coming to Kansas was admitted to the bar of the State. He located in Mill Creek in
March, 1881, and opened a store, and at the same time taking the post office, He has about fi.rty
acres of land also, which he farms. He has been married, and now has a son and a daughter.
Mr. Wiltse is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Democrat.

. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.

J.R, ANDERSON, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Xenia, is a native of Virginia. His father,
Charles Anderson, moved to Missouri in 1853, then came to Kansas in 1856; located on Sec-
tion 4, southwest quarter, where they took 160 acres. The family took no part in the early
troubles, but when R Forbes and Dye robbed Scott’s store, of Xenia, he was among the num-
ber that traced the parties, and afterward when the citizens had surrounded Rube Forbes,

, one of the robbers of the party, he and his two friends, Lieut. Ford and Mr. Vansyckle-

went into the thicket where the desperado was concealed, and before they came out both his
friends had been shot. He had the satisfaction of seeing Forbes brought out dead soon
afterward. Mr. Anderson first enlisted in the Third Kansas, but.was transferred to the
Sixth. He was mustered out 1n 1862. In 1863 his father died, and in July he enlisted in the
Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company L, and served until 1865, In 1863, he had
homesteaded 160 acres on Sections 4 and 5, and in 1865, he married Miss Williams. They have
seven boys and two girls. His farm now consists of 200 acres. He handles about 100 head
of cattle a year and 200 hogs. His crop of corn will eee forty bushels to the acre, and
he has some seventy or eighty tons of millet. Mr. A. has held most of the low neliiy ontees,
and is pow County Commissioner ; is an A. F. & A. M., having been a member of the Masonic
fraternity since 1870. t ‘ F

MARK BOULWARE, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Xenia, native of Parkersburg, W. Va. ,
born in 1830. While at home he learned the carpenter trade and then took a tramp across
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to Towa, where fur his work he took_a yoke of oxen and wagon
and went to a place on the boundary line between Sallne and Lafayette Counties, Mo. In
1851, his cousin, William Chapman, and himself, cawe to Kansas, bub were not suited with
the looks of the country, 30 went back, but came {n 1858 and located on Section 24, where he
opened up a farm and then sold to M. and A. Wilson, moving to his present farm during the
years 1858 and 1859, and during the war, although he was out several times on military duty,
he engaged in only one battle, that of Westport or the Big Blue. In 1862, he married Miss
Brockman, and they have one boy and three girls. His farm consists of 312 acres, growing
stock, fruit and grain; he has twenty-eight acres in apples of seventy-five varieties, also
peaches and pears, having 500 pear grafts on apple trees; he handles fifty head of cattle a
year, and reports forty bushels of corn to an acre. His cousin, William Chapman, returned
to Kansas and died here in 1868; he had served during the war under Jackson and Early,
and finally came to his friend and cousin’s home and died. Mr. Boulware has been a mem-
ber of the Masonic fraterniity since 1861. -

J. M. DAVIS, farmer and stock-dealer, Section 24, P. O. Kenia, native of Pennsylvania,
born in 1837, He comes of English and Scotch ancestors, the Davis line are English and the
Bartletts are Scotch. The family moved to Ohio in 1853, where he was educated, and in 1857
he went to the north shore of Lake Superior for his health, and went to teaching schoo
among the Manx, a curious people from the Isle of Man. In Lake County, Minn., he
bought a one-quarter section of land, and in 1858, took a tramp of five days and arrived.at
St. Paul, looking for work, and after getting it, found he could not get paid, so went to teach-
ing again; taught near Northfield and also near Hastings, Minn., going to Tilinoisin 1859,
where he taught and then went to farming. In 1861, he married Miss Holeman, and in
1866, he came to Kansas, having sold his land in Wlinois. He bought on Section 23, and
opened up a small farm that has grown to such grand proportions since in 1868,he had a

oor crop, and in 1875 had lost moncy on cattle; but notwithstanding these back-sets he now
Tins 2,000 acres in his farm, handling some 150 head of cattle, between 400 and 500 hogs; he
kas some forty horses and mules, his horses of Norman blood, Around 1,600 acres he has
five miles of hedge fence, and seven wiles of barb wire fence, as well as stone and rail fences.
His residence was erected at the cost of $3,500; he has also a fine orchard of 600 spel trees.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have seven boys and one girl. The daughter is away at school. Mr.
Davis is a Mason, and is now Township Trustee, having held numerous other township offices.
He is a Democrat. ‘

J.H. DECKER, manufacturer and dealer ix furniture and coffins, Xenia, is a native of
Germany, and was born in 1847. He emigrated to America in 1868, and came to Kansas in
1869, where he was employed in the Government works at Leavenworth; then coming to
Xenia he bought property, and since has put up store buildings and improvements to the
amount of $1,900. He is now doing a business of $5,000 a year. He married in 1876, Miss
Johnston. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1874. He is Secretary
now of the Xenia organization.

E. COLLINS, merchant, Xenia, native of Michigan, born in 1848. He came to Kan-
sas in 1869-and located with his brother on Mill Creek Township, on a farm where he
remained until 1875, when he sold his farm to his brother and removed to Xenia; there he
married Miss. Love, taking his father-in-law’s farm until 1879, when he bought out Mr. W.
F. B. Griggby, who was doing business as M. E. Griggby. Mr. Collins now carries about
$4,000 in stock and does from $11,000 to $12,000 per year. Mr. and Mrs. Collins have two
children—a boy and a girl.

HILLEARY & JONES, general merchants, Xenia, established in 1880. They carry
about $2,000 in stock and do a business of $6,000 a year, expecting to improve their
place and double their sales the coming year. Mr. Hilleary is a native of Vermillion County,
fil, born in 1848. He came to this State in 1867 and settled on a farm adjoining the village,
with his father; then they opened the store, Mr. Hilleary took charge and Mr. Jones con-
ducts the farm, handling stock and raising grain. *

UA. M. KIRK PATRICK, M. D., Xenia, native of Holmes County, Ohio, born in 1838.
He was raised on a farm and commenced the study of medicine in 1859 with Dr. Wagner,
then with the firm of Drs. Lerome & Rose, of Effingham. In 1861, he enlisted in the Ninety-
eighth Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry, Company K. He was First Lieutenant of this
company, but on account of the absence of the Captain was acting as Captain and received
that officer’s pay. He resigned this post for one in the hospital at Murfreesboro, in com-
pany with a Dr. Groves. This gave him an opportunity in practical surgery. After leaving
there he attended Rush Medical College in 1864-65. He then commenced practice in Effing-
ham County, Ill, going to London City and from there to Kansas in 1869 and locating in
Xenia. His first case, a difficult one, was treated successfully, and he has built up an excel-
lent practice over a circuit of ten miles. In 1867, he married Miss Alvira Kelly. They
have two boys and two girls. The Doctor keeps on hand an excellent stud of roadsters, of
Morgan blood. F ‘ :

T. J. LOVE, merchant, Xenia, native of Morgan County, Ohio; born in 1848, His
father’s family moved to Missouri in 1854, and, in 1860, they came to Kansas, locating on
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Section 3. In 1862, his father made a.venture in the mercantile line, but went back to the
farm again. Mr. Love also tried farming, but sold his farm on Section 6, and bought J. W.
Neil out, now carrying on a general merchandise business, with a stock of $3,000, and doing
about $6,000 per annum in business. In 1870, he married, now having four children. Mr.
Love has been a member of the Masonic Lodge since March, 1882.

8. 0. MARKHAM, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Xenia, native of Cattaraugus County, N. Y.
born in 1842, In 1851, his family moved to Illinois, where he remained fill 1860, when he
came to Kansas, locating on his present farm. During the dry year of 1860, he took the
opportunity to 5° out on the plains and shoot buffalo, providing the family with plenty of
meat. He also | elped. bring relief from Atchison that year. He was a Free-State man from
the first, and joined the Wide Awake association. He took part in the capture of the des-
perado Rube Forbes, and served in the regular volunteer service, afterward in the militia
at Westport. In 1860, he started his foam oy homesteading 160 acres, and_now has a large
stock and grain farm, handling from 100 to 200 head of cattle a year. His corn crop is
good, going forty bushels to an acre. In 1868, he married Miss Gragg. They have two

irls. Mr. Markham has been always active in the Republican committee here, and has
een a Mason since 1878. :

EDWARD MURPHY, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Xenia, native of Limerick, Ireland ;
born in 1832. He came to America in 1846, landing in New York. He went to Maine,
where, as he grew up, he worked in the pineries and learned the trade of bellows-making ;
afterward the trade of cracker baker. In 1851, he enlisted in the regular United States
Army, but left that and went to Arkansas, going to farming there, and, in 1861, he enlisted
in the First Arkansas Battery. When they organized the Home Guards, he went into that
as a Major, but this was in 1865, and they broke up, he coming to Kansas and locating on
his preenk farm. It was wholly unimproved at this time. He put up his cabin and broke
up the rich bottom lands that have since yielded him such abundant harvests, not differing
ten bushels of corn to the acre one year with another since 1865, the average being met
bushels. His method of farming is similar to others of this section—stock and corn, He
married in Arkansas, having a family of nine children. He lost his wife in 1881. Mr.
Murphy is a Greenbacker and a Catholic. -

CHARLES MURROW, farmer, Section 24, P, O. Xenia, native of Clark County, Ind. ;
and while he was still very young the family moved to Iowa, living in Polk County
till 1859. When he was twenty years of age, his father offered him $100 a year, and then
forthe next year he got $12 a month. He and his brother started with a calf. He traded
his for a colt, and, on coming to Kansas in 1859, he traded a sack of flour, a gun and the colt
for his claim of 160 acres. He has since so prospered that he has 800 acres in his farm, and
handles 200 head of cattle a year, with 200 hogs. This year he reports forty bushels of corn
toanacre. In 1865, he married, and has a family of six children, two girls and four boys.

L.G. PORTER, merchant, Xenia, native of Franklin County, Ohio, born in 1840, at-
tended ‘the common school in Columbus, Ohio, but did not receive much benefit until he
attended the High School at Springfield, Ill. From school, after some experience with his
father, who was 4 merchant, he went to buying cattle for a Springfield firm in Missouri, and

’ bringing them to Illinois. He was at this business four years, and then tried agricultural
implements for a year; he then entered the mercantile business, and in 1868 opened astore
in a little place in Kansas called Mount Florence ; selling out there he came to Xenia, and
bought Mr. Etna Ecart’s mercantile establishment, at this period carried on in a building,
room 20x30, and a stock of $1,800. In 1874, he carried all that his shoulders would hold, the
farmers raising no crops that year; he now carries a stock of $4,000, and does a business of

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

$10,000 a year. In 1870 he moved into his present stand, which has made quite extensive,
and in 1869 he married, having now four children, Mr. Porter has been Township
Treasurer, and has held school offices, but the people have this year asked him to represent
this district in the State Legislature. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity
since 1871, ° r

FRANK M. SMITH, farmer and hotel proprietor, Xenia, is a native of Tennessee, and
was born in 1827; he was raised in Illinois, and came to Kansas in 1858 from that State. He
located on the Osage River on Section 27, Franklin Township, which farm he still has. In
the early troubles he endeavored to take no parts but finally found himself working in the
Free-State party, though taking no part in the wild and thrilling adventures of Jayhawkers,
He was conversant with the facts, and when the war broke outs he went into the fourteen
days service under T. S, Brockman, and afterward into Capt. 0. P. Boynes’ company, beingin
the Westport battles. He is now living in the village of Xenia, in the hotel business. In
1855 he married Miss Stover. Mr. Smith has two brothers living in Kansas. His wife's
father died in 1881, aged seventy-five years. : ’ ae .

J.S. W. STEVE SON, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Xenia, native of Illinois, born in 1840,
His father, Samuel, moved to Kansas in 1857, J ue 4, and located on Section 33. The next year
John Van Syckle and his father laid out the village plat of Xenia. When they first arrived
on their claim, there seemed to be no | eld line, but a family trouble arising between two
families, Stone’s, Free-State, and Southwood’s, Fro-slavery, the settlers at once organized,
and the Stevensons were on the Free-State side, and John afterward joined the Wide Awakes,
a Free-State organization, and from this time to the end they were actively employed in
maintaining their own against aggressors. His father died in 1862, and John was then in
the field, present at most of the raids and excursions undertaken by the citizens or settlers
of this section. In June, 1861, John enlisted in Jennison’s company. They disbanded, and
his father recruited them into coupeny I. John joined Company L, under Capt. Van Syckle.
They were attached to the Third Kansas, but in 1862 transferred to Sixth Kansas, and then
disbanded on account of illegal enlistment, and in 1863 John veteranized, and served to the
end of the war. The family of three boys—Jobn, 8. A. and W. C., and some of the girls and
their mother, now sixty-eight years of age, are engaged in farming and handling stock.
Only one of the brothers is married, 8. A. to Miss Abbey. Mr. Samuel Stevenson was Ca
tain of Company I when he died, and had been through some hard fighting on Paint Creek,
being also at Scott, where Little was shot. John was foremost in tracing and capturing
Rube Forbes in 1862. 7 .

J. A. WILLETT, farmer, Section 21, P. O..Xenia, native of McNary County, Tenn.
born in 1832. When he was three years of age, the family moved to Texas, remaining till
1842, then going to Arkansas, where he staid till 1851, then to Illinois, and from there, in
1854, to Retanens and in 1857 he went to Texas, where he staid till 1859, when the questions
or issues arising that led to the war of the rebellion, they moved to Arkansas, but here it
was as dangerous, for they were notified to leave the State, and he was attended part of the
way by the vigilance committee. On arriving in Kansas in 1860, he bought a claim of Mr.
Cassell, and afterward pre-empted a piece, having now about 320 acres, which is farmed in-
stock and grain, He handles 100 head of cattle a year, and his corn crop of 1882 will aver-
age forty bushels toan acre. In 1854 he married Miss Parsons. They have one daughter,
Eldora, whom they have given a finished education, and who will graduate this year from
the Lawrence University, in the department of music. Mr. Willett was the first Master of
the Xenia Masonic organization, and charter member.

 

 

 

 

 
- County ; thence east along the south boundary

LINN COUNTY.

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TOPOGRAPHY.

INN County is situated in the eastern tier of counties next to Mis-
souri, and in the third tier south from the Kansas River. The-southern

boundary of the county is three miles north of the thirty-eighth parallel
of north latitude. It is bounded on the north by Miami County, on the
east by Missouri, on the south by Bourbon County and on the west b
Anderson County. The county was named ‘ Linn” in honor of Lewis F.
Linn, a distinguished United States Senator from Missouri. The Bogus
Legislature passed an act bounding Linn County, as follows:

Beginning at the southeast corner of Miami County; thence south twenty-four (24)
miles; thence west twenty-four (24) miles; thence north twenty-four (24) miles to the south-
west corner of Miami County; thence east twenty-four (24) miles to the place of beginning.

As thus defined the count contained 576 square miles, or 368,640
acres. These were the boundaries
and area of the county until March
3, 1868, when an act of the Legisla-
ture was approved by which the
boundaries were defined as follows:

Beginning at the southeast corner of
Miami County; thence south along the west
boundary of the State of Missouri to the corner
on said line to Fractional Sections thirteen
and twenty-four, Township twenty-three
south, of Range twenty-five east; thence west
along the section lines to the corner of Sections
fourteen, fifteen, twenty-two and twenty-three,
Township twenty-three south, of Range
twenty-one east; thence north along the sec-
tion lines between the second and third tiers
of sections to the southwest corner of Miami

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of Miami County to the place of beginning.

By this act a strip varying in
width from one-half mile at the north-
west corner of the county to nearly a
mile and a half at the southwest
corner, was added to the west side of
the county, and the area was in-
creased to something over 400,000
acres.

A local chronicler writes that the
authorities knew so little about bound-
ary lines that they “exercised juris-
diction over a three-mile strip of
Miami County territory up to 1838,
and held elections upon it and made
their returns to the County Seat of
Linn County!” :

It is also related of some of the
early settlers on the Miami Indian
Reservation that they were equally as
anxious to take advantage of* such
residence and thus avoid the pay-
ment of taxes, as they were to exercise

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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).

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LINN COUNTY.

Its tributaries from the east are Middle Creek and North Sugar, both of
which rise in Miami County, and flow southward, emptying into the
Marais des Cygnes within a short distance of each other. rom the west
this stream receives Elm Creek, which rises in Liberty Township; Big
Sugar Creek, which rises in Anderson County, besides a few smaller
streams. Little Sugar Creek rises.in Blue Mound Township and flows into
Big Sugar Creek about four miles from its mouth. Goodrich and Deer
Creeks are the two branches of Big Sugar. Mine Creek flows northeast-
wardly into the Missouri, emptying into the Marais des Cygnes a short
distance from the State line. Lost Creek rises in the southern part of
the county and flows southeasterly into Bourbon County. The county is
well supplied with springs, and good well water is obtainable at an average
depth of twenty-five feet.

INDIAN INHABITANTS.

The Miami Reservation originally
extended southward to within three
miles of the southern boundary of
the county. In 1858, the reserve was
diminished, and the southern bound-
ary of it established about two miles
north of the fourth parallel, and, in
1882, the residue was finally disposed
of by Congressional enactment open-
ing it up to ownership and taxation.

In 1888, a tract south of the
Miami lands and extending to the
Cherokee lands was set apart for the
New YorkIndians. This reservation
was bounded on the ‘east by Missouri,
was twenty-two miles wide from
north to south, and extended west-
ward far enough to embrace 1,824,-
000 acres, 320 acres for each member
of the tribe.

Before that time, however, a per-
manent settlement wasmade by white
men at Trading Post, forthe purpose
of trading with the Indians then in
the vicinity. This was in 1834, when
Girard and Chouteau established the
post as agents of the Northwest-
ern Fur Company. The value of the
furs collected at this and other posts
in this region amounted annually for
x ; a number of years to $300,000. The

Indians received payment therefor in
ON tobacco, trinkets and whisky.

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EARLY EXPLORATIONS AND SETTLE-
MENTS.

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the right of suffrage at election time.

With the exception of M. Dutisne,

 

_ The general surface of the county
is undulating, about eighty per cent

 

pane uplands and the balance bot-
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tom land. The uplands average from Blve Mound Township.

Centreville Township...

 
  

 

 

fifty to seventy-five feet above the
bottom lands, and the highest eleva-
tion in the county, Silver Hill near
La Cygne, is about three hundred feet
above the waters of the Marais des
Cygnes. The valley of the latter
stream averages a -little more than

Liberty Township

Mound Township, including Mound City..
Paris Township.....

Seott Township
Sheridan Township...
Stanton Township........
Valley Township

 

   
 
 

Lincoln Township, including La Cygne City...

 

Potosi Township, including Pleasanton City

 

two miles wide, while those of the
other streams average half a mile in
width. The soil of Linn County is
no exception to that of all Eastern
Kansas, being exceedingly productive

La Cygne City....cecee
Mound City.....
Pleasanton City.........

 

  

 

Girard and Chouteau were ‘probably
ae ae the first white men in what is now
on of Linn County. Hale says in his
1,034 | 1,553 ‘Kansas and Nebraska: ‘‘M. Dut-
"480 994 isne, a French officer, was sent
2,012; 2,113 from New Orleans in 1719 by Bien-
pot | 471 ville, the Governor, into the territory
1779 | 23347 west of the Mississippi. He visited
1,306 | 1,427 the villages of the Osage Indians,
so 1a five miles from the Osage River, at
Doane 1,096 | 1,002 eighty leagues above its mouth.”
d : These Osage villages were proba-
12,174 | 15,298 bly near the southeastern part of Linn
eee 835 County, and Dutisne’s line of travel
oa would hénce be through the counties
Haan eee eee ee ee renee eee Te of Linn, Miami, Franklin, Osage,

 

 

 

all over the county. On the uplands
it is from*one to three feet deep; in bo ite ad,
the valleys from two to five. It is generally underlaid with limestone, but
in some places is found a species of “ cotton” stone or magnesia limestone,
similar to the “ Fontana marble” in Miami County, and in the vicinity of
Barnard and La Cygne an excellent quality of sandstone has been quar-
ried. In the eastern part of the county coal crops out of nearly all the
ee shafts have been sunk and en which is generally of good
quality, is quite extensively mined for local purposes. :
Timber "The timber belts are generally of about the same width as
the valleys, and in the aggregate cover about 10 per cent of the county.
The principal varieties are ash, box elder, elm, hickory, cottonwood, oak,
sycamore and-black walnut. The Marais des Cygnes and its tributaries
are heavily timbered. ; . eet ;
The principal stream in this eh as in Miami, is the Marais des
Cygnes. It enters from the north and flows southeastwardly into Missouri.

= Lyon, Morris, Davis, and then on
westward, passing near Port Riley.

As early as 1827, United States troops were stationed where now
stands Fort Leavenworth. Up to 1882, it was called a cantonment; then
it became a fort. In 1842, Fort Scott was selected as a military post, and
the troops stationed here, as well as at Fort Leavenworth, were employed
to protect the trade of the frontier. A military road was constructed
between the two forts soon after, and the roadway thrown up in the valley
of the Marais des Cygnes, and remains of some of the bridges are still to
be seen.

Previously, the deposit of lead near Mine Creek, at the place subse-
quently known as Potosi, was discovered by the French. The extent to
which this metal was mined by them and the Indians is now merely con-
jectural ; but the operations of mining seem to have been carried on for
a considerable time, and to have been discontinued only because they were
unprofitable. Andit is probable that it was during the continuance of
1102, HISTORY

these operations that the Marais. des Cygnes River received its name ; as
the tradition is that the French, after passing up the Osage above the
mouth of the Little Osage, observed that the marshes of this river con
tained numerous swans, applied the name, Marais des Cygnes(marsh o-
swans) to the river above that point, the mouth of the LittleOsag «.f
_ During the winter of 1853-54, as soon as it became reasonably certain
that the territory west of Missouri would be thrown open to settlement,
numerous squatters established themselves on claims in the timber along
the many wooded streams in Linn County. Their primary idea was to get
away from progress. After becoming located, then, in many cases, their
primary idea was to keep progress away from them. They were Pro-
slavery. The first to settle in the county with the view to making improve-
{ments were James Osborne and Adam Pore. They took claims in Jan-
j uary, 1854, at the head of Little Sugar Creek, about two miles from the
-s Diva site of Mound City. D. W. Cannon, John Brown and William
! H. Murray, all Pro-slavery, and William. Park, James Osborne and James
. Montgomery, Free-State, came in the same year; the latter, in August,
' buying the claim on which he lived the rest of his life, for $11, paygng $5
down, and promising to pay the additional $6 sometime in the future.

In Liberty Township, in 1854, William Kirk, P. H. Thomas, James
Walker, Thomas Day and Robert Cottle made settlements. These went
away during the troubles of 1856, the last three returning in the fall of
that year. In 1857, D Underhill with his family, and Thomas Cottle
moved in. When this township was first organized, it was named Jack-
son, after Isaiah Jackson, the only Pro-slavery man init. In 1858, after
Jackson had left the Territory upon the kindly advice of Montgomery,
the name of the township was changed to Liberty. Jackson had done
many things which made him obnoxious to the frée-State men, and in
their behalf Montgomery gave him notice to leave. Acting upon this
notice he left, but returned in August and resumed his residence. In
November, a couple of unknown men called upon him ostensibly to look
at his claim with the view of buying it, and attempted to decoy him away
from his house for the purpose of killing him, but could not get him away
from home. One of them fired upon him, slightly wounding him in the
shoulder. He then left the county the second time, and in about a month
returned again to make preparations to leave the Territory permanently.
The Free-State men, supposing him to have returned to again resume his
residence, captured him and took him to Montgomery. Montgomery re-
ceived him kindly, kept him all night at his house; preached him a ser-
mon and sent him away with the admonition that, as the Free-State men
were determined he should not stay, he had better leave for good. Ex-
pecting to be murdered immediately upon being placed in Montgomery’s
power, he was overjoyed at his kind treatment, and praised Montgomery
very highly, saying he was one of the finest men he had ever met—doubt-
less a truthful tribute. is

In Valley Township, the following parties settled in the years named :
Samuel Nichols, 1854; James Martin, Thomas Polk, Jacob McCoy and
others, in 1855; John R. (‘Uncle Jacky”) Williams, N..M. Hawk and
others, in 1856; William and Asa Hairgrove, and Amos and Austin Hall
in 1857; C. C. Hadsall and Joseph and William Goss, in 1858.

In Stanton Township the following were early settlers: John Speer,
in 1855; Jonathan Swaggerty, in 1856 ; Charles Campbell and Levi P. and
E. M. Tucker, in 1858.

In Potosi Township the following were among the first settlers:
Chesley Hart, in 1854 ; David Lindsey, John Baugh and Washington and
Russell Hinds, in 1855 ; John Elsrode and John Turner, in 1856 ; Thomas
Speakes and John W. Garrétt, in 1857.

In Scott Township, Samuel Scott was the first settler, in 1854.

In Sheridan Township the first settlers were Thomas Ferguson and
Fabian Rice, in 1855, and Frank Laberdy and Joseph Smith in 1856.

EARLY POLITICAL TROUBLES.

The first convention in the county was beld at Sugar Mound Febru-
ary 20, 1855. The object of the convention was to nominate candidates
for the Territorial Legislature, the election for which was to be held
‘March 30, following. The convention was called by James P. Fox, and
met at a small Pro-slavery or whisky grocery kept by Mr. Miller. As
Mr. Fox was instrumental in calling the convention, as the nature and
action of the convention were mainly determined by the course of Mr.
Fox himself and the opposition thereto by others, und as we refer to him
only incidently in other portions of the history, we introduce here a brief
sketch of this somewhat remarkable man. He was one of the earliest set-
tlersin the county, and settled on a claim, which, in the carly part of 1856,
he skillfully managed to have selected as the town site of Paris and the
county seat. He was by nature and education a Pro-slavery man, and evi-
dently en rapport with the leaders of the Pro-slavery party. It was their
determination to elect a Pro-slavery Legislature, and his desire to be
elected a member of that Pro-slavery Legislature. There was an under-
standing between them and him in regard to his candidature. He was to
secure the nomination, and they were to furnish votes enough, from Mis-
souri if necessary, to elect him. His name was Fox, and he had Indian
blood coursing in his veins. Had the Indians named him, following their
general rule of applying names from the most pronounced characteristics,
they would doubtless have chosen “ Fox’’ for his surname, from the sly-
ness and cunningness of his nature. Most of the voters in the district
were free-State men, and most of them, too, although temperance men,
loved their dram. No prohibitory laws were in force, neither did public
opinion require their enactment. Fox was well aware of this failing of
his neighbors, and for some weeks prior to the convention was accustomed
to meet, on Saturday of each week, at Miller's grocery at Sugar Mound,
such of the thirsty soulsas might chance to come in on that day from
their claims. On these occasions, news was disseminated, jokes were
cracked, neighborhood matters were discussed, politics were debated and
whisky flowed freely at the expense of Mr. Fox.

OF KANSAS.

At last the day of the convention came. It had been heralded abroad
by nailing a written notice three days beforehand on Miller’s grocery door.
On account of the limited time given, many living even in the vicinity failed
to hear that a convention had been called. On the day appointed the con-
vention met, and Mr. Glover was made chairman. James Montgomery,
who lived but five miles west of Sugar Mound, had not heard of the call-
ing of the convention. but happening to come to town that day was chosen
Secretary. Mr. Glover stated the object of the convention to be that of
nominating candidates for the Legislature. Names were submitted, and
immediate balloting favored by some. Mr. Fox delivered a speech, care-
fuily couched in language calculated to keep out of sight the one issue,
slavery, in which all were most deeply interested, or to allay their solic-
itude in regard thereto, by assuring them that the time to raise that issue
would not come until a convention should be called to frame a State con-
stitution. Mr. Turner, who was a Free-State Democrat, and who desired
himself to be a candidate for the Legislature, saw plainly that, as the con-
vention was constituted, he stood no chance of a nomination; so moved a
postponement until the district could be notified. Mr. Fox, in a vigorous
speech, opposed postponement, and it was voted down. Montgomery,
who, up to this time, had been a silent but by no means disinterested ob-
server of events, perceived what were the crafty designs of Mr. Fox, and
resolved, if possible, to defeat them. Accordingly he arose to address the
convention, and said in substance that the Missourians had resolved to
make Kansas a Slave State; that they were making extensive preparations
to accomplish their designs; that the Organic Act conferred upon the set-
tlers the right to determine the character of their own institutions; that
for himself he was in favor of making it a Free State; that in order to
make it a Free State it was necessary to elect Free-State-men to the Leg-
islature, and that in his opinion candidates for nomination to the Legisla-
‘ture should be required to express their opinions on the vital issue of the
day. Other speakers followed in a similar strain, and finally Mr. Fox, .
seeing no way left to secure the nomination but by openly favoring mak-
ing a a Free State, publicly pledged himself to labor, if elected, to
that end.

Montgomery having carried this point, next attempted to secure’ the
adjournment of the convention to some future day, on the ground that
as but few of the settlers were aware of the convention having been called,
few of them were present, and that it would be best to adjourn, publish
the re-assembling of the convention, and thus secure a general attend-
ance of the people. In this also he was successful.

' At the second convention, the issue of Free or Slave State was put
squarely before it. Col. Coffey was present, and made a speech in favor
of a Slave State, full of the usual Pro-slavery sophistry of the day. | At its
close the Pro-slavery men were jubilant, the Free-State men despondent;
Montgomery arose to address them, and with a master hand cleared away

- the cobwebs of Col. Coffey’s argument, upueny established the

principles of freedom and the policy of making Kansas free. James P.
‘ox and M. G. Morris received the nominations by the Free-State party
for Councilmen, but at the election, March 30, 1855, A. M. Coffey and
David Lykins, of Miami County, were elected. There were two precincts
in Linn County at that election—Big Sugar and Little Sugar. At the first,
there were cast for the Pro-slavery candidates 74 votes, and for the Free-
State candidates, 17; of these, 32 were legal and 59 illegal. At Little
Sugar precinct the Pro-slavery candidates received 34 votes and the Free-
State 70, all legal votes. The voting place in the latter precinct was at
Sugar Mound; in the former at “ Keokuk,” twelve miles northwest.

At the election held May 22, to fill vacancies occasioned by Gov.
Reeder’s withholding certificates from certain parties on account of frauds
in the election of March 30, Augustus Wattles and William Jessee were
elected Representatives from the Second District; but, on arriving at
Pawnee, they were refused scats in the House.

To the Lecompton Constitutional Convention Linn County sent three
delegates—J. H. Barlow, 8. H. Hayze and George Overstreet. The num-
ber of voters in the county at the time of taking the census preparatory
to this election, was 413 ; but the highest number cast was for J H. Bar-
low, who received 124, the others each receiving 118. The Free-State men
generally failed to vote, which was doubtless a great mistake. When it
came to voting on the election of officers under that Constitution, there
were 380 votes cast for the Pro-slavery candidate and 360 for the Free-
State, and on the question of adopting the Constitution 510 votes were cast
against it, 1 for it with slavery and 3 for it without slavery. At the elec-
tion for officers under the Lecompton Constitution, an incidept occurred
at Bugar Mound which illustrates the feeling of a portion of the Free-
‘State party toward that instrument. The question throughout the Terri-
tory was whether to vote for officers under it. A convention assembled at
Lawrence December 2, for the purpose of considering this question, at
which resolutions were adopted repudiating the Lecompton Constitution,
and denouncing the proposed elections of December 21 and January 4.
second convention to further consider the same question was held Decem-
ber 28, at which a resolution was adopted declaring that ‘The Free-State
party will not participate in the election.’’ The conservative element of
this convention feeling that this result had been brought ahout unfairly by
the peculiar tactics of Gen. Lane, immediately called a ‘(mass conven-
tion,”’ resolved to participate in the election, and nominated a ‘‘ State”
ticket, upon which G._W. Smith was the candidate for Governor. The
proceedings of this ‘‘ Bolter’s Convention,” as it was called by the radical
Free-State men, were published in the Herald of Freedom as.the proceed-
ings of the regular convention, and extra numbers of the paper quite ex-
tensively distributed throughout Linn County. The voters,at Sugar
Mound were mostly radical, and received the supposed decision of the
regular convention with disappointment and many remonstrances ; but as
they came up to vote, being assured by the judges of election that the
convention at Lawrence had decided to go into the clection, they voted for
the officers nominated at the “Bolter’s Convention.” Thus, they were
really the victims of a misrepresentation.
LINN COUNTY.

About noon Montgomery arrived at the polls, and found in the post
office, addressed to himself, a copy of the Lawrence Republican, contain-
ing a full history of the Lawrence Convention, both regular and “ Bolters.”
He immediately saw what was the true state of affairs, and became
exceedingly enraged. He determined to expose the imposition, and
addressed the settlers pee substantially in the following language :
“Freemen of Linn! I have defended your rights in the past, and I am
here to defend them to-day. The ballot is to express the sentiments of
free men, and the ballot box is sacred only when the ballots it contains are
deposited. without restraint by those who are so entitled to deposit them.
When it does not contain such ballots it is no more the exponent of the
will of the people than if it were surrounded by armed invaders who de-
terred the legal voters from the exercise of their legal rights. How is it
with the ballot box before us? Does it express the sentiments of the voters
of Sugar Mound? No; you have been deceived! There is nothing legal
in support of that ballot box but the Lecompton Constitution which to
treat with contempt you deem a virtue; and the moral law, which would
otherwise interfere to protect it, has been shorn of its power and majesty
by ‘the foul deceit practiced upon you. This ballot box, falsely expressing
your sentiments, I will destroy ; and those wishing to vote for State officers
can afterwards proceed as though it were a new election. Thus, Freemen.
of Linn, I right you.”

With the concluding sentence, he advanced to the table, seized the
ballot box and threw it on the ground, breaking it to pieces and scattering
the ballots to the four winds.

For this act Montgomery was indicted but never brought to trial.

It should be added that the immediate cause of Montgomery’s de-
struction of the ballot box was that, after learning of the deceit attempted
upon them by the Herald of Freedom, one of the voters desired to get his
ballot out of the box, but by the judges of election was refused permis-
sion to recall it. Montgomery thereupon released not only this one ballot
but all that had been cast.

The election on the ‘‘ English Bill”? was held August 2, 1858. Linn
County cast 422 votes against it, to 48 for it, ten to one against the meas-
ure. ;

On the 9th of March, 1858, delegates to the Constitutional Convention
which finally met at Leavenworth, were elected from Linn County, as fol-
lows: A. Danford, Thomas H. Butler, R. B. Mitchell and Robert Ewing.

_ The first election under the Wyandotte Constitution movement was
held March 28, 1859, at which Linn County cast 341 votes for « Constitu-
tion and State Government, and six against them. The election for dele-
gates was held the first Tuesday of June, J. M. Arthur and Josiah Lamb
a elcid from Linn County, receiving 455 and 446 votes respectively.
The Wyandotte Constitution was adopted October 4, the vote in Linn County
being 549 for it, and 157 against; while the homestead exemption clause to
the Constitution received 455 votes and was opposed by 169 votes. On
the 8th of November, a delegate to Congress was elected; Linn County
casting 378 votes for the Democratic candidate, Saunders W. Johnson, and
563 for Marcus J. Parrott, the Republican candidate.

James M. Arthur came from Indiana to Linn County early in 1855.
He was a Free-State Democrat, and as such was subject to persecution by
Pro-slavery men. He was threatened with death, his home was burned, his:
property carried away, himself driven from home, and his wife so shame-
fully abused that for two years she was insane. On account of his perse-
secutions he was elected by the Free-State men a delegate to the Topeka
Constitutional Convention, and as a member of that Convention voted
against striking the word ‘‘ white’’ out of the Constitution. This consti-
tution was submitted to the people December 15, 1855. At Big Sugar Pre-
cinct eighteen votes were cast in its favor and two against it; at Little
Sugar Precinct forty-two votes were cast for it, and eighteen against it.

At the election for officers under the Topeka Constitution, James M.
Arthur, D. W. Cannon, John Landis and David Rees, were elected mem-
bers of the Legislature from Linn County. ; .

One of the incidents of the year 1855 was the arrest of Elihu Fair-
banks, of Mansfield, by Marshall Russell, formerly of Arkansas. The
marshal had writs against a number of others, but succeeded in executing
only this one. Fairbanks was ironed, taken to Paris, where he was kept
in confinement several days, and then taken to Lawrexce, where he was re-
leased by the people. Marshal Russell had under his command a very
large posse, which remained in the county a considerable time, durin
which it was supplied with provisions by William Hobson. Hobson’s bil
for the same was nearly $2,000, and was never paid for by the Territorial
Government, on the ground that the marshal was acting without authority.

At the election for delegate to Congress, October 9, 1855, A. H. Reeder
received at Big.Sugar Creek 28 votes, at Little Sugar 41.

The Battle of Paris.—This battle occurred about December 1, 1859,
and was fought between the forces of Mound City, under C. R. Jennison,
and those of Paris, over the removal of the county records to the former
place. Mound City had won on November 8, in the contest for the county
seat, but notwithstanding this, the clerks of the Probate Court, of the
County Court and of the District Court refused to remove the records to
the new county seat. The Probate Judge had no influence over these re-
fractory clerks. The time for the meeting of the courts;was approaching.
No court could be held unless the county seat ‘and the records could be
brought together. It was impossible to move the county seat to the rec-
ords, and it seemed: impossible to move the records to the county seat.
How to bring them together was a knotty problem. Finally an Alexander
arose in the person of John T. Snoddy (afterward Major), who went to
the Probate Judge, D. W. Cannon, and proposed that, if armed with an
order for the records, he would bring them to Mound City in time for the
opening of court. Judge Cannon wrote the order and handed it to the
doughty Major. A company of about fifty men was organized, to march
on Paris. In order to render resistance on the part of the Parisians abso-
lutely useless and ineffectual if made, Dr. Trego was dispatched with his
team to Osawatomie after a canuon that was there, the Abbott howitzer

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so famed in Kansas history, and with this managed by Wright alias
“Pickles,” the Mound City forces marched in|the night upon the doomed
city of Paris, arriving there just before daylight, and planting their can-
non so as to rake the court house and principal business blocks, in case
the records were not immediately forthcoming on demand. A fire was
built near the cannon in order to render rapid firing possible in case it
should become necessary to bombard the town. That the artillerists
were entirely without ammunition was of secondary consequence to them.
The Parisians, upon arising from their beds and coming out upon the streets,
were taken completely by surprise. They at once saw that resistance was
hopeless, but some of the officers, still unwilling that the records should
be removed to Mound City, denied all knowledge of their whereabouts.
The denial was not believed, and time was given within which the records
must be produced. At the expiration of the time, if they were not pro-
duced, firing would be opened from the howitzer, and the town blown to
atoms. Just in time to prevent this dire calamity the coveted records
were drawn out from under a bed by the officer who had himself placed
them there, and then most strenuously denied all knowledge of them.
Thus was Paris saved and Mound City victorious.

The Battle of Middle Creek.—This battle occurred on Middle Creek, in
Liberty Township, August 25, 1856. Up to this time, the settlers in Linn
County had enjoyed comparative quiet; but henceforward troubles of
various kinds were frequent. All along the border, the Missourians were
massing armed forces—Atchison and Reid at Little Santa Fé, and G. W
Clarke further south. On the date above ae a portion of the latter’s
forces, numbering about one hundred and fi Wy having come up from Fort
Scott, under Capt. Jesse Davis, with John E. Brown and James P. Fox
holding subordinate positions, encamped on Middle Creek, about nine
miles southwest of Osawatomie. Capts. Anderson, Cline and Shore, with
an aggregate of about one hundred and twenty men, encamped in that
neighborhood the same evening. On the next morning, scouts brought in
four prisoners, who said that fifty of Davis’ men were absent from camp..
An attack was therefore immediately determined upon. Capt. Anderson
made a detour, in order to cut off Davis’ retreat, and Cline and Shore
marched upon him in front. In the advance, they captured five prisoners,
and released a Free-State man. Upon approaching within range, the Mis-
sourians opened fire upon them. The fire was returned, and lasted about.
ten minutes, when, upon the approach of Capt. Shore’s men, the Missouri-
ans promptly retired, leaving most of their camp equipage, a good dinner
already prepared, and two wounded men upon the ground. One of the
wounded was Lieut. Cline, of Fort Scott. He was taken to Osawatomie,
and, on the 30th of the same month, when Gen. Reid burned the town,
was taken charge of by Gen. Reid’s forces, and died on their hands, at
Westport.

Montgomery observed armed Pro-slavery forces marching towards
Osawatomie, and himself went up that way, but arrived too late to render
any assistance. He, therefore, returned home, and remained quiet for
several days, with the view of not creating any alarm; but, in a few days,
upon going to Mound City, he found the settlers consulting as to leaving
the Territory. The report was circulated, and gained credence to some
extent, that George W. Clarke intended to arm the Miami Indians, fill
them with whisky, and turn them loose upon the Free-State settlers.
This report, although doubtless wholly false, increased their alarm to such
an extent, that some, who would otherwise have remained, left their
claims, cabins and personal effects to be pillaged and burned, as they
expected, by the border ruffians and Miami Indians.

The first raid by the Missourians into Linn County, was made in the
fall of 1856. The party was headed by the notorious George W. Clarke,
and consisted of about four hundred men. This party went to the old
‘town of Paris, at that time a Pro-slavery settlement. There they were
joined by confederates, among whom was the almost equally notorious
James P. Fox. From Paris, the party went to Sugar Mound, the objective
point of the expedition. Here they burned-down some houses, and robbed
Ebenezer Barnes’ house, store and post office. Many depredations were
committed, and quite a number of Free-State families started back to the
Eagt, among them William Hobson’s and Ebenezer Barnes’ family, to IIli-
nois. Mr. Harces himself remained. Montgomery was at the Mound at
that time, and was-also an object of desire to the Missourians, but he
managed to escape, and started, as they supposed, for home. Instead of
going home, he went to Missouri for the purpose of gaining information
as to who composed Clarke’s band. Like almost every other settler in
Kansas, at that time, he had the ague. Upon reaching Missouri, he went
to the house of Capt. Burnett and sought admittance. He was taken in
and cared for by Mrs. Burnett, Mr. Burnett not being at home. Some
time afterward, Mr. Burnett, who was out with Clarke on his raid, returned,
and found Montgomery, whom he did not know, at his house. He found
Montgomery to be a very intelligent man, on his way from New -York to
Kansas, and desirous of finding a school to teach during the winter! Mr.
Burnett found him a school, which he taught about two weeks, during
which time he learned all he desired to know as to the identity of Clarke’s
raiders. He now returned to his home, and formed a company of seven
men to go into Missouri and bring back the property stolen by Clarke’s
band, or its equivalent. Upon arriving in the neighborhood of Burnett’s,
his party secreted themselves in the timber. The Miami Indians were then
still living on their reservation, and were in the habit of going into Mis-
souri and stealing horses. The Missourians, in the neighborhood of Bur-
nett’s, upon discovering the presence of Indians in the vicinity, were
accustomed to report the fact to Mr. Burnett. Montgomery, having
learned these particulars while playing the role of teacher, after secreting
his party in the timber, disguised two of them as Indians, mounted them
on one horse, and sent them around throughout the neighborhood to create
the impression that Indians had come, and to cause all who should see
them to report to Mr. Burnett! His two Indians having returned, Mont-
gomery, with all his men, moved forward and took possession of Burnett’s
house, Mr. B. not being at home.
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Presently the neighbors began to come in on horseback one at a time.
As each approached, one of Montgomery’s men would go out to meet him,
“ get the drop on him,” lead him into the house a prisoner, disarm him and
place him under guard, at the same time securing his horse. In this way
twenty-one prisoners were captured. Burnett himself was similarly
secured. Montgomery’s men then broke the guns of their prisoners, took
$250 in money, selected eleven good horses and returned ‘to the Little
Sugar. Upon arriving at Sugar Mound, Montgomery, leaving his men with
the horses in the timber, went to the house of Ebenezer Barnes, to have
supper prepared for himself and his men, but. Mr. Barnes’ family had not

-returned, and there was nothing to eat in the house. He then went to
Judge Cannon’s house, but the Judge, although a Free-State man for
Kansas, declined to provide supper, as he disapproved of what Montgom-
ery had done, and did not desire to be identified with him in such
operations.

Within twenty days most of the settlers returned. Some of their
cabins had been aaeR, others were found to have been undisturbed. But
a large amount of property had been carried away or destroyed. Judge
Canrfon found his cabin and its contents as he had left them, while Isaac
Dement found his two little cabins burned down, but his household goods
had been previously removed, and remained piled up on the ground when
he returned.

Claim difficulties were of frequent occurrence during the latter part of
the years 1856 andin 1857, and they were often sprung upon the settlers as a
mere pretext, in order to create difficulties; most of the troubles of 1856, in
Linn County are laid at the door of G. W. Clarke, who, it is said, ‘“‘in the
summer of 1856, plundered, robbed and burned’ out of house and home
nearly every Free-State settler in Linn County, while his hands were
steeped in innocent blood and the light of burning buildings marked his
course.” But this is an exaggeration. Clarke burnt only three or four
buildings in Linn County, in 1856. It was difficulties of this kind that
caused Montgomery to take to the brush, and ee entered upon this
course he became the most powerful friend of the Free-State men, and
the most hated and feared by the Pro-slavery men. At first he fought
single-handed, then was joined by a few, and was afterward aided by
few or many as circumstances required. His operations may be’ classed
as defensive, preventive and retaliatory,’and it is doubtless true that he
did many things which, when judged of outside of their immediate and
remote causes and connections, would not stand the test of the moral code.

With six men he made an attack on Briscoe Davis, a Pro-slavery man,
and Captain of a company, of Territorial militia, with the view of making
Davis prisoner, ‘and securing the company’s arms. Davis, however, was
not at home, and all that was secured at his house was one prisoner, Brown,
« number of arms and some ammunition. While Montgomery was en-
gaged in secreting the arms, Brown made his escape. On this account

ontgomery abandoned his design of attacking and disarming the Pro-
slavery men on Big Sugar, and, in order to avoid the Territorial Militia
which was in force, under Gov. J. W. Geary, eight miles south, on Little
Sugar Creek, made a wide detour south into Bourbon County, coming in
sight of some Texan Rangers. The Rangers immediately fled to Fort
Scott, and gave such an exaggerated report of the number of Montgom-
ery’s men, that the inhabitants of the town deserted it in a panic.

In the fall of 1858, Old John Brown appeared upon the scene in Linn
County. He had been invite! into the county by Augustus Wattles to
assist in fighting the Pro-slavery men. Mr. Wattles, who had formerly
lived in Douglas County, had known the old man there. Mr. Wattles was
one of the pioneers of Kansas. He was born in Lebanon, Conn., in 1808;
moved to Ohio in 1833; to Douglas County, Kan., in 1855; to Linn
County in 1857, and died December 19, 1876.

Mr. Wattles introduced Brown to his friends and others as ‘‘Shubel
Morgan,”’ and it was by that name that Brown was generally known while
he was operating against slaveholders and other Pro-slavery men, with
Linn County as his base'of operations. ony a few of his immediate
friends knew that it was Old John Brown. is personal safety required
that he should conceal his identity, and oftentimes also his whereabouts.
As illustrative of the truth of the latter statement, we introduce the fol-
lowing incident: On one of Brown’s visits to Wattles’ house, in Douglas
County, he was overtaken by a squad of troops under Lieutenant Carr,
although the Licutenant did not know he was so close upon Brown’s heels,
otherwise the sequel would doubtless nave been different. After the
troops had encamped for the night, Licutenant Carr approached Mr. Wat-
tles’ house, and engaged in conversation with Mr. Wattles. During the
conversation, he informed Mr. W. of the object of his expedition, and
told him how great would be his satisfaction if he could capture the old
man, etc. During this interview, Brown was secreted in the loft of Wat
tles’ house, and could thus see and hear all that was going on, and his men
were secreted in the bushes not far away. A few oe afterward Brown
quietly slipped away, went into Missouri and liberated seventeen slaves.

hile in Linn County, Brown usually made his headquarters at Mr.
Wattles’ house, and here as elsewhere was followed by a few men upon
whom he could depend even under the most desperate circumstances. His
work was continued throughout the balance of this year, many slaves being
freed as the result. His dotermisied opposition to the incursions into Kan-
sas of the Missourians, and his own determined incursions into Missouri
awakened the bitterest hostility against him. The Governor of Missouri
offered a reward of $3,000 for his arrest, and President Buchanan offered
areward of $250 for his head. When Brown heard of the President’s
offer he retorted by saying that, although he did not consider Buchanan’s
body worth $2.50, yet he would give that sum to any one who would
deliver it to him, He also said that he would offer a like sum for the head
of Gov. Medary, but that he feared some of his men would earn the
reward.

On the 20th of December, Brown’s men in two parties, one under his
own command, and the other under command of J. K. Kagi, went into
Missouri to liberate slaves, Brown’s party liberated ten slaves and

‘jam Robertson,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

returned. Kayi’s party liberated one slave, and killed the owner,
a German, who could neither understand norspeak English. This murder
caused intense excitement throughout the country, and was the immediate
occasion of. the offering of the above-mentioned rewards. The liberated
slaves were taken into Franklin County and secreted for a month in an old
cabin about four miles southwest of Lane, during which time the number
was increased by birth to twelve. At the end of the month, Brown went
north with the negroes, and when near Holton an attempt was made by
some Pro-slavery men from!Atchison to rescue them, which attempt ended
in failure and a precipitate retreat of the Atchison men. This retreat is
cailed “The Battle of the Spurs.”

John Brown’s Parallels.—While these eleven slaves were thus secreted
in the old cabin, John Brown, in another old cabin, a correct account of
which may be found in the sketch of Franklin County, wrote his famous
“Parallels,” dating them at the Trading Post for the purpose of shielding
from suspicion his friends who were assisting him to secrete the fugitives,
and of rendering his effort to free them a success.

TRADING Post, Kansas, January 3, 1859.

GENTLEMEN : You will greatly oblige a humble friend by allowing the
use of your columns while I briefly state two parallels in my poor oe

Not a year-ago, eleven quiet citizens of this neighborhood, viz., Will:
illiam Colpetzer, Amos Hall, Austin Hall, John Camp-
bell, Asa Snyder, Thomas Stillwell, William Hairgrove, Asa Hairgrove,
Patrick Ross, and B. L. Reed,* were gathered up from their work and
their homes, by an armed force, under one Hamilton, and without trial
or opportunity to speak in their own defense, were formed in line and all
but one shot, five killed and five wounded, one fell unharmed, pretending
to be dead. All were leftfor dead. ‘The only crime charged against them
was that of being Free State men. Now I inquire what action has ever
since this occurrence in May last been taken by either the President of the
United States, the Governor of Kansas, or any of their tools, or by any
Pro-slavery or Administration man, to ferret out and punish the perpe:
trators of this crime ?

Now for the parallel. On Sunday, December 19, a negro man, called
““Jim,’’ came over to the Osage settlement from Missouri, and stated that
he, together with his wife, two children, and another negro man, was to
be sold within a day or two, and begged for help to get away. On Mon
day, the following night, two small parties were made up to go to Mis-
souri and forcibly liberate the five slaves, together with other slaves.
One of these companies I assumed to direct. We proceeded to the place,
surrounded the buildings, liberated the slaves, and also took certain prop-
erty, supposed to belong to the estate.

We, however, learned before leaving that a portion of the articles
belonged to a man living on the plantation as a tenant, and who was sup-
posed to have an interest in the estate. We promptly returned ‘to him
all we had taken. We then went to another plantation, where we found
five more slaves, took some property and two white men. We moved all
slowly away in the Territory for some distance, and then sent the white
men back, telling them to follow us as soon as they chose to do so.

The other company freed one female slave, took some property and,
as I am informed, killed one white man, the master, who fought against
the liberation. :

Now for the comparison. Eleven persons are forcibly restored to
their natural and inalienable rights, with one man killed, and “‘all hell is
stirred beneath.’ It is currently reported that the Governor of Missouri
has made a requisition on the Governor of Kansas for all such as were en-
gaged in the last named “dreadful outrage.’? The Marshal of Kansas is
said to be collecting a posse of Missouri (not Kansas) men, at West Point,
in Missouri, a little town about ten miles distant, to enforce the laws. All
Pro-slavery, conservative free-State, and dough-faced men are filled with
horror. Consider the two cases, and the action of the Administration
party. Respectfully yours, Joun Brown.

These ‘‘parallels’’ were sent to the Lawrence Tribune and New York
Tribune for publication.

The Marais des Cygnes Massacre.—This massacre accurred on the
19th of May, 1858. It was one of the most deliberate, inexcusable and
atrocious massacres recorded in the annals of history. While the people
of Linn County were quietly planting corn and unsuspicious of danger, a
band of thirty Missourians, under command of Capt. Charles A. Hamilton,
about 8 o’clock in the morning, onemile below Choteau Trading Post, cap-
tured Patrick Ross, who was going from the Post to his farm near by.
Upon arriving at the Post with their prisoner, Capt. Hamilton’s party ar-
rested John F. Campbell, a store keeper there, and two or three others,
who were released. Elder B. L. Reed was captured one-half mile north
of the Post, while standing in the road talking about taking the school.
At the same time and place, William A. Stilwell, who was on his way: from
Mound City to Kansas City in his wagon, was taken. Upon his driving
up, Hamilton asked him if he knew Montgomery, to which Mr. Stilwell
replied that he had seen him, but was not acquainted with him. Hamilton
then commanded, “Get out and march in here.” Stilwell got out of his
wagon and took his position with the other prisoners, leaving his team
standing in the road. Some other persons were then taken and released.
This occurred near Mr. Nichol’s house, which was searched for arms and
for Mr. Nichol himself, but he was absent. Mr. Stilwell was searched for
money and arms, and the following letter found upon his person, which
was read aloud: “Messrs. Chick & Co., Kansas City, Mo.: I have sent
you $200 to pay freight on goods. Please deliver to Mr. Stilwell what he
can bring and I will send you the balance soon. J. W. GARRETT.” Three
or four of Hamilton’s men were next sent to bring in Asa Hairgrove, and
another party was sent after Austin and Amos Hall, the main body march-
Ing on toward Hairgrove’s house, about two miles from the Post. There
Amos Hall, who was nearly blind, and Mr. Hairgrove were brought in,
the latter from his corn field. At the same time, William Colpetzer was

“The names are given correatly in our account of the massacre,
LINN COUNTY.

captured. They then went: in a northwesterly direction and brought in
M. Robinson and Asa Snyder, who had a short time previously arrived
from Dlinois. Capt. Hamilton with seven men then started out to arrest
Capt. Eli Snyder, the blacksmith, and bring him in, the main body pro-
ceeding on about one-half mile to the top of a high mound (Priestly
Mound), from which elevated position the whole country for miles around
could be overlooked. The latter party watched with considerable interest
the attempt to arrest Capt. Snider, which, on account of his courage and
3 au uses in handling his musket, resulted in failure, and in some of Capt.
amilton’s men being severely wounded. Returning to the main body,
Hamilton ordered a forward march, and the prisuners were led down to a
canon or gulch by a -by-path between rocks, single file, when the com-
mands were given, “Halt,” “ Front face,”’ ‘Close up,” to the prisoners;
and his own men were formed in line in front of them on a shelf or rock
about as wide as a good wagon road and somewhat higher than the pris-
oners’ heads. Deliberately the orders were given by Capt. Hamilton,
‘Make ready,” ‘‘Take aim,’”’ but before the order ‘‘ Fire” could be ut-
tered, one of the worst of the border ruffians, Brockett by name, turned
his horse away, whereupon Hamilton said to him, ‘‘Brockett, G——d
d—n you, why don’t you wheel into line?” Brockett said, ‘“‘I’ll be
d——d if I'll have anything to do with such a G——d d——d piece of
business as this. If it was in a fight Id fire.” At this, Hamilton took out
his revolver and fired at the prisoners, giving the order to- his men to fire
at the same time. Alvin Hamilton’s gun, which was aimed at L. B. Reed,
missed fire the first time; Reed, not being hit, turned partly round to see
his companions fall, and, Hamilton’s gun being immediately re-cocked
and fired, received the ball on one of his ribs and fell. Thus all these in-
nocent, brave men were brought down. On their part, there was no
flinching nor begging for quarter. Mr. Hairgrove, just before the order
to ay was given, said: ‘‘Gentlemen, if you are going to shoot us, take
good_aim.”

After waiting a few minutes, Hamilton gave the order to his men to
go down and see who were dead, and to shoot those who were not. Two
of the ruffians went down among the fallen and fired three shots at differ-
ent ones who gave signs of life. Amos Hall was shot through the mouth.
One said ‘‘Old Reed ain’t dead yet,’ and a shot was fired, when the re-
mark was repeated, ‘‘Old Reed ain’t dead.” “Which is him?” was
asked. ‘‘ Why, there the old devil is, looking at you.” But Pat Ross got
the balls and he was killed. Another ruffian said, ‘‘See that man humped
up, he ain’t dead.” The man ‘‘ humped up” was Austin Hall, and his
body was perfectly rigid. One of those who were finishing the butchery,
kicked Mr. Hall, rolled him over, and remarked, ‘‘ He’s as {dead as the
Devil,” and so let him alone. Mr. Hall was the only one not hit. One of
the ruffians said, ‘‘ There’s a man that’s got $200,” meaning Stilwell; but
they did not find the $200. It had been hid in the wagon by Mr.
Stilwell at the time of his capture. Another said, ‘‘There’s a fel-
ny that’s got a good watch,” meaning J. F. Campbell. The watch was
taken.
first, then twelve, and soon after the balance, leaving their victims all for
dead. The result of the shooting was that five were killed, five wounded
and one unharmed. The killed were, John F. Campbell, William Colpet-
zer, Patrick Ross, William Stilwell and M. Robinson ; the wounded, Amos
Hall, William Hairgrove, Asa Hairgrove, B. L. Reed and Asa Snyder.

The body of William Stilwell was taken to Mound City for burial,
those of the others were all buricd in one grave, some distance south of
the scene of the massacre. The wounded all recovered. ,

It has been a query why any of those captured were released, , and
why Brockett at the moment of command to fire, refused to do so. From
the best information obtainable it is believed that some were released on
account of their youth, others because they were believed to be Pro-
slavery, and still others because they gave the Masonic sign of distress,
which all good Masons must recognize. It is also believed that Brockett
refused to fire upon recognition of the same sign made by Mr. Stilwell,
who was a Mason.

All the men who were captured were peaceable, conservative citizens,
who had from design ever since they came into the Territory, held them-
selves aloof from participation in the troubles upon either side, hoping
thereby to insure their safety by not incurring the displeasure of either
party. The sequel proved the vanity of their hopes.

Capt. Hamilton had prepared a list of from sixty to seventy Free-
State men whom he had proscribed, and this massacre was the first of a
contemplated series of massacres which was to be continued until the
whole list had been slain. Happily it chanced to be the last as well as the
first. Montgomery was advised of the general plan, and had been
furnished with a list of the proscribed men. He determined to kill Ham-
ilton at the first opportunity. To this end, about the first of May he ap-
proached Hamilton’s house, a log one, with a party of men for the pur-
pose of capturing him; but finding he could effect nothing in the way of
an attack with rifles alone, he sent a squad of men to bring the howitzer.
But before its arrival a body of United States troops, on their way to
Leavenworth, were calied to Hamilton’s relief, and Montgomery was
obliged to disperse his men. Montgomery then went to the Sheriff of
Linn County, acquainted him with Hamilton’s designs, showed him the
list of the proscribed Free-State men, and received assurances from that
official that the men so proscribed should be protected from all harm.

The descent when made was made unexpectedly. Montgomery was
away in Johnson County. He returned in the evening of the day of the
massacre. The next evening a force of about two hundred citizens, under
Sheriff McDaniel, Col. R. B. Mitchell and Montgomery, approached West
Point, Mo., to which place it was believed the murderers had retired.
Before entering the town a consultation was held, at which, against the
remonstrance of Montgomery, it was decided to send forward a deputation
and ask the leading citizens to come out toaconference. While this depu-
tation was delayed, men. were seen to leave the town from the opposite
side, Montgomery and his men gave chase, captured one prisoner, against

Hamilton and his men then rode away in squads, six or seven at

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whom nothing could be proved, and so released him. The citizens when
they finally came out to the conference, deplored the massacre, denied all
knowledge of the whereabouts of the murderers and refused to aid in their
apprehension.

The citizens retired discomfited, and separated into two divisions to
watch for the re-approach of Hamilton in case he should further pursue
his murderous designs against the Free-State men of the Territory. They re-
mained on duty until superseded by Capt. Weaver in command of a body
of regular militia. This body of troops so vigilantly guarded the border
all summer that Capt. Hamilton never again made his appearance.

_ During the summer one of the murderers, Charles Matlock, was ar-
rested, but while at Paris awaiting his trial, escaped from the guard and
was never re-captured. Another of Hamilton’s men, William Griffith,
was arrested in Platte County, Mo., in 1863, and taken to Mound City,
Linn County, Kan., for trial on an indictment against Charles A. Ham-
ilton e¢ al. for murder in the firstdegree. ritfith plead ‘‘not ea and
set up as defense the ‘‘ Amnesty act,” approved February 11, 1859, alleg-
ing that the murder grew out of “political differences of opinion.”” The
jury, ‘‘good and lawful men,” not satisfied with the plea as a defense,
brought in the following verdict: ‘‘ We, the jury, do find the defendant,
William Griffith, guilty.” A motion for a new trial was overruled, as was
also a motion for arrest of judgment, and the Judge, Solon O. Thacher,
pronounced the sentence that the said William Griffith, on the 30th day of
October, A. D. 1863, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 2 P. M., be hung
by the neck until he be dead.” The sentence was duly carried into effect,
and, with almost poetic justice, Mr. William Haifgrove, one of the sur-
vivors of the mussacre, acting the part of executioner.

The following named gentlemen composed the jury: Jacob Holder-
man, John Burdue, Josiah Sykes, James Barrick, William Crozier, John
P. Wheeler, N. T. Smith, W. Farris, Perry Bland, Ira Hale, Amos Dur-
bin and Benjamin Bunch.

The following beautiful poem, written by John G. Whittier, was pub
lished in the Atlantic Monthly for September, 1858 :

LE MARIAS DU CYGNE.

“A blush as of roses
Where rose never grew!
Great drops on the bunch grass,
But not of the dew!
A taint in the sweet air
For wild bees to shun!
A stain that shall never
Bleach out in the sun!

“Back, steed of the prairies !

Sweet song-bird, fly back !

Wheel hither, bald vulture!
Gray wolf, call thy pack!

The foul human vultures
Have feasted and fled ;

The wolves of the Border ®
Have crept from the dead.

“In the homes of their rearing,
Yet warm with their lives,
Ye wait the dead only,
Poor children and wives!
Put out the red forge fire,
The smith shall not come;
Unyoke the brown oxen,
The plowman lies dumb.

“Wind slow from the Swan’s Marsh,

O dreary death-train,

With pressed lips as bloodless
As lips of the slain !

Kiss down the young eyelids,
Smooth down the gray hairs;

Let tears quench the curses
That burn through your prayers.

“From the hearths of their cabins,

The fields of their corn,

Unwarned and unweaponed,
The victims were torn—

By the whirlwind of murder
Swooped up and swept on

To the low, reedy fen-lands,
The Marsh of the Swan.

“With a vain plea for mercy

No stout knee was crooked ;

In the mouths of the rifles
Right manly they looked.

How paled the May sunshine,
Green Marais du Cygne,

When the death-smoke blew over
Thy lonely ravine.

“Strong man of the prairies,

Mourn bitter and wild! .

Wail, desolate woman!
Weep, fatherless child!

But the grain of God springs up
From ashes beneath,

And the crown of His harvest
Is life out of death.

“Not in vain on the dial

The shade moves along

To point the great contrasts
Of right and of wrong;

Free homes and free altars
And fields of ripe food;

The reeds of the Swan’s Marsh,
Whose bloom is of blood.

“On the lintels of Kansas
_ That blood shall not dry,
Henceforth the Bad Angel
Shall harmless go by ;
Henceforth to the sunset,
Unchecked on her way,
Shall liberty follow
The march of the day.”
1106 HISTORY

_ The ravine in which the massacre was committed is one-half mile
from the State line, one mile west of ‘Spy Mound,” in Missouri, and three-
fourths of a mile north of ‘‘Hay Stack Mound,” in Kansas. It is on the
northwest, quarter of Fractional Section 26, Township 20, Range 25 east.
This fractional quarter section is now owned by C. C. Hadsall, who bought
it of Capt. Eli Snyder and Capt. John Brown, paying therefor $550 in
cash. The bill of sale was written by John Brown, dated about July 25,
1858, and reserved to Cap . Brown the right to occupy the claim for ‘‘ mil-
itary purposes,”’ as long as he desired. “The right to military occupancy
appears to have been the only claim Old John Brown had upon the land,
the right to the property vesting in Capt. Snyder.

It was here that John Brown built a cabin for himself, during the
summer of 1858, after the massacre. It stood near the Snyder’s blacksmith
shop, in which he was attacked by Capt. Hamilton. The cabin was a two-
story one, with a flat roof, 14x18 feet in size, of hewed hickory and pecan
logs, about six inches in diameter, banked up with rocks and dirt to the
height of four feet, as a defense against small arms, and with a stream of
water running through it from a spring.

The Marais des Cygnes Memorial Association was organized May 19,
1878, with Hon. James D. Snoddy, President, and R. B. Bryan, Secretary.
The object of the association is “to erect a memorial structure near the
Trading Post, Linn County, Kan., at the graves of the victims of the
Marais des Cygnes massacre, May 19, 1858, and in commemoration of
ee sufferings for, devotion to, and heroism in, the cause of Liberty in

ansas.”’ z

On the 17th of June, after the massacre, a meeting was held at the
Trading Post, at which Gov. Denver was present. The Governor agreed
to station Maj. Weaver in the county, with a force of sixty men to protect
the border. An agreement to keep the peace was drawn up and signed by
both parties. Montgomery was present and made the following address :
“T have accepted the olive branch. To-day I came from home without my
rifle—the first time for months. I have been charged with foulest crimes ;
but you all know my acts. I have done nothing under a bushel. If any
man asserts that I have disturbed one peaceable citizen, I deny the charge
and defy the proof. If any assert that I have abused or insulted a woman,
I deny the charge and defy the proof. I have said I never would be tried
at Fort Scott, and I never will. No Free State man could hope for justice
there ; but I trust we are now to have honest courts inour own county. If
so, I pledge my honor to answer promptly any indictment. I will obey
every legal process ; stand my trial, and abide the issue.’’

Charles A. Hamilton, the murderous hero of the Trading Post, or
Marais des Cygnes, massacre, upon the borders of Eastern Kansas, was the
eldest son of an eminent and wealthy physician, Dr. Thomas Hamilton, of
Cass County. Ga. Charles A. was educated in the High School of Cass-
ville, Ga., and at the University of Georgia, at Athens. Dr. Thomas Ham-
ilton being a man of large wealth, brought up his sons in accordance with
his circumstances. Charles A. Hamilton was of a reckless disposition,
fond of fine stock, fast horses and horse-racing. In the year 1856 occurred
an incident which changed the current of his life. This was the advent
of Milton McGee, of Kansas City, Mo., in Cass County, Ga., in the inter-
ests of the Pro-slavery party of Kansas, for the purpose of raising money
to make Kansas a Slave State. Mr. McGee delivered an address in Cass-
ville, and as one result of that address, Dr. Thomas Hamilton contributed
$1,000 in cash, paying the money to Mr. McGee. The cause of the Pro-
slavery party in Kansas, as represented by McGee, so enlisted the sympa-
thies of Charles A. Humilton and his brother, George Peter, that they im-
mediately raised a select party of young men to go to Kansas, and devote
their personal efforts tothe cause. Upon their arrival in that State, George
Peter established his headquarters in Fort Scott, and endeavored there to
carry out a plan of proscription against such men as George A. Crawford, C.
Dimon and other Free-State men. Charles A. Hamilton settled in Linn
County, taking up a claim near the Trading Post, and after, and ostensibl
because of the failure of the Lecompton Constitution, declared that. if
slaveholders could not live in Kansas and hold slaves, Abolitionists should
not live there either, made up a list of about one hundred Free-State men,
whom he proscribed and intended to magsacre by installments, and on the
19th of May, 1858, commenced the execution of his plan by committing
the horrible massacre which is fully detailed elsewhere in this volume.
This fiendish crime so aroused the people and the Government of the Ter-
riitory that neither of the Hamiltons could afterward live in Kansas.
They therefore, shortly afterward, returned to Georgia. Soon after this,
George Peter removed to ees and was killed during the war of the
rebellion. Charles A. Hamilton lived upon a farm in Cass County, and
then in Floyd County until 1859. Becoming very much in debt, he made
application to the courts for permission to take advantage of the benefits
of the State Insolvent Act, and immediately after being released from
arrest migrated to the vicinity of Waco, Tex. Here he remained until the
breaking-out of the war, when he entered the rebel army as a Colonel,
and served during the war in Virginia, under Gen. Lee. At the close of
the war he returned to Texas, and about the year 1876, he returned to
Georgia, settling in Jones County. From this county he was elected to the
State Legislature, and toward the close of the year 1880 he died of apo-
plexy. His father, Dr. Thomas A. Hamilton, died at Rome, Ga., in the
latter part of the year 1859. His eldest sister married Theodore Cuyler,
a brother of Cuyler, at one time President of the Georgia Central
Railroad, and his youngest sister married John Freeman, a wealthy farmer
of Floyd County. Algernon ane Hamilton, the youngest of the family,
never went to Kansas. He was killed during the war. The whole family,
father, mother, sons and daughters were far superior in mental endow-
ments and personal beauty to the average of mankind.

. The Hanging of Russell Hinds.—This act was performed on or about
November 12, 1860. The hanging was done by a party of nine men, under
command of C. R. Jennison, and was probably done for the purpose of
terrorizing the Pro-slavery citizens of the county, as Samuel Scott, a lead-
ing Pro-slavery man, and wealthy citizen of Scott Township, was hanged

 

OF KANSAS. °

by the same party, either the day before or the day after the hanging of
Hinds, and an attempt was made to capture and hang John W. Garrett,
of Potosi Township, about the same time. But the pretext for hanging
Hinds was that he had apprehended and returned to his master a fugitive
slave, for the sake of the reward ($25). The law under which he was
hanged, is found in Exodus, xxi, 16, “ And he that stealeth a man, and
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.”

The hanging took place on Mine Creck, in the timber near the State
line. Montgomery was not present, but appears to have approved of it,
as he wrote the following note of the occurrence, and handed it to Judge
Hanway for the Judge’s information: __

“Russ Hinds, hung the 12th day of November, 1860, for manstealing.
He was a drunken border ruffian, worth a great deal to hang, but good for.
nothing else. He had caught a is slave, and carried him back to
Missouri for the sake of areward. He was condemned by a jury of twelve
men, the law being found in the 16th verse of Exodus, xxi.”’ 7

A number of others were tried for the same crime of “manstcaling,”
but as it could not be proved that they had succeeded, and as they each
took an oath neyer again to engage in the unchristian business, they were
released. ; :

The hanging of Hinds and these subsequent proceedings created a pro-
found sensation throughout the country. To render’the fugitive slave
law a nullity was denounced as the worst kind- of treason; but. notwith-
standing, the law became henceforth a dead letter in the border tier of
counties. And in order to give the proceedings of the Jayhawkers some
degree of respectability and dignity, a convention was held at Mound City,
December 8, which passed resolutions justifying the hanging of Russell
Hinds and Samuel Scott, and the shooting of L. D. Moore.

In returning the slave to his master, the truth seems to be that John
O. Turner, at the present time a respected farmer of Linn County, was
more culpable than Hinds. The slave had left his master, who lived near
Pleasant Gap, Mo., and stopped at Mr. Turner's house for shelter. Here
he remained two or three days, Mr. Turner trying to persuade him to
return to his master, who was a personal friend of Mr. er. At length
either with or without the assistance of Mr, Hinds, he prevailed upon the
fugitive to return, and he and Hinds accompanied him to_his master’s

house. The reward was tendered, but neither Turner nor Hinds would
accept it. Hinds however, did accept $5 as a reimbursement for
expenses.

Jennison’s party arrested Hinds about two miles east of where Pleas-
anton now stands, and on the way to the place of execution met Mr.
Turner, with his team and wagon about three-fourths of a mile north of
his house. Jennison did not know Turner, but a few of his men did; and,
being Masons, advised him by signs not to reveal hisindentity. Hinds. al-
though knowing his own fate, and knowing that Turner was more guilly
than himself of the crime for which he was about to be hanged, kept per-
fectly quiet, and so the interview between Jennison and Turner ended
without the former learning who the latter was; otherwise Turner would
have accompanied Hinds to that bourne whence no traveler returns.

LINN COUNTY IN THE WAR.

In the war of the rebellion, Linn County performed her full share of
duties and suffered her full share of hardships incident to that gigantic
struggle. It would require laborious search to determine the exact
number of volunteers that entered the service of the United States from
this county, but this much may be safely said, that the following com-

anies were raised mostly within it: Company E, Second Regiment
nfantry; Companies D and E, in the Sixth Cavalry, and a part of Com-
pany L; some in Company H, Seventh Cavalry; most of Companies E, of
the Tenth Infantry, G and K of the Twelfth, and M of the. Fifteenth
Cavalry. Of the Kansas State Militia, which bore such an honorable part

~ in the defense of the border, Linn County had of her citizens 556 enrolled.

The county furnished to the’ volunteer service three Colonels, Robert B.
Mitchell, of Mansfield, of the Second Infantry, who was promoted
Brigadier General; James Montgomery, of Mound City, of the Third In-
fantry (in the spring of 1862, when the partially organized Third was
consolidated with other regiments, Col. Montgomery was transferred to
the Second South Carolina Colored Volunteers, in command of which
regiment he remained to the close of the war), and Charles R. Jennison, of .
Mound City, of the Seventh Cavalry, the orginal and famous “‘ Jayhawker ”
regiment; one Major, John T. Snoddy, of Mound City, of the Seventh
Caviulry; seven Captains and sixteen Lieutenants.

_ In the militia, James D. Snoddy, of Mound City, was Colonel of the
Sixth Regiment, and_D. P. Lowe, of Mound City, Lieutenant Colonel on
the Governor's Staff. The regimental and nearly all of the company
officers of the Sixth Regiment were from Linn County.

: During the war, raids were of frequent occurrence from Missouri into
Linn County, and from Linn County into Missouri. One was made in
October into Linn by a party of Missourians under Sheriff Clem, of Bates
County. At this time, early in the morning, William Upton and Richard
Manning were killed, and later in the day Joseph Speakes. The latter,
with a cousin, had seen Clem’s posse coming before they reached Thomas
Speakes’ house, and had gone into the timber along the Marais des Cygues,
for the purpose of holding the posse in check as they were leaving the
county until the citizens should have time to collect and fall upon them in
the rear, and in the fight which occurred there in consequence was killed.
Among the houses robbed on this raid were those of Thomas Speakes and
a Mr. Storms.

In December, 1861, a raid was made by a party of about one hundred
and twenty Missourians, composed of three smaller bodies, one of these
heing from Butler, one from Balltown and the third from Papinsville.- J.
E. Hill’s store at Potosi was robbed, and a large number of private houses
entered and pillaged of their contents. Among these was that of Josiah
Sykes, about one-half mile north of Potosi. Mr. Sykes himself escaped
from his house in time to save himself, or he, being a Union man, would

 
LINN COUNTY.

undoubtedly have been killed, as was a Mr.Seright that night. This raid-
ing party. was also under command of Sheriff Clem,

_ Mr. Sykes, who had barely time to escape, secured of his clothes only
his pants, and in these, without coat or vest, barefooted and bareheaded,
made the best possible time over the frozen ground to Mound City, where
Col. Montgomery, with his Third Regiment, was stationed. Montgomery
promptly sent Maj. H. H. Williams in command of from three hundred to
tour hundred men into Missouri, whither the raiders had returned to re-
connoiter, and punish as many of them as could be found, but they had
dispersed. Maj. Williams thereupon visited Papinsville, at the time a
town of about five huhdred inhabitants, and burned to the ground every
house it contained. After this the Major’s command was divided into two
forces, one of which approache Butler, Mo., but being met by too strong
a force they retired, a few shots having been exchanged with no casualties
on the Union side. The entire command then returned to Kansas, bring-
ing with them one prisoner, named Wells, a bushwhacker, who had some
time previously shot a Union soldier, and publicly boasted of having pulled
off the soldier’s boots ‘‘before he had done kicking.” Wells was treated
with extraordinary leniency for those times, being kept, in camp under
ae all winter, and permitted finally to go away without trial or punish-
ment. a -

After this raid of Maj. Williams, Camp Defiance was established on
Mine Creek, in Linn County, near the Missouriline, and Col. Montgomery,
with his Third Regiment, stationed there until in the spring of 1862, when
the Third was consolidated with other regiments.

THE PRICE RAID.

The most important and exciting incident that occurred in Linn
County during the war was the Price raid. On the 25th of October, 1864,
it is probable that the whole of that rebel General’s command of 20,000 to
25,000 men were within the limitsof the county. As may well be imagined,
there was hurrying to and fro for a few days prior to his advent, and dur-
ing his presence. For two weeks previous, he was known to be going
northwestward through Missouri on his way to Kansas. On the 15th of
the month, the Fifteenth Cavalry, Col. Jennison commanding, stationed
at the time at Mound City, was ordered out, and in company with some
militia went to Hickman’s Mills, Mo. After marching to Pleasant Hill on
the 17th, and Warrensburg on the 18th, they reached Lexington, Mo., on
the 19th. Here they heard of Price, whose army, under command of Gens.
Shelby, Marmaduke and Cabell, was in the vicinity. Here a fight took
place, lasting three hours, in which the Federal forces fell back to Inde-
pendence, where they were met by Gens. Curtis and Blunt with their com-
mands. On the 21st, was fought the battle of the Little Blue, in which
the Union forces fell back, but stubbornly contested the ground all day,
arriving at Independence about dark. Marching on to the Big Blue, they
met the Kansas militia and went into camp for the night. On the 22d, the
Union forces, still largely outnumbered, continued to fall back, and on the
23d were driven nearly to Westport. Gen. Pleasanton at this time attacked
the rear of Price’s army, and the tide of battle turned. Price’s turn had
come to retreat, and a.running fight was kept up from Westport to Hick-
man’s Mills. On Monday, the rebel forces reached the State line in the
southeast part of Miami County, and entered Linn County in the after-
noon of that day, the 24th, camping for the night near the Marais des
Cygnes. The Union Generals held & council of war at, West Point, Mo.,
and their men gained a short rest. Col. Moonlight was dispatched with
his regiment to the right, for the purpose of flanking the rebels, and of
keeping them from going too far to the westward, and reached Mound
City early on the morning of the 25th. He kept his troops close to their
right flank until they were finally driven from the State, thus saving the
commissary stores at Furt Scott; the commissary stores at Mound City
Pe been moved twenty miles west on the night of the 24th, were all
saved. .

In the meantime, the main army under Pleasanton ‘came upon Price’s
rear guard about 3 o’clock Tuesday morning. At daylight the firing com-
menced, at the Marais des Cygnes, and was continued all day, io Fort
Scott, a distance of forty miles. At the first attack in the morning, the
rebels abandoned a large amount of stock. A second battle occurred at
“Round Mound,” six miles from the river, about 9A. M. Here Price’s
Generals, Marmaduke and Cabell, were captured (the former by James
Dunlavy, sixteen years old), together with some other prisoners and two
pee of artillery. Upon reaching Mine Creek, four miles south of the

ound Mound, the rebels made a stand, and here was fought the hardest
battle of the day. During its continuance, Pleasanton’s battery of seven
howitzers was stationed on ‘‘Round Mound,” on which now stands the
Pleasanton High School, and dropped shells into the ranks of the rebels
to the southward. The main battlefield was two milessouth of the Mound
and nearly a mile west of the Antioch Schoolhouse.
were taken here, and about 100 of the rebels were killed; three pieces of
artillery were also captured. After this battle, which occurred at 11 A.M.,
the pursuit was continued to the Little Osage, where the rebels abandoned
a large number of wagons and considerable ammunition to facilitate the
crossing of the river. They passed into Missouri just east of Fort Scott,
and upon arriving at Newtonia, again halted and gave battle, but were
again routed and continued the retreat southward, followed by the Federal
troops to the Arkansas River. The total loss of Price in this day’s work
was 9 pieces of artillery, 150 killed and 1,500 prisoners, besides a large
amount of stock, stores and ammunition.

After the fighting was over, the dead were buried and the wounded
cared for. Mound. City was converted into a hospital. Fifty-six Union
wounded and about sixty rebels filled all the available buildings, including
the schoolhouse. T. Billweod Smith, Robert Kincaid and J. P. Way
were appointed a committee to receive contributions, and everything pos-
sible was done to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded.

Many incidents both of a serious and amusing nature might be given
Were not space wanting. Nearly every house passed by the rebels was

About 500 prisoners *

1107

pillaged of most that it contained. In many cases even women were
stripped of their clothing, and the flannel taken from infants in their
mothers’ arms. Enforced cooking was an occasional occupation of the
women on that day to feed the rebel soldiers. A Mrs. Lathrop, about
seventy years old, living just south of Mine Creek, had thus fed rebel
soldiers until she had nothing left but a little corn meal, when three rebel
officers came up and ordered her to get dinner for them. She replied that
she had only a small quantity of corn meal left; whereupon they told her
to cook them a few cakes and she should not be disturbed any more that
day. While they were eating she told them that if they wanted to escape
they had best hurry for ‘‘our boys are coming.” When going away, they
attempted to make her give up a blouse she had put on to keep it from
being taken away from her, it having been left at home by one of her five
boys, all of whom were in the Union army. On account of her struggles
to retain it, these officers were detained until ‘‘our boys” came up, and
were shot by them, so that instead of gaining the Union blouse they
lost their lives. Capt. Belding’s fine horse was hitched in front of his
house, when a rebel in passing mounted it and rode off, leaving his own, a
much poorer one, in its place. Soon another rebel came along and made
a similar exchange, and then a third, who left a horse which remained the
rest of the day, being too poor for any one to take away. Quite a num-
ber of citizens were fired upon and wounded and some wantonly killed.
Among those wounded were Harlan Jackson, Elijah Miller and Lieut. D.
F. Park. Among the killed, Richard B. Vernon, who was murdered in
Missouri; Samuel A. Long, fifty-six years old, who was killed six miles north
of Trading Post; John Miller, sixty-five years old, who was killed near
the Post, and Levi Ward, forty-five years old. John R. Williams, “ Uncle
Jacky,” as he was familiarly called, was for a time believed to have been
killed, but it transpired that when he came to a creek in Southwest Mis-
souri, a prisoner with Price, in the night, he slipped down into the creek,
and by concealing himself and remaining quiet until the rebel army passed
on, he effected his escape. ©

Most of the citizens of the county manifested commendable courage
during those exciting and trying times, but there are a few instances of
persons who were entirely unmanned by fear. One excellent citizen who
was the only man with a party of women and children, was entirely.
unable to harness a span of horses and hitch them to a et in order
that they might ride to a place of safety. A young man at Mound City
crawled into a hollow log and there remained until hunger compelled him
to come out and reconnoiter, when to his joy he found that the last rebel
had long since disappeared. An old gentleman in the vicinity of Pleas-
anton, after loading up his household goods and-family in his wagon,
drove into a convenient cove and leaving them there went into the timber
and dug a hole in the ground under a log, about four feet in diameter,
into which hole he crawled on Tuesday and remained until Thursday,
when he found his way through his corn-field toward his house. Here he
saw a neighbor’s wife feeding his hogs, and when assured by her that the
rebels had gone, ventured to expose himself to the open air. His fright
and exposure caused him a long fit of sickness which nearly cost him his
life, but he recovered and still lives.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY SEAT.

Linn County was organized in 1855. The first Board of County Commissioners, called
the “ Court,” consisted of R. E. Elliott, President, and L. M. Love and Brisco Davis “as-
sistants.” By this court the following complement of county officers was appointed: Treas-
urer, James P. Fox; Clerk, Joseph D. Wilmot: Assessor, James Driskill; Surveyor, Will-
iam Rogers; Sheriff, Joseph E. Brown ; Coroner, Elisha Tucker. The above appointments
were made January 8, 1856, with the exception of the Surveyor, who was appointed
March 18. .

- On the same day, January §; that the above appointments were made, the court divid-
ed the county into three municipal townships, viz.: Scott, Johnson and Richland. This
division was retained until July, 1857, when the county was divided into townships as fol-
lows: Paris, Tate, Centerville, Scott, Jackson, Breckinridge, Potosi, Mound City and Mont-
gomery. September 20, 1858, a re-organization of the townships resulted in the dropping of
Montgomery, and in changing the name of Jackson to Liberty. On the 11thof January, 1859,
a portion of Tate Tuwnship was “fused” with that of Breckenridge and the “fused town-
ship” named Valley. Lincoln Township was organized April 9, 1866; Blue Mound, April
16, 1867; Sheridan, December 3, 1867, and Stanton, January 3, 1870. The townships as thus
organized and named are still retained. o

The first election for county officers was held in October, 1857, with the following re-
sult, so far as can be ascertained, the records not showing: Probate Judge, D.W. Cannon;
Clerk, Andrew Stark; Register of Deeds, Jesse Brown; Treasurer, C. H. Stilwell; Sheriff,

. C. M. McDaniel; Commissioners, Ebenezer Barnes and Samuel Nichols.

On the 18th of January, 1856, the County Commissioners appointed a commission to
locate the county seat, in accordance with the act of the Territorial Legislature relative
thereto. Onthe 18th of March, James P. Fox and McD. Osborn, the two members of the
commission that acted, made their report. They had started at the township corner on the
parallel running through Linn County, a little more than ten and a half miles from the
Missouri State Line, and had proceeded thence one and a half miles south—this point they
had chosen as one corner of the county seat—tnence east a half mile, thence south a half
mile, thence west ahalf mile, and thence north a half mile to the place of beginning. The
town site thus contained one quarter section—the northwest q uarter of Section 8, Town-
ship 21, Range 24. C. 8. Fleming was appointed Commissioner to superintend its survey.
This town was named Paris. On October 7, 1856, P. T. Glover, C.S. Fleming and Joseph
D. Wilmot were appointed a commission to ‘‘ value and appraise the house on the quarter
section belonging to James P. Fox, and to make him such allowance as to them may seem
proper and just.” The allowance made for the house was $100. It was purchased for a court
house. The town site was platted by William Rogers, County Sugveyor. The minimum
price for which lots fifty feet square, fronting on the public square, might be sold, was $25;
those in the second tier one hundred feet square, $25; those more remote, fifty by one hun-
dred feet, $15. The Board of County Commissioners held their first meeting at Paris, Au-

. gust 7, 1856.

An election to re-locate the county seat was held November 8, 1859, at which election
Paris received 471 votes, and Mound City 508. The first meeting of the Commissioners at
Mound City was held December 135, 1859.

After an indecisive preliminary election to relocate the county seat, held May 22, 1865,
an election was held May 30, at which election Linunville received 533 votes to Mound
City 502, and Linnville was proclaimed to be the county seat. Linnville is located immedi-
ately south of the old town site of Paris. .

An election then was held February, 20, 1866, to relocate the county seat, at which
time Mound City received 635 votes, and Linnville 575, and Mound City again became the
county capital An election was then held May 29, 1866, on the same question, when
Mound City received 617 votes, Linnville 301, and Mansfield 170, scattering 3, Mound City
retaining the county seat. The question then remained in staéw quo until 1871. On Febru-
ary 14, of that year, after an indecisive vote in January, an election was held to relocate the

county seat, at which Mound City received 1,226 votes, La Cygne, 1,589, and Pleasanton 1. La

Cygne was, therefore, proclaimed the county seat, and so remained until, after an indetvisive
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election held March 11, 1873, an election was held on the 27th of March, at which Pleasanton
received 1,183 votes and Farmers’ City, 1,252. Farmers’ City was, therefore, proclaimed the
county seat. This was a mere brush patch, located on Section 14, Township 21, Range 23.
The oe officers declined to wocee the hospitable shade of its bushes and shrubs for
offices, and thus La Cygne continued to be the county seat de facto until an election was
held April 14, 1874, at which time Pleasanton received 1,692 votes to her 1,026, and thus
Pleasanton became and was proclaimed the county seat.

_ rhe next decisive and last election on county seat matters was held March 9, 1875, at
which time Pleasanton received 1,201 votes and Mound City 1,311, thus regaining the coun-
ty seat for the third time.

RAILROADS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.

_ Linn County has had comparatively little trouble with the railroad problim. An elec-
tion was held November 3, 1868, at which the people, by a vote of 1040 for to 588 against,
adopted the proposition of the Kansas & Neosho Valley Railroad Company to subscribe
for $150,000 of its stock, and pay for the same with alike amount of thirty-year seven percent
bonds, said road tobe built via Olathe and Paola, and in a southern direction through Linn
County. Subsequently numerous propositions were made by the railroad company to
the county, and by the county to the ey looking to a modification of the terms upon
which the railroad should be built, but all having in view the surrender by the county of
its right to the $150,000 in the stocks of the company for a nominal consideration. No agree-
ment on this point could be reached, and consequently no exchange of bonds for stock was
ever made, The railroad was built nevertheless, and the county has no outstanding in-
debtedness on its account. But as an offset to this advantage, the people of the central and
western portions of the county labor under the disadvantage of the road having been lo-
cated near the eastern boundary. This is eapede to be remedied in the near future by
the construction from west to east, through Blue Mound, Mound City and Potosi Townships
of the St. Louis & Emporia Railroad, and from southeast to northwest, through Blue Moun
Township, of the Fort Scott, Topeka & Lincoln Railroad. The latter road is to be completed
through the township by January 1, 1883, and the former through the three townships in
three years from the delivery of the bonds to the trustee. Each township subscribes to the
capital stock of the road, agreeing to pay therefor with bonds in the following amounts: To
the stock of the St. Louis & Emporia Railroad, Blue Mound subscribes $25,500, Mound City,
$29,000, and Potosi Township, $35,000; to that of the Fort Scott, Topeka & Lincoln Railroad,
Blue Mound Township subscribes $18,000. #

_. Linn County Agricultural Society—On the 4th of March, 1871, the citizens of the neigh-
borhood of Elm Grove, in Scott Township, met at their schoolhouse and organized a Farm-
ers’ Club. On the 28th of October, this club held a fair at Elm Grove. The second fair
was held October 3 and 4, 1872. On the 2d of November, its name was changed to the Linn
County Agricultural Society. This society held its first (air at Farlinville, October, 1873, and

“its second at La Cygne October, 1874, since which tile its fairs have been held annually at

La Cygne. The society purchased in 1875, thirty-three and one-third acres of land adjoin-
ing La Cygne for a fair ground, since when they have built a fine floral hall in the form of

reek cross, sixty feet long each way by twenty-four feet wide. _

Linn County Agricultural and Mechanical Association —This association was organized
in 1875, with a capital of $50,000, divided into shares of $25 each. J. F. Broadhead was the
first President, and to him belongs a great deal of credit for the untiring efforts which have
built-up and made the association a success. The first Secretary was J. H. Stearns. The
association owns sixty acres of land which they have fenced and upon which they have
erected good buildings. They have one of the finest amphitheaters in Kansas, Their fairs
are held annually at Mound City, and their premiums have been always paid in cash in full,

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS. .

The number of teachers required is 109; average monthly salary—males, $36.25, females,
$28.26, The total value of all school Properey. is $94,500.

The first normal institute was held in 1877, and there has been one held each year
since that time. Since 1879, the institute has been self-sustaining. The average annual at-
tendance of teachers has been about one hundred and thirty-five.

In 1860, Linn County had a population of 6,336 ; in 1870, 12,174; in 1875, 11,974; in 1880,
15,326, and in 1882, according to the Assessor’s returns, which are, however, not regarded as
having been prepared with sufficient care, 15,838, divided among the townships as follows:
Blue Mound, 996; Centerville, 1,550; Liberty, 1,049; Lincoln, 2,267 Mound City, 1,515; Paris,
1,048; Potosi, 2,832; Scott, 1,114; Sheridan, 1,823; Stanton, 709; and Valley, 935.

‘he total number of acres in the county is 407,680; taxable acres, 364,865; taxable cul-
tivated acres, 148,944; total number of, town lots, 4,867; value of personal prone upon
which taxes are paid, $799,086; value of railroad property, $287,485.61; total assessed value
of Property, $2,999,363.11.

ersonal Hg amet 7,543, value, $249,542 ; cattle, 29,993, value, $359,365; mules,

1,024, value, $45,465; sheep, 10,799, value, $15,004 ; swine, 13,971, value, $34, 501; value of farm
implements, $42,293; vehicles, 2,178, value, $47,087; stocks, $7,400; moneys, $47,553; credits,
$9,089 ; merchandise, $112,263; marufacturers’ stock, $1,840; notes, $56,331; mortgages, $20,-
092 ; shares in national banks, $510; other personal property, $122,529; total assessed value,
$1,170,875; constitutional eee pEns $371,788; net assessed personal property, $799,086.
Acreage of some of the principal crops for 1882. The winter wheat crop of Linn County
was 2,425 acres; rye, 137 acres; corn, 87,673 acres; buckwheat, 41 acres; oats, 5,860 acres ;
Irish potatoes, 682 acres; sweet popes 25 acres; sorghum, 361 acres; cotton, 6 acres; flax,
7,568 acres; timothy pasture, 307 acres; clover, 70 acres; other pasture, 1,540 acres; prairie,
44,913 acres; millet and Hungarian meadow, 8,305 acres; timothy, 1,978 acres; clover, 624
acres; and prairie meadow, 33,850 acres.
Owing to the plentifulness of native timber, but little has as yet been done in the cul-
tivation of forest trees. The number of acres of the different kinds reported in 1882 was as
follows: Cottonwood, 12; honey locust, 5; maple, 75; walnut, 45; and of other varieties,
1,186. Of fruit trees the following numbers were reported: Apple—bearing, 114,752, not bear-
ing, 61,353; pear—bearing, 2,318, not bearing, 2,040; peach—bearing, 74,631, not bearing, 27,-
638 ; plum— earing, 2,793, not bearing, 1,523; cherry—bearing, 27,759, not bearing, 8,266;
grape vines, 39 acres; number of gallons of wine made in 1881, 126.

The following are the number of rods of the different kinds of fence in the county :
Board, 33,786 ; rail, 260,954 ; stone, 62,301; hedge, 368,365 ; wire, 167,942,

Public Schools—The records of the county do not show when the first school districts
were organized. At present there are 100 school districts, and 99 schoolhouses—iwo of
brick, three log, four stone and ninety frame, The number of school children in the coun-

ty, is—males, 3,151, females, 3,030.

State Senators from Linn County, with date of election: J. IF’. Broadhead, 1861; David P.
Lowe, 1862; A. H. Smith, 1864; D. Underhill, 1866; J. F. Broadhead, 1868; James dD. Snoddy,
1770; Andrew F. Ely, 1872; RB, McMillan, 1874; George F. Hamlin, 1876; R, W. Blue, 1880.

Members of the Territorial House 0 Representatives from Linn County, with date of
election. J. Davis and J. P. Fox, 1856; A. Danford and R. B, Mitchell, 1857, re-elected, 1858 ;
J. H. Jones, 1859; John T. Snoddy, 1860.

Members of the State House © poe Jones and Andrew Stark, 1861;
Josiah Lamb and James C. Marshall, 1861; J. F. Broadhead, George E,. Dennison and D. Un-
derhill, 1862; William Snooks, J. i. Belding, Samuel Ayers and J, Fleming, 1863; J. F.
Broadhead, William Goss, J. Hodgson and A. J. Loomis, 1864; J. M. Arthur, 8. M. Brice, 0.
D. Harmon and J. C. Quinn, 1865; Enoch Estep, 0. D. Harmon, J. 8. Lane and James P. Way,
1866 ; ory Bee J. W. Garrett, A. A. Smith and James D. Snoddy, 1867; 8. R. Hun-
gerford, J. H. Madden, A. G. Seaman and James D. Snoddy, 1868; J. W. Babb, John Dixon,
W. B. Scott and J. D. Snoddy, 1869; A. Barber, S. M. Brice, D. A. Crocker and Scott Shat-
tuck, 1870; A. W. Burton, J. M. Sayer and W. B. Scott, 1871; S. R. Hungerford, L. H. Lane
and J. F. Ward, 1872; Charles Campbell, Herbert Robinson and J. R. Van Zandt, 1873; A.
C. Doud, O. E. Morse and H. Robinson 1874; W. R. Biddle, W. P. Barnes and O. E. Morse,
1875; W. R, Biddle, B. Campbell and A. F. Ely, 1876; W. R. Biddle, W. B. Scott and J. D.
Wait, 1878; Henry Carpenter, Joel Moody and James D. Snoddy, 1880. .

MOUND CITY.

This town is beautifully situated south of the center of the county, on
second bottom land, north of the valley of Little Sugar Creek. Itis toler-
ably well shaded with cultivated trees, and surrounded on the east, south
<n west by an amphitheater of wooded hills about seventy-five feet high,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and on the north by the picturesque valley of the Little Sugar. It de-
rives its name from its proximity to ‘‘Sugar Mound,” a little to the east,
which in the early days was a noted landmark, and where, in the spring of
1855, there was kept a little Pro-slavery grocery by a Mr. Miller, and
where the first post office in Linn County_was_established, Dr. Isaac B.
Stockton being the Postmaster. ; :

In the spring of 1857, Dr. J. H. Trego, Edwin and T. E. Smith moved
into the vicinity of Mound City, and by the following fall had erected a
saw mill on the Little Sugar, at_a spot where now stands Van Buskirk &
Sons’ flouring mills. Trego & Smiths had their saw mill running by the
spring of 1858. The town site of Mound City was located by D. W. Can-
non and Ebenezer Barnes in 1855, and afterward the town company was
increased to twenty persons, and organized in 1857, with Charles Barnes,

President, Dr. J. H. da Secretary,'and T. E. Smith, Trustee. Ezra H.
Smith was a member of the Town Company, as were also four persons
named Danford from Geneva, Ill. The town site consisting of acres,

was surveyed by N. J. Roscoe, in 1857. The first building on the town
site was erected by William Wilson, in 1857, and was used for a dwelling.
It was of logs. The next building was a frame one erected by Charles
Barnes, and occupied for a store and post office, Mr. Barnes being the first
Postmaster at Mound City. This building was completed January 30,
1858. The lumber for this store was sawed at Trego & Smiths’ mill. A
few months thereafter, James F. Matheny completed a boarding house.
In April, 1858, Edwin Smith and Dr. Trego each completed a dwelling
house, and in June, T. E. Smith completed his, these being the first three
frame residences erected. In the summer, W. H. Barnes started the first
blacksmith shop. _. .

The first physician in Mound City was Dr. Lee, who came in 1856; the

first lawyer, Addison Danford, in 1857; the second, J. F. Broadhead, in
1858. A. A. Johns was the first teacher, who taught in the winter of
1858-59, in the Town Hall erected in the summer of 1858. The first ser-
mon preached here was in the spring of 1855, by Elder Mark Robertson, a
Methodist |minister. Rev. Josiah Terrell, a United Brethren minister,
preached in 1857.
‘The first birth was that of John F. Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Barnes, October 8, 1858; the first marriage, that of J. S. Atkinson to Miss
Maria Mannington, in 1858, and the first death, that of Ebenezer Barnes,
October 17, 1858. ,

The first Fourth of July celebration was held at Sugar Mound in 1858.
At least one thousand people were present, having come from all direc-
tions many miles. W. P. Tomlinson was Orator of the Day. A-grand
barbacue was a notable feature of the celebration, but the ox that was
roasted proved to small to feed the assembled multitude.

The Methodist Church was organized in Mound City at an early day,
but the records of the church being lest, but little of its history prior to
1870 can be learned. Inthat year, they erected a neat frame church build-
ing at a cost of $1,500, and are the only church that has kept up regular
religious services throughout their history. This they have been enabled
to do through their itineracy system. The other churches having but
few members have each found the support of a minister too great a bur-
den to bear. The Baptists have a substantial brick church, erected in 1867,
ata cost of about $4,000, and the Congregationalists have a good frame
church building erected in 1867 at a cost of $2,700. The expense of build-
ing this church, and of sustaining it since, has been borne to a consider
able extent by persons outside of all church connection.

The United Brethren commenced the erection of a church edifice in
1863; but becoming financially embarrassed when the frame only was com-
pleted sold it to a Ladies’ Enterprise Association, which completed the
building and converted it into a free church and schoolhouse. In 1866, it
was purchased by the county, and when the county seat has been in
Mound City, it has been used as the court house.

LOCAL MATTERS.

City Government.—The government of the city was placed in the hands
of a Board of Trustees, December 27, 1870. The first board consisted of
fae Smith, Chairman; E. W. Bartleson, S. L. Ives and W. R.

iddle.

W. R. Biddle was elected Clerk. The form of government was changed
to a city of the third class June 20, 1871, at which time S. M. Brice was
elected Mayor, and George B. Dennison, T. E. Smith, C. H. Richardson
and D. F. Park, Councilmen. The first meeting of this council was held
June 29, 1871. The subsequent Mayors and the dates of their election are
as follows: C. H. Richardson, 1872; 8. H. Hibbs, 1873; O. P. Watson,
1874-75; Edward R. Smith, 1876; E. W. Bartleson, 1877; Robert Kincaid,
1878; O. P. Watson, 1879; E. W. Bartleson, 1880; E. F. Campbell, 1881;
Robert Kincaid, 1882.

Mound City at present contains three general stores, two hardware
stores, two drug stores; one stove and tin shop, one grocery, one bank, one
lumber yard, four blacksmith shops, three carpenter shops, three hotels,
one furniture store, two weet shops, one goon stone schoolhouse, built at
a cost of $6,000, and a population of 550,

The Press.—The Border Sentinel was commenced April 1, 1864, by J.
T. &J. D. Snoddy. J. T. Snoddy died on the 2istof the same month, and
J. D. Snoddy continued the publication of the paper until March 25, 1865.
At this time Frank B. Smythe became associated with Mr. Snoddy, and on
May 25 took full control of the paper, continuing until October 18, when
Mr. Snoddy again assumed control. On the 24th of August, 1866, Joel
Moody bought the ae and published it until March 28, 1868, when he
sold it to Nathan G. Barter, who continued its publication until January,
1874, when it was removed to Fort Scott. The Linn Oounty Herald, the
first paper published in the county, was started at Mound ity, April 1,
1859, by Jonathan Lyman; after being published one year the name was
changed to the Mound oy Report, and J. F. Broadhead became editof.
Zn the spring of 1861, R. B. Mitchell bought the press, moved it to Mans-
LINN COUNTY.

field and started the Mansfield Shield and Banner. This paper was
published by Mr. Lyman until the spring of 1862, when it was suspended,
and the press sold and moved to Baldwin City. The Linn County Enter-
prise was started by J. J. McCallum, April 1, 1878. July 4, 1875, he sold
one-half interest to W. C. Hanchett, and on the 11th of November the
press was sold to T. L. Darlow, of Pleasanton. In January, 1876, J. C.
Cannon and T. B. Van Buskirk, pougnt the press and started the Linn County
Clarion, February 1, with Dr. 8. M. Brice editor. Dr. Brice bought Can-
non out January 1, 1877. Brice & Van Buskirk continued the publication
of the Clarion until they sold it to R. B. Bryan, its present editor.

Societies.—Mound City Lodge, No. 83, A., F. & A. M., was chartered
October 17, 1860, with eight members. The charter officers were as
follows: Oscar Dewey, W. M.; C. 5. Wheaton, 8: W.; James M. Iliff, J.
W. The present membership of the lodge is thirty-nine.

_ Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, I. O. O. F., was instituted May 8, 1866, with
nine charter members. The first officers were: Jefferson Fleming, N. G.;
N. M. Hawk, V.G.; John A. Lefker, R. 8.; Jesse Brown, P. S.; and J. K.
Anthony, Treasurer. Present membership of the lodge forty-nine.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—mounD city TOWNSHIP.

P. D. ALEXANDER, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Mound City, born in Gibson County,
Ind., November 17, 1824, where he was reared and educated, after which he located on a
farm in his native county and followed agricultural pursuits until 1849, when he removed
to Illinois and located in Tazewell County, where he engaged in farming until 1865, when he
came to Kansas and located in Linn County on his present place of 160 acres. He has been
twice married, first in Gibson County, Ind., January 25, 1849, to Ophelia Burlin. She died
November 26, 1860. By this union they have five children—Emily, Laura, Joseph D., Ada
A.and Alma Q. He was also married the second time in Gibson County, Ind., February 16,
1865, to Arabella Tucker, of Tennessee. She was born March 21, 1836. They have one child,

ary A.

E. F. BARNES, farmer, Section 8, P. 0. Mound City, born in McLean County, Ills.,
May 4, 1838. He removed with his parerits to Linn County, Kan., in 1855, and completed his
education at Mound City, Kan. He then entered his father’s store in Mound City, where he
was SEiploy ec as clerk for two years. In 1859, he located on his present place, where he is
engaged in farming and stock ee Married at Mound City, Kan., October 6, 1861, Sarah
M. Allen, of Pennsylvania. They have four children—Wailter, Ella A., Charles D. and
Frank. Mr. Barnes is identified with the Republican party.

CHARLES BARNES, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Mound City, born in McLean County.
Ills,, February 19, 1832. Was raised and educated in his native State, after which he located
on afarm in his native county and followed agricultural pursuits until 1855, when he re-
moved 1o Kansas and located in Linn comets ee his present place of 350 acres. Mr. Barnes
is one of the first settlers of Linn County. as elected County Commissioner in 1858, and
served two years. He was married in McLean County, Ills., April 7, 1853, to Mary A. John-
ston, of Ohio. They have four children—Sarah R., John F., James E. and Daisey B.

N. E. BARTHOLOMEW, farmer, Section 25, P.O. Mound City, born in Wallington-
ford, Conn., June 17, 1826, where he was raised until eleven years of age, when he removed,
with his parents, to Peoria County, Ills., where he completed his education. Soon after en-
gaged in farming, which he pursued until 1866, when he came to Kansas and located in
Mound City, Linn County, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for two years. In 1868
he purchased his present place of 280 acres, where he is engaged in farming and stock rais-
ing. He married in Peoria, Ills., December 25, 1848, Miss Cornelia Kellogg, of Massachu-
setts. They have five children—F'rancis L., Jennie E., Flora A., Florin A. and Noyes O.

E.W.BARTLESON, druggist, born in Philadelphia, Penn., January 9,1837. When youn:
was taken by his parents to Berkeley County, W. Va., where he was raised and educated,
soon after engaging in farming uutil 1855, when he moved to Louisa County, Iowa, where
he engaged in civil engineering for some time. He then located at Center Point, Linn
County, Iowa, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1862, when he enlisted in
Company B, Twentieth Regiment Iowa Infantry, as a private, after.which he was pro-
moted Sergeant, which position he held until the close of the war, when he came to Kansas
and located at Mound City, and first engaged in the dry-goods trade until 1871 ; disposing of
his stock of goods, he began operations in his present business. Mr. Bartleson has serve
Mayor and held other city offices of minor note. He was married at Centre Point, Iowa,
December 25, 1860, to Miss Marion A. Brice, of Iowa. They have five children—Esther B.,
Gracie, Nellie, Sadie and Jessie. 2

G. W. BOTKIN, County Treasurer, born in Clarke County, Ohio, November 23, 1835.
Was raised and educated in his native State, having completed his education at Sidne ‘
Ohio. Soon after, located near Springfield, Ohio, where he taught school for five years, In
1861, he enlisted in Company C, First Kentucky Infantry, as a private; afterward promoted
First Sergeant, which position he held until he was discharged in 1864. In 1866, he came to

~ Kansas, and located at Mound City, where he was Principal of the Mound City school for
two years. He was elected County Superintendent in 1867, when he served three consecu-
tive terms. He then removed to La Cygne, Kansas, where he was Principal of the city
schools for three years, during which he was conducting institutes throughout the State.
In 1881, was elected County Treasurer. Married in Clarke County, Ohio, July 28, 1864, Miss
Carrie Baker. She was born in Ohio, in 1840.

THEO, BOTKIN, attorney, born in Clarke County, Ohio, June 25, 1846, where he was
raised until the age of fifteen, when he enlisted in Company F, Forty-fourth Regiment
Ohio Infantry, and served through the war. He then returned to his native county, where
he remained ashort time. In 1865, came to Kansas, and settled in Linn County, where he
completed his studies. Soon after, taught school for some time, and in 1870, located at
Pleasanton; organized the city school, of which he was Principal for four years. In 1875,
located at Mound City, and openéd his present office, and was admitted to the bar during
the same year. During his residence at Pleasanton, was elected Probate Judge, and also
served as Police Judge of that city. Married at Mound City, Kansas, July 28, 1872, Ellen M.
Broadhead. They have two children—Ethel and Clyde J.

N. L BOWMAN, County Surveyor, born in Shelby County, Illinois, December 22, 1858,
where he was reared and educated until the age of thirteen years, when he moved with his
ene to Linn County, Kan., receiving the benefits of the country schools until 1876, when

e entered the Lane University of Kansas, remaining until 1878, when he attended the
State Normal school at Lawrence, Kan., for one term, when he returned to Lane University,
Heats in 1880. In 1881, was elected County Surveyor. Mr. Bowman is identified with
the Republican party. 3 : . :

“Dr. S. M. BRICE, born in Clark eon Ky., January 1, 1815; remained in that
State until 1835, when he emigrated with his father to Carroll County, Ill, and remained
one year; wert to Van Buren County, Iowa, and remained until 1840, when he returned to
Carroll County, Ill., where he remained until 1843. ee this period of his life he had
been engaged in farming, but for the last seven years had been preparing himself for the
mnedical profession. Having completed his studies, he went to Linn County, Iowa, and
entered into practice, where he remained until 1863, when he came to Linn County, Kan.
and located on a farm two miles from Mound City. Sold his farm and moved to Mound
City in 1867, where he now resides. He withdrew from active practice in 1870, and entered
the drug trade with his son-in-law, E. W. Bartleson. Sold out to his partner in 1878. In
1875, he became editor of the Linn County Clarion, published at Mound City by J. C. Cannon
and T. B. Van Buskirk. He bought Cannon’s interest in 1876, and continued as editor and
joint proprietor until December, 1879, when the firm sold the paper to R. B. Bryan, its pres-
ent proprietor. Since that time he has been engaged in the boot and shoe trade, and in the
preparation and publication of a book entitled “Financial Catechism and History of the
Financial Legislation of the United States from 1862 to 1882,” the first edition of which is
just from the press. The Doctor has represented his district twice in the State Legislature,
first in 1866, and again in 1871. He was married to Miss Esther Tolman, a native of Maine,
in Van Buren County, Iowa, July 31, 1838. They have one child living, a daughter—Marion
Alice, who,is married to E. W. Bartleson.
3B, BROADHEAD, deceased, born in Yorkshire, eae April 4, 1826; removed to
America with parents when young, and settled at. Hudson, N. ¥,, where he remained until
1832, when he removed to Chautauqua County, N. Y., when he one! his education,
having finished at Jamestown Academy, after which he taught school four or five years,

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then learned the printer’s trade, and soon became interested in the Northern Citizen, and
afterward owned an interest in the Liberator, the first Abolition paper published in Chau-
tauqua County. After being engaged for many years- in the newspaper business, he
moved on a farm in Chautauqua County ; remained there until 1856, when he went to Cali-
fornia and engaged in mining for two years, with satisfactory results. He then returned to
his adopted State; remained there until 1858, when he came to Kansas and settled near
Mound City, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising until his decease.
He was elected to the Legislature in 1863. Married in Jamestown, N. Y., September 1, 1850,
H. Maria Smith. She was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., November 30, 1831. They
have two children—Ellen M. and Mary F,

R. B. BRYAN, A editor Linn County Clarion, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, August
1, 1842; son of Dr. EK. L, Bryan, one of the early settlers of that county; moved to Iowa in
1852, where he continued to reside until 1861, when he entered the Third Iowa Infantry as
oe haan Was discharged from that regiment in September, 1862, and entered the Seventh

isconsin Infantry as a private, being promoted to a Lieutenancy in 1865. Came to Kan-
sas in 1869; followed teaching from 1865 to 1874, when he was elected Superintendent of
Public Instruction of Linn County, Kan., which position he held four years. He was Prin-
cipal of the public schools of Mound City from the close of his term of office until Decem-
ber 16, 1879, at which time he became proprietor of the Linn County Clarion.

D. W. CANNON, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Mound City ; born in Barron County, Ky.,
April 3, 1814; was raised and educated in his native State, after which he located at Glas-
gow, Ky., where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, which he tollowed for about six years.
He then located on a farm in Barron County, Ky., and followed agricultural pursuits for
some time. In 1845, removed to St. Charles County, Mo., where he settled on a farm and
remained until 1854, when he came to Kansas and ocated on his present place of 200 acres,
situated near Mound City. In 1857, was elected Probate Judge, and served two years. Dur-
ing the late rebellion served in the State militia. Married, in Gibson County, Ind., April
26, 1849, nancy H, Walhall, of Kentucky. They have two children—John C. and Theresa,

JOHN H. CARTMELL, Deputy County Treasurer, born in Clarke, County, Ohio,
February 15, 1837, where he was raised until seventeen years of age, when he removed with
his parents to White County, Ind., and finished hisstudies at the State University of Indiana,
after which he located near Monticello, where he taught school until 1862, when he enlisted
in Company D, Twelfth Regiment Indiana Infantry; served in his company eighteen
months, and afterward served on detached duty in the Commissary Department until the
close of the war; he then returned to Monticello, Ind., taught school for one year, then en-
gaged in farming until 1870, when he came to Kansas, and first settled at Paola, Miami

ounty, where he followed mercantile pursuits fortwo years. He then removed to. Linn
County and settled in Lincoln Township, where he engaged in A. and breeding fine
horses, ete. He was appointed to his present position in 1882, Married in White County,
Ind., February 21, 1868, to Anna Patterson, of Indiana; they have three children—Pearl,
William and Lou A. q 3 :

WILLIAM COX, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Mound City, was born in Somersetshire,

England, November 7, 1835, where he was reared and educated. He was raised a farmer an
ursued that occupation until 1856 ; he then removed to America and first located in Lake
County, Ill, where he remained for three or fouryears engaged in farming. In 1859 he came
to Kansas, and remained a short time in Leavenworth County; he then removed to Linn
County and located at Mound City, where he engaged in various pursuits for three years.
In 1863 he settled on his present place of 400 acres, where he is engaged in farming and stock-
raising. He served in the late rebellion in Company C, Sixth Kansas Cavalry. as married
in Linn County, Kan., September 8, 1862, to Margaret Thompson, of Ohio; they have eight
children—Nellie, Jessie, Sidney, Mary, faeete E., Willie E., Annie E. and ida M.

AMOS DURBIN, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Mound City, born in Greenup County, Ky.
July 4, 1813. Removed with his parents to Johnson County, Ind., where he was raised ani
educated; after which he engaged in farming, which he followed until 1839, when he moved
to Illinois and located in Winnebago County on a farm, farming until he came to Kansas in
1860, and located in Linn County on his present place of 214acres. He was married in John-
son County, Ind., November 7, 1837, to Margaret Featherengill; she was born in Oldham
County, Ky February 6, 1820.

T. FISHER, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Mound City, born in Fayette County, Penn.,
October 22, 1824; soon after learned the blacksmith’s trade, which he pursued in his native
State for four years; he then removed to the iron districts of Ohio, where he was employed at
his trade about fifteen’ years. In 1859 he came to Kansas, pre-empted his present place,
returned to Ohio and remained until 1866, and then returned to Kansas and began improv-
ing his estate. Married in Fayette County, Penn., to Miss Jane Brownfield,.a native of
Pennsylvania; they have three children—William B., Sarah J. and Isaac T.

JEFF FLEMING, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Hail Ridge, was born in Bath County, Ky.,
October 8, 1820. He moved with his parents to Shelby County, Ind., at an early day, and
was there raised and educated. He soon after engaged in farming, which he pursued until
1855, when he removed to Polk County, Iowa, remaining there until 1857, when he located in
Andrew County, Mo., where he engaged in farming until 1859, when he came to Kansas and
settled in Linn County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He represented his dis-
trict in the Legislature in 1864, served as County Commissioner in 1870, and in 1877 was
qualified as Sergeant-at-Arms at Topeka. He was married in Shelby County, Ind., Septem-
ber 25, 1845, to ary Kenedy, of Pennsylvania. She was born May 26,1825. They have six
children—William V., Robert, Margaret E., Mary, George L. and Inda.

JOHN W. FLORA, retired, was born in Washington County, Md., December 6, 1834
where he was raised and educated. - In 1856, removed to Ogle County, Ill , where he followed.
agricultural pursuits until 1859. In 1860, he located in Linn County, Kan. In 1861, he en-
listed in the Third Kansas Infantry. Was wounded at Prairie Grove, and was discharged
in 1863 as Sergeant. He returned to Linn County and engaged in farming and stock-rais-
ing. In 1870, he was elected County Commissioner, serving three years, and in 1875 was
elected to the position of County Clerk, where he served four years. He was married in
Mound City, Kan., February 22, 1880, to C. D. Worden, of Linn County, Kan. They have
one child, John D.

EPHRAIM HAHN, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Mound City, was born in Perry County,
Mo., June 4, 1826. Was raised aud educated in his native State. He soon after engaged in
farming, following this occupation until 1859, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn
County on his present place of 300 acres, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits.
He was married in Perry County, Mo., in September, 1848, to Priscilla Bollinger, of Mis-
souri. They have eight children—William A., James M., Sarah E., John C., Mary 5 ., Malin-
da §&., Lillie B. and Austin L.

HENRY HALL, farmer, P. 0. Mound City, was born in Northumberland, England,
December 2, 1846, where he was reared and educated, after which he engaged in farming,
which he pursued until 1879, when he came to the United States and settled in Linn County,
Kan., where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits and raising fine stock. His estate con-
sists of 168 acres of fine farming land. He was married in Northumberland, England,
April 21, 1869, to Ann Younger, of England. They have two children—Mary and Elizabeth.

8. L. IVES, Postmaster, was born in Pennsylvania, September 11, 1836, and was taken

by his parents to Cuyahoga ounit Ohio, where he remained until five years of age, when
his parents moved to Winnebago County, Ill., where he was raised and educated, after which
he learned the carpenter's trade, which he pursued until 1862, when he enlisted in Company
D, One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment linois Infantry, as a private; soon after was pro-
moted to Third Sergeant ; was wounded in 1863, at Dutton’s Hill, Ky., and was discharged in
1864. During the same year he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County, where he en-
gaged in farming until 1869, when he located in Mound City, Kan., and opened a book and
stationery store. Was soon after appointed Postmaster, which position he still holds. He
has married three times; first, in 1860, to Alice Rigby, who died in 1871; second, to Mary
Sheets, of Illinois, who died in 1873, and third, to Justina Ham, in Linn County, Kan., Jan-
uary 1, 1879. He has five children—Ellsworth J., Gorden G., Norman J., Sanford M. and
Roscoe. ‘
J. B. JOHNSON, druggist, was born in Richmond County, N. Y., May 31,1821. He was
raised and educated in his native State, after which he located in Logan County, Ill., where
he engaged in agricultural pursuits for two years; he then removed to Kane county, Tl.,
where he farmed until 1850, when he emigrated to California, and was engaged in mining
until 1857, when he returned to Illinois, remaining there two years. He then returned to
California, where he remained three years, returnin g to Illinois, thence to Kansas in 1863,
and located at Mound City, where his time is occupied in the drug trade.

GEORGE W. JONES, County Superintendent, born in Madison County, Ind., Septem-
ber 6, 1849, where he was reared and educated, after which he was employed as teacher in
the district schools of Madison County, Ind., until 1871. He then removed to Kansas and
located near Fort Scott, taught school one term, removed to Linn County, and in 1875 became
Principal of the Mound City schools, which position he held until 1879, when he resigned to
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accept his present position. Married in Linn County, Kan., October 10, 1875, to Columbia
E. Smith, of Missouri. She was born April 17, 1855,and died December 11, 1882. They have
three children—Clarence I’., George H. and Claude A.
W. L. KELLER, farmer, P. 0. Mound City, was born in Augusta County, Va., April
26, 1823, Was reared and educated in his native State, after which he learned the cooper’s
trade, which he followed until 1851, when he moved to Jones County, Iowa, when he en-
gaged in farming and working at his trade until 1859, when he came to Kansas and first
: settled in Douglas County, where he remained for a year, when he came to Linn County,
and located on his present place of 160 acres, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits
and working at his trade at odd times. Married in Augusta County, Va., in 1848, Margaret
C. Myers, of Virginia. They have seven children—John L., Charles N ., Theodore M., Martin
L., Alvin M., Mary T. and Rosa V. «

ROBERT KINCAID, merchant, was born in Mahoning County, Chio, December 12,
1836, where he was reared and educated, after which he learned the carpenter's trade, which
he pursued in Ohio a short time, when he removed to Roseville, Warren County, Ill., where
he worked at his trade until 1857, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County,
where his time was occupied in building until 1860, when he emigrated to Colorado, where
he eosaned in mining for three years with satisfactory results. He then returned to Kan-
sas and located at Mound City, where he engaged in the mercantile business in connection
with his present business. He is largely interested in real estate, also in the banking house
of Hood & Kincaid. He has been twice married, first to Irne Phillips, of Illinois, who died
in 1868. By this union he has one child, Gracie. He married the second time, Emma
ime, of Michigan, who died at Battle Creek, Michigan, January 20, 1880, leaving one child
—Ernest. :

Dr. R. P. McDONALD, born in Davis County, Ky., July 29, 1835, where he was reared
and educated. In 1856, he attended the Louisville Medical College for one term, when he
located at Owensboro, Ky., and began practice, remaining there uutil 1880, He attended
Bennett Medica] College at Chicago; graduating there he came to Kansas, and first located
in Lyon County, where he practiced for two years. He then removed to Burlington, Coffey
County, Kan., where he en aged in his profession until June, 1882, when he located at
Mound City. He served in the late rebellion in Company B, Twenty-second Regiment In-
diana Cavalry. Soon after promoted First Lieutenant; served in that rank until the close
of the war. Married in Owensboro, Ky., April 23, 1865, Sarah E. Robinson, of Kentucky.
They have one child—Annie E,

J. H. MADDEN, County Clerk, born in Scott County, Il, September 1, 1841. He was
raised and educated in his native State. Soon after enlisted in Company K., Fourteenth
Regiment Illinois Infantry, and was discharged in 1864. He Game to Kansas in 1865, and
settled in Linn County, on his present place of 160 acres, where he engaged in agricultural
pursuits until 1869, when he represented Linn County in the Legislature. He was elected
to his present position in 1881. |

JAMES OSBORN, farmer, P. 0. Mound City, born in North Carolina, February
8, 1804. When young, was taken by parents to Barren County, Ky., remaining there
a short time, removed to Crawford County, Ind., where he lived for some time, and acquired
a common school education. He located in Vermillion County, Ill., where he remained five
or six years, assisting his father on a farm. He then settled in Champaign County, IIl.,
where he purchased a farm; remained there for sometime; removed to Bates County,
Mo., where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1854, when he came to Kansas, and
settled in Linn County, on his present place of ninety-three acres, being the first settler in
Linn County. He has been twice married, first, in Edgar County, i, to Ann Sowder, ‘She
died in Bates County, Mo. By this marriage, they have three children—Mary A., Adelaide
and Phillip. He married the second time, in Bates County, Mo., Mrs. Mary Knapp, of Ohio.
They have three children—Lewis F., Byron W. and Martha S.

WILLIAM PARK, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Mound City, born in Madison County, Ky..
May 19, 1810, where he was reared and educated; after which he engaged in farming unti
1837, when he moved to Randolph County, Mo, and engaged in agricultural pursuits tor
seventeen years. In 1854, he settled on Section 11, coming to Kansas and locating in Linn
County on his present ple of 200 acres, in 1856, where he is engaged in farming and stock-
raising. He has served as Justice of the Peace for many years ; warried in Madison County,
Ky ebfuary 9, 1830, Elizabeth McNally, a native of Tennessee. They have nine children
= ep Martha, Susanna A., Nancy H., Louisa E., Lucinda, John R., William H. and

ara, . *

J. RHODES, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Mound City, born in Essex County, N. J., March
6, 1811; moved with parents in an early day to Wyoming County, Penn., where he was
reared and educated ; soon after employed as clerk in merchandise, which he pursued for
some time. In 1835, located at West aoe Mass., where he engaged in mercantile
pursuits until 1840, when he moved to Northumberland, Wyoming County, Penn., where he
continued merchandising three years. He then removed to the country and engaged in
farming and milling for thirteen years, and in 1867 located at Tunkhannock, Penn., where
he began a new mere scenes, which he pursued until 1870, when he came to Kansas and
settled in Linn County. In 1877, was appointed County Commissioner, and was elected to
that position the following fall, having served three years. Married at Austerlitz, N. Y.,
December 10, 1835, Pauline E. Blinn, of New York. They have five children—Mary A.,
John B., Sarah M., Aaron B, and Pauline E.

T. E. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Mound City, born in Bucks County, Penn., January 4,
1827, where he was raised and educated; soon after enna in farming until 1857, when he
came to Kansas and located at Mound City ; purchased an interest in the Mound City Mills,
where his attention was given until 1865. Disposing of his interest, he engaged in the hard-
ware trade, which he pursued until 1871, when he became proprietor of the Mound City
Mills, conducting the harness until 1882, sold out and began anew farming. His estate con-
sists of 225 acres conveniently located to Mound City. e@ was married in Bucks County,
Penn., in February, 1853, to Miss Rebecca Betts, she is a native of Pennsylvania; they
have seven children—T. Elliott, Jesse B., Howard T., Mary B., Susanna C., Walter T. and
Margaret.

eTHOMAS J. SMITH, hardware, born in Bucks County, Penn., December 14, 1838. He
was raised and educated in his native State, after which he learned the carpenter’s trade,

hich he followed until 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Fourth
Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, and was wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. He
was discharged from service in 1864, when he returned to Bucks County, Penn., remaining
there a short time, removed to Long Branch where he pursued his trade for some time; he
then located in New York City, engaged in his occupation for three years, when he removed
to Doylestown, Penn., when he engaged in contracting and building for ten years. In 1879
he came to Kansas and settled in Mound City, where he worked at his trade for three years,
when he engaged in his present business, married in Lambertville, N.J., April 14, 1869, to
Mary eee of Pennsylvania; they have three children—Washington I., Laura and
Warren M.

WILLIAM L. SMITH, farmer, Section 33, I’. O. Hail Ridge, was born in Cape Girardeau,
Mo., February 18, 1823, where he was reared and educate ; soon alter located in Perry
County, Mo., and engaged in pune until 1866, when he came to Kansas and settled in
Linn County on his present place of 200 acres, where he is engaged in farming and stock-
raising. He was married first in Perry County, Mo., in 1846, to Elizabeth Cline, who dicd
April 7, 1856; by this marriage they had three children—James M., Julia E. and Columbia.

e was also married the second time in Perry County, Mo., in 1859, to Elizabeth Cochran
they have nine children—Mary J., Elmer E., Elliott U., Joseph L., Ollie E., Alma M., Cirilda,
William L. and Elbert, }

LOVILO SWIFT, register of deeds, born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., March 12, 1834.
When young was taken by parents to Clermont County, Ohio, where he remained until
1846, when he removed. to Fountain, Ind., where he received his education. He then located
in Vermillion County, IIl., where he engaged in farming until 1861, when he enlisted in Com-
pany. I, Thirty-fifth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and was wounded. in 1862, at the battle of
Pea Ridge. He was discharged in 1864, when he returned to Vermillion County, Il]., where
he remained until 1866. He then came to Kansas, and settled in Linn, County, on his farm
of 160 acres, where ‘his time was cone for two years in ae He then located at
Mound City, and engaged in mercantile pursuits for eight years. He was elected Register
of Deeds in 1879. Married in Vermillion County, Ill., May 4, 1865, Miss Ellen Newlin, of
Illinois. They have six children—Jennie, Jessie, Gertie, Kelly, Nellie and Eugene.

Dr. J. H: TREGO, proprietor of abstract books, was born in Bucks County, Penn., May
9, 1823, where he was raised and received his education. In 1843, he emigrated to 4 Lercer
County, Ill., where he farmed for three years, after which he began the study of medicine,
reading for some time. He returned to Pennsylvania, and graduated at the Jefferson Med-
ical College, of Philadelphia, in 1849. He then located in Mercer County, IIL, where he

racticed medicine until 1857, when he came to Kansas and located at Mound City, where
e engaged at saw milling for some time. and made the lumber and shingles for the first

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

buildings erected in the town. In 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Fifth 'Regiment Kansas
Cavalry, as First Lieutenant. He resigned in 1862, and accepted a position in the Quarter-
master’s departinent, where he served until the close of the war, when he returned to Mound
City and engaged in various pursuits until 1866, when he was appointed County Treasurer,
to fill a vacancy. He was married in Mercer County, IIl., August 22, 1850, to Miss Alice
Manington, of Illinois. They have nine children—Kate L., Eleanor, Helen W., Rebecca
W., Sophia M., M. Louis, Satie, Octie and Martha. “ .

E W. A. TRIGG, Probate Judge, was born in Harrison County, Ky., April 18, 1840, In
April, 1848, he was taken by his parents to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he was raised
and edueated, having finished his studies at Bentonsport Academy in 1859, after which ha
engaged in teaching school until 1865. He then located at Bonaparte, Iowa, where he was
employed in the manufacture of woolen goods, etc., until 1870. He was then employed as a
school teacher until 1878, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County, where he is
engaged in farming. In 1880 he was elected Probate Judge of Linn County, and re-elected
in 1882.. He was married at Bonaparte, Iowa, August 19, 1861, to Miss Mary BE. Ware, daugh-
ter of Rev.T.C. Ware. She was born in Van BurenCounty, lowa, December 14, 1842. They
have four children living—Ellsworth, Clarence J., Freddie C. and Anna S., and two, Alice M.
and Mary ©., dead. ae

J. n VAN ZANDT, merchant, born in Oakland County, Michiga
was raised and educated in his native State. In 1858, removed to Bates County, Mo., and for
three years was employed as a teacher. In 1861, moved to Linn County, Kan., and in
August enlisted in Company D, Sixth Kansas Cavalry. Discharged in July, 1862, owing to
disability. He then returned to Linn County, and followed agricultural pursuits for some
time. He was elected County Clerk November 8, 1864, to fill a vacancy, and re-elected
November, 1865, and served out the term January, 1868. He was Registrar of Deeds in 1864
and 1865, Clerk of the District Court in 1865 and 1866, and County Clerk in 1864-65-66-67,
In 1873 he was elected to the Legislature from Linn County, and declined a re-election to
that position. He was associated in the hardware and implement business at Mound City
and Pieasanton, with D. F. Park seven*years, and about six a at Wichita, Kan. In the
fall of 1882, he engaged to conduct the branch wholesale implement house of Furst & Brad-
ley Manufacturing Co. of Chicago. He was married in Linn County, Kan., January 29, 1863,
to Miss Mary J. Scott, of Ohio. They have three children—William G., Albert and Mary R.

oO. P. WATSON, merchant, was born in Otsego County, N. Y., July 7, 1833, where he
was raised and educated ; soon after learned-the carpenter’s trade, which he pursued until
1857, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County ona farm, where he farmed and
worked at his trade until 1865, when he located at Mound City and engaged in mercantile
pursuits. Mr. Watson has been identified with the city offices for many years, having held
the position of Mayor and Councilman. He married in Otsego County, N. Y., March 13,
1855, Colista A. Swift, who is a native of New York. They have one child—Frank G. 7

- ‘Dr. B. W. WILSON, physician, born in Guernsey County, Ohio, April 25, 1825, where
he was reared and edncated. In 1844, he located at Pagetown, Morrow County, Ohio, where
he studied medicine for three years. He then removed to Newton, Union County, Ohio,
where he began the practice of his profession and remained there until 1857, and then lo-
cated at Caledonia, Marion County, Ohio, until 1864, when he removed to Center Point, Linn
County, Iowa. Practiced there until 1867, when he came to Kansas-and settled in Mound
City, where he continues his profession. In 1882, he was elected to represent his district in
the Legislature. He has been twice married, first in 1864, to Hester Gaites, of Pennsylvania.
By this union they have three children—Josephine, Viola J. and Hallis B. Married the
second time in Linn County, Iowa, Mary E. Disman, of Virginia. They have two children
—Decata J. and EllaN. The Doctor is strong in the cause of temperance, and has never in-
dulged in any intoxicating liquors. .

Pi November 27, 1836,

PLEASANTON.

This flourishing town of twelve hundred inhabitants, the largest in Linn
County, is situated on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad,
twenty-four miles north of Fort Scott. The surrounding country is valley,
hills being visible at various distances in all directions.

The building of Pleasanton commenced in the summer of 1869, when
the coming of the above-mentioned railroad was assured. There never
was any town company organized, and the town site, which previously was
owned by a considerable number of private individuals, seems to have been
selected by common consent.

The town site was laid out in the summer of 1869, and the first town
lot was sold in July. Shortly after this time, a hotel was built on Main
street by John Butler; William E. Talbott started a general store; Park &
Vanzandt a hardware store; Dr. Bender a drug store; Kincaid & Co. a
general store, and other businesses also were started before the railroad
was completed to the town. There were built also a considerable number
of small temporary dwelling houses, and the second hotel was erected by
Morgan Ficus the same year. In the spring of 1870, larger and more
commodious residences began to be built; one by Mr. Medberry, which
was the first good house in town, and others in the north part of town,
by William Hudsley, A. F. Hawley and John Haynes. The town grew
very rapidly for the first three or four years, until it acquired a population
of eight hundred, from which time until 1878 it made but little progress.

The first lawyers in Pleasanton were George Godfrey, M. N. Lewis,
and W. P. Winfree, all of whom located before S. H. Allen, who came
February 1, 1870. The first physician was R. J. Peare, in August, 1869;
the second, Henry Plumb, in the fall. The first sermon in town was
preached by Rev. John Kimsey, July 4, 1869.

City Government.—On the 29th of October, 1869, the town of Pleas-
anton was incorporated, and a Board of Trustees appointed, consisting of
Dr. Henry Plumb, Edger M. Tucker, William E. Talbott, Charles T.
Wheaton and Caleb Rhoades. An election was held October 25, 1870, for
the purpose of completing the organization of the town as a city of the
third class. D. W. Poak was elected Mayor, and C. A. Brackett, A. D.
lIyatt, Fred. Wagner, J. R. Fairfield and M. Rainwater, Councilmen.
Fred. Wagner was elected Clerk. The subsequent Mayors have been the
following: 8. Wade, elected in 1871; J. E. Whitman, in 1872 and 1878;
Fred. Wagner, in 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1877; D. F. Park, 1878; 8. H. Hibbs,
1879; B. F. Blaker, 1880; D. A. Crocker, 1881, and W. 8. Everett, in 1882.

CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.

The Presbutertan Church was organized in October, with nine members,
by Rev. T. Y. Gardner, of Fort Scott. Rev. J. P. Harsen, who assisted
at the organization of the church, was the first pastor, and remained eight-
een months. The church was then without a pastor until 1874, when Rev.
Jacob Baay was called and remained until 1879. Rev. J. H. Trussell com-
menced his labors in July, 1880, and remained until October, 1882. The
church building, a frame one, was erected in the winter of 1869-70, and
cost $2,500. The present membership is thirty-one. A Sunday school
was organized in 1869; it has now one hundred and ten scholars enrolled,
and sixty-five in average attendance.

Pleasanton Methodist Episcopal Church was organized April 26, 1870,
by the election of trustees. Previously, there had been preaching by Rev.

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John Kimsey, on July 4, 1869, on top of Round Mound, and on the 25th
‘of the same month by Rev. H. P. Satchwell, in “an unroofed, unfloored
and unfinished building,” which building was afterward known as the
“Butler Hotel.” Pleasanton Mission was established March 23, 1870, by
the appointment to it of Rev. H. P. Satchwell, who held his first services
April 1, 1870, in the billiard hall under the Gulf Hotel. Atthe first meeting
of the society, it was decided to build a parsonage, and a church building
was also erected and dedicated that year. Inorderto accomplish these two
objects, the society ran deeply into debt, and was consequently seriously
embarrassed for a number of years. During the first part of

well’s pastorate, the Missionary Society was obliged to contribute $200
toward hissupport. Mr. Satchwell resigned in September on account of ill
health, and Rev. 8. 8. Wetherby succeeded in October, and remained un-
til March, 1871. Rev. C. F. Williams was now appointed and remained
until August, 1872, Revs. 8. Ayers and William Beeler filling out the year.
Rev. James Murray was appointed in March, 1878, and remained two
years. Rev. John Nelson followed and remained until 1877. Rev. C.
T. Deboraw was pastor during 1878-79 and 1880, and was succeeded by the
present pastor, Rev. J. W. Walker in March, 1881. In the year 1879, a
brick church building was erected at a cost of $2,600. The present mem-
bership is 125.

Public Schools.—The first school meeting in District No. 78, the
Pleasanton district, was held February 19, 1870, and was organized by
electing KE. A. McGregor, Director; Dr. Henry Plumb, Clerk, and D. W.
Poak. The first annual meeting was held March 81.
ment of teachers consisted of Theodore Botkin, Mary E. Botkin and Em-
ma M. Adams, who commenced their first term of school in April. R. W.
Blue succeeded Theodore Botkin as Principal of the schools in April, 1871,

and was followed by R. B. Bryan in 1873; Theodore Botkin, in 1874; T.

W. McKinnie, 1876 ; W. F. Kirkland, 1878; A. E. Beardsley, 1879; J. F.
Hartshorn, 1880, and Mr. McCullough, 1882. -

The school building, a three story brick, costing, including furniture,
$18,000, was erected in 1871. It is situated on the summit, of Round
Mound, asmall elevation in the west part of the town, about fifty feet high.
It is a prominent object and commands an extended and magnificent view
of the surrounding country.

‘ George B. Lord & Co. started a bank in 1870, and in a short time sold
out to E. T. Coe & Co., who continued the business until 1872. During
this latter year, Hood & Kincaid started their bank, and have since con-
tinued to do a general banking business. In 1881, they erected an elegant
brick building at a cost of $3,500.

The Pleasanton Library Association was organized in March, 1881.
They have now one hundred and fifty volumes in the_library, which is
remarkably well patronized.

SOCIETIES AND THE PRESS.

Eureka Lodge, No. 88, A., F. & A. M., was chartered October 20,
1870. The charter officers were J. R. Vanzandt, W. M.; J. M. Haynes,
S. W.; Peter Fellows, J. W.; H. H. Cox, . Secretary, and J. W. Babb,
Treasurer. . The present membership is 34.

Pleasanton Lodge, No. 65, I. O. O. F., was instituted October 7, 1870,
with six members. Its charter officers were John Eifert, N. G.; F. H.
Foot, V. G.; J. M. Taylor, Secretary; James Lacount, Treasurer, and J.
W. Garrett, Reporter. Present membership, 32

Pleasanton Lodge, No. 92, A. O. U. W., was organized February 6,
1882, with twenty-six members ; the jaa membership isthesame. ‘The
first officers were as follows: R. J. Peare, P. M..W.; N. W. Barnett, M.
W.; J. W. Platt, Foreman; J. F. Conley, Overseer; J. L. Carnahan,
Recorder ; G. F. Horton, Financier ; J. F. George, Receiver; E. L. Will-
iams, Guide; Charles Adams, Outside Watchman, and R. P. Akers, In-
side Watchman. *

‘Jewell Post, No. 3,-G. A. R., was organized August 22, 1881, with
thirty-six charter members. The first officers of the Post were N. W. Bar-
rett, P. C.; George R. Page, 8. V. C.; D. I. Whitman, J. V. C.; James
Goss, O. D.; C. P. Lee, Simca J. E. Whitman, Chaplain; H. H. Mc-
Glothlin, O. G.; J. H. Madden, Adjutant.
hundred and one members and is in a flourishing condition.

Morning Star Encampment, No. 1, I. C. R. C., was organized Jan-
uary 16, 1882, with twenty-seven members; its present membership is sixty.
Its tirst officers were the following : W. H. Masters, EH. C.; N. W. Barnett,
E. Conn.; F. W. Baldwin, 8. C.; J. W. Platt, C. H.; G. F. Horton, W.
Secretary; J. W. Babb, F. Secretary; Mrs. L. A. Masters, W. Treasurer;
Mrs. C. E. Stuckey, J. C. .

‘This is the first encampment of the Independent Champions of the
Red Cross organized in Kansas. The order had its origin on the Pacific
coast in 1878 ; in 1875, encampments were organized in Colorado and at

_Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, and in some other Western States about
the same time. The Supreme Commandery is located at Denver, Colo.
Both men and women are eligible to membership and to all the privileges
of the order. The objects of the order are to promote temperance, to pro-
vide literary, musical and other elevating entertainments for its members,
and there will ultimately be added to it a life benefit feature.

The Pleasanton Observer was started August 24, 1871, by L. K. Zook.
In the spring of 1875, E. H. and J. A. Bacon took charge of the paper
and published it until July 1, 1876, when E. H. Bacon sold out his inter-
est to Dr. Henry Plumb. On the 1st of April, 1877, Dr. Plumb sold_his
share to J. A. Bacon, who, on June 10, 1880, sold out to D. S. and H.L
Capell, who still continue its publication.

The Linn County Press was started in 1869, by A. B. Bowman, who
sold it to Winfree & Lewis. From them it was purchased by the Press
Publishing Company, who ran it about a year and sold it to Mugford &
Hughes, who moved it to Sumner County, Kan., in 1871.

The Pleasanton Herald was started April 21, 1881, by J. M. Voss. Mr.
Voss continued its publication until September 8, 1882, when W.S. Platt
took charge of the editorial department. The Herald is devoted to the in-

The organization has now one

Rev. Mr. Satch-°

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‘mained eight years. In 1855, he returned to New

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terests of the National Greenback Labor Party, and with the exception of
the Linn County Tribune which was published at La Cygne about one
year (1878-79), is the only greenback paper ever published in the county.
There has been no Democratic paper published in Linn County.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The Hammond Mill was built in the summer of 1869, and commenced
running October 12. It isin the northwest part of the town, on Muddy
Creek. Itis a four-run mill, with a forty-horse power engine and a capac-
ity of sixty barrels of flour per day. The building with its machinery cost
$12,000. ‘This mill was built and is still owned by William H. Hammond,
and is noted for the manufacture of the “Golden Sheaf’’ brand of flour.

Pleasanton City Mills.—In the year 1870, a bonus of $1,000 and a
mill site were, offered by E. M. and C. H. Tucker, to any one who would
build and operate for five years a grist mill in the southern part of the
town. William Marshall & Sons, in the fall of the year, built the Pleasanton
City Mills, and operated them until March 1, 187, selling out at that time
to Van Densen, Rohrer & Co., who ran the mills until January 1, 1876,
when they were sold to King R. Powell. Mr. Poweil ran them until Jan-
uary 1, 1880, when they were leased to Hewett & Smith six months, at the
end of which time they passed into the hands of the present owners, Blaker
Bros.

The mills are in a three story frame building, and consist of two run
of stone, propelled by a forty-horse power engine, have a capacity of sixty
barrels of flour per day, and cost $8,000.

Summary.—Since 1878, Pleasanton has been making gratifying and
substantial progress. It now contains two general stores, two dry goods
stores, five groceries, four drug stores, two stove and tin stores, two hard-
ware stores, one clothing store, five blacksmith’s shops, three wagon shops,
three hotels, two lumber yards, three shoe shops, one elevator, one agri-
cultural implement dealer, one book store, and about twenty other busi-
ness houses. The population, March 1, 1882, was 1,114.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—PoTos!I TOWNSHIP.

S. H. ALLEN, lawyer, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., March 19, 1847; was
reared and educated in his native State and was admitted to the bar at Buitfalo, that State,
in 1869, where he engaged in the practice of his profession until 1870, when he came to Kan-
sas and located at Pleasanton, where he immediately resumed his practice. In 1874, he was
elected County Attorney, and is a candidate for Judge of the sixth judicial district of Kan-
sas. He was married in Pleasanton, Kan., December 24, 1872, to Miss Lucina A.Smith. She
was born in McHenry County,Ill, They have four children—Otis S., Emily P., Ellen A. and
George 8. ? :

3. M. ALLEN, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Pleasanton, born in Davis County, Ind., March
1, 1827. Was raised and educated in his native State, after which he located on a farm and
followed agricultural pursuits until 1868, when he came to Kansas, located in Shawnee
County, where he farmed for six years. He then removed to Labette County, Kan., where
he followed the same business until 1880, when he sold his interest and located in Linn
County on his present place of 172 acres, Married in Davis County, Ind., November 2, 1850,
Miss Louisa A. McCormick, of Indiana. They have five children—Martha J., Mary E., Mar-
tin A., Margaret E. and Nannie.

S. ARMSBY, merchant, was born in Chester, N. H., March 31, 1847, When young he
was taken by his parents to Faribault, Minn., where he was principally raised. He attend-
ed school aé Millbury, Mass., for three years, and finished his course at Oberlin College, Ohio,
in 1866. In 1864, he enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Regiment Minnesota Infantry, and
was discharged in July, 1865, after which his time was occupied in teaching school tor some
time. In 1870, he came to Kansas, and first located at Mound City, Linn Co., where he was
employed as a clerk for several years, when he settled in Pleasanton and in 1880 purchased
a stock of hardware. He was married in Pleasanton August 26, 1878, to Miss Bell Whitman,
of Missouri. They have two children—Alice L. and Sarah B,

SAMUEL ASHLEY, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Pleasanton, was born in Fulton County
Ill, April 19, 1847, where he was raised and educated. He soon after engaged in agricult-
ural pursuits, until 1869, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County on his present
place of 140 acres. He was married in Linp County, Kan., October 25, 1872, to Miss Lucinda
Shoemaker, of Ohio. They have four children—George L., Oliver E., Susanna L. and Sam-
uel, Mr. Ashley is a Democrat. ‘

CHARLES S. ATKINS, Justice of the Peace, was born in Lawrence County, Ill., May
25, 1829. He was raised and educated in his native State, after which he engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits for some time. He then served as second engineer on the Mississippi
steamers for quite a while. In 1851, he returned to Illinois, and took an active part in
building the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad. In 1858, he came to Kansas, and settled in
Linn County. He was engaged in various pursuits until 1861, when he enlisted in Company
F, Second Regiment Kansas Infantry. He was discharged November 2, 1861, and re-enlist-
ed November 29, 1861, in Company D, Sixth Kansas Cavalry. Was re-enlisted as a veteran
in same company December 2, 1863. During his term of service he was wounded the eighth
time and lost his right leg at the battle of Massard Prairie, near Fort Smith, Ark. He was
discharged in 1865. He then returned to Linn County and was elected Justice of the Peace
in 1872, which position he still holds. He has been married the third time, first in Lawrence
County, Ill., to Martha Pinkstaff. She died in 1849. The second marriage occurred in Linn
County, Kan., December 6, 1860, to Miss Sarah A. Defreese, a native of Morgan County, Mo.
She died August 13, 1880, and the third union took place at Mound City, Kan., January 25,
1881, to Miss Jennie A. Johnson. She was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1853.

WILLIAM H. ATKIN, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Pleasanton, was born in New York
City, April 11, 1844, When young he was taken ee parents: to Chicago, where he re-

y 355, - ork, and was educated at Tarrytown,
N. Y., completing his studies in 1858, after which he returned to Illinois and located on a
farm in Cook County, where he followed agricultural pursuits until 1861, when he enlisted
in Company C, Thirteenth Regiment Illinois Cavalry, in which he served until the close
of the war. He then returned to Cook County and engaged in farming until 1869, when
he removed to St. Clair County, Mo., and engaged in farming until 1872. He then came to
Kansas, and located in Linn County on Nepean place of 180 acres. He was married in
Linn County, Kan., September 11, 1882, to Miss Doyer A. Boyer, of Indiana. They have one
child, Catherine L.

N. W. BARNETT, notary public and Justice of the Peace, was born in Jessamine
County, Ky., February 6, 1835. hen he was young he was taken by his mother to Spen-
cer County, ind., where he remained for a short time, when he removed to Warrick Coun-
ty, Ind., where he received his education. In 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-fifth
Regiment Indiana Infantry. During his service he was wounded the fourth time, and lost
his left arm at the battle of Rivers Bridge, S. C., February 3, 1865, and was discharged May
30, 1865, after which he located in Princeton, Ind., where he served as City Marshal for five
years. He then engaged in the insurance business until 1879, when he came to Kansas and
located at Pleasanton. He served as City Marshal in 1881, and was elected Justice of the
Peace in 1882. He was married in Warrick County, Ind., September 30, 1866, to Miss Mary
J. Tindall, of Indiana, They have four children—Jesse R., Kdgar J., Annie B. and Effie E,

JOHN BAUGH, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Pleasanton, was born in South Carolina
October 12, 1814. He moved with his parents to Logan County, Ky., and was raised and
educated there. He then engaged in farming for some time, after which he learned the car-
penter’s trade. This he pursued for ten years. In 1856, he came to Kansas and settled in
Linn County. He has served as Justice of the Peace. His estate consists of 170 acres of
improved land. Was married in Hopkins County, Ky., Aprik 9, 1840, to Miss Minerva G.
Vickers, who was born in Hopkins County, Ky., March 25, 1821. They have eight children
—Mary E., John W., Martha L., Millie M., Lydia V., Paulina C., Louisa N. and Julia F
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W. R. BIDDLE, lawyer, was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 22, 1840, and was
educated at the Otterbein University and at the University of Michigan. At the breaking-
out of the war he proceeded to Washington City and enlisted in the Oneida Calvary com-
pany of New York, eo aeipabed in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Freder-
icksburg, Gettysburg, ilderness, Petersburg, and others of minor note, after which he
spent one year in the law department of the Michigan University, and was admitted to the
bar at Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1868; shortly afterward removed to Kansas and located at Mound
City, where he commenced practice, which he still continues in Linn and the surround ng
counties. In 1872, was elected County Attorney of Linn County. In 1875, he represente
Linn County in the Legislature. In 1876, he was re-elected and made President of the Re-

«publican State Convention in 1878. During the same yéar served his third term in the

Legislature. He was married at Mound City, Kan., May 8, 1870, to Miss Lauretta Streeter, a

native of Bucks County, Penn. They have two children—Magalena and Sue Ellen.

f BLAIR, merchant, born in Fulton County, Ill., June 11, 1843, where he was raised

until he was thirteen years of age, when he came to Kansas and first located in Miami

County on a farm, where he remained until 1863, after which he located at Paola and

learned the tinner’s trade. In 1868, moved to Linn County and opened a hardware store at

Trading Post, where he continued until 1871. His next permanent location was Pleasanton,

where he still continues the hardware trade. Married, in Pleasanton, Kan., December 28,

1871, Miss Alice Allman. She was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, November 20, 1850.

They have three children—Addie M., Frank L. and Lora A. Mr. Blair is identified with

the Republican pet:

: B. F, BLAKER, of the firm of B, F. Blaker & Co., lumber and grain dealers, was born

in Bucks County, Penn., December 3, 1844. -He was reared and educated in his native State,

after which he engaged in farming until 1870, when he came to Kansas and located at Pleas-
anton, where he engaged in the lumber and grain trade. They have yards at La Cygne,

Blue Mound, Prescott and Sprague, Mo. They are also proprietors of the Pleasanton City

Mills, He enlisted in 1863 in Company C, Twentieth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, and

re-enlisted in 1864 in Company C, Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry, where he served until the

close of the war. He was married in Pleasanton, December 5, 1872, to Miss Adda Brabant, a

native of Wisconsin. They have two children—imma L, and Paulina,

J. F. CADY, liveryman, was born in Ripley omy Ind., July 27, 1841, and was edu-
cated in Mitchell County, lowa. In 1857,he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County,
where he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1877, when he located at Pleas-
anton, where he is engaged in the livery business. His estate consists of 110 acres con-
veniently located to Pleasanton; he was married in Linn County, Kan., September 8, 1862,
to Miss Sarah C. Baugh; she was born in Kentucky January 3, 1842, They have five chil-
dren—Laura A., James A., Henry H., William H. and Francis B.

D.S. CAPELL, the senior proprietor of the Pleasanton Observer, was born in Penn Yan.
Yates Co., N. Y., in 1845. He left school to work at the case when but fifteen years old, and
has followed the business ever since, holding the position of foreman in the Chronicle otlice
in Penn Yan for some time. He was married in Albany, N. Y., in 1871, to Miss H. L.
Spencer. They came West in 1878, and in September, 1879, Mr. Capell assisted in establish-
ing the Labette Cownty Democrat. He sold out his interest the following spring, and in
June, 1880, came to Pleasanton and bought the Observer. In this transaction Mrs, Capell fig-
ured as a partner, and the two are now conducting the business in partnership, D.S. Capell
being the business manager, and H. L. Capell the editor.

_ DR.J.L. CARNAHAN was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., August 14, 1843; he was
raised and educated in his native State, having partially completed his studies at the Wabash
College in 1861, at the age of seventeen years. He enlisted in the Tenth Indiana Battery,
October 7, 1861, as a private. He was afterward promoted to Sergeant, in which position he
served until the close of the war. After his return home from the war, he completed his
education ; he then entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, during
the years of 1868 and 1869; he then located in Davion, Ind., his native town, where he prac-
ticed for five years, when he removed to Fowler, Benton Co., Ind., where he remained until
1878, when he located at Frankfort, Ind., where he engaged in the practice of his profession
for three years. In 1881, he came to Kansas and settled at Pleasanton, where he is actively
en meen in the practice of his Brofreslon. He married in Dayton, Ind., October 20, 1869,
i . le ane of Indiana, born June 10, 1844, They have three children —Aldercy, Lizzie
and James A. ‘

D, A, CROCKER, merchant, was born in Franklin County, Ind., August 30, 1834, where
he was raised and educated ; soon after he learned the carpenter’s trade, which he pursued
for ashort time, In 1854, he moved to Martinsburg, Keokuk Co., Iowa, where he engaged in
the mercantile trade for three years. He came to Kansas in 1857 and settledin Linn County,
where his attention was directed to saw milling for quite a while. In 1860, he emigrated to
Colorado and engaged in mining until 1863, when he returned to Linn County and sapuged
in farming until 1876. He then located at Pleasanton, where he is engaged in the hardware
and implement trade. Mr. Crocker was County Commissioner two terms, and has served
one term in the Legislature. He has been twice married, first in 1867,to Drusilla Bot-
kin, of Ohio; she died in Linn County, Kan., in 1869. They had one child—Clara B. The
second marriage occurred at Mound City, Kan., in 1871, to Miss Amelia Botkin, also a native
of Ohio. She was born August 16, 1834.

8. DECKER, merchant, born in Henry County, Ind., August 31, 18382, where he was
raised and educated, after which he located at Elizabeth, Henry County, Ind., where he
was employed for two years in merchandising. He then moved to Greenfield, Ind., where
he en peger in the mercantile trade for ten years. In 1870, came to Kansas, and settled in
Pleasanton, where he is enpaa in the grocery trade; carries a stock of $6,000, and is doing
a business of $30,000a year. He has been twice married, first in Winchester, Ind., in 1856,
to Miss ‘Lucy West. By this marriage they had three children—Emma, Henry C. W. and
Ella. The second marriage occurred in Bates County, Mo., March, 1870, to Miss Julia A.
Morrow. She was born in Rush County, Ind. They have one child, Ernest. Mr. Decker is

_ a Republican. ;

B. ELLIS, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Pleasanton, born in Barry County, Mo., October 7,
1825, and was taken when young by his pe to McLean County, Ill., where he was raised
and educated ; after which he moved to Linn County, Iowa, where he was engaged in agri-

cultural pursuits for fourteen years. In 1856, he moved to Linn County, Kansas, and in
1858 located at Mound City, Linn County, where he turned his attention to merchandisin,
until 1872, when he settled on his present place. His estate consists of 1,035 acres of lant
and a half interest in the Lian Jounty Bank, situated at La Cygne, Kan. He has been
twice married, first in 1861, to Miss Mary A. Curtis, of Ohio, who died in Linn County, Kan.,
in 1876, leaving three children—Elmer E., John M. and Arthur W. The second marriage
occurred in Linn County, Kan., September 18, 1877, to Miss Sarah J, Shinn, of Iowa. They
have two children—Frank B. and Walter. .

W.S. EVERETT, merchant, born in Detroit, Mich., June 27, 1844, where he was raised
and educated. In 1863, enlisted in Company B, First ene Michigan Cavalry, where he
served until the close of the war. In 1865, moved to Boone County, Iowa, where he was
employed as clerk in mercantile pursuits for four years. In 1869, came to Kansas and set-
ted in Pleasanton, Linn County, where he is engaged in the Sroueny imade He was elected
Mayor in 1882, and has served as Councilman for several years. Married in Pleasanton,
Liun County, Kan., November 23, 1872, Miss Mary Baker. She was born in Iowa, February
12,1851. They have two children—Robert J. and Edna.

“-W.C, GARRATT, druggist, born in Linn County, Kan., February 11, 1859, where he
was raised and educated; after which he was ae as clerk until 1882, when he began
operation in his present business under the firm of Garratt & Willis, Married at Mound
City, Kan., December 25, 1881, Miss Ollie Stucker. She was born in Jordan, Minn., in 1862,
They have one child, Clive. : i

CHARLES GATES, farmer, Section 30, Range 25, Township 21, P, O. Pleasanton, was
born in Ellington, Chautauqua County, N. Y., May 7, 1829. He was raised and educated
there in his native State, after which he learned the carpenter's trade, which he pursued for
many years. In 1854, he located in Erie County, Penn., and in 1857 returned to his native
State, and in 1860 moved to Union City, Erie Co., Penn., and there he worked at his trade
until 1869, and then he came to Kansas and located at Pleasanton, Linn County, where he
engaged in the hardware and implement trade for four years, after which he settled on his
present place. He was married in Ellington, N. Y., September 29, 1853, to Miss Eliza A. Ste-
yens, of Vermont. They have two children—Ellen M. and Charlie E. *

JOHN. J. HARRIS, Postmaster, born in Philadelphia, Penn., November 29, 1842.
Was raised in his native city until twelve years of age, when he removed with his parents to
Zanesville, Ohio, where he worked as printer until 1855, when he located at Louisville, Ky.
and was employed as clerk for some time. He then_moved to St. Louis and was employe
there as clerk for one year. In a6, proce tee to Colorado, and engaged in mining until
1861, when he enlisted in Company B, First Regiment Colorado Cavalry, and was discharged
November, 1865, after which he came to Kansas and located at Pleasanton, and engaged in

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

the stationery trade. In 1876, was appointed Postmaster, which position he still holds. He
has been twice married, first to Miss Lydia J. Whitson in 1864. By this union they have one
child—Stella. The second marriage occurred at Pleasanton, May 380, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth
McClure. They have two children—Maggie and Frank.

A. D. HYATT, real estate, born in Wayne County, Ind., December 3, 1833. He was
raised and educated in his native State, Soon after emigrated to California, where his atten-
tion was principally pecupies in hotel keeping with satisfactory results, for five years. In
1860 came to Lexington, Ill.,and enlisted in Company G, Fourth Regiment Illinois Cavalry,
as a private; soon after promoted Sergeant Major, and his second promotion to Captain,
which position he held until the close of the war, He located in Linn County, Kan,, in
1867, and was elected Probate Judge in 1879. He has served as Justice of the Peace for some
time. He has been twice married, first in Natchez, Miss., July, 1865, to Miss Ollie Q. Walker,
a native of Mississippi. She died in New Orleans, La.,September, 1879. By this union they
have two children—Robert W. and Glen C. He was married the second time to Miss Mattie
E. Tansey, on April 11, 1880. . =

- DR. C. P. PEE, born in Herkimer County, N. Y., October 29, 1827. Was raised and ed-
ucated in his native State. He received an academic education at the Lewis County Acad-
emy, at Lowville, N. Y. In 1849, was a medical student in the office of John C. Fish, M. D,,
of Lowell, N. Y. In the early part of 1850, removed to Tiffin, Ohio, and was a student in the
office of John N. Heckerman, M. D., and was admitted into the medical department of the
University of Michigan asa student during the years 1850-51-52, and graduated in 1854,
after which he located at Belleville, Ohio, where he pete in his profession for sixteen
years, In 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
as a private; was soon afterward promoted to Assistant Surgeon, and served with that rank
until the close of the war. He then returned to Belleville, Ohio, where he remained until
1870, He then came to Kansas, and was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Insane
Asylum at Osawatomie, Miami County; was afterward appointed Superintendent, which
position he held for two years. He located at Pleasanton in 1874, With the aid of $2,000,
the Doctor is engaged in erecting a private insane asylum at Butler, Mo., which will be con-
ducted on a charitable basis, He married in Seneca age! Ohio. May, 1857, Miss Sarah A,
Sherky, of Ohio, They have four children—Effie, Elbia, Willard H. and Cubia K.

W H. McGLOTHLIN, auctioneer, born in Tazewell County, Va., March 12, 1840. He
moved with his parents to Kansas City in 1849, and was there raised and educated. In 1856,
he located in Douglas County, Kan., on a farm, where he remained until 1861, when he went
into the employ of the Government until he enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Regiment
Kansas Cavalry, as a private, and was mustered out in 1865 as First Sergeant, after which he
located in Linn County, Kan., and engaged in saw milling until 1870, when he located at
Pleasanton, where he is engaged at his present business. He was elected Constable in 1870,
and still holds that position. In 1878, he was appointed Deputy United States Marshal, and
held the office four years. Married in Pleasanton, April 9, 1870, Mrs. R. W. Probasco, of

io.

J. H. MARTIN, lawyer, was born in Edgar County, Ill., September 28, 1836, and was
educated at the Friends’ Western Manual Labor school in Park County, Ind., having fin-
ished in 1860, after which he located in Parke County, Ind., and engaged in agricultural
pursuits until 1863, when he moved to Marion County, Iowa, where he remained until 1865,
when he came to Kansas and located in Franklin County for a short time. In 1868, he
moved to Miami County, and during his residence was elected County Commissioner. He
came to Linn County in 1879, and was elected the same year County Clerk. He has been
twice married, firstin Parke County, Ind., January 29, 1860, to Miss Charity E. Morris, a native
of Indiana, born August 10, 1844; she died J anuary 16, 1870. By this marriage they had
three children—Mollie E., Ida M. and Sarah J. His second marriage was in Miami County,
Kan., July 30, 1871, to Miss Jennie E. Mitchell. She was born in Clearfield County, Penn.,
January 3, 1845. :

GEORGE R. PAGE, merchant, born in Marengo, McHenry County, Il., December 18,
1846. He was reared and educated in his native State. In 1863, enlisted in Company F,
One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment Illinois Infantry, and served for five months; after
which he located at Harvard, Ill., and engaged in the mercantile trade for some time. In
1869, moved to Butler, Mo , where he remained a short time during the same year. Came
to Kansas and settled in Linn County, where he engaged in the real estate business, until
1872, He then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1881, when he located at
Pleasanton and engaged in his present business. Mr. Page is at pet Township Treas-
urer. He was married in McHenry County, Mll., to Miss Amelia M. Smith, October 1, 1867.
They have six children—Mary E., Emma §. Genevieve C., George R., Laura P. and Lucina.

R. J. PEARE, M. D., born in County Wexford, Ireland, December 28, 1844. At the age
of eleven years, he emigrated with his parents to Canada, where he received a common
school education. In 1866, he came to the United States, and three years later took the de-
gree of Doctor of Medicine, in the University of Michigan. He then located in Pleasanton,

inn Co., Kan., and commenced the practice of his profession. In 1874, he returned to his
alma mater, where he remained two years in the special study of diseases of the eye and ear.
In 1876, he visited Europe for the purpose of continuing these studies in the University of
Berlin, where he remained about one year. He then returned to Kansas, and resumed his
prncice at Pleasanton. He was married in Kansas City, Mo., to Miss Nora Blue, of Grafton,

. Va., December 28, 1879. They have two children—Florence B. and Catherine A.

* W.B. PERRY, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Pleasanton, born in Robinson County, Tenn.,
March 22, 1827, was taken by his parents when young to Williamson County, Ill., where he
matured to manhood, and was educated, after which he engaged in farming which he fol-
lowed until 1854, when he emigrated to Kansas, ene in Linn County, being one of the
first settlers in the eg Hie moved to his present place in 1857. His estate contains 320
acres of fine farming land. Married in Williamson County, Ill., January 14, 1846, Diathia
ea of Illinois. They have seven children—Richard E., Fremont F., Mary, Annie,
Charley O., Lizzie and Alford.

.S. PLATT, editor of the Pleasanton Herald, was born in Allen County Ind., January
4, 1854. In an early day with his parents he emigrated to Iowa, and at the close of the war
to Missouri, He came to Kansas in 1868, and settledin Linn County. He was brought up
principally on the farm. Received a normal course at the State Normal School at Leaven-
worth. Graduated at the Kansas Normal School and Business Institute with’ the class of
1879 Took nee of the Hera/d as its editor in September, 1882.

JAMES RICKARD, confectioner and baker, born in Bucks County, Penn., November 2,
1844, He was reared and educated in his native State, and soon after learned the art of
bricklaying, which he pursued for twenty-one years. Hecame to Kansas in 1879, and set-
tled at Mound City, where he worked at his trade until 1881, when he moved to Pleasanton,
and engaged in his present business. He was married in Doylestown, Penn., October 5,
1868, to iss Julia Shaw, of Bucks County, Penn. They have had seven children—Eva,
Flora, Lenos, Eddie, William and Maggie, and Nellie, deceased.

A. D. ROOT, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Pleasanton, born in Susquehanna County, Penn.,
September 11, 1833, was raised and educated in his native State. Soon after, he learned the
blacksmith and wagon trade, which he pursued for eight years. In 1859, he moved to Lee
County, Iowa, where he worked at his trade until 1862, when he came to Kansas and located
in Linn County, on his present pies. His estate consists of 1,000 acres. He served during
the late rebellion in Company B, Second Regiment Towa Infantry, and was discharged on
account of disability. He has heen twice married, first in Susquehanna County, Penn., in
1854, to Miss Caroline A. Dickey. She died in 1877. By this marriage they have five chil-
dren—Florence A., Frank A., Willina, Nellie G., George b. and Charles H. The second mar-
riage took place in Linn County, Kan., February 21, 1878, to Mrs, Harriet A. Henshaw. By
this marriage mney have one child—Alva, Mr. Root is identified with the Republican party.

ISAAC SER. ee apn Section 33, P. O. Pleasanton, born in Decatur County, Tat
October 30, ane where he was raised and educated, after which his time was spent working
on bis father’s farm until 1857, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn “ounty on his
present place of 200 acres, where he is cD in farming and stock-raising. He has served
as Township Treasurer for fifteen years. arried in Linn County, Kon. ful 7, 1861, Miss
Mary E. Ford. They have four children—James H., John M., Eddie L. and Titlie M. Mr.
Senet i a cea ;

» M. KER, merchant, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, October §, 1836; was
there raised until the age of twelve years, when he moved to LuCyTUs, Crawford Co., Ohio,
where he completed his studies, after which he was a dry goods clerk for many years. In
ay he moved to Minooka, Grundy Co., Ill, where he was appointed Postmaster through
ee of Stephen A. Douglas, until 1858, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn
one and engaged in agricultural pursuits for some time. In 1866, he located in Mound

me ns where he en aged in oe poe 1869, when he settled at Pleasanton,
¥ i e is engaged in his Present business. He has been married three times, first near
ae ee August 17, 1864, to Miss M. J. Davis » she died September 4, 1866. By this
union they had one child—LottieE, The second marriage also occurred at Mound City,
LINN COUNTY.

May 8, 1867, to Miss Sarah A. Tansey; she died April 11,1877. They had four children b
this marriage—Frank M., Charles C., Walter L. and George C. The third marriage too
place at Pleasanton, February 2, 1879, to Mrs. M. E. Fahnestock, of Lafayette, Ind.

H. WAYMIRE, jeweler, born in Madison, Ind., December 25, 1847, was raised and
educated in his native State, after which he located at Elwood, Ind., where he engaged in
the drug trade, which he pursued until 1877, when he came to Kansas and located at Pleas-
anton, where he pursued the drug business until 1882. Disposing of his interest, he opened
a jeweler’s establisment. In 1864, he enlisted in Company iH. One Hundred and Thirty-fifth
Rogiment Indiana Infantry, and was discharged the same year. Married, in Anderson,
Ind., April 29, 1869, Miss Maggie Halfin. She was born in Virginia March 23, 1848. They
have one child—Dora R. Mr. Waymire is a Republican.

R. H. WOODINGTON, merchant, born in Bucks County, Penn., November 22, 1854.
He was raised and educated in his native State; was soon after employed as a clerk in the
mercantile trade until 1880, when he came to Kansas and settled in Pleasanton, Linn
County, where he was employed as a clerk for two years. In 1882, he became a partner in
the firm of Woodington & Wier. Married, in Bucks County, Penn., September 24, 1878,
Miss Harriet F. Tomlinson, of Bucks County, Penu. They have one child—Fred. Mr. W.
is a member of the Republican party.

H. C. WORLAND, druggist, born in Medina, N. Y., August 7, 1844, where he was
reared and educated. In 1865, he moved to Bushnell, McDonough County, Ill, where he
engaged in the grocery trade for about four years. He came to Kansas in 1869, and located
at Pleasanton, where he is engaged in the drug trade. He served through the late rebellion
in Company D, Twenty-eighth Regiment New York Infantry. Married. at Mound City,
Kan., June 25, 1879, Miss Esther B. Bartleson, of Iowa.

LA CYGNE.

This town is finely situated in the valley of the Marais des Cygnes, on the
line of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, north of Pleasanton.
It was started _in 1869, as soon as the location of the line of the railroad
was known. The Town Company was composed of the following gentle-
men: A. H. Davis, President; B.S. Heath, Secretary; W. E. Moore, Treas-
urer; Nathan Pratt, A. G. McKinzie, B. 8. Henning, H. J. Hayden and
J. B. Grinnell. This company purchased 1,400 acres, but had laid out for
a town site only 140 acres.

La Cygne was incorporated as a village January 14, 1870, with the fol-
lowing Board of Trustees: B.S. Heath, Henry Priser, D. 8S. Bentley, W. 9
Hesser, and Bona Dale, and E. A. Foot,Clerk. In the fall of that year, it be-
ing ascertained that La Cygne had inhabitants enough, the town organized as
a city of the third class, by electing, August 23, E. A. Foot, Mayor, and
the following Councilmen: George Ww. Moore, Henry Priser, W. E. Moore,
H. Dellinger and John Howard; T. W. Williamson was elected Clerk; W.
E. Moore, Treasurer; and J. V. Dobson, City Marshal. Since that time,
the following gentlemen have been successively elected Mayors of La
Cygne: Henry Dellinger, elected in 1871; Henry Briser, in 1872; J. 8.
Lane, 1873; W. A. Jones, 1874; J. S. Lane, 1875; I. Croxton, 1876; Robert
Slater, 1877 and 1878; J. V. Donaldson, 1878 and 1880; S. D. Cady, 1881;
J. V. Donaldson, 1882.

Just before the laying-out of the town site, Mr. Chetland built a store,
and immediately afterward S. D. Cady erected a building for the purpose
of carrying on the dry goods business. The next business house, erected
also in the fall of 1869, was by J. J. Starks and Henry Briser. At the end
of six months, they dissolved partnership, and Mr. Starks erected, in 1871,
the first brick building in the town, designed also for the dry goods busi-
ness. In 1869, W. A. Jones started a hardware store, Lyman Dearborn a
furniture store, and George J. Miller a produce and grocery store. The
first hotel was the Walker House, built by J. A. Walker. The second was
the La Cygne House, built in 1869-70, by Joseph Goss.

‘ Quite a number of dwelling houses were built in 1869, and a few more
pretation residences in the same year by Henry Briser, Dr. A. Davis, B.
. Heath and others. ;

The first school in La Cygne was taught in 1869, by Miss Webb, in Cady’s
Hall. This was a subscription school, and was continued until the fall of
1870, when a public schoolhouse was built. In the year 1871, a large, two
story brick schoolhouse was built ata cost of $10,000. The schoo! in this
building has been graded-from the first. The successive Superintendents
have been I. N. Moon, Mr. Coates, J. H. G. Weaver, G. W. Botkin and
I. D. Elliott.

The first physician was Dr. Seaton, who built a house in 1869-70; the
next, Dr. B. g Heath, a member of the original town company, and then
Dr. J. H. Sanford. The first lawyer in La Cygne was J. D. Holden, from
Wisconsin, now of Emporia; the next the firm of Watson & McArthur;
then J. V. Donaldson, present Mayor, who came in the summer of 1870,
and then James D. Snoddy, who came in the spring of 1871.

CHURCHES AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1870, with ten mem-
bers, by Rev. J. Biddison, who erected the church building and parsonage.
The former is a frame building, 24x60 feet, and cost $1,000; the latter cost
$600. This church has been somewhat unfortunate in its ministers, most
of them having been men whom the patrons of the church could not com-
mend as men. Revs.’ Biddison, Noah Asher and John Kirby were notable

exceptions. The church is now composed of sixty members, and although
not in a flourishing condition, is as able as ever to appreciate true worth
and Christian manhood in its ministers. The troubles are chargeable to
the conference, or are attributable to the lack of proper material in the
ranks of the Methodist ministry.

The first Superintendent of the Sunday school which was organized
i Pe, was J. I. Foot. The present membership of the school is sixty-

ive.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1870 with five members,
by Elder W. H. Vroom, who preached the first sermon and remained until
1874. He was succeeded by Revs. James Mitchell, in 1875; Mr. Mayon in
1877; H. M. Green, in 1879, who remained until 1881. The corner-stone of
the building was laid in July, 1871, and the edifice completed in the follow-

- ing fall. It isa frame building, 28x44 feet, seats 400 people, and cost
$1,400. The highest membership has been forty, present fifteen. .

A Sunday school was organized in 1870, first Superintendent, Benja-

mim Shuart, present membership of the school, sixty. é

- gerford.

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The Baptist Church was organized in 1870, Rev. Alfred Gore preach-
ing the first sermon. : ;

A Catholic Church was organized about the same time, but it has been
discontinued. ae

The La Cygne Flouring Mill was built in 1870 by Chatterson & Hun-
In 1880, it became the property of D. Coonrad, with Philo
Coonrad, manager- The building is three stories high, and with the ma-
chinery cost $9,000. It is supplied with ‘‘ patent process’’ machinery,
put in in 1882, at a cost of $3,000. The capacity of the mill is eighty
barrels of flour per day.

bank was started in 1870 by 8. D. Cady, called the Farmers’ Sav-
ings Bank. It was conducted by him until 1871, when a stock company
was organized, of which 8. D. Cady was elected President, and F. M.
Davis, Cashier. This company erected a brick building, and in 1874 8. D.
Cady purchased the stock and continued the business under the firm name
of 3 D. Cady & Co. He afterward sold out to Ellis & Saunders, who
now conduct the business under the name of the Linn County Bank.

Shortly after the starting of the Farmers’ Savings Bank, Bentley,
Pratt & Moore started a private bank and carried on the business until
1877, when a stock company was organized, of which G. F. Hamlin was
elected President, and W. E. Moore, Cashier. "This company carried on
the peeing business successfully until March, 1879, when it was discon-
tinued. :

In 1879, a building association in the form of a stock company was
organized for the purpose of erecting business houses. J. V. Donaldson
was elected President, and H. W. Cooper, Secretary. A two-story brick
block was erected at a cost of $16,000, which is occupied by excellent
stores. In the upper story of one of these buildings is an elegant hall,
40x80 feet, 18 feet me with a truss roof. :

The La Cygne Organ Factory was started in 1880, by Swisher &
Shrake. Up to the present time, the business of making organs has been
carried on on a small scale, but there is good ground for encouragement.
A reed organ of any size, style and price can be obtained at this factory.

Coadl.—In July, 1881, a few of the citizens of La Cygne raised the sum of
$1,000 and gave it as a bonus to Mr. George Morely, a practical miner, to ,
sink a shaft in search for coal. This shaft is located one-half mile north
of the town. It was sunk to the depth of one hundred and twenty feet,
when a thirty-six inch vein of excellent coal was found. A company for
mining organized, consisting of Morely & Son & Cady. This company
purchased considerable ground, and in the winter of 1881-82 Mr. Cady -be-
came sole proprietor. Another stock company was organized in the south
part of the town, and another shaft sunk, with similar results. Both
shafts are now leased to a mining company from Illinois, and the coal
sold at the mine at about $2.25 per ton.

Silver, etc.—In the year 1872, acting upon the advice of the spirit of an
Indian chief, the advice being communicated through aSpiritualisticmedium,
a company sunk ashaft on “Silver Mound,” with the hope of finding silver.
The owner of the land was offered $100 per acre for forty acres of land,
which offer he refused. About $3,000 was expended in sinking the shaft
to the depth of about one hundred feet, without avail, and the project was
abandoned. Acting under a similar hallucination, a young man spent $15, -
000 in a fruitless search for lead in Potosi Township. From these ex-
periencesy we may conclude that the ‘clairvoyance’ of the living or the
dead is not a much safer guide than enlightened reason. :

. La Cygne Lodge, No. 61, A., F. & A. M.,, was originally located at
Twin Springs, where it was chartered in 1867. It was chartered at La
CyEne, October 20, 1870. Its first officers here were Thomas Preston, W.

.;_D. Underhill, Jr., S. W.; A.G. Seaman, J. W.; S. D. Cady, Secretary;
I. N. Lemen, Treasurer. The present membership is fifty-three.

La Cygne Lodge, No. 66, I. O. O, F., was chartered October 17, 1870,
with seven members. It now has sixty-one, and has lost by death onl
four. The charter officers were Morris Davidson, N, G.; J. H. Sifers,
G.; W. H. Ellis, Secretary, and B. F. Smith, Treasurer.

The La Cygne Weekly Journal.—The first number of this paper was
issued June 18, 1870, by L. C. Carey and J. P. Kenea. Mr. Carey having
died September 17, 1872, it was then published by Mr. Kenea and his sister,
Mrs. Carey, until March 22, 1873; then by Mr. Keneaand Rev. Albert Gore
until March 14, 1874; then by money & Carey until November 28, 1874;
then by Kenea & Gore until March 20, 1875; then by Kenea & Carey until
July 17, 1875, and from July 24, 1875, to the present time by Kenea and Ed.
C. Lane. The paper was stated as asix-column folio; November 26, 1870,
it was enlarged to a seven-column, and to an eight-column in September,
1875. The paper has always been Republican. :

Ed. C. Lane was born in Kendall County, Ill, August 11, 1855, and
lived in Bristol, that-county, until 1872 ; received a common school educa-
tion; learned the printer’s trade in the office of the Kendall County Record;
then worked in the Beacon office, Aurora, Ill., and in the Courier office,
Lockport, Ill. In 1872, he went into business with his father, L. H. Lane,
in Prescott, Linn Co., Kan., and in 1875 bought an interest in the La
Cygne Journal, which he still retains, and of which paper he is one of
the editors; is a Mason, and a Republican; was a delegate to the Kansas
a member of the
pecont Kansas District Republican Congressional Committee from 1880
to 1882.

Late in the fall of 1882 a destructive fire occurred in La Cygne, burn-
ing the following buildings: A. Friedman, unoccupied building; George
J. Miller, building rented for real estate office and building occupied by
George Eyer, grocer; H. Dellinger & Co., harness shop; D. Coonrad, mill
office; William Sharon, partial stock of groceries; Judson & Davis, build-
ing and furniture; I. Croxton, billiard hall; B. Seaton, buildings contain-
ing Porter’s barber shop and Tilgner’s meat market ; Robert Whisner,
billiard hall; F. W. Pollman, meat market; C. C. Atkinson, dental office;
Burton & Brothers’ restaurant; Darius Ross, barber shop; David Gow,
boot and shoe shop ; George F. Hamlin, two-story frame building, unoc-
cupied; Nivison Seymour, billiard hall; D. S. Kelly, three buildings

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rented for harness shop, carpenter shop and doctor's office. A clean sweep
was made on the west side of Broadway, from Market to Walnut. The
Gulf depot caught fire on the roof. The roof of the La Cygne House was
covered with sparks, and several buildings including the post office adja-
cent to the scene of the conflagration, had a narrow escape. The losses
foot up to about $20,00U; insurance, $2,600.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. H. BROADWELL, druggist, born in Albion, Mich., April 18, 1849. He was reared
and educated in his native State, having graduated at Albion College in 1862, after which he
was employed as a drug clerk at Albion until 1871, when he came to Kansas and first located
at Pleasanton, where he engaged in the drug trade for two years. Selling his interest there,
he located at La Cygne, where he is doing a business of about $20,000 a year. Married, in
Ciewa, em August 16, 1875, Miss Lizzie Ward, a native of Kansas. They have one child
—Mary H.

«= ,.5: D. CADY, dealer in real estate and proprietor ofthe La Cygne Coal Company, born
in Ripley County, Ind., and was taken by his parents to Madison, Wis., where he was raised
and educated. He came to Kansas in 1857, and first located at ‘Trading Post, Linn County,
where he was employed as a clerk for one year, when he began mercantile business on his
own account, and in 1861 was appointed Postmaster, and served for three years. He then
went to Idaho, where he was oe in the mercantile business until 1866, when he
returned to Kansas and located at Twin Springs, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits,
and served as Postmaster until 1870, when he settled in La cagne and engaged in merchan-
dising until 1878. He then established the Linn County Bank, which he conducted until
1881, when he eae of his interest,'and turned his attention to his present business. His
estate consists of 500 acres of land and $10,000 in city property. Married, at ceatiee bets
ae puny, July 4, 1860, Miss Frances A. Lane, who was born in Oswego County, N. Y.,
une \.

PHILO COONRADT, miller, born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., August 27,1852, When
young, was taken by parents to Albion, Mich., where he was raised and educated. In 1871,
removed with parents to Paola, Kan., where he worked at the carpenter’s trade for four
years, after which he was employed as school teacher at Paola until 1878, when he purchased
one-half interest in the Olathe Progress, and made it a prosperous newspaper until 1880,
when he disposed of his interest and located at La Cygne, where he is engaged in the mill-
ing business. This structure is a frame, 36x140, three stories, propelled by steam, with
capacity for eighty bartels per day. This popular enterprise, 80 favorably known as the
La Cygne Flouring Mills, is running its full capacity, and doing a general merchant and
eustom trade. -

D. W. COZAD, La Cygne Nursery, was born in Fulton County, Ill., May 23, 1838; lived
on a farm the most of his life. His parents died when he was about four years old; was
adopted by and lived with a cousin up to his ninth year, when, the cousin dying, he was
thrown upon his own resources for support, working by the month for different parties until
in his twenty-second year. Up to this time he had no schooling of consequence. In the
foHowing three years he managed to receive a pretty fair common district school education.
In February, 1861, he came to Atchison County, Kansas; worked the following summer on
a farm in company with a brother and cousin; sold his share of crop the following fall, as
follows: Wheat, delivered at Atchison, eighteen miles distant, for 30 cents per bushel; corn
in crib for 124 cents per bushel, on twelve months’ time; oats 10 cents per bushel in bin on
farm. He joined a company of Home Guards, was elected Orderly Sergeant of the same, but
prior to the company being musteret! into the service, was assigned 2 pdSition as Regimental
Teamster, which position he filled fortwo years, when he was assigned to duty on one of
the Government farms near Fort Leavenworth, occupying this position until near the end
of the war, after which he returned to Illinois and engaged in farming for one year only.
peeeys to Kansas, he engaged in school teaching for a period of about two years in
Atchison County. Health failing, he returned to Illinois and engaged in nursery and fruit
business for five years in McDonough County, when, again becoming dissatisfied with Il-
inois, he returned to Kansas and located in Linn County, near the old ae eee and
established the “ Home Nurseries.” His success was rapid wntil the fall of 1874. . In Septem-
ber of this year, he lost his wife and only child by death. The following season the grass-
hoppers destroyed his entire nursery, leaving him alone and worse than penniless, about
$700 in debt. In October, 1875, he married a sister of his deceased wife, Miss Lillie M. Hill,
locating near the city of La Cygne. He began the establishment of the well-known La
Cygne nurseries in company with Hon. A. G. Seaman, and continuing the business under
the firm name of A. G. Seaman & Co, for five years, when he purchased Mr. Seaman’s inter-
est in the nursery, since which time he has been sole prepEicie and manager. From afew
acres, this nursery has grown to over forty acres closely planted and well grown stock.
Last year Mr. Cozad’s planting ‘consisted in part of 100 bushels of osage orange hedge seed,
a large lot of apple seed, 200,000 apple grafts, fifty bushels peach pits, and other seeds and

-stock in proportion. His sales the past year, 1882, were nearly $6,000. He employs a large
number of men. In the busy season from twenty to thirty men; in the grafting-room we
found seven men at work potting up from 7,000 to 10,000 grafts daily. The nursery is pleas-
antly situated on the hill north of the town and overlooking the city and surroundings.
Mr. Cozad’s family consists of himself, wife and little daughter, Jessie, six years of age.

I. CROXTON, liquor dealer, born in Stark County, Ohio, February 9, 1840, where
he was reared and educated. In 1867, came West, and first located at West Point, Mo.,
where he engaged in farming for two years. He then settled at La Cygne, Kan., where he
engaged in merchandising for one year, and in 1870 was elected Sheriff of Linn County, hold-
ing the office two terms; was elected Mayor of La Cygne. In 1862, enlisted in Company D,
Fifteenth Regiment Kansas ae when he served until the close of the war. Married,
in Minerva, Ohio, August 3, 1862, Miss Sarah M. Huttle, She is a native of Ohio, born in
1841. They have four children—William L., Edwin 8., George W. and Isaac N. Mr. C. isa
member of the I. 0. 0. F. and F. & A. M.

J. H. DAVIS, merchant, was born in Chautauqua county N. Y., September 10, 1836,
where he was raised until eighteen years of age, when he moved to Madison, Wis., and com-

leted his studies at the university in that city, in 1859. In 1861, he enlisted in the Third
isconsin Battery, and was discharged in 1864, after which he returned to Madison, Wis.,
and engaged in merchandising until 1869, when he came to Kansas and located in Linn
County, and he engaged in farming for some time. He then settled at La Cygne, where he
is engaged in his ore business. He was married in eeanaae County £ x, in 1865,
to Miss Cynthia Richardson, of New York. They have four chil (dren—Frederick E., Lena
M., Eddie E. and Catherine P. :

J. V. DONALDSON, attorney, was born in Allegheny County, Penn., April 18, 1843.
Was raised and educated in his native State. Soon after, read law and was admitted to the
bar at Pittsburgh in 1867, where he pursued his profession for almost two years. In 1868, he
located at Kansas City, Mo., where he resided until the fall of 1870. Ie then came to Kansas
and settled at La Cygne, Linn County, where he became a member of the bar. In 1878, was
elected Police Judge, and held the office three terms, In 1879, was elected Mayor of La
Cygne, which position he still holds. Married, in La Cygne, Kan., March, 1874, Miss Maggie

oward, of Miami County, Kan. They have two children—Carrie E. and Vernie. He has
taken considerable interest in various benevolent organizations, viz., 1.0.0. F., A, F. &
A.M. At the present, is Grand Dictator of the Knights of Honor of Kansas.

J.C. MARSHALL, retired, born in Portage County, Ohio, September 8, 1816, where he
was raised and educated; after which he taught school until 1847, when he moved to the
Shenandoah Valley, Va., where he taught school for three years. in 1849, he emigrated to
California, where he py i in mining and other pursuits for some time; returning to
Virginia, remaining there for a short time he removed to Toledo, Iowa, where he engaged in
surveying until 1857, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County, where he engaged
in agricultural parents for some time, In 1862 he represented Linn County in the Legisla-
ture, and has also served as County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court. He has "ice
twice married, first in Salem, Ohio, to Miss Henrietta Fawcett, of Ohio, who died in 1856,
By this marriage ney had three children—Laura, Homer and Carl C. He was married the
second time to iss . A. Fawcett, also of Ohio, in 1858 ; they have one child—L. J.

DR. R. G. MENDENHALL, born in Hamilton County, Ind., December 5, 1841, where he
was raised and received his early schooling, having finished his education at Bloomingdale
Academy, in Parke County, Ind. In 1865 he attended the medical college at Ann Arbor,
Mich., graduating in 1867; after which he located at Lodi, Ind., where he Piao his pro-
fession until 1870, when he attended the Bellevue Academy in New York City for two years,
He then located at Kahsas City, Mo., and engaged in his practice until 1873, when he
removed to La Cygne, Kan., where he is engaged in his profession, He has been twice

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

married, first in Tuscola, Ill., to Miss Ruth A. Parent, of Indiana, June 4, 1868, she died
October 12, 1870. He married the second time Miss Eliza A. Frazer, June 4, 1878, at George-
town, Ill. ‘They have one child—Jessie. . ; ;

GEORGE J. MILLER, merchant, born in Howard County, Mo., April 11, 1839, was
raised and educated in his native State; soon after engaged in teaching school for some time.
In 1864 located at Arrow Rock, Mo., where he engaged in the mercantile trade for three years ;
after which he removed to Jonesboro, Saline Co., Mo., where he continued mercantile pur-
suits until 1870, when he came to Kansas and located at La Cygne, where he is dealing in

eneral merchandise and real estate. His estate consists of 166 acres besides city property.
Married in Saline County, Mo., Beprember 19, 1866, to Miss Lillie L, Lewis, of Missouri;
they have two children—Nannie E. and George J. Mr. Miller is identified with the
Democratic party. 3

JOHNSON a STARKS, merchant, was born in Otsego County, N. Y., June 7, 1829,
When young was taken by his parents to Madison, Wis., where he was reared and educated;
soon after served an apprenticeship as a printer, working at his trade for some time, when
he entered the mercantile pursuits, which he has followed for atime. In 1856 he was elected
City Treasurer of Madison, Wis.; being the first to hold eo aa are He has also served
as Clerk of the Circuit Court at Madison, Wis., holding the office two years. From 1863-64,
he served in the Federal service as Captain. In 1869 came to Kansas and settled at La Cygne,
where he is identified as one of the Jeeding acne of this section, He was married at
Madison, Wis., November 28, 1860, to Mrs. Emily D. Winters, of Madison, Wis. They have
two children—Albert F. and John L: ;

HENRY TRINKLE, farmer, Section 28, P. 0. La Cygne, was born in Porter County,
Ind., December 2, 1834, where he was raised and educated ; after which he seaees farm-.
ing, which he pursued until 1858, when he came to Kansas and purchased a farm in Miami
County, where he remained one year. In 1859 he removed to Linn County, on his present
place of' 240 acres, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has been twice
married, first to Mary J. Bunday, of Ohio, she died in 1863; by this union they have two
children—Joseph L, and William D. Married the second time, January 20, 1864, to Mary A.
Froman, of Illinois; they have nine children—Elgeretta, Mary E., Clara, Henry O., Lucy A.,
Emma L., Frank, Leona and Nora. 7 4

J. MILTON WELCH, M. D., born in Edgar County, Ill, May 5, 1834. He-was raised
and educated in his native State. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-third Regiment
Towa Infantry, and was discharged in 1865; soon after located at Terre Haute, Ind., where
he taught school for some time. He then removed to Clinton, Ind., where he opened and
took charge of the Western Union Seminary where he presided two years ; after disposing of
his interest there, he located at Fairmount, i, where he was principal of the graded schools
for one year. He then began the study of medicine, and graduated at the Eclectic Medical
Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1878, when he came to Kansas, and first located in Green-
wood County; remaining there a short time, he removed to Central City, Kan., where he

racticed for four years. . In 1878 came to La Cygne. He has been twice married, first in
gar County, Ill.; May 10, 1857, to Miss Mary E. Jackson, of Ohio, she died in 1858; by this
union they have one child—Mary E. He married the second time to Miss Franna
Stoner, of Ohio; they have five children—Charles E., Horace H., Helen L., John M. and
George. 7

SOHN A. YOUNG, photographer, born in Washington County, Penn., where he re-
ceived the benefits of the schools until 1868, when he removed to Des Moines, Iowa, where
he graduated in 1869. Soon after moved to Winterset, Iowa, where he learned the art of

hotography. In 1871, he came to Kansas and located at Pleasanton, where he remained
‘or a short time, when he located at La Cygne, where he is engaged.in the art of photogranh
ing in all its branches, also keeping a full assortment of frames, albums, etc. Married at La
Cygne, Kan., December 31, 1875, to Miss Ella Denton, of Indiana.

PRESCOTT.

This town is on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, seven miles
south of Pleasanton. It is on aslightly elevated plateau in the valley of
the Little Osage, and surrounded by excellent farming and grazing land.
The town was named in honor of C. H. Prescott, who was at the time
Auditor and Treasurer of the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad.

The town site was laid out in March, 1870, by Edward Billings, eighty
acres of whose farm was a part of it, the remainder, twenty acres, being a
part of the farm of W. H. Billings. A. D. Perrin built the first dwelling,
a two story frame; the second by Willianr Bower, the third by G. H. B.
Hopkins. About the 1st of April, R. Odell started a general store, Dr.
Rader a drug store, and William Bower a blacksmith shop. In May or
June, the post office was established, William Bower first Postmaster. He
has been succeeded by R. Odell and L. H. Lane, the present incumbent.
The Methodist Church was organized in 1873, with twelve membérs, by
William Sibley, the first preacher. In 1881, this society erected a very neat
frame church building, costing $1,500. The first school was taught in 1878,
in a private residence by Miss Jane McCormick. A frame schoolhouse
was built in 1876, and in the winter of 1882-83 an elegant and substantial
two story brick schoolhouse was erected at a cost, including furniture, of
$4,000. The first birth in the town was that of ‘Andrew Hower, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Bower, August 30, 1870; the first marriage, that of
M. L. Bowe to Miss Maria M. Ham, October 1, 1878, and the first death
that of Willie H., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Perrin, August 23, 1882. The
growth of Prescott has been gradual but continuous. It now contains four
general stores, one drug store, two hardware stores, one blacksmith and
wagon shop, one hotel, one elevator, one grist mill and about 300
inhabitants. .

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM ANTHONY, physician, Section 2, P. O. Prescott, born in Indiana County,
Penn., October 18, 1829. In 1848, entered Elder's Ridge Academy, Pennsylvania; remained two
years. Hethen removed to Jacksonville Academy, Penn., where he attended one year,
and, in 1851, entered Jefferson College at Cannonsbung, Fenn., where he completed his
studies, after which he read medicine, and, in 1853, entered Jefferson Medical College at
Philadelphia, where he remained one term; returned in 1854, and graduated in 1855. He
then located at Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., where he practiced for three years. He then
urchased a farm near Olathe, where he continued his profession until 1870, when he
ocated in Linn County on his present place of 410 acres, where he is actively oneeeet in
the duties of this profession. Married, in Indiana County, Penn., September 20, 1854, Miss
Jane D. McHenry, of Pennsylvania. They have two children—Cynthetta and Idilla Vv.

_F. N. BROCK, merchant, born in McLean County, Ill., May 16, 1858, where he lived
until nine aces of age, when he removed with his parents to Linn County, Kan., and was
there raised and educated. In 1879, he located in Prescott, and was employed as a clerk for
a short time: in 1882, took a commercial course at Paola, Kan., and, in August, 1882
became a partner in the firm of Brock, Robinson & Co., where he is doing a business 0
about $15,000 per year. "

M. Ww. EBY, merchant, born in Ross County, Ohio, August 27, 1852; when young,
removed with his parents to Stark County, Il., where he attended school until 1864, when
he came to Kansas with his parent and settled in Linn County. After completing his edu-
cation, he learned the blacksmith’s trade, which he pursued for three years and a half.
Went to Prescott July 2, 1874, and worked for J. D. Sweet as an apprentice for a year and a
half, after which he bought Mr. Sweet's blacksmith tools and carried on the blacksmithing
business for two years, and, in 1878, engaged in the lumber, furniture and hardware trade,
doing @ business of $22,000 per annum. January 1, 1883, he bought Mr. Perrin’s interest
in the business, and is now alone. Mr. Eby was married in Linn County, Kan., Novem-
ber 27, yee Miss Margaret F. McNabb, of Missouri. They have one chi d—Osear W.

FRANK GRAY, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Pleasanton, born in Madison County, Ind.
November 18, 1837, was raised and educated in his native State, after which he assisted his

 
LINN COUNTY.

father on the farm until 1859, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn Count: In 1862

enlisted in Pompey. K, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Infantry, and was dischaneed in 1865.

He then returned to Linn County and located on his present place of 160 acres, and is en-

gaged in farming. Married in Linn County, Kan., July 7, 1861, Sarah A. Venable, of Texas.
he was born February 13, 1838. They have two children—Oliver M. and Ercenus C.

CHARLES HALLER, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Prescott, born in Frederick County, Md.,
January 14, 1827; was raised and educated fn his native State. In 1848, removed to Mont-
gomery County, Ohio, where he was employed in wale roving public roads, etc., for three
years. He then located in Madison’ County, Ohio, where he followed farming until 1857,
when he moved to Cooper County, Mo., where he was employed by the Union Pacific Rail-
road for a short time. The ‘following fall came to Kansas and located in Bourbon County,
where he remained some time engaged in farming. In 1858, settled on his present place
near Prescott. His estate consists-of 425 acres. In 1861, enlisted in Company G, Seventh
Regiment Kansas Cavalry; served through the war. Married twice, first in 1869 to Amanda
Osburn, of Indiana. By this union they have one child—William 0. Married the second
time at Dayton, Ohio, August 18, 1871, Mary A. Woodman, of Ohio.

K. W. HARKNESS, farmer, P, O. Prescott, born in Peoria County, Ill., June 21, 1841,
where he was raised and educated. In 1857, he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County
on his present place of 1,000 acres, where he is actively engaged in farming angbreeding
fine stock. In addition to his present occupation, he owns a half-interest in the'new eleva-
tor located at Prescott. In 1861, he enlisted in the Eighth Missouri Infantry—served three
months. Re-enlisted in 1863 in Company K, Third Regiment Illinois Cavalry ; was dis-
charged in 1865. He was married in Peoria County, Ill., December 24, 1865, to Miss Julia F.
White, of North Carolina, They have seven children—Lee, Minnie A., Ernest, Isaac, Net-
tie ae Ell aud Dee ‘

RX. L. H. 1. , druggist, born in Turin, Lewis Co., N. Y., April 1, 1830; when you
was taken by his parents to Kendall County, IIL, where he was Palsed and basieator. i
1855, began the study of dentistry at Elgin, Ill., afterward located at Bristol, Ill., where he
engaged in the duties of his profession until 1870, when he came to Kansas and located at
Prescott, and turned his attention to the drug trade, In 1872, was elected to the Legislature.
and served one term. He was for five years railroad, freight and ticket agent at Prescott ;
has served as notary public and held other minor offices. He has been twice married, first
in Bristol, Ill., February 23, 1854, to Emily J. Kendrick, of Illinois; she died in Septamber,
1864, By this union he has four children—Edwin C., Charles E., Lyman K. and Francis A.
Was married the second time at Topeka, Kan., December 10, 1879,to Rebecca Flower, of Ohio.

JOHN McAULEY, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Pleasanton, born in Glasgow, Scotland,
March 4, 1827; when young moved to America with his parents and first located in New
York City, where he attended school for two years. His parents then moved to Canada and
settled near Toronto, where John completed his course of studies, after which he followed
agricultural pursuits for some time, and then returned to New York and located at New

ork Mills, where he was engaged in the dye works until 1854, when he emigrated to Mar-

uette County, Wis.; farmed until 1859, then came to Kansas and settled in Linn County.

is estate consists of 400 acres. Married in Rome, N. Y., August 27, 1848, Rachael Blasier,
of New York. They have seven children—Mary M., Joan, Eugene M., Marion E., Alford B.,
Mercy M. D. I. R. and Charlie C. ~

ED. H. MANLOVE, Senerel merchant, born in Schuyler County, Ill, April 25, 1855,
where he was raised and educated. In 1878, came to Kansas and located at Cherokee, where
he was employed as a clerk for one year, and, in 1874, removed to Prescott, where he
engaged in general merchandise under the firm name of Manlove Bros. He married at
Marshfield, Mo., October 6, 1880, Miss Capitola Phoenix, of Wisconsin. They have one
child—Clyde Edwin. Mr. Manlove is identified with the Republican party.

A. D. PERRIN, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Prescott, was born in Medina County, Ohio,
July 2, 1834, where he was raised and educated, and soon after learned the carpenter's trade,
which he pursued for some time. In 1855, he removed to Kendall County, Ill, where he
was employed as rat night for three years. September, 1858, he came to Kansas and
located in Linn County, where-he worked at the carpenter's trade nearly three years. In
1861, he enlisted in Company E (Cavalry), Third Regiment Kansas Volunteers, as musician.
In April, 1862, was transferred with the company to the Fifth Kansas Cavalry as Compa-
ny D; soon after was commissioned Second Lieutenant, afterward First Lieutenant, which
position he held until discharged from service, when he returned to Kendall County, III.,-
and followed 5 were pe pursuits until 1870.- He then returned to Linn County, Kan.,.
and located at Prescott _and enenges. in. contracting and building, having built the first -
dwelling in the city of Prescott. From 1878 to 1883, was engaged in general merchandise at
Prescott; selling his interest, he located on his present blerie . Was married in Kendall
County, i, January 4, 1865, to Miss Mary A. Lane, of Bristol, Ill. They have one child
rng ~ etna Lane. a 5

. R. SELLERS, physician, born in Madison County, Ind., March 11, 1848. Was reared
and educated in his native State, after which he was employed as teacher, which he pur-
sued for some time. In 1869, came to Kansas and taught school near Mound City for about
six years. During his term of teaching he studied medicine, and, in 1875-76, attended the
medical lectures at the University of Louisville, Ky., and graduated at the Indiana Medical
College at Indianapolis in 1877.. He then located at Prescott, Kan., where he is actively
engaged in the duties of his profession. Married, in Linn County, Kan., December 25, 1878,
Miss Alice Goss, of Indiana. -They have one child—Pearl.

M. C, STARK, Notary Public, born in Osage County, Mo., March 21, 1837; when
young, was taken by his parents to Pike County, Ill, where he was raised and edu-
cated, after which he followed larming in Pike and joes Counties, Ill, until 1871’
when he came to Kansas, and first located in Lyon County, where he engaged in
farming: and stock-raising until 1879, when he located at Prescott, and is en-
gaged in general merchandising, real estate and loan agency. He has an estate
of 150 acres, and is also pre rietor of a harness and saddler’s shop. Served in the
late rebellion in Company Aoventicth Regiment Illinois Infantry as Orderly Sergeant.
He has been twice married, first in 1857 to ary A. Chaney, of Illinois. She died in 1877.
By this marriage he has six children—Rebecca J., John L., Thomas Y., Maggie E., Ida A.
and Mary B, Married, the second time, in Lyon County, Kan., October 6, 1878, Addie J.
Soule, of Illinois, They have two children—Addie M. and Pearl.

H. Ho. WOY, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Pleasanton, born in Carroll County, Ohio, No-
vember 17, 1840; was raised and educated in his native State, after which he located on a
farm and followed agricultural pursuits until 1864, when he removed to DeWitt County,
IIL, where he remained for one year. In 1866, moved to Bates County, Mo., and engaged in
farming until 1870, He then removed to Linn County, Kan., and turned his attention to
agricultural pursuits for two years. He then located on his present place. He served in
Company F, Fifty-seventh Regiment Ohio Infantry in the late war. In 1877, was elected
County Commissioner, which position he still holds. Married, in De Witt County, IIL, No-
vember 23, 1865, Miss Louisiana Hume, of Illinois. s

BLUE MOUND.

This town is situated fourteen and one half miles southwest of Mound
City, on the line of the proposed St. Louis & Emporia Railroad, It is on
high, almost level prairie, and surrounded by a country well adapted to
farming and grazing. The first post office in the vicinity was opened on
Blue Mound, an elevation one half mile north of the present town, in the
year 1854, John Quincy Adams, the first settler in the township being ap-
pointed Postmaster. Some time afterward, it was moved one mile south,
and later three miles to the west, wheré it remained until June 1, 1882,
when it was finally moved into the village of Blue Mound by the present
Postmaster, George T. Wolf. The elevation, called ‘Blue Mound,” is
about fifty feet high, and was so named by John Q. Adams, because from
a distance it looks blue ;-the more moisture there is in the air the bluer it
looks. The town was named after the mound, and was located where it is
on the assurance of the St. Louis & Emporia Railroad authorities that
that road should run near it. The Blue Mound Town Company was
organized in April, 1882, and was composed of the following members:
Capt. Barnes, President; Nathan Corbin, Secretary; H. A. B. Cook, Treas-
urer; O. R. Deland, H. M. Brook and Thomas Brook. The town site was

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surveyed in April, 1882, by Gen. Harrison. The first building on the town
site was a store moved from the windmill, three miles southeast, by D. J.
& W.S8. Alley, May 1, 1882; the second was moved from Wall street, by
Innis Bros., and was utilized as a hotel until their new hotel was com-
leted in June ; the third building was erected for a shoe shop by T. H.
lise. The blacksmith shop was moved to Blue Mound from the wind-
mill. The first sermon in the town was preached by Rev. Mr. Hinton, a
United Brethren minister. The first school was opened October 2, 1882,
by Miss M. E. Weatherbie, with thirty scholars. The first birth was that
of ason of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stuteville, in August ; the first death that
of the wife of John Michael, September 29, 1882.
The growth of the town has been phenomenally rapid. On the 1st
of May there was but one or two buildings on the town site ; on October
1, there were fifty-six, and a population of nearly two hundred, with three

' general stores, one hardware store, one furniture store, two blacksmith

shops, one drug store, one harness shop, one lumber yard and one hotel.
With a prospect of one railroad, possibly two, and a union depot, the
people are full of enterprise and hope. Should they get neither, they will,
upon a near approach, be a great deal bluer than the Mound looks at a
distance.

“* Cross City’’ is a possible future town laid out one mile northeast of
Blue Mound, as an opposition town to that village. Its fate will be deter-
mined by the location of the St. Louis & Emporia Railroad and its station.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—sLvuE MOUND TOWNSHIP.

A. A. ALLEN, JR., dentist, born in Jersey County, Ill., July 31,1852. At the age of seven,
removed with parents to Allen County, Kan., when he assisted his father on the farm, and
attended the district school. He finished his studies at Geneva Academy, Kansas, in 1872,
after which he began the study of dentistry, having located at Osborn City, Kan., in 1879.
In 1882, removed to Blue Mound, where he is engaged in the duties of his profession. He
was married in Allen County, Kan., October 3, 1873, to Miss Hattie C. Martin, of Illinois.
They have two children—Elizabeth M. and Lillie May. .

W. P. BARNES, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Blue Mound, born in Ashtabula County, Ohio,
July 1, 1837, where he was raised until 1846, when he removed with his parents to Ripley
County, Ind., and was there raised and educated, after which he taught school in his native
State and Indiana for five years. In 1855, he located in Henderson County, Ill., where he
engaged in teaching and farming until 1861, when he enlisted in Company E, Tenth Regi-
ment Illinois Infantry; served three months and re-enlisted in Company C, Ninet¥-first Reg-
iment Illinois Infantry. He was captured by Gen. John Woe in Kentucky, and held a
prisoner for a short time. Discharged in 1863, on account of isability. He then returned
to Henderson County, Ill., where he followed agricultural ee until 1872, when he came
to Kansas and located on his present place of 1,700 acres. r. Barnes has also a seventh in-
terest in the City of Blue Mound, which was purchased by a stock company. Served in the
Legislature in 1876. Married in Henderson County, Ill., October 20, 1856, Maria J. Brook, of
Illinois. They have ten children—John A., William L., Isaiah S., Charles T., Rufus A., Es-
ther J., Mary E., Ruth E., Hugh and Rachel A.

A.T. BROOK, farmer, Section 20, P. 0; Blue Mound, born in Henderson County, Ill.,
July 23, 1854. He was raised and educated in his native State, having completed his studies
at Monmouth, IIl., in 1875, after which his time was occupied in farming until 1879, when
he came to Kansas and locatedin Linn County, on his present place of 1,120 acres, where
he is actively engaged in farming and stock-raising. In addition to his landed estate, Mr.
Brook is a stockholder in the enterprising city of Blue Mound, which consists of one-seventh
interest in 300 acres, in town lots. He was married in Burwich, Ill., September 13, 1881, to
Miss Clara L. Cable. She was born in Warren County, IIl., in October, 1859,. They have one
child—Charley F. |

J. W. VAN PELT, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Blue Mound, born in Highland County, Ohio,
September 21, 1846. When young was taken by parents to Fayette County, Ohio, where he
was raised to manhood and educated ; after which he engaged in farming and trading in
live stock, which he followed until 1877, when he came to Kansas and located in Linn
County. - His present estate consists of eighty acres of land, conveniently located to Blue
Mound. Married in Fayette County, Ohio, September 23, 1871, Elvira McClure, of Ohio. She~
was born in 1845. They have four children—Carrie E., Fred L., Norma and William P.

GEORGE T. WOLFE, merchant, born in Harrison County, Ind., March 30, 1847,
where he was raised until. the age of nine, when he removed with parents to Vermillion
County, Ill., where he matured to manhood and was educated. In 1867, removed to Gayoso,
Mo., where he engaged in merchantile pursuits for four years, and in 1871, located at
Point Pleasant, Mo., where he continued merchandising until 1879, when he came to Kansas
and located at Garnett, where he was a merchant for one year. In 1880, settled in Linn
County on his estate of 400 acres near Blue Mound, where he followed agricultural pursuits
until the spring of 1882, when he located at Blue Mound and began anew merchandising.
He is also atrnaster: Married at Metropolis City, Massac County, Ill., May 21, 1870, Miss
Julia H. Kennedy, of Ohio. They have two children—Fred K. and William. 2

TRADING POST.

This town is located on the banks of the Marais des Cygnes, about four
miles from the State line, and is one of’the oldest settlements in the State.
The land where it stands was purchased at an early day of a Frenchman
named Jarien, by another Frenchman named Chouteau, the latter carrying
on a heavy trade with the Indians ; hence this post was called the Chouteau
Trading Post. There was no town laid out here until 1865, when the
Montgomery Town Company was organized, and the town of Montgomery
laid out and platted October 17, that year, just east of the present town
site of the trading post; but the town not being a suceess was finally
abandoned. Tra ing Post is located on Section 5, Township 21,
Range 25, and was laid out and platted in March, 1866, by Dr. Massey
and George A. Crawford. But everything in this town dates from
the Marais des Cygnes massacre. Previously to this time, John F. Camp-
bell was keeping store here. Soon after it, Dr. Massey & White opened a
store in a log house near the bridge. A grist-mill was erected in 1857. It

has been purchased and much improved by J. & A. Brockett, and is now

one of the finest mills in the State. It is two and a half stories high, and
has two run of buhrs. There is a saw-mill attached. During most of the
year, it is run by water, but during the dry season, in August and Septem-
ber, the motive power is steam.

It is not ascertainable who preached the first sermon at the Post, but
John R. Williams, a Baptist minister, preached to an outdoor congregation
in August, 1856. There are two church organizations in this vicinity, one
Baptist, the other Southern Methodist, both of which use the ‘‘ Swayback”’
church, situated three miles north and one mile east of the Trading Post
as a house of worship. There is also a United Presbyterian organization
four miles east, known as the State Line Church. :

The present schoolhouse, a two-story frame, was built by the Masons
in 1865, and the lower half sold by them to the district.
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_ The first birth in the vicinity was that of Jasper and Newton Nichols,
twins, in 1855 ; the first marriage that of Samuel Brown to Miss Hobbs,
in 1856 ; and the first death that of Mrs. Bartemas, in 1856.

_ Blooming Grove Lodge, No. 41, A., F. & A. M.,was organized in 1862,
with twelve members. Its charter officers were: A. C. Doud, W. M.;
William Goss, 8. W.; W. W. Silsby, J. W.; Samuel Brown, Secretary;
Jackson Lane, Treasurer. The present membership is fourteen.

Trading Post. contains at present three general stores, one drug store,
two blacksmith shops, one agricultural implement dealer, and about 100
inhabitants. Z

Barnard is the trading post station, and nearly three miles distant
toward the northwest. It is situated on ‘‘Hensley’s Point;” the town-site,
eighty acres, was purchased by J. B. Grinnell, of Arthur Barnard. Mr.
Grinnell had a survey made, and held a sale of lots in the fall of 1869.
The first building erected in the town was built for a store and grocery by
John V. Leabo, who was appointed first Postmaster in the same year. In
March, 1870, David Sibbett was appointed Postmaster and has held the
office ever since. The first dwelling erected in Barnard was the section
house by the railroad company, the next by James Leabo, both in the fall
of 1869. The first birth in this part of the county was that of Millie B.
Ward, daughter of Sylvester and Nancy Ann Ward, October 11, 1866; the
first marriage that of Robert Edwards to Mrs. Mary Bemus in 1871, and
the first deaths those of Jacob and Richard Gudgel, father and son, which
occurred at almost the same time, in 1872. The first school was taught in
John Morrison’s house, by William Stark, in the winter of 1869-70. Bar-
nard now contains eight dwellings, and about forty inhabitants.

OTHER VILLAGES AND POST OFFICES.

Hail Ridge is situated nine miles southwest of Mound City and five
miles east of Blue Mound. There is here only a store and post office.

Oakwood is a country post office established in 1858, with John Jones,
Postmaster. The post office was frequently moved from one farmhouse to
another until 1878, when a grange store was started under the manage-
ment of W. B. Scott, and the post office was permanently located therein.
In addition to the grange store, there is a drug store, blacksmith shop and
physician’s office. :

Woytown is situated on the open prairie, and was named after H. H.
Woy, one of the first settlers. The first settlement was made by C. O.
Best in the spring of 1881, who was appointed Postmaster in October of
that year. The first birth was that of Winfred J. Darley, August 18, 1881.
The first store was opened by S. W. Kiser. The town contains about
twenty-five inhabitants.

alnut Grove Post Office was established in 1871, John Brown first

Postmaster.

Cadmus Post Office was established in 1877, J. S. Payne being ap-
pointed first Postmaster.

DEFUNCT TOWNS.

Mansfield was located about four miles northwest of Mound City, and
the same distance southwest of Paris, from which latter town a part of the
houses were moved, and a portion of the people moved over to the new.
town of Mansfield. This was in 1860. The Mansfield Town Company was
composed of R. B. Mitchell, Pleasant Chitwood and J. H. Barlow. A
store was started and kept for a short time by Coleman Brothers, and soon
afterward J. M. Hawthorne became Postmaster, and started a small store.
The town reached the height of its prosperity in 1867, at which time it
contained from twelve to fifteen houses, and about fifty inhabitants.
From this time it gradually dwindled away and was abandoned in 1868 or
1869.

Paris was situated about six miles north of Mound City. It was owned
by Pro-slavery men, and was a rallying-point, in the early history of the
county, for them when making raids on Free-State men. In the early
history of the town, a store was kept by Rogers, Badolet & Co., and one
by Zadock Lewis. Jesse Brown was Postmaster, and a saw-mill was
owned by Gwynn & Bronson. In its palmiest days, Paris contained from
300 to 400 inhabitants. This was about the time of the removal of the
county seat from Paris to Mound mae From that time it diminished in
size and importance until in 1866 or 1867, it was almost entirely abandoned
asa town. The Paris Town Company was incorporated by special act ap-

roved February 14, 1857, and consisted of James P. Fox, John H. Tate,
f. T. Glover and Luke Grimes. The first Republican Convention held in
Linn County convened at Paris March 12, 1859. It was a mass convention,
and there were about 150 Republicans in attendance. They met Free-
State men, separated Republicans. The Cee Rae chosen to go to Osawat-
omie May 18, when the Republican party of Kansas was organized, were
Addison Danford and J. H. Jones,

Moneka was located on Section 1, Township 22, Range 23,’one mile north
and one-half mile west of Mound City. It was commenced in February,
1857. The Moneka Town Company was composed of the following: gen-
tlemen: Augustus Wattles, John O. Wattles, John B. Wood, Andrew
Stark, Dr. Gilpatrick, and a few others. The first store started here was
kept by O. E. & O. 8. Morse ; the first hotel by George E. Dennison, and
the first tin-shop by F. C. Bacon. The Moneka Academy building was
raised July 4, but was not enclosed until March, 1858. In April, Miss
Sarah A. Wattles, daughter of August Wattles, commenced the first term
of school in the town. William Hobson built_a saw-mill on Little Sugar
Creek, the first saw-mill in Linn County. Soon after starting it, he
attached a corn-cracker to it. In 1858, Moneka contained a population of
nearly 200 people, but from this time it dwindled away until in the fall of
1859 all the inhabitants had gone to other localities. The business men
moved mainly to Mound City. The academy building was moved to Linn-

ville, where it remained until 1871, when it was removed to Pleasanton.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Brooklin was situated seven miles northwest of the present site of
Barnard. In the fall of 1855, E. O. Brooks & Co. built some cabins here,
and started astore. At the suggestion of David Sibbett, Mr. Brooks’ name
and Linn, the name of the county, were united so as to the form the name
Brooklin, for the name of the town. At this time, there was no bridge
across the Marais des Cygnes, near which river Brooklin was located. So
the settlers cut down a very large tree and fashioned it into a canoe for
the purpose of transporting their goods across the river to the new-town.
Among these goods were two barrels of whisky, which cost exactly the
game price ; but upon their arrival at Brooklin, one was found to be of “a
little ,better brand’’ than the other, and hence was sold at 30 cents per
gallon, while the ‘‘ inferior brand” was sold for 25 cents.

In the spring of 1856, David Sibbett, being a frail young man, opened
a school, but it was soon broken up and scattered, as were also most of
the people of Brooklin, by the report that John Brown, who had just com-
mitted the Pottawatomie massacre, Jim Lane and others were coming in
that direction; and killing all the Pro-slavery men before them. r.
Brooks hastened to Missouri with his stock of goods. Shortly afterward,
when quiet had been restored, and it had been discovered that the report
was false, David Sibbett and Z. W. Leasure Dough the goods, brought
them back to Brooklin, re-opened the store, and for a considerable time
carried on afiourishing business. David Sibbett was appointed Postmas-
ter, and continued to hold the office until 1870, soon after which time the
town was abandoned, a part of the people removing to Barnard, part to
La Cygne, and some to other places. At the present time there are left
but two blacksmith shops.

Potosi was situated on Mine Creek, about two miles east of Pleas-
anton. The original town site consisted of 320 acres. It was laid out in
1856, the original town company being all Pro-slavery men. When the
Free-State men gained control of affairs in the county the town site of
Potosi passed into other hands, as R. B. Mitchetl, John W. Garrett, O. H.
Sykes, Lewis Cummings, J. Elsrode, J. W. Babb and others, most of
whom were Free-State men. A store was started and kept for a number
of years by J. E. Hill. John W. Garrett was Postmaster. Mr. Garrett
and O. H. Sykes built a saw mill, commencing it in 1857 and completing
it in 1858. At one time, Potosi had six houses in it and about thirty in-
habitants. It continued to exist until 1869, when Pleasanton was started,
when it was abandoned.

The original Potosi Town Company was inco:
act, approved February 20, 1857, and consisted of
Davis, Bernard Hogan and John H. Tate.

Twin Springs.—This town was situated in the northern part of the
county, near the Miami county line. It was started in 1860 or 1861, in
which year a store was opened. Mr. Trovinger was first Postmaster, and
occupied a store built in 1861 by Lafayette Dunbar. A store was started
in 1862 by Cady & Lane. Some time afterward, Bona Dale started a drug
store, Mr. Whittacre a dry goods and grocery store, and Mr. Jamison a
furniture store. When the prosperity of the town was at its height, there
were about 300 inhabitants in it, and, besides its other businesses, two
hotels. Barlow & Sanderson ran a stage line through it between Kansas
City and Scott, some of the time running six stages each day. A Method-
ist Church was erected there, which is now one of the best schoolhouses
in the county. During a portion of the time, Cady & Lane did a business
of $37,000 annually, there being two other stores there at the time; but
when the railroad was built and La Cygne started Twin Springs was
abandoned, and its inhabitants and business men divided themselves up
among other towns; some going to the then new town of Fontana, in
Miami County, others to La Cygne, and still others to Fort Scott.

: Jackson was the first post office established in Liberty Township, and
Isaiah Jackson was the first Postmaster appointed, but, on account of his
finding it necessary to leave the Territory, the papers were returned to
Washington and the name of D. Underhill, Sr., substituted. This was in
November, 1857. _D. Underhill, Jr., became Postmaster in 1860, and was
accreted by A. G. Seaman in 1866. The post office was discontinued in

orated b

a special
ames P.

Ox, Jesse

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—PpaRIs TOWNSHIP.

J.Q, ADAMS, farmer and breeder of Short-horn cattle, Section 28, Town 21, Range 23)
P.O. Mound City, was born in Boston, Mass., March 9, 1830. When young, he was taken
by his parents to Coshocton County, Ohio, where he was raised and educated, and in 1848
he engaged in teaching school, which he pursued until 1852, when he located in Decatur
County, Ind., and aupeged in teaching until 1859, when he came to Kansas and located in
Blue Mound Townsh ips Linn County. In 1866, he settled in Paris Township, on his present
place of 740 acres. In 1861, he was appointed County Superintendent, and in 1862 was
elected to that position and served two terms. He was married in Decatur County, Ind.,
J ee 22, 1856, to Sarah J. Wilson, of Greensburg, Ind. They have nine children—John
Q., Ida B., Maro M., Eddie J., Ira G., Daisy, Bruce B, Don L. and Myrte M.

J.C, ANDERSON, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Pleasanton, was born in Montgomery Coun-
ty. N.Y,, May 29, 1827, where he was reared until 1836, when he removed with parents to

alamazoo County, Mich., where he received his education. Soon after he learned the car-
enter’s trade, which he pursued for some time. He then turned his attention to farming,
‘ollowing that occupation until 1857, when he emigrated to Kansas and settled in Linn
County on his present place of 160 acres. In 1858, he was elected County Commissioner,
serving two terms, He was married in Kalamazoo County, Mich., January 30, 1847, to Char-
lotte S. Smith, of Ohio. She was born October 17, 1827. They have five children—Ida S.,
Mary E., Charles H., John C. and Robert H.

THOMAS BETTES, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Pleasanton, was born in Independence
County, Ark., June 6, 1835, where he was reared and educated, after which he engaged in
planting, which he pursued for twenty years. In 1861, he came to Kansas, and first located
in Bourbon County, where he farmed for one year. He then removed to Linn County, and
in 1863 enlisted in Ng lores K, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Infantry, and was wounded at
Jenkins’ Ferry, Ark., March 80, 1864, He was discharged in 1865. He then returned to
Linn County and located on his present place of 640 acres, where he is engaged in farming
and soe Oe: Mr. Bettes is at present Justice of the Peace of Paris Township. He
was married in Izard County, Ark., January 3, 1860, to Mary C. Ball, of Tennessee.

J.C. BROADHEAD, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Mound City, was born in Chautauqua Coun-
ty Y., April 29, 1837, where he was reared until the age of sixteen, when he removed to

rie County, Penn., and completed his studies at Concord ‘in 1854, He then moved to Clark
County, Wis., where he spent three years in the lumber trade, when he returned to his na-
tive State, remained a short time, and then came to Kansas and located in Linn County,
and followed farming until 1861, when he enlisted in Company F, Second Kansas Infantry,
and re-enlisted in 1862 in pompeay K, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, and was discharged July
25, 1865. In 1866, he located on his present place of 360 acres. He was married in Linn
LINN COUNTY.

County, Kan., August 11, 1867, to Susan White, of Illinois. They have five chil —

Mattie E., James i Frederick C. and Edna M. 3 en

HENRY CARBON, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Mound City, was born in Fort Plain, Mont-

gomery Co., N. Y., July 11, 1839, where he was reared and educated, after which he en, aged
in agricultural pursuits. He pursued this occupation until 1857, when he emigrated 1o Kane
sas, and located in Linn County on his present place of 160 acres. In 1862, he enlisted in
Company D, Fifth oe Kansas Cavalry. He was captured in Arkansas and imprisoned
at Tyler, Tex., where he remained until the close of the war. He then returned to Linn
le where he has since been engaged in ee He was married in Linn County,
Kan., June 13, 1881, to Kate Kane, of Boston, Mass. e has four children—Charles A., Lil-
lie H., Cora and George H. Mr. Carbon is a member of the Republican party. :

P. CHITWOOD, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Mound City, was born in Macon County,
Tenn., February 22, 1827, where he was raised and educated, after which he moved to Mis-
sissippi, where he was employed as hotel clerk for some time. In 1848, he emigrated to
Boone County, lowa, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1852, when he was
elected Sheriff of Boone County. During his term of office he read law, and was admitted
to the bar at Boonsboro, Iowa, in 1856, and in 1857 came to Kansas and settled in Linn
County on his eee of 800 acres of land. He was married in Macon County, Tenn.,
May 10, 1848, to Miss Mary Whitley, a native of Smith County, Tenn. They have four chil-
dren—Joel, Alexander, William and Kate. '

N. J. COPPLE, farmer, Section 17, P.O. Grange, was born in Polk Count: » Mo., Feb-
ruary 18, 1852. In 1856, he removed with his parents to Linn County, Kan. here he was
raised and educated. After completing his studies he located on a farm, and now he is en-

- gaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1882, he located a general merchandise store on his
present place, known as the Grange post office. His estate, in connection with the store,
consists of 200 acres of fine farming land. He was married in Linn County, Kan., Novem-
ber 21, 1873, to Miss Elizabeth Woody, of Missouri. They have three children—Philip C.,
Jennie K. and Charley D.

ENOCH ESTEP, farmer, Section 21, P. 0. Pleasanton, born in Menard County, Ill., May
5, 1825, where he was raised until the age of fourteen years, when he removed with his
parents to Jasper County, Mo. ; was there raised and educated ; after which he located on a
farm and followed agricultural pursuits until 1855, when he emigrated to Kansas and set-
tled in Linn County, being one of the first settlers of the county. In 1861, he enlisted in
Company D, Sixth Kansas Cavalry; was discharged in 1863. In 1866, he served as Deputy
Sheriff, and in 1868 was appointed Deputy County Treasurer, and held the appointment
until the expiration of the term. Married in Jasper County, Mo., May 21, 1846, Lavina Bar-
rick, of Illinois, She was born September 18, 1823, and died January 23, 1873. Has six
children—William G., Martha E., Albert E., Mary A., Henry T. and Myra.

MRS. F. J. HOLT, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Pleasanton, was born in Lawrence County,
Ind., March 7, 1830. When young she was taken by her parents to Clark County, Ill., where
she was raised and educated. She was married in Clark County, Ill., January 24, 1850, to
George W. Holt, of Ohio. In 1855, she emigrated to Kansas, and located in Linn County on
her present place of 180 acres, where she is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Holt
died in Linn County, Kan., in 1879, leaving a family of five children—Christopher C., Esther
A,, Martha A., Frances J. and Jonah T. ;

THEA HOOVER, miller, was born in Germany, November 18, 1818. When young, he
removed with his parents to America and located at Cincinnati, Ohio, where his time was

“ occupied in various pursuits until 1835, when he located in Indianapolis and engaged in
milling, which he followed until 1850, when his time was engaged in the same business at
various points in Indiana and Illinois uftil 1865, when he came to Kansas and located in
Linn County, and engaged in milling at Trading Post. In 1866, he removed to Mound City, and
remained three years, engaged in milling, and in 1871 located at Farlinville and erected the
Farlinville mills, a frame building 46x30, two stories, and eee by steam. Its capacity
oat barrels per day. He was married in Linn County, Kan., in 1876, to Eliza B. Elderidge,
oO! io, 1

WILLIAM LOCKWOOD, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Mound City, born in Washington
County, Ind., October 15, 1838, where he was raised until the age of twelve years, when
he removed with parents to New Albany, Ind., where he received a liberal education.
Soon after learned the trade of tanner, and in 1856 became the proprietor of a tanning
establishment at New Albany, where he was engaged until 1870. He served three years
in the late rebellion in Company E, Fifth Regiment Indiana Cavalry. In 1870, came to
Kansas and located in Linn County, on his present estate of 160 acres. Married at New
Albany, Ind., October 6, 1858, Miss Margaret A. Shaw, of Indiana. They have six children
—Luella, May, Mattie iH, Corenne, Elizabeth and Howard.

8. MASON, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Mound City, born in Preble County, Ohio, Au-
gust 25, 1820, there raised and educated. In 1839, removed to McLean County, Ill., where

e followed agricultural pursuits until 1855, when he came to Kansas, and located in Linn
County, on a farm near Mound City. His estate consists of 520 acres of land. He has
been twice married, first in McLean County, Ill., June 17, 1841, to Mary Hindshaw, of
Tennessee. She died in Linn County, Kan., in 1878, leaving four children—Theo; hilus,
Susanna, Rhoda E. and John W. He was married the second time in Neosho County,
Kan., October 23, 1879, to Mrs. Mary J. Madison, of Tennessee. Mr. M. is a Republican.

O. E. MORSE, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Mound City, born in Huron County, Ohio,
March 27, 1837, was reared and educated in his native State. In 1857, he came to Kansas
and located at Moneka, Linn County, where he Shae ed in mercantile pursuits until 1861,
when he enlisted in Company D, Fifth Regiment Kansas Cavalry, and served until Sep-
tember, 1864, when he located at Mound City and engaged in the furniture trade, which
he pursued until 1873, when he was appointed Deputy County Treasurer. In 1874, he
settled on his present place of 240 acres, where he is engaged in farming and breeding
fine stock. He represented his district in the Legislature in 1875-76. In 1878, was ap-

ointed Commissioner to select school lands. Married in Livingston County, N. Y., Octo-

er, 1864, to Emma Wattles, of Ohio. They have six children—Wilton L., John 0., Theo-
-dore W., Stuart T,, Orlin R. and Eleanor E.

. H. MURRY, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Pleasanton, born in Lafayette County, Ind.,
August 14, 1832, When -young was taken by his parents to Knox County, IIl., where he
remained three years. In 1837, his father removed to Polk County, Mo., and Ww. H. was
there raised and educated, after which he engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he fol-
lowed for some time. In 1854, he emigrated to Kansas, and located in Linn County, on
his present place of, 706 acres, where he is largely engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Was married in Linn County, Kan., January 18, 1857, to Deantha A. Rowe, of Mis-
souri. They have nine children—Mary L., Charles H., Sarah E., Minerva J., George, Will-
iam, Henry, Myrtie and Katie.

SCOTT TOWNSHIP.

JAMES J. CLANCY, farmer, Section 29, P.O. La Cygne, was born in Franklin, Ve-
nango Co., Penn., January 23, 1831; was raised in his native State, after which he learned the
carpenter's trade, which occupation he followed in his native Stute and in Ohio until 1857,
when he removed to Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, working at his trade two years. He immi-
grated to Colorado, where he engaged in mining during the summer. In the following fall
came to Kansas and remained at Valley Falls until the spring, when he returned to Colo-
rado and remained there some time. He went to Arizona and New Mexico, where he re-
mained six months. He then returned to Valley Falls, Kan., where he worked at his trade
until 1862, when he enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Infantry, as a pri-
vate, soon after promoted to Second Lieutenant, which position he held until the close of
the war, after which he located at Fort Ellsworth, Kan.,and engaged in mercanti.e pursuits
for one year, He then settled at Valley Falls, Kan., and followed his trade until 1872, when
he came to Linn County and located on his present place. He was married at Valley Falls,
Kan., May 27, 1869, to Miss Loretta Divelbiss, of Illinois. They have four children—Emma
E,, Alvia A, Myrtle E. and Clara Maud. : 2 .

M. ELLSWORTH, farmer, Section 27, P. 0. La Cygne, was born in Clarke County, Ohio
July 11, 1814. Was raised and educated in his native State, after which he located near
Dayton, Ohio, where he learned the cabinet trade. He then removed to sieney, Shelby
County, Ohio, where he pursued his occupation until the fall of 1837, when he located at

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Mechanicsburg, Sangamon County, Il]. He worked at his trade four or five years, when
be turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, which he followed for two years; he
then moved to De Witt County, Ill, where he farmed, and at odd times worked at his
trade until 1866, when he came to Linn County, Kan., and located on his present place
of 220 acres, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in Shelby
County, Ohio, April 25, 1835, to Miss Elizabeth Kizer, of Ohio. They had three children
—Rhoda, William I. and Mehitable A. His wife died November 17, 1849, and December
19, 1850, he married Miss Rhoda Ely, and they have five children—John L., Aretas L.,
Wiloughby A., Albert T., Ely W. Mr, Ellsworth is a Republican.

. E. WOODFORD, farmer, Section 36, P. 0. La Cygne, born in Utica, N. Y., June
18, 1829. When young was taken by parents to Lucas County, Ohio, and there raised and
educated. Soon after engaged in farming, which he followed until 1853,when he emi-
grated to California, when he mined for two years. He then returned to Ohio, and in
1858 removed to California, when he engaged in mining with satisfactory results for one
year, when he located in Fulton County, Ohio, where he remained until 1861, when
he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-seventh Regiment Ohio Infantry, as a private. After-
ward promoted to Second Lieutenant, where he served until discharged by reason of dis-
ability. In 1866, moved to Westport, Jackson County, Mo., where he was dealing in live
stock until 1869, when he came to Kansas and located in Linn County. In 1874, was
elected County Commissioner, and re-elected in 1878, acting both terms as Chairman of
the board. Married in Fulton County, Ohio, June 18 1850, Almira Blain, of New York.
They have two children—Evaline A. and Abigail.

CENTERVILLE TOWNSHIP.

OTHO McMULLEN, carpenter, Section 28, P. O. Wall street, born aear Crab Orchard
Spring, Ky., November 22, 1813. In 1815, removed with his parents to Dayton, Ohio,
where he attended school for two years. In 1822, removed to Richmond, Ind., where he
completed his studies, after which he learned the carpenter’s trade, which he pursued
until 1856, when he located in Marshall County, Ind., and actively engaged in his occu-
panier. as a carpenter for thirteen years. In 1869, he came to Kansas and located in

inn County, where he ee in farming and working at the carpenter’s trade at odd
times. He was married in Henry County, Ind., January 11, 1834, to Elizabeth Collins-
worth, of Ohio. She was born in 1818. They’ have six children—Hulda, Mary A., John
R., Otho H., Henrietta and Nelson.

G. A. MILLSAPS, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Wall street, born in Lawrence County,
Ind., February 5, 1824; was raised and educated in his native State; after which he located
at Leesville, Lawrence County, Ind., where he engaged in the manufacture of wagons,
ete, which he pursued until 1854, when he emigrated to Iowa, and helped organize Ring-
gold County, and locate the public thoroughfares, and was a resident of that county until
1865, when he came to Kansas and located in Linn County, where he is engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. Married in Jackson County, Ind., February 29, 1848, Susan A. Ogelsby,
¥ CORTE Ye They have five children—Mary C., Arilla J., William C., Nannie E and

ames A,

A. W. RASH, physician, Section 18, P. O. Wall street, born in Jackson County, Ala.
June 4, 1833. When young was taken by parents to Polk County, Mo., where he attended
school for some time, when he removed to Cass County, Mo., where he received the ben-
efit of the publis schools until 1854, when he located in Johnson County, Mo., where he
completed his education. In 1859, attended Pope’s Medical School at St. Louis for one
term, He then returned to Johnson County, Mo., and practiced his profession for one
year. In 1861, came to Kansas and located in Linn County, where he pursued his pro-
fession until 1879, when he attended the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Graduated the same year, and returned to Linn County, where he is actively engaged in
the duties of his profession. Married in Linn County, Kan., July 27, 1862, Samira E.
Alexander, of Clay County, Ind. They have four children—John L., Nellie A., Horace R.
and Walter D.

THOMAS SPROUL, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Wall street, born in Ireland, June 15,
1819. In 1829, removed to America with parents, and located at Philadelphia for a short
time, then moved to Harrison County, Ohio, where Thomas matured to manhood and was
educated. In 1846, emigrated to Wapello pou Iowa, where he followed agricultural
pursuits until 1857, when he came to Kansas and located in Linn County, on his present
place of 725 acres, located in Centerville Township. Married in Harrison County, Ohio,
August, 1843, Elizabeth McDivitt, of Ohio. She died in Linn County, Kan., in 1863. They
have five children—John, William B., Mary, Joseph W. and Harriet E. Mr. S. is iden-
tified with the Republican party.

STANTON TOWNSHIP.

A. W. BURTON, farmer, Section 8, P.O. Mound City, was born in Manchester, Vt..
September 11, 1834 ; when young removed with parents to Martinsburg, Ohio, where he was
reared and educated. In 1851, moved to McLeai County, Ill., where he taught school for
three years, when he located at Lexington, Ill, and entered mercantile pursuits which he
followed until 1858. He then came to Kansas and first located in Bourbon County, where
he engaged in farming. In 1862, enlisted in Company H, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Infan-
try, as a private. Soon after elected First Lieutenant, and afterward promoted Captain ;
served in that rank until the close of the war, when he returned to Bourbon County ; re-
mained there until 1867, when he located in Linn County. His estate consists of 320 acres.
Married in ae Tll., November 12, 1857, Sarah H. Hays, of Illinois. They have nine
children—Frank K., Horace E., Mary A., Clara T., Harriet M., Sarah S., Bertha G., Nellie
and Caroline A.

C. L. COON, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Mound City, born in Luzerne County, Penn., Au-
gust 8, 1826, where he was reared and educated, after which he engaged in various pursuits
until 1855, when he moved to Whiteside County, II]., where he remained for one year en-
gaged in milling. In 1856, removed to Black Hawk County, Iowa, where he engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits for fourteen years. In 1866, he moved to Cole county, Mo., where he pur-
sued his former occupation until 1859, when he came to Kansas and settled in Linn County
on his present place of 31714 acres, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Married in Luzerne County, Penn., October 26, 1848, Kizia Vanenam, of Pennsylvania.
They have eight children—Charles W., Milton L, Ann M.,, Sarah J., Martha M., Clara,
Isabelle and Gene P; 2

ANSEN DOLEN, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Prescott, born in Jefferson County, Tenn.,
April 8, 1805; was reared and educated in his native State, after which he engaged in farm-
ing and boating until 1845, when he removed to Ray County, Mo., where he remained for
some time, and then located in Platte County, Mo., where he followed farming until 1851
when he came to Kansas and first settled in Jefferson County, and engaged in agricultural
pursuits until 1857, when he removed to Linn County and settled on his present place. He
was married in Jefferson County, Tenn., in 1833, to Rebecca Short, of Tennessee. She died
in Linn County, Kan., in 1880.

FRANKLIN PAY, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Prescott, born in Steuben County, N. Y.,
November 19, 1827, was reared and educated in his native State. Soon after engaged in
farming, which he pursued until 1859, when he came to Kansas and located in Linn County,
onafarm. Followed farming until 1865, when he located on his present place. His estate
consists of 880 acres of land. He has been twice married, first on December 11, 1854, to L. J.
Vanhousan. She died August 20, 1856. He was married the second time at Plattsburg, N.
Y., in February 20, 1860, to Clara Hutchinson, of New York. She was born March 30, 1838.
They have four children—Jennie, Warren G., Mary and Charles L.

DANIEL SPEARS, farmer, Section 1, P. 0. Mound City, born in Morgan County, Ind.,
January 10, 1830, where he was raised until twelve years of age, when he removed to Newton
County, Mo., with his father, where he finished his education, and soon after engaged in
Jemning, following that occupation until 1861, when he enlisted in onaene H., Sixth Reg-
iment Kansas Cavalry. Was discharged in 1863. He then located in‘Linn County, Kan.,
where he enpeged in agricultural pursuits. Was married in Newton County, Mo., January
12, 1852, to Elender C. May, of Kentucky. They have four children—Andrew, Amy, Martha
F, and Paul L. Mr. Spears is a Republican.
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

“ORAWFORD COUNTY.

 

TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY.

ere County lies in the eastern tier, and in the second tier
‘from the southern boundary of the State. It is bounded on the
north by Bourbon County, on the east by Missouri, on the south by Cher-
okee County, and on the west by Labette and Neosho Counties.

The boundaries of the county were defined by an act of the Legisla
ture, approved February 13, 1867, in the following language: ‘‘ That the
territory included within the following boundaries shall constitute the
county of Crawford, to wit: Commencing at the southeast corner of the
county of Bourbon, thence run south on the east line of the State of
Kanas to the southeast corner of Section 18, Township 31, Range 25;
thence west to the east line of Neosho County as defined in an act ap-
proved February 26, 1866; thence north to the southwest corner of Bour-
bon County; thence east to the place of beginning.” As thus defined the
county is twenty-three miles from
north to south, and nearly twenty-six
miles from east to west, containing
592 ee miles, or 578,880 acres.

he general surface of the county
is undulating. A water-shed extends
from the middle of the western bound-
ary northeasterly until near and to
the west of Farlington, when it turns
southeasterly and leaves the county
at the middle of the eastern bound-
ary. Most of the county slopes toward
the ‘south, but Lincoln Township
slopes toward the north. The highest
land is in the center of the county
about 1,100 feet above the level of
the sea. The bottom lands average
in width three-fourths of a mile, and
comprise fifteen per cent of the area,
uplands comprising eighty-five per
cent.
_ The-principal streams are Dry-
wood, Bone and Coxes Creeks in the
northeast; Cow Creek, with its
branches Middle Cow and Little Cow
Creeks, flowing southeasterly; Light-
ning Creek rising in the northern part
of the county and flowing south into
Cherokee County, with its tributa-
ries, Elm, Thunderbolt and Lime
Creeks; Hickory Creek flowing south-
west into Neosho County, and Big
and Little Walnut Creeks, also flow-
ing southwest into Neosho County.
Springs are not numerous, but good
well water is obtainable at depths

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POPULATION (BY FEDERAL CENSUS).

County. White men began to settle on_ the lands about the year 1850,
Harden Matthews settling in Sherman Township in that year. Quite a
number of white men entered the county in 1852, and in 1857 some settle-
ments were made in Walnut Township, and in 1861 W. Banks settled in
Crawford Township on Big Cow Creek. From this time on, quite a num.
ber of settlers entered different parts of the county.

John Lemans, a blacksmith, settled in Osage Township in 1848, and
resided there until 1861, at which time he was driven out by United States
soldiers under command of the Cherokee Indian Agent.

Pleasant M. Smith settled in Baker Township in 1851. He lived here
only a short time, building no house, but instead living inatent. In 1856,
a Mr. Sears made the first permanent settlement in this township, building
a log house near the mission crossing on Cow Creek, Quite a number of
settlers had commenced to make houses here, when, in 1859, Cherokee In-

dian Agent Cowan, under orders

from James Buchanan, President of
G0. the United States, came in from Mis-
souri with a company of regular sol-
diersundercommandof Capt. Sturges,
and drove them from their homes,
lighting their pathway by fires made
of their burning haystacks, houses
and barns. In 1865, other settlers
came into this part of the county,
among them Marion Medlin, John
Hobson, Frank Dosser and 8. 8S.
Georgia; Hobson selecting for his
home the spot formerly occupied by
Mr. Sears. In 1866, S. J. Langdon
and A. J. Georgia camein. During
the winter of 1866-67, the Government
surveyors sectionized the township,
which made lively times among the
settlers making rails and fencing in
their claims. At that time the only
obtainable substance from which
flour could be made was corn. The
corn had to be hauled from a distance
of from thirty to forty miles in Mis-
souri, and cost $2 per bushel.

J. F. Gates, Stephen Ogden, W.
J. MeWirt, Capt. John Hamilton and
others, settled in Sheridan Township
in 1865. Lincoln. Township was set-
tled in 1852 by the Hathaways and
others, and Walnut Township in 1857.

At the election of April 15, 1867,
A. T. Crawford was elected a Justice
of the Peace. The first case that
came before him was of assault and

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varying from ten to forty feet.
The native timber belts are in
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half mile in width. About ten per
cent is covered with forests. The
principal varieties are cottonwood,
elm, hackberry, hickory, black, burr,
post and red oak, poplar and walnut.

The soil varies in depth from one
to five feet, is exceedingly fertile,
and well adapted to the growth of
all the cereals. The subsoil varies in
depth from ten to twenty feet.
Beneath this lie various kinds ofstone,
clay, etc,—sandstone, limestone, slate,

Grant Township
Lincoln Township...
Osage Township.......
Sheridan Township,
Sherman Township.
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battery upon a Dutchman named

1870, | 1880. Osterman by Jeremiah Elixison. The
case was tried before a jury of six,

962} 2,612 who brought in a verdict of guilty,
108° | p78¢ and imposed as @ penalty a fine of $5
1,490 z912 and costs, amounting in all to $14.
980 | 1,663 This amount was turned over to
ie 2,348 County Treasurer S: J. Langdon, and
567 | 937 was the only money received by him as
accra betietiea teeter 595 | 1,282 such officer during his term of office.
at The first Justices of the Peace

8,160 | 16,851 in the county were Levi Price and
624 Heman Martin. Price was ap-
pny the County Commissioners.

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fire and pottery clay, hydraulic
cement and coal. This valuable mineral underlies the entire county, but
the vein is thickest in the southeastern corner, across which it extends from
Cherokee County into Missouri. In Baker Township, the vein is four feet
in thickness, lying at from thirty to fifty feet below the surface of the
ground. In Lincoln Township there are also valuable coal mines. There
are two and three different strata of coal underlying all the eastern third
of this county, with a thickness of from two to five feet. The surface
vein is about twenty-two inches, the lower vein, from thirty to sixty feet
deeper, is from four to six feet. It is thought that the lower vein under-
lies the entire county

PRIMITIVE OCCUPANTS AND EARLY SETTLERS.

Crawford County lies within the tract known as the “ Cherokee Neu-
tral Lands,” a history of which is given in connection with Cherokee

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= “" a marriage ceremony, in March,
1867, the parties united being Homer Howell and Mrs. Rachel Turney.
This was the first marriage in the county, and as there was then no Pro-
bate Court, Justice Price issued the license, performed the ceremony and
signed the certificate, which was sent to Bourbon County for record. It
was afterward ascertained that the marriage was void, and an act of the
Legislature legalizing it was passed—the bill having been prepared by
James T. Bridgens and passed through the influence of Capt. John
Hamilton.

The first legal marriage license was issued December 27, 1867, to
W. M. Breckenridge and Miss Elner Stone, the ceremony being performed
by James F. St. Clair.

The first saloon license in the county was issued April 6, 1868, to
Charles L. Russell’ in Lincoln Township.

The Crawford County Agricultural Society was organized February
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

5, 1870, with thirteen Directors. The first officers were J. W. Earles,
President, S. A. Atwood, Secretary. Dr. William H. Warner served as
Secretary of this society for six years. As editor of the Girard Press, he
urged the necessity of such an organization. The old, or first organiza-
tion, held fairs every year, and purchased forty acres of land on the east
of Girard, which was sold by the new organization and another lot pur-

chased west of Girard. Dr. Warner represented this society in the State

Board of AprCulmre at Topeka several years. The society was re-organ-
ized May 27, 1882, and the following officers elected: W H. Braden,
President; James Evans, Vice President ; A. P. Riddle, Secretary; Albert
Allen, Treasurer; A. N. Winchell, Superintendent, and C. Zigler, Chief
Marshal.

WAR RECORD.

During the war, many of the settlers suffered severely at the hands of
rebel guerrillas and bushwhackers. Most of the outrages were committed
by Livingston’s men. The following are the names of some of the men
killed by his and other bands: Capt. Dobbins, of the Sixth Kansas, and a
number of private soldiers; a Mr. Manly; Capt. John Rogers, who lived in
Lincoln Township, while home on a furlough in 1868, was called. out of
his house at night and shot in his own door yard; H. Howard was killed
on Bone Creek while home on furlough; John Simons was killed in his
own house; Heman Martin lost all his property in the same year by bush-
whackers; and John Pearson had his house burned. In May, 1866, four
brothers named Tippy came into the county for evil purposes. Two of
them visited Ralph Warner and a Mr. Shannon and talked about buyin
cattle. After they had gone away, Warner and Shannon were apprise
of their character and so put on their guard. Warner asked some neigh-
bors to stay with him at night, but only one neighbor besides Shannon
came before night. After dark another neighbor came, and soon the other
two Tippy brothers‘approached. Shannon and one neighbor named Lamb
were in the house, Warner and the other neighbor on the wood pile. The
two brothers, passing Warner and his companion, approached the house,
opened the door, and fired upon Shannon and Lamb. Shannon and Lamb
returned the fire, when the women interfered, but Shannon fired the sec-
ond time. The Tippys between them fired five times. One of them was
wounded and afterward died in Missouri from the effects of the wound.
Shannon was killed almost instantly, having been hit twice. Warner es-
caped into the brush. The neighborhood was alarmed, a posse collected,
organized, and started in pursuit of the two that had purchased Warner’s
cattle and were driving them away. The posse soon overtook the cattle
drovers and brought them back to Monmouth for trial, as accomplices in
the murder of Shannon.
men, and resulted in a verdict of guilty and sentence of death. They were
hanged on a tree three-fourths of a mile southwest of Monmouth, one
having confessed, the other having denied being an accomplice.

NEUTRAL LAND TROUBLES.
As supplementary to what appears in connection with the sketch of

Cherokee County, a few instances of violence on the part of the settlers .

in opposition to the building of the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf
aiellrcad, and to ‘‘ proving up”’ under the “Joy contract,” are here intro-
uced.

The survey of the road was made in the early part of 1869. A por-
tion of the settlers were in favor of the road being built, and in favor of

urchasing their claims from Mr. Joy; others were opposed to both.

he questions were debated with earnestness and on some occasions with
a great deal of acrimony. Meetings were held on either side, at which
resolutions expressing the sentiments of the participants were passed and
promulgated. A meeting of those favorable to the road was held at
Girard, April 24, 1869, which was addressed by A. A. Fletcher, C. H.
Winsor, C. Dana Sayrs and D. 8S. McIntosh, in favor of the road. E. E.
Parker responded in opposition to it. After the speaking was concluded,
a series of resolutions was adopted, one of which was as follows:

“That the enterprise (the building of the railroad) meets with our en-
tire approbation, and that we will in all suitable ways aid and encourage
said company in the speedy construction and completion of the same.”

Another resolution was to the effect that the building of the road
could not in any way affect the title to the lands.

This reasonable proposition was not satisfactory to the minds of some
of the settlers, and the fact that a large and respectable portion of all
within the county entertained the views and sentiments expressed in the
above-quoted resolutions, had little or no weight with those who were
opposed to Mr. Joy. They were firmly set in their opinion that he had no
title to the land, and were fully determined that he should build no rail-
road on their property. In order to make their will effective, they had to
resort to violence. On the 30th of April, six days after the above and
similar resolutions were adopted, a shameful and criminal outrage was
committed by a body of misguided settlers upon the engineers of the rail-
road who were locating the road. The engineers were taken prisoners,
and their wagons, tents and instruments destroyed by fire. The engineers
were ordered never to come upon the line again under penalty of hang-
ing, and then released. One thousand railroad ties were burned on Cow
Creek about the same time. In addition to this, railroad employes were
driven from their work, and Anti-League settlers were driven from their
homes under penalty of hanging if they should return. The animus of,
at least, the leading Leaguers may be plainly seen by reading the resolu--
tions of the Lincoln League, given in connection with Cherokee County,
and their effrontery by reading the following resolution, which is one of a
series passed at Cato, Crawford County, June 2, 1869, by members of the
League: ‘‘ That we assert to the world that civil law is unobstructed on the
Neutral Lands, and that not one man has ever been hung or shot here on
account of our land difficulties, or during the last two years for any cause.”

But notwithstanding these and other instances of violence were com-
mitted, justice demands the recording of the fact that at the most but

The trial was regular, before a jury of twelve

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very few of the Leaguers were mobocrats The majority of them believed
themselves in the right, and this because they had been misled as to the
nature of the title of the Cherokee Indians to the Neutrals. They acted
upon the advice of men who were knowingly holding out to them illusive
hopes and inciting them to the commission of deeds which could but:
check their prosperity and bring disgrace upon their names. One of these
advisors was W. R. Laughlin, whom the Anti-Joy or Settlers’ Unions had
employed to represent them in Washington, and who was pleased to pro-
long the contest in order that he might live as long as practicable a life of
ease upon the contributions of the settlers, who earned their own liveli-
hood by their daily toil. An extract from his address to the settlers, de-
livered June 4, 1869, will suffice to show the character of the advice he
gave them:

““We may be called mobs and outlaws. The same cry was raised at
the Boston Tea Party. * The same cry was raised against the
Vigilance Committee of California, and to-day the people of that State
bless them for what they did. Then look at the Rensselaer Anti-Renters.
They shot a Sheriff dead in violation of law and nothing was ever done
with them, because they defended their rights. ‘If this be treason, make
the most of it.’ Ihave asked Judge Lawrence what the people should
do if Joy forced himself upon them with his railroad. He replied, ‘I can
not advise shooting or killing, but if a man wanted to force himself into
my house, I’d kick him out.’ Ben Butler said, ‘If they come to disturb -
you, damn them, hang them.’ Senator Sprague said to Gen. Cameron,
“Tell them to fight.’ ’Tis vain to call you a mob when. two-thirds of you
have your discharges as good and faithful soldiers in your pockets. e
must fight them legally if we can, forcibly if we must. They may try to
stigmatize us, but they cannot stigmatize a United States soldier. * *”’

But Mr. Laughlin was not alone in giving advice of this kind. Hon.
Sidney Clarke delivered an address at Iowa City, Crawford County, about
July 8, 1869, from which the following is a well-authenticated extract :
‘‘T do not advise violence to be used to prevent the construction of the
Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad through the lands occupied
by the settlers ; but I do advise you to stand firm and united to a man, and
no road ever can be built without your consent. Why? Because if a
weary traveler should come along, and wishing to rest, sit down upon a
pile of railroad ties, and, while smoking his pipe, a spark should happen
to fall and burn up the ties, could any one blame you for it, and say that
you were using violence to prevent the construction of the road? I
reckon not. Or suppose the prairie grass should, by some such accident,
take fire and burn up the wagons, tents and instruments of the engineers,
could that be charged to you? I think not. Now, who ever heard of,
railroad cars running through a country without rails or ties? I never
did. Yet I don’t advise force to prevent this- most damnable railroad
swindle, but I know that these accidents do and will happen in the best
regulated communities. Now, gentlemen, if any such thing should hap-
pen to this swindling road, you must all be in bed and asleep when it hap-
pens, or as soon after as possible.”

The meaning of this harangue was patent to the assembly, as was soon
afterward demonstrated. The speaker was scarcely off the neutral lands
when, in the night a large party of men went to the Assessor’s house in
Osage Township, called him out, put him under guard, went into his
house, took the abstract of lands owned by the railroad company, and
carried them away in order to prevent the assessment of the lands. A
similar attempt was made in Baker Township, but the abstract could not
be found. On the 17th of July, a large armed force attacked the work-
men on the railroad in Bourbon County, near the north line of Crawford
County, and burned all the wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, tents, shanties,
everything that belonged tp the workmen and contractors. At this time,
the troops were at Crawfordsville, twelve miles away, and could render no
assistance to the workmen who were unarmed and could themselves offer
no resistance. But the most fiery speech of all was made by a Methodist
minister—Vincent by name. He was, he said, determined to “fight Joy
until hell froze over, and then fight it out on the ice.’’ :

The presence of troops on the neutral lands was extremely annoying
to the Leaguers. In consequence, a select committee was appointed under

“resolutions of the Legislature for the purpose of investigating the ques-

tion of the necessity of their presence. In February, 1870, this committee
took testimony at Fort Scott, Girard, Columbus and Baxter Springs.
After concluding their labors, a report was made to the Legislature, which
was signed by Col. John T. Burris, of Johnson County, Hon. J. K.
Wright, of Davis County, and Hon. E. H. LeDuc, from which the follow-
ing is an extract: ‘‘ We find from the evidence that as early as February,
1869, an organization existed on those lands known as ‘The Land
League ;’ that such an organization still exists there, and that its name
now is, ‘The Neutral Land Home Protecting Corps; that it was and
still is a secret quasi military organization numbering about 1,500 men,
commanded by a general and drilled into regiments, battalions and com-
panies commanded by colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors, captains, and
other officers with military designations ; that one of the objects of said
organization was to prevent the building of the Missouri River, Fort Scott
& Guif Railroad through the neutral lands until James F. Joy should
relinquish his right to claim these lands; that in accordance with the set-
tled purpose of the League, about 200 of their number being fully armed,
marched upon Baxter Springs to break up the railroad land office at that
place, and did by threats and intimidation compel its removal therefrom ;
that during the spring and early summer of 1869, members of ‘the
League” forcibly burned about 26,000 railroad ties in Cherokee County on
those lands; also that they arrested Col. J. A. J. Chapman and Capt.
John Runk, Jr., engineers on the road, together with their party of assist-
ants and laborers, and after burning the wagons, tents, surveying instru-
ments, blankets, commissary stores, etc., drove the subordinates of the
surveying party from the lands with orders never to return in the employ-
ment of the railroad company under penalty of death, and that they then
marched Col. Chapman and Capt. Runk several miles south, stripped off
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the coats from their prisoners, blindfolded. them, administered to each of
them fifteen lashes, and then ordered them to leave, never to return, and
to never mention what had occurred’ under penalty of death; also, that
they forcibly drove from the line of the railroad laborers, agents and
other employes, and from the neutral lands many persons because of their
opposition to the League and their friendship for the railroad company.”

The opposition of the settlers to’ the building of this railroad was a

strange anomaly. While others before and since have been so anxious’

to obtain railroad facilities that they have in some instances bonded
themselves almost to bankruptcy, part of the citizens of Crawford and Cher-
okee Counties were for months attempting to prevent a railroad from being
forced upon them, and it was necessary, in order that the road might be
built, that the workmen should be guarded by soldiers. The people of
these two counties who caused the troubles could not then realize that
progress is irresistible. But gradually the opposition ceased. During
the closing months of 1869, a more peaceful condition of society ob-
tained, and so numerous became the applications for contracts for the
lands that the whole. clerical force in the office of Gen. Clark, commis-
sioner for Mr. Joy, was constantly employed in preparing the necessary
papers. Yet when a test of strength was made early in November be-
tween the Leaguers and anti-Leaguers, the former out-voted the latter
nearly two to one, Langdon, the League candidate for Representative,
receiving 546 votes, while all the opposing candidates, three in number,
received but 282. The majorities were about the same for all the League
candidates for county offices, and, in November, 1870, eight. months after
the railroad was completed to Girard, at an election for State and county
officers, the friends of the League were still largely in the majority in the
county. For State Representative, Langdon, the»League candidate,
received 676 votes, while Mason, the Republican, received but 387, and
Fletcher, the Democratic candidate, received but 210.

: COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

, The county was organized in 1867, and named after S. J.Crawford, who was then
Governor of the State. J. W. Wallace, Lafayette Manlove and Henry Schoen were appointed
apecta Commissioners, and F. M. Logan, County Clerk. Wallace was from Lincoln Town-
ship, Manlove from Sheridan, and Schoen from Sherman Township.

The first meeting of-the Commissioners was held March 16, 1867, at the residence of
William Campbell, peng Crawfordsville. After having taken the oath of office, and or-
ganized by electing J. W. Wallace Chairman, the board proceeded to the transaction of bus-
iness. The first order acted upon was ‘That the county of Crawford be and is hereby laid
off into nine representative townships.” These townships were the same as now. The sec-
ond order was one establishing election precincts, and the third was that dividing the
gpunty into three Commissioner's districts. The fourth directed the County Clerk to give
thirty days’ notice of a special election for county and township officers, and for the perma-
nent location of the county seat. The election was held ‘April 15, 1867, and resulted as fol-
lows: Commissioners, J. W. Wallace, Andrew Hussong and F. M. Mason; Clerk, F. M. Lo-
gan Sheriff, J.M. Ryan. On the 7th of May, Logan, having failed to qualify as County

lerk, L. Manlove was appointed to fill the vacancy. On the same day, James Wamsley was
appointed Probate Judge. On the 2d of September, a tax of 1.1 per cent was levied for
county purposes, and four niills for schools. Crawfordsville was selected at the same time
for temporary county seat, and Lafayette Manlove was ae County Assessor.

An election was held November 5, 1867, for county officers, at which the following per-
sons were elected by the number of votes attached to their respective names: Commissioners,
F. Dosser, 202; I. Evans, 191 ; Joshua Nance, 166; Probate Judge, Levi Hatch, 143; Register
of Deeds, H. Coffman, 155; County Clerk, H. Germain, 197; Treasurer, R. B, Raymond, 170;
Surveyor, R. Stalker, 201; Assessor, William Roberts, 160; Attorney, L. A. Wallace, 131;
Coroner, Jacob Miller, 215; Clerk of District Court, C. H. Strong, 160; Sheriff, J. M. Ryan,
pe eee total vote cast for the candidates for any one office was 390. On the 6th of

pril ft
to fill the vacancy, and also to the office of County Clerk. The total vote, 390, in icated a
population of about 1,900, and the taxable property in that year was $20,712.75, . i

. .At the first election held, April 15, 1867, Rossville and Center contested for the
honor of being the county seat. Center was situated on the northwest quarter of
Section 24, tose 29, Range 23,—the same section on which now is located the
pee part of Girard. Rossville,was two miles northeast, on what was then known as the
Silket farm. No meeting of the Commissioners appears to have been held at either place.

At the election of November 5, 1867, Girard was selected as the county seat, butas Craw-
fordsville had been by the Governor designated as the county seat, the Commissioners, at a
meeting held by them on the 3d of February, 1868, at the house of ‘Henry Germain, in Sher-
idan Township, adjourned to meet next day at the place designated by Gov. Crawford. At
a meeting held here on the 11th of May, 1868, an order was made by the Board of Commis-
sioners to the county officers, directing them to remove all their records, books and other
papers to Girard, they, the Commissioners, deciding that to be the county seat. The re-
moval was accordingly made. At the September term of the District Court, the citizens of
Crawfordsville, through D. W. Crouse, applied to the court for a writ of mandamus on the
County Clerk to compel him to remove the éounty records back to Crawfordsville, claiming
that that place was the county seat legally. After hearing the testimony, the court sus-
tained the writ, and directed the records to be removed to Crawfordsville. The order of the
court was obeyed. Ata meeting of the Commissioners, held November 7, 1868, a petition
signed by 577 citizens was pened asking that an election be ordered for the permanent
location of the county seat. The request was granted, and an election held December 15,
following, resulting in the casting of 375 votes for Girard, and 312 for Crawfordsville. Thus
the question was finally settled in favor of Girard.

State Senators from this county, with date of election, are as follows: H.D. Moore,
1870; William Simpson, 1872; D. F. Davis, 1874; P. I. B, Ping, 1876; A. P. Riddle, 1880.

Crawford County has had the following State Representatives, date of election as given:
Capt. John Hamilton, 1867; James Wamsley, 1868; 8, J. Langdon, 1869 and 1870; S. D, Ash-
more and 8. J. Langdon, 1871; 8. J. Langdon and A. J. Vickers, 1872; W. H. McGuire and
A. B. Mitchell, 1873; W. H..Brown and W. H. Merriweather, 1874; W. H. Hoyt and E. M.
Bellaine, 1875; W. H. Magil and E, A. Bellaine, 1876; James Hossack and I. W. Majors,
1878; W. B. Cochran and J. H. Millington, 1880: E. V. Hibbard, 1882.

RAILROADS AND SCHOOLS.

The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad runs through the county from north to
south. On this road are four stations, Farlington, Girard, Beulah and Cherokee.

The Missouri Pacific Railroad runs southwest through the northwest part of the county,
having on it two stations, Hepler and Walnut. -

The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company have a railroad entering the
county near the northeast corner, extending south through Arcadia, Coalvale and Mullen
Grove to Litchfield; here it turns southwest, and runs through New Pittsburg to Chero-
kee, where it turns west and runs through Monmouth and McCune to Parsons, and on to
Cherryvale. There is also a branch from Cherokee southeast to Weir.

The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad runs from Girard southeast through New Pitts-
burg and Opolis to Joplin, Mo.

The N.T.T&M.R. R, runs northwestward from Girard through Brazilton and Wal-
nut, into Neosho ae The construction of this road was begun in June, 1882, and
reached Walnut August 16, 1882. It is the expectation of the company to complete the road
to Topeka during the year 1883, and southeast to Memphis in the near future. The officers
of the road are 8 G. Clark, of Chicago, President; H. M. Clark, Vice President and General
Manager}; George A, Bowlus, Secretary and Treasurer; Caleb.H. Malin, General Superin-
tendent} J, Hy Biehards, Attorney, and Frank A, Hill, Chief Engineer,

~ and others taught schools in Sheridan

e County Surveyor elect having failed to qualify, J. T. Bridgens was appointed.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

.

The first schoolhouse built in the county was at Pleasant Ridge, about two miles south-

east of the present site of New Pittsburg. The first after the war was in District No. 50,
known as the Taylor Schoolhouse, in 1867; the second was at lowa City the same fall. A ,

schoolhouse was built in 1868, in District No. 52. The settlers hauled the logs, and the

shingles and windows were brought from Kansas City. | + ae es

robably the first school taught in the county was in Lincoln Township in 1858, in a

small log house, formerly occupied as a dwelling. In 1867, Miss Florence taught a school in

‘a private residence in Osage aeymenty, an ae same year J. W. MeWirt, John Hamilton

‘ownship. ; ‘

_ The number of school districts in the county is 111 and the number of schoolhouses 111,

1 stone, 3 brick and 107 frame. The total number of.scholars enumerated in (3882 was 7,114

—males, 3,648, females, 3,466; total number enrolled, 5,546—males, 2,889 famiales, 2,657 ;

average daily attendance, 2,999—males, 1,510, females, 1,489. The number of teachers em-

ployed was 126—males, 62, females 64. The average monthly salary of the male teachers

was $34.45, of the female teachers $27.35. . The total value of the school property was $75,000.

STATISTICAL. .

The accumulation of property in the county has attained the following proportions :

The personal ene oft the county is valued as follows: Horses, 5,495, value $172,923;
cattle, 18,630, value, $188,738 ; mules, 1,351, value, $57,802 ; sheep, 4,501, value, $5,175; hogs,
12,279, value, $19,562; farming implements, $44,851; wagons, ee value, $26,340 ; carriages
381, value, $9,840; moneys, $26,774; credits, $24,792; merchandise, $132,435; manufacturers:
stock, $7,075; notes, $2,162 ; other personal property, $104,916; total, $823,883; constitutional
exemption, $290,200; net taxable personal property, $533,683. that

The taxable lands under cultivation amount to 169,497 acres; not under cultivation,
203,718 ; total, 373,215 acres, ageregate value, $1,348,422; the number of improved village lots,
882, of unimproved lots, 1,158; total number, 2 040; aggregate value, $240,372; the railroa
property was valued at $513,266, making a grand total of taxable property, e20to a

. The following is the acreage of the principal crops, with the aggregate yield so far as
ascertainable, for 1882: Winter wheat, 24,746 acres, 618,650 bushels; corn, 81,802 acres,
3,272,080 bushels; oats, 14,543 acres, 581,720 bushels; castor beans, 4,203 acres, 42,030 bushels ;
flax, 7,695 acres, 76,950 bushels; rye,-625 acres; barley, 41, buckwheat, 42; Irish potatoes,
928; sweet potatoes, 24; sorghum, 536; millet and Hungarian, 4,830 ; rice corn, 30 ; Ineadow—
timothy, 1,010; clover, 571; other tame, 444; prairie, 32,181 ; pasture—timothy, 365; clover,
93; other tame grasses, 674; prairie, 53,204. : :
The number of acres in nurseries was 784; the number of the various kinds of fruit

trees, about half of which were in bearing was as follows: Apple, 194,646 ; pear, 7,061 5 benad
107,703; plum, 8,008; cherry, 43,431. There were in vineyards 55 acres, froun which 22

. gallons of wine were made.

There were reported the following number of rods of the various kinds of fence:
board, 23,140; rail, 514,203; hedge, 502,857; wire, 152,413; total ees or 3,727 miles,

Very little attention has been given to tree planting. ‘The fol lowing are the numbers
of acres of the various kinds of trees planted up to 1882: Honey locust, 3; walnut, 70; maple,
162; cottonwood, 577; other varieties, 1,160; total number of acres, 1,972.

The population in 1867 was about 2,000; in 1870, 8,160; 1875, 9,386; 1878, 12,759; 1880,
16,854; 1882, 18,961; distributed among the townships as follows: Lincoln, 2,024; Washing-
ton, 1,708; Baker, 3,725 ; Sheridan, 2,537; Osage, 1,887; Grant, 1,064 ; Walnut, Hee Sherman,
1,257; Crawford, 3,299, Girard had a population of 1,842; Pittsburg, 1,755 and Cherokee, 704.

TORNADO.

Quite a number of tornadoes have occurred in Crawford County since its settlement, but
the most terrific one was that of May 22, 1873. It came from the southwest, across the

-southeast corner of Neosho County, and crossed Crawford County in a northeasterly direction.

The following named persons were killed: Mrs. Hezekiah Smith, Uriah Spun eon, a baby of
Mr. Roseberry’s, one of G. W. Surgeon’s, Frankie Dumbauld, a child of Mrs. Hooper's, and
Ellen Hammond. Thirty-four were more or less severely wounded, some of them fatally,
and a great deal:of property destroyed, the loss being $4,457. :

A recital of some of the freaks of the storm will convey some idea of the force of the
wind. A boy, son of Mr. Black, was carried over a peach orchard and reached the ground
uninjured. John Spurgeon, a lad about eight years old, was carried about 100 yards and had
a thigh broken in two places. A baby was carried 300 yards and afterward found in acorn-
field. Two horses were in a log stable hitched to one of the logs; the stable was blown down,
and the horses, with the log fo which they were tied, were blown through the air one-
fourth of a mile without injury, and when found were still hitched to the log.. Fifteen
houses were entirely demolished: So great was the devastation worked that the County
Commissioners gave assistance to the following-parties in the following sums: Mrs. Hooper,
$625; William Blaylock, $100; John Frogge, $200; B, R. Addis, $100; Theodore Metcalf, $50;
w. T. Gunn, $50, and F. H, Dumbald, $100.

GIRARD.

This city, the county seat of Crawford County, is located on a gently
undulating prairie at the center of the county. It is regularly laid out, has
a public square in the center, surrounded by numerous fine business build-
ings, many of them of brick, and has a large proportion of neat frame res-
idences, surruvunded by incipient shade trees. Its elevation is 988 feet
above the sea. ;

The town was started in the spring of 1868, in opposition to Crawford-
ville. The Girard Town Company was first composed of the following gen-
tlemen: 4 Danford, President ; C. H. Strong, Secretary; Dr. Couch, Dr.
B. F. Hep.er, E. J. Boering, Levi Hatch, John Lash, D. 8. McIntosh and
Col. J. Alexander. This company was formed upon the survey of the rail-
road through this portion of the county and the town located upon the
line. It was named by C. H. Strong, after the town Girard, in Penn-
sylvania, which had previously been his home. oe

The first buildings erected in Girard were by the following parties, in
the order given: Col. J. Alexander, a general store; C. H. Strong, a dwell
ing house; Chauncey Ph ae a saloon; N. Sinnet, a general store. Some
time during this year(1868) the first blacksmith shop was opened in the town;
the first frame house was built by A. A. Fletcher, and the first hotel was
opened early in the year. In December, James Hull erected the first part
of a building which was used temporarily asa court house. The first birth
in Girard was that of Mary Fletcher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Fletcher; the first marriage, that of A. J. Vickers to Miss Margaret McIn-
tosh, and the first death that of Mrs. Dr. L. F. Crawford_in the spring of
1869. Immediately after the death of this lady, Judge McIntosh located
the cemetery southwest of the town.

The first celebration in Girard occurred on July 4, 1868. It was a
Sunday school celebration and a celebration of the Nation’s natal day,
both in one. The Hon. A. Danford and Dr. Couch were the orators of the
day. When these festivities took place the town had made considerable
progress. There were three stores, asaloon and about six dwelling houses
within its limits. Still its growth, until the fall of 1869, was much slower
than would have been the case had it not been for the difficulties over the
building of the railroad. When these were settled, when it became known
that the railroad would come despite all opposition, opposition in a measure
ceased, and the development of the county and its towns made more rapid
strides. In February, 1870, Girard had five hotels, eight saloons, six gro-
cery stores, ive dry goods stores, two hardware stores, twe furniture stores,
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

one drug store, one newspaper and job printing office, other businesses in
proportion, and seventy-two dwelling houses, a total of 140 buildings. On
the 10th of this month the location of the depot of the M. R., F. 8. & G.
R. R. was determined upon, in the north
nute, and, on the 12th, a meeting was held to prepare to appropriately
celebrate the advent of the iron horse whenever that advent should take
place. It was universally realized by the citizens that that event, which
no one could prevent, as had been proved, was one of great significance,
and the preparations made were commensurate with its importance. The
celebration came off on the 8d of March, the day on which tho first pas-
senger train reached the town. This train brought down 200 of the lead-
ing citizens and dignitaries of Fort Scott, who united with the citizens of
Girard in a jollification, the equal of which, in heartiness and enthusiasm,
is seldom witnessed, for the former were as much interested as the latter

in the success of the enterprise of building the railroad through the neu-.

tral lands. The telegraph wire was put up to Girard on the 22d of March.
During this spring a schoolhouse was built by Frank Playter, Trustee, and
W. H. Warner, Secretary of the School Board, and several church organ-
izations were effected. The town had been incorporated and a Board of
Trustees appointed by the Probate Judge on the 10th of the precedin
November; but so long as Girard remained the terminus of the railroa
the disorderly classes were numerous and large, and all the influences that
could be brought to bear by the civil authorities, by the. churches and by
the moral elements of society, were much more than counterbalanced by
the seventeen saloons that for some time were in full and constant blast.
The necessity for some special effort in the direction of temperance was
clearly perceptible, and in the winter of 1871-72, a lodge of the I. O. G. T.
was organized, which did what could be done to prevent the grant-
ing of licenses. But the first Board of Trustees, having been ap-
ointed by the Probate Judge, did not feel that their authority was derived
rom the people, neither did they feel sure that the people would sustain
them in vigorous measures to suppress salooning, and, as a consequence,
matters were permitted to take their own course until the railroad had
been built south and until a Board of Trustees had been elected by the
people. Then an impression began gradually to be made. But it was not
until after the Murphy. movement. commenced, in 1878, that satisfactory
results were achieved. In that year a blue ribbon lodge was organized, of
which C. Dana Sayrs was President, E. W. Majors, ceeretary, and Miss
Jennetta McMurray Treasurer. This organization vigorously prosecuted
the temperance work until the prohibition amendment to the constitution
was adopted by the people, since which time there has been no open saloon
in Girard, and peace and prosperity have prevailed. In Girard Precinct
ee majority for the amendment was 248, while in the county it was only

Ths first Board of Trustees, appointed November 10, 1869, was as fol-
lows: L. F. Crawford, N. Sinnet, D.“W. Burnet, W. E. Blandon and
James Hull. On the 10th of April, 1870, an election was held for a new
board, resulting in the selection of the following gentlemen: A. J. Vickers,
George Eyestone, Harvey Brown, William Reynolds and A. B. Turner.

Under a law passed in March, 1871, Girard became a city of the third
class, and in the early part of April elected her first city officers. The last
meeting of the trustees was held April 5, and the first meeting of the new
Council was held on the 7th. The result of the election was that George
Ryan had been chosen Mayor, and A. J. Vickers, J. E. Raymond, E. Fan-
ger, H. P. Grund and F. B. Andrus, Councilmen.
the Council, A. M. Cook was elected Clerk. Since that time the following
gentlemen have been elected Mayor of Girard: George Ryan, 1872; J. E.
Raymond, 1873 ; Thomas Ping, 1874; James McMurray, 1875; J. Riffer,
1876 and 1877; M. Rokinson, 1878; J.D. Barker, 1879 and 1880; Joseph
Ennis, 1881 ; John Tontz, 1882. :

The post office was established in Girard early in 1868, C. H. Strong
being appointed first Postmaster. He was succeeded by N. Sinnet, who,
on account of his opinions on the neutral land controversy, was opposed
ry. the ‘‘settlers,’’ and was removed and succeeded by F. Danford, in
1870. George Ryan was appointed in September, 1870, H. E. Perkins in
July, 1873, C. G. Hawley in 1875, and Eli Wasser was appointed in 1883.

The first meeting of the School Board of the Girard, District No. 37,
was held August 7, 1869. D. §. McIntosh was Director ; F. Playter, Clerk ;
and L. F. Crawford, Treasurer. Inresponse to a petition of the citizens,
an election was appointed. for November 26, 1869, for the purpose of voting
on the issuance of $1,000 in bonds for the building of aschoolhouse. The
vote was unanimous in their favor, and the contract for building the
schoolhouse was let to Gardner & Bowman for $640. Miss Maggie T. Hill
talight the first school in the new building in the summer of 1870, for $40

er month. In the spring of 1872, at an election held for that purpose,
F15,000 in bonds were voted for the building of a new schoolhouse. This
building was commenced in the fall of 1872, and completed in the spring
of 1873. The main part of it is 58x44 feet in dimensions, and three stories
high, including the basement, which is of stone—the two upper stories
being of brick. The total cost of the building was $13,300. The Princi-
pee of the school have been Prof. A. F. Allen, commencing April, 1878 ;

rof. H. Quick, 1877, and the present Principal, John Randolph com-
mencing in July, 1881. . A high school was established in the fall of 1882.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

The Methodist Church was organized in 1869, Rev. Robert Stalker preaching the first ser-
mon, in that year, in the upper story of a house owned by A. A. Fletcher on the north side
of'the public square. This was probably the first sermon preached in Girard. Rev. Thomas
B. Palmer preached inthe schoolhouse April 16, 1870. The following have been the pas-
tors ofthe church: Rev. J. A. Kershner, 1871; J. E. H. Day, 1872; Thomas Moffett, a short

. time; W. MeWhirt, 1873 ; Noah Asher, 1874 and 1875; James Murray, 1876 ; T’. Weed, 1877; C.
C. McCabe, 1878; H. A. ‘Tucker, 1879; C.C. Boaz, 1880, and C. C. Durborow, 1881, 1882 and
1883. During Mr. Durborow’s ministry Girard became a station. — :

Up to 1873 the society occupied the Presbyterian Church, but in that year Rev. Mr. Mc-
Whirt bought the schoolhouse which was built by the Girard district in 1870, becoming
himself individually responsible for the purchase in order to be no longer without a church.
The society purchased, in 1877, two lots at the corner of Summit avenue and Buffalo atreet,

art of the town, by Mr. Cha-.

* ford, Hig!

At the first meeting of.

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payine therefor $450. In the same year they commenced the erection of a church purine
a frame structure 40x60 feet, and costing $2,900.. A neat parsonage has also been provided,
and the value of the church property—two lots, church building and parsonage—is $4,000.
The membership is at present 140. ‘There is also an excellent Sunday school connected with
the church, having an enrollment of 160 scholars. S. R. Tuttle is Superintendent.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1869. At a meeting of the trustees held De-
cember 18, a building committee was appointed. A festival was given-January 27, 1870, in
aid of the building fund, at which $218.30 was realized. February 12,a meeting was held
for the purpose of determining upon a plan of construction for the new church. Itserection
was commenced in August by William Adamson. An entertainment was given in it De-
cember 15, 1870, before it was plastered. A second festival was held March 23, 1871, also in
aid of the building fund, at which was realized $452.70, The church was dedicated June
18, 1871, having cost $3,500,

The first regular minister was Rey. 8. F. McClure. He has been succeeded by Rev.
Messrs. Schafer, 1874 to 1876; Warren Mayo, 1876 to 1880; Dr. Bement about three months
in 1880; and the present pastor, Rev. Mr. McKinney, who began his ministry in April,

1881.

St. John’s (Hpiscopal) Church was organized March 19, 1870, on which day a meeting was
held for the purpose. A parish was organized under the name of St. John’s Chure! 1 AC-
cording to the canons and constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United
States and the diocese of-Kansas. Dr. William H. Warner was elected Senior Warden and
Mark Elliott, Junior Warden. Col. C. J. Hawley, C. Dana Sayers, J.S. McKinley, M. A.
Wood, George A. Richey and Percy Daniels were elected Vestrymen. At that meeting a
statement was made that the total value of the church property was $200. The first sermon
was preached ite 14, 1870, by Rey. A. Beattie, in theschoolhouse. Services were held in the
Presbyterian Church for a few months untila building standing at one of the corners of Sum-
mit avenue and Buffalo street was purchased of C. G. Hawley for church purposes. On the
5th of June, 1874, the society transmitted thanks to Mrs. Julia E. Brewer, of Sewick, Penn.,
for a donation of $100. Two lots at the corner of thesame two streets where the buildin
purchased stood, were bought for $500. Rev. D. W. Coxe succeeded Rev. Beattie a:
pe on the third Sunday of each month, until the coming of Rev. George P. Coming, of .

annibal, Mo., August 18, 1879, who still remains with the chureh.

The first meeting of the Sunday school was held March 27, 1870. The first Superin-
tendent was Mrs. Patterson, who was assisted and succeeded by Dr. W. H. Warner, who
served the Sunday school in that capacity eight years. To no manis this church and Sun-
day school more indebted than to Dr. Warner. He was succeeded by C. Dana Sayers, the
present Superintendent. 4

The Baptist Church was organized December 16, 1871, with eight members, by the mem-
bers themselves. The first preaching before the society was on February 10, 1872, by Bro,
J.M. Lappin. Bro.C. A. Hewitt succeeded and:remained until March, 1875. Brother Jobn
Smith served as pastor from July 11,1875, to November 13. He was followed by Bro. J. M. Garri-
son, who remained until August, 1877. Willis S. Webb, the present minister, began his
labors in May, 1878, on one-fourth time. This arrangement continued until December 3,
1882, when it was changed to one-half time. Rev. Eugenio Kincaid, who had been a mission-
ary in India thirty years, joined this church November 11, 1876. :

The church building was begun in 1873 and completed in 1876, at which time the church
had thirty-nine members, The present membership is eighty-one.

The Christian Church was organized in 1870 with twenty-five members. Services were
held in the schoolhouse until 1871. Subsequently a very neat church building was erected
costing $2,800, which was dedicated February 10, 1882. The present membership of the
church is 106, and of the Sunday school, 140. The present minister, Rev. Christian Poole, is
also Superintendent of the Sunday school. é :

‘i aes is also a Catholic Church and two colored churches, one Baptist, the other
ethodist. :

Girard Lodge, No. 55, I. 0. O. F., was instituted May 6, 1870, by D. D. G. M. W. A. Shan-
non, assisted by several Odd Fellows from Fort Scott. There were five charter members. S.
A. Atwood was chosen N. G.; E. A. Wood, V. N. G.; E. A. Wasser, Recording Secretary, and
N. Sinnett, Treasurer.

Girard Garden Grange No.99, was instituted March 3, 1875. The first officers were: A.
A. Hulett, M.; J. F. Leonard, Treasurer; Morris Franklin, M. E. R.; C. M. Mauker, Secre-
tary. . =

The Olive Encampment, No. 25, was instituted January 28, 1875, by M. E. G. H. P. Luke,
M. Havens, of Fort Scott, assisted by a number of others. There were eight charter mem-
bers. The first officers were, N. Sinnett, Chief Patriarch; J. E, Raymond, Senior Warden;
E. R. Ridgley, Junior Warden; A. P. Riddle, Scribe; E. A. Wasser, Treasurer; W. B. Craw-
Priest; J. G. Eastwood, Guide.

Girard Lodge, No. 93, A., F. & A, M.,.was organized under dispensation, May 17, 1870,
by D. G. M. J. D. Rush, of Rising Sun Lodge. The first officers were A. B. Turner, W. M;
H. W. Brown,S. W.; Thomas Painton, J. W.; Percy Daniels, Treasurer, and 8. A. Atwood,
Secretary. The first election under charter was held November 1, and the-same officers
re-elected with the exception that James H. Amt was elected Treasurer.

Hiram Chapter, No. 50, R. A. Mf, was ongented under a dispensation May 10, 1875, by
Rev. D. W. Cope, D. G. H. P., of Fort Scott. Those first elected officers were: J. H. Water-
man, High Priest; A. B. Turner, King; C. H. Merriam, Scribe; A, A. Hulett, Captain of the
Host; W.M. Smith, Principal Sojourner; H. Brown, Royal Arch Captain.

Girard Lodge, No. 178, I. 0. G. T., was instituted Janiftiry 5, 1871, by J. B. Campbell, of
Fort Scott, afterward Grand Worthy Chief Templar of the State.

There were ninecharter members. The first officers were: J. B. Garrison, W. C. T.;
Mrs. M. C. West, W. V. T.; C. D. Sayrs, W. Secretary; C. F. Squires, W. F. Secretary; J. W.
Stumph, W. Treasurer; W. &. Warner, W. C.

BANKS AND THE PRESS.

Franl. Playter started the first bank in Girard in June, 1871. In 1872, he erected for
the accommodation of his business a two-story brick building, the first brick building in
the town. This bank was closed in July, 1877, and in August re-organized and started
again on a new basis as the Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank, with-Frank Playter as President.
Mr. Playter retired*from the bank in January, 1878, and, in June, 1879, this bank was suc-
ceeded by the Bank of Girard, established by E. R. Mottit. The Bank of Girard was suc-
ceeded in 1882 by the Girard Bank, a private institution of whieh Chapman & Adams are
the proprietors. It is in the Playter Building.

Citizens’ Bank.—J. H. Booth started a bank in May, 1878, and, on February 6, 1882, was
succeeded by the Citizens’ Bank. This is a private institution, and does a general banking
business. The company is composed of four members—J. D. Barker, President; J. T. Leon-
ard, Cashier; H. P. Grund, Vice President, and E. H. Brown.

The first newspaper published in Girard was the Crawford County Times, April 16, 1869,
by Scott & Cole. Only one number was issued, as the object of its issue was accomplished
viz.: the bringing of the Osage Mission people to time.

The Girard Press was moved by Warner & Wasser from Fort Scott to Girard in Novem-
ber, 1869, the first issue appearing at the latter place on the 11th of the month. The paper
took strong ground in favor of the validity of Mr. Joy’s title to the neutral lands, and on
this account its office and material were set fire to on July 14, 1871, and destroyed. The loss
was $4,000. New material was obtained, and the paper, enlarged and improved, re-appeared
August 13, and has since been published as a nine-column folio weekly. When Horace
Greeley became a candidate for the Presidency, Dr. Warner, the senior editor, su ported his
candidacy much to the disappointment of the then junior, present senior editor, E, A.
Wasser. In consequence of this disagreement of the two proprietors in regard to polities,
Dr. Warner sold his interest June 16, 1873, to A. P. Riddle, since which time the Press has
been published as a stanch and able Republican paper by Wasser & Riddle.

The Girard Herald was started July 26, 1878, with J. W. Womack as editor. It is an
eight-column folio weekly paper, and is Democratic in politics.

The People’s Vindicator was started July 28, 1870, by P. R. Crisp and Charles R. Lind-
sey, and discontinued in November.

The Girard Pharos was started March 12, 1873, by W. K. Goode.
mortagee in 1874 to J. F. McDowell, and by him moved to Columbus.

The Crawford County News was started August 6, 1875, by T. P. Fulton and C. C, Covell.
After passing through numerous hands, it was finally suspended November 21, 1878.

he Girard News was started December 13, 1878, by J. K. Black and W, F. Laughlin.

Summary.—Girard at present contains six general stores, three hardware stores, four
drug stores, three grocery and boot and shoe stores, three dealers in agricultural imple-
ments, one exclusive boot and shoe store, two exclusive groceries, three hotels, three livery
stables, one machine shop and foundry.and a populatien of 2,000 inhabitants,

It was sold by the
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MANUFACTORIES, ETC.

There are no manufactories in Girard, except one machine-shop and foundry and
three flour mills—the Girard Mills, the Crawford County Mills and the Custom Mills.

The Girard Mills were built in 1870, and*began operations in the spring of 1871. The
first building was a two and a half story frame, costing, with the machinery and_ power,
$10,000. The property was owned by Tontz & Hitz. In 1879, Tontz retired from active par-
ticipation in the management of the business, and in 1882 sold his interest to Hitz. Mr.,
Hitz thereupon erected a three and a half story brick mill, put in five run of buhrs, and two
sets of Gray’s patent rollers, thus making it a combined mill, which experience has demon-
strated to be best adapted to grinding Kansas wheat. The machinery 1s aoe by a fifty
horse-power engine, and has a capacity of 100 barrels of flour per day. The old building has
been converted into an elevator, with a capacity of 6,000 bushels. The entire property is
worth $25,000, and is owned by Mr. C. Hitz. :

The Crawford County Mills were built in 1870 by a stock company. In 1875, they were
sold to Frank Playter, and in 1876 to B. C. Redlow, who, in 1879, sold them to C. D. Patter-
son. These mills are two and a half stories high, contain three run of buhrs and one set of
rollers, thus being also a combined mill, and the machinery is propelled by a twenty-five
horse-power engine. The entire property is worth $10,000.

The Custom Mills are located west of the northwest corner of the public square, confine

- themselves principally to grinding grists, and are worth about $5,000.

: The Water Works.—One of the most important institutions in Girard, in a material sense,
isthe Water Works, a brief history and description of which is subjoined :

In the year 1874, it was proposed that a subscription of $15 to $20 each be taken up from
several citizens, with the view of prospecting for coal within the limits of the town. A Mr.
Calkins was employed to drilldown into the earth. After having drilled to a depth of 220
feet, he claimed to have found a vein of coal, but on account of a difference between him
and the company that engaged him, about the amount of pay he should receive for his labor,
he refused to reveal what strata his drill had penetrated, and the work was given up.

The subject was frequently discussed, and in 1881,the season being very dry, it was
realized by everybody, that it was of the utmost importance thatthe city be supplied with
water.. In July, a fire-engine was purchased, and soon afterward a petition, signed by many
of the leading citizens, was presented to the Council, ei that a special election on the

roposition of issuing $3,000 in bonds for the purpose of drilling a well. The election, held
Deventer 5, resulted in the casting of 115 votes for the bonds to 34 against them. In pur-
suance of this vote an ordinance was passed authorizing the issuance and sale of the bonds.
+ Qn the 14th of October the Council made a contract with C. B. Swan to drill a five-
inch hole, and putin five-inch cast iron casing. If coal were found before reaching the
depth of 600 feet, the drilling was to cease, but een was to be made for the full 600
feet. ,A record was to be kept of the number and kinds of strata penetrated, and a report
made to the Council as often as required. In accordance with his agreement, Mr. Swan
drilled to the depth of 857 feet four inches, when the work was ordered to cease by the
Council. At that depth water was found, which rose in the well to within 160 feet of the
surface of the ground A pump was fixed in the well, a fifteen horse-power engine
attached, and kept steadily at work up to its full capacity for forty-eight hours, and still
the water remained at the same height in the well as at the beginning. From this fact,
and from the further fact that when the ear is placed to the top of the tubing which
reaches to the bottom of the well, a noise as of running water is heard, it is inferred that the
bottom of the well is in a wide and rapidly flowing river. The fact that the water remained
at the same height in the well through two full days of steady pumping, led the citizens to
solicit the Council for an opportunity to vote bonds for waterworks. The election occurred
Juné 30, 1882, and resulted in the casting of 115 votes for the bonds, $5,000 in amount, to 30
against them. The bonds were issued and sold, and a contract made with the United States
Ww ind Engine and Power Company for a tank, wind-mill, pump and all necessary piping for
the works. .Asa result of this contract a tower was erected and surmounted by a tank, a
pump set up and a wind-mill erected, and the new machinery and apparatus, constitutin
a complete system of waterworks, went into operation November 15, 1882, The well an
works are in the center of the publie square, A six-inch water main extends from the tank
to’one side of, and then all round the public square, to which hydrants are attached, and
theré is a cistern capable of holding 1,500 barrels at the center of each side of the square.

The tower is two stories high, the lower story being used for an engine room, and the
upper for the meetings of the fire company. ‘The tank is.twenty-four feet in diameter and
eipiteon feet in height. The wheel of the wind-mill is twenty-five feet in diameter, and is
capable of making thirty-two revolutions per minute. The pump-barrel is three inches in
diameter, and the stroke of the pump is two feet. The strata penetrated in drilling this
well were as follows, according to Mr. Swan’s report: Clay, 15 feet; limestone, 14; slate, 4;
limestone, 18; soapstone, 104; limestone, 11; slate, 4; soapstone, 130; shale, 97; soapstone,
75; sandstone, 25; gray, white and black flint, 220; green shale, 60; sandy limestone, 20;
magnesian limestone, 57.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

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JOHN W. ALFORD, M. D., was born in Indiana February 5, 1842; he was raised on a
farm, and received a common school education. At the age of nineteen he entered the army
and remained in service three years. He then returned to Indiana and began the study of
medicine, which he continued for eighteen months, afterward practicing and teaching school
until 1868. He then came to sas, and located on Big Creek, Allen County, and farmed
for two years on 160 acres of land, which heimproved and operated as a grain farm. About
that time, the settlers pressed him into the practice of medicine, which he continued one
year, when he sold his farm under the belief that he needed a better education; took his
wife and 2a little girl, five years of age, whom he had taken towaise, and went on a visit to
Indiana, where he left his wife and child with friends, and went to Cincinnati and took a
course of lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute. He then returned to Indiana, and re-
mained one year; engaged in the practice of medicine, and then returned to Kansas and
engaged in practice until 1875. He went at that time, back to Cincinnati and took a course of
lectures, graduating May 11, 1875; then came to Kansas and settled on By Creek, where he
remained one year, and thence went to Neosho County, where he practiced until May 5,
1880, at which time he came to Girard, Kan., where he has continued to practice since that
time. He has been a member of the Christian Church since sixteen years of age, and is also
a Free Mason, Odd Fellow, ran of Honor and Good Poni ae He was married to Miss
Malissa Chandler, of Indiana, February 1, 1866. He lost his wife, May 5, 1880, and he was mar-
ried to Miss Mary Carrothers, of Illinois, in 1881. They have one c ild—Wayne GC.

- A, ALLEN, of the firm of Allen Bros., dealers in hay, grain and general merchandising.
The hay and grain business was established by the brothers in 1874, upon a trade of about
$5,000 per annum. They have carried it on very successfully since, adding merchandising
to their already extensive interests in 1881, and now do a business of about $80,000 a year.
They give employment to about forty workmen and twenty-five teams, and run four per-
petual presses, in the pressing of hay. Their trade in this article already extends through
this State, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and Colorado, A. Allen was born in Davis County Iowa,
in 1849 ; received his education in the public schools ot his nativity ; in 1869, he located here
and engaged actively in the farming and stock-raising industry, which he carried on suc-
cessfully till investing in his present industry. He married in 1874, Miss Ella Underhill,
who was born and reared in Carroll County, Ind. They have a family of two sons and one
daughter—Stanley Clare, Guy and J essie. He is a member of the Board of City Aldermen
for the city ; has worked actively in the growth of the public, social and industrial life of
this place since coming here. From 1872 to 1878, he was prominently identified with sur-
veying through this locality. :

FHEOD RE W. ATKINS, druggist, was born in New York State December 24, 1855.
He lived on a farm and attended the district school until he arrived at the age of fourteen,
when he-entered as clerk in a general merchandise store, where he continued two years,
and then went to college ; when through with his education, he taught school one year, then
went to New York City and kept’ books for a large grocery house; there he remained until
the fall of 1877, at which time he came to Kansas and located at Girard, and engaged in the
drug business, which he still continues. He owns his business house and his residence, with
some other town BEOHET Ey He belongs to the’Order of A. O. U. W., of which he isa Select
Knight. He was married to Miss Mary F. Hull, of New York, December 11, 1877, and has
one child, Lina H., born August 14, 1881, Mrs. Atkins received an academic education, and
is an active member of the Methodist Church and President of the Ladies’ Aid Society.

J. Q. BELL, of the firm of Bell & Crawford, dealers in lumber, lath, shingles, sash, doors
and blinds, was born in Mercer County, Penn., in 1846, and was identified in native State as
a mechanic, contracting and building for several years. In 1874, he located in Girard, and
has carried on his present industry successfully since. In 1876, he married Miss Jennette

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HISTORY OF KANSAS. Ss

Crawford, who was born in Coles County, Ill, in 1855. They have two daughters—Lillie and
Annie. ' He is a member of the A., F. & A, M. society here. . oe
WILSON BOYLE, merchant tailor, was born in Ohio, 1828; learned his trade in
Cincinnati, and worked at the business in Ohio fifteen years; went to Kentucky in 1859 ;
remained eighteen months, at the end of which time, enlisted in the army; was mustered
out in 1865; returned to Illinois; remained three years ; c: me to Missouri in 1870; thence to
Coffeyville, then Fort Scott, and to Girard, 1877, and opened his present business, which he
has since actively prosecuted. : Nee
os WILLIAM t BRADEN, livery, and bridge-builder, was born in Richland County, Ohio,
August 21, 1846. He received a business education while living on thefarm. Joined the
army at the age of nineteen, and was in the service three and a half years. He was then on
a farm in Illinois two years. He came to Kansas in 1869, and located on a farm in Crawford
County, and farmed seven years. He was zaasing. grain and stock. He was elected Sheriff
in 1877, and came to Girard and built a barn in 1878, and began the livery business. He was
Sheriff two years, since which time he has been running a livery and building bridges. He
was Trustee of Crawford Tennent four years, and is now President of the Agricultural So-
ciety of Crawford County, and is also a member of the A. 0. U. W. He was married to Miss
Wealthy E. Lott, of Illinois, in November, 1876. They have two sons—Samuel B, and Will-
iam 0. ; 2 reer , ‘

J. D. BRALEY, farmer, sheep and hog grower, Section 2 P. O. Girard, was born in New
York in 1834, and raised on a farm; received a business education; continued on the farm
with his parents until the age of thirty; at which time went to Iowa; remained one winter;
came to Kansas in 1867. Located on his present farm of 480 acres, which he improved, and
has since raised grain and stock. Has 280 acres under cultivation, and eighty acres in tame
grass. Handled cattle, sheep and hogs until 1881. Since then, principally carrying 600 head
Of sheep, and 150 head of hogs, raising the Poland-China hogs, and a fine grade of sheep.
His wool clip is annually 3,500 pounds. The farm has five miles of hedge fence, and one
mile of wire; 800 apple trees, a fine assortment of pears, peaches and _ berries of all kinds,
Mr. Braley has eighty acres of land in Lincoln Township, and two-thirds of 160 acresin
Crawford Township. . . i :

HHARLES N. BROWN, Agent of the “Frisco” Railroad, was born in Schoharie Coun-
ty, N. Y., in 1844, and removed with his people, who settled at Chicago, Ill., in 1845. At the
age of ten he engaged as a messenger boy in connection with the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad, but soon after learned telegraphy and took charge of a station in his pres- -
ent capacity, in which he remained with the railroad for several years. After this, he
filled engagements with the Union Pacific, Texas, Pacific & Western, Hannibal & St. Joseph,
and Northern Pacific; accepting his present position with the “ Frisco” in 1877, and located
here in September, 1879. In 1871, he married Miss Frances Neporgall of Illinois. They

-have one little girl—Nancy Ada. He isan active member of the A., F. & A.M. society, and
of the Chapter Royal Arch Masons. 7 ? SORE :

H. W. BROWN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Girard, was born in Illinois in 1837. Received
a business education. At the age of eighteen, went to learn the carpenter's trade, and con-
tinued at that business until 1861, at which time he joined the army four years and four
days. Went in as a private and came out as First Lieutenant. Returned to Illinois in 1865,
where he remained on a farm three years. Came to Kansas in 1868, and located on his
present home of 160 acres, which he has since run as a grain and stock farm in connection
with the carpentering business. Has over 100 aeres in cultivation; has hedge fence, good
water and fruits of all kinds. Belongs to the order of Free Masons, Was married to Miss
Annie Fuler, of Pennsylvania, in 1866. Have seven children—Lillie M., John C., Arthur
N., Sarah A., James H., Hitter, Maud M.

LORAN BROWN, dealer in lumber and all kinds of building material ; was born in
Whitby, Ontario County, Can., in 1829, and was identified there with farming and stock~-
raising till 1864, when he engaged at merchandising, which he carried on actively there for
several years. In 1869, he came to Kansas and engaged at his present industry here, which
he has operated very successfully since. He married, in 1851, Miss Martha Playter, a native
of York County, Can., who departed this life in 1878, and is buried in Girard Cemetery,
aged ee years. In 1879, May 4, he married Miss Emma Low, a native of De Kalb
County, Ill. They have a family of two little girls—Myra and Cora. Mr. Brown has
worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of this city since com-
ing here. Is an active member of the AY F. & A.M.,I. O. O. F. and I. 0. G. 7. societies, and
an active support of the Presbyterian Chureh.

D. W. BURNET, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Girard, was born in Ohio in 1824. He was
raised on a farm. He went to Iowa in 1854, and carried on a farm until 1860. In 1861, he
entered the army and remained in the service four and a half years, and then came to Kan-
sas, and, in 1868, located at Girard on his present farm of 160 acres, which he opened and
improved, and on which he now raises stock and grain. He has about thirty acres in
orchard, and also owns two lots in town partly improved.

A. G. BUSH, dealer in real estate, was born in Montgomery County, Mo., in 1885; was
raised on a farm, and continued farming until 1858; then taught school in Missouri nine
years. He was then in the mill business in Missouri six years; came to Kansas in 1871, and
Jocated in Neosho County, on a farm, where he remained two years; then to Girard in the
sewing machine and music business five years, at the end of which time he went into his
present business. He owns fourteen town lots in Gi , and a good farm in Crawford
County. He owns two nice residences in Girard. He is a member of the Good Templars.
He was married to Miss Carrie M. Whiteside in 1868. They have four children living—
Olline S., Zella M., Fannie F., Walton G., and Willie, deceased. He lost his wife June 28,
1880. Mrs, Bush was a graduate of Danville Female Academy, and taught school six years,
She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was 2 Sunday- school teacher.

_T, P. BYRN, farmer, P. O. Girard, was born in Pennsylvania in 1833; raised to the
agricultural pursuit; was taken by his parents in infancy to Ohio; to Illinois in 1851, where
he remained on a farm until 1866, in the grain and stock business, at the end of which time
he came to Kansas, located on a farm of 160 acres in Crawford County, which he improved
and run for seven years; then went one and a half miles west, on a farm of eighty acres,
which he improved. Has a fine line of fruits of all kinds, wells and cisterns. April 2, 1880,
Mr. Byrn met with a great loss, a destructive cyclone taking, his house and every article of
furniture, never having heard of the same, also killing two horses, one cow, and carried
away eight fat hogs, from which he never heard. Was Constable two years, and is alsoa
member of the Methodist pe pi Church. Was married to Miss Mary A. Stevens, of
Maine, in 1856, Have ten c Se eae W., Martin F., Harriet A., Mary O., John S.,
eat a Sylvester J., James R., Jefferson A., Cora. Mrs. Byrn is a member of the Baptist

urch, :

Cc. CADWELL, dealer in hardware, groceries and Speeuliural implements, was born in
New York March 1, 1825, He was early engaged in hardware business, and received a
business education. He was in business in Chicago over twenty-seven years, in Leaven-
worth, Kan., a short time,‘and was afterward in Denver two years in quartz mill and mining
business. He came back, in 1862, to Leavenworth, and was in tin and stove business four

ine going to Girard in 1871, where he opened his present business. In 1882, he made a
arge amount of brick, and has also bought and sold cattle and hogs. He is a member of the
Order of Odd Fellows. He was married to Miss Marion J. Greenfield, of Connerecit,
in 1850. They have three children—George T., Lottie and Emma. Miss Lottie Cadwel
received a collegiate education, and has been teaching school nine years, and is now teach-
be a ie igh School. Mr. George Cadwell received a collegiate education at Leaven-

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ROBERT E, CARLTON, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Kentucky in 1844.

He was raised on a farm, received a business education, and at the age of twenty-one com-
menced business for himself in his native State. He continued in general merchandise
trade for two years, and then removed to Illinois, and worked on a farm four years, comin,
thence to Kansas in 1872, He located in Crawford County, where he bought and improv
a farm on which he resided until December 14, 1876, when he was elected to his present
office, having held by re-election three terms. Mr. Carlton owns three improved farms in
Crawford County, and his city residence. He is a member of the Church of Christ, and also
of K, of H., and A. 0. U. W. “He was married in 1870, to Amanda G, Taylor, of Indiana, and
Lbedaiag children—Minnie, Louella and Cassius E. Two of their children, Nellie and Ola,
H. W. CAUBLE, real estate agent, is a native of Indiana, born in 1862, He lived on a
farm in his native State until he came to Kansas, receiving a literary and business educa-
tion in the same State. On coming to Kansas, he remained a short time at Baxter Springs,
and came thence to Girard in 1882, where he became associated in the real estate business
Se a A. Dawson, November 3, 1882. Mr. Cauble taught schoc! in Indiana in 1879-80-
R. 8. COOK, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Girard, was born in Chic i 3
‘ . 0. ’ ‘hicago, Ill., in 1852;
was reared in the railroad business, received a business education, was cherk ioe for J. B.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

Shay, in Chicago, for one year; was then in the woolen mills in Massachusetts seven years;
went to Missouri in 1871, remained until 1876, at the end of which time he came to Kansas
and located in his present home, Owns residence, with three acres of land, intown. Owns
eighty acres of land in Baker Township, which he improved. Has good wells, ponds, run-
ning water. Runs his farm as a grain, stock and hay farm; carries from thirty to fifty
head of stock. Belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows. Was married to Miss Amanda Best,
of Illinois, in 1875 .

GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, of the firm of Bell & Crawford, was born in Champaign
County, Ill. in 1852, In 1868, he located in this county, and in 1876 joined the present partner-
oe in the lumber industry, with which he has been connected since. He also carries on an
active business in the lumber industry at Walnut, He married, in 1876, Miss Imogene Fol-

liard, a native of Minnesota. They have a family of two daughters and one son—Nina,
Georgie and Loyal. Mr. Crawford is amember ofthe A. 0, U. F. and I.0. 0. F. societies here.
. B,. CRAWFORD, real estate, loan and insurance, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
- in 1834, and came to America with his people in 1840, who settled in Randolph County, Il.
where he was identified with farming and stock industry till 1870, when he came here and
followed mercantile business until 1877, In 1876, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and
has been elected to that pgsition for each consecutive term since. In 1856, he married Miss
Agnes T. Stevenson, who was born in.Paisley, Scotland, in 1836. They have a family of five
sons and three daughters—Harry G., associated with his father in business; Michael P.,
farmer ; Robert J., telegraph operator; William J. « Jennette C., JaneB., Benjamin A.and Agnes
M. From 1864 until the end of the war, Mr. Crawford did active service in Company F,
Twenty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged. Mr. Crawford
is a member of the I. O, O. F. and I. 0. G. T. societies here. . Himself and family are mem-
bers of the Presbyterian Church. :

J. H. CUSHENBERRY, M. D. and dealer in drugs, was born in 1843, in Simpson County,
Ky. He received _an academic education and began the study of medicine at the age of
twenty-one with Dr. Bryant, of Kentucky. He attended two courses of lectures in Louis-
ville, Ky.,and graduted in St. Louis in 1872, and came to Kansas in the same yearand located
in Girard, where he Poe medicine until1876, He then went to Nashville, Tenn.,and at-
tended one course of lectures. He returned to Kansas and Girard and continued business
at the same place. In 1878, he opened a drug store in connection with his general practice.
Dr. Cushenberry is a member of the K. of H., also.a member of the State Medical Society,
Southeast Medical Society and County Medical Society. He was married to Miss Cora A.
Wickware, of Tennessee, March 16, 1869, she was born June 19, 1850. They have one child,
Lennie H., born May 4, 1870. .

COL. PERCY DANIELS, P. O. Girard, owner of the “Narragansett Farm,” son of the,
Hon. David Daniels, of the Rhode Island bench, and grandson of Dexter Ballon, one of the
pioneers of the woolen manufacturing industries of the New England States. He was born
in Woonsocket, Providence Co., R. I., in 1840. He received his rudimentary education in
the public schools of Woonsocket, and his literary education at the Westminster Seminary,
Vermont, and the University. Grammar School of Providence, R.I. At eighteen, he com-
menced the study of civil engineering, under the preceptorship of S. B. Cushing, Sr. In

oor health at the breaking out of the war, and anxious to go, he “roughed it” in the
-,Michigan pineries during the winter of 1861-62, and then returning to Woonsocket raised
Company E, of the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned
Second Lieutenant July, 1862, First Lieutenant when the regiment left the State, September,
1862, promoted to Captain after the battle of Fredericksburg, to Lieutenant-Colonel on the
opening of the siege of Petersburg, was brevetted Colonel for gallant service at the “ Mine
fight,” when inviting the men of a strange brigade to follow him; a line of works were car-
ried from which they kad before been repulsed; and assigned to duty on his brevet com-
mission for meritorious conduct at the battle of Pegram farm (September 30, 1864). During
the latter months of the siege his regiment formed part of the garrison of the famous Fort
Sedgwick (or Hell, as commonly called), and a part of this time he was in command of the
fort, and in the fall of Richmond and Petersburg took part with the Ninth Corps in the
pursuit and capture of Lee’s army. He returned to Providence in June, 1865, with the 350
men that remained of ‘the original 1,000. After the war, intending to locate in the South,
he accepted a position in the mercer Corps of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, but after
two winters in Tennessee came West, traveled ehpougt Eastern Nebraska and Kansas, and
concluding to locate here, went East and marrief Miss Eliza A. Eddy, of Leicester, Mass., a
graduate of the Westfield State Normal School, and teacher in the Worcester schools. Re-
turning at once, he engaged in merchandising at Crawfordsville, the then county seat, till
1869, In 1868, he bought the present farm site and was engaged in its improvements and
cultivation till 1873, when he rented the farm, went back East and accepted.a position in the
City Corps of Engineers of Worcester, Mass., and subsequently became Chief, staying till
1878. From there he went ts Providence, R. I., and was interested in professional duties
and the settlement of the estate of a brother, Judge Francis A. Daniels, till 1831, when he
returned to his farm, where he has been actively at work since. He has been connected
with the Masonic Order since 1865, and he and his wife are active members of the Presby-
terian Church. “ Narragansett Farm” contains 380 acres and is beautifully located on Sec-
tion 10, Crawford Township, three and a half miles northwest of Girard, the county seat;
125 acres of it is used for grain tillage, 160 acres devoted to pasture, and the balance is wild
grass, which yields an abundance of hay. The land is first quality ; handsome dwelling and
substantial barn and stables; an orchard of eight acres, a small grove of chestnuts, several
groves of other forest trees, and a large fish pond, are located on the farm. Col. Daniels
pays considerable attention to the breeding of good cattle and hogs.

A. DAWSON, real estate and loan agent, was born in Indiana June 12, 1846. He
was raised on a farm; received a business education, joined the army in 1862, at the age of
eighteen. He was in thirty-three eee (among others, Stone River, Chickamauga
and Mission Ridge), and was mustered out June 5, 1865. He returned home and worked on
the farm two years and was then in Missouri three years in the brick business, and after-

_ ward two years in the grocery business in the same State. He went then to Osage Mission
and carried on the grocery business two years, then to Hutchinson County, Kan., and was
three months in mercantile trade, then sold out and went to Osage City, Kan., where he re-
mained six years, and was then prospecting one year. He then worked for a St. Louis mer-
cantile company three years, then in real estate business with Howard & Ward six months,
and then began real estate business for himselfin Girard, forming a copartnership with Mr.
Cauble in November, 1882. He owns a 160 acre farm, improved and run as a grain and
stock farm. He was married to Miss C. W. Unroe, of Illinois, in 1868. They have three
children—John, Eva and Grace. Mrs. Dawson was educated at the Normal School in
Illinois. : : :

W. A. DENTON, farmer, P. 0. Girard, was born in Kentucky in 1839, and was raised

to agricultural pursuits. Received a common education and went to Missouri in 1856,

where he remained on a farm one year. Came to Kansas in 1857 and located in Bourbon

County on a farm, where he remained until 1866, devoting his attention to the raising of

grain and stock. He came to Crawford County in 1866 an opened and improved a farm of

160 acres, on which he remained thirteen years, then moved to his present home of 120

acres, which he improved and has since run. as a grain en He is a member of the Bap-
tist Church. In the mean time has been preaching in Kansas about ten years. He has
been School Clerk, Director or Trustee for thirteen years past. He was married to Miss

Elizabeth Coyle, of Kansas, in 1859. They have one child, Mary A. Mrs. Denton is also a

member of the Baptist Church. i

A, D. DILLON, dealer in pies, organs, steam threshers and sewing machines. He
was born in Illinois in 1840, and received a business education. At the age of twenty-one,
he began farming in Illinois, and continued that occupation until 1868, at which time he
came to Barton County, Mo., and.was for three years on a farm; then moved to Illinois and
lived on a farm four years, then to Kansas in 1878, and settled on a farm in Crawford Coun-
ty. Here he remained two years and then came to Girard and opened his present business.
He owns 156 acres of land in Crawford County. Mr. Dillon is a member of the A. 0. U. W.
Served in the Union army in the Seventh Regiment, Company E, Illinois Infantry. He was
married in 1867, to Miss Sarah R. Corrothers, of Ohio, a native of that State, who was born
in 1843, They have two children—Frank P. and Willie C. C. :

P. G. DRUM, undertaker, was born in Cape Girardeau County, Mo., in 1826, and was
reared in Macoupin County, tll. He was actively identified with the mechanical business
in that State till 1872, when he located here and established his present business in 1874, and
has very successfully carried it on since. In connection with his business, he has two ele-
gantly equipped hearses. Mr. Drum has been an active worker in connection with the
United Baptists’ State Line Association since 1874. He is their present Moderator, which
incumbency he has held for the last four years. __ : 4

J. C. DUNKLE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 32, P. 0. Girard, was born in Fayette
County, Ohio, in 1816, and was raised and educated there. At the age of twenty-three, he
located in Lawrence County, Mo., where he was extensively connected with his present in-

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dustry till 1874, when he came here and located upon his present place, where he has been
actively connected with his present industry since. He was married in Ohio in 1839 to Miss
Sarah J. Flesher, of his native county. They have a family of two sons and seven daugh-
ters living—Mary E., now Mrs, Philip T. Fayst ; Melinda, now Mrs. Henry Hendricks; Car-
oline, now Mrs. William Morrison, all engaged at farming in Lawrence County, Mo.; Sarah
J., now Mrs. William Morrison, blacksmith, of Arkansas; Melcena, now Mrs. P. J. Har er,
farmer, of this county; Adeline, ‘married to R. A. Smallen (deceased); Nancy, married to
Martin Stitch, of this county; L. J. and Perry C. In 1875, Mrs. Dunkle departed this life,
and is buried in the family cemetery in Lawrence County, Mo. Mr. Dunkle married for his
second wife Miss Elizabeth Hawley, a native of North Carolina. They have no children.
He did service in the Home Guards of Missouri during the war. His family are members
of the Baptist Church. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and
watered and stocked, dwellings and stables, and an orchard of 200 trees of a well selected
variety of fruits. -

J.G. EASTWOOD, saddle and harness maker, was born in Illinois December 2, 1832.
He was raised on a farm, received a common school education, and went to learn a trade at
the age of eighteen, beginning business for himself in Illinois at the age of twenty, in which
he continued twelve years. In 1861, he enlisted in the army and served until 1863. He
came to Kansas in 1865, and was employed on a farm two years, coming to Girard in 1869,
where he remained until 1877. He was then on a farm two years, and then came back to
Girard and engaged in the saddler’s business, in which he has since continued. He owns a
farm of 120 acres, and runs it as a grain, stock and fruit farm. The farm has a fine grove
of timber and running water on it. He also owns a residence in Girard. He was Police
Judge for three 7 and is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows. He was married to
Miss Margaret J. Mourning, of Kentucky, in 1858. They have three children—Susan E.,
Eva R., Franklin M. and George Wesley (deceased); Miss Susan Eastwood was married to
Mr. E. Mills in 1876, and has had two children—George L. (deceased) and Harry.

J.W. EDWARDS, general merchant, was born in Ohio December 12, 1844. He was
raised on a farm, received a business education, and at the age of twenty began farming in
Ohio for himself, remaining in his native State until 1876. He was next in a hardware store
as clerk for two and one-half years, and then began for himself in the grocery business,
which he carried on for two years. In 1881, he came to Girard, Kan., bought out a grocery
stock, and added to it a general line of merchandise. Mr. Edwards carries a stock of about
$5,000, and does @ business of about $35,000 per year. He is a member of the M. E. Church
and is Steward of same. Isa member of the Knights of Honor. He was married to Miss
Sallie A. Moore, of Ohio, in 1881, and has one. child. ‘i

S. W. EMERY, farmer, stock be and dealer in fine stock, Sections 16 and 21, P.O.
Girard, was born in Ohio in 1833. He was raised on a farm, received a business education,
and went to Illinois in 1854. He remained on a farm until 1875, at the end of which time
he came to Kansas and located in Girard for a short time. He then moved to his present
bome of 400 acres, where he has since been enseeed in the raising of stock, carrying from
60 to 100 head of cattle and from 75 to 125 head of hogs. He has about 220 acres of land
under cultivation, has 120 acres in blue grass, clover and timothy. The farm is under hedge
fence, with plenty of good running water. He raises the Poland-China hogs and high

rade of Short-horn cattle. Is a member of the Order of Freemasons and has been school

reasurer for nine years, He was married to Miss Sarah E. Meeks,’of Illinois, in 1859. They
have eleven children—Hattie E., Carrie E., Susie E., Henry G., John K., Thomas A., Min-
nie, Sallie F., M: gic, Tena V., Jay and Mary (deceased).

G. ENDICOTT, proprietor of foundry and machine shop, was born in Kentucky 1n
1833. He was raised on a farm and in the shop and received a business education. He be-
gan the blacksmith business at the age of fourteen in Missouri, and continued in that State
until 1854, at which time he came to Kansas and located at Fort Scott, where he remained
until 1878. He then went to Osage Mission and remained a short time, and then came to
Girard and opened his present business. Mr. Endicott is a member of the Order of Odd
Fellows. He was married to Miss Cyntha Nail, of Tennessee, in 1872. They have three
children—John A., Jennettie and Sonora.

E. FANGER, grain and hay dealer, was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1832, and
came to America in 1853, and followed merchandising till 1858, when he went to California,
where he was principally identified with mining operations till 1867; he then engaged in
merchandising along the line of the Union Pacific Railway, and carried it on actively till
1869, whenhe located. here and operated successfully in merchandising till 1881. In the
meantime he established his present business in hay and grain dealing, which he has suc-
cessfully carried on since. In 1870 he married Miss Mary Tipton, who was born in Indiana
and reared in Iowa; they have a family of three children—Edna, Hattie and Louisa. Mr.
Fanger has worked actively in the development of the public, social and industrial Jife of
this place since coming here. He is at present member of the Board of Alderman for his city,
which incumbency he has held-for several years. He is an active member of the I. 0. O. F.
and A., F. & A. M. societies; his connection with the first named dating from 1855, and with
the second from 1872. During the late civil war, he did active service in the Second Califor-
oe eee ass of Cavalry for the last four years ofthe war, from which he was honorably

ischarged.

F. £ FANGER, general merchandise, was born in Germany April 8, 1849. Hecameto
the United States at the age of five with his parents, 4nd was raised on a farm in Ohio,
receiving a business education. At the age of seventeen he went to the Rocky Mountains,
and was in the grocery business in Cheyenne, Laramie City and Wasatch eighteen months,
including many small towns. He was then in Sioux City, lowa, one summer in general
store; he came to Kansas in 1869, settled in Girard and engaged in same line of business in
partnership with his brother Edward until July, 1881, at which time he bought his brother’s
interest and continued the business until November, 1881, when his store was burned and he
was out of business until September, 1882, at which time he opened his present house. Mr.
Fanger owns a farm of 160 acres in Crawford County, all coal land ;. it is improved and run
asa grain farm. He also owns his residence and business properties in town; is a member
of the order of Freemasons. 2 :

. K. FAULK, wagon and carriage manufacturer and repairer, was born in Ohio, March
7, 1850. After receiving a business education, he began farming for himself at the age of
eighteen, remaining one year in Illinois. He then went to Iowa, and carried on the car-
penter business seven years, removing to Kansas in 1876. He located in Crawford County,
remaining on a farm one year, and then came to Girard, and opened a carpenter shop, and
ran it three months. He then carried on the butcher’s business six months, and then’
formed a paciness in wagon business and blacksmith shop and ran them until January,
1882, at which time he bought out his partner’s interest in the wagon and blacksmith shop,
and has continued to run them alone since that time. He owns residence and business’:
property in Girard. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; is a Freemason and’
member of A.O.U. W. He was married to Miss Nancy Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, in
1875, and has one child—Maudie FE. ~

IRA J. FRISBIE, general merchant, was born in New York State, 1838, was raised and
educated in Michigan. At the age of nineteen he went to California where he remained ‘in
the mines for nine years; in the meantime he went on an exploring expedition to Alaska
for seven months, and then returned to California, where he remained sever years in charge
of the mining interest of an English company, at the end ‘of which time he returned to
Michigan, where he was in the mercantile business eighteen months. Came to Kansas in
1870, and located in Crawford on a farm of 160 acres, which he improved and ran seven years
as a grain farm, broke 145 acres, and has a good assortment of fruits of all kinds. In 1877
was appointed by the Governor to the position of Chief Mechanic of a portion of the Indian
Territory for five years, at the end of which time he came to Girard, and after making a tour
of Michigan and the lake regions and the East, opened his present business in Girard in con-
nection with Mr. A. R. Satterthwaite, 1883. Was School Director of District No. 80, for one

ear. Belongs to the Order of Freemasons, and is Master of Girard Lodge, No. 93.
as married to Miss Lydia P. Hollibaugh, of Ohio, in 1872; they have three children—John

‘L., Clara E. and Alice G.

WILLIAM A. FRITTS, head engineer Girard Sere Mills, was born in Louisville,
Ky., in 1848, and located in Kansas City in 1868, where he learned his profession, and was
actively connected with it there till 1874. He then spent. short time in travel in connec-
tion with his business, principally in Iowa and latterly in St. Louis, coming from there to
this place in 1875, and accepting his present position with which he has been reputably con-
nected since. In 1876 he married Miss Ida May Hunt, who was born in Mount Pleasant,
Jowa; they have a family of two sons and one daughter—Orrin Guy, Ora Noy and James.
Mr. Fritts is an active member of the I. 0. 0. F., A. O. U. W. and I. O. G, T. societies. Dur-
ing the late civil war he did active service in Company D, Second Arkansas Cavalry, during
latter two years of the war, from which he was honorably discharged. __ :

I. B. GARRISON, contractor and builder, was born in Pennsylvania in 1826, was raised
to agricultural pursuits; was in the mill business four years; was next in the carpenter
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business four years; then in the lumber and farming until 1857, at which time he went to
Tllinois, where he remained on a farm until 1870, when he came to Kansas, and farmed two
years in connection with the carpenter business, then farmed exclusively until 1881, moved
to town, since which time he has devoted his entire time to the carpenter business. Is a
member of the Order of Odd Fellows, Grange and Good Templars. Owns two town lots and
ten acres adjoining town. Was married to Miss Susanna Ross, of Pennsylvania, in 1847;
they have four children—John R., George L., James L. and Anna B, Mr. and Mrs. Garrison
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 7

A. P. GILMORE, railroad contractor, was born in Philadelphia, 1837 ; was raised in the
milling business. Received a business education, went to Iowa in 1853, engaged in the mill-
ing business there until 1861, at which time he entered the army, was discharged 1865,
returned to Iowa and engaged in railroad contracting, where he spent one year, at the end
of which time he came to Kansas, located in Anderson County on a farm of 100 acres which
he improved and ran as a grain farm three years ; then moved to Garnett, Kan., in railroad
contracting in which he has continued until the present time; came to Girard 1878. Is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; was married to Miss Cornelia Baker, of Iowa,
1862; have four children—Mina A., Amy C., Esther ©. and Annette. Mrs. Gilmore is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is President of the Womens’ Temperance
Missionary Society, and is teacher in the Sunday school.

DAVID L. GRACE, editor and proprietor of the only Democratic Ben spepst in Craw-
ford County, Kan., is the son of David Grace, a noted iron manufacturer in Kast Tennessee,
and grandson of Col. Grace from Kilkenny, ‘Treland, who was killed at the battle of King’s
Mountain, while fighting for the freedom of the colonies in the Revolution. He was born
September 1, 1826, on the Virginia and“Tennessee State line, and claims a large connection
among the Dorans, Donnellys, Smiths, Lowrys and Keyes in that section of country. For
the purpose of studying the Cherokee language, when a boy of ten years, he attended Pot-
ter’s Mission in Alabama, and when the Indians were removed to their reservation, he
acted as interpreter for the soldiers in charge of the rebellidus Cherokees under the leader-
ship of Ridge, John Ross being the leader of the peaceable Cherokees. He tells many an
entertaining reminiscense of his life at the Mission, and his journey westward illustrative
of that people in those, to them, trying times. Upon his return he was placed in the Semi-
nary at Marysville, Blount Co., Tenn., in the iheolerieal department of which Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher was a student, that reflected great credit upon itas an institution of learning.
In 1846, he married Elizabeth, third daughter of Maj. John Ward, and in 1850, moved
westward to Edgar County, Ill. Not satisfied with his choice of location, and with his eye
still turned westward, he visited the lands now’within the State of Kansas, but was deterred
from establishing his home more on account ofthe troubles existing among contending par-
ties than because of the then eee features of the millions of acres of grass-matted
prairies that lay before him. He selected Jasper County, Mo., and two years afterward was
appointed sub-agent for the Indians that were returned on the incompetent list, as persons
incapable of properly transacting business for themselves in the organization of the Terri-
tory of Kansas. These Indians were scattered all along the Missouri and Kansas line, but
the bulk of them were at Wyandotte on the Kaw River. Many and interesting scenes and
situations are depicted by him when “i’ th’ vein,” of the stirring times spent among this

eople. At one time when in command of a company guarding the United States train to

anta Fé, Capt. Grace relates in a graphic and mea sensational manner, an attack upon
them by Kiowas and Comanches, at Pawnee Rock, whe had become emboldened by their
success in killing Mr. Mason in charge of a Government ranch at Pawnee Fork. Being of
an observant disposition, he ably describes the country through which he passed, and dwells
upon the evidences all along his route of the ancient inhabitants of the western part of this
continent. His position as sub-agent continued under the Lincoln administration. But his
Union sentiments becoming offensive to neighbors in McDonald County, Mo., led to a duel
between himself and Maj. Russell, Assistant United States Marshal, near Pineville, Mo., in
which his friend, Capt. John Carroll, Mayor of Eureka Springs. Ark., Darsleiparen and they
came off with flying colors. Finally, in consequence of this prejudice against his Democratic
Union bias, he found it safer to remove his family to Cape Girardeau, Mo. In 1875, D. L.
Grace was appointed School Superintendent in Crawford County, Mo., to fill out the unex-
pired term of the deceased school officer. Having spent a greater portion of his life in the
schoolroom in the management of seminaries and central schools, Prof. Grace made such
beneficial use of his opportunity to do a good work for the public schools, that he was elected
two successive terms. The wife of his youth being in the grave, his children grown and
moved to the great and growing West, he in 1879, led to the altar, Miss Nellie, eldest daugh-
ter of Thomas H. Roberts, editor and proprietor of the Crawford Mfirror, and shortly after-
ward resigned his commission in order to take his wife southward for her health. A short
stay at Eureka Springs, Ark., restored Mrs. Grace to the best of health, and he then entered
upon the publication of the Eureka Springs Daily Herald; a financial crisis in business
circles of that marvelously built city, caused him to invest in a Democratic journal in Gir-
ard, Kan., where he expects to end his days. Mr. Grace has living four children, now in
Oregon ; Thomas, a farmer, and a widowed sister, near Oregon City; George, managing a
stock ranch, and William, a druggist. As will be seen, although born in the eastern part of
the South, the subject of our sketch is pre-eminently a western man, and his life identified
with the growth of the West. To-day he is occupying a home won from the great American
Desert, over which he had traveled twenty-eight years before, in search of a home. °

J.B.GRANTHAM, of Grantham Bros., grocers, was born in Illinois January 26, 1851,
where he lived on a farm and received a business education. At the age of eighteen he
began farming for himself, contintfing the business until 1880, handling cattle and hogs in
connection with farming. He came to Kansas in 1880, and settled in McCune, Crawford
County, being in the grocery business one year. He then went to Girard, engaging in same
line of business. He owns a residence in Girard. He was married to Miss Hattie Hamlin,
of Illinois, in 1872, and has four children—Alice C., William A.,; Oscar and James Walter.

WILLIAM GRANTHAM, of the firm of Wagner & Grantham, abstract, loan and real
estate agents, was born in Illinois May 25, 1853. He received a commercial education, and
at the age of twenty-one commenced farming for himself. He came to Kansas in the spring
of 1879, and remained in the State prospecting about six months. He taught penmanship
during the winter of 1879, and subsequently remained in the office of T. T. Perry, as clerk
for two years, at the end of that time engaging in his present business. He is a member of
the Presbyterian Church, and was married to Julia A. Ashcraft, of Indiana, September 1,
1881. They have one child, May, born May 28, 1882.

| A. A. HARRIS, dealer in toys, Yankee notions and glass-ware, was born in Michigan,
1855; raised on a farm; received a business education; farmed in Michigan until twenty-
four years of age; at the end of which time, came to Kansas in 1879; stopped in Anderson
‘County a short time; traveled over the State in the auction business until 1882, at which
‘time located in Girard, commencing his present business; is an Odd Fellow, a member of
the Catholic Church. Was married to Miss Jennie A. Hayden, of Kansas, 1883. Mrs. Harris
is also a member of the Catholic Church,

CHARLES AUGUSTUS HASKIN, L.L. B., altorney-at-law, was born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, November 22, 1855; came to Douglas County, Kan., in 1857, where he remained
on a farm unti#September, 1874, when he married Miss Martha N. Fishbaugh, of Ohio, and
removed to Michigan, where he engaged in the lumbering business for eighteen months,
and then returned to Kansas. His wife died in 1879, leaving two daughters—Martha, Nellie
and Helen Luella. He entered the law office of, D.S, Alfred and R. J. Bughothaus, in Law-
rence, Kan., as a student, in June, 1880; and also entered the law department of the Uni-
versity of Kansas. He was admitted to the bar in May, 1882, and graduated in June of the
same year. He located in Girard in November, 1882, and opened a law office. He united
with the Methodist Church in 1873. S

J. M. HIGGIE, farmer and stock-raiser and proprietor and owner of the Crawford
County Creamery, Sections 7 and 18, P.O. Girard. Mr. Higgie was born in Kenosha, Wis.,
in 1851, and was reared and educated in Chicago, II].; at the age of fourteen years he en-
gaged in the lake marine, and as he developed into manhood, he took charge of vessels as
master, and was very reputably connected in that capacity for many years, principally in
connection with the Higgies, who were tprony peat vessel owners then, In 1881,he sold his
interest in that enterprise and retired from the profession, and located here, and engaged
at his present industry, with which he has been prominently identified here since. He was
married in 1875, to Miss Isabella Keith, who was born in the Orkney Isles, Scotland, in 1854,
and was reared in Racine County, Wis. They have a family of one son and two daughters—
Lina, John and Ethel. Mr. Higgie has worked actively in the development of the social and

. industrial life of this locality since coming here. The family are members of the Presbyterian
Church, He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Society, His farm contains 320 acres of land
well fenced and watered and stocked, good dwellings and barns and stables, etc.; about
1,500 trees of a nicely selected variety of fruits, The creamery is a story-and-a-half stone
structure, 27x27 feet; is run by steam-power, with a capacity of manufacturing about 400
pounds of butter a day, the machinery and improvements being all new and of the most

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approved plans, In connection with the creamery is an ice-House, with a capacity for
storing all of the ice necessary to be used during the manufacturing season.

LYMAN N. HITCHCOCK, retired, was born in Greene County, N. Y., June 21, 1825, -
and was reared and educated in Peoria County, Ill., where he was actively engaged in con-
nection with farming for several years. He afterward located in Marshall County, IIL;
engaged in the same business until 1867, when he located at Henry, Ill., and carried on hard-
ware merchandise until 1871. He then came to Kansas and located at Fort Scott, where he
carried on the hardware business until 1873; retiring from the business that year, he en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising and breeding, with which he was reputably connected in
Bourbon County until 1883, when he engaged in the livery business from which he hus since
retired. He married January 1, 1849, in Peoria County, ll., Miss Roxana J. Dickinson, who
was born in Indiana, and reared in Peoria County, Ill. They have a son and five daughters
living— Alfred A., Mary, now Mrs. George F. Paskal, hotel and livery business; Maria, now
Mrs, Edward Krenz, hotel business; Alice, now Mrs. William Millington, book-keeper ;
Grace, now Mrs. Dr. U. M. Griffin; Hettie, at home. Mr. Hitchcock has worked actively in
the development of the social and industrial life of his locality. He has served as Justice of
the Peace for several years. He has been an active member of the A., F. & A. M. Society
since 1867. , 2 te :

C. HITZ, proprietor and owner of the Girard Flouring Mills, was born in Canton Grau-
bunden, Switzerland, in 1844, and came to America in 1855; and settled in Madison County,
Ill. In 1858, he came to Kansas and followed farming until the breaking out of the war of
the rebellion, in which he did service in the Twelfth Wisconsin Battery, until 1865, when he
was honorably discharged. He then engaged in mmerchiandising in Madison, Wis., and fol-
lowed it there until 1868, when he returned to Kansas, and settled in Miami County, where
he was engaged in milling until 1870, when he located here and engaged in his present in-
dustry which he has successfully operated since. In 1868, he was married to Miss Mary
Flint, who departed this life in February, 1879, and is buried in the Girard Cemetery, leav-
ing two daughters—Minnie and Fay, In 1880, he married Miss Ellen Wells; they have one
son, Christian Arthur. Mr. Hitz’ mill is a four-story brick, stone and basement structure,
run by steam, with a forty-five horse-power capacity ; manufactures upon both stone and
roller combined process; turns out about 100 barrels per day. His special brands are the
“ City Belle,” “Snow-Flake” and “ White Chief;” manufactures for the merchant trade ex-
clusively. In connection with his mill is an extensive elevator run by steam-power, which
he utilizes for both elevating and storehouse purposes. .

GEORGE E. HOWARD, commission merchant and real estate, loan and insurance
business, was born in Boston, Mass., October 19, 1846, and was identified with the mercantile
business there in the wholesale trade for several years. In 1869 he located here and carried
on retail merchandising for several years; in the meantime, he established his present grain
and commission business. In 1876 he. established his real estate, loan and insurance
business, which he has operated since. He married in 1876, Miss Phoebe W. Playter, who
was born in New Market, Canada, in 1849; they have one little girl—Blanche. Mr. Howard
has been an active member of the Board of Aldermen; is present Chief of the Fire Depart-
ment, which organization he worked actively in establishing. Heisa member of the I. 0.0. F.
society, Encampment and A. O. U. W., and has p: all the chairs in each. Is also a
member of the Select Knights. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church, — Pa

C. R. HUNT, head miller Girard Flouring Mills, was born in Licking County, Ohio, in
1834, and moved with his father to Iowa in 1845. When at the age of eighteen, he engaged in
his present business, with which he has been actively identified since. In 1871 he came to
Kansas, and located here in 1874, and accepted his present position, where he has been em-

loyed ever since. In 1855 he married Miss Catherine Davison, who was born in Clark
Pounty, Ohio; they have a family of two sons and seven daughters—Emma B., now Mrs. 8.
D. Ashmore, a grain merchant; Ida May, now Mrs. William A. Fritts, head engineer of
Girard Mills; Clarence E., second miller, Girard Mills; Flora L., Lillie G., Charlie D., Mary
M., Tacy M. and Pearl D. Mr. Hunt is an active member of A. 0. U. W. society. His family
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hunt has lately bought a mill at
Walnut, this county, and took possession in April, 1883.

. A. F. HUNTOON, M. D., was born in Illinois April 20, 1852, raised a farmer, subsequently
receiving a medical education and fadusting at Rush Medical College, and medical college
of St. Louis, Mo. He practiced in Illinois until 1876, at which time he came to Girard, Kan.,
and continued the practice of his profession in that city. Dr. Huntoon owns a residence in
Girard and ten acres of land adjoining the town. He is United States Examiner of Pensions
for Crawford County, and Coronor of Crawford County. He is a member of A. O. U. W. and
Select Knight of same order. He was married to Miss Emma E. Richards, of Pennsylvania,
in 1879, and has one child—Harry A. Mrs. Dr. Huntoon taught school six years and
received the highest compliments of the School Directors and of the County Superin-
tendent.

' A. S, JOHNSON, County Clerk, was born in Wyoming County, N. Y., in 1846, and was
reared in Licking County, Ohio, where he was identified with mercantile industry. In 1865
he went to Missouri and followed merchandising until 1869, when he located here and was
identified with farming and merchandising until 1877, when he was elected to his present
incumbency, to which he was been elected each consecutive term since. He married in
1868, Miss Julia Preston, a native of Licking County, Ohio; they have a family of two sons
and four daughters—George, Fred, Dora, Cora, Julia and Ina. Mr. Johnson did active
service during the late Civil War, in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, from which he was honorably discharged at the end of the war. He is
at present a member of the Board of Aldermen for his city, which incumbency he has held
for the last two years. He is an active member of the A., F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W.
societies. His family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

CHARLES JONES, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Girard, was born in Indiana in 1849, raised
on a farm, received a business education; came to Kansas July, 1871; located in Crawford
County, Crawford Township, on a farm of 120 acres, where he remained four years; then to
Girard in restuarant and bakery business; then on the farm two years; then to his present
home of 180 acres in 1881. Was married to Miss Annie Davis, of England, 1872; they have
we Se C. and Louis L. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

Church.

W.S. JONES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 9, P. O. Girard, was born in Vermillion
County, Ind,, in 1852, and was reared and educated there ; at the age of twenty he located in
Vernon County, Mo., and carried on his present industry actively until 1875, when he came
here and has very successfully carried it on here since. In 1880 he married Miss Lydia
Lukins, who was born aud reared near Lafayette, Ind. They have one little girl—Helen.
His family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; his farm contains eighty acres
of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked, his specialty being hogs; good
cred ee barns, stables and a nice orchard of assorted fruits.

C.J. KEYES, merchant, was born in Michigan June 13, 1836; received a high school
education, and began mercantile business in Michigan at the age of eighteen, which he
carried on until December, 1881, at which time he came to Kansas and opened his present
business in Girard. Mr. Keyes carries a stock of $20,000, and does a yearly business of about
$60,000. He dealt largely in real estate of all kinds in Michigan, and also in cattle and hogs,
saw and grist mills and all kinds of Property, still owning a fine residence and business

roperty in Michigan. Isa member of the Order of Freemasons and Odd Fellows. Mr.

eyes was married to Miss Sallie Ann Field, of Michigan, in July, 1857; they have two
children—Ella L. and Gertrude J. Miss Ella L. Keyes was married to Dr. T. F. Brown, of
Pennsylvania, in 1875, and Miss Gertie I. Keyes was married to Mr.C. J. Noyes, of Michigan,
in 1879. Mrs. Dr. Brown has one child—Agnes Gertrude, born 1876.

GEORGE A. KEYES, dentist, was born in Cambridge, Vt., November ‘26, 1842. He
was raised on a farm and received a high school education, and joined the army in 1862,
and was mustered out in 1865. Received a shell wound in the right hand, at the battle of
Winchester, September 19, 1864. After the close of the war, he went to Savannah, Ga., in
the employ of the Southern Express Company, where he remained one year. He then re-
turned North, to New York City, and clerked in a hotel for two years. e then began the
study of dentistry, making his home in New York till 1878. e came to Kansas in 1879,
and after remaining at Paola ashort time, he came to Girard and located. He spent the
winters of 1873-74-75-76 and 1877 in Texas and Florida on account of ill health. Dr. Keyes
is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and Chief of Records of the Improved Order of Red Men,

“Quartermaster of Gen. Bailey Post of the G. A. R., and a member of the A. O. U. W., Vice

President of the Southwestern Dental Association, and Librarian of the Girard Library As-
sociation. He was married to Miss Carrie I. Winch, of New York City, March 18, 1873, and
has one child, Fannie C, Mrs. Dr. Keyes is a graduate of the New York Normal College.
E, KILLOUGH, manufacturer and dealer in saddles, harness, collars, bridles, etc. W.
T. Killough was born in Monroe County, Ind., in 1833, and settled in Burlington, Iowa, with

- his people in 1846, where he learned his present trade, at the age of sixteen, and was identi-

fied with it for many years, In 1867, he came to Fort Scott and remained there until 1870,
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when he located here, and has been actively connected with his present business since, In
1869, he married Mrs, Eliza Hall nee Whitton, a native of Toledo, Ohta. They have a fatally
of two sons and one daughter—Lulu, Willie and Arthur Garfield. During the war, Mr.
Fallough did active service in the Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry from 1861 until 1862,
when he was ougrany: discharged on account of disability. He isan active member of the
I. 0. 0. F. Society and Encampment. The family are members of the Christian Church.

GEORGE D. KINCAID, general merchant, was born in Pennsylvania May 10, 1848.
He received a collegiate education and began clerking in Pennsylvania, remaining in that
position six years. He came to Girard in,1874 and clerked for H. P.Grund three years, then
opened business with J. T. Leonard in the mercantile line, in which he continued four years
when he was burned out in the fire of 1881. After that time he run business on his own ac-
count, having sold out to Mr. Leonard ten days before the fire. He bought what remained
of Mr. Leonard's goods and put in a new stock, and now carries from $12,000 to $15,000 stock.
He owns aresidence in Girard. Is a Freemason and K.of P. He was married to Miss V.
Bubb, of Pennsylvania, in 1879, and has one son, Max, born June 30, 1881.

__A. KNICELY, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Girard, was-born in Virginia in 1830, and was
raised on a farm. Received a business education. At the age of twenty-two he began
oe for himself in Virginia, and continued to farm till 1864. Was in Ohio at the stone-
mason business twelve-years, Came to Kansas in 1874 and located on his present home of
eighty acres, which he has since run as a grain and stock farm, and in the mean time made
brick two years. Owns 2 home and one acre of ground in Girard, Is a member of the
Presbyterian Church. Was married to Miss Annie Ruddy, of Virginia, in 1852. Have two
oe living—Charlotta and James D. Mrs. Knicely is a member of the Presbyterian

urch,

_ DANIEL A. KRUM, farmer, Sections 3 and 4, P. 0. Girard, was born in Indiana in 1861.
Raised (in the city and on a farm, and received a business education. Came to Kansas in
1880 and located on his present home of 240 acres; since which time he has been engaged in
the grain and stock business. Mr. Krum has his farm well under hedge and wire fence.
Has on his farm a good line ofall kinds of fruits and berries. Was married to Miss Sarah C.
Schoonmaker, of Kansas, October 12, 1882, Mrs. Krum received a collegiate education, and
taught one term of school in Kansas. E

OLIVER LANGLEY, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Girard, was born in Wales, in 1834.
Came to the United States in 1850 and went to Ohio, where he remained until 1857, on 2
farm, then to Indiana, on a farm nine years, next to Illinois, on a farm four years, then to
Missouri seven years, then to Kansas in 1877, and located in Crawford County, Osage Town-
ship, on a farm two years, then to his present home of 240 acres, which he improved and
has since run, inthe grain, hay and stock business, carrying from 125 to 150 head of stock, Is a
member of the Christian Church. Was married to Miss Semnily Snoddy, of Indiana, Have
seven children—Martha, Edwin, Elizabeth, Josie, Loyde, Laura and Frank. Mrs. Langley
is also a member of the Christian Church. :

. WILLIAM H. LARIMORE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P. O. Girard, was born
in Morgan County, Ill., in 1842, and was reared there to his present industry. In
August, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and First Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
and did active service till the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. After the
_ War he returned to his native county and carried on farming, with which he is still exten-
sively identified there. In 1870, he came here and located upon his present place. He mar-
ried in 1868, Miss Salinda Grey Stirman, a native of Kentucky, who departed this life in
1874, and is buried in Battle Grove Cemetery, Kentucky. Their three children are buried in
Morgan County, Ill. In 1876, he married Miss Anna Coughenour, a native of Ohio, who de-
parte this life October 26, 1882, and is buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Morgan County,

ll, leaving one little girl living, Leuella May. His family and himself were raised in con-

nection with the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm here contains 320 acres
of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked, good buildings, an orchard of well-
selected variety of fruit trees, and has a nice grove of forest trees.
: ILLIAM A. LEEDOM, one of the ‘proprietors of the City Hotel, was born in Ohio
in 1842, and was raised on a farm. ‘He received a clerical education and began teaching
school at the age of sixteen. He ueen five years in Ohio, then in Illinois two years,
then in Indiana in the same capacity three years. He came to Kansas in 1876 and located
in Girard and opened a hotel, in which business he has continued since, having made a suc-
cess of the hotel business, by food management and strict attention to business.

D. A. LEHR, farmer, P. 0. Girard, was born in Pennsylvania, 1856; raised in the city.
Received a business education ; came to Kansas in 1867; located in Riley County, where he
remained on a farm one year ; then to Linn County one year on a farm, at the end of which
time came to Crawford County. Located on a farm, where he has since been actively en-
gaged in raising stock and grain. Married to Miss Susan Gabriel, of Kansas, in 1882.

JOHN LEGR, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 4 and 5, P. O. Girard, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1818; went to work for himself at nineteen, taking contracts for clearing
land, in which he continued four years; he then bought and worked on a farm in Pennsyl-
vania five years; then sold the farm and moved to Limestone, and locating two years there,
furnished rock for building purposes for two years. Then to Altoona, working on the rail-
road as fireman and engineer four years ; then in the grain and grocery trade nine years.
Then to Ohio one year’ in the milling business in Columbiana County ; then to Manhattan,
Kan., in 1867, one year; then to Miami County, Kan., worked on the railroad one year ; set-
tled in Crawford County in 1870,on a farm of 160 acres which he improved, but through
adversity he lost; then went to where he now lives on a purchase of 280 acres, and went into
the grain and stock business; has ninety acres improved, the balance in pasture all under
fence. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was married to Miss Martha Glasco,
of Ireland, in 1848; they had nine children—Rosilla J., Doman A., Charles L., William
A., Kate B., Martha E.; three dead. He lost his wife by death on the 22nd of December,
1864, and was again married one year after to Miss Annie Knox, who was from Lathrop,
rent They have six children—John S. Jacob E., George F., Franklin L., Mary V. and

eter,

P. J. LEITZELL, County Superintendent of Schools, was born in Penn Hall, Center

County, Penn., in 1849, and received his rudimentary education in the public and subscrip-
tion schools of his nativity, and his literary education at the academy of his native State.
At the age of eighteen he began his profession as a teacher, and was sepetatly connected
with it in his native State until 1877, when he located in this county and has been actively
identified with it since. In 1882, he was elected to his present incumbency, which he ably
represents. He married in 1872 Miss Lizzie C. Miller, of Spring Mills, Center County, Penn.
They have two sons—Albert M. and William P, Since coming here he has worked actively
inthe growth and developmentof this locality, He is an active member of the I. 0. 0. F.
and A. O. U. W. Societies. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.
_ _.J-T. LEONARD, cashier of “‘ Citizens’ Bank,” was born in Beardstown, Cass Co., IIl.,
in 1854; received his education in the public schools of his nativity. In 1872, he located here,
engaged ‘at merchandising, which he carried on actively till February, 1882, when he joined
the present business as stockholder, and accepted his present incumbency. In 1878, he mar-
ried Miss Anna Carpenter, a native of Whitby, Canada. They have one son—Howard.
Mr. Leonard has been an active worker in the public, social and industrial life of this place
since locating here.- He is present member of the Board of Aldermen for his city, and has
been active in other civil official-positions. He is an active member of the A., F. & A.M
Society, and of the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. G :

E. LOOMIS, tarmer, stock-raiser, buyer, seller and shipper, Section 30, P. O. Girard.
He was born in Ohio, in 1834; raised in the stock business and received a business educa-
tion; continued in farming and the stock business in Ohio until 1869. In the meantime
was in the war one yéar; came to Kansas in 1869 and located on his present home of 500
acres, which he improved; has now 275 acres under cultivation, and thirty acres of timber,
good running water and wells, and a fine wind-mill. He has 100 acres in blue grass, timo-
thy and clover. Carries about 200 head of cattle, and from 100 to 150 hogs; ships from 150
to 200 car loads of stock annually. He has been school director, clerk and treasurer for sev-
eral years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the A.O.U.W. He
was married to Miss Harriet O. Case, of Ohio, in 1863. They have five children—Charles,
Mira, George, John and Mabeh Mrs. Loomis is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, takes great interest in benevolent, charitable and missionary work.

WILLIAM LYONS, of the firm of William Lyons & Company, harness and saddles
horse furnishing goods, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1886; lived on a farm until
1852, when he went to learn his present trade in Allegheny City, Penn., and in the spring of

1858 he married Mrs. Eliza Jane Hallihang, in Martinsburg, Knox Co., Ohio; worked at his
present trade in Ohio, and in the year of 1863 moved to Iowa, and lived in that State actively
engaged at his present profession, and in the winter of 1872 he came to Crawford County,
Kan., and toiled on a farm until the fall of 1876, when he moved to Girard and engaged in
the saddlery business, where he has been very successful in his profession. Mrs. Eliza Jane
Lyons, his wife, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1826, when she came to Knox

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County, Ohio, when very young. They have one daughter—Ida B., now the wife of G. A
Dunham, one of the firm. Mr. Lyons is an active member of the Knights of Pythias, and
of L. O. G. T. societies here, and a good, upright, moral business man. (+. A. Dunham of the
firm was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1857, and located in Kansas in 1874, and in 1878
he married Iua B. Lyons, and after a short time became one of the firm, and has been very
successful ever since. Miss Ida B. Lyons was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in the town
of Newcastle in April, 1861. They have one daughter and one son—Lulu May and Lloyd
Lyons Dunham. Mr. Dunham is an active member of the order of A. O. U. W. and Select
Knights at Girard.

W. Y. MASON, marble works, was born in Kentucky in 1850; he was raised on a farm
and received a business education. He began business for himself at the age of twenty-two,
carrying on a farm in Kentucky until 1869, at which time he came to Kansas and located in
Crawford County. He remained on a farm in that county until 1877, and was then in Mis-
souri; and on a farm in the stock business two years, and then came back to Kansas and
lived on his farm until July, 1881, He then spent one winter in Texas, and then returned
to Kansas and located in Girard, and engaged in the stock business two years, going into the
marble business in July, 1882. He was marrried to Miss Cordelia Hatfield, of Kansas, in
1877. They have one child—Arthur W. Mrs. Mason died July 7, 1880; Mr. Mason was mar-
ried again in July, 1881. They have one child—Myrtle I. :

ON. WILLIAM H. MERRIWEATHER, register of deeds, was born in Clark County,
Ohio, in 1838, and removed with his people in 1839 to Springfield, Ill., where he was reared
and educated. He was identified there with farming and stock-raising until 1872, when he
located_here, and has carried on that industry successfully since coming here. In 1860, he
married Miss Sarah J. Bateman, a native of Springfield, Ill. They have a family of five sons
and two daughters—Elmer E, Sherman, Maria, Fred, Kate, Edward and Leonard. At the
breaking out of the late civil war, Mr. Merriweather enlisted his services in defense of the
Union, in Company B, One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and did
active service until 1864, when he was honorably discharged. In 1875, he represented this
district in the Legislative Assembly of the State, and has served in minor official positions.
He is a member of the A. 0. U. W. Society, and Select Knights, the K. of P. and the G. A. R.
Himself and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains
160 acres of improved land in Section 32, Crawford Township. He has a fine orchard of 400
fruit trees of a nicely assorted variety, a good dwelling and stables. ; i

W. D. MESECHER, farmer, Section 12, P. O, Girard, Kan., was born in West Virginia
in 1834; was raised on a farm and received a medium education; went to Ohio at the age of
nine, and then to Illinois in 1856, where he resided four years on a farm. He came to
Kansas in 1860, and located in Franklin Couuty for a short time, then to Crawford County
before the survey was made, and located on 160 acres, where he remained for a short time,
then returned to Illinois. In 1861, enlisted in! Company C, Seventy-eighth Illinois Infantry.
Served to the close of the war, and returned to Kansas in 1866, and located in Lyon County,
where he'remained eighteen months. He came to Crawtord County in 1868, stopped in the
valley of Cox’s Creek for a short time, then settled on his home of eighty acres, which he has
improved and runs asa grain farm; has sixty acres under cultivation, and raises a variety of
fruits, etc. Heisa member of the Baptist Church and is a Trustee of the same.. He was
married to Miss Margaret Martin, of Kansas, June 13, 1861. They have three children liv-
ing—Francis M., Charles W., Hartwell E.

RS, M. MICINHAMMER, milliner and dress-maker, was born in Kentucky, August

13, 1842. She received a liberal education, and at the age of sixteen was married to Mr. Mitto
Micinhammer, of North Carolina, and resided in Missouri four years, and for a short time
in Indiana. . Having lost her husband, she returned to her homein Kentucky, and remained
two years, going from there to Evansville, Indiana, where she staid three years, and then
located, in 1871, in Girard, Kan., and commenced business. By her energy and industry she
has bought a house and lot, besides taking care of her invalid mother for the past eleven
years. Tics Micinhammer is a member of the Order of Good Templers.

A. R. MOORE, grocer, was born in Ohio April 3, 1845; was raised on a farm in Illinois,
received a business education, and began farming for himself at the age of eighteen years,
continuing that occupation five years. He came to Kansas in 1869, and located cn a farm
of 160 acres, which he improved and run as a grain, stock and fruit farm. The farm is
nicely fenced with hedge, and has two good wells of water. Mr. Moore continued on farm
five years, and then went to Osage Mission, and carried on Lipase business six years, and
in 1879 came to Girard and built his store and residence, and opened present business. Mr,
Moore is Select Knight, and member of A. O. U. W. He was married to Miss Frances Stin-
nett, fof Illinois, March 8, 1874. They have two children—Nettie May and Walter. Mrs.
Moore was educated at a high school, and taught school in Kansas,

ANDREW MURDOCK, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 9 and 16, P. 0. Girard, was
born in Noble County, Ohio, June 21, 1838, and was identified with farming there till the
breaking out of the war, when he; enlisted in Company F, Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and did active service till he was disabled by sunstroke from active duty. He
then remained in detail service till August, 1863, when he was honorably discharged. He
then returned home but soon after located in Perry County, Indiana, where he remained
till 1865, when he came to Kansas, and located here, and has been actively identified with
the farming and stock ,business since. In 1863, he married Miss Louisa Craig, of Noble
County, Ohio. They have one son and five daughters—John William, Hattie L., Lillie J.,
Ella May, Mary Ida and Louisa Verne. Mr.,.Murdock has worked actively in the growth of
the public and social life of his locality since coming here. He has been a member of the
A., ¥. & A. M. society for the last sixteen years. The family are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. His farm contains 120 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered
and stocked ; a nice orchard of three acres of nicely assorted variety of fruits; dwellings and
barn and stables.

GREENBERY MURDOCK, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 9 and 16, P. O. Girard,
was born in Frederick County, Va., in 1833, and was reared in Ohio, his people having moved
there in 1839. He learned the trade of carpenter, and followed it in Ohio till the war, when
he did two years’ service in it, enlisting in Company H, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged from the Sixty-seventh, December, 1865.
He then returned to Ohio, and remained there till 1867, when he came to Kansas and
located upon the present homestead, where he has been actively idéntified with his present
industry since, meantime carrying on carpentering for several years, He married, in 1855,
Miss Henrietta Craig, of Ohio, by whom he has nine children, five sons and four daugh-
ters. ont are—William and Washington, farmers in Colorado; Alice, Leonard, Laura,
Cornelius, [renius, Florence and Loretta, at home. He has always taken an active interest
in the development of his locality since coming here, and has filled, for several years, im-
aie municipal and school offices. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal

hurch. The farm contains 120 acres of improved land, containing a nice orchard of five
acres of assorted fruits; good dwellings and barns and stables

JACOB NUTT, farmer, Section 21, P.O. Girard, was born in Indiana in 1829, raised on a
farm, received a business education, farmed in connection with carpentering in 1857, at
the end of which time he came to Kansas, located in Johnson County, on a farm of 160 acres,
and which he improved and run as a grain and stock farm until 1863. Then went to Indiana,
where he remained until 1867; then to Missouri, at the carpenter’s business three years;
then to Kansas on his present home of 160 acres, which he improved, and has since run as
a grain and stock farm. Has 115 acres under cultivation, good line of fruits, and carries
from seventy-five to 100 head of stock, which he raises, buys, feeds and sells; isa mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church; was married to Miss Emily Campbell. They have
eu ean: E., John C., Daniel, James, William L., Margaret A., Dora E., Freddie,

ertha, Eva,

- ‘THOMAS PAINTON, butcher, was born in England February 16, 1840. He received
a business education, and came to the United States in 1857. He remained in Minnesota
on a farm six months, and was afterward in Iowa on a farm four years. He then served
three years in the army, and was then at school one year. He came to Kansas in 1868, and
located at Girard, where there were but five houses and ten persons in the place. He began
butchering in 1868, and has continued it todate. He built a business house in 1870, and a
dwelling in 1872, In 1874, he built a stone and brick house, and in 1879, a brick block, con-
taining two stores, lower story 23x80 feet, and a hall above 47x80 feet. He owns twenty
acres of pasture and a slaughter-house near Girard. He isa Freemason, and helped to
organize the lodge at.Girard, of which he is charter member. He is a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and was Pees Sheriff in 1869. He was married to Miss Philena
Elliott, of Pennsylvania, in 1872. They have four children—Elizabeth F., Mark J., Asa and
Ralph. , fi
. COLUMBUS C. PARKER, M. D., was_born in New York City in 1842; a lineal
descendant of Admiral Theodore Parker. He received his literary education in Central
College, N. Y., after a thorough course of four years, in which he graduated ably by his
own unaided exertions financially, He then began the study of his profession, in which
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he succeeded in graduating, and began the practice of it in New York City, where he was
successfully ‘connected with it for many years. In 1878, he located here, and has been
active in the practice of his potesion since. In September, 1875, he married Miss Kate
Latshaw, of Victory, Vernon ounty, Wis. She was a grand-daughter maternally of Har-
vey Starlings paternally of Admiral Porter, both of Kentucky pioneer celebrity. They have
a family of one son and two daughters—Earl C., Clare and Hthel Dr. Parker has worked
actively in the development of the social, public and industrial life of his locality since
coming here. During the civil war he did active and honorable service in Company I
Eighteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, from 1862 until the end of the war. He has worked
actively in connection with the Eclectic Medical Association of Kansas, of which he is an
honored member. Religiously, he is a Deist. He has invented five useful inventions, on
all of which he has been granted letters patent. He is an original thinker, and dares to
advocate his views socially, politically and religiously. As a phrenologist, he has no equal
west of New York. .
©. D. PATTERSON, proprietor and owner of the Crawford County Mills, was born in
Willsborough, Essex County, N. Y., in 1826, and was identified in his native State with the
profession of millwright and mill-building for several years. In 1859, he located in Wis-
consin, and was principally employed in milling and farming until 1869, when he came to
Kansas, and has been identified with the milling industry here since. June 7, 1852, he
married Miss Sarah E. Scott, who departed this life August 29, 1874, and is buried in the
Girard Cemetery, leaving a family of two sons living—¥red D. and Frank W., associated
with their father in his business. In June, 1876, he married Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Miller
née Fernett. They have one son—Charles K.
THEODORE T. PERRY, real estate, loan and insurance agent and farmer, was born
Pennsylvania October 10, 1841. He was raised on a farm, and began teaching school in
Pennsylvania in 1862, being engaged in attending and teaching school until 1867, In 1868-
69, he studied law in Illinois, and was admitted to the bar in July, 1869, and came to Girard
in 1869. . He was Clerk of the District Court one year, then practiced law two years. In
1875, he was selected by the Gulf Railroad Company to dispose of the railroad lands, and
traveled East, and ran excursion trains for thea company. In 1876, he became a local agent
for the railroad land department, and has continued in the same position since that time.
In the meantime, has done a large amount of real estate business for private pane and
for himself. Mr. Perry has laid out three additions to the town of Girard and built many
residences and-business houses and ieee a large number of farms, Sane Hed as many
as 200 farms, and among them some of the finest farms in Crawford*County. eis also the
largest real estate holder in the county; owns from 250 to 300 town lots. e was married to
Miss Mary A. Chapin, of Galesburg, Ill., in 1870. She graduated in the class of 1870 at Lom-
bard University. They have four children.

AUGUSTUS A. PHILLIPS. druggist, was born in Ohio in 1857. In 1870, he came to
Kansas, and was employed as clerk in a drug store until 1876, at which time he bought the
business of Mr. Scott, and continued it about eee months. He then sold out, built a
new store 20x64 feet, bought a new stock of goods, and commenced business in the store
which he now owns and occupies, Mr. Phillips also owns an interest in a boot and shoe
.stock at Pittsburgh. He was married, in 1878, to Miss Louella Turner, of Iowa, and has one
“child—Maude M.

CAPT. THOMAS PING, law and real estate business, was born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., July 30, 1815, and received his education in the old-time subscription schools
of his nativity. In 1831, his father’s family settled in Bartholomew County, Ind., where
they carried on a farm until 1839. His father died here in 1833. In 1839, he and his mother
and a brother settled in Burlington, lowa, where they carried on farming and meek mene
until 1843, when he settled in Ashland, Wapello County, Iowa, and in connection wit.
farming he added to his business the practice of law and banking and merchandising. It
was from his bank, ‘‘ Farmers’ and Merchants’,” that the first paper money of the State
wasissued. He carried on his business actively until February, 1862, when he organized
and took command of Company E, Seventeenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and did active
service until the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged, retaining his rank.
During his war service he participated in all the principal battles of his campaign. At the

ssiege of Fort Hill, near Vicksburg, he was wounded in the side and lost his hearing in his
left ear and impaired that of the right; at the battle of Tilton, Ga. he was wounded and
captured, remaining in rebel prisons for six months, returning after Lee’s surrender. After
the war he returned to Ashland, and continued the practice of law there until April, 1870,
when he located here and established his present business, which he has successfully car-
ried on since. He married, in 1841, in Burlington, Iowa, Miss Sarah A, Wright, a native of
Brown County, Ohio. They have a family of two sons and two daughters—Peru I. B.
(attorney), Kate, Frances and John E. W. (telegraph operator). Capt. Ping has been
actively engaged in-the development of the public, social and industrial life of this place
since coming here. In 1872-73, he served his city in its council. In 1874, he served as
Mayer, retiring from that office in the fall to accept the Probate Judgeship, which he held
for two years. He has been an active member of the I. 0. O. F. Society for over thirty-five
ears. The family are members of the Episcopal Church. The great grandfather of Capt.
Ping was John Ping, who came to America from India in 1740, where he-had done a thirty
* years’ service in the East Indies. After coming here he took an active part in the colonial
and Indian wars, and served under Braddock, and afterward Dunbar, and later on in the
Revolutionary war; eventually settled in Northumberland County, Va., on the shores of
Chesapeake Bay and followed farming. Capt. Ping’s grandfather, John Ping, also did
service in the Revolutionary war, and was an active and representative farmer of Virginia.
Capt. Ping’s father, William Ping, was born in Virginia; was captain in the war of 1812
under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, but eventually settled in Pulaski County, Ky.

J. C, PRICE, manager for William Lyons & Co., dealers in saddles and harness; was
born in Illinois in 1857; was raised on a farm; received a business education; he went to
work for himself in 1871 on a farm and continued two years, then came to Cherokee
County, Kan., and was on a farm two years, then farmed in Missouri two years, then back to
Missouri, and returned to Cherokee County and farmed until 1879, at which time he began
work at the harness business at Girard, and continued until June, 1882, at which time he
took charge of the above business. He was married to Miss Mattie F. Price, of Illinois, in
1879, They have one child—Bessie. :

GEORGE PRIESTLY, butcher, was born in England in 1846, and came to the United
States in 1867. He farmed in Illinois until 1877, at which time he came to Kansas, settled
in Girard and opened his present business. He bought a business house and resid and
owns twenty acres of land near Girard used as pasture. He isa Select Knight, and oe
to the Order of Red Men and Ancient Order of United Workmen, He was married to
Miss CaroJine Peterson, of Illinois, in 1873, and has one daughter—Ada, born in 1874,

MORGAN A. RANSOM, marble works, was born in Michigan, 1849, February 10;
received common education ; was in Indiana until 1869; was then in Iowa three months;
then came to Kansas; located in Crawford oo and remained eight years; then begat
marble business, 1878; is a member of the Methodist Church ; belongs to Order of Odd Fel-
lows. Was married to Miss Louisa Smith, of Illinois, 1874, March 28. Has one child living,
—Annie E,. Phebe, deceased. Mr. Ransom owns house and lot in Girard.

PHILANDER A. REED, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Girard, was born in Harrison
County, West Virginia, September 28, 1838, and was identified then with farming business
till December, 1864, when he located in Kosciusko County, Ind., where he was engaged in
farming business till Se tember, 1870, when he came to Kansas and located in this county,
and has been actively identified with his present industry here since. He married in Octo-
ber 12, 1859, Miss Lucinda Eurit of his native county. They have a family of four sons
and two daughters—Emory L., farmer; Llewellyn D., merchant; Mary V., Alice C., Ed. T.
and Jerome W. The family are members of the Methodist Church. He is an active member
of the A. O. U. W., the Grange and G. T. societies. His farm containseighty acres of land, good
buildings and a nice, young orchard. Besides this, he owns considerable town property in
Girard, the county-seat. . : ;

A. P. RIDDLE, one of the editors of the Girard Press, and Senator for the Thirteenth
Senatorial District, was born in Pennsylvania August 16, 1846. He lost his mother in in-
fancy, and his early life was spent in a country town, where he received such an education
as the common schools of the vicinity could afford. His father joined the army in 1861, and
he was thrown upon his own resources, and left to struggle with the world as best he might,
when he was a lad of fifteen years. A year later he went into a printing office as apprentice,
where he remained until 1866, when he visited Kansas on a prospecting tour. He was suffi-
ciently pleased with the country to determine to make it his home, and carried his resolu-
tion into execution two years later, returning to the State in 1868, to become a permanent
resident. His first year spent in Kansas was in the office of the Mirror, at Olathe, and from
that place he removed to Girard just as it was made the county seat of Crawford County.
Mr. Riddle moved to Girard, intending to start a paper, but found that some other person
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time, he returned to Pennsylvania and soon came back to Girard, and pought Dr. Warner's
interest in the paper in June, 1873, since which time it has been published by himself and
Mr. Wasser. Mr. Riddle was Journal Clerk of the State Senate from 1877 to 1881, and was
elected Senator from the Thirteenth Senatorial District in 1880. He is now Secretary of the
Crawford County Agricultural Society. He was married to Ada Fuller, of Springfield, HL,
in 1878, and has two children—Estelle and Mary. Mr. R. is a member of the I. 0. 0. RK
of P. and Red Men. i :

JOHN W. ROSS, blacksmith, was born in Tennessee, in 1838. He commenced black-
smithing in his native State and continued until 1862, when he moved to Kentucky and
worked at his trade in that State ten years. In 1872, he came to Kansas and located in
Girard, where he started the same business in connection with a repair shop, and has also
manufactured wagons and buggies, and where he now owns both business and residence pro,
erty. Mr. Ross is a member of the Baptist Church. He was married in 1864, to Miss
Elizabeth Crook, of Kentucky. They have six children—William H., Thomas A.., Sallie A.,
Willard E., Green E., and Charles H. . :

JOHN RUSHTON, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Girard, was born in North Carolina, 1821;
raised on a farm; received common education ; went to Indiana in infancy ; remained there
until 1879, in the grain and stock business, at the end of which time he came to Kansas;
located on his present home of eighty acres; is a member of the Campbellite Church, Was
married to Miss Alice Horn, of Ohio, in 1843. Have ten children—Emma, Mary, Joseph,
Kate, Frank, Renia, George and John (twins) Charles and William. Mrs. Rushton is a
member of the Christian Church. ; :

P. A. SAMS, buggy manufacturer and blacksmith, was born in Germany, and came to
the United States in infancy, and was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He went to Indiana in
1854, where he received a high school education, and resided in Pennsylvania from 1860 to
1870, He came to Kansas in 1870; located in Girard and opened a general blacksmithing
and buggy manufacturing establishment. He owns residence and business property in
Girard. He has been a member of the on Council. He is an Odd Fellow and a member of
the A. O. U. W., being Select Knight of the latter order. He was married to Miss Mary
Lehr, of Pennsylvania, in 1860, and they have one child—Willie, born in 1861, who is now
clerking for J. W. Edwards, and keeping books. Willie graduated from Spaulding’s Com-
mercial Sollee in 1881, receiving a diploma, . :

HON. CHARLES DANA SAYBS, County a eeres, was born in Alexandria, Va., May
15, 1839. His father, John J. Sayrs, was a prominent Virginia Jhrzician who died during
the infancy of hisson. His grandfather, John J. Sayrs, was a istinguished Episcopal min-
ister, and the first rector of St. John’s Church at Bee reeaee District of Columbia, and is
buried under the chancel of that church, with the following inscription upon his monu-
ment, by Francis F. Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner, who was one of the com-
munican

Here lies he now—yet grieve not thou for him,
Reader, he trusted in that love where none
Have ever vainly trusted.
Rather let his marble speak to thee,
And shoulds’t thou feel the rising of a new and solemn thought,
Waked by this place, sad memorial,
Oh, listen to its impulse—’tis divine,
And shall guide thee to a life of joy,
A death of hope and endless joy hereafter.”

ax. Sayrs was educated at Hallowell's Institute, Alexandria; upon leaving school he
emigrated to Kansas, and located at White Cloud, Doniphan County, August 20, 1857, where
he was actively identified with merchandising until 1862, when he went to Salmon River,
Oregon, in search of gold, remaining there until 1866. While there, the Territory of Idaho
was organized, and he was appointed to the clerkship of the court of his judicial district.
In 1865, he was elected from Boise County, as member of the House of Representatives, and
was admitted that year to the bar. During this incumbency, he-was an active and efficient
member in the House. In 1866, he teturned to his native place, and in the following year
he came to Kansas and located at Hays City, where he remained until 1868, when he came
here and enlisted his interest in behalf of the settlers in their controversy with the railway
company in regen to the Joy purchase of lands, ee Crawford and Cherokee County
and, and worked actively in the general development of this locality. In 1871, he was
elected Register of Deeds for this county. In 1874, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and
held the position for three years. In 1876, he was appointed City Clerk and Attorney of
Girard, which incumbency he held until 1880, when he was elected to his present position,
which he has reputably held for each consecutive term since, usually carrying his majority,
as Democratic nominee in each instance, equal to the regular i ublican majority of this
county. He is and has been an active worker in the A., F. & A. M. society, for many years.
In 1860, by dispensation, and when on a visit to his native town, he was initiated in the first
three degrees of masonry, in Washington, Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, D. C., the same lodge
of which President Washington was a member and its first master. In 1872 he received his
demit from this lodge and became a member of Girard Lodge, No. 93, A., F. & A. M., of which
he has held the secretaryship for the last eight years, an has jorked in the Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons since 1876, and is a ight em March, 1883, became a member of
Hugh De Payne Commandery, of Fort Scott. ber 7, 1870, he married Miss Elizabeth
P. Coffin, who was born and reared in Waupaca, Wis. They have two little girls living—
Mary and Henrietta. Himself and family are members of the Episcopal Church.

GEORGE W. SCHOLL, M. D., was born in Perry, Pike County, Il., July 24, 1835. His
youth was spent on a farm and in a mill, and he began the study of medicine at the age of
seventeen, graduating in 1858, at Missouri Medical College of St. Louis, Mo. He then went
to Adams County, Il, and practiced until 1865, and afterward in Cass County, Mo., until
1869, at which time he came to Kansas and settled in Crawford County, moving to Girard in.
1874, where be continued to practice, and has also opened and improved a farm of 160 acres,
and ran it as a stock, grain and fruit farm. Dr. Scholl improved a farm of ninety acres,
and has in addition a farm of twenty acres adjoining the town of Girard, well im-
proved, He has taught school four terms. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and
occupies a pulpit in Crawford County. He was married to Miss Jane Penny, of England,
February 22, 1859. Dr. and Mrs, Scholl have eight children—Grayson B., Edward B., Susan
M,, Joseph A, John R., Eugenie K., Robert A., Rachel E. Nellie, deceased; George W.,

3 WwW. H. . Grayson B. is now attending the Kansas City University, hav-
ing attended Keokuk Medical College in 1881 and 1882. Graduated Maral. 13, 1883, in K. C.
U., Medical Department.

R. W. SCHOONMAKER, farmer and dealer in hay and grain shipping, Section 11, Town-
ship 29, Range 23, P. 0. Girard, was born in New York in 1833; was raised on a farm and
received an academical education. At the age of twenty-one he commenced farming for
himself in Albany County, west side of the Hudson River, near Cedar Hill, continuing ten
years; then moved to Lewis County, N. Y., in the hotel and livery business in connection
with the farm five years He came to Kansas in April, 1873, and located in Fort Scott for a
short time, then moved to Crawford County, and located on his present home of 160 acres,
which he opened and improved, and on which he raises principally grain and broom corn;
has a full line of fruits of all kinds. His farm is under good cultivation, fenced with hedge
and wire. Mr. Schoonmaker ships from 1,600 to 1,500 tons of hay per annum. He married
Miss Annie A. Adams, of New York, in 1859; they have two chiliren—Sarsh C.and Arthur
W. Their pleasant home is one mile northwest of Girard, the county seat.

D ,W. SCOTT was born at Locust Grove, Brooke Co., West Va. Locust Grove
was a charming place of residence, embowered in shade and fruit trees, and for more than
a quarter of a century was the scene of attraction and interest to a wide and influential
circle of friends. Robert Scott, father of D. W. Scott, built the mansion in 1825. He was
for years recognized as a leader in all moral, educational and religious enterprises. He
was an extensive stock raiser, and his ave farm was a model of order and skill. Seven
sons and as many daughters cherish recollections of this place as their happy childhood
home. All of these children but one received an academic education, after graduating at
the old schoolhouse “down the lane.” D. W. Scott was educated at Allegheny College and
the Wesleyan University. In 1856, he removed to Iowa, purchased a farm adjoining Mount
Pleasant, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in that city. He was a sufferer in the dis-
astrous financial crisis of 1857, and hence decided to lead a professional life. After attend-
ing a course of lectures at Lind University, Chicago, he began the practice of medicine at
Shawnee, then the county seat of Johnson County, Kan. ere, for three years, he enjoyed
a large and lucrative practice, but, upon again entering commercial life, he suffered another
reverse. During the pelea times of early days, he became widely known as a fearless
Free-State man. His home and storehouse were burned down by the notorious Quantrill,
and his life was threatened more than once. For his alleged proceedings against his Pro-
slavery neighbors, he was one of the “spotted men,” and the rope was even purchased for
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

his execution. When the war broke out and the waves of loyalty and disloyalty met along
the border, it became more perilous than ever, and many of the people were ob liged to flee
from their homes for safety. The Doctor’s health not being sufficient to endure army life,
he returned to Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Here he successfully followed the practice of his
profession, and was placed in charge of the camp hospital of the Twenty-fifth Iowa Regi-
ment. Of the large number of soldiers treated by him, all recovered, and were either sent
to their homes, or were forwarded to their respective regiments in the field. In the winter
of 1862, Dr, Scott removed to Eddyville, Iowa, and engaged in the drug business, Unremit-
ting attention to business for two years and a half made another change necessary, and in
the spring of 1864, he sold out and made the overland trip to Denver. Te returned to lowa
in the fall greatly improved in health. Within sixty days from his return, himself and
family, with an outfit of two teams, and wagons well stocked with provisions, reached Colo-
rado, with the view of ee that their future home. While living in Iowa, he had been
licensed to preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church, and had been ordained by Bishop
Ames. On going to Colorado it was his purpose to enter the ministry, and did acceptably
supply the pulpit at Golden City one year. Besides this he built up two other prosperous
societies, but as there were only a few opportunities within the entire Conference to earn 2
living for his family, he removed to the city of Cheyenne. This city was one of the won-
ders of its day in its magical enterprise'and growth. Thousands of people came rushing
together from all parts of the world, and in the brief space of one year, Cheyenne was built
up and had assumed the spectacle of abusy mart, with every trade, institution and facility
of a first-class city, The Doctor was now in his element. He immediately opened an office
in Beckwith’s pioneer store, and erected a store room in the heart of the city. He wrote edi-
torials for the Tri-Weekly Leader, and, after organizing the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, supplied it with hymn-books, and with one of Smith’s first-class American organs.-
He was afterward re-imbursed by the Society for these outlays, besides being publicly pre-
sented by the citizens of Cheyenne with a purse of $350. This is undoubtedly, to him, one
of the most pleasant reminiscenses connected with the early history of that city, which is
so full of tragic scenes of terror and wickedness. The schoolhouse furnished a chapel for
the church of which he was pastor, and when it became too small to seat the congregation
he was permitted to put in folding doors between adjoining rooms, thus acquiring ample
room to accommodate both Sunday school and church. After about a year Bishap Simpson
visited Cheyenne, and at the request of Dr. Scott, sent a minister from Wilmington, Del., to
take charge of this important work. Upon his arrival this minister was delighted to find a
well-organized society and a flourishing Sunday school already in existence. From Chey-
enne Dr. Scott removed to Lincoln, Neb., where he resumed the practice of medicine and
the drug business. Here he built and owned the Commercial Hotel, and numerous other
buildings. For three years he was connected with the State Board of Building Commission-
ers, He was also President of the Board of Trustees for the State Insane Hospital, and was
a short time Superintendent of the Hospital. He took an active interest in the cause of
education, of temperance, morality and religion. He was President of the State Temper-
ance Association, and pubiished a compere paper in its interest during his residence in
Lincoln. Becoming embarrassed in 1873, through the failure of others, he reluctantly left
the beautiful city of Lincoln and returned to Kansas, settling in Girard. Here for nearly
eight years he industriously prosecuted the drug business, and also followed the practice of
medicine, and has been frequently called to the advocacy, on the platform, of education, tem-
perenve and religion. He has recently been appointed a delegate to the National Medical
‘onvention, which meets in-Topeka in June, 1883, and is one of the Trustees of the new
Medical College located at the same place. Dr. Scott was married in 1856, to Miss E. J. Mar-
tin. Mrs. Scott has always been an active co-laborer with her husband, especially in the
temperance work, She is several years younger than her husband, who has just passed his
fiftieth year. Of their eget living children, Miss May V., the eldest daughter, hold a posi-
tion in the United States Treasury Department; Charles F.., the eldest son, is in the employ
of Meyer Bros. & Co., wholesale druggists; their second daughter is married to H. O. Sitter,
of Bloomington, Neb., and the five younger children are attending school in Girard.
ARTHUR SHARP, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Girard, was born near Lamberton,
N. J., in 1822. He emigrated with his parents to Ohio in 1830, locating near Springboro,
Warren County. In the year 1835, when our subject was thirteen, he moved with his parents
to Preble County, Ohio, and was identified in that State until 1858, when he located in
Lenawee County, Mich., and was identified with his present industry in that State until
1869, when he came to Kansas and located upon his present place, which he has improved
from a raw prairie to its present.condition. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land,
well fenced, watered and stocked, handsome dwellings, barns and stables, and a nice orchard
of assorted fruits. He married in 1850, Mrs. Mary Fliteraft—formerly Atkinson of his
native State. They have a family of one son living—P. R. Flitcraft, attorney at law, at
St. Louis, Mo. Since locating here, our subject has worked actively in the development of
the social and industrial life of his locality. He has served his county as Treasurer and
Commissioner here, and was altogether a very active man in public life in Michigan. He
and wife are avowed disciples of Spiritualism.
JOHN G. SHIFFLER, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Girard, was born in Pennsylvania June
13, 1837, and was raised on a fdrm. He began farming in Illinois at the age of nineteen and
farmed five years; then went to Livingston County and opened a farm of 160 acres; he sold
out and went to Dwight, Ill. He engaged in the coal and brick business two years; then
shelled corn for a company seven years; he was then on the railroad two years. In 1876 he
came to Kansas and settled in Crawford County, on his present farm of 160 acres, which he
bought and improved, and he ran it as a grain and stock farm, and fed cattle and hogs. He
keeps about thirty-five head of cattle and 100 head of hogs, and has all kinds of fruits. He
has three miles of hedge and wire fence. Heis an Odd Fellow. He was married to Miss
Sarah Netzly, of Pennsylvania, in 1859; they have eight children—Milton, Emma, Mary,
John Acleoeaned) Samuel (deceased), Jennie, Hattie, Mathias, Loulie and Sada.
ELSON SINN. ET, general merchant, was born in Granville, Licking Co., Ohio, October
21, 1835, where he received a business education, and went into a store at the age of eighteen
as a clerk, remaining three years ; he then went to Columbus, Ohio, as a clerk for two years ;
went on aprospecting and trading tour in Illinois and Iowa one year; then went into the bank
at Granville, Ohio, remaining four years ; he joined the army in 1861, and was mustered out at
Winchester, Va., August 17, 1863. “Returning home he stayed until February, 1866, when he
took a prospecting trip to St. Louis, Kansas City, Sedalia, Leavenworth, Fort Scott, Olathe
and the then called neutral lands of Kansas, After returning home he came to St. Louis,
and was next in Kansas on a prospecting tour of several months. He then boughta herd of
cattle and kept them one year, sold out and returned to Sedalia and remained six months,
and then came to Crawford County, Kan., prospecting. In June, 1868, he went to Baxter
Springs, then returned to Girard and made permanent location, building the second store in
Girard, in which he opened his present business. He run the business in it four years, and
then built the present house. “He was the first Treasurer of the town, holding the office three
terms; was Postmaster in Girard in 1869, at $100 per month, also City and School Treasurer,
and eee County Treasurer. He is an Odd Fellow and is Trustee of the same, and
has attained to the rank of Deputy Grand Master of the State, and past Chief Patriarch
of the State, and a past Sachem of Panionkee Tribe, No. 2, Improved Order of Red Men.
HUSTON B. SMITH, livery, was born in Illinois, June 20, 1847. Farmed in Illinois
five years, and came to Kansas and settled in Crawford County, and improved a farm of 160
acres, and continued for nine years to raise stock and grain. Came to Girard in 1879 and
opened his present business. Mr. Smith owns an interest in livery, stock and property. He
was married to Miss Mary E. Ashcraft, of Indiana, in 1875. They have one child—Axie
Ethel A. Mr. Smith belongs to.the Order of Odd Fellows.
..  W.R. SMITH, barber and hair dresser, and dealer in cigars and tobacco, was born
in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1837, and was raised and educated in Van Buren County,
Iowa. In Reptember, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Third Iowa Cavalry, and did active
until 1863, when he was honorably dischar, on account of (as after the war he
practiced photographing for a few years in lowe, and afterward engaged in merchandising,
with which he was connected there until 1870, when he located here and engaged at his
present profession, with which he has been very successfully connected since. He married
in 1864, Miss Caroline R. Clark, of ‘his native county, who departed this life February 7, 1874,
and is buried in Girard Cemetery, leaving two daughters living—Mary R. and Sarah K. In
1874, he married Miss Elizabeth J. Trisler, of Decatur County, Ind. They have two daughters
—Delilah KE. and May Bell. He is an active member of the A., F. & A. M. society.
_A. SPARKS, bakery and restaurant, was born in Indiana in 1839, was raised on a farm,
received a common school education, and at the age of nineteen began business for himself
in Indiana, which he continued two years; he then went to Illinois and worked on a farm
until 1869, thence to Crawford County, Kan., where he opened and improved a farm of eighty
acres; after four years he sold this and bought and improved another farm of 160 acres, he
again sold out, and. bought a farm of 160 acres, which he improved and worked on four years;
he then sold ‘out and came to Girard, and opened his present business, and now owns

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thirteen lots and two residences. He is a member of the Baptist Church, Srysniees a Sunday
school in Crawford County, and was Superintendent of same eight years. He was married to
Miss Mary E. Boyd, of Ulinois, in 1869. They have three children—Maude O., Roy H. and
Earnest.

G. W. SPENCER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P. O. Girard, was born in Illinois
April 12, 1821, and was reared in Scott County, Ky., to the farming industry. He, however,
followed the wool carding business there for many years. In 1878, he came to Kansas, and
located here, and has very actively prosecuted his present industry here since. In 1850, he
married Miss Jane Walters, of Kentucky. They have a family of three daughters living—
Sarah P. (now Mrs. S. H. Arnold, of Sheridan Township), Elvira J. (now Mrs. David South,
of Topeka, Kan.), Walberga (at home). The family are members of the Christian
church. During the war, Mr. Spencer did active service in eee K, One Hundred and
Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Infantr7, from 1862 till the end of the war, when he was
honorably discharged. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and
watered and stocked, good dwellings and stables and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety
of fruits, :

J. W. STEVENS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 29, P. O. Girard, was born in Wash-
ington County, Penn., in 1839, and was reared in Madison County, IIl., to the farming
induatey with which he was identified in that State till 1865, when he located here, and has
been actively identified with the farming and stock industry of this locality since. In
October, 1861, he married Miss Lavina Sutton, who was born and reared in Madison County,
Ill. They have one son living—John W., and have buried their only daughter, Mary Cath-
erine, in Saline Cemetery, Madison County, Ill. Mr. Stevens has worked actively as school
official of his district for several years. The family are members of the Baptist Church.
His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked, good
dwelling and barns and stables, and an orchard of five acres of nicely assorted fruits.

J. C. SUNDERLAND, photographic artist, was born and reared in Brookville, Iowa,
and engaged at his profession in 1875, at the age of twenty-two, in Allerton, Wayne County,
Iowa. In 1876, he located here, and has been very successfully connected with his business
here since. In 1879, he married Miss Nannie A. Brooks, who was born and reared in Knox-
ville, Il. They have a family of one son and daughter—Ivy Iona and William Ray, Mr.
Sunderland is an active member of the I. O. O. F. Society here. The family are members
of the M. E. Church. ‘ :

DANIEL BORDEN VAN SYCKEL, attorney at law, was born in Naples, Scott Co.,
IIL, in the year 1842, and resided there until the year 1855, when his parents removed to the
town then known as Morgan City, Morgan Co., Ill, where he remained until the year 1861
when his parents removed to, and settled near Sparta, Randolph Co., Ill. Mr. Van Syckel
received his rudimentary education in the common schools, prineipalty at Eden, a little town
near his father’s farm, and pursued his literary studies in the academy at Sparta. He has
always been a student, and single handed, without teachers, he mastered some of the sciences.
In the early part of the late Civil War, a younger brother, George, when but a lad of sixteen
years, left home and against his parents’ wishes enlisted in the army in Company I, Forty-
ninth Illinois Infantry, and becoming*sick, Mr. Van Syckel left his professional studies,

 

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went into the army, took his brother’s place, answered to his name and did his duty for a
part of two years, after which his brother returned to the army and continued till the close
of the war, and Mr. Van Syckel returned to his professional studies and graduated from ‘the
University of Michigan, sens the degree of LL. B. in 1866. He then returned to his
native State and engaged in teaching in connection with his professional work until 1872,
when he located at Girard, Kan., and has been actively engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession ever since. January 1, 1868, he married Miss Margaret C. Crawford, who was born
and reared in Randolph County, Ill. They have a family living of two daughters—Viola
May and Flora Jane. He has served his township as Justice of the Peace, his county as
Superintendent of Schools. He is an active member of the A. O. U. W., I. 0. G. T. and I. 0.
O. F. societies. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In connection
with his professional and official duties he takes an important interest in small fruit, horticul-
ture and gardening, of which his handsome little “farm” of ten acres adjoining the city of
Girard fully verifies. i

W.R. VAN FRANK, County Surveyor, was_born in Cortlandville, Cortland Co., N: Y.,
in 1830. In 1835, his people removed to Elkhart County, Ind., where he was reared and edu-
cated. At the age of twenty-two, he began his professional duties in connection with rail-
way imdustry, with which he was connected in Indiana, and latterly in Illinois till 1862, when
he engaged at insurance business, which he carried on in Dlinois for several years. In 1872,
he located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was identified there till 1876, when he located here and
in connection with surveying he engaged at farming and stock-raising, which be has suc-
cessfully carried on since. In 1879 he was elected to his present incumbency, and has held
it for each consecutive term since. He has been an active member of the A. F. & A. M.
society since 1863, and has passed all the degrees to the thirty-second. Is a member of the
York and Scotch rites, He holds to the ancestral religion of his great grand ancestors,
Presbyterianism. He has one son living—W. A., Civil Engineer of Boston, Mass., in connec-
tion with the New York & New England Railway. : : .

G. M. THOMPSON, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Girard, was born in Indiana in 1840;
raised on a farm; taught school fourteen winters and farmed to 1881, at which time he
came to Kansas and located on a farm of 160 acres, which he improved. Is a member of the
Christian Church, and belongs to the order of Freemasons. as married to Miss Melinda
Small, of Indiana, in 1865. Have five children—Orville M., Hattie E., Ludovice, Elbert E.,
Abraham R. B. Mrs. Thompson is a member of the Christian Church,
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_ JOHN TONTZ, County Treasurer, is a native of Switzerland; was born in Canton
Grisons, in 1834; came to America with his people in 1845, who settled in Madison County,
Il, where he was reared to farming and stock-raising, with which he was identified there
until 1857, when he came to Kansas and carried on farming and stock-raising until 1861.
He then engaged in milling, and was very successfully connected with it till his retirement
from it the present year, 1882. He married, avast 26, 1852, Miss Jane Ann ra eee a
native of Hardin County, Ky., who departed this life November 10, 1856, and is buried in
Madison County, IIl., leaving one son, Christian, who died January 19, 1873, aged thirteen
years and ten months, and is buried in the Girard Cemetery. April 6, 1858, he married

iss Elizabeth Taylor, who was born in England December 27, 1835, and who departed this
life April 3, 1860, and is buried in the cemetery in Johnson County, Kan. March 19, 1861,
he married Miss es Jane Herman, who was born in Huntingdon County, Penn.,
December 2, 1839. e has a family of two sons and three daughters living—-Barbara Jane
(daughter of his second wife, now Mrs, George Middleton, farmer and stocl}, raiser), Will-
jam Jones, Florence, Annie, Frederick James and Maggie Garfield by his present wife.
Mr. Tontz has always worked actively for the development of the eee social and indus-
trial life of his locality since coming to the State. Has held the offices of County Commis-
sioner and County Treasurer andjmany minor‘positions, and is the present incumbent of the
Mayoralty of his city. Himself and family are active members of the Christian Church.

L. T. TRISLER, farmer, Section 33, P. 0. Girard, was born in Indiana in 1858, raised on a
farm, received a business education ; farmed in Indiana until 1875, at the end of which time
he came to Kansas, located in Washington Township, Crawford County, where remained
two years; then to his present home of forty acres, which he improved and run as a grain
farm; was married to Miss Maggie Ward, of Illinois, in 1870. Mrs, Trisler is a member of
the United Baptist Church. :
STEPHEN R. TUTTLE, Deputy County Treasurer, was born in Adams, Jefferson Co.,
N. Y., in 1848. In 1849, his parents removed to De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, same State,
At the age of nineteen, he came West, and located in Sand Spring, Iowa, and carried on mer-
cantile. business until 1874. He then came to Kansas, and accepted the agency for the K. C.,
Ft. S. & G. Railroad at Beulah, which, after a few years, he retired from, and engaged, with
H. P. Grund, in mercantile business, where he remained until accepting his prerent position
in 1880. In 1871, he married Miss Lou H. Karst, a native of Jeffersonville, N. Y., but for a
number of years resident of Sand Spring, Iowa. They have two daughters—Blanch Inez
and Edith Adell. Mr. Tuttle is an active member of the A. 0. U. W. society, is present
incumbent of the Master Workman’s chair, and is a member of the Select Knights. Mr.
Tuttle and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
- GEORGE H. WAGNER, of the firm of Wagner & Grantham, abstracts, loans and real
estate, was born in the State of New York in 1841. He received a liberal education, and be-
gan farming for himself at the age of twenty-one, and continued until 1862, He was then
in the army three years, and subsequently farmed until 1868. He came to Kansas in 1869
and located on a farm.in Crawford County, where he lived until 1878, pe opened and
improved 160 acres, which he now runs as a grain farm, also raising fruits and berries of all
. kinds. He came to the city of.Girard in 1878, at which time he was elected Register of
Deeds for four years. He established his present business in 1882. Mr. Wagner was Trustee
of Sherman Township three years. He isa member and Steward of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, and also is 2 member of the order of A., F.& A.M. Besides his fine farm of 480

acres, he owns town lots and residence property in Girard. Messrs. Wagner & Grantham”

have the only complete set of abstract books in Crawford County. Mr. Wagner was mar-
ried to Miss Carrie E. Jeynes, of Indiana, in 1864. They have two children—Fredrick L.
and Clayton W.

P. M. WALESLAGLE, dealer in groceries and queensware, was born in Pennsylvania
September 15, 1825, received liberal e ucation, and at the age of twenty-one began milling
for himself in Pennsylvania, eee business until 1862, at which time he joined the
army, and was in service three years. He then returned to Pennsylvania and resumed mill-
ing, which he followed until 1871, and then engaged in lumber business in Pennsylvania until
1878, at which time he came to Kansas and opened his present business in Girard, where he
now owns residence property. He was married to Miss Patience Starnes, of Pennsylvania,
in 1847, who died March 28, 1880, leaving six children—Perry J., William J.. Mary Ann,
see M., Sallie J., Philip E. He was married to Miss Lizzie C. Blank of Iowa, in October,
1881.

J. N. WARD, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Girard, was born in Virginia in 1846, and
was reared in Sangamon County, Ill., where he followed farming till 1870, when he located
in Butler County, Neb., and carried on farming there till 1874, when he came here, and has
been actively identified with his present industry kere since. He married in 1873, Miss
Martha Riggs, who was born and reared in Warren County, Ill. They have a son and
daughter—Freddie and Jessie, The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

His farm contains eighty acres of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked,

good. bol dg and an orchard of 200 trees of a nicely assorted variety of fruits.
E. A. WASSER, one of the editors of the Girard Press, was born in Pennsylvania in
-1848. He lived on a farm until the age of thirteen, and received a common school educa-
tion, and entered a printing office in Pennsylvania in 1861, in which he continued for three
years. He was then at school and in a printing office until 1868, at which time he came to
. Crawford County, but subsequently went to Fort Scott and remained until 1869, at which
time he became a partner with Warner & Winterin the publication of the paper under the
firm name of Warner, Winter & Wasser. In 1869, Warnerand Wasser purchased the interest
of Winter and moved the establishment to Girard, giving it the name of the Girard Press.
It is the pioneer paper of Girard, it being the first in the county, and has been published
since that time continuously, with the exception of three weeks in 1871, when the office was
destroyed by amob. The paper took the position that the railroads had title to the lands,
and the demagogues excited the people to mob violence. The office was burned and every-
thing Jost. In June, 1873, Mr. Riddle bought out Mr. Warner, and the paper has since been
ublished by Wasser & Riddle. Mr. Wasser is an Odd Fellow and Good Templar, and be-
fongs to the Lutheran Church. He was married to Miss Olive Poole, of Iowa, in 1874. They
have four children—Albert Monroe, Ida May, Claude Poole and Louisa.
Postmaster at Girard February 5, 1883, by President Arthur.
H. J. WELLS, agent of the Adams Express Company, was born in Osceola, Iowa, in
1858, and located in Kansas in 1870. Mr. Wells received his rudimentar: education in the pub-
lic schools of his nativity, and his literary education in Mount Pleasant University at
Mount Pleasant, Iowa. In 1880, he joined with G. W. B, Hoffman (now deceased), and bought
and conducted the Girard Herald, with which he was reputably connected till August, 1882,
when he retired from it and accepted his present position. He was married in 1880, to Miss
Harriet Allen, of hig native State. Hr. Wells is an active member of the A., F. & A. M.
K. of P. and A. O. U. W. societies here, and a member of the Select Knights.
_ THOMAS W. WELLS, attorney at law, was born in Bloomington, Ind., in 1834, and
received his rudimentary and literary education in the schools of his nativity. In 1852, he
located in Marion, Linn Co., lowa, and carried on his professional studies until 1856, when
, he located at Osceola, Iowa, and was identified with his profession there until 1870. He
then located here and has been connected with the practice of his profession since. He
married in 1854, Miss Martha J. Coombes, who was born in Indiana, and reared in Linn
‘ County, Iowa. They have a family of three sons and two daughters—Henry J., agent of
the Adams Express Company, here; Lucy M., now Mrs. J. iL. McClure, abstract office;
William R., in mercantile business; Emma and Edwin EF. Mr. Wells is a member of Board
of Aldermen for his city. He has been an active member of the I. O. O. F, society since
1872. He and family are members of the Christain Church.
ELIJAH P. WILEY, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Girard, was born in Indiana in 1836,
He went to Missouri at the age of fourteen, where he remained seventeen years on a farm.
He came to Kansas in 1867 and located on a farm in Crawford County, which he improved
and ran as a grain and stock farm for six years. He was theninthe Mission in the machine
business three years, then came to his present home of 160 acres in 1876. Here he has 1,200
apple trees and a fine assortment of fruits and berries of all kinds. He has about 100 acres
under cultivation. He owns the Farmers’ Hotel in Girard, which runs in connection with
the farm. He was Justice of the Peace of Osage Township for six years. He is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married to Miss Amy J. Shahan, of Virginia, in
1856. They have seven children—Maggie J., John E., Louis A., Westley E., Perry E.. Willie
and Wilford M., deceased. Mrs. Wiley is 2 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
F. S. WOLF, agent of the K. C., Ft. S. & G. Railroad, is a native of Pennsylvania. In
1871, he located in Kansas. In 1873, at the age of twenty, he engaged in his present
industry in connection with this railroad, and in 1875 he accepted his present position,
with wilh he has been connected since. In 1880, he married Miss Emma Adamson, of his
native State. He is an active member of the I. 0. O. F. society and the Encampment, the
Improved Order of Red Men, the K. of H. and I. 0.@.T. Mr. Wolf and wife are members
of the Presbyterian Church,

He was appointed

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

NEW PITTSBURG.

This city is situated in the southeastern part of Crawford County,
thirty miles from Joplin, Mo., and twelve miles from Girard. In 1876, the
firm of Moffett & Sargent built the Girard & Joplin Railroad, a short line
connecting those two points. This road passed through the extensive coal
fields in the southeastern part of Crawford County. The coal interests in
this section had already been tested in a small way but-as yet had no con-
venient outlet until the building of this line of road. The extent of the
coal interests and the probability of its being the site of manufacturing
enterprises were the chief reasons for the, founding of the town. In the
spring of 1876, Col. Ed H. Brown, working in the interest of Moffett &
Sargent, established and laid out the site. Prior to this, however, this firm
had purchased two tracts of coal land from the K. C., F. 8. & G. Railroad
Company. One of these tracts lay in the immediate vicinity of the town
site, and the other a short distance from it, both tracts comprising an area
of 25,000 acres. ; a

The land upon which the site was located was originally the property
of Jacob Pugh. It comprised one hundred and sixty acres, made up from
adjacent forty-acre tracts in Sections 19, 20, 29 and 30, in Township 30,
Range 25. At the time the site was laid out there was but one building
upon it which belonged to Jacob Pugh, and stood where J. R. Lindburg’s
drug store now stands. It was moved away June 5, 1876. G..W. Seabury
& Co. built the first business house in which they put a general stock of
merchandise. It was a one-story frame house twenty feet square. J. T.
Roach erected the first dwelling July 18, 1876. From the time the town
was laid out until October of the same year, the population increased to
about 100, and it contained three stores, two blacksmith and wagon-shops,
a hotel and post office.

The Cherryvale Division of the K.C., F. 8. & G. R. R. was con-
structed through the town in the fall of 1882. The Girard and Joplin
Railroad was sold in the summer of 1880 to the St. Louis & San Francisco
Railroad Company for $300,000, and the land owned by Moffett & Sargent
was sold to the Pittsburg Town Company for $50,000. :

The Town Company was composed of C. M. Condon, President, and
B. F. Hobart, who thus became owners of the town site. These farties
also comprised the Oswego Coal Company, and were engaged in the de-
velopment of the coal interests upon their land. Subsequently they sold
about fifty-five per cent of the stock to the St. L. & 8. F. R. R. Co. anda
new coal company became organized under the name of the Rogers.Coal
Company. : ;

The capital stock of the company is $200,000. The operations
at this place is that of two shafts, and the production is about fifty cars of
coal per day, employing a force of four hundred men. The sale of the
coal is confined mainly to points along the St. L. & S. F. R. R. in Missouri,
Kansas and Arkansas. Z

The business of the town company is in the hands of Maj. J. J. Rochu-
sen as agent. Additions of forty acre tracts have recently been added to the
site, one on the north and one on the east side. Another addition of forty
acres is soon to be made, which is to contain a park. The company have
a large number of lots on sale at prices ranging according to the quality
and location. Business lots of 170 feet depth are held at from $8 to $24
front foot; residence lots vary in price according to size and location from
$100 to $225 per lot.

The Pittsburg Coal Company are engaged in the mining of coal.
The entire shipment of coal from this point is from seventy-five to 100
cars per day.

he manufacture of zinc is also an important industry in the place.
There are already three large zinc smelters in operation and another ex-
tensive one is in process of construction. The zinc ore which is smelted
in these works is shipped from mines in Missouri, since it is cheaper to
ship the ore to this point where coal is abundant than to ship the coal to
points where the zinc ore is mined, as it takes about three tons of coal to
smelt one ton of zinc. Both the coal mines and the zinc smelters give
employment to a large force of men and are the chief support and incen-
tive to the building up of the city.

Pittsburg was incorporated asa city of the third class in the fall of
1879. M. M. Snow was elected first Mayor. He was re-elected and was
succeeded in office by H. C. Willard.

The first oe ouncil was composed of the following-named persons:
J. R. Lindburg, W. McBride, F. Kalwitz, P. A. Shield and D. 8S. Miller.
The present Councilmen are J. R. Lindburg, A. J. Georgia, C. 8. Jen-
nings, E. N. Aikin and J. W. Braidwood.

The first school was taught in the town in the fall of 1877; A. J. Geor-
gia was teacher. It was kept in a schoolhouse that was erected during the
summer. The building is a two-story frame, containing two departments.
A second school building was erected in 1881, and is a one-story frame.
The first school numbered an attendance of forty. The attendance at
present is about 600, and the school population of the city is 850. The
schools were graded in the summer of 1880, and was made to comprise
three departments. Since then they have been divided into four depart-
ments, under charge of D. Hollinger, Principal, and Miss Ida Bromback,
Miss Cora Edson and Mrs. James Officer, teachers.

A post office was established here in 1876, soon after the site was
located. George Richey was the first Postmaster. He was succeeded in
March, 1877, by A. J. Georgia, who has since occupied the office. It was
made a money order office July 1, 1879, and_the first order for $2.50 was
issued on the 7th of that month to Dr. W. W. Watkins in favor of C. C.
Archer, of St. Louis, Mo. The whole number of orders issued up to this
time is 6,684. The office began the issue of foreign money orders July 1,
1882, and up to the present has issued 200 of these orders. The office
does an important business in money orders. On the first day after it be-
came authorized, $72 in orders were issued. Since then the business has’
greatly increased, so that from the Ist to the 15th of J anuary the issue of
orders amounted to $1,800.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

THE PRESS, SOCIETIES, CHURCHES, ETC.

The first paper started in the town was the Pittsburg Haponent. This
sheet was begun by L. C. Hitchcock in June, 1879. After running about
one year it was sold to the Flint Brothers of Girard, who began the pub-
lication of a paper called the Pittsburg Smelter. The paper began in
March, 1881. it is a five-column quarto; Papualioan 1n politics.

Pittsburg Lodge, No. 187, A., F. & A. M., was instituted December
27, 1879, with sixteen charter members. The first officers of the lodge
were C. W. Long, W. M.; J. W. Jennings, 8. W.; A. E. Baxter, J. W.;
J. R. Lindburg, Secretary; J. W. Spicer, Treasurer. There is a present
membership of fifty, and the following are officers: M. M. Snow, W. M.;
A. C, Fowler, 8S. W.; J. R. Lindburg, J. W.; F. W. Lanyon, Secretary;
Cc. W. Jane Treasurer. : =

Black Diamond Lodge, No. 65, K. of P., was instituted December 20,
1882, by P. G. C. J. H. Lyon, of Leavenworth. The lodge began with
twenty-two charter members, and now has thirty-two. The first officers
were G. F. Keener, P. C.; 8. Barrett, OC. C.; 6. W. Long, V. C.; T. C.
Malloy, K. of R. and 8.; Charles Dyer, M. of F.; N. Coughnour, M. of
Ex.; J. A. Nuttman, M. at A’; M. Lyden, I. G.; H. W. Black, O. G.

Pittsburg City Lodge, No. 196, I. O. O. F., was instituted February 1,
1882, under a» dispensation with twenty-four charter members. The first
officers were J. R. Wells. N. G.; H. L. James, V. G.; P. Webber. R. S.;
J. W. Striker, P..S.; A. A. Fletcher, Treasurer; J. W. Striker, 8. P. G.
The lodge received a charter in October, 1882, and the following were
chosen officers: A. A. Fletcher, N. G.; J. C. Gaines, V. G.; A. Durham,
R. §.; G. F. Keener, P.S.; F. G. Flint, Treasurer. The lodge was insti-
tuted by. 8. D. D, G. M. A. P. Riddle, of Girard. There is at present a
membership of thirty-three. J. W. Striker was made D. D. G. M. at date
of institution, and again in July, 1882. He was also elected a Representa-
tive to the Grand Lodge in June, 1882.

Pittsburg Lodge, No. 56, A. O. U. W., was instituted in September,
1880. The lodge is well supported and enjoys a large membership.

The city contains five religious societies, all in flourishing condition.
These are the Methodist, Episcopal, Christian, Catholic and Baptist.

Only the Methodist and Episcopal denominations are supplied with
buildings. The Methodist church house is a neat brick structure, and the
Episcopal is a small frame. :

The city at present has a population of 8,500, and contains eight gen-
eral stores, one exclusive grocery, three hardware; four drug, and two shoe

stores, one clothing store, four meat markets, two shoe shops, two black- -

smith shops, three millinery stores, One furniture store, three lumber yards,
six hotels, one- merchant tailor, two livery stables; two churches, one har-
ness shop, etc. The Pittsburg flouring mills were established in 1881,by
Bruner & Warren. The building is a three-story frame building, and con-
tains three run of stone. The capacity of the mill is fifty barrels of flour
per day. The power is a twenty-five horse power engine. a:

The advantages for manufacturing enterprises are superior, and it
awaits only a lapse of time when the city will become a large and impor-
tant manufacturing center.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—neEw PiTTsBure. y

_ _ JOHN H. ANDERSON, grocer and proprietor of hotel‘and mill, was born in Scotland,
in 1843. He was raised in mercantile business, and educated for the ministry, graduating
at Edinburgh College in 1868. He came to the United States in 1869, and located in Mary-
land, where he remained eight years in the ministry and coal business. He came to Kansas
in 1877,and located in Pittsburg, where he preached and carried on the coal business, deal-
ing in coal until 1880. He is a Baptist missionary and an Odd Fellow. He was married to
Miss Agnes Sneddar, of Scotland, in 1862. They have six children living—Rachel, Robert,
ae ohn, Henry, and William.. They have buried four—James, Elizabeth, Arminta and
enry.

. SAMUEL BARRATT, book-keeper, was born in England, February 3, 1838, came to
United States in 1869, located in Missouri, and worked in saw-mill two years; then worked
two years in store; then clerked in railroad office until 1879; was then in railroad office two
years in Carthage, and one year as general agent; then came to New Pittsburg, and has
since been keeping books. ' .

W. C. BECK, retired, was born in Illinois in 1827, where he was raised on a farm, and
received a business education. He began farming at the age of.twenty-one in his native
State, and continued until 1871, at which time he went to Missouri, settled on a farm and
remained there until 1879. He then came to Pittsburg, Kansas, and run a grocery busi-
ness a short time, also building a number of residences and business houses, which he now
rents. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was married to Miss Jane
C. Lynn, of Kentucky, in 1868. s ;

_ JOHN W. BREWER, of the firm of Brown & Brewer, dealers in groceries, was born in
Wisconsin, October 28, 1849; was raised on a farm, and received a business education. At
the age of twenty-two, he started a cheese and butter factoryin McHenry County, Iil., which
he run two years. He came to Kansas in 1875, and located in Crawford County, on a farm
of 240 acres, which he improved, and run-as stock and grain farm five years. He opened

resent business in 1881. He isa Freemason, and belongs to K. of P. -He was married to
iss Ida Holden, of Illinois, September 10, 1873, They had one child—Edmond D. (deceased).

J. B, BROWN, proprietor of blacksmith and wagon shop, was born in New York,
June 22, 1849, He was bred a farmer, and at the age of twenty-two commenced that occu-

ation for himself and continued until 1877. He came to Kansas and located in Crawford
County, begining his present business in 1877, which he has actively prosecuted since. Mr.
Brown owns a residence and other real estate in the town of Pittsburg. He was married
- ane oe L. Hamblin, of Lee County, Ill., in 1872. They have two children—Eli B. and
ertie N. aes .

H. C. BRUNNER, of the firm of Brunner & Rorer, proprietors of the Pittsburg
Flouring Mills, was born in Bucks County, Penn., in 1845, and was reared to his present in-
dustry, his father having been prominently identified with that industry in his native
State. After carrying on his business in Indiana for four years, he located in Kansas in
1870, and has been actively identified with his present industry in the State since. In 1871,
he married Miss May Gilmore, of Indiana. They have a family of two sons and one
daughter—Eva, Burroughs and Justin. The family are members of the Presbyterian
Church, During the war, Mr. Brunner did service in Company F, Thirty-first Pennsylva-
nia Volunteers, from which he was honorably discharged. Since locating here he has
worked actively for the development of thé social and industrial life of his locality. The
mill is a two-story and basement structure, run by steam power, with a capacity of turning
out fifty barrels of figura day. Their business.is confined to merchants and custom trade.
Process, stone.

WILLIAM BURGER, of the firm of I. Burger & Co., grocers and confectioners, was
born in Pennsylvania in 1862, and learned his present business when a boy. He came to
Missouri at the age of six years, was there three years and then came to Fort Scott, Kan.,
where he lived ten years. He was then in Parsons, Kan., two years, at Eureka Springs
eight months, again at Parsons six months, coming from there to Pittsburg, where he
started his present business. : :

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, of the firm of Campbell Bros., livery, feed and sale stables,
and of the firm of Campbell Bros. & Heatwole, furniture dealers, was born in Ontario,

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Canada, September 13, 1853, and removed to Illinois with his people, who subsequently lo-
cated in Neosho County, Kan., in 1867. He engaged at farming in Neosho County, and car-
ried on coal mining operations there for seven years, jocating in Bourbon County, Kan.,
afterwards, He spent two years there in farming. In 1879, he came to this county and en-
gaged at farming and coal mining, which he very successfully carried on till 1882, when he
joined his brother Kenneth, and engaged in the livery business, which they have success-
fully carried on since, the brothers joining Mr. Heatwole in the furniture business the

resent year. Alexander Campbell was married to Miss Mary LE. Joues in Neosho County,

an., in 1873. She was born and reared in Logan County, Ill. They have one son an
three daughters—John L., Velma Maud, Sarah Phoebe and Viola Kate. The brothers have
always worked actively in all measures tending toward the development of the industries of
this city. Alexander is a member of the Board of Aldermen of Pittsburg. Daniel Camp-
bell, father of the above, was born in Nova Scotia, in 1822, his people having but recently
located there from Scotland. He came to Illinois from Canada, in 1859, having spent six
years in that country in the hotel and livery business. He identified himself with tarming
in Illinois. After locating in Kansas, he married Miss Ann Findleson, of Nova Scotia;
her people came over from Scotland. with his people. On February 7, 1872, he departed this ~
life, and in March of the following year, his wife followed him to the grave. They are
buried in Walnut Cemetery, Neosho County, together with one son, Murdock, and a
daughter, Georgie Ann. The family living are, Alexander, Kenneth, Isabel, now Mrs. Gus
Cummings, merchant of Walnut, Kan., and Mary Jane, now Mrs, I ranklin Inman, farmer of
Walnut Township, this county. i i

WILLIAM A. CHAPMAN, City Marshal, was born in West Virginia March 23, 1849,
He moved to Iowa at the age of five years, and remained in that State ten years, then re-
sided in Missouri until 1870, at. which time he went into the mercantile business with his
father, remaining in that position until July, 1873, having been employed as a clerk six
months of this time in different places. He went to Parsons, Kan., in the fall of 1873, and
was in the stock business one year, then clerked in a hotel in Missouri eight months, then
in a hotel in Iowa a short time, and then was agent jur a nursery until 1876. He then was
employed as clerk in a hotel in Lincoln, Neb., was then in the same employment at Topeka,
Kan,; was next in Missouri with a patent right, then in Joplin in the lead mines a-short
time, then in Carbon, Kan., in the mines, then clerk in a store a short time, and then in
Stetson, employed as clerk nine months. He came to Pittsburg in 1880 and worked in the
coal mines until 1882, at which time he-was appointed Marshalof Pittsburg. He is a mem-
ber of the I. 0. 0. F., A. O. U. W.and K. of L. He owns two houses and lots in Pittsburg.
He was married to Miss Mary M. Tangye, of Maryland, in 1878, and has one child living,
Minnie. Laura, deceased. 4

_C. 8, CLANTON, general merchant, was born in Missouri in 1853. He was raised in
town and received a business education. He was in Arkansas seven years, and in Texas,
engaged in the stock business five years. He came to Kansas in 1876 and started in his
present business. Mr. Clanton is a member of the Christian Church and is a. Good Tem-
plar. He owns a residence and business property in New Pittsburg. _

E. P. DYER, contractor and builder, was born in.Missouri in 1436, He was bred to his
present business, and at the age of twenty-one, engaged in saw mill business in Kansas, towhich
State he moved in 1849, He was-engaged in sawmill two years; was then in wagon shop one
year, then in mill business five years,and moved from Marshall County to Council Grove,
Morris County, in 1871, following the carpenter's business until 1881, when he came to Pitts-
burg, Crawford County, and opened his present business. Mr. Dyer has built more than
two hundred houses in this town and county, owning both residence and business property
in the city. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also, A., F. & A. M. and
Knights of Pythias,. He was married to Miss Margaret Hanna, of Virginia, in 1860. They
have five children living—Charles.W., James A., Robert F., George E. and Della, 5

E. W. EAKIN, Superintendent of No. 2 Furnace in ‘R. Lanyon & Co.'s Zine Factory,
was born at Greenville, Bond Co., IIL, July: 29, A. D. 1855; went to Cairo in 1864, here he was
in the employ of J. R. Kittenburg’s Tobacco Manufacturing Co.; the first week’s work he did
for the company he received $1, the first he ever earned. He told the boss $1 was not
enough; he gave him a job in the finishing room at $3 a week. He remained in their em-

loy till: the spring-of 1867, when he went to Murphysborough, the county seat of Jackson

ounty, was in the employ of Dobshuttz, Aubend & Co., Bankers and Coal Dealers of Belle-
ville, Erospeeting for coal on Big Muddy coal lands; was next employed by engineers that
laid out the Cairo & St. Louis Narrow Gauge Railroad, and afterward took contract that
lasted one year. Left Murphysborough September 4, 1873; was in the employ of Dr. Ross,
of Mascoutah, St. Clair County, it was his intention to go to a German school at this place,
but not finding things as represented to him, only remained till the 25th of September;
came to Kansas November 18, 1873; went to school at Baxter Springs that winter; in the
spring he found employment in the first zinc factory built in Kansas; this was 4 Chicago
company, superintended by J. A.C, Thompson ; worked on No.1 Furnace on 14th day of
February, 1874; that day the first zinc flame was made in Kansas; was in their employ for
three years; the zinc company failed to pay and then shut down in May, 1876; went to
Joplin. June 21, 1876, where he was in the employ of Granby & Co., for a'short time, He
prospected for lead, but was not successful. During his stay in Joplin, he was member of
the first Presbyterian Church, also one of Trustees; superintended Sabbath school in“Sec-
ond Ward of Joplin. Failing to get sufficient mineral to pay, he was obliged to leave,
intending to go to Arizona, but finding how times were in Arizona he changed. his mind,
and after going as far as Medicine Lodge, Kan., turned back.and stopped at Wichita, Sedg-
wick County; was in the employ of the Wichita Elevator Company, also in the employ of J.
B. Carey Lumber Co. Left Wichita, and came back to Weir City January 1, 1878; was again
employed by the Consolidated Zinc Mining & Smelting Company. This company failing to
pay their men in June, he brought suit against them, also against J. A.C. Thompson for
$147. The suit lasted three years, during which time he was in the employ of R. Lanyon
& Co. He came to Pittsburg July 21, 1878, and has been in the employ of R. L. & Co. for
five years. He was married to Rose A. Fundenberger, of Weir City, Cherokee County, on
February 2, 1879. Their first child—Jacob Walter, born October 23, died March 9, 1880;
they have one living child—Lou Jennie, born February 10,1881. Mr. Eakin owns four
houses and lots, and controls considerable other city property in Pittsburg. He was
elected City Councilman in the spring of 1882: He is alsoa member and stockhoider of
the Building and Loan Association of this place ; member of A. 0..U W., and stockholder in
Pittsburg Water Works.

A. C. FOWLER, dealer in furniture, and undertaker, was born in Pennsylvania, 1846,
was raised on a farm and received academic education; enlisted in the army July 15, 1861,
and came out December 19, 1865. Then went to Ohio in wool business nine months, then
was engaged in building until 1870; worked for the National Iron Company at carpenter’s
work until 1874, was next at asylum, at carpenter's work, until 1876, at which time came to
Kansas and located in Girard, at carpenter’s trade, three years. In the meantime was oper-
ating‘ at Short Creek in lead and zinc mines. Came to New Pittsburg, 1879, as contractor
and builder, and was engaged in that line eighteen months, and opened present business in
August, 1881. Mr. Fowler took active part in securing a right-of-way for Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Guif Railroad. He is a member of I'reemasons, Blue Lodge and Chapter and Com-
mandery ; is a member of Knights of Pythias, and belongs to Grand Army of Republic and
Knights of Labor. Mr. Fowler was married to Miss Sarah Koons, of Pennsylvania, in 1879.
They have two children—John J. and Olive. a

JUDGE J..M. HAMLIN, was born in 1835; raised on a farm; received an academic
education, and began teaching school in Indiana at the age of sixteen, continuing that oc-
cupation two and a half years. He then learned the carpenter’s trade at which he worked
until 1862, at that.time enlisting in the Ninety-ninth Indiana as Second Lieutenant in Com-
pany B.. On being mustered out in 1863,. he went to Missouri, and remained until 1878 ;
was then in Nebraska two years, and then came to Crawford County, Kan., and engaged in
business as contractor and builder. He was appointed Justice of the Peace and Notary

“Public by Gov. St. John in 1882, He is a member of the United Church and of the Knights

of Labor. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Ohio, in 1855. They have six chil-
dren—Ida, Carlin, Minnie, Lovel, Garfield and Elmer. :

DR. E. E. HILLIS, of the firm of Hillis, Stryker & Fisher, dealers in drugs, etc., etc.,
and practicing physician, was born in Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa, October 23, 1851, and re-
ceived his mudineatar education in the public schools of his nativity, and his literary ed-
ucation in the high schools of Knoxville, and afterward at the high school of Ann Arbor,
Mich., his father, Jefferson D. Hillis, having been a regular practicing physician. Dr. E.
E. Hillis was reared to his present profession, although he had learned the printer's trade
which he utilized in the intervals of his collegiate course. He began the study of his pro-

* fession in his father’s office at the age of sixteen,and continued the study until he ae

practice in 1874. In the meantime he had taken lectures in the Bennett Medical College of
Chicago, and later in the medical ce of the University of Michigan. In 1874, he .
located in practice at Elk Falls, Kan., having come to this State six years previous, and con-
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tinued in practice for two years, when he abandoned it on account of the grasshoppers and
returned to Independence, where he continued in practice until 1879, when he went to Lead-
ville and carried on his practice for one year, in the meantime operating in mining. While
in Leadville he lost his oldest child, a bright little girl, with whose body he returned to In-
dependence, where he buried it in Mount Hope Cemetery. He then located here, and has
been connected with the practice of his profession since. He had upon his return been
appointed on the State Board of Medical Examiners for Colorado by Gov. Pitkin, but de-
clined to act as he did not return there. He married July 15, 1874, Miss Eva Clark, in Ann
Arbor, Mich., a lady of fine literary attainments and a graduate of one of the EE
schools of Ann Arbor. They have one son and a daughter living—Arthur B. and Ottie M.
He is an active member of the Knights of Pythias Society.

J.M. HOLLIBAUGH, saddle and harness maker, was born in Ohio, in 1855; was raised
in saddle and harness business; received business education; came to Kansas in 1874; lo-
cated in Girard in harness business, and worked until 1881, at which time he came to New
Pittsburg and opened his present business. He is a member of Knights of Pythias. He
was married to Miss Emma Freed, of Kansas, in 1872. Mrs. Hollibaugh was educated in
Illinois and taught school six years in Kansas.

JOHN W. JENNINGS, attorney at law, and dealer in real estate and loan and insur-
ance business, was born in Oswego County, N. Y.,in 1847, and received a common school edu-
cation in his native place. His literary and professional education was received after he
had arrived at the age of twenty-two, at which time he had located here. Arriving here in
the infancy of this locality, he turned his attention to farming and stock-raising, and dealt
also in’ real estate, retiring from the former industry in 1876, he accepted a position with
the then Joplin & Girard Railway, with which he remained in reputable connection for two
and a half years. After this he entered into public life and filled the office of Justice of the
Peace honorably till 1882, in which year he graduated in law, since which time he has con-
tinued his real estate business, and practiced law. In 1869, he’married in Central Square,
N. Y., Miss Julia E, Wright, of Palermo,.N. Y., who departed this life in 1874, and is burie
in the Black Jack Cemetery, Missouri, leaving two sons, Ernest and Norval. In 1875, he
married Miss Delia L. Holden, who was born in Hebron, Ill. They have one son—Albert
Frederick. He has been an active member of the Masonic Society since 1868, and ‘has sat

in the east. Since locating here he has worked actively in the development of the social _

and industrial life of this place. He assisted in the organization of this city and filled the
incumbences of City Attorney and Clerk to the pow was the first express agent here.

ALLEN G JENNIS, M. D., was born in Williamsburg, Iowa, January at, 1857, his father
being an.active minister in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a prominent

ioneer of that (Iowa) County. He received his rudimentary education in the public and

igh schools, of Marengo, Iowa. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Wilton Collegiate In-
stitute at Wilton Junction, in a literary course, and after two years’ study, there he entered
the Wesleyan University, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and graduated from there in a full classical
course at the age of nineteen. He then engaged in teaching and accepted ‘the chair-of nat-
ural sciences in the high school of Marengo, but retired from it after one years’ experience,
and took up the study of his | ebay under the tuition of Dr. W. C. Schultze, of Marengo,
and took a thorough course of lectures in the Medical Department of the State University,
of Iowa, and graduated from there in 1880. He then located in the practice of his profes-
sion in Marengo, and after one year he came here, and after'spending six months in Litch-
field, he located here, where he has been actively identified with the practice of his pro-
fession here since. He married in 1880, in Marengo, Iowa, Miss May Bherman, «who was
born and reared in Iowa County, Iowa. :

JAMES T. JOHNSON, proprietor of the Johnson Amphitheatre, was born in Cleveland,
Ohio, in 1832, and papaerd in his profession as manager. At the age of seventeen he carrie
on an amphitheatre and circus combined, in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1848-49, being only sixteen
years old when he organized his first circus. After a successful experiencein this enter-
.prise, he located one at Buffalo, N. Y., and carried it on for several years, meantime travel-
ing through the summer season and giving exhibitions, as he has made it a practice since.
He next located at Macomb, Ill., and his next location was at Burlington, Iowa, and subse-
quently at Albia, lowa; afterward, at Rich Hill, Mo., and latterly here; still holding his amphi-
theatre at Rich Hill.
frontage and 150 feet rearage; containing amphitheatre, theatrical stages and dressing-
rooms, private living rooms, hotel and stables. The company contains twenty-five male
and female performers, and about twenty-two head of trick and performing horses and
ponies, and a nicely assorted variety of trained wild animals in the museum, making the
tout ensemble a first-class moral show.

JOHN LANNING, railroad agent and telegraph operator, was born in Illinois, in 1854.
He received a business education, and came to Kansas in 1863, with his parents. In 1873,
he took a business course in Eastman's Commercial College in New York. Returned to
Kansas, and was employed by the Gulf Railroad Company one year, as local telegraph
operator, and then as extra man, two months. He was then at Stilson two years, ahd then
came to Pittsburg, and engaged in present business. He was interested in cattle business
in Linn County, Kan., four years. Was married to Miss S. E. Shinkle, of Illinois, in 1874,
and has one child—Howard H.

J. J. LEACH, blacksmith, was born in Ohio in 1835, where he was raised on a farm and
received a business education. At the age of eighteen, he went to Iowa to learn the black-
smith trade, and remained in that State three years; afterward working in Iowa and Ohio
five years. He was in the army three years and three ‘months, and ‘on leaving the service,
worked in Iowa four years. He came to Kansas in 1868, and located at Osage Mission, re-
‘maining there eighteen months, and moving from there to Crawford County, where he was
on a farm seven years. He then lived in Beulah three years, and came to Pittsburg in 1881,
and opened his present business. Was married to Miss L. Homes, of Virginia, in 1864,
They have four children living—Edgar, Jessie, Claudius, Maudie and Nettie, deceased.

JOHN R. LINDBURG, drugs, books and stationery, was born in Wimmerby, Sweden,
in 1849; he received a rein course of commercial instruction in Motala Business Col-
lege, from which he graduated in 1865. In 1868, he came to America, and engaged in mer-
ehandising in Illinvis, with which he was identified principally in that State until 1877,
when he came here and embarked in his present enterprise, with which he has been suc-
cessfully connected since. In 1874, he married in Cambridge, Ill., Miss Emma Vaughan, a
native of Vermont. They have a family of one son and a daughter—Rolla and Lotta. Mr.
Lindburg has worked actively in the development of the social, public and industrial life of
the city since locating here. He served in the first Council of the city and is the present
incumbent of one of its Aldermanic chairs, He has also worked actively upon the School

Board. He is an active member of the I. 0. O. I. and the A,, F’, & A. M. docletlen, and isin
the latter a Knight Templar.

JARVIS MARTIN, merchant and stock man, was born in Indlana October 11,1843, Ie
wasraised on a farm and received a business education in his native State, and at the age of
twenty-seven, bsgen farming for himself, and continued the occupation until 1873, at which
time he came to Kansas and located in Labette County, on a farm of 160 acres, which he
opened and improved, and run as a grain and stock farm nine years. He came to Pittsburg
in 1881 and opened his present business. He is a member of the Christian Church, and was
married to Miss Maggie Phebus, of Indiana, in 1868. He owns residence and business
property in Girard. ;

T. D. MILLER, M. D., was born in Evansville, Ind., in 1854, and removed to Illinois
with his poeple in 1855, who settled in Harrisburg, where he was reared and educated in the
public schools of that place. At the age of sixteen, he engaged in the study of medicine,
under the preceptorship of Dr. E. L. Herriot, President of the Illinois State Medical As-
sociation, and continued in active study with him for two years, Ie then came West in
1872 and eventually located in Franklin County, Kan., having spent one year previously in
Tecumseh, Neb. He continued actively in the practice of his-profession there til] 1879,
meantime taking two courses of lectures in the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati in 1874-75.
In 1879, he came here and engages in the practice of his profession, with which he has been
reputably connected since. In October, 1882, he took up a graduating course in the College
of Physicians.and Surgeons, of St. Louis, graduating from that institution on February 28,
1883. He married in 1881, Miss Ida M. Showalter, who was born and reared in Pennsyl-
vania. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, He is a member of the K. of H.
society. Since locating here, he has served as the City Health Officer.

- C. MOLLOY, merchant, was born in Lexington, Mo., August 29, 1862, and was reared.
there to merchandising, his father having been prominently identified with boot and shoe
business there. At the age of twelve years, he located, with his people, in Joplin, Mo., and
the following year he took a clerical position in the “Joplin Savings Bank.” This enter-
prise dissolved the following year, and he then accepted a position as Assistant Cashier of

the “Bank of Joplin,” with which he remained till August, 1879, when that bank dissolved,
and he then filled the position of paying teller-and credit man of the firm of Moffet &
Sargent, in connection with the Lone Elta, Mining and Smelting Company, this firm having

His enterprise here consists of an immense structure of 100 feet —

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

en that of the “Bank of Joplin.” He continued in that capacity till the December fol-
feniag; when he went in the interesta of the same firm to Girard as cashier of the “Bank
of Girard.” He had in the meantime, operated successfully in mining operations during his
location at Joplin, and amassed a considerable competence. He continued in reputable
connection with the “Bank of Girard” till March, 1882, when he retired from it and subse-
quently came here and engaged in his present industry, which he has been successfully con-
nected since. In the meantime, operating successfully in real estate transactions, Mr. Mol-
loy has always worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of his
locality. He filled the incumbency of Treasurer of the city of Joplin during 1878 and 1879.
He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and of the Knights of Pythias. ‘

" G. E. PHILLIPS, manager of boot and shoe store for C. H. Phillips & Bro., was born in
Ohio, 1858; received a business education, and came to Kansas in 1870, and located at Girard
in Crawford County, and opened restaurant and bakery, where he remained six years and
then came to New Pittsburg in 1882. : : :

WILLIAM C, RACKERBY, of the firm Rackerby Bros., was born in Princeton, Ky.,
May 24, 1839, His father being a prominent man, and extensively engaged in the mercan-
tile industry there, he was reared to that business. In 1859, he came-West and passed
through this State and located in the mountains, where he was identified for a few years in
stock mining operations, returning to Missouri in 1862, and enlisted in Corps A, First
Missouri Light Artillery, and did active service till the end of the war, when he was honor-
ably discharged. After the war he returned to the mountains, and engaged in mining and
live stock business for four years, doing business in this time from the head-waters of the
Missouri to the Gulf of California, on both sides of the Rocky Mountains. After this he re-
turned to Missouri, and became identified with the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad as
contractor for four years. During this time he married Miss Sarah Louisa DePalos, who
was born and reared in New Orleans, After his connection with this railroad, he went to
Texas, and became identified with the Huston & Texas Railroad, in the transportation de-
partment, but after two years’ connection with it he was compelled to leave it on account of
ill health, and invested in wheat growing in Western Kansas, where he was engaged for
four years. After this he again engaged with the “ Frisco” Railroad, and was identi-
fied with it for three years; retiring from it and engaging at his present enterprise, which
he ably represents, ite is a member of the A., F. & A. M. society since 1875; is also member
of the G, A. R. here. :

DAVID RAMSEY, Superintendent Rogers Coal Company, was born in 1832. Was raised
amachinist. At the age of twenty began steamboating on Ohio River, and continued two
years, then operated in machine shop four years; was next in California two and a half

ears in the mines, then returned to Ohio and farmed one year; was next in machine sho
in Portsmouth, Ohio, twelve years; then engaged with the Ashland Coal & Iron Railro
Company, in Kentucky, twelve years, Came to Kansas in 1881, and located in Labette
County, on farm of 160 acres, which he run as grain, stock and fruit farm. Isa member of
Methodist Episcopal Church. Is a Freemason and Good Templar. He was married to Miss
Christena Gebhardt, of Ohio. They had seven children—Lenora, Fred H., Robert L., Julia
Emma V., Fannie, Christena. 7 ; ‘i

M. N. RAN ALL, civil engineer and dealer in coal, was born in Vermont in 1829, and

lived in that State until he was twenty-four yearsold. He received a collegiate and scientific
education, and went to Wisconsin, where he was eogeee! in civil engineering until 1873,
At that time he came to Missouri, and was enieeet in the same business four years in that
State, and in 1877, came to Pittsburg, Kan., where he still continues his profession, work-
ing mainly for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company. Mr. Randall located
the Wichita extension, and the Fredonia & Wichita Railroad, and was engaged on the
Arkansas division from Plymouth to Fayetteville. He is now leasing lands, mining and
shipping coal. Heis amember of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a Freemason.
He was married to Miss Martha D. Allen, of Ohio, in 1864, and has two children living—
Mattie A. and Lillian. Frank E. and Gracie A., deceased.
- .I, J, ROCHUSSEN, agent of the Pittsburg Town Company. He was born in the Neth-
erlands in 1839, but raised in Vermont. He returned to Europe, in order there to receive a
collegiate education, and graduated at Utrecht in law and literature. He came back to
Vermont, and there, during ten years, practiced law. He also was during two years immi-
gration agent of the State of Minnesota, for Vermont and Canada. In May, 1873, he went
to Minnesota, prospecting in the interest of Eastern parties. In January, 1876, he went to
Nebraska, and spent there six months examining the lands of the Union Pacific and the
Burlington & Missouri, with a view on Mennonite immigration. In June of that same
year he went to Kansas, and established a newspaper, called the Halstead Record, at Hal-
stead, Harvey County. in March, 1877, he founded a Mennonite colony in Woodson County,
on Missouri, Kansas & Pacific lands, and became agent of the Missouri, Kansas and Pacific
for Mennonite immigration. In 1878, he settled in Labette County, and made frequent
trips to Eastern States, for are, their Kansas lands. In 1880, he opened a real estate office
at Oswego, Kan. In July, 1882, hc went to Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kan., as agent of
acompany which owns the town site and a large tract of surrounding land. While in Minn-
esoto the Ist of January, 1874, he was commissioned Major of engineers in the militia of
that State. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and on the 15th of December, 1859,
married, at Wokey, Somersetshire, England, Miss Katharine Anne Drake.

EDWARD L. SANDS, Sug pie, was born in New York City in 1848, and in early youth
removed to Delaware County, where he resided till 1856. He then came West. Has lived
in various Western States, and during the past eleven years he has been engaged in the
drug business. He spent some years in Missouri, and came from that State to Kansas in
March, 1880. At that time he located at Osawatomie and engaged in the drug and station-
ery business. Mr. Sands has a well stocked store, and is in enjoyment of a very satisfactory
trade. He has the happy faculty of serving his customers with the most nauseous dose of
medicine with a smile so genial and kindly that they almost feel it a pleasure to take the
stuff. May his shadow never be less.

J. E. SAUER, general merchant, was born in Germany, 1821. Came to United States
at age often years. Located in Missouri. Was in furniture business in Missouri from 1842
to 1852, at which time opened mercantile stock in Missouri and continued twenty-two yea:
and then took charge of Lo Motte Company’s store in Madison County, Missouri, an
continued nine years. Came to Kansas in 1882, and located in New Pittsburg in present
business. Was Postmaster in Missouri twenty, years. Was also School Trustee and Treas-
urer in Missouri. Is a Freemason, and a member of the I.0.0.F. Was married to Miss
Mary Ponde, of Germany, 1842, Their living children are—Joseph F., John A., Ray-
mond, Lawrence, Charles, Lizzie, Louisa, Annie. Lost wife 1873. Was married to Miss
Annie J. Helfrenk, of Illinois, 1875. They have two children—Henry C. and Clara.

P. H. SAWYER, dealer in grain and coal, was born in Ohio in 1840, in which State he
was raised in mercantile business, receiving a business education. He began mercantile
business for himself at Cleveland, at the age of twenty-one, which he continued eighteen
months, when he went to Colorado, and was in mining business until September, 1863. He
then joined the meee and served until July 3, 1866. He was next engaged at Nebraska
City in mill and lumber business until November, 1868, then farmed two years, and was
then in mill business six months, when he went to Colorado on account of sickness in his

aaa He subsequently engaged in coal business at Fort Scott, Kan., one year, and was
then in Litchfield, Crawford County, in coal and mercantile business three and one-half
years.

is. He was next engaged in butcher business in Pittsburg, eighteen months, at the end of
which time he commenced his present business. He was Police Judge of Pittsburg two years,
and Justice of the Peace ashort time. He isa member of the order of Freemasons. He
was married to Miss Alice V. Rooman, of St. Louis, in 1866. They have three children—Ed-
win E., Henry P., Charlotte. Owns brick residence and business house in New Pitts-

rg.

FROMAN SHOUT, (retired), was born in Ohio July 24, 1824. At the age of twenty be-
gan vexotiag school. After following that employment for two years, was engaged in trade
one year, He went to California in 1849, and worked in the mines four years, when he re-
turned to Ohio for a short time, and went again to California in 1853, where be was on &
farm four years. He then lived in Ohio, and engaged in farming and the mercantile busi-
ness until 1870, at which time he came to Kansas and located in Crawford County, on a
farm of 160 acres, where he remained seven years, and was in Opolis seven months, in the
mercantile business a short time. He then came to Pittsburg and built a hotel, which he
run until January, 1882. He has built six houses in Pittsburg. He was married to Miss
Cordelia Loring, of Ohio, in 1858. They have five children—Emery F., Alice N., Ambrose
B., Lenona G., Earnest C., Idella, and Emma, deceased.

. cB. SMELKER, of the firm of Smelker & Co., butchers, was born in Pennsylvania
1838; was raised on farm. At age of fifteen denen carpenter’s trade, and continued four
years, then opened butcher business in Pennsylvania, Was in Texas five years; lived in
Girard short time, and came to New eee 1880. Mr. Smelker isa menher of order of
Freemasons, Odd Fellows, and A. O. U. W. wns business house and ten acres, and slaugh-
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

ter house adjoining town. He was married to Miss Annie Aults, of Penn: i
They a children—Beajamin C., Thomas T. and Charles M. ee ee
_H. R. THURSTON, attorney at law, was born in Belfast, Me., March 4, 1857. He
received a collegiate education, graduating at Union College, N. ¥., in 1876. He was
admitted to the bar in 1879, and then took a prospecting trip to ‘Texas, Old and New Mexico,
California and Colorado, and back to Kansas, locating in New Pittsburg in September, 1880.
Mr. Thurston is a member of the M. E. Church, and also belongs to the A. O. U. W. He was
married to Miss Julia A. Jones, of Missouri, October 14, 1882, 2
ROBERT VOETH, dealer in drugs, medicines, etc., was born in Germany in 1820, and
was raised in mercantile business and book-keeping. Received a collegiate education and
came to the United States, He was in Pennsylvania two years pros ecting, then clerked in
Quincy, IL, oe months, then went into business in Liberty, fi in groceries and dry
oods six months, then to Quincy in the same line one year; was next Justice of the Peace
‘our years. Was elected for two terms Engrossing Clerk in the House of Representatives of
Adams County, Il.; was then in the drug business five years, was burned out and went to
Missouri, locating on a farm one year; was next at Liberty two years in the drug business,
then i books at Quincy nine and a half years, and held the office of Notary Public in
Adams County, Ill, for over twenty-five years. Came to Kansas in 1878, and settled in
Crawford County on a farm three years, then to Pittsburg, and opened a grocery business,
which he run six months, and then opened his present business. He owns a farm of 120
acres in Chetopa. Owns a business and residence houses in Pittsburg.- Owns a half
interest in a combined corn planter and cultivator. Is a Freemason. He was mar-
ried in 1847 to Nancy M. pean erone and has nine children living—Frederick, Robert C.,
Emma, Albert G., William H., Bertha, Paul, Ada and Charles ; deceased Pauline M.
Fe ae WELKER W :
f R WILLIAMS, M. D., was born in Henry County, Tenn., Janua:
1, 1850; received his rudimentary education in the public Suber of De aativite, At the
age of sixteen, he began business for himself in’ merchandising, and after one year’s expe-
rience in this industry he concluded to take up the study of medicine, and began under the
tuition of Dr. A. M. Wilson, of Paris, Tenn., and continued the study until the age of
twenty, when he took a collegiate course in the medical department of the University of
Louisville, Ky. After a thorough course of one year he located in Marshfield, Mo., and
carried on the practice of his profession till 1882. Meantime, he took up a graduatin
course in the Louisville University and graduated in 1878. In 1882, he located here, an
has been identified with the practice of his protons since. He married, in 187%, in Leba-
hon, Mo., Miss Helena Hudson of that place. They have a family of one son and two
‘daughters—Clara Lenora, Lunsford M. and Flora Belle. He is an active member of the Ay
F.& A.M. Souety 2
W. C. WALKER, Township Treasurer of Baker Township, was born in Smith County
Tenn., April 18, 1851, and was reared there to the merchandising industry. At the age 0
fourieen, he began life for himself in merchandising, and soon after begun the study of
telegraphy at Paducah, Ky., which he soon completed, and took charge of an office in that
State. In 1872, he came to St. Louis and got an appointment as chief operator on the Mis-
souri Pacific Railway at Jefferson City; he resienea: subsequently and went to Fulton, Mo.,
as operator for the Chicago & Alton Railway, where he remained several years. During
this time he was elected to the State Lap IOTnrE but was disqualified on a technicality.
Gov. Hardin, however, appointed him an honorary member of the State Board of Managers
at the Centennial Exposition, where he did active service. His next professional work was
with the Kansas Pacific Railway for a short time, then with the Kansas City & St. Joe
Railway for a year, then he went on the Union Pacific Railway, and was connected with
that road for two years. Returning to St. Louis, he accepted a. position with the St. Louis
& San Francisco Railway, and came to Kansas and was soon after appointed as agent here,
with which he remained till a short time since, when he retired from railway work, and
engaged, February 3,' 1883, in journalism, and established the Pittsburg Times, and on the
6th of that month he was elected to his Pieent incumbency. In 1876, he married Miss
Lillian I. Walker, of Mexico, Mo., a lady of fine literary attainments. They have a family
of two daughters—Daisy Lee and Ada Gertrude. He is an active member of the A,, F. &
A.M.,1.0.0, F., A. 0. U. W., K. of P., K. of L, Societies. 5

OPOLIS.

Opolis is situated in the extreme southeastern part of Crawford Coun-
ty, on the Girard Branch of -the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad.

A town was laid out at this point in 1868, by J. L. Davis and E. B.
Hoyt, called State Line. It was so named from the fact that it lay imme-
diately upon the line between the States of Missouri and Kansas. The
cause which gave rise to its establishment was the apparent certainty of
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad being constructed along this
line, which was not only talked of, but even the preliminary survey was
made. The town site was laid off and four houses were built before any-

-thing was done toward the construction of the road. J. L. Davis had the

honor of building the first two houses, one of which was used for a hotel
and store, and the other was a dwelling. Then E. B. Hoyt and J. H.
Gould erected a storeroom, in which they put a stock of goods. Follow-
ing this, G. W. Scott erected a residence building. With this the building
of the town ceased, since all the bright prospects were defeated. The

- railroad, instead of being built on the State line was located and built

several miles to the west, thus leaving the town far inland, so far as the
road was concerned. In 1876, the Girard & Joplin Railroad was built,
passing through the town. This road was afterward sold to the St. Louis

San Francisco Company and is now a branch of that road. This gave
a new impetus to the building of the town. The site was re-surveyed in
July, 1877, on lands owned by J. L. Davis and E. B. Hoyt. The name
Opens, a Greek word meaning city, was given to the town for the reason
of its being’a rare and odd name.

A rapid growth ensued, so that by the end of the year 1877 the town
numbered several business houses and a population of about 200.

The post office was established in 1877; J. H. Osborn was the first
Postmaster., He was succeeded by T. L. Holden. The first school was
taught in the district schoolhouse, which stood about one and one-half
miles east of the town. A school building was erected in what is called
West Opolis, in 1881, in which the first school was taught by Mrs. Hicox
and Mrs. Bishop.- A schoolhouse -was built in East Opolis in_1882, in
which Miss Campbell, of Carthage, Mo., taught the first school. The pres-
ent school population of the town is about 100. The town contains two
church organizations, the Methodist and Quaker; both of which have

buildings. There are aiso two society organizations, the Odd Fellows and
Good Templars. : .
A small mill was built in 1880 by —— Stroup. It contains two run of

stone, and is operated in the manufacture of flour, meal and feed.

In 1881, Dr. C. A. LEynga made an addition on the east side of the
town, just across the Missouri line. On this addition are several build-
ings, among which are one drug and one general store and three saloons.
The following is a summary of the business houses of the entire town:
Two drug, five general, two grocery and one furniture store, two hotels,
one meat market, one harness shop, two lumber yards, two barber shops,

‘1878, Miss Clara E. Williams, who was born in Bureau County,

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two livery barns, three blacksmith shops, one shoe-maker shop, three phy-
sicians, one Justice of the Peace and three Notaries.

The increase of population has been highly encouraging, now number-
ing about 500. The town is favorably situated in the midst of a fertile
and thrifty farming community, from which is sustained a brisk and flour-
ishing business.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

L. G. BISHOP, livery and grain dealer, was born in Kentucky in 1850, and lived on a

farm in that State until he came to Kansas in 1877, and located in ‘rawford County, where

he engaged in the stock business. He bought a farm of 509 acres, which is now worth

$12,000, and has about one hundred head of cattle, worth $2,000. He was married to Miss

i ae u Grubbs, of Kentucky, in 1876. Mrs, Bishop died in 1881, leaving one child—
irtle M. ;

J. H. GOULD, grain and stock-dealer, was born and reared in Adams County, IIL,
and was identified with the farming and stock-raising industry there. In 1862, at the age
of twenty-one, he enlisted in Company C, Seventy-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and
did active service until the close of the war, when he was discharged honorably. During
his war service he was in Andersonville Prison for four months, In 1868, he located here
and carried on farming and stock-raising successfully until 1842, when he retired from it.
In 1878, he established his present industry, and has successfully operated it since. He
married, in 1866, Miss S. J. Hoyt, who was born in reste County, N. Y., and réared in
Adams county, Tll., and who departed this life in 1867, and is buried in the Pulaski Ceme-
tery, IIl., leaving one daughter—Jennie B. In 1874, he married Miss S. E. Michie, a native
of Canada. They have a family of one son and two daughters—Emily R., Ina E. and Ben-
{uate He has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of his

ocality since coming here. e is the present Notary Public and Justice of the Peace,
which position he has held reputably for several years. He is also an active member of the
I, 0. O. F. Society. “ “.

’ HON. E. B. HOYT, dealer in dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps,
hardware and queensware, was born and reared in Adams County, Ill., and graduated in a
ee, classical course of study from Knox College, Ill., in 1866, at the age of twenty-
four. In 1868, he located here and engaged in farming and stock-raising, which he carried
on successfully until 1877, when he retired from it and assisted very materially in organiz-
ing the present town, after which he engaged in his present industry, and has very suc-
cessfully operated since. In 1876, he represented this district in the Legislative Assem-
bly of the State’ He has worked actively in the development of the social,
public and industrial life of his locality since coming here, and has besides his offi-
cial position already mentioned filled many minor municipal official positions of honor and
trust. He-is an active member of the I. 0.0. F. Society. The family are members of the
M.E.Church. In 1870, he married Miss Melissa A. Embree, who was born and reared in
Monroe County, Mo., and was educated in McGee College, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt have a
family of one son and daughter living—May and Ebenezer, and have buried one son—
James Reynolds, in the Crocker Cemetery, Opolis. _

GEORGE W. HILL, of the firm of Weaver & Hill, dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes
groceries and queensware.. Mr. Hill was born and reared in Wayne County, Mo. At the
age of twenty in 1875, he engaged as baggage master with the “Frisco” Railway; learned
telegraphing soon after, which he actively followed until 1881, when he joined the present

artnership which he ably represents. He married in 1881 Miss Kate Branham, of Missouri;
he is a member of the I. O. O. F. society here.

THEODORE L. HOLDEN, Postmaster and express agent, was born in Wisconsin in
1852, he was raised in Missouri, and was engaged in mining in Joplin three years. He then
went to Galena, where he was in the?mines for two years, coming to Opolis in 1878, where
he was in the grocery business three years, and was appointed Postmaster March 25, 1881.
He is a member of the I.0.0. F. Married Miss ’L. Branham, of Missouri, in 1873. They
have two children—Bennie A. and Claude C. .

ISAAC A. HOPKINS, farmer and furniture dealer, was born in Kentucky in 1834. He
was raised on a farm in Indiana, where he remained until the age of thirty-eight, at which
time he came to Kansas and located near Girard on a farm; he remained one year and then
came to Opolis, rented a farm and lived on it four years, and then bought eighty acres
which he improved and is still cultivating. In 1881, he opened a furniture store in Opolis,
which he is now operating in connection with his farming; he owns three houses and lots
in Opolis, forty acres of land three-fourths of a mile from the town, and eighty acres one
mile from town. He is now Clerk of the School Board, and is member and Trustee of the
Methodist Church. He was niarried to Mrs. Julia A. Muck, of Indiana, in 1866, and has two
children—John E. and Clara L. 2

_E. M. KARR, dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hats and caps. Mr. Karr
isanative of lowa. At an early age he came to Kansas with his people, who settled in
1857. He was identified at first with farming and stock-raising, but latterly engaged in
merchandising, which he has successfully operated, locating here in 1882. In 1882, he mar-
ried Miss Jennie Swan, who was born and reared in Clark County, Ind., and who settled in
Miami County, Kan., with her parents in 1872.

WILLIAM H. LANDY, real estate, loan and insurance agent, was born in Kentucky
in 1836. At the ae of nineteen he began clerking in a store, and was engaged in that oc-
cupation and teaching school ten years. He came to Missouri in 1868, and to Kansas in
1881, locating in Opolis, and where he was employed asclerk until 1882, when he opened
his present business. He is a member and Elder in the Christian Church. Was mar-
ried to Miss Mary A. Cole, of Iowa, in 1876, and has three children—Joline, Luther aud

Edgar. ‘

2 Dr. A. C. LYNGAR, druggist, was born in Missouri October 15, 1846. He was raised
on a farm, and he received a business and medical education, graduating from Missouri
Medical College in the class of 1876. He practiced at Millard, Mo., two years, and at Coon
Creek four years; moving to Opolis, Jasper Co., Mo., in 1879, where he purchased land, laid
out the town in 1880, and commenced his present business. Dr. Lyngar owns a grain and
stock farm adjoining Co one in Greene County, Mo., and one in Bourbon County.: Isa
member of A., F. & A. M. and I. 0. 0. F. He was married to Miss Adis Steidle, of Missouri,
in 1867; has six children—Edline, Ottis, Harry, Estella, Noble and Julia, ~ :

DANIEL W. MORRIS, merchant, was born in Indiana in 1848. He was brought up’on
a farm, received a fair education and taught school in Indiana two terms, afterward farming
until 1880. He was then in the grocery business one year; and in 1882 came to Kansas,
located in Opolis, and commenced his present business. He now owns a farm of 120 acres
and his business property. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and was married to Miss
Sarah E. Miller, of Ohio, in 1871. They have three children—Sarah A., Annie E. and
Thomas, 7

R. E. VERMILLION, drugs, books and stationery, was born in Lawrence County, Mo.,
in 1855, and received his rudimentary and literary education in the public schools of his
nativity. In 1876, he engaged at drug merchandising in Medoce, Mo., and carried it on suc-
cessfully there till 1878, when he located here, and has very successfully operated his present
industry since. In 1875, he married Miss Fannie Mills, of hisnative county. Mr. Vermillion
is an active member of the I. O. O. F. society here.

J. C. WEIBLEY, M. D., was born in Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., Va., in 1819. He
received his literary edueation at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn., and his professional at
the University of Columbia, D. C., now known as the “ National Medical College.” In 1844,
he began the practice of his profession in his native State, and prosecuted it actively there
till 1854, when he came to Kansas, and has been principally identified with the practice of
his profession in the State since. During the late civil war he did active service both in
the field and professionally. He married Miss Sophia C. Allen, of his nativity. Dr. Weibley
has always worked for the advancement of the public, social and industrial life of the
locality in which he lived. He has been an active member of the A., F. & A. M. society
since 1844. He and his wife are members of the R. C. Church, of which his wife is a regular
communicant. ; :

G. T, WILLIAMS, M. D., was born in Putnam County, N. Y., in 1850, and located with
his people in Wisconsin in 1855. He received his literary education in the River Falls
Academy, and his professional at Red Wing, Minn., in a course of private lectures during 1872-
73-74. In 1877, he began the practice of his profession in Lawrence County, Tenn., and
carried it on successfully there until December, 1882, when he located here. He married in
fll., and reared in Polk
County, Wis. They have a family of two daughters—Ida P. and Cora M.
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CHEROKEE.

_. Cherokee is situated on the southern part of Crawford County, twelve
miles south of Girard, at the crossing of the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Gulf Railroad, by the branch running from Fort Scott to Cherryvale,
formerly the narrow gauge, but now a part of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Gulf Railroad. The town dates its beginning from the early part of
1870, when the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad was in process of
construction. Various points were established along the line of the road
for-the accommodation of construction hands, in supplying them with
provisions, etc. The first institution of this sort, and the first building on
the town site, was a small box house erected by WilliamSharp. This was
occupied as a store room in which was kept a stock of groceries, feed, and
Pa ney: In a short time after this, the railroad section house was

uilt. :

It became necessary for the company to give names to these various
boarding stations, along the line as it was built, for purposes of facilitat-
ing the consignment of supplies. This place was supposed to lie just
within the north line of Cherokee County, and from this took the name
Cherokee. It was afterward discovered to be in Crawford County instead
of Cherokee.

The land which forms the site of the town was originally the prop-
on, - John J. Hoke and John G. Knox, by whom it was entered and

eeded.

The country, at this time, was sparsely settled, and the land was held
at a very low price.

The town site was donated to the railroad company, by which the
original plat was surveyed and laid off in April, 1870. Through the at-
traction of a naturally fertile and promising country, and the extravagant
advertisements of the railroad company, was induced a rapid influx of
settlers. The town occupying a favorable position received a proportion-
ate share of emigration. At no time has it, by any cause, been impelled
to unnatural and inordinate growth, having from the beginning progressed
with the natural demands as a point of trade and supply. For this rea-
son the growth has always been healthy, stable and permanent. As the
surrounding country, which is finely adapted to agriculture, improves th
town, also progresses to a suitable degree. : ‘

The city has a population of about 1,200, and is an active trading
point, full of thrifty, enterprising and energetic business men.

FIRST THINGS.

The first marriage ceremony was performed in the town by Capt.
Jamison, Justice of the Peace. The contracting parties were a Mr. Cook
and a widow lady living on Cow Creek. The bridal procession consisted

. of the two parties in wagon drawn by an ox team. The compensation for
the performance of the ceremony consisted of two bushels of potatoes and
half a dozen chickens.

The first marriage of resident young people was that of Jared Bar-
tee and Miss Sarah Nance. :

The first birth was that of Willie Manlove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Manlove, in the summer of 1870. In the following spring, he died,
which was the first death. e

The first saloon was kept by Tom McGraw.

The first lawsuit was that of Thomas Pursell against John Pennington.
The action was brought against the latter for. ‘jumping a claim,” to which
the former claimed title. The case was BERS in favor of the defend-
ant. The defendant’s attorney was KE. A. Perry, who afterward said that
neither of the parties to the suit had title to the land.

The post office was established in Cherokee in 1870. W. R. Sharp
was the first Postmaster. The office has since been held by Joseph Lucas,
S. Manlove, and since April 1, 1878, by J. C. Gove, the present.incumbent.

The first school taught in this vicinity was that established in 1870, by
Capt. Jamison. During the summer of that year Jamison built a house
about a mile south of the town, furnished the teacher, his daughter, now
Mrs. M. H. Alberty, and books to those unable to procure them, free of
charge. A mounted herald was sent abroad through the land proclaiming
its establishment and inviting all who wished to come and drink from
this Pierian Spring.

This, in truth, was a “free school,’ since Jamison furnished its sup-
port and extended its accommodations to all the children of the neighbor-
hood without charge. The average attendance was about thirteen.

The first. school in the town was taught in 1871, by Miss Sarah Jami-
son, now Mrs. E. A. Perry. It was kept in the old section house. The
attendance was extremely small, the enrollment numbering seven, and the
school was of short continuance. A school building was erected in 1872.
The plan of the house was only one story, upon which the lodges erected
a second story. This building continued in use for school purposes until
the completion of the new schoolhouse in the latter part of 1882. Itis a
large two-story brick structure of elegant design and finish, costing about
$8,000.

The schools, enrolling 324 pupils, eaeipees four departments, under
charge of as many teachers, as follows: C. E. Cory, principal and teacher
of the higher grade; E. E. Shafer, teacher of the first intermediate; Matie
Wilkinson, teacher of the second intermediate, and Jennie Coman, teacher
of the primary department.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Christian sentiment early found expression and promulgation in this
section. Perhaps the first public organization of this sort was that of the
Union Sunday school, which was made early in 1870. Thomas Graham
was the first Superintendent, and the exercises were conducted in a hay
shed on Mr. Heiner’s farm. During the summer it was held in Jamison’s
schoolhouse.’

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The Methodist Hpiscopal Church was organized in 1872, by Rev. B.
Combs, with a membership of six. It was effected in the school building,
in which services were held until the erection of a church house in 1874,
Tt is a one-story frame, 36x68 feet, and cost $2,700. A parsonage was
built in 1878. Itis ancat frame cottage costing $600. The membership
of the congregation is 110. The apllowine is alist of the names of the

astors who have labored in this charge: B. Combs, C. A. King, H. Carter,
, Audas, James Murrey and W. T. White.

The Christian Church was organized March 24, 1877, by Rev. E. R.
Childers, of Fulton, Mo. The church began with twenty-one members
and now has forty. The organization and early services were conducted
in the Methodist Church. Meetings are now held in the Presbyterian
Church.

The United Brethren Congregation was organized in 1875. In 1879,
the church building was finished. The body at present is without a regu.
Jar pastor. -

"The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1876. The church was
built in 1880. The building was finished with a steeple, which was blown
off by a wind storm, July 3, 1882, doing considerable damage to the entire
structure. The colored people have an organization and hold meetings in
the United Brethren church building. /

The city contains three secret organizations, the Odd Fellows, Ancient
Order of Workmen and the Masonic. nn

The Cherokee Lodge. No. 107, I. 0. 0. F., was instituted March 24,
1872, by District Deputy Grand Master N. Sennett, of Girard. The lodge
began with seven charter members and nine initiates. The present mem-
bership, in good standing, is forty. erro! :

The Cherokee Lodge, A., F. & A. M., was instituted in October, 1873.
This order contains a membership of fifty, in full standing.

The Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen was organized
in August, 1879, and now has a membership of forty-five, in full and regu-
lar standing. The Odd Fellows and Masons together own a hall, in which
all the lodges hold their meetings.

THE PRESS AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS.

The Cherokee Pharos was taken from Girard to Cherokee in May,
1874, by W. K. Goode. It was continued at this place only till the fall of
the same year, and, in September, was returned to Girard.

The Cherokee Index was started by Mrs. Mary A. Spring June 3, 1875.
In July of that year, H. C. Brandon became editor, who in a few weeks
was succeeded by P. J. Coston. After editing the paper until November
5, 1875, Coston gave up the editorship. On the 17th of December, Mrs.
Spring sold out to G. W. B. Hoffman and John T. Metcalf. In April,
1876, Metcalf sold his interest to Hoffman, by whom the paper, which had
hitherto been published as an Independent sheet, was converted into a
Democratic organ. March 16, 1878, Metcalf bought back his interest and
re-formed the partnership. On September 21, 1878, it was taken to Colum-
bus, Cherokee County.

The Young Cherokee was established by H. H. Webb and H. L. St.
Clair, two boys. It was started as a small amateur concern, the first num-
ber of which appeared May 18, 1876. St. Clair retired in June, and. in the
following month Webb largely increased the size of the sheet. At the
time of the great lead excitement at Short Creek, in the spring of 1877,
the paper was taken to that place, the first issue being made May 26, 1877.
The paper afterward became the Mining Echo.

The Cherokee Banner was started in the fall of 1877, the first issue
appearing on the 6th of October. H. H. Webb was also the founder of
this paper. It waspurchased July 12, 1878, by 8S. Smith, who, continued
its publications. The paper finally suspended.

The Temperance Rural was established July 4, 1878, by J. F. St. Clair
and J. 8S. Moore. It was devoted to the advocacy of temperance, but was
subsequently suspended.

he Cherokee Sentinel was established in April, 1879, by Charles M.

Lucas. It was begun as a four-column quarto, but at the end of the first
year was enlarged to an cight-column paper. New presses, machinery and
material have since been added. Besides the publication of the paper,
considerable job work is also done. The paper since its beginning has
enjoyed a constantly increasing patronage and prosperity, and has become
one of the firmly established institutions of the city.
_ _ There is hut one monetary institution in the place. This is the bank-
ing firm of G. W. Pye & Co. The business of the firm began in October,
1881, since which time they have conducted a prosperous business. G. W
Pye is the head of the concern and J. C. Smith is Cashier. :

The Cherokee Flouring Mill was built in 1871 by Alberty & Vaughan.
The cost of the bullding, machinery, etc., was about $20,000. It contains
three run of stone, etc., and a steam corn-sheller. The mill is held under
lease by the firm of Morley & Moore, who are engaged in its operation.

The Anchor Flouring Mill, the property of 8. E. Leigh, was built in
1873. It contains two run of buhrs, and is operated.in connection with a
flourishing business. ;

The Cherokee Machine Shops were established in 1874 by Frank Web-
ster. They were begun as a blacksmith shop, and gradually machinery
was added. The shop contains a lathe, polishing and grinding machinery,
drill press, full set of pipe tools, etc. The whole is run by a ten-horse
power engine. This enterprise, it is safe to predict, is the ground work for
machine shops of considerable magnitude in the future.

A broom factory was established in 1882 by Edwards & Robertson.
They run two machines, and are turning out considerable work of an
excellent quality.

BIOGRAPHIVAL SKETCHES.

WM. V. BERRY, of the firm of Dennis & Berry, dealers in hardware, was born in Mor-
gan County, Ohio, September 28, 1834; went to Schuyler County, IIl., in 1839, lived there
twenty years, He was raised a farmer and received a liberal education. He went to Colo-
rado in 1859 and was in the mines there three years; then enlisted in the First Colorado
Cavalry and soldiered three years and two months, and during that time traveled over g
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

large portion of Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, a part of the time with the noted Scout

Kit Carson. Was in several fights with the Indians; was wounded twice, and is still carry-.

ing some of their lead in one of his ankles, He returned to Illinois in 1866, and in 1872
came to Kansas and located at Cherokee, Crawford County, engaging in his present: business.
He owns a residence and business property, and also in connection with Mr. Dennis owns
an addition to Cherokee.

M M. A, CASTERLINE, millinery and fancy goods, was born in Illinois December

18, 1841, and was raised in the millinery business. She received a high school education and
began business in Iowa at the age of twenty-two, and continued fifteen years. She came to
cree ae oe opened far pesos awh ' ire is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copa urch. e was married to Mr, M, J. Casterline, of Iowa, in 1856. T

children—T. H., Annie and Charles, eee ee

A. N. CHADSEY, general merchant, grain and stock dealer, was born in Illinois Jan-
uary 8, 1838, and received a business education, graduating at Bryant & Stratton’s Commer-
cial College. He enlisted in the army in 1862 in the One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois
Infantry, vey C; was mustered in at Quincy; was in the aye of the Mississippi, Six-
teenth Army Corps, under A. J. Smith; wasin the fight around Vicksburg; was on A Red
River expedition ; followed Price through Missouri; fought Hood at Nashville; was in the siege
at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, and was mustered out at Mobile, September, 1865. Then
after taking a course at Bryant & Stratton’s College, came to Kansas in 1866 and located at
Monmouth in a general store three years, and then to Cherokee, and was in business with
Jo Lucus three years; sold out and built the house and started the firm of Chadsey & Bro.,
and ran it three years, at which time his brother died, since which he has managed it alone.

, Opened a branch store at Monmouth in 1879. He owns two improved farms of 160 acres
each ; owns a brick store 25x140 feet, two stories and basement; owns a residence with six
lots. He is Mayor of the city and Clerk of his School District. He is a Freemason and a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is Commander. He was a mem-
ber of the first county organization. He was married to Miss 8, E. Adam, of Kansas, in
3868. They have five children living—Ida, Florence, Fred N., Robbie (deceased), Mildred
and Frank L. Mr. Chadsey owns a store and elevator, the capacity of which is 12,000
bushels. He buys and sells grain and stock of all kinds.

WILLIAM H. CLARK, druggist, was born in Ohio July 11, 1839. He received a com-
mon school education and was raised in the mercantile business. At the age of sixtcen he
began clerking for his father in Oshkosh, Wis., and continued twelve years. He cane to
Kansas in 1858, prospecting, and returned to Wisconsin in the winter of 1859 and 1860. He
remained a short time and then went to North Missouri with his father, meeting the
drouth of 1860; returned to Southern Iowa to winter. In the spring of 1861, he started to
Kansas ; went as far as St. Joseph, Mo., and joined the army for three years, in the Thirt7-
filth Missouri Regiment, Company B. He went in asa private, and came out as Regimental
Quartermaster, July, 1865. He returned to St. Joseph, Mo., and clerked one winter ; then
went to Kansas and settled in Cherokce County on a farm of 160 acres, which he improved
and ran eleven years as a stock and grain farm. He has a good line of all kinds of fruits
and berries, hedge and wire fence, fine stock, water, and sixty acres of timber on a creek
which runs through the farm. Mr. Clark owns in connection with his father, 570 acres of
fine farm Jands—150 acres of timber, 300 acres in cultivation and 140 acresin pasture. He
owns residence and business house in Cherokee. .He was married to Miss Augusta Wygant,
of New York, March, 1866. They have three children—Mary A., Ida I. and Jennie. Mrs.
Clark is a graduate of the Alford Center University, N.Y. Miss Mary A. Clark is Secretary
of the Union Sunday school and is organist at the Presbyterian Church.

MISS JOSIE CULPEPPER, dealer in groceries and queensware, was born in Missouri
February 10, 1859. She was educated in the high school and taught school in Missouri five
years. She came to Kansas in 1882, locating in Cherokee and opened the above business in
nae of that year. Miss Culpepper owns an interest in two farms in Missouri and one in
‘Arkansas. <

J. M. DENNIS, of the firm of Dennis & Berry, dealers in hardware, was born in Illi-
nois March 19, 1837, and was educated in the high school at Galesburg, IJ]. He began teach-
ing school at the age of twenty-one, in Illinois, and continued twelve years. He was then
in merchandise three years. He came to Kansas in 1872 and settled in Cherokee and opened
his present business. He bought and improved 160 acres of land, owns residence and busi-
ness property, which he built. He jis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
was on the building committee of the Presbyterian Church. He was‘on the School Board
several years; was the first Mayor of the city and has been Mayor twice since, and was
Councilman twice. He carries a stock of from $7,000 to $8,000 and sells yearly from $30,000
to $35,000 worth. He was married to Mrs. T. D. Jones, of Tilinois, in 1868. Mrs. Dennis is a
member of the Presbyterian Church and takes an active part in churches and schools, and
is a strong advocate of the temperance cause.

THOMAS L, DONNELLY, of the firm of Donnelly & Jackson, furniture dealers, was
born in New York July 12, 1836. He began farming at the age of eighteen years in New
Jersey, and farmed two years, then moved to IJlinois settling on a farm until 1861, at which
time he joined the army and was mustered out in 1865. e then farmed for two years in
Illinois; was then in the drug business for two years in Illinois. He came to Kansas in 1875
and located on a farm of 160 acres, which he improved and ran two years, then came to
Cherokee and engaged in the ice business with W. }'. Hainer four years, then bought out a
furniture and undertaking house and ran it for two years, then took Mr. Jackson as a part-
ner, and has since continued it as the above named firm. He is a Freemason and a member
of the A. O. U. W., Select Knights aud belongs to the i ae of Knights, He was married
ee oe Mary C. Brewer, of Illinois, in 1864. They have three children—Jennie B,, Ada and

rin W.
J. H. FOSTER, butcher and dealer in hides, was born in Canada June 20, 1858. At the
age of sixteen he began trading in stock of all kinds, and continued in Canada until 1877.
e then moved to Chicago, then to Quincy, Ill., then to Cherokee, and bought a farm of
eighty acres in Cherokee County, which he improved. He opened a butcher shop in Cher-
okee in 1880. Sold outin 1881, and went to Western Kansas and dealt in stock a short
time. He then went to Red Cloud, Hastings, and Omaha, Neb.; then to Cheyenne, Wy.;
then to Salt Lake City; then to Denver, Leadville, Montana, Pike’s Peak, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo, New Mexico; then to Cherokee, Kan., a short time; then to Spuupteld, Mo.; was
then in Arkansas trading in cattle. Returned to Cherokee, Crawford County, and opened
a butcher shop ; opened also butcher shops in Weir City and Scammonville, which he still
runs
WILLIAM F. HAINER, dealer in drugs and jewelry, was born in Pennsylvania April
22, 1850. Was raised on a farni and reoalved a liberal education. He came to Kansas in
1868, and located at Baxter Bprings as clerk in a drug store; then came to Cherokee in 1873
and opened a drug store for himself. Was Councilman and Mayor of Cherokee and City
Treasurer. Is a member of A. 0. U. W. Owns residence and business property in Chero-
kee, and also an eighty-acre stock and fran farm in Crawford County. It has a hedge and
stone fence and a good line of fruits. The eighty acres is coal land, the coal of which he
takes out and ships. Mr. Hainer built a brick block, 50x80, in 1882, and will oceupy one
part of the block with his own business in February, 1883, He also owns five tenement

ouses, which he built, He was married to Miss D. Keifer, of Ohio, in 1876. They have

ove child living—Frank C. Harry F., deceased. : .

G. F, HANCOCK, tonsorial artist, farming and stock dealing, was born in Lee County,
Towa, in 1854, and engaged in his profession in his native State, which he carried on active-
ly for a few years. In 1878, he located here, and has carried on his business here since very
successfully. In 1878, he married Miss E. S. Bellows, a native of Ohio. They have buried
their two little boys—Alfred Homer and Aubrey Neil—in the Cherokee Cemetery. Mr. Han-
cock is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and A.O. U. W. societies. His wife is a member of the
Christian Church. His farm consists of eighty acres of improved land, in Section 24, Cher-
okee Township, Cherokee County, together with an orchard of fifty apple trees, a good
dwelling-house and stable. ; 4 ‘

J. L, JACKSON, of the firm of Donnelly & Jackson, furniture dealers, was born in
Missouri in 1838. He was raised in the milling business. At the age of twenty-one, he be-
gan business for himself in Missouri, and continued there fifteen years. He came to Kan-
sas in 1878, and settled at Monmouth, enared in the mill business, and continued there two
years, and then went into the furniture business at Cherokee in 1881. He is a member of
the A. O. U. W. and Select Knights. Mr. Jackson was married to Miss Phoebe J. Norman, of
Missouri, in 1867. They havetwochildren—James H.and William E. he

R. N. KEMP, dealer ip grain and coal, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1845, and set-
tled with his people in Muevatine County, Iowa, in 1853, where he was reared and educated.
He received his literary education in the State University, and also at Greenwood Acad-
emy, Muscatine. After completing his studies, he engaged in farming and stock-raising,
and followed it actively in Iowa till 1875, when he came here and engaged in his present
industry, which he has carried on actively since. He married Miss Sarah F. Lucas in 1871,

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who departed this life in 1876, and is buried in the Cherokee Cemetery, leaving one daugh-
ter—Clara Eda, In 1879, he married Miss Jennie Murray, a native of Michigan. They have
one daughter—Hattie. Mr, Kemp has worked actively in the development of the social
and industrial life of this place since coming here. He is an active member of the A. O.
U. W. Society and the Select Knights. The family are members of the M. E. Church, In
connection with the above industry, he also has 160 acres of well-improved land, just out-
side of the city limits, conning 2 nice orchard of 100 fruit trees of a nicely assorted vari-
ety, good dwelling and stables. He is also interested in coal lands, from which he derives
an important revenue.

. A. LAIDLAW, dealer in hay and hay presses, was born in Lincoln County, Onta

. vio, Canada, in 1848, and was reared in Elgin County. In 1869, he located in Kansas, and

engaged in merchandising in Pawnee, and carried it on actively for four years, after which
he located here, and has been identified with his present industry here since. In 1873, he
married. Miss Kate C. Vestal, who was born and reared in Poweshiek County, Iowa. They
have a family of one son and a daughter—W. Stanley and Juanita. Mr. Laidlaw has worked
actively in the development of the public, social and industrial life of this locality since
coming here. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Laidlaw began his
business here mee a merely nominal capital, and has by dint of steady and persistent in-
dustry. extended his trade to all of the important cities of the West, and does an annual
business of $30,000. + 7

JERRY LAGO, wagon and carriage maker and eae blacksmithing, was born near
Paris, France, in 1840, and learned his trade there. In 1864, he came to America, and fol-
lowed his trade in the Canadas for three years, after which he followed it through Michigan
and Illinois for several years, locating here in 1873, where he has very successfully carried
on his present industry since. He was married in epre tela. Ill, October 2, 1868, to Miss
Emma £. Crays, who was born and reared in Illinois. They have had seven children born
unto them—three are dead and four survive, three sons and one daughter, to wit: Adolphus,
Elizabeth Cordelia, Joseph Carl and Harry He is an active member of the I. 0. O. F.
Society. The family are members of the Methodist Church. In connection with the above
industry, he owns and carries on a farm of ninety-six acres, just outside of the city limits,
containing a nice orchard of 400 fruit trees of a nice assorted variety, and a good dwelling,
barns and stable, etc. - ;

8. E, LEIGH, proprietor and owner of the Anchor Mills, was born in Chautauqua
County, N. Y., in 1836, and learned the profession of practical engineer in Illinois at an
early age, followed it in that State for several years, and afterward in Missouri. In 1873, he
located in Kansas, and was actively identified with his profession in the State till 1879
when he bought his present business and has carried it on actively since. He was marrie
in Illinois to Miss Mary J. Poindexter, whom he buried in‘La Mars Cemetery, Barton County,
Mo. They had one daughter, Edna, still living. He then married in Cherokee Miss Marga-
rite Payn. They have one daughter—Georgie. Mr. Leigh has been an active member of
the I. 0. G. T. Society sinee 1854, of the I. 6. O.F. since 1857, and of the A., F. & A, M.
Society since 1878. The mill is a two-story and basement structure, situated on the line
of the K.C., Ft. S. & G. Railroad in Cherokee, is run by steam, and carried on upon the
“stone” process. It has a capacity of manufacturing 200 bushels of wheat a day. His
trade is both custom and merchant trade. His special brand of flour is the “5 A.”

: CAPT. GEORGE W. H. LUCAS, real estate and loans, was born in Ohio in 1835. He
received a collegiate education. At the age of twenty he began farming in Iowa, and con-
tinued until 1874, at which time he came to Kansas and located at Cherokee, and opened
the mercantile business in connection with the grain and stock trade. He joined the army
in 1861, and was mustered out in 1865 as Brevet Major. He continued in the mercantile
business until 1878, at which time he sold out and engaged in his present business. He isa
member of the M. E’ Church and Trustee of the same. He was married to Miss Mary F.
Hitchcock, of Indiana, in 1856, They have three children—Charles M., Lillie B. and Frank
.E. Charles M. Lucas was educated at the State University of Kansas, graduating in June,
1881, Starting in printing The Sentinel on the Border in 1879, at the age of seventeen, and
continued at it for two years. He was then at school a short time, and then returned to
printing, and published The Sentinel on the Border in Cherokee, and has continued and had
it published while he was at college.

OSEPH LUCAS, of the firm of Joseph Lucas & Co., dealers in gents’ furnishing goods
and clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps, was born in Iowa, May 25, 18438. He was raised
ona farm and educated at the high. school and took a commercial course in Bryant &
Stratton’s College at Davenport, Iowa. -At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the army,
Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, Company C, for three years and seven months, went with Sherman
to the sea, was at the battle of Vicksburg and all general phe meeacule with Grant and
Sherman; went in as a private and came out as First Lieutenant in June, 1865,
having been a prisoner in Andersonville for some time; came to Kansas in 1866,
and located on a: farm in Cherokee County and farmed two years, and then ran a saw
mill at Monmouth, Crawford County, two years; then came to Cherokee in 1870, and
opened a general store and continued six years, then went to Colorado in mines two and one-
half years; then to Kansas City and built a natatorium and remained six months; then to
Cherokee in coal business one year; then opened his present business. Owns two farms of
sixty and eighty acres each, raises grain and stocks, owns an interest in 160 acres of coal
land, with a vein of coal four feet and two inches thick; owns bank building in Cherokee
and residence ; has been Mayor of the city, has been Councilman several times ; isa member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is Trustee of the same; is a member of theI.0.0.F.,
was a delegate to the Grand Lodge at Topeka. He was married to Miss Sarah J. Van
Bebber, of Illinois, in 1872. They have one son—Walter S., born May 15, 1874. Mrs. Lucas
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr, Lucas carries a stock of from $8,000 to
$9,000, and sells from $20,000 to $25,000 yearly.

¢. H. MERRIAM, saddle and harness maker, Cherokee, was born in Canada in 1844,
parents from Vermont. Was raised in his business and received a common school education.
Began business for himself in Illinois at the age of twenty-five, and continued for one year.
He came to Kansas in 1866 and farmed until 1872, at which time he came to Cherokee and
opened his present business. Handled agricultural implements for two years in the mean
time. Owns a residence and business propery in Cherokee; was Councilman for one year;
belongs to the Order of Freemasons. Mr. Merriam was married to Miss Lucinda Lisenbee,
of Tennessee, in 1868. They have four children—George H., Nellie, Ethel and Mabel;
carries stock from $2,000 to $2,500 worth.

A. MORLEY, of the firm of Morley & Moore, proprietors of the Cherokee Flourin
Mills, was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1837, and was reared to his present business,
his father having been prominently identified with the industry. In 1856 he came to
America and spent a few years in travel through the country. During the Civil War he did
active service for eighteen months in the First New Jersey Cavalry, from which he was hon-
orably discharged as Chief Bugler. He then spent a few years in search of gold in the
Territories. In 1866 he settled in Illinois, and carried on milling till 1873, when he located
here, and has been actively identified with his industry here since, He married in Adams
County, Ill., Miss Emily Browning, who was born in Pike County, and reared in Adams
County, Ill. They have one daughter—Ethel. He is an active member of the A. O. U. W.
society here; his business embraces both the custom and merchant trade; his brands are
“ Morley’s Best” and XXXX.

A. T. PAUL, of the firm of P. M. Paul & Co., merchants, was born in Ohio October 11,
1845, was raised merchant, received high school education. At the age of eighteen began
mercantile business for himself in Ohio, and continued six years; then farmed six years, and
was next on a farm in lowa eighteen months; then Cherokee in present business in 1881.
Mr. Paul is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows. He was married to Miss Mary E. Farney,
of Ohio, in 1871. They have three children—Evert L., Ettie May and Harriette. Mrs. Paul
received a high school education,

E. A. PERRY, attorney, loans and real estate, was born in Illinois December 8, 1847,
Joining the army in 1862, was discharged in 1866; returned to Illinois and farmed one year;
then went to Western College, Iowa; then taught school three years; attended Jaw school at
Towa City one year; then to Abilene, Kan., and graduated in law in the spring of 1870; prac-
ticed at Abilene until the spring of 1871; came to Cherokee in 1871, and has since continued
to practice law. He owns an interest in a farm of 160 acres, also owns an interest in nine
acres adjoining town, residence and business property in town. He was City ey
of Cherokee four terms, and was one of the organizers of the town. Mr. Perry was marrie
to Miss Sarah Jameson, of Ohio, February 22, 1872. | aed ;

CAPT. J.S. PRICE, proprietor “Lindell Hause,” was born in Vermillion County, Il., in
1831. He was identified with merchandising there till 1862, when, he assisted actively in
organizing Company A, Seventy-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and entered the ranks
as a private, but almost immediately after was promoted to the First Lieutenancy, and sub-
sequently to the Captaincy, in which capacity he did active service till the end of the war,
when he was honorably discharged. Atter the war he returned to merchandising, and car-
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ried it on in his native State till 1869, when he removed to Richmond, Ind., and was
identified with it there till 1878. He then came here and engaged at his present industry,
which he ably represents. In 1854 he married Miss Margaret J. Stigleman, of Richmond,
Ind. They have a family of three sons and one daughter—Eva, now Mrs. William L. Morgan,
stock-dealer of. Richmond, Ind.; Wallace, Williamson and Frank. Capt. Price has been an
active worker in the.A., I’. & A. M. society since 1864, he is also a member of Shiloh Post,
No. 56, G. A. R. His hotel is well kept and neatly farnished, and is the “home” for the
traveling trade in Cherokee. :

GRANT PRICE, of the firm of Grant Price & Co., butchers, was born in Illinois Feb-
ruary 18, 1862, he received a business education; went to Carthage, Missouri, in 1870, and
stopped a short time, and then to Cherokee, Kan., in 1871; was at school until 1874, then in

railroad depot nine months; aoe office two years; butcher business until June, 1882, at’
Y.

which time he bought out J. Fry’s interest in his father’s butcher shop, and has since
continued with his father in the butcher business. He owns an interest in seven acres of
land near Cherokee, owns three lotsin town. Mr. Price is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and
Good Templars, and was Grand Worthy Secretary of same.

_ GEORGE W. PYE, of the firm of George W. Pye & Co., bankers, was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, February 22, 1838, was educated in high school. Farmed four'years with his father;
entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1859, and continued two years;
joined the army in 1861, in the Thirty-seventh Indiana Regiment, Company H, as Secon
Lieutenant ; was in the battle of Stone River, commanded the company and was the last one
on the field. Resigned commission and was commissioned Chaplain of the Sixth Indiana at
the request ofthe men. Returned to the ministry in 1864, and was at Belleville, Ind., two

ears, at ee Ind., two years, Fairfield two years, Laurel eighteen months. Came to

ew Chicago, Kan., in 1872, and entered the ministry, and built a new church in one year;
was at Chetopa two years in charge of the church; Paola one year; Ottawa one year and nine
months; Wichita District one year; Emporia two years; Peabody two years; Parsons one
year; then on account of failure of his wife’s health came to Cherokee, and opened a bank in
1881. He owns a farm of 120 acres, and a residence in town, is a Freemason and a member
of the I. 0. O. F., also a member of the Knights of Emporia, Is insured in Masons and
Knights of Honor for $3,800; is a member of Good Templars. He was married to Miss
Julia A; Cole, of Indiana, in 1863, They have three children—Willie, Clara and Fannie C.
PATRICK RILEY. proprietor livery, feed and sale stables, was born in Hendricks
~ County, Ind., in 1838, and was reared in Boone County, Ind. In 1867, he settled in Cherokee
County, Kan., and carried on farming and stock-raising actively til} 1872, when he engaged
in his present industry, and has been successfully identified with it in this part of the State
since. Meantime he has been connected with the farming industry. He married, in 1861,
Miss Mary E. Lewis, of Parke County, Ind., who departed this life in 1872, and 1s buried in the
cemetery at Columbus, Kan., leaving a family of two sons and two daughters—Sarah E.,
Lina, Elmer and William. In 1873, he married Miss Maggie Benn, of Missouri. They have
one,son—Tilden. Mr. Riley has been an active member of the A., F. & A. M. society since
1874. His stables are well equipped with first-class rigs; his terms are moderate. His motto
is, “Close attention to business, and reasonable charges.”

- HENRY SCHIFFBAUER, boot and shoe manufacturer, was born in Germany August
26, 1826; came to the United States October 19, 1854; located in Illinois on a farm fifteen
years; was then in Missouri a short time, and then came to Kansas, worked one year on
railroad ; was next at Baxter Springs a short time, then came to Cherokee and started boot
and shoe business. He is a member of the IJ. 0. O. F., and is Warden of the same. He was
married to Miss Liddie Cook, of Illinois, in 1864.

H.S. SHAWGO, general blacksmithing, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, in 1848;
was reared in Illinois to the farming and stock industry. In 1872, he engaged at his present
business in Adams County, IIl., and followed it actively there till 1877, when he located
here, and has been actively connected with his business here since. He married, in 1873,
Miss Mattie Stokes, of Illinois. They have one son—Edwin. Mr. Shawgo is an active mem-
ber co the A. 0. U. W. society. ‘The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. a

A. D. STATES, was born in Ohio in 1860; was educated at the high school in West

Cairo, Ohio, and graduated in 1879; was trading and prospecting until 1881, at which time

he bought out a stationery store and run it until August, 1882, when he sold out and has

- since been eae Mr. States opened a furniture store in Cherokee, February 1, 1883, in
connection with his father, under the firm name of A. D. States & Co. He is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been steward of the same.

F. A. VESTAL, hay dealing and pressing, was born in Yadkin County, N. C., in 1835.
In 1857, he located in Poweshiek County, Iowa, and was actively identified with farming
there for several years. In 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Fortieth Iowa Volunteer Infan-
try, and remained in active service till the end of the war, when he was honorably dis-
charged. In 1866, he located in Knox County, IIll., and was identified with coal mining
operations there. for a few years, locating in Bourbon County, Kan., in 1869, and carrying
on coal mining operations there for a few years, after which he located here, and has been

rincipally identified with his present industry since. In 1856, he married Miss M. A. Ras-
ley, who was born in Pennsylvania, and moved to Illinois. They have one daughter, Kate

C., now Mrs. W. A. Laidlaw, whose sketch appears. Mr. Vestal is an active member of the
A. O. U. W. society, and Select ra as also of Shiloh Post, No. 56, Grand Army of the Re-
public. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. a

F K L. WEBSTER, machinery, repairing and plough works, and general black-

ithing, was born in Fillmore County, Minn., in 1856, and settled in Bourbon County,
an., in 1871, where he learned his present trade. In 1874, he located here and established
his present business, which he has successfully carried on since. He married, in 1880, Miss
Mary Vaughn, who was born in Illinois and reared in Door County, Wis. They have a
family of two sons—Charles and Fred. Mr. Webster is an active member of the A. 0. U. W.
society, and is a member of Select Knights.

ILSON & CO., dealers in agricultural implements, seeds, ete. S. H. Wilson and
Charles Wilson, brothers, constitute the firm. The brothers are natives of Pennsyl-
vania, and settled in Columbus, Kan., in 1870, when quite young, with their people, where
they were reared and educated, Charles entering the mercantile business in 1878, at the age
of eighteen, and has been actively connected with it since, engaging as principal in it here
in February, 1881, but had been connected with this industry in Columbus as‘ principal for
a year previous. 8. H. Wilson, a few years the elder of the brothers, began merchandising
in 1878, having previously operated in mining operations. In 1880, he accepted the super-
intendency of the lumber interests of the firm of R. A. Long & Co. here, and has reputably
held the incumbency since. In February, 1881, he joined his brother in the present ontcr-

rise. The brothers are active workers in their industry, and do an annual business of
10,000. 5

MONMOUTH.

This town is located in the southern part of Crawford County, six
miles west of Cherokee, on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad.
It was laid off in 1866, by L. Manlove, on his own farm. The name Mon-
mouth was given to it after the city of Monmouth, Ill. It is the oldest
town in the county. The first house erected on the site was a two-story
log building, belonging to Manlove, which he occupied as store-room and
residence. This house remains standing as a monument of pioneer days.
The next building was erected by Ralph Warner, for a dwelling, which
was followed by the erection of a residence by Dr. Moore. In 1869, A. M.
Chadsey built a store-room, in which he put a stock of general merchan-
dise. The town has made slow progress from the beginning, and now
contains a population of about 400, and five business houses.

The Post A a was established here in 1866. L. Manlove was the first
Postmaster. e was succeeded by A. M. Chadsey in 1870, who held the

office for several years, and was succeeded by Jacob Miller, the present.

Postmaster. :
The first school’was taught in 1870, by Mrs. Van Bibber, and was
kept in a schoolhouse that had been erected during the summer of that
ear. This building was burned, and another one was built in 1880. It
is a one-story frame structure, containing three apartments,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The town has three church organizations; the Methodist, Presby-

terian and Christian. . ;
The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1868. As yet this

has no church building. Z
pod the Presbyterian Church was organized in 1870. The building was
erected in 1878, and is a small frame.
The Christian Church was organized in 1877, and the church house,
which is also a small frame, was built in 1882. ; ;
A society of the Ancient Order of United Workmen was organized in

2.
A Post of the Grand Army of the Republic was formed January 11,
3

The town is situated in a fine agricultural district, in the supply of
which, with the various articles of merchandise, a lively business is sus-
tained. It is also a considerable point in the shipment of grain and
produce. With such advantageous surroundings, the permanence, future
growth and prosperity of the town is abundantly insured.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JULIUS BRIDEGROOM, of the firm of Bridegroom & Gambill, millers, was born in
Germany in 1846, His father was one of the German patriots of 1848, who, like Carl Schurz, _
Hecker and a host of others, since prominent as lovers of freedom in America, were forced
to flee to the United States for refuge from the powers of kingcratt in their native land.
The subject of this sketch came to America with his pee in infancy. His childhood was
passed on a farm in Illinois, where he received such education as the common schools af-
forded. He was a resident of that State during the war of the rebellion, and entered the
service in 1864 and remained until the close of the war. He carries the scars of four gun-
shot wounds as proof that he bore himself as a true soldier should. At the close of the war
he returned to Illinois and entered the Illinois Soldiers’ College, Fulton, Ill., from which he
graduated in 1872. He was cubseasty the grain business for a short time, and taught
school for five years, three yearsof which time he was Principal of the public schools at
Princeville. Hé came to Kansas in 1875 and located in Cherokee County, on a farm of 200
acres, where he remained two years teaching mean while er the winter months. In the
fall of 1880, he purchased a half interest in the Monmouth Mills, with which his business
connection still continues, the mill doing a large custom and merchant business. He is now
a resident of Monmouth, where he owns a fine residence and ten acres of land in connection
with his mill. He is also the owner of a fine farm of 200 acres. He is a member of the
A. 0. U. W. and of the G. A. R., being now Commander of his Post. Both he and his wife
are consistent members of the Methodist Church. He was married in 1872, to Miss Corilla
Carter, of Ohio. They have two children—Freddie W. and Nellie Grace. on

JACOB MILLER, déaler in drugs, groceries and grain, was born in Ohio in 1816, and
was raised at the carpentering business. He went to Michigan in his eighteenth year, re-
turned to Ohio for a short time, was then in Vicksburg, Miss., one winter, then to Virginia,
where he spent thirteen years at his trade, then to Knox County on a farm two years, then
merchandising two years in Illinois, then to Missouri in the mercantile business one year,
then to Illinois on a farm until 1860, at which time he went into the grain and grocery busi-
ness, continuing until 1865, when he came to Kansas and located in Crawford County on a
farm of 160 acres, which he opened and improved and ran as a grain and stock farm until
1879, at which time he opened a. general store in Monmouth and ran it three years. Mr.
Miller owns two farms—one of 160 acres and the other of forty acres, with a full line of all
kinds of-fruits. He owns a fine residence and one business house in Monmouth, also forty
acres of coal land. He has been Postmaster at Monmouth for ten years. He is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has been for forty-eight years and has been a class-
leader for the same length of time. He is a member of the order of Freemasons, He was
married to Miss Sarah Adam, of Virginia, in 1839. They have three children—Abigail,
Robert H. and George B. He lost his first wife and was again married to Miss Paulina
Adam, of Virginia, Mrs. Miller is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

McCUNE.

The land upon which this town is situated was entered by Leroy
Akers in 1869. The farm soon afterward was sold to Isaac McCune. who
was engaged in its cultivation for some years prior to the establishment of
the town. The town is situated in the southwestern part of Crawford
County, on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, on the divide
between the Neosho River and Lightning Creek. In this part, there was
a wide and fertile district, measured from a central point by a radius of
about fifteen miles, more or less, to Girard on the northeast, Cherokee on
the east, Columbus on the southeast, Oswego on the southwest, and Par-
sons on the west. The country surrounding the place is filled up and well
cultivated by thrifty and enterprising farmers. Krom such circumstances,
it was plain to be seen, not only that it was a favorable point for the es-
tablishment of a town, but also that the demands of the country required
it. In May, 1879, Isaac McCune laid out a town which was named Mc-
Cune, in honor of its enterprising founder.

The survey and plat was made by the railroad civ engineer. The
original site comprised sixty acres. Since then, R. N. Canada made an

_addition of ten acres on the north, C. Crank, made one of ten acres on the

west, and Isaac McCune made a third addition of ten acres on the south,
making a total area in the town site of ninety acres.

The first building erected on the site was a dwelling belonging to J. Z.
Sherfic. It was afterward used as a hotel, and now forms a part of the
Western Hotel.

I. V. McCune built a store house which J. D. Rogers occupied with a
stock of general merchandise. This was the second building in the town,
and was erected in August, 1879. The next was a store house built by
Thomas Stutterd, in which he kept drugs and dry goods. In about two
months, it was purchased by Dr. E. P. Davis. In the spring of 1880, W.
W. Gibson erected a building and opened a general store, and later in the
fall F. M. McCaslin put up a house, putting in a stock of miscellaneous
merchandise. This house is now occupied by Wilson & Son. The next
business house established was a grocery, by Davidson & Granthum.

_ For the short at since the starting of the town, it has made sur-
prising progress. In less than four years’ time, it has grown to a city with
a population of 500, and contains eight general stores, three hardware,
two drug, two grocery, two millinery stores, two hotels, one billiard hall,
two blacksmith shops, one cabinet shop, three carpenter shops, two lum-
ber yards, two coal yards, two livery stables, one flouring mill, one grain
elevator, and nine grain buyers. :

_ Pursuant to a petition to the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial
District, signed by Isaac McCune, E. L, Ball, and sixty-three others, the
town became incorporated asa city of the third ‘class, October 8, 1881.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

Isaac McCune was elected the first Mayor, and was succeeded by J. L.
Ward, who was elected in April, 1882.

The first City Council was composed of I. V. McCune, R. O. Harris, M.
Casey and K. P. Minard. :

A post office called Time, was established in this vicinity in 1875. It
was kept by W. Welch, about half a mile east of where the city now
stands. In 1878, it was moved to the town and was given the same name.
At the time of the change of location, J. F. McCune became Postmaster,
and ‘has held the position up to this time. When J. F. McCune first be-
came Postmaster, the office consisted of a small box containing fifteen pig-
eon holes, which he was accustomed to take under his arm and move about,
taking up his quarters in stores with such merchants as were agreeable. .

It soon became necessary to supersede this box with one considerably
larger. Both of these pieces of post office furniture are retained in the
office, which has been greatly extended, and is now a considerable point
for the distribution of mail matter, and in the registry business.

The first school in this district was taught in 1869 by Miss Mary Ball.
The school building in -which it was kept afterward fell within the town
limits. The first school after the town was laid out was taught by Daniel
Hollinger. The schoolhouse was a small frame building, to which an ad-
dition was built in the fall of 1881. The school population numbers about
pee eae The schools comprise three departments under as many

eachers.

THE PRESS, ETC.

In July, 1881, D. A. Burton started a paper called the McCune Standard.
It subsequently came into the hands of his son, J. A. Burton, who, after
running it a short time, sold out to W. W. Liggett, in the fall of 1882.
Liggett, out of the material, presses, etc., of the Standard office, brought
out a six-column folio paper, called the McCune Zimes, the first issue being
made September 9, 1882. ;

W. W. Liggett, editor and proprietor of the McCune Times, was born.

in Greene County, Ohio, February, 1857. When he was yet of tender age,
his parents moved to Livingston County, Ill, from where they moved
to Warren County, that State. He attended school at Monmouth, II1.,
finishing his education at Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. For some
two or three years following this, he was engaged indearning the printer’s
trade. In 1878, he went to Kansas City, and was engaged upon the Times,
Journal, Star and Mail. He became foreman on the Kansas City Indicator,
which position he held up to February, 1882. After thishe came to Girard,

then went to Walnut, where he worked at his trade until August, at which’

time he came to McCune, bought the McCune Standard office and began
the publication of the McCune 7%mes, in which he is now engaged.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1879, with seven members,
by Rev. Mr. Hill, of Kansas City. The organization took place in the
schoolhouse, in which services were held until the church house was built.
The house was built in 1880, and dedicated in 1881. Rev. Mr. Thayer was
the first regular pastors

There is a Methadist Hpiscopal congregation here and also a Methodist
organization. The former has a church building which- was erected in
1882, but the latter is without a house of worship.

The Christian congregation was organized in 1881 and the church was
built in 1882.

The United Presbyterians and Baptists have flourishing organizations,
but neither is supplied with a church building. |

McCune Lodge, No. 198, I. O. O. F., was instituted October 24, 1881,
by D. G. M. A. P. Riddle, assisted by a number from lodges in various
surrounding towns. The following were elected as officers: J. A. Gasey,
Noble Grand; G. T. McCaslin, Vice Grand; 8. L. Minard, Recording
Secretary ; J. T. Smith, Permanent Secretary ; C. E. Metcalf, Treasurer.
: McCune Lodge No. 70, A. O. U. W., was organized in February, 1882,
with twenty-six members.

The only manufacturing establishment in the town is the McCune flour-
ing mills. This mill was built in May, 1882, by the firm of Carter & Allen.
Subsequently, Carter sold out to a man named Galyon, and the firm be-
came Allen & Galyon. The mill contains three run of stone and turns out
an excellent brand of goods. .

M’CUNE COAL COMPANY.

This organization was formed in 1882, and is composed of Isaac Mc-
Cune, I. K. Vance and Jonathan Rigney. The object of the company
was to prospect for coal in the vicinity of the town. In the summer of
1882, a prospect shaft was sunk to a depth of four hundred feet, which
passed through five veins of coal of varying thickness. A vein five feet
thick was reached at a depth of about three hundred and fifty feet. The
shaft was sunk within the limits of the town, showing that beneath it lies
a wealth of this mineral. The design of the company is to develop this
interest in the immediate future, and thus the city will receive another
great impetus to her progress.

The surroundings of-this young city are favorable, and its prospects
of growth in the future are to an extent certain. The country around is
rich in the growth of agricultural products of all kinds, and McCune is
thus rendered an important shipping point. During the year 1882, there
were shipped from this station twenty-eight cars of oats, eighty-eight of
wheat, ninety-one of corn, eighteen of castor-beans, five of flax seed,
twenty-eight of hogs, and two of cattle.

The men of the town are live and energetic, and an extensive and pros-
perous business is sustained.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—Osace TownsHIP.

WILLIAM ANDREW, farmer, Section 12, P. O.Girard, was born in Scotland, January 12,
1838 ; came to the United States in 1855, and located on a farm in Illinois, where he remain
until 1872, at the end of which time he came to Kansas, and located on his present home of
400 acres, which he improved, and has since been raising grain and stock. Mr. Andrew has

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his farm handsomely fenced with wire and hedge. Has five wells and good running water
on his farm. Carries from 300 to 400 head of stock, and raises, feeds, buys and ships stock.
His farm contains a splendid line of all kinds of fruit. Is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, andis Deaconinthesame. Was married to Miss Elizabeth B. Keyes, of Philadelphia,
Hebsuaty 23, 1860. Have three children—Adam H., James H. and Alfred. .

L.P. ALLEN, of the firm of J. Allen & Galyers, millers, was born in Missouri in 1844.
He was raised on a farm and received a common school education. He joined the army in
1862, and was mustered out in 1865. Returned to Missouri, and was farming and in the saw
mill business fourteen years, then to Cherokee County, Kan., 1879. He wasjon a farmjthree
years, ening which time he was engaged in raising grain and stock. He came to McCune,
built the mill in 1882; in the meantime run a threshing machine in Kansas three years.
He belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows, He was married to Miss Rebecca Young, of Missouri,
in 1866. They have two children—Sarah E. and Mary E. He lost his wife in 1876, and he
was married again to Miss D. Perry of Missouri, 1878. ,

WILLL BUSBY, manager for C. E. Benedict & Co., Osage Mission, dealer in grain,
was born in New Jersey in 1854; came to Kansas in 1868, and located in Labette County on
a farm; remained with his father nine years, at the end of which time he took control of
his father’s farm and ran it two years; then went into the grain business at Mathewson one
year, and then in the same line at McCune, as manager for C. E. Benedict & Co. He owns
residence, business and other property in McCune. He is a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. He was married to Miss Sarah L. Bell, of Kentucky, in 1877. They
have two children—L. M., E.M. Mrs. B. is also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. :

M. CASEY, of the firm of Kennedy & Casey, land, loan and insurance agents,swas born .
in Iowa in 1851; at the age of twenty-one, began farming for himself and continued for one
year; then was in Montana Territory, in the freight business eighteen months. Came to
Kansas in 1875, locating in Crawford County, on a farm, where he remained four years. He
came to McCune in 1879, and taught school two terms; was then in merchandise one year,
then in his present business in 1881. He is a Clerk of the School Board and City Clerk. He
is a member of the Christian Church, and belongs to the A. O.U. W. He owns residence

‘and other city property in the town of McCune. In 1879, he married Miss Minnie L.

Fleming. They have one child—Myrtle. Mrs. Casey is a member of the Christian Church.

EB. DAVIS, M.D., general store and druggist, was born in Indiana in 1840, raised in the
drug business; received a collegiate education, graduating from Rush College; in the mean-
time, had practiced with his father while reading medicine; joined the army, May 22, 1861,
as Hospital Stewart for a short time, was then transferred to the Tenth Iowa, and was ap-
pointed Assistant Surgeon September, 1862, where remained until February 4, 1865, at which
time returned to Des Moines, Iowa, and engaged in general practice for a short time, was
next at Adell, Iowa, for one year; then to Dennison, Iowa, in practice and drug store one
year; then at Perry, Iowa, eight months, at the end of which time, came to Bourbon
County, Kansas, 1868, and settled in Marmaton, and practiced medicine in ¢onnection with
a drug store for a short time ; was then in Missouri for a short time in drugs and medicine;
then to Marmaton three years; then on a farm in connection with the practice six years;
then came to McCune in 1878, and opened his present business; was elected to the Legisla-
ture from Bourbon County, in 1875; was School Director in Bourbon County, and is now
School Director; is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is examining physician:for same
order; is a member of the Freemasons; belongs to the G. A. R. Was married to Miss
Nellie Miller, of Pennsylvania, in 1866. Lost his wife in 1868; was married to Miss Caro-
lina Bcheen, of South Carolina, in 1870. Have three children—Henry S., Richard T., Cath-
erine S.

GEORGE W. ELERICK, farmer, Section 10, P.O. McCune, was born in Ohio in 1831;
was raised a mechanic; went to Iowa, where he remained until 1878 engaged in the car-
penter and joiner’s trade, at the end of which time he came to Kansas and located on his
present home of 400 acres, which he improved and ran as a grain and stock farm; has about
205 acres under cultivation. His farm is under wire and hedge fence. Buys, raises, feeds
and ships stock, Also owns 240 acres in Neosho County, 80 acres in Coffey County, and 140
acres in Iowa. He belongs to the Order of Good Templars. He was married to Miss M. J.
Vanansdeln, of Ohio, in 1856, They have six children—Minnie B., Marian A., Nettie L.,
Leon, Victor and George. :

Ww. Ww. GIBSON, of the firm of W. W. Gibson & Co., general merchants and dealers in
grain and coal, was born in Pennsylvania in 1851; was raised in the mercantile business ;
received a business education. Came to Kansas in 1873, and located in Columbus, Cherokee
County, where he clerked a short time, then to Cherokee, Crawford County, as clerk eight
months; was then on a farm in Star Valley eight years in the stock business. Came to
McCune in 1880, and opened the present business; was Postmaster at Star Valley ; was
railroad agent at McCune a short time. Is a member of the M. E.Church. Was married
to Miss Mollie Graves in 1879; have two children—Dora and Rachel. Mrs. Gibson is a
member of the M. E. Church. i

ALBERT GADDIS, farmer, Section 10, P. O. McCune, was born in Indiana in 1843;
raised on a farm. Enlisted in the war, after which he returned to Indiana and farmed
until 1868, at which time he came to Kansas and located on a farm of 160 acres in Crawford
County, which he improved and has since cultivated, raising grain and stock and a fine line
of all kinds of fruits. Now owns two farms of 160 acres each. Was School Treasurer of
Crawford County one year. Was School Clerk of District No.58 two terms. Was married
to Miss T. Rose, of Indiana, in 1870; have six children—Ira, Bruce, Frank, Josephine, Ber-
tha, Hugh. Isa member of the Freemasons. Belongs to the G. A. R. Is also a member of
the M. I, Church. Mrs. Gaddis is a member of the same church.

JOHN B. GRAHAM, of the firm of Graham & West, saddle and harness-makers, was
born in Washington County, Penn., in the year 1834, His father was a blacksmith, lived
and carried on his trade at Burgettstown, Penn, until 1841, when he with his tamily
removed to Guernsey County, Ohio. There he lived on a farm. John B. helped his father
on the farm ; received a business education, and at the age of seventeen he went to Wash-
ington, Penn., learned the harness trade, and worked at it six years. He then returned to
Ohio to his father’s and attended school nearly a year. In 1867, moved to Monmouth, Ill.
and as a journeyman worked at his trade two years. Moved again to Mercer County, Ill.;
bought and improved a farm of eighty acres. In 1862, was married to Miss Mary L. Mar-
shall, of Illinois, in 1866; sold his farm and moved to Labette County, Kan.; entered and
improved 160 acres of land and lived on the farm fifteen years; became involved in debt,
lost his farm under a mortgage, and about the same time lost his wife in 1880, and, in 1881,
with the fragments sf a broken fortune, Mr. Graham, in September of said year, moved to
McCune, Kan., built a residence and business house, and forming a partnership with Mr.
West, are now carrying on the saddle and harness trade, doing a good business. He has
four children living—William, John, Frank and George. In November, 1882, was married
to Mrs. Mary E. Hudson, of Kansas, and has four step-children—Mattie, Annie, John and
Harry. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace in Labette County after its organiza-
tion as a county. He is strictly temperate in all of his habits, and is 2 member of and a
regularly ordained Elder and preacher in the Church of re-organized Latter-Day Saints, but
an open and avowed enemy of polygamy and the Salt Lake Mormons. He is a member of

S e Good Templars, a lover of liberty and republican
institutions, “not in name but in fact;” isan advocate of temperance, good morals, and a
firm believer in and an advocate of the doctrines of Jesus Christ and His apostles.

H. GRANDLE, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Monmouth, was born in Ohio in 1836; was
raised on a farm and went to Iowa in 1856, wnere he remained on a farm twelve years
engaged in the grain and stock ‘business. He came to Kansas in 1868, and located on his
present farm of 240 acres, on which he has since remained, raising grain and stock. He has
eighty acres of timber and running water on his farm. He has a fine assortment of apples,
peaches and small fruits. He is School Director, a member of the Presbyterian Church
and Trustee of the same. Is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is Receiver of the same. He
was married to Miss Marie Shields, of Iowa, in 1864. They have seven living children—
Harvey M., Hattie E., Charlie E., George L., Frank P., J. Milton, Harry and Ida F.
(deceased). Mrs. Grandle is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

AARON GREENFIELD, of the firm of Greenfield & Vawter, dealers in hardware,
queensware, farm eee etc., was born in Ohio in 1844. Received a common school
education; went to lowa at the age of twelve; remained on a farm, Came to Kansas in
1867; located in Crawford County on a farm of 160 acres, which he improved and run asa grain
and stock farm twelve years. Also a full line of fruits of all kinds. The farm has 900 rodsof
hedge, two wells and a pond. Came to McCune in 1880. Built a residence, and was in the
real estate business till August, 1881, at which time he engaged in his present business.
Built a store of stone and brick 24x70. Is a member of the Council. Was Township Treas-
urer of Osage bepeae Is a member of the A.O. U. W. Married to Miss Elizabeth Fer-
rel, of Iowa, in 1866. They have three children—Hattie E., Della M., Katie P. Mr. and
Mrs, Greenfield are members of the M. E, Church.
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_J. M. KING, farmer, Section 31, P.O. Monmouth, was born in Kentucky in 1835, raised to
agricultural pursuits; received a business education; farmed in Indiana fifteen years. Came to
ansas in 1867 and located in Crawford County, on his present farm of 200 acres, which he im-
proved and ran as a grain and stock farm, He, has his farm under hedge and wire fence; also
has a full line of fruits and berries of all kinds. He wasin the mercantile business eight months
in Pittsburgh. He owns business and residence property in the town of Monmouth, He was
Township Clerk one year and Township Trustee six years. He belongs to the order of Freema-
sons and A. O. U. W. He was married to Miss Rebecca Coffman, of Indiana, in 1854. Their chil-
dren are Elizabeth Y., Mary S., Nancy A., Sylvester M., Louis J., William W.and Frances M. -

WILLIAM LUCAS, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Monmouth, was born in Muscatine, Iowa,
in 1839. He was raised to egucalreral pursuits and received a common school education.
He farmed in Iowa until 1866; in the meantime was in the army two years. He went to
Montana in 1866, and remained one season. He came to Kansas in the winter of 1866, and
located on his present farm, which he hasrun as a grain and stock farm to the present
time. He built a mill in 1867, which he operated for five years. He owns three farms—
one of 160 acres, another of 90 acres, and one of 160 acres. He owns 60 acres of coal land
on Brush Creek, Cherokee annie owns 160 acres of land in Woodson County, and town
property in Cherokee and Columbus. He was County Commissioner three years, and is a
member of the Presbyterian Church; an Elder. He belongs to the A. O. U. W.,G.A. R. and
Good Templars. He,was married to Miss Abbie M. Dickinson, of Ohio, in 1865. They have
six children living—Laura E., Arthur S., Samuel O., Abbie F., Emma V.and Nancy G.; de-
ceased—George A, and Charles, Mrs. Lucas is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr.
Lucas has interests in gold, silver and lead mines in Colorado.

_G. T, McCASLIN, of the firm of McCaslin & Gregg, furniture dealers and undertak-
ers, was born in Illinois in 1849. He learned the blacksmith trade. At the age of eighteen
he began work for himself, and worked in Illinois two years. He then came to Kansas, lo-
eating in Jacksonville, Neosho County, from 1869 until 1881, at which time he came to
McCune and opened his present business, continuing ten months, He then took as part-
ner James Moore, and run ten months, at the end of which time (January 17 eet Mr.

- Gregg bought Mr. Moore’s interest in the firm. Mr. McCaslin was married to Miss Sarah
J. Jett, of Illinois, in 1871. They have five children—Clara A., Sylvia E., Phebe E., Millie
F.and Ida R. Mr. and Mrs. McCaslin are members of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints.

ISAAC McCUNE, real estate and loan agent, was born in Ohio in 1822. At the age of
eighteen years he began farming for himself, and continued in that occupation in his na-
tive State twenty years. He then removed to Illinois, where he remained on a farm until
1866. He then came to Kansas, and located near Fort Scott, in Bourbon County, on a
farm, where he remained until 1869, when he came to Crawford County and improved a
farm of 240 acres, including the town site of McCune, containing sixty acres. He laid out
the town of McCune in 1878, of which he now ows ten acres, and also a farm of 160 acres
adjoining the town. Ho is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is also Dea-
con, Trustee and Treasurer, and was one of the organizers. He was married to Miss
Margaret Law, of Ireland, in 1846, who died in August, 1880. He has six children—Eliza
J., James F., Alice A., Samuel A., Margaret L, and Hartiet L. His present wife was Miss
Dell Whité, of Kansas. : Z

JAMES F. McCUNE, Postmaster, express agent and stationer, was born in Illinois in
1850. Learned the carpenter’s trade. He came to Missouri in 1865, remaining three years.
He came to Kansas in 1871, located in Parsons, where he remained two years at the carpen-
ter’s bench. Then to Short Creek five months, Then on the railroad as bridge builder five
years. Then came to McCune in 1878. In the mean time he was at home two or three
years. He was appointed Postmaster in 1878. Opened a general merchandise store and run
nine months, at the end of which time he sold out, and has since been attending to the
post office, railroad agency and express agency. He owns business and residence property
in McCune. Is a member of the City Council, and belongs to A. O. U. W., and is Master of
atte lodge. He was married to Miss Lotta Phillips, of Illinois, in 1880. They have one child
—lIvenetta.

E. C. OHLWINE, M. D., was born in Ohio in 1852. He was raised on a farm and re-
ceived a business education. He read medicine in Indiana in 1873-74 and 1875, graduatin;
in 1879 at Cincinnati. In the meantime he practiced medicine in‘i876-77 and 1878 and unti
1882, at which time he came to Kansas and located at McCune. Dr. Ohlwine is a member
of the State Médical Society of Indiana. He was married to Miss Letitia Cook, of Indiana,
in 1876. They have two children—Maud and Charles.

JOHN OVERLEY, farmer, Section 1, P.O. Monmouth, was born in Indiana in 1843.
He was raised as an agriculturist and received a common school education. He went. to
Illinois in 1852, where he remained on a farm until 1873, at the end of which time he came
to Kansas. He located in Crawford County on a farm, where he remained five years in the
grain and stock business, He then sold out, bought his eat home, which he improved
and is now cultivating. He belongs to the order of A.O.U.W. He was married to Miss’
Sarah Edgebomb, of Ohio, in 1865. They have six children—Lizzie M., Minnie C., Cora E.,
Sarah [., Wilis C. and Emma I.

J. A. ROCK WOOD, ore was born in Illinois, 1833. Was raised at the carriage
trimming business. Received a business education, Worked at his trade in Illinois until
1861, at which time joined the army, mustered out in 1865; returned to Illinoisand engaged
in the mercantile business three years. Came to Kansas in 1871, located in Wilson County,
in the furniture and undertaking business two years. Was then in the railroad depart-

ment until 1882, since which time he has been in the drug business. He isa member of the.

Methodist Episcopal Church, and Odd Fellows; belongs to the K. P’s., and is a member of
A. 0.U. He was married to Miss Rachel Shinn, of Illinois, in 1852. They have six
children—Acy, E. M., Flora B.,, Anna A., Mary, Eddie, Albert, deceased, Ida, deceased, Will-
iam, deceased.

MARTIN SAYERS, wagon manufacturer, was born in Indiana in 1848, and was raised
at histrade. He received a common school education, and came to Kansas in 1866; located
in Cherokee County, where he remained on a farm of 160 acres seven years, which he im-
prone’. Was then at Oswego Mission in a mill alghteen months. He was next in the wagon

usiness in Arkansas, five years. Hecameto McCune in May, 1880, opening his present

business. He owns a residence and business property in McCune. He is a member of the

Methodist ‘Episcopal Church, and a member of the A.O.U.W. He was married to Miss

Marenda Martin, of Iowa, in 1869. Their children living’are—Eva, William and Ollie. Mrs.

: eet is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the Ladies’ Foreign Mission-
ary Society.

A. G. SINGISER, manager for C. W. Goodlander, lumber dealer, was born in Mechan-
iesburg, Cumberland County, Penn., in 1848, and was raised in the mercantile and milling

, business. He received an academic and common school education, and engaged in the
milling business at the age of nineteen. Continued for five years, Ho went to Missouri in
1870, and was in Missouri two years; came to Kansas one year later. Went to Colorado
prospecting, and returned again to Kansas City, Mo. After a stay at Kansas City one year,
went to Fort Scott, Kan., manager forC. M. Davis & Co., at Rockville, Mo. Came to McCune,
Kan., June 21, 1880, in the lumber and grain business for L. C. Goodlander, where he contin-
ued for three years. January 1, 1883, he took charge of sanie business for C. W.Goodlander,
Mr. Siawies married Miss Nannie M. Bell, of Fleming County, Ky , October 4, 1882, at Mound
Cele, abette County, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Singiser are members of the Presbyterian

urch,

J. F, SPRUILL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 25, P.O. Monmouth, was born in
Pickens County, Ala., in 1850, and was raised on a farm. In 1865, he came to Kansas, and
located in Labette County, where he was actively pnrece in farming and stock business.
In 1875, he located upon the present place, where he has been actively identified since. In
1875, he married Miss Louisa Etler, who was born in Philadelphia and reared in Illinois,
They have a family of one son and two daughters—James A. B., Emma Lorene and Anna
Elizabeth. He has worked actively in the growth of the social life of this locality since
coming here. The family are members of the Baptist Church. His farm contains 240 acres
of amore land, well fenced and watered and stocked, and good buildings.

‘HOMAS WILLSDON STUTTERD, general merchant, was bornin Rochester, N, Y., in
1841. He received a common school education and learned the printer’s trade, and remained
in the printer’s business for ten years. Subsequently he was engaged in farming and the
fruit business in Illinois, until 1866. He was then in Cincinnati in the printing business.
also in Little Rock, Ark., and was variously employed in various places in the West unti
June, 1870, at which time be came to Kansas prospecting. He then returned to Mlinois, and
again came to Kansas in April, 1871, and located in Cherokee County, and was in the mer-
cantile business in Sherman City until 1878, at which time he came to McCune and opened
his present business. He isa member of the order of A., I’. & A. M., and A. 0. U. W.

D. T. TABB, farmer, P. O. Mt. Carmel, was bornin Kentucky, 1843. Went to Illinois
in 1857, and located on a farm where he remained until 1873, at which time he came to Kan
sas and located in Cherokee County, on a farm of 160 acres, where he continued to farm un-
til the present time. Moved to his present home March, 1881. Is a member of the Order of

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Odd Fellows. Was married to Miss Laura L. Atherton, of Vermont, 1867. Have six chil-
dren—Charles A., LizzielB., Minnie L., Ada Z.,ClaudeC. and Lyle D.

J... VANAUSDELN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, P. O. Girard, was born in
Belmont County, Ohio, March 1, 1843, and removed to Jowa with his people in 1845, who set-
tled in Van Buren County, where he was reared and educated, and was identified with his

resent industry there till 1868, when he came here and located, and has been prominently °
identified with it here since. He married in Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1866, Miss L, A,
Herriman, who was born in Washington County, and reared in Van Buren County, Iowa,
They have a family of two sons and two daughters—Howard C., Zue D., Nada A. and Oliver
P. ‘During the war he did active service in Zoran. D, Thirtieth Iowa Volunteer Infan-
try. He enlisted in August, 1862, and served tillthe 10th of August, 1863, when he was
taken prisoner near Vicksburg, and remained in Libby prison till pril, 1864, when he was
varcled, He then returned to hie regiment and continued in active service till end of the
war, when he was honorably discharged. Since ae he has worked actively in the
growth and development of the social and industrial life of his locality. The family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains 24" acres of improved land,
well fenced and watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of 300 trees, of a well-
assorted variety of fruits. ; i: :

OSIAH L. WARD, general merchant and dealer in grain, was born in the State of
New York, in 1833. He received an academic education, and at the age of seventeen went
to learn carpenter's trade, and continued in that business until twenty-five yearsof age. In
1857, he went to Illinois, and was on a farm until 1860, at which time he came to Kansas and
located in Bourbon County, where he improved a farm of 480 acres, which he conducted as
a grain and stock farm until 1865. He then moved to Crawford County, and lived on atarm
until December, 1881, at which time he bought out McCune & Co., in town of McCune, and
has since carried on 2 general store in connection with the grain business. He owns one
farm of 480 acres, and one of 160 acres, both of which he improved, and also owns a residence
and business property in town of McCune. He was elected Mayor of the town of McCune
in April, 1882. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Pool, of Ohio, in 1858. They have had
three children—Victor, Emma and Ida, all deceased. . :

J.S. WEST, of the firm of West & Potterson, liverymen, was born in Ohio, 1843; was
raised in the stock business ; sored the army at the age of twenty; was in three years, mus-
tered out 1865, returned to Tilinois and clerked in a grocery and farmed one year; then to
Kansas in 1867, located in Fort Scott, four years on a farm; then to Cherokee County ona
farm seven years; then to McCune, in the livery business 1878; built barn 1879, and has
since run the livery in connection with farm; in the meantime to Missouri and Arkansas,
visited the principal watering places of each, for the benefit of his wife’s health. Is a mem-
ber of the G. A. R. Was clerk of the School District three years. Was married to Miss E.
McCune, 1867; have five children—Elmer P., Louis H., Frank, Fred, Zulla,

‘A. M. WHITE (known as Doc White), farmer and stock dealer, Section 29, P. O. Mc-
Cune, was born in North Carolina 1844; raised on a farm and received’a common school
education. Wentto Illinois with parents at the age of eleven; was on a farm two years;
lost his parents at the age of thirteen years, then worked by the month seven years. Joined
the army 1864, mustered out 1866; returned to Illinois and worked one year. Came to Kan-
sas 1867, located in Linn County on a farm of 220 acres, where he remained one year. Then
to his present home of 320 acres, which he improved and has since run as a grain and stock
farm, which is surrounded by four miles of hedge fence, and also one mile and a half of wire.
Has good wells and pond, residence and stock barns. Carries from 100 to 150 head of stock.
Mr. White hauled the lumber to build the first house in Girard, 1868. Was married to Miss
Jennie Beck, of Lowa, 1870. Had two children—Louis R., Nellie F. Lost wife in Colorado,
1876. Was married to Miss Sadie Beal, of Iowa, 1878. Have one child—Georgie E. Mrs.
White is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. : :

CHARLES W. WILSON, dealer in grain, was born in Niagara County, N. Y., in 1832
and removed to Iiinois with his people in 1843, who settled in Kendall County, where he
was reared and educated, and was identified in that State for several years with the farm-
ing industry. In 1870, he went to Indiana and engaged in business of various kinds, prin-
cipally grain and coal trade, returning to Ilinois, afterward coming to this State in 1879,
and located in Osage Township, this county, where he carried on farming till 1882, when he
engaged at his present business, which he ably represents. In 1857, he married Miss Sil-
vany Close, who was born and reared in Craviord County, Penn. They have a family of
two sons and three daughters—ElJla M., William A., Charles W., Jr., Mary E.and Mabel 8.
The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an active member of
A., F.& A.M. and I. 0. O. F. Societies, and of the Encampment. His farm contains 160
acres of improved land, well fenced and watered, and good buildings, and a nice orchard of
assorted fruit.

SEVIER WILSON, of the firm of 8S. Wilson & Son, merchants, was born in Indiana in
1832. He was raised in the mercantile business. n merchandising for himself at the
age of twenty-two, in Indiana, at Taylorsville, where he remained three years, then in Jack-
son County three years, then to Deputy until 1879. In the meantime had carried on a farm
in connection with his other business; then farmed exclusively for three years. In the
meantime packed pork for nine years. He then came to Kansas and located in McCuneand
engaged in his present business. He owns two farms in Indiana in a high state of cultiva-
tion; owns aa residence and lot in McCune. He was Township Treasurer in the State of
Indiana two years; was Postmaster in Indiana fifteen years. He is a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church ‘and Odd Fellows. He was married to Miss Murgaret L. Laird, of
Indiana, in 1856, They have six childrea—Frank D., Charles M., Cora B, Fred S., Carolina
E., Lulie M. and Julia M., deceased. Mrs. W. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Frank D.and Charles M. Wilson received a collegiate education. Charles M. is
the See of the firm of 8. Wilson & Son, :

ABRAHAM WINTERS, farmer, Section 20, P.O. McCune, was born in Pennsylvania,
1832. Went to Illinois in infancy, and remained in the blacksmith business until 1861, at
which time joined the army and was mustered out 1865. Then went to Missouri, where he
remained.in the blacksmith business eight years. Came to Kansas 1873, located on his pres-
ent home of 160 acres, 100 acres under cultivation; devotes his time to grain and stock.
Was married to Miss Carolina SDEnE Dy of New York, 1863. Have seven children—Susan,
Mary, Samuel D., Philander, Maud K., John William, Flora. Lost wife 1882.

WALNUT.

Walnut is a small town located in the northwestern part of Crawford
County at the jeeom of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad with
the Nebraska, Topcka, Iola & Girard Railroad. It is distant from Fort
Scott about twenty-seven miles; eight miles from Osage Mission, and about
a miles from Girard, the county seat of the county in which it is sit-
uated.

The town was founded in 1871, by a town company, of which J. Mil-
ler, H. Burns, F. Robins, J. Burk, Dr. J. C. Petit and Louis Giddings were
members. The land upon which it is situated was taken as a claim by H.
Burns, who was furnished with money by the company with which he
could obtain legal title to the ground. The original site comprised forty
acres, which was laid off into town lots. This being a part of the Osage
lands, and the title being in dispute between the At K. & T. Railroad
Company and settlers, but little progress was made by the town.

. The first house that was erected on the town site was that built by H.
Shackleton, and was a little box house which stood at the foot of Main
sees: and which he used for a store room, dealing in general merchan-

ise.

_ The newt building was a grain clevator, built by Jacobs & Burk, and
is the one now occupied by Davis & Co. For a time, W. Jacobs used the
building for a residence, until the completion of his dwelling house, which
was the third building erected in the place. Jacobs, for awhile, used his
dwelling for a boarding house, and is the room. now occupied by W. Mc-
Fall with a stock of hardware. 8. H. Cover next erected a store and began
CRAWFORD COUNTY

dealing in general merchandise. Newton & Kelly followed next, with a
merchandising establishment consisting of general goods.

Newton & Kelly, after running the business for a short time, sold out
to a man named Neighbors, who sold to Jones & Gordon, who in turn
sold to a man named Joyce. Joyce continued in business about a year,
after which the building was unoccupied until it was taken by the present
firm of Steadman & Gregory, in 1880. This firm put ina large stock of
general merchandise, and have since conducted a successful business. As
was before stated, the growth of the town was extremely slow and un-
promising during the first few years of its existence. In 1875, the site fell
into the hands o Perry & Goff, by purchase. The town at this time began
to exhibit greater life. The site was resurveyed, and an addition of forty
acres made to it. About a year later, J. Miller made an addition of twent
acres known as ‘‘Miller’s Addition,” and in the fall of 1882, the Robins &
Goff and the Burns Additions were made, of thirty and fifteen acres re-
spectively. By this means the site became very much enlarged, having an
area of one hundred and forty-five acres.

In 1876, the title to the ceded lands was quieted by the judgment. of
the United States Court, which also settled the dex of settlers in regard to
property in this section of the State. By this means the town was made
ready for the more lively and substantial growth that has since followed.
TheN., T., I. & M. Railroad running from Girard to this place was built in
1882. crossing the Missouri Pacific road at this point.

_. The Missouri Pacific, or the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, was
built in 1871, thus giving the town the advantages of two lines of railroad.

The town at first went by the name of Glenwood, but in 1874 the name
was changed to that it now bears.

A post office called Walnut was located here in 1870, and was kept by
Thomas Jones, in a small box house which stood just off the town site, on,
the bank of Big Walnut Creek. Soon after the starting of the town, the
office was brought into it, and was under the official appointment of Ira
Boyle, who has continued to act in the capacity of Postmaster up to the
present time.

The first school was taught in the town in the winter of 1870-71, by J.
Johnston, and was kept in the school building that had been erected during
the fall of 1870. This was a small frame house to which an addition was
built in 1879, in order to satisfy the increased wants of educational facili-
ties. A new school building was erected in the fall and winter of 1882, and
is a two story frame, 30x50 feet, containing four rooms, and cost about
$3,000. The bonds of the district were voted to raise this amount.

The town contains four church organizations, viz., the Methodist,
Presbyterian, Catholic and Baptist. The Methodist congregation was
organized in 1869. It was effected in the residence of F. Robins, with
a membership of ten, which has since increased to sixty.

The first services were held in Robins’ residence dia bad weather,
and when the state of the weather allowed were held in the groves.- The
church building was erected in 1880, at a cost of $1,500, and is a tastefully
constructed one-story frame, finished with aspire and furnished with a bell.

The Catholic Church was first organized in Neosho County in 1869,
and was effected in the farm residence of John Mudd, by one of the
fathers from Osage Mission. In 1870, the place of holding meetings was
changed to Walnut, where at that time a small church building was
erccted. :

The Presbyterians became organized into a church body by Rev. H.
H. Camburn, who has since been pastor. The work of organization took
place in the schoolhouse, where the services were subsequently conducted
for some time. The church building was erected in1880. Itisa one-story
frame structure, and cost about $1,000.

The Baptist denomination have a church organization, but they are
yet not supplied with a regular church house, the services being conducted
in the schoolhouse.

The social orders are represented by two lodges—that of the Odd Fel-
lows and the United Workmen—both of which are in a flourishing condi-
tion.

Journalism is represented by two publications—the Walnut Journal
and the Walnut. Herald.

The Walnut Journal was begun in December, 1881, by E. O. Green.
On the 1st of November of the next year, Green sold a half-interest in
the concern to W. M. Holeman, who became associate editor and propri-
etor. The paper is a six-column quarto, independent in politics, and has
a circulation of 480 copies.

The Walnut Herald is a five-column sheet, published by J . Scurry.
The circulation is gratuitous, the only revenues being that obtained from
advertisements. 7 :

- The manufacturing industry is represented by a gr’st and flour mill.
This is the Walnut “Mills, which was built in 1879 by H. C. Bruner.
In February, 1882, the building was sold to McCullough & Hollister, who
fitted it up with a full line of new and improved machinery. It contains
three run of stone, and has a capacity for grinding 100 bushels of wheat
and 300 of corn per day. The principal market for the goods made is in
Texas, and the orders received are much in advance of the supply. The
mill building is a two-story frame, 24x36 feet, and the power is supplied
by a forty-horse power engine.

. The business interests of the town are represented by three general
stores, two hardware, two drug and three grocery stores, one restaurant,
two hotels, one millinery and dress making establishment, two meat mar-
kets, one cabinet and furniture shop, two lumber and coal yards, three
grain elevators, two livery stables, one hay press, two blacksmith and
wagon shops, one harness shop, one carpenter shop, one barber shop, one
shoe shop, two land offices, etc. Being situated at considerable distances
from all important surrounding points, the town has the support of a large
country trade. With the surrounding of a fertile agricultural district, the
advantages of railroads, etc., it only awaits the further development of
the country, when the town will, in proportion, attain considerable size
and importance.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM B, ASH, M, D., physician and surgeon, second son of W. F. and§. A. Ash,
was born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1850. At the age of fourteen he removed to Kentucky,
where he received ahigh school education, and read medicine. He attended the University
of Louisville in 1873 and 1874, graduating in the latter year. He then practiced eighteen
months in Keutucky, and at the end of that time came to Crawford County, Kan., and lo-
cated in Walnut, and began the practice of his profession. He isa member of the I. 0. O.
F.and A. 0, U. W., being Medical Examiner for the latter. He was married to Emma S.
Dawson, third sauphiter of the late John Dawson, M. D. M.R.C. S., of Rangoon, British
Burmah, India, and has one child, named Iva Maude Eveline Ash. Mrs. Ash was born in
Rangoon, British Burmah, India, went to Scotland and was educated, and came to the
United States in 1876, :

H. B. BELL, hardware and agricultural implements, was born in Indiana June 13,
1851. He moved to Illinois with his parents at the age of four, where he was raised on a
farm and received a business education, In 1869, he came to Missouri and was on a farm in
Knox County seven years in the stock business. He came to Kansas in 1876, and located in
Crawford County on a farm, where he remained three years. He was then on the trail from
Wichita to Fort Reno one year, and then in Elk County in the hardware and implement
business two years. He then came to Walnut and opens his present business. He built a
residence and owns business property inthetown. He is a member of the orders of A., F. &
A.M.and 1.0.0, F. He was married to Miss Eliza B. Poor, of Missouri, in 1870, and has
three children living—Joseph E., Emanuel and John T. Henrietta (deceased).

_ IRA BOYLE, Pasimasten was born in Ohio in 1840. He was raised in the agricultural
business, and at the age of twenty-one he began farming for himself, and carried on that
business one year. He joined the army in 1861, remaining until 1862, when he returned to
Ohio, went onto a farm and remained until 1867. He then came to Missouri and farmed
three years; at the end of which time he came to Kansas and located in Crawford County
on a farm of 160 acres, on which he raised grain and stock. He came to Walnut in 1873 and
opened a hardware business in connection with groceries, and was appointed Postmaster in
1875. Mr. Boyle is a member of the Presbyterian Church and also of the A.O.U.W. He
ae alti to Miss Angeline Bricker, of Ohio, in 1865. They have two children—Addie A,
and Burton.

- JAMES COLLINS, dealer in groceries, was born in Indianain 1844. He was raised on
afarm, received a fair education, and came to Kansas in 1867 and located in Neosho County,
on a farm of 160 acres. He improved this farm and remained on it six years, raising grain
and stock, in the meantime running asaw mill three years. He came to Walnut in 1878
and built three houses which he pow owns; he is a member of the Christian Church, an
was married to Miss Marinda Holeman, of Iowa, in 1870. They have four children—Orie,
Maggie, Alma and Gussie,

EDWARD FITZGERALD, farmer and liveryman, was born in Canada in 1834, He
was a farmer and teamster in Canada until 1870, at which time came to Kansas and located
in Crawford County on a farm of 160 acres, which he Daprored and ran as grain and stock
farm until October, 1882, He then bought the livery stable of Brand Bros., in Walnut, Kan.,
of which he is now owner. He was married to Mrs. Eliza J. Fitzgerald, of Canada, July 4,
1880, and has two step-children—Ada and James M. i e

WILLIS A, GAYLORD, of the firm of Bubb & Gaylord, dealers in groceries, queens-
ware, etc., etc., was born in the State of New York in 1849. He was raised on a farm, re-
ceived a business education, and in 1869 removed to Illinois, where he located on a farm and
remained five years. He was in the confectionery business four years prior to coming to
Kansas. After locating in Girard he was four years in the stock business, and in 1882 came
to Walnut and opened his present business. e is a member of A. 0. U. W,, and Trustee of
same. He was married to Miss Jennie C. Hutchinson, of Illinois, in 1869. They have one
child—Sylvia May. .

J. M. GOFF, Mayor of Walnut, and real estate and lumber dealer, was born’ in the
State of New York December 24, 1840. He went to Wisconsin at the age of two years, and
was raised in that State in mercantile business, in which he engaged for himself at the age
of twenty-one. He continued mercantile business until 1861, when he entered the army, re-
maining in the service until 1864. On leaving the army he was in business in Tennessee
two years, when he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in grain business, which he carried
on until 1875, He then came to Kansas and located in Walnut, Crawford County, where he
engaged in real estate and lumber business, handling only his own property. Inconnection
with Mr. T. T. Perry, of Girard, he bought the town site of Walnut (consisting of eighty
acres) in 1876, and which he laid out and platted. Then in connection with Mr. Robbins he
laid out an addition of thirty acres to town of Walnut in 1882. He has been School Director
four years, and is member of order of Freemasons. He was married to Miss Mary F.
Thomas, of Wisconsin, in 1676. They have two children—Hellen E. and George. Mrs. Goff
is a graduate of the Delavan High School, Wisconsin.

_ P. W. HINSEN, dealer in grain and coal, was born in Missouri in 1847. He received a
business education and was in Government employ four years during the war. He then
taught school in Missouri and Kansas several years; he was surveying four years and began
the grain business in Sumner County, Kan., in.1874. In August, 1882, he added the coal
trade to his business, and is now interested in the mercantile business in Harper and Osage
Mission, Kan. He is a member of the Advent Christian Church and of the Order of Odd
Fellows. He was married to Miss Minnie Van Laningham, of Indiana, in December, 1869,
who died May 20, 1880, leaving Maude, Blanch and Guy. He was married to Miss Mattie
Van Laningham, of Indiana, in 1881. They have one child—May.

E. B. KRENZ, owner and  PESBrietor of commercial hotel, was born in Germany, June
2, 1849, He came to the United States with his parents at the age of five years, who located
in Illinois. He began clerking at the age of fourteen, and continued it nine years, when he
carried on business for himself two years, and was then employed as clerk one year. He
then came to Bourbon County, Kan., and took a claim of eighty acres, upon which he lived |
four and a half years, raising grain and stock, and came from there in June, 1881, to Wal-
nut, where he bought and improved the Commercial Hotel. He owns nine lots in connec-
tion with hotel. Mr. Krenz has proved to be a success in hotel business; he is a member of
the City Council, and has been City -Treasurer fin Illinois; he is a member of Catholic
Church. He was married to Miss Marie Hitchcock, of Illinois, in 1873. They have three
children—Stella M., Lyman A., Chester J. 3 ,

CHARLES McCULLOUGH, proprietor of the Walnut Mills Railroad, agent and tele-

raph operator, was born in Ohioin 1840. At the age of thirteen he went to Iowa where
fe received a collegeate education. In 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862, and
suffered all the horrors of the Southern prison pens under the command of the notorious
Wing, for six months and eleven days, and was then sent home on parole until exchanged.
In the spring of 1863 re-enlisted as a veteran with the rank of Sergeant, and was promoted
to First Lieutenant of Company C, Seventy-first United States Volunteers, He resigned in
the fall of 1864, and returned to Lowa and engaged in the lumber business, remaining in that
State until 1874, when he went into a telegraph office in Decatur, IIl., and remained seven
months. In the fall of 1875, he came to Kansas, where he received an appointment as rail-
road agent on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, with headquarters at Hepler, Kan., holding the
position until April, 1882; he then bought the vacated mill of H. C. Bruner, Walnut, aud in
connection with Mr. Hollister fitted it up with new machinery, including three run of
French buhrs, and now does a large and flourishing business, shipping large quantities of
flour and meal to various points in Texas as well as supplying the home demand. Mr. Mc-
Cullough also owns McCullough’s Addition to Hepler, comprising twenty acres platted and
laid out; a farm near the town, and a fine residence in the city of Walnut. He is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was married in 1865 to Miss Elizabeth Parrish,
of Michigan, who also received a collegiate education in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough
have four children—Willie F., Sadie E., John O. and Nannie FE. :

DANIEL PALMER, dealer in jewelry and clocks, was born in Canada in 1837. He re-
moved to Illinois at the age of twenty-five, where he was engaged in lumber business two
years, In 1862, he joined Company E, Eighty-eighth Illinois (known as Board of Trade
Re; maent) and served three years. Returned to Illinois and was engaged in merchandise
and traveling six years. He came to Kansas in 1872, located in Allen County, and was there
engaged in building business five years. In 1877, he was ordained Baptist preacher, and was
engaged in the work three years, opening his present business in 1880. Is now School
Treasurer of District No. 66. Belongs to Order of Freemasons. He was married to Miss
Mary Smith, of Canada, in 1857. Mrs. Palmer is also member of the Baptist Church.

J. W. PELSUE, druggist, was born in Vermont in 1844, where he was raised on a farm
and received a business education. He came to Iowa at the age of seven, where he remained
seven years, and was then in Missouri seven years. In 1866, he came to Crawford County,
Kan., and located on farm of 160 acres, which he improved and ran asa grain and
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farm five years, coming to Walnut in 1872, where he built astore and epened resent busi-
ness. He has also built two residence houses; he has been Township Clerk. He was mar-
ried_to Miss Bell J. Horsley, of Ulinois, in 1867, and has two children—Owen E. and Deck.
Mr. Pelsue owns a 160-acre farm in Kansas, and also owns farm of 160 acres in Missouri,
both well improved.

HENRY E. RAKESTRAW, M. D., was born in Ohio, November 20, 1850; he came to
Kansas in 1871, and located at Erie, Neosho County, where he read medicine until 1873, at
which time he went to St. Louis, Mo.,and graduated from the Homcopathic Medical College
in the spring of 1872. He then returned to Kansasand located at Walnut, Crawford County,
where he is now engaged in the practice of medicine and drug business, where he has built
three residences and an office. He was married to Miss Alice Dutton, of Indiana, in the
fall of 1875, and has one child—Mable A. - 3

J. A. WOOD, druggist, was born in Missouri where he was educated in the drug busi-
ness and ae the business for himself at the age of nineteen, which he continued in that
State until he came to Kansas in 1878, and located at Walnut, Crawford County, where he
bought a lot upon which he built a residence, and also bought a store, and opened his pres-
ent business. He formed a copartnership with Dr. Rakestraw, August 1, 1882. He was
married to Miss Callie Pollard, of Missouri, in 1876, by whom he had one child—LeRoy.
beg Wood died in 1878, and he was married to Miss Mollie Ash, of Osage Mission, Kan., in

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—waLnuT TOWNS'IIP.

EDMUND M. ALEXANDER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Walnut, was born in Pat-
rick County, Va., in 1825. At the age of fourteen he located with his people in Polk County,
Mo., where he was actively identified with the farming till 1860, when he came to Kansas
and located in my endots County, and carried on farming there until 1870, when he came
and located upon his present place, where he has been successfull connected with his pres-
ent industry since. He married in 1852, Miss Martha Criswell, who was born and reared in
Franklin County,Mo: They have two sons and two daughters—Catharine, now Mrs. Henr
Hess ; James, Lettaand Albert. During the war hedid active service in company E, Fifteent
Kansas Cavalry, from 1863 till end of war; was honorably discharged. His farm contains
eighty acres of well improved land, good buildings and an orchard of over 200 fruit trees.

L. F. BAUGH, of the firm of Baugh & Lewis, dealers in drugs, paints, oils, etc., ete.,
a ae was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., in 1860, and removed with his people in 1866
to Benton County, Mo., where he was reared and educated. In 1879, he came here, and en-
gesed at merchandising as clerk until 1882, when he formed the present partnership with

r. O. F. Lewis, which he ably represents, He is an active worker in its growth and devel-
opment of the social and industrial life of the place.

. R. BOWY¥ER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Walnut, was born in Tippecanoe
County, Ind., in 1858, and removed with his parents to Iowa in 1859, where they remained
until 1870, when they came here and settled. He has been actively identitied with his pres-
ent industry since. He married in 1880, Miss Martha A. Cunningham, who was born in
Lawrence County, Ill. They have one little boy—John Henry. The family are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. : :

JOHN CAMBLINE, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Waluut, was born in Wayne County,
Ind., in 1828, and was reared and educated in Tivpecande County, where he was identifie
actively with the farming industry till 1868, when he located in Livingston County, Ill, and
carried on farming there till 1876, when he came here, and has been successfully connected
with his present industry since. He married in 1853, Miss Angeline Hays, who was born
and reared in Tippecanoe County,Ind. They have a family of two sons and four daughters—
Wallace F., Arthur M., Harriet A., aps E., now Mrs. Henry Poor; Annie and Jessie.
The family are members of the Advent Church. His farm contains ninety-seven acres of im-
proved land, well fenced, and watered and stocked; good buildings and a nice orchard.

ALBERT CHADWICK, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 14 and 15, P. O. Hepler, was
born in Joking County, Ohio, in 1839, and was connected with farming there until 1872,
when he came here and located upon his present place the following year, and has been
very successfully connected with his present industry since. He was maried in Bates
County, Mo.,in 1876,to Miss Mary A. ‘Thompson, a native of Story County, Iowa, They

-have a family of two daughters—Edna and Florence. During the war he did active service
in the Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted in the Thirteenth Missouri,
which was afterward changed to the Twenty-second Ohio, and did service from September,
1861, until November, 1864, when he was honorably discharged from Company D, Twenty-
second Ohio. Since locating here, he has worked actively in the development of the social
and industrial life of his locality, and has filled the different municipal and school offices
for several years. He has been a member of the A., F. & A. M. society since 1866, He is
a member of the Chapter and Council of that order. He is alsoa member of the Grand
Army of the Republic of Hepler, of Hepler Post, No. 143. His farm contains 480 acres of
improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked; good buildings, and an orchard of 200
trees. He makes a specialty of stock-raising and breeding in cattle, horses and hogs.

ALFRED J. COVER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, P.O. Walnut, was born in
Adams County, Penn., October 8, 1844, and removed with his people to Illinois, who settled
in Knox County in 1858, where he was identified with farming until 1868, when he came
here and located upon his present place, and has been successfully connected with his present
iudustry since. He married, in 1872, Miss Frances L. Dunlap, who was born in Pennsyl-
vania and reared in Jefferson County, Iowa. They have a family of one son and three
daughters—Clarence, Della May, Mattie, Irene and Ivy Belle. The family are reared in the
Protestant religion, His farm contains eighty acres of improved land, well watered, stocked
and fenced, with good buildings and stables, and an orchard of well-assorted fruits,

CHARLES H. DARLING, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 9, P. O. Hepler, was born
in Mills County, Iowa, in 1856, and was reared and educated there. In 1876, he came here
and located upon his present place, and has been actively connected with his present indus-
try here since. He married, in 1882, Miss Rachael Poling, who was born in Illinois and
reared in Missouri. He and his wife hold to the religion of the Baptist Church. His farm
contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced, ane, watered and stocked; dwellings and
barns and stables, and an orchard of 1,000 trees, of well-assorted fruits.

LEVI C, DUNLAP, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, P. 0. Walnut, was born in
Bedford County, Penn., in 1833. At the age of sixteen, he removed with his people, who
settled in Jefferson County, Iowa, where he was identified with farming till 1870, when he
came here and located, and has carried on his present industry actively since. Ile married
in 1854, in Fulton County, Penn., Miss Sarah Stallman, who was born in Adams and reared
in Fulton County, Penn. They have a family of two sons and six daughters living—I’rances
L., now Mrs. Alfred J. Cover; Demeras J.. now Mrs. Millard Payton; Mary B., now Mrs,
William Marada; Alice J., Ruhama Anice, Oren Sherman, William 1. and Lucy, and havo
buried their eighth child, Clarence Alfred, in the Horsler Cemetery, Walnut Township.
During the late civil war, he did service in the Home Guards of Iowa. Family are reared in
the Protestant Church. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, good dwellings and
stables, and an orchard of 250 trees, of a well-assorted variety of fruits.

JAMES W. FREEMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O, Walnut, was born in Warren
County, Ind., in 1838, removed to Illinois with his people when quite young, who settled in
Livingston County, where he was reared and educated. He was actively identified with
farming there until 1875, when he came here and located, and has been identified with his

resent industry since. He married, in 1868, Miss Hannah Elizabeth Shireman, who was
born in Pennsylvania and reared in Scott County, Il. They havea family of three sons and
three daughters—Arthur B., Daniel S., Alta E., Catharine A., James W., Jr, and Hannah
Elizabeth (twins). During the war, Mr, Freeman did active service in Company G, One

Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from August, 1862, until the
close of the war, when he was honerebls discharged. Since locating here he has worked
actively in the development of the social and industrial life of his locality. His farm con-
tains 240 acres of improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked; good dwellings, barn and
stable, and a nice orchard of well assorted fruits. 5

JOSEPH T. GARRISON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Walnut, was born in New
Jersey in 1830, and removed with his people, in 1839, to Indiana, who settled in Bar-
tholomew County, where he was reared and educated. At the age of twenty-two, he located
in Marion County, Iowa, where he was actively identified with farming till 1867, when he
came here and settled upon his present place, where he has heen successfully connected with
his present industry since. He married, in 1852, Miss Nancy Barnhill, who was born and
reared in Bartholomew County, Ind. They have a family of three sons and four daughters
—Franklin Pierce, Martha Lovina, now Mrs. Julius Forester; Sarah Margaret, Benjamin,
Luella, William and George Albert. The family belong to the United Baptist Church. His
farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked; good build-
ings, and a small orchard of nicely assorted fruits:

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

D. T, GRAHAM, of the firm of Viets & Graham, proprietors of Hepler Livery, Feed and
Sale Stables. Mr. Graham was born and reared in Andrew County, Mo., and locatea in
Bourbon County, Kan., in 1868, with his people, when he was of the age of fourteen. He
was actively engaged in farming and stock-raising in that county till February, 1883 when
he sold his interest, and ars his entire attenticn to his present business, in which he had
formed a partnership in July, 1881. ile

A. K, HAAG, general blacksmithing and dealer in agricultural implements, Hepler, was
bornin Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1855, and was reared and educated there; at the age of four-
teen he engaged at the business of blacksmithing, and followed it in his native country till
he was nineteen years old, when he came to America and followed his trade in Illinois till

1876. He then came here and has been successfully connected with his present business
here since, He married in 1876, Miss Matilda Adler, who was born and reared in Blooming-
ton, Ill. They have a family of one son and daughter—Albert and Sadie. His family are
members of the Methodist Church. Besides his business, he has a nicely improved farm of
120 acres in Sherman Township, this county. 5

WILLIAM T. HARRIS, butcher and stock-dealer, Hepler, born in Cornwall County, En-
gland, in 1841, and came to America with his people, who settled in Wentworth County, Can.,
where he was reared and educated. At the age of twenty-two he engaged at his present
business in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Can., and was actively identified with it there,
till 1881, when he came here, and located and established his present business, which he has
successfully carried on since. He was married in 1863, to Miss Mary Heard Wickett, who
was born in Devonshire, England, and reared in Haldinand County, Can. They have a
fanily of two sons and two daughters—Ann, William N., John B. and Ida. His family are
members of the Methodist Church, He is an active member of the A. 0. U. W., Hepler
Lodge, No. 115.

t eaEORGE B. HOBART, farmer and stock-raiser, Section ea P. 0. Hepler, was born in
Licking ne Ohio, in 1847, and was reared and educated there; at the age of twenty-
one, he located in Cass County, Mo., and followed farming and stock-raising there until
1880, when he came to Kansas and located here in 1881, and has been actively identified
with his present industry since. He married in Fort Scott, in 1880, Miss Mattie James, who
was born and reared in Randolph County, Ill. They have one son—Hosea A. He and his
wife hold to the religion of the Methodist Church. His farm residence contains 160 acres of
improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, good buildings, and an orchard of well -
assorted fruit. He also owns eighty acres in Section 28 of this Township, which is well
improved.

» HENRY HOUDASHELT, farmer, Sections 11 and 21, P.O. Walnut, was born in Kentucky,
in 1817. He was engaged in farming in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri ten years, remaining
in Illinois, on a farm, until the summer of 1878. He then came to Kansas and located on
his present farm of 320 acres in Crawford County, which he bought and improved. He re-
mained on the farm two years, and then bought an improved farmin Walnut. Mr. H. owns
a fine farm of 442 acres in Illinois, which is one of the best grain and stock farms in Illinois,
He was married to Miss Parmelia Franklin, of Illinois, in 1839, by whom he had three chil-
dren—John, Franklin and Parmelia. His wife died in March, 1845, and he was married to
Mrs. Montgomery, of Indiana, in 1847. They have three children-—Henry M., Mary J. and
Asberry.

HARMON H. HURST, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Walnut, was born in Elkhart
County, Ind.,in 1835. At the age of five years, he located with his people in Sullivan County,
Mo., where he was reared and educated, and where he was identified with the farming in-
dustry until 1860, when he went to Warren County, Iowa, and carried on farming until
1861, when he enlisted in the army and,served until 1865; removed here in 1866, and has
been identified with his present industry here since. He married August 27, 1854, Miss
Martha W. Norman, of Indiana, who departed this life in 1856, and is buried in the cemetery
of Sullivan County, leaving one daughter—Julia F. In December, 1856, he married Miss
Ruth S. Huntley, of Illinois, wno departed this life in 1874, and_is buried in the family
cemetery, leaving two sons and a daughter—Virgil H., Minnie B, and Ralph E. He was
married in 1876, to Mrs. Mary F. Morrow nee Andrews, a native of Missouri. They have one
son—Claude J. During the war, he did active service in Company B., Tenth Iowa,
from August, 1861, until September, 1865, and was honorably discharged as a veteran
of the same company and regiment. His farm contains 200 acres of improved land,
well fenced and stocked, with good dwellings, barns, stables, and an orchard of 600 trees of
a nicely assorted variety of fruits. p . :

JOHN INMAN (deceased), was born in Ohio in 1830, and was reared in Indiana. At
the age of twenty-one, he located in Iowa, where he carried on farming actively till the war,
when he enlisted in 1862, in Company A, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and did
active service till the end of the war; during this time, he contracted small-pox, which left
him an invalid. He died January 2, 1872, and is buried in the cemetery of this township,
having moved here three years previously. His wife and three sons survive him—Louisa
Jane Inman neeChambers, was born in Ohio, and reared in Indiana; was married to the
deceased in 1866. The sons are—Philander Franklin, William Henry and George Washing-
ton. The farm contains 160 acres of land, well fenced and stocked, good buildings, anda
nice young orchard. ;

HON. DAVID JOHNSON, proprietor of the National Hotel, Hepler, was born in Fayette
County, Penn., in 1818, and was reared and educated in Greene County, Penn. At the age of
twenty, he left his native State and located in Guernsey County, Ohio, and was identified
there prominently with the farming industry for fifteen years. He then went to Iowa and
Toasted in Taylor County in 1855, and carried on farming actively there till 1870, when he
came to Kansas and located in Bourbon County, and carried on farming and stock-raising
for twelve years, retiring from it then and engaging at his present business, which he ably
represents. He marricd in 1839, Miss Lovina Gay, who was born and reared in Guernsey
County, Ohio, and who departed this life in 1803, and is buried in Taylor County, Iowa, leav-
ing a family of four sons and six daughters—Adeline, deceased, formerly Mrs. David Griffin,
E. G.; Melissa, Mrs, J. Maroa; Jasper, Isaac Newton, Kossuth, Edith, Mrs, George Litler ;
Simon, Reuben, Alice, and William Rosecrans. In 1864, he married Mrs, Maudania Lester
nee Jones, of Missouri. They have a family of three daughters—Mary, Minerva and Mon-
tivideo. Mrs, Johnson’s family are two sons and two dau; hters—William Thomas Martha
Jane, now Mrs. Isanc Newton Johnson; Carrie C., now Mrs. Calvin Hancock, and George
W. 'The family aro reared in the faith of the Methodist Church. Mr. Johnson has always
worked actively in the development of the pop social and industrial life of his locality
since coming here. He served the 36th District of the State for Bourbon County in the
Legislative Assembly of 1874; has filled the office of Justice of the Peace for many years,
and has been active in many minor municipal and school offices during his residence in this

locality. - :
Wi LLIAM KYSER, Principal of Hepler School, was born in Livingston County, Il., in
1856, and removed to Kansas, with his people, who settled in this county, where he was
reared and educated; received his education in the public schools of this county, attending
the normals as opportunities.offered. At the age of twenty, he engaged at his present pro-
fession, and_has on very reputably connected with it in the county since, He married in
1875, Miss Ella M. Vorheis, who was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, and reared in this
county, her people having settled here in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Kyser have a family of two
sons—George and Frank, The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He is an active member of the A. O. U. W. society, and Hepler Lodge, No. 115. He owns
eighty acres of nice land in Section 35, Walnut Township, undergoing ener improvement.
RICHARD WINFIELD DELAMBERT, dealer in hardware and agricultural imple-
ments, Hepler, was born in Liverpool, England, in 1855, and was reared and educated there.
He graduated in a regular course of commercial study, at the Liverpool Commercial Insti-
tute, and engaged at the profession of book-keeping, with which he was identified there for
a few years. In 1873, he came to America and located here and engaged at farming and
stock-raising, with which he was actively connected till 1880, when he engaged at his pres-
eut industry, with which he has been reputably connected since. He married, in 1875, Miss
Elizabeth Jane Heard, who was born in Devonshire, England, in 1856, and was reared and
educated there, and who came to Bourbon County, Kan., in 1872. They have a family of
three daughters—Ethel, Beatrice Winfield and Evelyn. Je is an active member of the A.
0. U. W. Society here. His fantily are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Since
locating here he has worked actively in the growth and poy Aor of the social and indus-
trial life of this place, He has served as Justice of the Peace for several years, and has been
active in school official positions. as
JAMES LEDLIE, farmer, Section 33, P.O. Walnut.|{He was born in Pennsylvania in
1815. Raised a mechanic, and received a common school education. He was in Pennsylva-
nia until 1852, then to Ohio, where he remained in the hotel and mail contracting business
until 1869, at which time he came to Kansas, and located in Crawford County, on a farm of
160 acres; remained there two years; then to his present home of 160 acres, which he has
since run as a grain and stock farm. He has a fine line of fruits of all kinds, Isan Odd
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

Fellow, and a charter member of the Presbyterian Church, He was Township Trustee eight
ears, and ig at present. He was married to Miss Mary Fessler, of Forney vanie, in 1840,
hey have six children—Joshua, Elizabeth, John, Letitia, Charles and Harry.

_ 0, F, LEWIS, M. D., Hepler, was born in Monroe County, Mich,, in 1854, and received
his rudimentary education in the public schools of his native city. His literary education
was obtained inthe University of Michigan, in which, after a thorough course of study of
three years, he took up the study of his profession in the same university, graduating from
there in 1880, after a thorough study of three years. After graduating, te entered into the
practice of his profession in company with Prof. I. E, Brown, of the Chair of Physiology, in
the Medical College of Detroit, and after one year's active practice with him, he came here,
and located and established the present business of drugs and medicines, etc., and has been
reputably connected wlth the practice of his profession here since. He has worked activel
in the development of the social life of this locality. He is an active member of the A. 3.
U. W., and the examining surgeon for that society here. ©

ENOCH M. LYNESS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Walnut, was born in Dearborn
County, Ind., in 1836, and was reared and educated there. He was actively identified with
his present industry there until 1878, when he removed to Westecn Texas, but returned here
and located the following year, and has since been engaged in his present business, He
married, in 1859, Miss Melinda E, Kuhn, who was born in Alabaima and reared in Dearborn
County, Ind. They have a family of five sons and two daughters living—George W., John
J., Rosella J., Henry R., Mary Josephine, Frank M. and Walter G., and have buried their
sixth child, Albert K., in Dearborn County coretery: During the war he did active service
in Company H, EFighty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from August, 1862, till the end of
the war; was honorably discharged. His family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He has been an active member of the A., F. & A. M. Society since 1877. His farm
contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked, good buildings,
and an orchard of over 400 trees.

JOHN A. MARSHALL, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Walnut, was born in Platte
County, Mo., in 1840, and was reared to his present industry, which he carried on there till
1870, when he came here and located on his present place, where he has been since. He
married, in 1868, Miss Nancy J. Rule, of his native county. ‘They have a‘family of six
sons and two anemic ames T., Garret L., John H., Annie B., Charles L., Byron, George
and Lillie. The family are members of the Christian Church. His farm contains 193 acres
of aeprpee land, well fenced and watered and stocked; good buildings, and a nice young
orchard.

PERRY A. MORRISON, general merchandising, Hepler, was born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, in 1844, and was reared to the farmin alanine: At the age of fourteen he
learned the business of tobacconist, and was actively connected with it until the breaking-
out of the war, when he.enlisted in Company F, Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
June 17, 1861, and did service in the field for three years, when he was honorably dis-
charged.. After the war he located in Kennonsburgh, Ohio, in the mercantile business, and
carried it on until 1873, when he came to Kansas and located in Bourbon County, where he
engaged in farming and stock-raising, which he carried on until 1881, when he came here
and established his present business the following year. He married in 1866, Miss Hannah
Finley, who was born and reared in Noble County, Ohio. They have-a family of one son
and four daughters “Minnie. Howard, Melissa, Margaret and Nettie. His family are iden-
ine am the Methodist Episeonal Church. He is a member of Hepler Post, No. 143,

CHARLES E. SHAFER, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddles, etc., Hepler, was

born in Henry County, Ma., in 1858, and was reared and educated there. At the age of
twenty he went to Colorado and located at Fort Collins, where he learned his trade. In
December, 1882, he came here and established his present business, which he has very suc-
cessfully carried on since. Heis.a member of the Christian Church. ‘ g

DANIEL SPRING SHIREMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Hepler, was born in
Cumberland County, Penn., in 1837, and removed to Hlinois with his people in 1844, who
settled in Scott County, where he was reared and educated, was identified with farming in
that and Livingston County, till 1874, when he came here and has been connected with his
present industry since. He married in 1861, Miss Rachel A. Mudd, who was born and reared
in Scott County, Ill, and who departed this life in 1868, and is buried in the Cemetery, Scott
County, leaving two daughters—Hannah and Annie. In 1871, he married Miss Maria
J. Brown, who was born in Indiana and reared in Chillicothé Ill. They have a family of two
sons and one daughter—Daniel, Lewis and Elva. The family are members of the Baptist
Church. His farm contains 400 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered and
stocked, good buildings and an orchard of five acres.

HENRY SIGLER, stone mason, Hepler, was born in McConnelsville, Morgan Co., Ohio
June 8, 1844, and was reared there to his present business through his father, who was prom-
inently identified with that industry there. Mr. Sigler was actively identified with his
present industry in his native State till 1874, when he came to Kansas and after spendin
two years in travel through this Western country in connection with his trade, he returne
to his native State, and was connected with his trade there till 1880, when he sold his inter-
ests there and came here and established his present business, which he has successfully
carried on since. ; a

LEONARD SIGLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, P. O. Hepler, was born in
ne ae County, Ohio, October 15, 1842, and was reared and educated there. As he grew to
manhood he identified himself with his present industry, and during the latter several
years of his life in that State was prominently identified with dealing in ‘live stock. In
1871, he came to Kansas and located in Crawford County, and has been successfully identi-
fied with his present industry since, paying particular attention to the rearing and breed-
ina of fine stock, of which his short-horn Durhams contain some of the choicest animals of
the county. He was married March 16, 1870, to Miss Eliza J. Strahl, of his native county
and State. They have no children. During the war, he entered into the spirit of the cause of
the North and volunteered his services twice, first to the three months’ service in the seven-
teenth Ohio, and second in the three years’ service Twenty-fifth Ohio. He was exempted
upon each occasion. Since locating here he has worked actively in the development ot the
social and industrial life of this locality, He isan active member of the A. O. U. W. Society,
Hepler Lodge, No. 115. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced, watered
and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of 250 trees of a nicely assorted variety of fruits.

JOSEPH M. ST. CLAIR, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Hepler, was born in Marshall
County, Ill.,in 1851, was reared in Sangamon County. In 1869, he came here with his
people and located and has been actively connected with his present industry since. He
married in 1878, Miss Emma Etta Holmes, who was born in Adams County, Ill., and reared
in thiscounty. They have one little girl, Josie May. His family are members of the Roman
Catholic Church. His farm contains 160 acres of land, good buildings and an orchard of a
good assortment of fruit trees. :

SQUIRE ISAAC STEVENS, farmer and stock-raiser and dealer in real estate and No-
tary Public, P.O. Hepler, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1825, and was reared in
Wyandot County, Ohio, where he was actively identified with the farming industry until 1869,
when hecame to Kansas _and located in Bourbon County at Fort Scott, In 1872, he came
here and has been ae identified with his present industry since. He received his ap-
pointment as Notary Public in 1880. He married in 1851, Miss Flora Forest in Defiance
County, Ohio. She was born and reared in Coshocton County, Ohio. They have a family
of four sons and five daughters—Frederick Forest, Alonzo, Lillie, now Mrs. J. J. Williams,
minister of the Christian Church in Sumner County, Kan.; Kate, now Mrs. A. L. Burlin-
game, carpenter and builder; Lincoln, Maggie Belle, Willie, Jennie and Daisy. Since lo-
cating here, he has worked actively in the
this locality. He assisted in the organization of the Board of Education, of which he was
an active official until 1880. He has served his present incumbency of Justice of the Peace
for four years. His farm contains 120 acres of improved land, well fenced, watered and
stocked, good buildings and orchard. :

JOEL N, STRAWN, stock-raiser and dealer, P. O. Hepler, was born in LaSalle County,

Ill, in 1842, and was reared and educated there. He was identified with the mercantile in-

dustry there till 1869, when he came to Kansas and located in Fort Scott, and subsequently

located here and established the first store, with which he was connected till 1882. In the
meantime, he carried on his present business. He married in 1870, at Ottawa, Ill, Miss Mary

E. Stumph, who was born in Fayette County, Penn., and reared in Ottawa, Ill. They

have a family of twosons and one daughter Ua Frank and Milton. During the war he

did active service in Company E, Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, for eighteen

months during latter part ofthe war; was honorably discharged as Sergeant Major of regi-

ment. Since locating here he has worked very actively in the development of the social
and industrial life of this locality. The family holds to the religion of the Episcopal Church.

Mr. Strawn filled thé incumbency of Postmaster and Express Agent for the first four years

of the establishment of those interests here. His residence property consists of thirty acres

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and he has 240 aeres in Section 22, Walnut Township, Bourbon County, which is under gen-
eral improvement,

FREDERICK A. THOMPSON, proprietor of Hepler Flouring Mills, was born in
Washington, D. C., in 1851, and was reared to the farming industry there. In 1881, he came
here and located and engaged at the trade of eampenuanee till January, 1883, when
he bought and established the present mills. In 1876, he married Miss Mary D. Hall, of his
nativity. They have a family of three sons—Charles F., Lawrence H. and baby. Himself
and wife are members of the Episcopal Church. He is a member of the A.O.U. W. and
Grange societies. The mill is a two story frame structure 30x32, run by steam power with
a capacity of twenty-five horse power. Manufactures for both custom and merchant trade.

A. H. VARBEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P.O, Hepler, was born in Henry
County, Ky., in 1828, and was reared in Greene County, in, to the farming industry, with
which he was connected there till 1880, when he came here, located and has been success-
fully connected with it here since. He married in 1849, Miss Jane Matner, who was born
and reared in Ohio, They have a family of two sons and three daughters—Jacob, George,
Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Emma, and one granddaughter, Lizzie. The family belong to the
Meech aks gui Church. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, good buildings and
orchard.

JOHN VIETS, Postmaster, Hepler, dealer in general merchandise, a and hay,
was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1843. In 1857, he came to America with is people, who.
settled in Benton County, Mo., where he worked at the farming industry till the breaking-
out of the war, when he enlisted his services in the Missouri Home Guards and did service
in it till September of the same year, when he enlisted in Company B, Fifth Missouri Vol-
unteer Infantry, and did active service till March, 1862, when he was honorably discharged.
He then did service in the Missouri State Militia Fifth Cavalry till 1864, and in March of
that year he veteranized in Company ,C, Missouri Veterans of Cavalry, and was in active ser-
vice till January, 1866, when he was honorably discharged as Lieutenant of Company D.
In September of that year, he came here, located and engaged at farming and stock-raising,
with which he is still actively connected. He married in 1869, Miss Adeline Grothear, who
was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1845, and came to America with her people, who settled
in Benton County, Mo., in 1846. They were married in Miami County, Kan. They have a
family of five daughters—Emma M., Amelia M., Mary, Amanda and Nora. Since locating
here, Mr. Viets has worked very actively in the growth and development of the public, so-
cial and industrial life of this locality. He has served his county as its honored Commis-
sioner, his township as its Trustee and Treasurer, which incumbency he still holds. His
family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He is an active member of the
A. 0. U. W. society and of the G. A. R, Hepler Post, No. 143. His business interests are, be-
sides farming, merchandising, general grain and stock, livery business, etc. He received
the appointment of Postmaster in 1873. :

GALEN E. WAMPLER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Walnut, was born in Pulaski
County, Ky., in 1830. In 1862, he left his native State, and after serene about eighteen
months in Indiana, he located in Monroe County, Iowa, and carried on farming actively
there until 1870, when he came here, and has been successfully connected with his present
industry since. He married in 1853, Miss Bethany Hainey, of his native State and county.
They have a family of four sans and one daughter living—George W., Joseph, Martha Belle
ee Mrs. Charles Loomis, farmer and_nurseryman), Erasmus C. and Edward Bruce. The

‘amily are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains 240 acres of im-
proved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, with good dwellings, barns and stables, and
an orchard of nicely assorted fruits. Elias Wampler, father of the above, was born in
Wythe County, Va., and was reared in Pulaski County, Ky., where he married in 1827, Miss
Phidellia Neikirk, who was born in Virginia and reared in Kentucky, and by whom he
raised a family of three sons and four daughters—Galen E., Augustus H., George A., Sarah
Jane, Mary E., Susan Ellen and Rachael A. The life of Elias Wampler has been more or
less identified with that of Galen E. since he left his native place.

GEORGE A. WAMPLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 29, P. O. Hepler, was born
in Pulaski County, Ky., in 1846. At the age of fifteen he left his native State, and after
spending two years in Indiana and seven years in Lowa, he located in this county and has
been actively identified with his present industry here since. He married in 1877, Miss
Jennie Thomas, who was born and reared in Iowa. They have a family of one son and a
daughter living—Ethel and baby—and have buried a son and_daughter—Charles and Lena
—in the cemetery at Walnut Township. They belong to the Methodist Church. His farm
contains 120 acres of improved Iand well fenced and watered and stocked, good buildings
and an orchard of about 200 trees of a nicely assorted variety of fruits. 2s

. JOHN L. WEBSTER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P.O. Hepler, was born in
Fayette County, Ohio, in 1835, and removed with his people to Iowa, who settled in Louisa
County in 1840, where he was reared and educated. He was connected with farming there”
until 1878, when he came here and located, and has been actively connected with his pres-
ent industry since. He married in 1858, Miss Sarah Pierce, a native of Indiana, who de-
parted this Tite in 1872, and is buried in the Methodist Cemetery, Muscatine Island, Musca-
tine Co., Iowa, leaving two sons and two daughters living—David Wesley, Mary E., Lillie E.
and William S. In 1873, he married Mrs. Sarah Heritage nee Brown, a native of Pennsylva-
nia. They havea ug ey one daughter, Arabel. The family are members of the Method-

ist Episcopal Church, farm contains now but forty acres, with good buildings and a
fine orchard.
7 OTHER TOWNS.

Arcadia is situated in the northcast part of the county, in a healthy
location, near Coxe’s Creek. Formerly it was a stopping-place on the old
military road between Fort Scott and Fort Gibson. This was before the
war. In 1862, there was a double log tavern at Arcadia. Now this town
is on the Ft. §., 8. E. & M. Railroad. When this road was constructed by
the Gulf road as a branch simply for coal, into Lincoln Township, Arcadia
took the name of Findlay City, after a certain coal contractor. It has now
taken back the old ante-bellum name, Arcadia. Before the war Arcadia
consisted of only the double log hotel, which is even now well remembered
by every one who passed in either direction through the town when it existed.
The town has broad and clean streets, lined on both sides with neat and tasty
buildings. Among the business houses of Arcadia are five general stores,
one hardware store, three blacksmith and wagon shops, one harness shop,
one bakery, one shoe shop, one grist-mill, one grain elevator, one lumber
yard, two drug stores, two hotels and twochurches. The prosperity of the
town is attributed to the tact of its shrewd business men. iy containe a
population of about 300, and is surrounded by some of the best farming
lands, and the most picturesque country anywhere to be found.

Hepler.—This town is located in the northwest part of the county on
the Missouri Pacific Railroad, on undulating prairie. The first settler
here was John Vietz. A town company was formed in January, 1871,
composed as follows: B. F. Hepler, of Fort Scott, President; T. H.
Annable, Secretary; George A. Crawford, Treasurer. The first Board of
Trustees was B. F. Hepler, Annable, 8. Pratel, E. C. Hays and A. Pratel.
Among those who settled here in 1871-72, were the following: J. N. Strawn,
Sebo Vietz, Thomas Sparks, Dennis Moran and Isaic Stevens.

The first business building was erected by John Vietz in 1871. J. N.
Strawn soon afterward started a general country store, but sold out in a
short time to Mr. Vietz. Mr. Strawn was appointed Postmaster in 1871.
The first birth was that of Frank Strawn, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Strawn, in 1872; the first death, that of a child of Thomas Sparks in 1873;
and the first marriage, that of Dr. A. M. Griffin to Miss Grace Hitchcock
in 1882. William G. Tittle taught the first school in 1874, and Rev. A.
Jackson preached the first sermon in 1875. The Methodist Episcopal
Church society erected a church on Main street in 1880, costing about
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$2,500, and the Christian denomination. built a church in 1882, costing
$2,000. The Hepler Leader, a seven column folio weekly paper, was started
January 4, 1883, by- William D. Wright. The population of the town is
about 200, and if it is not growing rapidly ‘‘it makes up in solidity of
growth what it lacks in speed of development.”

_ Beulah.—This town is located on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf
Railroad, five miles south of Girard. It was started in 1874 by a colony of
Methodists, connor in part, of the following members: Thomas Crowder,
Beny, Brown, H. T. Potter, C. A. King, R. G. Hermance, J. 8. Schofield
and B. F. King. At that time there was but one small house in the
vicinity. By the first of January there was a population of 200.

The Metltodist Episcopal congregation erected a church edifice in 1881.

It is a handsome structure, 30x50 feet in size, and cost about $2,000.
Besides the church there is a good school and a number of good business
houses. Beulah now contains a population of 300.
_ Farlington is situated on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Rail-
road, seven miles north of Girard. The site is as attractive as need be
desired. A grove has been started, and near the town is a beautiful lake.
The town contains quite a number of substantial business houses, a good
schoolhouse, and a Baptist Church organization which erected an elegant
church edifice near the depot in 1882, There is a wagon shop anda black-
smith shop, and the town js considerable of a shipping point for coal,
nearly all of the merchants dealing in this mineral, which is mined in the
vicinity.

Mulberry Grove is a mining town in the eastern part of the county, on
the Cherryvale Division of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad.
It is surrounded by a fine farming country, and presents the crude and
rustic appearance of all new mining towns. :

Midway is a small town in the eastern part of the county, also on the
Cherryvale Division of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, and
like Mulberry its mining interests are its principal support. The post
office was established in February, 1871.

Cato is the oldest town in the county, but it is quite small. It is
located in Lincoln Township, it contains a store, blacksmith shop, flour-
ing and saw mill and a church.

lowa City was situated two miles southeast of, the present site of Pitts-
burg. It never contained more than a store and a residence, both owned
by Isaac Hobson, who located there in the fall of 1866. It is now famous
on account of the speech delivered there by Hon. Sidney Clarke, an ex-
tract from which may be found elsewhere.

Brazilton is located on the N. T., I. & M. R. R., eight miles from
Girard. It has been started since the building of the railroad. It is destined
1o be an important town; it already contains two stores, a lumber yard,
about twelve houses and fifty inhabitants. Thomas Brazil and H. M.
Clark own the town site; W. H. Ryan is the Postmaster. About fifty car
loads of grain were shipped from this station in 1882. ‘

Idell Post Office was established in June, 1870, C. W. McCloud being
appointed Postmaster. Itis situated on Hickory Creek. A Catholic Church
is located two miles to the northeast. ; :

Green Elm is also a post office on Hickory Creek about five miles
southwest of Idell. ;

Litchfield is located four miles northeast of New Pittsburg. It is a coal
town in every sense,“about 500 car loads of coal being shipped each month.
There are here a post office, public school, a general store, a drug store,
two blacksmith shops, a wagon shop and about 200 inhabitants.

Hopefield Posi Office was cstablished in Baker Township in 1871, J. W.
Lane being appointed first Postmaster. ;

Strongtown Post Office was established in 1873, with C. H. Stsong first
Postmaster.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—snERMAN TOWNSHIP.

I. H. ADDINGTON, M. D., Farlington, was born in Randolph County, Ind., in 1843,
and was reared in Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio, where he was educated to the teaching pro-
fession by-his own unaided exertions. He carried it on until the age of twenty-one when

he engaged in the study of medicine, with which he was connected for nearly four years,
after which he began the practice of it in Ohio and carried it on successfully there until
1873, when he came here and located, and _ has been very reputably connected with the

ractice of his profession since. He married, in 1866, Miss Jennie 8, Bryan, who was born
in Newport, Maine, and reared in Bangor. She received her literary education in Lowell,
Mass., and taught near Boston. They have a family of one son and a daughter—Willie B.
and Bertha May. Dr. Addington has worked actively in the development of the social and
industrial life of this locality since locating here. He is an active member of the A., F. &
Bi ae and A, O. U. W. societies. The family hold to the religion of the Christian

urch..

ABIJAH C. BEVER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, P. O. Girard, was born in
Fountain County, Ind., in 1829, and was identified there with his present industry till 1878,
when he camo here and located and has been successfully connected with his farming an
stock-raising since. He married October 20, 1851, Miss Mary H. Williams, who was born in
Kentucky and reared in Fountain County, Ind. They have one son and three daughters
living—Laura O., Georgiana (uow Mrs, William L. MacDougal, carpenter and builder), Ida,
Rosetta and John J., and have buried one son and three daughters. The family are mem-
bers of the United Brethren Church. His farm contains eighty-two and one-half acres of
improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked, good buildings, and an orchard of a
nicely assorted variety of fruits.

~ 3. W. BRALEY, of the firm of Braley & Wickham, farmer and grower of and dealer
in stock, P. O. Girard, was born in New York State in 1826, He was raised in the wool man-
ufacturing business, and went to Michigan in 1853 and remained till 1865. At the end of
which time he went to Lowa and spent the winter, then came to Kansas and brought with
him 1,600 head of sheep, locating iu Crawford County, Sherman Township, on Section 35,on
his present home of 1,300 acres, and has since been engaged in the raising of sheep and
“cattle, adding the cattle business in 1868, handling from 250 to 500 head of cattle per year.
He has 400 acres of his splendid farm under cultivation, feeding all the produce raised on
his farm. He has hedge fenced eighty, forty, sixty and two twenty acre lots; tenement
house; has one pasture of 720 acres another of 120; fourteen miles of hedge fence. He is
putting down a large amount of timothy and clover. fe
E. T. CAMPBELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. O. Farlington, was born in
Russell County, Va., in 1853, and was reared and educated there. In 1870 he located here
with his mother and sister (whom he supports), and has been very successfully connected
with his present industry bere since. He has always taken an active part in the further-
anceof all measures tending toward ihe development of his locality. He has served his
township as Trustee, and has been active in other official positions. He is a member of the
A., F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W, societies. The family are members of the Baptist Church.
His farm contains 520 acres of valuable land, an orchard of 200 trees of a nicely assorted va-
riety of fruits, good dwelling, barn and stables,

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

FRANK R. CORNELIOUS, of the firm of Deets & Cornelius, merchants, Farlington
was born in Yadkin County, N. C.; in 1847, and was reared there on a farm, where he re-
mained until 1868. He then located in Lincoln County, Mo. and carried on farm and stock-
raising there for several years. In 1876, he located in Wright City, Warren County, Mo.,
and carried on hotel and livery busincss, and also seeaget in the manufacture of brick and
farming successfully for several years. in December, 1 $1, he came here and engaged in his
present business, in the meantime doing the hotel business of thé place. He married in
September, 1869, Miss Helen K. Turner, of Lincoln County, Mo., who departed this life July
30, 1873, and is buried in the family cemetery, near Troy, Mo. She left ‘one son, Walter TT.
December 3, 1874, he married Miss ‘Maggie I. Deets, who was born in Guernsey County, Ohio,
and reared in Missouri. They have one son and daughter—Mollie F, and Charles D, Dur-
ing the war Mr, Cornelius did active service in the Confederate army, in Hoke’s Division of
Armsted’s brigade, First.North Carolina Battalion, Junior Reserves, for the last eleven
months of the war. He was hororably discharged. He is an active member of the A., F. &
A.M., and I. 0, O. F. Societies. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church.

JOHN T. DEETS, of the firm of Deets & Cornelius, dealers in dry goods, groceries,
coal, hardware, grain, and all kinds of agricultural implements, Farlington. Mr. Deets was
born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1852. In 1865, he removed with his people to Warren
County, Mo., where at the age of eighteen he learned the trade of blacksmith, with which he
was identified in Lincoln County: Mo., until 1879, when he came here and carried on his
former business for a year. He then engaged in his present business, which he has success-
fully carried on since. He married, in 1873, in Lincoln County, Mo., Miss Martha E, Col-
bert, of that county. They havea family of two daughters—Birdie and Bessie. He has
always taken an active interest in the growth and development of the public, social and
industrial life of his locality since coming here. He is an active member of the A. 0. U. W.
Society. His wife is a member of the Christian Church. He also carries on with his
brother, C. A. Deets, a nice livery business here. J onathan Deets, father of the above, was
born and reared in Pennsylvania, and spent his life in farming pursuits. He moved to Qhio,
where he spent several years; he moved to Missouri, in 1865, where he remained for several.
years, eventually coming here, where he at present resides. His family are John T., Charles
‘Alva, of the firm of Deets Bros., livery, who married, in 1877, Miss Maggie E. Colbert, of
Lincoln County, Mo., and who has one son, John William ; Maggie I., now Mrs. Frank RB.
Cornelius, of the firm of Deets & Cornelius, whose Biography appents in this work.

BR. DORMAN, farmer and dealer in cattle, horses, sheep, hay and grain, Section 31, P.
O. Girard, was born in Connecticut, 1836. Raised a mechanic, receiving a business educa-
tion, and started in life for himself at the age of eleven years; was on the farm until eigh-
teen, at which time went to learn the mechanic’s trade, at which he spent three years in
Connecticut, after which came to Illinois, and followed his trade six years, then traveled for
a Life Insurance Company five years. Came to Kansas City in 1867; was in the life insur-
ance business there for eight years; in the meantime was in the livery business three years,
then to Kansas, in 1875, on his present home of 160 acres, which he improved, and has since
run, asa grain and stock farm, raising, buying, feeding and shipping stock. Shipped in
1878, $50,000 worth of stock ; 1879, shipped $75,000 ; in 1880, shipped and sold $120,000 worth ;
1881, $145,000 worth ; 1882, $150,000 worth. pepe to Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and
Buffalo, N. ¥. Mr. Dorman is 2 member of the Odd Fellows, Freemasons and Kuights of
Pythias. Was married to Miss Sarah NewLee. Have five children—Frederick C., Fannie
E., Meer ee W., Walter P., Ida. 7 zi :

JOHN DOUGHERTY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Farlington, was born in Frank-
lin County, Ohio, in 1837, and was raised and educated there. At the age of twenty-one, he
located in Fulton County, Ill., and then engaged in the blacksmith business, with which he
was identified therefor several years. Afterward engaged in farming operations, which he
carried on until 1878, when he came here and has been actively identified with forming and
stock-raising since. He married, in 1861, Miss Elmira McCoy, a native of Delaware. They
have a family of three daughters, Clare L., Cassie and Kate. The family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains eighty acres of improved land, well fenced,
watered and stocked, good buildings and a nice orchard of assorted fruits. "

ARTHUR R. FROGUE, of the firm of Frogue & Harris, dealersin hardware, groceries,
clothing, boots and shoes, crockery, queensware and farm machinery, Farlington. Mr. F.
was bornin cippetanee County, Ind., in 1838, and removed to Ilinois with his people in
1844, who settled in Macoupin County, where he was reared and educated, and followed the
farming industry successfully until 1866, when he came here and has carried on farming
and stock-raising actively for several years. In 1873, he engaged in merchandising, and has
successfully carried 1t on here since. In 1858, he married in Greene County, Illinois, Miss
Mary M. Reeve, who was born and reared in Morgan County, Illinois. They have one
daughter, Harriet Louisa, now Mrs. George Conover, agent of the Gulf Railroad, Farlington,
and they have reared an adopted son and daughter—Charles Pierce and Lulu Reeve. Mr.
F. has been an active worker in the social and industrial development of his locality since
coming here. He has served as Justice of the Peace, and filled other local official positions.
The family are members of the Protestant Methodist Church. He is an active member of
the A., F. & A. M. Society.

HUGH FRY, farmer, stock-feeder and raiser, Section 23, P. O. Farlington, was born in
England. Came tothe United States in infancy; was in New York eleven years; was in
Michigan nine years, Learned the boot and shoe business. Went to Illinois in 1860, re-

_Mained on a farm fourteen years, at the end of which time came to Montgomery County,

Kan., where he remained eighteen months, then to Illinois for four years, then back to Kan-
sas, Was on a farm two years. Then, in 1880, bought his present home of 160 acres, which
he has since run as a grain and stock farm. as seventy acres under cultivation. Carries
from seventy-five to 225 head of cattle. Is raiser, buyer, feeder and shipper. Was married
to Miss Clarinda Wright, of Illinois, in 1868. Tiave five children—Abberta, Andrew W.,
Estella, Alma, Dela O. Mrs. Fry is a member of the Christian Church.

4 JOHN W. GARDNER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Girard, was born in Cumberland
County, 1., in 1850, and was reared in McLean County. In 1874, he located in Tazewell
County, Ill, and carried on farming there till 1881, when he came here and located upon
Poe place, which he has improved from a raw prairie to a splendid ‘farm, containing
handsome Hutlaing and a nice young orchard of assorted fruits. His farm contains 240 acres,
is well fenced an watered and stocked. He married, in 1874, Miss Emma J. Kampf, who
was born and reared in ‘Tazewell County, Ill. They have a family of one son and a daugh-
ter, Ollie and Lloyd. ‘The family are members of the Christian Church.

GEORGE W. GOSHERT, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Girard, was born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, April 24, 1842, and was reared and educated in Kosciusko County, Ind. In
1870, he came to Kansas and located upon the present place, and has been actively identified
with the farming industry here since. He married in 1870 Miss Martha Jane Bowen, who
was born in Kosciusko County, Ind., December 27, 1852, and was reared and educated there.
They have a aoe of three sons living—l'rank E., Eddie B. and Alfred E. The family are
members of the Methodist evecopa Shurch; his farm contains eighty acres of improved
land, well watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of 250 trees of assorted fruits.

_C. M, HARRIS, of the firm of Frogue & Harris, merchants, and farmer and stock-raiser,
Section 25, P. O. Farlington. Mr. Harris was born in Knox County, Tenn., in 1842, and re-
moved to Lawrence eounty Mo., in 1850, with his people, where he was reared and educated.
In 1868, he came here an located, and has been successfully engaged in farming and stock
business since. October 10, 1882, he joined the present me naend in merchandising. He
married in 1876 Miss L. E. Frogue, who was born in Macoupin County, Ll., and reared in
Kansas. They have a family of one son and a daughter—Ora Overton and Sarah Elizabeth.
During the war he did active service in the confederate army for three years, after which
he was taken prisoner, paroled, and honorably discharged; since locating here he has
worked actively in the development of the public, social and industrial life of his locality.
He is an active member of the A,, F. & A. M. society; his farm contains eighty acres of im-
proved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of 180 trees,
of a well assorted variety of fruits.

? L. D, HERLOCKER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 19, P. O. Farlington, was born
in Franklin Gounty, Obie, in April 23, 1845, and was reared there to his present industry ; at
the age of twenty, he engaged in mercnanudsing in the wholesale notion trade as salesman,
in which capacity he was reputably connected for four years. He then located in Jones
County, Iowa, and carried on his present industry there till 1871, when he came here and
located, and has been successfully identified with his present industry here since. He mar-
ried in 1863, Miss Elizabeth Kramer, of his native county. They have a family of three
sons and ove daughter—Elmer J., John J., Edward C. and Ida May. He has worked sively
in the growth of the social and industrial life of this locality since coming here ; has serve

as Township Trustee for two terms; is at present incumbent of County Commissionership
of the First District of this county. He has been active in school offices for several years;
isa member of the A., F, & A. M. and A. 0. U. W. societies. The family hold to the religion
of the Methodist Episcopal Chnrch. His farm contains 200 acres of improved land, well
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

icheed, and watered and stocked, good buildings, an orchard of 300 trees of nicely assorted
ruits.

WILLIAM LAWLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P. 0. Farlington, was born
in Madison, Jefferson Co., ind, in 1832, aud was reared and educated there. At the age of
twenty-one he located in Vermillion County, Ill, and was actively identified with farming and
milling industries alternately for several years; in 1873, he located here and engaged at his
present industry, with which he has been very successfuly connected since. In 1852, he
married Miss Amanda Hall, of Dearborn County, Ind. They have a family of two sons and
two daughters—James N., merchandising; John, Mary A. and Sarah B. at home. Since lo-
cating here Mr, Lawler has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial
life of his locality. He has served his township as Treasurer, and has filled other munici-
pal offices; during the war he did service in Company (, Fifty-fourth Missouri Volun-
teer Infantry. He has been an active Mason since 1867. The family are members of the
Baptist Church; the farm residence contains 240 acres of valuable land, an orchard of over
1,000 fruit trees of a nicely assorted variety, good dwellings, barns and stables, and besides
this he has 640 acres, divided into two farms of 320 acres each, in Sections 35 and 36, each
farm under good improvement, and having nice orchards and good buildings, and well
fenced and watered. "

; WILLIAM L, McDOUGALL, carpenter and builder, Section 20, P. O. Girard, was born
in Bruce County, Canada, July 24, 1855, and from a backwoods life was reared to the sailin
business. About the age of seventeen he became an able bodied seaman, and peobecttal
that business upon the lakes in the United States and Canada for about five years. (Durin
the winter season of that time, was actively connected with his present trade at Chicago an
other parts of United States). He then entered upon a sea life and subsequently was pro-
moted to the position of ship-carpenter and second mate, chief mate and finally ship-master,
with which he continued in an honorable position until 1878, when he was taken ill with a
severe fever, contracted while at Tangier, Africa, and somewhat injuring his memory caus-
ing him to retire from a salt sea life. He then located at Chicago and was reputably identi-
fied with his profession until 1880, when he came here and has been actively connected with
his present profession since; he married in 1881 Miss Georgiana Bener, who was born and
reared in Fountain County, Ind. They have one little girl—Pearl Flora. His wife isa
‘member of the United Brethren Church. : :

- JOHN MEYER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Girard, was born in Benton County
Mo., in 1846 ; at the age of twenty-two he came to Kansas, and located in this county, an
has been actively identified with his present industry since. He married in 1866, Miss Pau-
lina Fischer, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in..1845, and came to America with
her people, who settled in Benton ee Mo., where she was reared and educated. They
have a tamily of three sons and five daughters—Fred, Katie, Johanna, Louisa, Willie, Henry
and Amelia. The family are members of the Lutheran Church ; his farm contains 160 acres
of improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of nicely
assorted fruits. -

FRED PETERSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 18, P. 0. Farlington, was born in
Norway in 1843, and came to America in 1869, and settled in Bourbon County, Kan., the
same year; he engaged at the coal business, which he carried on for several years; he then
engaged at his present business, with which he has been successfully connected since. In
1873, he married Miss Caroline Peterson, who was born in Sweden in 1853. They have a
family of two sons and two daughters—Alma, Matilda, Charlie and John August. Mr. Pe-
terson has served as Treasurer of his Schoal District, and has been active in other local of-
ficial positions; the family are members of the Lutheran Church; his farm contains 240
acres of land, a nice orchard of 500 fruit trees of a nicely assorted variety, good dwelling,
barn and stables; besides his farm he has a nice house and lot in Farlington.

B. C. REDLON, farmer, Sections 33, 34 and 35, P. O. arlington, was born in Cumber-
land County, Me., was raised in the State of New York; received a business education,
learning the trade of blacksmith; was next in California for twenty-three months; then
went back to New York a short time; then in Wisconsin for sixteen years, trading in land,
stock and lumber. He came to Kansas in 1866, and located in Fort Scott, where he remained
four years, trading in cattle and hogs, and at the same time ran a wagon and blacksmith
shop, at the end of which time he came to Crawford County and settled on his present home
of 1,720 acres, which he opened up and improved, and has since run as a grain and stock
farm; he raises, buys and sells stock of all kinds, carrying about 700 head of cattle, and from
200 to 500 hogs; he handles about 2,000 head of cattle a year, raises from 200 to 500 head ; he
has two fine Short-horn bulls, from the Gillett Herd of Llinois, brought here by F. Playton.
He has four thoroughbred cows and a number of grade cows; owns the fine thoroughbred
mare Pet ; has three fine thoroughbred colts and will now raise the finest stock that can be
had; he owns two sections of land in Kingman-County with some Government land, on
which he has nine miles of wire fence. His home farm of 1,720 acres is all under fence, well
improved with good residence, good barn and stock corrals, and all improvements for hand-
ling stock ; has a fine orchard with an abundance of fruits and berries of all kinds. Holds
alarge mortgage on coal land, mill, residence and business property ; has a mortgage of
$15,000 on stock; mortgage of $3,500-on mining property at Carbon. In the meantime ran
a millat Girard four years. Ranthe Merchant's & Farmer's Bank of Girard eighteen months ;
a hardware store three years, and the miner’s supply store in Carbon three years in connec-
tion with Patmore. He is now a School Director of his district, and has been Treasurer
for many years; the foregoing shows plainly the energy, skill and judgment of Mr. Redlon,
who atthe age of nineteen bought his time from his father, at which time he had only 50
cents, and on leaving home the next morning before day his mother gave him 75 cents,
making the grand total of $1.25, which has increased with the assistance of Mr. Redlon to
over $50,000 in money, lands and stock.

T..ROOT, farmer, P. O. Girard, was born in Vermont, 1846, raised in the city, and re-
ceived a business education. Learned the broom-maker’s trade, in which he continued eleven
years in Maine and Massachusetts; came to lowain 1870, where he remained a few months
then in St. Louis four months; next in Illinois two and a half.years. Came to Kansas
1873, settled on a farm of forty acres in Crawford County ; in 1880, bought an additional
160 acres, which he hassincerun as a grain and stock farm; carries about 240 head of cat-
tle. Is a member of the A. 0. U. W. Was married to Miss Lizzie Ridgley, of Illinois,
1873. Have three children—Alice, Mattie, Edward. ' :

DR. I. E, SANDERSON, dealer in drugs, groceries, etc., Farlington, was born in Parke
County, Ind., January 8, 1853, and was reared and educated there. At the age of twenty-
three he began the study of medicine and located in Vigo County, and engaged in prac-
tice in 1877, but abandoned it in October of the same year, on account of ill-health, and
came here and was identified with the practice of his profession until 1882, when he re-
tired from it. February 24, 1879, he established his present business, which he has carried
on since. He married in June, 1877, in Vigo County, Ind., Miss Catharine Grubb, who was
born in Whitley County, Ky., and reared in Parke County, Ind. They are members ofthe
Baptist Church. The Doctor has worked actively in the development of the social life of his
locality since coming here. In 1882, he was appointed agent of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Hiawatha, Kan., which he ably represents.

. J. SHIPMAN, dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware, etc., Far-
lington, was born in Monroe County, Ind., in 1852, and was reared and educated in Law-
rence County, Ind. He was identified there for several years asa book-keeper. In 1878,
he came to this county and has been identified principally with the mercantile industry
here since. In 1880, he established the present business, which he has carried on success-
fully since. He married in 1881, Miss Hannah Giles, who was born and reared in Dade
County, Mo. They have a family of one son—Dennis. His family are members of the
Christian Church. He is an active member of the A., F, & A. M. Society.

WILLIAM H.SWAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 7, P. O. Farlington, was born
in Licking County, Ohio, in 1839, and removed with his people to Illinois in 1841, who
settled in Morgan County, where he was reared and educated. In 1859, he came to Kansas
and located here, and has been actively connected with his present industry since. He
married in 1864, Miss Parmelia Corker, who was born in West Virginia, aud reared in
Vernon County, Mo., and who departed this life in 1874, and is buried inthe family ceme-
tery, Lincoln Township, leaving two sons and one daughter, Emma, Samuel and Willie. In
1876, he married Miss Clarissa Welsh, of Ohio, They have a family of two sons living—
Harry and Frank, Mr. Swan has worked actively in the growth of the social and indus-
trial life of his locality. He has served his township as Treasurer and has filled other local
official positions. The family holds to the religion of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
is an active member of the A. O. U. W. Society. His farm contains 107 acres of improved
land, well watered and stocked, dwelling,stables and a nice orchard of 300 trees, a nicely as-
sorted variety of fruits. During the war he did active service in Company D, Sixth Kan-
sas Cavalry, for nine months, 1861-62, from which he was honorably discharged.

ANDREW THRONDSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 7, P.O. Farlington, was
born in Norway in 1845, and came to America in 1865, and settled in Kansas, in Bourbon

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County, in 1870, where he followed butchering and boarding house business for a few years.
After this he eusaged at farming and stock-raising, and has carried it on very successfully
since. In 1871, he married Miss Maria Louise Emmanuelson, who was born in Sweden in
1848. They have a fawily of three sons and two daughters—Axal, Hjalmar, Oscar, Julius,
Alma and Signe. Mr. Throndson is present Treasurer of his township, and has filled other
municipal official positions since locating here. The family are members of the Lutheran
Church, His farm contains 520 acres of valuable land, an orchard of 400 trees of a nicely
assorted variety of fruits, good dwelling and barn and stables. ;

LINCOLN TOWNSHIP,

ROBERT ADAMS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 29, P. O. Girard, waa born in Warren
County, Ky., September, 1820, and was reared there to the farming industry. In 1847, he
located in Illinvis and carried on farming in Warren County until 1357, when he camo to Kan-
sag and located in this county, where he has successtully carried on his present industry since.
In 1846, he married Miss Nancy Whitton, of his native county, They have a family of four
sons living—Joln Quincy, James Woodford, Josiah and George Washington, and have buried
one son—William Alexander, in the family cemetery, Lincoln Township, Mr. Adams has
worked actively in the development of his locality since coming here. During the war he did
active service in the State Militia as Second Lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth Regiment. Sub-
sequently enlisted in the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, from which he was honorably discharged. The
family are members of the Baptist Church. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well
Tongeuy watered and stocked, good buildings and a nice orchard of 250 trees of nicely assorted
fruits.

D. CORNING, farmer and dealer in and grower of stock, P. O. Girard, was born in Ohio in
1837 ; raised on a farm; received a liberal’ education; went to Illinois in 1858, where he
remained on a farm until 1875, at the end of which time he came to Kansas. In the meantime,
was in the army three years; locuted in Crawford County on a farm of 160 acres, to which he
has since added 480 acres, on which he raised grain and stock. Has 220 acres under cultivation.

Has his farm under stone, wire, hedge and board fence, good running water, two wells and three

ponds. Mr. Corning owns the fine thoroughbred bull Douglas, fur which he paid $250, from
the stock of J. U. McConnal, of Missuuri, and has‘ other fine grades of Short-horn. Carries
abuut two hundred head of cattle, and from one to two hundred hogs. Ships about $50,000
worth of stock a year. -Has a, fine variety of fruits of all kinds on his farm. Is School District
Treasurer, and belongs to the A. 0. U. W. Was married to Miss Harriet Lair, of Kentucky, in
1861. Have seven children—Benjimin D., Edward W., Jennie E., Jessie, Clark, Helen, Alice. .
Mrs. Corning ia a meutber of the Christian Church. Mr. Corning was with Sherman on his
march to the sea. .

LEWIS DYAS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, P. O. Girard, was born in Gallia
County, Ohio, in 1824, and was reared’ there to hia present industry, with which he was con-
nected till 1879, when he came here and located, and has been actively connected with it here
since, In 1846, he matried Miss Susan Phillips, of Gallia County, Ohio. They have a family of
three sons and two daughters—Cristly (of Deer Lick, W. Va.), Sug M. (now Mra, Charles Goetting,
of Pittsburg, Kan.), G. W., N. J. and William (at home). The family are members of the M.
E. Church. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well watered and stocked, an
orchard of nicely assorted fruits and good buildings.

M. C. KELLEY, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Mulberry Grove, was born in Boston in 1845, ~
He was raised in the boot and shoe business, and continued that business at Chicago, IIl., until
1874, at which time he came to Kansas and located on a farm in Crawford County, consisting of
140 acres. He owns three farms and runs two of them, raising large quantities of stock and
grain. Ho owns an interest in other farms adjoining Mulberty Grove. Mr. Kelley’s land is
underlaid with coal, and strip coal is now being taken out. He wae married to Miss Helen A.
Barrett, of Wisconsin, in 1870. Mrs. Kelley is a member of the Presbyterian Church, Received
a high school education, and is a daughter of the fate Dr. M. Barrett, of Milwaukee.

JOHN R. LEACH, farmer and stock-raiser, Suction 25, P.O. Girard, was born in Somerset
County, Penn., February 21, 1831, and was reared to farming, which he tollowed there till 1868,
when he located in Cass County, Mo., and followed his present business till 1871, when he
located here, and has been successfully connected with his present industry here since, He
married, in 1856, January 15, Miss Anna M. Reather, who was born in Germany June 13, 1836,
and was reared and educated there. They have a family of four daughters—Mary Jane (now
Mrs. Jere Ingals), Sarah Amelia, Minnie May and Olive Ettney. The family are members of the
Church of God. He has been a member of the I. 0. 0. F. Society since 1866. His farm contains
160 acres of improved land, gvod buildings, and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruits.
Besides this, he has eighty acres of Jand in this township, which he uses principally for grazing
purposes. Ba, ©

JUDGE LEVI HATCH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 1, P.O. Cato, was born in Athens
County, Ohio, in 1824, and was reared and educated there. He was identified for many years in
the mill-boat building industry. In 1851, he located in Lee County, lowa, and carried on his
present industry there till 1857, when he came to Kansas and located ‘upon the present homo-
stead, where he has been actively engaged at his present industry since. He married, in 1845,
Miss Jane Pearson, a native of Athens County, Obio. They have a family of two sons and three
daugbters living, and have buried three sons and one daughter. Those living are Henrietta
(now Mrs. Henry Burden, of Lincoln Township), Charlotta (now Mrs, Thomas Tipping, of the
same township), Martha J. (now Mrs. Lewis McGonigal, of the same township), Lewis J. and
Jobn. Judge Hatch has always worked actively in the development of the social and industrial
life of his locality since coming here. He was the first Probate Judge elected in the county,
and has been active in municipal official positions for many years. During the war, he did
service in the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, Company D, as Second Lieutenant for one year; he was
then honorably discharged and entered the Quartermaster’s Department, with which he
remained till the endof the war. He was an active member of the Grange Society here till its
dissolution. The family are members of the Baptist Church. His farm contains 16U acres of
improved land, an orchard of over 500 trees of a nicely assorted variety of fruits, and good
dwelling and barns and stables, 5 .

WILLIAM H. SHEETS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 32, P. O. Mulberry Grove, was
born in Meigs County, Qbio, in 1842, and removed to Illinois in 1851 with his people, who settled
in Livingston County, where he was reared and educated. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Com-
pany A, One Hundred and Twenty-nioth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and did active service
unt.l the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged and pensioned for wounds
received at the battle of Resaca, Ga. After the war, he returned home, and, iu 1869, he came
here and located upon his present place, where he has been actively identified with the farming
industry since. He married, in 1866, Miss Elizabeth A. Bruce, who was born and reared in IIli-
nois, They have one son and four daughtera living—Alice, Irena, Emer &., Mary J., Clara A.
and Myrtle Belle, and have buried two sons and a daughter—Oscar William, Jesse Burton and
Cora E. in Simpson Cemetery, Lincoln Township. The family are members of the Church of
God. His firm contains 160 acres of impoved land, well 1tenced, watered and stocked, good
buildings, orchard of 200 trees of assorted fruit.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

JUDGE WILLIAM-S. AU»TON, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Mulberry Grove, was born on
the Guif stream of Florida in 1832; was raised in Columbus, Ohio. Began the carpenter busi-
ness at the age of eighteen, in which he continued to the age of twenty-four, Went to St.
Louis in 1856, where he worked at his trade until 1862, thence to Venice, Mo., where he worked
at his trade eight years, then to Crawford County, Kan., where he located on his present farm,
and farmed one year; in connection with his farm, opened his present carpentering business.
Built and opened the Grove I{otel iu 1882. Owns a farm of 160 acres. 1s a Freemason and
Odd Fellow. Was Treasurer of the school district three years. Was Justice of the Peace three
years. Was married to Miss L. E. Tremble, of Ohio, in 1853. Have five children—Alvin S.,
Leonard H., William W., Hattie L., Charles ¥., Erwin J. (deceased), Carl and Minnie G. (de-
ceased). ~

x I. BANGS, blacksmith, Mulberry.Grove, was born in Illinois, in 1841; learned his trade
in Illinois; joined the army in 1862; came out in 1865; returned to Illinois, and worked at his
trade until 1875, at which time came to Missouri, worked at his trade until 1879; after which he
came to Kansas; stopped at Girard a short time, then to Mulberry Grove, and opened present
business; built his residence and shop. Belongs to the Order of Freemasons. Was married to
Miss Helen M. Chamberlain, of Massachusetts, 1862. They have three children—Oora E., Willie
D. and Ida,

8. E, BARBER, of the firm of Barber & Wells, undertaker and dealersin hardware, furniture
and farm implements, Mulberry Grove; was bora in State of New York, 1842; was raised on a
farm; received a business education; went to Ohio in 1851; remained there until 1866, on the
farm; at the end of which time, came to Kansas, and stopped in Bourbon County one year;
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came to Crawford County, where he remained ona farm until 1882, at which time he opened his
present business. Was married to Mies Carolina Sharp, of Illinois, in 1871. Have three chil-
dren living—George W., William A., Mary E., and Florence A., deceased. .

DR. WILLIAM D, BARBER, Mulberry Grove, was born in the State of New York, 1842 ;
was raised on a farm; received a business education ; went to Ohio, 1856. At the age of twenty-
one, began the study of medicine in Ohio, and continued until 1861, at which time began the
practice in [llinois, continuing until 1866; at which time, came to Kansas; located in Crawford
County, on a farm of 160 acres, where he remained three years, running tbe farm in connection
with the practice of medicine. In 1871, moved to the town of Mulberry Grove, at which place
he has since practiced medicine in connection with dealing indrugs. Dr. Barber has estab-
lished for himself a large and valuable practice and is widely and favorably known througbout
this section of the county. Was married to Miss Rubie E. Clark, of Ohio, 1868. Have one child
rae Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Order of Good

‘emplars. | :

S. F. BARKDULL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, P, 0, Mulberry Grove. was born in
Richland County, Ohio, in 1827, and was reared and educated in Union County, Ohio, In 1855,
he located in Mitchell County, [owa, and carried on farming and stock-raising there till 1873.
when he came to Kansas, and subsequently located here, where he has been engaged in his
present business since, In 1847, he married Miss Ann Poole, who was born in Shropshire, En-
gland, and reared in Knox County, Ohio. They havea family of two sons and four daughters—
Sarah J., now Mra, J. R, Thorn; John O., Caroline E., now Mrs. Eldridge Van Winkle; Ruth
Ann, now Mrs, W. F. Ripun; Lewis E. and Lottie M. The family are members of the Method-
ist Church. His farm contains eighty acres of improved land, well watered and stocked, good
buildings, and an orchard of a full variety of fruits.

_. M.F. BEARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 14, P. 0. Girard, was born in North Carolina
in 1848, and was reared in Bartholomew County, Ind., where he was identified with farming till
1870, when he came here, located, and has been actively connected with his present industry
since. In 1869, he married Miss Sarah[Sheffield, a native of Georgia, They have a family of ore
son and two daughters—Mollie, Johnnie and Jessie. Mr. Beard has served for several years in
various municipal and official positions, He is an active member of the Anti-Horse-thief Asso-
ciation. The family are members of the Methodist Church.

L. D. BEVANS, manager for C. W. Goodlander, dealer in lumber and grain, Mulberry Grove,
was born in Chicago, IIlI., in 1845; was raised on a farm and rceived an academic education in
Wisconsin, and returned to Illinois, at the age of twenty-one, where he was in the mercantile
_ business for two years. He went to Missouri in 1868, and farmed until 1881; came to Kansas in
1882, and settled at Mulberry Grove, Crawford County, and took charge of his present business
He was Justice of the Peace five years and District Clerk five years in Missouri. He joined the
army in 1864, and came qut at the closeof the war. He is a member of the Methodist Church,
and is Recording Steward of the same; is Assistant Superintendent and teacher of the Young
Men's Bible Class; is a Good Templar and Granger. He married Miss Sarah C. Cannon, of
Wisconsin, in 1868. Thev have two cnildren—Frank C, and Laura M. :

GEORGE BILLINGSLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, P. O. Girard, was born in
White County, Ind., in 1840, and was reared to his present industry, with which he was identified
there till 1876, when he came here and located, and has been successfully connected with his
present industry here since. He married in 1868, Miss Jane Miksell, who was born and reared
in Carroll County, Ind. They have a family of one ton and four daughters—Maud, Josie,

* Claude, Blanche and Jessie. He has worked actively in the development of the social and in-
dustrial life of his locality since coming here, and has labored faithfully with the Republican
party, During the war, he did service in Company A, Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from
August, 1861, till November, 1865, when he was honorably discharged as veteran of Company A,
Ninth Indiana, and was pensioned for wounds received at the battle ot Shiloh. The family are
members of the Baptist Church. His farm contains eighty acres of improved land, well watered
eee an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruits, good dwellings and barns and
stables.

JAMES BROOKS, farmer and liveryman, Mulberry Grove, was born in Illinois in 1851, and
raised to the agricultural pursuit ; received a bu>iness education, and at the age of eighteen be-
gan _taroiing in Missouri, and continued until 1877, at the end of which time he came to Kansas
and located in Crawford County on a farm of 160 acres, which he opened and improved, and on
which he raises grain and stock. In 1882 he opened a livery stable in connection with this, He
raises stock, such as cattle, hogs and horses, His farm is situated. in Crawford County, Township
28, Range 25, Section 12, Lincoln Township.

J. C. BROWN, farmer. Section 1, P. O. Mulberry Grove, Kan.; was born in Maryland in
1838; raised on a farm in Delaware; received a common school education ; at the age of eighteen,
was apprenticed to the carpenter trade. At the age of twenty-three, commenced farming in

~ Maryland, continuing for five years, then worked at the carpenter business in Philadelphia,
Penn., six years; was next engaged in the produce business one year. He came to Kansas in
1876, and located at Mulberry Grove in the mercantile business, which he actively prosecuted
three yeara, then began farming, which he has since continued. He owns one business house
and two residences. He belovgs to the order of Freemasons and, is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He was married to Miss Abbie A. Brown, of Canada, iu 1879.

JAMES BROWN (Texas Brown), farmer, Section 10,.P. 0. Girard, was born in Wheeling,
W. Va., August 23, 1816; raised in the mercantile husiness; received a business education and
speaks well the Winnebago language. Went to Illinois in 1822. Remained until 1847, then
went into the Mexican army under Gen. Scott in 1847. Remained until the close of the war.
Was discharged at St. Louis, Mo., then went to Iowa and spent one year. Was then in Wiscon-
sin in 1856, at the carpenter business, then to Texas, where he remained until 1880, at the end
of which time he came to Kansas and located on his present home of 320 acres, which he has
since run asa grain farm. Has a good line of fruits of all kinds. Has 200 acres under cultiva-
tion. In the meantime, has been to Texas and back twenty-two times. Is interested in mining
stock in Colorado. Is an Odd Fellow; was Deputy United States Marshal eight years, Justice of
the Peace four years. Was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1868. Was elected to
the Legislature of Kaufman County, Tex., in 1868 and in 1869. Was married to Miss Mary Sproule,
of Illinois, in 1838. Have two children—Electa, Mary A. Lost his wife. Married to Miss Mar-
gret King. Hadone child—Maggie.

PLEASANT CARLTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Gallatin
County, Ky., March 5, 1848, and was reared there to farming business. In 1865,he settled in Ver-
million County, Ill., where he was actively identified with farming till 1872, when he came hero and
located, and has been successfully connected with his present business since. He married, in
1873, Miss Margaret Ann Taylor, who was born in Indiana and reared in Illinois. They have
one son and two daughters—Ollie, Robert Edwin and Minnie Lee. The family aro members of
the Christian Church. His farm contains eighty acres of good land, is well fenced and watered
and stocked, with good dwellings and stables, and an orchard of about 260 trees of a well
assorted variety of fruits. ‘

JOHN N. CARTER, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O. Girard, was born in Brown County,
Ohio, September 14, 1829, and was reared there to farming ‘business, In 1862, he located in Bar-
tholomew County, Ind., and carried on farming actively there for many years. In 1869, he
came to Kansas and located upon his present place, which he has improved from a wild prairie
to its present nice condition. His far.n containg 240 acres of valuable land, is well fenced and
watered and stocked, and has good buildings and a handsome orchard of a nicely assorted
variety of fruits. He married, iu 1856, Miss Delilah Trisler, who was born in Ohio and reared in
Bartholomew County, Ind. They have two sons—Albert Wilson and Alva Clinton. His wife is
a member of the United Brethren Church. Since locating here he has worked actively in the
development of the social and industrial life of this locality.

W. K. CRAWFORD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 15, P. O. Girard, was born in Butler
County, Ohio, in 1837, and was reared in Clinton County, Ind., where he was successfully con-
nected with his present industry till 1868, when he came here and located, and has been actively
connected with the same business since. In 1855, he married Miss Catharine Hutchinson in
Springfield, Ill. She was born and reared there. They have a family of five sons and three
daughters—-William B., George T., Mary A., Jane, Joseph, John Clinton, Cyrus M. and Alice.
The family ace members of the Christian Church. Mr. Crawford has been an active worker in
the growth of his locality since coming here.

: JOHN W. CREAGER, farmer and stock-raiser and plasterer, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was
born in Orange County, Vu., June 1, 1822, but was reared in Clinton County, Ohio. At the age
of twenty-one, he went to Iowa, where he spent two years, but soon after enlisted in the Mexican
war service under Gen. Taylor, Capt. May’s company, First Indiana Regiment, After a year’s
service he returned to Indiana, and soon after went to Iowa, where, after a few years, he went to
Boone County, Ky., and learned the trade of plasterer. He returned to Iowa and carried on his
trade till August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry,
and did active service till the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged as Sergeant of
Company G. After the war, he returned home and carried on his trade for severa) years, lo-
cating eventually in Saline County, Neb., where he carried on his trade till 1880, when he came
here and has been actively identified with his present industry here since. He married, in 1846,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Miss Rachel Rush, who was born in Greene County, Tenn., and reared in Ohio and Indiana
They have one son and four daughters living—Elizabeth (n.w Mrs. Joseph Holliday, farmer, of
Saline County, Neb.), Eugenie (Mrs. Reardon, farmer, of the same county), Louisa (Mrs, Charles
Miller, farmer, of the same county), Fannie (Mra, William Keller, farmer, of Adams County,
Neb.), and Albert Sheridan (at home). The family holds to the religion of the Christian Church,
His farm contains eighty-four acres of valuable land, well improved generally, having a nice
orchard and good buildings. :

DANIEL DARCY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. O. Girard, was born in the Prov-
ince of Quebec, Can., in 1835, and was reared in Saratoga and Schenectady Counties, N.Y. At
the age of twenty-two, he went to Indiana and engaged in the railroad industry, which he fol-
lowed tbere fer several years. He afterward engaged in farming and carried it on until 1877,
when he came here, and has been actively connected with his present industry here since. He
was married, in September, 1859, to Mies Adelia Walsh, who was born in the county of Mayo,
Treland, in 1841, and was reared in Troy, N. Y. They have a family of four sons and three
daughters—Patrick William, Annie, Mary, John Edward, Daniel, Jr., Adelia and James Em-
mett. The family are members of the Roman Catholic Church. His farm contains 240 acres
of improved land, well watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of well assorted
fruity and a nice lot of forest trees. Mr. D'Arcy has worked actively in the development of the
social and industrial life of this locality siuce coming here. — :

ROBERT W. DUNCAN. farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, P. 0. Girard, was born in the
county of: Donegal, Ireland, May 15, 1842, and came to America with his people, in 1850, who
settled in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1852, where he was r-eared aud educated; he engaged at

* cooperage business there, and carried it on till the breaking-out of the war, when he enlisted his

services in April, 1861, in Company B, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months, at
which time he was honorably discharged; he then re-enlisted in Company A, Forty-third Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and did active service as volunteer for two-and-a-half years; he then vet-
eranized in the same company and regiment, and remained actively in the service till the end of
the war, when he was honorably discharged as veteran of Company A, Forty-third Ohio Veteran
Infantry ; after the war, he returned home and carried on cooperag. business for several years;
latterly, doing contracting business extensively till 1877, when he came here, and has been auc-
cessfully connected with the present industry since. In November, 1866,he married Miss Clara B.
Bishop, who was born in Germany in 1845, and came to America, with her people, about 1854, who
settled at Pittsburgh, Penn.,and who died there shortly after. She was reared in Belmont County
Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have a family of two sons and four daughters—Annie L., John W.,
James A., Nellie M., A'ice B. and Emma V. Since locating here, he has worked actively in the
development of the social life of his locality. The family are members-of the Methodist Church.
His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, good buildings, and an orchard of well assorted
variety of fruits. ‘ ;

JOHN M. ENNIS, M. D., Mulberry Grove, was born in Kentucky in 1850, was raised to
agricultural pursuits, and received a high school education, He began the study of medicine in
1869; attended lectures at Louisville in 1871 and 1872, graduating from the Kentucky school of
meaicine; then practiced medicine in Kentucky four years, then practiced in Indiana five years.
He came to Kengas in February, 1882, locating in the town of Mulberry Grove, and engaged ia
his profession. He is a member of the Order of Freemasons. Was married to Misa Lucy
Slaughter, of Kentucky, in 1872. They have three children—Jessie S., Margaret A. and James
A. Garfield. He lost his wife in 1881.

LUCIUS FULLER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Whiteside
County, Ill., February 4, 1842, and was reared to farming. On September 20, 1861, he enlisted in
Company I, Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and did active service till the end of the war,
In November 28, 1865, he was honorably discharged at San Antonio, Texas, as veteran of Com-
pany I, Eighth Kansas, having veteranized in January, 1864. After the war, he engaged in farming
in Henry County, Ill. and carried it on there actively till 1872, when he came hereand located upon
his present place, which he has improved. It contains 240 acres of valuable land, is well fenced,
watered and stocked, has good buildings, an orchard, and wel! assorted variety of fruits. In
March 27, 1864, he married Miss Eliza J. Briggs, a native ot Illinois, who departed this life, Jan-
uary 23, 1880, and is buried in the Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee County, leaving two daughters
—Mollie Carman,and Maud Vivian. In July 1, 1880, he married Mra. Lizzie Palmerton, for-
merly McIntyre, a native of Illinois. They have two daughters—Lillie Lorenaand Mary Agnes;
and she has three daughters—Dora, Ida and Minnie Palmerton. Mr. Fuller pays considerable
attenticn to stock-raising and breeding, in cattle and hogs.

FREDERICK A. GASKELL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in
Worcester County, Mass., June 24,1844. In 1856, he removed with his people, who settled in
Bureau County, Iil., where he was identified with farming till the breaking-out of the war, when
he enlisted his services in August, 1861, inan Illinois Company, which came to Kansas and con-
solidated with the Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, in which he did active service till the fal!
of 1864, when he was honorably discharged ; he returned to Illinois and carried on farming till
1869, when he came here and located upon his present place, which he has entirely improved.
It contains 160 acres of choice land, is well fenced, watered and stocked, has nice dwelling,
barns, stables, and an orchard of 300 trees, of a well-assorted variety of fruits. He married in
1867, Miss Caroline Shawger, who was born in Morris County, N. J., and reared in Bureau
County, Ill, They have two daughters—Alice and Mabel. He has been a member of the Ma-
sonic Order for the last fifteen years. He has served upon the School Board of his district since
coming here, and has been active in other official positions. i

LARKIN GEARY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in Dearborn
County, Ind., December 17, 1834. In 1849, he removed with his people, who settled in Johnson
County, Iowa, where he was reared to farming. and also learned the plastering business. In
1871, he came to Kansas, and located upon bis present place, which he has entirely improved,
from astate of nature to its present condition, Itis well fenced and stocked, has good buildings, an
orchard of s well assorted variety of fruit trees, besides, he has a goodly number of nice forest
trees. He married in 1858, Miss Sarah C. Haynes, who was born in Ohio, and reared in Indiana.
and Iowa. They have five sons and seven daughters—Cornelia Frances, now Mrs. Frank Hull,
James Monroe, Sarah Adeline (dead), Larkin (dead), Charles (dead), Arthur, Mary (dead) Chloe,
Myrtle, Jesse, May and Mildred. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church,
During the war, he did active service in Company G, Twenty-second Iowa VolunteerInfantry ,
from August, 1862, till August, 1864, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability.
He has applied for a pension.

ROBERT J. HERRIN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in Marion
County, Ind., in 1854, was ideutified with farming industry until 1873; he then came here and
located upon present place, and has improved it to what it now is. It contains 150 acres, well
watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of 700 trees of well assorted variety of fruits.
He married in Labette Oounty, Kun.,in 1878, Miss Rebecca EK. Denman, who was bornin Michigan,
and reared in Iowa, and they have one daughter living. “Himself and wife are members of the
Christian Church. He haa served upon the School Board of his district aince 1876. He is the
present incumbent of the clerkship.

F. HERTZELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 5, P. 0. Girard, was born in Summit
County, Ohio, in 1852, and was reared and educated in Columbus, Ohio. At the age of nineteen
he engaged at the study of dentistry, and after a thorough course of study of four years, he en-
gaged in the practice of his profession in Columbus, and carvied it on there till 1876, when he
came hero and established the practice ofit in Girard, and was succesefully identified with it there
till 1882, when, on account of ill-health, he engaged at his present industry. He was married, in
1878, to Miss Laura Reed, who was born in Tennessee, and was reared and educated in Living-
ston County, Mo. They have no children. They belong to the Methodist Ep scopal Church.
He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and of the Anti-Horse-thief Association of
Washington County. His farm contains eighty acres of improved land, good buildings, and o
young orchard of a nicely-assorted variety of fruit trees.

JOHN 8. HODGES, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, waa born in Franklin
County, Ky., February 17, 1836. In 1856 he went to Towa, and was identified with farming in
that State till 1870, when he came here and lucated upon his present place, which he has improved
to what it now is. tt contains eighty acres of choice land, is well fenced and watered and stocked,
good buildings, and an orchard of 350 trees of a nicely-assorted variety of fruits. He married,
in 1863, Miss Frances Luella Grimsley, who was born in Ohio and reared in Iowa. They have four
eons—Charles Walter, William Ansil, James Albert and John Arthur. During the war he did
activo service in Company G, Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, from August, 1861, till the tollow-
ing August, when he was wounded and honorably discharged and pensioned. Since locating here
he has served upon the School Board of his district. He is the present Secretary of the Anti-
es Association of his township, of which he has been an active member fur several

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GEORGE H. HOISINGTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P.O. Girard, was born !u
Warren County, Ill, February 28, 1840, and was reared and educated there, and was identified
there with the farming industry till 1868, when he located in Cass County, Mo., and carried on
farming till 1870. He then came here and located upon the present place, where he has been
successfully connected with his present Industry since, He married in Illinois, in 1868, Mies Eva
 

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Johnson, of Warren County. They have a family of two sons—Robert Lee and Walter Johnson.
During the war, he did active.service in Company H, Second Illinois Volunteer Cavalry from Au-
gust, 1861, till September, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. Since locating here has taken
an active interest in the growth and development of the social and industrial life of his locality.
The family are members of the Mathodist Episcopal Church. He has been an active member of
the A., F. & A. M. Society, since 1861. Heis also a member of the Anti-Horse-thief Association,
of Washington Township. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered
and stocked, good buildings, and a nice young orchard.

JOHN KECK, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O, New Pittsburg, was born in Fulton County, N.
¥Y., June 27, 1825, and was identified with farming there till 1861, when he located in Central Ill-
inois, where he carried on farming actively until 1876, when he came here and located upon his
present place, which he has improved from a raw prairie to its present condition. It contains 240
acres of valuable land, is well fenced and watered and stocked, has good buildings, and seven acres
of orchard, containing a nicely-assorted variety of fruits, In April, 1849, he married Miss Betay
Ann Staley, of New York. They have two sous and one daughter—Leander, La Fayette and Lu-
ella, now Mrs. George Grimsley. He is a member of the Anti-Horse-thief Association of this
township. He has served upon the School Board of his istrict several ‘years, and is the Present
incumbent of the Clerkship. He worked very actively in the Grange movement, during its ex-
istence here, and took a prominent part both in the local and State work.

_, &. KILIAN, farmer, Section 29, P. 0. Girard, was born in Europe, in 1828. Came to the
United States, located in St. Louis eighteen montha, then went back to Furope four months ; then
came back to the United States, landed in New York, where he remained one year. Then to Al-
legheny City, where he remained eight years. Then to Ohio, where he. remained five years.
Then to Indiana, where he remained two years. Then came back to Cincinnati for two years,
Then again to Indiana five years. Came to Kansas in 1873, located near Mulberry Grove, where
he remained eighteen months. Then to his present home of 320 acres, which he has since run
ag a.grain and stock farm; good line of fruits of all kinds; 160 acres under cultivation; farm
under hedge, wire and board fence. Was married to Miss Cathrina Chamanour, of Baden, Ger-
eke They have seven children—Henry, Christian, William, Margaret, George, Cathrina and

ristina.-

JOHN LESHER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, P. 0. Girard, was born in Washington
County, Md., in 1835, and was reared and educated there. At the age of thirty-two he located in
McDonough County, Ill., and carried on his present industry there until the spring of 1878, when
he went to Terrell, Kaufman Co., Tex.,and carried on farming and stock-raising until 1881. He
then came here and located, and has been actively connected with his present industry since. He
married, in 1863, Miss Amelia Flory, of his native State, They have three sons and two daughters
—Nannie C., John Sherman, Isaec, Daniel Flory and Amanda Louise. The family are members
of the Presbyterian Church. He isan active member of the A. 0. U. W. Society. His farm con-
tains 160 acres of improved land, stocked, fenced and watered; good buildings.

_ THOMAS McCULLOCH, of the firm of Walker & McCulloch, dealers in general merchan-
dise and grain, Mulberry Grove, was born in Wisconsin, in 1852. Was raised on a farm and '‘ro-
ceived a common school education. In 1871, he located ona farm in Mulberry Grove, and was
on a farm three years. Then clerked two years, and went into the mercantile business in 1876, in
connection with Mr. A. M, Brown, and continued two years, at the end of which time Mr. Brown
died. He was then in the same business with Mr.J. C. Brown for one year. Then formed the
partnership with Mr, Walker, as above. Mr. McCulloch owns a residence and a half interest in
forty acres of coal land. He was appointed Postmaster, in 1876, which position he still holds.
He was married to Miss Clara E. Walker, of Minnesota, in 1878. They have one child—John

SAMUEL McKAHAN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in Washing-
ton County, Penn., April 11, 1834, and was identified with farming there until the close ol the
war, when he came to Illinois and settled in Warren County, and carried on farming
till 1875. He then came here and located upon his present place, and hasbeen actively connected
with his present industry here since. In 1855, he married Miss Adeline Ellot, who departed this
life in 1868, and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Warren County, leaving two sons and two
daughters—Henry C., Samuel Ross, Venessa J. and Nancy Isabel. On October 13, 1870, he mar-
ried Miss Helen. Lair, who waa born and reared in Warren County, Ill. They have one son and
three daughters—Charles W., Mary E., Hattie S. and Alta E. His wife is a member of
the Christian Church. His farm contains 240 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered
eee 3 good buildings, and “has two orchards, each containing a nicely-assorted variety of

‘uits. :

JOHN W. MAGIE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in Madison,
Morris County, N. J., December 22, 1844. In 1857, he removed with his people, who settled
in Henderson County, Ill., where he was identified with the farming business for six years. He
then engaged in the manufacture of brooms in Chicago. and continued at it for six years, at the
end of which time he returned to farming and carried it on three years, when he again engaged
at broom-making in Chicago, and continued it there till 1876, when he came here and located
upon his present place, which he has improved to its present condition. It contains 160 acres of
valuable land, is well fenced and watered and stocked, and haa nice buildings and an orchard of
a well assorted variety of fruits, both large and small. He married, in 1871, Miss Elizabeth

Peel, a lady of fine attainments. She was born in Toronto, Can., and reared and educated in’

Drummondville, Welland County, Can. During the war, Mr. Magie did active service in Com-
pany C,-One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In 1864, was honorably
discharged. Since locating here he has worked actively in the development of the social and
industrial life of his locality. He has served upon the School Board of his district, and iu the
present incumbent of the Treasurership. Upon.the organization of La Coy Post Office, he was
appointed its Postmaster, and continued reputably in that incumbency till its removal. '

HON. WILLIAM HARVEY MAGIE (deceased), was born in Madison, Morris County, N.
J., February 14,1822, and was identified with the farming industry there for many years, 1n
1858, he left New Jersey and located in Henderson County, Ill., where he was actively identified
with farming for six years, after which he located in Chicago in the broom manufacturing busi-
ness, which he actively carried on for six years, returning to farming again at the end of that
time. In 1874, he came to Kansas and located upun the present homestead, where he was

. actively identified with farming and stock-rearing till his death, which occurred March 9, 1883.
He is buried on the homestead. During his life here he worked actively for the growth and de-
velopment of the public, social and industrial life of his locality. He served his district reputably
in the Legislative Assembly of the State, and was active in minor official positions. He was
married, January 22, 1843, to Miss Eunice Shawger, of New Jersey, who, with a family of five
sons and three daughters, survives bim. The family are John W., William Henry, Alfred A.,
Parthenia A. (now Mrs. Alfred W. Thoma, of Burlington, Iowa), Mary P. (now Mrs. Stephen
H. Bruen, of Terre Haute, Ill.), Aura (now Mrs. Charles F. Rodrick), Horace and Frank L. The
farm contains 280 acres of valuable land; has nice buildings and an orchard of a well assorted
variety of fruits,

‘JOHN MASKROD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 13, P.O. Girard, was born in Italy in
1836, where he learned the trade of mason, which he followed there, and afterward in Switzer-
land for several years. After coming to this country he took up his present industry, with which
he has been connected since. In 1876, he came to Kansas and located here. He married, in
Switzerland, Miss Madeline Cowie. They have one son and two daughters—Louis, Mary and
Addie, The family are members of the Roman Catholic Church. His farm contains 160
acres of land, with dwellings and stables, and an orchard of over 200 fruit trees of a well
assorted variety.

ANDREW J. MAY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 7, P. O. Girard, waa born in Allen
County, Ohio, February 29, 1839, and was reared to the farming industry, with which he was
identified there till 1865, when he located in Jackson County, Mo., and carried it on till 1876; he
then came here and located, and has been successfully connected with his present industry
here since, meantime carrying on the threshing business. In 1861, he married Miss Virginia
Rumbaugh, of his native county. They have a family of five sons and four daughters—Diana,
Lester, Della, Alice, Charlie, Eddie, Lillie, Claudie and Clarence. He is an active member of
the Anti-Horse-thief Association. The family are members of the Christian Church. His farm
contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked, with good buildings
and a nice orchard of assorted fruits.

‘ W. L. MILLER, farmer and stock-dealer, P. 0. Mulberry Grove, was born in Pennsylvania
in 1839, Was raised a miller. Contfnued in the milling business until the age of twenty-six.
Came to Kansas in 1872, and’Iccated on his present home, which he improved and run as a grain
and stock'farm. Wasin the mercantile business in Mulberry Grove from 1872 to 1876. Owns
800 acres of farm and coal land. Belongs to the order of Freemasons. Was married to wife,
Mary D. Saddler, ot Pennsylvania, in 1863. Have six children. ~

7 HARVEY MOORE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. O. Girard, was born in Nova Scotia
in 1827, and was reared in Massachusetts, where he learned the trade of boot and shoe making,
and carried it on for several years, latterly engaging in merchandising in boots and shoes. In
1880, he came to Kansas and located here and engaged at his present industry, with which he
has been successfully: connected since. He married, in 1856, Miss Sarah Littlefield, a native of

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Maine, who departed this life in 1879, and is buried in Beverly Cemetery, Massachusetts, leaving
a family of one son and a daughter—Charles W.and Gracie G. Mr. Moore has worked actively
in the development of the social and industrial life of his locality since coming here. He has
been connected with the A., Ff. & A. M. Sociery for several years. His farm contains 240 acres of
improved land, and a nice orchard and a good dwelling, barre and stables,

A. MULHOLLAND, of the firm of Mulholland & Dickey, general merchant and farmer,
Section 36, P.O, Mulberry Grove, was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1846. Was brought to the
United States by his parents, in 1848. Was raisedin Illinoison a farm. Came to Kansasin 1869.
Located in Crawford County on a farm of eighty acres which he opened and improved, on which
he raises grain and stock and fruit of all kinds. Was married to wife, Margaret Dickey, of IIli-
nois, in 1871. Have two children—Lemuel and Josie.

T, R. POWELL, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Girard, was born in Pennsylvania in 1835. Was
raised on a farm and went to Illinois in infancy and remained seven years. Then went to Iowa,
where he remained until 1859, after which time he came to Kangas and located in Leavenworth,
where he remained eight monhts. Then to Missouri, where he remained until 1874, at the end
of which time he came to Kansas and located in Crawford County on his present home, which he
improved, and has since run as a grain and stock farm; carries from twenty-five to fifty-five head
of cattle. He is interested in the coal business. He is School Treasurer, and is Treasurer of the
Anti-Horse-thief Association, and a member of the Church of God. He was married to Miss Elma
E. Paget, of Illinois, in 1860. They have six children—John W., James L., Walter P., Laura M.,
Charles R, and Frank B. Mrs. Powell is also a member of the Church of God. :

CHARLES F. RODRICK, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in
Henderson County, Ill., May 4 1837, and followed farming there till 1877. In September of that
year he came here and located upon his present place, which he has principally improved. It
contains 100 acres of valuable land, is well fenced and watered and stocked ; handsome dwellings
and stables and granaries, and an orchard of over 200 trees of a well-assorted variety of fruits.
Besides, has twelve acres of walnut trees, numbering over 700. In 1876,he married Miss Aura
Magie, cf his nativity, daughter of Hon. William Harvey Magie (deceased), They have a
family of three daughters—Lula, Una and Mamie.

HARVEY J. RODREICK, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born near Pet-
eraburg, Md., September 30, 1824. Atthe age of eleven years, he removed with his people to
Virginia, where he was reared and educated. He was identified with farming in Taylor County,
Va, till 1854, when he went to Lucas County, Iowa. After carrying on farming there for five
years, he went to California, and was for ‘six years actively engaged in mining operations; re-
turning to Iowa afterwards, he soon after moved into Montgomery County, Mo., where, after
farming there for four years, and afterward two years in Cass County, he came to Kansas and lo-
cated here, where he has been actively identified with his present industry since. On June
4, 1846, he married in Taylor County, Va., Miss Belinda Robe, who departed this life May 15,
1865, and is buried in Lucas County, Lowa. Her children living are Milton, in the lumber busi-
ness in Colorado; David (whose sketch appears), Luvinah, Mrs. Simeon Armstrong; Jane, Han-
nah, Mrs. James stewart Hamilton, He married January 18, 1871, Mrs. Martha D. Lakey, née
Miller. April 10, 1881, he married Mrs, Rosana Dexter, née Beebe, who was born and raised in
Athens County, Ohio. She has one sun and one daughter—George William, farmer, and Lizzie
Frances, row Mrs. Wiley H. Redd, farmer. The family holds to the religion of the Buptist
Church. His farm contains 160 acres of valuable land, well improved, fenced and watered, good
buildings and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruit. :

R. J. SANDERSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 23 and 24, P. O. Girard, was born in
Monroe County, Ind., in 1828, and was reared in Parke County, where he was identified with his
present industry until 1869, when he located in Vigo County and carried on his industry for sev-
eral years. In 1877, he came here and located, and has been actively engaged in farming since,
in the meantime working as excursion agent of the Gulf Railway, in which industry he haa lo-
cated over 250 families in the State. He married in 1851 Miss Elizabeth Sale, of Parke County,
Ind. They havea family of three sons living—Ira E., physician, James F.and George N. at
home. He has worked actively in public life here; he has filled the Supervisor’s chair of his
township and has been an expounder of the Gospel in connection with the Baptist Church over
thirty-one years. : oye 3

COLUMBUS SHAFER, farmer, Section 26, P. 0. Girard, was born in Ohio, 1841, Received a
business education and farmed in Ohio until twenty-two years of age; was then in the saw mill five
years; was then io Illinois on a farm eighteen months, then back to Ohio a short time. Came to
Kansas in 1869 and located on his present home, 380 acres, which he improved and run as a
grain and stock farm. He has a good line of fruits of all kinds on his farm. Has splendid pond
and well water, good residence and barns; carries from fifty to sixty head of cattle and from
fifty to one hundred head of hogs. Has 130 acres under cultivation and forty acres of tame
grasses. He isa member of the order of Freemasons and has been School Treasurer five years.
He was married to Miss A. Flack, of Ohio, in1874. They have three children—Estella, Delta
and Hattie.

* THOMAS SHAFER, farmer, Section 27, P. 0. Girard, was born in Ohio in 1833. He was raised
on a farm and received a business education. Went to Illinois in 1855, where he remained on a
farm until 1862, at which-time he joined the army, and came out in 1865; returned to Illinois,
where he was on afarm one year; then to Missouri, contracting in the railroad tie department
one winter; then to Iowa on a farm two years. He came to Kansas in 1870 and located in Wash-
ington Township, Crawford County, with his brother, where he remained and farmed and han-
dled cattle for seven years, then bought his present home of 360 acres, which he improved
and has since run as a grain and stock farm. He has 120 acres in cultivation and seven miles of
hedge fence. He has a good assortment of fruits of all kinds. Is Treastrer of his School Dis-
trict. Was married to Miss Mary E. Neet, of Indiana, in 1877. They have two children—Harry
and Minnie. 7 : . : .

PHILIP SHAWGER, farmer, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Morris County, N. J., March
10,1814. Was identified there with farming until 1855; he then came to Illinois and settled in
Bureau County. Carried on farming there until November 8, 1870, then came here and located
on his present place, which he has improved from raw prairie to its present condition, contain-
ing 70 acres of choice land, well watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of well
assorted variety of fruit trees and a goodly number of forest trees. He married, in 1845, Miss
Julia Hart, of his native city. They: have a family of three sons and four daughters—Stephen
(farmer) Carrie (now Mrs. Frederick A. Gaskell, farmer), Benjamin (of Wyanet, IIl.), Hliza (now
Mrs. Volney 8, Wilkinson, merchant, of Duluth, Minn.), William, Josephine, now Mra. William
Magee, of Pittsburg), and Fannie (now Mrs, Alfred A. Magee, farmer). The family holds to the
religion of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Since locating here, Mr. Shawger has worked
actively in the development of the social and industrial life of his locality. Besides his residence,
he has 120 acres in this township—improved land, under a good general state of cultivation. _

JACOB SHOUP, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, P.O Litchfield, was born in Knox
County, Ohio, iu 1840, and was reared and educated there. In 1863 he located in Champaign County,
ILL, and carried on farming and stock-raising there till 1882, when he came here and located, and has
beon actively connected with his present industry since. In 1859 he married Miss Susanna Wagner,
who waa born and reared in Morrow County, Ohio. They have one son—George. Mr. Shoup
pays specia] attention to the introduction and working of farm machinery in the line of thresh-
ers, reapers, cornshellers, etc., which business he made a specialty of in Ohio and afterward in
Illinois. His family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains 120
acres of improved land, guod buildings and orchard. i

ENOS SIMON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 5,P. 0. Mulberry Grove; was born in Hunt-
ington County, Ind., in 1845, and was reared on a farm. In 1868, he located in Cass County, .
Mo,, and engaged in farming until 1870, when he came here and located upon his present place,
where he has very successfully carried on his present industry since. In 1870, he married Miss
Charlotta A. Frederick, who was born ‘in Bedford County, Penn., and reared in Bureau County,
Ill. They have one son and two daughters living—Mary A., William Edward and Minnie May—
and have buried their third child—Samuel Curtis—in the Simpson Cemetery, Lincoln Township.
During the war he did active service in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged. The family are members of the Church of
God. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, good build-
inga and an orchard of 175 fruit trees. .

CHARLES H. SLAWSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Litchfield, was born in White-
sides County, Ill., September 11, 1839, and was raised there. At the age of eighteen, he went to
Nebraska and located at Nebraska City. He subsequently went to Colorado, and was engaged
in mining operations till the war broke out, when he returned home and enlisted in Company
I, Eighth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, in which he did active service till January 8, 1866, when he
was honorably discharged as First Lieutenant of Company I, Eighth Kansas Veterans of Cavalry,
which commission he had held upon his veteranizing,October 8, 1864. Afterthis discharge, he located
in Henry County, Ill.,and carried on farming there til) 1870, when he came here and has been
actively identified with his present industry here since, improving three farms in the meantime.
In December, 1866, he married Miss Lydia Briggs, who was born in Knox and reared in White-
sides County, Ill. They have one son and daughter—Alameda L. and Marion G. He has served
upon the School Board of his district and has held the incumbency of Justice of the Peace since
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locating here, and has been active in the development of the social life of his Jocality. His farm
residence contains 160 acres of improved land, good dwelling, barns and stables,and an orchard of
a nicely assorted variety of fruits. Besides this, he has eighty acres of land in this township, ina
well improved condition. =

PLEASANT M. SMITH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. 0. Girard, was born in Overton
County, Tenn., April 12, 1823, and was reared in Washington County, Ark., where he learned the
trade of blacksmithing and followed it in that State until October, 1853, when he came here and
settled where the present site of Arcadia now is, He worked at his trade there for several years,
locating in thia township in 1867, where he has carried on his trace and farming and stock-rais-
ing since. February 16, 1843, he married Miss Priscilla Taylor, who was born and reared in Mis-
souri, They have atamily of four sons and three daughters living—John D., James Albert,
Elizabeth (now Mrs. Andrew Elston), Daniel M., Pleasant M,, Jr., Ziller Ellen (now Mrs. Dellas
Gould), and Frances Adeline, and have buried three daughters—Rebecca Ann, who was married
to Mr. Alexander Hoskins, died, leaving a family of one son and four daughters, and Mary Lu-
cretia and Delilah Jane. During the war Mr. Smith did active service in Company K, sixth
Kansas Cavalry, for over three yeurs, from which he was honorably discharged. He has worked
actively in the social and industrial development of his locality since coming here. His farm
contains eighty acres of improved land, with good buildings and an orchard of 300 fruit trees of a
nicely aasorted variety.

FINLEY STOOPS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in Armstrong
County, Penn ,in 1833, and was reared in Marion County, Ind. He was there identified with farm-
ing until 1873, when he came to Kansas and located upon hiy presnt place, which he has im-
proved to its present condition. It contains 240 acres of chuice land, well fenced, watered and
stocked, good buildings and an orchard of 300 trees of well asrorted varieties of fruits. He mar-
ried,.in 1869, Miss Mary Moon, who was born near Greenfield, Ohio, They have a family of four
sons— William, John, Frank and Reuben. He hus served upon his School Board for the past
six years. He has also 160 acres in Section 6 in a well improved condition.

LIRAM TAYLOR, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Vermillion
County, Ind., April 10, 1843, and was reared to furming. In 1863, he enlisted his services in
Company F, Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and did active service till the end of the war,
and was honorably discharged. After the war, he returned to Indiana and carried on farming
for two years, after which he spent two years in Illinois and one year in Missouri. Coming to
Kansas in 1873 and locating in this county, where ho has been successfully connected with his
present industry since. In 1869, he married Miss Eliza A. Carlton, who was born and reared in Ken-
tucky, and who departed this life March, 1880, and is buried in the Shirly Cemetery, this town-
ship, leaving one son and two daughters living—Orion, Laura Etta, and Lucy Wilda. On Sep-
tember 26, 1882, he married Miss Tilda J. Haynes, who was bora and reared in Iowa. The family
are members of the Christian Church. His farm contains eighty acres of choice land; has good
buildings, and a nice orchard of a well assorted variety of fruits.

R. D. TRASK, farmer and stuck-raiser, Section 23, P. 0. Girard, was born and reared in Onta-
rio, Canada. In 1870, at the age of twenty-four, he came to Kansas, and settled in Washington
Township, this county. Has since been connected with his present industry. In 1873, he married
Miss Minerva M. Bennett, who was born and raised in Hancock County, Ind. They have a family
of two sons and two daughters—Eddie Ross, Effie Angeline, Clara Myitle and Simeon Alexan-
der. Mr Trask has been active in assisting in all matters tending toward the growth of the
social and industrial life of his locality since coming here. The family are members of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. His farm contains 140 acres of improved land, well fenced and watered
and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of nicely assorted fruits.

R. G. TUTHILL, butcher, Mulberry Grove, was bora in Ohio in 1844, and was raised on a
farm. He received an academical education, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Ohio
until 1869, at which time went to Missouri, and continued in the agricultural line thirteen years,
at end of which time he came to Kansas, and located in Cruwford County, town of Mulberry
Grove, where he has since been engeged in the butchor business. He owns four lots, residence,
and business property in Mulberry Grove. He was Justice of the Peace and School Director in
Missouri. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a Trustee and Steward of
the same. He was married to Miss E. Elliott, of Ohio, in 1867, by whom he has had three chil-
dren—Nettie 0., Albertie and James R. Mrs. Tuthill is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and belongs tothe order of Good Templars,

JUHN E. WALKER, of the firm of McCulloch & Co., general merchants, Mulberry Grove,
was born in Pennsylvania in 1836, and began farming in [llinois at the age of sixteen; continued
five years, then went to. Minnesota on a farm for sixteen years. He came to Kausas in 1872, and
Jocated at Mulberry Grove, He wasina store one year,then opened and improved a farm of 206
area, which he put in a high state of cultivation. He owns two farms in Missouri, just across
tle line. He owns a half-interest in forty acres of coal land in Kansas. He also owns an acre
anda half in the town of Mulberry Grove, owns three houses in Mulberry Grove, He iy a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and belong to the Freemasons. He married Miss Eliza-
bth Haslip, of Pennsylvania, in 1856. They have four children—Clara E., Charles E., Frank
W. and Jennie C. Mrs. Walker is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ALFRED WILLIAMS, tarmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Fleming
C.unty, Ky., November 30, 1820, and was prominently identified with farming business there,
till at the age of forty-five, when he came here and_ located upon his present place of 160 acres,
which he has improved to its present condition. It contains chvice land, is well fenced and
watered and stocked, has handsome dwelling, and barns aud stables, and an orchard of a nicely
assorted variety of fruits, both large and small. In November, 1845, he murried Miss Sarah
Mauzey, who departed.this life in June, 1819, and ia buried in the family cemetcry of the Mau-
zey’s, in Fleming Counry, Ky., leaving two daughters—Martha, now Mrs. Samuel Watson, of
Indiana, and Sarah, now Mrs. A. J. Sanders, of Indiana, In 1851, September 18, he married
Miss Elizabeth Mauzey, sister to his firat wife. They have four sons and three daughters—John,
Robert, William, Jr., Charles, Mary, now Mrs. John Block, of the “ Pittsburg Smelter; ” Mar-
garet, now Mrs. Orin Kyser, merchant, and Charlotta. ‘lho family are members of the Christian
Church. He has been a member of the Masonic Order for the last twenty-five years; is a mem-
ber of the Chapter. During his residence in Kentucky he served as militia Captain for many
years. He was Postmaster here when it-was known as “Strong Town” Post Office, and has been
active in school official positions. He has never been dragged into a disgraceful court suit, and
has only twice in his long life sued others.

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Flem-
ing County, Ky., March,7,1825. At the age of twenty-three, he took up carpentering business,
and was identified with that industry and farming actively there till 1863, when he came to Kan-
sas and carried on his trade in Leavenworth fur a short time, after which he located in Jefferson
County, io the farming business, which he carried on there for two years, coming here afterward
where he has been actively identified with farming since, He has, during this time, improve
and brought into good shape for cultivation five different farms here. He married, in 1849, Au-
gust 7, Miss Rebecca Wrenchey, of Fleming County, Ky. They have a family of three sons and
one daughter livng—Henry Richard, farmer; Amanda Virginia, now Mrs. John Hyestone,
farmer; James William, farmer, and Tecumseh Sherman, at home. Himselt and wife are both
active members of the Churck of Christ, and have been since and before their marriage, His
farm contains 80 acres of valuable Jand, well fenced and watered and stocked ; handsome dwell-

‘ings and barns and stables, and an orchard of about 600 trees ofa nicely assorted variety of
fruits.

ALLEN WILSON, M. D. and surgeon, Mulberry Grove, was born in St. Louis, Mo., 1850.
Raised in the agricultural pursuit. Received a classical education, graduating from the Mi-sourl
Medical College in 1879. Came to Kansas in 1876; located in Crawford County in the town of
Mulberry Grove, at which place he has since practiced his profession. Dr, Wilson's father joined
hint in practice in 1880, Is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Is Clerk of the school dis-
trict. Owns residence and business house in the town of Mulberry Grove.

 

BAKER TOWNSHIP.

BL. ABEL, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Steuben County,
N. Y., April 9, 1831; was reared and educated there. At the age of nineteen, he came West,
having learned the profession of mill-wright, and having done work at his trade in mills
upon the Wolf and I’ox Rivers for five years. After this he was identified in the same busi-
ness, for seven years, upon the Mississippi. He then located in Northern Iowa, at McGregor,
in the milling business, which he retired from after afew years, and located at Manona,
wlere he was active in public life, having filled the office of Justice of the Peace for some
time, and dealt in real estate business. In 1860, he followed the popular excitement, and
went to Leadville, Colorado, where he carried on merchandising for one year. He came
Fast, and located in Whiteside County, Ill., and carried on farming industry there for fif-
teen years. He here married Miss E. A. V. Coe, born and reared in Erie County, Ohio, her
father, being a prominent citizen of Whiteside County, Ill. They have a family of one
son and two daughters—Mattie, Ben and Bird. He is an active member of the I. 0. 0. F.
society and Encampment, and has served as Deputy Grand Master of this district, and of

 

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the A. F. & A.M. society. His farm residence contains 240 acres of improved land, well
fenced and watered and stocked ; ous buildings, and an orchard of 400 nicely assorted
variety of trees. Besides, he -has three forty-acre lots in Section 29, adjoining town, and
eighty acres two miles south of town, and has four lots in Block 17, in a generally improved
condition. : . :

‘STEPHEN ALBERTY, farmer and stock-raiser, and owner of “ Amity Hill” farm,
P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Greene County, N. y,, in 1822, At the age of fifteen, he
moved with his people to Niagara County, was identified with farming there until 1849; he
then located in McHenry County, Ill., and carried on Jarming until 1870; he then came
here, and has been actively identified with farming and stock business since, meantime
carrying on mill building actively ; is present proprietor of Cherokee Mills, Cherokee, He
married, in 1845, Miss Margaret A. Buchanan, who was born in Seneca County, N. Y., in
1820, and was reared and educated in N ie County. They have a family of two sons and
one daughter—Helen Jane, now Mrs. 0. E, Wagner, of Sheldon, Iowa; Miron H., farmer,
and Elbert W. at home. Since locating here, Mr. Alberty has worked actively in the devel-
opment of the public, social and industrial life of this locality. His farm contains 630 acres
of improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked; handsome dwelling, barns and stables
and an orchard of over two thousand apple trees, and three hundred of other varieties, all
well assorted. .

ABRAM BAXTER, farmer and stock-raiser, and dealer and operator in coal mining,
P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Cold Springs Putnam County, N. Y., March 17, 1836, and‘
was educated to the profession of machinist at West Point Foundry. At the age of twenty-
one, he made a trip through Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, and in February of the following
year he located at Geneseo, Il]., where he was fourteen years actively identified with farm-
ing and stock-raising paying. occasional visits to this State in the meantime. In 1872, he
came here, and located upon his present place, where he has been actively and successfully
connected with his present industry since. He married, in Newburg, Orange Co., N. Y., Octo-
ber 8, 1856, Miss Hannah E. Westlake, of that county, a lady of fine literary attainments.
They have a family of four sons and one daughter living—Sylvester Westlake, in lumber
business; Leonard Cumming, painter; Norman, Eliza and Millard. He has been an active
member of the Masonic order since 1863. During the war, he did active service in Company
G, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Volunteer Infantry; was honorably discharged. Since
locating here he has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of
his locality ; has served his township as Treasurer, and has filled other municipal and school
official positions. He was active in the establishment of the Girard & Joplin Railway, and
served as one of its board of directors for several years. 3 .

W. L. BIGGS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Madison
County, Ohio, in 1835; he was identified with farming in that State till 1865, when he
looted in Chariton County, Mo., and carried on farming there successfully for twelve years.
He then spent two years in farming in Johnson County, Mo., and came here and located
upon his present place. He married, in 1858, Miss Sarah E, Hu hes, of his native place.
They have two sons and one daughter—Charles, Margaret M.and William E. The faniily are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains eighty acres of valuable
land; has good buildings, and an orchard of a well-assorted variety of fruits.

- HENRY T. BOAZ, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Bourbon
County, Ky., in 1830, and was identified with farming there till 1865, when he located in
Vermillion County, Ill., and carried on his present industry there for eight years. In
1872, he came here, and has been actively identified with his present industry here since.
He married, in 1854, Miss Mary J. Carleton, of Owen County, Ky. They have two sons
and one daughter living—Henry Clay, Thomas Albert and Sarah Elizabeth, now Mrs. Aman
Barton. His family are members of the Christian Church. His farm contains seventy-nine
acres of valuable land, well fenced and watered ; good buildings, and an orchard of 200 trees,
of a well-assorted variety of fruits. ar

a) YY B. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Cherokee, was born in Franklin
County, N. Y., October 5, 1840, and_was reared in Cass County, Ill. At the breaking-out of
the war, he enlisted in Company F, Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and did active
service for fifteen months, when he was honorably discharged, on account of disability. He
afterward enlisted in Company K, Fiftieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, remained in active
service till the end of the war, when he was again honorably discharged. He returned to
farming in Morgan County, Ill, and carried it on there till 1870, when he came here and
located upon his present place of 160 acres, which he has improved from a raw prairie to its
present condition, containing oe land, well fenced and watered. and stocked ; good build-
ings, and an orchard of a nicely-assorted variety of fruits. He married, December 25, 1867,
Miss Sarah Shopmear, who was born in Greene and reared in -Morgan County, Il. The
have four sons and one daughter—William F., Homer S., Ettie S., Lester S. and Gilbert Ovid,
and have buried their second daughter, Florence. Himself and wife are members of the
Seventh-Day Advent Church.

. JAMES A. BURK, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Erie
County, N. Y., January 26, 1833, and removed with his people to Whiteside County, IIL, in
1835, where he was identified with farming business till 1870, when he came here and located
upon his present place of 260 acres, which he has entirely improved. It is choice land, and
is well fenced and watered and stocked. It contains two orchards, aggregating over 600
trees, of a nicely-assorted variety of fruits, and good buildings. He married, in 1858, Miss
Mary E. Briggs, who was born in Warren, and reared in Whitesides County, Ill. They have
a family of one son and three daughters—Alida May, now Mrs. Albert Taylor, farmer; Net-
tie Belle, Alice and Ernest James. Mr. Burk has always taken an active interest in the
development of his locality since locating here.

LOUIS BUTZER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Detréit,
Mich,, November 21, 1837, and was reared near Geneseo, Ill. He was there principally
identified with farming and teaching. At the age of twenty-four he went West and spent
over five years through Nebraska, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Utah and Oregon, partly
in connection with the overland stage company, and partly an individual enterprise. Re
turning to Henry County, Ill., he became actively engaged in farming and milling busi-
ness, which after a few years he abandoned, and went to Arkansas, but soon after returned
and subsequently came here, 1870, and located on present place, and has been actively
identified with his present industry since. He married in Henry County, Ill, 1866, Miss
Clara Light, who was born in Prussia and reared in Pennsylvania and Illinois. They have
a family of three sons and two daughters—Charlie, Elizabeth, Daniel, Josie and Valentine.
During the war he did service in Home Guards of Carson City, Nev. Since locating here he
served upon the school board of his district for several years, also as Township Treasurer
and Justice of the Peace. He is an active member of the A. O. U. W. His farm contains
250 acres of improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard
of over 500 trees, well assorted variety of fruits. The St. Louis & Santa Fé Railroad runs
through this place. : s

AMES W. CHAMPION, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in
Cortland County, N. Y., May 30,1830, and was identified there with cooperage business for
many years. In 1856, he went to eee County, Ill., and carried on farming there for
three years, after which he located in LaPorte County, Ind., and carried on farming success-
fully there for eighteen years. In 1878, he came here and has been actively identified with
his ‘present industry here since. He married in 188, in Three Oaks, Mich., Miss Haul M.
Whitney, who was born and reared in Schroeppel, Oswego Co., N. Y. They have a family of
one son and two daughters—Ida L., teacher and assistant examiner of public instruction of
this county; Viola M. and Freddie J., and have buried Perry E., Schuyler C. and Bertie E.
in New Carlyle Cemetery, St. Joseph County, Ind. His farm contains 200 acres of valuable
Jand, good buildings, and an orchard of over 200 trees of a well-assorted variety of fruits.

F OSEPH CHENEY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Onta-
ria, Canada, November 12, 1827, and learned the carpentering and joining trade there. In
1849, he located in Michigan, and carried on histrade there three years, after which he went
to Illinois, and was identified with his trade and farming there till 1866, when he came
here and settled upon his present place of 120 acres, which he has improved to its present
condition. It has good buildings, and an orchard of 200 trees of awell assorted variety of
fruits. In 1848, he married Miss Sarah Ann Merriam, who was born in Ohio and reared
in Canada. They have four sons—Thomas, Geor e, Warren and Doc. During the war he
did activeservice in Company K, Ninety-second Tiltnois Volunteers Mounted Infantry from
August, 1862, till the end of the war, and was honorably discharged. He has served upon
ene Seno Board of his district since locating here, and has been active in other ofticial
positions.

ENOS R. CLARK, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Jefferson
County, Ind., in 1842; in 1855, he moved with his people, who settled in Lee County, Iowa.
In June, 1861, he enlisted his services in Company m Sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and
did active service until at the battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded, and was honorably
discharged in July, 1862, and pensioned. After this he made two unsuccessful attempts to
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

join volunteer corps, but did honorable service for two years in the State Militia of Iowa as
Second Lieutenant of Company D. After the war he came here and located in November,
1865, upon an adjacent farm, but the following year he located upon his present farm of 152
acres, which he has improved from a raw prairie to its present condition. It contains
choice land, good buildings, and an orchard of 400 trees of well assorted variety of fruits.
He married, in 1863, Miss Elizabeth Hobson, who was born in Orange County, N. C., in 1845,
and was reared in Henry County, Iowa. They have a family of four sons and two daugh-
ters—John G., Mary E., George J., Isaac E., Wilbur Dell and Minnie M. Since locating here
he worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of this locality.

NOBLE A. CORDRAY, farmer and stock-raiser and operator in coal mining, P. 0.
Litchfield, was born in Ohio, January 9, 1831. He was reared in Noble County, where
he engaged in stock-dealing and rearing. At the age of twenty-two, he located in
Madison County, where he carried on merchandising and his stock-rearing and deal-
ing for several years. In 1867, he located in Cass County, Mo., and carried on farmin;
and stock-rearing till 1871, when he came here and located, and has been actively identified
with his present industry here since. He married, in 1872, Miss Clarissa Renicke, who was
born and reared in Cedar County, Mo. They have three sons—Milton, Noble, Jr., and
Isaac. During the war he did active service in Company K, Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, from July 22, 1861, till the following June, when he was honorably discharged on

_ account of disabilities. He isan active member of the A., F. & A. M. Society. His farm
contains 160 acres of improved land, good buildings, and a young orchard. Underlying his
land he has an almost unlimited supply of coal, which he operates, giving employment to
about forty men and teams and other mechanical power.

JAMES CROWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Cherokee, was born in Stanley
County, N.C., ie 19, 1827, and was identified with farming in that State till 1869, when
he settled in McLean County, Ill., and carried on farming there till 1879. In the spring of
that year he came here and located upon his present ‘ )

i e d lace, where he has been connected
with his present industry since, rey eae
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f horticulture to his industries. He married
in 1848, Miss Catherine R. Russell, of Union County, N. C. They have five sons and six
davighters—James R., D. H. B., D. F., G. W., T. J., M, E. (now Mrs. Alfred Honeycut, of
North Carolina), M. Dd. (now Mrs. Arthur Latham, of Livingston County, Ill.), Estella (now
Mrs. Charles Corallis, of the same county), J. M., Sarah and Mollie Ann. The family are
members of the M. E. Church. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, good build-
ings and a handsome orchard of a well assorted variety of fruits, both large and small.

JAMES R, CROWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Cherokee, was born in Stanley
County, N.C., July 26, 1851, and was reared there to his present industry. In 1869, he lo-
cated with his people in McLean County, Ill., and was identified there with farming till
1880, when he came here and located. In August, 1876, he married Miss Nancy Hayes, who
was born in Hardy County, West Va., auly 24, 1857, and was reared and educated in that
State and in Illinois, She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm con-
tains eighty acres of improved land, and has a good dwelling and stable and an orchard of
a nin assorted variety of fruits. 2 ‘

. H. DUNLAP, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Beuldh, was born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, November 12, 1833, and was identified there with the farming industry till
1866, when he located in Johnson County, Mo., and carried on the farming industry actively
there till the spring of 1881, when he came here and has been actively identified with his
present industry here since: He married in 1861, in Fairfield County, Ohio, Miss Mary M.
Brown, of that county, a lady of excellent literary attainments. They have a family ot two
sons and two daughters—Ella (now Mrs. Matthew Cuthbertson, farmer), Etta (teacher), Cam-
eron and Owen. The family are active members of the United Presbyterian Church. He
is ue uf the Board of Trustees of that church. He has also been active as school official
since locating here. During the war he did active service in Company H, One Hundred and
Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for one year, and was honorably discharged. His
farm contains 150 acres of good land, well improved and fenced, watered and stocked,
Handsome dwellings, barns and stables, and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of

ruits.

CAPT. SAMUEL FELLOWS, contractor and builder and Superintendent of the con-
struction of the Granby Smelting Works, New Pittsburg, was born in Genesee
County, N. Y., in 1829, and was educated in his native place to architectural mechan-
ism and building, and carried it on in his native State forseveral years. In 1856, he located
in Howard County, Iowa, and carried on his business actively till the breaking-out of the
war, when he organized Company I, Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and took command as
First Lieutenant, from which he was subsequently promoted to the Captaincy, in which ca-
pacity he served actively till/1863, when he resigned his command. He continued the prac-
tice of his profession in Iowa till 1869, when he located in Neosho County and engaged in
merchandising for ashort time, retiring from it and engaging in contracting and buildin
in connection with railway enterprises, with which he was actively identified for several
years. In 1879, he accepted the Joperintendency of the Rodgers Coal Company’s-mining
interests at Litchfield, from which he retired in 1882, and resumed his profession. He mar-
tied in 1851, Miss Leclerce Lewis, a native of Genesee County, N. Y. They have a family
of one son and three daughters—Samuel M., Flora ae Mrs, E. P. McBride, Police Judge
of Pueblo, Col.), Francis and Malinda. Capt. Fellows has been an active member and
worker in the Masonic society, and since 1862 he has held the incumbency of Master in the
Blue and High Priest in the Chapter, and is an active member in the Temple. He was, for
several years, State Lecturer in connection with the Masonic society in the State. _

J. C. FERGUSON , farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Boone
County, Ind., December 10, 1837, and was indentified there with the farming industry till
1865, when he located in Winona County, Minn., and carried on farming there till 1870.
He then came here and located upon his present place, which he has improved to its present
condition. It contains 160 acres of valuable land, is well fenced, watered and stocked, and
has good buildings, an eight-acre orchard containing a nicely assorted variety of fruits.
On December 24, 1858, he married Miss Emarine Kersey, of his native place. They have
three sons and two daughters—William F., Elmer B., Charlie W., Ida Spencer and Hortense.
The family are members of the Missionary Baptist shureh. He has served upon the School
Board of his district here and has been active in other local official positions, ad a

FRANK R. GRAY, farmer and operator in coal mining, P. O. Litchfield, was born in
Butler County, Ky., November 9, 1845. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Twelfth
Kentucky Cavalry and did active service till the end of the war, when he was honorably
discharged. After the war he returned: home, but was unable to do active work for a year,
on account of his disabilities, received during his war service, through wounds and ex-
posure. He, however, engaged in coal mining there, but in 1867 he came here and has been
actively engaged at his present industry since. On April 10, 1873, he married Miss Parme-
lia Jane Harmon, who was born in Iowa and reared in Missouri. They have two sons and
two daughters—William Peter, George. Washington, Sarah Alice and Mary. The family
holds to the religion of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He isa member of the A., F. &
A. M. society. He has ten acres of valuable coal land, and carries on his farming opera-
tions upon his old farm, which he lately traded for this coalland. .

ANSIL H. GARDNER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Os-
wego County, N. Y., August 6, 1836, and was identified there with the cooperage business,
latterly spending seven years of his life in connection with the Erie Canal. In 1870, he
came to Kansas and located upon his present place of 200 acres, which he has improved from
a raw prairie to what it now is. It is well fenced, watered and stocked, has nice buildings
and an orchard of a well assorted variety of fruits. He married, January 1, 1864, Miss Sarah
E. Wright, of his native place. They have one son, Herme Vree. Harvey Wright, father-
in-law of the above, is a native of Oswego County, N. Y., where he was for many years ex-
tensively engaged in farming. He latterly engaged in grain dealing in Buffalo and operated
in that industry actively for three years, locating here with his only child, Mrs. Gardner, in
1870. In 1878, July Ist, Mrs. Wright passed away from this life, and is buried in the Black
Jack Cemetery, Missouri. ‘

M. W. HALL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Litchfield, was born in Boone County, Ind.,
November 18, 1835, and was identified with ee there till 1865, when he went to Winona
County, Minn., and carried on farming there till 1873. He then came here and has been
successfully connected with his present business here since, He married in 1859, Miss Sarah
Ann H, Pauley, who departed this life in 1861, and is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery,
Boone County, ind, leaving one daughter, Elizabeth Jane (now Mrs. J. D. Hawley). In 1864,
he married Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bowen nee Ferguson, of Boone County. They have a family
of one son and two daughters—Mary Luella, Elvira Ann and Miles Bennett. Mrs, Hall’s
first marriage was to William Bowen, farmer, of Boone County, in 1862, who departed this
life a few months after their marriage. She has one daughter by him, Elizabeth Jane (now
Mrs, Theodore Pomeroy), whose family sketch appears in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are
members of the Baptist Church. His farm contains eighty acres of valuable land, good
buildings and a nice young orchard.

‘he has been actively connected with his present industry since.

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FRANK HETFIELD, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Foun-
tain County, Ind., in 1849, and was identified with farming there till 1876, when he came to this
county an engesed at stock-raising, which he carried on successfully till the present year,
when he engaged at his present industry, which he ably represents. In 1880, he married
Mrs. Mary J. Haley, formerly Jerome, of Nebraska. They have one son—Irvin Haley. His
farm contains 160 acres of valuable land, good buildings, and an orchard of over 200-trees,
of a well-assorted variety of fruits.

GEORGE HOBSON, farmer and stock-raiser, and horticulturist, P.O. New Pittsburg,
was born in Orange County, N.C., in 1837, and was reared in Henry County, Iowa. In 1863,
he located upon his present farm, and has improved it from a wild prairie to what it now is,
It-contains 160 acres of valuable land, twenty acres of which are devoted to horticulture;
sixty acres to hay; fifty to pasturage and thirty acres to grain tillage. It is well fenced
and watered, and has peed buildings. In September, 1865, he married Miss Mary A. Lane,
who was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1847, and was reared in Henry County, Iowa.
They have a family of four sons and one daughter—Martha K., Joseph J., Samuel 8., Will-
jam A. and George E. During the war, Mr. Hobson did active service in Company G,
Fourth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, from August, 1861, till the end of the war. He was honor-
ably discharged as veteran of Company G, Fourth Iowa Cavalry. The family are members
of the Christian Church. Since lovatine here, he has worked actively in the development
of the social and industrial growth of this locality. He served his township as Treasurer;
has been an active worker on the School Board of his district. In 1870, he buried his father,
John H. Hobson, upon what is now known as Ee Cemetery, and October 15, 1881, he
laid out the plat for it, which is the favorite cemetery of Pittsburg. 4

J.B. HOPKINS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Wyoming
County, N. Y., in 1843, and was reared there to the farming business, with which he was
identified until the spring of 1874, when he came here and located, and has been engaged in
his present industry since. He married, in 1864, Miss Cherrille L. Peck, of Allegany County,
N.Y. They have a family of one son and a daughter—Emma and Arthur J. Since locat-
ing here he has worked actively in the spies late of the social life of his locality. His
farm contains 120 acres of improved land; good buildings, and an orchard of over 200 trees
of nicely-assorted fruits.

GEORGE W. HURT, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Litchfield, was born in Fulton
County, Ill., April 16, 1842, and followed farming there till 1870, when he located here, where
He married, February 22,
1867, Miss Mary Jane Dilts, who was born in New Jersey and reared in Fulton County, Ill.
‘They have oneson, James Arthur, and have one adopted daughter—Lois Celesta Hurt, formerly
Collins. He has worked actively in the development of the social and indusirial life of this
locality since coming here. He has served upon the School Board of his district, and has
filled other official positions. His farm contains 120 acres of improved land, well fenced and
watered and stocked; good buildings, and an orchard of 800 trees, of a well-assorted variety
of fruits. Mr. Hurt pays considerable attention to game hunting, and is very skilled in
markmanship upon all kinds of game, especially chickens, upon which he has a record of
shooting a marketing 125 birds in one day, his market being sixteen miles from his hunt-
ing ground. §

ABRAHAM C. JOHNSTON, farmer, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in Pennsylvania
in 1837; was raised to agricultural pursuits; moved to Iowa in 1854, where he remained
until 1865, and in the meantime was in the army four years and nine months, Came to
Kansas in 1866, and located in Labette County, on a farm of 160 acres, which he improved,
and on which he remained eleven years, and was engaged in the business of: raising grain
and stock. In 1877, he came to his present home of 240 acres, on which he raises principally
stock, grain and hay. Was married to Miss Gertrude Spies, of Germany, in 1860. Have two
children—Ida M. and Nancy E.

JOHN KAHRS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Hanover,
Germany, in 1836, and came to America in 1857, and settled in New York City, where he fol-
lowed merchandising in groceries, as clerk, for.five years, after which he went into business
for himself, and carried_it on successfully for five years more. He then came to Missouri,
and settled in Morgan County, where he carried on farming for two years, after which he
came here and located upon his present Place in 1868, and has improved it. It contains 200
acres of valuable land, is well fenced_and watered and stocked; has nice buildings, and an
orchard of 500 trees, of a well-assorted variety of fruits. He married, in New York City, in
1863, Miss Sopha Stilling, who was born in his native country, 1843. They have a family
of one son and two daughters—Adelia, now Mrs. Henry Alderman, smelter, of Pittsburg;
Willie and Minnie. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Kahrs has
worked actively in the development of the social life of his locality ; has served upon the
School Board of his district for several years.

SOLOMON KELLY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Cherokee, was born in Vigo County,
ind., in 1831. In 1847, he went to Monroe County, IN., but eventually settled in Clinton
County, where he was identified with farming till 1878, when he ceme here, and has
carried it on here actively since. In 1851, he married Miss Christina Nelson, of Wash-
ington County, Ill. They have two sons and four daughters—Levi, Sarah, now Mrs. James
Sterritt; John, Anna, Ida, Rose and Jennie. Himself and wife are members of the Metb-
odist Episcopal Church. He has been a member of the Masonic order since 1868, His farm
contains 160 acres of improved land; good dwellings and stables, and a nice young orchard.

J.S. KERN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Litchfield, was born in Boone County, Ind.,
February 28, 1845, and was reared there to farming, At the age of seventeen he enlisted in
Company K, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, and did service till
the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. August, 1865, he was wounded at
the battle of Resaca, Ga., and was in the hospital till he was discharged ; was pensioned for
honorable service. After the war he did but little active work for four years, but eventu-
ally engaged in farming. In 1870, he came to Kansas and located here, where he has carried
on his present business successfully since. In 1869, he married, in Winona County, Minn.,
Miss Lydia A. Erway, who was born in Chemung County, N. Y., and reared in Blue Earth
County, Minn. They have a family of three sons and three daughters—Lotta A., Lillie A.,
Charles E., George E., William Barton and Gertrude. His farm contains 152 acres of good
Jand, well improved, and fenced and watered and stocked; good buildings, and a handsome
oauard, of a nicely-assorted variety of fruits. He pays considerable attention to horti-
culture. :

T. E. LAMB, farmer and teamer, Section 27, P. O. New Pittsburg, was*born in Indiana

in 1834, At the age of nineteen he learned the carpenter’s trade, at which he worked ten
years. He was then at Lawrence, Kan., a short time, and at Burlingame, Kan., five months,
coming from Burlingame to Ottawa, where he lived eight years, and in 1872 located on a
farm in Crawford County. He remained on the farm eight years, and then built aresidence
in Pittsburg, to which city he moved his family, and where he now resides. He still carries
on his farm, upon which he raises grain and stock ; his farm and orchard are enclosed by a
hedge and wire fence, and his farm is underlaid with a fine vein of coal. He-was married
to Miss H. M. Blair, of Ohio, in 1857, and has five children living—Edmond 0., Mabel C., Rose
F., Elmer D. and Lorenzo D.; Elnora, Alonzo and Thomas E., deceased. His wife died in
1876, and he was married to Miss Louisa J. Haladay, of, Indiana, in 1880. Edmond 0. Lamb
(oldest son of T. E. Lamb), was born in Indiana in 1860; raised and educated in Kansas, and
has been engaged with the Smelting Company, of Pittsburg three years; visited his native
State in 1882, on a pleasure trip and remained four months, at the end of which time he re-
turned to Kansas,
_ _ JOHN A. LOAFMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 25, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born
in Brown County, Ohio, in 1835, and was reared and educated there. In 1858, he located
in Tazewell County, Ill., where he carried on farming for several years, after which he went
to Livingston County; was actively identified with his present industry there, till 1880,
when he came here and has successfully carried it on here since. He married, in 1867, Miss
Alice E. Chardon, who was born and reared in Orleans County, N. Y.; they have no family.
He has worked actively in the development of the industries of his locality since coming
here; himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains
ee acres of improved land, good buildings and a nice orchard.

AMES A. MELOY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Juniata
County, Penn., March 28, 1836, and followed farming there till 1862, when he enlisted in Com-
pany F, Sixteenth Pennnsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and did active service for about nine
months, when he was honorably discharged on account of disabilities ; has applied for pen-
sion. After the war he came to Illinois, and after spending four years in farming in Ford
and McLean Counties, he came to Kansas in 1868, and located upon his present place of 160
acres, which he has improved from a raw prairie to its present condition, containing choice
land, well fenced, watered and stocked, good buildings, and eighteen acres in orchard of a
well assorted variety of fruits. In 1860, he married Miss Jemima Gifford of his native
place. They have three sons and five daughters—Flora, teacher; Jennie, teacher; Ella,
Horace, George, Minnie, Pearl and Bennie.

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; JOHN H. MEYER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born and reared
in Hanover, Germany. In 1858, he came to America and followed farming in Missouri til
1868, when he came here and located upon his present place, which he has improved to its
resent condition. It contains 160 acres of valuable land, is well fenced and stocked, and
as good buildings and an orchard of three acres of a well assorted variety of fruits. He
married in 1870 Miss Dora Koopman, who was born and reared in Missouri. They have four
sons—Henry, Willie, John and Louis. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.
During the war he did active service in Company C, Thirteenth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry,
which afterward became the Fifth Missouri Cavalry, from 1861 to the end of the war; he
was honorably discharged; he has worked actively in the development of the social life of
this place, and has served upon the Board of Trustees of his church ; besides his farm he has
ten acres of timber land, which is well underlaid with coal. .

WILLIAM HENRY MINECEY, farmer, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in St. Louis,
February 3, 1834, and learned the trade of shoemaker, but soon after traveled over the
lains in a reputable connection, at the age of twenty-two he located in Lafayette County,

0., in boot and shoe-making and merchandising, with which he was identified many years.
In 1869, he came to Kansas and located upon present place, containing at present 224 acres,
which he has improved to a handsome homestead containing good buildings and an orchar
of about 500 trees of good variety. He married in 1859, Miss Mary Walters, who was born in
Hanover, Germany, June 9, 1839, and was reared in Missouri. They have one son and
four daughters—William, Emma, Martha, Mary and Laura. During the war he did active
service in the Home Guards of Missouri, Fifth Regiment, afterward in the State militia as
Second Lieutenant, and followed it into the United States service, in which he did active
service until the end of the war. He was honorably discharged as Second Lieutenant of
Company B, Seventh Missouri Volunteer. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.
Heis an active member of the A. O. U. W. society. .

DEWITT C. NOEL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Litchfield, was born in Will County,
Ill, June 1, 1853, and was reared and educated in Douglas County, and, in 1870, he came
to Kansas with his people, who settled in Labette County, but he returned to Livingston
County, Ill., the following year, and carried on farming there for several years; during this
time he went to Lancaster County, Neb., and carried on farming and dairying for one year.
In 1878, he returned to Labette County, Kan., and the es ee he came here and sub-

* sequently bought his present farm, which he is improving rapidly ; he married in 1876, Miss
Theodosia Pomeroy, who was born and reared in Fulton County, Ill. They have three sons
and one daughter—Dora, Ernest, Elmer and infant. He is present Assistant Postmaster of
iitehaeld, and attends to the merchandising interests of Mr. Garland’s mercantile trade

ere. :

JAMES OFFICER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Alle-
gheney County, Penn., August 20, 1823; at the age of ten years he removed with his people
to Ohio, who settled in Muskingum County, where he was identified with farming business
till 1851; he then located in Mercer County, Ill., and carried on farming successfully for
many years. In 1867, he went to Cass County, Mo., and carried on farming and stock-rais-
ing till 1872, when he came to Kansas and located upon his present place, where he has been
actively identified with his present industry here since; he married in 1849 Miss Mary J.
Thompson, who departed this life in 1861, and is buried in Aledo Cemetery, Ilinois, leavin,
a family of one son and two daughters—James R., Alice, now Mrs. DeLaBar, widow ; an
Mary, now Mrs. Robert Kilbourn, wagon maker, of Carthage, Mo. In 1867, he married Miss
Gertrude DeLaBar, of Kentucky, a lady of fine literary attainments, They have a family
of three sons—Thaddeus, Charles L., and William RK. The family are members of the Pres-
byterian Church; his farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced, watered and
stocked, dwellings, barns and stables, and an orchard of 500 trees of a well assorted variety
of fruits. Mr. Officer pays very considerable attention to horticulture, of which his gardens
and orchards well testify. .

JOHN HADLEY OZBUN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Opolis, was born in Randolph
County, Ind., December 16, 1847. In 1869, he came to Kansas and located upon his present
place, which he has improved from a wild prairie to its present condition. It contains 160
acres of choice land; is well fenced, watered and stocked, and an orchard of five acres of a
nicely assorted variety of fruits. During this time he has assisted in bringing into cultiva-
tion four different farms, and has built upon and improved a nice town residence in Opolis.
On December 10, 1871, he married Miss Julia A. Coxe, who was born and reared near Saline,
Hardin Co., Iowa. They have two sons living—William Harvey and Claudius Elwood. He
is a member of the Church of Friends. He served as Postmaster of Stevenstown for four
years and two years in Opolis.. He has served upon the School Board of his district and has
been active in other municipal offices.

JOSEPH D. OZBUN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Opolis, was born in Randolph
County, Ind., September 14, 1849, In 1869, he came to Kansas and located upon his present
farm, which he has entirely improved. It contains 160 acres of valuable land, is well fenced,
watered and stocked, has good buildings and an orchard of three and a half acres, of a
nicely assorted variety of fruits. In November 11, 1877, he married Miss Ettie Cooper, who
was born and reared in Illinois. They have one son—Howard H.; he is a member of the
Church of Friends; he has served upon the School Board of his district, and has always
taken an active part in the support of Republican principles in politics,

WILLIAM P. PACKARD, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in
St. Charles, Mo., April 12, 1842, and was reared in noose County, Ill., where he carried
on farming actively till 1870, when he came here and located, and has been successfully con-
nected with his present industry since, In 1861, he married Miss Lucy A. Hamblin, who
was born in Chenango Forks, Broome Co., N. Y., September 14, 1842, and was reared in Lee
County, Ill, They have four sons and one daughter—Sarah Abbie, now Mrs. David Rod-
reick; Sherman P., Jesse M., Alfred A. and Albert Q. (twins), His family are members jof
the United Brethren Church. During the war, Mr. Packard did service in Company 5,

Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from August, 1862, till the end of the war; was
honorably discharged, and pensioned for wounds received at the battle of Columbia, Tenn.
His farm contains 360 acres of improved land, good buildings and an orchard of a well-as-
sorted variety of fruits both large and small.

R. C. PLASS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. New Pittsburg, was born in Macomb Coun-
ty, Mich., September 7, 1836, and was identified with his present industry there till 1868,
when after spending eighteen months in farming in Buchanan County, Iowa, he located in
Colfax County, Neb , and was actively identified with his industry there till 1876, He then
came here and located and has been successfully connected with his present industry here
since. Hemarried in 1859, Miss Sophia Burrett, who was born and reared in his native place.
They have three sons and two daughters—Carrie, Giles, Burt, Bayard T., Celia M, He has
been a member of the Masonic Order for the last twenty years. His farm contains 820 acres
of valuable land, is well watered and stocked, has good buildings and nine acres of orchard,
containing a well-selected stock of fruit tress of all kinds, both arge and small.

D.F. D. POMEROY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Litchfield, was born in Clinton,
Oneida Co., N. Y., July 28, 1847, and removed with his people to Fulton County, Ill, where
he was reared ; he received a good education in the public schools there and engaged in
teaching. In 1877, he came to Kansas, and located here, and has been reputably connected
with the teaching profession since. Meantime, he invested in his present place of 160 acres,
which he hasimproved. His farm contains choice land, is well fenced and watered an
well stocked, has good buildings, and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruits; be-
sides he has several thousand forest trees. He married in 1875, Miss Eliza A. Thorp, in
Fulton ee a lady of excellent literary attainments. They have a family of one son
and two daughters—Pearl, Philip and Ola. He has been an active member of the Masonic
society since 1873. He has served upon the School Board of his district since coming here,
and has made himself generally a useful citizen of this locality.

THEODORE W. POMEROY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Litchfield, was born in
Oneida County, N. Y., May 8, 1849, and removed with his people to Illinois in 1854, who set-
tled in Fulton County. He then learned the gorpentering business and was actively iden-
tified with it there till 1870, when he came to Kansas and located here and prosecuted that
business here actively till 1881, when he engaged at his present industry, with which he has
been reputably connected since. He married in 1881, Miss Elizabeth J. Bowen, who was
pbornin Boone County, Ind., and reared and educated in Winona County, Minn. His farm
contains eighty acres of improved land, well fenced 'and watered and stocked, handsome
dwellings and barns and stables and an orchard of 200 trees of a nicely assorted variety of
fruits. Since locating here he has worked actively in the development of the social and in-
dustrial lite of his locality. Has served as Constable of this township for one term, and as
Clerk of the School Board of his district for three years.

J. H. RODENBURG, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P. Ox New Pittsburg, was born
in Hanover, Germany, in 1843, and came to America in 1860, and located at St. Louis. He
engaged at farming in Pettis County, Mo., and followed it there till 1868, when he came here

gad settled upon the present homestead, where he has been successfully identified with the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

farming and stock-raising business since. He married in 1873, Miss Mary Jane Robb, who
was bere and reared in filinois. They have one son and a daughter—Fioyd C. and Anna
Leona. Mr. Rodenburg has worked actively in the growth and development of his localit;
since coming here. During the war, he did active service for two years in Company C, Fifth
Missouri State Militia, from which he was honorably discharged. He is present incumbent
of the County Commissionership of the Third District of this county ; has held Trusteeship of
township for three terms, and has filled other zaunloinsl and school offices. He is a mem-
ber of the A., F. & A. M. Society. His family are members of the BaptistChurch. His farm
contains eighty acres of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked; good build-
ings, and an orchard of nicely assorted fruits. _ | od :
DAVID RODREICK, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O. New Pittsburg, was born in Lucas
County, Iowa, January 8, 1856, and was reared in Montgomery and Cass Counties, Mo. In

. 1873, he came here with his people, who settled here. In 1878, he began his present business,

which he has very successfully carried on since. He married in 1881, Miss Abbie Packard,
who was born in Winnebago County, Ill., and reared in this county. They have one little
boy—Harvey Pearl. Himself and wite are active members of the Baptist Church. His
farm contains eighty acres of choice land, well fenced and watered and stocked, good build-
ings, and ap orebard of 500 trees of a nicely assorted variety. He also does an annual busi-
ness in the line of growing hedge plants to the amount of 400,000 a year. : ‘

JOHN §. ROW, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O, New Pittsburg, was born in Steuben
County, N. Y., October 12, 1825, and removed with his people to Illinois in 1834, who settled
in Whitesides County, where he was identified with farming industry as well as carpenter-
ing business till 1870, when he came here, located upon his present farm, which was then
a wild prairie, and has improved it to its event condition, containing 320 acres of valuable
land, well fenced and watered and stocked ; good buildings, and an orchard of three acres,
of a well-assorted variety of fruits of all kinds, both large and small. He married, in 1853,
Miss Nancy Briggs, born and reared in Knox County, Ill. They have two sons and two
daughters—Mary Ann (deceased), Mrs. John Bevins, James, Perry and Eliza. Has worked
actively in the development of the social life of his locality since coming here. Has been
active in connection with the building industry of Pittsburg, having followed his trade here
for three years steady. wi ;

,B. D! SANDERSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Parke
County, Ind., March 19, 1837, and was reared to the farming industry. At the age of twenty-
four, he located in Fountain County, and was for ten years engeped in engineering and mill-
ing, as also farming. After this, he engaged in farming exclusively in Warren County,
when, after three years, he went to Illinois, and carried on farming in Vermillion County,
for two years, coming here in the fall of 1876, where he has been actively engaged at his-

resent industry since, meantime paying considerable attention to bee husbandry, in which
fe has been very successful. He married, in August, 1861, Miss Mary A. Ratcliffe, of Parke
County, Ind. They have four sons and two daughters—Miles C., Samuel Clem, James A.
Weaver, Susanna_f, and Louisa A. The family are members of the Christian Church. He
has worked activély in the development of the social life of his locality since coming here
His farm contains 160 acres of valuable land, has good buildings, and five acres of an orchard,
of a nicely-assorted variety of fruits. He has a valuable stone quarry on his farm, and a
rich vein of coal underlying a goodly portion of it.

JOHN SCHNACKENBERG, farmer and stock-raiser and dealer, P. O. New Pitts-
burg, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1839, and came to America with his people in 1852,
who settled in Missouri. He was there identified with farming till the war, when he
enlisted his services in Company C, Thirteenth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry in 1861, which
regiment afterward became the Fifth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. ‘He did active service
in this till the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged as First Sergeant of his.
company ; was wounded at the battle of Salem. After the war, he retnrned to farming in
Missouri and followed it actively till 1868, when he came here and located upon his present
place, which he has entirely improved from a state of nature. It contains 260 acres of valu-
able land, is well fenced and watered and stocked ; food buildings, and five acres of orchard,
of a nicely-assorted variety of fruits, both large and small. He married, in 1867, Miss Ellen
Rodenberg, of his native country. They have two;sons and three daughters—Henry H.,
Cord F. Mary, Louisa and Emma. His family are members of the Lutheran Church. He
has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of this place since
coming here. Has served upon the School Board of his district and been Deacon of his
church. In 1881, he laid out what is known as East Pittsburg, which is very rapidly being
built upon. He is also interested in an extensive brick factory with William Jestro. They
do a business of 10,000 brick a day. He is also interested in the introduction and breeding
of fine-bred horses and cattle and hogs.

JOSEPH SCOTT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in
Edgar County, Il., in 1837, and was connected with his present industry in Cumberland
County, Ill., until 1878, when he located here, and has been actively engaged at it here
since. in 1863, he married Miss Sarah C. Russell, who was born and reared in Cumberland
County, Ill. They have a family of six sons—Charles B., Jerome H., Robert L., Franklin,
Thomas D. and Willis R. Mr. Scott is an active member of the I. 0. O. F. society. He has
worked actively in the social and industrial development of his locality since coming here.
His farm contains eighty acres of well-improved land, well watered and stocked; good
buildings, and an orchard of nicely-assorted fruits.

HOLMAN SEELY, farmer and coal mining operator, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in
Jackson County, Ind.. February 11, 1850, and came to Kansas with his people in 1866, who
settled here. He has been identified actively with his present industry here since arriving
at the age of manhood. In 1871, he married Miss Sarah Daniels, who was born in Doniphan
County, Kan., June 20, 1856, and reared in this county. They have two sons and two daugh-
ters—Frederick, Irena, Susie and Arthur, His farm contains 120 acres of valuable land,
good buildings, and an orchard of 300 trees, of a well-assorted variety of fruits.

HALL SMITH, M. D., farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in

* Montgomery County, N. Y., July 81, 1826, and received a common school education in the

pails schools of his nativity, his literary education in Homer and Cazenovia academies,
e engaged at the study of medicine under the tuition of A. J. Dallas, M. D., President of
the State Medical Society of New York. He took his first course of lectures at Geneva and
second at the medical department of the State University, graduating from there in 1853.
After a thorough course of al of three years, he engeces in the practice in his native
State, and carried it on successfully for three years, after which he located in Seymour, Ind.,
and after carrying on his practice there reputably for twelve years, he came here on
account of his wife's health, and has been active in the practice here since, meantime carry-
ing on his Jucntlng business successfully. In 1857, he married Miss Charlotte Bishop, of his
native place, who departed this life March 5, 1883, and is buried in the family cemetery on
the homestead, eating one son—A. Hall Smith, Jr. During the war, Dr. Smith did active
service in Company H, Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry in 1864 and 1865, was hon-
orably discharged. His farm contains eighty-five aces of valuable land ; has good build-
ings, and a nice orchard of a well-assorted variety of fruits.

_L. G. STEVENS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Opolis, was born in Washington County,
N. Y., April 12, 1820. At the age of twenty-three he located in Rock County, Wis., and
carried on farming there for twenty-two years. In 1867, he came to Kansas and located
upon the present place the following year, and has improved it from a wild, prairie to its
present condition. It contains 240 acres of valuable land; has good buildings, and a nice
orchard. He married, in March, 1853, Miss Delia A. Holden, of his native State. They have
two sons and two daughters—Herbert, Elmer E., Rosina, now Mrs. George Holden, and Hat-
tie, now Mrs. Jacob Oertle. The family are members of the Baptist Church.

ALBERT STOTTS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Perry
County, Ohio, March 28, 1851, and settled in this county with his people in 1868, and has been
actively engaged at farmin: business here since, in the meantime working at coal mining.
On August 4, 1881, he married Miss Loretta Dosser, who was born in this county December
10, 1859, her people having located in Kansas at an early day. The remainder of the Dosser
family are—Francis, Mary, Loretta, Terrace (married to Isaiah Stotts, brother of the above,
January 1, 1883), Emma.- The parents are both dead. Mr. Stotts’ residence {the Dosser
homestead) contains 120 acres of valuables land, containing good buildings, and about 700
fruit trees, of a well-assorted variety, and he has, besides, 160 acres adjoining, of valuable
land eres tillage, and underlaid with coal in good paying quantities. .

Cc. H. Bene M.D., Dee Heritage Faym, farmer and stook-raiser and teacher,
Pern principal of District Se! ool No. 47, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in Girard, Erie
Co., Penn., in 1830, and received his rudimentary education in public schools of his nativ-
ity, and his literary education in “Girard College,” Penn., graduating from that institution
in a full literary course of instruction at the age of twenty-four years. He then turned his
attention to the study of medicine, under the tuition of J. P. Bishop, Dean of the faculty of
medicine in the Cleveland Eclectic Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio, and after a thorough
course of private study of three years, he entered into a full course of lectures at the Cincip-
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

nati Medical College, graduating from there in 1858. He then engaged in the practice of his
profession in Sangamon County, Ill, with which he was reputably connected for eight years,
after which he came to Kansas, 1866, and located in this county and has been actively iden-
tified with his present industries. He married in March, 1861, Miss Fannie Fowler, who
was born and reared in Sangamon County, Ill. They have one son living—George W., and
have buried the only daughter, Millicent J., in Sangamon County, Ill. is wife is an active
member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Tepular communicant. Since locating here Dr.
Strong has always worked actively in the development of all measures tending to'ihe growth
and prbenerity of the social and industrial life of Crawford County. Was first County Super-
intendent of Public Instruction, which incumbency he held for two consecutive terms ; filled
the incumbency of District Clerk.during same terms, and was deputy of three other county
offices during this time, since which time he has been an active official almost continuously
in municipal or school official positions. His farm contains 160 acres of yaluable land, two
miles north of Pittsburg, well watered and timbered and stocked, good buildings and an or-
chard of a well-assorted variety of both large and small fruits; pays attention to breeding
of Berkshire hogs, and Devonshire and Kentucky Clay cattle. Upon his farm he has a beau-
tiful lake, “Siloam,” containing all varieties of native fish, and the “ Jeannette,” a craft of
the invention of the Doctor's fertile mind. Upon and underlying his farm is a rich vein of
coal “ prospected” only in a few pihoes asyet. The Doctor has besides his farm residence,
some very valuable town lots and buildings both in the cities of Pittsburg and Girard. His
industry has also had the attention of economy.

LUTHER T. THAYER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Litchfield, was born in Onon-
daga County, N. Y., January 30, 1836, and was identified there latterly for-five years with
wholesale merchandising in the traveling business. In 1851, he located in Marshall Coun-
ty, Ind., and carried on farming and lumber business there for many years. He afterward
spent two years in Porter County in farming business. In 1868, he went to Clayton County,
Towa, and after two years of active business life there, he came to Kansas and eventually
located here, where he has been actively identified with his present industry since. In
June, 1851, he married Miss Susan M. Green, in Marshall County, Ind. She was born in
Rush County, Ind., April 22, 1836, and reared in Marshall County. They have three sons
and four daughters living—Horatio G., Littie E., now Mrs. W. F. Gaskill; Ida M., now Mrs.
E. A. Eyestone; Martin D., Luella Maud, Frank Herbert and Lena Rivers, and have buried
one daughter, Esther Ann, Mrs. Shawger, in Pittsburg Cemetery. His farm contains eighty
acres of amperes land, good buildings and a nice young orchard.

JOHN T. UNROE, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. New Pittsburg, was born in Rock-
bridge County, Virginia, September 16, 1826, and was reared and educated there. He left
his farm in 1854, and located in Greene County, IIl., carried on farming there until 1869; lo-
cated in Jasper County, Mo., and carried on farming until 1878. Then he came to Kansas
and engaged in merchandising at Galena, retiring from that after a year and engaging at
his present industry here. In 1845, he married Miss Sarah Eliza Clark, of his native place.
They have a. familg of two sons and six dahghters—Mary Elizabeth, now Mrs. Samuel G.
Miller, of Marion County, Kan.; Martha Jane, now Mrs. Robert W. Hight, of Macon Coun-
ty, Ill; Constantia Woodworth, now Mrs. James A. Dawson, of Girard, Kan.; James Buch-
ana, farmer and stock-raiser, of Macon County, Lll.; Eliza Virginia, now Mrs. Austin M.
Phillips, of Barton County, Mo.; Lucia A., now Mrs. Dr. M. E. Johnston, of Preston, Mo.;
Rhoda Ann and George. Mr. Unroe has worked actively in the development of social life
of the locality since coming here. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is an active member of the A., F.& A. M. Society. His farm contains 160
acres of improved land, good buildings and an orchard ofa nicely assorted variety of trees.
He pays especial attention to stock-raising.

BERT S. WARREN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. New Pittsburg, was born in
Steuben, Oneida Co., N. Y., October 10, 1820. In 1836, he removed with his people, who set-
tled in Adrian, Mich., where he was identified with farming for many years. In 1858, he re-
move@ to Newton County, Ind., where he carried on his farming business for eleven years,
being also actively see in merchandising and milling. He then went to Dakota, when,
after a year, he came here and located upon his present place, which he has improved from a
wild prairie to its present condition, containing 240 acres of valuable land, well fenced and
watered and stocked,-good wena and an orchard of 800 trees, of a nicely assorted variety
of fruits. He married in Tecumseh, Mich., in 1845, Miss Clarissa Goodrich, who was born in
Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., March 5, 1834, and was reared and educated in Michigan.
They have one son and a daughter—George Goodrich and Nina Clara, now Mrs. Oscar Moor-
man, of Pittsburg. During the war he was Home Provost Marshal of his district and the
military enrolling commissioner. Himself and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist
Church. He has served upon the School Board of hisdistrict here for thirteen consecutive
years. He was instrumental in building the first mill here, assisted by Mr. Bruner, present
proprietor. In 1881, he laid out what is now known as Warren’s Addition to Pittsburg. He
owns the Warren Coal Shaft and has been very active in operating in real estate and live-
stock transactions, of which Mr. Warren has made a grand success.

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP.

DR. WILLIAM H. ANDERSON, Beulah, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1840. and re-
ceived his education in the public schools of his native place. At the breaking-out of the war,
he enlisted his services in defense of the Union, April 18, 1861, in Company G, Sixteenth Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry, in the three months’ service, and participated in all the battles of that service.
He received an honorable discharge, and shortly afterward re-enlisted in Company H, Eightieth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, when be was honorably dis-
charged as First Lieutenant of Company H, Eightieth Ohio Veterans of Infantry. After the war
he returned to his native place, and subsequently located with his people in Birmingham, Iowa,
where he engaged in the study of his profession, under the preceptorship of Dr. J. N, Norris, of
Jowa, and after a thorough course of study of four years, he engaged in the practice at Hillsboro
Jowa, and reputably carried it on for two years. He then located at York, Neb,, and prosecuted
the practice there for three years; after which he came to Kansas, and after spending eighteen
months in Cowley County he came here. and has been actively connected with the practice of his
profession here since.. In February, 1870, he married Miss Sudie B. Brown. a descendant of one
of the early Quaker families of Virginia. They have a family of three sons and two daughters—
William Pitt, Ethel, Edith, Charles Sumner and Edwin Darwin. Since locating here, the Doctor
has worked actively in the development of the social life of his locality. In religion he is a Lib-
eral, and a strong advocate of universal mental liberty. ook

LIAM 8» BABCOCK, wagon and carriage making and general blacksmithing, Beulah,
was born in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y.,in 1826, and was reared there to his present business,
with which he was actively identified in his native State for sixteen years. In 1858, he located in
St. Clair County, Ill., where he was connected with the nursery business extensively for twelve
years, latterly taking up his original business, which he carried on actively for ten years, In
1881, he located here, and has prosecuted his present industry since. He married in 1852, Miss
Martha Wood, of hia native State. They have a family cf one son and two daughters—Aliie
(now Mrs, Orla S. Casad, attorney at law), George C. (of the firm of Babcock & Son)and Martha.
He has been a member of the A., F. & A. M, society since 1858, He is a member of the Chapter
of Royal Arch Masons. The family hold to the religion of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. W. BULBS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Beulah, was born in Stauley County, N. C.,
January 2, 1828, and was identified with farming there till 1867, when he located in Champaign
County, Tl, and carried on farming actively there till 1876, when he located here. He married in
1855, Miss Mary J. Burrage, of Montgomery County, N.C. Her father was one of the most prom-
inent cotton and woolen manufacturers of that eat of the country, Mr, and Mrs. Biles have
eight sons and four daughters—James Monroe, William H., Thomas F., Rufus A., Paul H., George
A,, John P., Robert, Sarah Maud (now Mrs. George Vermilion), Hannah, Effie and Frances Viola.
Himself and wife were formerly active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm
contains 820 acres of choice land, well fenced, watered and stocked; handsome dwellings and
stables, and three acres in an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruits,

JAMES M. BILES, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Beulah, was born in Stanley County,
N. C., in 1855. At the age of twelve years he removed with his people, who settled in Champaign
County, Ill., where he spent nine years of his life in connection with farming. In 1876, he came
here and has carried on farming actively since. In 1882, he married Miss Emma H. Bontee, who
was born and reared in Macomb County, Il], They have one little girl, Mary. He is an active
meme of the Vigilance Committee of this township.

 

NAS M farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Beulah, was born in Perry County, Ohio,
March 11, 1888, and was identified there with the farming industry for twenty-eight years. He
latterly engaged at merchandising in Mount Perry, which he retired from in 1882, and came here,
where he has been actively engaged at farming and stock-raising since. He married in 1858, Miss
Margaret J. Barr, of Fairfield County, Ohio. They have a family of three sons and two daugh-
ters living—Artemas M.. EmmaS., Elmer P Essie L. and Frank W., and have buried their fitth
child. Holmes, in the United Presbyterian Cemetery here. Th® family are members of the
United Presbyterian Church. His farm residence contains 160 acres of choice land, well im-
proved, contuining handsome dwellings, barns and stables, and an orchard of a nicely assorted
variety of fruits. He has in all his landed estates 421 acres. EmmaS, is married to Mr. Hugh F,
Houston, farmer, of Baker Township, Artemas M. is a teacher by profession, a graduate of
Muskingum College, of New Concord, Ohio. The rest of the family are at home. :
ARCHIBALD BURNS, Postmaster, dealer in gencral merchandise, Beulah, was born in
Sparta, Il. in 1836. His father, Stewart Burns, being one of the pioneers of Randolph County
The and during his later life was an active and influential citizen of that county. He was a sol

 

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dier in the war of 1812, for whose honorable service his widow is still drawing a pension. Arch-
ibald Burns was reared to the farming industry and educated in Union Academy, Sparta, Il]. At
the age of twenty-four, he engaged in merchandising, and was actively identified with it in his
native place until 1882, when he came to Kansas and engaged in business here. He had come
here in 1880 and invested in land. November 16, 1865, he married Miss Mary Belle Hyndman, a
native of Ohio, They havea family of two sons and two daughters—Clarence H., Alice Belle, Eva
Mary and Albert C. Mr. Burns has always worked actively in the development of the social lite
of his locality, He was for twelve years an active member of the Board of Education for Sparta
schools, The family are active members of the United Presbyterian Church. He has, besides his
mercantile interests, four farms, aggregating 519 acres of land, all under general improvement.

ORLA 8S, CASAD, attorney at law and notary public, Beulah, was born in Clinton County, [ll.,
in 1846, He received his literary education in McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., graduating from
it in a thorough literary course in 1875. He then took up the study of law in Lebanon, and grad-
uated in that profession in 1877, and was admitted to the practice of law in the Supreme Court of
the State of Illinois, at Mount Vernon, in June ofthe same year. ‘After graduating in law he lo-
cated at Mesilla, New Mexico, and edited and managed the Mesilla Valley Independent with
which he wasreputably connected for one year; after which he came here and has been identi-
fied with the practice of his profession here since. Inthe meantime he has filled the principal
chair of the Beulah school, as also of the Opolis school. He married in 1876, Miss Allie Babcock,
a native of New York State, They have two daughters—Ethel and Nona. The family are mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the A., K'. & A. M. society. During
the war he did active sefvice in Company B, Sixty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from 1862
until the end of tne war, when he was honorably discharged.

J. L, DOCKSTADER, farmer and stocx-ruiser, P. O, Cherokee, was born in Tioga County,
Penn., November, 1838, and learned the trade of harness making, with which he was connécte:
for seventeen years. In 1857, he left his native State and was identified with his present business
in Iowa and Nebraska alternately till 1878, when he came here and located and has been actively
connected with his present business here since. He married in 1861, Miss Caroline Baldwin, who
was born and reared in New York State. They have two sons and two daughters—Sherman,
Cora, Otis and Alta. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm con-
tains 160 acres of valuable land, and is well fenced, watered and stocked, has good buildings and
an orchard of 200 well assorted fruit trees.

ABRAHAM FULTON, tarmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Beulah, was born in Westmoreland Coun-
ty, Penn., March 5, 1811. At the age of twenty-three, he went to Ohio and carried on farming
there for a few years, after which he located near Fort Wayne, Ind., and carried on farming and
atock-raising for twenty-two years, After spending six years in ‘Ulinois in farming, he came
here and located and has been very actively engaged at his present industry here since. He mar-
ried in 1836, Miss Elizabeth Taylor, of his native county, a relative of President Taylor. She de-
parted this life in 1868, and is buried in Washburne Cemetery, Illinois, leaving a family of four
sons and three daughters—James Taylor (died during a course of study at college, buried in Mur-
ray Cemetery, Indiana), Isaac Barnett (farmer), Hamilton Smith (soldier, died eighteen days
after a three-years’ war experience, buried in Washburne Cemetery, Illinois), Martha Jane (now
Mrs, Pulse), Sarah Elizabeth (now Mrs. William Ramsey), Margaret Ann (now Mrs. John W.
Jones) and Henry D. (ot Iowa) The family are active members of the United Presbyterian
Church. His farm contains eighty acres of choice land, well improved, good buildings and a

nice fonne orchard.

ILLIAM DEHAVEN HAVELY, farmer and stock-raiser and horticulturist, P.O, Beulah,
was born in Washington County, Penn , in 1818, and was reared and educated there. At the age
of sixteen he engaged at steamboat building and was actively engaged in that industry for fifteen
years: He then engaged at his present industry in Monroe County, Ohio, where he had previously
ocated, and carried it on tor many years. In 1866, he came to Kansas and located in Atchison
County, but after a year he went to Platte County, Mo., and carried on his present industry for
nine years, returning to Kansas in 1875 and locating here, where he has carried on his present
business since, He married in Monrovia, Atchison Co,, Kan., in 1866, Miss Helen Augusta Little,
who was born and reared in Herkimer County, N. Y. They have a family of three sons and four
daughters—Carrie, Hattie, Alanson Tuttle, Wesley Kenney, Lora K., Stephen and Helen. The
family are members of the United Presbyterian Church, formerly connected with the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He has been a member of the A., F. & A. M. society since 1848, and is a mem-e
ber of the Chapter. His farm contains sixty acres of improved land, with nice buildings, and
twenty acres of fruits of all varieties, large and small.

T. C. LYTLE, storekeeper for Keith & Perry, Scammonville, was born in Pennsylvania,
February 2, 1843. He received a business education and came West to Missouri in 1865, where he
taught school one year and then came to Kansas and taught school six years. He then engaged
in the lumber business two.years, and then in a store in Winchester three years. In September,
1881, he came to Scammonville and took charge of astore for Keith & Perry. Mr. Lytle isa mem-
ber of the United Presbyterian Church, and was married to Miss Margaret I. Logan, of Indiana,
in 1872. They have four chiidren—Mary E., John I., William M. and Blanch.

THOMAS MERCER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Cherokee, was born in Putnam County,
Ind., in 1839, and was reared in Iowa. In 1859, he came to Kansas and settled in Nemaha County.
He was there four years, when he returned to Iowa, but after a year’s stay there he came back to
Kansas, and after spending two years in Douglas County he came here and located. : He has im-
proved his bresens place to what it now is, containing eighty acres of choice land, is well fenced,
watered and well stocked, good buildings and a handsome orchard of about 800 trees of a nicely
assorted variety of fruits. He married in 1860, Miss Nancy McKee, who departed this life in
1862, and is buried in Lucas County, Iowa, leaving two daughters—Elizabeth and Catherine. On
October 9, 1862, he married Miss Martha C. Wise, by whom he nas two sons and four daughters—
Mary, Nannie, David, Rhoda, Eva and Willie. The family are members of the United Brethren

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NRY T. POTTER, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O. Beulah, was born in Yorkshire, En-
gland, December 10, 1844, and came to America with his people in 1850, who settled in Morgan
‘County, Il., where he was reared and educated. He began the farming business upon a scanty
competence (earned by hard work), and continued at it there till 1874, when he came here and
located. Previous to his coming here, there had been a growing idea among the brethren of the
Methodist Church (of which he was an active member), to settle a colony in Kansas, but one day
seeing a finely represented caricature of the rich man who had settled in Kansas and of the poor
inan who had stayed East, he resolved to trust his fortunes at all hazards in Kansas, and he came
with a determination that proved in a manner the most successful. During his short residence
here he has by dint of steady and persevering industry secured for himself a handsome residence
farm of 640 acres in Section 18, 160 acres in Section 10, 160 acres in Section 15, and forty acres in
Cherokee County. He does an annual business in stock-raising and dealing of about 3,000 head.
in cattle and hogs. His specialties in breeding are Short-horns and Poland Chinastock.’ hie mar-
ried March 14, 1871, Miss Anna Elizabeth Donald, who was born and reared in Morgan County.
Il. They have a family of three sons and three daughters—Effie May, George Edgar, James New-
ton, Della and Stella (twins), and Arthur Garfield. He and his wife are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an active member of the A. O. U. W. society. Since locat-
ing here Mr. Potter has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of
his locality, and has filled many positions of honor and trust. ;

MES M. TAYLOR, farmer and dealer in cattle and hogs, Section 31, P. O. Monmouth
was born in Kentucky in 1847. He came to Illinois in March, i867, and settled in Christian County
on a farm and remained until 1878, at which time he came to Kansas and located in Crawford
County, on a farm of 160 acres, which he improved and is now one of the most highly improved
farms in the county. Itis a fine grain and stock farm, is fenced with wire and hedge, has a
stream of running water, full line of all kinds of fruits and berries. Mr. Taylor is now stocking
his farm with Kentucky Short-horn cattle. He shipped from Kentucky in 1882, a car-load of
Short-horns, for which he found good and ready sale. He ships cattle from Monmouth, Cherokee
and Beulah. He belongs to the order of Freemasons and A, O. U. W. Owns two farms—one
finely improved, the other in and principally for pasture. He ships about 200 car-loads of stock

early. He was married to Miss C. L. Adams, in 1813. They have one child, Lettie L, Mrs. Tay-
By ‘STARVIN TROTT: f ater nd stock iser, P. O. Beulah.
T ', farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Beulah, was born in Pennsylvania i
and was reared in Ashtabula County, Ohio. In 1857, he located in Shelby County, Moe ee
ried on the profession ot teaching till the breaking-out of the war, when he enlisted in Company
A, Twenty-seventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, August, 1862, and did active service in that regi-
ment during the war, and was honorably discharged as Commissary Sergeant, which position he
had filled principally in the service, After the war he returned to Shelby County and carried on
teaching there till 1870, when he came here and located upon his land, and has Carried op teach-
ing and farming since. He married in 13857, Miss Mary Parker, who was born and reared in
Trumbull County, Ohio. They havea family of two sons and three daughters—Charles, Lula,
Seldon, Mattie and Matie. "The tamily are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, ' He is
an active member of the A. O. U. W. society, Girard Lodge, No. 10. His farm contains 120 acres
of improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, good buildings and an orchard of 250 trees.
SELDON T. TROTT, dealer in peneral Merchandise, grain and coal, Beulah, was born in
Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1849. He removed with his people, in 1858, who settled in Shelby
County, Mo., where he was reared and educated, and was identified with farming actively there
till 1817, when he came here and located, and subsequently engaged at his present industry, with
which he has been nchiyely identiled since. He married in 1874, Mrs. Kate;Townsend nee Sin-
clair, a native of Ohio. ey have a family of two daughters—Carrie May and Zua Tow.send.
The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an active member or the
A. O. U. W. society, Girard Lodge, No. 10.

GRANT TOWNSHIP.

N.P. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P.O. Mount Carmel, was born in Sweden.
in 1835, and was educated to the trade of shoemaking. In 1866, he came to America and followed
his trade in Newark City, N. J., Chicago, Ill., and in Omaha, Neb. In 1867, he engaged at railway
work and followed it for two years; he then went to I]linois and followed farming till 1871, when
he came here and located, and has been actively connected with it here since. He was married
in Illinois to Mrs. Hannah A. Allison nee Newtson. She was born in Norway, in 1836. They have
a family of three sons and two daughters—Christopher Columbus Allison, John W. Allison, Susan
Elizabeth Allison, Lena Julian Allison and John Powadon Brown. Mr. Brown has worked
actively in the development of the social and industrial life of this locality since coming he.e
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The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains 160 acres of im-

proved land, a nice grehard of Well assorted fruits, and good buildings. 3
A. E. CHRISTINE, farmer, Section 35, P. 0. Greenbush, was born in Illinois, in 1854, and

raised in agricultural pursuits. ‘He received a business education and continued in the agricult-
ural business in Illinois until 1877, at which time he came to Kansas and located on his present
home of eighty acres, which he improved. He has sixty-five acres in cultivation devoted to the
interest of grain and stock. He has a good assortment of family fruits. He was married to Miss
Mattie Horner, of Illinois, in 1878, They have two children—Jcnnie and Willis,

M. L. KIRBY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, P. O. Green Elm, was born in Clarke
County, Ohio, in 1858, and settled in Kansas, with his people, upon the present homestead, in 1870,
where he has been actively identified with the farming and stock industry since. In 1877, he
inarried Miss Elizabeth Cheatham, of Wisconsin, They have a family of one sonand two daugh-
ters—Andrew James, Loretta Ellen and Mary Jane, Mr. Kirby has served his township as Trustee
for one yeur, as Justice of the Peace for six years, and has filled other municipal and school of-
fices. The famlly are members of the Roman Catholic Church. His farm contains eighty acres
of improved land, a nice orchard of a &08 assortment of fruits, good dwelling, barn and stables.

EORGE MILLS, farmer, P. O. Girard, was born in Orange County, N. Y.,July 27, 1817.
Was raised on a farm and received a common school education. Worked at wagon-making four-
teen years in Onondaga County, N. Y. Went to Illinois, where he farmed fifteen years. Then to
Kansas, in 1871, and located on his present home of 160 acres, which he improved, and has since
been raising grain, stock and hay. He has a good assortment of fruits in bearing, on his farm.
His farm is under hedge fence, bas two good wells and two ponds of water. Was Town Clerk,
Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of Highways, in Illinois, and Justice of the Peace in Kan-
sas one year, and one of the School Board ten years, He was mar iied to Miss Minerva O, Knapp,
of New York State, in 1842, They have had elght children—Wilfiam R. (deceased); Giles A,
Harriet at (deceased); Edwin A. (deceased); Elwin, George H., Geneva O. (deceased); an
iam 2
.__W. HH, POST: farmer, Section 3, P.O. Girard, was born tn Wayne County, N. Y., in 1829, Re-
ceived a business education, and was raised on a farm. Went to LaSalle County, Ill., in 1858, where
he remained on a farm fifteen years, then to Marion County, Ill., where he remained
on a farm three years. Came to Kansas, in 1871, and located on his present home of
300 acres, and has since devoted his time to rasing grain and stock Has 100 acres in pusture, fine
onds ard wells, His farm is under hedge and wire fence. Has a good assortment of fruits of all
inds. Was elected County Commissioner in 1882. Came into office January 1, 1888, Was mar-
ved Ho Miss Cordelia M. Diven, of New York State, in 1854. Have three children—EmmaJ., An-
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

DAVID A. VINCENT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 80, P.O. Idell, was born and reared
in McDonough County, Il] , and was identified with his present industry until 1871, when he came
here and located, and has successfully been connected with his present industry since. In Feb-
ruary, 1868, he married Miss Jennie A. Jackson, who was born and reared in Todd County, Ky,
They have a family of three sons and two daughters—Mikey and Jerry, twins; Cassie, Allie and
Jonie. During the war, he did active service in Company I, Seventy-eighth ‘Tilnoie Volunteer
Infantry. from 1862 until the close of the war, during which time he was in rebel prisons for nine-
teen months and seven days, having been taken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga. Since Jo-
cating here he has worked actively in the development of the socia] and ‘industrial life of his Jo-
cality. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contatns 820 acrea
of improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, with good buildings, and has over 300 trees
of assorted fruits. He handles about 300 head of stock annually,

BRAZILTON.

WILLIAM H. RYAN, Postmaster, Brazilton, dealer in grain and coal, was born in
Omaha, Neb., August, 1857, and came to Neosho County, Kan., at an early age, with his
people, who settled there, where he was reared and educated, and was identified with farm-
ing industry there till 1878, In that year he came to this county and settled on Section 36,
Walnut Township, where he has been successfully connected with farming and stock busi-
ness since. In 1880, he engaged in nursery business, as dealer, and carried it on till 1882,
when he retired from it and established the grain and coal business, and was appointed to
the Postmastership of his place the same year. He married in Neosho County, Miss Ella
Songer, who was born and reared in Iowa. pies have a family of three sons—Charles
Henry, William Harrison and Clarence. The family are members of the Roman Catholic
Church, His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, an orchard of 150 trees of nicely
assorted fruits, and good buildings. William Ryan, father of the above, was born in Lon-
don, Eng., and was reared in Canada; came to Omaha in 1854; lived there till 1870, when he
settled in Neosho County, Kan. He married Bridget Daughney, a native of Canada. They
have a family of six sons and five daughters—Ellen, now Mrs. John Starkey, D. L., John,
William H., Margaret, now Mrs. W. L. Watson, Thomas, Mary Ann, now Mrs, John Linihan,
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CHEROKEE COUNTY

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BOUNDARIES, TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY.

Cea County is situated in the southeast corner of the State. It
is bounded on the north by Crawford County, on the east by Missouri,
on the south by the Indian Territory, on the west by Labette County. It lies
within what was originally McGee County, which, according to the “Bogus
Statutes,” was bounded as follows: ‘‘ Beginning at the southeast corner
of Bourbon County; thence south to the southern boundary of this Terri-
tory; thence west on said boundary twenty-four miles; thence north to a
point due west from the place of beginning ; thence east twenty-four miles
to the place of beginning.”

The name of the county was.
changed from McGee, which name
had been applied to it in honor of A.
M. McGee, of Kansas City, a noted
Pro-slavery leader of those early
days, to Cherokee, in honor of the
Cherokee Indians,’ on the 18th of
February, 1860, by the Territorial
Legislature in the following language:
# That the name of the County Magee
(McGee)’be and the same is hereby
changed to that of Cherokee, and
detached from Bourbon-County, and
the town of Freepoint shall be the
temporary county seat thereof.’’ By
the same act John Sears, John Lemon
and B. M. Blanton were appointed
Commissioners to divide the county
into townships, not exceeding three
in number, each township to be an
election precinct; and a special elec-
tion was appointed for the fourth
Monday in March, for the election of
county and township officers. On
the 27th of the same month, the west-
ern boundary of Cherokee County
was declared to be the line between
Ranges 21 and 22.

The next legislation, with refer-
ence to the boundaries of the county,
was had February 13, 1867, when the
following was enacted: ‘‘That the
boundary of the county of Cherokee
shall commence at the southeast cor-
ner of the county of Crawford; thence

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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).

a majority be against being attached to Cherokee County, then the line
between said Cherokee County and the County of Labette shall be the
west line of the Cherokee Neutral Lands, anything in this act to the con-
trary notwithstanding.” This contemplated election not being held, the
boundary between Cherokee and Labette Counties has not been settled,
but supposing it to be the west line of the Neutral Lands, the area of the
county is about 588 square miles, or 376,320 acres.

The general surface of the county is gently undulating prairie. A
water-shed extends through it from north to south, dividing it into two
nearly equal areas. The east half is drained by Spring River and its trib-
utaries, while the west half is drained
by the Neosho and its branches. No-
where are there any high bluffs or pre-
cipitous descents. The variation in
the elevation of different parts of the
county is not over 200 feet; Baxter
Springs being 831 feet above the sea
level, while the highest land, which
is in the vicinity of Columbus, is
about 1,000 feet above the same level.
The average width of the valleys is
one and a half miles. The bottom
lands constitute twenty per cent of
the surface, balance upland.

The principal streams are the
Neosho and Spring Rivers. The for-
mer enters the county from the west,
about the middle of the western
boundary, and flows southward, leav-
ing it in Section 16, Township 35,
Range 22. It receives as tributaries,
commencing with the most northerly
one, Lightning Creek, Cherry Creek,
Fly Creek, Four Mile Creek and Tar
Creek, the three latter furming their
junctions with the Neosho in the
Indian Territory. Spring River re-
ceives as tributaries, commencing sim-
ilarly with the most northerly one,
Cow, Shawnee and Brush Creeks, from
the northwest, and Short Creek, from
the southeast. In addition to these
constantly flowing streams, there are
numerous springs of soft water in all
parts of the county, and good well
water is found at depths varying

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run south on the .east line of the from ten to fifty feet.
State of Kansas to the southeast cor- 1870, | 1880. Spring River, flowing through the
ner of the State; thence west along southeastern corner of the county,
the southern boundary of the State (2) Cherokee Township, including Weir City. 370 ggg is, on account of its beauty, worthy
of Kansas to the southeast corner of Cedar TOWNSDID.....ssssessesseeseeesesseessers 593 893 of special mention. Its entire length
Neosho County, as defined by the act Pp) Co ip.. — ie within the county is fifteen miles ; its
approved February 26, 1866; thence () Towel Township, induding Empire City and Galena City... 1,612 | 53204 average width is about 100 feet, and
north to the southwest corner of the Lyon Township 378 909 itis fordable in many places. It is
county of Crawford; thence east to (d) Mineral Township...........:sssssssccsseessrenssctssneenseesceeeseesssseeneteeenesces] sevens 1,144 fed by innumerable springs, hence its
the ie of beginning.” een eee on | vis name, and, flowing over a rocky
' Thus the boundaries remained Ross Township. .....s.00+: epee 449 1071 bottum, its water is remarkably and
until October 31, 1868, when an act Salamanca Township, including Columbus City.. 708 | 1,993 beautifully clear. Having quite a
aproned March 8, 1868, went ine ere nee Teas : ; oO : ee umber ok miles of rapids, it furnishes
effect, Section 12 of which act is as fol- ; Ee ea ee cece : , illimitable water power, which is al-
lows: ‘“‘The county of Cherokee is SEE e lien depen cee gaa sls oe ready utilized to aconsiderable extent.
bounded as follows : Commencing at 11,038 | 21,905 It is one of the most, if not the most,
- the southeast corner of the County Weir City... eccccseseerereeneerecceeesennmeneiessnrersmesnessssesecsrssesenttinl  seaees 376 beautiful of the rivers in Kansas,
GF Crawiord: thence ‘west: with. tho “RUDi0e 52 yore: e-tsressesssensesnseastuesenesrinatecetenceihienapiesnstensrinaate] | east 1,367 and in its beauty the people of Spring
south line of the said county of Craw-  €ojumbus City... “joa | 16a River Valley and of the entire county
ford to the southwest corner of Sec- feel a just and pardonable pride.

 

tion 14, Township 81 south, Range 21
east, of the Sixth Principal Meridian;
thence south on section line to the

b) Organized in 1877 from part of Lowell Township.
c) In 1877, part detached to form Garden Township.

() In 1879, a part detached to form Mineral Township.
(d} Organized in 1879 from part of Cherokee Township.

The timber belts are ‘along the
streams, and average one-half mile in
width. The heaviest growth is along
the Neosho River and its branch,

Neosho River; thence with the chan-

nel of said river to the south boundary line of the State of Kansas; thence east
on said boundary line to the southeast corner of the State; thence north
on the east line of the State of Kansas to the place of beginning; Provided
that at the next general election the legal voters on the strip between the
west line of Cherokee County as above defined, and the west line of the
Cherokee Neutral Lands, shall decide by ballot for or against being
attached to Cherokee County, and the ballot so cast shall be returned and
canvassed as other election returns, and the result certified to the Gov-
ernor, who shall issue his proclamation in accordance therewith. If a
majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of being attached to Cherokee
County, the west line of said county shall remain as above defined, but if

Cherry Creek. Not over 10 per cet of the area is covered with native
forest. The principal varieties ar® the ash, cottonwood, elm, hack-
berry, hickory, maple, mulberry, oak, pecan, sycamore and_ black
walnut.

The soil varies in depth from one to five feet.
ble mold, underlaid by a reddish brown clay subsoil. It is exceedingly
fertile, and well adapted to all the cereals and garden vegetables. The
heaviest yield of wheat so far reported is that of M. Martin in Shawnec
Township, of fifty-four-bushels per acre. The heaviest yield of oats is
ninety-two bushels per acre, and of corn ninety bushels. Sweet potatoes
sometimes grow to enormous size, onc specimen having been raised which

It is of a dark vegeta-
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weighed fifteen pounds.
acre having been raised.

There is an abundance of building stone, both magnesian limestone
and sandstone. The variegated sandstone quarried near Columbus is one

of the most beautiful varieties found in the world. It is susceptible of the
highest finish, and continues to harden the longer it is exposed to the air.
Had the Tower of Babel been erected from this quarry, it would probably
have been in a perfect state of preservation to-day.

Coal is found most abundantly in the western and northern portions
of the county. The vein enters the southeastern part of Labette County
from the Indian Territory, then it enters Cherokee County, crossing it ina
northeasterly direction into the southeastern corner of Crawford County,
and extending in the same direction toward Boonville, Mo. This vein is
within sixty feet of the surface. and varies in thickness from twelve to
fifty-four inches. One-half of Townships 33 and 34, in Ranges 23 and
24, is underlaid with it, and it is also found in Townships 31 and 382, in
Ranges 23, 24 and 25. Here it is from three to four feet thick.
~_ Fire clay is found in the northern part of the county, and pottery
clay, lead and zinc in the southeastern.

The Cherokee Neutral Lands.—Previous to 1827, the land now em-
braced in Cherokee and Crawford Counties belonged to the Osage Indians.
During that year a treaty was made between the Osages and the United
States Government, by the terms of which a strip fifty miles north and
south by twenty-five miles east and west should be unoccupied by either
white or red men, and should be a barrier between the two races, or @
neutral land. Originally, therefore, it might appropriately have been
called the Osage Neutral Land. But, on account of a treaty subsequently
made between the Government and the Cherokee Indians the strip became
known as the ‘‘Cherokee Neutral Lands.” * ;

These Jands are located in the southeast part of Kansas, and are situ-
ated between the west line of the State of Missouri and the Osage Reserva-
tion, beginning at the southeast corner of the same, and running north
along the east line of the Osage lands, fifty miles to the northeast corner
thereof ; thence east to the west line of the State of Missouri ; thence with
the said line south fifty miles; thence west to the place of beginning; esti-
mated to contain 800,000 acres.

The Cherokee Indians became entitled to this tract of land in the fol-
lowing manner: As the white population, in the thirteen original States,
increased to such an extent as to render the Indians therein uncomfortable
and dissatisfied, it became necessary, by treaty, to provide for them new
homes. The Cherokees, at that time, were living on reservations in
Georgia, and were removed thence to Arkansas by the treaty of January
8, 1817, and the convention of February 27, 1819. A treaty was then made
in 1828, between the United States anc the Cherokee Nation, which had
for its purpose the securing to the Cherokees ‘‘a permanent home, which
should, under the most solemn guarantee of the United States, be and
remain theirs forever—a home that should never, in all future time, be
embarrassed by having extended around it lines, or placed over it the juris-
diction of a State or Territory—nor be pressed upon by the extension over
it, in any way, of the limits of any existing State or Territory.”

Under this treaty, the Cherokees exchanged the lands possessed by
them “in Arkansas, for 7,000,000 of acres of land in the Indian Territory,
which was guaranteed to them,forever ; and, in addition to this tract of
7,000,000 acres, they had guaranteed to them a perpetual outlet west, and
free and unmolested use of all the country west of the said tract.

By the treaty of February 14, 1833, the boundaries of the above tract
were somewhat modified ; but otherwise the treaty of 1828 was left materi-
ally the same. But by the treaty of December 29, 1835, the lands of the
Cherokees, in Georgia, which had not been ceded to the Government, were
ceded, relinquished and conveyed to the Government of the United States
for the sum of five millions of dollars. But the Cherokees, fearing that
the 7,000,000 acres already ceded to them in the Indian Territory, would
be inadequate to their future necessities, procured the incorporation into
the treaty of the following clause: ‘‘ The United States, in consideration
of the sum of $500,000, hereby covenant and agree to convey to the said
Indians and their descendants, by patent in fee simple, the following addi-
tional tract of land, situated between the State of Missouri and the Osage
Reservation,”’ etc., as before described. ;

This body of land so purchased remained the property of the Chero-
kees until 1866, when, on account of the encroachments upon them of
white people, many of whom had scttled upon the land, they became
desirous of selling it. A freaty was therefore made and concluded August
10, 1866, whereby the Cherokees ceded in trust to the United States this
tract of land in the State of- Kansas, which was sold to the Cherokees
under the provisions of the second article of the treaty of 1835; also that
strip of land ceded to them by the fourth article of said treaty, which is
included in the State of Kansas. The Secretary of the Interior was made
the agent of the Cherokees to sell the lands. We was authorized to ndver-
tise for sealed proposals, and to sell to the highest bidder for cash, in par-
cels not to exceed 160 acres each, at not less than $1.25 per acre ; or to sell
the whole body-of land to any one responsible party for not less than $1
per acre, except such portions as were occupied at the time of the ratifica-
tion of the treaty by actual settlers, and reserving for cach actual settler
not exceeding 160 acres.

Recognizing the difficulty of selling such a large body of land (800,000
acres) in parcels of 160 acres or less, and the length of time that would be
required ; and also recognizing the importance to the Cherokees of promptly
realizing upon the whole body of the Jand, and of having all the money it
might bring at interest, the Secretary of the Interior entered into a contract
August 30, 1866, under the treaty of August 10, 1866, to sell the whole of
the land in a body at $1 per acre. But this first contract of sale was set
aside, for the reason that it was a sale for cash on time, whereas, by the
terms of the treaty, the sale was to be for cash down. An attempt was
then made to conclude a treaty, amending the treaty of 1866, to the extent
of permitting the sale of these lands to Gen. Fremont for $1.25 per acre,

Cotton also is an excellent crop, two bales per

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ore$1,000,000 ; but this supplemental treaty failed of ratification, and the
land was then again placed on the market at $1 per acre. In June, 1867,
James F. Joy, of Michigan, made a proposition through an agent to O. H.
Browning, Secretary of the Interior, to take the whole body of the neutral
lands at $1 per acre. The Secretary declined the proposition, in order to
give time for higher bids to be made; and, in order to secure such higher
bids, advertised in the public journals for proposals, and giving notice of
the final sale of the lands on October 1, 1867, to the highest bidder. Mr,
Joy’s offer was the only one made, and so he became the purchaser of the
whole body of the neutral lands, except such parcels as had been taken b

actual settlers previous to the treaty of August 10, 1866, and which parcels
they were allowed to purchase at the appraised value of from $1.50 to $4

er acre.

The first sale had been made by Secretary Harlan to the American
Emigrant Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of Connecticut,
and, on the opinion and advice of Attorney General Stanberry, was held to
be null and void. But the American Emigrant Company did not quietly
submit to the opinion of the Attorney General, and, in consequence, a
dispute arose between the company and James F. Joy, relative to their
titles under their respective purchases. Mr. Joy, not desiring to be involved
in a contest concerning the title to the lands, requested the Secretary of
the Interior, O. H. Browning, to cancel his contract, but the Secretary
declined so to cancel it, upon the ground that he had done the best thing

ossible for the Cherokees, and that they would lose the lands if not sold.
n 1868, the American Emigrant Company made a proposition to Mr. Joy,
to assign, on certain conditions, their contract to him, to have it sanctioned
by the Cherokees, and to have the transfer confirmed in a new treat;
between the Cherokees and the Government of the United States. This
supplemental treaty was concluded April 27, ratified June 6, and proclaimed
June 10, 1868. By thistreaty, the American ignite Company assigned
their contract, and all their right, title, claim and interest in and to the
said ‘‘ Cherokee, Neutral Lands” to James F. Joy, and Mr. Joy agreed to
assume and conform to all the obligations of the company under their
contract. Thus, Mr. Joy became the owner of the ‘‘ Cherokee Neutral
Lands,’’ provided the Cherokee title to them was valid, and as such opened
a ‘‘Cherokee Neutral Land Office” in Fort Scott December 18, 1868, for
the convenience of such settlers as might desire to purchase and make
entry of any portion of them. This office was placed in charge of Maj.
John T. Cox. The price asked by Mr. Joy for his lands ranged from $2
to $5 per acre, average price $3.50 per acre.

At the time of the ceding of this tract to the United States, in trust,
August 11, 1866, there had settled within its limits 1,031 families, or up-
ward of 5,000 individuals, the first settlement having been made in 1857.

-These settlers and all who had settled on the lands previous to June 10,
1868, were permitted to purchase their selections at an appraised valuation
of from $1.50 to $4 per acre, or about $2 per acre less than those who
might purchase under the Joy contract. A difficulty now arose in regard
to the lands. Many of the settlers claimed that the Joy purchase was a
swindle, asserted their right to settlement under the homestead and pre-
emption laws, and demanded permission so to settle. They were encour-
aged to maintain their position by politicians of two classes, both those
who had, and those who had no interest in either their rights or votes.
Of the first class was the Hon. Sidney Clarke, Member of Congress from
Kansas. The Legislature of Kansas, by a unanimous vote in the House
and a vote@of 18 to 5 in the Senate, passed concurrent resolutions settin
forth their opinion, and the reasons therefor, that the Cherokees nevér hai
a legal title to the lands, and requesting the Congress of the United States
to pass such laws as might be necessary to fully secure the rights of the
bona fide settlers (of whom there were then about twenty thousand) upon
the lands, under the homestead and pre-emption laws. In order to obtain
legislation satisfactory to themselves. the settlers employed William R.
Laughlin as their agent to represent them in Washington and lay their
claims before Congress. In answer to his inquiries, the Hon. William
Lawrence, of Ohio, the Hon. George W. Julian, of Indiana, and the Hon.
Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, all Members of Congress, formu-
lated their opinion that under the treaty of December 29, 1885, the Chero-
kees acquired a right of occupancy only in the neutral lands, and not the
right of alienation ; and that the Cherokees having abandoned the lands,
the lands reverted to the United States. This opinion was entertained by
many Members of Congress, and much time was occupied in that body in
attempting to legislate on the subject in order to carry it into practical
effect. The principal argument employed in support of this opinion was
that the treaty-making power has no right to salt any of the property of
the United States without the authority or consent of Congress. And it
was claimed that the Cherokces, when they made a treaty at Talequa,
October 7, 1861, with the Confederate States of America, by the terms of
which they entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with that then
power, and passed to and vested in that power all their right, title, inter-
est, etc., in the said neutral lands, an abandonment of the lands was
effected ; and that therefore they could not cede them to the United States
and could not therefore authorize a sale.

It was also claimed by the settlers that even if a sale were authorized
by the treaty ceding the lands to the United States in trust for the purpose
of sale, the terms of the treaty had not been complied with, inasmuch as
the said treaty authorized the sale of all the Cherokee lands in Kansas,
whereas the sale to Mr. Joy included only the neutral lands, leaving unsold
the ‘‘ Quapaw strip,’’ or ‘‘Cherokee strip,” a strip two and a half miles
wide lying between the ‘‘neutral lands” and Osage lands on the north,
and the Indian Territory on the south, and being a part of the seven mill-
ion acre tract ; and also, that the sale was void because, notwithstanding
the proviso declared that nothing should prevent the Secretary from selling
the land, yet there was no authority to sell 3

. On the other hand it was shown that the “Quapaw” or “Cherokee
strip,’ was not ceded to the Government at all, that that part of the treaty
which by the settlers was supposed to have reference to this strip, really
CHEROKEE COUNTY.

apilied to lands lying in the Indian Territory, fifty miles south of Kansas,
and to other lands lying on the Marais des Cygnes, where this river crosses
the State line of Missouri at the mouth of Mine Creek, on Double Greek
and at Harmony. And it was argued that the treaty of 1835, which cove-
nanted and agreed to convey to the said Indians and their descendants,
by patent in fee simple, this neutral tract, which was supplemented by act
of Congress in 1836, recognizing and approving the treaty by the appro-
peoage of money to carry it into effect, and by the execution by the

resident of the United States, on December 31, 1888, of a patent, as
contemplated by the treaty, containing these words: ‘‘To have and to
hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances
thereunto belonging to the said Cherokee Nation forever,” did convey to
the said Nation not only the right of occupancy, but also the right of
alienation, or, in other words, a fee simple title to the lands, and that by
a threefold title—by treaty, by act of Congress, and by patent. But the
question of title had to be settled in the courts. This was done May 27,
1871, by the Unite® States District Court, for the District of Kansas, de-
ciding the whole matter in favor of the Missouri River. Fort Scott & Gulf
Railroad Company, Mr. Joy having previously to this date transferred
his interest in the lands to this company.

In the meantime a great deal of excitement and trouble had resulted
from the opposition of the settlers to Mr. Joy’s title. Anti-Joy Leagues
were organized in many of the townships of Cherokee and Crawford
counties, and a general organization was effected having for its object the
defense of the settlers in their ‘‘rights.’’ The Leaguers attempted to pre-
vent the railroad from being built through the lands, and many quarrels
ensued between the Leaguers and Anti-Leaguers. On the 6th of June,
1869, Jeremiah Murphy, a Leaguer, who was very zealous as such, and
active in the oe of Anti-Leaguers, was shot and killed by one of
the latter. On the other hand, many of the Anti-Leaguers were driven
from their homes, taking refuge in Fort Scott and other places. Among
them were Capt. A. V. Peters, of Petersville, Dr. R. M. Elliott, of Mil-
lersburg, and Mr. F. Fry, of Columbus, Cherokee County. The following
official letter of the Spring, Valley League forcibly illustrates the control-
ling animus of the Leaguers :

PETERSVILLE, June 2, 1869.

Mr. Peters—Dear Sir: I presented your case before the league last night, who after
consideration agreed to permit you to return, if you would sign an obligation to refrain from
speaking, acting, writing or otherwise operating against the league, or objects that institu-
tion have in view. Said obligation is in my hand and the oath will be administered by
me. Please call at my house immediately after your return.

By order of the Spring Valley League.
WILLIAM HayHurst.

As further exhibiting the state of feeling of the settlers on these lands,
the following “resolutions of Lincoln Township, Crawford County Anti-
Joy League ’’ are introduced:

1st. Resolved, That if John T. Cox, does establish an office in Crawford County, Kan.,
for the purpose of oe the settlers an opportunity of “proving up,” as it is termed,
under this contract, we will hold the same as a common nuisance, working hurt, and doing
injury and annoying the poorle, and (the ven of self-preservation being the paramount
law of nature) we have the right and wil? abate such nuisance; PEACEABLY if we can—
FORCIBLY if we must. °

2d. Resolved, That any member of our League, who shall refuse to assist in abating
said_ John T. Cox and office, shall have meted out to him, the like treatment, that we pro-
pose to John T. Cox.

3d. Resolved, That any person living in Lincoln Township, who shall after this date,
“prove up,” before said John T. Cox, under the Joy contract, shall have the same or like
treatment administered to HIM.

4th. Resolved, That any one sympathizing with, aiding or abetting said John T. Cox
in establishing or maintaining his NUISANCE, is no better than he is, and deserves the like
treatment.

5th. Resolved, That any settler belonging to this league, who will remain firm, and
not “ prove up,” shall be protected; arid any one “proving up,” or buying said settler’s claim
shall never enjoy the lonii--that we pledge ourselves to HANG him higher than Haman, and
without benefit of clergy. : ;

6th. Resolved, That’ we mean action, and will put in. force the above resolutions, and
will make an example of the first person who violates any of said resolutions. :

: W. G. CUNNINGHAM,
J.S. ARMSWORTHY,

W. G. CLARK,
Committee.

Other similar resolutions were adopted by other leagues, and numerous
violent proceedings occurred under and in accordance with them. On the
8th of February, 1869, a body of men entered the town of Baxter Springs,

-and proceeded to the land office. A squad went to the hotel, arrested Maj.
John T. Cox and W. B. Shockley, who were in charge of the land office,
took them to the office and, under the penalty of hanging Maj. Cox,
demanded that the papers of the office be given up within ten minutes,
but neither Cox nor Khockley knew the combination of the lock, hence a
delay was occasioned during which Sheriff Seright, Capt. Hyland and
many of the citizens assembled with the determination to protect the safe
and the papers. The leaders of the mob thereupon held a consultation,
and decided to leave the town without further efforts to obtain the
papers. ,

Meetings were held on the one side approving the course of State
Senators and Representatives, and on the other side denouncing them,
some of said Senators and Representatives taking sides with and others
opposing the Leaguers. . ;

The threats made were so numerous and so terrific that it became
necessary to send troops into the troubled districts to preserve law and
order, and +o protect life and property. The following is the proclamation
issued by Gov. Harvey in relation to the troubles. ~

TopexKa, May 31, 1869.

WueEREas, Official information has been received at this office from the local authorities
of the counties of Crawford and Cherokee, to the effect that the execution of the law is im-
peded, and that personal security and private property are endangered by the acts, and the
public peace disturbed by thé threats of lawless men in said counties;

Now, therefore, I, James M. Harvey, Governor of the State of Kansas, and charged by
the Constitution to see that the laws are faithfully executed, do issue this my proclamation,
enjoining each and all the people within the counties aforesaid, to yield due obedience to
the officers of the law, to cease all acts of violence and lawlessness, and to look to the properly

constituted authorities for the redress of grievances and the determination of legal rights.
JamMEs M. HARVEY.

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This movement on the part of the Governor was both wise and
merciful. Had it not been for the presence of the troops, many outrages
that were not, would certainly have been, committed-by the leaguers. To
the leaguers the presence of the troops was especially galling. showin
the bitterness of feeling, and intensity of hatred entertained by some o
the leaguers toward the authorities, for the “tyranny” exercised over
them, the following extract from the Workingman’s Journal, although not
the sentiment of the paper itself, expresses a deep and widespread senti-
ment among the settlers.

If it is the intention of Gov. Harvey and President Grant to hold the neutral land by
military occupancy, we give them fair warning to commence the recruiting business,
and we dare them to send another soldier on these lands to overawe the settlers. Forbear-
ance has ceased to be a virtue; and if to fali at the hands of tyrants is our fate the sooner it
comes the less it will be dreaded.

The threat was mere bombast, and the opposition to Mr. Joy by many
of the leading leaguers was toward the last at least mere empty show;
for while they were threatening to hang such as might make contracts for
lands with Mr. Joy’s agents, they were themselves secretly making such
eanteents) -and kept up the opposition mainly for the sake of obtaining
office.

The first troops sent onto the neutral lands was a company of infan-
try, June 10, 1869. On the 5th ot August following, three additional
companies of infantry and a detachment ‘of artillery equipped as cav-
alry were sent. On the 9th of October, the artillery was replaced by a
company of cavalry. They were quartered at Fort Scott. One compahy
of infantry was withdrawn early in 1870, and finally, in 1872, after Mr.
Joy’s title to that.portion of the neutral lands he had purchased, amount-
ing to 670,000 acres, had been sustained, the remainder of the troops were
from time to time withdrawn.

During the last five months of 1869, there were sold by the M. R., Ft.
8. & G. R. R. Co. 117,752 acres of these neutral lands to the settlers, at
an aggregate price of $518,634; and during the last seven months of 1870,
165,260 acres were sold, at an aggregate price of $1,186,764.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

The first attempt at a settlement within what is now Cherokee County
was made in 1842, when a detachment of United States soldiers attempted
to establish a fort on Spring River. The site selected by them was owned
by John Rogers, a Cherokee Indian, who asked $4,000 for the piece of
land, but as $1,000 was the limit, beyond which the officer in command
could not go, Fort Scott was finally selected. (See Bourbon County.)

The next settlement was made in what is now Shawnee Township, in
1856, by J. Pickerell.

The population of the county was returned in 1860 as 1,501, but then
Cherokee County included what had been included in the old county of
McGee, extending northward to within about five miles of the northern
boundary of Crawford County. During the years of the war, settlements
were made, but not so rapidly as would otherwise have been the case had
the Territory been public lands instead of Indian lands. But after the
conclusion of the treaty between the Cherokee Nation and the United
States Government, in 1866, notwithstanding the dispute between the
settlers already there and James F. Joy over his title to the land, the in-
crease in the number of the inhabitants in the county, up to 1870, was
9,537, and the total number, 11,038.

The first marriage license issued in the county was to Clark Johnson
and Viena Young, who were married November 6, 1867; but the first mar-
riage was that of John N. Burton to Mary Wilson, December 5, 1866.

The first deed executed and recorded was dated July 20, 1867; grantors,
Nathan VY. and Sarah A. Williams; grantee, Joseph A. Watson; property,
northwest quarter of Section 9, Township 32, Range 25.

The Cherokee County Agricultural and Horticultural Society was organ-
ized November 30, 1869, at Brush Creek Schoolhouse, in Spring Valley
Township. C. W. Willey was elected President: H. C. Veatch, Vice Pres-
ident; J. Wallace, Secretary, and B. L. Devore, Treasurer. The first fair
was held the next year, and an annual exhibition has since been held.

The Cherokee Couuty Teachers’ Institute held its first session October
20, 21 and 22, 1869, at Lowell. The most notable resolution passed by the
institute was on2 favoring equal wages to male and female teachers.

LEAD AND ZINC.

The existence of these ores, in what is now Cherokee County, is said
to have been known to the Indians long before the advent of white settlers.
In 1872, a positive discovery of the ore was made, in the southeastern part
of the county, in what is now Garden Township, and, about the same
time, indications of its presence were observed in the vicinity of Baxter
Springs. Nothing, however, was done toward the development of these
resources at this time. In the spring of 1877, two miners from Joplin, Mo.,
named John Shee and John McAllen, started out from that place upon a
prospecting expedition. Reaching Short Creek, they began making some
examinations in the bed of that stream, from which they came to the con-
clusion that here was good prospect for lead ore. The place upon which
they decided for a prospecting site belonged to a man named Nichols,
from whom permission was obtained to sink a shaft. They began digging
near Short Creek, and at a depth of about fifteen feet struck upon a fich
vein of the mineral. Only a very brief time elapsed until the rumor of the
discovery was heralded broadcast, creating the most intense excitement.
Men crowded into the place from all quarters. The towns of Galena
and Empire City were started, and in less than three months, each had a
population of from two to three thousand people. Thelandin the vicinity
rose rapidly in value, and that which before could be bought for $3 an
acre, now brought vast sums. The 120 acre farm belonging to Nichols,
which was comparatively valueless for purposes of agriculture, was sold
to the West Joplin Lead & Zinc Company for $7,000. Atract of the same
area adjoining this on the south, belonging to E. Moll, was sold to the Ga-
lena Mining & Smelting Company for $10,000, and a tract of eighty acres
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of railroad land, bordering.on the east side of Moll’s land, brought the sum
of $1,500, and was purchased by the South Side Mining & Manufactur-
ing Company. :

It was but a short time before shafts were being sunk on every hand,
and the field was undergoing rapid and complete development. The pro-
duction of mineral in the county gives employment to about one thousand
men. For the purpose of reducing the mineral, eight steam crushers are
employed. Atfirst the mineral was shipped to Joplin, Mo., to be smelted.
A smelter was started at Galena, in 1877, by the Galena Lead & Zinc Com-
pany, as an air furnace, and, in a short time, blasts were added. The work
now contains six blasts, and has a capacity for the smelting of 72,000
pounds of ore per day. :

The product of lead from these mines in the first Gehieen months is
Ese at 6,000,000 pounds. It is now estimated at 275,000 pounds per
week.

The territory in which lead ore has, as yet, been found in the
county, measures about two miles square.

Zinc ore is also found in various places. It is found in connection
with the lead ore, and also in places where there is no lead. This mineral
forms a prominent product of mining industry, from which, in the aggre-
gate, there is derived a greater income than from the lead interests.

The Chicago Zinc Works, at Weir City, were established in 1872, by
the poe Zinc and Mining Company. In 1874, the works were pur-
chased by Dr. L. D. Boone. The number of buildings erected is ten, at a
cost of $100,000. Two hundred men are employed, and the capital
invested in the business is $50,000. J. H. C. Gross is the present lessee of
the works. This enterprise has been of immense value to Southeastern
Kansas, hence, a brief synopsis of the method of manufacturing zinc is
here introduced: The ore is of two distinctly different kinds—silicate and
“black jack.” Silicate, often called “dry bone,” has the appearance of
Tusty brown stone, and is of various sizes, from ten inches in diameter,
down. When broken, the brown rust is found to permeate the whole
mass. The percentage of zinc yield from this substance is quite large,

though not so large as from “black jack,” a blende or sulphuret of zinc.
Of this ore there are several grades, but it usually contains about one-
half its weight of zinc, one-fourth sulphur, and usually a small portion of
iron. .
In the process of manufacture the silicate goes first to a kiln especially
prepared, that by a process of intense heat the glistening, or “shine” can
be all removed. It now presents, when broken, only a dull grayish cast.
This heating process is for the purpose of removing all surplus material,and
of preventing the zinc from being burned up in the furnace. It is then
crushed or ground between rollers to powder, and then resembles very dry

st.

The “black jack” goes first to the crusher, where it is reduced to the
fineness of corn meai, when it is removed to the calcining kilns. These
kilns are built four together, two on each side, each having a separate fire,
but all using the same smoke stack. They present the appearance of
large, two-story brick ovens with three doors to each story, and are called
six-story kilns. At stated intervals, a certain amount of crushed ore is
poured from the top into the second story opposite the door, furthest from
the fire entrance. It is then gradually shifted nearer the fire, and from
story to story, until a degree of heat has been reached sufficient to expel
all the sulphur. This process requires great skill and care; and even when
both are exercised to the utmost, a loss of from fifteen to twenty per
aa is unavoidable. There are twelve of these kilns connected wit: the
works.

From the kilns the ore goes to the furnaces, of which there are three
styles, all of the Belgian pattern. They are built two together and two
pairs in a place, four under each of the two furnace buildings. Owing to
the constant heat and danger of conflagration, these buildings are very
cheaply constructed. The furnaces are built over alarge cellar into which
fall the cinders and ashes. Above these are built two narrow chambers
three or four feet wide, fifteen to twenty feet long, and cight to ten feet
high, with a wall between them. Across these chambers in horizontal
rows and with sufficient space between them to allow the free passage of
fire, are placed the retorts for the mineral. These retorts are hollow cylin-
drical vessels, made Of fire-clay. They are about ten inches in diameter,
with the hollow or core seven inches, and openat oneend. Rows of these
retorts fill the furnaces to the top, and are so placed that the open end pro-
jects through the outer wall and is alittle lower than the other end. en
the ore arrives at the furnaces it is properly mixed in such proportions as
is calculated to give the proper return of quantity and quality of zinc, to
which mixture is added about half its weight of powdered coke, and with

“this mixture the retorts are charged. After the retorts are charged there
is placed endwise against the open end of each, and cemented thereto, a
conical vessel, also made of fire-clay, and called a condenser. This con-
denser ‘is eighteen inches long, and is open at both ends—one end is of
sufficient size to fill the open end of the retort, and the condenser tapers
until at the other end it is two inches in diameter. Each is so placed that
the under side is nearly horizontal, and the outer end temporarily closed
with clay, except a very small opening left for the escape of accumulating
gases. The furnace must now be heated to such a degree as to convert
the mineral into vapor, or gas, in the retorts, and upon escaping into the
condenser, the vapor becomes condensed and assumes a molten or liquid
state, is drawn therefrom and is molded into pigs or blocks of zinc.

The fire once started must be kept up to avoid danger to the retorts,
‘as when furnaces are allowed to coo] they are rendered worthless, and the
expenditure of several hundred dollars is necessitated to replace them.
The retorts are therefore charged, discharged and recharged with the fur-
naces in full blast—operations requiring experience, skill and great endur-
ance of heat. The retorts must be made without flaw, else after being
charged they are liable to break and fall with their contents into the fur-
naces and be lost. There are required each day, about thirty-five retorts
and 100 condensers. To supply this demand, there is connected-with the

HISTORY OF KANSAS

works an extensive fire-clay pottery, in which there is constantly employed
a large number of men. The fire-clay is obtained from Bt. Louis, Mo.

The fire-brick used about the works is made in part from a bed of
native clay, found four miles east of Weir City. The workmen call it
“Yahoo's Clay,” though it is in fact a fire-clay of an inferior grade.

Mr. Hamil, Superintendent of the calcine kilns, has built a new furnace
on his own plan, somewhat after the style of blast furnaces for iron smelt-
ing, for roasting silicate. It is filled with alternate layers of coal and ore,
then fired and run with blast. Though a new plan with zinc“works, it
bids fair to be successful. ;

The productions of these works amount to about 18,000 pounds of zinc
er day, worth on the market from four to six cents per pound. They use

| about 20,000 bushels of coal and twenty tons of calcined ore per day. The

wages of the 200 men employed, aggregates $9,000 per month.

THE BATTLE AND MASSACRE AT BAXTER SPRINGS, ScTOBER 6, 1863.
BY DR. W. H. WARNER, GIRARD, KAN.

About two weeks prior to the massacre at Baxter Springs, two citizen
mail carriers between Fort Scott and Fort Gibson were fired upon by a
small band of Quantrill’s men, led by Cy Gordon. The mail carriers re-
turned the fire, each party firing from behind trees. Both mail carriers
were wounded and surrendered. This skirmish occurred about ten miles
south of Baxter Springs. .

One of the mail carriers, called “Fatty,” was recognized by Gordon
as an old chum, with whom he had roamed the streets of Leavenworth,
visited the girls, etc. “Cy” had many questions to ask relating to Leav-
enworth, to his mother, and to various other matters, which were answered
by “Fatty” to the satisfaction of “Cy;” so contrary to the usual custom
of Quantrill’s men, which was to kill their prisoners, the two mail carriers
were set at liberty and permitted to pursue their journey to Baxter Springs
—after being relieved of horses and mail matter, including dispatches be-
tween the Forts, and being informed that, as Quantrill’s men were run-
ning short of blankets, kettles and other camp’ equipage, it would be nec-
essary in about ten days for them to take dinner with the Union garrison
at the Springs, and to relieve the garrison of such surplus material as they
themselves might need.

This polite threat was communicated by “ Fatty ” and his companion
to the commandant at the post, Lieut. Cook, of the Second Kansas Col-
ored Infantry, but little or no attention was paid to it. ‘Fatty,’ how-
ever, had great confidence in what ‘‘Cy”’ Gordon had told him. He had
remained in camp, under my treatment for his wounds, and was in my
quarters, a log-cabin I had urged the men to build, that in case of a fight
the wounded could be cared for safe from the enemies’ bullets. When,
on the 6th of October, 1863, we were startled by the rattle of musketry
and revolvers. We were attacked, though we did not then realize it, by
Quantrill’s men. Cy Gordon’s promise was being fulfilled.

Our garrison, up to two days previous to the attack, consisted of one
company of the Second Kansas Colored Infantry, commanded by Lieut.
Cook, and Company D, of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry, commanded by
Lieut. John Crites, who had had command of the post, but who had been
summoned to Fort Scott, leaving Lieut. Cook in command of the post.
On this day, the 4th, we were re-enforced by Company C, Third Wiscon-
sin Cavalry, under Lieut. Pond, who assumed command of the post.

Three sides of the camp were protected by logs and earth thrown up
about four feet high, the west side having been removed the day before
for the purpose of enlarging the camp, by command of Lieut. Pond.

On the morning of the fight, sixty picked men with all the teams and
wagons of the command, were sent out to forage through the country,
leaving as a garrison 1 fighting force of twenty-five cavalry and sixty or
seventy colored troops, more than half of the white men in camp having
been excused from foraging duty at sick call in the morning.

At 12M., the enemy having quietly and unobserved crept near our
eamp, suddenly advanced upon us at double-quick and opened fire. Our
camp had been surrounded by skirmishers. The cooking department was one
hundred and fifty or two hundred feet south of the camp and near the springs.
Both the cavalry and colored infantry were standing around the fire, while
dinner was being taken up, when the enemy was discovered advancing and
rapidly firing from the east, south and west. Riding at full gallop, they
passed on the south between the men at dinner and the camp, dischar; ing
their revolvers right and left as they advanced to the balustrade. The
colored soldiers and the cavalry at dinner, ran their best for camp, the cav-
alry seizing their carbines and revolvers and the infantry their muskets, all
commenced a return fire with undaunted bravery. While this attack was
being made, the main body of the enemy galloped from the woods skirt-
ing Spring River on the east, forming in line sixty or eighty rods north of
camp, on the ridge, apparently with the purpose of making a charge upon
us in full force, simultaneously with an attack by the advance which had
passed around the oP to the west.

At the first attack, Lieut. Pond unlimbered the howitzer, manned it the
best he could, and loaded it himself with twelve pound shell. Not one of
the command at that time was found who knew anything of artillery
drill, and as a consequence the fuse-was not cut, so the shell fell far short
of the enemy; but if it did them no damage, the firing of it notified them
that we had such an instrument of death in our hands. Men never fought
more willingly nor courageously, and for twenty or thirty minutes there
was a ceaseless rattle of musketry and revolvers and booming of the can-
non. After the first dash, the enemy on the west retreated, scattered and
fought from behind the shelter of trees and the south bank of the creek,
and at the expiration of half an hour withdrew, unaccountably to us, one
by one, from the fight. The main body on the nerth, without advancing,
countermarched on a gallop back to the woods and advanced toward us a
second time as though undecided whether or not to attack. They then re-
turned to the woods. One of the enemy, apparently an officcr, had a duel
with the saddler of Company D, Third Wisconsin, until the lutter having
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emptied his revolver, rushed from behind his oak tree to his tent after his
carbine, which, on his return to his barricade, he brought to his shoulder,
with no load, when his adversary, casting his eyes around and discoverin
himself to be alone, exclaimed, ‘‘ Where in hell are my men,” and palloned
away unscathed, the last of the enemy, into the forest.

All was now quiet and still like a calm after a furious storm, and we
had time to make a list of the casualties of the fight. Of the forces at
the Springs, eight white and one colored man were killed, and from twelve
to fifteen wounded, including-one woman shot through the heel, and a
little child shot through the lungs. Lieut. Cook was killed and a man who
was with him, the two being in the woods practicing with their revolvers.
The husband of the wounded woman, and the father of the wounded child,
were shot in cold blood, the latter by a former schoolmate and cousin.
Four or six other married men were killed. A teamster perceiving an old
acquaintance among the advancing enemy, tossed his revolver toward him
in token of surrender, and was immediately shot by his former neighbor
and friend, through the abdomen and died in thirty minutes. The colored
man who was killed while within our works and comparatively out of dan-
ger, discovering his former master on the hill across the creek, ran to meet
him with joyous acclamation, and was, by his old master, shot through the
heart, his body rolling down the hillside in the clear waters of the brook.

Among the prisoners of our side taken were two or three who had
been mere spectators of the battle and about half a dozen others who
were hunting, looking for lumber or strolling in the woods. Near sun-
down they were paroled and came into camp.

For an hour or two all was quiet with the exception of preparations
to receive an expected renewed attack. We did mot know who our enemy
was, nor why he had so suddenly left us, but we fully expected him to
return. ;

About 2 or 8 o’clock in the afternoon, Maj. B.S. Henning of Gen.
Blunt’s Staff rode into camp, and told us of the massacre on the prairie,
and called on Lieut. Pond fora volunteer guard of two or three men to
return with him to search for Gen. Blunt, whom he believed to be alive
and hiding somewhere in the vicinity of the massacre. The Major in-
formed us that the enemy was Quantrill and his guerrillas.

Soon after the Major left us, a messenger bearing a flag of truce ap-
proached our camp. He brought from Quantrill a request for an exchange
of prisoners. As we had taken no prisoners, Lieut. Pond returned as
answer a proposition thas each party should unconditionally release all
the prisoners he held. Soon afterward we heard on the prairie nearly west
of us, quick successive reports of fire-arms and it is probable that then the
prisoners taken by Quantrill were killed.

Quantrill now at the head of his entire force, supposed to be about
three hundred, approached our camp, as we had anticipated, formed in
line of battle and halted on the south bank of the creek where now stands
the city of Baxter Springs, about eighty rods southwest from our camp.
Our men were all quietly awaiting his charge, prepared and determined to
give him a warm reception. The gap on the west side of our breastworks
had been closed by placing therein sutler’s wagons, poles, rails, ropes, etc.,
etc., and it would have been difficult for cavalry to'make a successful
charge upon us from that direction, especially as our howitzer was
mounted conspicuously in the front-with fuse properly cut, and now hap-
pily manned with skilled men. Knowing our enemy, we were all, white
men and black, commissioned officers and private soldiers, fully deter-
mined to sell our lives as dearly as possible, and to die rather than to sur-
render, for to surrender would only be certain death. Thus we remained
thirty minutes—it might have been more, it might have been less, every
minute seemed as an hour, when suddenly he wheeled and left us, march-

-ing south, and to our great relief we saw him no. more. ;

About sundown, Mai. Henning returned to our camp accompanied
by Gen. Blunt. After dark, one by one, the wounded from the prairie
came into camp. They were most of them so badly disfigured and cov-
ered with blood as not to be recognizable. All had been left upon the
prairie for dead. Jack Arnold came in with five or six shots in the face
which could not be recognized as belonging to a human being. Others
received from five to eight wounds in different parts of the body, but
a large proportion of the wounds were in the face and head. Only ten
or eleven wounded of the Federal forces, by feigning death escaped
death, and crept in after dark, surprised and rejoiced to find us still alive
and in possession. It was with good reason generally believed after the
batile by Gen. Blunt’s command, that our garrison had been captured in
the morning, as Quantrill, when first seen by them, was coming from the
direction of our camp. When first seen by them, as Quantrill’s soldiers
were all dressed in Union blue, they were supposed to be a detail from
the garrison coming to pay their respects to Blunt's command and escort
them into camp. Gen. Blunt had halted his command, and ordered his
headquarters band in front. The members of the band had arranged
themselves in position, and had their music and instruments In readiness
to pay a welcome to their supposed friends. Gen. Blunt and members
of his staff were in the ambulance, their horses being led by Orderlies;
all were joyous in anticipation of an immediate march into our camp. a
hearty dinner, and a good night’s rest among friends, when Quantrill’s
order was given to his men to ckarge upon them. His command was
instantly obeyed. His men advanced upon Blunt's body guard with ter-
rific, terrible force, with a revolver in each hand, and yelling like demons
which they were. :

In a moment all was changed. Supposed friends became foes of the
fiercest kind. Happiness and hope became terror and despair. Pleasure be-
came pain, and life became death. Panic seized every one. Blunt's little
command was in the worst position possible to fight. No concerted action
could be had. Each must fight or flee for himself, so dire and complete
was the surprise, and so overwhelming the charge. Gen. Blunt gave no
command. A command would have been of no avail, for his men soon
learned that Quantrill, the bloody-handed and dreaded Quantrill, who six
weeks before, had sacked and burned Lawrence, the beautiful city on the

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Kaw, and murdered in cold blood two hundred of her people, and who
was known to give no quarter, was their fue. The only thought in the
mind of each was how to save his life. But for the most of them no means
of escape was found. Only a few on the fleetest horses got away. The
case of the band was especially sad. They had a splendid wagon built for
their especial use, and they were equipped in elegant uniforms, with side
arms, fancy swords and revolvers made not for fighting but for show.
They were non-belligerents. Upon realizing the situation, the driver
wheeled his horses westward, and undertook by rapid running to escape,
but in less than a mile he was overtaken, and himself and every member
of the band shot dead. Fire was set to the wagon, and many of their
bodies charred beyond recognition. Most of them had been chosen from
the Third Wisconsin Cavalry. Their leader, Pilage, was a noble, kind-
hearted, educated and liberal German, from Madison, Wis. His remains
could be distinguished from those of his dead companions in no way but
by the gold cord on his pants. The remains of all had been stripped of
everything of value.

Gen. Blunt escaped in the following manner: He and Maj. Curtis,
his Adjutant General, were together, when they saw two openings in the
enemy’s ranks. Blunt told Curtis to run for the one and he would try to
escape through the other. In a few moments he looked back and saw
Maj. Curtis following him. At this time Gen. Blunt’s horse leaped across
a ravine, scarcely keeping his feet, and throwing his rider onto his neck,
but recovering himself he sped on and carried the General safely to the
woods. Next day Maj. Curtis’ body was found in this ravine with a bul-
let through his temple, his revolver near him. :

Gen. Blunt’s command consisted of his staff—Major B. §. Henning,
Capt. Farr and Major Curtis; his headquarters clerks, the band, twelve or

. fourteen six-mule teams; ambulance, one company (D) of the Third Wis-

consin Cavalry, and one company (A) of the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry.
All the headquarters’ books, uniforms and other property were captured,
including over $1,000 in money.

The 7th of October was the saddest the writer and his companions
ever saw. The fearful carnage of the day before was more fully realized
every passing hour. All our available force was kept busily employed
from early light until darkness covered the field of blood, searching for
and bringing info camp the dead. Quantrill had thoroughly done his
work. It was evidently his intention that none should be left alive. If
mercy was shown, it was in the fact that all but one were shot through the
temple, thus causing instant death. This one was Capt. Farr, who, shot
through the hips and pelvis, died a lin oe agonizing death.

The whole number belonging to Gen. Blunt’s command killed in the
battle, if battle it can be called where all the fighting was done by one
side, was ninety-three, and at the post eight, making one hundred and one
in all. Quantrill lost two in killed at our camp.

The foraging party under Orderly (afterward Lieutenant) Homer
W. Pond, of about sixty of our best cavalrymen, detached their mules
from their wagons, and as many as could mounted, and by the way of
Carthage and Lamar, Mo., reached Fort Scott in a few days in safety.

My theory of the battle is that about three days before, prior to the
attack upon our garrison, Quantrill had had one or more spies in our
camp, probably in the night time, before Lieut. Pond re-enforced us with
Company C, of the Third Wisconsin, and the howitzer. He had planned
his attack upon us, anticipating an easy victory on account of our sup-
posed weakness, and was entirely ignorant of Blunt’s movements or pres-
ence in the vicinity. When the main body of his command filed out of
the woods on the east on the gallop to charge us from the north, he dis-
covered on his right Blunt’s command, halted, and preparing to make a
grand entry into our camp for dinner. He instantly realized that he was
between two forces, our garrison on his left and Blunt’s command on his
tight. Retiring for a moment to the woods for consultation, he re-appeared
on the north, as we supposed to attack us, but really for the purpose of
charging upon and disposing of Blunt’s command, before effecting our
capture. And when, after the massacre of Blunt’s body guard, he again
re-appeared on the hill and stood drawn up in line as if intending to attack
us, he must have desisted from the attack on account of our evident thor-
ough preparations to receive him.

It is true history, I believe, though stated otherwise by some, that the
Federal forces on the prairie made no stand, and did not fire a gun, but
ran at the first, as soon as they realized that the charging party was an en-
emy, and many of the men threw away their carbines to_lighten their
weight.

The usual precautions, taken when on a march, were not taken; there
were no deploys nor advance guards. Gen. Blunt was severely censured
by the press and individuals for dereliction of duty for not using the ordi-
nary precautions against surprise or sudden attack by an enemy, by those
who knew the facts. There had been created for him a department, with
headquarters at Fort Gibson. When attacked, he was on the way to his new
headquarters, to assume command of his department. He had taken great
pains to secure a grand and imposing outfit, including a department band
of skilled musicians, elegantly uniformed, and he had procured a full corps
of department clerks, and new uniforms for himself and staff.

After suffering this sad misfortune, he never assumed command at
Fort Gibson; but after remaining five or six days in our camp at Baxter
Springs, he returned to Fort Scott.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY SEAT TROUBLES.

The county was permanently organized in February, 1867. On the 5th of November
following, an election for county officers was held, which resulted in electing the following
officers by the vote attached to their respective names : Commissioners, W. C. Pender, 533;
P. G. Noel, 330; Jonathan D. Busk, 335; Probate Judge, J. B. Hodgens, 337; District Clerk,
L. Williams, 344; County Clerk, William Little, 331; Register of eeds, C. A. Keithly, 333;
Sheriff, W.G. Seright, 323 ; Treasurer, J. J. Goodner, 336 ; Surveyor, J.C. Lucas, 512; Assess-
or, Clinton McMickle, 443; Coroner, A. Lynch, 494; Superintendent of Instruction, Will-
iam Givens, 329. On the proposition to strike the word “white” out of the Constitution,
the vote stood 220 for, 299 against ; on the proposition to strike out the word “ male,” the
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vote stood 232 for, and 269 against ; and on the proposition to limit the exercise of the elec-
tive franchise to loyal persons, the vote was 404 for it, to 86 against. ;

At that time the county had been divided into the following townships: Pleasant View,
Shawnee, Spring Valley, Lyon, Lola, Salamanca, Ross, Sheridan and Neosho.

The first meeting of the Commissioners was held at Pleasant View, at which time Sid-
ney Smith was appointed to fill the vacancy in the board caused by the failure of Jonathan
D. Busk to qualify, and the first account allowed was that of John D. Coulter as County At-
terney, for $11.40. The second meeting was held February 6, 1868, at which John Mans-
field was appointed County\ Treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the failure to qualify of
J.J.Goodner. The Treasurer's bond was fixed at $16,000. D. R. Martin was appointed
Superintendent of Public Instruction. A grand jury was called to meet May 4, 1868, at
Baxter Springs. ;

An election was held in November, 1869, which is important as showing the sentiment

-of the settlers on the question of contesting Mr. Joy’s title to that portion of the Neutral
Lands which he had purchased of the Secretary of the Interior, as Trustee for the Cherokee
Indians. The “Anti-Joy” settlers had formed a “Union” in every township, and had de-
clared themselves in opposition to land monopolies, corruption in office, and wrong and op-
pression in every form. They opposed the presence of troops on the Neutral Lands, and
severely censured Sheriff Seright for his certificate to the Governor setting forth his inabil-
ity to execute the laws and asking for troops, and denounced the certificate as false, scandal-
ous and malicious.

The Settler’s Union elected one Commissioner out of three by a majority of 22 out ofa
total vote of 1,166; the other two Commissioners being elected by the “Joy” settlers, by
majorities of 18 and 2 respectively out of about the same total vote. For Representative in
the Legislature according to the face of the returns, J.B, Hodgens, “Joy” candidate, had 589
votes, while Amos Sanford, “ Anti-Joy,” had 587; but upon a contest it was decided that a
few illegal votes had been cast for Hodgens, and this gave the seat to Mr. Sanford. J.S.
Vincent, “ Anti-Joy” candidate for Sheriff, was elected by a majority of two over his oppo-
nent, F. C. Turner, the vote being 581 to579. J. C. Dunlavy, “ Anti-Joy” candidate for
Clerk, had a majority of 70 over his opponent, I. W. Davis; M. W. Lewis, “ Anti-Joy ” candi-
date for Register of Deeds, was defeated by a majority of 2 by John Little; S. 5. Smith,
“ Anti-Joy” candidate for Treasurer, was elected by a majority of 9, over J. J. Goodner; J.
H. Walker, “ Anti-Joy ” candidate for Coroner, was defeated by a majority of 8, and J. Wal-
lace, “ Anti-Joy” candidate for Surveyor, was elected by a majority of 69. These results
show that the electors were very nearly equally divided on the question of buying land
under the “ Joy contracts.” e

Originally, the county seat was temporarily located at Freepoint, but so far as can be
ascertained no business was transacted at this point, and in 1867, the county seat was tem-
porarily located at Pleasant View. An election was held November 5, 1867, for the perma-
nent location of the county seat. The total number of votes cast was 139, of which Baxter
ae received 136, and Cherokee Center 3. The last aha of the Commissioners at
Pleasant View was held April 10, 1868, and the first at Baxter Springs April 14. Thomas
Little was allowed $5 for moving the records from one place to the other.

A vote was then taken May 12, 1868, but as no place had received a majority of the
votes, another election was held May 26, and as the result of this election Baxter Springs
was declared to have received a majority of the votes, and so retained the county seat. The
goersphical center of the county had competed with Baxter Springs for the prize and had

lost, as many believed, through fraud. The Commissioners, therefore, ee Seppe Naa,
granted another election which was held February 17, 1869. tt was firmly believe
who favored the ,eographical center, that if a fair election could be held, the question
would be decided in their favor. But they learned through espionage that certain parties at
Baxter Springs were determined to win as they had done before—by stuffing the ballot box.
It was therefore decided by those favoring the geographical center (Columbus), to cast if
necessary more fraudulent votes than Baxter Springs, and thus to win in any event. One
township was thereupon selected to cast the number of votes necessary to defeat Baxter
Springs, no matter how many fraudulent votes the latter place might cast. This township
was Lola. The vote was canvassed on the 20th of February, and it was found that Baxter
Springs had in her favor a total vote of 1,118. Ofthis number the town of Baxter Springs
had furnished 1,045, the balance of the county having cast 73in her favor. The returns
from the whole county were in except those from Lola Township, and it was found that
Columbus had but 799 votes. The party intrusted with the transmission of the returns
from Lola Township, upon arriving at the court where the vote was being canvassed, found
that he had “lost” the returns. e thereupon immediately set out to find them. e soon
returned, having found them “in the lining of his overcoat,” and then it was found that
little Lola had done her duty nobly, she having come up smiling with 352 votes for Colum-
bus, thus bringing up the total vote for Columbus to 1,151—a majority of 33 over Baxter

Springs. ‘

, As showing the fraudulent character of the vote cast at this election, the following
comparisons are useful: The total vote on county seat was 2,276, while the total vote for
President in November, 1868, was but 1,358, Lola Township having cast but 102, and Baxter
oe but 112. And in 1882, the total vote for Governor in Lola Township was only 203,
while in Baxter Springs it was 182, and the total vote in Spring Valley Township in which
Baxter Springs is located, including the vote of Baxter Springs, was but 376.

Columbus having become the county seat, a ‘temporary court house” was erected in
the winter of 1870-71, at a cost of about $1,400, on the northeast corner of the public square.
It is an incommodious two-story frame building, and still is occupied for the purposes for
which it was erected.

The list of State Senators from Cherokee County, with date of election, is as follows: W.
N. Matheny, 1873-74; E. C. Wells, 1875-76; J. R. Hallowell, 1877-79; B. F. Hogg, 1881. ~

The State Representatives elected from this county, with date of pisabiog have been as
follows: C. C. McDowell, 1869; Amos Sanford, 1870; George W. Wood, 1871; George W.
Wood and S, T. Kennedy, 1872; A. F. Childs and C. W. Harvey, 1873; L. T. Stowell and L.
Conklin, 1874; H. H. Angell and W. E. Cowan, 1875; J. H. Smith and J. R. Hallowell, 1876;
A. F. Harreld, 8. W. Smith and H. W. Crowell, 1877; H. T. Helmick, T. P. Anderson and J.
8. Gillespie, 1879; V. L. Browning, C. R. Webbert and H. RB. Hubbard, 1880; John T. Stewart,
T. P. Anderson and W B. Stone, 1882.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

The public schools of the county have advanced with its pee There are 100 districts,

and 100 schoolhouses—1 log house, 1 brick, 3 stone and 95 frame. The total number of
school rooms is 117. The enumeration of school children for 1882, was 8,154—4,217 males,
3,937 females; the total enrollment was 4,513—males, 2,374; females, 2,139; the average
attendance was 1,992—males, 984, females, 1,008. The number of teachers employed was 159—
males, 74, females, 85; the average monthly wages for males was $35.50, for females, $27.90.
The total valuation of school property was returned at $106,340, this is known to be too low,
and $125,000 is deemed a fair estimate. The average tax for school purposes was 824 mills;
the total receipts were $42,185.99, and the total expenditures, $42,185.99,

The personal propery of the county is valued at $552,720; village lots at $341,093;
ene eae at $1,918,451, and railroad property at $508,977.63; total taxable valuation,
$3,316,241.63.

cS Crops.—The acreage of the principal crops in 1882 was as follows: Winter wheat,
28,804; rye, 463; corn, 71,360; oats, 14,700; buckwheat, 23; Irish potatoes, 700; sweet
potatoes, 106; sorghum, 360; castor beans, 872; cotton, 68; flax, 8,270; millet and Hungarian,
3,586; pearl millet, 63; meadow—timothy, 854; ‘clover, 136; other tame grasses, 240; prairie,
31,654; pasture—timothy, 278; clover, 29; other tame grasses, 1,663; prairie, 39,760,
orticulture.-There were 23 acres in nurseries and the following numbers of fruit
trees: Apple—bearing, 143,716, not bearing, 87,308; pear—bearing, 5,116, not bearing, 5,310;
peach—bearing, 105,000, not keg 92,167; plum—bearing, 6,817, not bearing, 5,700; cherry
—bearing, 31,549, not bearing, 17,577. or vineyards there were 67 acres, and 16 gallons of
wine were made during the year.

But little has been in the cultivation of forest trees. There were in 1882, of cottonwood
8 acres, walnut, 31, maple, 191, and of other varieties, 120 acres, making a total of 350 acres,

The number of rods of the different kinds of fence was as follows: board, 16,819; rail,
125,011; stone, 2,338; hedge, 502,565; wire, 115,979 ;—total, 762,712, or 2,383.5 miles.

The coal mane iudustry of Cherokee County is a very important one. The first min-
ing was done in 1870, since which time the aggregate amount of coal raised has steadily
increased, though at particular mines the amount has in some cases diminished. In 1872,
there were raised upward of 16,000 tons; in 1881, there were 135,000 tons mined at Stilson,
Scammonville and Weir City, the value of which to the county could not be less than
$270,000. It is estimated that for 1882, not less than 300,000 tons were mined, the value of
which to the county would be at least $600,000. :

by those ©

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

In 1860, the population of the county was 1,501; in 1870, 11,088; in 1875, 12,223; in 1878
17,770; in 1880, 21,907; in 1882, 23,282, divided among the townships and cities as follows:
Pleasant View, 1,057; Cherokee, 1,332; Mineral, 1,224; Ross, 1,235; Sheridan, 1,644; Lola;
1,307; Salamanca, 759; Crawford, 1,031; Shawnee, 930; Lowell, including Galena, 3,721;
Gardner, 1,128; Spring Valley, 1,373; Lyon, 942; Neosho, 1,237; Baxter Springs, 1,237,
Empire City, 1,054 and Columbus, 2,021, : ;

There are two main lines of railroad in this county—the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Gulf, and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad; the former extends from north to south,
and the latter from east to west, intersecting at Columbus. The Short Creek & Joplin
Railroad extends from Baxter Springs northwestwardly through Empire City, to Joplin, Mo,
The total number of miles of railroad in Cherokee County is 60. No county railroad bonds
have been issued. =

COLUMBUS.

Columbus, the county seat, is beautifully located at the georranieal
center of the county and at the intersection of the Kansas City, Fort Scott:
& Gulf Railroad with the St. Louis & San Francisco. It was named Colum-
bus by F. Fry, after the capital of Ohio, and is now a lively and flourishing
city of about 2,300 inhabitants. .

The first settler on what is now the town site was John Appleby, who,
in February, 1868, built a box house on Lot 17, Block 16, of the oneal
plat of the town. The next house was commenced by Judge Fry in May
following. When completed, the Judge opened therein the first hotel in
the town; but, in the meantime, Martin Jones completed a dwelling house
in June. : :

In the spring of 1868 a town company was organized, consisting of
fourteen members, which laid off for a town site the southwest quarter of
Section 13. As far as can be ascertained, the following were members of
this company: Dr. Bailey, William Little, Z. Williams, H. Scovell, John
Hanson, E. Hall, 8. Houston, John Appleby, F. Fry and M. Jones. Some
time in the early summer, a new town company was organized, consisting
of four members, each of whom owned a quarter of Section 13, and each
of whom donated a portion of his quarter-section, so that in the aggregate
the town site consisted of about 100 acres, and was in the center of the
section. This new town company consisted originally of F. Fry, John
Appleby, H. Scovell and H. A. Scovell. Early in 1869, Dr. J. N. Lee bought
Appleby’s interest, and §. 5. Smith bought H. A. Scovell’s interest.

The first store opened in Columbus was by Dr. J. N. Lee, on Decem-
ber 25, 1868, the building having been completed in November. The sec-
ond business established was a grocery store by Scovell & Hanson, in the
spring of 1869, and the third was a dry goods and grocery by Bliss & Mid-
deueh in August following. Dr. J. H. Walker was the first practicing
pee: John Appleby the first Justice of the Peace, and F. Fry the

rst lawyer, though Martin Jones conducted the first law suit, before
Justice Appleby. The first blacksmith was George Thorp, who started
his shop in the spring of 1869. The first birth was that of Mary Ann Fry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Fry, November 7, 1868. The first marriage
was that of John Stone to Miss Mary Burger, in March, 1869, and the first
death that of a daughter of Jeremiah Shuck, in the spring of 1869. The
first school teacher was Miss Anna Wilson, now Mrs. Judge Miller, who
taught a select school in the spring of 1870 in the Baptist Church. The
first public school was taught in the spring of 1871 in a stone schoolhouse,
erected the fall and winter previous. .

From the'time the county seat question was settled in favor of Colum-
bus, the town made rapid progress. Additions were made to the town
site, to the zap en and to the business enterprises, and when on March
24, 1870, the M. R., Ft. 8. & G. R. R. Company’s graders broke ground
for the building of a depot, the permanency and prosperity of the town
were assured. At that time, important events followed each other in rap-
id succession. On the 8th of April, the first freight train entered Colum-
bus; on the 11th, the first passenger train arrived, and, on the 18th, the
people of Columbus enjoyed a free excursion to Fort Scott. .

On the 11th of April, Columbus was incorporated as a town, the
Trustees appointed by the Probate Judge being as follows: Samuel Fre-
ligh, J. R. Hallowell, J. 8. Hunt, J. N. Lee and C. E. Middaugh. On
the next day the Trustees met, and organized by electing Samuel Freligh
President and J. R. Hallowell Clerk. At this time the town had 400 in-
habitants.

_ At the April election of 1871, the town was organized as a city of the
third class, with a population of 700, and in the spring of 1882 as a city of
the second class, with 2 population of 2,200. The Mayors, with the dates
of their election, have been as follows: Leland J. Webb, 1871; John N.
enue ee we ie ee ee J. H. Ludlow, 1874 and 1875; C. a

aunders, ; George Hoyt, ; W. C. Lykins, 1878; S. O. McDowell,
1879-80-81 and 1882. ° : S ee

In January, 1878, on account of the high price at which lots were
held, a movement was inaugurated to remove the town to a new site, one-
half mile east of its present location, onto the farm of George Theis.
joint stock company was organized and incorporated, a contract made by
this company with Mr. Theis, and subscriptions to the stock of the com-
pany in shares of $100 each received. Each holder of a share was entitled
to draw one business and two resident lots in the “Eastern Addition to
Columbus.” The plat of this addition was filed March 5, 1873. At the
drawing excitement ran high, preparations were immediately thereafter
made to remove several residences from the old to the new site, and fora
time every indication betokened a general moving of the town; but, just
in time to prevent it, the owners of lots in the old town site reduced the
price of their lots, and the movement was thus prevented.

In the summer of 1873, the Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company
made an addition to the city of a row of blocks on the south and west of
the original site; on the 11th of March, 1875, Lee’s First Addition was made
on the north; on the 14th of December, 1876, Lee’s Second Addition was
made, north of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway; on the 16th of
April, 1878, the Gulf Railroad Company made their second addition, on
the south; on the 8th of-April, 1880, the same company made a third ad-
dition, between Main street and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway;
on the 10th of May, 1881, they made a fourth addition, east of their own
CHEROKEE COUNTY.

aepot; on the 17th of the same month, Slem Lisle made an addition east
of the Gulf Railway, and between Main street and the St. Louis & San
Francisco Railway, which is named Park Addition, and in January, 1883,
he made another addition, east of Park Addition. The several additions
have increased the town site to the aggregate of about one section of land.

The first considerable fire in Columbus occurred early on the morning
of January 3, 1883. Ten frame buildings on the south side of the public
square were consumed. The total loss was $19,950, upon which there
was an insurance of $5,825.

The following is the proportion of solids in the Columbus mineral
waters, in grains: Chloride of sodium, 31.20; chloride of potassium, 1.94;
sulphate of potassium, 2.01; nitrate of sodium, 6.05; carbonate of iron,
4.11; carbonate of calcium, 20.95; arsenicum, 0.50; silica, 7.00; organic
matter, 0.40; total number of grains, 74.16.

The mean temperature of the water at the bottom of the well is 56°
Fahrenheit. The combinations of the salts of iron with the alkaline car-
bonates causes the precipitation of fernic hydrate, while in contact with
the acids of the stomach, and carbonic acid gas is produced.*

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

The present two-story stone school building was erected in the winter of 1870-71, and
the first public school in Columbus was taught therein in the spring of 1871, by O. W.
McNulty. Since this time, the schools have grown with the growth of the town, and steadily
improved with the general Peon made in the art of teaching. To W. H. Timberlake is
due great credit for the enviable position maintained by the public schools of Columbus
before the Pe le of the county, Under his superintendency, which lasted from 1874 to 1879,
a public school library was established, a monthly school journal was published, and a lecture
course instituted. An impetus was thus given to the cause of education, which was widely
felt, and has been of lasting benefit.

Six teachers are now employed, and there is a school population of 642. Prof. L. M.
Cutler is at the present time in charge of the schools, as Superintendent, and is assisted by
a po eared Hutsel, Annie Snevely, Ida Vincent, Marilla Odell, Nellie Patty and

r. Robbins.

The First Baptist Church was organized, with twelve members, at a meeting held March
20, 1870, over which Elder C. A. Bateman presided. The-first regular pastor was Rev. Mr.
Maver, the second Rev. J. M. Lappin, who remained until March, 1872, Then followed, in suc-
cession, Revs. Messrs. Post, Lewis, Pierce and C. T. Floyd, who served about a year, com-
mencing in April, 1875. The church was then without a regular pastor until July, 1882,
when Kev. F. M. Bowman, of Missouri, was called, and who now preaches twice a month.
The present membership is twenty-two. :

The Columbus Union Sunday School was organized in the Baptist Chapel May 8, 1870.
Dr. A. F, Childs was elected Superintendent, and J. S, Vincent, Secretary. This Sunday
school continued five years. The Baptist Sunday school was organized August 22, 1882, with
thirty-two scholars, L. D, Dana being elected Superintendent.

_ _ The Methodist Church was organized, with fifteen members, May 22,1870. Before this
time, there had been preaching by Rev. J. Kirchner; in 1869, and by Rev. Boyd Lowe, in
March, 1870, the latter of whom was the first regular minister of the church, holding services
once in four weeks. He has been succeeded by the following ministers: Rev. 8. W. Bliss,
who came in October, 1870; F. H. Burrows, February, 1871; Clement Combs, May, 1871; H.
H. Scaggs, May, 1872; A. Thornbrue, 1873; William Sibley, March, 1874, assisted by Mr.
Marey; John Kirby, 1875; David Griffith, March, 1877; L, W. Thrall, 1878; Hugh McBirney,
1879, and A. G. Robb, the present pastor, in 1881.

Religious services were at first held in the court house, and afterward in the opera’
house. The building of the present church was commenced in 1873; it was inclosed in 1874,
and completed in 1875, at a total cost of $4,000. The present membership is 210.

___ -the Sunday school was organized in December, 1871, S. O. McDowell being first Super-
intendent; L. L. Doubleday was elected Superintendent in 1874, and John N. Ritter, the
present Superintendent, in 1877. There is an average attendance of 120 scholars.

The Christian Church was organized in October, 1870, with forty members, by J. A. Mur-
ray, who served the church in the capacity of preacher for two years. He was succeeded by
W. R. Cowley, who was for some years the regular minister. From this time until 1880,
when Rey. Kirk Baxter was called, the church was without regular services, and depended
upon Messrs. Murray and Cowley for occasional sermons. Kirk Baxter remained until De-
cember 1, 1882, when he was succeeded by Elder C.C. Deweese. The present church buildin
was erected in July, 1880, at a cost of $3,000. A Sunday school was immediately afterward
organized, and Mrs. &. A. Mentzer elected Superintendent. At first, there were 80 scholars;
now there are 125, The school meets regularly every Sunday; is well attended, and is a
source of great promise and pride to the church.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1871. The pastors of this church have been

.Rev. Messrs. Hawkins, Warren Mayo, W. Coleman and H. D. Moore, the present pastor,
who was called to the charge in the early part of 1881. The present church building, a
substantial stone structure, was erected in 1878, at a cost of $4,500. The present mem-
bership of the church is sixty-five.

A Sunday school was organized in 1874, and is now in a very flourishing condition,
having 100 scholars enrolled.

SOCIETIES AND NEWSPAPERS.

Prudence Lodge, No. 100, A., F. & A. M., was organized under dispensation December 15,
1870; a charter was granted October 19, 1871, at which time there were thirty-five members.
The prine{pal charter officers were S.S. Smith, W. M.; G. W. Hoyt, S. W.; G. A. Foster, J.
W.; H.C. Pursel, Secretary, and C. D. Nichols, ‘Treasurer. The present membership is sixty.

Columbus Lodge, No. 14, A. O. U. W.—This lodge was organized June 13, 1879, by Deputy
Grand Master C. W. Bugbee. The first officers were A. J. Bahney, M. W.; M. W. Coulter,
G. F.; W. R. Cowley, 0.; C. A.Saunders, Recorder. The original membership was 23; there
have been in all 80 members, and the present membership is 41. The present officers are J.
Doran, M. W.; H. Wright, G. F.; J. P. Archer, O.; A. Guffin, Recorder.

Columbus Lodge, No. 12, K. of P., was instituted April 23, 1880, with eighteen members.
The first officers were T. P. Anderson, P.C.; J. W. Henry, C. C.; J. H. Abbott, V.C.; A. T.
Lea, P.; C. W. Blair, K. of R. and S.; B. B. Alford, M.atA.; I. P. West, M. of E.; C. L. Wood-
ruff, M. of F.; B, L. Henley, I.G.; Al Strope,O0.G. The lodge now has fifty-three members
and is in a flourishing condition. i Wy
John A. Dix Post, No. 59, G. A. R.—This post was organized April 26, 1882, withthivtect
members. The first principal officers were C. D. Nichols, P.C.; A. Hood, 5 R. H. Stott,
J.V.C., and W. H. imberighe, Surgeon, The present membership is forty-five.

Columbus Chapter, No. 23, R.A. M., was organized by J. D. Rush, D. G. H. P., of Fort
Scott. The dispensation was granted June 13, 1873, and the charter is dated October 14 fol-
lowing. The original membership was thirteen, and the prpcpel charter officers were
David Kelso, H. P.; 8.S. Smith, E. K.; Jonathan Hunt, E. §.; H. C. Pursel, Secretary, and
G. W. Hoyt, Treasurer. The present officers are H.C. Purcel, F. P.; H. Radley, E. K.; 8.8,
Smith, E.8.; C.D. Nichols, Secretary and Treasurer. The Chapter has lost four by death; has
a present membership of twenty and isin a flourishing condition.

Columbus Lodge, No. 56, J. O. O. F., was instituted June 7, 1870, with five charter mem-
bers—S. S. Smith, George W. Wood, William Martin, Sylvester Alticand Bruce Miller. At
the first meeting seven members were admitted, and the following officers elected: S. S.
Smith, N. G.; peor W. Wood, V.G., and John N, Ritter, Secretary. The lodge is in a good,
healthy condition, having a membership of seventy-six. 7

The Columbus Local Assembly, No. 2196, Knights of Labor, was organized. September 2,
1882, with J. F. McDowell, M. W.

Tanered Division, No. 3, Uniform Rank, K. of P., was organized January 27, 1883, by Past
Grand Chancellor Joseph i. Lyon, of Leavenworth, with thirty Sir Knights, and officered
as follows: J, H. Abbott, Sir Knight Commander; H. B. Daniels, Sir Knight Lieutenant
Commander; S. 0. McDowell, Sir Knight Herald; W. 1. Tilton, Sir Knight Recorder; T.

 

es * The above is on the authority of Judge Fry, proprietor of the well and of the Lagonda -
ouse.

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M. Meads, Sir Knight Treasurer; D. M. Bliss, Sir Knight Guard, and R. B. Alfora, Sir
Knight Sentinel. :

The Columbus Courier was started September 29, 1874, by J. F. McDowell, as a seven-col-
umn weekly, independent reform paper. &. O. McDowell purchased the office and material
in March, 1876. In February, 1877, the Cherokee County Republican was consolidated with the
Courier, and the new paper published by McDowell & Lea, as the Republican-Courier until
February, 1879. At this time Lea sold his interest to McDowell, who changed the name
back to the Columbus Courier, under which name it is still published by S. O. McDowell.
In polities it is Republican.

_Lea’s Columbus Advocate was established May 5, 1882, by Lea & Crewson. The paper is
published from the office of the Courier, and was the first paper printed by steam power in
the county. On the 1st of August, Crewson sold his interest to J. M. Roach. Mr. Lea bought
out Roach January 1, 1883, and is now sole owner and editor. The Advocate is Prohibition-
Republican in politics.

The Weekly News was started December 14, 1882, as a five-column folio weekly paper, by
J. F. McDowell, and is devoted to Greenbackism, Anti-monopolism, Labor Reform and Tem-
perance.

The Timés was established at Baxter Springs, October 16, 1878, by J. F. McDowell, as a
seven-column folio, and as a Greenback, Anti-monopoly, Labor Reform paper. On the Ist
of August, 1880, the Times was removed to Columbus and consolidated with the Border Star.
On October 1, 1882, the paper was purchased by a joint stock company, Mr. McDowell retir-
ing from the management. It is now owned and controlled by ‘The Times Printing Com-
pany,” with 8. S. Butler as editor.

Workingman’s Journal was established at Columbus, October 29, 1869, by the Neutral
Land Printing Company, with Amos Sanford as editor. In August, 1870, Mr. Sanford pur-
chased the paper and continued its publication until September, 1871 when he sold it back
tothe Printing Company. In January, 1872, C. D. Nichols and J. F. McDowell became the
purchasers. In July Nichols retired, and it was published until October, 1874, by McDowell
& Higgins, when it passed into the hands of Higgins & Co., and was by them published as
the Columbus Journal until February, 1875, when it was discontinued. The Journal was hon-
estly and ably conducted, and was devoted to the interests of the “ Anti-Joy” settlers on
the Neutral Lands. Historically it is valuable, containing as it does complete arguments in
opposition to Mr. Joy’s title to the lands.

The Border Star was re-issued by R. T. Ballard in the fall of 1881, who continued its
publication for some two months, when H. C. Jones and L. E. Allbright became its proprie-
tors. In March, 1882, L. E. Allbright retired, and H.C. Jones became sole proprietor. It is
still run by him, claiming the patronage of the public. It is the official organ of the
county. 4

The Reporter was started in January, 1882. It is devoted to the interests of the city and
county. It is published by Caldwell & Co., edited by C. D. Nichols, and has a circulation of
5,000 copies. It is the only paper in Southeastern Kansas devoted exclusively to immigra-
tion.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

Ritter & Doubleday, Bankers.—This bank was established in 1874, by B. F. Hobart and
C. E. Middaugh, with L. L. Doubleday as Cashier. In May, 1875, Mr. ‘Doubleday purchased
the interest of Mr. Middaugh, and the firm continued as Hobart & Doubleday until August
4, 1880, when Mr. Hobart retired and John W. Ritter succeeded to his place in the firm.
The firm is a private one and the business conducted is limited strictly to that of legitimate

_ banking. This firm has the confidence of, and is of great benefit to the community.

Columbus City Mills—These mills were moved from Carthage, Mo., in 1875, by A. J.
Baney and a Mr. Henley. In 1879, Benjamin Henley bought a third interest; in 1881, Wil-
son Henderson bought Baney’s interest, and in September of that year Benjamin Henley
died, Mr. Henley, Sr., falliug heir to his son’s third interest. Mr. Henley sold a third to
W. H. Benham, and the business was conducted under the name of Benham & Co., until
March, 1882, when Benham sold out to J. A. Walbert. In April following, Henley sold his
interest to Samuel McGinity, and in September Henderson sold to eur Theis. Soon after
this change, Walbert and Theis bought out McGinity and became sole proprietors. The
mill building is three and a half-stories high. Four run of buhrs are used and the machin-
ery is propelled by a fifty-horse power engine. The mill property is worth about $10,000.

Bee Hive Manufactory—This manufactory was established in the spring of 1880, by
Scovell & Anderson. The firm is engaged in the manufacture of bee hives, comb founda-
tions, smokers, and a general line of bee keepers’ supplies. Their works run about nine
months of the year, the machinery being propelled by a twenty-horse power engine. The
firm publishes the Kansas Bee Keeper, a monthly magazine established in February, 1881.
Mr. Scovell has a large apiary at his house, containing frem one hundred to two hundred
colonies. In 1882, from one hundred and twelve colonies he produced eleven thousand
pounds of honey.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

H. P, ADAMS, Councilman, was born“in Ohio, in 1848, where he received a common
school education, and began farming at the age of eighteen; he continued in this occupa-
tion until 1873, at which time he came to Columbus, Kan., and was engaged in stock rais-
ing and farming for seven years; he then moved to the city of Columbus, but still owns his
farm and raises and sells stock ; he was elected Councilman in 1882, and has been Towuship
Clerk of Crawford County, Kan., two years; he is a member of A. 0. U. W., and an appren-
ticed Mason. He was married to Miss Annie Kail, of Ohio, in 1872. They have two chil-
dren—Jackson M. and Julia V. P

THOMAS P. ANDERSON, attorney at law, was born in Prince Edward County, Onta-
rio, April 8, 1844; he was on a farm and at school until the age of sixteen, at which time he
went to Illinois, and taught school for a short time, and then joined the army as a private
and was discharged as Captain in the spring of 1865. Then engaged in cotton planting in
Louisiana, for one year, returning to Illinois in the spring of 1866, where he engaged in the
mercantile business in Elkton and Oakdale, Washington County, two years; he sold out in
1868, and came to Kansas in June, 1869, and after prospecting in the State for about six
months decided to locate in Columbus, Cherokee County, where he bought property and
still remains. He was appointed Deputy County Clerk in November, 1869, and was ap-

ointed Deputy Clerk of the District Court in March of the following year ; he was elected
ustice of-the Peace in April, 1870, and appointed Clerk of the District Court in the follow-
ing June. In July he resigned the position of Deputy County Clerk. In April, 1871, he
was admitted to the bar in the District Court, having previously studied law for several
years, and has continued in the practice of his profession to this time. In 1864, he was ap-
ointed sub-commissioner of Freedman’s Bureau for the northern District of Louisiana,
olding the position until 1865. He has been admitted to Pratce in the Supreme and Fed-
eral Courts of Kansas; he was stockholder and director of the Southside Town and Mining
Company of Short Creek, Cherokee Co., Kan., from 1877 to 1880, and was President during
the year 1879; he was elected to the Kansas Legislature in 1878, and re-elected in 1882; he is
now stockholder and director of the Cornwall Mining & Smelting Company, of Short
Creek, and stockholder and President of the Columbus Coal Company; he was Mayor of
the city of Columbus in 1873, by election, and Police Judge in 1871-72. e owns city prop-
erty and has large interests in farm lands in the county; he was appointed Quartermaster
General of the Kansas militia in July, 1879, and re-appointed in 1881. He is a member of
the A., F. & A. M,, pele Past Master and Past High Priest; he is also a member of the K.
of P.and Past Chancellor of that order; he was married to Miss Mamie Montgomery, of
Montgomery County, Ind., November 27, 1873, and has had two children—Pearl Letha, de-
ceased, and Elsie Evelyn. < :
JAMES P. ARCHER, proprietor of Cottage Hotel, was born in Indiana in 1839; he was
raised on a farm in Missouri; he entered the army in 1861, and was mustered out in 1865;
he came to Kansas in 1868, and farmed until 1872; he was then in the mercantile business
six years, and then on a farm until September, 1881, at which time he came to Columbus and
opened the Cottage Hotel.. He was pane clerk in Lowell; he isa member of A. 0.
U. W., and of the Grand Army of the Republic; he was married to Miss Louise Adams, of
Illinois, in 1872, by whom he had one child—James L. ; losing his wife in 1873, he was mar-
ried to Miss Susan Clinton, of Missouri, in 1874, and has three children—Nellie C., Alga M.
and Loica.

W. H. BAKER, dealer in hay, grain and stock, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., and
was reared to the mining industry, with which he was actively connected till the
war, when he enlisted in Company A, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
in 1861, and after one year’s service he re-enlisted and veteranized in Company I, Eighty-
eighth Pennsylvania Veteran Infantry, and remained in active service till the end of the
war, when he was honorably discharged. After the war he accepted the superintendency
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of coal mines in his-native State, but after about one year he came here and located and
engaged at farming, stock-raising and grain dealing, and hag been very successfully con-
nected with it since; in 1865, he married Miss Naomi K. Williams, a native of Pennsylva-
nia. They have a famadly of four sons—Wilson, John, Harry and Samuel J. Tilden. Mr.
Baker has always worked actively for the development of the public and industrial life of
this locality. He was second in command of the party who fought with argument the re-
duction of the railway land grab here.

J. H. BAXTER, M. D., was born in Rush County, Ind., November 30, 1848 ; he received |

a collegiate education, graduating from Kentucky Medical College at Louisville, in 1875; he
taught school from age of seventeen to twenty-four, and in the meantime was reading
medicine,” In August, 1875, he came to Cherokee County, Kan., and began the practice of
medicine. He was elected Superintendent of Public Schools in 1878, and served until 1880,
during which time had some practice; he had the practice at Cou nty Poor Asylum six years
in suceession. He is a member and elder of the Christian Church, and is a member of Odd
Fellows and Freemasons; he owns dwelling properties in the city, and an improved farm
with choice selections of fruits. He is building tenement houses on city property. He was
married to Miss Eva G. Shepard, of Fort Scott, Kan., on November 30, 1876. Fhey have one
child—Leroy Worth, living, and two, Scott Shepard and Mark Hasting, dead.

OL. B, D. BEALL, is a native of Campbell County, Ky.,and received his rudimentary
education in the public schools of his native place and his literary education in Parker's
Academy, Ohio. In 1843, and at the age of sixteen, he entered upon the duties of District
Clerkship in his native county, as deputy, and b appointment till 1851, when he was elected
to the incumbency of Clerk and remained in it for each consecutive term till 1874. He then
filled the position as Deputy till the summer of 1880, when he retired from it and subse-
quently located here and eventually joined the present partnership, which he ably repre-
sents.

WILLIAM M. BENHAM, proprietor of City Livery and Feed Stables, is a native of
Kosciusko County, Ind. In 1864, and at the age of nineteen, he located in Montana Terri-
tory, where he was actively en, eae in mining till 1868. In 1869, he located here and has
been principally connected with his present business, with a very reputable success, Since
Mr, Benham began this business here with a very small capital, and has by dint of stead
and persistent industry secured for himself a first-class business in his time, and a hand-
some competence for himself and family. In 1874, he married Miss Hattie L. Potter, a na-
tive of McHenry County, Ill. They have one little boy—Mortie.

ESLEY BEST & SONS, proprietors of the Excelsior Rolling Mills, established July,
1882. These mills form one of the grand manufacturing interest’ of Columbus, They are
conductéd upon the new roller process, are run b steani-power, witha sapecity of manufac-
turing 125 barrels of flour perday. The present dimensions are 30x58, with three stories and
basement, but the enterprising managers, B.C. and W. E. Best (sons) propose enlarging con-
siderably, not only upon the manufacturing capacities, but also enlarging extensively upon
its present dimensions. They manufacture exclusively to the merchant trade, and are now
turning out two excellent brands, the Patent and the Diamond. They are both practical
mill men, having been reared to the business in Alton, Ill., where the father still conducts
an extensive business.

TOM BRUNSON, proprietor Commercial Hotel. This hotel is the leading one in the
city. It contains office, dining-rooms and sample-rooms on first floor ; parlor, sitting-rooms
and twenty-four elegantly furnished se si Folcng on second floor. It has a southern
frontage, of which nine of the sleeping-rooms have the benefit. The genial and enterprising
landlord, whose extensive experience in the business gives a prestige over all others here
makes it an important aim to attend to the needs of the traveling public with dispatch, and
the tourist finds his hotel a pleasant home. Buses and baggage transfers always in attend-
ance upon the trains in connection with the hotel, and the table is amply supplied with the
best the market affords. Mr. Brunson is a native of New York State, and-en aged at the
mercantile business in Michigan at the age of fifteen, and followed it Successfully for many
years in that State, and afterward in Wisconsin. In 1870, he located in Kansas, and, after
conducting merchandising for a few years, he engaged at the present industry, which he
ably represents.

. C. BYRD, real estate and stock dealer, was born in Missouri in 1842. He received a

~ high school education and enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, in which he served until
June, 1865. He then returned home, and the following winter went to Canton, Ill., and
attended school one season, then returned to Missouri, and was engaged in rajsing stock and
eee five years, coming to Cherokee County, Kan., in 1871.. He opened a farm and
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in that section, having the largest variety of fruit of all kinds, In 1875, 3,000 bushels of
corn were raised on fifty acres. Mr. Byrd came to Columbus in 1876, and engaged in trading
and farming for two years, and was Deputy Sheriff 1878-79, and Justice of the Peace of the
township, and Police Judge of the city of Columbus in 1880 and 1881. Since that time, he
has been in the real estate and loan business, and has also been interested in the Dandy
Silver Company of Colorado, city Pp epey and stock. He is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and has assisted in organizing Sunday schools. He has always been a
good worker 1n the interest of his church and the schools, always being first and foremost
to assist the poor and attend to the sick, and to look after those who cannot look after them-
selves. He was married to Miss Ella A. Green, of Missouri, in 1866. They have two chil-
dren—Robert Edward and Charles Green.

J.T. CALDWELL, real estate, loan and abstract business, was born in Missouri August
15, 1850; was raised on a farm, and went to Texas in 1868 ; was in cattle business four years.
He then bought a farm in Kansas, and was engaged in stock and farm business in Cherokee
County until 1877, when he went to Keokuk, lowa, and took a commercial course, gradu-
ated, and returned to Kansas and took charge of the Register’s office January 8, 1878, and
remained there two years. He then went to Colorado and New Mexico, and remained one

ear in the miues, and then returned to Columbus, and opened his present business in 1881.
Mr. Caldwell owns mines in Galena; owns one-fifth interest in forty acres mining lands
adjoining Galena; one-fourth interest in eighty acres joining O'Neal diggings; one-fourth
interest in eighty acres west of Galena. Is interested in mines in Newton County, Mo.;
owns one-half interest in two mines in Colorado; owns two 160-acre farms, four lots and
one residence in Columbus, and one-half interest in two other farms, besides various other
properties in connection with the company. The company run a paper in connection with
their business, devoted entirely to their own business in Cherokee County, it being the only

sper of the kind in the county. Mr. Caldwell was married to Miss Jessie Wilson, of
fi inois, in 1882. .

JOSEPH R. CARTER, farmer, "Section 24, P.O, Columbus, was born in Illinois April
24, 1843. Received liberal school education, living on a farm until 1862, when he enlisted in
the army, and served until July 28, 1865. He was then trading two years; then ran o farm
in Illinois two years, and then came to Johnson County,.Kan., and remained one year. He
was then in the Indian Nation eighteen months on a farm, and then located on his present
farm of 112 agres, which he bought and improve}, and on which he raises stock an grain,
with fine fruits and berries of all kinds; 250 apple trees, 125 peach trees, 100 cherry trees
and all small fruits and berries. He isa member of Grand Army of Republic, being elected
Junior Vice Commander in 1882, for one year. He was married to Miss Sarah A. hirk, of
Ohio, August 10, 1862. They have two children—Edwin E. and Renice.

FREDERICK A. CHILDS, dealer in fruits and berries, was born in Massachusetts in
1829, At the age of twenty-one, he engaged in tannery business in Wisconsin, which he
followed two years, and surveying and engineering six years in the same State. Was then
surveying in Minnesota four years, and subsequently in Chicago in commission business
until 1854, After being in fruit business in South Illinois fifteen years, he came to Oswego,
Kan., in 1874, and remained one year, coming from there to Columbus, Kan., where he was
in furniture business five years, since when he has been in fruit business. He has thirty
acres in strawberries, he being probably the largest. shipper in the State, shi ping from 100
to 200 bushels daily during the height of the season, and paying daily for he p from $75 to
$125. Has 2,200 peach trees and 500 cherry trees. He was married to Miss Jennie E. Bur-
ner, of Lola Township, Kan., in 1882.

WILLIAM A, CLEVENGER, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Columbus, was born in Missouri
in 1835 and was raised on afarm. At age of eighteen he began for himself in Missouri, farm-
ing three years, and working in a mill for four more. He came to Kansas in 1860, and after
remaining in Dickinson County eightéen months, went to Morris County, where hestaid three
years. He went to Cherokee County in 1866. He bought eighty acres of land in Morris
County, and two farms in Cherokee County, one of which he sold. He is now farming the
other, He has sixty acres and raises stock and grain. He was married to Miss Amanda
Montooth, of Tennessee, in 1852, He has had ten children—William S., William, George,
faner, John, Evie, Mary, Martha, Dicy and Margaret, all but the last two of whom are still
iving.

t, and raised stock for five years, until 1876, it being then the best improved farm -

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

JOHN M. CLINE, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Columbus, was born in Ohio, in 1824. He
was raised ona farm and received a common school education, and began for himself as a
farmer at the age oftwenty-four, in the State of Illinois, and there he remained until the
year of 1882. ie then came to the State of Kansas, and located on his present farm of 160
acres, and now grows stock and grain and has a full assortment of fruits and berries,
Twelve years he was School Director in Illinois. Nine years he was instrumental in organ-
izing Sunday schools. He was married to Miss Clarissa V. Sinnard, of Ohio, in 1848, ‘hey
have six children—Mary C., John W., Albert L., George, Alice and Agnes, -

CHARLES H. COAN, attorney at law, real estate, loan and insurance agent, was born
in Connecticut in 1844. He enlisted in the army 1862, and served until 1865, when he was
mustered out, and for twelve succeeding years was engaged in farming. He came to Cher-
okee County, Kan., in 1874, and carried on a farm two years and then commenced the study
of law in the office of W. R. Cowley. He was admitted to the bar in 1880, and has since
that time practiced in this county and city. He is member ofthe orders of I. 0.0. F.and
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WILLIAM R. COWLEY, was born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England, April 23, 1843.
He came with his parents to the United States in 1851, Located at Hudson, Ohio, and lived
there and at Akron until September, 1860, when be removed to Marion, Iowa. In the spring
of 1862, while on a visit to Bhio, he enlisted in the Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry, a three
months’ regiment. After his discharge from the regiment, he returned to Iowa and there
again enlisted in the Fifteenth Iowa Infantry. He served in this regiment until August 6,
1865, when he was mustered out of the United States service with the rest of the regiment,
In September, 1865, he entered the Christian College at Oskaloosa, Iowa, as a student, and
remained there until October, 1868, when he was compelled to leave by reason of poor
health. After leaving college, he commenced preaching for the Christian Church, and from
that time until 1871, when he was admitted to the barat Montezuma, Iowa. He was County
Surveyor of Poweshiek County, Iowa, during 1870 and 1871: In January, 1878, he removed
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time he has been engaged in the practice of law. He was elected County Attorney of Cher-
okee County, Kan., in 1878, and was re-elected in 1880. He is owner of both city and farm
property. Is interested in Pierce ch & Columbus Mining Company. He is a member of
the Christian Church, also of the A. O. U. W., 1. 0,0. F.and G. A. R. Mr. Cowley is the
owner of one of the largest and best selected libraries in Kansas. It contains over 700 vol-
umes of text books and reports. He has at his residence about 400 volumes carefully selected
from standard authors, pupaine literary, scientific and religious works, He was married
at Oskaloosa, Iowa, November 1 , 1867, to Miss Florence J. Smith, who had been a class-
mate of his at the college previous to the day of their marriage. They have three children
Hig Mien F., Minnie and Lawrence Leon. ®
ea OULTER, BEALL & SHEARMAN, attorneys at law. This firm was established in
ae and do a business in the pinerice of law making as a specialty litigation in real estate
y tles. In their loan agency t ey do an extensive business averaging about $250 perannun,
n their real estate transactions, they do about $90,000 worth per annum. They also do a
considerable in the way of investment of funds for eastern parties in township securities,
etc., and they carry on an insurance business of considerable proportions. Jay F. Shear-
mae of the firm, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., but was reared in Sparta, Monroe Co.,
is., whither his people had removed when he was ae young. He there received a thor-
i the place. At the age of seventeen, he
entered upon a literar: course of instruction in Shurtli College, Tints, 1871, and after
our sere study in that institution, he took up the study of his profession and was ad-
Mee pe nee st a peal ” fia re then established himself in the practice of his
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a successfully connected 8 eee n real estate and loan business, with which he has been
: - COULTER, Postmaster, was born in Illinois December 2 1848, He
attended school until the age of sixteen, at which time he joined Company E, Thisticth Thii-
: are ie a hee and remained in the service until he was discharged, August, 1865, He then
: ue : ome to Illinois and went to school till August, 1868, when he came to Baxter
re an remained until 1877, during that time editing and publishing a newspaper four
x p a serving as Postmaster the remainder. In March, 1877, he came to Columbus,
an., where he held the position of District Clerk for two years. He was re-elected in 1878,
CHEROKEE COUNTY

his time expiring January,1881. He then took up the practice of law, which he had studied
several years previous, and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He was Postmaster at Baxter
Springs about seven years, was Clerk of district four years, and was appointed Postmaster at
Columbus February, 1882, He was married to Miss Lizzie Beall, of Kentucky, in 1875. Mrs.
Coulter died September 10, 1882. Mr. Coulter is a member of the A. F. & A.M.and A. 0. U. W.

L. G. DANA, farmer, Section 25, P. O.Columbus, was born in Ohio, in 1858. Hewas raised
in a city, received a business education and went to Tennessee in 1876 and remained there nine
months. He then located to Iowa and engaged in dairy and farm business, remaining four

-years; was then in Colorado one year, mining and prospecting. He came to Kansas in 1881,
and bought his present home of eighty acres. He was married to Miss Laura A. Wellman,
of Iowa, in March, 1882. Mr. Dana is District Clerk.

H. B. DANIELS, agent of the Kansas City, Ft.Scott & Gulf R. R., is a native of Connect-
icut, but. removed to Fort Atkinson, Iowa, at the age of twelve years with his people, where

he was reared and educated. At the age of fifteen years he engaged in railroading, in con-
nection with the Iowa Division of the C. M. & St. P. Ry, as agent, with which he was con-
nected for a few years. He then engaged with the Bur inatOn, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Ry, and_ after an engagement of nearly two years, he retired from the railway industry and
located in Colorado, but subsequently accepted an agency for the above railroad in 1873, and
has been very reputably connected with it since. In ‘1876 he married Miss Maud Colton,
daughter of Col. G. A. Colton, of Paola, Kan. They have one little girl, Norma. Mr. Daniels
has always taken an active interest in the social development of this place since coming
here. He-is an active member of K. of P. Society and Endowment Fund, and is present
Keeper of Records and Seals. He is also a member of the A., F. & A. M. society here.

D. M. DAUGHERTY, manufacturer of wagons, carriages and buggies, and general
repair shop. Mr. Daugherty was born in Athens County, Ohio, 1840, and removed with his

people to Polk County, Mo.,in 1844, where he learned his present business and was identified
with it in Newton County, Mo., till 1880, when he located here and carried on general repair
business till the present year, when he established the business he so ably represents. In
1865, he married Miss Mary Culver, a native of Missouri. They have one son and three
daughters—William Edgar, Mary F., Hattie and Maud.

B. F. DILWORTH, general blacksmithing, was born in Stark County, Ohio, but learned
his trade in Sheboygan Falls, Wis., carried it on there till 1859, when he located in Marshall
County, Ind., and carried on his business till the war, when he enlisted in Company I,
Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and remained in active service for three years,
when he was honorably discharged. He then returned to Indiana and in 1868 came here
and located, and has been actively connected with his business here since. In 1865, he
married Miss A. D. Jones, a native of Indiana. They havea family of two sons and one
daughter—Clarence, Leslie J., and Carrie A.

ABIEL SAMUEL DENNISON, Sheriff of Cherokee County, Kan., was born November
24, 1828, in the town of Floyd, Oneida County, N. Y. Received'a common-school education
and at the age of seventeen became a teacher in his native State; taught four years, rea
medicine two years, attending lectures one term at the Albany Medical. College; then going
to New Orleans in 1851, where he taught mathematics in the Franklin High School one
year, and then engaged in the drug business two years. In 1854, his health failing, he con-
cluded to adopt an outdoor business, and engaged in contracting on the construction of rail-
roads and followed that occupation for eight years, working on railroads in Missouri, IIli-
nois, Alabama and Mississippi. The war of the rebellion found him engaged on the Mobile
& ‘Ohio Railroad, in the State of Mississippi, and being a strong Union man, he was com-
pelled to leave that State, and then came as a refugee to Washington County, Ill., settled on
the raw prairie and opened and improved a farm. In November, 1865, he came to Kansas,
stopped at Lawrence, and worked at carpentering in Lawrence and Topeka. In January,
1867, he came to Baxter Springs, and soon thereafter engaged in the drug business, and also
entered a farm on Government land and improved it. January, 1874, was appointed Under
Sheriff of Cherokee County for two years, and re-appointed January, 1876, for two years
more. In April, 1878, was admitted to the bar and practiced law two years. Was elected
Sheriff of Cherokee’County, November 6, 1879, taking the office the second Monday in Jan-
uary, 1880, Was re-elected November 8, 1881, and commenced his second term on the second
Monday in January, 1882, and holds the office at this time. He was successful in business
up to the commencement of the rebellion, and had accumulated a handsome competence,
but thechanges that the war brought caused him to lose nearly all his property, and when he
came to Kansas in 1865, his purpose was to “go West, grow.up with the country ” and make
anew start. He has been only moderately successful in business in Kansas. He has some
lead interests in Galena, Kan., a stock farm, also a grain and fruit farm, and a residence on
a ten-acre lot in the city of Columbus, the county seat, where he now resides. He is a mem-
ber of the ore ational Church, He was married to Miss Philena J Chubb, in Washing-
ton County, Iil., November 9, 1864, and has three children living—Nina, Samuel Eddy and
Rhoda; and four—Clarence, Ralph, Earnest and Eva, deceased. _ .

EUGENE P. DRESSER, general merchant, was born in Litchfield, Hillsdale County,
Mich., June 16, 1851; received a liberal education and began clerking at the age of eighteen
in Hillsdale, continuing in that employment six years. He then commenced in business
for himself, in which he remained for eighteen months, at the end of which time he sold
out and went to North Adams, Mich., where he carried on the same business eight months.
He then came to Galena, Cherokee County, Kan., where he remained five years engaged in
the general merchandise business, moving from that place to Columbus, Kan., arch 4,
1882,-where he now resides and carries on a general merchandise business, Mr. Dresser
owns good real ‘estate property in Galena, Kan., and was-a member of the City Council of
that city in 1879. He started in life without means and began @lerking for $8 per month,
but by his fine business qualifications and social and genial nature stands to-day as one of
the foremost business men of the country. While in Galena, in five years he increased his
small capital of $2,000 to the sum of $18,000, and is equally as successful in Columbus. His
business now amounts to about $35,000 a year, carrying a stock of $23,000, and discounts all
bills for cash: Mr. Dresser was married to Miss Wella M. Howard Allen, of Michigan, in
1872. Mrs. Dresser died in 1875. He was married to Miss Bell S. Firsman, of Lafayette,
Ind., in 1880, and has one child—Lillie Eugene.

0. B. FERRIS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Pennsylvania
March 6, 1839. He wasraised ona farm, and began farming for himself at the age of eighteen
He remained in that business in his native State four years, and was then in Ohio ona
farm four years, then in New York in the same occupation four years, and came to Kansas
in 18€9. He located in Cherokee County, took up_land, which he improved, and built a
house in November, 1869, living in a cabin before. He set out 100 fruit trees in 1870, which
are now fine bearing trees. e has broken 160 acres of prairie, and in the meantime has
bought a marsh harvester, two sulkies, a strong plow, a mowing machine, sulky corn
planter and grain drill. Raises Wainby wheat; has some corn, and has also raised cattle
and hogs, having 50 to 100 head of each. He has on his home farm all kinds of small fruits
for family use. He was married to Miss Louisa L. Jewett, of Ohio, September 7, 1859, and
has one child—Lena. Mr. Ferris started out in life without means, and by industry,
energy and economy has gathered around him the comforts of life. He resides on Section
11, two miles northwest of Columbus. ~

JOSEPH M. FILLER, agent of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway, was born and
reared in Lawrence County, Mo., and engaged at the railway industry at the age of twenty-
one years as agent of the above-named railway at Sarcoxie, Mo. After a reputable connec-
tion with it there for two years, he accepted the present position, which he has very reputa-
bly held since. In 1878, he married Miss Emily Odell, a native of South Carolina. Mr. and
Mrs, Filler are active members of the Methodist Church here, Mr. Filler having been con-
or with it for the last fifteen years. He is also an active worker in connection with the

ORLANDO J. FRELIGH, Deputy Sheriff. He was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y.,
in 1851. He came to Kansas in 1869, and at the age of twenty began work in a saw mill.
After leaving the mill he carried on a farm four years, and was appointed Deputy Sheriff in
1879, and also Deputy U.S. Marshall. He belongs to the order of I. 0.0, F.. He was mar-
ried to Katie E. Clark, of Columbus, in 1873. They have two children—Maudie and Bessie.
and one by adoption—Rossie E. °
JOHN 8. GILLESPIE, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Columbus, was born in Pennsylvania
February 26, 1827. He was raised in the iron business, which he continued for twenty
years, and was then a gardener in West Virginia for three years. He came to Kansas in
1877, and located his present home. His farm contains 320 acres, which he bought and im-
proved, and which he is now running as a stock and grain farm, having it enclosed with a
goed wire and hedge fence. He isa member of the Catholic Church. He was married to
iss Alice Murphy, of Ireland, in 1856. They have two children living—Mary J. and
James F., and have lost six—Francis P., Francis §., Catharine A., Rose A., John C., Rose A.
I MARTIN GLASER, harness and saddle-maker, was born in Austria April 21, 1843.
He received_a business education. He was brought up on a farm. He came to the United

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States in 1853, and lived in St. Louis a short time. He then lived on a farm in Illinois one
year, and then returned to St. Louis, where he worked at his trade four years, He next
went South for a few years, and then located in Tipton, Mo., where he remained fourteen
years. ‘After a short stop at Kansas City and Rich Hill, he came to Columbus in October,
1882, and started in business. He was Councilman three years in Tipton, Mo. Is an Oad
Fellow, and owns real estate in Rich Hill, Kan., and land in Morgan County, Mo.

j ILLIAM PEPPER, grain merchant, was born in Michigan November 26, 1843. He
received a liberal education and began teaching school at the age of nineteen, teaching
twelve years in Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, Indiana and Indian Territory. He then
engaged in mercantile business in Columbus, Kan., which he continued nine months, and
then began his present business, having in the meantime been in the mining business in
Galena and Webb City, Mo. He was elected Councilman of Columbus in 1882. Owns a
nice residence in Columbus. He was married to Miss Sarah J. Bennett, of New York State,
in 1868, and has one child—W. W. Pepper.

H. P. GRANT, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Columbus, was born in the State of New York
January 15,1818. Began se Agee the age of sixteen, remaining until 1843 in New York.
He then came to Illinois and worked at his trade until 1853, when he went to California
and was in the mines and engaged in trading for thirteen years, then went to the Andes
Mountains, South America, and returned to St. Louis, then to Fort Buford and built a post
for the government, then back to St. Louis, where he was engaged four years on the Iron
Mountain Railroad as carpenter. He went next to Bismark, and remained one year in the
mercantile business, coming to Columbus, Kan., in 1875. He there opened acarpenter shop,
and bought 240 acres of land, which he improved, and is now running as a grain and stoc
farm. Has 140 acres in a wheat farm within one-half mile of Columbus, and owns a resi-
dence and shop in Columbus,

JOHN F. GRIFFITH, stock and produce dealer, was born in Ohio August 3, 1839. He
was raised on afarm. He taught school until twenty-two years of age, when he went to
California, remaining there six months, then went with pack train to Boise Bason, Idaho,
and remained as miner until the fall of 1865, and then returned to Ohio by way of New
York. He next engaged in the mercantile business eighteen months, and then went.to
While there he tried the milling business for twelve months, and then the stock
and produce business until 1873. He then went to St. Louis, where he remained unil 1878.
He then went to Columbus and handled hay and broom corn and hogs a short time. He
has since been operating in grain and stock. ?

T. M. GRISHAM, grocer, was born in Tennessee, February 8, 1850. He received a lib-
eral education, attending Lebanon College and Cumberland University, from which he
graduated in 1869. He was then in his father’s store for two years, and came to Kansas in
1871, and located at Pawnee Station, where he was employed by a coal company for three
years, and then engaged in the coal business with Mr. Sharp about two years. He then
went to Godfrey Station, and then to Scammonville, being there two years in the same
business. He came to Columbus in 1882, and commenced his present business. He was
Postmaster at Scammonville two years and is now a member of the Board of Education at
Columbus, He was married to Miss M. E. Hoffman, of Connecticut, in 1873. They have two
children living—Maude and James Elmer. Minnie M. is deceased.

M. HAMMETT, proprietor livery and feed stables, is a native of Massachusetts, and
was reared to the farming industry. In 1864, and at the age of twenty-one, he engaged in
the whaling trade, with which he was actively connected for about two years, during which
time he sailed the Atlantic, South Pacific, Indian and Southern Seas, visiting all the impor-
tant points in the southern hemisphere, chief among which were Australia, St. Helena, the
Celebes, the Azores, Cape de Verde, Mauritius, ete. He then retired from that business, and
returned to his native State, and in 1869 located here, and engaged actively in the farming
and stock-raising business, which he carried on successfully for several years, retiring from
it to take up the present business, which he very ably represents. In 1862, he married
Miss Adelia Tilton, of his native State. They have a family of two daughters—Mary E. and
Sarah E.

MAJOR GEORGE 8S. HAMPTON, Deputy County Attorney, was born in Ohio Decem-
ber 2, 1838. In 1840, he went to lowa with his parents, and was educated at Iowa City, being
one of the first graduates of the State University of joe pradualing at the age of twenty.
He then commenced the study-ef-law, and was admitted to the bar of Iowa City, and to
practice in all courts of the State. He located in Marshalltown, Iowa, and began the
practice of his profession, which he continued until the breaking out of the war, when he
enlisted in the Thirteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, as private, under Colonel M. M.
Crocker, He served with his command at Fort Donelson and Pittsburg Landing, and was
then promoted to Aid-de-Camp on the Staff of Brig. Gen. McKean. In the fall of 1862, he
was promoted to Assistant Adjutant General, with rank of Captain, and served to the close
of the war in various commands. He located at the close of the war in Lawrence, Douglas
Co., Kan., and practiced law in that place until 1877, when he moved to Cherokee County,
and was «ne of the leading pioneers of Short Creek, and took an active part in the develop-
ment of the country. He came to Columbus in 1881 and is associated with Willam R. Cow-
ley in practice of law. 2 4 aed

DGE W. HARLAND, of the firm of Harland, Theis & Foster, clothiers, Columbus, was
born in Illinois in 1857. He received a practical education, and began clerking in a general
merchandise store at the age of fourteen, having come to Kansas in 1865. He remained in
the position of clerk, in Kansas City, from 1871 to 1881, and in the latter year came to Colum-
bus and began business for himself. He has mining interests in Webb City, Mo., and
Galena, Kan., and is also interested in farm lands in Labette County, and city property in
Columbus. Belongs to ordar of A. O. U. W. and K. of P.

T. C. HARTLEY, stock and land dealer, was born in Ohio in 1842, In 1851, he went to
Indiana, and remained five years, then to Iowa, and remained twenty years. At the age of
fifteen, he began trading for himself and father, and traded in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, lowa and Arkansas until 1879, at which
time he came to Kansas, and settled four miles southeast of Columbus, on a farm of 160
acres, which he bought and improved. After remaining one year he came to Columbus,
and has since been speculating and feeding and wintering stock, and is now wintering a
herd of cattle west of Columbus. He owns one farm, and one-half interest in four other
farms, also a residence and four lots in Columbus, He was married to Miss Ella Wilson, of
Kansas, in 1876; took bridal trip to St. Louis, Chicago, New York, sae Falls, Boston,
Philadelphia, remaining six -weeks at Centennial, thence to Dover, N. H., Great Falls, in
Maine, Washington, D. C., Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City and
Columbus. They have three children—Myrtle, Mabel and Carl.

DAVID P. HASELTINE, hardware merchant, was born in Ohio November 20, 1846.
At the age of thirteen, he began clerking in Lawrence, Kan., having come to the State in
1857. He joined the army at the age of sixteen, and served three years. In 1867, he learned
the tinner’s trade, at which he worked for nine years, and then perpen business for himself,
in Columbus in 1876, having bought out Ritter & Anderson. He has an interest in min-
eral lands in Colorado, and in coal lands in Cherokee County, Kan. He was elected Town-
ship Treasurer in 1878, and re-elected in 1879, and was elected Clerk of School Board three
years (1878-79 and 1880). He is a charter member of I. 0,0. F. Mr. Haseltine operates one
of the largest hardware establishments in Columbus, his store being 32x120 feet. He was
married to Miss Jennie Fisher, of Kansas, in 1870. They have three children—Cora L.,
Gyda E., Cady Stanton. ;

ARCHIE HOOD, dealer in farm machinery, wagons, spring work, and full and com-
plete line of seeds. Mr. Hood is a native of Washington County, Ill., and received his rudi-
mentary education in the public schools of his native State, and his literary education at
Fayetteville Academy, Penn., where he was engaged in study till the breaking-out of the
war. He then returned to his native State, and offered his services in defense of the
country. The State quota being full, he enlisted in Company F, Tenth Missouri Volunteer
Infantry, and remained in active service till September, 1864, when he was honorably
discharged. After the war he located in Nebraska, but subsequently returned to his native
State, and engaged at mercantile business, which he actively prosecuted there till 1868,
when he closed out his business, and in 1870 located here, and carried on broking business
actively till 1873, when he engaged at the present business, which he has successfully
operated since. In 1873, he married Miss Mary Wilson, a native of Chester County, Penn.,
‘The have a family of three sons and one daughter—Edgar, Gracie, Wilson and George.
Mr. Hood is an active member of John A. Dix Post, No. 54, Grand Army of the Republic,
and has been an active worker in the development of the industrial life of Columbus.

CHRISTOPHER HOOVER, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Columbus, was born in Ohio May
6, 1830. He received a liberal education and began farming for himself in Hlinois, at the
age of twenty-two, remaining in that State until 1859, at which time he went to California,
and was in the mines for three years. He then returned to Bureau County, IIl., and farm
until 1875, when he came to Kansas and located on his present farm of 240 acres, buying

- railroad land, which he improved and on which he is now raising stock andgrain. Has also
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a fine line of all kinds of fruits and berries. Mr. Hoover then bought 320 acres, east one-half
of Section 5, Township 34, which he uses for pasture, and which is nicely fenced with hedge.
Mr. Hoover is a member of the A. F.&A. M. and A. 0. U. W. He was married to Miss
Sarah C. Scammon, of Maine, in 1858. They have five children—Frank E,, Henry H., Willie
C., James A., and Loulie. Mr, Hoover is the ninth child and seventh son of Gen. Christo-
pher Hoover, of Belmont County, Ohio. Gen. Christopher Hoover was born in Lancaster
County, Penn., and his wife was born in Brooke County, Va.

__, J: 0. HOUX, dentist, was born in Booneville, Mo., November 16, 1843. He received a
high school education, and in 1865, went to Colorado, where he was engaged in mining one
year. He then returned to Booneville and took up the study of dentistry which he con-
tinued two years and then commenced practice at Clinton, where he remained until 1872.
He then came to Winfield, Kan., and remained in that place six years in the practice of his
eee removing thence to Short Creek. After being in the mining interest one year,

e moved to Columbus in 1878, and is now ee in the practice of dentistry in that city.
de is a member of Columbus dity Council and of I. 0. O. in He was married to: Miss Clara
Weir, of Columbus, in 1874. They have two children—Mabel C., and Freddie A.

HENRY B. Hort, representing C. B. Shaw _& Company, lumber dealers. Mr. Hoyt
was born in Jefferson County, Ind., and was reared to his present business in the manufact-
uring department, In 1876, he located at Independence, Kan., in connection with this
firm, and has been very reputably connected with it in the State since. In 1878, he mar-
ried Miss Lucy Williams, of his native county. They have one little boy—Ralph W. Mr.
and Mrs, Hoyt are active workers in and members of the Baptist Church here. He is also
active as a member of the A., F. & A. M., K. of P. and A. 0. U. W. societies here.

WILLIAM A. JORDON, M. D., was born in North Carolina, November 6, 1850. He
was raised ona farm, At the age of seventeen he went to Salt Lake, and was in drug busi-
ness thereone year. He spent the next year in St. Louis, and then returning to North Car-
olina, he began the study of medicine. Three years later he graduated from the College of
Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Md. He lived in Havre de Grace on year, and then
went to Carter County, Ky., where he practiced eleven months. Irom there he went to
Cincinnati, next to Campbell County, Ky., where he remained one year, and in 1880 went to
Columbus, Kan. He is surgeon of south division of Gulf Railroad; is a Freemason and K, P.
He was married to Miss Fannie J. Beall, of Kentucky, in 1880, and has one child—Hunter
Garnett. He was connected with Board of Health, of Cincinnati, and is a member of Board
of Health of Columbus.

WILLIAM C,. LANE, baker and confectioner, was born in Missouri, April 16, 1836.
He was raised on a farm, and beginning operations for himself at eighteen, he lived ten years
in Illinois. He was then connected with a saw mill two years, with a grocery oue year; then
engaged in stock business in Texas two years; next in butcher business in Kansas, then in
harness business short time and finally, in 1881, started a bakery. He owns residence and
business pope in this city. He isan Odd Fellow and A. 0. U. W. He was married to
Mrs. Mary Whaler, of Illinois, in 1872, and has one child—Pearl. He also has a stepson,
Charley Whaler, and is educating a girl, Emma Savage.

SLEMMONS LISLE, land broker, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, on the 8th day of
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farmer in his native State. In 1848, he engaged in the grocery business at Berlin, Holmes
Co., Ohio, which he continued until the California gold excitement, when he sold out, and
in 1850, went to the new Eldorado, and followed the fortunes of oe mining two years. On
his return he bought a farm of eighty acres in Allen County, Ohio, on which he remained
until 1856, when he removed to Lima and engaged in the mercantile business, where he re-
mained until 1868, when he disposed of his interests and again determined to try the new
West, in search of a permanent home; making Kansas City his headquarters he spent one

ear in seeking a location. Inthe spring of 1869, he returned to Ohio, and having settled
his business affairs, removed to Baxter Springs, Kan.; here by the aid of a faithful pony he
visited nearly every section of the surrounding township determined to get a location suit-
able for the successful raising of stock, where prairie, timber and water were combined.
This he found in Shawnee Township, and purchased a large tract, which he immediately
arranged into a stock farm. In 1874, he was elected to the office of Couaty Treasurer, and
which, by his management and conduct of the office was called a second time to fill as long
a term as allowed by law. Since the expiration of his term of office, he has been princi-

ally engaged in the buying and selling of real estate, and giving attention to his stock
farms. at present he is engaged in ae lands and other property into bonds and
other securities which can be easily handled. e is a prominent member of the 1.0.0. ¥F.,
and had the honor of instituting oage 56 at Columbus ; he is also a very prominent mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity, haviag been advanced in that order to a Sir Knight Templar.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

He has mining and ore milling interests in Kansas and Colorado; is a heavy stockholder in
the following companies: “ Masgie Taylor,” “Galena,” ‘Pierce City Mining & Smelting
Company,” “Columbus Lead & Zinc Company,” and “Columbus Mining & Manufactur-
ing Company.” He was married at the age of twenty years, to Miss LamettaSteat, of Wayne
County, Ohio, in 1844, and commenced life at the foot of Fortune’s ladder. By that indus-
try and zeal which has characterized his whole life, he is now one of the wealthiest men in
Cherokee County. In 1867, his wife died. On the 16th day of February, 1869, he was mar-
ried to Miss Anna Jenkins, of Lima, Ohio.

RICHARD H. LAWTON, real estate, loan and insurance agent, was born in Marietta,
Ohio, February 24, 1849. He received a scientific education, graduating from Wabash Uni-
versity, Illinois, in 1865, and the following year came to Crawford County, Kan. He was
employed on a government survey for one year, and was then engaged in stock-raising for
ashort time. In 1868, he went to Texas, from whence he made an overland trip to Mexico,
and returned to Girard, Kan., in 1870, when he assisted in laying out and orvanising town,
He then engaged in trading in the Indian Nation one year, when he came back to Girard,
and went to Southwestern Missouri, where he took a contract on the St. Louis & San Fran-
cisco Railroad, and built six and a half miles of the Missouri & Western Railroad, west from
Columbus. In 1874, he was appointed emigrant agent of the Santa Fé Railroad, at Kansas
City, Mo., leaving that position in the fall of the same year. He then collected a lot of speci-
mens of native grain, fruits, etc., and carried them to St. Louis and other points East, for
exhibition, and was awarded a $100 gold medal at each place. He was then appointed by
the railroad to examine and appraise the land of Cherokee and Crawford Counties in 1874-
75, and was afterward in the service of the land department of the Fort Scott Railroad for
four years at Girard. In 1878, he was stationed at Columbus for the purpose of disposing of
the railroad land, and in the same year added to his business, real estate, loan and insur-
ance. In 1882, he assisted in organizing the Southeastern Kansas Real Estate and Loan
Company of which he was made Manager. He was married to Miss Nellie Taylor, of Ohio,
in 1879. They have two children—Arthur and Dessie. ‘

ARCHIBALD T. LEA, druggist, drugs, and editor and proprietor of Lea’s Columbus
Advocate, was born in Nashville, Tenn., February 14, 1840. In 1847, he went to Illinois,
where he was raised and educated. In 1861, entered and enlisted in the United States
Army, and served two years, when ‘he was discharged for disability, and in 1868, he moved
to Kansas City, Mo., and remained there until 1870, at which time he came to Columbus, and
started the publication of the Columbus Independent. He went to Baxter Springs in 1872,
where he published the Baxter Springs Republican, and remained until 1877, when he re-
turned to Columbus and engaged in the newspaper business with S. 0. McDowell, publish-
ing the Repubucan Courier. In April, 1877, he went toShort Creek and started the Galena
Miner, in company with Mr. MeDowell, and became a stockholder in the East Galena Lead
Mining Company, whose property proved to be the best piece of mining land ever devel-
oped in Kansas or Missouri. He remained eighteen months when he sold out, and January
21, 1879, was appointed Postmaster at Columbus. He then sold out his interest in both pa-
pers and confined;himself to business of the post office until April 1, 1882, when he wentinto
the grocery business and commenced the publication of the Columbus Advocate, which made
its first appearance May 5, 1882. In December, 1882, sold out grocery business, and January
6, embarked in the drug business in Columbus. He owns aconsiderable amount of coal and
farm lands besides property in Baxter Springs and Columbus. He is also interested in min-
ing property in Colorado, near Leadville. He is a member of the I. 0.0. F., A. O. U. W. and
K. of P. te was married to Miss Margaret Newton, of Macomb, IIL, April 13, 1864, and
has one child—Asa.

R. L. LEADBETER, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Columbus, was born in Pennsylvania, in
1855. He received a business education and began boating at the age of sixteen, and con-
tinued this business for three years, and then worked on coal tipple for five years. He
came to Kansas in 1879, and settled on his present farm of 225 acres, which he bought and is
now raising stock, grain and fruit. He has a beautiful farm and home, his farm being in
a high state of cultivation, and having upon it a pond covering seven acres, with a beautiful
island in the center, and containing an abundance of fine fish. It is a fine place for ice.
Mr. Leadbeter was married to Miss Cora R. Hicks, of Illinois, in 1881.

R. A. LONG, of firm R. A. Long & Co., dealers in lumber, laths, anions sash, doors
and blinds; lime, ete., ete. Mr. Long is a native of Shelby County, Ky., and was reared to
the agricultural industry. In 1875, and at the age of twenty-four years, ‘he located here and
subsequently engaged at the present business, which he has actively prosecuted since. Mr.
Long first began the lumber business here upon a comparatively small basis, but has so en-
larged_upon it as to control extensive yards not only here, but at Cherokee, Girard, Pitts-
burg, Opolis, McCune and ;Baxter Springs, and does a business of over $125,000 a year. In
December 16, 1876, he married Miss Ella Wilson, a native of Pennsylvania, They have a
family of two little girls—Sallie and Lulu. Mr. Long is an active worker in the develop-
ment of the industrial life of this locality.

WAYLAND C. LYKINS, general merchant and banker, was born in Missouri Novem-
ber 12,1847. At the age of fifteen he went to Colorado with his parents, and lost his father
on his arrival, who died after a few days’ illness. In 1863, he went with a surveying party
on the preliminary survey of the United States Railroad, and then to Arkansas River, herding
sheep one winter. He then went to Denver and engaged in surveying, then to the Arkansas
River, and began a survey from Pueblo to Canyan City; he returned home to Paola, Kan.,
and remained one year, and then engaged in mercantile business. Mr. W. Lykins began
in life without means, and to-day is regarded as one of the most successful men in his line
of business; he is operating one of the largest stores in Columbus, Kan., and has mining
interest in the country; he has been Councilman and Mayor of Columbus, and belongs to
Order of Odd Fellows and Freemasons; he owns a fine hall in Coluinbus, with a seatin|
capacity of 600, He was married to Anna Middaugh, of Columbus, in December, 1873, an
has three sons living—Webster M., Fred and Charlie; he has lost one son—Curtis E.

JOHN M. M AIN, of firm of Atchinson & McClain, clothiers, was born in Indiana
in 1845; he began teaching school at the age of twenty-one, and taught four years, comin;
to Kansas in 1873, and living on a farm seven years. He located in Columbus in 1881, an
began theclothing ousiness, taking Mr. Atchinson in as partner in July, 1881. Heisamem-
ber of Cumberland Presbyterian Church ; member of the Board of Education, and of A.,F.
& A.M, and K.of H; he was married to Miss Artie C. Hunt, of Indiana, in 1872. They
have three children—Ethel, Arthello and Shirley.

J. H. McCLURE, farmer, Section 10, P, O. Columbus, was born in Illinois July 26
1835; he began farming for himself in Illinois at the age of eighteen, and continued until
1869, at which time he came to Kansas and bought and improved 120 acres of land. He op-
erated a portion of it fora grain and stock farm. Mr. McClure was married to Miss Eliza-
beth Sherman, of Kentucky, in 1859. They have six children—C. Adelaide, Martha Ann
Jona, Joice Zoroa, Henry Roseter, James Franklin and Charles.

JAMES FRANKLIN McDOWELL, editor of the News, was born April 11, 1843, in
Monomer County, Ind. His education was obtained mainly at the common schools, and
his life was spent on a farm until 1861. On the 2ist ot August of that year, he enlisted as a
privat soldier in Company G, Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and served until January

1, 1866. During 4 portion of this time he served as clerk at regimental headquarters, in the
Adjutant General's zparument, Quartermaster’s Department, and in the }reedmen’s Bu-
reau. After leaving the army he came to Kansas, arriving in Cherokee County October 5,
1866; engaged in farming until 1869, when he came to Columbus and assisted in establish-
ing the Workingman’s Journal, the first paper published in the town. Was appointed Pro-
bate Judge to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Amos Sanford, continuing his
connection with the Journal; in 1871, became business manager of that paper, and in the
winter of 187l-72, purchased it in partnership with C.D. Nichols. In Ju y; 1872, resigned
the office of Probate Judge and became sole proprietor of the Journal ; sold the paper Sep-
tember 1, 1874, and about the Ist of October, established the Courier, publishing this paper
until the spring of 1876, when he sold it to S. 0. McDowell, and removed to Illinois. In June,
1877, he returned to Kansas and became editor of the Galena Miner, then published by Mc-
Dowell & Lea, In February, 1878, in company with A. W. McDowell, purchased the Galena
Miner, and continued its publication until October of the same year, when he sold his in-
terest and established The Times at Baxter Springs: In August, 1880, having purchased the
Border Star at Columbus, he removed The Times to that city, and continued its publication
until October 1, 1882, when the paper was sold to a joint stock company. On the 14th of
December, 1882, started the weekly News, which he still publishes. In these newspapers
Mr. McDowell favored Independent Reform until 1876, when he espoused the Greenback
cause, which he has since advocated. An original Republican, he adnered to that party un-
til 1868, when ust after the election of Gen. Grant to the Presidency of the United States,
he joined the liberal element of the Republican party, and supported Horace Greeley for
the Presidency in 1872, He has always sympathized with the laboring classes, and opposed
piving away the public lands to corporations, and maintains strong ground in favor of Pro-

ibition, Female Suffrage, and is inclined to Free Trade. He was married to Miss Mattie
CHEROKEE COUNTY.

E. Hall, of Columbus, Kan., daughter of Joseph T. and Mary L. Hall, March 26, 1870. Mrs.
MeDowell isa granddaughter of Andrew Stuart, of Pennsylvania, widely known in his day,
as “ Tariff Andy.” Mr. and Mrs. McDowell have had five children, three boys and two girls;
only the ee es, Edna.and Pearl Orpha, are living. Mr. McDowell’s great-grand father
ve Se ames McDowell who was a companion of Simon Kenton in the early settlement of

entucky,

_ 8.0. McDOWELL, Mayor, editor and pene Teor of the Columbus Courier, was born in
pipeese noe County, Ind., March 3, 1848. He received a collegiate education at Stockwell
Collegiate Institute, and commenced teaching at the age of eighteen years in Indiana.
After teaching there two years, he removed toColumbus, Kan., and in 1870 was appointed Post-
waster, holding the office until 1878. He had commenced the publishing business in 1876,
and after 1878, turned his entire attention to the newspaper and publishing business, in
which he is still engaged. He was elected to the office of Mayor in 1879, an re-elected in
1880-1881 and 1882., He is a member of the A. O. U. W., I. 0. 0. F., K. of P. and the G. A: R.
In 1863, at the age of fifteen, he joined the army, and served about twenty months as a
private in Company M, Eleventh Indiana Cavalry, bein; discharged May 9, 1865, on account
of the loss of his left arm.. He was married to Miss Birdie McKinsey, of Clark’s Hill, Ind.,
in 1869, and has one child—Maude.

CHARLES McREYNOLDS, farmer, Section 26, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Kentucky
March 2, 1842, was raised on a farm, and received business education, At the age of nine-
teen he ‘begat farming in:Indiana, which he continued until 1871. He then came to
Kansas and located in Cherokee County on Section 25, where he improved a farm of 160
acres, and lived on it four years, when he sold it and bought in Section 23, and improved
and sold it,and bought 120 acres on Section 24. This he has improved, and is now run-
ning it as a stock and grain farm, having also a good assortment of fruits and berries of all
kinds. He bought and improved forty acres in Section 18, Crawford Township: He isa
member of the Methodist Episcopal ‘Church, and of I. O. of O. F. He was married to Miss
Rachel Davis, of Indiana, December 28, 1860, and has four children living—Elizabeth R.,
William Wesley, Isaac R. (adopted), Annie A., Charles, Maudie, deceased. :

WILLIAM McWILSON, farmer, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Ohio, October 14, 1882.
At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a blacksmith of Newcastle, Pennsylvania, for
three years. He then did journeyman work for three years, next going to Ohio, where he
was engaged in business for four years. In 1862 heenlisted in army, mustering out in 1865;
lived in Iowa one year, then went to Kansas in 1866, and located on Cherry Creek, and
worked at blacksmithing one year. He then went back to Towa, remaining one year and
returning to Columbus, Cherokee County, 1869; opened blacksmith shop, and run it until
1876. Then he began farming; bought and improved one farm; sold out and bought and
improved another within two-and-a-half miles of Columbus, whith he still owns, raising
stock and ae He owns residence in the town of Columbus, and is a member of the
Christian Church; also of Odd Fellows. Was married to Miss Susan Billips, of Iowa, in
ee They have one daughter living—Laura. He has nice city home and pleasant country
residence. -

JOHN G. MASTERS, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Columbus, was born in Boone County,
Ky., March 14, 1838: He received a common school education, and began farming for him-
self at the age of twenty, which occupation he continued in Ulinois until 1871. He then
came to Kansas and settled on present farm of 160 acres, which he bought and improved.
He is now raising grain, stock and fruit, having 1,000 fruit trees on his farm. He also owns
eighty improved acres in Section 28. He has been Clerk of Schools, and is a member of the
Christian Church. He was married to Miss M. J. Williams, of Illinois, in 1857. They have
five children—Sarh C., James M., John H., William M. and Bell E.

- J. C. MENDENHALL, dealer in drugs and paints, was born in Iowa October 8, 1861.
He began drug business in Columbus, Kan., at the age of nineteen, haviug visited the place
in 1872, and been engaged as clerk in the drug business in Kansas from 1872 to 1880. He
was married to Miss Edith Hicks, of Columbus, in 1881,

BRUCE MILLER, Probate Judge, was born in Harrison County, Ind., February 22,
1840. He received a liberal education, and at the age of nineteen began serving an ap-
prenticeship at the carpenter’s trade, which he abandoned (after none atit two years),
on account of ill-health. He was then employed in the Auditor’s office in Indiana, remain-
ing in that position until 1868, at which time he came to Kansas and located at Baxter
Springs. He me worked a short time at the carpenter’s trade, and then went to Columbus
and served as Deputy Sheriff until 1871, when he was elected Clerk of the District Court,
and served two years. He was then again appointed Deputy Sheriff, and after serving about
two years, was made Deputy Register of Deeds, holding that office two years. He was then
Deputy County Clerk eighteen months, and was elected Probate Judge in 1880 for two years’
term, which expired January, 1883. Judge Miller is a large and successful mine-owner and
operator, owning twenty acres of mining land half a mile south of Galena, and also an in-
terest in a crusher on the Maggie Taylor grounds. He also owns a large interest in town
lots, and in 160 acres of leased land near Joplin, Mo., and which is now being worked. He
has a fifth interest in eighty acres of deeded land near Carterville, a fifth interest in 160
acres of leased land near Carterville, and a fifth interest in-forty acres in Newton County,
Mo., all of which are mining lands. He also owns a residence.and other property in Co-
lumbus, and lots in Baxter Springs. He studied law, and_ was admitted to the district and
inferior courts in 1882, He was married to Miss Annie Wilson, of Illinois, February 15,
1872, Have three children—Jessie, Mabel and Blanch.

REV. DANIEL MONTIETH MOORE, Presbyterian minister, was born in Mahoning
County, Ohio, January 3, 1824. He received a collegiate education, graduating in 1846, at
Duquesne Colle e, Pittsburgh, Penn. In 1849, he graduated at Lane’s Theological Seminary,
at Cincinnati, Ohio. He became a member of the Presbytery of Ripley in September, 1850,
and preached in Brown County, Ohio, for two years. He was pastor of the Second Presby-
terian Church at Greenfield, Ohio, for twelve years. Then accepted a call to the Presby-
terian Church at Yellow Springs, where he remained four years. In 1868, he accepted a
call to the Presbyterian Church at Lawrence, Kan.,and resided in that city nearly six
peat In 1874, he accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church at Hutchinson, Kan., where

‘is successful pastorate continued seven years. He was at Carthage, lll., one year, and was
invited to the Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Kan., in March, 1882. He was an organic
member of the Presbyterian Synod of Kansas, organized in 1870, and was chosen moderator
ofthat synod in 1874. He was married to Miss Mary Ann Ellison, of Manchester, Ohio, in

#1851, and has three children—Mary E., wife of E. L. Meyer, Hutchinson, Kan.; William E,
and Edward M., of Peru, Ill. ‘ ; :

JOSEPH A. MURRAY, general merchant, was born in Indiana, in 1840. Atthe age of
twenty-one, he began teaching school, and continued in that occupation several years. He
was then Superintendent of Schools in Pike County, Ind., three years, and taught in the
Normal School three years, and in the High School in Davis County one year. He then
came to Kansas, and engaged in the ministry two years, and was then Superintendent of
Schools two years, in 1873-74. Then engaged in mercantile business. until 1877, when he
spent a year in Illinois, engaged in preaching. Hereturned to Kansas in 1878, and has been
in mercantile business since that time. He has been largely instrumental in organizing
schools and churches, and has a large interest in real estate in Columbus and Cherokee
County. He was married to R. J. Rivers, of Washington, Ind., in 1862, by whom he had five
children. His wife died in June, 1876. He was married to Miss Nancy S. Howerton, of
Missouri, in 1878. They have one child—Minnie A. i

JUDGE CHARLES D. NICHOLS, was born in Calhoun County, Mich., October 6, 1842.
When but eight years of age his parents removed to Erie County, Penn., and soon after to
what is now known as Brocton. Chadkauqua County, N. Y._ In 1855, at the age of thirteen
years, his parents located near Waupun, in Dodge County, Wis. He received a liberal com-
mon school education, and at the outbreak of the rebellion, of 1861-65, was apprenticed to
learn wagon and carriage making. When the first call for troops was made by President
Lincoln. te identified himself with the Waupun Light Guards or Militia Company, which
tendered their services to the Governor of Wisconsin. After acceptance they became Com-
pany D, of the Third Wisconsin Volunteers, with which company he remained until his dis-
charge July 1, 1864, participating with them in many of the more important engagements
of the rebellion. On iis return from the army, ascertaining that his health had been so im-
paired by the exposures incident to the war, he determined to fit himself for a business
life, and took 2 year’s.preparatory course. in, and afterward graduated from the Eastman
National Business College at Chicago. In 1869, he came to Kansas with a view to location,
and took a claim in Crawford County. In 1870, he moved to Columbus, where he now resides.
Soon after locating at this point he became connected with the Workingman’s Journal, as
local editor, and afterward as half owner and publisher. During this time he began the
study of law under the tutorship of Amos Sanford, with the view of making the practice of
law his profession. In 1872, having disposed of his interest in the Journal, he made a

“Visit to his former home, and while there was appointed by the Governor Probate Judge
of Cherokee County. Returning at once, he immediately entered upon the duties of his

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office, to which he was appointed three times in succession. The lead excitement break-
ing out meanwhile, he entered actively into the development of the mining interests
of the county. In 1880, he received the appointment of Deputy Clerk of the county,
which position he held until 1882, when re renewed a copartnership formed in 1879,
and began the business of real estate and loan broker, as the junior member of the firm of
Caldwell & Co. Heis a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and is at present Sec-
retary of the R. A. Chapter in this city. In July, 1880, he was selected Colonel of the
Second Regiment of the Border Tier Brigade, G. A. R.and Veterans. In January, 1883, he

 

 

received an appointment on the staff of the Department Commander of the State G. A. R.
Judge Nichols was married, in 1866, to Miss Georgie LL. Nudd, of Waupun, Wis. They have
one child, Elmer C. Nichols. ;

LOT P. PATTY, M. D., was born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, January 28,
1821. His parents dying when he was only ten years of age, he was left on his own re-
sources, and we find him at the age of eighteen and unaided but by his own exertions,
taking up the study of his profession under the preceptorship of Dr. Lindsey, of Ohio, an
later attending lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, from which he graduated in
1842. He then began the practice of his profession in Miami County, Ohio, and
after a few years of active practice, he traveled through the western country and
finally located in Huntington County, Ind., where he remained until 1848. He then made
an extensive trip through the western States and eventually located at Fort Des Moines, |
Iowa, where he followed his profession for a few years, after which he located in St. Louis,
and continued the practice of his profession until 1854. He then came to Kansas and
located at Leavenworth, where he practiced about three years, During this time the
State was agitated politically, and Dr. Patty took an active part with the Anti-Slavery Dem-
ocrats, but being unable to organize that party he allied himself with the Free-State party,
which he subsequently represented in the Kansas Legislature, known as the Topeka Consti-
tution, and here began the troubles that tested the true nobility of his manhood. For
this he was persecuted, his house was fired into, his life threatened, and he was for the
time being compelled to leave his adopted State. He immediately repaired to his native
State and interested many in behalf of the principles he had espoused, and formed a body of
men prepared for the consequences, returning here. He was, however, unmolested upon
his return, and in the winter of 1856-57 he located in Topeka and continued the practice of
his profession until 1867, In 1868 he located here and has been very reputably and suc-
cessfully connected with the practice of his profession since, and an avowed supporter of
the party that has made his adopted State what it is to-day. He is a liberal supperees of all
organizations that have for their object the elevation of the standard of morals of society.
Latterly Dr. Patty has retired from active ponies and is devoting his attention to dairy
farming. He was married in Huntington, Ind., to Miss Sarah J ane Dortah, a native of Ten-
nessee, but descendant of a Joe family. They have a family of three daughters living,
Blanche A., widow of the late L. F. H. Williams; Ann E., now Mrs, John N. Ritter, of Co-
lumbus, and Nellie May. Blanche A. Williams belongs to the Christian Church, Mrs. Ritter
and Nellie May belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ISHA PERKINS, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Columbus, was born in Indiana April 16,
1832. He received a business education while living on the farm, and at the age of twenty-
one began farming in Indiana, remaining in that State until 1873, when he came to Cherokee
County, Kansas, and located in Sheridan Township, on a farm of 160 acres, which he im-
roved and ran as a grain and stock farm. After three years he sold out, went to Salamanca
‘ownship, where he took a farm of 320 acres, which he improved and is now running as a
grain and stock farm. Has also a full line of all kinds of fruits. In August, 1882, Mr. Perkins
moved to Columbus, where he owns property in houses and lots, and'has since been looking
after his personal business. Heis a member of the Christian Church, and was married to
Miss Zerelda Gates, of Indiana, in 1852. They have ten children living—Harriette,
Ellen, Mark, Rachel, William, Nancy, Louisa, Sallie, Elisha; Orlena, deceased.

LEWIS PRILL, grain dealer, was born in Bavaria, Germany, 1836, and came to Amer-
ica in 1852. After spending a few yearsin the East he came West and pneoere at merchan-
dising in Illinois, as clerk till 1859, when he went to Colorado and engaged at mining and
fasnstundiatne which he successfully carried on for seven years. In 1866 he located in Fort
Scott, Kansas, and carried on grocery business till 1873, when he came here and has been
engaged in his present industry since. In 1874 he married Miss Mattie Hill, a native of
Illmois. They have one little girl, Fannie Bertha. -Mr. Prill has worked actively in devel-
oping this point as a grain market. He has a large steam elevator in connection with his
business on the K.C.,, Ft. S. & G. R. R., 80x28, with acapacity of holding 40,000 bushels of
corn, and a sheller run in connection, capable of shelling 8,000 bushels of corn in a day, also an
elevator on the St. L. & S. F. R. R. 75x18, with a capacity of holding 10,000 bushels of corn.
He also carries on a farm of 240 acres in Pleasant View Township, well improved and con-
taining about 1,500 fruit trees of ditferent kinds. ee

ORACE C. PURSEL, Probate Judge elect, was born in Pennsylvania in 1830. He
was raisedon a farm and learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed a short time
and then went to Minnesota on a government survey two years. He then was in Michigan
one year, and subsequently in Omaha and Council Bluffs. He came to Kansas in the fall of
1857, and resided in Atchison County, engaged in mercantile business for nine years. In
1867-68 and 1869 he was in Alabama in cotton business, and returned to Kansas, and located in
Cherokee County, in the winter of 1870, where he was engaged in general merchandise
business for three years. He was elected Police Judge and Justice of the Peace in 1874,
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and was elected Probate Judge in 1879 for two years, being re-elected to the latter-office
November 7, 1882, for two years. He was United States Commissioner for the district of
Kansas two. years, and was the first Postmaster at Muscotah, Kansas. He is Secretary of
Cherokee County Agricultural and Stock Association,

_ JEHIEL RAILSBACK, attorney, was born in Wayne County, Ind., November 22, 1833.
He received aclassical education, graduating from the law department of Asbury University
of Indiana, in 1855. After graduating, he began practice at Richmond, Ind., and continued
until 1879, excepting three years, during which time he was enga; ed in cotton planting
in Mississippi and was also interested in politics; was a delegate in the Mississippi Constitu-
tional Convention that met in Jackson, January, 1868, under the reconstruction laws in
that State. In 1868 he was nominated for Congress in the Second Mississippi Congressional
District. In 1879, he came to Columbus, Cherokee, County, Kansas, and resumed the prac-
tice of law. He has since bought and sold considerable real estate. He loans money on
real estate and personal property. He was prosecuting attorney in Wayne County, Ind,
two years. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and A.O. U. W. In 1872 he married Miss
Anna Rebecca Jackson, of Dublin, Ireland.

JOHN A. RATCLIFF, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Columbus, was born in Ohio, June 10,
1839, He received a common school education, and began farming in Indiana at the age of
twenty-one, in which he continued ten years. Hecame to Kansas in 1872, and located
where he now resides, buying 240 acres of land, of which 180 are now in cultivation. Raises
stock, grain and all kinds of fruits, and also uwns forty acres in Crawford Township. He
was elected Township Treasurer of Salamanca Township. Is member of Methodist Kpisco-

al Church, and is class leader in same. Is Odd Fellow. He was married to Miss Elizabeth

avis, of Indiana,in 1860. They have three children, Martha E., Essa M., Mary A. and
Charles W., deceased.

GEORGE W. READ, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Columbus, was born in Illinois July 16
1842. He was left an orphan at the age of fifteen, and worked on a farm until 1865, and
then enlisted in the United States service, and there remained until the war closed and was
honorably cieheierd, and was then traveling one year with a patent medicine. He farmed
during 1867-68, and came to Kansas in 1869, and settled on his present farm of 160 acres,
which he improved and is running as a stock and grain farm. Mr. Read has a good line o:
fruits on his farm. He is a member of the Christian Church. He was married to Miss Sa-
rah A. Spears, of Illinois, March 23, 1869. They have three children—Laura A., Nellie G,
Freddie A., Ira I. (deceased), George R. (deceased), Minnie Q. (deceased), and Forest’and
Narsissie (uwins, deceased). :

CHARLES REINHARDT, meat market, was born in Europe in 1847, He came to the
United States in 1868, and located in Iowa, whence he moved to Belleville, 1ll., and was in
the butcher business in that State nine years. He then came to Columbus, Kan., and
opened his present business. Mr. Reinhardt owns fine city and county propery) and also
mining interests in Joplin, Mo., and in Carterville, Mo. He is a member of the 1.0.0. F.
and K. of P. He was married to Miss Emma Stillman of Illinois, in 1876. They have
three children—Phillip, Alma and Pearl.

REV. A. G. ROBB, a Methodist minister, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 10,
1848. He received an academic education. Between the ages of sixteen and twenty-three,
he taught school, in the meantime reading law. At the age of twenty-two he joined the
M.E.Church. At the age of twenty-two, he entered atraveling connectionin Ohio. Dur-
ing Pittsburg Conference he served at Belmont, Clarington, Ohio. In 1876, fell in East
Ohio Conference and went to Sumerton, Ohio, for three years. He went to Kansas in Sep-
tember, 1880, was at Neodesha eighteen months, and, in March, 1882, went to Columbus.
At Neodesha he received 139 converts into the church, paid the church debt of $636, which
had been running nine years, built a new church costing $1,250, and, finally free of debt,
dedicated it, He is an Odd Fellow, member of School Board, and Examiner of city schools.

WILLIAM H. RODGERS, farmer, Section 8, P.O. Cherry, was born in Iowa in 1852,
In 1871, he came to Kansas, and, locating at his present home in Cherokee County, he en-
gaged in farming. He has a well improved stock and grain farm of eighty acres. In 1875
a was married to Miss Nancy Wills, of Iowa, and has three children—Frances, Willie and

onzo.

CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, dealer in general merchandise, was born in the town of
Bridgewater, Oneida County, N. Y., September 26, 1847. He received a liberal education,
attended several terms at Chamberlain Institute, Randolph, N. Y., and graduated from
Eastman Commercial College in the spring of 1865. At four years of age, he moved with
his parents to Chautauqua County, N. Y , where he lived till 1866, In the spring of 1866,
he went to Illinois, where he engaged in business for about six years, principally soliciting
and collecting for an insurance company, after which time he came to Kansas and was
employed by the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Galveston Railway Company as agent at
Columbus and other points on the road for about six years. In 1876, he was elected Mayor
of the city of Columbus. During his administration, the city indebtedness was reduced
from $1,800 to about $800 without making a levy on the taxable property for city purposes
for asingle cent. It being the first and only administration that had made no levy for city
purposes in the history of the city either before or after his administration. In 1877, he
was elected County Clerk of Cherokee County, and re-elected in 1879, holding the office
four years, In 1879, was the only candidate elected on the Democratic ticket in the county.
At the expiration of the second term of office as County Clerk, he engaged in the real
estate and loan business. Has been engaged in his present business about one year. The
first settlers of Cherokee County believed the Government would extend to them the usual
terms of purchase or homestead to their lands; but, instead, the government sold what was
known as the Cherokee Neutral Lands, which embraced the lands of Cherokee and other
counties, to James F. Joy and the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Galveston Railway Company
for $1 per acre. The railroad company placed such a high price on their lands that the set-
tlers refused to purchase and organized a land league to oppose the railroad company. The
leaguers would not purchase the land themselves, and, in self-defence, refused to let others
purchase at prices and on terms of the railroad company. The government sent troops
into the county to guard the railroad. The land question overshadowed all others, and, for
a few years, was about all the politics in Cherokee County. This state of affairs was keep-
ing out emigration and retarding the growth of the county. Several committees had
been sent to Boston and other places to confer with the railroad officials and try and com-

romise the trouble, but all had failed to accomplish any good. In January, 1880, Mr.
Randers, with the assistance of two or three citizens of the county, succeeded in effecting
a compromise with the railroad company, by which the railroad company agreed to make a
large reduction on price of their lands if the settlers would purchase at least 50,000 acres for
cash by July 1, 1880. The proposition was accepted by the people, and Mr. Saunders
started at once for New York and the East to pee a loan for the people to purchase
their homes with. The arrangements were so well managed that by July 1, 1880, Mr. Saun-
ders had sold and pee the company for 118,000 acres, he being appointed to manage the
business by both the people and railroad company. After many years of trouble and failure
to compromise, Mr. Saunders succeeded in arranging a satisfactory settlement of the
“vexed land question” so quietly that none outside of the league knew of it until the mat-
ter was all settled, and to him, more than any other person, is due the credit for obtaining
for the farmers of Cherokee ‘ounty their homes and settling a trouble since which has put
the county on the highway to prosperity. He is interested in lead and zine mines in
Cherokee County, and owns two good farms in the sathe county. Also owns an orange
grove in Florida of 500 trees, For the past three years he has spent his winters in Florida,
and returned to Kansas in the spring. He has traveled over the greater portion of the
United States east of the Rocky Mountains. He was married to Miss Jessie L. Casselman,
of Columbus, Kan.,in June, 1874. They have lost their only child—Jay R., who died in
August, 1882, aged nearly five years. Mr. Saunders takes an active part in all matters per-
taining to the interests of Cherokee County, and is considered one of the leading men of
the county.

HANNIBAL SCOVELL, manufacturer and dealer in apiarian supplies, was born in
Galena; Delaware County, Ohio, and reared in Steuben County, Ind., where he was identi-
fied with ents and farming industry until 1861, when he enlisted in Company A,
Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and after an active service of sixteen months,
was discharged on account of wounds received at Pittsburg Landing, and pensioned. In
1867, he located here and was principally identified with the mercantile business until 1874,
when he engaged in raising bees exclusively, and has successfully carried it on since. In
1879, he formed: the present partnership of H. Scovell and T. P. Anderson under the firm
name of Scovell & Anderson, for the prosecution of the business on a more extensive scale,
and has very successfully conducted it since. In November, 1876, he married Miss Leah
Elder, a native of Indiana. They havea family of three sons—Harlan B., Leslie E., and
Wilsie E. Mr. Scovell has always worked actively for the development of the social and
industrial life of Columbus. He was one of the original owners of the town site and was
active in the organization of the town. : :

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

P, F. SHACKLE, druggist, of the firm of Shockle & Willis, was born in Ohio October 9
1835. He received a scientific education in Ohio and Illinois, and commenced business in
1863, having taught school prior to this time. He opened a drug and grocery business in
Berlin, Ill, ‘intel he continued two years. He then taught school six months, and was
afterward in the drug business in Woodhull, Ill, four years, when he sold out and went into
the same business in Iowa, remaining five years. He came to Columbus, Kan., in 1878, and
commenced his present business. He owns farm lands in the county, city property, and has
abranch drug store in Weir City, Kan. He was Postmaster and Justice of the Peace in
Berlin, Ill., and is now a member of A., F.& A.M. and A.O.U. W. He was married to Miss
Lizzie B, Weir, of Woodhull, Ill., July 5, 1861. They have five children living—Mollie, .
Harry M., Thomas W., Lizzie E., Alice and Madge. They have lost two children—Hattie
Zoe and Ira D. :

JAMES A. SHERIDAN, Mason, was born in Kentucky, December 31, 1823. He was
raised on a farm, received a business education and learned the mason’s trade, in which he
was engaged in Kentucky until 1859. He then went to Illinois and worked at his trade ten
years; thence to Missouri, where he worked at his trade a short time, coming to Kansas in
1869, where he took a claim and farmed two years. He then went to Fort Scott and remained
a short time and where hestill owns a residence, and then resided in Crawford County until
1879, at which time he came to Columbus, where he has worked at his trade since that time.
He is a member of the Congregational Church. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Cofferm,
of Ohio, in 1851, who died in 1871. Their six children were Sarah, Cornelia, Lottie, Sophro-
nia and Olla, and Eva, deceased, He was married to Mrs. Mary F. Swinney, of Missouri, in
1876, They have had three children—Eddie, Carl and Clyde, twins.

A. H. SKIDMORE, attorney, was born in Virginia, February 14, 1856. He received a
liberal education, attending the ae University at Ann Arbor. He was admitted to
the bar September 15, 1876, came to Columbus in 1876 and commenced practice. He has
been twice Justice of the Peace and is a notary public; isa member of K.of P. He was
married to Miss Hattie A. Allen, of Cherokee County, Kan., who died in December, 1879,
leaving one child, Daisy A, He was married to Miss Alice M. O. Allen, of Cherokee County,
Kan., anuary, 1882. ‘

HOMAS A. STOCKSLAGER, Deputy Probate Judge and Justice of the Peace, was
born in Indiana in 1847. He remained a student until the age of nineteen, at which time
he began teaching school. After teaching one year, he came, in 1868, to Cherokee County,
Kan., where he taught school two years and was County Superintendent two years. In
1873, he again began teaching and taught five years. In 1878, he became connected with
the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Survey, remaining with that company two years,
and then went to Weir City and taught school two years. He was appointed Deputy Pro-
bate Judze January, 1882, and isa member of the School Board of examiners of Cherokee
County. He is a member of the orders of A., F. & A. M. and A. 0. U. W.

W. E. SWANSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, P. O. Columbus, was born in
Wilkes County, N. C., in 1825, but was reared in Wayne County, Ky. In 1850, he located in
Wayne County, Iowa, where he was identified with farming and blacksmithing till 1864;
he then spent two years in travel through the States of California and Oregon and Idaho
and Washington Territories, locating here in 1866, where he has been actively connected
with his present industry since. He was married, in 1846, in Kentucky, to Miss Susan J.
Edgmand, a native of Kentucky. They have a family of three sons and three daughters—
Elizabeth, now Mrs. G. W. Hoyt, of Columbus; J. T., teacher in Calusa County, Cal; G. M.,
of same county; Fidella, now Mrs. William Bolen, of Bute County, Cal.; Catherine and G,
W., at home. Mr. Swanson is serving his second term as County Commissioner and has
been very active in the general development of this ee His farm consists of 160 acres,
under a complete state of cultivation, well fenced with h ge and wire fences, and having
nice buildings and a beautiful orchard containing 300 apple, 60 peach trees and all other
kinds of fruit raised here. - .

DAVID SVANCE, farmer, Section 16, P.O. Columbus, was born in Tllinois April 13,
1831. He was raised on a farm and continued that business for himself, commencing at the
age of twenty-one and continued it in Illinois until 1855. He was then in Iowa ona farm
until 1869, then in Missouri in the same occupation until 1881, at which time he came to
Kansas and bought his present home, consisting of a farm of 160 acres, which he is now
improving, and growing stock, grain and fruit. He also has two farms of eighty and sixty
improved acres in Missouri, containing fine in land. He was married to Miss Louisa
Haran of Illinois, in 1852. They have five chil€ren—Lizzie J., Mary J., Sarah, Amanda and

arvey.

- JOHN E. TUTTON, District Clerk, was born in Illinois May 22, 1851, He received a
common school education and came to Kansas at the age ofeighteen. He first was employed as
a clerk in a dry goods store at Baxter Springs one year, and was then in a drug store at Eure
ka, Kan., then to Baxter Springs; then went to St. Louis and remained one year at school
in a mercantile college, and on his return to Baxter was engaged in hotel business three
years. He'next went to Missouri as division agent for the Southwestern Stage Company.
Then came back to Baxter as cashier and book keeper for Sorber Mining and Smelting Com-
pany one year, then went to Galesburg, II]., and was in hotel business a short time. From
Galesburg he went to Loup City, Neb., and engaged in general merchandising one year ;
then was at Baxter Springs five months as agent for the Wells & Fargo Express. He was
then in Texas in a hotel, then in Webb City, Mo., in 1877, in general merchandising. In 1878,
he remained in Baxter a short time and then went to Columbus, Kan., as Deputy County
Treasurer two years. In the fall of 1880, he was elected to the office of District Clerk. He
was married to Miss Lora Crothers, of Sparta, Ill, November 17, 1880.

GEORGE THEIS, Jr., of the firm of Harlon, Theis & Foster, was born in St. Louis in
1862. He received a classical education and began clerking in adrug store at the age of
eighteen, remaining one year. He was then with Murray & Foster one year, and afterward
with Ritter & Doubleday in their bank seven months, entering into his present partnership

_ July 6, 1882.

8. B. THROOP, of the firm of Throop & Middaugh, wagon and carriage works, Colum-
bus. Mr. Throop is a native of Washtenaw County, Mich., and took up his apprenticeship
in 1860, at the age of twenty-one. In 1866, he established a business at Milan, Mich., and
successfully carried it on till 1871, when he came to Kansas. In 1876, he established the pres-
ent business and has very successfully carried it on since. In 1867, he married Miss Irena
Fuller, of his native State, They have one son and daughter—Nellie A. and James C. In
1862, he enlisted in Company B, Twentieth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and remained in
active service till the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. He is an active *
here of John A, Dix Post, No. 54, G. A. R., and of the I, 0. O. F. and A. 0. U. W.
societies.

JAMES A THOMPSON, farmer and stock-dealer, eight miles southwest of Columbus.
He was born in Indiana in 1838 and was engaged on a farm until the age of twenty-six. He
then began the mercantile business, which he continued for one year. He came to Kansas
in 1864 and settled in Shawnee County, where he remained seven years, and then resided in
Missouri six years, ongegel in farming and stock business. He then lived in Galena, Kan.,
where he was teaming three years for Col. Stone; then in Centre Creek, Kan., farming and
stock-raising until 1879. He owns a qnarter section of land, which he has fully stocked.
He is now School Director of his district. He is a member of the order of Freemasons.

J. W. TOMPKINS, manufacturer of harness, saddles, etc., is a native of Saratoga
Springs, N. Y. In 1859, at the age of sixteen, he began his profession and was identified
with it in his native State till 1869, when he located in Huntley Grove, IIL, and carried it on
there till 1871, when he located here and has very successfully carried on his business here
since. In 1874, he married Miss Nettie Cushman, a native of McHenr cont I, Mr.
Tompkins has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial ife of this
city since \oeatine-

THOMAS M. TOWNSEND, farmer, P. 0. Columbus, was born in the State of New
York, March 20, 1820. He received an academic education and began farming at the age of
fourteen in New York, where he remained until 1876, at which time he came to Kansas
and settled on his present farm, which contains 320 acres, now run as a grain, stock and
fruit farm. In 1882, he sold 500 bushels of apples at $1 per bushel. He has peaches and
plums and all kinds of small fruits in abundance. He is a member of the Methodist pane
fe Church. He was married to Miss Sarah M. Rappleye, of New York State, in 1848, They

ave five children—Abram Rappleye, Sarah Alice, Thomas Irving, Harry Clay and Willis
Chester Tarus. Abram Rappleye was born in 1849, graduating at Cornell University, of Ith-
aca, N. Y., in 1872; he attended the Medical School at Philadelphia in 1878. Was married to
Ida Baker, of Ithaca, in 1874. He is now running a drug store at Marshalltown, Iowa. Sarah
Alice was born in 1850, and married, in 1879, to M. M. Edmiston,a lawyer, of Columbus, Kan,
The remaining children are at home attending school under Prof. Cutler, of Fort Scott, Kan.
i OHN T. VEATCH, County Clerk, was born in Rockport, Ind., April 16, 1840, At
e age of oan Rs married and began farming, which he followed up to 1867, when he
came to Kansas and located in Cherokee County, near Baxter Springs, where he remained
CHEROKEE COUNTY.

until the fall of 1881, when he was elected County Clerk and came to Columbus. We was
Township Trustee of Spring Valley Township two years. He was married to Miss Madora
Bennett, of Rockport, Ind., in 1859. Mr. Veatch is a member of the I. 0. O. F.and A. 0. U. W.

JULIUS L. VIERECK, hardware merchant, was born in Prussia, in 1842, and came to
the United States in 1865, Landing at New York, he went to Tipton, Mo., one year clerk-
ing, and then to Cee Mission, Kan., in 1866, where he remained two years, and came to
Columbus in 1868, He started here a hardware business, to which he has since added queens-
ware, woodenware, etc. He was elected School Treasurer in 1870,for two years. Is‘member
of I, 0. 0. F., and A., F.& A.M. Mr. Viereck has done much to improve the town of Colum-
bus, having built a fine business block, a residence for himself, and three tenement houses.
He was married to Miss Helen Leowen, of Fort Scott, Kan., in 1870, They have five chil-
dren—Edwin, Carl, Jessie, Frank and Laura.

DAVID VINCENT, proprietor of restaurant, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1836. He
began farming at the age of nineteen, and continued that occupation until 1860, when he
went into the grocery business in lowa, where he remained three years. Coming to Kansas
in 1873, he started a general store, which he run for two years, and was then elerking, buy-
ing grain and keeping hotel until 1880, when he began his present business.
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the I. 0. 0. F. He was married to Miss R.
Moorehead, of Pennsylvania, in 1861, and has four children—Ida L., Elizabeth J ., Catharine
M. and Clark S.

GOVEY WADE, farmer, Section 2, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Indiana, in 1817. He
removed to Virginia with his parents at the age of seven years, which State remained his
home for many years. At the age of seventeen, he learned the blacksmith’s trade in Virgin-
ia, which he worked at eleven years, when he left Virginia and was absent four years. He
was then in eae two years, in Iowa twenty-three years, and came to Cherokee County,
Kan., in 1875, when he bought and located on his present farm, which he improved, and upon
which he is now raising stock and grain, and is one of the substantia

of the United Brethren. He was married to Miss Susan Bland, of Pennsylvania, in 1835,
and they have eight children living—Dilla, Eliza, Rachel M., Alexander, Thomas, George
W,, Palmyra and Andy J. Elsey J. deceased. ’

_ WILLIAM WALKE, farmer, Section 23 P.O. Columbus, was born in Union County,
Ohio, January 4, 1836. He began farming in Ohio at the age of twenty-one, and continued
until 1862, at which time he entered the army, leaving the service in July, 1865. He then
ran a farm in Ohio, until 1880, at that time going to Kansas, buying 160 acres of land in
Cherokee County, and improving part of it. e is now raising stock, grain and fruit. He
was Township Supervisor in Ohio. He was married to Miss Ruhama Hammond, of Ohio, in
1859, and has three children—Anthony, William Henry and Lottie.

REV. JOHN M, WATSON, pastor of the Orthodox Friends Church, was born in Ohio,
December 30, 1829. He was reared on a farm, and received a partial high school education,
and followed farming to the age of thirty-five years in Ohio, at which time he began mis-
sionary work in Mississippi. He next engaged in the manufacture of farm implements
which he continued ee years, since which time he has again engaged in missionary an
church work in Ohio, Indian Territory and Kansas. He has always taken an active part in
the church and Sunday school work, and since coming here has established schools among
the Cherokee and Shawnee Indians, and has assisted in establishing four churches among
the Orthodox Friends.

WILLIAM D WELLS, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Columbus, was born in Indiana, De-
cember 18, 1833. He received a common school education, and began farming in Illinois at
the age of twenty-two. In 1862, he went into the army, and was discharged in 1863, in con-

- sequence of being shot in the head, which rendered him unable to work for two years. He

then farmed in Missouri one year, and came to Kansas in 1870, where he remained a short
time, and then went to the Black Hills, and was one year in the mines. He then returned
to Kansas and engaged in drug business in Crawford County six months, coming from there
to Cherokee County, where he bought eighty acres of land, which he partially improved,
and upon which he is now raising grain and stock. He is amember of the Christian Church,
and was married to Miss Phelena Grew, of Ohio, in 1866. Their children are, Icyphena,
Phinly, James, Elmer, Florence, Cora and Willie. ,

ISAAC P. WEST, druggist, was born in Ohio, June 22,1845. He was raised in Ohio,
and at the age of eighteen joined the Fourth Virginia Cavalry, in which he served for six
mouths, and then enlisted iu the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry for one
year. He served seven months, and was then mustered out and attended school one year in
Cambridge, Ill., at the end of which time he was employed as a clerk in astore at Galva, IIL,
for a short time, and then went into the restaurant business at Woodhull, Ill, remaining
six months. He was then employed as a clerk in a drug store at Woodhull, Ill., one year, at
the end of which time he bought an interest in the firm and remained about nine years.
He then came to Columbus, Kan., and began the drug business in 1876, Mr. West isa mem-
ber of the K. of P. He was married to Miss Jennie E. Hunter, of Ohio, in 1871.. They have
two children—Claud R. and Lisle E.

JOHN WHITCRAFT, restaurant, was born in Ohio, October 28, 1828, He lived on a
farm in Ohio to the age of twenty-six, at which time he went to Illinois and remained there
six years on a farm, and was then on a farm in Iowa seven years. In April, 1866, he came
to Cherokee County, Kan., located a farm and started grocery business in 1867, on Cheney
Creek, before the county was organized. He remained there four or five years, and in 1871-
72 came to Columbus and engaged in dry goods and grocery business, which he followed six
or seven years, and then-started his present restaurant. In the meantime, he was furnish-
ing the contractors on the San Francisco Railroad with supplies, and lost about $3,000 by
them. He is now City Treasurer of Columbus, having been Councilman three times. He
was married to Miss J. A. Hoyt, of Cadiz, Ohio, in 1851. They have four children—Clara
C., James A., Charles A. and John C.

,O. N. WILLIAMS, nurseryman, was born in Iowa, April 21,1845. When eighteen years
of age, he joined’ the army, serving for two years. He began work in the nursery at the
age of twenty-one, in lowa, where he remained for one year, and then removed to Missouri,
where he was engaged in the same business for one year, then to Cherokee County, Kan.,

* in 1867. He boughs and improved eighty acres, on which he ran a general nursery until

1882, when he sold out, subsequently engaging in the fruit farming business in Arkansas.
He owns unimproved land in Missouri, and has served as Township Clerk two terms. He is
a member and a Deacon of the Christian Church. He was married to Miss Mattie A. Long,
of Indiana, in 1874. They have one child—Claude C. J
A. D. WILSON, strawberry farmer, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Ohio, September 26,
1820. At the age of twenty-one he began the study of medicine, and after reading three
years, he attended lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio. After a short visit to Wisconsin, he returned
to Ohio in 1844, and in 1848 went to Illinois, where he commenced the active practice of his
profession, and followed it twenty-one years. He came to Kansas in 1869, and is now located
in Columbus, where he has been engaged in improving his farm, and turning it into a straw-
berry farm. He has now about twelve acres of vines. J
T. J. WILSON, Superintendent of the Columbus Coal Company’s shaft, isa native of
Trumbull County, Ohio. In 1853, he located with his people in Muscatine County, Iowa,
where he was connected with the stock industry till the war, when he enlisted in Company
M, Second Iowa Cavalry in 1861, and remained in active service for over three years, when
he was honorably discharged. In 1867, he located here and engaged at farming and stock
raising for a few years, after which he engaged at stock dealing exclusively, and has very
successfully carried it on to the present, retiring from it now to pay more attention to his
coal interests. In 1866, he married Miss Eleanor F. Simpson, a native of Canala. They
have a family of two sons and one daughter—Winnie C., Claude L. and Floyd E. Mr. Wil-
son and family are very respected members of the Methodist Church. He has been-an
active public official in his county, having served it as Deputy Sheriff for three terms, and
bis township as Trustee for three terms. He is an active member of the A. 0. U. W. society
ere, ® ‘
W. H. WILSON, ofthe firm of Wilson Bros., grain dealers, is a native of Fulton County,
Ill, and removed here, at the age of ten years, with his people in 1857, who settled in John-
son County, where he was reared to the farming business. In 1877, he engaged in the grain
trade, and has been very successfully connected with it since. In 1880, he came from John-
son County here and established the present business, which will amount to a deal of
250,000 bushels per annum. In 1872, he married Miss Emma Nesselrhode, a native of Adams
County, lll. They have a family of one son and four daughters—Minnie, Flora, Rutherford
. Mabel and Ida. Mr, and Mrs. Wilson and family are active members of the Methodist
‘urch.
CLARENCE L. WOODRUFF, Register of Deeds and real estate broker, was born in
Towa May 15, 1850. At the age of twenty, he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the United
States Court at Topeka, Kan., holding the office for three years. He was then in Neosho

Falls in the stock business for two years, then in Cherokee County a short time, in Leaven-

He is a mem-_

fi =e? 2 farmers of the’
county, He was County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace in Iowa, and is a member

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worth, Kan., a short time, and located in Cherokee County in 1877, having since that time
resided in Columbus. Te was elected Register of Deeds in 1879, and re-elected in 1881 for
two years. Mr. Woodruff associated himself with the Southeastern Kansas Real Estate and
Loan Company in February, 1882, of which he is Treasurer.

He is a large owner of city
and county real estate, ee

wo BAXTER SPRINGS.

This beautiful little city is situated in the southern part of Cherokee
County, near Spring River, and about twelve miles south of Columbus and
one mile north of the Indian Territory. The ground upon which the city
stands borders on either side of a small ravine which not only adds to the
picturesqueness of the site, but as well affords most excellent drainage.

The first settlement was made in the vicinity by A. Baxter, in 1858,
whose claim adjoined the site on the northeast. Hitherto the land belonged
to the Government, and was known as the Government strip. In 1865, a
man by the name of Jeff Davis and one Armstrong, each took claims,
Davis locating his claim on the west side of Baxter’s, and Armstrong’s
claim bounded Davis’ claim on the south. The claim shanties of these
three men were the only buildings to be seen in the vicinity where the town
is now located. The restrictions upon the Texas cattle drive caused them
to halt near this place, which was the main cause for starting a town.

In 1866, Capt. M. Mann and J. J. Barnes laid out a town site of eighty
acres, and named it Baxter Springs, in honor of A. Baxter, the first settler,
and also for the springs that are found here, which are said to possess
medical properties. The site was mostly upon the Davis claim, and a part
on the Armstrong claim, both of which came into the possession of Mann
and Barnes. , . ;

Several additions have since been made to the site, and it now com-
prises an area of about one entire section. wst
first and second, Dunbar’s first and second, Barnes’, Giswolds’, Riggins’,
Mann’s, Soloman’s, Kingman’s and Vanepp’s Additions, the latter being
a part of the Baxter farm. . :

The first’ house built upon the site was the log dwelling belonging to
Armstrong and Davis. This, however, was erected prior to the establish-
ment of the site, as such. The first Punting erected upon the site, after
it was laid out, was a small shanty built by Ben Gump. The next was a
small store, built by A. F. Powell, in which he put a stock of general,
goods. Bobstein & Dudley erected a room, and A. Mathews put in ita
stock of hardware. B. F. Townsend next opened a shoe store. These,
together with a hotel built- by W. Hyland, were the only business build-
ings érected in 1866. Stimulated by the business created by the immense
Texas cattle trade, the town grew with great rapidity, and everybody was
in a fever heat of excitement. Money was plenty and the merchants did
a flourishing business. Society was in a state of chaos. Here was a ren-
dezvous for the notorious Texas cow boy, the gambler, prostitute, saloon
keeper, and the multitude of villains and ruffians which infest these cattle
towns. Saloons and bawdy and dance houses of the most virulent character
were numerous, and the town, especially during the season when the cattle
were being driven in, was in one continuous state of uproar, night and
day. So great, indeed, was the excitement and the consequent rapid

rowth, that, as early as 1872, the town had a population of nearly 4,000.

‘his condition of things inspired the people of the town with the utmost
confidence in the greatness of their future. As a result of this, a most
lavish system of expenditure of the public money was made toward public
enterprise and improvement. In 1869, the town voted bonds to the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad to the amount of $150,000. In 1871,
$25,000 in bonds were voted, and a school building’was erected costing
the full amount. During the same year, $10,000 in bonds were voted,
and the proceeds applied to the erection of a court house and jail, which
the town intended to donate to the county, in the hope of Baxter Springs
being made the county seat, as a consideration. In 1878, an issue of
$4,000 in bonds was made for the improvement of the streets. Thus, re-

ardless of what developments of an unfortunate nature might take place
in the future, the town had already heaped upon herself a bonded indebt-
edness far in excess of the entire assessed valuation of all the property.
Subsequent legislation upon the subject caused the Texas cattle trail to be
moved further to the west. Thus it was taken from Baxter Springs, and
as has been done repeatedly, gave impetus to the starting and building up
of similar towns in the State along the border of the Indian Territory.

By reason of this change, Baxter Springs lost most of that which
hitherto stimulated her growth, and the mere country trade that was left
was insufficient to support so large a town. In consequence, the popula-
tion was soon materially diminished, many of the inhabitants seekin
other fields, and the excitement caused by the discovery of the rich lea
mines about eight miles east of the town, drew away scores of people. As
aresult of these depressing circumstances, the rate of taxation became
enormous, and many -property owners abandoned their possessions, and
left the place to avoid the payment of taxes, A portion of-the property
was aos for taxes, and lots and blocks sold for mere nominal sums,
some lots having been purchased as low as 17 cents. The bondholders,
seeing the unfavorable situation of affairs, were willing to accept almost
any sort of a compromise on their securities, and, happily for the town, a
compromise was effected upon all the bonds, the rate varying from
18 to 50 cents on the dollar. In this way, the entire bonded indebtedness
was discharged, with the exception of about $20,000. This was discharged
by an issue of funding bonds to that amount, which was made on January,
1880. These bonds fall due in thirty years’ time, and draw 6 per cent
interest.

Baxter Springs was made the county seat for Cherokee County in
November, 1867. This also served as a stimulant to its growth, but it was
of short duration, since, in February of 1869, it was removed to Columbus.
The site of the town is rendered historic as being the scene of the massa-
cre of Gen. Blunt’s body guard in 18638, which took place immediately
upon what is now a part of the city. A more detailed account of this

incident appears in the general history of Cherokee County.
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These additions are Brewster’s’
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During the war, the Third Wisconsin Regiment was posted at a point
a little northeast of the town, where they made light fortifications of
earthworks, traces of which still remain. A little way south of the town
a body of colored troops also had their fortifications.

Although the town had already been laid out, and considerable growth
had been attained and much improvement made, yet the property was
without perfect title. Neither had the title been made perfect until after
its organization as a city of the second class. When this was done, the
land was then entered by the Mayor, L. G. Denton, who, after having ob-
tained legal title, deeded to each property-holder his respective share. _

A national cemetery is located about one mile west of the city, in
which a considerable number of interments have been made. Noticeable
among those who here find a last resting place are the veterans who com-

osed Gen. Blunt’s body guard, and who were slaughtered at Baxter
prings by Quantrill’s guerrillas in 1863. ;

The city is situated on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad,
by means of which it has immediate connection with Kansas City and
Joplin, Mo.

Baxter Springs was incorporated as a city of the second class as early
as 1869. L. G. Denton was elected the first Mayor. Following this in
regular order, the following persons were elected to the office of Mayor :
H. R. Crowell, elected for two terms; Boyd, Phillip Pfening, J. M.
Cooper, two terms, and J. C. Naylor.

In 1866, the Government Post Office Department located an office at
this place. William Rebstein was the first Postmaster. Since then the
office has been held respectively by W. M. Coulter and William Varick,
whe was succeeded on the 1st of January, 1883, by William March.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The .irst public school was taught by Miss Wilcox in the summer of 1866. The school
was kept in a small log house, which had been rented for the accommodation of the school.
In 1868, a two-story frame house, containing two rooms, was built for school purposes, and was
afterward sold to the Methodists for a house of worship. A very elegant and costly school
building “was erected in 1872. It is a large, two-story brick structure, containing twelve
apartments. The building is of very imposing design, and is made of brick and trimmed
with cut stone, costing about $25,000. At the present time, the school population is com-
posed of 530 male and 545 female children, or a total number of 1,075.

The city contains five church organizations, each of which is supplied with a comfort-
able house of worship.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1868, by Rev. J. W. Hawkins. At that time,
there was a membership of twenty-five, which has since been increased to the present num-
ber of thirty-five. The church building was erected in 1871. It is a neat, one-story brick
building, and cost $4,000.

The Methodist Congregation was organized in 1867. Meetings were held in the school
pbuilding until in 1870, when the frame school building was purchased and fitted up for
church purposes. , y :

The Baptists effected _an organization, and, in 1872, erected a large brick church. The
body subsequently went down, and the building is now occupied by the colored Baptists.

The Episcopal and Catholic denominations have small congregations, both of which are
pepo with a church house. The Catholic Church was built in 1871, and is a small, brick
building. The Episcopal Church, a small frame, was built in 1880.

Baxter Lodge, No. 71, 4., Ff. & A. M.,, was instituted under a dispensation, with ten
members. W.H. ‘Draper was made Worshipful Master; W. H. Urie, Senior Warden; G. M.
Bush, Junior Warden; A. Sanford, Secretary; and W. Hyland, Treasurer. The order was
chartered October 21, 1878. The following officers were elected: B. F. Townsend, Worshipful
Master; M. Rebstein, Senior Warden; W. M. Matheny, Junior Warden; D. W. Cooley,
Secretary ; and W. Schmidt, Treasurer. .

The lodge was chartered with a membership of fifty-one, five Fellow Crafts and eight
Entered Apprentices. .

A hall was built in connection with the Odd Fellows, which was afterward sold to J. B.
Carruth. In 1881, a two-story brick building was purchased from Arthur & Degler, and the
upper Story fitted up for a lodge-room. The lodge at present has a membership of twenty-
two, in full standing. The present officers are: D. Prickett, Worshipful Master; J. H.
Smith, Senior Warden; L.G. Kennedy, Junior Warden; A. 8S. Peacock, Secretary; and G.
Stoskoff, Treasurer. a

Spring Valley Lodge, No. 51, I. O. O. J, was instituted in 1869. The present officers are:
W. B. Spencer, Noble Grand, and W. J. Boone, Secretary. ;

The Society of the Grand Army of the blic was organized August 23, 1882. The
ae ny rites were performed by Col. C. D. Nichols, seaiated by a number from the Colum-

us Post.

Baxter Lodge, No. 15, A. O. U. W., was instituted in July, 1880, with a membership of
twelve. W.B. Spencer was chosen Master Workman; S. Day, Recorder; and E. Hodgkins,
Treasurer. There is now a membership of forty members. The resent officers are: D. C.
Coleman, Past Master Workman and Secretary; H. A. Burgess,
lard, Foreman; and Jenners, Treasnrer.

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The first paper established in Baxter Springs was the Baxter Springs Herald. This
aper was started by B. R. & N. J. Evans in October, 1867, and was suspended in the follow-
ing summer.

The Cherokee Sentinel was the next paper started in the town. This sheet was brought
into existence by M. W. Coulter and D, C, Holbrook in October, 1868. In April of the next
year, W. E. C. Lyons took an interest in the paper, and, in the following December, Hol-
brook sold out to the other members of the firm. Lyons became editor and Coulter busi-
ness manager of the concern. The paper subsequently ceased at this place.

ue caminer was established by Mr. Simmons in 1871, but the publication has sinco
ceased.

aster Workman; A, Wil-

 

The ublican was started in 1872, by A. T. Lea, It was sold to A. J. R. Smith May 1,
1876, and subsequently suspended.

The Baxter ings News was established February 23, 1882, by the Baxter News Com-
pany, composed of a number of the business men of the town. . H. Horner was Presi-

ent of the company, and J. B, Rowley, editor of the paper. On October 14, 1882, it was
leased to M. H. Gardner. The paper was started as a seven-column folio, and, on November
16, 1882, it was enlarged to an eight-column folio. The sheet is independent in politics and
enjoys a liberal patronage, having a circulation of 500 copies.

The First National Bank was started at Baxter Springs in 1872 by G. Van Winkle, I. H.
Wright, H.S. Clark, W. A. Bodkin, J. H. Slater and others, In 1875, it was taken by H. R.
Crowell, E. Zelliken, W. W. Mayo, PJ. Pfening and J.M. Cooper. After one year’s opera-
tion, the institution became the sole possession of H. R. Crowell as a private bank. The
capital stock is $10,000, and the deposits are $50,000. 3

ii A vant was started in 1871 by Graves & Niles, which, after about two years’ operation,
collapsed. ;
axter Springs contains but one manufactory. This is the Baxter Flouring Mill,
which was built in 1870 by A. Willard. The mill building is a three-story frame, 25x50 feet.
It is operated by water-power derived from Spring River, the power consisting of two tur-
bine water wheels. It contains two run of stone, and has a grinding capacity of fifty bar-
rels of flour per day. According to the Assessor's returns in the spring of 3882, the city
contained a population of 1,237. This, however, is undoubtedly somewhat less than the
actual number, and with the increase since that time the Population may be safely esti-
mated at about 1,500. The buildings are considerably scattered, on account of the city at
one time being much larger than at present, and covering a large territory, and a number
of the buildings being moved away left those remaining in some instances at considerable
distances from each other. ;

* in Galena a short time, and came from t

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The city presents a very fine appearance, since most of the poorer class of houses were
taken away and the better and more costly ones were left. For this reason there are con-
siderably more tasty residence buildings than is found iu most Kansas’ towns of a like size,

‘A course of improvement is in steady progress, and the tity has fair promise of growth
and importance.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

E, B. AMOS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P. 0. Baxter Springs, was born in
Clinton County, Ind., in 1850, and settled here in 1869, and engaged at his present industry,
which he has actively carried on since. In 1873, he married Mrs. Hannah Pearson nee
Mitchell. They have a family of four daughters—Alice, Millie, Mabel and Blanche. His
farm consists of 160 acres of improved land, containing a nice orchard of various kinds of
fruit. He has it well stocked and fenced, and a plentiful suppl yof water. -_

PETER AUMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, P. 0. Baxter S rings, was born
in Mifflin County, Penn., in 1830, and was reared in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, to carpenter-
ing trade. In 1852, he located in Owen County, Ind., and followed his business successfully
there till 1880, when he located here and engaged at his present industry, which he has
actively followed since. He married Miss Leah Overhaulser, his first wife, whom he buried
in the cemetery in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1850. His second wife was Miss Sarah Bol-
man, whom he buried in the cemetery in Owen County, Ind., in 1865. They had two sons
and one daughter—Jonathan, Martha and Abraham. His third wife was Miss Rebecca
Livingston, They have no children. Mr. Auman did active service in Company F, Fifty-
third Siadinaa, Volunteer Infantry during the late civil war, from which he was honorably
discharged. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, containing a nice orchard of 300
fruit trees of different. kinds. . . \

CAPT, HORACE AUSTIN, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Meadville, Craw-
ford Co., Penn., September 1, 1815. At the age of nineteen, he enlisted in Company I, First
United States Regular ‘Artillery, in connection with the Florida war, and did five years of
active service, when, on account of disabilities, having been shot in seven different places,
he was honorably discharged, after the battle of Tustigua, at Jupiter Inlet, Fla. He then
returned home, and after a short time located in Gallia County, Ohio, in connection with
the farming industry, leaving there in 1854, and settling in De Kalb County, Ill, where
he carried on farming actively till 1873, when he came here, and has actively carried it on
here since. He married, in 1840, Miss Mary Ann La Due, who was born and reared in New
York City, and_who departed this life in’1853, and is buried in Poplar Grove Cemetery,
Gallia County, Ohio, leaving two daughters—Martha, now Mrs. Andrew Johnson, of Spring
Valley Township, and Harriet. In 1855, he married Miss Lovina Reed, a native of Ohio.
At the breaking-out of the late civil war, Capt. Austin raised Company K, One Hundred
and Fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and assisted ey in raising the regiment, and
commanded his company inactive service till his health failed him, and he was compelled
to retire. Since coming here he has taken an active part in the development of the social
and industrial life of the city; of which he is an honered official.

JULIUS BISCHOFSBERGER, proprietor of Baxter Hotel, livery and feed stables, was
born in Prussia in 1839, and was educated to the profession of architect there. In 1867, he
came to America and after spending a year in Pennsylvania, he came here and engaged in
mercantile business a few years; he carried on lumber business two years, and then engaged
at restaurant and hotel business and has successfully carried it on since. In 1878, hestarted
his present livery stable business; he was married in 1866, to Miss Mary Weise, of his native
country. They have a family of one son and three daughters—Julius, Jr., Annie, Lena
and Amelia; he is an active member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. societies here, and
an active worker in the industrial life of this city.

CAPT, HENRY A. BURGESS, proprietor of the Springs hotel, was born in Springfield,
Windsor Co., Vt., February 20, 1831, and was educated to the trade of blacksmithing there.
Upon the completion of his trade he came West and finally engaged in connection with the
railway industry in Michigan upon the M.S. & N. L. R. R, as conductor with which he was
identified for a few years. In 1856, he joined a party of colonists of Free-State principles
whose object was to settle in Kansas, and located near Lawrence where he remained until
1864, active as an official and citizen. During this time he served as Sergeant-at-arms of the
House of Representatives for two terms, and was also assistant Provost Marshal for the east-
ern district of the State. In 1864, he located in St. Louis and filled a position in the Provost
Marshal’s office; then subsequently he accepted a position in the city constabulary with
which he was connected for twelve years, ten years of which he did service as Captain, re-
tiring from it with the honorable distinction of Senior Captain in 1879, when he came here
and engages pees in mining operations until the present year, when he took char,
of the hotel business which he ably represents. During his first residence in Kansas he
filled the commissionship of the United States Court for five years. He is a Knight Tem-
Templar of the A., F. & A.M. society, and has been an active and worthy member for
twenty years; he is also an active member of the A. O. U. W. society here.

JOHN H. BURROWS, tin smith, was born in Indiana in 1851; he received a business
education, and at the age of eighteen began tinuers’ business in Evansville, Ind., which he
continued three years. He came to Kansas in 1870, and located in Erie, remaining two
years engaged in tin business, and being aise a silent partner in grocery store ; he was then

at place to Baxter Springs, and opened his present
business. Mr. B. is a Good Templar, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he
was married to Miss Clara Wigner, of Kansas, in 1874. They have four children—Ida, Ger-
tie, Maud and oe

E. B. CAMPBELL, agent of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, was born in
Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1845. At the age of twelve years, he located in Kansas with his people,
who settled in Fort Scott, where he was identified with the horticultural industry until
1875, when he accepted a position on this railroad as assistant agent and did work as such
at different points on the road until 1878, when he received his present appointment which
he has reputably held since. He was married in Scott in 1871, to Miss ‘Abe I. Smith, ¢ na-
tive of Macomb County, Ill. They have two little girls—Maud and Edna. He and family
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. .

OLIVER ALLEN COLEMAN, City Attorney, was born on Long Island, N. Y., March J,
1854; he received a classical collegiate education, graduating at the Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Coun., in 1875, and received the degrees of A. B.and A.M. In the fall of 1875,
he centered the law office of Samuel A. Bowen, of Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y., as a stu-
dent; he was admitted to practice May 9, 1877, to all the courts of the State. In 1879, he
began law business for himself in Detroit, Mich., where he remained until February 1,
1881, when he came to Baxter Springs, Kan.; he farmed one year and then resumed the
practice of law in Baxter Springs, August 25, 1881. He was appointed City Attorney July
18, 1882; he is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is recorder for the order at Baxter Springs.
Hie is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, a college society ; he is a member of the
Protestant Mpls Church, and a lay reader in the same.

JOHN M. COOPER, of the firm of Cooper & Wright, general merchants, was born in
Ulinois December 11, 1841; he received a liberal education and took a commercial course
at Jones’ College in St. Louis in 1865; he commenced the mercantile business at New Salem,
Ill, in 1866. In 1868, he came to Kansas and located at Baxter Springs, where he carried on
the grocery business eight or ten years, and then added dry goods and groceries. He started
a grocers store in Galena in 1877, and in 1878 took Mr. Schemerhorn, as partner in the
Galena business, adding hardware in 1880; he formed a partnership with Mr. Wright in the
Baxter Springs business in April. Mr. Cooper is a large mine and land owner in Cherokee
County, owning mines and lands in Colorado, 600 to 700 acres of fine land in Cherokee
ct improved, and residence and business properties in Baxter Springs. Mr. Cooper
started in life without means, and ey owns $60,000 to $75,000 worth of property.
WILLIAM COWAN, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1831, where he was reared ;
he followed farming until 1853; he was married'to Sarah A. Sharron March 24 1853; then
moved to Fulton County, Ind., where he followed farming; his daughter Mary J., was born
here December 25, 1853; then moved back to Guernsey County, Ohio, and continued farm-
ing here. John T’. Cowan was born May 23, 1856. In 1857, moved back to Fulton County.
ind., to his old home place, where Robert A. Cowan was born June 4, 1858. He remained
there farming until 1862, and then moved to Marshal Count: Ind., where William H. Cowan
was born April 6, 1862, and remained there until Nancy E. Cowan was born August 31,
1864; he was then drafted and hired a substitute for $1,000; he then sold out and moved to
Atchison County, Mo., where James A. Cowan was born September 15, 1867. He then moved
from there to Gentry County, Mo., where James A. Cowan died August 1, 1870, and Ruth
A. Cowan was born December 22, 1871; then moved from there to Kansas where Mary J.
Cowan was married to Even Owens September 16, 1875, a stock dealer; John F. Cowan was
married to Miss Emma Spinning, a school teacher, February 15, 1881; his occupation is farm-
ing; Robert A. Cowan was inarried to Miss Mits, a farmer's daughter, in May, 1882; his oc-
cupation is mining. He has two daughters and one son at home yet.
 

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B, F. CROWELL, agricultural machinery and smith shop, and dealer in all kinds of
machine repairs, was born in Blair County, Penn., in 1833; his ancestry were among the
early settlers of Maryland and Virginia, In 1851, he left his native State and located in St.
Louis, where he remained until the breaking out of the war in connection with his profes-
sion, When, after doing one year’s service in the army as‘a soldier, he engaged in the De-
partment of the Gulf in the transport service as engineer, in which he remained until the
end of the war. He married in St. Louis, Miss Sarah A. McBain, who was born in Liver-
pool, Eng., in 1848, and was reared in St. Louis. They have three sons and one daughter—
Norman, Daniel D., Mathieson and Catherine. In 1868, Mr. Crowell settled here and has been
reputably connected with his present business since. yi

BENJAMIN F. DIXON, farmer and stock-raiser and horticu‘turist, Section 21, P. O.
Quakervale, was born in Chatham County, N.C., in 1844, and was reared there to the farm-
ing industry. In 1866, he located in Lyon anys Kan., and carried on farming till 1878,
when he came here, and has been very successfully identified with his present industry
since. In 1877, he married Miss Hannah W. Stanley, who was born in Salem, Iowa, and re-
moyed with her people to Lyon County, Kan., in 1857, where she was reared and educated.
They have a family of two sons and three daughters—Albert S., Georgiana, Mary A., Charles
T, and Sadie P. Mr. Dixon has worked actively in the development of the social and in-
dustrial life of this locality. In 1878, he was active in the work of establishing a high school
here for the benefit of the families of Friends, and after two years, it was completed, and is
known as the “Spring River Academy.” He and his family are active members of the
Church of Friends here. In connection with his present business, he is also actively en-
gaged in mining interests. His farm contains 200 acres of improved land, well fenced and
watered and stocked, a handsome: orchard of twenty acres of a nicely assorted variety of
apple, pear and peach trees, as also a well assorted variety of small fruits, etc. Nice dwell-
ing and barns and stables, complete his interests here, which he has accumulated by dint
of steady and eos industry, having begun upon a merely nominal capital.

H. W. DUNCAN, stock-dealer, was born in Indiana May 21, 1848. At the age of nine-
teen, he began the drug business, which he followed three years in Indiana. He was then
in a saw-mill one year, and came to Kansas October, 1869, locating in Woodson Cownty,
where he took up 2 homestead, and remained on it six years. He came to Baxter Springs
and engaged in butcher business a short time, and then commenced handling stock in all
lines, buying, selling and shipping, and is still in same business. He owns 300 acres of farm
Jand, and is now one of the stock dealers of Kansas.

CHARLES E. EDDY, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Brush Creek, was born in the State of
New York, June 14, 1832; received a common school education while at home on the farm,
and in 1853 went to Wisconsin, remain‘ng a short time, and thence to Illinois, for one
season ; then was in Iowa three years, on a,farm and driving stage; then to Nebraska, where
he worked for stage company three months; then again in Iowa with stage company, and
then back in Nebraska, where he opened a farm of 160 acres, which he improved and worked
on two years, He then went to Missouri and carried on a farm one year, and in 1869 came
to Kansas and bought his present farm of 160 acres which he improved, and upon which he
now raises stock and grain, and has a fine selection of fruits of all kinds. Mrs. Eddy owns
127 acres in Cherokee County. He was married to Miss Fidelia Reynolds, of Ohio, 1852,
who died in 1872, leaving Minnie. He was married to Mrs. Sarah Rainey, of Ohio, in 1874.
ae have three children—Charles, Jessie and Ustacia. Have one step-daughter, Annie

ainey.

C. H. ERICKSON, stock-dealer, was born in Sangamon County, Ill., in 1854. At
the age of nineteen, he located here and engaged at his present industry, which he has suc-
cessfully carried on since. In 1876, he married Miss Elizabeth Gould, a native of Minnesota.
They have one little boy—Oliver. Mr. Erickson is a member of the firm of Erickson &
Duncan, who do an extensive business here in the rearing and dealing of all kinds of stock,
although they make a specialty of horses and mules.

ILLIAM FOSTER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 14, P. O. Baxter Springs, was
born in County of Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1847, and came to America in 1862, and located
here in 1865, and has been active in connection with his present industry since. In Decem-
ber, 1874, he marricd Miss Edna J. Owens, a native of Tennessee. They have three sons—
John Wesley, James and Elmer. Mrs. Foster was born in Tennessee, and reared in Madi-
son County, Ill. Their farm contains sixty-nine acres of improved jand, well fenced and
watered and containing a nice orchard of different kinds of fruit trees.

- M. H. GARDNER, editor and publisher of the Baxter Springs News, was born in
Northern Illinois, March 15, 1856. He came to Kansas at the age of twelve, and at fifteen
began the printing business, being at Eureka seven months, and afterward on the Emporia
News fifteen months. He was then at Wichita in the Zagle office eight months; then he
returned to Emporia and worked on the Ledger. In May, 1877, he engaged with McDowell
& Lea at Galena on The Miner, remaining three years, and in 1880 went to Emporia and took
a position as foreman 0. the Emporia News, subsequently buying an interest in the Daily
Republican at Galena. In February, 1882, he came to Baxter Springs and took a position as
foreman on the Baxter Springs News. He was married to Miss Flora La Porte, of Columbus,
Kan., in 1879. They have two children—Edna P. and Lizzie Mabel.
L. C. GOODN ER, stock-dealer, Kansas, was born in Illinois, on October 20, 1850. He
began herding stock in Illinois at the age of fifteen, in partnership with his father. He
remained in Illinois six years, and then came to Carthage, Mo. in 1871-72. He came to
Baxter Springs in the fall of 1879 and began dealing in cattle and_hogs, and has since con-
tinued in that business. Mr, Goodner owns a fine residence in Baxter Springs. He isa
member of A. O. of U. W. He was married to Miss Jénnie Douglas, of Illinois, September 12,
1870. They have three children—Claud M., Cass and Ethel May. ; "1

A.J. GRAVES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P. O. Baxter Springs, was born in
Morgan County, Ind., in 1832, and was identified with farming there till 1866, when he
located here, and has been very successfully connected with his present industry since. In
1858, he married Miss Mary Johnson, who was born and reared in Scott County, Ind. They
have turee sons and three daughters—George Washington, Anna Maria, Samuel Jefferson,
Merdilla, Charles Edward and Eleanora. Mr. Graves has been an active worker in develop-
ing the industrial interests of his locality. He is an active supporter of the Presbyterian
Church. His farm contains 200 acres of improved land, well fenced. watered and stocked,
an orchard of 1,000 fruit trees of a nicely assorted variety, good Aree barns and stables.

GEORGE G. GREGG, druggist, was bornin Pennsylvania April 5, 1833. He received a
practical education, and at the age of eighteen, went steamboating as clerk on the Arkansas
River two years. He was next engaged in trade in West Virginia four years, at which time he
went to Illinois, and was in the drug business from 1859 to 1866, and was also speculating in
cotton, in the meantime, three years. He cameto Baxter Springs in 1867, and opened a drug
store, and now owns.in that city residences, business property and vacant lots and also
mining lands on Shoal Creek. Is a member of the order of Freemasons and A. 0. U. W.
He was married to Miss Emma Tutton, of Illinois, in 1868, and has two children—Blanch
and Paul; Ralph (deceased). " sual ‘

E, A. HAINES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 5, P. O. Baxter Springs, was born in
Clinton County, Ohio, in 1839, and followed farming there until 1867, when he located and
has actively carried it on here since. He married in Brown SEAT Ohio, in 1860,
Miss Sophronia A. Snyder. They have a family of one son and two dave ters—Elmer E.
E., Carrie E. and Flora M. Mr. Haines is living on the homestead of 160 acres, which he
has brought from a state of nature to a beautiful improved farm, well fenced and with nice
buildings and an orchard of 1,000 fruit trees of various kinds, He has always worked for
the development of the social and public life of his locality, and has served with honorable
distinction as a public servant of his municipality and school district. | :

S. A. HAINES, real estate, insurance and loan agent, was born in Ohio Seprene: 18,
1831. He received a high school education, and at the age of nineteen, began business as
Deputy County Auditor in Indiana, holding the position four years. He then engaged in
the mercantile business in Indiana, which he continued for twenty-five years, coming to
Baxter Springs, Kan., in November, 1879, where he began his present business. He is a
member of the A.O. U. W. and the K.of H .He was married to Miss Annie E. Johnson, of
Ohio, in 1859, by whom he has six children—Lafayette, Mabel, Harry, George, Winnie and
Eldred. Mrs. Haines died in 1874. His present wife was Miss Ella Monee, of Ohio. They
have one child—Stacy. ‘ . ‘

LEANDER W. HARRIS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 26, P. O. Baxter Springs,
was born in Lewis County, N. ¥., August 14, 1828, and was reared in Switzerland County,
Ind., to farming. He spent from 1854 to 1859 in farming in Van Buren County, Towa,
returning again to Indiana. At the breaking-out of the war, he enlisted in Company C,
Third Indiana Cavalry, and after an active service of two years he was honorably dis-
charged on account of wounds received at the battle of Antietam. He was with the regi-
ment in its fearful charge through the bridge in that battle. After the war, he followed
teaching till 1867, when he settled in Andrew County, Mo., and carried on farming actively
till 1878, when he located here and has actively carried on his present industry since. In

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1862, he married Miss Hattie E. Henderson, of Vevay, Switzerland Co., Ind. They
have one son and daughter—Clarence W. and Carrie A., and he has one son by a former
marriage—Robert S., stock-dealer in Burlington, Kan.

HON. CYRUS W. HARVEY, horticulturalist, P. 0. Quakervale, was born in Grant
County, Ind., in 1843, and received his rudimentary and literary education in the public
schools of his native place; also a regular two years’ course in Larlham College, Richmond,
Ind. At the age of oigmeen, he pugaged his services in defense of the Union, and
enlisted in Company C, Eighty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and did active service
until the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. In 1867, he located here and
established the Quaker Valley Nursery, which industry he has been connected with since with
the exception of a year or so, lately retiring from active nursery work and paying his
attention chiefly to his immense fruit farm of eighty acres of various kinds of fruits. He
has always worked zealously in the interest of the church of the Friends, and has been
very active as a minister of that society since 1876. In 1879, he established the Western
Friend, and has very ably edited and managed itsince. In 1872, he represented his district
in the Legislative Assembly of the State. He has always worked devotedly for the advance-
ment of the best iuterests of his et He weasel, in 1869, Miss Lavina J. Carter, a
native of Plainfield, Ind. They have three sons and three daughters—Anson, Adolphus,
Gertrude, Arzalia, Luella and C. Walton, Jr.
mastership of the Quakervale post office. .

E. D. HODGKINS, was born in the State of New York in 1836, where he received an
academical education. In 1864, he went to Montana and Idaho, and remained six years.
Came to Baxter Springs, Kan., in 1870, and engaged in the mining business four years;
rested two years, and then was in the stock business until 1878, and subsequently in the
mercantile business until 1882, when he sold out on account of ill health. He owns a resi-
dence and business Bropeny in Baxter Springs, and a farm in Cherokee County. He was
married to Miss Annie Dale, of Illinois, in 1873. They have three children—Zela Estella,
Leonard Dale, Hattie Myrtle.

REV. JAMES M. ILIFF, Pastor of the M. E. Church, was born February 1, 1833. He
received a high school education, and at the age of eighteen, began business as a mechanic,
worbene at his trade five years. During the next two years he was in the mercantile busi-
ness in Iowa, He came to Kansas in 1857, and located in Linn County, where he took up
160 acres of land, improving and cultivating it, which he still owns. He has a fine fruit

rain and stock farm. He enlisted in the army in 1862 as a private, and was discharged in

865, as I‘irst Lieutenant and Acting Quartermaster. On returning, he engaged in different
pursuits until 1868, at which time he entered the ministry, and, in 1874, the itineracy. He
was for three years stationed at Uniontown, Kan., and for three years more at Mound City,
and is now on the third year as Pastor at Baxter § rings. He is home superintendent of
missionary work in the Indian Nation. He has built two churches, one in Linn County
and one in Bourbon County, and has gathered about 700, members into the church during
his nine years pastorate. The Rev. Mr. lliff was married to Miss Cassandria Dennis, of
Perrysville, Ind., December 1, 1853. They have four children living—Daniel A., Ezra M.,
James N. and Benjamin G.

ANDREW JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, P. O. Baxter Springs, was
born in Knox County, IIL, in 1840, and followed farming in Illinois till 1879, when he set-
tled here, and has carried on farming and stock-raising since. June 2, 1862, he married
Miss Martha Austin in DeKalb County, Ill., where he had carried on farming for five years.
eee, have a family of three sons and two daughters—Horace, Hattie, Nora, Ford and

oscoe.

G. L. KENNEDY, Police Judge and boot and shoe maker, was born in Pennsylvania,
February 24, 1829. He began shoe making in Pennsylvania, at the age of sixteen, and con-
tinued’ in that occupation six years. He then went to Virginia and remained until 1861,
wnen he entered the army and served three years. He was then employed as mail agent
twelve years, in Virginia, coming to Kansas in 1880, and locating ot Baxter Springs, where
he was engaged in stock business one year, and then opened his present business, being
elected Police Judge of Baxter Springs in 1881. He was married to Miss Mary A. Hasleton,
of Virginia,in 1856, and has four children—Clara B., Margaret Ophelia, Sarah Catherine and
Georgiana. He isa member of the A., F. & A. M.

. R. LEE, dentist, was born in Canada on the 18th of April, 1842. He received a col-
legiate dental education, graduating at Philadelphia in 1864. He practiced in Philadelphia
ten or twelve years, at Pittsburg two years and came to Chicago in 1878, where he remained
two years. He came to Baxter Springs, Kan., in 1880. He was married to Miss Belle R.
Dyer, of Illinois, in 1879. $

JAMES W. LINDSEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 7 and 18, P.O. Baxter Springs,
was born and reared in Butler County, Penn. At the breaking out of the late civil war
he enlisted in Company H, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and did active
service until November, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. In 1867, he came here
and located, and has been successfully connected with his present business since. Wis farm
contains 172 acres of improved land well fenced and watered and stocked. It has a nice or-
chard of 200 fruit trees, good buildings, ete. Mr. Lindsey has, for the last seven years, oper-
ated rather actively in connection with threshing business, and has the most improved
machinery in that line controlled by steam power, with a capacity of turning out about 700
bushels of grain aday. As a matter of fact, Mr. Lindsey began hislife here with $140, and
has by dint of steady and persistent industry accumulated a handsome competence. He is
one of the most active workers in connection with the development of the social life of his
locality, and although having no children, he is one of the most active workers in his dis-
trict for the support of een schools.

DR. A. J. McCLELLAN, was born in Fayette County, Penn., in July, 1834. He at-
tended Madison re Penn., in 1856-57 ; Michigan Medical University at Ann Arbor, in
1861, and the Medical College of Kansas City, Mo., in 1881. He was engaged in the drug
business and the practice of medicine in Warrensburg, Mo., for nine years. In 1870, he
came to Baxter Springs and began the practice of medicine, which he is still continuing.
He had a mining interest in the “Stanly Lead Diggings,” on Shoal Creek in 1872. He is a
member of the School Board of Baxter Springs, and of the A., F.& A.M., I. 0.0. F., anda.
0. U. W. a was married to Miss Sallie Rountree, of Missouri, in 1863. ‘They have one son
—George B. ; ‘

MT. McMICKLE, of the firm of McMickle & Naylor, general merchants, was born in
Indiana January 18, 1827, He received a business educaticn, and at the age of twenty-one
went boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, continuing in that occupation until 185u,
when he went to California and remained two year: mining, and then returned to Indiana
and farmed two years. He was then engaged in mercantile business in Illinois four years,
next in stock and ranch business in Texas until 1865, when he went into mercantile busi-
ness in the same State, and carried it on until 1872, at which time he came to Baxter Springs,
Kan., and opened business in dry goods, which he ran alone six years, and in 1868, associ-
ated himself with Mr. Coruth. In 1881, he formed a partnership with Mr. Naylor in the
same business. Mr. MeMickle owns large city real estate, being residences, business proper-
ties and business lots. He was appointed County Clerk, District Clerk, Justice of the Peace,
County Treasurer and Postmaster in Texas, representing half adozen counties, He was
elected alderman two terms in Baxter Springs. He is a member of the order of Freema-
sons. Was married to Miss Jane Blunk, of Indiana, in 1855, who died in 1856. Was mar-
ried to Miss L. E. McCreery, of Lilinois, in 1858, who died in 1878, by whom he had two chil-
dren—Mary Jane (deceased) and Libbie. He was married to Miss L. H. Cummings, of Bax-
ter Springs, in 1881.

WILLIAM J. MAHAN, contractor and builder, was born in Pleasant’ Hill, McLean
Co., Ill., in 1812. At the breaking-out of the war he enlisted his services in Company K,
Eighth {llinois Volunteer Infantry, and soon after was instituted in the commissariat of
the Quartermaster’s department with which he was connected till 1864, his term of enlist-
ment; he then re-enlisted and veteraned in the Thirteenth Indiana, Company G, and
remained in it till the end of the war, in the commissariat, when he was honorably
discharged. After the war, he engaged at his present business in Bloomington, IIl., and
followed it there till 1869, when, after spending several years in connection with his present
business in Missouri and Texas, he located in Kansas and has been connected with it in the
State almost continuously since. In 1877, he was married in Joplin, Mo., to Miss Martha A.
Miller, of De Witt, Illinois. They have one little girl living, Eula May. Mr. Mahon is an
active member of the K. of P. society. Since coming to the State, he has left important
relics of his handicraft principally in Abilene, Kan., and in the mining and smelting insti-
tutions of Galena and Empire City. ;

COL. WILLIAM MARCH, postmaster, real estate and loan broker, was born in High-
land Co., Ohio, September 22, 1834. He received _a classical education and graduated from
Hillsborough at the head of his class in"1853. His chosen occupation was that of farming,
which he prosecuted with energy and zeal until the breaking-out of the rebellion when, be-
lieving the country needed his services as a soldier, and, like a loyal citizen in his country’s

Mrs. Harvey is the incumbent of the Post-
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eril, he laid aside his chosen occupation and took up arms in the defence of the principles

e loved, He served as a faithful soldier until the close of the war and received anghonora-
ble discharge. He then engaged in mercantile business until 1870, when he sold out and
moved West He was appointed agent by the Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad to dispose of lands
along their line. Col. March was one of the originators of the Baxter Springs Med-
ical Association, and is now corresponding secretary of the same. He is, and has been,
an active member of the Methodist seer Church for a number of years. He is also a
member of the A., F. & A. M. and A. 0. U. W. orders. The Colonel is a staunch Repub-
lican, and has done much valuable service for his party wherever he has operated. He has
been a delegate to every County and State Convention for several years, and was at one
time a prominent candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He was married to Miss Frank
C. Wescott, of Lansing, Mich., in 1874. They have one child, Harry Blair, living, and one,
Bessie Helene, deceased. :

WILLIAM S, MICHENER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, P. O., Baxter Springs,
was born in Bucks Co., Penn., in 1811 and was reared to farming which he followed there til
at the age of fifty-one, he settled in Delaware County, Ind.; followed farming there till
1880 when he settled here. In 1833, he married Miss Matilda B. Morris who was born in
Bucks County in 1810. They] have two sons, George W., veterinary surgeon, of Baxter
Springs, and E.M. E,.M. Michener was born in Bucks Co., Penn., in June, 1841, and has been
identified with his father in his business since. In 1865, he married Miss Amanda J. Will-
iams, who was born in Delaware Co., Ind., in 1844. They have threesons and two daughters,
Oliver M., Hallie B., Ola M., Homer A. and Walter A. Mr. E, M. Michener did active serv-
ice in the One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company B, during
the last civil war. The Micheners are descendants of the old Quaker stock of Pennsylva-
nia, The farm consists of 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and stocked and watered.
It contains a nice orchard of 250 fruit trees of various kinds, and has good dwellings and
barns and stables.

JULIEN C. NAYLOR, stock dealer, was born in North Carolina, December 16, 1842.
He lost his father at the age of fourteen, and after that time the care of the famil fell on
him. He continued on the farm until the age of eighteen, at which time he enlisted in
the army and served until 1865, and he was then a farmer until 1867, when he came to Bax-
ter Springs and began ise and dealing in stock in that place. He owns a residence
and lots in Baxter Springs, and a 700 acre stock and lg ain farm mostly under cultivation.
He is a member of A., I’. & A. M. and A. O. U. W., and was, elected Mayor of Baxter
Spin s in 1881. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Robbins, of Illinois, September 6, 1866.
They have four children—Walter, Blanche, Myrtie and Pearl.

CHRISTIAN NULL, proprietor of Indiana House, was born in Ohio, October 5, 1818.
He farmed in Indiana forty ‘years, raising stock and grain. In 1880, he came to Kansas and
located on a farm two miles west of Baxter Springs where he remained eighteen months,
and at end of this time he came to Baxter Springs and took charge of Indiana Hotel. -

J. B. OPPERMAN, manufacturer and dealer in saddles, harness, bridles, etc., was born
in Steasboure France, in 1846, and came to America with his people in 1852, who settled in
Ohio, where he was reared to his present profession. In 1868, he located in Leavenworth and
carried on his trade till 1870, when he located here and has very successfully conducted his
present business since. In 1873, he married Miss Jenny Hunter, a native of Urbana, Uhio,
who departed this life 1879, and is buried in the Baxter Springs Cemetery, leaving one son
Charles L. Mr. Opperman did active service during the late Civil War in the Seventeenth
Ohio Independent Battery. Since locating here, he has, by dint of steady, persistent indus-
try, increased his business over 300 per cent, and -has accumulated a handsome competence.

P. J. PFENNING, Superinterdent of the Bonanza Mining and Smelting Company,
was born at Bingen, on the Rhine, Germany, in 1844, and came to America in 1846 with his

eople who settled in New York city, where he was reared to the profession of tobacconist.

n 1864 he joined a party for the purpose of operating in mining and crossed the plains and
located at first in Virginia City, Nev., where he engaged at mining for some time. After
operating in mining in Montana Territory and also in California, he came herein 1870, and
has been identified with the mining industry here since. In 1873, he married Miss Alice M,
Cooley, of Bushnell, Ill. They have a family of three daughters, Frankie, Blanche and Nina.
Mr. Pfenning has worked actively in the development of the public, social and industrial
life of his locality since coming here. Served as Mayor of Baxter Springs for two terms.
He has been an active member of the A., F. & A. M society since 1866.

WILLIAM D. PINNICK, farmer; Section 35, P. O. Baxter Springs, was born in Indiana
February 2, 1841. He was raised on a farm, received a liberal education, entered the army
September 18, 1861, and was mustered out September 17, 1864. He ‘returned to Indiana and
lived on a farm four years, and then went to Newton County, Mo., and farmed ten years.
and then came to Cherokee County, Kan., where he has since lived, engaged in farming
and dealing in cattleand horses. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of
which he is Superintendent and Steward, and is also Steward of the Board of Stewards who
have charge of Wyandotte Aid Society. He was one of the oreunenes of Elm Tree School
and of the Sunday school and church at the same place, and has organized two other Sun-
day schools, He was married to Miss Virginia Brown, of North Carolina, February 25, 1864.
They have five children—Nora, Minnie F., C. Claud, Myrtle and James A. Garfield.

JAMES’W. PINKSTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P. O. Baxter Springs, was

born in Jefferson County, Tenn., in 1822, and was reared in Washington County, Va., where
he followed the pump carpentering trade,
through Texas and the Indian Territory, he located here in 1868, and has been very suc-
cessfully connected with the farming and stock-rearing industry here since. He has a
family of three sons and two daughters living—Martha Jane,.now Mrs. Zimri B. Carr, of
Humboldt; Mrs. Mary Jones, of this township, James W., John B.and Lincoln. Mr. Pinks-
ton began his life here pon a comparatively small capital, and by dint of steady and per-
sistent industry, accumulated a handsome property for himself, and has settled upon his
aa a goodly amount to each. J
a OHN POLSTER, deceased, was born in Hungary, Germany, in 1837. He came to
America in 1860 and located in Missouri, where he was engaged in the dry-goods business
until 1868, when he came to Baxter Springs, Kan., and started the same business, which he
continued until the time of his death, 1880. Mr, Polster was married December 28, 1862, to Miss
Christian Boehmer, of Missouri, and two days after being married, went to Rolla, Mo., and
remained until May, 1863. He then spent two weeks at home, and then went to Springfield,
Mo., and remained until December, when he came home again and stayed one month, He
then went to Fort Smith and returned home in November, and commenced housekeeping;
opened the dry goods business in Missouri at the same time. He kept store three years,
and then sold out and came to Baxter Springs in 1868, In May, 1871, he brought his family
to Baxter § ngs -

ALLEN RAKESTRAW, contractor and builder, was born in Kankakee County, TIl., in
1836, and was reared to the farming industry, with which he was actively connected there
till 1870, when he came here, and has been very successfully connected with this present
industry here since. He married in Iroquois County, III, in 1860, Miss Amelia E. Van Fos-
son, a native of Licking County, Ohio. They have one daughter—Ella P. Among the
many relics of Mr. Rakestraw’s handicraft here, is the public school of this city (his first
contract), and many public buildings and private residences. He has been active as an
official in his county since locating here.

ROBERT H. SANDS, bookkeeper for McMickle & Naylor, was born in Indiana June
20, 1842. He received a high school education, and at the age of eighteen, began clerking in
Indiana, and continued in that. occupation for several years, in the meantime being engaged
during 1864 and 1865, in steamboating on the Ohio River. He was then engaged in mer-
chandise for himself until 1870, and was then trading on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers until
1873. He was then for three and a half years in the Government Civil Service, and was
employed on the river a short time, before coming to Kansas. In the spring of 1879, he
located in Baxter Springs, and took his present position in March, 1879. Heis a Freemason
and Master Mason. He was married to Miss Tillie M. Tucker, of Indiana, in March, 1866.

. They have two children—Robert W. and Leila.

JAMES SMITH, general blacksmithing and wagon and carriage making, was born in
Munfordville, Hart! County, Ky., in 1843, and learned his trade in Liberty, Clay County,
Mo. * He was identified with his profession principally in Liberty and Chillicothe till 1870,
when he located here, where he has successfully carried on his present industry since. In
1870, he married Miss Clara E. Darlington, of Chillicothe, Mo.. They hess a family of two
sons and three daughters—Maud, Agnes, Lillie, Oscar and Roscoe. r. Smith did service
in the late war in ihe Eighth Missouri State Militia, and afterward in the Sixteenth Kansas
Volunteers, Company I., from which he was honorably discharged. __

W. B. SPENCER, dealer in lumber, lime, cement, etc., and proprietor of the Excelsior
Livery Stables. Mr. Spencer was born in Huron County, Ohio, on- October 9, 1843. At the
age of eighteen, he enlisted his services in defense of the Union in 1861, in Company I,
Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and remained in active service till the end of the war, when

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he was honorably discharged as veteran of Company I, Third Ohio. He did service in the
first battle at Corinth, battles of Stone River, Franklin, Tenn,, in Wilson’s Cavalry raid,
from Resaca to Jonesboro, battles of Selma and Perrysville, and innumerable skirmishes,
He located in Columbia, Tenn., after the war, in connection with the milling industry,
which he retired from in 1866, and returned to his native place. In April, of the following
year, he sailed for Europe, visiting in England at the home of his ancestors, also visiting
the World’s Fair, returning to America in 1868, and locating here, and eneaging at the livery
business, and subsequently established a stage route between this point and Joplin and
Oronogo in Missouri. In 1873, he was appointed by the Government to carry the mails be-
tween these points, retiring from it when the railroad became completed. In 1878, he estab-
lished the lumber business, and has successfully carried it on since. Mr. Spencer has alas
taken an active part in all measures tending toward the development of the social, public
and industrial life of this city since locating here. He is at present a member of the School
Board, and has been active as an official in many civic positions. Is an active member of the
I. 0. 0. F. and A. O. U. W. societies here. . ‘ ;

JAMES W. TAYLOR, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, P. O. Baxter Springs, was
born in Caroline County, Va., in 1844, and was reared in Guernsey County, Ohio. In 1860,
he settled in Bureau County, Ill.,and July 26, 1861, enlisted in Company B, Forty-secon
Tilinois Volunteer Infantry, and remained in active service until the end of the war, when
he was honorably discharged, as a veteran of Company B, Forty-second Illinois Infantry.
In 1876, he left Bureau County, and carried on farming in Texas until 1879, when he located
here, and has carried on farming actively since. In 1866, he married in Geneseo, Henry
County, Ill., Miss Martha Wilkins, who was born in Henry County, IIL. in 1848, she dying
April 26, 1866. In October 10, 1869, he married Froella Haiselder, of Buda, Bureau
County, Ill. She was born near Fort Rowan, Canada West, March 10, 1844. They have
had three children—Henry E., Adaline E. and Bertha M. Mr. Taylor is an active member
of I. 0.0. F. and A. O. U. W. societies. His farm contains eighty acres, well fenced and stocked
and has 600 fruit trees. ’ : mas ‘

WALTER S. TUTTLE, dealer in books and stationery, was born in Maine in 1858.
He is a graduate of Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. In 1878, he bought out the stationery
business of L, Coles, in Post Office building, Baxter Springs, and has since continued in the
same business. Mr. Tuttle owns considerable real estate in the town of Baxter. He was,
during the latter part of 1882, acting Postmaster, and is now Assistant Postmaster of that

lace, z .

4 M. J. VANCE, of the firm of Horp Bros. & Vance, butchers, was born in Fayette
County, Penn., March 10, 1816, He was raised on a farm, and at the age of twenty-two years,
he went to Ohio, where he farmed twenty-five years, then moved to Illinois in 1863, where
he remained five years on a farm. He came to Kansas in 1868 and continued farming until
1882, when he sold out and began the butchering business. He is a member of the Baptist
Church. He was married to Miss Matilda Tenna, of Ohio, in 1838. They have five chil-
dren living—Rachel, Francis, Eliza, Margaret and Thomas. His wife died in 1875. He was
married to Mrs. Mary Tanner, of Kansas, October, 1876. :

ALBERT WILLARD, dealer in agricultural implements, was born in the State of New
York, November 19, 1834. He received a practical education and learned the carpenter's
trade, at which he worked four years. He then farmed two years, then freighted in Kan-
sas until 1866, and then handled cattle two years. He built a mill on Spring River in 1870,
which he is now running, and to which business he has added flour, feed, grain and farming
implements, and is also carrying on a grain and stock farm in connection with the above
business. He owns 1,800 acres, with 600 acres in cultivation, a hotel in Galena, mining
lands in Galena, one-half of 160 acres of mining land south of Baker Digging, in Galena, one
100 lots in Galena, and residences and business property in Baxter Springs. He was mar-
ried to Miss L. A. Harlan, of Cherokee County, Kan., 1872. They have one child—Leon L.

J. WISWELL, of the firm of Spencer & Wiswell, stock-dealers, and of the firm of Wis-
well & Co., meat market, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1856, and received his
rudimentary education in the district schools of his native county. He then spent three

-years in aliterary course at the Grand River Institute, of Ohio, and afterward two years

in the Wooster University, of Ohio; meantime he engaged in the profession of teaching,
and was connected with it in Ohio till 1880, two years of which he spent as teacher in Woos-
ter University, In 1880, he came here and accepted the principalship of the city schools,
and has réputably held it to the present year, meantime engaging in the above named
industries successfully. On Christmas, 1879, he married Miss Jennie E. Bishop, of Harpers-
field, Ohio. They have one little girl—Alice J. Mr. Wiswell has worked actively in all
measures tending toward the development of the industries of the city since locating here.
HALEY B. WRIGHT, of the firm of Cooper & Wright, general merchants was born in
Texas, February 24, 1853. He received a practical education and at the age of twenty-two
began farming in Cherokee County, Kan., and continued in that occupation sor three
yor afterward, carrying on the grocery and queensware business for four years. In 1880,
e became associated with Mr. John M. Cooper in general mercantile business and has now
one of the largest establishments in thi ssection of the country. Mr. Wright owns a farm
in Cherokee County, residence and business property in Baxter Springs and real estate in
Webbville, Mo. He was married to Miss Kanie McClane, of Illinois, October 14, 1875.
They have two children—Isaac H. and Charley H.

GALENA.

The city of Galena is situated in the southeastern part of Cherokee
County on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. It is distant
from the Missouri line about one and a half miles, and about four miles
from the Indian Territory.

The discovery and development of the lead mines in this section was
the cause for the starting of the town. The land upon which it was lo-
cated was owned by E. Moll, a German farmer, who managed by hard labor
and strict economy to obtain from his land a scanty living. The tract
consisting of 120 acres was purchased in the spring of 1877, by the Galena
Mining & Smelting Company, for which they paid $10,000. The town
was immediately laid out, and the excitement caused by the lead discov-
ery was so great, that no sooner was a lot staked off than a purchaser was
ready with the money in hand to buy it. The influx of people was 9x-
tremely rapid, so that in the space of about two months the place num-
bered a population of between two and three thousand. Business houses
were hastily established, and miners’ shanties were built by the score, re-
Sellars of taste or appearance, and the town site was everywhere being

ug up with mining excavations.

A tract of eighty acres of railroad land adjoining the site was pur-
chased by a joint stock company called the South Side Town & Mining
Company, afterward changed to the South Side Mining & Manufacturing
Company. This tract also became a part of the town site.

The early history of the place is fraught with many incidents of, ruf-
fianism, gambling, drunkenness, etc., as is characteristic of most mining
towns in new countries. These, however, have largely been driven out,
ae the city is now made up of a comparatively civil and law-abiding pop-
ulace. ‘

The city has the rough and cheap appearance of a regular mining
camp, being made up mostly of cheap and rough board shanties. The
ground upon which it stands, natura ly uneven, is rendered more un-
sightly by the heaps of excavated material that has been thrown from
mining and prospecting shafts in every part of it. The mercantile busi-
ness of the city is mainly that of supplying the camp. In the immediate
vicinity of the place, extending outward a distance of from three to four
CHEROKEE COUNTY.

miles, the country is poorly adapted to agriculture, the soil being rocky
and sterile. ok ‘

The city is located on Short Creek, a name sometimes given to the
diggings, and also that given to the station on the Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Gulf Railroad.

This road was completed to the town in 1871.

A branch of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad was built from
Joplin, Mo., terminating at Galena, thus affording it the advantages of
competing lines of transportation.

' Galena was incorporated as a city of the third class in May, 1877, in
less than two months from the time it was laid out. The first Mayor was
G. W. Webb, who was re-elected, and was succeeded by A. N. McPherson.

Following this the office was filled by G. W. Dausenberg, C. O. Stock-
slager and B. 8. Moore. After a short time, Moore gave up the office, and
John Schmeirer was elected to fill the vacancy.

The Galena Post Office was established in 1877, with L. C. Weldy as
Postmaster. He has continued to hold the office since that time.

The first school was taught in the winter of 1877-78, in a building that
had been built for a store room. _The school comprised three departments,
and was under cliarge of E. J. Prichett, Mrs. Miller and the present Mrs.
Hutchins.

A school building was erected in 1879. It is a large two-story frame
structure containing four rooms. The district purchased four lots for a
schoolhouse site; the land was leased for mining purposes. It was found

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

H. ANDREWS, of the firm of Aldrich, Fuller & Andrews, ap raprictors of the Excelsior
Crushing and Separating Works, is a native of Herkimer County, N. Y., and was reared to the

rofession of a mechanic. In 1861, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in Company A, First New

ork Light Artillery, and did active service till the end of the war, when he was honorably dis-
charged as veteran of the Seventh New York Independent Battery, in which he served as Color
Bearer for the last three years. After the war he returned home and completed his profession,
but did not make it his business in life. He operated extensively in contracting, part of which
was in the Territories, retaining, however, his identity with his native State. fh 1877, he came
here and operated in mining till he Joined the presenk partnership. September 15, 1881, he mar-
ried Naomi A. Kilborn, in Herkimer County, N. Y., who was born in Jefferson County, N. Y.,
where she lived until twelve'years of age. The firm was established in November, 1880. Besides
their regular work, they do a general brokerage business in Jead and zinc ore. At the crushing
and separating works in Galena, they do a business of $50,000 per annum, and at Collinsville, Il.
pers their smelter is, they handle ten tons of zinc ore per day and do a business there of $100,-

per annum.

CAPT. A. ARNOLD, superintendent of the Maggie Taylor Mining and Smelting Company,
is a native of Warrick County, Ind. In 1852, he moved with his people to Cape Girardeau, Mo.
At the age of ten years he received his rudimentary education in the public schools there, and
after taking a preparatory course of instruction at college at Cape Girardeau, he entered the St.
Louis University at St. Louis, Mo., and graduated in a thorough commercial course in 1860, He
then returned home and entered into business with his father in the wholesale grocery, forward-
ing and commission business, and_was actively identified with it until the breaking-out of the
war, when he enlisted in Battery F, Second Illinois Light Artillery Volunteers, and after three
months’ service as a non-commissioned officer, he was appointed “First Lieutenant of Company
C, Twelfth Missouri Cavalry, and subsequently received his appointment to the raptalney of that
company, which he reputably held until 1863, whem he was appointed Deputy Provost Marshal
of the Third Congressional District of Missouri, under the Conscription Act, and was active]
connected in that capacity until the end of the war, After the war he was elected Circuit Cler'
and ex-Officio Recorder, and also Clerk of the Probate Court for one year. He then engaged in
teaching, and was connected with it at his home locality until 1869, when he located in Kansas
and followed teaching here and in the Indian Territory. In 1871, he took up mining operations,
and has been successfully connected with it since. He was married in Seneca, Mo., to Miss Mar,
J. Trotter, a native of Scott County, Mo, They have two sons and two daughters—Annie, David,
Geory ze pod Pear]. He has been an active worker in the social development of his locality since

ocating here.

 

 

to contain rich lead mineral, from which the district realized handsomely. ot A. J. BAKER, assistant railroad agent, was born in Illinois, March 10, 1860. He was raised
ona

A second school building was erected in 1880; it is a two-story frame con-
taining two rooms. ,

There are three church organizations in the city—the Presbyterian,
Episcopalian and Methodist. The Union Tabernacle was built in the fall
of 1877. The building was under the auspices of the temperance people,
in which the different churches united. The building consisted of a rough
board house, 40 by 60 feet, and without a floor. The structure was erected
in short order. An evening meeting was held, at which the plan of the
building was decided upon and some funds raised. Work began upon the
erection on the following day, with a large force of workmen, who con-
tinued their labors upon it for two days and the intervening night; the
building was completed at the end of the seeond day and a meeting was
conducted in it on the evening of the second day. This served as a Union
Church house until denominational houses were built.

The Presbyterian Church was built in the summer of 1879. It is a
one-story frame building. d :

The Episcopal Church was erected in 1880, and is also a one-story
structure. .

The fraternal feeling of the people of the city finds cultivation in four
well-regulated secret organizations. These are the Galena Lodge, No. 194,
of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons; Galena Lodge, of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen ; Mineral Lodge, No. 3, of the Order of Knights
er Fe ieal Galena Lodge, No. 120, of the Independent Order of Good

emplars. ‘

The Galena Miner was started May 16, 1877, by McDowell & Lea. In
the spring of 1878 it was taken by H. P. Stebbins, who, after running it
but two weeks, sold out to J. F. & A. W. McDowell. In the fall, J. F.
McDowell sold his interest to J. P. Nichols, and in about a year’s time
Nichols became sole proprietor. The paper was continued until 1881, at
which time it was suspended.

In the fall of 1878, H. Webb established a paper called the Short Creek
Banner. In the following winter, a daily issue was added, and in a short
time the paper was sold to Bent Melholland. The name was changed to
that of the Messenger. After running for a few weeks, it was removed to
Columbus.

The Polemie, a religious paper, was started in the spring of 1879, by J.
C. Melholland. After about one year’s operation at Galena, it was taken
away, and the publication continued elsewhere.

“The Short Creek Republican was established on September 16, 1880,
by Weldy & McDowell. In about four weeks it was suspended as a weekly
paper and converted into a daily, by Weldy & Chatham, the latter having
taken McDowell’s interest. Ohatham retired from the firm in April, 1881,
and Weldy became sole proprietor. On December 5, 1881, the weekly
edition was revived, and the publication of both the daily and weekly was
ed until February, 1882, at which time the weekly was again sus-
pended.

The paper is a five-column quarto patent inside, is Republican in
politics, and has a circulation of 500 copies. It is the only newspaper pub-
lication in present operation. ‘

The principal manufacturing that is carried on in the city is that in
connection with the production of lead. This consists of eight steam
crushers owned and operated by different parties, and one smelter. The
first pig lead was made in September, 1877 ; at that time an air furnace was
used. The Galena Lead & Zinc Company, formerly known as the Galena
Mining & Smelting Company, which had constructed the air furnace and
manufactured the first pig lead in the place, soon enlarged their works by

utting in a blast, and in five or six months added two more. The South

ide Town & Mining Company, afterward known as the South Side
Mining & Manufacturing Company, became associated in this smelter,
with the Galena Mining & Smelting Company. The establishment was
greatly enlarged. It now contains six blasts, having a united capacity for
the manufacture of 72,000 pounds of ore per day. The blasts are run by
a twenty-horse power engine, and the works employ an average force of
fifty men. The building is a large frame, eighty feet long by thirty feet
wide. ;
The Cherokee Machine Works were started in 1880, by Lackie & Col-
lins. It is operated as a general repair shop, and contains a lathe, screw-
cutter, drill and plane. The building is a one-story frame, 40x40, and
the power is a six-horse power engine.

‘arm, and came West in 1875, to Joplin, Mo., where he remained unti) i880 engaged in mining.
He came to Galena in 1880, and entered the firm of Lowdermilk & Co., in the grocery line, taking
his present fcsttion ag agsistant railroad agent in 1882.

. LUDWIG. BAUM, dealer in dry goods, clothing, hats and caps. boots and shoes, was born
in Germany in 1833, and came to the United States in 1854, locating in Indiana, where he was a
clerk for three years in a general store, and then went to Missouri and engaged in business for
himself. After remaining in Missouri for seven years he went to Illinois and was in business
there for five years, when he returned to Missouri and remained seven years. He then came to
Galena, Kan., in 1877, and opened his present business. Mr. Baum owns mining grounds and
leases the same out for aroyalty. He also owns a good business and residence property in Galena,
where he has been elected Councilman and School Director. He belongs to the order of Free-
masons. He was married to Miss G. Baum, of Germany, in 1868. They have six children living
—Sarah, Joseph, Levi, Estella, Bulena and Rosetta. Moses (deceased).

F. 8. BOICE, of the firm of Boice & Fallis, miners and crushers, was born in Summit
County, Ohio, in 1837, and was reared to the cabinet making business, with which he was identi-
fied in Ohio till 1869, when he located in Fort Scott, Kan., where he carried’on his business and a
general furniture store till the spring of 1879, when he came here and began mining operations,
which he has actively carried on since. He married in 1860, Miss Mahala Ross, in Portsmouth,
Ohio. She was a native of Jackson County, Ohio. They: have a family of one son and a daughter
—James and Rosa. He has been an active member of the I. O. O. F. society since 1861, and is a
member of the Encampment.

J. H. BROWN, of the firm of Brown & MacMillan, mining gperators, was born in Schuyl-
kill County, Penn., in 1852, and was reared in LaFayette, County, Wis. In 1870, he began mining
operations in the coal interests of Polk and Greene Counties, [owa, which he followed actively
for several] years. In 1876, he located in Kansas in Chautauqua County, and carried on farmin:
till 1878, when he came here and engaged at his present industry, which he has successfully fol-
lowed since. In 1880, he married Miss Nellie Wilkinson, a native of LaFayette County, Wis.
They have oneson, Albert. This firm have now four shafts in active operation in the Corlin
Tract and Rosenthal & Teeter’s ground. They give employment to twenty-five workmen, and
raise 10,000 pounds of lead and fifteen to twenty tons of zinc ore aday. —

DR. W. H. D. BROWN, of the firm of Brown & Rush, mining operators, was born in New
York City, in 1830, and received his rudimentary education in the public schools of his native
ei He then engaged in a literary course of study in St, Louis College, St. Louis, and graduated
in a professional course of study in 1855, from the St. Louis Medica’ Gollege. He then took up
the practice of his profession in St. Louis and continued it till 1862, when he enlisted -his pro-
fessional services in defense of the Union and remained actively engaged till the end of the war,
when he was honorably discharged as Medical Purveyor of the Army of the Frontier. After the
war, he practiced for a few years, when he engaged in mining operations in Oronogo, Mo., with
which he was engaged there till 1878. He then came here, and has been actively connected with
that industry here since. He married in St. Louis, Miss Margaret Russell, a native of Clack-
mananshire, Scotland. They have a family of two sons and two daughters— Willie, Maggie, George
and Orie. He is an active member of Frank Blair Post, No. 54,G. A. R. He and his family are
active members of the Methodist Church.

AARON BURLISON, grocer, was born in Indiana, January 16, 1848. He remained on the
home farm and in the same business until 1861, joining the army July 25, of that year, and _re-
maining in the service until he was mustered out July 24, 1865. He then lived on a farm in Illi-
nois until 1869, when he went into the grocery business in the same State, remaining two years,
when he came to Barton County, Kan., and took up a homestead, which he improved and lived
upon three years. He then was mining in Joplin, Mo., three years, and in Short Creek from 1877
to 1880, when he entered into the grocery business, in which he is still engaged. He was married
to Miss Melvina Dillon, of Illinois, in 1863.

WILLIAM H, CHEW, superintendent of the Short Creek Lead and Zinc Company, was
born and reared in Springfield, Ill. In 1867, at the age of twenty-two, he located in Lebanon, Mo.
and carried on the mercantile business for a few years, after which he came to Kansas and en
gaged at merchandising in Baxter Springs, which he subsequently retired from and took up
mining operations, with which he has been actively identified since. His first operations were
in the Joplin mines, afterward he operated in the Parr Hill mines, latterly locating here and ac-
cepting his present position, which he has reputably held since. In 1879, he married Miss May
Stennett, a native of Joplin, Mo. They have one little girl, Edith. Mr. Chew did active service
in the late war, in Company F, Eighty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from which he was hon-
orably discharged. He is an active member of the I. O. O. F. society here. ‘

JOHN F. CODY, superintendent of the Cody Crushing Company, was born in Geneva, Wis.,
in 1846, and was identified with the carpentering business principally till 1872, when he Jocated in
Joplin, Mo., and engaged in manufacturing mining machinery, which he actively carried on till
1882, when he joined the present enterprise which he ably represents. The firm consists of Mr.
Cody, M. Robeson, and p K. Williams. It was established in 1882 for the purpose of operating in
mining and crushing. Their crushing and separating business turns out about thirty-five tons of ore
aday. Itisrun by steam, with a capacity of thirty-horse power. Itis confined principally to zinc

re. ons :
ip SPENCER COOPER, proprietor of Cooper’s Crusher and Mining Operators was born in Cin-
cinnati. Ohio, in 1841. At the age of twenty, he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-ninth Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry Remained in active service until 1864, having re-enlisted as a veteran, in his com-
pany and regiment. He wasthen transferred to the navy, with which he remained until the end
of the war, when he was honorably discharged in July, 1865. In December, 1865, he located near
Kansas City where he carried on the lumber business until 1867, when he engaged in the manu-
facture of it near Lawrence, Kan. After a few years, he retired from this business and took up
farming and stock-raising in Sedgwick County, Kan., which he carried on successfully until 1876,
when he engaged in mining operations, and has been very successfully connected with it since.
In 1866, he married Miss Margery A. Thatcher, in Parkville,Mo. She was born in Butler Coun-
ty, Ohio. They have a family of four sons and one daughter—Edwin, William, John, Jessie and
rie. Mr. Cooper developed the mineral wealth of what is known as. Cooper Hollow, and has
been active in the general development of the industrial life of this locality. He is an active mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias society, and a member of Frank Blair Post, Grand Army of the
Republic. ©
E WILLIAM CRAIG was born on the i8th of October, A. D. 1810, at Pekin, Stark Co.,
Ohio. in May, 1830, with his father’s consent, he emigrated to Orange County, Ind., with a broth-
er of his father then living in Indiana, with whom he learned the carpenter's trade. He worked
at his trade in Indiana for about twenty-eight years. He was married in Orange, and raised his
family there and in New Albany, where he moved in 1852, working at his trade in Indiana, Ken-
tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri and Kansas, where he is now running some
mines, not being able to work at his trade any more. He and his wife have lived together for
over fifty years, having been married October 25, 1832, They have raised a family of six children,
two of whom only are now living, and they are in New Albany. Ind. Their names are Isaac and
F. B. F. Craig. :
G DAUSENBURG, grocer, was born in the State of New York, September 2
1837 ie eae wae in Michigan, where he received a liberal education and t egan teaching school
at the age of seventeen years, teaching twelve or thirteen years in Michigan and Missouri. He
then sold groceries in Dawn, Mo., two years, and then went to Cameron, Mo., and engaged in the
grocery and dry goods business four years, coming to Galena, Kan.. in 187/. Here he started a gro-
cery business in Galena, which he has continued:to the present time. He has also been interested in
mines, in Galena, and owns farm lands in Missouri, and a residence and lots in Galena. He was
Postmaster in Dawn; Mo., for four years, and was elected Mayor of Galena, in 1880-81. He isa

 
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member of the A.O. U. W. He was married tu Mis ‘ i i, i
a children“Eddle ana Ken iss Mary K, Parker, of Missouri, in 1861, and has
7 .F, IDSON, superintendent of the Cornwall Mining and Smelting Company, is a na-
tive of Macoupin County, lil., and was identified extensively in the mercantile business. éarrying
ontwo genera drug stores, one in DeWitt and the other in McLean County. In 1880, and at the
age of thirty-seven, he located at Columbus, and engaged in the mercantile business. which he
subsequently retired from and accepted his present Position, which he has very reputably held
since, He married, in 1869, Miss Adel Ryan, in De Witt County, Il], She was’a native of Ohio,
and departed this life in Au; st, 1873, and is buried in the Farmer City Cemetery, Il],, aged twenty-
seyen. In 1876, he married Miss Flora Brown, a native of McLean County, Ill, "Mr. Davidson
did active service in defense of his country in the late rebellion, in Company A, Thirty-second
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from August, 1861, until October, 1865, when he was honorably dis-
charged as a veteran, of Company A, ire ascond Illinois Veteran Infantry, and pensioned.
Was in active service in the siege of Fort Donelson, battles of Shiloh_and Hatchie, the sieges of
Vicksburg, Atlanta and Savannah, and the battles of Pocataligo and Bentonville, and numerous
smaller engagements and skirmishes. He isa member of the G. A, R., A. W. Fellows Post,
rnincls. Peg noe and family have been in active connection withthe Presbyterian Church
H. 3. DAVIS, grocer, was born in Illinois, in 1844. He began the butcher business at the age
of twenty-one in Baxter Springs, Kan., where he carried it on three years, and then clerked in a
hardware store five years at Baxter Springs and Joplin, Mo. Was next mining three years, and
then farming four years. He was then in Arkansas, a short time in the hardware business, and
came to Galena in 1882, and opened his present business, He owns real estate in Baxter Springs.
_ Belongs to the order of Freemasons. He was married to Miss Nellie Hohn, of Joplin, Mo., in

18%6._ ‘They have three children—Lottie, Lena and Hermon F. ‘

W. 4H. FALLIS, of the firm of Boice & Fallis, was born in Trimble County, Ky., in 1838, and
was reared in Buchanan County, Mo. At the a of thirteen he engaged in the mercantile busi-

 

ness as clerk, and after attaining the age of jority, carried it on as principal till 1870. Hethen
retired from it and engaged in the hotel busintss, but after a few years he accepted a position in
the wholesale mercantile business as traveling salesman, with’ which he was reputably con
nected till 1882, when he joined the present partnership which he ably represents. He married,
in 1859, Miss Jennie R. Hodge, a native of Missouri. They have a family of two daughters—
Cora and Blanche. He is an active member of the Knights of Pythias Society. The enterprise
of Boice & Faliis gives employment to fifteen skilled workmen, and turn gut about thirt y-five
tons of oreaday. In connection with their own work they do considerable custom work. ‘Their
crusher, separator and puinp are run by steam, with acapacity of twepty-four-horse power.

S._W. FRANTZ, of the firm of Frantz & Jarrett, butchers, was born in Pennsylvania, in
1885, He commenced the butcher's business and carried it on for two years in Pennsylvania, and
has since been in the same business in Joplin. Mo., seven years, and In Galena in the same usi-
ness since 1879. Mr. Frantz is interested in mines, {n Jackson Diggings and Skeeterville. He is a
member of the A. O. U. W., and K. of P. He was married to Miss Mary Longwell in 1863, and
has two sons—Clarence Eugene and Dean Charles, *

SAMUEL GATES, of the firm of Gates & Lewis, mining operators, was born in Huntingdon
County, Penn., in 1844, and came to Kansas in 1857, with his people, who settled in Linn County,
where he was reared to the farming industry, In 1876, he engaged _at his present industry, an
has been successfully connected with it since. In 1872, he married M:ss Nannie Irwin, a native
of Brown County, Ill. They have two sons and one daughter—Lena, John S. and Samuel Earl.
Mr. Gates did active service in Company G, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry from 1863 until
the end of the war, and was honorably discharged. He is an active member of the I, O, O. F.
society, and Frank Blair Post, G. A. R.

E. F. GUTHRIE, mining operator, Stanley Diggings, two and «half miles south of Galena,
was born in Clay County, Ind., December 16, 1846, and iocated in Kansas, with his people, in 1856,
where he was reared to the farming industry. In 1875, he went to California for his health, re-
turning to Kansas the following year, and in 1878, he came here and engaged at mining, with
which he has been actively connected since. In April, 1879, he was married in Galena, to Miss
Donie Merrill, a native of Missouri, They have oue little girl, Mabel. Mr, Guthrie’s enterprise
turns out about seven tons of zinc oreaday and gives employment to seven workmen. T,.
Guthrie has served his city as Marshal for two years, and his county as Deputy Sheriff for one
year. He is anactive member ot the I. O. O. F. society.

DANIEL W. HAINER, druggist, was born in the State of New York, August 8, 1843. He
enlisted in a three months’ regiment at the age of seventeen and re-enlisted for three years’ ser-
vice. In 1866, he went to Denver, where he was engaged in freighting between that city and Salt
Lake, and was afterward in the mining business in Montanatwo years. He was then in the cattle
business three years at Salt Lake City and in Texas three years in general speculation. He then
went to Colorado and was in the mining and lime business for one year, coming to Columbus,
Kan., in 1875, and then to a drug store in Cherokee, where he remained as a clerk for a short
time. He was then in Carterville, Mo.,in the drug business one season, and came to Galena in
1877, and engaged in his present business. He owns three residences in Galena. He is a member
of the Kansas Benevolent Society and the K. of P. He was elected Councilman of Galena in
1881. He was married to Mrs, Nola V. Clifford, of Illinois, in 1878. They have three children—
Maud, Pearl G. and Mabel.

G. W. HARPER, superintendent of the Sawyer lease and of Cooper's Crushing and Sepa-
rating business, was born in Lewis County, Mo., in 1856, and was reared to the feaching ploresslon:
He received his rudimentary education in the public schools of his native county, and his literary
education in Monticello Seminary, Lewis County, from which he graduated in 1874, He after-
ward took up a protessional course in the Kirksville State Normal Institution. After having
taught for two years, he accepted the Principalship of the Empire City Schools. which he ably
conducted for two years, After this, he filled the position of Assistant Principal in the Galena
Public Schools for two years, in the mean time taking part in mining operations here, with
which he has been actively connected since. He is now paying his attentions to the study of law,
which he proposes to make his future business in life. The mining enterprise with which he is
connected. raise about 400 tons of ore per month and give employment to fifty workmen. The
quality of the ore raised is extra good. :

E. T. INGHAM, Principal of the Graded School, was born at Geneva Lake, Wis., March
18, 1856, He received a collegiate education and began teaching in Iowa in 1878. After teaching
one season in Iowa, he came to Kansas and taught two terms in sepublic County, and then at-
tended the Kansas Normal School at Fort Scott one year; after which he jaught in the same in-
stitution, commencing in 1881 and teaching four terms, ending in June, 1882. He then took charge
of the schools at Galena, Kan., as Principal, in September, 1882. He was married to Miss Ellie
Colegrove, who also received a collegiate education, at the University of Chicago,

ILLIAM M. JAMES, general blacksmithing, was born in Pickens County, Ga., in 1849, and
was reared in Walker County, Ala, and learned his trade there from his father and was con-
nected with it there till 1869, when he came to Missouri and followed it till 1877. In 1877, he came
here and has been connected with it the most of the time since. He married in 1868, Miss Mary
J. Farmer, of his native State, who departed this life in 1877, an: is buried in Barry County, Mo.
She was thirty-two years old, and left one son and a daughter Ilving—sarah F, and Ezekiel. In
1878, he marrled Miss Amanda Haddoe, a native of Missouri. They have one gon, Daniel F. Mr.
James is an active member of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Burlington, Kan.

. J. E. LEEPER, mining operator, was born in Marion County. Ind., in 1847, and was reared
in Boone County, Mo., to farming. In 1873, he engaged in mining operations in Dade County,
Mo., in the Corry mines and carried it on there successfully until 1877. He then came to Galena,
Kan., and has been actively idenfified with his present industry since, He was one of the party
to first discover lead ore on the Baker tract as well as in several other places. He married {n
1879, Miss Salina Smith, in Dade County, Mo. They have two sons—Jay and Carle. Mr. Leener'’s
present industry gives employment to seven workinen, They work two shafts and raise about
fifteen tons of zinc and four tons of lead ore a week, all of first quality.

JOHN LEWIS, Superintendent of the Galena Lead and Zinc Company, fs 0 native of Maine,
where he was born August 29, 1829, At the age of fifteen, he went to South America prospecting,
and at the age of nineteen, began mining 1n the copper mines of Cuba, where he worked thirteen
years. He then returned to the United States and was engaged in prospecting and speculating,
and in the army until 1864, when he came to Missouri and remained in general business until 1870,
He then came to Baxter Springs, where he engaged in lead and zinc mining and smelting, and
was one of the organizers of the tuwn of Joplin. He shipped the first car-lond of lumber to Bax-
ter Springs, and raised the first pound of lead ore ever ralacd in Cherokee County, one and a half
miles from Galena, In 1876-77, he was Superintendent of the famous mines in Jasper County
Mo., and had supervision of the construction of the furnaces for the Galena Lead and Zinc, anc
the South Side Mining and Manufacturing Company. Mr. Lewis i still Superintendent of the
Galena Lead and Zinc Mining Company. e was married to Miss Mary A. Mikels, of Montrose,
Penn., in 1862

WESLEY LEWIS, of the firm of Gates & Lewis, mining operators, was born in Ripley Coun-
ty, Ind., in 1846, and was reared to the farming industry. In 1862, he enlisted in Company F,
Sixty-elghth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and after an active service of six months, he was taken

‘prisoner and subsequently paroled. January 6, 1864, he re-enlisted as a veteran in Company H.

ne Hundred and Wventy third Indiana Infantry, and remained in active service until the end o:
the war, when he was honorably discharged. After the war, he returned home and engaged in
farming until 1867, when he came to Kansas and engaged in farming until 1877, when he took up
the present industry, which he has actively followed since. He has a family of three sons—Gcorge
Frank and Fred. He is amember of Frank Blair Post, G, A. R.

Z. H. LOWDERMILEK, proprietor of grocery, provision and feed store, was born in North
Carolina, January 8, 1841. He was reared on a farm and reccived a common school education,
and enlisted in the Third North Carolina Infantry, in June, 1861, as a private, and was promoted
to Fifth Sergeant, of Company H. He participated in the six days’ fight around Richmond, in
1862. Was in the battle of South Mound, Md., September 14, 1862, and in the battle of Sharps-
burg, September 17, 1862, where he was wounded in the head by ashell, and left the command
for afew days. On his return he was elected Lieutenant, took command, and went through the
battle of Fredericksburg,Va., December 14, 1862. In the spring of 1863, he was with Jackson
when he flanked Hooper on the right; May 3d, at the battle of Chancellorsville, where he was
shot through both lungs, and considered mortally wounded. He was taken off the battle-fiela to
Maj. Lacey’s house and kept twenty days before he could be moved. Stonewall Jackson was
‘wounded the same night. Mr. Lowdermilk returned and took command of his company August
1, 1863, and participated in the battle of Mine Run, in November, In the spring of 1864, he par-

 

 

 

 

 

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HISTORY OF KANSAS

ticipated in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, and was captured during the day's battle, but
escaped the same night, and captured six of the enemy, whom he delivered to the Sixty-first Ala-
pama. He participated in all the battles of the Wilderness, including the 10th and 12th of May,
and was, on the latter day, captured by Hancock's corps, and taken to Fort Delaware a prisoner,
where he was Rept until August 20, when he was taken out with 599 other officers,and shippe
cn the steamer Crescent, by way of Cape Uatteras to Morris Island, La., where they were
placed under the fire of their own pune and kept forty-seven days on three and one-half crack-
ers, two ounces of meat, and half a pint (very thin) of bean soup a day, being guarded by
the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Negro Regiment, who frequently shot among the men as
though they were shooting at prairie chickens for amusement. On October 4, he was trans-
ferred to Fort Pulaski, Ga., where he was guarded by Col. Brown’s regiment, the One Hun-
dred and Fifty-seventh New York. During that winter rations were cut down, by order of
Gen. Foster commanding that department, to ten ounces of corn meal per day, without even
salt, for forty-three days, and the prisoners were not allowed to buy or recetve the pro-
visions that were shipped to them by friends at home. On the 4th of March, 1865, he was
sent back to Fort Delaware, where he was kept until June 1, when he was discharged on
special release. Mr. Lowdermilk then went to Philadelphia, where he met friends who lent him
inoney to go home to Ashburn, N. C.. In 1866, he was elected Colonel of the Sixty-third North

Militia, which was afterward disbanded by act of Congress. He remained in North Car-
olina until 1868, and then went West to Iowa, then to Illinois, and then to Kansas, where he lo-
cated at Lowell, Cherokee County, and remained nine years on a farm and in merchandise, and
in 1879 came to Galena, and opened his present business. He has been burned out twice, but is
now running a flourishing business.. He is also in the drug business, in Galena, and owns business _
houses and residences, in Galena, and a farm inGarden Township, near Lowell. He was elected
Township Clerk and Township Treasurer, of Galena, November, 1882. He is a Freemason charter
member, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was married to Miss
Mary L. Bookshere, of Randolph County, N. C., February 3, 1864, and has two children—Mary
Luetta and Anzeletta,

A. M. MOPHERSON, Superintendent and operator in the Galena Zinc Company, was oorn
in Louisville, Ky., in 1845, and was reared in St. Louis County, Mo., to the agricultural industry,
which he actively carried on there for several years, He afterward engaged in stock-dealing,
with which he was actively: connected till 18:6, when he engaged in mining opcrations. In
connected with many other
mining operations besides. The firm do a business in crushing and separating of forty tons of
oreaday. The; Bive employment to sixteen skilled workmen, and do an annual business of
over $50,000. Their operations are confined principally to zinc ore, and is one of the leading en-
terprises-of the kind in this locality. .

J.B. MARTIN, buyer and credit man of S. L. Cheney’s Crushing and Separating Works, was
born in Kentucky in 1856, and was reared in Livingston County, Il). In 1869, he located in Bates
County, Mo., and followed farming there till 1870, when he came to Kansas. In 1873, he engaged
with the West Joplin Lead .«& Zinc Company, of Joplin, Mo., as mineral grader, with which he
was reptuably connected till 1879, when he accepted a position with S. L. Cheney, and has been
connected with his business since. He married, in 1877, Miss Lucy Pinkard, of Jasper County, Mo.
They have one little boy— William Edward.

JOHN G, MILLER, civil engineer and surveyor, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in
1841, and received his education in Union County, Ohio. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company F,
Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months’ service, at the end of which time ne was
honorably discharged. He re-enlisted in 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and ‘Twenty-first Ohio
Infantry, and remained in active service until 1863, when he was transferred to thie United States
Engineer Corps, where he remained until the end of the war, during which time he added practical-

to the already obtained store of theoretical knowledge in his present profession. Shortly after
the war he located in Iowa, where he remained professionally connected until 1870, when he set-
tled in Dixon County, Neb., and carried on his profession there until 1877, after which he came
to Kansas, and has been successfully identified with his profession here since. In 1866, he mar-
ried in Union County, Ohio, Miss Lorinda G. Gleason, of Union County, Ohio. They have one
daughter, Flora E. c

P. C. MILLIKEN, proprietor City Livery Stables. was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in
1850, and was identified with stock dealing there. In 1877, he located here and subsequently en-
gaged in mining Sperations, which he has very successfully carried on since. March 8, 1881, he
married: Miss Della Taggart, in Hannibal, Mo. She was born in Wisconsin, In 1881, Mr. Milli-
ken engaged in the livery business, which he has successfully conducted to the present time.
This enterprise consists of a large two-story building 100x50 feet, with stalls for holding thirty-
five horses. His stables contain about twelve horses and ten rigs, consisting of hacks, carriages,
buggies, etc., and is in point of convenience second to none in this part of the state.

S. N. MONTGOMERY, grocer,-was born in West Tennessee, February 13, 183i. He was
bred a farmer, and continued that occupation until 1850, when he began the mercantile business,
and continued at it until 1865, in Walnat Grove and Springfield. Mo. He was then on 2 farm until
1878, in Missouri, and came to Galena, Kan., in 1878, where he opened his present business and
has continued it to the present time. He owns a residence and business property in Galena. He
was married to Miss Nannie E. Hembree, of Missouri, March 26, 1867, and has three children—
Samuel N., Timothy L. and Ollie M.

B. 8. MOORE, grocer and proprietor of feed store, was born in North Carolina, April 27,
1842. He received a common school education, and was engaged ona farm until 1876, when he
began the grocery business in Joplin, Mo., and continued it eighteen months, when he came to
Galena, Cherokee Co., Kan. In July, 1882, he became associated with F. M. Fulkerson in the
milling business, and in June, 1882, with W. R. Lewis in the mining business. He owns a resi-
dence and business lots in Galena. In 1881, he was elected Councilman of Galena, and was
elected Mayor of the same city in 1882. He was married to Miss Orpha H. Borris, of Galena,
December 12, 1880.

__. GEORGE E. MORAN, Superintendent of the Touslay tract, and mining operator, is a na-
tive of Alton, Ill., and received his education in the Christian Brothers’ School of his native city.
At the age of fifteen, he located in Atchison and was interested there till 1880, when he en:
in mining operations in the Ozark Mountains at Marshfield, Mo., which, after prosecuting
aotively ok a year, he abandoned and accepted his present incumbency, which he has reputably

nce,

J. C. MURDOCK, hardware merchant, was born in Canada April 7, 1842, He received a
classical education, graduating at Regiopolis, Canada, and in 1865, went South and engaged in the
stock business, afterward going to Council Bluffs. lowa; where he remained four years, and then
went to Leavenworth, Kan., and to Fort Scott, where he was en din the same business, He
then located at Seneca, Mo., where he was in general merchandise eight years, and came lo Ga-
Jena in 1878 and engaged in the hardware business. He has an interest in property in Missourl
and in Galena, Cherokee County, and owns a halt interest in forty acres of mining [and, and has
other mining property. He also owns three business houses and one residence in Galena, He
was married to Miss Lizzie Byrne, of Kingston, Ontario, in 1867. They have five children—E.
John, Robert E., Oscar F., Anna and Walter Stanley.

C. A. NELSON, general merchant, was born in Sweden August 7, 1851. He came to the
United States June 15, 1871, and located in Ford County, I1., where he was engaged in the tailoring
business three years, and afterward was in Chicago, Ill, in the same line until March 20, 1879.
He then came to Galena, Kan., where he carries on the same business. He is a member of the
He was married to Miss Lydia Anderson, of Illinois, October 19, 1874, They have one

0,0, F.
child, Clara,

k, ST. G. NOBLE, was born and reared in County Meath, Ireland, and graduated in the
Museum of Irish Instruction, Dublin, as an analytical chemist. In 1860, he came to America
and located in Newton County, Mo., where he began preparations for the development of the
mineral wealth of that region, which was prevented by the late war. He afterward engaged in
merchandising, with which he was connected unul 1876, since which time he has been actively
connected with mining operations here. .

JOHN PAGE, Superintendent of the Bloomington Mines, and Illinois Lead & Zinc Com-

any, was born in London, England, in 1848, and learned the profession of dyer, there. In 1966,
he came to America und settled in Paola, Kan., where he engaged in the railway employ as bag-
gageman in connection with the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railway, when, after fifteen
monthe, he located in Sherman, Texas, and conducted the dyeing business for afew years, He
then returned to Kansag and carried on his business in Independence, but after a short time lo-
cated in Joplin, Mo., and carried on his business for four years; after which he engaged in min-
ing enterprises, and has been successfully connected witl that industry since. In 1870, he was
married in Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., to Miss Barbara J. Ashenfelter, a native of Penney!-
vania, This was the first marri: in the county. In 1818, Mrs. Page died, and is buried in Jop-
lin Cemetery, leaving two little girls—Daisy A. and Nettie, the latter being now buried beside
the mother, In 1879, he married in Joplin, Mo., Miss Anna Klein, a native of Buffalo, N. Y.
They have one son, Richard Barnby. The company which Mr, Page s0 ably represents was
formed in Bloomington, Ii. It gives employment to about 100 skilled workmen, whose work is
now confined to mining operations exclusively, principally zinc ore, the lead ore being as yet un-
developed. Their average yield is about $19,000 worth of ore per month.
E. N. PERRY, mining o erator, Stanley Diggings, two and a half miles south of Galena,
was born in Lee County, Va., in 1852, and removed with his people to Northern Missouri, at the

e of five years, where he was reared to the farming industry, In 1871, he located in Joplin,

0., and was actively engaged in mining operations there till 1 8, when, after spending a few
months in Colorado prospecting, he returned and located here, and has been very successfully
connected with the mining ingustry here since. He married on June 12, 1882, Miss Emma Hanks,
a native of Johnson County, Mo, Mr. Perry is also actively interested in mining operations in
the East Galena diggings. € carries on three shafts in active operation, and has six shafts
inactive Just now. He is also identified with farming here, having one farm of ninety acres in
fala county and one of eighty acres in Chautauqua County, both under a state of cultiva-

JAMES B. RAUCH, freight and ticket agent, was born in Ohio, March 28, 1858, where he at-
tended the high school and Commercial College, graduating from ‘the latter, He remained at
home two years after graduating, and came West to Missourl in 1876, where he was in a telegraph
office one year, and then took a position on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, which he held alx
months, and then came to Winfield, Kan., remaining as telegraph operator eight months; on ac-
count of ill-health he remained in Kaneas about two months longer, and in the mean time he at-
tended the Commercial College a part of that time. He came to Galena in 1879, as telegraph

 

 

 

 

 
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operator at the Gulf Depot, remaining until January 20, 1882, when he took a position on the San
‘rancisco Railroad as agent. He also has charge of Rogers’ coal department.

CAPT. GEORGE H. REDELL, mining operator, was born in Groening, Holland, in 1842, and
came to America at the age of sixteen, and settled in Alton, Ill., where he learned the profession
of millwright, which he followed there for several years. When the late civil war broke out he
enlisted his services in defense of the Union in Company K, Ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
in 1861, and remained in active service in command of Company K, as Captain till the end of the
war, when he was honorably discharged. Capt. Redell also followed his profession of millwright
in St. Louis for some time, retiring from it to accept a position in the city Constabulary, which
he reputably filled for eight years, after which he located here, in 1878, and began mining opera-
tions, with which he has been successfully connected since. He married in 1861, in Alton, IIL,
Miss Mary Oltmins, who was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1841. They have one son, George
H., Jr. Capt. Redell’s interest here consists principally in what is known as Zelligan's town lots,
although he is interested in many other mining interests. He now has seven shafts in active
operation and four inactive shafts. Their productions consists principally of lead ore, although
he raises considerable zinc ore. They average about' 16,000 pounds of lead and 4,000 pounds of
zinc ore a week, of first-class quality. He gives employment to about thirty skilled workmen.

VAL RICHARDS, of the firm of Milligan & Richards, was born in St. Genevieve Coun-
ty, Mo., in 1854. At the age of eighteen he learned his trade in Iron County, Mo., and followed it
actively in his native State till 1876, after which he located in Kansas, and subsequently engaged
atit here, and has successfully conducted it since.

MOSES KOBESON, of the firm of Williams & Robeson, lumber dealers, was born in
Pennsylvania October 26, 1884, He received a practical education, and began clerking in 1855, for
the firm of William M. Line & Co., of Pittsburgh. He was then with Tyrone Forges, ten
years, at the end of which time he went into the mercantile business at [ronsville, remaining.
two years, He then engaged in the tobacco and cigar business at Tyrone, Penn., one year, and in
1872, went to Missouri and carried on the grocery business, In 1874, he went into the general mer-
cantile business, which he continued for three years, and in 1877 came to Galena, and opened a
lumber yard in connection with Mr. Williams. Mr. Robeson also has a lumber yard at Baxter
Springs, Run’s Creek, lime kilns, and has mining lands leased and being worked. In Galena he
owns four residences, and a third interest in property. in town that cost $9,000. Also owns three

. Mr.

lots valued at $900, and two lots that cost $2, obeson has about $5,000 in cash loaned out,

 

 

 

 

 

besides other real and personal property. He has been twice elected School Director. Belongs .

to the order of A., F, & A, M, and A. O. U. W., and is insured in the latter for $2,000, He was mar-
ried to Miss Charlotte A. Tolle, of Covington, {Ky., January 80, 1877, and has one child—Miletus.
He has kept a diary since March 5, 1856, and a cash account since he went into business in 1855, of
cash paid out, amd he never bought anything without paying spot cash. He also kept.a record of
his grandfather's children, his own brothers’ and sisters’ children, and of their children’s children.
Mr. Robeson started in the world even, and has succeeded in getting a long way ahead of the
human family, generally.
Cc. W. SEARS, mineral water manufacturer, was born in the State of New York, April 16,

1886. At the age of eighteen*he began farming in Illinois, where he remained seven years, an
- then moved onto a farm in Iowa, and remained five years, He then went to Jasper County, Mo.,

where he was farming and cutting shingles for fourand a half years,and from whence he came

to Montgomery County, Kan,, in May, 1871, He lived in Montgomery County eight years, and in

1879, came to Galena, Kan., and began the manufacture of mineral water. He was elected Town-

ship Trustee, in Montgomery County, Kan., and was School Director in Iowa and Missouri. He

was married to Miss Jane E. Smith, of Pennsylvania, March 1, 1857. They have six children—

Frank A;, Flora J., Leonard W., George K., Laura B. and Ivy Pearl (deceased).

J. A. STEPHENSON , farmer and proprictor of marble works, P. O. Galena, Section 16, Town

8, was born in Kentucky December 18, 1824. At the uge of fifteen he began life as a laborer on a

farm, adding teaming to his occupation when he was eighteen. In 1852, he went to Indiana, where

he carried on his tarm business five years. In 1857, he went to Illinois and remained three years
on a farm, and then was in the stock business seven years. In 1866, he came to Kansas and lo-
cated in Lowell Township. Cherokee County, and got treaty right, and worked five years with

Joplin Marble Works as agent, He built a shop and started marble works in Galena for himself in

1881, and now carries on both farm and marble works. He is amember of the Methodist Episco-

al Church, and is also a local preacher. He organized the First Cherokee Church at Baxter

Springs in 1866; organized one at Lowell the same year; at Wirtonia in 1867, and at Fly Creek in

1867. He was married to Miss Sorilda Richey, of Nicholas County, Ky, They have elent children

—Thomas §.. Elizabeth F., S. H., William H., May E., Lucy J., Oliver S.andJohnnieG. ~

CHARLES 0. STOCKSLAGER, attorney and mine dealer. Mr. Stockslager was born in

Indiana February 8, 1847. He received a scientific education, graduating from the Lebanon Nor-

mal School in Ohio, in 1871. He came to Cherokee County in August, 187), and was employed. as

Deputy Clerk of the District Court until January, 1875, at which time he was elected Clerk of the

District Court for two years. When his term expired he located at Galena, and engaged in the

practice of law. He was elected Mayor of Galena in 1881, and has been City Attorney ay ears,

e was one of the organizers of the town of Galena, and has been_attorney of the Galena Mining

& Smelting Co., three years. He was also the attorney of the Miners’ and Merchants’ Bank,

City Attorney of Columbus three years; City Treasurer two years, and Police Judge two terms.

He was the organizer of the Maggie Taylor Mining & Smelting Company, the Galena Mining

& Smelting Company, and the Columbus Mining & Smelting Company. Mr.’ Stockslager

own an interest in the Maggie Taylor lands, and in the Elliot & Zimmerman tract at Webb City.

He has an interestin the Skeeterville mines in Missouri, and in town lots in Mineral Point. e

is amember of the order of Odd Fellows. He was married to Miss Engoba Chrisman, of Colum-

pus, in 1877, and has two children—Rosco N.and J. F.

HARRY TAMBLYN, Secretary of the Cornwall Mining & Smelting Company and agent

of the Giant Powder Company, was born in county of Cornwall, England, in 1840, and was reared
to the mining jndustry there. In 1865, he came to America and spent the first few years of his
life in connection with the mining industry in this country and through Canada, principal among
which were the Lake Superior copper mines, the Barytaymines of Connecticut, Lyman goldjmine
of New Hampshire, the Tiliie Foster mines of New York, Beaver Meadow coal mines of Penn-
sylvania, Mongonia coal mines in Iowa, and New Pittsburg coal mines of Illinois, after which he
took charge of the Cornish pum shaft in the Granby mines in Southwestern Missouri, and re-
mained in connection with that industry until 1877, when he came here and joined the partner-
ship in the purchase of the present lands. In 1879, they formed a joint stock company, and he
has held the Secretaryship of it since. Mr. Tamblyn was the first agent appointed for this West-
ern country by the Giant Powder Company. While at Granby he prosecuted the introduction of
itto the mining profession successfully. He is now paying particular attention to the introduc-
tion of itin this locality. . :

R. A. TEETER, Superintendent of Teeter’s crusher, Maggie Taylor tract, was born in
Montgomery County, Ind., in 1855, and removed to Iroquois County, Ill., in 1856, with his people,
where he wasreared to the farming industry. In 1877, he came here and engaged in mining op-
erations the following year, and has been successfully connected with itsince. In 1881, he mar-
ried Miss Elizabeth Eckels, a native of Hancock County, Ill. They have one little boy—Robert.
Mr, Teeter formed a partnership with Judge Miller and Capt, A. Arnold in this enterprise in
May, 1882. It gives employment to four skilled workmen, and turns out about twenty tons of
marketable ore a day. y o ‘

- DIMIT 8. THORNTON, was born in Ohio in 1855. Was raised in West Virginia. He re-
ceived a common school education, and _began the telegraph business at the age of thirteen years,
After practicing four years he came to Kansax. Here he remained four years and then went to
Texas, where he was engaged in stock business for five years. He returned to Galena, Kan., in
1880, and engaged in the grocery business, which he has continued to date. He is interested in
mines on leased lands. He was married to Miss Sadie Hills, of Canada, August 29, 1874. They
have two children—Ward C. and Joseph J. i a

ROBERT A. VAUGHAN, mining operator, was born in Darlington District, S. C., in
1837, and located in Texas at the age of fourteen, where he engaged in stock-rearing, with which
he was connected until 1864, after which he enaged in stock-dealing through Kansas and Colorado,
which he actively followed until 1878, when he took up his present industry, and has very actively
carried it on since. He married, in 1856, in Texas, Miss Louisa Joy, a native of Arkansas. They
have a family of two sons and two daughters—Dollie E., Wiley R., Jessie and Edith. Mr, Vaughan
now hasin active operation mines on Lot No.2, Maggie Taylor tract; Lot No. 20, East Galena
tract; Lot No.1, Hoy. tract; and Lot No, 32, Bloomington tract.

WILLIAM 0. ILEY, general grocer, was born in Pennsylvania June 23, 1843, He received
a fair education, and at the age of twenty-two began day work on a farm), and continued in that
occupation six years. He was then engaged in speculating six years, and afterward in general
mercantile line. He came to Kansas in 1871, and engaged in the grocery business which he still
carries on, having been algo intérested in mining and real estate, and now owns and controls a
large interest in mines in Galena and vicinity. He was married to Miss Nellie C. Campbell, of
Galena, in 1879, They have two children—Maud and Frank. i

W. W. WILLIAMSON, mining operator, was born in Surrey County, N. C., in 1880, his pa-
rents being John and Elizabeth Williamson, zee Somers. John Williamson was the son of John
H. Williamson, one of the first Provincial Governors of North Carolina, and also one of the
framers of the State Constitution, and for many years an active official in the State.'W. W. Will-
famson learned the trade of watchmaker aud jeweler, in Montgomery, Ala., and at the age of
wenty-three he located in Missouri, and was engaged in the inining industry there until the war,
He smelted the first lead ore that was smelted in Newton County. In 1861 he was compelled to
leave that section of the country on account of his political views, and Jocated in St. Clair Coun-
A Ill., where he joined in defense of the Union in Company I, One Hundred and Seventeenth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and remained in active service until the close of the war, when he
was honorably discharged as a veteran of Company I, One Hundred and Seventeenth Illinois
Infantry. After the war he engaged in mining in St. Clair County, Ill., and followed it actively
there until 1876, when he came to Galena, Kan., and has successfully operated in that industry
here since. He has been an active member of the Knights of Labor since its organization here,

. A. WADLEIGH, dealer in fish, meats, game and hides, was born in New Hampshire in
1845. At the age of twenty-four he went to Florida and remained eight months, and in 1870, went
to Humboldt, Kan., and remained one year. He then went to Coffeyville, where he was seven
years in the butcher business, and came from that place to Galena in May, 1877, and began his
present business. He owns busiuess and residence property in Galena, and is Township Treas-
urer of Lowell Township. He was married to Miss Amelia A. Anderson, of Coffeyville, in 1874.
They have three children—May, George and Frank.

 

 

 

 

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J. B. YEAGER, mining operator, of the firm of Yeager, Brown & McMillan, is a native of
Dallas County, Mo,, and was reared tothe farming and stock-raising industry. In 1872, he went
to Joplin, Mo., and engaged in mining there till 1878, when he came here and has very success-
fully carried it on here since. He marrjed, in September, 1875, Miss Fannie Henderson, of Clay
County, Mo. They have two little girls—Gertie and an infant. Mr. Yeager carries on two shafts
in active operation, and raises about, 3,000 _pounds of lead and two tons of zinc ore a day, on what
is known as the Zelligman Town lots. He is also interested extensively with the above firm in gold
and silver mining inColorado, He has lately sold his extensive farming interests here, and pro-
poses to retire trom that industry. He is an active member of the A., IF. & A. M. Society here.

EMPIRE CITY.

This city is situated on Short Creek, in the southeastern part of Cher-
okee County, on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. The land
upon which the city proper is situated, formerly was owned, as a farm, by
J. Nichols. The corporate limits include over 600 acres, and adjoin Galena
on the north and west. The entire tract was purchased by the West Joplin
Lead & Zinc Company, of which 8. L. Cheeney and P. Murphy were the
principal members. The purchase was made by the company for minin
purposes. The Nichols farm comprised 120 acres, for which he receive
the sum of $7,000. A portion of this tract was laid off as a site, in the
spring of 1877, and the building of a town immediately began, as a rival of
Galena. The two places stand within about three-quarters of a mile from
each other, on either side of Short Creek. As in the case of Galena,
the excitement engendered by the lead discovery, produced an immense
inpouring of people, wishing to secure their fortunes in these new fields of
mineral wealth. Asa natural result, the advancement of the town, both
in its population and business, was extremely rapid. Long rows of houses,
and blocks of business, went up simultaneously. For atime, a most heated
spirit of rivalry was carried on between the two places, each keeping pace
with the other, and seeking to excel in the race. The natural advantage
was with Galena, since nearly the whole, and by far the richest, of the
lead field lay beneath, and in the vicinity of that town. No sooner was
this fact discovered, than Galena began to take the lead of Empire City.
This change soon began to seriously discomfit the Empire camp, who
strove arduously to turn the tide, and save themselves from being entirely
absorbed. Every effort to restrain desertion, and to add recruits, was
made. For the purpose of preventing business and trade from going to
Galena, and to secure the same to themselves, they built a stockade on the
north and west sides of Galena, along the line between the two corporations.
This stockade, about three-fourths of a mile in length, was made of logs
ten or twelve feet long, placed upright by sinking one end in the ground
to a depth of about three feet. By means of this, entrance into the town
of Galena, from the Empire City side, was effected at great inconvenience,
since it would have to be made by going around either end of the stockade.
Allefforts, however formidable, apparently proved ineffectual. The suprem-
acy of Galena was inevitable, as has since followed.

The population of Empire City, according to the census given in the
Assessor’s returns in 1882, was 1,054.

Empire City was incorporated as a city of the third class in the spring
of 1877, and 8. L. Cheeney was elected Mayor. Ina few weeks after this,
it was made a city of the second class. 8S. L. Cheeney held the office of
Mayor for three years. Following this, the office was filled by G. W.
Davis, N. W. Barren, and C. L. McClung.

A post office was established in Empire City in the spring of 1877,
soon after the town site was located. J. H. Hadley was-commissioned the
first Postmaster. The position of Postmaster has since been held by J.
Shannon, C. L. McClung and H. McKay.

The first school was taught in Empire City in the winter of 1877-78,
by G. W. Harper, Principal, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Harvey. The
schoolhouse was erected in 1879. It is a one-story frame building, contain-
ing three rooms.‘

The present school population is 319, 146 males and 173 females.

Empire City contains two church organizations, the Presbyterian and
Catholic. The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1877, and the charch
house was erected in 1879. It is a small frame building.

' The Catholic congregation was organized in 1878. The church build-
ing, a small frame, was erected in 1881.

Empire City has but one secret organization. This is the Short Creek
Lodge, No. 148, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Lodge
was instituted in 1878, and is in a flourishing condition. :

Only one attempt toward the publication of a newspaper has been
made at this place. In 1877, Hadley & Murphey established a paper called
the Mining Hcho. In the fall of the same year, it was purchased by
Chatham & Bully: who ran it asa daily. Its publication was suspended
in a short time, after which Hadley & Murphey took itin charge. It sub-
sequently was taken by Murphey, as sole proprietor, who ran it till 1880,
at which time it was permanently suspended.

The business of the city at the present time is rather light, and there
seems to be little in prospect for the place in the future.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES +

WILLIAM CAVE, of the firm of Walters & Cave, grocers, was born in Indiana Feb-
ruary 21, 1826. He was raised a farmer, and followed that occupation until the age of
thirty. In 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Ninety-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and
was mustered out of service in May, 1865. He then began teaching school in Montgomery
County, Ill, and taught until 1876, at which time he was elected Marshal of Litchfield, Ill,
and keld the office for three years, afterward carrying on the grocery business a short time
in Illinois. He came to Galena, Kan., in 1880, and mined about one year. He was burned
out twice during 1881 and 1882, losing about $1,000, and owns residence property in Galena.
Is a member of the Christian Church, and was married to Miss Margaret Eishelman, of
Memphis, Mo., March 5, 1848. . .

N. B. CHATELLE, book-keeper and paymaster ofS. L. Cheney’s Crushing and Separating
Works, was born in the province of Quebec in 1858. In 1868, he went to Wisconsin with
his people, who settled in Janesville, where he was reared and educated. In 1879, he came
here, and has been reputably connected with his present industry since. In 1881, Decem-
per 27, he married Miss Minnie Geade, a native of Germany. They have one daughter.
Mr. Chatelle has been clerk of this city, and has been in active worker in the general
development of it since coming here.
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WILLIAM A, COLLINS, proprietor: of the Cherokee Machine Works, was born and
reared in Glasgow, Scotland, and was educated to the profession of machinist there. In
1861, and at the age of twenty he came to America, and, after spending a few years in the
East in connection with his profession, he eee 2 position from the government as
Inspector of Milling Machinery in Texas, with which he was reputably connected for ten
years. He-then came to Joplin, Mo., and accepted the position of master mechanic of the
West Joplin Lead & Zine Company, with which he was connected for six years, after
which he entered into business for himself, which he has successfully carried on since. The
business is carried on by the firm of Collins & Leckie. ‘They do general machine work, but
make a specialty of mining machinery, It aggregates an income of $9,000 a year. Mr.
Collins did active service in the late war in Company C, Sixty-ninth New York Infantry,
from which he was honorably discharged at the end of the war. He has worked actively
in the general development of this city since locating here. Has served as a member of its
Councils. He has been an active member of the A., I. & A. M. Society for many years, and
a member of the K. of P. poraet re

GEORGE W. DAVIS, M. D., was born at Mt. Pleasant, Can., May 22, 1837, and re-
moved with his parents, in 1846, to Jackson City, Mich. Not content with his chances for
education, he left home in 1848, and as soon as he could raise money, purchased some Jaw
books, also some medical works, and while other boys were spending their time in useless
pursuits, he was quietly mastering their mysteries, and after three years’ study chose the

ractice of medicine as his future occupation. He came to Kansas in March, 1856, and
ocated at the Quindaro Ferry, on Cow River, where he resided till June, 1857, when he
removed to Bourbon County, Kan., where he resided till October, 1860, and where he com-
menced the practice of medicine and surgery in August, 1858. In politics, he was Free-
State. In October, 1860, he returned to Coldwater, Mich. March 30, 1862, was married, at
Union, City, to Miss P, E. Roff, of Pennsylvania. In 1863, he removed with his wife to
Grand Rapids, Mich., and returned to Kansas in 1868. Stopped with a brother near Olathe
Johnson. oUnty until April, 1869, when he Jocated in Wilson County, where he remaine
till 1877, when he removed to Empire City, Cherokee County, where he is still engaged in
, the practice of his profession, enjoying an enviable reputation as a physician and surgeon.
The Doctor’s experience in Kansas hasbeen varied. He has seen Kansas pass through all
its Sruugiee from. poe to manhood, where it now stands as a power in this govern-
ment. He was well acquainted with all the leading characters in Kansas’ early history,
as Quantrill, Jim Lane, John Brown, James Montgomery, Jennison, etc. He is a member
of the Eclectic Medical Association of the State of Kansas, and a member of the A., F. & A.
M.; also of the I. 0. O. F., both subordinate and encampment. «

CARLILE FAULKNER, grocer, was born in Kentucky in 1832, He moved to North
Missouri at the age of twenty-two, where he remained four years, and then came to Allen
County, Kan., where he resided until 1866 on a farm. He came to Cherokee County in 1866,
took up land and improved it, and still owns the same farm. He opened a grocery at Em-
pire City in 1879, which he still carries on. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Tye, of Ken-
tueky, in 1856, and has four children—Drewery T., Susan I’., Daniel C., Sarah L.

SAMUEL FINKELSTEIN, mine owner and miner, was born in Poland, Russia. He
came to the United States in 1863 and located in Nashville, Tenn., where he was engaged in
mercantile business thre years. He was then in California two years and in Nebraska one
year, engaged in mercantile business, being afterward in St. Jo, Mo., one year and in Kan-
sas on a farm five years. He came to Empire City in 1877, where he has since beeen engaged
in mercantile business and wining, on og iow fourteen residences and business proper-
ties in that city, also a farm in Missouri. He was elected City Councilman in 1878. He was
married to Miss Lena Sheller, of Poland, in 1860. They have eight children—Harry, Jacob,
Baniiiel Abraham, Isaac, Morris, Anna and Rachel. Mr. Finkelstin isa member of the

. 0. F.

E. GOEDE, boot and shoe dealer, -was born in Germany in 1836 and came to the United

States in 1872. He located in Nebraska and remained three years and was then in Joplin
two years. In 1877, he went to Short Creek and was elected City Councilman in 1882. He
is a member of the I.0.0.F. He was married to Miss Caroline Prime, of Germany, in
1859. They have three children—Otto, Minnie and Earnest.
3 J. L. HEASLEY, grocer, was born-in Pennsylvania in 1831, and followed farming in that
State until 1860, when he came West and was employed in freighting across the plains seven
years. He then ran a livery stable until 1872, and was then teaming until 1879 in Joplin,
Missouri. He then came to Empire City and started store in 1879. He owns a residence and
business house in Empire City and is Councilman of said city. He was married to Miss
Rachel Veal, of Ohio, in 1857.

CARL L. HENCKEL, ice dealer, was born in Germany, May 4, 1838. He came to
America July 1, 1865, and resided in New York one year and in Chicago, Ill., one year, in
the bakery business. He then went to Omaha and kept a bakery six months, thence to
New Orleans and remained eight months, then back to Omaha ani to Fort McPherson,
remaining eight months, and from there to Omaha and then to Kansas City. He then came
to Baxter Springs, Kan., then to Joplin, Mo., where he was in the brewing business eigh-
teen months, and was then in Short Creek in the brewing business until July, 1877.
He discontinued brewing in 1880 and began the ice business. He has a business in Mis-
souri and owns a brewery and residence in Empire City. He is a member of the School
Board and of the orders of 1.0. 0. F., K. of P. and A. O. U. W. He was married to Miss
Catharine Schifferdecker, of Baden, in 1875 and has one child—Millie. Was previously mar-
ried to Miss Emma Bilke, of Saxony, in 1870. Had one child—Herman.

HUGH McKAY, Postmaster, was born in Scotland June 15, 1880. He came to the
United States in 1847 and located in Canada, where he remained twenty years as a sheriff,
bailiff aid constable. In 1869, he came to Kansas and located near Fort Scott and was en-
gaged in merchandising until 1877, when he came to Empire City as a merchant and miner,
and now owns forty acres in mining property ia the township. He was aproinved Post-
master and took charge of the office July 1, 1882, and is Police Judge and Justice of the
Peace. Is an Odd Fellow, He was married to Miss Sarah M. Clark, of New York, in March,
1849. They have seven children—Agnes, William, Mary L., Hugh, James E., Albert E. and Ida.

HARRISON McMILLEN, of the firm of Brown & McMillan, mining operators, is a
native of Dade County, Mo., where he was reared to the farming and stock-raising industry.
In 1872, and at the age of twenty-seven, he began mining operations in Jasper County, Mo.,
and followed it there till 1878, when he came here and has very snccessfully carried it on
since. Besides his interests already described in J. H. Brgyn’s sketch, he, with Mr. Brown
and Mr. Yeager, are active operators on what is known as the Zelligman town lotsin lead and
zine mining, and are also extensively interested in gold and silver mining in Colorado, Mr.
MeMillan also carries on a farm of 240 acres of improved Jand in Neosho Township, contain-
ing about 1,500 fruit trees in full bearing and good buildings on the farm, He has becn an
active member of the A., F. & A. M. society for several years and a strong supporter of the
Methodist Church.

JAMES MURPHY, of the firm of Murphy & Brewster, crushers and patie: and of
the firm of Murphy & Smith, mining operators, was born in Monaghan County, Treland,
November 17, 1844, and came to America in 1849 with his people, who settled in Bucks
County, Penn., where he was reared and educated, At the age of eighteen, he was made an
invalid through a hurt received upon his leg a year previous and which resulted in a run-
ning sore, which, after two years of cutee he had amputated. He had been reared to
the agricultural industry, but-he now turned his attention to merchandising and carried it
on successfully in Washington County, N. Y., till 1876, when he located in Taplin. Mo., and
conducted it till 1878, meantime filling the Postmastership of that place. In 1878, he en-
gaged at mining operations and has been very successiully identified with that industry
since. December 30, 1869, he married, in Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y., Miss Rosana
Connolly, of his native county. They have a family of one son—John, and three daughters
—Maggie, Annie and Josephine. Mr. Murphy has taken a very active interest in the devel-
opment of this city since locating here. He is the present Treasurer of the city, as also
of the Board of Education, and has been active as an official in other capacities.

WILLLAM SMITH, of the firm of Murphy & Smith, plain operators, was born in Lei-
cestershire, England in 1854, and came to America in 1852 with his Proeks, who settled in
Kansas in 1854, where he was reared to farming. In 1863, he enlisted in Company L, Elev-
enth Kansas Cavalry, and did active service till the end of the war, when he was honorably
discharged. After the war, he engaged at the sawmilling business in Wabaunsee and Sedg-
wick Counties. In 1877, he engaged at mining and has been successfully identified with it
since. He was married here in 1879, to Miss Millie A, Taylor, a native of Seneca,Mo. They
have two sons—Frederick J. and Albert T. Mr. Smith has worked actively in public life.
Served as Sheriff of Sedgwick County, was.City Marshall of Wichita one term and United
States Deputy Marshal for five years, from 1870 to 1875, and has been active in many minor
official positions. : ; :

. W. VAUGHAN, mining operator, was born in South Carolina in 1838, and was
reared in Morgan County, Ala. At the age of eighteen he located in Texas, and engaged at

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

stock raising, which he actively carried on till 1870, when he came to Kansas and located at
Baxter Springs, and carried on stock dealing for a few years, after which he took up the

resent industry, with which he has been extensively connected since. In 1865, he married
Briss Mary A. Kountz, a native of Missouri, who departed this life in 1873, and is buried in
Joplin Cemetery, Mo., leaving one little girl—Ella. In 1877, he married Miss Martha C. Lee,
They have two sons—Romulus Napoleon and Frank. Mr. Vaughan has worked actively in
the development of the industrial life of this locality since coming here. He is present
County Commissioner of this county, and has served as Councilman of the city of Galena,
and has filled many minor official positions. His mining industry gives employment to fif-
teen skilled workmen, besides steam machinery, etc., and yields an annual income of over
$100,000. ‘

"J.P. WALTERS, of the firm of Cave & Walters, grocers, was born in Pennsylvania,
October 10, 1837. He began manufacturing sand for a glass-house in 1861, and continued five
or six years in that business, being afterward in coal business two years. He came to Reno
County, Kan., in 1874, remained six months, and then resided in Osage County one year,
from whence he came to Empire City and engaged in geocery and mining business. He was
married to Miss Agnes Adams, of Pennsylvania, in 1874. They have two children—Frank
and Addie.

CRESTLINE.

Crestline is situated eight miles east of Columbus, on the St. Louis
& San Francisco Railroad, one mile from Shawnee Creek, on level prairie.
The first settlement was made in March, 1875, by Henry Wiggins, who
named the town after Crestline, Ohio. The post office was established in
‘May, 1875, and Henry Wiggins appointed Postmaster. Through the efforts
of the railroad authorities the post office was discontinued in June, 1880 ;
but soon afterward re-established in response to a etition numerously
signed by the citizens, and Mr. Higgins re-appointed ostmaster.

The first birth in Crestline was that of Jerome Ewing, January 12,
1876; the first marriage, that of Henry Hallenet to Miss Annie Jones,
November 18, 1880, and the first death that of Mrs. M. Liart, December 1,
1878. The first school was taught in 1877, by Julius Bridegroom, in a
-carpenter shop. A schoolhouse was built in 1878. .

In 1881, the railroad company proposed to put in a side track and
build a depot, if the town would donate land sutlicient for the purpose.
The donation was gladly made. The town has now a population of about
100, and being surrounded by as fine farming land as there is in Kansas, is
insured a prosperous future.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

F. P. ADAMS, M. D., Section 18, P. O. Crestline, was born in Virginia November 19, 1823.
He was educated at Richmond, Va., and St. Louis, Mo., graduating at St. Louis in 1860 and 1861,
He came to Missouri in 1861, remained six months, then went to Tennessee and remained until
1865, then went to Kentucky and remained five years, then to Missouri and remained nine
years, and came to Kansas in 1879, locating at Messer, where he remained ashort time, and
came to Crestline in 1881. He owns real estate in Missouri, and has residence and business
properties 1n Crestline. He isa Freemason. He was married to Miss Sallie Ligon, of Vir
ginia in 1850. They have seven children—Virginia B., Ida, F. P., D.C., Lelia Mai, Mamie
A. and J. M.-

E. W. ALDERSON, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Crestline, was born in Illinois,in 1842. He
received a liberal education, and after farming in Illinois one year went to California, and
was in butcher business seven years, then returned to Illinois and remained six months, and
then to Kansas in 1869. He located on his present farm of 160 acres, which he bought and
improved, and now raises grain and stock, with a fine assortment of fruits of all kinds. He
is an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was Justice of the
Peace two years. He was married to Miss M. E. Rafferty, of Illinois, in 1868. They have six
children—Annie L., Ada M., Alice J., Alena M., Ama B, and Arthur J.

J. D. FRENCH, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Crestline, was born in Tennessee, in 1836, and
lived in his native State, engaged in farming, until 1880, at which time he came to Kansas
and located on present farm uf 160 acres, which he bought and improved, and is now devot-
ing his energies and time to raising stock and grain and fruits. He is a Freemason anda
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married to Miss Mary N. McCommon,
of Tennessee, in 1861. They havo eight children—William M., Samuel M., Eliza J., Martha,
D., M. O., Barton, Della and Arthur.

JOHN HOFF, dealer in drugs and groceries, was born in Indiana June 19, 1847, He
moved from his native town to Illinois, and thence to Missouri in 1867, where he remained
until 1876, and came in that year to Kansas, located, and remained on farm one year, and
then went into dry goods business in Brownsville, where he staid two years; then was in
Messer in drug business one year, and then went to Crestline and opened present business
in 1881. He was also in mining business a short time, and now owns his residence and
business properties in Crestline. He was Postmaster three years in Brownsville and Messer,
and belongs to the order of I.0.0.F. He was married to Miss Esther Combs, of Missouri,
in 1872. They have three children—Joshua, Claudie and Earnest. es

ROBERT M. JONES, blacksmith, Section 18, P. O. Crestline, was born in Ohio, in 1836.
He received a liberal education, and began work in shop at the age of fourteen, working three
years in Ohio, and two in Indiana. He then went to Iowa, and remained until 1861, at
which time he joined the army. He was discharged in 1862, and remained in Iowa until
1870, when he came to Kansas. He lived in Cherokes Nation one year, and then
came to Cherokee County, Kan., and settled on a farm, where he remained six years.
He came to Crestlino in 1876, and opened his present shop, going to Montana and Santa Fé,
Tea in 1880, for his health. He owns a residence and business property in

‘'restline,

\. H. MARSHALL, farmer, Section 18, P. 0. Crestline, was born in Kentucky, Septem-
her 29, 1820. He was raised on a farm, received a liberal school education, and carried on a
farm in Kentucky until 1859, being Justice of the Peace in that State for many years. He
then came to Kansas and located where he now lives, where he opened and improved a farm
of 160 acres, and has since been directing his attention to stocks grain and fruit. He isa
member of order of A., F.& A.M. He was married to Miss Martha Snap, of Kentucky, in
1842, who died, leaving seven children. He was again married to Miss Nancy Feebock, of
Sartre whom he had two children, and in 1870 he was married to Miss Matilda
Douglas, his present wife. They have seven children—E. H., Nancy J., Foster, Herman,
Bruce, Arthur, and Mahala (deceased).

C. J. PARKER, farmer, Section 20, P. 0. Crestline, was born in State of New York
September 1, 1840. He was raised in Illinois, where he received a good education, and be-
gon teaching school at the age of seventeen. He taught three years, and then went to

ryant & Stratton’s Commercial, College, graduating therefrom. Then taught school in
Illinois a short time, and then went to the Rocky Mountains and taught school six months.
He came to Kansas in 1869, bought a farm and farmed and taught school. - He is now run-
ning farm and lumber business at Crestline. He bas a grain and stock farm, with a fine
line of all kinds of fruits. He was Justice of the Peace six years, and is now School Trus-
tee. While in Montana, he was Court Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. He is also a
Freemason. He was married to Miss Nancy Edwards, of Kansas, in 1876, and has four chil-
dren—William B.. Jessie, George and Grace. : :

C. A, VARNUM, merchant, was born in Ohio in 1842. He lived on a farm until the
age of thirty, coming to Kansas in 1868. He then clerked in a store at Altoona, Kan., four
years; was then in mines in Webb City one year, then came back to Kansas and farmed
two years, then went to Messer, and was in a store two years, and then went to Crestline
and opened his present business. He is the owner of his residence and business house in
Crestline, has been Township Clerk of Crestline two years, and Constable four years, also
School Treasurer two years, and railroad agent two years. He was married to Miss Caro-
line I’. Chase, of Iowa, in 1863. They have one child living—Minnie A., Harvey I. (deceased),
Mildred A, een ;

HENRY WIGGINS, general store, was born in Ohio, in 1842, and was raised on a farm.
He enlisted in the army in 1862, for three years, and at expiration of term of service, tra¥-
 

. March, 1872, and has two children living—Sarah C. and Nellie R., and two,

OHEROKEE OOUNTY.

eled three years, He came to Kansas in 1869, and located in Crestline on a farm, which he
carried on until 1875, when he opeued his present business. He laid out the town of Crest-
line, and succeeded in having a post office located in the place in 1875, of which he is now
Postmaster. Mr. W. owns the town site of Crestline.

WEIR CITY.

Weir City is a thriving little town in Mineral Township. It islocated
on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, about five miles from the
northern boundary of the State. The Chicago Zinc Works were estab-
lished here in 1872. These works, which the reader will find fully de-
scribed in the oe history of the county, have contributed greatly to
the growth and prosperity of this town and vicinity. Weir City had in
1880 « population of nearly. 400, and since then its inhabitants have great-
ly increased in numbers. The business houses do a flourishing trade with
the surrounding country.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

BENNETT BROWN, Superintendent of Oswego Coal Company’s Mines, was born in
Scotland August 3, 1850. He came to the United States in 1869, and was connected with
coal mines in Ohio two years. He then spent two years in Illinois, after which he returned
to Ohio, where be remained until 1876. He then returned to Scotland remaining until
March, 1879. In 1879, he came back to the coal mines in Ohio. He stayed there until 1881,
when he went to Colorado, and from there to Weir City, as Superintendent of mines. Was
married to Miss Mary Kerr, of Scotland, in 1874. Have four children living—William,
Susan, James, Andrew R., and one, Margaret (deceased).

J. E, EICHELBERGER, of the firm of Eichelberger & Clayton, bakers and confectioners,
was born in Ohio October 3, 1853; began baking at the age of seventeen. He went to In-
diana in 1869. In 1882, he came to Kansas and opened business at Weir City. He belongs
to ae a Fellows. He was married to Miss Julia Miller, of Indiana, in 1874, and has
one child—Guy.

T. M. WEIR, coal dealer and miner, was born in Washington County, Penn., March 2,
1814. He began the boot and shoe business at the age of eighteen ; fourteen years later, he
opened up a farm in Henry County, Ill., and lived on the same for forty years, He came to
Kansas in 1871, and located at Weir City, where he took up 160 acres of coal land.- He sold
ee hty acres, and now owns forty acres of fine coal land, having built Weir City on the
other forty acres. He opened mines as soon as he arrived here; he owns and runs a farm of
eighty acres; he had the first store in Weir City; had the post office located here, and was
in short the founder of the town; he owns seven houses, built by himself; he gave right-
of-way to the railroad; he donated lots for the various churches of the town. e was mar-
ried to Miss Levina Whitmoore, of Ohio, in 1835. They have eight children—Elizabeth B..
Coodie, Andrew J., Sarah A., Harvy P., Alice M., Ben, Susie and Tiwad (deceased).

OTHER TOWNS.

Messer is a small village, situated nine miles east of Columbus, on the
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad.

Stilson is a small town, seven miles north of Columbus, on the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. The support of the town is mainly
that afforded by the operation of the coal mines in the vicinity.

Scammonville is also a mining town, one mile north of Stilson.

Neutral is a post office and station on the K.C., Ft. 5. & G. R. R.,
five miles southeast of Columbus.

Hallowell is a post office and station on the St. L. & 8. F. R. R., nine
miles west of Columbus.

Pleasant View is a post office in the northeastern part of the county.

Keelville and Melrose are post offices in the southwestern part of the
county. Melrose Post Office was established in 1876, and W. H. Brown
was the first Postmaster. .

Sherman City is a post office in the northwest part of the county. It
was established in 1866. A. A. Clarke was commissioned the first Post-
master.

Star Valley is also a post office in the northwest part uf the county.

The Millersburg Post Office was established in 1866, with John Whit-
craft Postmaster. It is located eight miles northwest of Columbus. The
district schoolhouse was built here in 1866 and was a log building.

Lowell is a small village on the K. C., Ft. 8. & G. R. R., four miles
east of Baxter Springs. The post office was established in 1866. John
Rogers was the first settler, who located here in 1842. A Government
Commission selected this place for the location of a fort, but Rogers. who
owned the land, asked of them an exorbitant price for it, which they re-
fused to pay, and afterward located at Fort Scott. §S. Holroyd started the
first store here in 1866.

Tehama is a post office five miles southeast of Columbus.
tablished in 1876. W. Wheeler was the first Postmaster.

Boston Milis is a post oftice situated on Spring River, about two miles
north of Empire City. ° P 5

Wirtonia was located eight miles east of Columbus. At one time it
contained a blacksmith shop, two stores and a schoolhouse; but when the
railroad was built through Columbus in 1870, its people gave up all hope
of building up a town there and most of'them moved to the latter town.

It was es-

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—cHEROKEE TOWNSHIP,

GILBERT ALLEN, Postmaster, farmer, merchant and coal dealer, Stilson, was born
January 29, 1817. He was raised on a farm, and at the age of twenty-one, began farming
for himself, continuing for ten years. Then he went to Wisconsin, where he was in the
stave and logging business for thirty years. In 1876, he came to-Stilson, Cherokee County,
Kan., and began farming, trading and operating in coal mines, opening the first shaft at
Stilson.’ He has since raised and sold large amounts of stock (hogs, cattle and sheep). He
owns 840 acres of coal lands. He was married to Miss Mary M. Lougee, of Vermont, and
has two children living—Alice and Walter, and two, Hattie and Ettie, deceased. ;

JAMES DENNIS, general store, Manager and Superintendent of Bovard & Dickson,
Coal Shaft, Stilson; was born in Missouri September 22, 1856. He received a liberal educa-
tion, and at the age of nineteen, took a school, which he taught four years. In September,
1879, he began clerking for Bovard & Dickson; and has been with that firm ever since. He
is an Odd Fellow. -

EDWARD C. SCAMMON, farmer, of Town 32, Section 6, P, O. Scammonville, was born
in Maine, October 9, 1841. Began farming in I]linios at age of nineteen, and continued here
for ten years. He came to Cherokee County, Kan., in June, 1869. He was in coal business
five years and then engaged five years in farming. He owns 330 acres of coal land. He has
been Township Treasurer two terms and was on School Board several years. He owns min-
ing interest in Short Creek. He was married to Miss Ellen Giffin, of New xork erate, 18

ward L, an

Minnie J., dead.

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ROSS TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM B. CRAIG, farmer, Section 31, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Ohio, March 24,
1844. He was :raised on a farm, received a liberal education, and at the age of fifteen re-
moved to Iowa, where he remained \:n years. He then came to Kansas for a short time
and then returned to Illinois and remained six years getting out railroad ties, coming back
to Kansas in 1879 for permanent location. He has since been farming and raising stock
and grain. He was in thearmy about three years in the Eleventh Iowa Infantry. He was
wounded at Shiloh and was exchanged while at home.

_ LORENZO EDDY, farmer, Section 20, P. 0. Monmouth, Crawford County, was born in
Ohio, in 1847. He was educated in the common school and raised to agricultural pursuits,
Commenced farming in Ohio at the age of twelve, continued until the age of twenty-three.
In the mean time was in the army two years. He went to Missouri in 1870, where he re-
mained on a farm one year. He then came to Kansas and locatedun his present farm of
158 acres, which he improved and has since been engaged in raising grain and stack. He
was School Director six years; is a member of the Christian Church and is Elder of the
same. He was married to Miss Samantha Larcom, of Ohio, in 1865, They have three
ao O., Carrie E. and Martha B. Mrs. Eddy is also a member of the Christian

urch,

A. HILLIARD, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Columbus, was born in Pennsylvania, Novem-
ber 1, 1820. He received a business education and began the boot and shoe business at the
age of twenty-two, which he continued eight years. He then went to Ohio and carried ‘on
the boot and shoe business for fifteen years. Came to Kansas in 1868, when he settled on a
farm of 160 acres, which he has improved, and is now growing grain, stock and fruits. He
has running water for stock on his farm, and artificial ponds. It is enclosed with three
and one-halt miles of good hedge fence and 250 rods wire fence. He was married to Miss
Lidie Osterstock, of Pennsylvania, in 1844. They have three children living—Benjamin F.,
Annie M. and Marion, They have lost eight children—Emeline, Edwin, William, Clinton J.,
James B., Grant, William (second) and Willis.

GEORGE Ww HOYT, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Columbus, was born in Ohio, March 22,
1839. Received common school education, and came to Kansas in 1866, locating at Millers-
burg, where he was engaged in mercantile business three years. He came to Columbus in
1869, engaged in same business and continued it to the spring of 1882, and is now running a
farm and lumber business. He bought 320 acres of land, improved it, and is now using it as
a stock farm, principally cattle and hogs, He has 200 acres under cultivation, owns an in-
terest in 200 acres mineral land, near Galena, and a residence and business property in Co-
lumbus, of which city he was formerly Mayor. He belongs to A., F, & A. M.

WALTER B. McCORMICK, farmer, P. 0. Columbus, Section 29, was born in Ken-
tucky in 1816. He received a practical and medical education and began the practice of
medicine in Kentucky at the age of twenty-two years, continuing to practice in that State
until 1867, at the same time carrying on a farm. He came to Kansas in 1867,and located on
his present farm, which he opened and improved. He has 210 acres and raises stock, grain
and all kinds of fruit. He is a member and Ruling Elder in Cumberland Church, and was
married in‘ 1842 to Miss Patsey N. Coleman, of Kentucky, who died in 1855, leaving five
children—Theodore A., Christian J., Roscoe (deceased), Nancy M. (deceased), and Rebeeca
Ann. In 1856, he was married to Miss Isabel Holcomb, of Kentucky. They have six chil-
a S., Walter A., Esther F., Mary E., Lucy Emma (deceased), and Martha J. (de-
cease
SAMUEL MCKINSEY, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Columbus, was born in Virginia,
August 18, 1839. He was raised on a farm and received a business education. Joined the
army in 1861, and was scout eighteen months; was wounded, and carries a buck shot in his
left arm yet. Was mustered out in 1864 and returned to Indiana and worked on the railroad
for a few months, and then farmed for three years, being afterwards in a store for three
years and on a farm for five years. He came to Kansas in 1879 and bought land in Cherokee
County, which he improved, and on which he is now raising stock and grain. He has a
splendid line of all kinds of fruits set out. Mr. Kinsey’s farm is said to be fine coal land,
the vein being four feet four inches thick, underlying about fifty acres. He is a member‘of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which ‘he is also Class-leader and Steward. He was
eee to Miss Anna A. Rash, of Indiana, in 1867, and has two children—George R. and

mma K. :

S.-W. RAMSEY, farmer, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Kentucky in 1838. He received
a common school education and in 1854 went to lowa and began farming for himself, remiain-
ing until 1869, at which time he went to Arkansas and farmed for three years. He came to
Kansas in March, 1872, and located in Columbus, remaining seyoutect months, and then
bought a claim of 250 acres north of Columbus. He broke thirty acres and sold it, retain-
ing his present farm, on which he built houses and improved a portion of it. He has a fine
line of fruit trees. Mr. Ramsey is now devoting his time to raising grain and stock. Has
running water and thirty acres of timber on his farm, eighty acres under hedge fence and
forty acres under plank and rail fence. He was‘married to Miss Mary L. Loomis, of Penn-
sylvania, April 22, 1859. He has eight children living—Hattie R., William E., Mary E.,
George W., hloe B., Richard A., James E., Minnie M.; Bird and Rebhardt, deceased. .

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP.

MICHAEL EVANS, farmer, Section 13, Range 32, Township 22, P. 0. Star Valley, was
born in North Carolina in 1831, He went to Indiana at the age of nineteen and worked at
the carpenter’s trade fourteen years and was then in Illinois on a farm eight years. He
then moved to Nebraska, remained on a farm two years and thence went to Missouri and
stayed until 1878, at which time he came to Cherokee County, Kan., and located on his pres-
ent farm, which he has since been cultivating and improving, giving attention principally
to wheat and corn. He is a member and Steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Was
married to Miss M. E. Rominger, of Indiana, in 1854. Mrs. Evans died in 1864, leaving four
children—Phelix N., Annie C. Clara ©. and Mary E. He was married to Miss Elizabeth E.
Sparker, of Indiana, in 1865. They have six children—John W., William G., Lillie C., Artie
M., Charles F. and Nora A.

J. J. ZIMMERMAN, farmer, Section 20, P. 0. Columbus, was born in THinois in
1830. He lived on a farm in Illinois twenty-five years, coming to Kansas in 1866 and
locating in Cherokee County, where he remained until 1880. Now rents out his farm and
lives in Columbus. Mr. Zimmerman was in the army three years and belongs to the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Methodist Episcopal Church.

LOLA TOWNSHIP.

REV. GEORGE BURTON, grocer, Section 16, P. O. Hallowell, was born in Illinois in
1841. He was reared on a farm and received a common-school education, coming to Kansas
in 1870. He located in Neosho Connty and remained five years on a farm, then removed to
Norton County, where he lived until 1882, at which time he came to Hallowell and opened
his present business. He owns a dwelling house and two acres of land. He was Township
Trustee two years. Is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Christian (New-Light) Church.
Was married to Miss Elizabeth Harris, of Ilinois, in 1860. They have one child living—
Ellsworth; John W., Ella J. and Elmer are deceased.

E. W. COOTER, farmer and County Surveyor, Section 35, P. O. Columbus, was born in
Tennessee November 21, 1831. He received a business education and began teaching school
in Missouri in 1845, remaining in that State until 1861, when he came to Kansas. e was
on a farm in Kansas and then returned to Missouri and taught school for one year, being
then appointed County Surveyor of Lewis County. He held that office for eight years, then
farmed until 1880, at which time he came again to Kansas and bought his present farm of
240 acres, on which he made some improvements and is now running as a grain and stock
farm. It is well supplied with all kinds of fruit trees and berries and has a fine stream of
running water ; 110 acres are under cultivation. Mr. Cooter was elected County Surveyor
in 1881 for two years. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and a Freemason. He
was married to Miss Julia Hamilton, of Missouri, September 15, 1857. They have ten chil-
dren—James T., Ida May, William H. and John H. (twins), Dewitt, Guy, Andrew M. and
Mary Nancy (twins), Hugh P. and Julia B. Are all members of the church. James T.,
William H. and John are now at Wabash College, Indiana. “

JESSE FORKNER, general merchant and druggist, Section 16, P. 0. Hallowell, was
born in Kentucky in 1839. He was raised on a farm and entered the army at the age of
twenty-one, being discharged in December, 1862. He next engaged in the Government em-

loy, taking care of the stock twelve months. He returned to Illinois in 1865 and came to
ae in 1866, where he bought 120 acres of land, which he improved and cultivated. In
1872, he bought eighty acres additional and now raises grain, grass and fruit. He owns six
residence and business houses in Hallowell. He is stock-holder, director and treasurer of
the Hallowell Mills and owns forty acres of land in Columbus. He has been Postmaster ten
years and was Treasurer of the Township four or five years, He bought and shipped stock
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seven years and now loans money on real estate, and also has a dry goods, grocery and drug
store. He was married to Miss Mattie C. Talbert, of Indiana, December 14, 1865. They
have three children—Willie T., Henry Allen and Jessie Clayton,

G. W. HENRY, general merchant, P. 0. Hallowell, was born in St. Louis, Mo., July
25,1857. He received a collegiate education, graduating from Jones’ College in 1874, He was
afterward in banking business in St. Louis eight years, at the end of which time he came to
Kansas. He located at Hallowell in 1881, bought'a store and opened his present business.
He is now building one of the best houses in Hallowell and carries a stock of from $6,000 to
$7,000. He owns one store, two dwellings and contemplates building a good hotel. He is a
member of the I. 0. O. F. and the Bank Clerks’ Association of Missouri. He was married to
Miss Lizzie G. Scott, of St. Louis, Mo., October 4, 1882. Mrs. Henry. is also a graduate of St.
Louis High School, class of 1880.

_J. B. HILL, M. D., Section 16, P. O. Hallowell, was born in Ohio, June 20, 1856. He
received a liberal education and attended the State University at Lawrence for two years.
He read medicine at Oswego, Kan., and graduated at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1881. He came to
Kansas in 1870 and located in Labette County, where he farmed and taught school ten years.
He is a Good Templar and a member of the State Grange. He was married to Miss Emma
Linton, of Linn County, Kan., in 1881. Mrs, Hill was also engaged in teaching school eight
years. She attended the State University at Lawrence, Kan., two years. ;

C. A. MCNEILL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 21, P. O. Hallowell, was born in
Ross County, Ohio, in 1822, and was identified with farming there until 1857. He then lo-
cated in Macoupin County, Ill., and carried on farming until 1869, when he came here, and
has very successfully carried on farming and stock-raising since. He married, in Ross
County, Ohio, in 1850, Miss Nancy Kelly, of his native county. They have a family of four
sons ne dwin, Lewis, Strauder and Corbin, and bave two grand-children—Lewis and
Martha. r. McNeill carries on 560 acres of land in three different Sections—21, 22 and 28.

They join one another and are all improved. He has a nice orchard, containing 120 apple,
150 peach trees and other fruit in proportion. The family attend the Methodist Church.

__ W.C. PRITCHARD, lumber and grain dealer, Section 16, P. 0. Hallowell, was born in
Virginia in 1849. He came to Missouri in 1855, and remained until 1867, when he came to
Kansas, and located in Labette County, where he remained until 1880. He then located in
Hallowell and cue pEed in lumber business. He owns a residence in town, and is a mem-
ber of the I. 0. O. I.” He was married to Miss Ida M. Blanchard, of Kentucky, in 1878, and

~ has one child—Cleo.

NEOSHO TOWNSHIP. %

S. J. BARTLETT, general merchandise, Melrose, was born in Fleming County, Ky., in
1833, and_was reared to the business of general engperage, his father having been promi-
nently identified with that industry there. In 1855, he engaged in merchandising in
Indiana, and located and organized the town of Bartlettsville, Lawrence County, Ind., where
he was prominently identified with merchandising until 1870, when he located at Keelville,
this county, and carried on his industry successfully until 1878, when he located*here, where
he has been reputably connected with it since. He married Miss Jennie Fowler, of Law-
rence County, Ind. They have a family of one son and three daughters—Maud, May, Min-
nie and Oscar. Mr. Bartlett also carries on and owns 100 acres of improved land in Neosho
Township, well watered and stocked, containing 600 fruit trees, of a nicely assorted variety
of apples, peaches, pears, etc.; good dwellings, barns and stables. In public life, Mr. Bartlett
has always taken an active part in the locality in which he lived. During the civil war he
organized and commanded Company F, Ninety-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from
which he was honorably discharged at the end of the war. He is an active member of the
John A. Dix Post, No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic, and has been a member of the A., F.
& A. M. society since 1870. He has held the position of Postmaster in his several localities
the last twenty-four years, excepting during the war services. Since locating here he has
held the incumbency of Claim Agent, and has been Notary Public since 1856. He has
worked eee for the development of the social'and industrial life of this locality since
comin ere.

WILLIAM E. BROOKS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 1, P. O. Keelville, was born
in De Kalb County, IIl., in 1843, and was reared in Black Hawk Sobety Iowa, to his present
industry. In 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and
remained in active service until the clase of the war, when he was honorably discharged
and pensioned. During his military service, he passed two months in Andersonville Rebel
Prison. In 1869, he located here, and has been very successfully connected with his present
industry here since. In 1866, he married Miss Sarah J. Tallmon, who was born in Pennsyl-
vania, and reared in Iowa. They have a family of two sons and one ae i,
John C., and Alice J. Mr. Brooks has worked actively in the growth and development of
the industrial life of this locality. He isan active member of the I. O. O. F. society here.
and Grand Army of the Republic. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well
fenced , watered and stocked; a nice orchard of 2,000 apple trees, of a nicely assorted variety,
ae 200 peach trees, of a nice assortment, and other fruits; and good dwelling, barn,
stable, ete. i
“DAVID HOFFMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 35, P.O. Melrose, was born in
Northumberland County, Penn., in 1825, and was actively identified with his present indus-
try there until 1864, when he located in St. Joe County, Mich., and carried on his business
there until 1876, when he located here, and has been successfully connected with his present
industry here since. In 1855, he married Miss Martha H. Daugherty, of his native county.
They have two sons—John Calvin and Jacob Harvey. His farm contains ei ‘hty acres of
improved land, well stocked and fenced; an orchard of 220 fruit trees, of a full variety of
apples, peaches, pears, etc. ; poet dwelling, barns and stables. Since locating here, Mr. Hoff-

F an has worked very actively in the growth and development of the industrial life of this
locality. —

JOHN T. JARRETT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. O. Melrose, was born in
Northumberland County, Penn.,in 1827, and was identified with hardware merchandising
there till 1855, when he located’ in St. Joe County, Mich, and carried on farming actively
till 1873, when he located here, and has been successfully identified with his present indus-
try since. In 1847, he married Miss Sarah Soars, who was born in England in 1827. They
have a family of three sons and six daughters—William D., Fannie M. (now Mrs. James
Broadley, merchant), Caroline (now Mrs. J.C. Broadley, merchant), Jennie (now Mrs. G. W.
Bigham, farmer and stock-raiser), Annie (now Mrs. Frederick Allen, merchant), John,
Benjamin, Libbie and May. During the civil war, Mr. Jarrett did active service in Com-
pany I Third Michigan Cavalry, from 1863 to the end of the war; was honorably discharged.
Since locating here, he has worked actively in the development of the Pont ic, social and
industrial life of this locality. His farm contains 168 acres of improved land, well fenced
‘and watered and stocked; a nice orchard of 300 fruit trees, of a nice i assorted variety of the
various: kinds of fruit raised here; good dwellings, and barns and stable. He has also a
valuable farm of 125 acres in Section 25, Neosho Township, well improved, and containing a
nice orchard, ete. 2

CHARLES WATSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 1, P. O. Melrose, was born in
Yorkshire, England, in 1833, and came to America with his people, in 1834, who settled in
White Pigeon, St. Joe Co., Mich. Mr. Watson engaged in the railway industry, in connec-
tion with the Lake Shore Railroad, as baggageman, and later as conductor, with which
he was connected for several years, retiring from it in 1856, and engaging at his present
industry there. In 1875, he located here, and has beén actively engaged at his industry
here since. In 1853, he married Miss Margaret J. Tomlinson, who was born in Pennsylvania
and reared in White Pigeon, Mich. They have a family of five sons and three daughters—
Leonard, Clifford C., May, Albert, Judson, Charles, Grace and Pearl. His farm contains
15914 acres of improved land; a nice orchard of 460 fruit trees, of a nicely assorted variety ;
good dwelling, and stables, ete. Since locating here, Mr. Watson has worked actively in the

industrial development of the place. F :

SQUIRE JOHN L. WILSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 12 and 13, P. O. Keel-
ville, was born in St. Clair County, Ill., in 1828, and was reared to the farming industry. At
the age of scarcely eighteen he enlisted in the Second Illinois Regiment, for service in the
Mexican war, and remained in active service till itsend. He was in the battle of Buena
Vista, under conmand of Gens. Taylor and Wool. After the war, he located in Alameda
County, Cal., and was prominently identified with the farming and stock industry there for
fifteen years, during which time he represented his district in the State Legislature, and was
active in many minor municipal offices. In 1866, he returned to his native county, and car-
ried on his industry upon the old homestead for about eight years, after which he located
here, and has been actively engaged at his industry here since. His farm contains 177 acres
of improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked; a nice orchard of 1,600 fruit trees,
of nicely assorted varieties ; good dwellings, barns, stables, etc. Since locating here he has
worked actively in the developmeat of the social and industrial life of this locality.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

LYON TOWNSHIP.

JESSE T. AMOS, farmer and stock-raiser and dealer, Section 10, P. O. Keelville, was
born in Clinton County, Ind., in 1843, and was connected with farming there till 1869, when
he located here in 1870, and has carried on his present industry since. He married, in Ver-
non County, Mo., in 1870, Miss Louisa E. Ward, of his native county. They have a family
of three sons—Mason, Herman and Jesse H. Mr, Amos did active service in Company F,
Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer pone the Jate ae war. He has been an active

orker in the industrial life of his locality since coming here. :

. SQUIRE F. M. B. AMOS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 23 and 27, P. O. Keelville,
was born in Clinton County, Ind., in 1840, and received his literary education in the public
schools of his native county. At the age of seventeen, he engaged at the profession
of teaching, with which he was reputably connected for eleven years, after which he
located here and engaged at farming and stock-raising, which industry he has been very
successfully identified with since. In 1862, he married, in Clinton County, Ind., Miss Mollie
C. Thomas, who was born and reared in Chillicothe, Ohio. They have a family of four sons
and five daughters—Eva M., Stanley H., Monterey M., Justin B., Ellston, Helen, Fred L.,
F.M.B.and Ruby P. Squire Amos has worked actively toward the development of the
social and industrial life of this locality since coming here. He has been active, officially,
as Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace almost continuously since locating here. Has
been an active member of the A., F. & A. M. society since 1861, and of the LO. 0, F.
society for the last eighteen years. His farm consists of 400 acres of improved land well
stocked and fenced and watered, and has an orchard of about 1,000 fruit trees, all bearing.
Squire Amos did active service in Company C, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during
the late civil war. i : : :

HERBERT COOL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, P. O. Keelville, was born in
Hampshire County, W. Va., in 1826, and was reared to the farming industry. In 1855, he
settled in McLean County, L1., and carried on his industry there until 1870, when he came
here, and has been very successfully identified with farming and stock-raising since. In
1857, he married Miss Esther J. Haner, a native of McLean County, Il., who departed this
life August 18, 1881, and is buried in the Songer Cemetery, Neosho Township, aged forty-two

ears, leaving a family of four sons and two daugbters—John W., Commodore F., Effie M.,

ames E,, Nellie C. and Clarence L. Mr. Cool has been an active member of the Methodist
Episco al Church for over thirty years. His farm contains 200 acres of improved land, well
stocked, fenced and watered, and has a nice orchard of 150 fruit trees of various kinds. _

JOHN BOWEN DAVIS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 9 and 16, P. O. Keelville,
was born in Llangadock, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, in 1832, and was educated to the
carpenter’s trade which he followed in his native country until 1867, when he came to
America and settled here the same year, and carried on his trade in Baxter Springs for a
few years, when he engaged at his present industry, which he has very successtully carried
on since. He married Mrs. Mary Gray (nee Price) in his native country. They havea
family of four sons and three daughters—John W. (Gray, Mary A., Margretta, Jenett,
Bowen, William and George. Mr. Davis has worked actively in the development of the
social and industrial life of his locality since coming here. His farm contains 160 acres of
improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked, with a handsome dwelling, barns and
stables, and a nice orchard of 200 trees of different varieties of fruits, and 500 grape vines of
well assorted varieties. : :

JOHN S, DILL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 8, P. 0. Keelville, was born in Foun-
tain County, Ind., in 1830, and settled in Iowa in 1850, and carried on farming there till
1875, when he located here, and has been successfully connected with that industry here
since. In 1855, he married Miss Merribee J. Bowen, who was born in Missouri and reared
in Iowa. They have four sons—George W., Joseph, John F. and Grant. Mr. Dill did
active service during the last three years of the late civil war, from which he was honora-
bly discharged. His farm contains 200 acres of improved land, well fenced, watered and
stocked, with a nice orchard of over 250 fruit trees and good dwellings and barns and
stables.

CAPT. HUGH ERWIN, Postmaster and general merchandise, Keelville, was born in Law-
rence County, Ind., February 18, 1836, and was reared a farmer and educated to the profes-
sion of law, in which he graduated from Asbury University, Ind., at the age of twenty-two.
At the age of twenty-four, he was elected to represent his district in the Legislative Assem-
bly of his native State, being the then youngest member of that body. Upon the breaking
out of the war, he enlisted in defense of the Union in Company A, Twenty-fourth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, and took command of his company as Captain, with which he was
reputably connected until 1864, when he retired from the service, retaining his rank. He
then entered public life again, and filled the Treasurer’s chair of his native county for two
terms, after which he was appointed to an active official position in the internal revenue
department of the Third District of Indiana, and held the incumbency for seven years. He
then came here, and has been actively connected with the mercantile business since. He
was married, March 13, 1860, to Miss Susan E. Grayson, by whom he had one son. She died
December 8, 1860. June 18, 1867, he married Miss Jane E. Williams, of Lawrence County,
whose ancestors were among the most prominent of the pioneers of that locality. Mr. and
Mrs. Erwin have two sons—Frederick L. and William D. Capt. Erwin’s ancestors were also
among the most prominent pioneers of that locality. His grandfather, Judge William Erwin,
was Territorial Magistrate under Harrison’s administration, and afterward filled many pub-
lic official positions of honor and trust. His father, William Erwin, although not active in
public life, was among the leading men of his locality in developing the social and indus-
trial life of it.

HON. J. 8. GILLESPIE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, P. O. Keelville, was born

- in Yellow Springs, Blair County, Penn., in 1834, and was reared and educated in McLean

County, Ill., where he was actively identified with the farming and stock-raising industry
for many years. In the spring of 1876, he settled here, and hae beet successfully connected
with his present industry since. He has a family of three sons and four daughters. He
was married, in McLean County, Ill, in 1856, to Miss Esther B. Moses, of Bedford County,

Penn., who departed this life in 1860, and is buried in the Lexington Cemetery, McLean
County, Ill, leaving one daughter—Einma Dorothea. His second marriage occurred in
1862 to Miss E. B. Thompson, of Muskingum County, Ohio, who departed this life in 1864,
and is buried in the penne Cemetery, beside the first. In 1866, he married in Woodford
County, IL, Miss Julia A. Brown, who was born in Virginia and reared in McLean County,
ill, They have three sons and three daughters—John C., William S., Richard A., Gracie;
M., Esther E. and Anna. Mr, Gillespie was an active man in the public life of ‘McLean
County, Il, and held important official positions there for many years; since coming here,
he has worked actively and devotedly for the advancement of the industries of this
locality, and has served in the Legislative Assembly of the State and minor municipal posi-
tions. He is at present J ustice of his locality. -

__ JEROME B. GOODRICH, farmer and stock-raiser, Sections 29 to 34, Range 23, P.0.
Keelville, was born in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, in 1820, and was engaged in
Wagon and carriage manufacturing in that State until 1849, He then located in Bentons-
port, lowa, and carried on plow manufacturing for about thirteen years; then after spend-
ing about three years in farming in Clarl’e County, Mo., he located in Beardstown, Il, and
carried on the wagon and plow manufacture for several years, locating here in 1872, and
has been actively engaged at his present industry since. In 1841, he married Miss Margaret
J. Zinn, of Franklin County, Ohio. They have a family of four sons and four daughters
living, and have buried two sons and two daughters. His farm contains 160 acres of
improved land, well fenced and watered and stocked, with a first-class dwelling, barns and
stables, and a nice orchard of about 1,500 trees of different varieties of fruits, as also five
acres of blackberries, five acres of strawberries, four acres of raspberries, and a finely
assorted number of grape vines, ete. - :

ANDREW JARRETT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, P. 0. Baxter Springs, was
born in Morgan County, Ind., in 1836, In 1858, he settled in Jackson County, IIl., and fol-
lowed farming actively there till 1869, when he located here, and has successfully carried on
his present industry since. In 1856, he married Miss Margaret Voyles, of Morgan County.
Ind, They havea family of six sons and six daughters. Mr. Jarrett has worked actively
in the development of his industry since locating here. His farm contains 177 acres of im-
proved land, well fenced, watered and stocked. ft has a nice orchard of 200 trees of differ-
ent kinds of fruit, good dwellings, stables, etc. ‘

0.0. POTTER, farmer, Section 14, P. O, Columbus, was born in THlinois February 17,
1846. He received a business education, and began shoe and leather trade at the age of
eighteen, in Illinois, and continued it three years. He started for California in March,
1867, by way of Omaha and Platte River, but on account of the Indian troubles, changed
es course, coming back to Omaha, and then down the river to Kansas City, where he took
the south trail by way of Fort Gibson. After reaching this section of the country, and
seeing the favorable outlook, he decided to make it his home, and took aclaim of 320 acres,
which he improved and sold, and settled on his present farm in 1869, which he improved
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and is now running as a stock and grain farm, raising also a full line of all kinds of fruit. 4
Mr. Potter's farm is iriclosed by hedge fence, and he bas one of the finest residences in his TOR Hep sre tone ne r
section of the country. He was married to Miss Ethel M. Crandall, of Illinois, in 1866, who HON. H. R. HUBBARD, farming, stock-raising and milling, P. O. Boston Mills, was

died, leaving five children—Ralph H., Joseph O0., Mary ©, Robert R. and Ruby. He was born in Hartford County, Conn., in 1833, and was reared in Illinois, where he was engaged
married to Miss Bell Troyer, of Thinols, in 380, ; a iy - in farming till the breaking-out of the war, when he enlisted his services in defense of the
GAGE SLUSSER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 24, P.O. Columbus, was born in Lake ‘ Union,” and did active and honorable duty in the Volunteers, and subsequently in the
County, IIL, in 1850. In 1869, he located here, and has been actively cortnected with his Veterans till the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged with the rank of Cap-
piccent industry since. In 1874, he married Miss Hattie E. Wetherly, a native of tain, which he had very meritoriously obtained. In 1866, he located here, and _has been ac-
ake County, Ill. They have one son and adaughter—Dora J. and Archie. Mr. Slusser tive in connection with farming and stock-raising since. In 1872, he married Miss Char-
has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of his locality since  !otte A. Peters, who was born in Perry County, Ohio, in 1840, and who located here with her
coming here. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced and stocked. He people, in 1866. They have a family of two daughters and one son—Daisy C., Lucy A. and
has a nice orchard of about 400 trees of different varieties of fruits, arid has handsome Hubert H. Mr. Hubbard has always taken an active part in the development and growth
dwelling, barns and stables. of the public, social and industrial life of his locality. He has represented his district in the
GARDEN TOWNSHIP. Legislative Assembly of the State, and has filled many minor county and municipal po-
s sitions. He and his family are active members of the Congregational Church. He is an ac-
MICHAEL W. CARNEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 31, P. O. Lowell, was born _‘ tive member of Frank Blair Post, G. A. R., No. 54...

in Allegany County, N. Y., in 1837, In 1857, he settled in Douglas County, Kan., where he WILLIAM JESSUP, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 7, P. O. Quakervale, was born in
carried on farming actively till after the war, when he located here, and has been success- Wayne County, Ind., in 1830, and was identified with farming in Grant County, Ind., until
fully connected with his present industry since. In‘1872, he married Miss Mary J. Spence, 1853, when he located in Warren County, Iowa, and carried on farming there until 1866,
who was born in Jasper County, Mo., in 1850. They have a family of three Sons and one when he came here and has been actively connected with his present industry since. Tu
daughter—Arthur E., Carl C., Eugene L. and Mary J. Mr. Carney did active service in 1892, he married Abigail Lee, a native of Wayne County, Ind., who departed this life in 1876,

First Kansas Independent Battery, from its organization till its muster out; was honorably 20 is buried in Quakervale Cemetery, aged forty-six, leaving a family of three sons an
discharged as Second Lieutenant of the battery to which he was promoted, for meritorious _ five daughters—John R., Rosana, Hannah J., Lydia A., Celia M., Charles W., Mary I. and
conduct, from the ranks. He is an active member of the A. O. U. W. society. His farm William H. In 1878, he married Mary Cox, who was born in North Carolina, and reared in
contains 187 acres of improved land, well fenced and stocked, nice dwelling, barn and Wayne County, Ind. They have one daughter—Aletha M. His farm residence contains
stables, and an orchard of 400 trees of a nicely assorted variety of fruits. eighty acres of improved land, well stocked and watered, an orchard of 300 nicely assorted
ENOCH CARTER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 13, P. O. Quakervale, was born in fruit trees, and good buildings, etc. He also owns 160 acres on Section 35, Crawford Town-
Hendricks County, Ind., March 25, 1828, and was identitied with farming successfully there Ship, his first residence. This farm is well improved, and has a nice orchard of 800 assorted
until the spring of 1868, when he located here, and has been prominently identified with fruit trees, and good buildings. William Jessup has been an active worker in the develop-
his present industry here since. In 1851, he married Miss Catherine Hodson, who was born ment of the social and industrial life of his locality since coming here, and he and his fam-

in North Carolina, and reared in Hendricks County, Ind. They havea family of one son ily areactive members of the Church of Friends.

and piel ee living—Jane, now Mrs. Hon. C. W. Harvey and Chilon; farmer and stock- ;

raiser, and have buried one daughter, Luella (Mrs. Richard Haworth), in the Quakervale

Cemetery, in January, 1882, Mr. Carter, during his residence here, was engaged for several CEAWEORD STOWNSHIN:

years in the nursery business. His farm contains 160 acres of improved land, well fenced R. H. ANDERSON, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Columbus, was born in Indiana, June 9,
watered and stocked. He has a handsome orchard of twenty acres of a nicely assorte 1843. He farmed until 1862, when he went into the army, and was discharged at the end of

variety of apple and pear trees, ten acres of assorted peach trees, and a full variety of small nine months, on account of disabilities. He then resumed farming, which he continued

fruits, grapes, etc. He has worked actively in the development of the industrial life of his three years, when he came to Kansas and located in his present home. He bought 160 acres

locality, and for many years was active as Land Agent of the K. C., Ft.8.&G.R.R. He of railroad lands and improved it, now raising stock ana grain, and also fine selections of

and his family are active members and supporters of the Church of Friends. all kinds of fruits. He was married to Miss Mary E. Young, of Indiana, in 1863. They
J. R. COMMONS, blacksmithing and farming, P. 0. Lowell, was born in Texas County, have three children—Amos J., Charley W. and Laura 8S.

_ Mo,, in 1844, and located here, with his people, in 1881, and was reared to the blacksmithing \~ JUDGE WILLIAM BAKER, No. 9, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Columbus, was born in New
business by his father, who carried it on here for many years. In 1865, he married Miss York State in 1837. He received a common school educaticn and began farming in Illinois
Sarah Lee, who was born in Missouri and reared in Illinois. They havea family of two in 1859, He enlisted in the army in 1861, and was mustered out in 1864. He re-enlisted as
sons and one daughter—Maggie C., William H. and James D. Mr. Commons did active veteran in 1864, and served until 1865, when be returned to New York State and lived
service in the militia of this State during the late civil war. His farm contains 115 acresof on a farm until 1867, He was then in Illinois six months, and came to Kansas in 1867, locat-
improved land, well fenced, watered and stocked, handsome dwelling, etc, and a nice ing on his present farm of 160 acres, which he improved, and is now running as grain and
orchard of 500 fruit trees of different varieties. 7 stock farm, and has also a fine line of all kinds of fruits and berries. He is now serving as

PETER COVERT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P. O, Lowell, was born in Clark Justice of the Peace for the third term. Is District Treasurer and also member of Presby-
County, Ind., in 1838, and was reared in Atchison County, Mo. In 1858, he located in Paw- terian Church, of which he is Elder, and was the first ordained in the church. Judge Baker
nee County, Neb., and carried on ae actively for several years. In 1866, he located organized a Sabbath school in School District 85, and was superintendent of same. He was
here, and has been active in his present industry since. In 1870, he married Miss Mahala married to Miss E. A. Ward, of New York State, in 1865, and has two children—Cornelia C.
Shepherd, who was born in Atchison County, Mo., in 1853. They have a family of one son and Ida May. Willie, deceased.
and three daughters—Flora, Anna, Joseph A. and Ida May. Mr. Covert did active service WILLIAM M. BENSON, son of Samuel and Martha Benson, was born September 20.
in ee C, Second Nebraska Cavalry, from its organization until its muster out, and was 1830, in Warren County, Ind., then a wild and sparsely settled portion of the State. The re
honorably discharged. His farm contains eighty acres of improved land, well fenced and man, not having been removed, was still an inhabitant of the forest. He received his rudi-
stocked, and having nice dwelling, stables, and an orchard of thirty fruit trees of different menial education in the “Old Lo School-house,” in the days when a boy was considered
Kinds. : about perfect if he could spell his teacher down in the old elementary spelling book and

A. H. DOWELL, proprietor and owner of “ Lowell Pottery Works,” was born in Fair- cipher as far as the Single Rule of Three in Pike’s arithmetic. At the age of twenty, he

ort, Muscatine County, lowa, in 1847, and was reared to his present industry there. He entered college and received a scientific education. Loving an independent life, he chose
oeated in Iola, Kan., in 1868; after following railroading for a few years, he located at Co- farming as his profession, and for twenty-five years farmed during the summer and taught

lumbus, and established the pottery business, which, after a few years, he located here, and school during the winter. He married Miss Malinda P. Slauter, September 26, 1853, by whom
has very successfully carried it on since. He married in 1867 Miss Rosamond De Moss, who he had six children—Martha Marinda, Cynthia Ann, Samuel I., William Willard, Rosalie
was born in Ohio and reared in Indiana. They havethree sons andjone daughter—Oscar Le and Osie Theodoshie. He came to Cherokee County in the summer of 1876 and spent five

Grand, James Francis, William Morton and Amy E. Mr. Dowell began his operations here months in looking up a location and returned to Indiana. Returned to Kansas in the sprin

with merely his knowledge of the business, and by dint of steady and persistent industry, of 1877, purchased lands, built a house and moved his family the following winter; hearriv

now does a business of $5,000 a year in the line of general pottery work andtiling. George at Columbus March 15, 1878, Mr. Benson opened and improved a farm of 540 acres, which

M. Dowell, father of A. H., is a native of Alabama, and settled in Muscatine County, Iowa, he now runs as a grain and stock farm; he has also a full line of fruits. He has 400 acres

at the age of nineteen, where he was connected with pottery work till recently he came under good cultivation, plenty of good stock and stock water. He was burned out Decem-

here. G. A. and J. W., brothers of A. H., are active workmen with him in the business. ber 13, 1879. His house, furniture, clothing and a valuable library of rare and excellent books, °

Mr. Dowell’s enterprise gives employment to about eight skilled workmen. which he had been collecting for forty years, were entirely consumed. The loss was to-

F. M. FULKERSON, proprietor and owner of the “Gold Dust Mill” and water power, tal, the property not being insured. He immediately re-built, near the site of the former

Lowell, was born in Wayne County, Penn., 1852, and settled here with his people in 1865, _ building, a more beautiful and commodious residence. Mr. Benson has held several offices

where he was identified with farming and stock-raising till 1876, when he engaged at his _ of trust, is adevoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is a member of the
resent industry, which.he has successfully carried on since, In 1870,he married Miss Masonie fraternity and the I. 0. 0. F.

Pathe Lamb, a native of North Carolina, whose people settled here about 1866, They have GEORGE WILLIAM CRAWFORD, farmer, Section 36, P. O .Columbus, was born in Penn-

a family of one son and a daughter—Arthur and Evelyn. The mill is located at the mouth of —sylvania September 30, 1846. He lived on the farm until 1864, when he went to Montanaand

Shoal Creek, at its confluence with Spring River; is run by water power of almostunlimited mined two years, then back to Iowa and went to school-a short time, and went from there

capacity. The mill isatwostory and basement building baat as two run of stone and to Cherokee County, Kan., in 1867. He took a claim of 160 acres, which he opened and im-

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grinds 400 bushelsa day. His trade is exclusively merchant tr his special brands being roved, and now raises stock and grain and has a good selection of fruits of all kinds. He
Anchor, Lily White and May Queen. Mr. Fulkerson, since taking charge of the mill, has as been elected School Director and appointed School Treasurer and is a member of the”
made an entire improvement upon its capacity and machinery, from what it was established Land League. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Wood, of Indiana, in 1871, and has five
upon in 1868. children—Gertrude A., Nancy V., William Carl, Amos P, and Vida Mabel.

JACOB HOFFMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 31, P. O. Lowell, was born in JOHN DEMUTH, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Columbus, was born in Pennsylvania, Jan-

Bavaria, Germany, in 1828, and came to America in 1837 with his people, who settled in _ uary 24, 1832, and raised on a farm in same State. He moved to [llinois at the age of twenty-

Coshocton County, Ohio. He was engaged in the hardware and tinware business in the ~ two, remaining on a farm in that State ten years. He came to Kansas in 1865 and located

State for a few years, after which he engaged in farming and stock-raising, and carried it in Franklin County, farmed in this and other counties five years, and then came to Chero-

on actively in Ohio until 1869, when he came here and has been actively identified with his | kee County and opened up a farm, which he sold out, and in 1874 opened his present farm.
resent industry since. In 1862, he was married in Holmes County, Ohio, to Miss Sarah J. He raises grain and stock and has a fine selection of fruits and berries of all kinds. He was
arris, who was born and reared in Holmes County. They havea family of twosons and married to Miss Sarah Whipple, of Pennsylvania, and has two children living, Oridela and

two daughters living—Elmer W., Mary E., Della M., Edgar A. He has been an active mem- Mary Alice, and Joseph A, and Jessie, deceased. .

ber of the F. & A. M. Society for the last twenty-five years. He and his family are active A. FLYNN, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Columbus, was born in England, June 15, 1815. He

members and supporters of the Methodist Church here. His farm contains 117 acres of im- _ went to Ireland and remained ten years and then returned to England, where he attended
proved land, well fenced, watered and stocked; nice dwellings, barns and stables, and a Sunday school and night school twelve years. He then went to Scotland and worked two
nice orchard of about 400 trees, of a full variety of fruit. ears in a mill; then returned again to England and was employed on a railrad two years.

S. D. OSBORN, Postmaster and general merchandise, Varck, was born in Hen- e was then employed seven years on a railroad in France, and was in Africa during the

dricks County, Ind., in 1856, and located here in 1872, and epeieed in farming and stock- time of Louis Phillippe three years and six months, and on his return remained in France
raising, with which he has been actively identified since. In May 1, 1881, he engaged at his two years, coming to the United States in 1855. He was two years in New Orleans in a sugar
mercantile business, and has successfully carried it on since. In September, 1880,he mar- _ refinery, was next in St. Louis eighteen months, then in Alton two years, then worked for
ried Miss Jennie Carr, who was born in Ohio, in 1857. They have one little boy—Orval. the Chicago, St. Louis & Alton Railroad nineteen years and came to Kansas in 1871. He
The farm contains eighty acres of improved land, a nice orchard of fifteen acres of a nicely _ located on his present farm of 320 acres, which is now run as astock and grain farm, and
assorted variety of apple, peach, pear trees, etc., good buildings andstables. Heisan active has also a good assortment of fruits and berries. He was married to Miss Bridget Cane, of
member of the Church of Friends. England, and has four children—James, Cornelius A., Mary A. and Thomas,

M. L. SMITH, merchant, was born and reared is Jasper County, Mo., and settled in JAMES B, JONES, the subject of the following biography, was born December 25,
this county and State in 1866, at the age of twenty-two, and engaged at the farming and 1825, in Hamilton County, Ohio, and at the age of seven emigrated with his parents to Mont-
stock-raising industry, and has been successfully identified with that industry since. In gomery County, Ind., where he aided them upon the farm until 1836, when his father,
1874, he engaged in the mercantile business, and has been actively connected with that in- George W. Jones, died, and the following year James emigrated with his mother and famil
dustry since. In 1866, he married Miss Mary L. EB. Kelly, a native of Madison County, Mo. to Iowa, where again he aided his mother on the farm until the year 1846. In 1849, emiprile
They have a family of one son and a daughter—John F. and Nancy J. Mr.Smith didactive overland to California, where he remained in the mines until the year 1852, when he re-
service in Company M, Ninth Kansas Volantesr Cavalry, from its organization till its mus- turned by way of Central America to Louisa County, Iowa, and in 1853 was married to Het-
ter-out; was honorably discharged. He has worked actively in the development of the tie Key, of Iowa, and in 1854, engaged in the mercantile business. Quit the business the
social and industrial life of this locality since coming here. Is a member of the A. 0. U. W. following year and commenced clerking in a store, where he continued until 1860; entered
Society. 2 the army in 1861, where he remained one year, when he was enaaraag for disability. He

ERNST YOAS, coffin manufacturer, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Lowell, was born _ then emigrated to Omaha, Neb., and emigrated the following year to Boice City, Idaho Ter-
in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1828, and came to America in 1840 with his adopied parents, _ritory. The following year he returned to Kansas City, Mo., where he remained until the
who settled in Ripley County, Ind. At the age of twenty he learned the carpenter- year 1869, when he came to Kansas and located on his present farm of 160 acres, which he
ing trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has been almost continuously identified with the opencd and improved. He is engaged in raising stock and grain and has a good supply of
mechanical business since. In 1866, he located here, and has been actively connected with all kinds of fruits. They have four living children—Charlotte, Frances, James B., Jr. and
his present industries since. In 1856, he married Miss Lucy Ann Hibbard, who was born — Gustavus, and have lost four sons and one daughter—Ralph P., Hortense, Oscar A., William
and reared in. Athens County, Ohio. They have a family of three sons—Charles S., James and Joseph. . . .

M., Clarence F. His farm contains eighty acres of improved land, well fenced and stocked, WILLIAM LOSER, farmer, Section 21, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Indiana, August
ete, 19 1848. He began farming in Illinois at the age of twenty-one, and continued twelve years.
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coming to Kansas in 1881, where he bought his present home of eighty acres. He raises
stock, grain and fruit. He is Justice of the Peace, School Director and Treasurer. He was
married to Miss Mary A. Beven, of Ohio, in 1870. They have five children—Albert, Bell,
Ozro, Ethel and William. 2
_ , LINDLEY M. PICKERING, farmer, Section 27, P. 0. Columbus, was born in Indiana
in 1835, son of Jonathan E., and grandson of Jacob Pickering, of Virginia. He received a
nigh school education, and at the age of eighteen took charge of'a store in Iowa, working as a
salesman for fifteen years, inthe meantime attending Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial Col-
lege, at Chicago, from which he graduated in 1857. He spent one year in the South, handling
stock, and one year buying and selling grain, and located on his present farm in 1868.
Since locating in Kansas, he has been in the Government employ, as Superintendent of
Farming for various tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory, for five years. He is now
devoting all his time to the improvement of his farm and the growing of stock. Mr. Pick-
ering was employed by Mrs. Comstock and the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and
Industrial Institute for the Colored Race, as its Superintendent, in which capacity he served
for two years. During this time, his farm had been in charge of his son, Clifton H. He was
married to Susan Haskit, in Iowa, in 1859. They have three children—Clifton H., Ina R.
and Jessie Fremont, aged respectively twenty-two, twenty and seventeen. They are mem-
bers of the zeligions Society of Friends, and he is in politics a radical Republican.

J. F. PITZER, farmer, Section 1, P.O. Columbus, was born in Ohio, August 21, 1813,
He began farming in 1829, and continued it sixteen years, and was then engaged in milling
business for six years, He was in the Mexican war fifteen months, and after his return
farmed two years, when, on account of weak eyes, he was compelled to retire from business
thirteen years. He then went to Southern Illinois, and built a mill 80x184, three stories
high, which he operated six years, and then farmed three years in Illinois. He came to
Kansas in 1867, and settled near Columbus, being two years in cattle business, He then
moved to Columbus and built houses to rent three years, and was then in drug business six
years. He bought a farm for his son and stocked it with forty-two mules, two span of horses,
three cows, eighty hogs, wagons, buggies and farm machinery, and bought his present home
of forty acres in 1881. The farm of forty acres is run solely asa fruit farm. It contains
1,200 apple trees, 140 cherries, 120 plum, peaches and pears, grapes and all other fruits and
berries. He was married to Miss Sarah Kite, of Ohio, in 1836. They have six children—
Eveline, Elizabeth, Drucilla, Arvilla, Alldica and Anthony J.

JOHN STAUFFER, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Columbus, was born in Ohio December
30, 1833. He received a liberal school education, and began work as a carpenter at the age
of twenty-one years. He continued this occupation seven years,‘then farmed in Indiana
until 1869, at which time he came to Kansas and located on Section 9, taking a claim of 16U
acres. A part of this is now improved, and he is now raising stock and grain, and has on
his farm a full line of all kinds of fruits. He owns a house and Jot in Columbus, and is a
member of the Presbyterian Church in that place. He, was elected a Trustee of
Crawford Township in 18”2, and saved his township $20,000 by not giving up railroad bonds,

when the road was not completed, or when the railroad ponigtny had not complied with its’

contract. He was married to Miss Elizabeth King,‘of Indiana, in 1856. They have five
children—James King, Samuel Kelly, John William, Millie Kennet, Thaddeus Stephens,

ZEBINA WILLIAMS (deceased), was born in the State of New York, March 25, 1815.

He was raised on a farm, and. received a collegiate education, and at the age of twenty-one
years he emigrated to Iowa. In the spring of 1836, he and his brother took claims in Louisa
County, and proceeded to improve them. Iowa was very new at this time. The Indians,
‘who were of the Misquakee, Fox and Sac tribes, were very numerous. Zebina and his
brother built log cabins on their claims, and bached together. At three different times,
while they were out making rails, the Indians entered their cabin, taking all their pro-
visions and most of their clothing, at one time leaving them coatless in the dead of winter.
More than a month elapsed at a time, that they never saw a white man, their only com-

-Zebina S., Mercy A., Edward C.,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

.panions being wild beasts and the still wilder Indians, Such hardships as these laid the

foundation of wealth and affluence. In the year 1850, he went overland to California, and
mined for gold eighteen months, then returned to Iowa, on his farm, remaining until 1866,
when he came to Kansas and settled on the present homestead of his widow and family.
His farm in Kansas consisted of 160 acres, which he brought to a high state of cultivation,
having a fine nursery and choice fruits of all kinds. And he also still owned, in Iowa, a
section of land, and 600 acres in Missouri up to the time of his death. Mr, Williams died
April 14, 1871. He was a member of the Christian Church, a useful and respected member
ot the community, and an earnest ST uf abe ehurel ead Bundey soho: He "an mat

i iss Elizabeth Hall, May 2, 1844. ey have eight children—Oscar N., Olive J.,
mies aCe ary E., Ida F. (deceased), and Robert A. Williams, ,

MINERAL TOWNSHIP.

JAMES CASE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, P. 0. Columbus, was born near
Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1839. When he was ten years of age, his people removed to Jackson
County, Bhio, where he was reared tothe farming industry. He was identified in that State
with farming and stock-raising till 1871, when he came here, and has successfully carried on
that business since. His farms consist of 160 acres in Section 4, Crawford Township, and 160
ac ‘es in Section 33, Mineral Township, all under a thorough state of cultivation, and well
furnished with buildings; a beautiful orchard of 500 apple trees, 150 peach trees, apricots,
and all kinds of fruit grown here, and all in full bearing—an evidence of his thrift and
enterprise since locating here. He was married in’ Jackson County, Ohio, to Miss Nancy
McKinnis, of Jackson County, who departed this life March 9, 1881, and is buried in Lone
Elm Cemetery, Cherokee Township, leaving a family of three sons and four daughters liv-
ing—Charles W., Frances S., Oscar, Reuben, Sophia, Ellen and Elethea, and George, who is
buried beside the mother in the family cemetery. - ; :

WILLIAM CALVERLEY, farmer, Section 34, P, O. Columbus, was born in England,
July 4, 1821. He came to United States in 1848, landing at New Orleans, from whence he
went to Illinois and remained until the spring of 1866, at which time he came to Kansas, in
the mean time having traded in cattle ten years. On arrival in Kansas he bought 160 acres
of land, which he improved, and is now raising stock and grain and farming generally;
also trading in cattle. He owns other farming land inthe county. He was married to
Miss Jane Proctor, of England, in 1844, and has had two children—John R., William H.

deceased).

: HENRY CALVERLEY, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Columbus, was born in England in
1830, and came to the United States in 1848. He was engaged in trading and farming in
Illinois and Iowa ten or twelve years, and in 1870 came to Kansas and located his present
home, and opened and improved a farm. He improved two quarter-sections and now
raises stock and grain, with a good ees of all kinds of fruits. He was married to
Miss Angeline Morgan, of Iowa, in 1857, They have four children—Lizzie, Willie, Guy and
Clara. they lost one son, Robert.

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SCAMMONVILLE.

ARTHUR C. PERRY, superintendent of mercantile department of Keith & Perry
Shafts, was born in England, 1861, coming to United States in 1879. He received a mercan-
tile edueation. He was at Oscoda in coal business one year, was for next eighteen months
engaged in bookkeeping for coal firm at Fort Scott, and in 1882 came to Scammonville. He
here took charge of his business. He owns Shafts 102 and 103. Owns mines at Oscoda and Mul-
berry Grove and at Rich Hill. They mine about 200,000 bushels each month, employing from
250 to 800 men. He owns one and a half sections of fine coal land, which is inexhaustible.

The company store -sells about $4,500 worth per month, The company owns about
fifty tenement houses,

 

 
ELK COUNTY.

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VELK COUNTY.

‘he County comprises the north half of what was formerly, Howard
County. Howard County was made up of lands acquiredfrom the
Great and Little Osage Indians by the United States Government by a treaty
made with the Indians in the fall of 1867, while in grand council on the
Verdegris River, in what is now Montgomery County, and the county was
so named in honor of O. O. Howard, of the United States Army.

- The county of Elk is situated in the southeastern part of the State of
Kansas, and is bounded by ea County on the south, Montgomery
and Wilson Counties on the east, Greenwood County on the north, and
Butler and Cowley Counties on the west. The county is thirty-one miles
long by twenty-one wide, and contains 661 square miles.

The surface of the county is chiefly high, broken prairie, particularly
back from the streams, and in the western part of ‘the county they are of
increased elevation, rising into what are known as the “Flint Ridges,”
while toward the northern and interior parts the surface becomes more
level and even.

The county is abundantly watered by numerous streams of pure, clear
water. Chief among these are the Elk River, flowing from northwest to
southeast, and its -tributaries, 3 ‘
Rock, Paw Paw, Hitchin, Pain-
terhood and Wild Cat Creeks,
Big Caney Creek in the south-
west, and Fall River and its
main tributary, Indian Creek,
in the northeast part of the
county.

Along the streams are found
beautiful valleys, varying in
width from a quarter to two
miles. The soil upon these
bottoms is exceedingly fertile
and capable of enormous pro-
duction, while on the uplands
the soil is much lighter, and in
vast portions of the county is
unproductive of agricultural
products. These portions, al-
though rocky and light of soil,
produce abundant grasses, and
are well adapted for grazing
und -stock-growing, being sup-
plied with abundance of clear
running water.

The timber is scarce in the
county, and is confined to nar-
row belts fringing the streams.
Along the larger streams, con-
siderable black walnut timber ;
is found, while other varieties,. || —
such as oak, hickory, cotton-
wood, box elder, maple, mul-
berry, hackberry, etc., are
found in limited quantities.

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EARLY HISTORY.

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SEs: R. M. Humphrey, Elison Neat, H. G. Miller, J. B. Roberts and
others.

Much difficulty took place among claimants at this time, on account
of the land not being surveyed. Parties who came in and staked off their
claims according to a survey made by private parties, often found chem-
selves entirely cut off when the Government survey was made, and the
land upon which they squatted liable to be taken by other parties.

This, as will readily be seen, was occasioned by locating claims ac-
cording to imperfect lines, and a man thinking himself possessor of a fine
body of land, sometimes came out with only a narrow strip, or none at
all, just as it happened, and there were others watching for this unfortu-:
wate occurrence, ready to make filing upon the unoccupied territory. This
pure rise to severe “claim fights,’’ which in some instances ended in the

oss of the life of either one of the parties in the contest. Many of these
difficulties, however, among the settlers, were compromised and ami-
cably settled.

The first child born in the county was Sarah F. Shipley, December 8,
1866. The first marriage was D. M. Spurgeon to Sarah Knox; the first:

‘ : church organization was that -
made by the Missionary Bap-
tists in Liberty Township in
1866. The first newspaper
printed in .Howard County
belonged to Adrian Reynolds,
who began the publication of
the Howard County Ledger in
the spring of 1871. The build-
ing of the first church house
in the county was begun in
the spring of 1871 at the town
of Longton.

A rather amusing anecdote
is told of a physician of rather
extended linear proportions,
who practiced in the county at
an early day, and who ranged
mostly along the Painterhood
Creek, and lived in a shanty
devoid of ‘roof, window or
floor.”” The Doctor had pro-
vided a supply of hounds, and
was given to the chase, of
which he was excessively fond,
and, when making a profess-
ional call, always went ac-
companied by his dogs. In
case a ‘‘jack rabbit’? was
scared up on the way, the
hounds would give chase, and
the Doctor all of a sudden for- .
peing the agonies of the suf-

ering patient and following
in the pursuit, would pull up
at his destined point after the
'g7g patient had recovered or passed
in his checks. It is supposed
638. that the Doctor was instru-
91 mental in ‘saving many a life
2 by assisting the dogs inrunning

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County, was Richard Graves, Wildest Township...

who came in 1856, and was

twice driven out by the In- Total

dians. Elk Falls City.
The country at this time was Howard City

new and almost a wilderness, Seren

overrun by wild animals and

roving bands of Indians, and, in consequence, settlements were few and

unconnected. : :

The land at this time belonged to the Osage Indians, upon which legal
settlement could not be made. There was, however, a strip of land ex-
tending along the northern part of the county, six miles wide, known as
the “ceded strip,” upon which legal settlement could be made. It was
consequently along the streams included within this belt where the earli-
est settlements were made. But it was not long to be confined to this
narrow limit. Bold, adventurous men there were, who became attracted
by the beautiful and fertile valleys of the Elk River and its tributary
streams, and at the risk of their lives among the Indians, upon whose
rights they were intruding, and with expectations of being driven off by
United States troops, they determined to make an effort to settle upon
these desirable lands. Only a few at first made the attempt, and, in con-

_sequence, their presence was not distastcful to the authorities or alarming
to the Indians. Others now began to come in, until in 1870 the number
of “squatters” had become quite considerable. Among those who were
leaders of the vanguard, and who came to stay, were J. C. Pinney, James

 
 
  

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down jack rabbits.

An accident of a serious
nature took place at Elk Falls,
3 in this county, on the 18th of

April, 1873, resulting in the

oss of four lives. A party
of six, composed of Misses M. J. Benson, Ida Hutchinson, Luella
Oswald, Maggie Evans and Messrs. Henry Oswald and Richard Durr, had
gone on a. boat ride, and in the attempt of some of the party to change
seats the boat careened, and the ladies becoming frightened rose to their
feet, causing the boat to capsize, and all were drowned except Henry
Oswald and Maggie Evans.

Many of the citizens of the county will remember the suicide of John
Batayree, a citizen of Wild Cat Township, a farmer and a man about
fifty-five years of age, which occurred in November, 1876. On the morn-
ing of the fatal day. he gave a letter to one of his little boys, telling him
to carry it up to Thomas Wood, as he was going to shoot himself. The
little fellow took the letter and hurried of and, on his way up heard
twice the report of a gun, with which his father had shot himself. The
little boy reaching Wood’s house, reported what his father had said, and
Wood hurried to the residence of the unfortunate victim, whom he found
dead, the ball having passed through the forehead, just between the eyes
and came out on the top of his head. The cause for this dreadful act on
the part of Batayree was the treachery of his wife, who left him about a
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week prior to the suicide, she having been estranged partly from her own
depravity and the attentions of a young man in the neighborhoo* bh
whom she had been criminally intimate.

COUNTY SEAT TROUBLES AND DIVISION OF THE COUNTY.

At the time of the organization of Howard County, the county seat
was located at Elk Falls by appointment of the Governor. The question
of its relocation was agitated by parties at other points whose anxiety was
notso much for the good that might result, but the chances of their being
the ones favored with its relocation.

_ In the fall of 1870, a petition was presented to the County Commis-
sioners asking for an election to be called for the relocation of the county
seat, and which was granted. The election was held, resultingin the re-
moval of the county seat from Elk Falls to Peru. Much dissatisfaction
existed over this change, partly because it was somewhat out of the way
for some parts of the county, and mostly because it was not established
at those places from which the grumblings were heard. So great became
the disaffection, that it was deemed advisable to hold another election
for a second relocation. Accordingly an election was held in September,
1872; the places voted for were Longton, Peru, Elk Falls, Boston, Howard
City and the geographical center of the county. On the 14th of Septem-
ber, the County Commissioners met at Peru to canvass the vote, andupon
opening the returns from Boston, Elk Falls and Peru, they met such un-
mistakable evidences of fraud that they refused to canvass the vote at all,
and declared no election. But the matter was by no means destined to
rest here. It was again agitated and re-agitated by perhaps what might be
termed ‘‘ would-be politicians,” who at this time found no other ‘‘political
provender” to feed upon. ‘An election was held on the 11th of November,
1878, for the purpose of determining whether Elk Falls or Boston should
be the county seat, resulting in favor of Elk Falls by a majority of two
hundred and thirty-two votes. Although it was legally determined
that a majority of the votes had been cast for Elk Falls as the county seat,
yet the friends of Boston thought it ought not so to be, and were by no
means to be thus robbed of what they deemed their just and legally ac-
quired spoil. The attempt of the Bostonians to redress their injuries in
the matter gave rise to what is known as the ‘“‘ Boston war.” The county
officers had taken up their quarters at Elk Falls, where they were fixed by
injunction. But the brave men of Boston fearing neither law, legal proc-
ess nor man, became bold in the assertion of their rights and the mainte-
nance of justice between man and man, a resort to physical force was
deemed necessary for this, and on the 19th of January, 1874, a posse com-
prising twenty-four wagons and 150 armed Boston men entered the town
of Elk Falls and amid the consternation, threats and tears of the inhabit-
ants of the town, began loading the records and county property upon
their wagons, and after gathering all together started for Boston. At-
tempts to rescue the stolen property were hastily made. Appeals for aid
in this behalf were addressed to the Governor of the State, the Legisla-
ture and the Adjutant General. Three companies of militia were organized
in the county to recover possession of the records, and apprehend the pos-
sessors, but all to no purpose. The county seat was gone, and for some
time enjoyed a migratory existence having been trailed on the wagons
through the flint hills, and part of the time in Cowley County. The time
for the convening of the District Court had now arrived. Hon. W. P.
Campbell, then Judge of the district, was on hand; but the books and
records were gone and the action of justice was defeated. The Judge,
however, at once set about to recover possession of them and began by
placing under arrest several of the parties who had been engaged in the
removal for contempt of court. This began to put a more serious aspect
upon things, and the plotters began to weaken.

The release of those under arrest was promised provided an uncon-
ditional surrender of the records and other county property was made,
and which was speedily done. Thus practically terminated the warfare
over county seat removals without bloodshed, it being allowed to remain
at Elk Falls until the division of the county in 1875.

The question of the division of the county began to be agitated with
considerable force by persons in various parts of the county. Sundry rea-
sons were assigned for this; one reason and the chief one was, that the
county as it now stood was too large, being forty-two miles long and thir-
ty-one wide; but another reason that might be given, and with pertinence,
too, was, that there were towns which thought they ought to be county
seats, and political aspirants for all of whom there were not enough places,
and consequently a division of the county would enhance their chances in
a double ratio.

This matter, however, was brought before the people of the county as
early as 1871, when R. H. Nichols was elected Representative by the anti-
division element, and again, in 1872, E. 8. Cummings was elected to the
same office on the same platform. During all this time, those favoring a
division were actively at work, and the idea began to grow more popular,
until in 1878, when James N. Young, standing upon the division issue,
was elected as State Representative. Young’s efforts in the Legislature
to secure a division were unsuccessful, and it remained for Edward
Jaquins, who was elected his successor in the following year, to accom-
plish the work.

Jaquins introduced House Bill No. 54, for the division of Howard
County, and the erection of the counties of Elk and Chautauqua. The bill
passed in March, 1875, and took effect on June 1 of that year. An equal
division was made by running a line east and west through the county,
the part lying north of the line being called Elk County and the part
south of the line Chautauqua County.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ETC. _

In the spring of 1870, a petition was presented to the Governor of the State, asking for
the organization of the county, which was granted. A special Commission, composed of
P. C. Fopping and Morris Humphrey, was appointed to divide the county into townships
and precincts, and to call an election for the choosing of the i officers, The Commis-
sion sat at the town of Elk Falls, on the 7th of April, 1870, C.S. King being chosen as Clerk

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

of the Board. Notice was duly given for the holding of an election, on the 10th day of May,
for the election of county officers

The election was held, at which the total vote cast was 333, and Isaac Howe, Lewis
Clayton and Frederick Kantz were elected Commissioners ; M. Smith, Probate Judge; C. P.
Douglas, Treasurer; J.C. Finney Sheriff; J.T.Corum, Register of Deeds; R.S. Catlin, County
Superintendent ; H. McClure, Surveyor; J. W. Kerr, Coroner ; L. Garrett, District Clerk, and
N. B. Gardner, County Attorney. : rats

Soon after the erection of Elk County, in June, 1875, its organization was perfected by
the calling of an election, at which the citizens of the county elected Thomas rane John

ughes and G. W. MoKey, Commissioners; Thomas Haw, County Clerk; W. W. Tones,
[fressurer ; J. W. Riley, Sheriff, ; Frank Osborne, Register_of Deeds; A. P. Searcy, Probate
Judge ; 8. B Oberlander, County Attorney, and J. N. Young, County Superintendent.

Tt is told of Searcy, Probate Judge, that during his of office he was accustomed to
carrying the papers in his hat, and that he was prepared at all times, day or night, and at
whatever place bs might be found, either in shanty or dusty highway, to “splice” parties
in the holy bonds of matrimony. — - . eA ‘

The county has twice suffered financially from the villainies of defaulting Treasurers,
and once from a defaulting Sheriff. About March, 1874, E. D. Custer, then County Treas-
urer, assisted by his brother, M. G. Miller, and James Pringle, were charged with having
stolen the tax rolls of the previous year, for the purpose of assisting them in the purloin-
ing of the public moneys. A warrant was issued for their arrest, which was made, the par-
ties securing release upon giving sufficient bail. Many of the people in the county were
unwilling to believe Custer guilty of the charge, having reposed the highest confidence in
his honesty, and not until his failure to appear for trial, having made good his escape from
the clutches of the law, were they willing to be convinced of his perfidy.

Hitherto the county was not supplied with buildings in which the offices were kept,
these being promiscuously distributed in such places as vacant rooms could be found. This
state of affairs was kept up until the year 1878, when the citizens of Howard City erected a
building for a court house, which they gratuitously donated to the county in an unfinished
state, having previously pledged themselves to do this as one of the conditions upon which
the town was selected as the seat of government for the county. This building, a two-story
stone, is occupied by the various county offices and District Court room, in which that
tribunal sits twice a year in regular term, in the months of June and December.

‘0 jail house has yet been provided, the county making use of those in adjoining coun-
ties for the incarceration of her prisoners. ;

Agricultural Society.—The organization of the Howard County Agricultural Society
took place at the village of Longton, July 6, 1872. . és

A temporary organization was effected by electing Charles King, Chairman, and A, Rey-

-nolds, Secretary. The regular organization was perfected by electing J. W. Riley President;
D. W. Counsil, Vice President; F. A. Dodd, Treasurer; and C. S. King, Secretary.
Fairs have since been held at various times and places in the county.

The division of the county also ruptured all county organizations that were in exist-°

ence at that time. The new counties, partly from the want of the necessary material and
means, were slow to institute any organization of this sort. Not until the year 1878 did
Elk County possess an agricultural association, and even then it existed merely, yet lacking
the requisites to make it profitable as a county organization. The association has held two
fairs in the county, and is under the official management of P. H. Baughman, President;
William Merrill, Vice President; Joseph Doleyns, Secretary; H. K. Barackman, Treasurer ;
8. C. Hanna, Superintendent; J. M. White, Marshal.

A large fair ground is provided by the county adjoining the city of Howard, and which
is being suitably furnished with apartments and buildings as the exigency of cases require,
and the expenditure of means will permit.

Peculiar Elections.—Eli Titus was elected Sheriff of Howard County in 1872, three days
before the election, over Pat Nulty’s saloon in Boston. :

E. 5. Cummings was elected Representative in 1872, the night before the election was
held at Canola, and H. H. Wells was elected County Superintendent a week before the reg-
ular election was held. Hon. James N. Young was elected Representative in 1874 between
12 o'clock P. M, and 2 A. M., the morning of the election, in the Messenger Building, by the
light of a tallow candle.

Howard Township cast her vote in favor of Boston for the county seat about three
months prior to the election, and Boston cast her vote for Howard City in the last county
seat contest more than a year previous to the time the vote was taken upon the question.

SCHOOLS AND THE PRESS.

The matter of the education of the youth received early and liberal attention by the
settlers of Old Howard County. No sooner were there a sufficient number of children
within easy distance of each other than there were means provided for their instruction.
Districts thus became organized as the necessities required, so that as early as October, 1872.
there were 118-organized districts in the county, 113 schools, and 1,069 pupils enrolled.

The division of the county in 1875 severed also the schools, and in 1879 Elk County
alone numbered seventy-four organized school districts with an enrollment of 2,181, requir-
ing the employment of eighty-eight teachers.

For the year 1882, the report of the County Superintendent shows the following:

The number of children in the county of school age, 4,150. Of these 2,025 are males,
and 2,125 are females. There are seventy-five schoolhouses in the county, and four districts
that have no schoolhouse. Three graded schools in the county, these being at Longton
Grenola and Howard City. There were eighty-two certificates issued during the last sc! ool
year.

The endeavor of the citizens of the county to add to the efficiency of the schools is
zealous and unremitting. (ireater care is now being taken, year after year, to have none
but competent teachers employed, and incompetent men are now excluded from the office
of County Superintendent; the aim being to elect only such as are properly qualified for the
discharge of this, the most important of official positions. The standard for the qualifica-
tion of teachers is bein sritaally promoted, County Institutes being held annually for the
drill and preparation of teachers in the latest and most improved methods of school work.

In the spring of 1871, Adrian Reynolds brought the first printing press into Howard
County and began the publication of the Howard County Ledger. In the summer of the
same year, ©. L, Goodrich established the Elk Falls Zxaminer, and continued its publica-
tion about one year. In the spring of 1872, the Messenger made its entry in Howard City,
under the management ef Turner & eee It lived about a year and a half, when it. was
sold to A, 1. Hicks andtaken to Boston, whére it became the Howard County Messenger and
Weekly News, edited by C. H. Lewis, of cedar Vale. B.S. Turner edited and published the
Divisionist during the campaign of 1871. Joseph Mount began the issue of the Record at
Peru in the spring of 1872, at which place he continued until the summer of 1874, and then
moved to Sedan, publishing the Wide Awake, illustrated; and it is sald the “ illustrations
were like to have killed the editor.” In the summer of 1873, Ward & Pyle commenced the
publication of the Elk Falls Journal, whose days were short of number, for in about six
months he sold out to Turner & Kelley, who ran it until July, 1875, and then went to Sedan
and merged it in the Chautauqua Journal.

_, In the fall of 1874, A. B. Steinbarger brought his paper, called the Courant, from Elk
City to seus ton, remaining in that place about a year. He again migrated, taking up
quarters at Howard City, and put forth the Beacon, still retaining fis paper at Longton, but
soon afterward bringing that also to Howard. In 1877, the Courant became united with the
Elk County Ledger, edited ue A. Reynolds, and took the name of Courani-Ledger, and later in
1879, the name was changed to that of Courant alone, and in October 1881, was sold to the
Courant Company, composed of Asa Thompson & Sons.

There are now five live te ee published in the county, a more detailed account
of which appears in the history of the towns in which they are published.

STATISTICS, ETC.

,_ The rapidity with which the settlement of the county was made may beseen by a cow-
‘parison of its population at varied intervals. In 1870, the population of Howard County
was 2,794, and at the time the divisicn was made it had increased to 13,632, - In 1876, after
Elk County was created, it had a population of 7,082, while in 1882 it numbers over 12,000.
The total acreage of Elk County is 416,640. of this, there was in cultivation in 1876,

ane eet aod in re pee were 68,942.

e total value of all the ty in th i ile i i
ne gigs. property in the county in 1876 was $1,051,054, while in 1882 it

number of acres cultivated to wheat in 1875 was 6,182; rye, 138; corn, 21,295; bar-
ley, 75; oats, 1,065; buckwheat, 12; potatoes, 425; cotton, 16; axe 131; tobacco, 10; broom
corn, 29; timothy and clover, 163; millet, 758.
ELK COUNTY.

The number of acres cultivated to these productions in 1882 were as. follows: Wheat,
3,349; rye, 21; corn, 44,212; oats, 1,007; ee 681; cotton, 2; flax, 1,304; tobacco, 6;
broom corn, 140; millet, 9,700; timothy and clover, 127. .

A statistical comparison of the number of live stock for each of these periods shows
also the ratio of increase, 5
i‘ In 1876, there were in the county 2,882 horses, 354 mules, 9,885 cattle, 4,382 sheep, 2,092

gs.
n 1882, the number of them was as follows:
Horses, 4,034; mules, 563; cattle, 21,852; sheep, 26,264; hogs, 11,929. From these figures
it will at once be seen that the ratio of increase in live stock has been extremely large,
while that of agrioniaret products has been comparatively limited, showing that this is
naturally a stock-growing section rather than agricultural. i

The following shows the number of fruit trees cultivated and bearing in 1882: apple
trees, 30,544; pear, 529 ; ‘peach, 176,393, plum, 3,567; cherry, 7,811.
iy abe number of fruit trees not bearing is: apple, 58,943; peach, 73,258; plum, 4,880

erry, 10,988.

; Bat little manufacturing is now carried on in the county, and this is confined to
mills for the manufacture of flour. Of these, there are seven in the county, located as fol-
lows: Longton, Oak Valley, Grenola, Union Center, Western Park, Elk Falls and Moline.

Elk County, as a be expected in a place in which development began so recently,
has but few railroads. The Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern anne Railroad was pro-
jected and built through the county in the fall of 1879, and passes through the county east
and west near the south line. A branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Road was
constructed sauthward from the main branch of that road, with which it makes a junction
at“Emporia, passing through Greenwood County, and terminating at Howard City. These
roads, however, afford sufficient conveniences for transportation to and from the county.
There are, however, other prospective lines to be run through the county, and which will
give it all advantages for transportation. :

HOWARD CITY.

The county seat of Elk County is located near the geographical center
of the.county, and stands upon a beautiful eminence overlooking the
fertile valleys of Elk River and Paw Paw and Rock creeks. The town
site was established in the spring of 1870, by a town company, of which
Samuel McFarland was President and T. A. Dodd, Secretary. This or-
ganization did not long survive to accomplish much in the interest of the
town, but died shortly after its birth, leaving the management of town
affairs in the hands of private individuals. Chief among the real founders
of the town were John McBee, 8. B. Oberlander, C. T. Adams, P. C.
‘Tapping, Alexander Bruce, Perry and Milton Vinson and T. A. Dodd.

The land upon which the town is tocated was originally entered by
John McBee, A. Garner, T. A. Dodd and§8. McFarland. The first business

 

SCHOOL HOUSE, HOWARD CITY.

house in the place was erected by Oscar McFarland, in which he opened a
onan store, and the next was a livery stable belonging to M. McClure,

ollowed by a store room belonging to Spicer, and again by another
“pusiness house established by C. ie Adams. In the early part of 1871,
John Parrett and John Barnes built a hotel called the Howard House,
which, after changing hands several times, is now the Welbourn House.
The next building was a saloon owned by Frank Osborne and the next a
printing office by Kelly & Turner. This was a two-story building, the
first floor of which was used as business rooms, and the upper was after-
ward occupied as a printing office, in which the Messenger was pub-
lished in the spring of 1872.

Howard City, being: the county seat, attracted many settlers, all of
whom naturally auticipated rapid progress and success in the new town
vand “‘prospective”’ city, the result being that the place grew with great
rapidity and for a short time business houses and residences sprang up on
every hand, until at the present it contains several substantial business
houses and a population numbering 1,000. att
“The point for the distribution of mail matter for this vicinity at the
time of the founding of Howard City, was located at a point on Paw. Paw
Creek, about two and a half miles to the north and east of the town and
was known as Howard Post Office. In the fall of 1871, its location was
changed, being brought to what is now Howard City. Previous to and
after its removal, the office was in the hands of T. J. Barnes as Postmaster,
who, after its removal, had the office in a small building which he erected
and used as a drug store. Not long after the relocation of the office,
Barnes was succeeded in the position by C. T. Adams, who was commis-

 

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sioned Postmaster for this point, and who continued to hold it until 1880,
during which year he was succeeded by A. B. Steinbarger. Mr. Steinbar-
ger held the place a short time, when-A. Reynolds received the appoint-
ment and is the present incumbent.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The first school was taught in the town of Howard in the early part
of the Pin 1878, by W. 8. Kent. The school was kept in a frame house
erected for school purposes, and had an attendance of nineteen pupils.
This building, although cramped in its capacity and insufticient for the
accommodation of the schools, was used until 1882, when the actual
necessities of the case prompted the citizens of the town to prepare more
enlarged quarters for school wants. Accordingly, immediate steps were
put forth resulting in the erection of a fine large two-story stone building
at a cost of $8,000, for the payment of which bonds were issued by the
district to the amount of $6,000. The building contains four school
rooms, three of which are in the lower story and one above, the remaining
part of the second floor being reserved for a town hall. The schools are
in a flourishing condition with an enrollment of 347 pupils.

Howard City is the seat of Government for the county, also the chief
town, being surrounded by a good farming country as it seems destined to
maintain its superiority over the other towns. The business men of the
town are active, energetic and progressive, and are ready at all times to
assist in any measure to advance the good of the town. Already fine’
large business blocks of brick and stone are seen, and handsome dwell-
ings adorn the streets. With all her advantageous surroundings it is
safe to predict a bright future for this progressive little city.

INCORPORATION.

On the 27th of October, 1877, a petition signed by J. R. Hall’and a number of the
citizens of the town was presented to the District Court, asking that the town of Howard be
incorporated as a city of the third class. The court gave attention and passed upon the
matter granting the prayer of the petitioners. In accordance with the legal forms, an elec-
tion was held for the choosing of officers for the city government, resulting in the election
of the following corps of officers: :

A.B. Steinbarger, Mayor; A. M. Bowen, Police Judge; H. A. Lanman, City Clerk; '
William Crooks, City Treasurer; J. A. Oliphant, City Attorney ; William M. Vinson, Street
Commissioner and City Marshal; N. Momma, William Driscoll, J. Q. Burchfield, S. Lucas,
James Howell, Councilmen.

: s the last election held for the choosing of officers for the city, the following were
elected :

Asa Thompson, Mayor; R.N. Ashmore, Police Judge; J. A. Oliphant, City Attorney ;
J. M. McKnight, Clerk ; T. C. Hatton, Treasurer; J. B. Dobyns, T. S. Fuller, Z. W. Kirby,
J. F. Lewis, Thomas Bruce, Councilmen ; D. McFarland, Marshal.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The citizens of Howard City were early and prompt in their attention to “spiritual
necessities,” and did not long remain outside of the sound of Gospel preaching. Services
under the auspices of different denominations, had been held at various times-and places in.
the neighborhood, but no regular organization was made in the town until 1872, at which
time the northern branch of the Methodist Church was established.

The Methodist iscopal Church North, was established in the spring of 1872, under the
especial direction of Rev. L. F. Laverty, with-a membership often. The early services were
held in a log cabin, the residence of O. M. Tabor, until the schoolhouse was built, to which
place they were afterward removed. A church edifice was begun in the summer of 1880,
completed in the following Year, and dedicated to sacred and religious uses on July 5, 1881,
by Rev. Bernard Kelley, of Wichita. The increase in the membership has been moderately
rapid, the church having now a total of seventy-five members in full and regular standing.

The Southern branch of the Methodist Church was established during the summer of 1874,
by N. G. Faubin, and had at that time fifteen members. The denomination have not as yet
provided themselves with any regular church building of their own, but continue to hold
meetings in the church belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church North.

The congregation at this time is under the spiritual instruction and guidance of the
Rev. W. H. Comer.

The United Presbyterian Church was organized in the summer of 1877 with fourteen
members, under the direction of the Rev. E. Meyn. Meetings were held in the schoolhouse
until the erection of a church edifice by the congregation. The church building was erected
during the summer of 1879, and is a one-story wooden structure. Rev. Mr. Tarr is present
pastor in charge of the congregation. :

The city of Howard among her institutions has three flourishing secret societies.
ae are the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Royal Arch Masons and the A., F. &

. M. societies.

The in Be Order of Odd Fellows was instituted at this place on the 14th of April,
1876, under the direction of Special District Deputy E. H. Nichols, P. G., of Elk Falls Lodge.
The officers elected and installed were :

M. Barrickman, Noble Grand; W. M. Vincent, Viee Grand; L. W. Kirby, Recording
Secretary; A. W. Kirby, Permanent Secretary ; J. B. Dobyns, Treasurer.

The organization of the lodge took place with eighteen as membership, which now
numbers forty-five in good standing. The lodge is officered as follows:

A. W. Kirby, Noble Grand; D. H. Hayner, Vice Grand; R. F..Glenn, Secretary ; J. B.
Dobyns, Treasurer.

The Howard Chapter, No. 49, Re
Nichols was elected High Priest ;
Secretary; J. B. Lewis, Treasurer.

“The lodge began with a membership of sixteen, but this number has since increased to
twenty-five. The present officers of the lodge are as follows:

R. H. Nichols, High Priest; J. M. McKnight, King; J. B. Dobyns, Scribe; N. Momma,
Secretary ; J. B. Lewis, Treasurer.

Hope Lodge, No. 155, A., F. & A. M., organized October 22, 1874, at Howard City, by
electing Daniel W. French, Worshipful Master; P. M. Vinson, Senior Warden; Edward Lee,
Junior Warden; A. B. Hicks, Secretary; J. Shook, Treasurer. At the date of institution,
the lodge numbered nineteen members. There are at present forty-two of a membership
under the official guidance of J.M. McKnight, Worshipful Master; H. R. Farrer, Senior
Warden; A. Gable, Junior Warden; J. B. Dobyns, Secretary; J. B. Lewis. Treasurer.

al Arch Masons, was established in J une, 1881, and R. H.
. W. Riley, King; William Driscoll, Scribe; N. Momma,

THE PRESS.

The history of the Howard City press is considerably varied, being a record of a succes-
sive establishment of papers, followed closely by a removal or suspension of the same. And
of the many that have started, only two remain. The first paper established in the town
was the Howard County Messénger, which had its birth in the winter of 1872, under the direc-
tion and ownership of Turner & Kelley, and aftera year of life at this place, was sold to A.
B. Hicks, and taken to Boston. Sctad .

The publication of the Beacon was begun at Howard City, in the spring of 1875, by A. B,
Steinbarger. This sheet flourished for a while, and expired in December of the same year.

The material belonging to the Boston Messenger was bought in the spring of 1875, by W
E. Doud, who immediately removed the same to Howard, and began the issue of the Censorial,
mae continued only about six months, and was then taken to Eureka, Greenwood County,

an.

J. A. Somerby commenced the publication of the Kansas Rural in the summer of 1877,
but meeting with insufficient success, the paper languished, and after the brief existence of
four months, “ passed in its type.”
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The Weekly Examéner began at Elk Falls, January 22, 1878, under the pro, rietorship of
C. A. Gitchell, and was removed to Howard City March 11, 1878, and on the 12th day of July,
of that year, suspended publication. By .

_ The Industrial Journal was established July 24, 1878 y Van Hyatt & Somerby. It was
ee: in politics, and enjoyed but a brief period of existence, when it was forced to
yield to the pressure of hard times.

The Courant, at present in successful operation, is the outgrowth or continuation of a
paper of the same name, which A. B. Steinbarger brought from Elk City to Longton, in No-
vember, 1874. After remaining about one year at Longton, it again changed location, and
pulled up at Howard. In 1877, the paper was consoli ated with the Elk County Ledger, a
paper which had been started by A. Reynolds, at Longton, in 1870, as the Howard County
Ledger, and was the first in the county. Reynolds removed his paper to Elk Falls in the
spring of 1874, and again in the fall of 1876 “pulled up stakes” and “struck tent” at Howard,
where, after the division of Howard County the name of the sheet was changed to that of

.the Elk County Ledger, which he continued to publish up to the time of the consolidation

with the Courant, assuming the title of the Courani-Ledger. In 1879, the name was a ain

changed, being called the Courant. The paper changed hands in October, 1881, being sold to

the Courant Company, composed of Asa Thompson & Sons, who have since continued in its

bubeation. It is an eight column folio, Republican in politics, and has a circulation of
,200 copies.

The Howard Journal began first as the Elk Cownty Examiner, at Elk Falls, in 1876, under
the ownership of Charles Gitchell. After two months at that place, it was brought to How-
ard, and in 1878, was sold to J. G. Albright, and leased to P. Van Hyatt and J. H. Somerby,
who changed the name, giving it the title ot the Industrial Journal. Albright kept possession
of the paper until the fall of 1880, when it was purchased by J. R. Hall, and combined with
the Howard Clipper, a small campaign sheet which Hall had established a short time previ-
ously. The paper is Democratic in politics, live and energetic in advocating all matters of
local interest, and exerts a wide influence in the SUMING ALY,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—HowWaRD TOWNSHIP.

R. N. ASHMORE, Probate Judge, was born in Clark County, IIL, in 1833, and was
raised in Clark and Vermillion Counties until 1856, thence to Iowa, locating in Story County.
In March, 1862, enlisted in the Fifteenth United States Infantry, serving three years
as private. After coming out of the army returned to Vermillio County Hl remaining
until 1866, thence to Kansas, locating in Neosho County, where he took a claim and im-
proved it. Was a good ways from market. In 1870 he came to Howard County and located
in Wild Cat Township, and took a claim and lived there until 1877, when he was elected
Probate Judge of Elk County, and has held the office continuously since, and is elected for
the fovrth term, giving universal satisfaction. He was married in 1855 to Virginia Cooper,
of Vervaillion County, Il. They have four children—Hitchings, S. A., Ellen and Elizabeth

 

B. He was married at in May, 1877, to Miss Annie Payne, of Elk County. They have
three children—R. N., Jr., Annie and Lee. He isa member of the E, M, Stanton Post, No. 23,
G. A. B., of which he is commander. He is a member of Elk Falls Lodge, A., F. & A. M.,
and of Howard Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F., and Howard Chapter, No. 49. tr, Ashmore was
elected President of the Eik County Sabbath Schoo! Association in 1878, and has been re-
elected each year since and still bolds the position; was elected Superintendent of the How-
ard Union Sabbath School in April, 1877, and has been re-elected each year since ; was elected
Chairman of the Howard City School Board in August, 1880, for three years; as Superin-
tendent of the new school building built in 1882, 40x80 feet, two stories high.

DAVID BAKER, farmer, P.O, Howard, was born in Maine in 1819. When nineteen years
of age he emigrated to Canada and lived in Canada and Michigan until 1850, when he settled.
in Lee County, Il]. From there settled in Black Hawk County, lowa, remaining there until
the spring of 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating in Elk County, taking a claim on Sec-
tion 23, Township 30, Range 10. He was forty-five miles from a rai road point, twenty-five
miles from a mil , and with all the drawbacks connected with the settlement of a new coun-
try. His place is situated on Mound Branch Creek, and is a nice stream formed by numer-
ous springs. He has planted a fine grove of maples and cottonwood trees and a fine orchard
of apples, peaches and a variety of small fruits, and a nice little vineyard. Has sixty-five
acres in cultivation, good stone house and is raising stock to some extent. He is a pleasant
and hospitable gentleman and highly respected by all. He was married in 1844 to Miss
Rebecca Abell, of Canada. They have seven children living—Martha A., Abelina, Olive,
Ella, Arthur D., Alwilda and Allena. He is a member of the Baptist Church.

NOYES BARBER, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1840,
and was raised in Clark County, Ill. In 1861, he enlisted in Company H, the Twenty-first
Illinois Infantry, for thirty days; he then enlisted in Thirtieth Illinois, Company F, and
served four years more, serving most of the time as Quartermaster Sergeant and Commis-
sary Sergeant. After coming out of the army he located at Kansas City, and was in the
stove and tin trade; came from, there to Wyandotte and was employed as a salesman, and
afterward engaged in the grocery business ; then returned to Kansas City and was ina
wholesale dry goods house for three years. In 1873, he came to Elk Falls, Howard County,
and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1880, he sold out and was elected Clerk of the
District Court and was re-elected in 1882, being nominated both by the Republicans and
Greenbackers and endorsed by. the Democrats. He.owns a farm of fifty acres near Elk
Falls, and has about sixty head of cattle on the place. He was married in 1872, at

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Kansas Cit:
and Neva. te is a member of the Elk Falls Lodge, No. 126, A., F. & .

J. Q. BURCHFIELD, merchant, was born at Chillicothe, Ross County, Obio, 1846, but
was raised in Howard County, Indiana; in April, 1861, enlisted in the Fifteenth Indiana
Infantry, serving three years and three months. Was mustered out as Sergeant. In 1870,
migrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and put in a stock of hardware at Long-
ton; was among the pioneer merchants of Howard County, and remained at Longton until
1876. After the county was divided was the first Sheriff of Elk County, serving two terms.
In 1879, put in a stock of exclusive hardware in Howard; also handles farm machinery, has
a building 24x140 well filled with goods. The first year’s sales were $20,000, while the sales
for 1882 were $60,000. Carries the largest stock in the county, besides a branch at Longton.
Mr. Birchfield is a good business man, and owns two good farms besides his other business,
Is a wide awake citizen and a courteous (a Was married September, 1865, to Miss
Mahala S. Smith. Their children are, Ulric D., J. @, Jr., C. N., Clyde, Brenton and Oria,
Isa member of Longton Lodge, No. 26,A., F.& A.M. : ae

THOMAS BRUCE, merchant, was born in Ireland, in 1829, emigrated to America in
1845; located in Greenville, Ky., and after attending school one year was employed ina dry
goods store until 1858, when he went into business for himself at South Carrolton, remain-
Ing there until 1866; was then elected County Clerk, serving two terms of four years each,

to Miss Sarah N. Adams. They have four chide eee Edwin, May

then engaged in the mercantile business again until the spring of 1876, when he sold out -

and came to Kansas, located at Howard, and bought a building 25x75 feet, and put in a large
stock of goods, consisting of everything to be found in a general store, there being 150 feet
of shelving. Has worked up a good trade, growing 300 per cent in six years, or at the rate
of fifty per cent perannum. Mr. Bruce has been very successful and is a thorough business
man and a good citizen. He was married in 1864, at South Carrolton, Ky., to Miss Sarah E.
Howard, ey havesix children—Nellie, Henr7, Oscar, Mamie, Maud and Lena. He is a
member of the Masonic order. - : r .

PD. L, CAMPBELL, County Treasurer, was born in Kentucky, in 1824. He was raised
in Adams County, Ill Went to California at an early day, but did not remain long; then
returned to Illinois, and was in the mercantile business for ten years. In 1863 he emigrated
to Kansas, locating in Bourbon County, and opened a store of general merchandise at Ma-
pleton, remaining there until April, 1869, when he was burned out and came to Howard
County, now Elk, and bought a farm in Union Centre Township, on the Elk River, which
he converted into a stock farm, consisting at the present time of 700 acres, eighty acres of
it timber and plenty of water, making one of the best stock farms in the county ; well
stocked with cattle and hogs. In the fall of 1879 he was elected County Treasurer, re-~
elected in 1881. Is very popular asan officer and citizen, being a pleasant entleman anda

ood neighbor as well as a thorough business man. In 1849 he was married to Miss Martha

‘ruit. They were blessed with four children—Ann R., Charles, Thomas and Ada Belle.
In 1867 his wife died, and in 1871, he married Mrs. Eliza Rauch, of Burlingame, Osage
County.

I. A. CARVER, farmer, P. 0. Howard, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., in
1842, but was raised in Kane County, Ul. On September 18, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighth
Illinois Cavalry, serving as Orderly Sergeant of Company I, and was in the service three
years and eleven months, He was wounded near Frederick City, Md., in July, 1864, and
while in the battlefield, was taken prisoner, but made his escape soon after. After coming
out of the army, he returned to his old home and remained there until 1870, when he emi-
grated West and engaged in the mercantile business in Missouri. But at the end of six
months, he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Howard County. He was sixty miles
from a railroad point and located one of the first claims on the prairie in this township.
His claim is on Section 29, Township 29, Range 11. He has improved his place of 160 acres
by fencing, putting eighty acres under cultivation and planting three acres of forest timber,
a fine orchard and several miles of hedge, and for a number of years past has been engage
in the stock business. He served as Justice of the Peace for two terms. He is a thorough
business wan and one of the best posted men in the township. Iu 1868, he was united in
marriage to Miss Jennie M. Fraizer, of Winnebago County, Il.

THOMAS M. CARTER, farmer, P. O. Howard, was born in Crawford County, Ill., 1849.
January, 1863, enlisted in the Ninety-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served two
years and seven months. After receiving his discharge, he located at Decatur, Il., and then
back to his old home, and in January, 1869, migrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County
before the county was organized, and located a claim on Section 7, Township 29, Range 11,
on the Elk River. He has 240 acres of land, one-fourth mile from the town site of Howard.
At the time of settlement it was 150 miles from a railroad and had to go that distance for
feed and provisions. Mr. Carter has fenced 200 acres, has about thirty acres timber, two
acres of orchard and is raising stock ; has one of the best stock farms on the river. In 1575,
was married in Howard Township to Miss Catharine Moore. They have four children—
Noble, J. B., Samuel C. and R. 8. Is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R., and of
Hope Lodge, No. 155, A., F. & A. M.

JOHN COILE, farmer, P.O. Western Park, was born in Greene County, Tenn., in 1829.

At the age of twenty years, he located in McLean County, Ill, where he engaged in farm-
ing, remaining there until 1872, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County.
At the time of his settlement here, he was sixty miles from a railroad point. He was one of
the pioneers of this township, locating a claim on Section 6, Township 29, Range 10. He
has since added to his place, increasing his farm to 320 acres, which he has improved by
fencing the whole place, putting seventy-five acres under cultivation, planting a fine orchard
and erecting good buildings, and is enga; in stock-raising. He is one of the thorough
farmers of this section and is highly respected by all. He was married in 1853 to Miss Sarah
Ball, of McLean County, Ill. They have nine children livin: namely, Mary C., Snowden,
America M., Henry, Nancy A., Rhoda A., William H., Charles 8. and Owen A.
7 A. CRISMAS, farmer, P. 0. Howard, was born in Surrey, England, in 1020. Was raised
in Kent County, poles to America in 1844, locating in Toronto, Canada, where he
remained until 1856, Thence to Buffalo, N. Y., and the following spring migrated to Iowa,
reaiae in Howard County, where he remained until 1871, or Shane iarteen years, In 1871,
came West, locating in Howard County, Kan., and located a claim in Howard Township.
After remaing on the place four years, sold out and purchased a farm on Section 12, Town-
ship 30, Range 11, consisting of 240 acres situated on Hitchin Creek. His place has forty
acres of fine timber, two coal mines with four-inch veins, plenty of living water, 110 acres
in cultivation, fine residence and other buildings, and he is extensively engaged in stock-
raising. Is one of the penn of the township and a No. 1 citizen in every re-
spect. Was married in 1847 to Miss Catharine Welch, of Toronto, Canada. They have ten
children—J. W., Jane, Mary A., William J., Ellen M., George, Harriet, Agnes A. and A. A.
He is a member of Elk County Horticultural Society.

HON, J. 8. DOBYNS, merchant, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, August 24, 1844.
In 1847, his parents moved to Iowa, remaining there until 1854, when they came to Kansas
locating in Linn County. In 1861, he enlisted in the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, Company E, his
father being Captain, and served from July, 1861, until January, 1865, as Second Corporal.
His father was illed, and he returned honie and carried on the farm until 1869, when he
located in Howard County and opened a store at Union Centre and was one of the oldest
merchants in the county. In 1877, was elected a member of the Legislature and sold out
his business, and in 1878, came to Howard and was employed as salesman in the Elk Count:
store one year, In 1879, opened a hardware and general merchandise store, which he earri
on until the spring of 1 82, when W. I. Thompson, County Sheriff, became a partner in the
business. They have a store 24x80 feet, well filled with goods, and have a splendid trade.
The first year’s sales were $15,000, while the sales for 1882 ran up to $40,000. ‘hey also han-
die farm machinery. Mr. Dobyns is the present Township Trustee, School Treasurer and
Secretary of the Howard County Agricultural Society and was Township Trustee and Clerk
nearly all the time he wastin Union Centre, and has been prominently identified in the poli-
ties of the county. Is public-spirited and always takes hold of any enterprise which will
benefit the county or town. Is Under-Sheriff of the county ; is a member.of E, M. Stanton
Pen 23, G. A. R.; is Secretary of Hope Lodge, No. 155, A., F. & A. M.; member of How-
ard hapter, No. 49, and of Howard Lodge, No. 135, I. 0. G. F. Was married in 1868, in Linn
ony Kan., to Miss E. 8. Thompson. They have four children—Lillie, Annie, Ella and

A. F. EBY, cashier of Elk County Bank, was born in Franklin County, Penn., in 1844.
In 1857, he moved with his parents to Indiana; in 1862, enlisted in theFifty-fourth Indiana Vol-
unteer Infantry, serving fifteen months. Then served one year in the Fortieth Indiana
Infantry. After the war, he engaged in the grocery and provision business at Marion, Grant
can for about one year. Then took a two-years’ course at the Roanoke Academy,
after which he taught school about three years. From 1868 to 1871, was in Cass County, Mo,,
coming from there to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and took a claim in Union Cen-
tre Township, entered and improved the same and lived there three years. Was elected
Assessor of the township two terms. In 1875, whea the county was divided, was appointed
_ ELK COUNTY.

‘Treasurer of Elk County, serving two ferins. In 1877, in coinpany with Mr. Momma, organ-
ized the Elk County Bank, with a cash capital of $10,000, Mr. kby assumed the manage-
ment of the same and has been cashier Lunas since. In 1878, he formed a copart-
nership with Mr. Momma and Mr. MeKey in the banking and mercantile business, and in
1882, Mr. Eby and Mr. McKey bought out Mr. Momma’s interest. The banking room is
commodious, with a late vault, 6x8 feet, and safe guarded by the Yale time lock, with desks,
tables, etc., so arranged as to be convenient, and is well lighted. The capital stock has been
increased to $25,000, and is a credit to the county; it is the oldest bank in the county. Mr.
Eby is a pleasant gentleman, and has made a host of friends since he has been in the busi-
ness. He was married in 1872 to Miss A. E. Anderson, of Anderson, Indiana. They have
tour children—James W., Walter M., Gertrude and Benny. He is a member of the Masonic
order, and both Mr, and Mrs. Eby are members of the Congregational Church. ;

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R. F. GLENN, Register of Deeds of Elk County, was born in Vermillion County, Ill.
in 1857. He was raised on a farm and worked at farming and brick making until thirteen
years of age, when he started in the world for himself, working summers and attending
school winters until seventeen years of age, when he began teaching, teaching until twenty-one
years of age, when he came West and located at Cedar Vale, Chautauqua Co., Kan. In 1880, he
took a trip to Colorado, but soon after returned to Kansas, locating at Grenola, and was em-
ployed as a salesman in the general store of C.D. Murphy. In January, Mr. Murphy sold
out to Hewins & Titus, and Mr. Glenn continued with the new firm until January, 1882,
when he came to Howard and took his present position, having been elected in the fall of
1881. Mr. Glenn is a thoroughly self-made man, and by close attention to business and his
known reliability, was placed in the best office in the county before he had been a resident
two years. He isa good business man, and has a bright future before him. He is a mem-
ber of Howard Lodge, No. 134, I. 0. O. F. . ‘

J. R. HALL, editor and proprietor of the Howard Journal, was born in Princeton, W.
Va., December 10, 1849. His father was a lawyer of ability, with whom he lived until 1865,
at which time he removed to Elkhart County, Ind., and followed the real estate business
for nearly eight years, This business he gave up when he emigrated Kansas in 1873. After
coming to Kansas, he was engaged in various pursuits, clerking in drug store, etc., until
in 1880, he started the Howard Clipper, at Howard City, and in the fall of that year bought
the Howard Journal, of which he is now the ee editor and proprietor. : :

JAMES HAMILTON, stock-raiser, P. O. Howard, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland,
in 1842. In 1862, emigrated to America, locating in Ohio, where he was employed as book-
keeper. In 1863, went to San Francisco, Cal., and was employed as bookkeeper at different

laces for a time, when he secured a Position in the Quartermaster’s Department at Fort

iddle, Cal., remaining there nearly three years,when he was removed to Camp Halleck, Ne-
vada, remaining there until 1870, when he, in company with another party, bought astock of
Texas cattle aud came to Kansas, where they commenced feeding and shipping stock. Was lo-
ated at Emporia and had a ranch in the southwest part of Lyon foo handling about 500
head per annum. He sold out his interest in Emporia and came to oward an bought a
farm of 160 acres, lying on Elk River, in Section 12, ore 30, Range 12. Has a fine body of
timber on the river, which makes a desirable place to shelter stock, and has arranged his
feeding yards there to accommodate 500 bead of cattle. His place is. considered one of the
best in Southern Kansas for stock. Has 106 acres under plow ; has a fine blue grass meadow.
The place is nearly all fenced with stone wall; has a fine peach orchard and small fruits ;
neat frame house, good barn, and only one-half mile from Howard. Besides feeding and
shipping 500 head of cattle per annum, buys and ships about as many more, and raises and
ships from 300 to 400 hogs per annum. Is one of the best stock men in the State and
has been very successful, starting in this county without a dollar. By close attention to
business, he has made a snowing which is not only a benefit to him, but to the public at
large, as he is one of the largest tax-payers in the county, In 1881, was united in marriage
with Miss Sarah D. Campbell, of Howard. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Masonic order.

H. E. HUBBELL, liveryman, was born in Owen County, Ind., in 1842. In 1862, he en-
listed in the Ninety-seventh Indiana Infantry, serving three years. He was wounded at the
battle of Jackson, Miss., and at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. In 1866, he emigrated
to Marshall County, Iowa, where he eogneed in ore and building. In 1870, he
located in Howard County, Kan., and took a claim on Section 34, Township 28, Range 10; he
was one of the early settlers, worked at his trade and lived on his farm until 1875. In 1871,
he succeeded in getting a post office established in his neighborhood called Paw Paw, and
was appointed Postmaster; held the office two years, when his wife was appointed and held
the office two years. During 1878-74, he was Deputy Sheriff of the north part of the county.
In 1875, he sold out and opened a store at Howard, remaining in business two years; when
he was appointed Under Sheriff, and served three years. In 1880, clerked in Mr. Adams'
store, and in 1881, clerked in the Elk County store, and then for nearly a year was in the
loan and real estate business. In 1882, he engaged in the livery business, which he is now
carrying on. He was married in 1862, in Owen County, Ind., to Miss Mitchell, of that
county, They have five children—Alice, Mary, Annie G. L. and H.H. He isa member of
E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R., Howard Lodge, No. 134, I. 0. 0. F., Howard Lodge,
No, 124, A. 0. U. W.

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_ JOHN HUGG, stock-raiser and farmer, P. 0. Howard, was born in Morris County, N°
J., in 1831, When fifteen years of age he settled in Montgomery County, Ill., and engaged in
farming and stock-raising; remained there the most of the time until 1870, when he
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County, now Elk. He was among the first settlers
of the county; took.a claim on Sections 22 and 23, Township 30, Range 10, Mound Branch
Creek; the survey was not made then, and this was the first claim taken in this part of the
county; there was not an officer in the county. He was among the voters in the first elec-
tion held in the county. He was the first man married on the creek, and raised the first
crops, consisting of corn, wheat, potatoes and watermelons, in Wild Cat Township. He was
eighty miles from a railroad point and twenty-five from a mill, post office or blacksmith
shop, and for a number of years was forty. miles from market. Mr. Hugg is one of the
largest land owners in the county. He has 1,600 acres of land in one body, watered by the
creek and Elk River, 160 acres of timber; 865 acres under under cultivation; 740 acres of
pasture, and 335 acres of meadow, and a nice orchard of 400 bearing apples trees, 1,000 peach
rees and a large oe of small fruits and grapes. He has 150 head of cattle, and raises
150 head of hogs annually. He is one of the most enterprising men in the county, and has
been very successful in his business projects. He is a man highly respecte, and served as
Trustee and Assessor of his township five consecutive terms. In 1882, he was elected County
Commissioner for a term of three years. He was united in marriage with Miss Helen M.
McClure, of Howard County, in the fall of 1870. They have four children—Charlotte, the
first white child born in Wild Cat Township, Samuel, John, Jr.,and Frank. He is a member
of Hgpe Lodge, No, 155, A., F. & A. M.

. F, LEWIS, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Carroll County, Ind., in_ 1852,
was raised in Adams County, IIl., and was educated at Maplewood High School, Camp Point,
Ill. - In 1871, he took a medical course at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, an
graduated in the spring of 1872. He then began practice at Jerseyville, Ill.; remained there
until 1873, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating at Boston, Howard County, andin company
with his father began practice under the firm name of Drs. J. B. Lewis & Son. In January,
1879, they located at Howard, Elk County, and have been in practice since. In 1879, took a
course of medical lectures at the Bennett Medical College of Chicago, graduating in the
spring of 1880. They have had a large practice since locating in this county, their ride ex-
tending twenty miles out from Howard. In 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss
Phebe Yancey, of Chautauqua County, Kan. They have oneson—Guy. He is a member of
Hope Lodge, No. 155,.A., F. & A. M., and Howard Lodge, No. 124, A. 0. U. W., and of the
State Medical Association. He is coroner of Elk County.

8. LUCAS, M. D., was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1847, and is a great grandson
of Gov. Lucas, of Ohio and Iowa renown. In 1865, he began reading medicine and finished
his course at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. He then emigrated to Kansas, locating
in Miami County, but the following year he returned to Missouri, and practiced medicine at
Lamar until the spring of 1874, when he again came to Kansas and located at Howard, where
he opened a drug store, which he carried on in connection with his practice for five years;
he then sold out and has devoted his whole time to the practice of his profession, in which
he has been very successful, and engages in extensive practice. The Doctor is a genial gen-
tleman and has many warm friends in Howard and vicinity. He is a member of Hope
Lodge, No. 155, A., F. & A. M., was Master of the same in 1879; Howard Lodge, No. 134, I. 0.
‘0. F., and is a charter member of the Kansas Medical Society.

GEORGE W. McKEY, merchant and President of the Elk County Bank, was born in
Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, in 1841. In 1856, emigrated to Iowa, locating in Lee
County. June 15, 1861, enlisted in the First Iowa Cavalry, serving as Sergeant of Company
A; was Ordinance Sergeant of Custer’s Cavalry Division from the time it was organized at
Alexandria, La., until February 24, 1866. Received his discharge at Austin, Texas. His

 

parents having settled in Pike County, Ill., while he was in the army; he returned home
and remained there nntil 1871; thence to Kansas, ee ne in Howard County, and took a
claim in Union Center Township, which he improved, and engaged in stock-raising until
1878; was considered the model farmer of this part of the country. In 1875, when the coun-
ty was divided, he was appointed County Commissioner of Elk County, serving two terms.
In 1878, went in company with Messrs. Eby and Momma, bankers at Howard, and built a
store 25x70 feet, which they filled with a complete stock of general merchandise. He was
also elected Vice President of the Elk County Bank. In 1880, they put up an addition to
the store of 25x100 feet, and have added to the stock until they now carry the largest stock
in the county.. Their trade has grown from $30,000 in 1878, to $54,000 in 1882. Inthe puns
of 1882 bought out Mr. Momma, and Mr. McKey became President of the bank. Mr.McKey
is a thorough business man, who looks after the details of his business, and knows how his
business stands every day, and has the reputation of being the most thorough business man
in the place. Heisa genial gentleman and a self-made man, being a great observer of men
and facts, and takes a lively interest in his town and county. He was married in January,
1867, to Miss Ruth A. Kay, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio; they have two children—Mary E, and
George F. He is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 155, A., I". & A, M.

IEUT. DANIEL McFARLAND, City Marshal, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1842.
In 1855, he emigrated to Kansas, locating at Leavenworth. In 1861, he enlisted in Company
G, Second Kansas Infantry; at the end of five months he was discharged on account of wounds
received at Wilson Creek, Mo. After recovering from his wounds he was mustered in as
recruiting officer, and in August, 1862, was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company D,

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Seventy-ninth United States Colored Troops, serving two years, In 1869, he took a claim in
Howard Township, Howard County. He was the first settler on Snake Creek; improvin
the place remained their eight years, and located at Howard in 1879. In 1880, was appointe
City Marshal, and has held the position continuously since, and is an efficient officer and
well qualified for the position. He was married in 1864, to Miss Lizzie Hobbs, of Roseville,
Ark. They have four children—Belle, Archy, Austin and John. He is a member of Hope
Lodge, No. 155, A., F. & A. M., Howard Chapter, No. 49, of Howard.

JAMES A. McHENRY, attorney at law, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1842,
remained there until 1862, on his father’s farm; thence to Portage County, Ohio. Took a
course in Hiram and Mount Union colleges. In 1868, commenced reading law, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in Painesville, Ohio, in 1869; then emigrated to Charleston, Coles Co., IIl.,
and began the practice of law, and in 1870 came to Kansas, locating in Wilson County, where
he was engaged in law practice until 1882. In 1876, he was elected. County Attorney of
Wilson County, serving two years; was City Attorney of Neodosha for one term, and was
editor of the Free Press at that place. In June, 1882, he located at Howard, where he opened
an office for the practice of law, and in company with R. Simons organized Elk County Im-
migration Co., for the purpose of settling up the county. They have 12,000 acres of wild and
improved land ranging from $200 to $20,000 per farm, consisting of grazing, grain, bottom and
up land, and can suit men of moderate means as well as men of ample means, in the selec-
tion of a farm, and take great pains in showing strangers around the country whether they
buy or not, and willingly answer all letters of inquiry, taking great pains not to overdraw
the natural advantages of the country. Mr. McHenry and his partners are energetic men,
and will be sure to make a success of this great enterprise. They also loan money on short
time at a low rate of interest; also issue a quarterly sheet entitled the Real Mstate Index,
which they send to all parts of the United States and to Europe. In 1872,Mr. McHenry and
Miss Myra G. Warren, of Lexington, Mo., were united in marriage. They have been blessed
with three children—Josephine, Lee Ella and J. A., Jr. 4

N. MOMMA, merchant, was born in Prussia in 1832; emigrated to America in 1854, lo-
eating in New Jersey. In 1356, removed to Illinois, remaining.there seven years; the most
of the time ‘was in the grocery business in Chicago. In 1866 went to Missouri, where he
was engaged in railroad contracting. In 1869, came to Kansas, locating in Wilson County,
where he engaged in the mercantile trade, remaining there three years; thence to Longton,
Elk Co., and opened one of the first stores in the. county. In 1876, was elected County Treas-
urer, the first Treasurer elected in Elk County, serving two terms. In 1877, in company with
Mr. Eby, opened the Elk County Bank, and in the following year, in,gcompany with Mr. Eby
and Mr. McKey, opened the Elk County store, and was with them until the spring of 1882,
when he closed out his interest; and bought a building 25x85, which he filled with a choice
line of general merchandise, and is building up a large trade; has been very successful here,
his trade having grown about 500 per cent since he came to the county. Was married in
1854, to Miss Fredericka Marzedus, of Prussia; they have four living children, viz., Fran-
ces, Valentine, Minnie and Gertrude. Is amember of Longton Lodge, No 19, A., F. & A.M.
and Howard Chapter, No. 49, St. Bernard Royal Arch.

D. NEWBY, stock raiser, P. O. Howard, was born in Henry County, Ind., in 1838, where
he was raised and lived until 1870, where he was engaged in farming and teaching, also read-
ing law, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He enlisted in August, 1861, in the Thirty-

sixth Indiana Infantry, serving one year, when he was discharged on account of disability.

In 1870, he emigrated to Kansas, and bought a farm on Elk River, Section 19, Township 30,
Range 11. He was among the early settlers, and has 490 acres on Mound Branch Creek, with
seventy or eighty acres of timber, making a fine place for stock. Has 130 acres under culti-
vation, 250 acres are fenced, and he has two orchards planted; is raising stock, keeping from
thirty to forty cows, and is doing some dairying. Also owns several buildings at Howard,
two of them being business houses, the most of them being improvements made by him.
He was married in 1869, in,Henry County, Ind., to Miss Mary E. Smith, of that county;
they have one son, Frank E.; he is a chartermember of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R.
Mr. Newby is a public spirited citizen, and takes a lively interest in all public matters, -

i LE, farmer, P. 0, Lima, was born in Morgan County, Ind., in 1842, but was
principally raised in Pike County, Ill. August 11, 1863, he enlisted in the Ninety-ninth Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry, serving six months, when he was discharged on account of disa-
bility. He afterward served in the Mississippi River Marine Fleet, under Gen. Elliott, of
Illinois, fighting guerrillas. He received a severe gunshot wound in his right shoulder, at
the battle of Eastport, Miss., on the Black Bayou, five miles from Eastport, in 1864. On Feb-
ruary 12, 1865, he received his discharge and returned home. In 1868, he emigrated to Kan-
sas, locating in Johnson County, and improved a farm of 160 acres, and afterward bought a
stock farm of 440 acres ; remained there until 1882, then came to Elk County and purchased.
a ferm of 480 acres on Sections 16, 20 and 21, Township 30, Range 11. He also located a
claim of 160 acres adjoining the place, and expects to increase the farm to 1,000 acres,
and intends making stock-raising a specialty, At present he has 225 head of cattle at
the home place, but has only hogs on the old place in Johnson County. This place he ex-
pects to put some extensive improvements on, with the intention of making it the leading
stock farm of the pouBey as he has plenty of grazing lands, living water and timber. He
has been very successful in his enterprisés, having started in business with a capital of $500,
which he increased to the present large business through his energy and good management.
He was united in marriage February 12, 1861, to Miss Permelia Metlintock, of Pike County,
Ill. On February 27, 1879, was married the second time to Mrs. Margaret J. Garrett (née
Davison), who was born in Durham, Eng., August 1, 1845, and emigrated to Washington, D.
C., in 1850, and came to Kansas in 1857, and has remained here since, her father being
among the first settlers of Johnson County. He is a member of the Masonic Order.

JOHN A.2OLIPHANT, attorney, was born in Johnson County, Mo., June 1, 1849. In
1863, enlisted and served one year in the United States Volunteer Cavalry, and during the
entire time was engaged in fighting bushwhackers in the West and Southwest Missouri. In
1868, migrated to Kansas and settled in Neosho County, where he engaged in farming for
three years. In 1871, took a trip through southwestern and back through the south part of
the State and assisted in locating the town of Boston in the center of old Howard County
(now Elk and Chautauqua Counties), building the first house and selling the first goods in the
place, remaining in the business about one year. A short time after Boston was started,
what proved to be one of the most bitter county-seat wars inthe State was begun and pros-
poured with great determination, and the subject of this sketch being very desirous to make
Boston the county seat, began reading law in order to be better qualified in furthering
his project. Was admitted to the bar in 1874, but in 1875 the county was divided, com-
pletely killing Boston, thus putting an end to his pralect of making acity of the place. He
then located at Howard and began the practice of law, and finished his law course in the
Law Department of the Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, since which time, has
been practicing law in Howard. In 1878 was united in marriage with Miss Martha Greer,
of Topeka, who was teaching school in Howard. Mr. Oliphant isa member of Howard

_ Lodge, No. 134, I. 0, O, F., and E. M. Stanton Post, No. 123, G. A. R.

JOSEPH H. O'NEILL, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Howard, was born in Ross County,
Ohio, in 1840. In 1858, at the age of eighteen, he came to Kansas, loeehing in Topeka, In
1861, he enlisted in the Second Kansas Infantry six months; he then enlisted in Second
Cavalry, eee three years; was scouting on the frontier the most of thetime. In 1867, he
came to Howard Connty and took a claim on the Elk River. There were but two other
Claims in the township at that time. The survey was not made and the treaty with the
Indians was not completed. He was forty-five miles from a post office and twenty-three miles
from a mill or blacksmith shop. There were a great many Indians, and several times he
was obliged to watch his property with a gun and a large dog, He has 200 acres in Sec-
tion 11 and 120o0n Section 14, Jownship 30, Range 10; 120 acres under the plow and all
fenced but forty acres; has sixty acres of timber, plenty of fruit, 150 apple, 300 peach and a
variety of small fruits, good house and a fine stone quarry on his place. He has also a good
coal mine which eventually will be a big thing, as he is only half a mile from Howard. He
has done well since coming here. He was married in 1866, in es Kansas, to Miss Wen-
del. They have four children—Annie L., Alvin B., Della and Harvey. He isa member of
the E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R. . a
. FRANK OSBORN, real estate and loan agent, was born in Ohio in 1850, remaining there
until twenty years of age, when he came to Kansas, Joong in Howard County, taking a
elaim four and a half miles northwest of where the town of Howard now stands, on Section
20, Township 29, Range 10, which he improved, and at one time while living there, lived on
roasted corn, and corn coffee and prairie chickens. In 1871 and 1872, was cuenec in put-
ting up claim houses. In 1873, was appointed Deputy Sheriff, and in the fall of 1874 was
elected Register of Deeds, and held the office when the county was divided in 1875, and was
captured by a band of armed men who came to capture the records, and was the only officer
who saved a part of the records, which he did by hiding under some old clothing. He then

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engaged in handling real estate, and bought an interest in the Longton Mills forone year. At
the time the county was divided, was appointed County Scribe by a special act of the Legislature
and still holds the office, there being no provisions made for discontinuing the office. About
this time he became identified with a company in Indian Territory, who were shipping
walnut lumber to Boston, and was in this about one year. Was also engaged in lumbering
in Arkansas, and sawed and shipped large amounts of yellow pine flooring. into Iowa, Kan-
sas and Missouri. Also had a large contract for furnishing lumber for the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad Company, getting the timber of the Indians in the Indian Territory. Is also con-
nected with a company which was organized to work coal mines in the Indian Territory, and
made arrangements with the Creek and Cherokee. Indians, in which he secured a twenty
years lease of one and a half miles. by six miles in the Creek nation. The coal is used by the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company. They will open up this year, this being the largest
grant ever secured of the Creek nation. Besides this he has 1,447 acres on the Elk River,
which he is converting into a stock farm. There are sixty acres of timber, plenty of water
and 200 acres under cultivation. There is range for from 300 to 500 head of cattle and in the
spring of 1883 will put over 300 head of Ohio calves and some Jersey cows. Has seeded sixty
acres of blue grass, which be claims will shorten the feeding season nearly twomonths. Mr.
Osborn has over $300,000 of Eastern capital loaned in Elk, Chautauqua and adjoining counties,
at a low rate of interest, and was the first man who succeeded in getting Eastern capital to
loan on rough and unimproved lands, and this after repeated efforts. Mr. Osborn is one of
the best business men in the county, and has been identified with the largest business en-
terprises of the county, and although a young man has accumulated a large amount of prop-
erty, and with nothing but his hands to commence with. Mr. Osborn is a very social
entleman.
= _JOHN RAMBO, farmer, P. 0. Howard, was born in Mercer County, Penn., 1832, living
there and in Erie Counties, where he took a course at the Waterford Academy. In 1856, mi-
rated to Kansas, and stopped at Lawrence until the city was sacked, then went to Osage
‘county, and bought a farm and engaged in farming. Soon after he settled here, was ap-
pointed County Clerk, and held the office two terms by appointment, and was elected for the
third term but did not finish, as the war broke out and he enlisted early in 1861, and re-
signed the office. Afterserving three months inCompany I, Second Kansas, the only mus-
tered company in the regiment, it was re-organized as a cavalry, and he served on the plains
scouting until the summer of 1863; then served in the Fifteenth Kansas Infantry until the
fall of 1865; was mustered as Orderly Sergeant. After coming out of the army, was clerking
in Leavenworth; then, in company with another party, started a store at Williams’ Mill,
on the Missouri Itiver, furnishing supplies for the railroad, which was being built. Then,
in 1867, was employed in Williams’ Mill as book-keeper, and at the end of one year bought
the mill. After running the mill there two years, moved it to Howard, locating on the Rik
River, where he ran it for a number of years. Also took a claim on Section 1, Township 30,
Range 1, joining the town site of Howard, and laid out a few acres in town lots. Also bought
a farm in Greenwood County, with forty acres of timber, and well watered, and is engaged in
stock-raising. Was married in 1876,in Greenwood County, Kan., to Miss Jennie Kenedy. Is
a member ork. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R., and of Burlingame Lodge. ;

M. H. STEWART, carriage manufacturer, was born in Winnebago County, II, in
1849. In 1854, his parents migrated to Minnesota, locating in Houston County, where he
lived the most ofthe time until 1870. In 1866, went to La Crosse, Wis., and learned the trade
of carriage maker. In 1870, migrated ‘to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and took a
claim one mile east of the present town of Howard. There was but one building in Howard
at that time. After remaining on his place two years cameto Howard, and in company
with Mr. Jones put up the first carriage and wagon shop in the place. At the end of two
years bought out his partner, and has since carried on the business alone. In 1883, enlarged
his shop, and added more workmen, and is now making a specialty of light spring wagons
and buggies. In 1876, was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Benden, of -Elk County.
They have three children, viz.: John, Rose and Jennie.

W. L. STRACHAN, harness dealer and stock-raiser, was born in Lemont, Cook County,
TIL, in 1846. In 1862, enlisted in the Board of Trade Regiment, of Chicago, serving a little
over three years. Was wounded at the battles of Vicksburg and Franklin. After coming
out of the army, took charge of his father’s farm for one year, then went to work for the
Ames Engine Works, at Oswego, N. Y. From there went to Chicago, and was employed as
shipping-clerk for the Rock River Paper Company, remaining there nine years and three
months; but his health failing he came to Kansas, locating in Howard, and opened a har-
ness shop, his sales increasing from $1,500 to $10,000 per annum, keeping three and four
men at work all the time. Is also connected with his father and brother in the stock
business. They have about 500 head of cattle, and 920 acres of a stock farm, running up to
within a mile of Howard, and yng a the Elk and Paw Paw Rivers. They are among the
largest. stock men in the county. as married December 24, 1872, to Miss Henrietta Fogue,
of Chicago. Isa member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R.

GEORGE THOMPSON, County Clerk, was born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1837.
When twenty-one years of age he settled in McLean County, Ill, where he remained until
1871, when he came to Kansas, qocatinng ot Howard County, taking a claim in Center Town-
ship. Was one of the first settlers in this township. Improved the place, remaining there
four years. In the fall of 1875, was elected County Clerk- of Elk County, the first Clerk
elected after Howard County was divided, and has held the office continuously since, serving
now on his fourth term, and is very popular with the people of this county, being a cour-
teous gentleman, and well qualified to fill the position. Also owns a fine stock farm on Elk
River, consisting of 400 acres, with 100 acres under the plow, with 200 fenced, and plenty of
fresh running water and timber, which makes a very desirable stock farm. He was mar-
ried in 1860, in Medina County, Ohio, to Miss Mary Perin. They haye ten children—Orin
B., Allie E., Louis E., Clarence E., Leora E., Sumner G., Harry D., Oliver J., Orlow T. and
Mary. He isa member of the Masonic Order.

ASA THOMPSON, chief editor and proprietor of the Courant, was born in Morgan
County, Ohio, March 21, 1829. The early years of his life were spent with his parents on the
farm and in attending school. In 1848, he moved to Iowa, and was engaged in farming and
milling. Coming to Kansasin March, 1872, he opened a hotel at Canola, and then at Boston,
in which business he continued until 1875, and in November of that year was elected District
Clerk for Elk County, in which capacity he served until January 1, 1881. His term of office
having expired, he established a newspaper at this place in August, 1881, called the Elk
County Herald, and in October of the same year, purchased the Courant, and suspended the
publication of the Hearld.

W. I. TILOMPSON, Sheriff, was born in Allegheny County, Penn., in 1835. In 1853,
migrated to lowa, locating in Scott County, where he worked at the blacksmith’s trade, re-
maining there three years. Then went to Missouri residing there four years, when he re-
turned to Scott County, Iowa, and further, to Page County, remaining there until 1877, then
settled in Kansas, locating in Howard, where he opened a blacksmith shop, after which he
engaged in the mercantile business. In 1881, was elected Sheriff of Elk County. In Febru-
ary, 1882, formed a partnership with J. B. Dobyns, in general merchandise, hardware and
farm machinery, and they are doing an immense trade, as Mr. Dobyns and Mr. Thompson
are both thorough business men, and are ver ay aro inthe county. Mr. Thompson is a
courteous gentleman, and in the discharge of his duties receives the respect of all. In 1856,
was married to Miss Fulmer. They have eleven children, viz: Cristina, George, Ben,
Catherine, Isabelle, Arthur, NelliesMartin, Frank, Jonathan and Borzell. Isa member of
ee ne ge, No. 155, Howard Lodge, No. 1384, I. 6.0. F., and of the Methodist Episcopal

urch,

P. C. TOPPING, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Lewis County, N. Y., in
1835, but was raised in Ohio until 1850, then moved to Wisconsin, locating in Waterloo, and
after taking a three years course in Lawrence University, took up the study of medicine;
Bee of the time was engaged in teaching, Finishing his cours: at the Eclectic University, ,

incinnati, graduating in 1879. In 1860, he came to Kansas, locating near Baxter Springs,
and was the first physician in this part of the county. Thence to Franklin County, and in
the summer of 1862, enlisted in the Twelfth Kansas Infantry, serving three years. The
greater part of the last two years was Hospital Steward. After coming out of the army re-
mained in practice in Franklin County until 1867, when he located in Greenwood County,
remaining one year, then to Howard County, and took a claim near the present town site
of Howard, and was the first physician to locatein the county. He was a member of the Town
Company, and helped lay out the town site of Howard, where he was living. In 1857, he
was married to Miss Mary Crandall, of Grant County, Wis. ‘They have seven children—
Charles J., Philetus, Frederick, Dora, Mary, Clark and Austin. He is a member of the E. M.
en eae No, 23, G. A. R., of Meridian Lodge, No. 64, A., F. & A. M., and Howard Lodge,

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ELK COUNTY.

ELK FALLS.

Elk Falls is situated in the Southern part of Elk County, on the line
of the Kansas City,. Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad, and about
thirty miles west of the city of Independence. The town is favorably lo-
cated near the fork of Wild Cat Creek with Elk River, and in consequence
enjoys the advantages of a large amount of surrounding valley land.
The greater portion of the country surrounding, however, is rough and
broken, much of it being useless for agriculture.

' The town derived its name from the presence of a waterfall in Elk.

River close by, and which is furmed by the falling of the water over a
projecting ledge of rock ten feet high and about one hundred feet wide.

EARLY SETTLERS.

_ _The first settler to locate upon the town site was R. H. Nichols, who
took the claim in February, 1870. Soon after the settlement of the land
was made, the enterprise of establishing a town site upon it was conceived,
and a town site company composed of R. H. Nichols, G. F. Graham, E.
A. Hall, James Edwinson, C. Goodrich, M. V. French and H. H. Hess,
was formed for this purpose. Accordingly, in the early part of the year
1870, the site was fixed upon Nichols’ land, and L. J. Johnston was em-
ployed to-lay it off into town lots.

The first house marking the place was the claim-house built by Nich-
ols—a small box house, ten by twelve feet.

Following this was the erection of a small house built by R. H. Nich-
ols, which he occupied as a loan and real estate office. The next improve-
ment was the erection of a frame storeroom by A. F; Gitchell and son,

_Charles Gitchell, in which they opened a store ‘consisting of general mer-
chandise. The building was soon afterward, in 1878, converted into a
livery barn by Gitchell, for which purpose it is now used.

Following this was the establishment of a general store in a log house
which stood in the place where the post office is now located, by Hall &
Edmiston. About the same time Dr. I. A. Walter opened a-drug store ;
8. M. Jones started a blacksmith shop, which he continued to operate
about two years, at which time he disposed of the same to A. Leisure.
Attracted by the prospects of a new and rising town, numerous improve-
ments were soon made, until at present the town contains about five hun-
dred inhabitants and several business houses of substantial proportions.

The post office was first established at Elk Falls in 1870, and J. Edmis-
ton was Postmaster. Although a post office was established at the place,
there was as yet no provision made for the transportation of the mails,
and which accordingly was done by private individuals. The office was
kept in the storeroom of Hall & Edmiston, where it remained about two
years, until the expiration of Edmiston’s term of office. R. N. Hall was
pupuinied as Edmiston’s successor in the post office, and it was then kept
in Hall’s drug store. At the end of two years from his appointment, Hall

was succeeded as Postmaster by John Heckerman, and the office, after
changing hands, was taken to Heckerman’s grocery store. After Hecker-
man came the appointment of C. Truby, and the office located at the cor-
ner of Seventh and Osage streets, at which place it has remained. Fol-
lowing the lapse of a three years’ term of office by C. Truby, was the
commission of Mrs. Susan Truby, who has ever since continued to hold
the appointment. és

he first school was taught in the village of Elk Falls in the summer
of 1870, by Miss Dora Simmons, the school being kept in her father’s resi-
dence, and numbered an attendance of twenty-five pupils.

‘During the year following, a school building was erected for the ac-
commodation of the school—a small one-story frame house, comprising
but a single apartment.

The school at present enumerates about two hundred and twenty pu-
pils and is conducted by J. N: Richardson.

CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, PRESS, ETC.

Elk Falls contains only two church organizations—the Methodist Episcopal and Baptist.

The earliest religious services were held in the town in the early part of the year 1871,
and were conducted in the school building, by the Rev. L. F. Laverty, a Methodist preacher,
at which time the organization of a Methodist Congregation was effected.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the early part of igz1, and Rev. J.S.
Harriman was the regular pastor on the circuit, assisted at this point by Rev. James Edmis-
ton as supply, Mr. Rdmiston being then engaged in business in the town. ‘The first
services were conducted in the second story of the building belonging to Hall & Edmiston,
but in the schoolhouse after the erection of that building. The present church house was
built during the fall of 1880, under the pastoral administration of Rev. C. Combs, and was
dedicated in the following winter by Rev. C. C. McCabe.

The church is at present in a very prosperous condition under the-charge of the Rev.
W. H. Goodwin. ; :

The Baptist Church was first organized in the fall of 1870, but this attempt proved a fail-
ure. A second and more successful effort to establish a church was made in June of the
next year, and Rev. N. H. Ward was retained as the regular pastor. The organization was
made with only six constituent members, but whichhas since been inereased to twenty-five.

A church was erected during the summer of 1879, and in the fall of that year was formally
dedicated to divine worship. : >

There are at present ini regularly organized societies in existence at this place. These
are the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Masonic, Grand Army of the Republic and the
Knights of Honor. :

22 Independent Order of Odd Fellows was started September 15, 1871, with only twelve
members.

The officers elected were: Thomas Stout, Noble Grand; R. H. Nichols, Vice Grand;
H. M, Nichols, Secretary; E. H. Nichols, Permanent Secretary; A. Eardman, Treasurer;
and James Beard, Warden. set

The lodge, numbering seventeen members, is in a flourishing condition under_the
official management of William Pierson, Noble Grand; Dr. F.S. Olney, Vice Grand; L. J.
Johnson, Secretary ; H. T. Woodward, Treasurer.

The lodge was fir-t represented in the Grand Lodge by Thomas Stout, but has been repre-
sented in that body since 1877 by Dr. F. 8. Olney.

Masonic Fraternity was instituted here in October, 1871, and P. Cummings was
elected Worshipful Master, and Thomas Stout, Senior Warden. The lodge, with its first
establishment, contained only ten members, but now numbers fifty. Those most chiefly
engaged in setting the movement of the organization of the society on foot were P. Cum-
mings, Thomas Stout and R. H. Nichols. : :

The present officers of the lodge are: C. W. Rambo, Worshipful Master; S. D. Lewis,
Senior Warden; J. N. Bird, Junior Warden; Dr. I. S. Olney, Treasurer; and C.S. King,
Secretary.

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The age of Honor Society began its existence May 9, 1877, and chartered October
1877. H. Baker was chosen Dictator; F. S. Olney, Secretary; A. Eardman, Treasurer.
With its inception the society numbered thirteen members, but has since increased to

twenty-two. The work of organizing was chiefly under the direction of a man named

Howell, of Winfield. The present officers are C. W. Rambo, Dictator; RB. N. Hall, Secretary ;

and G. W. Blackburn, Treasurer.

The Grand Army of the Republic became established in February, 1882, and H. Welty was
elected Commander, F. A, Stoddard, Adjutant. The society contains fifty members, and
hold meetings in Barber’s Hall on the first Thursday ofveach month.

More than one attempt has been made to establish a news journal in the town, but
mostly without success. The first attempt was made by C. L. Goodrich, who began the pub-
lication of a Paper called the Elk Falls Examiner, in the epeing of 1872. The demand for
an enterprise of this sort was yet limited, and the paper fail ing of success fell through, and
was sold to the Winfield Telegram in 1874. The next undertaking of this kind was made in
1873, by N. H. Ward and J.T. Pyle, in the issuance of the Howard County Record, in which
they continued aboutone year and sold out to H. B. Kelly. Kelly issued the paper at Elk Falls
about a year and then removed to Sedan. The third and last enterprise in journalism be-.
gan in 1880 by Thomas Copeland and Thomas Thompson, who ran a paper under the name
of the Elk Falls Signal. This sheet led a sort of migratory existence, having remained only
one year at Elk Falls, when it was taken to Moline and soon afterward to Cherry Vale,
where it became the Cherry Vale Globe, now published at that place. .

The first house for public entertainment was a two-story frame built and run by F.
Bloodgood in 1871, After running the house about seven years, it was sold to Josiah Carr,
who kept it only two years, and it was again sold to H. C. Hitchen, and is now known asthe
Cape Cod House, under the management of J. M, Lufkin.

The Gitchell House was built in 1870, and was run as a public house about two years,
but is now used by A. F. Gitchell as a residence.

The Sherman House was started in 1879, and stands near the railroad depot. The en-
terprise was in the hands of a company of which CU. Truby was the chief party in interest.
The house was under the management of Truby, who afterward became sole proprietor.

George Sherman took possession of the house after Truby, and ran it about one year,
when itwas taken by E. Cole, who has since continued in its management. It is now the
popular railroad eating house, at which trains stop for meals.

The only manufacturing at this place is a grist and flouring mill.- This establishment
was constructed in 1875 by . A. Hall and L. J. Johnson, and is located on Elk River near
the Falls, and from which the propelling power is derived, a turbine water wheel being used.
The mill is a three-story frame with basement underneath, contains four run of buhrs, and
was built at a cost of $1,600. In 1880, it changed hands, becoming the property of John
Longfellow, the present owner and proprietor. This mill besides being the first and only
one in the town of Elk Falls, was also the first built in Elk County. ’

As to what the future of the town may be, little can be said more than mere conject-
ure. It is certain, however, even under ordinary favorable circumstances, that the place
cannot attain to any considerable size, owing to the absence of those requisites and condi-
tions as are necessary to its support, such as manufacturing and mining interests, and the
surroundings of a good agricultural country, etc.

The present tendency of the place is backward rather than progressive, and to predict
tor her a more prosperous situation than she now occupies, would be extremely hazardous
and unwise.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

G, W. BLACKBURN, merchant, was born in Montgomery County, IIl., 1848, and was
raised there until twenty years of age, mibreting to Kansas in 1868, locating at Fredonia,
Wilson County, and ran a livery stable at that point two years. In 1871, came to Elk Falls
and carried on the livery business four years, when he engaged in the grocery trade and
after two years worked into the hardware trade, continuing in the business since; also han-
dles farm machinery and farm implements. His trade having grown nearly 100 per cent,
in 1879 put up a fine stone building 25x60, which he uses for his business. Mr. Blackburn is
a good business man; came to Kansas without anything, and has made what he has since.
He is a genial gentleman and very popular with his many acquaintances. Was married in
the spring of 1870 at Fredonia to Miss Richards, of that place; they have three children, viz.,
Ida G., Grace A. and Byron B. Isa member of Howe Lodge, No 616, K. of H., Elk Falls,

F.N. HANNANT, stock-raiser, P. O. Elk Falls, was born in Norfolk County, England,
1843. In 1848, emigrated to America, locating in Pike County, Ill., where he remained until
1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry, serving over three
years; was captured at the battle of Murfreesboro and taken to Libby Prison, and was
there from December 31, 1862, until March, 1863; was discharged at St. Louis, 1864. He then
secured a situation in the post office as carrier, remaining six months, and for thenext three
years was employed in a wholesale boot and shoe house in St. Louis; in 1870, migrated to
Kansas, locating at Elk Falls, and took aclaim on Section 8, Town 31, Range 11, and was
among the early settlers here; was seventy miles from a railroad; he then continued im-
proving his place and working at the stone-mason’s trade. In 1879, when the railroad was
built through here, sold out and came to Elk Falls, and has been working at his trade since.
In 1881, commenced raising stock; has thirty-five head of cattle. Was one of the active
workers against the division of the county. Was married in 1878 to Miss C. A. Keith, of
Elk Falls; they have three children, viz., Lizzie H., Rebecca B. and Archie. Is a member of
Rollins Post, No. 26,G, A. R.; Meridian Leal Gs No, 126, A., F. & A. M. -

MORRIS HUMPHRIES, farmer, P. O. Elk Falls, was born in Pulaski, Ky., in 1800; was
raised there until nineteen years of age, going from there to Indiana, locating in Rush
County; at the end of four years returned to Kentucky ; remained there twenty-two years.
In 1856, came West, locating in Missouri, and remained two years. 1858, settled in Kansas
and took a homestead in Johnson County, where he remained seven years; there wa3 no
railroad in the State then. After leaving Johnson County, located in Jefferson County and
was there four years; in April, 1869, came to Howard County before the survey was made,
and took a claim on Section 34, Town 31, Range 11; had to go to Ottawa, 110 miles, for his
supplies; was at the first county convention and voted at the first election; has a good claimon
the Elk River with eighty acres of timber; the place is all fenced, 115 acres in cultivation
planted a good orchard of 400 trees; is raising a good many cattle and hogs. Was married
in 1822 to Miss Mary Amos. They have nine children—George, Francis, Franklin, Lin-
dell, Columbus, Norah, Lottie, Jennie, Perry.

L. J. JOHNSON, County Surveyor, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1840, but
was raised in Hardin County, until 1852, when he migrated to Iowa and went to work with
a survey party, working in lowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, running a compass when only
thirteen years of age. In 1865, became identified with the Home Insurance Company, of

Lyons, Iowa, and was a director in the company until 1867, when he was sent to Topeka,
Kansas, to represent the company; then, soon after, he organized the Home, of Topeka, and
became Vice President. At the end of two years, (am2to Elk Falls, and in the winter of
1869-70 circulated a petition for the purpose of organising Howard County ; soon after, the
contract was let for surveying the county, and Mr. Johnson went on the survey, which was
commenced in the fall of 1870 and finished in April, 1871. Mr. Johnson took a claim on
Sections 2 and 3, Town 31, oe 11, containing the water-power of Elk Falls, with a per-
-pendicular fall of nine feet; and soon after, in company with E. A. Hall, put up the first mill
in the county, 30x46 feet, three-stories high, with three run of buhrs; in 1875, sold out; in
1872, was elected County Surveyor of Howard County; since 1875, has been in the insurance
and surveying business, and in 1881 was again elected surveyor of Elk County. Mr. Johnson
is conceded the most thorough insurance man in Southern Kansas. In 1863, was married
to Miss B. W. Elliott, of Benton County, Iowa. They had two children—Cameron and Effie.
Was married again in 1873 to Miss Mary Stout, of Howard County. They had one child,
Malphus. In 1876, was again married in Elk Falls to Miss Jennie E. Lewis. They have
been blessed with three children—Fitz Gordon, Harold and Floy. Is a member of Elk Falls
Lodge, No 77, I. 0. O. F. y

JOHN I. MILLS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Elk Falls, was born in New Jersey
in 1832 but was raised in Delevan County, Ohio, until twenty years of age, then emigrated
to Iowa, locating in Linn County, remaining there until 1870, He is one of the pioneers of
the county; when he first settled he was within a mile of a camp of 700 Indians. He was
two years in California and on the plains previous to coming to Kansas in 1870, Settled in
Elk Falls Township before the survey was made, and there were but two men between

his place and Elk Falls at the time of his settlement. He was twenty-eight miles
from a post office, and 110 miles froma railroad point. His ae lies midway between
Elk Falls and Moline, three miles to either place. It is watered by Wild Cat Creek, and
consists of 200 acres on Sections 7 and 18, has about 50 acres of young timber, 70 acres under
the plow, a small orchard, 380 rods of stone wall and 160 rods of fence. He is raising cattle
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and hogs. - He is one of the best posted men in the county, devoting all of his spare time to
the study of history and government. He was married in 1856 at Pals, Linn Co., Iowa, to
Miss Lydia M. Morris, of that place. They have one daughter, Rose Z. .
F.8. 0: Y, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Potter County, Penn., 1836. In

1845, eee reading medicine; in 1857, migrated to Kansas, locating at Burlington, Osage Coun-
ty, and began the practice of medicine in 1860-61; finished his course at the Winchester Med-
ical College, Frederick County, Va., his old preceptor being in the Chair of Anatomy. He
sraduated in the spring and returned to his old home in Pennsylvania, and while there en-
listed in the first call for 75,000 men in the Forty-sixth, known as the Buck Tail Regiment,

. serving until August, 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability ; then returned

to Osage County, and went to practicing medicine; in 1868, located in Eureka, Greenwood

County, and put up a drug store, drawing the lumber seventy-five miles. In the spring of
1872, located in Howard County and began practice at Boston, and also opened a «rug store
at that, joint; in 1875, located at Elk Falls and has built up an extensive practice, as he is
one of the best physicians in the State ; served in the Osage County Battalion in the fall of
1864, fighting bushwhackers ; was married, in September, 1866, to Miss- Carrie Shaw ; they
have two children—Arthur and Mabel. Is a member of Rollins Post, No 26, G. A. R.; Mer-
ee ke No. 126, A., F. & A.M.; Home Lodge, No. 616, K. of H., Elk Falls, No 77,
., _.C. W. RAMBO, merchant, was born near Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio, in 1847, where he
lived until the spring of 1857, when he emigrated with his parents to Kansas, locating at
Sumner, in Atchison County, where he lived until the breaking-out of the war, when they
moved to Bureau County, Ill., and from thence to his old home near Shelby, working on a
farm and attending district school in winter. In 1864, he enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Ohio In-
fantry and served until the close ofthe war. After the war, he fitted himself fora school teach-
er, and taught several terms. In 1869, he again emigrated to Kansas, locating at Ohio City,
Franklin County, and in a few months went to Independence, Montgomery County, which
consisted of one cabin, the Bunker House, and took a claim near there, and afterward went
into a drug store as clerk. After remaining in Independence three years, went to Prince-
ton, Franklin County, and went into Mr. Fletcher’s store as partner, and, at the end of one
year, they came to Elk Falls, then in Howard County, and bought out E. A. Hall & Co., and
have been running a general store in the place ever since—a period of about ten years.,
When they first started their business in Elk Falls, they had to freight their goods in
wagons forty miles. In 1879, they put up a new stone store 25x60, and the old one was 22x64,
These they connected, and part of the time have had them both filled with goods. They
have had a good trade, Mr. Rambo taking charge of the business here, while his partner is
connected with a large canning establishment at Lawrence. Mr, Rambo.is a pleasant, cour-
teous gentleman and a yooeengh business man. He was married in 1873 to Miss Alice
Fletcher, of Franklin County. They have one son, Clayton C. Mr. Ranibo is Master of
Meridian Lodge, No 126, A., F*. & A. M.; is also a member of Keystone Chapter; alsoa mem-
ber of Rawlins Post, No 26, G. A. R. ; 5
ILNEY RICHOLSON, stock-raiser, P. O. Elk Falls, was born in La Salle County, Il],
in 1848, and was raised there. In February, 1864, enlisted in the,One Hundred Fifty-sixth
Illinois Infantry; serving until the close of the war. In 1871, emigrated to Kansas, locating
in Howard County, and took a claim on Section 12, Town 31, Range 11, on the Elk River,
sixty-five miles from a railroad ; -has 340 acres, with 160 acres fenced ; seventy acres'in cul-
tivation ; has planted 1,000 peach trees, fifty apple trees, and has a variety of small fruits ;
has built a good house, 24x26, good barn, windmills, twenty acres of timber and plenty of
running water; is raising stock, and has been shipping cattle and hogs from Elk Falls for a
number of years; has served as Justice of the Peace and Trustee of his township. He was
married in 1864, in La Salle County, IIll., to Miss Lizzie Hodgson, They have five children
—A.J., N. E., Annie H., Ralph and Jesse E. Isa member of Rollins Post, No. 26,G. A. R.
and Meridian. Lodge, No. 126, A., F. & A. M. :

G. W. ROBERTS, farmer, P. O. Elk Falls, was born in Jackson County, Mich., in 1838,
and was raised there. In 1861, enlisted in the Third Michigan Cavalry, serving four years
dnd eight months; was Quartermaster Sergeant of Company E. After leaving the army,
emigrated to-Kansas, reaching Jefferson County in 1866, and was there three years. In
May, 1869, came to Howard County and took a claim on Section 12, Elk Falls Township.
Tn September, same year, took a claim on Section 34, same township; was one of the first in
the township, and has a farm of 300 acres on Elk River, with about seventy acres of timber;
has fenced 270 acres; has 220 in cultivation; has two orchards, 200 apple and 400 or 500 peach
trees; has three dwelling houses, is raising stock and shipping; has served.as Town Trustee
five terms. He was married in 1871, in Howard County, to Miss Catherine Roberts. They
have seven children—Walter, Ettie, Arthur, May, vere W., Jr., Ralph W. and Roscoe C.
He is a member of Rollins Post, No. 26, G. A. R., and of Meridian Lodge, No. 126, A., F. &

R. R. ROBERTS, farmer, P. 0. Elk Falls, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in
1880, emigrated to Peoria, Ill., in 1848; where he was engaged in the marble business. In
1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-third Illinois Infantry, serving three years; was wounded
and captured at the battle of Chickamauga in September, 1863, and was taken to Libby
Prison, at Richmond, Va., and from there to Danville, and then to Andersonville, where he
was held from March, 1864, until September, 1864, from there to Florence, where he was
confined until March 1, 1865, when the prisoners were turned over to the Government. He
then returned to Illinois, and remained there until 1869, when he removed to Kansas, and
came to Howard County before the treaty was made with the Indians, and took a claim on
Elk River. There were but few settlers there, and it was 110 miles toa railroad point. His
claim was on Sections 12 and 13, Township 31, Range 11, consisting of 212 acres, with eighty
acres of timber. The balance of the place is nearly all under cultivation. He has a fine
orchard and a good farm; is raising stock, being in,that business the most of the time he
has been here, and from 1871 until 1878 was shipping stock. Since then he has done consider-
able business in mining in Colorado, and has at present stock in several mines. He married
- in 1854, and lost his wife the following year. In 1858, he was again married to Miss Eliza-
beth J. Elmore, of Illinois. They have six children—Lewis E., Margaret F., Sallie K., R. R.,
Jr., J. N.and_ Elizabeth G. He is a member of Rollins Post, No, 26, Grand Army of the
Republic, and of Meridian Lodge, No. 126, A., F. & A. M.

JOSEPH ROOT, tinuer, was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1839. In 1844, he removed
to Montgomery County and.lived there and in Darke County until 1853, from thence to
Wabash County, Ind., where he remained until 1861, when he enlisted in the Eighth Indi-
ana Volunteer Tnfantry, serving over four years, In 1863, he was veteranized, serving in
the Western: Division; was in the battles of Pea Bude, Vicksburg and Champion Hill.
After coming out of the army, he returned to Wabash County, and learned the tinner’s
trade, In 1871, he emigrated to Kansas and located in Howard County, and took a claim on
Section 22, Township 31, Range 11. After living in this State five years, he came to Elk
Falls, and the following year put up a tinshop and has followed the business since. Ho was
married in 1866, in Darke County, Ohio, to Miss Amelia Nowlin, They have two sons—
William and Phares. He is a member of Rollins Post, No. 26, Grand Army of the Republic.

F. A. STODDARD, attorney at law, was born in Broome County, N, Y., in 1841, and
was raised there. In 1857, he went to New York City, and was in the mercantile business
until 1862, when he returned to his native county and raised a company, and went into the
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry, and received a Captain's
commission, and was in command of Company{A. In October, 1864, he was promoted,
receiving a Major’s commission, and served until the close of the war; was Judge Advocate
of the Court Martial a good share of the time. After coming out of the army, he located at
Saginaw, Mich., where he was engaged in the clothing trade until 1868; he then came West,
locating at Clinton, lowa, where he was admitted to the bar, ee read law before and
while in the army. In 1876, he came to Kansas, locating at Elk Falls. He was among the
early settlers, and the first attorney to file a case in the District Court of Howard County.
In 1873, he served as Deputy County Attorney, and was in command of the company, raised
here to protect the county records from being stolen, during the county seat war. Mr.

' Stoddard is enjoying a ad. practice, being the only attorney in the place. He was married
in 1870, to Miss Laura V, Butler, of Iowa. They have three children, viz., John, George and
Fred. He isa member of Rollins Post, No. 26, Grand Army of the Republic.

LIEUT. H. WELTY, Justice of the Peace, was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1828,

but was raised in Stark County, Ohio, In 1849, he migrated to Iowa, but returned to Ohio the
following year, locating in Henry County, where he taught school for eleven years, the
‘most of the time in the same school-room. In 1861, he enlisted in the Fourteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, serving three months, then served three years in the Sixty-eighth
Ohio Infantry, serving two years in the ranks, when he was promoted, receiving a First.
‘Lieutenants ission. After coming out of the army, he remained in Ohio until 1870,
when he cathe to Kansas, locating at Elk Falls, and took aclaim on Section 2, Township
31, Range 1f. He was seventy miles from a railroad point the first year, and for ten
years after was forty miles from a railroad. He improved his place, and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

until 1881. In 1872, he traveled all through Howard County, and visited every house and
dugout in the county, working against the division of the county, and to keep the county
seat at this place. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1873, and has held the office
continuously since. He was married, in the anring. of 1851, to Miss Ann Feeney, of Henry
County, Ohio, They have two sons—I’. W. and D. F. He isa member of Meridian Lodge,
No. 126, A., F, & A, M., and is Commander of Rollins Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of

Elk Falls.

MOLINE. .

In the spring of-1879, James Beard, N. Hankerson and H. H. Lamb
located claims in the south part of Elk County. During the spring of
1879, aportion of land was purchased from each of these parties by the
Town Site Company upon which they proceeded to lay off a town, the
survey being made by Maj. J. H. Chapman. ~

The town is located on the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kan-
sas Railroad, about forty miles west of Independence. ; ;

The first building erected on the site was a blacksmith shop belonging
to H. Gallatin, which he brought from the town of Boston and located at
this place. :

. Carter and 8S. B. Hemmenway next opened a general storehouse in
a building erected for that purpose. A dwelling house belonging to Carter
was then brought from Boston, and was the third structure, and Jones &
Hackerman built a stcreroom in which they put a stock of hardware.

D. C. Pierce next erected a hotel, which he continued to run up to
1882, when it was sold, coming under the proprietorship of 8. F. Brown.
During the year 1880, D.C. Pierce started a livery barn, which he afterward
sold to R. Keith, and the latter soon sold out to F. C. Vance. 8. A. Brown
started a lumber yard at the same time. :

The railroad was completed in December of 1879, and the town wit-
nessed a slow but regular growth. It now contains three general stores,
one furniture store, two hardware stores, one grocery, two drug stores, two
millinery and one harness shop, two hotels—the last hotel being built
during the summer of 1882, by Joseph McGee—and the population of the
town numbers about 200.

POST OFFICE.

In May, 1879, the post office was brought from Boston, a little village
on the line between the counties of Elk and Chautauqua, and located at
Moline. The removal was made in a covered wagon in which the office
was kept for three days, the mail being delivered from the wagon. At the
time of the removal of the office, M. Carter held the position of Postmas-
ter and which he has since retained. .

The town derives its educational facilities from the regular country
school district within which it is situated, thus, properly speaking, havitg
no regular school of her own. The building erected in the district for
school purposes was removed to the town and is now used as a school-
house. The school has a membership of 100 pupils, and is divided into
intermediate and primary departments.

For some time the ground in the region of the town had been trod by
men shod with the Gospel of Peace, who zealously proclaimed the Gospel
to fallen man. Services were usual in schoolhouses and residences in
different parts of the neighborhood. In connection with the adjacent
country this was made the central point for the holding of services by the
churches of which there are now two in number, viz.: the Methodist
Episcopal and Baptist.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was established in the spring of 1881
with forty members, under charge of Rev. Mr. Bristow, and at the present
time the congregation numbers sixty of a membership with Rev. William
Goodwin pastor. Services are conducted in the schoolhouse and town hall.
During the summer of 1882, a parsonage was erected at a cost of $600.

The Baptist Church was organized in the fall of 1881 with eight
members and T. A. Walker pastor. At present the congregation numbers
fifteen members. With the first organization, services were held in the
schoolhouse, but soon afterward were held in the town hall, in which they
are now held. ;

_ The first attempt at journalism was made by W. ©. Parker and I. N.
Boicourt in March, 1881, and after an existence of six months it was sold
to Thomas Copeland who continued to issue it under the name of the Elk
County Signal for about one year and was taken to Cherry Vale.

On April 22, 1882, Jasper Carter issued the first number of the Moline
Mercury. It was first issued as a five column folio but since increased toa
seven column folio; is independent in politics and has a circulation of 415.

This of all the attempts has proven successful, the paper being now in
a flourishing state. Jasper Carter, editor and proprietor of the Moline
Mercury, was born in Scott County, Il.; when ten yeurs of age he came
with his father to Nemaha County, Kan., with whom he followed farming,
and subsequently went to Missouri and followed farming for four years in
that State. In 1872, he came to and engaged in farming, selling out his
farm property he embarked in the mercantile business, which he gave up
in March, 1882, and began editing the Moline Mercury.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
J. 8. BOICOURT, miller, was born, in Clark County, Ind., in 1831, but was raised in

. Cass County, Ill., where he learned the carpenter’s trade, remaining until 1865, then emi-

grated to Boone County, Iowa, remaining there until 1870, when he settled. in Kansas, and
was one of the pioneers of Howard County, He took aclaim on Section 11, Township 31,
Range 10, which was watered by Wild Cat Creek, which he put adam across, and in 1874
put up a mill 18x20, J. W. Hanson going in with him at the time, This was the first mill in
this part of the county, and the only one now. In 1879, he remodeled the mill and enlarged
the capacity 100 per cent, and put in a fifteen-horse power engine, and uses both water and
steam power, Mr. Hanson going out and J. S. Boicourt’s son, I.N., taking an interest. Mr.
B. has improved his place, put up good buildings, orchard and grove, and is raising stock.
He is one of the best citizens in the county, and is highly respected by all as a good and
noble man. He was married, in October, 1850, to Miss C. A. Allison, of Cass County, Ill.
They have six children—Mary L., I. N., Clara E., Marcella F., Walter A. and Alma J. He is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. :

M. CARTER, Postmaster, was born in Soott County, IlL, in 1845. In 1860, his parents
moved to Morgan County. In 1863, he came to Kansas, locating at Albany, Nemaha County,
remaining there until 1867. He was in the State militia during the Indian raid in 1864,
and the same fall when Price raided Kansas, In 1871, he located in Howard County, and

lived there . took a claim on Baker's Creek, Centre Township. The next year he sold out and bought a
ELK COUNTY. ,

farm adjoining, which he improved, remaining there until 1876, when he engaged in the
mercantile business at Boston, remaining there three years, and when the town lost the
county seat, he came to Moline, moving his building here. He was appointed Post-
master one year prior to locating here, and when Moline was started the office was changed
from Boston to Moline, Mr. Carter retaining the office. For a time, he kept the office in a
covered wagon. He has been in the mercantile business most of the time until 1882, when
he sold out, and has been salesman in Rodman’s store since, He was married in J: anuary,
1869, at Ottawa, Kan., to Miss L. Dickerson, a native of Knox County, Ill. They have two.
ehildren—Minnie L. and Raymond W. He is a member of Meridian Lodge, No. 126, A., F. &
ge, No. aes
A. M., Elk Falls. Also, member of the Howard Chaper at Howard City,

. J. W. HANSON, merchant, was born inBelmont County, Ohio, in 1841; when fifteen
ears of age, his caabelale located in Illinois, remaining there until 1862, when he enlisted in the
eventy-sixth Illinois Infantry, Company C, serving three years. After coming out of the

army, he emigrated to Cherokee County, Kan., in 1866; at the end of three years came to
Elk County, then Howard, and took a claim on Section 11, Elk Falls Township, which he
panei to improve. In 1872, in company with J.S. Boicourt, builta mill on Wild Cat
reek, known as the Moline Mills. “t

sold-out the mill and came to the town of Moline, he with others having purchased the

town site, and was elected Treasurer of the company. For a time, he was employed as a

salesman in Webb, Downing & Co.'s general store; at the end of one year, bought a third.
interest, and at the end of one year, he and Mr. Downing bought out Mr. Webb. They
have disposed of 214 lots, and have 167 left. Since he has been in the store, they have in-

creased their trade fifty per cent, and is steadily growing. They have a building 22x60,

well stocked with a No. 1 grade of goods. Mr. Hanson is a genial gentleman and liberal

spirited man, who takes a lively interest in the welfare of Moline, and is identified in every

way with any movement which will benefit the town; also carries on his farm on which he

lives, located a short distance from the city. Mr. Hanson and Mrs. Newport, of Cherokee

County, were united in marriage in 1871. They have two children—Maud and Fred. Mr.

H. is a member af the E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R. :

CAPT. WILLIAM J.. HARROD, manager for G. B. Shaw & Co., was born in Morrow
County, Ohio, September 30, 1839. Followed farming as an occupation for the first twenty
years, except thetime occupied in obtaining an education. Educated first'in common school,
where he commenced teaching at about the age of eighteen. Second atthe High School
Chesterville, and ee education at Delaware University, Delaware, Ohio. In 1861,
he enlisted in the Forty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Served first three years as private,
and non-commissioned officer. Re-enlisted as veteran in 1864, Was promoted to First
Lieutenant, and afterward to Captain United States Army. Was in active service during
the war, serving in the Army of the Southwest, under the command of Gens. Pope, Stanly,
Rosecrans, Sherman, Grant, closing his services under command of Gen. George H. Thomas.
At the siege of Nashville, he was made prisoner of war by Gen. N.B. Foust, Athens, Ala., 1865.
Served out his prison life at Meridian and Enterprise, Miss. Was exchanged and returned
to the Army of the Tennessee. Was mustered out April, 1866, but remained in the Govern-
ment service as Agent and Superintendent of the works on National Cemetery, Stone River,
‘Tennessee, and Superintendent of the National dead in the Department of the Cumberlan
until September, 1868. Was married to Miss Hattie A. Beigle, of Altoona City, Penn., at the
Government residence of Capt. D, M. Taggart (Late U.S. A.), Nashville National Cemetery,
by the Rev. William Earnshaw, now Chaplain United States Soldiers’ Home, Dayton, Ohio,
January 1, 1867. Returned to Ohio in 1868. Purchased his old home farm, locating his
father in easy circumstances. Remained until March, 1870, when he sold out and came to
Kansas; located on.a claim on the Osage Diminished Reserve, near Independence, Mont-

omeéry County, Was immediately recognized as an active and worthy citizen. Was made

hairman of the Central Committee, Republican Party, that organized the party and
elected the first Republican ticket in its history. Was Republican candidate for State Leg-
islalure, Forty-seventh District, 1872, and elected Clerk of the District Court in 1874. Moved
to_Labette County, Kan., in 1876, Was Republican candidate for County Commissioner in
1878. Dismissed farming and engaged in stock in Indian Territory,in 1879; losing his
health, returned again to the State, and located at Moline, where he is now engaged in lum~-
ber and grain business. He was admitted to the bar in the District Court, while resident of
Montgomery County, Kan. Read law for a number of years, taking books into camp while
in the army, reading at odd times, when circumstances would admit. Is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Was licensed to preach in 1874, doing both itinerant and local
work. Was charter member and Master of Liberty Lodge, No. 123, A., F. & A. M., and char-
ter member McPherson’s Post, G. A. R., Howard City, Kan. Isaman of clean reputation,
and takes an. active part in all moves of a moral and educational tendency. ;

W. H. H. LAMB, farmer and salesman with G. B. Shaw & Co., was born in Cattaraugus
County, N. Y., 1838. After receiving his education, was employed in the office with his
father, Judge Lamb, for a number of years, after which he engaged in the mercantile trade,
remaining there until 1871, when he migrated to Kansas, pees in Howard County, and
took a claim on Section 10, Township 31, Range 10. Was among the earliest settlers in this
township. His place is well watered by the Wild Cat Creek; has improved the place; has a
fine stone house, with a fine peach and apple orchard, and small fruits; a fine stone quarry,
and kas one of the best places in the county. In 1879, sold eighty acres to the Moline Land
Company, the balance of the place joining the town site, In 1881, received a position with
G. B. Shaw & Co., lumber and grain dealers, and has remained with them since. Was mar-
ried in 1859, to Miss Margaret E. Wickershaw, of Hesper, Iowa. She died in 1867. In 1870,
was married again in Bonham, Tex., to Miss O. D. Delaney, of Missouri. They have four
children, vi: Harry, Charlie, Carrie M. and Cora. i Ny abe

GEORGE W. MERRILL, merchant, was born in Troy, N. Y.,in 1836, but was raised
in Bradford County, Penn., until eight years of age, when his parents migrated to Lake
County, Ind., where he remained most of the time until he came to Kansas. In 1862, en-
listed in the Ninety-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving three“years, and was with
Sherman in his march to the sea, tramping some 4,000 miles in all. Was wounded in 1863,
during the Atlanta campaign. In 1870, migrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County,
and took a claim on the Pacer River. After remaining there two or three years, he went
into the stock business on the Middle Caney, remaining there five years; then sold out
aud came to Moline in 1880, and put in the first stock of goods in the place, consisting of
drugs and notions; has increased his trade about 400 per cent, and has a business started
which will continue to improve, as he is a good business man, and works on a cash basis.
Has handled real estate to some extent since he has been here. Isa genial weet ea whom
the people like to trade with.” Is a member of Lake Lodge, No. 157, A., F. & A. M. ,

. H. SMETHERS, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Mercer County, Tll., in
1857, and in 1866, his parents emigrated to Kansas, locating in Greenwood County, where he
received his education and taught several terms of school. In 1876, he commenced reading
inedicine, and finished his education at Rush Medical College, Chicago, graduating from that
college in 1881. Also took three private courses, one on the eye and ear, and two on the dis-
eases of the throat and chest. In June, 1881, he located at Moline, where he has been prac-
ticing medicine since. He isa genial gentleman, and has given good satisfaction, being well
‘postedin his profession. He is a member of Olive Lodge No. 181, A., F. & A. M., and of Green-
‘Wood Lodge, No. 1551, K. of H., and Moline Lodge, No. 87,A.0.U.W. ot

JOHN THOMPSON, furniture dealer, was born in Leeds, England, in 1827, living there
and at Manchester until 1836, when he. emigrated to America and located at Catskill,
in the State of New York. In 1838, emigrated to Allen County, Ind., and was a resident of
that county for twenty years, engaged in farming. He then engaged inthe mercantile trade
in Jasper County, remaining there until 1871, when he settled in Howard County, Kan., tak-
ing a claimin Elk Falls Township. Improved the place by breaking forty acres, planting a
hedge around the farm, built a good house, and put out ‘fruit, and remained on the place.
until 1881, then sold out and came to Moline, and was salesman in a store for one year. In

the spring of 1882, bought a building and put in it a stock of furniture, and has a good trade.
He is one of the best business men in the place, and a goodcitizen. He was married, in 1853,
to Miss Sarah Curl, of Allen County, Ind., the first white child born in Elkhart County.
, They have nine children—Mary E., Margaret J., W. H., John W., Alice M., Anette, Hiram
A, George C. and Florence B. He is a member of the Methodist pple Church, Lodge,
No. 56, A., F. & A. M., and was president of the first Masonic meeting ca. ed’in this county.

GRENOLA.

_ In the spring ot 1870, John James and Hugh Hart located a town site
in the southwest part of Elk County, to which they gave the name of
Canola, the site being upon land owned by John Reid and H. L. Corum,
the original claimants.

This was one of the first mills in the county, In 1880-

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The first establishments were a general store belonging to the Hart
brothers, and the post office which was located at this point in March,
1870, with John Reid as Postmaster. The town progressed slowly up to
1879, when its location was changed, at which time it contained several
business houses and a population of one hundred, among whom there was
but one woman, Mrs. Melvin by name.

* To the north of Canola a distance of about three miles stood the rival
town of Greenfield. This place had been established since 1869, the post
pflfice being located there at that time, and Rev. Mr. Vickers held the com-
mission of Postmaster. The site stood upon a claim belonging to A. A.
Toby, but only a small space was laid off into town lots. The first busi-
ness'started in the place was a general store belonging to A. A. Toby.
But little progress was made, in the building of the town, which never
attained to much importance.

The two towns thus stood rivals for some years, with Canola far in the
advance. Upon the completion of the Kansas City, Lawrence & South-
ern Kansas Railroad through the south part of Elk County, the two places
became united, the railroad having passed between them at an almost
equal distance from each. :

Both towns were thus left apart from the’ advantages of the railroad,
which they were anxious to secure. The consequence of this state of
os was their consolidation, which took place on the 7th day of July,

79. ‘
The survey of the new site was made by a man by the name of Ross,
on land purchased from W. H. Guy, by the Town Site Company, com-
‘posed of citizens of the town. Originally the claim had been taken by

ilas Gibson, who afterward sold out to C. Maris, who disposed of the
same to Guy. At its formation the company numbered twenty shares of
$20 each, and Thomas Hawkins was President; D. M. Reid, Secre-
tary, and W. H. Guy, Treasurer. The number of shares have since
been increased to one hundred, and as an index of the prosperity and
prospects of the town, the shares have sold at a premium of twenty-five
per cent since the estiblishment of the town site, 7

EARLY SETTLERS.

The town being formed as before detailed, from the union of the towns
of Canola and Greenfield, owing to the simultaneous removal of business
houses from ‘each of these, its upbuilding was extremely sudden. The
earliest business house, however, that was started in the town was a gen-
eral store belonging to Browder Brothers, in the room now occupied by J.
N. Aubushon’s drug store. The next was a grocery, owned by George
Lee. There was, however, but a short time between the establishment of
these, and others followed in rapid and almost unbroken succession. The
town, with a population of about seven hundred, contains three general
stores, two groceries, one furniture, two drug, two millinery and two hard-
ware stores, two hotels, three billiard halls, two restaurants, two black-
smith and two wagon shops, one saddlery shop, two livery barns and one
lumber and coal yard. .

During the building of the railroad in the fall of 1879,-the town was
pervaded with an atmosphere of ruffianism that bordered closely upon
outlawry. At that time the place contained several saloons, and the in-
toxicating beverage found ready sale to the construction hands, and drunk-
enness ran riot through the streets ; so much so, indeed, that in walking
on the streets in the night time one was sure to stumble over the prostrate
forms of half a score or more men in a beastly state of intoxication.

uarrels and fighting were common, but only one death occurred amidst
all this disorder and confusion, and that accidental, resulting from intoxi-
cation, and is the first to head the death record of the town. It was that
of H,,R. Jackson, a construction hand, and occurred in the spring of 1880.
Jackson, it appears, had been drinking freely, and on going home in the
darkness fell through a trestle on the railroad, receiving injuries from
which he soon afterward died. ; :

The first child born in the town was Grenola Lee, daughter of George
and Mrs. R. A. Lee. Being the first child born in the town and having
the same name, the town company honored her by deeding to her in fee
simple one of the best lots in the place.

Grenola became incorporated as a city of the third class in the fall of
1880, the incorporation being hastened from differences arising between
the temperance and anti-temperance elements.

The first officers elected for the government of the new city were
J. C. W. Crider, Mayor; J. L. Barnes, Treasurer;.M. W. Williams, Clerk;

-C. A. Kelso, Police Judge; W. Hatchett, Marshal; William Dory, J. N
Aubushon, J. A. Weston, L. H. Smith and A. 8. Browden, Councilmen.

The city at present is under the official management of Neil Shaffer,
as Mayor; T. W. Hilton, Clerk; M. Hoyt, Police Judge; D. M. Reid,
Treasurer ; John Burden, Marshal ;. William Dory, John Pugh, George
Stanwood and John Hank, Councilmen.

The Grenola Post Office was established August 1, 1879. Both Canola
and Greenfield had been points for the distribution of mail matter, but
when the towns consolidated both these were abandoned and Grenola was
made its location, with D. M: Reid as Postmaster, who has since that time
been retained in that capacity. :

The school district of which the town of Grenola forms a part, is
formed from parts of Districts 21, 22 and 23.

The first school was taught by John D. Simpson and B. F. Weeks,
and was kept in the building erected for school purposes. The house is a
one-story stone, consisting of two apartments. ‘The first school numbered
an enrollment of 110 and has increased to 200. The school is graded, form-
ing the intermediate and primary divisions.

CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, ETC.

The people in the vicinity of Grenola were first ministered to in “ holy

things” iy Dey. Mr. Vickers, a local divine of the Methodist, denomina-
-tion, meetings being held in sehoolhouses and private residefces. Whe

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the town of Grenola sprang into existence it was made the station for the
ae We churches, of which there are two, the Baptist and Methodist
piscopal.

The Baptist Church was established in the spring of 1881 with a mem-
bership of ten, and Rev. F. Stanton preached to the people as a supply,
no regular pastor having been employed. The services were held in the
Methodist Church. In January, 1882, Rev. F. L. Walker began the pas-
torate of the church, :and has continued pastor up to this time. The
congregation, numbering twenty members, are putting forth efforts for
the erection of a church building, which it is their design to complete dur-
ing the next year.

The Methodist denomination formed themselves into a church at the
starting of the town. Canola and Greenfield had been preaching points
prior to this.. The earliest ministrations to this congregation had been
made by the Rev. Mr. Vicker, but upon the locating of a church at Grenola,
_Rev. D. F. Owens became pastor.

A church building was erected during the latter part of 1881, and was
dedicated by Rev. C. A. King in February of the year following. The
building is a one-story stone structure, comparatively well furnished, and
cost when completed about $2,500. The congregation, comprising a mem-
bership of sixty persons, is‘under the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Fox.

The town numbers among its residents many whose religious faith is
allied to other denominations, but who have not as yet organized them-
selves into a regular church body. -

The Methodist Church of Grenola is but one of six points, at each of
which an organization exists, comprising what is known as the Grenola
Circuit, the entire circuit numbering 160 members.

Grenola, notwithstanding her size and mercantile importance, boasts
of only one regularly organized fraternity.

e Ancient Order of United Workmen was organized February 7,
1882, with a membership of sixteen. The organization was effected chiefly
by W. R. Sheen, then Deputy Grand Master, and who since then has been
made Grand Master. The object and purpose of the institution is a mutual
insurance between its members.

The first officers were R. W. M. Roe, Master Workman; B. F. Weeks,
Recorder, and Neil Shaffer, Financier.

The present officers are J. A. R. Elliott, Master Workman; B. F.
Weeks, Recorder, and M. B. Yancy, Financier.

The first house of public entertainment in Canola was the Canola
House, kept by A. J. McClure, who subsequently moved the building to
Grenola, where it was run as the Grenola House. About one year after
his removal, McClure sold out to M. Watson, and the house being im-
proved extensively is now known as the Watson House.

The next hotel was the Farmers’ House, built in 1879 by F. G. Hutch-
inson, who has continued to run it as a public house up to this time.

- Inthe fall of 1880, Henry Brown opened the Commercial House, which
he operated up to June, 1882, at which time the building was sold and
converted into a hardware store.

The first newspaper started in Grenola was the Grenola Argus, edited
and published by John E. Stinson, who struck off the first issue on Decem-
ber 20, 1879.- On June 19, 1880, the entire establishment was sold to E. F.
Wisner, who, after possessing it for only two or three weeks, again dis-
posed of a half interest in ‘the concern to A. V. Wilkinson, and in the
October following Wilkinson became sole p*oprietor.

Wilkinson continued alone in the publication of the paper up to March
of 1882, when another change was made, A. M. Crosley becoming asso-
ciate editor and proprietor by the purchase of a half interest. The name of
the sheet was also changed to that of the Cana Valley Herald. The paper
was formerly a six-column folio, but is now a seven-column folio. It is
independent in politics, and has a circulation of 400 copies.

A. V. Wilkinson, of the firm of Wilkinson & Crosley, editors and
propeistete of the Cana Valley. Herald, at Grenola. Kan., was born in

uffalo, Mo., September 238, 1856. He resided with his parents, attending
school, until nineteen years of age, when he began to leatn the printer’s
trade, in which he was engaged about eight months. Following this he
came to Winfield, Kan., in 1876, and was employed as typo on the Win-
field Telegram, where he remained about four years, at which time he
gave up his employment and came to Grenola, taking a half interest in
the Grenola Argus, and is now associated with A. M. Crosley in the pub-
lication of the same paper, under the name of the Cana Valley Herald.

A. M. Crosley, associate editor of the Cana Valley Herald, was born
in Cassville, Penn., October 6, 1854. The early part of his life was spent
under the parental roof, attending school, etc. After his arrival at ma-
jority, he attended Cassville Seminary for two years, and also followed
teaching, in which he was engaged for about eight years. Came to Kansas
April 1, 1879, and, settling at Elk Falls, began teaching, which avocation
he prosecuted till the spring of 1882, when it was given up tw enter the
field of journalism in company with A. V. Wilkinson, editing and pub-
lishing the Cana Valley Herald, he having purchased a half interest in
that paper. :

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP.

D. J. BISHOP, farmer, P. O. Grenola, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1833, where
he was raised, living there until 1861, when he enlisted in the Sixty-third Ohio Infantry,
Company B, serving fourteen months, In 1863, he joined the National Guards and was out
100 days, and was home but two months from that time, when he was drafted and reported
at Columbus, Ohio. He was put on detached duty, taking substitutes to the front in South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and New York. Coming out of the army, he returned
to Ross County and remained there until 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating at Hum-
boldt; soon after went to Neodesha, Wilson County, and was there eighteen months, and
thence to Howard County and took a claim on Section 4, Township 31, Range 9. He was
seventy-five miles from market, and there were no improvements near his claim. He has
140 acres under cultivation, the farm all fenced, and two acres of fruit and other improve-
ments. Has about 400 fruit trees, 200 of which are very fine peach trees, and also has a
large varicty of small fruits. He was Justice of the Peace four years, and is one of the
lestifee, men of the town. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Maggie Ware, of Pike County,
Onio. They have four children—Elener E., Willis K., Percy D. and Charley M. He is a
member of Grenola Lodge, No. 86, A. O. U. W., and Chillicothe Lodge, No. 83, I. 0. 0. F.

HISTORY OF KANSAS

I. N. CAMPBELL, farmer, P. 0. Grenola, was born in Kane County, l., in 1850, and
was raised there. In 1868, emigrated to Kansas and located in Labette County. At the end
of two and one-half years, located in Howard County, and located a claim on Section 36,
Town 31, Range 9, then about seventy miles from a rail road. He at once proceeded to make
a farm, and has added to the original claim, and now has 720 acres of land, 340 of which is
under cultivation. Has the whole place under fence, seven miles of hedge, fifteen acres of
orchard, barn 32x36, three good houses and piety of running water, besides several fine
springs, timber and everything to be desired on a farm; is very extensively engaged in
stock-raising, has 142 head of stock ; also buys and ships considerable stock, and handles a

reat many hogs. Is one of the best stock men in the county, and has been very successful.
Was married, in 1876, in Elk County, Kan., to Miss E. A. Walworth. Mr. Canipbell is a
genial gentleman, and very popular in the county. Aas . ;

E.G. DEWEY, wool-grower, P.O. Grenola, was born in Berkshire County, Mass., in
1842, Was raised in Lagrange County, Ind., until nine years of age, and in Ogle County,
Jil, from the age of nine until 1860, when he emigrated to Jefferson County, Mo., and was
there four years. During his stay in Missouri he served in the enrolled militia of that
State. In 1864, he returned to Illinois, locating in Marion County, and engaged in fruit-
raising and teaching. In 1871, he came to Kansas and located a claim on Section 26, Town
30, Range 9, and made the first claim in this part of the town. He then returned to Mis-
souri, and took a course at the Missouri State Normal School at Kirksville, finishing in
1873. Was principal of the Salem, Ill, graded ana high school in 1874-75. He then re-
mained the most of each year teaching until 1875, and engaged in sheep raising; the fol-
lowing year, he was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction for a term of two years;
in 1877, 1878, 1879-80, he was eroepe of the Elk Falls schools, and, in 1881, was Principal
of the Howard schools; since then, be has devoted his attention strictly to his sheep. He has
100 acres of his claim under cultivation, planted two miles of hedge, put up a good house,
planted a good orchard, and has sheep sheds, etc. He has 700 head of high grade of merino
sheep, which he has graded from coarse wool sheep. He has been very successful in his
business, his investment paying about 45 per cent per annum. He has eighty per cent of-
the increase, and the average clip has been six pounds. He also does something in raising
cattle. He was married, in 1878, to Miss Jennie Robb, of Elk County. They have one son
—Ralph E,

a G. DILLEY, farmer, P. 0. Grenola, was born in Lake County, Ind., in 1840, and
was raised there until twenty years of age. In 1861, he enlisted in the Ninth Indiana
Infantry, serving four years and three months, After coming out of the army, he engaged
in.the mercantile business until 1871, when he emigrated to Kansas and took aclaimin How-
ard County (now Elk) on Section 25, Town 30, Range8; was eighty-five miles from a railroad
point, where he had to go for all supplies. His claim is watered by the Big Caney River; has
added 200 acres, and now has a farm of 360 acres, with eighty acres under cultivation,
eighty acres fenced, fifteen acres of timber, good orchard and small fruits, ete. Is raising
sheep, starting in 1880 with thirteen, which he increased to 220 in two years, yielding from
seven to eight pounds of wool per head, and paying thirty-five per cent, the increase saved
being eighty-five per cent. Is also raising some fine short horn Durham cattle. Mr. Dilley
is one of the enterprising men of the county and a good farmer. Was married, in 1868, to
Miss M. L. Wheeler, of Rome, N. Y.; they have two children—William A. and Eva A. Mr.
and Mrs. Dilley are members of the M. E. Church.

WILLIAM DORY, stock-dealer, was born in Allegany County, N. Y., in 1837, but
was raised in Leighton County. In 1863, enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth New
York Volunteer Infantry, serving until the closeofthe war. In 1876, emigrated to Michigan,
locating near Grand Rapids, and engaged in farming, remaining there until 1870, when he
lost heavily through the failure of Gardner & Armatage, and then emigrated to Kansas,
locating in Howard County (now Elk). The survey was not made, and for- the first six
months had his time with the survey party, then took a claim on Section 6, Town 31, Range
9, on the Big Caney River; was ninety miles from market. He has added 100 acres to the
claim, making a place of 260 acres, situate one and a half miles north of Grenola, with 100
acres under cultivation. twenty acres of timber on the river, making a fine place for stock.
The place is all hedged, with an orchard of 400 apple trees, 2,000 peach trees, and a large
variety of small fruits. Is raising and feeding 250 head of cattle per year, and since 1876,
has been buying and shipping a great many cattle; also has stock in the Grenola Town
pompany, and has been a Director in the company all the time since. Has put up several
fine buildings in Grenola and a good ice-house twenty-two feet square, and is furnishing ice
to the town. Has fine residence on his farm andintown. Wasmarried, in 1858, at Hornells-
ville, N. Y., to Miss Clark. They have one son—William, Jr., who has charge of the stock
farm. Mr. Dory is one of the best business men in the place, and a genial gentleman.

_ C. B. FUQUA, farmer, P. 0. Grenola, was born in Hart County, Ky., in 1837, and was
raised there until sixteen years of age, going from there to Knox County, Ill. In 1854,
emigrated to Jasper County, Iowa, remaining there six years. In 1861, went to Utah,
remaining there one year, thence to Nevada, and then to California, and in the spring of
1863, went to Oregon, remaining there three years, enlisting in the First Oregon Infantry,
serving nineteen months, mostly on the frontier. After coming out of the army, went to
Washington Territory, remaining nearly two years, then for a year or two was traveling,
and, finally, reaching Kansas in 1870, was one of .he first settlers in Howard County, com-
ing here before the county was surveyed, and took a claim on Section 5, Town 31, Range 9;
has improved that and several other places in the county, and at last bought a place on Sec.
tion 6, Town 31, Range 9. Has sixty-five acres improved, 160 apple trees, and 200 peach and
other kinds of fruit, etc. The place is well watered by Caney River, with twenty acres of
timber, Is ae a good many cattle, hogs and horses. The place is two miles trom mar-
ket. Was married in Greenfield Township, Elk County, Kan., June 26, 1870, to Miss Nancy
A. Weeks, this being the first marriage in the township. They have five children—Roosa
A., A. D., Thomas T., Robert F. and Martha A.

E. HAIGLER, farmer, P, O. Grenola, was born in Virginia in 1824; in 1830, his par-
ents settled in Ohio, remaining there about ten years, and thence to Iowa. In 1857, he
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Calhoun County, and was among the earliest settlers in
the county, and put up the first saw-mill in the county. At the end of two years, located in
Miami County. At the end of two years, settled in Coffey County. While there, in 1861,
he enlisted in the Second Kansas Infantry, serving six months, He then returned to
Miami County, and was there five years. In 1871, he located a claim in Howard County (now
Elk) just after the survey was made. His claim is on Section 35, Township 31, Range 9; was
seventy miles froma railroad when he took his claim. He has well improved the place
which contains 160 acres, all under cultivation, excepting twenty-one acres of pasture, all
fenced, and he has planted a fine orchard of seventeen acres, about the best. in the county,
and has all kinds ot fruits. He takes great pride in his fruit-growing, and besides the com-
mon fruits has a few specialties, among which will be found oriceicrice: His peach and
apple crops are very lar e. In 1847, he was married in Washington County, Iowa, to Miss
tee of that place, They have six children—Mary, Smiley, Isabelle, Erastus, Laura and

THOMAS P. HAWKEN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Grenola, was born in Logan
County, Ohio, in 1844, In 1863, he enlisted in the Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infancy,
serving until August, 1865. He was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek in 1864. In
1869, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Woodson County, remaining there for one year,
thence to Howard County (now Elk), and took a claim on Section 31, Town 31, Range 9;
was eighty miles from market, his place lying on the Caney River, he being one of the first
settlers, there. He has added 260 acres to his original claim of 166 acres, which he has con-
verted into a stock farm. Has plenty of running water and sixty acres of timber, makin,
a fine shelter for his stock. Has 200 acres under the plow and 320 acres fenced. Has a go
orchard of 300 apple trees, 1,000 peach and a variety of small fruits, He is extensively
engaged in stock-raising and feeding, handling about 100 head per annum. In 1879, he
became one of the stockholders in the Grenola Town Com aby, and was elected the first
President, and is one of the Directors at present. He was Chatrtaa of the Township Rail-
road Committee which secured the railroad through the township. When Howard County
was divided, he was appointed the first Clerk of Elk County. In 1873, was Township Trustee
of ee he wae paperied, - 1855, to Miss Brawls, of Logan County, Ohio. They have

—. . E.. W. R., Bertie M. i
Post, No. 25 GA. R, of Toward. eM., Dora E, He is a member of the E. M. Stanton
IEUT. MATHIAS HOYT, was born near Newark, Ohio h h

was raised until seventeen ues of age, when he went to Woodford Comat Ti chur he an
listed in the Twenty-sixth Illinois Voluntecr Infantry. Served three years and six months.
Enlisted as a private soldier and was discharged as Second Lieutenant of Company K.
Was with Sherman in his march to the sea. as in command of foraging party throu h
North and South Carolina. Was surrounded by guerrillas and barely esca od wit his life,
eee his men being hung to trees by the roadside. Was in command of Company K,

wenty-sixth Illinois, at battle of Bentonville, North Carolina; his company was first to
ELK COUNTY.

cross the bridge at Bentonville, North Carolina, under a storm of i i
caused a loss of one-third of his company. Pe eens

NEF. I ENNE, farmer, P. 0. “Grenola, was born in Vermont in 1832. When twelve
years of. age he emigrated to Eaton County, Mich., being one of the early settlers in that
county. In 1861, he enlisted in the Second Michigan Cavalry, serving three years and a
half; was captured near Chattanooga in 1863, and was a prisoner of war for seventeen months,
being six months in Andersonville prison. After coming out of the army he remained in
Eaton County until 1871, when he emigrated to Kansas, Ieceting in Elk County (then How-
ard), and took a claim on Section 18, Township 31, Range 9, the place being watered by
Caney Creek. He has sixty-five acres under cultivation, with a fine orchard, with all kinds
of fruits. He has fifteen acres of timber which affords good shelter for stock. He has about
200 head of sheep of a good grade of Merino, the yield being about seven pounds per head,
the investment paying from thirty-five to forty per cent. He has served as Treasurer of the
Town of Greefield for two terms, and is one of the best citizens in the township. He was
married in 1851, at Eaton Rapids, Michigan, to Miss Mary Taylor, of that place. They have
one daughter—J.C. They aré members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

C. A. KELSO, merchant, was born in Morgan County, Indiana, 1834. Learned the
carpenter trade, and remained there until 1856, going from there to Illinois, where he fol-
lowed his trade and bridge building; in 1860, returned to his old home in Morgan County,
and engaged in building there until 1861, when he raised Company G, of the Twenty-seventh
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but would not accept a commission,
Sergeant. Was on detailed duty the most of the time, and made out all the rolls, and was in
comurand of the company during several battles. Was taken prisoner once, and received
two wounds, and after serving three years, returned to Indiana, and in the fall of 1865, em-
en to Boone County, Iowa. Was elected Justice of the Peace in Hendricks Township
the fall of 1866, and served until he came to Kansas, and first located in Labette County,
where hé followed his business of building in 1867 and 1868. Built the dam and mill at Oswego,
32x40, put in the machinery, and had charge of it four months; in 1869, located in How-
ard County, in what is now known as Belleville Township, Chautauqua County, on the
Big Caney River. Was the pioneer of that part of the county; was twenty-five miles from
any other settlers, and about eighty miles from a railroad point. There were several hun-
dred Indians camping on the river near him when he settled there. His place wasin Sec-
tions 7 and 8, although at the time of settling there the survey had not been made. The
plies was well adapted for stock-raising, there being nearly 100 acres of timber on the creek.

He put up a log cabin, and forover a year Sunday school was held there every Sunday, it

being the only house which was large enough to accommodate the people. Mr. Kelso
cleared twenty-five acres of timber and farmed the place; had 100 acres under cultivation;
pat out a fine orchard of peach and apple trees; put up stables, cribs and granary ; good
rame bouse, 22x30, and for ten years lived on the place, and was engaged in stock-
raising to a large extent. Also did a large business in contracting aad Gallding: and
his first work being Hart’s mill, on the Caney River, in Chautauqua County, 24x50, forty-feet
high—a large mill for the county at that time; put up the greater portion of the buildings
in Oswego, the court house and several buildings in Sedalia, and in 1879, when the L. L. &
G, Railroad was built through Elk County, came to Grenola, where he commenced contract-
ing and building, putting up several of the first business houses and dwellings in November
of 1879. Engaged in the hardware and implement trade, which he has followed since.
Was Chairman of the Convention in 1870, to organize Howard County; served two terms as
Trustee and Assessor of his township ; was Chairman of the Caney Claim Club, which was
organized before there were any officers in the county; and when the city of Grenola was
organized, was elected the first Police Judge, serving from 1880, until May, 1882. Was mar-
ried in 1852, to Miss Mary M. Thurston, of Shelby County, Indiana. They have seven liv-
ing children—James N., Thomas E., Martha C., Willis D., Ulysses G., Mabelle and Charles
L. 1s a member of the G. A. R.; of Adams Lodge, No. 36, A., F. & A. M.; Oswego Lodge,
No, 63, I. 0. O. F.; Grenola Lodge, No. 80, A. O. U. W., and of the Missionary Baptist Church,
and was licensed in 1873 to preach, and had two charges in the county.

R. M. LAWYER, farmer, P. 0. Grenola, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1844.
In 185é, he went to INinois and was raised in Tazewell County, living there until the fall of
1869, when he located in Bates County, Mo , and at the end of one year, located on a claim
in Howard County, Kan., on Section 30, Township 30, Range 9, and was among the first set-
tlers in that part of the township. He was at the organization of the county, and was
elected the first Trustee of Greenfield Township. The following year he was elgsted Jus-
tice of the Peace and held the office continuously for seven years. Again in 1884, was elected
Trustee of the township. hen he first settled in Kansas, he was eighty mileS*from a rail-
road, He has improved his farm, which consists of 137 acres, all under cultivation but ten
acres, all fenced, and has planted twelve acres of orchard, put up two houses on the farm
and other buildings. He has been in the sheep-raising business for some time. He was mar-
ried in Bates County, Mo., in 1871, to Miss Nellie Gardner. They have three children—May,
Jane E. and Ada. e is a member of Meridian Lodge, No, 126, A., F. & A.M.

C. P. LEE, farmer, P. O. Grenola, was born in Essex County, N. Y., in 1844. In March,
1864, he enlisted in the Tenth New York Heavy Artillery and served eighteen months. In
1870, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County and took a claim on Section 9,
Township 31, Range 9, on a branch of Caney River. Humboldt was the nearest railroad
point, a distance of nearly oe ae miles. The following year, his mother came West
and located a claim adjoining her son’s, and these two places he had improved. He has 100
acres under cultivation, the most of the place is under fence; he has planted three acres of
timber and a good orcLard, put up a good frame house, 18x22, and a wing 12x30 feet, draw-
ing the lumber eighty-five miles. He has plenty of running water and good springs on the
place, making a very desirable stock farm. Mr. Lee has been in the stock business the most,
of the time since he has been here. He owns mining stock in several Colorado mines. He
has done well here, having made the most of his property since he came. He is one of the
substantial farmers of his town and aman highly respected. He has served as Clerk of
Greenfield Township two terms. Was burnt out by a prairie fire April, 1873. Horses, hogs,
inning Poplemenia, house and contents were destroyed.

__ J. H. LEE, merchant, was born in Marion County, Ind., in 1825, and lived there and in
Missouri until 1864, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Coffey County, where he took
aclaim. Was one of the pioneers of this county and had to go 100 miles to market and paid
10 cents Pa pound for flour, $5 per hundred-weight for corn meal and $10 per barrel for salt.
Saw hard times, as he had little to do with, but finally began stock-raising, in which he did
a large business. In 1875, he settled in Grouse Creek, Cowley Co., where he was extensively
engaged in farming and stock dealing. In the spring of 1882, he came to Grenola, and with
his son engaged in the grocery business. His son went out soon after, and he is now in
company with Mr. Brown. He is also dealing in stock ; has 100 head of cattle and also does
some businsss in buying and shipping stock; also owns a fine farm of 160 acres one mile
east of Grenola, with eighty acres under the plow, good buildings and fine orchard of apple
and peach trees. Was married, in 1844, to Miss Newbury, of Missouri. They have three
children, viz., Sarah, Emma and George. Mr. Lee is a member of the Masonic order.

_ CHARLES LIEBAN, wool grower, P. 0. Grenola, was born in Germany, in 1835, and
eral peated. to America in 1851. Located at Philadelphia and learned the wheelwright’s trade.
In 1857, he emigrated to St. Louis, Mo., where he remained two years; from thence to Lexington,
Mo., where he remained until the outbreak of the war in 1861 ; thence to Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. In 1864, he went to the mountains; stayed thgre four years, when he returned to Le-
roy, Coffey Co., Kan. In 1870, he came to Elk County, then Howard, and took aclaim on
Section 1, Township 31, Range 8, nicely watered by two branches of Caney Creek. He was
fifty miles from market, and- had to go that distance for all their supplies. Flour was worth
from $5 to $6 per hundred-weight, bacon 25 cents per pound and times were hard, but the
subject of this sketch was not discouraged, but went to work with a will and has heen well
rewarded for his labors. He and his youngest brother, Frederick, own 420 acres of fine
land, thirty acres being timber, 120 acres under cultivation and 260 acres fenced, and is but
three and a half miles from market. He has planted a fine orchard and Pus up good build-
ings; he has 700 head of sheep. He started in 1876 with 160 common sheep, and has im~-
proved them until he has a high grade of merinos, yielding nine pounds per head, also raises
other stock, but makes a specialty of sheep. His brother Frederick has been with him since
1871. He was born in 1852 and came to Kansas in 1868. He was married in 1883 to Miss
Rachel jopea -

ALBERT LOGSDON, farmer, P. O. Grenola, was born in Hart County, Ky., 1826, where
he was raised and lived until 1870,when he migrated to Kansas and was one of the early
settlers in Howard County and took a claim on Section 6, Township 31, Range 9, this being
before the survey was made, and was-eighty-five miles from a railroad. His place contains
320 acres of land, well watered by the Caney River, with five or six acres of timber, making a
fine place for stock, which he is raising to some extent; has 100 acres in cultivation and
has avery desirable farm, situated but three miles from market. Mr. Logsdon is a good
farmer and has many warm friends in this town. Was married, in 1846, to Miss Nancy

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ete of Hart County, Ky. They have ten living children, viz.: C. V., A. E., H. A., A. L.,
8. F., Lovica, Virginia, Lucy, Nettie and Marcy.

DENNIS LOGSDON, farmer, P. 0. Grenola, was born in Hart County, Ky., 1833, where
he was raised and lived until 1870 and was engaged in farming and teaching. From there
he came to Kansas and located‘a claim on Spring Creek, on Section 36, Township 31, Range
8, Greenfield Township, his claim being the first or second claim taken on the creek in this
county. He was over ninety miles from a railroad and it took eight days to make a trip for
provisions at that time. He has a splendid farm of 160 acres, 120 acres of which are in cul-
tivation, the whole under fence, a good orchard, fifteen acres of timber, with plenty of run-
a water, good house, 14x28, with wing 14x28, and good stables. Was at the first election
held in the county and was elected the first Constable of Greenfield Township. Mr. Logsdon
is raising stock and has forty-six head of cattle and raises about the same amount of hogs.
Was married, March 25, 1857, to Miss Lydia Ash, of Hart County, Ky. They have six chil-
dren, viz., Molly J., C. M., Elsa T., Peter, Paul and Frederick. Is a member of the Mission-
ary Baptist Church. :

M.s. MANWELL, stock-raiser, P. O. Grenola, was born in Chittenden County, Vt.,
1826. Was raised there and followed farming and dairying. In 1871, he emigrated to Kansas
and took a claim on Section 1, Town 31, Range 8. Paid $2,000 for the right of it. The place
is situated on Caney Creek, with thirty acres of timber, making one of the best places in the
county for stock. Has 175 acres under improvementa fine orchard of 200 apple trees, the same of
peach, and all kinds of small fruits; has a barn 28x50, and sheds for sheep, 18x30, 24x30 and
12x20; house 18x23, with wing 12x16, and is the largest wool grower and cheese maker in
the county. Commenced sheep-raising in 1872, starting with about 300 sheep, which have
grown to 2,000 head. They area high eae of Merino and the-clip raising from four to eight
and one-half pounds per annum. Has seventy-five cows and makes from 1,200 to 1,500
pounds of cheese per annum, besides considerable butter; also raises some full blood Jer-
sey cattle for Sairy ie DOTROESE also owns some other farms and is one of the largest farm-
ers in the county. as married, in 1851,in Chittenden County, Vt., to Miss E. A. Whit-
comb, a native of that county. They have seven children, viz.: S. Ww. Carrie S., Jennie M.,
Edward H., Maud G. and Nina, Is a member of the Masonic order.

M. S. MILLER, farmer, P, 0. Grenola, was born in Essex County, N. Y., 1850; in 1870,
emigrated to Kansas and located a claim in Howard County in Section 17, Town 31, Range 9;
was among the first settlers in this township; was eighty-five miles from a railroad point,
and the first year went to Kansas City, 185 miles, for supplies ; at the present time, his farm
joins the town site of Grenola, with a railroad within one-half mile; his place is well
watered by a branch of Caney Creek; has some timber, making a desirable stock farm; has
put ninety acres in cultivation, fenced the whole farm, put out an orchard of about ten
acres, put up good frame house 22x16 with wing 14x16, stone barn 20x60, besides sheds,
corrals, etc.; is raising stock—has forty-five head of cattle and about fifty head of hogs,
twelve head of horses, and has made the whole of his property here in Kansas. Was mar-
ried, 1878, to Miss W. Armfield, of Elk County. They have one daughter, Pearl. He is the
present Justice of the Peace of Greenfield; is one of the substantial men of the township,
and, during the first summer in Kansas, had a hard time,

J. G. MORRIS, farmer, P. O. Grenola, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1837, where
he was raised until nineteen years of age, when he went to the copper mines of Michigan.
The following year he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Butler County, and lived there and in
Franklin County thirteen years and engaged in farming. In the spring of 1869, he emi-
grated to Kansas, locating in Johnson County, and in 1870 came to Howard County. Before
the survey was made, located a claim on Spring Creek on Section 26, Township 31, Range 9
and took one of the two first in this part of the town. He has’ eae of running water an
fifteen acres of timber, making a fine place for stock raising. hen he settled here he was
100 miles from a railroad point, and had to go a long distance for his suppres He has his
place well improved—all under fence, forty acres under cultivation and has two acres of
orchard, good house and stables. He is engaged in raising stock; has thirty-two head of
cattle, and raises from ten to sixty head of Hore ; he has done well, is a pleasant gentleman
and neighbor. In 1860, he was married to Miss E. M. Allen, of Franklin County, Iowa.
ney have nine children—W. L., A. S., Jennie, Eva, Emma, Ettie, Lizzie, John and

ie.

R. C. MUSGRAVE, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Hamilton County, IIl.,
February 1, 1884; when seventeen years of age, he located in Jefferson County, remaining
there until 1862, when he enlisted in the Hightieth linois Volunteer Infantry; serving six
months, returning to Jefferson County, he began reading medicine under Dr. Stonemets,
and after finishing his course, followed the practice of medicine until 1870, when he settled
at Fairplay, Mo., remaining there two years. In 1872, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in
Howard County ; took a claim in Greenfield Township, now in Elk County, and after living
on the place two years, he located at Canola, where he followed the practice of medicine and
carried on a drug store. When Grenola was started, he located there and has had a large
practice since. He is the oldest physician in this part of the county, and has been very suc-
cessful. He was married in 1857 at Mount Vernon, Jefferson Co., Ill., to Miss Zilpha A. Green.
They have three children—Cora A., Robert G. and John D. He is a member of the South
Kansas Medical Association. _

LIEUT. D. M. REID, Postmaster, was born in New York City in 1846, In 1859, he located
at Macomb, McDonough €o., Ill. He enlisted, in 1861, in the Sixty-fourth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry Sharpshooters, serving until the close of the war, going in as a private, and was
discharged with a First Lieutenant commission ; also served as Assistant Commissary of Subsis-
tance and Post Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer at Ottawa, Ill. and Glendale, Miss.;
had contracts for furnishing beef, etc.; held other important, positions while there. After
coming out of the army, he engaged in farming near Macomb until 1877, when he emigrated
to Kansas, located in Canol oward County, and took nee of adrug store; was open
Assistant Postmaster soon ai ter, and Postmaster in 1879; he became a member ofthe Grenola _
Town Company, of which he was a prime mover, assisted by Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Guy, and
June 7, 1879, organized the company with 100 shares. At the first meeting, the following officers
were elected: Thomas Hawkins, President; W. H. Guy, Treasurer; D, M. Reid,Secretary ; Di-
rectors, R.C. Musgrave, William Dory, R. A. Bowden, J. R.Fletcher. Mr. Reid has been Secre-
tary constantly since, and has done the greater part of the business. Maj. 0. B. Gunn, of Kan-
sas City, has been an active member of the company, and is now owner of a gion of all
the stock of the company. Mr. Reid moved to the present town site of Grenola, and suc-
ceeded in locating the post office here and received a commission as Postmaster. The town
site of 160 acres on Section 17, Town 31, Range 9, was laid out into 30 blocks, and in July,
1881, 16 more blocks were added. Mr. Reid has disposed of about three-fourths of the lots
for the company. The members of the company are all thorough business men, the most of
them having invested largely in building and business enterprises in the place. The pres-
ent officers are M. R. Reeves, President; R. A. Bowden, Treasurer; D. M. Reid, Secretary
and selling agent ; Directors, O. B. Gunn, R. A. Bowden, Thomas Hawkins, M. R. Reeves,
William Dory and D. M. Reid. Besides the business of the post office, which is one of the
largest. distributing offices in Southern Kansas, and the business of the Town Company, Mr.
Reid is serving as Township Clerk of Greenfield Township, and Town Treasurer of Grenola,
serving the second term in each. Mr. Reid is a courteous gentleman and a thorough busi-
ness man, and Grenola owes a great deal to his enterprise in being the best business point
in Elk County.

R. W. M. ROE, Chairman of Board of County Commissioners, was born in Bath County,
Ky., 1848, but was raised in Kirksville, Mo. In 1864, enlisted in the Sixty-fourth Illinois
Sharpshooters, serving eighteen months. After coming out of the army located in Cham-

aign County, Ill. In 1866, emigrated to Kansas, first settling on the head of Elk River,
Taion Centre Township, 1869, took a claim in Union Centre Township; was one of the first
settlers there; improved this claim and lived on it ten years; was 150 miles from market,
drawing his first supplies that distance ; salt was worth $13.50 per bbl., bacon 35 cents per Ib.,
and it took thirtecn days to make a trip to mill. Was Trustee of Union Centre Township;
was a delegate to the first county convention held in the county. - The land was not sur-
veyed when he took his claim. In 1879, sold out and located at Grenola, and started a
nursery, the first enterprise of the kind in the county; has 7,000 apple trees, 100,000 osage
hedge, a large amount of cherries, plums, peaches, grapes, quinces, etc.; besides these he
is handling a full line of ornamental shubbery and forest trees, and a large variety of fruits
for other nurseries. In 1880, was elected County Commissioner of Elk County, for aterm
of three years, and isthe chairman of the Board of Commissioners at present, which position
he has filled with entire satisfaction to the public. Mr. Roe is one of the most enterprisin
citizens of the county, and has always taken an active part in the ee of the county an
public enterprises of all kinds; is a thoroughly reliable man and has a host of friends, both
of the old as well as new settlers in the county. Was married in 1867 to Miss Mary E. Sulli-
van, of Illinois. They have six children, viz.: Wesley, W. T., C. W., Massena, Sarah M.,
Lily. Mr. Roe is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R.; Grenola Lodge, No. 86,
A. 0, U, W.; is Grand Master of the Lodge, and a Representative of the Grand Lodge.
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M. E. RUGGLES, farmer, P. 0. Grenola, was born in Broome County, N. Y., in 1826.

In 1835, he emigrated to Michigan, locating fn Oakland County in 1856, located in Waupaca
County, Wis., remaining there four_years, then pack to Oakland County, remaining there
until 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Elk County, then Howard, taking 2
claim, before the survey was made, on the southeast quarter of Section 8, Town 31, Range 9;
‘was seventy-five miles from a railroad, and no improvements to be seen. He has fifty-five
acres improved; the place all fenced and a fine orchard of 900 peach trees, 100 apple and
other fruits of various kinds; there is plenty of water furnished by Caney Creek. He
was Justice of the Peace the first three years after the county was organized, and is the pres-
ent Township Treasurer. He is raising sheep of a high grade of merino, and gets an annual
clip of eight pounds per head, the investment paying forty a cent. He was married in
1854 at Milford, Oakland Co., Mich., to Miss Hattie Billsen, of that place. They have two chil-
dren—Frank E, and Mary E. He served from the spring of 1865 until the close of the war
in the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry.

JOHN W. THOMPSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Grenola, was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, in 1832, but was raised in Tuscarawas County. In 1856, he emigrated to Mad-
ison County, Iowa, where he was en, aged in farming and stock raising. In 1872, he came
to Kansas, locating in Elk County (hen Howard), and bought a farm of 160 acres in Section
32, Township 31, Range 4; has since added 160 acres, making a farm of 320 acres, on the
Caney River, two miles south of Grenola; has plenty of nice running water, with forty
acres of timber along the banks, making a fine place for stock ; has 170 acres in cultivation,
with a good orchard of 100 apple trees, 150 peach, and small fruits; has a fine stone quarry
on the place, with good stone for making lime; was fifty miles from market when he settled
here; is raising considerable stock ; has served as Assessor and Trustee of his township, and
one term as County Commissioner; was married, in 1857, to Miss Sharp, of Ohio; they have
six children, viz., Charley, Franklin, Ruth, John W., Jr., Newton and Milton (twins); is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

HON. ELI TITUS, was born at Lebanon, Ind., July 16, 1846. That was his home until
he was seven years of age, when his parents removed with their family to Galesburg, Ill,
where he resided until his location in Kansas in the spring of 1867, settling at Paola, Miami
County, where he remained until the fall of 1869, going then to Erie, Neosho County, In
January, 1870, he located at Cedar Vale, Howard County. Served two terms as Sheriff of
that county. He was extensively engaged in cattle dealings there. In January, 1882, he
removed to his present home in Grenola, Elk County. In the fall of 1882, he was elected
a member of the Legislature, corn in the Kansas House of Representatives during the
session of 1883, and was a member of the Railroad Conference Committee which prepared the
report which was adopted by both branches of the Legislature. He proved himself to be
a valuable member of the House, and his untiring efforts to secure such legislation in regard
to all matters as should prove for the best interests of Kansas have been /appreciated. His
constituents cannot fail to recognize his fidelity to their interests. Mr. Titus is associated
with E. M. Hewins in cattle and mercantile business. They are erage most extensive
dealers of cattle in the country. In 1882, they handled about 70,000 head, shipped to the
market 40,000 of that number. They have now on their ranch in the Indian Territory
28,000 head of cattle. Their principal transactions are in Texas, Indian Territory and Kan-
sas; Mr. Titus being also a stockholder of the Stock Exchange Bank at Caldwell, Kan. Mr.
Titus was married in Connersville, Ind., October 4, 1869, to Lillie Myers, a native of Cincin-
nati, Ohio. They have three children—Harry and Carrie (twins), and Myrtie. Mr. Titus
is a member of the A., F. & A.M. and A. O. U7 W.

GEORGE WALKER, stock-dealer, P.O. Grenola, was born in Cheshire, England, in
1819. In 1845, he emigrated to America, locating in Des Moines, Iowa, where he engaged in
farming. In 1877, he went to Illinois, remaining there four years, coming to Kansas in the
spring of 1871, locating in Howard County (now Elk); took a claim on Section 12, Township
31, Range 9; has about 720 acres of land in the farm, well watered by Caney Creek, and tim-
ber enough along the creek to shelter his stock. He has 100 acres under cultivation, 160
acres fenced, and the balance is pasture; has planted a good orchard and put up a good

~frame house 18x23, with a wing 17x18, barn 32x40, with a basement full size, with a good

- wind mill. Besides the home farm, he has 280 acres south of Grenola, with 100 acres under
the pion, ten acres of timber, well fenced, two good houses, and other improvements. Mr.
Walker is raising considerable stock ;_has 200 head, and besides twenty-five cows for dairy-
ing; also raises a great many hogs. Mr. Walker is one of the most successful farmers and
stock-raisers in the county. He was married in May, 1865, at- Burlington, Iowa, to Miss
Charlotte Darbyshire, a native of London, England. They have two childrea—John Henry
and Robert H.

M. V, YANCEY, M. D., was born in Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa, in 1858. He was
raised there, and took a course at the high school of that place. In 1874, he emigrated to
‘Kansas and located at Chautauqua County, remaining there three years, on the farm with
his father ; thence, in 1877, to Emporia, where he attended the State Normal School. At the
end of one year, he located at Howard, Elk County, and read medicine with Drs. J. B. Lewis
& Son, and in the fall -of 1879 he went to Chicago and finished his course at the Bennett
Eclectic College, and graduated in the spring of 1881. He then returned to Kansas, locating
at Grenola, where he commenced the practice, and has remained there since, enjoying a
lucrative practice. In 1881, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret F. Miller, of
Battle Creek, Mich. They have one daughter—Mary. He is a member of Grenola Lodge,
pects A.0. U. W., and is the examining surgeon; is alsoa member of the State Medical

ociety. :

LONGTON.

7 In the southeastern part of Elk County, on the Kansas City, Law-
rence & Southern Kansas Railroad, lies the village of Longton. The
town is favorably located on high table land near the confluence of Hitch-
ing Creek with Elk River. In the winter of 1870, Dr. J. W. Kerr, J.
Hoffman and Mr. Messick came down from Ottawa, Kan., into the south-
ern part of the State for the purpose of taking a look at the country. The
journey began on the 6th day of February, and, on the 14th of that month,
the party reached the mouth of Painterhood Creek, where they pitched
tent and began looking up claims, and making inquiry as to where a
favorable town site might be found. The present site of Longton being
recommended, and, upon examination, the party being favorably im-
pressed with the site, they concluded to establish a town. Accordingly,
three eighty-acre tracts were entered, and a fourth eighty on the west was
contracted for, making out the even 320 acres. Shortly after this, Dr.
Kerr procured the services ot a Surveyor and surveyed and platted Main
street, and began the erection of a building, using timber split out for the
purpose, there eae no saw-mills in the country at that time.

_About the ist of June, J. W. Kerr, J. C. Pinney, J. Hoffman, J. B.
Roberts, James Reynolds and Mr. Gardner organized a town company
called the ‘Elk Rapids Town Company.” It was soon afterward thought
advisable to change the name, and Longton was fixed upon as the name.
Some time in June, Wright & Kirby, of Ottawa, set up a steam saw
mill, from which the now much needed building material was supplied,
and the work of construction was rapidly pushed ahead. Kirby built a
storehouse, Hitching a hardware store, and C. P. Alvey, in connection
with the town company, erected a large two-story house, the lower story
being owned and occupied by Alvey himself, and the upper story belong-
ing to the town company.

In October, George Hansbrough came down from Garnett and erected
a two-story hotel, which he opened for the accommodation of the public,
and which is now the Gordon House, under the management of R. A. Gor-

. don.
which he put a stock of drugs. Various other buildings, residences, etc.,
had been made. so that at the end of twelve months the town contained

About the same time, W. A. Watkins put up a store room, in.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

twenty-seven houses completed, besides a large number in process of con-
struction.

The town at present contains a population of about 600, and is a live
and thriving village, noted for the social and hospitable character of her
citizens. | a

The post office was established in the fall of 1870, and Dr. J. W. Kerr
held the commission of Postmaster. The office was kept in the building
which the Doctor erected that fall for a drug store, and was a diminutive
concern constructed of hewed timbers and weather-boarded with clap-
boards. At that time the Doctor observed rather curious modes in the
performance of his official duties, especially in the distribution of the
mails, his custom being to open the mail bag, pour the contents into a
small depression in the earthen floor of his store room, and then tell those
present to proceed to ‘‘find their own mail,” and each individual would
set about searching for his own matter. Another anecdote illustrates
his peculiar style. At one time aletter came to the office, for which there
was no call made, and after allowing it to remain in the office for some
time, the Doctor one day, when a number were, present in the office,
declared his intention of sending ‘that letter” to the dead letter office,
whereupon he took it, and, opening the stove door, committed the mes-
sage to the flames. Longton at this early day received the mails by an
overland mail route leading from Independence to Winfield. The office at
present is under the official management of J. W. Riley. : ;

The first school was taught in Longton by Miss Eleanor Smith, begin-
ning in March, 1870. The school was kept in the residence of Mr. Key,
and numbered only a few pupils. On the 15th of March, 1872, the report
of the teacher, Henry C. Parker, shows the total enrollment to be sixty-
two, with an average daily attendance of thirty-eight. The schools at
présent number about 225 pupils, and are graded into two departments.

, The first building use ie school purposes was a private residence.
The regular school building was erected in the fall of 1871, and was a
crude wooden structure made ‘of hewn logs, and weather-boarded with
split clapboards. This building, after its completion, was used as a
schoolhouse, church and a general camping place for new-comers. It was
made with nothing but an earthern floor, the sills being made use of for
seats. The schpoliG UKE now in use was built in the spring of 1878, and is
a two-story frame surmounted with a cupola.

THE PRESS AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS.

Longton, like most of the towns in the county, comes in with her well
filled list of journalistic attempts. The first newspaper that was published
in the county was published at this place. In the spring of 1871, Adrian
Reynolds began the issue of the Howard County Ledger. which he moved
to Elk Falls in the spring of 1874, and again in the fall of 1876 went to
Howard. The Courant, edited by A. B. Steinberger, was brought to this
place from Elk City in the fall of 1874, and after remaining one year was
taken to Howard City.

The Igngton Times, now in successful operation, was established March
25, 1881, by F. C. and G. M. Flory. The paper is a six-column folio, Re-
publican in politics, and has a circulation of 500 copies.

F. C. Flory, editor-in-chief of the Longton Times, was born in Ottawa,
Ill., December 22, 1858. At five years of age his parents moved to Keokuk,
Towa, where young Flory was engaged in attending school, working on
farm, etc., until eleven years of age. In the spring of 1871, the family
came to Kansas, settling at Longton, where he began learning the printer’s
trade, working with A. Reynolds on the Howard County Ledger.

Leaving Longton, he worked two years and a half in Independence on
newspaper work, and in the spring of 1876 returned to Iowa. In Decem-
ber, 1879, he, in company with Vander Meulen, began the publication of a
paper called the Marion County Express, in which he continued about a
year, when he sold out his interest in the paper and returned to Kansas,
and on the 25th of March, 1881, started the Longton Times.

Longton at one time enjoyed a supremacy over the other towns in the
county, and for awhile it was universally believed that she was destined
to become the future metropolis of Elk County, but alas! ‘the best laid
plans of mice and men gang aft aglee.”’ Longton had her day in which
she flourished—had even attained to that point when she thought herself
capable of taking on city garments, and even had elected a corp of city
officials under incorporation. But there was a want of harmony among
her people, and the wrangling of contesting factions began to mar her
prospects. Besides this, other towns began to flourish, and Longton began
to wane. Progress became checked, and in a short time the tendency was
backward. Perhaps the greatest check thrown upon the improvement of
Longton was the establishing of the county seat at Howard City, and the
consequent stimulus to the rapid development of that place, and when it
became noised abroad that this was to be the chief town of the county all
interest in other places was dropped and centered upon Howard City.
Thus, Longton was left to a slower growth amid bedimmed prospects, and
although she may never attain to any magnitude, will yet continue a cred-
itable town and trading point.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

A. BAUGHMAN, agent for the Singer Manufacturing Company, was born in Wood-
stock County, Va. Was brought up in Fairfield County, Ohio, from the age of six months
until fourteen years of age. Then went to Pickaway County, remaining there until the fall
of 1861, when he enlisted in the Forty-third Ohio Voluntecr Infantry. In the winter of
1863-64, was veteranized and remained in the service until the close of the war, serving
as Fourth Sergeant of Company E. In 1868, emigrated to Kansas, locating at Garnett, An-
derson County ; in October, 1870, came to Howard County with a company and laid out the
town site of Longton. The following year was with the government survey through Mont-
gomery, Cowley and Howard Counties. After this was completed, engaged in contracting
and building for the next three years; then engaged in farming and fre ghting, following
this for the next three years, when he engaged in the mercantile business at Long-
ton; in May, 1882, he sold out and soon after became agent for the Singer Sewing Machine
Company, controlling four counties, Was Treasurer of the Town Company four years.
He was married in June, 1873, in Circleville, Ohio, to Miss Emma E. Miller. They have
two children—Torbot E. and Jesse M. He is a member of Malligan Post, No. 91, G. A

.R.
and is the officer of the day’;
cleville, Ohio, REE OER ES 0: Oia Beg Ese em TAO OURS a
ELK COUNTY.

GIDEON BAUGHMAN, farmer, P. 0. Longton, was born in Richland County, Ohio,
in 1827.. When five years of age, his parents emigrated to Fulton County, Illinois, and was
raised there. In 1857, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Wabaunsee County, while Kansas
was yet a Territory, and took a claim there, which he improved,.and remained there and
in Lyon County until 1870, and then took a trip West, but returned and located in Elk
County (then Howard), and took a claim on Section 8, Township 31, Range 12. Before the
survey was made, there was no railroad within forty-five miles, and but few settlers in this,
part of the township, His place is well situated, watered by a branch of {Hickory Creek,
and about thirty acres of timber; has fenced 130 aun eighty acres in -cultivation,
planted a good orchard of 250 apple and 300 peach trees, and a large variety of small fruits:
put up good frame house 26.:28, barn 26x30, and has stocked the farm with about fifty he
of cattle and as many hogs; has done well here, and is one of the substantial men of the
township. He voted at the first election, and has taken an active interest in school matters
at all times; was married, in Fulton County, Ill, to Miss Sarah Shriver. They have two
children, viz., Perry and Lois.

ALEXANDER DUNLOP (deceased) was born in Scotland in 1827, emigrated to Amer-.

ica in 1851, locating in Washington County, Ill, where he remained until 1866, when he
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Anderson County. In 1869, he located a claim in Howard
jnow Elk) County before the survey was made, and there were no railroads within 100 miles;

is claim was in Sections 32 and 33; watered by Hitchin Creek. He afterward added
eighty acres to the place, making a farm of 240 acres, which he had nicely improved, with
100 acres in cultivation ; fenced the whole place, planted a good orchard, and put up a good
stone house 24x18, and had but just completed his improvements when his death occurred,
in the winter of 1878. He was one of the best of citizens, and a man highly respected. He
was married in 1867, -at Garnett, Kan., to Miss Mary Whitsen, of that place, a native of
Scotland. They were blessed with three children, viz., George, Robert and James. Mrs.
Dunlop, with the assistance of her husband’s brother, has been carrying on the farm since
the death of Mr. Dunlop. 2

JAMES DUNLOP, deceased, was born in Scotland in 1832; emigrated to America in
1851, and located in Washington County, I1l., and remained there until 1853, when he located
in La Salle County, Ill.; thence to Livingston County, and in 1866, emigrated to Kansas
and located in Anderson County. In 1870, he settled in Howard County, now Elk, and
took a claim on Section 9, Faves 31, Range 12, lying on the Elk River.’ He was among
the first settlers on the river, and located his claim before the survey was made. He was
100 miles from a railroad, and the Indians still roamed through the country. Mr. Dunlop
secured a fine farm with forty acres of timber, and at once began improving it, and had got
it in good shape to live comfortably when he was called away. His death occured April 30,
1882; all but twenty-five acres out of 164, was under cultivation, with good fence, orchard,
barns anc dwelling, and had accumulated quite a stock. He was married in 1854 to Miss
Jane McKay, of Washington County, Ill., who came from Scotland in 1850. They were
blessed with ten children—James, Jr., Barbara, William, Jennie, John, Alice, Arthur, Eliza-
beth, Emma and Andy. He was a member of Longton Lodge, No. 126, A., F. A.M. The
place is carried on by his widow, Mrs. Jane Dunlop, with the assistance of his sons.

- L, A. FREEMAN, farmer, P. O. Longton, was born in Edgar County, IIl1., in 1850, and
raised there until 1868; then emigrated to Kansas, locating in Crawford County, and re-
mained there two years. He then returned to Illinois, and at ihe end of one year was
united in marriage with Miss S. J. Skidmore, of Vermillion County; in 1871, returned to
Kansas, locating in Elk County, and bought a farm on Section 7, Town 31, Range 12, of 430
acres, taking in the Elk River; has since disposed of 150 acres; of the balance, 280 acres,
has 200 fenced; 115 acres in cultivation ; twenty-five acres of timber ; four. acres in orchard;

‘ood frame house, 16x32 and 16x26, story and a half high; this is one of the most desirable
‘arms in the Elk Valley, the land being very productive, producing as high as forty-seven
bushels of wheat per acre, and seventy-tive bushels of corn. Mr. Freeman is also interested
in the real estate business, with Messrs. Jackson & Flora at Longton. He is one of the best
farmers and businessmen in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman have been blessed with
five children—Ella B., O. A., Bertie A., Ida May and Addison D. Mr. Freeman is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

L. D. GARDNER, farmer, P. 0. Longton, was born in Perry County, Ohio, 1838, but
was raised in Coles County, Ill.; enlisted in August, 1861, in the Fifty-ninth Illinois Vol-
unteer Infantry, serving three years; returning to Coles County: from the army, remained
there until 1865, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating at Fall River, Wilson County, re-
maining there until 1871, when he settled in Howard County, taking a claim in Section 27,
Town 31, Range 12; there was no railroad nearer than Humboldt, about sixty-five miles,
where all supplies were obtained; there were no improvements to be seen, and only one
house in sight, and the survey was not yet completed; has improved his claim by fencing
sixty acres; thirty-five acres in cultivation; planted a good orchard, put up good house,
stable and corrals, and has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1869, was mar-
ried to Miss Margaret Gardner, a native of Perry County, Ohio. They have two children
—Solomon 8. and Alva A. 2

JOEL HAMOR, farmer, P. O. Longton, was born in Delaware County, Penn., in 1808,
but was raised in Chester County. In 1826, he went to Philadelphia and took a mathe-
matical course at the B. C. Tucker Academy, going from there to Lancaster County ; while
there, he was engaged in teaching for three years. In 1840, he located in Blair County, and
was Professor of mathematics in the Evansburg Academy forone year. In 1850, he emigrated
to Iowa and engaged in farming, near Davenport. In 1873, he emigrated to Kansas and bought
a large farm on is Elk River Eottoms, on Sections 8 and 17, Township 31, Range 12, and en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising. This place had about thirty acres of very fine timber,
and is one of the best places in the county. He has 206 acres, with 100 acres under culti-
vation, which produce from sixty to eighty bushels per acre. He has a fine orchard which
yields from 500 to 600 bushels apples per annum, and a variety of other fruits, and raises
the largest pears in the county; also raises from forty to fifty head of cattle and sixty to
seventy head of hogs per annum. Although nearly seventy-eight years of age, Mr. Hamor
is hale and hearty, end oversees and manages his farm as well asa younger man. He was
married in 1848, to Miss Youngling, a native of Pennsylvania. Their children are Flavia,
Mary A., Thomas L., Finetta, Martha, Edward R., Adella and Olive. . ;

JOEL. HOSTETTER, merchant, was born in Hocking County, on the Hocking River,
Ohio, 1825. In 1831, migrated to Noble County, Ind., where he was raised and lived until
1868; was put into a dry goods store as soon as he was old enough to reach the counter, and
handled this line until 1867. In the spring of 1868, migrated to Kansas, locating at Ottawa,
where he engaged in the dry goods business; at the end of four years, located at Thayer,
and engaged .in farming and stock-raising, remaining there until 1881, when he came to
Longton, Elk County, and engaged in the hardware and furniture business with his son-in-
law, Mr. Bolinger. They also have a farm Jee the town site of Longton, which they
carry on. Also owns 160 acres of land at Thayer, Neosho County, which he improved, and
has stocked with twenty-five cows, and sixty-five head of young stock. The subject of this
sketch is a thorough, enterprising business man, and a man who takes hold of any enter-
pre which will benefit the general public. Besides his farming and mercantile business,

as stock in the Longton Coal Company and one of the directors. Was married in 1844 in
Noble County, Ind., to Miss M. E. Preston, of that place. They have been blessed with three
children, viz.: Elmer, Amanda and Julia. Is a member of Longton Lodge, No. 26, A., F. &
A. M.,, and to the I. O. 0. F., of Noble County, Ind. wc? 4

Dd. Ww. JACKSON, merchant, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1840, going from
there to Benton County, Ind., when sixteen years of age, remaining there until 1861, when
he enlisted in the first call in a company called the Benton Guards, served three months ;
in August, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-third Indiana Volunteér Infantry, serving three
years as Sergeant. In 1868, emigrated to Kansas, locating at Garnett, Anderson County,
where he worked as a carpenter. In October, 1870, he located in Howard County, with C.
T. Miller, and put up one of the fiast business houses in Longton and engaged in the mer-
cantile business, freighting his goods from Humboldt. At the end of three years, sold out
and engaged in contracting and building, which he followed until 1878, and from that time
until April, 1882, was in the real estate and loan business. He then bought a stock of hard-
ware, and has since been in the hardware and furniture business, in connection with said
real estate and loan business; has held the office of Justice of the Peace since 1871. He
was married February, 1861, in Oxford, Benton County, Ind., to Miss Evans. They have
four children—C, J., A, E., Mattie M. and J. C. He is a member of Mulligan Post, No. 91,
G. A. R., and Longton Lodge, No, 26, A., F. & A. M. :

GEORGE S. LOGAN, blacksmith, was born in Bucks County, Penn., in 1840, was raised
near Morrisville, and learned the blacksmith trade at that point, In 1862, enlisted in the
One Hundred,and Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry about six months; re-enlisted in
March, 1864, ih the One Hundred and Fifty-second Heavy Artillery, receiving his discharge
in November, 1865; soon after coming out of the army, migrated to Indiana, and after re-
maining there a short time, settled in Vermillion County, Ill, remaining there until 1870,

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when he migrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and took a claim before the
county had been surveyed, in Section 2, Township 32, Range 11, some sixty-five miles from
a railroad ; lived on the place two years, and partially improved it, and then located at Bos-
ton and started a blacksmith shop, and worked to make Boston the county seat. After re-
maining there three years, and not succeeding in getting the county seat at that point, he
came to Longton and opened a blacksmith shop, which he carried on for three years, when
he sold out and went to Missouri, where he remained nearly five years, and returned to
Moline, Elk County, and after remaining a short time, returned to Longton and went in com-
pany with Mr. McKay in the blacksmith business. In 1868, was married in Vermillion
County Ill. _Has two children—John A, and Annie M.

: TLLIAM McGLASHEN, farmer, P. 0. Longton, was born in Scotland in 1841. Em-
igrated to America in 1860, locating in Washington County, II]., and in 1861 enlisted in the
Twenty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and three months; at the
battle of Stone River was wounded, and again at Chickamauga was wounded and taken
prisoner, and confined at Libby prison, at Richmond ; was held a prisoner about two months.
Received his discharge in September, 1864. He located at Ottawa, lll. At the end of one
year, settled in Jackson County, Mo., and remained there until 1870, when he migrated to
Kansas, and located a claim in Howard County, on Sections 5 and 6, Township 31, Range 12.
The county was very new, and was sixty-five miles froma railroad; the survey was not
made until the following year. His farm contains 120 acres, fifty acres in cultivation, 110
acres fenced; has planted a fine orchard of all kinds of fruits, put up a house 16x26, with
ell 14x14, and other buildings. Was married at Pontiac, Ill.,to Miss Margaret McKay,
in 1865. They have one son, William, Jr. Isa member of Mulligan Post, No. 91,G. A. R.,
and Superintendent of Elk Valley Sunday school.

.A. B. McKAY, blacksmith, was born in Scotland, in 1849. Emigrated to America, in
1855, locating in Washington Guunty, Ill. In 1857, located in LaSalle County, and learned -
the blacksmith’s trade. In 1870, migrated to Kansas and took aclaimin Howard County,
on Salt Creek, before the county was surveyed, and it was ninety miles from a railroad point.
After remaining on the claim one year, came to Longton and opened a blacksmith shop, put
up one of the first houses in the place, and remained here until 1875, when he bought a farm
on Salt Creek in Chautauqua County, on Section 4, Township 32, Range 12, and at once began
to ee it. Broke thirty acres, planted 300 apple trees, 300 peach and other varieties;
fenced sixty acres; and remained there until 1882, when he again opened a blacksmith shop
in Longton, Has a salt well on his place, and during the winter of 1882-83, while drilling,
struck a four-toot vein of coal, and a stock company was at once organized to work it, Mr.
McKay to receive a per cent on the amount taken out, and to pay one-fourth the expenseof
sinking the shaft. r. McKay is an energetic business man, and the prospect looks bright
for him to realize a handsome sum for his investment. Mr. McKay served nineteen months
in the Fifty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in 1863, a few.months before he
was fifteen years of age. Was married, in 1872, to Miss Catharine Duneny, of Elk County.
They have been blessed with four children—Margaret, Annie, William and Guy. Is a mem-
ber of Mulligan Post, No 91, G. A. R.

Cc. W. POSTON, farmer, P.O. Longton, was born in Athens County, Ohio, in 1841.
The same year his parents emigrated to Lowa, where the subject of this sketch was raised
until seventeen years of age, when he went to Missouri, and remained there two years. In
the spring of 1860, settled in Kansas, locating in Douglas County. In 1862, he enlisted in
the Second Kansas Cavalry, serving three years and thirty days in active service. He
was in the battle of Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, Fort Smith, and many others. After com-
ing out of the army he opened a grocery store in Douglas County. After eighteen months
he engaged in freighting across the plains, following this business until 1871, when he
settled in Howard County, and took a claim in Longton Township, on the Elk River, on
Section 10, Township 31, Range 12. Has 1387 acres of choice bottom land, with ninety-five
acres under cultivation, 105 acres fenced, thirty-two acres of timber, fine stone barn 30x36,

‘ood frame house, 16x32, and an ell 14x18. Has a fine orchard, and is doing a good stock

usiness, shipping and feeding stock, and is raising about fifty head of cattle per annum.
Mr. Poston was among the early settlers on the Elk River, and was sixty miles from a
railroad point, and twenty miles from a pent office. He has been very successful. He
started without anything. He was married in 1860, in Douglas County, to Miss Martha
McClelland. They have three children—Charles, Carrie and Lizzie. He is a member of
Mulligan Post, No. 91,G. A. R.,and Longton Lodge, No. 26, A., F.& A.M. Was Treasurer
of the lodge forfour years. Is a member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 61, I. 0. O. F., of Lawrence,
pag was a member of Longton Lodge, No. 160, K. of H., while the lodge was in working
order.

LIEUT. J. C. PINNEY, farmer, P. O. Longton, was born in St. Lawrence County, N.
Y., January, 1829. When nineteen years of age went to Massachusetts; was there nearly
seven years, In 1856, migrated to Kansas, locating in Douglas County, and was among the
early settlers there. ‘There were no railroads in the State, and the county was ruled and
overrun with borderruffians. Pre-emptedaclaim, and in 1861, enlisted in the Eighth Kansas,
Company At the end of three months, was transferred to the Iowa Battalion, which had
been the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, compe B, serving three yearsand twomonths, Eighteen
months of the time his company was fighting Indians. In 1856, was Lieutenant under Capt.
Rambo, in fighting border ruffians, and was at Lawrence the time the mob came down
on that city, and although there were but 117, succeeded in keeping the mob out. After
leaving the army sold out, and se..led in Greenwood County, while the Indians were still
there. Improved a farm, and remained four years. In March, 1869, settled in what is now
Elk County, before the county was organized, and took a claim on Elk River. Mr. Pinney
was one of the first settlersin the county, and the first in this pot of the country. Was170
miles from arailroad. When the company was organized his claim was on Sections 9 and 16.
Was in the first county convention as a delegate, and was nominated for Sheriff, being the
first Sheriff elected in the county. Mr. Pinney has a fine farm, well improved, and has
raised thirty-five to forty bushels to the acre.- Has a fine orchard of five acres; stone house,
18x36, with ell 16x20, two stories in height. Has a fine lot of timber and running water, and
is but two miles from Longton. Was married, in 1853, to Miss Mary E. Lufkin, of Massachu-
setts. They have three children—Edwin, Alice and Fred. Isamember of Mulligan Post,
No. 91, G. A. R., Longton Lodge, No. 26, A., F.& A.M. Was a member of the Longton Town
Company, and was President for four years. Also a stockholder, and director in the Long-
ton Coal Company,

A. P. SEARCY, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Bedford County, Tenn., in
1825, but was brought upin Richmond, Mo. In 1846, he enlisted as a private in Second
Missouri Mounted Infantry, under Col. Price, at Fort Leavenworth, and marched to New
Mexico, and assisted in putting down the insurrection at Taos. Was in hospital with meas-
els, and unable for duty for four months, and returned home. In 1852, began reading medi-
cine. In 1853, came to Kansas two years before any settlement in the Territory, and for
two years taught the Indian Mission School, to the Wyandotte Indians, after which he was
in charge of a stock of merchandise in that place, employed by M. T. Somers, and then
moved to Somerville, in Leavenworth County, Mo., with his stock of goods. Afterward lo-
cated in Perryville, Jefferson County, Kan., practicing medicine, and after nine years lo-
cated in Lecompton, Douglas County, and was there one year. In 1871, he came to Elk
County, Kan., located in Liberty Township, and from Liberty to Longton Township, same
county, and was elected Probate Judge of Howard County, afterward Elk County. After
serving his term moved to Longton, where he has since been engaged practicing medicine.
He was married in Platte County, Mo., to Miss Susan Oliphant. They have four children—
Mary, Elvira, Orville H. and Jennetta. In 1858, his wife died, and in 1859 he was married
to Miss Annie Payne, of Atchison County, Kan., and they have five children—Susan, Mattie,
William H., Jennetta and Elizabeth. He is'2 member of Perry Lodge, No. 52, A., F. &

A.M. i

JAMES M. WILSON, farmer, P. O. Longton, was born in Adair Jounty, Ky., in 1825
In 1851, migrated to Scott County, Ill. Was one of the early settlers of that county, and
remained there twenty-one years. 1n 1870, migrated to Kansas, locating in Montgomery
County before the county had been surveyed. Was among the early settlers there, and
took a claim in the north part of the county, some ninety miles from a railroad, and improved
his place and lived there about seven years. While there he was Trustee of his townshi
for two terms; in 1877, his daughter took a claim on Section 33, Township 31, Range 12, El.
County, and Mr, Wilson moved on to this farm and improved it. Has agood share of the place
in cultivation ; thirty acres fenced, has planted an orchard of 225 apple trees, and the sameof

each and a variety of other fruits, put up a house and stables, etc., and is raising stock.

Was married in 1848, to Miss Hamilton, of Kentucky. They have five children—John H.,
Sabina, Amanda, Lettie and Samuel. Mr. Wilson and wife are members of the Baptist
Church. __

W. H. WOOD, farmer, P. O. Longton, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1822.
When eighteen years of age, settled in Edgar County, Ill., remaining there until 1843. In
1850, migrated to Iowa, locating in Marion County. In 1862, returned to Illinois, and en-
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listed in the Fifty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving eightmonths. Was discharged
on account of wounds received at Nashville. He then returned to Quincy, Ill., and remained
there until 1870, when he migrated to Kansas and took a claim in Howard County, on Sec-
tions 26 and 27, ‘Township 30, Range 12, Painterhood and Hitchin Creeks running through the
lace; fifty miles from a railroad, and but few settlers in the township. Paid high prices
for all supplies, salt being worth $6 and $7 per barrel. His place contains 160 acres, with
eighty acres in cultivation, ninety acres fenced, a good orchard of five acres; has fine
hedge and stone walls. Has been in the stock business, feeding a good many cattle besides
the stock raised on the place. Is making a specialty of breeding Bellefontaine stock. Has
served four years as County Commissioner, from 1875 to 1879, and was the first Trustee of
Longton Township. Was married, in 1863, to Miss E. A. Richards, of Illinois. They have
a Tee Belle, Emma, Hattie, Laura, Viola. Isa member of Mulligan Post,
0. 91,G. A. R.

OAK VALLEY.

This town was laid out in September, 1879, by John Johnson; the land
upon which it is built was entered as a claim by Daniel Moser, and in
1871 became the property of Johnson by purchase. The completion of the
Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Railroad was made in August of 1879,
and was the cause of the locating of the town. The first structure
erected on the site was a residence built by Johnson, which was followed
by the erection of a store room by M. Donovan, in which he opened a
stock of general merchandise, and is the room now occupied by H. B.
Marshall and D. G. Kalar. The next business house was built by H. Shoe-
maker, which he afterward sold to John Johnson, and was used for a drug
store by George E. Ott. After about ayear, it again changed hands, being
purchased by R. M. Smith and used by B. F. Clark for general store. In

arch, 1881, N. B. Bryant and M. Davis put up a store house and
engaged in the sale of general merchandise, and in September of the same
year G. D. Berger established a similar business in a building erected for
that purpose. :

A blacksmith shop was started in May, 1880, by H. Shoemaker, who
in the month of October of the next year sold out to J. P. Molton.

The depot building was erected in September, 1879. The post office
was established at Oak Valley in 1876, and John Johnson was com-
missioned Postmaster, and who kept the office at his residence until April,
1880, when it was brought to its present location in the drug store. The
organization of a district school for the town and vicinity was effected in
April, 1882, and a school building was erected during the spring of that
year at a cost of $800, for the payment of which bonds were issued by the
district to that amourt.

The first religious services were held in the place July 28, 1882, by
Rev. Mr. Callison, the Presiding Elder, the meeting taking place in the
school building, where services are still conducted.

A flouring mill was built in August, 1876, by John Johnson, and is
28x40 feet in dimensions, two stories high, and contains two run of buhrs,
having a grinding capacity of twenty-five barrels of flour per day. The
power is derived from Elk River, aturbine water wheel being made use of.

The town, 125 inhabitants, is beautifully situated at the confluence of
Hickory Creek and Elk River, in a forest composed mostly of oak trees,
from which it derives its name. The trade by which the place is sup-
ported is that supplied mainly by settlers from the Upper Duck, Salt and
East Painterhood Creeks.

The first death occurring in the town was that of an infant child be-
longing to C. H. Jones. The first birth was that of Wilson Shoemaker,
son of H. Shoemaker. s

No circumstance presents itself from which to augur favorably for the
future of the town. Indeed the character of its surroundings is rather
against this. The total unfitness of much of the land surrounding the

ace for agricultural purposes, and the consequent limited area of tillable
fad. being the chief obstacle. And yet while it may not attain to any
considerable proportions as a town, it will continue to be a fine trading
point and depot for the purchase of domestic and farm supplies.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J.C. BONEBRAKE, farmer, P.O. Oak Valley, was born in Preble County, Ohio, in
1828, but was brought up in Fountain County, Ind. In 1847, he went to Warren County,
then engaged in farming in Jippecenne County for the next five years; then engaged in
railroading on the C., B. & Q. Railroad, in Illinois. In 1862, enlisted in the Twentieth In-
diana Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. Was woundcd at Pittsburgh,
in June, 1864, and again in Virginia, in 1865, After leaving the army he remained in Tip-

ecanoe County until 1871, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and
Fonght a farm on Section 20, zovnenip 3l, Range 11, which was on the Elk River, wall timn-
bered, Twenty-five acres he cleared, and has the place well improved with good house,
orchard, stables and other buildings and good fences. The farm is of the best bottom land,
producing from thirty to forty-five bushels of wheat, and in good seasons from sixty-five to
eighty bushels per acre, and about a half mile from the depot of Oak Valley. He was mar-
ried in 1851, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, to Miss Catherine Shoemaker, of that county.
They -have six children—Jennie, Mollie, Alice, Frank, Annie and Myrtie. He is a mem-
ber of the G, A. R. of Indiana.

JOSEPH M. COLE, farmer, P. O. Oak Valley, was born in Green County, Ky., in 1840,
but was raised in Alabama.and Arkansas. He served in the First Arkansas Cavalry three
years on the frontier. In 1865, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Douglas County. Janu-
ary, 1867, settled in Greenwood County; February, 1868, settled in Howard County, before
the survey was made, and settled on a piece of land on the Elk River, and put up the first
cabin below Longton, and four miles below any other settler, and there were but five fam-
ilies. Lawrence was the Sp ae! ey where supplies could be had, and flour was from $7 to
$10 per 100 pounds, coffee, forty-five cents per pound, and at one time Mr. Cole and a party
with him were thirteeen days on three days’ rations, on account of high water. His claim
is on Section 30, fownship 31, Range 13, a half a mile from market; Has a choice piece
of land on which he has raised ninety bushels of corn to the acre, and is noted for raising the
largest wheat cropsin the town. He has a good orchard, fifteen acres of pasture, a fine
stone house, 17x27, with an ell 15x17, two stories high. He is a good farmer and a genial
gentleman. He was married in 1872 to Miss Louisa J. Bonebrake, of Wilson County, They
have one son, Joseph A. Mr. Cole has served as constable of his township.

JOHN JOHNSON, miller, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1822. In 1854, set-
tled in Hendricks County, Ind., and remained there until 1860, when he emigrated to
Kansas, locating near Valley Falls, Jefferson County, before there was a railroad in the
State. Bought a farm at that place and remained there about eleven years, and at the
same time was in the mercantile business. In 1871, came to Oak Valley with a portable
saw mill, which he had used when in’ Jefferson County, and put up the mill on a claim
which he took on Sectiou 17, Township 31, Range 13, and soon after built to this and
put in a run of stone and did pelstings In 1875, put up a flour mill, 28x40, with two run

~of burrs, and had in running order in 1876, with a capacity of sixty barrels per day ; has

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

a good power, with a nine foot fall. In 1881, laid out Huis acres of his land in town lots,
the town taking the name of Oak Valley. One-half of the lots are sold and built on, and
he is making arrangements to lay out more lots in a short time. The claim he made, is’
well timbered with 175 acres of bottom timber, and eighty of upland timber. He has
improved his farm and built several residences in the village. e has a fine mineral
well on the place which has great medicinal properties, especially for the cure of skin dis-
eases and sore eyes. In 1875, Mr. Johnson succeeded in having a post office established at
Oak Valley, and received the commission of Postmaster, and has continued as such since;
also does some business in hotel keeping after the railroad was built. Mr. Johnson is one
of the live business men who build towns and improve the country, and is deserving of the

ood will of the people of his vicinity, for the work he has done will make a good town of

ak Valley. He was married, in 1845,to Miss Emily Brundage, of Butler County, Ohio.
They have six children—May A., W. R., James S., I. N., F. L. and Edmund B._

H. B. MARSHALL, merchant, was born in Boone County, Ill., in 1845. When four
years of age, his parents moved to McHenry County, remaining there until 1868, when he
came to Kansas, locating in Anderson County, remaining there two years, and then located
in Howard County and took a claim on Section 10, Town 31, Range 13, The county was
unorganized and ihe survey had not been made. He improved his claim and lived there
until 1880, when he bought a farm near Oak Valley and remained there two years. In the
winter of 1882, he bought an interest in the general store of B. F. Clark, of Oak Valley. In
July, Mr. Clark sold out and Mr. Layton became a partner with Mr. Marshall. They are
having a large trade and are very popular with their customers. In the fall of 1881, Mr,
Marshall was elected County Commissioner for a term of three years, also served as Trustee
of his township one,term. Besides his mercantile business, he carries on a farm and is rais-
ing stock and shipping considerable stock and other farm products. Was married, in 1870,
to Miss Tillie Preston, of McHenry County, Ill. They have two sons—Frank and ents.
Was married again in June, 1878, to Miss Sarah Benson, of Elk County. They have one daugh-
ter—Mattie. Mr. Marshall is a member of Carson Lodge, No. 132, A., F. & A. M., Elk City.

W. S. RENTF RO, farmer, P. 0. Oak Valley, was born in Menard County, Ill., 1835
where he lived until 1849, when he migrated to Iowa, locating in Keokuk County. Enlisted
in June, 1861, in the First Iowa Cavalry, serving three years. In 1866, he emigrated to Kan-
sas, locating in Cherokee pouniy and took a claim. Was among the very first of the settlers
in that county, and was 160 miles from Kansas City, the nearest railroad point at that time.
In 1870, he located near Elk City, in Montgomery County, taking a claim before this county
was organized, and the Indians collected a tax of $2 to $3 Be annum of each of the settlers.
After improving his place and living there five years, he sold out and bought a farm in
Longton Township, Dik County, on Section 27, Town 31, Range 13. Has his place finely
improved, has one of the best orchards in the county and raises a large amount of fruit;
also raises stock. His farm is well watered by Elk River, with timber for shelter. Was Com-
missioner of the township. He settled in Montgomery County and has held the office of
Justice of the Peace for several terms. Was married, in 1858, at Martinsburg, Lowa, to Miss
Mary E, Williams. They have one son—C. A.

PAINTERHOOD TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM ALDRIDGE, farmer, P. O. Howard, was born in Putnam County, Ind., in
1844, In 1862, he enlisted in the Eighteenth Indiana Battery, ene three years, when he
then returned home and engaged in farming, remaining there until 1878. He then came
West and located in Lyon County, Kan. At the expiration of three years, he settled in
Elk County, and located a claim on Sections 5 and 6, Township 30, Range 11, locating on
Hitchin Creek, consisting of 120 acres. He then bought eighty acres, making a farm of
200 acres. Of this, 160 is fenced, and ninety acres in cultivation, orchard of five acres.
A fine stone residence and barn, and is engaged in the stock business. Was married in
1867, at Carpentersville, Ind., to Miss Robinson, of that place. They have five children—
Lenora, Clara, Emma, Etta and Samuel H.

W. W. HENSLEY, farmer, P. O. Longton, was born in Marion County, IIL, in 1834,
and lived there and in McCoupin and Pratt Counties until 1861, when he enlisted in the
Twenty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, U. S. Grant, Colonel, serving until September,
1863; was captured at Chickamauga in December, 1863, and taken to Libby Prison, and -
from there to Danville, and then took rooms at Andersonville, where he came very near
dying. In September, 1864, was transferred to Florence; while there, he and three others,
succeeded in making their escape, and managed to elude the bloodhounds which were put
on their track. They had gone 100 miles through the swamp and within a fourth of a mile
of the Union lines, when they were again captured and taken back to Florence, but were
exchanged in a short time; served as First Corporal of the Colored Guards, until
he was Bronsted Third Sergeant. After leaving the army, located in Macoupin County,
Ill., and_in 1869 emigrated to Kansas, reaching Howard County in the fall, and took
a claim in Painterhood Township. The survey was not made and Lawrence was the
nearest point, distance seventy-five miles, where supplies could be obtained. There
was but one settler in the town before Mr. Hensley. His claim is on Painterhood
Creek and contains 215 acres; has 100 acres under cultivation, twenty-five acres of
timber, the whole place fenced; has oe five acres of orchard, containing a full
full variety of fruits, and good frame and log house; at the time it was put up, was the best-
in the township; is raising stock to some extent; attended the first convention held in the
county, and at the first election, was elected Justice of the Peace of his township, and held
the office ten consecutive terms; also, held the office of Township Clerk one term. He was
married in 1866, to Miss Nancy A. Bi, taff, of Macoupin County, Il! They have nine
children—S. B., Alice C., Rachel, George E., Mary Rosalie, Charley and W.T. He isa mem-
ber of E, M. Stanton Post, No. 23,G, A. R., Longton Lodge, No. 26, A., F. & A. M., and Elk
Falls a No. 616, K. of H. :

I. B. VANCIL, farmer, P. 0. Howard, was born in Marion County, Iowa, in 1847, In
1854, his parents emigrated to Kansas, locating at Lawrence. They were among the very
first settlers of the place. There were but three houses there at the time of locating.
They were here through all the border troubles, and his father and brothers took an active
part in the suppression of the border-ruftian raids. After he became old enough, he en-
gaged in farming, remaining in Douglas County until 1878. He then located in Osage

ounty, remaining there until 1882, when he settled in Elk County, and located a claim on
Section 7, Township 30, Range 12. He also bought 160 acres on Section 6, and at once began
improvements for & permanent home. He erected a handsome residence 24x24; also good
stables, planted a nice orchard and made other improvements. He has engaged in the stock
business, which he will make a specialty. He was married in 1876, to Miss Myra Gove, of
Lawrence, Kan. Mr, Vancil isa member of the Masonic order.

PAW PAW TOWNSHIP.

P.M. AKERS, farmer, P. 0. Howard, was born in Bedford County, Penn., in 1835, and-
lived there until 1847; thence to Westmoreland County, and remained there until March,
1865; then located in Miami County, Ind., remaining there four years. In June, 1869, he
located in Howard County, Kan., which is now Elk County, and was at that time 150 miles
from a railroad. He was one of the first settlers in Paw. Paw Township, and took a claim on
Section 14, Township 29, Range 10. The place takes in the creek, and has about twenty
acres of timber. The place is all fenced, has sixty acres under cultivation, eight acres of
fruits, a fine vineyard of two acres, and is also raising stock. He served as Justice of the
Peace two terms, while the whole north central part of the county was Howard Township,
and then when divided, served two terms in Paw Paw Township, Also served several terms
a eee aise pad eeveral years as Township Treasurer. He was mar-

i in Westmoreland Coun enn., to Mi i ildren
= Mildred G, Hier Mnce ane y; , to Miss McMillen. They have three ehild:

JACOB _FISCUS, farmer, P. O. Howard, was born in Owen County, Ind., in 1834, where
he was raised and lived until 1866, He enlisted in 1861, in the Fifty-ninth Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry, serving twelve months, when he was discharged on account of disability.
In November, 1865; he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, serving until 1865. In 1866, he came West, locating at Fall River, where he took
a claim and remained until 1870; then located a claim in Paw Paw Township, on Section
34, Township 28, Range 10; was among the early settlers of this town, and was fifty miles
from a railroad, and with no improvementsin sieht. His place consists of 160 acres, watered
by Paw Paw Creek; all fenced, with 120 acres under cultivation. He has planted a good
ood of ten acres, some forest trees, and put up a good house and stables, and has a very
oe farm. Te was married in 1856, to Miss Hubbell, of Owen County, Ind. They
have eight children—Arabelle, William C,, Carey, Jackson, Rebecca, John H8Perry G. and

.M. He is a member o _M. 2
Association, r of the &. M. Stanton Post, No, 23, G, A, R., and the Anti-Horse Thiel
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' eight years of age, his parents moved to Indiana, where he was raise

ELK COUNTY.

J. M. GWIN, farmer, P. 0, Howard, was born in Mercer County, Ky., in 1840; when
"5 E L until 1870. Decem-
ber 1, 1861, he enlisted in the Fiftieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and’
one month. He was mustered out January 5, 1865; served in the Quartermaster’s Depart-
ment about two years ofethé time, after coming out of the army, he returned to Mercer
County, and in 1870, emigrated to Kansas, locating in Greenwood County. The following year
he settled in Howard County, and took a claim on Section 6, power 29, Range 11; was
among the first settlers in this part of the county, and when he settled, he was sixty-five
miles from a railroad. He has his ee nicely improved, all inclosed with fence, good
orchard planted, good frame house and other improvements. He served as Township Clerk
two terms, after which was elected Township Trustee for three consecutive terms, after
which he was elected County Commissioner for a term of three years. In 1866, he was mar-
ried to Miss Martha A. Rice, of Monroe County, Ind. They are both members of the Chris-
tian Church. Mr. Gwin is a member of the E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R.

HON. S. B. MAHURON, farmer, P. O. Howard, was born in Grayson County, Ky., in
1830, but was brought up in Hlinois, where he remained until 1855, thence went to Texas,
and in 1857 came to Kansas, locating in Bourbon County, and was there during the border
ruffian troubles, and as there were no railroads in Kansas, had to go to Sedalia, Mo., a dis-
tance of 150 miles, for supplies. In 1860, he was elected to the first State Legislature; and
was in the State Militia during the war. In 1864, he located in Franklin County and re-
mained until 1869, when he came to Howard County; was among the early settlers and
located on Section 18, Town 29, Range 11, on Snake Créek ; the nearest post office was twenty-
two miles, and sixty. miles to a trading post. The subject of this sketch has a choice farm
of 280 acres, all fenced, 150 acres under cultivation, good’ stone house, stone barn, and has
planted a fine orchard, has about twenty acres of timber, with plenty of running water,
makes a desirable place for stock-raising, which he is at present engaged in. In 1850, he was
married to Miss McCarty, of Richland County, Ill. They have eight children—Albert G.,
Thomas J., P. A., M. F., Eva C., Mary E., Steven A. and Eliza A.

J, W. MITCHELL, farmer, P. O: Howard, was born in Mason County, Ky., 1830, where he
was raised and lived until 1868, migrating from there to Lafayette County, Mo., remaining
there until January, 1871, thence to Kansas and located a claim in Howard County, now Elk,
on Section 10, Town 29, Range 10, sixty-five miles from a railroad, and but few settlers in the
township, and drew his supp from eighty to 120 miles, drew lumber to build with over 100
miles; has seventy acres of his place in cultivation, five acres of apple orchard, two acres of
peaches, has two acres of grape vines, or 1,000 plants; is maine specialty of fruit; also
raises considerable stock. Was married January, 1880, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Will-
iam Simons, of Elk County. Is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 155, A. F.& A.M. Mr.
Mitchell is a pleasant gentleman and a good citizen.

WILLIAMSIMONS, farmer, P.O. Howard, was born in England,1838 ; emigrated to Amer-
ica 1856; locating in Athens County; Ohio, where he remained until 1859, going from there to
Canada, and at the end of one yearsettled in Huron County, Mich. ramatn ing pers until after
the war, when he returned to Canada. In 1870, came West and located in Howard County,
Kan., securing a claim on Section 12, Town 29, Range 10, sixty miles from a railroad point,
and with little todo with; wasa voter at the first election held in the county ; organized
the first Sunday school in the township. ; / s

DAVID WILSON, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Severy, was born in 1838 in Washington
County, Ill,, and is descended from a long line of farmers. InAugust, 1862, he enlisted in Com-

any B., One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Infantry, and participated in the battle of Resaca,
a., Where he had the misfortune to have the thumb of his right hand shot off; Kenesaw
Mountain Atlanta, Jonesboro, Fort McAllister, etc., his regiment being attached to the Second
Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, and was mustered out at Washington, D.C.
-in May, 1865. He is a United States pensioner. Upon leaving the army, he returned to
Illinois until the spring of 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating on above section.
Eighty-five of his 160 acres are under plow, and Mr. Wilson raised, he believes, the first crop
of fae in Elk County, and continued it for five years, averaging eight bushels per acre, $1
er bushel. He raised castor beans and sweet potatoes to pecuniary advantage. In 1859,
e married Miss Margaret.A. Anderson, of Randolph County, Ill. They have six children.
Mr, Wilson bas been Road Overseer and was on the School Board of the district two terms.
He 1ga charter member of Brownlow Post, No. 79, G. A. R.- . : ;

HON. JAMES N. YOUNG, farmer, P. 0. Severy, was born in Fleming County, Ky.,
in the year 1816, but was brought up in Rush County, Indiana; was married in 1838 to Miss
Sally Ann Eyestone, by whom he had two boys—John A, of Washington, Towa, and James
H.,, who was killed on the first day of battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. In the spring of 1843,
Mr. Young was married to Miss Martha J. es, and in June of the same year moved and
settled in Washington County, Iowa, and € d in farming and teaching. In 1854, was
elected to the State Legislature, as an anti-slavery extension Whig, and in the Legislature
he cast his vote for the first prohibitc-y law of the State. He was a aes ‘rom his
county to the State Convention in the fall of 1855, which organized the Republican party in
the State. In 1872, finding himself financially involved by having debts to pay for others,
he gave up voluntarily his property, waiving his homestead right, and moved to what was
then Howard .County, Kan., and settled on the Osage Diminished Reserve, and took a pre-
emption on the southeast quarter, Section 26, Town 28, Range 10, not worth a single dollar.
He was among the first settlers, and went to work with a will, and has succeeded in acquir-
inga good property. Has 100 acres in cultivation ; has out a good apple and peach orchard ;

put up a good house, and has bought 320 acres additional, joining him on the south, being
east half Section 35, which is partly improved. He is devoting his attention mainly to
stock-raising. Besides improving his farm, he has devoted considerable time to educational
interests, having taught some and served one term as County Superintendent of common
schools,and while acting as County Superintendent the county was divided and he fell into
the county of Elk, that being the north half of Howard County. In 1874, he was elected to
represent his county in the State Legislature, and refused to serve a second.term, as he was
too poor to act in that capacity at the per diem allowed in his State. Mr. Young is in telig-
ion a thorough Methodist, of which denomination he is a local preacher. In politics he is
Prohibition Republican. He is always on one side or the other of every im) ortant issue
and takes a lively interest in the welfare of his neighbors, his uy and State and the
Nation as well. He furnished three sons in the army in the late wat As the fruits of his
second marriage, he has ten children living, viz.: Elizabeth, Samuel P., Edward A., Morris
F., Martha J., Robert F., Riley S. Ida L., George E. and F. ¢.' Mr. Young is a member of

- Hope Lodge, No. 155, A., F. & A. M., and the Anti-Horse Thief Association, of his township,
and is President of the same.

UNION CENTER TOWNSHIP.

S. J. BASCOM, stock-dealer. P. O. Western Park, was born in Orwell, Vt., in 1846.
When he became of age he was employed for a term of two years by the United States San-
itary Commission, Washington, D. Bs after which he returned home for a short visit, and
then migrated West, reaching Howard i Kansas, March 3, 1868. At that time there
were but three white families inthe county. He then located a claim on Section 9, Town-
ship 29, Range 9, on the Elk River, the nearest railroad point at that time being a distance
of 125 miles; the nearest mill being seventy-five miles; the nearest post office twenty-five
miles. The subject of this sketch was identified with the first church organization in the
county, of which be was a charter member. He helped to organize the first Sunday school,
thé same being held in his cabin.’ He helped to build the first schoolhouse in the county,
and has always taken an active part in all public matters, which would bea benefit to the
county and to the people. He is one of the principal stock-men of this township, his fine
farm of 440 acres Velae well adapted for-the business—stock-raising—as the place is well
watered by Elk River, with plenty of timber for shelter, and plenty of grazingland. The
improvements of the place consist of 100 acres under cultivation, a fine orchard of ten acres,
and good buildings. Mr. Bascom is an enterprising man, and has been very successful in
his business, In 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Olive J. Longley, of Washington,
D.C. They have three children—Herbert J., Abbie E., and Edith M. |

HON. K. H. BARACK MAN, farmer, P. }. Union Center, was born in Crawford County,
Penn., in 1833, but was raised in Ohio, in Monroeand Washington Counties; in 1861, enlisted
in the first call for three years’ men in the Seventh West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, serv-
ing three years; was Sergeant in Company D. In 1865 migrated to Illinois, and remained
there two years; in 1867 located in Jasper County, Mo., where he engaged in blacksmithing.
In 1874 he migrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and bought a farm on Section 6
Township 30, Range 10, and has 420 acres on the Elk River; has the pie all fenced, an
120 acres in cultivation, about ten acres of orchard, and has put up a good frame house, a good
frame barn; has twenty-five acres of timber, making the best stock farm in this part of
the county. Mr. B. is extensively engaged in raising stock; handles from fifty to one hundred
head of cattle, besides horses and hogs, of which he is noted for raising among the best in the

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country. In 1874 and 1875, served as Representative in the State Legislature. Was married
in 1856, in Monroe County, Ohio, to Miss Mary Battim; they have six children—John P.,
J.B., Thomas A., James A., W.S, and Fred C.; is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23,
G. A. R., and of Howard Lodge, No. 34, 1.0.0. F. Mr. Barackman is a warm friend of the
temperance cause, and has devoted a good deal of time and money during the past twenty
years to the cause. 2 :

_ COL. E. COLYER, farmer, P. 0. Union Center, was born in Albion, IIl., in 1832, and was
raised on a farm until 1857, when he started on a western tour, reaching Omaha, Neb., in
May of the same year; thence to Burt County and took a claim on the Missouri River, and
built the first saw mill in the county; remained there until June, 1859, when he took a trip
down the river to St. Joseph, Mo., in a skiff; from St. Joseph he returned to his old home in
Illinois, and engaged in farming, remaining there until May, 1861, when the rebellion awoke
his patriotic spirit, and he entered the army. He enlisted asa private inthe Eighteenth Regi-
ment Illinois Infantry, Col. Lawlers, May 4, 1861; wastransferred tothe Thirty-eighth Illinois,
September following, as Second Lieutenant; was at the battle of Frederickstown ; was with
Gen. Steele from Pilot Knob to Jacksonport, Ark. He was transferred to Pope’s Division of
the Army of the Mississippi; participated in the siege of Corinth, Miss.; then was in the
campaign from White Mountain to Nashville; was in Carlin’s Brigade, which suffered such
terrible loss at the battle of Murfreesboro. In June, 1863, he took part in the Middle Ten-
nessee campaign, and next in the battle of Chickamauga, where he received a slight wound
in the wrist from a charge of grape, recapturing a battery ; on the 20th day of September,
he was knocked down by the bursting of a shell at his face which has permanently injured
his hearing; at this time he was promoted to First Lieutenant. He was at the alege of Chat-
tanooga and the battle of Lookout Mountain; his regiment was veteranized February 29,
1864, when he was elected Major and went home on a furlough; rejoined his command in
May, near Resaca,Ga. From there he participated in the campaign around Atlanta to the
close at the battle of Jonesboro; he was for twenty-six days and nights under continuous
fire from the enemy; from thence he marched to Pulaski, Tenn.; was in the battles of
Franklin and Nashville; was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel ; then in the chase after
Hood to Huntsville, Ala., where he received his commission as Colonel of the Thirty-eighth ;
from that point they marched to the Strawberry Plains, East Tenn., over the great smoky
range up the French Broad River to Asheville, N C., where he fought the Rebel Gen. Vance,
on the 8th and 9th of April, 1865. He was soon after ordered to Texas and was placed in
command of the post of Victoria. During | ete of this period he was also sub-district com-
mander, having two adjutants at different headquarters, besides being President of a mili-
tary commission to try civilians, and a member of a court martial to try Col. Barry for sell-
ing cotton. Col. Colyer was mustered out in April, 1866. He then settled in Carthage, Mo.,
and engaged in the drug business, which he carried on four years, and then migrated to Kan-
sas, locating on Section 32, ee! pees 10, Howard County, and in company with
his brother put up a mill on the Elk River. He followed this business until 1876 ; since then
he has devoted his whole attention to farming. In May, 1864, he was married to Miss Eliza
emery of Albion, Ill. They have six children—Edward E., Frederick W., Lena E., Mary
F., Frank E. and Annie B. The Colonel and his wife are members of the Christian. Church.

W. L. CRAIG, farmer, P. O. Western Park, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in
1846 ; in 1857, emigrated to' Iowa, and after remaining there a few months settled in Bates
County, Mo. In 1862, came to Kansas, locating in Bourbon County. In August, 1863, en-
listed in the Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, serving until August 19, 1865; return-
ing home he engaged in farming, remaining there until the fall of 1869; he then located in
Howard County among the first settlers, and took a claim on Section 16, Town 29, Range 9,
and at that time 150 miles from a railroad point; he has a fine farm of 360 acres on the Elk
River, 240 acres fenced, 100 in cultivation, 30 acres of timber, 8 acres in orchard, with good
house, stables ; is engaged in raising stock, his farm being well adapted to the business ; has
sixty-five head of cattle besides other stock. He was married in 1866, at Mapleton, Kan.,
to Miss Hessong, of that place. They have seven children—Lydia L., Mary E., Charles F.,
aoe M., Eliza J.,Ora M. and Minnie A. He is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23,

JOSEPH DOLAN, farmer, P. 0. Howard, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1850.
and when but twelve years of age enlisted in the Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and serv
eighteen months; was wounded at Franklin, Va., in 1862; re-enlisted in the fall of 1863,
and served until August, 1864. The subject of this sketch is said to be the youngest volun-
teer in the late rebellion, and was in the following heavy battles of Bull Pasture Mountaib,.
Forts Cross Keyes aud Republic, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettys-
burg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta and many lighter engagements. In 1870, Mr. Dolan mi-
grated to Kansas and located on aclaim in Howard County in Section 21, Town 29, ies
10, on the East Branch of Rock Creek, at that time sixty miles from a railroad; has made
the following improvements on the place: put fifty acresin cultivation; fenced the whole
place; te five acres of orchard ; put up 2 $700 house, stables and other buildings, and is
engaged in raising stock. He is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23,G. A. R., and
present Junior Vice Commander of the same.

JOHN R. DUNLAP, farmer, P. 0. Howard, was born in Fayette County, Penn., in
1840, but was raised in Greene and Washington Counties. At the age of nineteen, he
learned the tanner’s trade, which he followed until the breaking-out of the war, when he
enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Cavalry in August of that year, and served thirty-seven
months. He was severely wounded near Warrington, Va., in 1863. After receiving his
discharge, he returned home, but on account of this wound was obliged to discontinue his
former business, and took a trip West, reaching Kansas in the spring of 1872, and being
pleased with the climate, he located a claim on Section 14, Town 29, Range 9; after remain-
ing there seven years, he bought a large stock farm on Sections 17, 18 and 19, consisting of
708 acres, situated on Rock Creek. He at once engaged in stock-raising. He has improved
a portion of the place by planting an orchard, putting 105 acres under cultivation, and has
fenced the entire place, and makes a specialty of raising cattle. He has been very success-
ful in his business since locating in Kansas. He was nrarried in 1864 to Miss Lavenia Fad-
dis, of Pennsylvania. They have six children—William, Charles, Mary F., Mead, Clara and
Andrew. He is a member of the E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R.

D. M. ELLIS, farmer, P. O. Howard, was born in Hancock County, Indiana, 1843. When,
two years of age, his parents settled in Mercer County, Ill., and he remained there with
them until 1854, migrating from there to Iowa, locating in Poweshiek County, remaining |
there until 1868; thence to Missouri, and at the end of two years, migrated to Kansas, locat-
ing in Howard County. At the time of his settlement here, was fifty miles from a railroad,
and there were no improvements in this part of the county. His claim lays in Section
25, Town 30, Range 9, on Mound Branch Creek. His farm consists of 480 acres, 240 of which
are fenced, 180 in cultivation, 5 acres of orchard; has put up good frame house, 16x24, and
has been engaged in stock-raising for some time, and although he came here without any
money, has by hard work and economy secured a fine farm. The subject of this sketch
served three years in Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry ; was married, 1868, to Miss Miller, of Mis-
souri; they have eight children, viz.: John M., Brent, Herman L., Effie, Addie M., Mintie,
Ruby, Belle.

WILD CAT TOWNSHIP.

G. R. AMES, stock-raiser, P. O. Moline, was born in Wayne County, Penn., February 28,
1823, Was raised there until 1845, when he settled in New Jersey, when he engaged in farming.
In 1855, migratea to Winnebago County, Ill., and engaged in farming; thence to Coles County,
remaining there until 1869, when he engaged in buying and shopine stock in Bureau County,
doing an extensive business. At the end of two years, sold out and came to Kansas, and located
in Howard County, now Elk; was among the pioneers of the county,and when he took his claim
in Wild Cat Township was forty miles from market, drawing his lumber sixty miles to build
with ; has 320 acres in Section 35, Town 31,Range 10; has 120 acres under the plow; forty acres of
pas‘ure ; thewhole place fenced; has planted a fine orchard of 250 apple, 1,500 peach trees, besides
cherries, plums, grapes and small fruits; is extensively engaged in stock-raising, and has done
a good deal of shipping since 1875 ; served as Treasurer of his township one term ; was mar-
ried, 1845, to Miss C. J. McLain, of Wayne County, Penn. ; they were blessed with four chil-
dren, viz., Henry V., Joseph S., John E. and George R., Jr.; was married again in 1852 in
Coles County, Ill., to Miss Ellen C. Hoots; they have one son, Edwin E. Served four years
and four months in the Tenth Illinois Cavalry, and was taken prisoner at the battle of
Clark’s Mills. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for many years was a
member of the I. 0. 0. F. . |

MAJ. J. F. CHAPMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Moline, was born in Macoupin
County, II1., in 1826. In 1846, he enlisted in the Fourth Illinois Infantry, Company E, and
serve nearly a year in the Mexican war; was at the battle of Vera Cruz, After ne
from the army, he engaged in farming until 1852, and from that time until 1860, was engage

in lumbering at Stanton, Il]. ; took a trip to California in 1850, and was engaged in mining
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ashort time. In 1860, he sold his mill and lumbering interests. In 1862, he raised a com-

pany at Stanton for the One Hundred and Twenty-second Illinois Infantry, which he organ -
ized, and was elected Major of the same, and served until July, 1865. He was in the department
of the Tennessee, and Sixteenth Army Corps under Gen. A. J. Smith; was in the battle of
Parker’s Cross Roads, Nashville and Mobile, and some forty other engagements. After com-
ing out of the army, he followed farming until 1870, when he sold out and emigrated to Kan-
sas, locating in Howard County, took a claim on Section 28, Town 31, Range 10, on which he
has remained ever since; he has added 160 acres, RIE a farm of 320 ‘acres, and is
now raising stock. His place is well se pare with good buildings, plenty of water, tim-
ber and a fine orchard of 140 bearing apple trees and 500 peach trees, and small fruits of all
kinds. He has one of the best walnut and maple groves in the county. He was elected
County Surveyor in 1876, serving two terms in Tl County after the county was divided ; in

1879, he became identified with the Moline Town Company, and has been identified with
the company continuously since. He was marriedin 1847 to Mrs, Joanna Sparks, of Illinois.
They have eight children living—Nancy M., Quincy M., Jesse A., Thomas, L. H., Richard,
James L, and Schuyler E, He is a member of the EF. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A. R., of
Hope Lodge, - 155, A., F. & A. M. and Howard Chapter, No. 49.

C. E. GILMAN, farmer, P. O. Moline, was born in Cook County, Il., in 1848 ;was raised in
Dallas County, Iowa, living there until July, 1865, when he went to Cass County, Mo., where
he engaged in Jorn: and in 1871 he emigrated to Kansas and took a claim on Section 4,
Town 31, Range 10. This place is well watered by Wild Cat Creek, with some timber along
its banks. He has eighty acres under the plow, and has a hedge nearly around the farm.
He has a fine apple and peach orchard ; has 3,000 maple and cottonwood trees; good frame
house 14x24, wing 12x14; is engaged in stock-raising and is doing well. He is a good citizen
and neighbor. He was married in 1868 to Miss Mary Devaney, of Cass County, Mo. They
have five children—John, Cora, Mary, Hattie and Benjamin.

FRANCIS GILMAN, farmer, P. 0. Moline, wss born in Lake County, Ind., in 1841. In
1850, he emigrated to Dallas County, Iowa, and in 1861 enlisted in the Second lowa Battery.
serving four years. He was wounded at the battle of Tupelo, Miss., and was captured an
taken to Mobile, and from there to Cahaba, and from there to Macon, Ga., and was then
taken to Andersonville, where he remained from February 1, 1865, until April. After com-

_ing out of the army he returned to Iowa, In 1868, he migrated to Kansas, locating in
Neosho County, remaining there two years. In 1870, he came to Elk: County, then Howard,
and took a claim on Section 3, Town 31, Range 10. The place is well watered by Wild Cat
Creek. He was one of the first settlers, and put up the first house on Wild Cat Creek ; this
was for atime the only house where they could hold selivious services. He was sixty miles
from warket. His place is well fenced with hedge, has plenty of water, ten acres of timber,
two acres of forest trees, a good apple and peach orchard and a large variety of small fruits.
His farm is located about half a mile from Moline; he is raising cattle and hogs, and is
doing well; was the first Justice of the Peace in Wild Cat Towns ip. He was married in
1859 to Miss Dillon, of Dallas County, Iowa. They have seven children—Blanche, J. E.
Harry, George, Kitty, wogee and Nelson. He is a member of the E, M. Stanton Post, No.
23, & ie ie of Elk Falls Lodge, No. 126, A., F. & A. M., and of Moline Lodge, No. 87,
A. 0. U.W. fic

H. E. HITCHINGS, farmer and fruit grower, P. O. Moline, was born in Jackson County,

Mich., in 1842; was raised there until 1856, when he emigrated to Montgomery County, II,

remained there until 1871; when he. settled in Kansas, locating in Elk County (then

Howard), and took a claim on Section 20, Township 31, Range 10., Was one of the pioneers

of Wild Cat Township ; was forty-five miles from a railroad point, and it was several years

‘before there was any market nearer. Has improved his place by breaking fifty acres and

planting forest and fruit trees; has one of the finest maple groves in the township; makes

a specialty of raising fruit for market, his place being well adapted for the purpose, and

only two miles from market. Mr. Hitchings raises the most fruit in this part of the county,
and is of the best quality, commanding the highest prices in the market; besides this is quite
extensively engaged in stock-raising, being one of the most enterprising men of the county.

In 1872, was united in marriage with Miss Phidelia Ashmore, daughter of Judge Ashmore,

of Elk County. They have six children, viz.: Maud A., Ellen E., Joseph M., Richard N,

John P. and Annie L. Is a member of Moline Literary Society.

JOHN HULL, stock-raiser, P.O. Moline, was born in Augusta County, Va., 1839. In
1854, emigrated to Vigo ee Ind., with his parents, where he remained until 1864, when he
enlisted in the Third United States Cavalry, serving three years, After coming out of the
army, remained in Vigo County two years; coming to Kansas in 1869, and stopped in Coffey
County until December, 1870; then came to Elk County, and took a claim in Section 26, Wild
Cat Township, improved the place, pulting out three acres of fruit, a fine grove of forest
trees, a hedge around the place, and broke about sixty acres; ur up a house 18x24, and
commenced raising stock. In 1882, came to Moline, where he had four blocks, and fitted up
some fine feed yards, and has gone into hog raising extensively, and is ene aspecialty of
hogs. In 1869, he was married to Miss H. A. Funkhouser, of ee County, Ind. They have
two children, viz.: Amy V. and Calvin R. Is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 23, G. A.
R., and of Moline Lodge, No. 87, A. O. U. W.

DAVID HULL, farmer, P. 0. Moline, was born in Augusta County, Va.,in 1830. In
1853, he emigrated to Vigo County, Ind., remaining there until 1870, when he came to Kan-
sas, locating in Elk County, then Howard, and took a claim on Section 26, Township 31,
Range TOethere were no improvements then, and he was forty-five miles. from market, and
had to go there for all of his supplies. He has about one-half of his place under plow, an
the balance he uses for pasture. He has a nice grove which he planted, and a goo orchard.
He is engaged in raising stock, and has done well since he located in Kansas. He was
married in 1863, in Vigo County, Ind, to Miss Mary E. Gripps, of that county. They were
blessed with two children—Manetta J. and Mary 8S. Mrs, Hull died in July, 1866,

 

_went onto Grouse Creek; then came to Wild Cat Towns

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

W. J. W. KENNEDY, sheep-raiser, P. 0. Moline, was born in Ireland, 1848, emigrated to
America with his parents in 1850, locating in Clermont County, Ohio, remaining there until
1860, when they settled in Clay County, Ind., remaining there the most of the time until
1876; then to Wayne County, remaining there until the spring of 1880. Was a miller and
millwright by trade, and followed this business while in Indiana and Ohio; in 1880, came to
Kansas, locating in Elk County, and bought a farm on Section 8, Township 31, Range 10, and
went to sheep-raising; started with 195 head, which have increased 500 head in two years;
the wool clip has been three and one-half pounds per head,.and with the price of sheep now
and the increase, has made already on the investment 150 per cent, which he thinks is a
good showing for any country. Mr. Kennedy attends strictly to his business, and under-

* stands the details thoroughly, which a man must do to insure success in wool growing.

Was married in 1877, to Miss Sarah J. Porter, of Jefferson County, Ill. They had one child—
William P. August 10, 1878, Mrs. Kennedy, died, and in 1879, was married to Miss Margaret
M. Porter, of the same county. They have one daughter—Mary E. Mr. Kennedy is amem-
ber of the Christian Church. # ,

E. W. KEISER, farmer, P. 0. Moline, born at Sutton, N. H., 1836. In 1839, his parents,
moved to the Province of Quebec, remaining there until 1849; thence to Lowell, Mass,
remaining there until 1853, and while there learned the machinist’s trade. Thence to Minne-
sota, locating in Wabasha County, and located a claim there. In 1857, went to Wisconsin
and took a course at Madison University, finishing in the fall of 1858. Thence to Illinois, and
was engaged in teaching until 1873, when he euler to Kansas, and located a claim in
Howard County (now Elk), on Section 31, Township 31, Range 10. Was among the early
settlers in the township. Has improved his farm, putting 100 acres in cultivation, the whole
place fenced, planted-four acres of orchard; besides this he has taught from eight to nine
months’ school each year since his residence in the State, has also worked in the stock busi-
ness, and has sold the present season $1,300 worth. Was married in 1858, to Miss Abbie E.
Lord, of Wisconsin. Was married again in 1873, to Miss A. Adams, of Illinois. They have
four children, viz.: Mary, Annie, George and Elizabeth. Mr. Keiser has worked up an en-
viable reputation as a No. 1 teacher. . : ,

J. 2 LEWIS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Moline, was born in Fleming County,
Ky., in 1836. When seventeen years of age, he settled in McLain County, Illinois, remain-
ing there ten years. Coming fvom there to Kansas in 1865 and locating in Jefferson County,
where he remained until 1870, when he came to Elk County (then Howard), and located a
claim in Section 35, Town 31, tpeer 10. Was among the early settlers in this county. Was
forty-miles from market and only one house in sight. During the past nine years, the
county has been settled, and his place is only four miles from market. He has a fine plac,
with living water, eighty-six acres under cultivation, the whole place fenced, a fine grove o'
maples, two acres of fruit, apples, peaches, cherries, and a variety of small fruits, berries, etc.
Js raising stock and has been doing well. Was married, in 1859, to Miss Wilson. They have
five children, viz., William, Charles, Lura, Joseph and George.

JAMES MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Moline, was born in Ireland, in 1832. Emigrated to
America in 1855, locating in Missouri, and lived there and in Illinois until 1869, when he
came to Kansas, locating in Howard County, south of the present town site of Howard; then

ip and took a claim on Section 9,
Town 31, Range 10. The place is watered by Wild Cat Creek, which furnishes plenty of water
for stock. ‘He has 329 acres, with 160 acres hedged and seventy acres under the plow. Has
150 apple trees, a large peach orchard, a fine grove, forty acres of pasture, a variety of small
fruits, cherries, pears, grapes, etc. Has a good frame house and is extensively engaged in
farming and stock-raising. In 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss A. Baker, of How-
ard County, a pleasant lady and good housekeeper. They have two children living—John
and Mary Belle. He is a member of Elk Falls Lodge, No. 126, A., F. & A. M.

R. L. STURGES, stock-raiser, P. 0. Moline, was born in Macoupin County, TIL, in 1845,
and was raised there, engaging in the stock business with his father. In 1875, they went to
Texas, where they engaged in stock-raising, remaining there about eighteen months, then
drove a herd of 125 head of Texas cows and calves to Kansas, and at once began stock-deal-
ing and raising on an extensive scale. Bought 480 acres in Section 21, Town 30, Range 10,
his father buying 160 acres in the same section. They have increased their stock and now
handle from 300 to 400 head per annum. Also increased the quality so that in 1881 made
a shipment of 225 head of steers, which sold at $80 per head. His father has an interest in
the stock, but the young man has the management of the business. As he is a thorough
business man and a good financier, he has been very successful during the short time he
has been here. In 1879, when the L., L. & G. R. R. was built through the county, he became
identified with some other gentlemen and organized the Town Company of Moline, and

urchased the town site; has been a director all the time since and for the past two years has

een President of the company. Being a wide awake, ue or cane man, he has been a
help in building up Moline and has the confidence of all, as whatever he takes hold of is
sure of being a success. In 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss Maggie Kinney. They
have one son—David. Mr. Stoges is a member of the Masonic order.

C.F. WILSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Moline, was born in Monroe County,
Tenn., in 1832. Was raised there and engaged in farming until 1877, Served four years in
the Fifty-ninth Tennessee Infantry. In 1877, tie THe to Kansas and bought a farm on
Section 18, Town 30, Range 10, Elk County. His place lies on the Wild Cat Creek, consisting
of 240 acres, eight acres timber, 100 acres under the plow, 100 apple trees, 300 peach trees and
a variety of small fruits and grapes, a fine new house, 26x30, good stables and the place
nicely fenced. Has a good stock farm and is raising from twenty to twenty-five head ‘of
cattle and fifty to sixty head of hogs annually. He was married, in 1872, to Miss McCling.
They had two children, viz., John Logan and Nancy J. Was married again in 1877, to Miss
Adelia Carloch, of Missouri, They have three children—Onie C., Mary Luelo and Charley
C, Isa member of the Masonic order.
WOODSON COUNTY.

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’ WOODSON COUNTY.

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LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY.

Wo County takes its name from Gov. Silas Woodson, of Mis-
souri. When, however, this honor was conferred on the unknown
and unsettled tract in the third tier of counties west of the State line, the
space designated by the Legislature contained little if any of the territory
which now bears this name. To understand this matter, it is necessary to
g° back to 1855 and the proceedings of the famous “‘ bogus Legislature.”

mong the acts of that body was the laying-out of a whole block of rect-
angular counties. This act was passed before surveys were made and
boundary lines of counties were given in miles from the points named.
The initial point for counties south of the Kansas River was the mouth
of that river.

The southeast corner of Johnson County was twenty-six miles south
of that point, the southeast corner of Lykins (Miami) was twenty-four
miles farther south; Linn stretched south twenty-four miles more; Bour-
bon thirty miles, and McGee ran to’

stone contains considerable water and is very readily worked, but it
hardens to a fine consistency after brief exposure.

EARLY SETTLERS.

Although many settlers were located in this county prior to the war
of the rebellion all were, up to 1860, trespassers. The wide strip which
took in all of Woodson County and a small slice of Coffey was the reserve
of the New York Indians. This strip began at the State line and ran
westward beyond the survey lines, while on the south it joined the Osage
reserve. The part of the strip now embraced in Woodson County was
never occupied by any of the New York tribes, their only settlement
being a temporary one near Fort Scott. Finding that the Indians would
not settle on the reserve, the Government in 1860 had all of these lands
offered for sale and opened to pre-emption at the land office at’Fort Scott.
News of this movement having been circulated throughout the county, the
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out in exact conformity to these, and
in the third tier lay Woodson, the Tt
second from the south line and oc- oO
cupying almost the identical land now
known as Wilson. ,

In 1857 the counties of the third
tier were crowded northward, and
Wilson, taking in what was Wood-
son, pushed the latter to nearly its
present boundaries.

In 1861, through a blunder on the
part of the Representative from this
county, a new survey and location of
boundaries took from the south line
a strip three miles in width and gave
it to Wilson County, which has ever
since held it.

By the act of 1857 the boundaries
of Woodson County were defined as
follows:

* The county of. Woodson shall be bounded
as follows: Beginning at the southwest cor-
ner of Anderson County ; thence south along
the west boundary of Allen County to the-
northwest corner of Dorn: County; thence
west with the. section lines to the corner to
Sections 14, 15, 22 and-23 of Township 28 south,
of Range 13 éast; thence north with the sec-
tion lines dividing the second and third tier
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, ther improvement of the pale faces.
oO It is extremely difficult to deter-
aiu|f , mine who were actually the first set-
tlers in the county. Many who came
C3 at an early day have passed on, fol-

lowing the setting sun, and many
have passed from the sight of the
ee luminary. Jack Caven, John

oolman, John Chapman and others
reached Neosho Falls on March 2,
1857. About, the same time Thomas
Sears took a claim in Liberty Town-
ship and William Stockebrand, Au-

ust Toddmann and August Lauber
in Center Township. These, although
the best known of the pioneers, wcre
not the first, Reuben Daniels settling
in Belmont in 1856; David Cooper
in Toronto, and John Coleman in
Owl Creek Township in 1856.

Many notable propositions have
come up in the brief history of the
county for the decision of its voting
population. In 1861, the banking law
was approved by a vote of 62 to 7,
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ay of sald Coffey County to the place of be- tal. In 1867, the fall election was
By the general statutes of 1868, POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS). mene Sopa ca by ri ae
ty i - - he
Woodana ounty te hounded, me £04 sat. | de franchise (lost 56 to 187), of striking
Commencing at the southwest corner of : x the word white from the Constitution
pidereon County; thence south with section yaeimone © i = = (ost 88 to 149), and of women suf-
ines an e west line o en County to (a) Belmont Township , striki t rd“ a
the south line of Township 26 south; thence (b) Center Township.. 703 (oo an out the word “male
west with said township line and the north (c) Eminence Townsh 412 ‘ °
line of Wilson-County, to the east line of (d) Everett Township 712 In 1875, the year following that of
Sear eons menace ey ca eens said , ae pomnenip ray : ae Lie the loss of crops, an effort was made
east line of Greenwood County to the corner eosho Falls Township, including Neosho Falls City *
to Sections 14, 15,22 and 23 of Township 23 Owl Creek Township : wn badssisuscrsasveneczactes 1/096 768 : aac, poe - ne of a
south of Range 13 east; thence east on sec- % Perry Township... 537. for the benefit of the destitute o _ he
tion lines and the south line of Coffey County Toronto Township 340 553 State; but the people probably think-
to the place of beginning. ago7 we that charity begins at home, the
Thecounty is largely upland, having ices "332 | oe, effort failed. The matter was voted
but ten per cent of bottom land. Neosho Falls City.......scccccsscorssscsreccvensstescoreeesssscetsersscnasesescesensaneeensesnes upon February 27, the vote standing
Forest covers six per cent, the remain- : ‘ 199 to 395.
ing ninety-four being prairie. The e ja sei arts to Center and Eminence. On November 2, 1880, the measure
i ; 2 nD ‘rom parts of Belmont and Owl Creek. which has exerted the greatest influ-
Neosho, which enters near the north ce) In 1872, from parts of Belmont and Perry. : &

east corner of the county and runs
southeasterly to the county line, is

‘ In 1871, part to Everett.
the principal stream. The Verdigris

J) In 1871, part to Everett.

the county, and Owl Creek rising near

the ceuter of the county runs to the eastern line. Aside from these sup-
plies of water are numerous small creeks and springs. Wells are sunk to
a depth of from twenty to forty feet. Along the streams are belts of tim-
ber varying in width, but averaging a half mile. In these belts are found
oak, hickory, black walnut, hackberry, locust, sycamore, elm and cotton-
wood. <A large number of box-elders and cottonwoods have been arti-
ficially produced by settlers. Coal is found in veins of considerable thick-
ness, and prior to the construction of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita
Railway was the principal resource of the population for-heating purposes.
A fine quality of sandstone is found at various points, and near Yates
Center a number of quarries are in operation. When first taken out this

d) In 1871, from parts of Liberty and Neosho Falls.

. In 1870, part to Perry; in 1872, part to Center. \
cuts across the southwest corner of ig} In 1870, from part of owl Creek ; in 1872, part to Eminence,

ence in the State and county, the pro-
hibitory amendment to the Constitu-
fom was passed by a vote of 748 to
530.

On August 16, 1858, the Board of
County Supervisors met at Neosho Falls and proceeded to lay off the
county into the townships of Neosho Falls, Liberty, Owl Creek, Belmont
and Verdigris Townships.

On May 22, 1858, the Board of Supervisors _of Woodson County,
consisting of I. W. Dow, G. J. Caven and William Phillips with
Charles Cameron, Clerk of the board, met at Neosho Falls and passed an
order for the conduct of all county business at Neosho Falls. At a meet-
ing the same month, N. G. Goss & Co. donated a jail building to the county
for as long a time as Neosho Falls should remain the county seat. On
February 24, 1865, the county officers ‘‘ being thrown out of their office,”
a contract was made with I. W. Dow for-the erection of a suitable build-
1190

Ing, but as he was unable to complete his work, Dow’s Hall was rented at
$36 per year. Neither jail nor court house could long secure the county
seat, and on November 5, 1867, an election was held to permanently locate
the seat of justice. This resulted in giving Neosho Falls 129, Center 2,
Coloma 2, and the southwest quester of Section 11, Town 25, Range 15,
118. This is the site of the present county seat, Yates Center. The ball
thus set rolling, elections followed each other rapidly. OnSeptember 21,
1868, Neosho Falls received 818, and Chellis 199. The next recorded elec-
tion took place November 8, 1878, and gave Defiance 506, Kalida, 580, and
Waldrip 1. Kalida, which thus became the county seat, was two miles
southeast of Yates Center, and Defiance was six miles east. Both towns
were at a later date transferred bodily to Yates Center. On February 23,
1874, the vexed question came up again, and Defiance was victorious over
Kalida by a score of 648 to 491. A year later a new factor came up in the
fight and a fresh election was called. This gave Defiance 235, Neosho
Falls 301, and Yates Center 335. A second election to decide between the
Center and the Falls took place September 12, 1876, and was hotly con-
tested, resulting, Neosho Falls 426, Yates Center 488. This settled the
question, which has never since been revived.

The first money that came into the official possession of a County
Treasurer was contributed by the famous “ Bully Smith.’’ Smith had

been on a prolonged spree, and descending upon the town went about, like -

the Irishman, looking for ‘‘some boy to tread on the tail of mecoat.” Be-
ing known as a desperate character, he found no one to accommodate him,
and began a promenade in front of Col. N. 8S. Goss’s office, pouring out a
torrent of abuse of the sort generally expressed in print by dashes. No
attention béing paid to this, he hurled astone through the window, hitting
the Colonel, who was sitting within. Goss came out instantly, and before
Smith fairly knew what had happened, a writ had been sworn out before
Judge D. H. Miller, and the iron hand of the Sheriff had gathered in the
man that- boasted that no man could take him alive. A fine of $10 was
imposed, a gold coin transferred to the Judge, and Smith left, vowing
never to return. This coin was transferred to County Treasurer Haugh-
awout, and reposed in his pocket, the only county safe, for some months.
Smith finally returned to the town, and apologizing to Col. Goss for his
action, suggested a compromise which was effected, the fine remitted, and
a quantity of whisky procured on which a large party became exceedingly
happy. This was prior to the prohibitory law.

This same “Bully Smith” had a little difficulty. about a land

entry with a neighbor named Ray, late in 1860. Ray, knowing that an.

entry at the land office at Fort Scott would settle the question, started for
that point and reached a ford on the Marmaton, where he was overtaken
and shot by Smith, who returned to the town and openly avowed what he
had done. Many other crimes of this nature were laid at Smith’s door, and
never denied by him. These facts made a résidence in this county ex-
tremely undesirable, and Smith emigrated to California, where it is reported
he ‘‘died with his boots on.” Crimes of this nature were not uncommon
in the days of border ruffianism, and those of bushwhacking which soon
followed. Many a man was shot in cold blood for little more thana whim
of his murderer. In 1858, a settler named Coleman, living on Owl Creek,
was called to his door and shot dead by unknown men. No reason was
ever given for the act except that he was known to be a Free-State man.
Many other incidents, which would throw a baleful light on the worst side
of pioneer life might be cited, but these will suffice.

On April 5, 1859, the County Commissioners met and proceeded to
canvass the vote on the question of adopting aconstitution. But three of
the townships made returns. Of these, Belmont voted for a constitution
solidly, no votes being polled against, and 183in favor. Neosho Falls gave
51 for, and 1 against, and Verdigris 13 for and 3 against the adoption of a
constitution, Thus the total vote stood 77 to 4. :

Education.—The first school taught in the county was that in Dis-
trict No. 3, Toronto Township, which was started in 1858. Neosho Falls,
in District No. 8, also had aschool this year. District No. 1 was organized
in Liberty Township in 1859 ; No. 13 in Center Township in 1862, and No.
5 in Owl Creek Township the same year. The county had in 1878 when
the first report was made, fifty-seven school districts ; in 1879, fifty-nine ;
in 1881, sixty-two, and in 1882, sixty-four. The population between the
ages of five and twenty-one was in 1878, 2,236; in 1879, 2,502; in 1881,
2,567, and in 1882, 2,638. The number of pupils enrolled was in 1878 ——
in 1879, 2,086 ; in 1881, 2,150; and in 1882, 2,128. The average attendance
in 1877 was not given; in 1879, it was 1,225; in 1881, 1,350 and in 1882,
1,550. The total expenditures in 1877 were not given ; they were in 1879,
$14,662.03 ; in 1881, $14,538.72, and in 1882, $16,744.04. The amount of
school bonds is not reported prior to 1881, when they amounted to $8,340.
To is sum was added during 1882, for sadly needed school buildings,
$10,500.

War History.—In November, 1861, a company of soldiers for service in
the Union army was organized at Neosho Falls with B. F. Goss Captain and
I. W. Dow First Lieutenant. This was part of what was known as the Iola
pattalion. These troops were consolidated with others and formed part of
the Ninth Kansas Cavalry. -They participated in the engagements of
Wilson Creek, Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge and many others, and after two
years’ service on the border went south into Arkansas, where they remained
until the close of the war. Many returned to Neosho Falls and other
points in the county, while others formed new ties and drifted to fresh

‘harbors, and still others parted their moorings forever and driftcd out
from the noise and carnage of battle to the endless calm of the unknown
sea.

Ratlroads.—The first railway to make proposals to the county was the
Union Pacific, which contemplated running a southern branch through
the county ; $70,000 of bonds were asked and the proposition sub-
mitted to the people on August 16, 1867. Returns were received from
Neosho Falls, Liberty, Owl Creek and Belmont Townships, aggregating
105 for the measure and 115 against it. On November 5 of the same year
a second effort was made to secure this road $71,000 in bonds, but it proved

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ineffectual, the vote standing 125 to 131. In 1870, the Humboldt & Ar.
kansas River Railway was organized and proposed to build west from
Humboldt across Woodson County. Owl Creek Township was asked for
$50,000 in bonds; Belmont Township, $30,000, and Toronto Township
$20,000. All bonds were to run thirty years and only to be issued upon
the completion of the road. The proposition was accepted by a small
majority in Belmont and Toronto, but lost in Owl Creek Township by a vote
of 22 to 144. The road was never built. At the same time the Fort Scott,
Iola & Neosho Valley Railway asked.$50,000 in bonds from Neosho Falls
Township on condition of completing the road and putting it in operation by
January 1, 1872. The same year it was proposed to issue $175,000 in bonds
to the Paola & Fall River Railway and an election was held, but the point
was taken and sustained that there had not been a sufficient publication of
the notice of election and the votes were never canvassed. About this time
the Fort Scott, Humboldt & Western Railway made a bond proposition,
but it was very effectually killed by a vote of 175 to 701. The next can-
didate was the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Arizona Railway, which received
a vote of 745 to 504, the returns from Owl Creek Township which were
heavily against the proposition being thrown out. The road was, however,
never built. On March 15, 1881, the proposition to vote bonds to the Kan-
gas, Arizona Railway was submitted in Liberty Township and lost, 99 to
129. In June, 1881, the only cross-country railway that ever became a
reality in the county made a proposition for the subscription of bonds to
its stock. This road, the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita, asked $28,000
of Center and $22,000 of Toronto Township. The measure met with com-
paratively little opposition in either place and passed by 124 to 71 in Center
and 64 to 14in Toronto. Work was at once begun on the road, and it was
completed through the county the same fall. The latest candidate for
assistance in railway is the Nebraska, Topeka, Iola & Memphis Railway,
to which Neosho Township voted $20,000 in bonds on September 20, 1881,
the ballot being 178 for the road and 39 against it.

Crop Acreage.—The following table shows the acreage devoted to the
principal products of the county. A perusal of its columns will readily
show the reader what crops have been found best adapted to the soil of
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PRODUCTIONS. 1872. 1874. 1876. 1878. 1880. | 1882.

Winter Wheat wccersessssceccsseceeeaesseses 4,184 4,433, 1,680 2,455 4,184 1,849
Rye sissssesecevvss e 332 355 110 465 300 106
Spring wheat... 54 186 13 33 25 8
12,289 | 11,155 16,048 ane 25,027 | 83,141

4,743 | 4,325 | 4,190 | 3,896 |'"3,955 | "5,362

192 73 65.51 131.50 46-|- 16

Trish potatoes 510 517 542 420 516 354
Sweet potatoes .. 21 16.62 21,61 10 11
Sorghum..... 174 322 135.50} 167,50, 322 409
Castor beans 183 62 105,50 165 222
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A Prehistoric Cave.—This cave is situated about twelve miles north of
Toronto, on Section 18, Township 24, Range 14. Its mouth is about fifty -

feet wide and ten feet high, and the cave extends back about twenty feet.

In the mouth of the cave lies a rock about nine feet long by six feet wide,
the surface of which is nearly horizontal, the rock having evidently fallen
from the roof of the cavern. On the surface of this rock are cut numer-
ous figures of various sizes and shapes, some of which are indescribable.
No system or regularity was observed by the inscribers, but the different
figures and groups of incisions are scattered promiscuously, often over-
lapping and interlacing each other, as if done more for pastime than for
the purpose of leaving any record of events then occurring, to be read by
future generations. Scie of the figures represent the human body, others
parts of the body, as the head, with a small hat on, and marks down the
chin, which may have been meant to represent the beard. One may have
been designed to represent a little idol, another a bird’s foot, another
looks like a capital A, etc.

Great interest is manifested in them by the people of Woodson County,
which is doubtless altogether owing to the fact of their mysteriousness.
The same interest will probably always attach to them. There is but lit-
tle reason to hope that they will be so deciphered as to throw any light on
the history of the past.

These tracings, or figures, or hieroglyphics, as some call them, were
discovered about May 15, 1858, by Esquire Robert Daly, while out on @
private hunting expedition. At the time of discovery, they were covered
over with dirt and debris, and partially overgrown with moss. Mr. Daly,
who was one of the first settlers in this part of the county, has resided in
the vicinity ever since, and now lives about one and a half miles south of
this prehistoric cave.

COUNTY ROSTER AND ELECTIONS.

The record of elections since that of 1859, already given in detail, is best pre-
served by giving a consecutive line of those who have held each office separately. ‘O-
bate Judges have been elected as follows: James Crane, 1860; John Stansberry, 1861; James
Crane (to fill vacancy), November, 1861; J. B, Pickering (appointed), March, 1862; J. B.
Pickering, 1863; Pusey Graves, 1864-65-68-70; I. S. Jones, 1872-74-76-78-80-82. County
Clerks for this period have been: T. D. Bodman, 1860; A. W. Pickering, 1860; Peter Yohon
peppointsa), March, 1861; G. L. Wait, 1862-63-65 ; P. Graves, 1866; G. L. Wait, 1867-69; W. W.

ain, 1871; I. N. Holloway, 1873-75-77; H.S. Trueblood, 1879-81. County Treasurers have
been: W. M. Alexander, 1861; J. M, Baldwin, 1862; J. Baitie, 1863; David Reynolds, 1865;
A. K, Phelon, 1866 (January 15, 1867, there being a vacancy, I. W. Dow was appointed to
serve until Phelon’s term began in July); Thomas A. Blanchard, 1867; W. J. aughwout,
1871-73; Robert A. Hurt, 1875-77; J. W. Depew, 1879-81. Those who have held the office 0
Sheriffare: A. Johnston, 1862; D. H. Miller, 1863; David H. Faler, 1865; Thomas A. Blanch-
ard, 1867 ; David Phillips, 1871; William Cozine, 1873; Abraham Smith, 1875-77; G. W. Davis,
1879-81. Registers of Deeds: H. Groesbeck, 1860; J. D. Coulter, 1861; P. Yohon, 1862; J. D.
Coulter, 1863; G. L. Wait, 1865; W. W. Sain, 1867-69-71; I. S. Jones, 1878-75-77-79; W. A.
Bailey, 1881. District Clerks: A. S. Hathaway, 1862; A. P. Horton, 1868; Nathan Keller,
1864; Pusey Graves, 1865 (to fill vacancy); P. Graves, 1868-70; D. Folmer, 1872; George D.
Carpenter, 1874-76-78; W. E. Hogueland, 1880-82. Superintendents of Public Instruction in
WOODSON COUNTY.

the county: J. B. Pickering, 1861; E. J. Brown, 1862; W. B. Stines, 1864; §. J. Williams
1866-68 ; J. L. Gilbert, 1870-73; A. F, Palmer, 1874-76-78; J. W. Richardson, 1880; Miss Lizzie
J. Ste} arena Se, i ;
nm June 21, 1859, the: Commissioners met and proceeded to canvass the vo! ti

June 7, for delegates to the Constitutional Convention. The result of their count ne. SE.
Hoffman, 66; Allen Crocker, 60; Hyram Hover, 4. Hoffman was declared elected, and was
one of those who helped to frame the Wyandotte Constitution. This constitution framed, it
became necessary to submit it to the approbation of the people, and an election was called
for October 4, 1859, for this purpose. This resultéd in favor of the Constitution by a vote of
91 to 53, At the same time the Homestead Law was submitted and carried by a vote of 68 to
44. Events moved rapidly this year. Hardly was this election disposed of, when another
was ordered for November 8, At this the vote stood as follows: For Territorial Delegate—
Marcus J. Parrott, 87; S. W. Johnston, 77._ Member of the Council from the Twelfth Dis-
trict—N. S. Goss, 100; Watson Stewart, 65, Representative—P. G. D. Morton, 85; E. J.
Brown, 84, County Superintendent of Public Instruction—Peter Stevens, 93; Asa Jones, 75.
Probate Judge—Jotham Keys, 89; O. P. Haughawout, 78. Sheriff—Hyram McConnell, 100;
Lewis Thompson, 64. Register of Deeds—Emerick Chase, 84; H. Groesbeck, 84. County
Attorney—H. L. Duna, 77; A, Vernam, 80; “Mr.” Wa.ton, 1. County Clerk—J. M. Leech,
81; M. Smith Austin, 81. county Treasurer—Thomas Sears, 82; G. J. Cavin, 81. Coroner—
David Reynolds, 84; Charles Ostmire, 82. County Surveyor—John Woolman, 84; John C.
Robinson, 76. ardly was this election over when another for officers under the Wyandotte
Constitution was called. This took place on December 5, 1859, and resulted as follows: For
Governor—Samuel Medary, 37; Charles Robinson, 60. Lieutenant Governor—John P.
Slough, 38; J. P. Root, 59. Secretary of State—A. P. Walker, 39; John W. Robinson, 58.
Attorney-General—Orlin Thurston, 39; B. F. Simpson, 58. State Auditor—Joel K. Goodin,
39; George S. Hillyer, 58. State Treasurer—R. L. Pease, 39; William Tholen, 58. Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction—J. 8, McGill, 39; W. R. Griffith, 58. Justice Supreme Court—
Joseph Williams, 40; Thomas Ewing, 57. Associate Justice, for term of four years—S. A.
Stinson, 39; S. A. Kingman, 58. For term of two years—R. B. Whitehall, 41; L. D. Bailey,

56. Representative in Congress—John A. Holderman, 39; Martin F. Conway, 58. Judge

Fifth District—O, E. Leonard, 78; J.H. Watson, 15. Senator Eleventh Senatorial District—

8. E, Hoffman, 45; Russell Austin, 30. Representative Eleventh District—G. H. Lillie, 57;

Alanson K. Hawks, 57. Probate Judge—o. P. Haughwout, 43; Jotham Keys, 54. Clerk of

the District Court—A. McCartney, 50; D. H. Miller, 37. County Superintendent of Public

Instruction—Asa Jones, 11, :

YATES CENTER.

Yates Center, the county seat of Woodson County, is located on Sec-
tions 10, 11, 14 and 15, and includes with its various additions about 500
acres in Town 25, Range 15, the geographical center of the county. It
is tothis fact that it owes its existence, its owner, Abner Yates, being
a resident of Jacksonville, Tll., and having never contemplated start-
ing atown at this point. The locating of a county seat had kept the
county in a state of uncertainty for several years and the inhabitants of
Kalida and Defiance, each of which had been for a time the county
seat, made overtures to Mr. Yates for the laying-out of a town which
should by its position in the county be the most convenient seat of
justice. A plan of operations was formed and to be in readiness for the
outcome of the election, more particularly described already. Mr. Yates
purchased. a two-story building of F. G. Lange, and had it moved to the
town site, where it was placed on the southwest corner of the square
where the store of T. W. Wilson now stands. This was the first building
on the town site, and was for a long time used not only for county busi-
ness, but for religious services and all public gatherings. When Yates
Center became-the county seat, Kalida and Defiance, two small places in
which for atime ‘‘the county seat on wheels” had rested in turn, put
themselves on wheels and came to Yates Center. It was about this time,
or a little earlier, that the name of the place was fixed contrary to the de-
sire of the owner, who had chosen for it the name of Butler, but found
the place already localized as Yates Center (of the county). Many of the
buildings moved from the old towns were stores, and were continued by
their owners. The first general store, that of George Wille, was one of
these. T. W. Wilson opened the second store, and J. M. Wolfer, with a
stock of drugs, came third. Dr. E. V. Wharton, the first physician, was
soon followed by Dr. J. W. Turner. Jesse Pickett, the present County
Attorney, was the first of his profession, but came only a short time be-
fore Judge W. H. Thurber and Alexander Stewart. The first hotel was
moved from Kalida and run by C. W. Wilsen. It was soon: purchased by
F. G. Lange, who has from time to time enlarged it and now operates it.
C. W. Wilson was the first liveryman, and J. B. Fay the first blacksmith.
In 1878, the court house buildings, which had stood at Defiance and were
the property of the county, were removed to Yates Center, where they oc-
cupy the northeast corner of the square. The town has never been incor-
porated, and is all, except what has been sold to various parties, or do-
nated for church, school or other purposes, the property of Mr. Abner
Yates. Mr. Yates has made three additions to the original plat of the
town, and J. B. Fry one, on the northeast of Section 11.

The town now has a population of 800. Two good hotels supply the
wants of the traveling public and a large number of first-class stores the
needs of the outlying population.
Railway entered the town in the fall of 1879, and at once afforded direct
communication ‘with the great cities of the East. Within the year 1882
over sixty buildings have been erected, many of them large and substan-
a and several stone stores, which would be a credit to much larger
places.

LOCAL MATTERS. <

_ Postal Affairs.—The post office at Yates Center was opened in 1877, and L. J. Wells ap-
pointed Postmaster, remaining in this position until the spring of 1882, when I. N. Hollo-
way, the present official, was appointed. The post office occupies a neat building on the
northeast corner of the piblic square.

Edueation.—School District No. 51, which embraces Yates Center, was formed in 1875,
and school taught that year by Miss Kate Rhea. In 1876,two teachers were employed for
six and three months respectively—George E. Faler, now editor of the News, and G. E. Car-
penter. In 1877, a stone schoolhouse was Suilt in Yates Center on land donated by Abner
Yates. This building, which cost $800, soon proved too small, and a wooden one was
oined to it at a cost of $600. The rapid growth of population soon made this compound

uilding inadequate, and on July 24, 1882, it was decided by ballot to issue $5,000 of the bonds
of the district and with the proceeds build anew. This will be done in 1882-83. The new
building is of stone and.has four rooms, It is located in the north part of town. The first
teacher in the present building was George E, Faler. He was followed by J. W. Richardson,
1878-79-80; M. C. Smith, 1881, and W. S. Shippey, 1882, Mr. Shippey has as assistants his
wifeand Miss B. Harris. The school now has an enrollment of one hundred and seventy.
' Methodism.—The Methodist Church of Yates Center was orgahized at Kalida prior to
1870, and moved thence when the town was removed in 1876, Its first pastor in Yates Cen-

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. ter was Rev, J. McNulty, who supplied the charge three years. He was followed by Rev. T.

A. Walker, who remained two years, and Rev. W. H. Carwardine, who entered upon his pas-
torate in March, 1881, and still remains,. The church has now a membership of forty-three.
A wooden church building ‘was erected in 1880 at a cost of $1,000. The Sabbath school of
the church was organized on January 1, 1881, and is in charge of N.F. Follett. It hasan
attendance of seventy.

Christian Church.—The Christian Church of Yates Center embraces a large number of
farmers who live at a distance from the town, and thus while apparently weak, is really one
of the strongest churches. It was organized in October, 1876, by Rev. J. W. Shively and had
a embers et fourteen, but up to the arrival of Rev. C. J. Wright in March, 1877, had no
pastor. Mr. Wright retired in March, 1878, and was followed in the fall of that year by
Rev. C. W. Pool. He alsoleft after a year’s service and the pulpit was not filled until March,
1881, when Rev. J. J. Williams was called. Since his resignation a year later the church
has had ho regular pastor, although services are held every second Sunday. The church
membership is now seventy-five. A neatstone church, 30x47 feet, was built in 1877 at a cost
of $1,800. ‘I'he church has no separate Sabbath school.

Presbyterian Church.—The Presbyterian Church at this point was organized in May,

1880, by Rev. John Creath, who was not the pastor of the church, although he held services

for a considerable time. The church had at the time of organization thirteen members.
Its first regular pastor was Rev. H. R. Lewis, who preached from June 1, 1880, until Septem-
ber of the same year. He was followed, October 1, 1881, by Rev. B. F. Haviland, who is still
in charge. The society holds services every second Sunday in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. When in charge of a pastor the same rule is in force, half time being given to the
church at Neosho Falls. The membership of the church is now seventeen. -Their Sabbath
school is amalgamated with the Union school.

Baptist Church.—The Baptist society was organized in August, 1882, It has, as yet, no

pastor. Occasional services are held in the schoolhouse. The society numbers fifteen, but
will be greatly increased upon the appointment of a pastor, as there are many of this belief
living near this place.
: The News—The Weekly News was brought into existence in February, 1877, at Yates
Center. Its publishers were Steinbarger & Baker, The former soon retired and E. W.
Baker continued publication until May, 1878, when he sold out to S. P. Bacon and J. B.
Fry. The name of the paper was then changed to the Yates Center News. In 1880, the office
passed into the hands of W. H. Slavens & G. W. Fry, who ran the paper until February 27,
1882, when it was purchased by its presenteditor, George E. Faler. Under his management
the paper has been a stalwart Republican sheet. It now has a circulation of 800 copies
weekly.

The Argus—The Yates Center Argus, a five-column Republican folio, came into bein
in the field of journalism on Saturday, March 18, 1882, Its owners were T. W. Wilson an
W. H. Jones, the latter being editor and manager. On July 1, Jones retired and his inter-
est was taken by Robert R. Wells. At the same time Wilson was replaced by his son H. E. .
-Wilson, and the paper became Independent in politics. It hag now a circulation of 500
copies weekly. It is published Saturdays. ‘

Masonic.—Gilead Lodge, No. 144, A., F. & A. M., was organized at Kalida on October 16,
1873, and removed to Yates Center when the old town was abandoned. ‘The first officers of
the lodge were: J. L. Jones, W. M.; A. F. Palmer, 8. W.; W. T. Wardrip, J. W.; H. M. Hub-
bard, Secretary; John Pringle, Treasurer. The lodge how has a membership of fifty.
pone are held on each Friday on or before full moon, and each two weeks thereafter, in
the hall jointly occupied by this dodge and the/Odd Fellows. The present officers of the
lodge are, George E. Faler, W. M.; W. ‘H. Slavens, 8. W.; J. C. Powell, J. W.; T. W. Wil-
son, Treasurer; I. M. Jewitt, Secretary.

Odd Fellows.—Woodson Lodge, No. 173, I. 0. 0. F., was organized in May, 1880, with a
membership of fifteen, eight of whom were initiated at the first meeting. The roll of char-
ter officers is as follows: R. A. Hurt, N.G.; J. C. Jameson, V. G.; A. F. Palmer, Secretary;
T. W. Wilson, Treasurer. The present officers of the lodge are, G. W. Davis, N. G.; I. N.
Holloway, V. G.; C.S. Jones, Secretary; I. M. Jewitt, Treasurer. Thelodge now has a mem-
bership of thirty. . Meetings are held in the hall used jointly by this society and the Ma-
sonic fraternity, on each Tuesday evening. é
; A, O. U. W—Yates Center Lodge, No. 99, Ancient Order United Workingmen, was or-
nce on pel 8, 1882, with fourteen members and the following officers: H. W. West,

. M. W.; J. W. Richardson, M. W.; T. W. Wiison, G. F.; J. C. Powell, 0.; A. Van Slyke, Re-
corder; N. F. Follett, Financier; H. Lyman, Receiver. The lodge now has a membership
of twenty-eight. Meetings are held on Thursday evening of each week in Masonic Hall.
The officers of the lodge are now: H. W. West, P. M. W.; T. W. Wilson, M. W.; H. Lyman,
G. F.; M. E. Whitehead, 0.; W. W. Chance, Recorder; H.W. West, Financier; C. W. Wil-
son, Receiver.

Knignis of Pythias—Oak Hall Lodge (U. D.) K. of P., was organized on November 20,
1882, wit! ee ae of thirty-two and the following officers: I. N. Thompson, P. C.;
H. J. Jpnaes, V.C.; W. H. Slavens, C. C. The society meets on Monday of each week in
Masohic Hall.”

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. A. BAILEY, Register of Deeds, came to Kansasin August, 1876; located on a farm near
Yates Center; taught school for three years, and engaged for a short time in the grocery business,
and was for nine months proprietor of the Central Hotel, Yates Center. In the spring of 1881,he was |
elected Trustee of Center Township, and in the fall was elected Register of Deeds, which position
he holds at the present time. He was born in Randolph County, Ind., August 14, 1854; is the
son of Wiiliam H. and Margaret Ann Bailey. Lived twenty-one years in his native county, and
served eighteen months as a telegraph operator for the Bee Line R. R., at Farmland, Randolph
Co., Ind.,and in August, 1875, moved to Iowa, where he attended school about one year, and
came to Kansas. He was married in Woodson County, Kan., September 3, 1876, to Sarah E. Bell,
daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Bell. He has two children—Frances W. C. and Annie E.
Bailey. Mr. Bailey is one of the promising young men of the State, and is destined to be prominently
identified with its future history. He belongs to the I.0, O. F., K. of P., and the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. "

L. W. DANIEL, barber, came to Kansas in 1854; located in Linn County on aclaim, but in
1856 his father was driven off his claim, and everything he had, except a wagon and a blind team,
taken from him by the border ruffians. He left a growing crop in the field, and moved with his
family into Barry County, Mo., and farmed until 1861, when he was driven out of Missouri by the
rebels, and took refuge in Kansas. L. W. Daniel, the subject of our sketch, has remaided in
Woodson County ever since, and at present is proprietor of the only barber shop in Yates Center.
He was born in Shelby County, Ill., April 24,1841, son of Jonah and Mary J. Daniel. Moved
direct from his native county to Kaneasin 1854. He was married in Barry County, Mo., July
22, 1860, to Ardenia Harp, and has eight living children. He isa member of the Christian
Church and of the I.0.0. F. ,

J, W. DEPEW, County Treasurer, came to Kansas in the spring of 1872; farmed four years
in Woodson County, then moved to Yates Center, and for about four years engaged in mercan-
tile business, and in the fall of 1879 was elected County Treasurer; served a full term and was re-
elected in 1881. He was born in Bloomington, Ill., February 5, 1852, son of Benjamin and Mary
Depew. Was raised and educated in the city of Bloomington, and engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness aga clerk until he came to Kansas, in 1872, He was married in Burlington, Coffey Co, Kan.,
September 29, 1875, to Eva Cox, daughter of James G. and Evaline Cox. By this union they have
two children—Leonidas and William Depew. He is a worthy Mason, and N. G. of the I. 0. 0. F.
His wife is an intelligent and accomplished lady, and a worthy member of the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Depew is recognized as one of the most obliging county officials, as well as one of
our best citizens. He has served in the responsible position to which he has been entrusted with
credit to himself, and with entire satisfaction to the public.

JOHN M. DICKERSON, farmer, and Sheriff of Woodson County, P. 0. Yates Center, came
to Kansas in October, 1870. Located ona farm in Allen Cuunty; remained nearly four years,
and in April, 1874, accepted a position as miller for the Burlington Flouring Mills, Returned to
his farm in June, 1875; farmed until 1878, and served one term as Justice of the Peace. Came to
Woodson County in 1878; moved on to a farm near Toronto, engaging at the same time with W.
S. Lockwood, in a flouring mill at the latter place, and in November, 1882, was appointed Sheriff
of Woodson (ounty, and is now serving his county very efficiently in that capacity. He was
born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 1, 1839, son of Thomas and Mary S. Dickerson. He lived in
his native county thirteen years, and in Franklin County eighteen years. Learned and followed
the miller’s trade in the latter county. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-
third Ohio National Guards, and was mustered in as Second Lieutenant May 2,1864. He served
a three-months’ term of enlistment, and re-enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-
first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Was promoted First Lieutenant March 11, 1865, and was mus-
tered out August 27, 1865. Atthe close of the war he returned to Franklin County, Ohio, where
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he remained until 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas. He was married in Franklin County,
Uhio, May-31, 1860, to Sarah E. Painter, daughter of Willis and Rebecca A. Paintér. They have
five children—Willis P., Hiram T., Thomas J., Leah J.and Mary. They are both worthy mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is aleoa worthy Mason; is astudious, thoughtful man,
quite ingenious, plain in his dress and habits of living, straightforward and reliable in business.
tORGE E, FALER, editor and publisher of thu Yates Center News, came to Kansas in the
summer of 1861 ; located in Center Township and engaged in farming until 1876; then engagedin
the loan and real estate business five years; then bought out the Yates Center News, and has
been the editor and proprietor ever since. He has served three years as Township Trustee in
Center Township, and in 1879 was clerk of the House Committee on Public Lands, Kansas State
. Legistature, . He enlisted at Trenton, Mo., in Company B, Twenty-third Missouri Volunteer In-
-lantry, and was in the home guard service three months. He again enlisted in Company F, Ninth
Kansas Cavalry; was mustered in January 16, 1862. He was in the battles of Newtonia, Cane
Hill, Prairie Grove and other engagements, and was mustered out January 16,1865. He was born
in Fairfield County, Ohio, November 8, 1842; son of Christopher and Elizabeth Faler. Ata very
early age he moved with his parents to Wabash County, Ind.; lived there twelve years on a farm,
and.in 1857 ‘moved to Missouri.’ Lived near Trenton four years, and was educated in Grand
. River College. Located at Edinburg, Grundy Co., Mo.; came direct from that county to Kansas.
He was married in Humboldt, Kan., March 31, 1870, to Mrs, A. E. Winger, an estimable widow
lady of Indiana, »nd daughter of John and Elizabeth Murray. They have two children—Rush
G., born December 1, 1871, and Jesse Harrold Faler, born April 21, 1876. . Mr. Faler is Master of
' Gilead Lodge, No. 144, A., F, & A. M., Yates Center, and a member of Humboldt Post, and Val-
ley Chapter, No. 11, Royal Arch Masons, Humboldt.

I, N. HOLLOWAY, Postmaster, and dealer in real estate and town property, came to Kansas
in June, 1869, brought everything he owned in a wagon, the entire outfit invoicing about $500.
He rented a farm, and in 1870 took a homestead four miles from Neosho Falls, and engaged in
farming for several years. He was elected County Clerk in the fall of 1873, and served three
consecutive terms. He has been honored as delegate to State conventions several times. He
served in 1881 from February to July 1, as State Aid Commissioner for the distribution of $25,000
woth of aid appopriated by an act of the State Legislature. He engaged in the real estate busi-
ness from 1879 until appointed Postmaster at Yates Center, which position he has filled since July
1, 1882, He was born in Mercer County, Penn., October 11, 1831; is the son of Iraand Esther
Holloway, He lived in his native county twenty-four years, then moved to Independence, Jack-
son County, Mo., and was in the vicinity of Independence during the border war of 1856. He
moved to Council Bluffs in the spring of 1857, and in the fall of 1858 went, with seventeen wagons
and sixty miners, to Colorado ; prospected and mined for one year. He returned to Omaha, and
the next spring went to Ottumwa, lowa, and engaged at farming until August, 1862, when he
enlistéd in Company H, Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; was mustered in at Keokuk,
Towa, October 4, 1862. He did border service until the first general engagement took place at
Helena, Ark., July 4, 1863; was afterward in several battles, and was in Stéele’s expedition in
1864. He was on detached service in the fall of 1863, as Sergeant of Engineers, until mustered
out in September, 1865. He returned to Ottumwa and conducted a hotel one mile west of town,
until the spring of 1869, when he emigrated to Kansas. He was married in Washington, Iowa,
October 24, 1865, to Mary J. Scott, a native of Pennslyvania, and daughter of Alva and Jane
Scott. She is an intelligent and accomplished lady, educated at Washington College, Iowa.
They have five children—Bertha E. and Myrtie L., twins, Elma P., Minnie E, and Clara Grace.
‘They are both members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.

W. E. HOGUELAND, Clerk of the District Court, residence Neosho Falls, came to Kansas in
the summer of 1869 and located at Neosho Falls; was then only ten years ofage. He attended
school in Neosho Falls, and finally engaged in the practice of law, after reading three years under

_ Hon. W. A. Atchison. In 1880, he was elected Clerk of the District Court, being at the time just .

twenty-one years of age. Though very young, he has served, since his election, to the satisfac-
tion of the people and has proven himeelf faithful, competent and efficient in his responsible posi-
tion. _He was born in Nashville, Ind., October 3, 1859, He is a son of Wm. B. and Cordelia
Hogueland. He lived in his native town until he came to Kansas in 1869.
,. ROBERT A. HURT, farmer, Sections 18.and 19, P.O. Yates Center. He came to Kansas in
“_ April, 1871, and located seven miles north of Toronto, and farmed five years.. In 1875 he was
elected County Treasurer, and was re-elected in 1877,and since the expiration of his term of office
in 1880, has engaged in farming near Yates Center; he also deals in real estate and live stock.
He was born in Warren County, Ky., September 18, 1821. He is the son of John and Sarah Hurt.
When ten years of age, he moved with his parents to. Springfield, LIl., and in 1840, he and his
brothers began the manufacture of woolen goods in Athens, IIl., where they remained until 1849,
and next engaged in the mercantile business for two years at Havana, IIl.; then farmed in Mason
County until 1860, and again sold goods in. Mason City, Ill., four years, and in Elkhart six“
years, andthen moved to Kansas. He was married in Athens, Ill., February 22, 1842, to Mary A,
Dimond, daughter of Jesse and Susan Dimond. _ By this union they have five children—Emily
J., Mary F., Augusta M., Agnes E. and John C. Hurt. Ho has filled all the chairs in the Masonic
Lodge and the I. 0.0. F. Mr. Hurt is one of Woodson County’s most popular and prosperous
citizens. 5

ISAAC M. JEWITT, merchant, came to Kansas in the fall of 1862, located at Burlington,
Coffey County. Farmed sixteen years, then moved to present location; engaged in the mercan-
tile business, and in company with A. F. Palmer carries on a very extensive trade in general
merchandise. He was born in Montgomery County, IIl., April 8, 1853, son of Mason and Jane
Jewitt. Lived in his native county until he came to Kansas. He was married in Wilson
county, Kan., February 11, 1878, to Ency Blackman, daughter of Thomas J. and Phoebe A.
Blackman. They have two children—Alta L. and Bertha May Jewitt. He isa worthy Mason
ene a member of the I.0.0.F. Mr. Jewitt is one of the most prosperous merchants in the

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HARVEY 8. JOHNSON, druggist, came to Kansas in April, 1870; located in Woodson
County on a farm; taught school from the fall of 1870 until the spring of 1873, then went to
Texas and taught in Hamilton County nearly two years; then returned to Kansas and continued
teaching winters for nearly three years; clerked some time in a drug store and established his
present business in November, 1879. He is the present Trustee of Center Township. He was
born in Pike County, Penn., April 23, 1852, son of Daniel and Elvina Johnson. His parents
moved to Wisconsin in September, 1852, He wai consequently ralaed and educated in that State,
coming directly from Jefferson County, Wis., to Kansas in 1870. He was married in Yates Cen-
ter, December 25, 1876, to Mary J. Wille, an accomplished lady of Iowa, and daughter of Henry
Wille. By this union he has bad two children—Clarence Verne and Willard Leslie Johnson.
He is a member of theI. 0. 0. F., K. of P.and A., F. & A. M.

HON. I. S. JONES, Probate Judge of Woodson County, came to Kansas in March, 1870. Lo-
cated at Neosho Falls; taught the Neosho Falls public school, assisted by bis daughter. In 1873,
he was elected Judge of the Probate Court; has been re-elected time after time, and has held the
office ever since; and during eight years of this time served in the double capacity of Probate
Judge and Register of Deeds, being elected to both offices. He waa born in Cincinnati, Ohio,

- April 20, 1823, son of William T. and Rachel Jones. He was educated in Wabash College, and
taught several years in his native State. In 1852, he was elected County Auditor of Warren
County, Ind., and served eight consecutive years in that capacity. For the next six years, he
was engaged in the mercantile business, and then again in teaching until 1870, when he camoto
Kansas. He was married in Williamsport, Warren County, Ind., April 18, 1850, to Lucinda J.
Etnire, daughter of Jacob and Mary Etnire. By this union he has two children—Mary 0., wife
of W. H. Slavens, and Maud, wife of T. A. Schuler. Mr. Jones is a worthy member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, and of the I. 0.0. F. The universal esteem in which he is held by the
people of Woodson County is indicated by the time which he has served in the responsible office
which he has now held nearly ten years, .

SOLOMON KESNER, insurance and loan agent, was born in Perry County, Ind., in 1832,
where he lived until 1855, when be moved to Illinois, remaining there one year; thence to Iowa,
and in 1857 located in Coffey County, Kan., and engaged in farming. Cleared up and improved
a farm and remained there until 1860. Thence to Woodson County, where he improved another
far n and engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. K. was among the pioneers of Woodson
County. In 1879, he sold out and improved another farm, putting up a large stone house and

- other buildings and planted an orchard of twenty acres, and sold this and engaged in the hotel
business at LeRoy, Coffey County. After remaining there one year, he traded this property for
a grist mill in Elk County, and after a short time traded this for his present farm at Yates Cen-
ter, Woodson County. In 1883, he engaged in the insurance and loan business in Chautauqua
County, with headquarters at Sedan, and has been doing a large business. For a number of
years he was engaged in selling goods on the road and handling patent rights, besides attending
to his farming interests, and for six months has been at work on a double bunch hay rake, which
he has just succeeded in getting patented, which ho is confident will take the lead in rakes in
this country. Mr. Kesner isa public-spirited man, who takes @ lively interest in all improve-
ments or anything of a progressive tendency, and being a good business man, has accumulated
a nice property since he came to Kansas, although he has been afflicted with poor health for sev-
eral years. In 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Sabra Kitterman, of Indiana. They have

HISTORY OF KANSAS. .

seven children—Christopher C., Elizabeth C., John W., Sarah A., George T., Amenda J. and

Nancy EB. Mr. K. isan active member of the Christian Church, and has been a member since

ighteen years of age, 7 ‘

7 MAGGIE M. LAWRENCE, milliner and dressmaker, came to Kaneas October 19, 1857; lo-
cated at Iola, Allen Co.; taught seven years in Allen County, and remained in that county until
the fall of 1882, when she came to Yates Center, and is at present engaged in millinery and
dressmaking. She isa native of Indiana, and is the daughter of Dr. 8. K. J. Collins, the first
physician who ever practiced in Iola, Kan, She lived in her native county until 1857, when she
came direct to Kansas, being at the time only a child; she has been raised and educated in this
State. She was married at Iola September 7, 1882, to James T. Lawrence, a native of Virginia,
and at present engaged as traveling salesman for the Comstock Scale Company. She is an esti-
mable lady, and a worthy member of the M. E. Church. ;

ALBERT F. PALMER, merchant, came to Kansas in the spuie of 1870; taught school one
summer in Woodson County; then went to Michigan, and returned to Kansas in the spring of
1871; engaged in stock-raising two years, and also taught school; continued teaching until 1879,
In 1874, was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction, and served three consecutive
terms. Before his last term of office expired, he established, January 1, 1879, a mercantile busi-
ness in Yates Center, conducted under the firm name of Palmer & Jewett. This is one of the
leading firms of Yates Center. He was born near Ann Arbor, in Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 24,
1847,,son ot D. W.and F. D. Palmer. He lived in his native county twenty-three yeara, was ed-
ucated in the Manchester High School; taught in the public schools of Michigun three years, and
then. came to Kaveas, He was married in Yates Center September 18, 1881, to Elia Chellis,
daughter of H. T. and Sarah Chellis. They have one child, viz., Abbie E, Palmer. He isa
-worthy Mason, and a member of I. 0.0. F. Mr. Palmer has been of much service to the educa-
tional interests of Woodson County, and is one of the best citizens and most reliable business

the county.
eG , E. PICKETT, County Attorney, came to Kansas in the fall of 1864; farmed in Leaven-
worth County eighteen months, then in Lyon County eighteen months, after which he entered
the ministry of the U. B. Church, and for several years preached in Chase, Marion and Woodson
Counties. He has also taught in the public schools, and for one year engaged in the real estate
business, after which he entered Lane University, and attended one year, then edited and pub-
lished the Woodson County Advocate one year; at the same time prosecuted the study of law.
Moved to Barbour County in 1874; was admitted to the bar the same year, and has engaged in
the practice of Jaw ever since. He was elected County, Attorney of Barbour County just before
being admitted to the bar, and his election was contested on that account. He returned to
Woodson County in the-spring of 1875, and in 1876 was appointed County Attorney, and, after
serving the unexpired term, was elected for a fullterm. After serving this term, he edited and
published the Woodson County Post, and was again elected County Attorney in the fall of 1880,
and re-elected in 1882, and is now filling that office acceptably to the people, and with credit to
himself, He has algo served as Justice of the Peace, and as Township Clerk of Center Township,
He was born in Randolph County, lnd., February 28, 1850; son of Benjamin and Nancy Pickett,
He early moved with bis parents to Howard County, Ind., where he lived until fourteen years of
age; then moved to Kansas, He was married in Yates Center February 14, 1877, to Alma Chellis,
an accomplished lady, daughter of H. T. and Sarah Chellis They have two children—ArtburT.
and Jessie. He and his wife are both members of the Christian Church, he having changed his
church relations in 1873. He has made bimself quite useful to society and tothe church, by

- preaching as opportunity afforded or necessity required, working entirely without compensation.
He promises fair to stand in the very front rank in his profession as a lawyer. He belongs to the
A., F. & A. M,, the I. 0. 0. F. and the K. of H. : :

DR. 0. J. SKINNER, physician and surgeon, was born near Montpelier, Washington Co.,
Vt., September 3, 1817. 1s the son of Orson and Dorothea Skinner. His parents were natives of
Massachusetts, and descendants of colonists who emigrated from England. in the early days of
the colonies. The Skinner family in America are the descendants of three brothers from Lon-
don, Eng. (merchants), who settled some time in 1600—one in the Colony of Virginia, oné in Mas-
sachusetts,and one in Connecticut. They engaged in connection in a coasting and importing
trade. The grandfather was a Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution. The father was for
some time Associate Justice in the Circuit Court for his county. The subject of this sketch waa
educated at Randolph Seminary, in Randolph Center, Vt. In 1838, he removed to Chicago, TIl.,
and remuined there and in that vicinity over two years. A part of the time was employed as a
Superintendent of Work in the construction of the Illinois & Michigan Ship Canal. Surveyed a State
rvad from Chicago to Rockford, the first from the city leading to that portion of the State. He then
remuved to Summit County, Ohio, residing most of the time in Akron and vicinity for about six
years, most of which was spent in the etudy of bis profession and in teaching. His health fail-
ing (by advice), removed South, stopping at Jamestown, county seat of Russell County, Ky., where
he was not permitted to rest, but was induced to teach once more. Duriug the year so engaged,
was appointed, and (until the adoption of the new Constitution) acted as Probate Commissioner
for the county. In the meantime, was) appointed Postmaster, which office was held for about
two years, most of the official duties being discharged by avery obliging and intelligent medical
student. Confineme.t still resulting in ill health, under advice, he sought an out-door, active
life. . The office of County Surveyor becoming vacant, was elected, and discharged (with the aid
of a deputy) the duties of that office for four years, with more or less practice in his profession.
In 1853, removed to Whitley County, Ky., engaged in the practice of medicine, and, with others,
erected and operated an extensive mill on Cumberland River until the breaking-out of the war,
which caused a suspension of nearly all business upon that river. During the war, on accoun
of returning sick soldiers, and the absence of physicians, had a laborious practice, extending over
a large area, even into Tennessee. To defend the border agaiust the depredations of marauding
bands of guerrillas, the militia of the State was organized, and Dr. Skinner, at the solicitation of
the Governor, accepted a commission as Colonel of the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment
State Militia, He proceeded to organize the same, and discharged the duties assigned by His
Excellency and the Provost Department, until near the close of the war. During his absence
from the county, was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he held for four years. He served
for fifteen years as Circuit Court Examiner for his county. -In 1871 and part of 1872, was United
States Division Assessor, embracing his own and other counties. In the early spring of 1872, he
removed to Kansas, located on a farm in Center Township, and has engaged in the practice of
medicine ever since. After living nine years upon the farm, he moved to Yates Center, where he
now resides. He was married at Clio, Wayne Co., Ky., October 25, 1851,to an estimable lady,
widow of Dr. Alonzo Clark, and daughter of Dr. E. L. Miner, of Lithopolis, Ohio. He has three
living children—Julia M. Ashley, Elvira E.and Mary F. He has practiced medicine for thirty
Shine and is not only regarded as a skillful practitioner, but as one of our best and most reliable
citizens.

W. H. SLAVENS, attorney at law, came to Kanaas in the fall of 1868, and located at Neosho
Falls, He edited and published the Neosho Falls Advertiser from 1870 until 1873. Has engaged

in the practice of law ever since 1870. In 1874, he was elected County Attorney of Woodson

County, and served two years; then resigned and moved to Humboldt, Allen County, and in 1878

‘was elected County Attorney of Allen County. Moved to Iola, the county seat, and remained

until the fall of 1880, when he purchased the Yates Center News, which he edited and published

until the spring of 1882, Since then, has devoted his ontire time to the practice of his profes-
sion, Hoe was born in Putnam County, Ind., August 1, 1849, son of Rouben and Martha F. Slav-
ens. Was educated at Asbury College. Located at Greeucastle, Ind. Taught one term in the
winter of 1866-67, in Wright County, Iowa. , Returned to Indiana, and remained there until the

fall of 1868, when he moved to Kansas. Ho was married in Neosho Falls, Kan., April 28, 1872,

to Mary 0. Jones, an accomplished lady, and daughter of Judge 1.8. Jones, By this union they

have two children—Jessie L. and Queen Maud. They are members of the M.E. Church. He
is also C. C., K. of P., Senior Warden of the Masonic lodge, member of Valley Chapter, of Hum-
boldt, Kan., and St. Bernard Commandery Knights Templar, of Independence, Kan., and is Past

Grand of the I. 0.0. F. He is well read in his profession, and is one of the leading attorneys of

‘Woodson County. ‘

ABRAHAM SMITH, farmer, Sections 5, 8 and 9, P.O. Yates Center, came to Kansas in
July, 1860, He located in Allen County on a farm, where he remained until 1870, when he came
to his present location. He has served with credit to himself and with entire satisfaction to the
People as Sheriff of ‘Woodson County two successive terms, He enlisted in Company G, Ninth
Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, in September, 1861, and was mustered in in January, 1862. Served
three years and four months, and was principally engaged in escorting trains, hunting guerrillas,
fighting bushwhackers, scouting, skirmishing, and doing border service generally. He was mus-
tered out in January, 1865. He had numerous hairbreadth escapes while in the army and while
Sheriff. The first time Humboldt was sacked-by the rebels he was taken prisoner and held for
two days, but escaped by strategy. The second time he was captured he escaped while under fire
of six guns, being chased over two miles and having thirty shots fired at him. While on ad-
vance guard in the army in Arkansas in 1864, he and two others were fired at from the brush
at close range while crossing a creek bridge, there being about 200 shots fired without effect.
While Sheriff, he was in two shooting affairs, but has never yet been touched by a ball. He was
born in Morgan County, Ohio, July 7, 1819, son of Joseph and Hannah Smith, He lived in hi-
_ Charles, Flora and Lillian.

with three children, viz. :

WOODSON COUNTY.

native county ten years, McLean County, fll., three years, Putnam County one year, Kendall
County about seventeen years, and Byreau County ten years, and then came to Kansas in 1860.
He was murried in Kendall County, Il,, July 10, 1841, to Angeline Ackley, who is a native of
Ohio, and daughter of Ezra and Elsie Ackley, They have nine children living—Ellen F., Phowbe
Ann, Laura A. H., Francis M., Mary H., Elizabeth, Chester, Ada E. and Charles A. While a
boy, George L. was killed while in line of dutyduring the war of the rebellion. His oldest boy,
Joseph Ezra, died when about six years old. Mr. Smith is one of the most extensive farmers in
Woodson County, having a farm of 600 acres near Yates Center. He is one of our enterprising and
most reliable business men, and in the discharge of his duties while Sheriff he knew no fear,
and was a terror to evil-doers, making one of the most efficient. officers of the law ever intrusted
with that position in the county. : . :

LIZZIE J. STEPHENSON, County Superintendent of-Public Instruction, came to Kansas
in May, 1869, and located in Lino County, near Mound City. Taught one year in that county,
and came to Woodson County in the spring of 1871, and has been continuously engaged in teach-
ing ever since. Has taught in Toronto, Neosho Falls and Yates Center, being at one time Prin-
cipal of the Yates Center School. She is now serving as County Superintendent, by an appoint-
ment to fill vacancy. But at the close of the unexpired term will enter upon a full.term of serv-
ice, having been elected to the office at the recent county election. She is a native of Geauga
County, Ohio, daughter of William P. and Clara Stephenson, and is distantly related by mar-
riage to William Cullen Bryant, of poetic fame. At an early age, she removed with her parents
to Wisconsin, where she attended the village school at Wyalusing, Grant County: Afterward at-
tended the High School at Griggsville, Ill., one year, then came to Kansas, her parent, having
moved here in the meantime. She is a useful member of the Baptist Church. Has served five
years on the Board of County Examiners. Though modest and retiring, and wanting rather in
self-confidence, she has taken a front rank in her profession, and her valuable services to the
schools of Woodson County are being appreciated and rewarded by the people.

ALEXANDER STEWART, attorney, came to Kansas in the spring of 1557; Ilved one year

in Franklin, Douglas County, and moved April 1, 1858, to Iola, Allen County, where he practiced
law and taught the first school ever taught in Iola, and was the first nan to move on the town
site. Following the great drouth of 1860, Mr. Bostwick, of Iola, went East and solicited a large
amount of aid, which was shipped in the spring of 1861, as far as Sedalia, Mo., then ihe terminus
of the railroad, and was there held by the rebels, Mr. Stewart, with nine ox teams and drivers,
went to Sedalia, procured the goods, and under the pretense of taking them to the rebels at Balls
Mills, near the Kansas and Missouri State line, drove it through to Iula,, He engaged in the mer-
cantile business at Iola, for two years, and when Humboldt was burned by the guerrillas and Iola
‘was threatened, he disposed of his goods and moved to Leroy, Coffey County, in the fall of 1863,
where he devoted his entire attention to the practice of law. He was married, in Jay County,
Ind., February 14, 1846, to Miss Rebecca Patterson, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of
George and Mary Patterson. She died in February, 1864, and in January, 1865, he married S. J.
Veleto, daughter of John Veleto. They have three daughters—Cora, seventeen years old ; Nellie,
twelve; and Eva, nine. In March, 1878, he moved to Yates Center, where he is now engaged ir
the practice of his profession. He is now serving his second term as Justice of the Peace. Dur-
ing the war, he recruited the Iola Battalion for the Ninth Kansas Regiment Volunteers, and did
border service during a three months’ enlistment. Was then commissioned Recruiting Officer,
and organized an artillery company for the same regiment and was commissioned Captain ; served
four months, and when Hunter superseded James H. Laue, his company dropped out of the serv-
ice, having enlisted under the condition that it would serve under no other commander than
Gen. Lane. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, August 4, 1825. He is the sonof Alexander and
lrena Stewart, His mother died when he was in the cradle, and his father died soon after. He
was raised in Seneca County, Uhio, until twelve years of age, then went to Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind. Although he had never attended school a day alter he was twelve years of age, he
began teaching in the village of Monmouth, Ind., when seventeen years old, He next taught
seven terms in succession in one district; studied law during the time, and the next year was
admitted at Portland. In the fall of 1855. he moved to Dixon, Lee County, IIl., and taught dur-
ing the winters of 1855 and 1856, and in the spring of 1857, moved to Kansas, Mr. Stewart has
been a Mason for twenty-eight years, and helped to organize the first lodge in the Neosho Valley,
at Humboldt. He has ten living children, five married and five single. His youngest son, Wel-
lington, is twenty-two years of age, and is foreman in the Yates Center News office.

; LIAM H. THURBER, attorney at law, Yates Center, came to Kansas in August, 1870,
and located at Eureka, Greenwood County, where he practiced law, and in 1875 moved to Yates
_ Center, where he has continued the practice of his profession ever sirice, He was born in Tren-
tonville, Genesee County, Mich., and when only four years of age moved with his parents, to
Flint, in the same county, where he lived until twenty-five years of age, when he came to Kan-
sas, He was educated at Ann Arbor, Michigan University. In 1864, he graduatedin tho claas-
ical department, and in-1867, graduated in the law department; was soon after admitted to the
bar, and has ever since been exclusively devoted to the practice of his profession, He was mar-
ried in Woodson County, Kan., in September, 1875, to Julia L. Handy, aud by this union has two
children, viz.: Mary Louisa and Bello Thurber.

HENRY S. TRUEBLOOD, County Clerk, came to Kansas in the fall of 1871; took a home-
stead in Liberty Township, Woodson County, which he improved and cultivated uatil 1880; was
elected, in the fall of 1879, as County Clerk; moved to the county seat; served one term, and was
1e-elected in the fall of 1881. He also served as Township Trustee, in his township, three years.
Lo enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-third Indiana Voluoteer Infantry, in Janu-

_ ary, 18¢5, and served until mustered out in October of the same year, He was born in Greene
_ County, Ind., December 9, 1838, and is the son of Jesse and Charlotte Trueblood; lived on ‘a farm

in his native county until he moved to Kansas, in 1871. He was married in Davis County, Ind.,
December 24, 1861, to Julia Gowan, and by this union has five children—Richard, William,
He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
“pelongs to the I, 0.0. F. He is a plain, honest, straightforward man, and a faithful public serv-
ant.
ALFRED VAN SLYKE, hardware merchant, came to Kansas in the fall of 1867 ; located in
Iola, Allen County; remained one year, then homesteaded in Woodson County ; farmed eight
years and then sold out and moved to Defiance; worked at the carpenter’s trade two years, then
moved to Yates Center. He engaged in the grocery and implement business one year, then worked
at his trade and improved a farm one mile west of town, but has carried on the hardware busi-
ness in Yates Center ever since March, 1881. He has served as Justice of the Peace one term,
Deputy Sheriff of Woodson County one year, and Under Sheriff two years. He was born near
Kingston, Canada West, August 1, 1843, He isa son of John and Matilda Van Slyke; moved
with his parents, at an early age, to Lake County, Ind., where he remained seven years, then re-
turned to Canada and remained until January, 1862, when he went to Indiana and enlisted in
_Company B, Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Was mustered in August 25, 1862, and
served until mustered out on account of disability, January 9, 1863. He then visited four mouths
in Canada West, and finally returned to Indiana, clerked nine months, and then enlisted io Com-
.pany C, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infuntry, enrolled May 6, 18645 served
until the expiration of his term of enlistment, and was then mustered out September 22, 1864.
He then recruited forty-four men for Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-first Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, February 23, 1865. He was mustered
out after the close of the war, July 22, 1865. He then returned to Lake County, Ind., and re-
mained two years, and then came t» Kansas. He was married in Lowell, Lake Co., Ind., July 4,
1866, to Mary J. Bowe, and by this union has five children—Levi, Chester, Eva May, Nellie J. and
Edward. Mr. Van Slyke and wife are worthy members of the Congregational Church. He is a
Good Templar, and a member of the A. 0. U. W. P
. JOSEPH WEBB, County Surveyor and teacher, Yates Center, came to Kansas November 21,
1859, and located in Allen County near Humboldt, where he improved a farm and cultivated it

_about seven years, then came toWoodson County, where he farmed six years, and was then elected

County Surveyor, and has twice been re-elected; is now serving his third term. He has taught
several terms of school in Woodson County, and has served two terms as Justice of the Peace.
He was born in Jetterson County, Ill., October 4, 1843, He jsa son of Solomon and Nancy 8.
Webb, and lived in his native county until he came to Kansas in 1859. He was married in Allen
County, Kan., March 10, 1863, to Nancy BE. Ross, by whom he had one child—William Andrew
Webb. His wife died in September, 1869, and he was married a second time in Humboldt, Octo-
ber 18, 1871, to Jennie Eals, daughter of W. C. and Sarah S. Price. This union has been blessed
Bertha, Arthur'and Marva Webb. Mr. Webb is a member of the A.

“LEONARD J. WELLS, merchant, came to Kansas in the falbof 1868, and located at Ottawa,
and remained there eighteen months; moved to Wilson County and remained there almost two
years, then came to Woodson County, and engaged in the mercantile business at Kalida, and

served as Postmaster there three years. Then came to Yates Center and was Postmaster six years,

since which time he has been engaged in the mercantile business. He enlisted in Company H,
One Hundred and Fifth Illinois Volunteers, and was mustered in August 14,1862, He was in
all the engagements of his command, being in some of the héaviest. engagements of the war; was
with Sherman on his famous march through Georgia to the sea, and was mustered out June 14

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1865. He was born in Reynoldsburg, Franklin Co., Ohio, March 14,1841. He is the son of Will-

iam P. and Mary R. Wells; lived in his native county ten years, in De Kalb County, IIL, on a
farm fourteen years, and in Will County, Ill., two years; then came to Kansas. He was married
in Kalida, | May 28, 1872, to Sarah J. McCormick, by whom he has one child—William Curtis
Wells, His wife died April 24, 1874, and he was married a second time October 23, 1875, to Mary
Alice Clendenin, by whom he has three children—George C., Leonard Arthur and Mary E. Wells.
He and his wife are worthy members of the U. P. Church.

DR. E. V. WHARTON, physician and surgeon, was born in Clinton.County, Mo., May 7,
1847. He is a son of Joseph and Eleanor J, Wharton, He was raised in Buchanan County, Mo.,

_ and educated at McGee College. He lived in Lawrence, Kan., from 1858 to 1860, then returned to

Missouri; a'terward attended medical college, and finally graduated from the Eclectic Medical
Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 24, 1872. He soon after began the practice of medicine in Green-
wood County, Kan.; moved to Montgomery County, in 1873, and in August, 1876, came to ates

. Center, where he has won an enviable reputation as a physician, and now enjoys a lucrative prac-

tice. He was elected, in the fall of 1882, as Representative from the Forty-second District, to
He was married in Yates Center, September 23, 1877, to Clara A.
Hanna, of Tllinois, and by this union has two children, viz.: Fay and Joseph M, Wharton. He
is a worthy Mason.

ASA WHITNEY, farmer, Section 4, P. O. and residence Yates Center, came to Kansas on a
prospecting tour in the spring of 1858, remained one month, and finally moved to Kansas in the
spring of 1859, located on Turkey Creek, Woodson County, and engaged in farming and stock-
raising unti) 1878, He still owns and leases or Jets his farm, while he lives in retirement at Yates
Center. Since 1879, he and his wife have devoted almost an entire year in visiting friends in the
East. They have also visited the Springs in Arkansas, and are afnong the very few farmers in
the West who, having obtained a competence, know just how to realize the most solid comfort
and enjoyment in the “Wndicious use of their acquisitions. Mr. Whitney helped to-organize the
first school district in Woodson County. He has served several terms as Township Trustee. He
was born in Wallingsford, Vt., May 4, 1821. He isason of John and Augusta Whitney. Atan
early age he went with, his parents to Chautauqua County, N. Y., where he was educatedin the

. public schools, and where he grew to manhood on a farm; and when about twenty-two years of

age removed to Boone County, IIl., remaining there four years, and then moved to Marquette
County, Wis., remained there five years, and in the spring of 1854, went with an ox-team to Cal-
ifornia, and worked in timber, cutting and marketing wood in San Francisco Bay until 1858, and
on the 20th day of January took a steamer for New York, came near being wrecked ina storm
on the way, but after a rough voyage, he reached New York City in safety. He returned to Wis-
made preparetlong to emigrate to Kansas, and the same year went to Chautauqua
County, N. Y., and on October 8, 1858, he was married to Lydia A, Morian, daughter of Jacob and
Lydia Morian. Soon after their marriage they started for Kansas, and came as far west as Boone
County, Ill., by rail, then made the rest of the journey. with an ox-team and wagon, stopping to
winter at Brunswick, Mo., and arriving in Woodson County, Kan., in the spring of 1859. They
have three living children—Omar, Sarah Jane and William Morian Whitney. Mr, and Mrs. Whit-
ney are both zealous members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Whitney taught one of
the first district schools in Woodson County. Mr. Whitney helped to organize the first Baptist
Church in the county: He is a worthy Mason, an able advocate ot temperance reform, and is one
of Woodson County s best and most influential citizens. : ‘ :
THOMAS W. WILSON, merchant and dealer in. general merchandise, southwest corner of
public square, came to Kanaas in 1870; located at Kalida, then the county seat, and engaged in
merchandising -for five years in that place, and has ‘prosecuted the same line of business in Yates
Center ever since. He is one of the few men whom nature built for success in this business.
Commencing at Kalida with a capital not exceeding $500, he has gradually extended his business
until he now owns one of the most substantial business houses in the county, and carries a stock
of $25,000 worth of general merchandise. He served seven months as a private soldier in the
war of the rebellion, and was mustered out of Company A, Thirteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry,
in March, 1862, on account of disability. He was born in Richland County, Ohio, August 6, 1840.
He is a son of John A. and Mary A. Wilson. He lived five years ia his native county, eight years
in Noble County, and sixteen years in Linn County, Ind, Then moved to Woodson County, Kan.
He was married in Linn County, Iowa, April 12, 1860, to Mary E, Gephart, a native of Ohio,and
daughter of Joseph Gephart. By thisunion they have four children, viz.: Henry Edwin, Emily
Idella, John Elmer and Netta May. Mr. Wilson is a consistent member of the Christian Church,
and has been Treasurer of the Masonic Lodge for nine years; is also a member of the Knights
Templar, I. 0.0. F.. Knights of Pythias, and A.O.U.W. He has shrewd native talent, knows
little about text-books, but being a close observer, has gained by experience au education thor-
oughly practical in its kind. His commercial as well as his social standing, is first-class.

NEOSHO FALLS.

Neosho Falls, the oldest town in the county and for a long time the
seat of justice, is located on the Neosho River in the northeast corner of
the county. Its name is taken from the river which here brawled in a
broad sheet of foamy ripples over the ledges of its bed. One of the first
works of the early settlers was to build a dam across the rapids, and thus
the town became genuinely ‘‘the Falls.” The town site occupies a broad
level table on the southwest bank, and is sheltered from all north and east
winds by the heavy timber belt which lines the river. Westward lie level
fields at present cultivated but always available for residence purposes, as
the growth of the city may demand increased space.

n April 6, 1857, Col. N. 8. Goss and I. W. Dow arrived at. Neosho
Falls, having come in a one-horse rig from Iowa. Before reaching
thé Falls, they had skirted the Coffey County line, and finally just west
of where the city now stands found the cabin of Judge John Wool-
man. At that time John Chapman was living on Spring Creek, just
north of the Falls, and these two were almost the only settlers in the
county. which was as yet the reserve of the New York Indians, and not
open to pre-emption. On August 16, 1857, E. Fender came to the

‘Falls, as the rapids in the Neosho River were then called, and built a cabin

on the north bank. Other settlers came in the fall of 1857, and the spring
of 1858, and early in the latter -yeax Ruggles and Stevens built .a
cabin on the south bank and began to sell goods. A little later, the same
firm built the frame store building which still stands opposite the Falls
House, and is occupied by Clark & Co. In 1858, this firm also erected the
Falls House. .These two latter buildings, although among the first, were
antedated on the south bank by a number of log cabins used for dwellings.
The second store building was erected by J. Fisher, who put in a stock of
drugs. A physician, Dr. A. McCartney, now of Neodesha, Wilson County,
was already on the ground, having come in 1857. The first birth in the
town was that of Lucy, daughter of 8. J. Williams—now married and liv-
ing in Topeka. The first wedding under the marriage license act was that
of Dr. 8. J. Williams and Miss Eva Fender. This was also the first mar-
riage under the act in the county.

On September 5, 1870, Neosho Falls was incorporated as a town,
and D. W. Finney, V. L. Spawr and I. W. Dow made trustees. Early
in 1871, upon the passage of the act relating to the organization of
cities, the town became a city, and O. P. Haughawout was made Mayor,
The list of Mayors since that time is as
follows: J. S. Waterbury, 1872; J. Bishop, 1873; O. 8S. Woodward, 1874;

‘J. P. Sharp, 1875; Benjamin Hunt, 1876; R. P. Hamm, 1877-78; C. H.

Goodrich, 1879-80; $. Michener, 1881; J. C. Jones, 1882. C. B. Graves

‘was City Clerk in 1872; W. P. Talbott in 1873, and H. D. Dickson. from

1874 to the present time.
A post office was established at Neosho Falls in 1857, for. the ac-
commodation of the settlers, and N. 8. Goss appointed Postmaster.
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The business of the office was not very vast at that time, the only
settlers being in the two cabins on the north side of the river, and a
few scattered to the west and north near the Coffey County line. Col.
Goss held the office until 1859, when Peter Stevens took it and held it un-
til the day of his death. This occurred in 1861, and George Wait was ap-
pointed. He was followed by S. J. Williams in 1867, and he, nine years
later, by W. W. Sain, who held office until January 26, 1880, when R. P.
Hamm, the present Postmaster, was appeal, The first post office was in
one of the log cabins until taken by Wait to his house, a small frame, near
where the Falls House nowstands. Sain had'a corner of a hardware store
for a post office, and it was not until Hamm’s administration that Uncle
Sam’s mail. bags had a home of their own.

“~The first school taught in Neosho Falls was the private prop-
erty of E. H. Curtis, who afterward figured in the war as the Colonel
of a colored regiment. It was kept in an old building which is still stand-
ing, but has been moved back from the street. This wasin1858. A public
schoolhouse was built in 1869, and the first classes taught in 1870. The
first teacher was I. 8. Jones, now and for a number of years Probate Judge
of the county. Following Judge Jones came F. W. Bartlett, 1872; M. C.
Carrenger, 1873; A. F. Palmer, 1874; J. N. Shannon,. 1875; N. Powell and
J. P. Sharp, 1876; George M. Inge, 1877; J. J. McBride, 1878; L. Town-
ley, 1879; J. M. Spangler, 1880; T. J. Bradley, 1881-82. Mr. Bradley has
as assistants, Miss Kate Rhea, Miss Nellie Parks and Mrs. Lettie C. Jones.
The schoolhouse erected in 1869 proved inadequate in 1871, and a large
addition was made to it at a cost of $500. The following year a buildin
was purchased at a cost of $1,000. This, with the original building, value
also at $1,000, makes a total school building valuation of $2,500. Al-
though numbered eight, this district is the oldest in the county, a re-
making and numbering which took place several years ago, changing it
from one to eight.

CHURCHES, THE PRESS, SOCIETIES, ETC.

Methodist Church.—On March 2, 1870, E. A. Graham was appointed to the Neosho Falls
Circuit, which was an indefinite space west of the town. The total membership at that time
was ten. The same year the church building still in use was erected: This was not done
without very arduous work, the pastor putting in his own labor to the value of $250, and
his wife supporting the family meanwhile by keeping boarders. In the fall of 1871, when
Rev. Mr. Graham closed his labors, the church membership was fifty. W.W. Welch served
in 1872, D. A. Perrin in 1873, H. W. Chaffee in 1874-75, J. McNulty in 1876-77-78, T.S. Walk-
er in_1879-80, J. L. Longdon in 1881-82,

The society now numbers fifty-three members. Services are held every second Sun-
day in the church building, now valued at $2,500. A Sunday school, organized at the same
time as the church, has now an average attendance of sixty, and is in charge of J. Newell.

Presbyterian Church.—The Presbyterian society of this city was organized in 1870, un-
der Rev. John Creath, who remained its pastor during the year. Upon his resignation,
Rev. J.S. Sherrill became pastor, and held the office three years. The succeeding three years
the church was in charge of Rev.S.M. Irwin. Rev. John Creath then returned and re-
mained one year. A vacancy then occurred in the pulpit. H.R. Lewis was then called, and
was succeeded by Rev. B. F. Haviland, who still supplies the church. A wooden chureh
building was erected in 1870-71, at a cost of $2,500. A live Sabbath school, connected with
une church, has now an average attendance of seventy, and is in charge of Mrs. C. H. Good-
rich, 4 :

- Congregational Church.—The Congregational Church of Neosho Falls was organized on
April 20, 1871, by Rev. John Scotford, who became its pastor. The Trustees at this time were
J. S. Waterbury, James Crane, D. W. Finney, John Scotford and W. W. P. McConnell.
After four years’ service, Mr. Scotford retired from the pastorate. He was followed by L. Har-
low, J. Phillips, J. V. Willis, Q. C. Todd, and the present pastor, Rev. F.T. Norris. The
mombersiiip of the society has risen from thirteen in 1870 to thirty-tive in 1882. A fine
brick church, standing in the heart of the city, was erected in 1882, at a cost of $2,500. A
Sunday school, established at the same time as the church, has now an attendance of seven-
ty-five. J. Hemming is Superintendent. ;

‘The first newspaper in the county was the Frontier Democrat, which was started in Oc-
tober, 1869, by I. B. Boyle. This paper was printed at Neosho Falls until January, 1870,
when it was sold to William H. Slavens, who changed it to the Neosho Falls Advertiser.
Early in 1871, the paper was sold to a Mr. Collins, who, three months later, sold out to a com
pany. Jones & Clark then leased the paper. In the winter of 1872, Jones retired, and the
paper was leased to Slavens & Pettit. In December of that year, the material of the paper
was sold to Sain & Dow, who, on J: canis 1, 1873, issued the Woodson County Post. Septem-
ber 8, 1873, Dow retired, and July 13, 1877, the paper was leased to J, Mickle & Son, who pub-
lished it until December 13 of that zo when if reverted to W. W. Sain. A month later,
Mr. Sain sold the office to Nathan Powell, who formed a partnership with H. D. Dickson
and made the Post a Republican paper. In July, 1878, Dickson retired, and Powell after a
short time sold the paper to H. Lyman. A short term sufficed to satisfy Mr. Lyman, and
J. E. Pickett took up the editorial quill, which he also soon surrendered. H.D. Dickson
then assumed the management, and continued to hold it until September 15, 1881, when the
present proprietor, W. L. Chellis, came in. The paper is now an independent seven-column
folio, 24x34, and has a circulation of 640. It is issued on Fridays. :

The Woodson County Advocate, although started at Neosho Falls, was a Kalida paper.
Its first issue was on I*ebruary 14, 1872, at the Falls, but the second emanated from kal-
ida, where the paper continued to be published until the fall of 1873, when it was discon-
tinued and the material sold to R. I. agle, who removed it to Coffey County.

Grove Lodge, No. 49, I. O. O. #, was organized August 28, 1869, with five charter
members and nine initiates. Its charter officers were Thomas Hunter, N. G.; Isaac W. Dow,
-V. G.; W.C. Grove, R. §.; Isaac Mix, P.S.; Henry Williams, Treasurer. The lodge now has
twenty-six members and the following officers: H. D. Dickson, N. G.; 8, H. Hogueland, V.

G.; C. C, Brengle, Secretary; P. Wagner, Treasurer. Mectings are held on Friday evening -

of each week in the hall jointly owned by this and the Masonic fraternity. The walls of
this hall were purchased by these two lodges, and the finishing done by them at a consider-
able expense. Besides this, this lodge has something over $100 in the treasury.

Tussan Lodge, No. 82, A. F. & A. M., was organized October 20, 1870, with the following
officers: R. Slavens, W.M.; H. Williams, 8.W.; W. W.Sain, J. W. The charter shows a
membership of nine. Twelve years have produced: many changes in the lodge, but it has

rown steadily, and now has a membership of forty-seven and the following officers: H. D.

ickson, W. M.; J. H. Sticher, 8. W.; 8. H. Hogueland, J. W.; Samuel Michener (deceased)
Secretary; J. G. Jackson, Treasurer. Meetings are held cach Tuesday on or before full
moon, abd every two weeks thereafter, in the hall already described, owned by this lodge
and the Odd }cllows.

Benefit Lodge, No. 1885, K. of H., was organized on November 19, 1879, with twenty-one
members and the following officers: 8, Michener, P. D.; I. W. Dow, D.; R. P. Hamm, Rep.;

_W. Il. Parsons, Treasurer. The lodge now has sixteen members. Meetings are held on the
secondand fourth Monday of each month in Odd Fellows’ Hall. The present officers of the
society are W. L. Parsons, D.; R. C. Kells, Rep.; H. D. Dickson, Treasurer.

Neosho Falls Post, No. 73, G. A. R., was organized on the last Monday of July, 1882, with
thirty members. _Its officers elected at that time still hold their positions, They are W. L.
Parsons, C.; W. J. Haughawout, J. V.C.; (D. H. Henry was elected S. V. C,, but failed to
qualify, and J.§. Philo tothe position); J. Bishop, Adj.; H. 1. Beal, Qr. (resigned in Octo-
ber, 1882, and D. W. Finney iapealledy I. W. Dow, 0. D. .Meetings are held on the first
Monday of each month in Clark’s Hall, tant

“Manufacturing —The earliest manufacturing industry was the saw mill built in 1857 by
N.S. Goss, T. L. Clark, B. F. Goss and William Brown. When this mill was built the entire
settlement was on the north side of the river, and consisted of two cabins, in one of which
Mrs, B. F. Goss cooked for the camp. Soon after the completion of the mill, N. 8. Goss and
Clark became its owners, and, in 1859, built a grist mill addition. After a few years the

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combined mill passed into the hands of Cobert & Cozine, who sold it in the spring of 1873 to
W. L. Parsons, its present owner. In 1881, the grist mill was rebuilt, a substantial 30236
two-story building taking the place of the old one. This mill now has four run of buhr
stones and a capacity of 100 barrels of flour per day. Power is obtained from the Neosho
River by a forty-inch special Leffel turbine water-wheel, _

‘Hotels. ‘The Falls House, already mentioned as built in 1858, was enlarged and practi-
cally rebuilt in 1870, and is now the only hotelin town, The American, built when the rail-
way was anovelty and the tide set that way, stood too far from the business center, dnd,
after doing a poor business, was, in 1876, moved to the track and converted into a freight
warehouse. The Pierce House, which stood on the present site of the Congregational.
Church, was burned in 1876. : , ;

The Woolen Mill—A woolen mill was built on the south side of the river in 1873 by |
Hillings Bros., and operated by them until sold to Sharp Bros., who in October, 1882, sold it.
to Snyder Bros. The woolen mill machinery has been removed, and the present owners
propose to put in flouring machinery and run a custom mill. ; hs :

Banking.—For a town of its importance, Neosho Falls has had little banking facilities.
In 1870, I. W. Dow started a bank, and was.swimming on a fairly prosperous tide until the
black days of 1873, when he went under. The private bank of Haughwout & Goodrich waa
started in August, 1882, and still does business. ;

Railroads, —Neosho Falls is on the line of the Kansas branch of the present Missouri
Pacific. Wheh this line was projected as the Southern Branch Union Pacific, the township,
as more fully stated elsewhere, voted $175,000-bonds in aid of the road, but the bond election
was thrown out on the plea of insufficient publication, and the road finally went through in
1870 unsubsidized. Shortly afterward it became the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, and
as such is now generally known, although it has passed into the hands of the Missouri Pa-
cific. The company has a depot with ample side tracks and a large store-house in the
southern part of the town.

PIQUA.

Piqua is a village in Neosho Falls Township at the crossing of the St.
Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita and the Missouri Pacific Railways. It isina
sort the successor of Bramlette, a station about a mile below, which was
abandoned by the railway after the building of the new east and west
road. The main street of the village is upon a half section line, the land
upon the north being owned by George A. Bowlus, of Iola, and that on
the south by P. C. T. Buck, who used it for farming purposes. The town
started in the spring of 1882, the store of J. W. Kesterson being the first
building. Next came the blacksmith shop of John Kipp, and third the
residence of Dr. J. Beekman. Street & McClure soon afterward erected
a store building, which was burned November 8, 1882. A schoolhouse
was erected in 1882 at a cost of $1,000, and has an attendance of sixteen.
It is taught by Miss Nannie Stewart. The Methodists have recently organ-
ized a society, with twenty members, at this point, and completed a
church edifice in December, 1882. Services are held by the pastor of the
church at Neosho Falls. A post office was established in the spring of
1882, and M. Street appointed Postmaster. The town now has one store,

one school, one church, one lumber yard and a dozen residences. A hotel
building is in process of erection.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
ROBERT F, ADAM, farmer, Section 23, P. 0. Neosho Falls, came to Kansas,

November 21, 1869, located near Neosho Falls and has ever since been engaged in farming and
manufacturing shingles; he also manufactured sorghum syrup very extensively. He eulisted in
Company K, Twenty-sec.nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, May 4; 1861, and was mustered in Au-
gust 17; served twenty-two months, and was in all the engagements of his command until he
was wounded at tha battle of Perryville, Ky,. He was discharged in December, 1862, on account
of disability, resulting from wound in the lett shoulder received in line of duty. He wasborn in
the State of Virginia, May 21, 1841; son of Peter H. and Mary J. Adam. Ata very early age he
went with his parents to Madison, Ind., and three years later to Ripley County, in the same State,
where he was raised and remained until 1869, when he emigrated to Kansas. He was married in
Ripley County, Ind., February 24, 1860, to Amanda E. Spears, and by this union bas eight chil-
dren, seven of whom are living—Mary F., Ella M., John E., Charles C., James, Peter L.
and Jeasie C. Mr. Adam isa member of the I. 0. 0. F., Kuights of Honor and the G. A. R, He
is highly respected as a good-citizen.

JUDGE JAMES CRANE, farmer, Section 29, P. 0. Neosho Falls, came to Kansas
November 19, 1859, and located at Neosho Falls. He engaged in milling until 1861, when he en-
listed in Company F, Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. He was mustered in as a First Sergeant,
and assigned to Company H, January 16, 1862; was promoted to Second Lieutenant in May , 1862,
and was finally commissioned First Lieutenant in March, 1863, and commanded the company the
most of the time until mustered out January 16, 1865. During the winter and spring ot 1863, he
commanded the Provost Guard at Leavenworth City, and during the following summer acted as
Ordinance Officer and Quartermaster of the Veterau Reserve Corps at Fort Leavenworth. He
commanded his company as body guard to Gen. Blunt in the engagement at Prairie Grove, Cane
Hill and other places in Missouri, and finally joined Gen. Steele, at Little Rock, Ark., in the
apring of 1864 and fought in several cngagements under his command. He was actively engaged
during the entire war, doing border service principally ; he was mustered out at Duval's Bluffs,
Ark., January 16,1865. On his return fromthe army, be came back to Neosho Fulls and tarmed
for three years; then purchased and operated a steam saw-mill at the Falls for four years, and
then returved to his farm, and has been engaged in farming ever since. -He was elected Judge
of the Probate Court in 1860, and served until his enlistment. During this year, which was the
gront famine year in Kansas, he visited Wisconsin and procured $10,000 worth of supplies and in
addition to this by canvassing the matter thoroughly be secured an appropriation from the Wiscou-
sin Legislature of $5,000 for the purchase of seed wheat for Kansas farmers. Mr. Crane was boro
in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vt., April 13, 1813, son of James aud Clarinda Crane. He left
his native home when twenty-one years of age and traveled three years with Juue, Titus, Ange-
vine & Co's Menagerie; he went to Wisconsin, and soon afterward engaged in a government sur-
voy of 600 miles of section lines in the State of Iowa. Then returned to Wisconsin, and there
opened and improved a farm. He afterward owned an operated asaw-mill at Fort Atkinson until
he sold out and moved to Kansas in November, 1859. He was married in Richmond, Vt., March
81, 1842,to Lydia Barber, daughter of Shubael and Mary Barber; by this union ho has four
childrenThaddeus, Laura (deceased), Ada M. and George A. Crane. Mr. Crane and wife are
worthy members of the Congregational Church, andare both highly respected and universally es-
teemed for their many excellent qualities of mind and heart.

ISAAC W. DOW, lumber merchant, came to Kansas in March, 1857, and located at Neosho
Falls and built the first mill and dam in Woodson County, at Neosho Falls, for Col, Goss in the
summer of 1857; then engaged in carpentering until the spring of 1861, when he went out with
a company of commissioners appointed by the Governor tv locate State school lands, returned
the samo fall, and on November 10th enlisted in Company F, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and was
mustered in January 16, 1862; served as First Lieutenaut during his entire term of enlistment.
He was in all the engagements of his command and was noted for his coolness and bravery. He
was mustered out January 16, 1865, and, on his return from the army, took charge of the Falls
House, in Neosho Fulls, and conducted the hotel about four years. In 1871, he went into the
banking business, and lost heavily by the panic of 1873. He then worked at his trade until he
engaged in the lumber business for 8, A. Brown & Co., February 1, 1880; hus been engaged in
this business ever eince.: He was born in New Brunswick May 7, 1833; son of Oliver B. and
Elizabeth Dow. At an early age he went, with his parents, to Washington County, Me. He
was reared and educated in the State of Maine, and from his father learned the trade of mill-
wright, In November, 1852, he moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he worked asa millwright
one year, then moved to Waverly, Iowa, where he remained until he came to Kansas, March 27,
1857, He was married in Manchester, Ohio, January 18, 1873, to Mary Jane Connor, whose
maiden name,was Mannon, of Ohio. He isa worthy Mason and a member of the I. 0. 0. F, and
G. A.B. Mr. Dow is one of the oldest settlers in Neosho Falls. ¢ :
WOODSON

HON. DAVID W. FINNEY, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, and hardware merchant, came
to Kansas in August, 1866, and located in Neosho Fails, engaged in the grocery and hardware
business, and has continuously been id the mercantile business since, and has at the same time
engaged to a considerable extent in buying and selling stock. He has served one term as Jus-
tice of the Peace and in 1867 was elected to represent Woodson County in the Kansas State Leg-
islature. In 1872, was elected State Senator, and in 1874 was re-elected. While. serving in this
capacity, he was made Chairman of special committee to revise the school laws, and his commit-
tee introduced the bill which comprises the present school law of Kansas. He represented his
district in the State Senate until elected Lieutenan] Governor in the fall of 1880; has served his
State in this capacity ever since, being re-elected in the fall of 1882. He was born in Annapolis,
Parke Co.,Ind., August 22, 1839; son of Robert and Malinda Finney, He was raised on a farm in hig
native county, and in July, 1862, enlisted in Company A, Eighty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry ;
was mustered in as aprivate at Terre Haute, Ind:, in August, 1862; waa taken prisoner with his
entire brigade at Thompson Station, Tenn., March 5, 1863, and covfined in Libby Prison one
month. Many of bis comrades perished in this slaughter pen, and all were terribly reduced. He
was finally exchanged, and was with Sherman in his famous raid through Georgia and on to the
Atlantic coast. He was in about thirty-five engagements during the war, among the most im-
portant of which we may mention Resaca, Dallas Woods, Peach Tree Creek and Cassville ; was
mustered out as Orderly Sergeant at Indianapolis, Ind., June 10, 1865. He then returned to his
native county and-reniained there until he came to Neosho Falls, Kan., in 1866. He was mar-
ried in Neosho Falls October 3, 1869, to Helen H. McConnell, an intelligent and accomplished
lady, daughter of Hiram and Malinda McConnell. She is a native of Indiana, but has been
raised and educated in Kansas, her parents having emigrated to this State when she was but
twelve years of age, Mr. Finney has two children—Warren W. and Glen D. Finney. He is
Quartermaster of the G. A. R., and he and bis wife are both consistent members of the Congrega-
tional Church. Mr. Finney has never sought office; has rather inclined to retirement; but his
fidelity to principle, his pure moral character, his fine executive ability, as wellas his devotion
to the State and its interests, have been recognized by the people who have honored him with a
position next in rank to the chief executive of that State. He has served in every position to
whit he has been entrusted with credit to himself and with entire satisfaction tu his constitu-
ents.

PUSEY GRAVES, Ex-Judge of Woodson County, came to Kansas in the spring of 1859;
located on a farm in Woodson County, and for nine years engagetl in farming, then moved to
Neosho Falls in 1870, and has ever since engaged in plastering when not serving his county in
some official cupacity. He was elected Justice of the Peuce in 1860, and served four years. He
represented his district in the State Legislature one term. In 1862, was elected Probate Judge
of Woodson County, and served five consecutive terms, or eleven years, in all, and during eight
years of this time and one year additional served as Clerk of the District Court. In 1874, was
again elected Justice of the Peace, served two years and resigned. He was born near Wilming-
ton, Del., November 10, 1813. Son of Nathan and Hannah Graves. At about three years of
age, went with parents to Wayne County, Ind., where he was raised on a farm, but engaged in-
plastering about eleven years in that county. In 1850, went to California and engaged in min-
ing three years. Retu:ning via New Orleans, he met his family in Illinois and settled at Ver-
mont, Fulton County, f!., where be remained until 1859, and then moved to Kansas. He was
married, in Richmond, Ind., July 5,.1837, to Jane W. Witchell, a native uf Ohio, and daughter of
Jobn and Bathsheba Witchell, by whom he had seven children—Charles B., Mary Ann, George
T., Irena, Edward Clayton, John W. and Albert Graves. His wife died August 28, 1877, and he
was again married at Neosho Falls March 20, 1879, to Sarah E, Swayze, an estimable widow lady,
whose maiden name was Jeffrey, daughter of Wellis and Zilpha Jeffrey. Mr. Graves is exten-
sively known in Woodson and adjoining counties, and combines in his character many sterling
qualities which render him popular both at home and abroad.

DAVI.) GWIN, druggist, came to Kansas in September, 1866; located at Olathe, but the
following summer moved to Ottumwa, Coffey County, where he practiced medicine about nine’
years, then moved to Fredonia, Wilson County, where he engaged in the drug business until
burned out Junuary 22,1880. He soon aiter moved to his present location, where he carries on
an extensive business in drugs and notions. He and wife have each served several terms on
School Board, and he was twice elected Treasurer of Ottumwa Township, Coffey County, and
served two full terms. He was born in Hardinsburg; Breckinridge County, Ky., September 12,
1821, Son of Thomas aud Jane Gwin. At six years of age, moved with parents to Monroe Co.,
Ind, Remained there till thirty-three years of age. He graduated from the Cincinnati Eclectic
Medical Institute in the spring of 1848, Moved to Brownsville, Nebraska, in the fall of 1852,
and, while engaged regularly in the practice of medicine, he served .as Coroner one term, and
Sheriff one term, and remained in the county till he came to Kansas in the fall of 1866. He was
married, in Monroe County, Ind., January 12, 1844, to Elizabeth Cox, a native of Indiana, and
daughter of Street and Delilah Cox. ‘ By this union he has two children—Monroe and Barton D.
Gwin. Mr. Gwin is widely and favorably knownin Kansas. Isa worthy member of the Christian
Church, also of the I. 0. 0. F. ‘

-0. P, HAUGHAWOUT, farmer and horticulturist; farm adjoins Neosho Falls; came to Kan-
sas in November, 1857, located at Neosho Falls, and for two or three years worked in a saw-mill,
since that time has principally engaged in farming. He was Census Marshal in 1860 for Wood-
son, Greenwood, Wilson and Montgomery Counties. He has served two full terms as County As-
sessor, two terms as Township. Trustee, and was the first Mayor of Neosho Falls. He spent one
year in making a descriptive survey of the M. K. & T. R. R. lands, and, in company with his
brother, was afterward agent for the sale of these lands. He was born in Northumberland Coun-
ty, Penn., April 25,183 , son of John and Julia Haughawout. He was raised on the farm, and
lived in his native State until twenty-four years of age, when he removed to Iowa, and two years
later to Kansas. He was married in his native county in December, 1855, to Harriet A. Mettler,
daughter of William and Jane Mettler. She is an amiable and accomplished lady, and a worthy
member of the Presbyterian Church, They have two children—Amneh A, and Hattie. Mr. H.
is one of the oldest settlers, and also one of the most useful and highly respected citizens of the
county. He is identified with the Presbyterisn Church. 3

W. J. HAUGHA WOUT, banker, came to Kansas November, 1857; located at Neosho Falls;
began without capital, worked in saw and grist mill for Col. Goss until the breaking-out of the
war, and- was commissioned May 4, 1861, as Ensign ina company of home guards, and for six
moriths engaged in fighting Indians and guerrillas, Then enlisted in Company F, Ninth Kan-
sas Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered in asa private October 19, 1861. On March 381, 1862, he
was made Sergeant Major of his regiment. Was promoted Second Lieutenant Company K, March
21, 1863, and was finally commissioned Captain of Company K, October 8, 1864, and served in that
capacity until mustered out at closeof war. He was very actively engaged during the war doing
border service, scouting, hunting and fighting guerrillas, escorting trains, etc. He commanded
the advance guard of Col. Plumb’s force in the pursuit of Quantrell, after the massacre at Law-
rence. Was in all the engagements of his command, and was mustered ont June 24, 1865. He
then returned to Neosho Pails, and devoted his time principally to farming for two or three
years, since which time he has been actively and extensively engaged in other employments,
but has continued his farming, and at present has 300 acres of choice land in a high state of cul-
tivation. In 1869, he was appointed by the Land Commissioners of the M. K. & T. R. RB. to ap-
praise their lands, consisting of 1,300,000 acres, and, in 1870, was appointed agent for the sale
of their lands, and is at present acting in that capacity. He is also the State agent for the sale
of University lands. In company with C. H. Goodrich, he established the Neosho Falls Bank
Juné 15, 1882, and now does a general banking business. He was the first County Treasurer of
Woodson County, elected in 1858, and, during his two years’ term of service, managed the
finances of the county with great prudence and skill. only $5 coming into the treasury while he
held the office. He was again elected Treasurer of Woodson County-in 1872, and was re-elected
in 1874; found the duties of the office more complicated by this time, but served with credit to
himself and with fidelity to the people. He was born in Northumberland County, Penn., Decem-

_ber 7, 1833. Son of John and Julia Ann Hanghawout. Lived in native county until twenty
years of age, then moved to Iowa, and in 1857 came to Kansas. Was married in eosho Falls,
March, 1869, to Ada Crane, an intelligent and accomplished lady, native of Wisconsin, and
- daughter of Judge James and LydiaCrane. Their only daughter is Laura C. Haughawout. Mr.
Haughawout is a member of the G. A. R., one of the wealthiest and most influential men in
Woodson County. ; >

JOHN L. JONES, M.D., physician and surgeon, came to this State in the spring of 1872, and
located at Kalida, afterward the county seat of Woodson County. He remained there four years, and
came to his present location, where he has since resided, engaged in the practiceof medicine. He
has served as United States examining surgeon for Woodson and adjoining counties seven years ;
was County Physician six years; County Coroner four years, and is at present Mayor of the city
of Neosho Falls. He waa born in Henry County, Ky., April 29, 1850; is the son of Joshua B. and
Amanda Jones; he was raised on a farm in his native county, but attended Eminence College,
Ky., three or four years, and afterward the Louisville Medical College, from which institution he
graduated February 29, 1872. He began the practice of medicine two years before graduation
with his brother, Dr. E. D. Jones, at Lockport, Henry Co., Ky., and has been engaged in the
practice of his profession ever since. He came to Kansas soon after he graduated. He was mar-

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ried at Sulphur, Ky., October 25, 1877, to Dora A. Staten, an accomplished lady, daughter of Jo-
seph and Elizabeth Staten, and a native of Kentucky. By this union, he has one child—Leland
D, Jones. Mrs. Jones isa member of the Missionary Baptist Church, while the Doctor is a mem-
ber of the Christian Church. He also belongs to the State Medical Society; is medical examiner
for several insurance companies, and received the honorary degree of D, D. 8. in the Wisconsin
Dental College. He is P. G. of the I. 0. O. F.; has passed all the chairs in the Knights of Honor,
and has been Assistant State Lecturer of the Masonic Grand Lodge for the last seven years. He
is now S. G. D. of the Grand Lodge; has his membership in Valley Chapter No. 11, Humboldt ;
belongs to Killwinning Council, No. 8, Fredonia, and to Emporia Commandery No.8. He isaskilled
practitioner of medicine, a faithful public servant, an influential citizen, and one of the most re-
liable and successful business men in Woodson County.

ROBERT MOWRY, millwright, came to Kansas March 18, 1857; reached Burlington April
8, and put up the first saw and grist mill in Coffey County, and preached on the first Sunday in
June, 1857, the first discourse ever delivered in Burlington. He lived in Burlington until Janu-
ary, 1860, when he came to Neosho Falls and engaged in overhauling and repairing the mill
owned by Col. Goss. He was overhauling a mil] at Lawrence, in 1863, when Quantrel] made his
attack on the city. All three of the men who were working on the mill for him were killed, and
the mill fired. Mr. Mowry left his hotel and went to the millin time to put out the fire, and
save the owner $6,000. While doing this, three men at the hotel were shot, aud two of them
killed. Mr. Mowry was providentially saved. He returned to Neosho Falls, and put in a steam
mill owned by Col, Goss. He has since been in the lumber trade, and has erected the finest busi-
ness house in Woodson County; he owns a half interest in this house, from the rental of which
he enjoys a comfortable living. He has one of the best residences in the city, and everything
about his home indicates neatness, order, ingenuity and taste, He was born in Smithfield, Prov-
idence Co., R. L., August 8, 1812, son of Robert and Mary Mowry, He emigrated, in 1830, to
Steuben County, N. Y; there learned the trade of a millwright, and has followed the businers
over forty years. He came direct from New York to Kansas. He was married in Cameron, N.
Y., June 30, 1833, to Mary W. Willard, an intelligent and accomplished lady, who was born‘in
the State of Massachusetts, June 27, 1816, daughter of Steuben and Betsey Willard; her people
are ‘remarkable for longevity; her mother lived to be ninety-three years of age; her paternal
grandmother died at the age of ninety-nine years and six months; her maternal grandmother
had seven children, six of whom lived to be over ninety years of age, and the seventh lived to be
over eighty. They are both active members of the Methodist Church, and Mr. Mowry has been
engaged in preaching, as opportunity afforded, for over thirty years. He is noted for his ingenu-
ity, and is zealous in the church, at home hospitable, in society genial, and in business reliable, —

WILLIAM L. PARSONS, proprietor Neosho Falls Flouring and Saw-Mills, came to Kansas
in December, 1871, and located at Neosho Falls. Bought out the mills at that place, and has en-
gaged in the milling business ever since; has built a new flouring-mill, put in new and improved
wachinery,and now runs four sets of buhrs in their fullest capacity. He is now serving as
Chairman of the City Council. He was born in East Hampton, Suffolk County, N. Y., April 30,
1833; son of William and Anna C. Parsons. He lived in his native county until twenty-four
years of age; was educated at Clinton Academy. He operated a mill in Suffulk County until
1858, then moved to Racine, Wis., but in the spring of 1859 went to Denver, and for about two
years was engaged in mining. He returned in the fall of 1860 to Racine, and the fullowingspring
enlisted in Company F, Second Wisconsin Infantry, and was mustered in as Second Lieutenant
April 21, 1861.° Served three years and eight months, and was in all the engagements of his
command. He was promoted to First Lieutenant August 8, 1861, and made Captain October 22,
1861, promoted Major October 5, 1863, and, after the battle of Gettysburg, was commissioned -
Colonel of the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, but was taken prisoner before he was mus-
tered. He was in many of the heaviest engagements of the war. He was wounded at South
Mountain in the left shoulder, and at Gettysburg in the right leg. In Grant’s campaign was
wounded in the hand, and again in the head; the last time’ was left for dead on the field, and
taken prisoner and held in confinement seven months and a half; was finally paroled near the
close of the war, and was mustered out at Washington, D. C.,in January, 1865, Soon after his
return fron the war, he went.to Savanna, IlJ., and operated an elevator two years; was then ap-
pointed United States Revenue Inspector, with headquarters at Milwaukee, Wis.; remained hete-
one year; then started a vessel supply store in Chicago, and was burned out in the great fire of
October, 1871, and, after a short visit to New York, came to Kansas in December, 1871. He was
married at Neosho Falls, January 11, 1877, to Jennie E. Holloway, an accomplished daughter of
Ira and Esther Holloway; she was educated at Ottumwa Seminary, but isa native of Pennsyl-
vania; they have two children—Anna E, and William Sherrill Parsons. Mr, Parsons is a worthy
Masor, and also Commander in the G, A. R., and Dictator in the Knights of Honor, He hasa

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_ very pleasing address, is enterprising, honest and reliable; has the entire confidence of every-

body, and is quite successful in business. Is recognized as une of the representative men of this
county. :

TORONTO.

Toronto was laid out in 1869 by the Toronto Town Company, of which
Enoch Reeves was President and Matthew Miller Secretary. As first laid -
out, it occupied a quarter section, one-half mile from the western line of
the county, and four and one-half miles from the southern boundary. The
first building on the town site (the district school) was some years older
than the town, having been located at an early day. The first structure
built after-the laying-out of the town was a frame house of small size
owned by William P. Dennis, and used both for.store and residence pur-
poses. This building stood on Washington strect until the spring of 1882,
when it was moved back and part of it added to the meat market of G. W.
Johnston. The next building erected, also a-store, was the property of
S. R. Kellogg, and yet forms a part of his store building. A hotel was
built in 1870 by 8. P. Miller, and operated by various parties until 1882.
The first professional man to reside in Toronto was Dr. A. H. Mann, who
came in 1871, and is still in practice. A doctor without a drug store at
his back would be an anomaly, and soon after Dr. Mann’s settlement
W. L. Lockard added a line of drugs to the general stock of his store.
The first store carrying drugs only was built in 1879 by C. H. Starrett, who
still occupies it. The second hotel in the town was opened by A. W.
Fletcher, in the residence built by W. L. Lockard in 1871. The house
soon passed into the hands of N. B. Rouse, who now runs it.

The growth of Toronto, lying as it did in the extreme southwest of
the county, with no railway asa feeder and no hopes of becoming the
county seat, was. very slow. In November, 1881, nearly twelve years
after the founding of the town, it had but two stores and eight or ten
dwellings. With the advent of the railway came a fresh tide of life, and
before the close of 1882 more than eighty new buildings had been erected.

Toronto Post Office was established on July 1, 1870, with 8S. R.
Kellogg as Postmaster. This was upon the inauguration of the
Humboldt stage mail route and the discontinuance of that from
LeRoy. Upon the old route had been, a short distance north of Toronto,
the post oftice of Pleasant Grove, established in 1858. Here Albert H.
Reeves, J. W. Brown and Edwin Kellogg had successively held the not
onerous duties of Postmaster. The Toronto office was hel . 8. R. Kel-
logg until 1876, when it passed to F. W. Carroll, and later to C. F. Webb,
who held it until February, 1882, when it again was conferred upon 5. R.
Kellogg, the present official. The post office in Toronto has always been
on the corner occupied by the store of 8. R. Kellogg. _

As has already been said, the educational history of Toronto
reaches back of its existence as a town. Soon-after the organization
of the town company, the old schoolhouse which stood on the west
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line of the town site. near the present railway depot was moved to the
public’square and enlarged. In 1882, the new schoolhouse was built at a
cost of $3,000. This is a capacious two-story building of four rooms, and
can seat over 200 scholars. At the present time the school has an attend-
ance of 150, and. employs-two teachers—Mr. A. J. Jones and Miss Josie
Byington. This educational force will soon be increased. Looking at
her-facilities of a few years ago, the town may well feel proud of her ad-
vancement.

, The industries now represented in the town briefly capitulated,
will serve-to show something of its value. They are: General stores,
six; groceries, one; drug stores, one; hardware, one; hotels, two; phy-
sicians, two; real estate, two; meat markets, one; furniture, one; har-
ness. shops, two; millinery, two; restaurant, one; livery stables, two;
lumber yards, two. Besides these are the mill and other industries more
particularly described. No one looking over this statement and recalling
the vegetarian ‘state of the town a year ago, can fail to see that the place
has a substantial future before it. -°

LOCAL MATTERS.

-_ Methodist Church.—The Methodists have long had religious services in the neighborhood
of Toronto, but it was not until 1875-76 that_a separate church edifice was erected. This
ptructure was Se at a cost of $600, principally raised by private subscription, and is
supplied by Rev. William H. Carwardine of Yates Center. A Sabbath school organized at
a same time as the church has an average attendance of ninety, and is in charge of J. M.

ickinson.

Baptist Church.—The Baptist Church of Toronto was gathered together in 1877, and has
increased in strength with considerable rapidity since the town has become a railway point.
Services are held every second Sabbath by Rev. A. E. Lewis, of Fall River. As yet the society
has no church building, but preparations are being made.for ergcting one at an early day.

Woodson Lodge, No. 121, A. F & A. M, was organized on October 17, 1872, with
the following officers: J. v. Kerns, W. M.; S. P. Miller, 8. W.; Smith Wilhite, J. W.;
W. M. Peck, Secretary; I. Darland, Treasurer. The lodge now numbers thirty-five and has
the following officers: S. R. Kellogg, W. M.; E. A. Hubbard, S. W.; J. M. Montgomery, J.
W.; Frank Hall, Secretary ; G. R. Johnson, Treasurer, Meetings are held on each Saturday
on or before full moon, and each two weeks thereafter, in the hall over S. R. Kellogg’s store.
The property of the lodge consists of fixtures and regalia to the value of $200.

Toronto Lodge, No. 189, I. O. G. 7., was organized at an early day (probably 1872), but

after a severe struggle for life fell to pieces in 1876, and has never been revived.

Railroads.—The St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railway, which received $22,000 of the
bonds of Toronto Township, was completed to Toronto in the fall of 1879, and at once began
running regular trains, The road was soon extended to Eureka, Greenwood County, thus
furnishing an outlet both east and west for the products handled at this point. The value of
the road to the town can hardly be over-estimated ; it has breathed into it the bréath of life
and made of the flaccid frame a living energetic body. Off the line of railway, unknown
and having no pre-eminent ee to command attention, Toronto had a cloudy
future; on the line of what will soon be a great thoroughfare, its future is limited only by
the energy and public spirit of its citizens.

Hotel.—A large and finely designed hotel building was erected in 1881-82 by parties in-
terested in the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railway. As-yet it is unoccupied, but nego-
_tiations are being made for its opening, which will be an event of great importance, as there
is now no adequate provision for the wants of the traveling public. a

Toronto Mills—These mills consist of a combined saw and grist mill, both built in 1873
by Alexander Davis; in 1877, they were sold to W. S. Lockard and completely refitted, bring-
ing their value up to $7,000. The saw mill has a capacity of 4,000 feet perday; and the grist
mill, with two run of buhr-stones, of sixty barrels of flour per twenty-four hours. Power is
furnished by an engine of twenty-five horse power. This is, with the exception of the mills
at Neosho Falls, the only mill in the county. ‘ 4

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

STEPHEN F. ANDERSON, farmer, Section 15, Town 26, Kange 18, P. O. Toronto, ¢came'to
Kansas in the spring of 1870, and located near Humboldt, in Allen County. Farmed three years
and then moved to Woodson County, where he has been engaged in farming near Toronto ever
since. He has taught in the public schools of Woodson and Greenwood Counties in the winter.
seasons ever since he came to the county, and has served as Justice of the Peace of Toronto
Township four years, and a member of the school board two years. He was born in Grayson
County, Va., October 25, 1823, son-of Elisha and Ruth Anderson. His father was ‘a noted preach-
er of the Baptist denomination in Virginia, He was raised on a farm in his native county, was
educated at Glade Spring Select School in Washington County, Va., and completed the course
prescribed in that institution. He taught five years in Virginia and North Carolina, and served
twelve years in ‘ireinia as Justice of the Peace. He was Major of the Seyenty-eighth Virginia State
Miltia under the old State laws. Was married in Ashe County, N. C.,. November 2, 1843, to Altha
C. Jacks. She is a native of North Carolina, and daughter of Richard and. Pracilla Jacks. By

this union they had thirteen children, ten of whom are now living—Elisha, Mary P., Ruth Ann,
Vashti, Albert, Aras, Alice, Robert, Remus and John F. Anderson. Mr. Anderson and wife are
both peGrih y members of the Baptist Church and he is a worthy Mason.

JACOB BIGLER came to Kansas in February, 187i, and after a short stay in Osage County
located on a farm in Butler County.. Cultivated his farm a few years, then rented it and did ma-
son work in Butler, Chase and Greenwood Counties until 1879, then returned ‘to ‘his farm and in
the spring of 1882 moved to Toronto, where he now lives. He was born in York County, Penn.,
October 10, 1846,80n of Abraham and Sarah Ann Bigler. Lived in his native county until he
came to Kansas in 1811. He was married in El Dorado, Butler County, October 21, 1879. to Anna
kK. Luke, daughter of David D. and Mary. J. Luke. She isa native of Missouri, was educated at
Keosauqua, Iowa, and taught one term in the same school when only fifteen years of age. She
now caprles ion # millinery store in Toronto, Their only child, Ira’Stanford Bigler, was born

ugust 6, bs é

BTSAAC J. CURTIS, hardware and farming implements, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio,
January, 29, 1840, son of Joel and Sally Curtis. He lived in his native County, until eighteen
years of age, then moved to Bureau County, IIl., and engaged in farming until 1859. Then went
‘with an ox train to Denver, remained one year and returned to Illinois, He enlisted In Com pauly
B, Fifty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry September 17, 1861, Served two years in this reg!-
ment, and was transferred to First Missouri Light Artillery, Battery H, and served as gunner an-
til the close of the war. Was in the engagements at Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Shiloh, Corinth,
and ail the battles of Sherman’s campaign to Savannah, Was mustered out in June, 1865, and
returned to Bureau County, Ill., where he remained until he came to Kansas in 1871. Ile then
located on a farm in Butler County, Kan., and did ministerial work for four or flye years, preach-
ing in Butler, Greenwood and other counties. Moved to ‘loronto in the spring of 1882, and is
now serving as Justice of the Peace. He also served in the sanic capacity in Butler County six
or eight years. He is engaged at present in the hardware and implement business, He was mar-
ried in Bureau County September 28, 1865, to Selina Frizzella, a native of Ohfo, and daughter of
Michael and Charlotte Frizzella, They have eight children—Harry A., Jennie E., James A.,
Robert Bruce, Michael Angelo, Sally E., Robert Lee and Kittie C. Curtis.
and he and wife are both members of the Christian Church, i

JOHN J. HAWKINS, mechanic, came to Kansas in Moy 1859, and located at Council Grove.
Was the first City Marshal of that place. Lived at Counce it Grove eleven ears. Engaged at
different times while there carpentering, milling and butchering. He next lived twelve years
in Eureka, and engaged while there in carpentering and farming. Moved to Toronto Februar
14, 1882, and is now working at his trade. e was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., August 8,
1818, son of Joe] and Clarissa Hawkins. He lived in his native county ten years, Canada West,
five years, and Erie County, N. Y., six years, Farmed in Erie County, then went to Michigan
and was lumbering one year; then served as steward on a vessel four years on the Great Lakes,
and néxt engaged in ratiroad construction work ten years, He then conducted a hotel at High
Hill, Mo., three years, and finally came to Kansas in 1859. He was married in Lancaster County,
Ohio, in October. 1855, to Rachel Young. They have seven children—William I*s, Ida May, Clara
J., Josephine, Earl, Newman H. and Clyde Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins, wite and several of his
children are consistent members of the ongre ational Church. ;

z WASHINGTON JOHNSON, butcher, Main street, came to Kansas in 1869. Remained at
Topeka a short time, returned to New York, and in 1870 moved out to Kansas, Stopped a short
time at Humboldt, and finally settled on a farm in Section 22, Belmont Township, Woodson
County.” ‘been engaged in farming ever since and still owns the farm, but at present is giy-
ing his pergona) attention to his butcher shop in Toronto. He was born in Ulster County, N. Y.,
October 6/1842, son of James and Maria Johnson, Was raised on a farm in his native county,
where he lived until twenty-three years of age. He then moved to Tarrytown, Westchester Co.,
N. Y., where he remained until he came to Kansas. He was married in Kalida, Woodson
County, January 14, 1873, to Cecilia A. Vanevery, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Vanevery,
and by this union has one child=Carrie Jane Johnson. Mr. Johnson and wife are worthy meim-

bers of the Presbyterian Church.

 

He is a worthy Mason,

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

DR. TILMAN A. JONES, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in October, 1875, and lo
cated at Twin Falls, Greenwood County, where he practiced medicine six years, and then moved
to Toronto, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession, and has already won an
enyiable reputation as a useful citizen and a ski)lful physician. He was born in Spencer,County,
Ind,, April 22, 1843, son of Thompson M. and Nancy L, Jones, He enlisted July 8 1861, in Com-
pany E, Twenty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until December, ig63, when he was
discharged on account of disability, resulting from a severe wound received while in the lne of
battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. When again able for duty, he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Indi-
ana Volunteer Cavalry, in February, 1863, and served until the close of the war, "Was in many of
the heaviest engagements of the war, and was mustered out in August, 1865. He then returned
to his native county, studied medicine under the instruction of his uncle, Dr, W. M. Jones, and
began the practice of medicine in 1874. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College March 10,
1878. Came direct from his native county to Kansas in 1875. He was married in Spencer Coun-
ty, Ind., December 10, 1866, to Christina KE, Hesson, ari accomplished lady, and a native of Indi-
ana, By this union he has three children—Ida E., Charles T. sz =baby. He belongs to the M.
E. Church, I. O. O. F., and is W. M. of A..F, & A. M

- W. H. JONES, editor, was born in New York City July 26, 1831, son of Charles and Mary E,
Jones. Was raised and educated in New York City. Learned the printer's trade under Fanshaw, in
the American Bible House and Tract Society. He worked on many different papers in New York
and Canada. At one time he owned and operated a job office in New York City; at another time
he held the position of assistant foreman and proof reader on the Cincinnati Gazette. He enlisted
in Company H, First Michigan Volunteer Infantry, ninety-days service, in April, 1861, and-was ‘in
the first battle of Bull Run, Served his term of enlistment and again entered the army in the
spring of 1862, enlisting in Company H, Twenty-third Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Served un-
til February, 1863, most of the time in charge of the Government printing office at Bowling
Green Ky. ‘Was mustered out in 18680n account of disability. He afterward took a position on
the Fort Wayne Independent Democrat, and worked on that journal two or three years. He
had previously run the Riverside Book and Job Printing House at Milwaukee, Wis. He moved to
Omaha, Neb., in 1868, and from there came to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1869. Has held various re-
spensible positions on some of the best journals in the State, among which we mention the
Leavenworth Bulletin, Ottawa Journal and Emporia Tribune, He has been connected with
almost every newspaper enterprise started in Woodson County, and is considered one of the
ablest journalists {n Southern Kansas. He is at present editing the Toronto Topic. He was mar-
ried in Omaha, Neb,, September 7, 1863, to Lydia C. Sullivan, and by this union has five children,
viz.: Louise G., Josie L.. Minnie M., Alice E. and William H. Jones.

SETH R. KELLOGG, merchant and Postmaster,.came to Kansas in April, 1857, and located
May 24, on a farm near Toronto, and engaged in farming until 1870, then moved to Toronto, and
has since been engaged in the mercantile business. Was appointed Postmaster in July, 1870, and
served until 1876; was then elected a Representative tothe Kansas State Legislature from Woodson
County, and served one term, He was again made Postmaster in January, 1882. He has served
three terms as Township Trustee, one term as Clerk and one term as Treasurer. He was born in
White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., Mich., August 30, 1845, son of Edwin and Amelia E, Kellogg; hved
in his native county until the fall of 1856, spent that winter in Illinois, and the following spring
came to Kansas, He was married near Toronto September 5, 1871, to Catherine M. Rowe, daugh-
ter of Elias D. and Sarah Rowe, and by this union has two children—Lela and Glenn S$. Kellogg.
hie is W. M.of Woodson Lodge, No, 121, A., F. & A. M,and is one of the oldest settlers in his
county, aman whom everybody respects and trusts. :

. B. LOCKARD, furniture dealer, came to Kansas in the spring of 1869, and was one of the
first who settled on the town site. He engaged in carpentering until January, 1882, since which
he has been engaged in the furniture business. He has served ‘three years as Treasurer of the
School District, and two years as Township Clerk. |He was born in York County, Ontario, Can-
ada, August 21, 1834, son of Peter and Curneachy Lockard. Was reared and educated in his native
county, and came direct from there to Kansas in 1869.. He was married in Toronto, Canada, Feb-
qpuary 1860, to Sarah Lemon, and by this union has five children—Catherine L., Charlota, Will-
iam’P., Oliver C. and Maud. He belongs to the Knights of Honor, and is recognized as one of the

. leading and representative men of Toronto.

W. 8S. LOCKARD, merchant and proprietor of the Toronto flouring and saw mills;
came to Kansas in the spring of 1870 ;.located near Toronto, and farmed two years, and has
ever since been engaged in merchandising in Toronto, and at the same time has owned and
operated the Toronto mills ever since 1877. He was born in York County, Ontario, Can.
February 2, 1836; son of Peter and Carnearchy Lockard; lived in his native county until
he came ,to Kansas in 1870 . He was married in York County, Can., in March, 1860, to Caro-
line Hughes, native of the same county. He has five children—Arthur S., Clarkson H.,
Martha, Evangeline and Charles William. The first four were born in Canada; the youngest
in Kansas. He belongs to the Knights of Honor; is one of the heaviest dealers iw general
merchandise in the county, and is one of our most reliable business men.

JAMES D:-McINTOSH, teacher, P. O. Toronto, came to Kansas in March, 1881, located at
Eureka, and taught the public school at Twin Falls, Greenwood County, sixteen months, then
moved to Toronto, and is at present teaching in District No. 33, Greenwood County. He was born
in Burritt, Winnebago Co., iil. son of John S. and Esther J. McIntosh. He was educated at Prof.
Lownsbury’s Académy, Rockford,I].,and graduated March $1, 1879. He then taught one year in his
native county, and moved to Kansas in 1881. His maternal ancestors were from Holland, and his

great grand-parents, named Britton, located on Staten Island. His mother’s maiden name was

isther J, Manchester, She is a native of King's County, N. B.; is an intelligent lady, and is now
living with her son in Toronto, her husband having died in the State of Illinois, leaving her the
mother of six living children—Mary E., Burritt C., Jerome J., James D., Letitia D. (deceased),
Wilbur L.and Joseph E, Mrs. Mcintosh and the subject of this sketch are both worthy mem-
bers of the Baptist Church. :
DR. A. H. MANN, physician and surgeon, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, October 5, 1841,

son of Albert and Mary Mann. At an early age, moved with h parents to Delaware County, where
he remained about seven years, then moved to Lexington, Richland Co., Ohio; remained until
1859, and moved to Knoxville, Knox Co., Ill. He studied medicine under his father’s instruction
‘until the breaking-out of the rebellion, when he enlisted in Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry, September 1, 1861, and served as Hospital Steward until April, 1861, when he was made
Asgistant Surgeon, and in March, 1865, was promoted Surgeon. Was mustered out July, 1865. He
entered the Regular United States Army as Assistant Surgeon in the spring of 1866. ‘as ordered

 

-to Ft, Fetterman, Wyoming Territory, October 5, 1866; remained in that department until ordered

to Vicksburg May 22, 1867; thence to Pine Bluff, Ark., July 7; thence to Meridian, Miss., June 17,
1868; thence back to Little Rock, Ark., November, 1868. He then came to Toronto in March,
1869, and practiced medicine about eleven months; during this time was on the waiting order
list, and was finally ordered to Ft. Stevenson, D. T., September 1, 1871; thence to Columbia, S.
C., October 9, 1872. He accompanied Custer's command on the Yellow Stone and Black Hills ex-
pedition, which started out in March, 1878, Was ordered to Grand River Agency, Dakota Ter-
ritory, July, 1873, and was severely wounded by the Indians at Grand River, D. T., in May, 1874.
When ordered out on.Custer’s fatal expedition in 1875, he at once telegraphed-his resignation and
went to Chicago, where he practiced his profession about three years, andin 1878, came to To-
Tonto, Kan., where he has ever since practiced medicine, Hsving had an extensive and varied
experience in therapeutics and surgery, his skill is called into requisition in the most difficult
cases, and his services arc highly appreciated by the people of Woodson County. He was married
at McComb, Ill, September 2, 1875, to Eleanor Eads, cousin of Capt. J. B. Eads, of Mississippi
Jettlos fame; she is a native of Illinois, and an intelligent and accomplished lady.

THOMAS SEARS, farmer, P, O. Toronto, came to Kansas in March, 1855, located ona farm
in the vicinity of Mound City, and built of logs the first storehouse ever erected in that section.
It stood near the present site of Mound City. After a few years spent in Linn County, he moved
to Woodson, and improved a farm of 160 acres on Owl Creek, and was Postmaster at Mt. Ariel
three years, He next improved a farm six miles west of Toronto,in Greenwood County. In
1877, went. to Colorado an apent two years, and is at present living in retirement at Toronto,
where he has a comfortable home, e was born in ‘Warren County, Ky., March 22, 1809, son of
Henry and Elizabeth Sears. He moved to Greene County, 1ll., when about eighteen years of age,
and served in the United States Volunteer army during the Black Hawk war, and after his return
from this service, livea consecntly ely in Greene vounty Il, Randolph, Andrew and De Kalb Coun-
ties, Mo., and the winter of 1854, fed cattle in Kaw Bottom, at Kansas City, near where the Union
depot now stands. The following spring moved to Kansas. He was married in Greene County,
Ill. March 22, 1831, to Elizabeth Jenet, by whom he had nine children, five of whom he ralsed—
William L., James M., George M.D., Cynthia Frances and Sarah Ann, Mrs. Sears died June 6,-
1a William L, Sears died May 28, 1881, leaving four children, all of whom are living—Permelia

-F, (married), Thomas Osborn, Levi Eddy and William Sears, James M, Sears died in the
ariny July 27, 1864. George M. D. Sears died October 22, 1874, leaving two children, both now liv-
ing In Colorado, viz.:| Minta Jane and Minnie Ann Sears. Cynthia F. wus married June 24, 1851,
to John A. Estep. Her husband died October 26, 1867; she now lives in Toronto, near her father,
and is his only living child. She has one living daughter—Nancy Ann E,, born December 28, 1852,
on married October 15, 1871, ie. M. White. She now lives in Toronto; mother of three living
e ildren, viz.: Anna Philura, Laura C. and Aubred Otis White. Sarah’ Ann Sears died October

1 1881, Mr, Sears isa member of the Old School Baptist Church, and is widely known and uni-
versally respected in Woodson and adjoining counties.
K ANDERSON B, WALKER, minister of the gospel, Methodist Episcopal Church, came to
ansas in June, 1861, located at Coyville, Wilson County; taught school and preached there one
year, then by order of conference, preached in Bourbon County one year, in Iola, Allen County,
bo, years, Coyville again one year: then sustained a supernumerary relation to conference for
aDoug six or eight years; and during this time was in mercantile business at Toronto one year.
F: € also partly improved atarm, and then moved to Califoria, and remained two years, then re-
ia ned to Kansas, and finally became effective, and was sent by conference to Chautauqua County
fe veal s, Thayer one year and Barbour County one year, For the last three years, he has been
20 he superannuated list. He has served in this State as Township Clerk two years, and Justice
oF the’ vrace two years, He was born in Montgomery County, lit, June 16, 1825, son of Alfred
M. an lizabeth Walker, At an early age, went with his parents to Rast Tennessee; remained five
years, then returned to Llinois, where he lived until_he came to Kansas in 1861. He was married
in Montgomery County, Ill, November 2, 1844, to Celia J, Williams, daughter of Thomas and
elia Williams, They’have had ten children, only one of whom is living-—A. F. Walker,

 

 
 

WOODSON

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP,

GEORGE D. CARPENTER, farmer and stock-dealer, Section 28, P. 0. Yates Center, came to
Kansas in the fall of 1870, and located on a farm in Liberty Townshi D>, Woodson County, and hag
engaged in farming and dealing in stock ever since. He was elected Clerk of the District Court
in 1874, and re-elected in 1876-78, serving three consecutive terms. He enlisted in Company D,

“Seventy-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, July, 1862,and was mustered in as a private, and
was afterward commissioned Captain of Company C, Sixty-sixth United States Colored Infantry.
He was in the Yazoo expedition, in the engagement at Ft. Pemberton, Grand Gulf, Champion
Hilla; Black River, and many others, including the siege of Vicksburg. He commanded the first
Black River, Ark., expedition; one of the famous raids against Quantrell, and commanded the
postsat Beloxi and Pass Christian after the close of the war, and was mustered out in the spring
of'1866. He was born in Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y., July 6, 1888. He is the son of Samuel and
Martha Oarpenter,; lived in his native county about fifteen years,and then moyed to Bingham-
ton, N. Y., and was educated in the Binghamton Academy and Susquehanna Seminary; after-
ward moved to La Salle County, Ill., where he engaged in farming and teaching twelve years,
then moved to Kansas. He was married in Seneca April 29, 1869, to Laura A. Scovel, daughter of
Palmer and Mary Scovel., They have four children, viz.: Dora E., Mabel L., Edna and Jessie
Carpenter. He is a worthy Mason and a member 0¢ the I. O. 0, F, and K. of P.

 

EVERETT TOWNSHIP.

RALPH T. JORDON, farmer, Section 30, P. O, Neosho Falls, was born in 1836, in York
County, Me., where his father was a farmer, and where the subject of this sketch learned the
trade of acarpenter. March 1, 1863, he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-second Regiment Maine
Volunteer Infantry, and participated with his regiment (which was afterward consolidated with
the Thirty-tirst Maine) in the engagements at Petersburg, Poplar Grove, Hatchie’s Run, etc.,
and was mustered out at Augusta, Me., in September, 1365. In 1866, he removed to Brooklyn,
N, Y., and worked at his trade there until 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating upon 160 acres
on above section, and, although an upland farm, his grain average has been very good. He has
an excellent frame residence, and a large orchard, which contains upward of 400 excellent as-
sorted truittrees. Although devoting his attention principally to agriculture, Mr. Jordan has
built several stores and residences in Woodson and adjoining counties, among the latter being
thatof G. W. Smith, Esq., of Greenwood County, Although a stanch Republican, he has never
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COUNTY. 1197

JOHN B. PRUTZMAN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Neosho Falls, came to Kansas in the fall of
1867, and located near where he now lives, and has been engaged in farming and raising stock
ever since. He purchased the farm whicn he now cuhivates, in the spring of 1880. He has been
a member of the School Board nearly ever since he came to the State. He was Census Enumer-
ator In 1880, and has served two terms as Township Trustee of Everett Township, He enlisted-in
Company B, Fiftieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in the spring of 1863, He was in the engage-
ments at Resaca, Calhoun Ferry, Altoona Mountain, and was severely wounded at the last-
named place, on the Sth of October, 1864, and remained in the hospital until the spring of 1865,
and was then honorably discharged on account of disability. He was born in Fayette County,
Penn., July 7, 1845, He is a son of James and Elizabeth Prutzman. His father was killed by an
accident in December, 1848, and the next._year he moved with his mother to Bridgewater, Penn.,
and three years later to Steubenville, Ohio; he afterward lived in Bridgewater one year, Zenia,
Ohio, one year, and in Hancock County, Ill., from 1855 until 1867, then emigrated to Kansas. fle
was married in Quincy, Il., January 10, 1867, to Margaret W. McClinvock, daughter of Alexander
and Jane McClintock, They have had six children, four of whom are living, viz,; Ada E., Mary
Maud, Ida Belle and Jesse Lincoln.

OWL CREEK TOWNSHIP.

DAVID REYNOLDS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Defiance, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn.,
January 29, 1820, and is the son of Harrison Perry Reynolds, born in Maryland, and Kosanna
(Moore) Reynolds, a native of Morgan County, Va. He came to Kansas in August, 1857, and lo-
cated in Woodson County, and has remained ever since.. He has served one or two terms as
County Commissioner. He is one of the old veterans of the Mexican war, and also served three’
years and four months in the Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, as Commissary Sergeant during

-the late war, and has deported himself in every position which he has held, with credit and:

honor to himself and with fidelity to the country. Mr. Reynolds was married in Allegheny City,
Penn., October 18, 1849, to Sarah Beers, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Beers. She is a native
of Crawford County, Penn., and was raised in her native State. They have had five children—
Rogsannah Elizabeth Reynolds, born August 30, 1851, died March 27, 1853; Emeline Jane Reynolds,
born March 28, 1853; Mary Adaline Reynolds, born February 3, 1855, died May 1, 1869; Maliesa
Ann Reynolds, born June 28, 1857; David Harrison Perry, born April 14, 1869. r. Reynolds and
wate are highly respected for their intelligence, and universally esteemed for their many excellent
Traits of character, .

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(= EEN WOOD County was named in honor of Greenwood, United
: States Land Commissioner, under Pierce and Buchanan. It was first
aid off by the bogus Legislature of 1855-56, but was for a numberof years
thereafter unorganized territory. As at first laid out, the county was a
very nearly square tract of
uniform size with its neigh-
bors, but when in 1867 Madison
County was abolished, and its
north part given, to Breckin-
ridge (now Lyon) County, the
lower portion, to a point three
miles above Madison, was add-
ed to Greenwood. In giving
the boundaries at this time, the
southern boundary was by ac-
cident moved too far to the
south, thus cutting off a strip
of Howard (now Elk) County,
three miles wide. This error
was rectified in 1868. As finally
laid off its boundaries are as
follows: Onthe north by Lyon
and Chase; east by Wilson,
Woodson and Coffey; south by

lk, and west by Butler
County. ‘

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TOPOGRAPHY.

The county has, according to
“the Government survey, 20 per
‘cent of béttom and 80 per cent

of upland. It is also divided
in 5 per cent of forest and 95
per cent of prairie. It is
watered by Verdigris and Fall
Rivers, which flow southwest-
erly, and by numerous creeks,
of which Willow, Slate, Homer
and Bachelor flow into the Ver-
digris, and Otter, Spring, Salt
and Honey into Fall River.
The average width of the
river bottoms is onemile. The
principal timber belts fringe
these streams, and are about
seventy-five feet in average
width. The varieties found
are oak, walnut, hickory, hack-
berry, elm, cottonwood, syca-
more, mulberry and ash. Cul-
tivated timber, i. ¢., timber
claim plantings, is principally
cottonwood, box elder and soft
maple. Coal is found in thin
veins at a distance of from deh. hl

four to eight feet below the School Houses
surface, and is used for domes-
tic consumption and to a small
extent for blacksmithing and
other purposes. Both Jime-

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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

GREENWOOD COUNTY.

°
EARLY HISTORY.

The first settlement in Greenwood County was made in the spring of
1856, by colonists from Mississippi, who came with the avowed intention
of helping ‘to make Kansas an ally of the Southern slave-holding States.

4 These Pro-slavery people drift-
ed away to more congenial soil
on the breaking out of the war
of the rebellion or very shortly
thereafter, and to-day but one
of the number remains, and he
has long since changed his
views. few anti-slavery
men were sprinkled about the
county in the fall of 1856, but:
real settlement. did not take
place in any considerable num-
bers until the following year.
This spring saw a party of new
comers in Lane and Madison
Townships, among whom were
D. Vining, Austin and -Fréd
Norton, Anderson Hill, Wes-
ley Pearsons, Mark Patty,
Myrock Huntley, E. R. Hold-
erman, William Martindale, E.
G. Duke, James and W. F. Os-
born, Isaac Sharp and David
Smyth. In July of this year
came Josiah Kinnaman, Archi-
bald Johnston, Peter Ricker,
Adam Glaze, John Baker,
Wayne Sumuer and William
Kinnaman. :

In 1858 and the two follow-
ing years was a rapid growth in
settlement, although money
was a well-nigh unknown
quantity, and the settlers saw
their advance in worldly affairs
oun in the improvement of
their lands and buildings. In
this condition they had to meet
the disastrous drought of 1860.
It was a bitter pill, but only
such as ever and anon falls to
the lot of the pioneer who
pushes far beyond the beaten
path and calmly faces the dip-
ping of the scale which shall
insure him utter defeat or a
grand success. Supplies could
only be brought from Atchison,
a distance of 160 miles, through
bitter storms, and with teams
enfeebled by scanty rations;
and when received, enough
must be sold to pay the freight-_
ers. Under this grinding pres-
sure, many were forced to for-
sake all they had obtained by

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of timber fitted for such use. Janesville Township. 250 583

Acreage Under Cultivation.— (c) Lane Township

j Madi T ship... 284 | 849
There were Gown Ie Wie BOMDLY ar itar Grane ‘Tewtshipacmeraasnand 882
in 1872, 3,719 acres of, winter {3 Pleasant Grove Township... 462 | 509
wheat; i 1874, 5,004; in 1876, Hy Quincy Township.....ssccecccsesseecne eee [eeteseess 573
9,129; in 1878, 7,897; in 1880, (g) Salem Township.....sss sess ee 621

such severe exertions and re-
1s, | turn to older places; but still
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9,851, and in 1882, 1,902.

Acres of rye for the same (a) In 1872, parts detached to form Salem and

Otter Creek ; in 1873, + of Spring Creek.
years-were: 6, 298, 1,089, 628, (») In 1872, parts detached to form Otter Creek
146,298; spring wheat, 366, 806, and Salt Springs; in 1873, part to Spring Grove.
153; 205, 22, none; corn, 12, 682, an TETE, Dare detached to form Shell Rock and
. 20,916, 19,278, 30,540, 88,740, d) Organized in 1872 from parts of Eureka.
60,291, and barley, 9, 5, 34, 253, {8 In 1880, part detached to form Quincy.
312, none. z :
A brief glance at these statistics will serve to show that winter wheat
occupied most space in 1876, spring wheat in 1874, rye in 1876, and that the

acreage of corn has been steadily on the increase.

South, broke forth in lightning
flashes, which awoke the whole
country to the prologue of the
great drama that for. long
years made the United States
the cynosure of the world..
The flash of the lightning made

2 ; : a gorgeous pageant to those
who scanned it from a distance, but it seared the near spectator. Greenwood
County was the scene of violence from all quarters. Divided against it-

(f) Organized in 1880 from part of Pleasant
Grove.
p) Organized in 1872 from part of Eureka.
h) Organized in 1872 from part of Fall River.
i Organized in 1878 from part of Lane.
Organized in 1873 from part of Eureka.

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GREENWOOD COUNTY.

to the attacks of hostile Indians and those who sought in the troubled times
an excuse for indiscriminate pillage, Greenwood might well be pitied.
During 1861, a rough fort was built at Eureka, and named in honor of Col.
James Montgomery, of the Tenth Infantry. It was built by the home guard,
under Capt. L. Bemis, and was occupied by them during their entire term
of service.

At the close of the war, emigration set in with great rapidity. A new
Town Site Company was organized at Eureka, and settlement was very
rapid all over the county.

Upon the formation of Greenwood County, a part of it was included
in the reservation of the Osage Indians. This reservation was a strip
twenty by seventy miles and took in parts of Elk, Wilson and Butler
Counties as well as Greenwood. In the latter, it cut a strip ten miles in
width from the southern part of the county, the line running about four
miles south of Eureka City. These lands were by the treaty of 1870 placed
in trust with the United States to bé disposed of for the Indians who had
removed to the Indian Territory. This was done by placing it for pre-
emption and homesteading at the regular Government price of $1.25 per
acre. Many of the best farms in the county are located in this tract as is
also the thriving town of Gould or Severy.

At avery early day, itenerant Methodist preachers occasionally tra-
versed the indefinite circuit known as Southwestern Kansas. In 1860,
the first regular circuit embracing this county was cut off and named the
Eureka Circuit. It embraced Greenwood, Butler, Woodson and Wilson
Counties; and was supplied by Rev. T. B: Woodard who ‘succeeded in
gathering a membership of twenty during the year. In 1861, the name of
the circuit was changed to Belmont antl H. Travis, by whom the mem-
bership was increased to forty, appointed. W. H. Fisher was appointed

in 1862, but served only peu of the year and made no report. Rev. C.
Meadows served during 1863 and resided at Belmont, then quite a town,
but never rebuilt since its burning by the rebels during the war. J. Paine

served in 1864. In 1865, Belmont Circuit was again divided and Eureka
‘Circuit consisted of Greenwood County and the counties southwest of it.
In this year and until 1868, Rev. John Stansbury was preacher in charge.
‘This man deserves more than a passing notice. A true enthusiast in the
cause of Methodism, he was a product of frontier life—a man of the time.
Owning a farm on Owl Creek in Woodson County, he pinched from it in
the rare intervals between his pastoral trips, a scanty subsistence.
Mounted on his pony, he went from station to station, sleeping indifferent-
ly in the scattered houses along the way or upon the naked prairie, and
preaching wherever he found opportunity. He removed in 1870 to Cow-
ey County, where a year later he was crushed to death by a falling log.
In 1868, Greenwood County was made a separate circuit and placed in
charge of Rev. J. E. Cohenour, who by zealous work increased the church
membership from 82 to 160. In 1869, Rev. Mr. Cohenour was retained and
a parsonage built at Eureka at a cost of $300. In 1870, the county was
divided into three circuits and Rev. 8. A. Green appointed to Eureka.
From this time the history of the circuit is shown in the history of indi-
vidual churches. Ae
The first capital offense committed in Greenwood County took
place in April, 1865. The victims were William and Jacob Bledsoe, who
lived in the southeast part of the county and were by some suspected of
horse thieving. Between these men and three others, there existed a bit-
ter animosity, growing out of some petty “spites’’ inflicted. Under these
circumstances, any pretext was sufficient and the Bledsoes were arrested.
One dark night they were removed from one impromptu guard house to
another, but en route were assassinated. The stery of their guards, John
Taylor, William Brown and Thomas Craig was that.an attack was made

by Indians who had suffered the loss of ponies, and the prisoners dis--

patched. The authorities did not, however, take this view of the case and
after a weary length of time Brown was convicted and Craig acquitted,
the decision being reached in May, 1878. Taylor was never apprehended,’
and is reported to be dead. ;
The Murder of Robert Clark.—This was one of the most atrocious
crimes ever committed in Southern Kansas. G. W. Petty was a bush-
whacker of the war, although connected with neither side and work-
ing for his individual profit only. On the conclusion of open war,
he is reputed to have still continued a lawless life. Some time prior
to 1866, he had lost his wife, for whom he seemed to feel a great
affection, and upon whose grave he placed a costly monument. This
monument was discovered in May, 1866, so brutally defaced as to

be totally ruined. Petty suspected Clark and determined upon his
death. The same month, as Clark was sitting with his wife and children

in his cabin on the Verdigris, a man rode up to the door and asked the
direction of Brazos. This, Clark, still sitting in his chair but bending out
of the door, was giving, when another man riding past the window on the
opposite side of the house shot Clark, who fell to the floor, but staggered
up again and tried to reach his gun. As he fell a second time three men
rode up to the window where they remained motionless until Clark was
dead. When they appeared, Mrs. Clark recognized Petty and cried out :
“For God’s sake, Wash Petty, don’t kill me and my children, you have
killed my husband!” No answer was given, and, seeing Clark dead, the
men rode off. An indictment was found against Petty in 1870, and he was
arrested and after many delays in May, 1879, found guilty. He is now in
the State Penitentiary.

Murder of Crookham.—On October 17, 1874, Alexander Harman shot
O. C. Crookham as he was gathering corn in his field. The circumstances
which led to the shooting were, briefly, certain mortgages held by Crook-
ham and the settlement of-a claim of Harman for some prairie-breaking.
Harman, who appears to have been hardly sane, walked coolly up to Crook-
ham and placing a pistol to his neck discharged it, the ball making a ragged
hole. Crookham died two days later, and Harman, after due process, was
found guilty and taken to the penitentiary. Here his conduct was so vio-
lent as to lead to his removal to the Asylum for the Insane where he
now is.

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COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ROSTER AND BUILDINGS.

The organization of the county was effected on March 14, 1862, at a meeting of the
County Commissioners, held at Janesville, the temporary seat of justice. At this meeting,
the county was divided into townships, as follows: Lane, from the northeast corner of the
county west six miles; thence south siehinens thence east six miles, and north to point’ of
beginning. Pleasant Grove began at the northeast corner of Section 6, Town 25, Range 13,
ran west six miles; thence south ten miles; thence east six miles on the south boundary of
the county; thence north to initial point. Janesville began at the northeast corner of Sec-
tion 3, Town 23, Range 14, and ran west sixteen miles; thence south fourteen miles; thence
east sixteen miles; thence north to place of beginning. Eureka began at the northeast
corner of Section 15, Town 25, Range 12; ran west sixteen miles; thence south eight miles;
thence east sixteen miles, and thence to initial point. The board, after defining the town-
ship boundaries, proceeded to appoint county officers. I. M. Todd was made Probate Judge;
W. M. Hill, County Clerk ; E. Tucker, Register of Deeds; James Steel, Sheriff; William Mar-
tindale, County Treasurer. Elections were ordered in the different townships for March 24,
1862. On April 12, there was a second meeting of the County Commissioners, and the bonds
of the county officers being approved, they qualified for office. There seems to have been
some change in the interim, as C. Cameron became Register of Deeds instead of E. Tucker,
who refused the proffered honor, and D. Nichols was made Sheriff instead of James Steel.
The County Commissioners at this time were M. E. Stratton, F. Osborn and R. Gasaway.

After the appointment of county officers, the first regular election was held in Novem-
ber, 1862, Those who have held official positions since that date are given below, with the
date of their election. County Clerks, H. Norton, 1862; D. T. Nichols, 1863, H. Norton, 1865;
J. L. Benson, 1867; L. N. Fancher, 1869; W.S. Reece, 1815; F. J. Cochrane, 1877; J. W. Kenner,
1879. Registers of Deeds, P. Somers, 1862; D. Roach, 1863; James Willis, 1865 ; J. Gilmore, 1867;
I, R. Phenis, 1868; Purlin Baird, 1869; M. J. Verner, 1871; J. W. Seidle, 1873; J. D. Shaw, 1875;
J. 8. Eastwood. County Treasurers, W. E. Smith, 1862; E. Smith, 1863; W. C. Waybright,

, 1865; A. F. Nicholas, 1869 ; W. Smethers, 1873; W. H. Daum, 1875; J. C. Nye, 1879. Probate

Judges, J. Hays, 1862; J. Keyes, 1864; J. Kenner, 1866; G. H. Lillie, 1876 (resigned after re-
election, and I. R. Phenis appointed in 1880). Clerks of the District Court, W. Martindale,
1862; William Smethers, 1867; W. Denison, 1868; S. H. Martin, 1872; J. S. Stewart, 1876. Sher-
iffs, W. H. Maloney, 1862; J. E. Grant, 1863 ; William Hill, 1864; R. R. Turner, 1865; R.John-
son, 1867; G. H. Branson, 1869; J. L. Baker, 1871; J. L. Parker, 1873; W. O. Claycomb, 1875;
M. J. Verner, 1879. Superintendents of Public Instruction, E. Tucker, 1862; F..G. Allace,
1866; W. E. J. Nixon, 1868; L. H. Platt, 1870; G. H. Martz, 1872; H. T. Johns, 1874; J. F. Trox-
ell, 1876 ; G. H. Martz, 1878. In all cases, the name given last in the list of officers is that
of the present incumbent. :

On June 3, 1871, the proposition to vote $30,000 in bonds of the county, for the purpose
of constructing a suitable court house at Eureka, was submitted to the Pere of the county.
The vote on this proposition was found to be 474 for to 371 against, and work was at once
begun. As the building progressed, however, it became apparent that a further sum would
be needed to complete it in fitting shape, and the issuance of fresh bonds became necessary.
These, to the amount of $15,000, were secured at the November election of 1872, the vote
standing 734 for to 291 against. Ata still later period, $5,000 more was required, and this
sum was appropriated from the county funds. This swelled the total cost to $50,000, an ap-
parently large sum for so new a county, yet no one who looks upon the noble edifice can
fail to see that the county has value received for its outlay. The building is of limestone,
quarried about a mile and one-half west of the town, with trimmings of a similar stone,
found in the Flint Hills, on the western border of the county. The county jail is built at
the back and forms part of the structure. On the first floor are the offices of the County
Clerk, Treasurer, Probate Judge, Superintendent of Public Instruction and County Attor-
ney, the Jailer’s rooms, and three unoccupied offices. The second floor is oceupied by the
County Surveyor, Register of Deeds, Clerk of the District Court and Sheriff, the County
Court room with its adjoining consulting rooms and the jail. On the third floor are four
jury reoms. The lee on the second floor is fitted up in a style that must be discouraging to
pees, as it is lined throughout with steel. The architect of this building was J. G.

askell, of Lawrence, and the builder, John Hammond, of Emporia.

RAILWAY MATTERS.

Like most of the counties containing rich agricultural lands and the possibilities of
numerous thrifty towns, Greenwood has been the recipient of overtures from many railway
companies, either already operating lines or projecting them. The first of these was from
a company projecting a line from Ottawa through some part of Greenwood County, and ask-
ing for $200,000 of the bonds of the county in exchange for an equal amount of stock of the
railway company. This proposition was acceded to by a vote of 485 to 250, but the road was
never constructed. The next proposals came from the Fort Scott, Humboldt & Western
Railway, which was to run from Fort Scott to Humboldt, and thence west through this
county. Bonds to the amount of $200,000 were asked, and at an election held December 19,
1871, they were voted by a poll of 597 to 446. The third election looking to the acquisition
of railway facilities was held June 17, 1877, to get the “sense of the county” on the propo-,
sition of the St. Louis & Kansas Central Railway offering to builda road through the county
in consideration of the subscription of $4,000 in county bonds, running twenty-five years,
for each mile of completed track. This was decided adversely, by a vote of 403 to 530, and
the road was never begun, On Soe 24, 1877, it was decided, by a vote of 831 to 682, to ac-
cept the offer of the Kansas City, Emporia & Southern Railway Company. This provided
for the issuance of $4,000 of the bonds of the county per mile of track built; the funding
of the bonds at the expiration of thirty years, and the privilege of taking them up at any
time after five years on giving twelve months’ notice of intention to do so. It wasalso rre-
vided that their cash value in such a case should be 85 per cent of their face.. This road
was built through the county in 1879, and now has its terminus in Howard, Elk County. —

The proposition of the Kansas City, Burlington & Southwestern Railway and Tele-
graph Line was lost December 30, 1878, by a vote of 1,134 to 523.

On June 17, 1879, the question of giving bonds to the St. Louis, Wichita & Western
Railway was voted upon in Otter, Salt Springs and Twin Grove Townships. The returns
of Otter were thrown out by the Board of Canvassers, and those of Salt Springs and Twin
Grove shown to give a vote of 248 for and 58 poe the proposition. Upon the location of
the road, it was not thought expedient to follow the proposed line, and the Salt Springs
bonds were invalidated, leaving the bonds of Twin Grove, $15,000, the only ones outstand-
ing. The road was built in 1879 and 1880, and now runs through to Wichita, under the
name of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway.

A precinct election of November 3, 1879, oe the bonds of Pleasant Grove, Eureka,
Spring Creek and Walnut Creek precincts to the Kansas & Arizona Railway by a vote of 82
to 29, but the road remains like so many others, a paper concern.

Eureka Township and the city gave on September 30, 1881, $48,000 in bonds to the St.
Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railway, the bonds being divided into $40,000 township and
$8,000 city. These bonds bear 7 per cent interest, payable semi-annually. The road reached
Eureka in June, 1882, and is now being constructed westward.

EDUCATION.

The educational history of the county is one of constantly increasing facilities and
students to profit by them. The following table, giving the principal statistics of the last
three years, is, perhaps, as good a means of showing the scholastic status of the county as
any that could be found :

 

 

 

   
 
 
   
 
 
  

  

 

1879. 1880.: 1882.

Number of school districts........ .... wubasteacvepusvence 80 | 82 90
Census of school population: (5 to 21 years) 3,424 3,804 4,219
Number of pupils enrolled 2,571 2,729 2,987
Average daily attendance.. 1,488 1,677 1,775
Number of ec ee o . "
Schoolhouses built during the y date g

Value of all school property....... $61,700.00 | $64,021.00 $77,000.00
Total school expenditures 21,275.64 24,744.18 42,490.8:

 

 
1200 _

MANUFACTURING, ‘

The manufacturing concerns in the county are seven in number, and consist of the
steam grist niill of Smith & Lawther, more particularly described under Eureka; the water-
power ot mill of John Denison, on Fall River, about a mile east of Eureka, having a cap-
tal of $10,000; the flouringmills of William Smith; at’ Twin Falls, capital $3,000; Harlan
& Wilson, at Madison, capital $2,200, and J. D. Allen, at Fall River, capital $6,000. There is
also a small saw mill at Virgil, owned by Allen & Miller, and having a capital of $416.

EUREKA.

Eureka is located on the northeast quarter of Section 3, Township 26,
Range 10._ The town site belonged to two different parties, the north half
to David Tucker and the south to Levi N. Prather. This south half was
purchased by David Tucker for $130, and the whole town site sold for $50
to E. Tucker, by whom it was transferred to the Eureka Town Site Com-
pany, the transfer bearing date August 12, 1867.

_° As laid out by this company, the town was divided by streets running
north and south and east and west. These streets are eighty feet in width,
with the exception of First and Main, which are 100 feet each.

The town was located and surveyed. The first building crected was a
schoolhouse made of short planks riven from logs and roughly finished.
These impromptu boards formed both siding and roof, and though not
of the latest pattern, were, in their way, elaborately carved. In this house
were held, for several years, all public meetings, religious, scholastic and
political, and here the Eureka Debating Society rubbed their wits on the
great questions of the day, while the walls were yet ringing with the voice
of the singing master. 2 ae

At this time (1857) no enterprising merchant had*established a corner

rocery, and stores of all sorts had to be brought by ox team from Kansas

ity, a distance of 140 miles. The nearest post office was near Burlington,
in Osage County, and mail for Eastern friends had to be sent by the chance
hand of overland travelers. |

Postal Affairs.—The first post office in the county was at Pleasant
Grove, and was supplied once a week from Le Roy, Coffey County. Late
in 1858, the postal authorities allowed.the residents of Eureka an office of
their own on condition that they did their. own route-carrying. This con-
tinued for several months, until supplanted by the official pony-rider.

The post office at Eureka, the first in the county, was opened by Edwin
Tucker in 1858. He was followed by James.Kenner, 8S. G. Mead, I. R.
Phenis and J. W. Nicholas, the present incumbent, who has held the
office for a number of years. Previous officials had made a post office of
their places of business, and it was not until Mr. Nicholas took charge that
a separate office was established. The room now occupied is in the brick
addition to the bank building. .

EARLY EVENTS.
The first store opened in Eureka was the result of a determination on
the part of the settlers to combat the reflux tide which was draining the
county of settlers, for a naturyl part of the re-action after the giant
struggle of the war -was inimical to. new settlements. At this time,
James Kenner. who was living on a farm about four miles north of Eureka,
was deputed to carry on business for one year, with the understanding
that if it interfered too much with farming, the store should, at the end of
one year, be turned over to Edwin Tucker. A stock of goods was pro-
cured and brought to town, but. it was not until ‘about the 1st of April,
1866, that a cabin could be secured large enough to accommodate them.
At the expiration of one year, Judge Kenner turned the stock over to
Edwin Tucker, who ran the store about six months, and then sold out to
two new comers, Hitchcock & Farris. After a year, these parties sold out
to Durkee & Biggs, who at the expiration of two years sold out to G. M.
Rizer & Co. This firm continued for five years, when G. M. Rizer became
sole proprietor, and so continued until September 1, 1882. M. L. Ashmore,
oné of the first settlers in the county, claimed some skill as a physician,
but the first regular practitioner in the neighborhood of Eureka was a Dr.
Reynolds, who was drowned about 1866, in the Cottonwood. To him suc-
ceeded Dr. Tutton, who located here in 1868, and remained a few years.
Judge Lillie, one of the first settlers, was an attorney, and coming to
Eureka in the spring of 1868, was its first lawyer. Judge Phenis arrived
in Eureka the same year. Mechanics began to come to Eureka at an carly
day in its history, a blacksmith named McCartney coming in 1866, and a
carpenter named Hawkins in 1867. The first birth in the town was that
of Clarenee Stoddard, Who was born in May, 1869; the first death, Mrs.
Mary Stoddard, the mother of this child. The first hotel was built in [468,
at the south of the town, by the Town Company, and was occupied by a
Mr. Akers. It wasused for hotel purposes until [482, when it was vacated.
The Metropolitan, now the only hotel of the town, was opened by William
Green, and after passing through a number of different hands, came, in
May, 1882, into those of J. Forrest Hammond, who now keeps it.
Although laid out by the Town Site Company in 1867, Eureka was not
incorporated until April 30, 1870, the Trustees being J. R. Phenis, A. F.
Nicholas, L. H. Platt, Harley Stoddard and C. A. Wakefield. A year later
it assumed the form of a city of the third class, with Ira P. Nye, Mayor,
and George H. Lillie, City Clerk. Mayors since that date have been, I. P.
Nye, 1872; H. L. Stoddard, 1873; G. H. Lillie, 1874; 8. R. Huntington,
1875-76; J. C. Nye and G. H. Lillie, 1877; H. L. Stoddard, 1878-79-80; H. A.
Dennis, 1881-82. City Clerks since 1871 are as follows: S. A. Martin, 1872;
Z. Harlan, 1873; H. L. Stoddard, 1874; G. F. Dunham, 1875-76; Z. Harlan,
1877; J. W. Kenner, 1878; A. W. Hart, 1879; F. W. Watson, 1880
81-82. : , :
The first term of the District Court convened on the second Tuesday
in May, 1867, but adjourned without transacting any business. The
second meeting was held in May, 1868, with a good docket. Judge Wat-
son presided, and the bar consisted of Judge G. H. Lillie, of Verdigris, and
Judge I. R. Phenis, of Eureka. :

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

SCHOOLS AND THE PRESS.

The first school in the neighborhood of Eureka was opened by Edwin Tucker in De-
cember, 1858, and was taught in an old building near the site of the present school. On the
burning of this building in 1861, the school was removed to old Fort Montgomery, where
Miss Annie Cutter and others taught at irregular intervals. At the close of the war, a stone
school building was erected on the site of the present school. Here L. N. Fancher, H. A,
Dales and Miss M. J. Clacomb taught successively. Thenew schoolhouse was opened under
J. F. Troxell, who was eudceedet by G.-H. Martz, — Robbins, J. M. Ross and Theodore §,

Nagher, the present Principal. - ‘ ; :

= Perched an the highest sont in the town, in full view of the graceful rolling bluffs that
line the streams in the far and near distance, Eureka’s school building is a landmark for
many miles, It seems to stand at once aloof from the town and yet within it, and to point
silently to the present results of trained intelligence and the great possibilities of the future,
The buildingis of the limestone of the county, cruciform and surmounted by a belfry-cupola,
It contains the four rooms of the original plan, and one recently fitted up ™ the basement to
supply the demand (the ceaseless demand of the whole world) for more room. This building
was erected in 1673, at a cost of $20,v00—{15,099 secured by bonds of the distr’ct, and $5,000
by direct taxation. It is supplemeno.ed bya small frame builaing on the opposite side of the
town and just back of the court house. This was buite in 1081, and is occupies Dy a part of
the primary department. It is taught by Mrs. Collyer. | ;

The Eureka Herald was the first journalistic venture in the county, and was pub'ished.
by S. G. Mead. Its first issue bears date August, 1866, and has the motto “Be sure you're
right—then go ahead.” The sheet was a six-column quarto, and so continued until April
29, 1870, when it became a seven-column folio, and July 20, 1871, to an eight-column paper of
the same form—a form it still retains. In the issue of September 10, 1874, the title of the

ublishers was changed to Mead & Dunham, and on February 1, 1877, it became Dunham &
Rizer, and January 1, 1882, to H. C. Rizer, under which head it is still issued. It is published
Thursdays, and has acirculation of 816 copies. = F . 4 .

The Censorial.—The Censorial was a six-column folio, started in September, 1875, in
Howard, Elk County, by W. E. Doud, and published there for nineteen weeks, when it was
removed to Eureka, where it was published first as an independent, and later as a Demo-
cratic sheet, until February, 1878, when it was sold to Wassam & Co., who re-christened it as
the Graphic, and ran it until June, 1882, when it passed into the hands of G. C. Rogers, who
published it as the Greenwood County Democrat; under this style it is now published, retain-
ing its original form. . : ta

The Sun.—Shortly after disposing of the Censorial, W. E. Doud began the publication of
another Democratic paper, called the Sun. This paper was a 26x40 seven-column folio, and
made its first appearance in May, 1878. It was after a few weeks enlarged to an eight-col-
umn, in which form it completed its existence, not by “suffering a sea change into some-
thing rare and strange,” but by being converted, November 10, 1880, into the Republican.

wblican.—Born full grown, with the type, material and form of the Sun, the Re-
publican had a fine start in newspaper life. It was owned by the Republican Publishing Com-
any, consisting of W. E. Doud and Clogston & Martin. At the expiration of three months,
Deu bought the interest of the others, and became the sole owner. The Republican now bas
a fine office on the main street, and is doing well, havinga cireulation of 700. It is published
on Friday.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The Christian Church of Eureka was organized on August 20, 1862, by James Kenner,
who became its pastor, and up to the fall of 1882 continued so preach for the society from
time to time. é C. Dewese, the present pastor, was called in October, 1882. This church,
starting ‘with an enrollment of about twelve, has now upon its books 170, A church edi-
fice, built in 1870, at a cost of $3,700, has a seating capacity of 400. The Sunday school
was not organized until December, 1878, but has now a membership of sixty. It is in
charge of J. M. Fowler, as Superintendent. _ :

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized at. Eureka in March, 1868, under Rev.
J. &. Cohenour. He was succeeded in 1870 by Rev. 8. A. Green, who remained one year.
During his pastorate, the church building was erected at a cost of $1,345, and dedicated
June 30, 1870. The pastors of the church since Mr..Green are as follows: Matthew Fen-
imore, 1871-72; Allen Buckner, 1872-74; William Bristow, 1874-75; N. S. Buckner, 1875-77;
J. B. ‘Lee, 1877-78; T. J. Griffith, 1878 (appointed but never took charge); F. M. Sisson, 1878-
80; E. C. Brooks, 1880-81; C. W. Gullett, 1831, to the present.

The first church building having blown down, a new one, built of the stone com-
won near Eureka, was begun, and after several years of labor completed in 1882, at a cost
of $8,000. It is 25x60 feet. A Sunday school, having an average attendance of 105, is held
weekly, under the superintendence of J. N. Smith. Its totalenrollment is 150.

- The First Congregational Church of Eureka was organized on October 21, 1868, A. Cope-
land, G. A. Gordon, 8. G. Meed, J. L. Benson and others signing the call. The first pas-
tor of the society, Rev. L. H. Platt, received a call on December 4, 1869, and soon afterward
entered upon his duties. On his departure, after several years of arduous labor, his
place was filled in turn by Revs. A. Hale, E. Rogers, W. C. McCune, and H. C. Seotford,
who still ministers to the church. After the usual financial difficulties incident to such
societies on the frontier, the church was, in 1881, freed from debt and made self-supporting.
The present membership is 107, A church building was erected in 1870, at a cost of $1,200,
and is stillin use. The Sabbath school of 150 members is making good progress under the
superintendence of H. C. Scotford.

The First Presbyterian Church of Eureka was organized in 1872, with a membership of
twenty, and was in charge of Rev. A. D, Jacke. Upon his resignation it was supplied by
various occasional preachers, until Rev, A. H. Lackey became its pastor; on his departure
in the spring of 1882, the church was left unsupplied for some time, although services were
held regularly. It has a membership of forty. A church edifice erected in 1874, at a cost of
$3,000, has a seating capacity of 200. It is located on the corner of Main and Fifth streets.
A Sunday school, with an average attendance of seventy, is in charge of Robert Loy.

St, Paul's Roman Catholic Church was begun in Angust, 1881, and dedicated on October
31, of the same year. The building cost $500, For seven years prior to this time, services
had been held in the house of Francis Dailey, by priests from Emporia. As this parish has
Be sal : this faith, there is no resident priest, and services are held on Fridays whenever
practicable.

Second Congregational (Colored).—The Second Congregationat Church of Eureka was
organized on November 16, 1881, under Rev, W. W. Weir, who still remains its pastor. The
membership which at the time of organization was.nine, is now eleven. Shortly after the
organization of the society, a subscription was started for the purpose of raising a building,
fund. Work was begun on the church in July, 1882, and the structure completed the same
year at a cost of $1,000. It has a seating capacity of 150, A Sunday school, organized a short
ature pelone the church socicty, has an average attendance of twenty-five. It is in charge of

© pastor.

Kureka Lodge, No. 52, 1. O. O. F, was organized on February 7, 1870, with six charter
members and the following officers: H. L, Stoddard, N. G.; Dr. C. A. Wakefield, V. G.; W.
W. Donison, R. 8.3 F.S. Olney, P. SA. F. Nichols, Treasurer. The society has thriyen .
greatly in the ast few ycars, and now numbers seventy-three. Its officers are: Ralph Ben-
nett, N.G.5 W. F. Herwick, V. G3 W. W.  nison, R.S.; S. Winter, P. S; J. L. Baker,.
‘Treasurer. Meetings are held each Monday . oning in Odd Fellows Hall. This hall, which
is occupied also by the encampment, is 25x60 feet, located over the Eureka Bank and is neat~
ly fitted up. The property of the lodge consists of regalia valued at $450, and a fund of up-
ward of ‘$1,400 in cash placed at interest.

Oriental Encampment, No. 44, I. O. O. F., was organized on August 2, 1882, with seven
charter members and the following officers: W. W. Denison. C. Ps B. Smith, H. P.; A. P.
Ingalls, S. W.; H. Zilley, J..W.; W. W. Morris, Scribe ; J. L. Baker, Treasurer. The present
membership is thirty-eight. Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of each
month in Odd Fellows Hall.

Fidelity Lodge, No.106, A., F. &. A. M., was organized on October 19, 1871, the names a

caring in the charter being those of S. P. Huntington, W. Ms I, R. Phenis, 8. W.; Ira P.

lye, J. W. The society has increased considerably in the eleven years of its existence, and
now has forty-seven members, and the following officers: C. A. Wakefield, W. M.; E. Crabo,
§,W.; J.W, Kenner, J. W.; Z. Harlan, S; G. A. Hall, Treasurer. Meetings are held on the
first and third Tuesday of each month, in Masonic Hall over the Palace Drug Store on Main
street. The property of the society consists of regalia and paraphernalia to the value of over
#300, and $200 cash in the treasury. a
- Eureka Chapter, R. A. M., is newly organized and under dispensation has no number.

The order of dispensation was received_on September 7, 1882, and the following officers
elected: E, Crabo, H. P.; I. RB. Phenis, K.; S. P, Huntington, Scribe; Z. Harlan, Secretary;
GREENWOOD COUNTY.

George A. Hall, Treasurer. Meeting are held on the second Wednesday of each month in
Masonic Hall. The property of the chapter consists of very elegant regalia, valued at $300.
Greenwood Lodge, K. of H., No. 1,521, was organized on March 26, 1879, with twenty-two
charter members, and the following officers: A. Evans, P. D.; George F. Dunham, D,; L. 1.
Magris, V. D.; F. J. Cochrane, A. D.; Edwin Tucker, Chaplain ; J. W. Kenner, Reporter; H.
A. Dales, Treasurer. The lodge has now a membership of fifty-eight, and the following offi-
cers: J. W. Kenner, P. D.; W. F. Herwick, D.; H. A. Dennis, V. D.; A. J. Hunter, A. D.; W.
W. Morris, R.; A. R. Peters, F. R.,; George Johns, Chaplain ; HA. Davis, Treasurer. -Meet-
ings are held on the second and fourth ‘uesday of each month in Odd Fellows-Hall. The
lodge has regalia to the value of $250. Insurance of members is part of its existence, and
it provides for death or illness by direct assessment to the amount of $2,000. It isin a very
healthy financial condition and fering yearly. ?

, Bureka Lodge, No. 85, A. O. U. W. was organized on January 14, 1882, with a member-
ship of fourteen and the following officers: J. B. Clogston, P. M. W.; A. P. In alls, M. W.;
H.C, Zilley, Foreman ; John Graffin, 0.; D.:B. Fuller, 8; J. J. Durkee, F.; J. is Troxell, R.
The order now numbers twenty-two, and has the following officers: H. C. Zilley, M. Ws
John Graffin, Foreman; D. B. Fuller, 0.; A. M. Stoddard, S.; J. W. Bean, F.; J. F. Troxell,
R. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Friday of each month in Odd Fellows
Hall. The pea of this order is to secure mutual benefit insurance to the amount of $2,000
per individual, very much in the same way as is done by the K. of H. and other societies.

__, Dick Yates Post, No. 50, G, A. R., was organized in May, 1882, with a membership of

thirty and the following officers elected: Z. Harlan, P. C.; F. W. Watson, Adjutant; John
Grafhn, Q.; H. A. Dennis, 8. V. C.; John Eastwood, J. V. C.; H. C. Rizer, Chaplain; J. F.
Troxell, Surgeon. Meetings are held in the county court room on the first Fri ay of each
month. : : .
- __ Ossian Lodge, No. 38, K. of P., was instituted on September 20, 1882, with eighteen mem-
bers and the following officers, who are still in service: R. G. Ravenscroft, C. C.; T.M. Lake,
V.C,; J. F. Troxell, P. C., H. F. Rizer, K. of R. &S; F.C. Brewer, M. E, G. W. Kidd, M. F.;
H, A. Dennis, M, A.; L. G. Gilmore, 0. G.; W. C. Whitescawer, I.G. Meetings are held on
Thursday of each week in Odd Fellows Hall.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

_ ‘The first bank opened in Greenwood County was. started in the summer of 1870 by one
Quackenbush, and continued business until about the first of 1871, when it closed its doors.

- The Eureka Bank is the only institution of its kind in the county. It- was started in
November, 1870, by the firm of Martindale, Tucker & Company, who still own it, although
the name has been supplanted by that of Eureka Bank. -Its first place of business was a
small frame. building opposite the court house, where business was transacted until 1879,
when the present building was erected. This is 25x75 feet, of brick and stone, and cost
$6,000. As this is a private concern, no statement of resources is given but they are well
known to be ample. * ‘

Lhe Greenwood County Building and Loan Association was started in June, 1881, with
sixty-five members and a capital stock limited to $120,000. The object of this association is
to make loans for the purpose of erecting buildings or making improvements in the county.
The first series of $40,000 was full in April, 1882, and as there were numerous applications
for membership, a fresh series was started. The stock is divided into shares of $100. The
officers of the society are: J.C. Nye, President; A. Wakefield, Vice President; H. F. Rizer,
Secretary; Edwin Tucker, Treasurer. Meetings are held every Saturday night.

The Eureka Mills were built in 1872, by a stock company represented by E. Mahan, and
cost $18,600, This may seem a large price for a mill of the size, although a fine one, but it
must be remembered that this was years before the advent of the railway, and all the heavy
machinery had to be hauled a long distance by wagon. After leasing the mills to various
parties, the company finally, in 1878, sold them to W. H.H. Barger. In 1879, Mr. Barger dis-

osed of ahalf-interest to J. E. Lawther, and in 1882 the remaining half to A. H. Smith.

hese gentlemen form the present firm. The mill building is 45x45 feet and three stories
and one-half high. Power is furnished by an engine and boiler of 45 horse-power. There
are four run of buhr stones and a set of rollers for making new-process flour—the only kind
manufactured. The mill has a capacity of 100 barrels of flour per twenty-four hours’ run.
The annual product is about 10,000 barrels.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

DAVID R. BROCK, real estate, insurance and sewing machine agent, was born in
1841 in Indiana, where he received his education at the common school, afterward engag-
ing in clerical occupations, until the removal of his parents to Lyon County, Kan., in 1858,
where he for a time assisted his father in the management of the farm, and subsequently
acting as Deputy Land Agent, and engaging for a short time as school teacher. Upon the
breaking-out of the war he enlisted July 12, 1861,in Company F, Fifth Kansas Infantry,
and continued with his regiment, participating in all its engagements until mustered out at
Fort Leavenworth. He then made ashort visit, to friends in this county, and then returned
to aon County, where he remained three years. Returning to Kansas in 1868, he located
on the southeast quarter of Section 24, Town 9, Range 2, of Fall River Township, which he
still retains and devotes to agriculture ; wheat, twenty-six bushels to an acre and corn fifty.
He also deals extensively in cattle. Mr. Brock is the owner of nine town lots, three acreg
outside town, and several dwellings. He represents the interests of several of the best
known Eastern insurance and sewing machine companies, and is one of the charter mem-
bers of Dick Yates Post, G. A. R.

SAMUEL BROOKOVER, farnier, Section 34, P. O. Eureka, was born in Adams County,
Ohio, in 1835, and resided there until October, 1865, when he removed to Champeigy County,
Ill., where he remained until September 28, 1867, when he came to Kansas, locating upon
240 acres on Section 34, Township 25, Range 10, and to which he subsequently added 320
acres on Section 27. He has 200 acres under cultivation, with an average yield of wheat
twenty bushels, and of corn forty-five bushels; he has about 75 to 100 hogs, 100 to 125 head
of cattle, and usually fifteen horses, raising many of the latter for sale. He is a very suc-
cessful farmer, and his fine residence and other buildings are fully insured. June 8, 1858,
he married Miss Tamer Shelton, of Adams County, Ohio, who has borne him a numerous
family—Cyrus, born April 15, 1859, and is now Under Sheriff of the county; Elizabeth E.,
born November 16, 1861; Jessie R., born June 27,1863; William J., born August 21, 1865;
Sarah D., born July 25, 1869; Horace G., born November 27, 1871; Samuel E., born February
14, 1873, and Dolly, born November 30, 1879. Mr. Brookover was one of the Board of School
Directors in 1874-75, and has been Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners for the
me three years, and has been elected a member of same Board in election of 1882, to serve

or succeeding three years. He is one of the leading men of Greenwood County, and is al-
ways to the front when wanted. 5 :

J. B. CHALLACOMBE, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Eureka, was born March 18, 1834, in
Wayne County, Penn., and, in 1856, removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked as car-
ce until September 9, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Second Ohio Volunteer

Javalry. The reginient was organized by Senator Ben Wade and commanded by Col.
Charles Doubleday, and was for some time on duty in Kansas and Mississippi ere it was
sent to the South to gain well-earned laurels under such men as Sturgis, Custer and Sheridan.
‘Mr, Challacombe was in thirty-five regular a apa with his regiment, besides numerous
skirmishes, and had three horses shot under him; was three times taken prisoner, and as
often escaped. Upon one occasion he and Sergt. Thurston, unaided, captured seven bush-
whackers and seventeen stolen horses in McDonald County, Mo., and upon another occa-
sion, he and Sergt. Capron, during the fight of April 6, just prior to the surrender of Lee,
took forty prisoners and mules, marching them at pute muzzle up to the Provost Marshal,
and among the prisoners were four commissioned officers. Mr. Challacombe was finally
mustered out at Benton Barracks September 11, 1865, and returning to Ohio resumed his
trade until the date of his emigration to Kansas. In the latter part of March, 1870, a com-

any of emigrants known as Thorpe’s colony, and numbering about seventy, left Ohio for
ansas, but many of them settled along the way. Others returned, and of the fourteen

persons who came to Greenwood County, Mr. Challacombe is the only remaining represent-_

ative. He landed in Eureka April 1, 1870, and at once took up 160 acres on Section 31, Town
26, Range 10, which he has so far improved that he has now upon it a comfortable and
commodious frame residence, stone barns and other outbuildings. His land is chiefly
what is called high prairie, and is all under cultivation. His average corn yield being
thirty-five bushels per acre, and German millet two tons. His orchard contains 800 trees,
chiefly apple and peach. In addition to this farm property, which he values at $3,000, he
has property in Eureka to the amount of $2,000 more. | :

‘CHARLES CHRISTIANSON, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Eureka, is a native of Toten,
Norway, and was born in 1839, emigrating to America in 1855, and landing in Quebec, Can-

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ada, from whence he proceeded to Stoughton, Wis., where he spent three years, two winters
of which were spent on Manistee Island, engaged in cutting timber, and in the spring of
1858 came t> Kansas, locating in Salem Township, this county. Mr. Christianson was one
of the first settlers in the township, and we may. say in the county, there being at that. time
but seven or eight settlers on Fall River. Here he remained seven years, and in company
with the pioneer settlers of this and other portions of the State, experienced his share of
oe and privation, until afforded relief from Atchison. In 1865, he sold his farm, and
removed to his present farm of 160 acres, on Section 4, this township. October 9, 1861, he
enlisted as private in Company I, Nipth Kansas Cavalry, and participated in all the engage-
ments of his regiment until mustered out at Duvall’s Bluff, Ark., March 22, 1865. In May of
that year, he married Miss Sarah E. Brock, who bore him two children—Mary Caroline,
born September 7, 1866, and Jacob, born February 13, 1869, and whose birth was followed by
his mother’s death, which took place on the abovedate, On May 7, 1875, Mr. Christianson
was again married, this time to Miss M.E. Lund, a native of Denmark. By this marriage
the only surviving child is Mabel, who was born November 10, 1877. Besides his farm, Mr.
Christianson owns a good frame house and two lots in Eureka. He is a prominent member
of the Lutheran Church, and a charter member of Dick Yates Post, No. 50, Grand Army
of the Republic. js :

HON. J. B. CLOGSTON, lawyer, was born August 19, 1840, in Washington Counly>
Ohio, and educated in Winnebago County, Ill. Hc subsequently became a teacher of youth,
meantime reading law and medicine, and afterward came to Kansas in 1861, and in the
summer of that year enlisted at Tecumseh, in Company H, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and
participated in the active duty ofthe regiment, until the spring: of 1863, when he was
detailed to scouting duty under Gen. Ewing, and remained on such duty in Missouri until
the spring of 1864, when he rejoined his regiment, and participated in all its engagements
until mustered out with his regiment at' Fort Leavenworth, in September, 1865. Upon leav-
ing the army, Mr. Clogston returned to Kansas, locating at Tecumseh, Shawnee County, and
resumed the study of medicine with Dr. Huson. In 1866, he removed to Salt Springs, where
he practiced medicine until 1875. In November, 1863, while on a leave of absence from the

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regiment, he was married at Tecumseh to Miss Mary K. Hoggland, They have had three
children—Louis E., born March, 1870; ‘Robert H., born in April, 1876, and Fred, born in
September, 1878. Mr. Clogston was admitted to the bar of the State in June, 1873,.and repre-
sented Greenwood County in the Legislature in 1879-80-81, and has again been re-elected to
the same honorable position. Besides his town property and residence, he owns upwards
of 320 acres on Section 27, and in this county, of which 120 acres are under cultivation,
with an average corn yield of fifty bushels to the acre. At present his farm isrented. xr.
Clogston is a member of the R. A. Chapter, of Dick Yates Post, No. 50, Grand Army of the
Republic, and is a large shareholder in the new hotel company. He has a very large law
practice, in which he is ably assisted by his associate, Mr. Fuller, and ranks as one of the
most prominent men of Eureka. re .

HON. ANTHONY P. COGSWELL, State Senator, and son of the Rev. Frederick Cogswell,
was born in Gilmantown, N. H., July 16, 1829,and received an academic education. When
twenty-one years of age, he went South, and engaging in real estate business, became
wealthy ; but the great financial crash of 1857 left him comparatively poor. While in Baton
Rouge, La., he married Miss Laura Hearnes, and soon afterward move to Virginia, where,
at the breaking-out of the war, he organized and sent into the field several companies to
sustain the old flag. He was appointed Marshal and Enrolling Officer in a district where it
was dangerous to wear the blue, and held the position with credit to himself and to the great
benefit of the Union cause, until the close of the war, when he moved to Brownville, Neb.,
and was twice elected Mayor of that city. He was widely known asa ee rar a prom-
inent Mason, and was, by the Odd Fellows, elected Grand Master of the State. He was one
of the first projectors of the Quincy & Pacific Railroad, and was one of its directors for
several years. In 1870, Mr. Cogswell was appointed by the Governor of Nebraska to represent
that State in the Capital Convention, held in Cincinnati. In February, 1877, he moved to
Iola, Allen Co., Kan., and the following fall settled in Eureka.” In 1880, he was elected State
Senator for the Twenty-fourth District, which comprises the counties of Lyon and Green-
wood. Mr. Cogswell has six children—Cora, born April 3, 1860, and who is now the wife
of Mr. Jay W. Kenner, County Clerk; Helen A., born July 28, 1862, and now Mrs. L. S.
Wallace; Frank P., born April 13, 1864; Charles R., born May 16, 186%; William F., born
August 13, 1870; and Laura Nellie May, born May 6, 1879. Mr. Cogswell is the owner of the
Metropolitan Hotel building, and considerable real estate, besides his handsome stone resi-
lence—all of which is fully insured. Mr. Cogswell deals largely in real estate, a business for
which he is especially adapted by his past experience. Naturally a man of liberal and ger-
erous impulse, he has ever been foremost in every effort to advance the interest and welfare
of his adopted State, and the position he so well and ably fills in her Senate is but an evi-_
dence of the just appreciation in which he is held by his constituents.

0. COLBURN, merchant, isa native of Chautauqua County, N."Y.,and came to Kansas in 1868,
locating at first upon 320 acres situated in Sections 21 and 22 on Otter Creek. His av-
erage corn yield has been fifty bushels per acre. Wheat he has never raised; while on the
farm he usually had from ‘seventy-five to one hundred head of cattle, and four to seven horses. In
1875 he removed to Eureka and opened a general store, and has since continued in business ; his
stock of choice groceries and dry goods is no Jess than $6,000. He is the owner of the building
and resides over the store, his stock of merchandise as also all his buildings being fully
insured. For several years past he has rented his farm, his increasing business in the store ren-
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dering it impossible that he could devote his attention to aught else, in justice both to his own
interests and those of his patrons. Although often importuned to do so, Mr.Colburn has persis-
tently refused to accept any office whatever, preferring to leave municipal and State affairs to those
who could command the time necessary thereto.

’  N. R. COLLINS, farmer and stock dealer, P.O. Eureka. Isa native of Ohio, and for fif-
teen years carried on an extensive wholesale grocery business in St. Louis, Mo., but having when
a boy always been accustomed to life ona farm, he, having acquired a competence, forsook the
busy marts of trade, and purchasing a farm in his native state, in Portage Vounty, and within a
short distance of the city of Cleveland, he engaged for a time in agricultural pursuits, also in
buying and shipping grain and produce, until 1880, when he came to Kansas, bringing with him
as part of his contribution to the wealth of the State, a car load of the finest Berkshire hogs for
breeding purposes, Mr, Collins is already one of the leading cattle men of Greenwood County, He
owns 320 acres of land on Sections 34 and 27, one-half of which is under cultivation, and yield-
ing in corn sixty bushels to the acre, and three and one-half tons of millet. During the year
1882 he devoted eight acres to sorghum, for stock-feeding, and his experiment has proven so
successful that he intends cultivating it extensively, as he is of opinion that it forms the boat feed
jor stock and haa the great advantage over corn and other grain, in that it does not impoverish
the land. Mr. Collins is already an extensive dealer in stock, and has another large farm, which
he intends using chiefly as a cattle range, comprising the north halt of Section 1, and northeast
of Section 2, being 480 acres, and situated six miles north of Eureka. In addition to his farm
residence he has also a fine residence and outbuildings in the city and owns twenty-one and
one-half acres situated on the edge of town. All his buildings are fully insured. Of native or
domestic stock he usually has from 200 to 500 head, and that number will shortly be greatly in-
creased, and, in addition thereto, he will have some imported stock for breeding purposes, of the
very best grades. Mr. Collins is one of the Trustees of the Congregational Church in Eureka.

MISS GEORGIANA DANIELS, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, the suc-
cessor of Mr. Martz, and. elected in 1882, is a native of Genesee County, N. Y., where she
was born in 1857. In 1864, her parents removed to Wisconsin ; she received her education
in Columbus, Wis., and graduated with high honors. She taught “the young idea how to
shoot” for one year in Rock County, Wis., and three years in Wright County, Iowa. She
came to Kansas with her parents, who located here in 1877, and has been since engaged in
school here. Her election to the important position of County Superintendent is, in itself,
sufficient evidence of the high esteem in which she is here held. Miss Daniels is a young

’ lady of refinement and culture, and, takes a great interest in all matters pertaining to the
duties and responsibilities.of her position. .

THOMAS L. DAVIS, lawyer, was born October 17, 1841, at Hartford, Ky., where he
received his education, and subsequently read law under Col. Cicero Maxwell and Hon. H.
D. McHenry, and was admitted to the bar in 1860, and at once commenced the practice of
his profession, continuing therein until disturbed by the breaking of the war cloud, shortly

- after which he repaired to Washington, D. C., where he remained until the fall of 1868,
when he went to New Orleans, and in April, 1869, removed to Richmond, Va.,and from
thence to Evansville, Ind., and finally located in Eureka in 1873; at once engaged in the

practice of his profession. Before attaining his twengy-first year, he was elected Prosecuting’

Attorney in Kentucky. Mr. Davis is 2 man of family and owns his residence and other

property in Eureka, all fully insured. He has a very lucrative practice, constantly in-

creasing. : >

CHARLES E. DECKER, of Decker & Terry, proprietors of Central Steam Flour Mills,
was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., in 1842, and learned the trade of machinist and mill-
wright in the shops of Walter A. Wood & Co., reaper and mower manufacturers, of Hoosick.
Subsequently, he was four years in the employ of the H. R. R. R.Co. In 1862, he enlisted
as engineer in the United States naval service, and for three years served under Admiral
Farragut in the Southern Blockading Squadron. At the close of the war, he located in
Chicago, and in the winter of 1876 came to Greenwood County, Kan., locating first on
Otter Creek, where he established a cheese factory, having for part of its supply the milk of
125 cows of his own. He sold out in 1879, and removed to town, where he at first opened a

. machine shop, employing seven practical workmen, and later, in addition thereto, he oper-

. ated a feed and flour mill, motive power being two large-sized standard wind-mills of Halli-
“day’s manufacture, Batavia, Ill., for which Mr. Decker is agent. Finding that his increds-
-ing business required more machinery, etc., he added another large building, put in a
twenty-five horse-power engine and boiler, and associated with him a partner, Mr. John

- Terry, an old and well-known resident of the county. The mill has three run of stone and
is capable of turning out daily fifty barrels of flour, 200 bushels of meal, one car of chop, and
of shelling 3,000 bushels of corn. Buildings and machinery, fully insured. Being a prac-
tical workman, and fully alive to the wants and requirements of Eureka and surrounding
country, Mr. Decker’s commendable enterprise and business ability have already placed him
in the front rank of Eureka’s leading business men.

H,. A. DENNIS, Mayor of Eureka, was born in Guilford, Medina County, Ohio,
susan 18, 1843, and in 1852, his parents renioved to Joliet, Ill., where, after leaving school,
he Jearned the trade of a carpenter, working at his trade until August 9, 1862, when he en-

- listed in Company G, One Hundredth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He partici-
pated in all the engagements of his regiment until June 6, 1863, when he was detailed at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., as Clerk of court martial, Capt. Gardner, of Company I, of his regi-
ment, being Judge Advocate. Mr. Dennis was subsequently detailed as Clerk in the office of
Brigade Inspector, remaining therein until the fall of 1863. Upon the re-organization of the
army, he returned to his regiment and served until his discharge, with the rank of Sergeant,
July 1, 1865. Upon leaving the army, Mr. Dennis returned to Joliet, where he remained
until December, 1877, when he came to Kansas, locating in Eureka, and resuming work at
his trade. In July, 1860, he was married at Peoria, Ill, to Miss Anna Hackett, who has
borne him three children—Arthur H., born July 12, 1873; William R., born August 20, 1876,
and Maud, born February 8, 1880. Shortly after coming to Eureka, he entered into partner-
ship with his father (since deceased), in the furniture business, continuing therein from

_ 1879 to 1882, and retiring therefrom upon his father’s demise. Mr. Dennis was elected
Justice of the Peace in £880, and Mayor in 1881, and is now filling his second term in the
latter office. He was one of the charter members of Dick Yates ‘ost, G. A. R., and its first
S.V.C. He is also a member of the or et of Pythias and Knights of Honor. His resi-

~ ‘dence and other property is fully insured. Mr. Dennis has ably filled the office of Mayor,
and has always taken a warm interest in the welfare of Eureka.

5 WILLIAM W. DENISON, farmer and miller, P. O. Eureka, was born October 5, 1845,
in Yorkshire, Eng. His parents emigrated to America in 1849, and located in Shelby
County, Ind., until May 26, 1855, when they removed to what is now Burlingame, Osage
County, Kan., where his father, Mr. John Denison, engseediin farming, September 9, 1862,
the subject of this sketch enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and articipated
in every skirmish and battle in which his regiment was engaged until mustered out with it
at Fort Leavenworth, September 26, 1865. After the war, he returned to Burlingame,
Osage County, the place from whence he enlisted, and remained there until the spring of
1868, when he moved to Eureka, Greenwood County, Kan., at which place he still continues
to live. He first engaged in the mercantile business until 1872, when he sold out his busi-
ness and took charge of the Clerk of District Court’s office, to which office he was elected
in the fall of 1869, and which he retained until 1874; after this, and ever since, up to the

resent time, he has been engaged in the milling business; he now owns in connection with
his brother, Mr. I. N. Denison, the Eureka Water Mills, built by them in 1876, on Fall River,
astone building, 30x40, three stories and basement, three run of stone, and are running on
the new process; they have seventeen-foot head, and use a thirty-inch Eclipse water-wheel ;
the mill cost when completed, $16,000. In connection with this, Mr. Denison owns a good
bottom farm on West Creek in this county, 160 acres, eighty acres under cultivation, and
eighty acres good timber, and also a good comfortable residence in Eureka. Mr. Denison is

a member of the I. 0. O. F,, A., F. & A. M. and G. A. R.; is a sound Republican in poli-
tics, He helped to Sight the good Sight and has kept the faith.”

_ W.E, DOUD. the editor and sole owner of the Republican, was born in Pulaski County,

_Ind., in 1848. He is the son of C, A. and 8. A. Doud. After receiving his education in In-
diana, he moved in 1863, with his parents, to near Paola, Kan., where he worked on the
farm until 1870. He then went to Winfield, and after learning the trade of aprinter, bought
a half interest in the Censor, the firm name being Doud & Webb. Three months later he

assed from newspaperdom to the office of Deputy Sheriff, where he remained two years.

e then engaged in other business until the starting of the Censorial, from which time his

public life has already been detailed. He married, J uly 2, 1871, at Winfield, Kan., Miss Emma
~J. Mann. Théy have two children—Eva G.and Myrtle (deceased).

i J. 8. EASTWOOD, Register of Deeds, was born in 1845 in Wabash County, Ill., where he
resided until he enlisted in Company G, Forty-eighth Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer
Infantry, but soon after being mustered in, he was enrolled im Company H, sane regiment,
and took part in every engagement of his regiment until July 21, 1864, at Atlanta, where he
was wounded in the knee joint by a rifle ball, necessitating amputation, after which he re-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

turned home on a furlough and was formally discharged at Quincy, IL, June 27, 1865. He
attended the Illinois Soldiers’ College at Fulton upwards of three years, thus acquiring an

education. Upon leaving the institution, he continued alternately farming and school-

teaching until his removal to Kansas in 1874, locating on a farm on Otter Creek, Fall River -

Township. In 1877, he removed to Eureka and engaged in the grocery business, which he
continued until his election to the office of Register of Deeds in 1879. When his name was
first announced as 2 candidate for the office he had an opponent, but the day before the con-
yention he withdrew, and having no opposition, he received a unanimous nomination, and
when re-elected in 1881, he had no opposition at all, which is good evidence of the sympathy
and respect the people of the county have for a oripp) ed soldier. In 1872, he was united in
marriage to Miss Mary <A. Mitchell, by whom he has had five children, four of whom are
living—Orpha J., born July 5, 1873; Nora O.,-born March 8, 1875; George. William, Born Se;

tember 19, 1876; Ira Edgar, born December 20, 1878, died: March 16, 1880; and Bertha M.,

born J aay 14, 1882. Mr. Eastwood was Trustee of Fall River Township in 1876. He isa

member of the K. of H. and the K. of P. He is a-United States Pensioner and a member of
Dick Yates Post, No. 51, G. A. R. : s

A. N. GODFREY, County Surveyor, was born in 1854, in Mahaska County, Iowa, and
came to Kansas with his parents in 1859, locating near Madison, this county, where -his
father, W. B. Godfrey, engaged in farming until his death in 1872. . Mr. Godtrey attended
the Agricultural College at Manhattan, graduating in the class of 1878. In the fall of 1879,
he was elected County Surveyor, when -he took up his residence in Eureka, but still pursu-
ing his studies, graduated again in 1880, with the degree of Master of Science. He. was re-
elected to his present office in 1881. Mr. Godfrey is an ardent entoniologist-and possesses
many very rare entomological, mineralogical and geological specimens. In 1878, he married
Miss Estelle Bouton, of this county. They have one child—Jessie, born March 30, 1880. He
still owns the farm formerly his father’s, located about a mile northeast of Madison, in Sec-
tions 7 and 8, Township 22, Range 12, and consisting of 200 acres with residence. Average
production of corn, sixty bushels. There are upwards of 900 apple, 100 pear, 200 cherry and
about fifty plum and several hundred peach trees. At present the farm is rented. Mr. God-
frey is Chairman of the Committee on Entomology of the State Horticultural Society. He is
also a member of the K. of H. and the K.T.M.B.U. Mr. Godfrey’s father was a member
of Company D, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and was mustered out as Second Lieutenant after
three years of active service. , . ‘ meteaee

JOHN GRAFFIN, saddlery and harness, is a native of Franklin County, Penn., having
been born there in 1844, where he was educated. In August, 1864, he enlisted in Harris-
burg in Company D, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was in all the subsequent engage-
ments of the regiment until mustered out at Richmond, Va., June 8, 1865, and returned to
his native State until 1867, when he removed to Macon County, III., where he subsequently
learned the trade of saddler and harness-maker. In the fall of 1870, he came to Eureka,
where, in 1881, he opened his present store in company with C. 8. Bennett, who isa practical
workman and superintendent of the workroom, where from two to four men are constantly
employed. The firm Wsually carry stock to the amount of of $2,000, partly insured. Mr.
Graffin married Miss Florence Jamieson, of Wilson County, February 9, 1875. Flora, the
eldest child, was born February 28, 1876, and another child was born November 14, 1882.
Mr. Graffin has lost one child by death. Mr. Graffin isa member of Dick Yates Post, No.
50, G. A. R., and is also M. W. of the lodge of United Workmen. .

GRANVILLE GRIFFITH, Justice of the Peace,is a native of Ross County, Ohio,
where he was born in 1835, and when five years of age, his parents removed to Paris, Ill.
Mr. Griffith was educated in the-Edgar Academy, Edgar County, Ill., and graduated in 1849.
Turned his attention to farming, which avocation he pursued until 1856, when he started
for Kansas, and was compelled to foot it from Keokuk, Iowa, to Topeka, arriving at the lat-
ter place without a dollar. Undismayed, however, he took up a claim on the Neosho River,
near what is now Hartford, Lyon County, and oS to improve it. His next neighbor
was a Mr. F. W. H. Ingham, of Connecticut, who owned a team of oxen and some farmin:
implements, and he being laid up with the ague, Mr. Griffith borrowed his team, etc., an
paid the owner by working half time on each claim. His first home in Kansas was, of
course a log cabin, but so primitive and well ventilated that the cayotes used to crawl in
through the interstices between the logs in search of food. By dint of hard work on his
claim in summer time and by splitting rails, etc., in the winter, he was enabled in the course
of two years to possess a team of his own, although this desirable end had only been reached
by practicing the strictest economy. Asa member of the Free-State party, he joined the
Tecumseh Light Guards during the border troubles, and subsequently during the days of
the rebellion was sworn in for three years as a member of the irregular service, liable to be
called on at any time. July 31, 1862, Mr. Griffith was married. to Miss Mary E. Dale. They
have two children—Joseph L., born September 14, 1863, and James E., born November 23,
1864, Mrs. Griffith died January, 1870, and in September, 1879, he married Miss C. RB. Clut-
ter who has borne him one child, a son—Francis G. To his original claim, which consisted
of the northwest half of Section 35, Town 20, Range 13, he added the northeast quarter of
Section 34, Town 30, Range 13, and now has about 120 acres under cultivation, with an aver-
age wheat yield of twenty and corn fifty bushels per acre. He has also upwards of 1,000 fruit
trees, principally apple, cherry, plum and pear, which have of late years borne well, A good
substantial residence has long since taken the place of the log cabin, and, although Mr.
Griffith has rented the farm for the past few years, he usually has upon it about fifty head
of his own cattle, In the fall of 1876, he came to Eureka and has since been engaged as

_ agent for musical instruments, sewing machines and school furniture. He was appointed to

the office of Justice in October, 1882, and is a member of Ossian Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
He owns property in town and his residence and ten acres just outside town limits, both
that and his farm residence being insured. Looking back over the past years since his
arrival in Kansas, Mr. Griffith, like many another old settler, cannot but observe the facil-
ities open to those who to-day emigrate to Kansas and compare them with the days of 1856.

.. CAPT. Z. HARLAN, County Attorney, was born in 1843, in Clinton County, Ohio, and
when eighteen years of age, enlisted in Company H, Thirty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and subsequently re-enlisted in the same company and regiment at Prospect, Tenn., and
served throughout the war. In April, 1864, he was commissioned Captain of One Hundred
and Sixth Regiment United States Colored Infantry, and was mustered out in March, 1866,
at Bridgeport, Ala., with the rank of Captain. He participated in the taking of New Mad-
rid, Mo., Island No. 10, siege of Corinth, battle “of Iuka, Miss., the second battle of Corinth,
October 4, 1862, Parker's Cross Roads, Tallahatchie and Athens, Ala., where he was in com-
mand of four eens ies of his regiment, and was taken prisoner by Forrest, after a two-days’
fight, and confined within the stockade at Meridian, Miss., several weeks, when he was pa-
roled and sent to Memphis, subsequently being sent to parole camp, St. Louis, and exchanged
in November, 1864. After being exchanged, he was detailed as military conductor on the
N. & D. R. RB. until July, 1865, when he rejoined his regiment at Stevenson, Ala., remaining
with it until mustered out. While at Nashville, he returned home on leave and on May 16,
1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Nannie J. Harrison, of Clinton County, Ohio.. After
leaving the army, he eneneee in the mercantile business at Burlington, Ohio, until Janu-
ary, 1868, when he removed to Peoria, Ill, remaining there until 1871, when he came to
Eureka, and while engaged in mercantile pursuits, read law with W. C. Huffman, Esq., sub-
ey being admitted to the bar of Greenwood County. He was City Councilman in
1874 and City Attorney in 1877-78, elected County ‘Attorney in 1880 and again in 1882, He is
a member of the Masonic fraternity and Commander of Dick Yates Post, ‘No. 50, G. A. R.

_ A. W. HART, grocer, was born in 1856 in Miami County, Ohio, and received his edu-
cation at the Covington Academy, and came to Kansas in the summer of 1877, locating at
Eureka, and taught school here until the summer of 1878, when he went into the drug store
of his brother-in-law, Dr. Wassam, as prescription clerk. In the spring of 1882, Mr, Hart
entered into partnership with Mr. Claycomb as grocers under the firm name of Hart &
Claycomb, but, in September of the same year he bought out his partner's interest in the
business. He carries at present $2,000 worth of stock, and as heaims to keep nothing but the
best groceries has rapidly built up a substantial and increasing trade. His store is situated
on the west side of Main street, and his stock is fully insured. December 28, 1880, he mar-
alot Miss Addie Clayeomb, by whom be-has one child—Mary Arrah, born December 8, 1882.
a Hart was appointed City Clerk in 1879, and was elected a member of the City Council in

A. J. HUNTER, merchant, was born in 1849 in Fairfield County, Ohio, where his
father was an old settler. Educated in the common schools, he early deineed, an aptitude
el A ipmeectio pursuits. His parents removed to Shelby County, Ill, in 1851, where his

tas er engaged in farming, but the subject of this sketch thonght “ following the plow” too
5 ow work, and soon began operating in stock, etc, He came to Eureka in the fall of 1869,
anc epenet a general store here in the following spring, continuing therein until 1872,
¥ en he sold out and bought the northwest quarter of Section 24 (now occupied by Williams

ey Finally, he sold his farm to parties above mentioned and went into mercantile pur-
suits here in the spring of 1878. His average amount of stock in store is $3,500 be
 

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sides which he is the owner of property to the amount of $1,500. In 1871; Mr
Hunter married Miss Elizabeth Weakly, of Shelby County, IL, by whom he has’ four
children, Mr. Hunter is a member of the K. of H., and was Township Clerk in 1878, School
Director from 1879 to 1881, and City Councilman in 1881, and is still in the latter office.
ainogs a Republican in politics, he takes little active part, contenting himself with his
own aftairs.

C. W. HUNTER was born in 1844 in the city of New York, and by the death of his
father, Mr. John Hunter, ship-earpenter, he was early thrown upon hie own resources for

_ Subsistence and education, His father’s death so completely broke up the family circle, and
the various members thereof became so widely scattered, that William Hunter, a younger
brother of the subject of this sketch, has not been heard of by him since 1856, when-he was
in care of an uncle in his native city. When sixteen years of age, Mr. Hunter went to
Tazewell County, Ill., and engaged in farming until June 25, 1861, ve he enlisted in Com-
pany F, Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and subsequently participated in the engage-
ments at Fort Henry, Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Champion Hill and Raymond, which
latter occurred April 22, 1862, and while the Eighth were charging the Twentieth Missis-
sippi Regiment he, with about sixty of his comrades, were cut off from their support, sur-
rounded and captured. They. were first sent to Jackson, then to Mobile, and, inally, to
Libby Prison, where Mr. Hunter remained six months and fourteen days ere he was
paroled and sent to Annapolis, where he remained a month, and was then sent to the
parole barracks at St. Louis, Mo. —He did not remain long there, however, for, procuring a
three-hours pass, he crossed to East St, Louis, and thereby determined to take a French fur-
lough, and by repeatedly “jumping” freight trains was enabled to reach Peoria, Ill., and
from thence to Pekin, where he remained until he saw his exchange had been effected,
Shortly afterward he managed to rejoin his regiment at Vicksburg, acid, on January 4, 1863,
he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, participating in all their subsequent
Sheagemients until May 17, 1866, when the regiment was mustered out at Baton Rouge, La.,
and forwarded to Springfield, Ill, for final discharge. Mr. Hunter returned to farmin:
-until February, 1870, when he came to Eureka and became a professor in the art tonsoria fi
conducting his ‘establishment until 1877, when he opened a confectionery store and billiard
parlor, continuing therein until September 28, 1882, when he sold out and purchased his

resent business December, 1882. July 21, 1872, he married Miss Lucy Snyder, of Eureka,
yy whom he has one child—Effie D., born May 10, 1873. Mr. Hunter owns his residence in
town and other Deepen in the county, and is a charter member of Dick Yates Post, No. 50,
G, A. R., and since his residence here has always taken a warm interest in the welfare of

WIL . ‘RD, farmer, Section 10, Town 25, Range 12, P.O. Eureka, was born in
1815 in Richfield County, Conn., where he received his situation, ‘after completing which he
served five years as apprentice to the trade of acarpenter ; having acquired a complete knowl-
edge of his trade, he continued it on his own account, and, in 1837, he married Miss Mary
Ann Turney, by whom he has four children. In 1838, Mr. H. removeg to Winnebago County,
Ill., where he continued to work at his trade, and, in the course of time, sequined consider-
able property, but. becoming infected with the war fever, he early in 1861 enlisted in
Company H, Seventy-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and remained in active service
with his regiment until it was mustered out in October, 1864, in Chicago. After his dis-
charge, he returned to his old ene until 1871, when he removed to Kansas, locating
on Section 10, as above stated, an engaged principally in sheep-raising for a few years; but
finding that unprofitable, he turned his attention to agriculture, and has now an average
yield of twenty-six bushels of wheat and fifty-eight "Gushela of corn per acre. Cattle,
eighty-seven head, hogs thirty, horses seven. Mr. H. is a Republican, but has never of late
years taken any particular personal interest in politics.

; » M. D., was born in 1842, in Delaware County, Ohio, where he received
his elementary education, and, in 1866, graduated from the Miami Medical College, and at
once commenced practice in Lamont, Mo., and, 1n 1880, came to Eureka, where he has since
resided. He has an excellent farm in Janesville Township. In 1861, Dr. Jaynes enlisted in
Company F, Forty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war, being
mustered out in August, 1865, with the rank of First Sergeant.

. _H.&. JONES, tarmer, Section 18, Town 26, Range 10, P. O. Eureka, was born in Cuya-
hoga County, Ohio, in 1833; his birth-place is now part of the city of Cleveland, and, in
1835, his father moved to Elkhart County, Ind., and, in 1849, removed to Marquette County,
Wis., and in September, 1859, the family came to Kansas, locating upon his present home-
stead, which he has since increased to 1,200 acres. He has devoted his attention principally
to stock-raising and farming. Mr. Jones is also one of the partners of the Eureka Bank,
and served as one of the Board of County Commissioners, and several times as President of
the Agricultural Association. March 16, 1861, Mr. Jones married Miss Elmira J. Willis, a
native of Indiana, who has borne him five children—Benjamin H., March 16,1863; Edna E.,
April 17, 1869; Guy C., August 9, 1873; Henrietta S., February 27, 1876, and Mary E., Octo-
ber 7, 1879. Mr. Jones, during the war, in 1863 raised a company which formed part, of the
Ninth Kansas, He has also entered into almost every other enterprise conducive to the
welfare of his fellow-men. $

_ J.-M. KENDALL, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Eureka, was born in 1836, in Miami County,

Ohio, and has ever since he was a boy of nine years been in the cattle business; his first
venture being the purchase of a calf for the sum of $2.50 in gold. -For several years, how-
ever, he turned from the ancestral paths and engaged in the aula of patent rights, wire fence,
agricultural implements, etc., eventually returning to his boyhood’s love (cattle). Mr. K. re-
sided for short periods. in many Western States, and has shipped thousands of head of his
early friends to the Eastern markets and Europe. In 1873, he accompanied a shipment of
his own to England, in which country he remained several months visiting the principal
cattle shows and importing some very fine Durham bulls, etc. He eventually decided in
1881 to locate permanently in this State, and selected the above-named section as his start-
ing point, that, however, nein bottom land (corn ef bushels to acre), he found insufficient
to his wants, and has lately added a section of upland to his possessions. At present he has
besides his imported Durhams several fine specimens of English thoroughbred Short-horns
and other breeds. Of native cattle he carries usually from 150 to 200 head; hogs he does not
meddle with to any great extent, finding it cheaper to buy and ship. Mr. Kendall hasa
very fine frame residence upon his farm, and also severat dwelling houses in town, all of
which are insured. He is married,and has three children; he does not bother with poli-
ties, but attends strictly to business.

JUDGE JAMES KENNER, was born in Gibson County, Ind.; his parents removing
thence to Wabash County, Ill. Under the tutelage of the celebrated ‘‘ Old Fox” (See Centen-
nial history of Ilinois), the J udge received his education. In the spring of 1860, he came to
Kansas, locating first near Iola, and in the summer of 1862 he came to Greenwood County
and selected his farm on Bachelor Creek, being the northwest quarter of Section 24, Town-
ship 25, Range 10. He was elected to the Legislature in 1863, and so well did he represent
his constituents that he was returned in the following year 1864. He was in the State mili-
tia during the first year of the war, and he with ten others organized the first society of
Christian Brethren in the county in 1862. A church was subsequently built in 1870, at a
cost of $2,450. In 1865, he was appointed Judge of Probate, and in 1866, he was elected to
the office and subsequently eecelneted four times. In 1866, he opened the first store in
Eureka, which, having changed owners six-times, has now developed into the mammoth es-
tablishment of W. H..H. Barger, corner First and Main streets. He was Justice of the
Peace from 1865 to 1867. In Edwards County, Ill., he was married to Miss Judith Willis, by
whom he has two children living—H. T. Kenner, now occupying the old homestead farm in
this county, and Jay W. Kenner now’Clerk of the County Court, and mentioned elsewhere
in this history. His farm is four miles from town; he is one of Greenwood County’s pioneer
settlers. The Judge has ever taken a deep interest in everything pertaining to its welfare,
aud has liberally contributed thereto. For some time past he has resided in his town resi-
dence. In polties he is a stanch and uncomprising Republican.

JAY W. KENNER, County Clerk, was born August 26, 1852, at Albion, Edwards Co.,
ll. His parents removed to Kansas in 1860, locating first at Humboldt, and in the fall of
1862 settling upon the northwest quarter -of Section 24, Township 25, Range 10, four miles
from Eureka. Mr. Kenner was educated partly in Eureka and also at the Normal School
of Emporia. He subsequently studied law with Judge Lillie, and was admitted to the bar
of Greenwood County at the November term of the District Court in 1877. He has held the
offices of City Clerk and Police Justice, and in 1879 was elected to his present office. He is
the owner of his residence, corner Fifth and Walnut streets; isinsured. He is a member
of the A., F, & A. M., and in politics is a stanch Republican.

J OstAH KINAMAN, farmer, Section 11, Town 26, Range 10, P.O. Eureka, was born on
the 22d ‘of February, 1812, in Smith County, Va., known as Washington County, Va., and
when in his third year his parents removed thence to Montgomery County, Ohio, and subse-
quently to Madison County, Ind. In the fall of 1846, Mr. Kinaman removed to Mercer Coun-
ty, Ill, where he remained until 1857, when he came to Kansas, and-upon the 4th of July of

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that year settled upon his present location. Mr.'Kinaman was one of seven families who came
to Greenwood County at that time, and of whom he is now the only survivor in the ee
He built the first log cabin 16x18 feet, which still stands on Fall River, and is undoubtedly
the pioneer settler of Greenwood County. At that time there were no roads and few neigh-
bors, save Indians, and ere winter came on he had to goto Kansas City for provisions, etc.,
for the year, subsequently for two or three years. The trip was made semi-annnally, and
usually occupied, even with a good team, from seven to ten days, the only guide for the first
trip being a small pocket compass. It was while upon this, his first journey, that he met Mr. .
Edwin Tucker, moving in June 19, 1834, Mr. Kinaman married Miss Susannah Smethers,
of Madison County, Ind., and who died March 2, 1878, leaving six children—Jane, born No-
vember 29, 1837, and since deceased ; Eliza, born June 22, 1841, and now the wife of Oscar
Coy, Esquire, of Coyville, Wilson County ; Miram, born November 14, 1843, now Mrs, Thomas
Williams ; Biriam, born October 4, 1847, and now residing in Washington Territory ; Catha-
ee now Mrs. John M. Fowler, born June 2, 1849, and Aaron born July 19, 1853, ahd is now

residing in the original cabin home. William K., the elder, having several years since

-built him a substantial frame dwelling. October 25, ee ee Kinaman married his present

helpmate, Mrs. Mary A. Stapleford, a native of Indiana, but who has resided in this county
since the spring of 1860. In 1881, Mr. Kinaman had a severe stroke of palsy from which he
has never fully recovered, but although in his seventy-second year his memory is as good as
ever and scarcely a silver thread shows in his dark hair. At present he owns about seventy
head of native cattle, his ill health preventing him from raising stock as extensively as
formerly. His farm being situated on rich bottom land his grain yield has always been ex-
ceptionally good, corn averaging sixty to,seventy, and oats sixty, bushels per acre. He isa
member of the Christian Church, and although voting with the Democrat party, he has al-
ways refused every attempt to induce him to accept a public office.

JOHN LEWIS, florist and seedsman, is a native of Shropshire, England, and was born
February 10, 1828, and upon completing his education, which included the study of botany,
was apprenticed four years under an experienced and practical gardener and florist. He
subsequently had charge, for seven years, of the large private estate of an English gentle-
man of wealth, and upon leaving whose employ he established himself in the dual business
of photographer and taxidermist, until he emigrated to America in 1870. Coming to Kansas
the same year, he engaged in farming on Section 9, Spring Creek Township, but removed to
Eureka in March, 1880, and purchased his present property in the southeast portion of town,
and upon the completion of his residence and hot- houses, devoted his attention principally
to his old love—Flora. He has upward of 20,000 flower plants, besides ornamental trees and
shrubs, and is rapidly increasing his trade in field and garden seeds, being compelled to im-
port largely in order to meet the demand. Some fine specimens of his flowers are to be seen
in the windows of the Eureka Bank. Mr. Lewis is also po mean taxidermist, a large glass
case of some fine work of his being in the room of the County Treasurer in the Court House.
Being the only one in the county, he is kept busy. He intends soon increasing his gardens
and golacging Bie hot-houses, besides adding an addition to his house, to better facilitate the
taxidermical branch of his business.

G. H. LILLIE, Ex-Judge of Probate, etc., was born in Geauga County, Ohio, February
12, 1822, and received his education in Trumbull County. He read law under Gov. Tod, of
Ohio, and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1843, and at once commenced the practice of
his profession in the town of Warren, Trumbull County, continuing therein until his
removal to- Freeport, Ill., in 1845, where he remained a year, and from whence he remoyed
to Shullsburg, La Fayette County, Wis.. Resuming the practice of his profession in the Jatter
place, he was, in the fall of 1846, elected to the otfice of County Attorney. In 1858, he came
to Kansas, locating at first in Neosho Rapids, Lyon County. While residing in Lyon
County, he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and in the fall of 1860
he was elected to represent that county in the Legislature. During the war, Judge Lillie
rendered very efficient service as an active organizer of companies, etc., and for some time
held a position in the secret service of the Government. At Onego, Ill., May 9, 1844, he
married Miss Melinda Wilder, who has borne him seven children—David M., born March 5,
1846; Mrs, Catherine A. Morris, born September 4, 1851; Mrs. Laura A. Boynton, born
April 22, 1853; Mrs. Sarah A. Mann, born May 22, 1855; Mrs. Maria A’ Sumner, born Octo-
ber 14, 1857; Mrs. Maranda M. Wells, born May 28, 1859; Mrs. Ella L. Edwards, born June
30, 1861. In 1868, Mr. Lillie came to Kansas, locating on Section 28, near Verdigris River,
this county, and engaged in farming, teaching and practicing law until the fall of 1869, when
he removed to Eureka, where he resumed practice, and was twice elected Mayor, and subse-
quently Judge of Probate Court, which latter office he filled uninterruptedly for upwards of
ten years, until compelled to resign in the spring of 1882, owing to’a stroke of paralysis,
which has so impaired his health as to prevent his again pursuing his profession. Besides
his residence and _ town lots (eight in number) he owns 160 acres in Section 16, situated on
Spring Creek, and the greater part of which is under cultivation, with an average corn
yield of fifty bushels, and at present occupied by his son; and fifty acres of Section 18, the
latter being rented. The Judge has always been a prominent Free-State man, and has for
many years been ever earnest to do his duty to his country, and few residents of Greenwood
County are so universally respected. He is a member of the Christian Church, and contrib-
uted liberally toward detraying the cost of its erection.

ROBERT LOY, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Eureka, was born in Westmoreland County,
England, and in 1854 came to the United States and located in Shelby County, Ill., upon a
farm, which he subsequently sold, and in 1865 removed to his present location of 835 acres,

175 of which are under cultivation ; but Mr. Loy has devoted his attention to sheep, his

flock of American merinos being considered the finest in the county. Mr. Loy was married
in Illinois, and has a family of seven children—Annie E., May B., John G., Alice F.,
Amelia and Myrtle. Mr. Loy is a good farmer, and a highly respected aud influential
eitizen.

D. M. McKENNEY, was born in 1830. His parents removed to Butler County, Ohio, in
1838, where the subject of this sketch was educated, and subsequently entered upon the
study of law, being admitted to the bar in 1850, and immediately entering upon the practice
of his profession there for a period of ten years, removing to San Francisco, Cal., in 1860,
where he again not only resumed the practice of his profession, but also entered upon the
study of geology, natural history, entomology and-botany, of which he collected and retains
many fine specimens. In 1868, he went to Oregon, where he remained two years, returning
again to California, he becoming District Judge. In 1874, he came to Columbus, Cherokee
Co., Kan., where he served one term as County Attorney. In 1879, he. came to Eureka,
where he has already established a very fine law practice. In politics the Judge is a Re-

ublican. = a :

é G, H. MARTZ, Ex-County Superintendent of Public Instruction and farmer, Section
33, P. O. Eureka, was born in 1829, in Darke County, Ohio, where he received his elementary
education, He subsequently attended the Western University of Ohio, where he gradu-
ated with high honors. Subsequently he taught the higher branches in various Ohio edu-
cational institutions, for a period of fifteen years. He finally came to Kansas in April, 1871,
locating in Eureka, engaging for a short period in his old occupation. In January, 1872, he
was appointed County Superintendent, to fill short term, and subsequently elected to the office
by a unanimous vote. Upon the expiration of his term of office, he was again returned.
About this time, he purchased one-fourth of Section 33, Township 24, Range 10, near Janes-
ville, which ‘he devoted to stock-raising chiefly. He was subsequently elected to his old
office, which he has filled to the entire satisfaction of his constituents, serving altogether, as
Superintendent of Public Instruction, here, eight years. At the late elections, he was nom-
inated, but declined, as he preferred to devote his time to his increasing stock interests. Mr.
Martz has recently bought an extensive stock farm in Missouri, which will be run by his
eldest son. M. Martz has only two children, and intends devoting the remainder of his life
to their interests.

PHILIP M. MOORE, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Eureka, Greenwood Co., came to Kan-
sas in the fall of 1857, located in Woodson County, one and a half miles northwest of Neosho
Falls, where he took a claim on the New York Indian land, which he pre-empted in 1860, and
improved a farm which he cultivated until September, 1882, but at the same time engaged in oth-
er business ; was at one time interested in a lumber yard at Neosho Falls, and for the last seven
years has had a loan and insurance agency at that place, and.also a Joan office at Yates’ Center,
in the same county, and one at Eureka, Fall River and Twin Falls, in Greenwood County, Coy-
ville, New Albany, Wilson Co.; he has very recently purchased a farm near Eureka, and will
soon move to that place. He has served as Township Trustee two terms, of Neosho Falls Town-
ship. He was born in Henry County, End., August 10, 1835; son of William and Nancy Moore;
lived in his native county five years, in Wayne County five years,in Henry County ono year,
Grant County eight years, Howard County three, and then moved to Kansas, where he still re-
sides. He was married near Iola, Kan., August 12, 1860, to Melissa G. Anderson, daughter of
Watson G. and Beulah J. Anderson; by this union they have six children, four of whom are liv-
ing—Charles E., Effie E., Ada A. and Arthur M. Moore. Mr. Moore is one of Woodson County's
enterprising business men, and is highly respected as a useful citizen.
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B. J. NEWMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 23,in Eureka Township, and 180
acres of Section 8, Janesville Township, P. 0. Eureka, was born in 1845, in Dutchess County,
N.Y., where his father had for many years carried on an extensivedairy farm. April 12)
1858, his parents removed to, Kenosha, Wis., and now reside there. The subject of this
sketch camé to ansas inthe fall of 1870, and having previously engaged very extensively
in the cattle trade in various States, decided to embark in stock-raising, he locating for that
parece on sectiqgns named above. Upon thé bottom land he depends for the corn to feed

is winter stock of cattle, and hitherto has raised exceptionally good corn crops. At present
he has but 180 héad of hogs (Poland-China and nee and 157 head of cattle. Mr. New-
man has also a large range in Bourbon and another in Lyon County, the latter now being
under Whe chara’ of his son, Benjamin J. Newman, Jr, 3
J. W. NICHOLAS, Postmaster, was born in Virginia in 1836, and subsequently removed
to Lexington, Ill., where pe raeees in mercantile pursuits until he enlisted in Company
K, One undred and Forty-fifth lowa Volunteer Infantry. His regiment was detailed for
poe duty in Missouri, and hé remained with it until mustered out at Camp Butler, Tl.
n the fall of 1864, he resumed. his former. occupation, continuing therein until 1872, when
he came to Kansas, locating in this county, Bra: at first turning his attention to farming.
In the fall of 1872, he opened a store in town, which he conducted for upwards of a year.
In March, 1865, he was married to Miss Margaret Hyers, of Lexington, Il]. She died in
February, 1872, ledving him with three children, viz.: Lella, Charles A, and Willie H.,
February 12, 1873, Mr. Nicholas married Mrs. Holman, who was then Postmistress at Eureka,
having been eppounted Sepbember 10, 1872, and ee owing to a change of name,
occasioned by her marriage, March 6, 1873. Mrs. Nicholas held the office of Postmis-
tress for a period of three years, when I. R. Phenis, now Probate Judge, was appointed
and held the office one year. Mr. Nicholas succeeded him at the expiration of the
year, and has held the office uninterruptedly since. Prior and subsequent to his marriage
with Mrs. Holman, Mr. Nicholas conducted the stationery and fancy goods store in Post
Office Building. By his second marriage he has two children—Ona and Frankie. In_ad-
dition to his residence, Mr, Nicholas owns two business blocks and several town lots. He is
a member of the Kansas Mutual Benefit Society, and also of the State Temperance Mutual
Benefit and Insurance Associations, Asa Government official Mr. Nicholas is essentially
the right man in the right place, faithfully discharging his often trying duties in such a
courteous manner, that has earned for him the universal esteem of that hard to please
imaster, the public. Eureka being a money order office, he has of course an assistant, and it
is enn of remark, that during Mr. Nicholas’ term of office, not agmistake has occurred
in his office, even with not less than 70,000 letters being annually mailed therein.

RA P NYE, lawyer, etc., was born July 13, 1836, in Herkimer County, N. Y., and
with his parents removed to Beloit, Wis., in 1846. He received his education at Beloit
College, and came to Eureka in 1870, where he opened a general store, being joined in August
of the same year by his brother, Mr. J. C. Nye, who is now County Treasurer, In 1874, Mr.
Nye sold out his interest in the store and_opened a real estate and loan office, He is the
owner of 480 acres of land on Bachelor Creek, four miles north of town, 100 acres being
under cultivation, and also several buildings in town. In 1862, he enlisted in Company B,
Twenty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and accompanied the regiment, taking part
in all its en scones with the enemy until March, 1863, when he was taken prisoner and
confined in Libby prison until exchanged, the latter part of May of that year. Upon the
re-organization of his regiment, he was upon detached duty until the close of the war, when
he was mustered out at Milwaukee, Wis.,. July, 1865, with the rank of First Lieutenant.
Mr. Nye was admitted to the bar of this county in April, 1875, and Jater to that of the United
States Supreme Court. He was the first Mayor of Eureka upon its organization as a city of
the third class in 1871, and was elected to the Legislature in 1872. He is a2 member of the
Masonic fraternity and the G. A. R,

WILLIAM ODDY is a native of Bradford, Yorkshire, England, having been born there
October 22, 1832, and is a graduate of the class of 1848, of Airdale College. In 1852, he emi-

rated to this country, landing in New York and subsequently resided for four years in
Eoicaze: where he was engaged in the importation of English cloth goods. In 1856, he came to
Kansas, and had scarcely been an hour in Topeka, when a call was made for volunteers to

o to the relief.of the Free-State party at Lawrence, responding to which he subsequently
Became prominently identified with Jim Lane, John Brown and other leaders of the Free-
State.party, and not only bore arms in its defense but aided it financially to the amount of
$5,500, which it is needless to say has never been refunded. Late in the year 1856, he went
to Nebraska, and Colorado in the 1860, where he remained until shortly after the breaking-
out of the war ofthe rebellion, when he enlisted in the Independent Battery Colorado
Volunteer Artillery, in which he served in Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, and with the
exception ofa short period when he was detailed as hospital steward, was on active duty,
against rebels and Indians, receiving a painful arrow wound from the latter at Box Elder,
when on detailed service. Was engaged against the Cheyennnes and Arapahoes, and was
mustered out May 22, 1865. While in Colorado Mr. Oddy was Justice of the Peace and
Recorder of Summit County. At the close of the war he located for a short time in Law-
rence, and thence to Junction City, finally settling in Eureka, in Greenwood County, 1871
May 27, 1874, he was married to Miss Sarah Clark, by whom he has one child—George E.,
born February 18, 1875. Since locating here Mr. Oddy has devoted his attention principally
to lime burning and building. He has held the office of Constable and Clerk of School Board,
and is charter member and Cdartarmaster Sergeant of Dick Yates Post, No. 50, G. A. R.

A. R. PETERS, jeweler, was born in 1838, in Columbia, Lancaster Co., Penn., and
received his education at Wickersham’s Academy, Marietta, Penn. Being of a mechanical
turn of mind, his parents placed him with George W. McCauley, of Harrisburg, Penn., to
Jearn the trade of watchmaker and jeweler. In 1859, he went Denver,Col., where he
remained two years. In 1861, he returned to the States, served in the Ninety-first Pennsyl-
yania Regiment three years, after which he resided in New York City six years. On ac-
count of his health he left the city, and resided in Centre County, Penn., until 1878. As he
had always preferred the West, since his residence in Denver, he now resolved to make it
his future home. In 1878, he removed to Eureka, Kan., where he at once commenced busi-
ness, and has built up a profitable trade. Mr. Peters is a first class artisan and appreciated
by his fellow-citizens. He is one of the Board of City Councilmen, and a leading member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Republican, but has never done more
than exercise his right of franchise.

I. R. PHENIS, Probate Judge, was born April 20, 1825,in Franklin County, Ind.,
where he received a common school education, subsequently attending the Western Agri-
cultural High School of Sugar Plain, Ind., leaving there in 1846, Turning his attention to

Flaw, he was admitted to the bar in 1865, and practiced in Tippecanoe until he
renioved to Kansas.in 1867, locating here. In 1868, was elected County Attorney and re-
elected in 1872. Resuming the practice of his profession he continued therein until
appointed Judge of Probate, to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Lillic, and
was elected in the fall of 1882. While in Indiana he was Auditor of Union County, and was
in Cayalry Company in the Indiana Legion, being frequently called out by the Governor of
that State during the war times. In 1852, he married Miss Emily Gardner, of Union County,
Ind., by whom he has had four children—Albert, born September 17, 1853, and now on the
editorial statf of the Kansas City Times; Lucy, born December 13, 1854, and now the wife of
Dr. J. B. Draper, of Oswego, Kansas; I'lorence, born August 14, 1856, and now Mrs. E. I.
Rizer, of Eureka, and Vinton, born May 8, 1859, at present with Benton, Myers & Co., drug-
gists, Cleveland, Ohio. Since early boyhood the Judge has been a strong abolitionist and has
always advocated liberty and freedom. 4

J. B. PIERCE, M. D., was born in 1839, at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York. In
1846, his parents removed to Michigan. He received his elementary education in the dis-
trict schools of the latter State. He enlisted in 1863 in the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry,
and was detailed to Quartermaster’s department, where he remained until sent to the hospi-
tal, and was discharged, owing to disability, in August, 1864. Upon regaining health ha
resumed his studies at Bronson, Mich., subsequently attending the Ann Arbor Medical Col-
lege, and graduating therefrom in 1869. He located in Eureka, Kansas, in 1871, and contin-
ued in practice until 1876, when he repaired to the St. Louis Medical College, in order to
take a course in obstetrics. In 1865, he had married Miss Nellie M. Hunt, of Delton, Wis ,
by whom he had two children, James Rollin, and Earl Wilson. Shortly after his return from
St. Louis in 1876, his wife died, and_in 1878, he married Miss Ida M. Fuller, of Albion, Me.
The Doctor is a member of the A., F.& A. M. and A.0..U.W. The Doctor owns 160 acres on
Section 7, Town 25, Range 11, and also several buildings in town, including livery stable,

machine shop, stores and residences, part of them being insured, He has always contrib-

uted liberally to all religious and educational movements, and has built up an excellent

practice, and for what he is and may yet attain to he has but his own unaided exertions
hank, ‘ 4 ae :

ue W. REICH, builder, etc., isa native of Ohio, but was educated in Mlinois, and learned

the trade of house.carpenter. In July, 1861,-he enlisted at New Harmony, Ind., in the First

‘Indianapolis July 3,'1865.- Mr. Reich came to Eureka in 1871, and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Indiana Cavalry, commanded by Gov. Baker, and participated in all the engagements of hie
regiment, with the exception of eighteen months, when his company was detailed at Helena,
Ark, as body guard for Gen..A. P. Hovey. Heheld the rank of Corporet when discharged at

; } as built under contract
several of its principal Builel ims and residences, notably the brick schoolhouse, Hotel
Greenwood, Lutheran Church and several of the principal stores on Main street, besides his
yesidence, work shop and other buildings, all of which are insured. He owns fourteen town
lots, and has recently assumed charge of the extensive lumber yards and other interests
here of S, A. Brown & Co., of Chicago. The annual sales of lumber in Eureka, chiefly pine, .
if we except cedar and oak posts, amounts to upwards of $65,000, while more than sixty car
loads of coal, of which that from Fort Scott and Rich Hill is considered the best, at an aver-
age cost to consumers of $4.75 per ton, is sold during the season. Mr. Reich also deals ex-
tensively in lime and building sand, the former chiefly from Pierce City, Mo., and Fort
Scott and Junction City, Kan., the best lime being considered that which comes from Mis-
souri, and the sand most in use being that from the Kansas River. During the building
season, Mr. Reich employs in his work shop alone from four to ane competent workmen,
For upwards of a year, he owned a well-stocked lumber yard of his own, but sold the con-
tents of his yard to Messrs. Brown & Co., upon assuming charge of their interests here, and
the firm is fortunate in having such a competent and able representative. Mr. Reich isa
member of the Christian Church and Masonic fraternity.

HON. G. M. RIZER, was born in Cumberland City, Alleghany Co., Md., August 2,
1827, and lived there until 1852, when he crossed the plains to California. He returned to
Cumberland in 1853, and was appointed Deputy Postmaster. In 1854, he married and re-
mained in Cumberland until the fall of 1870, when, in company with W. H. H. Borger, he
visited Eureka, Kan., and purchased a stock of goods. In the spring of 1871, he removed
his family to Eureka, and has been engaged in the mercantile business, until last September,
when he sold out. Mr. Rizer owns a cattle ranch and farm of 400 acres on Upper Fall River,
and is now engaged with three other parties in erecting a merchant steel-roller mill at Nick-
erson, Reno Co., Kan., which is all the business he is engaged in at present. He has held
several local offices both in Marylgnd and Kansas. He was never an aspirant for any polit-
ical office. 4

H. C. RIZER was born in 1844 in Cumberland, Md. He is the son of Jacob and Mary
Rizer, now residents of Eureka. His early education was gained at the seminary in Mid-
dletown, Md. On the breaking-out of the war he enlisted as a private but went to the
front as a Sergeant, and when mustered out bore the rank of Colonel of the Third Maryland
Infantry. He next entered the office of George Sands at Ellicott’s Mills, Md., where he read
law until he entered the office of Judge Weisel, at Hagerstown, Md. In June 1870, he came
West and located at Eureka, where he has ever since resided, first as a general practitioner,
then as County Attorney and for a number of years past as editor of the Herald.

GEN. GEORGE C. ROGERS, attorney at law, was born November 22, 1839, in Pier-
mont, N. H., and removed with his parents to Vermont in 1846, where he was educated at
Bradford Academy ; also at Wauconda Academy, Ill., studied law with Hon. E. P. Ferry, and
was admitted to the bar at Springfield in 1860. in the spring of 1861, he enlisted as a pri-
vate in Company I, Fifteenth Illinois Infantry, but, upon the organization of the regiment
he was mustered in as First Lieutenant of the said company, and, in September of the
same year, was made Captain. At the battle of Shiloh he was wounded four times, but
refused to quit duty, and subsequently for bravery was appointed Lieutenant Colonel,
becoming Colonel after the battle of Hatehie. He was also wounded twice at the battle of
Champion Hills, The works at Altoona, Ga., were built under his direction. He accompa-
nied Gen, Sherman in his memorable march to the sea, and continued with his regiment
during all its engagements, commanding a brigade during the Atlanta campaign. In June,
1865, he was made Brigadier General, then in his twenty-sixth year, becoming the youngest
general inthe 4rmy. His brigade was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth September 16,
1865, when he returned to the practice of his profession (law) in Chicago, continuing there
until the great fire of 1871, when all his property was destroyed, which not only included
many relics of his hard fought battles, but also a fine law library. He then went to Kansas,
locating for a short. time in Burlingame, Osage County, finally settling in Eureka in 1872.
He was County Attorney from 1878 to 1880,-and, in February, 1882, purchased the Graphic,
changing the name to the Greenwood County Democrat, which paper he has continued to
manage with great success until recently, when he sold out in order to devote his whole
time to the interests of his many clients. As a soldier, his record speaks for itself, and his
grit is well known to the many surviving boys in blue. He now owns a residence and half
a block of dwellings in town, and since his retirement from journalism finds his practice
taking all his utmost energies. In 1871, while in Chicago, he married Miss Josie C. Carey,
of that city, by whom he has Frank C., born February 28, 1873, and George T., born October
25, 1875, Both boys bid fair to equal their father in ability. The General has always taken
a prominent part in politics, and is a stanch and uncompromising Democrat. He is a char-
ter member of the Dick Yates Post, G. A, R., and, in fact, was one of the most successful
and ardent workers in the oe oe of the order, if such we may be permitted
to call it. Gen. Rogers, since his residence in Kansas, has done much by voice and pen to
benefit tle State. Lately, he has bought some 600 acres, which he intends devoting to stock-
raising under competent men, as he cannot refrain from the practice of law.

REV. H. C, SCOTFORD, pastor Coup regeonal Church, is a native of Saline, Washte-
naw County, Mich.; and graduated from Olivet College as A. B. in 1873, and as A. M. in-1876.
He also graduated from Yale Theological Seminary in 1880. December 14, 1876, Mr. Scot-
ford was married at Burlingame, Osage Gounty, to Miss Isabella O. Pomeroy. They have
had two children who died in infancy. The Congregational Society was organized in 1868
under the direction of the American Home Missionary Society, and shortly afterward the
present edifice was built at .a cost of $1,200. Its seating capacity is about 150. Present
membership upward of 100, The church is free of debt. Apresent officers are Messrs. Edwin
Tucker and John Warr, Deacons, and Messrs. N. R. Collins, Thomas Holverson and George
Mitchell, Trustees. The pastor is Superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Scotford was
called to his present charge September 1, 1880, and in addition to his city labors, held occa-
sional services in Hodgson Schoolhouse, nine miles southwest of Eureka, where there has
been established a thriving mission.

J. SCOTT STEWART, Clerk of the District. Court, was born June 5, 1847, in Corinth,
Williamson County, Ill, and, in 1869, came to Kansas, locating in Wilson County until the
spring of 1871, when he removed to Quincy Township, this county, and en, aged in farming
until his clection to his present otlico in 1876, when he removed to Hureke. He was re-
elected Clerk of the District Court in 1878-80-82. In April, 1872, he married Miss Smith, of
Quincy, this county. They have four children—Clarence i, born December 7, 1873; John
D., October 17, 1875; George R., November 17, 1877, and Florence, January 23, 1880. He
owns two residences in town, besides other property. Although not himself in the army
during the late unpleasantness, yot the family was ably represented, as his brother Zadoc T.
Stewart, now of Brown County, Kan., who was three years in Company D., Eighteenth INi-
nois, and another brother, Virgil A. Stewart, now of Perry County IL, by virtue of re-en-
listment, served throughout the war in Company E, Twenty-ninth Tilinois. Mr. Stewart is
a stanch and hard-working member of the Republican party. He is Trustee of the M. E.
Church, and a member of the K. of H. He also represents the Hartford, North American,
British American and Orient Fire Insurance Companies,

LN, F. SHEARER, Sualiees, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., in 1844, and while yet
a child his parents removed to Marengo, Ill., where he was educated, afterward working on
his father’s farm until July, 1862, when he enlisted in Company A, Ninety-fifth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, and subsequently participated with his regiment in the siege of Vicks-
burg, battles of Champion Hill, Germantown, Nashville, and was on the Red River Expedi-
~ under Gen. Banks. He was resent at and participated in the taking of Spanish Fort,
ae , ls ever engagement ot his regiment until mustered out in September, 1865, at

pringfield, Ill. While engaged at the siege of Vicksburg, in taking a cartridge out of his
box, he was wounded in the hand, the missile penetrating the cartridge box and nearly sev-
ong. a finger. On leaving the army he returned home, and, in 1866, removed to Johnson

ounty, Mo., and for three years worked as fireman on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, subse-
quently becoming locomotive engineer on the A, T.& F.R. R,, and removing to Eureka in
1878, where he now owns several town lots in addition to that upon which his residence is
paces) cal oe 15, 1874, he was married to Miss Mar. Trapp. They have but two chil-
Sane au is orn October Bet and Frederick, born January 12, 1878. Mr. Shearer is a

oer 2 eI, 0. O. I, and Sergeant Major.of Dick Yates Post, No. 50, G. A. R.

ES P. SILSBY, M. D., farmer, Section 28, Township 26, Range 11, P. O. Eureka,
was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1837, and was educated in Conway Livingston County, to
whlch pings his parents had removed in 1848. He enlisted on May 10 1861, in Company_D,
Hai Mik an Infantry, and participated in the first battle of’ Bull Run, and in 1862 at
fea Cae socket Sea and su sequently on the advance upon Richmond ; was witness

n of the characteristic impetuous courage of the late Gen, Custer. Col.
4

Woodbury, of the Fourth Michigan, had received ord ; : ,

f tl an, ha orders from hea quarters (Mc(lellan’s) to
send a reconnoitering party of his regiment to the Chickahominy, and ce rela
the river ed found Custer with a handful of cavalry in the timber, almost surrounded by
a rebel brigade. To charge to his support was the order for the Fourth, and as they did so,
Custer, bareheaded, and having 4 sabre in one hand and one of those ugly Louisiana
“‘cheese knives” in the other, dashed from the timber followed by his men, and, by wheel#
ing and counter-char; ing, routed the cnemy, who lost over 300 in killed, wounded and pris-
oners, the Union loss being about twenty. At the battle of Mechanicsville, Mr. Silsby was
wounded in the left shoul ler by a piece of shell, yet took part next day at Gaines’ Mills,
subsequently pueerenn in the pu gaseuients at Cold Harbor, Savage, White Oak Swamp
and Malvern Hill, where he received a bullet wound in the same shoulder, which laid him
up for aoe five ry ne was the seven days’ 9

urnside’s memorable “mud expedition,” and at Chancellorsville, assisted in re-taking the
ground lost by the Eleventh Army Corps. At the battle of Gettysburg the amet had
only 300'men fit for duty, and that number was reduced to ninety on the second day, when
the subject of this sketch was taken prisoner and sent to Belle Isle, where he was one of
those who suffered the extreme cold and hardship of New Year's Day, 1864, when ten of the
Union soldiers were found next day frozen to death, there being no wood allowed for fires
and the few tents there were offered but slight protection from the cold; hundreds were
severely frost-bitten, and all the following day was consumed in taking them across the
river in an open boat. February 21, 1864, he was sent to Andersonville, where he remained
until September 8, when he was sent to Savannah, where he remained until exchanged,
November 9, and was final] mustered out January 5, 1865, at Detroit. Subsequently, he
attended the Cleveland Medical College of Homeopathy, and graduated therefrom in 1868
and afterward practiced his Profession in Livingston Count: ich., until November, 1877,
when he came to Kansas and located upon Section 28, as stated above. July 4, 1859, he mar-
ried Miss Mary A. Booth; they’have lost one child by death, yet four are left—A ntoinette,
(born in 1860, and who is now the wife of P. M, Day, Esq., of this county), James C. (born
in 1874), and Edward ‘W. (born in June, 1880). Of the 182 acres which the Doctor owns,
fully one-third is under cultivation, and yields the average quantity of grain. He prefers
stock to agriculture, however, and usually carries from seventy-five to one hundred head of
cattle. Besides his farm and residence, the Doctor owns some town lots in Eureka. He does
not ireuble himself quuch about aught save his own concerns, and is a United States pen-

_SMITH & LAWTHER have been proprietors of the Eureka Steam Mill since 1882,
having then purchased it from Mr. Barger. Mr. Smith was born, in 1828, in Monroe County,
N.Y., where he had for years been engaged in the milling business, and came to Kansas in
1879 and located in this county. Was engaged in sheep-raising until the present year. His
partner, Mr. Lawther, is also a native of the Empire State, having been born in Schoharie
County in 1831, and, in 1851, removed to Chicago, where he remained engaged in the dry
goods business until 1870, when he went to Topeka, engaging there in the marble trade
until his removal to Eureka in 1878, The Eureka Steam Stl was built in 1871. It has four
run of stone, one of which is reserved for corn, and a capacity of 100 barrels per day. The
engine is a forty-five horse-power, Building and contents insured for $4,000. They attend
strictly to business, and, we understand, have all the business they can attend to.

A. M. STODDARD, contractor and builder, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1843,
and came to Kansas with his parents in 1859; locating in Burlingame. In August, 1862, he
enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and participated in all the engagements
of the regiment until it was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, September 21, 1865. Upon
leaving the army, he learned the carpenter’s trade, and in the fall of 1868, came to Eureka,
where he became associated as partner with his brother and My. Denison in business, but
sold out to his partners in the -fall of 1870, and turned his-attention to building and con-
tracting. Besides his large new residence in Eureka, he is the possessor of several choice
town lots, and in conjunction with his brother, owns the old homestead in Osage County.
In October 15, 1871, he married at Eureka, Miss Effie Green, of Ohio, by whom he has had
six children, four of whom, however, died in infancy, the only survivor being Essie, born
June 26, 1877. Mr. Stoddard was a member of the first Eureka City Council, and is a member
of the 1.0.0. F. and A. 0. U. W. :

H. L. STODDARD, farmer, Section 4, Township 6, Range 10, P. 0. Eureka, born 1845, in
porahoue County, Ohio. In 1853, his parents removed to Cass County, Mich., remaining
there till they came to Kansas, locating in Burlingame, Osage County, September 1, 1863.
Mr. Stoddard enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and subsequently participated
in all the engagements of the regiment. At Platt’s Bridge, Dacotah Territory, he was
wounded by arrows in the-thigh, side and arm, and was mustered out with the regiment at
Fort Leavenworth, September.21, 1865. He then returned to Burlingame, and in 1868 came
to Eureka, engaging for a time in business, but eventually paeteieiog tHe farm, bought half
of Section4. His corn averages sixty-five bushels per acre. In 1869, he married Miss Helen
Bush, of Burlingame, by whom he has four children—May, born November 26, 1870; Ella,
born December 25, 1872; Helen born June 17, 1878; Grace born May 25, 1880. Mr. Stoddard
isaP.G., of Eureka Lodge, No. 53, I. 0. 0. F., P. M. of Fidelity Lodge, No. 106, A., F. & A,
M., and charter member-of Dick Yates Post,G. A. R. His farm, residence, outbuildings,
ote on Fall River are insured. Mr. 8. has been City Councilman, and isa Republican in
politics. .

_ REV. M. F. TROXELL, pastor Lutheran Church, is a native of Maryland, and re-
ceived his collegiate education in Gettysburg, Penn., graduating from the Pennsylvania
College in 1880, with the degree of A. B., and in theology he is a graduate of the Lutheran
Seminary of Pennsylvania, which is also situated in Gettysburg. Mr. Troxell*preached his
first sermon to his present congregation on July 23,1882, and in October of that year, was
married to Miss Julia T. Forney, of Baltimore, Md. The Lutheran society here was or-
ganized by Messrs. Jacob Rizer, A. B. Norberg, Jacob Knudson, J. M. Seidle, S. A. Petterson
and a few others, In 1873, the Rev. F. W. Sargent, of Emporia, preached the first sermon
in that year, and subsequently he with Rev. Messrs. Gifft and Groseclose held services at
irregular intervals in the old Episcopal Church, until the increase in membership neces-
sitated the building of the present church edifice, which was opened for worship in Septem-
ber, 1882. It has a seating capacity of 400, and was erected at a cost of $3,100, The church is
out of debt. The menibership is now upwards of sixty, with average congregational at-
fendance of 150 persons. The present Elders are Messrs. W. H. H. Barger and 8. A. Petter-
son. The present Deacons are Messrs. A. Anderson and H. F. Rizer, the pastor being
Superintendent of the Sunday school.

_ HON. EDWIN TUCKER, banker, was born in 1836, in Newbury, Vt., and while yet a
boy, his parents moved to Beloit, Wis., about 1846, and there Mr. Tucker received his edu-
cation. In the spring of 1857, he came to Kansas, his father’s family following in the fall,
and located on Section 3, Township 26, Range 10, Eureka Township. At that early date in
the history of Greenwood County, there were but few neighbors, many of the settlers being
simply camping out and not all of them eventually locating here. He turned his attention
principally to stock-raising until 1870, when for a short time he became engaged in the
mercantile pursuit, and in that year the Eureka bank was opened, which he has since con-
tinued to manage. In 1863, Mr. Tucker married Miss Amelia Willis, of Eureka (her parents
being from Edwards County, Ill.), by whom he has six children. Mr. Tucker has been
County Superintendent two terms, and for upwards of ten years has been one of the Regents

‘of the State Normal school, In 1867-68, he was elected to the Legislature, and in 1869-70,
he represented Greenwood County in the State Senate. Alive business man, he has done
touch to advance the interests of Eureka.’ He is one of the originators of the new Hotel
Company, and a member of the Congregational Church.

MATTHEW J. VERNER, Sheriff, was born in the “City of Brotherly Love,” January
5, 1847, and while he was yet but a child, his parents removed to St. Clair County, Ill., and
there, at the tender age of seven, he was left an orphan, both parents having died within a
short period of each other. A friend brought him up, until he was twelve years old, when
he went to his brother, residing in Shelby County, and worked on a farm until fourteen,
when in July, 1862, he enlisted at Shelbyville, in Company B, One Hundred and Fifteenth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, ostensibly as a musician, but he shouldered his gun with the
best-of them, and proceeded with the regiment to Covington, Ky., and participated in the
battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, and several minor
affairs and skirmishes, his regiment forming part of the Fourth Army Corps of the Army of
the Cumberland. In September, 1863, he was appointed Brigade Orderly by Brigade Com-
mander, J. H. Moore, formerly his Colonel, and acted as such until mustered out with the
oF at Springfield, Ill, in June, 1865. Upon leaving the army, he repaired to Snelby-
ville, where he attended school for five months, that being the only education he had re-
ceived, with the exception of a knowledge of the alphabet. He then went on a farm until
March, 1868, when he came to Eureka, where he soon afterward ‘épened a hardware store,
and in 1872, associated with him Mr. Daum, under the firm name of Verner & Daum, and

in 1877,-they sold out to present proprietors, Messrs. Biggs & Bennett. Relieved of the cares

fight at Antietam. Later, he was, on

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of business, he then removed to Charleston, this county, where he purchased 120 acres on
Section 10, sixty-five of which are under cultivation, with an average corn_ yield of fift
bushels; seventy-five head best grade cattle and good eight room house and barns, etc., all
insured. Mr. Verner was Register of Deeds in 1870-74, and in 1879 was elected Sheriff of
the county, which office he still retains by virtue of re-election. At Tower Hill, Ill., 1869,
he was united in marriage to Miss C. A. Pugh; they have but one child, Della, who was born
in August, 1870, Mr. Verner is a charter member of Dick Yates Post, G. A. R, and D. D. G.
M. of the I. 0. 0. F., being a member of Charleston Lodge, No. 161. He is also a member of
Fidelity Ledge, No. 106, A., F: & A. M., and also of the Chapter.

_C. A. WAKEFIELD, M. D., was born in 1844, in Shelby County, Ill., and in 1864 he
enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-third Illinois, at Mattoon, and was subse-
quently detailed for hospital duty at Memphis, and during the attack of Gen. Forrest he
participated with the Seventh Illinois Cavalry in repelling the attack and pursuing the
retreating rebels. His term of enlistment having expired, he was mustered out with the
regiment at Mattoon, September, 1864. He subsequently attended college at Springfield and
Eureka, Ill, and then attended the Ann Arbor, Mich., Medical College, graduating in chem-
istry in 1868, and from the St. Louis, Mo., Medical College as M. D., in 1869. In the fall of
that year, he located in Eureka, where he has since remained in practice, ‘with the excep-
tion of 1874 to 1877, which he spent in Colorado, At Topeka, November 16, 1870, he married
Miss Orlena Brown, by whom he has three children—Aimee, born September 25, 18717
Frank, born August 27, 1875, and Carl, born March 8, 1880. Besides his handsome residence
on Walnut street, the Doctor owns several stores, etc., on Main streét, all of which are insured. .
He was one of the first Trustees of the town, and has been Coroner since locating here.~ He
is a member of the Odd Fellow and Masonic lodges. :

JOHN WARR, merchant, is a native of Bristol, Dngland, boru in 1837, and learned -
there the trade of carver and gilder, subsequently carrying on business for himself until he
came to the United States in 1869, locating in Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Warr then engaged in
business as picture dealer and house decorator, etc., until 1870, when he came to Eureka and
opens a hardware store on the site now occupied by the new hotel building, continuin:
therein until 1876, when he removed to his present large store, corner of Main and Secon
streets. In addition to general hardware, he is also the only furniture dealer in town, and
has always on hand a large assortment of undertaker’s supplies, the value of stock in the
store being upwards of $7,000, Mr. Warr is the owner of the building, which, with the stock,
is insured. In addition to his residence on Walnut street and other town Property, Mr.
Warr owns 240 acres of unimproved land in Greenwood County, this township. Of his three
children, Florence, the eldest, aged twenty, is at present studying in Washburn College,
Topeka; Austin, aged seventeen, is at college in Quincy, IIl., and Marian is but three years
of age. Mr. Warr is Deacon in the Congregational Church, a member of the Masonic frater-
nity, and of the Knights of Honor, and is one of the shareholders in the Eureka Hotel-Com-
pany. In politics he is Republican, but has never cared for political honor in any form.

. M. WASSAM, M. D., is a native of Pennsylvania, being born in Somerset County,
Décember 15, 1846. . His father, Jacob Wassam, emigrated to the United States in 1828, from
Germany, when twelve years of age, with his parents, who settled in Somerset County,
Penn., and were among the early pioneer farmers of that State. His father, Jacob, as above,
married Miss Barbara Berkey, of Somerset County, in 1837, the subject of this sketch being
the fourth child or their second son. In the year 1849, his parents moved to Indiana County,
Penn., and from there, in 1864, to Darke County, Ohio, where, after remaining for several
years, they moved to Miami County, Ohio. Until he was twenty years of age, Dr. Wassam
lived with his parents, assisting them on the farm, attending, and also teaching school,
during which time he laid up the sum of $650, at that time a neat amount, which he gave to
his parents for their assistance. He had early turned his attention to the study of medicine,
the last year of his stay at home devoting his whole time to the same, under the direction
of Dr. L.J.Cunkle. In 1868, the Doctor went to Chicago, and took a course at the Rush
Medical coher In 1869, he returned to his home in Miami County, and was married to
Miss Naney Hart that same year, imniediately afterward FoUlov ig to Cherry Tree,
Indiana Co., Penn., where he commenced the practice of medicine. He remained. there
four years, building up a very successful and lucrative practice. ' In 1873, he again went to
Ohio, and took a regular course of study 'at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from
which institution he graduated with the degree of M.D. Soon afterward, Dr. Wassam came
West, and settled at Eureka, where he has ever since resided, engaged in the practice of
his profession, having the largest practice of any physician in this section of the State.
The Doctor has amassed quite a fortune, and has been active and prominent in all public
enterprises for the benefit of his town. He is a member of the State Medical Society of
Kansas; has also attained to the degree of K. T., No. 19, El Dorado Commandery. He has
been President of the Board of Health of Eureka. Dr. Wassam has contributed several arti-
cles to the Cincinnati medical journals, and also to his home papers, on contagious diseases,
viz., membraneous croup, diphtheria and typhoid fever. The Doctor has three children—
Dora May, Anna Laura and Nellie Dot. °

F. W. WATSON, M. D., was born in 1841, in the city of Troy, N. Y., and at an early age
started in life for himself, having supported and educated himself since seven years of age.
At fourteen, we find him in Wisconsin, working on a farm, and in the lumber woods, where ,
he continued until 1862, when he went to Chicago, and with the money saved by hard toil
was enabled to take the first steps toward acquiring a knowledge of medicine. After attend-
ing Rush Medical College for two terms, he, in May, 1864, enlisted in Company D, One Hun-
dred and Forty-first Illinois Volunteers, being soon after aprined Assistant Surgeon. In
November, 1864, he was appointed Surgeon of the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, then stationed
at Nashville, and served throughout the Hood campaign, and subsequently appointed
Assistant Surgeon in the cavalry corps hospital at Gallatin, where he remained till March,
1865, when he was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the Eighteenth Illinois, but was com-
pelled to resign, owing to ill health, in October following. Upon his return to Chicago, and
recovering his health, he proceeded with his studies, and graduated from Rush, with degree
of M. D.,in 1866. In the same year, he married Miss Eliza A. Baysinger, of Paris, Ill., by
whom he has three children. He commenced practice in Hartford, Lyons Co., Kan., and in
1875 went to Mount Clemens, Mich., where he remained until December, 1879, when he
returned to Kansas, locating at Eureka, and has lately purchased residence and lot corner
of Walnut and Second streets. The Doctor has been City Clerk of Eureka since 1879, and
Adjutant of Dick Yates Post, Grand Army of the Republic, since its organization.

HOMAS C. WILLIAMS, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Eureka, was born July 9, 1841, in
Edwards County, Ill. In 1859, his father, Mr. A. J. R. Williams, who is now in Colorado,
left Illinois for Kansas and located in this county. The subject of this sketch, after leaving
school, worked on his father’s farm until December, 1862, when he enlisted in Company I,
Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, at Fort Riley, and was with his regiment on frontier
duty and stationed at Forts Riley, Larned and Lyons, remaining in active service until
mustered out at Duvall’s Bluff, Ark., March 22, 1865, and subsequently sent to Fort Leaven-
worth for final per ihg e Upon his return home, he at once took up 160 acres of land-on
above section under the Homestead Act, and proceeded to improve it. He now has the
whole under cultivation, with an average corn yield of fifty bushels per acre and of wheat
about seventeen bushels. Usually Mr. Williams has about sixty head of cattle. His farm is
‘well stocked.and his comfortable residence and_substantial outbuildings are insured. In
September; 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Miriam Kinniman (a daughter of the
oldest settler in the county), by whom he has three children, viz., John Wesley, born Sep-
tember 26, 1870; Effie Susan, born September 3, 1872; and Forrest Edwards, born September
22,1880. Mr. Williams is a member of the Christian Church, and although taking an active
interest in the welfare of his State and county, has never taken an active part in politics.

WILLIAMS BROS., farmers, Sections 19 and 20, P. O. Eureka.. The firm is composed
of E. M.and J. F. Williams. They have 280 acres under cultivation and are devoting their
attention principally to the cultivation of trees, tame grasses, etc., besides cattle-raising,
having several clear Durham bulls, and intend raising cattle for breeding purposes only.
Since December, 1880, they have improved and planted a beautiful orchard and proven
themselves two of the best stockmer. in the State. Natives of Baltimore, and for sixteen
years residents of Piatt County, Ill. They came to Kansas in 1880.

FALL RIVER.

Fall River is located in the extreme southwest of the county four
miles west of the line between Greenwood and Wilson Counties, and a
half-mile north of the south line of Greenwood County. It was laid out
late in the fall of 1879 by the Fall River Town Company, and covers a
space of a little more than 100 acres, although the lands of the Town Com.
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piny were more than double that amount and embraced eighty acres in
lk County. Although but three years old, the town is in a way much
older, its first citizens and many of its buildings being removed from
Charleston, one of the oldest towns of the county, and located two and one-
half miles northwest of the present town.

The first building erected on the town site is the residence of J. M.
Edmiston, and was built by Andrew Bergstrom in October, 1879. This
was soon followed by the hardware store of Romig Brothers and the Fall
River House, built by George Bulkley, Secretary of the Town Company,
and one of the chief promoters of the town. About this time a part of
Beard’s Block, the post office building and the residence of Albert Allen
were removed from Charleston to Fall River. The same fall, W. D. Marr
built a house and blacksmith shop, and a Mr. Reddington put up the old
livery stable. In February, 1880, the firm of Ritz & sane opened the
first general store. The same month, the post office was opened, with
George Bulkley, the present incumbent, as Postmaster. The first physician
in the new town was J. J. Lemon who was soon followed by B. F. Pugh
and Andrew Edmiston. A. M. Hunter, who came in 1881, is the sole repre-
sentative of the legal profession. The St. Louis & San Francisco Railwa,
ran their first train to Fredonia on the evening of Saturday, December 13,
1879, and the next day opened the depot and telegraph office.

The Town Company, which has been the chief element in evolving
Fall River, was formed on November 21, 1879, with B. F. Hobart as
President, and George Bulkley, Secretary and Treasurer. The company
still remains in its originai form with the substitution of C. M. Congdon for
B. F. Hobart as President. :

_ Fall River is located on a broad level near the bank gf Fall River, from
which the town takes its name. On all sides of it rise gentle slopes, which
should protect it from the effects of violent storms. To the north are the
famous salt springs, from which in early times a large supply of salt was
procured, three barrels of water yielding one of salt. This salt was sent
to the Territorial Fair in 1862, and carried off the premium offered for the
best salt exhibited. Near this spring is another reputed to have excellént
qualities for the restoration of weak or inflamed eyes.../It may reasonably

be expected that at some day in the near future these overlooked bonanzas |

will be turned to profitable account.

The Fall River House was built as soon as the town was laid out, and
occupied on November 23, 1879, by its owner, George Bulkley. It has
fifteen rooms and cost $2,000. It is the only hotel in the town fitted to
meet the demands of commercial trade. :

EDUCATION, .

_ The first school taught in Fall River was a subscription one gotten up
by B. F. McVay in 1881.~ The following spring a public school was taught
in arented room, by L. H. Johnson,:and a class of sixty gathered to-
gether. No attempt was made to have a fall term in 1882, as the new
school building was not completed. This building is now under contract
to be finished in December, 1882. It will have two rooms and accommoda-
tions for over 120 scholars, and will cost when complete $2,000.

The town now has a population of nearly 300, and is growing rapidly,
new buildings being constantly in course of construction. Its industries
are represented by three general, two hardware and four grocery stores,
‘one hotel, meat market, wagon shop and livery, one drug store, one
furniture maker, one millinery store, one billiard hall, one harness shop
and two blacksmith shops. All of these establishments are doing a
thriving business.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Fall River has as yet no church building, although three societies have
a recognized membership. In 1881, an effort was made severally by the
Baptist, Methodist and Christian Church societies for the erection of a
church and parsonage. Lots were donated to each for use as sites, but
none accomplished any construction except the Baptists, who built a par-
sonage. This is now used asa dwelling. The Methodists and Baptists
have held meetings with a certain degree of regularity, but discontinued
~ them in the fall of 1882. The Christian society hold meetings at the
schoolhouse near the former site of Charleston, under Rev. T. A. Fancher.
With the completion of the new school building will probably come a re-
newal of interest in all denominations and a revival of stated services.
The Fall River Times was first issued on September 8, 1881. At that
time the paper was owned, edited and ele by N. Powell, and was a
seven-column folio. On April 20, 1882, the editorship was transferred to
J. A. Somerby, and on September 16, of the same year, he Jcased the en-
tire business, Mr. Powell going to Fredonia, Wilson County, to establish
a Democratic paper. The Yimes still retains its original form ; is Inde-
endent in political matters, and is published on Thursday of each week.
t has a circulation of three hundred and sty ‘ :
Greenwood Lodge, No. 163, .A., F. & A. M., was organized on Octo-
ber 5, 1875, at Charleston, and removed on the completion of the new hall
to Fall River. Its officers at the time of organization were as follows:
J. M. Fedrick, W. M.; D. W. Sears, 8. W.; G. W. Donart, J. W.; I. Head-
ley, Secretary; A. Thompson, Treasurer. The lodge has now a member-
ship of over forty, and the following officers: W. H. Parton, W. M.; P.
G. Greegh, 8. W.; J. D. Allen, J. W.; J. A. Ravenscroft, pro tem. and act-
ing Secretary; W. D. Marr, Treasurer. Meetings are held on Saturday on
or before the full moon, in the hall jointly owned by this society and the
Odd Fellows.
Charleston Lodge, No. 161, I. O. O. #., was organized on September
5, 1879, with the following officers: M. J. Vernon, N. G.; L. C. Clark,
V. G.; L. T. White, R. §.; E. Ellingson, Treasurer. The membership
has increased from five at the time of organization, to fifty-four at the
resent time. The present officers are Romig, N. G.; James M.
dmiston, V. G.; P. G. Greegh, R.S.; Thomas Munson, Treasurer. Meet-
ings are held on Friday of each week, in the hall owned jointly by the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Odd Fellows and Masons. This hall is newly erected, being completed in
the summer of 1881, at a cost of $1,700.

Fall River Post, No. 112, G. A. B., was organized on August 28, 1882,
with the following officers: S. Dixon, P. C.; W. Dunbar, 8. V. C.; M.
Robinson, J. V. C.; T. J. Morgan, O. D.; C. Dodson, O. G.; B. Wade,
Q.; W. A. Noakes, Chaplain; Charles Wickersham, Secretary. Meetings
are held in Johnson’s Hall,on the first Saturday after each full moon and
every two weeks thereafter. The post numbers thirty-three.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. D. ALLEN, farmer, Section 12, Town 28, Range 12, P. O. Fall River, and one of the
old settlers of this portion of Greenwood County, was born August 15, 1838, in Manitou
County, Mo., and was engaged in Jarmo until 1861, when he came to Kansas and remained
a year in Shawnee County; thence to Colorado, then to Atchison County, Kan., and finally
located here in 1866, on a farm of 272 acres on above named section; 160 acres are under
cultivation and being bottom lands, his grain yield has been very good.. For several years
he was engaged in the cattle trade, but now has only about 100 head. In 1870, Mr. Allen
bought the [all River mill property, situated on the river bank and about two miles from
Fall River City. The mill had been built in 1866, by Mr. M. Swords, but Mr. Allen rebuilt
and enlarged it, putting in pew machinery, ete. It contains three run of stone, the motive
power being a turbine water wheel, and has a capacity of grinding fifty barrels of flour and
20 bushels of corn daily, and is in charge of Mr. Clift, who is an experienced practical mil-
ler. When Mr. Allen first settled here, Humboldt was the nearest supply depot and in 1866-
67, corn was sold at $3.50 per bushel and four at $9.50 per hundred. March 28, 1861, Mr.
Allen married Miss Mary E. Clogston. They have five children, viz.: Minerva, born March
14, 1862; Emma, born December 5, 1863; John and Martha, who were born September 27,
1868; and Lewis, born August 9, 1871. In addition to his farm before mentioned, Mr. Allen
owns twenty acres and residence in vicinity of the mill and eighty acres about three miles
east of town. His mill and other property are fully insured. eis a charter member of
Charleston Lodge, A., F. & A. M.,and was Treasurer of School Board a number of years,
having been almost constantly one of the Board of School Directors.

GEORGE BULKLEY, Postmaster, is a native of Greene County, N. Y., and was born in
1818. He received but a commen school education and commenced life as a merchant’s clerk.
In 1845, he went to Wisconsin, locating first in Elkhorn and afterward in Walworth County,
doing business in both counties as a merchant, banker, etc., for twenty-five years. In 1870,
he came to this State, settling in Neodesha, Wilson County, where, in conjunction with
other pursuits, he for several years kept the Neodesha Hotel, and in 1878, sold out his hotel
and ier interests, When the St. Louis & Santa Fé Railroad was beg surveyed, he was
appointed to select a suitable site for a town, as near half way as possible between Severy
and Fredonia, on the border line between the counties of Greenwood and Wilson. Upon
the re-survey of the road and lands being broken upon this side of the river, Mr, Bulkley
selected the present site of Fall River and at once made arrangements for the organizing of
a town company. He is now Secretary of that company, Messrs. Hobart and Condon, the
bankers of Oswego, being the principal shareholders. Mr. Bulkley is their agent and his
own in loaning money, ete., and is general railroad land agent. While in Wisconsi: Mr.
Bulkley was Deputy Internal Revenue Collector, and upon the settling of Fall River, was
appointed Postmaster, February, 1880. He has a fine two-story frame residence, which com-
mands a fine view of adjacent country. He has oneson, who is now in New London, Conn., as
Secretary to Col. Barlow, in the Department of United States Government Engineer Corps.

W. E. CASE, of Brown & Case, general merchants, is a native of Jackson County, Ind.,
born in 1848. He is one of the earliest settlers, not only of Fall River, but also of Kansas,
as he came to the State with his father in 1852, Mr. Case the Elder being then an Indian
trader and Government agent of the Sac and Fox tribes. December, 1881, Mr. Case opened
the first store in Fall River, and in March, 1882, he associated with him as partner William
McBrown. The firm carry a very heavy and well-assorted stock of general merchandise,
their dry-goods department being very full. Value of stock in trade, $10,000, insured for
$6,000. They occupy the lower part of the large building erected by the Odd Fellows and
Masons, but are now building a very fine two-story stone building with iron front, costing
$4,000; dimensions 80x24 feet. In addition to their mercantile interests, the firm are large
stock and grain dealers and shippers. Mr. Case is married and has two children. Owns
fine residence in town. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows organizations and
one of the leading business men of Salt Springs Township.

LEWIS CLOGSTON, farmer, Sections 17 and 18, P. O. Fall River, is one of the leading
farmers of this.portion of the State, and one of the first settlers of Elk County. He isa
native of West Virginia, but was raised in Washington County, Ohio, where in 1839, he
mairied Miss Frances Kepple. His three children are J. B. Clogston, of Eureka (mentioned
elsewhere in these pages), Mary E., now Mrs. J. D, Allen, born March 8, 1844, and Kitty J.,
now Mrs. E. Brockenshaw of this township, born December 9, 1859. Mr. Clogston was a
brick-maker in his youth, and worked at it many years. He came to Kansas May 1, 1861
and located in Tecumseh, Shawnee County, until 1866, when he removed to Elk County, an
was the first County Commissioner elected there, and the first settler of Longton Township.
He has always been a strong Republican, and in fact was one of the refugees from Missouri.
He having first intended settling in that State, but his voting for Lincoln as President made
hing a’ marked man in that community. He sold his farm in Elk County and purchased his
present one of 208 acres in this county in 1881. He has 100 acres under cultivation, and

eing of opinion that to insure success, the farmer should first cultivate his land before his
crops, he has been always very successful. His wheat yield has been twenty-five, and corn
fifty bushels per acre, on an average for the past twelve years. He bas a fine residence and
orchard, and is one of the very few who have found it pay to raise clover, and believes that
almost any grain or seed can be raised in Kansas if the land is first well tilled. ‘i

8. M, DIXON, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Fall River, was born in Edgar County, Ill., in
1842, and was educated in Ohio, whither his father removed in 1856. At ‘fifin, Ohio; in July,,
1861, he enlisted in Company A, Bote Regiment Ohio Volunteer, and participated in~
the engagements of Munfordsville and Shiloh, where upon the afternoon of thesecond day's
battle he was shot below the right knee, Stone River, where he was shot in the left hip and
captured, but in a few days fell into the hands of the boys in blue at Murfreesboro. Typou
his recovery he rejoined his regiment at Chattanooga, and was in time to take part in the
battle of Missionary Ridge, January 1, 1864. He re-enlisted in the same company and
regiment, and was i ge in askirmish at New Hope Church, Ga., May 27, 1864, and was
a prisoner nine months, three of which were spent in Andersonville. He was mustered out
June a 1865, Upon ee the army he returned to Ohio, and in February, 1866, he
removed to Terre Haute, Ind., where he learned the trade of a house carpenter, at which he
worked until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating at Eureka, this county, and worked
at his oat and also opened a furniture store, which he subsequently sold, and in January,
1880, located upon his present farm on Section 36 Township 27, Range 12. He has a good
frame residence and substantial outbuildings, all insured, a good orchard, and so far has
made corn and millet his principal probes In February, 1868, at Terre Haute, Ind., he
married Miss Caroline Random, who has borne him eight children, four of whom are living.
Mr. Dixon varies the monotony of farm life by taking contracts for buiiaing, etc., and _is a
member of Charleston Lodge, No. 161, 1.0.0. F. He is also a member of Fall River Post,
No. 112, G. A. R,, and was its first commander. ;

C, Oy a rerenans and wagon-maker, was born in 1834, in Licking County, Ohio,
ond removed with his parents to Tazewell County, I!]., where he subsequently learned his
ae e. July 24, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and par-
Hopated ie eighteen general engagements, his regiment being in the Eagle Brigade of the

xteenth Army Corps. He was mustered out at Selma, Ala., July 28, 1865. Upon leaving
the army he returned to Illinois, and in 1879 removed to Kansas, locating upon a 160-acre
farm on Indian Creek, Elk County, which he shortly afterward sold and removed to Fall
River, where he built a residence and workshop. Mr. Dodson has recently patented and
improved a washing machine, and has increased: the size of his workshop, by the erection of
a large addition for the manufacture of the Fall River Washin Machine, Being the only
whee) i ht and wagon-maker in this par of the county he is kept constantly busy, and is
ae le ae engage an assistant. Mr. Dodson is a charter member of Fall River Post, No.

NATHAN DONART, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Fall River i i igh
County, Penn., and when fourteen years of age, his parents oe aan nes
Ohio, where he, in the fall of 1843, was married to Miss Catherine Kist] Mr,
tinued to pursue the vocati , ¥ ) e Kistler. . Donart con:
variacin pent ee ete ocation of a farmer in Ohio, and subsequently in Cole County, Ill,

ig e latter State to Kansas in 1866, and locating tor a year near Jackson Mills,
 

 

GREENWOOD COUNTY.

from whence he removed to his present home. He now possesses 160 acres of excellent land,
the greater part of which is under cultivation, his best paying crop being wheat, which last
year (1882) gave him as high as forty bushels per acre, but.his average yield has been from
eighteen to twenty bushels for the past thirteen years, his corn giving him an average of
forty bushels, and millet three tons. His orchard contains upwards of 400 trees, mostly
pene. He has had fifteen children, those now surviving being George Washington, born

‘ebruary 12,1847. He is a farmer, with four children, and resides in this township; Mrs.
Mary Miller, born November 7, 1845, and residing in Idaho; Alfred, born December 23, 1849,
also resides in Idaho; Joshua E., born May 25, 1858, also now in Idaho; Nathan J. » born
June 19, 1861, and Charles W., born January, 1865, residing at home. Mr. Donart has ten
grandchildren, His eldest son G. W., is a heavy stock dealer and raiser, shipping largely.

_ _W.C. DUNBAR, harness-maker, was born in Morgan County, Ind., in 1847, and learned
his trade in the town of Martinsville, that State. July 19, 1862, he enlisted in Company B,
One Hundred and Eleventh Indiana Infantry, and while stationed with his regiment at
Helena, Ark., he was discharged for disability April, 1863. In the spring of 1864, he again
entered the ny this time enlisting for 100 days in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-
second Indiana Infantry, and mustered out at expiration of term of enlistment with rank
of Corporal. He resumed his trade in his native State until 1870, when he went to Cumber-
land County, DL, and pneneed in farming. While there, in 1871, he married Miss Martha E.:
Eaton. In 1875, having disposed of his farm, he came to Kansas, locating in Charleston, this
county, and upon the location of Fall River he moved here, purchasing a lot and erecting
his present residence, and resuming his trade. Mr. Dunbar is one of the charter members
ane we ihe of Fall River Post, No. 112, G. A. R., and a member of Charleston Lodge, No.
161, I. 0. 0. F.

JAMES M. EDMISTON, merchant, is a native of Gallia County, Ohio, and was born in
1842, Upon leaving school he was engaged as salesman in his father’s store at Ewington,
until September 1, 1864, when he, having raised a company of young men for the defense of
his country, was elected and commissioned First Lieutenant, his company being attached
to the One Hundred and Sixty-third Regiment Ohio Infantry and assigned to duty at Nash-
ville. Mr, Edmiston was subsequently attacked with hemorrhage of the lungs, and compelled
to resign and return home. While convalescent, hearing that the rebel Morgan was ap-
proaching, Mr. Edmiston mounted and warned the farmers and others in the vicinity of the
expected raid, and upon returning from his errand was met and taken prisoner by the
guerrilla chief, who however, released him next day, but retained his horse. Soon after-
ward his father, Mr. Andrew Edmiston, had a similar experience. In 1867, he with his
father removed to Kansas, and located in New Albany, Wilson County, and for a time en-
gaged in farming, but he shortly afterward went to Elk Falls, where he opened a general
store, and where he was twice élected Justice of the Peace, In December, 1881, he disposed
of his business in Elk Falls and removed to Fall River, renting a store until his own could
be built. His present stock of dry goods and groceries is valued at $4,000, and together with
the store and residence, which was the first residence built in the town, is fully insured. “Mr.
Edmiston has been twice married and has five children living. He is a member of the
Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, and one of the live business men of Fall River. His
brother John M. is an extensive stock and grain dealer and heavy shipper.

THOMAS A. FANSHIER, farmer, Section 15, P. 0. Fall River, was born in 1836, in
Cass County, Ill, where he was engaged in ae pursuits until 1872, when he re-
moved to Kansas and located upon his 160-acre farm on the above section. He has upwards
of eighty acres under cvitivation, with an average corn yield of forty-two, ahd of wheat,
eighteen bushels to the acre, with millet averaging four aud a half tons, and an orchard of
about 200 trees ; of cattle and hogs, he has forty-five to fifty head of each. He has a family
of ten children, the three eldest of whom are married. Mr. F. has been a clergyman in the
Christian Church for more than ten years, and has been Trustee of Salt Springs Township
for the past eight years. He is one of the leading men of the Township and a stanch
Prohibitionist. 5

’ GARDNER BROS., hardware merchants. ‘These gentlemen are natives of Henderson
County, Ky., and in 1863, removed with their parents to Jersey County, Ill,, where their
father engaged in farming, remaining there until 1870, when the family removed to Pleasant
Valley Township, Wilson County, Kan., Mr. S. B. Gardner (their father), locating upon an
improved farm of 160 acres. In 1878, the brothers, W. J. and C. B., engaged in the hardware
business in Altoona, Wilson County, and in 1880, sold out, and removed to Fall River, where
they at once built and opened their present store. Their stock is valued at from $1,200 to
$1,500, and as they are practical tinsmiths and plumbers are kept constantly busy. Both
gentlemen are yet unmarried, and in addition to their store, own Several town lots and good
residence; buildings and stock insured. During the war, Mr. William J. Gardner was a
private in Company E, Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, having enlisted before he was sixteen
years of age, and was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in September, 1865. Heisa
charter member and Adjutant of Fall River Post, No. 112, G.A.R. The firm of Gardner
Bros. is one of the most enterprising and successful in the embryo city.

PETER GREEGH, builder and contractor, is a native of Sweden, and came to the
United States in 1869, remaining about a year in Galesburg, Ill., when he came to Kansas
locating first at Ottawa, then to Greenwood via Elk County. He is a practical builder, an
has erected almost all the stone residences in the Fall River Valley, notably the large two-
story stone schoolhouse in Fall River and the stone stores, he and Mr. Wash Light ‘erect-
ing store with iron front during the summer of 1883, at a cost of $1,500. He owns his
pene and several town lots, and is Secretary of both the Odd Fellow and Masonic

odges here.

en. HASKINS, farmer, Section 2, P. 0. Fall River, was born in Oswego County, N. Y.,
in 1828, and in 1837, his parents removed to Michigan, and.seven years later, to Indiana,
where he enlisted at Valparaiso during the second year of the war, in ey A, Seventh
Indiana Cavalry ; said company and regiment being afterward consolidated with the One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth Cavalry. With the exception of Grenada and Guntown, he-
was principally scouting in a eeee and Tennessee hunting guerrillas, and was mustered
outin July, 1865. He returned to Indiana, and resumed his trade of plasterer and mason until
1869,-when he came to Kansas, locating on a farm on Fall River, situated fifteen miles from
Eureka, where he remained until 1881, when he sold out and removed to his present loca-
tion. In 1850, he married Miss E. J. Childers. They have four children living, who are
married, and reside in this county. While residing in Salem Township, he served for sev-
eral years as one of the Board of School Directors. He is a charter member of Fall River

ost, G. A. R.

"A.M. HUNTER, lawyer, was born in Williamson County, IIL, in 1841, and worked on
the farm until he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred'and Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry,
in the fall of 1862. The regiment was soon after consolidated with the Ninth Illinois, and in
Company F, of the latter, ba remained, participating in all its active service as part of the Sev-
enteenth Army Corps, with the exception of some time spent as Clerk in the Quartermas-
ter’s Department, until mustered out July 9, 1865. Upon leaving the army, he went to Ili-
nois, and taught school in several counties of that State, reading law meantime, and in 1876
entered the law office of Crebbs & Conger, at Carmi, White County, Il]. In 1879, Mr. Hunter
came to Kansas, and taught school in Butler County, until 1881, when he was admitted to
the bar at Wichita, and in October of that year came to Fall River and began the practice
of his profession. While in White County, Ill., he was once elected Justice of the Peace.
Mr. Hunter is niarried, and has five children, from eight months to thirteen years of age.
In addition to his law practice, he is a Notary Public and the Agent of Messrs. Crippen,
Lawrence & Co., of Salina, as money broker, loan and land agent, He is a member of the
Christian Chureh, and of the Masonic and Grand Army of the Republic Lodges. ;

L. H. JOHNSON, Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, etc., isa native of Shelbyville,
Ill, where he was born in 1855, and when six years of age, his parents removed to the town
of ‘Effingham, same State, where he was educated and subsequently taught school there.
He came to Kansas in 1878, and engaged in school teaching in Elk and Greenwood Counties,
locating in Fall River in 1881. He was in February, 1882, elected Justice of the Peace. In
November, 1882, he married Miss Emma E. Short, of this town. He owns two lots, resi-
dence and store here, and is a member of the A., ¥. & A.M. andthe I.0.0.F. He repre-
sents three fire and two life insurance companies, and is the agent of the Kansas Loan &
Trust Company, of Topeka, and is doing a good business in that respect here.’ Mr. Johnson
is studying law, and will no doubt prove one of Fall River's solid, as he is one of her rapidly
rising, citizens.

SuLTON KIRKPATRICK, farmer, Section 1,.P. O. Charleston, was born in Parke
County, Ind., in 1835, and in 1844 removed with his parents to Bond County, Ill., where he,
on August 20, 1861, enlisted in Company I, Thirtieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
and was atthe taking of Forts Donelson and Henry, and the siege of Corinth (second siege);
shortly after which he was seized with hemorrhage of the lungs, andupon recovery was as-
signed to duty in the Quarterniaster’s Department, in which he‘ continued until mustered

out in October, 1864, He returned to farming in Tiinois, and in-1870 came to Kansas, settling

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‘in Elk County, where he was Constable for two years; and in 1881 removed to his present

farm on Section 1, this township. In agriculture, corn has been his principal frp: but he
has recently given his attention to stock-raising. He has a family of five children. He
is a charter member of Fall River Post, Grand Army of the Republic.

WILLIAM McBROWN, farmer and capitalist, Sections 33, 27, 34 and 28, P. O. Fall River,
is a native of New Hampshire, and when twelve years of age his parents removed to Wis-
consin; and in 1857 he came to Kansas with Prof. Goss, and settled at Neosho Falls,
where he made his home until 1866. Being on a visit to Wisconsin when the war broke out,
he, in August, 1861, enlisted in Company C, First Wisconsin Cavalry, and September 12, 1862,
he, with a portion of his regiment, was captured, and sent on parole to Camp Randall, in Wis-
consin, where he was discharged ; and, returning to Kansas, again enlisted in August, 1863,.
in Company F, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and was with this regiment in Missouri and Arkan-
sas, doing frontier duty until mustered out July, 1865, by general order, after the surrender
of Lee. In March, 1866, Mr. McBrown located in Wilson County, and opened astore at Jackson
Mills, and engaging in the buying and selling of stock, grain, ete., having at one time three
stores running, having opened one at Fredonia, and another in this county. Mr. McBrown
has one of the best improved farms in Greenwood County; it embraces not less than 1.700
acres, and Fall River waters every quarter-section ofit. Lying in a beautiful valley it looks,
even in the dulllight of a winter’s afternoon, a very Eden. e built his residence on Section
33, in 1872; and his orchard numbers over 800 well-bearing fruit trees of allkinds, He has 590
acres under cultivation, his corn and wheat yield being excellent. His stock usually consists of
from 350 to 450 head ofcattle, 25 horses, and 200 to -300 hogs (Berkshire). He has two fine
thoroughbred Durham bulls, and crosses them with the eee to one-fourth bred na-
tive cows. He has large cattle pens and weighing scales in Fall River, near the St. L. & St.
F, Railroad, and is an extensive shipper of live stock, with the exception of sheep, which he
does not handle, All of his buildings are well insured, and his taxes are upwards of $400 per
annum. In 1870 Mr. McBrown married Miss Maggie Mills, who has borne him five children,
four of whom survive, as follows, viz.: Bertram, born July, 1873; Bertha, born February,
1876 ; Frank, born November, 1878, and Hattie B., born July, 1881. Whilst in Wilson County
he was elected County Treasurer; and, although preferring to keep out of the political arena,
and give his undivided attention to his large business interests, it is scarcely probable that
the people of the county will permit him todoso. Heisa Royal Arch Mason, anda mem-
ber of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a liberal supporter of every measure brought
forward for the educational, religious or commercial welfare of the community. A

WILLIAM D, MARR, blacksmith, is a native of Forfarshire, Scotland, and was born
December, 23, 1849. He learned and worked at his trade in his native land, and in 1871 came
to the United States, locating in Coyville, Kan., where he remained two years, when he re-
moved to Charleston, this county; and where he, in May, 1874, married Miss Rhuanna Cor-
dell. They have but one child—Charles R., born in May, 1875. pan the building of the
town of Fall Riyer he removed here, and “built his workshop ani residence, a two-story
frame, costing $1,500, and he has since built another, which he has rented. He is one of
the Board of School Directors, and Clerk of the township. He is a member of the I. O.
0. a and A. F. & A.M, and takes a prominent part in’ the welfare of the town and
county.

JAMES L. NOAKES, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Fall River, was born in 1828, in Craw-
ford County, Ark., and moved to Missouri with his parents in 1834, locating in New-
ton County, and was engaged in farming until June 27, 1861, when he enlisted in Com-
pany A, Twenty-seventh Regiment Missouri Cavalry, and served until mustered out in
1862, by order of Gen. Halleck. He afterwards served a year in the Missouri State Militia.
Came to Kansas in 1871, locating on Section 15, his present residence. Of his 160 acres, —
one-half is under cultivation; and he raises corn, castor beans and flax. He has about
forty head of cattle, and a good orchard. He is married, and has three daughters, all mar-
ried. Mr. Noakes has proven indisputably that the cultivation of the castor upon upland
soil oY be made remunerative. He is a member of Fall River Post,Grand Army of the
Republic.

. B. F, PUGH, M. D., was born in Grant- County, Ind., in 1842, and iu due time at-
tended the Cincinnati Medical College, graduating from’ that institution in 1867, with the
degree of M. D. Heat once commenced the practice of his profession in his native county,

remained there until the summer of 1873, when he removed to Charleston, this county,
and was one of those who moved from there to Fall River upon the building of the lat-
ter. April 12, 1864, Dr. Pugh was married to Miss E. N. Taughinbough ; but one child is
now left them, viz., Lydia E., who was born October 21,1866. The Doctor resides on Mer-
enants avenue, and has established a lucrative and large practice, which is constantly in-
creasing. He is the examining physician of the F..& M. B. Assurance Company, anda
member of the Masonic fraternity.

0. W. ROMIG, pioneer hardware store, is the senior partner of the firm of Romig &
Sweet, and, in company with his brother, Mr. D.S. Romig, now of Independence, Kan.,
built the first store in Fall River, in October, 1879, at a cost of $400. He is a native of Water-
loo, N. Y., but when six years of age, his parents removed to Indiana, and in 1860 to Mus-
catine, Iowa, where he acquired his business education, and in which town he remained until
locating in Kansas, except six years which he spent in San Francisco, Cal. He first settled
in Charleston, this county, in April, 1879, and engaged in hardware business, but upon the
formation of the Fall River Town Company, he was among the first to remove here as
stated. January 1, 1881, Mr. Anson Sweet became associated with him as partner under the
firm name of Romig & Sweet, and in 1883 they have built, almost contiguous to their old
stand, a handsome stone store with iron front, at a cost of $1,700, and 24x60 feet clear inside.
In addition to their large and varied stock of general hardware, they have a full line of agri-
cultural implements and machines, the stock being valued at $4,500 to $5,000, their annual
sales being about $16,000 to $17,000. Both buildings and stock are fully insured. Mr. Romig
is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.and A., F. & A. M., and is one of the wide-awake young business
men of Kansas. ts e 4

ISAAC C. SHARPE, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Fall River, was born in 1847, in Sangamon
County, Ill., and after leaving school worked on a farm until nineteen years of age, when
he learned the trade of blacksmithing, at which he worked until disabled by a kick from a
horse, while engaged in shoeing it. Upon regaining strength, he removed in 1874 to South-
west Missouri, where he resumed farming, and in November of that year he married Miss
Tabitha S. Miller. They have three children living—Maggie, born January 11, 1876; Charles,
born April 3, 1877, and Willie I., born November 17, 1881. In 1879, Mr. S. moved to Kansas,
locating upon 160 acres on above section, to which he has just added forty acres on Section
9, He has about eighty acres under cultivation, ee corn principally. Has now 53 head
of cattle, fourteen hogs, four horses and speaks well of the State of Kansas, his health having
greatly improved since his residence here. ae

WILLIAM SHARP, farmer, Section 10, P. 0. Fall River, was born in 1805, in Tennes-
see, and clearly remembers the war of 1812. He removed from Arkansas in 1857 to Tecum-
seh Township, Shawnee County, and settled upon a farm some five miles from Topeka on
the Kaw River, where he remained until 1868, when he removed to his present home. He
has 160 acres, of which 70 are under plow, and he has raised corn, wheat and oats to good
advantage. He has had twelve children, ten of whom survive, and he has fifteen grand and
four great-grandchildren. During the war two of his boys were in the Union army. Mr.
Sharp’s mental and physical faculties are still clear and sound, as are those of his aged com-
panion and wife, and from his excellent memory he can recall and tell many interesting
reminiscences of frontier life.

J. A. SOMERBY, editor and proprietor of the Fall River Times, was born in Berlin,
Washington Co., Vt., March 26, 1821, and when eighteen years old went to Montpelier, where
he learned the printer’s trade, afterward completing it at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and subse-
quently worked upon the Boston Post and Bee. He was in the newspaper business for many
years in his native State on his own account, and in 1854 opened ajob office in Madison, Wis.,
and later conducted several newspapers; finally, in 1875, ran the North Star Hotel, in the
town of Viroqua, Wis., which he conducted for two years and then sold out, and then opened a
drug store, which he ran for two years. when he removed his business to Faribault, Minn.
We next find him in Elmwood, IIl., conducting the Herald and Chronicle, which he bought
out and again sold in 1876, and came to Kansas, locating at Howard, Elk County, where he
started the Kansas Rural as a four column weekly quarto. In July, 1881, he came to Fall
River as foreman of.the Fall River Times, subsequently buying outthe paper. He has great-
ly improved it. Its tone is independent in politics, and it has 400 subscribers. We have found
him an energetic, courteous and educated ee thoroughly up to his business, and are
much indebted to him for many facts and data and many courtesies extended to ourstaff of
compilers and agents. By a tornado June 28, 1865, in Viroqua, Wis., all his property, includ-
ing building and bookstore, newspaper office, etc., was entirely destroyed causing him a
loss of several thousands of dollars. ;

CHARLES SPRINGLE, watch-maker and jeweler, was born in New Orleans, La,, in
1846, and removed with his parents to Brownsville, Nemaha Co,, Neb., in 1856, and in March,
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1863, he enlisted -in oy C, Seyenth Jowa Cavalry, and engaged in frontier service.
Upon one occasion, he, and forty-eight men of his regiment were besieged at Jewelsburg, on
the Platte River, Col., by 1,000 Sioux and Cheyennes, and were relieved'on the third day by
reinforcements from ‘ort Cottonwood. While in the service be received a gunshot wound

, in the right knee. which has rendered him a cripple for life. He was mustered out at Fort
Leavenworth in June, 1866, and is now a United States pensioner. After leaving the army
he engaged for about six years in grist milling in. Rulo, Richardson County, Neb., and in
1874 he removed to this State, locating at Neodesha, where he built and ran a grist mill for
two years, when he sold out and moved to New Albany, where he opened a general store,
which he disposed_of in the spring of 1881, and in the same year, locating at I’all River, he
opened another store, his interest in which he subsequently sold to Mr. Willett, and has es-
tablished himself as the only watch-maker and jeweler in the city. His business is good and
constantly improving, as the town becomes larger. Mr. Springle is a widower, with one lit-
tle girl of five years, who resides with his parents at New Albany. He isa member of New
Albany Lede, No. 91, 1.0.0. F., and charter member of Fall River Post, No. 112, G. A, R.

ANSO. SWEET, proprietor Fall River House, is a native of St. Joe County, Mich,, and

was born June 23, 1844, and in November, 1863, at Mendon, Mich., enlisted in Company C,
Nineteenth Michigan Infantry, the ‘regiment being in Second BTR AAS, Third Division,
TwentiethCorps. He participated in the engagements at Resaca, Cassville, Lookout Mountain,
Kenesaw Mountain, Buzzard’s Roost, etc., and at Peach Tree Creek was wounded severely in
left temple by bullet, laying him up three months. He was mustered out at Jackson, Mich.,
July, 1865, and soon after he opened a grocery store in Mendon, which he sold out in 1866,
and removed to Vernon County, Mo., where he remained until 1869, when he came to Kan-
sas and located upon 197 acres, ‘situated upon Sections 9 and 10, Spring Grove Township. He
eneaect very successfully in farming and cattle dealing, and in November, 1881, purchased
the Fall River House for $000. This hotel had been erected in October, 1879, by Mr. Bulk-
ley, and since it has come into the possession of Mr. Sweet, he has enlarged and improved it.
It now contains about twenty rooms, and they, with the “cuisine” and general “menage”
are excellent, Mr.S. has rented his farm, and in addition to his hotel interests, has, since
January 1, 1881, been in partnership with Mr. Rowig, in the pioneer hardware store. THis

, cattle and stock interests are also large for this section, his annual shipments being from
thirty-five to fifty car loads, December 24, 1868, he married Miss Florentina Klontz, There
are three children, viz.: Flora, Lucretia and Ada. In 1876-77-78, Mr.S. was Justice of the
Peace, and has been School Treasurer for six years. He isa member of Charleston Lodge,
No. 161, I. 0. O, F., and of Greenwood Lodge, No. 163, A., F. & A. Mz

MICHAEL SWORD, farmer, Sections 12'and 13, P. O. Fall River. This gentleman was
born in Kentucky, in 1815, and is the pioneer settler of this region. He, with two
of his brothers, located in Jasper County, Mo., in 1839, and he assisted in the removal of the
Osage Indians, upward of 5,000 in number, from Osage River, Mo., to their reservation in
Kansas. This being successfully accomplished, he returned to Missouri, and engaged in
farming, trading and milling, and in 1857 built a mill on the site of that now owned by Mr.
Allen on-the banks of Fall River, Kan., he having secured the lands for that purpose from
the Indians with consent of the Government. Returning to Missouri in order to close up
his affairs there, ere bringing his family and effects to his new location, he was taken ill,
and his health remaining poor, he was unable to return’to Kansas until 1860, when he found
his‘buildings had been destroyed by fire. He rebuilt the house and, locating here, remained
until shortly after the breaking-out of the rebellion, when finding himself isolated, and in
consideration of his family’s wishes, he removed to Coffey County, where he engaged in mill-
ing until the close of the war, when he returned to Fall River and built the mill which he
ran until it was rented to his son Josiah, and after this sold to Mr. J.D. Allen. He has
been thrice married, and has been the father of twelve children, and has been made
the grandfather of twenty-nine and the oe een of four representatives of
the human race; his first marriage occurred in Kentucky, 1835, and he was united to his
present helpmatée in 1862. At present he has only sixty-five acres of his farm under culti-
vation, yielding an average for past ten years of fifty bushels of corn, and twenty-two of

- wheat. Mr.Sword was Justice of the Peace from 1866 to 1872, his present residence having
been built in the latter year ; he has always led a life of vigorous activity, and yet bears his
years as if he was still intent upon outliving many more of his descendants. - ;

CHARLES TIBBITS, farmer, Sections 7 and 12, P. O. Fall River, was born in 1852 in
Waushara County, Wis., his father, Mr. William Tibbits, being one of the early settlers of
that region, and who removed to Kansas with his family in 1869, locating upon a 200-acre
farm on.above sections. Since his decease the farm has been worked by the subject of this
sketch, his widowed mother residing with him; one hundred and twenty acres are under
cultivation, with an nt eg wheat yield of twenty-three bushels per acre, and corn fifty
bushels. About sixty head of cattle are usually kept. The orchard contains upward of
100 fruit trees; the residence, a well built two-story house, is situated on the slope of a hill.
Mr. Tibbits is married and has two children; he has been Treasurer of his School District
for several years and in 1881 was elected Treasurer of the township, and informs us that the
receipts for 1882 have been $750, and expenditures $608. Mr, William H. Tibbits isa painter,
is married and resides in Fall River. 5 = he!

_ J. E. WALTERS, Assistant County Surveyor and Principal of Fall River School, was
born in 1849 in Scotland County, Mo., and is descended paternally from an old English fam-
ily of that name, who came to America with the celebrated Daniel Boone. Mr. Walters’
father was a large slave-holder in Missouri, and came to Kansas with his family in 1854,
locating in Bourbon County, and shortly afterward, owing to -his well known Pro-slavery
princip! es, his house and other buildings were burned by the Free-State men in 1856.
The elder Walters returned to Missouri, and in 1861 entered the rebel army, but his son, the
subject of this sketch, remained in Kansas, and during the winter of 1858-59 worked for his
board, authough but nine years of age, and having early imbibed astrong antipathy to slavery
(having once been severely punished for teaching aslave to read), he enlisted when only thir-
teen years of age at Davenport, Iowa, May 13, 1862, in Company G, Twelfth lowaInfantry, and
continued in active service throughout the entire war, re-enlisting almost immediately upon
the. expiration of each term of service, and being successively in company.and regiment
named above, also in Company IF, Thirty-sixth lowa Infantry, Company F, Eighth Iowa
Cavalry, and Company G, Forty-sixth Jowa Infantry, being finally mustered out at Duvall's
Bluff, Ark., October 28,1865. He was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, by rifle
ball, in right shoulder, and with exception of the short time which he was thereby com-
pelled to spend in hospital, was petacmotn € in active service, participating in upward of
thirty regular engagements. ,The course taken by his father in espousing the lost cause, en-
tailed the loss of his property in Missouri and Kansas, which was confiscated by the United
States Government, and upon leaving thearmy Mr. Walters at once proceeded to teach school
in Appanoose County, Iowa, where he remained upward of four years. With the exception of
what assistance he had received from his mother in his childhood he has been entirely sclt-
taught, studying while in the army, and also while teaching others. In 1870, he located in
Washington County, Kan.,and engaged for several months in teaching and surveying, then
removing to Eureka, where he was employed as clerk in the drug storeof Wassam & Smith, and
in April, 1876, was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction, and upon the expi-
ration of his term of office resumed teaching, becoming Principal of the school here, and alsu
Assistant County Surveyor in 1882. Mr. Walters has been thrice married, and has been the
father of nine children, four of whom are now living. His family reside in Madison Town-
ship, this county, where he has property. He is a charter member of Fall River Post, No.
112, G. A. R., and also member of the Odd Fellows and Masonic bodies. He has recently
been appointed as United States Surveyor, and during the summer of 1883 will probably be
engaged in the survey of the land appropriated by the Government for a reservation for the
Ute Indians, Mr. Walters is an enthusiastic student of the natural sciences, and has made
some rare discoveries in Kansas fauna. In the American Journal of Arts and Sciences of
February, 1880, on pages 156 and 157, Prof. Williams, of Cornell University, he has an

interesting article on a rare species of ‘“ Proetus, P. longicaudus,” found by Mr. Walters on
the banks of West Creek in Greenwood County. Mr. Walters also discovered in the East-
ern portion of Greenwood and the northwest of Woodson Counties, covering hundreds of
acres, a Species of tree fern, the “Sigillaria” of naturalists, some of which were six feet in
dianieter, which are, according to Prof, Hay of Junction City, the largest specimens yet
known to the world of science. Mr. W. has contributed to Cornell University (Ithica, N.
Y.), and to several Kansas institutions, many fine and rare geological and mineralogical
specimens. In addition to which he has a cabinet of over 2,000 fine specimens.
“WILLIAM Q. WICKERSHAM, farmer, Sections 18 and 13, Township 28, Range 12, P.
O. Fall River, was born in Columbiana ‘County, Ohio, in 1836, and shortly afterward his par-
ents moved to Stark County, the same State. Tn 1859, he removed to Kansas, Tecathng upon
a farm in Anderson County, and in September, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Twelfth
Kansas Infantry, at Paola, and was mustered in as private. The regiment was detailed to
escort duty in Kansas ‘abd the Indian country, and he, with his. company, participated in
all its active service, including the Camden campaign and the engagement at Prairie De

‘Cunkle and Oaleshy continued their respective businesses.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Anne and Jenkins’ Ferry. He was mustered out as Sergeant in Lawrence in July, 1865.
Soon after this Mr. W. took a trip to Ohio, and spent the winter of 1867-68 with a surveying

arty on the plains, and in the spring of 1868 he settled upon his present farm in this county.
Fe has eighty acres on Section 18, Township 28 Range 12, upon which he resides, and sixty
acres of which are under cultivation. His orchard contains upwards of 300 fruit trees, on
Sections 7 and 12; he owns 160 acres improved, fifty acres being under cultivation, and
a residence and orchard. This latter farm he purchased in 1877, and is now rented. Jn ad-
dition to these two farms he has fifty acres on Section 13, and Mr. W. owns eighty acres in
Elk County. Mr, W’s. tax receipts for 1882, was $112. His corn yield is 45 to 60, wheat 20to
30, and oats 40 bushels per acre, Flax he finds does not pay. His stock at present consists
of 11 horses, 60 head of cattle and as many hogs. There are forty acres of excellent timber
on his Jand; as the Fall River runs through his farm, it is well watered, May a 1874, he
married Miss Kate Gilbreath, a native of Ohio, by whom he has four ebildren, all living,
Mr. W. was the first Treasurer of Salt Springs Township. He was also elected Justice of the
Peace in 1869, and has been Clerk of School District No. 31 for many years. He is a charter
member of Fall River Post, No. 112,G. A. R., and was its first Adjutant, and is one of the
leading agriculturists of this section.

MADISON.

The Madison of to-day is a new town on the Howard Branch of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway. Already it has a lusty life of its
own; yet, back of it is a closed page. Young Madison is the child of Old
Madison, and the parent town deserves a brief sketch before we pass to
the new." ;

Early in 1872, a log house was put up in the timber northwest of the
present town, and here E. Smith placed a stock of general merchandise,
and did business with the settlers sprinkled over the surrounding country.
Trade must have been better than expected, for shortly Green, Strails,
Cunkle and Oglesby built houses and began to do business. Then came a
quiet season, for the space on which the hamlet was located was too
narrow for a very extended village. So matters stood when the railroad
was built and New Madison came into existence.

Madison was laid out by the Madison Town Company, which was in-
corporated in June, 1879, with L. J. Cunkle President; 8. J. Wells, Secre-
tary, and W. Martindale, Treasurer. The first building erected in the new
town was the residence of W. H. Green. Shortly after, the stores which
had been in use in the old town, were removed to the new, and Green,
The first mar-
riage in the place was that of 8. F. Wickler and Miss Alice Smith ; the
first child born was a daughter of James Butler ; the first death that of
George Ivy. Physicians were plentiful in the new town—Drs. L. J. &L
W. Cunkle and A. Stanly showing their shingles to a suffering public.
Other professions gave in a representation from time to time, and now all
are fairly represented. :

post office was opened at Old Madison at an early day, and T. B.
McClure appointed Postmaster, a position which he retained until January
1, 1881, when W. O. Lunsford was appointed. The post office is located
in the News building.

School privileges have been freely accorded to the children of both
the old and new town, but a separate school building was not built until
the new town was laid out. The present schoolhouse was then begun and
rapidly completed. It is 26x36, and cost $1,100. Its first teacher was E.
Walters, who was succeeded by G. W. Kendrick, the present Principal.
Two departments are taught, the lower grade being in charge of a lady
teacher. The school now numbers 126 scholars.

The town now has a population of 300 andis rapidly growing. There
are two drug, two hardware and two general stores, three groceries, a,res-
taurant, harness and shoe-shop, a millinery store, a meat market, carpen-
ter-shop, hotel and grist-mill, the latter more particularly described
already. A number of substantial residences are already built and more
are in progress. Few towns of its age can look forward to a brighter
future than Madison, and those who have felt the hearty hospitality of her

‘citizens may well look on her encouragingly and wish her ‘‘God speed.”

CHURCHES AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS.

The Methodist Episcopal Church at this place was orgatized in the old
town by Rev. IH. P. Baker, and services were held with a good degree of
regularity. Upon the completion of the schoolhouse in the new town, it
was occupied for the services of this society until the completion of the
church building. This structure, a neat wooden one, was built at a cost
of $1,700, and was dedicated on October 22, 1882. The society now has a
membership of 20, and is in charge of Rev. J. C. Hull. .

A Sunday school, organized in the fall of 1879, has an average attend-
ance of 60, and is in charge of G. W. Kendrick.

The Methodist Protestant Society was organized in the county, and held
services there until the new town was built, when they removed to it, and
now hold services in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The church has a
membership of thirty-five and is in charge of Rev. A. A. MeMurray.

The Madison News was started on May 2, 1879, by W. O. Lunsford,
representing several parties desirous of promoting the growth of the town.
At this time, it was a six-column folio (22x35), and as such it ran-until

‘January 1, 1882, when it was enlarged to a seven-column sheet. It has a

circulation of 600 copies weekly, and is issued on Friday. The first few
numbers of this sheet were issued in old Madison, but the real existence of
the paper is one with that of the town it has materially helped to build up.
. Madison Lodge, No. 196, A., F. & A. M., was organized in the fall of
1880, with 1 membership of ten, and the following officers: W. H.
McKeaney, W.M.; W. Dunkerly, S. W. ; Philip Hayes, Secretary : Will
iam Milner, Treasurer. The lodge now has a membership of sixteen, and
the following officers: D.C. Callen, W. M.; Charles Moxley, 8S. W.; W.
Dunkerley, J. W.; W.R. Phenis, Secretary ; W. Milncr, Treasurer. Meet-
ings are held in the schoolhouse on Friday of each week, when the moon
is full, and every two weeks thereafter.
_, Madison Lodge, No.171, I. 0. 0. ¥., was organized in the fall of 1880,
with a mernbership of eight, and the following officers: S. B. Green, N.
G.; W. H. McKeaney, V. G.: W. 8. Mason, Secretary; A. 8. Stanley,
GREENWOOD COUNTY.

Treasurer. The lodge now numbers thirty-six, and has the following
officers: G. O. Lovett, N. G.; G. A. Abshire, V. G.; H. D. Porter, Sec-
retary ; W. H. Green, Treasurer. Meetings are held each Saturday even-
ing in the schoolhouse. The property of the society consists of regalia to
the value of $100, and $315 in cash.

_ The Madison Grist- Mil was built in the old town in 1878, and removed
in 1881 to its present location in the east part of the new town. In 1882,
it was sold by its builder, James Wilson, to Green & Harlan, who now run
it. It has two run of buhr stones—one for wheat and one for corn—and
can turn out 160 barrels of flour per twenty-four hours. ' Power is furnished.
by a3 ope of forty-five horse-power. he whole establishment is valued
at $3,000.

The Strong House was built in 1880, by a stock company organized for
that purpose, and known as the Madison Hotel Company. The officers of
this company were S. V. Bitler, President ; T. B. McClure, Secretary. “Mr.
G. O. Lovett has replaced Mr. McClure, but the company otherwise
remains as originally formed. The building, which cost $3,000, is one of
the best country hotels in Kansas. :

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—mADISON TOWNSHIP.

W. S. BITLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, P. 0. Madison, was born in Auglaize.
County, Ohio, in 1846, and isa son of Mr. Daniel Bitler, of Lyon County, who is mentioned else-
where in this work. He came to Kansas with his father in 1866, and located in this county in
March, 1880. Of his farm of 240 acres, ninety are under cultivation, with an average corn yield
of tifty bushels to the acre, which is used principally for feeding stock. He,iu partnership with
his father, Daniel Bitler, of Lyon County, usually carries from 300 to 700 head of cattle, and six-
ty to seventy-five hogs. His shipments of the former average twenty to twenty-five car loads an-
nually. His residence, a handsome two-story stone building, occupies a commanding position
upon rising ground, and is insured against fire in the sum of $1,600; his barns, etc., for $500,
whilst both farm buildings and residence are insured against the danger of a tornado in the sum
of $1,000 more. In 1874, Mr. Bitler married Misa Arminda Keith, and of their five children but
1wo survive—Ina, born November 22, 1879, and Ella, born December 22, 1881. Mr. Bitler is
School Director for his district, and takes a warm interest in the welfare of his adopted State and
county. ‘

DANIEL D. BLAKELY, farmer, Section 2, P. 0. Madison, was born in Hancock County,
Ind., in 1844, and is now one of Greenwood County's early settlers. His father, Mr. Samuel
Blakely, located in Jefferson County in 1857, and in 1858 moved to this county, locating upon the
farm (now occupied by the subject of this sketch) of 160 acres, Section 2, Township 22, Range 11,
ninety acres of which are at present under cultivation, with a yield of oats, thirty-five, and corn,

.. forty-five to fifty bushels per acre, and an excellent orchard of 300 trees. Mr, B. has 140 head of
cattle, forty hogs, and several horses and mules. During the war, he was a member of the State
Militia. The log house built by his father upon his first locating here, is still in good condition,
and iy at present reuted; the present Mr: B. having, in 1872, built a two-story frame residence,
which he occupies with his family. Mr.Samuel Biakely died in February, 1878. Mr. Blakely
married a daughter of Mr. J. R. Hensley, who came here from West Virginia in 1859, and owns
a farm of 160 acres on Section 4, Township 22, Range 11, seventy acres of which are under culti-
vation, Mr. Hensley was one of the judges of the election of 1859, when all the votes cast in
Madison Township only numbered thirteen. Mr. Blakely was Township Trustee in 1879-80, and

_ bas been a member of the School Board for the past thirteen years. His father was Justice of
the Peace for many years, during the early history of the township.

8. BRUMBAUGH, farmer, Sections 22 and 28, P. 0. Madison, is a descendant of the old
Penneylvania Dutch settlers, and was born in Miami County, Ohio, and has been a farmer from
boyhood. He came to Kanaas in 1870, and located upon his present improved farm, on Section 24,
since which he has added 160 acres not yet improved on Section 28. He has one-third of the
homestead farm under cultivation, and it is principally bottom land. His grain yield is very
good, corn averaging sixty, and wheat eighteen bushels per acre.
trees, and usually has about seventy-five head of cattle. In 1879, he built his present residence,
which is one of the finest on the Verdigris River. It is a two-story frame structure, containing
ten rooms, and cost upward of $1,500, and is situated upon a gentle slope, and the lawn in front
is ornamented with some fine young evergreens; his barns, etc., ara also superior to any in the
county. Mr. B, was married in 1860, and has four children—La Fayette, born April 20, 1865,
and-now attending the agricultural college at Manhattan; Fidelia, now nineteen years of age,
who algo attended the Manhattan College one year; Viola Bell and Aminda V.

JAMES M. BUTLER isa native of Perry County, Ind., and was born in 1848. His father,
A.J. Butler, moved from Munfordville, Ky., to Perry County, Ind., when he was eighteen years
old. There his father was married to his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Inahan, a native of
Indiana, In 1859, his father came to Kansas, and located upon a farm in Franklin County, near
what is called Dutch Henry’s Crosaing, a locality well known to the partisans of John Brown,
where he died in 1876. September 15, 1864, the subject of our sketch enlisted at Osawatomie in
Company L, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, and participated with his company in the operations
against Price, and also in frontier and plains duty until he was taken ill and confined in the hos-
pital at Fort Leavenworth until mustered out May 14,1865. He returned to Franklin County,
and in 1867 went to Lawrence, and from there to Butler County, where he remained until 1870,
when he located upon a farm situated just across the county line of Lyon County. Here he re-
mained until 1878-79, when he removed to this county, and at once opened a shop in Madison
which he has since conducted: His uncle and brother reside in Butler County, and during the
war times were members of the Tenth Kansas Regiment. Mr. B. was married August 9, 1874,
and has four children. He owns his residence and shop in Madison, and is one of the first set-
tlers of the new town. He isa clergyman of the first degree in the German Baptists, or, as they
are more commonly called, Dunkards, and takes a great interest in everything that pertains to
the welfare of the State and county. : ;

E. E. DODGE, farmer, Sections 20 and 28, P. 0. Madison, is a native of Boston, Maas., where
he was a locomotive engineer. He came to Kansas in 1869, and for the first three years located
in Lyon County, and was engaged in stock-raising. In 1872, he bought his farm here, and built
a fine two-story stone residence. The home farm is on Section 20, ‘Township 22, Range 12, and
contains ninety acres, thirty of which are under cultivetion only, for corn; on Section 28, Town-
ship 22, Range 12,are 160 acres. There are 320 acresin Section 4, Township 22, Range 12, which
are yet uncultivated. Mr. D. has devoted his attention principally to stock, and has usually from
150 to 175 high grade native cattle, mostly of his own raising. He raises annually about fifty
calves from a pure Durham bull which he bought in Illinois, at a cost of $250. It is seven years
old, and weighs 2,200 pounds. Mr. D.’s orchard contains over 200 apple.and peach trees of the
best varieties, In 1872, Mr. Dodge returned to Boston, where he married-Miss Mary E. Hartz;
they have five children, viz., Alice, William, Edward, Annie, three years of age, and an infant.
Mr. D. is Clerk of the School Board, a P. G. and Per. Sec. of Madison Lodge, No. 171 . 1.0. 0, F.
and is now filling for the second time the office of Trustee of Madison Township, in which capaci-:
ty he informs us that the average receipts of the township are about $700, and .expenditures,

chiefly on roads, are about $400, The total amount of taxable property in the Township in 1882

wag $369,576, and there were only 114 tax-payers. Number of horses in Township, 614; cattle,
4,773; sheep, 1,252; hogs, 933; acreage in corn, 4,946; wheat, 44; rye, 120; millet, 400; and 90
acres devoted to orchards, which contain a total number of 5,809 fruit bearing trees, and but
$225 of which was brought to market; peach, apple and cherry trees predominate in the order
‘named. There are 36,703 rods of fencing, principally wire, hedge and stone. = 4
WASHINGTON DUNKERLY, farmer, Sections 11 and 1, P. 0. Madison, is a native of
Fountain County, Indiana, and came to Kansas in the spring of 1871, locating upon his present
farm on Vérdigris River. He has now 100 acres of good bottom land under cultivation on Section.
11, Township 22, Range 11, with an average corn yield of fifty, and wheat, yield of twenty bush-
els to the acre, with millet fully three tons per acre. In 1877, he married Mra. A. Duncan, and
during the following year purchased forty acres on Section 1, Township 22, Range 11, from ths
A, T.&8. F. R. R. Go., about one-half of which is now under cultivation. Upon both his farms
are excellent orchards, containing in all about 500 good bearing trees, and both farms contain
substantial frame residences and'commodious barns. Mr. Dunkerly has but one‘child, yet in its
infancy. He isa charter member and 8. W. of Madison Lodge, No. 196, A., F. & A. M., and is a
member of the School Board of this District, No. 1. : es eh
W. H. GREEN, merchant, etc., was one of the early settlers here, and his residence, which
was moved from the old to the present town of Madison, was the first: and for a@ short time the
only house in town. He was born in 1844, in Miami County, Ohio, and enlisted at Covington,

He has a fine orchard of 200.

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Ohio, August 16, 1862, in Company B, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and upon the expi '
ration of his term of enlistment in 1864, re-enlisted in Company B, Eighth Ohio Cavalry. Hepar-
ticipated in the engagements at Knoxville, Dutton Hill, Lynchburg and Beverly (where he was
wounded in the head and captured, but made his escape a few hours afterward), and was with his’
regiment in all its activeservice until mustered out at Clarksburg, Va., May 30,1865. In 1867, Mr.”
Green came to Kansas, locating in this township where he engaged in farming until 1874, when’
he commenced business as general merchant, in the old town of Madison. In 1882, he purchased.
the grist mill of Mr, Wilson (built 1876), in Madison. It is a steam power (thirty-five horse)and

has a capacity, with two run of stones, of eighty bushels of corn and forty to fifty barrels of flour

per day, and is insured for $2,000. He is the owner of 880 acres in the county, divided into five’
farms, two uf which are improved, one of them, which is situated two and a half miles from Madi-’
son and is rented, contains 360 acres, 115 of which are under cultivation, with an average corn

yield of sixty-five bushels per acre. The other contains but eighty acres and is four miles from

town, and well improved ; both have good residences and outbuildings, insured. During the

summer of 1883, Mr, G built upon the corner of Third and Main streets a fine two-story store

of stone with iron front and plate-glass windows at a cost of upward of $2,500. He also owns

twelve town lots in addition to those occupied by his residence and stores, In 1865, be married’
Miss Mary Arnold, of:Onio, who has borne him seven children, viz.: Owen, born August 14, 1867;

David, September 17, 1869; Clara, December 18, 1871; Austin, January 15, 1873; Charles, March’
8, 1879, and two yet in infancy. Mr. Green isa charter member of Madison Lodge,171, I. 0. 0. F.;'
has been Treasurer of the school District and Town Company ever since his residence here; share-
ae and director of the Madison Hotel Company, and one of the leading men of the com-

munity.

SOLOMON B. GREEN, is a. native of Miami County, Ohio, and was born September 13, 1845,
and in Covington, Ohio, May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-seventh
Regiment Ohio State National Guards for 100 days, and upon the expiration of his term re-enlisted
in Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during his
term of service was principally engaged-upon detached and guard duty in and near the city of
Washington until the close of the war, when he was mustered out October 24, 1865. “In thespring
of 1866, he came to Kansas, spending the first year on the Cottonwood River Valley, and then _
moving into this county and locating upon the Verdigris River where Madison now
is; engaged in blacksmithing for six years. He now owns a farm near town and has
his shop rented, he in turn being engaged since 1880 in the livery business, having a
well equipped establithment, and keeping a better class of vehicles and animals than are
usually found in other than metropolitan stables. Mr. Green owns his residence and several
city lots, October 4, 1869, he married Miss Rachel Ann Harrison; they have three children liv-
ing and one dead; Medie Bell, born January 25, 1870, died May 28,1870; Orrin O., born June™
17, 1871; Gertrude, born December 23, 1875, and Walter J., born August 31,1878. Mr. Green is
the N. G. and Lodge Deputy of Madison Lodge, No. 171, I. O. 0. F., and has been Justice of the
Pcace for several years. ; : ie

JACOB HOLDERMAYN, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Madison, is one of the largest farmers in
Greenwood County, and also one of its most extensive cattle dealers. He was born in Mont-
gomery County, Ohio, in 1829,and when a young man removed to Illinois, and engaged in farming
until his removal to Kansas and settling upon his present place in 1867. He owns 3,200 acres in.
this county, 1,300 of which are in one tract, His residence, one of the finest in the county, is
situated upon the home farm in Section 21, Town 21, Range 12, of which 150 acres are under
cullivation, upon which corn is chiefly raised, Mr. Holderman keeping from 400 to 500 cattle, and
a large number of hogs. He ships about twenty-five to thirty car-loads of cattle annually, Mr.
and Mrs. Holderman have four children, viz.: Magdalene, Homer, Lot and Sherman. Two of his
farms, one titnated on the Fall River and another upon the Verdigris are rented. Mr. H. has
bever taken any public office, and although ever taking a warm interest in the welfare of his’
adopted State, and one of the most influential men of this vicinity, has ever reserved to himself the
right of being independent in politics.

EVAN J. B. JONES, farmer, Section 16, P. 0. Madison, was born in 1841, in Cardigan, Wales,
and came to this country when eighteen years of age. During the first two years after his arri-
val, he worked in the rolling mills of Portsmouth, Ohio, and upon a farm in Illinois until June
8, 1861, when, in Quincy, IIll., he enlisted in a company then being organized for the defense of
the ‘Union, and which was to have formed part of the Second Illinois Cavalry, but Mr. William
Rose, who was in command, was persuaded by Jim Lane to bring his men to Kansas, which he did,
and the subject of this sketch soon atterward became a member of Company F, Fourth Kanaas,
in which he remained until the regiment together with the Third Regiment became united as the
Tenth Kansas. He participated in all active service until the close of the fight at Prairie
Grove when he was shot in the left arm, necessitating amputation three inches below the shoul-
der. Upon recovery, he refused to be discharged, and acted as scout in Missouri, fur Col. Weir and
Gen. ‘Blunt until the Missourians found him out, after which he acted as messenger until
mustered out at St. Louis, Mo.,in 1863. He still, however, continued to act as scout for Gen.
Ewing until the close of the war, when he returned to Illinois, and was for some years engaged as
shepherd near Springfield. In 1869, he came to this county and obtained employment witb the
Hon. Witliam Martindale, in which he continued ‘until November 9, 1881, when he married
Mrs. Sarah J. Rose, and went to live onhis present farm, which he had purchased several years’
previously, but which he had rented until then. He has about eighty acres under cultivation,
and has raised corn to average fifty bushels per acre. He has no children of his own, but is as-
sisted in the work of the farm by his stepson. Mr. Jones isa United States pensioner at $24
per month, and although twenty years have passed since he lost his arm, would be one of the
first to respond, crippled as he is, should our country again require the services of all loyal citi-
zens in the field. i

GEORGE 0. LOVETT, was born in 1845, in the town of Lockport, Niagara Co., N. Y.,
and when yet a boy accompanied his p ‘rents to their new home in Iroquois County, Ill., where
he received his education and resided for fifteen years, engaged in farming and school teaching.
July 24, 1862, Mr. Lovett enlisted in Company A, Seventy-sixth Illinois Infantry,and participated -
in the siege of Vicksburg, the engagement at Jackson, where he was wounded by a ball in the
right thigh, and taken prisoner, but wasiexchanged four weeks afterward and rejoining his com-
pany, was at Mobile, where he was with his regiment in its charge upon and capture of the
enemy's works; he was mustered out May 24, 1865, at New Orleans, La., and is now a United
States pensioner. Upon leaving the army, Mr. Lovett returned to Illinois, andin April, 1878, came
to Kansas, and during his first year of residenco here taught school in Madison Township. He is
now the agent of six fire and one life insurance companies and is Notary Public. Hewas elected
Justice ot the Peace in February, 1880, and re-elected in 1882. He is a charter member of Madi-
son Lodge, No. 171, I. 0. 0. F. and Clerk of the School Board and also of the Town Company.

T. B. McCLURE, merchant, was born in Mahaska County, Iowa, in 1843, and, during his
residence in his native State was engaged infarming. He enlisted at Oskaloosa, Iowa, July, 1861,
in Company C, Seventh Iowa Infantry, and was a year in active service, béing discharged for dis-
ability, superinduced by a wound, in July, 1862. He came to Kansas in 1871, and, locating in
this township, engaged in farming until February, 1872, when he entered into business as a gen-
eral merchant in the old town of Madison, but, in'1874, sold his business and kept the hotel of
the town, He was appointed Postmaster in February, 1872, and continued to act as such until
after his removal here, when he resigned, December, 1880, and returned to farming until October,’
1282, when he went into business in his present stand, in partnership with Mr. Hall. His stock
of general merchandise is valued at $8,000, and is insured for two-thirds of that amount, in ad-
dition to which heowns a farng on Section 15 of 120 acres, partly improved. In 1864, he married
Miss Phebe J. Boles; Edwin, now thirteen years of age, is the only child. Mr. McClure isa
charter member of Madison Lodge, No. 196, A., F. & A. M., anda member of the Madison Town
Company; he is also a United States pensioner, and one of Madison's leading business men and
most influential citizens. ‘

~" AMOS MILNER, farmer, Section 22, P. 0. Madison, is a native of Hancock County, Ind.,
and a thorough practical farmer. In 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Ninety-ninth Indiana Vol-
unteer Infantry; was present at and participated in the hot work at Nashville, Vicksburg, etc.,
and was mustered out at Indianapolis in June, 1865. Mr. Milner came to Kansas in 1868, and
located upon his present farm of 200 acres, part of which is situated in Lyon County; bis resi-
dence, a very handsome one, facing the county road, but located upon the Greenwood County
side, where he has eighty acres under cultivation, averaging—oats, 40 to 50; wheat, 20, and corn,
45 bushels per acre. His orchard contains about 100 trees. He has 75 to 100 head of cattle, 40
hogs, and several horses. Mr. M. has been twice married and has two children. He has never
taken any office since his location in Kansas, but has given his entire attention to his agricul-
tural and stock interests.

J S. MORTLOCK, M. D., is a native of Huntington, England, where he was born in 1846,
but while he was yet a child, his parents emigrated to the United States, and located in Morris
County, IIl., where the Doctor received his elementary education. He first studied medicine at
Marseilles, IUl., and subsequently attended the Hahneman Medical College, Chicago, from which
he graduated in the spring of 1878, and began the practice of his profession in Chicago. In the
summer of 1882, he took a trip to Kansas for the benefit of his health, and while here was per-

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suaded to remain and practice. Dr. Mortlock is married, but has no children, and has rapidly
acquired an extensive and remunerative practice here, which is constantly increasing.
CHARLES MOXLEY, farmer, Section 16, P. 0. Madison, was born in September, 1833, in
Orleans County, Vermont, and came to this State first in 1870, but did not settle in it until 1872,
when he bought his present farm of 160 acres on Section 16, Township 22, Range 12, and pro-
seeded to make himself a home here. He has now a fine two-story frame residence, and a well
improved farm, his corn yield on the upland averaging forty bushels tothe acre. Wheat he
has found unremunerative; but he has paid attention to fruit raising, and has about 930 apple
trees, chiefly of the Wine Sap, Missouri pippin and Ben Davis varieties,and 500 peach trees, allin
good bearing, to which he has lately added several hundred young trees. His fruit last year in
the Madison and Emporia markets, yielded good returns as an investment. In August, 1862, Mr.
M. enlisted in Company F, Eleventh Vermont Volunteers, and participated, with his regiment, at
the battles at Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, etc.,and was mustered out April, 1865, He
was married in 1858 to Miss Harriet M. Hunt, and has three sons, viz., Edwin C., Henry G. and
Albert J. Mr. Moxley isa practical and successful farmer, and a member of the M. E. Church,
charter member and 8. W. of Madison Lodge, No. 196, A., F. & A. M., and has been Justice of the
Peace two terms. 7
J.R. PATTERSON, hardware merchant, firat commenced business in the old town of Madi-
son, in April, 1879, the first year of his residence in Kansas. He was born in 1854, in Manitowoc
County, Wis., and when a boy removed to Illinois with his parents, who located in Grundy Coun-
ty, where his father engaged in farming. Upon the location of the present town of Madison, he
moved his building here, and continued business in it until July, 1881, when he sold it and re-
moved his stock to his present building, on the corner of Third and Main streets. In addition
to his well assorted and complete stock of general hardware, he has a large stock of agricultural
machinery, and also of household furniture, to the value of $5,000, fully insured, Although yet
a young man, and but a few years a resident in Kansas, he has already placed himself in the front
ranks of those who compose the commercial part of this portion of Greenwood County.

DANIEL PEES, boots and shoes, is a native of Saarbruck in Prussia, born 1832, and came
to the United States in 1849, locating in Port Washington, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, where he re-
sided for thirty years, November 13, 1862, he enlisted in Company ©, Fifty-eighth Ohio In-
fantry, and particlpated in the engagements at Forts Donelson and Henry, and Shiloh, Corinth,
Memphis, etc. Ho was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, in October, 1865. He was married in
1860 to Miss Caroline Doll, and has five children. Mr. Pees came to Kansas in the beginning of
April, 1879, and at first located upon a farm in this county, on the Verdigris River, but in the
fall of that year he built his present house in Madison and soon afterward, renting his farm, he
removed to town and commenced business. He now employs three good workmen, who are kept
constantly busy. He owns three buildings on Main street, two of them being two-stories, in one
of which he himself lives, whilst the others are rented as stores and residences and are all fully
insured. Mr. Pees is a member of the G, A. R. and is also a charter member and officer of Madi-
son Lodge, No. 171, I. 0. 0. F.

SOLOMON PHENIS, farmer, Section 13, P. 0. Madison, is one of the oldest settlers of this
region. Born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1817. His parents removed to Indiana in 1823, and
in_1855 he, with five of his neighbors from Hamilton County, that State, started for Kansas,
making the journey by ox-team in thirty-four days; and locating upon the banks of a small
stream, which has ever since been known as “ Phenis Creek,” upon the north line of what wag
then Madison County, but subsequently became part of Lyon. The party was joined during the same
year by a brother of Mr. Phenis (Judge J. R. Phenis) and several of his former neighbors, thus
forming quite a settlement. Lawrence was then their nearest post office and the mail was de-
livered weekly by carriers from that city, the settlers here paying him at the rate ofa dollar per
month for each family. This continued until the post office was established at Emporia. In
1860, Mr. Phenis was thrown from his horse and his thigh bone broken, which, being imperfectly
set, owing to no medical man being at hand, has rendered him a cripple for life, and in spite of
of his earnest desire to do so, prevented his entering the army. In 1863, he removed to this
eounty, locating on a farm on Section 25, Town 22, Range 12, this township, where he remained
until October, 1880, when he sold it and removed to his present one, which is nearer town, and
upon which he has built a very fine house, the interior of which is very conveniently arranged
and thoroughly furnished throughout, costing $1,500. Nearly half of his present farm is under
cultivation, his corn yield being fifty-five bushels per acre. In 1839, Mr. Phenis married Miss
Sarah Coats, who bore him thirteen children, the eldest of whom, Cyprus, bora May 23, 1841, en-
listed May 13, 1862, in Company B, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and served three years, being dis-
charged May 18, 1865, and who, while upon his return home, was taken ill, and died at Emporia
upon the anniversary of his birth, May 23, 1865. The remaining nine children now left to Mr.
Phenis are Esley, born August 28, 1842; John Newton, born June 11, 1847; Isaac, January 23,
1848; Charles, February 14, 1850; William R., April 14, 1852; Evangeline, April 2, 1854; Nina,
January 23, 1858; Hannah, February 28, 1861; and Ellsworth, April 21, 1862. All save the
youngest are married, and all reside in the State and have made the subject of this sketch a
grandfather no less than twenty-two times. Mrs. Phenis died October 11, 1876, and on January
18, 1877, he married his present consort, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, nee Harrison, who is also one of
the earlier settlers of the State. Mr. P. has never cared to accept any office, and, although twice
elected County Commissioner, refused to serve; upon the last occasion, although compelled to
qualify in order to satisfy the desires of his friends, he resigned the next day. His brother, I. R.
Phenis, is Probate Judge of the county.

HORATIO PRITCHARD, farmer, Section 12, P. 0. Madison, was born in Madison County,
Ind., February 10, 1838. In the fall of 1857, his father, Benoni Pritchard, left Haucock County,
Ind., with his wife, three children and a hired man named Bailles, and with two cows and two
yoke of oxen brought their “schooners” to an anchor upon his present farm, after a voyage of
five weeks. In passing through Missouri, they experienced great difficulty in getting provender
and provisions. Corn cost a cent an ear, and a small sheaf of oats about twelve inches long sold
for from 25 to 50 cents. For some time after arriving here, there were but eight families in
the township, Burlingame was the nearest place to go to mill, and Leavenworth the nearest
supply depot, Mr. Harris the elder died in 1872, The subject of this sketch, April 19, 1863, was
married to Miss Frances M. Norton, daughter of the first Clerk of Greenwood County. One child
has died in infancy, and those now surviving are William H., born March 2, 1864; Charles D.,
October 19, 1865; Dora A., November 10, 1867; Braton H , February 21, 1869; J. Edward, August
20, 1871; Effie L., February 14, 1873; Ella M., April 27, 1874; Martin C., November 2, 1875; Ber-
tha B., July 2, 1877; Lena M., January 18, 1879; Fanny E., September 3, 1881. Mr. Pritchard's
farm contains 120 acres in Section 12, and 160 in Section 14. There are 120 acres in cultivation
upon the bottom lands of the Verdigris. Corn yields sixty to seventy-five bushels per acre, and
other grains in proportion. He raises a great many cattle and hogs, His orchard contains
about 200 good, fruit-bearing trees. Although Mr. P. is one of the oldest settlers now here, he
has studiously avoided office, save upon the School Board of his District, No. 1, but has ever
taken a warm interest in the welfare of the county, and is considered one of the most prosperous
farmers of this region.

DR, A. STANDLEY, physician and surgeon, is a native of Greene County, Ind., and born in
1838, but when a child his parents removed to and settled upon o farm in Appanoose County,
Iowa, where he was brought up. He first came to Kansas in 1860, and remained in this county
a little over a year, and, upon his return home, enlisted in Indiana in Company L, Twenty-cighth
Regiment First Indiana Cavalry. He was in active service with the regiment until the expira-
tion of his term of enlistment, and was mustered out at Indianapolis, Ind., in August, 1863, He
thereupon returned to Iowa, and in the fall of 1865 again came & this county, marrying the
daughter of Dr. Raybell; he studied medicine with his father-in-laW, and has now been practicing
his profession for the past twelve years. He is married and the father of several children; owns
his residence and other property in town ; is a member of the Madison Lodge, No. 171, I. 0. 0. F.
and is the examining physician of the F. & M. M. B. A. z

ALPHONSO STREHLE, grocer, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, being born in 1844; but

when he was seven years of age, his parents emigrated to this country, locating upon a farm
near Three Oaks, Mich., where they still reside. Mr. 8. came to Kansas in 1870, and settled upon
a farm near Bazaar, Chase Co., where he remained for a time, when he removed to Cowley Coun-
ty, and finally, in 1873, located in Greenwood County, engaging in business in the old town of
Madison, and removing with the town upon the location of it upon its present site, and, although
one or two others were in business here before him, they have left the. town, so that his is now
the oldest established store in town, In March, 1864, he enlisted at Three Oaks in Company E,
Twelfth Regiment Michigan Infantry, and served with his regiment upon frontier duty, princi-
pally in Arkansas, until mustered out at Camden, Ark., in April, 1865. He is married and has
three children. Mr. Strehle carries a stock of about $1,000 in groceries, etc., which, together
with the building and his residence, is insured for about two-thirds the value. He has also an
interest with Mr. H. J. Davis in the flour and feed business; they carry a stock of from $600 to
$800, and both branches of business are doing a good trade, which is constantly increasing.

J. B. THOMSON, druggist and stationer, was born in New Liverpool, on the St.

Lawrence river, Province of Quebec, and but a few miles from that Gibraltar of Canada. His
parents came to the United States while he was yet young, and settled in Oldtown, upon the

HISTORY OF KANSAS

Penobscot River, in Maine, where he was educated. He was for several years the book-keeper of
a large manufacturing firm in New Lebanon, N. H., and later was, with his brother, engaged in
engineering, etc., in the oil regionsof Pennsylvania. He came to Kansas in November, 1873,
and was engaged in school teaching until he commenced business in his present location, in De-
cember, 1879. He owns his store and residence, and carries from $900 to $1,200 worth of goods,
and stock and building are fully insured. Mr. Thomson is married and has four children. Heis
a member of the Knights of Honor, and has for the past three years been one of the Board of
School Examiners. He has steadily eschewed all, even local, politics, although taking a warm
interest not only in Madison, but also in the welfare of his adopted State. —

A. C. WATROUS, farmer, Section 1, Township 11, Range 22, P. 0. Madison, and who is more
familiarly known as “ Chet,” has been a resident of Kansas since 1856, and took an active part in
the war for the Union, and in the later Indian troubles, having been one of Custer's trusty
scouts. He was born in 1836, in Athens County, Obio, and in 1840. his father, Mr. Horace Wat-
rous, and who is now a resident of Coffey County, Kan., removed with his family to Wisconsin,
where he remained until 1856, when the family came to this State, locating upon a farm in Cof-
fey County. In April, 1862, the subject of this sketch was one of a company of volunteers raised
in that county, but, finding the call had been already filled, and that no more men were then
wanted from this State, be went to West Union, Fayette County, Ohio, where he enlisted in Com-
pany F, Third Iowa Infantry, and served in that regiment until after the first siege of Corinth,
when he was detailed to Battery C, First Brigade Missouri Light Artillery, in which he remained
till mustered out with rank of Sergeant at Davenport, Iowa, April 5, 1865. He was wounded by
a shot in the right knee at the siege of Vicksburg, and also in the shoulder, at the Hatchie River.
After leaving the army, he returned to Coffey County, where his father had some time previously
established an Indian trading-post, to which he soon after added two others, one at Elk City,
and the other in this county, in what is now known as Greenwood City. Establishing himselfat
the Elk City post, he continued therein until October, 1868, when he enlisted in Col. Crawford's
Regiment, the Nineteenth Kansas, and assisted in quelling the Indian troubles, and subsequently
acted as scout for Gen. Custer, and also as Government Interpreter in Texas and Mexico, he hav-
ing acquired a thorough knowledge of the language of several of the Indian tribes. Shortly af-
ter returning to Kansas, he located in Shell Rock Townehip, where he continued until 1882, when
he sold his farm there, and removed to his present one of 320 acres, half of which is in Green-
wood, and the other half in Lyon County. He has seventy acres under cultivation, and has re-
cently erected a residence, barns, etc. December 25, 1870, Mr. Watrous married Miss Anna F.
Pierce; they have three children—Minnie, Linton and Adelbert. His brother, Mr. John Wat-
rous, is the editor and proprietor of the Independent, published weekly at Burlington, Coffey
Co. Mr. W. hasa relic of the late war. in the shapeof a finger ring with two hearts carved upon
it, the material being a piece of the oak tree, under the branches of which, at Vicksburg, Col.
Pemberton.surrendered to Gen. Grant. The ring was cut and carved by —— Bush, of the Mie-
sori Battery, and who had learned the art during hie two years’ confinement in Libby. While
residing in Shell Rock Township, Mr.Watrous was for several years a member of the School
Board. He is also Lieutenant Colonel of the G. A. R., having been elected in Topeka, during tho
re-union there in September, 1882. ‘‘ Chet” is an excellent farmer, as well as a trader,ycout and
soldier, and still retains an upright, soldierly carriage and bearing.

A. WHERMAN, merchant, is a native of Germany, but in 1848, when he was but three
years of age, his parents emigrated to the United States, and settled in Warren County, Mo.
He first engaged in business as a grain and commission merchant, io Carrollton, Mo., continuing
therein until 1879, when he removed to Kansas and located upon a farm of 280 acres in Section
12, this township. In the fall of 1880, he rented his farm and commenced business in his present
stand on Main street, Madison. He bas now a large stock of harness, hardware, etc., valued at
$2,500, and employs a competent, practical harness-maker, who is kept constantly busy. He now
owns two stores in town, which, with his stock, are fully insured.

’ HH. A, WICKER, blacksmith, is a native of North Carolina, born in 1826, but was brought
up in Indiana, whither his parents removed when he was yet bat a boy. December 15, 1849, he
married Miss Amanda E. Jackson, and has two children living—Sylvester F., who was born in
1852, and is now married, and resides in town; and Mrs. Viola Flock, born in 1856, who
isalso a resident of this county. Mr. Wicker came to Kansas in 1857, locating in Miami County,
and at Stanton, September 18, 1862. He enlisted in Company D, Twelfth Kansas Infantry,
and participated in the engagement at Prairie de Ann, April 13, 1864, »nd also at Saline
Bottom, April 29 and 30,1864, and was mustered out June 19, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark. After a
residence of two years in Butler County, Mr. Wicker located in this township in December, 1873,
and for some time his was the only forge in this vicinity. He owns his residence and shop, aod
although opposition has come with the location of the new town, continues to have a good run of
custom,

SEVERY.

Severy is located at the junction of the Howard Branch of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway with the St. Louis & San Francisco
road, and was laid out on January 7, 1879, by the Arkansas Valley Town
Company. It is the successor of old Severy, which stood a few hundred
feet south. The first building on the town site was the store and residence
combined of R. Dodds. A.’ R. Tomlinson arrived on the scene soon after
and lived in a tent until his blacksmith shop was completed. The first
ee store was opened by E. Ellingson, who was followed by W. M.

tewart, liveryman; N.8. McDonald, physician, and H. C. Reece, attorney.
Wedding bells were first used to celebrate the nuptials of William Whitten-
hall and Miss Ella Weir. The firstchild born in the town was Myrtle Hal-
sey; the first death, a baby boy of Mrs. Green. The first hotel was opened in
February, 1880, by Weir & Whittenhall. A Union Sabbath school was
organized soon after the organization of the town and has now an attend-
ance of over one hundred.

The town was duly incorporated in April, 1879, and proceeded to the
election of officers, E. Ellingson being elected Mayor. The following
is R. Z. Swegle was elected to the Mayor’s office and re-elected in 1882.

. F. Gibson was elected City Clerk in 1881. This position is now vacant.
_In January, 1882, the town received a severe blow in the presence of
a virulent form of small-pox. This dreaded disease broke out in one of
the hotels and spread rapidly. By March it had run its course and disap-
peared, but the many vacant places told the story of its work. In the
house of Mr. Wells four daughters died; in other points in town, Rev. I.
N. Locke, pastor of the Congregational Church, Joseph Reed, a mason,
and Alfred Berial, a carpenter. It is hard to picture the effect of such a
scourge in a new and hopeful town. Trade was paralyzed, and even yet
has not fully recuperated.

The first post office near Severy was located at R. T. Bullock’s about
two miles west of the present town. Thence it was moved to the old
town when that began to have a separate existence, and in 1879, when the
new town was formed, it was again removed. On this removal the name
was changed to city of Gould, but this was a year later restored to the
name of Severy, which the town had held throughout. The first Post-
master in the new town was R. Dodds, who held the office until May, 1880,
when it was conferred upon the present official, Samuel Lybarger.

Old Severy had no public schools, and the new town was in the same
condition until 1882, when a neat building, having four rooms and costing
$4,000, was erected. School exercises were begun on October 1 of this

ear, with an attendance of one hundred and fifty, in charge of R.
hacher and G. R. West. As the town grows the two rooms now unused
will be put in requisition and a full corps of teachers engaged.
GREENWOOD COUNTY.

The town now has a population of three hundred and is growing quite
rapidly. Its industries may be summarized as follows: General stores, 7;
hardware, 2; drug, 2; hotels, 2; furniture, 1; lumber yards, 1; harness shops,
1; meat market, 1; livery stables, 2. Besides these are churches, schools and
other organizations more particularlv mentioned already, the whole mak-
ing a live and growing town.

CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, ETC.

The Congregational Church owns the only church building in the
town. Begun in 1880, it was finished in 1881, at a cost of $1,600. Its pas-
tor at that time and up to his death in 1882, was Rev. I. N. Locke. The
church numbers nearly thirty members. As yet no minister has been
called and the meetings of the society are irregular. It is probable that
at an early day a re-erganization will be effected and the work so well
begun carried to a fitting conclusion.

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Severy was organized in the
country, about three miles from Severy, and held services in a schoolhouse
until its removal to the town in 1881. Services were held at irregular
intervals by Rev. Dr. Toner, of Fredonia, and later by Rev. Mr. Wheat, of
Eldorado, but the society has no regular pastor. The church membership
1s about twenty.

Twin Groves Lodge, A., F. d A. M., U. D., has as yet no charter.
and therefore no number. It was organized on March 25, 1882, with a
membership of eighteen, and the following officers: Albert Cutter, W.
M. ; N.S. McDonald; 8. W.; H. Cottrell, J. W.; B. B. Finch, Secretary ;
8. 8. Coleman, Treasurer. Meetings are held on the first and third Thurs-
day of each month in the Masonic Hall. ‘

Ridgley Lodge, No. 202, I. 0. O. F., was organized on May 23, 1882,
with the following officers: 3B. B. Finch, N. G.; J. M. Eagan, V. G.; R.
Z. Swegle, Secretary ; C. E. Arnold, Treasurer. Meetings are held on
Monday of each week in the Odd Fellows’ Hall.

Parson Brownlow Post, No. 79, G. A. R., was organized on June 24,
1882, with a membership of forty-one, and the following officers: OC. H.
De Ford, P. C.; W. W. Redford, 8. V. C.; J. W. Beecher, J. V. C.;
William Dunham, Q.; Isaac Wyant, O. D.; R. Z. Swegle, O. G. ; William
Rowley, I. G. The membership of the post is now forty-six. Meetings
are held on the first Wednesday of each month in the Odd Fellows Hall.

The Severy Pioneer was started in March, 1880, as a four-page five-col-
umn Republican weekly. Two months later, it was emlareed. to an eight-
page paper, retaining the same owners—Gettys & Drake. On October 1,
1881, Drake sold out to Dixon, Price & Wood. January 1, 1882, Gettys
sold out to R. P. Dixon, and a month later Dixon, who now was sole
owner, sold out to J. A. Garner. A few months later, Garner in turn sold
out to M. F. Gibson, who now runs the paper. Its circulation is 500.

The Commercial House was built in old Severy by a Mr. Lindsay, and
removed to the present location on the building of the new town. The
second hotel in the town was built by P. L. Holloway, and ran until the
fall of 1881, when it was closed. The Pacific Hotel was built in 1880, and
occupied by Wells & Son, until closed by the small-pox in 1882.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—SEVERY TOWNSHIP.

J. W. BEECHER, grocer and coal merchant, was born in 1847, in Maidstone, Kent
County, England, and at ten years of age came to this country with his father, who settled
in Sherman, Chautauqua County, N. Y., where the puibleet of thissketch enlisted June 8, 1863,
in Company E, One Hundred and Twelfth New York Volunteer Infantry. His regiment
was attached to/the First Brigade, Second Division Twenty-fourth Army Corps, and he partic-
cee with it in the battle of Fort Wagner, expedition to Florida, of Cold Harbor, siege of

etersburg, Drury’s Bluff, Deep Bottom. Chapin’s Farm, Fort Harrison, and twice at Fort
Fisher, assisting in capturing it; the battle of the Wilderness, etc.,and was mustered out at
Buffalo, N. Y., June 27, 1865. Upon leaving the army he was engaged for some years in
sinking oil wells in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, remaining there until January, 1870, when
he removed to Kansas and settled upon a farm on the Ver igris River, where he remained
one year, when he sold out and moved to Section 20, Town 27, Range 11, in Fall River Town-
ship. Upon the building of the Howard branch of the A., T. &S. FR. R., he rented his
farm and came to town, and entered the store of Mr. Ellingson as clerk, remaining there
until April, 1880, when he opened acoal yard, which he still continues, and in 1882 he
opened his present store of fancy groceries, fruit, etc. May 1st, 1881, he married Miss Rosa
A. Huff. They have one child, Thomas, born May 21, 1882. Mr. Beecher is Road Overseer
of this district, and Adjutant of Brownlow Post, No. 79,G. A. R. | ;
fs HER, M. D., was born in Monroe County, Ind., in 1853. He is a graduate
of the State University, of Indiana, and the Medical eae of Ohio, in the winter of 1872
and 1873, He commenced the practice of his profession in Newberry, Ind., in the spring of
the latter year, and continued there until 1875, when he returned to the same college and
completed a course in obstetrics. He continued the practice of medicine in his native State
until August, 1882, when he came to Kansas and located, and as many of his former patients
had settled in this county, he speedily acquired a lucrative practice. In 1874, Mr. Butcher
married Miss Mary A. Slinkard, of Indiana. They have but one child—Austin V., who was
born in June, 1875, per: s

J. W. CAREY, hardware merchant, is the oldest representative of his line of business
in town, which he first opened in the spring of 1881. He is a native of Indiana, born 1842,
and in 1851 removed to Iowa, in which State he resided for twenty years, being alternately
cnaged in agriculture and store-keeping. This was his first business location in Kansas,
and in ten days from the time he commenced had his store built and stocked. His stock is
now valued as $4,000, and together with the building is fully insured. He came to Kansas
first in 1871, and located upon his present farm of 160 acres, on Section 1, to which ‘he has
since added eighty acres on Section 2. He has raised for the nine years prior to going into
business, corn and cattle principally. His farm contains dn. excellent orchard of fifteen
acres. In the fall of 1862, Mr. Carey married Miss Annie Livingood. They have four ehil-
dren living—Lillie, Frank, Maud and Edith. Mr. C. has been Township Treasurer several
terms, on the School Board almost incessantly. Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and one of the Board of Trustees chosen by the Methodist Episcopal body, to erect
a $1,500 edifice here. :

J. D. CLARK, druggist, is a native of Chemung County, N, Y., and upon leaving school
was for some years employed in a merchandise store in the city of Elmira. He came to
Kansas in the fall of 1878, after a residence of four years in California, locating at first in
Eureka. He was for two years in the drug store of Dr. J. M. Smith, as dispensing clerk, and
in 1880 he came to Severy, built his present fine store on Maine street, and at once opened
with a stock of medicines, surgical instruments and fancy goods, which he is constantly
adding to. His stock is now valued at $3,000, and together with the building is fully in-
sured. He also owns several town lots, and a residence in town, and is being well patron-
ized.

S. §. COLEMAN, merchant, is the first man who opened a general store in the town of
Severy, and is a native ef Christian County, Ill. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1873,
and located first near Bellemont, Woodson County, where he engaged in farming, and also
opened a store in Bellemont, which he sold out in 1875, and removed to Twin Falls, where
he engaged in business, and upon the first survey of the town site of Severy, opened a store

there, in which he continued about a year, when he sold out his interest in it and removed

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to his farm. In the course of time he returned to town and bought the hotel building
erected by Mr. Weir, but he has now pone out of hotel keeping, and confines his attention
only to the interests of his store and farm. The former contains a well assorted stock of
eee merchandise, and is valued at $8,000, insured for $6,000. His farm of 160 acres on

ection 1, Town 28, ange 10,and which was formerly the old Holloway nursery, contains
an orchard of upwards of 1,100 assorted fruit trees. He has forty acres under cultivation, in
wheat and corn, yielding fair average returns; his residence on farm and other buildings
there and in town being insured. Mr. §. has a family of five children. Being in Terre Haute,
Ind., in 1461, he, on June 7, enlisted in Company H., Fourteenth Indiana Infantry, and par-
ticipated in almost all the heavy work of his company. He was at Fredericksburg, Chan-
cellorsville, Antietam and the Wilderness (where he was wounded in left hand and shoul-
der), the seven days’ fight at Richmond, and at Gettysburg, where he was again severely
wounded, this time in head behind right ear, and in June, 1864, he was mustered out at In-
dianapolis, Ind. Mr. Coleman is a member of the Freemason fraternity, and although often
solicited since his residence in Kansas, has steadily refused to withdraw his attention from
his business and accept any public office.

CAPT. C, H. DEFORD, farmer, Section 17, Town 27, Range 10, P.O. Severy, was born in
Jefferson County, Penn., in 1845, and, when ten years of age, his parents removed to Alabama,
he being educated in Florence, Ala. In July, 1862, he enlisted at Nashville, Tenn., in Com-
pany H, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, the regiment being for some time after he became part of
it engaged in a sort of guerrilla warfare against the rebel Gen. Forrest until it became part
of the Army of the Cumberland. Capt. Deford was in the engagements at Jackson, Tenn.,
Salem, Miss., and Ruckerville, Miss., and his company subsequently formed part of the bat-
talion which was sent to Helena, Ark., and was there placed under command of Gen. Bu-
ford. Whilst the regiment was at Lagrange, the subject of this sketch being then a private,
was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant for gallantry and merit, and transferred
from his own company to Company A, shortly after which he became First Lieutenant, and
whilst at Helena, Ark., he was placed in command of the battalion made vacant by the
death of Capt. Hodges. Remagning in Helena some months, he, with his command, was
then ordered to join his regiment at Nashville, where he arrived in time to.participate in
the fight, after which he was engaged upon scouting duty, being at one time in the saddle
almost constantly for fifty days. He was mustered out at Pulaski July 26, 1865, with the
rank of Captain. Shortly after leaving the army, he went to Ashley, Il]., where he engaged
in mercantile pursuits, and then in the manufacture of woolen goods, removing to Ten-
nessee in 1869, and ees the same business there until 1881. when he came to Kansas,
and locating in Severy opened a general store, which he conducted for upwards of a year,
when he sold out to Mr, Black and purchased his present improved farm four miles from
town. Being upland, his corn yield is only about forty bushels per acre, and wheat twenty.
He has a large apple and peach orchard in excellent condition. His substantial farm build-
ings and commodious, well-furnished residence being, with their contents, well insured.
Mr. Deford will enter extensively into the ere and cattle business generally, pur-
posing to enlarge his farm for that purpose. In 1866, he was married to Miss Boyd, who
died in 1878, leaving him five children, four of whom survive—James W., born in 1867;
Harry B., born in 1869; Lizzie G., born in 1872; May, born in 1875. In 1879, Mr, Deford
married Miss Maria E. Howell, who has borne him one child—Henry, bornin 1880. Capt.
Deford is J. D. of Severy Lodge, A., F. & A. M.. and he was the originator and leading
spirit in the formation of Brownlow Post, No. 79,G. A. R., of which he was the first Post
Commander, an office to which he has since been re-elected.

WILLIAM DUNHAM, Justice of wae Peace and general agent, is a native of Mercer
County, Penn., and was born in 1841, and when twelve years of age removed with his par-
ents to the town of Andrew, Jackson County, Iowa, at which place the subject of this
sketch enlisted September 28, 1861, in Company M, Second Iowa Cavalry. He participated
with his regiment in the engagements of New Madrid, Tiptonville, Island No. Ten, Fort Pillow,
Iuka and siege of Corinth, afterward being with Gen. Grierson in his famous raids in Mis-
sissippi, and was mustered out as veteran October, 1865, at Selma, Ala. Mr. Dunham is a
United States pensioner, having been wounded severely in the right shoulder. Upon leav-
ing the ariny, he returned to Iowa and engaged in farming until 1871, when he came to
Kansas, locating on a farm on Otter Creek, this county, then opened a new farm on the
prairie, where he remained until the town of Severy sprang into existence, when he
removed into town and opened his office as Justice. Subsequently he became agent for five
different sewing machine companies, the Marcy Organ Company, two fire insurance compa-
nies, and two life insurance companies. Mr. Dunham married, September 1, 1868, Miss Mary
J. Reed, of Andrew, Iowa. The children are Harry C., born July 20, 1869; Clara B., born
epee er 17,1873; Ruie A., born February 8, 1876; Roger, born November 16, 1878, and
Dollie M., born September 5, 1882. Besides his office, Mr. Dunham owns three residences
and lotsintown, Heis Justice of the Peace, Quartermaster of Brownlow Post, No. 79, G.
A. R., Treasurer of Ridgley Lodge, No. 202, I. 0. O. F., and is a member of the City Council.

JOSEPH ENTERKIN, merchant, was born in 1825 in the town of Girvan Ayrshire,
Scotland, and upon leaving school was apprenticed to the trade of a cooper in the old his-
torical town of Ayr so often mentioned in the poems of Burns. In due time, Mr. Enterkin
established a cooperage of his own in his native town, which he conducted until the sprin
of 1853, when he emigrated to the New World, and, upon landing in New York, remaine
there about a year, working at his trade. Inthe fall of 1854, he removed to Wayne County,
Ill., where he engaged in the dual occupation of farmer and cooper. In September, 1861, he
enlisted in Company M, Fifth Illinois Cavalry, as Bugler, and was shortly afterward made
Staff Bugler to Col. Hall Wilson. His regiment was attached to Gen. Curtis’ division of the
army, and he remained with it until mustered out in October, 1862, under-an order from
the War De uty discharging all non-commissioned staff officers. Mr. Enterkin then
returned to Warne County until the fall of 1865, when he moved to Kansas and located
upon what was then the Osage Indian Reserve upon Otter Creek, this county, and still
retains 160 acres, it being now part of Section 18, Town 27, Range‘1l. Upon the surveying of
the town of Severy, he removed to town, and at once erected the building he now occupies
as a residence and store, stocking the latter with $8,000 worth of choice groceries. Upon
first coming to Kansas, Mr. Enterkin was one of the originators of the formation of the M.
E. Church Society in his district, and for many years services were held in his house, while -
he resided on the farm on Otter Creek. In 1850, Mr. Enterkin was married in Scotland to
Miss Janet Logan, who has borne him children as follows—James (born August 22, 1852, and
now married and residing on the old homestead), Jessie (born June 1, and now the wife of
Mr. John E. Willis, lawyer of Washington Territory), Sarah (born February 14, 1857, and
died October 6, 1867), Thomas (born in 1860), Margaret J. (born in November, 1862), Mary C.
(born April 14, 1865). In addition to his original farm, since sold to his eldest son, Mr.
Enterkin owns 440 acres adjoining it, 170 acres of which are under cultivation, with an
average, for fifteen years, wheat yield, of twenty bushels per acre, and of corn sixty-five
bushels. He also has 175 head of cattle upon it, also a good frame residence, and barns,
etc. Besides his town residence, he owns two dwellings. He has been a member of the
Board of School Directors of Twin Grove Township, and is V. G. of Ridgley Lodge, No. 202,
I. 0. O. F., and has always taken a great interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of
his adopted State and country.

S. E. FARMER, farmer, Section 35, Town 27, Range 11, P. O. Severy, is a native of
Rockford, Ill., and was for many years in business there as baker and confectioner. In 1878,
he {removed to Kansas, locating in Howard, where he engaged in the hardware business
until March, 1881, when he sold out his business there and removed to Greenwood County,
purchasing 240 acres, 160 in the above section and eighty in the Flint Hills. The farm was
then well improved and included a comfortable frame residence, which he has since en-
larged. His grain yield is about eighteen bushels of wheat and forty-five bushels of corn
per acre; millet about five tons. Mr. Farmer has upward of 200 sheep, afew being merino,
and he intends going largely into sheep raising. Heis a young man and married and has
one child, and takes a lively interest in all that relates to the welfare of his adopted State.

B. B. FINCH, merchant, was born in Jefferson County, Wis., in 1838, and in 1853, re-
moved with his parents to Fayette County, Iowa. When twenty-one years of age, he started
overland to California, which he reached after an eventful journey of six months. Settling
in the Sacramento Valley, he engaged in farming varied by occasional trips as freighter
over the mountains. In the winter of 1862, he returned home via Panama, Cuba and New
York, and in 1863, he, with four others, again started west, and upon arriving at Fort
Laramie, a train of forty-five men was organized and reached Sacramento in three months.
Mr. Finch remained two years in California upon this occasion, and thence to Nicaragua,
from which point he returned to Iowa, and in 1867 came to Kansas, locating in Johnson
County upon the Black Bob Indian reserve and engaging for three years in stock-raising,
when he went into business as general merchant at Spring Hill, same county, and in 1875
removed to Eureka, where he opened a dry-goods store, which he continued to conduct un-
til 1880, when he sold out and removed to Severy. At present his stock of dry-goods is

* valued at $6,000. His store and residence, corner of Kansas Avenue and Main street, are
1212

together with stock, insured.. January 14, 1866, at Fayette County, Iowa, Mr. Finch mar-
ried Miss Elizabeth Evans, a native of England. They have no children. Mr. Finch owns
240 acres of upland on Section 6, Twin Grove Township, which is pay improved, and
upon which he has recently built a residence. He is a charter member and Secretary of
Twin Grove Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and also P. G. of Ridgley Lodge, No. 202, I. 0. O.F., and
D, D. G. M. of the order. While in Eureka, Mr. Finch was President of the Town Council
three years, and is one of the principal and most enterprising residents of Severy.
JAMES P. HILYARD, farmer, Sections 25 and 30, P. O. Severy, is a native of Cabal
County, Va.,and was born in 1820. hen in his fourth year, his parents removed to Sanga-
mon County, Ill., and upon attaining manhood, Mr. H. engaged in farming until 1846, when
he enlisted in Sunpay D, Fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and was in Gen. Winfield
Scott’s division of the army in the war art Mexico, participating in the battle of Cerro-
Gordo and the capture of Vera Cruz, He is perhaps the only Mexican war veteran in
Greenwood County. October 31, 1871, he came to Kansas and located upon 160 acres, sit-
uated in the sections above named. His average grain yield has been corn forty and wheat
twenty bushels per acre; millet, about four tons. November 25, 1841, Mr, Hilyard married
Miss America Morris, a native of Greenbrier County, Va. They have had fifteen children,
eleven of whom are now living, and who in their turn have taught twenty-seven infant lips
to call him “Grand-pa.” Since September, 1870, Mr. Hilyard has been a licensed clergyman
of the Universalist Church. He isa staunch prohibitionist, and has been Justice of the
Peace for several years. ;
W.N. HILL, farmer, P. 0. Severy, was born in July, 1828, in Greene County, Ind.,
and November 15, 1861, enlisted in Company E, Fitty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, and participated in the battles of Missionary Ridge, siege of Vicksburg and Cor-
inth, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea, He was mustered out April 4, 1865,
at Wilmington, N. C, He returned to Indiana and resumed farming until April, 1870, when
he came to Kansas, locating upon the above section. He has 200 acres of good bottom land
here and eighty acres in Elk County. His corn yield has been forty-five and wheat six-
teen bushels to the acre; oats, twenty-five ; flax, eight bushels, Flax is notin favor with him
as a paying crop. Formerly Mr. Hil] dealt extensively in cattle, but at present has only
fifty head; hogs, about twenty-five. His orchard contains about 350 assorted fruit trees,
and he has raised and planted on his farm maple and other trees, which are doing well. His
farm residence of two stories and basement, together with the conténts, and also farm build-
ings, are insured. On June 26, 1850, he was married in Bloomfield to Miss Eliza Hopkins.
They have seven children. The two eldest, Peter J. and John were born in the years 1856
and 1860, respectively. Peter J. is married and residesin New Mexico. The four youngest
children are at home. When Mr. Hill first came here, he had but one neighbor, and he was
four miles distant. Mr. Hill is a charter member of Brownlow Post, No. 79, G. A. R., and is
one of the ag te men and prominent farmers of Twin Grove Township.
. THOMAS H. HUFF was born in Northumberland, Penn., February 9, 1827, and for
many years was engaged in boat building. On the 29th of February, 1864, he enlisted at
Philadelphia in the Second Pennsylvania Battery Heavy Artillery, which was detailed to
the Army of the Potomac. He was with his battery at the battles of the Wilderness, Spott-
sylvania, Old Harbor and in all the engagements incident to the pursuit and surrender of
Lee, and was mustered out at Petersburg, Va., January 29, 1866, with the rank of Corporal.
Upon Leaving the army he returned to Pennsylvania, and settling up his affairs there
removed to Scott County, IlJ., and in 1869 located in Woodson County, Kan., where he en-
gaged in farming for several years, and subsequently renting his farm opened a general
store in Toronto, and removed to Severy upon the organization of the town. He at once
engaged in business here, and about a year ago sold his property in Woodson County. Mr.
Huff is a widower with six children, the youngest two aged eleven and thirteen years
residing with him. The elder sons are in Colorado. He isa charter member of Brownlow,
Post, No. 97, G, A. R. .
H. T. KANATZAR, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Severy, is a native of Madison County,
Ky. His grandfather was a native of North Carolina, and of German descent, having set-
tled in Kentucky when a young man. In 1864, H.T. Kanatzar was married to Miss Margaret
Dickerson. They have six children living, three of them having been born in Kansas, where
he now resides. He removed to Kansas in 1872, and located upon the northwest quarter of
Section 33, of 160 acres, about fifty of which are under cultivation. It being upland the
grain yields, corn, forty bushels, wheat, fifteen bushels per acre. He generally carries over
from twenty-five to thirty head of cattle. He has held the office of Township Clerk for the
past three years, and at the present is Trustee of said township. He is forty-four years old
and has never been engaged in a law suit in his life ; he never sued or warranted anybody and
_ never sued. He has always taken a warm and active part in the welfare of his adopted

tate. ‘ 4
THOMAS LAWMAN, farmer, Section 22,.P. O. Severy, is a native of Cumberland,
England, born 1830, and in 1851 he came to America, settling first in Michigan, and after a
residence thereof five years moved to Ogle County, TL, where he remained nine years, when
he came to Kansas, locating upon his present homestead. In 1849, he was married in
£ngland to Miss Frances Paterson, who died in 1856, and in February, 1860, he married Miss
Louisa Bogart, of Jackson, Mich. But four children now remain to him, all of whom, except
Sarah, boru November 20; 1871, are married. Mr. Lawman was one of the early settlers of
this portion of the county. Humboldt was then the nearest base of supplies, and it has
often taken him from two to five days to make the journey there. He found that wheat did
not pay to raise, and has confined himself to the cultivation principally of oats, corn and flax.
He fas seven horses, thirty-five head of cattle, an excellent orchard, containing upward of
400 trees and one and a half acres of grapes. His residence is one of the finest in a drive of
several miles, and is tastefully surrounded withshrubs and ornamental trees, something which
many of his neighbors would do well to imitate. Mr. Lawman was one of the School
Directors of the district for seven years, and was elected Justice of the Peace in 1872.

_., J. M. LITTLER, M. D., is a native of Grant County, Ind., and upon the completion of
his elementary education, he attended the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, Ky.,
graduating from it in 1876 with the degree of M. D'; after which he located in Muncie, the
county seat of Delaware County, in his native State, and entered upon the practice of his pro-
fession. In June, 1882, Dr. Littler came to Kansas, and settled in Severy, opening an office
and consultation room in. the drug store of Mr. J. D. Clark, on Kansas avenue. Al-
though but a short time here, he has already gained a very good practice, which is rapidly
extending.

SIMON LYBARGER, druggist and Postmaster, was born in Gambier, Knox Co., Ohio,
in 1850, and subsequently removed to Iowa, locating in Ainsworth, Washington County,
where he was in business as a druggist for about four years. He came to Kansas in the
winter of 1879-80, on a visit for the benefit of his health, which had become somewhat im-

aired and upon yisiting Severy, then just springing into existence, he decided to locate
bare Disposing of his business in Ainsworth, he bought a lot on Kansas avenue, upon
which he had his present store erected, and in ten days from his arrival had opened his drug
store. His is the oldest business in town, as others who had been in business before him
have either sold out or rented, and some have since returned, but he has kept on uninter-
ruptedly. In the spring of 1880, Mr. Dodds, who was the Postmaster, resigned and left the
State, and Mr. Lybarger was Speck’ as his successor. His store and residence cost about
$1,800, and are well insured. His stock in trade in his store is $1,200, also insured. While
upon what was feared would prove his death-bed in June, 1880, he was married to Miss
Eliza Nicholson, of Ainsworth, Iowa, to whom he had been engaged ere coming to Kansas,
and who came in response to letters from neighbors here. To her assiduous care and nurs-
ing, he owes his recovery. Mr. Lybarger is Senior Steward of Twin Grove Lodge, No. 213,
A., F. & A. M., and a member of Ridgley Lodge, No. 202, T. 0. 0. F.
‘N.S. McDONALD, M. D., was born in 1843, in Ray County, Mo. He received his
elementary and professional education in his native State, graduating from the St. Louis
Medical College in 1868. He commenced esas in Crab Orchard, Mo., removing thence to
Harding, Mo., where he remained several years. Dr. McDonald first visited Kansas for the
benefit of his health, in the summer of 1878, and was so- pleased with the result of his tri
that he determined to make this State his permanent residence, and in accordance with
this resolution he located in Severy, in the spring of 1880. His present two-story residence,
on Maine street, was one of the first erected in Severy, the town site having then been just
surveyed, He has had the honor of ushering into this mundane sphere the first native
born inhabitants of the embryo city of the plains, the first white child born in the new
town being a daughter to Edward Seiver, April 15, 1880, but who died three months after-
ward of cholera infantum. The next, who is yet living, was Roy, son of Mr. Walter Den-
nis, born July 30, 1880, and the first colored child born in Severy was a boy, who was born to
Mr. Joseph Stewart, January 19, 1883. November 7, 1869, the Doctor married Miss Rachel
Pettus, of Ray County, Mo. They have six children—Gyrus E., born June 28, 1870, died
August 1, 1881; Lessie (om born February 6, 1872, died July, 1873; Ernest, born May 29, 1874;
Forrest, born October 1, 1876; Zula, born August 21, 1878, and who died September 23, 1881,

‘leg, and also in the breast by a muske

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and Malcolm, born June 28, 1881. Dr. McDonald was the first Clerk upon the organization
of this school district, and has since been one of the Board of School Directors. He is S. W.
of Twin Grove Lodge, U. D., A..F. & A.M., and is examining physician for the Kansas
Benevolent Association and the Farmers and Mechanics’ Benevolent Society, both of which
Bere T SEM EA LOW. marctiant, was bora in 18Ai, tn Tocanto, Onlarioyand waa sérstal

HIRA merchant, was born in in Toronto, Ontario, and was a first-class
graduate of the Ontario Normal School, upon leaving which, he taught school in Newmarket
and other places in Ontario. In 1869, Mr, Maloy came to Kansas and located on the Verdi-
gris River, this county, his farm of 320 acres (Section 10), 120 acres of which is under culti-
vation, yielding fifty bushels of corn and twenty bushels of wheat per acre, and small millet
from four to five tons per aoe In oot pe ging Miss : pons 8 eee On-
tario. They have three children, viz., Nellie, born September 9, 1867; Lena, born Septem-
ber 13, 186), and Charles, born March 11, 1374, In 1880, Mr. Maloy ‘came to Severs and
puree pe Roary 2 eae eer eel pod Kansas sven, pecking * with gen-
eral merchandise to the extent o e stock, store and his residence on Greenwood
avenue being fully insured. Mr. Maloy as never ‘accepted any public office, preferring to
pve all his Se La ae igre pad has already established himself as one of the leading

usiness men of this infant, but thriving city. .

WILLIAM N. MERIDETH, carpenter, was born in 1846, in Washington County, I d.,
and removed to Mechanicsburg, Tl. ta 8] ring of 1861, and shortly aiterward wae apprenticed
to.the carpenter’s trade, but soon forsook the plane and saw for more deadly tools, enlistin
August 6, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-third Regiment Illinois Infantry, and participat
in the engagements at Spring Creek, Ky.,and Murfreesboro, where he received a bullet
wound a e ight ee whic nendered x ee ee ett for thirteen
months, on his recovery, he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, remainin
therein until mustered out at Cairo, IL, Sees 5, 1865, with the rank of Sergeant. Tie
returned to Mechanicsburg and mastered his trade, at which he worked until October 8
1878, when he came to Kansas, locating in Bieri. Rice County, until the town of Severy
was being built, when he came here to work, an Ly pULshaain three lots, built himself a
hohe te . ai Tee gency. ee ete ee marri ae én por abarg, ih, a Miss

ara iller; he has no children living. He isa Uni ates pensioner; was the first
Adjutant of Brownlow Post, No. 79, Grand Army of the Republic, and is now its S. Vc
ER M. Ee armer, Section . O. Severy, was born in 1834, in Colum-
biana County, Ohio, and, in 1854, removed to Iowa, where he remained two ears, when he
settled in Wayne County, Ill., engaged in farming until December 3, 1863, when he enlisted
in Company K, Sixty-first Regiment Illinois Infantry, and was engaged with his company
in active duty until mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., September 8, 1865, with rank of Corpo-
ral. He returned to Illinois, and remained there until March, 1871, when he came to Kansas,
eee upon 160 acres, Section 32, Town 27, Range 11, and upon which he has recently
ee a large ee ee aa In eenen ¥ ae a he has since purchased
eighty acres on Section own ange il. is land is well fenced, and upwards of
sinty acres under plow. His wheat. yield is twenty, and corn thirty-five Mle DErErie. He
has about fifty head of cattle, and forty hogs, of the Poland breed. His orchard of 350 to 400
trees, principally peach and apple, bears well, and he has also a large strawberry patch.
Residence ae ee a ered He, Pes has te children, from two to four-
een years of age. He is a member of Brownlow Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and has
been Constable of this township for several years. : z - ;

EBENEZER OLDS, ee Section 17, P.O. Severy, was born in 1833, in Otsego County,

seuoied vo, Cond Gu, Lan Cooily, Win, where We ecraged In Gcseae Gent Meee ne,
F rming un are!

when he enlisted at Berlin, Wis., in Company CG, Thirty-e; hth Bevinenk Wisconsin Volun-
teer Infantry. The Thirty-eighth was attached to the Ninth Army Corps, and Mr. Olds
participated in all the active work in which his regiment was engaged, as part of the Army
of the Potomac, until he was mustered out at Tennallytown, D. C., July 26, 1865. He there-
aan returned to Wisconsin, and in 1870 came to Kansas, locating on the southwest quarter
of Section 17, his present home. Of the 160 acres which comprise his farm, about seventy-
five to ei er acres is under cultivation. Being upland, his wheat yield has been small, aver-
aging only thirteen bushels per acre, corn forty-five to fifty. He usually has about twenty-
five hogs and thirty to forty cattle. He has of late years raised considerable fruit, his
ran Adages peach, apple, plum, sas oe oe ae Gir i 1861, he-was mar-
rie iss Lucretia Loud. ey have no children. Mr. 0! ilt hi t resid:

a substantial stone one, in 1876, at a eost of $1,500, and - it is situated bu. faa piecevot
rising ground, some seventy feet above prairie level, it affords a beautiful view of the town
of Severy, with its two lines of railroad, and in one direction the naked eye can rest on the
Blue Ridge, over thirty miles distant. His residence and farm buildings are insured. He
is a member of Brownlow Post, No. 79, Grand Army of the Republic.

J. C, PRICE, lawyer, was born in Montgomery County, Va., 1829, and with his parents,
aere to Speier peg! we i a place he studied law under G. W. Robinson,

q., and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He had 1 i i 7
fession, when Gov. Morton issued his call for 75,000 mee ad Mee ce oeevteeaceneey
aad oo eee ee eae cee oe for Sania already been made up, the

mpany was not required. r. Price subsequently tendered his own services, and was a
pointed Clerk of Quartermaster’s Department. He was placed in charge of tratianie ration
under Capt. Dunbar, until the fall of Atlanta, Ga., and was subsequently under Maj. Whit-
man from 1863 to the close of the war, when he returned to Indiana for a short time, and
then proceeded to Knoxville, Tenn., where he engaged in dry goods business, remaining
there about a year, when he sold out and removed to St. Joseph County, Ind., where, De-
sees 1864, he was married to Miss Harriet Rector. They have five children—Frank,
born: 1866 ; Milton, born 1869 ; Cash, born 1872; Lena, born 1876, and George W., born 1880.
thence to eosho ‘apie, Lyon Couatg nad in iene tag Shee he ss Vang
River in this county, and vangaging mm Peeing cite Deceuiber, Isis enlan he inbred
oes upon the laying out of that town, and resuming the practice of law. Mr. Price is
the owner of an office on Kansas avenue, and possesses a substantial residence and forty
hipaa nes ee about a mile from town. In addition to his law practice, he is agent for the
‘ oe Moriaaue «& Loan Company, for G. W. Watkins & Co., Loan Agents, of Topeka,
eee e “ American Central Insurance Co. (fire), of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Price is a mem-
Be , onia Lodge, No. 97, a F. & A. M., of Neosho Rapids, and of the Kokomo Chapter.

© ag inover cared to enter the political arena as candidate for even a township office.
. FORGE SCHNIT ZER, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Severy, was born in the Province of
ae Bre eeTnaBy, in 1839, and came to the United States with his parents in
inst rare fae ore ae gad aul eoquentiy. after a short stay in St. Louis, Mo., settled
dred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Tauttey aol saith aaa ara @ eu a eae of
oe Resaca, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Fort Me Allister, etc., until maumtered out at
ATA tot a Hay »1865. Upon leaving the army, he returned to Illimois, and in 1871,
cultivati are ocating upon a quarter-section of No. 27, sixty acres of which are under
cut pie is kat tae being an average of fifteen, and corn forty-five bushels per
Gavegtit he aint eee e cultivate flax, but the prodnetion of castor beans has
He is married, and has five steal et er Hav, He has a large and good bearing orchard.
Post, G. A. R ’ ildren, He is one of the charter members of Brownlow
T. J. SOWDERS, Justice of the Peace and furniture d i i i

; ealer, is a native of Hamilton
es int where he wes born in vel and was engaged in farming in his native State
where; femained ee : ee sal ne 1869, when he located in Woodson County,

ange » Ten win Grove Township, this county, and locatin

upon 150 acres, Section 5, Township 28 i i i B
average yield of thixty-cigh ip 28, Range 11, of which eighty acres are improved, wit!
puEbGtats insured 78 t bushels of corn per acre, grown on upland. Residence and
on Main teak stoned it with oe to Severy, and buying the store he now occupies
has also a large stock of agricultural ducieeeeee ok aT ae oe eS eae Miss
R. J. Whetzel. ‘They have five children, ranging in age from one your totlicigen years. ME
8. was Township Trustee in 1877 and 1878 ; yas Unnaeble 25; naval teat o a ‘bop 2 Sheriff;

in i
and Be Ae was elected Justice of the Peace. ,
andinescio lite ieee of Severy, This gentleman is a native of Fulton County, Ind.,
the State oh Towa a oe eee of oarponter and builder, at which he worked, chiefly in
1861, enlisting as # vance ae heater the army, which he did at Geneseo, Ill, ea 28,

resent at, and participated eventh Indiana Battery, Ohio State Artillery. He was
Foot Filles ae Aa ne e an, the following engagements: New Madrid, Island No. 10,
Rock, ete.» besides aul pit meee of Corinth, Iuka, Vicksburg, Champion Hills, Little
; Y others of lesser magnitude. At Iuka, he was wounded in the left

t ball. After the first siege of Corinth, and whil
GREENWOOD COUNTY.

upon a reconnoitering expedition, he, with another member of his battery, was taken;
but finding only two armed Johnnies in charge of them, Mr. Swegle determined, unarme

though he was, to turn the tables, which he did so effectually that he and his comrade,
Rhodes, marched their captors back to the Union camp, and in presence of Gen. Buford,
turned them over to the Provost Marshal. He was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, No-
vember 7, 1864, and re-enlisted February 3, 1865, in Company K, Eleventh Illinois Cavalry,
remaining in active service with his regiment until mustered out at Memphis, Tenn., Octo-
ber 30, 1865. He then returned to Iowa and resumed his trade, coming to Kansas in 1878,
and ee ee 160 acres, Section 14, Otter Creek Township, this county. Upon the lay-
ing out of the town in January, 1880, he came to Severy, and has built several of the prin-
cipal stores and residences in the town. In April, 1881, he was elected Mayor. He is Secre-
tary of Ridgely Lodge, No. 202, I. 0. O. F., and 0. D. of Brownlow Post, No. 79,G. A. R. Mr.
Swegle is a widower, with one child—Benjamin, aged thirteen years, and owns, besides his
residence on Main street, several other ee eee in town, all of which he keeps well insured.

G. H. TAYLOR, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Severy, was born in Canada in 1836, and re-
moved with his parents, to Ontario County, N. Y., in 1837, and in 1851 moved to Hillsdale
County, Mich., and settled in Lenawee County, in 1855, where he married Miss Harriet
Knapp in 1860, and in 1864, returned to Hillsdale County. Mr. Taylor came to Kansas in
the spring of 1870. He has 160 acres on the above section, of which sixty are under culti-
vation, his corn yield being an average of forty-five bushels. He devoted some years to the
cultivation of flax, but found it unprofitable in average yield, being about eight bushels per
acre. His orchard of over 300 assorted trees yields good returns. itis residence and build-
ings are insured.

SAMUEL A. WEIR, proprietor of Weir House. Mr. Weir is a native of Washington
County, Penn., born in 1834, and, in 1850, removed to Lee County, Iowa, where he engaged
in farming and stock-raising until 1858, when he removed to Boone County, Mo., continuing
in the stock and cattle business, and also opening a general store, and, in 1869, he sold out,
and located for a time in Girard, Crawford County, Kan., where he ‘built the American
House, which he conducted for a year, when he sold out, and removing to Independence,
Montgomery County, built the Montgomery House, which he sold out three years afterward,’
and then went to Winfield, in Coffey County, building there the Lagonda House of thirty
rooms, and, in eighteen months, sold it and returned to Independence, where he purchased
a farm, upon which he left his family while he went to Joplin, Mo., and engaged in Jead-
mining for a time, and finally, in the winter of 1879-80, located in Severy, where he bought
the first town lot, upon which he erected a large frame hotel called the Weir House, upon
the corner of Main street and Kansas avenue, at a total cost of $2,725, and conducted it until
March, 1882, when he sold it to the present proprietor, Mr. S.S. Coleman, and moved onto a
farm of 160 acres, on Section 6, situated one and a half miles from Severy, and upon
which he has built a good residence, planted an orchard of 300 fruit trees, and has sixty-five
acres of his land under cultivation, his corn yield being fifty bushels per acre. In Novem-
ber, 1882, Mr. Weir rented the Commercial Hotel in town (built by a Mr. Lindsay, of Utica,
N. Y.), and re-named it the Weir House, which he still conducts, his farm being managed

_ by his hired help. In April, 1853, he married, in Lee County, Iowa, Miss Phoebe Courtright,
of Franklin County, Ohio, who has borne him six children, four of whom are living—
Clara (who is now the wife of Dr. Hunt, of Columbus, Kan.), Ida (now at home and unmar-
ried), Ella (now Mrs. W, C. Whittenhall, of Severy), and Jennie E. (at home and unmarried).
During the war, Mr. Weir was in the United States Secret Service Department. He is a
member of the I. 0. O. F. and A., F. & A. M., and, although taking a warm interest in the
welfare of Kansas, has ever eschewed politics.

ISAAC WYANT, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Severy, was born in 1842, in Hamilton
County, Ind., and was engaged in farming until April, 1861, when he enlisted in Company
D, Twelfth Indiana Infantry, at Noblesville, and participated in all the active work in
which his company was engaged until mustered out at Washington, D. C., May, 1862. Up-
on his return to Indiana he held the rank of Second Lieutenant inthe One Hundred and
Eleventh Regiment Indiana Militia, and at once entered upon the work of recruiting vig-
orously untilthespring of 1864, when he again enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-
fourth Indiana Infantry, and at the expiration of two months was sent home on furlough,
when he continued recruiting for the army until the spring of 1865, when he enlisted for
the third time, this time in Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment Indiana
Infantry, and was mustered out with the regiment at Dover, Del., in August, 1865, with the
rank of First Sergeant. Returning to his native State he remained there until 1870, when
he came to Kansas, passing eighteen months in Jefferson and Woodson Counties, and late
in 1871 locating upon the southwest quarter of Section 4, Town 28, Range 11 east,
where he stillresides. 120 acres of his farm are under cultivation, yielding an average re-
turn for past ten years of fifty bushels of corn per acre, and six to seven tons of German
millet. Mr. Wyant is one of the few’men in this portion of the State who has given his
attention to fruit raising, and has at present upwards of 2,000 peach, 400 apple, 350 cherry
and plum trees, 160 pear, all thriving, and yielding Brae returns for the slight care be-
stowed. In addition to his fruit trees he has an acre of lackberry and raspberry bushes,
another acre is devoted to grapes, and one-quarter acre to oe He also_has 4,000
black walnut trees, and 1,500 cottonwood. August 28, 1866, Mr. Wyant married Miss Mar-
garet Wertz, a native of Indiana, who has borne him five children, viz.: Ora, born March
22, 1868; Alva, born September 5, 1869, and who died September 24, 1870; Amanda, born
March 10, 1873: Mattie, born April 22, 1875; Charles, born April 18, 1879; and Maggie,
born May 26, 1881. Mr. Wyant is a charter member of Brownlow Post, No. 79, Grand
Army of the Republic, and was its first Officer of the Day. c

MISCELLANEOUS.

F. G. ALLIS, farmer, Section 17, Lane Township, P. 0. Virgil, is a native of Steuben
County, N. Y., and resided for a time in Kansas, in 1859 and 1860. He has been a farmer
from boyhood, and located permanently in this State upon his present farm in 1864, His
farm contains 160 acres, of which 100 are under cultivation. He has not found oats a
Beouranle crop, but his corn and wheat have given an average fair yield. He has usually
rom thirty to sixty head of cattle, and about eighty hogs. He has a good orchard, and
a substantial two-story residence. He and his wife, with four others, organized the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church Society here in 1865. A church edifice was built in 1878, at a cost
of $1,100; and in 1881 a parsonage, costing $800, waserected. Mr. Allisis one of the Trust-
ees of the church, and Sunday School Superintendent. He held the office of County Su-

erintendent of Public Instruction in 1866-67, succeeding Mr. Edwin Tucker. He has
been Trustee of the Township, Road Overseer, and Clerk of the School Board, and was
six years Justice of the Peace. 4
BERT L. BARRIER, farmer, Section 34, Salem Township, P, O. Eureka, was born
in North Carolina; in March, 1870, he located on Fall River upon his present homestead.
He has been preceptor of mathematics in Catawba College, N. C., and has held since his ar-
rival in Kansas several township offices, being at present Clerk of his township, also Secre-
tary of the County Stock Association ; was United States Census Enumerator in 1870 and
1880,

A. J. BARRETT, farmer, Section 13, Township 23, Range 1], Janesville Township,
P. 0. Willow Valley, is a native of Indiana and came to Kansas in the fall of 1866, locating
on his present farm on Willow Creek, this township; his farm contains 160 acres, 80 of which
are under cultivation; his grain yield during the past two years has averaged in corn forty
to fifty bushels to the acre. He has also raised millet averaging four tons per acre, and finds
that clover does very well; his orchard contains about 400 assorted fruit trees, from which
he had last year an exceedingly good yield. In February, 1882, he was elected Clerk of the
township, re-elected in 1883, and informs us that the receipts for the township in 1882 were
$1,300, and expenditures principally for road improvements, $432, Mr. Barrett is also a
member of the Board of School Directors for his district, an office which he has held for
several years. He is a married man. 4 7 7
_ JACOB BAUGHMAN, farmer, Section 13, P. 0. Shell Rock, was born in Ohio, but when
a young man moved to Illinois about the year 1857, and for ten years was engaged in farm-
ing in Christian County, that State; and January 1, 1865, enlisted in Company G, Fifty-
third Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Five of his brothers were also in the army, serving
throughout the war. Mr. B, participated in all the active work in which his company was
engaged until mustered only July 29, 1865. Mr. Baughman came to Kansas in 1868, and re-
mained in Topeka until 1873, when he removed to a farm situated in this township which
he sold in 1881, and in the spring of 1882 purchased his present farm, one of-the oldest im-
roved farms in the county, end worked for past twenty-four years by the late R. Brown.
There are 280 acres, 70 of which are under cultivation, corn averaging fifty bushels per acre.
Mr. B. has raised twenty-five bushels of spring, and from twenty-five to thirty bushels.of
fall wheat, and although his land is very fertile, seeming to improve rather than deteriorate
by so many years’ tillage, yet he is of opinion that, upon the whole, Illinois as a wheat pro-
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trees; he keeps from fifty to eighty head of cattle, and from fifty to one hundred hogs, mixed
breed of Berkshire and Poland-China. His residence, a large and fine one, and outbuild-
ine are well insured. He has had ten children, five of whom were born in Kansas, but
only four in all are left. He has been Treasurer of the School Board for seven years, and
was also Township Treasurer for one term. He takes 2 warm and active interest in the
welfare of his adopted State and in his own immediate community. Ss

B.S. BENNETT, farmer, Section 13, Township 26, Range 9, Spring Creek Township, P. 0.
Eureka, was born near Kingston, Lennox Co., Ont., and is the only male descendant of his
father's family now living, his father’s people having been what is known as the M. E. Loyal-
ists, during and after our revolution. r. B.came to Kansas in 1869, and now has one of the
best farms on Spring Creek, 640 acres, 200 of which are improved. In 1865, Mr. B. married
Miss Sarah McDonagh, of Ontario, who has borne him Eustatia J., born December 12, 1865 ;
William L., May 13, 1868; Byron W., May 19, 1874; Florence E., September 15, 1879, and an
infant son March 17, 1883.

GILBERT BITLER, farmer, Section 24, Salem Township, P. 0. Eureka, whose name
is familiar to the readers of this, is a’ native of Ohio, but for the past six years has resided
in this State, where he has recently taken for a wife the daughter of one of the oldest resi-
dents of this township—O. E. Ladd. Mr. B. is engaged in the cattle business, and has but
recently removed here from Lyon County. Although but a young man he has proven him-
self one of the most successful cattle men of the West. :

J. W. BORTON, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Shell Rock, was born in eee County,
Ohio, and was pueage in farming until April 17, 1861, when he enlisted at Lima in Com-
pany A, Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, upon the call for ninety days. Upon
the expiration of his term, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-second Ohio, and participated
in the engagements at McDowell, Harper’s Ferry, Jackson, Champion Hill (where he was
wounded in the left knee by ashell splinter and taken prisoner, but soon after made his
escape), Raymond, etc. He was taken prisoner at Harper’s Ferry and exchanged after being
on parole six months. He was mustered out September 7, 1864. Mr. Borton came to Kan-
sas in the fall of 1867, and after a short stay in Burlington, Coffey County, removed to his
present location on Section 13, Town 23, Range 12. There are 505 acres, of which 100 are
under cultivation. For the past twenty years, his wheat yield has been twenty and corn
fifty bushels per acre; buckwheat and rye he also raises successfully and profitably. His
orchard contains upwards of 200 choice bearing trees. He usually has about 100 head of
cattle on the place and raises from twenty-five to thirty calves annually. His résidence was
built at a cost of $1,600, and, together with his farm buildings, is insured. At a depth-of
twenty-three feet below the surface, while well digging on his farm, some fine specimens of
fossils and wood petrifications were found, imbedded in very rich soil. Mr. Borton has two
children. He is amember of the Congregational Church and of the School Board of his dis-
trict, and has held the office of Trustee and Treasurer of his township.

S. BURKETT, farmer, Sections 45 and 49, Salem Township, P. O. Eureka, is one of the
rising young men of Kansas, coming here eight years ago from Illinois, he has located in a
beautiful valley, where he has one of the finest sheep farms, and also has-a very fine
residence, which he has just erected at great cost. In 1882, Mr. Burkett was married
ee ee Gratia Gleason, a daughter of one of this township’s oldest and most respected
citizens, ¥

W. H. DREW, farmer, Section 23, Spring Creek Township, P. 0. Reece, was born in
Sussex County, N. J., where his parents still reside; removed to Wisconsin in 1869. _He
has resided in Kansas since 1872, part of the time in Butler County, and in 1877 removed
to this. Mr. Drew has held several important offices since his residence here, his first
otlice being that of Trustee, to which he has been twice elected, and is at present Trustee
of this township. .

JOHN H. EARLE, farmer, Section 8, Fall River Township, P. O. Fall River, was born
in St, Joseph County, Ind., in 1839, and upon reaching manhood was engaged in dealing in

roduce until April 1s, 1861, when he enlisted at Dubuque, Jowa, in Company I, First lowa

nfantry, and was present at the battle of Wilson Creek, and remained with his regiment
until the expiration of his term of enlistment, when he entered Company A, Third Iowa
Infantry, and the regiment was shortly after consolidated with the Second Regiment. Mr.
Earle participated in the battle of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, etc., and subse-
quently with Sherman’s army. He was wounded in the neck by a minie ball at Fort
Donelson, in both legs by fragment of shell and in left side by bullet at Atlanta, laying him
up for three months, and at Kenesaw Mountain by shell splinter in the left shoulder. Mr.
Earle was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 12, 1865, with the rank of Captain, having

ained his promotion for valor in the field. After the Close of the war Capt. Earle went to

ontana and engaged in mining, remaining thereat for sixteen years, and penetrating as far
north as Sitka, Alaska. April 6, 1881, he married Miss Pamelia C. Nelson, having located
November 3, 1880, upon an improved farm of 240 acres which he had purchased, and upen
which he has built a substantial stune residence costing $1,000. He has upwards of seventy
acres under cultivation, his corn yield so far being sixty bushels per acre. He is a charter
mrerber of Charleston Lodge, No. 161, I. O. O. F., and of Fall River Post, No. 112,

WILLIAM FOCHT, farmer, Section 11, P.O. Shell Rock, was born in Auglaize County,
Ohio, and has resided upon his present farm ever since he first came to the State in 1868.
His farm contains 160 acres, of which 100 acres are under cultivation, corn being the chief
product, and averaging fifty bushels to the acre. He has an orchard of 500 good bearing

each and apple trees. He has usually from 100 to 150 head of cattle, and 50 to 100 hogs, the
atter of the Poland China breed. Mr. Focht is married, and has one child. He was Treas-
urer of Lane Township prior to the formation of Shell Rock in 1879, and since then has been
Treasurer of the latter township, in which he resides, besides being often upon the school
board of his district.

COL. JOHN FOLEY, farmer, Section 33, Township 23, Range 13, P. O. Quincy, was
born in 1830, in Clark County, Ohio, and until fourteen years of age alternated between
school and his father’s farm. When fourteen he became apprenticed to the trade of harness-
making, at which he worked until eighteen years of age, when he chen ed in the cattle and
stock business until December, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Sixty-second Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, and upon the organization of the regiment, in February, 1862, was com-
missioned First Lieutenant. He remained with his regiment until May, 1863, when he was
authorized to raise a colored regiment, which he did in Jackson and La Grange, Tenn., be-
ing subsequently commissioned Colonel of the same, known as the Sixty-first Regiment
United States Colored Infantry. .He continued in command until the regiment was mus-
tered out at Baton Rouge, February, 1866. At the close of the war Col. Foley returned to
Tllinois and engaged in farming until his removal to, Kansas in October, 1870. His farm of
160 acres upon the eee River is nearly all under cultivation, his average yield of corn
being thirty-eight bushels to the acre, and millet two and a half toms per acre. At present
he has only sixty head of cattle, and six or seven horses. In 1855, he married Miss Elizabeth
Kendall, of Bloomington, Ill., by whom he has four children—Jacquetta, born June 17, 1862;
Eugene, born March 5, 1868; Lena, born October 21, 1871, and Lulu, born December 22, 1876 ;
Col. Foley has been two years County Commissioner, and for the past three years has been
one of the trustees of Quincy Township. ;

JOHN GILMAN, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Shell Rock, and Treasurer of the township,
was born in Chelsea, Orange County, Vt., in 1833, and coming to Kansas in 1859, located
upon his present farm in 1860. He has 240 acres, of which sixty are under cultivation;
wheat he hae found is not a sure or remunerative crop, but oats, corn and millet have yielde
large returns. He has a fine orchard on his farm, and erly year he raises from twenty to
thirty calves. His residence and farm buildings are insured. In 1869, Mr. Gilman enlisted
at Leavenworth, in Davis’ Excelsior Cavalry Regiment, which, after three months was dis-
banded, when he joined Company E, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, January 4, 1862, and subsequent-
ly participated in the engagements at Helena, Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Ark., and was
mustered out at Little Rock, January 9, 1865. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Mary E.Shaw.
They have five children—David W., Annie May, George, Martha.and Zeeb. Mr. Gilman is
a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, a branch of which was formed here August
2h, Mae an in 1880 he was elected to the office of Township Treasurer, and again in Febru-
ary, 1883.

ne P. GRACE, farmer, Sections 7 and 8, Lane Township, P. O. Virgil, was born in Ireland,
in 1831, and came to this country in 1849, and enlisted in the Hight United States Infantry.
The same year, and upon the expiration of his term of service in the ranks, continued in
Uncle Sam’s employ as wagon master until 1861. In 1857, he weut to Florida, in the expedi-
tion sent to bring the noted Seminole, Billy Bowlegs, to order; he was also with Gen. John-
ston’s Utah expedition. pee leaving Government employ, Mr. Grace located upon his
farm of 160 acres here, and has at present 100 acres under cultivation. Wheat and gats. of
late years he has not found remunerative, but his corn averages fifty bushels per acre. He
keeps from sixty to seventy-five cattle, and raises anually twenty to twenty-five calves. In
1863, he married Miss Catherine Norton, of this county. They have five children, Mr. G,
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was Clerk of the township in the early days of its settlement, he being one of its oldest set-
tlers, and for several years has been Treasurer of the School Board.

: HN J. GREENHALGH, farmer, Section 31, Lane Township, P. O. Virgil, was born
in Manchester, Eng., and came to this country in 1856, landing in New York. He came to
Kansas in the spring of the following year, and locating in Leavenworth, worked at his
trade of blacksmithing, and then went out upon the plains with Maj. Horn, of Missouri, upon
a Government survey. In 1859, he located in Madison, this county, and in September, 1861,
enlisted in Company B, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and in December of the same year, was
transferred to Company G, of the Eighth Kansas. He was present at Murfreesboro and
Chattanooga and at Chickamauga; was wounded by gunshot in left leg, and June 17, 1864
was discharged from Jefferson Barracks’ Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. December 9, 1866, he marrie
Miss Lewis, of Madison. He has six boys living, and attending school. In 1869, he removed
to his present location, and built his present residence, a large two-story house, in 1880. Mr.
Greenhalgh is a United States pensioner, and a member of the Church of United Brethern.
He was appointed Township Trustee by the County Commissioner in 1882; is now a Notary
Public, and was thrice elected as Justice of the Peace.

L. V. HARKNESS, farmer, Sections 18, 19, 17 and 20, Spring Creek Township, P. 0.
Reece, is anative of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and for past twelve years has been a resident
of Kansas. Mr. H. is one of Greenwood County’s largest sheep men, his ranch in this
county being 680 acres, 175 of these being under cultivation; whilst in Butler County, his
other farm of 640 acres Aprineipally wild land) gives subsistence to (at the present time)
2,100 fine Merino ewes, Mr. Harkness keeping nothing but the best breeds of fine wools.

e has taken a great interest in this matter, is a member of the Stock Association of the
county, also of the County Fair Association, and also holds several township oflices,

GEORGE HUMPHREY, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Shell Rock, and Trustee of the Town-
ship, was born in 1846, in Peoria County, Ill, and came to Kansas with his parents in 1855,
locating about five miles from the present city of Emporia, upon the Neosho River, an
were one of the first families who settled in that region. In August 30, 1862, he enlisted in
Company D, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Regiment, and participated in the engagements at
Old Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, Lexington, Mo., Little Blue and
Westport ; and afterwards did duty on the Plains ; mustered out September 13, 1865, at Fort
Leavenworth, and returned to Lyon County, and in 1866, removed to this county, locating
upon his present farm in 1870, is farm contains eighty acres under cultivation ; corn is
the only grain grown. He has about fifty head of cattle and twetity-five hogs. Mr. H. was
married in 1866, and again in 1880. He has but one child, Ella, who is three years of age.
Mr. Humphrey was the first Clerk of Shell Rock Township, having been elected upon its
organization in 1880, and in February, 1883, was elected to the office of Township Trustee.

. C. LAMB, farmer, Section 29, Janesville Township, P. O. Hamilton, is a native of
Detroit, Mich., and was a member of the bar of the Supreme Court, practicing law for sev-
eral years in Mount Clemens, Mich.; coming to Kansas in 1879 for the benefit of his health,
he purchased 200 acres upon the banks of Homer Creek (Section 29, Township 11, Range
24 Kast), and has already 160 acres under cultivation, with an average corn yield of fifty
bushels per acre. Shortly after locating here, he imported from Kentucky twenty-four
thoroughbred, high grade, Short-horn cattle, and by judicious breeding has now, in addition
to what he has sold, added forty-five more to the number. He has also at present about
seventy-five head of native stock. His father-in-law, Mr. John Teller, of Kinderhook, N.
Y., is associated with him in stock-dealing, and they are extensive buyers and shippers.
Mr. Lamb has been a member of the School Board ever since his residence here, and in
1883 was elected to the office of Township Trustee for the second time.

GEORGE LONG, farmer, Section 31, Lane Township, P. O. Virgil, was born in 1834, in
Donegal, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1850, locating in Onio until the spring of

* 1857, when he came to Kansas, locating here. In July 1, 1863, Mr. Long enlisted in Com-
pany M., Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and was in the fight at Little Rock, and several lively
skirmishes while on scouting duty ; mustered out at Duvalls Bluff, Ark., July 17, 1865. In
1870, he married Mrs. M. A, Burris, nee Dalton, of Kentucky, whose husband, Walter
Burris was one of the first settlers of this region, and also a member of Mr. Long’s company
and regiment, but who died in the army at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, in December,
1864. Mr. and Mrs. Long have but one child, Rena Ann, born September 12, 1870. Mr.
Long’s farm contains 220 acres, 140 being under cultivation. His grain yield is of corn and
oats, fifty bushels, and millet two and a half tons per acre. He raises about forty calves
every year, and usually has a large number of stock of all kinds. He has resided upon his
present place since 1870, when he built his residence, a fine two-story frame, surrounded by
very fine ornamental and fruit trees. The house and barns, the latter, Jarge and substan-
tial, are well insured. Mr. Long has been a member of the School Board of his district for
seven years, and was for four years Treasurer of the Township. He is one of the most suc-
cessful and prosperous farmers of this section of the county.

WILLIAM E. J. NIXON, farmer, Sections 7 and 8, Lane Township, P. O. Virgil, was
born in North Carolina in 1817, and came to this State from Iowa in 1864, and in 1865,
located upon his present farm; 105 of his 160 acres are under cultivation, with a en yield
of corn forty, wheat twenty, and oats forty-five bushels to the acre; millet is three and a
half tons to the acre. When Mr. Nixon came here, Burlington was the nearest supply
depot, and contained two stores, Mr. Nixon buying the only cook stove for sale in the town.
He and his estimable wife, have always been members of the Society of Friends. Two of
his five children reside at home, the others are in Arizona and Texas. Mr. Nixon was.the
Superintendent of Public Instruction of the county from 1867 to 1870.

HON. W. F. OSBORN, farmer, Section 8, Lane Township, P. O. Virgil, was born in
1827 in Davis County, Ind., and in 1842 removed to Buchanan County, Mo., where he re-
mained engaged in farming until his removal to Kansas in 1857, locating upon his present
farm May 9, in the above year. He experienced all the,vicissitudes of the early settler in
this State at that period, and during the first years of his residence here, and until after the
war was a wember of the State Militia. He is now the oldest settler in Lane Township.
In 1869, he was elected Representative to the State Legislature, continuing in office until
1871, and again filling the same office in 1880-81-82. He was married in 1849, to Miss Mary
Barns. Of the children of this union three survive, viz.: pene Henry, who was born in
1852; Sarah F’. (who is now Mrs. J. 8. McCoin), born in 1854, and Wiltiam R., born in 1860.
All the above now reside in Oregon. Mrs. Osborn died in November, 1860, and in 1862, Mr.
Osborn married Miss Sarah IF’. Smith. They have one child living, Clara, who was born in
December, 1864. Mr. Osborn’s farm contains 300 acres, of which 154 are under cultivation,
and has always been exceptionally productive. In former years be dealt extensively in
cattle and other live stock. The farm residence is a fine two-story building, with porch and
balcony, and is situated in the center of a spacious lawn, which is ornamented with several
fine evergreens and shade trees. At ashort distance in rear of the house is the orchard,
containing about 600 assorted fruit trees. Mr. Osborn was one of the first Board of County
Commissioners, and served as such for six years. He has always been a stanch Republican,
and is one of the most prominent men in the community.

W. S. REECE, founder of the town of Reece, and in honor of whom it was named, was
born in London, England, in 1843, came to America in 1869, and to day is recognized as one
of the leading men of this Western country. Tor some years Mr. Reece was in the cattle
business on his ranch of 1,770 acres, on Burnt Creek. He subsequently became interested
in horses, and brought the first thoroughbred stallions into the county, namely, John B.,
and afterward Alhambra a son of the famous Lexington, and one of the best bred horscs in
the world. The plat of the town which bears his name was put on record in January, 1883,
and through his influence and that of his numerous and warm friends, promises soon to be-
come a place of no inconsiderable importance, and ere long one of the towns of the State.
Though a bachelor during his earlier residence, Mr. Reece married in 1860, Miss E. S. Watts,
of Montreal, and brought his bride to Kansas to adorn his already charming and hospitable
home. *s

GEORGE W. RICHEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Pleasant Grove Township, P. 0. To-
ronto, came to Kansas, October 17, 1870, located at Toronto, and remained here two years,
then purchased a farm near Toronto, in Pleasant Grove Township, Greenwood County, and
has ever since engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is at present serving as Constable
in Pleasant Grove Township, He was born in Scott County, Ind., February 9, 1842, andisa
son of Pheebe and Eliza Richey. He was raised on a farm, and lived in his native county
until 1870, when he came to Kansas. He was married in Washington County, Ind., Sep-
tember 13, 1860, to Sarah A. Rickard. They have four children, viz.: Perry L, Simeon D.,
Rozilla M. and Seth T. Richey. Mr. Richey is one of our best citizens, and he and his wife
are members of the Predestinarian Baptist Church. ;

DAVID ROACH, farmer, Section 30, Lane Township, P. O. Virgil, was born in Cork
County, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1853, and in 1856, he enlisted in Company
D, Fifth United States Infantry, and was engaged in Indian warfare in Texas, Florida and
Utah until the expiration of his term of service, September 11, 1861. He made his first per-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

manent settlement in this county in the same year, and in 1877, removed to his presen

farm, upon which he erected a comfortable and commodious two-story dwelling. The
homestead farm contains 140 acres, sixty being under cultivation, and in addition to this.
he has eighty acres in Section 10, Town 23, Range 13, in Shell Rock Township. Corn is the prin.-
cipal grain raised, and aver fifty bushels per acre. He has about fifty head of cattle and
eight horses. His farm buildings are exceptionably good, the orchard contains about 200
fruit-bearing trees. Mr. Roach has four children, his two daughters being engaged in
school-teaching in this township. He held the office of Township Trustee from 1870 to 1874,
and was again elected to fill it in February, 1883, : .

JAMES SALING, farmer, Section 1, Town 11, Range 24, Janesville Township, P. 0. Ham-
ilton, was born in 1845, in Benton County, Mo., and came to Kansas in the spring of
1854, with his parents, who located in Miami county: In June, 1861, at Mound City, he en-
listed in Company I, Third Kansas Regiment, and remained therein until it, with the
Fourth, became the Tenth Kansas, in 1862, when he became a member of Company B. He
served with his regiment in Missouri and Arkansas, and participated in the engagements
at Newtonia, Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, ete, and upon the expiration of his term of service
in 1863, he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment and shared all the subsequent
hard work of his company, Being ons of those in the charge upon Fort Blakely, Ala., and
was finally mustered out at Fort Leavenworth in September, 1865. In the fall of that year
be located upon his present 160 acres, situated in the above section, and has since continued
to reside there. He has eighty acres of bottom land under cultivation. His corn yield
averages fifty bushels to the acre, and for the past twelve years his wheat average has been
fifteen bushels, oats from thirty to forty bushels, and millet two anda half tons. His
orchard contains 500 good bearing fruit trees, and he has about forty head of cattle. His
residence and farm buildings are insured. He was married in 1863, and now has three
children—Mary, the eldest, being eighteen years of age, and the other two—a boy and a girl,
aged respectively fifteen and nine years. Mr. Saling, although an old resident of the State,
has steadily refused any public office, and has been content to devote his time to his agri-
cultural and stock interests. : ” 3

G. 8. SALLYARD, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Flint Ridge, Salem Township, has been
for five years Township Trustee, and is one of the best known men of Salem Township. Mr.
Sallyard has, since his residence in Kansas, given his attention to stock, and usually carries
300 or 400 head of the very best native stock, He was one of the boys of the “ Lost
Cause,” and still retains his Southern sympathies, Mr. Sallyard, in 1866, was married to
Miss L. Holverson. His eldest child is named Patrick Henry, and was born November 4,
1867; Sarah J. oe next, May 11, 1869; Mary M., March 25, 1871; John F., August 29, 1873;
Cornelius L., March 21, 1875 ; and Minnie M., November 7, 1881, __

J. D. SHAW, farmer; Section 12, P.O. Shell Rock, is a native of Wyandotte County,
Ohio, where for several years he held the office of County Clerk, an office which he has also
held in this county. He came to Kansas in 1870, and spent the first three years in Emporia,
locating upon his present farm of 320 acres in 1873. e has eighty acres under cultivation
and an orchard of 200 trees. His average grain yield has been good, and he usually has
about 100 head of high-grade Short-horn cattle. The residence is a large two-story frame
house, situated upon gently rising ground. Mr. Shaw is one of the stewards of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church here, and was Township Trustee from 1881 to 1883. He has also been
a member of the School Board, District No. 53, ever since his location here. He held the
office of Register of Deeds in the county from 1876 to 1880. Mr. Shaw is unmarried, his
mother and sisters residing with him.

‘W. W. SHAW, farmer and Postmaster, Shell Rock, Section 36, Town 22, Range 12, has
resided in Kansas since 1869, and upon his present farm since 1871. He is a native of Vir-
ginia, but was raised in Auglaize County, Ohio; from thence he came here. In February,
1864, he enlisted in Company G, Fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was present at
Atlanta and Jonesboro, shortly after which he was invalided and discharged for disability,
in May, 1865. He has been a pensioner since 1880. Mr. Shaw was married before entering
the army, and has now eight children, all residing in this State. The five elder ones are
married. He was appointed Postmaster in 1873, and has continued in office ever since. In
1875, he was leated Justice of the Peace, and has held that office ever since. He is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Protestant Church. About one-half of his farm is in cultivation, and
upon several occasions gold-bearing quartz and small nuggets have been found. So far, no
shore oh ear has been made, although the specimens found have been pronounced A 1

y experts.

iL S. SHEPARD, farmer, Section 13, Spring Creek Township, P. 0. Reece, and who

was one of the first Judges of Election in this township; was born in what is now the city of

' Syracuse, when there was but one log house nearer than Onondaga Lake. Mr. Shephard

has resided here since 1869, and has been Justice of the Peace since 1872. His farm is large
and well improved, his fine two-story house being one of the finest in the valley.

WALTER SMETHERS, Twin Falls, is a native of Indiana, and has resided in Kansas
since 1866. He is one of Greenwood County’s best known citizens. He built the first house
in Twin Falls, and in 1873 was elected County Treasurer. Upon the expiration of his term
of office, he returned to Twin Falls, where he resides, engaged in farming; he also entered
into business as a merchant, and in 1880, was appointed Postmaster. He served with
distinttion in eoneey K, One Hundred and Seeand’ Tilipots Infantry, for three years, and
was in all the principal engagements. Mr. Simethers was married in Indiana, and his eldest
son, William H., is now practicing medicine in Moline, Elk Co., Kan.

CAPT, S. P. SMITH, farmer and cattle dealer, Section 19, Janesville Township, P. 0.
Hamilton, is a native of Ontario County, N. Y., and after serving with distinction througb-
out the war, was at its close commissioned Captain in the United States Army. In 1872, he
came to Kansas, and locating in this township soon became one of its largest stock and
cattle dealers. He owns 800 acres in Janesville Township, the greater part of which is in
Section 19, where he has lately built a very fine residence. He has several very fine im-
ported Durham bulls, and increases his stock by crossing with the native cattle, of which he
usually has from 500 to 800 head. An admirer of horse flesh, the Captain has also some fine
Hamiltonian and Messenger stallions. He has been Trustee of this township for eight
years, and is one of its most Snr puaine and influential residents.

W. B. SMITH, of W. B. & W. M. Smith, Twin Falls, millers, was born in Owen County,
Ind., and in 1872 he came to Kansas, when he, and his brother bought the mill here,
formerly owned by Mr. Coy, and have continued to run it to the present time; they have

reatly improved it putting in new machinery, ete., and making the Twin Falls Flouring
ae, oe of tho best in Kansas. Mr, Smith is a young married man, but one of the live men

e town.

JAMES STEWART, farmer, Section 23, Spring Creek Township, P. 0. Reece, was born
in Brown County, Ohio, und whilst yet young removed to Champaign County, Ill, and in
1870 removed to this State, locating upon his present farm. Since residing here Mr. Stewart
has woven hile attention to raising horses, he having some of the finest Lexingtons always on
hand. His large two story cut stone house, is one of the finest on the lower road, and his
farm surroundings are a treat for the eye of an artist.

___ REV, PHILLIP WENGER, farmer, Section 25, P. 0. Shell Rock, is a native ef Baden,
(icrmany, and came to the United States in 1854. locating upon a farm in Tazewell County,
Ill, from whence he removed to his present location in 1877, His farm contains 640 acres,
200 of which are under cultivation, and although upland his grain yield has averaged for
wheat, sixteen bushels, corn, thirty to thirty-five, and oats twenty-five bushels to the acre.
He has about 100 head of native cattle, and a fine two-story residence, and substantial and
commodious barns, all insured. Mr, Wenger has but one child, a daughter. He was ope of
the organizers and is pastor of the Apostolic Christian Church. The society numbers about
100 members, and in 1881 a church was built in this township at a cost of $1,400. It will seat
200 persons; services are held every Sabbath. In addition, Elder J oseph Huber has another
charge ten miles east of this, where he conducts weekly services.

R. E. WOLCOTT, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Shell Rock! was born in Orange County, Vt.,
in 1832, and coming to Kansas in 1870, located in this township. His farm contains 235 acres
on Sections 13 and 14, Township 23, Range 12south, sixty acres being under cultivation, with
an average corn yield of fifty to sixty, and wheat, twenty-five bushels per acre, oats, forty-
five to sixty bushels. For some years past Mr. Wolcott has raised considerable sorghum cane,
and having a small mill upon his place has found it remunerative. The yield bas been
about 100 gallons per acre, and it finds a ready sale at 50 cents per gallon. Of cattle he has
about thirty head. His only son, Royal Wolcott, is married and resides upon the adjacent
farm. Mr. Wolcott enlisted at Salem, Mass., August 8, 1861, in Company F, Twenty-third
Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, ane after being present at Roanoke, Newbern,
ete., was ae in August, 1862, on account of disability, and in 1864, he re-enlisted in
the Thirteenth Veteran Reserve, and remained until the close of the war. Mr. Wolcott was
first Master of Shell Rock Grange, No. 1,147, P. of H., and in 1874 he was elected Justice of the

‘ Peace, which office he held until 1877,
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

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’ CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

LOCATION, SURFACE AND PRODUCTIONS.

Cee County was formerly, in common with Elk County,
included in the county of Howard. By an act of the Legislature,
which took effect on the 1st day of June, 1875, that portion of Southern
Kansas known as Howard County, became divided into two equal parts,
and called Elk and Chautauqua Counties, the latter comprising the south
half of old Howard County,

Chautauqua County, therefore, lies in the most southerly tier of coun-
ties in the State, the north line of the Indian Territory forming its south-
ern boundary, while on the east lies the county of Montgomery, Elk on
the north and Cowley County on the west. The county is twenty-one
miles from north to south, and thirty-one miles from east to west; having
an area of 651 square miles, or
416,640 acres.

The general surface of the E L K
county is rough and broken, RX
abounding in rocky ridges and
high, bluffy elevations. To-
ward the north, it becomes
more even, and in some places
sufficiently smooth to admit of
cultivation; but a very large
portion of the county is inca-
pable of being cultivated at
all. There are, however, rich
level bottoms lying along the
streams susceptible of easy
tillage and highly productive.
It is estimated that the bot-
tom lands comprise about one-
fourth of the entire county,
and from these nearly all the
agricultural products are de-
rived.

The county is covered with
a rich growth of wild grasses,
however, which with its numer-
ous streams and ‘springs of
healthful water and abundant
growth of timber for ea!
makes this one among the -
finest stock-growing regions in », IN DEAN
the State. ‘ School Houses

The principal of the water
courses are the Big and Mid-
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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).

EARLY HISTORY.

The first white settler that located in what is now Chautauqua
County was Richard Slater, who came in July, 1868, and settled on a claim
in Salt Creek Valley, in Salt Creek Township, in the northeast corner of
the county. The land, however, was not open to settlement at that time,
being owned by the Big and Little Osage Indians, from whom it was ob-
tained by the Government under a treaty made with the Indians while
holding their grand council on the Verdigris River in 1870. In July, 1869,
William Bowcher settled in Lafayette Rownahin, and, in the fall of the
same year, settlement was first made in Harrison Township by O. Han-
son ; in Sedan Township, by H. 8. Halladay; Caneyville Township, by
Alexander Shawver ; in Summit. Township, by George M. Ross, and in
Belleville Township, by John
W. Morris and John Sutton. |

O. Hanson, the first settler

R.XUI| oO to enter what is now Sedan
Township, having limited
Oo means and no vehicle, was

compelled. to transport his
worldly goods to his place of
settlement on a ‘‘stone-boat.”

The population of the county,
given for various periods,
shows more plainly the rate of.
increase and degrees of de-
velopment of the county in
point of settlement.

' In 1870, the population of
Howard County numbered
2,794, and in 1875, just prior to
the division of the county, it
was 13,632. Just following
the creation of Chautauqua
County, in 1875, its population
was 7,417, and in 1878 it was
9,246, or an increase in three
years of 1,829. In 1879, it was
10,537, or an increase in one
year of 1,291. In 1882, the
population of the county num-
bered about 12,000.

The first term of the Elev-
enth Judicial District Court
convened at Belleville, How-
ard County, May 15, 1871,

iss0, W.P. Campbell, Judge, and

Daniel Carr acting as Clerk.

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Caneyville Township.
Center Township...
Harrison Township
Hendricks Townshi

numerous other streams of
varied size and importance.
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Jefferson Township.
Lafayette Township
Little Caney Township..
Salt Creek engineers
Sedan Township, including Sedan City..
Summit Township.........
Washington Township.

ber isalso found in this county,
and although the greater por-
tion and the best quality is
found along the streams, yet
in some places it covers the
hills and draws. The princi-
pal varieties of the timber are
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Sedan City...
Organized in 1875 from Howard County.

tities, while that upon the (;
bluffy lands is made up of a (a)
species of oak, vulgarly known
as ‘‘ black jack.” Organized in 1875 from Howard County.

The mineral resources of 6 Organized in 1875 from Howard County.
the county are practically un- (i) Organized in 1875 from Howard County.
important so far as discoveries i}
have been made. Coal has qj
been found in some parts,
but in such limited quantities as to render its development unprofitable,
the veins being surface veins of from only three to fifteen inches in thick-
ness. Bs

A few specimens of lead ore were discovered in the south part of the
county, but further investigation failed to reveal the presence of the min-
eral in quantities sufficiently large to justify its development, and the
enterprise was abandoned. There is. however, an almost inexhaustible
supply of sand, and limestone of excellent quality and valuable for build-
ing purposes, which abounds generally throughout the county.

ottery and fire clays have been found in some localities, but in small

amounts, the latter having been utilized to some extent.

Organized in 1878 from part of Jefferson.

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'b) Organized in 1875 from Howard County; in 1878, a part attached to Summit.
Organized in 1875 from Howard County; in 1878, a part attached to Summit.

e), Organized in 1878 from parts of Jefferson and Sedan. : .
i oward County ; in 1878, parts attached to Harrison, Hendricks and Summit.

Organized in 1875 from Howard County; in 1878, parts attached to Hendricks and Summit.
Organized in 1878 from parts of Caneyville, Center, Jefferson and Sedan.

817 was a mandamus case to com-
753 pel the county officers to re-
move from Elk Falls to Peru.
: On the 4th day of June, 1870,
804 M. Smith, Probate Judge of
Howard County, issued the
first marriage license to J. M.
Cole and Margaret J. Comer,
and on the next day united
them in the legal bonds of mat-
rimony.

The first marriage in Salt
Creek Township was that of
Ebenezer Horton and Martha
Starks, February 14, 1869; in
Caneyville, John C. Johnson
3 and Helen Cooley July 2,
1871; in Harrison Township, Hiram Winter and Mary Conklin, March, 1871;
in Sedan Township, J. M. Culver and C. Helms, February 15, 1872.

The first birth in Harrison Township was that of Grundy White,
March 9, 1870: in Salt Creek Township, Abigail Slater, February 20, 1869;
in Lafayette Township, Robert Narrow, July 5, 1870.

The only Democrats that have been elected to offices of importance
on a square poieal fight were Col. Donaldson, County Attorney ; Eli
Titus, Sheriff, and E. S8. Cummings, Representative.

L. P. Getman established the tirst store in the county, at Elgin, and
John Lee, William Gamble and Beadle Welsh started the first saw mill at
the same place, and which they brought from Wisconsin in 1870.

 

 
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It was at this place that the first preaching in the county was held by
Rev. 8. Records, in the first schoolhouse that was erected; and W. C. Wat-
kins was the first class-leader. Watkins, it is claimed by some, was the
first settler in the county.

In 1875, two men by the name of John Bybee and Jesse Peterson, liv-
ing in what is known as “‘Hell’s Bend’ in the southwest part of the county,

- and who had been long-time friends, got into a quarrel which almost re-

sulted in the loss of life. On the 4th of July of that year, Bybee, in com-

any with others, went to Peterson’s residence, a log house, and shot at
Peterson through a crack between the logs, but without effect. Bybee
was arrested and brought to trial, which was delayed by one means. and

_ another, lasting through a period.of between two and three years, and was

finally acquitted. The old feud, however, stood unabated, and in 1877 the
parties again came in contact at Cedarvale, and operations began. Bybee
shot at Peterson without effect, who in return shot his antagonist through
the jaw. Peterson was held for trial and was discharged, and soon after-
ward left the county, going to Texas. Following this escapade, Bybee
fell-a mortal victim to a shot fired by a man named Fell, whom Bybee had

accused of stealing his horses.

Another instance of a murderous character was that which took place

. between asporting man by thenameof Jack McCallister, familiarly known

é

-as ‘Happy Jack,” and L. M. Finch, the two having become involved in a
difficulty, whereupon Finch shot McCallister.

In 1871 is recorded the murder of Jones by one McClarning.

The trouble arose at a dance that was held south of Sedan, a short
distance, at which Jones made some remark concerning some of the ladies
which the other in resenting, caused a disturbance, resulting as above re-
lated. McClarning was arrested, tried and found guilty, andl is now serv-
ing out the penalty of his offense in the penitentiary.

. In the spring of 1872,took place the murder of one Harper, by his
brother, the scene of the affray being in the vicinity of Peru.

The quarrel from which the murder took place arose concerning a
water bucket.

ORGANIZATION AND OTHER COUNTY MATTERS.

The incorporation of Chautauqua County was provided for in the act under which its
formation took place, taking effect June 1, 1875. Upon that day M. B. Light, as Clerk of the
county of Chautauqua, removed to Sedan, the place appointed to be the county seat by the
terms of the division act. The other county officials were detained-at Elk Falls by injunc-
tion, until the constitutionality of the act should be tested by the Supreme-Court, the mat-
ter having been brought before that tribunal.

The constitutionality of the measure, however, was upheld by the judgment of the
court; the entire matter was put to rest, and the necessary changes were made.

The'sentiment of the people of Chautauqua County upon the location of the county
seat was put to the test in the general election of 1875, and by this means all the disagreeable
and expensive features of a county seat election were happily avoided. As a further induce-
ment to allow the matter to remain quiet, a proposition was made by the town of Sedan, to

» donate a court house, in an uncompleted state, to the county, in case the county seat be al-

lowed to remain with them, which offer was accepted. According to the terms of the prom-
ise, the substantial stone walls of a court house were at once erected, and turned over into the
hands of the county authorities for the completion of the building.

By this means the county was provided with asuitable building for all needful pur-
‘poses, at the minimun expenditure of only $2,500, which otherwise would have cost the county
not less than $8,000. The first corps of officers elected in Chautauqua County were: Rep-
resentative, H. Berry; Sheriff, J. L, Mattingly; District Clerk, T. N. King; County Clerk,
E. B. Hibbard; Probate Judge, N. Wheeler; ony a enney J. D. McBrian ; Superintend-
ent Public Instruction, J.C. Ross; Treasurer, W. W. Jones; Register of Deeds, . F. Lem-
mon ; Surveyor, A. Ellis; Commissioners, John Lee, E.M, Hewins, J. W. Springer; Dis-
‘trict Judge, W. P. Campbell; State Senator, H. C, St. Clair.

The -present (1882) county officials are: William Boyd, Sheriff; C: M. Knapp, Clerk SE.
W. Davis, Treasurer ; M.B. Light, Attorney ; A. Kilmer, Register of Deeds ; R.G. Ward, Clerk
of the District Court; N. H. Merrill, Probate Judge; D. E. Shartel, County Superintendent;
A.D. Woodman, County Surveyor; C. B. Sipple, Coroner; J. E. Lewis, J. M. Short, 8. Hol-
‘royd, Commissioners. | « ‘

; Subsequent to the organization of Howard County, the finances of the county suffered
very materially from a number of causes, until the people became loaded with a weight of
indébtedness, which even yet weighs upon them heavily. This indebtedness was brought
about in several ways, beginning as early as 1871, when Elias Lovett, Sheriff of Chautauqua
County, swindled it out of $500, and during the same year C. P. Douglas, County Treasurer,
from some unknown cause, could not balance his cash account by exactly $1,662.41.

Following this, in 1874, E. D. Custer, County Treasurer, proved a defaulter to the amount
-of $10,000, making a total sum of more than $12,000 that had been stolen from the people of
‘the county. In 1873, the records had been stolen, requiring heavy expenses in obtaining their
recovery ; the tax rolls had been destroyed, and had to be. duplicated and legalized by the
Legislature, by reason of which, parties in some instances were called upon to pay levies they
hed already paid. This, with the continued drain upon the treasury in the county seat
‘eontests, all served to pile upon the people of the county an enormous indebtedness, which
at the time the division was made, amounted to nearly $60,000. .

When the division of Howard County was effected, and equal division of its indebted-
ness was also made between the two counties into which it was formed, Thus the new

eounty of Chautauqua sprung into existence, under the unfavorable. condition.of being

weighed down with a debt of almost $30,000.

On the 1st day of July, 1876, the county issued bonds to the amount of $18,060,.to fall
due at dates ranging from 1885 to 1891, at ten per cent interest, with which the county in-
debtedness became funded. Later, in October of the same year, another issue of bonds was
_made, to, the amount of $7,560, which were given in exchange for bonds already due.

he bonded indebtedness of the county in 1882 was 936,493.50, and the amount of out-
standing county warrants was $873.50. The amount expended for county purposes during
the last year was $15,840.92. Funds received during year, $26,343.18, and the total disburse-
-ments for the same time aggregated the same amount,

The total liabilities of the county is $37,289.37, while the assets, including the valucs of
such property, as belongs to the county in its corporate capacity, amounts to $27,843.60, or
$9,445.77 less than the liabilities. The amount of outstanding school bonds at this time, and
which were issued by the several school districts, amount to $16 980. From this it will be
seen that the bonded indebtedness upon the people of the county for all purposes amounts
to $43,473.50. _

' Directly

upon the erection of the county, and the establishment of the county seat, it

became suppi:ed with a commodious court house. The promptness with which this want

was supplied, was occasioned.by the fact that one of the conditions upon which the town of
Sedan was made the county-seat, was that she should donate the unfinished walls of a court
house to the county, The proposition was submitted by the town, and upon its being ac-
cepted by the county, no time was allowed to intervene until a compliance was made on the
part of the city. Accordingly, in 1875, the substantial walls of the building were prepared.
and turned over into the hands of the county authorities for their completion.

It.is a two-story stone structure, the lower floor being occupied by the several county
offices, and the upper as a court room. :

A substantial stone jail with steel cages was built in 1877, In connection with the jail
is also a residence for the Sheriff ofthe county, © © :

SCHOOLS, MANUFACTURES AND STATISTICS.

The first. schoolhouse in Chautauqua County was erected in 1870, at the village of El-
gin, in Hendricks Township, and houses in’ other townships were erected as follows: Salt

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Creek, May, 1872; Summit, summer of 1872; Caneyville, October, 1872; Harrison, summer
of 1873; Lafayette, 1870; Belleville (Peru), 1875; Sedan (Sedan City), 1872; Jefferson (Cedar
Vale), spring of 1872. 4 4 ;

Since the first settlement was made in the county, the establishment and improvement
of the educational department has kept even pace with the physical and material develop-
ment. Schools became established in localities as rapidly as the settlements would justify,
and no means were spared nor delay suffered to interpose, until suitable and convenient
school privileges were secured in every part of the county. There are, at the present time,
eighty-seven school districts in the county, an increase of forty-five in the last two years,
each of which is supplied with a comfortable building.

The census of 1880 shows the school population of the county, to be 2,097, while at pres-
ent (1882) it is 4,421; or more than double what it was in 1880. The number of teachers em-
ployed in 1880 was 54, in 1882, 100. The estimated value of school property in 1880 was $4,-
550; in 1882, $52,200. ‘The tax raised in 1881 for school Parone aggregated $71,242.48.

J.C. Ross was the first County Superintendent, R. G. Ward second, J. T. Bradley third
and D. E, Shartel the fourth and now in office.

There are three graded schools in the county, and are located at Sedan, Peru and Ce-
dar Vale, these being the highest order of educational institutions in the county. Consid-
erable attention is given to the educational interests by the people of the county, great care
being taken in the selection of competent ani judicious men for the position of Superin-
tendent, under whom the grade of the schools has been advanced as rapidly as practicable,
and the schools will compare in point of efficiency with those of older and otherwise more
advanced communities. i . ;

Chautauqua County boasts of ten manufacturing establishments, aggregating a capital
of $21,900, These, however, are mostly flouring and saw mills, there being one cotton gin
and a few other unimportant establishments. These are as follows: .

At Cloverdale—fiouring-mill, Frank Clark. proprietor, capital $3,500; corn mill, W. N.
Hall, proprietor, capital $600; flour mill, Tabler & Maxwell, proprietors, capital $3,600. At
Sedan—Steam flour mill, M. Liebenburg & Co., proprietors, capital $3,000. At Harts Mills—
flour mill, William Vail, proprietor, capital $1,000; Peru steam and water, flour and saw
mill, P. M. Norris, proprietor, capital $7,000. At Mantanzas—steam saw mill, J. Pennington,
proprietor, capital $800, At Peru—cotton gin, horse power, Logan, Fairfax & Co., proprie-
tors, capital $500; saw and grist mill, H. Brauen, proprietor, capital $1,000. Harts Mills—a
water-power flour mill, Maim & Kyger, proprietors, capital $1,000. _ i

A careful attendance upon the facts exhibited from the following comparison of statis-
tics for the years 1878, 1880 and 1882, will show the progress of development and the increase
of the material wealth and prosperity-of the county. In 1878, the number of taxable acres
of real estate in the county was 179,108, the assessed value of which was $633,568 ; the value
of town lots was $34,353 and of all personal property $277,786.35, or a grand total of $945,-
907.35. In 1880, there were 206,966 taxable acres, valued at $659,037 ; town lots valued at
$48,849, and the aggregate value of the personal property was $319,595, making a total value
of all the property in the county amounting to $1,027,481, an increase over that of 1878 of

. $81,573.65. In 1882, the taxable acreage of real estate was 268,901, of which there were

68,377 acres in cultivation. The assessed value of the taxable farm lands was §773,363; of
town lots, $73,521; of personal property, $417,921, making, as the aggregate value of all the
property in the county, the sum of $1,264,805.15, an increase over 1878 of $318,897.80, and over
1880, $237,324.15.

From these figures it. will easily be determined that the increase of the value of prop-
erty for the two years between 1880 and 1882 exceeds that for the same period between 1878
and 1880 to the amount of $155,750.50.

The increase in value of the live stock in 1880 over 1878 was $31,952.25 ; of 1882 over
1880, $113,027.75, and the increase of the same for the four years from 1878 to 1882 was $144,980.

In 1882, the number of acres planted to wheat was 1,796; rye, 44; corn, 46,430 ; barley, 6;
oats, 698; buckwheat, 4; Irish potatoes, 366; sweet potatoes, 4; sorghum, 665; castor beans,
513; cotton, 456; flax, 348; tobacco, 5; broom corn, 19; millet and Hungarian, 6,936; tim-
othy, 42; clover, 5.

Of truit trees, there were in bearing 28,435 apple ; 888 pear ; 131,729 peach ; 2,546 plum,
and 8,160 cherry. ;

~The number of fruit trees not bearing were, apple, 46,140; pear, 2,213; peach, 46,539;
plum, 3,833; cherry, 10,873.

Number of acres in raspberries, 19; blackberries, 21; strawberries, 2. Number of acres
in vineyard, 28, and the number of gallons of wine made, 17.

Artificial forestry has received but slight attention, there being cultivated 33 acres of
walnut, 9 acres of maple, 18 of cottonwood and 43 acres of other varieties of trees.
‘ Of dairy products, there were produced 246,865 pounds of butter and 4,830 pounds of
cheese. ;

. The value of animals slaughtered and sold for slaughter during the year was $228,308,

and the production of wool amounted to 30,171 pounds.

SEDAN.

The city of Sedan, the county seat of Chautauqua County, is situated
near the geographical center of the county on the middle of Caney Creck,
in Sedan Township.

Until the establishment of the county seat in 1875, Sedan was an unim-
portant point, at which there was a store, blacksmith shop, a district
school building and one or two residences. In 1878, Capt. Farris started a
small store which proved unprofitable, and was taken away. He-was fol-
lowed by M. C. Webb and C. Tiffin, who established a business, dealing in
general merchandise.

The property upon which the town was founded belonged to F. G.
Bowers. When the location of the county seat was fixed, it at once be-
came the busy site of a rapidly growing town. All attention throughout
the county was centered at this spot and the process of building was brisk
and continuous. Business men became established, and men of other
avocations flocked in to obtain the advantages of being first established,
and to hold a place, as it was destined to be the chief town in the county.
Every effort to assist in its growth was made. A town company, of which
L. L. Turner was made President, was formed for the purpose of further-
ing the project of the building of the town. The leading lights in this or-
ganization were Mr. Hewins, Titus Donaldson, Turner and Bowers. As &
means of hastening the progress of the place, lots were gratuitously do-
nated to any one who would build upon them.

After the laying off of a town, the first business house was established
by L. G. Getman in the fall of 1875, followed in the spring of the next
year by J. I. Crouse, who started a general store.

Those who had located at other points in the county, attracted by
these flattering prospects, removed thither, and new firms became estab-

lished. Indeed so rapid was the filling up of the town that in the short

eriod of seven years, since 1875 to the present time, the town has grown
rom an unimportant country trading point to a city of 1,000 inhabitants.
Large business houses supply the demands of a wide, extended and flour-
ishing trade. Substantial’ brick and stone business blocks adorn the
streets, while numerous tasteful residences embellish the outskirts, and
back grounds. An air of neatness, thrift and enterprise is everywhere
visible, the merchants and tradesmen are industrious and prospering, an

everything speaks favorable for the future of the city.

A post office, under the name of Sedan Post Office, was established in
April, 1871, and James Dasher held the appointment of Postmaster.
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

Shortly following this the office was discontinued, there not being suffi-
cient demand for it, and the office was kept at Ross City, about eight miles
west of Sedan. On the Ist of October, 1874, however, it was opened
under a re-establishment, under the official management of 8. U. Stearns.

A. H. King succeeded to the appointment of Postmaster, and began
the exercise of his official duties January 1, 1876, which he held until the
regular installment of J. T. Hamar, April 1, 1878. Hamar’s cupidity was
equaled only by his necessities, and being unable to resist the self-appro-
priation of the pelf he was called upon to_ handle officially, and after
collecting the sum of $1,000 together, absconded, leaving the office to take
charge of itself, and the Government Department so much money behind.
His whereabouts, however, was discovered and the authorities held com-
munication with him, the arrangement being such that he is permitted to
make up the deficit.

Following jthe defaulting and dethronement of Hamar, D. J. Moore
took charge of the office on May 31, 1880, and has since that time occu-
pied the position. The office is now graded as a fourth-class office.

CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS.

By an order made by W. P. Campbell, then Judge of the District Court. pursuant to a
petition oe as required by law, the town of Sedan became incorporated as a city of
the third class on the 16th of March, 1876, and an election for the choosing of officers was
ordered to be held on April 3 following, and J. I, Crouse, R. S$. Turner and G. W. Mullinix
were appointed Judges of Election. Frank Addleman and E. B, Lansing, Clerks, and J.D.
McBrian, L. P. Getman and R. M. Ross asa board to canvass the votes: atts

The election was held upon the appointed day, and the following persons were elected
‘to the various official places: A. H. King, Mayor; R. 8. Turner, J. P. Rhoads, J. W. Sitton,
C. S, Tiffin, J. I. Crouse, Councilmen; F. P. Addleman, Clerk; J. I. Crouse, Treasurer; W.
H. Tibbits, City Attorney ; G. W. Mullinix, Police Judge ; W. D. Jolly, Marshal.

The present city officers are L, L. Turner, Mayor; James Milton, Police Judge; T. N.
King, J. K. Tulloss, R, 8. Turner, M. Liebenberg, H. H. Albright, Councilmen ; M. C. Webb,
Treasurer; T, T. Ball, Clerk; C. J. Peckham, City Attorney; C. M. Ellis, Marshal; Dexter
W ade, Assistant Marshal. :

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

The matter of education and the establishment of a school had received attention long
before the idea of founding a town came into existence. As early as 1872, a district school
was provided and a school building erected, which stood upon what was afterward selected
as the town site. This same building served the town for school purposes as Jate as 1877,
when the increase of the school population demanded enlarged accommodations. With
this a two-story addition was appended to the old house, affording in all the advantages of
three apartments. This has now become insufficient for the rigcessities of the schools, and

” calls‘are made for still further enlargement, in consequence of which efforts are being made
to secure the erection of a building sufficiently commodious to satisfy all the demands for
this purpose. The schools, having an enrollment of 354 pupils, were graded during the fall
of 1880 by Prof. J. B. Sands, and comprise two primary, two intermediate and the grammar
school departments. The instruction afforded is generally regarded as most excellent and
efficient under Prof. J. B. Sands as Pelpete) Miss Ada Wellington teacher of the first pri-
mary, and Miss Anna Taylor, teacher of the second primary, Miss Belle Taylor, teacher ot
the first intermediate, and T. W. Tout, teacher of second intermediate departments,

The pod people living in the vicinity of where the city of Sedan now stands received
occasional visitations from itinerant missionaries, who declared to them, not always in very
eloquent sentences, the doctrines of ae and the prospects of salvation. With what
effect this was done cannot, of course, be determined, but from the attending circumstances
it would be exceedingly unwise to imagine that any miraculous change was performed.
At this time and place churches were not numerous, nor disciples superabundant.

The Methodists were earliest in the enterprise of establishing a church in the town.
This was effected in the fall of 1876 by ‘‘Old Father Record,” a local preacher. The de-
nomination started off weak and halting, having only six members, but the few were faith-
ful and kept together, securing accessions as fast as the possibilities would admit. The first
services were held in the school building, in which they remained until their church.edifice
was erected.

The church was incorporated April 22, 1878, at which time immediate steps were put
forth looking to the erection of a church. The effort proved successful, and during the
summer of 1878 the building was completed ready for occupancy, costing $1,600, and during
the fall was dedicated to spiritual uses by Rev. D. P. Mitchell. The congregation, now num-
bering fifty members, is in a flourishing condition under the pastorate of Rev. J. N. Bealls.

The United Brethren Church became established in Sedan in the summer of 1878 by the
Rey. J.B. McCue.. The services were conducted in the schoolhouse until the erection of a
church, which took place in 1880, the house costing $2,000; is a neat one-story brick building
forty-five feet in length by twenty-eight feet in width, and finished with a towering spire.
The church is in charge of Rev. John Blake, and hasta membership of twenty-four.

The Presbyterian Church was organized with ten members in the early spring of 1880,

under the direction of Rev. A. H. Lackey, of Peabody Several of the ladies of the town,
however, were the prime movers in the work, chief among whom were Mrs. E. A. Merrill
and Mrs. M. E. Mathews. The place of organization was in the court room, in which
services have since been held, and which are now conducted by Rev. Reuben Hahn, the
congregation numbering seventeen members. ; beaks ,

The Baptist Church was organized in April, 1882. This also was chiefly the work of
several ladies zealous in the cause, the chief of whom were Mrs. Albright and Mrs. L. Kilmer,
The congregation numbering twenty members, hold services regularly, in the court room on
the second Sabbath of each month, conducted by Rev. F. L. Walker.

. THE PRESS AND SOCIETIES.

-The first news journal established in the town was the Wide Awake, which began its
issue in June, 1874, by Joseph Mount, a mute. The paper, however, was short lived, having
run only little over a year, when it expired in September, 1875. ; |

The Chautauqua Journal was brought here from Elk Falls, where it had been established
in 1873 by Ward ¢ Pyle; who sold out in December of that year, to Kelly & Turner. After
‘nearly three years, the removal to Sedan was made, where the firm continued the publication of
the paper until January, 1879, at which time it was sold, being purchased by R. H. Turner,
the present editor and proprietor. It is a seven-column folio in size, all home print, Repub-
lican in politics, and has a circulation of 900 copies. ‘ . : 7

The Sedan Times first began its existence under the title of the Chautauqua Times, in
May, 1878, and was owned by P. H. Albright. On the 1st of July, 1880, it was sold to A. D.
Dunn, who changed the namie of the paper to its present title, March 1, 1881. At first it was
asix-column folio, but on May 1, 1881, was changed to a seven-column folio, and in May,
1882, was enlarged to a six-column quarto, its present size. The paper at first was Democratic

‘in politics, but at a subsequent date was changed in sentiment, becoming an advocate of
Republicanism, and has a circulation of 675 copies. . :
The fraternal spirit among the inhabitants of the town is proven conclusively by the
establishment of its secret orders, of which there are four in excellent working condition :
Vesper Lodge, No. 136, A., F. & A. M., was instituted under a dispensation from the
Grand Lodge, on Suly 28, 1872, by J. M. Nevins, of Independence, who was named as special
Deputy Grand Master for this purpose. On October 16, 1873, the lodge was duly dealers
and started upon its mission with seven members. The first officers of the lodge
were: g ,
L. P. Getman, Worshipful Master; D. J. Moore, Senior Warden; J. L. Dewey, Junior
Warden; Norris Harer, Treasurer; Thomas Stanley, Secretary; J..H. King, Senior Deacon ;
J.W. Guill, Junior Deacon. te 3
The-present officers are C. M. Turner, Worshipful Master ; A. H. King, Senior Deacon ;
J. W. Johnston, Junior Deacon ; J. E. Lewis, Treasurer; D. J. Moore, Secretary ; J.D. Me-
Brian, Senior Deacon; C. Roe, Junior Deacon; K..R. Turner, Tiler. 7 7

The society now has sixty-four members, and is in fine working order, supplied with
all the necessary equipments of wardrobe and emblems for the performance of all rites and
ceremonies.

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4 The Syroc Chapter, No. 42, R.A. M., became established in the summer of 188), and wa

chartered February 15, 1881. The institution took place under W. H. Waters, of Indepen

dence, Special Deputy Grand Master. : 7

mi Os officers elected were: L. P. Getman, High Priest ; B, E. Bius, King; R. 8. Turner,
cribe.

The lodge began weak, but has continued to increase its membership slowly, and at
present numbers thirteen members tnder the official control of B. E. Bius, High Priest; R.
8. Turner, King; J. E. Lewis, Scribe. i _ ‘

_ Sedan Lodge, No. 141, I. O. O. F., was instituted April 18, 1877, with five charter members,
viz.: W. W, Jones, J. W. Sitton, Ezra Hayden, L. C. Wait and R.S. Turner. The member-
Ship of the lodge has steadily increased, and now numbers about forty-three. At present
the lodge is officered as follows: J.S. Wade, Noble Grand; John R. Butler,’ Vice Grand; O.
G. Hayes, Recording Secretary; W. F. Lemmon, Permanent Secretary ; B. E. Bius, Treasurer;
A.C. Mathews, Warden; M. T. Evans, Conductor. : 4

_ The Rebecca Lodge was instituted August 25, 1882, by Grand Master, A. H. Dow, at which
time degrees were conferred upon four brothers and seven sisters, the total membership
of the lodge being twentv-eight.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

G. W. ARNOLD, clerk of the District Court, was born in Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa,
September 6, 1855. He was raised in town, and when twelve years of age, his parents located
on a farm in Scotland County, Mo. Here the subject of this sketch remained until 1875, and

ngaged in farming and teaching. In 1878, emigrated to Kansas, locating at Peru, where he
engaged in farming and teaching. In 1881, he was principal of the schools of Peru, and the
following spring was employed as a salesman in one of the dry goods stores until the fall of
1882, when he was elected clerk of the District Court, on the people’s ticket, and soon after lo-
cated in Sedan. Mr. arnold is a young man of ability and determination, and has discharged
the duties of his office with credit to himself and the satisfaction of those having business with
him, and in the short time he has been at Sedan, has made a host of friends. In 1875, he was
married to Miss Lena E. Baker, of Scotland County, Mo. They have two cbildren—Harry C.
and Leo ae A.is a member of Peru Lodge, No. 106, I. O. O.F., and a member of the Sedan

ornet Band.

CAPT. BENTAMIN E. BINNS, merchant, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1829. Emi-
grated to America in 1844, locating in Madison County, N.Y. In 1846, he removed _to Michi-
gan, locating at Niles, and engaged in cabinet making. The following year located at Buchanan
and continued in the same business for anumber of years. October 14, 1861, he enlisted in
the ‘Twelfth Michigan Infantry, and received a commission as Second Lieutenant of Company
C. In 1862, Uctober 10, was promoted, receiving a Captain’s commission, serving in all three
years and six months. He was wounded during the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Atter re-
turning from the army, he engaged in the mercantile business in Buchanan, Mich., and in
1877 sold out and emigrated to Kansas, locating at Sedan, Chautauqua County. Soon after he
came here. he located a claim on Section 27, Township 33, Range 11,.0f 160 acres, one mile
from the city of Sedan, and for one year was engaged in improving his place. Erecting a large
house, he broke thirty acres and planted an orchard, and made many otherimprovements. The
place is well situated and is watered by a fine spring. The first year he began the stock busi-
ness with one cow and a calf, and at present has seventy-five head of cattle, and six horses.
Also owns a farm of 160 acres, on Section 36, same township. In 1878, he engaged in the
mercantile business and has doubled his business the last wo years. Mr. Binns is one of the
best business men in the city, and has made some extensive improvements in the county since
he came here. Binns.Brothers have put up the largest building in Sedan, a stone store 24x80,
two stories. Heis also in company with Mr. Bennett, of Chautauqua Springs, engaged in the
mercantile business. They also own forty acres on the town site, which theyhave laid out into
lots, and are doing considerable business in city lots at that place. In 1851, he was married to
Miss vulia E.Day, of Buchanan, Mich. They have two children--Nancy L. and Andrew F. Mr.
B. ia a member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A. R.; Buchanan Lodge, No. 68,A., F. & A.M.;
Syroc Chapter, No. 42, and a charter member of Commandery No. 10, of Independence, Kan.,
and I. O. O. F., No. 141, Sedan and Verdigris Encampment, 22, I. 0.0.F. ’ woe

JAMES T. BRADLEY, County Superintendent of Schools, was born in London, Ontario, in
1856. When fourteen years of age, he emigrated with his parents to Missouri, locating in
Bates County. At the end of one year, they removed to St. Clair County, locating in Appleton

.City. The subject of this sketch took a course at the high school in that place, and in 1875,

emigrated to Kansas, locating at Sedan, where he was employed as a teacher in the Sedan
schools for two terms, after which he taught two terms in the county, and was then employed
as a salesman in Mr. Webb’s store for nearly a year. In the spring of 1878, he attended the

- Normal School, and in the fall was elected County Superintendent. At the expiration of his

term, he returned to the State Normal and graduated in the class of 1881. He was then em-

-ployed as principal of the Neosho Falls schools for two years, and in the fall of 1882 was again

elected Superintendent of public instruction in Chautauqua County. Mr. Bradley is. a young
man of rare literary. attainments, and has given entire satisfaction in the position he has filled.
He is a thorough educator and a great studcnt and may virtually be stvled a self-made man.
During six months in 1880, in company with Prof. Conway, he published the Home Enterprise,
a monthly paper devoted to education and matters pertaining to teaching, the first and. only
paper of the kind ever published iu the county. Mr. Bradley is a pleasant, courteous gentle-
man, and takes a lively interest in all matters tending toward elevating the people-_In 1879,
he was uvited in marriage to Miss Dora Gray, of Sedan. They have one daughter—Lena. He
is amember of'Vesper Lodge, No. 136, A., F.& A.M.

__W.H. BRYAN, merchant, was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., 1845, where he was
raised until the rebellion. In 1862, enlisted in the Fourth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, serving
until 1865. After coming out of the army returned to Tippecanoe County and engaged in the
mercantile business, continuing in this until 1871, when he sold out and emigrated to Kansas,
locating in Howard County, and took a claim on Section 24, Township 33, Range 9, eighty miles
from arailroad. He remained on this farm three years, and sold out and returned East, but not
feeling contented there, again returned to Kansas and engaged in stock-raising until July, 1882.
He sold out and bought an interest in the firm of Jones & Dennis. In February, 1883, bought
out his partners and is now carrying on the business in connection with farm machinery and
agricultural implements, in which he is working up a large trade, his sales increasing all the
time, he carries a large stock and is making many friends by his liberal dealing. In 1868, was
married at- LaFayette, Ind., to Miss Geneva Lane. They have three children, viz., George W.,
Lizzie B.and Susan D. Is amember of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A. R., Sedan Lodge, No. 141,

. 0. F,

FRANK BUCK, foreman of the Chautauqua Journal office, was born in Lawrence, Kan., in
1865. He is the oldest son of Judge A. Buck, one of the pioneers.of Lawrence,who was an act-
ive worker in trying to make a free State of Kansas. During Quantrill’s raid into ) awrence,
his property was burned, and he afterward located in Fort Scott. The subject of this sketch
attended school at this point, and in 1872, his parents located in Osage Mission, where he at-
tended the schools of that place for four years. In 1878, his parents located in Sedan, where
he again attended school, In 1879, began learning the printer’s trade inthe Sedan Times
office, remaining one year ; he then attended school for a few months, and the following spring
commenced working at his trade in the Times office, remaining there six or eight months,
and again attended school for ashorttime. In 1881, hé went to work in the Journal office
where he at once began the study of job printing, and at presentis foreman in both job and
news departments. Mr. Buck has devoted his time strictly to business, and by close attention
to business, has succeeded in amassing a large property, although he has had a large family to
support for some time on account of reverses his father met with. Mr. Buck is a young man
but has a host of friends, and as a printer, probably has no superior of his age in the State. He
is a Dleasant, genial gentleman, and all who meet him are pleased with his courteous treatment.

H. H. BUCKELS, stock-dealer, P. 0. Sedan, was born in Logan County, Dl., in 1840, and
was raised there until nineteen years of age, going from there to Sangamon County, and en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising, remaining there until 1874, when he emigrated to Kansas,
locating in Howard County, and bought a farm of 640 acres on Sections 7 and 12, Township 36,
Range 34, which he at once converted into a stock farm, and hedas the entire place enclosed
with good fences, 150 acres under cultivation, eighty acres of fine timber. The Caney River
flows through the farm, furnishing plenty of water, and has several fine salt springs, furnishing
salt necessary for the stock. He has agood frame house 16x42, and ell 16x14, two acres of or-
chard, and on the whole it is one of the most desirable farms in the county, three miles from
Sedan, and it is stocked with twelve head of horses, 125 head of hogs and 350 head of cattle.
Mr, Buckels is grading his stock with the celebrated short:horns, and is considered one of
the most successful stock men in this part of the county, and is one of the leading men of his
township. Mr. B. took an active part in the division of the county, and in getting the county
seat located at Sedan. July 18, 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Emily Sames, of Mt.
Pulaski, Il. Their children are—Louis W., A. Y., J. W., Julia D., E.D.. Mary E., Henry E.,
Ennis L. and Flora A. se is a member of Sedan Lodge, No. 141, I. 0. O. F., anda member of
the Christian Church. : : :

JOHN C. CANNON, attorney at law, was born in St. Louis, Mo., 1850, August 3. When
but six months of age, bis parents located at St. Charles, Mo., where they remained until
March, 1854, when they migrated to Kansas, locating in Linn County. His father, Hon. D. W.
Cannon, was among the pioneers of that county, where he engaged in farming, and young
Cannon was raised on a farm until fifteen years of age, receiving the benefits of a common
school and a partial course at the University at Lawrence. In 1869, commenced reading, law
at Mound City, finishing his course, and was admitted to the bar in 1872, andin September o:
the same year, began the practice of his profession, and remained there one year. In 1873
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became associated with J. D, Snoddy, at LaCygne, in the law business ana remained there two
‘years. From 1875 until 1877, was practicing law in Mound City, going from there to Sedan,
Chautauqua Co., and at once resumed the practice of law, and although there were several
older attorneys in the place, by close attention to his business, has been enabled to build up a
practice far exceedin, anything else in the county, and although he was a young man among
strangers, he did not despair, but was determined to win or ive up the profession. He is a pleas-
ant, courteous g ntleman, and soon won the respect and good-will of the public, and it is
doubtful if there is a man in the county at present with as many warm friends as he has. In
1878, was elected Probate Judge on the Republican ticket, although he is a strong Democrat.
During 1881, served as Mayor of Sedan, and in 1882, was the Democratic nominee for Con-
gress in the Third District. Mr. Cannon is acknowledged as the leading light of the Chautua-
qua Coun y bar, and at the present writing is the senior partner in the firm of Cannon & Piles,
attorneys at law, February 21,1877, was united in marriage to Miss Irene M. Rhodes, of
Mound City, but in April, 1881, his wife and companion was claimed by death. ae

Z. CHILL, farmer, P .O. Sedan, was born in Marion County, Ind., in 1835, remaining there

until fourteen years of age, when he moved to Morgan County, and remained there until 1854,

oing trom there to Wapello County, Iowa. At. the end of three years he emigrated to Kansas,
locating in Doniphan County in 1858. Here he engaged in working on a farm until the follow-
ing year, when he engaged in freighting across the plaine. In the spring of 1860, he took a
claim on the Blue River, in-Washington County, but was obliged to abandon jit on account of
the drought of 1860. He then returned to the Missouri River, and the following spring en
listed in the Fourth Kansas Infantry, under Col. Weer, in Gen. Jim Lane’s brigade. The next
spring, the Third and Fourth Regiments were consolidated and was called the Tenth, and he
served over four years in the regiment. The greater portion of the time he was in Missouri.
After coming out of the army, Mr. Chill engaged in farming and running a saw mill in Doni-
phan County, until the spring of 1871, when hesold out and located in Howard County, thirty
miles trom a railroad, andtook aclaim. His place is on Section 5, Township 34, Range 11;
this place he has lived on since and made the following improvements: put 100 acres in cul-
tivation, « nclosed the entire place with fence, put up good buildings, planted a fine orchard of
all kinds of fruits, and has a desirable place only two and one-half_miles from Sedan. He is
engaged in stock-raising, and has done well since he settled here. In 1866, he was married in
Doniphan County, and had four children, two of whom are living—Arthur and Edgar .He was
married sean in 1873, to Miss Halloway, of Howard C unty. They have two children—
Carrie and Mamie. Mr. Chill is a member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A. R.

J.I. CROUSE, merchant, was born in Center County, Penn., in 1836. In 1842, his par-
ents located in Seneca County, Ohio, where he remained until twenty years of age. In 1856,
he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Iowa City, remaining there two years. Thence to Mercer
County, Iul., where he engaged int e grocery business from 1857 to 1870. Migrating to Kan-
sas in tie spring of 1870, he located at Independence and engaged in the grocery business,
remaining there three y: ars. In 1873, he sold out, and engaged in farming at the end of two
years. Located at Sedan and put up a building, 20x50, and put in one of the first stocks of
goods in the place. In 1878, his business had increased so he was oblig: d to rebuild, putting
up a building 20x80, with a wareroom 20x24, which he filled with a choice stock of goods,
increasing his trade from $20,000 to $60,000 per annum. He has a large trade, und employs
about four salesmen. He is one of the best business men in the town. He also owns one-half
interest in the steam grist-mills at Longton. Was married in 1861, at New Boston, Ill, to Miss
K.E,Cuningh m. Mr. Crouse is a member of Vesper Lodge, No. 136, A., F. & A.M.

E. W. DAVIS, County Treasurer, was born in Vigo County, Ind.,in 1842. He was raised
in Illinois and Indiana, and his tather, Josiah Davi, is a Univeisalist minister, and until the
subject of this sketch was sixteen years of age, his parents w ‘re moving ba k and forth in the
States of Illinois and Indiana. In 1868, located in Urbana, Champaign Co., I. At the end of
two years, went to Muncie, Delaware Co., Ind., where he remained until 1862. Emigrating
from there to Iowa, he located in Oskaloosa, where he was employed as a book-keeper in the
National State Bank. In 1865, went West and located in Canon City, Colo., and taught the
first public s hoolin the place. At the end of one year, he emigrated to Illinois, and engaged
in the mercantile trade at Avon, Fulton County. In the spring of 1870, he emigrated to Kan-
sas, locating at Oswego, Labette County, where he engaged in the mercantile business, re-
maining one year. The followin; spring, he formed a copartnership with Mr. E. Slocum, and
then came to Howard County and opened a store at Cedar Vale. Mr. Davis entered 160 acres
of land, part of the town site of Cedar Vale, and becam.: a stockholder in the town company in
1875. The partners ip was dissolved by the death of Mr. Slocum, and Mr. Davis continued
the business alone until 1879, when he was elected County Treasurer, and he then disposed
of an interest in the business to Mr. Dale,who took charge of it, and Mr. Davis located at Sedan,
to attend to his duties as a county officer. In 1881, he was again elected County Treasurer.
Mr. Davis is very popular in the county, and is a pleasant, good business man,,and one of the
leading men of the county. He was married in 1870, at Avon, Ill., to Miss Pussmings, of War-
ren County, Mil.

A D.DUNN, editor and proprietor of the Sedan Times, was born in Scottsville, N. Y., Au-
gust 24,1852. At the age of thirteen, he began to learn the trade of printer on the Fort Scott
Monitor and subsequently on the Augusta Crescent, printed at Augusta, Butler Co., Kan.,
and then on the Humboldt Union at Humboldt, Kan. In September, 1877, he started a paper
at Humboldt, called the Humboldt_ Inter-State, and which he sold in March, 1880, and bought
the paper in the publication of which he is now engaged. ‘

S. HENDERSON, attorney, was born in Grant County, Ky., in 1843, living there un-
{il eighteen years of age. He then enlisted in Company A, Twenty-third Kentucky Volunteer
Infantry, serving four years a'.d four months, his regiment serving in the Arrny of the Cumber-
laud, a :d was vetranized in January, 1864. After coming out of the army, he returned to his
native county, where he remained until 1867 ; thence to Davis County, Ind., where he engaged
in teaching and in reading law. In 1870, was admitted to the bar, and soon after began the
practice of law in Greene County, remaining there nearly one year: thence to Brazil, Clay
County, where he resumed | is law p:actice, remaining until August, 1878. He then emigrated
to Kansas, locating at Independence,and was engaged in the practice of his profession for three
years at that place. In 1881, was elected a member of the Greenback State Central Committee
for a turm of two years. In 1882, he located at Sedan, and has succeeded in working up a fine
‘pract ce. Mr. Henderson is one of the strongest advocates of Prohibition, and has devoted
considerable of his time in furthering the interests of temperance. He is an earnest worker,
a good lawyer and genial gentleman. In 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Annie E.
Berkshire, of Boone County, Ky. They have four children, viz.: Ida V., Katie, Harry D. and
John P. Mr. Henderson is a member of Stone River Post, No.74,G.A.R., Sedan Lodge, No.
141, 1.0. O. F., and of Chautauqua County Bar Association.

R. HEIMBAUGH, merchant, was born in Ashland, Ashland Co., Ohio, in 1849. In 1852,
his parent: emigrated to Iowa, locating in Marion County, When eighteen years of age, he
commenced learning the tinners’ trade at Knoxville, remaining there three »ears. In 1870,
came West, locating at Lincoln, Neb., where he remained about six month.; thence back to
Iowa, where he remained a few months, and then took a trip South, and for about six months
was below Memphis, Tenn. He then emigrated to Kansas, locating at Oswego, Labette County,
where he remained two years working at his trade; from there he came to Peru, Chautauqua
County, with his employer, Mr. Englefield, and remained with him until 1876, when he came to
Sedan and opened a tin shop im a small building, 20x30, with a capital of $75 and his tools. As
there was no other shop in the place, he soon worked up a goo:| trade, and the second year putin
a small stock of stoves. At the end of this time, he purchased a building, 14x30, and built ashop
22x20, joining, and moved his stock into this room and remained there two years. In tho
meantime, he had purchased two vacant lots, and in 1881 sold one to Mr. Moore, and they put
up a double store of brick and stone, each store room 25x60 feet, two stories high, making one
of the finest buildings in the city. He then built an extension of forty fvct for ashop, and put
in a heavy stock of stoves and tin ware, carrying at the present time the largest and best as-
sorted. stock in the county, and his trade is growing a1] the time. Mr. Heimbaugh is noted as
one of the best business men in the place, and, being a genial gentleman, is very popular, not
only with his customers, but with all who come in contact with him, and may be strictly termed
aself-made man. He is a member of Sedan Lodge, No. 141,1.0.0,F.

J. K. HINES, proprietor Occidental Hotel, was born in Warren County, Ky., in 1830, where
he was raised, living there until 1853; thence to North Carolina. At the end of eighteen
months, he emigrated to Kansas and located at Leavenworth, and after a short time became a
Governinent teamster on th® overland route to New Mexico and the Rocky Mountains the
following spring. In 1857, he became assistant wagon-master, and in the fall became wagon-
master for Majors and Waddvllin charge of Government trains. He was then employed in
taking trains through to the mountains and Salt Lake City, Fort Carney and other Western
points; also served part of the time as road-master, and was considered the most competent
man who ever took a train across the plains. In 1861, he took charge of the freighting
business of E. Majors,coing through to Medicine Bow, Montana, and Fort Haslick. In
1862, he made atrip of 4,700 miles with a train of 312 head of cattle, and cleared for his
employers $37,000, the largest year’s work ever done on the plains. In 1864, he engaged in
freighting for h/mself, taking contracts and doing a large business. In 1865, while filling a
Government contract, with a train of twenty-four wagons, of six yoke of cattle to each wagon,
the Government took possession of his train, and he was forced to tak» supplies, from which
he lost heav.ly, receiving nothing in return for his services. Mr, Hines was en aged in frcight-
ing from 1856 to 1867. He then engaged in the cattle trade, driving about 1,500 head of cat-
tle from Texas to Kansas, for a number of years, and was in this business unti! 1873, when he
bought a cattle ranch in Howard County, and was farming and_stock-raising until 1880, when
he sold out, and has since been proprietor of the Occidental Hotel at Sedan Mr. Hines is a
pleasant gentleman, and as a landlord is a success, as he has a fund of anecdotes, and having
had many adventures with Indians and desperadoes, can make it very pleasant for his guests.
He is ably assisted in his business by his wife, and all who stop with them once are loud in
their praises of the treatment received while there. In 18665, he was united in marria3e to Miss

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Helen J. Duwese, of Nebraska City, Neb. They have two children, viz.: Virginia L. and Harry
H. Is a member of Vesper Lodge, No.136,A,F.&A.M.

HON. W. A. HOGAN, contractor and builder, was born in Putnam County, Ind., 1841.
When six years of age, his parents immigrated to Wapello County, lowa, and lived there‘and in
Franklin County until 1860, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Miami County; atter re-
maining there a short time, located in Johnson County and engaged in farming with his father.
In October, 1861,.he enlisted in the Second Missouri Home Guards and served until the follow-
ing February. Soon after, he enlisted in the Twelfth Kansas Volunteers.and served three years,
and served the most of the time as Sergeant of his company. After coming out of the army,
he returned to Johnson County and remained there until 1872; thence to Sumner County, and
for five years was,engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1877, he located a claim in Salt
Creek Township, C: autauqua County, and improved a 300-acre farm ; served as Trustee of his
township two terms, and in 1881 was elected to the State Legislature on the Republican ticket;
in 1883, sold out and located at Sedan and engaged in contracting and building ; also bought a
farm on Section 12, Township 32, Range 12, 160 acres, which he is arranging to convert into
a stock farm ; was married in 1866 in Johnson County, to Miss Abigal Pitt. They have three
children—Lord, Lane and Crete. He is a member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A. R.

D, B. KEENY, sewing machines and musical instruments, was born in York County,
Penn., in 1837, but was raised in Cumberland C..unty. In 1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred
and Thirtieth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. After serving six months, he received a severe
wound in his hand at the battle of Antietam,for which he was discharged. In 1869, he emigrated
to Kansas and for a short time was with friends in Douglas and Labette counties. In 1870, he lo-
cated at Peru, Howard County, there being but three buildings in the place. He opened furniture
and undertaking rooms and followed this business until the tall of 1880. The first nine coffins he
made while there, seven were for men who came to their death from gunshot or knife wounds,
thus showing what the state of society was at that time. While in Peru, he engaged in the nur-
sery and fruit business to some extent and raised the first pears in this part of the county, some
of them measuring sixteen and five-eighths inches in circumference and weighing twenty-three
ounces. In 1880, he located in Sedan and engaged in handling ,musical instruments and sew-
ing machines, and has worked up a food trade in the short time he has teen here. He has
eleven children—Sallie, John, Harry, David, Daniel, Dora, Edward, Alice, Lillie, Garfield and
Arthur. He was a charter member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G.A. R., and is also an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday school. . a

T.N. KING, Under Sheriff, was bornin Hart County, Ky., 1844. In 1861, he enlisted in

Company B, Second Kentucky Cavalry, serving three years; wasin the Aimy of the Cumber-
land; was captured in August, 1863, but succeeded in making his escape soon after. After
coming out of the army, he engaged in blacksmithing in Hart County, remaining there until
1870, when his health give out and he started West, and located at Peru, Howard Co., Kan.,
and loca‘ed aclaim near that place. In 1874, he was elected Clerk of the District Court, and
while in this position the county was divided and he located at Sedan, the couuty seat of Chau-
tauqua County, and in 1876 was elected District Clerk of that county, and re-elected in 1878.
In 1882, he was elected Under Sheriff and has held the position continuously since, and has
given entire satisfaction to his constituents since he has been in office. Was married May 10,
1876,to Miss Ruth A. Gay, of this county. Mr. King is an active member of Stone_River
Post, No. 74, which he organized, and_was the First Commander: also a member of Vesper
Lodge, No. 136, A., F. & A. M.; Peru Lodge, No. 106, I. 0.0. F.

A. KILMER, Register _of, Deeds, was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., 1833. When twelve
yeare ot age, he went into Buchanan, Killman & Co., paper mills, to learn the trade; at the age
of seventeen, became foreman of the mill, holding that position for four years. In 1858, he
started West and located for a short time in St. Joseph County, Mich., and for one year was
employed as a salesman in Sturgis, going from there to Three Rivers, and resumed his old
trade in the paper mills at that place. At the end of two years, he returned to Sturgis and was
elected Marshal of that place. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Fourth Michigan Infantry, three
years and two months, and was in nearly every battle, the first Bull’s Run until the siege of
Petersburg. After coming out of the army he settled in Burr Oak, Mich., and was elected Mar-
shal and appointed Deputy Sheriff, remaining there until 1870. Emigrating from there to Kan-
sas, locating in Howard County, and located a claim in Little Cana Township, now Chautauqua
County. When he settled here, Thayer was the nearest railroad | oint, some eighty miles dis—
tant. After locating his place he began to improve it by building fencing and planting fruit trees,
and has one of the best improved farms in the township, having taken Jots of pains to put out
ornamental trees and shrubbery, and a large variety of fruit; he has about one-half the place
in cultivation and has erected some good buildings. For anumber of years he was engaged in
breeding fine stock. In 1881, he was elected Register of Deeds on the Republican ticket by
600 majority; he also does some business in real estate, and has a fine set of abstract books,
and the records and books are said to be in the best order they have been since the county was
organized. Heis ably assisted in his labors by his wife, a woman of rare literary attainments,
a good writer and quite a poetess; hasserved on the County Board of Examiners for about
four years, and at one time received the nomination for County Superintendent. They were
married in 1857 at White Pigeon, Mich., Mrs. K.’s maiden nawe being Margaret McLaughlin.
They have two children—Gussie and JuliaC. Mr. Kilmer is a member of Stone River Post,
No. 74, G. A. R., Sedan Lodge, No. 141,1.0 O.+. Mr.and Mrs. K. are members of Rebecca
Lodge, Mrs. K. serving as Noble Grand of the same. =

J. V. LEABO, M. D., was born in Greene County, Ind., 1836, but was brought up in Wood-
ford County, Ill., where he remained until 1850; then back to Clay County, Ind., and in_ 1856,
began reading medicine, and in 1863. finished his course, and graduated at the Rush Medical
College, Chicago. In 1864, located in Missouri, and for one year was practicing medicine
there; thence to Illinois and remained two years, and in 1869 came West, locating in Miami
County, Kan., where he remained about two years; thence to Howard Couuty and located a
claim in Washington Township (now Chautauqua County). Was among the early settlers in
his township, and engaged in farming and the practice of medicine for four years; since then
has been practicing medicine the most of the time in the county. In the spring of 1883, lo-
cated at Sedan, where he will enter in practice. Was married in 1863, at ‘Brazil, Ind., to Miss
Mary E. Alien. They have tive children, viz.: Edith, Minnie, May, John, Edwin.

. W.¥F. LEMMON, County Attorney, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1848, but was raised
in Northeast Missouri. In 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-third Illinois In-
fantry, under Col. D. C. Smith, serving six months. In 1871, he commenced reading law in
Kirksville, Mo., and in the fall of 1872, emicrated to Kansas, locating in Peru, Howard County,
and was employed in the County Cle k’s office. At the end of six montks the county seat was
removed to Elk Falls, and Mr Lemmon located at that point. In 1875, he was appointed Reg-
ister of Deeds in Chautauqua County, locating at Sedan, and soon after was elected Register
of Deeds and re-elected 1n 1877, serving three terms. He then resumed the practice of law
and opened a rval estate und loan oftice. In the fall of 1882, he was elected County Attorney.

Mr.Gibson is assoc ated with him in the real estate business and Mr. Shartell has been in com-
pany with him since January, 1883, in the law business. Mr. Lemmon ie one of the most pop-
ular men in the county and has been identified with the county since its organization. He is
a thorough business man and a pleasant gentleman. In 1877, he was married to Miss Martha
E. Crockett, of this county. They have three children—Roy F., Ermie L. and RoseL. Mr. L.
is a member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G.A. R., of Sedan Lodge, No. 141, 1. O. 0. F., and of
the Knights of Honor.

M B. LIGHT, attorney at law, was born in Tioga County, N. Y., 1827. In 1843, he emi-
praied to Ogle County, Ill., and soon after began reading law, and was admitted to the bar in

853, and began the practice of his profession, which he followed until 1862. He then enlisted
in the Ninety-second Nlinois Volunteer Infantry, as a private. After serving eight months was
commissioned as Second Lieutenant of Company C; was in the service over two years. After
coming out of the army he returned to Ogle County and resumed the practice of law. In 1867,
he located in Adair County, and was engaged in the practice of law at Kirksfield, remainin
there until 1871. Thence to Kansas, locating at Peru, the county seat of Howard County, an
at once began his law practice. In 1872 was appo nted Deputy County Clerk. In 1878, was
elected County Clerk of How: rd County, serving until the division of the county, when he
served a short time as Clerk ot Chautauqua County, locating at Sedan in 1875; in 1881-82
served as County Attorney of Chautauqua County, since which time he has been devoted to the
practice of law, in which he has succeeded in working up a good practice. Mr. Light is one of
the best practitioners in the county, and one of the oldest lawyers. He enjoys an extensive ac-
quaintance and has a host of friends. In 1856, was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Lig ‘ht of
Tioga County, N.Y. They have four children—Mary B., Miles B., Jr.,Ellen F. and John H.
nee ce - member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A. R.

| .J.C, LONG is a native of Lost Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio, where he re-
sided until he came to Oswego, Kan., June 12, 1869; remained there only three months, then
he took a claim uear Independence, Kan., but was soon driven from there by the Osage Indi-
ans, who burned his cabin: but he remained in thatvicinity, and in 1870 he assisted in sur-
veying the town site of Independence, having the previous fall been connected with the eur
veying party which run the first line between Labette and Montgomery Counties. After Inde-
pendence was established, he continued ,to speculate in real estate until 1872, when he en-
gaged in mercantile business, which he carried on until 1874. In 1876, he removed to Sedan,
Peieeeee ee new senidel, oF gives his entire attention to the stock business,

attle. He is intereste i i i “dan.

In 1880, he ee elected State Senator from his district. Be oe ave Deen Bee

J}. D. McBRIAN, attorney, was born near Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., Il., September, 1840,
remaining there until twenty years of age, thence to Salem, where he remained about five
years. In 1865, he located in Hamilton County, In 1867, he began reading law. At the expi-
ration of ten years, he returned to Salem, where he remained until the fall of 1872. Emigrat-
ing from there to Kansas, he looated near Peru, the county seat of Howard County, The fol-

lowing spring, he located at Cedar Vale, where he opened a blacksmith shop and also took a
claim in that locality; he also did some law practice during his first year in Kansas, and in the

 

 

 
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fall of 1874, took an active part in the election of Mr. E. Jaquins, as Representative, who fa-
vored the division of the county. When the county was divided in 1875, Mr. McBrian was
appointed County Attorney, and the first Monday in June, of that year, met with the County
Co.nmissioners and organized the new county of Chautauqua. In the fall of 1875, he was
elected County Attorney, and re-elected again in 1878. In 1882, he was nominated on the
Greenback ticket for Attorney General, and has al ays taken an active part in the politics of
the State and County. Conducted the first State case in the county, the State of Kansas vs. John
Bybee, anoted desperado. In 1860, he was married to Mary E. Hutt, of Salem, Ill. ‘they have
five children—Bertha E., Lulu, Charles A.,John E. and Leo A. He is a member of Vesper
Lodge, No. 136, A., F. & A. M., Girock Chapter 42; Sedan Lodge, No. 141, 1. 0.0. F. and is an
eave ee of the Christian Church, and for a number of years has conducted services in
that church.

J.L. MATTINGLEY, liveryman, was born in Union County, Ky.,1839, but was reared in Knox
and Fulton Counties, Ill., until twenty years of age. In 1859, went across the plains and was en-
gaged in mining in Colorado and Montana until 1866, when he returned to Illinois and after re-
maining there ashort time, emigrated to Kansas. locating in Neosho County, where he remained
until 1871; he then located at Boston, Howard County, and opened the first store in the place,
algo located a claim near there, and at once took an active part in trying to make Boston the county
seat of Howard County ; during the county seat wars, was the leader of the Boston party, and at
the first election Boston was decided the county seat, but the commissioners and officers not
being favorable to Boston, the books and records were held at Elk Falls, and the next election
there was so much ballot-stufting throughout the county, that Boston was left out, and Mr.
Mattingley and his company made a raid on the county officers and succeeded in capturing the
records, which they kept 1n a wagon traveling around the county for some,time, but at last
gave up the books and._began the work for a division of the county. In the fall of 1874, was
elected County Commissioner, serving until the division of the county, when he was appointed
Deputy County Treasurer. In the fall of 1875, was elected Sheriff of the county, the first
Sheriff-elect of Chautauqua County. Since his term expired, has b:en engaged in the livery
business ; has a good barn fifty feet square, and being a genial gentleman, and having an ex-
tensive acquaintance in the county has enabied him to work up afine run of custom. In 1879,
was married in Sedan, Kan., to Miss Maria Chapman, of that place. They have one daughter
—Mary E. R.

A.L, ROSS, photographer, engraver and map-maker, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1845,
where he was raised until thirteen years of age, going from there to New York and shipping on
a merchant vessel bound for Melbourne, Australia, thence to China and the East Indies, and
was about three years in returning here. In 1865, he.entered the Government employ, and for
three years was in tho United States coast survey in the East and South. In 1868, emigrated.
to Kansas, locating on Wea Creek, Johnson County, where he erected a saw mill, the first in the
county. After remaining there a few months, he sold out and removed to Ohio, where he pur-
chased another mill, which he located at Fort Lincoln, on the Osage River. In November, 1869,
moved the mill to Montgomery Count ;, on the present town site of Independence, and ground
the first flour and sawed the first lumber in the county. In November, 1872, he moved his
mill to Howard County, on the Caney River, and started the town of Ross City: also put up a
factory for the manufacture of spokes and felloes. In 1874, he moved his mill in the Indian
Territory, remaining there until 1875, when he returned to Howard County, engaged in farm-
ing. In 1878 and 1879, served as surveyor of Chautauqua County. In 1880, he went to Cleve-
land, Ohio, and was employed by the Brush Electric-Light Company, remaining there one
year; at the expiration of that time returned to Kansas, locating at Sedan, where he formed a
copartnership with Mr. Ifland and opened a photograph gallery and | ook and stationary store,
and added to this suginvering. hthographing and map making. All of their lithograph workis
done on stone found near Sedan. They are entitled to a great deal_of praise-as they will be
known as the first lithographers in the State. Mr. Ross is a, fine artist and has a great many
labor saving machines which he has invented. He is a t. orough engineer and surveyor, and
is a wide-awake, public spirited man, andin his undertakings has been guccessful. He was
married in 1872, to Miss Louisa Brost, of Independence, Kan, They have two children living
—LevertL, and Harry. He is a member of Sedan Lodge, 1,987, K. of H. <

W. F. SHEFK, physician and surgeon, was born in North Carolinain 1842, remaining
there until nine years of age, when he emigrated with his parents to Poweshiek County, Iowa.
At the end of three years, his parents removed to Linn County, Kan., and remained there uniil
1860, thence to Henry County, Mo. Tne subject of this sketch spent the most of his early life
on a farm, and in the fall of 1862, enlisted in the Sixtieth Missouri Enrolled Militia, and went
out as chief bugler of the regiment under Col. Marvin. In the fall of 1863, the regiment was
partly disbanded and his company was consoliaated with companies from other regiments,
and formed the Fifth Provincial Regiment under Col. Henry Neil, and has been chiet bugler of
this regiment, serving until the fall of 1865 ; his company was known among the bushwhackers
as Weaver’s Wild Cats. At the close of the war, he commenced reading medicine with Dr. Stew-
art, at Clinton, Henry Co., Mo., remaining one year. He then went to St. Louis and took a
course at the St. Louis Medical College, and graduated in the spring of 1868 ; he then located in
Bates County, remaining there one year, and the following year returned to Linn County, Kan.,
and was engaged in the practice of medicine until the spring of 1876. He then located at Se-
dan, Chautauqua Co., and engaged in the practice of his protession, and succeeded ia building
up alarge practice, as be is a thorough physician and aman highly respected. During his resi-
dence in Sedan, his health became impaired and he went to Colorado and for a time was en-
gaged in practicing medicine in Leadville. In 1871, he was married to Miss Mary P. Cheek, of
Linn County. The Doctor is a member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A. R.,Sedan Lodge, No.
141, I. O. O. F., and is a member of the Medical Association of Linn County.

LIEUT. BENTON SMITH, contractor and builder, was born in Somerset County, Me., in
1840, In 1849, his parents emigrated to Ilinois, remaining there until 1865 : thence to Kansas,
locating near Lawrence. His father improved a place near the city, and the subject of this
sketch lived there all through the early troubles and border ruftian wars, taking an active part
in most of the troubles of Lawrence and Lecompton; joining the Fitty-sixth Militia under
Capt. Sam. Walker. During this time, Sheriff Jones, with his followers, had burned the home
and property of Mr, Smith’s father three different times, with a view of driving him away and
securing his place, which was desirable land, and the subject of this sketch was, with his father,
doing ali they could to release Kansas from the ruffians and make a free State of it. In 1861,
he enlisted in the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, serving nearly three years as Second Lieutenant of
Company A. The most of the time, was on the border fighting the bushwhackers. After com-
ing out of the army, he was engaged in farming near Lawrence, and in 1866 _ located at Topeka
and remained there until 1869, when he engaged in manufacturing brick ; thence to the Osage
lands in Montgomery County, and took a claim which he partly improved, remaining there two
years, when he sold out and located at Independence and engazed in manufacturing brick, and
contracting and building. In 1874, he located at Sedan, Chautauqua County, and manufact-
ured the first brick and built the first brick house in the county. In 1877. he engaged in con-
tracting and building in connection with brick-making, which business he has been engaged in
since. From 1877 until 1881, he served as Justice of the Peace, and as Police Judge during
1881. Mr. Smith is a pleasant, genial gentlemen, and one of the progressive men of the town.
He was married, in 1860, to Miss Sarah Jane Edgerton, of Lawrence. They have ten children
—Thomas E., Lucy B., Georgiana, Charles H., Mary T., Grace, Clara, Julia, Samuel and Benton,
Jr. Mr. mith is a member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A. R., and Sedan Lodge, No. 1987,
K.of H. Mr.Smith served one year in the Tribune office with John Speer and Sam. Wood, at
Lawrence, a part of 1855 and 1856.

DANIEL STOUGH, of the firm of F.C. Rasler & Co., hardware, lumber and contractors,
was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1842. In 1844, his parents emigrated to-Iinois,
locating in Rock Island County. In 1861, he enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois Infantry, serving
one year. He then enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and served
until August, 1865; wasin the Western Department all through the war, taking part in the
battles of Belmont, Fort Henry, Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth and Vick~burg. Returning to his
home, he engaged infarming and dealing in stock. In 1870, he emigrated to Kansas, locating
in Howard County. He took a claim on the Elk River near Elk Falls; was among ‘the first set-
ers there, and began improving his claim. {n 1874, he was employed ia the general store of
Getchell & Son, remaining with them one year. He tien accevted a position in the bank of L.
L. Turner, and the following year Mr. Turner located his bank at Sedan, and Mr. Stough came
to this place with him, and was in his employ until 1878, when he went into the hardware and
implement business with Comer & Jones. In June, 1882, he formed a co-partnership with
F.C. Roesler and J.C. Swink, and put in a large stock of hardware material, lumber, and
engaged in contracting and building, the firm doing the largest business of any one firm in the
city. Mr. Stough was married in 18 6, to Miss Mary Dye, of Sedan. They have two children,
John and Maud. He is amember of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A. R., Vesper Lodge, No. 136,
A., F, & A. M., Syrock Chapter, No. 42,and A. O. U. W., No. 131. Mr. Stough is an active business
man and is one who helps to build up a town.

RICHARD 8S. TURNER, editor of the Chautauqua Journal, was born in Carrollton, Carroll
Co., Ky., February 23, 1847. When eight years of age his parents settled in Plattsburg, Mo.,
where he was raised. When eighteen years of age he commenced learning the printer’s trade,
and worked atthat business in Plattsburg until 1871, when he came to Kansas, stopped at
Howard and made arrangements for starting a paper. He then went to Missouri, and purchased
an outfit, and returned to Howard, and in January, 1872, had his office in running order,and on
February 9, 1872, published the first issue. The paper was called the Howard City Messenger,
and was conducted in the interests of a division of the county, and to make Howard the county
seat of the north half of the county. This-was the first paper published in Howard City. Mr.
Kelly became a partner and the paper was published until 1874, when they sold out and pur-
chased the Elk Falls Journal, which they conducted until the division of the county in 1875,
when they moved the office to Sedan, and established the Chautauqua Journal. In 1877, he
sold out to his brother, R. H. Turner, the present proprietor; since then, he has remained as
editor of the paper. Mr. Turner is a pleasant, courteous gentleman, and a good writer, and his

paper is a stanch leader of the Republican party. Mr. Turner was elected Councilman on the
organization of the city; served as Mayor in 1878-79 ; Councilman agaia in 1882, and in 1883
was appointed City Treasurer. December 25, 1879, he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie
Webb, of Sedan. They have one daughter—Olive R. He is a member of Vesper Lodge, No. 136,
A., F. & A. M., and of Syroc Chapter, No. 42, and has served as Senior Deacon in the Blue Lodge
and two terms as Excellent Scribe, one term as Excellent King, and one as Most Excellent High
Priest, also two terms as Noble Grand of Sedan Lodge, No. 141, I. OU. O. F. He was a charter
member of the two Jast mentioned organizations.

ROBERT H. TURNER, proprietor of the Chautauqua Journal, was born in Carrollton,
Carroll Co., Ky., in 1854. When six months of age, his parents settled in Clinton County, Mo.,
where he was raised. When fifteen years of age, he commenced learning the printer’s trade.
In 1872, he emigrated to Kansas and went to work for his brother at Howard. In 1874, the
paper was sold and taken to the neighboring town of Boston, Mr. Turner going there with A.
B. Hicks, the proprietor of the paper, and was at work on this paper for one year, and then
went to Elk Falls and was employed by Turner & Kelly, on the Elk Falls Journal, remaining
there until 1875, when the paper was moved to Sedan; Mr. Turner located at this point with
them and was in their empioy until 1877, when he bought a half interest in the business. In
1879, |.e bought out his partner and has been sole proprietor of the paper siuce; his brother,
R.8. Turner, remaining on the paper as editor. The paper is run in the interests of the Repub-
lican party, and is live and progressive, meeting with the best support. The office is the best
equipped in the county and has one of the Campbell power cylinder presses, besides a fine job
department which is a credit to the office. Mr. ‘Turner is a wide-awake newspaper man_and is
a champion of law and order. In August, 1881, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Brown,
of Sedan. They have one child—Myrtle. Mr.Turner is amember of Vesper Lodge, No, 136, A.,.
F. & A. M., Syroc Chapter, No 42, and of Sedan Lodge, No. 1987, K. of H. :
M. C. WEBB, merchant, was born in Akron, Ohio, 1844. When eleven years of age he mi-
grated to Michigan, locating at vaw Paw. In 1861,:he enlisted in the Eleventh Tlli-
nois Volunteer Infantry, servinz three years; two years of the time was Orderly under Gen.
L. B, Ranson. . After coming out of the army, went on a Western tour to Colorado and Salt
Lake City, remaining there about one year. In August, 1868, he located in Marshall County,
Kan., where he engaged in the stock business, remaining there until 1875, when he sold out
and came to Sedan, Chautauqua County, and putin the second stock of goods in the place, in
a building fourteen by thirty feet ; at the end of three years, enlarged the store, building a store
rom twenty by forty feet, and at the end of two years enlarged this building one-half. Mr.
Webb is now. tue oldest merchant in the place; he has worked up a good trade and handles a
fine stock of goods, his sales running from $25,000 to $30,000 per annum. Mr. Webb was
one of the first to put in astock of goods in Moline, when the railroad was built there, and was
interested there for some time, but his business in the home store compelled him to close out
his other interests. Mr. Webb is one of the best business men in the county and has been
very successful since he opened in business here. He was married in Sedan in 1878, to Miss
E. E. Bussey, of Sedan... They have one datighter—Gracy. He also has three children by a
former marriage—Ida, Minnie and LauraM. He isamember of Stone River Post, No. 74,
T.

 

PERU.

In the southeastern part of Chautauqua County, in the valley of
Middle Caney Creek, lies the village of Peru.

The existence of the place takes date July, 1870. The land upon
which it is built was entered by a town company composed of E. R. Cut-
ler, L. Blanchard, D. B. Teeny, C. A. Zinglefield, Patrick Looby and
John Lee and others, comprising in all ten shares of $100 each. The en-
try was made upon a full quarter-section, but a part of this was contested
by A. Johnston, who succeeded in establishing his right to forty acres of
it, leaving the town company cnly 120 acres. But forty acres of this was
sold in order to get money to deed the balance, and the site was then cut
down to eighty acres. Later, two tracts, one of twenty acres and the
other of fifteen, were taken off from this, thus leaving a tract of forty-five
acres, which measures the area of the present town site.

The first structure erected upon the site was a log house belonging to
F. F. Spurlock, in which he placed a stock of general merchandise in
1869. He was followed by David Clark, who began business in the same
line the next spring. During the same year, H. Brown built a small
frame house, in the Font part of which he kept a saloon, and a hotel in
the rear.

A hotel of respectable size was soon afterward built by a man named
Crow, and the house was familiarly. known as the ‘‘Crow House” or
““Crow’s Nest.” In October, 1870, J. 8. Cunningham and C. H. Inglefield
established a hardware business asa branch from the house of W. T. Cun-
ningham & Company, of Oswego, Kan., which continued as a branch
business until May, 1872, when Inglefield severed his relations with the
firm and purchased the entire business at this place. ;

About the same time, H. C. Draper began the grocery business as a
branch of an Oswego house, and in September, 1871, sold out to F.
Thomas, who has since added boots and shoes to the stock.

Several business establishments were begun during 1870. Besides
those area named, there was a grocery house at L. R. Close, a general
store by N. N. Smith and a similar business by J. Sheldon. James Alford
started a saloon, as did also L. Stauffer.

The society at this time was very much disorganized, and a good
many rough characters abounded in the vicinity. Drunkenness was
looked upon as a matter of course, and post mortem examinations were a
common thing. A grave-yard was started as a ‘‘potter’s field,” in which
the unfortunates found a final resting-place. Out of nine persons who
were the first buried in the spot, seven ‘‘ died with their boots on.”

The post office was established here in the summer of 1870, and David
Clark held the appointment as Postmaster. At this time there was no
Government mail line, and the citizens were compelled to ‘‘chip in” and
hire some one to ride to Independence for the mails. The office was first
kept in Clark’s store-house, a small frame which he had built for mer-
chandising purposes. After about a year, Clark was succeeded in the of-
fice by A. E. Line, who in about two years gave way to S. D. Moore, and
he in turn was succeeded by the present incumbent, A. B. Garlinghouse.

The first school was taught in the place in 1870, by aman named
Ward, a sort of Baptist preacher. The school was raised upon subscrip-
tion, there being no regularly organized district. A school building was
erected in the spring of 1872, for the building of which the district voted
bonds to the amount of $2,000. The district was organized in the fall of
1871. The house was a frame one, 24x50 feet in its dimensions, finished
with belfry and bell. In June, 1879, a light tornado swept across the
town, and the schoolhouse was one among the several buildings that was
dilapidated by the storm. The house, however, was at once rebuilt, for
which the district voted bonds a second time to the amount of $1,000.

The earliest divine mininistrations were held in the town in 1871, by
Father Records, and the services were conducted in the second story of a
building, the first of which was in use at the time as a saloon. The con-
gregation organized in 1872, but being extremely weak soon fell through,
and has not since revived. A congregation of the Christian denomination
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became organized as a church in 1879, and is in a healthy condition.
The body began the erection of a church building in the spring of 1882. ‘

The only secret order in the town is that of Peru Lodge, No. 106,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. This society. was instituted in 1878,
with ‘six charter.members, as follows: E. Hayden, A. Howden, N. N.
Smith, J. K. Slaughter, James Sprague and Joseph Baker. During the
night of-its institution, the order took in thirteen members, which has since
liberally increased and at the present there are thirty-five. The present
officers of the lodge ‘are R. M. Hartzell, Noble Grand; G. M. Stearns, Vice
Grand; C. H. Inglefield, Secretary; F. Thomae, Treasurer; J. W. Morri-
son, Past Grand. The financial standing of the lodge is excellent, having
$1,000 in the treasury. It has also become supplied with a building for
lodge purposes. :

A'water and steam flouring mill was erected in 1874, by A. Norris,
since deceased. The mill is now owned by his son, P. M. Norris. The
establishment contains three run of buhrs; two for wheat and one for corn,
the whole costing when completed about $8,000.

At the election for the location of a county seat for Howard County,
in 1871, Peru became the favored spot, and the seat of government for the
county was taken from Elk Falls to this place. In this, as in all new
countries, the county seat means the best town in the county, and in con-
sequence all-eyes became directed toward Peru. Building became brisk
and the growth of the town wasextremely rapid. Everything now pointed
to its future importance and greatness. But the greatest prosperity is
sometimes overtaken by adversity, and so was it to be with Peru; so long
as she retained the seat of government she enjoyed gratifying prosperity;
but the day of removal was at hand, and by an election by the people in
1878, the county seat was returned to its former place at Elk Falls. The
scene of commotion was changed. Like a nomadic tribe the people of
the town

7 “Folded their tents like the Arabs”

; “And swiftly sped away—
halting again at Elk Falls, where the county seat was unloaded. With this
misfortune, Pera at once fell to decay, the glitter of her prospects became
corroded, and in the changes of a day she lost that prestige which she has
never since been able to recover. But Peru, although unimportant as.a town,
is a good trading point, and with its surroundings is destined to witness a
moderate growth and prosperity. The place now contains a population of
250, and eight good business houses. A newspaper was established in the
town -in November, 1875, by 8. P. Moore & Son, which continued in
operation for several years, and then suspended issue. There is no news-
paper now published in the town. ; :

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

- SAMUEL M: DYER, farmer, P. O. Medicine Lodge, Barber Co., Kan., was born in
Guilford County, N.C., in 1814. When four years of age, his parents located in Monroe Coun-
ty, Ind. In 1830, the subject of this sketch ‘settled in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., and
learned the tinner’s trade ; then for a year or two was in different parts of the State and in the
South, after-which he located in Clay County, Ind., and remained there until 1844. Thence to
Greencastle, Putnam County, until 1851, when he emigrated to Iowa, locating.in Polk County,
and engaged in farming. In 1855, was elected Treasurer of Pulk County, and served four years
-and five months. In 1869, he settled in Jasper County, Mo., and in 1870 came to Kansas, and
dJocated.some claims in what was supposed to _be- Howard Gaunty and laid out nearly $1,000
in-improvements, etc., but when the survey of the south line of Kansas was made, he found he
was.in the Indian Territory, and he was obliged:to leave his land and improvements, receiving
nothing for his loss. He then located some land in Bellville Township, on Section 15, Howard
County, and secured a farm of 257 acres, which he lived upon and improved. Mr. Dyer- was
one of the pioneers of the county, and when he settled was eighty miles from a railroad, and
had: to go eighty-five miles for his mail. In 1839,-he was married to Miss Mary E. Gilbrech, of
‘Owen County, Ind. They have eleven children—J, V. B., E- B., W. F., H. J., Viretta H., Sam-
uel M., Jr., William F., Oscar F., T. B., Rebecca J. and Sarah E.

. J.P. FINDLEY, farmer, P. O. Chautauqua Springs,.was born in Muskingum County,
‘Ohio, im 1832, and was raised and lived there until-1855, Thence moved:to Mercer County, IIl.,
and remained there until 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Huward County, and
took a claim before the land was surveyed. The nearest point on a railroad was about eighty
-miles, and for a time he had to go that distance for all supplies,and there were but very few
settlers. His claim is on Section 10, Township 35, Range 11. He has 200 acres, watered by
two fine springs, which furnish plenty of water; has 190 acres of timber and 50 acres ui der
cultivation, go acres fenced, 4 acres of orchard, in fine condition and with a full variety. The

lace is wall stocked with 40 head of cattle, a number of horses and other stock. Mr. Find-

ey has been very successful, and has a choice place now, three-fourths of a mile trom Chatau-
qua Springs. He was married in 1856, at vapele, Towa,.10 Miss Sarah Wilson. They have
seven children—Annie May, Lillie J., Maggie W., Amelia, Bruce, Ray and Ed. He is a mem-
ber of the United Brethren Church. 2 , :
F. C. HATCH, farmer, P, O. Peru, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1843; he emi-
grated to America in 1845, his parents locating in Onondaga County, N. Y., where the subject
of this sketch was raised and lived until 1864. He then enlisted in the Second New York Cav-
alry, serving one year, He was in a number of battles, and was wounded at the battle of
Cedar Creek. After coming out of the army, he Jocated at Manlius Center, on the New York
.& Erie Canal, remaining there one year; then went to ery where he resided for several
‘years; thenc: to Illinois, locating twenty-five miles from Chicago, and from there back to
Bridgeport N.Y. He then emigrated West, stopping in lowa and Missouri a short time, and
reached Kansas in 1871, and located a claim.in Howard, now Chautauqua County, on Section
‘16, Township 34, Range 12, on the Caney River. He. has a fine farm of 120 acres, all under cul-
.tivation, and has one of the.largest and best cultivated orchards in the county, consisting of
thirty acres. He has sixty-four varieties of apples and a full variety of other, fruits, and is
making a specialty of raising fruit for market. Mr, Hatch is also engaged in raising stock, and
has fifty head of cattle. He has a farm of the best bottom land, situated one-half mile from the
.town.of Peru. He has a good stone house, stables, and an abundance of water furnished by
the Caney River. In 1873, he was married to Miss Corrinna Norris, of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
They had two children, In 1876, his wife died, and he was married again in 1877, to Mrs.
Severns. They have two children—Freddie J. and Clara. Mr. Hatch is a member of Stone
River Post, No. 74, G. A. R., and a member of the M. E. Church. : :
. R. I HILLMAN, merchant, was born in Grant County, Ind., in 1859 When ten years
of ‘age, his parents migrated to lowa, locating in Fayette County, remaining there three years.
Then back to Indiana, remaining there until 1877, and was engaged in running an engine.
Coming from there to Kansas, he located at Peru, and engaged in farming. In the winter of 1882,
formed a copartnership with. Dr. Sipple, under the firm name of Sipple & Hillman, and put
in a fine line of drugs. They havea large and complete stock of goods, and their trade is in-
creasing very rapidly.. Mr. Hillman is a young man of energy and business qualities, and has
many friends in and about Peru. Is Deputy Postmaster under Dr. Sipple. .

ON. C. H. INGLEFIELD, merchant; was born in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1846. In
1858,.he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Knoxville, Marion County, where he remained until
the spring of 1864, when he enlisted inthe F rty-seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, receiving
his discharge in the fall, In the spring of 186s, he started across the plains with a train, and
after reaching the Rocky Mountains engaged in mining. In 1867, he returned to Iowa, and
engaged in the dry goods trade at Knoxville. In 1868, he emigrated to Kansas, and located in
Oswego, and, in company with W, T. Cunningham, engaged in the hardware business in the
spring of 1169. ’ In the fall of 1869, they opened a branch stor: at Peru, Howard County, and
put in the first stock of the kind in the place. In 1872, they dissolved partnership, and Mr, ‘I.

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

located at Peru, conducting the business.at that,point, and became a member of the town com-
pany, and was elected President of the same. He also has xoo acres adjoining the town site,
on which he has put some valuable improvements, He -has fifty acres under cultivation, and
has the place fenced in five lots, and has a choice lot of fruit planied, covering some ten acres
in all—7oo apple trees, 160 pear, and a Jarge variety of other fruits, grapes, etc, He has a fine
residence, i nd carries on his farm in connection with his other business, Mr. I. has built up a
large trade in his business, and has the first and only stock of hardware in the place. In 1880,
he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent his district in the State vegislature. “He
is one of the leading Republicans in the county, and is a genial gentleman and a thorough busi-
ness man, enjoying the good will and friendship of all who know him. Jn January, 1881, he
was united in marriage to Miss Estella Bailey, of Marion County, Iowa, They have three
children—Chester, Flora and Nellie. He is a member of Peru lodge, No. 106, I. O, O. F.

R. F. KINNAMAN, merchant, was born in Midison County, Ind., in 1858. He was
brought up on a farm, and followed the business until 1877, when he emigrated to Kansas, locat-
ing in Peru, Chautauqua County, and engaged in farming.. In March, 1882, in company with
Mr. Hillman, put in a general stock of merchandise at Peru. They have a building, 22x40,
with store room 14x20, well filled with a choice line of goods, carrying the largest an best as-
sorted in the place, and have built up a large trade during the time they have been in business,
Mr. K. is one of the most energetic men inthe city. Besides his business in Peru, he carries
ona farm in Jefferson Township of 160 acres, 100 acres being under cultivation, all fenced, and
has plenty of wood and water, good orchard and other improvements. In 1880, he was married
to Miss Vina Hillman, of Peru. ; ‘

Pp. LOOBY, farmer, P. O. Peru, was born in Ireland in 1847, The same year his parents
emigrated to America, locating in Ohio, and here the subject of this sketch was raised until
seven years of age. Thence went to Illinois, locating in Henderson County. In 1865, he en-
listed in the Eighty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was transferred to the Sixty-first,
and was discharged in September, 1865. In 1869, he emigrated to Kansas locating in Howard
County before the survey was made and the county organized, and was the first settler in Bell-
ville Township. He took a claim on the Caney River, on Sections 16 and 17, Township 34,
Range 12. The nearest railroad point was 175 miles, and the country was mproughly wild,
Mr, Looby has a fine farm of 240 acres, all fenced excepting twenty-five acres ; has thirty acres
of fine timber; 140 acres under cultivation and about seven acres of orchard; a good frame
house, 16x26, with wing 14x16, and the place is well watered, making a fine stock farm. He
has it stocked with seventy head of cactle and eighty head of hogs and a number of horses,
Mr. Looby has a host .of friends, and has been very successful, as he is a thorough business
man. He was married in 1872, to M. D. Kennedy, of Bellville Township. They have one
daughter—Winnie, He is a member of Stone River Post, No. 74,G.A.R.

J. H. SAMS, merchant, was born in Logan County, Ill., in 1856, remaining there until
be was twelve years of age, emigrating from there to Kansas in 1868, locating in Howard Coun-
ty, before the surveyed organization of the county. His parents were among the very first
settlers in Belleville Township, and at that time the nearest railroad point was 175 miles distant,
lis father took a claim near Peru, and he, the subject of this - ketch, remained helping his
father improve the farm until twenty-one years of age. He then engaged in farming for him-
self until 1882, when he bought a stock of drugs and engaged in that business at Peru, where
he has a large trade, He carries a complete stock of drugs and notions, and has his store
nicely arranged. In 1881, he was married to Miss N. E. Stevens, of Peru. They have one
son—Orie.

Cc. B. SIPPLF, M. D., was born in Delaware in 1851. In 1853, his parents emigrated to
Michigan, locating at Niles, where he remained until 1864. Thence to Iowa, locating at Ham-
burg, Fremont County, and read medicine a part of the time until 1869 when he attended the
medical department of the State University at Ann Arbor, Mich,, until 1873. In t e winter of
1874-75, he attended the St: Louis Medical College, and graduated in the spring of 1875. He
then came to Kansas, and commenced the practice of medicine in Peru, an! also engaged in
the drug trade. Since his settlement here he returned to Iowa, thence to Michigan, and for a
time was in Chicago, engaged in the practice of his profession. He then returned to Peru,
where he again resumed the practice of medicine. In the winter of 1882, in company with I.
Hillman, he put in a fine stock of drugs at Peru. They are having a large trade, and the
Doctor is doing a large business in his practice. In the spring of 1883, he was appointed Post-
master. He was married in 1880, at Independence, Kan., to Miss Della Closson, of Chautau-
qua County. They have one daughter—Barbara. He is a member of Sedan Cornet Band,
and is the Sree physician of Chautauqua County for the Government. : Z

J. D. STEVENS, M. D., was born in Harrison County, lud., in 1836. In 1860, he emi-
grated to Vincennes, Knox Co., Ind., where he remained about five years, and commenced the
study of medicine, finishing his course at the Miami Medical College, of Cincinnati, in 1867.
He then located at Russellville, Lawrence Co., Ill., and began the practice of medicine. In
1874, he returned to Indiana. locating in Davis County. At the end of two years, he emigrated
to Kansas, locating at Peru, where he has since been engaged in the practice ot his profession,
meeting with good success. He was married in 1856, to Miss M. A. Johnson,of Indiana. They
were blessed with eight children, seven of whom are living—Thomas A., Nancy E., Dora K.,
J. C., Abbie A., Mattie M., Edgar M., the seventh child, and Maggie A. In 1878, his wife
died, and he was married again in 1879 to Miss Mary D. Jackson, of Topeka, Kan. He isa
meinber of Peru Lodge, No. 106, I. O. O. F.

F. THOMAE, merchant, was born in Saxen, Germany, in 1844. He was brought up
there, learning the locksmith’s trade, which he followed until 1866, when he emigrated to
America, remaining about eight months in the State of Indiana. Thence went to Hancock
County, Ohio, where he remained four years, and was employed as a salesman. In 1870, he
emigrated to-Kansas, locating in Howard County, and located a claim on Section 24, ‘l ownship
34, Range 12. He was eighty-five miles from a railroad, and for six weeks during the first
year had no’ mail, and then faatiy hired a man to take the mail through to the nearest ‘post
office. In the fall of 1871, he sold his place and put in the first stock of groceries and queens-
ware in Peru, which business he has carried on since. He has added boots and shoes and: built
up a large trade, and is one of the best business men in the place, understanding the details of
trade thoroughly. In December, 1882, he was ‘married to Miss S. Sawyer, of Texas. He is a
member of the Masonic order, and of Peru Lodge, No. 106, I. O. O. F.

CHAUTAUQUA SPRINGS.

This little city sprang into existence August 10, 1881. The presence
of mineral springs, highly celebrated for the medical properties of the
waters, was the chief incentive to its starting.

__, The place is situated in the south part of Chautauqua County, about
cight miles south of the city of Sedan, and one mile from the picturesque
Indian Territory. Its surroundings are beautiful, lying as it does on the
brink of asmall rocky cafion, a branch of Turkey Creek, from which
stream itis a short distance. The landscape is interestingly diversified
with hill, cahon and_rocky cliff, and is covered with a dense growth: of
shrub and timber. The city lies in the midst of a grove of forest trees,
much of the timber being allowed to remain, giving it the appearance of a
city in the woods. :

The first house erected on the site belonged to B. F. Bennett, which

e used for a drug store. Following this, during the fall, and in almost
consecutive order, was the establishment of a dry goods house, by T. J.
Johnston, a livery barn by F. M. Fairbanks, dry goods -store by Thomas
Bryant, a grocery and provision store by Bennett & Binns, and a drug
store by George Edwards. In February, 1882, “Dick” Foster opened a
stock of hardware, which he sold to W. Williams, in September of the
same year. About the same time OC. C. Purcell began the drug business.
A eroeeey store belonging to James Randall was opened in October, 1881,
an about the same time Mrs. Bush started a millinery establishment.
James Sipples opened a dry goods store in August, 1882. Besides these,
‘there are also two livery barns, two blacksmith shops, two wagon shops,

ne ba ea belonging to James Allreid, who began the business in De-
The first hotel was built by aman named Castleberry, who ran it
about six months, and after changing hands several times, it is still used
as a hotel, of which there are now three in the city. Twovof these, the
Ginn and Meeks houses, are small affairs; but the other, the Eagle Hotel,
erected in June, 1882, by James Ferguson, is the finest public house in the
county. It is a large two-story stone structure, seventy feet long and forty
feet wide, containing twenty-five rooms, having accommodations for about
sixty guests. The house is constructed with long verandas on two sides,
and on either floor. It stands on the slope of the cafion, a few stops from
the springs, and overlooks the deeper cafion of Turkey Creek, and the
beautifully timbered hills, stretching far away in the smoky distance, into
the Indian Territory.

The original town site comprised eighty acres, one-half of which be-
longed to Dr. G: W. Woolsey, and the other half to Dr. T. J. Dunn, to
which additions of forty acres each were made by J. C. Kiles, Binns and
B. F. Bennett, making a total in the town site of 200 acres. The place was
incorporated as a city of the third class in February, 1882, and Thomas
Bryant was elected Mayor; 8. Booth, Clerk; I. H. Wilson, Treasurer; B.
F, Atkinson, Marshall, and M. 0. Shoupp, N. M. Lee, F. A. Fairbanks, E.
Moore and 8. Cheny, Councilmen.

At the regular city election held in April, 1882, E. P. Moore-was chosen
Mayor; 8. Booth, Clerk; I. H. Wilson, Treasurer, and F. A. Fairbanks,
M. O. Shoupp, N. M. Lee, 8. Cheny and C. E. Moore, Councilmen.

The educational advantages of the city are in common with those of
the country district within which it is included, the district having been or-
ganized and the house built in 1880. It is situated outside of the city lim-
its, a short distance. Religious services are held at periodical times by the
Baptist, Methodist, United Brethren and Church of Christ denominations
in the schoolhouse, there being no regular church building provided-

The press has only a brief history at the place, only one attempt at
journalism having been made. This was the establishment of the paper

called the Chautauqua Springs Spy, on May 19, 1882, by C. E. Moore and

L. G. B. McPheron, and is a seven-column folio, independent in politics,
and has a circulation of 350 copies.

THE SPRINGS.

The main attraction in the city and the cause which gave rise to its
building, is the presence of the mineral springs.
valued on accotint of the medical properties contained in the waters, which
are regarded invaluable in the cure of a variety of chronic sores and other
diseases. The curative properties of these waters are known, not only
through medical and chemical analysis, but are also attested by the appar-
ently miraculous cures effected by their experimental use and application
in many instances. :

~The discovery of these springs was made in 1878, by Dr. Minna, a
physician who practiced in the vicinity at that time. It was his custom,
when riding by, to drink of the water, and although recognizing the pres-
ence of mineral taste in them, yet made no further analysis. His belief
during all this time; however, was that, possibly, there were in these same
waters medical ingredients that might prove valuable in the healing of
diseases. In the latter years of his life the Doctor was afflicted with
dropsy, and-for a long time was under the treatment of medical skill,
from which he derivéd little benefit. ; . .

Finally the physicians gave up the case as incurable, and the old Doc-
tor turning to the scriptural injunction of ‘‘ Physician heal thyself,” con-
cluded, as a last hope, to try the waters which he had discovered. A quan-
tity of the water was brought, of which he made frequent use and applica-
tion, and from which he believed himself to experience much benefit. But
the old man had too long been weighed down with the wasting. disease,
and the ‘‘ treatment of physicians,” to ever hope toregain health from any
cause, and at length passed away, leaving, as a testimonial, his belief that
had he begun the use of the water in time, he would have succeeded in re-
moving the disease, and been restored to health. :

Nothing was done toward making further test of these mineral springs
until opened by Dr. G. W. Woolsey in August, 1880. The spring is neat]
and substantially walled up, and is constructed with a large basin for hold-
ing the water, the whole being covered by a commodious spring house,
tastefully built, paved with flag rock, and conveniently seated with
benches. An analysis of the waters was made by practical chemists of
some note, of the cities of St. Joseph and Kansas City, showing the
water to contain, in different proportions, iron, potassium, salts and mag-
netic gas. : or

While excavating the earth, in opening up the spring, the workmen
struck upon rocks, standing upright, and arranged ina sort of basin shape,
presenting evidence that it had been the handiwork of man, and giving
rise to the theory that perhaps one day these waters were known to some
Indian tribe, who made use of them in their primitive way, for the curing
of disease. ; ; ;

- The curative properties of these springs is as yet but little known, and
it is safe to predict that when their efficacy shall become known to the
world, and a thorough test is made, hundreds will flock in to partake of
the benefits of the healing fountain. ;

The city as yet presents an appearance of newness, the most of the
houses being unpainted and scattered. : : ;

The population of the town at this time numbers about 300, to which
addition is being made by the incoming of séttlers almost constantly.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. .

B. F. BARRETT, merchant, was born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1831; In 1839, located
in Trumbull County, remaining there until 1845; then, until 1861, was traveling. through New
York and Pennsylvania; from 1861 to 1866, was in Ohio; thence to Omaha, Neb,, and after
a few months located at Kansas City, where he remained until 1869. He thén came to Kansas,
locating in Howard County, on a claim five miles west of Howard.City, on Clear Creek; the sur-
vey was not made, and it was eighty-five miles from a railroad. , Was among the pioneers of the
county, and after improving his place and remaining there two years, sold out and engaged in
the stock’ business in the south part of the county, now Chautauqua County, and was in this
business until 1881. He then bought a lot in the new town of Chautauqua Springs, and built the

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first business house in the place and put in the first stock of goods,. consisting of groceries: at
the end of six months, closed out, his groceries and put. in a stock of drugs. Mr. Barrett has
built up a good trade and has made 4 host of friends. His trade has grown 50 per cent during
the past year. In 1852, was married to Miss Annie Grenning, of Williams County, Ohio.

ERI BENNETT, merchant, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1844; emigrated with
his parents to Knox County, IIl., there working with his father at the wagon-maker’s trade. . In
1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Second Illinois Infantry, Company F, and served three
years; was in the famous march with Sherman to the sea, serving as a scout most of the time.
After coming out of the army he returned to Knox County, and there learned the miller’s trade;
then in 1871, he came to Kansas and took a claim in Summit Township, Howard County, and
improved the place, engaging in farming until the summer of 1881; health failing, he then en-
gaged in the mercantile business with Mr. Binns, of Sedan. In the fall of 1882, went to Chau-
tauqua Springs and laid out forty acres in town lots, and these were known as Binns & Bennett’s
Addition to Chautauqua Springs. ‘He then put up a store building, and put in a:stock of goods
and has a good trade; the business is carried on under the firm name of Binns & Bennett. The
subject of this sketch expects to erect a steam flouring mill in the near future. Mr, Bennett is
a thorough business man, and has been successful in all his business moves. He came to Kan-
sas and settled eighty miles from a railroad point. In October, 1871, was married to Miss E, L.
Allen, of Monmouth, IIl.; they have four children—Sylvia F.,W. Elmo,Walter A.and Edwin D.

JAMES FERGUSON, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, was born in Scotland in 1836; when
twenty-two years of age he emigrated to America, locating at York, Clark Co., Ill., and re-
mained there until 1861; he then enlisted in the Tenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was dis-
charged on account of disability; but in 1862, re-enlisted in the same regiment, serving until the
close of the war; he was wounded at Dallas, Ga. In June, 1865, he received his discharge at
Chicago, and returned to Clark County and engaged in farming. In the fall of 1870, emigrated
to Kansas and took a claim in Belleville Township, Howard County (now Chautauqua); this
was before the survey, and he was one of the pioneers of the town. He then improved his

lace and. lived there about ten years, when he sold out and engaged in~ contracting on the

outhern Pacific and Atlantic & Pacific Railroads for about eighteen months. He then returned
to his old home and bought lots in Chautauqua Springs and built a fine hotel 40x70 feet, two
stories and basement; the house contains twenty-five rooms and in the basement are four bath-
rooms which are supplied with hot and cold baths, the water of which is supplied from the
noted mineral springs of that place; the hotel and goods cost $10,000.. The hotel was built as
an invalids’ hotel and is one of the largest and best hotels in Southern Kansas; Mr. Ferguson is
a genial landlord and takes all imaginable pains in making it pleasant ‘for his guests, and all
those going there for treatment will receive the best accommodations at reasonable prices.
He was married in 1867, at Robinson, Crawford’ Co., Ill., to Miss Mary A, Brown; they have
six children—Robert, George, John, James, Jr., Colista and Helen. : ‘

STEPHEN JOHNSON, real estate agent, was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1839;
when nineteen years of age, he emigrated to America, locating at Forestville, N. Y., remaining
there four years. In 1862, he went to Freeport, III., and was there about three years, thence to
Waterloo, Iowa, remaining there four years. In 1871, emigrated to Kansas, locating at Arkan-
sas City before the Government survey, located on a claim which he improved, remaining there
about six years; coming from there to Chautauqua County, and took a claim on Section 12, Town
35, Range 11, Belleville Township, and remained on this place five years, improving the place
and engaged in farming. In 1882, he bought a half interest in the orignal town site of Chau-
tauqua Springs, consisting of eighty acres, laid out in nearly soo lots, and at onte began to deal in
real estate and to try and build up the town. There are seven valuable springs on the town site,
six of which contain mineral with great healing properties, they have improved one of the
springs at a cost of $600, and are at work on the second, which will cost $300, complete, and
will build a bath house 18x24, with four bath rooms, which will be arranged for hot or cold
baths, and, as there have been many cases of miraculous cures during the past year, they ex-
pect to have a good many patients as soon as they get everything in readiness. \ Besides these
improvements, Mr. Johnson is arranging to build a steam flouring mill in company with Eri
Bennett; they will put in two run of wheat buhrs and one of corn which will be the most valuable
improvement in the place, and if they do this they will certainly have laid a good foundation
for the growth of the town. Mr. Johnson served nearly a year in-the Ninety-second Illinois
Volunteer Infantry. In 1866, he was married to Miss Jane Helm,-of Cedar’ Falls, Iowa;, they
have one‘son and- one daughter—William T. and Mandana H. He-is amember of the G-A.R.

C. E. MOORE, chief editor of the Chautauqua Springs Sy, was born in Greenville, Bond
Co., Ill., February 17, 1856; came with his parents to Kansas in July, 1871, and settled at
Oswego; and removed to Peru, Chautauqua County, May 27, 1872, at which place he served as
Deputy Postmaster from 1872 to 1880, and also learned the ‘trade of prinfer during that time.
In company with his father and brother, he began the publication of the Chautauqua Mews at
Peru November 20, 1875, which they ran about four years;.then went .to Cherryvale and .pub-
lished the Cherryvale Mews, which, in about a year was consolidated with the Glode, printed
at that place, the new sheet being called the Globe-News. In April, 1882, he sold his interest
in the Globe-News, and came to-Chautauqua Springs, where, in company with L. G. B. Mc-
Pheron, he commenced the publication of the Chautauqua Springs $fy, May 19, of the same
” J.T. PERSHALL, merchant, was born at Knoxville, Marion Co., lowa, 1850, and was
raised there until twenty-one years of age ; he then migrated to Kansas and, in company-with
his father, S. H. Pershall, started a trading post in Belleville Township, and got a post-office
established, called Golden Gate; they remained in.trade about four years, their trade being prin-
cipally with the Indians; after which he engaged in buying and shipping stock until 1879;/he
then located at Peru, and, in company with Mr. Sipple, engaged in the mercantile busines ;and
remained the e three years; thence to Arkansas, and remained one year; thence to Chautauqua
Springs, and opened the first general store in the place. They have worked up a large trade.
Was married, in 1870, in Johnson County, Mo., to Miss Sarah L. Hunt; they have four childr.-n,
viz.: Avery E,, Della M,, Nellie and Samuel H. He is a member of Peru ‘Lodge, No. 101,

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1 0, OOF

CEDAR VALE.

On the 2Uth of November, 1869, J. R. Marsh left the city of Emporia,
journeying toward the southwest in the hope of finding somewhere in the
southern part of Kansas, a place of settlement and rest. ee

After several days of wandering he came to the Valley of Big Caney
Creek or river, and being impressed with its beauty and fertility he con-
cluded to spend a few days in exploring it. Although much beautiful and
unoccupied land lay along the stream, yet he came to prospect for a place
that might prove advantageous for selection as a town site, as well as to
locate claims for himself and friends. His first idea was that the site where
Cloverdale now is was auspicious for his wishes, and he concluded to make
settlement at that place. Upon a-second review of the matter he became
convinced that perhaps a better:selection might be made, and after a care-
ful and judicious weighing of the prospects, etc., determined that the
country where Cedar Vale now is, offered advantages in point, of surround-
ings superior to any other along the valley; being far enough from the In-
dian Territory to shut out the building of a town farther down the valley
and also near enough to other prospective points above to discourage the
establishment of any place between them; thus absolutely securing the
trade of a large scope of country. Upon these considerations he selected
his claims and awaited. patiently further development.

In the meantime a number of enterprising settlers came in and took
claims in the vicinity, among whom were Frederick Kantz, Eli Titus, A.
Halverson, 8. Gunderson, David Koogle. The matter of establishing a
town was talked of among these parties, and an organization into a town
company was made for.the furtherance of the project, of which Fred.
Kantz was-made President and Eli Titus, Treasurer. The selection of a
site was the next thing to be determined. : 2 a

Four points along the valley stood prominently before the company,
viz.: Osrow, Cedar Vale, Cloverdale and a point: called Lookout Moun-

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tain. After due consideration the choice was made in March, 1870, and
Cedar Vale became the favored spot, being so named from the presence of
a few cedar trees which grew not far away, this species of timber being
rare in this part of the country. The site was located on unoccupied land
which must first be deeded before the company could hold it. Ac-
cordingly it fell upon E. W. Davis, one of the company, to file upon the
land and to procure a deed for the same, and which he was to turn
over to the company as soon as this was done. When it came time for the
transfer of the property to be made, some dissensions had been awak-
ened in the company and Davis refused to deed them the land. This re-
fusal caused much indignation among the members who, perhaps, under
the circumstances had no legal remedy, and a resort to physical force was
determined upon, and threats of hanging Davis were made, through the
stern influence of which the company wrung from his hands the coveted
instrument.

_ The legal title to the lands occupied by the town site, was now vested
in the company, and everything ready to begin the work of building up
the town. The town was advertised in the Eureka Herald, a paper printed
at Eureka, Greenwood County, for which the editor received one share of
the company’s stock, the shares being valued at $10 each.

A proposition to build the first house was made in June, 1870, in which
J. R. Marsh agreed to furnish the material, provided some other members
would put it into a house. Accordingly, Marsh cut and drew logs to the
place, but no one volunteered to erect the building, and after permitting
the material to lie unused for awhile, Marsh at length drew them away
and made a building of them on his own premises.

In November of the same year, J. R. Marsh, Charles Snyder and O.
C. Hill, built the first store room and the first building in the town, in
which they opened a stock of goods, and in which the post office was -first
kept. Immediately following this a company composed of F. Kantz, L.
Garrett, A. Holverson and Charles Snyder, was formed for the purpose of
building a hotel, which was run a short time as a public house, and was
sold to D. G. Kenneson for a store room. The next house was built by
Riley Brothers, which they occupied with a stock of general goods, and
the next was built by three brothers named Grant, and was used as a
boarding house by Luke Phelps, and soon afterward as a dwelling by a
man named Tubs.

E. W. Davis and E. B. Slocum, as the firm of Slocum & Davis, began
dealing in general goods, having erected a house for that purpose.

Previous to these, and immediately following the building of the com-
pany hotel, Dr. A. A. Corbin put up a store room in which he kepta stock
of drugs, this being the same house now occupied by G. Baird as a hotel,
it having since been enlarged by the erection of additions.

Tubs established the first blacksmith shop in the fall of 1870, and in
the next spring Woods began the same business. A man named Lynch
erected a hall; O. Howard a store room, in which he kept a stock of gen-
eral merchandise; Mrs. Smith built a hotel, and S. Hill a millinery store;
G. Lapp built a room in which he kept a saloon, and is the building now
occupied by Dr. Donaldson with a stock of drugs.

These improvements were made during the fall of 1870, and the spring
and summer of 1871. Dwelling houses were erected as the necessities de-
manded, and the town grew steadily and healthily until at the present
time it numbers a population of 250, and contains four general stores, two
drug stores, two hardware stores, two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop,
one repair shop with turning lathe, two livery barns and two hotels.

A grist and flouring mill was built in 1871 by D. F. Tabler, and was a
small ‘‘one horse concern’ propelled by water-power. In 1880, the old
mill was torn away and replaced with a commodious new one, the best of
the kind in the county. It is run by both water and steam power, and
contains two run of buhrs.

Down the Big Caney Valley a distance of four miles, stood the town
of Osrow, which started about the same time:as Cedar Vale, and which she
aspired to rival. For awhile, the place grew equally rapid with Cedar Vale,
and although she did not discourage the founders of that place yet she
gave them considerable uneasiness. The nearness of the two places made
certain the fact that sure death and cxtinction was the destiny of one or
the other, which served to stimulate exertions on the part of both. At
length Cedar Vale secured the ascendency and outstripped her rival, and
Osrow soon was numbered with things that had been.

A post office called Cedar Vale was located at a point about a mile
and ahalf north of where the town now is, and was established in the
spring of 1870, with J. R. Marsh as Postmaster, the office being kept in a
house on the claim belonging to David Koogle. The office remained at
this point until June, at which time it was taken to a place owned by
J. R. Marsh, now known as the ‘‘Wheeler farm,” about a mile and a half
north of the town site.

In November, 1870, the office was removed to the town and was kept
in the store-room of Marsh, Hill & Co. Marsh held the position of Post-
master until January, 1872, at which time he was succeeded by W. P.
Lynch, who in turn gave way to Charles R. Pollard, the present in-
cumbent.

The first celebration held inthe town was on the Fourth of July, 1870,
at which it was estimated there was in attendance a crowd of not less
than one thousand people, gathered in from all surrounding points. This,
for the time and place, was regarded as a large number of people to as-
semble on such an occasion. Dr. William Stover was orator of the day.
Amusements of a primitive and rude character were indulged in, and the
day passed off as one of pleasant and peaceful enjoyment. Great solici-
tude was felt at Cedar Vale as to what should be done for a flag for
the day, none being at hand, nor no place near where it could be secured.
But to hold a celebration of this kind without a flag would be no celebra-
tion at all. So thought many of those interested in the affair, and a party
was dispatched to Eureka, where the material was procured, and a few of
the zealous ones spent the previous night in making a flag to be used at
the celebration of the next day. The significant emblem was completed

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and in readiness, and the dawn of the famous day witnessed it waving in
the breezes, and, although hastily and crudely prepared, yet each recur-
ring Fourth of July sees it floating over the wooden buildings of the

little town. 2 : 1 ¥,
A school district for the town of Cedar Vale and the immediate vicin-

ity was organized May 30, 1871. A preliminary meeting or convention
was held to elect a School Board, of which J. R. Marsh was President and
A. A. Corbin, Secretary, and a board was élected, consisting of G. W.
Dale, Director; O. C. Hills, Clerk, and E. W. Davis, Treasurer. A pe-
tition was circulated for signers, asking that an election be called for the
purpose of taking a vote on the question of whether bonds should be is-
sued by the district for the building of a schoolhouse. The election was
called to be held September 21, 1871, of which five notices were posted in
different parts of the district, resulting in favor of the bonds by a majority
of twenty-one votes, the vote being twenty-six for, to five against, the
bonds. Bonds were at once issued and their sale negotiated at 85 cents on
thedollar. The contract for the erection of a schoolhouse to cost $700 was
awarded to Bennett & Smith. The building was erected during the win-
ter and spring, and on the 30th of April, 1872, after some caviling over the
defects in the construction of the house, it was received by the board.
The first school in the village was taught by Miss Lizzie Conkling in
the summer of 1872, and was held in the new school building, with an
attendance of thirty-three pupils, fourteen of whom were boys, and nine-
teen, girls. The district now contains 151 pupils of school age, 126 of

whom attended school during the past year. ;
A commodious new school building was erected in the fall of 1882, at

a cost, including furniture, etc., of $1,500, and is a very handsome build-
ing, constructed of unchiseled sandstone. It is one story high, comprising
but a single large room z ia .
The first religious meeting in Cedar Vale was in 1872, services being
held by ‘Old Father Record” at that date, in the school building. At in-
tervals following this, other itinerant preachers held services in the town.
A congregation was organized by the Methodists, as the first in the town,
and held their worship in the schoolhouse until the erection of a church
in 1878. The building is a one-story stone structure and remains yet unfin-
ished, the congregation being weak and the raising of funds a matter of

difficulty. : : .
The Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Free-Will Baptists and Universal.
ists have also organizations, but are extremely weak, both in membership

and finances.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN APPLEBY, farmer, P. \). Cedar Vale, was born in Marshall County, Tenn., 1825;
when seven years of age, his parents settled in Wayne County, Mo., and were there a short
time ; thence to Greene County, where he remained until 1865 ; thence to Kansas, locating in
Cherokee County, and was the first settler in the county before the treaty with the Indians, and
soon after the town site of Columbus was partially laid out on his claim, he becoming a member
of the town company, and built the first house on the town site. In 1868 the grasshoppers and
drouth starved him out, and he went to Texas, and from there to Arkansas, and in 1873 re-
turned to Kansas and located in Howard County, and took a claim on Section 10, ‘Township
34, Range 9; it was then fifty miles from a railroad; he has 160 acres, with seventy acres in
cultivation, the entire place fenced, and good bearing orchard of 150.apple and 200 peach trees,
200 grape vines, and a variety of small fruits; has the place stocked with forty-two head of
cattle. In 1865, was married to Miss Sarah Wade, of Lexington, Mo. They have five chil-
dren—Kate, Addison, Sidney G., Euphenia and Solomon. ¥

PROF. HENRY A. ATTWATER, was born in Allegany County, N. Y.,1842 ; when nine
years of age, his parents located in Berkshire County, Mass., remaining there about three years ;
thence to Litchfield County, Conn., remaining there until 1859, and then he attended the State
Normal School at New Britain ; for the next five years, was private tutor, located onthe Hudson
River; thence to Chicago,and was employed in the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad ticket office
for a few months, and in the fall of 1871, migrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and
took a claim on Section 35, Township 33, Range 8; was among the first settlers, and at that
time was about eighty miles from a railroad. He improved his place by fencing eighty acres,
putting fifty acres in cultivation, planted three acres of orchard, built a house and various other
improvements ; after the first three years of his residence here, began teaching, and has taught
several terms in the county, and for the past two years has been Principal of the Cedar Vale
schools. In 1880, his residence was destroyed by fire, losing all his household goods and a
library worth $200, belonging to his father. In 1872, was married at Fort Scott, Kan., to Miss
Mary A. Coon, of New York. They have one son—Henry Clarkson. Is a member of the
Episcopal Church. :

ALEXANDER BELL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Wauneta, was born in Westmore-
land County, Penn., in 1818, living there until 1850, going from there to West Virgima, remain-
ing there about five years. In 1856, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Douglas County; was
there during the border troubles, and served in the militia, which was raised there for the pro-
tection of the settlers. He located a claim near Lawrence, and commenced to improve his
place, but was obliged to leave it on account of the troubles with the border ruffians, they burn-
ing his house and taking his team on one of their raids. In 1862, he enlisted in the Twelfth
Kansas Infantry, serving three years ; a part of the time was on detailed dutyaciing as guide
for Government trains through Louisiana. During a skirmish on Cow Creek, in the Indian
Territory in 1864, was seycrely wounded, and was captured, but was paroled on the field, In
1869, he came to Howard County (now Chautauqua) and settled on Grant Creek, his wife being
the first white woman on the creek. It was 175 miles to a railroad point, and 100 miles to a
point where supplies could be had, and about sixty miles to a post office. The Indians still
claimed the land where his claim was located, and there was a camp of s@o near his place the
most of the time during the first summer, but they were friendly, and made little trouble. His
claim is on Section 34, Township 33, Range 9. He now has a farm of 240 acres watered by the
ereek, with plenty of timber, and it is one of the best stock farms on the creek. He has the
entire place fenced; eighty acres under cultivation, and has planted a good orchard of 700
peach, and 100 apple trees, besides a variety of other fruits. He has erected a good residence
24x24 and good stables. Mr. Bell has been in the stock business for some time, and raises about
fifty head of cattle and the same number of hogs annually. He was married in 1862, in Leav-
enworth, Kan., to Miss Mary C. Betts. They have two boys—Albert B. and George. Heisa
member of Cedar Vale Post, No. 99, G. A. R.

A. B. BENNETT, farmer, e O. Cedar Vale, was born in the County of Kent, Eng., 1832;
in 1854, emigrated to America, and for one year was located in St. Louis, thence to Iowa, locat-
ing in Scott County, where he remained for twelve years; from there to Illinois, and in Decem-
ber, 1870, migrated to Kansas, locating in Chautauqua County (then Howard) and located a
claim on Section 4, Township 34, Range 9. At.that time, it was 100 miles from a railroad, and
for a time, that was the nearest point where supplies could be had. The subject of this sketch
at once began to improve his farm, and has aaed to the original claim of 160 acres, until he
has 320, 300 of which is fenced, fifty acres in cultivation; two acres of orchard, good house and
stables, forty acres of timber on the place, watered by several fine springs, making a very good
stock farm. The place is stocked with about forty head of cattle, twenty-five head of hogs, and
four head of horses. Mr. Bennett has done well here, as he started without anything, but by
pluck and hard work, has made a good property. He was married in 1857, at St. Louis, Mo.,
to Miss Sumner. They have no children of their own, but have adopted a daughter—Mary E.
He is a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church,

FRANK CLARK, grocer, P.O. Sedan, was born in Broome County, N. Y., 1841 ;
when six years of age, his parents migrated to Lenawee County, Mich, where he lived until
1861, when he enlisted in the Fourth Michigan Infantry, serving until July, 1863; he lost his
left leg during the battle of Gettysburg, and was left for dead on the field, and was taken by the
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

rebels, and had his wounds dressed, and soon after was recaptured by the boys in blue; was
mustered out in 1864, and returned to Lenawee County, and served as Town Treasurer for two
or three terms, and then received the appointment as Postmaster at Morenci, which position
he filled until 1871, when he migrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and took a claim
in Caneyville Township. In 1872, was elected on the Republican ticket as County Clerk, the
first County Clerk by election in the county ; in 1874, returned to his farm, andat the end of two
years, sold out and purchased the Cloverdale Flouring Mills, and.was engaged in milling until 1882.
He then located at Sedan, and engaged in the grocery business for a short time ; also bought afarm
in Jefferson Township, consisting of 240 acres, which is well improved, and is now engaged in
farming and stock raising, and his grocery. He was married in 1870, in Lenawee County, Mich.,
to Miss Nellie C. Lowe, of that place. They have two children—Mamie and Robert. He lost
his wife in 1874, and was married again in 1876 to Miss AdaChurch, of Adrian, Mich. Mr. Clark
is a member of Stone River Post, No. 74, G. A, R.,and Sedan Lodge, No. 141, I. O. O.F.

J. L. COX, merchant, was born in Hollis, N. H., 1835, where hz lived until sixteen years
of age ; thence to Manchester, where he remained two years, going from there to Massachusetts,
and learned the upholsterer’s trade, remaining there abou three years, thence to Burlington,
Iowa, and at the end of eighteen months, returned to Manchester, N. H., and engaged in the
mercantile business for the next seven years. In 1870, migrated to Kansas, locating in Howard
County (now Chautauqua County), and took a claim near Cedar Vale; was among the early set-
tlers in this part of the county, and was over 100 miles to the nearest railroad point ; there were
a numberof. people who came here with him, and they founded a colony, but the most of them
returned East. Mr. Cox secured a fine farm on the Caney River; he at once began improve-
ments,.and at the end of five years sold out and engayed in the mercantile business with Mr.
Kenneson. At the end of three years, Mr. K. sold out, and the firm was known as Cox &
Baloo for one year. Since then, Mr. Cox has been carrying on the business alone; he has a
store 22x56, with ware-room, and handles a fine line of goods, andhas built up a large trade, his

resent sales being nearly double the first year’s trade. He was married in 1859, at New
ampton, N. H., to Miss Martha Harris. They have two children—Estella N. and Lumni M.
He is a member of the Masonic order. . :
. PHILIP CROCKER, farmer, was born in Burlington, Vt., 1838, where he lived until
1854, thence to Illinois, locating at Rockford, remaining there until 1861, when he enlisted in
the first company which volunteered in the State, and served in the] Eleventh Volunteer In-
fantry, under the first call for 75,000 troops, and served four months, then enlisted in the Eighth
Illinois Cavalry, and served about thirteen months. After coming out of the army, took a trip
to the mountains, stopping in Salt Lake, Montandé and Idaho, and in 1869 went on to the Union
Pacific Rallroad, and engaged in dreighting and contracting. In the fall, returned to Illinois,
and the following spring went to owa and took a homestead; then in the fall of 1870, migrated
to Kansas, locating in Coffey County, and for a time was contracting on the Leavenworth,
Lawrence & Galveston Railroad, and the following spring locating near the southern line of
Howard County and located a claim, but when the survey was made, found he was in the In-
dian Territory, and in September, 1871, located a claim near the present site of Cedar Vale.
His place was on Section 2, Town 34, Range 8, on the Big Caney River; he then went to Texas,
and bought and drove the first cattle into the county ever brought from the South. Since then,
has been buying, raising and dealing in stock, and has a fine stock farm of 600 acres, 320 inclosed
by fence, 170 in cultivation; has a fine orchard, plenty of timber and water, the place well
stocked with roo head of cattle, roo head of hogs, and ten head of horses. Mr. Crocker isa
thoroughgoing stock man, and has been very successful in his business. In 1870, was matried
at Homer, Iowa, to Miss Samantha Hoverly. They have three children—Willy, Frank and
Mabelle. He is a member of Cedar Vale Post, No. 99, G. A. R.
E.M. DONELSON, M. D., was born at Maysvile, Mason Co., Ky., in 1847. In 1857, his
parents emigrated to Indiana, living in Shelby County, where he remained until 1864. He en-
listed in the Seventy-sixth Indiana Woluntece Infantry, serving a shorttime. In 1865, he began
reading medicine, devoting his time to this and teaching. In 1867, he emigrated to Kansas with
his father, Col. Samuel Donelson, locating in Crawford County, where they engaged in the stock
business. In 1868, they moved their business to Labette County, remaining there until the
spring of 1870; then came into Howard County, as they supposed, and again engaged in the
‘stock business, but which proved to be in the Indian Territory when the survey was made. In
the fall of 1870, the subject of this sketch returned to Labette County, and resumed-the study of
medicine remaining there two.years, and in the winter of 1874-75 finished his course, and was
graduated at the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ky. He then returned to
Kansas, locating at Elgin, where he engaged in the practice of his profession, remaining there
until the spring of 1882; thence to Cedar Vale, and resumed the practice of medicine. In the
spring of 1883, he formeda partnership with Dr. Smith, and they put in a fine stock of drugs,
and have worked up a large trade aside from the extensive practice they have attained. The
Doctor is one of the progressive men who are a help to any town which they locate in, is pleas-
ant and courteous, and has a host of friends. :

C. W. FOSTER, farmer, P. O. Wauneta, was born in Indiana in 1833. Was raised in
Marion County, and lived~there until 1865, going fram there to Missouri, and remained
there until 1868; thence to Arkansas, At the end of three years he came to Kansas, and lo-
cated a claim on Section 13, Town 33, Range g. It was then seventy-five miles to a railroad,
and there were no improvements to speak of. Mr. Foster has a fine farm of 240 acres—130
acres in cultivation =the entire place fenced; a fine orchard of four acres and two and one-half
miles.of hedge. Is one of the best farms in the township, and has the place stocked with 100
head of cattle. In 1855, was married in Marion County, Ill., to Miss Blackburn., She died
in 1857, and he was married again in 1865 to Miss Mabery, of Marion County. They have
nine children—John W., David M., Vesula M., jasper N., Lucy, Lillie, Edgar, Nettie and
Angeline. Mr, Foster is a member of the Christian Church.

C. E. GURNSEY, stock-raiser, P.O. Cloverdale, was born in Michigan in 1849, where
he lived until 1863 ; thence to Decatur County, Iowa, where he remained until 1870, coming from
there to Kansas, locating in Howard County, and took aclaim. It was 120 miles to a railroad
point, and there were but few settlers. He improved his claim and lived there for ten years ; he
then traded for a farm on Sections 11 and 12, Township 33, Range 8, on the Big Caney
River, and proceeded to make a stock farm of it. His place contains 800 acres, with forty-eight
acres of timber, and all conveniences for stock-raising; 640 acres are inclosed by fence, 200 acres
in cultivation, and good house, and orchard of two and one-half acres ; and has the place stocked
with forty cows. Besides this, he owns one-half interest in 250 head of fat cattle, and will make
it a point to fatten that number or more each season. The subject of this sketch came to Kansas
without anything to make a start, and has made a good success. In 1876, he was married’ to
ie Mary Spears, of Cloverdale. ‘They have four children, viz.: Mary, Evert, Estella and

erman. ‘

COL, F.M, HILLS, merchant, was born in Connecticut in 1829. When twelve years of
age,he went-to Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1847, when he enlisted in the Second Penn-
sylvania Infantry, and went into the Mexican war, serving one year; and was at the capture of
the City of Mexico, and several other battles. In 1861, he volunteered in the Forty-fifth Penn-
sylvania Infantry; and was commissioned Captain in command of Company I. In the spring of
1863, he became Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, and took command of the same, and served
three years. He was in the following heavy battles : South Mountain, Antietam, Vicksburg,
Jackson, Fredericksburg, the Battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor
and several other engagements. After coming out ofthe army, he located at Titusville, Pa., and
engaged in the tobacco trade, remaining there until 1874. Emigrating from there to Kansas he
located in Chautauqua County, where he engaged in farming. In 1878, he engaged in the hard-
ware and furniture business at Cedar Vale, in which he has built up a large trade; also carries a
stock of lumber, etc. His trade has more than doubled, and he has enlarged his building more
than one-half to accommodate his increasing trade. He was marriedin 1860 at Titusville, Penn.,
to Miss Annie Proper. They have six children—Josephine G., Daisy E.,Minnie A., Grace H.,

-Gilbert P. and Albert. He is a member of Cedar Vale Post, No.'99, Grafid Army of the Republic.

A. HOLVERSON, farmer, P.O Cedar Vale, was born in Norway in 1825. In 1839, he emi-
grated to America, locating at Beloit, Wis., and engaged in farming, remaining there until 1869;
emigrating from there to Kansas, locating in Howard County (now Chautauqua), and locate
claim on Section 1, Township 34, Range 8, The survey had not been made, and the land. be-
longed to the Indians, and for two years he paid a rent or tax of $5 for the use of the land.
There were but few settlers in the county at the time, and the nearest neighbor on the north
was thirty miles-distant, and the nearest railroad was 175 miles, and nothing in the shape of sup-
plies could be had nearer than Eureka, eighty miles distant, and for a time this was the nearest
post office. Mr. Holverson has a fine farm on the Caney River bottoms, with plenty of timber
and water; has 100 acres under cultivation, with good fences, hedges and orchard, large stone
residence, good barns and'sheds; and the place is well stocked with 125 head of cattle, 30 hogs,
1,000 sheep and 10 horses. He also owns 160 acres of land near his farm, and is one of the most
successful farmers on the river. He is a man highly respected, and a good citizen. He was
married in 1845, at Beloit, Wis.. to Miss G. Gordon. They have eight children—Holver,
Thomas, Oley, Caroline, Nellie, Rebecca, Hannah and Henry. He is amember of the Lutheran
Church. . : e

 

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O. HOLVERSON, farmer, P. O. Cedar Vale, was born in Beloit, Wis., in 1848, and lived
there with his parents until 1869, when he emigrated to Kansas with his father, locating in How-
ard County (now Chautauqua), locating a claim on the Big Caney River, and is now the oldest
settler on the river except his father. The land then belonged to the Indians. The country
abounded in gam - of all kinds. The nearest railroad point was 175 miles distant, and he went
about 100 miles for supplies. His claim is on Sections x and 2, Township 34, Range 8, consist-
ing of 160 acres of fine valley land, which is watered by the Big Caney River, with an abund-
ance of timber along ils banks, He has improved the place by fencing, planting hedges, anda
fine orchard. Ninety acres of land are cultivated. He has built a fine residence, and other farm
buildings. This place is one ofthe finest in the county, and is desirably located for stock-rais-
ing, which business Mr. Holverson has been engaged in forsome time, having stocked the place
with fifty head of cattle, and sixty head of hogs, and good horses. He is about three-fourths of
amile from the city of Cedar Vale, and hence has a very valuable farm. The subject of this
sketch is one of the most enterprising men of the county, and has accumuiated a nice property
through his attention to business, starting, as he did, without any capital. In 1880, he was mar-
ried to Miss Frances Schatz, of Canada. They have one son—George.

HENRY JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P, O, Wauneta, was born in Madison
County, Iowa, in 1845, where he lived until nine years of age; thence to Texas, and was there
nearly two years; thence to Arkansas; at the end of one ee located at Kansas City, Mo. In
1858, located at Lawrence, Kan., and was there but a short time when he took a trip to the
Western Territories, and during the war was employed as a scout through the mountains and on
the plains. At the close ofthe war, he returned to Douglas Counky Kan., and engaged in farm-
ing. Inthe spring of 1869, he settled in Howard County (now Chautauqua), locating on Grant
Creek, and took a claim on Section 27, Township 34, Range 9. ‘The county was not organized,
and the survey was not made; there were no improvements on the Creek, and there were plenty.
of Indians; the distance to the nearest railroad point was 175 miles, and it was sixty miles to a
post office. Mr. Johnson has 220 acres of land, with sixty acres in cultivation, the entire place
fenced, three acres of orchard, the place watered by several nice springs, and on the whole has
a good farm for stock-raising. He raises from twenty-five to thirty head of cattle, besides buy-
ing and selling and feeding other stock. He has been very successful in his business, and is
noted as one of the enterprising men of his township. e was married in 1864, at Clinton,
Kan., to Miss Sarah E; Betts. They have six children, viz.: Mary E., John A., Isaac H., Henry
E., Chester A. A. He is a member of the Masonic order. : :

’ “WILLIAM KELLEY, contractor and builder, was born in West Troy, N. Y., in 1849.
When five years of age, he went to Ohio and lived there until 1864, and at the age of fourteen
years enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Veteran Cavalry, serving until July, 1865. Mr, Kelley was
one.of the very youngest men who served in the army as a volunteer. He was in Sherman’s
army, and on the raid through Georgia; in December, 186s, enlisted in the Eighteenth United
States Regulars, and served three years on the plains, After receiving his discharge, he was on
the Union Pacific Railroad for a time; thence to Council Grove, Kan., and learned the ‘stone-
mason’s trade, remaining there nearly three years, after which he worked at bridge building
on the M. K.& T. R. R. and the Carthage & N. W. R. R. in Missouri; thence to the Osage
Mission, at work on the buildings there. In 1874, he came to Howard County, and after re-"
maining at Peru for a short time he located at Cedar Vale, and commenced contracting and build-
ing. In 1876, he went to the Black Hills, and was there about twenty months when he returned
to Cedar Vale, and bought a farm of 200 acres joining the town site, which is all in cultivation,
with three residences; also owns a farm of eighty acres in Jefferson Township. He is still en-
gaged in contracting and building, and is a good workman anda thorough business man, He
was married in 1878 to Miss Helen C. Holverson, of Cedar Vale. They have three children—
Edward, Ella, Helen. He is a member of Cedar Vale Post, No. 99, Grand Army of the Republic,
and of the K. of H. 7

’ THOMAS C. LEONARD, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Wauneta, was born in Owen
County, Ind., in 1844. In_1863, he enlisted in the Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving three

ears and four months. He was in the Army of the Pozomac, and was at the battles of Gettys-

urg, South Mountain and Fredericksburg; and received a wound at the battle of Gettysburg.
After coming out of the army he located in Putnam: County, Ind., where he remained until the
fall of 1869; emigrating from there to Kansas, locating in Howard County (now Chautauqua) ;
he located a claim on Section 3, Township 34, Range 9, on what is known as Grant Creek. He
is the oldest settler on the creek, and when his claim was made the treaty had not been ratified,
and the land virtually belonged to the Indians, and these were camped along the banks in con-
siderable numbers. It was 150 miles to the nearest railroad point, and sixty miles to a post
office. Mr. Leonard has a fine stock farm of 280 acres, with an abundance of water; 200 acres
are fenced, 50 acres of timber, and 120 are under cultivation. He has a good orchard, hedges
and buildings, and for some time has been engaged in the stock business. He has sixty head of
hogs, seventy head of cattle, and has done a fine business in stock; and through industry
and close attention to business has made considerable property with nothing to
start with except determination. He was married in_1871 to Miss Sarah Hooper, of Owen
County, Ind. They have four children—Cora, Estella, Rollie and Adolphus. He is a member
of edie Vale Post, No. 99, Grand Army of the Republic, and of Sheldon Lodge, No, 1,987, K.
ve H. W. LOOMIS, farmer, P. O. Cedar Vale, was born in Hampshire County, Mass., 1830,
where he was raised and lived until 1865; was a carpenter by trade, and followed that business.
From Massachusetts he migrated to Des Moines, lowa, and remained there two years; thence
to Washington County, Mo., and was there four years. In 1871,he settled in Kansas, locating in
Howard County, taking a claim in Section 30, Town 33, Range 9; it was seventy-five miles to a
railroad point, and there were but five settlers in the county. Mr. Loomis has a fine farm of
240 acres, with thirty-five acres in cultivation, fifty acres fenced, a good orchard and buildings,
and, besides this, has improved a farm of 100 acres, and has done some work at carpentering
and building. For a number of years, has been quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, hand-
ling from 100 to 150 head annually. Mr. Loomis is a public-spirited man and takes a lively in-
terest in all public matters; has served two terms as Trustee and Assessor of his township. Was
married, 1866, at Des Moines, lowa, to Miss Amanda Constant; they have one son, William E.

Ww. P. LYNCH, attorney at law, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1839, where he
lived until 1843, thence to Perry County, where he remained until sixteen years of age, thence
to Cumberland County. In 1862, he enlisted in Company A, the One Hundred and Thirtieth
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving until June, 1863 In 1870, he went to Philadelphia,
Penn., and, after remaining a short time, emigrated to Kansas, settling in Oswego; the follow-
ing spring, he came to Howard County and located a claim in Jefferson Township, eighty miles
from a railroad; the county was organized. He was a delegate for his township when the Re-
publican party of the county was organized, and was elected the first Justice of his township, .
and took an active part in organizing the Republican party. After remaining on his place one
year, he sold out and located at Cedar Vale, and was appointed Postmaster, and engaged in real
estate and finished a law course to which he had devoted some time previous to this. In 1876,
he was admitted to the bar, and since then has been practicing law. In 1873, he married Miss
Laura A. Armstrong, of Howard County; they have four children living—Clarence W., Albert
W., Edwin H. and John C. He is a member of the Masonic order, of Cedar Vale Post, No. 99,
G. A. R., and of the K. of H.

JAMES R. MARSH, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Cedar Vale, was born in Fulton
County, N. Y., 1844. In 1860, his parents migrated to Illinois, locating in Bureau County. In 1861,
enlisted in the Sixty-fifth Mlimois Infantry ,Company E, serving until the close of the war; was cap-
tured once, and received a wound at the battle of Lost Mountain, near Atlanta, in 1864. After com-
ing out of the army, remained one year in Bureau County, and was married to Miss Mary Jones,
of that county. In 1866, he migrated to Kansas, locating near Emporia, and engaged in farm-
ing and teaching, and took a course at the State Normal School. In 1869, he started South
and got lost and came to a creek which proved to be the Big Caney River, and being pleased with
the country, was satisfied it was the place to start a town, and picked out a claim; but when he
had gone some fifty miles on his road home, felt dissatisfied, and returned and took the claim of
the present town site of Cedar Vale. He at once returned with his family, located another
claim, and a man by the name of Acres deeded the claim for the town site of Cedar Vale, Mr.
Marsh having helped to organize a town company, and being a member of the same; he then
opened a store, putting in the first stock of goods in the town. In the spring of 1870, he suc-
ceeded in getting a post office established there, and was appointed the first Postmaster at a
salary of gr2 per year. Mr. Marsh also put up the first frame business house, a building 30x60
feet; the first stock of goods was put into alog cabin, In 1871, he closed out his stock of goods
and began working for a mill, and in 1872, succeeded in getting some parties in there with a mill;-
he becoming responsible for a part of the indebtedness. The following year, he closed out his
interests in the town and engaged in farming, his farm consisting of 4oo acres, one mile from the
town ; of this, he has roo acres in cultivation, has the place nearly inclosed with fences, has
five acres of orchard; erected good buildings and has an abundance of water, ninety acres of
timber, and has the place stocked with 25 head of horses, 100 head of hogsand about roo head
of cattle, and has made it win merely through attention to business andenterprise. He is one of
the most public-spirited men in the county, and is highly respected by all. When he made the
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settlement, there were but two or three families in the township and it was 150 miles froma rail-

road, not much to encourage a man to settle, and was considerably worse off than nothing. Mr.
and Mrs. Marsh have three children, viz.: Robert, Orris and Locen. Mr. Marsh is a member
of Cedar Vale Post, No. 99, G.A.R., and of the I.Q. O. F. He also served as'President of the
Settlers’ Protective Association, which was organized by the men and officers in the county to
settle disputes and claims. 7

_, CHARLES R. POLLARD, Postmaster, was born in Suffolk County, England, in 1824,
living there until twenty years of age, thence, for a time, was in different parts of England until
1854, when he emigrated to America, and, for one year, was at Beaver, Penn., going from there
to McHenry County, Ill., and remained there one year; thence to Dade County, Mo. In 1858,
he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Osage County, where he located a claim, and was there
until 1868; going from there to Eureka, Greenwood County, where he built the grist, saw and flour-
ing mill, and was inthis business three years ; he then sold his property,and purchased a port-
able saw mill, which he moved into Howard (now Chautauqua) County, and took a claim on the
Big Caney River, near Cedar Vale, and here he set up the mill and for chica years was engaged in
lumbering. After remaining on his place five years, he sold out and, in May, 1877, was ap-
pointed Postmaster at Cedar Vale. Mr. Pollard also owns a farm of 200 acres in Cowley County.
In 1876, he was married to Mrs. Samantha Z. Kew, of Moulton, Iowa. While in Osage County,
he served as Deputy Sheriff for seven years.

P, H. SKAVLEN, farmer and stock-dealer, P.O, Cedar Vale, was born in Rock County,
Wis., May 2s, 1845, living there until 1864, when he enlisted in the Forty-third Wisconsin Vol-
unteer Infantry, serving until June, 1865. After coming out of the army, he returned to Wis-
consin, and soonafter went to Minnesota, locating at Rochester, where he remained until 1869;
thence back to Wisconsin, and, in the spring of 1870, emigrated to Kansas; arrived on Big
Caney River (then called the Osage Diminished Reserve) March 2, 1870; located a claim March
11, which turned out to be Section 11, Town 34, Range 8 east, Howard County, which was
changed to Chautauqua, and but five settlers were in the county ; the county was not organized
and the survey was not completed; it was 120 miles to a railroad. hen the town of Cedar
Vale was laid out, it took two acres off his claim. He has 158 acres of choice land, eighty-
five acres under cultivation, and the entire place is fenced; he has some fine hedge, a good
orchard and twenty-five acres of timber, a good frame house 14x26 feet, wing 16x18 feet. Mr,
Skavlen has been engaged in raising, feeding and buying stock for a number of years, and has
been very successful. e also put up a store building in the village and was in trade about
three years. He was married, on November 20, 1872, at Beloit, Wis., {© Miss Martha Ereksen,
of Dodge County, Minn.; they have two children—Walter P, and Norlen Odeen. He is a
member of Cedar, Vale Post, No. 99, G. A. R.

MAJ. J.M.SMITH, farmer, Po, Cedar Vale, was born in Culpepper County, Va., 1819; when
quite young, his parents migrated to Ohio, locating in Logan County, where he remained until
1846; he then went into the Mexican war as Major of the Second Ohio Regiment, serving
eighteen months, and was in the battle of Buena Vista and at the capture of the City of Mexico,
besides many other small battles. After coming out of the army, he returned to Logan County,
Ohio, where he remained until 1851, and from that time until 1856, was in Atchison County, Mo.;
thence to Iowa, for two years, and, in 1858, returned to Missouri, locating at Independence;
from there to Texas, and, in 1860, locating in Jefferson, Kan., where he built a flouring mill, re-
maining there five years; thence to Medina, and, moving his mill to that point and adding a
carding mill, he had the misfortune to lose his property by fire, and, until 1870, was engaged
in building and superintending several mills; when he came to Howard County (now Chau-
tauqua) to put up a mill, and, being pleased with the country, located a claim on Sections,Town
33. Range g; it was some 120 miles from a railroad, and there were but few settlers in the town-
ship. He has a farm of 160 acres, seventy of which are in cultivation, good fences, orchard, etc.;
and he is tosome extent engaged in dairying. In 1840, he was married to Miss Jennie Soddith, of
Logan County, Ohio; she died in 1859 in Texas, leaving three children, Dulcena, Millard F.
and Jessie F. In 1863, Mr. Smith was married to Mrs, Melissa E. Atkins. They have one
child, William 1.

WILLIAM THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Cedar Vale, was born in Washington County’

-Ind., in 1819, and lived there until 1855; going from there to Iowa, locating in Benton County,
and engaged in blacksmithing, following this business until 1857, when he engaged in farming.
In July, 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteer en serving until Decem-
ber, 1863; was in the battles of Champion Hill, through the siege of Vicksburg, Fort Gibson
and many others. In 1871, he came to Kansas, locating in Chautauqua (then Howard) County,
and took a claim on Section 26, Town 33, Range 8; it was nearly 100 miles from a railroad, and
there were but a few families in this part of the county. Mr. Thompson has improved his place,
having it all enclosed with fences, fifty acres under cultivation, a fine orchard of three acres and
fine buildings. He has been engaged in stock-raising for the past few years, his farm being
well adapted for this business. In 1844, he was married to Miss Eliza Armstrong, of Indiana;
their children are—Lizzie S., Richard L., Mary E., Novillie A. (deceased), Jennie E. (deceased),
Mattie M., Gertrude B., William O. and Berdie N. He is a member of the Baptist Church.

D. F. TABLER, miller, was born in Miami County, Ohio, 1829. In 1851, migrated to
Fayette County, Iowa, where he remained until the spring of 1857, thence to Kavsas, settling in
Anderson County and located a claim there, remaining there about four years, During his resi-
dence here, he belonged to the State militia which was raised in that county at the Free-State
election 1n 1858; cast the first Free-State vote in Coffey County. In1861, he took charge of the
mills at Leroy, for a time; alsohad charge of tke mill at Burlington. In 1866, built a mill at
Lowell, and started the town; thence to Missouri, where he put up a mill and remained there
until 1872, when he located at Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County, and built the Big Caney Mills; the
mill was a smallsaw and corn-meal mill, but in 1878, commenced building the present mills,
30x50 feet, three run of buhrs, and has both steam and water power; the mill is doing a fine
business, and Mr. Tabler is thoroughly posted in milling. In 1851, he was married, in Shelby

County, Ohio, to Miss Mary J. Hollingshead; they have five children—Elizabeth C., Samantha.

F., Clara A., John P, and Passmore W.; his wife died in 1873, and, in 1876, was married to
Miss Melissa J. Maxwell, of Cedar Vale; they have one daughter, Gabriella, He is a member of
the M, E, Church,

ELGIN.

Elgin is situated in the southern part of Chautauqua County, on the
line of the Indian Territory, and about the center of the county east and
west. The town was started in 1869, by L. P. Getman. For a time the
town grew ropidly and promised much for the future. being located in the
beautiful and fertile valley of the Big Caney River, the extensive settle-
ment of which was to be its main support and stay. The land, however,
was not then surveyed, and men calculated dn prospects merely, for when
the survey was made nearly all the best farming lands were cut off into
the Indian Territory, and thus shut out from settlement by the whites.
‘This was a death blow to the town, which at the present time contains
put a single business house. It was in this place that the first Masonic
lodge in the county was organized.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. W. ANDERSON, farmer, P. O, Hart’s Mills, was born in Parke County, Ind.,, in 1847,
living there until twenty-oné years of age. In 1869, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in How-
ard County, The county.was unorganized, the survey was not finished, and there were but
few settlers in the county. The subject of this sketch located a claim on Section 6, Town 36,
Range 9,.which he improved and has carried on since, When he first located here he com-
menced handling stock, and has been engaged in the business the most of the time since. In
1879, he engaged in the mercantile business, and served as Postmaster at Hart’s Mills, remain-
ing there three years. Mr. Anderson has been very successful in ail his business projects, and
is one of the enterprising men of his township. In September, 1880, he was united in mar-
riage to Francenia Finch, daughter of Martin Finch, one of the pioneers of Chautauqua

ounty.
e B A. TWEEDY, Postmaster and'merchant, Hart’s Mills, was born in Vermillion Coun-
ty, Ind., in 1857, and was raised there until twelve years of age, when he located in Edgar
County with his parents, remaining there until 1874 ; thence to Kansas, iene Chautauqua
County. Soon after locating here, he accepted a position in the store of H. Davis at Hart’s
Mills.” At the end of three years, the store changed hands, and he remained in the employ of
the new firm. From 1877 until 1883, he served as Assistant Postmaster, and since that time
has been Postmaster of Bart's Mills. In April, 1883, he bought the stock of goods of his em-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ployer, and at present has the only stock of goods in the place. His store is 25x33, filled with
a good stock of general merchandise, and enjoys a good trade. Mr. T. is a wide-awake busi-
ness man, and has succeeded in getting a_good business started, although $2,500 was the ex-
tent of his capital when he located in the State. In 1882, he was married to Miss A. C. Hop-
per, of Chautauqua County, Kan. : : ; ie

L. C. WAIT, merchant and stock dealer, Elgin, was born in Sugaring Falls, Ohio, in
1847. In 1856, he emigrated to Wisconsin, locating in Richland County, where he remained
until 1865; then returned East, remaining in_New York State one year; thence to Jackson
County, Mo., where he remained until 1873. Going from there to Kansas, he located at Elgin
Howard County, and engaged in the drug business. From 1875 to 1882, he had sev ral mai
route contracts, a part of them being among the largest contracts in the State, In 1882, he en-
gaged in general merchandising at Elgin, and at present has the only store of the kind in the
place. Besides his mercantile business, he is carrying on a large stock farm of 100 acres, close
to the town of Elgin. Of this place, has 300 acres in cultivation, the whole place « nclosed by”
fence, except forty acres of timber, The place is watered by the Caney River and Cedar Creek,
and is stocked with 700 head of cattle. Since 1879, has been handling from 500 to 700 head an-
nually, Mr. Wait not only raises, but buys, feeds and ships a large amount of stock all the
time. He has one of the finest farms in the county, it being all bottom land, surrounded tye
ra: ge of hills, and he is one of the largest stock dealers im the county, and it was through his
close attention to business that he has been enabled to accumulate so much property, as he.
came to the State with but a few hundred dollars to invest. In 1882, he was elected County
Commissioner for the Second District. In 1868, was married to Miss Florence C. Slaughter,
of Barber County, Mo. They have four children. Is a member of Vesper Lodge, No, 136, A.,
F, & A. M., and Sedan Lodge, No. 154, I. O. O. F.

8ST. PAUL.

This place was founded by Martin Knuckols in 1869. The prospect
upon which the town was started was that it was thought 1t would fall
upon the line of the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Gulf Railroad when that
road should be built, and from that cause would make a good town.

Knuckols threw his whole soul into the project, in the hope of nitaking
a fine speculation. He erected a large hotel at a cost of about $3,000, and
was pushing other improvements as rapidly as possible. But the railroad
failed tou connect as Knuckols had anticipated, and in going in another
direction Knuckols and bis town were left high and dry. The hotel has
since burned down, and the town to all intents and purposes has become
defunct, nothing remaining except a few houses, blacksmith shop, post
office, etc.

MATANZAS.

This point was started in 1871. A petition was sent to the Post Office
Department, asking that a post office be established at the place, to be
called Matanzas. The petition was so poorly written that the authorities
were unable to make out the name that was desired, and wrote to D.
Clark, Postmaster at Peru, asking him what it was. Clark, cognizant of a
good joke, wrote back the name Jay Hawk, and accordingly the office un-
der that name was duly established. The people of the village and vicin-
ity were very much perplexed over the joke that had been played upon
se and afterward had the name of the office changed to the name de-
sired.

The place contains one business house, owned by J. Ross, a black-
smith shop, and a saw and grist mill.

JONESBURG.

This place began its existence in 1876, under the proprietorship of H.
VY. Jones, who erected a hotel called the Jones House. g. White began a
merchandising business, which he afterward sold to Mr. McGuire. Inthe
summer of 1880, J. T. Yates opened a general store, and in 1882 Minner &
Mayfield started a drug store, and a man named Kidd a general store.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—svmMit TOWNSHIP.

T. A. CALVERT, merchant, Wauneta, was born in Campbell County, Ky., in 1846, When
eight years of age, his parents emigrated to Kansas, locating at Wathena, Doniphan County.
The county was wild, and four houses comprised the town. The subject of this sketch
was brought up on a farm near the town. In 1862, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Kansas
Cavalry, serving until the close of the war. The first of the service was in Kansas and
hissouri, and the latter part of the time served on the plains in the Powder River Country.
After coming out of the army, he located at Ozark, Ark., and served as Sheriff one year in
Franklin County. He was then appointed Clerk of the committee which investivated the mur-
derers of Pope County, after which he was appointed United States Deputy Marshal at Fort
Smith, remaining there until 1874. Thence to Southwestern Missouri, where he engaged im
Dlucksmithing. At the end of one year, he engaged in farming. Thence to Chautauqua Coun-
ty, Kan., and built a blacksmith shop at Fulda, now known as Wauneta. He soon after put up
u store and put in a stock of general merchandise; soon after sold out and put in a stock of
drugs. In the spring of 1883, he laid out the town site of Wauneta and formed a copartnership
with Dr. Hahu and put up 8 large store and put in a large stock of goods. Also handles farm
machinery and carries on a blacksmith and wagon shop. He also served one year as Postmaster
of the place. He was married in 1870, to Miss A. M. Scrimsher, of Arkansas, They have two
ee ee an Mina, He is a member of Cedar Vale Post, No. 99, G. A. R., and Sedan Lodge,

o. 141,1, 0. 0. F.

M. B. CHRISMAN, farmer and merchant, Wauneta, was born in Scott County, Va., in 1835,
but was raised in Cnrter County, Ky., until twenty-two years of age, going from there to Arkan-
saa, locating near Helena, and engaged in farming and carpentering. Remaining there until
the war broke out, and being among the strong Pro-slavery people, he found he could not ex-
press his sentiments without getting in trouble,as he was a strong anti-slavery advocate, and
when the conscript law was passed they tried to force him into the Confederate army, but he got
away and went to Helena and enlisted in the Federal army. As soon as it was known he had
gone, a party went to his place and abused his wife and family, and took the most of his goods
and furniture and whatever they wanted, and told his wife she must not try to go to the d——d
Yankees. She then took a team that night, and put a few things and her children, and started
for Helena, fifteen miles distant, but was stopped by some of the Confederates, and taken out of
the wagon and the balance of her property taken, and told that sho must not go to the Yankees.
But she pleaded with the officers to go to the nearest house, and finally received their con-
sent, and that night, with a little help. succeeded in getting an old boat, and after getting
her children into it, weut down the river to Helena, where her husband was stationed, and he
received a furlough and took his family to Illinois, He then returned and served three years in
the Second Arkansas Cavalry, After coming out of the army, he returned to his family in Illi-
nois, and in 1867 emigrated to Kansas, locating in Shawnee County, where he engaged in farmin;
and remained there six years, In 1873, he located in Howard County, and bought a farm of 1
acres on Section 36, Town 33, Range 9, which he improved; has the place improved, with 90 acres
in cultivation, 7 acres of orchard, good buildings; the whole place fenced, and stocked with 60
head of cattle, 8 to 15 head of horses, and a good many hogs. In the spring of 1883, he bought
one-third interest in the town of Wauneta, and in company with T. Falvert, put in a stock of
farm machinery and clothing, and are putting up a store building, 20x40, two stories high. In
1855, he was married to Miss Sarah M. Fugett, of Carter County, Ky. They have nine children,
viz.: John, Marion, Isaac, Frederick, Sod, Morton, George, Iva, Lillian. Is a member of Cedar
Vale Post, No, 99, G, A, R., and a member of the M. E. Oburch.
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

W. J. GROVES, merchant, Wauneta, was born in Carroll County, Mo., in 1849. When six-
teen years of age, he emigrated to Indiana, locating in Perry County. After remaining there
for a time, he removed to Ohio, locating in Fairfield County, remaining there until March, 1866.
He then moved to Vermillion County, Ill, and remained until the spring of 1870. Emigrated
from there to Kansas, and remained in Labette County until the spring of 1871. Then-removed
to Howard County, and was one of the pioneers of Summit Township, now Chautauqua Coun-
ty. Here he located on a claim on Section 36, Township 33, Range 9. Was eighty miles from a
railroad. He began improving his place, and remained there until August, 1882, except one
year, when he had a Government contract in the Osage Nation. He has fifty acres of his place
under cultivation, a good orchard planted, good buildings, fences and stables, well watered by
Shanghai Creek, and has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. In August, 1882, he lo-
cated at Wauneta and engaged in general merchandise. He hasa large trade, which is increas-
ing very rapidly; he is also Postmaster at that point, and is an active, practical business man,
and is bound to make a success in hig new departure. He came to Kansas without anything,
and has accumulated all he has since he settled in Chautauqua County.- In January, 1876, he
was married to Miss N. L, Huff, of Summit Township,

. D.G. HAHN, M. D., Wauneta, was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1845, and was raised
in Ohio. In 1866, he commenced reading medicine, and in 1868-69, he attended Sterling Medi-'
cal College at Columbus, graduating in the spring of 1869. He then located in Marshall County,
Ind., and practiced medicine there nearly one year; thence to Iowa, where he remained until
1876, and from there he came to Kansas, jocating in Sumner County and resumed the practice of
medicine. While there, he was identified with several town companits, and laid out the town of
Caldwell in 1870, Sumner City in 1871, Wellington in 1871 and Chikaskia. ‘The Doctor was one
of the pioneers of this county, as there were but a few settlers here and the surveys had not been
made when he settled here. He also:took a claim, and he and his partner started a trading post
there when the nearest settlers were twelve miles distant. He a’so practiced medicine all the
time while there. In thespring of 1882, he went to Cowley County and remained there until the
following September, when he settled in Chautauqua County, and remained in Sedan until March,
1883, when he secured one-third interest in the town site of Wauneta, and located there and put
in a stock of drugs, and engaged in the practice of medicine. He is doing a nice business, and
has made a host of friends during his short residence at that point. In 1874, he was married to
eae Sarah A. Springer, of Sumner County, Kan. They have two children, viz.: Charley and
urtie, - ; :

E. B. HIBBARD, M. D., Wauneta, was born in Athens County, Ohio, in 1831. In 1838, his
parents migrated to Clark County, IIL, remaining there until sixteen years of age; thence
to Peoria, Ill.; began reading medicine, and in 1867, migrated to Kansas, locating in Crawford
County. He then took a medical course at the Physiological College of Cincinnati, and graduated
in the spring of 1869. He then located at the Osage Mission and engaged in the practice of his
profession until 1871; thence to Howard County and located a claim on Grant Creek before the
survey was made ; lived on this claim until the fall of 1876, when he was elected Clerk of Chau
tauqua County, on its organization, and held the office two terms. While in Sedan, he formed a
co-partnership with Mr. Ackerman, and bought the steam flouring mill at that point. When his
last term of office expired, he closed out his interest in the mill, and bought a farm on Section 1,
Town 34, Range 9, of 360 acres, on Shanghai Creek; has the place all fenced, 150 acres in cul-
tivation, two acres of orchard, good buildings and good timber. The place is under the super-
vision of his son, while the Doctor devotes his time tou his practice, which keeps him busy. In
1854, he was married, but his wife died the following. year, and in 1860, he was married to Miss
Hattie A. Harvey, of Tazewell County, Ill. They have five living children, viz.: James B.,

Charles E., Ross R., Robert L.and Nettie Maud. He is a member of the Masonic order and of ©

Sedan Lodge, No. 1,987, K. of H.
-- W.W. JONES, farmer,.P. O. Wauneta, was born in Wales in 1832. When four years of age,

he emigrated to America with his parents, who settled in Cambria County, Penn., and here the .

subject of this sketch was brought up until nineteen years of age. Lis opportunities for acquir-
ing an education being very limited and having a desire to learn, he went to Huntingdon County
and attended school and then took a scientifie couree at Lewisburg University. In 1855, he em-
igrated to Johnson County, Iowa, and engaged in farming and teaching school. In 1859, he took
the gold fever and struck out for Pike’s Peak, but soon returned as he claimed, “ busted.” In
1861, he enlisted in the-Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served nearly five years, the
greater portion of the time fighting the Indians on the frontier, After the first year he was on
detailed service as clerk. in the Quartermaster’s Department except the last year, when he was
transferred to the Adjutant Geueral’soffice. After receiving his discharge in June, 1866, he lo-
cated at Ottawa, Kan:, and engaged in lumbering. After a few months, he located in Crawford
County, andengaged in farming. In 1872, he settled in Howard County, and located a claim
near the old town of Boston, on the present line of Chautauqua and Elk Counties, which was
then talked of as the county seat, and the next fall was elected County Treasurer of Howard
County, and was re-elected in 1875,and when the county was divided he came to Sedan and
served out his term as the first Treasurer of Chautauqua County. From 1879 until 1882, he was
engaged in the hardware and agricultural implement business in Sedan, carrying the first stock
of agricultural implements in the county. Mr. Jones hasalwaystaken an active part in all pub-
lic enterprises, and was the nominee on the Republican ticket in 1878, for Representative, but was
defeated with the whole ticket by the fusion of Democrats and Greenbackers, He has been ten-
dered the nomination to several important offices since, but has refused, not caring for a public
life. However, he is the present Coroner of the county,.the office requiring but little
of his time or attention. His appointment was tho lag official act of Gov. St. Jobn.
He is well fitted and thoroughly competent to fill any office, and is one of the best posted
and most systematical men in the county. He has been and isa frequent contributor to his
county and other papers, and is frequently engaged in addresses and lectures on different topics
and subjects. In 1874,he was united in. marriage to Mies Mary V. Johnson, of Parsons, Kan.
They have four children— Walter W. (first_male cbild born in Sedan), Don Paul, Owen N. and
Mary Norma. He isa member of Vesper Lodge, No. 136, A.,F. & A.M. Is Secretary of Ciroc
Chapter, No. 42, R. A.M.; member of Sedan Lodge, No. 1,987, K. of H., and a member of Sedan
Lodge, No. 141, I. 0,0. F. Mr. Jones speaks the Welsh language. 4

D. BE. SHARTEL, farmer, P. 0. Wauneta, was born in Crawford County, Penn., in 1834, and
lived there until the breaking-out of the rebellion. , In 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety-ninth
Pennsylvania Infantry ; was then transferred to the One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Infantry, and
served over three years. Received a slight wound at the battle of the Wilderness. After coming
out of the army he migrated to Knox County, Mo., where he engaged in teaching ; also served three
years as Superintendent of Schools, and in 1872, came to Kansas, locating in Howard Gounty ; took
aclaim on Section 31, Town 33, Range 9; was fifty miles from a railroad, and there were but a few
families in the township. He has 320 acres enclosed with fence, 150 acres in cultivation, an or-
chard of 2,000 peach, 150 apple trees and a variety of other fruits, and is engaged in stock-rais-
ing; has 125 head of cattle and other stock of various kinds. In 1880, was elected Superinten-
detit of Schools in Chautauqua County. In November, 1882, he engaged in the merantile busi-
ness at Wauneta, and in March, 1883, was appointed! Postmaster. Mr. Shartel isa pleasant gen-
tleman, and has been a leader in all public matters in bis township since he has been there. In
1859, he was married to Miss Mary J. Wiley, of Medina, Mo. They have seven children, viz. ;
©. M., J. W., Nora, L. S., Dora, Mark and Vernon. Mr. 8. isa member of Stone River Post, No
74, G. A. R., and Cedar Vale Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP.

DANIEL BACON, farmer, P. 0. Cedar Vale, was born in Madison County, IIL, in 1820, but”
lived the most of the time until 1853in Indiana, going from there to Iowa, locating in Marion
County, where he remained until 1872. From there he* moved to Kansas, locating in Howard
County, and took a claim on Section 15, Town 34, Range 8. At that time, he was 120 miles from
arailroad. Mr. Bacon has his place well improved, all inclosed with a good fence, fifty acres
under cultivation, has planted a fine orchard, and has the finest grove of soft maples in the coun-
ty. He has good buildings, his house is 16x30, is well made, and the lumber was drawn in
wagons fifty-five miles; barn 14x24 feet, besides stables, granary, corn cribs, etc. Mr, Bacon is
one of the best citizens in the township, and js a thrifty and successful farmer. He served sev-
enteen montha in the Thirty-third Lowa Volunteer Infantry, receiving & wound at.Jenkin’s Fer-
ry, in Arkansas. He was married, in 1843, in White County, Ind., to Miss E, Noel. They have
eleven children—Marshall, La Fayette, Orie, Wayne, Sanford, Solan, Edith and Ida, twins; Roy-
al, Anderson and Carrie. He is a member of Cedar Vale Lodge, No. 99, Grand Army of the Re-

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7‘ R, T. BLACK, farmer, P, 0. Wauneta, was born in Wayne County, Ind.. in 1837, and lived
there until twenty-one years of age; thence to Illinois, and wae married to Miss Angeline Zent-
mire, August, 1860; then returned to- Indiana, where he remained until March, 1863 ; trom
there he went to Mercer County, Ill., and staid there until the fall of 1866; thence to Chariton

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County, Mo., where he vought forty acres of railroad land, built a house and fences and broke
up about fifteen acres and planted it to corn and raised a fair crop, He thought that luck was
his then, Things went on until the next spring. He thought, as he had raised so much on the
sod, he would raise a good big crop now that the ground was more pulverized. But dry weather
set inin time to prevent very much corn from being raised. In the fall of 1868, he emigrated
to Kansas with an ox-team, and located in Allen County, two miles east of Iola. In the spring of
1869, he moved to Labette County and madeaclaim. After it was deeded, he sold one eighty
for $400. In the fall of 1872, he sold the other eighty for $1,000, and moved to Howard County
and made a claim on Grant Creek, on southwest quarter of Section 23, Town 34, Range 9 east.
He has a good stock farm now of 320 acres, watered by the creek, with an abundance of timber,
and about 100 acres under fence, sixty-five acres under cultivation. He has planted a good or-
chard, and on the whole hasa fine stock farm, with about fifty head of cattle. Mr. Black did
well in this county, and is an experienced farmer. He has three childreu—Alice, Nettie and
Wesley. Mr. Black and family, except the son, are members of the Christian. Church.

J. H. CARNEY, farmer, P.O. Cedar Vale, was born in Allegany County, N. Y., 1841, and
was a resident of that county until 1862, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighth New
York Infantry, Company B, serving three years; was in the Army of the Potomac and was in
the battle of Antietam after which he was appointed Quartermaster, and stationed at. Washing-
ton, where he remained until his discharge in 1865. Returning to New York, he took a commer-
cial course at Rochester, and in 1866 came West, locating at Baxter Springs, Cherokee Co., Kan.,
where he engaged in buying and shipping stock, and also carried on a large farm. In 1871, sold
out and located in Howard County, locating a claim near the present site of Cedar Vale, and
engaging in stock-raising ; brought with him 140 head of cattle, among which were some full-
blood, thoroughbred, Short-horns, the first fine cattle brought into the county. He has devoted
his attention to raising fine stock of all kinds, and fora number of years has been engaged in
raising Clydesdale horses and jacks. He has a fine farm of 400 acres, watered by the Caney River,
and an abundance of timber, which furnishes fine shelter for his stock; has 260 acres inclosed.
with fences, 240 acres in cultivation, a fine orchard of 400 apple trees, besides a Jarge variety of
other fruits; has erected a fine stone house and other buildings. The subject of this sketch is
one of the most successtul stock men in the county, and: has gained a reputation for fine stock.
In 1867, was married to Miss Amelia Spence, of Lawrence, Kan. They have two children, viz.:
Walter F, and Cora I. Mr. Carney is a member of Cedar Vale Post, No. 99, G. A. R., of Vesper
Lodge, No. 136, A., F. & A. M., of Sedan. cd x : ‘A

SAMUEL FLORER, farmer, P. 0. Harts Mill, was born in Monroe County, Ind., in 1842,
where he lived until fitleen years of age, thence to Champaign County, Ill. After remaining’
there two years, went to Jefferson County and from there to Cowles County, and in 1862, enlisted
in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer Intantry. His regiment afterward be-
came a mounted regiment attached to Wilder’s Brigade, Mounted Infantry, Army of the Cumber-
land, and he served until May, 1865. In the spring of 1868, he emigrated to Kansas and located
in Neosho County, and tock a claim on the Neosho River before the land was in market. This
claim he improved and resided on until 1872, when he gold out and located in Howard County,
now Chautauqua, and made a claim on Section 22, Town 34, Range 9, and built a blacksmith
shop, which he has carried on all the time since, except one year; besides fencing his place, Purting’
sixty acres under cultivation, planted an orchard and made various other improvements In
September, 1867, he was married at Charleston, Tll., to Miss Alzina Mitchell, of that place. | They
have five children—John E., Samuel 0., Thomas A., Rosetta May and Lillie C. Mr. F.is. a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

S. HOLROYD, farmer and stock’ déaler, P, 0. Cedar Vale, was born in Yorkshire, England,
Halifax Parish, in 1818, and was raised there until the age of seventeen years, when he emigrated ©
to America in 1825, locating in Chenango County, N. ¥. In 1847, he emigrated to Iowa, locating
near Burlington, and engaged in teaching, thence to Bureau County, Ill., remaining there until
1867, where he was engaged in farming, emigrating from there to Kansas, He engaged in the
mercantile business in Cherokee County. In 1870, sold out and settled in Howard County and
located a claim on Section 32, Town 34, Range 9, and also opened a store and sold the first goods
in Harrison Township, and at the end of two years sold out his stock of goods and turted his ~
attention to stock-raising, and is at present about the largest dealer in stock in the county ; his
farm consists of 1,800 acres all inclosed with fence but -half a section; 350 acres are cultivated,
eight acres of orchard and good buildings, and has the placed atocked with 400 head of cattle and
200 hogs, also buys, feeds and ships a great many.cattle each year. Mr. Holroyd has been one of
the most successful atockmen in the county and with all his business to attend to has found time
to preach the Gospel the most of the time since he has been here. He isa member of the Baptist
Church. “In 1881, he was elected County Commissioner for the First District. He was married
in September, 1849, in Bureau County, Ill.,to Miss Mary M.Cve. Their children are Oscar, E.”
J., Mary, Mark, William, Loceba L. and George W. Mr. H. is one of Chautauqua’s best citizens
and is highly respected by all.

ANDREW JOHNSON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Cedar Vale, was born in Norway, 1816.

In 1848, emigrated to America and settled in Racine, Wis., where he remained until 1858, thence
to Beloit, remaining there until 1869 ; migrating from there to Kansas, he became one of the firat
settlers in Howard County (now Chautauqua). The county was unorganized and the survey was
not yet made; it was 175 miles to a railroad and eighty miles to the nearest point where supplies
and mail could be had. He took aclaim in Section 29, Town 34, Range 9, but was obliged to
lose eighty acres of it on account of some trouble when the survey was made. He has since
secured 160 acres in Section 28, and has been engaged in the stock business. His place is watered
by a creek which runs through the place ; he has his land all fenced, a small orchard, large frame
house 14x24 with an L 16x26; has about seventy head of cattle on the place, and has been very
prosperous and is one of the solid men of his township. He was married in 1840 to Miss Cath-
erine Olson. They have seven children. John, William, Theodore, Ada, Tilda, Hattie and
Minnie.
ISAAC STUDY, stock-raiser, P. ‘0. Cedar Vale, was born in Wayne County, Ind., 1848, living
there until 1870, when he migrated to Kansas, reaching Howard County in August, and made
a claim on Sections 20 and 21, Town 34, Range9. He was about 100 miles froma railroad,and had to
go fifty-five miles for all supplies. The land had not been surveyed and the Indians till owned
the land. In 1873, began to bandle stock on a small scale; basa place well adapted to stock-
raising, consisting of 400 acres, all enclosed with fence, 100 acres in cultivation; has a fine ‘feed
lot of thirty acresin which there are ten acres of timber, furnishing fine shelter for his stock; also
has a small feed yard of three acres, which is arranged nicely for watering stock by pipes run-
ning into a tank from a spring close by ; has 200 head of cattle on his place, and buys and ships
considerable outside of what he raises; he also has some thoroughbred short-horn Durham, and
is making a point.of raising fine stock. Mr. Study is one of the active, enterprising men who
have built up this county. He was married in 1869 to Mies Millie Roberts, of Wayne County,
Ind., and they have three children, viz.: Blenni L., Nellie L. and Edgar. Is a member of Cedar
Vale Lodge, No. 151, I. 0. 0. F. :

T. OC. TWEEDY, farmer, P. O. Harts Mill, was born in Shelby County, Ind., 1828, but was
raised near Terre Haute. In 1852, learned engineering and followed this business until 1862,
when he engaged in the mercantile business, continuing in this until 1874; he sold out and mi-
grated to Kansas, locating in Benton County. Atthe end of two and one-half years located a
claim in Chautauqua County on Section 35, Town 23, Range 11, on the Big Caney River, and at
once commenced to improve. The place consists of 160 acres with 100 acres fenced, forty-five’
acres in cultivation, a good orchard, good buildings, and has been engaged in stock-raising the
most of the time since he settled there He was among the early settlers of that part of the

ounty and was forty-five miles from a railroad when he secured his claim, and for the first two
years it cost all the produce was worth to get it to market. Served as Justice of the Peace of
Harrison Township, during 1878-79 and 1880. In 1850, was married to Miss Elizabeth Propst, of
Indiana. They have four children, viz.: F, M., B. A.,S. J.andS&.C. Mr. T. isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

J. W. WALLACE, farmer, P. 0. Cedar Vale, was born in Clay County, Mo., in 1849 ; when three
years of age, his parents settled in Iowa, where they remained until he was seven, thence to
Platte County, Mo., and were there two years, going from there to Audrain County, Mo., and re-
mained till 1864, thence to Illinois where he remained until the fall of 1869, when he emigrated
to Kansas, locating.in Butler County ; after remaining there until 1872, he settled in Howard
County, and engaged in working on a farm. In 1877, he engaged in farming tor himself, and
also bought a few cattle and commenced stock-raising. In 1852, he bought a farm on Section 35,
Town 33, Range 8, consisting of 160 acres on the Caney River, seventy acres of which are under
cultivation, and the entire place is enclosed with fence. He has a good orchard, plenty of timber
and water, and haa a fine stock farm. He handles about fifty head of cattle per annum, and
although he had no money to start with has succeeded much better than muny who had plenty
of money when they came. Mr, Wallace isa good manager and thoroughly reliable, and has
many warm triends. In 1878, he was married to Miss Mary J. Waters, of Harrison Township.
They have three children—Mark, Emma and Sadie. oe
HISTORY OF KANSAS.

V WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

 

; NATURAL FEATURES. .

NT YANDOTTE county, the smallest in the State, lies mostly between

V the Kansas and ,Missouri.Rivers, as they approach each other to make
a juncture.at the city of Wyandotte. With the exception of Shawnee Town-
ship, which lies south of the Kaw River, the county is in the general shape
of a triangle, bounded west and north by Leavenworth,County, northeast
by the Missouri, and southeast by the Kansas River. Johnson-County lies
to the south of Shawnee Township. Wyandotte County contains an area
of.but 153 square miles. Its surface is undtlating and bluffy, being
watered by small branches.of the great rivers, which form most of its
boundary line. Flowing into the Missouri westerly from the mouth of the
Kaw, are Jersey Creek, which passes through Wyandotte City; Coal Creek,
Marshall Creek, near Pomeroy, and Connor’s Creek, Honey Creek and
Fifth Island Creek, near Connor’s. Running into.the, Kansas River from
the north, and. commencing at-its mouth are Splitlog’s Run, where the old
saw-mill was built; Muncie Creek, Mill Creek, Little Turkey Creek, Deep
Creek, Mission Creek, Deep Hollow Creek,, Neconhecon, a branch of
Wolf Creck and named after the Delaware chief, and Wolf Greek itself.
Entering from the-south are Tur-

key Creek and Davis Creek. ‘Sev
eral spring branches rise in the
bluffs of Shawnee Township, and

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themselves in the sandy soil before |} T-1°

reaching the river. The river-bot- ,
toms along the Kansas average
about one mile in width, the blutts
along ‘both rivers rising.from 100
to- 200 feet above the surface.
. The eastern.portion of the county
was formerly heavily timbered, and
cottonwood, hickory, oak, walnut
and other varieties still abound to
a greater or less extent throughout
the county, along the banks of the
rivers and streams. The face of
the country is divided, according to |
the last biennial report of the State
Board of Agriculture as follows:
Bottom land, twenty per cent; up-
land, eighty per cent; forest (Gov-
ernment survey) twenty-five. per
cent; prairie, seventy five per cent.
The average width of bottoms is
from one to two miles. Springs
abound throughout. the county, and
good water is obtained at a.depth
of from twenty to fifty feet. The
soil is of a rich, sandy loam, and
apoenlly adapted to fruit-raising,
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oldest settler in the county, and the following account which he gives of
the tribe, is therefore of more thaxi usual interest and value;

“That part of the country on ine north side of the Kansas River was
first settled by. the Delawares in 1829. They came.from Ohio, and brought
with them a knowledge of agriculture, and many of them habits of indus-
try. They opened farms, built houses and cut out roads along the ridges
and divides, also erecting a frame church at what is now the village of
White Church. The south side of the Kansas River was settled by the
Shawnee Indians in 1823, They also afterward canie from Ohio, and were
about as much advanced in civilization as the Delawares. They had a
Methodist mission about three miles from Westport, a long time, it being
presided over by Rev. Mr. Johnson; also a Quaker mission about two miles
west of that. The-population of the Delaware tribe when it first settled in
Kansas,. was 1,000. It was afterward reduced to 800. - This was in conse-
quence of contact with the wilder tribes, who were as hostile to the short-
haired Indians as they were to the whites. Still the Delawares would
venture.out hunting, buffalo and beaver, to be inevitably overcome and
desiroyed. Government finally forbade their leaving the reservation. The
effect of this order was soon appar-
ent in the steady increase of the
tribe, so that when they removed

in 1867, they numbered 1,160. The
% ruling chiefs from 1829 to 1867,
were Ne-con-he-con, Qui-sha-to-
_wha (Capt. John Ketchum), Nab-
ko-mund (Capt. Anderson), Kock-a
to-wha (Sar-cox-ie), Charles Jour-
neycakes, Qua-con-now-ha (James
Sacondine or Secundine), Ah-cah-
chick (James Connor) and Capt.
John Connor.”’

Capt.. John Ketchum, one of the
most noted chiefs of the Dela-
wares, died in August, 1857. He
lived near White Church on, the
Lawrence road, and at the time of
his death, which oecurred at an
advanced age, he was almost help-
Jess. His funeral was attended
by a large number of. Indians, who
came in their colored blankets and
pained faces, carrying their guns.

hey were mounted on horseback,
and as the procession slowly fol-
lowed the remains of their chief
along the windings of the forest
road, they seemed truly the sor-
rowful survivors of a once power-
ful race :

THE WYANDOT NATION.

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thickness. For details in regard ;
to the natural and developed wealth of the county, especially as regards
its agricultural products, the reader is referred to succeeding pages.

FIRST SETTLEMENTS.

By general consent, Moses Grinter is awarded the priority among the
early.settlers of Wyandotte County. He located near where the station
of Secundine afterward stood, in 1831, and lived there up to the time of
his death, which occurred June 12, 1878. Anes

- The next white man to stop within the limits of Wyandotte County
was Rev. Thomas Johnson, a Methodist minister, who established a mis-
sion school among the Delaware Indians, near ‘the white church.”

In April, 1837, Rev. John G. Pratt located upon Section 10, Town 30,
Range 28, about sixteen miles west of Wyandotte City, where he still re-
sides. He established a Baptist mission among the Delawares, published
several hymn books in their language, and one of his sons married a
daughter of Charles Journeyeakes, a well-known chief. He is now the

; . tion. Descendants of the great
Iroquois family, they were driven from their old. home in the
wars with the Six Nations, more than two centuries ago. After vari-
ous migrations. the principal. one of which was to the shores of
Lake Huron after the war of 1812, the’ majority of those who had re-
mained faithful citizens of the United States occupied the reservation
which was granted to them, on the waters of the Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
Then commenced the labors of the missionaries of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. First came Rev. John Stewart, a colored minister from Mari-
ctta, in 1817." He claims to have had a vision, or a divine call, to teach
and preach among the Wyandots. Among the Indians at that time, were
some sincere Catholics, who would not accept the Protestant version until
William Walker had compared the two and pronounced them the same in
effect, In 1819, Dr. Char es Elliott was appointed by the Ohio conference
as the first regular missionary of the Wyandots. He commenced reducing
their language to writing. From 1820 to the fall of 1828, James B. Finley
was Presiding Elder, and John C. Brooks, James Gilruth and Russell Bige-
low, the father of Mrs. Lucy B, Armstrong, missionaries. From. 1828 to
 

WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

1832, Mr. Bigelow was Presiding Elder, and Rev. Thomas Thompson mis-
sionary and teacher. Mr. Thompson remained three years, Mr. Simms
one year, Rev. 8. P. Shaw, from 1836 to the fall of 1887, and Rev. 8. M.
Allen from that time until Rev. James Wheeler assumed the charge,
shortly before the Wyandots emigrated to Kansas. Rev. Henry O. Shel-
gon oe Bracing nog Sy we to the fall of 1834; J. H. Power, until
: am Poe, a descendant of the poet, from 1838 to fal f

and L. B. Gurley, from 1840-42, : COT ae

_ The wives of the missionaries were generally women who had a repu-
tation as housekeepers and motherly, refined women the country over, and
their influence had much weight in smoothing to a civilized plane the wild
habits of the Indians. At first, and within the memory of those now liv-
ing, the women of the nation rode their steeds in manly fashion, and the
nation decked itself in all the flaming colors and fashions of the semi-
civilized savage. “But within a dozen years, feminine influence and that
great civilizing weapon called the needle changed all this, and the Wyan-
dot women were transformed into neat, generally intelligent and often
well educated members of society; the men, with the exceptions of course
found even in white communities, into industrious workmen, most of them
farmers, and some of them noted for their refinement and eloquence, espec-
ially in their chosen field of religion; particularly was this true of Manon-
cue, a hereditary chief. Henry Clay was onein attendance upon the gen-
eral conference, which met at Baltimore in 1824. After listening to
Manoncue, and observing his gestures and general bearing upon the: plat-
form, he pronounced him the greatest orator in the United States. | His
personal appearance was magnificent, and those who were able to under-
a him, pronounce his eloquence of language equal to his eloquence of

earing.

___ The reservation of the Wyandots, which was 10x12 miles, was highly
improved, an estimate having been made, that previous to their departure
for their lands at the junction of the Missouri and Kaw Rivers, in 1848,
over $120,000 had been expended upon the Upper Sandusky Reservation.
Col. Kirby was appointed a Commissioner to appraise the value of the
improvements on the part of the United States, and John Walker on the
part.of the Wyandot nation. Previous to their departure for the West,
the Wyandots had received but’ $20,000. The treaty by which. they sold
their lands in the Upper Sandusky district for lands which. they under-
stood were awaiting them on the Kansas River was made in 1842. It was

found, however, that there was no land in the vicinity in which they de-.

sired to locate, which did not belong to some of the tribes which had pre-
viously been removed, and the land ceded to them forever. There was a
i in the bottom at the junction of the rivers, but that was reserved for
a fort. .

The Wyandot nation was originally divided into ten tribes, but soon
after their emigration to Wyandotte, two of them became extinct.
whé emigrated from Upper Sandusky in 1848, were 700 strong. They
were governed by a council consisting of one head chief and six council-
men. At the time of their coming West, Francis A. Hicks was head
chief. Besides the cofineil and the families of the missionaries, there were

members of the nation not of full Indian blood, who had much influence -

and were respected perhaps even more than if they had been lineal de-
scendants of the Wyandots. Of these may be mentioned such men as
William Walker, afterward Provisional Governor of Kansas; the Arm-
strongs—Silas and J...M.; George I. Clark, H. M. Northrup and Mrs. L. B.
Armstrong; wife of J. M. When asmall boy, Robert A., the father of J.
M. Armstrong, was taken temporarily into the family of a man who had
no children of his own, and he was stolen by the Indians. He is said to
have been a very béautiful boy, and although he was made to run the
gantlet, his captors made it a point td put on their lashes very lightly,
and he was admitted into full fellowship with the tribe (being adopted)
and marrying into a royal family when he had reached the age of eighteen.
His wife proved a vixen; the young husband went away in search of his
civilized family, and never returned to his “first love.’’ He afterward
married Sallie Zane, whose father was English and mother French and
Wyandot, and from this union, solemnized in the Christian form, have
descended the Armstrongs. George I. Clark and the Walkers were also
enough tinctured with Indian blood to be acceptable to the nation, but had
so much of the white blood as to be looked up to by the Wyandots more
than if they had been lineal descendants. :
Mrs. Armstrong, the daughter of Russell Bigelow, the venerable mis-
sionary, married J. M. Armstrong, in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1888, and was
adopted into the nation. H. M. Northrup, the hardy and enterprising New
Yorker who has done so much for Kansas City, married Margaret Clark,
the daughter of Thomas Clark, a chief, in 1845, and was also adopted.
This, of course, was after the Wyandots had left the Upper Sandusky
Reservation. So much for preface. : : Yen
In May, 1848, Silas Armstrong and George Clark, with their families,
and Migs Jane Tilles (now Mrs. William Cook) who had been eared by
Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, came to this section to select a reservation for the
Wyandots, but more particularly to establish a trading store for the na-
tion. This Mr. Armstrong did, renting a building in Westport. All being
in readiness there, two boats having been chartered at Cincinnati, the
members of the nation journeyed by team and on horseback to their start-
ing point. Here Matthew Walker selected a reliable band of young men,
who, with himself, started for the great West by land, having all the
horses in their charge. It had been agreed between the captain and his
crew that the first payments of fare should be made at Louisville Falls,
the second at St. Louis, and the third at Lexington, Mo. The most of the
Wyandots came on the large steamer Nodaway, and all went smoothly
until the boat passed Louisville, and the first payment had béen' made.
The boat was nicely furnished, and the voyageurs were well treated up to
that point. The Captain seemed then to become possessed with the appre-
hension that the Wyandots would ruin his furnishings. He, therefore,
ripped up the carpets and packed them away, put his patrons on short al-
lowance, and otherwise imposed upon them, and made them uncomforta-

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ble. The worst of it, however, is yet to come. On July 31, the second.
or large boat, arrived at the intersection of the west line of the State of
Missouri with the Missouri River. The small boat arrived on the 28th.
The sun was down, and a heavy dew was on the grass. There was only
one small house which could be occupied, and the captain was requested
to allow his passengers to remain on the boat over night. Hereplied that
he must get to St. Joe that night, and the Wyandots were turned out like
sheep by a heartless shepherd. There was only a small spot, which was
treeless, and here the men, women and children huddled together over
night, Mr. Garrett and his family, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Armstrong, and a
few others occupying the house. The horse cavalcade had not yet arrived,

nor did it for several weeks. Early in the morning, the boat was still at
the landing, the “hands” having spent much of the night in putting down
the carpets again, and “putting things to rights.” It is little wonder that
when the tired and faint and sick band of travelers perceived this addi-
tional harsh treatment, the Captain and his boat were privately and pub-
licly anathematized. ‘It so happened, as fate would have it, that the Nod-
away was wrecked during the very next year, and it may be that a little
gleam of this feeling shot up in the breasts of some of the nation—‘‘out-

raged justice satisfied.’’ Their camping ground, from the lastof July un-

til October, 1848, consisted of the land then owned by the United States,

and reserved for a fort, between the west line of the State of Missouri and
the Kansas River, the Missouri River being on the north, and the Shaw-

nee Reserve on the south.. For their religious meetings, which they faith-

re upheld, they selected the first elevation south of the Missouri River.

A few of the Wyandots who -could afford them, and were fortunate
enough to obtain them, such as the Walkers, the Clarks and the Arm-

strongs, rented houses in the town or neighborhood of Westport. On De-

cember 14, 1848,-a purchase of 23,040 acres of land was made from the
Delawares. This tract included the present site of Wyandotte* City. It

consisted of thirty-six sections, lying between the Kansas and Missouri,

and the Delawares presented the new-comers with thiee sections, next to
the confluence of these rivers. :

J. M. Armstrong, the United States interpreter, of-whom mention has
previously been made, had, with his family, become the happy occupant
of alittle log hut sixteen feet square, near the corner of Wawas and
Fifth streets, a short distance southeast of the present residence of his
widow. The Armstrongs moved into their house December 10, 1843, and

_then and there occupied the first house ever erected on the present site of

the.city. One week from that time, Mrs. Catharine Long and her family
moved into their cabin on the north side of Jersey Creek. John W. Gray-
eyes was at this time building a hewed log house on the west side of what
is now Third street, which afterward became part of the residence of Joel
Walker. Dr. Gray-Eyes built a cabin‘on the opposite side of the road,
Robert Robitaille built and resided on the same side, near the corner of
Nebraska avenue and Third street. The United States blacksmith to the
Wyandots, Charles Graham, came during that winter and selected a place
for the shop and his residence near the northwest corner of-the same
streets. -A company store, in which most of the leading Wyandots had
shares, was located between Kansas and Minnesota avenues, westof Third
street. It was a long, log building, divided. into two departments—the
store room and a back room, used in part for a council house. Joel
Walker, who had thé management of the store, was clerk to the council.
On the hill, on Kansas avenue, opposite Dunning’s present hall, Henry
Jaques, a chief, built his residence, which he afterward sold to the nation
for a jail house, and by which a jail was put up. Jaques built his second
house where Dunning’s hall now stands. From May, 1845, to the'spring
af 1849, this was occupied as a United States agency. Silas Armstrong
built two cabins near the location of McGrew’s slaughter house, and re-
sided there until 1846, when he removed them to a location west of Fifth

_ street, near Kansas avenue, and in 1848, built his brick residence, afterward

known as the Eldridge House, which burned in the summer of 1864.
Francis Driver built on the Kansas River bluffs, near thé ferry, and Sana-
has, father of John Sanahas, and Charles Splitiogs settled in the same
neighborhood. Matthias Splitlogs was with Jaques, and in 1845, married
his great niece, Eliza Barnett. William Walker built a double hewed log
house on the north side of Jersey Creek, entering one end of it May, 1844.
He anda young man from New York who helped him do the work,
camped there during the winter of 1843-44, Mr. Walker naming the creek.
Just west of Walker’s house was the Methodist Episcopal parsonage, com-
pleted in July, 1844. The same month the first school was opened in the
new building on the east side of Fourth street, between Kansas and
Nebraska avenues.

Returning, however, strictly to the winter of 1843-44. As perceived,
it was only those of the wealthier Wyandots who built houses. The win-
ter, fortunately, was mild, as many of them, from lack of means, were
obliged to live in camps. It was the expectation of the Wyandots, based
upon governmental promises, that an appropriation of $100,000 would be
granted them during this session of Congress. The chiefs divided the
town called Wyandotte into acre lots, upon which they intended to build,
their farming lands being out of town. But the remainder of the improve- *
ment fund was not paid over then, nor until October, 1846, and they did
not even then obtain this sum until after three delegations had gone to
Washington to plead their cause. But from the time’ the Wyandots pur-
chased the Delaware lands, they paid $4,000 annually out of their annuity
fund. Thusit came about, because of this scarcity of funds, and doubt as
to the future, that the town of Wyandotte did not improve rapidly. Dis-
ease was also busy in the midst of the nation. The cause of it—the great
flood of 1844—is thus described by V. J. Lane, of the Heratd, in an article
on the early history of Wyandotte City: ‘‘The spring of 1844was warm
and very dry untilin May, when it began to rain, and continued for six

*This town was incorporated with the.spelling Wyandott, though the name of the tribe
has never had more than one ?#. Later, the French form of the name, Wyandotle, was adopt-
ed for the city and county, and is now in general use by the inhabitants, the press, and
other authorities in the State of Kansas and elsewhere.

 
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weeks, rain falling every day. The result was the Kaw River rose so high
that what is now Kansas City, Kan., and West Kansas City, Mo., were
covered with fourteen feet of water; the Missouri backed up to the mouth
of Line Creek; J ersey Creek was backed up to the crossing on the Parallel
road. The long, continued rains were succeeded by dry and hot weather,

-and the overflowed vegetable matter decomposing, caused much sickness
among the Wyandots, and by thé 1st of November, 100 of them were
dead—being-one seventh of the whole number who had come to the coun-
ty only fifteen months before.’ The species of sickness which prevailed
the most, and made the most havoc in the nation, were chills and fever,
and bloody flux. It is stated that there was not a single well person in the
nation by the latter part of the fall of 1844. The town of Wyandotte,
having these discouragements of poverty and sickness to contend with,
could not be expected to grow—neither did it. But while the bulk of the
Wyandots were still living in tents, Rev. Esquire Gray-Eyes, ‘‘ wishing first
to have a house for his soul,” prevailed upon his people to build a church.
This was done, and occupied in April, 1844.

A parsonage, situated about half a mile from the confluence of the

Kansas and Missouri Rivers, was completed soon afterward at a cost of
$1,500. It was a two-story frame structure, the first in the county, and
was paid for from the proceeds of the Upper Sandusky improvement fund.
In July a school building was completed free to all—the first free school
in the Territory of Kansas.
._ Mrs. Armstrong gives the following account of the building of the
first church ever erected by the people of Kansas: ‘At the close of a meet-
ing in January, 1844, Rev. Esq. Gray-Eyes proposed that the brethren
should come together soon and cut down trees, hew logs, make puncheons
and clapboards and build a church. ‘ Why.’ answered éne of them, ‘ you
have no house for yourself.’ ‘True,’ said Gray-Eyes, ‘but I want a house
for my soul first.’ So while they were all busy building their own houses,
clearing ground and making rails to enclose their fields preparatory to
spring planting, they set apart a day now and then to build the church
So faithfully did they labor that they worshiped in it the next April, the
preacher standing on one tier of the puncheon floor which was laid, and
the congregation sitting on the uncovered sleepers. That was a very
pleasant and happy day, never to be forgotten.’’ This first church built by
the people themselves in, Kansas, was a good hewed-log house, about
80x40 feet, located about three miles from the confluence of the Missouri
and Kansas Rivers. It was completed before the return of the missionary
Wheeler in May, 1844, and their first quarterly meeting for the year was
held in it the first Saturday and Sunday in June, at which time he bap-
tized all infants born to the Wyandots during his absence. A parsonage
built about half a mile from the confluence of the said rivers, was nearly
completed. This was a two-story frame house costing about $1,500, a
part of the proceeds of the mission farm improvements, at Uprer San-
dusky, Ohio—one result of the labors of the old missionaries, Finley, Gil-
ruth, Bigelow and their successors. The United States Government paid
$5,000 for the mission farm improvements, and all but about the $1,500
which this parsonage cost, went into the treasury of the Missionary Socie-
ty of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This parsonage was unjustly
alienated from the Methodist Episcopal Church by the Wyandot treaty of
1855, George W. Manypenny Commissioner on the part of the United
States.

J. M. Armstrong taught the first free school in the Territory, which
was opened July 1, 1844. The building was a frame one, with double
doors, which but a few years since stood on the cast side of Fourth street,
between Kansas and Nebraska avenues, Wyandotte City. It was some-
times, but erroneously, called the Council House. J. M. Armstrong con-
tracted to build it, and commenced teaching on the date named. The
Council of the nation met in it during vacations, or at night. The ex-

enses of building the school were met out of the fund secured by the
yandot treaty of March, 1842. The school was managed by directors
appointed by the Council, the members of which were elected annually
by the people. White- children were admitted free. Mr. Armstrong
taught until 1845, when he went to Washington as the legal representative
of the nation, to prosecute their claims. Rev. Mr. Cramer, of Indiana,
succeeded him; then Robert Robitaille, chief of the nation; next Rev. R.
Parrott, Indiana; Mrs. Armstrong, December, 1847, to March, 1848; Miss
Anna H. Ladd, who came with the Wyandots in 1848, and Mr. and Mrs.
Armstrong. She was teaching the school at the time of her husband’s
death, which occurred at Mansfield, Ohio, while on his way to Washing-
ton to prosecute Indian claims, April, 1852. The school was closed in the
old building April 16, 1852; resumed in Mrs. Armstrong’s dining-room;
removed the next winter to the Methodist Episcopal Church, three-quar-
ters of a mile west of her house, and left without a home when that struct-
ure was burned by incendiaries, April 8, 1856. That is the correct history
of the first free school ever taught in Kansas.

Soon after the first school opened, a schoolhouse was built near M
Mudeater’s farm, and Mr. Armstrong, Mrs. 8. P. Ladd and others taught it

In November, 1845, there occurred an event in the Methodist Episcopa.
parsonage, which was of importance to the Wyandot Nation in more ways
than one—it being no more nor less than the first marriage in the county,
between Hiram N. Northrup and Margaret Clark, daughter of Thomas
Clark, the Wyandot Chief. He became a trusted member of the nation,
acting as their financial agent for many years. In 1858, he was selected
to go to Washington and collect $53,000—the balance of the $185,000 still
due them from the Government; was not required to give bond or security
of any kind; creditably transacted the business, and charged nothing for
his services. : 2

The Wyandot nation continued to improve their lands, so that they
would be a credit to the most skillful of ‘‘white agriculturists.” In fact,
every missionary who came among them expressed his surprise at their
skill in this direction. Matthew Mudeater, James Charloe and George I.
Clark were especially distinguished for the energy manifested in making
improvements,-planting orchards, etc. ‘Silas and John M. Armstrong

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planted the first fruit trees in March, 1845. Notwithstanding this en-
couraging feature of their settlement, a serious cause of dissention had
been increasing for a number of years, since their departure from Ohio.
The conflict between the Pro-slavery and the Free State parties raged in
the Wyandot nation six years before it did in the Territory of Kansas.
While the Rev. James Wheeler, their beloved missionary, was absent at his
new appointment (from the fall of 1848 to the spring of 1844), the Rev. J.
C. Berryman, Superintendent of the Shawnee Manual Labor School, and
the Rev. E. T. Peery, missionary to the Delaware Indians, talked elo-
quently against slavery. That they emancipated their own slaves seemed
to prove beyond a doubt the sincerity of their eloquence. It was some-
what a surprise to the nation, four years later, after Mr. Peery had be-
come their missionary, to observe him so active in the organization of a
“Church South” in their midst—that church, supported by the most pro-
nounced Pro-slavery advocates. _ .

In October, 1846, when the nation received.the bulk of the money for
the improvements made on their Ohio homes, Mr. Peery proposed that
they build a larger and better church. James Big-Tree opposed it, ex-
pressing the fear that it would fall into the hands of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South. Mr. Peery said that the building would belong to
the majority, and the majority would go with the Methodist Episcopal
Church, should a split occur. The next year a brick church was built; the
conference met and continued Mr. Peery in the Wyandot charge, and in
October, 1848, the Methodist Episcopal Church South was organized by
him. ‘A majority did refuse to join the new organization, and were very.
bitter in their feelings toward Mr. Peery. ishop Andrews, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, had preached in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church building, but Mr. Peery refused to recognize Dr. Still, the
Methodist Episcopal Presiding Elder of the District. Rev. James Gur-
ley, of the Ohio Conference, was called to the mission by the Methodist
Episcopal Church, but as the building was stoned (supposably with the
full consent of the Church South), the building was vacated and services
held in a private dwelling. He was finally ordered to leave the Territory
by the United States Indian Agent, Dr. Richard Hewett, who was a strong
Pro-slavery man. From June until October, 1849, the church held serv-
ices in a grove, and the hostility between the two churches continued to
be the hostility between the Free State and the Pro-slavery parties. A
log church was erected about two miles from the brick structure; soon
after Rev. T. B. Markham became missionary, in August, 1849, and both
churches were burned by incendiaries during the excited times of the
spring of 1856. ; . ;

The following bears so forcibly upon_these topics, the extract being
from an address by Mrs. Armstrong, at Bismarck Grove, Kan., that it is
herewith presented :

T think that I, of all who are assembled here this morning, have the most reason to be
proud, When a discussion was held among the people of the Wyandot nation, during al!
of one night in 1848, in reference to thestand they should make on the slavery question,
George I. Clark said: “ Let us hold on in our opposition to the slave power, and in filty years
we will be proud of it.” They did hold on, and this morning I am proud of it. The Wyan-
dots brought themselves to the Territory ; and as the United States government failed to
furnish them lands, they bought land and provisions for themselves, Silas Armstrong being
their contractor, There were among them 200 church members, in a population of 700.
Where else has been the colony in which there were so large a proportion of church men-
bers? They bought the land for their new home in October, 1843, and in April, 1844, they
built and occupied their first church, the first church built oy. the people in the Territory.
Brother Speer, in the Kansas City Times of September 7, says that the first Free-State school
ever established in the Territory was established in Lawrence, in January, 1855. The first
school established in the Territory was at Wyandotte, and my husband, J. M. Armstrong,
was contractor for the school house, and taught the first school in it, commencing July 1,
1844, He was a lawyer, but could not practice law then, the Territory not being organized.
‘The school was free—white children in the neighborhood were permitted to attend. The
Wyandots were the first in the Territory, except a few of our Baptist brethren, to oppose
slavery. Inthe winter of 1843-44, the Wyandot council enacted a law forbidding the in-
troduction of slaves into their nation. We had our border ruffian war before you had yours.
We were mobbed; and after my husband’s death, the ruffians would sometimes shoot into
my yard and call us Abolitionists. More than three-fourths of the Wyandots were anti-
slavery. Those who were Pro-slavery were descendants of Virginians, who had been taken
prisoners. The Wyandots sympathized with you in your struggle, and a Wyandot was
the messenger that warned Lawrence of the invaders in December, 1855. In May, 1856,
when Lawrence was besieged, the border ruffians in our neighborhood were elated and en-
couraged in their persccution of Free-State people. That day I started to Ohio, and the
next day one of them came to my house and asked for that —— Abolitionist. He was an-
swered that I had started to Ohio. Doubting it, he searched the premises, but not finding
me, returned to the house, and as he passed out of the door through which he had first en-
tered, he stabbed the wall next the door three times, saying, with an oath, that if that Abol-
itfonist were there, he “ would run her through that way.” God preserved my life by lead-
ing me to start to Ohio the day before. i

In 1848, while the conflict between the Methodist Episcopal Church
and the Methodist Episcopal Church South, or between slavery and _free-
dom, was the hottest, disorder and especially drunkenness increased to a
great extent among the Wyandots. A temperance society was organized
as carly as the winter of 1844-45, it having its origin substantially in this
wise: During December, 1844, a prominent member of the nation moved
his household goods over from Westport. There being no bridge, he
loaded them onto a flat-boat at Kansas City, and engaged a number-of the.
‘Wyandots to bring them up the river and land them at Wyandotte. It hap-
pened they were under the influence of liquor, and having propelled the
boat to the mouth of Turkey Creek, left it there to float away and ‘‘dump”
overboard all his goods. This misfortune suggested the formation’ of
temperance organization—the first in the Territory. But although the
temperance society was strong and influential, a sterner remedy for the
increasing evil was found necessary, and a log jail was accordingly built,”
in the fall of 1846, across the way from the schoolhouse. True enough,
its first occupant, a man, was locked up for being drunk. Afterward, a
Wyandot man got hold of a Mormon Bible. and induced another woman
to live with him when he already had a wife. For this both he and his
“second wife ’’ were locked up together.

In June, 1851, the Wyandot nation held a national convention,
composed of all men over eiphicen years of age who were the legally
qualified voters. The national convention, in turn, elected thirteen dele-
gates, who formed a constitutional convention to revise the laws of the na-
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

tion. This convention sat_several weeks, and the constitution, as drafted
by John M. Armstrong, Secretary, was unanimously adopted. Having
received his legal education in Ohio, Mr. Armstrong had in his possession
the laws of that State, and the principal features of the constitution were
drawn from that source. By its provisions the Council was divided into
one head chief, four councilmen, two Sheriffs and a Secretary, all the of-
ficers being elected by the people. The next important political move-
ment made by the nation was the agitation of a territorial organization.
Most of the influential members favored it, especially those whose ances-
tors were of white blood. This resulted in the final calling of an election
for the selection of a delegate to Congress, October 12, 1852. Abelard
Guthrie, the candidate, was connected by marriage with a noted chief of
the Canadian Wyandots. His wife’s mother was a Shawnee, and her
uncle the last hereditary chief of the Shawnees. Mr. Guthrie was a man
of ability and honesty, and popular both because of his inherent worth
and his high family connections. He was, therefore, unanimously elected
to the Thirty-second Congress by the following voters: Charles B. Gar-
rett, Isaac Baker, Jose Antonio Pieto, Henry C. Norton, Abelard Guthrie
(himself—not following the practice of modest modern politicians and vot-
Ang for somebody else), Henry C. Long, Cyrus Garrett, Francis Cotter,
Edward B. Hand, Francis A. Hicks, Russell Garrett, Samuel Rankin,
Nicholas Cotter, Joel W. Garrett, Isaac Long, Thomas Coon-Hawk, James
Charloe, William Walker, George I. Clark, Benjamin N. C. Anderson,
Matthew R. Walker, Samuel Priestley, Henry Garrett, William Gibson,
Priestly Muir, Joel Walker, Isaac Brown, James Long, Jobn Lynch. Will-
iam Trowbridge, John W. Ladd, Daniel McNeal, Edward Fifer, Peter D.
Clark and Henry W. Porter—thirty-five voters in all, who cast their ballots
in the order named. Mr. Guthrie went to Washington, but it is not known
that he returned the richer except in honor. The next step in the politi-
cal progress of the Wyandot nation which appears on the face to be quite
a stride, but is in reality of not much importance, is the holding of the
convention on the spot where Dunning Hall now stands. A few people
from Fort Leavenworth, officers and others, thought it would be a good
thing to get together at some place where there -were the most ‘‘heads”—
the Wyandots were not yet citizens—and form a provincial government—
choose officers who might call elections for deciding upon territorial or-
ganizations. Some careless historians speak of ‘‘delegates- to this conven-
tion,” but if there were any delegates, no notice was ever given for cau-
cuses to select them. It was really an impromptu gathering, and the
Wyandots who were most in favor of becoming citizens of the new Terri-
tory were most prominent in its deliberations. William Walker, a chief,
was chosen Provisional Governor, and George I. Clark Secretary, and the
elections were duly called. The statement often made that Matthew
Walker was appointed Probate Judge by this so-called ‘‘ convention” is a
blunder. He became Probate Judge under the “bogus laws.’’

By the treaty of January 31, 1855, the majority of the Wyandot na-
tion received the rights of citizenship. It was signed by George W.
Manypenny. United States Indian Commissioner, and on the part of the
nation by Silas Armstrong, George I. Clark, Tan-roo-mee, Matthew Mud-
eater, John Hicks and Joel Walker.

After the Wyandots obtained their rights of citizenship, the next ‘‘im-
portant event’’ which occurred, was the landing of Gen. Calhoun and the
Surveyor General’s office, on the 10th of September, 1855. It was opened
in the double log house, opposite where Dunning’s Hall now stands, and
was engineered here until the following spring, when it was removed to
Leavenworth by Robert Ream, father of Vinnie Ream, the sculptress,
Chief Clerk, Samuel Parsons, Chief Clerk of the Indian Department, Edwin
T. Vedder, Robert Ream, Jr., and Pennymaker, Clerks. Across the way
was Isaac Brown’s hotel, subsequently dubbed the ‘‘Cat-fish Hotel.”

The leading chiefs from the time the Wyandots settled here until they
became citizens in 1855 were: Francis A. Hicks, Gau-roome, James Big-
tree, James Washington, Sarrahass, the father of John Sarrahass, George
Armstrong, John Gibson, John W. Gray-Eyes, Henry Jaques, William
Walker, Silas Armstrong, George I. Clark, Matthew Mudeater and James
G. Clarke.

The first United States Agent to the Wyandots in Kansas was Maj.

Phillips, of Columbus, Ohio ; interpreters, John M. Armstrong and George -

I. Clark. The second United States agent was Dr. Richard M. Hewitt ;
the third, and last exclusively for the Wyandots, Maj. Moseley. William
Walker and Silas Armstrong were interpreters from 1849 to the close of
the agency, .

As a fitting close to this chapter on the Wyandot Nation, the follow-
ing interesting information is given of some of the best known members,
from notes furnished by D. B. Hadley, of Wyandotte: ‘‘The Wyandots
were much more advanced in civilization than either the Delawares or
Shawnees. They cultivated farms, built houses and barns, planted
orchards and opened roads. They owned and worked a ferry over the
Kansas River, near its mouth. Several of the more advanced in civiliza-
tion and-learning engaged in mercantile business in Kansas City and
Wyandotte. Among these were Joel Walker, Isaiah Walker and Henry
Garrett. One of their number, John M. Armstrong, was a lawyer, having
studied and practiced in,Ohio before coming here. Silas Armstrong, his
brother, was more than half white, well educated, intelligent and wealthy.
William Walker, among strangers, would be taken for a full white man.
*He was educated, had been Postmaster in Ohio, and wrote interestingly
for newspapers, and frequently delivered lectures of much interest. He
was Provisional Governor, and a member of the Territorial Legislature
after it was organized. Besides the Indian language, he-spoke English
and French. A perfect gentleman in bearing, he lived here until 1875,
when he died at the home of a friend in Kansas City. Matthew Walker,
his brother, lived on his farm in the northern part of Wyandotte City.
His brick residence stood upon an eminence north of Jersey Creek, corre-
sponding to Splitlog’s Hill, south of Jersey Creek. He died in 1860. Joel
Walker, another brother, died in the fall of 1857. : George I. Clark lived
in Quindaro Township, and died in 1857. Francis Hicks lived about a

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mile northwest of the mouth of the Kaw, and died in 1855. His father,
John Hicks, lived one mile further west, and died in 1852. Half a mile
west of John Hicks was Jacob Whitecrow, who lived there until he emi-
grated to the Indian Territory in 1871. A little southeast of Whitecrow
lived Robert Robitaille, who went to the Indian Territory with the tribe.
He was at one time County Treasurer. Noah E. Zane lived about seven
miles west of the mouth of the Kaw, and was chiefly noted for the excel-
lent fruit which he raised. He died in 1867. Charles B. Garrett lived just
north of Jersey Creek, and half a mile west of the Missouri River. He
died in 1868. Esquire Gray-Eyes, the unschooled but learned and eloquent
exhorter of the Wyandots, lived between George I. Clark’s and Francis
Hicks. His son John was well educated, and often acted as interpreter,
going to the Indian Territory with his tribe. Abelard Guthrie, the dele-
pe to tue Thirty-second Congress, was a white man, but married Quin-

aro Brown, was adopted into the tribe, and lived with her until 1868,
when he went to Washington, where he died about the year 1873. Mat-
thew Mudeater lived two miles west of the mouth of the Kaw, and had an
excellent orchard. Of the Delaware Indians who still live in the county,
may be mentioned Lewis Ketchum, about ten miles west of Wyandotte ;
Isaac Journeycakes, lived ten miles west of Wyandotte, till he moved to
the Indian Territory with his tribe in 1867. He was employed by Gen.
Fremont, with twelve others, to pilot the party of explorers over the
Rocky Mountains. Being a very warm friend of the ‘Pathfinder,’ when

the war began, he raised a company of thirty Delaware braves, and joined

Gen. Fremont. But when his friend was removed, Journeycakes refused
to follow his successor, disbanded his troops and went home. From that
time, he took no part in the war. He was assassinated in the Indian Ter-
ritory in 1875. Charles Journeycakes, his brother, lived at the edge of
the timber, where the prairie begins, fifteen miles west of Wyandotte.
His place was a stage station on the route between Wyandotte and Leav-
enworth in 1858.’’

Since the above was written, Mrs. Zelinda Armstrong, one of the
mothers of the Wyandot nation, has passed away. She had been ill for
a number of months, but her great vitality had sustained her to such a de-
gree that her most intimate friends did not suspect her end to be so near.
Much of her early life has alréady been given in the history of the Indian
nation into which, by marriage, she was adopted, and many members of
which she so justly admired. The funeral services of the beloved and
beautiful woman were held at her house, February 14, 1883, and her re-
mains now rest by the side of her husband in the Wyandot Indian Ceme-
tery in Huron Place. The salient facts in her life history are thus pre-
sented in a home print:

Zelinda M. Hunter was born December 7, 1820, in Fairfield County, Ohio. Her father
moved his family to the western part of Crawford County, now Wyandotte-.County, while
she was very young. There she was deprived of the advantages for education, very much
to her regret in after life. She was naturally very intelligent, and in her youth exceed-
ingly bright and beautiful. October, 1842, she was married to Silas Armstrong in Li-vle
Sandusky, Ohio. They removed to Westport, Mo., in the spring -of 1843, where they
remained one year, when they came to this city, where she has lived ever since.

A protracted meeting was held in the Methodist Episcopal Church formerly west of
the city, on the site of Mrs. Greenrod’s present residence, February, 1848. She attended,
was converted and joined the church. In October, 1848, the Methodist Episcopal (hurch,
South, was organized, and she went with her husband into that organization, in which she
remained until ber death, with the exception of a few months during the Jate war, when
she and her husband united with the Presbyterian Church. Her mother was a Presbyte-
rian, and an excellent woman.

Her husband was prominent in the Wyandot nation, was elected Head Chief, and
went to the great Indian Council at Fort Gibson September, 1865, was prostrated with
severe fever there, and, though he recovered so as to get home, never regained his usual

e her a good property, which she has carefully

health, and died December 14, 1865, leavin
preserved, though she always provided well fur her family and aided some of her step-chil-

dren, for by her marriage to Mr. Armstrong she took upon herself the care of his five
motherless children, She became the mother of seven children, two of whom preceded her
to the spirit land.

. QUINDARO.

Why one town should live and another die; why one should flourish
continually and another’s glory fade in a day are problems which often
vex the wisest. Back of Quindaro were such men as Ex-Gov. Robinson,
Abelard Guthrie, Joel Walker and 8. N. Simpson, at first, and it had as a
foundation a rocky channel for a permanent harbor and the united efforts
of a hostof Free-Statemen. During the reign of terror of 1856, when Kan-
sas City, Leavenworth, Delaware City and Atchison were closed to Free-
State men, several fugitives had, at different times, by the assistance of Mr.
Guthrie, who owned much of the land in the vicinity, embarked from this
point and passed down the river in safety. Probably this fact induced
Ex-Gov. Robinson and his friends to select the site of Quindaro. Several
localities were examined, but the rocky channel of the river at Quindaro,
and the warm support given the project by Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie, finalh
decided the matter. Principally through the negotiations of Mrs. Guthrié,,
a Wyandot lady of royal blood, whose father was chief of the Canadian
Wyandots, land was purchased by the company from several members of
the tribe, and in December, 1856, was surveyed by O. A. Bassett. The
town was named Quindaro, in honor of Mrs. Guthrie, whose maiden name
was Quindaro Brown. The town officers chosen were: Joel Walker, Pres-
ident; A. Guthrie, Vice President; C. Robinson, Treasurer; 8. N. Simp-
son, Secretary. On January 1, 1857, ground was first broken on the town
site, but little building was done until spring. Three or four buildings,
however, were erected by April 1. among others the Quindaro House, the
second largest hotel in the Territory—four stories, 60x80 feet. It was
opened in February, 1857, being the first hotel in the county. .In May, a
considerable force of men was put to work grading the ground near the
wharf and Kansas avenue, the main street running south from the river.
The Chin-do-wan made its appearance on the 13th of that month, and in
its first issue showed its happy faculty of advertising a new town in the
way such business should be done to make an impression. Professional
men already were ee Quindaro. Real estate and land agents
were plenty. There were R. P. Gray, Charles Chadwick, H. J. Bliss, M.
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B. Newman, R. M. Ainsworth, and Blood, Bassett & Brackett, Charles
Robinson (agent for the Boston Land Trust). Dr. George E. Budington
advertised as a physician; F. Johnson and George W. Veale as dealers in
eneral merchandise; William J. McCown and Ed. D. Buck, ditto; H. M.
Simpson, O. H. Macauly, J. Grover and 8. C. Smith, forwarding and com-
mission merchants; Charles B. Ellis, civil engineer and surveyor; Ireland
& MCorkle, carpenters and joiners; Fred Klaus, who had a quarry a short
distance from town, stone cutter and mason; A. OC. Strock & Co., drugs
and medicines, Dr. J. B. Welborn having an office in the same building;
William Shepherd and D. D. Henry, hardware. The largest saw-mill in
Kansas; subsequently erected, and started by A. J. Rowell in the fall, was
talked of; a large ferry-boat, one of the largest on the Missouri River, and
actually put in operation by Capt. Otis Webb in the summer, was build-
ing; Messrs. Robinson, Gray, Johnson, Webb and others were rushing
around for subscriptions to build the Quindafo, Parkville & Burlington
Railroad, to obtain connection with the Hannibal & St. Joe; the Method-
ist Church was built; Hon. Henry Wilson, who arrived May 24 on the
steamer New Lucy, was furnished with rooms at the Quindaro House, and
made a little speech to the citizens before he continued on to Lawrence;
shares of the town company were going clear out of sight of the $100 from.
from which they started, and, all in all, the spectacle was presented of a
town wild with hope, and riding, apparently, on to success. Everyone
was everybody’s friend. Gold circulated as freely as water, and in the
spring and summer of 1857, few thought it necessary to take security of
any kind. The significance of the meaning of the word Quindaro Chin-
do-wan, as explained by Messrs. Walden & Babb, its proprietors, seemed
about to be gloriously realized. Chin-do-wan is a Wyandot word, mean-
ing leader, and Quindaro appeared to be taking the lead in ee
Quindaro is also a Wyandot word, and, freely translated, signified “In
union there is strength ”—uand certainly all the citizens in Quindaro were
pulling together. Guinidars was a temperance town, the lots having been
deeded with the stipulation that they should not be occupied by liquor
dealers. Some groggeries had crept in, however, by June, 1857, and the
women petitioned and the men acted, and cleaned them out on the 17th
of that month and year. By July, the ferry-boat, 100 feet long, with a
26-foot beam, was running between Quindaro and Parkville; the road to
Lawrence was in prime condition, and Messrs. Robinson & Walker were
operating a daily line of stages. The next grand triumph was the com-

letion of the saw-mill in October, which cut 15,000 feet of lumber daily.

uilding continued; there was no end of public confidence in the grand
future of Quindaro. She was a rival of Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atch-
ison and Wyandotte. By June, 1858, she boasted 100 buildings on her town
site, many of them of a substantial, metropolitan appearance. The Chin-
do-wan kept up its trumpeting, and was taken possession of by V. J.
Lane (who had been an energetic Quindaroan since the spring of 1857),
G. W. Veale and Alfred Gray. They also published the Kansas Tribune
in the fall and winter of 1858-59. The publication was continued for the
benefit of the town company until 1861, when it was removed to Olathe.
But the glory of Quindaro was already fading, and wien the Second Cav-
alry, under Col. Davis, quartered themselves there at the commencement
‘of the war, and handled the city so roughly, she gave up the ghost and is
no more. The half a dozen buildings comprising the station of Quindaro
are so desolate that they hardly could be honored with the name of settle-
ment. In 1871-72, the old town site was vacated—first the western and
then the eastern portion.

POLITICAL HISTORY.

The first election held in Wyandotte County was that of June, 1857, for a delegate to
the Lecompton Constitution. The polls were protected by soldiers, and the votes were de-
posited in a “candle box,” the candle box buried in a wood pile in Lecompton, afterward
unearthed, and made infamous in history: In October, the county came into notice again,
politically, by the stuffing of a ballot box and other frauds, Po at the Delaware
erossing, eight miles west of Wyandotte. It is said that many of the names found on the
poll list could also be found, verbatim, in a New York City directory, which some enterprising
Pro-slavery man happened to have in his possession atthe time. Properly, however, the
political history of Wyandotte County commences with its formation by the Legislature
which convened in January, 1859. The act hve piece and appeared by Gov. Medary, on
the 29th of that month, to create the county of Wyandotte. Its boundaries included that
portion of Leavenworth and Jobnson counties, within the following limits: ‘Commencing
at a point in the middle of the channel of the Missouri River, where the north line of the
Deleware Reserve intersects the same, running thence west on said reserve line to the line
between ranges 22 and 23, south on said range line to the south boundary of Leavenworth
County, thence easterly on said boundary to the main channel of the Missouri, thence north-
westerly with said main chanuel to place of beginning.”

The first meeting of the commissioners—George Russell and Genre W. Veale (Mr.
Veale acting in place of Alfred Gray)—was held at the Eldridge House, February 25, 1859.
George Russell was appointed Chairman, and Myron J, Pratt, acting Secretary. l’roceeding
to canvass the votes cast at the election for officers held on February 22, certificates of elec-
tion were ordered to be given to the following: Probate Judge, daeaues W. Johnson;
Sheriff, Samuel_E. Forsythe; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Marshall A. Garrett; Reg-
ister of Deeds, Vincent J. Lane; County Attorney, William L. McMath; Treasurer, Robort
Robetaille; Surveyor, Cyrus L, Gordon ; Coroner, George B. Wood ; Superintendent of com-
mon schools, Jacob B. Welborn. At the next meeting Mr. Gray was present, and it was re-
solved to lease the room on the corner of Nebraska Avenue and Third street, from 8. D.
McDonald for the county officers. The County Attorney was then established in a room
over the post office. At the meeting held June 15, the salary of the Clerk was fixed at $400.
of the Probate Judge at $800, and County Attorney $600. Of course the salaries of the county
officials‘have changed since then. The commissioners declared Barzillar Gray elected to the
office of Probate suave (J. W. Johnson having died,) at their »eeting held September 2,
1859.

September 20, Messrs. Russell and Gray resolved that the “County Attorney is hereby
instructed to strictly enforce the requirements of the act to restrain dram shops and tay-
erns, and regulating the sale of intuxicating liquors, approved February 11, 1859; and he is
hereby directed to indict at the next term of the District Court those persons who fail to
take out license, and in other respects neglect to comply with the provisions of said law.”
In October, the taxes levied on the Quindaro Town Company, were remitted upon the pee
tion of Charles Robinson, that said company “ did not own any personal property subject.
to taxation dyfing the year 1858.” In fpr 1860, William McKay was elected Chairman of
the new Board, which consisted of himself, J.E. Bennett and 8. E. Forsythe. After talking
“jail” for a number of months, in July, 1860, the plan fora jail was adopted, the building
to be twenty feet square, two stories, the first story to be divided into five cells, and the u

er story into three rooms, approached by an outside stairway, the whole structure to be
Built of planks laid and spiked together. J. L. Hall was awarded the contract for $2.000.
In the meantime claims were being allowed Luther H. Wood for subsisting and guarding

prisoners.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

RAILROADS, ETC.

As soon as the white settlers commenced to come into the county in any great num-
bers, they began to lay out roads, establish ferries, build bridges, and, finally, railroads,
Among the earliest and best of these roads, was the one from Quindaro to Lawrence, in good
order in 1857. During that year a ferry was also established at Quindaro, and one in Wyan-
dotte, by Silas Armstrong, during the next year. The first be in the county, was built in
1858, by private subscription. It cost,$15,000, and was located three miles above Wyandotte.
In 1860, a tornado took out one span, and the balance of the structure soon disappeared.
When Quindaro was at the height of its growth, in the summer of 1857, “the Quindaro,
Parkville & Burlington railroad,” to connect Quindaro with the Hannibal & St. Joe road,
was a subject much broached, but the first actual survey of a road in the county, was made
from Quindaro to Lawrence, under the charter of the Missouri River & Rocky Mountain
railroad. The first actual grading for a road was done at Wyandotte, on the Kansas Valley
line, in 1859. James R. Parr, then Mayor of the city, was a prime mover in the enterprise,
The grade was about twenty feet higher than the present road-bed of the Kansas Pacifie.
Before this road was put in operation, in 1863, a number of territorial thoroughfares had

been established, under the act approved in February, 1859. In June, one was located from”

Wyandotte via Quindaro, Leavenworth and Atchison to Elwood, Doniphan County; the Santa
Fé road in this county, October, 1859; the road from Quindaro to Salina via Lawrence and
Topeka (fifteen miles in Wyandotte County), in August, 1859, etc.,etc, During the next sum-
mer the Shawnee & Kansas City, or State Line road, was also repaired, straightened and

egulated. Besides this activity manifested in obtaining good means of communication
with their neighbors, the people of Wyandotte County put their hands in their pockets, as
private individuals, and helped along the good work. In 1863, the Kansas Pacific Road was
pe in operation through the county, along the north bank of the Kaw, and the Missouri

acific, in 1866, through the eastern and northeastern portions of the county. At the time
the Kansas Pacific road was being pushed up the valley of the Kaw, its value was uncertain
as Missouri ‘was then in the embraces of the war, and ‘its strong rebel element prevente
much sympathy being felt for the railroad enterprises of Kansas. The. line seemed to have
no grip, either East or West. Samuel Hallett, the contractor, was assassinated in the streets
of Wyandotte, during August, 1864, and the work passed into the hands of St. Louis oapitalists
shortly before the war. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé, and the Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Gulf railroads, give the districts of the county lying south of the Kaw, the necessary
means of communication. The stations on the Missouri Pacific, in this county, are Connor's,
Pomeroy, Nearman, Quindaro and Wyandotte ; on the Kansas Pacific division of the Union
Pacific, Muncie, Edwardsville, Tiblow and Loring; on the A., T. & 8. F., Argentine, Turner,
and Kaw Valley; on the Fort Scott road, Rosedale. .

In 1867, the fine wooden bridge across the Kaw, two miles above Armstrong, was con-
structed. An iron bridge, connecting Kansas City and Wyandotte, was constructed, at a cost
of $62,000. The street railway connecting the two places was built in 1873. oa

The first term of court was held in Constitution Hall, June 6, 1859, Joseph Williams,
Associate Justice, presiding ; James A. Cruise, Clerk; W, L. McMath, Prosecuting Attorney ;
8. E. Forsythe, Sheriff. The court was held on the second floor—the eastern portion being
partitioned off for the Probate Court, and the western for the District. The Legislature of
1859-60 remodeled the Judicial Districts, Wyandotte County being transferred from the
Fort Scott to the Leavenworth District. John Petit, Chief Justice, held the May term of
court in Wyandotte.

After ‘leaving Constitution Hall,
building’ on Minnesota avenue. 1 tin
(September, 1882) a fine two-story brick Court House, to cost $35,000, is being erected on the
northwest corner of Minnesota avenue and Seventh street. The site was purchased from
H. M. Northrup for $6,000. The county poor farm is situated about twelve miles west of
Wyandotte City. x ‘

Among some of the best known residents of the county who have held public posi-
tions, may be mentioned, B. Gray, Probate ea in 1860; Byron Judd, County Treasurer
in 1863, and Senator in 1872, 1874 and 1876; V. J. Lane, ‘ister of Deeds in 1859 and 1860,
Representative to the Legislature in 1867 and 1869; Isaac Walker, Representative in 1865;
Thomas J. Barker, Representative in 1866; Isaac B. Sharp, Senator in 1866, and Probate
Judge in 1868 and 1870; John T. McKay, Representative in 1869; W.T.Roberts, oan
tive in 1860; R. E. Cable, present Mayor of the city, Representative in 1870; W.B. owman,
Probate Judge in 1863 and 1866; M. B. Newman, County Attorney in 1864, and Clerk in 1865;
Silas Armstrong, Sheriff in 1867; James A. Cruise, Clerk of the District Court or Register of
Deeds for nearly the whole period between 1861 and 1872; R. B. Taylor, Representative in
1873; W. W. Dickinson, Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1872, and Fred. Speck in
1862; George B. Wood, Commissioner in 1869; Robert Robetaille, Treasurer in 1859 and 1860;
W. J. Buchan, Representative in 1872 and 1874, and Senator in 1877; N. McAlpine, Treasurer
in 1873 and 1876; D. R.Churchill, Probate Judge in 1873 and 1874; H. W. Cook, Representa-
tive in 1875 and 1876; W. H. Ryus, Sheriff in 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878; J. S. Clark, Register
of Deeds in 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880 and 1881. =

The county officers elected for 1882 were as follows: Probate Judge, Rufus E, Cable;
Sheriff, Thomas B. Bowling; Treasurer, William Albright; Register of Deeds, William H.
Bridgens; County Clerk, David R. Emmons; Surveyor, Walter Hale ; Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Daniel B, Hiatt; Superintendent of County Asylum, John Kern; Cor-
oner, Dr. Thomas C., Baird; Attorney, James S. Gibson; Commissioners, James P. Johnson,
Hiram Malott and J. William Wahlenmaier.

the county officers moved into Byron Judd’s

STATISTICS.

From the latest figures of the Town Assessors, prepared in August, 1882, it is found
that the value of all taxable Jands in Wyandotte County is $1,861,336, those of Wyandotte
City being placatt at $115,935, and of Kansas City, Kan., at $402,180; Shawnee Township,
$376,783 ; yendets Township, $14,164; Quindaro Towuship, $207,595; Prairie Township,
$169,994 ; Delaware Township, $174,685. Of the 91,053 acres of land, 53,074 acres are under
cultivation, and 37,979 acres are not. In Wyandotte City the value of town lots is $894,198,
in Kansas City, Kan., $195,692 ; Shawnee Township, $138,945; other townships, $65,855. The
Poe eee, Trou out the county is valued at $372,473, of which sum $123,578 is
accredited to Wyandotte City, $110,148 to Kansas City, Kan., and the balauce to the remain-
ing townships. ‘The railroad property is valued at. $555,356.69. Total value of all kinds of
proporty, $4,088,855.69, divided as follows: Wyandotte City, $1,143,906.86 ; Kansas City, Kan.,
3720,210,06 ; Shawnee Township, $718,921.14; Wyandotte Township, $659,576.28; Quindaro
Township, $837,500.13; Prairie Township, $225,722.47 ; Delaware Township, $278,018.75. Dur--
ing the scason of 1882, 2,584 acres of wheat were harvested in Wyandotte Township, 1,771 in
Shawnee, 1,725 in Quindaro, 1,899 in Prairie, and 2,153 in Delaware. Corn was planted: In
Wyandotte Township, 3,281 acres ; Shawnee Township, 3,965 acres ; Quindaro Township, 1,876
acres; Prairie Township, 3,953 acres; Delaware Township, 3,681 acres. In the county, 4,341
acres of oats were harvested, 8,080 acres of Irish potatoes planted in 1882, garden products
marketed in 1881 to the value of $58,811, and 86,334 pounds of butter manufactured. There
are 2,095 horses in the county, 1,840 milch cows, and 7,398 swine. The value of animals
slaughtered was $128,951.

According to the latest returns made in 1882, the population of Wyandotte County is
23,336, distributed as follows: Wyandotte City, 8,677; Kansas City, Kan., 4,300; Shawnee
Township, 2,683; Wyandotte Township, 3,627 ; Quindaro Township, 1,586 ; Prairie Township,
1,198; Delaware Township, 1,165. In 1860, the population of the county was 2,609; 1870,
10,015 ; 1880, 21,842; 1882, 23,336.

The county is divided into forty school districts, seventy-five teachers being employed.
Of the 24,000 population which the county contains, 8,000 are‘of school age. It costs about
$30,000 to maintain the district school system of Wyandotte County, the value of school
property being $130,000.

   

WYANDOTTE CITY:

., The history of the earliest settlement of the town of Wyandotte is
identical with that of the early Indian residents of the county, the Wyan-
dot tribe, elsewhere given in full. The present city is located on the site
of the Indian village. In the sketch of the Wyandot Indians, the reader
has already found mention of the first beginnings of what is now the
handsome and prosperous city of Wyandotte. ee :

They eee. around several times. At present _
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

EARLY HISTORY.

The majority of the Wyandot nation having become citizens, the
time was ripe for a union with any white settlers who might make their
appearance. They could now transact any business on equal terms, and
their opportunity soon arrived. Dr. J. P. Root, still an honored citizen of
Wyandotte, and formerly United States Minister to Chili, states that in
December, 1856, he and Thomas B. Eldridge came from Lawrence to
Wyandotte, on the north side of the Kansas River, for the purpose of se-
lecting a good town site for a company of Eastern friends and capitalists,
who were anxious to invest their money to advantage. All but these. two
remained in Kansas City. Messrs. Root and Eldridge were entertained
over night at the house of Silas Armstrong, and in the morning looked
over the ground. They found that Isaiah Walker was busy running a
variety store and post office, on the north side of Nebraska avenue, be-
tween Third and Fourth streets—the same building afterward used as a
court house, and now (with piazzas added) occupied as a private dwelling
house. Thomas Barker was then salesman ; Maj. Overton was a partner
of Silas Armstrong. The bottom between Wyandotte and Kansas City
was then nearly covered with a heavy growth of timber, except a few
small dwellings near-the State line and near the mouth of theriver. There
was also a small opening amid the heavy growth of ‘thickets made, years
ago, when the Government thought of locating the Fort at Wyandotte, in-
stead of Leavenworth. The mouthof the Kaw was nearly one-quarter of
a, milefurther east than it is now, owing to the washing away of the Mis-
souri River. Well, the ground was looked over, and the scouts returned to
their friends on the Missouri side the next night and made arrangements to

form a town company, the members of which were J.P. Root,T. B. Eldridge, |

S. W. Eldridge, W. Y. Roberts, Thomas H. Swope, Robert Morrow, Dan-
iel Killen, Gaius Jenkins, John McAlpine and James M. Winchell. Messrs.
Reberts, McAlpine, Swope and Jenkins were appointed a committee to go
to Wyandotte and see what could be done toward inducing certain former
members of the nation to join the company. The members of the town or-
ganization on the Missouri side waited some days for the committee to re-
port; became uneasy, and came to investigate; discovered that their agents
had formed a company with Isaiah Walker, Joel Walker and Silas Arm-
strong, among the most influential members of the former Wyandot
nation, who were owners of the site. There was naturally some high
talk between the two town companies, but a compromise was effected, ac-
cording to Dr. Root, by which there was to be an equal division of profits.
To avoid a long explanation, however, it is conceal, stated that the town
company consisted of these four white men and the three Wyandot In-
dians. In March, 1857, the town site was surveyed by John H. Miller, of
Girard, Penn., who, upon his maps makes the following statement: ‘‘ The
present city company is formed of seven original stockholders, three of
whom are Wyandots. They purchased the lands forming the town site from
the Wyandot owners, who are to réceive patents for these lands as soon as
they-can be issued. The Government Commissioners completed the as-
signment to these Wyandots on the town site, only in February, 1857.”’
Upon the organization of the town company, Silas Armstrong became
President; W. Y. Roberts, Secretary; Isaiah Walker, Treasurer, and John
McAlpine, Trustee, to receive conveyances of the lands bought, and on
sale of lots, to convey to purchasers. There were about 400 shares, ten
lots to the share. Sales began in March, 1857, when the survey had been
completed, and brought $500 a share. There were laid out four avenues,
each 100 feet wide, running from the Missouri River two miles west
through the heart of the city. These were to be the great thoroughfares
of commerce. Of public.grounds, there were the levee, extending from

the northern boundary of the ‘‘Ferry Tract’’ to the northern boundary ~

of the town, «nd from the front lots to the river. _‘‘Oakland Park” was
bounded by Washington avenue on the north, Eleventh street on the
west, Kansas avenue on the south and Tenth street on the east—650x628
feet. The rush of immigration to the new town was immense, and _al-
most instantaneous. Houses could not be built fast enough to sheltet
the comers ; carpenters readily obtained $5 a'day in gold; lumber was in
hot demand; saw-mills went up as if by magic. Collins & Rogers built at
the foot of the bluffs, north of Judge Walker’s; Armstrong &
a mill in Wyandotte City. Strangers from all parts of the country, and
some from iharape. were here to invest their money, many of them purely
‘ for speculative purposes. Goods were piled up on the levee and people
lived in tents until they could get houses erected. Shares of the com-
pany sold so rapidly at $500 that they were advanced to $750, when about
200 of them had already been sold. The avenues were graded as far west

from the levee as Fourth street; Second, Third and Fourth streets were -

also graded. After selling a short time at $750, the shares were-advanced
to $1,000 apiece. The prospect now was that the entire town site would
be bought out of the company’s hands, and_the balance of the shares were
accordingly withdrawn from the market. Delay in making conveyances
to the swarm of. settlers, who almost threatened the very existence of the
town company caused much hard feeling and positive threats of violence
, against the members. But the matter was finally re-adjusted. Roads were now
being laid out from Wyandotte in all directions; but the year 1857 may be
considered her season of greatest business activity. The bulk of her trade
was then transacted on Nebraska and Washington avenues, east of Fourth
street. Besides the quite extensive array of business houses, two-news-
pepee were being published, to advertise the town—the Telegraph, by M.
. Delahay, and the Democrat, by Mr. Abbott. The physicians were re-
presented by J. C. Bennett, F. Speck, J. Speck and J. P. Root; the attor-
neys by Bartlett & Glick, Davis & Post, J. W. Johnson, B. Gray and D.
B. Hadley. At this time the population of Wyandotte was about 400, and
the inhabitants were wild with enthusiasm, and almost splitting with (not
suppressed) laughter at the attempt of Gov. Robinson and_-his. Free State
friends-to found the town of Quindaro, four miles above. But-a short
time thereafter their despised. rival ae them good reason-to fear that
their laughter would have to be turned.to tears. ¢ .

verton had.

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_ On June 8, 1858, B. Gray, A. B. Bartlett, Daniel Killen et al, peti-
tioned G. W. Gardner, then Probate Judge of Leavenworth County, of
which Wyandotte was then a portion, for a town government. The re-
quest was granted, William McKay, George Russell, Daniel Gillen,
Charles W. Glick and William F. Simpson being appointed trustees. It was
incorporated under the name and style of ‘“‘The Inhabitants of the Town
of Wyandotte.” The trustees held their first meeting, June 12, 1858, all
being present, being sworn into office by William L. McMath, Justice of
the Peace. William McKay was chosen chairman; Joseph W. H. Watson,
Clerk; Charles W. Patterson, Assessor; Walter N. Canfield, Collector;
Samuel E. Forsythe, Constable. ‘

_The town was created acity January 29, 1859, and the first election
held in February, 1859. The population was then 1,259. When Wyan-
dotte became a city, the town was $1,500 in debt, which was assumed by
the municipal organization.

The first officers of the city of Wyandotte were James R. Parr, Mayor;
Aldermen, W. P. Overton, J. N. White, B. Judd, D. Killen, Isaiah
Walker and H. McDowell; Clerk, E. T. Vedder; Assessor, David Kirk-
bride; Treasurer, J. H. Harris; Attorney, W. L. McMath,. Marshal, N. A.
Kirk; Engineer, W. Miller; Street. Commissioner, H. Burgard. George -
Russell was Mayor of the city the next two terms, then followed in suc-
cession 8. A. Cobb (1862), J. M. Funk (1863-64), I. B. ea (1865-66), J.
McGrew (1867), 8. A. Cobb (1868), Byron Judd (1869), J. 8. Stockton (1870
-71-72), James McGrew (1878), G. B. Wood (4874), C. Hains (1875-76),
Fred. Speck (1877-78), J. 8. Stockton (1879-80), R. E. Cable (1881-82). The
present city officers are: Mayor, R. E. Cable; Clerk, Edward H. Sager;
Police Judge, F. B. Anderson; City Attorney, H. McGrew; City Treasurer,
Chris. Bernhard; City Engineer, Walter Hale; City Marshal, H. T. Har-
ris. There is also a Board of Education, established in 1877. The city is
divided into six wards—two councilmen from each ward.

The indebtedness of the city is $152,679.32. For the quarter ending
June 15, the salaries of officers amounted to $1,600.40; work on streets,
ty and total expenses for maintaining the municipal government,
$6, 140.49.

The first post office was opened by Thomas J. Barker, in the spring of -
1857. He held forth in the old court house building, on Nebraska avenue,
where he and Isaiah Walker were keeping store. The Postmaster brought
the mail from Kansas City on horseback, William Chick, of the banking
firm Northrup (H. M.) & Chick, maintaining the service in that city for the
first’ year, out of his own pocket. The Wyandots were great readers, as a
rule, and it was as much to accommodate them, as for any- other reason,
that the post office in Kansas City was established. In 1863, Mr. Barker
was succeeded as Postmaster by R. B. Taylor, who held the office three
years. E. T, Vedder, who followed him in 1866, remained but a short
time, being succeeded by A. D. Downs, who remained until 1881, when.
George B. Reichenecker, the present incumbent, was appointed. :

In closing this chapter of the early history of Wyandotte, it is inter-
esting to trace the seven members of the town company, generally spoken
of as the original members. Isaiah Walker lives in Seneca, Indian Terri-
tory; Thomas H. Swope in Kansas City; Joel Walker died at Leaven-.
worth, in the summer of 1857; Gaius Jenkins was shot by Gen. Lane, at
Lawrence, in the summer of 1858; Silas Armstrong died in December,
1865, at Wyandotte; John McAlpine was killed by the cars in Pitts-
burgh, and W. Y. Roberts died in Lawrence, a few years ago.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

The meeting of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, which
took place at Constitutional Hall, Wyandotte, July 5, 1859, is more a State
event than one of local interest, and is treated as such in its proper place.
Suffice it to say, however, that the present constitution of the State was
adopted on the 29th of that month, and, locally treated, the subject will
be disposed of, by an extract from’ an article by William A. Phillips, who
thus describes the place of meeting : ‘‘The lower floor of the block where
it was held, was mostly unoccupied ; that block now exists no longer. It
suffered from too great economy in,brick and mortar; the water from the
bluff was permitted to undermine its foundation. Like another building.
named in Holy Writ, it ultimately fell, and great was the fall thereof. In
the second story during the.session of the convention wasasaloon. In-
the center of the large, unplastered room, on one side, a bar was hastily
improvised. A broad plank resting upon a couple of empty barrels con-
Behind was a narrow plank or shelf, resting on two
other barrels, evidently not empty ; at least, a faucet was inserted in each .
near the base. On the top of each barrel was a small bluc keg, each of
which had another faucet. Scattered along this shelf were. decanters and
long-necked, dark-complexioned bottles. On one end of the shelf was an’
open box of raisins, perched longitudinally, and, with afew boxes of ci-
gars, a piece of cheese, a box of crackers, and a box of plug tobacco, con-
stituted the saloon. A few tumblers and lemons, with a bowl of sugar,
lemon squeezer, and a flaring tin cup in which to shake up punches, com-
pleted the outfit. The floor was covered with sawdust to avoid annoyance
to the solons above, and also to absorb rejected quids of tobacco. The
fine arts were represented by a picture of the ‘Bird of America’ cut
from an old hand bill and tacked 'to the wall. Over all, presided the smil-,
ing and genial Boggs. Another flight of stairs carried you into the room
where the solons were at work. It was about twenty-five feet wide,
and eighty long: It was not plastered, but extended from front to rear of,
block. There were three windows in front, and three in rear. It was ten
feet high. The roof was of composition, called patent. The President’s
seat was on the south side of the room, near the center, it was on a raised
platform ; seats, tables and desks’ were provided by the citizens of Wyan-
dotte for members, clerks and reporters. An official look was procured
by tacking on black muslin. There was also a railing, to either keep spec-
tators out, or hold the members'in. The ‘flag of our country’ was
draped on the wall, in the rear of the President’s chair.”
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THE WAR.

The space at command will not allow a detailed account of the part
taken by citizens of Wyandotte, in the war. Most of her soldiers joined
the Kansas First and Second Infantry. In April, 1861, a Rebel flag was
raised in Kansas City, and a number of Southern sympathizers in Wyan-
dotte proposed to do the same, but their proposal was met with John A.
Dix’s spirit, if not his words—the idea was, “Anyone who attempts to
raise a Rebel flag, shoot him on the. spot.” In May, 1861, Capt. W. Y.
Roberts organized the Kansas Mounted Riflemen, the members coming
from Quindaro and Wyandotte. In May, members of the Second regi-
ment were quartered in Constitutional Hall, the gathering-place, alread
described, of the Convention. By June. Capts. ‘ H. Harris and A. C.
Davis had raised two volunteer companies, the latter of cavalry. Earl
that month, the Second Regiment received marching orders, and, accord-
ingly, at about nine o’clock in the morning, neeked out to the southern
bridge. Luke Havens. the First Lieutenant of Capt. Harris’s company,
remained behind to swear in nineteen recruits. While they were waiting
for him, the four-story building fell, and not a brick was left upon anoth-

_er. Though it took some hours before the men were all dug out, no seri-
_ous injuries resulted beyond the breaking of aleg by a son of Thomas
Ryan. The escape of all was wonderful. The hall was never rebuilt.

The a had been undermined by water, and its walls were frail, be-.

ing only eight inches thick. About this time, also, Capt. Thrasher organ-
ized a German artillery company. In August, 1861, came the battle of
Wilson’s Creek, in which J. W. — was killed, H. H. Sawyer being pro-
moted to his Lieutenancy. The Third Iowa Regiment was attacked near
Blue Mills, Clay County, and a hospital was opened here on Washington
avenue, to care for the wounded. Major Stone, since Governor of Iowa,
was then in command. In October, Capt. Moore organized acavalry com-

pany here for home defense. A. C. Davis raised a yegular cavalry troop,
assisted by James D. Chestnut; this occurred at Quindaro. When con-
solidated with Col. Mitchell’s command, Dr. J. P. Root, so active in rais-
ing the force, was sent as surgeon. Large Union meetings were held all
over the county, and by the latter part of the fall, Wyandotte had raised
about 300 men—the banner county. The Kansas Second had returned
from its conflict with Gen. Price at Lexington, the ferry boat having been
seized, and George Scheiner, its pilot, being severely wounded by a can-
non bali. William and John H. Miller and Matthias Splitlog, the latter
the engineer of the boat, had fared better. i: .

In August, 1862, Gen. Lane commenced recruiting the First Colored
Regiment. A large and enthusiastic meeting was held here on the 15th,
over which he presided. While the recruiting was going on, he sent a
squad of men over to Kansas City, to “make converts.”” They succeeded
in gathering together a number of negroes, and, had their boatman been on
time, would have landed them safe in Kansas. As it was, while they were
secreted in the bushes, one of their number, making signals to attract
the attention of some one in Wyandotte, the whole party were set upon
by the Missouri militia, and, though they returned the fire, were taken

~ prisoners.
dead, returned to tell the tale at once. Within a few weeks the prisoners,
who were confined in the Platte County jail, broke out and returned to
Kansas. Capt. J. C. Williams established recruiting headquarters here,
and his regiment was mustered in as the Seventy-ninth United States Col-
ored Troops. This was the period of greatest excitement over Quantrell’s
raids. In September, 1862, he entered Olathe, but Wyandotte escaped.
Up to this time, the county had enlisted about 500 men, 100 of this num-

ber being composed of the Delawares under Sarcoxie, their chief. The
Wyandots enlisted as citizens, and their names appear repeatedly in the
roll of honor. For further particulars in regard to the part which the
people of Wyandotte County took in the war, the reader is referred to the
general State History.

During the war and for several years after, the county was infested
with bands of lawless men. The “Red Legs,’ so called from the style of
their leggings (red morocco) were virtually guerrillas, favorable, however
to the Union cause, and countenanced by Gen. Lane. But their inde-
pendent and reckless spirit made them offensive not only to the regular
militia, but to citizens at Jarge. Among their noted leaders in this region
were Lieut. Col. Hoyt (now dead), and Lieut. Swain (alias “Jeff Davis’’),
who was one of the party sent by Gen. Lane to bring colored recruits
‘from Missouri. A band under Col. Hoyt was called from Leavenworth,
when citizens of this county organized a force to ‘‘correct’”’ J. A. Bartels
and his son, Theodore, who lived in the ‘‘six-mile house.” Both forces
were armed, but the citizens surrendered, and, it is said, were kept pris-
oners over night.

Then, also, there was a large gang of ‘‘bushwhackers,” cattle and
horse thieves, robbers and murderers, whose presence was a terror for a
number of years. Jim Vaughn, one of Quantrell’s band, a noted “bush-
whacker, who admitted that he had killed many Union men, was cap-
tured in Wyandotte in May, 1863, turned over to the military authorities,
and hung in Kansas City. Union men were robbed and assaulted, and
somé of them driven out of the county. ‘‘Jay-hawking’’ raged. The
‘county was so infested with rascals of all descriptions, that the citizens of
Wyandotte finally felt called upon to put it on record that they had no
sympathy with such doings ; which they accordingly did at a public meet-
ing held August 26, 1862, in the following resolutions :

Wuereas, Our duty to our-country is paramount to all others; and,

WueEREas, The best authenticated facts warrant us in the belief that an irresponsible
band of armed men crossed the Missouri River from Wyandotte, none of whom were citi-
zens thereof, on the night of the 22d of August inst., for the double purpose of stealing
negroes and horses, and to that end did steal a large number of both, and collect them on
the bank of the river opposite Wyandotte, with a view to crossing into Kansas through
Wyandotte; and, | a

Wuereas, They stated that their headquarters were in Wyandotte; * * *

Resolved, That, while we are in favor of using all means in our power for crushing this
rebellion, we unqualifiedly condemn kidnapping, negro stealing and horse-stealing; that
we regard bushwhacking' and jayhawking as the natural products of rebellion, moral

One of their number, who was severely wounded and left for ©

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

deformities, and disorganizing in their tendencies, and producing war, conflagration and
destruction.”

The close of the war did not end this lawlessness. In the spring of
1866, John Tehan, a section boss on the Missouri Pacific, was hung on the
court house steps of Wyandotte for shooting the liveryman J. L. Conklin.
Newt Morrison, a noted desperado, was hung in the summer for an agera-
vating murder, and a few months afterward two negroes were taken from
the calaboose and both shot and hung. It is the old story, and to write it
in detail would not throw light upon any historical matter—it is the old
story, repeated all over the country, especially in the border districts, of
the gradual cooling of the passions of the war through a fearful series of
criminal acts.

THE CITY OF TO-DAY.

Wyandotte is now a city of 9,000 inhabitants, growing rapidly
in importance in social and business life. Its situation at the con-
fluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, makes its natural ad-
vantages great as a commercial center. The city has already ab-
sorbed Armstrong, one of its former suburbs, in which were situated
the extensive shops of the Union Pacitic road—Kansas Pacific division
—and it seems only a question of time when Kansas City, Kansas,
Wyandotte, Armourdale, Argentine and Rosedale will form one grand,
commercial and manufacturing city. The grading of streets, construction
of public and private buildings, and general internal improvement of
Wyandotte is progressing in a scale which not only evinces confidence on
the part of her citizens, but inspires the feeling in others. A system of
water-works and gas-works are about to be inaugurated. Her-fire and
police departments are already sufficient for present needs. The nucleus
of a public library has also been formed. The institution for the blind is
located here. She abounds in social! orginizations, schools and churches,
and her press is as aunit in working for her progress. What follows, hbw-
ever, will give the best possible idea of ‘‘her institutions.”

THE INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.

Situated upon a commanding eminence and rising from a restful mass
of foliage, in the northwestern part of the city, is the State Institution for
the education of the blind. The naturally beautiful grove of ten acres,
which comprise the grounds, has been tastefully improved, and the num-
ber of imposing buildings which have been erected during the last fifteen
years, make the scene a stately as well asa beautiful one. What is now the
south wing of the main building.was erected in 1867, an appropriation of
$20,000 having been obtained from the State for the erection of the building
and improvement of the grounds. The institution opened September 7,
1868, under the supervision of H. H. Sawyer, and with an attendance of
seven. From the first, the aim of the management was to educate
pupils, and not to treat them aspatients. They were, andare now required
to be healthy mentally, morally and physically. In March, 1867, the act
was passed by the Legislature to regulate an asylum for the education of
the blind, and appointing Dr. Fred. Speck, of Wyandotte, Hon. F. P.
Baker, of Topeka, and Gen. William Larimer, of Leavenworth, as a com-
mission to locate the institutica. They selected Wyandotte. In March,
1870, Dr. W. W. Updegraff assumed charge, and in 1871, Prof. J. D.
Parker. It was during his able administration (in 1872) that the scope of
the asylum’s usefulness was further enlarged by the establishment of an
industrial department—the educational department had been in existence
from the first, and the study of music was brought into the course in 1869.
In 1872, the Legislature appropriated $3,000 for the erection of a shop, in
which the male inmates of the asylum could learn to make brooms,
brushes, mattresses, cane seated chairs, etc. It was occupied in the spring
of 1873. The hospital building, a substantial three-story brick structure,
was erected in 1879. Dr. Speck has always been the physician. The
main, or executive building, was erected in 1882, being occupied in June
of that year. It is a commodious brick building, three stories and base-
ment, with lofty tower, the schoolroom being in the first story, the chapel
in the second and the dormitories in the third, dining-room in the base-
ment. The asylum has accommodations for 125 pupils. Seventy are in
attendance.

The faculty consists of five teachers, beside the Superintendent, Hon.
George H. Miller. He succeeded Dr. Parker in June, 1875, and-under his
management the asylum is prospering as never before. Several of the
young ladics are anxious to enter the industrial department, heretofore
filled by the young men. Their industrial course has been confined to the
wielding of the necdle, plain and fancy sewing, knitting, etc. But the
experiment is soon to be made of putting them in the shop to compete
with masculine skill, in the branches named. The male inmates
are obliged to pursue both industrial and literary courses, while they re-
main inmates of the asylum. With the young ladies, it is optional
whether they chose the industrial or the musical course. ,It is thus scen,
without going further into details, that the asylum must, as it does, lurn
out industrious and useful members of society, able, as a rule, to ‘hold

their own” in their struggle with the ‘‘ worldings ”
thelr freultien, gs: “worldings”’ at large, who have all

CHURCHES.

: Methodist Episcopal Church.—The first organization of the Methodist Episc Church
in the ey of Wyandotte was that alone the Wyandot indian wheltortod from
Upper Eandakys Ohio, in the month of July, 1843, accompanied by their missionary, Rev.
James eeler, of the North Ohio Conference, who was transferred to the Missouri Confer-
etoe the succeeding October, and continued Missionary to the Wyandots. ~ There were at
t at time two hundred members in the church, with five classes who spoke the Wyandot
pa ua B ieee Oe ees Spee class, nine class-leaders, three local preachers and sev-
ae : si Though the Missionary Wheeler returned to Ohio for his family, and re-
ae ‘ pete ning the winter of 1843 and 1844, yet the regular services of the church
x eee up, public services twice on the Sabbath, at which one of the missionaries from
ee pelea sometimes preached. The classes all met on the Sabbath, but at various
es ni deen and the eneral prayer-meeting was held Wednesday night and one of the
eek : reac ae preached riday night. All these services were held in their camps at first.

t through the instrumentality of Rev, Squire Gray-Eyes, a log church was built, each
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

man doing his share of the work. It was completed by the time of the return of Mr.
Wheeler in May, 1844, and the first quarterly meeting was held in it the ist of June, 1844,
at which all the children born during his absence were baptized. The church was on or
near Mr. Kerr’s place (near Jacob Whitecrow’s tarm), west of the present city, but attended
by all in this neighborhood. A schoolhouse was built on the east side of Fourth street, be-
tween Kansas and Nebraska avenues, and occupied July 1, 1844. Occasional public services
were held here, both in English and Wyandot. The English-speaking class met here, and
the first Sabbath school was organized in June, 1847. Rev. James Wheeler remained until
May, 1846. He was succeeded by the Rev. E. qt Peery, who, though sent by the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, kept the records of the church in the name of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. In 1847, a brick church was built about half a mile west of town, and occu-
pied in November of that year. In July, 1848, the official board petitioned the Ohio Con-
ference for a missionary, and the Rev. James Gurley volunteered to come as their
missionary. He arrived in November. Previous to his arrival, Rev. Abram Still, M. D.,
Peeing Elder of the Platte District (which included the Indian missions in this region),
came to hold his first quarterly meeting in October, 1848. Dr. Still preached Sabbath morn-
ing on the text, ‘My peace I give unto you,” after which Mr. Peery organized the Method-
ist Episcopal Church South, with forty-one members. There were in the house one hundred
and ten members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and sixty-nine refused to go into the
new organization. Many of the old members of the church had died since they came to
the West, and, at this time, there were but one hundred and sixty remaining. Renewed
efforts were made to induce the members of the old church to unite with the new, but the
highest number ever obtained was sixty-five, and soon after Mr. Gurley’s arrival some of
these returned to the old church. But, notwithstanding there was a large majority in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, the building was stoned, so as to endanger the house and dis-
turb the services when Mr. Gurley preached in it, and the official board decided to withdraw
from it for a time, to a vacant dwelling house. The last week in February, 1849, the United
States Indian Agent at Wyandotte expelled Mr. Gurley, at the instance of some members
and adherents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, though he had committed no
offense against the law, nor caused any of the disturbances. They existed before he came,
and continued until 1857. The next Saturday after Mr. Gurley’s expulsion, the Presiding
Elder, Dr, Still, crossed the Missouri River in a skiff, swimming his horse amidst great
blocks of ice, to hold his second quarterly meeting in the old dwelling house. Thirty per-
sons united with the church upon this occasion. As soon as the spring rains were over, the
services were held in a grove, and before winter another log church was built near the
present Quindaro Cemetery. Rev. Squire Gray-Eyes and J. M. Armstrong were sent to the
issouri Conference at St. Louis (August, 1849) to petition for a missionary. Rev. G. B.
Markham was appointed and arrived in a few weeks. He remained two years, being fol-
lowed by Rev. James Witten, in October, 1851. His wife wasin failing health and died January
1, 1852, She was buried near the log church, the first interment in the Quindaro Cemetery.
Rev. George W. Robbins was appointed Presiding Elder in October, 1850, and was con-
tinued three years. Following Father Witten as missionary, were Rev. M. G. Klepper, M.
D,, October, 1852; Rev. J. M. Chivington, autumn of 1853; Rev. J. T. Hopkins, P. E.; Rev.
J. H, Dennis, fall of 1854; Rev. W. W. Goode, D. D., P. E., and Superintendent of the work
in Kansas and Nebraska Territories. He moved his large family from Richmond, Ind., to
a small brick house, about two miles from the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas
Rivers. Soon after these preachers came, twelve persons returned from the Church South
to the old church, One of them was Matthew Mudeater, a Wyandot chief; and the other,
Mrs. Hannah Walker, the wife of William Walker, the Provisional Governor of Kansas.
She wasa white woman. All the white women in the church and Wyandot nation had
united with the Church South, except one, and she was rejoiced when an English-speaking
class was re-organized, after a lapse of seven years, at Dr. Goode’s house. There were pres-
ent Dr. Goode and family, Rev. J. H. Dennis, lady and daughter, Mrs. Hannah Walker,
Lucy B. Armstrong and two of her family, who were then members of the church, and the
former missionary, Father Witten, more than the re hee number for a primitive class.
The class was continued until Dr. Goode moved into Bt a, in October, 1855, to take charge
_of the work in Nebraska. Rev. L. B. Dennis succeeded him as Presiding Elder of all of
Kansas north of the Kansas River. In the winter of 1855-56, the health of Rev. J. H.
Dennis, who was continued missionary, rapidly failed, and near the 1st of May, 1856, he left
Wyandotte for his mother’s house in Indiana, where he died the following August. His
memory is blessed. Before he left, on the night of April 8, 1856, both ‘churches were burned
by incendiaries. Rev. William Butt, who had been appointed to the Leavenworth, Dela-
ware and Wyandotte Mission moved here in November, and preached in a schoolhouse near
Quindaro. In April, 1857, he was appointed Presiding Elder and Rev. R. P. Duval suc-
ceeded him as missionary. Services were held in Lucy B. Armstrong’s house from April to
the last of December, 1857, when the old frame church, corner of Washington avenue and
Fifth street, was completed: The same year a brick church was built at Quindaro. The
first quarterly meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church after Wyandotte City was settled
by white people and the church was re-organized, was held on Mrs. Armstrong’s premises,
September 1, 1857. The public services of the Sabbath were held on her lawn, under the
shade of the trees. There was gathered a vast concourse of people from Wyandotte and
Quindaro and the country around. Presiding Elder Butt preached the morning sermon,
and Rev. J. M. Walden, local preacher, politician and editor of the Quindaro Chindowan,
delivered the afternoon sermon. Now he is D. D. and Methodist Book Agent at Cincinnati,
Chicago and St. Louis. After Mr. Duval, came as missionaries, April, 1858, Rev. H. H.
Moore, who remained one year; Rev. G. W. Paddock, two years; Rev. Strange Brooks,
March, 1861 (Rev. N. Gaylor, Presiding Elder), one year; Rev. M. D. Genney, March, 1862
Rev. W. R. Davis, Presiding Elder), one year. The annual conference was held at Wyan-
otte, Bishop Simpson presiding. Mr. Genney was First Lieutenant in the United States
volunteer service. He attended conference and resigned his Lieutenancy, but it was not
accepted. With the exception of about four months, during which time Rev. C. H. Love-
joy had charge, the Wyandotte and Quindaro Mission was without a pastor this year. At
the conference held in Lawrence, in March, 1863, Rey. Strange Brooks was appointed Pre-
siding Elder of the district, am Rev. M. M. Haun, missionary. In 1864, Rev. A. N. Marlatt
was appointed missionary, remaining about ten months, when a man was appointed who
had been transferred to another conference, and therefore did not fill the appointment at
Wyandotte. Rev. D.-G. Griffith, a young local preacher, did not complete the conference
year. In March, 1866, Wyandotte was made a station, Rev. D. D. Dickinson was appointed
ee and Rev. J. E. Bryan to the Wyandotte and Quindaro Mission, Rev. H. D. Fisher,
residing Elder. In March, 1867, came Rev. H. G. Murch, and in March, 1870, Rey. 8. G.
Frampton. The latter remained one year, but failed to keep up the Quindaro and Wyan-
dotte Mission appointments, partly because most of the Indians were about moving to the
Indian Territory. These appointments were therefore dropped. Rev.8. P. Jacobs remained
two years from March, 1871, during which time a neat parsonage was built. Rev. H. K.
Muth was appointed in March, 1873, Rev. William Smith, who succeeded him, remaining
two years. The corner-stone of the new church, the foundation of which had been laid on
the corner of Kansas avenue and Fifth street, was laid by Rev. William K. Marshall, and
the basement was dedicated by Bishop Thomas Bowman in January, 1876. In March, 1876,
Mr. Smith was succeeded by Rev. J. Cook. Rev. C. L. Shackelford came during the next
March, and remained three years. Rev. E, R. Brown assumed charge in March, 1880, Dur-
ing his second year, the church was completed and dedicated in October, 1881. The present
-incumbent, Dr. William Stepheson became pastor in March, 1882. The society is now, as it
always has been, one of the strongest in the county, numbering 150 members.

Methodist Hpiscopal Church South.—Of the one hundred and ten members of the original
Methodist Episcopal Church organized by the Wyandot Indians in 1843, forty-one joined
the southern branch when it was formally organized in this city by the Rev. E. T. Peery, in
October, 1848. In 1873, the present brick edifice, corner of Minnesota avenue and Seventh
street, was commenced, and fully completed in 1881, at acost, with parsonage, of $6,500.
Since Rev. Mr. Peery’s pastorate, the incumbents have been Revs. B, I. Russell, Daniel Doff-
lemayer, J.T, Peery, Nathan Scarritt, William Barnett, H. H. Craig, D. C. O’Howell, Joseph
King, D. S. Heron, E.G. Frazier, G. J. Warren, T. H. Swearingen and J. W. Payne. Mr.
Payne has had charge of the church since September, 1880. The average attendance is
between sixty and seventy.

St.Pauls Episcopal Parish.—In 1857, Rev. Rodney S. Nash, late of Lexington, Mo., organ-
ized the St. Paul’s GE lscapal Parish, of Wyandotte. This was the pioneer parish of the Ter-
ritory of Kansas, and was organized under the authority of Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper,
the first missionary bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. Among
the original incorporators were Dr. Frederick Speck, Col. W. Y. Roberts, A. C. Davis, W. L.
McMath and James Chestnut. On the 9th day of July, 1882, the corner stone for the new
church, now building at the intersection. of Sixth and Ann streets, was laid, Rt. Rev.
Thomas H. Vail, Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas, officiating. The building is to be elegantly
constructed in the Gothic styJe of architecture, being of stone. Fourteen windows for me-

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morial purposes have been reserved in the first story. When completed, it is estimated that
ithe cost of the structure will be in the neighborhood of $7,000. The original building was
erected soon after the organization of the parish. The little band which then assembled has
been increased to over 200. Rev. John Bennett, present rector, at the ceremonies which
cecum oon the laying of the corner stone, spoke as follows in regard to the history of
the parish: 5

“St. Paul’s parish was organized by the Rev. Rodney S. Nash in 1857. He came to Wy-
andotte in May of that year, and shortly afterward organized the parish. Denne the sum-
mer immediately ensuing, he went East and collected money sufficient to build the church
and parsonage, the latter of which is still the property of the parish, the old church having
been sold in April last. Kansas was in 1857 only a missionary jurisdiction under the care of
the Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper, the first missionary Bishop of the church in America. On
July 26, 1859, he issued a call for the purpose of organizing the Territory of Kansas into a
diocese, and the primary convention was Bela in St. Paul’s church, Wyandotte, on the 11th
and 12th days of August following. Shortly after the organization of the diocese, Bishop
Lee, of Iowa, took provisional charge of the same for about four years, until the first Bishop,
the Rt. Rey. Thomas Hubbard Vail, D. D., LL. D., who is, by the blessing of God, this day
with us, was, in December, 1864, consecrated to the sacred office, and made his first visit to
his new field in January, 1865. He made his second visit in the diocese to this parish. Mr.
Nash, retained the rectorship of the parish until November, 1862, when he resigned, but
again resumed it in May, 1864. Early in April of the following year he again vacated the
parish, and the Rey. William H. D. Hatton took charge in June of the same year. Since
then, the successive rectors have been the Rev. Messrs. Archibald Beatty, D. D., L. L. Hol-
den, J. G. Jones, Thomas Betts, F, R. Holeman and John Bennett, the present incumbent.

“The parish has passed through many trying vicissitudes and struggles for life. All of
its early main-stays have removed from the city, except Dr. Frederick Speck and his fam-
ily, who are about the only,adherents to the interests of the parish now remaining. Buta
new era has dawned, and during the past year many valuable acquisitions have been made
to the twenty families or so of 1880.”

The First Congregational Church was organized July 18, 1858, at the Methodist Church
North, among the gnticat members being the following: W. P. Winner, 8. F. Mather, Dr. J.
P. Root, Rev. S. D. Storrs, W. F. Downs, D. A. Bartlett, Samuel Crosby, D. C, Collier, J. 5.
Stockton, Mrs. Mary Walcott, Mrs. Frances E. Root, Mrs. Mary E. Stockton, Mrs. M. Louisa
Bartlett, Mrs. Louisa K. Downs, Mrs. M. A. Mather, John Furbish, Mrs. R. B. Taylor, A. D.
Downs, E. T. Hovey and wife, Mrs. C. M. Downs, 0.8. Bartlett, Jesse Cooper, Mrs. Hester A.
Garno (now Mrs. Halford). Jor six months previous to the organization, Rev. 8. D. Storrs,
of Quindaro, preached in Wyandotte, doing missionary labor, to an audience of from twenty
to thirty persons. He became the first pastor of the church, and was succeeded in 1859 by
Rev. RK. D. Parker, of Leavenworth, who remained eight years. It was during his adminis-
tration, in March, 1860, that work was commenced on a new church building, corner of
Fifth street and Nebraska avenue. The edifice was completed in July, and dedicated Au-
gust 1, 1860. The national fast, appointed for September 26, 1861, was observed by this
church and congregation, and on that day the Third lowa Regiment landed here from the
battle of Blue Mills, and many of-them were atthe meeting. On the following evening 250
officers and soldiers held a prayer and conference meeting of intense interest. The ladies
of the church administered to the wants of the wounded for many weeks. In 1869, Rev. E.
A. Harlow succeeded Mr. Parker. Mr. Harlow remained three years. The church was
without a pastor one year, after which Rev. James G. Dougherty was called, and continued
in charge three years longer. In the fall of 1875, the present pastor, Rev. R. M. Tunnell,
commenced his pasterate. “Present number of members, 100.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church.—In 1858, Rev. Father Heiman, of Leavenworth, came to
Wyandotte and organized St. Mary’s Mission, with about thirty members. They first met
at the house of John Warren, but during the next year Father Heiman was succeeded by
Father Fish, who remained three years, and built a little brick church 25x50 feet, corner of
Ninth and Ann streets. Fathers M’Gee and Miiller succeeded him, each remaining about a
year. From want of support the mission was then abandoned for nearly three years. In
1864, Rev. Anthony Kuhls, present pastor, was sent to Wyandotte on trial. Then but thirty
poor Catholic families belonged to the parish. After the war, however, the affairs of the
church assumed a more promising aspect. The old church was sold, and in 1866 the struct.
ure, corner of Ann and Fifth streets, was erected for $9,000, the site being purchased of
Mathias Splitlogs for $800 in gold. Additions have since been made until now the church
possesses a fine building, a schoolhouse to accommodate 400 children, a sisters’ house, the
best parsonage in the diocese, and a hall for society meetings. The whole property is val-
ued at $35,000, upon which there is a debt of only $1,500. The congregation now numbers
150 families, and it is thought that the building of a larger church will be necessary. It is
in contemplation to erect a large hospital. To this end, $20,000 has already been promised
by an old religious couple and a young man, and ground secured for asite. Connected with
St. Mary’s Church are sodalities for married men and women, and for young menand young
ladies, numbering about 200 members, two insurance unions and two benevolent societies.

In 1872, the settlement ten miles west of Wyandotte, called Delaware, built a church
of its own called St. Patrick. In1880, the eastern portion across the river was taken off, and
St. Bridget’s Church was built, with a resident pastor in the person of Father Hayden, who
has charge, also, of Delaware.

The German Methodist Episcopal Church was organized August 24, 1859, with the fol-
lowing members: Frank Weber, Maria Weber, Louisa Feisel, Maria Feisel, Adelhard Holz-
beierlein, Catherine Schatz, Margaret Ortmann, Henry Helm, August Gabriel, Carl Gabriel,
Henriette Gabriel, Gottlieb Knepfer and Margaret Kneptfer. In 1866, the present church
edifice, corner of Fifth and Ann streets, was erected at a cost of about $4,000, being dedi-
cated in September of that year by Rev. M. Schnierly. The pastors of the eluiels have
been Revs. Gottlieb Widmann, 1858-59 ; George Schatz, 1859-60 ; Charles Stuckemann, 1860-
62; Jacob Feisel, 1862-64; A. Holzbeierlein, 1864-65; Phillyp May, 1865-67 ; W. Meyer, 1867-
68; M. Schnierly, 1868-70; W. Meyer, 1870-71; Jacob Feisel, 1871-72; William Klein-
schmidt, 1872-75; J. A. Reitz, 1875-78 ; J. G. Leist, 1878-81; G. J. Schultz, 1881-82, In 1879,
the comfortable brick parsonage adjoining the church was built. The German Methodist
Episcopal Church is now in a flourishing condition and constantly. growing. It numbers
147 members. The entire value of the church property, including parsonage, is $6,000. In
the summer of 1882, an addition to the church building was made, and the structure was
completely renovated. The Sunday school, in charge of F. W. Dreyer, has an average
attendance of about 105. .

First Baptist Charch (colored) was organized in 1862, and a frame building on Nebraska
avenue erected in 1869. In 1881, the society had grown so large that its trustees purchased
the site for a more commodious church structure, corner of Fifth street and Nebraska ave-
nue. The foundation and corner-stone have been laid. The pastors have been Revs,
Henry Jennings, William Harris, William Belay, Gabriel Gray, James Lewis and F. D,
Ewing. The church has a membership of about 200.

Re-organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized in October,
1877, with seven members—George Hayward, Presiding Elder. William Newton has been
in charge of the society from the start. The organization in Wyandotte now numbers
sixty members, nearly three-quarters of whom are natives of England. The leading idea
of their faith is that the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His agents always has been the same
from the béginning. Faith, repentance, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins,
the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, the resurrection of the dead and
eternal judgment, are the cardinal principles of their belief. This organization takes
Joseph Smith as its guide, repudiating Brigham Young and all polygamists as apostates
from the true faith. The church here is arranging to erect a building in which to worship.
: Presbyterian Church.—In 1857, a society was organized in Wyandotte, and continued
until the close of the war, when it was discontinued. In April, 1881, Rev. Alex. Sterrett
located in Wyandotte, and by September had fully organized a church again.

The Congregation of the Disciples of Christ was organized on the Christmas of 1881,
through the efforts of Dr. Gentry and Messrs. Johnson, Reeves, Edwards and a number of
lady members, Chiefly through Dr. Gentry’s untiring exertions a church building has
been erected on Barnett street, between Sixth and Seventh. The congregation now num-
bers forty-five members, and the organization is daily growing in strength and usefulness.
Dr. W. D.Gentry and E. B. Reeves are Elders of the church. :

The Baptist Church was organized in the spring of 1882. The society has a member-
ship of about sixty. Rev. R. P. Evans, pastor. A church building is about to be erected.

The German Evangelical Church was organized in February, 1882, has now sixty mem-
bers, and a neat brick building is being erected on Sixth street at a cost of $3,000. The
church maintains a German and English day school. Rev. Charles Krafft, pastor.

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by Rev. Felix Landor in May,
1880. Mr. Landor was formerly a slave in Louisiana, and, being owned by a French mas-
ter, spoke that language. At the close of the war he was converted from the Catholic faith,
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educated by the Freedmen’s Aid Society in New Orleans, and sent to this field in February,
1880. -The society has now a comfortable brick church corrfer of Seventh and Ann streets,
its pastor being Rev. B. F. Watson. The church books show amembership of 275, of whom
Jess than half can be called “working” members. :

_, Lhe above are the leading colored church societies in Wyandotte. There is, however,
a little society of colored disciples, and two or three minor organizations.

SCHOOLS AND THE PRESS.

The first.public school building was erected in 1867 on the corner of Sixth street and
Kansas avenue. It was afterward.used for colored pupils. A Central School building was
_ erected the same year. 1In-1881, the city voted $15,000 to build two new ward schoolhouses,
one on the site of the old colored school, and the other on Everett street, between Yifth and
Sixth streets, Inthe spring of 1882, $15,000 additional was voted to complete the two build-
ings mentioned, to build the one in the Fifth Ward and repair the Central School building in
1872, before what is known as South Wyandotte was annexed to the city, a two-stor rick
edifice was erected there at a cost of $5,000. Wyandotte has, therefore, five good brick
school buildings. It costs $12,000 to maintain her educational system, which is under the
supervision of Prof. P. Sherman, Superintendent of Schools. ‘Twenty teachers train the
young ideas. The school population of Wyandotte is 3,000, of which a little less than one-
half are in attendance upon school. :
Among the private educational establishments which are liberally netenlead is the
Wyandotte Academy, founded by Prof. 0. C. Palmer, in September, 1878. By the spring of
1879, the attendance had so increased, that he found it necessary to abandon temporary for
perneens quarters. Accordingly, by the end of the following summer, a large two-story
rick structure, corner of Ann and Seventh streets, was erected. There are two courses of
study, English and classical, the former including, besides the common branches, book-keep-
ing, the science of government, critical study of authors, geometry, zoology, etc. Both sexes
are admitted. As evidence that the Wyandotte Academy is appreciated as an educational
institution, it may be stated that the enrollment in September, 1882, was about 180, many of
whom came from localities outside the city and.county. 7
_ Says V.J. Lane, of the Wyandotte Herald, in his history of the city press; “In May,
1857, Judge_M. W. Delahay began the publication of the Wyandotte City Register. The first
number was issued in a tent on the corner of Nebraska avenue and Third street. Judge
Delahay sold to Eddy & Patton. Itfinally passed into the hands of Mr. Abbot, who changed
its name to the Citizen, and ‘published it but a few months. It was succeeded by the Western
Argus, which was printed on the same material, and published by the Western Argus Com-
pany, J. E. Bennett, editor, P. Sidney Post, ecmmercial editor. The first number of the
Argus was issued March 25, 1858, and it was continued till March 9, 1861, when the material
was sold to R, B. Taylor, on which to print the Wyandotte Gazette.” .
f The oldest paper in Wyandotte is the Gazeéle, established August 7, 1858, by S. D. Mc-
Donald, editor and publisher. During the session of the constitutional convention, a daily

 

 

 

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was issued. Under Mr, McDonald’s management, the Gazette continued but one year. In Au-
ust, 1860, after a suspension of some months, the publication of the paper was recommenced
Rtestrs. McDonald and R. B. Taylor being associated together. The partnership continued
but afew weeks, Mr. Taylor hiring the office, and continuing the publication alone. While
he was absent in the East, in January, 1861, the establishment, which was still the property
of Mr. MeDonald, was destroyed by fire. When Mr. ‘ aylor returned in March, he Tira Hauel
the outfit of the Western Argus, which paper had been published for three years, and con-
tinued to issue the Gazette. After ashort interregnum, in the spring of 1867, during which
Messrs. Philpott & Brown were only ostensibly proprieters, Mr. Taylor ‘again resumed con-
trol of the Gazette, and continued to publish it until October, 1869, when he leased the oflice
_ to Messrs. Kessler & Tuttle, After two.months, Mr. Kessler became sole proprietor, and in
July, 1870, Mr. Taylor again came into possession of the establishment, remaining editor and
sole proprietor until his death, which oceurred March 26, 1877. -His son, W. B. ‘l'aylor, then
conducted the paper until October 1, 1879, when R. B. Armstrong and A, N. Moyer assumed
charge. They purchased the office, and the Gazefle has since been published under their
management. The paper is Republican in politics, and is ably and consistently conducted.
. The Wyandotte Herald.—The first number of this widely circulated Democratic journal
appeared January 4, 1872, V. J. Lane, its present editor an proprietor, and F. G. Jackson,
being its founders. The paper was then, as now, a neatly printed seven-column folio, de-
voted to the interests, primarily, of Wyandotte and vicinity, The Herald was at first pub-
lished on the corner of Minnesota avenue and Fifth street. Several changes of location were
made until in the fall of 1881-the paper moved into its fine building on the north side of
Minnesota avenue, between Fifth and Sixth streets. In the meantime, in April, 1880, B. R.
Lane, son of V. J. Lane, purchased a one-third interest in the ' Herald, and is at present one
of the proprietors, acting also as foreman of the job department.

SOCIETIES,

The first dispensation granted to a Masonic lodge in ‘Wrensctie was issued by the’
Grand Lodge of Missouri, in July, 1854, to J. M, Chivington, W. M.; M. R. Walker, S. W.,
and Cyrus Garrett, J. W. At the first meeting, held August 11, a lodge, under dispen-
sation, was duly organized. In May, 1855, a charter was granted by the same authority,
authorizing M..R. Walker, Russell Garrett and Cyrus Garrett to: work under the name 0.

Kansas Lodge, No. 153. The Grand Lodge of Kansas was organized December 27, 1855, and *

on October 20, 1856, a charter_was granted to Cyrus Garrett, W. M.; George C. Vanzandt;
8. W., and Henry Garrett, J. W., authorizing them to work under the name of Wyandotte
Lodge, No. 3 (A., F. & A. Lg its resent-membership :is 110, and its officers are (August,
1882,).as follows: J. W. McCluire, W. M.; I. C..Stout, & W.; J. B. Speck, J. W.; Henry Nye,
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- - Wyandotte: Chapter, No.6 (R.A. M.), organized in -October, 1866. Officers at present
ILC. Welsh, M. E. Ps P. C. Deuer, 8. G. We T. B. Roberts, J.G.W. F.C. Aechternacht
Secretary; E.S. W. Drought, Treasurer. Number of members, sixty. ie

Wyandotte Council, No. 6 (R. 8. & M), was organized in October, 1877. . It- has now
(September, 1882,) a membership of forty, -its officers being: Charles Ericssen, T. I. M.;
Joseph Welsh, D. M.; T..B. Roberts, P. C. W.; William Priestly, Recorder; W. M.D. Drought,
Treasurer ; Thomas Newton, C. G.; Charles Deuer, C. C.; Charles Morash, Steward ; Samuel
Milan, Sentinel. “2 xt

‘Mendias Chapter, No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star, was organized as early as July, 1856.
It was named in honor of Mrs. Lydia B. Walker, whose Indian name was Mendias. -

Ivanhoe Com ry was organized in June, 1882. James Snedden is E. C.; John H.
Brown, Prelate; George Jenkins, Generalissimo; John MacKenzie, Captain-General ;.C.
Aechternacht, Secretary ; W. B. Dean, Treasurer; J. C. Welsh, 8. D.; G. W. Bishop, J. D.;
J.K. Proudfit, Warden. Membership,twenty. ' ae

Summunduwot Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F., was instituted in October, 1857, with six charter
members—Silas Armstrong, Sr., J..A. Fligor, J. H. Miller, I.N. White, Joseph Rosenwald
and J, W. Garrett. The Tove formiey met in the old Constitution Building, but finished
their hall in 1876. Present officers: N.G., James Ferguson ; V.G., W. B. Cooper; Secretary, -
N. Dickey ; Treasurer, Perley Pike; D..D. G. M., Fre Speck. Number of members 144, ".

Wyandotte Enc ‘No. 9, was instituted in 1869, with J.C, Welch, Fred. Speck, H.
W. Cook, John Bolton, W. B Bowman, Solomon Balmer and O. K. Serviss;-as charter mem-
bers. . The encampment numbers sixty-two members, with the following officers: C. P., G.
W. Robaugh; H. P., E. F. Blum; S. W., J. M. Squires; J. W., N. Dickey; Scribe, J. A. Nel-
son; Treasurer, William Richart; D.D. G. P., J. C. Welch. abs ;

Teutonia Lodge, No. 68, was instituted January, 1871, by District Deputy J. C. Welch.
Present membership sixty-eight, with officers as follows: N. G., George Metz ; V. G., Simon
Eckhold; Secretary, J. J. Bernhard; Treasurer, P. Kaiser. ;

Tauromee Lodge, No. 30 a 0. U. W.), organized January 15, 1880, with twenty-three
charter members. Present; officers (September, 1882) : H. H. Sawyer, P. M. W.; Cc. Crouthers,
M. W., Joseph Phillips, Foreman; T. J. Crekweddin, Overseer ; J. E, Zeitz, Financier; J.
Hopkins, Recorder; J. M. Squires, Regeiver. Membership, seventy-two. ee

Fellowship Lodge, No. 2, Knights of Pythias, was chartered April 11, 1872. Present offi- -
cers: P. C.,-T. G. Roberts; C. C., R. Mur by Vv. C,, W. L. Skinner; P.J., F. Hall; M. of E.,
A.R. Ford; M. of F., F. P. Strickland; of R. and §., B. E. Riveley; M. of A, F.G.
Schulenberg; I. G., J. E. Ball; 0.G.,8. Warrey ; Representative to the Grand Lodge, J. F.
Hall. Number of members, 100. :

- Myrtle Lodge, No. 1, K of P., was chartered February 5, 1880. Present officers: P.C.,°
John A. Hale; C. C. W. B. Danley v.-C., Charles Hardesty ; P., F. C. Aechternacht; .
M. of E., James Philli 3; M. of F., W. J. Stevenson; K. of R. and.S., James Gibbons ; M.
at A:, A. Hlatky; I. G., James Gribble; 0. G., J. W. Walters; Representative to Grand
Lodge, John A. Hale. Number of members, ninety. :

Germania Lodge, No. 41, K. of P.; instituted July 9, 1881: Present officers (September, °
1882): P. C., A. Gardener; C. C., H. Fieser; V. C., H. Wahlenmaier ; P., F. Merstetler ; M.
of E., H. Schmidt ; M. of F., R. Westphal; K. of R. and 8, J. F. A. Miller; M. at A., N.
Soeder; I. G., August Luetzow ; Representative to the Grand Lodge, F. Merstetler. Num-
ber of members, forty. .. ; : :

Wyandotte County Industrial Society was organized ix April, 1880, as the Wyandotte
County Immigration Society. In Mazch, 1881, the name was changed. The present society
still aims to induce immigration to this section, and has also in view the proper exhibition
of the industrial products of the county at prominent fairs. At the Bismarck fair of 1880, it
took the first premium for the best exhibit of agricultural products in the state. Preselit
officers of the society : C. H.-Carpenter, President; M. B. Newman, Secretary; Perley Pike,
Treasurer; W. H. Young, Superintendent ; J. T. Johnson, A. B. Hovey, I. D. Heath, Audit-
ing Committee. .Membership,. 100. ,

Equitable Aid Union—In March, 1879, the order was Sncorporened by D. A. Dewey, R.
N. Seaver, W. B. Howard, H. S. Ayer and W. H. Muzzy, of Columbus, Penn. ' They , per-
ceived the need of a beneficiary system of a more liberal character than heretofore devised.
Its objects are thus briefly stated: :

ist. To unite fraternally all white persons of both sexes, socially and physically accept-
able, between sixteen And sixty-five years of age. :

2d. To give equal: benefits to both sexes, striving earnestly to improve the moral and
social bearing as well as to — pure and unalloyed friendship among all its members.

3d. To give woman all the rights that social equality can bestow, and to grant her all
the benefits secured:to man by secret organizations. eis

4th. To give all moral and material aid in its power to members of the order by assist-
ing each other in business, in obtaining employment, and in sickness.

5th. To establish a benefit fund from which.asum not to exceed $3,000 shall be paid at
the death of a member to whomsoever the member shall designate, or if a legatee be not
mentioned, to the heirs-at-law of the deceased.

.. 6th. To see that in sickness fraternal care is at all times given, and to advance the
social friendship of the members in every possible manner.

Although the. first union in Kansas was organized only about two years ago, there are
now twenty-two unions in the State with a membership of 1,200. There are two in Wyan-
dotte. Dr. William-D. Gentry is the Supreme President for Missouri and Kansas. The
union (No. 179) of which he is a charter member, was instituted November 22, 1881, by Su-

reme President D. A. Dewey, of Columbus, Penn., with about thirty charter members. It
as a present membershi ene 1882) of 124, with the following officers: Caleb Croth-
ers, President; Mrs M. Blood, Vice President; Mrs. A. A. Crothers, Auxiliary ; Mrs. E. Krei-
ser, Chancellor; T. G. Roberts, Advocate; Charles R. Yeomans, Secretary ; Edward C. But-
jer, Accountant; Mrs. Hulda Bartlett, Treasurer; Miss Cora Crothers, Warden; Mrs. Belle
all ners Sentinel; Perley Pike, Watchman; Dr. W. D. Gentry, Chaplain and Medical
examiner.

There is also a German Union in substantial working order, instituted in 1881, of which
Jacob Maegley is President. It is No: 257. fa
__,, Ancient Order a Foresters —This is one of the most ancient orders now existing, orig-
inating in England during the time of bold Robin Hood, It is an insurance organization,
and in cases of sickness its members receive $5 per week and medical attendance. The Wy-
andotte Court, No. 6,677, was preuninet in August, 1880. It now numbers sixty members,
with the following officers: William Mattfeldt, Chief Ranger; William Maegley, Sub. Chief
Ranger; Theodore Lippert, Secretary.

_ Ihe Youths’ Temperance Alliance was organized on the first Sunday in April, 1882. The
object of the association is to hold.an interesting temperance meeting of the children and
young people of the city at one of the churches every Sunday afternoon. Present officers of
the Alliance: J. W. Deal, President; Dr. W. D. Gentry, Vice President ; Edward C. Butler,
eyed and Treasurer. Nearly 450 persons have signed the constitution and pledge ot
the Alliance,

Burnside Post, No. 30, G. A. R., was organized September 30, 1881; has now about sev-
enty members, with officers as follows: W. H. Hurry, P. C.; George B. Reicheneker, Sr., V.
P. €.; William Matfeldt, J. V. P.C.; Perley Pike, Chaplain; J. S. Clark, Adjutant.

The Wyandotte Rijles were re-organized September 4, 1882, with the following off-
cers: Captain, J. P. ae First Lieutentant, H. K. Proudfit; Second Lieutenant, E. F.
Servis; First Sergeant, E. Iker; Second Sergeant, H. I. Parr; Third Sergeant, Charles
Stone. Membership, fifty. . ‘

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (Division 81), was organized in 1874. Pres-
ent officers (September, 1882): L. W. Parr, C..E.; Charles Hilton, or E.; Robert Murphy, .
8. E.; Charles Ericsson, F, A. E.; Robert C. Murphy, 8. A.; John Robison, T. E. Themem- .
bership is about sixty. ,

BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURING.

____ Wyandotte is now experiencing a decided growth, and business of all kinds is on the
increase. Its retail-trade is brisk, and an exhibit of these lines of trade will be found else-
where. The city has, to some extent, developed the manufacturing interests, having al-
ready extensive railroad shops, three good flour mills, canning works, a planing will, car-
riage and wagon works, several ‘brick yards, ete., etc., in successful operation. Jacob Maeg-
ley hes erected-a brick-huilding for a foundry, which will also soon be added to the list of
manufactories. Notwithstanding Kansas City enterprise and “push,” Wyandotte has a
large territory to the west which is hers and which is continually growing. © :
The first manufactory established in the city or county was the grist and saw mill built
by Matthias Splitlogs, the Indian, in 1852. It would be considered:a sorry affair in these
dave, sod sie nae the piveeite ah e St. sevens. en In 1858, John McAlpine and’
Ji . hington erec he first steam flour and saw mill in the coun resent
site of the Kansas Valley Mills. : , pean Bee
 

WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

The old Kansas Valley Mills were rebuilt in 1879, having come into possession of Ch
Lovelace and W.T. Allsup, the previous year. The old aa mill erecta by McAlpine
Washington in 1858, is used for storage purposes. The Kansas Valley Mills have three run
of stone, and a double set of rollers; size of building, 35x40 feet, four stories. Its patent
roe 4 aoe ale aoe Lovelace & Co, obtainin:
value of the property is $15,000. In August, 1882, Mr. Alls i i
became C.Tavelace y ie gust, A up retired from the firm, which

The Riverside Flouring Mills were built in 1877 by. Messrs. Zeitz & Moeler. Th
present proprietors, J. P. & B. J. Northrup, came into possession in May, 1882. Their baila
ing is 60x60 feet, has three run of stone, and their best brand of flour is the “ Brilliant.”

On June 1, 1882, A. Staman took charge of the City Mills, which had been built ten
years ago. The building is 40x40, three stories and attic, and has four run of stone.
“Cyclone” is the patent brand. The property is valued at $12,000.

: Union Pacific Shops.—In the southern portion of the city, in that locality formerly
known as Armstrong, are situated the car shops of the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific
road. The repairing material for the 1,100 miles of road com rising the division, is furnished
a these shops, which also repair all of the rolling stock, and manufacture much of it. An
idea of the business transacted may be obtained from the figures furnished by 8. W. Meyer,
chief clerk of the motive-power department, in September, 1882: Number of men employed,
370; oe py roll, $18,000; entire pay roll of the motive-power department of the road,
$50,000 monthly, most of this amount being disbursed at this point. James MacKenzie is
division master mechanic of motive-power and car department; T. B, Roberts, general
foreman of the car department; J. C. Boddington, foreman. of the machine department.
From September, 1881, to September, 1882, the expense of operating the motive-power
Hepaeinent at Wyandotte, was $1,270,000, of which $650,000 was for labor, and $620,000 for
material. :

These figures indicate in a general way, the extent of the business which operate
the advantage of the city through these shops. A visit to them bears out preaanecied fens
of magnitude, They cover fifty of the 220 acres owned by the railroad company, the
dimensions of the buildings being : locomotive erecting shop, 112x120 feet; machine shop
44x132 feet blacksmith shop, 44x132, with addition 40x60 feet; boiler sho , 382x120 feet ;
tin shop and brass foundry, 25x75 feet; car machine shop, 80x120 feet; coac shop, 70x250
feet; paint shop, 75x100 feet; brick round house, 64x102 feet, with ten stalls, and wooden
engine house, 638x144 feet, with eight stalls, besides turn table, store room, facilities for stor-
ing coal, and offices of Superintendent of Machinery, and Master Mechanic. The shops
“made” Armstrong, being located there in 1870. As stated, they now form avery important
item in the business activity of Wyandotte, that vicinity being a scene of life and humming
and rattling industry which it is emai Wir to contemplate. - =

.,, Lhe planing mill and sash, door and blind factory of Ryus.(W. H.) & Judd (Byron), was
built in 1881, being situated on the corner of Fifth street and Washington avenue. They
employ on an average fifteen men, and transact an annual business of $10,000. .

im July, 1882, R. T. Bowne, of Kansas City, erected buildings and established. the can-
ning works which are now identified with the industries of Wyandotte. The works have a

 

CENTRAL SCHOOLHOUSE, WYANDOTTE.

capacity of 5,000 cans daily. This year only apples and tomatoes have been canned, next
year attention will be given also to beans and peas. Mr. Bowne will make his own cans,
and raise the products of his manufacture.

___Banks.—The rushing times of 1857 necessitated the establishment of better financial
facilities; consequently, A, C. Davis and P.Sidney Post opened a bank on Kansas avenue,
just west of Commercial alley, and Byron Judd and William McKay opened a bank and real
estate office in the building adjoining the Augusta House.

. .__H.M. Northrup, who sold the first bill of goods (wholesale) in Kansas City, and who,
in 1857, in connection with J.S. Chick, established the first bank west of Lexington, and
south of the Missouri River, in 1874, founded the present bank in Wyandotte. Hisson, M.
C., also was a partner. In 1878, A. B. Northrup became a member of the firm. This is the
only banking establishment in Wyandotte, the deposits averaging, $200,000. The firm have
just erected a fine brick building on the southwest corner of Minnesota avenue and Fifth
street, which they willsoon occupy.
Hotels.—In the fall of 1855, Gen. Calhoun brought his surteyere office to Wyandotte, and
~ opened it in a double log building, opposite where Dunning -Hall now stands. On the site
of Dunning Hall was another double log hut, an Indian hotel, kept by Isaac W. Brown.
The winter of 1856-57 was so very severe that the ice formed to a great thickness, and when
the melting weather came, gorged itself in great masses at the confluence of the Kansas and
Missouri Rivers. The cat-fish were iiteraily oust out upon the shoreintons. They were
cheap food, and the proprietor of this first hotel in Wyandotte took such undue advantage of
the fact, that his guests dubbed the house ‘‘The Cat-fish Hotel.” Thomas J. Barker was
then chief cook. Robert Ream, the father of “Vinnie Ream,” the famous sculptress,
Chief Clerk of the Surveyor’s office, kept a hotel which was opened in Silas Armstrong’s
brick residence in 1857, by Thomas B. Eldridge. Here the stages started for the West. Mr.
Ream soon afterward went to Leavenworth, where he became landlord of the old Shawnee
House, and in which city he lived many years. Afterward he wentto reside in Washington,
where his talented daughter had become so famous. Also, to accommodate the large imi-
pon which came to Wyandotte, Col. F. A. Hunt purchased the old steamboat “St. Paul,
ying at the foot of Washington avenue, took out her machinery and fitted the craft up as a
hotel and a warehouse. Mark W. Delahay—now “Judge”—was the active landlord.
Shortly afterward the Garno House was completed by Mrs. Hester A. Garno, and became
popular with travelers, The building:still stands on the northwest corner of Minnesota ay-
enue and Third street, is a large wooden structure (three stories and basement), has thirty-
one rooms, and is kept by D. Maxfield. _ . 3
The Ryus Hotel, the leading public house of Wyandotte, and one of the neatest and most
agreeably maintained in the State, is situated on Minnesota avenue, within easy distance of
the depot, and in the center of the business district. It is a new three-story brick building,
substantial in appearance without, and tastefully furnished within. The Ryus Hotel was
opened June 6, 1882, having been completed by its proprietor, W.H. Ryus, at a cost of
$32,000. The building is 100x123 feet, and has comfortable acconrmodations for seventy-five
uests. Dr. P. Eager is the popular manager. Thus has been supplied a long-felt want.
r, Ryus is an ald settler of the county, and one of its most enterprising and keen business
men, and in erecting and ae a first-class hotel, he has shown his confidence in the
t!

Continued growth and prosperity of the city.

the first rolls in the county. ,-The .

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

HON. HENRY L. ALDEN, County Attorney, was elected to his present position in‘
the fall of 1882, He was born in Hampshire County, Mass.,; May 8, 1847, receiving his early
schooling in his native county. In 1864, he entered Munson Acafemy at Munson, Mass.,
remaining one year. He then became connected with the Kimball Union Academy at Mer-
iden, N. H., where he continued two years. After spending one year in Pennsylvania,
where he had charge of a school, he removed to Kansas, settling in Wyandotte, where he
took the position of Principal of the public school, retaining this position one year. He
then commenced reading law, in the office of Hon.S. A. Cobb. Was admitted to the bar
at the spring term of 1870, and immediately began practice. He was in partnership with
his old preceptor until the latter’s death in 1878. He served as City Clerk in 1870 and 1871.
Was elected County Attorney in 1872, and re-elected in 1874. In 1876, he was elected to the
Legislature, where he served on several committees, being Chairman of the Committee on
Municipal Corporations. Has since been engaged in private practice, until elected to his
ree position. He was married in Wyandotte in 1870, to Miss Mary F. Cruise, sister of

. A. Cruise, Esq.,‘one of the pioneers of 1855. ‘They have three children—Cora F., Maurice
C. and Francis Mr, alden is a member of the K. of P.

F. C, AECHTERNACHT, dealer in fancy, foreign and domestic groceries and fruits,
opened trade March 10, 1883. He occupies a room 25x50 feet,and carries an average stock
of $2,000. G.H.Green is in company in the above business, F.C. Aechternacht came to
Wyandotte, Kan., in 1870. He engaged on the Kansas Pacific Railroad as freight brake-
man,and was promoted ‘as Sey conductor, which position he held for some time. He
afterward was employed as freight brakeman on the Missouri Pacific Railway, and by close
attention to business and good moral habits soon rose to a conductor’s position on freight
train, and by paying strict attention to the company’s business, he was honored with the
position of conductor of a passenger train, which he held for five years. He then engaged
in his present occupation. He was born in Pottsville, Penn., January 28, 1848. At a suita-
ble age, he clerked in an office until he came West. His father is a wholesale coal dealer
in New York City.” He was married in 1874, to Miss M. V. Glick, daughter of Hon. C. S.
Glick, and nigce of Gov. Glick, of Kansas. They have one daughter—Elta May. Mr. A. is
a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M., Royal Arch Masons, Knight Templars, Knights of
pret, and a member of the order of Railway Conductors of” the United States and

anada,

_ BAKER & CO., proprietors Comet Soap Works. The business was established in Feb- .
ruary, 1883. They have a capacity of 30,000 pounds of soap per week at present; are onl
making the Comet brand, their principle business being the manvfacture of private bran
for dealers. C. K. Baker, Jr., the senior member of the firm, was born in Carroll County,
Mo., September 7, 1861; he was educated in his native county, and has engaged in steam-
boating up to the present time, his father being in the profession. Mr. Baker, senior, is
well known to the early settlers in Kansas, having ruu on the Missouri River as Pilot and
Captain for many years, commencing in 1845. He run the “Excel” up the Kansas River to
Fort Riley, being the first steamer on-that river. T. Lueallen, of the above firm, was born
in Eastern Tennessee, in May, 1852. He commenced in the soap business in St."Louis, Mo.,
in 1868; afterward continued in the same business some ten years in Sedalia, Mo., where his
establishment was destroyed by fire in 1882.

W.H. BALDRIDGE, proprietor of Wyandotte Pharmacy, dealer in drugs, fancy goods,
paints, oils, glass, etc. The business was established in 1879, and was pursnzeed by present
proprietor in 1881, He emilee two clerks, and occupies first floor and basement of a build-
ing 25x100 feet in area.. Mr. Baldridge was born in Louisa County, Iowa, April 29, 1850.
He commenced his business life as a clerk in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in a drug store, about
1864. In 1868, he commenced business on his own account, in which he continued for
two years. In 1871, he removed to Kansas, locating in Wyandotte, where he became
connected with the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Three years later, he took a position on the
Texas Pacific Railway. About 1877, he opened a drug store in Fort Worth, Tex., which he
continued to operate until 1880- He then returned to eandote, He was married in
Wyandotte, Kan., in 1875, to Miss Fannie, daughter of I. N. White, Esq., one of the pioneers
of 1854. They have four children—Charles, John L., Frank G. and Nellie M. Mr. Bal-
dridge is a member Of the I. 0, O. F. Lodge and Encampment.

O. S. BARTLETT, undertaker and dealer in all kinds of undertaker’s mate-
rials. He keeps a full line of wooden and metallic coffins, and has two hearses and
two carriages with his own horses, etc. The business was established in,1872, being the
first’ exclusive dealer in Wyandotte in his line. Mr. B. was born near Watertown, Jeffer-
son County, N. Y., in‘ 1822. He was educated in his native county, and learned the trade of
a carpenter, following it in New York State, and also in Wisconsin, where he removed
about 1855. In 1857, he settled in Wyandotte, Kan., where he engaged in contracting and
building until 1863, when he enlisted as private in Company A, Twelfth Kansas Volunteer
Infantry ; afterward received a recruiting commission to raise a company of colored troops.
He was mustered in as First Lieutenant of the Eighty-third Regiment United States Coloied
Troops. The Captain being killed at the battle of Jenkin’s Ferry in 1864, he was commis-
sioned Captain of Company H., and served until the close of the war.. He then returned to
Wyandotte aud engeeel in railroading ati pe r health compelled him to change his busi-
ness, Mr. B, was married in Watertown, N. Y., in_1846, to Miss Nancy Tuttle, who died
leaving two children—Ella, now Mrs. J. Furnessand Frank. He was niarried to his present
wife in Wyandotte in 1871, ‘She was Miss Julia E. Foster of Chautauqua County, N.Y. Mr.
B. was a member of the City Council at an early day. He is now a member af the G. A.
R. and the E. A, U. 7 = 7

HON G. W. BETTS, Police Judge, was elected to present position in the spring of
1883. He was born in Chillicothe, hio, Apel 8, 1840. He was educated in the ward and
high schools of his native place. Having the misfortune to lose his father when about eight
years old, he was early thrown upon his own resources. At the age of fifteen years, com-
menced dealing in cattle, in which he continued until 1868, when he moved to Kansas
and settled in Edwardsville, where he bought a farm which he operated for some time;
then engaged in mercantile business in Edwardsville. In 1870, he commenced reading law
in the office of Crook & Sharp in Kansas City, Mo.; was admitted to the bar in the sprin
of 1873; was shortly afterward appointed Clerk of the District Court to filt vacancy, anid
re-elected five consecutive terms. He was married in Chillicothe, Ohio, to Miss R. J. Tim-
mins of that city, a daughter of Rev. Stephen Timmins, a member of the Ohio Conference
fifty-four years, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have two children—Charles and
Blanch. Judge Betts is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and K. of P.

ROBERT T. BOWNE, peaprioler of the Occidental Canning Works, The business was
established in 1882, some 125 hands being employed that season. He is at present making
extensive improvements, both in buildings and machinery ; in the latter, having two Jones
can machines with a capacity of finishing 5,000 cans per day. Mr. Bowne was born in New
Rochelle, Westchester County, N. Y , March 29, 18386. He was educated in his native county,
in New York City and Virginia, and moved with the family to Harford County, Md., about
1856, where he continued to reside until very recently, being engaged in farming princi-,
pally, though interested to a certain extent.in canning mills there until coming to Kansas
in 1881, where he was engaged during the summer in building houses for renting purposes.

DR. A. W. BOUCHER, physician and sureeod, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, May
10, 1850. He was educated in the district and high schools of his native county. In 1870,
he-commenced his professional studies in. the office of Dr. J..A. Royer, of Carey, Ohio.
Graduated from Miami,.Medical College in 1873, and. shortly afterward ‘commenced practice
in Wyandotte County, Ohio, where he remained about four years; then moved to Seneca
County, Ohio. Two years later, 1880, he settled in Wyandotte City, Kan., where he has
since been engaged in practice. Mr. Boucher was marvied, in Wyandotte County, Ohio,
March 28, 1872, to Miss Vincie Bryan, of Carey, Ohio, They. have one son—Charics
Franklin. : Pe

ROBERT N. CAMPBELL, attorney at law, was bornin Welland County, Province of
Ontario, Canada, November 6, 1856. Was educated in his native county, and at Toronto
University. Commenced reading law in 1878, in the office of Harkist & Cowper, at Wel-
land. In 1880, he entered the law department of Ann Arbor University, graduating in
1882. The same spring was admitted to the bar, and shortly _afterward, settled in Wyan-
dotte, Kan., and at once commenced the practice of bis profession. 7

A. W. CARROLL, contractor and builder, came to Topeka, Kan.,in May, 1879. He
soon went to Osawatomie, and. became foreman in building the insane asylum, continu-
ing two years. In July, 1881, he went to Wyandotte, and’established the above business.
He soon became foreman in the building of the blind asylum, and continued in that capac-
ity until April, 1882. He then began business on his own account. He erected the Hoag &
Troup block, 25x90 feet, two stories high, built of brick; Colored Baptist Church, a dwelling
corner Sixth and Oakland avenues, Dr. Freeland’s dwelling, and is now erecting the
Judge’s stand in the new court house, also the Morris block. Heemploys from seven to
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twelve men. Was born in Butler County, Ohio, August 1, 1837, living there until he came
West. Was married, in 1861, to Miss Sallie Hoel, of Butler County, Ohio. They have
three children—Jennie L., Nellie H. and Lynus B. Mr. Carroll enlisted April 25, 1861, in
Company C, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Soon received a commission as Captain
of Company. F, One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment Ohio National Guard. He partici-
pated in the battle of Scarey Creek. as mustered out August 12, 1861. Isa member of
Burnside Post, No. 28, G. A. R., and Post Adjutant ofsame. He is a mustering officer for
the Sons of Veterans, ranking as Brevet Major. He is a member of the Board of Education.

' CHANNON & WILSO » proprietors Missouri Valley Mills. The mills passed into
present proprietorship in March, 1883, The main building is 40x50 feet in area, with an
engine house in addition. Three run of stone and two sets of rolls give them a capacity of
about eighty barrels in twenty-four hours, the product being mostly shipped to lowa and
Texas. They use winter wheat entirely, the leading brands being “ Roller Mills Patent”
and “Gold Drop.” J. W. Wilson, of above firm, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio,
September 13, 1834. About 1854, the family moved to Springfield and Dayton, Ohio, where
Mr. Wilson, Sr., operated flour mills, J. W. learning the ‘business under him, and afterward
following it in ae Ind., Providence, R. I., and Warsaw, Ind. In 1878, he moved
to Kansas, locating a short time in Sterling, then moving to Ellingwood, Barton County,
where he engaged in milling, in company with a Mr. Hall. About 1880, moved to Wyan-
dotte, and formed a partnership with Mr. Lovelace, they being succeeded by present firm.
Mr. Wilson was married, in Marion County, Ind., I’ebruary 15, 1860, to Miss Martha John-
son, of Zionville, They have three childreun—Horatio H., Walter B, and Joseph P.

PHILO M. CLARK, manufacturer and dealer in soda water, cider, ginger ale, etc.
Business established in 1880, by the present proprietor, The works are now producing
daily some 300 dozen bottles of all kinds, four wagons being constantly employed in dis-
tributing. Mr. Clark was born in Northampton, Mass., August 9, 1835. His parents moved
to Wisconsin while he was still an infant. In his early days, he learned. telegraphing, and
opened an office in Waukegan. . In 1857, he moved West, and settled in Kansas City, Dur-
ing the Wyandotte Convention he operated the telegraph wire—the first in the city. In
1859, he engaged in the manufacture of soda water, in Memphis, Tenn., and two years later
settled in Louisville, Ky. He had in operation six factories at different places, After the
fall of Vicksburg, engaged in the same business in that alt In 1865, returned North, and
after locating in Cincinnati fora short time, moved to Oil City, Penn., making this place
his headquarters, and operating some half dozen factories in adjoining towns. In 1869, he
sold out his manufacturing interests, and engaged in real estate business in Oil City, laying
out and selling two addjtions to the city, building an inclined* railway, and making other
extensive improvements, Th® panic of 1873 placed him where he had commenced, and the
following year he moved to Kansas City, Mo., engaging in the manufacture of soda water
and other occupations until he established his present business. 5

CLARKE & FORSTER, proprietors Washington Foundry and Machine Works, manufact-
urers of steam engines, railroad castings, machinery, ornamental iron and brass work; business
established in the spring of 1883. The main building is of brick 20x40 feet in area, two stories
high, the lower portion befig devoted to the machine shop, the upper tu a pattern room. The
foundry is also of brick, 40x50 feet in area. The brass Joundry is detached, being 25x30 feet in
area. James Clarke, senior member of the firm, was born in Lancashire, England, August 15,
1842. When very young, his parents removed to Cheshire County; while still a boy, he was
placed in the works of Lundon & North, Western Railway, at Crew, where he remained about eight
years, afterward working at bis trade in different parts of Great Britain. In 1867, he emigrated
to the United States. After spending a few months in Schenectady, N. Y., he settled in Gallion,
Ohio, where he was employed as a brass-molder by the B. & I. Railroad, now the C.C. C. & I. Rail-
road. In 1870, he removed to Kansas, and located in Wyandotte in the employ of the Kansas
Pacific Railroad, as foreman of the brass foundry. In 1876, he established the Kansas City Brass
Foundry, which he continued to operate until the spring of 1883. Mr. Clarke was married in
Crestline, Ohio, November 17, 1870, to Miss Sarah C. Hassinger. They have three children—
Ida H., Francis M. and Edward B.

ALFRED H. COBB, attorney at law, was born at Beloit, Wis., August 8, 1859. He is a son
of Steven Alonzo and Mrs. Sophia (Allis) Cobb. Stephen A. Cobb was born at Madison, Somerset
Co., Me., June 17, 1833. His parents, Stephen and Mary A. (Goodwin) Cobb, were genuine New
Englanders, being descended in a direct lime from thepilgrim fathers. Under the influence of his
mother, Stephen A. Cobb received a thorough classical education, graduating from Providence,
Rhode Island, in 1858. Soon afterward, he entered, asa law student, the office of Rockwell &
Converse, Beloit, Wis., aud pursued his studies with such success that in 1859 he was admitted to
the bar, and immediately removed to Kansas, locating at Wyandotte. In 1862, he was elected
Mayor of Wyandotce, upon the Republican ticket. Resigning the office to enter the army, he
was active in recruiting the famous Twelfth Kansas ; was commissioned Captain, and aoon after-

ward Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, serving inthe Thirteenth Army Corps, in the .Depart-
ment of the Gulf until the close of the war. Returning to Wyandotte, he was in 1868 re-elected
Mayor of the city; he was elected twice to the State Senate, and in 1871 was elected Speaker of
the House of Representatives. In 1872, he was a by a large majority to Congress, where
he was recognized as a hard worker, and where he was influential in procuring the passage of
several important bills; among them the grasshopper relief bill, passed in the winter of 1873;
the bill locating the United States post office building at Topeka, and that removing the
United States Military Prison from Rock Island, IIl.,to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. In 1874, he
was re-nominated for Congress, but was defeated. Col. Cobb died of malarial fever, August 25,
1878. Alfred H. Cobb was raised and educated in Wyandotte, his parents removing there
within a year after his birth. He received his preparatory education in the Wyandotte public
schools, and in 1874 entered the Kansas State University at Lawrence, taking a full classical
course, In 1880, he entered the law department of the Ann Arbor University, graduating in
1882. He was admitted to the bar the same spring, and at once returned and commenced the
practice of the law.

GEORGE 8S, COLBY, architect and superintendent, is a native of Norfolk County, England;
be came to United States at an early age, and located in New York City, where he commenced
his professional studies when young, but afterward to practically perfect himeelf in the profes-
sion, he learned the carpenter’s trade, to which he devoted about five years; afterward removed
to Albany, N. Y., and engaged in contracting and building; also held the position of Building
Superintendent on New York Central Railroad for eight years. In 1878, settled in Wyandotte,
Kan., where he opened an office, where he is doing a largo and increasing business, having de-
signed and put upall of the principal business houses and private residences in the city.

D. E. CORNELL, General Agent of Passenger and Ticket Department Union Pacific Rail-
way, and Mayor of Wyandotte City, was born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., January 15, 1837. He
was educated at the Bennington Academy at Bennington, N.H.,and at the Rensselaer Poly-
technic Institute of Troy, N. ¥. The breaking-out of the war found him in California, where
he had resided several years. He returned (o New York State and enlisted in the Seventh Rogi-
ment New York Cavalry. After the disbandment of his regiment, he raised a company for the
Une Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned
Uaptain of Company A. At the close of the war, was on the staff of Gen, Rufus Saxon at Beau
fort, S.C. In 1866, he settled in Wyandotte, Kan., where he took a position in the passenger
department of the Kansas Pacific Railroad on the consolidation with the Union Pacific Railroad.
In 1879, was appointed to present position; was elected Mayor of Wyandotte in the spring of
1883, During 1881 and 1882, Mr. Cornell held a commission of Mayor General of Kansas State
Militia,

JOHN S. COX, real estate and insurance; business established in 1872; is engaged in
a general real estate business, dealing in both: city and country property. In insurance,
he represents the Kansas Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Company, of Abilene, Kan. Mr.
Cox was born in Louis County, W. Va., near the town of Weston, December 4, 1825. He
was educated at the Northwestern Virginia Academy at Clarksboro, Va; afterward engaged
in teaching and farming. In 1852, he removed to Illinois, first locating in Adams County ;
two years later, settling in Hamilton, Hancock County, where he engaged in mercantile
business. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Nineteenth Ili-
nois Volunteer Infantry ; three years detailed in hospital service during Banks’ Red River
expedition ; was Steward of the small-pox hospital at Alexandria, La.; was in charge of

said hospital at the time of the evacuation of the post of Alexandria, May 13, 1864; fell
into the hands of the rebels and was sent as prisoner to Camp Ford, Texas, from which
place he made an attempt to escape in August, 1864, but was pursued and overtaken. He
again escaped in February 6, 1865, and made his way through the enemy’s country to
Alexandria, La.; when ten or twelve miles below this place, finding the country overflowed,
he made a canoe out of a horse trough and floated down the Red River to its mouth, where
he was taken on board the United States Gunboat Lafayette. On account of disability
caused by his exposure, he was discharged July 28, 1865, at Marine Hospital, Mobile, Ala.
and returned North. He rejoined his family at Zanesville, Ohio, and remained there until
he moved to Kansas, engaged for a part of the time in mercantile business; was also con-
nected for a time with the Ohio Iron Company. In 1870, he removed to Kansas, locating in

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Wyandotte for a few months, then moved to Kansas. City, Mo, where he engaged in the
seeing machine business until 1-71, Mr. Cox was married in Clarksburg, Ww a, March
1, 1849, to Miss Mary A. Hamrick, a native of Rappahannock ous Va. They have
two children living—William W. and Ella L., now Mrs. C. P. Harris, of Denver, Colo, ~
CAPT. CHARLES P. DENISON, passenger conductor on the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
was born in Essex County, Vt., February 3, 1842. He commenced railroading in 1868, as
brakesman on a passenger train of the Kansas Pacific road, and afterward accepted the
position of baggage master. He then run a freight train four years, and at the expiration
of that time, changed to the Texas Pacific Railroad, but having run on this a short time re-
turned to the former company. In 1878, Capt. Denison became freight conductor for the
Missouri Pacific road, and at the expiration of o.e and one-half years, was advanced to
passenger conductor, which is now his vocation, He was a soldier in the late rebellion,
volunteering with Company K, of the Seventh New Hampshire Infantry. He served till
the close of the war, and took an active part in thirty-two engagements, being promoted to
First Lieutenant in 1862, and to Captain in 1863, for gallant and meritorious action. He
was wounded three times, first at i e battle of Fort Wagner, second, in front of Peters-
rg, and the last time at Fort Fisher. ‘i
ip on. S. W. DROUGHT, contractor and builder, came to Wyandotte in March, 1858, and
being then quite a young man, he attended school about a year, after which, having a de-
sire to see the West, he followed freighting across the pret plains, from points on the Mis-
souri River to Denver, Colo., until 1861, when he enlisted in what was known as Williams
Company Third Kansas Cavalry; was soon transferred to Fifth Cavalry, and participated
in all battles of his command four years and one month, acting a portion of the time as
carrier of important dispatches; mustered out 1864; re-enlisted 1865 in the Eighth Regi-
ment, Hancocks’ United States Veteran Volunteer Infantry, and took part in twenty-two
noted battles; promoted to Color-Bearer of his regiment, serving in Washington, D. C, and
New York City ; mustered out March 24, 1866. Having had considerable western experience,

 

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he returned to Kansas, stopping at Leavenworth a short time, when he went to Salina and
embarked in merchandising and building, a year, when he received the appointment of
Postmaster at Fort Larned, in which capacity he remained until December, 1869, and re-
turned once more to Leavenworth. He came to. Wyandotte in the spring of 1870, where he
has since been prominently identified in theJeading interests of the lattercity. He followed
agriculture some time. In the fall of 1871, he was elected Sheriff of Wyandotte County;
moved into the city, and by re-election, performed the duties in that office four years, was
then elected County Treasurer, and held that office four years. He represented Wyandotte
County in legislative sessions of 1881 and 1883. He began contracting and building in Feb-
ruary, 1880, and employs 4fty men annually. He erected Wyandotte County Court House
in 1882 and 1883; three ward schoolhouses, several business blocks, and many fine resi-
dences, besides the Desiccating Works in Armourdale, and assisted in the erection of Fowler
Bros, mammoth packing house, and now erecting a building for the Wyandotte City Water
Works. He was born in Montreal, Can., November 19, 1843, the family moved to Wisconsin,
1847, where he spent his school days; also learned to hold the plow and drive. He was mar-
ried in January, 1868, to Miss Emma E. Colby, of Andover, Mass. They have three children
—Jessie, Phillip E. and Carlotta. He isa member of the three first branches of masonry,
and a member of A, O. U. W. also. ; ‘
R.G. DUNNING, proprietor of the Grand Opera House, was born in Philadelphia,
Penn., November 12, 1831. His parents moved to Pheenixville; thence to Norristown and
other places in Pennsylvania, he being employed in the cotton, woolen and nail mills at
various times in these places, In 1856, he moved to Council Bluffs, and the following August
he settled in Wyandotte, Kan., where he engaged in house and sign painting, continuing in
this until 1879, when he took charge of the grocery business of Dunning Bros. which he
still continues to operate. He built the Grand Opera House, then known as Dunning’s
Hall, about 1869. Mr. Dunning was married in Council Bluffs, lowa, in 1857, to Miss Elvira
Beebe, of that oT They have three children—William M., award E. and Robert. He is
a member of the Lodge and Chapter A., F. & A. M., and of the I. 0. O. F. 7
PETER EAGER, M. D., and dealer in drugs, medicines and druggist sundries. His
son, John L. B, Eager, is proprietor of the business and carries a stock of about $2,500. He
is First Lieutenant of one No. 3, Sons of Veterans of the G. A. R. The Doctor came to
Wyandotte, April 25,1882. He was born at Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., August 24,
1835, and was raised in his native State; was educated in the medical department of the
University of New York City, graduating in 1857. Soon after, purchased a part interest in
his brothers’ drug store which continued until 1863, when he bought the whole business, con-
vo until 1873, when, from failing health, he had to retire from active business. He
enlisted as private in Company H, Seventh New York Infantry, April 17, 1861; detailed part

‘of the time for Petal aaty mustered out at expiration of term; re-enlisted June, 1862,

same company and regiment; was mustered out September, 1862, in the same year. He.
then resumed medicine and drugs in New York City until August, 1873, then removed to
Newburg, N. Y. He was married January 21, 1857, to Miss Phebe A. Wilkin, of Bloom-
ugburg, Sullivan County, N.Y. They have three children—John, L, B., Hattie J., mar-
ried to Mr. Clifford C. Baker, city editor of the Commonwealth of Topeka, Kan, and Mary
Eliza. He was Postmaster at North Tarrytown, N. Y., for some time; a member of vhe
New York State Board of Charities; founder of a branch society for prevention of cruelty
: WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

to children; also to animals at Newburg, N. Y. He is a member of Atlantic Lodge, A., F

& A.M. No, 178; Corinthian Chapter, R. A. M., No. 153, of New York City, ; e Com-
mandery, cy wie 21, Wyandotte : : oiyie Ivenge Com

. FE 'T, M. D., homcopathist, was born in Union, Randolph County, Ind.

March 20, 1854. His father, 8, J. Elliott, moved to Kansas in 1856, and settled in Piet
County. The subject of our sketch was educated in the district and high schools of John-
son County, In 1872, he entered the Kansas State University, taking a full classical course
and graduating in 1875; commenced his professional studies at the Cleveland Hospital
College, Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in 1878. He at once commenced practice in Cleveland

remaining about two years, then removed to Wyandotte; Kan., where he has since remained.
He was married in Cleveland, Ohio, October 24, 1882, to Miss Lillie Webster, of Cleveland.
Dr. Elliott’s father was one of the prominent Fee-State men, and drew his revolver in de-
fense of Tom Karney in Lecompton.

JOHN O. FIFE, attorney and counselor at law. Mr. Fife was born at Plymouth
Ind., September 10, 1854, and was reared on a farm, He was educated at Smithville Academy,
Wayne County, Ohio, where he studied for two years, then for four years, at the Indiana
State University. In Apnil, 1875, he began to read law with A. Johnson, of Plymouth, Ind.,
andin August following moved West, to Gage County, Neb., where he taught school. In
February, 1876, he went to Rock Island County, Ill., where he taught school until J uly, when
he went again to Nebraska, and was employed as Principal of the Blue Springs High School
for one year. During his years of teaching, he continued to read law, and was admitted to
the bar at Beatrice, Neb., in May, 1877. In the fall of 1878, he settled in Humboldt, Kan.
and at once opened an office and began the practice of law. November 6, 1880, he was
elected County Attorney of Allen County, Kan.,-and held that office until his term expired

in J mney ee when he moved to Wyandotte, Kan., where he is now engaged in the
practice of law. i H is

FRANK FULTON, dealer in furniture, curtains, oil cloths, ete. Thisis the leading busi-
ness in thislinein town. Heoccupies a brick building containing four floors, 85x 24 feet in area
an elevator giving direct communication. He employs five to six men, and carries a stock
of some $10,000. r. Fulton is a native of Maryland. His parents moved to Virginia when
he was very young, and he was educated and brought up in that State. In 1870, he moved
West. After living some time in Western Kansas, he located in Kansas City, Mo., and from
there moved to Wyandotte, and commenced his present business in May, 1882. Hehas a
large and increasing business, and has taken some of the largest contracts in the city. Mr.
F. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge and Chapter.

W. B. GARLICK, contractor and builder, came to Wyandotte in 1866, and en aged in
the above occupation, doing the masonry only. Employs quite a force of men, and durin
the year does a large amount of work, He did the masonry work on the Ryus Hotel an
many important buildings in Wyandotte. He was born in Cass County, Ill., July 28, 1840,
and raised in Beardstown, same county. Enlisted March 24, 1861,in Thirteenth Mlinois
Volunteer Infantry. Taken prisoner May 17, 1864, at a skirmish near Madison Station, Ala.
and confined at Cahaba Prison, same State, and Meridian, Miss. Was mustered out June 5.
1865, at the close of the war. Soon afterward came to Kansas. He is a member of the
A. 0. U. W., ex-member School Board of Wyandotte, and was Postmaster of State Senate
sessions of 1881 and 1883. :

JAMES 8, GIBSON, attorney at law, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, September 15,
1850, He was educated in the district and high schools of his native county. Jn 1871, he
settled in Wyandotte, Kan., and the following year commenced reading law in the office of
Cook & Sharp. Was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1876, and the same year was elected
Prosecuting Attorney of Wyandotte County, and was twice re-elected to the same position,
holding office until January, 1883. Since that time has been engaged in private practice.
He was married in Kansas City, Mo., in 1877, to Miss Flynn, of that city. Mr. Gibson is ‘a
member of the K, of P., I. 0. 0. F. and the A., F. & A.M. :

HON. JOHN R. GOODIN, attorney, was born December 14, 1836, at Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio. When about seven years of age, his parents moved to Kenton, Hardin
County, where he received his early education. He attended the High School at Kenton;
then entered Geneva College; afterward read law with Col. A. S. Ramsey, of Kenton, until
1857, when he was admitted to the bar, and practiced law there until 1859, when he removed
to Humboldt, Kan., where he engaged in the practice of his profession: In November, 1866,
he was elected to the State Legislature. In November of the following year, he was elected
Judge of the Seventh Judicial District for aterm of four years, commencing in January,

~ 1868. In November, 1871, he was re-elected to the same office, which position he filled up to
February, 1875, when he resigned, as he had been elected to the United States Congress.
Since the expiration of Judge’s Goodin’s Congressional term, he has been engaged in the
active practice ot his profession.
ber, 1878, held at Wyandotte, he peremptorily declined a nomination for Congress. The
State Convention, held at Leavenworth two days later, determined to place him at the head
of the ticket, and he was forced to accept the nomination of Governor which was given him.

He not,only cariied the Democratic support, but received many Republican vctes in all
parts ofthe State, in that campaign. In the Senatorial election which followed, the Denio-
crats, though greatly in the minority in the Legislature, gave the Judge the complement of
their support for United States Senator. Before his removal to Kansas, he was one of the
editors and publishers of the Hardin County Democrat. He was also associate editor of the
first paper published in Humboldt, called the Herald, and was for a time editor of a paper
called the Inter-State, which was established at Humboldt, in October, 1877. Judge Goodin
was married at Kenton, in May, 1858, to Miss Naomi Monroe. They have one child, Edwin
Delmar, who has been attending the State University at Lawrence, and is being educated
for the legal profession. -Judge Goodin, in February, 1883, removed to Wyandotte, Kan.
where, with Hon. L. W. Keplinger, he has opened an office, and is eng aee in his chosen
profession. The law firm is Goodin & Keplinger.' At the conclusion of his law course, Ed-
win will also enter the same firm. He is a young man of fine culture and promises for
future usefulness.

'  G. M. GRAY, physician and surgeon, was born in Waukegan, IIl., in 1856, and re-
moved to Kansas, in 1858, with his parents, settling in Quindaro. Began the study of medi-
cine in 1875, with Dr. Schaufiler, of Kansas City, Mo., and graduated at Kansas City Medical
College, and‘also at Bell Hospital College, in New York City. In the summer of 1880, he
opened an office in Wyandotte, and has practiced there since.

J. M. GRAY, attorney at law, was born in the town of Quindaro, Wyandotte Co., Kan.,
October 6, 1858. Received his preliminary education in the district schools, and then en-
tered the Kansas State University, from which he graduated in the spring of 1882, taking a
full course in the law department of the university. Was admitted to the bar by Judge
Wagstaff, in the spring term of 1882, and at once commenced the practice of his profession.
He is aon of R. M. Gray, Esq., one of the pioueers of 1856. : .

D. J. GRIEST is a member of the firm of Wyandotte Lumber Company, Wyandotte.
The proprietors are Robert Garrett, A. J. Angell and D. J. Griest. They opened the lumber
trade August 1, 1881, and employ six men in the business. They deal in all kinds of lumber,
carrying a stock of 1,000,000 feet. Mr. G. came to Kansas in 1854, locating in Leavenworth,
where he remained oniy a short time, and remeved to Illinois. He was born in Chester
County, Penn., January 24, 1836, living there until he came to. Kansas. - He was formerly a
carpenter and builder, and followed the business a number of years. He has followed
building and contracting in many portions of the West. Was married, in 1867, to Miss Sallie
Mathews, of Chester County, Penn. They have six children—Harry, Jessie, Sue, Edith,
Frankie and Chester. Mr. G. isa member of the I. 0. 0. F, and A., F. & A. M.

GEORGE GRUBLE, proprietor Garno House; N. Busch, chief clerk, This is one of
the landmarks of Wyandotte, being the first hotel building erected in the city. The origi-
ual house was built by Mrs. Garno, in 1857. Additions have since been made at different
times, It now consists of a main building, 40x70 feet in area, three stories and attic, and
contains twenty-six rooms over the office floor. Attached to this isa wing, 26x32 feet in,
area, which is devoted to the billiard room and bar. George Gruble is a native of Ratisbon,
Bavaria, where he was born April 21, 1828. After leaving school, he learned the machinist’s
trade which he followed in Germany until he emigrated to the United States; landed
at New Orleans, where he remained engaged as a machinist until 1863, when he moved to
Kansas. Has since resided in Wyandocte aud Kansas City, engaged in hotel keeping and
mercantile business. He was married in Wyandotte in 1868, to Miss Mary Leil, a native of
Germany. They have four children—George, Edward, Frank and Mary. Mr. G.is a men-
ber of ‘the I. O, 0. F. and the K. of P.

CHARLES HAINS, proprietor City Boot and Shoe Store, opened trade in 1857, as a man-

~ ufacturer and retail dealer in boots and shoes. Quit manufacturing in 1865, and embarked
wholly in retailing, with astock of $3,000. Now carries a stock of $10,000. Erected his pres-
ent store, 25x75: feet, in 1880. He was born in Germany August 16, 1830; came to:America
in 1853, and settled in Altoona, Penn., where he engaged in manufacturing boots and shoes,
‘ until he came to Kansas in 1857... Was married, in 1865, to Miss Theresa Lugebehl, a native

 

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of Germany; they have seven children—Mary, Rosa, Minnie, John, Elloise, Charlie and
Henry. Mr. H. has been a member of the School Board, Mayor of Wyandotte, member of
the City Council, and member of the Wyandotte County Board of Commissioners. He is a
member of I. 0. 0. F.

HALE & MILLER, attorneys at law; firm composed of John A. Hale and O. L. Miller;
firm organized March, 1881. John A. Hale, senior member of the firm, was born in Fox-
croft, Piscataquis Co., Me., August, 1852. He was educated at the Little Blue Academy,
Farmington, Me., and a Quaker school in Kennebec County, finishing his studies at Hanson
Preparatory School in Waterville County. After leaving’school, he engaged ip clerking for
atime. In 1869, moved to Kansas, and settled in Wyandotte, where he took a position in
the office of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Commenced reading law in 1871, in the office of
Bartlett & Hale; two years later returned to Maine, where he continued his reading in the
office of W. Paine, at Bangor. Was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1874, then re-
turned to Wyandotte and entered into partnership with J. K. Hale, which continued till the
latter’s death, Then engaged in practice alone until present firm was formed. Mr. Hale
was elected City Attorney in 1879, serving two years. Is at the present time City Attorney
of Argentine. .

OHN T. HARLOW, attorney at law, was born in Texas County, Mo., October 21, 1856.
His parents moved to Kansas in 1864, and settled in Johnson County. He was educated in
the district and high schools of that county. In 1880, he entered the law department of
the Kansas State University, and graduated in June, 1882. Was admitted to the bar, and at
once commenced practice in Wyandotte.

J. M. HOLLOWAY, dealer in heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, tinware, etc. The
business was established in 1880. He carries a general line of stoves, having exclusive con-
trol of Comstock, Caswell & Co.’s goods. In his tinware department, he is doing a large and
increasing business, employing, in the season, from three to five men. Mr. Holloway was
born in La Fayette County, Mo., February 10, 1847. He was partly educated in his native
county ; finished in Louisville, Ky.; afterward returned to Missouri. In July, 1863, he lo-
cated in Leavenworth, Kan., where he was connected with the freighting firm of Shrews-
bury, Stamm & Co., about eighteen months, leaving them to take a position with Wilson,
Bruce & Baker, the leading hardwaregeople in the city. In 1869, he was offered and accept-
ed a position to travel for a Kansas City hardware house, and remained with them about
eight years. He then located in Wichita, Kan., six or eight months. Then, after spending
a short time looking up a locat:on, finally settled in Wyandotte in 1880. He was married in
Kansas City, Mo., in 1875, to Miss Eva B., daughter of J; C. McCoy, Esq., one of the original
town company, both of Kansas City and of Wyandotte. They have two children—Kate and
Elizabeth S. Mr. H. is a Royal Arch Mason.

F. G. HUSSON, dealer in heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, tinware, etc, The business
was established in June, 1883. He occupies the main floor and basement of a brick building
25x60 feet in area, employing three men in his tinware department. Mr. H. was born in
Putnam County, Ohio, March 18, 1849, His parents moved to Allen County in 1857. In 1870,
he began learning the tinner’s trade, in Lima, Ohio, and followed it there and in other
places until 1876, when he located in El Dorado, Butler Co., Kan., where he opened a stove
store; he remained here about eighteen months, then removed to Caldwell, Sumner County,
thence to Longton, Elk Co.; at the latter place engaging in stock business, in addition to his
regular business, In 1882, he settled in Wyandotte, and entered into partnership with Mr.
Holloway in the hardware business, this firm dissolving in the spring of 1883. He was mar-
ried in Kalamazoo, Mich., February 1, 1876, to Miss J. R. Myers, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr.
H. is a member of Sunmunduwot Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F., of Wyandotte, of the K. of H. of
Caldwell, and of the I. O. R. M. :

JAMES D. HUSTED, real estate, insurance and loans, has also: branch offices at Ar-
mourdalo and’Armstrong. The business was established in 1879. He transacts a general
real estate business, having control of the Grand View Addition, consisting of thirteen
acres all platted; also has charge of the Union Pacific Railroad lands. In insurance, he
represents the Liverpool, London & Globe, London Assurance, Queen of England, New York.
Underwriters, New York Alliance, Westchester, Orient, of Hartford, Connecticut Fire Insur-
ance Company and Fireman’s Fund, of California. Mr. Husted was born in Huron County,
Ohio, September 26, 1857. He was educated in his native county. At the age of fourteen,
he entered the railway service in a clerical capacity. Learned telegraphy, and for some two
yéars previous to his removal to Kansas, was station agent in Chicago and on the line, for
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. In 1877, he removed to Kansas, and set-
tled in Wyandotte, pete position. in the storekeeping department of the Union Pacific
Railway at Armstrong, which he continued to hold until 1879. He was married in Wyan-
dotte, in 1881, to Miss Jennie Thorpe, of that city. Mr. Husted was nominated for the Leg-
islature at the last County Convention. He was Justice of the Peace at Armstrong for some
time. ea

,  JAMERSON & RYUS, manufacturers of brick. Present firm was organized in 1880,
succeeding Ryus.& Serviss. The capacity of the yards is 30,000 brick daily, but at present
they are only turning out about 11,000, employing some twenty-five hands. J.M.Jamerson,
senior member of the firm, was born in Lewis County, N. Y., April 28, 1826. About 1845, he
settled in Seneca County, N. Y., where he engaged in operating a threshing machine. In
1852, he became connected with the New York Central Railroad, and, some eighteen months
after, was given charge of a train. He continued to act as conductor until 1860, when he
resigned, and settled on a farm in Seneca County. Some ten years later, he opened a brick
yard at Porter, Ind., making front brick for the ee market, having his headquarters in
Chicago, and continued to operate the business until he moved to Kansas, some ten years
later. Mr. Jamerson was married in Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y., December 20, 1854, to Miss
Jane Feogle, who died leaving one daughter—Minnie, now Mrs. George Stumpf, of Wyan-
dotte. Mr. Jamerson was married to his present wife in Wyandotte, March 28, 1883. She
was Miss Clara Jackson, of Leavenworth, Kan. . .

AUGUST JOST, proprietor Augusta House. The building was erected by Mr. Jost in

- 1866, for store building, and was changed to a hotel in 1868. The building is 25x72 feet area,

two stories and basement, and contains fifteen bedrooms. Mr. Jost was born in Nassau,
Germany, January 17,1842. His father settled in Pettis County, Mo., in 1847, where he was
brought up. In 1861, he enlisted in the Fifth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry for
three months, taking part in the battle of Wilson’s.Creek. On being mustered out, he
re-enlisted iu Company D, of Fremont Body Guards taking part in the famous charge of
that command at Springfield, Mo. After the disbandment of this command, he engaged in
mercantile business until 1866, when he moved to Wyandotté, Kan., and engaged in con-
tracting and building until 18g8. Then opened the Augusta, and continued to operate it
until May, 1881, when he leased the house and moved to Kansas City, returning in the
spring of 1883 to again take the hotel. He was married in Morgan County, Mo., August 13,
1863, to Miss Catherine Momberg, of Pettis County; they have three children—Augusta,
Laura and Ida. Mr. Jost has been a member of the City Council several terms. Is a mem-
ber of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P.

P. H. KNOBLOCK, contractor and builder of brick and stone work, plastering, etc.
He came to Wyandotte, Kan., in 1858, and engaged in the above occupation. Now employs
from ten to twenty men. He built the Gazeéfe office building, Taylor’s brick block, and
many other buildings. He superintenJed all the large brick school buildings in the city.
He was born in Germany, July 20, 1835; came to America in 1852, locating in Philadelphia,
Penn., where he engaged in mason work until he came to Kausas in 1858. Enlisted May 2,
1861, in Company B, First Kansas Volunteer Infantry; was promoted to First Sergeant of
the company; afterward promoted to Captaincy of Twenty-third Kansas Militia Durin
Gen. Price’s raid, he commanded the cavalry on the right, and did some good work an
maneuvering during the batule, for which he was publicly thanked. Was mustered out of
the First Kansas Volunteer Iafantry June 26, 1864. Was married in 1864 to Miss Margaret
Moor, a native of Ohio. They have four children—Mary A., Nellie M., Bell B. and Frankie.
Mr. K. is a member of McPherson Post, No. 27, G. A. R., Summunduwot, No. 3, I. 0. 0. F.
Was a wember of the City Council two terms, Board of Education two terms, and City As-
sessor one term. -

- GEORGE L. KROH, proprietor of Wyandotte Nursery, came to Wyandotte in 1870, and
engaged in the nursery business. He also owned one-half interest in the Enterprise Nursery at
Kansas City, Mo., two years: The Wyandotte Nursery covers forcy acres of ground joining the
city limits on the southwest. There are all kinds of fruit trees which are well adapted to the
Weat, excepting pear trees. Also has all kinds of small fruits and plants. He plants over 10,000
trees annually, and does an extensive trade. Mr. K. was born in Union County, Ohio, October
28, 1842. Was raised in his native State on a farm. Followed the manufacture of brick nine
years, and pearl ash. Owned three large factories, He was married in September, 18°65, to Miss
Sadie Purmort, a native of Canada, but raised in Illinois, Thev have six children—Roscoe E.,
Clifford, Pearley, Ormand, Georgia and Bertram. :

VINCENT J. LANE, edilorand proprietor of the Wyandotte Herald ; born January 7, 1828, at
West -Middletown,' Washington Co., Penn. After receiving a common school and partal
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collegiate education, and teaching in different parts of the-country, he became restless, and, in
1862, started to take.a journey down the Ohio and Mississippi ‘Rivers from Hancock County, Va.
His mode of conveyance was # flat-boat. During the next year, he settled in Jennings County,
Ind. Previons to his settlement at Quindaro March 6, 185%, Mr. Lane was principally engaged
in railroad surveying and contracting between Fort Wayne, Ind., and Louisville, Ky. In com-
mon with many prominent citizens of Wyandotte County and Kansas, he believed that Quindaro
(on account of its natural advantages, and because of its.vigorous championship by Free-State
leaders) was destined to be the city of Eastern Kansas. He was chosen to fill many local offices,
and upon the organization of the county in February, 1869, he became its Register of Deeds, and
was re-elected in November following. He was a member of the Legislature in 1868 and in 1870,
.and to his organizing force and ability as Chairman of the Committee on State Library during
his latter term, is largely due the present admirable condition of that educational institution of
which Kansas citizens are 80 proud. In 1866, Mr. Lane became a member of the firm of railroad
contractors, Parks, Lane & Co., and built twenty miles of the Kansas Pacific road through Ells-
worth County. The previous fall he had returned from a two years’ residencein Montana, being
one of the first settlers in Virginia City and Helena, But Mr. Lane is best known as un editor
and a successful newspaper manager. He was connected with the Quindaro Tribune in 1858, and
afterward, when he removed to Wyandotte, represented the Kansas City Times in that city. The
account of his connection with the Herald which he established is elaewhere given. In Septem-
ber, 1855, Mr. Lane married Sarah J. Robinson at Paris, Ind. Four children have been born to
them, B. R. Lane is associated with his father in the publication of the Herald,

NICHOLAS McALPINE, dealer’in real estate and proprietor of McAlpine’s Addition to
Armourdale, as well as McAlpine’s Addition to Wyandotte-City. He came to Wyandotte in 1457,
acting as clerk for John McAlpine, hia uncle. He afterward embarked in the saw mill and flour
mill business until 1861. He, with B. Washington, built the first flour mill in Wyandotte
County. At the beginning of the war, returned to Pittsburgh, Penn., and for four years was
employed as Teller in the First National Bank, returning to Kansas in 1865, formed a partner-
ship with Dan. Killin, taking contracts to build portions of the Missouri Pacific; also Central
Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was elected City Treasurer in 1866; afterward
member of the City Council. He was appointed by the Cognty Commissioner to act as Treasurer
of Wyandotte County for one year. Was elected to said office by the Democrats in 1867 one
term; again elected in 1871 one term ; re-elected to the same office in 1873, serving in all seven
years as County Treasurer, since which time he has been engaged in the real estate business
very successfully. He wag born near Belfast, Ireland, April 5, 1835, receiving his education
there. Came to Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1853; during four years thereafter, went through all the
routine of banking in the Pittsburgh Trust Company and Exchange Bank. Was married in
June, 1866, to Miss Maria Walker, of Wyandotte, Kan. They have three children—Robert L.,
Jeisie S.and Mary A. He isa member of Ivanhoe Commandery, No.1, A., F. & A. M., and of
the Presbyterian congregation. Mr, McAlpine has ever been an active worker for the best inter-
ests of Wyandotte City and county, and is-well and favorably known, having a host of friends.

HON. J. 8S. McGREW, old settler, was born in Adams County, Penn., January 26, 1822.
His parents moved to Butler County, Ohio, about three years later, thence to Indiana about
1835. In 1836, removed to Lllinois, residing in Henderson County for a time, then removed to
Warren. In 1840, they settled.in Iowa. The subject of our sketch commenced his busineas life
in Lancaster, Keokuk Co., Iowa, in 1840, in partnership with a brother-in-law, engaging in the
mercantile business. Shortly afterward, he assumed entire control, and continued in trade here
until 1856. In the spring of the following year, he settled in Wyandotte,.Kan., and opened a
store. This he continued to opérate until 1870. In 1860, he commenced packing pork in addi-
tion to his other business. In this he continued until very recently. Mr. McGrew has been
prominently identified with the politics of the State. He was elected to the Legislature in 1859,
‘and re-elected to the next term. In 1863, was elected to the State Senate, and organized thisand
the following Senate. In 1865, was elected Lieutenant Governor, serving out the term. He has
served as Mayor of Wyandotte City two terms. He was married in Lancaster, Keokuk Co.,
Towa, in 1858, to Miss Doggett, of that county. They have five children living—Henry, Jose-
phine E. (now Mrs. H. H. Smalley), Mary, Grace and Louise.
HENRY McGREW, attorney at law, was born in Sigourney, Iowa, April 18, 1857. The
‘same year his parents settled in Wyandotte County, Kan. He was educated in the district and
high school of that county. In 1877, entered Ann Arbor University at Ann Arbor, Mich., grad-
uating in 1879. He then returned to Wyandotte and entered into partnership in the practice of
law with Mr. H. L. Alden, which partnership still continues. :

- J. H. MALLAND, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, provisions, flour, feed, etc. This
- business was established by Mr. Mailand in 1873. In 1880, he erected the store he now occupies,
which is a handsome brick building 60x25 feet in area and two stories high, the upper part being
used as a residence. Mr. Mailand was born in North Schleswig, Denmark (since transferred to
Germany), August 28, 1846. He was brought up a farmer, though taking advanced studies in
instrumental music, for which he hada natural taste. In 1866, he emigrated to the United
States, locating in Jefferson City, Mo., where he engaged in brick-making about four years, then
opened a grocery store in the same place, and from there removed to Wyandotte, Kan.,in 1873.
He was married in Gasconade County, Mo., April 17, 1867, to Miss Helena Jessen, a native of
Denmark. They have three children—Annie, Madie and Walter. Mr. Mailand was the first
President of. the Danish Union Freiga, orgunized in 1877, of which he is now.the Secretary. .

'.° R.S. MAUNDER, contractor and builder, came to Wyandotte, Kan., in 1879, and began
-the above_business. He employseighteen men annually. He has-helped to build the Ryus
Hotel, Noble’s large block, Wood & Roberts’ Block, Northrup Bank Building and seven or
eight large fine dwellings, etc. He does the brick and stone work. He was born in England,
October 24, 1841; came to America with a brother in 1857, settling at Rochester, N. Y.,
where he lived many years, and learned the carpenter trade; he has always followed that
kind of work; has traveled in nearly all portions of the United States and the Canadas.
Hé was married September, 1878, at Grand Rapids, Mich., to Miss Lizzie A. Fletcher, of
- London, Can. They have one daughter—Percy A. F. He has six children by a former
niarriage—Emma E., James H , William T., Minnie E., Richard C.and Albert E. Mr. M. is
amember of I, 0. O. F., of Wyandotte, Kan.
JOHN F. MEYER, contractor and builder, came to Wyandotte in 1866, and soon after-
ward began the above business, starting alone. He now employs annually eighteen
men. He erected een) & Son’s Bank Building, Seitz & Barker Block, Seitz & Stevens
Block, Schultz & Belters Block, George W. Bishop’s residence, and many others, of equal
importance. He was born in Franklin County, Mo., April 12, 1843; at_a suitable age, he
followed teaching and agricultural pursuits until he came to Kansas. He was married in
1867 to Miss Carrie M. Harris, of St. Louis County, Mo. They have one daughter—Jose-
, pay — They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. M. is a member of
L ae

. HON. GEORGE H. MILLER, Superintendent of the State Institution for the Educa-
tion of the Blind; took charge of the institution in 1875. He was born in Lyons, Wayne
County, N. Y., August 31, 1835. His parents moved to Calhoun County, Mich,, about 1837,
in which county he received his education: In 1854, he located in Adrian, Mich., where he
engaged in mercantile business, clerking the first three or four years, then engaging in
business on his own account, In 1865, he removed to Kansas, locating in Leavenworth,
where, under the firm name of Miller & Stevens, he operated a steam-heating and house-
fitting business, until appointed to his present position, He was married in Adrian, Mich.,
in 1858, to Miss Julia A. Stowers, formerly of Pittston, Penn, They have two ehildren—
Fred and Clara, Mr. Miller was elected Postmaster of the Legislature in 1875, serving one
term. He is a Knight Templar in-the Masonic fraternity, apd a member of the Methodist
Episcopal.Church. — E ;

.’ CHARLES.N. H. MOORE, real estate, insurance and loans. The business was estab-
lished in.1881. He transacts a general real estate business, dealing in city and country
property in this and other States. In insurance, he represents the North British and Mer-
eantile, and the Metropole, of. France. Mr. Moore was born at New London, Conn., August
3, 1834, the family being direct descendants from Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of
England, over whose property a suit is now in progress. The subject of our sketch was
educated in his native city. At the age of eighteen years, he started for California, stopping
for a time-while en route in South America and Acapulco, Mexico. He remained.in Cali-
fornia about five years, engaged in mining and other occupations; then started across the
plains with a pack team. .On his arrival in Wyandotte, he determined to remain, and
opened and improved a fruit farm west of the city. In 1867, he was ordained: minister of
she Baptist Church, and took charge of the Wyandotte Forest Baptist Church of Wyandotte
County, where he officiated about five years; after five years’ pastoral labors, organized a
Baptist Church in West Kansas City, Mo. ‘In 1872, took pastoral charge for three years, and
two years pastoral labors in Kansas City, Kan, Il health at this time compelled him to
resign his regular pulpit, though he still continues to officiate at times. - After leaving the
church, he accepted-a position on the staff of the Kansas City Mail, in which he continued
until that paper sold out. In the meantime, he had organized the real estate’ business
which he now operates. During the war, he was commissioned by Gov. Robinson, Captain

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of the Wyandotte Rangers ; also received a commission to recruit a company for the Second
Kansas Cavalry, but was shortly after stopped by orders from the General Government;
afterward assisted Commissioner Dole in the formation of an Indian brigade, this being also
left in an unfinished state by orders from Washington, discontinuing all Indian enlistments,
Mr, Moore was married in Wyandotte, Kan., in 1859, to Miss Mary Johnson, of that town.
They: have one son, Charles W. eh fs

H. MORRIS & BROS., Memphis, Tenn. L. Morris manages the retail dry goods and
clothing business at 408 Main street, and H. Morris manages the jeans clothing manufact-
uring business, where they employ at some seasons of the year as high as 300 hands, Sell
their goods mostly in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Mr. H. Mor-
ris, the head manager of all, came to the United States in 1866, and in 1878 opened a small
retail store at 408 Main street, with his brother, L. Morris, in partnership, and by hard work
and honest dealing have established a splendid business. In 1870, the younger of the firm,
1. Morris, came to the United States, and in 1873 opened another store with Frank Kahn, at
38814 Main street, Memphis, Tenn , and in 1878 dissolved partnership. I. Morris then went
to Ottawa County, Kan., and opened the clothing house by name of Blue Store, and in 1882,
May 16, opened the so-called Famous Clothing House at Wyandotte, Kan, Style of firm H.
Morris & Bro. I. Morris, the manager of the Famous, was born February 16, 1854, in Czar-
nikan, Prussia. In 1867, he accepted a place to learn the grocery business, at S, M. Samter,
Filehue, Prussia. July 1, 1870, he left that place and in August 16, 1870, he embarked for
the United States to join his brothers in Memphis, Teun. In Wyandotte at some seasons
of the year they employ from fifteen to thirty-five hands to make jeans clothing and over-
alls, and they sell them at wholesale and retail. I. Morris isa member of the I. 0. Bnai
Brith, K, of H. and K. of P. ae =k :

M. B. NEWMAN, real estate; the business was established about 1871 by Mr.N. He
now transacts a general real estate business in city.and country, having entire control of
Hammerslough’s addition to the south part of the city, consisting of ten acres all platted.
Mr. Newman was born in Warren County, Ohio, March 9, 1816, e received his schooling
in his native county. In 1836, he began reading law in the office of Corwin & Dunlevy, at
Lebanon, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1840, and shortly afterward began practice in
Franklin and Indianapolis, Ind. About 1842, he removed to Lima, Ohio, where
he remained in practice about five years, then removed to Sidney, Shelby Co., Ohio, where
he remained in practice until he came to Kansas in 1857. He first located in Quindaro,
Wyandotte County, where he opened a law office and also engaged in dealing in real estate,
In 1860, he removed to Wyandotte, having been elected County Clerk and Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court. In 1866, was elected County Attorney, a position he held two years; was after-
ward elected Justice of the Peace and Police Judge. In 1873, was appointed Probate Judge
by the Governor to fill the vacancy, the former office continuing until 1877, Since that
time, he has devoted his entire attention to real estate. He was married in Sidney, Ohio,
in 1852, to Miss Harriet Sneppend. They have five children living—Lida, now Mrs. Dr.
Diedrich; Marie, now Mrs. W. H. P. Mull; Frank P., Edward P.and Robert W. Mr. New-
man has always been very niuch interested in the study of horticulture. He is at present
Vice President of the State Horticultural Society.

HIRAM MILTON NORTHRUP, only son of Andrus Bishop and Martha (McHenry)
Northrup, was born in Oleon, Cattaraugus County, N. Y., June 4, 1818. His mother died
when he was but two years of age, and from that time until he was fourteen, Mrs. Sarah
Lockwood, his mother’s sister, fil ed to him the place of the mother he had lost. Under her
care, he received a good common school education, and after her death, was able after re-
maining a year in a store in his native town, to teach a district school of some sixty pupils,

After engaging for a time in ship-building in Cincinnati, and being in business with his

father from 1839 to.1844, he came in the latter year to Westport Landing, then a few huts
and shanties, now Kansas City. Mr. Northrup immediately engaged in the Indian trade,
his first venture being with the Comanches of Texas and New Mexico, proving a disastrous
one. He escaped barély with his life, but not a whit daunted, started again and was rewarded
with abundant success, soon becoming one of the leading traders inthe West. Among his
partners were E. P. Hart, P. M. Choteau, Silas Armstrong and Joel Walker; Mr. Northrup
and his partners being in an especial manner identified with the early growth and progress
of Wyandotte and Kansas City. In 1847, Mr. aoe built a log house on what is now the
corner of Main-and Fourth streets, Kansas City, in which he resided for several years, and
when the town was laid out he built the first house on Main street, having embarked in
the Santa Fé trade, in partnership with J. S. Chick, under the firm name of Northrup &
Chick, the house in 1857 establishing at Kansas City the first bank west of Lexington, and
south of the Missouri River. They also established the first post office at that point, by be-
coming responsible to the Government for all deficiencesin the receipts to meet the mail serv-
ice. The firm also at one time, when the credit of the city was worth almost nothing,
loaned the corporation $60,000, which was expended in public improvements. Mr. Northrup
was President of the Kansas City branch of the Union Bank of Missouri, resigning his po-
sition in 1860. The banking house of Northrup & Co. was removed to New York City, soon
after the breaking out of the war, owing tu the Jayhawkers’ raids upon it, and the general
insecurity of life and property in Western Missouri. The bank was established at No. 33
Nassau street, and subsequently removed to Wall street, where it remained, the business be-
ing eminently pero until the panic of 1873, when, with many other similar institu-
tions, it was obligec to ae business. In the course of four months, the business was
settled, all claims liquidat , and Mr. Northrup soon after settled in Wyandotte and estab-
lished the banking house of Northrup & Son, which grew to be one of the most successful
and reliable establishments of the kind in the West. r. Northrup was married at Wyan-
dotte, at the Methodist Mission, Noyember 27, 1845, to Margaret, the accomplished daughter
of Thomas Clark, one of the chiefs of the Canada branch of the Wyandot nation. Mr.
Clark died at Wyandotte in 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Northrup have had four children, only two
of whom are living—Milton C., born October 5, 1846, Andrus B., born April 27, 1849. Their
deceased children are Thomas B., born December 27, 1851, died October 28, 1876, and Mc-
Henry, born November 5, 1854, died December 1, 1857.

NORTHRUP BROTHERS, proprietors Riverside Mills; the firm is composed of J. P.
Northrup and B. J, Northrup. This firm originally operated the City Mills, succeeding
Zeitz & Moler te present mills. The buildings are of frame 40x50 feet in area, with engine
house in addition; three run of stones and three sets of rolls, give them a capacity of 120
barrels of flour, The principal brands are “Brilliant” and “Riverside.” John P. North-
rup, senior member of the firm, was born in Sussex County, N. J., in May, 1844. His father
was engaged in milling in Newton, N. J., and the subject of our sketch commenced under
him in 1860. In 1801, he enlisted in Company E, Second New Jersey Volunteer Infantry,
serving with the command about three years, holding « connnission as Captain of Company
B when he left the army. Ou his return home he engaged in milling at Pleasant Valley,

J; was burnt out in 1869, and afterward operated a saw mill that had been connected
with the flour mill until 1878, when he moved to Kansas, locating in Wyandotte, and taking
charge of the City Mill. He was married in Pleasant Valley, N. J., in 1869, to Miss Anna H.
Bale, of that town. They have two children—Benjamin J. and Charlotte. Mr. N. is a wem-
ber of Burnside Post, No. 28, G..A. R.

JAMES W. PLATT, foreman carpenter department of Plankinton & Armour’s Pack-
ing House, He came to Kansas City, Kan., in May, 1879, Has twenty-five men in his-de-
partment. He was born in Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y., June 15,1842, and was raised
there. Enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-third New York Volunteer In-
fantry, 1864. Transferred soon afterward to New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry; pro-
moted to Orderly Sergeant, and participated 1n all battles of his command. Mustered out at
Ogdensburg, September 16, 1865. Discharged August 29, 1865. Was married in October of
the same year to Miss Christina Sawyer, of Whitehall, N. Y. They have four children—
Mary A., John P. and Edward and an infant daughter. He is a member of I, 0. 0. F., A. 0.
U. W. Corbett, Post, No. 128, G. A. R., of Whitehall, N. Y.

GEORGE B. REICHENEKER, Postmaster, was appointed to his present position in
March, 1881. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio, November 10, 1843. Came to Kansas with
his parents in 1857, and settled in Wyandotte, where he completed his education, In 1862,
he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and served until the close
ofthe war. He then returned home, and shortly afterward en aged in mercantile business
in Burlingame, Kan. One year later, moved to Manhattan, where he engaged in general
occupations for a time, then returned to Wyandotte, where he opened a restaurant, contin-
uing in business about two years. . He then moved to Ellsworth, Kan., taking a position-in
car builder's department of ,the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Afterward returned to Wyan-
dotte, and engaged for some years in mercantile business. In 1878,.was appointed clerk in
ae railway mail service, in which he continued until appointed Postmaster at Wyandotte.

e was married in Manhattan, Kan., April 21, 1866, to Miss Hattie M. Sarber, daughter of
eee eee, ia one of eae pioneers ae 1856. They have two children—Lucy. E. and

ew . + Dye charter member of Post No. . - : -
jowship Lodge, Nova, K er B No. 28, G.A. R. Is alsoa member of Fel:

 
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W. P..OVERTON, wholesale and retail dealer in anthracite, Blossburg and soft coal
business established in 1879; the business is a constantly increasin; one, the annual sales
aggregating at the present time 1,200 to 1,500 cars.. Mr, Overton was born in Alabama, Sep-
tember a 1826, his mother at the time being on a visit to relatives; the home of the family
being in. Jackson County, Mo., where the subject of our sketch was brought up. While still

oung, he went to Texas, where he engaged in surveying, dealing in enltle, ete. During the
exican war, he was attached to Company A, of Col. Doniphan’s Regiment of mounted
troops, serving somewhat over one year. After his return home, he engaged for some years
in freighting across the plains to Salt Lake City and California. In 1855, he moved to Kan-

sas and settled in Wyandotte, where he formed a partnership with Silas Armstrong, in op-

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erating asaw mill; also engaged in merchandising, putting up the first brick business block
in the city. About 1863, the firm dissolved, and Mr. O. continued in the business alonesome
time longer, then sold out and removed to Pomeroy, Kan., where he erected a saw mill, this
he afterward changed toa flouring mill; also engagéd in mercantile business in the same
place. About 1878, he returned to Wyandotte, and shortly afterward established present
business. Mr. Overton was married in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1847, to Miss Mary J. Wales, a na-
tive of Massachusetts, who died leaving one child—Elizabeth, now Mrs. C. Hetrick, of Kan-
sas City. He was married in Wyandotte, July, 1858, to Miss Sarah M. Barnett, daughter of
James Barnett, one of the pioneers. By this marriage, he has seven children—Maud ‘F.,
Jessie B., William, George R., Estelle, Sarah D. and nee A. Mr, O. is a member of
Lodge, Chapter and Council, A., F. & A. M., and of Myrtle Lodge, No, 1, K. of P. He has
been a member of the City Council and of the Board of County Commissioners. :

G. W. ROBAUGH, pump manufacturer and steam fitter. This business was estab-
lished in 1881. He handles all kinds of pumps, though his principal business is the manu-
facture and sale of a pump patented by himself in 1874 and 1875. Mr. Robaugh was born ‘in
Cambria County, Penn., June 14, 1835. He learned the trade of a machinist at Altoona,
Penn., and in 1857, moved to Kansas, making Wyandotte his headquarters. He visited
different parts of the Territory, putting up mills for the Indians and othér parties. In 1860,
he returned to Pennsylvania, and in 1862, enlisted in the doctors’ corps of the United States
Army, being employed as Hospital Steward at Hampton near’Fortress Monroe, W. Va., some
two years. He then returned to Altoona, where he wasconnected with the railroad shops. In
1864, he again settled in Wyandotte, Kan., where he put up @ saw mill and operated it until
the oss ofan arm the same year, by accident, compelled him to change his business. He
was married in Wyandotte, in 1858, to Miss Mary Reeyes, a daughter of A. Reeves, one of
the pioneers of 1857. They have two children—Alfretta and Cepitola. Mr, R. is a member
ot the I. O. O. F. Lodge and Encampment, and fof the A.O.U. W. February 1, 1865, he
engaged as foreman on the Union Paci..c Railroad, then starting out from this place; was
engaged on the railroad about two years, then started a wagon and drove throughout all the
country near Kansas City, selling dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, taking in exchange
farmers’ produce. Followed this business until 1875, when he gained his patent on the
“ Little Giant force pump,” and engaged in the manufacture of said pump, and is at present
in same business.”

A. H. ROGERS, Cashier Wyandotte Bank, was born in Le Claire, Scott Co., Iowa, February
2, 1858. His parents settled in Leavenworth, Kan.,in 1868, where he pursued his preparatory
studies.at the high school, In 1874, he entered Harvard College, taking a full classical course,
though making a special study of philosophy, in which he took honors. He graduated in 1878
with the degree of A.B. Shortly afterward commenced the study of law in Wyandotte, in the
office of KE, Bartlett, and was-admitted to-the bar in Olathe in 1880. In 1879, he entered the firm
of J. C. Rogers & Co., at Spring Hill, Kan., and engaged in the milling and banking business, in
which he continued until his present business was established. Mr. Rogers was married in
Phoenix, Oswego Co., N. Y., May 18,1881, to Miss Kittie Coburn, of Phoenix. They have one son,
Percival Caldwell. ¢ 7 y ,

D. J. ROSS, M.'D., physician and surgeon, was born in Hickman County, Ky., September 7,
1843. He was educated at Asbury University at Greencastle, Ind. Commenced professional
studiesin 1860, under his father’s instructions, The following year, commenced a regular course
at the Kentucky School of Medicine, from which institution he graduated in 1865. During his
regular course of lectures, he held a commission as Hospital Cadet attached to the military
hospitals. In 1865, he settled in Lexington, Ind., where he engaged in practice until 1866, then
moved to Illinois, where he engaged in successful practice until 1876. Hethen took an European
tour, visiting the hosp‘tals of Germany and other places. Shortly after hisreturu, he moved to
Kanaaa, settling in Oskaloosa in 1878, where he continued in practice until he moved to
Wyandotte in October, 1881. 4 :

- JOHN B. SCROGGS, attorney at-law, was boro in Canton, Ohio, November 24,1837. His
parents moved to Crawford County, Ohio, in 1839, where he received his education in the district
and high schools. Commenriced reading law in 1859, in Bucyrus, Ohio, and was admitted to the
bar in 1861." In 1862, enlisted in Company K, Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and was mustered out ‘in 1862. He then entered the Quartermaster’s department in which he
continued until 1864, then located fora time in Freeport, Ill. In 1866, he removed to Kansas,
settling in Wyandotte, where he has since actively engaged in practice, Was elected County
Attorney in 1868, and served one term and then returned to his private practice. He was mar-
ried in Wyandotte June 1, 1875, to Mrs, M. E, Cruise, one of the pioneers of 1858, Mr. Scroggs
ig a Royal Arch Mason and a memberof the A.0.U. W. oh .

SCOTT, ORR & CO., dealers in real estate, loans and insurance. This is the leading firm
in their live in the city, their sales the last twelve months exceeding $300,000. Thomas A. Scott,
of above firm, was born at’ Port Hope, Canada, October 16, 1854. Wis parents were farmers of a
sturdy and vigorous order, and imparted to their children strong minds and healthy bodies. In

1859, when the subject of this article was but five years of age, his parents moved with him to
McHenry Co., IIL, where they resided until 1869. Young Thomas, in the meantime, was attend-
ing school at Beloit, Wis., where he received all the education he has. In 1869; he went to Uhi-
cago and engaged in the grocery business, and remained there until 1871, when he came to Kan-
say City, Mo.,and engaged in the dairy business with his brother, Samuel F. Scott. He re-
mained in the dairy business one year and a half, and in 1872, returned to Chicago and engaged
in the retail market business, in which business he remained about three years. In 1875, he,
with C. W. Marsh, of “Marsh Harvester ’' fame, 0. N. McClintock, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and:Col.
E. W. Chapman, of Keokuk, Iowa, incorporated the Northwestern National Planing Machine Com-
pany of Chicago, of which he was elected Treasurer. He remained with that enterprise about one
year, when he sold out his interest and engaged in the real estate business in Chicago, where he
remained until the latter part of 1879, when he again came to Kansas City, Mo., and went into
the real estate business with his brother and the firm of 8, F. Scott & Company. The firm did a
large business, but desiring to widen out-his business and extend his dealing, Thomas A. Scott,
in July, 1882, founded the well-known “real estate and loan broker” agency, known as Scott,
Orr & Company, of Wyandotte, Kan., where he now is. Mr. Scott was married to Alice M. Orr,
a daughter of Thomas Orr, one of the wealthiest mén in the West, and a resident of Wyaadotte,
Kan., on the 23d day of November, 1881. Mr. Scott is one of the best business men in the coun-
try, and by his indefatigable energy and unquestioned honesty and ability, has made for himself
and family a competency; and, although a young man yet, has a business which is second to
none west of the Mississippi. Mr. Scott is'a man of aftable address, courteous with friends and
customers, and of splendid physique. A long and useful life is before him, and his many friends
are proud of his acquaintance, and not a few remember with grateful feeling his unstinted lib-
erality and génerosity. 4

0. K. SERVISS, Chief of Police, Deputy County Sheriff, and Deputy United States Marshal,
was born in‘ Clark County, Ohio, December 9, 1836, and was educated in his native town. In
1856, he settled in Mount .Pleasant, Iowa, where’ he was engaged in mercantile business. In
1866, he removed to Wyandotte, Kan., where he was engaged in mercantile business until
about 1878. ‘In 1879, he was appointed Under Sheriff by Sheriff Bowling, a position he still re-
tains. Mr. Serviss has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Forgy, to whom he was mar-
ried at Waverly, Ind., in 1857. She died, leaving two children—Edgar F. and Clara. He was
married to his present wife in Streator, Ill., in 1873, She was Miss Ella A. Haskell, of that city.
Mr..S. isa member of the Grand.Lodge and Grand Encampment, I. 0. 0. F., also of the Blue
Lodge, A., F, & A. M. He has been a member of the City Council several terms, also City Treas-
urer several terms. .

SAMUEL NEWELL SIMPSON. The subject of this sketch was born in Deerfield, NvH.,
October 3, 1826. He has two brothers, Henry M. and William A., who have been autimatelyaeso:
ciated with him, both in business and in his pioneer work in Kansas, The Simpson. family isa
distinguished one in American history. John Simpson, the great-grandfather of Samuel, N.
Simpson, fired the first gun on the American side at the battle of Bunker Hill. A son of this
John Simpson, whose name was also John, was a gallant soldier during the entire Revolutionary
war, John Simpson, Jr., was the father of four sons and two daughters. Samuel Simpson, one
of these four sons, was born in Deerfield, N. H., January 29, 1792, and died at Lawrence, Kan.,
January 12, 1872. He was one of the truest and firmest friends of the Free-State cause. He was
married in Deerfield, N. H.,to Miss Hannah Pearson, daughter of Timothy M. and Deborah
Pearson. Samuel and Hannah (Pearson) Simpson were the father and mother of the subject of
this sketch. Samuel N. Simpson was well instructed in his New England home, in the da!
school, the Sunday school and the church. He remained at home with his parents until the a
tainment of his majority, when he made a contract with the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad
Company to furnish umber to tence twenty-six miles of their road. When twenty-two years-of
age,in company with his brother, Henry M., who was two years younger than himself, he en-
gaged in retail and wholesale trade. The two brothers soon extended their business so as to em-
brace an extensive real estate and lumber trade, in which they failed,.$6,000 in debt. This.was
about 1849, In 1857, Mr. Simpson sent $11,000 in gold from Kansas to liquidate the indebtedness,

rincipal and interest. He had moved to Kansas in 1854, during the discussion. of the Kangas-
ebrasKa bill in Congress, not at all depressed by his misfortunes in the East. From St.’ Louis,
Mo., to Lawrence, Kan., he made his suey on foot, too independent to ask assistance or let his
circumstances be known. He reached Lawrence September 29, 1854, bare-footed, carrying his
boots upon his shoulder, weary and foot-sore from his tramp. On the next day, he surveyed a
claim , with the hope of making it the foundation ot a-fortune. From this time forward, he was
actively engaged in promoting his own interests and those of his fellow-men. On the Ist of Octo-
ber, 1854, he organized a Bible class, and was elected its teacher. On the 7th of January, 1855, he
opened a Sunaay school, which in time became the Plymouth fCongregational Sunday school.
e also organized Sundgy schools at Franklin and at other places, and it was while he was en-
gaged in his capacity of unday school teacher that he discovered the Franklin plots to destroy
.awrence. In the fall-of 1854, he assisted in forming the Plymouth Congregational Church at
Lawrence, Ata meeting held in October of this year,to name the new town, Mr. Simpson
moved that it be called Lawrence, which motion was seconded by Dr. Robinson, and thus. the
city was named after Amos A. Lawrence, of Massachusetts, one of the stanchest friends of early
Kansas. Mr. Simpson was active in securing arms and ammunition from the East to aid in the
defense of the Frec-State cause against the border ruffians of those days, as well as to provide
provisions for the Free-State men while they were engaged in the defense of their homes. Asa
result of arrangements made by him with New York capitalists, the Simpson. Bank was started,
of which he and _ his two brothers were the proprietors for several years. For eighteen months
of John Brown's career in Kansas, Mr. Simpson had charge of his guns and ammunition, and
after the Quantrill massacre he had charge of the interment of the bodies of the hapless yictims,
which work occupied two days and two nights. Mr. Simpson was married, January 1, 1864, at
Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Kate L. Burnett, daughter of Judge Calvin Burnett, of Morrisville, Vt.
Mrs. Kate L. Simpson was born in 1838. She is a woman of superior mental endowments-and
culture, and a successful teacher. The oldest son of this couple, Charles yon Simpson, was born
November 23, 1866: Theodore was born February 10, 1868, and died in infancy; and Newell ~was
born July 13, 1869. Recently, Mr. Simpson has been actively engaged in business pursuits,
principally in the sale of real estate, Some few years since, he lxid off a town adjacent to the
east line of-Kansas, on the banks of the Kansas River, adjoining Kansas City, Mo., calling his
town River View. At this new town he lives, in a home well supplied, and surrounded with
all that tends to render life enjoyable and dignified, and in the confident hope of a happier life
eyond. : 3 1 :

JAMES SNEDDEN, mine owner and operator, is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, from
which country he emigrated at the age of eight years. He came to America and locafed in Johns-
town, Penn., in 1850, where he remained until 1867, being four years in the. Union army, in the
Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, In 1867, he came to Wyandotte, Kan., and was painter on
Union Pacific Railroad for two years, and was then on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Rail-

road in the same-position, seven years. He then traveled as~agent for lost cars for the same road
for three years. e was then in the Weir City Zinc Works for a short time. He went to Galena,
Kan., in mining interests in 1879, and has operated largely on Moli-Reserve and school land; also
on Folmer ground. Heis now operating on Bonanza ground with good prospects. Mr. Sned-
den’s mining operations cover a period of four years, In January, 1883, he returned to Wyan-
dotte and _went into the paint, oil and glass business, and is doing a flourishing trade. He is a
member, Past Master and Past High Priest in the Freemason order; also Past Thrice Illustrious.
Master; is Deputy Grand Master of the State; is Eminent Commander of the Knights Templar
of Wyandotte. He was married to Miss Mary C. Speck, of Wyandotte, Kan., who is Grand Ma-
tron of the order of Eastern Star. They haveone child—Irene M. * i
RICHARD BAXTER TAYLOR was born in Buckland, Franklin Co., Mass., March 26,
1817. The genealogy of the Taylor family is traced to Capt. John Taylor, who was ‘born in
1641, and was killed by the Indians May 30, 1704, in what is now Easthampton, Mass. Richard
received a good common school and academic education. Whem seventeen years of age, ke weut
to Canandaigua, N. Y., where he taught school; next going to Ellenville, Ulster County, where
ne engaged.in the practice of law. Before completing his studies, however, he becamé‘connect-
ed with the Ellenville Journal and was proprietor of that paper until he came West in 1857. He
did not bring his family with him until 1858, when he visited Wyandotte, intending to locate in
Lawrence. Mf. Taylor came to. Kansas with the premeditated purpose of assistiugin making ita
free State, and had the satisfaction of knowing, finally, that he was considered one of the most
earnest leaders of the great movement. He concluded to settle in Wyandotte, purchasing an
interest in the Gazelle of S. D. MacDonald. In January, 1861, the office and its contents were
destroyed by fire. Soon afterward, Mr. Taylor ‘purchased a new outfit, and bought the. interest
of his partner, and continued sole editor and proprietor of the journal up to.the time of his death,
_which occurred at his residence in Wyandotte March 26, 1877. Asan editor and a man, Mr,
Taylor was bold and honest, an honor to the profession and the State. He was among the fure-
most of the fraternity who favored the formation of a State Editorial Association, being chuair-
.man of the mecting which met in Topeka, January 17, 1866, to éffect an organization, and was
elected its President in 1868, delivering the annual address in 1870. The Editorial Association
which Mr. Taylor was so active in organizing, at its annual meeting held at Manhattan, April 7,
1875, suggested the action which led to the organization of the State Historical Society, and he
was made one of its first directors Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Rachel Broadhead, May 22,
1851. She is the daughter of William and Susan Broadhead, of Ellenville, N.¥. William B,
Taylor, their only child, was born December 30, 1855. ; |
J. M. VOSS, dealer in furniture, curtains, etc.; the business was established in 1873, by a Mr.
Poehler, the present proprietor succeeding him May 1, 1883. He occupies a room 25x75 feet in
area, with a-shop in addition. Heis adding to his regular business facilities for finishing and
making furniture to order, for which his long experience gives hin great advantage. Mr. Voss
came to Kansas in 1866 with his parents, finishing his education in Wyandotte. In 1872, he went

 

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to Lexington, Mo., where he learned the cabinct-making tradein the large furniture factory of
that city, and remained there until he bought out present business. Mr. Voss was married in
Lexington, Mo., in 1875, to Miss Kate Lierman, of that city; they have three children—George F.,
Catherine M. and Arthur J. M.
CHARLES WAHLEN MAIER, contractor and builder, came to Wyandotte in 1864, and
worked at the carpenter’s trade until 1873, when he engaged in contracting and building. eem-
loys from four tu six men, and has erected many buildings in Wyandotte. e was born in
urtemberg, Germany, March 25, 1847; came to America in June, 1864; was married in 1872, to
Miss Mary Herscheman, a native of Hanover, Germany, They have three children—Anna M.,
John Frederick and Nellie E. In 1876-77, Mr. 'W. followed contracting and building in California,
and employed alarge force of men. -

J, W. WAHLEN MAIER, dealer in lumber and all kinds of building material, came to Wyan-
dotte in 1864, and engaged in contracting and building until 1872; he then opened the lumber
trade; now employs sixmen inthe business. He began with a stock of $4,000; now carries a
general stock of $19,000. He was born in German anuary 12, 1846; came to America in 1864,
coming directly to Kansas; was married in 1868, to Miss Caroline Hosch, a native of Baden, Ger-
many. They have five children—Willie F., Bennie J., Frankie, Minnie and Albert. They are
members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church, of Wyandotte. He has been amember of
the Board of Education two years, and City Treasurer, elected twice, held the office two years,
and a member of the City Council the same length of time, and is now serving his second year on
the Board of County Commissioners,

D, WILSON, President of the Bank of Wyandotte, came to Wyandotte in October, 1882,
and soon became President of the above bank; he was born in Crawford County, Ill., June 22,
1882. He resided in his native county until twenty-three years of age; being raised a farmer, he
followed agriculture, also kept hotel a number of years. In 1855, he went to Charleston, Il.,and
embarked in the mercantile and banking business until 1865, when he went to Chicago, Ill., and
engaged in the wholesale business until 1867; thence embarked in the manufacture of lard and
oil a year; sold out and moved to Oxford, Wis. He there bought the Oxford City Mills, built
them and operated the same successfully until December, 1881; sold out and removed to Olney,
Ill. He then engaged in the banking business until he removed to Kansas. He was married in
1863, to Miss Sophia Ricketts, of Coshocton, Ohio, They had one daughter—-<ophia R., now liv-
ing 1n Coshocton, Ohio. His wife died in 1864; he was again married in 1867, to Ettle Spoor, a na-
tive of the State of New York, They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. W, is also
connected with the Masonic order,

L. H. OD, real estate and insurance agent; business established in 1868; transacts a
general real estate business, dealing in both city and country property; represents in insurance,
Etnaof Hartford, Continental of New York, Springfield of Massachusetts, Phoenix of Hartford,
American of New Jersey, Hartford of Hartford and Home of New York. Luther H. Wood was
born in Syracuse, N. Y., April 29, 1828, About 1831, the family moved to Huron County, Ohio,
where L, H. was educated at the common schools and academy. About 1848, his parents moved
to Crawford County, Il. His early life was spent in farming. afterward dealing in cattle, buying
aud shipping. About 1855, he became connected in a clerical capacity with the construction of
the first railway across Iowa. In December, 1857, he left I}linois and proceeded by rail to Jefferson
City, Mo; thence by stage to Kansas City; landing in Wyandotte the same month, The next
spring, he went to St. Louis by the old steamer Sioux City, Gen. Harney and his staff being on
the same boat. The same year returned to Wyandotte, establishing the first hack line to Kansas
City. ‘In August, 1858, he soid out and bought asaw mill, which he operated until 1860. In 1859,
was elected Sheriff, the first in the county, and was re-elected in 1861. In the winter of 1861-62.
he assisted in raising the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and in January, 1862 he was commissioned
Quartermaster of that regiment. In the spring of the same year, this regiment was consolidated
with the Second Kansas Cavalry, and he was commissioned Commissary of the new organization,
a position which he retained until October, 1864, when he resigned, and shortly after located in
Kansas City, Mo., where he engaged in real estate operations until 1868. He was married in St.
Louis, Mo., November 14, 1864, to Miss Louvenia Wood, of Brunswick, Mo, They.have six chil-

. dren living—Charles K., Ida, Laura, Edward L., James F. and Luther B. Mr. Wood isa member
of the Lodge and Chapter A., F. & A. M. and of the K. of P.

G. W. W. YATES, attorney at law, is a son of William Yates, Esq., who passed through
Kansas jin 1849, en route to California, and who returned and settled with his family in that por-
tion of Kansas now known_as Douglas County, Kansas, in August, 1854. He was a very promi-
vent figure in the border rutiian times, and organized and cominanded a cavalry company of
Free-State men, in his county, during the border ruffian war. The subject of this sketch was
born in Pittsfield, I1)., September 2, 1844, and came to Douglas County, Kan., with his parents in
1854. He was educated in that county, and was a pupil in the first district school established in
the Territory of Kansas. He commenced life in Lawrence, in 1863, as a clerk for George Leis, in
Lawrence, and embarked in the drug business on his own account in 1878, continuing the same
to June. 188]. Commenced reading law in 1874, in the office of the Hon. George J. Barker in
Lawrence, at the same time entering the law department of the Kansas State University, gradu-
ating in June, 1880, and was admitted to the bar the same term, and at once commenced practice
in Lawrence. In July, 1881, he moved to Wyandotte, where he has since been engaged in prac-
tice. He was married in Lawrence, October 31, 1868, to Miss Adelle B. Benedict, of Sherburne,
Chenango County, N. Y._ Mr. Yates is a member of Acacia Lodge, No. 6, A., F. & A. M, and the
I. 0. 0. F. and the A O. U. W.

JOHN E. ZEITZ, old settier, retired, Was born in Prussia, December 5, 1831. He was edu-
cated in his native place, and after leaving school served an apprenticeship of five years in the
dry goods trade. About 1854, he came to the United States, and engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness in Chicago. In 1857, tie removed tu Wyandotte, Kansas, where he opened a hardware and

rocery store, which he continued to operate until 1863, In that year, he bought an interestin the

ity Millsin company with Mr. Washington. Shortly afterward the firm was changed to J. E.
Zeitz & Co., under which title he operated the old mill, and also the Riverside Mills until 1882, He
then disposed of his interest to Northrup Brothers. He was married in Prussia in 1867, to Miss
Sophia Stade. They have three children—Esther, Helen and Herman. Mr. Z. is a member of
the Common Council, also of the A. O. U. W.

KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

It would be almost an impossibility to write in detail the early history
of Kansas City, Kan., without treating the topics connected with the
early times of the whole region, comprising the establishment of the Chou-
teaus at a point about three miles below Kansas City, andon the south side of
the Kaw River, opposite Muncie, between 1821 and 1825, and the French
settlement, or the Kawsmouth settlement, made after the flood of 1826,
which washed away M. Chouteau’s erg sae houses in the bottom op-
posite Randolph Bluffs. Again, it would be an impossibility to separate
Kansas City, Kan., from Kansas City, Mo., in such an narrative, which
partakes at best, much of the nature of fiction, and has been gathered from
unreliable sources. Reference is made for the accounts of the Indian and
French settlements to the general State history. The first white scttler
after the French traders to locate upon the present site of Kansas City,
was James H. McGee, who made three entries of eighty acres each in Sec-
tions 5, 7 and 8, on November 14, 1828. The settlement of Rev. Isaac Mc-
Coy, four miles south of Kawsmouth in 1831; the establishment of a trad-
ing house at this point by his son. John, during the next year, the remov-
al of the Indians, from 1832 to 1840; the platting of Westport in the mean-
time; the development of the great Santa Fé trade, and the founding of
Kansas City, as a convenient landing place for. the goods of the Todian
and Santa Fé traders, and the formation of the town company in 1888 are
matters which cannot be separated from the history of Kansas City, Kan.,
nor yet, since the city is treated here as a separate corporate body, can full
details be given. A settlement was begun in 1857, on the east side
of the Kansas River in what is now Kansas City, Kan., or, more

roperly, a house was planted on ground where now flows the Missouri
River, just east of the mouth of the Kaw. It was built by David E. James,
was a two-story frame, and stood there about ten years. This was United
States land at that time, being claimed by Silas Armstrong under the
treaty between the Wyandots and the United States, as his float. Certain
leading Wyandots had been granted a section of land each, to be located
in any spot they might choose; hence'the term “float.” Willis Wills and
several others squatted upon different portions of this land, and claimed
the right to pre-empt it. But in 1858, through D. E. James, a compromise
was effected by which Silas Armstrong released his claim to a portion of it,
and the settlers released to him the balance. The log house occupied by

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Mr. McDowell in 1857 and several years after, may be seen to-day stand-
ing on the south side of Sixth street, just this side or west of the State
line. This is the only building left of those on the Armstrong “ float,” in
1857-58. That float comprised what is now Kansas City, Kan., lying be-
tween the State line and the Missouri River. Many acres of it have been
washed into the river. That year, the traveled road between Kansas City,
Mo., and Wyandotte ran where now isthe south side of the Missouri River,

at its most southerly bend; hence at low water the whole of the river runs
where then was a cornfield; but since the riprapping of 1867, it wears no
more. Much might be written of the early history of the Armstrong
“float,’”? now known as Kansas City, Kan. Several families resided on the
point from 1856 to 1860, who were regarded only as squatters. They ob-
tained a living by various means. There was a family named Johnson
here then, having a habitation where now the Missouri River runs, a few

hundred yards northeast of the Anglo-American Packing House. This

family was known to the early settlers as fishermen. The family of Ed-

ward Olivet, were recognized by Armstrong as having a squatter’s inter-

est in the land, and while the towns of Kansas City, Kan., and Wyandotte

were being built, Mr. Olivet was the agent of Armstrong for the sale of

sand and wood to the people of either town. Mr. Henry Williams also re-

sided out in land now claimed by the ‘‘Big Muddy.” There was alsoa

house full of colored people in that now imaginary place on the point.

The house heretofore mentioned as the land office building, was a build-

ing of twelve rooms, and had its Diary Settlers of early date now re--
side in Kansas City who remember this oldJhouse as having had the reputa-

tion of being haunted. It was said that the ghost of a Mr. Wills would

on certain occasions appear in the house and make claims to the ground

on which the house in which he once resided stood, as the property of his

heirs. The claims of the Missouri River were pressed with such irresisti-

ble force that when the land became water, the occupation of the ghost

departed. Business is now too lively in this neighborhood to permit the

existence of ghosts, and that old idea is rapidly fading away. Near the

State line on Sixth street, the widow of Edward Olivet—Mrs. Sophia Olivet

—now lives, the only one of the original squatters on the Armstrong “float”

now claiming a home on said track.

The Kansas City (Kan.) Town Company was formed in 1868, by Silas
Armstrong, David E. James, Dr. George B. Wood, Luther H. Wood, Will-
iam Weir, Thomas Ewing, Jr., T. H. Swope and N. McAlpine.

The town site was situated upon parts of fractional Sections Nos. 10,
11 and 14, Town 11 south, of Range 25 east, lying north of the old bed of
Turkey Creek, east of the Kansas River, south of the Missouri River, and
bounded on the east by the State line between Missouri and Kansas and
comprised the following named tracts, viz.: Two tracts of land belonging
to George B. Wood; two tracts of land belonging to D. E. James; one
tract belonging jointly to George B. Wood and N. McAlpine, and the
piece of land lying between the lands of Thomas Ewing on the south and
lands of D. E. James on the north, between Armstrong street and Kansas
River. The site was surveyed by John McGee, C..E., April 24, 1869, and
recorded with the Register of Deeds of Wyandotte County, May 38, 1869.

The streets were named after the original proprietors of the town.
Mr. James erected the first dwelling house of any prominence, in 1870, at
the south end of James street, near the railroad tracks. Soon followed
the establishment of the large packing houses and stock yards, whose
business forms the bulk of the city’s trade. In October, 1872, Kansas City,
Kan., was incorporated. For details as to her city government and the
enormous business transacted, the reader is referred to matter following:

INCORPORATION.

The feet ae election was held October 22, 1872, by order of Judge Hiram Stevens of
the Tenth Judicial District, and resulted in the election of the following city officers:

Mayor, James Boyle ; Councilmen, 8. W. Day, Charles H. Jones, John McKnight, George
Forschler and James Lundell ; Police Judge, James Kennedy ; City Clerk, Cornelius Cushin ;
Treasurer, Samuel McConnell; City Attorney, H. L. Alden. ;

The mayors of the city since its organization have been: James Boyle, C. A. Eidemiller,
A. S. Orbison, Eli Teed and Samuel McConnell. John Sheehan was appointed Marshal in
1875, by Mayor Eli Teed, and has held the office continuously up to date. He is also Chief
of Police, having a force of five men. 4 .

In June, 1880, the Governor of Kansas proclaimed the city of Kansas City a city of the
second class. The following are the present officers: Mayor, Samuel McConnell; Council-
mien, Samuel W. Day, Richard Edwards, Cornelius Butler, George Forschler, Theodore Ken-
nedy and James Sullivan; Police Judge, B. M. Brake; City Attorney, W.S. Carroll ; City
Clerk, H. C, Stout. fae

_ _ The fire department of Kansas City, Mo., extends its protecting arm over Kansas City,
Kan. <A public building is now (in September, 1882,) being erected on James street, near
Sixth, for the purpose of accommodating the fire and police departments, and also the city
officers. The city is attached to Kansas City, Mo., for postal service, and receives its mail
by the free delivery system of that office. For banking and posta! exchange the five thou-
sand people of this growing town are compelled to go to the stock yards in the extreme south
part of the city, to Wyandotte, or to Kansas City, Mo.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

The city limits are also the limits of the school district, which contains about 300 acres
of land, 5,000 people, and nearly 500 school children; seven teachers are employed. The
first building was built in 1871; in 1879, it was enlarged. The Board of Education is now
composed of the following named gentlemen: President, L. E. James; Treasurer, Samuel
McConnell ; Members, Dr. A. H. Vail, George Nelson, John Fur uson, E. 8. Mattoon and
J. HW. bie The principal and teacher of the sixth and seventh grades, is H. S. Gibson.
The colored school is conducted in a separate building and has an average daily attendance
of forty-five, out of over seventy enrolled in the district.

On the first floor of St. Bridget’s Church, corner of Wood and Fourth streets, the
ne F. M. Hayden, assisted by two sisters of charity conducts a parochial school of 120 pu-
; Methodist Episcopal Church.—The first See of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Kansas City, Kan., was in the year 1872. The church was not sufficiently strong to build
a church building until 1882. Early in the summer of that year, Rev. W. A, Crawford, of
Illinois conference, was assigned to this charge, and in September a church edifice was
erected on the southwest corner of First and Wood streets, at an expense of $4,000. A par-
Sonage on south side of same lot was completed at an expense of $1,700. Although the
church books now show a membership of only fifteen, one may readily understand by the
amount of building done in 1882, that they are zealous workers.

_,, Wood Street Baptist Church was chartered in the year 1878. In June, 1881, the church
building located on the southwest corner of Wood pat Sixth streets, was erected, and serv-
ices have been held therein every Sabbath morning and evening since that date.

In the spring of 1882, the Rev. G. W. Ford, pastor, was removed by the hand of death,
and the pulpit is temporarily supplied by Rev. J. W. Irwin, The number of members now
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

enrolled on the church books are sixty, and the number of Sunday school scholars in attend-
ance each Sabbath, 110. The church pro erty is valued at $5 500. é

Swedish Baptist Church—tThis church was organized in
the present church edifice completed in 1881. It is located on the southwest corner of Wood
and Third streets, with a tasty parsonage conveniently in the rear. Services are held every
Sabbath morning and evening by the Rey. C. A. Schrogren, pastor. The membership
numbers forty. Valuation of church property, $3,500.

St. Bridge’’s Church ( Catholic) was organized in December, 1880, and in May, 1881, the
new church building on the corner of Fourth and Wood streets was completed and services
held therein by Rev. F. M. Hayden. It is atwo-story wooden structure, the first floor beia;
used as a parochial school, and the second floor devoted to church purposes. The paris
contains nearly 1,000 members. The church property is valued at $7,000.

The en ae Society has a building known as Kawsmouth Chapel, on the east side
of Wood street, between Fourth and Fifth, which is valued at about $4,000. It was erected
in 1880, and in addition to being used for church and Sabbath school purposes, is otherwise
utilized as follows : The basement is a restaurant, and meals are sold at $3.25 per week ; the
first floor is a public reading room during the week, but devoted to services on Sunday, and
the second floor for lodging rooms. The profits of the lodging and restaurant are used to
support the religious services and to keep the reading room supplied with proper literary
works and periodicals. Rev. J. T. Breese conducts the devotional exercises,. and is the su-
pennengey of the business interests of the chapel. The Swedish Lutheran society also

old services in this chapel every Sunday morning.

The Colored Baptists of this city have a strong and earnest organization. They are
now in fall of 1882, renting a building on the southeast corner of Wood and Sixth streets
and hold regular services every Sabbath morning and evening. The church was organized
in 1880, and the list of members contains forty-six names.

ansas City, Kan., in 1879, and

THE PRESS AND SOCIETIES.4

The Weekly Spy came into existence in the year 1880, and was the property of B. M
Brake. In September, 1882, Charles H. Van Fossen & Felix G. Head bought the material
of the Weekly Spy, and commenced the publication of the Daily Evening Globe, September 5.
It is a sprightly evening journal with experienced men in charge, and will till the field now
open for it creditably. Mr. Felix G. Head, the editor, was for several years connected with
the St. Paul Pioneer Press; and Charles H. Van Fossen, the business manager, is an old resi-
dent of Kansas City, Kan., one of the early settlers of the Missouri Valley, a man of much
newspaper experience and one who has made life and business a success.

The Knights of Labor, a social, political and beneficial secret order, have an assembly in
this city, known as the Argo Assembly, No. 2,005. It was organized June 21, 1882, and it
now has a membership of over seventy. It is composed of wage-workers, producers and
business men and women. The officers are: J. G. Cougher, M. W.; Frank Donnelly, W.
T. ; Edwin Berg, Secretary ; W. O. Henderson, Treasurer; O. T. Angell, Financial Secretary.

Danish Union Freija, of Kansas City and Wyandotte, was organized about 1877, and
was incorporated under Missouri State laws, in 1881. Its present membership is forty-five.
The present board of officers is made up as follows: L. Brotherman, President; H. John-
son, Vice President; J. H. Mailand, Secretary; J. Carr, Treasurer; L. Johnson, Cashier.
This society is organized for benevolent purposes.

Equitable Aid Union.—In the month of May, 1881, Occidental Union, No. 317, E. A. U.,
was organized in Kansas City, Kan. No. 317 has about twenty members, of whom Jacob
Addison is President, A. J. Orcutt, Secretary ; W. T. Brown, Treasurer, and 8. W. Day, Ac-
countant. When the Occidental Union was only one year old, in May, 1882, the order suf-
fered a loss in the death of the Rev. G. W. Ford, pastor of the Wood Street Baptist Church,
amember of No. 317. His family was promptly paid the sum of $1,000.

Half-Acre Mission.—The exodus of so many houseless, homeless, uneducated colored
people to Kansas in 1879, made some provision for their future care and education a neces-
sity, and as a great many of these people had settled in Kansas City, Kan., this point was
fixed upon by Miss E. P. Newcom as a desirable one to establish a Mission, whose object
should be the distribution of charity, and the civilization of the unfortunate colored women
and ¢hildren. Accordingly, the Half-Acre Mission building was erected. It is a two-story
frame structure, situated on State Line street, in which is conducted a school for the educa-
tion of colored women and children in needle-work, house-work, and the common English
branches. The manager, Mrs. L. P.' Fulton, also distributes clothing, received through
various charitable channels, to the needy colored people of both sexes, of the noted Half-
Acre District. One hundred pupils are now receiving instruction at the evening school,
chiefly women and girls, while during the year seyeral hundred are partially clothed and
shod. There is also a branch of this work in Cherokee County.

The Colored Masons of Kansas City, Kan., became strong enough in 1882 to form a sepa-
rate organization, and in September of that year, a lodge called St. Andrew’s Lodge, was
organized and has since held its regular meetings in the hall on the corner of Wood and
Sixth streets. The officers are: P. T. Toliner, W. M.; B. Smith, 8. W.; L. Lably, J. W.; C. J.
Bruce, Scribe.

BUSINESS INDUSTRIES.

- To read the business history of this marvelous young town will cause readers to’open
their eyes with astonishment. One can scarcely comprehend that a town only ten years of
age should be such a hive of business industry. Over a million of dollars per month change
hands here in legitimate and healthy trade. It will be necessary, in order to give the reader
a complete understanding of this immense business, to take some of the more important
enterprises and describe them in detail. : .

‘Plankinton & Armour's Packing House.—In the fall of 1871, this firm moved their pack-
ing business from Kansas City, Mo., to its present site near the State line, and commenced
the erection of buildings for their present mammoth establishment. They have continued
to build each year, until now their buildings cover nearly ten acres of ground, some of
them reaching five and six stories in height. During the summer of 1882, two large, four-
story warehouses were completed and put in readiness for the fall slaughter. ‘The rooms
are illuminated by the Brush Electric light, and the cooling rooms are filled with cool air,
produced by four large refrigerating machines. The capacity of this house is so great that
in busy times eight hundred hogs per hour are caught by the hind leg, raised on a track,
passed before the sticker, on to the scalding vat, through it to the scraping machine, into
the hands of the disembowelers and thence to the cooling rooms, where they remain twen-
ty-four hours. They are again started toward the consumer, by way of the cutting depart-
ment, where they are separated into their several specialties and pass on to the curing, salt-
ing, pickling ‘and smoking rooms, and from thence into barrels, boxes, or canvas, ready for
shipment. The entrails, blood and refuse go to the fertilizer room, where they are made
into fertilizer, valued quite highly in Eastern markets. The tanking department for ren-
dering the lard, is one of the largest branches of the business. There are thirty-one large
tanks, each capable of trying-out 10,000 or 12,000 pounds of lard. From the tanks the lard
is run to the lard rooms and press rooms, where it is pressed, barrelled, purified and canned.
Eight hundred cattle can also be disposed of each day by systematic machinery, constructed
solely for the slaughter and packing of beeves. A few sheep are also slaughtered for the
home market and for shipment by refrigerator car. |

This establishment fone on its pay-rolls a regiment of men, one thousand strong, and
the weekly disbursement each Monday night, amounts to from $10,000 to $13,000.

The expenses of this house for the year ending June 30, 1882, were over $10,000,000, and
there were packed therein 450,000 hogs and 35,000 head of cattle. They do everything in
their own buildings except manufacture the barrels, although they keep a large force of
coopers. The engines of this establishment, including the Brush light, refrigerator engines
and motive-power for the various departments, amount to a 635-horse-power capacity.

This firm contemplates still further additions to their business facilities here. The
bulk of the hogs killed here come from Kansas, while the products are shipped all over the
civilized world. 3

The proprietors of this business are Plankinton & Armour. The resident officers are:

’ §, B. Armour, General Manager; W. P. Alcutt, General Superintendent, and George and C.
C, Alcutt, Assistant Superintendents. :

The business of the coming year will be greater than that just recorded of last year,
because of increased facilities for handling and the more abundant hog crop of the State of
Kansas, which is coming to Kansas City, Kan., through the stock yards. of:

The Stock Yards —'These yards are situated at the extreme southern limit of Kansas
City, Kan., and are occupying every available foot of ground in that locality. This com-
pany was chartered in 1871, and commenced operations at once. It has been a Boston in-
Yestment from the beginning, and the wonderful growth of the business, the readiness with
which every railroad company running into Kansas City has availed itself of the oppor-

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tunity to become a feeder to this business, demonstrates that Yankee pluck, when backed
by ears judgment and a thrifty foresight, is bound to win. These yards are now the largest
in the Missouri valley, covering 130 acres, and having seventy-five acres of dry and comiort-
able pens. In the year 1871, the number of cattle received was 120,827 head; hogs, 41,036;
sheep, 4,527; horses, 809. In 1881, the number of cattle had increased to 280,134; hogs,
1,015,447; sheep, 79,848 ; horses, 12,604. If the present proportion of increase is maintained,
ee will, in 1882, handle over half a million of cattle and more than one million an
a half of hogs.

At the present time this company is under the management of Charles F. Adams, Jr.,
President ; Charles Merriam, Secretary and Treasurer; Charles I’. Morse, General Manager;
H. P. Childs, Superintendent; E. E. Richardson, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. Their
full capacity is 10,000 head of cattle ; 25,000 head of hogs; 2,000 head of sheep, and 500 head
of horses and mules, daily. In 1876, the Stock Exchange building wag built, at an expense
of $35,000. It is a large four-story building, with a three-story wing on the west, fitted up
with every modern convenience. There are thirty-four offices rented to banks, commission
merchants and live-stock men, besides the rooms used by the officers of the company. The
Bank of Kansas City, with a capital of $600,000 has a suite of rooms on the first floor; and
the Merchants’ National Bank, with a capital of $500,000, occupies apartments adjoining.

_The Live-Stock Indicator, a weekly paper, wholly devoted to the live-stock interests, and
the interests of Kansas City in live-stock, has an otfice in the building, and a corps of agile
reporters among the cattle kings congregated here. :

The growth of the stock business at this point is so very rapid, and gives such promise
of still greater increase, that the company is already seriously considering the advisability
of moving its whole business across the Kansas River to Armourdale, where it owns several
hundred acres of land. The company has gone so far as to survey 220 acrés of its tract, and
Jay it off in suitable alleys and pens for the business, Not many months will elapse ere this
change will be made, and the present grounds laid out in building lots, which will be readily
taken by business men, who are anxiously waiting for ground to enlarge their business and
increase the number of their buildings.

The Soap Works.—In 1879, J. W. Bowen and G. J. Baer came from Leavenworth, Kan.,
located in Kansas City, built a large factory at 125 and 127 Armstrong street, near River-
view Bridge, and engaged in the manufacture of soaps. They have since made considerable
addition to their building and business; have taken a third partner, Mr. C. R. Hallar, and
are pushing business vigorously. In 1882, the value of wares they will manufacture here
will exceed $100,000.

The Anglo-American Pork and Provision Company.—This immense packing establishment
was located at this point in the fall of 1880. They had been operating a similar house of
their own at Winthrop, Mo., but finding the hog market more convenient, and the shipping
facilities greater, they concluded to build on the peninsula, at the junction of the Kansas
River with the Missouri. They therefore purchased the packing house of Mr. T. J. Bigger,
and annexed sixteen acres of land on the point, and at once abandoned their works at Win-
throp, Mo., and immediately commenced the erection of their system of buildings at Kansas
City, Kan. In November, they were ready for business, and have steadily increased their
facilities and extended their operations every month since. During the summer of 1882,
they converted their ice houses on the bank of the Kansas River into a soap factory, an
completed their glue works. To give'the reader an idea of the immensity of this enterprise,
and its value to a town, his attention is called to the following figures:

This house has a daily slaughtering and packing capacity of 3,000 hogs, 400 beeves, and
200 sheep. Everything required is made on the grounds. They consume $25,000 worth of
coal per annum; their cooperage costs them $80,000 each year; boxes and other packing
material, $60,000; salt and saltpetre, $60,000; sugars and syrups, $10,000, The item of tin
alone foots up to about $30,000 per year, and the machinery for the manufacture of tin cans
for their lard and canned beef, cost over $20,000. Their miscellaneous expenses are over
$50,000 per annum.

They are not dependent upon the city water works, but have a system of their own,
operated by separate engines, with hose connected with hydrants for every room in their
many buildings. Their fire department is perfection itself, having a building for its exclu-
sive use.

They no longer put up ice each winter, but have immense refrigerator machines for
the production of cold air for their cooling rooms. A Brush Electric Light, with fifty burn-
ers in various parts of the buildings, was added in 1882.

Their present buildings in Kansas City, Kan., with the machinery therein, have cost
the sum of $750,000.

Near St. Mary’s this company has a fine stock farm of about 8,000 acres, on which they
have expended $130,000 in improvements and blooded cattle.

The Anglo-American Pork & Provision Company is by no means a firm whose organ-
ization is of recent date. Five brothers named Fowler have been in the business for several
years, and besides their institution at Winthrop, Mo., now idle, they also have establish-
ments in Chicago, New York, and Liverpool. The manager of the company’s affairs here is
Mr. George Fowler, who resides in Wyandotte. The first year of their existence in Kansas
City, Kan., their business aggregated over $7,000,000. Their second year, at present writing,
is not complete, but the ratio already shows that it will be greatly increased.

One of the manufacturing establishments of no small pretensions is the barrel factory
of Lain Bros., at 918 State Line street. It was located here in 1878, and is now making
about $50,000 worth of barrels per annum, employing steadily over forty coopers.

The Kawsmouth Manufactory is also located in Kansas City, Kan. It is devoted to the
exclusive manufacture of overalls. It is located in a deep two-story building, in which the
hum of the sewing machines may be heard loud enough to attract attention for several

blocks.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Cc. W. BANGS, Superintendent Kansas Desiccating and Refining Company, was born
in Derby, Vt., December 19, 1831, He learned the soap business asa boy, and followed it in
the East until 1868, when he settled in Lawrence, Kan., and engaged in the manufacture of soaps,
under firm name ot Bangs Brothers; this continued until 18/7. The subject of our.sketch then
moved to Kansas City, Mo., where he engaged in rendering, etc., until the Desiccating and Re-
fining Company was organized. He was married in Boston, Mass., September 10, 1866, to Miss
Mariana Mansfield, of Boston, who died, leaving one son—Walter K. Mr. B. is a member of the

a Bs .M.

CORNELIUS BUTLER, member of Kansas City Common Council, and retail dealer in all
kinds of liquors. He came to Atchison, Kan., in 1878, and went into employ of a packing house
until spring, 1880. Then engaged in retail tobacco trade, until he engaged in his present busi-
ness. Elected member of Council in April, 1881, and by re-elections has since held the office. He
was born in Greenwich, Me., August 6, 1848. He was raised in Shenandoah County, Va., and fol-
jowed railroading in his younger days. In May, 1865, he went to Chicago, Ill., and was employed
in a packing house, until he came to Kansas. Was married in November, 1871, to Miss Bridget
Burns, a native of treland. They have seven sons—William J., John D., Edward C., (deceased)
Charles J., (deceased) Emmett P., (deceased) and Thomas living. Mr. B. is a member of the
Ancient Order of Hibernisns, Division 1, Kansas City, Kan., and President of the same, also
Grand Marshal of the Catholic Union Kansas City, Kan.

SAMUEL W. DAY, first came to Wyandotte, Kan., in 1863, engaged in the cooper business,
which he has since continued. He employs about eighteen men annually in his shops, and does a
general business, He has a capacity of manufacturing seventy-five barrels per day. Residence
is 185 Wood street, Kansas City, Kan. He was born in Athens County, Ohio, March 11, 1841. Was
raised in Van Buren and Des Moines Counties, Iowa. He enlisted November, 1861, in Company
B, Second Colorado Cavalry. Participated in all battles of hiscommand. Wounded in battle of
Valverde, N. M., February 21, 1862. Mustered out in December, 1864. Was married in fall of
1866, to Miss Anna H. Haight. They had three children—Ettie, Mary E., Anna H. Wife died May
1, 1873. Again married in November, 1874, to Clarissa D. Coffield. They have four children—
Myrtle, Samuel, Lena and James B. Mr. Day is a member I. 0.0. F. He served as Treasurer of
Shawnee Township two years, and is now a member of the City Council of Kansas City, Kan.

FRANCIS M. P. DONNELLY, Street Commissioner and Road Overseer of Kansas City, Kan.,
was Lorn in Boone County, Ky., September 25, 1811. Lived in his native place until 1850, when
his parents with their family moved to Kenton County adjoining. In 1861, he enlisted in the four
months’ service, re-enlisted in Company H, Tenth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, September 18,
1862. He participated in all the actions and battles of his command. Was taken prisoner at Mt.
Sterling, Ky. paroled and in one month exchangec. His regiment was then detailed to run down
rebel guerrillas and raiders from Virginia and Tennessee; they had numerous small battles and
skirmishes with bush-whackers. Was mustered out September 17, 1863, having only enlisted for
the term of one year. He then returned home, and worked on his father's farm until January,
1865, when he went to Connilton, W. Va., and worked in coal mines a year, and returned to his
home in Kentucky, then went to Louisville, Ky. Married January 9, 1866, to Miss Jane McAllen,
a native of Ireland. He then returned to West Virginia, and followed mining until 1868, returned
to Kentucky, and followed farming until the spring of 1871, and on the 3d of March of that year
Janded with’ his wife and two babies in Usage City, Kan., then avery smalltown. He there
worked in coal mines about a year, was promoted to underground foreman, Osage Coal Mine
Company. Held the position three years, and then went into coal mining on his own account,
but did not succeed. In the spring of 1874, was elected City Councilman of Osage City, and the fol-
lowing November, was elected to represent Osage County in the Kansas Legislature. He was
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there author of the first mining Jaw, entitled ‘a Bill for the safety of persons employed in coal
mines,” which became a law. In the spring of 1875, was elected Mayor of Osage City, Kan., as a
reward for his record as Councilman and Representative in the Legislature. In 1876 was re-elected
Mayor. In the fall of that year, settled in Lexington; Mo., having _failed in business; remained
eighteen months, and removed to Camden, Mo., where he worked in coal mines elghteen months.
In October, 1879, came to Wyandotte, Kan. He then began work in a packing house in general
labor, continuing a year and six months. Thence embarked in the express business, and was
appointed to his present position April 12, 1883, They have nine children living Mary A., Eva,
Charles S., Rose A., Joseph, Jane, Isabella, Catherine and Margaret. Now resides in Kansas
City, Kam, Mr. D. is amember of the Knights of Labor, of Kansas City, Kan.

GEORGE FOERSCHLER, came to Kansas City, Kan., in 1870, being amongst the first pioneers
to locate permanently. He erected the third house in the then wilderness, and soon after en-
gaged at the cooper trade. Embarked in coopering on his own account in 1873, employing about
tive workmen. In 1874, erected a large shop and employed twenty workmen annually, tor seven
years. He now employs about fifteen workmen, and does a tine business. He wasborn in Ger-
many, November 30, 1888. Came to America in 1865, and located at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and fol-
lowed various occupations until he engaged in cooper trade, which he has since followed. Was
married in 1867, to Miss Mary Wolfe, a native of Germany. They have two eniaren:—peotees Ty
and Louisa. r. F, has been a member of the City Council nine years, being one of the first to
hold that position having assisted to organize the city governmert,

A. J. GILLESPIE & CO., live stock commission merchants, Kansas City Stock Yards. The
firm is composed of A. J. Gillespie, L. J. Gillespie, T. E. Gillespie and J. F. Gillespie. The busi-
ness was established in 1871, by A. J. Gillespie, and the present firm organized in 1878. Annual
sales estimated at $4,000,000 to $4,500,000.

RW. HILLIKER, Mayor of Kansas City, Kan., and dealer in watches, silverware, clocks,
ewelry and diamonds, also keeps a Joan office, real estate, etc. He came to Kansas City, Mo., in
865, soon took a contract for buildingand built the bridge across the Kaw River near its mouth,

organized a bridgecompany at that time and owned a half interest in thesame, and ran it as a
toll bridge for a number of years. The ground where Kansas City, Kan., now stands was then a dense
forest. e did a great deal of contract and street work in_ Kansas City, Mo. In 1867, he erected
two bridges across the Smoky Hill River at Junction City, Kan. He then opened and developed the
Junction City stone quarries, furnished stone for building purposes in the States of Kansas, lowa
and Missouri. He also furnished stone for the left wing of the capitol building at Topeka, He
erected a stone mill at Junction City, and one at Kansas Clty, Mo.; operated them for some time.
In 1868 he opened the Barnard, Kan., brown stone quarries, and furnished stone for the
erection of many fine buildings in Kansas City, Mo. He has sold and shipped a large quantity of
stone to Chicago, Ill. In 1869, he opened and developed the Warrensburg, Mo., stone quarries and
errected the State Normal School at Warrensburg, and Scientific Agricultural College of
Columbia, Mo., State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo., etc. He was five or six_years interested
in the newspaper business, and edited the Aansas Pioncer for several: years. He has spent two
years in exploring and mining in Southern Colorado, and in July, 188!, began business as stated in
the heading of the sketch. He also receives deposits and pays checks, etc., doing a banking busi-
ness. He waselected Mayor of Kansas City, Kan., April 3, 1883, Has served several years in the
city government of Kansas City, Mo., being one year chairman of the Finance Committee; two
ears chairman of the Committee on Public Works, etc, He was born in Dutchess County, N
ee and lived there till a young lad, when his parents with family moved to Canada, where he
first began life as a contractor of public works and railroads. He has followed the business in
Michigan, Ohio and Pennsyivania. He was married in 1851, to Miss Sarah A. Durkee, who was
born near Dartmouth College, New York. They have six children—Charles E., now engaged in
the transfer business at Kansas City, Mo.; James D., clerking in his father’s store; Henry C.,
Assistant Chief of the Fire Department, Kansas City, Kan.; Della, married to William Smith, a
railroad man of Milwaukee, Wis.; Maggie and Elizabeth at home. His wife died in 1872.
WARD HORLEY, City Treasurer of Kansas City, Kan., came to the city in 1811; worked at
cooper trade until 1880. In April, 1875, was appointed City Treasurer and has held the office since,
Has been Clerk of the Board of Education six years, He was born in Montgomeryshire, England,
August 4, 1827. Came to America in December, 1868. In his native country, he was a cooper b
trade. He was married in October, 1849, to Miss Ann kichards, a native of Wales, England.
They have six children living—Elizabeth, married to a
Sarah, married to Charles Ifillimer, Kansas City, Kan., Thomas, a cooper by trade; George, now
employed in a packing house; William, a painter by trade. Mr. H. is a member of two first
branches Masonic order Kansas City, Kan. Heis widely and fayorably known and respected for
his many qualities as a good Citizen.

IRWIN, ALLEN & CO., live-stock commission merchants. The firm consists of S. D. Irwin,
L. A, Allen and J. N. Irwin. Business established in 1875. The partners are all active men, the
employes consisting of book-keepers, yard-men, etc. They are doing u large and increasing busi-
ness, the sales of 1882, exceeding $2,000,000, cattle sales alone exceeding 40,000 head. Mr. Allen
has been connected with the cattle trade since avery early day, at first being engaged in driving
from Colorado and New Mexico. Has been connected with the trade here since 1863,

J.R, KELLEY, of the firm of Kelley & Berberich, manufacturers of a general line of cooper-

e. They employ from twelve to thirty men annually. Began operations in September, 1882.

ey have a capacity of turning out from $100 to $300 worth of work per day. Mr. J. R. ‘Kelley
came to Kansas in 1877 and engaged in the cooper trade until he began business for himself in
Kansas City, Kan.,in 1881. He was born in Sandusky City, Ohio, October 1, 1856. Lived on Kelley's
Island, near that city, until twelve years old, thence moved with his parents on a farm in Huron
County, Ohio, and lived three years; thence went to Genoa, Ohio, at the age of fifteen years, and
learned the cooper’s trade, where he worked five years, and after traveling in various States and
Canada, finally located in Kansas.

PETER R. KENNEDY, general foreman of the car department, West Division, Missouri
Pacific Railway, came to Kansas City, Mo., in 18738. He employs from forty to fifty men in his de-
partment. He was born in Monroe County, N. Y., September 20, 1882, and was raised forty miles
northeast of Toronto, Canada; lived there until 1859, where he followed lumbering and saw-milling
business. In the spring of 1859, went_to Lenawee County, Mich., and engaged 1n agriculture and
building bridges until the spring of 1867, when he went to Crawford County, Mo.; he there en-
gaged in railroad bridge building, and in the fall of 1869, he became foreman of car department,
which position he holds at the present time, He moved to Springfield, Mo., in 1870; here he
lived until he came to Kansas City, Mo. in 1873, Lived in Kansas City watil 1879 when he moved
to Kansas City, Kan., where he now lives. He served one term as President of School Board in
Kansas City, Kan. In the spring of 1883, was elected member of the City Council. He was mar-
ried, in 1854, to Miss Harriet Bowen, a native of Haldeman County, Canada. They have four
children—Ann Olsia, Delfina Alberta, Charles A. and Corea B. His wife died in 1872, in Spring-
field, Mo. He was again married in 1873, to Miss Nancy A. Jackson, of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo. They have one daughter—Maude Myrtle.

SAMUEL McCONNELL, foreman in the jard department of Plankinton & Armour’s
Packing House, came to Kansas City, Mo., in 1868, and became an employe for Thomas J. Bigger,
insame business as at present. Came to ‘Kansas City, Kan.,.in 1870, for same parties, until 1880,
wher he accepted his present position. He has charge of avout thirty men under his supervision,
In 1871, he was Treasurer of Kansas City, Kan., Clerk of Board of Education, from 1872, until
spring, 1888. Was a member City Council three years, and Mayor four years. He was born in

elfast, Ireland, December 16, 1847; came to America in August, 1863, alone, and lived in New
York city three and one-half years. He was married in 1872, to Miss fsabella Beggs, a native of
Ireland. They have five children—Mary A., Thomas J., Samuel, Agnes, Lizzie, (deceased), and
Isabella. He isa member of K. of P.

McCOY & UNDERWOUD, commission merchants, for the sale of cattle, hogs and sheep,
Kansas City Stock Yards. Thefirm is composed of A, J. McCoy and D.S. Underwood. Business
established in November, 1881; yearly sales wil] aggregate $200,000.

GEORGE W. MARSH, dealer in a general line of drugs, medicines and druggists’ sundries,
corner of Sixth and James streets, also at 249 James street. He began trade in the fall of 1880,
with a stock of $2,000; now carries a stock of $6,000. He came Westin the spring of 1871, pre:
empting some Jand in Nebraska, where he farmed one year, Thence he went to Ft. Scott, Kan.,
and engaged in the drug trade eight years, until he came to Kansas City, Mo., connected wlth the
atent Medicine Company, tinally locating in his present business. He was born in Dun-
das, Canada, February 22, 1846; was raised in Wautoma, Wis., and lived in various places In
the latter State.’ Enlisted December, 1861, in the Eighth Wisconsin Light Artillery, Partic-
ipated in all the battles of his command; was promoted to Hospital Steward; was mustered out
in 1865. He then served an apprenticeship of Eres youre in the drug business, in Milwaukee.
He was married, in 1880, to Miss Alice Dodson, of F't., Scott, Kan, They have three children—
Arnott L., Lillian A., by a former marriage, and Georgie Lee, by the latter marriage. Mr.
Marsh is a member of the K. of L., of Kansas City, Kan..

COL, C. F. MORSE, general manager, Kansas City Stock Yards Company, and a general
manager of the Kaw Valley Town Site and Bridge Coinpany, is a native of Massachusetts, and
was born in Boston, September 22, 1839. From 1871 to 1879, he was connected with railroads in
different parts of the West. His last position was that of General Superintendent of the A.. T. &
8. F.R, i which he resigned. to take his present position.

_ FRANK E. PELLETE, dealer in drugs atid medicines, paints, oils and druggiat’s sun-
dries. He embarked in drug trade in Kansas City, Kan.,in March, 1882, Carries a stock of
$2,000. He came to Kansas City, Mo.,in June, 1878, and engaged in real estate, speculating,
erecting over twenty dwellings, etc. He was born in Windham County, Conn., November 9,
1844, and was raised there. He began life asa clerk, and has followed various occupations since.
During four years’ time in the rebellion, he was Inspector of United States Armory at Spring-
field, Mass., in the manufacture of Springfield guns. He was married in 1868 to Miss Isabella
Smith, ot Sagg Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. He isa member of Masonic order and Knights of
Labor, Kansas City, Kansas. ;

~ PLATT & EVANS, commission merchants for the sale of live stock, Kansas City Stock
Yards. The firm is composed of M.R. Platt and Jesse Evans. This business was established in
1880, They have two salesmen and thiee other employes. :

E. E. RICHARDSON, Assistant Treasurer and Secretary of the Kansas City Stock Yard
Company, Kaw Valley Town Site & Bridge Company, and the Kansas Desiccating and Refining
Company, was born in Buffalo, N. Y.,April 29, 1847, and made that his home until June 8, 1869.

 

Mr. Johnson, of Stonewall County, La.; .

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

He is a son of BE, K. and Hannah L, (Martin) Richardson, his father being a miller. E. B. was
so reared until seventeen. He was educated in the public schools of Buffalo and the high achool
of Grand Rapids, Mich. October 7, 1864, he accepted a position as book-keeper in Martin Com-*
stock’s wholesale store ot seeds and fruits, at that time the largest house in the city of Buffalo.
Resigned that position May 1, 1868, and took charge of the wholesale produce store of Wallace
Johnson, remaining one year, part of the time as traveling buyer and salesman. June 8, 1869,
he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and engaged as traveling salesman for Johnson & Thyng. soap and
candle manufacturers. Not being satisfied with this position, he resigned July 27, 1869, shortly
afterward going to Chicago, being on the Board of Trade with Wright & Beebe, from August
16 to October 12, 1869. That day, heaccepted a position as book-keeper for Gregory Strader &
Co., live-stock dealeis, remaining witb this firm until January 21, 1874, when he was appointed
to the office he now fills by the authority of J. M. Walker, who was at that time President of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and also of Kansas City Stock Yards, He was married
to Miss Anna M. Nevius December 21, 1868, a native of New Orleans, La. They have five chil-
dren living—Dwight N., Anna L, Clara B., Frances L. and John E, Mr. R, is a member of the
Uniform Rank, K. of P., of Kansas City, Mo., also of the Craig Rifles, of the same city.

ROGERS & ROGERS, live-stock commission merchants, Kansas City Stock Yards, The
firm here is composed of W. A. and H. D. Rogers, and is a branch of Harrison, Rogers & Co.,
live-stock commission merchants, Chicago, The business was established in 1875, and they are
now doing a business of $2,500,000.

W. L. SEAMAN, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas City, Kan.,in 1878 and opened a
medical office, where he has since practiced his profession. He was born in Wiukesha, Wis.,
May 21,1852. Family lived there until 1856 and removed to Kilbourn City, Wis., where they
lived until 1860, and emigrated to Milwaukee, where he lived until 1871, when be entered the
Chicago, Ill., Medical College, as a student, and graduated March 16, 1875. He then practiced
hia profession at Mercy Hospital, Cook County, Ll. He occupied the position of Interne and
Free Dispensary in the latter hospital some time. Finally went to Rochelle, Ill., and practiced
medicine several months. Thence to Kansas City, Kan. Was married in 1875, to Miss Anna
M. Chappelle, of Rochelle, Ill. They have one daughter, Erma May, born August 24,1881. He
is a member of Knights of Labor, [. 0. 0. F. and Y. M. C. A., of Kansas City, Kan. He is Vice
President of Eureka Reform Club and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Within
the last five months he has issued over 2,000 prescriptions. He is physician to the free dis-
pensary ot Kanras City, Kan.

JOHN SHEEHAN, City Marshal of Kansas City, Kan. He first came to his present city in
1870, where he was employed as a general laborer in packing house until 1875 inclusive. He was
appointed to his present position in April, 1875; by appointment has since held the office. Has
served as Deputy Sheriff, Wyandotte County, five years, Constable, four years. He was born in
Ireland February 2, 1845. Came to America in 1857, and made Washington City, D. C., bis home
during school days. Enlisted 1861, in Company D, Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He
participated in all battles of his command in the Army of the Potomac. Mustered outin July,
1864, He then went to Baltimore, Md. He worked in rolling mills and copper works, United
States Government, at Ft. Foot, Md., a year or more; thence to'Kansas. Was married in 1875; to
Miss Mary O’Niel,a native of Ireland. They have four sons and one daughter—Mary, Daniel,
James, John P.and Timothy. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church.

ANDY J. SNIDER & CO., commission merchants for the sale of live stock. The business
was established in 1873; the present firm succeeding Barse & Snyder in 1881. There are four
salesmen employed, besides book-keepers, etc. The sales for 1882 aggregated $13,800,000. The
cattle sales represent 84,000 head, hogs 368,000 head. In additton to this some 49,000 head of
cattle on ranches. Mr, Snyder commenced the cattle business in 1869, buying and shipping until
1872. Since that time in commission business. In addition to regular business, he is interested
in the Drum & Snyder ranch in Indian Territory. This ranch contains 165,000 acres, all under
fence, the herd consisting of 17,000 head of cattle; the output fur 1883, will be some 9,809 head.

HENRY C. STOUT, City Clerk of Kansas Ciry, Kan. He came to Topeka, February 2, 1875.
Invested $5,500 in a farm near by, and followed agriculture some time, sold out and moved to
Kansas City, Kan.,and went into the employ of Plankinton & Armour in 1877. He is now
foreman of the fertilizing and lumber department, and has about forty-one men under his super-
vision. He was born in New York (ity, August 15, 1846; was raised as a book-keeper until
twenty years old. He graduated in a scientific course, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., class
of 1864. In 1866, went to Chicago, Ill.,and followed book-keeping four years; was agent for
Heath & Smith Manufacturing Company, of Chicago four years, and about twenty months a re-
porter for the Chicago Times; thence came to Kansas. Was elected City Clerk, November 15,
1878, and by re-olection has since held the office. Has served as City Assessor four years. Was
married in 1866, to Miss Anna Adams, of Paris, Ky. They have one daughter, Edith, born De-
cember 13, 1867. He is a member of Kelwinning Lodge, No. 311, A., F. & A. M., Corinthian
Chapter, No, 69, R. A. M., St. Bernard Commandery, No. 35, Knights Templar Lodge, Sigma Chi,
of Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind. ;

P. H, SULLIVAN, receiving clerk in Abernathy Furniture House, and a member of City
Council, Kansas City, Kan. He came to Kansas City, Kan., in the fall of 1879, and went into the
employ of the above house. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, December 25, 1854; was raised in
Missouri until sixteen years old, when he came to Kansas City, Kan. He isa member of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, and President of the same, Knights of Labor, and member and Sec-
ata the I.C.B.U. He is favoraby known for his good business qualities and strict in-
egrity. .
. ; WHITE & HOLMES, live-stock commission merchants, Kansas City Stock Yards, The firm
is.composed of Robert C. White and George Holmes. The business was established January 1,
1876, by the present firm. any give their personal attention to allsales, and each has an able
assistant salesman. They employ three traveling men and two book-keepers, and the annual
sales will exceed $6,000,000,

KANSAS CITY, MO.

CHARLES L. DUNHAM, Superintendent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad from Kansas
City, Mo., to Omaha, Neb, and from Atchison, Kan., to St. Joe, Mo., commenced railroading, in
1853, as a brakeman on the Michigan Southern, between Toledo and Chicago, at a salary of $26
per month. In about one year’s time he was offered the position of baggage-master, which he
accepted, and was afterward conductor on a freight train. In 1858, Mr, Dunbam came to St.
Louis, and accepted a position on the line of road now known as the Indianapolis & St. Louis,
and was passenger conductor on this road during the entire rebellion, and Mr. A. A. Talmage,
who is now Geueral Manager of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, was then Assistant Superintendent
of the road on which Mr. Dunham run, In 1864, his train was brought into requisition for the
purpose of removing u lot of rebel prisoners. In 1868, he took charge of a divisiun on the North

issouri Railroad, which now forms a part of the Wabash from St. Louis to Ottawa, [owa, where
ho continued up to the time of his engagement with the Missouri Pacific road, which occurred
in 1871, snd where he has since been employed, wich the exception of a very short time. Mr. D.
is a native of Syracuse, N. Y., born March 7, 1836; he has been very successful in this his chosen
career, having risen from a brakeman to his present influential position by careful attention to
and thorough study of the duties of the various positions assigned him, and with his thorough
knowledge of railroading and its appurtenances, having been educated to it from his youth up, a8

it were, he isa gentleman well calculated to fill th i s
haters ihe Sane ed to the position, and is one of the most expert rail

ARMOURDALE.

Armourdale is a very neat young city of ten or twelve hundred in-
habitants, situated on the north bank of the Kansas River, one mile from
its Junction with the Missouri. This city contains about eighty acres and
was platted in 1880. It is a part of the southwest quarter of southeast
quarter of Section 15, and part of northwest quarter of northeast quarter
of Section 22, Town 11, Range 25 east. The proprietors of the town site
are, The Kaw Valley Town Site & Bridge Company, composed of Boston
capitalists, named John Quincy Adams, Charlés Merriam, Nathaniel
Thayer, H. H. Hunnewell, John A. Burnham and Charles F. Adams.
This company owns a large tract of land not embraced in the town site of
Armourdale, which is rapidly being sold for manufacturin purposes.

; The city was Incorporated in the spring of 1882; and the first city
election was held May 5. The officers are: Mayor, Frank W. Patterson ;
Councilmen: Nehemiah $Shirrick, Daniel Herbert, E. W. Anderson, 8.
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

Snyder and Joseph Bradley ; Police Judge, John C. Foore; Marshal, Will-
iam Ross; City Clerk, Granville Patterson. ;

Early in the spring of 1882, the old school district in which a school
had been maintained for over twenty years, was divided, and that portion
of the school district containing the. schoolhouse was set over to South
Wyandotte. In May the Armourdale District, No. 9, voted bonds for a
$9,0U0 schoolhouse, which was completed on October 5. The present offi-
cers of the School Board are: N. Sherrick, President; E. Sheldon, Secre-
tary, and F. W. Dreyer, Treasurer.

The colored schoo) is taught in the old wooden school building in the
west end of town.

Presbyterian services have been held here several years, but it was not
until April 15, 1882, that the Central Presbyterian Church was organized,
The society immediately commenced building a house of worship, which
is located on the corner of Wyandotte avenue and Eleventh street. It was
completed in June, at a cost of $1,800. In addition to the regular services
a Union Sabbath school, with 100 scholars, is zealously conducted by the
Protestant people of Armourdale. The church, which numbers twenty
members, is now making arrangements for a permanent pastor, to arrive
next month.

The city of Armourdale was named for the Armours, bankers and
pork packers. It gives promise of being the center of many great manu-
facturing interests, and already many large establishments have bought
ground here and are moving out of Kansas City, which is just across the
river. A new bridge, by. the Belt Line Company, is now being erected
across the Kansas River, in the southeast part of Armourdale. ‘This will
let the various railroads in to the elevators and other interests now build-
ing in that part of Armourdale.

MANUFACTURES,

The Kansas Desiccating and Refining Company of Armourdale, is composed chiefly of
members of the Kaw Valley Town Site & Bridge Company, some of the members of the
Stock Yards Company, while a few shares are owned by the packing houses in Kansas City,
Kan. The company owns about twelve acres of land on the west or north bank of the
Kansas River, adjoining the city of Armourdale, on which they have erected a three-story
brick building, 145x150 feet, on the ground, with several wings, engine houses, etc., and
placed therein necessary machinery at an expense of $75,000. ‘I'hese works are for the pur-
pose of extracting the fatty matter from dead animals and converting the refuse into fer-
tilizer. They obtain the dead animals at the stock yards, of the packing-houses and
throughout the city. There are four large rendering tanks, with a capacity of 20,000
pounds each. On the 6th of March, 1882, one of these tanks exploded with such terrible
torce as to completely raze the building to the ground except the engine and boiler room.
An immense force of men was immediately set to work by the energetic proprietors, and in
the month of May the establishment again resumed operations. They now employ about
twenty hands, most of their work being done by machinery. Their engine is of seventy
horse-power, and occupies a building, 40x40, one story and a half high. Mr. C. W. Bangs,
formerly of Lawrence, is the Superintendent. The works are not so offensive as one would
suppose. There is an invention operated by a system of fans which forces nearly all the
disagreeable odors through a long pipe into a condenser, from which a sewer conducts the
gas and water to the river. North of the desiccating works, on the same belt line railroad
track, the pedestrian will find the elevator, which at present is the only elevator in
Armourdale, although this city will be the headquarters for all the elevators as soon as the
belt fline is completed. The elevator we refer to, however, was removed from Kansas City,
Mo., to its present location in the summer of 1882 by Arthur S. Pierce, the proprietor. It
has a storage capacity of 200,000 bushels. Large additions are being made to the south side
of the building to accommodate prospective business. ee

The Kansas City Bridge and Iron Company.—The yards, sheds and shops of the bridge
company above mentioned are situated directly north of the elevator just mentioned. This
is a Kansas City firm, at the head of which appears the name of G. H. Wheelock as Presi-
dent, and A. Blodgett as Secretary. They, too, were forced out of Kansas City for want of
space, and have followed the natural channel of trade and improvements up the Kaw River.
They are here, at Armourdale, extensively engaged in the manufacture of every variety of
bridges for railroads and highways. They employ a capital of $30,000, and employ about
thirty skilled mechanics. 5 :

The Armourdale Foundry was incorporated in June, 1882, with C. E. Moss, President,
and G. H. Wheelock, Secretary. They commenced the erection of their buildings on Kan-

sas avenue, and in September of said year were in operation. Their capital stock is $50,000.
It is also a Kansas City business, and employs a large force of men. It is situated near the
bridge leading across the river to Kansas City.

Agricultural Implement Factory.—In September, 1882, the firm of Trumbull & Reynolds,
of Kansas City, Mo., commenced the erection of 2 building on Kansas avenue, in Armourdale,
in which to engage in the manufacture of several varieties of agriculturalimplements. _ The
buildings and ware rooms cover about four acres of ground, and an immense (capital will be
required to put in the machinery and operate the factory. xe .

Armourdale is connected with Kansas City in Kansas and Missouri by a street car
line. This line is to be extended to Argentine, and also by way of Armstrong to Wyandotte

at an early day.
iris BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

MAJ. E. W. ANDERSON, Postmaster and dealer in books, stationery and notions. He
came to Armourdale, Kan., in November, 1881; took charge of post office July 26, 1882. He was
born in Greene County, Ohio, August 12, 1836, and was raized there, Enlisted in June, 1862, in
Company I, Seventy-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to all the offices of
his company, and finally Major of his regiment. He was wounded ut the battle of Chickamauga,
September 19, 1863. He had charge of four pieces of artillery during the latter battle. He -re-
signed on account of his wound, February 29, 1864. He afterward engaged in the grocery trade,
at Homer, Champaign County, 111, In 1869, he went to Danville, Lli., where he engaged in the
same business. He was afterward a policeman eight years at the Union Depot, Indianapolis,
Ind., after which ho came to Kansas Uity, Mo. He engaged one and one-halt years at the pack-
ing-house of Plankinton & Armour, adjusting machinery. He then engaged in his trade, erect-
ing cars in Kansas City, Mo., for the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gult Railroad, until October,
1882, when hecame to Armourdale. His wound, received at the battle of Chickamauga, was so
painful that he was obliged to quit manual labor. He was married, November 19,1865, to Miss Alice
Earl, of Newtown, Fountain County, Ind. They have two children—Frank and Harry. Mr. An-
derson is a member of the Masonic order, and McPherson Post, G. A. R. He assisted to organize
the Armourdale city government in May, 1882, and is now a member of the City Council.

BEATON & CO., dealers in dry goods, notions, boots, shoes, hats and caps. ‘hey began
business March 10, 1883, with a general stock of $4,500 and upwards. They occupy a two-story
brick building, 24 by 60 feet, erected at a cost of $3,500. . i ;

JOHN T. BLANTON, foreman of Armourdale Desiccating & Refining Company's Works,
came to Leavenworth County in 1863, and engaged in agriculture until 1864; thence went to
Weston, Platte County, Mo., and followed butchering and stock business until 1872, when he
came to Kansas City, Mo., and followed the same occupation until 1880, when he took charge of
the above works. He was born in Platte City, Mo., June 12, 1851, and made that his home until
he came to Kansas. He was married in 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Hyre, of McDonough County,
Il. They have one son—Charles Lewis. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
of Kansas City, Mo. The Armourdale Desiccating and Refining Works were erected of brick in
1882, The size of the main building is 50 by 100 feet, three stories high ; dry room, 60 by 80 feet,
two stories high, and two store rooms same size, besides one store room 40 by 60 feet, two stories.
Boiler room, 40 by 50 feet, two stories. The buildings, machinery and grounds cost about

: ROBERT EB. CHANCE, contractor and builder, and a part lessor of Chance Brothers’ Park.
This is a beautiful park, consisting of many varieties of timber common to Kansas, and it is lo-
cated in the northwestern portion of Armourdale, Mr. Chance was born in Weston, Mo., August

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29, 1856, where he lived until 1867, He then went into the employ of the United States Govern-
ment on river surveys, etc.; has followed the latter occupation two and one-half years, and during
that time visited ten States and two Territories. Then locating at Armourdale, he began the
carpenter and builders’ trade, and has since followed it. He was married January 5, 188], to
Miss Mary K. Harmon, of Rockingham County, Va., born August 9, 1862, They had one son--
Robert Franklin Chance, deceased.

SAMSON CHURCH, dealer in real estate and agent for the Kaw Valley Town Site & Bridge
Company, having charge of a branch office at Armourdale. He also represents about twenty
of the leading fire insurance companies. He located in Wyandotte Township May 5, 1871, and
engaged in agricultural pursuits three years; thence embarked in the hotel business at Armstrong
a year, that being the first hotel in the latter place, He then went into the grocery trade three
years, after which he went into the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, as engineer
of stationary engine two years, had charge of coach department a year, and in Murch, 1881, lo-
cated in Armourdale, when he engaged in his present occupation, being the first real estate.
dealer to locate in that business in the village. He still carries on agriculture, owning over 470
acres of good land. He was born in Wise County, Va., June 30, 1848; lived there until 1865, and
went to Jackson, Breathitt County, Ky., where he ran a saw-mill‘and carding factory two years
He then folllowed agriculture at Rising Sun, Ind., until he came to Kansas. He was married, in
1869, to Miss Emma Anderson, a native of Indiana. They have five children—Mamie, Freddie,
John, Harry, and Pearl. :

WILLIAM B. DOUGLASS, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in January, 1882,
with a stock of $500. He now carries a stock of $4,000. He came to the Kaw Valley, near Ar-
mourdale, in 1871, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1882. In the fallof 1881,he bought
and shipped twenty-two cur loads of vegetables to Denver, Colo., and has dealt in farmers’ pro-
duce since. He was the first City Treasurer in 1882, and Treasurer of the district schools the
same year. He was born in Clermont Courty, Ohio, February 10, 1821, und was raised, after
eight years, in Switzerland County, Ind., until 1449, when he moved to Howard County, Southern
Ill, and lived there a year. Thence he returned to Switzerland County, and remained until 1871;
thence to Wyandotte County, Kan. He has fuliowed flatboating about eight yearson the Ohio and
Mississippi Kivers, fiom Cincinnati, Ohio, to New Orleans, La., having made twenty-four full trips,
besides many short ones. He followed agriculture the remainderof thetime. While fatboating,
he was once robbed of $300. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company C, Eighty-third Indiana Vol-
unteer Infantry, and participated in the first battle of Vicksburg, beginning the second battle of the
same; also in the capture of Arkansas Post. He was discharged for disability, contracted in the
service of 1862, He was married, in 1848, to Miss Martha A. McIntire, who died in 1869, They
had eight children—William F., Martha M., Thomas J,, Mary O., Stephen A., Henrietta, Edwin
and Melissa. He was again married, in 1870, to Lucinda Anderson, of Switzerland County, Ind.,
They have one son—Thevdore. They are members of the Christian Church. Mr. D. is a mem-
ber of Armourdale Post, No. 263, Mr. D, petitioned for Armourdale city government, and was
afterward appointed City Treasurer.

FRANK M. HELLMAN, dealer in a general stock of hardware, stoves and tinware. He be-
gan trade April 6, 1882, Erected his store in the winter of 1883, size of which is 22x50 feet, two
stories high and cost $1,600. He carries a stock of $1,200. He came to Armourdale, Kan., in the
fall of 188, aud worked in the tin department of the Union Pacific Railroad until he began
business, He was born in Baden, Germany, March 24, 1843, Came to America in 1851, locating
at St. Genevieve, Mo., where he lived some time with his parents on a farm. Moved to Cooper
County, Mo., with his parents and farmed until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1873, to Miss
Susan Penroad, born March 25, 1856, in Indiana County, Penn. They have one daughter, Julia
Olive, They are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. H. enlisted in the summer of 1861, in
Company G, First Missouri State Militia, participating in the battle of Pilot Knob and several
skirmishes; mustered out in the fall of 1864.

ERVIN S. MERRILL, real estate dealer, Notary Public and fire insurance agent, located in
Montgomery County, Kan., on a farm in 1870, and followed agriculture until 1879, when he emi-
grated to Indiana, but returned to Kauaas soon afterward and permanently settled at Armour-
dale, where in December, 1882, he embarked in his present occupation. He was born in Oxford
County, Me., January 16, 1834. Lived there until sixteen years old and was then apprentice to
an iron moulder at Lowell, Mass., three yeara. After the expiration of the time he worked at the
trade in Manchester, N. H., and assisted to build the first locomotive in Messrs. Blood & Buailey’s
manufactory. He then started fur Kansas, but changed his mind, taking a steamer for San Fran-
cisco in the spring of 1855, and remaining until September, 1859; thence to Virginia City, Nev.,
until 1861, when he enlisted in Company F, Second Volunteer Cavalry. Participated in all the
battles of his command as Ordnance Sergeant. Was mustered out in the spring of 1865, returned
to New York, finally located in Elgin, Ill., where he followed his trade. Was married in Elgin,
Ill, in the fall of 1866, to Jane Goodwin, of New York State. He followed his trade some time,
then engaged in agriculture in Kansas. He has been a member of the Masonic order for the past
seventeen: years.

TRUMBULL, REYNOLDS & ALLEN, proprietors of the Armourdale Agricultural Works.
These works occupy four acres of ground, have a switch railroad track 650 feet long and are con-
nected with all the public highways. The factory building is 40x100 feet, two stories high, and
basement. The engine house is 24x30 feet, dry house 16x24 feet, each one story; warehouse
70x125 feet, two stories and basement. They employ thirty men and pay out $45. per day for
labor. In 1883, they expect to manufacture $50,000 worth of farm implements, consisting of hay
stackers, hay rakes and field rollers. These works are just begun and of course the capacity will
be greatly increased within a short time. Mr. A.G. Trumbull is a native of East Craftsburg,
Orleans Co., Vt. He came to Kansas City, Mo., in 1872. The other members of the firm are J: 1.
Reynolds and I. N. Allen, all residents of Kansas Vity, Mo., at which latter city their main agri-
cultural store and warehouses are located. Office at 1311 West Thirteenth street, Kansas City,
Mo.

ARMSTRONG.

R.H. ARRINGTON, physician and surgeon, of the regular school, came to Armstrong in
1879, since which time he has practiced medicine. He was born in Oglethorpe, Macon Co., Ga.,
August 4, 1850; was principally raised in Kentucky, Georgia, and Illinois. He began the study
of medicine at the age of seventeen. He graduated in ascientitic course at Pennfield University,
Georgia, class ot 1866; he then entered the Louisville, Ky., Medical College as a student, and
attended a tull course of instructions, but being too young to receive a diploma, he received a
certiticate of graduation in 1874. In March, 1877, he graduated from the Miami Medical College
at Cincinnati, Ohio. He began the practice of medicine in Jasper County, I.,in 1874. Heisa
member of I.0.0.F., K. of P,andA.O.U.W, Has been County Physician of Wyandotte County,
Kan., two terms, and is now an examining surgeon for several life insurance companies.

WILLIAM BITTLES, retail dealer in liquors, located in WyanJotte County in February,
1869; was born February 17, 1836, at Glasgow, Scotland. Learned the machinist’s trade and
came to America November 23, 1849, locating at Holyoke, Mass. Worked at his trade there
seven years, and moved tu Chicago, where he reinained about eight years; removed to Rod-
ford, Conn., and remained,two years, and from there to Springfield, Mass., Worcester, Thomp-
sonville, Conn., and Fort Atkinson, Wis., from which last place he came to Kansas. Was mar-
ried February 14, 1851, at Chickopee Falls, Mass., to Martha A. Starker, of Paterson, N. J.
They have three children—William H., Mary and Hattie E. He enlisted in 1862, in Company
K, Forty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers. Was stationed at New Orleans most of the time,
and was mustered out in 1863 at Redville, Mass. .

JOHN C. BODDINGTON, assistant master mechanic, Kaw Valley Division, Union Pacific
Railroad, was appointed to his present position in June, 1881. First connected with the Kan-
sas Pacific Railroad in 1868 as machinist; was made foreman in 1870, and retained that posi-
tion until 1881. He was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, October 21,1838. He
commenced the machinist’s trade at the age of fourteen years in Birmingham, England, and
followed it in dinerent parts of the island till he came to the United States. He commenced
his railway life in 1866, in the shops of the Jersey City Locomotive Works, then under control
of the Erie Railroad. After leaving this place, he was employed a short time atSecor’s, in Jer-
sey City, working on torpedo boats; from there he went to the State Line shops of the New
York Central Railroad ; thence to the Fort Wayne shops of toe Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Railroad; thence to the Chicago & Aiton Railroad at Bloomington, Ill., where he remained un-
tilhe moved to Kansas. He was married in Wyandotte, Kan., January 1, 1877, to Miss Lela
Beatie, a native of England, who died, leaving two children—William and Edna. He was mar-
ried to his present wife in Armstrong May 24, 1881; she was Miss Annie Mosley, of Lawrence,
Kan., a graduate of the State University. hey have one child—John M. Mr. B. is a member
of the City Council of Wyandotte; he isa member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers
and Machinists, of the K. of P., and of the Blue Lodge and Chapter A., F. & A. M. 4

J.J. BURNS, assistant store keeper and chief operator of the Kansas Division of the Union
Pacific Railroad, was appointed to his present position in July, 1880. ‘Previous to this, was
operator, agent, clerk for Division Superintendeut, chief train dispatcheryetc. First connected
with the Union Pacific Railroad in 1867. . : 7 :

WILLIAM J. BURNS, dealer in general merchandise. He began trade in May, 1881, with
a stock of $1,500. He came to Wyandotte in 1867, and engaged as engineer on a road engine a
number of years. He was then promoted to conductor on a freight train for some time ; thence
promoted to conductor of a passenger train and held that responsible position a number of years,
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after which he embarked in his present business. He was born in Dungan, County Tyrone, Ire-
land, November 28,1848. Came with his parents to America in 1851 ; lived in Canada until 1863;
came to the United States and enlisted in February, 1865, in Company I, Sixty-firat Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, a regiment raised at Pittsburg. Participated in battles at Ft. Steadman,
capitulation of Petersburg, Va., Sailors Hill, Faunville, Hanover Court House and Ulover Hill;
mustered out July 4, 1865. He isa member of the associations of B. L. 0, H. A. U., A., F. & A.
M. and Burnside Post, G. A. R, He was married in 1869, to Miss E. M. Reicheneker, of Mans-
field, Ohio., They have three children—Nellie E., Mary E. and Revina. é
GEORGE W. CHALK, Postmaster, was appointed to present position April 17, 1875, and
has held it continuously since. He was born in Morgan County, Ohio, May 4, 1857. His fath-
er, Ransom Chalk, brought the family to Kansas April 22, 1858, settling in Wyandotte City,
Kan., where he engaged in carpentering and undertaking, under the firm name of Chalk &
Hance. In 1870, he moved to Armstrong, Kan., where he was engaged in milling ; he was also
a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and while on his way to attend the confer-
ence at Lawrence, was accidentally killed by the cars at Bismarck in atfempting to get off the
train. Ransom Chalk was born in Washington County, Ohio. He was connected with the
Kansas State militia during the war of the rebellion. He was married in Morgan County, Ohio,
in 1856, to Miss Caroline Jumper, of that county. They had eight children—George W., John
W , Eliza J., Joseph R., James H,, Lucilla A., Lilly M. and Ida P. George W., the suvject of this
sketch, was educated in W_andotte; he commenced his business lite as book-keeper for his
fa her in Pleasant Valley Mills, retain ng that position until he was appointed Postmaster. He
was married February 14, 1879, to Miss Mary L Shaffer, of Pennsylvania. They have one
child—Josie M, Mr. C.is a member of the E. A. U. Lodge, No. 315, of Armstrong. niece
E. C. CONNOR, lumber and tie inspector of the Union Pacific Railroad, Kansas Division,
was appointed to his present position in 1875. He was first connected with the Union Pacific
Railroad, Kansas Department, in 1867, in the bridge and building department, and has been
with the road continuously since. He was born in Alexandria, Huntingdon Co., Penn., May 24,
1845. First commenced railroad life in 1863, on the military roads in Virginia and Tennessee,
in fuel department, continuing until 1866. Mr. C. is a member of the I. 0. O. F., of Lawrence,

an.

JAMES W. FULTON, foreman machinists’ departments of Union Pacific Railway Shops,
Armstrong, Kan., was appointed to his present position February 1, 1882. He was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, in March, 1839; commenced the machinist’s trade in 1854, and followed it
in his native city until 1866, when he came to the United States; of this time he was employed
seven years in Nelson’s Hyde Park Locomotive Works. In 1866, he became connected with
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, in the shops at ae Ill., where he rernained until
1870, when he moved to Kansas, and entered the employ of fhe Union Pacific Railroad at Wy-
andotte, where he has since remained. He was married in Glasgoy. Scotland, in 1862, to Miss
M. MacEwan, of that city. They have five children—Agnes, William, Elizabeth, James and Frank.
Mrs F. ne at present E serving his third term on the City School Bourd. He is a member of the I.

. F. and K, of P.

JAMES FURGUSON, car inspector Union Pacific Railroad shops, was appointed to his present
positionin 1876. First became connected with the Kansas Pacific Railroad in 1869, as a car-
penter in the car-building department, being promoted from that to his present position. He
was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., March 29, 1840. Learned the carpenter’s trade under James
Graham, a prominent contractor and builder in the city. In 1861, he enlisted in Company
Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Intantry, serving out the call of ninety days, then
returned to Pittsburgh, where he worked at his trade until 1864, when’ he moved to Kansas.
After remaining for a short time in Kansas City and Wyandotte, he settled in Leavenworth,
engaging in house carpentering. Shortly afterward, was engaged by Col. Cregg, to go to Henno-
sello, N.M., to put up aresidence and other buildings; then on his return he located in Wyan-
dotte, where he remained until the fall of 1866, engaged in contracting and building, thence
returned to Pittsburgh, Penn., engaging there in house carpentering, until he returned to Wyan-
dotte, and entered the employ of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He was married in Pittsburgh,
Penn., December 5, 1866, to Miss Catharine Gardner, of Allegheny City. They have four
children—Mary B., William G., Isabelle and James, Jr. Mr. F.is a member of the Lodge and
Encampment, I. O. O. F., beiug Past Grand, and is Past Chancellor in the K. of P. Is now Pres-
ident of the school board, serving his third term. He was three times President, and was a
member six years.

JAMES F. HALL, foreman of the erecting department of the Union Pacific Railroad shops,
was appointed to his present position in 1875. He was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England,
September 27, 1824; commenced learning the machinist’s trade at the age of fourteen years.
His first railroad work was in the shops of the North British Railroad, at Newcastle. In 1853,
he moved to the United States, and located in Paterson, N. J., where he was employed by
Danforth, Cork, Smith & Jackson, about two years. He then entered the employ of the New
York & Erie Railroad, at Piermont. He remained in the employ of the company about eleven
years, moving to Elmira, N. Y., when the shops were moved. After spending a few months at
Alexandria, Va., in Government employ, he settled in Nashville, Tenn., where he held the po-
sition as foreman of the round-house in the shops of the N. & C. Railroad. His health pene
he returned to Elmira, N. Y., where he held the same position in the shops of the New York
Erie Railroad about two years. From there he removed to Springfield, Ill,, where he was em-
ployed in the shops of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad ; thence to Chicago. After spend-
ing ashort time here and in Memphis, Tenn., he returned to Springfield, and then moved to
Omaha, where he was employed in the Union Pacific Railroad shops. He was first connected
with the Kansas Pacific Railroad in 1870, as machinist, and has since remained in that depart-
ment, He was married in Chicago, in 1867, to Miss Mattie Southerall, of that city. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F., and K. of P. 4 7

JOSEPH LEAF, forem1in boiler department of the Union Pacific Railroad shops, was ap-
pointed to his present position May 1, 1881. He was first connected with the Kansas Pacific
Railroad in 1870, in this same department. He was born in Quincy, Ill., August 15, 1849, and
commenced his trade at the age of fifteen years, and followed it in Quincy, Ill., and afterward
inSt. Louis, Mo., in the Rohn & Allison Boiler Works, where he remained until 1870. Since
beginning sis trade, he has not lost a single week’s time, being continuously employed. He
was married in Wyandotte, Kan.,in 1870, to Miss Cecilia Houg, a native of Quincy, Ill, They
have four children, Joseph, Jr., John, Theresa and Harvey. ‘

AMES MACKE , master mechanic Kaw Valley Division Union Pacific Railway,
was appointed to his present position in June, 1881. He was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
County, Scotland, June 13, 1824. He was apprenticed to the machinist’s trade atthe age of
seventeen years. In 1844, he came to the United States, locating in New York City, where he
followed his trade until 1847, when he moved to Schenectady, N. Y., where he worked in the
locomotive works some six years. He then moved to Susquehanna, Pennu., where he was em-
ployed inthe New York & Erie Railroad shops, remaining some years. After spending about
two years in the employ of the Toronto Locomotive works, he returned to New York State, and
took charge of the Eagle Foundry, at Troy. About one year later, he returned to the Susque-
hannashops. About 1857, he went South to take the position as foreman of the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad shops at Memphis, Tenn. During the war, he wus in theshops at Clattanooga, Tenn.,
and remained there after the town was captured by the United States troops, and was afterward
at Bowling Green, Nashville, and other points, until about 1875. He then came north, to take
the position of foreman of the shops at Jackson, Mich., of the Lansing & Saginaw Railroad.
Shortly afterward he took the same position at Detroit, with the Detroit & Milwaukee Rail-
road, where he remained a number of years. From this road, he went to the Union Pacific
Railway, as foreman of the machine shops. From that was promoted to his present position,
He was married in Ayrshire, Scotland,in 1844, to Miss M. White, of that county, who died
leaving six children, of whom there survive, John, now Superintendent of the New York,
Chicago & St. Louis Railroad; James, Adam, Margaret, now Mrs. John Lindsey; Sarah, now
Mrs. William White. He was married to his present wife at Nashville, Tenn, She was Mrs,
Sallie (Coote Weel of that city.

S. W. MEYER, chief clerk motive power and car department of the Kaw Valley Division of
the Union Pacific Railroad, was born in Franklin County, Mo., October 10, 1854. He was edu-
cated in Wyandotte County, Kan. In 1869, he took a position as clerk in car shops of the Kan-
sas Pacific Railway at Wyandotte. In 1871, he was transferred to the Superintendent of ma-
chinery’s office of same road at Armstrong, and in 1873 he was transferred to the Auditor’s
office of the same road at Kansas City,Mo. On the consolidation of the Union and Kansas
Pacific Railroad Companies in 1879, he was promoted to the chief clerkship of motive power
and car department ot the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific Railroad, which position he
has since retained, excepting a few months’ interval, which he spent in the Auditor’s office of
the Union Pacific Railroad at Omaha, Neb. He was married in Kansas City, Mo., December J6,
1875, to Miss Lucy Bell. ; ;

CHARLES MULBEY, proprietor Armstrong Brick Yard, and manufacturer of a fine quality
of brick, began operations in the spring of 1882; employs six men in the business, and manu-
factures 6,000 brick per day. He came to Wyandotte, Kan., in the spring of 1882. He opened
a brick yard at Kansas City, Mo., in th: spring of 1881, and continued until he came to Arm-
strong. He was boro in Columbus, Ohio, July 4, 1847, and was raised a farmer and brick-
maker. He was married in the spring of 1881, to Miss Mattie Edgar, of Hocking County, Ohio.
They are mewbers of the Catholic Church. : ‘ .

THOMAS NEWTON, foreman of the wood-working machinery department of the Union
Pacific Railroad shops, was appointed to his present position in 1875. He was first connected
with the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1872, in the same department of which he is now foreman.
He was born near Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, September 21, 1842, of Scotch parentage. His
parents moved to Roxburyshire, Scotland, while he was an infant. He commenced as a boy in
the saw-mill there, and continued until 1861, when he located in Woodstock, Canada West,
where he was employed in a saw-mill about two years; then moved to Detroit, Mich., working
for a time in private mills. In 1865, he became connected with the Detroit Car Company
shops, remaining about three years; then went to the Michigan Central Railroad shops in the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

same department, remaining there until he went to the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He was mar-
ried in Detroit, Mich., January 2, 1873, to Miss Josephine MacQuillin, a native of Monroe,
Mich. They have three children--George C., Thomas W. and William R. .N.is a member
of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council, A., F. & A. M., and also of the I, 0. O. F.
ALMOND NOBLE, engineer, now running an engine on the Union Pacific Railroad, came
to Leavenworth in 1855, where he spent bis school days. Enlisted in 1862,in Company A,
Twelfth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the battles of his command, and
was once badly wounded; mustered out in 1865. He then engaged as a fireman on an engine
two years, after which he was promoted to engineer, and has since had charge of an engine,
He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1845, and was raised in that city until he came to Kansas.
He was married in 18705 to Hiss Delia Van Netten. They have two children—Harry V., and an
infant daughter, not yet named. t 7 , ‘ ON
THOMAS B. ROBERTS, master car builder in the Union Pacific Railroad shops, was ap-
pointed to his present position August 18, 1871, and has held it continuously since. He began
his connection with railroad work about 1858, under William Dodd, contractor of bridges and
buildings in the Great Western Railroad, of Canada, at Toronto, and was afterward employed
in the car building department of that road. He then moved to Detroit, where he was appoint-
ed foreman of the car building department of the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad. Remained
in the employ of this company from August 15, 1860, until August 15,1865. He then re-
signed, and took the position of general foreman of the Crogan street car shops for H.H., Le-
roy. He continued in this place from August 18, 1865, to July 18, 1867, when he was called
by. Supt. J. B. Southerland to the Michigan Central Railroad, to take charge of the shops of the
company at Detroit. He held the position of foreman of the shops here from July 18, 1867, until
August 15, 1871, when he resigned to take his present position. He was born in Bromley,
England, December 18, 1828. His parents moved to Toronto, Canada, about 1831, where he
commenced his trade at the age of fifteen years. He spent six years at carpentering, joming,
stair building, etc. He then went into contracting and building on his own account, putting up
mills, etc., until 1858. He was married at Thornhill, near Toronto, Canada, to Miss Nancy
Dunlap, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. They have eleven children—Thomas G., David R.,
Joseph, John, James, Emily A., Susan J., Ellen G., Margaret, Minnie and Elmira. Mr. Roberts
has been a member of the City Council two terms. He is Royal Arch Mason and a member of
the Eastern Star Lodge, and also the K. of P. ais ;
DAVID E, TY. , chief clerk of the store department of the Kansas Division of the Union
Pacific Railroad, was appointed to his present position in 1883. Has been connected with the
Union Pacific Railroad since August, 1881, always in this department. He was born in Clarks-
ville, Huron Co., Ohio, August 2, 1842. He was educated in his native county, and engaged in
clerking until the breaking-out of the war. In 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Third Regi-
ment Ohio Cavalry ; veteranized in 1864, and was shortly afterward appointed Adjutant ot the
regiment, He was in all the campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland. On the close of the
war, he removed to Missouri, and engaged in farming there until 1872, when he removed to
Kansas, locating in Brookville, Saline County, engaging in dairy farming until 1881. He was
married in Huron County, Ohio, September 28, 1805, to Miss Gertrude A. Seger, of that coun-
ty. They bave four children—Maude, Winnie, C esS.andOrno. -_ . :
JOHN VOLK, foreman of the blacksmithing department of the Union Pacific Railroad
shops, was appointed to his present position in July, 1878. He was born in Piermont, Rock-
land Co., N. Y., March 27, 1829. He first became connected with railroad work in 1846, in the
shops of the New York & Erie Railroad, at Piermont, where he remained until he came of age.
He tuen took charge of machinery in a bridge shop at Oswego, N. Y., about one year, and after-
ward went to Chicago, where he was employed in the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
shops, holding a position as foreman some two or three years. He was called by Supt. Walsh,
of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, to take charge of the mechanical department at Joliet, and
was employed to take charge with Mr. Walsh of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad shops at
Hannibal, Mo., where he remained twenty two years and one month. While at Hannibal, he
was Alderman sixteen years, and member and Secretary of the Board of Education six years.
He has been toreman in all some thirty years. From the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad he
moved to Kansas, to take his present position. He was married in Joliet, Ill., November 25,
1854, to Miss Helen Van Aukcn, a native of New York State. They have four children—Ida,
now Mrs. Arthur Cole; Helen, now Mrs. MacArmstrong:; Alice and Anna. Mr. Volk is a mem-
ber of Blue Lodge and Chapter, A., F. & A. M. z
WILLIAM , foreman of the copper and tin department of the Union Pacific Rail-
road shops, was appointed to his present position in 1870. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September 17, 1843. He began his trade at the age of twelve years, and followed it in his na-
tive city until he came to the United States in 1868. He settled in Chicago, where he was em-
ployed at distillery work until 1870, when he was called by George W.Cushing, Superintendent
of mot.ve power, to take his present position. White was married in Wyandotte, Kan., to
Miss Sarah Mackenzie, daughter of James Mackenzie, Esq.

 

 

ROSEDALE.

Rosedale City was platted in 1872, by James G. Brown, and covers the
territory embraced in the following description : South half of the south-
west quarter of Section 27, northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of
Section 34, Township 11, Range 25 east; also a strip of land on south part
of the north half of southwest quarter of Section 27, Township 11, Range
25 east. The building of the town was commenced in 1875, the rolling
mills which will be hereinafter mentioned having been located here in that
year. It was not until the year 1877, however, that the city contained the
necessary population of 600 to demand a government under the act author-
izing the existence of cities of the third class. August 8, of that year,
Judge Stevens ordered an election for the 28th of that month, which
resulted in the selection of the following city officers for the year to ensue:
Mayor, D. 8. Mathias; Councilmen, John Hutchinson, Sr., Henry Juer-
gens, William Bowen, John Haddock, Benjamin Bousman; Police Judge,
Edward Blanford ; City Clerk, William Dauks. Since that time nearly
all the trades and professions have looked upon Rosedale, and the result
has been that each is now represented here. The present city government
is administered by, Mayor, David E. Jones; Councilmen, L. A. Wohlfarth,
Morgan Lewis, Henry Juergens, D. 8. Mathias, Richard Hughes; Police
Judge, W. A. Purviance; City Clerk, W. D. Mathias.

Arrangements have been made by the city to build an immense
reservoir south of the city, and 150 feet above the level of the streets for
the purpose of supplying the town with water. The water willbe pumped
from Turkey Creek, a beautiful natural stream which impetuously rushes
through the vale in which the town is situated. The ponderous engines at
the rolling mills are to pump the water from the creek to the reservoir for
the sum of three mills per barrel. Fire hydrants will be conveniently
located throughout the town for the benefit of the city. This will be the
sheapost and most complete system of water works in the West.

he city has an elegant school building conveniently located on
Kansas City avenue; nearly 300 hundred scholars are in attendance; four
teachers are employed in the white school, and one in the colored depart-
ment, which has an average attendance of fifty scholars.

The School Board is composed of Hon. Horatio Gates, G. F. Espenlaub
and George Wood.

The city has a population of 1,800, and is one of the neatest and most
prosperous towns in this part of the State. Churches and societies are well
attended and supported in Rosedale, and have ever been prosperous since
the town was in its infancy.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

_ The Catholic Church in Rosedale, is one of the oldest church organizations in the city,
having come into existence in 1876. It built a church building the following year, which,
in February, 1881, was consumed by fire. It had, however, previously completed the frame
edifice on Kansas City avenue; and was not without a house of worship. The church books
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

show fifty-four names enrolled, and their actual church property is worth $1,5
M. Weikman, the pastor in charge, resides at Shawnee. pic cilasi ne Teepe

The Methodist Church is located on Bluff street, and is an elegant building erected in
1881 at ap expense of $2,000. Services are held therein regularly every Sunday by Rev. J.
H. po the pastor, and a well attended Sabbath school attests the zeal of the church organ-
ization.

The Union Sunday School has the largest attendance of any school in the city. In the
ae ot 1882, the number of scholars in attendance reached 280. D.S. Mathias, superin-
endent.

The Colored Baptist Society built a church in 1882 valued at $1,000, Previous to the
erection of this building, the church held regular service inthe schoolhouse. Their organi-
zation numbers forty-three members.

In September, 1882, a society bearing the name of “Law and Order Society,” was
organized in Rosedale. Its avowed object is to oppose in every legal manner the open and
repeated violation of the prohibitory law in this miherariae peaceful and orderly city.

The existence of the rolling mills and other manufacturing institutions in the town
has led to the organization and maintenance of numerous secret, moral and beneficiary
societies. A perusal of the list will convince the reader that the people of Rosedale know
the value of organization in whatever they attempt.

The Lodge of Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers is one of the largest and most import-
ant in Rosedale, numbering over 100 members. The order meets regularly, and at this
ae presided over by William Rankin, President; William Vaughn, Vice President ;
James B. Mullay, Recording Secretary ; Newton Watson, Financial Secretary: S. P. Lewis,
Corresponding Reporter. This union was organized August 13, 1881.

The Court of the A. O. of Foresters, which was instituted September 28, 1880, meets
every Monday evening, and is called “ Pride of Rosedale,” No. 6683. The officers for the
present term are John Wolfe, C. R.; William Bowen, S. C. R.; W. A. Purviance, Secretary ;

. J, Jones, Treasurer; Dr, L. A. Wohlfarth, Court Physician. The roll of the Court shows
over forty members. :

The Ancient Order of United Workmen has a lodge in Rosedale which was organized in
1881, and now contains over 100 members. George Wood is M. W., William Mathias, Finan-
cier, and D. E. Jones, Recorder.

The Good Templars organized a lodge and commenced holding regular meetings in
1879. The present officers are Morgan Lewis, W. C. T.; James P. Mallay, R.S.; Amanda
Smallwood, W. V. T.; Newton Watson, F.S.; D. J. Watkins, Treasurer,

; net No. 54, K. of P.—Not until the 9th day of September, 1882, was a lodge of the
Knights of Pythias established in Rosedale. On that date, ninety-seven visiting Knights,
accompanied by P. G. C. Lyon, instituted Achilles, No. 54, K. of P., of Rosedale, with forty-
six charter members. The officers are Daniel E. Davis, C.C.; W. P. Vaughn, V. C.; George
Gilbert, M. of T.; G. Whipple, M. of E.; G. Kilmer, K. of R. and S.

MANUFACTURES.

The Kansas Rolling Mills—Were established in Rosedale in the year 1875; what little
machinery then constituted the mills was brought here from Decatur, Ill. The company
has been constantly making additions to their works until their present capacity is some-
ne marvelous for so young an institution in such a small young city. The mills now
employ 500 men, and manufacture nearly every variety of railroad supplies, including iron
rails, and anything that can be thought of in the way of miners’ tals and equipments.
They also make a specialty of harrow teeth, girder plates and many articles of builders’
supplies. The engines aggregate 500 horse-power, and together with the furnaces consume
twelve car loads of coal per day. The capacity of these mills enables them to manufacture
each week 500 tons of rails; 33,000 splice bars; 270,000 pounds of spikes, and 30,000 pounds
of bolts. Their cooper shop on the premises, for the manufacture of kegs for spikes, turns
out 500 kegs daily. The company at present is officered by, A. B. Stone, President; Ira
Harris, Vice President and General Manager; Edward V. Wilkes, Secretary and Treasurer;
and D.S. Mathias, Superintendent. They have about ten tenement houses in the town
occupied by employes. A forging shop is connected with the mills, in which is operated a
700 pound steam hammer. Quite important changes and improvements are contemplated by
the company for the coming year. Their monthly pay roll varies from $10,000 to $25,000,
and skilled workmen who work by the piece realize big wages. z

These mills manufactured during the year ending July 1, 13,000 tons of rails; 5,200 tons
of splice bars ; 4,500 tons of spikes; 4,000 tons of miscellaneous goods.
is Next in importance among the manufacturing interests of Rosedale come the

ollowing:

Thor Iron Works.—This company which is now officered by Ira Harris, President; George
H. Nettleton, Vice President; E. V. Wilkes, Treasurer; and B. F. Pierce, Secretary and
Manager, commenced operations in Rosedale early in the summer of 1878, It was then
known as the Kansas Iron Fence Company, and was an off-shoot of the rolling mills just
mentioned. The special attention of this company is given to iron fencing of every style,
and to the manufacturing of all kinds of machinery. They are now engaged in making
bridge castings and girders. The company employs about seventy-five men, and their
monthly pay roll amounts to $3,500. Their buildings are located just north of the rolling
mis and the general office is in Kansas City, Mo., corner of Sixth and Wyandotte
streets, 5

The Rosedale Coal and Mining Company, Capt. Ira Harris, President, and John Haigh
Superintendent, is next in order of importance in Rosedale. In the fall of 1881, at a depth
of 335 feet, this company struck a twenty-inch vein of coal, which they have been operating
since that time. They are now sinking a shaft 75 or 100 feet deeper where they expect to
find a thicker vein. The company at present employs eighteen men at the shaft.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. g

W. C. COPLEY, proprietor of Rosedale Hotel, was born in Cass County, Mo., February
25, 1847; is a son of Almon and Lydia Ann Copley. When he was only three years of age,
his father was caught in the shafting of a mill near Harrisonville, Mo., and killed. They
continued their residence in Missouri until August, 1861, when the Confederates destroyed
their mill, burned their house and nearly all that it contained; took all their horses, ran off
with their cattle and sheep, and threatened their lives, and they were compelled to leave the
State in the night; were overtaken on the road, and but for the remonstrances of his mother
and the timely arrival of Col. Jennison’s regiment, they would have been massacred. After
their arrival in Kansas, they. lived for a short time at Baldwin City, one year at Ohio City,
and since then his mother, step-father and family have lived at Paola, Kan. He entered
Kalamazoo College, Michigan, in the spring of 1862. After attending four years, he returned
to Paola, Kan., in the spring of 1866, and engaged as clerk in a mercantile house three years.
He next assisted in the survey of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad one year,
and afterward acted as agent for the Western Pump Company two years. He then bought
and improved a farm of 163 acres. He still owns and leases his farm, but is at present
engaged st the hotel business at Rosedale. This house is first-class, and convenient to depot,
and is supplied with the modern arrangements for the convenience of the traveling public.
He was married at Freeman, Cass County, Mo., December 1, 1870, to Carrie Wygal, augh-
ter of Daniel and Mary Wygal. They have three children, Charlie Almon, Le Grand Ander-
son and George William.

DAVID E. JONES, Assistant Superintendent of Kansas Rolling Mills, was born in
Wales, October 13, 1855, son of John E. and Ann Jones. When about six years of age, he
moved with his parents to America, stopped a short time at Philadelphia, and then moved
to Cleveland. His father was engaged in a rolling mill here, and afterward at Chicago; he
attended school in both these cities until 1867, when he went into the office of the Chicago
Plate and Bar Mill Company; served over three years as shipping clerk. Next went to
Pittsburgh and entered ihe Western University of Pennsylvania; attended one term. He
attended the public schools in Pittsburgh about six months, and then for the next eighteen
months was connected with a sash ‘and door factory. From Pittsburgh he went to Chicago,
and, after three months’ stay there, he came to Rosedale, Kan., but the next year returned
to Pittsburgh, and three or four months afterward, was sent for to fill the position which
he has ever since occupied in the Kansas Rolling Mill Company. In addition to the duties
of an Assistant Superintendent of the rolling mills, he is serving as Mayor of the City of
Rosedale, having twice been elected to this office. He was married in Rosedale September
22, 1881, to Lenora E. Mathias, an educated and accomplished lady, a native of Indiana, and
daughter of David and Mary Mathias. He is financier of the A. O. U. W.,and is a young man
of more than ordinary promise, having already served acceptably in several very responsible
positions, both in business and official lite. :

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FRANKLIN A. McDOWELL, contractor, came to Kansas in the fall of 1855, and located
where he lives at present. He engaged in teaming three years, then, in company with H.
Wood, of Wyandotte, owned and operated a saw-mill eighteen months, on Kaw River, where
Argentine is now located. He next engaged in merchandising a short time, at his original
place, then farmed one season, and the next two years lived in helby County, Ky. He then
came to Westport in the fall of 1865, and took charge of an ox train for J. W. Prowers, which
left Westport September 9, and reached Fort Union November 9. On return trip, laid over
in Raton Mountains eight days, and at Fort Lyons left most of wagons, and about the Ist
of December started for home with two wagons and twenty men; were afterward joined by
another outfit of six wagons and thirtymen. Thirty miles above Fort Larned, a snow storm
set in, but they moved on to Coon Creek, twelve miles from Larned, where they camped, and
the storm was so severe that they lost all their cattle, and were obliged to send into the fort
for relief. The Governor sent out two ambulances, one of which broke down on the way
pack. Two men who could not get in, and had attempted to walk, gave out, and were stowed
away in the broken down ambulance, and rescued with frozen feet ‘the nextday, After a
rest of ten days in Larned, Mr. McDowell hired a man with a two-horse wagon to haul their
blankets and provisions to Council Grove, while the men walked. At Council Grove he hired
conveyance for his men to Westport, while he went in advance by stage to Lawrence, and
thence by rail to Westport. He reached home December 25, 1865; engaged in the grocery
business at Westport the next two years; then opened and improved a farm in the southeast
corner of Wyandotte County. In 1872, he moved to West Kansas City and operated a saw-mill
one year; returned to his farm, and for the next six years engaged in the dairy business,
one year at the farm and the remaining five years at the place where he now lives. The last
year he has been contracting. His home is only one mile from Kansas City, and his yard
fence is on the Kansas and Missouri State line. He has been quite successful in business,
and has a comfortable home and an intelligent family, He was the first constable ever
elected in Shawnee Township. He has served as Justice of the Peace one term, and for
many years bas been a member of the School Board. He was born in Johnson County, Mo.,
January 28, 1835; son of Joseph and Nancy McDowell. When twelve years of age, he moved
to Kansas City and lived in that city from 1847 to 1855, when he came to Kansas. He was
married in Wyandotte County, Kan.,’September 27, 1859, to Mary Elizabeth Beatty, an
accomplished lady from Kentucky, and daughter of William and Elizabeth Beatty. He has
four children, viz., Sue Fannie, Jessie, Perie Soule and Laura May. He and wife"are worthy
members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

DAVID MATHIAS, master roll turner in Kansas Rolling Mills, was born in Dowlais,
Wales, December 31, 1823; is ason of David and Margaret Mathias. Was raised and edu-
cated in the city of Dowlais, Learned his trade there and understood every branch of the
iron business, Served as master roller in his native city. Went to Gune, France, in 1845 ;
worked in a rolling mill one year; then to Scotland, and superintended a rolling mill at
Mossend eight years; then moved to Pittsburgh, United States, and worked as roller in a
mill one year; thence to Indianapolis, where he worked in the same capacity, until 1863,
when he went to Chicago, built and_ took charge of the Union Rolling Mills. Remained
three years, then took charge of the'Great Western Rolling Mills at Hamilton, Canada West,
until 1867, when he took charge of the Superior Rail Mull, of Pittsburgh, and two years after
bought and operated the mill under the firm name of Harbaugh, Mathias & Owens, and in
1874, went under on account of the great financial panic. He next superintended the New-
ark Rolling Mill in Ohio, until he came to Rosedale, Kan.,in the summer of 1875, where
he has been steadily at work as master roll turner ever since, with the exception of a few
months spent in Colorado. His son, D.S. Mathias, was the first Mayor of Rosedale, and
served two terms, and in April, 1879, was himself made Mayor, and served one term. He
was married in Rhymney, Wales, January 3, 1843, to Mary Llewellyn, daughter of Stephen
and Ann Llewellyn. He thas seven children, viz.: David S., Margaret, Mary Ann, Emma,
William D., Leonora and General Ulysses Grant. He is a worthy Mason and a member of
theI. 0.0. F.; the Ivorites, also of the Congregational Church. Is an active worker in the
Sunday school. He has one of the finest residences in Rosedale, and owns besides his resi-
dence, eight other houses which he lets or leases.

GEORGE H. WOOD, Superintendent of Thor Iron Works, was born in Buffalo, N.
Y., July 12, 1838. Son of William N. and Phebe E. Woods. At the age of fourteen, left
Buffalo and went to sea; served on a merchant’s vessel. In the winter of 1859, sailed from
New York for Sydney, Australia, on the bark Crusader, sailed around Cape of Good Hope
to Sydney, thence to Valparaiso on the coast of Chili, then up the coast of Ecuador and
finally around Cape Horn to Baltimore, Md., completing the entire journey around the
world in eleven months and twenty-one days. Was on another voyage from New York to
Buenos Ayres, South America, and returned to Baltimore, Md., then went home, and his
father fitted him up a blacksmith and machine shop, but the rebellion breaking out a few
months afterward, he enlisted at New York City in the United States Navy, April 22, 1861.
Was mustered in May 9, as an able seaman. ent out under command of Com. Dupon in
the United States steam frigate Wabash. Just six months after his enlistment and follow-
ing the engagement at Fort Pulaski, he was promoted to a master’s mate. Afterward
transferred from the Wabash and put in command of the celebrated yacht America, captured
from the rebels; he run her as a dispatch boat, along the coast from Port Royal to Charles-
ton, and as far as Fernandina, Fla., and made several important captures with her. He
afterward applied for a transfer, and served as ensign on the gunboat Seneca. He was in
the engagements at Charleston, Port Royal, Fort Fisher, Hatteras Inlet, Wilmington and
Richmond. Was mustered out October 14, 1865. After close of war, sailed two seasons on
the upper lakes, then went into the machine shops at Cambridge City, Ind., thence to De-
eatur, I11., 1871, and finally came to Rosedale, Kan., in the summer of 1875, and has been en-
gaged as Superintendent of Thor Iron Works ever since, until its recent consolidation with
the rolling mills, and he is now serving in the capacity of Assistant Superintendent of the
Kansas Rolling Mills. Mr. Woods is also Treasurer of Shawnee Township, and Treasurer
of School District No. 15. He was married in Cambridge, Ind., November 12, 1862, to Mary M.
Jackson, an intelligent and accomplished lady, a native of Indiana, and daughter of Wilson
and Lydia Jackson. He has five children—all boys, viz.: George H., Charles Judson, Ar-
thur Rodgers, William Wilson and Walter Woods. Mr. Woods is a member of the I. 0. 0.
F., also K. of P. andis P. M., A. 0. U. W. He and wife are worthy members of the Mission-
ary Baptist Church, and recognized leaders in society.

ARGENTINE.

The thriving young city of Argentine is situated on the south bank of
the Kansas River, three miles from its mouth. The location of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe transfer depot here was rendered necessary in
order to find room for their side tracks, round house, coal chute and sheds.
This location on the south bank of the river is pleasant, convenient, dry
and roomy. A town sprung up here at once, and as the different busi-
ness interests have continued to select this as a location for manufactur-
ing, the town has grown accordingly. The town site proper is a subdi-
vision of Sections 20 and 29, Township 11, Range 25 east. It was_platted
in November, 1880, and originally contained sixty acres. James M. Co-
burn was proprietor of the first town site.

The Kansas Town Company, of Wyandotte County, was organized
under its charter of date of April 9, 1881; capital, $100,000. Incorpora-
tors, William B. Strong, George O. Manchester, Joab Mulvane, E. Wil-
der, J. R. Mulvane, the same being Directors for the first year. Officers
elected, Joab Mulvane, President and Manager, and E. Wilder, Secretary
and Treasurer. There were purchased for this company some 415 acres of
land in Sections 20, 21. 28, 29; Town 11, Range 25 east, in Wyandotte
County, Kan., and after turning over to the Kansas City, Topeka &
Western Railroad what was desired for railroad purposes, the remainder,
some 360 acres, was platted and put upon the market as Mulvane’s Addi-
tion to the town of Argentine.

In 1882, Judge Dexter having become satisfied that this young city

had a sufficient number of inhabitants to entitle it toa city government
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therefore ordered an election to be held on the first Tuesday in August,
1882. The following are the names of the officers then elected: Mayor,
G. W. Gully ; Councilmen, John Steffins, A. Borgstede, W. C. Blue,
Patrick O’Brien and George Simmons; Police Judge, A. J. Dolley ; Mar-
shal, Charles Duvall ; City Clerk, J. H. Halderman.

In October, 1881, District No. 40 was made a separate district to in-
clude the city of Argentine, and the following School Board elected :
e T. Smith, President ; John Steffins, Treasurer ; William Erwin, Secre-

ary.

During the winter of 1881 and 1882, a very successful school was held.
The colored children attended a separate school taught by a colored lady.
‘The necessity of a public school building now becoming apparent, on the
28th day of August, 1882, an election was held to vote bonds to the amount
of $7,000 for the purpose of building a schoolhouse. The bonds were
carried and the building is now in process of erection.

The Congregationalists of this city have held services in this town
since the summer of 1881, but it was not until the 21st day of May, 1882,
that the church was organized. It commenced with a membership of for-
ty-five. They were temporarily using.a building for divine service while
devising ways and means for the erection of a church, when the wind of
June, 1882, which destroyed so much church and school property in east-
ern Kansas, almost completely destroyed their house of worship. Then
was their opportunity, and in three months they had completed their new
church building. corner of Ruby avenue andSecond street. The property
isrichly worth $8,000. Their pastor is the Rev. J. W. Johnson. A Sun-
day eee is held and an average attendance of sixty-five scholars re-
ported. :

This town was called into existence by the pressure of business a few
miles east of it, and although now only on the out-post of the trade and
commerce marching up the valley of the Kansas River, it is already tak-
ing advantage of the tide and putting its house in order.

BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company located at Argentine in 1880 and was
ready for business in. August of the same year. This company employs something over 250
men and the work never ceases. Day and night are only known here by the change of
gangs of men. The buildings are aseries of structures not specially designed for their
beauty, but adapted to the business of separating from the ores and base bullion the several
marketable metals. The ore and base bullion is received from the mining districts of the
mountains and is here crushed, separated and refined. It is known asa lead smelter, but
their refining process produces from a ton of base bullion from one-tenth of an ounce to ten
ounces of gold; from two ounces to five hundred ounces of silver, and the balance nearly all
lead. The capital stock. of the company is $200,000. The officers of the company are A. R.
Meyer, President and Treasurer; O. F. Morse, Vice President; and M. E. Smith, Secretary.
In the summer of 1882, they purchased the building and business of the “ Western Lead
Manufacturing Company” and moved the business within their own enclosure, leaving the
building of the lead Manufacturing Company at present unoccupied.

These works have twenty acres of land at the smelter, and the necessary buildings of- ,

fices, guard houses, sheds and: dwellings, nearly covering the grounds. Mr. W. N. Ewing, the
originator of the enterprise in Argentine, disposed of his interest in the smelter early in
1882, and has'since devoted himself to his real estate interests and the growth of Argentine.
The Transfer Depot of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.at this place is a business
of no small importance. At present writing, nearly 600 men are employed by the Santa Fe
Company at this point. The round house, the coal chute, and something like twelve miles
of side track and 70,000 or 80,000 feet of transfer platform will give the reader an idea of
_how and where these men are employed. Not all of them, however, reside in Argentine,
‘although this young city has a population of about 800.
With all the adjuncts.of a thriving town, with a rapid sale of property and advance in
values, resultant from the patent fact that this is already one of, if not the very best point
_for manufacturing, in view of its nearness to Kansas City, with her concentration of rail-
roads, and the further fact that the Union Stock Yards, within a year or two, are to be re-
moved to a point epposite, on the north bank of the river, now connected by a wagon
bridge, and in the near future, this, with Armourdale, Armstrong, Wyandotte and Kansas
City, will be one great city. Fo
3 The Myers House, a large and handsome two-story frame pas near the depot, is the
largest hotel in town up to date, although several others are projected. It was completed in
. the summer of 1882,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOSEPH F. BAEHR, druggist, was born in Dunluth, Tl, December 15, 1859, son of
Joseph and Mary Baehr. Atan early age he left Illinois, and with his parents immigrated
to Iowa, and thence to Wisconsin, where his father engaged several years in lead mining,
but finally went to Lexington, Mo., where he engaged in the grocery business about fifteen
years, with the exception of two or three years spent in the meantime at Leavenworth City,
Kan. The subject of this sketch was educated partly in the public schools at Lexington,
Mo., and Leavenworth, Kan., but afterward attended the College of the Christian Brothers,
_at St. Louis, Mo., one year, and graduated from the College of Pharmacy, March 12, 1879,
He was employed as prescription clerk in a drug store in St. Louis, from July 8, 1874, until
December 3), 1879, than came to Kansas City, Mo., where he was engaged as prescription
clerk in the drug firm of James M, Love & Company, until June, 1880, when he went to Las
Vegas, N. M., and took charge of drug business for Griswold & Company, until November
20, of same year. He then went to Alamosa, Col., where he had charge of the drug{store of
P. L. Craig, until April, 1881, when he bought it out, and with a partner carried on the busi-
ness till March, 1882. He then sold out and came to Kansas and opened a drug store at Ar-
mourdale, but moved his business in September, to present location, where he has carried
it on ever since. He was married in St. Louis, April 18, 1881, to Lizzie Schuh, a native
of St. Louis, and the accomplished daughter of Carl and Hermina Schuh. Mr. Baehr car-

* vies a complete stock of drugs, toilet articles and notions, and has already won the confi-
dance and respect of the people, and is justly recognized as one of the representative men of

rgentine. ;
~ CHARLES LEROY BURKE, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in the fall
of 1864, located at Spring Hill, J: ohnson 0., Kan. Wasthen only eleven yearsof age. Lived
with his parents on a farm five years, then engaged with his father in the drug business at

_ Spring Hill about five years. He then attended the Illinois State Normal School about one
year, and afterward the Kansas State University four years, and then attended the Kansas

_ City University of Medicine where he graduated March 2, 1882, and immediately began the
practice of his profession at teens, Wyandotte Co., Kan., and has had a growing prac-
tice ever since, indeed has already won an enviable reputation as a physician, and has en-
joyed a lucrative patronage from the beginning. He was born in Summerfield, St. Clair

“Co., IIL, February 8, 1854. Is ason of Ira and Caroline C. Burke. He was raised on a farm

' until eleven years of age, and came direct from his native county in Illinois, to Johnson
County, Kan. He is unmarried. He has, combined with a prepossessing personal appearance,
i talent, the education and culture required to render him proficient in his pro-
ession. eect ned :

5 JAMES R. HOWE, Justice of the Peace and Police Judge, came to Kansas April 20,
1871; located near Belmont, Woodson County, and taught school one year; then bought a
farm in Wilson County, Kan.; farmed in the summer and taught in the winter for four

* years ; then devoted his entire time to his farm. In February, 1880, was elected Justice of

the Peace, and served until he came'to Argentine, October, 1881; was very much broken

down in health when he came to Wyandotte, but was cured of general debility by two
months’ attendance at Dickinson’s Medical Institute, Kansas City, Mo., after which he en-

aged in teaming about six months. He is recognized as one o! the useful men in Argen-
fine ; is now serving as Justice of the Peace, Police Judge and Director of the School Board.

.one hundred men, all raw recruits of the Second Battalion Missouri |

- curing bonds for the buildi:

' the most public spirited men of the town.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

He was born in ey County, Ill., November 7, 1841; is a son of Eliakim and Hannah
Howe; he was educated at Newbury Seminary, in the State of Vermont, and completed the

rescribed course of that institution, and afterward ee two years in his native county;
he then engaged in farming four years, and again taught for five or six years, until his re-
moval to Kansas, in the spring of 1877. He was married in Wilson County, Kan., April 24,
1878, to Mary L. Gillaspie, a native of Iowa, and daughter of Thomas and Mary Gillespie’
Mr. Howe has four chi dren, viz.: Mark M., Oral A., John C. and Marinda Howe.

JOHN B. MARSHEL, assistant freight agent A., T. &S. F. R.R., at Argentine, came to
Kansas September, 1867, and accepted a position as operator at Junction City, Kan., for the
U. P. E. D. R. B., now called the U. R. R. W., Kansas Division, served eighteen months, then
served the Memphis & Ohio Railroad in same capacity at Humboldt, Tenn., until October,
1874; he then continued in the employ of this road as night dispatcher at Memphis two
years. ‘The next five or six yeara, he was engaged as chief clerk of the Union Transfer
Company, at Louisville, Ky., and in May, 1882, was made assistant freight agent of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa }"é Railroad, at Argentine. He was born in New Albany, Ind,
April 28, 1849, son of Blaine and Mary Marshel. He lived in New Albany till 1860, and then
moved to Louisville, Ky. He was engaged one month in 1862 on the gunboat Tuscumbia;
was discharged on account of youth; returned to Louisville, where he remained until 1863;
and the next four years lived in New Haven, Nelson Co., Ky., and in September, 1867, moved
to Junction City, Davis Co., Kan. He was married in New Albany, Ind., November 20, 1872,
to Louise L. Sabin, a native of Indiana, and daughter of Elijah and Martha Sabin. They
have three children, viz: Addison, Jennie and Charlotte. Mr. Marshel was educated in
the public schools of New Albany and Louisville; is a man of pipesiog address, quick
perception and industrious habits, possessing in a marked degree all those qualities which
make a successful business man.

JOHN: E. MYERS, practical engineer and proprietor of Argentine Hotel, was born in
Canfield, Mahoning Co., Ohio, June 26, 1829, is a son of George and Eliza Myers. At an
early age, went with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. He was educated partly in the
public schools of that county, but afterward attended Hiram College, at the time Garfield
was President of the institution. He learned his trade at Cleveland, in the shops of the
Cleveland & Erie Railroad, now the Lake Shore & Southern Railroad, and then served as
engineer of the Michigan Central Railroad fourteen years. He next moved his family to
Parsons, Kan., and accepted a pipe rien as engineer on the M.K. & T. R. R., and afterward on
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad. He served the latter company about four years.
He moved his family in the meantime to Kansas City, where he very judiciously invested
in town property, in which he has already realized a handsome profit. He_has built four
dwellings in Kansas City, which bring him quite an income from rentals. He also bought
four vacant lots for $125 each, for two of which he has refused an offer of $9,000. He was
transferred from the Gulf road tothe K. C., Lawrence & Southern Kansas Branch, since
purchased by the A., T. &S. F.Co. He has erected a large two-story hotel in Argentine,
where his family moved August, 1882; his house is first-class in every respect, is 22x60 feet,
with an ell 30x50, containing about thirty rooms, with a broad veranda seventy-two feet
long; hotel convenient to the depot, and the only first-class hotel in Argentine. Mr. Myers

_was married in Calhoun County, Mich., September 23, 1867, to Augusta Starks, a native of

Michigan, and the daughter of Samuel C.and Mary Jane Starks. They have one child—
Orrin J. Myers. Mrs. Myers is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DR. GEORGE W. NEVILLE, was born in Barren County, Ky., June 17, 1822, is a son
of James and Pheebe Neville; was raised on a farm in his native county until the year 1844;
read medicine under Doctors Jett and Gardener, Munfordville, Ky., and under Green and
McMichael, of Blue Springs, Barren Co., Ky. Dr. Neville has been a studious man ail his
life, and is self-made. He moved to Booneville, Cooper Co., Mo., March, 1854. He practiced
medicine in Cooper County about eighteen months, and was then sent by the St. Louis & M.
E. South Conference to Westport and Kansas City on the Independent Circuit as junior
minister with Samuel Colburne, and at the solicitation of the Stewards, was retained as re-
tention minister at Kansas City and Westport one quarter, but then gave up his charge and
moved with the tide then flowing into Kansas, and took a Government claim on the first
Delaware trust lands, near where the Kansas State Penitentiary is now located. He dis-
posed of his place claim for $4,000, and thus with his practice cleared nearly $5,000 the first
year. He spent the fall of 1857 and the following winter visiting in his native county, in Ken-
tucky, but returned in the spring of 1858 to Johnson County, Mo., where he farmed and
practiced medicine until December, 1875, but four years of the intervening time was spent
as a refugee in Kansas City, where he was obliged to take refuge during the war on account
of his loyalty to his country. In 1861, he was Recruiting Officer of the Second Battalion
Missouri Mounted State Militia, and also organized a company of seventy home guards. In
1861, he served for a time as First Lieutenant. In 1862, Quantrill and Parker, with a force
of over 300 bushwhackers, attacked the town of Harrison Mills, Mo., defended by less than
i ounted State Militia,
Dr. Neville assuming command. By his coolness and self-possession in directing the move-
ments of his men, succeeded in saving the town. He suffered a loss of $12,000 or $15,000 on
account of the war. In December, 1874, he moved to Wyandotte County, Kan., and farmed
and practiced medicine near Pomeroy until November, 1881, when he moved to his present
location, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession. He has served, by ap-
pointment, as Coroner of Wyandotte County, filling an unexpired term to supply a vacancy,
and was then elected for a term of two years. He was married in Cooper County, Mo., Oc-
tober 18, 1854, to Melinda Corum, daughter of Hiram and Mary Corum. They have s1x chil-
dren, viz.: Katura, Delora, Laura, Cora, Leona and Sierra. Dr. Neville is an active tem-
perance worker; he is a speaker of ability, and his voice has always been on the side of
temperance, truth and virtue; he has always borne an unblemished reputation for honesty
and uprightness, and is generous to a fault. His wife was educated at Tracy’s Female Semi-
nary, Booneville, Mo., and after her graduation taught about six years in her native county.
Dr. Neville was raised a Whig, and cast his first vote for Henry Clay, President in 1844; he
afterward became a Democrat through investigation of the issue which divided the two par-
ties, and supported Polk’s administration; voted for Stephen A. Douglas, but heartily
endorsed Lincoln’s administration and supported him in 1864; has ever since voted the
Republican ticket, and sees no cause to change his position.

GEDDES SIMMONS, speculator and Postmaster of Argentine, came to Kansas in 1879,
and located in Winfield, Cowley County, where he carried on a meat market two years.
pee the spring of 1881, spent a month traveling and prospecting in Colorado, and the
following six months in Illinois, and on the 28th day of Decessen 1881, came to Argentine,
where he has been engaged in buying and selling town property. He first built a dwelling
nee then put upa livery stable, which he stocked and ran about one year. In the mean-
time, he has built two large stores and three dwellings, all of which he lets or leases; he
is at present arranging for the erection of another dwelling. He is Postmaster of Argentine,
and will soon establish a real estate and insurance agency. He was born in Will County,
Ce 12, 1841; is a son of Harriet and Philander Simmons. He was reared and educated
in Will County, and lived on a farm during his youth, and was thus inured to hard labor, but
during the last seven years in Dlinois prior to his removal to Kansas, he lived in Gilman,
Iroquois Sou ners he engaged in the grocery business and carried on a meat market.
He was married in Will County December 18, 1861, to Lydia Mellen, a native of Vermont,
and the poomelene daughter of William M. and Elvira Mellen. Their children are Hattie
&., Jennie B., Dora E, and Lydia 0. Mr. Simmons and wife are consistent members of the

Baptist Chureh ; he is also a member of the I. 0.0. F., and is recognized as one of the leading

men of Argentine.

THEODORE A. SMITH, machinist, came to Kansas March, 1875; settled at Newton
and was employed by C. H. Hobert, as machinist and engineer, in a flouring mill eighteen
mont. _ He then engaged in the grocery business at Burton, Harvey County, over one year,
after which he bought and improved a i60-acre farm in Harper County; lived on this farm

‘three years, and then moved his family to Newton, while he worked in Atchison, Topeka &

Santa Fé Railroad shops, at Raton, New Mexico, four months, He next spent two months
workin at his trade in McPherson, Kan., and finally settled with his family in Argentine,
z os € 18 now a permanent fixture; he still owns and lets his farm in Harper County;
& Raa been engaged since coming to Argentine as machinist for the Kansas City Smelting
C efining Company several months, an put up the machinery for the Western Lead Pipe
ATEDANY, and is now employed as machinist in the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé. Railroad
shops. He was one of the first permanent settlers in Argentine; circulated a petition for
oe as a city of the third class; took it before the District Court and saw it through
rom the beginning. He was pee School aioe, and was largely instrumental in Se
i S ng of a large and commodious schoolhouse, now in course 0
ren which, when- completed, will be a credit to the educational enterprise of the citi-
zens of Argentine. Mr. Smith is now City poe of Argentine, and is recognized 2 one a
e.was born in Ohio County, Ind,, February 2,

1850, son of Hayes and Ann E.Smith. His father died when he was bat a child, and
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

mother removed with her family to Cincinnati, Ohio. He remained in Cincinnati till 1865,
and then drove a freight team with a Private train of seventy-five wagons to Denver, Col.,
and then returned with the teams to Doniphan County, Kan., same fall, where he in com-
pany with another man, took charge ef them during the winter, and the following spring
went to Groveland, Tazewell Co., Ill., where his mother and her family had moved in the
meantime, and with the exception of eleven months spent in Delaware County, Iowa, was
employed as machinist for the Groveland Milling Company from 1866 till 1875; then came
to Kansas. He was married in Pekin, IIl., April 2, 1873, to Ettie Shurtleff, native of Illinois,
and accomplished daughter of Lot and Fannie Shurtleff. Mrs. Smith’s uncle, Charles Shurt-
leff, endowed the Shurtleff Female College at Alton, Ill., with a fund of $20,000; another
uncle, Flavel Shurtleff, was at one time Mayor of Boston, and George Shurtleff, still another
uncle, has for years been Superintendent of the California State Insane Asylum at Stockton.
The name was formerly Schiercliffe, but has been changed to Shurtleff, the great progenitor
of the family in America was Lot Schiercliffe, who came over in the May flower; for many
years after his settlement in this county, there was not a natural death occurred in the fam-
ily, but all were caused by aeoe A history is now being compiled entitled “ Thunder
and Lightning, or the lives of the Shurtleff Family.” Mr. Smith has two children—Harry
C. and Gertrude B. Smith.

DAVID S. YOUNG, real estate apert at. Argentine and Wyandotte, also clothing mer-
chant, Wyandotte ; came to Kansas November, 1869, and located at Argentine; purchased
200 acres of land near Argentine at $14.50 per acre; sold 100 acres soon afterward for $25 per
acre, and 60 acres in 1876 for $100 per acre, and the last 40 acres for $150 per acre. -He was
ene in farming for several years after coming to Kansas, and raised the first broom corn
and sorghum ever cultivated in Wyandotte County. He has served as Township Trustee
three terms, and is at present engaged in the real estate business with an office at Argentine,
and also at Wyandotte City. He is also engaged in mercantile business in Wyandotte.
He was born in Prince Kdward County, Canada, August 7, 1822, son of William and Marga-
ret Young. He is of Scotch Irish descent, and has a remarkably active brain, with a turn
for speculating, and is regarded one of the shrewdest business men in Wyandotte County.
He was educated in the public schools of Canada, and reared on a farm; taught school one
year, and at the age of nineteen years engaged in the mercantile business as clerk in the
town of Wellington for a short time; then managed a farm and at the same time engaged in
a general rng eee uutil he sold out and moved to Clay County, Mo., in the year
1865, He lived in Missouri till the fall of 1869, when he came to Kansas. He was married
in Wellington, Canada, December 24, 1850, to Minerva Lane, by whom he had two children—
Anna and Emma J. Young. His first wife died in 1853, and in 1854 he was married a second
time in Wellington to Mary Short, Sige ie of Adam and Mary Short, by whom he has
six children— aggie, Mamie, William, John, Frankie and Edith Young. Mr. Young is a
worthy Mason, and a member of the Equitable Aid’s Union.

TURNER.

.. CHARLES LOVELACE, farmer and contractor, proprietor of Kansas Valley Flourin,
Mills, at Wyandotte, P.O, Turner. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1856, and establishe
a saw mill near where he now lives; moved his family here the following spring. He has
lived in Wyandotte County ever since, and few men in Kansas have done as much hard
labor, transacted as much business, and altogether led as active a life as Mr. Lovelace.
While living on a large farm, and managing it ever since he came to the State, he also
operated a saw mill from 1856 till 1878, and from 1878 till the present time; has owned and
operated a large fouring ele four stories, three run of buhrs, and aset of rollers; capacity
fifty barrels per day, and has at the same time been extensively engaged in contracting.
At one time took the contract for furnishing a railroad company with ties to the amount of
eleven thousand dollars ($11,000), and has furnished in smaller-contracts double that amount.
In company with two others, he contracted to furnish the Santa Fé Railroad Company with
a large amount of ballast, for which they received $50,000. He has also filled several con-
tracts with the Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company; did all the excavating and
grading, burned and furnished all the brick, and did the mason work for their buildings
at Argentine, all of which amounted to $25,000. At present is engaged in building the sub-
structure for a bridge across the Kansas River at Kansas City, for Santa Fé Railroad Com-
pany, for which he will receive $14,000, and with all his other duties, he has found time to
serve as Justice of the Peace one term, Township Treasurer two years, and member of the
School Board ever since his district was organized; and besidesall this, he is an active and
exemplary member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and exhibits a remarkable degree of
religious culture for a man of such active pisiness habits, furnishing in his own case a sure
proof that secular diligence and Christian culture are pot at all incompatible. He was bornin
East Tennessee, June 20, 1833; son of Charles and Rachel Lovelace ; was reared on the farm ;
moved from Tennessee to.Wright County, Mo., when fourteen years of age, and lived two
years in Wright County, and the remainder of the time until fall of 1856, in Jackson County,
Mo.; then came to Kansas. He was married in Jackson County, Mo., October 25, 1855, to
Louisa Hewitt, native of Ohio, and daughter of Richard and Hannah Hewitt. They have six
children living—Fidridge H., Almus A., Charles F., Roxana Irena, Alfred, Linnie L. Two
dead, Alice and Ida. Mr. Lovelace lives on his farm, about six miles from Kansas City; has
300 acres of choice farming land, with fine improvements. Another incident in his remark-
ably active life, worthy of mention, and which we have neglected to note in its proper con-
nection, was a trip with ox-train to California in the year 1850, which proved a financial
success. On his return by water, was shipwrecked on the Island of Chandileur, seventy
miles northeast of the delta of the Mississippi River, being driven on to the island by a
heavy gale, accompanied with dense fog. The vessel was abandoned, and the passengers
and crew were picked up by two fishing boats which carried them safely to the shore of
Lake Pontchartrain, where they took the train for New Orleans, thence to J; ackson County,

__ J.J, SWINGLEY, merchant, cigar manufacturer and jobber, Turner, came to Kansas
in spring of 1860; located in Johnson County, near Olathe, and engaged in farming until
1876; received a business education at the Olathe Commercial College and taught school one
year, and in 1878, went to Olathe, and for three years engaged in the manufacture of cigars,
and on April 12, 1881, established his present business at Turner, where he carries a large
stock of general merchandise, and engages extensively in the manufacture and sale of
cigars. He was born in Ogle County, fil, January 23, 1852; son of Samuel and Mary
Swingley. When only eight years of age, he moved to Johnson County, Kan., as above
noted: He is favored with fine personnel and affable manners, and is highly respected by all
who know him. His father, Samuel N. Swingley, is engaged in business with him, and is a
native of Maryland; was born October 22, 1817; son of Michael and Mary Swingley ; lived
in Maryland twenty-five years; Ogle County, IL, eighteen years, and the last twenty-two
years in Kansas. He was married in Maryland, December, 1842, to Anna L. Locher, daugh-
ter of George and Elizabeth Locher. He has eight children—Elizabeth, Rose E., Henry,
Michael, James, Samuel, Mollie and Charley.

SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP.

MERRICK K. BARBER, farmer, Sections 23, 13 and 14, P. 0. Turner, was horn near the
line of Chemung and Tompkin’s County, N. Y., January 25, 1823; son of William and
Charity Barber. His father died when he was eight years of age, am about one year after,
this event, he left home, and has shifted for himself ever since. He went to Pine Creek,
where it empties into the Tioga River, and learned the millwright’s trade, and about five
years afterward, traveled in his business, setting up buildings, overhauling and repairing
saw and grist mills. He travels in Pennsylvania and New York, Kentucky, indiana, Michi-
gan and Upper Canada, and built some of the finest and most extensive millsin the country ;
continued the business until 1859, when he settled in Wyandotte County, Kan., and _has
since been engaged in farming. He was married in Mount Elgin, Gore District, Can.,
September 15, 1852, to Joanna Malvina Woodward, daughter of Jesse and Joanna Woodward.
They have had one child, Anna, who died in August, 1853. Mr. B. has a fine farm of 200
acres, with fine improvements, and is one of the prominent and successful men of Wyandotte.

SAMUEL BEATTIE, farmer, Sections 28, 27 and 21, P. O. Turner, came to Kansas May
1, 1858. After prospecting one year, he settled at Shawnee, Johnson County, and engaged
in the mercantile business till the fall of 1863. In June, 1863, the bushwackers from Mis-
souri burned the town,-and killed three men, one of whom was murdered in Mr. Beattie’s
store. After breaking up the china ware and don troy ine many other things, they carried
off $1,600 worth of goods. He then took what little was left, added_a stock 0: $3,000 worth,
and opened business in Booneville, Col., but returned to Shawnee the following June. En-
gaged for a short time in putting up hay for Government uses, and in 1865 made a profitable
trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and same fall graded by contract Twelfth oy Kansas
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where he has since cleared 250 acres of timber land. Has been engaged in cultivating and
improving his farm ever since. Has 520 acres of fine land, allof which is bottom except
fifty acres, and 300 acres of which arein ahigh state of cultivation, the balance in blue grass
pears, He has served as County Commissioner four years, and as Treasurer of School

oard six or seven years. He acted as scout for Ferguson’s militia in the Price raid. Was
born in Ireland ,October 13, 1833, son of William ane Nancy Beattie. Was educated in the
National schools of Ireland, and public schools of America. Came to America when thirteen

ears of age, and farmed three years in Stevenson County, Ill. In 1852, went to New Or-
eans. Was engaged in business with his uncle till the breaking-out of yellow fever in 1853,
when he returned to Illinois and clerked in grocery store one year. Was then under med-
ical treatment for several years, in New Orleans and other places, for inflammation of the
lining membrane of the femur bone. Finally came to Kansas May, 1858. He was married
in Wyandotte County, January 21, 1875, to Florence C. Hoffman, a native of Ohio, and the
accomplished daughter of Henry T. and Mary Hoffman. They havetwo children—William
A. and Margaret Beattie. Mr. Beattie is a worthy Mason, a very quiet and unassuming
man, but one of. the wealthy, intelligent leading men of Wyandotte County.

THEODORE BENDER, farmer, Sections 27 and 33, P. O. Turner, came to Kansas City
May, 1855. Engaged in blacksmithing five years. In 1861, went with private train of
twenty-seven Wwagens to California. Worked at his trade in San Francisco one year, and in
Virginia City, Idaho, six years. Then took steamer at San Francisco for New York City.
Was shipwrecked in a storm off the coast of New Jersey, and twelve passengers lost their
lives in an attempt to escape by life boats. The rest of the passengers, numbering about
450, were picked up by wreckers and saved. He returned via Phil. elphia to Kansas City,
and thence, in 1867, to his precent location, where he bought 120 acres of land, which he has
since cleared and improved. He has one of the best barns in the township, a good one and
one-half story house, and other good improvements. He was born in Germany, on the Lahn
River, at Lollscheit, July 15, 1834, son of Phillip and Catherine Bender. Heattended school
till fourteen years of age, in Germany. Followed blacksmithing three and one-half years,
and in 1852 came to America, Lived three years in Belleville, Ill., just prior to his removal
to Kansas City. He was married in Independence, Mo., June 15, 1858, to Gertrude Schuck,
a native of Germany, and daughter of K. and Sophia Schuck. They have six children, viz.:
Katie, Lizzie, Mealy, Emma, Willie and John Bender. Mr. Bender and wife are worthy
members of.the Lutheran Church. 4

GEORGE W. BROWN, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Argentine, came to Kansas border,
near Kansas City, in the fall of 1851, and in June, 1852, he started for Independence, Mo.,
with Yeagers and Major's ox train of twenty-five wagons and thirty men for Santa Fe, N.
M. Made the round trip in three months, and took out another train the same summer,
and reached home on return just before Christmas in the ee of 1853, He took out a
Government train loaded with beads, blankets, tobacco and other Indian supplies. On their
arrival at Cherry Creek, near Pike’s Peak, 1,500 wild Indians from the mountains and plains
were assembled to receive their presents from the Government. The Indians were greatly
pleased, and held a general jubilee and feast, indulging in roast dog fora luxury. After the
usual formalitiés they dispersed to their mountain homes. Mr. Brown returned with the
train ; his brother was taken sick with the rheumatism on the way, and he was obliged to
drive both teams part of the way. In October, 1853, he took a claim on Wakarusa Bottom,
south of Topeka, but soon after took his sick brother back to Virginia, where he died after
lingering until the summer of 1854. He did not return to his claim, but remained in Virgi-
nia, farming about five years. Having married in the meantime, he emigrated to Tarrant
County, Tex., in the fall of 1859 ; after completing about two-thirds of the journey, he was
taken sick, and the rest of the train, consisting of fifteen wagons, went on and left him with
a wife and three children and a friend. He was unable to travel for three weeks, and then
moved on and joined the colony near Fort Worth, where he made his home about nine
years, engaged while there in gathering up and driving beef cattle to Louisiana, and other
places for soldier’s supplies. Was in the employ of Government contractors during the war;
the rest of the time was eugeeed in farming. He had, during 8 nine years’ residence in
Texas, only half a bushel of Irish potatoes, for which he paid $1. Lett Texas August 10,
1868, and after one year and a half residence in Jackson County, Mo., moved to Wyandotte
County, where he rented a farm of George Matney; gave him half the crop, and then made
more money than he had ever made before in one season. He then rented a 200-acre farm
of a wealthy Indian woman for six years. She died in 1875, and the farm. fell to the only
heir a neice, Mary Rodgers. Before the lease expired, Mr. Brown bought eighty acres of the
land, which he has owned and cultivated ever since. He has put good improvements on
the place, building him a good, commodious two-story residence, planting an orchard, and
ornamenting his home in a manner creditable to his taste and industry. He was born in
Tazewell County, Va, September 8, 1830, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Brown. He was reared
on a farm in his native county, until twenty-one years of age, when he came to Missouri, on
Kansas border, as before stated. He was married in Tazewell County, December 11, 1855, to
Lillie Young, also a native of Tazewell County, Va., and the accomplished daughter of Hugh
and Visa Young. Mr. Brown has eight children—Mary Alice, wife of W. B. Peart; Reese
B., Charles H., 5 oseph C., Elizabeth, George Thomas, John H. and Robert W. Brown. He is
a worthy Mason, and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Brown
always had a hard struggle in life until he reacked Kansas, which has been to hima verita-
ble land of promise. tie has enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity since coming here. He is
sober, honest, industrious and is wife is in every way worthy to be his
companion. 4

LESTER COLBY, farmer and horticulturist, Section 32, P. O. Rosedale, came to Kan-
sas February 2, 1859, settled in Oskaloosa, and lived there seven years. Was engaged in
carpentering and building five years in Oskaloosa, and the last two years of his residence.
there he was away from home, assisting in foley Lawrence, after Quantrell’s raid. In.
May, 1866, he moved to Kansas City, where he worked at his trade in asash and door factory:
most of the time-for five years. He then moved, February, 1871, to his present location,
where heis principally sneered in fruit culture. He was born in Wyoming County, N. Y.,
October 29, 1833, son of William and Phoebe Colby. Was raised on a farm till seventeen

ears of age, and then moved to Genesee County, N.Y. Worked at house building until
Fe pteniber 1858. He-then came to Kansas, stopping on the way about four months at Ver-
non County, Mo., arriving in Kansas February, 1859. He was married in Rochester, N. Y.,
July 10, 1856, to Elizabeth Randall, daughter of Hiram and Nancy Randall. She isa native
of Genesee County, N.Y. They have six children, viz.: Frank, Gertrude, Grace, Addie,
Hiram and Fenton. :

G. F. ESPENLAUB, horticulturist, Section 28, P. 0. Rosedale, came to Kansas in July,
1859; located near Bellmont, Doniphan County. Bought a tract of land and carried on
the nursery business for seven years, but in the meantime went across the plains. Started
from Fort Leavenworth April 11, 1862, with a Government train of twenty-six wagons, 0x
teams. Reached Fort Union about the 20th of J une; remained about two weeks, and re-
loaded with provisions for Peralto, N. M., ten or twelve days’ journey across the mountains.
Brought them to Peralto, where they discharged their freight and re-loaded for Fort Craig.
Delivered their freight at F't. Craig in due time, and returned with the teams and wagons to
Leavenworth. Hethen continued the nursery business in Doniphan County until 1866 or 1867.
Next lived one year at Blue Springs, Mo.; then moved to his present location, where he has
ever since engaged in the nursery and fruit business. He has sixty acres of very fine land,
twenty-five acres of which are planted in fruit. His fruit yield for 1882 had a market value of
about $5,000. His residence is a two-story brick, main part 17x36, handsomely finished and
furnished throughout; architectural design very pleasing, the grounds, ornamented with
shade and evergreen trees, walks and shrubbery, presenting one of the most pleasing views
that greets the eye on driving out on the Shawnee road from Kansas City. His home com-
mands a fine view of Kansas City, Wyandotte, Armourdale and Armstrong. He has served
ten years as District Clerk, and is at present acting Director. He was born in Wurtemberg,
Germany, August 19, 1837, son of William and Elizabeth Espenlaub. He was raised on a
farm until sixteen years of age. His father died in 1844, and in December, 1853, he enibarked
at Havre for America; came via New Orleans to Evansville, Ind., where he farmed and
raised nursery stock six years; then moved to Doniphan County, Kan. He was married in
Doniphan County, near Troy, December 20, 1863, to Elvira Gromer, an educated and accom-
plished lady of St. Joseph, Mo., ce of Greenberry and Elizabeth C. Gromer. They
havea family of eight children—Elizabeth, William, Annie, Albert, Bertha, Sophia, David
and Gracie, Mr. E. is one of our practical, scientific and successful horticulturists, a good
citizen and a reliable business man. :

JAMES W. GALLAGHER, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Glenwood; came to Kansas in the
fall of 1861, and farmed four years in Douglas County; also did some missionary work as a
Union Baptist minister. He then moved his family to Saline County, Mo., in the fall of
1864. He was away from home, in Osage County, at the time of the Price raid, and escaped cap-
ture by hiding in a brush three days with prieaebes soldier from Indianapolis named Camp-
bell. ae then moved his family back to Douglas County, Kan., December 25, of the same

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year. Farmed here two years, and then engaged in teaming at Pleasant Hill, Mo., for three
months. The next three years, was employed in clearing and improving a farm near Sar-
coxieville, Kan., and in preaching to three congregations. He then moved to Shawnee
Township, where he has been engaged in tilling and improving his farm and preaching on
Sunday ever since. In 1878, he lost four children, three boys and one girl, with ty oid
malarial fever. Aside from this sad misfortune, his work has been pleasant and profitable
in the State of Kansas. He was born in Alton, Ill., October 14, 1840, son of Peter B. and
Lydia Gallagher. He moved with his parents at an early age to Osage County, Mo., and
shortly afterward to Pettis County, Mo., where he was Tatsed ona farm until 1859; then
moved to Saline County, and from there, in 1861, to Kansas. He was married, in Douglas
County, Kan., December 8, 1861, to Virginia A. Carey, a native of Virginia, and daughter of
Newton and Nancy Carey. They have four children living—Henry Leander, Emma F.,
Charlie and Peter. Mr. G. was ordained a minister of the Union Baptist Church in the
spring of 1868, in Wyandotte County, and while supporting himself and family, principally
by the labors of his own hands, he has devoted much time and labor in proclaiming the
aoe ne the borders of Missouri and Kansas, and his labors have been fruitful and
of much good.
JOHN GIBBS, Jr., farmer, Sections 25 and 36, P. O. Shawnee, Johnson County, came
to Kansas October, 1855, and located a claim on the Delaware Trust Lands, in Jefferson
County, which he bought at the land sales at Fort Leavenworth, November, 1856. He after-
ward bought, in 1857, 160 acres in Franklin County, and in 1858 bought 320 acres in Shawnee
County, and now owns the 320-acre tract in addition tothe well-improved farm on which he
lives, in Wyandotte County. In 1855, while in search ofa claim, in company with others
he stopped at a lone cabin néar Big Stranger for dinner. The lady of the house gathere
some corn, grated it, and quickly prepared a repast of corn bread, bacon and coffee, which
they devoured with a relish, On inquiring the bill, the lady replied, “If you are Free-State
men, nothing, if Pro-slavery, your bill is $1.” Mr. Gibbs replied, “ According to your prop-
osition, we are entitled to a free dinner, but we insist on your accepting the pay.” On her
positive refusal to take anything, he deposited $1.50 on the table, wished her God’s protec~
tion, and took his departure. Mr. Gibbs was in Kansas during the entire border war, and
witnessed many of those disgraceful attempts to control the elections by violence and by
stuffing the ballot box. Was in the company of seventeen men who went to the rescue of
Mr. Manard and family, at Easton, Kan., in 1856, where a company of ruffians were held at
bay for forty-eight hours by Manard. and two women, who stood guard at doors and windows
of their residence, shot-guns in hand. On the approach of the rescuers, the ruffians fled.
He was harvesting in Platte county Mo., during the summer of 1856, and was threatened
with tar and feathers if he did not leave by a certain time. He defied the mob, and though
the threat was repeated and the time distinctly stated, he remained and was not molested.
During the winter of 1858-59, he was in the Government service, freighting to Fort Smith,
Ark., and also to Indian Territory. In the spring of 1859, in company with his father
and others, he started with ox teams to Denver. After many hardships and dangers from
hostile Indians, reached Denver safely. From Denver, went to Russell Gulch and Clear
Creek. There left his father, and with pak animals went over the range and up the Arkan-
sas River, camping over night where Leadville is now located. He ale explored the Blue
and Swan River country, and returned to Denver with satisfactory evidence that gold ex-
isted in paying quantities on the head-waters of the Arkansas, and on the 15th of February,
1860, he returned, via South Park, reaching California Gulch the last of April, and remained
three years, mining and merchandising and freighting, and, in 1863, went from Denver
with an ox team to Virginia City, reaching his destination about the Ist of July. He re-
mained in Montana until October, 1866, when, in company with his brother and eight others,
he came down the Missouri River in arow boat. Encountering the ice, it became necessary
to row all night at timesto keep ahead of the floating ice. Reached Omaha about the
5th of December. After spending the winter with friends in the East, returned to Kansas
in the spring of 1867, and after spending two years on his farm in Shawnee County, bought
the farm in Wyandotte County, which he has made his home ever since. He was born in
Kalamazoo County, Mich., February 22, 1835. Isason of John and MirandaGibbs. He left
his father’s home when fifteen years of age, and worked on a farm summers, and in the win-
ter did chores for his board, while attending school until twenty years of age, and came to
Kansas, October, 1865. He was married in Wyandotte County, Kan., May 30, 1878, to Elmira
Holsinger, an estimable lady, daughter of William and Catharine Holsinger. She was born
in Covington, Ohio, August 28,1850. They have one child, viz., John W. Gibbs, born July
15, 1881, Mr. Gibbs is a man of much nerve, strong will, great firmness, settled convictions
and engrafted principles, honest and reliable in business.
FRANK HOLSINGER, farmer and horticulturist, Section 32, Town 11, Range 25, P.
QO. Rosedale, was born in Bedford County, Penn., April 3, 1836, son of George and Susan
Holsinger. He was educated in the common school and in Mount Morris Seminary, attend-
ing school until nineteen years of age; then went to Ogle County, Ill., and engaged in rail-
road service as station agent at Haldane; was also Postmaster at that place until March,
1857, when he emigrated to Kansas, and engaged in farming near Clinton, Douglas County,
for two years, and was a delegate to the Grasshopper Convention in 1857, which nominated
Marcus J. Parrott Delegate to Congress. He returned to Bedford County, Penn., in 1859;
taught school two years, then enlisted Aprik 14, 1861, with the Marietta, Ohio, Blues. Not
being mustered in, he was discharged to go into a Pennsylvania regiment, and on May 8,
1861, enlisted in Company I, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. Was in many of the
heaviest engagements of the war; was in that of Dranesville, Mechanicsville, Peach Or-
chard, Fair Oaks, Charles City, Cross Roads and Malvern Hill, under McClellan; Aqua Creek,
Rappahannock, Manassas Junction, under Gen. Pope; South Mountain and Antietam in
Hooker’s corps; Fredericksburg, under Burnside, andin storming the heights on the left
of Fredericksburg ; was wounded and sent to the hospital at Washington. Three months
afterward was ordered before the Board of Examiners to examine officers to command col-
ored troops. Passed as Captain of the first class, and was mustered into the Nineteenth Col-
ored United States Infantry March 23, 1864, at Baltimore, commanding a company. May 1,
was assigned to Burnside’s corps, crossed the Rapidan May 4, and participated in all Grant’s
engagements before Richmond until November 28, when he was wounded in the right arm
at Bermuda Hundred, necessitating an ex-section of the radius of the right arm; was sent
to Chesapeake Hospital at Fort Monroe, where he remained until the capture of Richmond,
his regiment being one of the first to enter the city. The war being over, his regiment was
sent with corps of observation to the Rio Grande, where he continued until the expiration
of his term of enlistment. He was mustered out at Baltimore March 27,1867; was placed
on the pension list on account of disability from wounds, and was twice brevetted for gallant
and meritorious conduct during the war. On his return from the army, he engaged in farm-
ing in Bedford County, Penn., about two years; then moved to Wyandotte County, Kan.;
settled near Rosedale, March 27, 1869; cleared and improved a 160-acre farm, and for several
years has confined his attention principally to fruit culture. He bought his present location
during the spring of 1874, and now owns 300 acres of choice land, about seventy-five acres
of which are in orchard. He has gathered this season about 2,500 bushels of apples, and
about 2,000 bushels of fine budded peaches ; has marketed the present season over E00 worth
of berries, has sold $4,000 worth of nursery stock, and besides has received as rental from
lands which he lets $2,000 bushels of potatoes, about 1,800 bushels of corn and 600 bushels
of wheat. He was married near Sharpsburg, Md., November 26, 1868, to Mary Frances
Long, an intelligent and accomplished lady, daughter of Elder David and Mary Long. He
has six children—Mary, Gerald, Clarence, George, Edna and Maud. Mr. II. is the Treasurer
of the Missouri Valley Horticultural Society, and is one of the leading horticulturists of
ee es He and his wife are members of the Progressive Branch of the Dunkard
Church.
WILLIAM JUSTICE, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Turner, came to Kansas in the fall of
1854, and settled on the Wakarusa River, seven miles southwest of Lawrence. The coun-
try was then unsettled, only two or three families lived in that locality. He farmed eight
years on the Wakarusa bottom, and then moved to where he now lives, on a well-improved.
farm of 100 acres of choice bottom land. Mr. Justice is one of the oldest settlers in Kansas,
and while he is a quiet and unassuming man, he is recognized as one of the solid men of bis
county. He has been very attentive to home duties, and hence has never figured promi-
nently in public matters. He has furnished ties to some extent for construction of K. C., Ft.
S. & G. R. R., but has been principally engaged in farming all his life. He was born near
Nashville, E. Tenn., February 22, 1826, son of Alfred and Sarah Justice. At an early age,
moved with his parents to Jackson County, Mo., where he was raised on a farm. About the
year 1848, moved to Westport, Mo., where he farmed and teamed till 1854, when he moved to
Kansas. He was married in Westport August 14, 1851, to Jane Corel, who was born March 17,
1830, in West Virginia, daughter of William and Rebecca Corel. They have eight children,
viz: Albert, John G., Samuel M., James Monroe, Alice Ellen, Ella Lee, Hattie Ann and
Eva Lena. Mr. Justice and wife are worthy members of the South Methodist Episcopal
Church,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

AMBROSE KEY, farmer and horticulturist, Section 35, P. 0. Rosedale, was born in
Crawfordsville, Ind., November 27, 1829, son of George and Rebecca Key. At an early age,
removed to Louisa County, Iowa; remained there until 1858, and then moved to Texas;
bought the Baker & Thomson saw mill on the San Jacinto River, and in combination with
a sash, door and blind factory, operated about four years, and at the same time was proprie-
tor of a general store; then moved to Navasota, near the old capital, where he carried on a
general commission business until the fall of 1860, when he moved to Fall County, Tex., and
there bought a saw mill and started a tannery ; remained in this business until the close of
the war, and then went to St. Louis, and one year afterward moved his family to Westport
on the Kansas border in PREIS of 1869, while he went to the Indian Territory, and carri
on a general trading business for three years, and then bought a farm in Shawnee Town-
ship, which he has made his home ever since, and has engaged since 1872 in horticultural
pursuits ; has made the business quite profitable, and besides his market gardening and gen-
eral farming, has raised and sold $500 worth of small fruits, and has gathered 1,200 bushels
of apples this year. He was married in Tipton, Mo. May 21, 1859, to Mary Gar-
rett, a native of Ohio, and an intelligent and accomplished lady, daughter of Elisha and
Eleanor Garrett. Their children are Sidney D., born December 30, 1862; Joseph F., born
June 22, 1865; Nellie, born June 15, 1867; Gertrude S. P., born January 15, 1870.

JOHN WwW. KINGSCOTT, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Argentine, came to Kansas in April,
1870; located where he now lives near Argentine, and has been engaged in farming ever
since. In 1873, he was elected a member of the School Board, and has served in that eapac-
ity ever since. In 1874, was appointed Township Clerk to fill vacancy ; served the unexpired
term and was re-elected. In the year 1880, was elected Justice of the Peace; served one
term, and is now serving as Township Clerk. Was elected Justice of the Peace February 6,
1883. He was born in the city of London, November 27, 1822; son of John and Barbara Ann
Kingscott. When four years of age, moved with his parents to Nantyglo, Monmouthshire,
England; lived there until eleven years of age; came to America and settled in Genesee
County, N. Y.; farmed until 1839, and then enlisted in Company A, Fifth United States In-
fantry, Regular Army, December 10, 1839; served for six years as drummer boy; was then
made Corporal on March 12, 1846; served continuously through the Mexican war ; helped
to build Fort Brown; was in several heavy engagements under Gen. Taylor; joined Gen.
Scott in front of Vera Cruz, and participated in the siege of that city; was under Scott in
the advance toward the City of Mexico, and was in all the engagements of the campaign, in-
cluding the capture of the City. After serving three full consecutive enlistments, he was
honorably discharged as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant August 10, 1854; he then farmed
in Macomb County, Mich., until the breaking-out of the rebellion, when he enlisted August
24, 1861, in Company H, Second Michigan Cavalry ; was mustered inas First Sergeant Bep-
tember 16, 1861. In the engagements of New Madrid and Corinth, fought Bragg at Perry-
yille, Ky.; had running fights with John Morgan at Glasgow and Bacon Creek; was in the
engagements at Chattanooga and Chickamauga; fought Longstreet at Knoxville, Strawberry
Plains and Massey Creek; was under Thomas in the battles of Nashville and Franklin;
under command of Gen. Wilson raided through Alabama, took Selma and Montgomery ;
thence through Georgia to Macon, where the news of Lee’s surrender was received; was
present when Jefferson Davis and family were turned over to Gen. Wilson, just after the
capture; from Macon was ordered to Nashville, and then served as Depot Quartermaster at
Edgefield until ordered home to be mustered out December 27, 1865; he entered the service
as First Sergeant, and was promoted to Second Lieutenant January 20, 1862; afterward made
First Lieutenant, and June 7, 1864, was promoted to Captain. He'served in six heavy en-
gagements in the Mexican war, ten or twelve heavy battles, and altogether 110 battles and
skirmishes in the war of the rebellion ; never received a scratch, was never taken prisoner
and was never relieved from duty on account of sickness. After his return from the army,
he engaged in farming in Macomb County, Mich., until 1870, and then moved to Kansas.
He was married in Detroit, Mich., July 15, 1857, to Ellen Morehead, a native of Ireland, and
daughter of John and Sarah Morehead. Their children are John C., Frances B., Ellen L.,
Mary Ann, Eleanora and Rosana Ann. Mr. Kingscott is one of the most intelligent and
useful men in Shawnee Township. .

JOSEPH McDOWELL, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Rosedale; entered a claim on Arm-
strong Reservation in the fall of 1855, and moved his family in March, 1856. His claim was
one anda half miles from Kansas City, in Wyandotte County, bordering on the Missouri
State line. He cleared, improved and cultivated it until June, 1877; then came to his pres-
ent location, adjoining the town of Rosedale, where he has lived ever since. He has a valu-
able rock quarry and several teams, and is extensively engaged in contracting and teaming ;
also deals in real estate and town property; at present lets five dwellings in the town of
Rosedale. He has thirty-two acres of land adjoining the town, on which he lives. He was
born in Madison County, Ala., December 25, 1816; son of Samuel and Abigail McDowell; left
his native county when ten years of age, and after five years in Rutherford County emi-
grated to Johnson County, Mo., and was present when Warrensburg was laid off. He farmed
most of the time in Johnson County until the spring of 1847. In 1846, he took charge of
an ox train for Russell and Wadell, loaded with Government stores. This was during the
Mexican war. Started from Fort’ Leavenworth in the fall, with thirty wagons, bound for
New Mexico; the weather was severe and the men and teams suffered much from cold.
Three men and many cattle perished on the way out, and they were obliged to send on into
Santa Fé for more teams, They finally pulled into Santa Fé January 11, 1847. They
remained here until the ist of February, during which time fourteen of the men died
with the measles, and Mr. James Brown in charge of two mule teams, four and six mules
respectively, and an ox wagon drawn by three voke of oxen, started on the return trip,
accompanied by five men, including Mr. McDowell. The cold was intense and feed scarce, and
nine out of the ten mules perished, and when within two days’ journey of Council Grove all
but one yoke of oxen had given out. The wagons were all abandoned except one. Mr. Brown
here backed the only remaining mule, and calling Mr. McDowell to him, he divided the last
half gallon of meal econ with him, and said: “ You must now take charge of this outfit
until my return. When the men are asleep to-night, bake you a pan of bread from this
quart of meal, parch one quart of corn and conceal it, and if you are obliged to walk for your
life, you nel manage to get into Westport; if possible, I will meet you with relief in a few
days.” With this instruction, Mr. Brown left them, and rode on, At Council Grove, which
then consisted of an old abandoned blacksmith shop, and not an inhabitant, he found a live
ox, which had given out, and was left behind by some other train. This ox he killed and
dressed, and hung up a quarter in a tree to relieve the party who were coming on. When
the party arrived in sight of this old shop in the woods, their last yoke of oxen gave out.
The wagon-bed was removed, the wagon uncoupled, and the two sick men of the company
tenderly laid on the hounds of the fore wheels, and the oxen induced to pull them on to the
shops at Council Grove. Here the cattle laid down and died. About this time, a terrible
snow-storm set in, and during this terrible night of suffering and hunger, there fell eighteen
inches of snow. The night was one of bitter cold, and the morning brought nothing but
despair, It was now decided that Mr. McDowell, accompanied by one young man, should go
on foot to Westport, and, if possible, bring relief to the rest of the party, all hopes of
Brown’s return Lavine been given up. Swearing they would bring provisions or lose their
lives in the attempt, they started out with a single blanket each, aaa the pan of corn bread
and quart of parched corn. After traveling all day, and just at night-fall, came Brown's
wagon coming to their relief. Never did food taste sweeter, nor sleep more refreshing than
to these half-starved and weary men that night. After camping here all night, and taking
an early breakfast next morning, they moved on to the relief of the little company at Coun-
cil Grove, arriving just at sundown. Their feelings can better be imagined than described,
when to their desponding souls came the sudden joy of an immediate rescue. The sick men
got well, and, after five days’ travel, they pulled into Westport, March 16, 1847. Mr. McDowell
took conveyance for home, and reached Warrensburg March 18, and the same spring
returned with his family to Kansas City, where he lived until his removal to Kansas in the
spring of 1856. He has been married three times, the first ti in Johnson County, Mo., in
June, 1834, to Haney Barran, by whom he has had five children—Franklin A., Elizabeth,
Samuel, Jesse and William H. His first wife died in December, 1848, and he was married
a second time in Kansas City, in August, 1851, to Rebecca French, who died in August, 1876,
and his last marriage took place in Wyandotte County in July, 1878, to Sarah E. Carter, an
estimable widow lady, whose maiden name was Brown, daughter of James and Ruth Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. McDowell are worthy chureh members, and both are highly respected for their
many excellent Paes of mind and heart. ;

_ THOMAS McMAHON, farmer, Sections 29 and 32, P.O. Rosedale, came to Kansas
spring of 1854; stopped a few days at Leavenworth City, then went to Kansas City and con-
tracted public work until spring of 1861; next farmed near Olathe, Kan., till fall of 1862,
and in the spring of 1863 he fitted out an ox-train of five wagons and went to Colorado, and
in company with three brothers owned and worked a mine in California Gulch, near where
laeiet le is now located; sold out his mine, and returned same fall to Kansas City, the trip

aving netted him about $1,000, The next spring, with two wagons, one of which was
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

loaded with 4,000 pounds of choice provisions, and drawn by four mules, the other a spring
. wagon, containing his family, drawn by two horses, he started to Montana. It- was very
early in the apr: and hey encountered snow, sleet, cold and other hardships on the way,
but finally reached Horse Prairie Valley June 22,1864. He mined in the Placer diggings
during the summer, and made it very profitable. ‘He moved. his family to Bannock Neen
ber, 1865, and engaged in freighting from Salt Lake Valley to different points in Montana,
until the spring of 1869. Left Bannock March 22, and arrived at Kansas City May 11, 1869,
and in June bought of an Indian named Pumpkin and his white son-in-law, Franklin, the
farm of ninety-ecight and one-half acres, which he cleared and improved, and has ever since
made his home. He has a large two-story frame residence, twenty-two acres of fruit, and
other substantial improvements, which make his place one of the most desirable in that
vicinity. He was born in ae County, Ireland, in the year 1832; son of Hubert and Mary
McMahon; lived in Ireland till eighteen years of age, then came direct to America; lived in
New Jersey one year, then went to New Orleans, where he worked in a wholesale house till
the spring of 1854, when he came up the river to Leavenworth, Kan. He was married in
Kansas City, Mo., April 25, 1859, to Bridget O. Flaherty, an intelligent and accomplished
lady, daughter of Eugene and Kate Flaherty. She was born in Maryland, raised in Vir-
inia, and afterward moved to Ohio, thence to Kansas City. They have twelve children—
Sohn Hubert and Mary Catherine (twins), Ellen, Annie, Thomas F., Nora, Lawrence,
Josephine, James, Agnes, Catherine and Joseph Patrick. Mr. McMahon and wile are mem-
bers of the Roman Catholic Church, and are counted among the most thriving and enter-
Ps ae of Shawnee Township.

JOHN TILGHMAN MACKOY, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Rosedale, was born in Mason
County, Ky, October 4, 1811. His father, James Mackoy, was a Revolutionary soldier, en-
listed just in time to participate in the battle of Yorktown. He was only fifteen years of
age. Arrived at the scene of action on Saturday; fought under La Fayette until the capit-
ulation of Cornwallis on the following Wednesday; his mother, Mary Mackoy, whose maiden
name was Walton, was the oe hter of George Walton, one of the signers of the Dec-
laration of Independence; he was a direct descendant of the Lawrence and Chase families,
who were very noted. Mr. Mackoy was raised principally on the farm. His father was also

roprietor of Mackoy’s flouring mill, located on Lee’s Creek, Mason Co., Ky. He attended

easley Creek Academy and received a good academic education. At the age of fifteen, was

ut to work on the farm and in the mill. He left his native place in 1859, and moved to

olt County, Mo., where he lived on a farm until it was well improved, and he was able to
live comfortably when the war broke out, and his horses were stolen by Jayhawkers, his life
threatened, one of his neighbors killed, and his family so frightened that he returned to
Kentucky and remained during the war. In 1865, he returned through Missouri to Council
Bluffs, where he farmed three years, and in the spring of 1868 moved to his present location,
where he has made a comfortable home, which is a model in the way of taste, tidiness an
culture, and where his old ane is made comfortable by the companionship of an intelligent
wife and loving children. e was married in Mason County, Ky., May 17, 1836, to Frances
A. Craig; she was the daughter of Elijah and Mary Craig, grand-daughter of Joseph Davis,
a Major in the Emmett’s rebellion. James Kempe, great-uncle, was a Colonel in the same
rebellion, and afterward Gen. Jackson’s aid-de-camp in the ba‘tle of New Orleans. Mr.
Mackoy has seven living children—James Craig, Jane Elizabeth, Frances Mary, John Beck-
ett, Sarah Gresham, Annie Lawrence and Thomas Oliver.

DAVID B. MATNEY, farmer, Sections 30 and 31, P. O. Rosedale; came to Kansas in
the fall of 1858; located in Shawneetown; lived there until 1863. In 1862, Quantrill raided
the town at midnight, and burned most of the houses, seventeen in number. They raided
Mr. Matney’s business house, piled up on the counter all the combustibles they could gather,
and fired them, but the fire was extinguished before it had done any considerable damage;
but in July, 1863, Quantrill made a second attack and burned Mr. Matney’s residence, and
the rest of the town; he still preserves a bureau that was saved from the flames, but it bears
the marks of fire, being badly scorched. In 1863, he moved to Westport, where he farmed
until the fall of 1865, then came to his present location, where he has cleared, improved and
cultivated a farm of 200 acresever since. Mr. Matney is recognized as one of the best farmers
in Shawnee Township, and has served as School Treasurer five orsix years. He isa represent-
ative man, an old settler and a useful citizen; is a worthy Mason, and he and wife are both
consistent members of the Union Baptist Church. He was born in Tazewell County, Va.,
August 3, 1836,son of Charles and Abigail Matney. He lived on what is known as Rich
Lands on Clinch River, Va., until 1844, when he moved to Platte County, Mo., where he
farmed two years, then to Jackson County where he farmed until 1857, when he went with
an ox-train to Fort Union ; again in 1859, started to Pike’s Peak ; on reaching Fort Lyons,
Bent Co., Colo., sold out and returned. He again started across the plains in 1864, this time
in the employ of other parties, with a mule train of twenty-five wagons; on reaching Cow
Creek, 250 miles this side of Fort Lyons, news was received of the massacre of men on Wal-
nut Creek, twenty miles further on. The train on Walnut Creek was fired into by Indians,
who were riding along conversing in a friendly manner with the drivers. Besides the ten
killed, two were scalped alive and taken prisoners; they afterward made good their escape,
and recovered ; news of this disaster reached Mr. Bryant’s train on Cow Creek, just in time
for them to corral, and as soon as this was effected the Indians were seen approaching in a
cloud of dust, five or six hundred strong; but with a force of only twenty-seven men, the
train men held them at bay fourteen days with a loss of only twoin number. A well was
dug inside the corral to furnish the train with water. The Indians finally scattered and
disappeared. The train moved on, but after about six days’ journey, and 125 miles this side
of Fort Lyons, they were again attacked by Indians just before day, and ninety-three mules
were captured and carried off; the wagons were not molested, and in about two days another
train belonging to Mr. Byrant came up; the teams were divided and the wagons pulled into
Fort Lyons. Nir. Matney remained at the fort six days, and returned, reaching home Sep-
tember 16, 1864. He was married at Westport, Mo., January 26, 1860, to Emily M. Puckett,
a native of Tazewell County, Va.,and daughter of John and Mary E, Puckett. They have
four living children—John R., Elisha M., George H. and Joseph D. 7

GEORGE Q. A. MATNEY, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Rosedale, came to Kansas in the
fall of 1854; took a claim on the Wakarusa River, southwest of Lawrence, but sold it soon
afterward. He made Shawneetown his first stopping place in the State; made a trip across

the plains to old Fort McKey in 1854, another to Fort Laramie in 1855, and had profitable
journeys both times. He next went in the employ of other parties with an ox-train to Fort
Union in 1857. He came to his present location in 1861, where he has been engaged.ever
since in clearing, improving and cultivating his farm of 120 acres; his home de Erchsearl
situated on one of the finest roads leading out of Kansas City. He was born in Tazewell
County, Va., September 28, 1831, son of Charles and Abigail Matney.. He has made farming
his principal occupation through life, and lived thirteen years in his native county in Vir-
ginia; farmed one and a half years in Platte County, Mo., fifteen years in Jackson County,
and since then in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties, Kan. He was married at Westport, Mo.,
January 6, 1859, to Frances Jane Johnson, daughter of David J ohnson; she died the same
year, and his second marriage took pipce at Westport, April 8, 1860, to Susan M. Broomfield,
native of Virginia, and daughter of Jordan and Emily Broomfield, by whom he had two
children—Charles and Minnie Matney. She died February, 1867, and he was a third time
married in Shawnee Township, February 2, 1868, to Fannie T. Carter, native of Virginia,
and daughter of William and Sarah Carter, by whom he has four children—Sarah, Hattie,
David and an infant.

JOHN R. MATNEY, farmer, Section 31, P. Q. Rosedale, came to Westport on the Kan-
sas and Missouri border October, 1846, and engaged in farming until 1865. In 1854, made
one trip with a private ox train to Old Fort McKey, on the Arkansas River; found no set-
tlements on the route. What is now a wealthy and populous State was then a wild waste of
prairie land; he moved to his present home in March, 1866, and has been engaged in farm-
ing ever since. He hasserved as Township Clerk two terms, also served as Township Treas-
urer; has served on the School Board five years; has twice been honored as a delegate to
State Conventions. He was born in West Virginia January 23, 1834, son of Charles and
Abigail Matney; left his native place when only ten years of age, and moved to Platte
County, Mo., near Parkville, and in the fall of 1846 moved to Westport, near the Kansas
line; was married at the latter place March 15, 1855, to Missouri Matney daughter of Will-
iam and Sarah Matney. She was born in the State of Missouri, while her parents are na-
tives of Mississippi. They have nine children—Sarah, William, David, Ella, Henry, Albert,
Alexander, Minnie and Edith. Mr. Matney is a worthy Mason and one of the wealthy and
influential men of Wyandotte County. He has a large farm of 285 acres, 185 acres in culti-
vation, and the rest in blue grass pasture. He has made very fine and substantial improve-
ments on his farm; his residence is a new, large two-story frame, well finished and furnished
throughout, and is located on one of the finest roads leading out of Kansas City, about five
miles from that place.

JOHN §. PAYNE, farmer, Section 36, P. 0. Shawnee, Johnson County, came to Kansas
in the winter of 1855, and worked by the month for a wealthy and intelligent Indian named

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Jackson Rodgers. About five months afterward, his father rented a place, and cultivated it
one year. He lived with his father during the year, and moved with him in the spring of
1857 to a claim which he pre-empted on the Kaw Bottom, near where Turner is now located.
Remained on this farm three or four years, and then removed again with his father to a
tract of Indian land which he had purchased, and which they cleared and improved. In
July, 1863, a squad of bushwackers came to the house near midnight, called the father out
of bed, and on his opening the door they shot and killed him in the presence of his family,
and then plundered the house, carrying off all the valuables. Previous to this time, John 8.
Payne, the subject of our sketch, enlisted in Company B, Second Kansas Cavalry, on March
1, 1862. Was in nearly all the engagements of his command, including Cane Hill, Prairie
Grove, Honey Springs and many skirmishes. In October, 1862, captured a battery at Fort
Wayne, in the Cherokee Nation, and his company was organized into the Third Kansas
Battery. He served asCorporal through the war, and was mustered out in March, 1865. He
was born in McDonough County, Ill, Petra 25, 1840. At two years of age, moved with his
ae to Van Buren County, lowa, where he remained about twelve years; then moved to

ackson County, Mo., in 1854, and the following winter cameto Kansas. He was marriedon
the place which he now occupies, May 24, 1866, to Sarah Webb, daughter of John A.and Bar-
bara Webb. They have one adopted child, William, born November 20, 1878.

PETER J. PRETZ, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Turner, came to Kansas February 1, 1857,
and has been engaged in farming’ in the following places, consecutively: Two miles west
of Wyandotte, one year; Charles Armstrong’s place, one mile from the old Delaware Mission,
one year; Franklin County, Kan., one year; near Wyandotte again, two years; and again
near the Delaware Mission one year; then bought of an Indian named Charlie Tooley, the
farm which he cleared and improved, and has cultivated ever since. He has been a mem-
ber of the School Board for five years. He was born in Germany, January 18, 1820, son of
Peter and Adelheid Pretz. He was raised in the city of Limburg, on the Lahn River, where
he was educated, and where he learned the painter’s trade. He worked at his trade two
years, and was engaged in the manufacture and sale of woolen goods ten years. He then
sailed for America, remained in New York City one year, worked at the painter's trade in
Macounta, Ill., two years, and Kansas City two years, and then commenced farming in Kan-
sas, near Wyandotte. He was married in St. Glair County, Ill, in September, 1854, to Au-
gusta Erhart, a native of Siegmaringen, Germany, daughter of George and Elizabeth Erhart.
He has six children—Adelheid, Annie, Theresa, Henry, George and August Pretz. Mr. P.
is a member of the Catholic Church, and one of thesuccessful farmers of Wyandotte County,
and an influential citizen.

JOSEPH BOSTON STEEL, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Argentine, was born in Tazewell
County, Va., June 10, 1828, son of William and Mary Steel. His grandfather, Ralph Steel,
was a veteran of the war of 1812. He lived until sixteen years of age in his native county,
then moved to Jackson County, Mo. Farmed two years, and then in the spring of 1855, moved
to a new place on the Wakarusa Bottom, southwest of Topeka, in Shawnee County, Kan.,
where he remained eighteen months, during which time his mother died, and he returned
to Jackson County, Mo., but in 1857, fall of the year, he moved into Wyandotte County, Kan.,
and engaged in teaming four years. He then rented a farm four miles from Kansas City, and
after cultivating it four years, he bought it and Cleef improved it, and five years after-
ward sold out and purchased the farm which he has cultivated ever since. His home con-
sists of 120 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, and well improved. Mr. Steel has
served four years as Township Trustee, and is the present incumbent. Has also served
eight years as Road Supervisor, and two years as Director of school district. He was mar-
ried in Shawneetown, Johnson County, Kan., July 21, 1861, to Mary L. Peart, native of
Jackson County, Mo., and daughter of Jonathan and Oney Peart. They have five children,
vis John F.; Edward, Lizzie, William C. and Ophelia. Mr. Steel is one of Wyandotte’s

est citizens,

WHITE CHURCH.

White Church, nearly in the center of the county, about ten miles
west of Wyandotte, is a pretty little hamlet, and is the historical scene of
the old Delaware mission and the building of the ‘‘ White Church,”’ for
the Indians’ benefit. Four miles north is Pomeroy, on the Missouri Pa-
cific Road, is its nearest station. White Church contains a good school, a
Masonic hall, two churches, and half a dozen stores.

The Presbyterian Church was organized April 19, 1869. Its member-
ship numbered forty. The pastoris Rev. A.A. Allen. The Sunday school
has been maintained thirteen years, and averages a membership of twenty-
five.

The Methodist Episcopal Church has an organization and church
property.

The Masonic Lodge was chartered October 20, 1870, membership,
twenty-five. Officers, W. M., T. W. Noland; S. W., Gus Hovey; J. W.,
J. C. Gnute; Treasurer, Joshua Blankonship; Secretary, P. C. Hinton.

The Presbyterian Church, of White Church, was organized April
19, 1869, with membership of forty, A. A. Allen, pastor. Value of church
property, $1,200. A public school has been maintained here thirteen
years, with an average attendance of twenty-five pupils. There are two
Sunday schools in the place, average attendance, thirty. There is also a
Masonic Lodge, chartered October 20, 1870, with a membership of thirty-
five. Its officers are: T. W. Noland, W. M.; Gus Hovey, 8. W.; J. C.
Guute, J. W.; Joshua Blankonship, Treasurer; P. C. Hinton, Secretary.

The Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Methodist Episcopal
Church, have an organization and a good church property.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—QvUINDARO TOWNSHIP.

JEFFERSON F. BARKER, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Quindaro, was born in Mercer County,
W. Va., January 24,1860. Isa son of Joseph and Eliza A. Barker; was reared on a farm and at-
tended the public schools in his native county until he came to Kansas in 1877, March 31. He
settled on the farm where he now lives, consisting of 212 acres of fine fruit and farming land, all
in cultivation except about seventy-five acres of timbered pasture. He has twenty acres in
fruit. His residence commands a fine view of the Missouri River and an extensive landscape of
varied beauty. His father was a native of Virginia, and died March 5, 1862. His mother, who
lives with him at present, is a native of Illinois. Her maiden name was Nichols. Mr. Barker is
quite young, only twenty-two years old. Has only been a resident of the State five and one-half
years, but has won an enviable reputation.

ROBERT J. BARKER, merchant and grain dealer, Pomeroy, came to Kansas September
20,1870. Located in Wyandotte County; taught school nine yeara, and in 1879 opened a general
store at Pomeroy, where he has been engaged in merchandising ever since. He has also served
as agent for Missouri Pacific Railroad Company at this place three years, and is still employed in
that capacity. He was appointed Postmaster in April, 1882. He was born in West Virginia April
28,1848, son of Messina C. and Julia A. Barker. He was reared on tbe farm, but attended and
taught school much of the time until he came to Kansas in 1870. He was married in Wyan-
dotte County, Decémber 31, 1871, to Melissa Malott, daughter of Hiram and Susan Malott, and a
native of Missouri. He had by his first wife one child, still living—Maud O. Barker. His wife
died March 26, 1874. He was married again in Wyandotte County, February 26, 1877, to Bettie
K. Palmer, a native of Indiana and daughter of Wilkinson and Guinna Palmer, by whom he has
two children—Ella E, and Frederick C. Barker. Mr. Barker is District Deputy Grand Master
1. 0. 0. F., of District No. 88, also P.C. K. of P. He carries a large stock of general merchandise
and occupies, in addition to a capacious salesroom, an extensive wareroom and commands the
entire trade of the place. He also deals in wood, grain aud country produce of all kinds.

ANDREW J. BATES, farmer, Section 26, P. 0. Quindaro, was born in Cherokee County,
Ga , December 18, 1837. Son of Frances Marion and Sarah Bates, He left his native State and
moved to Pine Bluffs, Ark., in the spring of 1858. Though Southern born and raised, he was
true to his country and determined if possible to reach the Union lines, and on the night of July
10, 1862, left Pine Bluff, in company with two others, and crossed the river by night, traveled
through swamps and cane, resting only by day; tuok their route up White River, passed through
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the rebel pickets in the dark; atone time went three days and nights without food, slept on the
wet ground in the rain; on account of exposure one of the company took sick and was very low
for a week, but after many hair-breadth escapes and perilous adventures thev at last, on the 5th
day of August, espied the old stars and stripes and at once enlisted in Company H, First Michi-
gan Artillery. Served till the close of war. Was with Grant at Vicksburg, Sherman at Atlanta
- ard Thomas at Nashville; was under fire 300 days during the war; was in all the engagements of
his command and was mustered out last of June, 1865. In September of same year, came to Kan-
- 8a8 ; settled where he now lives and has been engaged in farming ever since. He was married io
Unadilla, Mich., August 15, 1865, to Mary Cleveland, a native of Michigan, and daugbter of John
and Nancy Cleveland. He has two children—James and Elizabeth Bates. Mr. Bates is erecting
- & fine two-story residence, which will be another ornament among the many fine country homes
Ulchanaee thevicinity of Wyandotte, He and wife are consistent members of the Congregational
urch.

FRANK H. BETTON, P. 0. Pomeroy. The subject of this sketch is a lineal descendant
of Matthew Thornton, one of the signera of the Declaration of Inde»endence, and President of
the convention which assumed the government of the colony of New Hampshire. Mis father,
Thornton Betton, was a prominent lawyer and a graduate of Darimouth College. His grand-
father, Hon, Silas Betton, was a graduate of the same institution, and a Member of Congress. His

. grandmother, the wife of Hon. Silas Betton, was the daughter of Matthew Thornton, who signed
the Declaration. He was born in Derry, N. H., August 1, 1835;, is a son of Thornton
and Mary E. B. H. Betton. Eight years of his early life were passed in Derry, two years in New-
buryport, Mass., one year at Portsmouth, N. H.,a short time in Dover, N. H., and three years in
Boston, Mass. At the latter place he engaged as clerk ina mercantile house. He then went to
Petersburg, Va., where he remained two years, and in May, 1856, came to Kansas, Hoe landed
at Leavenworth City on the 8th day of May, and at once went about finding business, He had

~ $2,000 in money to invest, and, proceeding to the old historic town of Easton, he fell in company
with others who agreed to interest themselves with him in building up a town on Red Vermill-
jon Creek. The new town was to have at once a hotel, store, blacksmith shop, and saw-mill.
After the suffering the privations and disappointments common to such an enterprise in a new
country, Mr. Betton found the project abandoned by the others, and himself the owner of a saw-
mill in a town and country without inhabitants. He returned to Leavenworth, and during the
winter engaged in a general speculating business, dealing principally, however, in Geary City
town property, by which he realized about $500. He attended the sale of town ehares (10 lots)
in Wyandotte, advertised to take place March 1, 1857, the first 100 shares to _be sold at $500 a
share, He bought share No. 92. There was a perfect craze for these shares. People came from
far and near, and it was by chance that he managed to buy an intétest. Isaiah Walker's store
was the only frame building in the town at the time. It still stands on the north side of Ne-
braska avenue, below Fourth street. Silas Armstrong’s brick residence stood on the hill, near
the corner of Fifth street and Minnesota avenue. Ike Brown’s log house stood where Dunning’s
Hall now stands, The land office building was located nearly opposite, and Joel Walker lived in
a log house near Jersey Creek. The Widow Splitlog’s cabin occupied the hill south of Minnesota

_ avenue, and the Cotter’s lived at the ferry, and those houses constituted the city of Wyandotte
_1n 1857. Mr. Betton was offered $750 for one lot while on his way to Leavenworth, justafter the
purchase, but refused to take it. Wyandotte had her collapse, and values shrunk amazingly.

_ Mr. Betton disposed of his interest at a sacrifice. He next entered a claim of 160 acres of farm-
ing land, and forty acres of timber, near Osawkie, onthe Delaware Trust Lands. He also specu-
lated in claims, and was very successful in this enterprise. After Osawkie land sales, he re-
turned to Leavenworth, but the same fall located in Wyandotte and engaged in Jumbering and
logging for a saw mill, and in December, 1859, bought it. It was located where the town of Ar-
gentine has since been built up, In 1860, he bought forty acres of land, and built a house on it,
which is still standing. The smelting works are now located on this forty acres, which he sold
in 1863 for $500, now worth over $100,000. In 1863, the mill was moved over to the Missouri
River, near Nearman Station, where he continued the business until the fall of 1867, his family
living in the meantime at Wyandotte. In company with Mr. Overton, he bought a half-section
of land of Alexander Caldwell and Lucien Scott, near Pomeroy, and in June, 1868, located a new
saw-mill at that place. The mill exploded the first day’s run, killing one man and injuring
another. The mill was immediately rebuilt, and other lands were subsequently bought, until
Overton & Betton were the owners ot 1,100 acres of fine timber land. They and their em-
ployes, mill hands and wood-choppers, were the only white settlers in the vicinity. Mr. Betton
solicited the County Superintendent to lay out a school district, which was done immediately.
Bonds were voted to build a schoolhouse. They were purchased by Overton & Betton, and
the commodious school room was ervcted, which still stands to do credit to the enterprise of its
first proprietors. They also built a side track on the Missouri Pacific Railroad at their own ex-
pense, erected a store room, and secured a post office. The store room was first occupied by Der-
rick Stone, Pomeroy’s first merchant. In 1873, they erected their three-story flouring-mill,
called Maple Cliff Mills. They also sold lands to the amount of about 400 acres, and still retain
about 700 acres. The mi!l was operated by Overton & Betton until 1878, when Mr. Young pur-
chased the half-interest of Mr. Overton, and the mill was owned and operated by Betton &
Young until the spring of 1883, when they disposed of their entire interest to the Pomeroy Mill-
ing Company. Mr. Betton has striven to do his part in the labors which, in a period of twenty-
five years, have served to carve out of the wilderness the foremost county in hisState. He has
been identified with many enterprises, public and private, and, like most old settlers, has reaped
but a moderate reward. He has written much for the press since his residence in Kansas, and
displays a literary ability remarkable for 2 man who has been so actively eugaged in business
pursuits. He was married in Wyandotte, March 8, 1860, to Susanna Mudeater, an accomplished
aud educated daughter of Matthew Mudeater, head chief of the Wyandotte nation. Her father
was educated at the Methodist Episcopal Mission, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Her mother was edu-
cated at the same mission. Both were exceedingly fair and handsome. They emigrated with the
Wyandottes to [ndian Territory in 1843, Mr. Betton has six children—Florence, Frank H., Cora
E., Matthew Thornton, Susanna W. and Ernest L. He has been Grand Master of the R. W.
Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., State of Kansas, aud its Grand Representative in the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of the United States; also, Grand Uhancellor of the Grand Lodge of the K. of P. of the
State of Kansas, and its‘ Representative to the Supreme Lodge of the United States.

DANIEL BRAMAN, farmer and merchant, Section 35, P.O. Braman Hill. Came to Kan-
sas January 12,1858. Located here, and has made this his home ever since. From 1867 to 1878,
was in the colporteur work for the American Tract Society. His field was confined part of the
time to Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth Cuunties, but the remainder of the time was col-
porteur at large for the northern half of Kansas and border counties of Missouri, He then re-
sumed farming, and in connection with this has carried on a country store, dealing in general
merchandise and couvtry produce. He enlisted in Company G, Sixth Kansna Cavalry, and was
mustered in at Leavenworth, in November, 1861, He did border service, scouting, haunting
bushwhackers, etc., but was in several heavy engagements, such as Maysville, Ark., Prairie
Grove, and Cane Hill, Mo., and many others, Was in active service until mustered out, Novem-
-ber, 1864. Ilo enlisted as a private, but was several times promoted, and was last commissioned
as Second Lieutenant, which commission he held until his term of service expired. Le was born
in Waterford, New London Co., Conn., May 16, 1832, Ie is a son of Danicl S. and Mary L.
‘Braman. He was educated in the public schools of Waterford. At the age of sixteen, he went
to New London, and worked at the suil-maker’s trade seven or eight years. He alsospent short
time in Brooklyn, N. Y., just prior to his removal to Kansas in 1858. Ho wasmarried, in Water-
‘ford, Conn., September 11, 1853, to Sarah H. Moore, an intelligent and accomplished lady, a na-
tive of Connecticut, and a daughter of Enoch and Mary L. Moore, They have four children—
-Mary Eva, Ida Florine, Edward Everett and Dottie Lizette, and seldom are children blessed with
such parents, both of whom exhibita Christian culture rarely to be found. They are consistent
members of the Baptist Church. He was elected to the office of Treasurer of Quindaro Tuwn-
ship in. November, 1877, and has been re-elected each year since, and holds tha office now. He
was chosen Deacon of the Baptist Church, 9th of December, 1867, and has filled that office since
that time.

ABRAM H. BROWN, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Quindaro. His grandfather was a veteran of
the war of 1812, and his father beat the roll call on Bunker Hi!l at La Fayette’s visit 10 America in
1824, The subject of this sketch was born on Bunker Hill, Charleston, Miss., July 26, 1826, son
of Jonathan and Mary Brown. His parents moved to Adams County, IIl., in the spring of 1833,
He was brought mp on a farm till seventeen years of age, then moved to Quincy, IIl., and learned

‘the brick-layer’s trade, worked in Quincy two and a half years, then went to Peoria, Ill., where he
contracted brick work and plastering for two years. He then started with an ox train as wagon
master tor Santa Fé, N. M. Struck the Kansas line in the spring of 1847. He was taken down
with the cholera at Black Jack, on account of which the train was detained three days. Six train
men had'the cholera, only one of whomdied, They reached Santa Fé July 26, 1847, and the two
years following, he was engaged in burning and furnishing lime for the @uvernment uses and was
superintendent of.the laying of rock for the State House at Santa Fé. He next accompanied
‘Capt. Love’s expedition to the Gila River, prospecting for gold, but the enterprise failing on ac-
‘count of hostile Indians, he returned to the old copper mines at Ft, Webster, where he laid up
about four months and then returned to Santa Fé to spend the winter.. The following spring he

“HISTORY OF KANSAS.

came back to Kansas and from there went to New York, where he was married, February, 17, 1857,
to Lydia M. Ward, a teacher and a native of New York, and daughter of Lemuel and Hannah,
Ward. He then returned with his bride to Kansas City and made that his home till 1878. But
enlisted in Company C, Vanhorn’s Battalion, attached to Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer In-
fantry; was taken prisoner at Lexington, Mo., was Quartermaster Sergeant, acting as Quarter-
master at the time. After his parole, he wasmade Wagonmaster for Capt. Case, Assistant Quarter-
master, and was in active service as Master of Transportation for Capt. Case till nearly the close of
the war. On his return to Kansas City, he resumed his business as a contractor and did the brick
work on Plankington & Armour’s original packing house, He was also contractor for the brick
work and plastering on the first schoolhouse built in Kansas City, Kan. He moved to his
present location in 1878, where he has engaged in farming over since. He is P.G.1. 0,0. F.

HENRY BUTTERWECK, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Wyandotte. He was born in Fursten-
thum Waldeck, Germany, October 8, 1834; son of Stephen and Mary Butterweck, Attended
school in hia native town till about fifteen years of age; he then worked in a factory at Brownson
three years, after which he was engaged in a blacksmith and wagon shop jour years, and March
7, 1857, left for America, settling on a farm near Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn, and in August,
1860, moved to Ohio, where he engaged in farming uutil the breaking-out of the war, when he
enlisted at London in Company OC, Fortieth Ohio, September 11, 1861. He was in many of the
hardest fought battles of the great rebellion, among which were the engagements at Franklin,
Tenn., Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge and Pine Mountain and many others; was under Gar-
field in Kentucky, and was with Sherman in the famous march through Georgia as far as At-
Janta, He was mustered out October 8, 1864. At the close of the war, he returned to his old
home in Pennsylvania, spent the winter, and then moved to Ohio, where he resided until he came
to Kansas September, 1868. He was married in Uniontown, Penn., December 25, 1864, to Malinda
McLaughlin, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Joseph and Mary McLaughlin. They
have six children, viz.: Mary M., Lidie C., Sallie Adaline, Henry Rinehart, Joseph T. and George
Edwin, Mr. Butterweck cleared the farm which he now owns and cultivates, and has made all
the improvements, which render it one of the most comfortable homes in the vicinity.

LYMAN COMSTOCK, farmer, Section 35, P.O. Braman Hill. Came to Kansas December
12, 1866, Lived near Nearman Station till the sping of 1872, when he purchased the farm on
which he has lived ever since. During the winters of 1866-67 and 1868, he was engaged in get-
ting out wood and tics for railroad companies, He has served on the School Board for three years.
Is one of the solid men of Wyandotte County. Was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 31,
1833, son of Lyman and Harriet Comstock. Attended the public schools until fifteen years of
age, then went to Cleveland, Ohio, and made brick three years; thence to Clarion County, Penn.,
where he engaged in tie making over one year, manufacturing lumber two years, farming and
boat-making about nine years, and then moved to Kansas in the fall of 1866. He was married in
Pennsylvania, April 1, 1856,'to Sophia McLain, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth McLain. He bas
six children—Millard Fillmore, Harriet E., George W., John Wesley, Sarah Ellen and Mary
Frances, Mr. Comstock and wife are worthy members of the Congregatiunal Church.

THOMAS CROOKS, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Braman Hill; came to Kansas April 2, 1857.

& First worked asa farm hand for an educated, wealthy and influential Indian, named Francis

Cotter, one year. Then rented Cotter’s farm and worked it two years; then went to Pike's Peak
and returned the same summer; cleared a piece of timber land during the winter; tuugbt school
the next spring and summer until harvest, and then enlisted in the army in the summer of 1861.
He enlisted in Company E, Fourth Kansas Cavalry, and was afterward transferred to Kansas
Sixth. He was mustered in as Orderly Sergeant, and in January, 1863, was made Second Lieu-
tenant, and six months afterward, by petition of his company, he was commiesioned as Captain
and served in that capacity until the close of the war. He was in all the engagements of his
command and was mustered out April 14, 1865, when he resumed the more agreeable occupation
of a farmer, locating three and a half miles west of Wyandotte City, where he has given special
attention to fruit growing and has one of the many fine orchards of Wyandotte County. He was
born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 8, 1831. Isasur of Henry and Catharine Crooks.
He grew up on a farm in his native county, was educated at Hagerstown Academy, and came
direct from his native town to Kansas in 1857. He was married in Clay County, Mo, April 11,
1867, to Julia A. Farnesworth, native of Wheeling, Va.,and daughter ot Isaac and Louisa Farnes-
worth, They have three children—Carrie L., Lillie May and Adeline Inzie. They are both
menibers of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM W. DICKINSON, farmer, Section 31, P. 0. Quindaro, was born in Heath,
Franklin Co., Mass., December 27,1831. Isa son of Solomon and Eunice S. Dickinson. He at-
tended the common and select schools of his native town, and afterward Shelburne Falls and
Amherst Academies. He then taught during the winters and farnied through the summers, and
to some extent engaged in civil engineering, until the spring of 1856, when he came to Kansas.
On his way to Kansas, he accidentally took the same steamer at St. Louis on which a company of
South Carolina ruffians had taken passage. They were armed to the teeth, and were intending
to reach Kansas in time to participate in the sacking of Lawrence. The steamer landed at Kan-
sas City on the very day that Lawrence was sacked. The border ruffians had established a kind
of custom house at Westport, by which all baggage was examined, aud if destined for Kansas ~
was not allowed to pass if it came from any of the Free States. When Mr. Dickinson arrived at
Westport, the hack stopped for dinner at Smith’s Hotel, and his trunk, marked Franklin Coun-
ty, Mass., and his surveyor’s compass were piled up with other baggage to be examined by the
custom house officers. While waiting fer dinner, he managed, while standing near his trunk, by
a dexterous movement of his heel, to disfigure the abbreviation of Mass. so as to have more of
the appearance of Mo., and this passed his trunk, while S. C., for surveyor’s compass, on the box
containing that article, passed for South Carolina, and Mr, Dickinson was thus enabled to pass
Westport. Buta short distance on the road to Lawrence, he was met by hordes of ruffians com-
ing from the disgraceful affair which had desolated Lawrence the night before, and was com-
pelled to return to Kansas City, where he met at Eldridge House A, D. Richardson, of literary
fame. The Eldridge House was headquarters for the Free-State men remaining-over night here.
He took a steamer the next morning for Nebraska, He remained in Omaha, Neb., one year, and
taught the first school ever taught in that city by a male teacher. He then returned to Massa-
chueetts, and was engaged for awhile in settling up his father’s estate. April 1, 1859, he started
again for Kansas, arriving in Quindaro April 9, where he engaged in the mercantile business un-
til the full of 1861, and has been engaged in farming ever since. He was elected to the first Kan-
sas State Legislature in 1861. Served one term. He bas twice been elected County Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, serving four years in that capacity. He is a worthy member of
the Congregational Church. He has sixty acres of fine farming land, six acres in fruit and
lawn. His residence, a large two-story frame house, is beautifully situated in the pretty little
village of Quindaro, three miles trom Wyandotte, and commands one of the most charming
views in the State of Kansas, His grounds are handsomely laid out, and tastefully decorated
with ornamental trees and shrubbery, making one of the most desirable among the many pleas-
ant homes which adorn the vicinity of Wyandotte.

ASA ELLIS, farmer, Section 29, P. 0. White Church, came to Kansas in the spring of 1869, set-
tled in Quindaro Township, and for eleven years carried on a farm two miles east of where he now
resides, and then came to his present location, where he has continued farming ever since. He
ee to engage quite extensively in fruit growing. He enlisted in Company F, Sixteenth

ansas Volunteer Cavalry, in December, 1863, at Fort Leavenworth. Was living at the time in
Platte County, Mo, In February, 1865, was sent on an expedition to Powder River, Montana.
Lett Leavenworth February 14, went to Powder River country, and down the river till they
came in sight of the Yellowstone. Was then ordered to return, and was mustered out December
19, 1865. He was born in Montgomery County, Mo., November 7, 1842, son of David Ellie. His
mother died when he was an infant. He came to Platte County in the fall of 1858, and farmed
there till his removal to Kansas in 1869. Was married in Platte County, Mo , September 2, 1861,
to Catherine King, daughter of Andrew C, and Elizabeth King. They have seven children, vizs
Mary, Elizabeth, Francis M., Flora, Ellen, Floyd and Asa.

: WILEY W. ENGLISH was one of the substantial citizens of Wyandotte County, and was
universally esteemed tor his many excellent traits of character. He was born in Tennessee in
November, 1817. His parents moved to Louisville, Ky., when he was quite young, and his boy-
hood days were spent in and near that city. He came to Independence, Mo., when quite young,
and learned the saddler’s trade. He remained at Independence several years, and then moved
to St. Joseph, Mo., where he carried on a harness shop for seven or eight years. He then moved
to Platto County, Mo., and engaged iv farming sixteen or seventeen years, alter which ho moved
to Weston to educate his family, and remained there about four yoars, doing a general trading
business, and in May, 1868, came to White Church, and engaged in farming until bh s death, April
8, 1880. He was married November 3, 1839. in Platte County, Mo., to Martha J. Downing,
daughter of John H, and Eliza Downing. She isa native of Lincoln County, Mo., and is still
hing on the old homestead. Is the mother of the following children: Eliza Jane, Martha B.,
Theodore Warner. Wiley W., Angie M. and Davie English. In connection with this sketch,
Wiley Worth English is worthy of especial mention. He is the sole executor of his futher’s es
tate, farmer, Section 31, P.O, White Church. Was born in Platte County, Mo., April 14, 1858.
Was educated principally at Weston, Mo., and came to Kansas in the spring of 1869, and attend-
ed school in Leavenworth City about one year.and six months, and attended Palmer’s Academy
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

in Wyandotte one year. He is unmarried, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Is con-
slderably above the average in intelligence and moral worth, and is destined to figure in the
future history of Kansas,

R. M. GRAY, merchant and horticulturist, has been Postmaster at Quindaro ten years;
home farm, Section 29, thirty acres, fruit and lawn, also farm in Section 13, P. 0. Quindaro. He
came to Kansas in the spring of 1858, and located where he now lives. Engaged in farming till
1861, Then entered the Government service, and was connected with the Quartermaster’s de-
partment during the entire war. Started with the Kansas Second, Was with Gen. Curtis’ army
from Pea Ridge to Helepa, and was afterward with Grant’s army, Second Division, Fifteenth
Army Corps. Went via New Orleans, La., to the mouth of the Rio Grande River. Curtia’ Red
River expedition failing, he was ordered back to New Orleans, where he remained till the close
of the war. Returning to Quindaro, he engaged in farming till January, 1873, when he opened
a general store, and has been merchandising ever since. He was born in Erie County, N. Y.,
December 29, 1821, son of Isaiah and Mary Gray. He was reared on a farm till about nineteen
years of age. Came West as far as Chicago in 1840, and spent the winter of that year at Elgin.
In the following spring, he moved to Waukegan, and engaged in merchandising until 1858,
when he came to Kansas, He was married in Waukegan, IIl., June 10, 1847, to Susan G@. Doust,
daughter of Samuel and Hannah Doust, They have four children, viz: Eldrid M., Mary Ann,
George M. and Joseph M. ‘Mr. Gray commands the entire trade at Quindaro. He occup es a
sales room 20x50, ware room 20x45, and cellar 40x50, Carries a heavy stock of general merchan-
dise, and deals to some extent in feed and country produce. At the same time, he manages a
fruit farm of thirty acres of fine fruit.

WILLIAM P. HOGARTY, Lieutenant, U.S. A., retired, residence and P. 0. Quindaro.

He was born in New York City February 16, 1840. Is a son of Patrick and Hannah Hogarity.
When three years of age, his parents moved to near Elmira, Chemung Oo., N. Y., where they both
died in 1849. He remained here until the breaking-out of the rebellion, when on the Ist day of
April, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-third New York Volunteer Infantry. Was mus
tered into service May 16,1861. He belonged to what was known as the Iron Brigade, Army of
the Potomac. Was most of the time on detached service with Battery B, Fourth Artillery, com-
manded by Capt. John Gibbon, afterward Gen. Gibbon. He was in all the engagements of his
command, Was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Sulphur Springs,
Groveton, second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and several
engagements of minor importance. He lost his arm December 13, 1862, at the battle of Fred-
ericksburg, Va. Was discharged January 29, 1863, on account of disxbility. Was appvinted
Second Lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps, January 30, 1865, and brevetted First Lieutenant and
Captain of Volunteers, March 2, 1865, for gallant and meritorions services during the war. Was
appointed Second Lieutenant Forty-fifth United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, and was retired
December 31, 1870, on account of logs of arm from wounds received in battle, and partial deaf-
ness resulting from exposure in line of duty; he was brevetted First Lieutenant, United States
Army, March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
His service in the regular army since the war has principally been in the Freedman’s Burean, in
Kentucky and Tennessee, capturing ku-klux, guerrillas, and desperadoes who infested that sec-
tion of the country after the war; also paying bounties and establishing schools. At the time
of his retirement he was on recruiting service at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Mr. Hogarty isa
man of considerable literary ability, and has several times engaged in the discussion of military
measures being considered by Congress. He was largely instrumental in defeating the Hon. E.
8. Bragg’s amendment to the army appropriation bill, stopping all further argument of longevity
allowance for service inretirement. He lias now on hand an important fight in Congress, on the
bill 1,555, Forty-sixth Congrees, which provides “that any Lieutenant of the army retired from
active service on account of the loss of an arm or leg from wounds received in line of duty, and
who bas been in the military service of the United States fifteen years, shall have, upon the re-
tired list, the rank of Captain in the same arm or department of service in which such loss of limb
was incurred.” He has discussed with much ability the ethical principles involved in this meas-
ure, in letters to Senators Logan, of Illinois, Plumb, of Kansas, and Bragg, of Wisconsin, also in
the columns of the Avmy and Navy Journal. Through his personal efforts was secured the favora-
ble indorsements to this measure from Gens. U. 8. Grant, W. T. Sherman, W. 8S. Hancock, Phil.
Sheridan, and the Secretary of War, and although the military committee reported adversely
upon this bill, it was placed on the calendar of Congress. He expects, however, to prosecute the
effort to a successful issue, He was married in Kansas City, Mo., August 8, 1872, to Harriet R.
Carr, a native of Chemung County, N. Y., and daughter of Wyatt S.and Ann Carr. She is an ac-
complished and intelligent lady and presides with queenly grace and dignity over the bouse-
hold. They have four children—Sadie H., Ella T., Maggie J. and Kate E. They have lived
since their marriage, in Kansas City one year, in Independence, Mo., three years, and at their
present location six years. Everything about their home is expressive of taste and culture.
Capt. Hogarty was educated at Alfred University, New York, where he was a student when he
entered the army in 1861.

ELFONZO HOLLY, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Braman Hill. Came to Kansasin the fall of
1859, locating near Wyandotte and engaged in farming at that place about seven years, then pur-
chased the farm on which he has lived ever since. During the first three winters spentin the
State, he was engaged in getting out aud furnishing wood and ties for the railroad company. He
has aerved two terms as Townsbip Treasurer and about ten years as member of the School Board.
Was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N. Y., September 27, 1827; son of Alonzo and Rebecca
Jane Holly. He left his native place August, 1844; went to Wisconsin and two years afterward
settled on a farm near Albany, Green Co. About the year 1851, returned to New York and re-
mained four years, and then returned to the same county in Wisconsin and purchased another
farm, on which he lived until he moved to Kansas. He was married in Dane Cuunty, Wis., De-
cember 4, 1856, to Maria Vandawark, daughter of John and Catherine Vandawark; she is a na-
tive of Ellery, Chautauqua Co.,N. Y. They have twochildren, viz.: Luella, wife of Adolph Miller,
and Viola, wife of Frank Miller. .

WILLIAM F. HOUGHTON, farmer and horticuJturist, Section 30, P. 0. Quindaro, was born
iu Saratoga, N. ¥., June 17, 1833. Is ason of William and Hannah Honghton. He was reared in
Mechanicsville until eleven years of age, where he attended school with Col. Ellsworth, after-
ward killed at Alexandria, Va. He went with his parents to Dreffield, Yorkshire, England, May,
1844, and remained there three and one-half years, and in the fall of 1847 he engaged as an
errand boy in a seed store in Liverpool, and in 1849, emigrated with his father to America. Set-
tled in Troy, N. ¥., and clerked for h s aunt in a resturant for two years, and afterward in a cloth-
ing store for five years; then came 1o Illinois and worked a short time ona firmin McHenry
County. Went from there the same season to Lake County, IIl., and clerked in Waukegan until
1860, and in the spring of that year came to Quindaro, and in company with R. M. Gray, Mr.
Priestly, Frank Sluman and others, went to Denver, and after w short prospecting tour in the
mountains, he returned to Chicago and engaged in mercantile business as clerk until September
7, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Ilinois Calvary. He served as clerk for his
Captain about three and a half months, and December 23, 1861, was honorably discharged on ac-
count of disability. He returned to Chicago and engaged to clerk for the same firm which hehad
served before, viz, H. & E. Goodrich, Desplaines street, remaining with them one year and
then engaged in book-keeping for Kirby, Carpenter & Co., lumber manufactnrers at Menominee,
on the shores of Green Bay, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he remained until he came to
Kansas in the spring of 1866, He located his family at Quindaro and clerked at Lawrence for
about seven years, his family residing in Lawrence about a year and a half of thit time. The re-
mainder of his time in Kansas from the spring of 1875 until the present has been spent at bis
home in Quindaro, with the exception of about six months, during which time he engaged in
clerking in the wholegale department of Bullene, Moore & Emery’s dry goods establishment in
Kansas City, Mo. He is at present engaged in fruit raising and gardening, which he makes quite
Profitable. He was married in Chicago, [il., November 4, 1862, to Mary L. Butrick, a native of
Illinois, and a daughter of Hiram and Mary Butrick. They have two children living—Frederick
B. and Carrie; two dead—William H. and Lotta. They are both active members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Their home is a model of tidiness and exhibits the taste and refinement and
Christian culture which characterize the family. : R

GEORGE U. 8. HOVEY, merchant and farmer, Postmaster at White Church, Section 31.
Came to Kansas in the summer of 1869; lorated at White Church, and has been engaged in farm-
ing and merchandising ever since. Has served as Justice of the Peace and Notary Public ten
years. Has several times been a delegate to the State Convention, He was born in Ulster County,
N. Y., July 19, 1842; son of Altred L. and Elizabeth Hovey. He left his native place when about
nineteen years of age, and wept to New York City; was educated in Ward School No. 3; re-
turned to farm about the winter of 1857. Left home again in 1859, and after stopping afew weeks
in Brooklyn, took a steamer for California via Nicaragua. While in the State of California, he
made his headquarters at Petaluma, and engaged in tarming and stock dealing until 1868, when
he came overland to Wyandotte, Kan. He pro-pected about one year and finally eettled at White
Church, where he still resides, He was married in New York City, February 10, 1870, to Ella Jane
Jones, daughter of John and Ellen Jones. Their children are Ellen Jane, John P., Emma (dead),
Josephine B., George U, (dead), Anna T, and Alfred Clement. Mr. Hovey and wife are members

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of the Christian Church, He has a full stock of merchandise, deals aleo in grain and stock, and
is one of the most influential men in Wyandotte County.

MARCUS HURLA, farmer, Section 33, P. 0. Wyandotte. Came to Kansas City March,
1857, and kept a boarding house three years, then moved to Johnson County, Kan., and farmed
nine years. after which he came to bia present location, where he owns 137 acres of very fine Jand,
with fine improvements. His residence, a large two-story brick house, well finished and fur-
nished, is located about one mile from the city of Wyandotte and commands a fine view of
Wyandotte and surroundimg country. He was born in Baden, Germany, April 19, 1822; son of
Gaorick and Arich Hurla. Was educated in Germany and learned the tailor’s trade, which he fol-
lowed till he emigrated to America in 1850. He settled in Rochester, N. Y., and remained there
three years, then moved to Chicago, where he worked at his trade three years and then came to
Kansas City and finally to Kansas, He was married in Rochester, N. Y., April 24, 1850, to Fran-
ces Propst, a native of Germany, by whom he had one child, Theodore Hurla, His firat wife died
September 16, 1852. Was again married in Rochester, May 16, 1853, to Benhartina Merkle, also
a native of Germany, by whom he has six children—Mollie, Lewis, Lena, Rosa, Marcus and
Mary Hurla. Mr. Hurlaand wife are both members of the Catholic Church.

CALVIN E. KLINE, blacksmith and proprietor of the Keystone Carriage Works, Quindaro.
Came to Kansas March, 1879; located in Wyandotte; worked in the Kansas Pacific Railroad
shops seven months, then came to Quindaro and purchased a wagon shop. Occupied this shop
from February till October, and found business so increased as to demand a larger shop; tore
away the old buildings and erected the commodious shops which he now occupies, He was born
in Luzerne County, Penn., December 9, 1851, son of Leonard and Mary Ann Kline. Moved to
Columbus County, Penn., in the spring of 1861, where his father ran a farm end blacksmith shop
about seventeen years. He lived at home till sixteen years of age, then worked in Snyder Bros’.
foundry and machine shops at Williamsport, Penn., two years and nine months, after which he
returned home and worked at his trade about four years. He then moved to Hughesville, Ly-
coming Co., Penn., where he worked one year, then took charge of his father’s shops at home one
year, and from there came direct to Wyandotte, Kan. He was married at Rohrsburg, Penn., De-
cember 25, 1873, to Laura L. Preston, a native of Pennsylvania, and daughter of James L, and
Carrie T. Preston, They have four children—Emnnia, Carrie, Wilbur and Lizzie. They are both
worthy members of the Congregational Church: In connection with this sketch we mention as
worthy a place in this department of our work, Mr. Marcus L, Kline, blacksmith, and one of the
proprietors of the Keystone Carriage and Wagon Works, who came to Kansas Noveinber, 1878,
settled in Wyandotte; worked in the Kansas Pacific Railroad shops two years and four months,
and has since been a partner in the Keystone Carriage Works, He wasborn in Luzerne County,
Penn , November 3, 1857, son of Leonard arid Mary Ann Kline. He lived with his parents till
seven years of age, then with his grandparents, Harman and Sarah Labour, in Columbia County,
till their death in 1869. Hethen went to Rohrsburg, Peno., where he was educated and began
his trade; worked at his trade one year here and six months at the town of Espy, on the north
branch of the Susquehanna River; returned bome and put in two years’ hard, faithful, steady
work at his trae, after which he jarmed two years. He then went to Williamsport, Lycoming
Co., and worked in Rhen & Co.’s Keystone Carriage Works one year, and in Gottchal’s Empire
Works nine months, thence to Roaring Branch, same county, and did general blacksmithing six
months, after which he returned to Williamsport and remaincd one year, and from thence came to
Kansas visiting and prospecting on the way at Erie, Penn., Cleveland, Ohio, Detr. it, Mich.,
Michigan City, Ind., Chicago and other places, landing in Wyandotte September 7, 1878; thence
to Quindaro, where he has remained ever since. Kline Bros are enterprising and prosperous
business men; are running three forges, have five men employed in shops and have a capacity of
turning out twelve lumber wagons per month.

HIRAM MALOTT, farmer, Section 27, P. 0 Wyandotte. Came to Kansas, April 2, 1865.
Settled in Quindaro Township, and has engaged in farming ever since. Was elected County Com-
missioner of Wyandotte County in 1868, and served two years. In 1871, be was elected Repre-
sentative fr: m his district, and served one term. In 1877, he was elected County Commissioner,
and has served as chairman of the board ever since; is now serving on sixth yeat. Inthe spring
of 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-seventh Missouri State Militia, and served as First
Lieutenant of his company till some time in 1863, when a reorganization of militia took place,
which made him First Lieutenant, Company E, Third Missouri Provisional Militia. He served
in this company about two months, and on November 10, 1863, w.8 commissioned by Gov. Car-
ney, of Kansas, as recruiting officer, He recruited Company F, of the Sixteenth Kansas Volun-
teer Cavalry, and was commissioned First Lieutenant, January 21, 1864. He served in this regi-
ment till March 8, 1865, when the war closed, but was on detached service most of the time. He
was born in Madison County, Ky., September 5, 1819, son of Joseph and Mary E. Malott. Came
to Clay County, Mo., in fall of 1829. His father died in this county in 1834, and his mother in
1837 He then moved to Platte County, and made it his home till he settled in Kansas in 1865.
On the 9th‘of April, 1850, he started overland, with a train of three ox wagons, to California. He
reached his destination after the usual hardships attending such an undertaking, remained in
California about one year, and came home via Panama and New Orleans, touching at Havana.
He was married in Platte County, September 8, 1844, to Susan E. Rupe, a native of Missouri, and
a daughter of William and Sarah Rupe. They have six children—Mary E. (wife of T. W.
Noland), W. R. Malott, David Ann (wife of N. J. Myers,, Martha Jane (wife of T. J. Barker),
Loretta E. (wife of W. P. Hinton) and James Raven Malott. Mr. Malott is deservedly one of the
most prominent and influential citizens of Wyandotte County. He and wife are worthy mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. .

WILLIAM GEORGE MILLER, farmer, Section 36, P. 0. Quindaro. Came to Kansas in
the fall of 1870, and engaged in gardening, near Wyandotte. In the fall of 1873, he moved to
Quincy, Ill., and remained there three years, then returned to Kansas, farmed in Quindaro
Township three years, andin Wyandotte Township, near White Church, one year, then came
to his present location. He was born in Quircy, Jll., December 28, 1847. His mother died when
he was an infant. He was the son of Herman Miller. He was reared in Quincy until eleven
years of age, and then went on « farm with his father ten miles from Quincy. Remained there
until twenty-one years of age, then went to Cincinnati and remained there two years, and in
1870 came to Kansas, Was married in Kansas City, Mo., February-8, 1873, to Mary Winker, a
native of Germany, and daughter of Christian:and Margaret Winker. She came to America
when only eleven years old. They have four children—Albert H., George W. Charles E. and
Matilda A. They are both worthy members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church.

ISAAC P, MOORE, printer and horticulturist, Section 31, P.O. Kansas Vity ; place of busi-
ness No. 12, West Missouri avenue, Kansas City, Mo. His residence, a fine three-story stone
building, is situated near Quindaro, Wyandotte Co , Kan., three miles from Wyandotte,.on one of
the finest carriage drives in the State. His home of fifty-three and three-quarters acres of choice
land is divided into orchard, garden aud lawn. He has forty-five acres of fruit. The lawn is tastefully
decorated with evergreen and forest trees and ornamental shrubbery, and presents one of the many
pleasing views which greet the eye on driving from Wyandotte out to the suburban village of
Quindaro. Mr. Moore came to Kansas City in February, 1868, and for about one year and a half
had charge of the Kansas City Journal job rooma Resigning bis position, he established an in-
dependent job printing establishment, which he carried on for about two years. Having sold
his office. he bought into the Kansas City Journal of Commerce, and was its President and Busi-
ness Manager for six years. He then sold ont in Kansas City, and came to his present location,
where he has resided ever since. After about one year spent on his fruit farm, he again entered
the printing business, and now operates an extensive book and jub printing establishment in
Kansas City, Mo. He occupies three stories with his business, which includes book-binding and
tho manufacture of blank books; runs three large bydraulic-power presses to their fullest capac-
ity. He was born in Clinton County, N. Y., February 25,1835. He is a son of Abram B.. and
Bridget Moore. When four years of age, his mother (his father having died about one year pre-
vious) moved to St. Clair Conuty, Ill, and thence to St. Louis, where he was brought up and
educated, graduating at St. Xavier College in 1846. He remained in St. Louis until December,
1848, part of the time engaged as clerk in a drug store, and the remaining time in a printing
office. In January, 1849, he began the drug business in Cincinnati, Ohio, and followed it one
year, and from 1850 until he came to Kansas City, in 1868, was engaged in printing establish-
mente in various sections of the United States. He was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 2,
1861, to Mary D, Hagen, a native of Ohio, and dmghter of Juseph and Ellen D. Hagen.

CHARLES MORASCH, farmer, Sections 29 and32, P.O. Wyandotte. Came to Kansasin the
fall of 1855, and settled on Mill Creek, Wabaunsee County. Alma, the county seat of Wabaunsee,
County, is now located on the land. which he entered. He spent about two years in that connty,
then moved to the thriving town of Quindaro. About 500 men were working on the strects and
grades, A large saw mill with three boilers and six saws could not supply material fast enough
for the building that was then going on. He engaged in business at Quindaro till 1860, then
moved to his farm, two anda balf miles from Wyandotte, where he still resides. He has served
as Director of School District No. 4, over six years, also served as Coroner of Wyandotte. He
was born in Germany November, 4, 1822,80n of Jacob and Mary Morascb. Left his native coun-
try April 1, 1846, came directto America, scttled in Jackson County, Ind., and remained there
until he came to Kansas October, 1855, He was married in Jackson County, Ind., February 3,
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1860, to Sarah Winkler, a very intelligent and accomplished lady, and a native of Indiana. They
have eight children—Charles C., Otto, William, Frederick, Frank, Jennie, Louisa and Tiny. Mr.
Morasch belongs to the order of Masons, also I.0. 0. F. His home is one of the finest in the
county. The residence is two stories high, built of brick, large and commodious; the architect-
ural design is pleasing, the arrangement is convenient, and altogether it furnishes one of the
most comfortable homes in the vicinity.

PEREANDER ©. NEWTON, physician, farmer and merchant, White Church, His home
farm is in Section 5, but he also bas land in Prairie Township. He manages two farms, practices
medicine and carries on a large country store, Came to Kansas March 12, 1855, and with his
father lived one mile anda half from Atchison City, engaged in farming until 1863. Then at-
tended the St. Louis Medical College eight months, Jefferson Medical Cullege, Philadelphia, Penn.,
six months, at which he graduated, and Nashville Medical College several months. He began the
practice of medicine at Nashville, Tenn., and practiced there about two anda half years, then
returned to Kansas and located at White Church, Wyandotte County, where he has practiced
medicine and farming ever since, and from 1870 to 1872, ran a saw mill and then opened a general
store, which he is still conducting. He occupies a salesroom 20x32 feet and a wareroom
10x32 feet. Carries a heavy stock of general merchandise and also deals in stock. He was born
in Robinson County, Tenn., June 11, 1842, is ason of Rubert H. and Martha O. Newton. His par-
euts moved to Logan County, Ky., in the winter of 1844, and to Holt County, Mo., in the winter
of 1850. After farming one year in Holt County, his father took the management of the Gov-
ernment Mission Farm at Highland, Kan., one year. He next farmed in De Kalb County, Mo.,
and then moved to Buchanan County and remained there until he came to Kansas in 1855, The
subject of this sketch was married in White Church, Kan., September 14, 1873, to Hattie English,
daughter of W, M.and Martha English, by whom he had one child, Jennie Newton. His first
wife died June 9, 1879. He married a second time in Prairie Township November 23, 1881, to
Julia Donahue, daughter of Henry and Sarah Donahue.

ELISHA SORTORE, farmer, Section 30, P. 0. Quindaro. Came to Kansas March 20, 1857,
located in Quindaro, engaged in teaming five years, then kept a wood yard on the Missouri River
and supplied steamboats with wood, also sold to Government contractors; was in this business
about five years, next went to farming and has been engaged at it ever since, He has 150 acres
all under cultivation, with fine improvements, only three miles from Wyandotte City. He has
thirty acres in orchard. He helped to organize Quindaro Township, and was a member of the
original Township Board. He has also served on the School Board two or three terms. He
served in the Kansas State Militia as Second Lieutenant, and was in the battle of Westport, dur-
ing the Price raid. He was born in Belmont, Allegany Co.,N. ¥., February 24, 1823, son of
William and Cynthia Sortore, He was raisedand remained on a farmin New York until he came
to Kansas in 1857. He was married in Allen, Allegany Co., N. Y. September 21, 1845, to Effie A.
Brundage, daughter of Mathew and Fannie Brundage. Her mother’s maiden name was Knicker-
bocker. They have four children living, viz.: Cynthia, born June 26,1851; Henry E., born March
25, 1866; Charles R., born August 8, 1858; Fred, born July 6, 1861. They have lost six, viz.:
Fannie A., born March 25,1847; William A., born October 4, 1849; Willis M., born May 20, 1854;
Effie, born January 9, 1866 ; George, born August 5, 1867; Elisha, Jr., born August 12, 1869. Mr.
Sortore and wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

MARTIN STEWART, tarmer, fruit and vegetable grower, Section 33, P.O. Wyandotte, came
to Kansas May 1, 1857, located in the city of Wyandotte, and engaged first in teaming until he
could find asuitable farm. In the spring of 1858, he took charge of a farm known as the Clark
farm, which once belonged to an Indian chief by the name of Clark. He cultivated this farm
one year, and during this year bought the place where he now resides, consisting of 129 acres of
choice land, twenty acres of which are in orchard. His residence, a fine two-story house, is beau-
tifolly situated in a grove of natural trees, only one and a half miles from the city of Wyandotte,
ou one of the finest roads leading out of the city. At the first election after his arrival in Kan-
sas, he was made Constable, and the following year was elected Justice of the Peace. In the year
1866, was elected County Commicsioner, and served two years. He was born in Baden, Germany,
November 11, 1825; is a son of Christian and Frances Stewart. When three years of age, he
came with the family, consisting of father, mother, one brother and three sisters,to America. On
landing at New Orleans, his father was taken down with yellow fever, and died and was buried in
New Orleans. The family continued their journey to Cincinnati, where they remained until
1857. Mr. Stewart was brought up and educated in the Catholic schools of Cincinnati. When
eight years of age, he was put to hard work, and earned his living after that. He engaged in
drafting until twenty-one years of age, and then for ten years followed market gardening, and ia
the spring of 1857 came to Kansas. He was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 28, 1848, to Cath-
arine Maninger, a native of Germany, and daughter of John Henry and Catharine Maninger;
they have seven children living—Martin W., Catharine A., Rose S., Elizabeth H., George A., Car-
oline Cecelia and Herry Edward; three dead, viz., Mary Frances, Joseph and Emma Theresa.
They are both members of the Catholic Church, and recognized leaders in society. +

ISAAC TURNER, son of Thomas G. and Mary Turner, was born in Spartenburg District,
South Carolina, December 22,1841. His father moved to Polk County, North Carolina, in 1858.
He was brought up on a farm, where he labored until October, 1862, when at his country’s call,
he enlisted in the Confederate States service in Company G, Sixtieth North Carolina Volunteers,
under Col McDowell and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, where he served with distinction until the
close of the war in 1865. He then returned to his former home, and engaged in farming. Here
he formed and cultivated the acquaintance of Mrs. Nancy A. Wilson, daughter of Ambrose and
Phalby Mills, whom he married July 9, 1865, They were prosperous, and in the spring of 1870
moved to Kansas, settled and engaged in farming where they now reside. By industry and
economy, they have acquired an ample competency, as,well as the esteem and confidence of their
acquaintances. They are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and Mr. Turner is a
Knight and P. G. in the I. 0. 0. F.

WILLIAM HENRY YOUNG, proprietor of Maple Cliff Flouring Mills and practical miller,
Pomeroy, came to Kansas, November. 1865. Made Wyandotte his headquarters, and was a tie
contractor on the Kansas Pacificand Missouri Pacific Railroads for about eight months. He then
engaged in the lumber business at Wyandotte for a few months, and was afterward engaged in
railrvad service, by which he lost his right hand by au accident at Lawrence, about seven weeks
after he began, and as soon as he was able for duty was employed by the Kaneas City, Fort Scott
& Gulf Railroad, as recciving and shipping clerk at Fort Scott. Served in this capacity about
seven months, then went on a visit to Illinois, but soon returned to Kansas, and, after prospecting
for over a year, finally engaged as traveling salesman fur Maple Cliff Mills, which was then oper-
ated by Overman & Betton; at the end of one year, he purchased a half interest of Mr. Overton,
and since May, 1875, in company with Mr. Betton, owned and operated the mills. He enlisted in
Company C, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteers, ninety days’ service, April 26,1861; served full time,
and was mustered out July of the same year. He re-enlisted in Company B, Tenth Missouri In-
fantry, November, 1861. He was in all the engagements of his command; was slightly wounded
at the battle of Corinth, Miss.,and was mustered out January 22, 1863, but immediately re-en-
listed in Company A, Cavalry, Mississippi Marine Brigade, under Gen. Elliott. He served in
this brigade as First Duty Sergeant until the close of the war. He was taken prisoner while
carrying a message from Gen. Elliott, at Yazoo City, to Gen. McCarthy, ut Brighton; he was
picked up on the road, taken to Canton, Miss., where he jumped from the third-story window, and
broke his right foot in an attempt to escape. Was re-captured, and taken to Jackson Miss., and
soon after taken to Vicksburg and exchanged. He was slightly wounded twice in the battle of
Lake Beaver Dam, but never left his post. He was born in East Tennessee, near the Kentucky
line, May 2, 1841; is a son of George H. andSarah Elizabeth Young. His father was a Methodist
minister and physician, and moved to Cairo, Il]., about the year 1848, Romained only one year
at Cairo, and then moved near Decatur, Ill, and three years later to Columbus, Ill. Here the
subject of this sketch attended school until 1856, when he removed to Doddsville, and two years
afterward to Middleton, where he farmed one year, and then worked in grist and saw mill about
three years, and when the war broke out he enlisted in the service, and at its close was employed
by Col. Rees to take charge of seventeen men engaged in getting out wood and timber at Etlah,
Mo. Then came to Kansas. He was married at Conner, Kan., October 1, 1878, to Martha BE.
Gephart, daughter of William and Elizabeth Gephart; she is a native of Indiana; they have two

‘children, viz., Henry Edmond and Mauda May. Mr. Young and wife are members of the Method-
ist Episcopal Church, and he is P. G. I, 0. 0. F., Subordinate Lodge, and P. 0, 0. K. of P., Camp
Lodge, alao P. W. C, T., 1.0. G. T., and a member of the G, A. R, and the A. 0. U. W.

PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.

JOHN “CUMMINS, otherwise John O'Brien, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Lansing, came to
Kansas, spring of 1861, and was the first settlerin Fairmount Township, where he lived till 1878,
when he came to present location in Wyandotte County. He belonged to Kansas State Militia
during the war, and was called out during Price’s raid. as inthe engagement at Westport. He
was born in Ireland, June 22, 1818; son of Daniel and Mary Cummins. In 1833, he went_to En-

‘Jand and remained there till 1855, and then sailed for the United States, and settled in LaSalle,
is from there he moved to Alton, and during the winter of 1855, engaged in railroading; the
next spring, moved to Keokuk, Iowa; lived there till 1861, when he came to Kansas. He was
married in ‘London, England, July, 1851, to. Catherine Sullivan, who is a native of Cork, Ireland.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

They have ten children—Michael and Dennis, bor in London, John, born in Iowa, Ellen, born
in Kansas City, Mo., Katie, born in Leavenworth County, Kan.; Mary, born in Kansas City, Mag-
gie, Daniel, Julia and Steven. born in Leavenworth County. Mr. Cummins und wife are con:
sistent members of the Catholic Church, .

MRS. ADELL FISHER, Section 18, P.O, Conner, came to Kansas City, 1859, where her husband
Abel Fisher, engaged in the manufacture of sash and blinds until the breaking-out of the rebell-
ion, when he enlisted in the Federal Army, was taken prisoner at Lexington, Mo., afterward
paroled and immediately went into hospital service, and there remained until the close of the
war. In 1872, the family moved to Wyandotte County, where they have remained engaged in
farming ever since. Mrs. Fisher was born in Hinckley, Medina Co,, Ohio; her maiden name
was Bullard; she was the daughter of Curtis and Sarah Bullard. She-was married at Sheridan,
Putnam County, Ohio, February, 1858, to Abel Fisher, son of Abel and Ruth Fisher, He was a
native of Newburgh, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and departed this life, July 17, 1877. Mrs. Fisher
has a comfortable home beautifully situated on a commanding eminence overlooking the Mis-
souri River and an extensive landscape of diversified Beauty: On leaying her native place, she
came direct to Kansas City. She has seven children—Char y eaher born November 13, 1858,
died September 15, 1859; Anna J., born June 17, 1866, died October 8, 1866; Susan M., born De-
cember 17, 1861; Curtis Abel, born April 11, 1869; Alexis, born December 27, 1871; Augustus
James, born February 21, 1874, and Sarah Mabel, born March 9, 1877. The last five are all living,

JEPTHA H. HOLLINSWORTH, farmer, Section 13, Township 10, Range 23 east, P.O. Con-
ner, came to Kansas, November 10, 1868, and settled on Delaware lands, where he has resided
ever since, The farm which he now cultivates was purchased of James Conner, chief of the
Delaware tribe. It was the chief’s home, and the buildings which he occupied are still standing.
Mr. Hollingsworth has engaged in farming ever since he came to Kansas. He has been engaged
in every public-spirited enterprise that sought the development of his neighborhood and county
from the organization of his school district down to the present time. He organized the district
and was appointed its first clerk. He also helped to organize Prairie Township, and was elected
its first clerk. He has been a member of the schoo] board for nine years; was at one time unan-
imously nominated by ‘two conventions for County Attorney; was also a Democrat to the Con-
gressional convention which convened in Wyandotte, in 1878. He helped to organize Col. Cum-
mins’ battalion of Confederate soldiers in Bates County, Mo.,in 1861. He served in different ca-
pacities during the entire war, first, as Major, then as Commissary, and afterward as Quarter-
Master. He was in the engagerents at Pea Ridge and Drywood, and in many skirmishes of
minor importance. He was born in Todd County. Ky., March 17. 1829. He is the son of
Jeptha and Mary B. Hollinsworth. He left his native home May 14, 1852, and came West to Lib-
erty, Clay Co., Mo., engaged in the practice of law at Liberty until 1857, then moved to Bates
County, Mo., and practiced law at Butler about four years; then entered the army, his family
moving to Texas, and remained there until the close of the war. At the close of the war, he came
back with his family to Bates County, Mo., accepting fully the result of the conflict, and fully, Te-
solved to do all in his power to heal the breach and to promote the peace and prosperity of the
country, but his life was threatened by a band ofoutlaws, who ordered him to leave the country
under penalty of death, He moved over to Clay County one year, and then to Platte, where he
lived two years, and then came to Kansas, where he has remained ever since. He received a
collegiate education at Elkton, Ky., and was there a class-mate of penemin H. Bristow, Secre-
tary of the Treasury, of Grant’s Cabinet. He was married in Elkton, Ky., June 16, 1853, to Sarah
F. Jessup, niece and adopted daughter of Col. Thomas S. Jessup, who, for twenty years was
Quartermaster General of the United States Army. She was‘a native of Kentucky. They have
seven children—Thomas J., Mollie C., Elizabeth V., Ruth, B., Virgil H., Ella B. and Fannie
Eugenia. He is aconsistent member of the Baptist Church, while his wife is a worthy member
of the Cumberland Presbyterian. Mr. Hollingsworth organized the first Sunday school ever or-
ganized in this school district; has continuously for the last five years been Superintendent of

‘onner Sunday school; was voted a member of the Kansas State Historical Society in 1872.

OLA JOHNSON, farmer, Section i3,P. O. Connor, came to Kansas in the spring of 1870;
lived four years and six months at Kansas City, Xan., during the corporation of that place, then
moved to his present location, and has engaged here in farming ever since. He was born near
Malmo, Sweden. February 8, 1843; is a son of John Nelson and Boel Nelson; he lived with his
parents until he left Sweden, in 1869; he served an apprenticeship at the cooper’s trade, but
afterward followed house carpentering. He left Sweden in the spring of 1869, and the same
year settled in Illinois, but the following spring removed to Kansas. He was married in Kansas
City, Mo., November 7, 1870, to Cecilia Nilson, daughter of Nils Swanson and Hannah Pearson.
She is a native of Sweden. They have three children, viz.: Bettie, Haddaand Ellen. Mr. John-
son and wife are worthy members of the Lutheran Church.

ALEXANDER KELLY, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Conner. came to Kansas in the fall of 1856,
settled in Delaware, Leavenworth County, and came to his present place fourteen years ago and
engaged in farming ever since. He belonged to the Kansas State militia during the Price raid;
was in the engagement at Westport. He was born in Boone County, Mo., August 1, 1829; is
the son of Benjamin and Debiby Kelly. He left his native place in 1841, and moved to Linn
County, Mo.; remained there nearly four yeara, and in 18H. moved to Platte County. In 1816,
he went with Gen, Harney’s command asateamster. Left Ft. Leavenworth with twenty-seven,
wagons, accompanied by Gen. Harney’s army, and went through what is now the State of Kansas,
then a wilderness of prairie, and occupied by the Indians, to old Bent’s Fort, in New Mexico.
The round trip occupied three months and five days. On his return, he resumed farming in
Platte County, and in 1856, came to Kansas. He was married in Platte County, in May, 1845, to
Agnes Finley. Ue has five children—Ellen, Francis, Emeranda. Mary and William.

B. R. McCLOUD, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Maywood, came to Kansas. spring of 1878; set-
tled where he now resides, and has been engaged in farming ever since. He was born in Catta-
raugus County, N. Y., January 1, 1840, the son of Abram and Eveline McUloud. Atan early age
his parents moved to Union County, Ohio, and after a short stay in Ohio, moved to Illinois and
lived in that State about eighteen years. On the first day of April, 1860, started from Genesee,
Il.. with emigrant train for California. The trip was made in about seven months, via Des
Moines, Omaha and Salt Lake to San Francisco, and was attended with considerable danger from
hostile Indians, Lost some cattle and two horses, Two men were killed by Indians. After reach-
ing California, Mr. McCloud engaged in freighting and mining; spent about eighteen months in
Placer Diggings, Forest City, Cal., andin Ophir mines, Virginia Citv; he then went to Idaho, and
from there to Oregon, spending about two years in each plage: His mining operations netted
him about $10,000. i five years, and in 1878, came to Kan-

 

 

. He then returned to Illipois and farme
sas. He was married in Henry County, 1ll., 1867, to Jemima Riley, daughter of James and Sarah
Ann Riley, by whom he had three children—Elmer, Arthur and Minnie. His wife died March
19, 1873, and he was married a second time August, 1877, to Isaline Miles, daughter of John and
Cynthnia Miles. She is a native of Illinois. This last union has been blessed with one child—

ora May. :
WILLIAM LYON McKENZIE, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Maywood. He was born in Canada
West, August 31, 18%. He is the son of William and Jane MoKenzic. He left his native place in
September, 1840, and went to Fowlerville, Livingston Co., N. Y.; engaged there in cabinet-
making four years, then returned to Canada and remained there about four years and moved to
‘Waukesha, Wis.; seven months afterward, he moved to Montello, Marquette Co., Wis., where
he resided until he came to Kansas, in the fall of 1865. He enlisted at Kingston, Marquette
County, October 18. 1861, in aes C, Third Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, served three years
and four months, and was mustered out February 17, 1865. In March, 1862, was ordered to St.
Louis, thence to Leavenworth, Kan., and a few weeks later the second battalion under com-
mand of 8. B. Henning, was ordered to Ft, Scott. From this time on, he did border service,
hunting and ghting bushwhackers, sconting, escorting trains, etc. He was in the engagement
at Baxter Springs, where the notorious guerrilla, Quantrill, with a force of about 200 men, sur-
prised the camp, and but for the coolness of one man would have slaughtered the entire Federal
ao ce. Fifty Union soldiers under command of Captain Pond were sent from Fort Scott to
axter Springs, where about 100 colored troops under command of Capt. Cook were already
statloned. On the morning after their arrival at Baxter, about twenty-five of the best
mounted men in camp were sent out into Missouri on a foraging expedition. They crossed
pring River about one-fourth of a mile from camp, and taking one road, Quantrill came in
on the other and crossed the river at the same point. The camp was off guard and the men
were either in their tents or eating dinner. Mr. McKenzie happened to be the only man out
an unengaged at the time the attack was made. ‘The first note of warning was a volley of
fire and a yell from the woods adjoining. Mr. McKenzie cried “To arms!” and while the
camp as In confusion, he vcluntarily took command of the south side of the camp while Capt.
E ou ee ed the north side. Ina few moments, the bushwhackers charged right through the
mp, pen back again and joined the main force who were skulking along the edgeof the
Woon 8. peven Federals were killed and four guerrillas bit the dust. two of whom were shot by Mr.
wel enz e pimself. But for his cool, self-possession, promptness and bravery in sounding the
ra an R organizing and directing the movements of the little command, the entire force
wry na een surprised and slaughtered. Quantrill’s entire command took the Ft. Scott road,
und Dat Over the rid, eand outof sight of Baxter Springs, three-fourths of a mile from Pond's
camp. ey mel and surprised Gen. Blunt's body-guard, consisting of 125 men, killed 66 of
the me men, purned the band-wagon, massacred the band. only one of whom escaped, covered
eg Lum ner oy with music books and other combustibles, and literally burned him to acrisp.
uanteh Semen then scattered and escaped south. The survivors of the massacre, including
ene un x ocattered and camein small squads in Pond's camp. Thus ended one of the most
uM ene. and. sad events which has ever transpired on Kansas soil. Mr, McKenzie enlisted a8
Aut ate. and wre elected first Sergeant, and refusing further promotion served in that ca-
ps ty au he oes of the war. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1865, worked at his trade
He farmed fe t y for a few months, and in the spring of 1866, went to farmingas a renter.
which he nen ‘wo years in Wyandotte County before purchasing, then honght the home
theo ee epics: He has 820 acres of fine farming and pasture land, and has one of
Ree a i ul country homes in Kansas, He was married in Paris, Canada West, by
His wife ise a April 25, 1850, to Elizabeth Dixon, daughter of James and Martha Dixon.
iam, Henry, rn i Sit eee ae ecotrh descent. They have tive living children—Will-
methbers of the Baptist Church ert and Mary Maranda. Mr. McKenzie and wife are

LONZO F. MORROW, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Lansing, cam
FM ner, . 0. eto Kansas September.
1866. Settled in Leavenworth City, and engaged in purdenia and fruit growin until

spring of 1881 when he moved to his present location, where he is engaged in farming. He
WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

was born in Brady’s Bend, Armstrong Co., Penn., March 1, 1857, son of John and Eliza-
beth Morrow, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1865, moved to
Queenstown and remained one year, then came to Kansas. Mr. Morrow is unmarried. Has
eighty acres of choice land, well improved, and is an industrious and enterprising young
me and will doubtless be prominently identified with the future history and development
of Kansas. |

HERMAN SCHLAGEL, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Connor, came to Kansas March 4,
1868, and settled in Leavenworth City, and for the first year and a half was engaged in fur-
nishing ties for the construction of Missouri Pacific Railroad, after which he came to Wyan-
dotte County, and settled where he now lives. He alsoownsa farm in Leavenworth County,
and is extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a German by birth, but is
thoroughly American in his tastes and in his habits of thought andaction. While astirring,
active business man, he devotes some time to reading, and takes a lively interest in educa-
tional matters. Has been a member of School Board ever since he settled in Wyandotte
County. He was born in Germany, February 2, 1837, son of John and Mary Schlagel. His
father died in Germany, and at the age of six years he came with his mother to America,
and settled in St. Louis, Mo. Remained there about ten years, and in 1853 moved to IIli-
nois, where he remained till spring of 1868, and then came to Kansas. He was married in
St. Louis, November 16, 1864, to Isabell Snyder, by whom he had two children—Jessie Isabel,
and Charles Edgar Schlagel. His first wife died February 28, 1879, aged thirty-three years,
two monthsand ten days. He was married a second time in Kansas, March 31, 1881, to
Mary Donahoe, a widow lady, whose maiden name was Kincade. She is a native of Ohio.
Mr. Schlagel is a member of the Lutheran Church.

THOMAS P. WILLIAMS, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Maywood, settled in Wyandotte
County in 1865, and has engaged in farming in same county ever since. He was born in
East Tennessee February 4, 1834, son of Joseph and Nancy A. Williams. His parents moved
to Tama County, Mo., in 1836, and remained there till 1857, and in June 13, 1855, the sub-
ject of this sketch enlisted in the United States Regular Army. Was sent to Fort Leaven-
worth in August, same year, and first set foot on Kansas soil as a soldier, August, 1855. Was
soon after sent with a company of twenty-five men under command of Lieut. McIntosh, in
pursuit of a band of hostile Comanche Indians, who had been trying to rob a stage coach,
and had committed other depredations on the frontier settlements, and after three days’
ride from Fort Leavenworth came up with them, surprised them in camp, killed fourteen
out of a force of 300, took 114 ponies;and captured all their arms, consisting principally of
bows and arrows. Found only two guns among them. Only one white man wounded, and
that only a slight finger wound. The command then returned to Fort Leavenworth, where
Mr. Williams was honorably discharged on account of disability, having served about six
months. He moved to Arkansas in 1857, and remained there till 1861, when he enlisted in
the Confederate Army, Company H, First Arkansas Cavalry. He served during the entire
war, and was in many of the heaviest engagements. At the close of the war, he came to
Kansas, and has lived here ever since. He was married in Tama County, Mo., March 4, 1855,
to Mary Ann Roberts, a native of Brown County, Ind. They have seven children, viz.:
Calvin V., Minerva J., George T. N., Tilghmon H., Joseph M., William Jasper and Vinila.
They are both members of Missionary Baptist Church.

EDWARDSVILLE.

There are several neat little stations and hamlets scattered throughout
the county, the largest being Edwardsville, located about fourteen miles
west of Wyandotte, on the Union Pacific Railroad. It was named for
Hon. Jobn H. Edwards, then General Passenger and Ticket Agent of the
road, since then a State Senator from Ellis County, Kan. The land where
this rural village now stands was once the farm of Half-Moon, a Chief of
some degree among the Delawares. He sold_ the land to Gen. T. Smith,
of Leavenworth, and others, who in turn sold it to William Kouns. A
post office was established here in 1867. The Methodist Episcopal Church
effected an organization here in 1868, and had quite a large membership.
In 1868, through the personal influence and direct labors of William Kouns,
the County Commissioners, created the town of Delaware, in which Ed-
wardsville is located. It was platted in 1869, the proprietor being Mr.
William Kouns. Some time in 1870, the Christian Church was organized
here, and now numbers sixty members. There is only one church organi-
zation in the town now, the Methodist Episcopal Church having disbanded
because of the removal to the era ees of so many of its members.
Composit Lodge, No. 152, A., F. & A. M., was organized here in 1872, but
in 1877 surrendered its charter. The station now consists of thirty or
forty dwellings, a number of business houses, a good depot and fine
school.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—DELAWARE TOWNSHIP.

FRANCIS MARION DOWNS, physician and merchant, Tiblow, came to Kansas Feb-
ruary, 1876. Located at Lanape, and practiced medicine there until June, 1879, then came
to Tiblow, where he continued the practice of his profession and engaged in merchandising.
Has served as Treasurer of School District No. 27, two years. e was born in White
County, Ind., November 13, 1850; is a son of Eli and Caroline Downs. In the fall of 1865,
he moved with his parents to Lafayette County, Mo. He soon afterward engaged in
clerking, and continued in that business nearly three years. During this time, he read
medicine, and afterward attended the medical college at Keokuk, Iowa, from which in-
stitution he graduated February 17, 1875. He then returned to Lafayette County, Mo.,
and remained one year, and early in 1876 came to Lanape, Kan., and began the practice
of medicine. Besides doing a good mercantile business, he enjoys a successful and lucra-
tive medical practice. He was married in Wyandotte, Kan., September 6, 1882, to Mary
Kane, who is a native of the State of Pennsylvania. Dr. Downs carries a very complete
stock of drugs and general merchandise. ; *

JOHN A. FLIGOR, carpenter and builder, Edwardsville, came to Kansas April 9,
1859. Settled in Wyandotte City, and boarded on the old steamer St. Paul, which was
tied up at Wyandotte landing, and used asa hotel. Built one of the first business houses
in the city, which was intended for a hardware store. In June, 1858, he came out into
the Delaware Nation, and built the first residence in the neighborhood of Edwardsville,
for James ©. Grinter. Remained in the Delaware Nation about two years, then went to
Leavenworth County, and labored about one year, and then to Johnson County, and
labored there some two years, after which returned to Wyandotte County, and remained
there ever since, He has worked in this district of country ever since, visiting, how-
ever, in the State of Pennsylvania, during the winter of 1863 but returning in the spring
of 1864, and continuing his trade until the present time. e was born in Westmore-
land County, Penn., September 26, 1829; is a son of William and Sarah Fligor. He moved
to Hardin County, Ohio, in the spring of 1855, and the following fall moved to Clyde,
Ohio, and worked here at his trade during the winter, and in the next spring went to

- Fremont, the same State, and after working here about one year moved to peanses, in
company with Maj. Downs, afterward Superintendent of Central Branch of the U. P.
R. RB. He was married in Wyandotte City, September 2, 1871, to Marie E. Fray, daughter
of Benjamin and Eliza Fray, and a native of Doniphan County, Kan. They have two
children—Libbie E., born March 22, 1873, and Maggie E., born March 29, 1876.

D. 8S. HAINES, merchant, Edwardsville, came to Kansas in the fall of 1871. Taught
school in Johnson County one year, and then came to Edwardsville and taught one year;
then entered mercantile business, and has engaged in merchandising ever since. He has
served as Township Clerk seven years, and has twice been honored as a delegate to the State
Conventions. He was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, March 31, 1847. Is a son of Joseph
and Mary Haines. Moved to Illinois August, 1870. Remained one year, and then came to
Kansas. He was married in Edwardsville June 18, 1874, to Miss Ella J. Kouns, dau; hier of
William and Sarah Kouns. She was born in Ohio August 14, 1851; they have two children
—Alta May and Metta K. Mr. Haines has been Postmaster at Edwardsville ever since 1874.
Carries a large stock of general merchandise and drugs, and also deals quite extensively in
grain,

‘deserved reputation. He was married in Edwardsville Novem

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JOHN C. McGEE, Jr., farmer and stock-raiser, dealer in native breeds and breeder of
fine grade cattle, P.O. Loring, was born and reared in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1869, he settled
in this State and has been premuneaty identified with his present industry here since; his
farm contains 400 acres of valuable ldnd, devoted to the production of hay and grain and
stock-raising; is surrounded and divided by nice wire fences; has beautiful dwellings and
stables, and equipped with all the modern improved machinery. Mr. McGee’s breeding
ranch contains theshort-horn Durham stock principally, John McGee, Sr., deceased, father
of the above, was born in Kentucky; was prominently identified there in insurance busi-
ness until the war, when his political creed made it necessary to seek a home jn the North,
and he settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was actively engaged in the insurance business
until his death, which occurred in 1868. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, leavin;
wife, Mrs, Agnes McGee nee Carson, who was born and reared in his native State, and has
two sons and seven ny ola

JAMES M. MICHAEL, farmer, Sections 27 and 28, P. O. Tiblow, came to Kansas April
1, 1865, and settled where he now lives. Engaged in farming two years, then opened a stock
of general merchandise at Edwardsville,and continued that business eight years; then
moved back to the farm, and has engaged in farming and stock-raising ever since. He has
served as Township Clerk two years, and as Township Treasurer eight years; has been a
member of the Township Board ever since the township was organized. Was made an El-
der of the Christian Church at its organization in 1868, and has served the church in that
capacity ever since. He began preaching in 1875, and has held several remarkable meetings,
among which we mention his first protracted piers at Edwardsville in February, 1876, at
which forty-one were added to the church, and another at the same place in 1879, at which
twenty-six were added, and, immediately after, at Fall Leaf, where forty-three were added
to the membership. He has been actively a ed in preaching ever since he began the
work; has done a large amount of gratuitous Jabor, and his work has been blessed with an
abundant fruitage. He has a pleasant home, and an intelligent and happy family, who sym-
pathize with him in his work. He was born in Monroe County, Ohio, January 10, 1830, son
of Daniel and Margaret Michael. In 1838, his parents moved to Washington County, Ohio,
where they farmed about eighteen years, then moved to Lawrence County, Ohio, and after
a residence of ten years there, Mr. Michael moved to Kansas.° He was married in Noble
County, Ohio, June 26, 1851, to Catherine MePeek, daughter of Daniel R, and Elizabeth Mc-
Peek, by whom he had four children, viz., Mary E., Rosana, Addison H., Martha K. His
wife died February 15, 1859, and he was married again in Lawrence County, Ohio, Novem-
ber 20, 1862, to Sarah A. Marks, daughter of T. W. and Frances E. Marks; she is a native of
Ohio ; he has by his last wife six children—Eva A., Daniel T., Ulysses P., Francis E., James
E. and Monema.

DR. DAVID C. MURPHY, physician and farmer, Section 25, P. O. Edwardsville, came
to Kansas August 1, 1874, and settled in Edwardsville, and has engaged in the practice of
medicine ever since. He has served as Township Treasurer two terms, Township Trustee
one term, School District Treasurer two terms, and has been honored as delegate to State
Convention. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, March 25, 1847; is a son of Robert and
Hannah Murphy. In the fall of 1866, he moved to LaFayette County, Mo., and engaged in
farming and studying medicine. Had a residence of eight years in LaFayette County, dur-
ing which time he attended Keokuk Medical College, situated at Keokuk, Iowa, and gradu-
ated from this institution December 17, 1874, soon after which he came to his present loca-
tion and began the practice of his profession, in which he has eines an enviable and well-

er 16, 1876, to Margaretta E.
Thompson, daughter of Moses L. and Sarah G. Thompson. She is a native of Connecticut.
Dr. Murphy and wife are both members of the Christian Church.

JOHN G. PRATT, farmer and minister of the gospel, home farm of 320 acres in Section
10, also 160 acres in Section 9, P. O. Maywood, came to what is now the State of Kansas,
April, 1837, then called Indian Territory. He was sent here and sustained by the American
eee Foreign Mission Society. He first located a few miles south of the Kansas River,
and about three miles from the Missouri line, near Shawneetown. An alphabet was invented,
and with the help of others 2 number of elementary books were written and published for
the Shawnee aa other tribes. Mr. Pratt had charge of the printing press, and not only
published books for his own, but also for other missions. He labored among the Shawnees
at this point from 1837 to 1844. He then moved to a point four miles south of Fort Leaven-
worth, where a band of Green Bay Indians had settled for a time, waiting for the United
States Government to set apart some promised lands for their occupancy further south. He
here preached to the Indians, conducted a school, and continued the publishing business.
The Green Bays were quite intelligent, having originated near Stockbridge, Mass., and
having come direct from Green Bay, Wie., where they had already been partly civilized.
The Government failing to make the promised allotment of land to them, they became dis-
couraged and nearly all moved back to Wisconsin, and after about four and a half years’
labor among them, Mr. Pratt moved to his present location among the Delawares. He here
took charge of a beara eon for the Indians, built, furnished and sustained by the
American apts Foreign Mission Society. The Delawares showed that much appreciation
of educational advantages, that they requested the Government to set aside a certain part of
their annuities for educational purposes, to the amount of $25 per year for each pupil in
school: This was to clothe, feed and furnish the pupil and sustain the teacher, leaving the
deficiency, of course, to be furnished by the mission board. In this school was taught all
the elementary branches of an English education, together with algebra, natural philosophy
and some of the academic branches. The result of Mr. Pratt’s large experience in teaching
and preaching among the Indians is the opinion that if taken when young they are suscep-
tible of a high degree of mental and moral culture. The small children were about as apt
as white children of the same age, but after they became older, while not wanting in mental
capacity, they have not the application necessary to insure ee progress. From 1864 until
1867, Mr. Pratt acted as United States Indian Agent for both the Delawares and Wyandottes.
He paid the Delawares for their land in Kansas, and removed them to the Cherokee Nation
in 1867, and has since been engaged in farming and stock-raising. He preaches considerably
since, doing a kind of home missionary work on his own account. He was born in Hing-
ham, Mass., September 9, 1814; isa son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Pratt. His father died
when he was quite young, and when four years old, he went to live with his grandfather,
Mr. Aaron Pratt, a sea captain, living at Cohassett. At the age of fourteen, he entered an
academy at South Reading, now called Wakefield, and attended there two years. Then
matriculated in Andover Seminary, entering the classical department. He finished the
entire course, theological included, and graduated in the fall of 1836. He was licensed, at
Andover, to preach the Gospel, and was immediately employed by the Baptist Missionary
Society, and sent to the Indian Territory. He continued in the service of this society, labor-
ing among the Indians, thirty years. He was married in Reading, Mass., March 26, 1837, to
Olivia Evans, daughter of Amos and Catharine Evans, and a native of Reading. They have
three children living, viz., Mrs. Flora J. Black, of Leavenworth City, whose husband is a
conductor on the Leavenworth, Topeka & South-western Railroad; Mrs. Rosamond 0.
Burt, also of Leavenworth, whose husband is a proprietor in the Great Western Foundry ;
Eber H. Pratt, who is now engaged in an extensive mercantile and milling business among
the Cherokee Indians. Mr. Pratt had also another son, who is now dead—Lucius B. Pratt,
educated at Granville College, Ohio. His wife was educated at the same college, and was
the daughter of the Indian Chief, Journey Cake. She is but quarter blood, however, and
remarkably beautiful. She is at present largely interested in an extensive business among’
the Cherokees, aided in part by her brother-in-law, E. H. Pratt. Mr. John G. Pratt, the
subject of this sketch is widely known and universally esteemed for his many excellent
qualities of mind and heart. He is a man of fine culture, and has a wife who is in every
way fitted to be the companion of suchaman. Their home is a model of neatness, taste
and refinement.

GARRETT TRANT, farmer, Section 26, P.O. Edwardsville, came to Kansas in May, 1868,
purchased the farm on which he now lives, and has engaged in farming ever since. Though
quite an old man, his mind is still active, and he takes a lively interest in new improve-
ments and enterprises, and is pee interested in educational matters, having served as
School Director three years. e was born in County Kerry, Ireland, August 3, 1810; isa
son of Thomas and Ellen Hickson Trant. He was raised on a farm until about sixteen
years of age, when he obtained a clerkship in a general store, and afterward in salmon fish-
ery; but as soon as he was of age, he joined the Irish constabulary, and served his country
in that capacity for fourteen years; was then honorably discharged on compensation, as a
non-commissioned officer, at his own request, and after spending the winter at a watering
place, he embarked for America. He first went to Hamilton, Canada West, where he
visited about three months, and then left for Southport, Wis., now called Kenosha. He
engaged at this place in the grain business for two years, and then moved to Peoria, Ill.
where he conducted for eighteen years three branches of trade, viz., grain dealing, pork
packing and merchandising, doing an extensive business in each branch. In 1867, he
went by way of New York and Aspinwall to California, and returned early in the spring
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of 1868 by the same route to Peoria. He then made an extensive prospecting tour
through Illinois and Iowa, to Omaha, Neb. and thence down the river by the first
boat of the season, in the spring of 1868, to Kansas City, Mo. Just at this time, the Indians
were being removed from Delaware Reserve, and he bought the farm which he has culti-
vated ever since, consisting of 160 acres of choice farm and orchard land. The country was
then a wilderness, without roads or bridges, and the only inhabitants were a few straggling
Indians, and the very lowest and laziest class of poverty-stricken whites, who had been
living among the Indians. He was married in Princeton, I}l., September 9, 1851, to Bridget
Carroll, daughter of Thomas and Catharine Carroll. She is a native of County Louth, Ire-
land. They have four children dead, viz., Thomas, Mary and two infants; and three whoare
living, viz. John, James and Katy. Mr. Trant and wife are consistent members of the
Roman Catholic Church. John has been serving as an officer in the United States Army
for several years. He is stationed on the Yellowstone River, M. T.

RUSSELL P. TWIST, farmer and horticulturist, Sections 16, 17, 20 and 21, P.O. Tiblow,
came to Kansas in the spring of 1871. He settled where he now lives, and has engaged in
farming and fruit-raising ever since. He has 800 acres of fine farming and pasture land,
all under fence; 300 acres of which are in cultivation, 80 acres in fruit, 100 acres in timber,
and the balance in pasture. He proposes‘to engage extensively in canning and evaporat-
ing fruit. His orchard is just coming into bearing, He enlisted in Company E, Sixteenth
Ohio Volunteers, April 14, 1861. Served ‘as Sergeant three months, and then recruited the
Sixteenth Ohio Battery. Was elected its Contain, and tetained command until the close of
the war. He was in all the engagements of his‘command. Was in the battle of Phillipi,
and chased the rebels from Bealington to Carrick’s Ford, marching forty miles, and wading
Cheat River sixteen times in.a single day. Battery left Springfield, Ohio, September 5,
numbering 166 men; arrived at Cincinnati the same evening. Mustered.into United States
service the same evening. -Left Cincinnati the same evening for St. Louis. Arrived there
on-the 7th, after many changes, severe marches and much suffering from sickness, fatigue,
poor water, short rations,ete. The battery having marched through Missouri and Arkan-
sas, and joined the Army of the Southwest, under command of Gen. Curtis, were in, the en-
gagement of Cotton Plant, Ark., where 140 confederates were killed. After two expedi-
tions up White River, the battery embarked at Helena on transport for Milliken’s Bend,
ain 12, 1863. Joined Gen. Grant’s army and marched through Louisiana; crossed the

ississippi River at Bruinsburg, and by forced marches arrived in time to take part in the
battle of Port Gibson. Fought the enemy here the afternoon of their arrival until dark,
and as night closed round, the enemy retreated. he battery expended 350 rounds of
ammunition in this afternoon’s engagement. His battery was also in the battle of Cham-
pion Hill, and ‘finally took position in the rear of Vicksburg May 21, and did good exe-
cution through the siege, expending 6,594 rounds, dismounting seven guns, with a loss of
but t#o-wounded, and had the honor of throwing the last shot into Vicksburg from the
land batteries. They went, after the fall of Vicksburg, to Jackson, Miss., and were under
fire five days without loss. They were in active service during the entire war; wore out
one set of guns and made considerable use of another set before they were mustered out,
August 2, 1865. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., July 3, 1827. Is ason of Peter and Cath-
arine Twist. At about ten years of age, moved to Ohio and remained in that State until
he came to Kansas. Part of the time was contractor and house builder. He ran a machine
shop at Yellow Springs, Ohio, six years. Burned out there, and moved to Springfield, where
he resided two years. He was married in Springfield, Ohio, June 21, 1851, to Nannie E.
Foreman, daughter of William and Nancy Foreman. ' They had six children—Elnora, Will-
iam Fremont, Ella Eliza, Willie Star, Emma ‘Lilly and Charles Albert. His first wife died
February 1, 1875, and he was married a second time, in Wyandotte County, Kan., January
16, 1876, to Willahamina Kern, daughter of John and Elizabeth Kern, She is a native of
Ohio. He has by his last wife five children, viz., Dora Elizabeth, John R., Franklin A.,
ae Pearl and Katy, all living. -Mr. Twist belongs to the Bible Christians, and also the

 

HENRY C. WARNER, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Tiblow, came to Kansas in the winter
of 1866, settled in the city of Wyandotte, and for three years engaged in the grocery and gen-
eral merchandising business. He then moved to a farm near penaelle, and engaged i
arming two years, after-which he came to Tiblow, and from 1871 to 1878, kept a general
store, and post office in this place, but since 1878 he has been engaged in pcan: Te was
born in Greene County, N. Y., March 20, 1832. Is a son of William B. and Marchie Warner.

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About 1853, he moved to Ohio, and was engaged in manufacturing chairs for a chair com-
pany in Bedford, Ohio, After three years of this business in Bedford, he moved to Prince-
ton, Bureau Co., Ill, and for ten years was engaged in the furniture business at that place,
He then came to Wyandotte, Kan. He was married, in Charlotteville, N. Y., January 15,
1857, to Mattie E. Howie, daughter of James E, and Eliza Howie, and a native herself of New
York. They have two children, both living, Frank and Mark, Mr. and Mrs. Warner are
worthy members of the Christian Church. ae 5
JACOB T. WILLIAMSON, tarmer and yon specialist, Section 26, P.O. Edwardsville.
came to Kansas in the fall of 1858, and settled near Stanton, Franklin County, and remained
there two years and moved to Ohio, but again came to Kansas, and has lived in Wyandotte
County ever since. He came to his present location February, 1882. He has a very fine
potato farm of 300 acres, choice land, well improved. Markets about 4,000 bushels of sweet
potatoes a year, and raises from seventy-five to one hundred acres of Irish potatoes yearly.
He has recently added a small fruit department, with his brother, J. K. Williamson, as
superintendent, and is constructing a large pool (supplied with water from some of the most
magnificent springs in the State), from which to draw water for irrigating his strawberry
lantations, He proposes adding a general nursery, and also an experimental department,
‘or the testing, production and introduction of new varieties of cereals, fruits and vege-
tables. He enlisted in Company }’, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infan-
try, May, 1864, Served four months, and was mustered out September, 1864, having enlisted
in what was known as the. hundred day service. He was born in Pike County, Ill, July 10,
1838, Is a son of Amos and Clarissa Williamson. In the fall of 1854, he moved to Des Moines
County, Iowa, and from there, in 1858, to Kansas. He was married, at New Burlington,
Ohio, October 4, 1863, to Rebecca A. Chadwick, daughter of Cyrus and Elizabeth Chadwick.
She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. They have six children, viz., Lillie, Park A., Roy
C., Alice May, Edna Walker and Gra Kilborne. Mr. Williamson and wife are worthy mem-
bers of the Christian Church.

OTHER TOWNS AND STATIONS.

Maywood is a small hamlet, prettily situated in the midst of a beauti-
ful prairie country, five miles west of White Church.

Connors is the extreme northwestern station on the Missouri Pacific
Road, twelve miles northwest of Wyandotte. It was platted in February,
1868, the owners of the town site being Alfred W. and William 8. Hughes.
The village contains several stores, a schoolhouse, in which religious serv-
ices are held, and a small hotel. .

Pomeroy, the next station southeast of Connors, was platted in the

B11, William P. Overton and Frank H. Belton being the pro-
prietors of the town. It contains several stores, and a steam, fluur and
saw mill.

Muncie, on the Union Pacific road, is six miles west of Wyandotte,
being named from the old Muncie Indian settlement here. Opposite, on
the other side of the Kaw, Chouteau established his trading post, in 1825.
Near it is found a fine variety of magnesian limestone.

Tiblow, the station on the Union Pacific next west of Edwardsville,
shows signs of prosperity in a good brick schoolhouse, and several flour-
ishing business houses. It was platted in November, 1870, John McDanield

_ being proprietor of the town site.

ring is the last station in the county on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Turner is a few miles west of Argentine, on the A., T. & S. F. Road,
containing a schoolhouse and several stores.

    
   
BOUNDARIES, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.
ARION County is situated nearly in the center of the organized

38, nter of population being, according to the
census of 1880, twelve miles west of the western boundary line of the

counties of Kansas, the ce

county.

The original location of Marion County, as created by an act of the

Territorial Legislature Feb-
ruary 17, 1860, is as follows:
Commencing at the south-
east corner of Township 21,
Range 5; thence north to the
northeast corner of Township
18, Range 5; thence west to the
northeast corner of Township
18, Range 4; thence north to
the southeast corner of Dickin-
son County; thence west to
the Sixth Principal Meridian,
thence south to the southwest
corner of Township 21, Range
1; thence east to the place of
beginning. :

y this location its area was
864 square niles. Its present
area is 954 square miles, hav-
ing an increase by Township
22, of Ranges 3, 4 and 5, and
a decrease of the east tier of sec-
tions in Towns 20, 21 and 22,
of Range 5, these sections
having been attached to Chase
County. Under this act, there

was no organization, for the

population of the county in
1860 was but 74; in 1865, it was
162. It had then but 200 cul-
tivated acres.

A special act of the Legisla-
ture February 22, 1865, ex-
tended the northern boundary
of the county on the line be-
tween Townships 16 and 17 to
the west line of the State, mak-
ing its west boundary identi-
cal with the State line, and
also its southern to the west
line of Butler County (then in-
cluding Cowley). But Marion
County comprised all South-
eastern Kansas but a few
months, for in June of the
same year, in response to a
petition from the inhabitants,
the Governor restored the
boundaries previously estab-
lished and ordered a separate
organization of the county.

he face of the country here
shows much variety—valleys,
bluffs, plains and wooded dells,
alternating in a most pictur-
esque degree, and rendering
Marion County one of the most
beautiful in the State. The
average width of the bottom
lands exceeds a mile; the sur-
face of the country away from
the streams is gently undulat-
ing for the most part, though
apparently there are extensive
level tracts. It may be classi-
fied as 15 per cent of bottom;
85 per cent upland; 3 per cent
timber; 97 per cent prairie.

The Cottonwood River rises
in the northwest part of the
county, and flows through it
in a southeasterly direction.

Lyons and Turkey Creeks.
water supply.

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Its principal tributaries from the north are Mud, Clear, Martin’s and Bruno
Creeks; from the south, French, South Branch, Catlin and Doyle Creeks.
Three other large creeks have their head-waters in this county—Middle,

No county in the State has a more abundant
uch timber grows along the valleys of the streams,

Organized since 1870, from part of Santa Fé.
Organized since 1870, from part of Peabody.
Organized since 1870, from part of Marion; part
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Organized since 1870, from part of Marion.
Organized since 1870, from part of Cedar Creek.
Organized since 1870, from part of Center.
Organized since 1870, from part of Marion.

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Organized since 1870, from part of Marion;

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mainly cottonwood, elm, hackberry, hickory, .oak, sycamore and walnut
There is also much cultivated timber. :

The soil in the bottom lands comprises a rich loam of from two to ten
feet in depth, underlaid by a bed of sand, which acts as a natural sewer.
The upland is a dark loam, on an average a foot in depth. Pure and
strong salt water has been discovered at Peabody, at a depth of 640 feet.

In this neighborhood, gypsum
beds have .been found, and
hydraulic :cement,.. mineral
paint, fire, pottery and brick
clay exist in very considerable .
quantities. Pure magnesian
limestone of different shades
in great quantity and of excel-
ent quality abounds.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS,

The first settlement made in
the county was by an Irishman
of the name of Moses Shane,
who located at the spot where
now stands Florence, early in
the spring of 1858.. He built a
log house, ‘broke several acres
of ground, and resided there
until hisdeath, which occurred
in 1859. Patrick Doyle, in the
year 1859, located near Flor-
ence, on what is now called
Doyle’s Creek, but soon after-
ward returned to Leavenworth,
from whence he came. In the
lapse of afew years, he returned
to the place, and lived where
he first located. ° oe:

In August, 1859, the first
white child was born in the
county, and was of Irish ex-
traction, by thenameof Welsh.
The birth occurred on what is
known as the Potter place, two
miles from Florence. Its pa-
rents emigrated to Kansas from
Wisconsin.

At Lost Springs, which is lo-
cated on Section 21, Town 17,
Range 4, Clear Creek Town-
ship, a trading post was estab-
lished in the spring of 1859.
It was located on the great
thoroughfare from Independ-
ence, Mo., to New Mexico and
the Territories, which was
largely traveled by the emi-
grants in quest of gold, and by
freighters who took supplies to
the Western forts. J. H. Cos-
tello was Postmaster at Lost

. Springs in 1861. On July 4,

1862, Robert Bailey, on Clear
Creek, was killed by the pre-
mature discharge of a gun.
This was the first death among
the settlers. Late in the year
1859, on his return from a
Pike’s Peak adventure, Thomas
J. Wise, Sr., made a settlement
on Clear Creek. December 28,
1862, the first marriage in the
county occurred, that of J.
H. Costello and Abigail Wise.
Reuben Riggs and Mahlon
Riggs settled on Clear Creek in
1864, but afterward removed
to the Cottonwood, near Flor-
ence. In the spring of 1864,
T. J. Wise, Sr., purchased a
mower and reaper, at Law-

rence, which was the first one brought into the county. On Clear Creek,
in 1864, Miss Maggie H. Norris taught the first school that was organized
in the county, having obtained her teacher’s certificate in Chase
She is now the wife of Mr. J. C. Rath, who is the Postmaster at Antelope.

In the late autumn of 1859, A. A. Moore established a trading post at

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what was called Cottonwood Crossing, and later known as Moore’s Ranche.
In the spring of 1861, Mr. Moore was made Postmaster at this place; and
in the month of April there was an attempt made to organize Marion
County, under and by virtue of the Territorial law of Kansas. A meeting
of the settlers was called and a proclamation was issued for an election to
be held at this place. The polls having been opened on the day set apart
for the election, an Election Board was organized, a few ballots were
cast by those present, when the fact presented itself that there were not
enough men in the county qualified to fill all the offices of honor, profit
and trust.

Early in 1860, W. H. Billings, George Griffith and William Shreve set-
tled at or near Marion Center; C. R. Roberts, an Episcopalian, from Rut-
land, Vt., came October 1, 1861, and Nelson Miller established a hotel
north of Marion Center on the east side of Muddy in 1862, which for years
was the main objective point for food and shelter for the traveler, after
leaving Council Grove, as he wended his way across the plains in a west,
southwesterly course, on the great Santa Fé trail.

The post office at Marion Center was established in 1862, W. H. Bill-
ings, Postmaster. This place was on a mail route from Cottonwood Falls
to Moore’s Ranch. A store was started here by Mr. Billings and A. A.
Moore in 1861; a schoolhouse was erected in 1862; here was the first
Methodist Episcopal Church building of the county, and on July 4, 1863,
there was a patriotic celebration of the ninety persons of the county at
Billings’ Park, where the feathered songsters united their songs of rejoic-
ing with those of the hardy pioneers.

Wilson Campbell was the first settler in Wilson Township. He lo-
cated in 1870. The first birth in this township was that of Hans Olsen, in
March, 1871. ,

In October, 1872, the first water grist mill erected in the county was
put in operation by Messrs. Moore & Fuller, on the Cottonwood, nearly
two miles west of Marion Center. Its site is in the southeast part of Gale
Township. If ever the grasshopper was specially a burden to any people,
the early settlers of Marion so realized it in August, 1874, as they came
swooping in like the rushing of mighty waters, with the besom of destruc-
tion, destroying the ven of the county, and causing destitution ter-
rible in the extreme. ounty Relief Bonds to the amount of $10,000 were
issued March 13, 1875, as a partial mitigation of the loss of crops.

In the summer of 1868, the Cheyenne Indians committed depredations
in the northern portion of the county, many of the settlers losing cattle
and horses, though it may be said that during that period many horses
were taken by white thieves assuming the dress and appearance of the
wild Indian. Many of the settlers came to Marion Center and sought ref-
uge in the stone building used as a store by J. H. Costello, which stands
on the southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets. Mr. David Lucas, a
former County Commissioner, in some indirect manner, learned of the in-
tended line of pursuit of the Indians, and he lost no time in riding his
horse with the utmost speed to Council Grove, to inform Maj. E. S. Sto-
ver, the Kaw Indian agent, of the probable Indian attack, and this warn-
ing served to avert the possible disaster that might have ensued but for
the thwarting of the plans of the aggfessive barbarous foe. Often has the
head of a family gathered his loved ones about him at night and found
refuge in a corn-field, for fear of an Indian raid upon the house.

arion County has a funded indebtedness for bonds issued to the
Kansas & Nebraska Railroad, aline surveyed from the northeastern to the
southwestern portion of the county. The proposition was for the sum of
$200,000, one-half to be paid in thirty-year bonds with interest, when the
grading was completed to Marion Center from the north line of the coun-
ty. The grade has been made, but it is not known when there will be a
road, as per expectation. Thisis the main financial burden resting on the
county.

The county has had a conviction for murder, and it has sent a prisoner
to the State Penitentiary for twenty-one years. It was for a cold-blooded
murder committed at Pee February 14, 1872, by Lewis Crawford up-
on the esteemed citizen, Mr. C. H. Davenport.

The county, aside from these instances, may be said to have been
measurably free from debt and crime.

In 1870, the municipal townships of the county were Center, Clear
Creek and Doyle; in 1875, the additional ones were Branch, Grant, Pea-
body, Risley, Summit and Wilson; in 1880, the additional ones were Cat-
lin, Fairplay, Gale and Liberty; in 1882, Durham Park, East Branch and
West Branch, which are two townships created from ‘‘Branch.’’ Peabody
is the most densely settled township, having forty-four people to the
-square mile; Durham Park the least densely settled, having about two to
the square mile.

arion County has three good towns—Peabody, in the southwest in
the central part of Range 3; Marion Center, centrally located from north
to south, inthe west part of Range 4; Florence, near the southeast part of
the county in the west part of Range 5, and east part of Range 4.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ELECTIONS AND OFFICERS.

In June, 1865, Goy. Samuel J. Crawford received a petition forwarded to him by citizens
of Marion County, praying for the detachnient of Marion from Chase County, and that the
same be organized into a separate government. The petition was granted, and in July,
1865, William H. Billings, Thomas J. Wise, Sr., and Levi Billings were appointed the first
Board of County Commissioners. Their first meeting was held at the house of W. H. Bill-
ings, Marion Center. There were present, W. H. Billings and Mr. Wise, and they appoint-
ed R. C. Coble County Clerk. The county was formed into three municipal townships—
Marion, in the north ; Cedar, in the southeast; Santa Fé in the southwest.

The first election of county-officers was held August 7, and the vote was canvassed
August 10,1865, There were twenty-three votes polled. W. H. Billings was elected County
Commissioner and Probate Judge; T. J. Wise, Commissioner and County Treasurer; Levi
Billings, Commissioner; R. C. Coble, County Clerk and Register of Deeds; John C. Snow,
Sheriff; W. P. Shreve, County Surveyor; Mr. Wise, being ineligible to the oflice of Treasurer,
the board appointed A. A. Moore. Reuben Riggs was elected County Attorney. The first
county seat was established at the northeast quarter of Section 6, Town 20, Range4.

At the annual election in Noyember, 1865, Reuben Riggs was chosen Senator, receiving
twenty-five votes in the county, and 230 votes in the Senatorial district, having a majority
of sixty-five in a vote of 395. A.A. Moore was elected Representative and County Treas-

* ler, Frank Doster, A.B

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

urer; Reuben Riggs, County Attorney; R. C. Coble, County Clerk ; G. C. Coble, Sheriff; C.
R. Roberts, Surveyor and Coroner; E.. Hoo; 8, Register of Deeds ; Assessor, B, Gibson;
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Levi Billings ; County Commissioners, W. H. Bill-
ings, Charles O, Fuller, William Renfro. Newton Rodgers was afterward appointed to the
positions of Assessor and County Superintendent, the persons elected declining to qualify.
in August, 1865, it was found that Chase County owed Marion County $85.49, sad $25.40 was
paid Chase County for the assessment of Marion, and $22.95 for record books obtained of
John S. Doolittle. i

At an election held December 29, 1866, the county seat was located on the public square
at Marion Center, The name of the county and the shire town perpetuates the memory of
Gen. Francis Marion, a South Carolina patriot of the Revolutionary period, whose valorous
deeds and devotion to the principles of universal liberty’ have made his name famous in
story and in song. .

The court house and school building at Marion Center were one and the same, and on
December 19, 1867, the county appropriated for this building the sum of $999. The building
is in the rear part of the present court house, which was completed in 1881. A county seat
election was held April 27, 1881, and the vote cast for Marion Center was 1,165; for Hills-
boro, 745. June 14, 1881, on a proposition to vote $5,000, to aid in building a court house, the
vote was 790 for; 520 against. The building is made of the Marion Center magnesian lime-
stone, and the new front is an attractive, convenient structure of two stories. The whole
upper story is the District Court room, the east side of which enters into the jail, which has
been remodeled from the original court house, and is very substantial, having good cells
like those of the county of Chase. The court room is admirably and conveniently arran ed
for the officers of the court, the jurors and the spectators, its dimensions being 32x54 feet,
In the lower story, on the north side of the hallway, are the offices'of the Register of Deeds,
Probate Judge, Superintendent of Public Instruction; on the south side are the offices of
County Clerk, County Treasurer and Surveyor. The building is well arranged and is a
monumental evidence of the economy and good sense of the people of the county.

The Senatorial district of which Marion County has been a part, has been represented
by Marion County men as follows: In 1866, by Reuben Riggs; 1868, A. W. Moore; 1875,
Samuel R. Peters; 1881 and 1883, R. M. Crane. In the House the representation of the
county has been as folluws :

1866, 1867 and 1871, A. A. Moore; 1868, C. O. Fuller ; 1869, A. E. Case; 1870, Levi Bill-
ings; 1872, Frank Dostler ; 1873, J..K. McLean; 1874, B. Pinkney ; 1875, R. C. Bates; 1876, G.
We eae 1877, J. N. Rodgers; 1879, F. H. Kollock : 1881, W. WwW. Waring ; 1883, J. Ware

utterfield. ,

S. N. Wood, the first Judge of the Ninth Judicial District, was the first attorney to
practice law in the county in an action of replevin, J se 10, 1865, at Marion Center, which
was the first law-suit in the county. The first papers filed in the office of the Clerk of the
District Court were by Isaac Sharp, Esq., of Council Grove, Morris County, October 5, 1867,
who appeared as an attorney for the plaintiff in the case. S,N. Wood was then Judge.
Judge W. R. Brown presided over the first term of the District Court, and it commenced
Tuesday, May 5, 1858. There was a summary disposition of many cases at this term of the
court. The Ninth District, composed of the counties of Butler, Chase and Marion,
polled at the election in 1867, 431 votes, of which Marion cast 73. The counties of Green-
wood, Elk, Chautauqua, Cowley, Sumner, Sedgwick and Reno had been at first attached to
Butler County for judicial purposes ; McPherson, Rice, Stafford and Pratt to Marion. In
1872, the counties of Butler, Greenwood, Elk, Chautauqua, Cowley, Sumner and Sedgwick,
made up the Thirteenth Judicial District, which cast 10,230 votes; McPherson was in the
Fourteenth Judicial District, and cast 481 votes, while the Ninth was made up of the coun-
ties of Chase, Marion, Harvey, Reno and Rice, polling 2,747 votes; Marion casting 819.

Judge Brown was re-elected in 1872, and in 1874 was elected to Congress. Samuel R.
Peters, of Marion, succeeded Judge Brown on the bench of the Ninth Judicial District.
Judge Peters was last elected to the position in 1879, having then the nine additional coun-
ties of Barton, Pawnee, Stafford, Pratt, Kingman, Barbour, Edwards, Ford and Rush. The
Legislature of 1881 reconstructed judicial districts, and eliminated one-half of the counties
of the Ninth District, leaving therein Chase, Marion, Harvey, Rice, Reno, Kingman and
Harper. The terms of court for Marion commence the first Tuesday of May, and the sec-
ond Tuesday of November. The court officers in the year 1883 are Thomas Jefferson Smith,
Sheriff; Samuel Bowen, Clerk; T. A. Bogle, County Attorney. The attorneys of the county
are C. Reed, retirin ony Attorney ; L. F. Keller, former County Attorney ; C. W. Kei-

‘ogle, R. M. Crane, A. E. Case and C. H. Frybarger, of Marion Cen-
ter; J. Ware Butterfield, J. B. Crouch and A. M. White, of Florence; G. W. Camp, J. M.
oo A. B. Knowlton, F. H. Kollock, J. Hudson Morse and James Hamilton, of Pea-
ody. 2
The county officers not above named in office in January, 1883, are as follows: Com-
missioner of First District, J.N. Rogers ; Second District, D. J. Frazer; Third District, Thomas
Osborn ; County Clerk, W. H. Hamilton ; County Treasurer, F. L. Frazier; Judge of Ninth
Judicial District, L. Houk; Register of Deeds, T. L. Fife; Probate Judge, B. F. Brockett;
Superintendent of Public Yastruction, W. B. Zercher; County Surveyor, W. C. Nye; Coro-
ner, T. J. Conroy. Samuel T. Howe was elected Clerk of the District Court in 1874, 1876 and
in 1878, In 1879 and in 1881, he was elected County Treasurer, and soon after entering
upon his second term in October, 1882, he was elected to the office of Treasurer of the State
of Kansas, his vote on the 7th of November in Marion County being 1,314; that of C. £.
Gifford, Democrat, was 348 ; J. H. Ludlow, National, 133; in a vote of 1,795, Howe received a
majority of 833.

Center, Wilson, Gale, Risley and Durham Park Townships form the First District;
Clear Creek, Grant, Doyle, Summit and Fairplay, the Second ; Peabody, Catlin, Wilson, East
Branch and West Branch in the Third.

The Presidential vote of Marion County has been as follows: 1868, Grant 52, Seymour,
47; 1872, Grant 676, Greeley 148; 1876, Hayes 860, Tilden 369, Cooper 224; 1880, Garfield,
1,239, Hancock 539, Weaver 271. In 1876, Green Clay Smith, received twelve votes.

The vote on the prohibition amendment to the State Constitution, November 2, 1880,
was 1,020 for; 825 against.

6 ae a Doster, = up pana panaadate on Congress in 1878, received in Marion
ounty out of 1, votes. In 2, he received in the county 5' f 812 votes, for
Judge of the Ninth Judicial District. nines ;

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

_ Marion County, “a howling wilderness” in 1865, had in the centennial year, 74 or-
genlsed school districts, though in 1871 it had but three schoolhouses. It had eighty in
882, of which there is one joint district with Chase, one with Dickinson and one with Har-
vey. In 1882, it had four teachers of grade one; sixty-two of grade two; thirty-five of
rade three. The number of children of school age is 4,359; number of male teachers,
orty-two; female, fifty-four; average age of teachers twenty-two. Theaverage monthly pay
of male teachers is $36.73, of female $32.43. Mrs. J. M. Sharon held the position of County
Superintendent of Public Instruction for the term J anuary, 1875-1877. The average school
district tax ory ee 1882 was fifteen mills, The bonded indebtedness for sahioslkonees ia
about $35,000. Hillsboro employs two teachers; Florence and Peabody four each; Marion
niente me) the other districts one each. There are ninety-seven rooms used for school
The following is the statement of the acreage in different grains in 1877: Winter
wheat, 18,141; rye, 1,222; corn, 26,769; oats, 7,264; Irish potatoes, 571; sorghum, 199; flax,
264; broom corn, 21; Hungarian and_ millet, 1,306 ; iaaatliy 94; clover, 14; prairie hay,
2,159. Acreage in the same grains in 1880 was as follows: Winter wheat, 48,790; rye, 1,869 ;
corn, 54,557; oats, 10,371 ; Trish potatoes, 751; sorghum, 373; flax, 314; broom corn, 64; Hun-
garian and millet, 2,454; timothy, 170; clover, 53; prairie hay, 10,877.

In 1882, Marion County is the eighth in rank in the production of winter wheat, its
crop being reported 1,219,750 bushels. Its preferred varieties are Fuliz, May, Odessa and Rus-
sia. Isaac Kuhn, Marion P. O., reports twenty-five acres of wheat; yield, sixty-two bushels

ee acre ; George Overholtzer, Peabody, forty acres, forty bushels per acre, for the year 1882.
e herd law is in operation in this county ; about one-fourth of the land is open range.
Prairie hay is secured at $2.50 per ton; the cost per head for grazing cattle is $1.50 for the |
season. Besides Crane’s ranche, which comprises 10,000 acres of land, there is Hon. David
Christie, a member of the Canadian Parliament, has a ranche three miles square, about a
dozen miles northwest of Marion Center, which is managed by his sons.
‘ Mr. Abram Williams, near Lincolnville, has some 3,500 acres of land, which is mostly
enced with hedge. His specialty has been high grade beef stock, but in 1882 he raised about
10,000 bushels of wheat. In the county there is much available cheap land; of unsold school
lands, 13,500 acres, in'the Wichita Land District. Of lands located in Townships 21 and 22
in Harvey County, there are upward of 7,000 acres; on October 1, 1882, there were 32,187
MARION COUNTY.

acres, 178,664 acres having been sold within the last ten years, In 1877, there were 2,664
horses ; in 1882,5,607. Milch cows in 1877, 1,836; in 1882, 4,444. Other cattle in 1877, 4,162 ;
in 1882, 10,245, Sheep in 1877 2,980; in 1882, 12,709, Swine in 1877, 5,811; in 1882, 11,354,
In 1867, the assessed valuation of the county was $106,447; in 1870, $640,320; in 1873,
$987,702 ; in 1875, $1,499,128; in 1876, $1,499,128; in 1880, $2,112,247.45 ; in 1882, $2,294,776.38.
_Of the 610,560 acres of land in the county, about 150,000 are under cultivation, and in 1880,
661,720 were taxable,
The percentage of increase of population in the county from 1870 to 1875 is 555; from
1875 to 1880, it is 142; from 1870 to 1880 1,522 per cent. In 1880, Marion Center had a popula-
tion of 857; Florence 954; Peabody 1,087.

MARION CENTER.

Marion Center is on the north bank of the Cottonwood River, at the
point of the confluence therewith of Mud Creek. Its first settlement was
made in 1860. December 8, 1866, the laying-out of Marion Center, proper,
was made, in accordance with the forms of law. It was the first town in
the county. Billings & Bower’s Addition, on part of the east half of
the southwest quarter of Section 32, Town 19, Range 4, was made March
15, 1871. On March 27, another small addition was made. July 12, 1872,
W. H. Billings and Atlantic A. Moore conveyed parts of Sections 5 and
6 of Town 20, Range 4. Freeborn’s Addition was made January 2, 1878,
and Beebe’s July 10, 1878 :

West Marion, located on the east side of the southwest quarter of
Section 31, Town 19, Range 4, was laid out June 24, 1879, and a southern
addition was made by Lawrence Weldon on the north half of the north-
east quarter of Section 5, Town 20, Range 4, was made November 10,
1879. Billings & Case made a subdivided addition, and July 16, 1872,
there was filed an amended plat of Billings & Bowen’s Addition.

The lay of the town is one of the inost peculiar in Kansas. Entering it on
the Marion & McPherson Railroad from Florence, which road passes along
the valley of the Cottonwood on the east, the road crosses Mud Creek near
the southeastern part of the town, and running mainly in a northwesterly
direction, it leaves the town a little north of its northwest corner, and for
twelve miles has a due west course. The depot is located on the bottom
south of the business portion of the town. At the left. of it is an exten-
sive switch, along which are capacious elevators, where there are immense
quantities of grain handled. G. F. Roberts is the station agent and tele-

“graph operator. Northwest from the} depot, north of the track, stands
the Marion City Mills, which is a roomy, substantial structure, fitted up in
an admirable manner with all necessary modern mill machinery.

Coming northward from the depot, the court house, on the east side
of First street, is the main objective point, which is but a few steps from
Main street. Nearly all the business is done on this street, and the beau-
tiful stone structures standing thereon, with the best ones not yet finished,
justly gives the town the appellation of “Stone City,” for there are in
public buildings, business houses and residences, nearly half a hundred
built of this material of beautiful colors, prized at home and used ioral
abroad. This material is used in the new court house at Abilene, Dickin-
son County.

Passing on the main street east on an iron bridge across Mud Creek,
over on the hill to the right stands the pride of the city—the elegant and
convenient stone school building, which cost about $15,000. Its height is
thirty-three feet; its dimensions 56x60. It has a hip roof, from the center
of which arises a belfry, in which is hung a fine-toned bell of 500 pounds
weight. There are two fine school rooms and two recitation rooms in the
lower story; in the upper, there is a hall and two recitation rooms and a
large, airy auditorium. There is no building in the county that can be
seen so far and from so many directions. At the west of it, on the creek,
is the beautiful school park, with its wealth of forest trees and grasses,
assuming a magnificent verdure during the period of vegetation. May 11,
1872, terminated a long-standing contest on the location of this school-
house site; the vote for locating it on the hill was 84; in the bottom, 56.
George A. Boyle is the present Principal of the school. ;

In the southwestern suburbs of the city, on the farm of W. H. Bill-
ings, is-one of the most beautiful peninsular parks in the State of Kansas.
It is entered on the north by a roadway of just enough ground at its neck
to prevent a union of the waters of the Cottonwood on the east and on
the west of it to form an island. Here are about twelve acres of ground,
with a fine carpet of grass; growing on it are hundreds of the choicest
hackberry trees, making it, with flowers, shrubbery and an entertainment
hall on the grounds, a royal place for out-door meetings, being literally a
thing of beauty and a joy forever. Swings, pleasure boats and croquet
grounds are among its attractions.

: Marion Center became a city of the third class August 17, 1875. In
1882, its Mayor was Thomas W. Bowen; Clerk, Charles 8. Triplett; Police
Judge, C. W. Keller; City Attorney, L. F. Keller. :

inking the old to the new civilization, in front of the substantial
court house stands one of the first log dwellings of the town, and north-
west of the model grist mill stands a log house, 12x14 feet, erected by E.
Lewis in June, 1865. He came from Macoupin County, Ill., and brought
with him apple sprouts, which he set out around his cabin, and to this
day stand a dozen of his apple trees.

LOCAL MATTERS.

The Presbyterian Church has a prosperous organization here. Its handsome church
edifice, built of ‘stone, stands on ihe summit of the hill above the town. _ Rev, O. J.
King has for along time ministered to this church, and R. C. Coble is the Superintendent of
its Sunday school. ;
The Methodist Episcopal Church has nearly 150 members here, and in 1881 they com-
leted a good brick edifice on the north of Main street, at a cost exceeding $2,000. Its
Mindoy school averages ninety members, and its earnest. Superintendent is E. W. Hoch, of
the Marion Record. The pastor of the church is Rev. Charles B. Mitchell, a son of the late
Rev. D. P. Mitchell, who in his day and generation was a power in the Kansas churches.
The Church of the Dictples has about twenty members, and they have a neat white frame
structure, erected in 1882, Dr. McQuiller Green is the Superintendent of the Sunday school.
There is quite a number,of Roman Catholics in and about Marion Center, and they ex-
pect to have a good house of worship during the year 1883. _ There area few Protestant Epis-
copalians in the city. C. R. Roberts, an early settler, a native of Rutland, Vt., is prominent

among them.

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Masonic orders, Odd Fellows societies, temperance and martial organizations, here
abound, The Odd Fellows are building an excellent hall, on the northeast corner of First
and Main streets, and they are very prosperous. :

_ Center Lodge, No. 147, .A., F. & A. M., was organized in 1875, and it now has about fifty
members. Samuel R. Peters was its firs: W.M. In 1882, E. N. Ebey is W. M., W. H. Dud-
ley, Boptelary:

7 Delta Chapter, R. A. M., holds its regular convocations each alternate Wednesday even-
ing in its chapter room over the Cottonwood Valley Bank. W.H. Dudley is Secretary;
Charles B. Mitchell, H. P.
Marion Lodge, No. 104, I. O. O. F, was organized in 1870, with thirty members. Its
membership January, 1883, was about forty-five. F. Lewis is Secretary, R. H. Baker, N. G.
_ Pioneer Lodge, No. 264, 1. O. G. T., was organized in the autumn of 1872. Its member-
ship is nearly fifty. Its officers are: George Howe, W. C. T.; M. 0. Billings, P. W.C.'T.; P.
C. Mitchell, P. R. T.

Pollock Post, No. 42, G. A. R., was organized March 27, 1872, with eighty charter. mem-
bers, J.C. Walkinshaw, Deputy Commander, organizer. Its membership January, 1883, is
nearly 100. Its officers are: I. Doster, P. C.; F. Lewis, Adjutant.

The Press.—In July, 1869, an organization composed of W. H. Billings, A. E. Case, Levi
Billings, J. H. Costello, ‘A. A. Moore and J. N. Rogers, was formed for the purpose of securing
a paper at the county seat, and these gentlemen effected an arrangement with A. W. Robin-
son, of Detroit, Dickinson County, whereby he came to Marion Center in September, 1869,
and started a paper, calling it the Western News. It was small enough to be designated a
“Handkerchief Sheet ;” it was printed a page at a time, on an inferior jobber. In April,
1871, Mr Robinson sold the office to John E. Murphy, who changed the name to the Western
Giant. In September, 1871, C. 8. Triplett, a newspaper man of experience, bought the inter-
ests of Mr. Murphy, and changed the namé to the Marion County Record. Mr. Triplett con-
tinued as publisher until October 10, 1874, enlarging and improving the pa, when he sold
tothe Hock brothers. It is now the official paper of the county, and has the benefit of a
good subscription list, and an excellent advertising patronage. 1. W. Hock is editor; W.

. Hoch, business manager. It is Republican in politics.

The Marion Banner, E. D, Hunt editor and proprietor, was published at Marion Center,
about two years. His paper was issued in the interest of the National Labor party. He re-
moved it to London, Osage County, and from there went to Scranton. October 9, 1872, his
wife, two boys and one girl were killed by the falling in of the dirt roof of their cabin upon
them while asleep. Mr. Hunt narrowly escaped the same fate. Thedwelling was about one
and a half miles from Marion Center.

Marion Choral Club.—Music and literature have their votaries at Marion Center. A
choral club was organized at. the residence of Mr. A. W. Brewerton November 11, 1882, by the
vocalists of the city. The officers elected are as follows: ‘

President, A.W. Brewerton ; Vice President, R. Calhoun; Secretary, Miss Mary Smith;
Assistant Secretary, Miss Nellie Turner; Treasurer, William Brockett; Leader, Edward
Coles; Assistant Leader, W. H. Dudley; Organist, Miss Bell Coble. The club meetings are
Tuesday evening of each week. i

Marion Center has three banks, three hotels, three real estate agents, three druggists,
three physicians, three milliners, three boot and shoe dealers, three lumber dealers, three
livery stables, three butchers, three harness and saddle makers and dealers, nine general
merchants, two insurance agents, two billiard halls, two bakers and confectioners, two hard-
ware dealers, two barbers, two painters, two blacksmiths, three carpenters and contractors,
three stone cutters and contractors, two dentists, one book seller, one jeweller, one gun-
smith, one furniture dealer, one brick-maker, one photographer, one tailor, one plasterer,
one mantua-maker. The Marion City Flouring Mills, thirty-four feet high, 34x65 feet, went
into: operation May 1, 1882, Strowig and Weber, proprietors. A. Comstock, living one mile
east of Marion Center, is an extensive lime burner, using the Osage shaft coal. is market
is extensive at home and abroad. E, M. Rugg & Co. erected in 1881, on Block 38, a sugar fac-
tory at a cost of $3,000. Sugar-making did not succeed with them,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

JOHN AUMANN, blacksmith, was born in Hesse-Darnstadt, Prussia, in 1843. Came
to America in 1857. He began learning the trade of a blacksmith, which he has continued
ever since. He came to Marion in 1878, and at once began working at his trade. In Febru-
ary, 1867, he married Miss Magdalena Eby, of Cenada, by whom he has had seven children.
Mr. Aumann is a member of the I. 0. O. F., and a respected and influential citizen.

REV. J. R. BAKER, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, came to Marion from Council
Grove, Kan., where he had been Principal of the schools of that place during the winter of
1881 and 1882, Was born in Huntingdon County, Penp., July 1, 1849. He began life as a
school teacher, ‘teaching thirteen years in his native State, and having charge for three
years of the academy at Shade Gap, Penn. He began studying for the ministry under the
eare of the Presbytery of Huntingdon, in the spring of 1878. His first charge was three
churches, two in Morris County and one in Davis County, Kan,, in the suinmer of 1882,
since which time he has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Marion. His father,
Jacob Baker, was a prosperous farmer of Huntingdon County, Penn., where the subject of
this sketch was married, May 13, 1873, to Miss Mary I. Grazier. Eight older brothersserved
in the Ynited States Army during the war of the rebellion.

COL. R. C. BATES was born in Dauphin County, Penn., October 23, 1822. Remained
there until about 1853, when he went to Philadelphia; worked on the canal and railroad as
State agent for the State. Gov. Bigler appointed him aid-de-camp, with the rank of Colonel.
Remained there until June, 1861, and went to Washington City, where he remained during
the war in the Quartermaster’s Department. At the threatened invasion of Washington,
took command of a company of colored troops; finally helped to organize a regiment, and
was appointed Major; commanding ‘regiment. Continued in the service until the close of
the war. He was appointed Superintendent of United States Burial Corps, and established
anational cemetery in West Virginia. In January, 1868, was appointed Forage Master in
the regular army, and reported at Fort Leavenworth, and was sent to Forts Harper, Lyon
and Hayes. Resigned May 1, 1871, and came to Marion County. Was elected to the Legis-
lature in 1874, on an independent ticket. Was married, in 1842, at Philadelphia, Penn., to
Miss Maud A. Boner, who died about 1851; had two children—William G. and Katie.
He was married again, in 1852, to Miss Leah Gilbert. Is G.C. of I. 0.0. F., Grand Lodge,
member of the State and County Grange, and G. A. R. 4 +

WILLIAM M. BENWARD, proprietor of Marion Bakery, was born in Warren County,
N. J., January 7, 1850. In 1865, he left there and went to Clinton, DeWitt Co., Ill, where he
worked on a farm for six years and four months, and then returned to New Jersey, where
he remained six years in the employ of the Central Railroad Company, of New Jersey, com-
ing to Marion, Marion Co., Kan., in 1878. Worked in the stone quarry for two years. Be-
coming tired of that business, started his present business, in 1882, which has been a suc-
cess. Was married, at Dover, N. J., in 1873, to Miss Ellen Eathorne, from England.

WILLIAM H. BILLINGS was born in Broome County, N. Y.,September 6, 1812. When
about three years of age, moved with his parents to near Rochester, and there attained his
majority. Mr. B., in 1837, emigrated to Ohio, settling in the extreme northwest township
of the State, in Williams County, and there built the first cabin in the township, and cleared
afarm. He had previously been married, in New York, to Miss Angeline Butler. He re-
mained in Williams County about twenty-one years, and during a portion of the time kept
a country store. In 1860, he again emigrated westward, and came to the then wilderness of
Kansas, locating his claim on Cottonwood Creek, about one mile west of the present town of
Marion. He afterward pre-empted the land which he now occupies. He was the first actual
white settler in Marion County, and built the first cabin. Mr. Billings has experienced all
the different phases of Kansas life. In the very outset, he met with many difficulties, which
he now recounts to his favored listeners. The beautiful town of Marion is built on his land,
and there is no fact in the progress of the town and county with which he is not familiar.
Mr. Billings, with his many acquirements, has a natural taste for adorning and beautifying
his home and grounds. On every hand are seen evidences of this fact. Flowers of every
hue, ornamental and shade trees, surrounding a fountain built by his own hands, with al-
most every variety of fruit trees, may be seen. There is, perhaps, no more thrifty orchard
in the county than his. Having given the subject of fruit-raising years of study, with years
of experience as to the varieties best adapted to Kansas climate, we cannot wonder at his
success in this line. Mr. B.’s first marriage did not pe ahappy one. He was married to
his present wife in 1863. One child resulted from the first marriage—Chauncy. Mr. B. has
held the office of Justice, Probate Judge, County Commissioner, Register of Deeds, and
Postmaster of Marion. His home is a model of neatness and comfort, well worthy the occu-

ant—the pioneer, through whose privations and hardships a happy, prosperous community
as been founded to honor his memory when he shall have been laid away to rest.
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FRANK BOWER, Postmaster, came to the State in 1868, locating here, and engaged in
mercantile business about four years. Was appointed Postmaster in March, 1870, and has
held the position since. Was born in Yorkshire, England, January 24, 1842. Came to
America with his parents, and located in Lagrange County, Ind. Left there, at the age of
fourteen, and went to St. Joseph County. There remained until enlisting in the army, in
January, 1862, in Company L, Ninth Michigan Cavalry. Was assigned to the Army of the
Cumberland, under Burnside, in Tennessee and Kentucky, and wasin Gen. Kilpatrick’s
Division in Sherman's Atlanta campaign. Was mustered out in August, 1865. Then re-
turned to Michigan, and farmed until coming to Kansas. Was married, December 20, 1870,
at Topeka, Kan., to Miss Caroline Woolpert, of Miami County, Ind., and has one child liv-
ing—George B. Was elected Register of Deeds, and served one term. Has been Town-
ship Treasurer one term. Is a member of Center Lodge, No. 147, A., F.& A. M., K. of H,,
No. 1,986, and I. 0. O. F., No, 104, and Pollock Post, G. 7

THOMAS W. BOWN, real estate, loans and collections, was born in Columbus, Ohio,

: July 9, 1888; removed to Cincinnati, where his youth and boyhood was spent. Learned. the
trade of decorating and designing with his father, and removed to Clark County, Ohio, with
his father, in 1860. Entered the three months’ service, in Company C, Fifth Ohio Infantry,
as Orderly Sergeant. At the expiration of his term of service, he returned home, and as-
sisted in organizing the Fifty-second Ohio, but was assigned to the Seventy-first Regiment,
as Captain of Company K. Was in Sherman’s Division of the Army of the Tennessee, an
in the battle of Shiloh. Afterward went into the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment,
as Major. Was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, in 1864. Came to Marion County,
Kan., in the spring of 1869, Was elected County Clerk the same year, and held the position
eight years. Was appointed by Gov. Harvey, in 1871, as member of the Board of Commis-
sioners to audit and settle Indian raid claims; also served on the State Relief Committee, to
receive sloreing from the Government for those made destitute by grasshoppers. Has held
the position of Mayor, and member of the City Council of Marion. Was married, in 1874, at
Marion, to Miss Belle C. Smith, of Missouri,.and has three children—Nellie F., Gertrude B.
and Morton. He is a member of Marion Lodge, No. 104, I. 0. 0. F.

SAM BOWN, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, Feb-
ruary 5, 1848. His father was a plumber and tinner by trade. When Mr. B. was quite
young, his father moved to Columbus, where he remained some eight years, and from thence
to Cincinnati, where he lived ten years. Removed from there to Clark County, and farmed
until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating in Marion. For about three years, engaged in
farming and stock-raising; for the following foyr years taught school in various districts.
Was elected Clerk of Court in 1880, and re-elected in 1882. Was riarried, September 15, 1879, at
Marion, to Miss Hattie Howard, of Warren County, Ind., who died February 27, 1883. One
child survives—Maud. Mr. B. is a member of Pioneer Lodge, No. 104, I. 0. O. F., Marion.

W. W. BREWER, farmer and stock-raiser, one mile north of Marion, has 411 acres,
300 of whicb are under cultivation ; improvements consist offrame house of seven rooms
and cellar, stone barn with capacity for twenty-four horses, crib-room for 3,000 bushels of
grain and ten tons of hay; usually feeds 200 head of cattle of ee grade; has an orchard
of about three acres, Mr, Brewer was born in. Marion ‘County, Ga., July 28, 1832, resided
there until sixteen years old, and moved to Russell County, Ala.; resided there three years,
and moved to Gonzales County, Tex:, and after two years, removed to Horton County,
Tex., and from thence to Austin County; ‘enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Texas Dismounted
Cavalry. He was married in Marion County, Kan.; June 6, 1872,to Miss Mary M. Dun-
ham, of Pennsylvania; they have four children—Vida, George D., William W. and Jennie
Corinne. He isa member of the A., F. & A. M., Center Lodge, No. 147, and K. of L.

JOSEPH BRIGGS, cigars and tobaccos, was born in Lincoln, Logan Co., IIl., October 2,
1856. Came to Marion in 1875, and farmed:seven years two miles west, removed to town in
January, 1883; was married 1878, in Marion, to Miss E. M, Reed, and has one child—Edith
Viola, aged five years; is also engaged in cattle business.

B. F. BROCKETT, Probate Judge, was born in Gallatin County, Ill., August 23, 1818;
when an infant, his parents removed-to White County, Ill, where he remained unti
twenty-four years of age; worked on a farm and learned the carpenter’s trade; he then re-
moved to Memphis, Tenn. He was married in that city, in 1850, to Miss Lenora B, Mixon,
of Bolivar; returned to White County, Ill, the same year, and remained until 1862, when
he enlisted in Company I,Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, as First Lieutenant. Attheend
of three months, he was promoted to Captain; went to Memphis, and thence to Vicksburg,
where he received injuries from which he has never recovered, while in the line of duty in
command of a ioraging pac’ He was discharged for age and disability December 15, 1863,
at New Iberia, Miss. e returned to Illinois, where he was unfortunate in building a mill,
and lost most of his means. In 1866, he removed to Garnett, Kan. In 1878, he removed to
Peabody. He was elected Probate Judge in November, 1880.. While in Peabody, he held
the position of Police Judge and Justice of the Peace. Mrs, B, died in 1860; six children
resulted from this marriage, four of whom are still living; John O., the eldest, held the
position of Principal of Schools at Peabody for some two years prior to his death, which oc-
curred in September, 1877. The four now living are.Anna, now Mrs. Dr. Buck, of Peabody;
Hettie L., student of the State Normal, Emporia; Lenora A., now Mrs, Frank Ruland, of
Augusta; and William F., of Marion. Judge Brockett was again married at El] Dorado, in
June, 1875, to Mrs. Sarah A. Keve, and they have one daughter—Lola May. ~

SAMUEL F. CARTER, of the firm of M. A. Berkley & Co.,dealers in hardware and
agricultural implements. Store was opened in 1879, under the firm name of Joseph Berkley
& Co., he dying in February, 1883. The firm carry a stock valued at $10,000. In 1882, sales
reached $50,000, and the trade of 1883 will be about the same. Mr. Carter was bornin Wood-
ford County, Ky., October 27, 1850; remained there twenty-one years, learning the carpen-
ter's trade. Came to Kansas in 1871; engaged in contracting and building until 1879; was
married in November, 1876, at Marion, Kan., to Miss Lida McMullen, a native of Ohio. Mrs.
C. died in August, 1877. Is a member of I. 0. 0. F., No. 104, and the Methodist Episcopal
Church,

J. E. COBURN, foreman of York Nursery Company, Fort Scott, Kan.; came to Kan-
sas in 1876, locating in Ellsworth County; resided there five years, having a mail contract
while there, and came to Marion in 1881. Was born in Erie County, Penn., January 12, 1855;
from there moved to Winnebago County, IIl., where he resided about two years, and at-
tended school at Logansport, Ind.; was married in May, 1879, at Ellsworth, Kan., to Miss
Mary 8. Roos, of Sweden, and bave two children ae and lrank,

ANDRUS COMSTOCK, proprietor of the'Marion Lime Works, located one mile east of
Marion; came to Marion May 13, 1872; was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., November
27, 1884; resided there until’ twenty-one; oogaged in farming, and went to Fond du Lac,
Wis., April 1, 1855. He enlisted in Company B, Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteers; was
in the Army of the Cumberland, and was relieved from field duty at Decatur, Ala. Ife has
been twice married—first to Miss Ester R. Waite, November 2, 1854, who is now deceascd ;
was married again July 12, 1868, to Miss Sylvia Gee, at Redding, Lowa, and has four children
—Lillie B., Olie P., Lenora and Archie. He is a member of the K, of L, and Pollock Post,
G. A. R.

J. H. COSTELLO, dealer in general merchandise, was born in County Tipperary, Ire-
land, about 1832; removed to Canada when quite young; remained there a few years, and
removed to New York. Enlistel on Governor's Island in 1846, and served in the war with
Mexico as a musician; re-enlisted in the Mounted Rifles, and served five years. In the
winter of 1860, came to Marion County, and located a ranch at Lost Springs, on the old
Santa Fé trail; suffered some damage by depredation from Indians. Mr. C. relates many
thrilling narratives of escape from Indian depredations. In 1865, the Arapahoes, led by Big
Mouth, surrounded his ranch, fired his hay stacks and destroyed his grain, and several days
elapsed before the siege was raised. One night in April, 1862, Bill Anderson’s gang of guer-
rilla’s ealled at his ranch, dismounted and entered. In the crowd, Mr. C. recognized Yeager,
who probably saved his life. At another time, a nude woman on horseback came to his
ranch, having made her escape from the Indians. Mr. C. was married January 30, 1862, to
Miss Abigal A. Wise, who died in 1878; was married to Miss Fannie Patton, of Fulton, Mo.;
had four children by first wife—Addie, John W., Lee and Valley. Mr, Costello opened the
second store in Marion in 1867. Has acted as Clerk of District Court, Mayor, Police Judge
and Councilman. ;

HON. RICHARD M. CRANE, banker, was born in the town of Mt. Pleasant, Racine
Co., Wis., October 7, 1843; lived there until he was eight years of age, then spent one win-
ter at Janesville; afterward his home was in Rutland, Dane Co., Wis., until 1871, when he
entered the law department of the Wisconsin University (from which he graduated), having
previously cesnee Hicvacy studies in the same institution, and at a dateseveral years prior
to that he Pad attended the Evansville and Union Schools, the latter, conducted by the well-
known instructor, Prof. Séaring, afterward State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
After attending these schools,Mr. Crane enlisted March 30,1862, in Company D, Seventh Wis-
consin Volunteer Infantry, doing active service until May 25, 1864, when, at North Ann
River, after five days’ fighting:in the battle of the Wilderness, he was permanently disabled,

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

but was not discharged until May 20, 1865, having participated, however, in nearly all impor-
tant engagements of his command. After his return to Wisconsin, and ae sufficient
health to enable him to labor, he worked on the farm for a while, and attended the Wiscon-
sin University, as before mentioned. After graduating from the law school, hespent one year
in the law office of J. H. Carpenter, one of the best lawyers of the State ; then for three years
he was employed in the pension office at Madison; leaving that position, he came to Kansas
in August, 1876, locating at Marion Center. After devoting two years almost exclusively to
the practice of-law, he purchased an interest in the Bank of Marion Center, and became
cashier thereof, holding that position until the spring of 1880, when a friend of his from
Illinois, Mr. A. W. Brewerton, became associated with him, and they Epos the institu-
tion, at that time changing the name to the Bank of Marion, Crane & Brewerton, proprie-
tors. Mr. Crane continues to transact the legal business of the bank, and does some gen-
eral practice, notably for non-residents, correspondents of the bank, etc. ‘ He was elected
State Senator in November, 1880, although he has never been an aspirant for political honors;
he has made for himself, however, a remarkable record for ability and success as a legisla-
tor. He was married at Madison, Wis., August 5, 1873, to Mary Ella Shultz, a native of
Indiana. They have two children living—Richard M., Jr., who was born in Marion, Octo-
ber 28, 1879, and Bertha, who was born April 21, 1883, at Marion. Lost one infant son.

WILLIAM H, DUDLEY, cashier of the Bank of Marion. This'bank was incorporated
in 1872, with the following officers: N. W. Gordon, President; George M. Knox, Cashier.
Capital stock, $50,000. In 1880, the stock was bought up by R. M. Crane and A. W. Brewerton,
with William H. Dudley, Cashier. Mr. Dudley located in Marion in 1879, and has been con-
nected with the bank since. He was born in Windsor, Vt., December 1, 1840, When five
years of age, his parents moved to Rutland, Wis., where he farmed until twenty-one years
of age. Then went to Chicago and engaged in pork-packing three years. Returned to Rut-
land and engaged in mercantile pursuits, farming and school teaching until coming to Kan-
sas. Was married, in 1862, at Rutland, to Miss Anna E. Crane, and has three children—
Lillian N., Chester A. and pee Mr. Dudley owns the bank building, a grain elevator and
other valuable city property. - Has held the office of Mayor of Marion for three terms. Isa
member of Center God e, A., F. & A. M., Delta Chapter, No. 19, Marion, and Garfield Com-
mandery. K. T., No. 18, rePherson, Kan. ‘

i. N, EBY, manufacturer of and dealer in harness and saddles, located here in 1879,
opening the first harness shop in the county. Was born in Wells County, Ind., January 28,
1844, oved to De Witt County, IIl.,in 1855. In 1865, moved to Menard County. Enlisted,
September 4, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Seventh Ilinois, under Col. Tomas Snell.
Was detailed as asaddier at division headquarters. Was with his command at Nashville,
Knoxville, Resaca. Was made Orderly Sergeant and Brevet Second Lieutenant, June 1,
1865. Was mustered out June 21, 1865, at gerne es Ill. Was married September, 1866, in
Menard County, Ill, to Miss Mary E. McAllister, and has three children—Edward E.,
Oliver O. and Bertie. Is Police Judge and Justice of the Peace. Isa member of Center
Lodge and Delta Chapter, A., F. & A. M. i Dies ts

THOMAS L. FIFE, Register of Deeds, Marion County, Kan., was born in Pittsburgh,
Penn, May 28, 1847. When about seven years of age, his parents moved to Johnson County,
Iowa. Mr. F. attended the Iowa State University three years, 1868-69-70, and graduated from
Peter Duff's Commercial College, Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1866. Came to Marion County, Kan.,
in 1871, where he engaged in farming near Peabody. He was elected Register of Deeds in
1879, He is a member of Center ge, No. 147, A., FB. & A. M., Delta Chapter, No. 19,
Marion, and Garfield Commandery, No. 18, McPherson, Kan. He is alsoa member of Marion
Lodge, No. 1,986, K.of H. Mr. F. was married, April 5, 1875, in Branch Township, Marion
County, to Miss Rachel Gratton, of Canada. 7 :

FRED L. FRAZER, County Treasurer, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, September
11, 1853, Lived in the city of Portsmouth, Sciota County, until eighteen years of age, when
in 1871 he came direct with his family to this county, where his father owned some 1,100
acres of land. Mr. F. improved a quarter-section of it, and resided on it about a year, and
has since resided in Marion. Here he was married, in January, 1878, to Miss Mattie E. Jar-
rett, who died in August ofthe same year. He was appointed County Treasurer, December
25, 1882, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Howe, now State Treasurer, with whom he served
as Deputy two years. Also served as Deputy Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for some
time.

WILLIAM M. GLOVER, of Glover Bros., painters, blacksmiths and wagon-makers.
Mr. Glover was born in Cass County, Ill., March 12, 1850. Resided subsequently in Sangamon,
Logan and Champaign Counties, from which Jatter county he came to Marion County in Au-
gust, 1879. Started his present business in February, 1881, having learned his trade in Illi-
nois. Was married February 10, 1882, at Marioa, to Miss Fannie A. King, and they have one
child. Is a member and Past Dictator of K. of H.

. W. HAMMILL, foreman of Marion Marble Works, was born in Geauga County, Ohio,
June 18, 1842. Resided there about twenty-five years. Began his trade July 12, 1861, at
Fort Wayne, Ind., where he remained three years, and from there went to Armstrong
County, Penn., where he remained eight years. In February, 1865, he entered the Philadel-
phia School of Art, graduating in 1869. Is alsoa graduate of Oberlin Ohio College, in the
class of 1857. Was married January 17, 1880, in Butler County, Penn., to Miss Dora ¢. King.
Came to Kansas in December, 1880.

W.H. HAMILTON, County Clerk, was born in Chester, Mass., December 20, 1833.
When a child, his parents moved to Macoupin County, Ill., where he remained until grown,
and was married in 1852 to Miss A. A. Sturges, of Illinois. Came to Marion County in 1872,
and located on a farm near Florence, which he still owns, consisting of a half section of im-
proved Jand. Mr. H. enlisted in Company .\, Ninety-seventh Illinois. In 1862, hisregiment
was assigned to the Tenth Division, Thirteenth Army Corps; participated in the siege of
Vicksburg, where he was wounded and disabled. He was promoted from the ranks to
First Lieutenant, and discharged September 3, 1863. Returned to Illinois and enenee
farming until he came to Kansas. as three boys—William A., James W. and Frederick
8. James W. is his father’s Deputy, and the other two are on the farm. Mr. H. was elected
Ponec Clerk in 1879, an independent Republican. He isa member of the K. of H., and
Pollock Post, G. A. R.

A. L. HANNAFORD, Deputy County Treasurer, was born in Butler County, Ohio,
in 1865. Came to Kansas in 1876, and located inMarion County. Has been Deputy County
Treasurer since Mr. Frazer was aoe to the office. :

DR. JOSEPH N. HANNAFORD, physician and surgeon, was born in Devonshire,
England, June 22, 1836, emigrated to America in 1844. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, where
he learned the drug business. Began reading medicine in 1868, graduating from Rush
Medical College in the class of 1870-71. Practiced his profession in Elkhart, Ind., until
1876, when he came direct to Marion County. Was married in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1859,
to Miss Anna M., Gest, of Batavia, Ohio. They have five children living—Roger G., Anna
L., Harrie E., George S. and Herbert W. He is Medical Examiner of K. of H., and United
States Medical Examiner. Is a member of the Kansas State Medical Society.

AMERICUS HISE, proprietor of Park Hotel, was born in Mason County, Ky., August
16, 1833. Mr, H. learned the carpenter’s trade and resided at Maysville, Ky., until 1869,
when he removed to Illinois, residing in Decatur ten years. He enlisted in Company kK,
Tenth Kentucky Cavalry ; served thirteen months, and then enlisted in the One Hundred
and Eighty-third Ohio Infantry, and served fourteen months, Was in the Nashville cam-
paign and mustered out at the close of the war. Came to Marion in April, 1876, and opened
the Park Hotel in October, 1882. Was married in 1853, at Aberdeen, Ohio, to Elizabeth
Jones, and they have six children, the youngest of whom is ten years of age, and the eldest
twenty-eight. Mr. Hise is a member of I. 0. G. T.

ON. SAMUEL T, HOWE, State Treasurer, was born in Savannah, Wayne Co., N. Y.,
July 23,1848. When four years of age, his parents removed with their family to Toledo,
Ohio, where he was reared and educated, and that was his home until he came to Kansas
in December, 1868, first locating near Sprin ale, Leavenworth County, remaining there un-
til September, 1869, He then removed to Topeka, making that city his home until Jan-
uary, 1871, when he located in Marion County. Soon aiter locating: in this county, he was
appointed Clerk of Doyle Township. In November, 1871, he was elected Sheriff of the
county. He was re-elected in 1873, but in consequence of absence failed to qualify, but
was afterward appointed to that position by the Governor and served one year. Then
for a period of six years, was Clerk of the District Court of his county, during which time
he read law in the office of L. F. Keller, Esq., and was admitted to the bar by Hon, Samuel
R. Peters, Judge of the Ninth Judicial District. He was then elected and served two
years as County Treasurer, and had just entered upon the duties of that office for a second
term when he was nominated and elected State Treasurer. Mr. Howe was too young to
enter the army during the first years of the war, but in January, 1865, he enlisted in Com-
pany B, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until October,
fae pane detailed as Post Orderly at Huntsville, Ala., most of the time. Prior to his en-
istment, he had been in civil service for about one year at the Southern points where our
MARION COUNTY.

army was stationed. He is 4 member of the G. A. R., A., F..& A. M., and K. of H. He was
married at Marion, Kan., December 25, 1876, to Clara B, Frazer, a native of Portsmouth,
Ohio. They have one child—Beatrice A. ‘

EVIN HOOPS, contractor in stone work, located on a homestead one mile south
of Marion in 1863. Resided there until the spring of 1872, when he removed to
Marion, and has since been engaged in contracting. as born in Rockingham County,
Va, January 16, 1882. When about five years of age, his parents moved to New Paris, Elk-
hart Co., Ind., where he remained until coming to Kansas, and learned the trade of stone
mason. Was married in Elkhart County, Ind., February 2, 1860, to Miss Mary A. Griffith,
and has six children—Carrie B., now Mrs. Levi Billings, of Marion; Nettie, Mary, Jennie,
Hugh and Bessie. Has served as Register of Deeds and Deputy Sheriff. In the fall of 1882,
Mr. Hoops paid a visit to California, for the purpose of improving his health, and his de-
termination is to settle in the Golden State in the near future.

J.T, HOPPER, of the firm of Hopper & Andrews, livery, feed and sale stable, was
born in San Antonia, Texas, December 25, 1853. At the age of eight years, he went with
his family to Marshall, Saline Co., Mo., where he lived on his father’s farm until he came to
Kansas in 1878, and began buying herses and mules in St. Louis, shipping them to Kansas
for sale. In October, 1882, he, with his present partner, started in the fivers business at
Marion, still continuing the importation of horses and mules. His father is one of the
largest stock dealers in Kansas. Mr. Hopper was married in 1872, to Miss Jennie Packwood,
of Eureka one s, Kan. Has one child, Pearl, aged nine.

BUFF JO _Wwas born in Carroll County, Ky., January 27, 1843, When seventeen
x years of age, he enlisted in Company K, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteers. Was wounded

at Shiloh, and at the expiration of two years was discharged for disability (heart disease),

and returned to Carrollton, and remained there seven years. He then came to Marion,

Kan,, and has lived there ever since. He is now contracting in this city for stone work,
, Wells, cisterns, etc. 7 :

¥. A. JONES, dealer in live stock, commenced business here in September, 1879. Has
done a business of $5,000 2 month since. Was born in Harrison County, Ohio, February 25,
1840. Remained there until twenty-one, learning the trade of a blacksmith. Enlisted in
three months’ service in 1861, in Company I, Thirteenth Ohio. Was with his command at
Corinth, Chickamauga, Shiloh and Mission Ridge. Was slightly wounded in the last-named
engagement. Was afterward in the Atlanta campaign. In 1866, he removed to Springfield,
Il. as married in Illinois December 25, 1866, to Miss Ann McMillen, of Tensesiee,
Came to Kansas in 1879. Isa member of A., F. & A. M. and G. A. R.

Cc. W. KELLER, attorney at law, was born in Crawford County, Penn., September 24,
1833. Resided there and in Erie County about thirty-three years. Learned the carpenter's
trade. Enlisted in August, 1862, in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylva-
nia Infantry. Was with his command at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg and the Wilderness. Was wounded in the series of engagements about Gettys-
burg, and lost his left arm in consequence, and was discharged June 12, 1865. He then re-
turned to Erie County, Penn., and began the study of law. Was admitted to practice in
August, 1869. Removed to Streeter, Ill., in 1871, and there practiced his profession seven
years, coming to Kansas in 1878. as married in 1858, in La Salle County, Ill., to Miss
Ellen M. Wright. They have four children—Frank, Fred, Jessie and Edith. Was City
Attorney of Streeter four years. Is a member of the M. E. Church, Marion, and a member
and Reporter of Marion Lodge, No. 1,986, K. of H. Has always been an active and earnest
temperance advocate.

WILLIAM KELLISON came to Marion County in the spring of 1870, and engaged in
the cattle business. Then engaged in general merchandise for nine years. Mr. K. is at
prevent engaged in looking after his farms, as he owns 800 acres in the county, and in 1883

had 650 acres under cultivation. He was born in Trenton, N. J., March 11, 1825. When
four years old, removed to Cattaraugus County, N. Y.; remained five years, and resided after-

ward in Lenawee, Jackson and Branch counties, Mich. Moved to Cedar Rapids and Marys- .

ville, Iowa, about 1850, and there ones. in farming and mercantile pursuits. He was
married in 1846, in Jackson, Mich., to Miss Katharine St. Clair, of New York, and has four
children—L, W. K., two miles north of Marion ; Cornelia, now Mrs. V. S. Pratt, two miles
northeast; Lucy A., now Mrs. B. A. Griffith, near town, and Arvilla A., now Mrs. V. B.
Rouse, telegraph operator at depot. He is a member of Center Lodge, No. 147, A., F.& A.M.
Was in partnership with Mr. Coble and others in F'reborn's Addition to Marion. Was Pres-
ident of the bank of Marion Center, Kan.

REV. JOHN H. KIPLINGER was born in Wayne County, Ohio, March 4,1841. Atan

early age, his family removed to Kosciusko County, Ind. After a five-years residence, the ~
family went to Fulton County, Ind. After teaching school five years in Indiana and four -

years in Missouri, he began his ministerial Jabors at Carthage, Mo., since which time he
has had charges in Lyon County, Kan., in Holt and Daviess Counties, Mo.,and Afton, Iowa,
and now (1883) has charge of the Marion Circuit, Marion County, Kan., numbering six in
all. He was married in December 25, 1871, in Holt County, Mo., to Miss Amanda Ansel~

ment. Has three children living. December 25,1861, he enlisted in Company A, Forty-

ee Volunteers, and served nearly two years, being discharged on account of
isability. :

JOUN L. LEACHMAN, dealer in farm machinery, was born in-Carroll County, Ky.,
May 11, 1838. Resided there until October, 1868, when he came to Marion, and has since en-
gaged in various business pursuits, Was married in Carroll County, Ky., March,. 1860, to

iss Susan Webster, and has seven children. Enlisted in Company B, Fifty-fourth Ken-
tucky and served one year. .

W.C. LOCKWOOD & CO., dealer in hardware and farm implements, Marion, began

business here in 1879, in the Gordon building and during the summer of 1879, built his

resent stone building 50x80 feet, two stories high. In 1882, sold over $65,000, and in 1883
fis sales will reach $75,000. Hissales for March, 1881, were $2,700; March, 1882, $4,200, and
March, 1883, $5,700. The trade in August, 1882, was $12,000. Carries a stock of $15,000 to
$25,000. William Lockwood was born in Erie County, Ohio, September 30, 1853. Moved to
Hamilton, Iowa, in 1855, and remained until 1861, then moved to LaSalle County, Ill, and
remained until coming to Kansas. Was in the hardware business in Ottawa, Ill., from 1873
until 1879. Was married at Collinsville, Il, in 1874, to Miss Elizabeth Pon of
that place, and have two children—Alfred and Lois. Is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, Marion.

DAVID LUCAS was born in Page County, Va., May 14, 1839. In 1856, moved to Me-
nard County, Ill, where he resided nine years learning the trade of a plasterer. Enlisted
August 2, 1861, in Company F, Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry. Was in the battles of Bel-

- mont, Fort Donelson and was wounded at Pittsburg Landing. While on a furlough as-
sisted in recruiting men for Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Twenty-eighth Illinois Regiments.
Was Postmaster of his regiment ope year. Was mustered out at Boonsville, Tex., June 25,
1865. Came to Kansas in 1867, and located on a farm in Marion County. Was elected
County Commissioner in 1868, and held the office two terms. Moved to Marion in 1873, was
elected Postmaster of the House of Representatives in 1877, and held the position during
three sessions of that body. Was married Janvary 30, 1860, at Petersburg, Menard Co.,
Ill, to Miss H. J. Dugan, and has had seven children—John W., Samuel U.S. G., Laura As
Louisa J., Lenora Bates and Freddie, Effa May diea in December, 1882, from the accidenta
gichatee of a gun, aged seven years. Isa member of A., F. & A. M., I. 0.0.F. and G. A. R.

odges. ;

= McLEOD, of the firm of S. McLeod & Sons, dealers in grain and coal. ° Their elevator
will contain 12,000 bushels of wheat, and ten cars a day can be loaded. They also run a
corn sheller by which two cars a day can be shelled and loaded. Mr. McLead was born in

Athens County, Ohio, in 1833. Resided there twenty-five years engaged in merchandise,
and removed to Ross County and engaged in stock-raising until 1871, when he removed to
Madison County, and engaged in farming and stock-raising until removing to Marion

County, Kan., in October, 1882. Was married in Athens, Ohio, 1853, to Elvira P. Beebe, and

has eight children. Enlisted in Company B, Fifty-third Ohio Volunteers, and served two
years. Participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Holly Springs and Memphis. Was
discharged at Holly Springs on account of sickness, holding the commission of Second

Lieutenant at the time. He is a member of theI. 0. O. F., Marion. .

: REV. CHARLES B. MITCHELL, A. M., son of Rev. D. P. Mitchell, was born in Alle-
heny City, Penn., August 27, 1857, and at the age of five years he came with his father’s

Ftcnily to Kansas. After completing the high school course, and receiving further prepara

tions in the classics by his sister, Mrs. L. B. Kellogg, at the age of eighteen, he entered
the freshmen’s class at Mount Union College, Mount Union, Ohio, and in two years com
pleted the first threc years of the college course. He then left that school for Allegheny

College, Meadville, Penn., a school of higher grade, and entered the senior class and grad-

uated in June, 1879. While at the latter school, he was editor-in-chief of the Crescent,” the
official organ of the Delta Tau Delta Greek letter fraternity. He sete with the hon-
ors of his class, being “master orator.” Immediately after graduation, he commenced

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preaching as a supply under the Presiding Elder, his father, having been licensed tu preach
while in college. In March, 1880, he joined the South Kansas Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church as a probationer, and is now an ordained Elder in that church. He has
served as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Churches at Coyville, Burton and Marion; re-
mained three years, the limit of the term, at the latter place. On the 6th of July, 1882, he
was married in Pittsburgh, Penn., to Miss Clara Aull, of that city, daughter of James Aull
and sister of Major William F. Aull, State Senator from the Pittsburgh District. In June,
1882, the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by his Alma Mater. He has one of the
largest and best selected pee libraries in the State, it being a legacy from his father.
REV., DANIEL P. MITCHELL, deceased, was born near Phillipi, Barbour Co., W. Va.,
February 2, 1821, and died suddenly on the cars near Newton, Kan., August 24, 1881, in his
sixty-first pat His parents were among the solid yeomanry of that mountainous country
and from them he inherited a strong physical organization and endowments of brain and
heart which promised for hima prominent position among-men. Under the preaching of
the pioneer Methodist preachers of that day, he was in early{life led to Christ, and at the
ae of twenty-three years entered the Pittsburgh conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In'that conference of strong men, he soon became known as a young man of
promise, and ina brief pee took a foremost place in the church. His appointments were
Kingwood, Murraysville,'Johnstown, Coshocton two years, Normal two years, Cadiz two
ears, Carrollton two years, South Common Church, Allegheny City two years and Presid-
ing Elder cf Allegheny District two years; the latter appointment being a mark of distinc-
tion in those early days. His last appointment in that conference was Jonnston, Penn.
Bishop Ames, who knew him best of any of the older Bishops, selected him for the Kansas
work, and charged him to come to Kansas, and help build up a conference for God and
Methodism. He was first appointed to Leavenworth, where he attracted the leading men
of the State, precebed to large audiences, conducted large revivals and built up the property
interests of his church in that city. The next two years were spent as Presiding Elder of
the Leavenworth District, followed by two years as pastor of the Second Methodist Episco-
pal Church of that city, and Chaplain of the Penitentiary. In 1870, he was re-appointed to

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the First Church in Leavenworth. Following this, he was pastor of the First Church of
Topeka two years, then Presiding Elder of the Fort Scott District four years, then two years
Presiding Elder of the Emporia District, then one year Presiding Elder of the Independence
District, and then his last charge Hutchinson, making thirty-three years of active service,
and leaving a record of work accomplished, that few men have equalled. He was a mem-
ber of the general conference, the law making body of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at
four different times, representing each of the three conferences with which he had been con-
nected, and was for several years the representative of his general conference district in the
missionary society of that church. At different times he was a prominent candidate for
Governor of Kansas, and for Congress. At onetime he received the solid vote of his party
for United States Senator, against his own wishes and best interests. He was urged by his

arty for the above positions. He was universally recognized as the head of the National
yreenback party of this State, and when the head died the body died also. In all his politi-
cal career, there were no opponents to his views who were disposed to meet him in debate.
Some of the strong leading men who were opposed to his political position, testify that his
career was not derogatory to him, either asa man or asa minister of the Gospel. During his
residence in the State, he was universally regarded as the leading man of the church in
Kansas. Asa preacher, he was vigorous and oftentimes eloquent. Asa reasoner, he was
clear and concise. Asa debater, he had but few equals whether on the conference floor,
the platform, the pulpit, or in the open field, warding off the sophistries of infidelity. He
was a constant worker, and literally worked himself to death. He left a wife and eight
children, Mrs, Mitchell was a help-meet in all his itinerant toils. She is a woman of deep
piety and marked intellectuality. She is the daughter of Rev. Henry Baker who wasa
prominent member of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, The
oldest son, Henry B., is both a civil and locomotive engineer, but now employed in the
State Auditor’s office as feo Mrs. L. B. Kellogg, the oldest daughter, is a practic-
ing attorney in Emporia, and is the first woman edited to the practice in the Supreme
Court of the State. Joseph T. is one of the officers of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and re-

- sides at Portland, Oregon. Annie E. has been book-keeper at G. W. Newman's, Emporia,

for the past six years. Charles B. is a minister and member of the Southwest Kansas Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. George T. Guernsey, is the wife of a bank-
er, and resides in Independence, Kan. Dove and Nettie, the two youngest, live with their
mother. For full particulars of the life of D. P. Mitchell see ‘‘ Sisson’s Life of Mitchell.”
JAMES MYERS, dealer in confectionery and fruits, came to the State in 1875, and lo-
cated on a farm in Clear Creek Township. Remained there two years and moved to Marion.
Was born in Menard County, Ill, 1850. Removed to Atchison County, Mo, when three
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years of age. Was married June 19, 1870, in Menard County, IIL. to Miss Brooks, Is amem-
ber of Center Lodge, A., I’. & A. M., No. 147, and Delta Chapter, No.19, A., F.& A. M., Marion.

J. J. PIERSON, photographer, was born in the State of Arkansas, October 7, 1839. Was
employed by Government one year during the war. Resided in Illinois and New Mexico, and
came to Kansas in 1864, locating at Junction City, teaching school there about two years,
and farming some four years. Was married at Junction City in 1866. His wifedied in the
spring of 1870, leaving two children, one of whom died shortly after. In the meantime, he
had returned from Arkansas to Kansas in 1876. Resided in Manhattan and Wamego. Came
to Marion in 1881, since which time he has devoted his entire time to photographic business.

TAYLOR RIDDLE, Under Sheriff and Jailer, was born in Madison County, Ohio, May
2, 1851; when three years of age his parents moved to Piatt County, Ill., where he resided
twenty years engaged in farming; lived in Benton County, Ind., three years, where he was
married to M. C, Kious, a native of Montgomery County, Ind. They have three children
—Humbert, Wayne and Tell. He came to Kansas in November, 1878, locating on a farm
three miles northwest of Marion, which he still owns. He was appointed Under Sheriff in
1881, and has held that position since. He isa member of Center Lodge, A., F. & A. M., No.
147, and of Forest Lodge, No. 77, K. of P., and has always been a Republican.

_ C.R. ROBERTS, farmer, owns the east half of northwest quarter of Section 6, Town-
ship 20, Range 4 east, adjoins Marion (city) on the west. r. R. was born in Ben-
nington County, Vt., November 16, 1816; moved to Rutland County when auto young,
and remained several years; was educated at Burr Seminary, Manchester, Bennington
County; engaged as a clerk with his father and others; came to Pettis County, Mo.
in 1856, and resided there three years; went to Pike’s Peak in 1859; on his return in
1861, stopped in Marion County; took a homestead on South Fork of Cottonwood Creek.
Mr. R. assisted in the organization of the county, and held the offices of Commissioner,
County Surveyor, Clerk of District Court and Township Trustee; kept a ranche for two
years on the old Santa Fé trail in McPherson County, but was constantly harassed by
Indians and obliged to leave the ranche. He was married at Marion in August, 1864, to
Mrs. Margaret Strawhacker, she having one son, William Henry, and adopted by Mr.
Roberts, and now farming on his own place of 200 acres, and his mother’s homestead. Mr.
R. has passed through some rough periods since coming to Kansas, having shared the com-
mon lot of the pioneer, but he now has a competence earned by patient industry, and an
abiding faith in the future greatness of Kansas. He is an ancient member of the I. 0. 0.
F., and was ane, a Granger.

R. J. N. ROGERS, physician and surgeon, located in Marion in the fall of 1865, and
opened the first drug store in the town, and was the first resident physician of the county.

T. J. SMITH, Sheritf, was born in Henry County, Ky., March 12, 1844; resided there
until twenty-three years of age; engaged in rene aud removed to McLean County, III.
and engaged in farming there about eight years, and from thence came to this county and
located in Clear Creek Township, where he engaged in farming about three years. He
was appointed Under Sheriff in January, 1878; served in that capacity until his elec-
tion. He was married in December, 1865, in Henry County, Ky., to Miss Sallie Williamson.
of Madison County. Ky., and has seven children—Mattie B., W. A., Elizabeth, Emma A., A.

N.,5..W. and Richard. He is a member of Forest Lodge, K. of P., No. 77, Marion.

J. L. SPIVEY, restaurant, dealer in confectionery, fruits, tobacco and cigars, was born in
Lee County, Va., July 4, 1851; resided in Claybourn County, Tenn. forfour years; from there
removed to Proctor, Owsley County, Ky., and remained until twenty-six years of age ; occu-
poe a farmer; went from there to Carroll County, Ky., and remained three years; has

een in Kansas over three years in present business, since September 22, 1882; is a member
of Center Lo ige, No. 147, and Delta Chapter, No. 19, A., F. & A. M.

. H. STONE dealer in coal and plastering material, gasoline stoves and coat oil;
also proprietor of Marion Baggage and Dray Line; was born in Licking County, Ohio, Sep-
tember 22, 1848 ; remained there until 1868, and engaged in farming; attended Dennison
University at Granville, Ohio, one year, and took a commercial course at Bush and Mar-
shall’s Commercial College, Columbus, Ohio. In 1868, removed to McLean County, Ill, and
resided there six years; engaged in mercantile business at Bloomington and Le Roy;
located here in 1874; teamed for three years, and went into coal business in 1877 ; opened a
lumber yard which hesold to J. G. Morse in the fall of 1880, Jn 1882, sold ninety-nine cars
of coal, and paid out on freights, $1,000; business will reach $20,000 a year. He was married
at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 26, 1867, to Miss Mary A. Judy, of Westerville, Ohio, and has
three children—Lulu A., Daisey G. and Oliver C.; isa member of Marion Lodge, No. 104,
I. 0. O. F., and Forest Lodge, No. 77, K. of P. Has served twu terms on City Council.

FRANK R. STROWIG, of the Marion Mill Company. The mill was completed and
began work June 23, 1882. Mr. 8. was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, November 23, 1855;
came to Kansas, when quite young, locating at Holton, Jackson County, where he resided
until 1879, engaged in farming; from thence moved to Wabaunsee County, and resided until
coming to Marion in March, 1882; was married in July, 1878,at Holton, Kas., to Miss Josie Will-
james The mill is a tine stone structure, and has a capacity of 100 barrels in twenty-four

ours.

LARS STROM, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddles, boots and shoes, Marion.
Carries a stock of $3,000; trade will reach about $15,000. Mr. Strom was born in Wesbey,
Sweden, December 31, 1845; went to Stockholm when about fourteen, and there learned his
trade, and carried on business, Came to America in 1872,and_remained in St. Joe, Mo.,
eighteen months; then removed to Council Grove, and remained about six years in busi-
ness, and has since been in Marion. Was married in September, 1877, at Emporia, Kan., to
Miss Emma Peterson, who died soon after.

DR. G. M. TIDYMAN, surgeon dentist, located in Marion, December 16, 1878; was
born in Dodge County, Wis., December 26, 1857; remained there until twenty years of age,
and attended the union school at Mayville; ee studying dentistry in June, 1877, with
Dr. J. G. Clark, of Mayville. He was married July 17, 1881, at Marion, to Miss Lydia J.
Gibson, of Marion County, and_has one child—Carrie L. He is a member of Marion Lodge,
No. 1,986, K. of H., and also of Centre Lodge, No, 147, A., F. & A. M.

SAMUEL ‘THOMPSON, hotel, was born in Parke County, Ind., March 15, 1832; lived on
a farm in Indiana until eighteen years old, when he went to Keokuk County, Iowa, where
he followed farming one year, and then went to Jacksonville, Ill. Afterone year there, he
removed to Putnam County, Ind., where he engaged in the stock and mercantile business.
After another trip West, in ‘which he followed surveying for nearly a year, he again returned

to Indiana, and en aged in the stock and mercantile business. He enlisted in Company F,
Eighth Iowa Cavalry, in 1863; served two years; was taken prisoner in July, 1863, ‘and
after being in a number of Southern prisons, was paroled at Wilmington, N. C. Came
to Marion in May, 1880; was married in Putnam County, Mo., in 1856. His wife died in
1878, and he was again married in 1879. Has eight children living.

EDWIN R. TRENNER, abstractor, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 15, 1838;
resided there until the civil war began; engal ed in eee and book-keepin , and
pursued a course of study in Woodard High School ; pursued his law studies in the office of
A. N, Riddle, Esq., and was admitted to practice in 1859; opened an office oe Despina two
years; was then appointed to a position in the Quartermaster’s Department of the Railway
Auditor’s office, at Nashville, where he remained two and a half years, and returned to Cin-
cinnati, and remained until May, 1870. Came to Marion County, Kan., September 20, 1871
and began to set off real estate abstracts, which he has since kept up. Was appointe
Deputy County Clerk the same year, which he held until 1877, when he was elected Count:
Clerk, holding the office one term; was married at Cincinnati in 1871, to Miss Lillie
Goodman, of that city. They bave three children—George, Alice and Annie M. He is a
member of Marion Lodge, No. 104, I. 0. 0. F. :

JOHN WAND, dealer in rues and fancy goods; carries a stock of $6,000 and $8,000,
and his annual trade will reach $16,000. Mr. Wand does a jobbing trade in certain articles,
and his goods are imported direct from Germany. He will, this year, extend his trade into
New Mexico. Heis now handling a cigar lighter, an improvement over all previous inven-
tions, of which his father, John Wand, of Birkungen, Prussia, is the inventor. Mn, Wand
was born December 16, 1854, in Prussia; engaged early in the drug business, and graduated
from the Vienna University in 1874; came to America in the fall of 1874, and Iocated at
Brenham, Tex., where he clerked in a drug store; opened business here in 1877. He was
married in the spring of 1878, at St, Louis, Mo., to Miss Belle Ancker, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and has two children—Hettie and Julius. He is a member of Marion Lodge, No. 104, I. O.
O. F., K. of H., No. 1,986. He is a member of the Kansas State Pharmaceutical Associa-

jon. °. E
ae W. T. WATSON, Deputy Register of Deeds, was born in Coles County, Tll., in 1858,
In the fall of 1876, hé went South, and resided there until quite recently.

REV. B. F. WONDER, was horn in Juniata, Penn. At the age of five, he went with
his parents to Peoria County, Il.” With the exception of his army life, he lived in that
county thirteen years. He enlisted in Company C, Vifty-seventh Illinois Infantry ; was in
some of the most important engagements of the war, and went with Sherman to the sea.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

After the war, he attended school at Lewiston and Bloomington, Ill., and joined the Central
Tllinois Conference in 1868. Three years later, he came to Kansas; joined the Kansas Con-
ference in 1873, and was stationed three years at Cedar Vale. He has since had charge at
Lyons, Rice County, at Walnut Valley, at Kingman, and has been two years at Marion.
here are four appointments on his circuit, with a membership of fifty. Was married in

‘Farmington, Ill., July 4, 1867, to Miss Mary J. Holt, by whom he has had four children,

W. B, ZERCHER, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, of Marion County,
Kan., was elected in November, 1882. He was born in Decatur, Brown Co., Ohio, December
4, 1847; resided there until eleven years of age, and moved to Adams County, where he re-
mained until 1869; attended L>banon, Ohio, College in 1868 ; has made a profession of teach-
ing; enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-third Ohio, October 17, 1864, in the
one year service; was in the battle of Franklin and the second battle of Nashville; was
mustered out August 17, 1865; went to Jackson County, Mo., in 1869, and was there married
June 16, 1872, to Miss A. K. Smith; came to Kansas in 1871; took a homestead near Peabody,
and has been teaching continuously since. He is a member of the A., F, & A. M., Florence,
and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

PEABODY.

The first settlement made in Peabody Township was in the autumn of
1870, the pioneers coming in advance of the railroad, and living for sev-
eral weeks in tents. A colony from Wisconsin consisting of J. E. Cone,
W. C. Nye, C. D. Bradley, F. H. Hopkins and M. Birdsall had filed for
record February 15, 1871, a plat of a town named Coneburg, located on
the east half of the northwest quarter, and the northeast quarter of Sec-
tion 4, Town 22, Range 8. In June, 1871, the town of Peabody as platted
and filed, was located on the south half of Section 4, Town 22, Range 3. 8.
N. Robinson was President of the town company: R. K. Taber, Secretary.
_ April 27, 1872, Coneburg practically became North Peabody. A re-
vised plat of Peabody was made July 5, 1875, and a supplemental plat of
North Peabody was made April 27, 1878. May 10, 1879, there was still
a location made on the southwest quarter of Section 34, Town 21, Range 3.
Peabody, as it now exists, is located on Doyle Creek, Spring Creek run-
ning irregularly rou it. F. H. Hopkins, Esq., was appointed Post-
master in February, 1871, and until about the first of July he carried the
mail to and from the post office at Florence. At that time regular trains
began running on the road, and the town gained a newimpetus. B. Pink-
ney is the Postmaster at Peabody.

The city was named in honor of F. H. Peabody, of Boston, formerly
President of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company, who
erected a fine library building on a commanding square of ground, Block
84, located on the corner of Walnut street and Division avenue, donated
by the city for that purpose. It is kept open every afternoon and even-
ing, a lady librarian—Mrs. Kincaid—having the management of the same.
New books are constantly added to the library, and the reading room is
well supplied with newspapers and periodicals.

The city authorities for 1882, are as follows: Mayor, F. C. Bush;
Councilmen, G. W. Neal, C. A. Hanlenbeck, F. B. McKercher, A. K.
Stewart and D. J. Roberts; Police Judge, J. M. Holcomb; City Attorney,
G. W. Camp; Clerk, G. W. Camp; Treasurer, F. H. Kollock; Marshal, K.
8. Crisfield.

Prof. L. M. Knowles, one of the State’s best educators, has charge of the
school as Principal, and there are four other teachers. A large stone
structure was built in 1872. for school purposes. but the school increasing
een very rapidly, a large frame building was erected just north of it in

Peabody has a Quartette Band, a Cornet Band, a Lotus Club, a Post
of the Grand Army of the Republic, organized July 10, 1882, Knights of
Honor, Odd Fellows and Masonic organizatiens. tt has a Co-operative
Temperance Union, organized July 10, 1882; R. L. Cochran, President.
Frank McKircher is the station agent; J. M. Amborn has the nursery west
of the city; the Marion County Agricultural Society have located their
fair grounds here. There are twenty acres, very well arranged for such
a purpose. There is a neat half mile track very nearly circular in form.

Incorporated in 1879, the town has made rapid strides since it became
an organized city of the third class. As a market place, it has an advan-
tage of having western as well as eastern outlets. Butter, eggs, poultry
and baled hay, find their way day by day to the mining towns of Colo-
rado and New Mexico, and the half score of elevators and the cattle
gets point as evidences of the extensive grain and stock shipments to

e East.

CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, THE PRESS, ETC.

In January, 1871, the people of the burg assembled themselves together for the worship
of the Lord, and in 1882 there are Baptist, Christian, Lutheran, Methodist Episcopal and
United Presbyterian societies here, with their church organizations.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1872, It has a membership of about, 120.
Rev. E. D. Walker is pastor; G. P. Vandenberg, Sunday school Superintendent. They
have a frame church building, valued at $3,000.

The Methodist Episcopal Church has upwards of 100 members. They built a good frame
house in 1874, at a cost of $3,000. Rev. Thomas Auders is their pastor; Dr. L. E. Disney,
Superintendent of their Sunday school.

The Baptist Church erected a neat frame building, costing about $2,000, in 1873, George
W. Shute is their Sunday school Superintendent.

The Lutheran Church, containing about eighty members, erected a building in 1878.
It was named St. Paul’s Church, rm cost about $3,500. :

: The Christian Church contains about fifty members. Their house of worship, erected
in 1881, cost about $2,500. Rev. Alexander Ellet is their pastor.

Knights of Pythias—J. H. Lyon, P. G. C., assisted by ni ht John Burns, organized
Tuesday, November 14, 1882. The members are R. S. Riehl, 3. B. Chilcote, 8. A. Stauffer,
A. Hyman, F. Medlam, C. D. Rogers, H B. Robertson, H. C. Rushmon, H. Rolfs, Guy Johno-
ston, J. C. oat G. C. Nold, Thomas O’Meara, F. B Landon, Henry Storch, Charles E.
Thomas, R. A. Enffy, W. F. Richardson H.S. Minor.  Officers—H. B. Robertson, P. G5
Guy Johnston, CG. C.; C _D. Rogers, V. C.; F. B. Landon, K. of R. and §.; H. C. Bushmore, M.
of F.; Thomas O'Meara, M. of E.; F. Melam, M. at A. J. C, King, I.G.; H. Minor, 0, G.

Newspaper History.—J. P. Church, on May 1, 1873, issued the Brst number of the Pea-
body Gazette. In December, 1873, the Atchison Globe office, where the Gazetle had been
printed, having ceased to be, the Gazette was suspended until April, 1874. The Shaft, a
twenty-eight-column paper, had been established by W. H. Morgan, in August, 1871, In
April, 1874, he also put material in Peabody to establish the Gazette, continuing the pub-
lication of the Shaft. The Gazette, having been under the management of Church & Morgan,
Mr. Morgan retired from it in November, 1274, selling to Mr, Church. Fora period of
about three years, several changes had been made in the proprietorship, and W. H. Walker
taking the helm in September, 1877, runuing it until January, 1880, when H. D, Morgan
MARION

became associated with him. Henderson & Briggs obtained the office in March, and i
September Mr, Briggs retired from the firm, ienving Mr. Henderson sole owner. a W.
H. Morgan, in 1875, sold the Osage City Shaft to J. P. Campbell, who enlarged it to a six-
column quarto, and changed its name to the Jfree Press. Mr. Morgan, in 1876, re-purchased
the office and continued its publication, in 1878 enlarging it to a fifty -ole-coluvaa paper, In
April, 1881, he sold the Free Press to J. V. Admire. In December, 1880, he had bought of
r, Henderson the Peabody Gazette, and, after selling the Free Press, he moved to Peabody
and made that place his home. Enlarged the Gazeéée until it is, in 1882, a fifty-six-column
yaper. He is still its publisher, and he makes it a credit to himself, to the city in which he
ives, and to the great Southwest. A.B. Knowlton started the Peabody Post in 1882, and
published No. 22, the last number, August 24. He sold it to Mr. Morgan, of the Gazette, who
merged it into the Gaze//e. Both papers were Republican in their politics. 3
eabody has three hotels, two banks, four drug stores, seven general stores, one flour
and feed store, two barber shops, four real estate, insurance and Joan agencies, two meat
markets, four blacksmith and wagon shops, two grocery establishments, two bakeries and
confectioneries, two hardware and farm implement establishments, one foundry and ma-
,chine shop, one carriage and paint shop, three millinery establishments, one livery stable,
two dealers in books, periodicals and stationery, six carpenters and builders, one auction-
eer, one photographer, one dentist, three physicians, one merchant tailor, two boot and
shoe makers, one mason and contractor, three lumber dealers, two coal dealers, one house
painter and paper-hanger, one jeweler, one gunsmith, one furniture dealer and under-
taker, one veterinary surgeon, one poultry yard proprietor. The Peabody Flouring Mills
is one of the best, and it is tributary to a great wheat-raising region, the Russian settlers
making wheat a special crop. i

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

AYERS & WAREHAM, wholesale and retail dealers in baled hay, grain and coal; have
been in businves four years; shipped 163 cars of grain and hay in 1882. Are agents for the
Osage shaft coal, of which they sold fifty-four cars from S-ptember, 1881, until May 10, 1883. ©.
H. Wareham was born in Oswego County, N. Y¥., March 22, 1845; moved to Ozaukee County,
Wis., when eight years of age, where he engaged in farming until the spring of 1864, when he
enlisted in Company H, Thirty-fifth Wisconsin as private. Was with his command at the cap-
ture of Spanish Fort and those adjacent to Mobile, and was promoted to Sergeant Major cf his
regiment. Was also commissioned Second and First Lieutevant in his company. Was mus-
tered out in April, 1865; removed to Moniteau County, Mo., in the spring of 1867; there
engaged in teaching and working at his trade, that of a carpenter, until the spring of 1871,
when he came to Marion Conuty and took a soldier's homestead seven miles northwest of Pea-
body. In the fall of 1881, removed tv Peabody. Was married, in May, 1873, in Marion County,
to Miss Angie Ayers, of Portage County, Ohio, and has one child living—Manly Uharles, one,
Maud Evaline, having died of scarlet fever February 23, 1877, aged two years and eleven
months. Was Treasurer of the School District No, 28 for ten years. Mr. W.:was ordained at
the Peabody Baptist Church in August, 1873, and is now pastor of the Baptist Churches at
Strong City and Walton, Kan. He is a member of the G. A. R. Post, Peabody.

Cc. W. BRAGUNTER, dealer in general merchandise. The business was begun here in
1871 by Jerry and C. W, Bragunier as a branch of their Emporia store. May 22° 1873, C. W.
touk charge of the store here. The cash value of the stock January, 1883, was $13,000, and the
annual sales will reach $30,000. In 1883, their present commodious store room was built at'No.
35 Walnut street, wnich is a one story stone structure 25xi00 feet, with iron and plate glass
front, costing $3,500, and the stock was moved there June 1, 1883. Mr. B. was born in Indian-
apolis, Ind., February 26, 1851, and attended the city schools. His father was a farmer near the
city. In 1871, came to Emporia, where he remained in business with his brother until coming
to Peabody. Was married in: November, 1874, at Peabody, Kan., to Miss Sarah A. Mahuod, of
Amherst Island, Can., and have three children—Charles W., George Edgar (twins), born March
24, 1879, and Pearl Irene, born July 11, 1881. Is a member of Covenant Lodge, No. 113, I. 0. 0.
F., and Halcyon Lodge, No. 120, A., F. & A. M., Peabody, Newton Commandery, No. 9, and
Arkansas Valley Chapter, No. 27, Newton, Kan.

J. D. BROWN was born in Pennsylvania. in 1830, but soon after moved to Illinois, where
he worked on a farm for ten years, In 1854, he went to California, where he spent fourteen
years mining and freighting. Returning to Illinois, he engaged in the fine stock business,
which he continued there and in Missouri until 1872, when he moved to Peabody, Kan. He has
probably done more than any other man in the county toward improving the breed of work-
horses, Among hig more noted horses are Seraglio, a dapple grey stallion, imported in 1881 at a
cost of over $2,000; one dapple gray mare, Molly, high grade Norman, five-year-old ; Humboldt,
a dapple gray, high grade, and St. John, five and four years old—two of the finest horses in the
State, the offspririg from an imported horse from Dillon & Oo., Illinois. ;

H. C. BREWER, dealer in general merchandise, located on a homestead nine miles
northwest of Peabody, in May; 1871. In August, 1872, opened a store in Peabody. Carries a
stock of $6,000; an average annual trade of $20,000. He was born in Washington County, Md.,
July 11, 1838, and, in 1855, moved to Charleston, Va., and remained one year. In 1857, went to
Keokuk, Iowa, and remained one year. In 1858, moved to Baltimore, Md., and resided a short
time and returned to his native place and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Enlisted June 14,
1862, as Second Lieutenant of Company H, Sixth Maryland Infantry. Participated in the bat-
tles of the Wilderness, Winchester, Mine Run, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Ream’s Station and
Petersburg. Was Acting Adjutant most of the time, and was promoted to Quartermaster in
1864, Was mustered out June 26, 1865, at Baltimore, Md., then returned to Clear Spring, Md.,
and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was married there December 20, 1866, to Miss Mary C.
Loose, They have four children—Carrie V., William E., Nellie F. and James Clifford. He is a
member of the A., F. & A. M., K. of H., and G. A. R. Is Secretary of Marion County Agricult-
ural Society, and President of the Peabody Elevator Company.

DR. L. A. BUCK, physician and surgeon, was born in Buckfield, Oxford County, Me, Au-
gust 17,1840. After completing his schooling in English branches, and when eighteen years of
age, began reading medicine with his uncle, Dr. William Bridgeham, of Buckfield, Me. At the
commencement of the war, he enlisted ag a private in Company D, Second Regiment U.S. A.,
Burdan’s United States Sharpshooters. In 1863, was appointed a Hospital St -ward U.S. A., and,
in 1864, was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the Twentieth Maine Volunteers and while in
that position attended medical lectures at the Georgetown Medical College, Washington, D. C.,
and graduated from that institution in 1865. Practiced in Washington about one and a half
years, and returned to Paris, Oxford County, Me., where he practiced until October, 1870, when
he removed to Augusta, Butler County, Kan., and remained there five years and came to Pea-
body. He has been twice married, first in 1866 to Miss Adelia F. Pearce, of Hartford, Me. Mrs.
B. died in Augusta August 13, 1873, Two children survive her—Lulu Clare and Charles B. He
was married again July 4, 1875, to Miss Anna Brockett, daughter of Judge Brockett, of Marion.
Dr. Buck was appointed local Surgeon of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad in 1877. Is
Vice President of the Marion County Agricultural Society, and takes a great interest in fine
horses, being the owner of some fine Hambletonian colts. Dr. Buck is a member of the A., F.
& A.M.

F. C. BUSH, dealer in general merchandise, carries a stock of $10,000, and does an annual
trade of $35,000. Located in Peabody in 1871, and commenced business in 1874, Was born in
Orleans County; N. Y., September 13, 1839. In 1846, moved to Washington County, Wis., and
remained there until 1855, and removed to Hudson, Mich. Attended school two years and
entered mercantile business, which he pursued until coming to Kansas. He was married in
Saline, Mich., November 5, 1862, to Miss Josephine A. Bedford, and has one child—Nina J., now
a student of Bethany College, Topeka. He has served several terms on the City Council, and,
in 1882, was elected Mayor of the city. Was a member of the A., F. & A. M., K. of H., and a
stockholder of the Marion County Agricultural Society. : Moe

HON, GEORGE W. CAMPBELL, dealer in grain and stock, came to this locality in 1871,
and located on a farm adjoining the old town of Coneberg. Opened the first lumber yard in the
town. Was elected President of North Peabody Town Company in the winter of 1871. Was
born in Indiana County, Penn., September 29, 1829, his father’s name being Michael Campbell,
and his mother’s maiden name being Elizabeth Ramsey. Mr. Campbell engaged in mercantile
pursuits in Blairsville, Penn., when a young man, and was married there September 16, 1849,
to Miss Sarah E, Giberson. In 1855, removed to Columbus, Wis., where he engaged in mercan-
tile pursuits and grain business for sixteen years. In 1863, he was elected to the Legislature on
the Republican ticket. In 1863-64, was appointed Deputy Provost Marshal, and also appointed
in the revenue service of the Government. In 1876, he was elected to the Legislature from
Marion County. Mr. Campbell erected a residence on his farm adjoining Peabody, which cost
$5,000, and his present residence in the city cost $3,000 and is a model of elegance and comfort.
His stock interests have been very extensive, and he has associated with him Dr. Hoffman, his
son-in-law. Mr. Campbell is a one-third owner of the Peabody Flonring Mills, and superin-
tends the same. He was the founder, and, for years, a Deacon of tho Presbyterian Church. Is

algo connected with the A., F. & A. M.and Legion of Honor.

COUNTY. 1261

GEORGE W. CAMP, attorney at law, loan and real estate dealer. Mr. Camp homesteaded
the southeast quarter of Section 22, Town 21, Range 3, in March, 1871. Was born in Hunting-
don County, Penn., July 21, 1836. Enlisted April 18, 1861, in the three months’ service, and
served in Company F, Third Pennsylvania. Aesisted in recruiting Company I, Fifty-fourth
Pennsylvania, and re-enlisted in that company August 6,1861. Was commissioned First Lieu-
tenant August 6, 1861; was wounded at Winchester September 19, 1864, and mustered out Octo-
ber 11,1864. Removed to Jackson County, Ind., in December, 1864. Was admitted to the bar in
1867, and remained until coming to Kansas in 1871. Was married July 3, 1866, in Jackson
County, Ind., fo Mra, Margaret Righter. Was elected County Commissioner in 187], and served
until 1873. Has been Justice of the Peace for three years. Has been Secretary of Halcyon Lodge
No. 120, A., F. & A, M. for four years, and a member of Arkansas Chapter, No. 27, and Newton
Commundery, No.9. In October, 1882, formed a co-partnership with D. Severy und E. S. Cris-
field in the land and loan business. .

JOHN D, OATON, firm of Caton & Son, was born in McLean County, Il] , March 4, 1842.
Lived there thirty-eight years farming and feeding cattle. He enlisted in Company F, Thirty-
eighth Illinois Infantry, at Atlanta, Ill., in 1861, and served a year and a half. He was married,
in McLean County, September 29, 1862, to-Miss Mary E. Gore. He bas three children, of whom
the eldest, John M., owns the brick manufactory at Peabody, Mr. Caton owns a ranch at Paw-
nee Rocks, where he generally has from 2,500 to 3,000 head of cattle. He ships every year sev-
eral hundred head of Texas ponies to the Eastern markets, and feeds several thousand head of
hogs each year. He is a wide-awake business man, always looking out for the main chance.

JESSE COLLINS, of the firm of Durby & Collins, was born in Thaxted, Essex, England,

: February 10, 1833, and came to America, at the age of eighteen, locating in Hinkley, Medina

Co., Ohio. He worked on a farm until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company K, One Hun-
dred and Third Ohio Infantry, with which he served two years and ten months. He was with
his regiment in the campaign against Kirby Smith in Kentucky, at the battle of Armstrong Hill,
all ae oee the East Tennessee campaign, and followed Longstreet to Greenville, N.C. At the
battle of Resaca his company went into battle forty strong, and left fully one-half of that number
on the field, On account of a sunatroke he received, he was granted a ten-weeks’ furlough, and
when he reported for duty was sent to the hospital at Chattanooga, where he remained until
mustered out at the close of the war. He was married July 20, 1865, to Miss M. D. Hobbs, of Ohio,
and came to Kansas in the fall of 1870.

PHILIP L. CORBY, was born in Maryland in 1841, living there until twenty-two years of
age, when he removed to Springfield, where he worked at his trade, that of a shoe-maker, for five
years, He then went to Mount Pulaski, Ill., where he remained five years, coming to Kansas in
1873. He was married in 1863, to Miss Martha EK. Baker. Besides doing a general shoe-making
business, he is the proprietor of a flour and feed store.

DR. L. E. DISNEY, surgeon dentist, located here September 4, 1879, and opened an office
February 16, 1880; studied dentistry at Mount Vernon, Ohio, with Dr. D. McBriar, now of Colum-
bus, Ohio, and student of Dr. 8. P. Hullihen, who was a student of the famous Dr. Fundenberg,
the founder of dentistry.. Dr. Disney was born in Knox County, Ohio, January 12, 1837, and
remained in that county until entering the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1855. where he pre-
pared himself for his profession; began the study of dentistry immediately ; began the practice
of dentistry at Coshocton in 1863, and practiced there until 1870; was a member, and also one
of the examiners of Tuscarora Valley Dental Agsociation. On April 10,1867, he was marricd
at Coshocton, Ohio, to Miss Anna H. Spangler, formerly of Greenup County, Ky. In 1870,
Dr. Disney engaged in the drug trade until the spring of 1878 and then came to Iuwa, with the
hope of improving his health, and remained there one year, and came from thence to Kansas.
Dr. Disney is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Superintendent of the Sabbath
school, and a member of the A. L. of H. :

EDWIN P. DUBOIS, was born in Delaware County, N. Y., June 20, 1827. In 1836, his
fumily removed to Michigan, locating on afarm. The subject of this sketch was married June
30, 1851, to Miss Clarissa Holmes, and in 1870 removed to Sioux City, lowa, where he farmed for
two years, coming to Kansas in 1872. He located on a farm in Section 22, Town 20, Range 2, and
farmed it five years; sold, and has since lived in Peabody, and runs the stage and mail line from
Peabody to Towanda. His wife died in 1854, leaving one child.

J. M. FEISTER, a citizen of Peabody, and proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, came to this
locality in the spring of 1878, and purchased the Commercial Hotel property, which was then
partially completed, and he finished it, and has since been sole owner and manager of the hotel.
He was born in Lancaster County, Penn., December 17, 1813. He lived in various parts of
the State for tifty-odd years, during which time he learned the tailoring trade, and also engage
in the hotel and general merchandise business at various times, and in 1843 was married to Miss
Sarah Erwine, They have had six children, of whom three are still living. In 1864, he removed
to Griggsville, Pike Co., Ill., where he followed the botel-keeping and merchandising for four-
teen years, although he will soon have passed his threescore years and ten. Mr. Feister is still
hale and hearty, and contemplates soon resigning the busy cares of life, to spend the remainder
of his days in the ease and luxury that a hard earned competency will allow him.

J. W. FERRIER, was born in Indiana County, Penn., in 1842, Left there at an early age

and went to Kentucky, and from there to Iowa; from Iowa to Missouri; from there to Illinois.
At the breaking-out of the war, he enlisted in the First Missouri Infantry, serving three years
and eight months. After the war, he located in Ironton, Mo., but soon moved to St. Louis,
where he learned the watchmaking and silversmith trade, In 1868, he came to Kansas, locat-
ing for a short time at Augusta, and then removed to Peabody in 1871, He carries one of the
finest and largest stocks of jewelry in this part: of the State, Was married, August 6, 1873, to
Miss Louisa Jones, by whom he has had four children. Mr. Ferrier is a member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity, Legion of Honor, Knights of Honor, and a member of the Baptist Church.
H. A. FREELAND, veterinary surgeon, came to Kansas in 1868, and located in White
Cloud, and engaged in his profession. Traveled over the western country until 1878, when he
returned East to Pennsylvania and remained there until 1881, when he returned to Peabody.
Was born in Chester County, Penn., June 17, 1845, His father’s name was Samuel Freeland ;
his mother’s name was Lena Andrews. Obtained a common school education ; studied homce-
opathy veterinary science with Dr. Evans, of Pottstown, Penn. Was married to Miss Margaret
V. Yates, of Philadelphia, Penn., December 14, 1876, in Sterling, Il]. Isa member of the A., F.
& A. M., and Chapter, Norristown, Penn.

DR, J. L. GRINNELL, physician and surgeon, lucated here in October, 1872. He was born
in Chittenden County, Vt., September 26, 1826, He was educated in the common schools, and
began the study of medicine in 1848 at Willistown, Vt., with Dr. White; attended lectures in
1855-56 at the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, and his preceptor at that time was
Prof. R. 8, Newton. He began practice at Morgantown, Ind., May 1, 1856, where be remained
until 1862, when he became Contract Surgeon of the Government under Dr. Mclougle at Pitts-
burg Landing, Tenn. At the end of six months, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the
Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry, his commission bearing date March 1, 1863. Served in that
capacity until February, 1866. Returned to Morgantown and remained in practice of medicine
until coming to Kansas in 1872. He was married, in 1850, at Willistown, Vt, to Miss A. H.
Evans, of New York. They have three children living—Emory EF, EllaM.and Mary 8. Esther
Louisa died in June, 1877, aged eighteen years. Dr. G. was elected President of the South-
western Kansas Eclectic Medical Aseociation in 1882. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., K.
of H.and G. A. R.

REV. JOHN HERITAGE, pastor of the First Baptist Church, was born in the county of
Kent, England, in December, 1821. He was a missionary there for sixteen years under the
auspices of the County Towns’ Mission. He resigned the mission in 1870, and came to
America, locating at Leroy, Coffey Co., Kan., where he had charge of the First Baptist
Church for nearly two years. During this time he organized two churches in the county, one at
Turkey Creek and one at Big Creek. He preached at Burlington, Kan., one year, still preaching
at the two churches he had organized, and also starting another church at Hartford. He came
to Peabody in January, 1833, and took charge of the church here, Was married in Canterbury,
Eng., in 1846, to Miss Ann M. Hunt. Has four children, one of whom, Jobn, is a Baptist minister
in Michigan. -

REV. A. J. HESSON, pastor of the Lutheran Church, was born in Pennsylvania January
24,1839. Ho lived on his father’s farm until seventeen years of age, and then attended a pre-
paratory school at Selin’s Grove, Penn , for four years, and then studied two years at Wittenberg
College, Springfield, Ohio, graduating there. He then took a theological course at Gettysburg,
Penn., finishing the course in 1867. His first charge was the Mission Church at Topeka, Kan.,
where he remained four years. Afterward, he returned to Mercersburg, Penn., and had charge
of a church there for ten years. Il] health from overwork compelled him to rest for a time, but
in April, 1882, he touk charge of a church at Salina, Kan., and, in December of the same year,
removed t Peabody, and has since had charge of the church there, He was married, in Scot-
land, Penn., in 1871, to Miss Mary A. Garver. Has eix children, five boys and one girl.

MILTON HILL, was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1835, but left there at an early age and went
to Williams County, Ohio, thence to Illinois in 1849, settling in Henry County, near Rock
Island. In 1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteers, serving to
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the close of the war. Was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. His regiment was
mustered out at Chicago. Returning to Henry County, he began a general merchandise and
milling business with his brother, continuing that until 1878, when he came to Kansas and
farmed until 1882. He was married in Henry County, IJl., in 1872, to Miss Sarah A. Hooker,
and bh s four children. His store in Peabody contains a general stock of groceries and pro-
visions, flour and queensware,

I. W. HITCHCOCK, coal dealer, was born in Richland County, Ohio, December 13, 1830.
His father, Isaac Hitchcock, owned a large woolen mill, Until he attained his majority, he was
engaged in farming and working in the woolen factory. In 1851, Mr. H. removed to Lafayette,
Ind., where he engaged in carpenter work until 1863, when he enlisted in Company I, Eleventh
Indiana Cavalry. Was in the Hood-Nashville campaign, and was afterward captured in Tennes-
see, but soon effected his escape. After the war closed, he returned to Lafayette and resided
there until 1867, when he moved to Chanipaign County, Ill. Came to Butler County, Kan., in
1870. Farmed until 1879, when he removed'to Peabody. Was married in 1856 at Lafayette,
Ind,, to Miss Hannah Freeman. Has three boys and four girls, the eldest being twenty-six
years old, Is Officer of the Day of G. A. R. 5

LEVI HOOVER, of the firm of Neal & Hoover, hardware and lumber dealers, came to
this State in the fall of 1872. Located ona farm in Wilson on Section 19, Town 20, Range 3,
eleven miles northwest of Peabody. Improved a farm of 160 acres, and resided there until the
fall of 1875, and then came to Peabody and clerked for W. D. Butler & Co. for five years. In the
spring of 1880, he opened a hardware and-implement store in Hillsboro, Marion Co., Kan.
Was there eighteen months, and came here and formed a copartnership with Mr. Neal January
1,1883, Mr. Hoover was born in Elkbart County, Ind., Juno 12, 1846. Resided there until the
spring of 1871. Engaged in farming and emigrated to Stevenson County, II]., and remained
there until coming to Kansas. Mr. Hoover was one of tho first of the numerous settlers of
Elkhart County to locate in this county. He was married in Elkhart, Ind., in 1870, to Miss
Sophia Bechtle, and has four children—Oliver M. (born August 29, 1873), Francis E. (born
August 24, 1877), Vernon (born November 3, 1882), Anna M. (born May 11, 1871). He isa mem-
ber of the K. of H. and of the Marion County Agricultural Society. - :

DR. A. G. HUFFMAN, druggist, was born in Garrett, Ky., June 6, 1808.- Was educated
there, and began reading medicine in 1828 with Dr. William Craig at Stanford, Ky. Graduated
from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1838. Began practice at Stanford, where he
remained until coming to Kansas. Has been twice married, first in 1833 at Stanford, to Miss
Sophia Lee, who died in 1847, and had five children, four of whom are living—Montgomery,
Richard E., Jennie (now Mrs. R. L. Cochran),and Thomas. Was married again in 1848 to Pa-
melia P, Lee, of Lincoln County, Ky. Came to Kansas in 1871, and located at Americus, Lyon
Co., Kan., where he remained until coming to Peabody. ‘Dr. Huffman was appointed Surgeon of
the First Kentucky Cavalry in 1862, and served until the: close of the war. Is a member of the
A, F. & A.M, 1.0.0. F. and G. A. B., Peabody. : tee :

ALFRED H. HUTCHINGS, came to Kansas in the fall of 1873, and farmed for two years
near Peabody, and then removed to town and opened a tin shop, finally adding a stock of hard-
ware. He now has one of the finest establishments in the city. He was born in Aurora, Ind.,
in 1851, and was married at Claysville, Ind., August 3, 1571, to Miss Mary C.Shanke, Four
sons have been the result of this marriage. Mr. Hutchings is a careful and energetic business
man, and by fair dealing has established a trade that is second to none in his line of business.

PROF. L. M. KNOWLES, Principal of the Peabody Public School, was born near Augusta,
Me., August 8, 1841. He left Maine at an early age and went with his parents to Winnebago
County, Lll., among the first settlers of that State, where he resided fifteen years. He then went
with his father’s family to Green County, Wis., and remained there, with the exception of four
years’ service in the late civil war, till July 14, 1868, when he married Miss Electa Allen, and
made a new home in Kansas; where he engaged in teaching, first, in Bourbon County, at Maple-
ton, next at Independence, wherc he was employed as teacher and Superintendent ten years. He
took charge of the Peabody schools in 1880, and to his untiring efforts is due the present high
standing of the schools, a certificate of graduation from them admitting the applicant to the
freshman year of the State University. He has four children.

A. LEE, proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel. This house is centrally located; is a three-
story building, containing twenty-eight rooms, Mr. Lee took charge of the house and refitted it
in 1882. Mr. Lee was born in Nova Scotia, May 6, 1818; moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, in
1824, and resided there until 1848; then moved to Bourbon County, Ky., and resided until coming
to Kansas; engaged in mercantile business. He was married April 30, 1845, in Jefferson County,
Ohio, to Miss Anna Bell, and has one son, H. V., who is now a traveling concert singer. Mr.
Lee is a member of the Christian Church.

DR. C. A. LOOSE, physician and surgeon, located here in May, 1878; was born in Lebanon
County, Penn., October 2, 1843 ; removed to Mauch Chunk, Penn., when about fifteen years of
age, and worked in the foundry and machine shops of his uncle, Hon. Charles Allright, a prom-
inent lawyer, politician and manufacturer of Pennsylvania. While thus engaged at work
during the day, at night he would attend school or private instruction, and at the breaking-out
of the rebellion he went to Berks County and taught school in winter, and attended the State
Normal School at Millersville during the summer. Served in the three months’ service and
re-enlisted in Company H, Two Hundred and Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Septem-
ber 30, 1864. October 10, of that year, he was wounded and captured by Gen. Mosby’s command,
but recaptured by his comrades the same day; was discharged August 3, 1865; then prepared for
Dickinson College, located at Carlisle, Penn., graduated at this institution in June, 1870; read
medicine at Mauch Chunk with Dr. Horace De Young, and graduated in medicine from the
University of Pennsylvania (not Pennsylvania University) March 3, 1873; located at Wilkesbarre,
and practiced there until coming to Kansas; was Surgeon of the Wyoming Division of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, and attended as surgeon: during the great mine fire of the Hollenback Mine, of
Wilkesbarre Coal & Iron Company, January 1, 1875. Was married to Emma R. Mosser, of Myers
town, Lebanon Co., Penn., in the epring of 1874; had one child, a daughter, Alice. His wife

died June, 1876, and child in August following. He was again married January 17, 1878, at _

Wilkesbarre, Penn., to Alice V. Spangler, and has one child—Mary Eva. He isa member ot the
Kansas State Medical Association, and is also a member of the A., F. & A. M., 1.0. 0. F., K. of
H. and G. A. R. of Peaboily.

©. LYNCH came to Kansas in 1873, located on a homestead on Section 22, Township 2.
Range 1, in Marion County; remained on that farm five years and disposed of it; then purchased
a farm on Section 14, in Butler County, seven miles southeast of Peabody, which he still owns
He has engaged in mercantile and other business in the city; was born in county of Cork, Ire-

land, August 12, 1841; when about ten years of age, he came to America, and located in Hamilton:

County, Ohio, where he remained until coming to Kansas; enlisted September 9, 1862, at Camp
Dennison, Ohio, in Fifth Ohio Cavalry, Company C; wasin Kilpatrick’s Division of Sherman’s
army, and in the famous march to the sea; was twice captured and paroled and exchanged.
Was married February 12, 1868, at Cincinnati, Ohio, to’Miss Kate Lind, and bas seven chil-
dren Notte, Johu and Andy (twins), Nora, Dan, Tom and Willie, He is a momber of I, 0,0. F,
andG. A. R.

COL. DUNCAN McKERCHER, engaged in loan, insurance and real estate business. Col
McKercher came to Peabody in the fall of 1870, virtually before there was any town, and asa
member of the Wisconsin Kansas Colony, but subsequently withdrew from that organization, and
improved a farm northeast of town two miles, on Section 34. This was his homo untfl 1877,
when he removed to the town. Col. McKercher was born in Livingston County, N. Y., January
14, 1819. His father, John McKercher, was a farmer. His mother’s maiden name was Margaret
McMartin. His early schooling was obtained at Temple Hill Academy, Geneseo, N. Y. At
seventeen, he showed an aptitude for mechanical work, and was apprenticed to a carpenter,
and learned the trade; removed to Perry, and in 1843 was married to Miss Betsoy Benedict. In
1846, he, with his. family, moved to Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wis.; there worked at bis
trade until about 1856, when he moved to Juneau County, Wis., where he remained until he was
enrolled by the Governor of the State of Wisconsin, on the 29th of July, 1861, and commissioned
as Captain, and ordered to raise a company, which, when raised, was assigned to the Tenth Regi-
ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was, with the regiment, mustered into the United
States service at Milwaukee, Wis,, on the 5th of October, and left the State from that point on
the 9th of November following; they went to Kentucky, and were under the command of Gen.
Mitchell. Was at the taking of Bowling Green, Nashville, Murfreesboro and Huntsville,
Ala,, where we cut the communication between the two rebel armies about the time the bat-
tle of Pittsburg Landing was fought, in April, 1862. Soon after, he was at Bridgeport, where
the Union forces drove the enemy across the bridge, and they burned one-half of the same. In
September, of the samo year, he was in that retrograde movement of Gen. Buell from Huntaville
to Louisville, and the first day out his regiment, with a Michigan regiment, had a fight with the
rebels at Stevenson, while transferring some trains. They were twenty-two days on that march,
and it was extremely hot and dusty, and suffered much. Col. McKercher was present with his
regiraent at the battle of Perrysville on the 8th of October, and out of 276 men he lost 145 in
killed and wounded in two and a, half hours, and bad six men killed within six feet of him, and
two of them he caught in his arms as they fell. He was at the battle of Stone River on the 31st

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of December, 1862, and the first days of January, 1863, and did considerable scouting and skir«
mishing during the following summer; was at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga,, on the 19th and 20th
of September, 1863. On the first day of the battle, in a charge, his horse was shot and killed. On
the second day his brigade held a good location, and had repulsed the enemy four times, and at
4 o'clock P. M. he received orders from Col. Scribner, who commanded the brigade, to hold the line
that night, if possible. He held it till about sundown, while the Union forces were forming a
new line in the rear, when the enemy concentrated a heavy force and chargedthem. They held
their ground till the enemy came right in amongst them, and captured a large number, the Colonel
among the rest; was sent to Richmond, Va., and put in Libby Prison, on the night of the 30th of
September, 1863, and was there till the 10th of May following, when he, with others, was sent to
Macon, Ga.; was there till about the middle of July, when 600 of the officers of the higheat rank
were selected, to be sent to Charleston, S.C. Col. McKercher was of that number, to be placed
before the fire of our own guns, for the protection of that city. He remained there till the
5th of October. Some time before that date, the yellow fever had broken out among the officers in
the prison, and on the above date they wero removed to Columbia, at which place he remained
until Sherman came through, when he, with the others, were sent to Raleigh, and from there
were sent to Wilmington, N. C., where they were paroled, and sent to our lines on March 1, 1865,
From Wilmington he went to Annapolis, Md., where he was mustered out on account of expira-
tion of his term of service. Col. McKercher at once tendered bis services again to the Governor
of Wisconsin, but before taking the field again the rebellion was virtualiy broken, and he did
not leave the State. On his return from the service, he moved to Ripon, and was appointed Post-
master of that city by President Johnson, which position he held for four years. He had previ-
ously held the position of clerk of the District Court of Juneau County. Col. McKercher has been
connected with the municipal government of Peabody ‘nearly constantly since his residence in
the city. He is the father of four children, three of whom are living—Sarah (now Mrs. William
Holmes, of Chicago), Emma (now Mrs. Lockwood, of Kansas City), Frank B., (agent Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad at Peabody), Helen (Mrs. William Cole, of Olathe, Kan., died
January 1, 1881, aged thirty-six years). Col. McKercher is a member of Halcyon Lodge, No. 120,
A, F. & A. M., and the G. A. R. of Peabody. He is the present Mayor of the city. ;

J. HUDSON MORSE, attorney at law, located here in 1877, and engaged also in banking
business until 1881, since which time he has devoted himself exclusively to the profession of law
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he entered St. John’s College, which he left voluntarily because of his disagreement with
the faculty and some of the students, on a question of political allegiance. In 1867, en-
tored University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, Va., and studied two years, and then read law in
the office of Hon. Alexander Randall, of Annapolis, and from his office was admitted to practice be-
fore the Circuit Court of Maryland. After two years spent as managing clerk in the law office of
Chas. H. Smith & Sons in New York City, he began practice in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he remained
until coming West, Was married in 1880, at Peabody, Kan., to Miss Carrie A. Prescott, formerly
of Galesburg, Ill. He ia a charter member of Peabody Literary Club, auxiliary to the Peabody
Public Library, and is also a member of K. of H., Peabody Lodge, No. 63.

N. MAYES, photographer, was born in Harrison County, Obio, December 9, 1857.
Ho afterward removed to Davenport, Towa, where he learned the photographic business and
then removed to Topeka, Kan., where he conducted the business until the early part of 1883,
when he came to Peabody.

GEORGE M. MILLER, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1838. In 1873, he re-
moved to Missouri, engaging in pottery making near Fulton, which he followed for two years,
and then came to Peabody. He began farming two miles south of town, but discontinued it after
one year’s trial and ongaged in the mercantile business, which he has since followed. He car-
Ties a fine stock of general and fancy groceries and canned goods. He was married in Perry
County, Penn., in 1865, and he bas five children.

A. MILLER, restaurant, came to Marion County in 1872, and located o a farm in Summit
Township. Subsequently, he ran the Stealy House. Was born in Elkhart Co., Ind., December
2, 1837, where he remained until coming to Kansas; August 22, 1862, enlisted in Company D,
One Hundredth Indiana Volunteers; was assigned to the Fifteenth Army Corps under Gen.
Logan ; was with his command in twenty-seven engagements, and discharged June 8, 1865, at
Washington, D.C; was married June 22,1858, at Wakarusa, Elkhart Co., Ind., to Miss Maria
Solsbury, and has four children—George, Byron, Charlesand Adda.

Si csti DR. J. M. MILLER, physician and surgeon, located a soldier's homestead June 27, 1871, on
postion 6, Town 22, Range 4, east of sixth principal meridian, in Summit Township, and resided
there until October, 1881, when he removed to Peabody to resume the practice of medicine. He
wae born in Lancaster City, Penn., June 27, 1834, and remuved with his parents to Perry County,
enn.,in 1838, where he attended public school fiom 1839 to 1847, being usually a term of three
months each winter; graduated from Airyview Academy in 1855; in the following year, 1856, be-
gen emis. medicine with Dr. R. 8, Brown, in Newport, Perry Co., Penn.; entered Jefferson
neu ica hs lege, Philadelphia, Penn., in 1857, and practiced in thé meantime; graduated from
a ts itution in March, 1861; began practice in the village of Marklesville, Penn,; and in Au-
cus , 1862, was appointed Assistant Surgeon of Volunteers, and assigned to duty at Camp Curtin,
ee Penn., to take charge of al enlisted men not fully organized into regiments. In Oc-
ao 62, he was assigned to duty as Assistant Surgeon to the One Hundred and Seventy-sec-
ond Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, He remained with the regiment during its term of
- and opened 2 shop, which he ran until 1881, when he sold out to A. F. Sausser.

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service. On the Peninsula in Virginia and in the pursuit of Leo’s army after the battle of Get-
tysburg until the regiment was mustered out at Harrisburg, Penn., August, 1, 1863. He located
in Newport, Penn., in the spring of 1864, where he practiced medicine for several years, but was
obliged to retire from active practice on account of failing health, the result of injuries received
inthe army. He visited Florida expecting that climate to restore him to health; being disap-
pointed in this he accepted the position of Medical Examiner for the Continental Life Insurance
Company, with headguarters at Harrisburg, Penn., in 1870, ‘which place he resigned in a few
months and accepted the secretaryship of the Juniata Valley Fire Insurance Company, located at
Huntingdon, Penn., where ho remained until coming to Kansas. He has been twice married,
first to Mary A, Biceline, in 1859, who was the mcther of five children, only one of whom sur-
vives—George B. His first wife died in 1868, and in 1871, he married Mary KE. Long.

GEORGE W, NEAL, of the firm of Neal & Hoover, dealers in hardware, lumber and agri-
cultural implements. The firm carry a stock of about $10,000, and annual sales will reach from
$60,000 to $70,000. Mr. Hoover went into the firm January 1, 1883, George W. Neal came to
Peabody in 1873, and opened a stock of hardware and lumber, but was out of the lumber business
from 1879 to 1881. Mr. Neal was born in Butler County, Penn., August 29, 1839. In 1850, he
moved to Sheboygan County, Wis., and resided there until 1868; enlisted in April, 1861, in Com-
pany D, Third Infantry ; was in the Army of the Potomac in 1863; was in Banks’ army at Cedar
Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, in Chancellorsville, Reaaca and Dallas. He was mustered out in
August, 1864, at Madison, Wis.; afterward engaged in the lumber business at Mayfield, Grand
Traverse Co., Mich., until coming to Kansas, He was married at Gibbaville, Wis. to Miss Elsie
J, Campbell, of New York, and has four children—Edward, aged sixteen ; Mary, who died Au-
gust 19, 1871, aged nineteen months; Carrie, nine years, and Jessie, seven years of age. He was
elected Mayor of Peabody in 1880, and has been a member of the City Council two terms.

R. 0. NELSON, carpenter, located here in Mecember, 1870, and was among the first settlers
of the old town of Coniburg and a member of the Wisconsin-Kansas colony. Mr, Nelaon was
born in Oneida County, N. ¥., October 16,1833. Learned his trade, and removed to Columbia
County, Wis.,in 1854, In the fall of 1861, enlisted in Company ©, Fifty-seventh Illinols, at
Chicago; was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and in the engagement at Forts Henry
and Donnelson, and at Shiloh and Corinth, and Sherman’s march to the sea; was mustered out
December 26, 1864. Was married November 8, 1858, at Fort Winnebago, Columbia Co., Wis., to
Miss Amanda M. Kincaid, of Elk County, Penn., and have had four children, two of whom are
living—Fannie Adelia, born February 24, 1866; Minnie S, M., born April 6, 1871—the first white
child born in Peabody Township ; Ernest, born April 16, 1860, and died the same day ; Ida May,
born December 5, 1861, died December 6. Mr. Nelson resided in Adams County, Wis., two years,
and was Constable while there; was Township Clerk of Winnebago Township, Columbia County,
two years ; was elected Township Trustee of Peabody Township, Kan., in 1876, and has held the
position since. He is a member of Covenant Lodge, No. 113, 1.0. 0. F., and Peabody Encamp-
ment, No. 43. Is also a member of the G. A. R.

DAVID D. PERRY, farmer and stock-raiser; has 160 acres on Section 5, Township 22, Range
8 east, one mile northwest of Peabody, all under cultivation and fenced with hedge, stone
house two stories, main part sixteen feet square, ell 14x24; contains four rooms and cost $1,200;
frame barn with basement 22x46; has five acres of walnut and cottonwood trees, planted in 1874;
five acres of bearing orchard and one acre of grapes; has twelve head of Jersey cattle and fifteen
head Durham; breeder of Poland:China hogs, and fifteen head of horses, Came to Butler Coun-
ty, Kan., in 1871, locating near El Dorado; resided there two years, and then came to this county;
was born in Morrow County, Ohio July 4, 1844. When twelve years of age, moved to Hillsdale
County, Mich., and remained until 1862, when he enlisted in Company A, Eighteenth Michigan;
was With his command at Franklin, Decatur, Danville, Nashville and otber engagements, and
was mustered out June 26, 1865; then settled in Fayette County, Ill., and resided there until com-
ing to Kansas. Has been twice married—first in 1867, in Van Buren County, Mich,, to Miss Martha
Perry, and has one son living—Clarence H. Mrs. Perry died in April 187 and he was married
again at Peabody, Kan., August 5, 1878, to Mrs. Minerva Stephens, of Michigan. He is a director
ond stockholder oF meee Gounty Agricultural Society; 2 member of the Presbyterian Church,
and of the A. L. of H., No. 36,and G@. A. R. * ‘ .

COL. BERTINE PINKNEY, Postmaster, was born in New York City, April 26, 18%: his
father's name was William H. Pinkney, and his mother’s Hannah Bertine Pinkney. In 1817, he
moved to Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co.,Wis.,where he resided until coming to Kansas. In 1861, he
enlisted in the Third Wisconsin Volunteers, and waa elected Major of that regiment: was as-
signed to the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Banks, He participated in the Shenandoah cam-

aign, and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, In‘1863, was made Colonel of the Twentieth
isconsin Volucteers, and was ordered to the frontier under Gens. Curtis and Schodeld; was
soon afterward afflicted with a stroke of paralysis; and in 1864 resigned and returned to Wiscon-
sin, where he engaged in farming. He was honored by his fellow-citizens with one term in the
House and two terms in the Senate of Wisconsin; was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor on
the first ticket pat in nomination by the Republican party of that State in 1855, Col. P. was mar-
ried at Ithaca, N. ¥., in 1851, to Miss Louisa Frear, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and has two children
living—Bertine, now a publisher ot Minneapolis, Minn.; Charles C., of Durango, Colo.; William
H., a law student, died April 14, 1883, aged twenty-three years and two months; he had graduated
from the Kansas State University in 1882, and was a student of Albany Law School when taken
sick. Col. P. located:in Peabody in 1871, and in 1875 was elected to the Legislature; was appointed
Postmaster in 1877. He is a member of the A., F, & A. M., and of Newton Chapter.

THOMAS M. POTTER, stock-dealer, located on south half of Section 3, Township 22, Range
8, adjoining Peabody on the east. . His farm consists of nine tracts; the home tract embraces six-
teen acres, which is ornamented with fruit and ornamental trees; the orchard includes some 2,-
500 fruit trees of the varieties best adapted to the climate of Kansas. Mr. Potter’s residence ia a
handsome structure finished in the best style of architectural art. It has three fronts, north,
south and west; the main part is 16x32 feet, with an ell 16x22, and another, also, 12x32. There are
verandas and bay windows on the west and south. It was built in 1877, at a cost of $5,000. Mr.
Potter is extensively engaged in the stock business; he feeds here usually 300 head, and besides
has a half interest in 1,750 head of cattle, located on'a ranche twenty-five miles south of Medi-
cine Lodge, Kan. He was born in Washtenaw County, Mich., April 16, 1840, and graduated from
the Michigan State University, classical course, in the class of 1867; came to Kansas in the spring
of 1870, and for two ears taught the school at Marion; came to Peabody in 1875; was married in
1868, at Richmond, Ind., to Miss Mary C. Pedrick, and has three children—Dwight, Fred and
Susie. Mr. Potter owned the tract of land on which the town of Peabody is now located, and
organized a town company in 1874, and has been the President of the company most of the time
siuce. He lett college to enlist in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Illinois, and
served from 1864 until expiration of term of enlistment, the close of the war. ‘

0, J. ROBERTS, dealer in general merchandise, located here in 1872; began business Decem-
ber 2, 1880: carries a stock of $6,000, and trade will reach $12,000; was born in Cornwall, England,
November 18, 1855. Came to the United States in March, 1872; clerked and worked at the car-
pentertrade. Isa member of the I. 0. O. F. :

JOSHUA SAUSSER, harness-maker, residence one mile from Peabody, located! Bere ates
Reading, Berks Co., Penn., March 22, 1824. When seventeen years of age, moved to Lebanon,
and there learned his trade; went to Millersburg and worked there three years. In 1845, moved
to Stark County, Ohio, and from thence moved to Steubenville; was married in 1848 to Miss
Elizabeth-Asdill, of Cadiz, Ohio. 1n1850, moved to Paris, Washington Co., Penn., and opened a
shop; remained. there two years, and moved to Carrollton, Ind., and was in business three years;
trom ‘there he removed to Leavenworth, Ind., and remained two years; and from thence to Mon-
mouth, Ill.; moved to Galva in 1862, and enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Twelfth Illi-
nois; was in the harness department of the Army of the Tennessee,at Knoxville, sixteen months;
was afterward in the battles of Franklin and Nashville; was mustered out July 4, 1865; returned
to Galva, and remained in business until he came to Kansas, and located in Uskaloosa, and re-
mained five years; from thence to Florence and E] Dorado, and from thence to this ey Has
four children alive—Ida E., Frank, Clara N.and GalaE. He is a member of the A., F,& A. M.,
Legion of Honor and G. A. R. 8: * s

E ‘VERY, real estate, loan and collection business; began business here in 1880; was born
in Niagara County, N. Y., August 1, 1826. In 1832, moved to St. Joe County, Mich., where he en-
gaged in farming; was married there in 1850, to Miss Hannah E. Chase, of New York, enlisted
in the United States Navy in August, 1864,at New York, on board the United States steamer
Nyac; was inthe bombardmentof Forts Fisher and Taswell. Removed to Kansas ia 1870, and
located a farm on the Marais Des Cygnes Kiver, in Osage County; remained there two years, and
moved to Butler County, purchas:ig afarm four miles west of Augusta, on the Wichita road;
farmed there five years, and in 1879 removed to Emporia, where he resided until coming to
Peabody; Isa member of I. 0. 0. F. and G, A. R. ‘ ss

DR. C. J. SEYBOLD, druggist, was born in Chicago, Ill., March 5, 1848; began reading medi-
cine in 1868, with Dr. A. L. Clark, and attended Bennett Medical College in 1876. Came direct
to Peabody and practiced his profession until 1878; was married at Elmhurst, near Chicago, in
1875, to Miss Amelia M. Wakeman, and has one child—Blanche L._ Dr. Seybold commenced the
drug trade in 1878; his handsome stone building was erected in 1879; it is 25x55 feet, two stories,
and Cost $3,200, and he carries a stock of $6,000, and trade will average $12,000 per annum.

HENRY SHOMBER, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to the State in 1874, and located on
a farm ten miles north of Peabody, where he remained six months; then movec to the town;
graduated from the American Medical College, St. Louis, Mo., in January, 1883; was born in Som-
merset County, Penn., July 15, 1849; remained there until fifteen years of age, then moved to
Miami County, Ohio, and remained there seven years, engaged in tarming, and then moved to
Elkhart County, Ind, where he remained until coming to Kansas; was married December 17, 1871,
in Elkhart County, Ind, to Miss Mary Wise, of Miami County, Ohio. Dr. Shomber read medicine
with Dr, Grinnell of Peabody. He owns 160 acres of land four miles northwest of Peabody.

SHUPE & TRESSLER, proprietors of the Peabody Bank; the bank was established in 1879
by Saulsbury. Messrs.Shupe & Tressler bought out Morse & Weidlein, successors to Saulsbury,
June 20, 1882. They have a paid in capital of $20,000, and real estate interests of a like amount.

 

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George W, Shupe began the real estate business in Peabody in 1879; he was born at Mendon, |
Adams Co., Ill, December 25, 1854; when eighteen years, of age, he began a course of study in
Knox College, at Galesburg, Ill., and graduated with the honors of the Class in 1880. June 27, of
that year, he was married at his home in Mendon, to Miss Sadie KE. Chittenden, of that place.
ghey have one child—Pearl L., born August 12, 1881. Mr. Shupe was appointed City Treasurer of
Peabody May 5, 1883; he isa member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church, and Superintendent

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of the Sabbath school; is alsoa member of Peabody Literary Club. The firm are extensively en-
gaged in real estate loans, and since commencing business have placed over half a million dol-
lars out, of which May 1, 1883, there was not a dollar delinquent interest due.

Cc. ALS. X, Was born in Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., in 1844. Ip 1867, he came to Kansas,
locating at Leavenworth, where he remained five years, working at the blacksmith trade. In
1872, ke came to Marion county, took a homestead seven miles east of Peabody, and farmed until
‘“‘ grasshopper year,” and then came to Peabody, and has since worked at his trade. He served
two years in the army, being in the Atlanta and at the Hood-Nashville campaigns; was married
in Leavenworth, Kan., February 9, 1871, to Miss Starbuck, by whom he has had three children.
SMITH, located a farm on Sections 20 and 23, in Marion County, in.1871; remained

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5 , and then opened a bakery and restaurant Juiy 3, 1883, corner of- Main and Walnut,
streets; May 15, 1883, he sold his stock of goods to Wilson Bros. Was born in Portage County
Ohio, November 16, 1847, and resided there until coming to Kansas.

. W. SPAWR, nurseryin a, came to Labette County, Kan., in 1880, and engaged in nursery
business until coming to Peabody, in 18838; was born in Franklin County, Ill., January 5, 1846; re-
mained there until eighteen, an removed to McLean County, and remained there about twelve
years; then removed to ‘Shelby County, and remained until coming to Kansas; enlisted in July,
1862, in Seventy-first Illingis, in three months’ service. At the end of his term of enlistment,
re-enlisted in One Hundred and Fifty-second Illinois Infantry; served one year: was married
Nebruary 8, 1869, at Lexington, I1l., to Miss Mary E. Bowers, of that place and has three chil-
dren—Edgar Elmer, Nelly May and Alena Maud.

AMOS STEALY, proprietor of Stealy House, came to Peabody April 29, 1874: clerked for Mr.
Brewer about two and a halfyears, then went to Dodge City, where he engaged in stock business for
some time: then went into Pan Handle, in Texas, September 20, 1876, and engaged in a buffalo
hunt for six months, and the party killed 1,700 head and cured 85,000 Ibs. of meat, which was
taken to Kansas City and disposed of, but did not prove a profitable investment. Mr. Stealy re-
turned to Peabody and engaged in various vocations, and bousht, the present hotel property in
February, 1882. The house is well located and does a thriving business. Mr. Stealy was born in
Richland County, Ohio, near Mansfield, August 27, 1843; emigrated.to Elkhart, Ind.,in 1851, In
1861, enlisted in Company E, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry; was with his command at Shiloh, Stone
River,Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and was mustered out September 24, 1864; re-enlisted No-
vember 17, 1864 in Company I, Twenty-sixth Indiana, and was at the capture of Mobile and gdjacent
forts; was mustered out in November, 1865; returned to Eikhart County, Ind., and engaged in real
estate business ; was married April 5, 1874, at Wakarusa, Ind., to Miss Katharine Seitz, of Penn-
sylvania, and has three children—Asa, Haldane and Albert Leroy. Isa member of G..A. R.

JAMES STEWART came here in April, 1871; was born in Blair County, Penn., March 25,
In 1857 moved to Dixon, Ill.: there worked at his trade, that of a carpenter, until coming
Miss M. F. Burket; they have one child—Charles

Is P, M. A.,F, & A. M., and Newton Commandery and Chapter.

B. D. STERLING, of the firm of W. A. Sterling & Bro., grain and coal dealers, was born in
Orleans County, N. Y., in 1825. At the age of twenty, he began teaching school, at which he con-
tinued until thirty years of age, when he wentto Iowa, from there he went to California in 1855,
remaining fourteen years, engaged in mining; returning to St. Louis, he was eight years in the
real estate title business; then he went to Colorado and Arizona, spending three years at mining,
after which he came to Peabody, associating himself with his brother in the grain and coal busi-
ness, He was married in St. Louis, in 1881, fo Miss Jones, of that city. The firm handled during
the season of 1882-83, over one hundred thousand bushels of grain.

E. H. UMSTED, manufacturer of and dealer in harness and saddles, Peabody, Kan,, lo-
cated here in 1879, and worked for J. Sausser in the year 1878 ; commenced business for himself
in October, 1380. Carries a stock of $700, and average trade will reach $6,000 per annum. Keeps
two men employed. Was born in Seneca County, Ohio, October 23, 1857. Moved to Huron County,
when about seven, and remained there until coming to Kansas with his parents.

REV. E. D. WALKER, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, was born in Warren County, Ohio,
October 9, 1847. When sixteen years old, went to live with hisuncle, Thomas D. Walker, in the
same county. where he remained until 1869. He then spent four years as astudent at Miami
uiversity, xford, Ohio ; then entered Wooster University. from which institution he graduated
in June, 1874. He then entered Lane Theological Seminary, where he spent three years in the
study of theology. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Cincinnati in April, 1876. He
came to Peabody, Kansas, June 1, 1877, and immediately took charge of the Presbyterian Church.
He was ordained to the full ministry by the Presbytery of Emporia at Osage City, Kan., Septem-
ber 10, 1877. He was married to Miss Martha Wise, of Cincinnati, July 2, 1878, and two children
have been born to them—Mary Margaretta and George Thomas. ‘

REV. HARRISON WAITT was born in Malden, Mass., November 8, 1843. He graduated at
the high school of his native town, and at the age of twenty-five, came to Kansas and located
on a farm near El Dorado, remaining there seven years. In March, 1877, he joined the South Kan-
sas Conference, and entered upon his work in the ministry at ;Quito, Butler County. After two

ears there he was transferred to the East Wichita Circuit, remaining there two years, then at

elle Plains. He. came to Peabody in March, 1883. Mr. Waitt was married in Shirley, Mass., in
February, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Prescott, who died in 1881, Jeaving, two children—Alice G., aged
15, and Lester M., aged 10, Heserved in the United States Signal Corps throughout the war, is a
member of several secret societies, and an earnest, active worker in the cause of Christianity.

PIRL T. ‘D came to Kansas in 1871, from Madison County, Ohio, where he was born,
November 6, 1854. His father, J. E, Ward, was a merchant of Amity, that county. On coming to
Kansas, Mr. Ward first located on a farm five miles from Peabody, and remained there until the
spring of 1883, at which time he moved to the town and bought out a stock of groceries and gen-

 

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eral merchandise, and still éontinues in the same business.’ He was married in Peabody, in 1878,
to Miss Emma Thomas, Has two children—Pirl A., aged four: and John E., aged two years. Isa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a member and Warden of the American Legion
0: onor,

WILSON BROTHERS, bakery and lunchroom, Carry a stock of $400 and trade will reach

000. G. C, Wilson was born February 13, 1857, and S.M. Wilson was born February 27, 1855, in

McMahon County, Tenn. They subsequently removed to Mills County, Iowa, and from there
came to Kansas, 1n 1878, S.M. Wilson was married, May 3, 1852, at Newton, Kan., to Miss Jennie
Mitchell, of New York State, : i

HENRY E. WOOLHEATER, dealer in cigars, tobacco and confectionery, came here in 1874
and engaged in teaching and the sewing machine business until 1880, when he went into his pres-
ent business. He was born in Monroe, Jasper County, lowa April 380, 1859, His father, Henry Ss.
Woodheater, was born in Middleton, Delaware County, N.Y. August 8, 1825, and died Feb-
ruary 5, 1860. His mother, Rachel Lock wood, was born in Andes, Delaware County, N. Y., January
28, 1827, and was educated at Margaretville Seminary, N. Y,, and taught in many of the villages of
Sullivan and Delaware Counties, N. Y., and taught in the Monroe, Lowa, High School. She was
married November 19, 1855, and died’March 5, 1879, at Peabouy, Kan., aged fifty-two years; Edwin,
an older brother, was born June 8, 1857, and is a railroad_man, being a freight conductor on the
A.,T.&S. F.R.'R. Henry received his education at McDonough Normal and Scientific College,
at Macomb, Ill., where the family removed in 1810. He isa member ot Covenant Lodge, oO.
118, and Peabody Encampment, No. 43, I. 0. O. F.; also a member of Newton Lodge, No. 69, K.
of P. He has taken some interest in political matters and has devoted considerable attention tu
newspaper correspondence, and i8 a prominent and influential member of the various secret or-
ders to which he belongs,

FLORENCE.

Florence is at the junction of Doyle Creek and the Cottonwood, ten
miles southeast of Marion. Center.

December 1, 1870, Samuel J. Crawford, President of the Florence
Town Company, had filed for record a plat of Florence that embraced the
northwest quarter of Section 7, Town 21, Range 5. Kimball’s Addition
was made April 30, 1871, containing the northeast quarter of Section 12,
Town 21, Range 4. Barker’s Addition was made June 80, 1871, and J. B.
McAfee’s July 6, 1871, taking in the southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of Section 6, Town 21, Range 5. This is the oldest railroad town
in the county, situated at the junction of Doyle Creek and the Cotton-
wood. Was incorporated asa city of the third class on June 12, 1872.
This is an important eating station on the A., T. & S. F. R.R. The road
has a south branch from this place, running into Butler County. Sur-
rounding this place are the finest and most available stone quarries that
have been opened in Western Kansas. ~ :

W. M. Mitchell and John McReynolds, in April, 1871, removed the
material of the Miami County Advertiser from Paola to Florence, and be-
gan the publication, April 2°, of the Florence Pioneer. C. H. and J. A.
Kurtz came into possession of the paper the following autumn, but in the
spring of 1872 the property was in litigation, the Kurtz Brothers were
ejected, and a Mr. Aller, a banker, assumed the ccntrol, until in the spring
of 1873, when he absconded. At the solicitation of the people of Florence,
E. W. Hoch issued the paper for six months, awaiting the result of the
trial, and then because-of its unprofitableness discontinued its publication.
In the spring of 1874, the Messrs. Kurtz recovered possession of the prop-
erty, removed it to Augusta, Butler County, where they now publish the
Southern Kansas Gazette.

June 23, 1876, Isaac Howe and H. D. Morgan started the Florence
Herald. April 15, 1882, Mr. Morgan, then sole proprietor, sold to White
& Hanchett, and in the latter part of May J. B. Crouch became editor and
proprietor.

There are four church organizations, and all but the Baptists have a
house of worship. Rev. J. A. Heagy is the pastor.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was completed ‘in 1881; it cost about
$3,500. Its membership is about sixty. Rev. J. Hartman is pastor.

The Presbyterian Church was rebuilt in 1882. It has about fifty mem-
bers. Rev. P. J. Leenhouse is pastor. .

The Catholics have a neat house of worship, erected in 1871. Rev. N.
Fowler, pastor.

Advance Lodge, No. 114, A., F. 6 A. M., R. T. Batty, W. M.; J.
Ware Butterfield, Secretary.

Grand Valley Lodge, No. 127, I. 0. 0. #., bas a hall at the corner of
Main and Third streets. P. J. Anderson, N. G.

Florence Lodge, No. 1,082, K. of H., C. W. Miller, Dictator; B. F.
Houlton, Reporter.

Banner Lodge, No. 386, K. & L. of H—Meetings every alternate
Tuesday evening at Knight’s Hall.

There are four teachers in the Florence public schools, all females:
Miss Frankie Davis, Principal. There are 360 children of school age, and
they are distributed in three different buildings. The old school building
was erected in 1868. The new substantial stone edifice will cost $7,500,
and will be opened in 1883. .

The Marion Bank has a capital of $50,000. Charles Barker, Presi-
dent; P. B. Plumb, Vice President; R. T. Batty, Cashier. Tere is a su-
perior water-power flouring mill, six hotel keepers, four grocery stores,
four general stores, three meat markets, three livery stables, three dealers
and quarrymen of Florence stone, three blacksmiths, two druggists, two’
lumber dealers, two cattle shippers and grain dealers, two milliners, three
coal dealers, one hardware merchant, one boot and shoe dealer, one saddle
and harness maker, one baker, one auctionecr, one photographer, one jew-
eler, one dentist, four physicians, one pork packer, one billiard saloon,
one furniture establishment, two wagon-makers, four loan, insurance and
real estate agents.

W. W. Stanford is Postmaster.

_ G. J. Hartman is station agent and Mayor of the city; W. F. File,
Pension Agent and City Clerk; A. Z. Hamilton, City Treasurer; James
Carter, Police Judge; J. Ware Butterfield, City Attorney; G. F. Minturn,
Marshal: P. Jlinkle, President Board of Councilmen.

FLORENCE CREAMERY.

The Florence Creamery, which is destined to become one of the most important manu-
facturing intcrests of Marion County and of the flourishing city of Florence, was completed
and began operations in May, 1883. The enterprise owes its existence to the joint efforts
and capital of the citizens of Florence, as the cash capital, $7,000, was all contributed by
the business men of the place. The contract for the building and machinery was let to
John W. Hall, of Osceola, Iowa, and the creamery is built after the model of the Wellington

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Creamery. The main building is 32x46, and the ‘ice house 30x50, with a capacity of 400 tons
ofice. The churn and vat room is 26 feet square, containing two revolving churns, which
will hold 275 gallons of cream each. In this room a.e also located the vats, two in number,
which will hold 400 gallons each, Aijorning this department on the north are two rooms
for working butter, 14x16 feet in size. In the first 1s located an immense circular butter
worker, from which can be turned off 75 pounds of butter in ten minutes. The entire ma-
chinery is operated by a ten horse-power engine of the most approved pattern. Hot and
cold water is supplied to all parts of the apparatus by pipes connected with pumps and the
engine. Mr. Charley Miller is President of the association.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

T, P. ALEXANDER, dealer in hardware and agricultural implements, came to Emporia in
1870, and came from there to Florence in May, 1871. Openéd a small stock, but has. built up
a fine trade, and now has as complete a store as can be found in the county. In 1878, he built
his present commodious store room, which is of stone, 25x125 feet. In the rear, and repa-
rated from the store, is a stone ware room, 25x50 feet. His stock will average in value $12,-
000. He was born in Eugene, Vermillion Co., Ind., August 26,1840. When seventeen, he
removed to Danville, Ill., where, in 1861, he enlisted in the Eleventh Indiana Infantry. He
participated in the engagements of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Fort Gibson, Champion Hill, Win-
chest r, Va., Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek, Was wounded at Champion Hill, and was in the
hospital five months. Rejoined his command at New Orleans, and remained with it until mus-
tered out. Was promoted to Second Lieutenant in May, 1865. Was married at Danville, Ill,
mn 1868, to Miss Esther Stewart. Mr. Alexander was the first Mayor of the city, and now holds
hat position. He has been Township Treasurer since 1872, and School District Treasurer
since 1877. Mr. A. has four children—James, Lucy, John and Mary. His father, William
Alexander, was a pioneer of Eugene, Ind., locating there in 1838. His mother, Esther Henr ,
was bern in Morristown, Penn, Mr, Alexander is one of the Board of Directors of the Flor-
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CHAI BARKER, farmer and stock-raiser, located here in the fall of 1866, and before
the Santa Fe Railroad was built he had to drive his cattle to Abilene for shipment. Sold part
of his land to the Florence Town Company. On the organization of the Marion Bank in 1873,
Mr. B. became President, and has since held that position. Mr. B, was born in Boone County,
Ind., July 15, 1834. His father and mother were natives of North Carolina, Removed to Lee
County, Iowa, in 1842, and remained four years, and removed to Wayne County, where he en-

aged in farming and stock-raising until coming to Kansas. Mr. Barker was married there in

, to Miss Lucinthia Fouts, of Putnam County, Ind. They have ‘our children—Diana,
Lafayette, Bert and Anna. Was el cted County Commissioner in 1867, and held the Office six
years. He is one of the tockholders of the Florence Creamery.

R.T. BATTY, Cashier of Marion Bank, was born in Providence, R. I., September 16, 1849.
Wher nine years of age, his parents located in Topeka. There Mr. B. learned the tinsmith’s
trade, and engaged in that for some three years. Afterward, he went with a freighting outfit to
Colorado, being absent about two years. On his return, he engaged in the hardware trade in
Topeka, and in 1871, in partnership with his brother, engaged in the hardware business at
Florence. In 1875, he became Cashier of the bank, and has since held that position. He was
married May 15, 1880, at Florence, to Miss Mary E. Riggs, daughter of James D. Riggs, one of
the early settlers of Marion County. They have one child—Andrew F. He is a member of Ad-
vance Lodge, No. 114, A., F. & A. M., Florence. - ;

DR. T. J. CONRY, physician and surgeon, located here in May, 1871; was born in Buffalo,
N.Y., November 24, 1839. His father, Capt. John W. Conry. was Captain of the ship Milwau-
kee, a vessel of the Evans line, and was shipwrecked at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River in
Lake Michigan in November 1842. After his father’s death, his mother moved to Carroll
County, Ohio, in 1843, Dr. Conry returned to Buffalo in 1860, and engaged in the book busi-
ness there until 1868, when he came West to Kansas City, Mo., where he graduated in the Col-
logo of Physicians and Surgeons in 1871, and afterward attended lectures at Rush Medical
College, Chicago. He was married at Carrollton, Ohio, in 1862, to Miss Maggie Nivin, and has
three children living—William H., of Topeka, Daisy and Lizzie A. His wife died in 1877, and
he was married to his present wife in 1878, Miss Gussie A. Holmberg, who graduated from the
Women’s Medical College in Chicago in 1881, and who is now practi ing her profession with
her husband. Dr. C. was appointed United States Medical Examiner in 1872, He is a member
of the Kansas State Medical Society ; is a'so a member of the A., F. & A. M., R.A. M. and K. of
H., and is a stockholder in the Florence Building Association and Creamery.

J.B. CROUCH, attorney at law, Florence, came to Marion County in 1881. He was born
in St, Albans, Kanawha Co., W. Va., September 17, 1851; and_in 1869, entered the newspaper
business in Charleston, In 1874, he married Miss Lida E McIntire, a native of Gallipolis,
Ohio, and in the following year removed to the latter State and took a position on the Cam-
bridge Jeffersonian, Returned to_his native State in 1878, and in partnership with William
Lawrence, son of ex-Congressman Lawrence, of Ohio, founded the Grafton Hagle. He held the
position of Committee Clerk in the West Virginia Legislature at its session in 1879, after which
he sold hisinterest in the Grafton Hag’e and commenced the publication of the Mouudsyille Com-
mercial, This paper was one of only three or four in the State that supported the action of A.
W. Campbell in resisting the Conklin expulsion resolutions in the Chicago Convention; but
Republican sentiment in t 1e State was soon reversed by the more thoughtful men:bers of the
party, and in a short time Mr. Crouch witnessed a demonstration in the city of Wheeling, at
which the correctness of his position was acknowledged by the highest commendations being
bestowed upon Mr.Campbell. While publishing the Commercial, Mr. Crouch was admitted to
the bar upon examination by the Supreme Judges of West Virginia, and in December of the
8 me year he returned to Cambridge, Ohio, and accepted an editorial connrction with the
Jeffersonian. Owing to ill health of self and wife, he s vered his connection with that paper,
carne o Kansas, and took a position on the editorial staff of the Atchison Evening Globe. In
1881, he established the Hillsboro Jnéelligencer, and in April, the following year, he bought

 
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the Florence Herald, and consolidated the two
“ 9 7» BHC n papers. January 20, 1 %
2 A.M. White, since which time he has devoted himself to the Sides 3 a ee

D, C. DESMOND, photographer, located here in August, 1882. He was born in Geneva,
N. Y., November 8, 1853. Moved to LaSalle County, Iil., when quite young, and remained
three years. Then removed to Dubuque, Iowa, and remained until 1876, when he moved to.
Malvern, Iowa. He there learned the photographic art, and traveled with a car through Iowa,
Eee ‘Texas and New Mexico. He was married in April, 1881, to Miss Martha Billups, of

souri. “

“J.C, DWELLE, attorney at law and real estate agent, located at Cedar Point, Chase Co
Kan., in 1870. Was born in Ontario County, N. Y., April 10, 1846. Resided there until 1866,
engaged in farming, and removed to Jackson County, Mich. Entered the law department of
Michigan University the same year, and pursued his studies, some two years since moving to
Kansas, and has been en ages! in farming and stock raising, Was admitted to practice in the
December term, 1882, of the District Court of Chase County, before Hon. 8. R. Peters, Judze.
In 1875, he ran tor Representative of Chase County, aga nst the notorious S. N. Wood, arid has
been connected very prominently with the politics of the c-unty until recently. Has been ex-
tensively engaged in raising fine wool sheep for the last six years, and now has a large ranch in
Chase Couu.ty. He was married January 8, 1868, at Gorham, Ontario Co.,N. Y., to Miss Amelia
A. Lake, of that county. Tey have six children—Johanna M., Harold L., James C., Horatio 8.,
Frank A. and Louis. Mr. Dwelle was active in all matters of substantial interest in Chase
County during his long residence there. He is a member of the M. E. Church.

REV. W. F. FILE born October 16, 1848, in Bond County, Ill. ; married Miss Sinah M. Ran-
kin, April 24, 1873; was educated in the common schools of the county principally, but spent
some time in the Greenville High School and at Shurtleff College ; taught school a number of
years before entering the ministry ; was ordained to the Baptist’s ministry January 16, 1876:
came to Kansas immediately afterward ; settled first as pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Wichita; remained pastor from June, 1876, to February, 1877, when he resigned and moved
to Marion County, when he became pastor of the Zion Star and Catlin Valley Churches. In
July, 1879, he purchased the Florence Herald, and was editor and proprietor of that journal
until December, 1880, when he severed his connection witn the paper and became pastor of
the First Baptist Church; resigned after serving more than a year to take a mission field em-
bracing Chase and part of Marion Counties ; has been an active worker in the temperance cause,
and has atood fearlessly for his opinions at all times.

 

REV. EDWARD P. FOSTER, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, was born at Bloom Fur-
nace, Scioto County, Ohio, October 5,1853. Removed to Kentucky when quite young, and
when seventeen years of age removed to Marietta, Ohio, where he entered college, graduating
in the class of 1874, then spent three years at Yale and Union, N. Y., theological seminaries,
graduating at Union in 1877. His first church was_at Florence, where he came the year of his
graduation, and remained until 1880, when he visited Europe, attending lectures six months
at each of the great universities—Berlin and Leipsic. On his return to this country, he was
supply of the Eureka church four months, and Caldwell for one year, and came thence to
Florence again. He was married June 28, 1882, to Miss Julia Fitch.

REV. NICHOLAS FOWLER, pastor of the Holy Catholic Chu ch, was born near Luxem-
burg, Germany, May 8, 1857: Studied at the Gymnasium of Treves. Following this, studied
at Aimea, Belgium, and from thence entered the American University at Lourain, his entire
course of study occupying aboutten years. Came to Americain September, 1882, Has charge

- of the Florence Church and some four other churches located near here. The church is ina
flourishing condition. : Y A
. M. HEATH, livery, feed and sale stable, came to the State in 1874, and located on a
farm four.miles north of Florence. In 1876, built his present commodious barn, and removed
tothe town. Was born in Merrimac County. N. H., May 13,1842, his father being David G.
Heath, and his mother’s maiden name Sarah §. Moore, both natives of New Hampshire. His
preaberend7atier Col. Jesse Heath, was an officer ‘in the Revolutionary war, and cleared the
‘arm where two generations have since resided. Mr. Heath attended Franklin Academy, and in
1861, enlisted in the Third New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry as wagonmaster. Was at the
bombardment of Port Royal, and was commissioned First Lieutenant in 1862, but detailed as
Division Wagonmaster, and remained until 1863. He returned to Franklin and engaged in
mercantile business until 1865, and t:.en went to Boston, Mass. He came west to St. Joe, Mo.,
soon after, and took a freight train to Denver. He remained in the territories two years, and
then returned to New Hampshire, and was appointed State Agent for Naw Hampshire of the
Phenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, which he held three years, after which he engaged in
mercantile pursuits at Franklin, N. H., until coming to Kansas,. He was married March 11,
1874, at Frauklin, to Miss Ellen M. Colby, of Henniker, N.H. Mr. Heath was Deputy Sheriff
under Mr. Howe, of Marion County. . 7

PHILLIP HINKLE, Justice of the Peace and Collector, a'so proprietor of extensive stone
quarries near the city. Located in Florence in 1873. Engaged in mercantile business until
1879. Was born in Bucks County, Penn., June 14,1836. In thespring of 1861, he enlisted
in the Fifty-second Pennsylvania Infantry. Atthe expiration of his term of service, he re-en-
listed in Company G, One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, and was commissioned
First Lieutenant. He was in Key’s Army Corps, Cozier’s Divis.on, Army of the Potomac. Par-

« ticipated in all the battles of the Peninsula campaign, and was afterward on detached service.
Was promoted to Captain after the battle of Seven Pines, and was mustered out at Harrisburg
in 1864. Returned to. Bucks County and learned the trade of aplasterer. Afte coming to
Kanaas, he resided in Topeka. and Emporia, before removing to Florence. He has been a
member of the City Council, and Police Judge ; his stone quarries are among the most
important industries of Florence, the pay-roll amounting to $1,000 permonth. Mr. Hinkle is
a member of Grand Valley Lodge.No. 127,1.0.0. F., A., F, & A. M., and G, A. R.

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8. W. HOWE, insurance and real estate, located in Kansas in 1873, at first engaged in Gov-
ernment land survey, and afterward assisted in appraising A., T. & 8. F. Railroad lands. Was
elected Sheriff of Marion County in 1877, and held the office two terms. Was born in Caledonia
County, Vt., April 18, 1843. He e:Jlisted in the army in July, 1863, in Company D, Sixth Ver-
mont Infantry, and participated-in the engagements of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and the Shen-
andoah Valley campaign, and was mustered out June 26,1865, He removed !0 Madison, Wis.,
and engaged in general merchandise until coming to Kansas. He was married November 13,
1879, in Dane County, Wis., to Miss Elizabeth Colby, a native of New York. They have one
child, Edith. While on the frontier engaged in surveying lands, Mr. Howe and party had some
hair-breadth escapes from hostile bands of Indians, and August 24, 1874, six of the party were
surprised, captured and massacred bv the Indians. Mr. Howe is a member of the A,. F. & A.
M. of Florence. :

THOMAS H. KELLY, conductor on the Douglas Branch of the A.,T.&8,F. Mr, K.is a
veteran with the company, and there are few, if any, that have been with them longer; he com-
mencing in 1873, as an engineer on the main line. At that time it had no branches. He con-
tinued in that capacity up to 1877, in which year a terrible casually befell him three miles
west of Elmdale. In this accident, his engine jumped the track, went down an embankment,
and being unable to extricate himself, was badly scalded by the escaping steam, besides being
severely bruised. Atter three months, he had sufficiently recovered to again be on duty, and
was assigned the conductor’s position on the main line, and on the completion of its bratich to
El Dorado, took the route he nowruns. Since coming to the State, Mr. K. has been a resident
of Topeka, Emporia, El Dor@lo and Florence. te was the engineer that pulled the first train
into Pueblo, Colo., which was in 1876, The subject of this sketch was born at Hales Corners,
Milwaukee Co., Wis., August 25, 1847; was educated and reared in Sheboygan County, Wis.
In 1864, he made his departure in railroading with the C. & N. W., running between Chicago
and Janesville. Previous to 1873, had been for a time on the Central Railroad of Iowa. Mr.
K. was married in Albia, Iowa, to Miss Addie Wilson. They have one child—Frankie.

8 CHARLES W. MILLER, dealer in general merchandise, began business here in 1874 with o
small stock of goods, but has steadily increased his stock, until he now enjoys a fine trade, and
carries a stock of from $12,000 to $15,000, and his annual trade will reach $50,000. He was
born in Monroe County, Mich., in 1842. In 1861, he enlisted in the Fifth Indiana Livht Artill-
ery. Was with his command at Shiloh, Chickamauga, Resaca, Mission Ridge, Stone River and
Perryville; at the latter engagement, he was wounded by the explosion of an ammunition
chest, and was promoted to Sergeant. Returned to Cold Water, Mich., and clerked five years.
He was married at Cold Water, Mich., in 1867, to Miss E.J. Lincoln, of that city. They have
three children—Harry, Fannie and Maud. Has been a member of the City Council several
terms and Mayor three terms. He is also at the present time President of the Florence Cream-
ery Association, a chartered company, with a paid up capital of $7,000. 2

_ _F.8. MITCHELL, dealer in furniture and undertaking goods, came here in 1871, locating
in Chase County. Engaged in farming until 1876, when he came to Florence. He carries a
stock of about $3,000, and his annual trade wil reach $6,000. Mr.M.was born in Orange
County, N. Y., November 6, 1845, and when ten years of age moved to McHenry County, IIL,
and learned the trade of a cabinet-maker. isted in 1862, in Company G, Second Battalion
Eighteenth United States Regulars. Was at Missionary Ridge and in the Atlanta campaign.
Mustered out in 1865. He was married May 1, 1868, at Mechanicsville, Iowa, to Miss Matilda
McMullen, of Ohio, and they have two children—Myrtie and Mabel. Is a member of the City
Council and M. E. Church; also a member of K. of H.andA., F.& A.M.

CAPT. THOMAS MORRISON, real estate and loan business, agent for the A.,T.&S.F.R,
R. lands, came to Emporia in 1870, where he engaged in the lumber trade until 1877. He was
born in Washing on County, Vt., December 22,1823. He went to sea when twelve years of
age, and remained for twenty-eight years, during which time he was commanding officer and
part owner of several vessels, He was married June 2, 1856, at Edgartown, Mass., to Miss
Elizabeth P. Morse, and they have one child—Leila M. He was elected Mayor of Emporia in
1876, and wa3 a member of the City Council five years, Has been Mayor and Councilman of
florence. Is amember of K. of H. of Emporia.

J.G. MORSE, dealer in lumber and coal, commenced business here in October, 1876, and
has branch yards at Hillsboro and Burns. He was born in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of
Martha’s Vineyard, August 17,1845, His father, John O. Morse, was one of the most succe-s-
ful Captains in the whaling service from that place, having made nineteen voyages before he
was thirty-one years of age, and taking 20,000 barrela of sperm oil. In 1849, he purchased the
barque Sarah, and took a party of miners to San Francisco to prospect for gold. On his way
home, he was taken sick and died at Payta, on the Chilian coast, in 1851. Lett without afather
so early in life, Mr. Morse continued in school until fifteen years of age, then went to seain
the whaling and merchant’s service. At the age of twenty, he was fourth officer of the ship.
In 1870, he left the sea, came to Kansas, and pre-empted 160 acres ot land adjoining the city of
Newton, which he has since surveyed into city lots, and is now selling at a handsome profit.
He was married at Newton, Kan., in 1875, to Miss T. Vernette House, of Virg1, N.Y. They
have two children—Belle Laverne and Charles Gaylord. He isa member of Florence Lodge,
K. of H., No. 1,082, Advance Lodge, No. 114, A., F.& A. M., Florence, Delta Chapter, No. 19,
Marion, and Newton Commandery, No.9, A., F.& A.M.

H. PALMER, auctioneer and commission merchant, came to Kansas in 1872, and locat-
ed on a farm eleven miles northwest of Peabody; came to Florence in March, 1876, Was born
in Bourbon County, Ky., May 17, 1816; learned the carpenter’s trade. Enlisted in 1860, in
Company ©, Seventeenth Ohio Infantry. Served three months, and re-enlisted in Company C,
Fortieth Ohio; was discharged December 24, 1862, on account of disability. He has been
twice married—first in 1839, to Arabella Cryder, who had six children, two of whom are now
living—8.C. and J.N. Mrs. P. died S:ptember 1,1876, and he was married to Mrs. Mary E.
Stevens, November 18,1878. Mr. P.is a member of the G. A. R. :

WILLIS POPE, farmer, Lincolnville, owns 240 acres of land on Section 14, Now has 130
head of cattle, and a herd of twenty head of Durham thoroughbred cattle, from the celebrated
herd of J. H. Pickard, of Macon County, Il. Mr. Pope was a resident of Macon Coynty fifty
years, and the thriving cities of Springfield, Bloomington and Decatur have grown Up within
his recollection. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1877. Was married in 1857, at Decatur,
IL, to Miss Lucina Allison, of Miami County, Ohio, and they have six children ving .
now in the employ of the Chumpion Reaper Company, Chicago; N. A., in the stock business
with his father; Augusta, R. J. Oglesby, Alice and Willis T. Mr. Pope is a member of Decatur
Lodge, No.8, A., F. & A. M., Decatur, Nl 5

. A. STURGES, dealer inlumber, pumps and windmills; opened his business in 1879,
and carries a stock of about $2,000, while his trade will reach $7,000. Was born In Craw-
fordsville, In |., June 20, 1835, About 1841, he removed to St. Louis, Mo. Enlisted in May
1862, in Company F, Thitry third Illinois Infantry, and was promoted to Second Lieutenant.
He participated in the engagements at Murfreesboro and Vicksburg, ani was mustered out
in 1863. He entered the mercantile business at Carlinville, McCoupin County, Ill, where he
remained until coming to Kansas. Was married April 13, 1865, at that place, to Miss Hannah
Underkoeffer, and has three children, Jessie, Walter, and Frank. Learned civil engineering,
by practice, when a young man; his residence is located at the corner of Fifth and Doyle
streets. It is 16x24 feet, two stories, hip roof, built in 1882 at acost of $550. Mr. Sturges
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

F.W. R. ZACHORECKY, manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes, located here in
1871, and carries a stock of $4,000, and his trade will average $5,000. He was born in Warsaw,
Russia, March 25, 1837 ; he came to America in 1866, and worked in nearly all the principal
cities of the East before locating here. Was married August 3, 1873, at Florence, Kan., to Miss
Matta C. Calleson, born in Kashoe, Denmark. He owns eighty acres of land located three
miles southeast of Florence.

GNADENAU.

Gnadenau town site is Section 11, Township 20, Range 2. Itisin Liberty
Township, a little southeast of Hillsboro, one street from east to west
runs through its center. The town lots in fact are town farms; each lot
is about half a mile long, having a front of 150 feet. The four center lots,
two on either side of the street, are for a school, church, store and public
hall. After religious services on Sunday, these people—the Mennonites—
consider every kind of public business; improvements are ordered, and all
must bear an equitable portion of the labor and expense incident thereto.
The heads of households enact the laws and regulations of the colony.

Menno or(Simonis) the founder of this sect, was a contemporary of
Martin Luther. This man’s votaries were gathered in Holland, and in
1790 their first settlement was made in Russia. In 1873, the Mennonites
sent out from Russia delegations to explore the United States and Canada.
After the return of their agents, a few single families of considerable
wealth, heeding the advice ef their delegates, came to Marion Center, and
selected several sections of land, in the vicinity of their town, @nadenau,
which, having a liberal translation, means “‘ Valley of Mercy.” In 1876,
80,000 acres were sold to a colony of Bohemians, the land being in Town
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18, Ranges 3 and 4. The Mennonites have large settlements in Towns 19,

20 and 21 in Range 1, and in Towns19 and 20in Range 2. They are honest,

industrious people, and many of them are very wealthy. They are at-

tracted to Kansas because the laws exempt them from military duty, and

Hane have their own titles in fee simple to so many valuable, attractive
omes.

Gnadenau has two blacksmith shops, a store, the keeper of which is
elected, and the tenure of office is conditioned upon the satisfaction he
gives. He is not permitted to sell tobacco or any intoxicating liquors.

_ Hoffnungsthall and Moscow are Mennonite communities. The Rus-
sian Baptist Church was built in Gnadenau, 1876.

f HILLSBORO.

Hillsboro, ten miles from Marion Center, on the Marion & Mc-
Pherson Railroad, has J. F. Hay for its station agent; Christian Ramsier
for its Postmaster. The town of Hillsboro was laid out on the north
half of the southwest quarter of Section 34, Town 19, Range 4, June 24,
1879. Beebe’s Addition to Hillsboro was laid out on the south half of
the northwest quarter of Section 34, Town 19, Range 12, August 3, 1880;
Kliever’s Addition to Hillsboro is a recent enlargement of the town. The
town is improving quite rapidly. Funk & Son opened up one of the best
steam mills in the West, in April, 1882. It stands about thirty rods west of
the station. Here are four grain shippers, two lumber dealers, two physi-
cians, three hardware stores, four general stores, two blacksmith shops,
two banks, one restaurant, one meat market, one drug store, one hotel,
one furniture store. The Methodist Episcopal Church has an organiza-
tion, and there are several Mennonites in the town, also some German
Catholics. Here is School District No. 82. The school building is a two-
story stone structure; W. P. Rife is the Principal. Prof. Burgdorph has
a private German school; it is well patronized.

The Phonograph was started by the Groat Brothers; W. J. Groat was
editor in chief; J. T. Groat, local editor. ,

J. B. Crouch, now of the Florence Herald, purchased the Phonograph
The enterprise did not promise the necessary success, and it was abandoned
in May, 1882, about thirty-five numbers having been published.

OTHER TOWNS.

Burns is ten miles southeast of Florence, on the El Dorado Branch of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad. Itis a thriving little station.
Josephus Collett is Postmaster. St. Francis City is somewhat more than
a mile south of Burns. This place was located September 28, 1882, by the
Franciscan Brothers, a Catholic order, on part of the west one-half of
the southeast quarter, and the east one-half of the southwest quarter of
Section 83, Town 22, Range 5. Lincolnville, Bethel and Lost Springs are
post offices in Clear Creek Township. I. F. Shupe is the merchant at

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS

Lost Springs; Lincolnville has a general store, a blacksmith shop, a fine
school building, and is a center of an excellent agricultural region. It
was located by Robert F. McAllister on the northeast quarter of the north-
west quarter of Section 14, Town 18, Range 4, May 11, 1872. LL. L. Evans
is Postmaster at Bethel; W. H. Evans, at Lincolnville; A. Terry, at Lost
Springs.

. Tehéghe— Alden Speare, of Boston, filed a plat of this burg, August
23, 1881. It is located on the northeast quarter of Section 27, Town 19,
Range 1. It is six miles west of Hillsboro. L. Monninger is Postmaster
and merchant here. Mud Creek is a post office in Gale Township; G
Hutchins, Postmaster. Youngtown is in Grant Township, L. D. Pierce,
Postmaster. Creswell is in Liberty Township, C. E. Whitney, Postmaster.

DURHAM PARK.

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Nearly in the geographical center of Durham Park Township is lo-
cated the great cattle ranche of the State owned by Mr. Albert Crane, of
Chicago, the proprietor of Durham Park, and the owner of the best fami-
lies of thoroughbred bulls, and of Airdrie Dutchess third, and of Airdrie
Dutchess second, the cost of both $44,600. The present Postmaster at
Durham Park is William Hallowell.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—MISCELLANEOUS.

MAJ. J.K.McLEAN isa native of Guilford County, N.C. He was born July 31, 1823.
His boyhood and youth were spent on the farm, Goring: which time he received a common
school education, At the age of twenty, he was married to Miss Mary P. McLean who, a few
months after her marriage, died. Mr. McLean then left North Carolina to seek his fortune in
the far West, as Illinois was then known. He settled in Bond County, of that Sta‘e, and in1847
was marriedto Miss Elizabeth A. Donnell, of Greenville, I1., with whom he lived till her death,
which occurred early in 1879, near Florence, Marion Co., Kan. This lady was the mother of
his five children—the eldest, Mary P. and the youngest, Henry A., Superintendent of the city
schools of Wellington, Kan. In the fall of 1880, M2j. McLean was married to Mrs. D, J. Ran-
kin, of Donnellson, Iowa. For more than twenty years, Mr. McLean was a citizen of Bond
County, Ill., during which time he was extensively engaged in agricultural and mercantile
pursuits, Fort:o terms, he was Treasurer of his county. At the breaking-out of the war, he
enlisted in Company D, Third HWinois Cavalry, and upon its organization was elected First
Lieutenant. After two years of active duty, he was_appoiuted Captain of his company. In
July, 1865, he received the appointment of Major. He served in many of the important bat-
tles ofthe Southwest. He was among those ordered to the protection of the Northwest against
the Indians, who were giving trouble in Minnesota and Dakota. In Octoker, of 1865, he was
mustered out at FortSnelling, Minn. In 1868, with his family he located in Topeka, and after
a two years’ residence in the capital he moved to Florence, where he established the first store.
In 1871, he was appointed Postmaster of Florence, which position, having been elected a
member of the State Legislature, he resigned in 1873. He is one of the oldest settlers of Mari-
on County, and has been much connected with municipal affairs. He is now a farmer and
stock raiser. located on his beautiful farm called Silent Shades, located one mile northeast of

orence.

ALONZO G. REYNOLDS, farmer, located four miles from Florence, on Section 21, Township
21, Range 4, Fairplay Township, P. O. Florence, was born in Erie County, N. Y., in 1827. Res‘ded
there until 1868, engaged in farming. Was married in 1850, in Monroe County. N.Y., to Marinda
C. Munson, and has six children. In 1868, moved to Wisconsin and engaged there in farming
una the all a 1870, when he came to Kansas. Has held the office of Township Trustee since

e fall 0 .

JOHN C. ROTH, farmer, Section 22, Clear Creek Townshin, P. O. Marion, Center, was
bora in Hamilton County, Ohio, March 3, 1335. Came to Kansas when about nineteen
years of age. Was married in May, 1866, to Miss Mary A. Wise, of Virginia, and has two chil-
dren—Gaby and Charles. 7

 
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“PRATT COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

Pee County is located in the second tier of counties from the south
line of the State, and is in the first tier of counties west of a central
line drawn through the State from north to south. Iuka, the county seat,
is 180 miles east of the west line of the State, and 220 west of the east line.
The county is bounded on the north by Stafford County, on the south by
Barber, on the east by Kingman and Reno, and on the west by Edwards
and Comanche Counties. tis twenty-four miles north and south by thirty
east and west, containing 460,800 acres, or 720 square miles. For local
government purposes, the county is divided into three commissioner dis-
tricts and four municipal townships. ;

The greater portion of the county is a beautiful rolling prairie, many
portions of it being, apparently, quite level. This description of the sur-
face, however, does not apply to the northern portion of the county. as
the north tier of Congressional
townships is quite rough and
broken, except a tract in the Sc 7 A
extreme northwest which is ex- 5
cellent farming land. This
rough strip in the north isa
succession of sand knolls, some
much higher and larger than
others, but all huge piles of
shifting sand. This strip of
sand hills or broken land does
not extend into the county fur-
ther south than about four
miles. At the west side of the
county, north of the center,
there is a strip of sand hills
about five miles wide and eight
miles long, that is exceedingly
rough. his cluster of hills
is part of a chain that extends
westward into Edwards Coun-
ty. With these exceptions,
the surface of the county, ex-
cept in the vicinity of the Nin-
nescah,is one grand, undulating
prairie, without either a hill,
bluff or knoll. It may be said
that the county is destitute of
timber, although in the south-
west corner there is a little
cluster of trees around the head
of Turkey Creek.

There are few streams in.
the county, the only creek of
any note being the Ninnescah,
which has its rise about nine
miles east of the west line of
the county, and a little south
of acentral line drawn from
east to west. Its course is
almost due east, and, being fed
by springs, its water is pure
and clear. It isa stream about
forty feet wide, and, no matter
what the character of the sea-
son, it never goes dry. The
Chikaskia,an impomant stream
that flows through Kingman :
and Sumner Counties, has its rise in the southeast corner of Pratt County,
about six miles north of the south line of the county, where it forms two
branches, which are about six miles apart and called forks. Elm Creek, a
tributary of Medicine Lodge Creek, also takes its rise a little north of the
south line of Pratt County, and these creeks and branches constitute all
the water-courses in the county. The purest of well water can be obtained
without much difficulty, at depths ranging from thirty to eighty feet. In
the northern portion of the county, wells have to be sunk about thirty
feet; in the central portion, from forty to fifty feet; and in the southern
portion, from seventy to eighty. Water is always found, however, and
when found is of the purest kind and inexhaustible.

Excepting a strip in the northern portion of the county about four
miles wide, and another in the western portion, both of which have been
referred to inthe topographical description, the soil of the county is of a
dark mulatto loam, slightly mixed with sand. It differs in depth from
four to eight feet and is very productive. In general, the subsoil is a sandy
loam of a yellowish color, and in some places gypsum is found at a depth
of from eight to ten feet. A peculiarity of this gypsum is, that it pulver-
izes readily, and, by mixing it with water, makes excellent mortar for
plastering purposes. All kinds of cereals can be raised on the soil with-
out difficulty, and in no country can crops be successfully cultivated with
as little labor. As an evidence of the productiveness of the soil, it may

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be stated that in 1882 wheat that did not yield thirty-five bushels to the
acre was an exception, and in most cases forty bushels was the average
yield, and in one case ten acres yielded 528 bushels, or fifty-two and four-
fifths bushels to the acre. Seventy bushels of oats to the acre were har-
vested, and corn, though the season was unfavorable, yielded as high as
fifty-five bushels. Nearly all kinds of roots are of easy cultivation, and
fruit grows finely. Efforts to cultivate small fruit, such as berries, grapes,
etc., have thus far proved failures. Trees grow rapidly, and under the
timber culture act, immense quantities are being planted. The soil of
Pratt County is well adapted for agricultural pursuits, and farming
judging from past years, can be successfully and profitably followed as a
business. While it is an excellent agricultural county, it has also superior
advantages for stock-raising. True, its streams are few, but good well-
water is easily obtained, and one well, with the use of a wind mill, is capa-
ble of watering 500 head of
cattle, and this system of pro-
viding cattle with water is pre-
ferred by stockmen to the
streams and creeks.

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EARLY HISTORY.

Pratt County was first or-
ganized in 1873, and with that
transaction commences the
narrative history of the county.
The organization that took
place then has become familiar-
ly known as the ‘‘fraudulent
organization.” It was accom-
plished by aparty from Hutch-
inson who traveled through the
country with a tent, going from
county to county organizing
them as they went. Pratt was
one of the counties thus organ-
ized. At that time there was
not a bona fide settler in the
county and the organization
could only be accomplished by
false returns and representa-
tions to the Governor. These
men even went so far as to
issue bonds and elect a nonen-
tity to the Legislature, but the
Representative thus chosen
never took his seat, and the
bonds issued were never sold.
The organization thus effected,
being procured by fraud, was
never recognized, and the coun-
ty remained unorganized terri-
tory until 1879.

The first actual settler in
the county was A. J. Johnson,

; who located in the southwest-
ern corner of the county, in the
vicinity of Springvale, in the
fall of 1878. Johnson was the
first man in the county to
break sod and raise a crop.
J. W. Black and A. Kelly
were the next to settle in the
county, and they also located in the southwest corner of the county. I.
‘M. Powell was the next to locate in the county, he also going to the south-
west corner in September, 1875. The first male child born in the county
was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Black, in September, 1875, and being the
first born in the county was named Pratt. The first female child born in
ihe county was born to Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Powell, in 1875, and was named
aura.

In the early part of 1874, aman known as ‘Skunk Johnson,” who fol-
lowed trapping and hunting for a living, selected a spot near the head of
the Ninnescah Creek, where he prepared himself a dugout, which became
and is still known as Skunk Johnson’s cave. It is one of the curiosities
or interesting points in the county. The cave is very artistically made.
It is cut in the side of one of the bluffs that marks the course of the creek.
The entrance is a small hole, but the interior is divided into two compart-
ments—one used for a kitchen and the other for a sleeping apartment.
The walls of the cave are a kind of hard clay or soapstone, capable of
being chiseled into any form. In the kitchen a very artistic fire-place was
made, from which a spiral chimney was cut, terminating in a small orifice
at the surface of the hill. Over the fire-place a neat mantel-piece was cut,
and in one corner a hole was sunk in which he kept his water-pail.

Johnson was a character, and became noted far and near. In 1874,
bands of Indians went prowling over the country, and woe betide the

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white man they met in their path. In one of their expeditions they came
across Johnson, who was out on a.hunt, and chased him to his cave.
There were about twenty of the Indians, but Johnson’s aim was sure and
his rifle deadly, and every savage that came within its ‘range was sure to
bite the dust. After he had killed several of them, they were extremely
cautious about getting in front of the entrance to the cave. They tried to
smoke him out from above, but the smoke escaped through the entrance,
and when they tried to smoke him out at the entrance, he would ascend
the spiral chimney and open the orifice above. For fifteen days he was
thus besieged, until finally the Indians, finding themselves outwitted, and
after losing several of their number, moved away. While thus besieged,
it so happened that Johnson had a number of skunks in his cave which he
was compelled to eat, and from this he derived the name of “ Skunk John-
son.” Buffalo becoming scarce, Johnson abandoned his cave and moved
West, but it served agrand-and noble purpose, for it became a retreat for
freighters who accidentally got caught in a storm or benighted. ‘‘ Skunk
Johnson’s” cave became as well known to ranchmen and freighters in
Southwestern Kansas as Niagara Falls are to tourists, and as many as fif-
teen men have been known to find shelter in it for three days at a time
during a storm. The cave is a curiosity in itself, and a person can interest
himself considerably by reading the inscriptions on the walls.

Although the settlers in the county in 1876 were exceedingly few, and
confined, chiefly, to the southwest corner of the county, yet they did not
get along altogether peaceably. A. Kelly, who came to the county with

. W. Black early in 1874, boarded with the latter's family, and owed him
about $75 for board. Kelly was making preparations to move on to his
own claim, and had built thereon a little house. When the house was fin-
ished, Black took possession of it for the board money owed by Kelly.
The latter ordered Black to surrender and quit the premises, when Black
told him he could have possession when he paid his board bill, whereupon
Kelly drew his revolver and shot Black, killing him instantly, and Kelly
immediately fled the county.

_ Few, if any, settlers came to the county in 1876, but 1877 brought a
great many. Karly in the spring of that year, several new-comers located
in the northeast corner of the county, two men named Haynes being
among the first. During the summer of that year, quite alarge settlement
came from Jowa and moved to what was then the center of the county,
where they took claims and located the town of Iuka. With this colony
came Robert Anderson, J. W. Ellis, Rev A. Axline, Eugene Ellis,
Charles Dunn, Dr. Greenleaf, Fred Frazee, A. W. Ellis, John Stephens,
Dr. Hughes, R. T. Peak, Mrs. Spruill, J. W. Byerly, O. L. Peak, Miss
Annie Risley, Clyde McCann and Charles Abbott, who were followed that
same year by large numbers of people from Davis, Appanoose and Van
Buren Counties, Iowa. This, virtually, was the commencement of the
real settlement of the county, for up to that time no settlers had ventured
into the center of the county. Over 100 families settled in the county in
1877, most of whom came from Iowa, but this was no comparison to the
settlement that took place the following year.

In 1878, settlers Da at into the county from all sections, and the of-
ficials in the United States Land Office were kept busy entering up pre-
emption claims. The abundant crops of that year added greatly to the
immigration, and during the fall of 1878 and spring of 1879, new settlers
located in the county by the hundred. The years 1879 and 1880 were un-
propitious for crops, and a good many of the new settlers left the county.
In 1881, the county about held its own, but the following year the tide of
emigration set in again and a great many new-comers located in the
county. The county is yet without any railway facilities, and, there being
no stone in the county that can be used for building purposes, building
material is only obtained by much difficulty, lumber having to be hauled
from sixty to eighty miles. This makes it very difficult to build houses,
and poor people make themselves either sod houses or dug-outs, of which
there are a great many in the county. The people of the county, general-
ly, are progressive, industrious, frugal and hospitable, and all that is re

uired to make Pratt County a prosperous agricultural county is railroad

acilities.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY SEAT CONTEST.

By the partition of Stafford County in 1874, the two southern tiers of Congressional
townships of that county were annexed to Pratt, but, in 1879, Stafford was restored to its
original boundaries, and the towaships that had been annexed to were severed from Pratt.
The population of the county had so increased by the spring of 1879 that in April of that
year, the Governor was memorialized to organize the county. A census-takcr was appointed
by the Governor to take the census of th2 county, and upon his report being made, the Goy-
ernor issued a proclamation organizing the courity of Pratt, and locating the temporary
county seat at Iuka, He also appointed John Sillin, Thomas Goodwin and L, IH, Roron
County Commissioners, and L. C. Thompson, County Clerk,

The Commissioners appointed by the foregoing preclanaen held their first mecting
at Iuka, July 29, 1879, and were sworn to a faithful performance of their duty by J. W. Ellis,
They then organized by electing L, H. Naron Chairman. ;

Various opinions are expressed by the early settlers as to what became of the first
Commissioners’ journal, but whatever the facts connected with it may have been, certain it
is that it mysteriously disappeared, and the business transacted by the first Commissioners
is written in this history from information given by the early settlers who are acquainted
with all the details. About the only business of their first meeting was to divide the county
into five municipal townships and three Commissioner districts, and to designate various
voting precincts. <A special election was ordered to be held September 2, 1879, to perfect the
organization of the county, by electing a full set of county officers, and to permanently lo-
cate the county seat. The officers chosen at that election were John Sillin, L, H. Naron and
Thomas Goodwin, County Commissioners ; L. C. Thompson, County Clerk ; Samuel Brumsey.
Clerk of District Court; James Neely, Probate sudae R. T. Peak, Treasurer; Samue’
McAvoy, Sheriff; M. G. Barney, County Attorney; A. H. Hubbs, County Superintendent of
Schools; Phillip Haines, Register of Deeds; J. W. Ellis, Surveyor, and P. Small, Coroner
All the interest in the election was centered in the contest for the county seat, for which
there were three competitive points—Iuka, Saratoga and Anderson. The fight was hotly
contested, but when the Commissioners met to canvass the vote, the returns of three town-
ships were thrown out on account of irregularities, and Iuka was declared the county seat.
This result gave great dissatisfaction to the pee le of Saratoga, and they sued out a writ of
mandamus in the Supreme Court, by which the Commissioners were compelled to count the
votes of the three towaships they had thrown out, The result of the re-count was that
neither place had a majority of the votes cast, and a new election was ordered, Anderson
being dropped from the list of competitive points. —

The second election on the county scat question was ordered to be held on August 19,
1880, and the people of Tuka and Saratoga exerted themsélves to the utmost. Means not

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

recognized as being altogether legitimate were resorted to, and one of the champions for
Saratoga, named W. F. Gibbons, went down to Medicine Lodge, in Barbour County, and
agreed with W. H. Weidner to pay him $40 if he would take about fifteen cowboys into Pratt
County thirty days before the election to vote for Saratoga, Each cowboy imported was to
receive $5, free whisky and a free dance at Saratoga on the night of the election. Weidner
located the cowboys and furnished a list of the names to Gibbons, as per agreement, and re-
ceived $25 as part payment. Before the election took pe another party from Saratoga,
named W. F. Foster, went down to see the cowboys, and to make sure they were all ri fe
While there he saw Weidner, who demanded the balance due him on the contract, $15,
Foster told him he ought not to charge so much, that he had had very little trouble, and that
he ought to be satiofied with the $25 he had received. Weidner contended that a contract
was a contract, and insisted wpon Foster paying, the balance due. Foster said that Gibbons
had instructed him to pay no more. “All right,” said Weidner, and he went away, remark-
ing tnat he would have his pay. He then revealed the whole scheme to George Orner, of
Medicine Lodge, who guaranteed him his $15, which was paid. When Gibbons failed to
comply with his agreement with Weidner, the cowboys all left Pratt County, and Saratoga
lost their vote. The election took place upon the day ordered, and the result of it was that
Tuka had an overwhelming majority, and was declared the permanent county seat.

SCHOOLS, THE PRESS, ETC.

There were in 1882, twenty-one organized school districts in the county, and only
eight school buildings, each building containing one room, The schoolhouses are all ver
inferior buildings, the greater portion of them being built of sods. Some of these sod school-
houses are quite comfortable, being plastered on the inside and reasonably well furnished
with seats and benches. In some ot the districts, school is held in private houses. The

reat difficulty in getting material with which to build is one reason why the school build-
ings are not of a better class. In 1881, the school population of the county, that is, children
between the ages of five and twenty-one years, was 365, of which the females outnumbered
the males by five. In 1882,the school population increased to 506, a gain in one year of 141,
which would indicate quite an advance in the population of the county. The increase was
about evenly divided between males and females, the former numbering 249 and the latter
257. The number of pupils enrolled in 1881 was 342, and in 1882 the enrollment was 371.
The average daily attendance in the former year was 200, and in the latter 220. In 1881,
the number of teachers employed in the county was fifteen, of whom two were males and
thirteen females, and in 1882 the number employed was eighteen, the males being five and
the females thirteen. The average wages per month paid teachers in 1881, was, males $22,
and females $14.85, and in 1882 the pay of male teachers was the same as the preceding year,
while that paid females was advanced to $15.53. In 1882, the number of districts sustaining
public schools for three months or more during the year was fifteen, and the number fail-
ing to sustain school for three months was six. The assessed valuation of the county per
school district in 1882 was $7,141,and the number of mills levied for school purposes was
fifteen. The school bonded indebtedness was.$1,591, and the estimated value of school prop-
erty in the county was $2,416. In 1882, there were twenty persons examined for teachers,
and seventeen certificates granted, of which seven were of second grade, and ten of third,
On August 1, 1881,the amount in the hands of the District Treasurer was $68.77; the
amount received during the year following from district taxes was $711.69; from the appor-
tionment of State and county funds, $213.68; from sale of bonds, $381; from all other sources,
$186.45, making a total received during the year for all school purposes of $1,561.59. The
amount paid out during the year, for teachers’ wages and supervision was $864.03; for rents,
fuel, repairs, etc., $71.23; for sites, buildings and furniture, $18.35; for all other purposes,
$123.53, making a total of $1,077.14, leaving a balance in the hands of the District Treasurer
on July 31, 1882, of $484.45. The first school established in the county was at Iuka, in 1878,
and the person who taught the school was Miss Laura Long, whose wages were paid by pri-
vate subscription. z
- Pratt County Press was_ established in August, 1878, by M. C. Davis and J.B. King, who
continued to publish it until the spring of 1880, when King retired, leaving Davis sole editor
and proprietor, by whom the paper was published until November, 1880, when he sold it to
B. F. Lane and A.S. Thomson. In May, 1881, Lane sold his interest in the paper to H. P.
Cooper, after which it was published under the firm name of Cooper & Thomson, until Sep-
tember, when Cooper parted with his interest to Thomson, by whom the paper has been
Seles since-that time. The paper is a seven-column folio, Republican in politics, and
as a circulation of about 300.

Pratt County Times, was established in October, 1881, by H. P. Cooper, with C. T. War-
ren as editor and publisher. In September, 1882, Mr. Warren purchased the paper and be-
came sole editor and proprietor, and by him the paper still continues to be punished. The
paper is a five-column quarto, Be pubiiean in politics, and has a circulation of about 500.

Excepting two flouring mills, there are no manufactories of any kind in the county.
One of the ee ae is located at Springvale, in the southwest corner of the county, a
little south of the head-water of Turkey Creek, on which creek it is located. It is a small
moor having two run of stone, and was built by Johnson & Stiles, in 1879, at a cost of

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The other mill in the county is located at Iuka, the county seat, and was erected in
1883, by Knapp, Casebolt & Co, This mill is operated by steam-power, and has four run of
buhrs. The building is 30x60 feet, and three stories high, and is valued at $12,000.

STATISTICS OF GROWTH.

The growth in the population of the county has been rather slow, owing to certain
causes that operated against its settlement. All the land in the county, except the northern
tier of Congressional townships, being embraced in the fifty-mile strip iocluded in the Osage
Reservation, or Trust Lands, left only astrip of six miles wide across the northern portion
of the county subject to homestead, and that that was so subject, was about the poorest por-
tion of the county, and hence it was not desirable land for homesteaders. The remainder
of the county was subject to pre-emption, but in order to pre-empt required the payment of
$1.25 per acre, and settlers did not deem it ety to pay this so long as Government land
was to be had for nothing. Another drawback to the settlement of the county was the long
distance it was from a railroad, the nearest railroad point being forty miles away. The ab-
sence of fuel was another serious drawback. Notwithstanding al] these drawbacks, how-
ever, two or three settlers did locate in the southwestern portion of the county as early as
1873. Actual emigration, however, did not take place until 1877, and during that and the
two years following, the emigration to the county was quite large. The United States cen-
sus for 1880 shows the population of the county that year to have been 1,890, During the
next two years there was a falling off, as shown by the Assessor’s returns for 1882, of 366, but
in the summer of that year the tide of emigration turned again, and by the spring of 1883
the population had grown to over 2,000. The following statistics, taken from the compile
record of 1882, will tend to show what progress the county has made in material wealth. The
number of acres in farms that year was 48,334, of which 15,900 were under cultivation. For
assessment purposes, these lands were valued at $113,437, or about one-fifth the actual value.
eine the year ending March 1, 1882, there were erected fifty-three farm dwellings, valued
at $5,135, or about $97 each. Very many of these houses were made of sod, and hence the
low average value. The winter wheat sown in 1881 was 2,935 acres ; rye, 117; spring wheat
sown in 1882 was 67 acres; corn, 7,500; oats, 293; buckwheat, 23; Irish potatoes, 71; sweet
potatoes, 75; sorghum, 787; broom corn, 569; millet and Hungarian, 2,372; pearl millet, 18;
rice corn, 301, and prairie pasture, 656. This average has been greatly increased since the
above returns were made, The tons of tame hay cut in 1881 were 387, and of prairie ha
there were cut 2,232 tons. The value of garden products sold during the year was $373, an
of eggs and ponte: $1,408. There were only 170 pounds of cheese unde in the county during
re year ending March 1, 1882, while the amount of butter made was 28,377 pounds. The
ne stock in the county was represented by 447 horses, 148 mules and asses, 570 milch cows,
a other cattle, 16,488 sheep, and 952 swine. These figures have been greatly augmented
aueug the past year, the sheep alone trebling in number, and cattle more than trebling.
be e animals sold for slaughter during the same period amounted in value to $8,618, an

Ad wool clip was 32,497 pounds. Considerable progress has been made in the cultivation
oat trees, of which there were in bearing 455 apple trees, 2,132 peach trees, 18 plum, and
ne ae The number not in bearing was 440 apple, 6 pear, 32,870 peach, 936 plum, and
? ie erry. But very little fencing has been put up in the county, the aggregate being only

fl s rods, of which 212 are board, 660 rail, 25 hedge, and 4,111 wire. The value of agricult-
ural implements in the county was $13,181. Forest trees have been planted to the extent of

coer but during 1882 a great many timber claims were located, and thousands of trees
PRATT COUNTY

IUKA.

Tuka, the county seat, is located on the northeast quarter of Section
4, Town 27, Range 18 west, of the Sixth Principal Meridian. The land on
which the town is situated was a claim that had been taken by Rev. A.
Axline, but subsequently a town company was formed consisting of Rev.
A. Axline, J. W. Ellis, Robert Anderson, Eugene Ellis, A. W. Ellis,
Charles Dunn, Calhoun & Sidorn and Annie Risley, and to the company
thus organized the claim was deeded. The town site was surveyed and
platted in July, 1877, by J. W. Ellis, after which the lots were equally di-
vided among the company, except that Mr. Axline received two lots for
every one received by each of the other members. This division having
been made, the company then deeded half of the lots to the county, with
a view of securing the county seat. The first building erected on the
town site was put up by William Daum in August, 1877, who also, about
the same time, put up a store building, he having been the first man in
town to sell goods. About the time Daum put up his store, J. W. Ellis
put up a small land office and also erected a dwelling house. Simultane-
ously with the going up of these buildings, Mr. Axline built the Iuka
House, a building 16x82 feet and two stories high. This was the first, and
thus far, is the only hotel in town. Hotel purposes were not the only pur-
poses served by the erection of the Iuka House, as during the fall and
winter of 1877, the office was used for a church and Sunday school. Sev-
eral other buildings were put up during 1877, among them one built by
Charles Dunn, one by Eugene Ellis, one by A. W. Ellis, a drug and
grocery store built by J. D. Sherwood, a grocery store put up by S. C. Cal-
houn, a printing office. by Davis & King, and two or three residences.
The town company that located the town of Iuka was composed of people
from Iowa exclusively, from the counties of Davis, Van Buren and Appa-
noose, but chiefly from Davis County. A good many others soon followed,
and so far as the people are concerned, Iuka is an Iowa town out and out,
only located in Kansas. For some months after the town was started, the
people were without mail facilities, they having to go to Hutchinson, a
distance of sixty miles, for their mail. This was a great inconvenience,
but in the fall of 1877 this was removed by the establishment of a post
office in the town, Rev. A. Axline being the first Postmaster. In 1878, the
town made but little progress, but during that year the first schoolhouse,
not only in town, but in the county, was opened, with Miss Laura Lon:
as teacher. The immense crops that were raised in Kansas in 1878 euteed
great immigration to the State, of which Pratt County and Iuka received
a goodly share. In the fall of 1878 and spring of 1879, the population of
Iuka was considerably increased by the arrival of new comers. In the
latter year, quite a number of new buildings were put up, but the chief im-
provement of that year was the erection of the Preyicnan Church, as
up to that time there was no church edifice in the town. There were sev-
eral church organizations, however, and services were regularly held, Rev.
Jobn Prey, of the Baptist Church, preaching the first sermon ever
preached in the town. The first church organized in town was the Pres-
byterian, which was organized in the fall of 1877, by Rev. A. Axline.
Two years subsequently, they built a very fine frame church, at a cost of
$1,500, capable of seating 400 persons. The church has now a member-
ship of fifty, and Rev. A. Axline continues as its pastor. The year 1880
was a very prosperous one for Iuka, and that year the town improved rap-
idly. A fine one-story store building, B4x80. feet, was put up by E. L.
Maxwell, now used by Briggs & Son asadry goods and grocery store.
The building now used as acourt house was put up in that year by Cooper
& Anderson, and a large two-story building that stood scveral miles from
Iuka, at a place named Anderson—one of the competing points for the
county seat—was purchased by Mr. Cooper and moved into Iuka, where
he had it converted into a drug and dry goods store, being the one now
occupied by Stephenson & Stewart as adry goods store. The building
now occupied by Dr. O. L. Peak as a drug store was built that year by J.
A. Gray, and Seneca Taylor about the same time built the one in which
the post office is now located. The improvements of 1880 were not con-
fined to business houses, as quite a number of residences were put up, and
a very fine livery stable, which was built by A. P. Johnson. During the
years 1880-81, the population of the town was considerably increased by
people who had located upon Government claims, moving in after having
proved up on their land. The year 1882 was one of little, if any, progress.
The accessions made that year, either in population or in buildings, were
limited to the smallest possible number. One improvement was made,
however, worthy of mention in the history of the town. That year the
ownership of the Iuka House passed to Robert Anderson, who, a few
months after it came into his possession, had it enlarged (o about three
times it original size, making it sufficiently commodious to meet the wants
of the public. Having enlarged the house, the name was changed from
Iuka House to Lirfdell Hotel, by which it is now known. Never has a
year opened more auspiciously for a town than 1883 has for Iuka. The
Methodists, although having an organization since 1878, were at the com-
mencement of 1883 without a church building, but about the beginning of
the year work was commenced on a very neat frame edifice, which was
completed in April. The building is of good size and neatly finished, and
is not only quite an improvement, but an ornament to the place. The
church was built at a cost of $2,000, nearly all of which was subscribed
by the inhabitants. The Methodist Church at Iuka was organized with
_but very few members, in the spring of 1878, by Rev. Guy Hamilton, but
since that time has grown to be quite strong. The Baptists and Christians
have also organizations in town, but no edifices. J. A. Craig has just com-
pleted a very neat store building; H. P. Cooper has just finished a small
drug store; L. C. Thompson is now erecting a fine two-story business
house ; Samuel McAvoy is putting up a residence ; Knapp, Casebolt &
Co. have about completed a fine flouring mill, and L. Creps has just es-
tablished quite an extensive lumber yard, so that 1883 gives promise to be
a year of unprecedented prosperity and progress. Iuka is quite a mail
center, having one daily, two tri-weekly and five semi-weekly mails. The
business of Iuka is represented by one grocery and hardware store, one

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general merchandising store, one grocery, one dry goods, hats and caps,
one notion and stationery store, one harness shop, one tin shop, two drug
stores, one dealer in agricultural implements, one livery stable and one
lumber yard.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

ROBERT ANDERSON, attorney at law. William and Elizabeth Anderson, the parents
of Robert, were both natives of Pennsylvania, in which State, in Indiana County, Robert
was born on October 10, 1844. His school education was such as he acquired at the common
school. On October 10, 1861, he celebrated his seventeenth birthday by enlisting in Com-
pany C of the Nineteenth Infantry of the regular army, in which he served for three years,
and was discharged October 10, 1864. While in the service, he was engaged in the battles of
Stone River, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and
Jonesboro. In the spring of 1865, he went to Iowa, and located in Davis County, where he
located upon a farm and commenced farming. On October 21, 1867, at Bloomfield, Davis
Co., Iowa, he was married to Miss Julia P. Edmondson, a native of Illinois, by which mar-
riage children have been born to him as follows: Charles P., born in Davis County, Iowa,
July 16, 1868; Cora E., same place, September 27, 1870; Nellie B., same place, February 19,
1873; Robert E., born at Iuka, Pratt Co., Kan., January 2,18 2, died September 25, 1882,
For some years, in Iowa, Mr. Anderson was a very active member of the Grange, and was
the purchasing agent for the Co-operative Association of Davis County, which he resigned to
accept the general agency of the manufacturing establishment of P. Yrich & Co., of Pekin, Ill.
In June, 1877, he moved to Kansas and located in Pratt County, pitching his tent upon a
claim on the 15th of that month, the nearest house to him being fifteen miles distant. Jan-
uary 19, 1880, he was appointed Probate Judge to fill a vacaucy, and at the general election
of that year, was elected to the office, to which he was again elected as his own successor in
the fall of 1882, and is now serving his third term. Inthe years 1878-79-80, he studied law,
and was admitted to practice at the bar in June, 1881, and now follows his profession, in ad-
dition to attending to the duties of his office as Probate Judge.

C. 8. CALHOUN, merchant, was born in Beaver County, Penn., July 22, 1853. When
five years old, he moved with his parents to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he remained
until October, 1860, when he went with his parents to Bates County, Mo., returning to Van
Buren County in June, 1862. There he lived until February, 1878, when he moved to Kan-
sas and located in Iuka, in Pratt County, where he engaged in the mercantile business, being
the second man to open store and sell goods inthe town. Mr.C. was married at Tuka,
March 26, 1879, to Miss Laura E. Long, of Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa. One child was the
issue of this marriage, Laura C., born at Fairfield, Iowa, February 13, 1880, Nine days after
the birth of his child, Mr. Calhoun was left a widower, his wife dying on the 22d of Febru-
ary, 1880. Mr.C. has studiously avoided taking any active part in politics, and confined

“himself strictly to business, but in the fall of 1882 the people elected him to represent the

county in the Legislature, and in January, 1883, he took his seat as a member from Pratt
County in the third biennial re-union of the Kansas Legislature.

HENRY P. COOPER, attorney and counselor, was born at Chepstow, Monmouthshire,
England, April 27, 1830. His father was a barrister and counselor. [fe received his educa-
tion at home, under the instruction of a family tutor. When eighteen years old, he com-
menced to read law with his father, and in 1850 he came to the United States, and located in
the city of New York, where he entered a law office and resumed the study of law, and in
1859 was admitted to practice at the bar. In 1857, Mr. Cooper returned to England, and was
there married, on the 5th of April of that year, to Miss Ellen Scruton, a native of Golds-
borough, England. By this marriage two children were born to him—Charlotte E., born at
the city of York, England, April 10, 1858, and Ellen M., born at Goldsborough, England, Feb-
ruary 22, 1860. He came back to the United States in the spring of 1859, and in the fall of
that year returned to England, returning again to the United States in August, 1860. His
wife dying in 1866, he again returned to England, where, on December 4, 1867, he was mar-
ried to Miss Sarah A. Dobbs, in Gloucester. In March, 1868, he again returned to the United
States, and, in 1869, came to Kansas, and located in Washington County, where he tried
farming about a year, after which he opened a law office in Waterville, where he resumed
the practice of his profession. _ In 1878, he moved to Salina, Kan., where he remained until
August, 1879, when he removed to Pratt County aud located at Iuka. Mr. Cooper has held
several important and lucrative positions. Jor three years he was clerk to the Commis-
sioner of Taxes in New York City, He has served as attorney to the city of Waterville. He
was one of the directors and attorney for the Marshall County, Kan., Savings Bank, and
served as County Attorney of Pratt County, to which office he was elected in the fall of 1880.

LA FAYETTE CREPS, lumber merchant, was born at Fort Madison, Lee Co., Iowa,
August 19, 1855, being the third child and second son of Reuben and Catherine Creps. He
received his education at the common schools and académy of kort Madison, entering the
latter in 1868, and graduating in 1871. Leaving the academy, he entered a shoe store as
clerk, where he remained eighteen months, when he went to Chicago and entered the busi-
ness college of Bryant & Stratton. Leaving that, he went to Burlington, Iowa, and engaged
in the shoe business, at which he remained five years, when he went to Red Cloud, Neb.,
and engaged in the general mercantile business under the firm name of Johnson & Creps.
Remained in Red Cloud two years and four months, and then went to Colorado, where he
remained six months, and then returned to Red Cloud and opened a broker’s office, and was
engaged in the brokerage business for eight months, when he moved to Kansas and located
at Iuka, in Pratt County, where he opened a lumber yard and is now dealing in lumber.

GEORGE HELSEL, farmer, P. O. Iuka, was born at Dayton, Ohio, February 3, 1847.
His education was received ‘at the common schools, and when seventeen years old, on May
4, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry, and served until the close of the war. Leaving the army, he returned to his home,
and learned the trade of carriage-making. In 1869, he moved with his parents to Allen
County, Ind., and located on a farm. Was married in Allen County, October 2, 1872, to Miss
Melissa Powers, a native of Indiana, by which marriage five children have been born to him,
as follows: Ada J., born in Allen County, Ind., September 8, 1873; Anna L., same place,
December, 1875; Benjamin I"., same place, December, 1877; Charles, same place, December,
1879; and Edward W., born in Pratt County, Kan., July 9,1881. In 1878, Mr. Helsel was
elected Constable in Allen County, but he resigned the office in the fall of that year, and
removed to Kansas, locating in Pratt County, where he filed a claim and settled upon it and
commenced farming, which he is now pursuing successfully, and by industry and frugality
has succeeded in accumulating a considerable number of stock.

THOMAS MARTIN, farmer and Deputy County Clerk, P. O. Iuka, was born in Indi-
ana County, Penn., August 31, 1832. His father was a farmer, and Thomas remained at
home attending school and working on the farm until he was twenty years old, when he
entered Jacksonville Academy, Indiana County, which he attended for three years, leaving
which he taught school during the winter seasons, and worked on the farm during summer.
On May 10, 1861, in Armstrong County, Penn., he married Miss Anna Maria Bryan, a native
of Indiana County, Penn. Mr. Martin had two brothers, both of whom entered the army
early in the war, his elder brother dying in Andersonville. Thomas enlisted March 10,
1865, in Company B, Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, und was mustered out
with his regiment July 1, 1865. Leaving the army, he returned to his native place, where
he lived until March, 1878, when he moved to Kansas, and located in Pratt County, where he
settled uponaclaim. In 1882, he was appointed Deputy County Clerk, in which capacity he
is now serving.

OSCAR L. PEAK, physician and druggist, was born in Dallas County, Mo., Novem-
ber 20, 1849; when three years of age, he moved with his father to Davis County, Lowa, his
mother having died a short time previously. His early education was received at the pub-
lic school, and at seventeen years of = he entered the Troy Academy in Davis County,
which he attended about a year, when he removed to Camden County, Mo., and became en-
gayed as a clerk in a store, at which he remained nearly a year, when he went to Illinois,
and entered Shurtleff College in Madison County, which he attended for three years, when
he went to Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, and commenced the study of medicine, which he
pursued for three years, when he went to Cincinnati and attended a course of lectures in
the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, after which he went to Missouri, where he
entered upon the practice of medicine, de ate his profession until the following win-
ter, when he returned to Cincinnati, and attended another course of lectures, taking also a

rivate course in the Cincinnati Hospital, graduating in February, 1878. Having graduated,

e came to Kansas, and located at Iuka, in Pratt County, where he resumed the practice of
his profession. He was married April 13, 1880, at Iuka, to Miss E. Viola Moore, a native of
Davis County, Iowa, by which marriage two children have been born to him—Burt T., born
February 22, 1881, died February 28, 1882, and Bird C., born May 24, 1882, In February,
1879, he was appointed United States Examining Surgeou for Pensions, and in November,
1882, he was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction, both of which positions
he now occupies.
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GEORGE W. STEWART, merchant miller and stock farmer, was born in Putnam
County, Ind., January 27, 1847, and is the son of Ichabod and Rebekah S. Stewart. His
father was a farmer and dealer in stock. When five years old, George W. moved with his
parents to Centreville, Appanoose Co., lowa. His scholastic education was received at the
common school. He attended school and worked on the farm until he was nineteen years
old, when he became engaged in buying and selling stock. On November 28, 1869, he was
married at Centreville, Iowa, to Miss Sarah E, Shaw, a native of Indiana. The issue of this
marriage has been Ora B., born at Centreville, lowa, November 16, 1870; Lela E., born at
same place March 30, 1873; Ada C., at same place, October 14, 1875; and Maud E., born at
Iuka, Kan., September 17, 1879. In March, 1878, he moved to Kansas, and located in Pratt
County, where he en gaged in the business of farming and stock-raising. While at Centre-
ville, he served one term in the Common Council, and in November, 1879, was elected to the
office of Register‘of Deeds of Pratt County, Kan. Mr. Stewart is interested in a flouring
mill at Iuka, and is also a member of the mercantile firm known as Stephenson & Stewart.

LEWIS C. THOMPSON, contractor, was born at Meredosia, Morgan Co., IIl., August
20, 1851. He attended the common school of his native place until of age to work, after
which, forsome years, he would attend school in winter and work on the farm during sum-
mer, In 1876, he moved to Spencer County, Ind., where he remained about a year, when
he moved to Kansas, and located in Pratt County. Was marriedin Iuka, Pratt. County, May

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

19, 1881, to Miss Een Mary Cooper, a native of Haglan Upon the organization of Pratt
County in July, 1879, Mr, Thompson was appointed by the Governor, County Clerk, to which
he was afterward elected twice in succession, and received a commission as Notary Public
in 1882, ! 5 3

CHARLES T. WARREN, County Attorney, was born in Sunbury, Northumberland Co.,
Penn., April 22, 1859, He is the son of Rev, George Warren and Louisa Warren, both na-
tives of Pennsylvania. Charles T. received his early education at the public school, and at
the age of seventeen years he entered the printing office of the Mountain Echo,in Chick-
ahinny, to learn the printing trade. He remained in the office a little over a year, when he
entered the Dickinson Seminary, located at Williamsport, Lycoming Co.,.Penn., where he
remained two years, taking a special course in scientific and classical studies, graduating in
1881. Having graduated, he entered the office of Hazelton Daily Sentinel as local editor and
proof-reader, where be remained two months, when he entered the law office of C. W. Kline
at Hazelton, and commenced the study of law. In October, 1881, he moved to Kansas, and
located at Iuka, in Pratt County, where he took charge of the Pra/t County Times, in con-
nection with which he continued to read law, and in June, 1882, was admitted to practice at
the bar. In September, 1882, he purchased the Times, which he still continues to edit and
publish, and in November, 1882, he was elected to the office of County Attorney, in which
capacity he is now serving. :

 

 

“STARFORD COUNTY.

LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.

TAFFORD County is a portion of that wide stretch of territory of the

“State of Kansas embraced in the great bend of the Arkansas River.
At a point twelve miles south, and thirty miles west of the southwest cor-
ner of the county, the river takes a northeasterly direction, which it fol-

-lows for 2 a of about : e

seventy miles, until it reaches
a point seven miles north of B A R T
the center of the north line of _ RXIV
Stafford County, when it turns
to the southeast, which course
it pursues until it reaches a
point about twelve miles south
and sixty miles east of the
southeast corner of the county,
from which point its course is
almost due south. Stafford
County is centrally located in
the territory embraced within
this bend of the river. It is in
the third tier of counties from
the south line of the State,
and in the first tier west of a
central line drawn through the
State from north to south. The
county seat is 180 miles east of
the west line of the State, and
220 miles west of the east line.
The county is bounded on the
north by Barton County, on
the south by Pratt, on the east
by Reno and Rice, and_on the
west by Edwards and Pawnee
Counties. It contains 506,880
acres, or 792 square miles, and,
for municipal purposes, is di-
vided into twelve civil town-
ships, and forlocal government
into three Commissioner dis-
tricts.

The surface of the county
is one vast level plain, except
that at intervals there are long
lines of numerous sand hills,
some of which reach a consid-
erable altitude. One line of
these hills extends diagonally
across the entire county, from
the northeast to the southwest,
and another line stretches
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of the county. To a person
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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).*
ORGANIZED IN 1879.

The nature of the soil is light and extremely sandy, and in many por-
tions of the county it is so sandy as to be utterly unfit for cultivation.
The untillable portion, however, is confined to the sand hill elevations, and
although the small valleys between the sand hills are also of a very sandy
character, they are yet capable of cultivation, and are quite productive.

Beneath the surface are vari-
7 ous kinds of sub-soil; in some
N 0. places it is a kind of bluish
colored loam, and in others it is
loam of a yellowish hue. In
some places gypsum forms the
sub-soil, and in a few consider-
able alkaliis found.

The soil seems to be suita-
ble for the raising of all kinds
of cereals, and wheat, oats and
rye yield abundantly. Sorghum
is a never-failing crop, and one
that can be relied upon with
certainty in all seasons. The
entire county is sub-irrigated,
and in sinking wells a sheet of
water is invariably struck at
various depths, corresponding
with the elevations of the sur-
face. In the flat or level places
itis usually met with ata depth
of from ten to twelve feet. This
subterranean water is not in
veins, but one vast sheet from
three to four feet in depth, and
is confined to no particular lo-
cality, but_underlies the entire
county. Like most of the
western counties in Kansas, |
Stafford is excellently adapted
to stock-raising, and to this
industry farmers are turning
their attention, many having
herds of cattle numbering from
200 to 800 head. A good deal
of attention is also given to
sheep raising, there being over

: 30,000 head in the county, in
T C flocks ranging from 300 to
Rand, McNally & 2,500. In most part the grass
is that kind known as “‘buffa-
lo,” but in some places blue-
stem exists. The abundance
of these grasses, and the facil-
SSS = «ity with which a never-tailing
supply of good, pure fresh wa-
ter can be had, give the county

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these’ hills, at a distance, look
like great belts of timber, and
so deceptive are they in ap-
pearance that absolute observa-
tion is required to dispel the
illusion. The county is almost
without cither streams or
creeks, the only one of any im-
portance within its borders be-
ing Rattlesnake Creek, which
runs diagonally across the
county from the southwest to the northeast. An abundance of good well
water, however, can. be had in almost any part of the county at various
depths, from ten to thirty feet. Farmers living away from the vicinity of
the stream, experience no difficulty in finding ample water for stock from
wells, the puthping being done by wind-mills, with which nearly every
farmer+#avinfr stock is supplied. The county is utterly destitute of tim-
ber, and substitutes for fuel are found in corn cobs, corn stalks, and
other material, which answer the purpose very satisfactorily. Coal can
be had by going to, the railway stations, but the long distances it has to
be transported by rail and wagon makes it rather expensive.

Clear Creek Township.
Cooper Township..
Hayes Township

Lincoln Township.
saint John Township
Seward Township..
Stafford Township.
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superior advantages for stock-
Big raising. .

329 . EARLY HISTORY.

371 The boundary lines of Staf-
678 ord County were defined by the
376 Legislature of 1870, and for
778 several years the county re-
mained unorganized. The
Legislature of 1875, ‘with the
inention of obliterating the
i ; : county from the map, parti-
tioned the territory embraced in Stafford Cavity: and added that
portion included in Towns 21, 22 and 23, Range 15 west, to Pawnee
County, and that portion included in Ranges 11, 12, 18 and 14, of said
towns, was annexed to Barton County, while the south half of the county,
excepting that portion embraced in Range 15, Towns 24 and 25, was added
to Pratt County. By this division, it was thought that Stafford County
was wiped out; but after cach of the counties mentioned had taken its
apportioned part, two Congressional townships remained, being Towns
and 25, Range 15, so that, while Stafford County did not lose its identity,
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STAFFORD COUNTY.

by twelve north and south. This was the condition of the county until
1879, when, by a decision of the Supreme Court, the act of the Legislature
dividing the county was declared unconstitutional, and the county was re-
stored to its original boundaries.

In the meantime, a es many settlers had located in the county, W.
R. Hoole taking and settling upon the first claim entered in the county in
May, 1874. His claim was the north half of Section 4, Town 21, Range 14
west, where he prepared himself a dugout in which he lived. In June,
1874, John Birbeck located on the southwest quarter of Section 10, Town 21,
Range 14 west, upon which he built a frame house, and this was the first
frame building erectedin the county. About the same time, Martin Fitzpat-
rick and James O’Connor entered claims, upon which they located, followed
soon after by Elisha Williamson, Ed. Williamson, F. Williamson, Abe. Lash
and H. Campbell, all of whom settled in the northern portion of the county,
while J. C. Stone, R. M. Blair, Jesse Vickers, E. B. Crawford, Ed. Hadlock
and W. Z. Nutting settled in the eastern portion of the county, and James
Neeland and two or three others in the southwestern portion. These were
among the very earliest settlers of the county, but these were not the only
settlers who came to the county in 1874, as there was a settlement of some
ten or twelve families settled in the eastern portion of the county, that was
known as the “‘ Missouri settlement,” and a few families were also located
some distance north of what is now St. John. The first prairie broken in
the county was by John Birbeck in 1874. The first child born in the

_county was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hoole, on April 8, 1875, a boy,
whom they named Edwin.

In the spring of 1875, a large settlement of Mormons, or Latter-Day
Saints, located in the county, in the vicinity of what is now St. John.
There were about forty families in the settlement, and they named the

_ place Zion Valley. Here the first post office in the county-was established,
with William Bickerton as Postmaster. This William Bickerton was the
prophet of the community. Shortly after their settlement, they: crected a
frame temple, about 40x70 feet> but, dissentions entering the flock, it be-
came scattered, and a few years later the temple was sold to Swartz Bros.,
who converted it into a hardware and drug store.

“In 1876, but few settlers came to the county. No attempt at settle-
ment in the northeast portion, of the county had been made prior to that
year, but during 1876 a few moved into that locality and located in the
vicinity of what is known as the ‘‘ Salt Marsh,” F. M. Morgan being one
of the first. The ‘‘Salt Marsh” is a tract of land in the northeastern por-
tion of the county, extending in a southwesterly direction, about cight
miles long and ranging from one to four miles wide. In 1876, a company
was organized for the purpose of manufacturing salt, but ascertaining by
experiment that its manufacture would be unremunerative, the undertak-
ing was abandoned, and the marsh became an excellent pasturage for
stock, several parties in the township having from 300 to 800 head of cat-
tle. The first schoolhouse built in the county was erected in the sum-
mer of 1876, on Section 4, Town 21, Range 14 west, and was known as the
Hoole Schoolhouse. It was a frame building, and the first teacher was
Miss Ella Miller.

The principal industry of the county during the first two or three years
of its settlement was gathering the buffalo bones that lay thickly scattered
all over the county. Men would go out with their teams and wagons,
some of whom had racks made for the business, and gather up the bones,
which they would haul to the nearest railroad station, where they would
sell them at prices ranging from $3 to $9 a ton. Very good wages could
be made at the business at first, but the bones were soon all gathered with-
in distances at which it could be followed profitably, and then bone-gath-
ering was discontinued. During the years 1877-78, a great many new
comers settled in the county, and by 1879 the population was sufficient to
have the county organized.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

The county having been restored to its original boundaries, a memorial was presented
to the Governor, asking for the organization of the county, and on the 2d day of July, 1879,
a proclamation was issued by the Governor, appointing J. C. Towsley, Fred Baumgardner
and M. B. Walker, County Commissioners, and Frank Cox, County Clerk, and designating
the town of St. John as the temporary county seat. 3 . =

The Commissioners appointed by this proclamation met for the first time, July 14, 1879,
and organized by aloctune C. Towsley Chairman. At that meeting, the county was divid-
ed into six municipal townships, named Hayes, Seward, Lincoln, St. John, Clear Creek,
York and Stafford. A special election was ordered to be held August 18, 1879, to perfect the
organization by the election of county and township officers, and to permanently locate the
county seat. “At that special election, the officers elected were C. M. Johnson, Representa-
tive; G. M. Detwiler, F. R. Baumgardner and J.C. Towsley, Commissioners; 5. M. Nolder,
County Clerk; J. B. Smith, Treasurer; George W. Hovey, Probate Jud ec; Berlin Zenor,
Register of Deeds; J. W. Miles, Sheriff; George W. Bausman, Clerk of the Court; F. M. Mor-

an, County Attorney; W.S. Tyrrell, Coroner; H. L. Fitch, Surveyor, and N.L. D. Smith,
ounty Superintendent. —

There were five contesting points for the county seat, as follows: St. John, Stafford,
Newburg, Livingston and Center. The total vote cast at the election was 822, of which St.
John received 411, lacking just one of a majority, and that one was in town, but either
through carelessness or laziness the man did not vote. There being no choice, St. John was
continued as the temporary county seat. Another special election on the county seat ques-
tion was ordered to be held April 5, 1882, and on the 12th of the same month the board met
to canvass the vote, but owing to some omission or irregularity in the return of Stafford, the
vote of that township was thrown out, and another election ordered to be held April 14. The
total vote cast at that election was 697, of which St. John had 290 votes, Stafford had 214, and
Bedford had 193. None of the places having received a majority of the votes cast, Bedford
was dropped from the list of competitors, and another election was ordered to be held April
-18, 1882, the competitive points being St. John and Stafford. At the election held in com-
pliance with this order, 799 votes were cast, of which St. John received 431 and Stafford 368,
and the former place was declared the permanent county seat.

The Representatives that have served in the Legislature from Stafford County have
been C.M. Johnson, elected in 1879; J. C. Towsley, electedgin 1880, and E. B. Crawford, the
present member, elected in 1882. The county officers for 1883 have been as follows: i. H.
Young, J. B. Cook, E. W. Dewey, County Commissioners; T."A. Hays, County. Clerk; J. Nee-
. lands, ‘Treasurer; . M. Broughton, Probate Judge; C. S. Mace, Sheriff; C. B. Weeks, County
- Attorney; W. Dixon, Clerk of District Court; J. A. Steelman, County Superintendent; W.
8. Tyrrell, Coroner. ‘

The following’ appropriation for the benefit of Stafford County was made in March,
1883, by the Legislature: : : oa
‘6 For the payaticnk of the expenses incurred in restoring Stafford County to its original
boundaries, the sum of $1,000. Said amount.to be paid out as follows : To.E. B. Crawford,
$250; to Jesse Vickers, $250; to Samuel R. Estle, $250; to Joseph W. Tyrrell, $250. Provided,

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that said sums appropriated to Messrs. Crawford, Vickers, Estle and Tyrrell shall be received
as full compensation for any and all claims against the State of Kansas arising out of said
restoration of Stafford County.”

Since Stafford County was organized, there has not been as much as one single crimi-
nal case tried in the District Court, nor are there any on the docket for trial. The county
has a bonded iudebtedness-of $18,000, but no floating indebtedness, and her serip is at par,
with money in the treasury to pay every warrant upon presentation.

SCHOOLS AND THE PRESS.

The first schoolhouse erected in Stafford County was in the summer of 1874, and was
built on Section 4, Town 21, Range 14 west. It was knowntas the Hoole Schoolhouse, and
the first person to teach school in the county was Miss Flla Miller. There are now in the
county thirty-seven school buildings, some of which are sod constructions and the remain-
der frame. The total school population of the county in 1881, between the ages of five and
twenty-one years, was 1,331, of which 704 were males and 627 females. In 1882, the total
school population was 1,309, of which 705 were males and 604 females, showing an increase of
1 male and a decrease of 24 females, being a decrease in the total school population during
the year of 22. The number of pupils enrolled in 1881 was 707, males 384, females 323, and in
1882 the number enrolled was 832, males 442, females 390. The average daily attendance in
the former year was 426,fad in the latter 456. While there were, in 1882, only thirty-seven
school buildings in the county, there were fifty organized districts, so that thirteen of the
districts had no schoolhouses. The whole number of teachers employed in the county in
1881 was 45, of whom 16 were males and 29 females. In 1882, the number decreased to 39, of
which 19 were males and 20 were females. The average salary per month, in 1881, paid teach-
ers was, males $23.21,and females $17.05,and in 1882 for the former it was $25.27, and the
latter $22.34. The school bonded indebtedness of the county in 1882 was $2,451, and the num-
ber of districts that sustained public school for three months or over during the year was
thirty-six, and the number failing to do so was fourteen. The average assessed valuation of
each district was $6,624, and seventeen mills were levied for school purposes. There were
42 persons examined for teachers in 1882, and 40 certificates granted, of which 6 were first
grade, 19 second grade, and 15 third grade. There were in the hands of the District Treas-
urer, on August I, 1881, the sum of $673.53; the amount received from district taxes was
$2,991.36; from State and county funds, $1,054.84; from sale of school bonds, $437,aad from
all other sources, $655.64, making the total receipts during the year $5,812.42, The expendi-

“tures during the year were, for teachers’-wages, $3,034.14; rents, repairs, fuel, etc., $949.10;

school apparatus, $19.78; for sites, buildings and furniture, $449.81; for all other purposes,
$121.23; total paid out for all purposes, $4,624.06, leaving a balance in the hands of the Dis-
trict Treasurer on August 1, 1882, of $1,188.36.

The Stafford Citizen was thé first paper-established in the county, and was started at
Stafford in November, 1877, by T. L. Kerr. It-lived about eight months and then passed out
of existence. i . :

The News was started in April, 1879, at St. John, by C. B. Weeks, but its existence only
covered a period of four months. :

The Herald was established in the summer of 1879, at Stafford, by Joel Reese, who
continued to publish it unti: November, 1881, when it passed into the hanas of R. M. Blair,
who has continued to publish it since that time. It is a five-column quarto, Republiean in

polities, and has acirculation of about 400.

The Advance was established at St. John in March, 1880, by T. C. Austin, in whose pos-
session it remained until September of that year, when (, B. Weeks took charge and control
of the paper, and continued to publish it until April 1, 1881, when W. R. Hoole succeeded
to the ownership, and published it until August, 1882, when he disposed of it to F. B. Gil-
more, who remained at its head until March 12, 1883, when it passed into the possession of
W.K. P. Dow. At that time Mr. Dow was publishing the Bee, but on getting possession of
the Advance, he merged the former into the latter. It isa seven-column folio, Republican
in politics, and has a circulation of about 450.

STATISTICS OF GROWTH.

The population of the county has not increased very rapidly, and some years it de-
creased rather than increased. By taking the population in 1882, which was 3,413 according
to the returns-of the Assessors, and dividing it by nine, the number of years that have
elapsed since the first settlement was made in the county, theaverage yearly increase is shown
to be 379, The years 1878-79 witnessed great immigration to the county, and the census of
1880 shows the population that year to have been 4,519. The following year it dropped to
3,215, showing a loss in one year of 1,304. The next year the tendency was upward, as the
census of 1882 shows the population of,that year to have been 3,413, again over 1881 of 198.

As to the material growth no comparisons can be made with former years, as prior to
1880 the county was without statistical records, having been partitioned and attached to
other counties. The first claim taken in the county was in the spring of 1874, but the real
settlement of the county did not take place for several years afterward, so that all the ma-~
terial advancement that has taken place in the county, has virtually occurred within the
last five years. The statistical records of the county show the number of acres in farms in
the county in 1882, to have been 142,994, valued for assessment at $402,148. There were
erected in the county during the year ending, March 31, 1882, farm dwellings to the number
of 104, which were valued at $18,111. The acreage of winter wheat sown in-1881, was 8,068
acres, and in the spring of 1882 there were planted to corn 17,671 acres; oats had 562 acres,
buckwheat, 22; Irish potatoes, 103; sweet potatoes, 43; sorghum, 2,495; tobacco, 23; broom
corn, 3,942; millet and Hungarian, 8,107; pearl millet, 167; rice corn, 1,565, and the grass in
cultivation and under fence, 16,190, showing a total acreage of field crops in 1882 of 58,083
acres. The tame hay cut in the county in 1881 was 4,027 tons,and the prairie hay 5,454
tons; garden products were sold to the amount of $960, and eggs and poultry to the amount
of $12,640. The cheese product was 800 pounds, and that of butter 113,003 pounds. The live-
stock in the county in 1882 was represented by 1,125 horses, 354 mules and asses, 2,954 mileh
cows, 6,241 other cattle, 30,059 sheep, and 1,881 swine, while the value of the animals slaugh-
tered or sold for slaughter was $40,502, an increase over the preceding year of $25,641; cows,
cattle and sheep_more than doubled what they were in 1881, while all the other animals, ex-
cepting- swine, showed a-considerable increase. The wool clip for the year ending March
1, 1882, was 29,499 pounds, being four times greater than the year preceding. Considerable
improvement has taken place in the shape of orchards, although but few of the trees have
reached a bearing state. The trees in bearing in 1882 were apple, 286; pear, 1; peach, 6,815;
plum, 1; and cherry, 88. Not in Denalg there were apple, 1,495 ; pear, 122; peach, 37,543;
plum, 563; and cherry, 1,120, There is but very little fence in the county, all told being
only 15,631 rods, of which 337 are board, 2,960 hedge, and 12,354 wire.

The agricultural implements in the county in 1882 were valued at $23,196. ‘The acres
devoted to artificial forestry were 1,244, of which 108 were planted to walnut, 2 to honey
locust, 929 to cottonwood, and 205 to other varieties.

ST. JOHN.

St. John is the county seat of Stafford County, and is named after Ex-
Gov. St. John, of Kansas. Where the town now stands was formerly
known as Zion Valley, this name having been given to it by a settlement
of Latter-Day Saints that located in the vicinity. Its location in the
county is about two anda half miles south of the center. The town is
located on Section 33, Township 28, Range 13 west, and was surveyed and

latted by H. L. Fitch in 1879. The land embraced in the town site was
Formnely the claim of Fred Hawkins, he having entered it as a homestead
some years previous. After the county was restored to its place among
the counties of the State in 1879, a party, consisting of W. C. Belzer, C.
B. Weeks, William Dixon, William Glasscock, J. Westwood and George
Breckenridge, organized themselves into a town company, and purchased
Hawking’ claim. Of this company, W. C. Belzer was President, and C. B.
Weeks, Secretary. Having purchased the claim, they had it surveyed and
platted, and when this was done they named it St. John. This name was
given to it with the expectation that it might exercise some influence in
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having it declared the temporary county seat, when the time came to tem-
porarily organize the county. There was only one building on the town
site when it was surveyed, and that was a good sized frame building put
up by the Latter-Day Saints as a church, and known among the people as
the Mormon Temple.

The first building erected in St. John was put up by Henry Rohr, on

the west side of the square, in September, 1879. Prior to this, however, .

one or two buildings had been moved on to the town:site from the country.
One of these was a building owned by John Askew, which he moved in in
June, 1879, and converted into a hotel, and which is still used for such
purposes, and is now known as the City Hotel. Another, that was moved
ina little later, was that of John Fish, in which was opened the first store
in town, he having commenced selling goods a few weeks prior to Mr.
Rohr. Mail for people at St. John in the early part of 1879 came to Zion
Valley Post Office, but in May of that year the office was moved to St.
John, and on the first of July, 1880, the name of the office was changed to
correspond with that of the town, C. B. Weeks being the first Postmaster,
who held the office until September, 1881, when he was succeeded by W.
R. Hoole, the present incumbent.

The first settlers in St. John were C. B. Weeks, John Askew and fam-
ily, John Fish, Henry Rohr, J. B. Smith, Frank Cox, W. R. Hoole and Mr.
Alexander. These are the seventy-niners. In the spring of 1879, a small
frame schoolhouse was built, in which school was commenced in the sum-
mer of that year, the first teacher being Miss Ida M. Forman. The build-
ing becoming too small to accommodate the number of school children, it
was sold in February, 1883, and preparatory steps are now being taken to
erect a commodious brick building. Schoolis now held in the court room.

The first child born in town was St. John Cox, his birth cone i
September, 1880; and the first death was that of Alice A., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Smith. The first couple married in town was Fred Haw-
kins and Miss Delilah Kendall, the marriage taking place in September,
1879. In 1882, E. R. and F. C. Swartz located in town, and purchased the
Mormon Temple, which they moved to the west side of the square and
converted into two store rooms, one of which they occupied themselves as
a hardware store, and the other is used by Mr. Sparks as a drug store, and
by Mr. Hoole as a post office and savings bank. They also put up two
very fine residences that fall. That same fall, the town company erected
a goodly sized two-story frame building, the first floor of which they fin-
ished and partitioned into offices, and the upper story asa hall, the free
use of which they gave to the county for county purposes for five years.

As yet the town has no church edifice, but there are several church
organizations. including Methodists, Baptists, United Brethren and Latter-
Day Saints, all of which meet for worship alternately in the court room.
The Methodists, however, have just commenced the ercction of a frame
church, the estimated cost of which is $2,000. Preparations are also being
made for the opening of a brick yard. The town contains about fifty
buildings in all, and the business of the place is represented by the gen-
eral merchandising store of Henry Rohr, which was the first erected in
town, and is quite an extensive two-story frame building; general store
kept by Lovejoy & Glasscock; one of the same kind by I. W. Reeves; a
furniture store by Charles Smith; a drug store by A. Sparks; a hardware
store by Swartz Brothers; a savings bank, established in 1879; one hotel,
a restaurant, three blacksmith shops, and two livery stables. A good
weekly newspaper is published in town, the Advance, owned and edited
by W. K. P. Dow.

On October 1, 1882, De Long Post, No. 103, G. A. R., was organized
at St. John, with vighteen charter members. The first officers were: H.
H. Smith, P. C.; Charles Bristol, 8. V.; C. 8. Mace, J. V.; George Bous-
man, Adjt.; W. R. Hoole, 0. D.; Lewis Estle, O. G.; Frank Cox, Q. M.
George Breckenridge, S. M.; William Glasscock, Q. M.S8., and R. M.
Blair, Chaplain. The Post has nowa membership of twenty-two, the
officers being the same, except that C. 8. Mace is 8. V.; Jonathan Taylor,
J. V., and Henry Rohr, Adjt.

The town is beautifully located on dry, undulating prairie, and derives
trade from an extensive stretch of country. While the place is yet small,
there is an air of thrift and -neatness about it which bespeaks taste and
progress. The stores and houses ire all painted, and the manner in which
the stores are stocked indicate a prosperous business with the merchants.
The population of the place does not exceed 150,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOIIN T. ASKEW, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Macksville, was horn in Will County,
Tl, May 3, 1853. His parents, Thomas and Isabella Askew, were English. In 1855, ho
moved with his parents to Iroquois County, and lived with them there until 1873, when he
moved to Kansas and located in Rice County, where he remained but six months, when he
went to Colorado, returning to Kansas in the fall of 1875, and locating in Stafford County
where lie engaged in farming and stock-raising. Ife was married at Zion Valley, Stalfor
Co,, December 25, 1877, to Miss Carrie Sievert, a native of Indiana. By this marriage one
child has been born to him—Inez I., born in Stafford County, Kan., September 1, 1880. At
present, Mr. Askew is both Clerk and ‘Treasurer of the township in which he resides.

WILLIAM DIXON, Clerk of the District Court. The parents of the subject of this
sketch were Williain and Rebecca Dixon, the former a native of England, and the latter of
Ohio. William Dixon, Jr., was born in wveeMnG: W. Va., February 4, 1853, where he lived
until June, 1878, when he moved to Kansas and located at St. John in Stafford County. He
received his cducation at the common schools of Wheeling. In the fall of 1879, he was
elected Clerk of the District Court of Stafford County, as which he served until December 6,
1880, when he resigned, and was immediately appointed Justice of the Peace, in which ca-
pacity he served until November, 1882, when he was re-elected Clerk of the Court. In con-
nection with his official duties, he studied law, and on December 13, 1881, was admitted to
practice at the bar. On June 22, 1876, at Wheeling, W. Va., he was married to Miss Jose-
phine Driller, a native of West Virginia, by which marriage one child has been born to him,
asop, named William, the date of his birth being January 14, 1878,

W. _K. P. DOW, editor and farmer, son of Warren D. and Lydia D. Dow. His father,
Warren D., was 4 native of Maine, and his mother, Lydia D., a native of Virginia. W.K. P.
was born at Bethany, Brooke Co., Va., June 20, 1852. In 1859, he moved with his parents to
Clarke County, Mo., where he remained until 1877, when he removed to Kansas, and located

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in Stafford County. A desire to enter the field of journalism caused him to purchase an
office and learn tite rinting trade, and in January, 1882, he established the Stafford Count
Bee, which he edited. and published until March, 1883, when he purchased the St. John A
vance, merging the former into the latter. On March 7, 1875, in Clarke County, Mo., Mr. Dow
was married to Miss Laura E. Clay, a native of Missouri, by which marriage four children
have been born to him—Johbn, born in Clarke County, Mo., December 16, 1875; Emma, in
Stafford County, Kan., October 31, 1877,died February 20, 1879; Clarence, at the same place,
January 17, 1880. and Samuel C., born at the same oe February 11, 1882. Mr. Dow has
served as to-vnship officer in various capacities, and was for three years Postmaster at Mil-
waukee, Stafford Co., Kan. ;

FRANK B. GILLMORE, Register of Deeds, was the seventh child and fifth son of Ben-
jamin P. and MariamS. Gillmore, and was born in Lake County, IIL, June 1, 1853. Both

is parents were natives of New York State. His father was a farmer. The common schools
of his native State furnished the only sources from which he derived his education. He
lived with his parents on the farm until he was fifteen years of age, when he entered astore
as a clerk, which occupation he followed for nearly three years. He then learned the paint-
ing trade, and followed this until November, 1877, when he moved to Kansas and located in
Stafford County, where he took a homestead claim and embarked in farming. On April 3,
1876, at Waukegan, Ill., he was married to Mary Ann Ellis, a native of England. The issue
of this marriage has been—Robert E., born at Waukegan, Ill., February 12, 1877; Lois M.
born at Ellinwood, Barton Co., Kan., September 19, 1879; Libbie, born at Sandago, Stafford
Co., Kan., January 31, 1881, and Edna, born at St. John, October 13, 1882. From February,
1880, until March, 1882, Mr. Gillmore was Postmaster at Sandago; and from August 21, 1832,
to March 12, 1883, he was editor and soamnee of the St. John Advance, a Republican weekly
newspaper, published at St. John, Kan. He also served as Township Treasurer for three
successive terms, and in the fall of 1881 was elected to the office of Register of Deeds of Staf-
ord County, ‘n which capacity he isstill serving. : £

WILLIAM R. HOOLE, Postmaster and cashier of the St. John Savings Bank, was the
fourth child and third son of J op and Lucy Ann Hoole, and was born at Rising Sun, Ohio
Co., Ind., March 30, 1846. His father was a native of Shefiield, England, and his mother a
native of Ohio. illiam R. received his education in the public schools, and lived with his
parents until he was fifteen years and six months of age, when he enlisted in Company G,
of the Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry, the date of his enlistment being September 14, 1861. He
served three years and nine months, and was mustered out atthe close of the war. The
engagements in which he took part were;Mount Zion, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh,
battle of Corinth, Iuka, Corinth, Hatchie River, Chattanooga, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca,
Kenesaw Mountain, Lay’s Ferry, Rome Cross Roads, Ball's Bluff, Jonesboro, Atlanta,and
was with Sherman’s army in the march to the sea, participating in the attack on Savannah.
Mr. Hoole received injuries at Rome, Ga., while in the discharge of his duties, which he is
yet suffering from. For many years after leaving the army, he passed his time in traveling,

artly for pleasure, butchiefly for health. In the spring of 1874, he moved to Kansas an
located in Stafford County, taking the first Government claim that was entered in that coun-
ty. He took a very active part in having Stafford restored to its place among the counties
of the State, and was one of the founders of the town of St. John, of which he is still a resi-
dent. On September 6, 1881, he was appointed Postmaster, which position he still occupies.
He is also cashier of the St. John Savings Bank. Mr. Hoole was married at St. Louis on
October 14, 1874, to Miss Augusta Henderson, a native of Illinois, of which marriage one
child has been the issue—Edwin, born in Stafford County, Kan., April 28, 1876.

CORNELIUS §. MACE, Sheriff and farmer, was born in the State of Maine, November
19, 1842. His father, Benjamin B. Mace, and his mother, Rhoda Mace, were both natives of
Maine. Cornelius lived with his parents on a farm until he was thirteen years old, when
he went to live with his sister at Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind., where he remained for six
years, when he returned to his home in Maine. He received his education in the common
schools of his native county, the high school at Winchester, Ind., and the Farmington Acad-
emy, of Maine. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, of the Twelfth Maine Infantry,
and served three years and two months, having been mustered out December 5, 1864. While
in the army, he took part in the siege of Port Hudson, the battles of Winchester and Cedar
Creek, and participated in the attack on Petersburg. At Port Hudson, he was severely
wounded in the leg by a fragment of shell. After leaving the army, he went to Muirton,
Grundy County, Mo., where he engaged in wercantile business, and was Postmaster of the
place from 1868 to 1870. Giving up the mercantile business, he purchased a farm, and
engaged in farming. In 1877, he moved to Kansas and located upon a farm in Stafford
County. On October 4, 1868, at Muirton, Mo., he was married to Miss Jennie L. Duff, a
native of Iowa. The issue of said marriage—Jennie I., born at Muirton, Mo., August 5, 1869;
Eugence C., born at the same place, May 4,1871; Annie R., at the same place, December
20, 1872; Mary M., same place, September 10, 1877, and Edward D., born at St. John, Stafford
Co., Kan., October 13, 1831. Mr. Mace had held various school and township offices, and in
the fall of 1881 he was elected Sheriff of Stafford County, Kan., which office he at present
occupies.

JAMES B. SMITH, banker, is the son of Henry and Keziah Smith, and was born in
Fayette County, Penn., November 19, 1826. His father was a farmer, and J. B. was raised
to work on the farm. His means of receiving an education were rather limited, being
confined to the old district school of fifty years ago. On February 4, 1849, he was mar-
ried in Fayette County, Penn., to Miss Mary Bryson, a native of that State, six children
being the issue of the marriage—Alice A., born in Fayette County, Penn., January 5, 1850,
died July 30, 1881; Emma A., born in the same county, March 31, 1852; William B., born in
Van Buren County, Iowa, March 4, 1855; James H., same county, January 1, 1857; Sarah E.,
same county, born September 8, 1859; and Charles F., in the same county, January 17, 1861.
In 1854, Mr. Smith moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he contiaued farming until
1870, when he went to Henry County, Mo., where he resided until April, 1876, when he
removed to Kansas and located in Stattord County. In the fall of 1879, he was elected to the
office of Treasurer of Stafford County, and was re-elected in the fall of 1880. In 1881, Mr.
Smith was one of a company that organized and established the St. John Savings Bank, of
which he is now President.

JESSE A. STEELMAN, M. D., County Superintendent. David L. Steelman and Rosetta
Steelman, the parents of Jesse .A., were both natives of New Jersey. Jesse A. was born in
Atlantic County, N.J., Juno 18, 1848, His early education was received at the common
school. The teachers’ profession he followed for three years, at the end of which time he
entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he pursued his
studies for threo years, and then, after graduation, commenced the practice of medicine in
his native county, Tn 1878, his health failing, he moved to Kansas and located at what is
how St. Jobn, in Siatford County. On October 6, 1880, he was married to Miss Annie J.
Somers, a native of Atlantic County, N.J., but their wedded life was only of short duration,
his wife dying in the oa April. In the fail of 1879, he was elected County Superin-
tendent of Stafford County, to fill an unexpired term of thirteen months, and was re-elected
to the same office in the fall of 1882,

CHARLES B. WEEKS, County Attorney and real estate agent, is the son of Joseph M.
and Martha Weeks, the former a native of Maine, and the latter of New York State. Charles
BR, was born in will Count: , Ul, February 10, 1846, where he lived until after the death of
his father in 1859, when the family moved to Chicago. His education was received at the
public schools of his native county, and Well’s Grammar School, of Chicago. In December,
1662, not then seventeen years old, he enlisted in Phillips’ battery, and ‘served until the
close of the war. On October 21, 1864, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant. He was
engaged in both the battles of Bristol, and also in that of Nashville, besides numerotis severe
skirmishes and unimportant engagements. Leaving the army, he returned to Chicago,
where he entered the machine shops of the Chicago & North-Western Railroad Company,
and learned the machinist’s trade. In 1867, he commenced the study of law, which he pur-
sued until 1869, when he engaged in the brokerage and real estate business. In October,
1876, he moved to Kansas and located at what is now St. John, in Stafford County, where he
entered upon the practice of his profession, and in September, 1880, was appointed County
ea which office he held until November of that year, and to which he was re-elected
- et of 1882. He also served as Postmaster at St. John, from May, 1874), until Septem-

er, 1881. Mr, Weeks was married at St. John, September 11, 1880, to Miss Mary J. Dixon, a
native of Virginia, The issue of this marriage has been a son, George D., born at St. John,
any 4, 1881. Two children have been born to him by a former marriage—Alice H., born at

cago, September 17, 1869, and McCleary Weeks, born at same place, February 27, 1871.
ELLSWORTH COUNTY.

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“ELLSWORTH COUNTY.

LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY.

Boe County is comprised in that portion of the State of Kan-
sas which commences at the east line of Range 6, west of the Sixth
Principal Meridian, running thence west to the west line of Range 10, and
embracing Townships 14, 15, 16 and 17. The county is twenty-four miles
north and south, and thirty miles east and west, and contains 460,800 acres,
or 720 square miles. This territory is.divided into eight civil townships, and
three commissioner districts. :

The boundary lines of the county are straight, except that the north half
of the county appears to be pushed over to the westward about one-fourth of
a mile, whieh causes the east line of the south half of the county to be a
little further eastward than the corresponding line of the north half, and,
correspondingly therewith, the west line of the north half is a little westward
of the same line of the south half. The geographical position of the county
is central, the exact center of the State being about a mile east of the south
west corner of Township 17, Range 9, of Ellsworth County. <A line drawn
across the center of the State, from east to west, would pass along the
southern boundary line of the
county, while a central line
from north to south would pass
through Range 9 in said county,
and close to the west line of said
range. The county is bounded
on the north by Lincoln County,
on the south by Rice County, on
the east by Saline and the north-
ern portion of McPherson, and
on the west by the south half of
Russell County and the north
half of- Barton. The east line
of Ellsworth County is one
hundred and eighty miles west
of the east line of the State.

' The surface of the county
is somewhat diversified, and
may be divided into bottom
land, upland, and land that ‘is
bluffy. The bottom land is
confined to the margins of
streams and creeks, and are de-
nominated valleys. These val-
leys are very limited in extent,
not exceeding one mile in width
at the widest part, and in many
places being as narrow as one-
fourth of a mile. The aggre-
gate of these valleys is not quite
a to one-eighth of the area
of the county. Township 14,
Range 6, which is the north-
eastern township of the county,
is exceedingly bluffy. In Town-
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bluffs on the north of the Smoky, there is a range beginning at the west
line of the township, which runs in a southeastern direction as far as Sec-
tion 29, when they take a northward turn as far as Section 21, and thence to
the east line of the township. Section 25 of this township and range is
extremely bluffy. The eastern portion of ‘Township 15, Range 6, is exceed-
ingly bluffy, with here and there large ledges of rock.

The southern half of the county is mostly undulating upland, except
that there are some bluffs along Ash Creek and on both sides of the Smoky,
and the southeastern township of the county which is very bluffy, as it is
also in the vicinity of Bluff Creek, in Township 17; Range 7. The remainder
of the county, which is by far the greater part, is beautiful rolling prairie
and table land.

The face of the county is considerably scarified with creeks, all of
which, with the exception of Elkhorn on the north, and Plum Creek on the
south, empty into the Smoky Hill River, the course of the latter being from
the northwest to the southeast. The timber land of the county, taken al-
together, does not equal one per cent of the whole area, and what there is,
is confined entirely to the streams, although not all of these have timber
upon them. The timber is not
in heavy bodies, but in narrow
QO. strips along the Smoky Hill
River, and Buffalo, Oak, Elk-
horn, Blood, Turkey, Oxhide,
Ash, Thompson and Bluff
ereeks, That on the Smoky is
chiefly cottonwood, but on the
other streams it is'a mixture of
box elder, hackberry, walnut,
ash, elm and oak.

STREAMS, SOIL AND MINERAL
RESOURCES.

The principal stream in
the county is the Smoky Hill
River,which, entering the coun-
ty about six miles south of the
northwest corner, flows in a
southwesterly direction until it
reaches Fort Harker, located in
nearly the center of the county,
when its course becomes due
south for about three miles,
when it makes a sudden turn
northeast, which course it fol-
lows about five miles, when it
makes another sudden. turn to
the southeast, and pursuing
this direction for nearly two
miles, it again turns northeast,
which following for afew miles,
the next turn it makes is to the
southwest, following which it
_makes a curve and runs towards
the northeast, when it again

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bank of the Elkhorn, while from (b) Ellsworth Township, includ-

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18/0.) 4880: easterly direction entil it leaves

(f) Valley Township........--.. ae 53 the county about five miles
(g) Wilson Township. .......... -. | 1,066 north of the southeast corner.

The Smoky is fed by several

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county ‘is beautiful undulating — ; : ‘ -
prairie, but in the south half of the township there is a-chain of bluffs which
extend to the west line of the county, about a mile or so north of the
Smoky Hill River. In the extreme southwest of the township, there is a
cluster of bluffs, known as Cedar Bluffs, the average height of which is
over one hundred feet. :

In Township 15, Range-10, a range of bluffs extend along the north

“ bank of the Smoky, which run as far east as the east line of Section 35, in

Range 8, varying in distance from one-fourth to a mile from the river.
Commencing at the west line of the county, and immediately south of the
Smoky, which is the northwest corner of Township 15, Range 10, there is a
chain of bluffs which extend as far east as Blood Creek, and at this point
they make a turn and follow the west bank of the creek as far south as
Section 16. Another line of bluffs extend from the west bank of Blood
Creek north to the Smoky, and thence south to Section 24, when they change
to a southwestern direction, running as far as Section 27. :
Commencing again at the southeast corner of Section 13, the land is
bluffy to the south line of the township. In Township 15, Range 9, besides the

south, and Elm, Clear, Oak,
Buffalo and Wilson from the north. Besides these are numerous minor
streams both north and south, which occasionally help to swell the Smoky,
but which are as often without water as with it, The only stream in the
county that does not empty into the Smoky, is Plum Creek, which has its
rise in the western portion of the county, and, after flowing about ten miles
in a southeasterly direction, leaves the county and enters Rice County on
the south, where it empties into Cow Creek. There are several very excel-
lent springs in the county, chief of which is the Bradley Spring in the south,
and Rock Spring in the east. Good well-water can be found anywhere in
ne county without much. difficulty, at depths varying from fifteen to
ty feet.

"The soil is of about the same character as that of most counties in Cen-
tral Kansas—a black loam. In the bottom lands or valleys along the
streams, the soil is very deep. These valleys, however, are very limited in
extent, being long, narrow strips, along the margins of the creeks, located
sometimes on one side of the streams, and sometimes on the other, alternat-
ing in accordance with the changes in the direction of the water courses.

 

(a) Organized in 1874, from part of Ellsworth. (b) In 1873, part detached to form Wilson; in 1874, part to Columbia; in 1876, part to Valle,

(c) Organized in 1880, from part of

Valley. (d ized in 1880, from part of Valley. (e) Organized in 1880, from part of Wilson. (f) Organized in 1876, from part of Euleworth: in 1880, parts detached to form Green
Garden iid Laan, (g) Organized in i873, from part of Ellsworth; in 1880, part detached to form Noble. :

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The soil in these valleys is of great depth and richness. In the higher
lands, however, it is far different. In the center of the county, the soil on
the table-lands is not over eighteen inches in depth, while in the south-
eastern portion it goes to a depth of two and a half or three feet, and in the
southwestern portion much deeper. In the northeast again, it is very shal-
low, while in the northwést, north of the line of bluffs that mark the
Smoky, the soil is excellent.

Different sub-soils are found in different portions of the county. In
one place it will be clay, ‘in another sand, in another limestone and in
another sandstone. The county, however, is included in the ‘Golden Belt,”
and, in proportion to the acreage in cultivation, yields immense crops. The
extensive stretch of beautiful rolling prairie which includes about the west
three-fourths of the south half of the county, is as magnificent a country
as the eye ever rested upon. So beautiful is it that a portion of it has been
given the name of ‘‘Green Garden.”

The soil is well adapted to the cultivation of all kinds of cereals, and
with a moderate rainfall, yields abundantly.. Ellsworth County, however,
is one more adapted by nature for sheep and stock-raising, than it is for
agriculture, but that portion which may be termed agricultural possesses
every advantage that nature could give it. ;

So far as yet developed, coal has been the only product in the mineral
line yet discovered, and this has been found in different portions of the
county. Where a country is so destitute of timber as is Ellsworth County,
no happier discovery could have been made, and none of greater value
to the people, or from which greater benefits could flow. By this dis-
covery, fuel was brought within easy reach of a*great many settlers,
and within a reasonable distance of all, at reasonable rates and in sufficient
quantity to meet ull home demands. At present, seven banks are being
worked with a considerable degree of success. Three of these banks are
located immediately south of Wilson, in the bluffs south of the Smoky.
These banks are located within a distance of one-half mile. One of them is
owned by the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, but is leased to and
operated by, John Balridge. The output from this bank in 1882 was about
two thousand tons. ‘

Another of these banks is operated by the Smoky Hill Coal Company,
composed of Messrs. Eckert, Hines and Latshaw. The product of this
bank in 1882 was fifteen hundred tons, valued at $4,500. The wages paid
to employes engaged by this company was $3,500. -

The third one of these banks is owned by H. Carhartt, but is operated by
gacob Sackman, The output from this bank during 1882, was not as large
as that of either of the others, an approximate estimate setting it down at
twelve hundred tons. s.

To what extent the coal deposits underlying the bluffs exist, has not
been demonstrated, and whether they will develop into extensive. fields, or
prove to be mere pockets, is yet to be determined. The next bank in point
of importance, is that of L. H, Westerman, located on Klkhorn Creek about
nine miles from Ellsworth. This bank is developing well, and at present
(January 1883,) gives employment to thirty hands. The product of this
bank in 1882 was one thousand tons. Another bank, but not so well devel-
oped, is worked by J. D. Sibley, on Spring Creek, about three mlles west of
the east line of the county, In 1882, this bank yielded two hundred tons;
and another bank, operated by J, Shoemaker, in the northeastern portion
of the county, yielded a similar amount.

The quality of the coal mined thus far, is rather inferior, although it
burns freely, and answers admirably for fuel. The method pursued in
mining is rather primitive, being that system known as drifting, or digging
in from the face of the bluffs. There have been no shafts sunk, nor has the
work of getting the coal been facilitated by the aid of machinery, all the work,
so far, having been done by manual labor. The coal, so far as it has been
discovered in the county, runs from two to two and a half feet in thickness.

In some portions of the county a very fair quality of pottery clay is
found, but no efforts have been made to utilize it. A clay, said to be terra
cotta, is found in the eastern portion of the county, from whitch ‘Terra
Cotta,” a station on the Kansas Pacific Railway, derives its name. Some
efforts have been made at making brick, and with considerable success, but
the demand not being sufficient to ake the business profitable, put a stop
to brick-making. The brick in the Grand Central Hotel, court house and
schoolhouse, the only three exclusively brick buildings in the county-seat,
were made at Ellsworth. There is an abundance of good limestone in the
county, alike excellent for building purposes and for making lime.

EARLY HISTORY.

Ellsworth County was organized in 1867, but, ante-dating this by ten
years, attempts were made at settlement in portions of the territory now
embraced within its borders. Some discrepancies exist as to the date of
attempted first settlement, some placing it as carly as 1857, and others not
sooner than 1860. There is no disagreement, however, as to the names of
the parties who attempted the first settlement of the county. It is con-
ceded that P. M. Thompson, known by the early settlers, as ‘Smoky Till
Thompson,” Joseph Lehman, D. H. Page, Adam Weadle and D. Cushman,
were the first who attempted permanent settlement in the county. Upon
this there is no difference of opinion, the discrepancy, as before stated,
being as to the date. This settlement was made on Thompson Creek, which
took its name from Thompson, the leader of the party mentioned, and who
was the first to discover the creek.

The next attempt at settlement was made by Henry and Irwin Farris,
S. D. Walker, C. L. and J. J. Prather. This party came in 1860 and
located on Clear Creek. H. Wait and H. P. Spurgeon came to the county
late in 1860, the former locating in the Thompson settlement, while the
latter cast his lot with the Farris party. Up to August, 1861, there was not
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nett, moved from Dickinson County with his family, and located in the
Thompson settlement, so that Bennett’s wife was the first white woman
that ever resided in the county. ‘

These parties supported themselves, chiefly, by hunting, although some
attempts at farming were made upon a small scale. At that time game of
all kinds was abundant. Herds of buffalo roamed all over the country, and
organized parties-from other counties would come to enjoy the sport of the
hunt, and also for the profit to be derived therefrom. Swarms of wild
turkeys inhabited every stream and creek, and antelope grazed upon the
hills and in the valleys in immense droves.

In the fall of 1862, a man by the name of Lewis, with his family, located.
in the Thompson neighborhood, and to this man and his wife was.born the
first white child ever born in Ellsworth County, the birth taking place in
February, 1863.

In the summer of that year, the Indian trouble, which had been antic-
ipated for some time, commenced, the first attack of the savages being made
upon the settlers on Cow Creek. By treachery the Indians lured Walker,
one of the early settlers in the Farris settlement, into a snare, and instantly
killed him. The white men replied to the fire of the Indians, and killed
three of their number. Knowing that the Indians greatly outnumbered
them, and fearing that they would renew the attack during the night, they
made their escape, and succeeded in reaching the stage station on the
Smoky late in the afternoon. From this point word was sent to every
settler in the county, to apprise them of the approaching danger. Page’s
ranch, located on the Smoky, at a point where the military road crossed
the stream, was considered the best place from which resistance could be
offered in case of an attack, and there the settlers all centered. Sentinels
were posted, and a sharp lookout was maintained throughout the night, but
the only attack they encountered was a false alarm, to the effect that hosts
of Indians were coming over the hill to attack the ranch. The settlers held
a consultation, and concluded that their lives were more dear to them than
the amount they had at stake, and next morning, after packing up all of
their worldly goods that they could take with them, took their departure,
and Ellsworth County relapsed into its primitive condition where the buf-
falo, deer, elk and antelope could roam without the foot of a white man
trespassing upon their native domain. ;

As to how Elisworth County received its name has often given rise to
some doubt, and many have believed that it was named in honor of Col. E. E.
Ellsworth, who was shot and killed by Javkson, in Alexandria, Va,, in his
attempt to pull down a Rebel flag at the commencement of the war. The
belief that the county was so named is erroneous, as will be seen from a
letter addressed to Mr. F. G. Adams who was at the date of the letter,
Secretary of the State Historical Society, of which the following is a copy,
the original of which is still on file in the office of the State Historical
Society:

“ELDEN, Iowa, February 20, 1878.
SE, BOs
er —

_ ‘Some time ago I received a letter from you asking for information concerning the
history of Fort Ellsworth. You are correct as to the Adjutant’s report. I was mustered
in as Second Lieutenant, Company H, Seventh Iowa Cavalry. July 13, 1863, at Daven-
port, Iowa. I_was in service in Kansas, and IT am the man who established Fort
Ellsworth, in June of 1864. Iwas stationed there with about forty men, and built that
block-house.” General Curtis gave it its name in July of the same year, when he came up to
the fort. He was then in command of that division. We were ordered out on an Indian
expedition I had about twenty men, and a Company of the Fifteenth Kansas was with
us. At Fort Larned, while on dress parade, General Curtis read the name of Fort Ell-worth.

“ALLEN ELLSWORTH.”

Where this Lieutenant Ellsworth was stationed with his Company, and
where he built the block-house or fort, was at Page’s deserted ranch on the
Smoky, about three-fourths of a mile southwest of where Fort Harker was af-
terwards located. Fort Ellsworth soon became known, not only in Kansas,
but in other States, and hence, when the boundaries of the county were
defined by the legislature in 1867, and the county was named, it was
given the name of Ellsworth.

The second settlement of the county began in 1865, when Harry Ander-
son took a claim and located on Clear Creek. In 1866, Rev. Levi Stern-
berg came to the county, having been preceded by one of his sons, Dr. George
Sternberg. Shortly atter the elder Sternberg came, he was followed by
another son, Frederick, who took a claim, and located on the Smoky. In
the spring of the following year, two more of his sons, Charles and Edward,
arrived, (his family making quite a settlement in itself. In 1866, Fort Elle
worth was abandoned, and a large military post was established about
three-fourths of a mile northeast of where it stood. Four large frame build-
ings were erected for barracks for the troops, two on each side of the square,
while a third side was occupied by buildings erected for officer's quarters.
Several large stables were erected, and a good-sized guard house, two stories
high. A magnificent stone building was erected for a hospital, at a cost
of $80,000, The military, reservation upon which this post was located
embraced sixteen sections of land, being four miles square. y

7 At. that time, General Hancock was in*command of the Division of the
pe and named the post Fort Harker. The first year after the post
was established, the cholera broke out, and caused fearful fatality among
the troops and government employes. This was a terrible calamity to strike
the county in the first year of its existence, and nearly every settler that
could get away sought refuge from the scourge. ;

The first marriage ceremony performed in the county was by Henry
ye a the a ee opel, ee sehen, in his official pany: of Laie

eace, he united in the bonds of matrimony, George W.
Miss Rusha Maxson. ee ee ee

The year 1873 witnessed the departure of the military from Fort
Harker. ‘This was the distributing point for all military posts further
west, and was one of the most important military stations west of the Mis-
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an end to its usefulness, and in the fall of 1873 it was abandoned, and the
reservation on which it stood was thrown open to settlement. The roofs
of some of the buildings were taken off and sent to Leavenworth, and the
remainder of the buildings were sold in the spring of 1882 to a man named
Johnson. The officers’ quarters and some of the barracks still stand intact,
as also the stone guardhouse and wooden stalles, but in a short time all these
will disappear, as the material is bene sold as rapidly as purchasers can be
found, and in a few years nothing will be left to indicate where once stood
the great military post of Fort Harker.

For several years immigration to the county was exceedingly slow, but
yet scarcely a season passed without bringing more or less new settlers. A
great portion of those who came up to 1876 were foreigners, and consisted
chiefly of Swedes, Bohemians and Germans. The Swedes settled chiefly in
the southeastern portion of the county, and the Bohemians in the western
portion, while the Germans distributed themselves more generally over the
county, a great many of them, however, locating in the southern yportion.
In 1877 a large immigration of Bohemians set in, who located ohiely east,
west and south of Wilson.

While among the new settlers the foreign element greatly predominated,
quite a good many came from States further east and north. In the spring
of 1878 a very large settlement arrived in the county from Pennsylvania,
under the leadership of Samuel Killian. They came in a body and numbered
over two hundred souls. This settlement located around Wilson, some of
them going over into Russell County. Since that time immigration has
been gradual, and although a good many have come to the county, the
population during the last two years, if it has not decreased, has not in-
creased. By comparing the population of the county in 1882, as returned
by the respective township assessors, with that given by the United States
census for 1880, there has been a considerable falling off. As returned by
the assessors, the population in 1882 was 7,347, whereas, in 1880, the United
States census shows it to have been 8,485. This falling off, if such really
has been the case, can be traced to causes other than any inherent in the
soil or climate. The county is noted for its superior advantages for stock-
raising, and during the last two years, stock men have come in and bought
up large tracts of land, in many cases buying out the settlers who moved
out of the county.

A few instances will serve to show how the opening up of these large

ranches affects population. The ‘“‘Elkhorn Ranch,” owned by H.C. Adams,
contains 4,000 acres, on which at present he has 5,000 head of sheep. The
ranch is well supplied with sheds and good buildings. The ‘‘ Eden Ranch 2
on the Smoky, owned by Mr. Collins, contains 9,000 acres, all under fence‘
and is well stocked with cattle. ‘‘Idaville Ranch,” on Bluff Creek and the
Smoky, owned by Capt. Millett, contains 18,000 acres, all under fence. At
present there are between 4,000 and 5,000 head of cattle on the ranch.
‘White Bluff’s Ranch,” on the Smoky, owned by Richardson & Bates,
contains 3,000 acres, on which there are 3,000 head of cattle. ‘‘ Black
Walnut Ranch,” on Thompson Creek, contains 5,500 acres, and is owned by
H. B. Clark. At present it is stocked with 7,000 head of sheep and 250
head of cattle. ‘‘ Monte Cenario Ranch,” on Mulberry and Alum creeks,
contains 7,000 acres, and is owned by Mr. Wellington. This ranch is
stocked with sheep, on which, at present, there are 9,000 head. The place
is very highly improved. It is all under fence, and $16,000 were expended
in the erection of sheds and buildings, the residence alone costing $8,000.
These six ranches represent one-tenth the entire area of the county, and in
order to get such large tracts of land in one body, a good many settlers had
to be bought out. Besides these, there are several smaller ranches, ranging
from 1,000 to 2,000 acres. The immense amount, of stock on these ranches
adds greatly to the wealth of the county, but such extensive bodies of land
being in the hands of a few individuals, precludes pee and to the
establishment of these gigantic stock farms -is to be attributed whatever
difference there may be between the population of 1882 and that of 1880.
In October, 1881, the entire community was startled by the news of one
of the most cold blooded murders ever perpetrated in Ellsworth or any
other county. The terrible tragedy was enacted in the southeast part of
the county, Andrew Weir and his son, Bennie, being the victims, and Lewis
A. Rose and wife the murderers. Rose and Weir lived upon adjoining
farms, and some enmity arose between them over the division of some crop,
in which both were interested. This feud had existed for some time, until
one day Weir went to the house of Rose, when an altercation of words
arose, and as Weir started out to go home, Rose followed and shot him dead.
Weir was a widower and lived alone with his son Bennie, a little lad about
twelve years old. The boy thinking his father was staying away unusually
long, started over to Rose’s to see if he was there, and when Rose and his
wife saw the lad coming, they consulted together and concluded that it was
necessary to their own safety to kill the boy. When the lad reached the
house and inquired for his father, Rose took him to the barn, and there
knocked out the innocent boy’s brains with a club and threw him into a
manger. After dispatching little Bennie, Rose went out to a field and dug
.a hole, in which he buried father and son, and having covered‘ them over
with earth he harrowed the field so as to escape detection. The neighbors,
however, began to miss Weir and his boy, and suspicions of foul play began
to be bruited in the vicinity. Finally a search was instituted, which led to
a discovery of Weir and his son in the place where Rose had buried them.
Rose and his wife were arrested, tried and convicted, he for murder, and
she as accessory to the crime. tae
The trial took place in May, 1882, and both Rose and his wife are now
in the penitentiary, she serving a term of eighteen months, and he serving
the pein year, at the end of which his case is subject to the decision
of the governor, whether his further punishment shall be death by hanging
or imprisonment for life. ; :
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terrible murder, when they were startled by another. This occurred in
November, 1882, on the farm owned by Rev. Levi Sternberg, about five
miles east of Ellsworth. The farm was worked by one of Doctor Sternberg’s
sons, named Fred, who had in his employ a hired man named Hughes.
The forenoon of the day on which the murder was committed, young Stern-
berg and Hughes were out in the field gathering corn, at which they worked
until noon, when they went to the house for dinner. What occurred between
them, if anything, will, probably, never be known, but as they were return-
ing to the field after dinner, and just as they had crossed the bed of the
Smoky, Sternberg drew a revolver and shot Hughes, causing him to fall
from the wagon, and while lying on the yround, Sternberg jumped down
from the wagon and shot him again, although he was dead at the time, as
it was proven at the coroner’s inquest that it was the first shot that killed
him. Sternberg immediately surrendered himself, and is now in jail await-
ing trial, and no excuse can be offered for the commission of the deed, ex-
le that Sternberg was insane, which, people believe, must have been
e case.

The opening of 1883 found Ellsworth County in a prosperous condition.
The bountiful crops of 1882, not only bettered the condition of the agri-
cultural classes, but was of immense benefit to all those engaged in mercantile
pursuits. There are sixty-six schoolhouses in the county and six churches,
and several church organizations, besides several other societies, benevolent,
literary and sociable. The financial condition of the county is good. The
assessed valuation of the county is $1,500,000, and the real valuation,
$5,000,000. The county bonded indebtedness is $34,000, and it has no
floating debt. County warrants are at par, and are paid by the County
Treasurer upon presentation, which would indicate that the county govern-
ment has been honestly and economically conducted.

Only one railroad traverses the county, the Kansas Pacific, which enters
from the east at Rock Spring, and follows a due west course until it reaches
Ellsworth, when, following the course of the Smoky Hill, it takes a north-
western direction and leaves the county at Wilson, three miles south of the
northwest corner. The principal stations on the road are Ellsworth and
Wilson. The road was built through the county in 1868.

COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.

After its limits had been defined, and the county named by the Legisiature, as else-
where detailed, Governor Crawford, appointed J. H. Edwards, V. B. Osborn and Ira Clark
to be Commissioners of the county, E. W. Kingsbury to be Sheriff, and M. O. Hall. Clerk.
The Commissioners met for the first time at Ellsworth on July 9, 1867. The following is a
copy of the record entry of their first meeting:

‘« Ellsworth, July 9, 186%, Board met; present: J. H. Edwards, V. B. Osborn, and Ira
Clark, who had been appointed Commissioners by Gov. Crawford; E. W. Kingsbury,
Sheriff; M. O. Hall, Clerk. After being duly sworn init was ordered that an election be
held on August 10, 1867, for township and county officers, to serve till next general election,
one polling place to be at Ellsworth, another at the house of Mr. Merriman, on Elkhorn

i also one on Thompson Creek, at the house of Mr. Clark, and one at Clear Creek,
at the house of Mr. Farris ” .

In pursuance of this order, an election was held on the 10th of’ August, 1867, at which
the following-named persons were elected to the respective offices: | -

- Commissioners, V.B. Osborn, W.J. Ewing and J. H. Blake; Sheriff, E. W. Kingsbury;
Clerk, M. O. Hall; Probate Judge, J. C. Hill; Register of Deeds, Thomas Delacour; Treas-
urer, M. Newton;’ County Attorney, J. H. Runkle; Superintendent of Public Instruction.
C. C. Duncan; Surveyor, J. C. Ayers; Coroner, M. Joyce; and Assessor, J. E. New. These
were the first regularly elected oificers in the county. This perfected the organization of
the county, prior to which it had been attached to Saline County for municipal purposes.
The next meeting of the Board was held August 24, 1867, of which the record shows the
following entry: i 7 oo -

“Rented upper part of H. R. Johnson’s house on the following condition, to-wit:
The county rents it for three months from August 19, 1867, with the privilege till May 1,
1868. If the county only retain possession for the three months, Mr. Johnson is to put u a
partition across the room as the Commissioners may direct, and the county is to pay $100
per month in advance after first payment, which will be paid on the 10th of September. If
the county keeps it till May 1, 1468, they are only to pay $85 per month for whole term of
lease, and Johnson is to plaster or ceil it when called upon.

: V. B. OsBorn
W.J.Ewine +Commissioners.”’
J. H. BLAKE

’

In the early part of 1871, the question of building a court-house began to be agitated, and
after having been discussed pro and con for nearly a year, the question of voting bonds to
the amount of $12,000 for that purpose was submitted to the people by the Commissioners,
The greatest interest was not centered in the court house itself, but as to what particular
place in the town of Ellsworth it would be located. Some wanted it one place and some
another, and for a time the contest waxed warm. The vote on the question of issuing the
ponds took place on April 20, 1872, and the fact that the proposition was carried by only
twenty-one majority will show how strongly the proposition was contested. The bond
question having been settled in favor of their issuance, all interest became centered in the
question as to where the court house should be erected. Some wantelit here and some
wanted it there, and petitions and counter-petitions were presented to the Board on the sub-
ject. The question was finally settled by the Commissioners on,June 7, 1872, by the passage
of the following resolution: ; a

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Board that itis better to locate the court
house ina business part of the city, and that when said building is not sufficient for a
court house it will sell for money enough to build a larger building, and whereas, Mr.
Arthur Larkin having by his warranty deed, donated two lots to the county for such pur-
poses, therefore it is ordered by this Board, that the court house shall be erected on Main
street on lots, number one and two, in block number eighteen, in the town of Ellsworth,
formerly known in the plats as the first addition to the said town, andthat the County Clerk
be instructed to accept the warranty deed of Mr. Larkin for said lots, and )mmediately
place the same in the County Register’s office for record. ‘

It was thought that this action of the Board would end the contest, and steps were
taken looking to the immediate erection of the building, but just about this time, J. W.
Phelps and others, sued out a writ of injunction restraining the Commissioners from issuing
the bonds. After some litigation the injunction snit was dismissed and the bonds were
issued on July 30, !872. The writ having been dissolved. the Commissioners instructed the
County Attorney to institute suit against J. W. Phelps, Perry Hodgen and others, to recover
damages to the amount of $1,500, sustained by their pene nenih suing out of the injunc-
tion. How this terminated the records saith not, but the following year the court house
was built. The first instrument recorded in the county, as shown by the records, is a bill
of sale made by L. C. Palmer to D Thomas Smith, conveying to him sixty-six yoke of
working cattle, fifteen wagons, and yoke chains, sheets, camp outfit and all appurtenances
belonging to a train belonging to him at Ellsworth. The consideration was $5,460, and
was to be paid in ninety days, and if so paid, then the instrument was to be null and void.
Dated August 12, 1867. The county officers for 1883 are as follows: H. F. Hoesman, J: F.
Baker, Frederick Deissroth, Commissioners; A. H. Evans, Probate Judge; R. R. Lyons,
County Clerk; A. R. Hepperly, Clerk of the District Court; J. A. Wiggins, Treasurer; G. E.
~ Coroner.

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Alden, Register of Deeds; S. Hamilton, Sheriff; L. H. Sewer, County Attorney: J. A.
Hopkins,

AGRICULTURAL FAIRS, MANUFACTURES, ETC.

_, The Ellsworth County Agricultural, Mechanical and Fair Association was organized in
1827, for the purpose of advancing the agricultural, horticultural and mechanical interests
of the county, and to carry out the objects of the association. Fairs are held annually, at
which are exhibited stock, agricultural and horticultural products, cereals, products of the
mechanical arts, and the various products of the garden and farm. The fair ground of the
association contains forty acres, and is surrounded by a board fence. It is located about
one-half mile east of Ellsworth, and about one-fourth of a mile north of the railway track.
It is situate? on the open prairie. with neither a tree nor bush on the premises. Necessary

_ buildings, stalls and sheds have been erected to accommodate exhibitors. and there is also a

good one-half mile track for the convenience of those who wish to interest themselves in
trials of speed. Liberal premiums are offered to those who are the successful competitors
in the various departments which they enter, and paid to those to whom they are awarded.
The fair of 1882 was a grand success, the receipts more than paying all premiums and
expenses. The association is under the menagement of a board of directors, and the present
officers are: M. D. Morse, president; A. O. Whaley, secretary, and H. F, Hoesman, treasurer.

The manufactories in the county are very limited in number, and are confined, ene
to flouring mills, of which there are five in the county, but of this number there are only
four in operation, the other one being just about completed and ready to start. The first
mil] in the county was built by Foster and Everett in 1876, at the town of Ellsworth, Late
in 1879 it was completely destroyed by fire, all that was left of it being the four walls, which
were of stone. In the following year it was re-built, and has been in operation since that
time. It is a small mill, having only two run of stone, and is operated by steam. It repre-
sents a capital of $6,''00, and employs six hands. :

The next mill erected was by Getty & Larkin in 1879, at Ellsworth. This is the sl oe
mill in the county, and was built at a cost of $12,000, It has five run of stone and one roller,
and is fitted up with the latest improved machinery. It gives employment to ten hands. _

Latshaw & Bro. erected the next mill in the county, at Wilson. It is a three-run mill
and does an immense business for one of its size. It was built in 1880, and supplies a very
extensive region with flour. To meet the demands upon it, the-proprietors have to run it
night and day to its fullest capacity.

A small mill has just been completed and put in operation in the vicinity of Green
Garden, and still another has been erected at a small village in the southern portion of the
county, named Cain City, which will be ready to be set in motion in the course of a few weeks.

The manufacturing establishment in which the greatest amount of capital is invested, is
the sugar-mill at Ellsworth, which was erected in 1881. The amount invested is $25,000.
But little has been done yet towards the manufacture of sugar; what little has been done in
that direction being more of a test of the works then for profit. There was manufactured
in the mill, however, during 1882. thirty thousand gallons of amber cane syrup, pronounced
as fine as ever was put upon the market. This mill, as also every other in the county, is
operated by steam. -

About a mile east of Ellsworth, on the railway line, B. S. Rice has a cheese and butter
factory, in which $6,000 are invested. There are two or three creameries in the county, the
most important of which is that owned by George Gibson, about five miles east of Ells-
worth. This creamery is fitted uP with everything necessary to facilitate and perfect the
manufacture of butter, of which immense quantities are manufactured, all of which is
shipped to the Western market,

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

The educational interests are among those to which people, generally. pay the most
attention, and the people of Ellsworth County have been no way backward in manifesting
an earnest desire for the advancement of education. Whenever, and wherever, it has been
found necessary to build a schoolhouse for the accommodation of children in the neighbor-
hood, though few in number, it has been erected. There are in the county sixty-six school-
houses, of which one is brick, twenty stone, and forty-five frame. Excepting those at Ells-
worth and Wilson, they are all located on the prairie, without a tree to shelter them from
the storms of winter, or protect the children, in their minutes of amusements, from the

-burning sun of summer. Naked and exposed they stand, a great many of them without
even as much as a fence. In a country where trees are of such easy growth, there can be no
excuse:for not protecting both the schoolhouses and the children who attend them, by
sheltering groves. The number of school children enrolled in 1882 was nearly one hundred
less than the number enrvlled in 1881. This would indicate a decrease in population, and is
accounted for by the fact that parties coming into the county, are desirous of establishing
extengiye ranches, buy out the settlers, who move away to other counties and States. These
transactions have chiefly taken place in the eastern portion of the county, and last year
two school districts, in which there were about fifty school children, were, in this manner,
completely wiped out. The school population of the county in 1882, between the age of five
and twenty-one years, was 2,971, being 1,546 males and 1,425 females. The total number of
pupils enrolled, was 2 193, of which 1,116 were males and 1,077 females. Of this number
the average daily attendance was 1,465, the males and females being about equal, the former
pete 747, and the latter 718, The total number of teachers required to supply the schools
in the county, was eighty-two, but only sixty-two were employed, forty of whom were
females, ‘and twenty-two males. The average salary paid to teachers was: Males, $25 73,
and fetnales, $19.72. There were, during the year ending July 31, 1882, seventy-one appli-
cants for teachers’ certificates, none of whom were rejected, their average age being nine-
teen years,’ Of tlie seventy-one certificates granted, six were of the first grade, forty of the
second, and twenty-five of the third. The receipts for all school purposes during the year,
including the balance on hand at the close of the year preceding, was $17,187.82; end. the

‘amount expended was $15,878.64, leaving a balance on hand on a uly 31, 1882, of $1,259.18.
The difference between the estimated value of school buildings and grounds in the county,
and the bonded indebtedness is eee the former being $39,760, and the latter $25,296.
The schools, generally, are well furnished with seats, desks, globes, maps, charts, and
other apparatus to aid the teacher and pape and facilitate the imparting of instruction.

The following statistics, taken from the latest returns made by the respective Township
Assessors for 1*82, will show how the county has advanced in material wealth during the
decade of its existence, because, virtually, there was little or no agricultural scttlement in
the county until 1872, and even later. The Statistical record in the County Clerk's office
shows that the number of acres in farms in the county in 1882 was 287,188, the value of
which is set down at $1,528,482, There were ninety farm dwellings erected during the year,
valued at $38,510: The number of acres sown to fall wheat in 1881, was 70,220; rye, 19,742.
The number of acres sown to spring wheat in 1882, was 2,3''6; corn, 86,191; barley, 269; oats,
5,217; buckwheat, 65; Irish potatoes, 469; sweet potatoes, 49; sorghum, 2,092; castor beans,
33; flax 80; broom corn, 340; millet and Hungarian, 1,795; pear! millet, 81; rice corn, 164,
The number of acres of grass in cultivation and under fence, were as follows: Timothy
meadow, 125; clover meadow, 22; clover pasture, 20; other grasses, 436; and prairie pasture,
88.474. There were cutin 1882, tame hay to the amount Of 9,871 tons. and of prairie hay,
7,421 tons. The value of garden produce marketed during the year ending March 1, 1882,
was $2,044, and cage and poultry were markcted to the amount of $8,305. ‘The cheese pro-
duct amounted to 33,265 pounds, and butter to 188,252 pounds. There were in the county
8,118 horses, 445 mules and asses, 2,946 milch cows, 8,768 other cattle, 16,880 sheep, and
6,268 swine. The value of animals slaughtered and sold for slaughter, amounted to $188,765,
and the wool clipped was 72,072 pounds. The interest taken in horticulture was represented
by the following number of fruit trees in bearing: Apple, 702; pear, 105; peach, 11,717;
lca, 565; cherry, 612. Not in bearing: Apple, 14,343; pear, 1,594; peach, 87,091; plum,
2,980; and cherry. 2.573. The fences of the county represent a value of about $10,000, TO-

portioned as to kind as follows: Board fence, 3,250 rods; rail, 2,062; stone, 9,132; hedge,
24,918; wire, 56,018. Forestry is receiving some attention in the county, the number of acres
devoted to this interest, in 1882, being as follows: Walnut, 220 acres; maple, 78; honey
locust, 25; cottonwoud, 617; and other varieties, 308, making an aggregate of 1,303 acres.

A good evidence of the adaptability of the soil to arboriculture is given on the farm of W.

8. Gile, who resides on Section 26, Township 16, Range 6 west. It is what is called a bottom

farm, the “Colonel” having settled A oe it eleven years mee Since then he has set out
with his own hands: 30,000 trees of different varieties, the oldest of which is now ten years

old. Some of these are forty feet high and eighteen inches in diameter, and all are in a

good, healthy condition.
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HISTORY OF

uperintendent of Public Instruction; F. W. Rossiter, Surveyor; E. R. Lang,

KANSAS.

POST-OFFICES.
The following is a list of the post-offices of the county, with their postmasters:

 

 

 
 
  
 
   

 
   
   
 

 

 

 

NAME. TOWNSHIP. POSTMASTER.
OOKicasdosecSacaesencsen Empire -..---------- .---2----+5- rs. 8. B. Luni.
eed wus Green Garden . B. Mohiman.
Ben's Ranch Empire .-... W. McLaughlin,
Black Wolf -- Columbia Phil Jung.
Bluftville -.-- Empire -- —— Williams,
‘ Bradley Springs. s .| H. W. Coonkete,
Delight... . = —— Wiesbach.
*Ellsworth . Ellsworth Z. Jackson.
Fairsville .. Empire -. Mrs. H. V. Faris.
Fort Harker. H. Johnson.
Green Valley Valley - Jobn Cain.
Hollyrood. .- ae Ed. Sternberg.
Mule Creek . Empire -- .| Wesley Lovens.,
Palacky ...--- Valley .-..----------------- + W. F. Seckaveck.
Tatonka .- Columbia -..-..----------------- A. O. Whaley.
Terra Cotta..----.--------- Empire wawbaiewiocseceboeereeawss 8. Loomis. e
Trivoli -..- ------------ ------ ---- L. R._ Johnson.
Venango ...--------- ----------- Mrs. R. A. Stuart.
Wilson......... ---------------- JW. pre
Yordy..--.-0--..-+----2--------| Empire -------------2---2- + +++ A. G. McGill.-
* County Seat. 4
ELLSWORTH.

Ellsworth is the county seat of Ellsworth County, and is located on the
Kansas Pacific Railway, about two hundred and twenty miles west of
Kansas City. The original town site was surveyed in the spring of 1867, by
William McGrath and Col. Greenwood. The town site was selected and
laid out by a Town Company, of which H. J. Latshaw was president. As
originally surveyed and platted, it was located on the north bank of the
Smoky Hill River, and embraced all of the northeast quarter of the south-
east quarter, a part of the northwest quarter, and a part of the’ southwest

uarter of Section 28, and a part of the northeast quarter of Section 29,
‘Nownship 15 south, Range 8 west. There are few towns that had such
rapid growth for the first few months of their existence as had Ellsworth.
The plat of the town and certificate was filed for record in Saline County,
to which Ellsworth County was then attached for judicial and municipal
purposes, on the 8th day of May, 1867. : on

Scarcely was the town site surveyed and platted, when buildings began
to spring up like mushrooms, E, W. Kingsbury leading the way by building
the first house, which was known as the ‘‘Stockade,” and which was used
in the double capacity of store and hotel. At that’ time there was scarcely
a settler in the county, but the belief tiat Ellsworth would be the western
terminus of the Kansas Pacific road for some time, caused people to flock
there by the dozen. No sooner was the way opened, than buildings sprung
up as if by magic, and three months after the first house was built, the
following parties were engaged in business: Lockstone & Phelps, groceries
and provisions: 0, Hall, groceries and provisions; Coffin & Haikes, groceries
and provisions; J. L. Bell, tinware and stoves; Arthur Larkin, | hotel;
Geiger & Co., dry goods and clothing; Robbins & Matthews, groceries aud
provisions; H. F. Hoesman had a building up, but his stock of goods had
not yet arrived; Vaughn & Sweezy, groceries and provisions; Andrew
Schmitt, boots and shoes; Chick, Brown & Co., and —— Nye, forwarding
and commission houses. There was a wonderful growth for less than three
months. ,

In those days, whisky was one of the-staple articles of a well-regulated
grocery store, and the grocer that tried to do business without it, was riot
troubled with many customers. At that time there were stationed at Fort
Harker, distant some four miles from Ellsworth, about 1,500 soldiers and
Government employes, who patronized the grocery stores to a wonderful
extent, most of whom consumed what they bought on the premises or carried
it away in oe form. Another source of trade, and not a small one either,
was derived from the long trains moving westwurd across the plains, nearly
all of which, at that time, followed the Smoky Hill route.

The Smoky Hill, in Ellsworth County, is dignified by being styled a
river, but in dry seasons the stranger will look for it in vain, He will see a
small stream of water resembling a brooklet, over which a child might step
without wetting its foot, but when it does assume the ey of a river, it
does it in grand style. On the 8th day of June, 1867, it suddenly arose to
this dignity, and in a short time the flourishing town of Ellsworth was
standing in about four feet of water. Many of the pura were washed
from their foundations, and all kinds of business was brought to a sudden
stop. To make the condition of the people still more critical, the Indians,
about that time, began to hunger for scalps and plunder, and scarcely had
the waters subsided, when a band of Cheyennes began to commit depreda-
tions. They killed one man about three miles west of town, and about two
weeks afterwards, they killed ‘three men between Ellsworth and Wilson.
The citizens formed themselves into reliefs and rded the town, and one
night the Indians came within a quarter of a mile of town and ran off quite
a lot of stock, e ‘ :

The flood and the Indians were bad enough, but a still greater calamity
awaited them. About the 1st of July, 1867, the cholera broke out simultane-
ously at Ellsworth and Fort Harker, and made terrible ravages at both
places. People fled from the dread plague, as though death was about to
seize them. “During the two or three weeks the scourge raged, it carried off
about three hundred people at the Fort, and about fifty of the citizens of
Ellsworth. Out of a population of nearly one thousand,- only about forty
remained, all the rest having fled. :

_ The Town Company having been brought to a knowledge of their
mistake in locating the town on the low ground close to the river, immedi-
ately set to work and had Mr. Marian survey and plat a portion of the

 
ELLSWORTH COUNTY.

south half of Section 20, Township 15 south, Range 8 west, which was
placed: on record July 18, 1867, as the Town Company’s first addition. It
is on the land embraved in this addition, and subsequent additions made at
various times by King, Briscoe, Hodgens and Butler, that. the present town
of Ellsworth now stands. When the addition of the Town Cootaany waa
surveyed and platted, lots corresponding with those in the original site were
given in exchange to those who had purchased, and all the buildings were
moved up to the new site, except that known as the ‘‘Stockade,” which sub-
sequently was burned down.

In a short time the town was again on the high road to prosperity, and
the business men received an accession to their numbers in 1867, by the
arrival of M, Goldsomm, who opened up a general outfitting store, and
Walker & Co., who embarked in the grocery business. In 1868, however,
the railroad pushed westward, and a great many of the merchants of Ells-
worth pushed westward with it. In that year, also, the Indians again
threatened the place and ran off a quent of stock, almost from the limits
of town, belonging to Sanderson and White, who kept a livery stable at that
time.. On that raid they killed a man named Dougherty, so that, what with
the flood, cholera and Indians, the first year in the history of Ellsworth was
a very trying one. As if these were not enough to contend against, right
upon their heels came a set of roughs and cut-throats who undertook to run
the town, and who, by their desperado deeds, sought to rule the people by
establishing a ‘‘reign of terror.” Two desperate characters, by the name of

* Craig and Johnson, were the recognized leaders of this gang, and, like all
such scoundrels, undertook to govern with a high hand.

Finally the citizens determined to rid the town of this gang of bandits,
and, to accomplish this end, a number of them organized themselves into a
vigilance committee. They concluded that the speediest way to disperse the
eut-throats was to strike at the head, and one night Craig and Johnson, after
committing some of their depredations, were seized, carried to the Smoky,
and there hung to the limb of « cottonwood tree. The others of the gang
took the hint and hied themselves to other regions, and Ellsworth became a
peaceable town. ec

In 1868, Ellsworth was unicaryoreiet as a, Village and was governed by a
council of five, of which J. H. Edwards was president. The first hotel in
town was built by Arthur Larkin in the fall of 1867. It was a frame build-
ing and stood on North Main Street, near Lincoln Avenue. hs

In the fall of 1869 the town was visited by quite an extensive fire which
originated in the ‘‘ Larkin House,” of which, at that time, the Bebee Bros.
were proprietors. The fire spread with great rapidity, and before it could
+be extinguished, all the buildings in the block in which the hotel was
located, and also part of those in the block west, were utterly destroyed.
The damage entailed by the fire amounted to over $15,000.

In 1869 a small stone schoolhouse was erected, which was the first school
building in town, although prior to that time, school had been taught by a
Mr. Wellington in a small frame building south of the railroad track.

In 1868, two strangers came to Ellsworth, and one day, while in a
billiard saloon, one of them lay down upon a billiard table and went to sleep.
The other, not liking this, took out his revolver and commenced tapping
him on the head to wake him up. He succeeded, and upon the man opening
his eyes and seeing the other with a revolver in his hands, he immediately
ran for the door, and just as he was passing out, the other deliberately shot
him dead. Next day the murderer graced the limb of a cottonwood on the
banks of the Smoky. - Ellsworth was no place for evil-doers at that time,
and they soon learned to give it a wide berth. :

Except for one or two incidents, 1871, like the year that preceded it,
would have been an uneventful one. It happened in that year, that a party
of Pawnee Indians were returning northward from a marauding expedition,
in which they had been engaged against a tribe to which oes were hostile,
and had got as far north aa Hilawerth, when a Deputy United States Marshal,
named Fox, collected a posse and attacked the unsuspecting and peaceable
Pawnees. Fox and his gang killed one of the Indians in the streets of
Ellsworth, and chased th: band to the Smoky, where they killed three more,
and took a number of them prisoners and locked them up. The citizens
stigmatized the act as siniealfed for, cold-blooded murder, and set those at
liberty whom Fox and his gang had placed in confinement.

“The year 1872 was one of considerable improvement, and some good
buildings were erected. In that year the court house was built, a very fine
two-story brick building. The lower floor is divided into county offices, and
the upper floor is used for a court room. Immediately in rear of the court
house a solidly built stone jail was erected, two stories high, the upper story
being finished off as a residence for the sheriff, while the lower story is
partitioned off into cells.

In that year, also, Minnick & Housson erected a very neat two-story
brick building on South Main Street, the lower part of which was fitted up
for a drug store, and the upper part as a hall, which the Masons rented as a
lodge room. It was also in that year that Col. Gore erected the ‘‘ Cottage
Hotel” and a livery stable in connection therewith, and not the least im-
provement of that year was an iron bridge, three hundred feet long, across
the Smoky, which was built at a cost of $15,000. Among the many fine
improvements of 1872, the most important was that made by Arthur Larkin
in the re-building of a hotel, to take the place of the one that had been de-
stroyed by fire in the fall of 1869. This new hotel, erected by Mr. Larkin,
was a fine brick structure, large and commodious, well built and neatly
finished. It was not built on the same ground occupied by the old ‘‘Larkin
House,” but was moved a lot or two west, and was built on the corner of
North Main Street and Lincoln Avenue. The old name was dropped, and
the new hotel entered upon its career under the name of the ‘‘Grand Central,”
which it still retains. It has a frontage on North Main Street of 48 feet,
and on Lincoln Avenue of 90 feet. It was the grandest improvement made

. in the city up to that time.

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The year previous the town had been advanced a grade, by being pro-
moted to the rank of a city of the third class, of which H. F. Hoesman was
honored by being made first mayor. After the first year of its existence, the
town had no spasmodic growth, but grew slowly and steadily, those who
came, coming with the intention to stay. The progress of the place, up to

1872, was not confined to the building of business houses alone, as a great

many very neat and comfortable residences had been built in different por-
tions of the city, but chiefly north of the railway track.

Population had so increased that the small stone schoolhouse which had
been built in 1869, became altogether inadequate in 1873 to meet the
demands of the community for school facilities. To supply the deficiency
existing in this regard, bonds to the amount of $9,000 were voted, and a
very fine school building, not large, but neat and ample, was erected. It is
a two-story brick building, surmounted by a cupola, and contains’six rooms,
which, with the old building, which is still used as a primary department,
furnishes ample accommodation for all the pupils that attend school.

The year 1874 was more remarkable for disasters than for progress.
That was the year of the grasshopper raid, the effect of which was felt by
the merchants of Ellsworth, but, in addition to this, a disaster more direct
and tangible in its results occurred on the 8th day of August of that year
in the shape of another destructive conflagration. How the fire originated
is not clearly shown, but its disasterous effects were none the less felt. It
swept away the entire block of frame buildings on the east side of Douglas
Avenue, between First and North Main streets, and also several on North
Main Street. The loss occasioned by that fire is set down at not less than
$25,000. No sooner was the fire extinguished than the work of clearing
away the debris began, preparatory to the erection of other buildings.
George Seitz, Andrew Schmitt, Z. Jackson and Leo Herzig, immediately
set to work and erected, simultaneously, and side by side, fronting on North
Main Street, four one-story stone buildings, or rather, one building con-
taining four store-rooms. That of George Seitz stands on the corner of
Douglas Avenue and North Main Street, which is handsomely fitted up and
occupied by him as a drug store. The one adjoining this on the east, is
owned by Andrew Schmitt, and is occupied by him asa boot and shoe
store. To the eastward of these are the two rooms put up and owned by
Z. Jackson and Leo Herzig.

In the fall of 1873, dis cattle trade commenced coming to Ellsworth,
and with it came a new element into society, which, while making business
somewhat lucrative, was rather detrimental to morality. In 1874, Ellsworth
was the headquarters of the cattle trade, and the place was known as a
cow-boy town. The thugs, blacklegs and cut-throats, with the attendant
train of prostitutes that usually accompany them, which the cattle trade
brought to Ellsworth, made it, for a time, far from being a place in which
a piously inclined person would choose to reside. Gambling, drinking,
shooting, and those sinful practices in which women lost to every sense of
shame and virtue seem to take delight. constituted their greatest. pastime.
One season of such characters satisfied the people of Ellsworth that the evils
of the cattle trade, or rather those that followed it, were more detrimental to
the real interests of the place than it was benefitted by any advantages
derived from it in point of increased trade, and when, in the following
year the cattle men took their trade farther west, the citizens of Ellsworth‘
were very much relieved, and felt greatly rejoiced. During the short time
the cattle trade remained at Ellsworth, no less than ten persons were
shot and killed either on the street or in some gambling den. The Sheriff
of the county, C. G. Whitney, met his death at the hands of one of the
desperate characters then infesting the town, named Bill Thompson, who
claimed to be a Texan. The revolver or bowie-knife was the arbiter of all
disagreements, and were frequently used when all the disagreement that
existed was, that one man had a pocket-book and the other wanted it.
Thompson and the Sheriff had disagreed about some frivolous matter, and
scarcely had they exchanged a half dozen words, when Thompson’s revolver
concluded the argument by silencing the Sheriff forever. :

This dangerous element having been removed, the town settled down
to peace and quietness; and if the merchants did not take in quite as many
dollars, they, and the citizens generally, breathed a purified moral atmos-.
phere. The destruction of the crops in 1874, made times exceedingly dull
in the year that followed, and a great many became discouraged. The worst
had not come yet, however, for another disastrous blow was about to fall
on Ellsworth that the people little expected. On November 12, 1875,
another fire struck the town and carried away an entire block on South’
Main Street, running west from Douglas Avenue. Minnick’s brick building,
the upper part of which was used as a Masonic Hall, perished in that fire.
The loss occasioned by the fire was not less than $50,000. Prior to that
time, South Main constituted the principal business street of the city, but
the November blaze wiped the greater portion of it out of existence. It was
then abandoned asa business quarter of the city, and the merchants who
had been burned out moved north of the railway track, where they re-estab-
lished themselves, chiefly on Douglas Avenue.

In the spring of 1876, a handsome stone block was erected on the east
side of Douglas Avenue, between First and Second streets. This block is
two stories high, and was built by E. A. Powers, I. W. Phelps, Arthur
Larkin and J “hi Bell. The building on the corner of First Street and
Douglas Avenue was built by E, A. Powers for a bank, which he continues
to use as such. The institution is known as the Powers Bank, and was
established by E. A. Powers in 1870. In 1882 it passed under the control
of a company, and was incorporated in November of that year. The capital
of the bank is $50,000, and the officers of the institution are: E. A. Powers,
president; I. W. Phelps, vice-president; J. W. Powers, cashier, and W. F.
Tompkins, assistant cashier. This is the only bank in the city. The next
building to the bank is the one erected by J. W. Phelps, and is used by him
asa grocery store: the next was put up by Arthur Larkin and is now used
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by him as a dry goods store; the fourth and last of the block was put up
by J. L. Bell, which he uses for a hardware store. These four buildings
constitute one of the most substantial and neatest blocks in Central Kansas.
Subsequent to the building of this block, Mr. Larkin, finding that his room
was too small for his business, widened the store by tearing down the hall
penn and added to its depth by building fifty-five feet to the east end,

his made the dimensions of the store 264x125 feet. Having done this, he
built a stair six feet wide from the center of the store to the floor above.
The ground floor of the original building is used for dry goods exclusively,
while that of the addition is devoted to clothing, hats, caps, boots and
shoes. The ares floor is the salesroom for carpets, rugs, mattings and oil
cloths, also ladies’ cloaks, mantillas, dolmans, sacques, etc. This block,
extending from the bank to Bell’s hardware store, is the best improvement
yet made in the city. That same year, 1876, and adjoining this block on
the north, two one-story stone buildings were erected, one by EH. G. Min-
nick and the other by D. B. Long.

The year 1876 was one of substantial improvements, ae having
taught the people that wooden buildings were the poorest kind of protec-
tion against fire. The fires of 1869, 1874 and 1875, by which property to
the amount of $100,000 was destroyed, gave them a lesson of which they
took advantage, and the result was, that good, substantial business houses
were erected of either brick or stone. Three times during its short exis-
tence had Ellsworth been fire-tried, and yet a fourth one was close at hand.
In March, 1877, another fire visited the town, carrying away the only
remaining block that stood on South Main Street. This was located between
Douglas and Lincoln avenues, but the fire made quick work of it and a
reminder of it can still be seen in some old stone walls that stand south of
the railroad track, a short way from the depot. The loss occasioned by
this fire was estimated at $20,000. :

lf 1877 was a year of some disaster, it was alsoa year of great improve-
ment. J. Beebe, built in that year a very fine two-story stone building on
North Main Street which he uses for a grocery, furniture and hardware
store. Two lots east of Beebe’s, a similar building was put up by F. Born-
schiem, which is now used for a bakery and restaurant. Adjoining this to
the west, Dr. Seevert érected a one-story stone building, and next to this
H. Rainelsberg put up a very handsomely finished two-story double build-
ing, the ground floor of which is in one room and is used by him as a cloth-
ing and dry goods store, while the upper floor is used partly for goods and
partly for a residence. The erection of these buildings made almost a solid
stone block on the north side of North Main Street between Lincoln and
Douglas avenues. In 1877, Arthur Larkin built the Golden Belt elevator
which is operated by steam-power. Its capacity is between 15,000 and
20,000 bushels. If 1877 started in disastrously, it closed with a good record,
and in the number and character of improvements made, far excelled any
year that preceded it.

The place was now commencing to bear a citified appearance and to
assume an air of solidity and healthful prosperity. Up to that time no
substantial improvements had been made on the west side of Douglas
Avenue, but in 1877a commencement was made by Tom May, who erected
a two-story stone building on the northwest corner of Douglas Avenue and
First Street.

Notwithstanding the great improvement the city had made, and the
love of the people for law and order, the ushering in of 1878 found but one
church building in town which had been built by the Catholics in 1869. It
is a neat frame edifice, the construction of which cost about $1,000.
Although there were no church buil-Jings save the one mentioned; there
had been for some time two or three church organizations. As early as 1873,
Rev. Levi Sternberg organized a Presbyterian Church of nine members.
By 1878, this little band had grown to be quite strong, and in that year
commenced the erection of a very neat frame church building which was
finished in 1879, at a cost of $1,500. The church has now a membership of
seventy-five, and the present pastor is Rev. J. 8. Carruthers. This and the
Catholic,Church are the only church edifices in town, although the Meth-
odists and Lutherans have quite pene organizations and resident pastors.

The year 1878 was not very remarkable for any great improvements,
those that were made being confined chiefly to the erection of residences.
Two elevators were erected that year,one by Schmucker & Work, and one by
W.G. Smith. Both are operated by horse-power, and of about equal capac-
ity, 10,000 bushels each. The year 1878 closed with about as many business
houses in the place as the requirements of the county demanded, but
Arthur Larkin thinking that his ‘‘ Grand Central Hotel” and the ‘‘Cottage
House,” did not furnish sufficient hotel accommodation, crected the ‘‘ Amer-
ican House,” a very fine stone building which stands on the south side of
the railroad track, a short distance from the depot. Shortly after the hotel

- was built he sold it to John Kelly, who is still owner and proprietor. About
the only substantial improvement made in 1879, was a brick building on the
west side of Douglas Avenue, north of and adjoining the one erected by
Tom May in 1877.

Towards the close of 1879, Ellsworth was doomed to experience another
fire, which, though not quite so disastrous as either of those that preceded
it was severe enough as it destroyed the only flouring-mill in the county at
that time. The mill that was swept out of existence by this fire lad been
built by Everett & Foster in 1876, and, fortunately for the town, stood far
enough away from either the business or resident portion of the place as not
to endanger the safety of either. The loss of this mill was a source of
great inconvenience to the people, and farmers had to take their grists to
other counties to be ground. A company was formed the following year
and the mill was rebuilt, and is known asthe ‘‘ Foster Mill.” Itisof rather
small dimensions, has only two run of stone and is operated by steam-power.

The same year Chat F'oster’s mill was rebuilt, Getty & Larkins built a
more extensive one in the west part of town which is also operated by steam-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ower. The building is frame, and all the machinery of the mill is of the
atest and most improved pattern. This mill has five run of stone, and also
makes flour by the roller process. The capacity of the mill is about 150
barrels of flour per day. In connection with the mill is an elevator of 30,-
000 bushels capacity.

Tn 1881 the ‘‘ Ellsworth Sugar Works Company” was formed, and that
same year quite an extensive sugar-mill was erected in the western part
of town. The capital invested in this mill is $25,000. It is operated by
steam, and when running gives employment to seventy-five hands. Its suc-
cess is, as yet, a matter of speculation, but if properly managed, it cannot
fail to be a profitable investment. - . .

Another of the improvements of 1881, was the erection of quite a large
block on the east side of- Douglas Avenue between First and Second streets,
by Z. Jackson. The north, south and west walls of this block are stone and
the front wall is brick. The ground floor is divided into three storerooms,
and the front part of the upper floor is partitioned off into offices, while the
remainder of it is handsomely fitted up for an opera hall.” On the west side
of the hall isthe stage and dressing rooms, and a gallery extends along the
entire length of the east side. The hall is seated with chairs and the stage
well mounted with scenery tastefully and artistically painted. Four hun-
dred persons can be seated comfortably in the hall, and by a little crowding,
five hundred could find room. : :

The only improvement of any note made in 1882, was the two-story
stone building erected by H. Nunamaker, on Douglax Avenue, and an ele-
vator put up by the Foster Mill Company, the capacity of which is 20,000
bushels.

In 1881 there lived in the southeastern portion of the county. a man
named Phillip Angley. He lived by himself in a ‘‘dug out.” This kind of
a habitation is what constitutes the cellar or basement of an ordinary house,
or a hole dug in the ground, over which is placed a roof of prairie grass and
earth. Sometimes they are only dug to adepth of three or four feet, but

‘in such cases sod walls are built to about the same height above the ground

as the depth of the dug out is below. It was in one of these abodes that
Phillip Angley lived, and there his nephew Graham, found him in 1881,
when he came to live with him. ;

Angley had neither wife nor child, and before the advent of his nephew.
lived in his primitive abode solitary and alone. Uncle and nephew got along
all right until January, 1882, when Angley sold some land to a neighbor‘
taking the money he received as the purchase price with him to the dug out.
It was fatal money to him, because, for it, his nephew taking advantage of
him while he was asleep, murdered him, and after getting possession of the
money set fire to the rafters that supported the roof and then fled towards
Ellsworth. When the rafters were so weakened by fire that they could not
support the roof, all the earth on the top fell into the dug-out and_ covered
up the murdered man except his feet. In this position he was discovered
a few days after by some of his neighbors who dug him out, and then it was
ascertained that he had been foully murdered. Graham, the murderer,
was in Ellsworth lavishly spending the murdered man’s money when the
news of the deed reached town. Suspicion instantly fell upon him as being
the perpetrator of the crime. and he was lodged in jail. While in jail he
was called upon by another uncle of his, named Shafer, to whom he made a
full confession of the crime. That night he was taken from the jail and
hung toa telegraph pole along side the railway track nearly opposite the
court house. At that time there was another murderer in jail named Rose,
and after hanging Graham, the crowd went back to the jail to get him and.
serve him in like manner, but the Sheriff, anticipating their action, had the
prisoner removed to a place of safety.

Having in the foregoing, given briefly the history of the town from its
commencement until the close of 1882, it may be interesting to some to be
told how the place received the name of Ellsworth. Upon this point, dif-
ferent and erroneous beliefs exist: Some believe that the town of Hlls-
worth being the county-seat, took as its name that of the county, and that
the latter was named in honor of Col. E. E. Ellsworth, who was killed by
Jackson in Alexandria, Virginia, and who, it is said was the first victim of
the war of the rebellion. The name of the town is not derived from that
source, but from a fort that was built during the wart about four miles east
of the present town site, at a point where the old Santa Fe trail crosses the
Smoky Hill. This fort became known as Fort Ellsworth, and from this the
town of Ellsworth derived its name. As showing the moving disposition of
the pels that came to Ellsworth, it may be remarked that the population
of the plice now, is just about what it was at the end of the first year of
its existence, Hundreds came and hundreds went, and each year found the
population about the same in number, but different in people. The town
receives little or none of this floating population now, and the place has
settled down to a permanent, steady growth. Its present population is
about one thousand, and those who come now, come to stay. The town is
beautifully situated on the northeast bank of the Smoky Hill River, on a
wide plateau of second bottom land. To the north of town the ground
takes a sudden rise and stretches away into high table-land. To the south
is Smoky, with a solitary tree at intervals marking its course, and beyond
is the high and broken upland. The business of the place is now so fixed
that merchants can make'their calculations as to trade, to a considerable
ce of certainty. The business portion of the town is mostly substan-
tially built of stone and brick, and some of the stones will compare very
favorably with those in much larger places. Those engaged in mercantile
pursuits, transact a large amount of business during the year, and the fact
that 400,000 bushels of wheat passed through the three elevators in town
in 1882, will be sufficient to show the kind of country the merchants have
to depend upon for trade. The business of the town is represented by three
general merchandising stores; seven grocery stores; two boot and shoe stores:
two drug stores; three hardware dealers; one dealer in furniture; two
ELLSWORTH COUNTY.

lumber dealers; one millinery establishment; three hotels; one jewelry store;
two restaurants; two harness-shops: one wagon and carriage-shop; three
livery stables; one bakery; two ouring-mills; one sugar-mill, and three
grain-elevators,every branch seeming to be carrying on a prosperous business.

THE PRESS AND SOCIETIES.

Ellsworth Re orter.—This paper was established November, 1870, by M. C. Davis, who
continued to publish the paper as sole editor and proprietor for two years, when he sold
out to G. A. Atwood, under whose management it remained about three years, when it
passed into the hands or Inman & Montgomery,by whom it was published about two years,
when it again reverted to Atwood, who held. pee about a year, when it passed into
the hands of R. F. Kellogg, who retained itabout a year, and then sold it to W. A. Geb-
hardt. Mr. Gebhardt took possession in July, 1879, and in November, 1880, parted with a
half interest to George Huycke, since which time the paper has continued to be published

with Gebhardt & Huycke as sole editors and proprietors. The paper is a nine-column,.
1,800. The office is .

four-page weekly, is Republican in politics, and has a circulation o

well titted up, and has a steam-power pee aad job press. 1
Rural West, —This puper is published at Ellsworth, and was established in May, 1880,

by W. E. Fosnot, in whose possession it still remains, and who continues to publish it as

sole editor and proprietor. It isa seven-column, four-page weekly, and has a circulation

of 500. In politics it is neutral. ; .

stn There are three lodges 1n the town, representing three different benevolent societies, as
ows: :

__Afasons.—E\lsworth Lodge, No. 146, A., F. & A. M., was instituted J uly 21, 1873, under
dispensation from the Grand Lodge, dated June 28, 1873. The lodge was organized with
ten charter members, and its first officers were: H. F. Hoesman, W. M.; William Micher,
8. W.; M. E. Young, J. W.; George Seitz, Treas.; W. H. Brinkman, Sec.: Robert Baker,
8. D.; H. W. Vance, J. D.; E. A. esler, T.; Samuel Hamilton, 8. S.; and James Young,
J.S._ The lodge has now a membership of sixty-five, and the present officers are: George
Huycke, W. M.; Samuel Hamilton, 8. W.; R. R. Lyons, J. W.; H. Nunamaker, Treas.; J.
A. Wiggins, Sec.; M. K. Brundige, 8. D.; George Seitz, J. D.; D.C. Bascom. §. S., 8 At-
wood, J. $., and Joseph Kalina, T. The charter of the lodge bears date October 22, 1874,

___ Ellsworth Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, was instituted in June, we and is yet work-
ing under dispensation. The officers are: R. R. Lyons, H. P.; H. F. Hoesman, K.; W. H.
Gebhardt, Secy.; J. L. Bell, P. S. '

Odd Fellows.—Ellsworth Lodge, No. 109, I. O. O. F., was organized September 3, 1873,
with six charter members. The first officers of the lodge were: J. W. Powers, N. G.; M.
Amrine, V. G.; M. C. Close, R. S.;-James Veatch, P. §.; A.J. Logback, Treas’; A. Hou-
son, Con.; 8, G. Pepper. W.; C. E. Bell, I. G.; and Ed. Schermerhorn, 0.G. For some
time the lodge made but very slow progress, and at one time its condition was such as al-
most to compel a surrender of its charter. Through the activity of some of its members, a
new life was instilled into it, and it is now in a very flourishing condition, and meets
weekly in an elegantly furnished hall over the Powers Bank. The lodge hes now a mem-
bership of forty, and the present officers are: A. Flanders, N. G.; G. A. Collett, V. G.; R.
W. Carter, R.S.; N. B. McCammon, P.§.; J. Powers, Treas.: I. E. Lloyd, Con.; T. J.
Noble, W.; August Feistal, I. G.; J. P. Nunamaker, O. G.

_@ A. &.—Elmer E. Ellsworth Post No. 22, G. A R., was instituted in September, 1879,
with eleven charter members. This post was named in honor of Col..E. E. Ellsworth, who
fell in Alexandria, Va., the first victim of the war. The first officers of the post were: J. G.
Wiggin, P. C.; John Kelly, 8. V. C.; A. Schmitt, J. V.C.; F. Melville, O. of D., William
‘Tibbitts, O. of G.; C. L. Myers, Adjt.; J. Stoddard, Q. M.; G. E. Alden, Chap. The post
has now sixty-five members, and the present officers are: W. A. Gebhardt, P. C.; G. W.
Spar, 8. V.C.; W. A. Talkedorff, J. V.C.; H. J. Patterson, O. of .D.; Mr. Hoagland, 0.
of G.; C. L. Myers, Adjt.; A. Smith, Q M.; A..R. Hepperly, Chap.

Ellsworth has been sorely-tested by fire, by flood, and by cholera epidemic, to say
nothing of the other scourges, in shape of desperadoes and other loose characters with
which all frontier towns at some time of their existence have been afflicted. All these have
been survived, and Ellsworth now is one of the thriving towns of Central Kansas.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE E. ALDEN, Register of Deeds of Ellsworth County, Kan., moved from
' Pittsburg, Pa., to Elwood, Kan., in 1858. Resided at St. Joseph, Mo., where he was en-
gaged in the hotel business until September, 1861, when he enlisted in Col. J. W Birge’s
regiment of sharp-shooters. Served with his regiment, afterwards known as the Sixty-sixth
Illinois Infantry, in the Army of the Tennessee, until August, 1863, when he was promoted
to be captain and assistant quartermaster of volunteers, and assigned to duty in the Army
of the Cumberland, corved
Cavalry Division District of Columbia until the close of the Atlanta campaign, from which
time until the close of the war was on duty as depot quartermaster at Chattanooga, Temn.,
and Bridgeport, Ala., when he was appointed captain and assistant quartermaster United
States Army. Was brevetted major Te faithful and meritorious services during the war,
Asssigned to duty as depot and disbursing quartermaster at Pittsburg, Pa., until Septem-
ber, 1867, and afterwards in the same capacity at Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C., also
as acting chief quartermaster, Department of the South, at Atlanta, Ga., on the staff of
Maj. Gen. Mead. In June, 1869, was ordered to Texas, and assigned to duty as assistant
chief quartermaster, Department of Texas, until May, 1870, when he was relieved from
such duty and ordered to Fort McIntosh, Texas. Resigned his commission in December,
1871, and was engaged in business in Savannah, Ga., until 1877, when he removed to Ells-
worth, Kan. Was Deputy Register of Deeds, County Clerk, and Clerk of District Court
until November, 1879, when he was elected Register of Deeds; was re-elected in 1881. Was
born in Cambridge, Mass, in April, 1888. Married in March, 1869, to Miss Ellen Brown, of
Savannah, Ga. ad seven children—Hattie E., Leonilla V. (deceased), George E., Susie G.,
Monroe, William F. and John R. Is aa prominent member of the Masonic order, having
held various offices in Franklin Lodge, No. 221,; Duquesne Chapter, R. A. M.; Mount
Moriah Council, R. & 8. M., and Pittsburg Commandery, No, 1, Knights Templar, and
Pennsylvania Consistory of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. _ ;
JOHN L, BELL, dealer in a general line of hardware, stoves, tinware, farm imple-
ments, wagons and buggies. He opened the trade in the spring of 1867 with a stock of
$1,000, and now carries a stock of $15,000. He is also a member of the Western Hardware
House, Ellsworth, and employs six men. He was born in Monroe County, N. Y., in 1845,
where he lived until coming to Kansas. Enlisted in 1861 in Company E, Twenty-seventh New
York Volunteer Infantry, Ke participated in all the battles of his command, and was mus-
tered out in 1863. In the fall of the same year he re-enlisted in Company L, Twenty-first
New York Cavalry, participated in several battles and was mustered out in 1866. He
came to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1866, and-followed the tinsmith trade for some time.
Then he came to Ellsworth, and was married in 1870 to Miss Emma Gilbert of Niles, Mich.
They have two children—Charles E., and John L. Jr. He was Township Treasurer from
1869 to 1873, City Treasurer four years, County Treasurer two years, City Councilman two
years, member of Ellsworth Lodge No. 146, Ellsworth Chapter, and Askelon Commandery
Salina A. F, & A.M. ; 7 .

J. H. CLARK, proprietor of the Golden Belt Elevator, and dealer in all kinds of grain,
He erected the Golde elt Elevator in 1878, at a cost of $3,000. The size of the building is

4) feet, the capacity 15,000 bushels. He handled from 30 to 40 carloads of grain per weeh
during the business season of 1882. He also dealsin coal. He first located in Ellsworth in 1875
and engagedin the present business, having bought and shipped the first grain in Ellsworth in
the fall of 1875, He was born in WesternVirginia 1826. His parents moyed to Ohio in 1834, set-
tling in Newark, where he was raised. He first set out to farming in life, afterward in mer-
chandising ; first in Newark, Ohio, thence to Kansas City, Mo.. where for sixteen years he
followed the latter business, thence to Ellsworth. Married in 1866 to Miss Mattie E. Smith,
of Springfield, Ohio. He was elected Mayor of Ellsworth in the spring of 1882. He has been
a member of the School Board since he has been in Ellsworth. __

A. H. EVANS, Probate Judge. He located in the above place in October, 1875. He began
farming in the following spring and continued the same occupation until the fall of 1879, when
he was appointed Probate Judge to fill a vacancy. He was elected to the same office in Novem-
ber 1880. He was born in Owen County, Ind., December 25, 1818. Moved to Carrol County,
Ind., in 1848, where he lived until May 1875. He enlisted in November 1861 inCompany K,
Second Indiana Cavalry, was promoted to First Lieutenant, and afterward to Captain of his

on the staff of Maj. Gen. Kilpatrick, commanding the Third -

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Company, participated in all the battles of his command, until he resigned in July 1862. He
is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of the I. O. O. F. of his native State. Married
in 1858 to Miss Martha Munger of North Madison, Conn. They have two daughters and a
son—Fannie M., Esther N., and Jesse M.

_ J. H. FOSTER, of the firm of J. H. Foster & Co., proprietors Elsworth City Flouring
Mills and Elevator. _, The Mills were erected in 1876, at a cost of $12,000. Size 32x44, four
stories high ; capacity, 75 barrels in twenty-four hours. The elevator is 21x50 fect ; 33 feet
high; analy 20.000 bushels. It was erected in 1882, at the cost of $3,000. All built of
stone. They employ six men. J. H. Foster came to Kansas in September 1876 and began
the above business. He was born in Perry County, Pa., in 1834. His parents roneved to
Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1837, where he was raised on a farm. When he first set out in
business, he followed merchandising for six years; then milling. He was married in 1861
to Miss Harriet E. Sharon of Pennsylvania. They have four children—Frank S., William
H., Carrie M.; and Herbert E. His wife died in 1878, He was again married in 1880, to
Miss Harriet E. Yarger of Pennsylvania. He has held several city offices in Ellsworth

D.H. FRAKER, dealer in a genera) line of graceret. provisions, crockery, glass and
queensware, and farmers’ produce, He began trade in February 1880, and carries a stock of
$3,000. He occupies rooms 22x70 feet. In 1868 he made a trip West to Illinois and Missouri,
and retnrned to Pennsylvania in .870, resuming business with his former employers, where
he remained until his removal to Kansas in April 1872, He came to Wilson, Kan., m April
1872, where he clerked in a store until May 1874, when he located in Ellsworth and followed
the same occupation five and _a half yeats for one firm. Hewas born near Shippingsburg,
Cumberland Co., Pa., December 31, 1847; was raised and educated in his native place, and
farmed until 1866; clerked in his native place for some time and then came to Kansas’ He
was married in December 1880 to Miss Mary S. Maberly, a native of England. They have
one daughter—Eva May. He is a member of Ellsworth Lodge No. 109, I. O. O. F.

JOHN GETTY, of the firm of J. Getty & Co., proprietors of the Getty and Larkin
Steam Flouring ‘Mills and Elevator. The erection of the mills was completed in January
1880, and the elevator in 1882. The mills are 40x50 feet, three tories and Hacecnente capac-
ity 120 barrels in twenty-four hours; erected at a cost of $20,000. The elevator is 25x5 feet
and 34 feet high ; capacity 30,000 bushels; cost $3,50U; all built of stone. They employ ten
men. Mr. Getty logated in Ellsworth in 1878 and engaged in the hardware business until be
became interested In milling. He was born in Martinsburg, Blair Co., Pa., m 1841, and
was raised and educated in his native State. He located in Oswego, Kan., in 1870, where he
followed merchandising until 1874. He engaged in milling at Rossville, Kan., until he came
to Ellsworth. Entered the service in 1862 in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth .
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry as First Lieutenant. He resigned after two years service,
Married in 1871 to Miss Carrie Orwig, a native of Pennsylvania, they have two children—
Sarah C., and John.

_ _H.¥F. HOESMAN, dealer in hardware, farm implements, etc., opened trade in the spring”
of 1867, under the firm name of the Western Hardware House, carrying a general stock o
$10,000. He was born in Auglaize County, Ohio, in 1841. Lived in his native State until
1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to
Captain of his Company. Participated in all the battles of his command and was mustered
out in April 26, 1816. He enlisted July 8, 1861, came to Ellsworth. Kan., in 1867. He isa
member of the G. A. R. of Terre Haute, Ind. He was president of Ellsworth City Council
in 1868, County Clerk in 1869-7v, Representative of bis county in the Kansas Legislature in
1872-73, was Township Trustee and Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners
three years, Under-Sheriff in 188, Deputy United States Marshal the same year, Justice of
the Peace in 1x70. He was the first Master of the Ellsworth Lodge No. 146, A., F. & A. M.,
and for several years. He is also a member of Ellsworth Chapter U, D. and Askelon Com-
mandery Salina.

Z. JACKSON, postmaster, was born in Erie County, Pa., in 1831; moved to Knox
County, LIl., in 1839, when a boy nine years old; was raised on a farm; taught school; buught
out a store and commenced merchandising at Cambridge, IJl., in 1851; built a steam
flouring-mill in that town in 1853; went to Washington County, Neb., in 18°.4; published
the Desoto Pilot in 1857-58, and also speculated in real estate; went to Pike’s Peak in
1859; there became one of the incorporators of a mountain toll road; was a member of the
Legislature under the old ‘‘ Provisional Government,” in 1860; returned to Nebraska ard
enlisted in the army, in 1862, in Company B, Second Nebraska Cavalry; re-cnlisted in the
First Batallion Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, and was mustered as Captain of his Company’ in
February, 1864. Was in the Indian service on the Upper Missouri River in 1862-13,
was mustered out at the close of the war, in 1865, and came to Kansas the same year. Made
the first location at Junction City, Kan., and built a house there in 1866. Went to Mitchell
County, in Solomon Valley, the same year, and built the first log cabin in t'.at county, but
soon abandoned it ..nd returned to Junction City. First came to Ellsworth County in June,
1867, locating at Fort Harker, where he engaged.in the produce, vegetable and fruit busincss
until the spring of 1869, then farmed two years in connection with the dairy business. He
then followed general merchandising at the Fort, in partnership with A. Larkin, eightcen
months; moved the store to Ellsworth in 1872, and continued in the business three years
longer, Was a member of the Kansas Legislature in 1863-69; was County Commissioner
in 1871-72. He was appointed postmaster in 1873, holding the office ever since. Has
always hadafarm. He stands firmly ‘‘on deck,” taking no thought of the ‘undiscovered
country.” ”

DR. E. R. LANG, physician and surgeon, came to Ellsworth in August, 1881, where he
has since continued the practice of medicine. He was born.in Knox County, Ohio, February
6, 1848. Educated at Kenyon College, Ohio, Graduated from the medical department of
Worcester University of Cleveland, Ohio, 1871. He began the practice of medicine in
Marinette, Wis., where he remained six years. He then went to Ottumwa, Iowa, and prac-
ticed two years; thence to Ellsworth, Kan. He is now United States Penson Examining
Surgeon for Central Kansas, Elected County Coroner in the fall of 1881. He is a member
of Masonic Order, I. 0. O F., and Knights of Pythias. Was married June 4, 1873, to Miss
Agnes ee of Fond du Lac, Wis. They have one daughter—Marion EK. His wife died in
March, 1877. -

ARTHUR LARKIN, merchant, was born in the city of Dublin, Ireland, on the 20th day
of August, 1832. He was the third child born to Thomas and Anne Larkin. His early edu-
cation was received at a Seminary on Wicklow Street, Dublin, under the charge of Mr.
William Stapleton, who, prior to the establishment of the Seminary, had been one of the
faculty of Trinity College, Dublin. His father was a coal merchant and Arthur, while yeta
boy, assisted his father in his business, by attending to his collections. When sixteen years
gid. seized with a desire to try his fortune in the New World, he left Dublin and proceeded
to Liverpool, where, on the 6th day of July 1848, he engaged passage on a sailing vessel
bound for New York, and arrived at the latter city in July. Shortly after his arrival he
hired to a farmer residing at- Cranberry Neck, N. J., for whom he went to work. After
trying farming for avout a year, he enlisted in the regular army and served as a Texas
Ranger during two terms of service under Captain Ford, and was discharged at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan., in 1861_ After leaving the service he married Miss Alice Baird, in Leavenworth, ,
who was a native of Indiana. By this marriage six children have been born to him, three
of whom are dead and three yet living, and all born at Ellsworth, Kan. Thomas, the
eldest, was born November 20, 1869, and died April 18, 1870. Arthur, the oldest now living,
was born February 28, 1871. Mary Ann, born September 21, 1873; died October 22, 1873.
Francis, born June 25, 1875. Eddie, born October 13, 1878; died January 4, 1881. Hubert
F., born February 6, 1880. (Quitting the army, Mr. Larkin engaged in the restaurant busi-
ness at Leavenworth, and while thus engaged, he fitted up a wagon train and made a freight-
ing trip to Denver and back. In the fall of 1866 he left Leavenworth and moved to Junction
City, where he re-established himself in the restaurant business and continued freighting
from there to the end of the Kansas Pacific Railway, which was then at Salina. In the
spring of 1867, he moved from Junction City to Ellsworth, where he built and opened the
first hotel in that town. In the latter part of 1868, he embarked in the mercantile business,
opening up with a line of dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps. Since then
he has established a store at Lincoln Center, and another at Little River, in Rice County. In
company with Mr. Getty, he built a large ce oir Bane at Ellsworth, in which he still has a
half interest. He also deals quite extensively in live-stock, and superintends the working of
two large farms, which he owns in the vicinity of Ellsworth. This great accumulation of
wealth in the short space of twenty years, is the result of hard work, energy, industry
and economy. ;

IRA E. LLOYD, of the law firm of Lloyd & Evans, was born in De Kalb County, Ill,
in May 25, 1850. Self-educated; began study of Jaw in 1868; admitted to the bar at Emmets-
burg, Iowa, in 1872, where he commenced practice. Came to Ellsworth, Kan., in 1878; held
office of County Attorney in 1875-76-77-78. In the spring of 1879 formed partnership
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with C. J. Evans, in the practice of law, and in the real estate, insurance and collection
business. In 1878 he married Miss Etta Huntington, a native of Pennsylvania. He is a
member of the I. 0. 0. F.

R R. LYONS. County Clerk and County Attorney, first located in Ellsworth, June 8, 1878.
where he engaged in the practice of law. Was elected to the present office in the fall of
1880. He was born in West Elizabeth, Washington County, Pa., in 1852, and was educated
at the Iowa We-leyan University of Mount Pleasant. Iowa, graduating in 1872. Was admitted
to the bar of practice at Keosauqua, Iowa, in 1875. He began the study of law in 1873;
began practice at Ellsworth, being admitted by motion in 1878. He was married in 1876 to
Mrs. Mary E Lusk, formerly Gebhardt, of Keosauqua, Iowa. They have two children—
Esther B and Florénce W.- He is a member of Ellsworth Lodge, No. 145, and High Priest
of Chapter R. A. U. D., A. F. & A.M.

NELSON H. McCOY, of the firm of Work & McCoy, dealers in grain, farm implements,
wagons and buggies; business opened in 1878, by Schmucker & Work. N. H. McCoy pur-
chased the interest of Schmuker in 1880. They carry a stock of agricultural implements of
$3,000 value; they shipped about six car loads of wheat per week during the business season
of 1882, and during the whole season about, 150 car loads. Mr. McCoy first located in Ells-
worth in the spring of 1878, and engaged as a clerk in a grocery store two years, when he
returned to Jowa and remained some time; thence to his present business. He was born in
Delphos, Allen County, Ohio, in 1858; was educated at Cornell College, in Mt. Vernon, Iowa.
His father served our country during the late war, and died from the effects of exposure
while in service. His mother moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when he was nine years old,
where he was raised. -

DR. E. G. MINNICK, Dhysipian and surgeon, and dealer in drugs, medicines, druggists’
sundries, etc. He opened the business in August. 1872. with a gencral stock of about
$3,509; now carries a stock of $5,000. He first came to Ellsworth in 1871, and continued the
practice of medicine. He has one-fourth interest in the Ellsworth Sugar Factory. which
was erected in the summer of 1881, ata cost of $26,450, including 800 acres of land belong-
ing to the company, on which they produce a large amount of cane. The building is 64x
feet, 58 feet high, machinery room 82x66 feet, with fifty-horse-power engine. including three
boilers with an aggregate of 180 horse-power. They employ. when in fnll operation, eighty
men. Capacity, 4,800 gallons of syrup per day. The doctor is a native of Valpariso, Ind.,
born in 1841. His parents moved to Ottumwa, Towa, in 1848, where he lived until coming
to Kansas. Began the study of medicine in_1864, and graduated at the winter session of
1870-’71, at Rush Medical College, Chicago. Began to practice medicine at Ottumwa, Lowa,
where he continued until coming to Kansas. Married in 1863 to Miss Mary A. Lander, of
Elkhart, Ind. They have two children living—Ella, born in 1867 and Arthur, horn in 1874,
He is a member of Ellsworth Lodge, No. 109, I. O. O. F., and the Kansas State Central
Medical Society. f

REV. J. B. ORWIG, dealer in a general line of groceries provisious, willowware,
glass and queensware, and farmers’ produce; opened business in December, 1881. He
occupies a building 25x60 feet, on Douglas Avenue, one door south of the post-office.
and carries a stock of $2,000. He first came to Burlingame, Osage County, Kan., as pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in August, 1865, where he preached three years, at Bald-
win City one year, Paola, three years. Oswego, two years, North Topeka, two years, Osborne.
two years, and Marion one year. Mr. Orwig was married December 7, 1850, to Miss Sarah
E. Albin, of Mercer, Pa , daughter of William Albin. Mrs. Orwig died in Ellsworth, Sep-
tember 19, 1878. Mr. Orwig has been a minister of the Gospel for thirty years, having
preached in Erie Conference, Pa., thirteen years before coming to Kansas. He was born
in Center County, Pa., aopiinee 4, 1823. After preaching the Gospel for five years. he
returned to Meadville Allegheny College, where he had been at school before, and _grad-
uated in the Biblical department in 1859. He was married the second time July 18, 188!, in
the city of Cleveland, to “Miss Idalia A. Burt, daughter of D. A. Burt, of Cleveland. Mr.
Orwig has one daughter—Carolina Electa, now married to Mr. John Getty, of Ellsworth,
Kan. Mr. Orwig is a member of the Masonic order, and also of the I. O. O. F., No. 79,
North Topeka, Kan. 2

I. W. PHELPS, dealer in a general line of groceries, provisions, etc. He opened trade
in Ellsworth in the spring of 1867, erecting his present store building in the spring of 1876,
at a cost of $8,009, the size of which is 2714x120 feet, two stories and a basement. He carried
about $2,000 worth of stock on beginning, now carries a general stock of $15,000 and em-
ploys four men. He first came to Ellsworth in ‘1867, and sold the first goods in the
village April 4th of that year. He was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y. in 1836, lived in
his native State until 1845, when the family moved to Erie County and lived four years,
thence to Elgin, Jll., where they lived two years, and to Oswego, remaining two years,
then to Ogalla, Wis., where they resided four years. He then went to the Rocky Moun-
tains, and Sueno in merchandising and mining two years. He then enlisted in Com-
pany H, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, whose record was 159 battles and skirmishes during
the rebellion. Re-enlisted December 31, 1863, and was made saddler sergeant of his a
ment, being mustered in on non-commissioned staff; was noustered out in November, 1845.
He was married September 15. 1875, to Miss Rose rere a native of the State of New
York. They have three children—Bertha M, Frank W.and Mary L. Mr. Phelps was
County Commissionér of Ellsworth County in 1849-71. He is largely interested in the
stock business. Has a ranch of 640 acres, where he now has about 10) head of cattle.

J. W. POWERS, cashier of the Powers Bank; established in 1870; incorporated in

1882; capital, $50,000: deposits gine to about $70,000. They do a general banking busi-
ness; their correspondents are: Donnell, Lawson & Simpson, New York City; Union
National Bank, Chicago, Ill.; Valley National Bank, St. Louis; Bank of Kansas City. Mo.;
First National Bank of Leavenworth, Kan. Mr. J. W. Powers came to Kansas in 1860. He
was born in Jessamine County, Ky., in 1844. His parents emtigrated near St. Joe, Mo., in
1848. The subject of this sketch engaged with an uncle, then in Leavenworth, Kan.. in the
transportation of Government supplies; became a partner in 1865, continuing until 1868,
then went into the cattle business until 1870, when they opened a bank at Salina, Kan.; con-
tinued until 1873, and moved to Ellsworth. He was married in 1867 to Miss Martha B. Hale.
a native of Pulaski County, Ky. They have four children—Oscar E., Gracie, Emma B, an
Edmund Everett Thornton. He is a member of Ellsworth Lodge, No. 109, and State
Encampment, for past eight years. . ;

JOHN PRESSNEY, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, and all kinds of country pro-
duce; opencd trade in 1878, and carries an average stock of $8.09, He erected his store in
1878, at a cost of $2,000, size of which is 22x95 feet; he employs three men. Ie located in
Abilene, Ky., in 1868, where he engaged in contracting and building for ten years; thence to
Bllsworth. He was born in London, England, in 1850; came to America in 1866, and located
in London. Canada, where he worked at the carpenters’ trade until coming to Kansas. He
was married in 1872 to Miss Elizabeth Johns, of Galena, Ill, His wife died in the spring of
1876. Again married in 18-0, to Miss Philinda Small, a native of Indiana, He is a member
of the I. O. O. F., of Abilene,

HENRY RAMMELSBERG, dealer in dry goods. clothing. boots and shoes, millinery,
notions, ete. He opened trade in May, 1879; occupics rooms 86x7h feet. He erected his
store building in 18:9, at a cost of $4,500. He employs four clerks and carries a stock of
from $16,000 to $18,000. He was born in Germany in 883; came to America in 1861. and
settled in Davenport, lowa, where he engaged in the cigar and tobacco business, with a
capital of $21. He followed the Jatter business until he came to Kansas. Was married in
18:8 ee Mins Sidonia Karst, of Davenport, Iowa. He has one daughter by a former marri-
age— Helena.
- F. N. ROSSITER, County Surveyor, first located in Brookville, Saline County, Kan.,
in August, 1876, where he engaged in surveying and civil engineering. farming and cattle
business Moved to Ellsworth in September, 1878 He was elected County Surveyor in the
fall of 1879; was Depnty a year previous to that; has since held the office by re-election.
He was b rn in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1818, and was educated at the Oberlin College. Lived in his
native State until 1867, when he went to Chicago, Tll., and engaged in surveying about three
years; he then went to Milwaukee, Wis., and took charge of the construction of the Mil-
waukee & Northern Railroad as civil engineer for three years, after which he returned to
Chicago, where he was engaged in surveying until coming to Kansas He was married in

a to Biss Emma £. Tyler, of Clarksfield, Huron County, Ohio. They have one daughter

—Vera M.

GEORGE SEITZ, dealer in a general line of drugs, medicines, druggists’ sundries,
paints, oils, etc. He opened the business in the fall of 1868, with a stock of about $700. He
now carries a general stock of about $7,000 to $8.000. He erected a stone building in 1874, ata
cost of $2,000, which he occupies for a store. Was born in Germany in 1847, began at the age
of fourteen years in his native country to learn pharmacy with his father, remained eight
years, came to America in 1865, remained in Leavenworth, Kan., a few months as clerk; thence

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‘St. Louis, Mo,, as clerk ina drug store, after which he went into the cigar business in
Se eaeae Ala., until he came Ellsworth, Married in 1874 to Miss Emma Holz-
schuher, of Maseritz, Germany. They have two chiléren—Hans, and George. He is a
member of Ellsworth Lodge No. 164, A., F. & A. M. Has been a member of the City Council
seven years, and is the present Township Treasurer. : . ;

W. Z. SMITH, proprietor of the Grange Elevator, and dealer in all kinds of grain. He
opened the trade in September, 1877." He ships on an average 200 carloads of grain and 50
cars of hogs per year. The capacity of the elevator is 2,000 bushels. He first came to Kan- -

_ gas in 1877. He was born in Manchester, England, November 20, 1846, came with his parents

to America in 1849, locating in Brandenburg, Ky., where he was raised and educated. —
Moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1886, where he engaged in the cigar trade for some time and after
the big fire, in 1871. in the building and real estate business, and also in the grain trade,
until 1877.’ He was married in 1873to Miss Susan Proctor, a native of Michigan. They have
four children—Ada, Neta, Ereddle, fea Hattic. He is a member of Ellsworth Lodge No. 146,
also of Chapter U. D., A., F. & A. M. ; :

c.C. SPRIGG, deceased, came to Ellsworth in July 1867, and engaged as a clerk in the

uartermasters’ Department at Fort Harker until 1870, when he farmed two years He was
social Clerk of the District Court in 1872, and by re-election held the office. In 1875 he was
appointed County Clerk and clected to the sime office in the fall of that year, which office
he held until the time of his death. He was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1843, where he lived
until 1863. He attended the Kenyon College of Ohio three years. He was a member of the
Sir Knight Lodge A., F. & A. M. He died suddenly in Kansas City November 27, 1882.

-D RB. THOMAS. proprietor of ‘the Golden Belt Livery, Sale and Feed Stables. He
began business in May 1873 and keeps a good stock in livery. He was born in De Kalb
County, Ill., in 1847 and raised on afarm. He came to Abilene, Kan., in 1869, where he fol-
lowed bakery and restaurant business until he came to Ellsworth. Married in 1874 to
Miss Joanna Terney, a native of Missouri. They have four children—Edna M., CoraL ,
Addie, and Daniel D. Mr. Thomas is the present Under Sheriff of Ellsworth County.

W. F. TOMPKINS, Assistant Cashier of the Powers Bank. He first came to Eliswort!
in 1873 and accepted the above position. He was born in Janesville, Wis., in 1854, lived
in his native city until 1895, when the family moved to Quincy, Ill.. where they lived a year
or two, thence to Lockport. N. Y., where the subject of this sketch received his education.
He then came to Saline, Kan., and became Assistant Cashier of D. W. Powers & Co.'s
Bank, and from thence to Ellsworth, He was married in 1880 to Miss Minnie E. Howard, of
Hubbardstown, Mich. They have one daughter—Mattie C. 7

A. O.WHALEY, County Superintendent of Public Instruction. He first came to Ellsworth
County and engaged in farming in 1874, which occupation he has since followed, was elected
County Superintendent in the fall of 1876, and by re-election has since held the office. Born in
St. Joseph County Mich.. in 1840. His parents lived in Mendon, Mich., many years, and after
he obtained a common school education, he went to Hesper, Iowa, in 1855. He vraduated from
Upper Iowa University of Fayette County in class of 1861. He afterward farmed near Pawnee
City, Neb., and was Superintendent of Public Schools of that County cight years, and five
years County Surveyor also, and one term County Assessor. Engaged in merchandising in
Pawnee City two years. Thence came to Kansas. He assisted to take the United States
Census in Kansas in 1880. Married in 1863 to Miss Anna M. Shellhorn, of Monut Vernon,
Ohio. They have three children—Flora Ella, George S., and Harry L. They keep the Tatonka
post-office at their house in Columbia Townghip, Section 26, Township !4, Range 9. Have
320 acres of land, ;

JOSEPH A. WIGGIN, County Treasurer and agent for the Kansas Pacific lands, and
National Land Company. He first located in Wyandotte, Kan., in 1874, where he engaged
in various occupations for some time. He then went into the employ of the Kansas Pacific
Railroad Company in the land department, two years after which he came to Ellsworth.
He was appointed County Commissioner in the spring of 1877, and was elected to the same
office the following fall. By re-election he held the office for three years, He was elected
County Treasurer in the fall of 1878, and re-elected in 188!. He was born in Boston, Mass.,
August 17, 1838. He is a graduate of the high school of his native city. He was Clerk and
Paymaster of the Boston Water Works for nine years. Mr. Wiggin was married in 1859 to
Miss Priscilla Russell, a native of New York. Heis a member of the Ellsworth Lodge No.
146, A., F. & A. M.. and Chapter U. D.; also Askelon Commandery of Salina, Kan.

A.ZESSLER, dealer in a general line of groceries, crockery. stoneware, and provisions,
opened trade in 1879 and carries a general stock of $1,500. He was born in Germany in
1848 and came to America in 1872. He engaged in the grocery business for two years at
Long Island, N. Y. Thence he went to Davenport, Iowa, where he was clerk of Turner
Hall until he came to Ellsworth. He was married in 1879 to Miss Dora Evers. of Davenport,
Iowa. They have one daughter—Meta Zessler. Mr. Zessler is a member of the Ellsworth
Lodge 146, A., F. & A. M

WILSON.

Wilson, is the name of a thriving town located about one mile and a
half north of the Smoky Hill River, in the northwestern portion of the
county, and almost on the line between Russell and Ellsworti: counties. It
is the last station on the Kansas Pacific Railway in Ellsworth County.
While the town is known by the name of Wilson, and is so set down on all
the maps, the plats and records in the office of Register of Deeds fail to show
any such town. The name of the town as shown by the records is “‘ Bos-
land,” but for some reason or other, this name has been discarded and
‘Wilson ”, substituted, and by the latter it is generally known.

The originators of the town were impressed with the idea that it would
become the greatest cattle point in the West, and in casting about for a
name, struck upon ‘ Bosland” as being the most appropriate, believing it
would bo as attractive to cattle as the co-bos, co-bos, of the milkmaid is to
the cows. This idea proved to be rather delusive, because “ Bosland” never
became famous as a cattle point, and the name was soon lost in that of Wil-
son. The town was located and surveyed in September, 1871, by the
National Land Company, but prior to that time, it had been known as Wil-
son Station, the railway company having built a depot there in 1868. This
name was derived from the township in which the depot was located, that
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he first building erected in town after the site was surveyed and platted,
was built by Phillip Gabel, on the west side of Michigan Avenue near the
railroad track, in which he opened the pioneer store of Wilson. The first
settlement around Wilson was made in the spring of 1871, about six months
before the town of Wilson was located, and the first person to make _per-
manent settlement on a piece of government land in the vicinity was J. T,
McKittrick, he having located on the northeast quarter of Section 20, Town-
ship 14, Range 10, west of the Sixth Principal Meridian. The town of Wil-
son proper is situated on the west half of the northeast quarter of Section
19, Township 14, Range 10. Subsequently, Tyler’s addition was added, and
February, 1879, Eckert’s addition to yler’s addition was added:

Wilson has had a good, healthy growth since it first started; people
who came, came with the intention of making their settlement permanent.
The town has superior advantages to many other towns in Central Kansas.
It has an excellent agricultural country to support it, and located as it is in
the northwest, corner of the county, draws a great deal of trade from the
southern portion of Lincoln County and the eastern part of Russell County.
It also has an additional advantage in the coal discoveries that have been maid
in its vicinity, and which are being successfully operated. This advantage,
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in a country like Central Kansas, where fuel is so very scarce, cannot be
over-estimated.

In the fall of 1871 and spring of 1872, a good many settlers located in
and around Wilson, most of whom, however, settled upon claims in Rus-
sell County, a few miles west of town. These people were mostly from
Pennsylvania, and among them were Mr. Himes, with three sons; Jacob
Sackman, Michael Ship, John Sellers, Michael Boland, Henry White and
John Dellinger. Of this party, Mr. Himes and two of his sons crossed the
Ellsworth County line and located in Russell County. The other son, 8. P.
Himes, remained in Wilson and entered as clerk, in the store of J. Beebe
& a which had been built and opened a short time previous to his
arrival.

At the time Wilson was laid out as a town, a man named George
Wright was employed as express agent, and he, in company with one J.
Briggs, went into the lumber trade and started a lumber yard. Among the
first settlers in town, was Jacob Fowle, since deceased, who put up a build-
ing on the south side of the railway track, being that now occupied as a
grocery store by Stuckie & Lewis.

Scarcely had anything of a settlement been made in the town, whén
steps were taken to erect a schoolhouse, and in 1872, the erection of one
was commenced, but when it was part way up it was blown down by awind
storm, and work upon it was not resumed until 1874, when a very fine stone
school house was erected in the southeast part of town. It is a very neat
stone building, surmounted with a cupola. It is rather small, and contains
only two rooms, one above and one below. It is only used, however, for

upils that are well advanced in their studies, another building being used
or the primary department, and pupils not sufficiently advanced to attend
the higher school.” -
The years 1877-78 were years of marked improvement in the town, and
a good many buildings were erected both as stores and. residences. These
years were also remarkable for an immense immigration into the section of
country in which Wilson is located. To accommodate the new-comers, a
large wooden building was erected about twenty rods west of the town and
north of the track, which was partitioned off into rooms, and there the new
comers were quartered, until those who concluded to remain in town could
build houses, and those who concluded to homestead it could select claims
and put up suitable buildings to live in. This building was known as the
‘‘barracks,” and when there was no further use for it, it was torn down and
converted to other uses.
Like the first buildings in all new frontier towns, those in Wilson were
-rather inferior, and mostly only one-story high. The ‘“‘ Wilson House” is
astone building, and was built in 1877 by A. Jellison. It is avery neat
two-story house and stands on the south side of the railroad track opposite
the depot. H. M. Keyser and family arrived in Wilsonin the spring of
1878, and upon their arrival, Mr. Keyser purchased two lots, and immedi-

* ately commenced the erection of a good two-story frame building. This
was the first two-story frame building in town.

About as many buildings went up in Wilson in 1878, as had been erected
in all the years that preceded it. In the fall of that year, the Kansas Pacific
Railway Company commenced the erection of a magnificent stone “depot.
The lateness of the season-at the time of its commencement did not admit
of its being finished that year, but in the spring following it was completed.
The building is one hundred feet long and thirty feet wide, and is among
the finest depots on the entire line of road between Kansas City and Denver.

In regard to improvement, 1879 was nearly a repetition of what had been
done in 1878, and while the buildings-that went up were not quite as numer-
ous,.they were of a betterclass. ‘T'o supply.a want that was badly felt, H.
Greenough erected a steam flouring mill, which he fitted_up with the most
improved machinery, and set in motion in May, 1879. It is not an exten-
sive institution, but is sufficiently large to supply the demands cf the sur-
rounding country. It has three run of stone, and is capable of grinding
five hundred bushels of wheat per day. In tha% year also, Schermerhorn and
Thompson put up a very fine frame store building on Michigan Avenue, in
which they put a stock of dry goods and commenced business. In the Jan-
uary following, Thompson sold out to Mr. Lang, after which the building
was greatly enlarged. ~. , ¥

Wilson ‘was now commencing to look something likea town. It had a
first class depot, a good schoolhouse, two or three hotels, a flouring-mill, a
bank, a printing office, several business houses, two or three church organi-
zations, but no-church building. The following year, however, saw a hand-
some stone edifice erected by the Presbyterians at a cost of $3,000, and up
to this time there is no other church building in town. The church has a
membership of fifty and is under the pastoral charge of Rev. D. R. Hind-
man. The Methodist and Evangelical churches have organizations, but no
edifices. The former occupy the Presbyterian Church every alternate Sun-
day, and the latter hold service every other Sunday in the schoolhouse.
Rev. Father Kelly, whose residence is at Ellsworth, holds Catholic service
at Wilson once a month. ; .

Some substantial improvements were made in 1880, aside from the erec-
tion of the PresbyterianChurch, Messrs. Nesmith & Walmer erected a fine
two-story stone building on Michigan Avenue, as did also Barton & Carbie-
ner. The former is used as a grocery store and the latter as a hard-
ware store. ae ‘ :

Wilson is a progressive, prosperous town, and is inhabited by a thrifty,
enterprising, and energetic people, who are not discouraged by difficulties,
or rendered reckless by prosperity. For a town only twelve years old it has
made won-lerful progress, and gives evidence of what afew determined

eople can do. The business of the town is represented by M. H. Keyser,
P. Betssmarkh, Schermerhorn & Lang, and John Tobias, dealers in general
merebandise. Jellison & Hindman, Stassen & Danner, Nesmith & Walmer,
Stuckie & Lewis, and B. F. Himes, dealers in groceries; N. Lewis, boots

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and shoes; James Briggs, books and stationery; James Latta, drugs; Barton
& Carbiener, hardware and furniture; E. Y. Dollenmeyer, watches, clocks
and jewelry; Weatherby & Co., millinery; Claussen & Co., hardware; Ans-
pach & Youngman, bankers; and several others, engaged in miscellaneous
business, such as dealers in real estate and agricultural implements, lime and

‘cement, coal, grain, lumber, meat markets, and in fact, every branch of busi-

ness to be found inalive, progressive town. There are three grain elevators
in the place, through which an immense amount of. grain passes annually,
while the extent of general mercantile business transactions establishes the
fact that Wilson is in the full enjoyment of business prosperity. According to
the Assessor’s return for 1882, the town has a population of 508, but yet it
never has been incorporated. s

The Wilson Echo, the only paper published at Wilson at this time, was
established by S. A. Coover in August, 1879, in whose possession the paper
has remained since it was first started, and who still continues to publish it,
as sole editor and proprietor. It is an eight-column, four-page weekly,
Republican in politics, and has a circulation of 800.

The Cain City News is published in the southern part of the county,
ina small village containing about seventy-five inhabitants, named Cain
City. The paper was starled in January, 1882, by Henry Trump, by whom
it is still owned, Dr. B. Grant Jeffris being edilor. It is a six-column,
four-page weekly.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
J. W. BRIGGS, postmaster, and dealer in confectionery, cigars and notions.

charge of the post office in the fall of 1878, and began tradé at the same time.
stock of abont $1,50)).

He took
Carries a
He came to Wilson in 1872, and went into the lumber trade for two
years. Farmed some time. He then returned to Rock County, Wis., and remained two
years. Came back to Wilson and farmed a year, and then clerked ina grocery store until
be became postmaster. He was born in Funda, Montgomery Co ,N. Y., in 1888. The fam-
ily moved to Rock County, Wis., in 1842. He was raised on a farm, and educated in the
common schools and the Milton Academy, in Rock County. He enlisted, in the fall of 1861,
in Company F, Thirteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Was made Second Sergeant, and
was mustered out as Captain of his company in December, 1865, at Madison, Wis. He par-
ticipated in all the battles of his command. He was married in 1869 to Miss Isora L. Fowle,
of Rock County. They have one son—Freddie. Mr. Briggs is a member of the Masonic
order of Oshkosh, Wis.. and Wilson Post, No. 115, G. A. R.

BARTON & CARBIENER. dealers in a general line of hardware, stoves, tinware and
household furniture. They occupy two rooms and basement, 30x65 feet, and.carry a stock of
about $5.000. Employ three men. They also keep a full line of agricultural implements.
S. E. Barton first came to Wilson in the spring of 1874, locating ona homestead. He farmed
one season, then returned to Lowa and farmed until 1830, when he returned to Wilson and
became interested in the above business.
moved to Iowa County, Iowa. in 1836, where he was raised a farmer. Married in 1873 to
Mrs. Jennie Griswold (Nesmith), of Van Buren County, Iowa. They have two children—
Grace Edith and Earl Clifton. He is a member of Ellsworth Lodge, No, 146, A., F. & A. M.,
and temperance oreo one of Wilson. "

DANIEL CARBIENER, firm of Barton & Carbiener, dealers in general line
hardware, stoves, tinware and agricultural implements—first came to Wilson, Kan.,
in the spring of 1877. Locating on a homestead, he farmed until he became a part of
the above firm. He was born in St. Joseph County, Ind., in 1853. Raised and educated .
in his native State. He first followed agricultural pursuits for several years, but finding
merchandising more congenial to his taste, soon became interested in trade, which he is
now actively engaged in. : ‘

J. H. CLAUSSEN, of the firm of ‘Claussen = Co , dealers in farm implements, hard-
ware, stoves, tinware and household furniture. e opened trade in February, 1877, under
the firm name of Deissroth & Claussen, which was continued until January 1, 1882. since
which time the style of the firm has been as above named. His store was erected in Octo-
ber, 1878, size 2x5) feet, with an addition 20 feet long They occupy a basement and two
floors, and carry a stock of about $10,000, and employ four men. They also buy all kinds
of grain, and are proprietors of the Eastern elevator, which has a capacity of 5,000 bushels.
They buy, on an average, eight car loads per week. Mr. Claussen was born in Germany, in
1847, and came to America in 1866, locating in Philadelphia, Pa., where he engaged as a
traveling salesman in the cutlery and hardware trade until he came to Kansas. He was
ee in 1872 to Anna Claussen, of Philadelphia, Pa. They have one daughter—Addie

ora. :

FREDERICK DEISSROTH, dealer in ary goods, hats. caps, boots and shoes. He
opened the business January 4, 1882. He first landed 1m Wilson March 19, 1877, being at.
the head of the Kansas Colonization Company, of Philadelphia, Pa. He located over forty
families at the time of coming from Philadelphia. He afterward became a partner in a
hardware, implement and harness business, under the firm name of Deissroth & Claussen,
which was continued until he began alone. He occupies rooms 20x50 feet, basement and
two floors, and carries a stock of $15,000; employs two clerks. Born in Germany in 1846,

“he came to America in 1865, locating in Philadelphia, Pa., where he followed his trade of

stone-mason, contracting and building nine years, when he became principal of the above
colony. Married in 1869to Ernsteina Linsenbarth, of Germany, who came to America with
her parents at the bee of six years. They have six children—Frederick William, August
Rudolph, Charles Henry, Ernestina, Theresa and he Mr Deissroth is a member of
Ellsworth Lodge. No. 146, A., F. & A. M., and Philadelphia Lodge, 312,1 O O. F., Order
of Seven White Men, and Turner Society, of Philadelphia, Pa. He is County Commissioner
for Third District of Ellsworth County. 2 :

HIMES & LATSHAW, dealers in lumber and all kinds of building material. They carry
a stock of about $10,000. They are also proprietors of Smoky Hili coal banks, which are
located two and one-half miles south of Wilson on a river of the same name. Their inter-
ests comprise about 200 aeres of coal land, the coal of which is of a bituminous nature,
and employ about twenty men in their mines in the season for mining it. The Smoky Hill
Coal Company is composed of Joseph Latshaw, Ecker and S. P. Himes. Mr. Himes located
in Wilson in the spring of 1871, and engaged in general merchandising until 1874, then in
the hardware trade until he opened a lumber-yard in 1876. Born in Cumberland County,
Pa,, in 1851, and was raised and educated in his native State. He opened the first store in
Wilson. He has been a member of the Wilson Schoo] Board many years. Married in 1878
to Miss Lena J. Claussen, a native of Philudelphia, Pa They have two children-—William
J. H. and Edward.

A. C.JELLISON, of the firm of McKenzie & Jellison, dealers in all kinds of grain and
farm implements, wagons, buggies, sewing machines, windmills and pumps. Mr. McKenzie
opened the grain trade in the summer of 1881, and implement trade the same spring. ‘They
carry a $1,500 stock of implements. A. C. Jellison beceame a partner in the above firm in
April, 1882. He first came to Wilson in the fall of 1873, and soon engaged in the lumber .
trade, which he continued seven years. - The first year in Wilson, however, he was in mer-
cantile business He was born in Wood County, Ohio, in 1853. Moved to La Fayette
County, Wis., in 1862 with his parents, Was raised on a farm until 18/3. Married in Feb-
ruary, 1876, to Miss Nellie Ray, of Pittsburg, Pa. -They have one son—Frank C. Mr. Jellison
has been City School Treasurer five years, Township Treasurer two years and Town Clerk
one year. He has one-half interest in the Wilson Creamery, which is two miles south of
Wilson. The building is constrncted of stone, 24x36 feet, two stories high and cost $3,000.
It has a capacity of 1,000 pounds of butter per day, and contains all latest improved
machinery.

w. D. JELLISON, dealer in all kinds of lumber and building material. coal, ete. He
opened the business in September, 1882, and carries a stock of about $6,000. He came
Wilson in October, 1873. assisting his father in the stock business, merchandising, etc.
He was born in Wood County, Ohio, in 1860. His parents moved to La Fayette County,
Wig., in 1862, where they lived until 1873, when the family moved to Kansas. Mr. Jellison’s

Born in Westmoreland, Pa.. in 1851. Parents _
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first experience in business began in Wilson; but in the midst of a fine grazing and agricult
ural country, and full of enterprise and ambition, coupled with good business qualifications,
he will make his mark in the business world.

_S. B. JELLISON, firm of Jellison & Carhart, dealers in queensware, ee gro-
ceries, boots and shoes, notions, etc, They opened trade in April, 1882, and carry a stock
of $2,000" They also buy all kinds of farmers’ produce. Mr. Jellison came to Wilson in
the Spring of 1874, and farmed until he became interested in the above business. Born in
‘Wood County; Ohio, in 1860. Parents moved to LaFayette County, Wis., in 1862. Moved
to Mason City, Iowa, in the spring of 1871, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits
until he came to Kansas. He is a member of Wilson temperance organizations.

JOHN A. LANG, of the firm of Schermerhorn & Lang, came to Kansas in March, 1879.
He went to farming with the intention of going into the stock business. He engaged in the
latter business, in which he is still interested. He became a part of the above firm January
24, 1881, and moved to Wilson in February, 1881. He was born in pe Girardeau County,
Mo., in 1840. He was raised and educated in that county, and enlisted in 1861 in Company
E, Kighth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Was wounded by bushwhackers in
Louisiana opposite Vicksburg, Miss., and afterward participated in all the battles of his
command, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, in number about fifty-five including the
skirmishes. Was mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., in August, 1864. He then returned home
and lived there until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1867 to Miss Caroline
Nussbaum, a native of Switzerland. Heis a member of Wilson Post No. 115,G. A. R. He
is a member of the Kansas Benevolent Society.

LATSHAW & GREENOUGH, proprietors of the Golden Belt Steam Flouring Mills.

These mills were erected in 1879, size 30x40 feet three stories high; storeroom, 15x40 feet; ~~

engine-room, 2x40 feet; engine, fifty-five horse-power. The capacity of the mills is 100
barrels flour in twenty-four hours; employ four men. The mills were erected at a cost of
$10,000. Their principal flour markets are in Colorado. Mr. George Greenough came to

ilson to reside in the fall of 1878,when he started the foundation for the above mills. He
was born in Lacon, Marshall Co., Il)., February 8, 1859. Was raised and educated in his
native State. He followed the occupation of engineer in Mlinois.

JOSEPH LATSHAYM, firm of A. Latshaw & Co. The company is composed of three
brothers, A.,J. and E Latshaw. They are proprietors ofthe Latshaw Steam Grain Elevator,
which was erected in 1876, size of which is 40x80 feet, 20 feet high; capacity, 4,000 bushels
oe day; employ three men, and shipped 120 car-loads of grain in,the season of 1882. They

uy all kinds of grain and progucs: Mr. J. Latshaw is a part of the company, Latshaw &
Greenough, proprietors Golden Belt Steam Flouring Mills, and Hines & Latshaw, dealers
in lumber and building materials and proprietors Smoky Hill coal banks. He came to
Wilson in the fall of 1876 and engaged in the lumber and grain trade. Born in Paris, Can-
ada West, in 1844, ‘ Came to the United States, locating in Kansas City, Mo., in 1869, when
he embarked in the grain trade. having erected the first grain elevator in that city in company
with his brothers. Their elevator burned down at a loss of $15,000 to them. He soon after-
ward came to Wilson: Married in 1882 to Miss Mary Bassett, of Berlin, Wis.

JAMES LATTA, dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils and druggists’ sundries,
opened business in November, 1877. He erected his store building in 1817, and occupies
rooms 18x54 feet. He carries an average stock of about $2,000. He was born in Philadel-
phia, Pa., in 1848; went to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1856 with his father (John Latta), where
he was educated; he clerked ‘there in a clothing store; he returned to his native city in 1869
and engaged in bookkeeping until coming to Kansas on account of health; but about six
months after he landed he engaged in the above business. Married in 1878 to Miss Janet
Mair, of Philadelphia, Pa. ey have one son, James Mair Latta. Mr. Latta is a member
of the Masonic order, and I. O. O. F. of Philadelphia, Pa. :

N. LEWIS, dealer in boots and shoes, and manufactures harness, saddles, etc., began
business in 1875; erected his store building in 1878, size of which is 22x40 feet, at a cost of
$600; carries a stock of about $3,000. He first came to Wilson in 1872 and followed farm-
ing until he began business. He was born in Germany in 1832 and came to America in
1854, locating in Cumberland County, Pa., where he worked at his trade of shoemaking
until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1861 to Miss Margaret Finkenbinder, a native
of Cumberland County, Pa. They have five children—Fred R., William N, Daniel A.,
Jennie B., and Samuel A. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Pennsylvania. : a

D. A. McKENZIE, firm of McKenzie & Jellison, dealers in all kinds of grain and agri-
cultural implements. They opened the business in 1880, They shipped at least 240 car-
loads of grain in the season of 1882. The capacity of their elevator is about four car-loads
per day; employ four men in the business. D. A. McKenzie also owns a farm of 160 acres all
under cultivation, which joins the village site on the west. He first came to Wilson in the
spring of 1878, when he began farming and dairy business, which he still carries on. He
was born in Livingston County, N. Y., in 1858. Was raised on a farm, living in his native
State until he came to Kansas, He assisted in taking the United States census of Kansas in
1882. He is one of the best business men in his village.

J. T. McKITRICK, land agent for the U. P. R. R. lands. He has been justice of the
peace, notary public and insurance agent since 1873. He first came to Wilson, in April,
1871, moved his family in July of the same year, locating on a homestead one half mile
east of Wilson, He now owns 320 acres of land skirting the town site and considerable
town property. He has his land all improved and twenty-five milch cows. He was born in

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Lancaster County, Pa., October 3, 1826. He went to California in 1850, where he worked
at the carpenters’ trade and followed the sea, making trips to Alaska, Sitka and the Sandwich
Islands. On his return home he joined a vessel and went to Calcutta, India, arriving in
New York City February 14, 1856, when he returned to his native county. Hesoon afterward
superintended the building of the Union Depot, at Harrisburgh, Pa.; went to Pittsburg,
Pa., in March, 1858, and soon afterward to Cincinnati, Ohio. He was married in the fall
of 1858, to Miss Sarah M. McVety, of Leeds, England. He remained in Cincinnati until he
came to Kansas, where, after prospering for some time, he finally located in Wilson. He
was one of the delegates to the Ohio Soldiers’ Colony of Hamilton County Branch. He was
also one of five to prospect and locate 600 families under the organization of the above
colony. He has been the means of locating many families on homesteads in Ellsworth
County. They have four children—Ida, now married to John A, Johnson, Edward, Ella
and Julia. He enlisted in May, 1864, in the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Ohio National
Guards, was mustered out in September, 1864. He was Second Lieutenant of Company C,
and participated in the battles of White House Landing, Petersburg and Richmond. He
was the-guide for the Alexis Buffalo Hunting Tournament several years ago,

NESMITH & WALMER, dealers in groceries, queensware and tinware. They began
trade in 1879, and erected their store building, 25x70 feet, two stories high, of stone, at a cost
of $3,500 in 1879. They carry a general stock of about $3,500. Joseph Walmer came to
Wilson in 1977, and engaged in farming until he began in trade. He was born in St. Joseph
County, Ind., in 1855, and was raised and educated in his native county. W. L. Nesmith
came to Wilson in 1877, and engaged in the grocery business, which he has since continued.
They formed the co-partnership in 1879. Mr. Nesmith was born in Van Buren County,
Towa, in 1852, and was raised and educated in his native county. He was married in 1874 to
Miss Clara H. Carhatta, a native of Missouri. They have two children—Edgar L. and Jo-
seph Hal.

Z E. D. SCHERMERHORN, firm of Schermerhorn & Lang, dealers in dry goods, clothing,
hats, caps, ladies’ and yents’ furnishing goods, boots and shoes, etc. They opened the trade
aru 8, 1879, and occupy rooms 32x70 tect, employ four clerks, and carry an average stock
of $15,000. Mr, Schermerhorn came to Ellsworth County in 1866, and clerked in a sutler’s
store until spring, 187v, thence to Spirit Springs on Solomon River, being sutler for G
troops, Seventh Cavalry and Fourth Battery United States Artillery until October 15, same
year. He then located twelve miles north of Wilson in the stock business, which he fol-
lowed one and one-half years. He removed thence to Kaw Canyon, and followed the
same business until March 1, 1873, when he went into the employ of a dry, goods house in
Ellsworth until 1879, when he came to Wilson and began business. He was born in
West Stephentown, Rensselaer County, N. Y., in 148; and was married in 1875 to Miss
Christine Caline, anative of Sweden. They have one son, Frank J. Mr, Schermerhornis
a member of Ellsworth Lodge, I. O. O. F.

STASSON & DANNER, dealers in hardware, queensware, glassware, groceries, provis-
ions, etc., opened trade in June, 1881, and carry a stock of about $2,000. Ira M. Danner
came tu Wilson in 1878, and engaged in various occupations until he became interested in
the above trade. Born in Farmers City, De Witt County, ll, in 1847. Was raised on a
farm, which business and stock-raising he followed until coming to Kansas. Married in
1868 to Miss Mary Strausbury, of the latter city, They have four children—Clark L, E. Or-
ville, Etna and Bertha, He enlisted in 1863 in Company L, Eighth Iowa Cavalry, partici-
pating in all the battles of his command. Mustered out‘in Macon,.Ga., in August, 1865, as
Second Sergeant. He is a member of Wilson Post, No. 15. G. A. R.

JOHN TOBIAS, dealer in a general stock of groceries, crockery, boots, shoes and farm
implements; carries a stock of about $5,000. He opened the trade in 1877, with dry goods
also. Went out of trade in 1881. excepting farm implements. Soon after opened the gro-
cery trade, etc. Born in Bohemia, Europe, he came to America in 1855, and located in
Minnesota, where he engaged in the boot and shoe business. and added general merchan-
dise in 1872, which he continued until coming to Kansas. Married January 2, 1867, to Miss
Rosalie Pichner, who was born in Bohemia in 1847. They have five children—Joseph F ,
Johu C., Emma, Henry, Agnes (deceased) and Frederick. He is at present a Justice of the
Peace, also amember of the Reading and Agricultural Society of Wilson, Ellsworth County.

JUDGE G.M. WOODWARD came to Wilson July 31, 1875. and engaged in stock-raising.

- He has now 200 head of cattle, mostly of Durham stock. He also has a farm in Vernon

County, Mo., of 280 acres, well improved. He is, therefore, making agricultural pursuits
and stock-raising his business. He isa native of Windsor County, oe born in 1822. He
moved to Harper’s Ferry, Va., when he was young. He was there made prisoner by the
celebrated John Brown, of Harper’s Ferry fame. in 1859. He was engaged in lumbering on
the Alleghany Mountains, in Maryland, a number of years. He then went into the tannery
business at New Creek, Mineral County, Va.—it was then Hampshire County, Va.—where
his fortunes were reversed, and he lost his property during the war. He then shifted about
for several years, was on the extreme border of civilization in Texas, and spent two years
in the wilds of that State outside of any mark of civilized country. He then went to Ver-
non County, Mo., and began agricultural pursuits and stock-raising, He officiated as Judge
of the County Court of Vernon County for one term. He was married in 1859 to Miss Abi-
gail Arnold, of Hampshire County, Va. They have one son—David Frank. The Judge was
o ao “ the I. O. O. F., the Independent Order of Red Men, and the Masonic order be-
ore the late war.

 
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RUSSELL

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TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

USSELL County is one of the central counties of Kansas, it being two
hundred and forty-four miles from the Missouri River to the east line of
the county, and one hundred and ninty-two miles from the east line of the
county to the west line of the State. A line drawn through the center of
the State, from east to west, would pass about three miles south of the south
line of the county. ‘The county is bounded on the north by Osborne County,
on the south by Barton, on the east by Elsworth and Lincoln counties, and
on the west by Ellis County. The county contains 576,000 acres, or 900
square miles, and is divided into eight civil, or municipal, townships, those
of Paradise and Fairview embracing nearly the northern half of the county,
the other portion being divided into six townships of very unequal size. The
county is governed by a Board of three Commissioners, who are elected for
three years, and is so arranged.
that one is elected each year. woos | < 0 D
That all portions of the county 60. ;
may-be fairly represented on
the Board, the county is divided.
into three Commissioner Dis-
-tricts, and the election of each
Commissioner is confined to the
Electors of the District in which
he resides. '
‘To all intents and purposes,
Russell isa prairie county, and
for miles and miles, not a sign

Standing upon the highest point
in the- vicinity of the county

the geographical center of the
- county, one sees nothing but a
wide extent of prairie to the
north, south, east and west,
with nothing to break the mo-
notony of the view, but a house
here and there at long intervals.
Stretch the vision to the farthest
extent, and one will look in vain
to catch a glimpse of a tree.
The prairie appears almost as
level as the surface of a lake,
except that its undulations can
.be observéd rising and falling

tide. ile the general ‘surface
presents this appearance to the
eye of a person occupying a cen-
tral position in the county, he
will, by a personal survey, dis-
covey considerable bluffs in
various portions, but chiefly Br
along the Saline River and Salt
Creek. The bluffs along these
stream are very -high and
broken, some reaching an alti-
tude of four hundred feet.
Most of the other creeks have
very high, steep banks, but not

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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.
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COUNTY.

tributaries to the Smoky from the north are Big and Fossil creeks, and from
the south Langdon, Sellers, Wright, Beaver and Walnut creeks. The Sa-
line and Smoky are almost completely Uestitute of timber, and that along
the other creeks is chiefly confined to long, narrow strips that fringe the
streams. The prevailing varieties are cottonwood, elm, ash, and willow, but
oak, cedar, ain black walnut are found on Paradise Creek. Most of the
streams have narrow stretches of bottom land, or valley, on either side, vary-
ing froma half to three miles wide. In some portions of the county, but
more particularly along the divide between the Saline and Smoky Hill riv-
ers, it is extremely difficult to find well water fit for drinking or domestic pur-
poses, but in others excellent water can be had at a depth of from 15 to 30 feet.
The character of the upland soil is a black loam, and of considerable
depth, ranging from three to eight feet, and upwards. The soil of the val-
leys of the Saline and Smoky is also a black loam, but mixed with a good
deal of sand. With anything

i = a 0 i like ordinary rains ail kinds of
, i ws : © cereals are of easy cultivation,
RX but the county cannot be relied
upon for agricultural purposes,
owing to the scarcity and un-
certainty of rain. Seasons in
which there is a reasonable rain-
fall, excellent crops are assured,
and some immense yields of
wheat have been produced in
the county. Wheat is more
certain than corn, as the spring
rains are, generally, sufficient
to mature a crop of some kind,
but the months when rain is
required to make a corn-crop
are usually the driest, and
hence this crop is generally
short and very uncertain. As
an agricultural county, how-
ever, no superior advantages
are claimed for it, although
there are some very highly im-
proved farms in the county.
t may be justly claimed for it,
however, that for stock and
sheep-raising purposes its ad-
vantages are excellent, and.
these industries are commenc-
ing to receive a good deal of
attention. There are not, how-
ever, a great variety of grasses
in. the county, the greater por-
tion of the county producing
no other kind than buffalo
grass. Along the creeks and in
the ravines are about the only
places where prairie grass for
mowing purposes can be found.
Hay, however, is not an indis-
pensable article, as but very
little of it is necessary for

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inview TOwnghip . noncs <-sntbnnnnnnnckisinned SeRREN Sees ieee eReEECReE 1,228 ‘
bluffy, as the land extends oe Township. bo tg an teak a gee 7 584 ter. This buffalo grass grows
away from the streams in wide Plymouth Township -....---.--------- sa 1,078 to about four or six inches in
stretches of beautiful upland. Russell Township, including Russell City -.-.------ soreeseres -_2,001 height, and curls over towards
The surface of the county 7,351 the ground forming a regular
presents no diversity of scenery, iasaell Oily. kscsce-ksnas cesses Sele eee SG ee 861 matting all over the prairie.

exe Be that on Paradise Creek, ;
and Wolf Creek, and its branches, in the northern portion of the county,

there is some timber, and a little on some of the creeks in the extreme.

south of the county. The center of the county from east to west is high
table Jand, sloping towards the Smoky Hill River on the south and
towards the Saline River onthe north. These two rivers run parallel to each
other across the county from west to east, at an average distance from each
other of about twelve miles, except at the extreme west of the county,
where the distance between the rivers is about twenty miles, the Smoky en-
tering the county about two miles north of the southwest corner, and the
Saline about six miles south of the northwest corner. After entering the
county the Saline runs southeast about seven miles, and the Smoky about
seven miles northeast, after which the course of both rivers is almost due east.

The Saline and Smoky are the principal streams in the county, each
having several tributaries. Paradise and Wolf creeks are the northern feed-
ers of the Saline, and Salt and Cedar creeks feed it from the south. The

The characteristic of the grass,
is that the bottom grass is always green and fresh, and cattle and
sheep can always find plenty to eat. This is one of the great advantages
that Russell County has as a stock-raising county. Some attempts have
been made at upland farming in thecounty with more or less success, ac-
cording to the character of the season, wheat being the principal crop. One
great drawback to this kind of farming is the difficulty experienced in find-
ing water for domestic uses, 1t having in most cases, to be hauled in barrels
a distance of two or three miles. Some people have cisterns built of greater
or smaller capacity which they fill from distant springs or wells, while
others haul daily what they use. This difficulty in finding good water for
domestic purposes is one of the great disadvantages to be contended against.
in upland farming. i ;

The only thing in the shape of mineral yet discovered in the county has
been coal, and this has been found, and is being mined, in different por-
tions of the county. It is of rather inferior quality, and is of that kind
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known as lignite. It possesses none of that brilliancy that characterizes
the anthracite and bituminous coal of other States, but yet it burns well
and throws out good heat. No happier discovery could have been made
for the people, as ninety-nine per cent of the county is destitute of timber.
Sufficient developments have not yet been made to establish to a certainty
whether the coal deposits exist to any great extent, hut the amount mined
keeps increasing each year, and each year new banks are opened. The
veins yet found run from one and one halfto three feet in depth, and the
quality of some is much superior to that of others. There are, at the pres-

-ent time, eleven banks worked in different portions of the county, nine by
drifting, and two by shaft. Holland Bros.’ mine is located in the south center
of the county, between the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway and the Smoky
Hill River, and is operated by means of a shaft, which is sixty-five feet in
depth. Marsh’s mine, just south of this, is also operated in the same man-
ner, the shaft being one hundred and three feet deep. All the others are
worked by drifting in from the face of the bluffs. These banks are located
in various parts of the county, two being located almost at the east line, in
the vicinity of Wilson, one at Blue Stem, in the northeast, one in the south-
west, near the mouth of Big Creek, one on the Saline, about five miles north-
east of Bunker Hill, one a few miles southwest of Russell, one northwest of
Russell, and three in the south center of the county, and by being thus dis-
tributed, fuel is brought within easy reach of every settler in the county.
The price of the coal at the banks is $2.50 and $3.00 per ton. In 1878, the
coal mined in Russell County was only five hundred tons, whereas, the sta-
tistical record in the office of the County Clerk shows, that in 1882, the
amount mined was six thousand one hundred and sevénty-five tons, being
a little over-a ton for every man, woman, and child in the county.

There are some excellent salt springs in the county, but, as yet, no at-
tempts have been made to utilize them.

There is an abundance of stone in the county, well adapted for build-
ing purposesand flagging. There is a, good deal of limestone of fair quality,
the greater portion of Which is to. be found in the western portion of the
county, although it is not confined to that particular locality. In building,
the limestone is only used for corners, caps and sills, the walls of the build-
ing being made of a soft kind of stone strongly resembling solidified clay.
It is of a yellowish color and is entirely free from grit, and can be cut with
a knife just like chalk. In nearly every place where there isa depression
in the surface of the soil this stone crops out. The stone is quarried in lay-
ers and is taken out of the ground in large squares, after which they are
sawed and dressed into blocks about the size of an ordinary brick, or larger,
according to the taste of the person who is going to build. For building
purposes it is excellent, being both beautiful and durable.

GENERAL HISTORY.

Prior to 1869, Russell County was without a settler. In July of that
year,one A. E. Mathews settled on a claim at the eastern edge of the county
about three miles southwest of Wilson. About that time coal had been
discovered in that locality, and the object of Mathews settling there was

more to engage in coal mining than farming. Be that asit may, he was the-

first white person to take up a residence within the borders of Russell
County. :

coe 1870, C. M. ees James Dorman, James Haight
and Samuel Janes, took claims on Hast Wolf Creek, and went into camp
and passed the winter hunting buffalo and antelope, of which there were
plenty. These were followed in the winter of 1870-71, by C. M. Hibbard,
A. C., and Charles Birdsall, N. R. Cowan and John Deering, all of whom,
excepting Deering, returned to their homes after selecting their claims. In
1869, some section hands, while at work on the railway, had been killed by
Indians, and as roving bands of red men would frequently come to the county
on hunting expeditions, Deering deemed it advisable to be prepared for
all emergencies that, might arise, and to make himself as secure as possible
against any attack, he surrounded his shanty with a stockade made of logs,
pierced at intervals with loopholes.

The Northwestern Colony, of which Benjamin Pratt was president, was
organized at Ripon, Wisconsia, in January, 1871. A committee of three
was appointed by the organization to visit Kansas with a view of looking up
a location for the colony. Benjamin Pratt, 0. P. Reed, and H. &. Hollin-
beck constituted that committee. They left Ripon on February 21, 1871,
and after traveling about a month, during which time they visited a great
many localities, they went back and reported to the association at Ripon.
Russell County was decided upon by the colony as the place where to locate,
and on the 17th of April, 1871, they left Ripon, one pee neoe coach being
provided for their exclusive use, and arrived at Fossil Station, now Russell,
in Russell County, on the 19th of the same month. There were about sev-
enty persons in the colony and among them five families. Excepting asmall
frame depot and a section house, there was not another building in the
county, unless it was the dug-out of Mathews already mentioned. Buffalo
and antelope were in full possession, immense herds of which could be seen
in almost every direction. Having reached their point of destination, the
coach assigned them was switched off, and they found themselves in the cen-
ter of a vast prairie, without a tree or house in sight. Prior to their arrival,
the railroad company had furnished three box cars, and these, with the pas-
senger coach, served as houses for the colonists until they had opportunity
to provide themselves with suitable buildings.

From the arrival of this colony may be dated the permanent settlement
of the county. Soon after their location at Russell, another colony, but
much smaller, arrived from Ohio and located at a point ten miles east of
Russell, on the Kansas Pacific Railway, where they started a town to which
they gave the name of Bunker Hill. Settlers now began to come in and lo-
cate in different parts of the county, and among those who came the first
year was Jesse Connell, formerly State Senator from Leavenworth, who was

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the first person to make settlement on Paradise Creek, in the northwestern
portion of the county. ; ;

About the same time, another small colony from Ohio arrived, and lo-
cated on claims which they had taken on the line of railroad between
Bunker Hill and Russell. This colony only remained a short time, when they
abandoned their claims and dispersed, some returning to Ohio, and others
going to other parts of Kansas. Early in 1872, a large colony from Penn-
sylvania came, who settled chiefly in the eastern portion of the county, in
the vicinity of Dorrance. . ;

As yet, the county was not organized, but had, until that time been _at-
tached to Ellsworth County for judicial and municipal purposes. In 1872,
Governor Harvey appointed J. B. Corbett, John Dodge and E. W. Durkey,
County Commissioners, J. L. V. Himes, County Clerk, and Stillman Mann,
Justice of the Peace. These were the first officers of the county. In the
appointment of the Commissioners, Russell was designated the county-seat.

he first. meeting of the Commissioners was held on August 18, 1872, and
the Board organized by electing J. B. Corbett Chairman. About the only
business transacted at that meeting was the ordering of a special election, to
be held September 9, to complete the organization of the county by elect-
ing a full set of county officers. The officers elected at the special election
were John Fritts, John Dodge and Benjamin Pratt, Commissioners; E. W.
Durkey, County Clerk; John Hemminger, Sheriff; L. Landon, Treasurer;
H. J. Cornell, Probate J udge; H. C. Hibbard, Superintendent of Public In-
struction; R. G. Kennedy, Register of Deeds; James Selling, Surveyor, and.
J. W. Vanscoye, Coroner. The foregoing were the first officers elected in
‘the county, and upon their qualifying the organization of the county was
made complete. In canvassing the vote. the Commissioners ascertained
that there were more votes cast at Bunker Hill than at Russell, whereupon the
former place was declared to be the county-seat, and what little records
they jae were moved accordingly. This action of the Board considerably
enraged the people of Russell, and a spirit of rivalry, not altogether too
friendly, sprang up between the two places. The county-seat question be-
came one of constant agitation, thepeople of Bunker Hill being determined to
retain it, if possible, and the people of Russell as fully determined to recover it,

At the general election, held November 5, 1872, the Commissioners
elected at the special election in September, were re-elected, but some changes
were made in the other officers. The people of Russell never admitted the
removal of the county-seat frofa Russell to Bunker Hill as being legal,
and when the time came t canvass the vote of the November election, two
of the Commissioners, Fritts and Dodge, met at Bunker Hill, and the third
one, Mr. Pratt, with the County Clerk, Durkey, met at Russell. A quorum
of the Board were at Bunker Hill, but they had no Clerk, while the other
Commissioner at Russell had the Clerk but no quorum. -

The returns of the election from the west half of the county were re-
turned to Russell and those of the east half were returned to Bunker Hill.
The two Commissioners at Bunker Hill appointed a Clerk and proceeded
to canvass the returns as made tothem, and the one at Russell; with the as-
sistance of the Clerk, performed the same operation with the returns they
had received. Thetask was not very laborious to either, as the total vote
of the county at the November election was only 169. Neither recognized
the action of the other, and the matter finally found its way into court, and
finally went to the Supreme Court where, after a delay of about two years,
it was decided in favor of Russell.

Pending the settlement of the matter in court, the business of the county,
for some time, was conducted in a rather peculiar manner. The two Com-
missioners continued to meet at Bunker Hill, but Mr. Pratt would not~
meet with them. and county matters were in rather a chaotic state. While
matters were in this shape, the district from which Mr. Pratt was elected
held a special election and elected A. B. Cornell, Commissioner, but when
he went to take his seat on the Board the other two Commissioners would
not recognize him, but held that Pratt was the duly elected and qualified
Commissioner. Finally, Mr. Pratt resigned, and fhe Board appointed A.
B. Cornell to succeed him and thus order was restored from chaos.

On March 21, 1874, the Commissioners ordered an election to be held on
April 23, for the purpose of re-locating the county-seat, and the candidates
for the honor were Russell and Bunker Hill. ;

At that time the County Attorney was one David Adams, who had
made himself very active inthe interests of Bunker Hill. Russell had no
Attorney at that time to look after its interests, and the citizens appointed
a committee to go to some of the towns east of them and employ the ser-
vices of one. The committee went as far east as Lawrence, and upon con-
sulting with some attorneys there, and others at Topeka, the advice they
received was to employ Adams. ‘‘ Yes, but he is employed by the people of
Bunker Hill.” “Oh, never mind that, you sce him, you can easily fix
that.” With this advice the Committee started for home and who should
they meet on the train but Mr. Adams. One of the Committee became en-
gaged in conversation with him, during which the county-seat question
came up. The conversation led up toa certain point, when Adams was
asked, how much it would take to silence him during the contest. ‘‘ One
hundred town lots in the town of Russell, ” was the reply. When the Com-
mittee returned, a meeting of the town authorities and business men was
held, to whom the proposition of Adams was submitted, and after discussing
it pre snd con it was agreed to give him seventy-five lots, which offer Adams
accepted.

; aving silenced Adams the people of Russell devised another scheme
in order to secure the votes of those residing in the eastern portion of the
county, This was to go a few miles east of Bunker Hill and start another
town, and cause to be agitated a plan that had been thought of for some
time, which contemplated the cutting out of a new county from the counties
of Lincoln, Ellsworth, and Russell, of which Wilson, located almost on the
boundary line of the two latter counties, should be the county seat. » Should
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this plan succeed, which a great many believed,thon the farther the county-
seat of Russell could be removed from Wilson the better, and as the former
place was ten miles west of Bunker Hill the votes of many of the eastern
residents were secured for Russell. The 28d of April came, the election
was held as ordered,and the result was that Russell was declared the county-
seat, which it has continued to be since that time. ‘

From 1874 until 1877 the ee of the county increased steadily,
and although they came neither in crowds nor colonies, each year saw new
farms opened up and new dwellings going up over the prairie.

In 1877, quite a large colony of Russians settled in the county, locating
south of the Smoky Hill River, about twelve miles southwest of Russell.
This colony was followed by two others of the same nationality in 1878,
many of whom jolhed the settlement already located while others located
upon claims in different portions of the county. That yeara great many
other settlers came to the county from Eastern and other States and the
close of the year found the county in a very prosperous condition. Many of
the new settlers engaged in sheep-raising, and the beginning of 1879 found
over 10,000 sheep in the county. Some attention was also given to cattle,
but stockmen gave the preference to sheep,the raising of which has increased
yearly since that time. ,

‘there are now, 1883, not less than 30,000 sheep in the county, and as
the business has proved to be highly profitable, the number engaging in it
is increasing annually. The number owned by individuals runs all the way
from 200 to 3,500, the latter being the largest number owned in the county
by any one person. Since 1880, the county has, in point of population, been
rather retrogressive, but yet it has made considerable advancement in
material wealth.’

The railroad facilities of the county are confined to one line, the Kunsas
Pacific, which runs through the center of the county from east to west,
nearly midway’between the,Saline and Smoky Hill rivers. Russell is the
principal station on the line, the others being Bunker Hill and Dorrance to
the east, and Gorham, which is located almost on the west line of the county.

The first conveyance recorded in the county, that appears on record, was
a deed from the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company to the Russell Town
Site Company, granting, selling, and conveying fo the consideration of one
dollar,the east one-half of Section 27, Township 13, Range 14 west of the Sixth
Principal Meridian. The instrument was dated September 1, 1871.

The first marriage in the county, as shown by the record in the office of
the Probate Judge, was that of J. E. Brown and Miss Mary A. Shultz,which
took place November 20, 1873, the officiating clergyman being Rev. J. J. A.
T. Dixon. While this is the first marriage Palep ae on record it was not

- the first that occurred in the county, as E. W. Durkey and Mrs. Hattie
Burt were married in November, 1871, by Stillman Mann, who was the first
Justice of the Peace of the county.

Financially, the county is in good condition, its real valuation, being
$2,500,000 and its bonded indebtedness only $20,000. It has no floating
debt, and there is always money in the treasury to pay all orders
upon presentation.

SCHOOLS AND MILLS,

The first school established in Russell County, was a private school in the town of
Russell, in July 1871. It was supported by the colonists who located at Russell in April of
that year. This school was kept in a small frame building, erected by the colonists for
school purposes. It was large enough to accommodate all the pupils there were to attend,
because, winile the colony numbered about seventy souls, only five families came with it,
and only two of these had childteu of school age. Of this little school Mrs. Annas, wife of
Rev. A. H. Annas, was the first teacher. Shortly after this, the colony that had located at
Bunker Hill, opened a school, and from this small beginning the school interests of the
county have developed until now, 1883, there are sixty-two organized school districts in the
county. The report of the County Superintendent, made to the State Superimtendent of
Public Instruction, for the year ending July 31, 1482, shows the school] population of the
county to have been 2,132. In this number are included all children between the ages of
five and twenty-one years. These were divided according to sex into 1,106 males, and 1,026
females. The total number of pupils enrolled was 1,186, of which 626 were males and 560
females. Of these, the average daily attendance at school was 680, the male average being
331, and the female 349. The average salary ie male teachers was $29 per month, an
female $28. The number of persons examined during the year was 57, and a corresponding
number of certificates were granted, classified as follows :—First Class, 2; Second Class, 31;
Third Class, 24. Scarcely any of the school grounds are enclosed, but the schools are,
mostly, well supplied with globes, maps and charts, and well seated and furnished. There
is nothing that commands more attention than the school interests, and while the schools are
generally small, teachers are reasonably wel] compensated for their labor. Besides the
public schools in the county, there are three private schools that have an average attendance
of fifty-three pupils. The total school bonded indebtedness of the county is $13,469.87, and
the school property is valued at $40,000. . ont . j :

The receiptsfrom all sources, during the year, including the balance on hand Juy 31, 1881,
was $12,946.67, and the expenditures amounted to $11,425.61, leaving a balance in the hands
of district treacurers on July 31, 1882, of $1,521.06.

“While there are sixty-two organized school districts in the county, there are only- fifty-
four school buildings, of Vice twenty-seven are stone, eighteen frame and are set as
temporary. Some of the latter are log, some sod, and some, part stone and part sod.

here are, virtually, no manufacturing establishments in the county except nee
mills. Of-these there are five, one at Russell, built by Ames, Chisholm & King in 1875. It
is quite a large stone mill and is een by steam-power. The mill is valued at $25,( 00.
~The next mill was erected in the county in 1878, by Edgar Nichols, and is located on the
Smoky, about five miles south of Bunker Hill. It is a small water mill, and was put up at
a cost of about $6,000. ‘ aes |

The Fairport Mills were the next erected, and these were built in 1879, by Knight &
Bradshaw. The mills are operated by both steam and water-power. They are located on
the Saline River, about twelve miles northwest of Russell. The building is of stone, three
stories high, with a basement, and was put up.at a cost of about $12,000. __

In 1882 Moore & Sons put up a fine stone flouring-mill at Bunker Hill, at a cost of
Sh It is operated by steam-power. The Farmers’ Mill was also built in 1882, by L. D.

mith & Son. It is three stories high, the two lower ones being stone and the upper one
frame. This mill is located on the Smoky, about three-fourths of a mile from the mouth of
Big Creek, and ten miles southwest of Russell. . meas tees

The only other mannfacturing establishment of any kind in the county, is Hilder’s
Broom Factory at Russell. It isnot very extensive, but gives employment to three or four
hands, and besides supplying the Russel 1 market, ships a great many brooms to other por-
tions of the county an adjoining counties. ;

THE PRESS OF THE COUNTY.”

The first newspaper in the county was established in April 1872, but ante-dating ite
appearance, a amit monthly St was published and issued by Harbough & Corbett,

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which was devoted entirely to land business, and was named the Pioneer. That publication,
however, is not entitled to any place in the history of the press of the county, as it was an
advertising sheet exclusively.

The Western Kansas Plainsman was the first newspaper established.in the county,
having been started by A. B. Corneil, in April 1872, at Russell, the first issue of the paper
appearing on the twenty-fifth of that month. Some months after it was started, the name
of the paper was shortened to the Plainsman, and under this name it was published until
October 1876, wjien the paper and office material was sold by Mr Cornell to Prof. Robinson,
who had it removed to Kirwin, in Phillips County. This was a seven column, four page,
weekly, and was Republican in politics.

The New Republic.—This was the name of the next paper started in the county, and
was established at Bunker Hill in May, 1872, by J. R. Rankin, who run it a few months when
he sold it to B. W. Goodhue, from whom it passed to Harbaugh & Corbett when W. B.
Christopher became editor. Subsequent to this it passed into the hands of Dollison Bros.,
with W. T. Dollison as editor. The ‘county seat having been removed from Bunker Hill to
Russell in 1874. Dollison Bros. followed with the New Republic the following year, when
the name of the paper was changed to the ecord. The paper remained in possession of
Dollison Bros. until the latter end of 1881, when it passed into the hands of W. A. Lewis &
Co., who, in March, 1882, sold it to W. L. Evans, who is now the sole editor and proprietor,
and by whom thé paper is at present published. The paper is an eight column folio,
Republican in politics, and has a circulation of 600,

Advance.—The paper that made its appearance under this name, was established in
March, 1878, by Johnson & Maxwell, who, in October of the same year, finding their venture
rather unprofitable, moved the press and material to Saline County.

Advertiser —The next aper to make its appearance in Russell County, was the oue
whose name appears asa side caption to this item. It was started in 18,9, at Bunker Hill,
by J. B. Powers, in whose possessin it remained about a year, when it passed into the
hands of Rev. J.J. A. T. Dixon, who changed the name of the paper to that of Banner.
Under Mr. Dixon’s management the paper lived about two years when, in January 1883, it
passed out of existence.

Independent.—This paper was started at Russell in the fall of 1879, by W. P. Tomlinson,
who, after running it a short tithe, sold a half interest to W. A, Lewis, and Herc oped sold
the other half interest to Asa Kinney, the paper then appearing under the editor an pro-
prietorship of Lewis & Kinney, under whose management it was published for several
months, when it passed into the hands of E. 8. L. Banton. Six months subsequently, the
paper was parchased by Dollison Bros., who consolidated it with the-Record which they
were publishing at that time.

Hawkeye.—This is the last newspaper venture made in the county, and was established
in March 1°82, by the Hawkeye Printing Company, with A. B. Cornell as editor, whose name
still appears as such at the head of itscolumns. It is a six column quarto, weekly, Green-
back in politics, and has a circulation of 450. :

STATISTICS OF GROWTH.

In population, the county has advanced rather slowly, some years being quite pro-
gressive and others retrogressive. In 1870, the population of the county was 156, and this
was confined entirely to a small locality in the neighborhood of the coal banks on the
Smoky at the eastern line of the county. The population at that time was composed of

“men who were brought to the county for the purpose of opening up coal mines, and outside
of these there was not a settler in the county at the time the census was taken in 1870. By
1875, the population had increased to 1,212, and by 1878 it had reached 3,239. The years of
1878-79, were remarkable for the immense emigration that came to the county, and the
United States census for 1880, shows the population at that tume to have been 7,321. Since
that time, however, the population of the county hus been gradually and constantly de-
creasing, until 1882, according to the assessors’ returns for that year, the population
of the county had fallen to 5,950. These are the figures regarding population that ap-
pear on the statististical record for 1882, as found in the oftice of the County Clerk,
although it is maintained by many that the figures are not correct, and that the population
is much greater.

Prior to 1872 no attempt had been made at farming in the county. Up to that time the
soil remained in its primitive state, not a single furrow having been turned over by the
plow. The total area of field crops in 1872 was 601 acres, of which 19 were in wheat, 567 in
corn, 2 in barley, 7 in oats, 5 in buckwheat, and one acre in sorghum, This attempt was
more of an experiment to test the capabilities of the soil than anything else. The first real
attempt at genuine farming was made by Luther Landon, who moved out in the summer of
1871, and located on a claim in the southern part of the county, on what is now known as
Landon’s Creek, where he erected a stone house, and turned over some prairie, most of
which he planted to corn the following year. Others followed in 1873 and 1874, but the
grasshoppers in the latter year destroyed the promising prospect. In 1875, the total acreage
of field crops was 6,407.54, of which 992.5, were in winter wheat, 310.50 in rye, 584 spring
wheat, 1,833 corn, and 507.50 in oats. This increase would indicate that the people were
not discouraged by the disaster of the preceding year, and the abundance of the crop gave
good encouragement for the future. The following year the acreage increased to .6,487
acres, The three following years the crops were extremely good, and the fact was now es-
tablished that the soil of Russell County, with ordinary rains, could produce large crops
of all kinds of cereals. The statistical record for 1882, compiled from the returns of the
various assessors, shows the number of acres in farms, at that time, to have been 214,260,
valued at $859,014. This valuatiou would make the acres in improved farms worth only a
fraction over $4 per acre; but to more correctly approximate the real yalue, the valuation
above must be multiplied by three, as the assessed valuation is only one-third of the real
value, and in many instances not even that much. The farm dwellings erected during the
year ending March 1, 1882, were 39, valued at $5,878. The number of acres sown to winter
wheat in 1881, was 34,573; rye, 2,623; ne wheat, 1882, 769; corn, 25,441; oats, 3,724; Irish
potatoes, 246; sorghum, 1,689; flax, 163; broom corn, 97; millet and hungarian, 2,637; rice
corn, 1,208 Grasses in cultivation and under fence; prairie meadow, 8,036; prairie
pasture, 25,062, making a total of 107,264 acres, an increase in acreage of field crops
in four years of 86,128 acres. These fizures would indicate either an increase in the
farming population, or great improvement by those already engaged in that industry. If
the farming population has increased, then the logs in population that has taken place in the
last two years, as shown by the census of 1880, and the assessors’ returns for 1882, must have
occurred in the towns and villages, and the populations of the latter show this must have
been the case. The statistical record further shows that there were out of tame hay in
18$1, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven tons, and of prairie hay nine thousand two
hundred and sixteen tons. The value of garden products marketed during the year ending
March 1, 1882, was $705, and the eggs and poultry sold amounted to $7,911. The cheese
made in the county during the year amounted to only 170 pounds, while the butter product
reached 133,052 pounds. ‘The county has made some progress in the live stock line, but
sheep-raising is commencing to receive more attention than either cattle or swine. Thelive
stock in the county in 1882, was:—Horses, 2,364; mules and asses, 411; milch cows
2,412; other cattle, 6,638; sheep, 22,71'8; ewine, 5,590. The value of animals slaughtered or sold
for slaughter during the year was $50,260. The wool clip for the year was 49,224 pounds.
But little progress has been made in horticulture, and for some years no attention what-
ever was paid to it. The statistical record shows that in 182, there were only 88 apple
trees in bearing, 5 pear trees, 1,822 peach trees, 148 plum, and 829 cherry. The number not
in bearing was:. Apple, 9,858; pear, 378; peach, 17,199; plum, 806, and cherry 2,527. Thus
far in the history of the county, attempts at raising the larger kinds of fruit, such as
apples, pears, and peaches, have not been very successful, but the smaller fruits have been
cultivated with satisfactory success.

Artificial forestry has commanded some little attention, but far from anything like what
the timberless pee demand. The efforts that have been made in this respect are more of an
experimental] character than anything else, in order to ascertain to what varieties the soil and
climate are best adapted. Walnut and ash have been found to do best thus far. Cottonwood

rows well for the first four or five years, and after that dies under the ravages of an insect

nown as ‘borer.’ The total number of acres devoted to artificial forestry in the county
in 1882, was 338 as follows: Walnut, 64; maple, 4; honey locust, 2; cottonwood, 136; other
varieties, 132. Some of the groves set out are doing remarkably well, while others are
not encouragingly promising.

There were in the county in 1882, 48,498 rods of fence constructed of materia! as follows:
Board fence, 1,022 rods; rail, 275; stone, 4,061; hedge, 5,165; and wire, 87,975. This amount
of fence would enclose 152 square miles, less a fraction, or an area equal to about one-sixth
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of the entire county. The agricultural implements in the county were valued at $48,679.
While these statistics do not show any wonderful advancement in material growth, they
-are yet far from discouraging; and when it is borne in mind that only eleven years have
elapsed since the first settlement was made in the county, the degree of prosperity that has
been phate by the settlers give them good grounds on which to found hopes for a pros-
perous future.

COUNTY OFFICERS, 1883.

Charles Shaffer, J. B. Vanscoyc, Charles Wolcott, Commissioners; C. M. Harshberger,
County Clerk; J. S. Chadbourne, District Clerk; C. P. Copeland, Treasurer; O. L. Atherton,
Probate Judge; G. H. Johnson, Register of Deeds; W, G. Eastland, County Attorney; J.
B. Corbett, Superintendent of Public Instruction; W. H. Dewey, Sheriff; S. L. Austin,
Surveyor; N. I. Sturdevant, Coroner.

POST-OFFICES IN COUNTY, 1883.

 

 

  
  
 

  
  
 

 

 

 

OFFICE, TOWNSHIP. POSTMASTER.
Bunker Hill. ..22s-scccssenes <. CONITG: -. 204 ee eeawecegesseeseces W.H. Biays,
Blue Stem.......2-.---- 2.2.2... Fairview... sscsccacucsncsse secs Mr. Townsend.
PTOI Go icoascea adam acarnecninse! Plymouth .... .....-..-...---.--| E. W. Davis.
East Wolf.. Paitview 2. 1122. ceeeseesseecs L.D, Hibbard.
Fairport .. Paradise --| D. V. Caldwell.
Forest Hill... Centre -.| Jehiel Forrest.
Gorham..... Big Cree: .-| E. D. Gorham,
Greenvale... --.| Centre ..... -, Aaron Ford.
Hawley sisiispe ebbing oe wetatroee, || GHAWIOY usnnicatredeek ieee et aascas R. A. Hefferman.
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*County-seat.
RUSSELL.

Russell is the seat of justice of the county, and has been since 1874.
The town is located on the east half of Section 27, Township 18, south of
Range 14, west of the Sixth Principal Meridian. The town was founded by
the Northwestern Colony Association, whose headquarters were, formerly,
at Ripon, Wis. The Association, consisted chiefly, if not entirely, of Wis-
consin people, and hence, it has been frequently designated the Wisconsin
Colony. This colony arrived at what is now Russell, but what at that time
was-known as Fossil Station, on the 19th day of April, 1871. The business
of the Colony or Association, was conducted by a board consisting of
five trustees, of which B. Pratt was chairman and also president of the
Association.

Before locating the town site of Russell, the trustees went about five
miles east to luok up a location, their object being to establish themselves
as near the geographical center of the county as possible, having in view
the future location of the county-seat. After some time had been spent
in useless attempts to discover water by digging and boring, they returned
to the colony and reported, and it was then decided to locate at Fossil
Station. Among the powers given to the trustees by their articles of associ-
ation was that of purchasing, holding and receiving by gift, real property,
the same to be conveyed as directed by the colony. Under these conferred

owers, the trustees received as a gift from the Kansas Pacific Railroad
ompany, the northeast quarter of Section 27, Township 13, south of
Range 14, west of the Sixth Principal Meridian. When this fact was
reported to the colony, another difficulty poe itself by the articles
governing the association, which prescribed that not less than 320 acres
should be procured for a town site. To obviate this, Benjamin Pratt,
chairman of the trustees and president of the association, purchased of the
railroad company, the quarter section lying immediately south of the one
to which the colony had acquired title by gift, and thereupon the survey of
the town site was commenced. The site was surveyed and laid off into
streets, blocks and lots, in April and May, 1871, and was given the name of
Russell. At that time, the entire dounty was one vast stretch of uninhab-
ited prairie, the only thing in shape of a building being the section house
at Fossil Station. The first thing in shape of a house erected on the town
site, was a shanty, 16x16 feet, put up by H. W. Tustin and Stillman Mann,
which, when completed, was occupied by both their families. They also
used it as a boarding-house, where table board was furnished to many of
the colonists, who found sleeping accommodation in the cars. The first.
frame building put up in the town was by L. Bicknell, in the summer of 1871,
at the corner of Ninth Street and Kansas Avenue. Several of the colonists
had brought with them houses already made and fitted, so that all they
had to do when a location was determined upon was to raise them and put them
together. Asa Kinney and H. C. Waterman brought these kind of houses
with them, and athird one was pees fora company office. Besides these,
several were brought for sale. The latter were soon disposed of, and it was
not long before Russell assumed the appearance of being quite a village. H.
W. Tustin came with the colony, and brought a stock of goods. with him for
‘ the purpose of going into business. Upon arrival, he found that a man had
a small shanty near the railroad track, in which he had a few goods for the
purpose of suppiying railroad employes. Mr. Tustin immediately pur-
chased the shanty with the stock of goods the man had, to which he added
those he had brought with him, and established himself in business, and
this was the first store started in Russell.

The colonists put up houses as fast as they possibly could, and these,
with others, built by parties who came to try what fortune the new town
would bring them, soon gave Russell the appearance of being a thrifty pros-
perous town. A frame schoolhouse was erected in July 1871, and during
the summer one or two small stores were put Ae and opened. In Decem-
er, 1871, the first hotel in town was opened, by Stillman Mann, in a

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

small frame building which he had erected on the corner of Main and
Ninth streets. : ‘

At the close of 1871, or eight months after the town site was surveyed
and platted, Russell had a population of about 200 souls. The year 1872
was quite a prosperous one for the town, and a good many buildings went
up, but mesthy of an inferior character. No settlements had yet been made
in the county within miles of Russell, although a few settlers had come in
and located on some of the creeks in the northern portion of the county.

A lumber-yard was opened in town by W. C. Hobbs in the fall of 1871,
and in the spring of 1872, he erected the first regular store building that
was put up in the town. It was a two-story frame building, located at. the
corner of Main and Seventh streets, the bottom story being fitted up for a
store, and the upper one for a dwelling. As soon as the building was com-
pleted, it was taken possession of and occ:pied by H. W. Tustin. That
same year, G. A. Hart, with his family, located in town, and in the fall
he put up a fine two-story stone business house on Main Street, in which he
commenced the business of general merchandising.

The year following was one of but little improvement, although ‘in that
year H. C. Waterman put up quite a large frame building on the southeast
corner of Main and’Seventh streets. The ground floor was fitted up for
offices and the upper floor was used for a hall. :

Up to that time Bunker Hill had been the county-seat, but the follow-
ing year it was changed to Russell, and there being no building suitable for
county purposes, the one erected by Mr. Waterman was purchased by the
County Commissioners, and fitted up into county offices, the hall above
being used for a court-room. The building is still used for the purposes
for which it was purchased, no attempt ever having been made towards the
erection of a more substantial building.

“Having been made the county-seat, Russell, in 1874, made considerable
advancement. Quite an impetus was given to the town by the fact of it
having been made the shire town, and the place grew very rapidly, so much
so, that the first school-building erected became altogether inadequate for
the number of school children. To overcome this difficulty, bonds were
voted to the amount of $5,000 for the purpose of erecting a new school-
house, and in 1874, a very fine stone edifice was put up, with two rooms
above and two below.

In 1874 the old depot was burned. The following year a fine stone
depot was built, followed soon after by a handsome two-story stone block
on the corner of Eighth and Main streets. This block was named Union
Block, from the fact that the three buildings embraced in it, though belong-
ing to different parties, were erected simultaneously. The first of these
buildings, or the one on the corner, was puf up by Ackerman & Copeland,
the next one by H. Wentworth, and the third one by C. M. Lewis.

The year 1875 may be set down as the commencement of the era of
substantial improvements, because, although the town had improved rap-
idly, the character of the improvements were of rather an inferior order.
In 1876, another very fine stone, two-story building was erected on the
northwest corner of Eighth and Main streets, by W. D. Hart, now occupied
by E. Humphrey as a general store. In that year also, a very fine frame
hotel was built by J. J. Helm, and several people put up very comfortable
residences. A good-sized elevator was also erected that year by Knight &
Bradshaw, and altogthes the Centennial year was one of considerable pro-
gress. About the only substantial improvements made the year following,
was a large two-story stone building on the northeast corner of Main and
Eighth streets. It is a large well-finished building, the lower story being
fitted up for a store, and the upper story for a hall which is now used for
lodge purposes by the Masonic, Odd Fellows and A. O. U. W, fraternities.
The other substantial improvement of 1877 was that made by Stillman Mann
in the erection of the new Russell House.

The year 1878 eclipsed any that preceded it in the line of improvement.
Up to that time, although there had been several church organizations in
town, and services had been held regularly every Sabbath in the school-
house, yet the town was without a church-building. In that year, however,
the Congregationalists put up a building. ;

The year 1878 was remarkable for the unprecedented progress made in
building, and the superior order of the improvements made. That was
the year in which the Oper Block was built by Fargo, Hendershott &
Guernon. It is located on Eighth Street, the ground fioor being used as a
billiard hall and livery-stable, and the upper portion being fitted up as an
entertainment hall, with stage, scenery, etc. Up to that year, the town had
been without a bank, although Ackerman & Copeland, in connection with
their store business, had carried on brokerage on a very limited scale. In
1878, they sold their stock of goods, and devoted themselves to: banking
exclusively. They erected a handsome two-story stone building on Main
Street, between Eighth and Ninth, the lower story of which they fitted a
as a bank and the upper story into offices. nmedately north of the ban
building and simultaneously with its erection, W. M. Pennell put up a
similar building, which is now used as a furniture store and post-office.

While these improvements were being made in the business portion of
the town, the residence portion was being greatly improved by the erection
of a maguittcenih dwelling in the south part of town put up by Mr. Cope-
land. It is a large stone residence, handsomely constructed and of a
beautiful style of architecture. An elevator, put up by E. Latshaw, was
also among the Improvements of 1878. Substantial improvements in-town,
virtually ended with 1878, although quite a number of buildings of less note
have been erected since that time.

LOCAL MATTERS,

Fires.-—In 1874, Russell was visited by its fi 0 the -
deginueton ot teniorer y its first fire, but the only damage done was

In 1880, a fire originated in Mr. Tustin’s store, being the one formerly occupied by Ack-
erman & Copeland, on the southeast corner of Main an Eighth streets, and before it could
 

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be extinguished, that, with the adjoining building, owned and occupied by H. Wentworth as
a hardware store, were eompreEely destroyed, with nearly all their contents. That fire
occurred on March 20, 1880, and by the fall of that year, the buildings were re-placed by others,
larger in size and superior in structure to those that had been destroyed. nte-dating that
fire by a few months, Knight & Bradshaw’s elevator had met a similar fate.

On the evening of Sunday, October 1, 1882, as the people were assembled at church,
they were suddenly startled by a cry of—Fire! The services were brought to a sudden close
by the people rushing from the churches en masse, to ascertain where the fire was and its
extent. Its locality was soon discovered, as the flames could be distinctly seen from every
street in town. The fire originated_in one of a row of frame buildings that stood on the
east side of Main Street, between Eighth and Ninth, and to save cither of them was utterly
impossible, as the flames spread with almost lightning rapidity. Six buildings were destroyed
by the fire, including a harness shop and store, the Hawkeye printing office, a meat market,
a gun shop, a barber shop, anda grocery store.

Churches.—In 1878, the Congregationalists, who had an organization since August, 1872,
erected a very neat frame edifice on the corner of Sixth Street and Kansas Avenne, at a cost
of $4,000.. This church was first ee by Rev. W. B. Christopher, but the first resident
pastor was Rev. William Payne. The first sermon ever preached in town was by Rev. A. H.
Annas, who came with the colony from Wisconsin. His hearers were the colonists, and his
church was a box car. ; .

The Methodists, although having an organization in town since December, 1872, when
the church was eeteee by Rev. John O’Connor; ten being the membership at that time;
had no edifice of their own in which to worship until 1880, when they built a very neat
frame church on Main Street, at a cost of $5,000. The church has now a membership of
100, and at present is under the pastoral charge of Rev. W. E. Cannon

The Russell House.—This hotel is very neatly built of dressed stone. and is the only
three-story building in town. It is located on Main Street, immediately south of the frame
hotel erected by the same person in 1871. The house contains thirty sleeping rooms, the
original frame building serving for a kitchen, dining room, and office.

Societies.—Russell Lodge, No. 119, I. O. O. F, was instituted August 14, 1874, with nine
charter members. The first officers of the Lodge were: A. L. Voorhis, N. G@ ; H. Went-
worth, V. G.; W. M. Pennell, R. 8.; C. Harshberger, P. S.; G. L. Hart, ‘l'reas.; GA. Hart,
W,; J.G. Weekly, I. G., and_P. Carrier, O.G. The present membership of the lodge is
forty-two, and the present officers are: A. L. Voorhis, N. G.; P. J. Warner, V. G.; G. G.
Nichole, Bs Be W. G. Eastland, P. S.; D. E. Winfield, Treas.; H. C. Hibbard, Con.;

. H. Hill, 1. G. : :

Russell Lodge, No. 177, A., F. & A. M., was instituted January 1, 1878, with eleven
charter members. The first officers of the lodge were: William Michner, W. M.; H. D.
Palmer, 8. W.; A. G. Weed, J. W.; John Wilson, Treas.; H. C. Waterman, Sec. The

present membership of the lodge is forty-nine, and the present officers are: P. L. Hulet,
W. M.; J. S. Chadbourne, 8. W.; J. M. Brundage, J. W.; A. L. Voorhis, Sec., and
A. G. Weed, Treas. . :

Pioneer Lodge, No. 43, A. O. U. W., was instituted April 28, 1880, with sixteen charter
members. The first officers of the lodge were: G.. Bradshaw, M. W.; G W. Smyser,
P.M. W.; F.L. Parker, G. F.; C. A. Ames, O.; R. J. Wallace, Recorder; 8. J. Kahler, R.;
J. §. Chase, F.; L. Banker,-G.; R. 8. Giddings, I. W.; C. H. Purinton, 0. W. The lodge
has now a membership of sixty-five, and the present officers are: E. Sutter, M. W.; D. W.
McKeen, P. M. W.; L. E. Ellithrope, G. F.; J. Jacoby, O.; N. W. Woolcott, Rec.; G. T.
Bradshaw, R.; M. K. Ames; F.; W. H. Teed, G.; W. H. Keyes, I.W., and J.J. Corneilson,O.W.

The Russell County Driving Park Association is not an agricultural society, but 1s a
stock company, composed of private individuals. The company owns eighty acres of land
adjoining the town site of Russell to the south, the south forty of which is enclosed by a

high picket fence. There is a good half mile track on the grounds, and several buildings
for the accommodation of exhibitors. Trees have been set out on the grounds, but the
prospect of their growing to any size is not very prowising. The association was organized
in 1879, and three fairs have been held since, in 1879-80-81, but owing to the dry season of
. 1882, which injured all farm crops, excepting wheat, the managers of. the association deemed
it advisable to dispense with holding a fair thut year and; consequently, none was held.

Business Interests.—For the last three years the town has been rather retroyressive than
progressive, and the population is not within by about four hundred as many now as it was
in 1880, the assessor's return for 1882, as furnished to the County Clerk, giving the popula-
“tion at 587, whereas, in 1880, it was about 1,000. “ :

The town of Russell is situated on the ridge between the Saline and Smoky Hill rivers,
distant from the former four miles, and from the latter seven. While, within a short
distance of Russell, good well-water for domestic uses is almost impossible to find, yet,
within the limits of the town site, excellent water can be found almost anywhere at a depth
of from fifteen to thirty feet. The class of store buildings in town, though few in number,
are greatly superior to the average business houses of Western towns. The stores are all
well stocked with goods, and _ those engaged in mercantile pursuits carry on a prosperous
trade. The business of the place is represented by four general merchandising stores, five
groceries exclusively. two drug stores, two hardware, four millincry establishments, one
furniture store, one book and stationery, two lumber yards, three elevators, one flouring-
mill, one broom factory, two carriage and ener shops, and two hotels. The legal and
medical professions are also fairly represented. The town has a fine schoolhouse, two
churches, and its chief sidewalks are made of beautiful flagging. The town was incorpo-
rated in 1872, and its first Mayor was H. C. Waterman, and the present Mayor is W. E. Banks,

5 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THEODORE ACKERMAN, president of Russell Bank. This bank was opened for
business July 10, 1877. The bank building was erected in 1878, at a cost of $3,700 It is
built of stone, 22x40 feet, two stories high. Charles P. Copeland is cashier. E. Copeland, of
Middletown Springs, Vt., is interested in the same. The bank correspondents are: United
States National Bank of New York City, First National Bank of Chicago, Ill.; Bank of
Kansas City, Mo.; and First National Bink of Leavenworth, Kan The deposits equal
$40,000 to $90,000. Mr.’Ackerman first came to Russell, Kan.. in 1871, with the Northwestern
Colony. He then embarked in tery nee ne it 1878. He was born in Rodendale, Wis., -
in 1849. He began life as a clerk for his father, Henry J. Ackerman, in general merchan-
dise, which he continued until some, to Kansas. Was married, in 1877, to Miss Libbie
‘Holly. a native of New York State. They have one daughter—Myrtle Jessie. He was the
first County Clerk of Russell County; was also secretary of the Northwestern Colony, and
is now president of it. He has held several town offices, etc. e
W. E. BANKS, dealer in a general line of drugs, medicines, books, stationery and drug-
gists’ sundries, He opened the business in 1877, and carries a stock of $5,000. He first
came to Russell in 1877, and opened the above business. Born in Putnam County, Ind., in
1855, Parents moved to Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1864. He began bnsiness in life as
clerk in a drug store in 1874. Lived in Iowa until he came to Kansas. Married in 1878, to
Miss Emma Crist, of Indiana. They have two sons—Emmett E. and Eugene O. He is the
present Mayor of Russell, and a member of Russell Lodge, No. 119, I. O. O. F.; member of
the City Council in 1878. i
D. 8. BEEMER, photographer and undertaker. Keeps a general stock of Sr in un-
dertakers’ goods. He came to Russell October 7, 1877, and engaged in undertaking business in
1878; he also began the real estate business in the spring of 1+82. He was born in Luzerne
County, Pa., in 1849, living in his native State until he came to Kansas. He spent three
years as salesman of farm machinery in Iowa. Returned to Pennsylvania and remained
four years, Learned painters’ trade, but did not follow it, as it disagreed with him. He
was married in 1881, to Miss Edith Tisdale, native of Canada West. Mr. Beemer is a
member of Russel] Lodge, No. 177, A., F. & A. M.. and A. O. U. W., No. 43. :
GEORGE T. BRADSHAW, dealer in grain, coal, flour. feed, paints, etc., opened busi-
ness in 1876. The firm of Knight, Bradshaw & Potter ‘are proprietors of Fairport Flouring
Mills, which are located at Fairport, fifteen miles northwest of Russell. These mills are
38x40 feet, three stories high, built of stone in 1879, at a cost of $12,000. The mills are pro-
elled by both ‘steam and water. The capacity is sixty Darrels in twenty-four hours. Mr.
radshaw first came to Russell in April, 1871. with the Northwestern Colony. He was born
in Schenectady County, N. Y., in 1836, and reared on afarm_ He moved to Waupun, Wis., in
January, 1867, where he was principal of South Ward School two years. He then clerked for
a grain firm two years. He graduated in the Jonesville Seminary, rage or N.Y. He was
a member of freshmen, sophomore and junior classes of Union College, chenectady, N. Y.
He was married in 1863 to Miss D. O. Weld, of Wells, Hamilton Co.,N. Y. They have two
children, Marion and Charles W. . He is a member of A. O. U. W., Pioneer Lodge, No, 43.

 

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J. S.CHADBOURNE, Clerk of the District Court, first came here in 1872. He en-
gaged in farming a few veers and was telegraph operator for three years, Was elected to
is present position in the fall of 1878, and has since held the office by re-election. Is now
Deputy County Clerk, and Deputy County Superintendent of Schools. He was born in
Harrison, Me., in 1843; lived in his native State until 1856, when he went to Ripon, Wis.,
and after a number of years learned telegraphy, and became operator there for two years.
He then engaged in lumbering until he came to Kansas. He was married, in 1880, to. Miss
Ella A. Bowen, of Russell, Kan. They have one son—WillieS. Mr. Chadbourne is a mem-
ber of Russell Lodge, No. 177, A., F. & A. M.; isalso a member of the Congregational Church.
CHARLES P, COPELAND. cashier of Russell Bank, and County Treasurer, first came
to Kansas in April, 1874. He embarked in mercantile business until 1878, and began bank-
ing in 1877. Was elected County Treasurer in 1879; re-elected in 1881. tse was born at
Middletown Springs, Rutland Co., Vt., in 1854, and was raised on a farm, He graduated
from Eastman’s Commercial College, of Poughkeepsie, N Y.,in 1874. He then came to
Kansas. Married in 1876 to Miss Josephine Ackerman, 6f Rosendale, Wis. They have one
son—Cecil Edwin. Mr. Copeland isa member of Russell Lodge, No. 119,1. 0.0. F. Has
been a member of the City Council three terms, and City Treasurer four years. Ackerman
& Copeland own 1,920 acres of land, 600 of which are under cultivation.
_ _W.G. EASTLAND, of the firm of Eastland & Pierce, attorneys-at-law, came to Russell
in the summer of 1872, and engaged in the practics of law. He served as County Attorney
two terms, and was Representative to the Kansas Legislature for the years 1879-1880. He is
anative of Mississippi; his parents moved from that State to Richland County, Wis., in
1853, where he was raised and educated. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Univer-
sity for ashort time. Began the study of law in 1867, entering the law office of Eastland &
Eastland, his uncles, and was admitted to the bar of the Circuit Court of Richland County
in 1870. Began the practice of law in Russell. He cnlisted in the three-months’ service in
1864, in Company JD, Fortieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out at
Madison, Wis., in the fall of the same year. He is a member of Russell Lodge, No. 119,
1.0 0. F. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Kansas and of the bar of
the United States Circuit Court for the District of Kansas.

GIDDINGS, BANKER & CO., dealers in general merchandise. They opened trade
September 14, 1881, and carry a stock of about $8,000, ina general line of merchandise.
The firm is composed of Louis Banker, R. 8. Giddings and M. A. Blaine, of Middleburg,
Mass. Louis Banker first came to Russell in 1876 and took charge of a general store for G.
A. Hart, five years. He then became a partner of the above firm. Born in Belleville, Can-
ada West, in 1858, went to Rosendale and Waupun, Wis., in 1864, with parents and to Cass
County, Iowa in 1*71, then to Kansas. RK. S. Giddings of the above firm first came to Rus-
sell in January, 1878 and engaged as clerk for a general merchandise store until he became
a partner in the above firm. He was born in Seneca County, N. Y., in 1852. Mr. Gid-
dings lived in his native county until 1576, when he went to Joliet, Ill., and clerked in a
dry goods house until 1878 when he came to Russell. This is an enterprising firm and
deserves the patronage of the public.

C. M. HARSHBARGER, County Clerk, first came to Russell in the fall of 1870. He
engaged in farming which occupation he still follows. He owns one-half section of land,
raises stock and cultivates about 110 acres of his farm, was elected. County Clerk in 18738,
and by re-election has held that office ever since, excepting from 1878 to 1880, (one term.)
During the interval he was out of the above office he was Township Trustee. He is the
first settler in Russell County, and located on the first land by a squatter’s right. He has
seen many of the variations in pioneer life on the great plains. He was born in Spencer
County, Ind.,in 1841, moved to Keokuk County, Iowa with parents in 1850, where he lived until
hecame to Kansas. He was raised ona farm, consequently continues an interest in that sub-
stantial occupation. He enlisted in 1861, in Company K. Second [llinois Volunteer Infant-
ry, and participated in all the battles of his command; mustered out in July, 1865, was
married in 1876, to Miss E. J. Haling, a native of Fayette County, Iowa. They have four
children; Charles B., Selma C., Clara EZ. and Grace A. He is a member of Russell Lodge
No. 119, 1.0.0. F. Deputy Clerk of the District Court for the past two years.

G. A. HART, dealer in general merchandise, opened business October 2, 1872. He now has
the oldest established store in Russell. He erected the first store building in the village in
the summer of 1872, size of which is 22x60 feet at a cost of $1,800, since bnilt an addition 12x40
feet at a cost of $500, He now carries a stock of $10,000, He owns 320 acres of land nearly
all cultivated. Has been Township Treasurer and City Councilman four terms. Born
April 2, 1825, in Upper Canada. Wasraised on a farm, moved to Neenah, Wis., in 1856. Moved
to Waupun, Dodge Oo, 1865, following farming. Enlisted February 24, 1864, in Company
F, Twenty-first, Wi-consin Volunteer Infantry, participated in fourteen battles, and never
received a scratch, was mustered out in July, 1865, when he returned to Wisconsin and
farmed until he came to Kansas: married in 1832 to Miss Deborah A. Comer, of Upper
Canada. He'is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a member of the G. A. R.
of Waupun, Wig. :

H. C. HIBBARD, attorney-at-law, and insurance agent, first came to Russell County,
Kan.‘in May, 1871, farmed until 1874, and came to Russell village, where he engaged in the
practice of law, was born in Fulton County, Ill., in 1847, educated in his native State,
attended an Academy in ds County, lil. Enlisted in January, 1864, in Company I,
Eighth Illinois Cavalry, participated in all the battles of his command,mustered out at Benton
Barracks, Mo., June 17, 1865. He came to’ Kansas in September of the same year, located in
Johnson County. He attended the State University at Lawrence in 1870. Previous to the
latter dates he also taught school, ‘was married in 1878 to Miss Sonora White of Franklin
County, Ind. They have onechild, Duane Hibbord, born in 1879. Mr. Hibbard was the first
superintendent of schools in Russel] County, has served as Deputy Register of Deeds one
and one half years Has served as PolicedJudge and Deputy County Attorney. He was
admitted to bar practice November 16, 1876, in District Court of Russell County.

HON. ASA KINNEY. The parents of Mr. Kinney were Abel and Freelove Kinney, of
Cortland County, N Y.; their place of nativity being New London, Conn. They were
‘awong the early settlers of Cortland County, N. Y., and the father was a man of influence
and prominence. His grandparents were of revolutionary stock, having served their
country in the struggle for liberty. Asa Kinney was the fourth son of the family, and was
born at Homer, Cortland County, N. Y., May 21, 1810. He received acommon school edu-
cation; was also noted as a debater when a young man. He resided in Homer, N. Y., Preston
City, Conn., and Cattaraugus County, N. Y. Previous to coming West, he went to Milwau-
kee, Wis., in 1836, and settled at Oak Creek on the 5th of July of the same year, where he
followed farming. Previous to coming West he had been identified with several town
offices, and was promoted Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment in New York. He was one of
the first Justices of the Peace in Milwaukee County; was a member of the last Territorial
Legislature of Wisconsin, and he was elected as a Representative from Milwaukee County
to the Constitutional Convention of 1846, and served on the committee on the organization
and affairs of counties and towns, and their powers and duties. He was noted for good,
solid sense, but not for speech-making. He served in the State Senate in the sessions of 1848
and 1849. In 1852 he went to California and was a member of the Legislature of that State
in 1853-54; then returned to Brookfield, Wis., and settled. Was Sergeant-at-Arms of the
State Senate in the sessions of 1859 and 1840. He then located at Ripon, where in 1867. he
was a member of the City Council, and was two years Street Commissioner. Mr. Kinney
settled in Russell, Kan., in 1871, where he has since served as City Clerk, Police Judge,
Clerk of the District Court, and bas been Justice of the Peace for the last ten years. In 1861
he entered as private in the Ripon Rifles; was mustered into the Fourth Regiment Infantry,
and was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant, and in December was discharged on account of
ill-health. He was afterward commissioned as First Lieutenant. and Quartermaster in the
First Wisconsin Cavalry; joined the regiment at Eastport, Miss., and remained with it until
the close of the war. After the war he acted as land and insurance agent for several years.
For some time he was a director and agent for the Madison Mutual Insurance Co. Mr.
Kinney has been married four times; September 15, 1830, to Miss Diana Spicer, of Preston
City,.Conn., who died May 2, 1834; January 15, 1835, to Miss Lucretia Grinnell, of Rutledge.
N. Y., who died September 21, 1836; March 15, 1837, to Miss Delia A. Rawson, of Oak Creek;
November 15, 1878, to Mrs R. C. Wilson, of Albia, Iowa. Thus it is shown that the life o
Mr. Kinney has been one of unusual activity, mixed with a wonderful variety of experi-
ences. He has held a large number of civil oftices, served in the war, crossed the plains to
the land of gold, and has traveled through the Central States and Mexico, It would be
hardly possible to give his varied experiences in life. From the above record the reader can
imagine, perhaps, a part of his doings with the outside world. He isa man of pleasing
address, fluent in conversation, and intelligent on an immense variety of subjects. At the
age of seventy-one he is in the enjoyment of good health, with a fair prospect of several
years of usefulness in life to the world.
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D. W. McKEEN, physician and surgeon, located in Russell, Kan., in December, 1878,
where he engaged in the practice of his profession. He was born in Ackworth, N. H., in
1852; began the study of medicine at the age of twenty-one; he was educated at the Kimbal.
Union Academy of Meridan, N. H., graduating in June, 1875; began reading medicine the
latter year; attended lectures at Long Island College, and at the hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
in 1878.- He graduated from the college of physicians and surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa; began
the practice of medicine in Russell; he has been county physician two years, Is a member
of the A.O. U W., and the examining physician for that order. Was married in May, 1882,
to Miss Ella B. Loring, a native of Missouri, recently of Wichita, Kan.

STILLMAN MANN, proprietor of the Russell House. Mr. Mann erected the stone part
of his hotel in the summer of 1877; it is 25x48 feet, and three stories high. There is also a
wooden addition, 26x68 feet. The hotel cost $7,000. Cupacity is about Se
He firet came to Russell in April, 1871, with the Northwestern Colony fiom Eustern Wiscon-
sin; at that time there was only a section house in the place. He, in company with H. W.
Tusten, built a small shanty, and both families lived in that until other arrangements could
bemade. Mrs. Mann first began to bake bread and sell it to settlers
got more room, they began to lodge people, and that is the way the Russell House first
started. The Northwestern Colony were citizens of Ripon, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac
Wis. The biographies of the most active men in this colony will appear in the history of
Russell County. Dr. C. W. Bond came with the colony, but remained only a short time
and returned to Wisconsin. The only meat the settlers had for over two years was buffalo, decr,
antelope and elk, which roamed over the plains in vast herds, and could be shot down in
any direction. Mr. Mann was born in Orange County, Vt., in 1825, where he lived until
he was twenty-one years old. He went to Wisconsin in 1848, to Fond du Lac in 1852, where
he embarked in the boot and shoe trade until 1857, He then clerked some time, then went
to Ripon, Wis., and engaged in the grocery business two years, then to Pittstield, Mass.,
and clerked in a boot and shoe house some time, then returned to Fend du Lac, Wis., in
1866, and went into the gents’ furnishing and clothing business until he came to Kansas,
arriving with nothing but his family and able-bodied. He was married in 1835 to Miss
Sarah 8S. Hubbard, of Pittsfield, Mass. She died in 1865, He was again married in 186 to
Miss Addie L. Dunham, of Washington, Mass. They have two children—Roy K. und
Gilbert H. Mr. Mann is an active member of the Congregational Church. He served four
years as Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. He has been a member of the city school
board two years. He is superintendent of the Sunday-school, and assisted to organize the

Congregational Church, of which he is a member, in 18:2.

W. H. MOSES, of the firm of Lawson & Moses, deulers in a general line of dry goods,
gents’ furnishing goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps, groceries, queensware and
crockery. They opened business October 28, 1877. They occupy rooms 26x100 feet and
16x26 feet, and carry an average stock of $12,000. They first opened with a stock of $4,000.
Mr. Moses was born in McHenry County, 11] , in 1852 He went to Republican City, Neb., in
1870, and embarked in merchandising, following it three years; he then went into the stock
business a few months; he then returned to McHenry County, Ill., to replenish; he clerked

. there until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the Russell Lodge, No. 175, A., F. & A. M.

J. W. OLIVER, dealer in igen line of dry goods, notions, clothing, boots and shoes,
hats and caps, and groceries. He opened the trade June 6, 1879, under the firm name of
Oliver & Michaelis, and changed to the present style in January, 1882. He occupies rooms
22x72 feet, first floor and basement; carries an'average stock of 718,000. He came to Russell
in May, 1877, and engage’ in the hotel business until March, 1879. He was born in Wabash
County, Ind., in 1840; lived on a farm until twenty-one years old; he then enlisted in Com-

pany H, Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; participated in all the battles of his com-
mand until detailed to division headquarters. He was in Sherman’s campaigns in the
South; detailed as Second Lieutenant; mustered out in the spring of 1865. He then engaged
in merchandising in Clinton, lll, until he came to Kansas. He was married in June, 1881,
to Rebecca Billingsly, of Axtel, Kan. They have one son—Benjamin M. Mr. Oliver is a
member of the A. O. U. W., of Russell, Kan. .

. FF. L. PARKER, dealer in grain, lumber and coal. Mr. W.C. Hobbs opened the busi-
ness in 1871. The firm was changed to Hobbs & Parker in 1879. hey carry a stock of
about $1'',000 in lumber, building material, etc. Mr. Parker came to Russell in the fall of
1877, and became interested in the above business. He was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., July
27, 1848. Moved to Fond du Lac, Wis.. with his parents in 1851, where they resided until
the fall of 1855, when they moved to Oshkosh, Wis. At a suitable age he engaged in the
hardware business, in which he remained about five years. He then embarked in the manu-
facture of handles, also the woodwork of carriages and wagons, until he came to Kansas.
He was married _on March 28, 1871, to Miss Lizzie V. Hobbs. They have two children—
William H. and Frederick L. Mr. Parker isa member of Piuneer Lodge, No. 43, A. O. U.W.,
of Ruesell. Has been a member of the City Council, cte.

WILLIAM PERCE, dealer in a general line of groceries, provisions and queensware,
opened trade on October 4, 1880. He carries a stock of about $2,500. Came to Russell in
1874 and farmed five years. Was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1817, and raised as a
farmer. Moved to Springfield, Il., in 1849, and engaged in the manufacture of brooms a
few years. He was City Marshal of Springfield for one year, and Captain of the Police in
1860-61. Enlisted as First Lieutenant in Company C, Eleventh Missouri Volunteers, in July
1861. pees the next May on account of ill-health, and re-enlisted again in 1862, in the
Seventieth Illinois Volunteers, a three months’ regiment, and was elected Captain of Company
B of this regiment. Served four months. Went to farming in 1863, and was appointed
United States Deputy Marshal, under John Logan, in 1869, serving two years. Was also an
operative of the Secret Service for the Southern District of Illinois. He was married in 1842
to Miss Roxana Vittium, a native of Ohio. They have five children—Mary, now married to
Mr. S. Spindle; EK. L. married to W. T.Shaw; Wm. A., married; Lewis A., married, and
Clarinda A., now Mrs. J. F. Dollison. He has been Justice of the Peace in Russell for
many years. . :

J. W. ROBB, physician and surgeon, came here in September 1879 where he has since
continued the practice of medicine. He was born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1889. and got
a.common school education in his native place. He then attended the Shelbyville, Ky.,
Academy, under Prof. J. W. Dodd, graduating in 1858. Began tostudy medicine in the same
year, and after a year or two, attended the University at Louisville, Ky., and graduated from
the medical department of that college in 1862. Began the practice of medicine at Shelby-
ville, Ky., where he continued until 1875. He then took charge of the Masonic Widows’ au.d
Orphans’ Home, at Louisville, Ky. Having charge three years, he soon after came to Rus-
sell. Kan. Was married in 1864 to Miss Sallie E. Robinson, » native of Shelby County, Ky.
The Doctor is amember and Master of the Russell Lodge No. 177, Ay, FB. & A.M.

EDWARD & EMILE SUTTER, dealers in musical instruments, watches, clocks and
jewelry. They opened business in March of 1879, and carry a general stock of $000. Emile
Sutter was born in France, October 1, 1855, learned the trade of watchmaker and jeweler in
Locle, Switzerland, came to America in 1879, and located in Russell, Kan. He was married
May 20, 1876, to Miss Laura Amanda Marchand, a native of Switzerland. They have three
children—Henry E., Lina and Jennie. Edward, his brother, is also a native of Krance, born
February 6, 1858. They went to Locle, Switzerland, at the same time and learned the same
trade, but Edward came to America in 1876 and located in Wooster, Ohio, remaining there a
year. Then he came to Kirwin, Kan., where he engaged in the jewelry business, and thence
he bans B Russell. He is unmarried. The brothers are members of the Russell Lodge,
A. 0. U. W.

H. W. TUSTEN, farmer, P. O. Russell, came here with the Northwestern Colony, in the
spring of 1871. He opened the first general store and continued merchandising for six years.
At the same time he opened a farm of 320 acres, and now has 200 acres of it under cultivation.
He makes a specialty in the stock business, dealing largely in cattleand horses. He keeps the

- Membrino stock of horses, He was born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1833, lived in his
native State until 1841, and then came with his parents to Kenosha, Wis., where they lived
about seven years. Thence went to Green Lake County, where they farmed for some time.
He then went to Minnesota and followed various occupations for six years. He then enguged
in lumbering at Fond du Lac, Wis.,. for four years, and in merchandising for three years.
Thence he came to Kansas. He was married in 1867 to Miss Matilda de Neveu, a native of
the latter city. They have four children—Herman W., Hattie D., Arthur E.and Emma, He
is president of the town site, member of the City Council, etc. :

SEPH H. WALKE farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Fairport, Russell County,
located in Saline Township, Ellis County, August 5, 1882, on Section 20. He has a home-
stead and timber claim, and railroad land, consisting of Section 20, 640 acres of land, sixty
acres of which he has under plow. He has 360 head of cattle, amongst which can be found some
fine Durham stock. He first landed in Kangas in April, 181, and prospected until he located
as above named. He was born in West Townsend, Mass., in 1857, and removed to Cambridge,

and finally, after they”

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Mass., in 1865. Lived in his native State until 1881, and attended school until he came to Kan-
sas. His ranch is twenty miles northwest of Russell, and twenty-five miles northeastof Hays _
City. The Saline River has its course through his ranch. This place is known as Lost Canon
Ranch, There are many natural curiosities to be found in this vicinity, amongst which are
sharks’ teeth and many specimens of fossil shells, etc., which are worthy of the atten-:
tion of the sojourner. | ; : cs

ALBERT YOXALL, farmer. His parents came with the Northwestern Colony from
Oshkosh, Wis. to Russell in the spring of 1871. His father opened a lumber-yard in Rns-
sell and continued until 1876. Then engaged in farming, locating on Section 32 Has 160
acres of fine land, 140 of which are cultivated. His father, John Yoxall, died in October,
1880. He was a native of England, born in 1815, came to America in 1869, and settled -in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin where he engaged in lumbering, until he came to Kansas. Albert
Yoxall, his son, was born in England, January 1, 1856, married in 1881 to Miss Alice Over-
holswr, of Lancaster County, Pa. He was engaged as associate cashier of Russell bank
three years, and before and after the death of his father he has been engaged as first

stated.
BUNKER HILL.

The above caption is the name of a small town on the Kansas Pacific
Railway, twelve miles west of the east line of the county. The town was
first. started in the early part of the summer of 1871, by J. B. Corbett and
V. Harbaugh, who, at the head of a colony from Ohio, located there and
laid out the town. The first house built on the town site was put up by
J.C. Warner, which served him for the double purpose of a store and
dwelling, he having commenced business with a general stock of yoods as
soon as the building was completed, which was in 1871. The town started
off well and quite a number of houses were put up during the first year of
its existence.

_ Soon after the town was started, a small building was rented fora
school, of which Miss Clara Carrier was the first teacher.

At the special election held on September 9, 1872, for county officers,
and to complete the organization of the county, more votes having been
cast at Bunker Hill than at Russell, the County Commissioners who had
been appointed by the Governor, declared the former to be the county-seat,
which it became and remained such until it was changed to Russell by a
vote of the people, April 23, 1874. The removal of the county-seat was a
hard blow to the town, by which were dashed all its promising future pros-

ects. Retrogression now took the place of progression, and many who had
ocated there owing to the town being the county-seat, left and went to
Russell, upon its removal to that point, Since that time the town has
made but little advancement. ;

In 1878 bonds were issued to erect a new schoolhouse, and « very fine
stone building, two stories high, and containing three classrooms, was com-
Pete that year. °“ In 1878 a very comfortable hotel was built by Andrew

ill, and in 1880, a very fine stone church edifice was erected by the Evan-
gelical English Lutherans. :

'_In 1882, a very substantial and much needed improvement was made
by Moore & Sons, in the erection of a good stone flouring-mill at a cost of
$18,000. One great disadvantage the town has had to contend against, is
the almost utter impossibility to find well-water, that which is used hav-
ing to be hauled about two miles, the cost being 25 cents a barrel.
The place contains, not to exceed 150 inhabitants, but notwithstanding
its disadvantages and paucity of population, those engaged in mercantile
pursuits transact a good deal of business in the course of the year. The
business of the place is confined to three general stores, one drug store, one
millinery store, one hardware, one lumber-yard, one harness and shoe shop,
two blacksmith shops and two elevators.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. M. BRADBURY, dealer in grain, farm implements, and general merchandise.
Began the grain trade in 1873, coming to Bunker Hill in February, 1871. He bought the
first grain and erected the first elevator in the village in 1878. The elevator is 21x36 feet,
28 feet high with a capacity of 10,0U0 bushels. He carries a general stock in merchandise
of $8,000. He has officiated as Probate Judge and Clerk of the Court, each oneterm. Bornin
Ross County, Ohio in 1841. Was raised and educated in his native state. He began busi-
ness in life as a clerk then photographing, etc. Enlisted in 1861 in Company A, Eighteenth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participated in all battles of his command, discharged on account
of heart disease in 1863. He then engaged in photographing two years, married in 1876 to
Miss Ella Exline, a native of Ohio, she was raised in Minuesota. "He is a member of the
Masonic orderof Ohio. Mr. Bradbury assisted to organize the town in 1871, Bradbury &
Cooper own 800 acres of fine coal land: The coal is of a bituminous quality. The veins of
coal are from 16 to 42 inches in thickness. The coal mines are located twelve miles
northeast of Wilson in Fairfield and Plymouth townships, in Ellsworth County.

JAMES J. A. T. DIXON & CO.. dealers in dry guods groceries, hardware, etc.,
opened business in February, 1882 and carry a stock of $3,500. Mr. Dixon first came to
Bunker Hill October 5, 1872 for his health, and after eighteen months he began agricult-
ural pursuits and became panier of the Congregational Church, since which time he has
followed preaching irregularly. In the fall of 1875 he was elected to represent Russell
County in Kansas State Legislature. Re-elected to same position in the fall of 1876. He
was appointed to fill vacancy of Probute Judge in '878, elected to the office the fall follow-
ing. He has been a member of the County Board for examination of teachers for eight
years. Born in Bond County, Il), in 1828. Raised ona farm. Began studies for college in
184, Graduated from college at Jacksonville, Il., in 1852 Studied theology at Lane Sem-
inary, Walnut Hills, Ohio, Was principal of an academy in Livingston County, Il.,
eighteen months. He then begun preaching the Gospel at Metamora, UP Went into service
in the spring of 1864 asa private in Com any H, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois
Volunteer Infaniry. He was commissione: Chaplain \of his regiment with the rank of
Major and served until mustered out, September 1. 1865. He then preached in Northern
Illinois until 1871 when he came to Omaha, Neb. and preached two years, thence to Kan-
sas. Began the publication of Bunker Hill Banner in February, 1881 He is anominee on
the een liene ticket to represent Russell County in Kansas Legislature, in the fall 1882.
Married in 1854 to Miss Anna L. Holmes of Grant County, Wis. They have two chil-
dren: Lydia F., now married to Wm. Harbaugh of Russell County, and Ernest :

IRA 8. FLECK, dealer in agricultural implements, and farmer is the son of Gabriel and
Rebecca Fleck, both of whom were natives o Pennsylvania. Ira S. was born in Sinking
Valley, Blain Co., Pa. March 24, 1847. While a lad he attended common school, and such
advantages as the ablic schools offered were the only means he ever had of receiving an
education. As he became older he would work on the farm in summer and attend school
in winter, and this course he porsuea until 1866, when his time was divided between farm
work and teaching. In Mare » 1870 he moved to Dixon, Illinois where he continued his
business of farming and teaching until the spring of 1878, when he moved to Kansas and
located in Russell County, about three miles south of the village of Bunker Hill where his
time was given to farming eucinaiv ely. On January 27, iid he was married at Dixon,
lll, to Miss Sarah Fleck, & native of Blair County, Pa. One child has been the issue of
this rain det Alice May, born June 8, 1875. Mr. Fleck has-held various township offices
and in the fall of 1874 was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Russell County,
ELLIS

which office he held for three successive terms. In the fall of 1880 he was elected to repre-
sent Russell County in the General Assembly, and served in the Legislature of 1881. In
1876 Mr. Fleck organized the Republican party of Russell County and put an end to a feud
that had long existed in which the mee political distinction known was ‘‘county-seat” and
“anti-county-seat”. Mr, Fleck, inaddition to lookmg after the interests of his farm, is
algo engaged in dealing in agricultural implements, at Bunker Hill.

DANIEL GROSS first came to Abilene, Kan. in 1874 and clerked some time, finally
came to Bunker Hill and became a member of the firm of Eyler & Gross, dealers in general
merchandise, opening the business July 21, 1879, and sernyne a stock of about $12,00.),

- occupying two rooms, 22x40 and 20x50 feet. Mr. Gross was born in York County, Pa in
1857. Was raised and educated in his native county; married in 1879 to Miss Katie
Gardner, anativeof Ohio.

E & SONS, proprietors of the Golden Rule steam flouring-mills. These mulls
were erected in 1880, size of which are 32x52 feet and 45 feet high, built of stone, capacity
is 100 barrels in twenty-four hours, cost is $22,0U0. They do an exchange business only in

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custom work They employ six men_besides their own,help. My. O. S. Moore first came
to Bunker Hill in August, 1878. He was bor in Brown County, Ohio in 1848; was
raised and educated in Rush County. Ind.; family moving there in 1454. Married in 1879
to Miss Carrie S. Edwards, of Pie neue N.Y. They have two children: Jessie G.
and an infant son not yet named. e isa member of Russell Lodge No. 115, I. O. O. F.

GEO, W. SMYSER of the firm of J J. A. T. Dixon & Co., located on a homestead
near Dorrance, in 187! and farmed three years. He then served as County Treasurer four
years, then into general hardware trade at Russell two ycars, then farmed two years south’
of the latter village, then went into business at Bunker Hill, Born in York County, Pa.,
in 1832, where he was raised and educated. Married in 1854 to Mary Hunes of same place.,
They have three children: Leila J. Emma E. and Martin B. He is a member of the A. O.
U.W andI.0.0.F He enlisted in 1864 in Company C, One Hundred ad Sixty-sixth
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Re-enlisted in 1864 in Company I, Two Hundred an d
Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. . Participated in all the battles of his command,
Mustered ont in Alexandria, Va. in May, 1865,

“ELLIS COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES,

BE County was named after Lieut. eee Ellis, of the Twelfth
Kansas Infantry, who was killed April 30, 1864, in a battle at Jenkins’
Ferry, Arkansas. Until 1867, the county was embraced in the unorganized
territory of the western portion of the State, but the Legislature of that
year defined its boundaries and named it as above. The county contains
576,000 acres, or 900 square miles, and is bounded on the north by Rooks
County, on the south by Rush, on the east by Russell, and on the west
by Trego County.
In formation, the county is
exactly square, being thirty : » ©
miles north and south and the
same number east and west.
The territory embraced within
-the county limits is divided into
five civil townships, Ellis em-
bracing a strip nine miles wide
on the west side of the county,
extending from the north to the
south line of the county. Saline
Township embraces a strip nine
miles wide in the northern por-
tion, extending from the east
line of the county to the east
line of Ellis Township. Big’
Creek Township is twelve miles
wide, joining Ellis Township on
the east, "and extending from
the south line of Saline Town-
‘ship to the south line of the
county.. Victoria Township +
joins Big Creek on the east ani
its formation is very irregular,
being only three miles wide on
the north, which width it main-
tains for nine miles, when it
widens to five miles, and three
miles further south the width
is increased to -six miles, when
three miles still farther south
it is again increased to seven
miles, which it.maintains to the
south line of the county. Walker
is the remaining and eastern-
township of the county, whose
formation is the same as that of
Victoria, with the exception that
as the latter widens the former
narrows until the southern por-
tion of it is only two miles wide.
Ellis is in the fifth tier of coun-

&

ties from the west line of the 1880.
State. (a) Big Creek Township..-..-.-.------------ 10

The surface of the county (b) Catherine Township
is of the same character as that a Fresdom and Wiveatland Townships .
of most of Western Kansas, one (e) Hamilton Township
vast stretch of prairie, almost (f) HartsookTownship.--...----.--------.--
completely destitute of timber, ?
what little there was one having almost disappeared, except a small

ortion on Big Creek, within the limits of the military reservation at Fort
Hays. The face of the country, however, is very far from being uniform,
‘some portions, especially the southeastern, being quite level or gently

.Saline River, there are considerable blufts.

 

POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.
(Not published by townships in 1870).

 

undulating, the central portion, though not bluffy, is very high and uneven
while in the western and northern portion, especially in the vicinity of the
About ten or twelve per cent of
the county may properly be termed bottom-lands, that is, lands that lie in
strips of valley along the streams. i

The only streams in the county of any importance are the Saline River,
which runs from west to east along the northern boundary of the county,
the Smoky Hill River, that runs in the same direction close to the southern
boundary line, and Big Creek, that enters the county from the west, mid-
way between the northern and
southern boundary lines of the
G : county, and flows in a southeast-
erly direction. The lesser creeks
that‘flow into these streams are
rather insignificant,and even the
larger streams, as:a usual thing,
contain but very little water.

At one time the timber-land
of the county was estimated at
one per cent of: the total area,
but even this little has been
greatly diminished by settlers
cutting it down for fuel. The
valleys along the creeks average
about a mile in width, some
being much less than this, and ..
some considerably more. There.
are a few springs in the county,
especially in the northern por-.
tion, but almost in all parts of
the county good well-water can
be had at various depths, rang-
ing from fifteen to forty feet.

“The soil of the county is
good, being a rich, black loam,
varying in depth from two to
eight feet. With ordinary rains
it is capable of producing al-
most anything that grows out
of the ground. When the sea-
sons are favorable, immense
yields of wheat are raised, but
the scarcity of rain renders
crops very uncertain. Notwith-
standing the richness and depth
of the soil, Ellis cannot be
classed as an agricultural coun-
ty, its chief adaptation being
wool-growing and stock-raising. °
Cattle and sheep-raising are the
most profitable, as they can sus-
tain themselves the year round
on the nutritious buffalo-grass

   

1880.
(g) Lookout Township ....-.--..--.---.+---+ 252 which grows all over the county.
Tee Gate TORRE Drsarpete ate sede stesee sons 436 Swine, and stock that require to
() Victoria Townchip...cs-ccswswuu.sc-.-. 349 be corn-fed in the winter, are
(k) Walker Township.-...-......----------+- 533 not so profitable, as it is only in
6,179 exceptionally wet seasons that

‘ any corn can be raised, and in
most seasons the corn required for feeding purposes has to be shipped in
from other counties. Owing to the uncertainty of the seasons, farming in
the county is not engaged in to any great extent, but with anything like a
reasonable rainfall, the soil is very productive.

r .

2: x . ss ae
(a) In 1877, part detached to form Saline; in 1878, past to Walker; in 1879, parts to Catherine, Victoria and Wheatland;-in 1880, parts to Hartsook and Lookout. (b) Organized in

1879, from ‘part of Big Creek. (c) In 1880, parts detache
in 1879, from parts of Big Creekand Victoria.

(i) Organized in 1880, from part of Ellis. (j) Organized in 1879, from part of Big Creek; in 18v0, parts

Creek; in 1880, part detached to form Freedom.
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toform Hamilton and Smoky Hill. (d) Notseparately returned. (e) Organized in 1880, from parts of Ellis and Saline. (f) Organiza
(g) Organized in 1880, from part of Big tees (i) Organized in 1877, from part of Big Creek; in 1880, part detached to form Hamilton.

letached to form Freedom and Hartsook, (k) Organized in 1878, from part of Big
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GENERAL HISTORY.

But little information concerning the early history of the county could
' be obtained from the records, as they were very imperfectly kept. When

the first election was ordered and held in the county, there is nothing in
the records to indicate, nor,is the appointment by the Governor of the first
County Commissioners an authenticated fact of record, although it is pretty
well established that the first County Commissioners were ‘i E. Walker,
Dennis Ryan, and William Rose. The first County Clerk was J. W. Con-
nor, and the first Sheriff was Thomas Ganlon, and the first Justice of the
Peace in the county was M. E. Joyce, who had been appointed to the office
by the Governor early in 1867.

In 1864 or 1865, a military post was established in Ellis County, on Big
Creek, about fourteen miles southeast of where Hays City nowstands. This
post was known as Fort Fletcher, and had quarters for several companies of
troops. The post was located on the low-lying land along the margin of the
creek, and was utterly destroyed by the flood that occurred in the spring of
1867, by which several colored soldiers lost their lives. Fort Fletcher was
then abandoned and immediately thereafter Fort Hays was established on
its present site by Gen. Pope. Up to that time the county was without
settlement, but the location of Fort Hays,and the near approach of the Kan-
sas Pacific Railway to that point, attracted a good many settlers to that lo-
cality, and then followed the founding of Hays City. Some early attempts
to cultivate the prairie in the vicinity of Hays City were made, but they
proved failures, and nothing further in this line was essayed until the sum-
mer of 1871, when Thomas Arrowsmith, J. H. Edwards, and Louis Watson,
made some attempts at experimental farming adjacent to the town of Ellis,
but the success they met with was far from encouraging. Aside from afew
wood-claims that had been taken in the county, but very little of the land
was taken,and in 1872 ten or twelve homestead and pre-emption claims were
all that had been settled upon in the county. In that year a small colony
from Ohio located at what is now known as Walker Station in the eastern
portion of the county, but the object of the colony seems to have been to
found a town rather than become engaged in agricultural pursuits. The
town, however, has had a very slow growth, and though it has passed its
first decade it does not contain more than half a dozen houses and one store,
and is merely a station on the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway.

Following this colony, two others, very limited in number, arrived the
following year, one from New York, that settled in and about Ellis,and one
from Pennsylvania, that located at Hays City. It was in that same year
that George Grant arrived from England and purchased of the Railway-
Company 50,000 acres of land in the eastern portion of the county, for the
.purpose of colonizing it with English agriculturists, and stocking it with
improved imported sheep and cattle. This was the greatest accession the
county had received, and during the next two or three years some two or

‘three hundred Englishmen, many of them with their families, arrived in the
‘county and located on the Grant purchase. Large numbers of fine sheep
and cattle were brought from England and the colony started out under
very promising auspices. A town was started on the line of railway, a few
miles west of Walker, to which was given the name of Victoria, and by
which it is still known. A very fine stone depot was built, and a handsome
stone church known as St. George’s Chapel. The latter was erected by
the colonists and by subscriptions collected in England. A very fine eleva-
tor was also built and the place gave promise of growing’ to be quite a town.
-A store was put up and in ashort time the place had about twenty-five
houses and one hundred and fifty people. Experience, however,soon taught
the colonists that Ellis County was not an agricultural country, and meet-
ing with nothing but failure and disappointment in their efforts at farming,
they became discouraged and began to return to England, and now, of all
those that came,but very fewremain. In 1879,the originator of the scheme,
-George Grant, died, and his remains are interred in front of St. George’s
Chapel at Victoria, while the colony he sought to found has about
ceased to exist. ; :

In 1875, and the two years following, large numbers of Russians came
into the county and located in colonies, There are, in all, about twelve hun-
dred Russians in the county, located in five separate settlements. Two of
these colonies are located on the Smoky, close to the south line of the county,

‘one on Big Creek, about a mile south of the military reservation, one just
‘north of the Kansas Pacific Railway, about half a mile from Victoria, and
one on Victoria Creek, about five miles farther north. Most of these Rus-
sians took claims upon their arrival,which they immediately commonced to
_improve. They also built villages to which they gave names after some
place in their native country. The village to the north is named Schoenchen

-and contains about 150 people; the one on Big Creek is named Catherine
and has about 200 people; the two on the Smoky are named respectively,

-Munjor and Peifer, the former having a population of about 300, and the
latter of about 150. The most important of the Russian villages is that just
north of Victoria, which is named Herzog, and which contains a population
of about-400. This latter has the appearance of being quite a town, and in
building it some attention has been paid to regularity in laying off the
streets. Many of the buildings are very comfortable frame houses, but the
majority of them are made of sod, and so constructed as to afford the in-

‘mates a considerable degree of comfort. The other villages are similarly
built, with the exception that regularity in laying off strects has been
disregarded. .

Herzog is regarded as the capital of this Russia Minor, and there is es-
tablished the chief patriarch and priests. The place hasa very fine stone
Catholic Church, which was erected by Sir Walter Maxwell, who took con-
siderable interest in the English Colony under George Grant. The Russians
also erected a large stone monastery, 45x120 feet, to which another wing
similar in dimensions is now being added. These Russian villages are oc-
cupied, chiefly, in the winter season, as the people reside upon their farms

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

during the other seasons of the year, and only retire to the villages when
the weather will not permit them to work on their farms.

The early history of Ellis County is confined chiefly to Hays City, as
no attempt at settlement of the county was made until several years after
its organization. The early settlement of the county was characterized by
those incidents which are usually peculiar to frontier life, in which the re-
volver generally plays such a conspicuous part. The first three Sheriffs of
the county met with violent deaths. The manner of Ganlon’s death, the
first Sheriff of the county, is not authenticated, but that he met his death
at the hands of some desperadoes has been so strongly proven as not to ad-
mit of a doubt. How Lanahan, the second Sheriff of the county, came-by
his death will be recorded at length in the history of Hays City. The third
Sheriff, Alexander Ramsy, a brave and courageous officer, was_killed in at-
tempting to arrest two horse-thieves. In the summer of 1875, Ramsy went
in pursuit of two horse-thieves and overtook them at Stockton, in Rooks
County. Upon calling upon them to surrender, they drew their revolvers,
whereupon Ramsy fired, killing one of them instantly. Almost simulta-
neously with his shot, the thieves fired, the fire from one of their revolvers
taking effect in the abdomen of Ramsy, inflicting a wound from which he
died in a few hours, A witness of the affair, on seeing Ramsy wounded,
drew his revolver and fired, wounding thé other thief in the neck, the ball
passing through his jaw. He was then captured, tried at Stockton, and
while the jury was out deliberating upon a verdict he escaped.

Many other incidents not quite so tragical in character, but which illus-
trate frontier life occurred, and the manner in which justice was adminis-
tered is worthy of mention. M. E. Joyce, as already stated, was the first
Justice of the Peace in the county and had his office at Hays City. In the
winter of 1867-68, one man who had killed another came in, confessed his
crime, and surrendered himself to the Justice mentioned. A day was set for
the hearing and the man was allowed to go, upon his promise to appear and
answer. The day came and a large crowd was assembled in the office of the
Justice when the man who had surrendered himself entered. The case was
called and upon the defendant’s answering, the Justice asked him if he was
“guilty or not guilty.” To the surprise of the Justice and everyone else,
the man answered “guilty,” whereupon the Justice adjusted his spectacles
on his nose, looked at the man a moment, and then said, ‘‘ You are ad——d
fool, and I will discharge you for want of evidence. ”

In another case tried before this same Justice, the party against whom
he rendered judgment desired to give notice that he would take an appeal
from his decision, when the Justice gave him to understand that no appeal
could be taken, as his was the highest court in Kansas.

The first case tried in the District Court in the county was ‘‘ Ruggles &
Ryan vs. Ranahan, ” and the presiding Judge was Hon. Judge Humphrey.
A great deal of interest was manifested in the case by the people, although
the matter at issue was only a question of debt. The Judge decided in favor
of the defendant, and this so enraged one class of the people that they
made preparations to handle the Judge roughly,and to escape being mobbed
he was obliged to flee to the fort and seek the protection of the troops.

The first couple married in Ellis County was Peter Tondell and _Eliza-
beth Duncan in 1868,and the first child born in the county was John Bauer,
his birth occurring on January 29, 1868.

The first instrument recorded in the county as appears by the books in
the office of the Register of Deeds, was a deed from Hiram L. Cowdry to
O. B. Taylor, conveying Lot 23, in Block 5, of Hays City, the consideration
being $300. The instrument was dated March 3, 1871.

Ellis County is not an agricultural country as has been shown by ex-
perience. Thinking it was such, thousands of people have located within
its borders from time to time, only to learn, after years of effort, that they
had made a mistake, and left it for other fields. Proof of this is found in
the falling away of the population within the two years from 1880 to 1882.
In the former year, according to the United States Census, the population
of the county was 6,179, while according to the census taken by the Town-
ship Assessors in 1882, the population was only 4,699. While not an agri-
cultural county, it has its alauitazcs, however, and for stock-raising pur-
poses it is very desirable. Cattle and sheep-raising can be followed both to
advantage and profit, as the rich buffalo-grass with which the surface of the
county is matted, is amply sufficient to carry them through the winter with-
out feed of any other kind. The almost utter impossibility of raising corn
for fecding purposes precludes the raising of hogs for profit, although in
seasons when there is a reasonably fair rainfall, which is very seldom, cereals
of all kinds can be raised in abundance. Stockmen, however, find it an ex-
cellent county for their business, and both cattle and sheep-ranches are
becoming more numerous each year. Financially, the county is in very
good condition. It has an excellent court house, and its debt is very trifling,
and all orders drawn on the County Treasurer are paid to their full face
value upon presentation.

SCHOOLS, MANUFACTORIES, ETC.

There were in Ellis County in 1882, according to the annual report furnished by the
County Superintendent to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. thirty-nife
organized school districts. There were however, only twenty-two school buildings in the
county, containing in all twenty-eight rooms; showing that seventeen of the districts had
no school buildings. How it is thus, is not shown. That the organized districts should so
far exceed the number of senool-buildings, may suggest an inquiry which cannot be answered
from the records. Tt may be accounted for by thefact that many of the districts are very
sparsely settled, and the few people residing in them, do not feel disposed to be taxed for
schoolhouse purposes so long as they can send their children to school in the adjoining dis-
trict. The school population of the county in 1882, between the ages of five and twenty-one
years, was 2,623, divided_as to sex into 1,376 males and 1,247 females. Of this number there
were enrolled in the public schools 1,061, of which number 532 were males and 529 females,
and the average daily attendance was 738. The number of teachera employed was 82, of
whom 7 were males and 25 females. ‘The average salary per month paid teachers’ was, males
$44, and females $26. While the difference in the rates paid between the sexes is quite strik-
ing. it was not nearly as great as it was in 1881. Inthe latter year the average saltary per monh
paid male teachers, was $38.85, while all that females received, was $18.43. Of the thirty-nine
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organized school districts in the county, but twenty of them sustained ‘publie school for
three months in the year, while fifteen failed to sustain school even for three months. The
average number of mills levied in the county for school purposes in 1882, was 15.50, and the
estimated value of all school property was $31,500. In 1882, there were issued school bonds to
the amount of $7,285, and the total school bonded indebtedness of the county was $25,800,
or $5,700 less than the estimated value. ‘

On August 1, 1881, the commencement of the school year, there was a balance in the
hands of the District Treasurer of $2,306.69, and the amount received during the year from
district taxes, was $4,724.88, and from State and county funds $1,724.73; from sale of school
bonds $7,285, and from all other sources $391.99, making a total of $16,433.29 received for
all school purposes. The total amount paid otit during the year for all school purposes was
Boe aR. leaving a balance in the hands of the District Treasurer on August 1, 1882, of

100.

The only establishments in the county_of a manufacturing character, are flouring-mills,
of which there are four, one on the Saline River, abeut twenty miles nearly due north from
Hays City. This was the first mill built in the county, and was erected by Jacob Meiers in
1876. The mill is built of stone, and is run by water-power. It is valued at $15,000.

The next mill built in the county was that of M. Yost, about three fourths of a mile west
of Hays City Itisa frame constructed mill, and was erected in 1879, at a cost of $20,000.
It is operated by steam-power and makes flour by both the panding process and roller system.

. The third mill is that erected at Hays City, by Jacob Meiers, in 1881. It isa substan-
tially constructed stone mill, with four run of stone, and operated by steam-power. This
mill is fitted up with the most improved machinery, and was built at a cost of $30,000.

_ The fourth mill is that erected at Victoria, by Brungardt, and completed in January 1883.
It is a small frame-structure, fitted up and furnished in an excellent style, is operated by
steam-power, and was put up at a cost of $15,000. .

STATISTICS OF PROGRESS.

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Iu regard to population, the growth of the county has been exceedingly slow, and the
latest returns show that-it is more on the decreasé than increase. For the first two or three
years after the limits of the county were defined by the Legislature in 1867, the population
increased quite rapidly, and in 1870 had reached 1,336. During the five years following it
decreased to 940, being 396 less in 1875 than it was in 1870. The greater portion of this
falling off took place after the eee raid in 1874. Those who left must have
been of the original settlers, as during the five years for which the decrease is reported,

the county received several accessions in the shape of colonies. During the three years fol-
lowing 1875, the population had increased again to 2,437. From 1878 to 1880, wry large
accessions were made to the population, as according to the United States Census for
the latter year the population was 6,179, showing a gain of nearly 4,010 in two years.
This increase, however, did not continue. as during the two following years quite an exodus
‘from the county took place, by which the county lost in population nearly as much as it
had gained during the three years preceding. The Census of 1882,as furnished by the
various Township Assessors, sets the population down at 4,699, showing that the population
in 1882 was. 1,480 less than it was in 1880.

The material growth of the county, while it does not show any unusual degree of advance-
ment in the aggregate, yet, when compared with the population, is very far from being un-
favorable. / Whatever progress has heen made in the county towards increasing its materia]
wealth, has, virtually, been made since 1875, because what few attempts had been made prior
to that time at agricultural farming, had been, chiefly, experimental, except in 1874 when
farming was entered upon quite extensivsly, but the bright promises created by the spring
of that year were dashed by the grasshoppers, and hundreds of people left the county. The
condition of the county in 1875, will be better understood by the fact that in that year the
total area of field crops in the county was only 1,391 acres, of which about one-third was de-
voted to different kinds of grass. The following year the acreage increased by only 400
acres, but by 1878 it had reached to 10,754. For the next three years the increase in the
acreage of field crops averaged over one hundred per cent per annumni, as shown by the sta-
tistical record of 1482. According to the same record, the number of acres included in farms
was 97,823, the assessed value of which was $361,023, which valuation represents about one-
third of thereal value During the year ending March 31, 1882, there were thirty-eight farm
dwellings erected in the county, valued at $6,225. The field crops of 1881 were distributed
as follows:—Winter wheat, 16,993 acres; rye, 1,223; spring wheat, 521; corn, 11,138; barley,
60; oats, 836; buckwheat, 14; Trish potatoes, 195; sweet potatoes, 62; sorghum, 1,231; castor
beans, 29; flax, 270; tobacco, 45; broom corn, 989; millet and ere 3,734; pearl millet,
169; rice-corn. 1,374; grasses of various kinds, 1,423, making a total of 40,345. Tame grasses
were not very extensively cultivated, there having been on y 130 tons of tame hay cut, and
5,441 tons of prairie hay. But very little was done at gardening, there having been only
$753 worth of garden products marketed ‘during the year. The income from eggs and
poultry was much larger, it being $3,258. The cheese product of the county, for the year
ending March 31, 1882, was 1,680 pounds, and that of butter was 54,799 pounds. :

The increase in the ive-stock of the county has not been very'rapid, as compared with
that of some other counties, but yet a oe increase has taken place from year to year. The
returns for 1882, give the number of horses in the county at 1,467; mules and asses, 194;
milch cows, 1,650; other cattle, 5,176; sheep. 13.278, and swine, 1,496. The value of animals
slaughtered, or gold for slaughter, was $9 518. The wool clip for the year was 16,747 pounds.
Some efforts have been made at horticulture, but they have not met with that success so far
as to render fruit raising a source of any income. In 1882 the trees in bearing in the county
were:—Apple, 106; pear, 11; peach, 774; plum, 176, and cherry, 146. The number not in
bearing was:—Apple. 2,129; pear, 91: peach, 7,469; plum, 717, and cherry, 759. The people
who take an interest in the fruit culture and endeavor to make it a success, labor under
considerable disadvantages, chief of which is the prevailing dryness of the season. Were it
not fo: the absence of rain, horticulture would be a very profitable industry. i

But very little of the county is under fence, the total number of rods of fence bein
17,720, divided as follows:—Board-fence, 113 rods; rail, 40; stone, 491; hedge, 4,000, a:
wire, 13,076; or about sufficient to enclose 196 square miles, or an area equal to nearly one-
fifth of the entire county. The agricultural implements in the county in 1882 were valued
at $26,761. Salta ‘ : re a

Other attempts at material advancement have been made in the cultivation of artificial
forestry, but the success that has attended such attempts has been of a rather doubtful and
discouraging character. The number of acres in the county in 1982, devoted to artificial
forestry, was 694. of which 108 acres were set out to walnut, 2 to maple, 56 to honey locust,
368 to cottonwood, and 160 to other varieties. Some three or four miles east of Hays City,
and immediately south of the railroad track, one Martin Allen has a timber claim of. eighty
acres, on which there is a grove containing about twenty-five acres, the trees of which were
set out about six years ago. Some of the trees have attained a height of ten, twelve and
fifteen feet, and though che grove looks remarkably well when in foliage, yet a personal
examination of it shows a large percentage of the trees to be dead, and parties who have

- given considerable study to the subject of arboriculture, express grave doubts as to the suc-
Cess of tree growing in the county without some climatic changes take place.

County Officers —The officers chosen at the last election were as follows:—M. M. Fuller, |

C.W Miller, M. M. Shores, Commissioners: M. M. Bannister, County Clerk; J. M. Stahley,
District Clerk; John Schlyer, Treasurer; Eli Fox, Register of Deeds; B. F. Miller, Probate
Judge; Charles Howard, Sheriff; J. C. Leahey, County Attorney, W. L. Fuller, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction; G. R. Wolfe, Surveyor; T. B. Yates, Coroner.

HAYS CITY.

Hays City is located on Big Creek, and exactly midway between the
east and west boundary lines of the county, and five miles south of the
geographical center. The records do not show when or by whom the town
site was surveyed and platted, but from the best sources of information
obtainable, it was in 1867. Near to where Hays City now stands, but south
of the creek, a few adventurous individuals had located and had erected a
few rudely constructed buildings, with the expectation that the place would
grow.to be quite a town; and that it might be known abroad, they gave the

lace the name of Rome. ;
. tthe establiskanent of Fort Hays in the early part of 1867, had consider-

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able to do with the location of Hays City. That same year the Kansas
Pacific Railway, in its westward course, had reached the eastera boundary
line of the county, and, anticipating its early completion as far as Fort
Hays, a party from St. Louis, consisting of William E. Webb, W. J. Wells,
and one Judge Knight, in the latter part of 1866, ‘proceeded as far westward
as Fort Hays, where they selected three sections of land for the purpose of
colonization. The land thus selected embraced that on which Hays City
now stands. Having selected the lands deemed necessary-for their purpose,
the party returned East, and in the following June Mr. Webb again visited
Fort Hays. During the interval between his first and second visit, several
parties had arrived and established themselves at Rome. Mr. Webb then
went to work and selected a tract of land for a town site, which he had
surveyed and platted, and to which he gave the name of Hays City. People
flocked to the new town by the score, and the railway reaching it shortly
afterwards, gave quite an impetus to its growth. Houses sprung up as if
by Magic, and in a short time it had grown to such proportions as to totally
eclipse the town south of the creek, and Rome: disappeared. Few towns
ever spring into notoriety in less time than did Hays City, and the notorious
characters that flocked there, gave the place anything but an enviable
reputation. Not that Hays City was an exception to other frontier towns
that sprung into existence as the railway stretched westward, the only
difference being in the numerical superiority of the disreputable characters
that, for a time, were a curse to the place. :

The town was not a year old when it contained over 1,000 population.
Where the growth was so rapid, it could not be permanent, and after events
proved that the early settlement of the place was nothing more than tem-
porary. For awhile Hays City remained.the western terminus of the rail-
way, and while it was such, it was one of the most stirring, as well as one
of the deadliest places in the West. Business, for a time, was exceedingly
lively, as it became the outfitting station for all wagon trains following’ the
Smoky Hill route eastward. Business houses, many of which were only of a
temporary character, sprung up like mushrooms, and saloons were opened in
great number. At the first meeting of the Board of County Commissioners
no less than thirty-seven licenses to sell liquor were granted in two days.
For a time it seemed ax if all the disreputable characters -of both sexes on
the frontier were centered in Hays City. Saloons and bagnios flourished,
and against the characters that attended these resorts the better element of
the community was powerless. The completion of the railway to Sheridan
in 1868, while it put a temporary check to the business of Hays, had also
its compensatory advantages, as it eliminated from the town those desperate
and lewd characters who always desire to live on the line between civiliza-
tion and barbarism, where they can carry on their nefarious practices unde-
terred by law and unchecked by restraint.

CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
The early history of Hays City is one of bloodshed, and the class of

‘desperadoes by which the place was infested, placed but very little value on

human life. The town was the scene of many an exploit of J. B. Hickok,
alias ‘‘ Wild Bill,” from 1867 to 1869. An erroneous statement has found
its way into print, and has been published in books whose authoritative
character entitles them to credence that ‘‘ Wild Bill” was, at one time,
Sheriff of Ellis County. The records of the county refute such statement.
He wasa candidate for Sheriff in 1869, but he was defeated for election by one
Peter Lanahan. Bill’s character for daring and recklessness of life, and his
established reputation for expertness in getting the ‘‘drop” on a fellow, and
sureness of aim made him the dread of others equally bad and reckless of
life as himself. Believing that such a man was the best person to protect
the law-abiding people against the thugs by which the place was infested,
the citizens, and the business men ep employed him as «special mar-
shal. While thus employed, he killed two soldiers, two citizens, and
wounded several others, and the only way he answered admonition or
brooked interference was with the revolver. After killing the soldiers to
evade the military authorities he left the place and was next heard of at
Abilene, where he continued his murderous practices.

“Wild Bill,” however, was far from the worst character that found his
way to Hays City during its early days. One who was known by the name
of ‘‘ Jim Curry” was one of the most depraved specimens that ever visited
the western country. He was the embodiment of everything bad and dis-
reputable, the very quintessence of all wickedness,.and a living personifica-
tion of crime in its worst forms, without a single redeeming quality. No
person was safe against his attacks; his murderous weapons were aimed at
all alike. It would require pages to recite all his murderous acts, but a few
will suffice to show the desperate character of the man during his short stay
at Hays City. He killed several colored men, some of whom he threw into
a dry well; he killed a man named Brady by cutting his throat, after which
he threw him into an empty box car and fastened up the door. Another
time he was going up the street, and meeting a quiet, inoffensive youth,
named Estes, who was about eighteen years of age, told him to throw up
his hands. The youth begged that he would not kill him, but the villain,
deaf to all such appeals, placed a revolver to the, boy’s breast and sent a
bullet through his heart, stepped over his dead body and walked away.

This cowardly act aroused the citizens, and they then determined to
protect themselves, and to deal out summary and condign punishment
upon all offenders against life and property. This action on the part of the
people had the effect of driving many of the evil-doers from the place, but
notwithstanding this, a great deal had to be accomplished before the better
class of the citizens could depend upon the law for protection.

While many of the worst characters had decamped and followed the
railway to Sheridan, the majority of the bagnios and saloons, with their
inmates, remained, and in these took place many a bloody encounter. In
the spring of 1872, a row occurred one evening in front of ‘‘Old Man”
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Kelly’s saloon on North Main Street. At that time Peter Lanahan was
Sheriff of the county, and hearing of what was going on went down to quell
the disturbance. Pistols were being freely used and upon thé Sheriff under-
taking to interfere, one Charles Harris; who, at that time;'was bar-tender
for one Thomas Dunn, commonly known as “‘ Tommy, ” fired at him, inflict-
ing a mortal wound in the abdomen. Upon the Sheriff being shot and
wounded by Harris, one Em. Bowen, the proprietress of a notéd bagnio,
ran out with two revolvers which she gave to the Sheriff, whereupon he
‘immediately commenced firing, killing it
as he was, the Sheriff, after killing Harris, went into the saloon of ‘ Old
Man” Kelly, where the shooting became general. Another Kelly who kept
a saldon in another part of the town was a participant in the. melee, and
when the Sheriff commenced firing in the saloon, this younger Kelly crept
under the table; and while there Lanahan reached over and fired four shots
at him,but becoming weak and unsteady from the wound he had received
himself, his aim was uncertain and Kelly escaped unhurt. Lanahan,becom-
ing exhausted, sank to the floor and was carried into the bagnio of Em.
owen, where some parties undertook to render him the best assistance they
could, While there, the younger Kelly, who had escaped from “Old Man”
Kelly’s, returned with a rifle, and placing himself in front of the bagnio
where Lanahan lay dying, commenced firing into the house, wounding a
man named May in the knee. The Sheriff was then carried to the court
house where he died the following day. , ;

The history of Hays City for the first few years of its existence is one of
lawlessness, bloodshed, and feuds, differing only in degree of recklessness.
The only object to be accomplished in reciting these tragical enactments in
history, is to show the state of society that existed in the frontier towns of
Kansas as civilization moved westward, and also to show how those danger-
ous and terrorizing elements disappeared before the onward march of law
and order. But few places in Kansas have such a blood-st®ined history as
Hays City, and in no place had the better element of society so much to con-
tend against. S ‘

Not the least of those transactions which so darken the:pages of the his-
tory of this city, was that which occurred in 1869. That year the govern-
ment had more military supplies accumulated at the military-post than
could be stored in the room provided, and a large quantity Wére piled along,
side the track, which were covered with q tarpaulin. To prevent any of the
goods from being stolen,two watchmen were employed to watch ‘them, who
relieved each other at midnight. The name of one of the watchmen was
John Hays. One night Hays was on duty and about midnight he stepped
across the street to Tommy Drumm’s saloon to see what time it was, and
just as he was about opening the door three colored soldiers came along,
one of whom shot Hays dead. These soldiers belonged to the Thirty-eighth
Infantry, at that time stationed at Fort Hays, and having cometo town
that evening, had become slightly intoxicated. While in this- condition
they undertook to enter a bagnio and were refused admission, whereupon
they concluded to raise a row. They next went toa barber’s shop, where
they commenced to smash things generally, and caused the colored barber
to secrete himself for safety. They next resolved to go out and kill the first
man they met, and Hays: being the first: man they saw they uncereinoniously
shot and killed him. Next morning the barber related to the Sheriff how
the three colored soldiers had acted in his shop and what he had heard
them say, whereupon the Sheriff, taking the barber with him to identify the
soldiers, went over to the fort and reported to the military authorities there
what had happened and said that he was there to arrest the three soldiers
who had participated in the murder of Hays. The troops were drawn up in
‘line and the three soldiers were identified by the barber and turned over to
the custody of the Sheriff, who took them over to Hays City bite a sup-
posed preliminary examination was held which was protracted until evening.

The three colore:] soldiers were then locked up in a cellar to await a
further examination the following morning. That same night they were
taken from the cellar by a party of men who took them to the trestle-work
that crosses a ravine about four hundred yards west of the depot, where
ropes were adjusted to their necks, the other end being fastened to the
sleepers, after which they were lifted up and dropped down lictween the
ties where they hung until morning, when the oie were cut by-some sec-
tion-men and their lifeless bodies were allowed to drop to the bottom of the

ravine, from which they were taken to the fort by a party of soldicrs where

they were buried. .

About one-fourth of a mile from Hays City there ix a patch of ground |

known as “ Boot Hill, ” and why it was thus named will sufficiently indi-
cate what kind of a place Hays City was during its early days. his pe
ticular piece of ground was the burial place for those who died violent
deaths, that is, those of the ruffians with which the place was infested who
were killed at each other’s hands. These parties were buried without cer-
emony, with their boots on, and from the fact that forty-five of the characters
who thus died were thus buried in that particular spot the place received
the name of ‘‘ Boot Hill,” and by this name it is still known.

In 1874, an outbreak occurred, consequent upon the murder of John
Hays, At that time the fort was garrisoned by the Ninth Regiment of Col-
ored Cavalry, who sought to wreak vengeance upon the citizeris for the
hanging of the three colored soldiers of the Thirty-eighth Infantry that we
have just detailed. One night a party of the Ninth went Lo town prepared
to “‘clean it out,” as they expressed it. ‘The people hearing of this, armed
themselves and determined to resist the premeditated ‘‘ cleaning out.” process.
The colored cavalry commenced the ball and the fight became general
between them and the citizens. The people were victors, and, six of the
soldiers were killed and thrown into a dry well. From that time on the
better class of citizens were in the ascendancy, and while their determined
resistance put_an end to all future trouble with the soldiers, it also served
us a lesson to the few desperate characters that still remained in the town,

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arris instantly. Mortally wounded -

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

who, finding that the people were determined that law and order should
"rule, sought other fields where they could carry on their nefarious practices
with greater assurance of impunity.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Hays City was made the first county seat of the county, which position it has occupied
since Ellis County was organized, and which position it still retains. Among the first to
establish themselves in business in the place were W. A. Rose, Ryan & Carl, Mr, Walker,
Mr. Robbins, and Moses & Bloomfield, all of whom started in 1867. . The buildings in which
they commenced business were all one-story frame buildings. The first hotel in town was
built by Joseph Perry, in September, 1867, which was followed by another in October of the
same year. erected by a man named Boggs. The first school taught in town was by a man
name. Reese, who started a private school in 1869, and the following year a public school
was opened, the first teacher of which was one Mrs. Jones. ;
The first substantial improvement made in town was by James O’Brien,-on North
Main Street, being the stone building now occupied by John Hobbes as a drug store.
In 1873 bonds were issued to build a court house, and a very fine stone building was erected,
the basement of which is used for a county jail. It is a good, substantial building, the first
floor of which is partitioned off into well-finished county offices, the upper floor being used
for acourt room. That same year $12,000 in bonds were issued for the erection of a school-
house, which was built about two blocks west of the court house. . __
From the time the railway was pushed westward from Hays City to Sheridan, the
growth of the former place was rather backward than forward, and a good many business
men and others took down their buildings and moved to the latter point. :
The Forty-sixth Congress having created a land district in Western Kansas, and desig-
nated Hays City as the place where the United States Land Office should .be located, it was
established there in March, 1875, occupying as an office a frame building on North Fort
Street. The following year Henry Krueger erected a very fine two-story stone building on
North Fort Street, into which, when completed, the United States Land Office was moved,
and was so occupied until the office was moved to Wakeenay, in October, 1879.
The same year in which the land office was built, H. P. Wilson put up a fine two-story
stone building on Chestnut Street, which for some time was used for hotel purposes, and
known as the Pennsylvania House, and also a one-story building of the same material. In
1877, Henry Krueger erected a large two-story stone building on South Fort Street. It is a
double building, the ground floor being fitted up into one large store room, while the upper
story is used as a public hall. _
Up to 1877 the town was without a church, although there were two or three church so-
cieties in the place. In 1877 a Catholic Church was organized by Father Fogarty, of Solo-
mon City, and in that same year a very neat frame chapel was erected, which was the first
church edifice in town. The present pastor of the church is Rev. Father Athanase.
On January 18, 1879, the town was visited by a fire which carried away the Gibbs House,
which was the hotel built by Joseph Perry in 1867. Besides the hotel, two grocery stores and
harness shop were also swept out of existence. Notwithstanding the loss occasioned by this
fire, there were better and more substantial improvements made in 1879 than had been made
in any year since the town had an existence. Hall & Son erected a beantiful two-story
stone building on South Main Street, which they now occupy as a hardware store. A
few lots east of Hall & Son's building, H. P. Wilson put up a one-story stone, building, in
which he opened a bank, and where he still continues to carry ona banking business, This
was the first, and is the only bank in town. That same year an elevator of not very large
dimensions was put up alongside the railroad track by Simon Motz. While these improve-
ments of a public character were going on, several very handsome residences were being
built. J. B. Millner erected a very fine two-story stone residence on North Fort Street.
Beach Brothers put np, about the same time, one of the finest and neatest finished
stone residences in Western Kansas, and that of A. S. Hall, on Fourth Avenue, while it is
frame, is a very elegant dwelling. The town was further improved that year by the erection
of the Presbyterian Church, and this was followed in 1880 by a very neat church which the
Lutherans erected. :
in 1880, also, a goodly-sized elevator was erected by Henry Krueger, and a still larger
one in 1881 by Simon Motz, In the latter year an extensive addition was made to the school-
house, and Hays City now has one of the finest school buildings in all of Western Kansas.
In December, 1881, Hays City was again visited by a fire, which carried away six build-
ings on South Fort Street, none of them, however, very extensive, but yet the loss occa-
sioned thereby was considerable, as the entire stock of goods in some of the buildings was
completely destroyed. Neither In business houses nor in residences has any improvement
been made in Hays City since 1879, but, on the contrary, the place has lost largely in popula-
tion since that time. At that time the population of the town was estimated at 1,000; vyherdaa,
according to the assessor’s returns for 1882, the popwatien of Big Creek Township, in which
Hays City is located, and which is twelve miles east and west by twenty-one north and
south, contained, all told, a population of 969; and while considerable of this falling off
took place in the country, a great portion of it occurred in town. =
The location of Hays City is quite beautiful, and the military post of Fort Hays adds
not a little to its appearance; and being located almost immediately beyond the corporate
limits of the town, makes the city appear much larger than it really is. It is a six-company
post, but at present the garrison is composed of but three companies—two white and one
colored. The barracks, officers’ quai ters and grounds are handsomely planned, and the tow-

‘ering ae from which floats daily the Star-spangled Banner, all add to the picturesque-
nese of the place.

A heavy belt of timber, which extends along the banks of Big Creck the entire length
of the land embraced within the military reservation, separates the fort from the city, and
adds to the beauty of the location. Hays City is quite a business point and commands a
good trade, and most of its business houses are good, substantial buildings, and aie well
stocked with goods.

The benevolent fraternities are represented by a Masonic and an Odd Fellows’ Lodge,
the latter instituted in February, i8*2, with five charter members. The first officers of the
lodge were: B. C. Arnold, N. G.; G. W. Kay. V_G; WL. Fuller, R.S.: C. Swallow, Treas.;
S. Moty,W., and D. C. Nellis Con. 'vhe pon has now a membership of twenty-three, and
the present officers are: W. LL. Fuller, N.G ; D.C. Nellis, V.G.; A. K. Shade, Rs. Cephas
Grasse, Treas.; G. B, Snyder, Con.; John Nichols, W.

The business of the place is represented by six general merchandise stores; three hard-
ware stores; three drug stores; three hotels—all very inferior buildings, being small frame
structures; one dry goods store; one harness and saddlery shop; one millinery establish-
ment; two book, notions and stationery stores; two jewelry stores; two bakeries and res-
taurants; two ao and wagon-shops; two lumber-yards; two newspapers, and one bank.
The palmiest days of Hays City were in its early years: and as the country surrounding it
has proved, thus far, unremunerative to those who engaged in agricultural pursuits, there is
not much on which to base encouragement for the future, although, situated as it is, it will
always be a fair trading pomt.

Lhe Press.—The first attempt to establish a newspaper in Ellis County was made in
1407, by Joseph Clarke & Co., who in that year, at Hays City, established and published a
paper named the Railway Advance. It was Republican in politics, and was issued tri-
weekly; but its existence was very brief, having expired early the following year.

The Hays City Times was the next to make its SOUERTHIEE, having been established in
1873, by Allen & Jones; but like the one that preceded it, its existence was very short.

In February, 1874, the Hays City Sentinel was established by W. H. Johnson, but in the
following August it passed into the possession of Reed & Motz, who remained at the head
of the paper until November of the same year, when the paper, office and material passed
into the hands of W. P. Montgomery & Son, by whom the paper was published until Febru-
ary, 1882, when the press and office material were taken by F. C. Montgomery to Cheeney,
Washington Territory, where he continues to publish a.paper. Upon the removal of the office
from Hays City, the unfulfilled contracts between the Sentine and its patrons were com-
pleted by the Star, the latter becoming the official organ of the county.

The Star was established at Hays City in March, 1876, by J. H. Downing, who has been

. and continues to be sole editor and proprietor since the paper was first issued, When the

press and material of the Sentinel were taken to Washington Territory in 1882, its subscrip-
tion list passed to the Star, the latter changing its name to that of the Star-Sentinel. The
paper is still owned and edited by Mr. Downing, and is the official paper of the county. It
san eight-column folio, Republican in politics, and has a circulation of between 700 and 800.
ELLIS COUNTY.

German-American Advocate is the name of 4 paper, the first number of which was is-
sued at Hays City on October 4, 1882. The paper was started and published by the Advo-
cate Publishing Company, with Nathanicl Robbins as editor, but subsequently it passed
into the hands of Charles Miller, who is now sole editor and proprietor. The paper is pub-
lished in both English and German. It is a seven-column folio, independent in politics,
and has a circulation of about 450.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

MARTIN ALLEN, farmer, cod the present Representative in the State Legislature
from Ellis County. He first came to Hays City in 1872, und was one of the first to engage
in agriculture, in what is known as the “Plain Region” of Western Kansas. He was also
one of the proprietors of the town of Hays City and its additions, and still owns a large
number of lots there, and-while in the land business, located most of the early scttlers of
Ellis County on their homesteads and other claims. He was born in Monroe County, Ohio,
in 1829; settled at Mendota, Ill., in 1852, and followed farming and horticultural pursuits
until coming to Kansas. He was married in 1854 to Miss Elizabeth Augustine, a native of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They have two children living—Charles T., now clerking in
asutier’s store at Fort Hays, and Lizzie, now a school teacher. Mr. Allan bas served us
Justice of the Peace in both Illinois and Kansas, and was United States Circuit Court Com-
missioner from August, 1874, to December, 1880, when he resigned on account of represen’-
ing his county in the Legislature; has been County Surveyor, and is now a member of the
State Horticultural Society, and one of its vice-presidents, and chairman of its Standing Com-
mittee on Forestry. He identified himself with the old Free-soil party at the time of its first
organization in 1848, and has generally been considered a m former, and sometimes a fanatic,
but since the war of the Rebellion has always been conceded to be a Republicanin politics.

B. C. ARNOLD, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddies, shoe findings and sundries.
He began the trade in 18:7, and carries a penere stock of $3,500. He erected his building at
a cost of $1,200, the size of which is 20x30 feet, two stories high, built of wood. Mr. Arnold
was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1843; went to Virginia city. Montana, in 1863, where he engaged in
mining until 1866. He then returned down the Yellow Stone and Missouri rivers to St.
Joseph, Mo., where he engaged in the harness and saddlery business until 1871, thence to St.
Mary’s, Kan., where he followed the same business, coming to Hays City in 1877. He has
served as County Commissioner; also as chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and in the
fall of 1882 was a candidate ior Representative from his county to the Legislature on the
Democratic ticket. He was married in 1877 to Miss Ida Gregory, a native of Huntsville, Ala.

F. R. BUSSARD, manufacturer of carriages, buggies and fine work, algo general repair-
ing. He located in Hays City in the fall of 1877, and began the above business. He was
born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, in 1845. When quite a young man he moved to
Jasper County, Ill., and farmed two years, then went to Laramie City, Wyoming, as a book-
keeper and salesman six years, thence to Bays City. He was married in’ 1867 to Miss Luc
E. Hall, of Connersville, Ind. They have three chiidren—Daniel H., Felix R. and Samuel,
Mr. Bussard joined Harmar Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Harmar, Ohio, and is now a member of
the Fidelity Henin, No, 196, I. O. O. F., Hays City, Kan.

FRANK F. CORLISS, dealer in drugs, paints, oils and druggists’ sundries, began trade
May 1, 1878, and carries a general stock of $3,000. He erected his building at a cost of
$3,000. It is built of wood, two storics high. 25x40 feet, with basement same size. He was
born in Boston, Mass.. February 23,1856. Lived in his native city until he came to Hays
City, Kan. He began as clerk in a drug store at the age of fifteen years. Married in Decem-
ber, 1880, to Miss Estella Robbins, a native of Knoxville, Iowa. Mr. Corliss is Notary
-Public for Hays City. : .

J. H. DOWNING, editor and proprietor of the Star-Sentinel, was born in Scott County,
Il., in 1842. Lived in his native place until 1860, when he went to Council Bluffs, Iowa,
and attended schooi, etc. Enlisted in the early part of 1864 in Company E, One Hundred
and Thirty-seventh Regiment, Ilinois Volunteer Infantry, as a private; was Commissary
Sergeant of his company; participated in the battle of Memphis, August 20, 1864, and many
skirmishes; was mustered out at Springfield, Ill., in the fall of 1864.. He then returned to
Council Bluffs and clerked, etc., and also went to Yankton, D. T., and clerked in 1867-68;
then returned to the former city, where he secured a position on the Council Bluffs Nonpa-
reil, which was his first newspaper work. He went to Leavenworth, Kan., in August, 1868,
where he engaged in reportorial work until late in 1869, when he went on the roads as a cor-
respondent for the Leavenworth Bulletin, in which position he remained until late in 1871;
then was traveling correspondent for the Leavenworth Commercial until January, 1876.
Came to Hays City in March of that year, where he established the Ellis County Star, a
weekly paper, and ran the same until January 1, 1882, when he purchased the Hays City Sen-
tinel, and consolidated the two papers. The Star-Sentinel, which now has a circulation of
700, is the official organ of Ellis County. Early in 1880 he was appointed United States
Commissioner. Married in November, 1879, to Miss Ella L. West, of Council Bluffs.

MARTIN GATES, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade 1n 1878. He erected his
store building the same year, size of which is 20x88 feet, two stories hivh, costing $2,000.
Employs three clerks and he carries a general stock of $6,000. He came to Ellis County in
1877, and followed farming a year. He has a farm of 160 acres, 120 of which is cultivated.
He was born in Blair County, Pa., in 1842, and was raised and educated in his native
county. He started business in life in the furniture trade, and followed it a few months,
He then opened the grocery trade and continued it until he came to Kansas. He enlisted in
the spring of 1861, and in the three months’ service, served his time and re-enlisted for three

cars in Company.C, Seventy-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; participated
inall the battles of his command, and served until shot through his right lung in the skirmish
in front of Petersburg, June3 ', 1864; was mustered out July 12, 1865. His wasa terrible wound
for a person to survive. The ball entered in front, passed throngh the mghtlongand came out
on his back. He was niarried in 1872 to Miss Anna Beamer, of Duncansville, Blair County,
Pa. They have six children—William A. L. by a former marriage, and by the latter marri-
age—Charles H., John B., Edward, Mary J. and George. He is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Gates of the Lutheran Church. He is a member of Vance Post,
No. 2, G. A. R., of Hays City, and a member of Hays City school board. .

JOHN W. GOODALL, carriage-maker and general carriage work and repair shop. He
located in Hays City January 1, 1877, and engaged as a carpenter, etc. He was born in Eng-
land in 1836; came to America alone in 1854, and settied in Wayne County, Pa., where he
engaged in corriage making until he came to Kansas. He was married October 11, 1846, to
Miss Esther Biddlecombe, also a native of England They have three children—Alfred
Alexander, Mary Matilda and William Warren. His wife died Apri) 25, 1880. He is a member of
Harmony Lodge, of Washington, D. C., Knights of Pythias, also Ellis Lodge, No. 146, I. 0.
O. F., and the Presbyterian Ghureb. - He served a twelve years’ apprenticeship in his native
country. He has some of the finest carriages and buggies of his own make to be found in
the West; also manufactures all kinds of edge tools, and does all kinds of painting. He is
also the inventor of making over common gune into breach loaders, said to be one of the

. greatest inventions of this ane . ae

MICHAEL HAFFAMIER, manufacturer of carriages, vegans and general repair shop,
he also manufactures farm implements. He located in Hays City in 1871. He was born in
Bavaria, Germany, in 1845; came to America in 1854 with his parents. They located near
Detroit, Mich., where they farmed one year, then moved to Buchanan County, Mo., where
they farmed three years. He then went to Platte County, Mo., and began learning his
trade. He enlisted in 1862 in Company F, Sixth Regiment, Kansas Cavalry. and participated
in all the battles of his command, and was mustered out in July, 1865. He was married in
1871 to Miss Kate Ryan, a native of Ireland. They have four children—Mary, Frederick,
Clarence M. and Agnes. He is a member of Vance Post, No. 2, G. A. R.

A. S. HALL, of the firm of Hall & Son—Frank F.—dealers in.a general line of hard-
ware, stoves, tinware and farm implements. Opened trade in 1872 and erected a store
building of stone in 1878, size of which is 25x75 feet, two stories high and basement, at a
cost of $6,500. They carry a general stock of $24,000 Mr. Hall first came to Hays City,
Kan., in 1873. He was born in Seneca County, N. Y., in 1827. His parents moved to
Monroe, Mich., in 1885, where he waa raised and educated. He went to Fort Wayne, Ind.,
and clerked for several years. He then went into the*boot and shoe business for twelve
years, in the meantime went to the Pacific Coast, where he engaged in general merchandis-
ing; followed mining in Montana some time, thence to Fort Wayne, Ind., and remained
some time, and thence to Kansas. He was married in 1855 to Miss Priscilla J. Fairfield, of
Kennebunk, Maine. They have three children—Frank F., Bertha J. and Carrie E. Mr.
Hall is a member of the Masonic Order and the I. 0. O. F | :

WILLIAM S. HANNIFORD, barber and dealer in cigars and tobacco, came to Hays

City in 1876 and began in business. Born in Ireland March 1, 1858. Came to America in

1293

July, 1862. Enlisted in Company F, Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry.
and participated in all the battles of his command; mustered out in the fall of 1865. He
then engaged in the barher business in Boston, Mass., and afterward in New York City, San
Francisco, Cal., Jacksonville, Oregon, etc. Returned to New York City and thence to
Hays City, Kan. Married in 1872 to Miss Catherine A. Donovan, a native of Ireland. They
ae ee eee Agnes, Hattie and Frederick 8. He is a member of Vance Post
0. 2. of G. A. R.

_ FRANK HAVEMANYN, agent for the sale of lumber, building material, and coal, carry-
ing a stock of $5,000 Mr. Haveman is also a dealer in household furniture and coffins.
He opened the business in 1874 and carries a stock of $1,500. He came to Hays City in
April, 1873, and followed contracting and building until 1878. He was born in Germany in
1848. Came to America in 1873 and immediately to Kansas. Mr. Haveman was a member
of the German army during the Franco-Prussian war but took leave after its close and wisely
came to America. Married in 1873 to Miss Dorris Wedemeyer, a native of Germany. They
have five children—Freddie, Emma, Frank, Gustaf and Henry, Mr. Haveman has
served four years as Treasurer of Big Creek Township, Ellis County. He is a member of
Hays Lodge, No, 195, A. F. & A. M.

CONNELL HENLEY, bookkeeper for the mercantile house of H. Krueger. He first
came to Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1867 where he clerked in the Quartermaster’s Department for
two years, thence to Big 3 City inthe same occupation at Fort Hays until 1872. He then
engaged in general merghandiving in Hays City until 1879, after which he took his present
position, He was.born,jin Ireland in 1839; came to America in 1862; enlisted July 8, of the
same year in the Tira Bit States Artillery; afterward was transferred to the war depart-
ment where hé remained until the close of the war. He was mustered out in October, 1865.
He then wentinto the spar termaaster 6 Department Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., ax
clerk, uutil hé came to Fort Riley. He was married in 1875to Miss Ellen Glynn, a native of
Fort Wayne, Ind. ine have one daughter, Irma.

CHARLES HOWARD, Sheriff of Ellis County. He first came to Kansas in the winter -
of 1867,and_ went on an expedition after the Cheyenne Indians, being a member of the
Nineteenth United States Infantry. He served in Kansas, New Mexico and the Indian
Territory, and was mustered out at Dodge City, Kan., in 1870. He was born in Prussia
in 1844. Came to America early in 1859; remained until 1860, when he returned to his native
country. Returned to America in the early part of 1863, when he enlisted in Company F,
Forty second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. Some time afterward re-enliated
in Company C, Thirtieth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. - Participated in all
the battles of his command, and was mustered out in July, 1866. He then returned to his’
native land and_was soon drafted to serve in the Prussian-Austrian war; was sent to the
front and seryed three months, when he returned to America and enlisted in the Nineteenth
United States Infantry. He has served about seven years in the United States and European
armies. After his discharge of time inthe regular army, he located in Hays City. He
was mail-carrier a year, and since that time has served in various capacities Elected
Sheriff in the fall of 1879; re-elected in the fall of 1881. Was County Assessor in 1877-78.
Was Deputy Sheriff three preceding terms before his election. He has made several im- -
portant arrests, and has taken seventeen men to the penitentiary. He was also principal in
the arrest of the notorious tfain robber, Michael Roarke, who 1s now serving out a term in
the State prison. He is also at present United States Deputy Marshal.

JUDGE B. T. MILLER, Probate Judge of Ellis County. He located in Jewell County,
Kan., in 1870; lived there six months and then came to Ellis County, where he raised stock .
and farmed four years. He then became agent at Victoria, Kan., for the Kansas Pacific
Railroad three years. Also followed general merchandising two years of the time. He
then moved. to Hays City and was elected Probate Judge in the fall of 1880. Born in
Williamsport, Pa., in 1836. Left his native place in 1850 and engaged in different occupa-
tions. Wasinthefur trade for fifteen years in the country from Chicago to Hudson Bay.
He was married at Hazel Grecn, Wis.,in 1861 to Miss Clara A. Smith, who was born near
Rochester, N. Y, They have two children—Eva L.. married to Mr, Alexander Grant, a
nephew of the late George Grant of Victoria, and Benjamin, now clerking in Hays City.

SAMUEL MELLISON. post trader, Fort Hays, first came to Kansas in 1871, and located
near Saline River, Ellis-Gpunty, on a farm where he engaged in stock-raising and farming
until 1878. He then.camg to Hays City, where he engaged in the restaurant business two
years, when he was appajnted sutler at Fort Hays. Bornin Prospect, Butler Co., Pa., in
1849. Moved with paren to Bad Ax County, Wis.. in 1854, where he lived until August,
1862, and enlisted in Firs#\Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Battery C. Participated in all: the
battles of hiscommand. Mustered out in the fall of 1865. He then went to Minnesota
and Dakota and remained until 1871. He is a member of Vance Post No. 2,G. A. R. Mar-
ried in 1879 to Miss Bessie Normoyle, a native of the State of New York.. They have two
children—Anna May and Nellie Elizabeth. . :

S. MOTZ, dealer in general merchandise and all kinds of grain, broom corn, etc. He
opened the businéss of ;merchandising in 1871 and grain business in 1876. He carries a
general stock of bout $4000, He erected his store building in 1873. size 42x80 feet, built
of wood at a‘cost of . He erected the first elevator in Hays City in 1876, and his
present elevator in 1879.and named it the Union elevator, size of which is 45x28 feet and 40
feet high. It is built.of wood at a cost of $5,000, capacity of which is 3,010 bushels of grain.
In 1882 he handled 310 Gag-loads. He employs five men. He first came to Hays City in
June, 1867 and'clerked in a general store until 1868. When_he first came to Hays City, he
was penniless, but he went to hunting buffalo and other wild game from which he made his
first accumulations. Born in Centre County, Pa., in 1835; raised and educated in Union County.
Graduated from Union County Seminary. He enlisted in October, 186!, in Company B,
Second Colorado Cavalry aud participated in all the battles of his command. Mustered out
in February, 1865. After locating in Hays City he studied law and was admitted to the bar of
of practice in 1881, and occasionally pratices. In 1859 he went to Colorado, where he engaged
in mining untilhe enlisted. He has been on several trips to Texas in the cattletrade. Married
in 1881 to Miss Bertha Hall of Fort Wayne, Ind. Heis amember of Fidelity Lodge No. 192,
I. 0. O. F., of Hays City. Was elected to Kansas State Senate in the fall of 1880. Has held
all the county offices except Treasurer and County Clerk. He served as Representative in
the Kansas Legislature in 1869-70-71. He was Delegate at large to the National Convention
for the nomination of James A. Garfield. ~

D.C NELLIS, of the firm of Nellis & Reeder, attorneys-at-law and collecting agents,
etc. He located in Hays City March 26, 1873, and began the practice of law. He was born
in Montgomery County, N. Y., in 1849. Educated in the Fairfield Collegiate Institute of
Fairfield, N. ¥Y: Began the study of law in 1870 at Canajoharie, N. Y., in a law office and
continued a year. “Thence to Topeka, Kansas, and entered the office of Martin, Burns &
Case, September 12,1871: Continued until February 21, 1873, when he was admitted to thes
bar of practice in the district courts. Came to Hays City March 26, 1873. Was appointed
County Attorney for Ellis.County, April 30, 1873, and elected for the four succeeding terms.
He wes apprinted District Fudge of the Seventeenth District. comprising fifteen counties in
Northwestern Kansas, serving one year. Married March 4, 1873, to Miss Emma V.’ McAfee
of Topeka, Kan. They hage three children—Luther Mc., Celeste B., and Anna M. He is
a member of the I, O. O. F., and the Masonic order of Hays City.

S.C. RAMEY came to ‘Hays City in March. 1879, and began merchandising in August
of the same year. He was born in Blair County, Pa., in July, 1850; was raised in his native
county and educated at Williamsport, Pa. He kept books for the Williamsburgh Manufac-
turing Company for some time, then en, a in merchandising in the same place, under the
firm name of John Scwhab & Co., until 1875. Thence to Tyrone, Pa., where he engaged in
the same business under the firm name of Smith & som until 1876; thence to Hollidays-
burg in various occupations until he came to Kansas and became one of the firm of Metz &
Ramey, wholesale and retail dealers in general merchandise. They opened trade in August,
1879, and occupy two:floors, 25x100 feet, and a basement, carrying a general line of goods
to the surat of $20,000. They also dealin all kinds of farmers’ produce, and control a
large trade. :

eT AMES REEDER, of the firm of Nellis & Reeder, attorneys-at-law and collecting
agents, came to Hays City in the spring of 1878, and engaged in the practice of law. He
was born in Park epunt. Ind., in 1853. Was educated in the Ashbury University at Green
Castle, Ind., graduating in the class of 1878. Began the study of law in 1876; took a law
course in the literary. depeeaeut of that institution, and was admitted to the bar of practice
in 1878, at Greencastle, Putnam County, Ind. Admitted to the bar in Hays City the same
year. He was elected’ County_Clerk in the fall of 1880, and served one term, He is a charter
member of the Masonic order, Hays City, also a member of Beta Theta Pi, a college fra-
ternity of Greencastle, Ind.’ ‘He began the practice of law in 1878.

-JOHN SCHYLER, County Treasurer, came to Hays City in 1868. He engaged in hunt-
ing buffalo and other game folir years on the great plains, after which he farmed and was
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post butcher at Fort Hays, and raised stock until 1878. Was elected Sheriff in the fall of

1877 and served two years. He followed merchandising some time: Was elected County

Treasurer in the fall of 1841. He has been identified in farming all the time since he came
- to Kansas. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1849, and lived in his native State until 1868,

when he came out to the great plains. He was married in 1872 to Miss Barbara Uhlein, a

native of Buffalo, N. ¥. They have five children—Rosa, Anna, Frances J., Henry A.

and Catherine. : :

H. D. SHAFFER, Clerk of the District Court, first came to Hays City in July, 1877,
when hé engaged in sheep-raising and stock business generally. He has a sheep ranch on
Big Creek, three miles southeast-of Hays City, of 880 acres, where he now owns 1,100 head
of merino sheep and cotswolds. He sheared 6,000 pounds of wool in 1882, and realized 20
cents per pound. He was elected Clerk of the District Court in the fall of 1878, and by
re-elections has since held the office. He was born in Somerset County, Pa., in 1843; moved

to Canton, Ohio, in 1865; attended Mount Union College three years, and was postmaster’

eight years at Canton, Ohio, after which he came to Kansas. He enlisted September 1,
1861, in Company C, Fifty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at
Lynchburg, Va., June 18, 1865, and taken prisoner at the same time, and was confined in
‘Libby prison three months and over. Was ea in February, 1865, on account of his
wound. He was married in 1867 to Miss Addie Ritz, of Canton, Ohio. They have four

children—Harry, Joseph, Ida and Frank, He isa member of Fidelity Post, No, 124, G. A. R.,:

of Hays City. >
GEORGE B. SNYDER, physician and surgeon, located in Hays City in 1976, where he
has since continued the practice of medicine. He was born in Hollidaysburg, Blair County,
Pa., in 1853. He attended the common schools and the academy of his native place. Began
the study of medicine in 1872;-entered the medical department of the University of Penn-
sylvania in Philadelphia in Te geraduating in March, 1876, and began the practice of his
chosen profession in"Hays City.” He lias been County Coroner’ ani
Ellis County. He is a member of the Blair County Medical Society, and the Juniata Valley
Medi¢al Association of Pennsylvania. ‘He is United States Examining Surgeon for pensions
for Ellis County. He is a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 194, of Hays City, Kan,
J. E. WILSON, Postmaster, came to Hays City in the fall of 1867. The following
spring he was employed as clerk in the post trader’s store; after serving eight years in that
capacity, he was eppeinted post trader. He resigned in 1880 and was appointed postmaster.
He was born in Williamsburg, Pa., in 1638. hen the war broke 6ut he was serving on
board the United States Sloop of War—‘‘Susqueharina,”’ He ‘was in the battle of Forts Clark,
and Hatteras, and soon after in the battle at Port Royal. His term of service expired in
September, 1863; during the same month he enlisted in the Ninetieth Pennsylvania Volunteers;
was wounded and taken prisoner in the battle of the Wilderness, May 4, 1864. After being
in Andersonville six months he was exchanged. The Ninetieth having been mustered out
of service, he was transferred to the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, where he remained
till the war was over. In 1872 he was married'to Miss Jane S Martin, of Williamsburg, Pa.
HILL P. WILSON, owner of the Bank of Hays City. This bank was opened for busi-
ness January 1, 1880, being the first and only bank in the place. The bank correspondents
are the American Exchange, National Bank of New York, Bank of Kansas City, Mo., and
First National Bank of Leivenworth. -Mr. Wilson’ was born in Williamsburgh, Blair Co..
Pa,., in 1840. He came to Fort Hays, Kan., in 1867, and was post. trader at the post until
1878. In 1882 he raised 285 acres of wheat, which produced over 7,000 bushels, one field of
132 acres averaging thirty and one-half bushels per acre. He was married January 20, 1880,
to Miss Mary V. Montgomery, daughter of W. P. Montgomery, Esq., of Hays City.
“T, B, YATES, physician and surgeon, of the firm of Yates & Middlekauf; they also
deal in drugs, medicines and druggists’ sundries. They opened the drug trade in January,
1881, and carry a stock of $1,200. He located in Hays City and hegan the practice of his
profession in the fall of 1878. He was born iu Grafton, West Virginia, in 1853, and educated
in the home schools and West Wirginip University. He began the study of medicine at the
age of twenty years, entering.the University of Maryland. at Baitimore, graduating in the
spring of 1878. Practiced in Grafton, West Virginia, where he continued until he came to
Hays City,-Kan.. He isa member of’the Masonic Order of Hays City. Was married in 1878
to Miss See K. Mackin, of West Virginia. Mr. Yates is County Coroner of Ellis
County, Kan. . 4 B

_ J. M. YOST, dealer in all kinds of grain, seed, and manufacturer of semolino, etc. He
located in Hays City in 1877, and followed the lumbering business for six months. then into
his present business. He erected a flouring-mill in 1878. with a capacity of 100 barrels in
twenty-four hours, at a cost of $15,0u0. He has recently introduced the gradual reduction
process by the roller and granulation system, and now manufactures the finest grades of
flour. He erected an elevator in 1878, with a capacity of 5,000 bushels, at a cost of $1,500.
He shipped 250 car loads of grain in the season of 1822. He is also engaged in farming, and
has 32U acres of land, 150 of which is cultivated. He raised 1,900 bushels of wheat in 1882
from 100 acres. He was born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., in 1848, and lived
in his native county until he came’to Kansas. At the age of nineteen years he engaged in
the dry goods and carpet trade. -He came to Kansas with J. M. Yost, a brother. Was
married in 1871 to Miss Sallie T. Johnson, of Norristown, Pa. They have three children—
Edward, Rosina and Genie. Mr. Yost also owns a saw-mill at Breckinridge. Col., with a
capacity of 6,000 feet in ten hours. It was built at a cost of $2,000. He established a flour
and feed store at Ellis, Kan., in 1881, where they sell a part of their own production.

ELLIS,

The town known by the name of Ellis was laid out by the Kansas
Pacific Railway Company in 1873, and was surveyed and platted by Holland
Wheeler, a civil engineer in the une of the company. It is located on
the northeast quarter of Section 8, Township 13 south, Range 20 west of
the Sixth Principal Meridian. It is situated on the north bank of Big
Creek, and just one mile east of the west line of the county.

_ It is what is usually known as a railroad town, and the fact of it being
the terminus of the third division of the Kansas Pacific Railway, it is de-
pendent, chiefly for its support,-on the employes of the company. The
roundhouse and machine shops of the company being located there, gives

,employment toa great many men, and aside from the support derived from
these sources, the town has very little to rely upon. It is surrounded by a
rough, ‘broken country, altogether unsuited for agricultural pursuits, so
that its country trade is very limited. :

The railway runs through the center of the town from east to west, and
that portion north of the track is designated the North side, and the oppo-
site. portion the South side. All the business portion of the town is north of
the track, and confined chiefly to the street fronting the railway, whilst the
greater portion of the residence part is south of the track. The buildings
of the railway company are all good, substantial, stone structures, and quite
extensive, the roundhouse having stalls for fourteen locomotives. “The
building erected by the company for a-depot is a very fine two-story stone
building, and is both a depot and hotel combined. All the business houses
are rather inferior buildings, there being only one two-story stone business
house in town, that of Kelly &- Ormrod. ° The others are all one-story build-
ings, some stone and some frame. Mie i) ; ;

The first man to start merchandising in town was Thomas Daily, who
erected a one-story double storeroom, one room being devoted to the sale of
clothing exclusively, and the other to general merchandising. There are but

few business houses in the town, but what there are, is amp. y. sufficient for
the trade. The business men of the place are Thomas Daily, Nichols & Bros.,
Reading & Bowen, G. F. Lee, Kelly & Ormrod, and Eli Sheldon. The

County Physician’ of*

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

majority of the residences of the town are plain, unpretentious, but neat and
comfortable looking buildings, and such as would indicate the home of the
thrifty, industrious mechanic. _ .

In 1882, a very fine improvement was made to the town in the erection
of a very fine two-story stone school building in the southern portion of the
town. - It is a very neat, well-finished structure, surmounted by a belfry that.
is quite ornamental in design. Although there have been for some years
several church organizations in town, there never has been a church building
erected. After the new schoolhouse was completed, however, in 1882, the
members of the Congregational Church Society purchased the old frame
school building, which they are now converting into a church. There is a
Masonic Lodge in town, and one of Odd Fellows has been organized recently.

Like most of the other towns west of Abilene on the Kansas Pacific
Railway, Ellis had for a brief period the advantages and disadvantages of
the cattle trade. This was during 1877-78,and the history of the place dur-
ing that time was about similar to that of other places similarly situated.
If business was increased by the trade, crime was also increased, and a certain
class of characters attracted to Ellis by the cattle trade could be very well
dispensed with in any society. So long as Ellis remains a terminus of a
division of the railroad, and the company maintains its shops and round-
house there, it will be a town of some importance, but aside from these it
has very little to support it.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W.H. BELL, postmaster and dealer in stationery, fruits, cigars and tobacco, came to
Ellis, Kan., in 1872. He farmed until 1873, then worked for the Kansas Pacific Railroad
Company until Febrasey 1877, when he took charge of the post-office. Has been identified
in farming since he settled in Kansas. He now has a farm of 160 acres north of Ellis, eighty
of which are cultivated. He opened a general store after taking charge of the post-office;
was burned out March 10, 1881, with a total lors of $3,000. He was born in Montgomery
County, N. Y., in 1837. Was enuagen in photographing in Troy, N. Y., and afterward in
grocery business in Syracuse, N. Y. Married in 1860 to Miss Laura A. Hall, a native of
Edenville, Herkimer Co., N. Y. They havesreven children—Jessie M., Harry W., Beecher,
Bradley, Allie, William and Lynn. He is a member of Apollo Lodge, No. 13, Masonic, of
Troy, N. Y,

te S. ORMEROD, firm of Kelley & Omerod, dealers in general merchandise. They
opencd trade in 1878, and carry a stock of about $5,000. They erected their store building
in 1877, at a cost of $1,500; size of main building, 25x45 feet, and built of stone. R.S.
Omerod first came to Ellis, Kan., in January, 1873. Being a machinist by trade, he worked in
that capacity forthe Kansas Pacific Railroad five years, then went into merchandising. Born
in England in 1853, he came to America with his parents in 1863, and settled in Peoria, Ill,
where they lived until coming to Kansas.

THOMAS DALY, dealer ina general line of merchandise. He keeps all varieties of
oods, and carries a stock of $40,(00. He opened trade in 1870, and erected his present
large store a few years afterward; occupies two rooms, 23x80 feet, built of stone. He came

to Ellsworth in 1868, where he engaged in merchandleiny a short time, and was also in the
employ of the United States Government sume time. Afterward located in Ellis and began
the above trade. He was born in Ireland in 1830, and came to America when a small boy.
He enlisted May 25, 1861, in Company E, Fourteenth Regiment, Llinois Volunteer Infantry,
partici one all the battles of his company; was mustered out in June. 1864.

DANIE GRIEST, land agent for the Union Pacific Railroad; land office located at
Ellis, Ellis County. He came to Ellis March 23, 1881, and took charge of the above busi-
ness. Came to Larned; Pawnee Co., Kan., in January, 1878, where he engaged in the same
business as at present for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad two years. He was
boru in York County, Pa., in 1837, and made that county his home twenty-five years. He
lived in Indiana five years and six months, Maryland eleven months, then went back to
Pennsylvania, Adams County, and remained ten years, and from there came to Kansas.
He first began business in life as a salesman for fruit trees, and followed it for fifteen
years. He began to shift for himself at the ae of twelve years. He was married in
1861 to Miss Rose D Mendelson, a native of Philadelphia, Pa. They have three sons and
three daughters—Emily R., married to Oscar Erway, of Pawnee County; Wilmer M., who
now has charge of their dairy ranch in Pawnee County of 240 acres; Mary, Lizzie, John
E., Florence T:, and Mordecai P. Mr. Griest was a member of Moneellen meeting of Hick-
site Friends, Pennsylvania, and Relief Lodge, No. 145, I. O. O. F.,of Camden, Ind. His wife
is a Homeopathic ee and surgeon, self-taught, and has quite a practice in the place
where they live. He followed teaching in the winter until thirty-one years of age. He has
now 200,000 acres of land for sale for the Union Pacific Railroad Company; also agent for
10,000 acres in Pulaski County, Ky.

J. E. HUBBARD, superintendent of bridges and building on Smoky Hill Division,
Union Pacific Railroad, in Kansas. He has forty men under his supervision, and the pay-
rolls show $800 maid out monthly on this division. He came to Kansas in the spring of
1866, and located at Leavenworth, where he worked at the carpenters’ trade a year. Hé
then nee in the same capacity for the United States Government at Fort Riley a year;
thence to Fort Harker a year; thence to Fort Dodge, Kan., a year. Then entered the rail-
road service as a carpenter, and ie te attention to duty secured his present position in
1872, He was married in 1875 to Miss Lonisa Palmer, a native of Buffalo, N. ¥Y. They have
two daughters~-Irene and Stella. Mr. Hubbard is a native of Aurora, Ind., born in 1843.
He enlisted in September, 1861, in Company A, Seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteer In-
fantry; participated in all the battles of his command, comprising thirty-two engagements.
He was mustered out in 1864. si

HW. MORGAN, physician and surgeon,came to Wa Keeney, Kan., in April 1879, where he
racticed medicine for two years. He then moved to Ellis on account of its being a central
ocation. He isa pisos and surgeon for the Union Pacific Railroad. His private prac-

tice extends west from Ellis on the line of the road as far as Wallace (119 miles), His prac-
tice for the Union Pacific Railroad Company extends from Wallace on the west to Brook-
ville on the east. He was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1849. Was educated in New York
City, and graduated from the medical department of the University of New York City in
1870. He practiced medicine three years in Dallas County, Jowa, previous to his going to
New York City. He was married in September 1877 to Miss Della C. Baldwin, of Gratton,
N. 1. He is a member of Wa Keeney Lodge No. 148, Masonic.

VICTORIA.

Victoria was the scene of the attempt by George Grant to establish a
prosperous colony in the wilderness, elsewhere described. This colony was
established in 1873. It peaneis considerable capital with it, and for a time
its success seemed very probable. The first church in the county was built
by this colony in 1877, It was intended for Episcopal services, nearly all of
the colony holding the faith of the established church of England. The
final dissolution of the colony is detailed in the general history of the county.

St. Fidelis Church, of Victoria, Ellis County, Kan., was founded b
Rev. Father Anthony Mary, and the erection began November 1, 1881, an
will be completed in the fall of 1883, The size of the church building is
50x123 feet; including sacristy, it is 169 feet long. The walls are of cut
Magnesia limestone, 30 feet high and 24 feet thick. The steeple walls are 3
feet thick. Every 124 feet around the building is a pillow 2x2} feet. The
sanctuary is 24x80 feet. The sacristy is 22x80 feet. The above church is:
TREGO COUNTY.

built entirely by Russians. The walls, including steeple tower, will cost
$2,417. Total cost of structure will exceed $8,000. There are 152 families
who are members of the above church. ;

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

_ REY. FATHER ANTHONY MARY, a Catholic priest, was born in Westphalia, in the
Kingdom of Prussia, in 1884. He began-his scientific education in the Gymnasium at
Mnenster, in Westphalia. Afterward he made his philosophical and theological studies at

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Mainz, in Hessia, and became priest in, 1859. Then he worked as priest, especially as
missionary, in Westphalia until 1875, when he came to America and located in Cumberland,
Md., where he worked as priest in the Saint Peter and Paul’s Church. Two years afterward
he came to Metamora, Ill., and built there a church, monastery and schoolhouses. In the
year 1879 he went to Peoria, Ill., and built there the Church of the Sacred Heart, a monastery
and schoolhouse, and worked there for two years as priest. Thence he came to Victoria,
Kan., in 1881, where he is building a large church. He has there twenty-three missions
under charge, besides his own church at Herzog, Victoria Stution. He has built many
churches, monasteries and schoolhouses in his ife-time. In 1870-71 he was Chaplain in the
Franco-Prussian war. He is a member of the Capuchin Order,

| ~ TREGO COUNTY.

LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL, ETC.

ee County is in the western part of Wansas, and is included in
what was once known as the Great American Desert.
the fourth tier of counties from the west line of the State, and in the third
tier from the north line, and is about 315 miles west from Kansas City, or
-the eastern boundary line of the State. The county being thirty miles
square, contains 576,000 acres or 900 square miles. It is bounded on the north
by Graham County, on the south by Ness, on the east by Ellis, and on the
west by Gove County. Its location is about midway between Kansas City
and Denver; the second standard parallel, south, forming its northern
_ boundary line, and the third standard parallel its southern line.
'  ' The surface of the county, in general, is rolling prairie, but in the
northern tier of townships, through which the Saline River runs, it is quite
broken and bluffy, and this ir-
regularity in the surface extends . , > : +
about four miles south of the ho ln H 5
river. Along the Smoky Hill PON. x
River, in the south center of the |
county, it is also quite bluffy
and broken, a chain of bluffs,
known as Cedar Bluffs, extend-
ing for a distance of about ten
miles along the course of the
stream. With. these exceptions
there is no othersportion of the
eounty that may be termed
bluffy, although there is a good
deal of high prairie land within
the limits of the county; but
by far the greater portion of the
county is undulating prairie.
The principal streams of
the county are the Saline River,
which runs from west to east,
parallel with and almost along
the northern boundary line of
the county; the Smoky Hill];
which runs in the same direc-
tién through the county, about
six miles north of its southern
boundary line, and Big Creek,
that runs parallel with and be-
tween the Saline and Smoky.
The two latter have a number
of tributaries, some of which are
fed by springs, but the major
portion of them are dry the
greater part of the year except
_in wet seasons. The county is,
virtually, destitute of timber,
the supply being confined to an
occasional tree along the Saline N E S g
and some of its tributaries.
Some fifteen years ago some of
the ereeks, especially those in
the northwest portion of the
county were reasonably well-
timbered, but the most of it was
cut down to supply contracts
with the government, and what
was left. soon disappeared upon / :
-the arrival of settlers, until now there is scarcely a tree to be found in the
county.. Exéellent well-water can be found in almost any portion of the
county at depths ranging from fifteen to forty feet.
~ The soil of Trego County is of the choicest kind, and no better can be
found anywhere. ‘The. streams being without valleys, the county has
none of that land denominated ‘‘ bottom land,” which constitute the choicest
lands of many of the counties farther east. While the land of the county
is all “upland,” the soil is rich and deep, an’, with sufficient moisture, is
capable of yielding immense crops, all kinds of cereals eae in great
abundance in seasons when there is a fair amount of rainfall. It can not
be called an agricultural county, however, and so extremely uncertain are

+ School Houses

*Townships not separately returned.

It is located in.

‘XXUT

 

POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

Collyer, Downer and Wakeeney Townships*
Glencoe Township ,... -------------------- Sek sinastsaereaice
Ogallah Township ..-..-..------------ ---+ ---+ ---- ones eo ee eee eee ee

the seasons that but little effort is made at farming. Several years expe-
rience by skillful farmers has confirmed a belief that long existed, that Trego
County, like the large majority of counties in Western Kansas, is not
adapted to anything like a successful following of agricultural pursuits, The
value of the county, however, to stock-men, cannot be over-estimated.
Even in the driest seasons, there is usually an abundance of water in the

creeks and streams for cattle, and when these sources are insufficient, which ., :

does not often occur; an ample supply of good well-water can be obtained
with little labor. There is very little prairie, or blue-stem grass in the
county, but there is an abundance of rich buffalo grass, which is very
nutritious, and which neither rain nor drouth can destroy, as cattle eat it
as readily when it is dry as when it is green. Stock men do not think of
feeding their cattle during the winter, as they find feed enough in the buffalo
grass to bring them out in fair condition in the spring. The kinds of stock that
are most remunerative, are cat-
M ; tle and sheep, as they require
M J 6 Ds but little of any kind of feed
R-XXII R-XXI the year round, but that which
the soil,.in its primitive state,
produces. No attention is paid
to the raising of hogs for profit,
for the reason that hogs require
corn, and Trego County is ex-
ceedingly unreliable for the
successful cultivation of this
cereal. When it is said that
Trego County is unsurpassed as
a stock county, all is said that
can be, truthfully, touching
its adaptability and natural
advantages.

Shallow veins of coal have
been reported to exist in Collyer
and Ogallah townships, the for-
mer embracing the western por-
tion of the county and the latter
the eastern. No developments
have yet been made, however,
by which such reports can be
stated as facts. A deposit has
been found in Trego County,
the like of which has never been
developed in any other portion
of the country. This is a chalk
bed, discovered by George Pink-
ham on his claim, near Wa
Keeney in 1877. These chalk
beds are wide in extent and of
great depth, and very pure in
character. ‘Upon the discovery
of this valuable deposit, Mr.
Pinkham visited many of the
leading cities of the East to
ascertain the best methods of '
manufacturing whiting, and,
returning to Trego - County,

1880. immediately commenced the
ie erection of whiting works, in-

 

vesting $5,000 in buildings and
machinery, The whiting works
constitute the only manufactur-
ing establishment of any kind
in the county, there being not even a flouring-mill beside. Steps are being
taken to considerably enlarge the whiting works, -and to put in more exten-
sive machinery and a more powerful crushing or grinding mill. Mr. Pinkham
is meeting with considerable success in his undertaking, and although the
works are yet in their infancy, he manufactured and shipped in 1882, 150,000
pounds of whiting. Considering all ‘the'uses chalk can be put to, and the
many articles of which,in their manufacture, it forms a constituent and indis-
pensable part, the chalk beds of Trego County may, in time, be a source of
great wealth to the shire. “eh! oon

Of good building material the county has an abundance, both in com-
mon and magnesian limestone. Nearly the whole of the entire county is

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sub-soiled with limestone, and in the ravines, and along the bluffs of the
streams and creeks it crops out through the surface. It isof various colors,
brown, white and yellow, and 4lso differs greatly as to hardness. In some
places it is so soft that it can bé easily sawed into bricks of any dimension,
and is excellent for building purposes, as it hardens by exposure; while in
other places it is found to be so hard that the mallet and chisel are neces-
sary to give it shape. This latter quality is used, and is very excellent,
for caps and sills. Beds have also been found of a material known as native
lime. This material is easily dug with pick and shovel, and makes good
mortar for building and plastering without being burned, its adhesive

ualities being equal to those of first-class cement. It has been used in
the erection of the depot at Wakeeney, also in the large Keeney Block, and,
in fact, in almost every stone building in the county:

GENERAL HISTORY.

The person to whom is conceded the credit of ga the first settler in
Trego County, is B. O. Richards, who located at a place named Coyote,
near the present site of Collyer, in the extreme west of the county. At
that time Richards was a railway employe and kept a boarding house, but
subsequently took a claim and tried farming, but failing at this he went
into stock-raising, in which business he is now engaged.

Richards, however, was not the first man in the county to attempt
farming, the credit for this belonging to J. R. Snyder, who moved into the
county in 1877, and who was the first man in the county to turn over the
virgin sod for the purpose of trying to raise a crop. The settlers in the

. county who had peed the Chicago Colony in 1877, were J. C. Henry,
Harlow Orton, Earl Spaulding, J. K. Snyder, D. O, Adams, George Brown,
George McCaslin, George Pinkham and Peleg Richards. When Mr. War-
ren went to the county in the fall of 1877, for the purpose of establishing a
colony and founding a city, there went with him W. S. Harrison, George
Barrell, F. O. Elisworth, Thomas Peck and C. W. F. Street, all of whom
located upon claims in different parts of the county. The following year
witnessed the rush, and the Government Land Office was besieged by large
crowds daily who wished to center claims. ;

The settlers of 1878 were mostly from in and_ around Chicago, and
among them were P. W. Miller, James Duckworth, James McGuire, J. M.
Davis, S. C. Robb, David Fouts, T, A. Shorthill, S. Shorthill, John
Lempke, J. F. Allen, George Dobson, George Baker, John Weckler, B. C.
Gaisford, C. H. Gibbs, W. C. Olson, W. H. Fuson, W. T. Hunter, Harmon
Pence, J. R. Kershaw, B. W. S. Huffaker, and about fifty or seventy-five
others, all of whom took claims upon which they located. The rush of
people to Trego County in 1878, although wonderfully great, was nothing
in comparison with that of 1879. People flocked in by the hundreds, and
for a time it seemed that there-would not be an acre of land in the county
but that would be taken. The records of the Goverment Land Office at
Wakeeney, for that year, show that nearly all the available land in the
county was either pre-empted or homesteaded. . The influx of people was
so great that by the middle, of 1879, the population of the county was
estimated at 3,500. ; - ;

The crop of 1879, however, was a total failure, and this experience
caused a great many to think that the county was not adapted to agricultural
pursuits, and a great many left, but others, believing that the failure of 1879
was only exceptional, remained, determined to test the productive qualities
of the county still further. Thejyear 1880, however, proved more disastrous
to the crops than the one preceding it, and the faith of many was utterly
destroyed. In that year the number of acres sown to wheat was 5,428, and
the total product was only 16,284 bushels, being an average of only three
bushels to the acre. The average yield of rye was five bushels to the acre.
Corn was no better, there being 5,924 acres planted, which yielded only
71,088 bushels, or twelve bushels to the acre. This was very far from
affording any encouragement, and people began to leave the county as
rapidly as they had come. ; ;

The year 1881 was very little better, and the exodus continued and is
stil going on until now, according to the best information obtainable,
there are not more than 1,500 or 1,600 people in the county.

When the county first began to be settled, buffalo, clk and antelope
roamed over its plains in countless numbers, and even now (1883) large
herds of antelope are found within its borders.

Like most other western counties the people of Trego have had a little
Indian experience. In September, 1878, a tribe of Cheyennes moving north-
ward, characterized their movements in usual Indian fashion by killing
men, outraging and murdering women and stealing cattle. People
from the country flocked into Wa Keeney, and all was excitement and
confusion. Arms and munitions were sent out from Topeka, and a
company of eighty men was organized, of which John M. Keeney was
Captain, W. H. Fuson First Lieutenant, and C. W. Mulford Second Lieu-
tenant. The company was named the Trego County Home Guards, and
was ready to defend Wa Keeney against any attack the Indians might make.
The Cheyennes, in their northward march, kept to the west of Trego
County, crossing the railway track about twenty-five miles west of Wakee-
ney, at a place named Buffalo Park, in Gove County, in the vicinity of
which several persons were murdered, the Indians killing in all fifty-two
men, women and children. ; ;

One of the pleasant incidents in the history of the county was the grand
Fourth of July celebration held at Wakeeney in 1879. The year preceding
had been one of excellent crops, the wheat yield being fully thirty bushels
to the acre, while corn went as high as seventy-five bushels. People were
enthusiastic over the county and filled with hope as to its future, and they
could think of no better way of giving vent to their exuberance of spirit
than to hold a grand Fourth of July celebration. It was a gorgeous affair,
and nothing was left undone to make it a success. A large pavillion was

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

erected on the north side of the depot, the wide platform being utilized ag
part of the floor. People attended from all quarters, north, south, east,
and west, and the number present was estimated at 4,000. Not less than
400 people from Topeka participated in the festivities. The dinner was of
the picnic order, and of the best. Ice cream and lemonade were plentifully
distributed, and a barrel of ice water, with drinking cups attached, was
placed at every street corner. :
appropriate speeches were made by some of the best speakers in the State,
the orator of the day being His Excellency, Governor St. John. The Fourth
of July, 1879, will long be remembered by the old settlers of the couhty.
After Trego County was organized the Sheriff of the county, J. F. Allen,
and also the county authorities, had considerable trouble caused by the

Two brass bands discoursed music, and.

failure of the legislature to attach the unorganized territory west of Trego -

to any organized county for judicial purposes.
County, a murder was committed by one John Conway. He was arrested
by some citizens of the place and handed over to the Sheriff of Trego County,
He could not be tried in Trego County, because the murder was committed
outside of the judicial district of which Trego formed a part. He could not
be tried in Wichita County, because it was unorganized territory and un-
attached to any organized county. After keeping the prisoner in custody
for some time the matter was submitted to the State authorities, when it
was decided by the Governor and Attorney-General, that the State Courts
had no jurisdiction over offenses committed in unattached, unorganized
territory, and in consequence of this decision three murderers and several
horse-thieves were permitted to go scot-free, after having been arrested and
in custody. The legislature of 1881 remedied this evil by attaching all un-
organized territory to counties already organized, and the unorganized
counties of Gove, St. John, and Wallace, all lying west of Trego, on the line
of the Kansas Pacific Railway, became attached to Trego County for judicial
and revenue purposes.

On the 15th of March, 1882, a row occurred at a place known as
‘“*Gopher,” in Trego County, which ended tragically, and which created a

ood deal of excitement. The parties engaged were two brothers, named

‘itman, a man named Thomas B: Wooton, another named James McCullom,
and one named John Evarts. Wooton and McCullom had been in the
employ of the railway company, but had been discharged, and were notified
to leave the country. It is not altogether clear as to how the row com-
menced, but certain it is that John Pitman was killed, bis brother Thomas
badly wounded, and John Evarts wounded in the face. McCullom and
Wooton fled, and a reward of $500 was offered by the State for their
arrest and conviction. Joseph Lucas, who was then Deputy Sheriff, in the
absence of Mr. Allen, the Sheriff, who was off on other duty, went with a
warrant and arrested Wm. Wooton, a brother of Thomas Wooton, and also
the wife of the latter. After he had taken this part: into sustody word
was sent to the Sheriff of Trego County that Thomas Wooton, one of the
murderers, had been arrested and was then in custody at Lakin, in Kearney
County, the other, McCullom, having been killed in a fight with the Sheriff
of Ford County, by whom Wooton had been arrested.

Mr. Lucas started to Kearney County after Wooton, whom he found to
be suffering from quite a severe wound in the shoulder, received in the fight
with the Sheriff when McCullom was killed. Mr. Lucas brought Wooton
back to Wakeeney, and, waiving an examination, was ordered to be taken
to Ellis County jail. The first train East was due at 3:30 in the morning,
and that night while Mr. Lucas was sitting in the Union House with his
three prisoners, all of whom were hand-cutied, awaiting the arrival of the
train, he happened to fall into a light sleep, and while in that condition he
received a blow over the head which knocked him from his chair. Gather-
ing himself up he saw several masked men in the office of the hotel with
whom he entered into a general fight. They fought through the office and
out on to the porch, keeping it up back through the hall and into the parlor,
from which they emerged into the dining room where tables were over-
turned, dishes broken, and the stove upset, and where Mr. Lucas received
a blow on the head which knocked him senseless. While the fight was
going on a rope was thrown around Wooton’s neck, and he was dragged out
and taken to an empty box-car, on which the masked arty had arrived from
the West. From this point the fate of Wooton isin oubt, some contendin,
that he was lynched, while others say, that while in the box-car, he seize
the revolver of one of his captors and immediately commenced firing, killin
two of the party and wounding some of the others, after which he Sampelt
from the car, with the rope still around his neck, and made his escape.

In the fall of 1882, word was sent to Sheriff Allen, at Wakeeney, that a
party had started northward from Camp Supply, in the Indian Territory,
with about twenty stolen horses, and for him to iegk out for them. Some
time after this, one evening just about dark, two men rode into Wakeeney
leading twenty-one head of horses, and as soon as Mr. Allen saw them he
was satisfied they were the parties he had been on the lookout for, for some
time. Not having a warrant he did not arrest them that night, and the
following morning, bright and early, they were on their way northward with
the horses. Procuring a warrant at the earliest possible moment, the Sheriff
hired a livery team and, taking a man with him to drive, started in pursuit.

The thieves having ‘hobbled ” the horses, that is, fastened their fore-
legs together, their poeres was rather slow, and before they had got out of
Trego County the Sheriff had overtaken them. While yet a little way from
them, the Sheriff, in order to save the team he was driving from being shot,
got out, and, taking his Winchester rifle in his hand started after them on foot,
When within about fifty yards of them he called to them to ‘throw up,” to
which they responded by wheeling around and o ening tire upon him from
two rifles. He returned the fire and anharsed one of them, who went by
the name of Jones, the first. shot killing his horse. Upon Jones being un-
horsed he ran and placed himself behind a elt elevation in the ground
from which he kept up his fire. A shot from the Sheriff’s rifle took effect

In what is now Wichita . ~
TREGO COUNTY.

on Jones’ cheek, whereupon he ‘threw up” and surrendered, but the
second thief, who was none other than the notorious Dick Edwards, upon
seeing Jones surrender wheeled his horse and galloped off. :

The Sheriff fired after as he ran, the bullet taking effect in the neck of
the horse that Edwards was riding. While the skirmish was going on the
‘*hobbled ” horses had gone on about three-fourths of.a mile, and Edwards,
seeing that his only chance for escape was to secure another horse, put spurs °
to his wounded and fast sinking animal, and merely succeeded in reaching
the drove when the horse he had ridden dropped dead. It required but a
moment to cut the rope by which one of te horses was hobbled, and to
change saddles, inasmuch as he had unbuckled the saddle as he rode, and
did not take time to buckle it before mounting and riding away. Mr. Allen
succeeded in capturing all of the stolen horses, excepting two that were
killed, and the one upon which Edwards escaped. He also secured Jones,
one of the thieves, who was put in, the Ford County jail to await his trial,
which was fixed to take place in March, 1883.

The first marriage in the county that appears of record was that of
George W. Houseman and Anna M. Gladwell, which occurred September
19, 1879. ’ This couple had been previously married, however, but the cere-
mony had been performed by-~a notary public, and as the law does not
recognize such marriages as valid, they tnd to be re-married.

The first child born in the county was' born to Fred and Mary Best,
September 25, 1874, five years before the coubty was organized.

~~ Trego County is a beautiful looking county, but until some climatic
changes occur by which the soil can retain moisture, it will be next to worth-
less for agricultural pursuits, but for cattle and sheep-raising its place is in
the foremost rank.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.

The proclamation of the Governor, organizing the County of Trego was issued June
21, 1879, prior to which time it had been attached to Ellis County for_judicial and revenue
purposes. The following is a copy of the proclamation :—

‘* PROCLAMATION

Organizing the county of Trego and locating the temporary county-seat. 3

~ “WHEREAS: A memorial signed by two hundred and fifty house-holders residents of
Trego County, Kansas, and legal electors of the State, whose signatures have been duly
attested by the affidavits of three householders thereof, showing that said county had 1,500
inhabitants, and praying for the organization of the same; said affidavits setting forth that
they had reason to, and did, believe said memorial to be true, and, .

Wuereas: It appears from actual enumeration by census returns duly made and certi-
fied according to.law, by an officer regularly appointed, commissioned, and qualified, that
there are 1,500 bona fide inhabitants in said county of Trego. Now, therefore, know ye:—

- That I, John P, St. John, Governor of the State of Kansas, by authority of law vested in
me, have appointed and commissioned T. W. Miller, H. C. Bryant, and W.H Fuson,
County Commissioners, and George Pinkham as County Clerk for said county of Trego and
do hereby designate and declare the town of Wakeeney to be the temporary county-seat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the great seal
of the State. ict

Done at the city of Topeka the twenty-first day of June, 1879.

JOHN P. ST. JOHN,

= : 2 e Governor.”

By virtue of this proclamation, a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
held at the office of Morse & Hays, on June 26, 1879. The board organized by electing T.
W. Miller Chairman. At that meeting the county was divided into three townships, namely,
Ogallah, embracing all the eastern portion of the county; Collyer, the western por-
tion, and Wakeeney the central. Each of the townships fhus created was made a Com-
missioner District. - en

The ordering of an election for county ‘and township officers, to be held on the 26th day
of July, 1879, completed the business transacted by the board at its first meeting. At the
election thus ordered, the first held in the county, the following named persons were elected
to the respective offices:—County Commissioners, Enos Glick, D. Barclay and J. C. Brown;
County Clerk, George Pinkham; Treasurer, John Weckel; Probate Judge, W. UH. Fuson;
Register of Deeds, A. H. Deppe: Sheriff, J. F. Allen; Coroner, J. W. Scott; County Attorney,
J.C. Phillips; Clerk of District Court, A. B Poler; Supermtendent of Public Instruction,
J. K Wilson; Surveyor, T. K. Peck; Justices of the Peace, Wakecney Township, B. C.
Rich and C. @. Yetter; Collyer Township, J. L. McGarvey and W. H. Burnham; Ogallah
Township, E.E.Drake For county-seat Wakeeney had fifty-one votes and Ogallah thirteen,
and Wakeeney was declared the permanent county-seat. '

The first Representative to represent the county in the Legislature was J. F. Keeney,
who was elected at the November election in 1880. - ,

The following is a list of the county officials of 1888: J. W. Welsh, C. C. Ridgeway, A.
W. Purinton, Commissioners; George Pinkham, County Clerk; A. W. Blair, District
Clerk; W. H. Fuson, Probate Judge; ore T. Stones, Treasurer; J F. Allen, ere A.
M. Allen, Register of Deeds; John Nelson, County Attorney; O. W. Barnes, Superintendent
of Public Instruction; C. J. Ferris, Surveyor; Joshua Groft, Coroner.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

The school history of the county will serve as an indicator as to how the county has
retrograded in point oF population within the past-two or three years. Tn 1881, the school
population of the county, betwecn the ages of five and twenty-one years, was 825, being 448
males and 377 females. in 1882, the total was 719, being 402 males and 317 females, showing
a decrease in one year of 106. The total number of pupils enrolled in 1881, in the public
schools of the county, was 404, and in 1882 the number. was 188, being a falling off in enroll-
ment of 216. The average daily attendance at the public schools in 3881, was 274; im 1882 it
was 78, the difference between the two years being 196. There are in the county twenty-
two organized school districts. and the number of teachers emplared during 1882, at as
ent times, was twenty-seven, the male teachers being eight, and the females uineteen The
average salary per month paid to male teachers was $27.37, being less by $3.13 than in 1881.
The average salary per month paid to female teachers in 1882, was $23.61, being an in-
crease of $3.61 over the salary paid in 1881. There are only eight school buildings in the
county, containing, in all, nine rooms. The number of districts sustaining public schools
for three months during the school year ending July 31, 1882, was twenty, and the eS
of districts failing to sustain a three months’ school, was two. The county has no schoo
indebtedness, and the estimated value of school property in the county is $1,300. The
number-of mills on the dollar levied on the taxable property of the county for school pur-
poses was 11.25. The balance in the hands of the District Treasurer on August 1, 1881, was
$159 95: the amount received from district taxes, was $3,978 27; from State apportionment,
$470.72, and from all other sources $1,148.59, making a total of $6,057 53. The a
paid for teachers’ wages during the year ending July 31, 1882, was $3,045.27; for rents, uel.
repairs, etc., $863.76; for buildings and furniture, $927.27; for all other purposes, $139.79,
making a total of $4,976.29. leaving a balance in the hands of the District Treasurer on
August 1, 1882, of $1,081.24. The first school taught in the county, was a private school
which was opened in 1879 by a man known as Rev. W. S. Woodruff, whose stay in Wakeeney, -
owing to circumstances rather suspicious, was exceedingly short. The building he
erected for a school was a two-story igen which was afterward purchased by the district
and is the one now used for school purposes Me

The years 1878-79 witnessed a great influx of people to Trego County. The immense.
crops of wheat that were raised in some of the western counties in the former year, led

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many to believe that the aridness of Western Kansas was more imaginary than real, and
the beautiful appearance of the surface as it stretched out wide and green, had a tendency
to strengthen this belief. Laboring under this impression, hundreds of people seeking
homes in the West took claims in Trego County and located there. The starting of the town
of Wakeeney in 1878 attracted a great many people there, and the population of few counties
in the West increased with greater rapidity than that of Trego County. By 1880, the population
of the county was estimated at between 3,000 and 4,000, the town of Wakeeney alone claim-
ing about one-third of the whole. Those who had located in the county expecting to follow
farming, soon discovered that they had made a mistake, and for the last two or three years
the exodus from the county has been as great as the influx was in 1878-79. Very many
who took claims, upon discovering the inadaptability of the soil for farming purposes, did
not remain to perfect their title to the lands on which they had located, but emigrated to
other and more favorable localities. Many others who have battled since 1878-79 against
the disadvantages of climate and failure of crops, are only waiting to perfect their titles to
their claims, when they can leave them without any risk of their being ‘‘jumped.”’ Others
again who came to farm, and who had means, have gone into the stock business and are
doing well; but the settlers who came with little means, and whose chief dependence was
upon their own labor and that of their teams have been obliged to leave, This falling away
in the country population had its effects upon Wakeeney, as without a farming community
to support it, the town could not prosper, there being no other industry upon which it
could rely, and hence hundreds of people who went to Wakeeney, with the intention of
permanently locating there, and who had built houses for themselves, were, obliged by
circumstances, to relinquish their homes and seek others elsewhere; and at present the en-
tire population of Trego County is very little more, if any, than was that of Wakeeney
sone years ugo, not exceeding, according to the best information obtainable, more
than 1.500. 2

The growth of the county in material wealth has not been very great, and some of the
most valuable improvements in the county are rendered worthless by non-use. The statis-
tics furnished by the township assessors for the year ending March 1, 1882, show that the
number of acres included in farms in the county, was 63,180. The number of farm dwell-
ings erected during the year was twenty-one, valued at $4,998, being an average of $237
each, which would indicate that the buildings were of rather inferior order. In 1880, the
number of acres sown to winter wheat was 5,428, but in 1881 the acreage was only 1,770,
showing a falling off in one year of 3,658 acres. In 1880 the acreage of rye was 128 acres,
and in 1861 it was 191, an increase of 63 acres. The number of acres planted to corn in 1880
was 5,924, and in 1881 the number was 3,986, a decrease in one year of 1,938 acres. A cor-
rexyponding decrease also occurred in all other field crops, the total acreage in 1880 being
16,(147, whereas in 1881 it was only 10,287, a decrease of 5,760 acres, which was still further
decreased in 1882. The value of garden products marketed in the county in 1881, was
$303; and the value of eggs and poultry sold was $1.076. ‘The amount of cheese made in
the county during the year was 485 pounds, and of butter the amount was 30,872 pounds. At
the commencement of 1882, the live stock in the county was: Horses, 518; mules and asses,
123; milch cows, 869; other cattle, 2,389; sheep, 20,421, and swine 380. These figures show
that raising hogs is not considered profitable, and that the attention of stock-men is given
to cattle and sheep. The value of animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter in 1881 was
$3,173; and the amount of wool clipped was 33,945 pounds. Thereis notasingle fruit tree in
in the county reported in bearing, and the number not in bearing are: Apple, 2,919; pear, 161;
peach, 15,481; plum, 1,012; and cherry, 150, It is amooted question, negatively answered by
some, and affirmatively by others, whether fruit trees or trees of any kind, can be successfully
cultivated in the county, which can only be solved conclusively by time. It would seem
that the faith of the people in the success of arboriculture is not exceedingly strong, as the
number of acres reported in the county, devoted to artificial forestry is only 30, of which
3 are walnut, 13 honey locust, 11 cottonwood, and 3 of other varieties. There is but little
fencing in the county. the total being 1,298 rods, divided as follows:—Board fence, 40 rods;
stone, 64; hedge, 40; and wire, 1,154. The value of agricultural implements in the county
is set down at $8,196.

WAKEENEY,

Wakeeney, the county-seat of Trego County, is located on Section 9,
Township 12 south, Range 23 west of the Sixth Principal Meridian. The
town was founded by James F. Keeney and Albert E. Warren, of Chicago,
who purchased two entire townships of land from the Kansas Pacific Rail-
way Company. The town site was surveyed and platted in March, 1878, by
Peck and Ellsworth, and on the 3rd day of April, 1878, the town plat was
filed for record.

Prior tu the founding of Wakeeney, there was a station on the line of
railway, about one mile west of the new town site, nained Trego, but when
Wakecney was surveyed and platted, the depot at Trego was moved to
Wakeeney, The town derived its name from its founders, the first two
letters of Warren's name having been taken for the first syllable of the
name of the town—Wa—to which was added the full name of the other
founder, Keeney, and by « combination of the two, the word Wakeeney is
derived, which is frequently written Wa-Keeney. When Warren and
Keeney made their purchase of the tract of land on which Wakeeney is
located, in the fall of 1877, there were but very few settlers in the county,
not more than a dozen permanent settlers in all. John Henry was found
located on a claim about a mile west of Wakeeney, George Pinkham about
a mile and a half northwest. Arthur Pratt and family were also located on
a claim, the other settlers being Harlow Orton, Earl Spaulding, J. K.
Snyder, D. O. Adams, George Brown, George McCaslin and Peleg Richards.
These constituted about all the settlers in Trego County, when Warren and
Keeney arrived in the fall of 1877. Having selected and purchased the
lands they desired, and inade arrangements for locating the town, Warren
and Keeney returned to Chicago and did not return to Trego County until
the following spring. ;

Before the survey of the town site was completed, people began flock-
ing to Wakeeney by the score, the majority of them going from Chicago.
The first house built on the town site was put up by Peck & Ellsworth, late
in 1877, and was used as a real estate office. At that time these gentlemen
lived in a ‘‘dug out” at Trego Station. The first business house in the town
was erected by C. P. Keeney at the foot of Franklin Street, and is the two-
story frame now occupied as a general merchandising store by Thomas
Caddick. About the time that building was erected, Warren & Keeney put
up the Commercial House, directly across the street from Caddick’s store.
This is a frame building, and was the first hotel built in the town. Never
did people flock to a-place as they did to Wakeeney. Merchants by the score,
professional men by the dozen, mechanics and tradesmen by the hundred,
and speculators by the horde, all rushed to Wakeeney as though it was a
new Eldorado. About one hundred carpenters were kept busy night and
day, and yet houses could not go up fast enough to accommodate the people.
Buildings would be occupied long before they were finished, and although
they sprung up as if by magic, ‘‘ more houses” was still the ery. The im-
mense crops of that year added to the rush, and during the fall of 1878 and
spring of 1879, Wakeeney was literally jammed with people.
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In 1879, Warren & Keeney entered into an arrangement with the ‘rail-
way company to build a depot, by which the company was to pay them so
much if they finished it in one year, and so much if not finished within a
longer period. The railroad company gave Warren & Keeney notes, and
they in turn sold the mechanics, that worked on the building, town lots, for
the payment of which half their ie was deducted until the lots were paid
for. The building is constructed of a kind of chalk limestone, and is the
neatest finished depot on the entire line of road. It is 40x8u feet, and is
built for beauty as well as usefulness, with wide platforms on either side, and
verandas, which are supported by four large columns, the whole surmounted
by a beautifully finished and ornamental cupola.

The year 1879 saw no check to the rush of people to Wakeeney, and the
place grew with astonishing rapidity. Improvements were made as fast as
workmen could make them. The Oakes House was built in that year by
D. Barclay. _ It is a very fine building, 30x10 feet, with a large ell on the
north end. It is built of sawed stone and finished in good style, but has been
closed up for some time, owing to want of patronage. The Grand Central
Hotel was also built in 1879 by B. W.S. Huffaker. It is a two-story build-
ing, half stone and half wood, and is still used for hotel purposes. A third
hotel built in 1879 was the Union House, put up by W. C. Olson. It is a
two-story frame building, of fair dimensions, and is still occupied as a hotel.
A fourth one was the Trego House, but this is no longer used as a hotel.

Throughout this year all these hotels were constantly crowded to over-
flowing, and landlords were put to their wits’ end to furnish accommodations
for all the guests that arrived. Aside from the hotels built in 1879, many
good, substantial improvements were made. Lawrence & Hall put up a
very fine two-story stone building, which they still continue to use as a
general merchandising store. One Mr. Thorpe erected a very handsome
two-story stone building on the east side of Franklin Street. There was no
neater building in Western Kansas, and was finished off in very elegant
style, having large plate-glass windows in front, and the whole building
fitted up, apparently, regardless of expense. The first floor was used as a
store by Mr. Thorpe, and the upper floor was fitted up for, and used as, the
United States Land Office.

About three o’clock on the morning of February 3, 1880, an alarm of
fire was raised, and people rushed from their houses to see the cause thereof.
The fire was first discovered issuing from the basement of Thorpe’s new

. building, and might have been readily extinguished before it spread to the

building above, but when the bystanders attempted to enter, Thorpe told
them there were several kegs of powder in the basement, which caused those
who came to help, to give the place a wide berth, and let the fire take its
course. No attempt was made to save anything, and the building, with all
its contents, including all the books and records in the Government Land
Office, with ten other frame buildings, were all totally destroyed.. The loss
occasioned by the fire was estimated at $40,000, and though everybody,
during the progress of the fire was expecting to hear a loud explosion, none
occurred, so that the powder, if any there was, must have possessed the
extraordinary quality of being non-combustible. The following summer
Verbeck & Blair, whose store had been swept away by the fire of February,
erected a very fine two-story stone building on the site of the one that had
been destroyed, and which they now occupy as a general store. A grand
improvement was made to the town that year in the erection of the Opera
Block by J. F. Keeney. Itisan improvement that would be a credit to any
town. ‘The building has an east front of 100 feet, and a south front of 80
feet. It is two stories high, with a basement, the walls of the latter coming
up about two feet above the surface of the ground. The walls of the build-
ing are constructed of chalk limestone, sawed into blocks of uniform dimen-
sion, while the steps, caps and sills are made from hard limestone, all the
material having been taken from quarries adjacent to town. The lower
story is divided into four storerooms, and the upper story was intended for
an Opera Hall and offices. ,

PRESENT STATUS OF THE TOWN.

The crop failures of the years 1879 and 1880 having convinced people generally that Trego
County was altogether unreliable and unsuited for agricultural pursuits, people began to
leave about as rapidly as they had come, and the zenith of the glory of Wakeeney was
reached. Family after family moved away, and business men packed up their goods and
sought more remunerative fields. Mr. Keeney felt the blow, and his handsome block was

left uncompleted, and stands unfinished at the present time. One of the store rooms in the *

building is finished, and is used for the Governntent Land Office, and some offices are fixed
up temporarily and are rented by the county, and used for county offices. No attempt has
been made to finish any other part of the building, and while its external appearance is
worthy of admiration, inside it plainly tells of the decline of Wakeency.

Since 188) the town has been going down, and all that remains of its once flourishing
business are four general merchandising stores, and one furniture store to which business is
added that of boots and shoes. The town outgrew itself in its infancy, and soon reached
that stage which was soon followed by a rapid decline,

There are three church ‘organizations in the town, Presbyterian, Congregational and
Methodist. There are no regular church buildings in the place, but the Presbyterians pur-
chased in 1879 the old Trego depot, which they converted intoachurch. The other societies
hold service in part of the Keeney Block, :

Wakeeney Lodge No. 148, A., F. & A. M,, was organized under dispensation June 2, 1881,
and was chartered February 15, 1882. It was instituted with twenty charter members, the
first officers being B. J. F. Hanna, W. M.; 8. J. Osborn, S. W.; F. H. Conger, J. W.; W.B.
Kritchfield, Secretary, and W. T, Hunter, Treasurer. The lodge has now a membership of
twenty-seven, the present officers being 8. J. Osborn, W. M.; F. H. Conger, 8. W.; . AL
Fuson, J. W.; A. B. Jones, Secretary, and W. T. Hunter, Treasurer,

The United States Land Oftice for the district embracing the counties of Ellis, Rush,
Trego, Ness, Gove, St. John, Wallace, Scott, Wichita and Greeley, and part of Lane, Rooks
Graham, Sheridan, Thomas and Sherman, is located at Wakeeney, having been remove
from Hays City there October 20, 1879.

“The business men of Wakeeney are Lawrence & Hall, Baldwin, Morgan & Dann, Ver-
beck & Blair, and Thomas Caddick, these names representing four general merchandising
stores, and Joseph Lucas, who deals in furniture, and’ boots and shoes. F. Ellsworth is a
grain and coal dealer, and this list embraces all the business of Wakeeney.

The P1ess.—The first newspaper established in Trego County, and the only one now pub-
lished within its borders, was the Wakeeney World. The paper was first issued March 8,
1879, under the sole editor and proprietorship of W. 8. Tilton, by whom the paper still con-
tinues to bé published. It.started as a six column paper, but in August 1879 it was enlarged
to seven columns, and was further enlarged to eight columns in October 1881. It is folio in
form, Republican in politics, and has a circulation of 400,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The Leader was started in September 1879, by H. P. Stultz. It was a six column, folio,
and Republican in politics, It only lived alittle over a year, havin, expired in December
1880. The paper was revived in May 1881, by A. J. R Smith, but only lived a few months,
expiring again in August 1881.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

AMOS M. ALLEN, Register of Deeds, and farmer, was the first child born to Jobn C.
‘and Keziah Allen, and was born November 11, 1835, in Tioga, Tioga Co., N. Y. His father
was a farmer and the son was raised to the same business. His education was received in -
the public schools of his native ca He was married January 1, 1862, to Miss Amelia
R. Cowden, by whom three children have been born to him:—Mabel, born May 20, 1866,
Mertie, horn February 19, 1868, and John C., born in April 1876. His father dying in 1872,
upon the settlement of his estate, Amos M. Allen moved to Iowa, locating in Anamosa,
Jones County, where he became engaged in mercantile pnrsuits. and subsequently embarked
in the wholesale millinery business. Declining health compelled him to retire from buei-
ness, and he became traveling agent for the Singer Manufacturing Company. In the fall of
1880 he emigrated from Iowa to Kansas, and located upon a homestead claim in Trego
County. He served as Trustee of the Township in which he resided, for the year 1882, and
in November of that year was elected at the general election, to the office of Register of
Decds of the county, which position he now occupies. :

JOHN F. ALLEN, Sheriff and farmer, was the sixth child and second son of James P.
and Margaret M. Allen, and was born in the city of Chicago, October ‘1., 1847. His father
was one of the very earliest settlers in Chicago, and was the first man to engage in the lum-
ber business in that city. He attended the public schools of the city for a number of years,
after which he entered the Douglas University, which he attended several terms, and there
completing whatever educational training he received. Leaving the university, he assisted
his father in his business, working at th books in the office, and eyinee to collections,
Subsequently he became engaged in business himeelf, by starting a saw and planing-mill in
the city which proved qnite successful, and in 1873 he established a simuar mill In Clark
County. Wis. In 1875 he disposed of his Chicago mill and moved to Wisconsin, but failing
health’ compelled him to sell out. his Wisconsin mil! the following year, and in 1877 he
returned to Chicago. On his return to the city, he entered the detectiye service, in which
he remained until in the spring of 1878, when the state of his health required a change of
climate, and he moved to Kansas. locating near Wakeeney, bemg Pn the first settlers in
Trego County. In company with Mr. Peck he opened a land office in akeeney and became
engaged in the real estate business. At the first election held in Trego County, in July,
1879, Mr. Allen was elected Sheriff, which office he has held continually ever since and still
continues to hold. On November 9. 1870. John F. Allen and Mrs. Julia E. Boyer were
joined in wedlock in the city of Chicago, by which marriage they have had three children—
Laura C., born May 4, 1872; Frank Leroy, born February 27, 1874, died March 25, 1874, and

len F., born July 29, 1876. Besides being Sheriff, Mr. Allen is aiso a member of the

ocky Mountain Detective Association, and as such has‘had many desperate encounters
with desperadoes and horse-thieves of the West, several times narrowly escaping with his
life. There are few men whose names are better known to, and more feared by, desperadoes
and law-breakers of the West than is that of John F. Allen, the Sheriff of Trego County.

WILLIS H. FUSON, Probate anire and real estate agent. Willis H. was the fourth
son born to William §. and Sarah Fusun, his birth occurring on the 14th of February,
1843. His father was a native of Virginia, and his mother of Ohio. When four years old
his parents moved to Fulton County, Ill., and settled upon a farm where Willis H. re-
sided until January 29, 1862, upon which day he enlisted in Company E, Fifty-third Regi-
ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry; was in the en; epepent at Shiloh, participated in the
siege and capture of Corinth, was’ severely woun through the right hand and wrist at
the battle of Big Hatchie in an ee ae with the Rebels under Price and Van Dorn, by
reason of which he was discharged for disability on March 3, 1863. His only means of ob-
taining an education before the war were those afforded by the common schools, but after
leaving the service he attended Lombard University at Galesburg, Ill., during 1863 and
1864. Not baving sufficient funds to enable him to ey his tuition until his studies. were
completed, he taught school for several terms to get the necessary means, andre entering the
university, he completed the course, and graduated in 1871. Leaving the university he be-
came the principal of the graded schools at Bath, Ill., where he remained for one year,
when he went to Summum and entered upon like duties. In the fall of 1873 he became en-
gaged as principal of the graded school at Yates City, il. In 1874 he was married to
Miss Annie L. Nelson, anative of Sweden, who is alsoa graduate of Lombard University.
While in charge of the school at Yates City he found time to read law, and at the close of
the school engagement he moved to Galesburg, where he completed his law studies, and in
September 1x76, was admitted to the barand practiced his profession in Galesburg until the
fall of 1878, when he moved with his family to Kansas, locating in Wakeeney, Trego County.
Mr. Fuson took an active part in the settlement and development of the county and upon
the organization of the county, in June, 1879, he was spotted by the Governor as one of the
first County Commissioners. At the first election held in the county, in 1879, he was elected
Probate Judge, which office he has held without interruption from that time to the present.
By his marriage with Miss Nelson, two children have been born t> them, a daughter and a
son, the former born at Galesburg, Ill., March 9, 1877, and the latter at Wakeeney, Trego
Comnyy, Kan., May 18, 1881. . .

BENJAMIN J. F. HANNA, Register of United States Land Office, was born in Golconda,
Pope County, Til, February 24, 1825. He was the only son of John C. and Lucy G. Hanna.
His father was a native of Tennessee, and lived to reach the ripe age of eighty-two years,
and died in Leavenworth, Kan., on the 25th day of April, 1874. His mother 18 still
living in Salina, Saline County, Kan., and has attained the age of eighty years. The boy-
hood days of Captain Hanna were passed in that locality of Hlinois, known as Egypt, where
ample opportunities were given him for muscular development, while the log schoolhouses
of that early day were the only means of acquiring an education within his reach. From
1841 until 1845 his time was devoted to working on the farm in summer, and teaching school
in winter, but in the latter year he entered a printing office at Sparta, Ill., where he
learned the printing trade. With a thorough knowledge of printing in all its branches, and
posseaeer of a pocketbook containing about $5 in money, he moved to Chester, Randolph

ounty, Ill, where, in 1849, he established a newspaper, Known as the Chester Herald,

but in the following year ‘his office and material were totally destroyed by fire. He imme-

diately purchased a new press and other office material, and the issuance of the paper was

continued without interrruption. In 1856 he disposed of his interest in the Herald and what
other interest he had in Chester, and moved to Alton, where he took charge of the edi-

torial department of the Alton Courier, which position he occupied until the commence-

ment of the war in 1861, when he severed his connection with the paper, and entered
the service of the government. In November, 1862, he was appointe Quartermaster

of United States Volunteers, with rank of Captain, by President Lincoln, which ap-
pointment the Senate confirmed, and from that time until January, 1866, his post of duty
was in the Statcs of Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama. After leaving the ser-
vice, he removed to Kansas, locating in Salina, Saline County, where he established The
Salina Herald, the first number of the paper appearing February 16, 1867. Captain Hanna
was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at Hays City, November 10, 1877,
and was re-appointed January 24, 1882. In 1849 he connected himself with the I. O. O.F..

and has held, at various times, the highest offices in the order, having served as Grand
Master and Grand Patriarch, and also two terms as Representative in the Grand Lodge of
the United States. He has also passed all the degrees pertaining to American Rite Masonry,
and in 1878-79 was R. E. Grand Commander of Knights Templar, of Kansas. At Chester,
Ill, on the 8rd day of August, 1849, B. J F, Hanna was joined in wedlock to Miss
Margaret Phillips, a native of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. By this marriage they have
five children—Edwin P., born at Chester, Ill., December 25, 1850, and muiied at Salina,
Saline County, Kan., to Louiea J. Hines, April 2, 1872, and who is now private secretary
to the Secretary of the Interior, at Washington, D. C., which position he has held under
Secretaries Schurz, Kirkwood and Teller. Franklin R., born August 15, 1854; died March
28, 1857. Christina A., born at Chester, Ill., July 22, 1857, and married to Wm. H. Dann,
at Salina, Kan , December 25.1876. Benjamin W., born at Alton, Il]., June 12, 1860, and
married to Imogen A. Cole, at Washington, D. C., May 30, 182; is now employed as private
secretary to the Secretary of the Navy, which position he has held for two years. Lucie M.,
oe araa ges July 22, 1864, and married to B. F. Morgan, at Wakeeney, Trego County,

ty . i

JOSEPH LUCAS, merchant, was born in Jersey County, Ill., February 8, 1835, and was
the third child born to Napoleon B. and Lydia Lucas. His paternal grandfather was twice
TREGO COUNTY.

Governor of Ohio, and the first Governor of the Territoty of Lowa. His father was a farmer,
and Joseph remained at home until he was twenty-three years old, attending the public
schools until he was well advanced toward his majority, after which all his time was de-
voted to farm work. In 1858 he started out for himself, oing to Madison Connty, Ill,
where he engaged infarming. While thus engaged the war broke out, and he eulisted for
three months in Company F, Seventh Illinois Infantry., At the end of his term of service
he re-enlisted for three years in Company G, Forty-ninth Illinois Infantry. - His three-
years’ term of service expiring, he again re-enlisted, and served until September, 1865, when
he was mustered out with his regiment at Paducah, Ky., after having served four years and
six months. He was present at, and took part. in, the following engagements: Fort Don-
elson, Shiloh, Corinth, Little Rock; was with the force that accompanied Gen. Sherman in
his expedition into Alabama; also with Gen. Banks iti his Red River expedition. He was
engaged in the attack on Fort Darouche, the battles of Pleasant Hill,-Tallahatchie, Franklin,
Nashville, and several severe skirmishes. Upon his first re-enlistment he was appointed
Third Sergeant; February 1, 1365, he was promoted to Orderly Sergeant; April 20, of the
same year he was commissiond as Second Lieutenant, and in August, 1865, was appointed
acting Adjutant of the regiment, which position he held when mustered out. Leaving the
army he returned to Jersey County, Ill., where he resumed farming, and in 1868 moved to
Kansas, settling in Jefferson County, locating on a quarter-section of land he purchased of
the railroad company. In 1877 he moved to Lawrence, Kan., where he became engaged in
the hardware and implement business, in which he remained until April, 1878, when he
sold out his business and became eee the McCormick Reaper Company. In

December, 1879, he moved to Wakeeney. Tego County, where he is now engaged in the

furniture business, and also that of boots and shoes. In October, 1881, he was appointed

Sheriff of Trego County, to fill an unexpired term, and is now holding the position of Under
Sheriff. In Jersey County, Ill., June 30, 1864, while at home ona veteran furlough, he was

married to Miss Catherine Aulthouse, the issue of this marriage being Georgiana, born July 6,

1866, and died August 10, 1867; Elmer E., born May 19, 1868; William P., the survivor of

twins, born February 3, 1870; Mary Alice, born January 3, 1872: Rosa, born February 1, 1876,

and died January 26, 1880; Albert M., born August 22, 1877. and Ethel May, born April 18, 1881.

GEORGE PINKHAM, County Clerk, farmer, and proprietor of whiting works, was born

in the city of Detroit, Mich., April 8, 1846 “While yet a child, his parents moved to Port

Huron, where George passed his boyhood days, and grew to that age in life that marks

the dividing line between boyhood and manhood. His father, George W. Pinkham, was a

merchant, and the time George had to spare from school was given to the assistance of his

father in business. His early education was received in the public schools of Port Huron,

leaving which he attended the Ypsilanti Seminary for several terms. Leaving the seminary

in 1864, he went to Oconto, Wis.. where he taught four terms. In December, 1865, he moved

to Kansas, and located at Fort Hays, in Ellis County, where he was engaged as clerk in the

commissariat department at the fort, and where he remained until the winter of 1866, when he

removed to Fort Dodge, where he was similarly employed until the summer of 1867, when he

joined a company in the United States service known as Forsyth’s Scouts. Was engaged in

several severe engagements with the Indians in Kansas, and accompanied Generals Sheridan

and Custer in their expedition against the Indians in the Indian Territory in 1868. In.the

spring of 1869 the company was disbanded, and for the following five years the business he

followed was quite diversified, doing whatever he found most convenient for his hands to

do. In 18/4 he was employed by the Kansas Pacific Railway Company as a painter, and

had charge of the painting work on the Smoky Hill division of the road. He remained in

the employ of the company until 1877, and while thus employed he discovered a chalk bed

in pee County, and shortly afterwards quit the employ of the company and took a home-

stead claim and located thereon, the chalk bed being embraced in the land upon which he

filed his homestead.claim, and which he immediately began to utilize by erecting whiting

works, which he is now operating quite successfully. r. Pinkham was the first County

Clerk of Trego County, having been appointed by the Governor in June, 1879, when the

county was first organized, to which office he was afterwards elected at the special election

held in July. From January, 1880, until January, 1882, his entire time was devoted to the

manufacture of whiting; but having been again elected, in November, 1881, to the office of

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County Clerk, he entered upon the duties of the oftice in January, 1882, and is now serving
in that capacity. On December, 29, 1877, Mr. Pinkham was married in the city of St. Louis,
ee Rev. Dr. Betts, to Miss Matilda Upton, a native of New York State. They have three
children—Minnie Maud, born September 18, 1879; Charles F., born February 24, 1881, and
Bessie May, born May 4, 1882.

GEORGE TIPPLE STONEX, County Treasurer and farmer. The parents of George T.
Stonex were William and Elizabeth Stonex, both natives of England. George T. was born
in the city of London, ne September, 26, 1820. He came with his parents to the United
States in March, 1830, and Jocated in Westchester, Chester County, Pa., where they remained
until 1833, when they removed to Lancaster County. In the spring of 1835 the family moved
to Dearborn County, Ind., where they lived about nineteen years. George T. received his
education in the common schools of London and Pennsylvania. In July, 1861, he enlisted
in the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Tlinois Volunteer Infantry, and was elected to the rank of
First Lieutenant of Company F in said regiment. He served all through the Misgouri and
Arkansas campaigns nite Generals Siegel and Curtis until after the battle of Pea Ridge,
when he ene With | his regiment to shiloh. He participated in the siege of Corinth, after the
capture of which, on account of his family,he resigned and returned home. Subbequently
he was appointed Deputy Provost-Marshal, and was assigned to duty in the secret service
of the Governmeut, his field of service being chiefly in Wlinois, remaining in this service
until finally discharged at the close of the war. Returning to civil life, he engaged in the
mercantile business in Mendota, Ill., where he remained for two years, when he sold out
and removed to Dwight, where he established himsclf in the hardware business, where he
remained for several years, until failing health compelled him to seek other pursuits, and
disposing of his business he enzaged in farming. On May 18. 1844, he was married to Miss
Kate B Peterson in Franklin County, Ind., but no issue followed the marriage. Mr. and
Mrs Stonex, however, have had quite a large family of children by adoption. raising three
to manhood and womanhood, and four others for a number of years. One of their adopted
sons was captured at Cedar Mountain and died in camp: In September, 1878, Mr. Stonex
moved from Douglas County, Lll., to Kansas, and located in the eastern part of Trego
County, and in November, 1879, was elected Treasurer of the county, and two years _after-
wards was re-elected to the same office, and is now serving on his second term; and in ad-
dition to his other duties and business, he has given much of his time to the service of the
church, having been a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church for twenty-two years,
and with which he is still connected.

WINFIELD 8. TILTON, proprietor of the Wakeeney World, was born of poor but
respectable parents in Effingham County, Ill, May 27, 1848, His father, Elijah Tilton, was a
physician, born in Ohio in 1822; his mother was a school teacher, who was born in the State
of New York. His parents moved to Fayette County, Ill., when he was two years of age. In

- 1860, his parents moved to Minncsota,where he farmed under his father’s direction and went

toschool. In 1862 his parents moved to Central Iowa. Jn 1863 he enlisted in Company H,
Ninth Lowa Cavalry, and served twenty-seven months, until the mustering out of the regi-
ment. He returned to Des Moines, Iowa, where he attended school in 1866, then taught
school awhile. He received a commission as Lieutenant of Company L, Nineteenth Kansas
Cavalry, in the fall of 1868, and served with the regiment in the Indian Territory and West-
ern Kansas until its muster out in the following spring. He was married the following
December to Miss Annie M. Wilcox, of ‘Miami County, Kan., who died in 1873._ They have
had two children. In 1871 he worked as a compositor on the La Cygne, Kan., Journal. He
then went to Mound City, in the same county, and the same year, and for eighteen months
worked as compositor, associate editor and editor on the Border Sentinel. In 1874 he was
traveling agent, cortespondent and city editor of the Leavenworth Daily Times. The
same year he went to Sedalia, Mo.; worked as a compositor, and for a time conducted the
Daily Republican. In 1875 he was one of two to start the Stone County Bowlder, at Galena,
Mo.; then went to Carroll County, Ark., where he ran the Carroll County Bowlder, at Car-
roliton. In 1877 was married to Miss Jessie McClure, of Carroll County, Ark., by whom he
has three children. In March, 1879, he started the Wakeeney Weekly World, which he has
conducted ever since. In 1280 was appointed Paymaster-General of Kansas militia, with
the rank of Colonel, by Gov. St. John.

 
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

“ RILEY COUNTY.

 

LOCATION, ARKA AND NAME,

Re iney County was the westernmost county of Kansas, having the Kan-

sas River for its southern boundary, among those organized by the
Territorial Legislature of 1855. Its northern boundary was the county of
Marshall; its western, the line between Ranges 5 and 6 east; its cast-
ern, Calhoun County, lying east of the line dividing Ranges 10 and
11 east. Between it and the Missouri River, were the counties of
Calhoun, Jefferson and Leavenworth. Going northward and westward
from Leavenworth, Atchison, Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, and Marshall
were traversed, as the Northern River and Nebraska line counties, making
eight counties to the north and
east of Riley. What was then

Western Kansas is in 1882, ASHINGTO MARSHALL
Northeastern Kansas, for west ORIV a! RVI

of the four then northern tier ! ’ qt

counties, are now eight organ- Te t

ized ones, only one unorganized +

county — Cheyenne — lying in wt
Northwestern Kansas, on the
Nebraska—Colorado line. From
1857 to 1878, changes have been
made in the county lines of
Riley. That part of it east of
the Big Blue River is now the
major portion of Pottawatomie
County. Its western boundary
was extended eight miles west
from the line dividing Ranges
5 and 6. From its southwestern
portion, Davis County has been

_ enlarged by territory from Ri-
ley, and on the south and south-
eastern portion of Riley has
there come additions from the
counties of Davis and Wabaun-
see. On the north it is bounded
by Washington, Marshall, and
Pottawatomie; on the east by
Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee;
on the south by Wabaunsee and
Davis; on the west by Davis and
Clay. There is no more irregu-
larly shaped county than this in
Kansas.

Its present area is about 620
square miles; with the United
States Military Reserve taken
out it has in round numbers
600 square miles. On its long-
est continuous line from north
to south, it is thirty-four miles.
At its widest place it is twenty-
six miles across it from east to
west; at its narrowest point, it
is twelve and one-half miles
across it. : ;

In parting with Milford and
South Milford Townships, as
they were known at different
times, Riley County gained

ie

* School Houses

Rand, MeNally & Oo., Engr’s, Chivago.

 

POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

Fauntleroy, Maj. E, A. Ogden, and an officer of the Engineer Corps, were
appointed a Commission to select a site on the Smoky Hill River for a ten-
company cavalry pee and the point chosen was the present site of Fort
Riley. May 19, 1853, Captain Lovell, of the Sixth Infantry, formed an
encampment and named it “Camp Center, at the mouth of the Pawnee River.”
July 26, 1853, it took the name of ‘‘ Fort Riley.” The buildings of the post
were constructed under the supervision of Maj. Ogden, who died at the fort,
of cholera in July, 1855. At the highest eminence of the post a fine monu-
ment of native limestone has been erected to his memory.

Fort Riley is about half a mile from the confluence of the Republican
and Smoky Hill rivers, about three miles from Junction City. The build-
ings are of a white, magnesian
limestone and are very complete
in all their appurtenances. It
is now a twelve-company post.

CO.
BR VII

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE
COUNTY.

Of its nearly 490,000 acres
of land, about 20 per cent are
bottom-lands, 80 per cent up-
lands, and 5 per cent forest,
according to government sur-
vey; 95 per cent prairie. The
eastern and southern portions
of the county are quite bluffy
and furnish some most pictur-
esque scenery; the western and
northern are for the most part
gently undulating, the rolling
prairie being most beautiful in
its waving swells and varied
slopes. On the small creeks the
strips of bottom are quite nar-
row; the belts of alluvial lands
along the Kansas,-Big Blue,
Fancy, Mill, and Wild Cat, vary
from one-half to four miles in
width.

The composition of the soil
is so varied in its chemical ele-
ments that nearly almost every-
thing in the nature of grasses,
grains, fruits and vegetables
can be produced from it. The
dark, easily-worked soil of the
bottom-lands is very product-
ive. Its depth, ranging from two
to fifteen feet, comparatively
makes its fertility inexhaust-
ible. Sand largely predomi-
nates over the clayey element,
and it very readily admits of
drainage, so that it may be said
there is next to nothing of stag-
nation in these bottom-lands of
large expanse. The uplands,
less sandy than the bottoms,
are fully as certain of bountiful
crops, except in the occasional
periods when burning drouths

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to Riley from Davis and ‘s Fancy Creek Township peroneal sd 169
Wabaunsee. a Grant Townsh Dy saecnaeneaa 616 | 1,095
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18m, | 2880. Erpllah from early and late

® Manhattan Township.. 796 961 frosts, of the crops on the high
be loathe, tay | 705 Prairie, and the salubrity of the

(i) Swede Creek Township. ....| .... oro climate, pauses the settlement
(j) Zeandale Township ......2.|. 2 = 569 of the uplands with great rapid-
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post of Fort Riley, and indi-
rectly from General Benjamin Riley, an officer of the United States Army.
July 31, 1852, Col. T. T. Fauntleroy, of the First Dragoons, while in Wash-
ington, D. C., in a letter to Maj.-Gen. T. S. Jessup, Quartermaster-
General of the United States Army, urged the establishment of a militar

post at or near a point on the Kansas River,where the Republican For

unites with it. He also recommended the ‘discontinuance of the Leaven-
worth, Scott, Atchison, Kearney and Laramie Posts, and the concen-
tration of troops at the post proposed.” In the autumn of 1852, Col.

. senting something of an appear-
ance of barrenness, are exceedingly valuable for pastoral purposes, supplied,
as their sides are so often, with excellent springs of living water: and the con-
tiguous ravines, with their shady nooks, make most excellent ranges for neat
cattle and sheep. Good brick-clay is found in the bottom-lands and a
beautiful magnesian limestone is distributed over the county, immense quar-
ries being in the vicinity of Manhattan.

; A large part of the Kansas River between the Big Blue and the-Repub-
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nattun, Ye) Tr 1870, part to Urunt: th B72, parts to Fanoy Creek and May Day; ‘in 1879, part to Swede Creek.” (f) In 1819, from part of Milford. @y La 50; part to Grants. Cb) In TE
from part of Jackson. (i) In 1879, from part of Jackson. (j) In 1871, from part of Wabaunsee County. , . ae rant. Ah Hey
RILEY COUNTY.

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the State. During the territorial days of Kansas, steamboats came up the
river to Manhattan and as far as Junction City; and should the Mississi pi,
Missouri, and Kansas rivers, under the fostering care of the General Gov-
ernment, receive bountiful appropriations, the bulk products of the soil
are likely to be transported in floating barges down thads improved naviga-
ble streams to the Gulf of Mexico,where they may be readily shipped to the
Old World. The Kaw, this noblest of Kansas rivers, is on the north line -
of Zeandale Township; it runs very irregularly through Manhattan. and
forms considerable of the north and the northwestern boundary of Ashland,
and the southwestern boundary of Ogden Township.

The Big Blue, forming the larger portion of the eastern boundary of the
county, has fewer sharp bends than the Kaw, into which it flows at the east
of Manhattan, and it isso bountifully furnished with water-power as to
cause it to be designated the ‘“‘ Merrimac” of Kansas. It is dammed at
Rocky Ford, some three miles above Manhattan; the fall is ten feet, and
the dam 342 feet in length, is built of heavy oak timbers bolted into the
solid rock foundation. The aoe Ford mill was built here in 1866. It is
a four-story stone building,40x60 feet. Its foundations are laid on the solid
rock, and its walls, laid in cement, are four feet thick from thé bottom of

' the river to the second floor. The river can be damined below at Manhattan
and above at Stockdale, Randolph, and Mariadahl. Swede Creek, Jackson,

Grant and Manhattan townships are the Riley County townships border-
ing on the Big Blue. Fancy and Mill creeks, flowing southeast into the Kan-.
sas, water the center of the county, and Madison, Timber and Three Mile
creeks running west into the Republican, water the western portion; while
south of the Kansas, McDowell, Deep and School creeks, traverse the south-
ern part, the two latter in Zeandale Township. The ‘‘Zeandale Bottoms ”
are regarded as the choice bottom-lands of the county. Besides these, there
are other small creeks, which, with their branches, give the county a most.
bountiful water-supply.

There are quite a variety of kinds of timber of which the most abundant.
are cottonwood, several kinds of oak and elm, black walnut, soft maple,
hackberry, hickory, locust, ash, linden, sycamore, mulberry, box elder, and
coffee-bean. -Of the cultivated groves, soft maple predominates, though
black walnut, locust and cottonwood are quite common. Outon the high:
prairies, the groves of forest-trees, and the cultivated orchards which now
bear in copious quantities some of the choicest of apples, pears and peaches,
all attest to the assiduous care of the lover of horticulture, and the most
excellent climate for various fruits.

EARLY SETTLERS AND SETTLEMENTS.

_In the latter part of 1853,a Tennesseean by the name of Samuel D. Dyer,
was running a government ferry at Juniata, about one mile below Rocky
Ford, on the Big Blue. Soon after, the Government built a bridge at this

oint, but in 1805 it was swept away by a flood. Mr. Dyer, the first’ white
inhabitant of Riley County, died in February, 1875, His politics were Pro-
slavery; -he was of good, common sense, excellent judgment,and great kind-
ness of heart. His house has been described as ‘‘one story high and two
stories long.” - :

Rev. Charles Emerson Blood, a native of Mason, New Hampshire,com-
menced his labors asa Home Missionary, at Juniata, November, 4, 1854,
having with others in his own words, “‘left their homes in the States
not simply to improve their worldly interests, but to fight the battles of

- freedom and save this beautiful country from the blighting curse of slavery.”

Zeandale Township.—Mr. J. H. Pillsbury, who settled in this town-
ship in 1855, gave this name to it, which is a combination of the Greek word
zea, meaning corn or spelt, and the English word dale, the signification
being corn-dale or corn-valley. Its location is the extreme southeastern

art of the county. ~ It borders on the Kansas River and is intersected by
esp Creek. Originally a part of Davis County, it was transferred to Wabaun-
see, and it became a part of Riley County by an act of the Legislature of
1871, compensating for the loss of the territory in the southwest part of the
county, that became a portion of Davis County. In 1854, John M. McCor-
mick, C. P. McDonald, and William Wiley located their claims; Daniel S.
Bates, J. M. Burleigh, H. D. Hall, E. R. McCurdy, andJohn C, Mossman
settled in the township in 1855, Abner Allen, Jesse Allen, Robert Karl
and G. R. Moses in 1856; D. M. Adams and Harvey Marshall in 1857. A
town was laid out, Mr. Adams was I la Postmaster; the first post-
office was kept at the house of J. H. Pillsbury. ;

A Congregational Church was organized in 1858; a church edifice was
begun but never completed, Rev. Harvey Jones, of Wabaunsee, preached
here alternate Sundays during 1856. Mrs. M. Pillsbury taught at her home
the first private school in 1858. Miss Mattie Keyes, in 1859, taught the first
district school in a small building on the farm of Mr. Abner Allen. In
1862 the first schoolhouse was built. It was made of hewn logs, and called
the ‘Conic Section, ” because of its hexagonal shape. Mrs. H. Van Ant-
werp taught the first school in the building. : :

Ernest McCurdy, son of E. R. McCurdy, was the first child born in the
township. The birth occurred April 26, 1856. .

Rev. Harvey Jones performed the first marriage ceremony, December
11, 1856. The parties united were C. P. McDonald and Mary E. McCurdy.

Clinton H. Pillsbury, infant son of J. H. Pillsbury, died early in 1857,
the first death in the township. © *

The recorder of the weather from Christmas, 1855,to February 11, 1856,

_ gives the average temperature, at eight degrees below zero; the coldest stood
31 degrees below. Thp snow, February 1, 1856, was three feet deep.
Ashland Township.—This township, originally a part of Davis County,
was transferred to Riley by an act of the legislature of 1873. Its area is
some thirty square miles. Thomas Reynolds, one of the first County Com-
missioners and a Probate Judge, made the first settlement early in 1855, on
Section 10, Township 11, Range 7. April 22, 1855, a colony made up in

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Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, arrived, consisting of thirty-five
members. It came by steamer from Cincinnati to Kansas City, and from
there in emigrant wagons. Among these colonists were many ardent
admirers of the great Commoner, Henry Clay, and to honor his memory
they gave the name of his late residence to the township and city which they
attempted to build. The settlement was made on McDowell Creek. F. G.
Adams was President; Rev. N. B. White, Vice President; Henry J. Adams,
Treasurer. C. N. Barclay, W. H. Mackay, John E. Ross, C. L. Sanford,
William Stone, M. Weightman, and J. S. Williams were among the members.
In March, 1857, Ashland became the county-seat of Davis County; and re-
mained so until November, 1860, when it gaye way to Junction City. There
were several terms of the Territorial District Courts held here, Rush Elmore,

Judge. In 1858, a post-office was established; M. D. Fisher, Postmaster.
Dr, KE. L, Patee was the first County Clerk. He settled in the township in
1856. He was County Treasurer of Riley County in 1864 and 1865.

Miss Marcia Woodward taught the first school. It was in 1857, and
the first schoolhouse was erected in 1865. Rev. N. B. White married the
first pair, William Stone and Matilda Williams, December 13, 1857. John
McDonald, of the Ashland Colony, died on the day after his arrival, April
23, 1855. . Clarence Patec, son of Dr. E. L. Patee, was the first child born,

_ March 6, 1857. : :

In 1860, a Christian Church was organized, but it has ceased to be.

Ogden Township.—This township obtained its name from Maj. Ogden
of the United States Army. Thomas Reynolds erected a 10x12 log cabin,
without glass for its windows, in June, 1854, on the southwest quarter of
Section 6, Township 11, Range 7. It was the first dwelling in the present
limits of the county... Here was held an election for the first Territorial
Delegate, November 29, 1854. -The site is on the knoll a little east. of where
the iron bridge crosses Seven Mile Creek. Dr Daniel L. Chandler is the .
owner of the tract at this time, 1882. Dr. Chandler, the Dixon brothers—
James, John, Patrick and Thomas—O. M. Dyche, B. B. Edmonds, Robert
Mallon, Daniel Mitchell, C. R. Mobley, R. D. Mobley, John M. Morris,
‘Joseph Myers, P. O’Malley, J. U. Parsons, Jacob Theirer, Moses Walker
Josephus Warner, M. D. Waters and S. B. White were among the first
settlers. John Dixon died in August, 1855, and a Mr. Allen the same
month. In July eight died of cholera at Pawnee.

The first marriages in the township were that of Thomas Dixon and
Mary Hoffman, May 1, 1856; C. M. Dyche and Miss B, A. O’Malley in
December, 1856. Alla, daughter of C. R. Mobley.was the first birth, born .
in 1856. Robert Wilson, at Pawnee in 1855, opened the first’ store in the
township; a Mr. Johnson, of Kansas City, the first store at Ogden. D. L.
Chandler, B, B. Edmonds, J. U. Parsons and Moses Walker brought in the
first saw and corn-mill in 1856, and, they manufactured considerable meal
and lumber. Mrs. E. Myers taught the first school in 1859; James Weston
taught the second one. In-1857, religious services were held, and a Congre-
gational Church was organized; Rev. J. U. Parsons preached, and a neat
stone edifice was erected in 1859. In 1882, the church is partially supplied
by services from Rev. M 8. Riddle, the pastor at Milford. The first Roman
Catholic Church in the county was organized at Ogden in 1865. The church
property is valued at $1,200. Fathers DeMather, Remley, Vanderburg and
Cairns have been the pastors. | cn

The Ogden Town Company was chartered by the Legislature of 1857,
and the town was at: once laid out in blocks and lots. The streets
running north and south are named Elk, Walnut, Park and Oak. There
are seventeen streets running east and west; Riley, which is the business
one, is 110 feet wide; Park is 150 and Water, which runs along the river, is
150 feet. 2

Ogden has one hotel, the Union Pacific House. West of it was the
residence of Daniel Mitchell, one of its earliest and most prominent citizens;
east of it was thé log residence of Governor Reeder, moved from Pawnee
after its extinction. Theodore Weischelbaum, its prominent merchant, came
in 1860, and for years did a large freighting business across the plains, and
had five stores out at Western forts. .He has been an extensive brewer.
Thomas Dixon has a large stone warehouse north of the railroad track, and
he has heretofore been an extensive shipper. Henry Roberts and George
Micholland are merchants; L. Bailey is the blacksmith; A. J. Turner, shoe-

. maker; William Foster, carpenter and wagonmaker; Frederic Rehfield,
saddler, and A. Friedenstein, general mechanic. Here is an excellent stone
school building; the school is graded. Frank Eastman is auctioneer for the
town and country. .

Ogden Division, No. 3, Sons of Temperance, commenced February 19,
1877. Its first officers were: William J. Rich, Worthy Patriarch; ‘S. J.
Engle, Worthy Assistant; H. Haucke, Recording Secretary; M. White,
Assistant Recording Secretary; R. W. Estres, Financial Secretary. Its
members exceed fifty. ;

Ogden, since 1870, has been a city of the second class. Its Mayors have
been Frederic Hubert, Theodore Weichselbaum, Frederic Rehfield and C.
C. Emerson. :

In October, 1857, the United States Land Office was located here, but
soon thereafter it went to Junction City.

The Ogden postmaster is George W. Campbell; the one at Vinton,
which is near the home of Ex-Senator Harvey, is 5 . B. Reynolds. ‘

Madison Township.—This township, organized April 5, 1872, took its
name from the creek, which was given it in honor of the fourth President
of the United States. Its area is fifty-nine square miles. At its longest
place from north to south, it is eight miles; from east to west nine miles.

The first claims were near the head of Wild Cat Creek; taken by the
Hairs in May, 1855. Jonas Hair located on the southwest quarter of Section
7, Township 9, Range 6; T. R. Hair on the southeast quarter of Section 12,
and J. P. Hair on the northwest quarter of Section 7, Township 9, Range 6.
In 1856, George Lyall settled on the northwest quarter of Section 12,
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Township 9, Range 5, on the Upper Wild Cat Creek: John Forman, Bradley
E. Hellington, Lorenzo Gates and A. B. Whiting located on Madison Creek;
A. D. Reed on Timber Creek. In 1857, James Kester settled on the north-
west quarter of Section 11, Township 9 Range 4, on Timber Creek. In
1858, among the new-comers were George Avery, Lewis Parish, Gilbert Steel
and D. C. Walbridge. ; ;

tn 1860, George Avery and H. H. Whiting, in company with some teams
from Manhattan, started for Denver with corn. ~ It was the first attempt to
find a Western market and it proved to be successful. For years afterwards
‘there was considerable freighting across the plains from this vicinity. In
1861, George Avery brought the first threshing machine into the settlement
that was owned west of Manhattan, and in 1882 the power is used by B. E.
Fullington on a corn-cracker. Mr. Fullington lives just south of the town-
ship, having been legislated into Davis County.

Dr. J. Crans, a distinguished physician and druggist at Riley Centre,
dispenses stimulating fluids for medicinal, mechanical and scientific pur-
poses'as the prohibitory liquor law provides.

Joseph Roberts keeps the ‘* Central House,” which is the half way place
between Manhattan and Clay Centre. It was built in 1879, and with it and
his. feed stable he has five acres of ground in the burg. lra Wilcox has a
livery, feed and sale stable. ,

The first marriage in the township occurred March 80, 1856, The par-

ties united were James Johnson and Mary A. Hair. In 1857, ‘Thomas was
born to E. OC. Bartell and wife; Alice, to A. H. Bartell and wife, the first
births. The parents settled tne same year on Madison Creek.

There is a post-office at Riley Center; C. W. Hessebroeck is postmaster.

\ He located at Riley Center in 1871. opening a store there. The building
when first erected was a frame, two stories in height, 24x60 feet. He has made
several additions to the original building, and the structure compares favor-
ably with any store in the county in the convenience of its arrangements and
stock of goods carried. : ; :

Bala Township.—From a town in North Wales this township received
its name. As at present constituted its area is forty-two miles.

In the spring of 1862, Mr. A. D. Phelps settled on the fork of Timber
Creek, near the present town site of Bala. Twelve miles distant on the
riorth was Rowland Spurrier, his nearest neighbor; nearest on the east, Rev.
Aaron Silvers, eight miles distant; on the south, A. B. Whiting and B. E.
Fullington. : :

In 1870, a Welsh colony was organized in the State of New York, under
the name of ‘“‘The Welsh Land and Emigration Society of America.” James
H. Jenkins, general agent for the colony, bought on time considerable of
the Kansas Pacific Railroad lands. In 1870, with Mr. Jenkins came
Thomas Daniels, Rowland Daviess, J. Griffin, John E: Hughes, Owen R.
Jones, Theodore Morgan, William Randall, Richard W. Roberts, J. P.
Thomas, David Watkins, E. C., Williams and others.

The village of Bala is a thriving one. . Its avenues running north and
south are Park and Powys. Its streets are Kansas, Caroline, Louisa, John,
Daviess, Laura, Emma, Broadway and Genesee. Its lanes are Welsh, Ann
ahd Elizabeth. Its post-office was established in 1871, succeeding the Old
Timber Creek post-office. Rowland Daviess is postmaster. L. Kilbourne
is the postmaster at Alembia in Bala Township. The first marriage in the
township was that of Christopher Young and Mary Lock in 1866. George
Carrighan was the first child born in the township.

There is a Welsh Calvinist, an English Methodist Episcopal and a
Congregational (Welsh and English) Church, 3

The first cheese factory in the county was erected here in 1876, by James
Sharpless, and it is successfully carried on. Mr. Sharpless, Mr. Davis and
Mrs. Jenkins have the general stores; J. H. Jenkins, the drug store. The
town has a good hotel, harness shop, shoe shop and blacksmith shop.

Leona, the only station on the Kansas Central. Railroad in this
county is situated in Bala Township, in Section 19, Township 8, Range 5,
was started in October, 1881, and it was named alter Leonard ‘I’. Smith of
Leavenworth, formerly President of the road, Here is a new schoolhouse,
and the Methodists are building a parsonage. The town has four general
stores, of which the most prominent are those of the Mrpelding Brothers and
William Sikes. Meetings are held in the fine hall of the store building of
Erpelding Brothers. The hotel is the Jones House. H. Wilcox has an ex-
cellent livery stable. J. H. Jenkins has a drugstore. There is an elevator,
a lumber-yard, anda blacksmith shop. The town is twenty-six miles north-
west from Manhattan; sixteen from Clay Center; six from Riley Center,
and fourteen from Randolph.

The Leonarcville Brass Band has six instruments. William Fryhoffer
is leader. This was organized in 1878.

Fancy Creek Township.—This township was named from the creck
which flows through it. The Randolph family named the creck, and it is
said, that whoever has wandered up and down its charming valley, or has
enjoyed a look down upon the picturesque panorama spread out at its
feet from an adjacent bluff, will exclaim,’ “A singularly appropriate
name.” 3

The township was organized September 8, 1879, and embraced the south

one half of what was then May Day Township, containing forty-eight square
miles each. . . :

August Winkler came up from St. Louis, Mo., in the spring of 1857,
and F, Winkler, O. L. Caley and J. J. Myers were settlers here soon after-
wards. August Winkler built the first permanent grist-mill in the county.
He has been a very successful miller and farmer, and has the largest flock
of sheep in the county. ;

In 1872, Richard Burk established a general store.

In 1880, a Baptist Church was erected at a cost of $1,500.

Center Township.—This township was organized August 13, 1881, and
it embraces what was the south one-third of May Day and the north one-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

third of Fancy Creek townships, containing thirty-two square miles. May
Day and Fancy Creek each contains the same. 7

May Day Township.—tIn January, 1872, this township was organized,
the territory having been taken from Jackson Township. It embraced a
tract 8x12 miles in the northwest part of the county. Its name was
suggested by Hon. A. 8S. Edgerton, who was postmaster of: an office estab.
lished there in 1869, and first called Stanton. This name was objected to,
because of there being other offices of that: name in the State.

In the year 1857, Frank Droll and Rudolph Niehenke settled in the
township. Peter Dick, A. 8. Edgerton, 0. E. Osborne, George Pickett and
Fred Schartz came soon after. In 1871, Solomon Weichselbaum established
a store at May Day. ,

“The first marriage was that of A. Brockhart and Sarah Morris in 1862,
The first birth that of John H. Schartz, August 1. 1859,

Parallel Post-Office, M.Jerome, postmaster, is on the first standard parallel.

Farmer’s Lodge, No. 166, was organized at May Day under a dispensa-
tion, January 15, 1876. G. T. Polson was chosen Worshipful Master; J.
W. Smith, Senior Warden; Frank Coffle, Junior Warden; H. A. Freeman,
Treasurer; Sol Weichselbaum, Secretary. It was organized under a charter
October 18, 1876. Its membership is upwards of thirty.

W. W. Jones is the physician at Parallel; H. A. Meier, physician and
surgeon at May Day.

Swede Oreck Township.—This township is in the northeast part of the
county, and its area is about fifty miles. It was organized Angnst 4, 1879.
H. H. Rice was its first Trustee. Frederic Toburen was Trustee 1880-82,
Its post-office is Big Timber; Maynus Vilander is postmaster. The town-
ship receives its name from the creek which flows through it, and the creek
was named in honor of Peter Carlson, a Scandinavian, who settled on it in
1857. In 1858, L. Pierson settled just below the mouth of Swede Creek, and
N. Christenson, « Dane, settled a little farther down the Big Blue. The
same year the Meyer brothers and Frederic Toburen made a settlement in
the township, and later Mr. Toburen’s parents and his brothers, Herman
and Adolph.

In 1877, a German Evangelical Church was erected. The township
contains three stone and two frame schoolhouses. .

Jackson Township.—The early settlers of this township came from
Jackson County, Ind., hence the name. Formerly it embraced all the terri-
tory now included in Jackson, May Day, Madison, Bala and a part of
Grant townships. Harly in 1855, Gardner Randolph and his large, grown-
up family of sons, daughters and sons-in-law, near the mouth of Fancy
Creek, made the first settlement. They claimed all the land, with the ex-
ception of a single tract on Fancy Creek, between Peter Heller’s on Section
4, Township 7, Range 6, and the mouth of Baldwin Creek, also a slice east
of the Blue called Timber City. Though this family came from Illinois,
they avowed their purpose of aiding in making Kansas a slave State.

In November, 1856, Edward Secrest, Solomon Secrest and Henry
Shellenbaum, three young men, natives of Switzerland, but recently from
Seymour, Jackson Co., Ind., came up the Blue River, and built the first log
cabin on the Big Blue, above Fancy Creek. In the early part of 1857 they
settled on Fancy Creek, where they were joined by Mr. John Fryhoffer.
The father of the Secrest brothers joined his sons in the fall of 1860.
William Fryhoffer and Peter Heller came in 1863, and the father of the
Fryhoffers in 1864. :

'. Fancy Creek Valley is settled with some of the best farmers in the
county, who are largely Swedes and Germans, the large portion of whom
were in the territory of Jackson Township. The township, as constituted
in 1882, embraces about fifty-five square miles. Its eastern boundary is the
Big Blue, the western, the line between Ranges 5 and 6. s

In the original bounds of the township the first school was taught by
J. M. Byarlay in 1863. The first schoolhouse was built in 1867. The first
church was built in 1876. by the German Evangelical Association.

‘Che first regular religious meetings were held_at Mr. Randolph’s early
in 1857, by ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

_ _ The first marriage was that of Lewis Baldwin and Matilda Randolph
in 1856, and the first birth was that of their son in 1857.

Randolph, first called Waterville, was laid out in 1856, by J. K. Whit-
son; the first inhabitant, G. L. Ruthstreno, established the first store. In
1882, its popuiation is about 800. It has a graded school, with two teachers.
The Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church is organized and the Swedish
Mission Church has a good building. Its postmaster in 1882, is J. W. Nel-
son, The first post-office here was at the house of Gardner Randolph, and
it was on the weekly mail route between Ogden and Marysville. ~

_ The town has a lumber-yard, a millinery establishment, a livery stable,

a jewelry establishment, a tin shop, a cabinet shop, a drug store, two harness
shops, three blacksmith. shops, three hotels, and three physicians. Its
attorneys are T. B. Lewis and R. C. Walter. J. F. Beckman & Bro., and
A. Wikander carry the largest stock of goods. :

__ In 1881, A. A. Chapman and Milton Foreman, practical carpenters and
mill-wrights, got their three-story wood and stone grist-mill in runnin
order. It has three run of stone, and the mill is moved by a turbine whee
of forty horse-power. The mill is situated south of the town, and the water
running it is taken from near the bend of Fancy Creek and conveyed through

a canal to the bulkhead.

_Randolph is a peninsula, North Otter being on the east; Fancy Creek
on the south and considerably on the west of it. The original plat of the
town contains five blocks. hitson’s Addition has nine, north of the same;
Beckman’s is a few lots south and west of the original plat. The town con-
tains some eleven acres, and is located on the south part of the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 33, Township 8, Range 7.

Grant Township.—This township was formed from Jackson and Mar-
hattan townships, April 11, 1870, and was named in honor of President
RILEY COUNTY.

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Grant. It contained ninety-two square miles. J. W. Paul was the Town-
ship Trustee in 1870, 1874, 1878, 1880, 1882; H. P. Dow in 1871; Charles
McGiloray in 1872; James E. Freeman in 1873; Edelbute in 1879.

On Wild Cat Creek the first settlers were S. D. Houston and Henry
Eubank, who settled in 1855. The same year Henry Uondray, and his sons
Mincher, William and John settled near the mouth of Mill Creek, built
dwellings, and started a mill and blacksmith shop. In 1856 came Jonas
Kress; in 1857 and 1858, Lemuel Knapp, Samuel Kimble, George Slye,
John Warner and his sons John and George, Lorenzo Westover, Jesse White
and Joshua Williams.’

H. C. Kennedy is the postmaster at Grant post-office; J. D. Sweet at
Stockdale. The first schoolhouse was built in 1859; first, teacher, V. Rud-
drick. The first printing was by Newell Trafton; the first church the
Methodist Episcopalian.

The first marriage was that of William Frake to Catherine Condray, in
1856. The first births were Newton Frake and George Eubank.

Stockdale is lovated at. the junction of Mill Creek and Big Blue. There
was 8 saw-mill herein the early days, and the ample water-power can be
easily utilized. J. D. Sweet has a store and a blacksmith shop.

Wild Cat Township.—This, the newest township in the county, was
organized February 15, 1882. It was taken from Grant, and it embraces
just about one-half of its original territory. W.W. Taylor is Trustee; H.

. Romig. Treasurer; L. Clapp, Clerk. Its postmaster is J. W., Stephens,
at the Wild Cat post-office.

Manhatian Township.—The history of the settlement of this, the most.
important township of the county, is given with the history of the city
of Manhattan. .

ELECTION DISTRICTS, ELECTIONS, AND DISTRICT COURTS.

_In obedience toa proclamation from Governor Reeder for the election
of a Territorial delegate to Congress, November 29, 1854, Election Districts
Nos. 9 and 10—Reynolds and Big Blue Crossing—two of the eighteen dis-
tricts formed by Governor Reeder, partic!»ated, and their united vote was
77. The number of voters by census wa~ 99; Free-State votes, 66; Pro-
slavery, 11. By the census taken early in 1865, by-Martin F. Conway, Dis-
trict No. 9, contained 36 voters; 61 males; 25 females; 14 negroes, 3
slaves. No. 10 contained 63 voters: 97 males; 54 females. No. 9 was then
known as Pawnee; Number 10, Big Blue and Rock Creck. March 8, 1855,
Governor Reeder issued a proclamation for an election to be held March 30,

_for the purpose of electing a Territorial Legislature. Election Districts
Numbers 9 and 10 gave for Martin F, Conway, Free-State candidate for
Councilman, 113 votes; for John Donaldson, Pro-slavery, 53 votes; for
Representative, Samuel D. Houston, Free-State, had 120 votes; Russell Gar-
rett, Pro-slavery, 41 votes. Rock Creek was near where Westmoreland is
now located, the present county-seat of Pottawatomie. Sixteen Delegates
had assembled in March, 1855,at the house of Seth I. Childs, on the west
side of the Big. Blue, at the crossing at Juniata—St. Mary’s, Louisville,
Juniata and Fort Riley being represented. Asahel G. Allen was made
Chairman, and a Mr, Hascall, Sceretary. Mr: Conway was nominated for
Councilman; HE. M. Thurston, for Representative. Mr. Thurston lived
south of the Kaw from where Manhattan now stands. He was then absent,
and it was then ordered that should he not return, Mr. Houston should be
the Candidate.

Kansas, December 6, 1859, held an election for State Officers, Members

-of the Legislature, and Judges of the District Court, under the Wyandotte
Constitution. Riley County polled 332 votes, and Dr. John W. Robinson,
of Manhattan, was elected Secretary of State. In November, 1861, her vote
-for George A. Crawford, for Governor, was 245; on location of the State
Capital, it was 144 for Topeka; 75 for Manhattan; 21 for Ogden; 3 for Ash-
land. The Supreme Court—Thomas Ewing, Jr., Chief Justice—decided
that the term of the State officers then in possession, held till January, 1863.

In 1862—the vote of the county—275. Isaac F. Goodnow, of Manhat-
tan, elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 1863—vote of
the county—239. B. E. Fullington, for Representative, had 150 votes.

In 1864, Mr. Goodnow was re-elected State Superintendent of Public In-
struction. Lincoln’s vote for President was 220; McClellan’s 51. -In 1865
—whole vote polled—295. In 1866, Nehemiah Green, of Riley, was elected
Lieutenant-Governor; he had 366 votes out of 392. In 1867—whole vote
—673. D.M. Johnson elected Representative; had 246 votes. In 1868,
James M. Harvey, of Riley, was elected Governor. He had 588 votes;
General Grant, for President, 587. The whole vote was 719. Lieutenant-
Governor Green was Governor from November 4, 1868, to January 12, 1869,
Governor Crawford having resigned to take command of the Nineteenth
Regiment. In 1869—whole vote, 709. Edward Secrest elected Represent-
ative; had 372. In 1870—whole vote—848. Governor Harvey re-elected;
his vote in the county, 693. In 1871—whole vote, 1,348. Ona vote Lo grant
$200,000 in bends to two railroad companies, there were 494 votes in favor,
and 425 against the proposition. In 1872—whole vote, 1,398; President
Grant, 1,055. In 1873—whole vote, 1,348; H. P. Dow, successful can-
didate for Representative, had 777. In 1874—whole vote, 1,239; for Con-
gress, W. A. Phillips had 957; M. J. Parrot, 212; N. Green, 68 votes. In
1875—whole vote, 1,330; R. B. Spilman, for Judge of the District Court, had
1,096. In 1876—whole vote, 1,426; for President, Hayes had 1,133; Tilden,
223; Cooper, 65 votes. In 1877—whole vote, 1,137; William Burgoyne, for
County Clerk, had 1,167 votes. In 1878—whole vote, 1,566; for Congress,
John A. Anderson, Republican, had 873 votes; E. Gale, National, 416; J.
R. McClure, Democrat, 246. In 1879—whole vote, 1,655; F. A. Schermer-
horn, for County Clerk, had 1,640. In 1880—whole vote, 2,207. The fol-
lowing is the vote on President, Governor and Congressman :—President—*
Garfield, Republican, 1,484; Hancock, Democrat, 376; Weaver, National,
347, Governor—st. John, Republican, 1,387; Ross, Democrat, 436; Vroo-

“tan, April 4, 1859, were:

‘of 1,487.

£393

man, National, 359. Congressman—Anderson, Republican, 1,310; Barnes,
Democrat, 277; Davis, National, 604. For the Prohibition Amendinent,
1,178; against it, 828. In 1881—whole vote, 1,890; J. M. Myers, successful
candidate for Sheriff, had 691 votes. :

Ex-Governor Harvey, February 2, 1878, was elected United States Sen-
ator by a vote of 76 out of 182, to succeed Alexander Caldwell, who had
resigned his seat March 24, 1872, the vacancy having been filled by Robert
Crozier, an appointee of Governor Osborn, who had been Chief Justice of
the Kansas Supreme Court. Senator Harvey's term expired March 3, 1877.
Riley County is also the home of Hon. John A: Anderson, a member of the
House of Representatives, for the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and, Forty-
eighth Congresses.

The Republican party of Kansas, organized May 18, 1859, at Osawat-
omie, placed Charles F. DeVivaldi—the editor and publisher of the Man-
hattan Hzpress—and William H. Smyth, on the Platform Committee, and
S. D. Houston on the Central Territorial Committee. Robert Wilson was
one of the Kansas delegates to the National Democratic Convention, at
Charleston, South Carolina, April, 1860. Andrew J. Mead, a delegate to
the National Democratic Convention, at New York, July, 1868, and was a
member of the State Central Committee.

N. A. Adams was a delegate to the National Republican Convention
at Chicago, in 1868; was a prominent candidate for Governor in 1876; a
member of the State Republican Committee of 1880; Commissioner of Pen-
sions in 1882. Gottlieb Schauble was the Democratic candidate for Auditor
of State, in 1868; Theodore Weichselbaum, the candidate for Treasurer, in
1880; D. E. Lautz, for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in 1882.

On a vote to amend the State Constitution by striking out the word
“white” from the qualifications of electors,Riley County gave 74 majority
for it,on a vote of 628. Allen, Ottawa, and Wabaunsee counties were the
only other counties that voted for it. ;

Riley County, in a vote of 596, gave 160 majority against striking out
the word ‘‘male,” at the same election. Ottawa gave 2 majority for it,
the only cou:ty in which it carried in the State.

At the first organization of the Judicial Districts in Kansas Territory,
Riley County belonged to the Third, and Davis was attached to it for
judicial purposes. The court officers at the term of court held at Manhat-
Rush Elmore, Judge; Scott Newell, Sheriff; J.
D. Patterson, Clerk. Henry Hessen was Foreman of the Grand Jury.
Benjamin H. Keyser, who had practiced law in the courts of California,and
Joshua E. Clardy, now of Wamego, were admitted to the bar.

At the October term, 1859,W. J. Bassett was Sheriff. J. Frank Cooper,
who had practiced in the courts of Virginia, and Walter C. Dunton, in the
Wisconsin -courts, were admitted as attorneys and counselors-at-law.

The April term, 1863, was held at Ashland; Norman Kinney, Sheriff.
The military-famed J. E. B. Stewart, was admitted to the bar. Captain
Fred Emory, a United States Mail Contractor in 1856, who had a somewhat
unsavory history as connected with the killing of William Phillips at Leav-
enworth, September 1, 1856, was entered on the records as a judgment
debtor in the sum of $700. /

April 6, 1860, Julius E. Hibbard was appointed Master-Commissioner
for the county of Riley.

September 2, 1860, S. McArthur appears as Clerk, though J. D. Pat-
terson is the Deputy. In December, 1860, Judge Elmore’s service as Terri-
torial Judge closed. :

Riley County was in the Third Judicial. District, with Shawnee, Wa-
baunsee, Pottawatomie, Davis, and Dickinson counties. Jacob Safford, of
Shawnee County was Judge, having been elected by receiving 590 votes out
Riley County gave him 10; J. R. McClure 140; R. 8. Wilson, 177.

C. K. Gilchrist, of Shawnee County, was elected Judge in November,
1864. Riley County gave him half her votes, 132. Jefferson, Jackson,
and Saline counties were added to the district. Four new judicial Districts
were created by the Legislature of 1867, and James Humphrey. March 4,
1867, was appointed Judge of the Kighth Judicial District, composed of the
counties of Wiley, Davis, Dickinson, Clay, Cloud, Ottawa and Saline. He
was elected Judge, November 5, 1867, receiving 515 out of 519 votes cast in
Riley County. The vote of the District, November 8, 1870, was cast unani-
mously for James H. Austin, of Junction City, Republic, Jewell, Mitchell,
Lincoln, Ellsworth, Rice, and McPherson counties voted at this election.

In November, 1871, Judge Canfield was elected for afull term. The
additional counties then in the district were Kllis and Wallace. Riley
County gave Judge Canfield 308 votes; H. G. Barner, one of her citizens,
1,076 votes.

Clay, Cloud, Republic, Jewell and Mitchell had been formed into the
Twelfth Judicial District. :

James H. Austin, of Junction City, November 8, 1875, received the
unanimous vote of the district. It then comprised the counties of Riley,
Davis, Morris, Dickinson and Ottawa, Judge Austin, re-elected November
7, 1879, received 1,618 out of the 1,635 votes cast in Riley County. .

The Third Judicial District, as re-cast by the Legislature of 1881, is
composed of the counties of Shawnec, Wabaunsee, Pottawatomie and Riley;
John T. Morton, of Shawnee, Judge. The terms of court for Riley County
commence the fourth Monday of February, the last Monday of August, the
second Monday of December. ;

COUNTY ORGANIZATION,

The Territorial Legislature, consisting of thirteen Councilmen and twenty-six Repre-
sentatives,—of which Samuel D. Houston, registered asa farmer, a native of Ohio, tlurty-
six years of age, was the only Free-State member—convened July 2, 1855, at Pawnee, a little
town on the Military Reservation, about two miles east of Fort Riley, which had been started
in the autumn of 1854, by Dr. William A. Hammond, Capt. Nathaniel Lyon, Robert Klotz,
Robert Wilson and others of Fort Riley, most of them Free-State men. Its growth was
rapid, scores of houses were erected, and hundreds of people settled on the town site. The
Legislature, July 6, adjourned to meet at the Shawnee Manual Lavor School jin Johnson
_ 1304

County on the 16th, and on the 28rd Representative Houston resigned his seat. John
Donaldson, the Councilman who represented Election Districts Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12,—
Pawnee, Big Blue, Marsville, Rock Creek, St. Mary’s and Silver Lake—July 6, gave notice
that he would introduce a bill to incorporate Pawnee. Governor Reeder vetoed. the Act to
remove the seat of government from Pawnee and July 21, in a Message to the Legislature,
said “it was in session, in contravention with the Act of Congress, where they have no right
to sit, and can make no valid legislation’. Pawnee, Lecompton, Lawrence, Leavenworth
and Kickapoo were the incorporated cities of Kansas in August 1855. ‘
By order of Governor Reeder, a two-story stone building, 5ax6 feet, about 30 feet in height,
had been erected for the accommodation of the Legislature. The Covncil occupied the upper
part, the House the lower part. October 2, 1882, the walls of the building were standing in
‘ood condition, save where a cannon ball had gone through the westend. There had been a
loor on each side of the building; that on-the south, the side near the Kansas River, was
six feet wide and seven feet high, There had been no windows in the end of the building.
but a good supply in each side. From July 2, 1855, to October 2, 1882, the roof had remained
undisturbed, but on that day its demolition on the south side commenced. ‘The roof was
shingled with a long shaved oak shingle, the roof boards, rafters and cross timbers were
‘cottonwood. The structure is within twenty-five feet of the Kansas division of the Union
Pacific Railroad, on the south side thereof, and in close proximity to the river across which
stood Riley City. This, and an unroofed store eae Built by Robert Wilson, are all that
remains of what once promised to be the great metropolis of Kansas. Here Governor Reeder
had his two-story log mansion of ten rooms, which was removed to Ogden, four miles east,
and stood ae the primitive court building of Riley County in the autumn of 1855. For
the ostensible reason that the city had been built on the Military Reservation, Jefferson
Davis, then Secretary of the War Department, ordered the town vacated, and in September
1855 its inhabitants removed, a few to Riley City, several to Ogden, and some returned East;
several of them thereby were reduced to inconvenient want. Hon. Robert Klotz, now a
member of the Forty-seventh ae ere from Pennsylvania, was Pawnee’s hotel-keeper and
it is a tradition that his stock of fluids was usually more ample than that of his solids.
Governor Reeder on his way to the capital oe stopped with Mr. Seth J. Childs, whose place
was at Juniata, on the west side of the Big Blue at the couelae on the Government roads.
In the spring of 1855, Governor Reeder commissioned Mr. Childs as Sheriff of the region
of country extendi:g north to what is Marshall County, east to the Pottawatomie Reser-
vation, south to Council Grove, west to the Rocky Mountains,ias Kansas Territory then
extended there. But the Legislature of 1855, on the 25th of August, elected John T.
Price Sheriff of Riley County; Clay Thomson, Probate Judge; Thomas Reynolds and
William Cuddy, County Commissioners. The county as organized took all the territory
between Marshall County and the Kansas River. ;
\ At Ogden, Monday, September 17, 1855, the court convened, consisting of Messrs. Thom-
“gon and Reynolds. On the 18th, they made.choice of Claiborne R. Mobley for Commissioner
—Mr. Cuddy having never qualified—and John S. Reynolds was chosen Clerk of the Court.
The Kirst Records.—The journal in which the proceedings of the court were recorded,
conside: ing its character, has been very well preserved. Standing first on the record is the
oath of office taken before Judge Thomson, September 5, 1855, by Commissioner Reynolds,
who swears to support the Constitution of the United States, and ‘An Act entitled, an Act
to organize the Territory of Nebraska and Kansas, and the provisions of the laws of the
United States commonly known as the Fugitive Slave Act,” and to be faithful and impartial

as County Commissioner. This done, the official bonds of the Sheriff and the Clerk were .

each fixed at $1,000; the Treasurer’s, Coroner’s and Constable’s at $500 each. Governor
Shannon, October 15, 1855, commissioned C. R. Mobley as County Commissioner, Samuel
Dean as County Treasurer, F. C. Sonnomaker as Coroner, and A. A. Garrett and L. B. Perry
_ asdustices of the Peace, and this is made a matter of record. The first financial transaction
recorded is as follows: ‘‘Ordered, that the account of R. D. Mobley, amounting to thirty-
four dollars, for sevices rendered the county, be allowed, and issue a warrant therefor.”

LOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT AND COUNTY BUILDINGS. ,

February 18, 1856, the Commissioners made the following order: ‘‘ That until the court
house be erected in the county-seat of Riley County, the courts of said county are to-be
held in the town of Ogden, and we will rent a house belone ine toC. R. and R. D. Mobley at
astated sum per month.” This building stood on the south side of Riley Street, in Block 19,
the cellar over which it stood being visible in 1882. the walls of which remain, and west of
which stands a large cottonwood that will mark its site. The house was a small, cheap
wooden one, illy contrasting with the Reeder mansion across the street :

Some business for the county seems to have been transacted at the hamlet of Riley City,
a place south of the Kansas River, not far from Fort Riley, for in the eee journal entry
for March 25, 1857, stands recorded: ‘‘ The County Commissioners went to Riley City this
day and brought from there the secretary, table, seals and what records they could find, and
deposited thera in the Clerk’s Office.” 7

The Probate Court had been held in a log-house at Ogden, owned by LemuelKnapp.
It was fourteen feet square and nearly minus windows. But Jnne 1, 1857, an agreement
was made with J. U. Parsons to Jease his most easterly house, on Riley Street, for the pur-
pose of holding Probate and County Courts, at $12 per month, payable every three months.

Preparatory to a vote on the permanent establishment of the county-seat, four Election
Precincts were established September 21. 1857, viz:—Randolph, Manhattan, Ogden and
Montague. At the election on October 5, the vote for Ogden was, Randolph, 9; Manhattan, 3;
Ogden, 158; Montague, 23; total, 193. For Manhattan, Randolph, 11; Manhattan, 127;
Ogden, 3; Montague, 21; total, 162. Majority for Ogden, 31, A belief that fraud had been
practiced at Ogden. existed so strongly in the minds of the citizens of Manhattan, that they
delegated John Pipher and W. M. Snow to go to Lecompton and obtain some remedy at the
hands of the Territorial Governor, but he refused to do anything in the matter. Then the
examination of the tally-sheet was the next thing attempted, but the officers in charge of
it refused to have it examined. But Esquire Pipher summoned Lemuel Knapp before him
at his court in Manhattan, to give testimony concerning the names of minors and soldiers at
Fort Riley on'the list, and through him mainly it was established that there had been over
fifty illegal votes cast, which established Manhattan as the shire town for Riley County.

Daniel Mitchell, who had been County Clerk for nine months, 4 most efficient officer,
resigned his office, ecember 12, 1857, and was succeeded by Dr. J. W. Robinson, of Man-
hattan. December 10, Judge Westover ordered that the books, papers, stationery, furniture
and all chattels belonging to the county, be delivered into the hands of the Sheriff, subject
to the order of the Probate Court. On the 11th, the Sheriff made the following return:—

“The witnin has been duly served. Did not get the books on account of the Clerk
being under bonds not to give them up. He came to sec the Judge.

D. A. BuTTERFIELp,
; Sheriff of Riley County.”

Dr. Amory Hustiig, one of the County Commissioners, on December 14, deposed and
said that on December 12, he as one of the Commissioners received the resignation of Daniel
Mitchell, Clerk of Riley County, and recovered from him sundry bodks and papers, and
things belonging to the county. Six or more men assaulted him and Judge Westover, and
they thereby heared the said county property.. The Sheriff having a search-warrant for
said property, made this retura:— ee

“The within has been duly served by bringing county-seals, desk, table, three blank
books, two small blank books and inkstand. Papers and documents on file not found.

~ : D. A. BuTTERFIELD,

December 14, 1857. ; Sheriff of Riley County.”

The following preamble and order was adopted, December 21, 1857, at the first Com-
missioners’ Court meeting held at Manhattan: ‘‘Wurreas the Commissioners in and for the
County of Riley, in the Territory of Kansas, have neglected and refused to cause to be erected
‘or otherwise procure suitable court house for the holding of the courts in and for the
said county, TuerEFore be it ordered that the Probate Court be holden, in the Hoar Building,
in the city of Manhattan, during the remainder of the December term of said court, and until
other suitable rooms can be erected or otherwise be procured for the holding of said court
and for the office of the Clerk of said court.”

June 1; 1858, the following journal entry was made:—“‘Ordered that the Clerk be author-
ized to purchase of West, James & Strouse, of Kansas City, Mo., the building and lot in the
First Ward of the city of Manhattan, known as the Scammon Building, for earn, urposes,
provided a'good and sufficient title can be obtained, at an amount not to excee $600, pay-
able in county bonds in twelve months, with or without interest, as said Clerk may elect.”
August 16, 1858, the Clerk was authorized to issue specifications and call for proposals for

-puilding a county jail of stone, 14x20 feet, with walls cight feet in height, and to rent of
a z

_hattan and Ogden,

' HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Robert Wilson four rooms in the east end of the Barnes’ Building on Poyntz Avenue for the
use of the county officers, at arent not to exceed $60 per annum. November 8, 1858, Andrew
J. Mead received $45 for four and one-half months’-rent of a stove eae for District
Court purposes. The Scammon Building was destroyed by fire, August 23, 1859. The
Barnes’ Building in 1882 stood at the foot of the north side of Poyntz Avenue, by the
railroad track, was occupied as a dwelling, and the eer ne on it, “Cheap Cash Store, Gro-
ceries, Rope, etc.,” indicated the purposes for which it had been used, and it remains as an
“ancient land mark” of Riley County. : ae :

The following was an order of May 31, 1859: “That a county jail be crected immedi-
ately, 18x24 feet, of stone, and that the Chairman and Clerk be appointed a committee to
receive proposals for building the same on the court house lots, provided the same can be
done for county bonds, payable in six months, bearing ten per cent interest.” duly 5, 1860,
in noticing some complaints emanating from sundry tax-payers, the County Board declared:
“That the purchase of the court house and lot, and the building of the jail, are legal and
legitimate transactions; that the laws of the Territory make it obligatory upon the county
to pay its court expenses in criminal cases as well as in others; therefore we recommend
the tax-payers of the county, as law-abiding citizens to bear the burdens for the present,
year.” January 12, 1861, it was ordered: “ That the Chairman of the Board and the County
Clerk be a committee to sell the wood building standing near the jail, provided the same
can be sold for not less than $300; if it cannot be sold, to receive proposals for repairing said
building in a suitable manner for county offices.” July 2, 1861, the ‘Old Court House”
was sold to Lewis Kurtz for $300. : eee ‘

April 9, 1862, the following order was passed: ‘‘ Ordered that the building now occupied
for county offices be vacated on or previous to the first day of May next, and that the Chair-
man and County Clerk be authorized to lease from J. E. Hibbard for the use of the county
the stone building now penupiel by him, on Poyntz Avenue, for one year, ata rent not
exceeding $75 per annum.” November 10, 1865, on a vote to loan $15,000, for the purpose of
erecting county Daeines. the vote was 150 for the loan, and 140 against the loan, Douglas
County boarded Riley County prisoners in 1866 and 1867, and received about $750 therefor.

At an election held April 20, 1867, on Jail Bonds, the vote was 262 for, and 46 against.
Jacob Winnie had the contract for building the jail for $10,441.33. The jail was located near
the southeast corner of the Pnblic Square, 40 feet from the east side and 50 feet from the south
side of the Square. The area of the Square is about three acres. The building is 40x50
feet, It contains eight cells, which are detached from the outer walls with hall extending
around the cells. The cells are 6x7 feet, and seven and one-half feet high The
jail-yard in the rear is 20x23 feet. The County Board voted bonds to the amount
of $8,000 for these cells and appurtenances, and they were sold to George W. Higin-
botham & Co. for sixty-seven cents on the dollar. In front of the cells is an open hall, on
each side of which are two good sized rooms, which are occupied by the Sheriff as the home
of his family, In the upper story are two jury rooms, one on each side of the hallway. , The
hall enters a fair sized court room, furnished in a manner not at all extravagant.

At the southeast corner of Third Street and Poyntz Avenue, the County Clerk and
County Treasurer occupy a commodi us room, rented for $200 per year. Lower down on
the same side of the avenue, the County Attorney’s office is that of Spilman & Brown, rented
for $60 per year. In the block east, the County Superintendent has an office at the same
rent. The Register of Deeds and Judge of Probate occupy a frame building belonging to
the county, on lot 197, Poyntz Avenue, and the Clerk of the District Court has an office in a
brick building on lot 193, Poyntz Avenue, for which the county pays a rent of $60 per
year. The Coroner has his physician’s office nearly opposite. The offices are supplied with
necessary safes. The county jail is one of the best in the State.

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS,

In the names of the municipal townships and election precincts, with shifting bounda-
ries, there has been many and frequent changes. Ogden, Manhattan, Dyer and Pierce were
the names given to the townships of the county, April 2, 1856. Dyer lay between the Big
Blue and Calhoun County, and Marshall County and the Kansas River, Leer after-
wards the most of what became Pottawatomie ‘‘ounty. Rock Creek Township was formed
from it May 18, 1856 Pierce, Manhattan and -Ogden were wholly in what is now Riley
County. Deep Creek, McDowell’s Creek and Douglas townships were in territory, be-
longing now to Davis County. Reynold’s Township was formed out of the territory between
the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, September 16, 1856. Dixon Township embraced
territory north of it.

January 17, 1859, the municipalities were designated Ogden, Manhattan City, Blue Mont,
Kent, Indiana, Ran oleh Madison and Kansas Falls. March 21, 1859, they were known as
Manhattan, Madison, Ogden and Junction City. Clay County, then unorganized, had a
voting place established at the house of Isaiah Scott, near Mount Pleasant, Dickinson
County, unorganized November 14, 1859. had a voting place es:ablished at the house
of John Erwin. November 17, 1859, the townships were Jackson, Junction, Man-
L April 14, 1868, Milford was formed from Jackson, and a
little later South Milford was created, the latter territory being,.in 1873, a part of
Davis County. Milford Township, as such, is now Madison and Bala townships.
Manhattan is a city of the second class; Ogden one of the third class. The other villages
are not distinct from their municipal townships. Commencing with Manhattan Township,
as the political center, adjoining it on the southeast is Zeandale, westward of Zeandale is
Ashland, west and’ northwest of Ashland is Ogden. Jogging out six miles westwardon
the north line of Ogden, and northward of it, is Madison; north of Madison is Bala;
Fancy Creek is north of Bala; Center north of Fancy Creek; May Day north of Center,
terminating on the county line of Washington. Swede Creek is in the northeast part of
the county; east of it is the Big Blue, separating it from Pottawatomie, County. Jackson
lies south of Swede Creek; Grant south of Jackson: Wild Cat south of Grant, being north-
west of Manhattan Township. -

County Commissioner Districts —The first district embraces the townships of Man-
hattan and Zeandale, There are three voting places in the city—First. Second and Third
Wards; a precinctin the township north, and one south of the Kansas River. The popula-
tion in 1874 was 2,508; in 1830, 8,635. The second district embraces Ashland, Ogden, Madi- *
son, Bala, Fancy Creek, Center and May Day. The population in 1855 was 2.713; in 1880, |
8,957. The third district comprises Swede Creek, Jackson, Grant and Wild Cat. The pop-
en an was 1,844; in 1880, 2,838. In 1875 the population of the county was 7, 3968; In

10,480. ;

School Diatricts.—There are sixty-five districts in the county; one joint district, with
Pottawatomie, one with Marshall, one with Washington, and six with Davis.

' OFFICERS OF THE EARLY TIME.

While Kansas was a re the County Commissioners for Riley were:—Clay,
q neuIne ns Thomas Reynolds, Claiborne R. Mobley, Fox Booth, Thomas N. Lilly, Stephen
. White, Lorenzo Westover, Amory Hunting, F. N. Blake, Jesse Ingraham, George-Tay-
lor, Jonas Kress, Amasa Huntress, O. E. Osborne and J. K, Whitson. :
County Clerks.—Jobn 8, Reynolds, Daniel Mitchell, John W. Robinson, William M.
Snow and R. J, Harper.’ 4
rnin Treasurers.—Samuel Dean, John M. Morris, Henry Condray and Amory
Sheriffs —Jobn T. Price, Seaphee B. Williams, William H. Davis, David A_ Butterfield,
Scott Newell, W. J. Bassett, C. M. Dyche, George W. Higinbotham and Samuel Long.
Probate Judges.—Clay Thomson: Thomas Reynolds, John 8. Randolph, Wasbington
I. Gilbert, Lorenzo West iver and John Pipher.
Register of Deeds.—William M. Snow and R. J. Harper.
Surveyors.—Daniel Mitchell, Davina Furrow and Davies Wilson.
County Atlorneys.—Abraham Barry and M. L. Essick,
i of Public Instruction.—William A. McCullom and Washington
_ County Assessors.—Richard D. Mobley, John M. Morris, Henry Condray and J. P.
Ryan. Since Kansas was a State, Lewis Parish. Rudolph Nienke and Amasa Huntress.
Coroners.-—F, C. Sonnamaker, Henry Condray. Ambrose Todd, R. C. Whitney and
Jesse Ingraham While a State, Ingraham. A. Carlton, E. L. Patee, W. P. Higinbotham

, and H. S. Roberts haye had the office.

Riley County has kept several of her public servants in long employ. Amasa Huntress
was County Clerk, Treasurer and Register of Deeds four years each: three years Assessor;
two years County Commissioner. R. J. Harper was sixteen years Clerk of the District

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RILEY COUNTY.

Court; twelve years Judge of Probate; County Clerk and Register of Deeds each two
years; Samuel G. Hoyt was Register of Deeds eight years; County Clerk six years.
William Burgoyne was County Clerk eight years; in October, 1882, he entered upon the
duties of County Treasurer. Henry C. Crump has ten years service as Register of Deeds.
R. B. Spilman has been eleven years County Attorney; one year Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and one year in the House of eeree ate J. H. Pillsbury and J. W Paul
each eight years County Surveyor. Jesse Ingraham and H. S. Roberts were each nine
years Coroner, J. F. ee was nine years Superintendent of Public Instruction. John
Pipher was seven years Probate Judge. William H. Bower was five years Clerk of the
District Court. John M. Morris was four years Treasurer; two years Assessor; one year
in the house of Representatives. “ J. W. Blain and John Tennant have each been four years
Treasurer. John C. Peck, Jacob Van Antwerp, Jeff. D. Brown and A. L, Houghton have
each been fo ur years Sheriff. W.J. Hunter, George Pickett and T. 8. St. John have each
been four years Commissioners; one year Representative. Edward Secrest was two years
Commissioner.- two years Representative. eoree T. Polson was five years Commissioner.
EB. Warner, S. I: Childs, M. Condray and J. M. Myers each four years. James Humphrey
was one year County Attorney; two years Treasurer; three years Judge of the District
Court. Below are tablés of court and miscellaneous county officers: :

OFFICIAL ROSTER.

District Judge —1861-64, Jacob Safford; 1865-86, C. K. Gilchrist; 1867-69, James
Humphrey; 1870-74, William H. Canfield; 1875-80, James H. Austin; 1881-82, John T. Morton:
District Clerk.—1861, N. D. Horton; 1862-66, William H. Bower; 1867-82, R. J. Harper.
County Attorney.—1861, M. L. Esseck; 1862-63, A. H. Case; 1864, C. K. Gilchrist;
1865-66, A. M. Burns; 1867, James Humphrey; 1868-70, R. B. Spilman; 1871-72, George ~.
Green; 1873-74, R. C. Walter; 1875-82, R. B. Spilman.
Sheriff.—\861-63, Samuel Long; 1864-65, G. J. Haulenbeck; 1886-69, John C. Peck;
1870-73, J. Van Antwerp; 1874-77, J. D. Brown; 1878-81, A. L. Hong neon 1882, J. M. Myers.
County Commissioners.—1861, A. Huntress, O. EH. Osborne, J. K. Whitson; 1862-63, J. P.
Ryan, Ambrose Todd, E. Warner; 1864-67, S. J. Childs, M. Condray, E. Warner, (in 1866,
J. M. Myers was elected to take the place of 'E. Warner); 1868-69, Edward Secrest, R.
Allingham. J. M. Myers; 1870-71, W. J. Hunter, W. W. Taylor, J. M. Myers, (in 18/1,
illiam K. Rich); 1872-73, W. J. Hunter, William K. Rich, George Pickett; 1874-75, T7S.
St. John, C. E. Eastman. George Pickett; 1876-77, T. S. St. John, A. D. Phelps, G. T. Polson;
1878-79, Samuel Long, G. M. Dyche, G. T. Polson, (in 1879, P. W. Zeigler was elected to take
the place of Samuel Long); 1880-81, P.W. Zeigler, Henry Tidyman, G. T. Polson, (in 1881, John
Condray was elected to take the place of G. T. Polson); 1882, Cyrus Foltz, Henry Tidgman,
John Condray. s
County Clerk.—1861, R. J. Harper; 1862-65, A. Huntress; 1866-71, 8. G. Hoyt; 1872-73,
William Burgoyne; 1874-79, William Burgoyne; 1880-82, F. A. Schermerhorn.
Treasurer,—1861, Amory Hunting; 1862-63, James Humphrey; 1864-65, E. L. Patee;
1866-69. A. Huntress; 1870-78, John M. Morris; 1874-77, J. W. Blain; 1878-81, Sonn Tennant:
1882, William Burgoyne. a
= ea of Deeds.—1861, R.J. Harper; 1862-65, A. Huntress; 1866-73,8.G. Hoyt; 1874-
, H. GC. Crump. .
Probate Judge.—1861-46, John Pipher; 1867-78, R. J. Harper; 1879-82, D. Hungerford.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.—1861-62, Washington Marlatt; 1863-64, J. M.
Lackey; 1865-68, J. Platt; 1869-71, Elbridge Gale; 1872, R. B. Spilman; 1873-80, J. F.
Billings; 1881-82, J. H. Lee. s 1
Surveyor.—1861-63, Davis Wilson; 1864-71, J. H. Pillsbury; 1872-75, J. W. Paul; 1876-7,
C. D. Greeley; 1878-80, J. W. Paul; 1881, S. D. Moses; 1882, J. W. Paul.

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.

Since 1868, trustees of municipal townships have been the assessors for their respective
townships. The following named person have filled the positions since that date.

_ Manhattan Township.—B. W. Powers in 1869; George 8. Green in 1870 and 1871; C. L.
Wilson in 1872; John Elliot in 1873; James Gahan in 1874 and 1875; Joseph Davis, 1876-1878;
J. P. Peckham in 1879 and 1880; R H. Kimball in 1881 and 1882; J. P. Peckham was assessor
of Manhattan City in ‘1882. Z

Ogden Township.—C, M. Dychein 1869; J. D. Warner, 1870-1873; D. O'Malley, 1874-1877;
Charles E Eastman, 1878-1882. ,

Jackson Township.—Samuel Long in 1869; Rudolph Niehenke in 1870 and 1871; William
aca este: H. H. Rice in 1875; John Condray, 1876-1880; George C. Woods in

an f i xs

Grant Township. —J3. W. Paul in 1870, 1874-78, 1880-82; H. P. Dow in 1871; Charles
McGiloray in 1872; James E. Freeman in 1873; W. H. Edelbute in 1879.

Zeandale Township.—T. S. St. John, 1871-73; Cyrus Foltz, 1874-76, 1878. and 1880;
E. St. John in 1874 and 1875; Rk. Stewart in 1881; James M. Fostner in 1882. - oe ls

Ashland Township-—E. L. Foster, 1873-75; M. Vandewort and Hamilton Irish, in
1876; William Stone; 1877-80; S. A. Black in 1881; S: J. Yenawine in 1882.

Bala Township.—G. B. McCord in 18i2 and 1873; W. A. Ensign, 1874-76; W. E. Ford,
1877-79; J. W. Kettleman in 1880; J. R. Warren in 1881 and 1882. : m

Madison Township.—Jefterson D. Brown in 1872 and 1873; C. C. Adams in 1874, 1875,
1880 and 1881; George Avery in 1876 and 1877; Henry Tidyman in 1878 and 1879; William
Woodbury in 1882. ; . : : eae i

May Day Township.—M. V. Jerome in 1872 and 1879; N. E. Dickey in 1873; J. A. Reece,
1874-76; T. W. Osborne in 1877; J. J. Myers in 1878; S. A. Byarlay in 1880 and 1881; J. E.
Powell in 1882. :

Fancy Creek Township.—1. Hamer, 1879-81; J.J. Myers in 1882.

Center Township.—s. A. Byarlay in 1881; T. W. Osborne in 1882.

Swede Creek Township.—H. H. Rice in 1879; Frederic Toburen, 1880-82.

Wild Cat Ee a agen W. Taylor in 1882. F

Manhattan City.—J. P. Peckham, assessor, in 1882.

* DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.

Riley County has been first and foremost in the various political movements of the
Territory and State of Kansas. Below is given a brief note of her delegates, councilmen,
senators and representatives. : F

Dr. Amory Hunting and Robert Klotz were elected from Riley County, October 9, 1855,
as delegates to the Topeka Convention, which assembled October 23, 1858. Dr. Hunting,
the oldest member of the body, sixty-one years of age, was Republican in his politics, a
native of Massachusetts, but came from Rhode Island to Kansas. : j

Mr. Klotz was a merchant, thirty-five years of age, a Democrat, a native of Pennsylvania,
and a member of the Forty-seventh Congress from that State. 2

Martin F. Conway was elected from the St. Mary's and Silver Lake precincts; at that
time a part of Riley County. : er

Pawnee polled forty-five votes for the Topeka Constitution, December 15, 1855; St.
Mary’s, fourteen votes. 7 ; i

Lecompton Convention.—June 15, 1857, Riley and Pottawatomie counties elected C. R.
Mobley, J. S. Randolph, P; Z. Taylor and Robert Wilson, delegates to the Lecompton Con-
vention which met September 7, 1857. Under this constitution, N. Berry was elected a
Representative, and Dr. Hunting a Senator from. the district of which Riley formed a part.

Leavenworth Coaveniten:lley County, March 9, 1858, elected J. T. Goodnow, Free-
man N. Blake and George W. Higinbotham, delegates to the Leavenworth Convention,
which convened April 30, 1858. Ata Free State Convention held to-elect officers under this
oor Dr. John 'W. Robinson, of Riley, was nominated for Commissioner of

chool Land. = fi

Lecompton Constitution—English Bill.—The vote of Riley County, August 2, 1858, on
this constitution as submitted by the bill drafted by Congressman English, of Tudiana, was:
Proposition rejected, 258; proposition accepted, 22, , 3

Wyandotte Convention.—March 28, 1859, Riley County gave 119 votes in favor of a con-
stitutional convention; against it, 54. cae .

In June, 1858, S. D. Houston was elected as delegate from Riley County. October 4,
1859, the county gave 296 votes for the constitution, 128 against it.

TERRITCRIAL COUNCILMEN AND REPRESENTATIVES.

John Donaldson represented the Council District, of which Riley was a part. In 1855
Samuel D. Houston wae a member of the House. In 1856, Russell Garrett was elected to

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the House. In 1857, Abraham Barry and Charles Jenkins were clected from Riley and
Pottawatomie counties; Benjamin Hanne and Andrew J. Mead, councilmen from the
district com rising the counties of Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Marshall, Riley and Potta-
watomie. In 1858, Abraham Barry and Thomas R. Points were elected Representatives
from Riley and Pottawatomie counties. In 1859, J. B. Woodward was elected Councilman
from the counties of Riley, Clay, Davis, Dickinson, Wabaunsee and Morris. Daniel L.
Chandler was elected Representative from Riley and Clay counties. In 1860, Walter C.
Dunton was elected Be presenteulye from Riley and Clay counties, the last Representative
from Riley County, while Kansas was a Territory.

State ‘Senators.—Riley and Pottawatomie counties were represented in the State Senate
of 1861 by Samuel D. Houston; in 1862, by M. L."Essick. Mr. Houston had been appointed
Receiver of the Land Office at Junction City. on

Riley, Marshall and Washington counties constituted the Seventh Senatorial District,
1863-1866. Thomas H. Baker, of Marshall, was the Senator in 1863 and 1864; E. C. Manning,
of Marshall, in 1865 and 1866.

These counties, with Republic and Cloud, remained the Seventh District, 1867-1872.
James M. Harvey, of Riley, was the Senator in 1867 and 1868; A. A. Cornahan, of Clond,
in 1869 and 1810; Phillip Rockefeller, of Washington, in 1871 and 1873. .

Under the legislative apportionment of 1871, Riley, Davis and Dickinson constituted
the Twenty-seventh Senatorial District. Under the apportionment of 1876, the Thirtieth
District. V.P. Wilson, of Dickinson, was the Senator in 1873 and 1874; Harlow P;*Dow
in 1875, 1876 and 1877. The biennial sessions of the Legislature commenced with 1817, and
Mr. Dow having become connected with the Internal Revenue Department, resigned his
place in the Senate and T. C. Henry, of Dickinson, was Senator in 1879. Tn 1881, F. H.
Burris, of Dickinson, was the Senator. Hc resigned in consequence of removing from the
State, and in November, 1882, was chosen to fill the unexpired term. _ ‘

By the apportionment of 1881, Riley, Davis and Wabaunsee constituted the Nineteenth
Senatorial District; the first election of a Senator therefrom will be in 1884. _ ~

Members of the House of Representatives.—Riley and Pottawatomie counties were repre-
sented in the State Legislature of 1861, by Frederic N. Blake, Ambrose W. Mussey, Thomas
Pierce and William H. Smythe. ‘ ' a
Riley County was the Seventy-second Representative District, 1863-1871; the Twelfth,
1872-1876. From 1877-¥1, the county had two Representative Districts, Nos. 76 and 77.
Under the apportionment of 1881, the county had one district, which is numbered 58.

The following table shows her members from 1863 to 1883: bee 4

. 1863, District No. 72. Bradley E. Fullington; 1864, District No. 72, Bradley E. Fulling-
ton; 1865, District No. 72, James M. Harvey; 1866, District No. 72, James M. Harvey; 1867,
District No. 72, Henry Booth; 1868, District No. 72, D. M. Johnson: 1869, District No. 72,
Edward Secrest; 1870, District No. 72, Edward Secrest; 1871, District No. 72, John M.
Morris; 1872, District No. 12, John H. Pinkerton; 1878, District No. 12, W. J. Hunter:
1874, District No. 12, Harlon p, Dow; 1875, District No, 12, George Pickett; 1876, District
‘No. 12, Charles F. Little; 1877, District No. 76, T. St. John; 187%, District No. 77, A. 8.
Edgerton; 1879, District No. 76, R. B Spilman; 1879, District No. 77, J. J. Myers; 1881,
District No. 76, George S. Green; 1881, District No. 77, Nehemiah Green; 1883. * :

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

Settled with the kind of people that Riley County was, it would have been expected
that they would have taken a great interest in the common school, and in academic and
collegiate course of instruction. This they have done and their present and prospectiye
prigileges attest their zeal and devotion to these things. With a-tenby ave ‘school dig-
tricts, fen of which are joint ones with the surrounding counties, and with seventy school
houses, the children of school age have good facilities for an educations as the superin-
tendence of them has been good. The report of the County Superintendent of Public In- .
struction for 1882, shows 3,887 persons of school age; number of enrolled pupils, 2,641;
average daily attendance, 1,525; number of teachers re Cred. 37 males, and 58 females,
The average pay of male teachers is $34 70 per month; o emales, $29.19. - During the year
male teachers have taught 213 months; females, 312. The average number of weeks of in-
struction for a district is 25. There have been four private schools, taught by females ; on
by a male teacher. ‘The average levy of district school taxis 11.3 mills for the year 1882:
The bonds voted for schoolhouse purposes in .882. are $12,200. Bonded indebtedness of

* the district is $18,700.

Manhattan has a corps of ten teachers; Prof. D. E. Loutz, principal. The main public
school building is a little to the north of Poyntz Avenue, quite centrally located. It is
73x96 feet, two stories high above the basement. It has four large rooms upon each floor,
spacious halls, and neat cloak rooms. It is a nice stone structure, and cost about $15,000. |
The block-upon which it stands is exceedingly well supplied with shade trees, that were set
out years ago, and it has ample and neat play grounds. To the southwest of this near the
outskirts of the city is a nice new stone structure two stories high, built in 1882, to supple-
ment the needs of the increasing population, which now reaches 2,500. es: Tee

Randolph, which has a population of about 500, employs two teachers in its graded
school. Ogden has a population of about 400; Leonard, a thrifty growing town, the station
in this county on the Kansas Central Railway, has about 400; Riley Centre about 300:
Bala, about 250. All these places have excellent schools. The schoolhouses in the rural
districts, in many instances are not adequate to the needs of the people, and another year,
there will be an increased number of new houses. : :

The first record in the Commisssioners’ journal, relating to taxes, reads as follows:

Received of the Clerk of the tribunal transacting county business of the county of
tRiley, Kansas Territory, the tax-book of said county, upon which I am to collect $243.91in
erritorial tax; $185.93 county tax, and $93 as Assessor’s fees. All the above amounts I
promise to pay over or return the book as the law directs: This August 5, 1856.

: STEPHEN B. WILLIAMS,
: Sheriff of Riley County.

The amount of territorial sent to the Auditor of public accounts for the. Territory of:
Kansas. August 5, 1856. 4 JOHN S. REYNOLD. Clerk, 7
: By L. B. Perry, Deputy.

Inly 5, 1860, the County Commissioners in a manifesto say: .

The county was organized in 1855 and no tax wae levied until 1858, and the small
amount of property subject to taxation on the valuation of 1859, was only $103,000.

The published expenditures for the county in 180, was $1,392.13; 1861, $2,175.57; for
1864, $3,434.76; for 1865, $4,462.24; for 1846, $3,403.37; for 1867, $6,931.05; for 1868,
The levy for county taxes for 1870, was 7.5 mille on the dollar, so as to raise

10.600. In 1871, it was 9 mills; the amount to be raised was $11,640. In 1872, it was 10
mills, three of which was to meet the interest coupons on the Manhattan & Northwestern -
Railway bonds. In 1873 and 1874 it was 13 mills, six of which was to bay interest on the
Manhattan & Northwestern Railway bonds. In 1875, the levy was 15 mills, seven of which
was for the payment of interest coupons on the Manhattan & Northwestern Railway bonds. .
In 1876 the levy was 13.5 mills; five and one-half was for the bonds of the Manhattan &
Northwestern Railway. In 1877 there was a levy of 12.5 mills, six of which was for the
railway bonds. In 1878 there was a levy of 7 mills. There was no levy to meet the bonded
indebtedness arising out of the Manhattan & Northwestern Railway, a petition having
been signed by 1,155 residents that none be made. In 1879-1882, 6 mills was the county levy.

‘The aggregated judgments against Riley County, consequent upon the refusal of her
Commissioners to levy taxes to meet the accrued and accruing interest on the Manhattan
& Northwestern Railway bonds is $20,558.09. The assessed valuation of the county for
1882 is as-follows: Real estate, $1,109,407; city property, $335,166; personal property, $540,-
158; railroads, $243,031; total, $2,217,757. ; | ae 7

There are four railroad lines, wiaich may be mentioned in connection with the assess-
ment in the following manner: A few miles of the Manhattan & Blue Valley Railroad is
assessed at $12,500; the Manhattan & Burlingame, 9.2 miles, $40,043; the Kansas division
of the Union Pacfic, 14.16 miles, $123,252; the Kansas Central, 18.11 miles, $67,236.29.

“This county has been singularly free from crimes and its court calenders are compara-
tively exempt from cases of persons charged with capital crime. _ The latest case was the
trial of Charles W. Bates, charged with the murder of P. W. Peak in the Christian Church
at Manhattan on the evening of February 3, 1879. At the first trial the verdict of the jury
was manslaughter in the first degree, but at the second trial in December, 1879, the jury
brought in a verdict of ‘‘ not guilty.” This killing had a connection with the procurement
of evidence furnished against persons in the aes iraffic, Mr. Bates playing the role of a
detective in the matter. The good morals and high civilization of this county stand ungur-

passed anywhere.
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~ laid out the town of Manhattan.

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MANHATTAN.

Manhattan Township embraces about 40 square miles. On this territory
is the beautiful city of Manhatten, around which blessings gather in the
greatest profusion. No such limited area in Kansas, has more of the com-
bined works of nature and art to commend it than the township of Manhat-
tan, Watered by the Big Blue and Kansas rivers, and Wild Cat Creek, in
their circuitous courses: its bottomlands are very extensive. South of the
Kansas, Mount Prospect rises almost to a perpendicular height of more
than 200 feet above the river, and from this sightly eminence may be viewed
scenes that are perfectly enchanting. To the east and southeast lies the unri-
valed KawValley,dottedwith improved fields, beautiful and commodious stone
farm dwellings, expansive barns and extensive orchards, the scene so en-
rapturing as to suggest ‘‘ Pisgah’s heights,” with its surrounding fertile,
meandering vales. Blue Mont, tothe north of the city of Manhattan, is
less precipitous than Mount Prospect but nearly as high; it stands a per-

etual sentihel over the Big Blue, whose clear and limpid waters lave its

ase. Here, at the confluence of these two majestic streams is a grandeur
in the outlook,and this trysting point where comes the rustling of the autum-
nal leaves, the melody of the feathered songsters in their harmoniously
tuneful notes, and the rippling, gurgling voices of many waters tells one of
the great “ Father of Waters” to the east, of the everlasting Rocky Mount-
ains of the west, which the long railway trains of the Kansas Division of
the Union Pacific, as they move to Denver on the west, to Kansas City
on the east, unite. This township takes the lead ih short born, herds,
The Agricultural College, Charles H. Allen, Bill & Butnham, William P.
Higinbotham, A. W. Rollins, and others, haye this choice breed of cattle,
and most of them breed pure-blooded Berkshire and Poland China swine.
Gen. J. S. Casement is-breeding fine horses. ~

Co]. George S. Park, of Parkville, Missouri, in the autumn of 1854,
located a town site on the Kansas River, at the southwest part of the pres-
ent site of Manhattan, and called it Poleska. Seth I. Childs built thereun
the first house, ; eee 2 :

Later in the same season, Samuel D. Houston, of Illinois, Judge San-
ders W. Johnson, of Ohio, Judge J..M. Russell, of Lowa, E. M. Thurston, of
Maine, and Dr. A. H. Wilcox, of Rhode Island, met at the mouth’ of the
Big Blue and located a town site, calling it Canton. _

March 24, 1855, Isaac T. Goodnow, Luke P. Lincoln, Cc. H. ‘Lovejoy,
C. N. Wilson, Joseph Wintersaid and N. R. Wright, a Committee of a
New England Company, which left Boston on the 6th of March, reached
this place and at once decided to cansolidate the two town companies with
their own, arid-make one good town of them. - The improvements then con-
sisted of a log cabin, built by Colonel Park for a blacksmith shop, and a
dug-out at the foot of Blue Mont. March 26, Mr. Goodnow pitehed his
tent upon the claim of Park and preeee it with sod walls. Fitteen of
the New England Company, March 30, 1855, voted at Juniata for S. Dz
Houston, for Representative to the First Territorial Legislature. ‘I'here
were no Missouri voters sent out here to out-vote thé Free-State settlers,
hence Mr. Houston was the only Free-State member.

April 4, 1855, a consolidation of all these town interests was effected.
Twenty-four persons were present, who organized as the Boston Association
and named the town Boston. Several rough claim-houses were erected,and
they were placed upon the most important quarter-sections of the town site,
consisting of some two sections and selections were made of men to hold

‘them from claim-jumpers. William E. Goodnow used one of these houses
as a store; it stood where William Smith now resides, and was the first
store in Manhattan. fos

The names of the members of the Boston Town Association were George
S. Park, S. D. Houston, S. W. Johnson, J. M. Russell, E. M. ‘I'hurston,
and H. A. Wilcox, members of the old organization, and Charles Barnes,
Stephen Barnes, C. W. Beebe, Cyrus Bishop, C. E. Blood, G. H. Brown, A.
Browning, S. I. Childs, Martin F. Conway, Joseph Denison, John Flagg,
Isaac T. Goodnow, William E, Goodnow, John Hoar, Amory Hunting, C.
H. Lovejoy, Luke P. Lincoln, J. H. McClure, H. B. Neeley, £. C. Persons,
T. J. Roosa, Freeman Shattock, Frank B. Smith, Newell ‘[rafton, B. Wel-
den, T. C. Wells, S. Whitehorn and C. N. Wilson.

April 27, 1855, a colony left Cincinnati, Ohio, on the steamboat Hart-
ford, bound for Central Kansas, via the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, and
Kansas rivers. The name of Manhattan had been fixed upon. as the pros-

ective town, as it was thought there would be room for a town that might
fee some comparison to New York. At St. Louis the company numbered
about eighty. Deeming the steamer an abolition boat, the authorities at
St. Louis délayed her some days. A pilot was hired at the extravagant
price of $750, and the voyage for Kansas City was begun. Cholera broke
out on the steamer and the Heats of several members of the colony ensued.
Arriving at Kansas City there was a tarry of a week because of low water
on the Kansas, and when at Lecompton the steamer got aground, another
heavy rain so raised the river that there was no further delay until the
steamer passed the mouth of the Big Blue, about half a mile, where it

rounded and was obliged to land its passengers and freight. This was
5 une 1,1855. The company numbered seventy-five persons. They brought with
them ten houses all ready to put up. John Pipher, Andrew J. Mead and
H. Palmer hiréd a wagon and drove to what is now Juriction City, and there
During their absence John W. Pipher
had an interview with the Boston Associatiun; which résulted in the Associ-

ation voting to give half the town site to the Cincinnati Company if they-
“+ would locate upon it and help build up the town.

The offer was accepted
and Boston became Manhattan, now the ‘‘ Beautiful City” of Kansas.

One of the Cincinnati buildings that was shipped‘on the Hartford now
stands at the north foot of Poyntz Avenue, -near the railroad track, and
with its uine rooms is occupied by several colored families. Another one
was astore at the corner of First Street and Poyntz Avenue, and in 1882

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

it stood in the rear of the livery stable of A. L. Houghton. The first stone
building in the town was erected by William E. Goodnow, in the northern
part, southwest of the Gove place. David A. Butterfield, of Utica, New
York, the Overland Stage Route man from Atchison to Pike’s Peak, erected
the second one. : : .

The wife of Rev. C. E: Blood taught the first school in 1855. The first
schoolhouse was erected in 1858, at a cost of $2,500.

The first church was the Methodist piso, built of stone, in 1858,at
a cost of $4,800. Isaac T. Goodnow raised $4,000 of it in the East, mostly
from town-lot sales. The remaining $800 was raised here in 1857.

Irvine Lovejoy, son of Rev. C. F. Lovejoy, was the first birth. He
was born in 1855, is a graduate at Baker University, and a theological stu-
dent at Boston. The Best death was that of G. W. Barnes, son of Charles
Barnes, a very promising young man. Rev. Joseph Denison performed the
first marriage ceremony, which was in January, 1856. Thomas Platt and
Sally E. Pipher were the parties united. John Pipher was the first post-
master, appointed in 1856. i

Incorporation.—The city was incorporated May 14, 1857, and the first
election held May 30. The Election Judges were John Pipher, William M.
Snow and Andrew J. Mead. Mr. Mead was the first Mayor; A. Scammon,
President of the Board of Councilmen: W. M. Snow,Clerk; James F. Gard-
ner, Marshal. In 1870 its population was 1,173: in 1880, it was 2,104.
Governor St. John, June 26, 1880, issued a proclamation declaring it to be
a city of the second class. Its Mayors have been Andrew J. Mead, E. M.
Thurston, 8. G. Hoyt, C. F. DeVivaldi, James Humphrey, Welcome Wells,
M. J. Gove, Henry Laffer, G. W. Higinbotham, Amasa Huntress, BE. C.
Manning, N. A. Adams, R. B. Spilman, G. W. Wisner, J. K. Perry, S. A.
Sawyer, William Dent,R. Allingham, Jr., John Pipher, and W. M. Beverly.

J. E. Hibbard, James Humphrey, R. B. Spilman, William McKay,
George S. Green, T. L. Magruder, Samuel Kimble and W. A. Scott have
been the City Attorneys. H. W. Stackpole is Police Judge, and J. R.
Young, City Clerk.

CHURCHES.

The following table shows the status of the ten churches of the city:

  
 
  

Denominations. Value. Seating Room. Members.
Methodist Episcopal............------------------ $15,000 50.) 300
Presbyterian .-------... ---- 12,000 600 125
Protestant Episcopal - 6,000 400 60
Congregational ....... 5,500 450 160
Roman Catholic ....-..-. ---- 38,000 250 40
Church of the Disciples. ---- 2,500 25J 100
BADGISt s.ccsecscaas ce once! ------ 2,000 200 80
Colored Methodist Episcopal . 800 175 35
African Methodist Episcopal .-.......-...--.------ 700 150 25
Colored Baptist......-.--2. --.- 222-22. ---- -eeeeee 500 _ 12 40

Congregational.—This church was the second organized, of this order, between the Mis-
souri River and Rocky Mountains. The first services were held in a tent, April 22, 1855.
The desk was a trunk on its end, the seats were trunks, beds and boxes. The log cabin
succeeded the tent. The ‘‘ Hartford *’ steamer brought materials for a frame building. Janu-
ary 6, 1856, in the log house of Dr. Amory Hunting, the church was formally organized;
Rev. Harvey Jones, of Wabaunsee, was moderator, and Asaph Browning from Fitchburg,
Massachusetts, clerk. Here was the independence of the local church, liberty of conscience,
antagonism to American chattel slavery, and abstinence from intoxicating drinks most
fully affirmed. A donation of forty town lots, and contributions from people in the East,
gave the church » good start. The names of Stephen A. Donglas, Abraham Lincoln and

wen Lovejoy appear as donors, written with their own hands. The building, when nearly
finished, was unroofed by a tornado, May 15, 1859, but it was built and dedicated July 24,
1859. Rev. Charles E. Blood, was the first pastor. He was succeeded on May 2s, 1862, by
Rev. Roswell D. Parker, a graduate of Michigan University, 1854, and of Andover Theolog-
ical Seminary, 1857, accepted a call from the church, October, 1867. He closed his labors
in 1880, as the pastor of the church, and was succeeded by Rev. A. H. Votaw. Rev. Mr.
Parker still labors as a preacher, but his time is given considerably to the Telephone, a
valuable State paper of the denomination.

Methodist Episcopal.—This organization was commenced on the steamer “ Hartford,”
when on the Ohio River, en route for central Kansas, April 30, 1854, by John Pipher. Its
membership was twenty-three. On the journey a few were received on probation, and
religious services were held nearly every night. ‘The history of this church is coeval ‘with
Manhattan. Rev.’C. H. Lovejoy, Rev. Isaac T. Goodenow and Rev. Joseph Denison, were
the pastors, Pa to 1856: Since then, the ee have been N. Trafton, Joseph Denison,
J. Paulson, J. F. W. Auld, F. H. Mudge, L. Harford. B. C. Dennis, N. Green, R. P.
Daval, @_S. Dearborn, J. M. Sullivan, S. W. ee R, Wake, E. Gill, J. A. Motter and
William Friend. A church building was erected im 1857, a parsonage in 1864. The old
boat bell of the ‘‘Hartford” was used in the church. The present church edifice was dedicated
October 17, 1380. It is one of the most beautiful in the State. The annual conference was
held here in 1875, Bishop Merril) presiding.

oyterian.—A movement was set on foot here to organize a Presbyterian Church in
1868. Rev. Alexander Sterrett, of Evansville, Ind., began to preach in the autumn, and for
the first four months services were held Sunday afternoons in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Soon after, morning services were held in Gove’s Hall. Prayer meetings aud
sociables were held from house to house, and, on July 28, 1867, the church was organized.
RJ. Berner was ruling elder, The other members were C. F. Harper, E.S. Baird, Deborah
Baird, C, P. Blatchly, Mary A. Crane, Caroline Higinbotham, Pauline Hunter, G. W. King,
John Mails, Martha Mails, J. Mails, R. B. Spilman, Anna M. Sterrett. John Stingley, Mary
A. Stingley. The church has had the following ppmtotes— Bes. Alexander Sterrett, three
aa ev, Dr. Anderson, six months; Rev. J. H. Reid, five years; Rev. William Camp-

ell, the present pastor, began his labors in 1876.

Protestant Episcopal (St. Paul’s).—Rev, Charles M. Calloway conducted the first ser-
vices for this organization, in July, 857. The parish was organized in May, 1838, and Rev.
N. O. Preston was chosen rector. pinto Kemper made the first Episcopal visitation in
1859, and desing the same year the chure building was begun; it was completed in 1867,
and consecrated May 13, 1870. Rector Preston suddenly ied February, 14, 1866, Vestry-
man, M. J. Gove, was,killed by a railway accident, March 1, 1873, and Senior ‘Warden, Am-
brose Todd, died December 4, 1880, after twenty-two years of official] relations. He was the
first in that office; Edward Newell as Junior Warden; A. J. Mead, E. M. Thurston, Scott
Newell und William M. Snow as Vestryman. The rectors have been Rev. N. O. Preston,
Rev. James H. Lee, Rev. Daniel W. Cox, Rev. James P. Fugett. Organization in 1882:
Rector, R. E.G. Huntington, D. D.; Senior Warden, George F. Brown; Junior Warden,
Charles F. Keables; Vestrymen, George W. Higinbotham, Charles F. Keables, William
Dalton, William M. Snow, John C Russell, Lieutenant A. Todd ; Clerk, Charles F, Keables;
Treasurer, Lieutenant A. Todd. ;

Baptist.—This church organized Angust 14, 1858; was incorporated November 13, 1860.
Its meinbers were Rev. M. L. Wisner an wife, who thad letters from a church in Wiscon-
sin, Dr. George Ferguson and wife from Michigan, James H. Young and wife from Kansas
City, Mo., E Colburne and Jane A. Williston from Massachusetts, and W. 8. Hurlburt
from Vermont. The first preaching services were held Sunday morning in the stone school-
house. Later they worshipped in f) he Congregational Church, but a cyclone taking off the
roof, they returned to the school building, and still later in the old City Hall. Their pres-
ent church building was commenced in 1862, but not completed until 1866. Its pastors have
RILEY COUNTY.

been Rev. M. L. Wisner, Rev. M. J. Kermott, Rev. J. M. Lackey, Rev. Elbredge Gale, Rev.
Isaac Sawyer, Rev. I. S. Woods, Rev. S. Pillsbury, Rev. J. G. Mayer, who commenced his
piston = of the Die pe rideiancs ; :
urch a isciples —This church organized at an early day, was re-organized in
1872, and a church building was erected in ist. ’ Tts regular at ore liaye been Rev. A. J.
White, Rev. A. D. Goodwin, Rev. Henry Coyswell, Rev. A. B. Campbell. :
_ oman Catholic.—This church purchased the building formerly used by the Metho-
‘dists, in the summer of 1880. Rev. Father McCune has been the pastor since its organization.
‘The Second Methodist Episcopal (Colored).—This church was organized ag a Mission
in 1866, and during the yeara church building was erécted. Rev. James S. Griffing was
its pastor. He became insane, and died in 1881. Rev. Mr. Wilson is the pastor His
labors commenced im March, 1882. i
The Africun Methodist Episcopal Zion (Colored).—This church was organized in
October, 1879, and a church building was erected in 1880. Rev. Oscar Hoskins was the first

te _ ‘pastor. Rev. Mathew Jones commenced his labors October 13, 1881.

Colored Bantist.—This organization, now consisting of forty members, was organized

oe in March, 1880. lts Sunday School numbers-seventy-five; superintendent, Lewis Call.

The pastor is Rev. Abraham Cooper. The church edifice, a frame 22x30 feet, was built in
1882. This is known as the Second Baptist. :

SECRET SOCIETIES.

La Fayette Lodge, No. 16, A., #. & A. M—A dispensation was granted this lodge,
October 18, 1859. Major Beebe was Master; A. A. Garrett, Senior Warden; D. A. Butterfield,
Junior Warden. The early movers in the work here were Major Beebe, D. A. Butterfield,
A. A. Garrett, S. G. Hoyt, Samnel Long, J. W. Robinson and Major Scammon. The first
lodge meetings were held in a buildiug, owned by Robert Wilson, of Fort Riley; it was
situated on the bank of the 4 Blue; it has since been moved, and is now used asa
provery store by C. F. Briggs. The present officers are S. M. Fox, Worshipful Master; H C.

TODD, Senior. Warden; I. G. Hacker, Juniorr, Warden. Its membership is about
seventy-five. _ , 3 :

Manhattan Chapter. No. 14. R. A. M—This Chapter was organized in 1869, with fif-
teen charter embers. Present officers are George 8. Green, H. P., S. M. Fox, King, Wm.

M. Beverly, Scribe.
Manhattan Lodge, No. 1,465, ee of Honor, instituted by A. Howland, D.S. D.,
February 27, 1879, with twenty-seven charter members. Organized by electin, the follow:
“ing officers: William C. Johnston, D.; W. H. Stewart, V. D.; Charles F. Briggs, A. D.;
James R. Young, Rec.; George B. Himes, Fin. Rec.; Orville Huntress, Treas.; William M.
Beverly, Chap.; William A. Brown, Guide; William H. Sune Guard; Charles W.
Whelan, Sent.; L. J. Lyman, P. D.; Drs. L. J. Lyman and H. 8. Roberts, Med. Exrs.;
William M. Beverly, Robert Allingham, Jr., and Dr. H S. Roberts, Trustees. Meets second
and fourth Friday evenings of each month. Present membership sixty-two. Each mem-
bership carries with it $2,000 life insurance. One member, J. K. Winchip, has died since
its leer ng Soka .

orinthian Bodge, No. 59, A-., fF. & A. M., was instituted February 15, 1882, with
The following officers were elected: W.M., M. Jones; 8. W.,
The lodge
Meets

fourteen charter members,
H. Welch; J. W., C. Mathews; Sec., G. 8S. Morgan; Treas., E. D. Williams.
has new upwards of twenty members, and is in sound financial condition.
monthly. - :

Manhattan Lodge, No. 17, I. 0. O. F.,was instituted January 26, 1866,with twenty-three
charter members, of whom:the following are the elective officers for that term: N. G., John
Pipher; V. G., J. G. Hollenbeck; Per. Sec., N. Dundore; Treas., M. Maurehan. The
lodge has now a membership of seventy-five in good standing. Has had twelve deaths
since organization, ard has $2,000 cash on hands. Meetings are held weekly in their own
well-furnished hall. : . : ;

Blue Valley Encampment No. 42, I. 0. 0, F., was organized April 26, 1882, with eighteen
charter members, ofticers for the term being: C. P., J. R. Strong; H. P., H. T. Merryfield;
E. W., S. B. Smith; J. W., B. L. Bredburg; Sec., I. D, Graham; Treas., D. Evans.
monthly meetings are held, and the encampment is in a flourishing condition.

Phenix Lodge No. 35, K. of P., was instituted May 18, 1881, with twenty-three mem-
bers. Has since had slight increase in membership. Is free of debt. with balance in
ee No deaths have,yet occurred. Meetings are held semi-monthly in Odd Fel-
lows Hall. thao te s F

Western Star Division No. 1, 8. of T., was instituted January 1, 1875, and has had
a somewhat checkered career. It has now upwards of forty members, and is doing good
work, The division is out of debt, with small balance of cash onhand. Meets every Tues-
day evening in Mr. King’s new hall, 7 ;

Blue Valley Assembly No. 1999, K. of L., was organized June 17, 1882, with a member-
ship of twenty-one, which hag since been increased to upwards of seventy. Is in good con-
dition financially, and meets semi-monthly. . ’

Manhattan Grange No. 748, Patrons of Husbandry, was organized April 4, 1874, and
has a large list of members. Mr. William F. Allon is Master. The grange is in good
financial condition. Meetings are held monthly in Odd Fellows Hall. *

Len Gove Post No. 100, G. A. R,, of Manhattan, was ee July 21,1882. Its first
officers were: H. F. Christie, Commander; H. C. Crump, J. V. C.; S. M. Fox, 8. V.C.; G.
J. Green, O. D.; J. M. Myers, O. G.; R. B. Sarber, Q. M.; W. Burgoyne, Adjutant. The

Semi-

. post is free from debt and meets in Odd Fellows Hall.

MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS.

The number of societies, temperance, literary, musical, agricultural and social are very
considerable, as might be eae from as earnest, active, intelligent and progressive ‘a
people as are found within the limits of Riley County. ae

 “Temperance.—The Western Star Division, No 1, 8. of T. was or; anized in 1858; the
Young People’s Temperance Alliance, in 1877; Prohibition Phalanx No9, and the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union, each in 1880; Manhattan Temple, No. 18, A. O. U. T., in 1881;
D. E, Lautz is Templar; Charles Marvin, Recorder of the last name
people have a lodge of Good Templars. re tite

Kaw Valley District Medical Society—This organization was effected June 17, 1880.
The district is composed of Riley, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Davis and Clay counties. | It
embraces graduates of medical colleges, and its object is to increase and diffuse the useful-
ness of the science and art of medicine and surgery, and to harmonize the intercourseof the
medical profession within the district. The officers chosen were: H. P. Woodward of Wamego,
President; C. F. Little of Manhattan, Vice-President; J. W. Thayer of Ogden, Secretary; J.
Greene of Alma, Treasurer. Its membership in 1882 was thirty-five. L. J. Lyman of Manhat-
tan is President; Dr. Beach of Junction City, Vice-President; J. W. Thayer, Secretary and
Treasurer. : : ;

Riley County Bible Soctety.—Depository at A. J. Whitford’s store, Manhattan.

Young Men’s Christian Association.—Reading room open every evening, Sundays ex-
cepted. Dr. 8. D. Rose, President; A. F. Blair, Vice-President; Charles D. Marvin, Secre-
tary; E. M. Fairchild, Treasurer.

"Blue Mont Farmers’ Club.—This organization near Manhattan was effected J pany 31,
1872. Its officers were Frederick E. Miller, President;0.W. Bill, Vice-President; C.W. Kimball
Recording Secetary; Washington Marlatt, Corresponding Secretary; G. C. Campbell, Treas-
urer. Its objects were: First, to cultivate more intimate social relation among the farmers, and
more especially among the members of the club. Second, to discuss topics telating to
practical agriculture in all its branches and diversified interests. ‘Third, to form a nucleus
of an organization, with a view to a concert of action with the farmers throughout the
county and State for the advancement and protection of their. special interests. This has
become a corporate body under thé law of Kansas. At its meetings there have been essays
and discussions covering almost the entire round of practical agriculture in Kansas,

The Blueand Kansas Valley Agricultural Society was organized in. 1869, and it holds
afair each year. The fair grounds embrace a forty-acre park im the western att of the
city, and but. little distance removed from the Agricultural College farm. y County
can show in horses, neat cattle, sheep, swine, fowls, in vegetables, grains, and ruits, as
choice a selection as anywhere exist. In 1881,it was “‘ The Blue Ribbon County,” receiving in
September, 1880, a premium of $1,000, from the Western National Fair Association at the
Bismarck fair erpant for the county in Kansas, making the fullest and best general display
of its products at its fair, eight counties entering the list of competitors: Apples of 100

lodge. The colored

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varieties; pears, 20; grapes, 12; peaches, 9; Irish potatoes 16; squashes, 11; beets, 8;
peppers, 6; turnips and sweet potatoes, each 5: pumpkins, 4; tomatoes, 3; wheat, 26; corn,
12; oats, 6; rye, 8; native woods, 33; specimens of stuffed birds, 88; of animals, 17; fine
specimens of Riley County magnesia limestone. There were 60 choice hogs, 82 head of,
cattle, 17 horses, 40 coops of poultry. All these and immensely more of various specimens
were on exhibition. 2

Farmers’ Convention Granges.—March- 26, 1873, a State convention of farmers was
held at Topeka. Riley County's delegates were O. W. Bill, W. Fisher, Washington Marlatt
and Edward Secrest, Theanimating spirit of the convention is expressed in the following:

_' Lesolved, That organization is the great want of the producing classes, at the present
time, and we recommend every farmer in the State to become a member of some farmers’
club, grange of the patrons of husbandry, or other local or State organization.”

J. A. Cramer, General Deputy of the State Grange, organized _granges in the county,
and farmers’ clubs were formed in every portion of this and Pottawatomie counties.
The granges were known by the names of Stockdale, Blue Mont, Bala, Zeandale, Wild Cat,
May Day. Parallel, Peach Grove, Open, Manhattan, Deep Creek, Ashland, Fancy Creek,
Prairie Rose, Madison, McUowell, Rocky Ford and Fairview.

George T. Polson was Master of Riley County Patrons of Husbandry in 1873, and its

Trustees were: N. B. White, of Blue Mont Grange; Solomon Secrest, Fancy Creek; Cc. 8.
Caley, May Day; A. Sweet, Stockdale; J. H. Pinkerton, Zeandale.
. Co-operative Store.—The Blue and Kansas Valley Merchants’ Exchange was organized
in 1873, at Manhattan, on the Rockdale a land) system. J. A. Limbocker, President; J.
8. Randolph, Vice-President; Frederic! « Miller, Secretary; Seth I. Shields, Treasurer.
September 16, 1882, the corner-stone was laid for the new two-story grange building of
magnesia limestone, which stands as a ee of use and beauty on the south side of Poyntz
Avenue, at the southwest corner of Foutth. O. W. Bill, Past Worthy Master, of Riley
County Pomona Grange, introduced Prof. E. Gale, as the orator, and W. F. Allen, P.W. M.
of the Manhattan Grange No. 748, P. of H., prepared the box for the corner-stone and de:
posited therein the following contents: -

“Copy of Nationalist, Independent, Republic, Industrialist, Telephone, Age of Pro-
gress, American Grange Bulletin, Proceedings of National Grange, Digest and Ritual of

. Grange Proceedings of State Grange 1876, other documents relating to insurance, etc., of

Grange, bill-heads for Store, blank checks, envelopes, shipping tags, etc., address of Prof.
E. Gale, poem of Mrs. Kate R. Hill, anda history of the Manhattan Grange and how the
building was erected.” -

The poem closed us follows:

Over these gifts, nor poor, nor few—
Oh, ye angels, sweet and true,

Bend a little from the throne,

As we lay this corner-stone;

And cross the mystic border,

Send a good word “for the order;”’

Till adown the earthward track,

Echoes float sublimely back,

And the world to which ye’re strangers,
Seems a little heiven of—‘‘ Grangers.”

.. Domestic Science Club.—This organization is well attended and the following isasample.
of the subjects discussed: ‘‘ Domestic Science,” Mrs. Higinbotham; ‘‘ Art,’? Mrs. Hill;
“Natural Science,” Mrs. Ward; ‘ Literature,’? Mra, Adams; ‘‘ Education,” ‘Mrs. French;
“Gold Dust from a Book,” Mrs. Griffin; ‘‘ General Intelligence,’’ Mrs. Green. .
Knights of Labor.—Blue Valley Assembly, No. 1,999, was organized June 17, 1882. The
number of its members, October 16, 1882 was about seventy. George B. Hines is Worthy-
Master; L. C. Stone, Financial Secretary; J. M. Limbocker, Recording Secretary. oe
Riley County Horticultural Society.—This organization was effected in ert 1874.
J. W. Blain was chosen president; E. Gale, secretary. It is one of the very best locality or-
ganizations, and its many meetings have largely stimulated frnit-growers in the county to
raise the choicest varieties of: many kinds of fruit. Premiums at State fairs have yearly
been awarded the horticulturists of the county, and at St. Louis, in 1882, several premiums
came to men oepet in husbanding in Riley County. . :
Knights and Ladies of Honor —Arcadia Lodge, No. 413, was organized by Deputy: Sa-.
preme Protector H. S. Roberts, March 23, 1881, with forty-three charter members. Its offi- -'
cers were as follows: Protector, W.C. Johnston; Vice-Protector, Mrs. C. F. Briggs; Secre-

‘tary, William Dalton; Financial Sécretary, O. C. Barner; Treasurer, O. Huntress; Guide, |

Mrs. W. H. Stewart; Chaplain, J. J. Davis; Guardian, Mrs. John Drew; Sentinel, B. F.
Short; Past Protector, C. F. Briggs; Medical Examiner, Dr. H. S. Roberts; Trustees, J. F.
Ellicott, Robert Allingham, Jr., Solomon Whitney. -lts officers iu_ 1882 were: Protector,
C. F. Bri; gE Secretary, O.C. Barner. Financial Secretary, D. G. Lautz, i
_ The Kansas and Blue Valley Poultry and Pet Stock Association.—This joint-stock assb-
ciation was organized in 1879. It gives exhibitidns ‘annually.
The Manhattan Cornet Band.—This was organized in 1880. e

- Lhe Choral Union.—Organized in 1868, it has given many public concerts, and it has
deve tpel a great deal of fine musical talent. ;

The Manhattan Institute.—This literary society, an organization of. the territorial
period, has had most benificent uses. Its assets are a bank deposit, $400; a town lot, $500;
a library of 500 volumes, $300. It has the Annals of Congress in neat volumes from 1789
to 1824. R.B. Spilman is President, George C. Wilder, Secretary, and John W. Webb, .
Treasurer. i .

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS. .

Newspapers are a prominent feature of the history of the city and county, and they
have been from the early time well encouraged and supported. |

The Western Kansas Express.—The first number of this paper was printed at Wyan-
dotte in May, 1859. The press and appurtenances of the office came by steamer on the
Kaneas River soon after, It was the first Kansas newspaper published west of Topeka. Mr.
Charles F. De Vivaldi, an Italian Republican refugee, was the editor and proprietor. In
1860 the paper was called the Manhattan Haprese. President Lincoln, in 1861, appointed
Mr. De Vivaldi Consul to Santos in Brazil. Mr. James Humphrey, now a leading attorney
in Junction City, became editor in 1861, and in 1863 Mr. J. H. Pillsbury purchased the paper
and called it the Manhattan Independent. :

’ The Kansas Radical.—This paper was started in July, 1866, by Hon. E. C. Manning.

The Manhattan Standard.—Mr. L. R. Elliott, in July, 1868, purchased the Independent
of Mr, Pillsbury; on September 13 he purchased the Hadical of Manning, consolidating
them. September 19, into the Standard. _ <

The Nationalist.—Mr. Albert Griffin, in December, 1870, bought the paper of Mr. Elliott,
and eae it to the Nationalist, which, in 1882, is an eight-page, seven-column paper,
having.a large circulation, and being able and valuable as to local news and its bearing on
many subjects that interest the general public. It has been all the while Republican.

‘Real Estate-Papers.—The Manhattan Homestead was started in March, 1869, and the
Land Register in January, 18/0. Both cease to exist. Mr. Elliott is a leading real estate
man in Manhattan. Mr. Manning was one of the pioneers of Cowley County, founding the
Winfield Courier. Mr. Pillsbury died as the postmaster of Manhattan, and his daughter,
Annie M, Pillsbury, is postmistress at this time—1&82.

The Beacon.—Meesrs. A. D. and A. G. Goodwin began the publication of the paper in
1872. Mr. L. V. Taft afterwards became its editor, and in 1874 its existence terminated. It
was Liberal Republican in politics. ;

The Manhattan pate pre. Tne first number of this paper was published May 3, 1876,
by C. M. Patee and A. L. Runyan, Mr; Runyan ‘being editor. In January, 1877, Mr. Patee
went out of the office, and June 23, 1882, he sold the paper to Mr. George A. Atwood, for-
merly a newspaper man at Ellsworth, Lawrence and Leavenworth, who changed ‘it into the
Republic. It is neatly and ably conducted; in politics. Republican. In Qctober, 1832, Mr.
Runyan became connected with the Times, at Clay Center. | -

The Industrialist.—In April, 1875, this paper, devoted to the interests of the State Agri-
eultural College, was started. It is published by the students in the printing department
of the college; edited by the faculty, E. M. Shelton being its managing editor. It is a neat
four-page, fecr-coltan paper. : : i

The Telephone.—In June, 1880, Rev. R. D. Parker established this paper as a monthly,
‘devoted to the interests of church and home.” Mr. Parker makes this an organ espe-
cially of the Congregationalists.
. many most beautiful and desirable-homes.

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_ The Independent.—This is a neat eight-column quarto, published by Messrs A. South-
wick & Co. It is devoted to the principles of the National Ereenhack abor party. It was
started at Riley Center in January, 1879, as the News. In September it was changed to the
Independent, and in November, 1881, it was removed to Manhattan. In 1882 it became the
official paper of Riley County.

The city of Manhattan is located on an almost level plain, something more than one
square mile. Poyntz Avenue, 100 feet in width, is the business part of the place. Juliaette
Avenue, sonth of which on East Poyntz Avenue stands the Court House Square, and north of
whith stands the Schoolhouse Square, is also 100 feet in width, There are five other streets
100 feet wide; the others are sixty feet inwidth. The lots are 50x150 feet; the blocks 315x400
feet, with a fifteen-foot alley running east and west through their center. Scattered over
the town are modest cottages and palatial residences, tasty church edifices, store buildings
of large and small proportions, banks, hotels, mills and elevators, while in the suburbs are

it attery Park, cast of the town, by the river, is
mostly unimproved. Forest Park, of forty acres, in the western part of Ithe town, is used
as the fair grounds of the Blue and Kansas Valley Agricultural Society X

Railroad Depot.—Manhattan has as yet but one passenger depot. There are two railroad
and two wagon-road bridges, one of each across the rivers at the city, The township has a
bonded bridge indebtedness of $57,500; of aid to the Agricultural College of $2,500. Its
funded previous indebtedness amounted to $55,000. of 2

E. B. Purcell Elevator Improvement, Loan and Trust Company.—This company, incor-
porated under the laws of Kansas,.has for its officers: E. B. Purcell, President; John B.
Anderson, Treasurer; James T. Ritchie, Secretary. The elevator is one of the larges in
the State, and combines all the late improvements. It has an invention for elevating and
eee corn by machinery, The capacity of the elevator is 25,000 bushels; the corn
cribs hold about 15,°00 bushels. The corn-sheller can shell 600 bushels of corn per hour.

é Te gu ng a Te structure, unexcelled in Kansas, stands near the railway de-
pot. It is 82x46 feet, four stories high, with basement. Its engine-house is built of stone,
32x40 feet; one story is above ground. Its engine is a genuine “' Corliss,” from Providence.
R. I., 120 horse-power. . The office is a two-story frame structure, 24x24 feet; the second
story is used for storing sacks and light supplies for the mill and elevator, This company
has an elevator and store at St. George, in Pottawatomie County, seven miles east of Man-
hattan. The elevator is the same as the one at Manhattan. They ‘have branch stores at
Wabaumsee, Fairfield and Alma, in the County of Wabaunsee, atid they do business of this
kind at Anes, Cloud County, on the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railway. The
places in Wabaunsee County are on the Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame Railroad.

. The Blue Valley Bank.—This is the oldest banking-house in Central Kansas. Its cor-
respondents are among the eae monetary houses in this country. George A. Higin-
botham, the son of the banker, William P., is the competent and efficient cashier.

The Blue Valley Mills, the new Grange store building, the Purcell establishment and
ee Adams House, are the leading central attractive points of business on and about Poyntz
venue.
The Kansas State Agricultural College.—In 1857 the Blue Mont College Association was
chartered to build a college at or near Manhattan, under the management of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. The prominent men in the movement were: Rev, Joseph Denison. after-
ward the president of the college; Isaac T. Goodnow, for four years State Superintendent
of Public Instruction; and Washington Marlatt, now a scientific farmer located on College
Hil. The college trustees received a large number of Manhattan town lots as a donation
to aid the enterprise; and Messrs. Denison and Goodnow, from these returns, and by per-
sonal solicitations here and in the Eastern States, secured a considerdble amount in personal
donations, with which fund a farm was obtained, and a three-story building erected in 1859
on a commanding hill a mile west of the buildings now used by its successor, the Kansas
State Agricultural College. =
Consequent upon the failure of continued bountiful contributions to the trustees to
further the movement, and with a consciousness that denominational institutions of that
class in other portions of Kansas needed a specially fostering care, with the disturbed atate
of affairs throughout the State, the trustees were pleased to offer, in fee ae this prop-
erty to the Legislature of 1863, of the State of Kansas, if, by so doing, it could be converted
into a State institution, in accordance with an act entitled, ‘An Act donating public lands to
the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture
and mechanical arts,” which gave Kansas 90,000 acres of land for the endorsement, supper
and perpetual maintenance of not less than one college for agriculture and mechanical pur-

ones. .
The Legislature adopted the following joint resolution, which was approved February 3,
1863:—‘‘Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, That the provisions of the
act of Congress entitled ‘An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories
which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,’ approved
July 2, 1862, are hereby accepted by the State of Kansas; and the State hereby agrees and
obligates itself to comply with all the provisions of said act.” The'offer of the trustees of
Blue Mont College to grant in ‘‘fee simple” the premises to the State, was accepted Feb-
ruary 16, 1863, and thus Manhattan becamie the seat of the college. Thegrant was really
82,315.53 acres of land, because a portion of the selected lands was within railroad limits
and the college could not obtain a prior claim to nearly 8,000 acres. There have been sol
69,878.29 acres of these lands, from which there has been realized some $395,000. There
remained unsold in 1882, some 12,000 acres, appraised at about $140,000, lymg in Riley,
Marshall, Washington and Dickinson counties. ,

Its Re-organization.—The college in 1878 was placed upon a thoroughly industrial basis.
practical agriculture and related sciences having a prominence; and in 1875 a change was
made from the Blne Mont location to the buildings upon the farm of 171 acres, one mile
nearer the city of Manhattan. The value of the buildings erected by the State reaches $75, -
000, The college under the care of its founders and donators, had a classic ideal that does not
now obtain. The course was laid out for four years, with the usual preparatory. The first
published catalogue pare ninety-four students in the preparatory sepereene and fourteen
in the collegiate. Of these seventy Hur were from Riley County. ‘Up to 1873, but fifteen
students had graduated; some of the reasons being the newness of Kansas. the western

location of the school, inadequate means, the fact that industrial education was something -

of an experiment, and the conductors were classical scholars rather than practical scientists,
Little was done for agriculture and the mechanic arts aside from the occasional lectures.
The faculty at first consisted of Rev. Joseph Denison, A, M., president, and professor of
ancient languages and mental and moral science; J, G. Schnebly, A. M., professor of natural
history and lecturer on agricultural chemistry; Rev. N. O. Preston, A, M., professor of
mathematics and English literature; J. Evarts Platt, principal of the preparatory depart-
ment; Miss Belle Haines, assistant teacher in the Deeper sory department, and Mrs. Eliza
C. Beckwith, teacher of instrumental] music. Prof. B. F. Mudge was elected to the chair of
natural science in 1865. He made a good collection of geological specimens and donated
toem to the college. In 1866, the United States War Department detailed Brevet-General
J. W. Davidson to teach military tactics at the institution, and he was ordered back again
in 1868. A veterinary department was organized and put under the management of H. J.
Detmers in 1872, but it was discontinued in 1874 for want of patronage, An act of the Legis-
lature, approved March 6, 1878, reconstructed the governments of the several State institu-
tions, and Governor Osborn appointed a new Board. President Denison soon after resigned
and Rev. John A, Anderson, of Junction oy became president, A-ehange occurred in the
policy of the institution. Agriculture and the mechanic arts took the place of the depart-
ment of literature. Prof. J. S. Whitman became professor of botany and entomology;
Prof. W. R. Kedzie. Yea of chemistry and physics, and Prof. M. L. Ward, professor
of mathematics. Educational labor became a factor in the new curriculum; a printing
office, a telegraph oftice and a sewing department, and workshops in weod and iron, were fully
eaeuppel aa provided with instructors. The Industrialist, a weekly paper, edited by the
faculty.and printed by the printing department, was started April 24, 1875. At this time the
course was reduced to four years. In 1876, the laboratory and horticultural buildings were
erected; in 1877, the barn; in 1878, the north wing of the main building; in 1882, the south
wing. President Anderson was elected in 1878 to Congress from the First District of Kan-
gas, and Prof. Ward, as acting president, discharged the duties of the office until Decem-
ber 1, 1879, when Prof, George T. Fairchild, of the Michigan Agricultural College of
Lansing, entered upon his duties as president. The faculty in 1882 is as follows: George T.
Fairchild, A. M., pete professor of logic and political economy; Milan L. Ward, A.M ,
professor of mathematics and English, librarian; Edward M. Shelten, M. S., professor of
practical a; ‘iculture, superintendent of farm; George H. Failyer, M.S., professor of chem-
istry and tases: Edwin A. Popenoe, A. M., professor of botany and zoology, superinten-
dent of orchards and gardens; Jeremiah E, Platt, A. M., professor of elementary English

-to Kansas

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

thematics; Albert Todd, A. M., Lientenant First United States Artillery, professor of
ieee science and tactics; W. H. Cowles, A. B., instructor in English and history; John
D. Waiters, instructor in industrial drawing; M. A. Reeve, actiig superintendent of the
workshops; George F. Thompson, acting superintendent of printing; Ira D. Graham,
superintendent of telegrapby, secretary; Mrs. Nellie S. Kedzie, B. 8., teacher of household
economy and hygiene, superintendent of sewing; William L. Hofer, teacher of instrumenta)
music; Wirt S. Myers, B. S., foreman of farm; Aaron Winder, foreman of gardens; student
assistants—Julius T. Willard, chemistry; Mark A. Reeve, carpentry; J ohn Linder, black-
smithing. The following is the Board of Regents for 1882:—Hon. Stephen M. Wood, of
Elmdale, Chase County, president of the Board; Hon, A.J. Hoisington, of Great Bend,
Barton County, vice-president; Hon. D OC. McKay, of Ames, Cloud County, treasurer;
Hon, A. L. Redden, of El Dorado, Butler County, attorney; Hon Jno. Elliot, of Manhattan,
Riley County; Hon. V. V. Adamson, of. Holton, Jackson County; President Geo. T. Fair-
child (ex officio), secretary; L. R. Elliott, land agent; M. L. Ward, loan commissioner,
Manhattan, Riley County. ‘ ;
Fourteen States, and fifty-four counties of Kansas are represented at the college in 1882.
The average age of the students is 19.35 years. The following is a classification of the stu-
dents for the year ending June 1882:

  
   

Classes;— ari sete ngs
Special course.....-------------
First year..... 168 59 227 —
Second year. 34 16 50
Third year.. 12 7 19
Fourth year.....------------------ +--+ a 4 i

88 312

Expenses and Earnings.—The tuition is free; and no general fee is charged for incidental
or contingent expenses, Payments are required in advance in a few special departments.
In analytical chemistry, $3 a term is charged for the chemicals and ‘apparatus used in
laboratory practice; in telegraphy, $3 a term for office expenses; in instrumental music, $4
to $14. term, according to the number of lesrons. Labor performed outside of required
hours of Jabor, is paid for at rates from eight to ten cents an hour. The work of the shops
and offices is turned to account as far as practicable for the benetit of the students, and the
increasing extent of the grounds and sample gardens brings more labor. A few students
are able to earn their way through college. who are allowed to work in the shops somewhat
for their own profit, in ine manufacture of articles for sale or use. Ordinary expenditures,
aside from clothing and traveling expenses, range from $60 to $150 a year. y

Terms of Admission.—The college year begins with the fall term, about the middle of
September, and lasts fourteen weeks; the winter term of twelve weeks, early in January;
the spring term of eleven weeks early in April. Applicants for admission at the beginning
of the year, must be at Jeast fourteen years of age, and able to pass a aatlefactory examina-
tion in reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic to percentage, geography, and elements of
English grammar. Those applying Jater must show sufficient advancement to enter the
classes already in progress. Applicants of mature age, who, for lack of advantages, are
unable to pass the full examina‘ion, may be received upon special conditions

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN A. ALLEN, merchant, was born in Roxbury (now Boston Highlands), Mass.,
June 11, 1842. In 1854 bis parents removed to Kansas, stopping for a time in Riley County,
but soon after settling in Pottawatomie. He enlisted in August, 1813, in Company G of
the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry (afterwards Cavalry), and served three years,
having been discharged June 13, 1866. After the war he farmed until 1872, when he entered
the service of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, at Manhattan station, where he remuined two
years. He then became an organizer for the Sons of Temperance, and for a year, 1876-77,
was engaged in lecturing, organizing in that time over thirty divisions. 1n 1878 was ap-
pointed manager of the Grange Co-operative Store, and has conducted the business with
ability and fidelity since. In 1882 he was a delegate to the Republican State Convention,
and helped to nominate the great temperance apostle, J. P. St. John, for Governor of the
State. a member of the Masonic order. Was married January 13, 1879, at Kansas City,
Mo., to Miss Belle P. Perry, of Manhattan.

JOHN A. ANDERSON, M. C., was born in Washington County, Pa., June 26. 1834. He
was educated at Oxford, Ohio, Miami University, graduated in the class of 1853. His grand-
father was a noted Presbyterian cler; a, as was also his father. The profession seemed
a heritage in the family to be handed down from father to son, and young John became the
third of his line to embrace the sacred calling. His first pastorate was in California, to which
State he removed in 1862, locating at Stockton. A few months later he-entered the Army
as a chaplain in the Third California Infantry, and served in that capacity about one year.
At the end of this period a wider field of usefulness was presented to him by the Sanitary
Commission, which he accepted. His first duty was that of relief agent of the twelfth Army
Corps. He was next transferred to the New York central office, and while there it was a
portion of his duties to write ayer the newspaper the great fairs held in the interest of

fhe Commission in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other large cities. When Grant

egan his march Len the wilderness, Mr. Anderson was made superintendent of trans-
portation, He had under his command half adozen steamers. He was required to have
the supplies as convenient to the wounded as possible, and the movement of the steamers
up one river and down another, and along the dangerous coast, through torpedoes and amid
ambuscades, necessitated a daring and skill equal to that of any other possible duty. Upon .
the completion of this campaign he edited for atime a paper in Philadelphia, called the
Sanitary Commission Bulletin. At the close of the war he was transferred to the Histori-
cal Bureau of the Commission at Washington. He remained there a twelve-month, collect-
ing data and writing a portion of the Commission’s history. In 1866, at the close of his
labors with the Sanitary Commission, he was appointed statistician of the Citizens’ Associ-

. ation of Pennsylvania. This was an cresnieauon for the purpose of relieving the suffering

resulting from panperism, vagrancy, and crime in large cities. He served two years, visit-
ing jails, poe aTes, alms-houses, asylums, publishing the results of his observations,
and contributing to the scientific world, valuable information and some important conclu-
sions on the great social questions involved. arly in 1868, Mr. Anderson removed

where, in 1878, he was made President of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural College at Manhattan, When Mr. Anderson’s name was first proposed in
this connection, he declined on the ground of want of experience as an edu-
cator, After long and careful consideration of the whole subject, he accepted, and in-
stead of following in the old grooves with the customary results, he inaugurated a “new
departure,” that bids fair to exert a lasting influence on educational affairs, This position
he retained until his election to Congress at the close of the next decade. Here his career
as a politician begins, but it is fitting, before going further, that his methods as a preacher
should receive some attention. It may be assumed that his sermons were scholarly rather
than intense; in other words, they affected the mind more than the heart, but all agree that
they were able productions. His manners were rather unclerical, in that he disregarded
many conventionalities erroneously supposed to hedge about a clerical life. For this reason
there were some who misunderstood him. But those who know him well are aware that
his heart 1s full of the real vital ar of Christianity—the love of God and man. As
it took much persuasion to induce Mr. Anderson to temporarily Jeave-the ministry for

* the cee it required even more to induce him to allow his name to be used as a candi-

date for Congress, but his friends are satisfied that he is even better-fitted to succeed in his
present sphere than in the one he has heretofore adorned. His first canvass was made at
a trying period in the oy of the zB Resumption had been ordered, but it was
not an accomplished fact, and his predecessor was one of the leaders of the Greenback
Republicans, He, however, visited and spoke in every organized county in his district, the
largest and most populous in the United States, and received the largest majority then ever
given in the district. Great efforts were made by the corruptionists of the district to
prevent his re-nomination, but when the convention met he received the votes of all but
two counties. He again canvassed his district even more thoroughly than before, and was
re-elected by the largest majority ever received by a Republican candidate for Congress.
In debate he is aggressive rather than conservative, is a fluent and ready talker, and al-
ways fortifies himself well with facts before rising to speak on any subject. In the preeent
House he stands third on the Agricultural Committee, and second on the Committee on
Post-offices and Post Roads. During the lone discussion which grew out of the apportion-
ment of the House for the next decade, Mr. Anderson’s amendment fixing the number at
325 was adopted, it being considered the fairest and most practicable of any suggested. As
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4 tnember of the Postal Committee. Mr. Anderson labored zealously for the passage of a _sary of his parents’ marriage, the golden wédding, at the old homestead of his parents, t»
bill reducing the rate of postage from three to two cents. His argument was that there is Miss Charlotte Halstead, a classmate in college. They have five children, all living? -

no occasion for the Post-office Department to be self-sustaining; that the greatest good of GEORGE H. FAILYER, M.S§., professor of chemistry and physics in the Kansas State
the greatest number should be the distinguishing characteristics of all governments, and Agricultural College, was born in Mahaska County, lowa, December 14, 1849. He was edu-
that at the present rate of income the national debt would be entirely liquidated in twenty _cated in the college with which he is now connected, graduating at the head of his clase in
years more. In this it will be seen that his sympathies are with the masses—with the poor 1877. In 1878 he was appointed to his present professorship, and has been in charge since.
rather than the rich—especially in such unjust legislation as the extension of bank charters | Under his management the equipment of the chemical department of the college has been
and the little revenue bill. During the present session, Mr. Anderson has urged the pas- _— greatly enlarged and its efficiency increased. He is one of the foremost men of the State
sage of a bill to compel the Kansas Pacific Railway to pay to the Government the cost of in his department of learning, and is popular with the faculty and students.

location, survey, and patents on lands received as subsidy, andto pay taxes on the same to ISAAC T. GOODNOW was born in Whitingham, Windham Co., Vt., January 17, 1814.
the State of Kansas. Uuder the present law this great monopoly has been given land tothe- At the age of fourtcen, he lost his father and by farm and factory labor supported himself
extent of millions of acres from the public domain, and yet the State derives no revenue and aided his mother and sisters. He was a merchant’s clerk in Marines, Vt., and
from these lands in the way of taxes until the company shall have sold them to private in- Colerain, Mass., several years. Spent several winters in school and his leisure hours in
dividuals. - In the debate on the River and Harbor Appropriation Bill, the passage of reading and study. In 1882 he united with the Mcthodist Episcopal Church. In 1834, after
which has been the subject of great speculation during the past fortnight, Mr. Anderson = some prelimingry study, he walked fifty miles to Wilbraham Academy, Mass.; and entered
advocated liberal appropriations for the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, while strenuously _— that popular institution. With this he was connected till 1848, first as pupil then as
opposing extravagant expenditures for streams that are not national in character. teacher in the primary and English department; and in the last ten years as professor in
In short, John Anderson is a useful man in whatever capacity he may serve, whether it the natural sciences, having previously ee taught with success in Oxford, Maine, Ci.icapee
be in the ministry, in the halls of Congress, as a public educator, or in the walks of private and West Springfield, Mass. He was now called to the same professorship in Providence

life. i i Seminary, Hast Greenwich, R. I., where he remained till 1855, establishing a reputation as a
J. H. BARNES, farmer, P. O. Manhattan, was born in Billerica, Mass., April 3, 1840, successful teacher, skillful experimenter, and attractive lecturer, and a faithful but kind
and was educated in the Lawrence High School. In 1854 he came to Riley County, Kan., disciplinarian. Not confining Himself to his special department, he as a matter of choice,

and éngaged in farming. In August, 182, ne enlisted in Company G, Eleventh Kansas for self improvement, instructed classes in Greek, rhetoric, mental and moral science, math-
Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was afterward mounted, and Mr. Barnes was made ematics, etc., pursuing at the same time a course of untiring self-culture. In twenty years
saddler of the regiment with the rank of Sergeant. Was discharged by reason of the expir-, the pupils in his own classes numbered some 6,000. In 1845, he received the honorary de-
ation of his term of service in August, 1865, and penn began operation of his farm. In1877 gree of Master of Arts from the Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. In 1838 he was
he went into the mercantile business, as agent of the Manhattan Grange, and carried on their _—s married to Miss Ellen D. Denison, of Colerain, Mass., daughter of Major David Denison, and
store for two years. He then became manager of Gen J. S. Casement’s magnificent stock ° sister of Rev. Joseph Denison, . D. In the winter of 1854-5, with his brother-in-law, Rev. J.
farm of over 3,000 acres, 633 acres being in the Blue Valley, and still manages the general’s Denison, he entered with all his energies into the Kansas Biragele. wrote the first appeal in
great interests. The farm is run’as a dairy stock farm, supplying the local markets and Zion’s Herald of Boston to the Anti-slavery men of New England, taking the ground that
shipping supplies to Denver. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Was married in Manhat- upon the prairies of -Kansas was to be fought the great battle between slavery and free-
tan, Kan., April 28, 1867, to Miss Mary L. Hubbard, of Caton, N. Y. dom; that as went Kansas, so would the nation go; that the crusaders of freedom must
: WILLIAM H. BOWER was born in New York City, October 13, 1829. When a child, Tush to this battle field to the rescue. In March, 1855, he went in advance of a colony.and
his parents moved onto a farm in Chatham, N.J., where he was educated in theacademy of selected the present site of Mauhattan for their location, which was held in spite of a
that place. At about the age of seventeen he went to learn the cabinet-making business, border ruffian raid; and the votes of his company, March 30, 1855, essentially. aided inthe
and served an apprenticeship of four years. He then went West to South Bend, Ind., and election of S. D. Honston and Martin F. Conway, the only Free-State members of the first Ter:
Southern Michigan, and worked a year. In 1850-51 he traveled through Dlinois, andreturned _—ritorial Legislature of Kansas. He wasa member of the first celebrated Laurence Free-State
to his old home, where he remained until July, 1854, when he traveled West, through Iowa, Convention August 14-15, 1855, and in March, 1858, of the Leavenworth Constitutional Conven-
Nebraska and Kansas, looking upon the site of Leavenworth, then covered with a forest tion. It wasa favorite object with him and Rev. J. Denison and W. Marlatt to establish a great
just beginning to be cleared away for the future city. Returning to Illinois, he worked for central college. They secured a site of 160 acres and the ‘* Blue Mont Central Collegé Asso-
a time at Jerseyville, but the next spring, 1855, he-again traveled through Southern Illinois, ciation”? was chartered, in 1858, and in 1860 a building capable of accommodating 250
and finally located at Springfield, where he lived until February, 1858, when he cameto Riley students was completed, and a library and apparatus secured, all costing some $2U,000, -
County to stay. He settled at Manhattan, and worked as a contractor and builder until the | mainly the result of three years’ untiring effort on the part of Prof. Goodnow among his
war, when he enlisted as a private, in April, 186!, in Company B of the Second Kansas Eastern friends. While the building was inan unfinished state, in the winter of 1859-60,
Volunteer Infantry. He served six months, when the regiment was mustered out by reason the first school was successfully commenced by Rev. W. Marlatt as principal and upon his
of the expiration of term of service. He was in the regiment sent against the Indians in _ resignation Mr. Goodnow was elected president in 1861, and the institution continued to
July, 1864, and in the militia of the Price raid, in October of that year. In November, 1861, flourish. In March, 1861, he was the arent at Manhattan to secure the location of the State
he Was elected Clerk of the District Court, and re-elected in 1863, serving four years in that | University, which failed by the veto of Gov. Robinson. November 5, 1861, he was elected
office, meanwhile acting as Deputy County Clerk and Register of Deeds. Hehas been City Representative to the Second Kansas eee In 1869 he was appointed land commissioner
Marshal and Collector of Taxes, and is now a member of the*City Council, which office he of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, still holding his position as college
has before filled. In 1875 he opened his present business, undertaker, in the city of Man- _agent til] 1878, and as commissioner ‘ill 1876, having sold one and one-half million dollars’.
hattan. He belongs to-the ond Fellows. He was married September 24, 1862, to Miss | worth of land. In 1877 he returned to his rural home, beautifuliy located upon high ground
Hannah H. Hornby, of Manhattan. They have one child—Mary C., born September 19, 1863. between the old and new college buildings. and overlooking the city of Manhattan. two
H. F. CHRISTY, attorney, was born July 3), 1842, in Butler County, Pa., and on April miles away. There he finds full employment in laboring upon his little farm, and. in the
21, 1861, enlisted at West Sunbury, Pa., in the Dixon Guards, which afterwards became enjoyment of a fine library andthe numerous friends that his pursuits and public business
Company C of the Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves. The regiment was first sent to have secured him. He is well supplied with the newspapers and periodicals of the day-and
Camp Wright, near Pinebure whete itremained until after the first battle of Bull Run, when it | consequently thoroughly posted upon all passing events. | He takes special interest in
was ordered to Washington, where it arrived July 19, 1861, and was immediately placed on benevolent enterprises of the day, devoting one-tenth of all incomes to charitable purposes.
garrison duty at Tennallytown until October, when the whole division of Pennsylvania having systematically practiced this for the last forty-four years. November 4, 1862,
Reserves crossed the chain bridge into Virginia, and took up winter quarters on the Lees- he was elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and was an active partici-~
burg Pike. At Gaines’ Mills, June 27, 1862, the Eleventh Regiment held a part of the original = pant in the contest that located the State emer ee College at Manhattan in 1863, with its
line of battle while the army was being transferred to the south side of the Chickahominy. endowment of 90,000 acres of choice land. This was accomplished by the donation of
Just at dusk of that disastrous day, being entirely cut off from the rest of the army, almost- Blue Mont College building, etc., to the State. _As Superintendent he traveled the first year
the entire regiment was captured. Mr. Christy was one of those who were sent to Castle in his own conveyance 4,000 miles, lecturing in twenty-nine counties, foe ae schools of
Thunder, where he remained several weeks, being sent thence to Belle Isle, remaining there every grade, consulting school officers, acquainting the people with their school system and.
until exchanged (about August 4) with. 3,080 others. He reached Aiken's Landing on the _ stirrmg them up to immediate action. In 1864 he was re-elected by a heavy majority. The
- James River, the point of exchange, after a march of more than twenty miles, without shoes _ statistics of the several years of his school adminisiration, amid war, raids, and invasions,
or stockengs, having only a blouse and pants, even shirt and cap having been appropriates. by show a record of improvement such as no other State under, similar circumstances ever
his captors. Rejoining his regiment in time for the Fredericksburg ‘flasco under Burnside, effected. In 1867 he was appointed agent for the sale of land belon; ing to the Agricultural.
he was again captured by Stonewall Jackson’s men, and confined in Libby Prison for six College, and in three years sold enough to create an endowment fun yielding $18,000 a
weeks when he was paroled, and reaching Annapolis, was placed on detached service until. year, devoted expressly to the payment of the professors. The Anti-slavery and -temper-
~ discharged June 18, 1863. After leaving the army, he engaged in the oil business at Oil City, ance causes with him have been specialties from the first. He was among the 7,000 who
Pa., for some time, when he removed to Ohio and engaged with the Graffton Iron Company voted for James G. Birney, the first Liberty party candidatefor President in the great Har-
at Leetonia, Ohio.’ Mr. Christy's first visit to Kansas was in 1870, but in 1871 he returned to rison campaign of 1840; and his voting ever since has been in accord with these great prin-
Ohio, and again engaged in the coal and iron business, becoming ares of bs ome ule. In short he has still a lively interest in the mental, moral and physical improvement:
Tron and Coal Company, at Leetonia. On the failure of this corporation, he turned his atten- of the human race. i : : 2
tion to the law, an Tree adie to the bar in 1874 at Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio. He PROF. IRA D. GRAHAM, superintendent of telegraphy in the Kansas Agricultural
at once began practice at Leetonia, Columbiana County, continuing there unti 1879, when College, was born in Benton County, Iowa, August 29, 1855. Educated at Abingdon Col-.
he returned to Kansas, locating at Manhattan, and is now in charge of the insurance depart- lege, Abingdon, Ill., leaving the institution, on. account of business, but a few days before
ment of Hon_E. B. Purcell. Mr. Christy is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was graduating. He immediately entered the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company .
the first Commander of Lew-Gove Post, No. 100, G. A. R. He is a member of the Kansas and remained three years. He then taught in the-public schools of Illinois two years; an
bar, and though a staunch Republican, does not take an active or prominent part in politics. in 1878, came to Kansagand taught a year at Elm ale,.Chase County. In 1879 he was;ap-
HARLAN P. DOW, real estate, Joan and insurance agent, and Deputy United States pointed to his present position, and has been in the chair since. He is secretary of the
Collector of Internal Revenue, was born in Otsego County, N. Y., February 20, 1840. He Faculty, and bookkeeper to“the Board of Regents. He is now devoting his leisure to the
was educated at Hartwick Seminary, in his native county. At the age of seventeen, his study of natural history, to which department he ex ects to devote his future life work. Is
parents, Daniel and Sarah Dow, moved to Page County, Iowa, where he attended Amity a correspondent of eminent scientists in Switzerland, Germany and London,” He has made
College, but did not graduate. He taught school until the war began, when he entered the _ collections in geology, entomology and zoology, and is a practical taxidermist. He was
army and enlisted Angust 18, 1861, in Company E, Kimball's Regiment in Missouri service. married at Manhattan, June 12, 1882, to Miss Mary McConnell of Topeka, :
On the organization of the regiment, he was made Second Lieutenant. The regiment was ROBERT J. HARPER, Clerk of the District Court of Riley County, was born in Ross
discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment—six months—and Mr. Dow re-entered County, Ohio, October 25, 1823. The Judge was raised a farmer’s boy, obtained a fair
the service-as a private in Company C of the Fourth Missouri Cavalry (M.S. M.), and again education and spent several years in teaching in the public schools of. Ohio. In 1847 he:
after six months’ service, was commissioned Second Lieutenant; served three years and removed to Des Moines County, Iowa, where he taught school for two years and after

was di irati erm of service. In April, 1865, he was commis- entered into commercial pursuits. In February, 1859, he came to Kansasand in May of ihe
dened eee Pletcher, tO taanael ae Captain of a company ot State troops, eveaeed in same year settled at Manhattan, The same fall he was elected to the office of County Clerk
guardin; railroads and bridges until Au ust, 1865. when his military career was finally con- and Register of Deeds for Riley County,which offices he filled for two years. August 25, 1862,
cluded, his company being mustered aur ‘After the war he returned to Iowa and engaged _he enlisted asa privatein Company G, of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and on the.
in farming In May, 1869, he removed to Kansas, settling on a farm, near the center of organization of the regiment he was appointed Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Sep- .
Rile County. In 1873 he was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives tember 23, 1863. He was commissioned First Lieutenant and Regimental Commissary of
and in 1874 to the Senate, and in 1876 he was re-elected to a term of four years, but resigned Subsistence. He was on detached service during a large part of his term of service as .
in 1878. On being ap ointed Deputy United States Collector for the Third Revenue Divi- Post Quartermaster at Independence, Mo., and as Commissary of Subsistence on the staffs
sion of the district of Kansas, he soon after his appointment removed to Manhattan, where of Generals McKean, Sikes and Blunt. He was finally discharged from service August .
he now resides. He belongs to the L 0.0. F, G.A. R., and United Order Ancient Templars, 19, 1865, and returned to his home in Manhattan. In 1867 he was elected to the offices of
of which he is Supreme Vice-Templar. He wns married J uly 25, 1860, at College Springs, Probate Judge and Clerk of the District Court. He has held the latter office continuously
Page County, Iowa, to Miss Nannie M. Brown. They have four. children - George H, born until the present time, and was Judge of Probate Court until January, 1879. He has been

j P December 3, 1866; Albert H., born August 11, 1868; a member of the City Council several terms and is now Treasurer of the city government.

August 9, 1861; Minnie Weber, born : : +:

fi i 5 He is a member of the G. A. R. He was married July 21, 1862, at Woodburn, Ill., to Miss

A GRORGR T eeGnD A. M., president of the Kansas State Agricultural College, Catharine F. Pierce. They have no children by birth, but have two adopted daughters,

was born in Brownhelm, Lorain Gounty, Ohio, October 6, 1888. His father was 8 farmer Josie te Oe MH ARKO. druggist, SEE a ianiee Pay Aupuetitie8, ‘When
e § \ i irchild was ‘ uggist, was bor. Ey s i

and.a teacher. ‘There were four sons and four danghters, of whom President Tire a child, his parents moved to Gallipolis, Ohio, where he lived until the age of twenty years.

i 1 esidents. The next older, James H. (
Fann a an ee ae ee See at 0 on ine E. H. Fairchild at Berea, Ky. He He was brought up to the business of pharmacy. In 1869, he moved to Leavenworth, Kan.,

i > ing i Jags of 1862; studied theology in the and clerked in Brown’s drug store until 1871, when he and a brother began business for.
cae Merron One a 1865. a tee) ne fens he mr elected luna in the themselves in the same line, qn South Leavenworth. In September 1875, need to oe
Michigan Agricultural College, and the next year was made professor of English Literature, hattan and bought a drug store on Poyntz Avenue. He has a Hneniore an prauiess. ar a
which chuir he ably filled ‘util 1879, when he was called by the Board of Regents to the popular and prosperous. He is a member of the City Council, one | p see J el. BO Be
presidency of the Kansas A, ricultural College. This position was unsolicited, the first inti- an K. of P. He was married November 21, 1872, at Leavenworth, to Miss Fannie wi.
mation he had of the honor being the notice by telegraph of his appointment. In addition moe one child—George Bertrand, born August 7, wae Sieh Ge Coie \
to his oficial duties, he ills the chair of Logic and Politieal Heonomy.. He was ordained to WIPRIAA £1, 7O\tendod the common schools until September 14, 1962, when he

ini i i in 1870, but owing to his professi 5 d or 28, 1844. e r 14, .
nat reansla See ak. He PL reltoventberts, 1853, on the fiftieth anniver- enlisted in the First Ohio Volunteer Independent Battery, served in the Army of the
 

 

 

 

 

 

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Potomac, Eighth Army Corps, and was ee July 1, 1865. Returned to Ohio and entered
the Mount Hygiene College at Clermontville, Ohio, where he was a student fora year. In
December-1866, he came to Kansas, settling in Manhattan, and engaged as a clerk in a drug
store. In 1868, he opened business in the same line on his own account, on the south side
of Poyntz Avenue, where he has a very fine store and -a fine trade. He is a member of the
K. of P., K. of H. and K. & L. of H.; having been the first presiding officer of each of these
orders in the Manhattan lodges. He was married January 2, 1872, at Manhattan, to
Miss ie J. Dimmock. They have one child—Nellie. 7

J. W. KING, merchant, is a native ef Indiana, and came to Kansas with his parents in
1857, locating, upon a farm in Pottawatomie County, where he remained until 1867, when
they remoyed to Riley County. Mr. King was engaged for upwards of nine years in “‘run-
ning”’.a horse-power (and subsequently steam) threshing machine, but in 1879 he went into
the furniture business in Manhattan, although he still continues to have his men engaged
upon the ‘“‘thresher” during the season. Heis the owner of several] dwelling-houses in town
and has lately fitted up a commodious hall above his store (which is a two-story stone
building), suitable for society meetings, etc. Tlis town property is valued at $4,000 to

$5,000. Mr. King is essentially a self-made and self-educated man, and affords another
example of what can be accomplished by perseverance and industry. He is a P. W. P. of
the Western Star Division, Sons of Temperance, and has done much to sustain and
strengthen it. .

CHARLES F. LITTLE, M. D. was born in Milford, Hillsboro Co., N. H.. January 27,
1836. At'the age of three years, his parents removed to Kewanée, Henry Co , IlJ., where he
was educated in the high schools of that place. He studied medicine with Dr. T. D. Fitch.
and entered Rush Medical College, from whence he graduated in the class of 1863. He was
commissioned as First Assistant Surgeon of the Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Feb-
ruary 16, 183, and served with the Regiment until their term of service expired in July 1864,
when he began practice in Princeton, Ill. In July 1866, he came to Manhattan, Kan., and has
heen in-continuous practice here since, In 1875, he was elected a member of the Kansas House
of Representatives, serving with ability and fidelity to the trust. He was a member. of the
Committee on Railroads and also of the Committee on Legislature Appointment. He is a
member of the firm of T. E. Williams & Co., druggists, He is a member of the Masonic
order and the G. A. R.e He was married February 22, 1864, at Princeton, Il}., to Miss Char-
lotte Swift. They have four children—Elsie Ada, born June 22, 1847; Nellie P., December
15, 1868; Jennie Belle, October 8, 1871, and Frederick Swift, June 25, 1873, —

SAMUEL LONG, merchant, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, November 16, 1833. In
1855, he removed to Minnesota, and after two years came to Kansas. settling in Manhattan
in that year. He enlisted in September 1862 in Company G of the Eleventh Kansas Volun-
teer Infantry, which was afterward changed to Cavalry. He-served three years and was dis-
charged at the close of the war, having in 1864 been promoted to the office of Second
Lieutenant He was elected Sheriff of Riley County in 1859, re-elected in 1861, and was
serving his second term, when he entered the army, abandoning the emoluments of the
office for the service of his country. After the war he became a farmer, but after four years
of farm life he again moved to town and began business as a merchant, which he still pur-
sues, carrying at the present time a fine stock, exclusively of boots and shoes. In 1880, he
was elected County Commissioner for a short term of one year and declined a re-election
the following year. He has been for years a member of the City Council. He is a Mason
in good standing. He was married in Manhattan, February 3, 1861, to Miss C. J. Huntress.
They have three children—Mary, born July 17, 1862; Albina, born April 9, 1867, and Susie,
born October 12, 1875. : as °

GEORGE S. MORGAN was born in 1858 in Fredericksburg, Va., and in 1862 he accom-

panied his parents to Washington, D.C. He received his education in the common schools
and subsequently learned the trade of barber. He remained in the capital until June 14, 1881
when he removed to Kansas, locating in this city, where he shortly afterward opened a first
class tonsorial establishment, on Poyntz Avenue, which he still continues. October 10,
1879, Mr Morgan married Miss Hermine Strong, of Farmville, Va. He is a charter member
and secretary of the Corinthian Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and takes a lively interest in every-
thin; pete to the welfare of his adopted State. :
: SOSEPH . MYERS, Sheriff of Riley County, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio,
December 17, 1848. When he was a year old, his parents mov. d to Hancock County, IIl.,
where they lived until 1859. In 18°8, his father had located_a homestead in Riley County,
and returning to Illinois for his family, sickened and died. The family, however, followed
hisintentions and settled on the homestead chosen, where the widowed mother still resides.
Enlisted August 11, 1862, in Company A, Ninth Kansas, as a private. and served until the
close of the war, in the Army of the Frontier. After the war he returned to the farm, where
he continued until 1881, when he was elected Sheriff of the county, which office he now fills
with ability. He isa member of the I. 0.0. F. and G.A.R. He was married in January
1868, at Paola, to Miss Belle White. They have five children—Mattie, born May 1, 1869;
Josephine, born Octoher 10, 1871; Phoebe, born November 9, 1877; Dollie, born December
18, 1879, and Louis, born December 17, 1881. ~ a ‘4 *

E. L. PATEE, M. D., was born in Oxford, Delaware County, Ohio, February 23, 18:2.
He was educated at the Ohio Ve University, graduating in the scientific course in
1849. Was a student one year at the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, and for two
years at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, graduating therefrom in the class of
1652. Afterwards he took a one term course at a Homeopathic Medical College in Cleveland.
He yee the practice of his profession at Portland, Meigs County, Ohio, in the fall of 1858,
where he continued until January, 1°54, when he settled and practiced a year, and took a
past graduate course at Miama Medical College. In the fall of 1855 he came to Kansas,
taking a homestead at Ashland, in Riley County, and the following year moved his family
to the State where he had determined to make his home. He came with the Cincinnati
Colony, but left the boat at Kansas City, purchased a team, and came the remainder of the
way overland. April 14, 1861, he entered the Sécond Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was
commissioned First Assistant Surgeon, Was mustered into the United States service, June
20, 1861. After the battle of Wilson’s Creek and the death of Gen. Lyon, thé troops with
which he served retreated to Rolla. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Blair ordered him to
remove the sick and waunded to St. Louis. His train arrived at night with the suffering
men, covered with dust and overpowered with heat. Working all night, he succeeded in
dressing the wounds and caring for all his men. Gen. Fremont visited ‘the hospital early
y, and detecting the marvelous energy nnd power of the man, ordered him not to
laced him in charge of the hospital—New House of Refuge. In
July, at his personal request, he was again ordered to the front. Gen. Blunt gave him
detached service until September, and then ordered him to report at. his headquarters at
Fort Scott. He was promoted to be Sarco, rank of Major, September 19, 1802, and was
Medical Director of Blunt's army, until July, 1863, when he was detailed upon the staff of
Gov. Kearney, ranking as Colonel, In this capacity he helped organize the Fifth and Four-
teenth Kansas regiments. He served until the close of the war, and then returned to his
practice at Manhattan, where he has been in continuous practice since, and ranks as one of
the best surgeons in Kansas. He is purely eclectic in his practice, counseling all schools of

ractice. He has held several important civil offices. In 1867 he was appointed Clerk of the
District Court for Davis County, then attached to Riley for, judicial purposes, which posi-
tion he held by appointment and election for four years. In 1864 he was clected Treasurer
of Riley County, and re-elected in 1866, holding the office four years. He has also been
Coroner of the county several terms. He is a member of the Masonic ordcr, and of the I.
0.0. F., G. A. R., and K. of L. He was married September 22, 1852, in Morgan Courty,
Ohio, to Miss Cynthia A. Dye. They have three children—Alice (Mrs. Dickens), Clarence
and Henry, all grown up and sey from the parental homestead. ;

JOHN PIP. ER. farmer, P. O. Manhattan, is one of the first settlers of the place, and
has been active in every ee of the city. He was born in Chester County, Pa.,
August 26,1811. At the age of twenty-one years he went to Harrisburg, Pa . and learned the
trade of tobacconist. Here he worked three years and then went to New Lisbon, Ohio, where

in the

- he lived seven years, and finally to Cincinnati, where he spent eleven years, where we find

him in the spring of 1855, preparing to emigrate to the then young territory of Kansas. A
company of seven persons, of which Mr. Pipher was one,
“ Hartford,” and started with a colony of Cincinnatians, intending to locate at or near the
mouth of the Republican River and near Fort Riley. Leaving Cincinnati in the latter part
of April, the steamer made St. Louis in four days. Here a delay of several days took vane
in trying to secure a pilot, the Missouri River pilot refusing to navigate an abolition boat.

Finally eaving St. Louis, they made Kansas City in nine days. The Kaw River being low, -
the boat was unable to proceed at-once, and Mr. Fipher, with two others of the colony an

a surveyor, purchased a team, and traveled overland to a point where Junction City now

stands, and began surveying the contemplated town which they had determined before

urchased a steamboat, the -

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

leaving Cincinnati to name Manhattan. Finally the boat was started up the Kaw, and after
a long and tedious passage, reached the mouth of the Blue River. Here they landed in
response to an invitation of a colony from Boston, which they found occupying the land,
and after consulting with them, Mr. Pipher and his associates at Fort Riley were sent for
and a consolidation of the two colonies ay, effected, the Boston Company taking the
lands north of Poyntz Avenue, the Cincinnati colony south of that street, amounting in al]
to over 1,400 acres, The Boston Company, by their very liberal management, had thus
secured a powerful ally, avoided a formidable rival, secured building material. the “ Aart-
ford’ having on board ten frame houses complete, and more then all, the use of the steam-
boat designed to run regularly between the new settlement and the Eastern markets. But
the boat was destined to never again leave the. Kansas River. On her return trip the river
“had become so low that she was laid up at St. Mary’s Mission to await the flood from the
autumn rains. While lying against the bank of the river, a prairie fire, probably set by two
Indians, that the mate had driven from the boat for begging tobacco, swept over the
country, leaped on board, and before aught could be done to arrest the flames, the “Hartford"
was asmonidering rnjn. The boat had cost the company $7,900; was insured for $3,570. and
this, together with se derived from the sale of boilers, was all the company realized from
their investment. ‘The bell, with which the pilot was wont to control her movements, was
afterward recovered, and is still doing good service in the tower of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Manhattan. The Cincinnati‘Company having by the terms of settle-
ment been allowed the honor of naming the future city. After the settlement had been
effected, Mr. Pipher became a leader in every enterprise, looking to the future development
of the place. For a year he was engaged entirely as a resident agent of the Cincinnat,
Company, being the only one of the capitalists that had a permanent residence here
Avtheagh afterward, one of the company, A. J. Mead, lived here for several years; At the
end of the first year Mr. Pipher began business as a merchant, which he continued for s me
dozen years or more. In 1855, on the organization of the town, he was appointed Justice of

. the Peace by Gov. Reeder, and. by appointment and re-election held the office for five years.

He was also elected Mayor in the year of the settlement, and Colonel of a re; iment designed
to protect the State from the inroads of the border ruffians of Missouri. r. Pipher was
appointed postmaster, the first for Manhattan, in 1855, and held the office for several years.
In 1860 he was elected Probate Judge of Riley County, and continued to be re-elected until
1868. when he declined a re-election, The judge is a man foremost in every good work. He
has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than fifty-eight years, and
‘an officer thereof for more than half a century. He organized the first Methodist Episcopal
Society of Manhattan while on board the steamer “Hartford,” before they had left the
Ohio River. He has been a member of theI. O. O. F. since he was twenty years of age,
having by dispensation of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania been admitted to a membership
‘before his majority, and for the last twelve years he been Grand Chaplain of the Grand
-Lodge of Kansas; has also been Depnty Grand Master He has belonged to all temperance -
organizations, and is still an active femperance worker. He has freqtently been Police
J nace of the city, and in 1878 was elected or for his last term, although the people are
liable to honor him in the same way at any election. The judge has been twice married,
living with his first wife for twenty pears and with the present Mrs. Pipher for a period of
upward of thirty years in all, in double harness. His two surviving children—John W. and
rs. George T. Brown, are married and living in Manhattan, and the judge is hale and
hearty, and surrounded by grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is passing his last
years peacefully and in comfort, loved and respected by the whole community of ‘his
beloved Manhattan. 2
JEFFERSON ROBINSON, M. D., was born in Bath. Steuben County, N. Y., May 4,
1835. When he was five years old his parents moved to Chicago. At the age of fourteen
years he went to Rome, Wis., and worked at the wood tuarner’s trade until his majority was
passed. Entered Rush Medical College, and abandoned the college to enter the army, Sep-
tetnber 6, 1861, in Company I, Fifty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry. as a private He
was promoted to Second Lieutenant. Fifty-fourth United States Colored Infantry, March 2,
18 ‘5, and was Sern from service in Augnst, 1865. He returned to Chicago and
re-entered Rush Medical College, from whence he uated in the class of 1867. March 9
of the same year he came to Kansas and settled at Manhattan, where he has been practicing
since. He is also the proprietor of a very fine drug store in the city, located on Poyntz
Avenue. He has been a member of the.City Council, belongs to the Masonic order, and
has attained to the Royal Arch degree. He was married in February, 1867, at Milwaukee,
Wis., to Miss Mary E. Burnell, who has borne him three children—Charles Nash, born Feb-
ruary 19, 1859; Stanley R., born February 28, 1874, and Elsie M., born November 20, 1879.
__E. M. SHELTON. professor of agriculture, in the Kansas Agricultural College, and
editor of the Industrialist, was born in England, August 7. 1846. At the age of eight years
his parents emigrated with him to America, settling in Western New York. In 1860 they
moved to Shiawassee County. Mich. Mr, Shelton was educated in the Michigan Agricult-
ural College, graduating in the class of 1871. Immediately after graduation, he was em-
plored by the Japanese Government to make a collection of pure blood horses, cattle, sheep
and swine, amounting to five car loads, which, together with agricultural implements, etc.,
he accompanied to that empire. and for a year was the superintendent of an experimental
farm near Tokio. At the end of the year, having lost his health in the unfavorable climate,
he returned to Colorado and settled at Greeley, and became a farmer, remaining there one
year. In 1874 he was elected to his professorship, and has been in charge of the State farm
ever since. Tn 1879 he was elected to the same chair in the Michigan Agricultura] College,
but remained in the Kansas Institution. He has been editor of the college sper since 1878.
Was married December 24, 1874, to Miss Elizabeth E. Sessions, of Ionia, Mic . They have
two children—Frank., born in 1877, and Mary, born in 1879
ALBERT TODD, A. M., First Lieutenant, First Artillery, United States Army, and
professor of military science in the Kansas icultural College, was born in Rhode Island,
October 21, 1854. Tn 1856 his parents removed to Kansas, settling in Riley County. At an
carly age he entered the Kansas Agricultural College, graduating with the class of 1872. The
following year Hon, William A. Philips, Member of Congress of the-First Kansae District,
appointed him to a Cadetship at the Military Academy, whence he graduated in due course,
in the class of 1877, standing number five in a class of seventy-six. He was immediately
after his graduation appointed Second Lieutenant in the First Artillery, and was stationed
at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. and was afterward transferred to the school of artillery and
practice at Fortress Monroe, Va. In July, 1881, he was detailed by Sécretary Lincoln as
instructor of military science in the Kansas Agricultural College. He was promoted to First
Lieutenant, First Artillery, in April, 1882, and is now in his second years’ work in the college.
ea A. YOUNG & CO,, dealers in lumber and all kinds of building material, Manhattan,
THOMAS E. WILLIAMS, druggist, was born in Kenton County, Ky., December 11,
1851, In 1855, his parents removed to Ashland Township, then Davis, bat now a part of
Riley County, where they still reside. Entered the Kansas Agricultural College where he
ae a student for two years. Returning to his farm, he remained until 1879, when he went
nto business with Robinson & Little as clerk, and continued with them and their successor,
Dr. Robinson, until Angnst, 1882, when he formed a partnership with Dr. Little, under the
i name of T. EK. Williams & Co., and opened present business on his own account.
T hey Uae a splendid store, and a fine trade. He was married, May 6, 1872, to Miss Octavia
Westbrook, of Riley County. The have one child—Ada Florence, .

MISCELLANEOUS.

JOHN F. BECKMAN, mérchant, was born m Hanover, Germany, December 9, 1846
In 1868, he and his brother, C. W. Beckman, came to America Tocating at Leavenworth,
Fan. After passing a few years in a clerkstrip at Leavenworth, he engaged in the mercan-
tile business on his own account, at Randolph, Kan., October 1, 1870. By close attention to

business his trade rapidly increased. until, in 1879, he erected a spacious and comrodions

business house for his use, January 1, 1882, he took into partnership with himself, C. W
Bere mans under the firm name of John F. Beckman & Brother and their business now
ranks ed in Riley County. He is a genial and cultured gentleman; a careful business
man, at a good citizen. He belongs to the Masonic order, being a member of Farmers
es dg es eee i ee ean aun ee and pees. Commandery, He was married.
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into a permanent resident of this pl es rall, of Randolph, and has.apparently settled down
: ,M. D., Riley Center, was born in Orange County, N. Y., August 6, 1842. Hd
* 1s ee at Middletown Academy. terre to etter oles but the a coming on,
ie : ea oned the halls of education for the field. He enlisted in September, 1862, in Company
of the One Hundred and Ninth New York Volunteer Infantry. After serving three months:

 
RILEY COUNTY.

asa private, he was promoted to Hospital Steward United States Army. Served three years and
reamed at Mobile, Ala., in the spring of 1865. He commenced the study of medicine when
but fifteen years of age, attended one course of lectures at Georgetown, D. C., and continued
.it after leaving the army, in Chicago, IIl., where he resided five ae attending lectures. He
then came to Riley Center in 1870. Finding that there was but little sickness in this healthy
and thinly settled country, he commenced raising stock, which business he has been en-
paged in extensively up to the present time. In 1878 Riley Center had begun to boom, and
eiug much in need of a drug store, the doctor built his present cozy little building, and
filled it with a choice line of pure drugs and medicines. During the winter of 1879-80, he
attended another course of lectures at Keokuk, Iowa, where he graduated with high honors,
and returned to Riley Center, where he has established a large practice, and is recognized

by the medical fraternity of Kansas as one of the most promising young doctors in the ,

State. He belongs to the Masonic order, having attained to thirty-two devrees. Is a mem-
. ber of the Chicago Consistory. He was married at Chicago, Dll., May 6, 1866, to Miss Edith
C. Tada They have two children—Eulila, born July 1, 1871, an
28, 1881.

CYRUS FOLTZ, County Commissioner of Riley County, -P. 0. Manhattan, was born
in Franklin County, Pa., January 18, 1838. In 1855 moved to Fulton County, Ill., engaged
in the trade until the spring of 1857, when he moved to Shawnee County, Kan., where
he resided until the fall of 184, when he moved back to Abingdon, Knox County, Ill., en-
gaged in trade as druggist and grocer. In the spring of 1867 he returned to Kanaas. settling

+s io Riley County on a farm in Zeandale Township, then a par: of Wabaunsee County, where
he still resides. During the Rebellion he was in the employ of the Quartermaster's Depart-
ment of the army for one year. He is a member of the Knights of Honor. He was married
July 4, 1860, at Auburn, Kan., to Miss Helen M. Thomas, who bore him five children, Mrs.
Foltz died in March, 1866, and he again, ea 28, 1877, entered the marriage state, allyin
himself with Miss Mattie E. Whitney, of Riley County. They have one child—Mildrec ;
born March 14, 1882. ;

CAPTAIN WILLIAM GORDON. farmer. P. O Bala, was born in Ireland, February 6,
18338. He came to America in 1847, joining his parents who had preceded him in Philadel-
pe They lived in Montgomery County, ‘Pa , in 1851, at Philade! joe He enlistéd in the

nited States Army, and was assigned to Company I of the First Dragoons. He served in
New Mexico until the expiration of his term of enlistment, being discharged from Fort
Thornton, He returned to Weston. Mo., and was soon afterwards employed in the Quar-
termaster’s Department of the Army of Fort Leavenworth. He was sent to Fort Riley, where
he continued in-Government employ from July, 1856, to August, 185°. He then settled on a
farm in Township 9, Range 4, being in Riley County, where he lived until the spring of
1860. He spent the summer of that year in Colorado, returning in the fall. In December,
1861, he enlisted as a private in Company F of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry Regiment. After
month's service he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Company, was promoted
to First Lieutenant in July, 1862, and to Captain soon after; he served two years, and was
forced to resign on acconnt of disability from wounds and disease. He returned to Riley

County and settled on a farm in Township 9, Range 5, where he is still living, engaged in ~

farming and es He is well-fixed and raises cattle, horses and swine. He was
Township Trustee in 1866. He isa member of the Masonic order and the Grand Army of the
Republic." He was married April 6, 1861, in Riley County, to Miss Jane Thompson. They
have five children—Ellen May, John Ross, Katie Belle, William Robey, and Rutherford B.
Hayes. The Captain and his excellent wife have reared two orphan children of a soldier,
whose parents died during the war. They have just past their majority, and have been

kindly cared for and are good children. 3
J. H. JENKINS, druggist, Bala, was born in Walcs, November 6, 1840. He was

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educated at New Kingswood College, Bath, England. After graduating, he was engaged in the
service of various banking-houses of Wales and England as accountant and teller. In 1868
he resigned his position as receiving teller in the Provincial Bank of England and came to
America, settling at Utica, N. Y., where he was employed for a year as account: nt in the
wholesale drug trade by Comstock Bros. In 1870 he came to Kansas, living six months in
Osage County, and settling in the fall of that year in Bala, Riley County, he established a
drug store, and in the spring of 1882 opened another at Leonard. Both of these stores he
still owns, and does a t
ness. He was married April 9, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth H. Jenkins, of Riley County. They
have one child—Isaac John, born October 1, 1882. Has probably the most extensive notary
public pranties in the county.

R. H. MOODY, P. O. Vinton, was born in North Carolina, May 10, 1822.. Began to
preach at the age of twenty-one. Preached eight years in Caldwell County, N.C. Was
educated at Furman University, in Greenville, 8. C. Taught school in the acagemy at
Waynesville, N. C., six years, and preached on Sunday till the war commenced}‘then re-'
turned to his farm in North Carolina, where he continued to Deen during the war. Went
and preached some time in Livingston County, Mo _ Returne
then removed to Kansas arid engaged in farming and preaching. Preached some months in
Carroll County, Mo. Was married in Caldwell County, N.C., to Miss B_B. Chambers, a
native of Illinois. They never had but sixteen children—John (deceased), Mary E., Nancy
F., Jane E., Cynthia E., William E,, Robert H., Thomas L. (deceased) Marcus D., James
N., Caleb J., Rachel B. (deceased), Joseph C., Sarah L., Josephine C., Horace A. Nine
of the family are members of the Baptist Church. William, James and Caleb are now at
William Jewell College. Mo. . ‘

, SOLOMON SECREST, farmer and merchant, Randolph, was born in Canton Zurich,
Switzerland, December 30, 1834. In 1846 his parents removed to Jackson. County, Ind.,
where he lived until September, 1856, when he moved to Kansas, settling on a claim a few
miles up Fancy Creek, where ' e still1esides. Mr. Secrest is owner of one of the best farms
in Kansas. , Iu 1864 he built a large stone dwelling-house, the firat one built on the creek.
hauling the lumber, shingles, etc., from the Missouri River. In 1864 he served in the ‘Kar.-
sas State Militia in a campaign against the Indians of Western Kansas. From 1869 to 1873
he was one of the Justices of the Peace for Jackeon Township In 1879 he opened a gen-
eral store in Randolph. where he is ably assisted by his son, John. Mr. Secrest still makes
farming and stock-raising his chief business. In March, 1861, he was married to Miss Mel-
vina Dealy, of Marshall County. They have six children living—Cara, John, Edwin, Wil-
liam, Emma and Viola. Mr. Secrest is a member of the Methodist Episcopal: Church, and
the neat little church adjoining his farm was built largely by his aid and influence. In poli-
tics he is a Republican, sharing in the stru: gle then existing to make Kansas a Free-State.
and henow has the satisfaction of seeing the young com.nonwealth grow both thrifty and

opulous. - , ‘ , ;
# P WILLIAM H. SIKES, merchant, Leonardville, was born in Du Page County, Ill., Au-
gust 1, 1858. His father was a minister of: the Congregational Church, and consequently
often moved from place to place. The youth of Mr. Sikes was epent in Michigan until-
1870, when his parents removed'to Kansas. He was educated at the Kansas Ag ‘icultural
Colleve, graduating in the class of 1879. After graduation, he taught in the public schools
of Wamego one year, and then, in partnership with Mr. Landon, opened a store of general
merchandise at the town of Garrison. In 1881 Mr. Sikes bought the interest of his partner,
and soon after removed the stock to the new town of Leonard, Riley County, where-we still
find him in business. He resigned the postmastership at Garrison on removing to Leonard.
He is also, in addition to his other business, engaged in the live-stock trade, buying, ship-
ping and selling in the Eastern market. He does a good business, and is a rising man,

riving trade in both. Is also cneaged in real estate and loan buei- .

home and preached till 1877; "
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

’ CLAY COUNTY.

. LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

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POPULATION BY FEDERAl. CENSUS.

but remained only two years, returning to the East. In 1857 Peter Dobbins

took a claim at the mouth of Pete’s Creek, which event gave a-name to the.

creek that before had only a ‘local habitation.” He soon went to Texas,
but returning found that he had forfeited his right, and that the claim was
in possession of William Silvers, who still occupies the farm. During the
two eae ee a large number of settlers came into this neighborhood.

The drouth of 1860 quite completely stopped emigration until after the
war, when after five or six bountiful harvests. the settlers came in plenti-
fully, and the county commenced a new era of progress, which with the
exception of 1875 has been rapid and substantial. :

Most of the settlers after the war
were soldiers who came to take advantage
of their soldier’s claims.

As stated, the first settlers of Clay
were Moses, William and Jeremiah Youn-
Oo kens and John P. King, who came
together from Pennsylvania, and settled
in the county in April, 1856. Mrs. Moses
Younkens was the first white woman and
Mrs. J. B. Quimby the next.

The first marriage occurred the 18th
of December, 1859, and the contracting
parties were Lorenzo Gates, the first Post-
master on Mall Creek, and Miss Lucinda
Gill. Mrs.- Gates still lives on ihe old

lace. George H. Purington and Miss

elen A. M. Morse were married May 6,
1860. In the winter of 1868-9, John Cain
and Miss Alice Arnold were married by
J. B. McLaughlin, Justice of the Peace,
who stood on the opposite bank of the
Republican from the contracting parties.

The first birth was that of Raward
L., son of Moses and Mrs. Younkens,
occurring December 2, 1858. Joseph
Simpson was born January 5, 1859.

September 21, 1860, John A., son of
A. Van Nosten died, being the first death
among the settlers. It is stated that one
or two of the Government Surveyors died
while at work in the county. A Mr.
Simons settled, in 1861, on the claim
afterwards taken by Orville Huntress.
Several of his family, consisting of seven
persons besides himself, died, and he re-
turned East.

The first schoolhouse was built of
logs in 1864. It was on Government land,
and when nearly completed, Samuel Allen
went to Junction City and filed on the
land. <A log cabin was then bought of
F. Kuhnle, in which Mrs. Lack taught
the first school in 1865. The first sermon

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LAY County is situated in the second tier of counties south of the State
north by Washington, on the east by Riley and Davis counties, on the south
of the Republican River, which enters at the northwest corner, and flows
therefore, destined to be one of the richest
per cent. of the county, is exceedingly +
depth. The drainage of most of this land T.6
is sufficiently deep to prevent extensive
Smoky Hill'and Solomon valleys, but pro-

The hills skirting the valley are generally
lating, and only in a few places too
ley, principally because it is not so deep, °
friable, well adapted to general farming,
The county is well watered, every
to the southeast corner is watered by the
to dam, but furnishing, when properly
‘shallow, but there are but few places
shifting and changing the water channel.
Mall creeks, and ‘from the west Five

 

of Nebraska, about one hundred miles west of the Missouri River, and

lies on the east side of the sixth princi, all meridian. It is bounded on the

by Dickinson, and, on the west by Ottawa and Cloud counties, between

which extends the sixth principal meridian. It lies wholly within the valley

southeast through the center of the county, one-half of which consists of

first and second bottom lands. It is, ;

agricultural counties in the State. i ® 1
The valley land, which is about sixty =) Ri RI

rich. The soil a rich, black loam and

bottom deposit is-from four to ten feet in ||

is good, the soil being porous, with a

gradual slope towards the river whose bed

overflows. The soil is not so well adapted

to the growth of wheat as that of the

duces a gééd quality with a fair yield, but

is admirably adapted to all other grains.

low and rounded, in a few places broken.

The upland prairie is beautifully undu-

‘broken, to be easily tilled. The soil of the

uplands is not so fertile as that of the val-

averaging a depth of perhaps two and a

half féet. -Yet it is rich, exceedingly

and excellent for grazing; producing the

native grasses in great abundance.

art having streams of running water.

The central portion, from the northwest

‘devious windings of the great Republican

River, a difficult and treacherous stream

dammed, immense water power through-

out the year. The river is broad and

where it can be forded, on account of the

quicksand bottom, which is constantly

Tributary to the Republican, from the

north, are Peach, Huntress, Deep and

Creeks Creek, the last being the largest.

The northeast corner of the county is

 

west part by Chapman, the largest creek {¢) Chapman Township ...

in the county and a tributary of the (¢) Exeter Township .....
Smoky Hill River. L% cf) xiii Oreck, Bavoneilp

The principal building material, be- oshen ‘Township ....
sides an excellent quality of brick clay, ch Sa LOE Rien
is limestone, which abounds in vast quan-  () Mulberry Township...

tities, and in all qualities, in every part oP Ropebe Jownebth
of the county. (m) Sherman Township.
EARLY HISTORY.

(a) Athelstane Township |... .....--------
watered by Fancy Creek, and the south- ) Bloom Township ..-. ....0.-22- 220+ 2ee eens enon ee
y

a Clay Centre Township, including Clay Centre “City civeaee: 2

(i) Highland Township....-.. .........

was preached in the county was delivered

 

 

    
 
 
 
  

pe | Oe in 1863, by Rev. R. P. West of the Meth-
steeteee cee ee ence] lees 460 odist denomination. The Baptists were
eecoer att see a the first to organize. Dr. J. W. Shepperd
134 | 2,852 came in 1862, and was the first physician
gel) ete 477 in the county.
sen ‘i The first mail route on the east side
a 469 of the river was established in 1862, be-
enicneida shieces.caenes ee 622 tween Manhattan and Clifton; on the west
seeeeeee o--- He side in 1868, between Junction City and

Concordia, Cloud County. The first daily

 

 

 

™) Union Township . 9... 222. 0.2...
In April, 1856, Moses, William and

NE cbolan eerste arc arshe

“| Re tis mails were established when the first rail-
-+| os 516 road passed through the county—1878.
.....| 2,042 112,920 he first paper in the county was the

Clay County Independent, whose first

 

Jerome Younkens and John P. King,

settled near the mouth of Timber Creek.
They were the first white men to perma-
nently locate within the present limits of Clay County, and it is pleasing
to add that all except Moses have continued to make this locality their
home. Shortly after them came J. B. Quimby and William E Payne, and
took up claims on.the west side of the river, south of Wakefield. Lorenzo
Gates and John Gill settled near Deep Creek in the fall of 1857. At the
same time William Mall took the claim where his brother Jacob now lives,

(a) Organized in 1877, from part of Republican, (b) Organized in 1875, from parts of Clay, Centre and Sherman,

detached to form Five Creeks and Grant; in 1878, part to Highland; in 1875, part to Bloom.
Centre. (g) Organized in 1871, from part of Sherman.

Clay Centre City cceicsee scescccs siccawecoseeceess

iS Guisnlned is ath toa barter Hevatliont” Oy ee ne
1871, from part of Sherman, (k) Organized in , from part of Republican. n 1878, part detachcd to form La
in 1877, me to Athelstane. (m) In 1871, parts detached to form Goshen and Mulberry; in 1873, part. to Highlands in live ae

(e) Organized in 187. i
1 - cen ire, n 1874, from part of Republican. (

(i) Organized in 1878, from parts of Clay (entre and Sherman. (j) Organized in

issue bears the date of August 20, 1871,
E. P. Huston and David Downer were
: the editors.

In 1861, Orville Huntress brought a stock of goods and opened the first
store. He also opened about the same time the first hotel sehen the mili-
tary road crosses Huntress Creek. H. N. Dawson, in 1865, started the first
saw-mill in the county. It was on Timber Creek, and run with horse

 

 

. power.

In 1865, Dexter Brothers started the first steam saw and flouring mill,

(c) Organized in 1878, from part of Republican. (d) In 1872, parts

f) Organize in 1872, from part of Clay

1874, parts to Exeter and Union; in 1876, part to Oakland;
to Bloom. (n) Organized in 1874, from part of Republican.

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CLAY COUNTY.

and in 1876, on the 4th of July, started the first watet wheel. Jim Gilbert
opened, at Wakefield, in 1859, the first blacksmith-shop.

October 26, 1869, the first term of the District Court was opened at
Clay Centre, with James Humphrey as Judge; Philip Rothman as Sheriff,
and Orville Huntress as Clerk. The first civil case was that of Joseph N.
Hagaman vs. Clay County Commissioners. The case was dismissed. The
first criminal case was the indictment of William Harman for the murder
of Joseph N. Hagaman. It was continued from time to time and never
came to trial. It was generally believed that the deed was committed in
self-defense.

The last Indian scare occurred in 1869. The last buffalo in the county
was killed by Aaron Dexter in the spring of 1865. Ten years before, this
was the favorite pasture country of the buffalo.

WAR HISTORY AND INDIAN TROUBLES.

Though an unorganized county, and with but few inhabitants, none of
whem could have been compelled to enter the service, Clay County has a
war history of which she is justly proud. At the commencement of the war

there were only forty-three voters in the county, and forty-seven men’

enlisted in the Union army, a large number of whom returned to their new
State after the war was: over. .In 1860, there were eleven families in the
Quimby neighborhood, but in 1863, J. B. Quimby and Ed. Kerby were the
only men there, and John Butler, Lorenzo Gates and Jacob Mall were the
only men on Mall Creek.

_The first settlers found the county in ee of the Kaw Indians,
who were comparatively peaceful and harmless people. The Indians never
committed depredations as in Ottawa, Cloud, Republic and Jewell counties,’
but the settlers were a number of times so scared by reports from those
counties that they fled, still farther from danger. . . A ‘

The war between the Pawnee and Delaware tribes, in the Smoky Hill

valley, in 1857, scared the settlers, who fled to Riley County, but returned’.

as soon as assured the war would not extend into their territory. .

In August, 1864, the great Indian raid on the Little Blue, in Nebraska,
which was one of the most ‘thoroughly planned, skillfully executed and
disastrous raids in the history of the western States, frightened the settlers
of Ottawa, Cloud and Clay counties from their homes. Two. hundred per-
sons collected at Mr. Huntress’ cabin, near the present site of Clay Center,
and remained in camp fora month. Many returned to their claims, but
some sought new homes, removed from such disturbances. -The raid was
confined to the Little Blue or old California trail, from Gage County, Neb.,
to Denver, Col. The militia was called out and sent toward Fort Harker.
but found no Indians. Went to White Rock with same result. The valley
of the White Rock suffered more by Indian incursions than any portion of
northern Kansas; it being their favorite hunting ground.

In 1868, the settlers again collected at Clay Center, owing to Indian
depredations in Cloud, Republic and Jewell counties. The militia was
again called out, the Indians captured and returned to their reservation.
W. H. Fletcher, the County Clerk, was away with the militia, and Mrs.
Huntress fearing that they might be suddenly driven away, placed the
county records in a valise and hid it in a hollow tree. The records were
most thoroughly soaked by a thunder storm the first night. John W.
Haynes was the only citizen of Clay County killed by the Indians, and he
was not killed in the county. - With five others, he was hunting in Jewell,
Mitchell and Cloud counties, when the party was attacked by savages.
They retreated, fighting their way toward the settlements, but were all
killed on Little Cheyenne, in Cloud County, May 20, 1866. An extended
account of their fruitless struggle for life can be found in Cloud County
history. 5

in 1869-70-71, large numbers of English colonists settled in the
southern part of the county, and by their intelligence and industry -have
done much to beautify that portion of the county and have established for
themselves permanent and prosperous homes in a free country.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND OFFICIAL ROSTER. “

The Legislature, in 1860, laid out Clay County and named it in honor of Kentucky’s
illustrious statesman, Henry Clay. It was at first attached to Riley County for judicial
urposes, and afterwards to Davis County. In 1866 there-was some dissatisfaction felt
in regard to the tax imposed by the latter county and a meeting was held at Clay Centre
July 28, 1866, to consider the question of organizing the county. Orville Huntress was
chairman and George D. Seabury clerk of the meeting. It was decided to take steps towards
organization, and Lorenzo Gates, William Silvers, J. G, Haynes and Joseph P. Ryan were
appointed a committee on petition and affidavit to Governor Crawford. The Governor
signed the papers the 10th of Angust, appoisited Lorenzo Gates, William Silvers and J. P.
Ryan County Commissioners, George D. Seabury County Clerk, and designated Clay Centre
as the county-seat. At the first election, November 6, 1866, the county-seat was perma-

nently located at Clay Centre. Republic City, an imaginary town, two miley west of Clay.

Centre, was an aspirant for the honor. When attached to other counties there were two
offices, that of Justice and Constable, filled by resident citizens. The Justices from 1863
to 1866, were D. H. Myers, J. W. Shepperd, D. H. Myers and Orville Huntress. Constables:
A, Van Nosten, Philip Rothman, each serving two terms.

The following is the official roster of the county: i . :

Commissioners.—tLorenzo Gates, tJ. P. Ryan, {William Silvers, appointed; elected
in 1866, Thomas Sherwood, Henry Avery, William Silvers; 1868, T. Sherwood, D. H. Myers,
William Silvers; 1870, M. H. Ristine, J. R. Taylor, J. B. Quinby; 1872, M. Lathrop, J.
Miles, J. B. Quinby; 1874, A. Burt, Jr., S_C. Chester, M. A, Schoonover; 1876, A. Burt. Jr.,
M. Lathrop, A. D. P. Ferguson; 1878, A. Burt, Jr., A. N. Crawford, B. Ristine; 1879, A.
Burt, Jr., A. P. Fullerton,- B. Ristine;- 1880, A, Burt, Jr., A. P. Fullerton, A. S Pierce;

. 1881, George Emerich, A. P. Fullerton, G. H. Fullington; 1882, George Emerich, A. P. Ful-

ler’ nllington, A. S. Pierce. ee
: oes Clank Geo e D. Seabury, 1866; S.N. Ackly, 1867; S. N. Ackly* and W. H.
Fletcher,t 1868-9; J. W. Kennedy, 1870-1; E. P. Huston, 1872-80; J. S. Noble,1880-81; L.A.
Huston, 1882-3. : 0d
County Treasurers.—Orville Huntress, 1866-7; O. Huntress,* Ss. N. Ackley,t+ W. E.
Payne, * 1868-9; A. Hee pesenmens dae 1672-5; A. Wilson, 1876-9; J. S. Sterling,
ie ay te ” NL Ackley, 1ge6-7; W. H. Fletcher, 1868-9; J. H. Hudson,
1870-8; H. M. Frazier, 1874-83. :

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County Surveyors.—J. B. McLaughlin, 1866-9; E. P. Ingersoll, 1870-71; R. Franken,
1872-9; A. N. Crawford, 1880-1; William McLaughlin, 1882-3. .
Sheriffs.—Russell Allen, 1+66-7; P. Rothman, 1868-71; E. Cummins, 1872-5; J. 8. Ster-

‘ling, 1876-9; George Morgan, 1880-1; George W. Martin, 1882.

Coronors.—James Hemphill, 1866-9; H. Boss, 1870-1; J. W. Shepperd. 1872-3; J. P.
Stewart, 1874-5; J. H. Wade, 1876-9. William Read, 1880-1; George Wigg, 1882.

glee -Oeville Huntress, 1866-7; O H. Smith, 1868-9; A. Shaeber, 1870-1. Dis-
continued.

Attorneys.—Capt. McClure, 1867-8; C. M. Kellog, 1869-70; C. M. Anthony, 1871-2; C. M.
Kellog, 1873-4; M. M. Miller, 1875-6; E. H. Wyatt, 1877-82.

County Superintendents of Schools.—George D. Seabury, 1867-72; J. S. Dodson, 1873-8;
A. Smith, 1879-80; J. L. Starkweather, 1881-2.

Probate Judges. —M. H. Ristie,* W. H. Fletcher,t 1867-8; C. M. Kellog, 1869-70; J. P.
Ryan, 1871-4; R. D. McCord, 1875-8; J. F. Reyson, 1879-82.

a Judges.—James Humphrey, 1867-8; W. H. Canfield, 1869-70; A. S. Wil-
son, -83.

Olerks of District Court.—C. O. Huntress, 1867-8: W. P. Anthony, 1869-70; C. A.
Leftingwell, 1871-2; A. Wilson, 1873-6; J. F. Reyson, 1877-82.

State Senators —L. F. Parsons, 1867-8; W. S Blakely, 1869-70; J. H. Prescott, 1871-2
E. Barker, 1878-4; H. Cooper, 1875-6; C. M. Kellog, Clay Centre, 1877-80; J. W
Rector, 1881-2. Uy Se

State Representatives.—Lorenzo Gates, 1867; M. H. Ristine, 1868-9; L. Gates, 1870; J.
B. McLaughlin, 1871; C. M. Kellog. 1872; S L. Stratton, 1873; S. D. Beegle, 1874-5; C. M.
Kellog, 1 76; W. H. Fretchor, 1877; George Taylor, 1879-82. W. W. Walton of Clay Centre,
was Clerk of the House for last two terms. ‘

The court house and jail are inferior buildings. The former is rented, and the latter is
the original court house, built of stone by Dexter brothers, in 1868. In the center of Clay
Centre is the Court House Square, beautifully ornamented with shade trees. When the
county becomes able, it isthe design to erect one of the finest court houses in Northern
Kansas. The county farm is well supplied with farm buildings and good dwellings.

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SCHOOLS AND RAILROADS.

From the first the people of Clay have manifested a deep and active interest 1n educa-.
tion. This has enabled the county to become in so short a time one of the foremost, for its
age, in the ranks of school privileges. The first schoolhouse was built in 1864 and Mrs.
Lack taught the first school with about fifteen pupils. There are now eighty-four school-
houses and 145 teachers are required to teach the, schools. The first district. was
organized in 1865. There are now ninety-five districts, or one to every 140 inhabitants.
The first schoolhouse cost about $50; the last, that of Clay Centre, cost $25,000. From a
school population of about 25 when the first school was taught it has increased in sixteen
years to about 5,000. The increase in school property in the same time from $50 to nearly
$90,000, shows more conclusively than any other comparison, the prevailing interest in the
cause of education. 7 i

The school system of the county is a good one, and the schools generally are in a
flourishing condition. The standard of qualification of teachers is
is now quite equal t» that of counties in the older States. Township and county normals
and institutes are held at intervals during the year. The progress here in education has
been remarkable and if the active intere-t in the cause is maintained, Clay County will ere
long become a model not only for the West but for the East. S

Until 1862, Manhattan and Junction City were the nearest post-offices. During this
year the first mail route in.Clay County was established. This route was from Manhattan
to Clifton, passing along ee valleys, with the offices in the county. The first was on
Mall Creek, and the first posttudgter was Lorenzo (tates; the second at Clay Centre, with
Orville Huntress as postmaster; ‘and. the third office at Clifton, was kept by James Fox.
The first trip on this route was made by James E. Parkerson on the 1st day of July, 1862.
It was at first a weekly mail (and' dften weakly in amount of matter) but was afterwards a
tri-weekly. Junction Eley iaier became the southern terminis of the route.

The Junction City.& Fort Kearney Railroad reached Clay Centre the 12th of March,
1878, which was its northern terminus until 1878, when it was-extended to Clifton, where it
connected with the Central Branch of the Union Pacific. These roads Are now under the
same management. This road has been the principal agent in developing. so rapidly the
interior of Clay County and making Clay Centre one of the best business points west of
Topeka. The road commences at Junction City and runs parallel with the Republican
River to Clifton, wholly within the valley.

The Kansas Central, a narrow gauge railroad, running west from Leavenworth, has

’ reached a point twenty miles west of Clay Centre.

676; peach, 5,681; p.

There are four ferries acrossthe Republican: Rock Ford, Air Line Ferry, Morgan-
town Te Wakefield, and four excellent bridges: Clifton, Morganville, Clay Centre and
Wakefield.

STATISTICS.

Acres in the county, 422,400; acres taxable 282,536; under cultivation, 135,240. Num-
ber of acres of winter wheat, 28,425; rye, 10,250; spring wheat, 20,185; corn, 48,270; barley,
2,295; oats, 14,855; buckwheat, 75; Irish potatoes, 84'; sweet potatoes, 33: sorghum, 210;
castor beans, 233; flax. 419; broom corn. 397; millet and Hungarian, 2,315; timothy meadow,
42; prairie meadow, 3,108; prairie pasture, 6,643; blue grass pasture, 60.

Number of horses, 4 301; mules and asses, 346; milch cows, 3,549; other cattle, 4,400;
sheep, 1,363; swine, 16,501. ‘ :

.Number of acres in nurseries, 84. Number of trees in bearing: Apple, 2,475; pear, 354;
peach, 75,423; plum, 4,029; cherry, 1,218. Number not in bearing: Apple, 17,654; pear,’.
um, 8,998: cherry, 7,790, :

In March, 1882, the population of the county was 12,237. Clay Centre City had 2,343

eople. The most populous of the seventeen townships, are Sherman, 968; Blaine, 739;

lay Centre, 738.
CLAY CENTRE. ;

Clay Centre, one of the most attractive towns in northern central Kan-
sas. is situated as its name implies at about the center of Clay County, on the
east bank of the Republican River. It has a charming location, occupying the
second bottom of the valley, and extending into the elevated prairie land to
the northeast. From any part of the city a picturesque view can be had, but
from the elevated portion, in the vicinity of the public school building the

view is more extensive, becoming beautiful and evenimposing. The broad

valley extending far to the southeast and to the northwest, with its low,
rounded, bordering hills, with others beautifully rolling rising behind them,
and the serpentine course of the broad river, traced by its trimming of forest
trees and the silver sheen appearing here and there, produce a charming pict-
ure. The city itself is attractive. Its citizens have been awake to their in-
terests, comforts and aesthetic wants. They early commenced the planting of
trees, which are now both useful and ornamental. The great majority of
Western towns have sadly neglected this. The residence portion of the town
is remarkable for the neatness of its dwellings, and the air of comfort and
convenience that surrounds them, The cottages and elegant residences
have that genial air of home about them which reminds one of much older
towns. The business portion of the place is rapidly improving, the small
frame building of the village giving place to the large, substantial stone or
brick block of the city. This indicates the general prosperity of her busi-
ness men, which has earned for Clay Centre the name of ae one of the
best and most promising commercial points in the great Republican valley.

 

*Resigned. +Appointed by Commissioners. | ¢Appointed by Governor,

*Died. +tAppointed by Commissioners.

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: The first settlement on the town site was made by the Dexter brothers,
John and Alonzo F., in May, 1862, and the second by Orville Huntress.
The town was laid out by the Clay Centre Town Company, which consisted
principally of the Dexter family. John and Alonzo F, Dexter, who are
considered the fathers of the town, secured A. C. Pierce, of Junction City,
to survey the new town. R. Franken made a second survey and plat of the
town, which was filed in the Recorder’s office, and has remained unchanged
—the official map of Clay Centre.

In June, 1862, Dexter brothers obtained the services of two men from
Fancy Creek and erected two log houses. This was done that they might
hold their claims on the town site. John returned to Illinois, and his
brother, A. F., to California. The latter did not come back until August,
1864. John returned to Clay Centre in the spring of 1863. In 1864, he
bought a house on Pete’s Creek, and removed to a location just south of the
ee livery stable. But the second house on the town site was erected
by William S. Hutchinson. About the middle of August, 1864, two hundred
settlers from Clay and the counties west collected around Mr. Huntress’

-cabin, owing to the great Indian raid on the Little Blue and Platte rivers,

in Nebraska. They remained here in camp for over a month.

In 1862, the post-office was established at Mr. Huntress’ cabin, where
it remained until 1869, when it was removed to the town site, and Charles
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PUBLIC SCHOOL, CLAY CENTRE.

The town grew very slowly at first, scarcely averaging one house a year,
until 1866, when it became the county-seat. Its growth was very slow from
this time until 1870. In 1873, when the Junction City & Fort Kearney

_ Railroad reached Clay Centre, it seemed to take a new start, a revival of

business commenced which has hot since abated, but steadily increased. Its
population has increased, since then, from about 200 to 3,400. The arrival
of the Kansas Central in 1880 added but little to its growth.

The first birth on the town site was Allie, daughter of Aaron Dexter.
This interesting event occurred the 13th of May, 1865. It was during this
year that the first schoolhouse was built.

Clay Centre was incorporated, as a city of the third class, the 11th of
June, 1875, at which time the inhabitants numbered 350. The first election
took place June 26, and the first council meeting was held July 1, 1875.

In April, 1880, the population having reached 2,250, a petition was pre-
sented to the Governor, for a change in the city government, and in i uly
Gov. J, P. St. John issued a proclamation declaring Clay Centre a city of the
second class.’ M :

The first council was composed of W. L. Johnson, G. Kuliule,
M. R. Mudge, A. F. Dexter and J. 5. Bowen. Present council: OC. & Gif-
ford, S. S. McIntire, P. P. Kehoe, I. A. Flood, 0. F. Lutt and W. S,
Beatty. : ;

‘Mayors,—1875-6, A. Wilson; 1877, M. H. Ristine, resigned, and was
succeeded by J. H. Pinkerton, who served until 1880; 1881, C. R. Barnes;

“7. 1882. C. R. Barnes. :

Clerks.—1875-6, E. P. Hustdn; 1877, C. C. Coleman; 1878-9-80, New-
ton Allen; 1881. B. F. Flenniken; 1882. H. E. Lacey.
Police Judges.— 1875-6-7, J. W. Miller; 1877-8-9, William P. Ensey;
1880-1-2, J. W. Miller. 3 2 of
Treasurers.—1875-6, M. R. Mudge; 1877, J. Hig bother, Sr., re-
signed,. and J. W. Miller appointed; 1878, J. W. Miller; 1879-80-1-2,
George Wigg. ; “ \ :
; SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.
The first schoolhouse in Clay Centre was built in 1865 and the first school was taught that
year by Mrs. Lack. The building cost about $50, and there were about fifteen pupils at the
first school. ‘The number of pupils has increased quite as rapidly as the population, until
there are now about 700 in the city. A new building. the finest in Central Kansas, has just
been completed, at a cost of $25,000, equal to 500 similar to the first. This building, situated
on the most elevated block in the town, is built of brick with stone trimmings and has an
attractive and commanding appearance: The schools are graded and are noted for the
thoroughness of work undertaken and the excellent discipline maintained.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

“W. Roberts, G. M ,, Ist

There are six organized religious denominations in Clay Centre—White and colored
Methodist Episcopal, white and colored Baptist, Presbyterian and Catholic. All have
church buildings except the colored, which, however, are now making preparations to build.
The churches are allin a flourishing condition. The Methodist congregation is becoming
too large for their church and they are preparing to build a $10,000 edifice. The organization
of the churches may be found in the. county history. The religious elements have been as
assiduous in their worship and labor to bring the erring into a better life as the people in
general have been in building up the public schools. a

The Baptists were the first to effect an organization in Clay County, This took’place
at Mr. Huntress’ cabin, some time before the Union Church at Clifton. The Clay Centre
Baptist Church was organized with twelve members in August, 1868. The church has been
very prosperous The membership is large and the society owns a neat and commodions
building, dedicated in 174, . r A

The Clay Centre Methodist Episcopal Circuit was established in 1865, under the .super-
vision of Rey. .W. Marlatt, of Manhattan The Methodist Episcopal Church of Clay Center
was organized in 1866. It has become the strongest church in the county. Its members
are preparing to erect a $10,000 house of worship. _ a

The Clay Centre Presbyterian Church was organized at the schoolhouse the Ist of April,
1°71, by Rev. J. D. Perring. Their church building, which was nearly completed, was dam-
aged by the cyclone of July 2, 1872. y 7

The Swedenborg Lvangelical Lutheran Church was organized by Rev. O. Chiben, Sep-
tember 4, 1871. Rev. Chiben was the first pastor. Its membership includes over forty
heads of families. A church was built in 1876. _ enti :

The Clay Centre Catholic Church was established under the direction of Father Pichler
in April 1877. There are forty families in the parish. dot

The Second Methodist Episcopal Church of Clay Centre. colored, was organized in April
1882. with twelve members. The pastor is Rev. Robert Rector. , : Y Od

The Second Baptist Church of Clay Centre, colored, was organized in the winter of
1881-82, with seventeen members. Rev. ca ispastor. =

The Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, which is the oldest organization,
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias are the hand-maids of
civilization, carrying wherever civilization leads their fraternizing influence of incalculable
value. As the Christian carries his religion, so the traveler and pioneer carries the harmon-
izing principles and influence of his order in his wanderings and to his distant frontier home.
Here the pioneers early plant the seeds of their order which grow and spread to the good and
advancement of the new country. :

Clay Centre Lodge No. 131, A., F & A. M—Instituted April 1. 1872. It is now a large
and flourishing society. First officers: C. M. Kellog, W. M.; J. W. Smith, S. W.; F. M.
Coffell, J. Ws J. B. McLaughlin, Treas.; M. M. Miller, Sec, ; J. W. Johnston, 8. D.;
A, J. Pinkerton, J. D.

__ Bethany Chapter No. 88, R A. M.—Oryanized in March, 1880. First officers: M. M.
Miller, High Priest; W. H. Mize, K.; H. H. Taylor, S.; J. B. Hall, C. of H.; U. H. Emick,
C. of G.; .S. Beatty. P.S,; A.H. Neal. G. M., ard V.; E. H. Russell, G. M ; 2nd V.;

V.; A. J. Gabhart, Tyler. Membership in October 1882 about
twenty-five. .

__, Valley Louge of Perfection No.4, A. & C , Scottish Rite—Was instituted June ‘25, 1880,
with the following officers: M. M. Miller, V. M.; H. M. Frazier, S. W.; C. W: Lindner, J. W.;
W.W. Walton, Orator; H.H. Taylor, A.; J. A. Moss, Sec,; Wm. Sharpe, Treas.; J. W.
Miller, E.; S. Laneworthy, A. E.; W.S. Beatty, M. of C.; U.u. Emick, C. of G.; W. P.

0. 0. F.—Instituted October 14, 1874, with the followin,
officers : Carr, N.G.; A. D P. Ferguson, V. G.; Lot Pugh, P. G.; H. A. Ruthruff,
R.S.; J. M, Frank, P.8.; A. Wilson, T.; J.B. Hall, W.; O M. Pugh, C.; B. W. Quinn, J. G.
een Esther. Lodge No. 19, Daughter of Rebekah Degree —Instituted at Clay entre
Septensber 11, 1877. First officers: H. M. Frazier, N.G.; Mrs. K. M. Dieter, V.G.; J. W.
Miller, S.; S.d. Spicer, F.S.; A. J. Miller, T.; J. B. Hall, W.; J. W. Miller, C. Mem-.

bership, 120.

Custer ange No_19, K. of P.—Instituted September 5, 1876. First officers: Wm.
Sharpe, P. C.; H. M. Frazier, C. C:; W.S. Beatty, V. C.; Geo. Wigg, P.; J. B. Besack, K.
of R. and S.; J. W. Miller, M. of E.; J. 8. Sterling, M. of F.; H.C. Ackenback, M. at A.;
H. A. Rothroff, J. G.; G. Kuhile. 0. G. Membership thirty-six.

Commandery No.3 of Kansas, Universal Brotherhood of the World.—Instituted May 29,
1880. Furst officers: W. H. Munger, C.; 8. B, Woodside, V. C.; N. W. Jewett, R. S.; T.C.
Jewett, F.S.; W.L. Simpson, T.; N. A. Starr, P.; E.S. Pearson, H.; J. Plant, M.; M.
Parimatear, S.; A. M. Eripp. D- Ga.

Clay Centre Division No. 24, Sons of Temperance.—Organized September 5, 1877. Firat

officers: J. H. Pinkerton, W. P.;_O. T. Miller, W. A. P.; W.H. Munger, P. W.P.; © G.

, Gates, Tyler. Membership in October, 1882, about fifteen.

Clay Lodge No. 115, T.
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Wood, W. R. S.; W. Wisner, W. A. R. S.; H.G. Higithotner, W.F.S.; N A. Starr,
_W. F,; _W.B. Miller, W. C.; S. B. Woodside, W.A.C.; J.J. Johnson, W. 1.5; F. B.
Bixler, W. 0. S.; J. C. Wade, W.C

The Dispatch Band.—Was organized July, 1880, and named after the leading newspaper
of the city. In September of that year it succeeded in winning the second prize at the Bis-~
mark fair, where competition was open to all bands of the State. The same season at
Waterville, Marshall County,they won the first money over some of the best bands in Northern
Kansas, and steady practice and the acquisition of several new members enabled them to
take oe first honors in the Kni hts of Pythias contest held at Leavenworth in May, 1882,
the noted Beloit Knights’ Band ee there and competing. At the Kansas Band Union
meee held during the session of the Kansas State Fair, at Topeka, it was universally
acknowledged to be one of the leading bands in the State. Among its honorary members
can be numbered Miss Emma Abbott, who is one of its most enthusiastic admirers and sup-
porters. Sixteen active members besides a great many who could be styled “severely pas-

. sive’’ compose the organization. Its officers since the first election have been John J ohnston,

president, and H. G. Higinbotham, secretary and treasurer. To George Hapgood, leader
and conductor, is much of its present excellence due. sia

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS.

_ The Dispatch.—It was first published as the Clay County Independent, the first issue of
which appeared August 20, 1871, with E. P. Huston and David Downer as editors and pro-
peeiore. ‘The preas was bought of the Junction City Union and brought to Clay Centre by

hilt Rothman and M. H. Ristine. Mr. Huston soon withdrew ‘and. the paper was pub-
lished by a joint-stock company, with Mr. Downer as head, until January 11, 1813, when the
office and paper were sol _ under foreclosure of mort age. J, W. Miller bought it and
chien. the name to The Dispatch, the first number of which appeared March 12, 1878. In
April, O. M, Phat became editor, and on the 1st of June assumed all responsibilities. In
December, ae is brother became partner. In 1875 the paper was sold to J. B. Besack,
who in turn sold it to J. P. Campbell in October 1876, who added a power-press to the office.
It aseed into the hands of Wirt W. Walton & Co. J: anuary 8, 1980, and is now the property
of Walton & Valentine, Mr. Valentine having purchased a half interest in January, 1881.
It (was the successful competitor for honors at the State Fair in 1881. It has always been
Fae eee politics, except under the management of O. M. Pugh, when it was
‘he Times—This paper was first printed at Clifton as the Localist, by F Cunningham.
ae aes issue bears the date of April 17, 1878. It was removed to Clay Centre in yaanary,
1879, and the name changed to Clay County Times. September 23, 1881, Miller, Linsley &
Co, purchased the paper and changed the name to The Times, and its politics from Inde-
aa ey eee ea ah tisecl, 1882, the firm name was changed to Miller & Co.

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Prouiy power press is making the Times an excellent paper. It is printed on a
The Democrat,—This paper was started by O, M. : itie
was oie ne iiley Bon Mt has since Sisk t ai Se ee
ublican anner —A mi j i ink-
ert ras established in March, eel estate journal, issued by Ruthruff & Pink-
Hatchet —A monthly and semi-occasional publication, edited by J. W. Mil-
ler, mus established September 28, 1878. Itisa aciorods sheet an radically Repeblican.
ies ee number of very fair hotels in Clay Centre, but the only one requiring special
Bi oA is ane Dispatch, owned by Walton & Valentine, editors and proprietors of The
ee ale aa managed by H. G. Allen. Itisa large, three story brick building, with stone
gous , Situated on the northeast corner of Court { ouse Square. It is one of the largest
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and is quite popular under the present management. The building and furniture cost
$20,000; the hotel being opened in February, 1882.

Clay Centre has three reliable banking houses. The Republican Valley bank, of
Meyers & Campbell, incorporated June 1, 1882. It has $20,000 paid up capital, and an
authorized capital of $50,000. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was incorporated _inJan-
uary, 1876, and has a subscribed capital of $50,000. H H. Taylor, president; John N. Moss,
cashier. The Clay County Bank, the first institution of the kind in the county, was estab-
lished by John Higinbotham It occupies a fine building, valued, with its furniture, at

000, ‘ :
Tn 1866, the Dexter Brothers erected a steam saw and grist-mill. For six or seven years
they supplied all this region with lumber. ‘In 1872 they turned their energies toward the
creation of a water-power, and the establishment, principally, of a flour-mill. The poet
which is valuable, has been created at an eae ond ine of $60,000, the firet wheel being
started July 4, 1876. The dam across the Republican is over a mile above town, the water
being turned into the deep, narrew channel of Huntress Creek, across which is another
dam. At different times, portions of the river dam have been carried away, and the whole
structure has sunk Ua 8 feetinthe sand. This has necessitated large expenditures of money.
Until December, 1881, the mill was operated by Dexter Brothers, but it then passed, with
the power, into the hands of A. F, Dexter. The property is valued at $10,000, the mills
having four run of burrs, and a eupaelty of 200 bushel of flour and 1,000 of corn er day.
The two steam-mills are the Quaker City, owned and operated by C. R. Barnes, and
built about seven years ago, four run of stone; and the Kansas Pacific elevater and mill,
four run of stone, erected by O. F. Lutt, in the summer of 1882, and now operated by him.
Clay Centre has made a rapid, but a permanent growth. It is surrounded by a rich
country; has an abund:nce of water-power, and has a class of intelligent and energetic
citizens. These advantages will certainly make of Clay Centre a large and flourishing city.

. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM ALLAWAY, carpenter, was born in Berkshire, England, January 7, 1837.
_ Became architect and builder, was four years at Aldershott, in the Army Depot, in the Civil
Engineer Department. In 1870 he came to America and settled at Junction City. Built and
kept the Wakefield House. In 1872 purchased a farm in Clay County. Moved there on and
worked at his business, and farming also. In 1880 moved to Clay Center. He has built
some of the best buildings in the county, notably the high school building, Wakefield Con-
gregational Church, etc. He was married December 24, 1860, in London, to Miss Anna
‘Waterman. They brought with them five children, one of whom died in Junction City, ‘and
a sixth was born at same place. Elizabeth A., born September 11, 1861; Susannah, born
July 2, 1863; Anna, born uly, 4, 1865; Edith, born June 2, 1867; William H., born March 17,
1870: Sarah Amy, born April 9, 1873. : : i
JACOB AUGUST, merchant, was born in Prussia, July 11, 1823. Received an academic
education, and in 1840 came to America. Ile located in New York, and was a traveling
salesman for two years Then he went into trade on his own account, at Warrenton, N. C.,
having a general stock of merchandise. At the age of twenty-one, he had stock. valued at
more than $60,000. In 1859 he removed to New York City, where jhe was in business until
1879, when he came to Kansas, settling in Clay Centre. He occupies a large double rtore,
each room being 24x70 feet. He carries an immense stock of ‘dry goods, clothing boots
and shoes, hats and caps, and furnishing goods of all kinds for gentlemen and ladies.
His store is known as August’s Red.Store, und does an immense trade. He is a member of
the Masonic order. September 25, 1855, he was married, in the city of New York to Miss
Eppstein. ne are parents to eight children, five splendid boys and three beautiful girls.
R. C. BAGBY, life insdrance agent, was born in Yadkin County, N. C., November 5,
1847. He attended an academy in Jonesville, N. C. In 1869 he went to Jowa where he lived
a year in Poweshiek and Jasper counties, and then returned to his native county. In 1871
he came West and was a student in the Narmal School, at Kirksville, Mo., until 1872, when
he came to Kansas, locating a homestead fourteen miles west of Clay Centre, Clay County.
In 1877 he sold his farm and moved to Concordia, Cloud County, where he was in the photo-
graph business until 1878, when he removed to Clay Centre, working at the same business
until December, 1881, when he sold out his studio and entered upon his present business.
He represents several strong companies, and is dving a good business. He was married in
Clay County, Mo., March 4. 1873, to Miss Josephine Spencer. They have two children—
‘Nannie Luzetta, born March 20, 1875, Robert A., born July 15, 1882. ;
Cc. R. BARNES, miller, was born at Lowell, Ma~s., May 25, 1827, and was educated in
the grammar schools of his native city. In 1852 he came into the western country, locating
in Hebron, Wis., in the milling business and has been in the business ever since. In 1859
he removed to Manhattan, Kan., and built the Manhattan Mills, the eighth flour-mill in the
State, and the firet west of Topeka. In 18-4 located at Clay Centre and_ built the Quaker
City Mills, and in 1830 changed it to a‘gradual reduction mill, using both burrs and rolls;
hay a capacity of 110 barrels of flour per day. and runs up to its full capacity. Ships his
product to Louisiana, Texas, California, and the whole South and West. Mr. Barnes is the
real inventor of the brush machine for cleaning wheat. He was married January 1, 1852,
at Lawrence, Mass., to Miss Esther L. Gower. Mrs. Barnes died in 1862, and Mr. Barnes
was again married December 12, 1866, to Miss Ellen E. Knapp, of Manhattan. Kan. He has
four children—Evangeline, born October 23, 1868; Adelbert B., born July 16, 1870; Neva
Estelle, born January 1, 1878. and Walter K , born November 4, 1879. _ e
THOMAS BLACKWOOD, M. D., was born in Lawrence County, Pa., April 22, 1848.,
When achild his parents removed to Harrison County, Ohio. He was educated at Muskin-
gum College, New Concord, Ohio, graduating in the class of 1868. Studied medicine grad-
uating from Jefferson. Medical Collége, Philadelphia, in the class of 1874.. He was resident
physician of Charity Hospital, Philadelphia, for a year and a half. In the fall of 1875 he came
to Clay Ventre, and has been in practice here since. He was married May 28, 1877, in Beaver
County, Pa., to Miss Belle Waterson. They have two children. .
ARNOLD BUCHMAN, jeweler, was born in Chicago, Ill., June 29, 1856, He was
‘educated in the public. schools of that city. Learned the jeweler and watchmaker’s trade
with C.F. Heppel & Co, In 1879 he came to Kansas, locating at Stockton, Rooks County,
and opened a store. In September, 1880, he moved to Clay Centre, where he still carries
on his store. Had a large and complete stock of watches, clocks, silverware, and general
stock of handsome and stylish jewelry. Heisunmarried.  - a
S. P. BURNELL, farmer,.P..O. Clay Centre,was born in Bridgeton, Cumberland County,
Maine, February 5, .843. Enlisted-June 21, 1862, in Company F., Sixteenth Maine Volunteer
Infantry, Was discharged March 4, 1865, by reason of disability from a gunshot wound
in left leg received before Petersburg, July 21. 1864. - After the war he began trade in fancy
dry-goods, in Lewiston, Maine. From 1868 to 1878, was traveling salesman in the kid glove
trade, and was also in the serviee of the United States as an agent of the Treasury Secret
Service. In 1878, he located at Gatesville, Clay County, and has been a farmer since. He
was married December 14, 1878, at Gatesville, Kansas, to Mrs. Fidella Dunham. Is a
member of the I. 0. 0. F., and G. A. R. Has been a member of the Lewiston-City Council, —
J. P. CAMPBELL, banker, was born in Lincoln County, Ky., March 13, 1852, Educated
at Stanford Seminary, and by a private tutor: In 1871 removei to Eldorado, Kansas, and
entered the service of the First National Bank as bookkeeper. and assistant cashier. Two
ears afterward he became the acting cashier of the First National Bank of Wichita, From
Wichita he moved to Osage City, and established-the Free Press, which he published for
more than a year. Sold newspaper and entered dny-noods trade at Neosho Falls. In 1876
he came to Clay Centre, and TOREEE the Dispatch, which he published alone until January
1, 1879, when Mr. Walton became a partner. The next year he sold his interest in the
Dispatch, and January 1, 1880, began banking with Mr. Myers in Clay Centre. The bank is
now an incorporated institution of which Mr. Campbell is president. Was an independent
candidate for the Legislature in 1882, and has been member of the City Council. He was
«married May 18, 1876, to Miss Nellie Hosmer, at Nashville, Ill. They have one child—Ruth,
born, March 7,1878. ti iv a
H.P. GA MEBELL, merchant, was bern in Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa., April 23, 1854.
He was educated in Waynesburg College. After leaving college, he went into the bank of
B. F. Fleniken & Co., as teller, but in 1873, he began business as a grocer on hisown
account, both in his native town. In 1875, he sold his grocery business an opened business
in tin-roofing, spouting, and lightning-rods. In 1876, he moved to Kansas, and settled at
Clay Centre. Clerked fo : John Higinbotham & Co. fora year and a half; for Wickstrom &
Swenson two years; and then for ia Allen. In September, 1880, in partnership with
D. G, Smith, again began business for his own account in general merchandise. In J ane,
1882, Mr. Smith raured, and Mr, Campbell continues the business. He does a go

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business, and is prospering. He was married June 10, 1878, at Clay Centre. Kan., to
Miss Mary Smith. They have two children—Libbie, born May 14, 1879, and Frankie, born
October 25, 1881.

R. T. CARR, druggist, was born in Rush eon, Ind., February 23, e
2, 1863, he enlisted in Company M., Twenty-first Indiana Heavy Artillery, and was dis-
char; ed J anuary 10, 1866. After the war he was a student at Greencastle, Ind., for a year,
and then went into the drug trade. He began business on his own account at Martinsville,
Ind., and in 1871, removed to Junction City, Kan., and in the following year came to Clay
Centre, and has been~in trade here since. He was married May 21, 1872, at Junction City.
to Miss Ella Harris. Mrs. Carr departed from this life, February 24, 1881. He has two
children--Birdie Blanche, born October 18, 1873; and Ella Linnell, born July 3, 1875. Mr.
Carr is a member of theI. O. O. F,, and was the father and first N. G. of Clay Lodge, No,
115. Also a member of the G. A. R. :

F. B. DAWES, attorney, was born in Allen County, Ind., Nov. 14, 1854; was educated at
Fort Wayne College. Studied Jaw in the office of M. Van B. Spencer, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
He was admitted to practice in 1876, in the Circnit Court of Allen penn In 1977 he came
to Clay Centre, and in 1878 began practice with William Higinbotham, the firm being styled
Higinbotham & Dawes He was elected City Attorney in 1881, and still holds the office.
He was married November 18, 1875, at Zanesville, Ind., to Miss Olive E. Wilson. They
have three children—Leona O., born in 1876; Iona, 1878, and Raymond B., 1881. He is a
member of the I. 0. O. F.

ALONZO DEXTER, miller and stockman, was born in Windsor County, Vt.. June 3,
1833. His parents died when he was five years of age, and he went to New Hampshire. liv-
ing with a married sister, who died when Alonzo was ten years of age. Thereafter he lived
sometimes in Lowell, Mass., and sometimes in Vermont, a8 his guardian directed, until at
the age of twenty he went, via St. Louis and New Orleans, to Panama and California. He

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remained there ten years. engaged in mining and farming. In 1862 he came to Clay County
purchased land, located present site of his mill, and laid out Clay Center. Returning to
California, he disposed of his interests there, and in 64 returned to Clay Center, where he has
since resided. In 1866 built and started his mill, the first in Clay County. For ten years he
used steam-power, but in 1876 he dammed the Republican River, and utilized one of the best
water-powers in the State. His mill has a capacity of 200 barrels of flour per day. Ships-
flour, grain and live-stock, He still owns about 200 town lots in the city. Was married in
California September 29, 1862, to Miss Emma A. Dunbar. Is now making money, and de-
serves unbounded success,

ADAM DILLER, farmer, P. O., Clay Centre. was born in Huntington County, Pa., De-
cember 22, 1848. At nine years of age he removed with his parents to Hlenry County, Ill.,
where he wasraised afarmer. He enlisted August 15, 1862, in Company H, of the Thirty-
seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served three years, and took part in several bat-
tles, among them Prairie Grove, Vicksburg, Fort Blakely, etc. After the war he returned
toLllinois. He took a course of study in Eastman’s Business College, Chicago, Il]. Heagain
engaged in farming in Henry County until 1868, when he went to Texas and stayed two years,
and again returned to Ilinois. In 1870 hecame to Kansas, settling on a farm in Clay County,
in Township 8, Range 3. Section. . He has a fine farm,.and is paying great attention to the
development of fruit-raising.’ He has a fine orchard of bearing apples. and has planted 500
more, besides peaches, plums. ee pears, etc.; also an extensive vineyard, He belongs
tothe G. A. RR. Hewas married January 1, 1870, in Henry County, Ill., to Miss Selina F.
Whitehead. They have five children—Wilber, born December 14, 1870; Gertrude, March 31,
1872: Rutherford, December %, 1877; Ruth, December 2. 1877; Roy, July 28, 1879.

Ww. B. DUDLEY, real estate agent, was born in Lawrence County, Illinois. May 10, 1844,
When he was a boy his parents removed to Switzerland County, Ind. He enlisted August
31, 1861, in Company B, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. At the battle of *
Perryville he received a gunshot wound in the head; but recovering, he again took the field,
and at Chickamauga he was again wounded, in the right leg, and was captured by the enemy.
He was confined in Rebel prisons for the period of four months, when he was exchanged.
October 10, 1864. he was mustered out of service, his term of enlistment having expired.
After the war he lived in Marion County, Ohio, until 1871, when he came to Kansas, settling
on a homestead on Section 9, Township 9, ee 2 east. Here he lived until November
1881, when he moved to Clay Centre and began his present business. He was a Justice o
the Peace in Exeter Township for eight years; also Director and Treasurer of his school
district. In 1880 he was enumerator of the census for Exeter and Oakland townships. He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the G, A.R. He was married in Clermont
coy eater December, 1868, to Miss Sarah 8. Scott. They have two children—Eftie E.
and Scott N. =

W. H. FLETCHER, real estate and loans. Born in Cornish, N. H., October 10, 1887.
Enlisted October 12, 1861, in Company G, Second United States (Berdan’s) Sharpshooters,
and took part in nearly all the battles in which that celebrated body of men participated. '
The regiment, by order of army and corps commanders, was permitted to inscribe on its
standard the names of over eighty battles and skirmishes. Mr. Fletcher was a Sergeant
until December 24, 1863, when he was mustered Second Lieutenant, and May 1865, was com-
migsioned First Lieutenant, and soon after the corps was mustered out. In 1866_removed to
-. year.
; Partnership with Ira A. Flood, Clay Centre. October 15, 1880, he moved to Clay Centre,

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Kansas and settled in Clay County, taking a homestead in Blaine Township. Was a farmer
until 1880, when he moved into the city and began business as a real estate and loan eg
He still owns a splendid farm—his old homestead. In 1867 he was appointed County Clerk,
and elected to the office the next year; was Probate Judge in 1869, and also District Court
Clerk; held all three offices at the same time. Mr. Fletcher was.a Representative in the
State Legislature in 1877. He is a member of the Board of Education, and Chief of the Clay
Center Fire Company, No. 1. He was married March 12, 1868, to Miss Cassie C. Freeman,
of Cornish, N. H. They have three children ie ele L., Freddie O., and Harry W.
They have buried three—Elmer, Bertie and Silas B. Mr. Fletcher isa Mason and a mem-
ber of the G. A. R.

IRA A. FLOOD, hardware merchant, was born ia Muhlenburg County, Ky., Februar
8, 1840. When eight years old his parents removed to Cincinnati, and thence to Rus
County, Ind., thence to Crawford County, Ill] Enlisted quae 15, 1861, in Company H,
of the Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and at the end of a year was mustered out on
special order. August 5, 1s62, re-enlisted as a private in Company E, Ninety-eighth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to First Lieutenant October 1, 1862; Captain, = hi 3,
1863, and commissioned Major, but did not muster until a few days before the expiration of
his term of service. After the war, engaged in trade at Vincennes, Ind., first in dry goods
on his own account, and for seven years was a traveling saleeman for a Boston firm—whole-
sale dealers in boots and shoes. In 1877 came to Kansas on a visit, and was so well pleased
with the country that he has remained ever since. . Located in Clay Centre, and began a very
successful career as a merchant jn the hardware line; ‘also handles stoves, tinware and har-
ness. Has one of the best businesses in the county. He was married March 5, 1867, at Vin-
penne ane We Miss Mary E. Wyant. Hus a very fine home, and enjoys it. Is a member
ofthe I.0,0.F,  -

H. M. FRAIZER, Register of Deeds, was born in Boone County, Ky., May 31, 1840. Was
educated at Center College, Danville, Ky., graduating in the class of 1860. Was engaged
in teaching until 1871, meanwhile having, in 186%, removed to Buchanan County, Mo. In
May, 1871, moved to Clay County, Kan., settling in Clay Centre. Was a photographer until
June 8, 1872, when he was appointed Deputy Register of Deeds. Was elected Register in
1878, re-elected in ‘75, "77, °79, and .’81, and is still in office. In 1882 he was Representa-
tive from Kansas to the Supreme Lodge of the World, K. of P. Has been three times
Representative to the Grand Lodge of the I. O. O. F. for three years. Is 4 Mason of H. A.
degree, and of the Scottish Rite, Fourteenth degree Is at presen, W. M. of Clay Centre
Lodge, No 184. He was married May 10, 1881, at Parkersville, Morris Co,, Kan., to Miss
Rosa Sharpe. They have one child—John M., born July 3, 1882.

GEORGE H. FULLINGTON, merchant and County Commissioner, was born in Lamoile
County, Vt., July 12, 1845, In 1865 he came to Kansas, and settled in Riley County. The
next year he bought land in Clay County and has lived here since. In 1874 he moved into
Clay Centre, opening a general stock of merchandise. Two years after he sold his business
and went to clerking. Soon after, in partnership with Mr. McIntire, established another
business. The firm of Fullington & McIntire own the Clay County Furniture Company and

the Clay Centre book store, carrying in the former business about $8,000, and in the latter.

about $6,000, stock. In 1880 Mr. Fullington was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Board of
County Commissioners, and the same year was elected to the office. He was married Sep-
tember 15, 1875, and has two children—Scott.J., born October 4, 1878, and Clayton B., born
December 11, 1880. Mr. Fullington is a methber of the K. of P, :

JOSEPH GAZIN, builder, was born in Wayne County, Mich., March 27, 1848. When
a child, his parents removed to Chicago, thence to Wisconsin, and then to Minnesota. Jo-
seph learned the ae trade. In 1876 he came to Clay Centre, and has lived here
since. He is one of the leading men in his line. Has built such works as Grumme’s and
Frank's Se J. A. Flood’s residence, and many other good buildings. He was married
March 7, 1869, and hay four children—Louise, born March 2, 1870; Lewis, March 9, 1875;
William, August 10, 1877; Albert, January 17,1879.

CHARLES E. GIFFORD, lumber merchant, was born in Essex County, N. Y., May 18,
1850. In 1860 his parents moved to Kansas, settling-at Irving, Marshall County. He was
educated at the Kansas seen College, Manhattan. In 1578, pnpaeed in general mer-
chandise at Jewell City. In 1878 established his present busihess at Clay Centre. In 1880
was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, at Cincinnati, that nominated Gen.
Hancock for President.- In the same year was the candidate of his party for State Senator
in the Twelfth District. In 1882 was the Democratic candidate for State Treasurer. Is the
Captain of the Golden Belt Guards, Company H, First Kansas National Guard. Is a Mason
of the R. A. degree; also belongs to the K. of P._ He is unmarried.

A. A. GODARD, of the firm of Harkness and Godard, attorneys, was born in Bradford

. County, Pa., December 11, 1855, and graduated from the high school at Waverly, N. Y.

Then entered Syracuse University. He read“law ‘in Syracuse,.N. Y., and Holton, Kan.,
and was admitted tothe bar in October, 1879, by the District Court of Jackson County. In
July, 1878, he came to Kansas, and to Clay Centre, November 1, 1879. He1is a member of
Company H, Second Regiment, Kansas National Guards.

~ FRANK P. HARKNESS, of the firm of Harkness and Godard, attorneys. was born in
Bradford County, Pa., December 14, 1854, and was educated at the high school, Waverly,
N.Y. Studied lawin Union University, Albany, N. Y., and graduated from the jaw college.
in the class of 1877. He began practice at Waverly, N. Y., in partnership with the Hon. J.
B. Floyd, where he remained for two years. In 1879 he came to Clay County, Kan., and
located at Clay Centre, and has practiced here since. In the session of 1879, he was clerk of
the Assembly Committee on Banks and General Laws, in the New York Legislature. He is
a member of the J. O. O. #'. He was married in November, 1882, to Alma Streville,

- daughter of one Streville, Albany, N. Y. Q
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WAY, broker, was born in Walworth County, Wis., April 16, 1851.

Educated in common schools. In 1870 he moyed to Kansas, his parents having previously

‘settled in Clay County. Was a farmer until February 22, 1878; when he opened an

office in Clay Centre. Deals in short time loans, ete: Also has a bank at Miltonville
Cloud County, and has a partnership interest in a store at the same place. He was marrie
September 4, 1874, at Clay Centre, to Miss Emma D. Kelly. They have three children—
Laura, born April 2, 1875; Frankie, born July 4, 1876; Chester :
- JAMES A. HENRY, hardware merchant, was born in Ross County, Ohio. At the
age of five years his parents removed to Dubuque, Iowa, but soon after to. Jo Daviess
ounty, Ill., settling in Elizabethtown. Again, after seven years, returned to Dubuque,

‘living there twelve years, during which ney he was two years a student in Pobudte
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College. Then clerked for his brother in a hardware store in Sparta, Wis., until 1861.
enlisted April 15, 1861, in Company G, Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, for three
months. -enlisted for three years in the same company. Again in 1864, he enlisted in
Company G, Ninth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and was discharged November, 1865. After
the war he moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, and became atraveling salesman for Henry & How,
‘wholesale hardware. In 1868 he went to Chicago, and was a salesman in same line four
ears. Thence to Kansas City, where he was asalesman, traveling for G. W. Henry, in same
ine four years, then with J. L. Kelly & Co., for two years. Again be went to Chicago,
with Brintnall, Lamb, & Co., for three years. Then with Seaberger & Breakwater, one
Meanwhile, had established four hardware stores in Kansas, one of which was a

-and has since resided here. Is in the hardware business, corner of Lincoln Avenauc
and fifth Street. He was married November 8, 1870, at Chicago, Ill., to Mrs. C. H.
Little. : ‘
" _#H.G. HIGINBOTHAM, banker, was born in Connersville, Fayette Co., Ind., December 18,
1853. In 1856 he moved with his parents to Llinois, and in the following year capre to Kansas,
settling at Leavenworth. He was educated at the Kansas Agricultural College at Manhattan
Cornell University, New York, and entered Columbia College, but was forced on account o:
poor health to abandon study. In 1874, in partnership with his father, John Higinbotham,
started the Clay County Bank, at Clay Centre. Mr. Higinbotham is the resident manager,
and does a prosperous business in’ general banking, insurance and kindred business;
bstantial men of this town; is Treasurer of the city schools. He was

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have one child—John Charles, born March 7, 1879. .
- WILLIAM HIGINBOTHAM, attorney, was born in Greene County, ‘Pa., January 10, 1849.

“When a child, his parents removed to Connersville, Ind., and when nine years old, moved

to Urbana, Ill. The fext removal brought him to Leavenworth, Kau. He was educated
at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., eee the institution three months before graduating
in the class of 1868, He studied Jaw and was admitted to the bar in March, 1872, in
Leavenworth. Practiced in Leavenworth until 1877, when he settled in Clay Centre. Is a
member o/ the firm of Higinbotham and Dawes. Isunmarried.

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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EZIN IAMS, loan and real estate agent, was born in Greene County, Pa., January 97,

1860 af a good. family. When a child, his parents removed to Noble County, Ohio. When
he was less than three years old he ae his mea! and at the age of fifteen his mother died,
ing him to make his own way in the world. 5 ;

to Bicsmiayen, Ill, and worked for his board while attending school for two years. In
1871 the old home in Ohio was sold, and the property divided among the heirs-of his father,
consisting of seven children. Each received $1,000, und Mr. Rezin Iams, in company with

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an older brother, went into Clay County, Kan., and began stock-raising, but in 1872, the
fever killed néarly all their cattle, reducing his capital to about $400. Nothing daunted, he
took ‘a homestead and broke ninety acres, built- with his hands a stone house, planted an
orchard and shade trees. making a beautiful home. This place he still owns. In 1879 he
moved to Clay Centre, and began business as a loan and real estate agent. He does a large’
business and is a rising man. He is Treasurer of the Clay Centre Mining, Milling and Pros-
pecting Company, operating in Chaffee County, Col. He is a member of the F. 0. 0. F.,
and K. of P.- Is a keen business man and a fluent talker, and always to be found abreast
of his fellow-men . a

F. H. JACKMAN. grocer, was born in. Gloucester County, Va., October 13, 1845. In
the war between the States, he took a hand on the Southern side. He enlisted in October,
1861, in Company A of the Thirty-fourth Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Fought through the
war, and was paroled April 18, 1865. Returned to his home and worked at his trade—harness-
maker. In 1872 he came to Kansas and settled at Wakefield, and clerked for W. P. Gites,
grocer, for two years. In 1874 he moved to Clay Centre and clerked for C. E. Peters, and
afterwards for J. M. Frank. September 17, 1878, he began business-on his own account, in
company with George A. Robinson, his brother-in-law. He has a fine store on the corner of
Fifth and Court streets, Grumme’s Block, and does a fine business. He was married Janu-
ary 13, 1875, at Clay Centre, to Miss Elnora J. Robinson. They have one child—Madge L.,
born July 13, 1879. He is a member of the Masonic order.

R, W. JONES, architect and builder, was born in Utica, N. Y., April 23, 1841. At the —
age of four years his parents removed to Boston, Mass., where he was educated in the ay
schools, and- learned the trade of a carpenter. April 16, 1861, he enlisted in the Sixt!
Massachusetts Regiment, and served three months. In 1862 he removed to Waterville, N.
Y., where he worked at his trade, and in 1868, to Aurora, Il. Here he was engaged in shop
work until 1870, when he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Grant Township, Clay
County. In 1865 he moved to Clay Centre, where he has since been engaged in his work as
architect and contractor. He has built many. good houses in the city and copnty, and is
now muinly employed in drafting and superintending a superior class of buildings. He isa
member and secretary of Clay Centre Lodge of the Lo. G.T. He was married November
5. 1867, at Utica, N. Y., to Miss Aunie H. Davies. They have four children—Charles H.,
Thomas E., Alice E, and Arthur W. a

PP. KEHOE, dealer in general merchandise, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, August
29, 1845. At the age of nineteen years he went to Duquoin, Ill., as telegraph operator for
the Iinois Central Railroad, and thence to Milwaukee, Wis., in the same service. In the
eprlee of 1870 he came to Manhattan, Kan., and was in the drug trade there for six years.
In 1876 he removed to Clay Centre and began business as a general merchant, and has a tine
business on the corner of Fifth and Court streets. He is a Mason, and was married October
14, 1873, at Manhattan, Kan., to Miss Emma Peckham. They have one child—William F.,
born June 9, 1879, :

D. A. KENDALL, grain dealer, was born in Sauk County, Wis., April 10, 1847. Was
educated at Baraboo Academy. Was raised on a farm, and continued thereon until twenty-
one years old. He then moved to Mankato, Minn., and became manager of a lumber busi-
ness for John Robson, of Winona, with whom he remained five years: Then went into the
insurance business at ‘Howard Lake, Wright County, Minn., remaining there a year and a
half. In September, 1879; he moved to C ey Centre, Kan., and has been in the grain trade
there since, the firm being styled D. A. Kendall & Co. ‘He was married July 6, 1871, at
Saint Peters, Minn., to Miss E. M. Taylor. They have two children—John A., born May
80, 1872, and Harry T., born May 26, 1882.

_ GEORGE LAMKIN, grocer, was born in Noble County, Ind., March 28, 1844. He was
raised afarmer. In 1871 he removed to Minnesota, where he lived for a short time, when
he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Clay County. In November, 1881, he sold his
farm, moved into the city, and began his present business. He was the first Towns
Trustee of Oakland Township, and was a Justice of the Peace for four years. Was married |
March 28, 1865. in Noble County, Ind., to Miss Cynthia Codwell. They have five children—
Lois, born March 3, 1856; Mary, born April’ 5, 1872; Sarah, born October 17, 1874; Arthur,
born May 1, 1876: George, born March 9, 1882,

P. S. LOOFBOURROW, Justice of the Peace, was born in Adams County, Ind., March
11, 1¥32. He was raised a farmer, and educated at Liber College, Jay County, Ind. “In 1861
he established the Ja Torchlight, a newspaper, which he continued to publish until A ril,
1864, when he enlisted in Company E of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry. He served five months and was discharged for disability. He returned to
Indiana and again took charge of his paper, which, meanwhile, had been published by his
be ife and her sister, Miss Adams. In November, 1864, he sold the paper, and engaged in the

a and shoe trade, This business was discontinued until 1869, when he came to Kansas
and taugbt school in Doniphan County until the spring of 1870, when he came to Clay
County, settling on a homestead in Township 8, Range 4, where he lived until 1877, when he

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sold his farm and removed to Clay Centre. He is enpeees in the insurance and collecting
business. He was a Justice of the Peace in Grant Township three years. April 14, 1880.
-he was appointed by the Governor as Justice of the Peace for the city of Clay Centre, an

in 1881 was elected to ,the office, and re-elected in 1888. He is a member of G. A. R. and
Good Templars. He was married March 9, 1861, in Jay County, Ind., to Mrs. E. A. Mont-
gomery., They had one daughter, now Mrs. 8. S. Simpson. Mrs. Loofbourrow died in
1864, and he was again married December 31, 1865, in the same county, to Miss Sarah M.
Arnett. ert have one child—Orpha Ann, born April 14, 1872.

O. F. LUTT, miller, was born in Holstein, Prussia, October 19, 1851. He came to
America at the age of sixteen years, settling first at Chicago, where he lived three years. In
1869 he came to Kansas and clerked two years at Medina, Jefferson County. In 1871 he
moved to Valley Falls, where he worked four years in the grain business. In 1876 he moved
to Clay Centre, and began business as a wholesale liquor merchant; also ae and shipped
grain. He built the Kansas Pacific mills and elevator in 1878, which he still operates. He
was elected to the City Council in 1882. Was married October 9, 1878, at Clay Centre, to
Miss Emma Schaubel. They have two children—Nora, born May 11, 1879, and Leo, born
February 12, 1881.. 4 : :

WESLEY McLAUGHLIN, county surveyor, was born in Indiana County, Pa., February
2, 1841. He was educated at an academy in Armstrong County, and was eneaeee on private
surveys until the fall of 1861, when he entered the army i Sanipany F of the Seventy-fourth
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in which regiment he served through the war. In 1865
he came West, stopping in Missouri until the spring of 1866, when he came to Kansas,
Senne on a farm in Township 8, Range 2, Clay County, where he lived until 1878, when he
moved to Clay Centre, since which time he has been engaged in professional work. In 1879
he was appointed county surveyor to fill a vacancy, and in 1881 was elected to the office for
the full term of two years, and he is now in the office. He is a Mason and a member of the
G. A.R. He was married March 6, 1865, in Indiana Vounty, Pa., to Miss Maria Rankin.
They have four children—Letitia May, Jessie Anna, Ella Mary and Earl Wayne.

GEORGE W. MARTIN, Sheriff, was born in Fulton County, Ind , October 7, 1842, At
the age of twelve years he removed with his parents to Appanoose County, lowa, He
enlisted May 11, 1863, in Company E, Seventh Iowa Volunteer’Cavalry, and served until
May 27, 1866. Returned to Iowa and began farming, and afterward engaged in the grocery
trade. He was Deputy Sheriff of Appanoose County for five years. In April, 1878, he came
to Clay County, Kan., and worked at the trade of Pp eterng. “In 1881 he was elected Sheriff
of Clay County. He is a member of the G. A. R., I. O. O. F., and is the First Lieutenant
of Company H, Second Regiment Kansas National Guard- of Clay Centre—‘ The Golden
Belt Guards.”» He was married November 8, 1866, at Centerville, lowa, to Miss Mary J.
eorie They have six children—Jesse C., Amy A., George E., Clara G., Mary S. and
Grant G.

B. F. MERTEN, teacher, P, O. Clay Centre, was born in Delaware County, Iowa, April
20, 1847, and educated at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio. In 1868 he was elected professor
of mathematics in the Northwestern German-English Normal School at Galena, Ili. Five
years thereafter he became principal of the school and held the office five years. In 1878 he
moved to Kansas and was elected Superintendent of Schools and principal of the high-
school at Clay Centre. This position he held until the fall of 1882, when he was elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction for Clay County.. He was married, August 10, 1871,
at Galena, Ill., to Miss Virginia J. Miller. They have three children—Eliza, born August’31,
1872; Florence, born May 18, 1875, and Frederic, born December 6, 1876. Mr. Merten is a
member of the Masonic order of the K. T. degree. ‘ . é

R. H. MILLEN, dentist, was born in Indiana County, Pa., March 29, 1836. Studied dental
surgery and practiced until the war between the States. He enlisted September 2. 1861, in Com-
pany K, Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged October 2, 1864.
After the war he practiced his professon in Pennsylvania until 1869, when he removed to
Elmwood, Ill. In 1870 he came to Kansas, settling first at Atchison, but in 1871 he moved
to Clay ‘Centre and has been in active practice in this city since. He is a member of the
I. 0. O. F. and the K. of P. Mr. Millen was married June_16, 1873, at Tecumseh, Neb., to
Miss M. M. Alford,.of Indiana, Pa: They have one child—Aurora Alford, born May 26,
1882. We F
~ d.W. MILLER, Justice of the Peace, was born in New London, Conn., May 16, 1831. His
parents were William and Eliza Miller. Mr. Miller, Senior, was a ship-builder, and J. W.
was brought up-to the same business, showing a genius for the business early in life. At the

e of seventeen, he built a miniature schooner, about eight feet long and two feet beam,
with fourteen inches depth of hold, making her complete in spars, rigging, sails, anchors,
etc. He named her after a wealthy ship-owner and friend, Thomas Fitck, who presented

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her with a full set of colors. At the age of nineteen, Mr. Miller took charge of his father’s
works, and made the drafts and models for all the vessels built by him. About this we
he was married to Miss Almira Josephine Burrows, of Groton, New London Co., Conn. F

1861 he became superintendent of the works of Mr. Williams at Hunters Point, Long Island.
While there he engaged to go to China to build some river steamers for parties in the celes-
tial empire, Messee, Thomas Hunt & Co. Sailed in the ship N. B. Palmer, and arrived at

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Hong Kong in February, 1862. He built one steamer at Wampoa, aud then, under a new
contract, went to Shanghai and there built three river steamers. The climate proving dele-
terious to his constitution, his health failing, he returned to America, arriving in New York
June 6, 1864. Returning to Groton, Conn., he went into the business of uilding on his own ac--
count und built several very fast vessels, among them the yacht Calypso, 120 tons burthen, and
the schooner Thomas Fitch, 140 tons. Then in partnership with Col. Morgan and Capt. Baker
he built marine railway, which proved an unsuccessful venture. Mr. Miller then resolved
on going to Kansas, and in pursuance thereof he arrived in Clay Centre March 29, 1870. In
the same year, jointly with N. H. Starr, they built a shop of cottonwood lumber, Mr. Miller
occupying one half as a wagon shop. Since his arrival in Clay County he has been actively

- engaged in business, a part of his. business life appearing in the history of the Times, news-

paper, is omitted here. In 1871 he was appointed Justice of the Peace, and elected the same
year for the full term. He has been re-elected every second year since, and is now in office. In
the same year, 1871. he was appre postmaster at Clay Centre, which position he held until
May 4, 1878, when he resigned the same. Was also City Treasurer. .On the organization of
the city, he was elected Police Judge, and continuously re-elected term after term until 1883.
when he declined a further service in that office. He'owns much valuable city property, is
in easy circumstances, and is a generous public-spirited man. He is a member of the Ma-
sonic order, K. of P., K. of H., and I. 0. O. F., having attained to all the encampment
degrees in the last named order, and to the thirty-second degree in Masonry. Since he sold
the Times, he publishes occasionally the Little Hatchet.a newspaper of the politico-humor-
ous character. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have raised four children—the oldest, William B., is in
Scattle, Washington Territory; Olin F. is in the Times office in this city; Myra M., ten
years of age; John H., seven years of age. 2
RICHARD MILLER, farmer, P. O. Clay Centre, was born in Jo Daviess County, Ill..
March 1, 1843. He was educated at Sinsinowa ae Grant County, Wis. He enlisted
August 4, 1862, in Company A, Ninety-sixth Illinois. Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He
served three years and was discharged at the close of the war. He returned to Dlinois and
was engaged in lumbering on the Mississippi River until November 1, 1870, when he enlisted
in the regular army, being assigned to Company G of the Tenth Infantry. He served the
full term of enlistment, five years, in Texas, going through all the non-commissioned grades.
in the regiment. In 1877 he came to Kansas, settling on @ farm in Clay Centre Township
and County, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising, He has the largest herd in
the county, all graded stock. He belongs tothe G. A. R. He was married, at Galena, Ill.,
to Miss Josepliine Reed. They have one child—Walter Whittaker, born November 27, 1882
D. H. MYERS, banker and stock man, was born in Somerset County, Pa., March 5, 1888.
At the age of seventeen he removed to Carroll County, IJ]., where he worked on a farm for
two years. In 1856 he came to Kansas and went as (.,dvernment teamster in the expedition
of Albert Sidney Johnson against the Mormons. While on the expedition, he enlisted in
Company A of: the volunteer regiment known as the First United States Volunteers. Was
discharged at Salt Lake, and went to California from thence, arriving in the valley in August,

1858. In 1859 he returned via Panama and New York to his Pennsylvania home. In May,

1860, he came again to Kansas, and settled at a ranch in Clay County. In 1862 he was the
First Lieutenent of the Militia raised to help to repel the army of General Price. In Octo-
ber, 1878, he moved to Clay Centre and beeen banking with J. P. Campbell. He is the
president of the Republican Valley Bank, has been County Commissioner, and the first
Justice of the Peace in the connty, then a part of Davis County.. He handles more live-stock
than any other man in Central Kansas. He raises cattle, buys and ships. Mr. Myres was
married to Miss Cathrine Yankin in his native county on March 23, 186". Their children
are Henry, Catherine, Frank, and Ada. .

JOHN L. NOBLE, County Clerk, was born in Medina County, Ohio, May 26, 1836 He
was educated at Heidelberg College,,Tiffin, Ohio. In 1856 he started for the West; lived
for a year in Michigan, thence went to Mendota, Ill., and thence to St. Joseph, Mo. Was
engaged in the milling business. In 1861 he moved to Chicago, where he was engaged in
milling and the commission business for about four years. In 1864 he went still further
west. to Montana Territory, where he lived six years. In that Territory he held the office of
Probate Judge for Gallatin County, and in 1869 he was a member of the Territorial Council.
In 1870 he came to Kansas and began milling in Jonction City. In the year of 1875 he
removed to Clay Centre and started in same business. He was elected County Clerk in 1879
and re-elected in 1881. Has been Mayor of Junction City, member of the Council and Board
of Education of Clay Centre. He is a member of the Masonic order of the R.A. degree, also
a member of the I.O. O. F. Mr. Noble was married at Mendota, Ill., November 16, 1859,
to Miss Posah Panfon. They have two children—Isabella, born October 4, 1861, and Alice,
born July 12, 1870.

D J. OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Clay Centre, was born in Pulaski County, Ky., August 18,
1842. He was educated at an academy in Somerset, Pulaski County, and taught in the
schools of his native county for several years. In the fall of 1865 he went to Putnam
County, Ind., and taught in the public schools until the spring of 1866, when he came to
Kansas, settling on a farm near Clay Centre, Clay.County, where he has since resided
engaged in laren He was married November 27, 1875, in Clay County, to Viola Quinn.
They have two children—Minnie L., born February 1, 1878; Donnie, born September 5, 1880.

J. H. PINKERTON, real estate and insurance agent, was born in De Kalb County, Ala.,
Januury 20, 1835. Removed with pape when a child to Weakley County,Tenn.,where
he lived until 1858, when he came to Kansas. He drove an ox team from Tennessee to Man-
hattan, arriving in February, 1859. He settled on a farm in Wabaunsee County, where he
lived seventeen years. engaged in farming and stock-raising. He enlisted, September 5,
1862, in Company K. Eleventh Kansas ere and served three years. In 186 he was
elected Sheriff of Wabaunsee County and re-elected in 1868, serving four years. In 1870 he
was elected Representative in the State Legislature and re-elected in 1872. In the session
of 1873 the township in which Mr. Pinkerton resided, was attached to Riley County, and
in 1874 he was elected from Riley County. In 1875 he came to Clay Centre and engaged
in the real estate, insurance and loan business. In 1876 he was elected Mayor and re-elected
for four successive terms. Has an office at Miltonvale, Cloud County, and publishes, in
connection with a partner, the Miltonvale Vews. He handles as many acres as any man in
Central Kansas. He was married at Dresden, Tenn , February 12, 1857, to Miss Nancy J.
Freeman. They have four children—Ernest, born December 7, 1857; Laura, March 30, 1860;
Jobn Charles, May 26, 1870; Nancy Ella, December 1, 1875. _

B. RISTINE, farmer, P. O. Clay Centre,was born in Galatine County, Ky., February 28,
1822. When four years of age his parents moved to Montgomery County, Ind. In'1838
they removed to Louisa County, Iowa, where he worked as a carpenter until 1861, when he
came to Kansas, and was employed as a carpenter at Fort Riley for two years. Hereturned
to fowa in 1867, sold his land in that State, and in 1868 bought the farm he now occupies.
He had Brean ee cen a piece of land in the same vicinity. He served in the
Fourteenth Regiment of Militia during the Price raid in 1864. In 1877 he was elected
County Commissioner, serving two years. He was married December 4. 1853, in Des Moines
County, Iowa. to Miss Margaret McGriffey. They had one son, William, born August 8,
1862. Mrs Ristine dying. June 21, 1863, he was married May 12, 1872, in Clay County,
Kansas, to Miss Nancy L. Love. : ’

M.-H. RISTINE, farmer, P. O. Clay Centre, was born in Crawfordsville, Ind., June
9, 1828. At the age of twelve years his parents removed to Louisa County, Iowa, where he
was brought up on a farm until the age of sixteen, when he began the work of a carpenter.
He worked in Burlington and vicinity for twelve years, and in 1859 came to Kansas and
helped build a mill at Milford on the Republican River. He returned to Iowa in Septem-
ber, 1860, and lived on a farm for four years, but in 1864, removed to Kansas, settled on a
farm near Clay Centre. and has since been engaged in farming and stock-raising, and at
times, has worked at his trade. He owns a splendid farm in Section 16, Township 8, Range
3; also lands in Sections 21 and 22. At the organization of the county. he was appointed
Probate Judge for two years. In 1868, he was elected Representative from Clay County,
and re-elected in 1870, and in 1872 was elected County Commissioner. He has also been
Township Treasurer for several terms. He belongs to the Masonic order. Was married
February 24, 1850, at Wapello, Iowa, to Miss Nancy J. Hemphill. They have three children
—Benjamin I,, J. R. and Walter.

PHILIP ROTHMAN was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, May 12, 1828. His
father taught him the wagon-makers’ trade. In 1849, he came to America to escape the ser-
vice during the rebellion in Germany. He landed at New Orleans, Christmas Day, 1849;
proceeded to St. Louis and worked for a short time at his trade. Then he went to farming
in St. Clair County, Ill. He was married at Hannibal, Mo., October 6, 1856. to Miss Regina
Traut, who was born in Kurhessen, Germany. He then engaged in railroading, but did not
succeed, and in 1858, came to Kansas, rented a farm in Doniphan County. He decided to go
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the same until it become a splendid farm, which he held until 1880, when he sold it to the
county fora county farm. He still owns a farm in Clay Centre Township, but lives in the

2 city. He moved to Clay Centre in 1873, and took out the first license in the county as a re-

hie . tail dealer in liquors. in 1874, he closed the saloon, and opened a hotel, which was long a

popular hostelry, and was under his management until the beginning of 1883, when he
rented it. He is now engaged in manufacturing mineral and soda water. Mr. Rothman has
held several important offices. He was Constable for the northern half of the county, when
it was attached to Davis. In 1868, he was elected Sheriff of the county, and re-elected in
1870, serving four years. He was also Deputy United States Marshal for twelve years. He
has had six children, of whom three are still living, Mary Christina; Lizzie, Kegina
and Eva Margaret. a

. JOHN F. RYERSON, Judge of Probate and Clerk of District Court, was born in
Hartford County, Me., March 19, 1842, and educated at Lewiston College. He enlisted
August 15, 1861, in Company F, Ninth Maine Volunteer Infantry. Lost his leftarm in front
of Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864, and was discharged from service November 25, 1864. In
1866, came’ West, settling on a homestead near Irving, Marshall County, In 1870 he settled
on afarm in Clay County. In 1876, was appointed by Judge Wilson, Clerk, pro tem, of the
District Court. In the same year was elected for the full term, and was re-elected in 1878,
1880, and 1882, and still holds the office. Also was appointed by the Governor Judge _of the
Probate Court in 1878, and was elected to the office in 1878, and re-elected in 1880. In 1880,
received a majority of 1,500 votes out of a total of 1,800. While on a furlough, was married
March 3, 1864, to Miss Abilene Green, at Lewiston, Me. He has four children—Ora
M., born March 5, 1871; Maud, June 13, 1872; Merten, January 20, 1878; and Frank,
January 13, 1842. : :

- HARRY SANDERS, farmer, P. O. Clay Centre, was born in Sussex, England, October
18. 1840. In 1854 he came to America with his brother, Maxwell, and was constantly with his
brother and engaged in the same work with him in Newport and St. Louis. They came to
Kansas together in 1860, took homesteads adjoining and are still living on the farms which

_ they have made. He enlisted, September-1, 1861, in Company I, of the Ninth Kansas Cav-
alry. He entered a private, was made Corporal, transferred to Company D, and was pro-
moted Sergeant, and then Commissary Sergeant. He served until the close of the war, and
returned to his farm in Clay County, where he has since resided, engaged in farming. He
is a member of the G. A. R. The Sanders brothers were the first to organize a brass band
in Clay County, the Rose Vale band, which took the first prenom sf) at Bismarck fair
in 1880, Marysville the same year ($100), and Junction City, 1878, ($100). Seven members
of the famous Dispatch band of Clay Ceutre, are of the Sanders families. He was married
August 29, 1845, at Clay Centre, to Mise Susanna A, Simpson. They have five children:
Anna Laurie, born September 5, 1866; William H., June 3, 1868; Susan M., March 18, 1870;
George E., October 14, 1878; Bessie Rose, September 19, 1880.

MAXWELL SANDERS, farmer, P.O. Rose Vale, was born in the parish of East Grimsted,
Sussex, England, January 1, 1833, He was educated in the common schools, and was in various

~ businesses until 1851, when he was appointee on the Metropolitan police, London. He re-
mained on the force nearly four years, being a member of Division A. In 1854, he resigned

“ and came to America, worked for a time in Ohio, and in the spring of 1855, settled in New-

A port, Ky., where he was engaged in the transfer express between that city and Cincinnati.

\ March 19, 1859, he moved to St. Louis with his brother Harry, and both were employed in

= the nursery and gardening establishment of Coleman & Sanders. In.1860 they came to-

ther to Kansas and lived a short time in Riley County. In the summer of 1848 they came

“Into Clay County and pre-empted a piece of land, which by some informality in the filing
they finally lost. In August, 1862, he took a homestead in Sections 26 and 27, gownebip 8,

' Range 3, which is now asplendid farm. In 1864 he was compelled toreturn‘to Kentucky on
a business trip and was detained there by sickness in his family and by business affairs until
1870, when he agay moved to Kansas and has resided here since, engaged in farming and
stock-raising. In 1870 he was appointed postmaster of Rose Vale post-office and still holds

. the ottice. Heis a member of the 1.0.0. F. He was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, April
14, 1857, to Miss Sarah R. Williams. They had eight children: Annie E., (now Mrs.
William Sherbert) born January 14, 1858; Edgar C., January 22, 1860; Susanna E. (now
Mrs. Willard Wetherell), August 22, 1861; Margaret, August 29, 1863; Harry M., February 17,
1866; Frederick, March 25, 1868; Edith M., May 22, 1870; Archie, born May 18, 1871, died in
September of same year. Mrs. Sanders died May 25, 18.1, and he again married at Dan-
ville, Ind., November 24, 1879, Miss Leah J. Comingore. .

WILLIAM SHARPE, druggist, was born in New Bolingbroke, England, September
30, 1851. Educated in the grammar schools of his native town and studied pharmacy in
- London. In 1870 he came to America, locating at Junction City, Kansas. Was clerk with
B. Rockwell & Co., for two years. In 1872 he went into the service of Hall & Porter,
wholesale druggists, same city. He was local and traveling salesman for three years. In
1875 he came to Clay Centre and began business on his own account with a cash capital of
$157. He now owns one of the best drug stores in the country. He carries about $8,000
stock, and has an elegant residence and some fine real estate in the city. Heisa K. of T.,
Mason, and has taken Scottish Rite degrees 18; also belongs to the I. O. O. F. and
K. of P. Was married December 4, 1875, at Parkerville, Morris County, Kan., to Miss
Jessie G. Oxley. . eg ‘

J.W. SHEPPEARD, M. D., physician and surgeon, and farmer, P. O. Clay Centre, Kan.,
was born in Wood County, W.Va., March 21, 1822, He was educated at Marietta,Ohio. Studied
medicine under W, A. M. Reed, of Wood County, W. Va. Settled in aries vounty, Ohio,
where he practiced until 1853, when he moved to Mason County, Va., in 1853, and in 1857
moved to oupin County, Ill. Practiced in Girard for a short time, when he purchased a
farm in Montgomery County. Here he practiced his profession. In 1858 he moved to St.
Louis, Mo., and practiced until May 15, 1859. Then came to Kansas, May 15, 1859; settled in
Bellemont, Doniphan County, where he practiced his profession until 1862, when he moved
to Clay County, settling on a farm in Clay Ceutre Township. He is engaged in professional

“7 work and in farming. He has a fine farm well improved, He served one term as Justice

7 of the Peace, and two terms as Coroner of the county. During the war of the Rebellion he
. ave two sons to the service of his country, one sixteen and the other eighteen years of age.

Py oF c¢ was married November 22, 1843, at Parkersburg, W. Va., to Miss Lucinda Phelps, by

whom he had eight children, all now grown up and married. Mrs. Sheppeard dying, he

again, November 6, 1864, waa married in Clay County, to Miss Susanna Worley. They ee
one child, Nancy Alvira, born September 12, 1872. a

J. D. SPICER, butcher, was born in New London County, Conn., August 11, 1885, Edu-

cated in the common schools and in Eaton Business College, Worcester, Mass. In 1862

went into business on his own account as a dealer in cut meats, in Noank, donn., which he

continued until 1870, when he removed to Kansas and settled in Clay Centre. Is still there
and in the satne business. Owns a fine farm two miles north of town and does a large bus-
iness in farming and in the butcher business. Has been for five years the Asscssor of Clay

Centre Township. He is a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F. and Knights of Honor,

He was iiaerled wébraacy. 11, 1863, to Miss Sarah J. Hill, of Noank, Conn. They have one

child—Harry, born August 11, 1871. , F

-. J. 8, STERLING, County Treasurer, was born in Preston County, Va, (now West Vir-

- > \ \ginia), September 22, 1839. He lived in his native county nntil 1857, when he removed to

- Feoktik ounty, Iowa. Afterwards moved to Logon County, Ill. Enlisted, August 26,

1861,in Company H Fourth Mlinois Cavalry. In 1865 the regiment was consolidated into a

battalion, and he became a member of Company B. The battalion was consolidated with
the Twelfth Cavalry, in which he served until mustered out, June 17, 1866. Received final
discharge on July 3, 1866. In April, 1870, came to Clay County, and took a homestead in

i) = Goshen Township. Farmed until 1873, when he open a drug store in Morgan City, In

i ¢ 1875 he waz elected Sheriff of Clay County, and re-elected in 1877. In 1879 was elected

County Treasurer. He is a member of the 1.0.0.F., Grand Army of the Bapubile, and Knights

of Pythias, He was married February 1; 1874, in Clay County, to.Miss Martha E. Rogers,'

They have four children—Belle, born February 3, 1875; Minnie, born February 9, sv? ;

Albert \., born August 19, 1879; Charles R., born October 25; 1881.

5 . P. STEWART, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Pike County, Mo., October

; - 1, 1844. His father, Dr. Charles W. Stewart removed, when the subject of this sketch was a

- ’ child, to Buchanan County. J. P. was educated at Pleasant Ridge Academy, Missouri.

a" Studied medicine under his father and in Chicago. Began practice at Rushville, Mo., in

yartnership with his father (he was then a partner of Dr. W. W. Freeman, at Saverton, Mo.)
for two years, returning to Rushville, Mo., he became the associate of Dr. James Sanders in
business, with whom he practiced two years. In 1869 he removed to Waterville, Marshall
County, Kan., and the next year settled on a farm in Fancy Creek, Clay County. In 1873
he removed to Clay Centre, and has been in active practice ever since. Dr. Stewart was
married December 9, 1866, at De Kalb, Mo., to Miss Addie V. Clasby. They have two

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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children—Eulah Lee, born November 9, 1867, and Elizabeth D., born July 9, 1871. He is a
member of the I. 0.0. F. and Knights of Honor. He has been Coroner of Clay County,
and is now Chairman of the Board of Education of Clay Centre, — ‘

G. M. STRATTON, postmaster, was born in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, July 9,
1845. In 1848 his parents moved to Pern, Miami County, Ind., and 1854 from there to Grant
County, Wis. January 5, 1864, he enlisted in Company C Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infan-
try, and served in that regiment in the army of the Potomuc, following the explosion of the
mine at Petersburgh, Va., July 30, 1864, he received a bayonet wound in the knee. He was dis-
charged from the service, July 29, 1865, at Madison, Wis. In March, 1870, he came to Clay
County, Kan., and settled onafarm. In 1870 he moved to Clay Centre and engaged in mer-
cantile business, carrying a stock of general merchandise, and afterwards was engaged in
the furniture trade. He was appointed postmaster in May, 1878, and re-appointed 1n May,
1882. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge, and, also, the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Stratton
was married January 10, 1866, in Grant County, Wis., to Mary E. Snider. They have five
children—Nellie, born December 20, 1868; Addie, born April5, 1872; Allie, born November
2% 1874; Annie, born February 28, 1876; Lottie, born April 14, 1878.

" HH. TAYLOR, hardware, was born in Jo Daviess County, Ill., July 4, 1841. He was.
raised a farmer. September 1, 1861, he enlisted in Company C of the Forty-fifth Llinois
Volunteer Infantry. He was Sergeant and color-bearer for two years, and the writer is in-
formed by Col. M. M. Miller, now of Clay Centre, that in the terrible assanlt upon the
works of the beleaguered city of Vicksburg, June 9, 1863, Mr. Taylor planted the colors of
the Forty-fifth Illinois first upon the ramparts. Among the many battles in which Mr.
Taylor participated, were the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and a score of others.- Sep-
tember 30, 1862, he was taken a prisoner and paroled by (sen. Armstrong of the Confederate
States of America, but soon after was exchanged, and joined his command, serving three
years, the last year being inthe army postal service, He was mustered out at the close of his
term, and returned to Illinois and engaged in farming. In 1869 he came to Kansas, settling
in Clay County on a farm in Mulberry Township. He was the first Township Treasurer,
and in 1871 was elected Treasurer of Clay County, and re-elected in 1873. He served four
years in all. During his official career, 1872, he moved to Clay Center, and while Treasurer,
established a hardware business, which he still carries on. He carries a genera] hardware
stock, stoves, etc. He is a Mason of the R, A. degree, and a member of the Grand Army uf
the Republic. He was married November 1, 1864, in Galena, Ill, to Miss Margie A. Turner.
They have three children—Walter W., Vernie F., and Lillie E.

A. B, TRUMAN, lawyer, was born in Courtland County, N. Y., October 26, 1842. At
the age of three years his parents moved to Rock County, Wis. He was a student in Milton
College for three years, but on account of impaired health had to close his career in the
ecliaals at the junior year. He was in the regular course, He enlisted, May 24, 1861, in
Company C Fifteenth tlinols Volunteer Infantry. Was discharged May 28, 1864. Studied
law at Palmyra and Edgerton, and was admitted to the bar at the August term of the Cir-
cuit Court, for Rock County, in 1868. In 1869 he moved to Missouri, and was special solic-
itor for the Life Association of America for two years, In 1871 settled at Parsons, Kan.,
and practiced law ubout three years, but his health again failing he retired for two years,
and in April, 1876, he again bepan Jaw business at Clay Centre. He is in law and real estate
business. Does the greatest loan business of any man in the county probably. He is a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Was married July 19, 1866, to Miss Ella Bodar-
tha. They had two children—Leora May, born August 19, 1867, now living, and Methe
Maud, born June 12, 1979, died October 12, 1881.

- LL. J. WARREN, M. D., was born in Windham County, Conn., April 15, 1850. He
graduated from Yale College classical course, in the class of 1876. Studied medicine;
graduated from the Medical College of Harvard University, in the class of 1879. In June,
1880, he settled at Clay Centre, where he has since Been in practice. He is 2 Mason and a

member of Bethany Chapter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masous, and of Coronado Commandry,

No. 20, Knights Templar, and a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Boylston
Medical Society of Boston, and,the Kaw Valley Medical Society, and alsoa United States
eemane Sarees He was married December 3, 1879, at Boston, Mass., to Miss Ardi-
nelle Safford.

GEORGE WIGG, M. D., was born in England, March 9, 1842. Educated at the Col-
chester grammar school. Studied medicine under Dr. Churchill and at Essex Homeopathic
College. Graduating June 14, 1863. In 1870 he came to America and settled in Clay County,
and in 1875 moved to the city, and has been in active practice since He is P. M. of Clay
Center Lodge, No. 134; also P. C. of the Knights of Pythias. The Doctor was City
Treasurer and Councilman 1879-80 and 1881, and was elected Coroner in 1881, for four years.
He was married in June, 1873, in Washington County, Kan., to Miss Emma Wilson. ‘They
have three children—Harry, born September 15, 1875; Laura, born July 15, 1877, and Duke,
born January 2, 1879.

ALLEN WILSON, real estate, loan, and insurance agent, was born in Campbell
County, W. Va., May 26, 1835, At the age of fifteen years he moved to Hancock County,
Ind., and_learned the trade of harness-maker. ~ In 1856 he located at Manhattan Kan.,
thence to Junction City. In 1864 he enlisted in Company D, Seventcenth Kansas Volunteer
Infantry, served three months, and was honorably discharged. Again settled at Manhattan,
and in 1871 moved to Clay Centre, and began business in his present line. Was the first
Mayor of Clay Centre, serving two terms. In 1872 he was elected Clerk of the District
Court, and was re-elected in 1874. In 1875 he was elected County Treasurer, and re-elected
in 1877. He was a member of the Board of Education sight years. Is a Mason of the R, A.
degree, and belongs to the I. 0. O. F., and K. of P; and K. of H. He was married Sep-
tember 11, 1869, at Blue Rapids, Kan, to Mise Marcella Webber. They have two children
—May, born September 4, 1871, and Fannie, born February 24, 1873.

E. L. WOODS, M. D., was born in Buffalo, N, Y., December 30, 18538. He was educated
at Hillsdale College, Michigan. He studied medicine in the Medical Department of the
Michigan University, and in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, graduati
from the last named institution in theclass of 1880. The same year he came to Kansas, pad
located at Clay Centre, where he has since been in practice. In’ December, 1882, in partner-
ship with John C. Kraus, they opened a retail drug store in Clay Centre, under the firm
name of Woods and Kraus. The doctor has a large and rapidly increasing practice. He was

at Hillsdale, Mich., to Miss Mary J. Hoag.

CLIFTON,

This town, a portion of which is in Washington County, was laid out
by a company from Manhattan and St. George in 1859. ‘Its name is that
of the surveyor who platted the town. The company built a log hut when
they abandoned their design of building a city at this point. All that is
left of their labor is the name, which was perpetuated by the post-office kept
by J. P. Fox. The present town.site was laid out as Hast Clifton, in 1870,
by Rufus Berry. It is a pleasantly situated town, occupying the high
ground north of the big bend in the Republican, where it turns south in
Clay County. It is on the Central Branch railroad and the Junction City
and Fort Kearney road. The former road reached Clifton, December 15,
1877; and the latter on June 18, 1878. ‘These roads have been the means of
trebling the size of the town in four years. The first store was opened in
1870, by Wm. Funnel. It is now a town of about 500 population.

West Clifton was laid out in the fall of 1877, by Amanda and Winslow
Haynes and Olive Cooper. Building commenced the following spring. The
two places are only about half a mile apart, and will eventually become one
city. As usual, the ubiquitous circuit preacher was the first to arrive in
the sparsely settled country, coming as soon as there were two or three to
gather in some rude hut, or in ‘‘God’s first temple,” the grove, to listen to
his ministrations. In the fall of 1863, the Rev. R. P. West, of Republic
County, of the Methodist Episco al denomination, commenced holdin;
religious services from Chester’s to Younken’s.. Mr. West early immigrate
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what eccentric, but wherever known, was respected and loved for his
benevolent and Christian disposition, and his desire to do good, and relieve
suffering in body or mind. His was an animated and cheerful nature,
always ready to enjoy a laugh, and equally as ready to shed a tear of
sympathy. He generally enlivened his discourses with some amusing
anecdote, which according to his experience was the best means of preparing
the minds of his hearers to entertain the truths of the religion he was trying

to promulgate. In 1864, he organized a Union Church at Clifton, where all .

religious creeds were united. This church has since become the Methodist
Episcopal Church of Clifton. Clifton, Methodist Episcopal Church was
organized in January, 1878, by Rev. J. H. Colt. In the same year the
society built a $400 parsonage, and completed a $2,000 church edifice. An
extended notice of Clifton will be found in the history of Washington
County.

_ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

JOHN Ww. CHADWICK. attorney-at-law, was born in Greenup County, Ky., August

8, 1854. He was educated at Holbrooks Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio. Studied law in
his native county, and was adm tted at the September term of the Circuit Court for Greenup
County, in 1877. In May, 1878, he came to Kansas, locating in Clifton, Clay County, where
he has: since practiced his profession. He is a member of the Masouic order, and of the

.0. U. W. He was married at Clifton, Kan., February 24, 1881, to Miss Sara C, Graham.
‘hey have one child—John W. Jr., born December 19, 1881. 5

MORGANVILLE.

Morganville, formerly known as Morgan City, situated on the Junction
City & Fort Kearney Teatlroad and the Republican River, eight u.iles north-
west of Clay Centre, was laid out in 1870, by Ebenezer Morgan. W. R.
Mudge opened the first store in 1871.

The Morganville Baptist Church was organized by Rev. George Balcam
in 1872.
’ The Morganville Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1872.
Tt has a good building and an active membership.

REPUBLICAN CITY.

Republican City, now the ruins of a fond ambition, was laid out in 1867,

by Stickney and Streeter. Milton Clark started the first store. It was
Clay Centre’s rival for the county-seat. It was in the exact center of the
county from which Clay Centre is two miles removed. It, therefore, was
more entitled to the honor, but the location was not so. favorable it was
claimed, at any rate, it failed to receive.a requisite number of votes, and the
fond hopes of its founders failed té*‘‘ materialize.” aaa
The Republican City Reformed Presbyterian Church was organized
July 20, 1871, with twenty-five members, which have increased to seventy.

COUNTY CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The Hebron Church of Reformed Presbyterians was organized Novem-
ber 9, 1871, by Revs. J. S. T. Milligan and 8. M, Stevenson.

The Hebron United Presbyterian Church, October 31, 1874, by Rev. B.
¥. Baldrige. Hebron has been changed to Chapmanville. A church build-
ing was erected in 1880. :

Fancy Creek Baptist Church was organized by Rev. H. 8. Cloud,
March 12, 1878. Dedicated a neat church the 11th of May, 1880. a
_ The Uniondale Church organized as a Union Church, May 6, 1878, with
six members. April 14, 1877, re-organized as a Free-Will Baptist Church,
and, July 2, 1877, adopted articles of faith of the Regular Baptist Church,
to which forty-three members subscribed. In May, 1877, they dedicated a
substantial and commodious church edifice. ~ ;

The Mulberry Creek German Presbyterian Church was organized at the
schoolhouse in District No. 40, July 14, 1875, by Revs. Hays and F. Schmidt,
the latter becoming the first pastor. " ath

The Swede Methodist Episcopal Church, of Township 7, Range 3, Sec-
tion 6, was organized in the winter of 1871-2, by Rev. M. Stevenson. Built
parsonage in'1877, and a commodious church in 1880. oe

New Salem Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in January,
1875. ;

North Exeter Division No. 35, Sons of Temperance, organized May 7,
1880. First officers: A.W. Avery. W. P.; Mrs. F. M. Tompkins, W. A.
P.; Clara Smith, P. W. P.; J. Thompon, W.C.; C. A. Kendall, W. R. 8.;
Hattie Chapman W. A. R. 8. ; ‘

Republic Uity Lodge, No. 24, I. 0. @. T.; organized March 28, 1878.
First officers: J. W: Reeder, W. C. T.; Lillie Perkins, W. V.T.; William
Avery, W.8.; Byron Gallup, W. F. 8.; Alice Hasty, W.T.; I Tompkins.

Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 127, I. 0. @. T.; organized February 14,
1876, at Mall schoolhouse. Officers: P. T. Loofbourrow, W. C. T.; Mary
Jones, W. V. T.; Martin Jones, P. W.C.T.; John Gentry, W.S.: Dorothy
Gentry, W. A. S.; P. T. Loofbourrow, W. F.S. _

Exeter Lodge, No. 245, J. 0. G. T.; organized in March, 1880, The fol-
lowing were the first officers: Thadius Knox, W. C..T.; Mrs. S. M. fon
kins, W: V. T.; Miss Nora S. Tubbs, W. 8.; Eugene Tompkins, W. F. 8.

= BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

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JOHN H. MERTEN; farmer, P. O. Morganville, was born in Quincy, Ill., October 5,
1857. He was educated in'a normal school in Galena, Ill., graduating with the class of 1878.
The same year he went to Delaware County, Iowa, and taught one year. In April, 1879, he
came to Kansas, bought a farm of 210 acres, and since has taught during the winters, and
superintended his farm in summer. He has a splendid farm and is an excellent farmer.
He was married October 24, 1880, in Greene County, Mo., to Miss Hattie Klipsch. They have
one child—John Herman, barn June 4, 1882. . 2

WILLIAM SILVER, farmer and grain merchant, was born in Greene County, Ohio,
March 14, 1882. When he was three years of age his parénts moved to Allen County, Ind.,

where he spent his boyhood at’ work on a farm. ‘At the age of nineteen he began the trade~

of a blacksmith at-Three Rivers, Mich. He worked five years at his trade, and in the spring
of 1857, came to Kansas; worked during the summer at his trade in Manhattan in Riley
County, coming to Clay County in March, 1858. In April of the same year he pre-empted a
quarter section of land in Section 38, Township 6, Range 2 east. He continued on his claim

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until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company G of the Eleventh Kansas ey He
served two years and eight months, taking part in the battles of the regiment. After his
term of service expired, he returned to his farm. At the organization of the county, he was
appointed one of the commissioners, and was twice elected to the office, serving over four
years. He was the first postmaster at Wyoming Valley. Afterwards the name was changed
to Lima, and then to Morganville. He continued to reside on his farm until November,
1879, when he moved to the town, and has since resided in Morganville. Hestill has a good
farm of 400 acres, but is now engaged in the grain and live-stock trade. He was mairied
April 13, 1863, in Riley County, Kan., to Miss Lucinda C. Edelblute. They have four chil-
dren—Mary Ellen, Frederick C., Lonsdale Vaile and Edna.

WAKEFIELD,

_ Wakefield was laid out August 26, 1869, by the Kansas Land and Emigra-
tion Company, composed of Richard Wake, in honor of whom the place was
named, J. Wormald, A. Maitland, Col. Loomis, C. Wake, R. H. Drew and
J.D. Bennett. The first house was built by J.S. Dodson. A. Maitland was
the first postmaster, and B. Budden opened the first store. The town
has a good situation on the banks of the Republican, about fifteen miles
southeast of Clay Centre. The Junction City & Fort Kearney Railroad
passes through the town and has greatly increased the growth and busi-
ness of the town since its completion in 1873.

The Wakefield Methodist Episcopal Church was organized May 8, 1870,
by Rev. Richard Wake, in honor of whom the town was afterwards named.
The church has a commodious church building, dedicated January 18,
1880, and is in a flourishing condition.

The only Congregational Church in the county was organized as a
Union Church in the winter of 1868-9, at Madura schoolhouse, just below
Wakefield, by Rev. William Todd. 8

St. John’s Episcopal Church, three miles west of Wakefield, held its
first vestry meeting at Dr, Hewitt’s, October 14, 1872. A stone church
was built in 1873, and blown down in 1874, The present church and
parsonage were erected in 1875-6.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

SAMUEL E, RICHARDS, merchant, was born in Shropshire, England, April 14, 1851.
He came to America in 1870, and settled in Clay County, working as a farm hand for five years,
then clerked four years. In 1879 he began in business for himself at Wakefield He carries a
large stock of general merchandise, and is doing a good business and is a rising man. He
now carries an average stock of $5,000; but when he first saw Wakefield he had $1 in cash.
Pluck and industry has won for him, however, an honorable place among the merchants of

ee INDUSTRY

In the fall of 1879, A. L. Beard, an Eastern speculator laid out the
town of Industry. It is situated in Athelstone Township, in the extreme
southern portion of the county, sixteen miles from the raiiroad. Industry
contains a few business houses and a small hotel, but from its position it
can never attain to the dignity of more than a brisk trading hamlet. -

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—MIsScELLANEOUS.

REV. H. R. HARDER, farmer, P. O. Clay Centre, Goshen Township, was born in
Wayne County, N. Y_, November 7, 1817. In 1857 his parents removed to Livingston
County, Ill., where he lived until January 4, 1864. when he enlisted in Company A of the
Third Mlinois Volunteer Cavalry. The regiment served in Texas until May. 1865, when it
was sent against the Indians in Dakota. ‘After being mustered out in the fall of 1865, he
returned to Illinois, and soon after entered Union Christian College at Meron, Sullivan
County, Ind. Here hie was a student for three years, and while in the institution he was, on
June 21, 1868, married to Miss Mattie Dougherty, a fellow student, whose parents resided in
the ci In the spring of 1870 he came to Kansas, settling at Columbus. Cherokee Vounty,
where he engaged in farming, and also was proprietor of a hotel. Here he lived three years,
and then removed to Decatur County, Iowa. He engaged in business a8 a building contractor

_which he followed for five years, in connection with farming. In 1878 he sold out an
again came to Kansas, settling in Goshen Township,'-Clay County, where he has a fine.
farm, and also carries on his work as a builder and contractor. In 1876 he entered the
ministry of the Re-organized Church of Jesus Christ of the Later Day Saints. He has.
preached extensively in the States of Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, and is now pastor of a
church in Goshen Township. In 1882 he was elected a Justice of the Peace for Goshen.
Township, and is now in office. He is the father of five children—Hiram, born June 7, 1869;
Herbert, born December 12, 1871; David, born September 19, 1875; Mary E., born October
6, 1878; Asa A., born April 6, 1881. a :
W.V. HENSTED, farmer, P. O. Clay Centre, was born in Genesee County, N. Y., De-
cember 19, 1840. At the age of three years, his parents removed to Oakland County, Mich.,
where he was raised on afarm. He enlisted September 21, 1861, in Company I, of the Third <
Michigan Cavalry,-and served in the Army of the Mississippi, taking part in the battles of
Iuka, Corinth, Holly Springs, and many other engagements. He re-enlisted as a veteran
soldier, and served until December 14, 1864, when he was discharged to accept promotion,
having been recommended by the Casey Board for an office in the United States Colored
troops. He was wounded July 18, 1864, in an affair near Clarendon, on the White River, Ark.,
“receiving a gunshot wound in the right arm which greatly disabled him, and from which
he still suffers. He was commissioned by President Lincoln Captain of Company B, of the
Twenty-ninth United States Colored Infantry. He was in the Army of the Potomac, and
then transferred with his command to the Army or the James—a part of the Twenty-fifth
Corps. Itis a matter of history that the colored corps first,entered Richmond. After the
war he returned to Michigan and engaged in farming. In October, 1869, he came to Kansas, -
settling in Clay County, Bloom Township, on a farm, where he still resides, engaged in
farming. He has served as a Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee. He is a member
of the G. A. R. March 18, 1866, in Genesee County, Mich., he was married to Miss Mary R.
Campbell. They have five children—Lyman J., Mary A., Harriet E., Margaret and Albert.

DR. H. B. JONES, druggist, Industry, was born in' Witney, Oxfordshire, England,
June 21, 1836, and is a graduate of Christ Church College, Oxford, after which he studied
medicine and walked the London Hospitals; from thence he came to America in 1870, stop-.
ping in Junction City one year. In 1871 he moved to Wakefield, Kan., living there for some
time. From there he moved to Victoria, Ellis County, thence to Clay County, and in 1876
settled in Industry, where he is engaged in the drug trade.

J. LAMB., farmer, P.O. Clay Centre, Hayes Township, was born in New Lon-.
don, Conn., May 10, 1836. He was an operative in the cotton and. woolen mills of his father
until September 10, 1862, when he enlisted in the Sixteenth Connecticut Infantry. He was
wounded at the siege of Port Hudson. He was mustered out of service August 17, 1863, by
reason of the expiration of his term of service. After his discharge he returned to Con-
necticut, and was employed in the factories until he came to Kansas in 1869, settling on a
farm on Section 21, Township 7, Range 3, Clay County, where he has lived since, engaged
in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the G. A. R.andI.0.G.T. He was
married at Ledyard, Conn., September 3, 1857, to Miss Martha E. Main. They have had
three children—Charles W., Martha A (now Mrs. Ernest Bowers), and Otis Mrs. Lamb
died January 16, 1875, and he again married, in Clay County, Kan., September 2, 1875, to
Miss Mary E. Niles.

LEWIS LAFLIN, farmer, P.O Rose Vale, Grant Township, was born in Springfield,
Mass., June 20, 1835. When achild, his parents moved to St. Albans, Vt. At the age of
sixteen years he went to Clinton County, N. Y., and in 1850 went to Fond du Lac, Wis. In
 

 

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1857 he came to Kansas, and lived at Bellemont, Doniphan County, where he was an en-
_gineer on the St. Joseph ferry. June 6, 1862, he came into Clay County, and located on
a homestead on Township 8, Range 4. After it was patented to him, he sold out and
bought his present splendid farm on Section 4, Township 9, Range 4, where he is now liv-
ing, engaged in farming and stock-raising February 23, 18t4, he enlisted in Company L, of
the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and served until the fall of 1865. He was wounded in the
tight thigh by a gunshot. In 1876 he was elected Township Trustee, and re-elected the two
following terms. He is now serving his second term as Township Clerk. He is a member
of the G. A, R. He was married July 6, 1860, in Doniphan County, Kan., to Miss Esther
Aun Phelps. They have five children—Norman, born September 28,1862; Milton, January
z a a Lewis A., August 23, 1874; William A., December 23, 1876; Edward 8, March 3,
JACOB MALL, farmer, P. O. Rose Vale, Grant Township, was born in Baden, Ger-
many, April 10, 1836. In 1855, he came to America with a brother; stopped a short time in
St. Louis, and then went to work in Kendall County, ll. In March, 1856, he went to Ben-
ton County, Iowa, where he bought afarm In 1880 he sold out and moved to Kansas, set-
tling on Section 4, ouneae 9, Range 4, Clay County, wherefhe has since lived, engaged in
farming. He has a splendid farm well improved. March 17, 1864, he enlisted in Company
L, of the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and served until November, 1865, when he was mue-
Taustered out of service and returned to his farm. He has been Township Treasurer two
terms. He is a member of theG. A. R. He was married November 27, 1857, at Marengo,
Iowa, to Miss Louise Wehrmann. They have seven children—Emma (now Mrs, John M.
Younken), Louise, Ida May, Henry, Martha, Katie, and Walter Garfield.

JOHN C. MALL, tarmer, P. 0. Rose Vale, Grant Township, was born in Baden, Ger-
many, December 14, 1831. He was brought up ona farm. In 1850 he came to America, set-
tling in Benton County, Iowa, where he was en eee in ferme In 1868 he sold out in
Iowa and came to Kansas, locating in Township 8, Range 4, Clay County. He has a splendid
farm of 500 acres well improved, and raises grain and stock. Has good, substantial improve-
ments, and is one-of the solid ‘men of the county. He is also a large manufacturer of
sorghum Snap He was married in 1854, in Benton County, Iowa, to Miss Katherine
Zilley, They had three children—Frunk, Katie (now Mrs. Miles Jones), and William. Mrs.
Mall dying, he again married, in Benton County, Iowa, December 14, 1863, Miss Caroline
Rhenfuse. They have six children—Laura A., Alfred S.. George, Charles, John and Carrie.

SAMUEL MALL, farmer, P. O. Rose Vale, Grant Township, was born in Baden, Ger-
many, September 19, 1843. In 1855 he came to America with a brother. They stopped in
St. Louis a few months, and in the spring of 1856 went to Benton County, Iowa, where he
lived four years. Thence he went to Kendall ne, Ill., where he lived until August 10, 1861,
when he enlisted in Company I, of the Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteers as a private. At the
battle of Chickamauga he was severely wounded by a gunshot in the face, the bullet entering
just below the left eye and lodging behind the right ear. At the battle of Adairsville he
was again wounded, by a piece of shell which crushed his. right foot. ‘He was discharged
on account of.disability December 19, 1864. He returned to Iowa after the war, where he
lived until 1868, when he came to Kansas, settling in Clay County on a homestead on Sec-
tion 32, Township 8, Range 4. He belongs to the G. A. R. Has a splendid farm and is
well fixed. He was married September 22, 1865, at Belle Plain, Iowa, to Miss Henrietta
Wiese. They have four children—Emma, born September 14, 1866; Albert, November 28,
1867: Samuel, October 9, 1869; Viola, August 14, 1880. : ~. ,
_ WILLIAM K. McAULIS; farmer, P.O., Clay Centre, Hayes Township, was born in

~ Lawrence County, Pa.; May 1, 1857. He was educated at Geneva College, in Logan County,
Ohio, graduating in the class of 1878, ' He taught one year at Parnassus, Westmoreland Co.,
Pa., but his health failing, he determined jto come West. In the fall of 1879 he reached
Marshall County, Ill., where he rested a short time, reaching Clay Centre January 10, 1880.
He settled in the city and, in partnership with George H. Fullington, was engaged in the

“furniture trade until December, 1882, when he sold out the business and bought a farm in
Hayes Township, where he now resides, enzaged in farming. He was married October 12,
1881, at Clay Centre, Kan., to Miss Emma Twist.

L. McCHESNEY, farmer and County Treagurer, was born in Orange, N. J., August 30,
1842. Enlisted, August 1, 1861. in Battery B, First New Jersey Volunteer Artillery. Served
in the Second Army Corps. Was a Sergeant, and promoted Second Lieutenant in Septem-
ber, 1864. Was mustered out June 26, 1865. In 1865 went to Montana, and lived there until
1868,- when he went to Oregon and thence to Idaho. Was engaged in stock raising, In 1873
came to Kansas from- New Jersey, having returned to his old home the previous year.

Settled in Exeter Township, Clay County; now lives in Five Creeks Township. In1881 was.

elected County Treasurer of Clay County, entering on his duties in October, 1882. Was
married in Clay County, May 10, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Perry.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ;

HENRY NICOD, farmer, P.O. Clay Centre, Hayes Township, was born in Vevey, Swit-
zerland, June 24, 1848. He was educated in a college in his native city, spending three years
in the industrial and two years in the classical department; then for a year he studied the
German language in a private school at Etlingen, near Carlsruhe, Baden. He was then a
bookkeeper in a banking-house in Vevey for three years, and two years in a watch-factory in
St. Imier. He then returned to his native city, at the beginning of the French and German
war, and soon after went to Paris, France, where he was a bookkeeper in a boot and shoe
factory for six months, and then clerked in a commission house for a short time, bat was
compelled to return to Vevey to settle his father’s estate, he being deceased recently. He
returned to Paris, and July 25, 1878, was married in that city to Miss Mary Weiss. In 1874
he came to America, and directly to Clay County, where he bought a homestead near Clay
Centre. He has a splendid farm of one full section, which is well improved. Raises grain
and stock and Jersey red hogs. He has one child—Emma, born December 7, 1876.

JAMES SMITH, farmer, P, O. Peach Grove, Goshen Township, was born in Tariffville,
Conn., March 8, 1839. When a child, his parents moved to Essex County, Mass. He was
educated in the public schools in Danvers, and learned shoemaking. For five years precedin
the war he followed the sea. He enlisted April 30, 1861, in Company C, of the Seventeent
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He entered the service as a private; went. through.
the non-commissioned grades, and in 1864,was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company
G of his regiment, having previously re-enlisted. He was t promoted First Lientenant of the
same company in 1865, and was mustered out of service July 11, 1865, at Greensboro, N.C.
He returned to Lynn, Mazs., and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. In Sep-
tember, 1868, he closed business and came West to St. Louis, and was foreman of a
factory in St. Louis until 1870, when he came to Kansas, settling on a farm in Goshen Town-
ship, Clay County. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the
K. of P. and G. A. R. He was married December —, 1869, at St. Charles, Mo., to Miss
H. M. Tuffts. They have five children—Clarence E., Lewis A., Jennie T., Maggie W.
and Archie W. ‘

REV. 8. D. STONE, P. O. Clay Centre, Highland Township, was born in Chautauqua
County, N. Y., August 12, 1832, At the age of two ycars his parents removed to Ashtabula
County, Ohio, where he was raised on a farm. He received an academical education at the
Ottobein University, a school mainly under the patronage of the Church of the United
Brethren in Christ. He entered the Western Reserve Annual Conference of said church, .
in which he continued to labor as an itinerant minister for about twelve years. While pas-
tor of the United Brethren Church in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, he, in August, about the-
15th, 1862, enlisted in the United States Army, Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He served about one year. and was discharged on ac-

. count of disability contracted in linc of duty, and returned to hie charge in Cleveland. In

1864 removed to’ the State of Iowa, where he was engaged in the work of the ministry for
about twelve years, laboring in the various charges, villages and cities of said State. In 1876
removed to the State of Kansas and settled on the farm where he now resides. He is engaged
in farming, and is also the minister in charge of Milton Vale circuit of said denomination.
He was married July 3, 1854, at Westerville, Ohio, to Miss Maryette Fenton. They have no -
eee of their own, but have adopted two—the orphaned children of a relative—Charley
and Mabel.

SAMUEL THORNTON, farmer, P.O. Clay Centre, Hayes Township, was born in
Devonshire, England, March 7, 1828. He was raised a farmer. June 9, 1871, he sailed for
the United States, and reached Clay Centre, Kan., July 5 of the same year, and bought a
farm on Sections 26 and 27, Township 7, Range 3, where he has since resided, engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He was married May 17, 1848, in Devonshire, England, to Miss
Ann B. Lapthorn. They have had thirteen children, all of whom are still living—John,
Ann L., Mary E., William, Samuel, Caroline Helena, Selina E., Thomas, Jessie H., Richard,
Frances J., Herbert and Benjamin. The five last named live with their parents.

A. W. WOLCOTT, farmer, P. O. Fancy Creek, Goshen Township, was born in Ashta-
bula County, Ohio, July 20, 1838. He-was raised a farmer. In 1860 he went to Iowa, and.
lived in Harrison County. July 2, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, of the Fourth Iowa Vol-
unteer Infantry. He took part with his regiment in the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg,
and several other hard-fought battles, serving three years. He returned to Ohio after bein
mustered out of the service, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company C, 0
the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was: discharged at the
close of the war. After the war he lived in Harrison County until 1868, when he came to
Kansas, settling in Goshen Township, Clay County. Here he still lives, engaged in farming.
Hasa fine farm, and is well-pleased with the country. In 1881 he was elects Justice of the
Peace for Goshen Township, and is‘still in office. He was married March 6, 1869, in Craw-
ford County, Pa., to Miss Eliza M. Usher. They have two children—Hallie M. and Angie.
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“*\NDERSON COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

Ae County is situated in the second tier of counties west from

Missouri, fifty miles south from the Kansas River, and seventy miles
north from the Indian Territory. ~ It is in extent twenty-four miles square,
and is bounded on the north by Franklin County, on the east by Linn, on
the south by Allen, and on the west by Coffey.

The county is well watered by numerous streams, North Pottawatomie

- Creek enters the county from the west and flows east and northeast, cross-
ing the northern boundary about on Range line 21. Its principal southern
tributaries are Thomas and Cedar creeks. On the north are Kenoma, Iantha
and Sac creeks.

The South Pottawatomie Creek rises in the central part of the county,
and flows northeast, entering the North Pottawatomie at Greeley. Of the
other streams, Sugar Creek with its branches, in the eastern part of the
county, flows northeast. Little Osage 3

 

Soon after they located, they extended their settlement south and west
along the various streams. In 1838 they made some improvements on the
present town site of Greeley, building bark shanties, planting peach trees,
and cultivating small tracts of land. This was the first settlement of any
kind in what is now Anderson County.

In 1847-48, the Indians were removed from the county.
number of Baptist and Methodist missionaries among them..

_ The first white settlement in the county was commenced early in May,
1854, on the present town site of Greeley, by Valentine Gerth and Francis
Myer. They came from Missouri, were young men without families, and
as soon as they arrived, they planted a crop of corn on an old Indian field,
and raised a good crop the first year. A few days after the location of the
two young men, Henry Harmon, with his family, located just north of
where Greeley now is. Next came Oliver 1’. Rand, who settled in Sutton
Valley. During the summer and fall they were joined by a few more settlers,
among whom were Henderson Rice, J.

They had a

 

 

      
 

River with its numerous tributaries, in rea : | S. Waitman, W. D. West, Thomas Tot-
the southeast, flows southeast through F R_A I I N G 0 -.wamt/? ton, Anderson Cassel, and Dr. Rufus
Bourbon County. Deer and Indian [||© RXV | RAIx.. E . .—|]| Gilpatrick.

crecks flow south into Allen County. 9 & ; In the winter of 1854-55 a number
Some of these streams abound with fine ss « ra of Germans from St. Louis located south
fish. W

Of bottom land there is 10 per cent,
of upland, 90 per cent. The average
width of the bottoms is about two miles.
The general surface of the country is a
gently rolling ae though this is in
many places diversified by steep hills
and bluffs, which add to the picturesque
appearance of the scenery. The soil is
very rich, and well adapted to growing .
the cereals, flax, hemp, tobacco, castor
beans, broom corn andvegetables.

According to the Government sur-
vey, about 6 per cent of the county is
forest, but this has been largely in-
creased, as the timber which generally
borders the streams from year to year,
grows further out on the prairie. Besides
this, large groves of trees have been
planted on the farms. The principal
varieties of trees are: Black walnut,
burr oak, red oak, hickory, elm, hack-
berry, sycamore, hard and soft maple,

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of Greeley, and made some improve-
ments, but in the spring of 1855, the
left the Territory never to return, an
their claims were soon taken by other
new settlers.

When Gov. Reeder, on November
8, 1854; appointed the first election, the
territory, now Anderson County, was
made a part of the Fifth District, and
the election was ordered held at the
house of Henry Sherman, near what is
known as Dutch Henry’s crossing, on
the Pottawatomie, just across the line
in Franklin County. At the election,
‘I November 29, Henderson Rice, J. S.

| Waitman, W. D. West and Thomas

Totton voted from Anderson County.

When the first census was taken in
January, 1855, the names returned from
Anderson County were: Francis Myer,
Valentine Gerth and John C. Clark.
“~*~ At an election for members of the
First Territorial Legislature, A. M. Cof-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

basswood, cottonwood, cherry, locust fey, David Lykins, Allen Wilkerson and
and mulberry. e ee : A 7 -—j—--; H. W. Younger were elected. There
Coal is supposed to underlie all the %, | A L i, T N - 0 | ee were about fifty legal voters in the pre-
aad. of ea a = the ey eeguoet a af *School Houses a Rand,MoNally & Co.,Engr’s, Chicago. [© ae i ie eee
and in the northwestern parts, goo’ — <= ; ,
coal, free from sulphur, has been found POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS however, and cast 199 Pro-slavery votes.
in shallow veins, at a depth of from two Those voting from Anderson County
to four feet. This coai is used only for 1870. | 1880. oe a ee Gen and Hey
local domestic purposes. Prospecting . g . e
is now going on at Garnett. a) Indian Creek Township coe 373 same place as before.
Good ‘iting stone is abundant, : Jackson Township... 539 os At the election of a delegate to Con-
ofthe est quality of lime and sand” © Mong Towa ag | Sethe uly pembucweting tera. wader
, is obtained very easily, in k Township .-- :
tee pet ae from sight to vente: 3 Patnam Township ween ene cece en cee cee sere een eee eee eee eee 525 son County. Samuel Mack was one of
echt anches in Lhickness d smooth (¢) Reeder Township 1,294 the judges, but refused to vote, regard-
SEE eee an tr ide cteatam. hese (0, Bich Township... 732 ing ‘the election, as conducted, onl
on the surface of the stratum. There (g) Walker Township .... 13185 g ‘ion, , only a
is some shale, an excellent fire-proof Washington Township 427 625 farce. — ;
stone used for building furnaces for Total 5,220 | 9,057 Owing to the outrages committed
steam engines, A good quality of whet- Ieee Pages ag ee : ! upon Free-State settlers, a military
stone is plentiful. A mass of fire clay Garnett City--.----- -..----------------- ect 1,219 | 1,389 company was organized in the fall of

 

 

 

about seven inches thick, is found be- : ; ;
tween the layers of mountain limestone, which contains considerable quanti-
ties of sulphuret of iron. Pottery clay is found in the western part of the
county. Mineral paint has been discovered, but is of poor quality, contain-
ing too much iron.

EARLY HISTORY.

Previous to the settlement of the county by white men, it was occupied
by the Pottawatomie Indians, who were removed from Indiana to their
Kansas Reserve in 1837, by the United States Government. cay a
cipal village was just across the northern boundary of what is a ; . er-
son County, at the place known as Dutch Henry’s crossing, on the Pottawa-
tomie. That stream derives its name from the above named tribe of Indians,
and was so called abdut the time of their arrival.

*In 1876 a county historical committee, consisting
was published the next year by Kauffman @ller. Ag

(a) Detached from Ozark in 1873.
set off in 1870. (f) Detached from Oza

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in 1870. (g) Lincoln set off in 1870.

®) Detached from Walker in 1870. (c) From Ozark, Rich set off in 1870; Indian Creek in 1873.
T

1855, and was made up of Franklin
and Anderson County men. It was called the Pottawatomie Rifle Company.
John Brown, Jr., was elected Captain. Among the men from Anderson
County were: Jacob Benjamin, James Townsley, Allen Jaqua, Frank
Ayres, D. G. Watt, Samuel Mack, August Bondi, H. H. Williams, W.
Ayres, M. Kilbourne and Dr. Rufus Gilpatrick. This was one of the John
Brown Companies that made itself feared by the border ruffians.

Noted Settlers of 1855 and 1856, ete.—Among the*prominent settlers of
1855 were: Darius Frankenberger, M. M. Minkler, C. E. Dewey, H. H.
Williams, E. Reynolds, James Sutton, Benjamin Davis, J. H. Wolken, J.
H. Rockers, H. M. Rumley, Samuel Mack, John McDaniel, Zach Schutte,
Charles Backer, James Townsley, C. H. Price, Jesse Sutton and Henderson
Rice.

At the election of delegates to the Topeka Constitutional Convention,

of sixteen members, was formed, and Hon. W. A. Johnson appointed to write a history of the county. It is a creditable work and
reat part of this history is, re-written and revised from its pages, by permission from

r. Johnson.
(d) Detached from Reeder in 1870. (e) Putnam
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forty-nine votes were polled at Pottawatomie precinct, by Free-State voters.
At the election for its adoption or rejection, fourteen persons from Anderson
County voted.

At the election of State officers under the Topeka Constitution, on
January 15, 1856, cvighteen persons from Anderson County voted at Potta-
watomie precinct. Among others voting there were: John Brown, Jr.,
Fred Brown and Owen Brown, sons, and Henry Thompson, son-in-law of

Old John Brown. The poll book and tally-list of this election are signed .

by Frederick Brown, 8. B. Moore and William Partridge, as judges; and
. H. Williams and Ephraim Reynolds, as clerks,

Among the prominent settlers of 1856 were: W.C. McDow, A. Simons,
Samuel Anderson, Jacob Benjamin, August Bondi, James Y. Campbell,
John 8. Robinson, Solomon Kauffman, C. W. Peckham, William G. Hill,
R. D. Chase, Samuel McDaniel, G. W. Yandall, William Tull, A. G. West,
C. G. Ellis, R. Porter, John Kirkland, William Dennis, J. F, Wadsworth,
H. Cavender, Frederick Tochterman and W. G. Nichols.

First Fourth of July Celebration —Though suffering so many privations
and dangers during the summer of 1856, the settlers concluded to celebrate
the Nation’s Birthday, and therefore assembled, for the purpose, at the cabin
of W. L. Frankenberger, about two miles east of Garnett. Though the at-
tendance was small, it numbered most of the Free-State settlers of the
county, and a more enthusiastic celebration was never held. C. E. Dewey
read the Declaration of Independence; H. H. Williams, Capt. Samuel
Anderson and J. Y. Campbell delivered orations, and the ladies sang patri-
otic songs. This was the first Fourth of July Celebration in the county.

BORDER TROUBLES,

During the summer and fall of 1856, the county was overrun by bands
of lawless Pro-slavery men from Missouri and other Southern States. The
Free-State men were robbed of their property, their cabins burned, and they
were often ordered to leave the Territory at once, or suffer death.

Of the officers of the county, George Wilson, the Probate Judge and
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Francis Myer and John 8. Wait-
man, the other members, had been chosen to these offices on account of their
loyalty to the slave power. When the difficulties culminated in 1856, they
all took an active and leading part in behalf of the border ruffians, why were
committing outrages on the Free-State settlers. :

The Free-State men did not submit tamely to the wrongs, but fought
manfully for the defence of their principles, their families, and their homes.
Late in the spring, Francis Myer, John S. Waitman, David McCammon
and George Wilson, having been concerned in several of the Pro-slavery
atrocities, fled from the country, fearing retaliatory measures by the Free-
State men. Wilson returned again the next year, but the two Commissioners
and Sheriff never again appeared in the county.

About the same time Wilkinson, Sherman and the three Doyles were
killed on Pottawatomie Creek, just across the line in Franklin County.
They had been committing outrages on Free-State men in the vicinity, and
the latter being refused protection by the United States troops, felt that
they had to resort to lynch law to protect themselves. After this there was
a great deal of trouble all along Pottawatomie Creek, and the Free-State
people were in great danger. About twenty of the Anderson County men
were members of the John Brown Company.

Soon after the Pottawatomie tragedy, the Government ordered a com-
pany of United States soldiers to the neighborhood. They camped for
several weeks at a spring a short distance northeast of Greeley. They were
also stationed just across the Franklin County line for some time. The
company was commanded by Capt. De Sancer, a hot headed Pro-slavery
man, and had been recruited in South Carolina. The Captain made frequent
efforts to capture leading Free-State men, especially James Townsley.
Whenever he was to make his night raids on the citizens, they always
learned of the intended attack from onc or two of the soldiers, who were
really in sympathy with the Free-State cause. Therefore not a single arrest
was made while the company remained in the neighborhood. De Sancer
afterward figured in the first Rebel attacks on Forts Moultrie and Sumter,

In the spring of 1856, a company of Maj. Buford’s Georgians camped
in the timber on the Franklin County line, and remained some time, steal-
ing all the cattle and horses they could find belonging to the Free-State
men, and committing other depredations. One morning Wilber D. West
was riding along the road near Greeley, when he met a Georgian, who drew
a pistol and commanded him to dismount. IIe did so and the Georgian
took the horse, and proceeded a little further, when he met Hardy Warren
and I. P. Sutton with a two-horse team and wagon. The latter was thena
mere boy, but is now a member of the State Legislature from the county.
The Georgian said: ‘‘Are you a Free-State man?” Warren answered: ‘I
am a Free-State man.” The peerae then rode a short distance to con-
sult with John S. Waitman, when he again followed the wagon, demand-
ing that it and the horses should be given to him. Warren refused, but
the ruffian being reinforced, he was compelled to submit. One of the
horses being useless to him he let Sutton go with it, but kept the rest of
the property and detained Warren as a prisoner for some time. é

hen Warren was taken by the ruffians to their camp, Capt. Wood
then in command of a company of soldiers stationed near, was present, and
Warren appealed to him for protection, but he simply laughed and walked
quietly away. Thus it will be seen that the settlers had a hard time with
both the robbers and soldiers to contend with. Troops were kept in the
neighborhood all summer, and saw such outrages committed daily without
any attempt to interfere.

In order to protect themselves against the invasions of the border
ruffians, who were committing so many atrocities, the Free-State men, in
the summer of 1856, met at the house of W. L. Frankenberger, on the South
Pottawatomie, and organiaed a military company called the Pottawatomie

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

Guards, and elected Samuel Anderson Captain. The drill grounds were
at the farm of Frankenberger, and the company numbered about thirty
men, including all the able-bodied Free-State men living south of Greeley.
The company participated in many of the expeditions of 1856-7, and did
valuable service in protecting the settlers against the depredations of raid-
ing parties from the Slave States. During the summer and fall of 1856, the
invasions from Missouri were so eer that it was unsafe for the settlers
to remain at home over night with their families. For several months the
families of the settlers would collect at night at Frankenberger’s claim on
the Pottawatomie, the women and children shelter themselves in the cabin,
while the men kept guard outside. Such was the state of the country all
summer, that the men would work on their claims, during the day with
arms within their reach, and at night stand guard, or march to the defense
of some neighboring settlement. :

In the month of August, 1856, the struggle between the contending
parties was rapidly approaching a crisis. It was plain that the Pro-slavery

arty was fast gaining the advantage. Blockhouses were erected and forti-
fed, and well supplied with provisions. On the other hand it was a serious

uestion among the Free-State men how their wants should be supplied.
fiverything had to come from Kansas City, by way of Westport, and the
roads were guarded by the ruffians. At last, pressed by want, the Free-
State men, in council assembled, resolved to appropriate to their own use
enough of the Pro-slavery men’s cattle, to furnish them with food. There
were many large herds ranging on the prairie, and it was not long before
their owners advocated the opening of the roads, that provisions could be
brought in to the settlers.

When the town of Osawatomie was defended by John Brown from an
attack by Missourians, the Anderson County men, commanded by Dr. Rufus
Gilpatrick, assisted in the defense.

The most discouraging period for the Free-State men was when
Governor Woodson issued a proclamation, declaring the territory in a state
of insurrection and rebellion, and calling out the militia. Several left the
county for this reason. The southern division of the Pro-slavery militia
was commanded by Gen. Coffey. About this time a force of about 200
Missourians camped on Middle Creek, at Battle Mound. Here they waited
for reinforcements, preparatory to a general movement against the Free-
State settlements along the Pottawatomie, and many were the outrages
committed in the corners of the counties of Anderson, Linn, Miami and
Franklin.

On August 27th, the ruffians todk George Partridge from his bed, when
sick, and carried him away a prisoner. The same day they burned the
house of Kilbourne and Cochran, near Greeley. Dr. Rufus Gilpatrick was
visiting a patient on Middle Creek, and discovering the Pro-slavery camp,
at once gave warning to his neighbors. Capt. Stewart, of Lawrence, with
his company, Capt. Samuel Anderson, with the Pottawatomie Guards, and
Capt. Cline started to make an attack upon the enemy. They were accom-
panied by Capt. John Brown until near the camp, when he learned that a
party of ruffians were moving up the Pottawatomie, near Greeley. He,
therefore, started in pursuit of the marauders.

The attack on the camp of the enemy was made on the morning of
August 28, 1856. The Missourians were preparing breakfast and did not
discover the Free-State men until they were close upon them. A sudden
dash was made and the enemy fled in confusion, some leaving their horses.
Most of them did not stop until they got to Missouri where they reported
that they had been attacked by 10,000 jayhawkers, armed with Sharps’ rifles
and many cannon. The attacking party numbered about 100 men. John
Brown joined the main force just after the capture of the camp. A large:
quantity of commissaries and other property was captured, but destroyed
for want of transportation. George Partial e was rescued. Two Pro-
slavery men were wounded, one mortally. Fifteen prisoners were taken,
and kept over night, when they were admonished by John Brown as to their
fate if caught again, and released. :

The raiding party that started fot Greeley robbed Zack Schutte, and
started to hang Dr. Gilpatrick, but before reaching his place they heard of
the capture of the camp, and hastily fled for Missouri.

EARLY LAND TROUBLES,

The survey of public lands began in the fall of 1855, and closed “in the
Guns e 1856, and was under supervision of John Calhoun, the Surveyor-
veneral,

Among tho first settlers’of the county came a class who had kept in
advance of civilization, and made their living in speculating in claims on
Government lands. These men selected the finest timber and valley lands
along the streams, and after having formed an actual settlement, they
would select many other valuable tracts, drive stakes, and put up some
fictitious names, as owners of the land. When a man desirous to settle
would come to look for lands, he would generally be told by these specula-
tors, that these tracts marked by stakes had been selected by claimants, but
that they could be bought of some man in the neighborhood who was an
agent for the claimant. The stranger naturally supposing that the land had
been honestly selected, would in most instances buy the claim rather than
go farther West. The prices generally ranged all the way from one hundred
to two thousand dollars. The settlers would many times after the purchase
of these claims, erect cabins, and go East after their families, and on their
return would find some one else occupying the cabin, the claim having been
sold twice by the rascally speculator. These claims caused much trouble
in the United States Land Office, and many quarrels and contests amon
the different claimants of the land, each of whom had bought it in send
faith. Whenever the claims were contested, the costs became so great,
that whichever party got the land, had to borrow money to pay for it, pay-
ing an enormous rate of interest, and was obliged to give a mortgage on the
: ANDERSON COUNTY.

aad as security, which generally resulted in the money-lender getting the
and,

So serious had the troubles between the settlers become, that in Novem-
ber, 1858, 2 Free-State Squatters’ Court was organized in the counties of
Linn, Anderson and Bourbon, for the trial of land claims, and the settle-
ment of difficulties arising therefrom. In order to secure more ready obedi-
ence to its mandates, the Judge of this court was called ‘Old Brown,”

though Capt. John Brown was not in the territory at that time. Dr. Rufus.

Gilpatrick was elected Judge of this court. As no Bible could be found in
the neighborhood, witnesses were sworn on Dr. Gunn’s ‘Family Physician.”
The action and degrees of the court were generally satisfactory to the
settlers. Major Abbott and Rev. Stewart (the fighting preacher) went about
with the court to enforce its orders.

First Mail Routes.—On January 11, 1858, a mail route was established
from Leavenworth to Humboldt, wa Hyatt, in Anderson County. The
route was staked out in March, and service commenced on April 24. There
was also a road from Carlyle, and another from Fairview to Hyatt. Zack
Squires was the first carrier and expressman. The mail was first weekly,
but was soon changed to tri-weekly. -In the spring of 1859 the route was
changed to extend through Garnett. ;

Early County Roads.—In November, 1858, the County Board of Super-
visors received petitions for the opening of five Territorial roads. W.F. M.
Arny* was the projector of these and all centered in the town of Hyatt, and
are so shown by the old maps of the territory, with none at Garnett or
Shannon.

First Tax Levy.—On September 25, 1858, the first tax levy for county
purpeses was made. It was six mills on the dollar, according to the tax
rolls of 1858, for county purposes; two and one-half mills for schools; one
and one-half mills for roads. The total value of taxable property of the
county by townships was as follows: Monroe, $69,568.50; Walker, $36,888 ;
Reeder, $26,355; Jackson, $24,737, and Washington, $20,610... Total,
le ae There had been assessments before, but this is the first one
recorded,

ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.

The Territorial Legislature of 1855 defined the boundaries of the county
as they still exist, and named it in honor of Joseph C. Anderson, speaker

pro tem of the House, and member from the Fort Scott District, though a -

‘resident of Lexington, Mo. Provisions were also made for the organization
of the county and the election of officers. George Wilson was appointed
Probate Judge. He took the oath of office and was commissioned by act-
ing Governor Woodson, on September 1, 1855. He then went to the house
of Francis Myer, near where Greeley now is, and which he had designated
as the temporary county-seat, arriving there September 15. He had notified
William R. True and John C. Clark, who had been appointed Commissioners,
and A. V. Cummings. who had been appointed Sheriff, to meet him there
on that day and proceed to organize the county.’ Those gentlemen refused
to do so, though Wilson made several attempts to have them qualify. On
October 30 he made a personal appeal to Gov. Shannon for assistance, where-
upon Francis Myer and F. P. Brown were appointed County Commissioners,
and Henderson Rice, Sheriff. Myer qualified on January 2, 1856, but the
others refused to do so.

On January 7, 1856, Wilson and Myer met at the house of the latter and
formed themselves into a Probate and Commissioners’ Court. Therefore
the organization of the county dates from thaf time. :

On January 12, 1856, the second session of the Probate and Commis-
sioners’ Court was held at Myer’s house. Wilson as Judge, and Myer as
Commissioner, were the only officers. A petition was presented, asking the
appointment of David McCammon as Sheriff. This was done, and on Jan-
uary 18 McCammon qualified for the office. mo

On January 18, the next session of the Probate and Commissioners’
Court was held at the same place. J. S. Waitman was appointed Commis-
sioner, and qualified and entered upon the duties of his office the same day.
This made a full Board, with George Wilson as President. On the same day
C. H. Price was appointed County Treasurer, and entered upon the duties
of his office at once. He was also appointed Justice of the Peace for the
county, and qualified on the 15th of the following March. He was the first
to fill either of these offices for the county. :

On February 4, the next Commissioners’ meeting was held at the house
of Sheriff McCammon. Thomas Totton was appointed Clerk for the County
Board. :

On March 9, at another meeting, a petition from Richard Golding and
others, for the location of a road from Henry Sherman’s, in Franklin County,
to Cofachique, the county-seat of Allen, passing through the county-seat of
Anderson, was considered, and David McCammon, James Townsley and
Samuei Mack were appointed Commissioners to open the road, which was to
be seventy feet wide. This was the first road located in the county.

The first legal notice was issued February 11, by George Wilson, Probate
Judge, to Zack Schutte, commanding him to desist from trespass on school
lands, Section 36, Township 19, Range 20. The notice was served the same
day by the Sheriff. Another notice was served on John Waitman for the
same cause. . : : ans ae

On February 18, 1856, a petition was presented to the Commissioners,
signed by A. McConnell and fifteen others, requesting a permanent location
of the county-seat. After consideration, David McCammon, James Towns-

. ley and Thomas Totton were appointed to locate the county-seat of Ander-

 

*w. F. M. Arny was a member of the Legislature from Anderson County in 1861; made
a sion Penatation Tap ability; was appointed Indian Agent in New Mexico in the summer
of 1861, and removed from Anderson County. He was afterward appointed Secretary of the
above named Territory, and was its acting Governor for many years, during the absence of
the incumbent of that office,

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son County, with positive instructions that it should be located within three
miles of the geographical center of the county.

On February 28, the committee reported the selection of the east half
of Section 31, Township 20, Range 20 east. On March 1, the report was
accepted, and the county-seat declared located at the above named place,
which was named Shannon. All the county business was afterward trans-
acted there until April 5, 1859.

March 1, 1856, the Commissioners allowed the first accounts against the
county as follow: Francis Myer, $18; John Waitman, $15; George Wilson,
$102.95; D. McCammon, $18. This was for services as Commissioners and
Sheriff of the county up to February 18, 1856. On February 29, Thomas
Totton was commissioned County Clerk by the Governor. On March 6,
William Rogers was appointed Justice of the Peace, and John Rogers,
Constable. On April 19, Anderson Cassel was commissioned Coroner by the
Governor.

The first term of the District Court was held at the house of F. Myer,
on the southeast quarter of Section 19, Township 19, Range 21 east. Court
convened on the fourth Monday in April, 1856, with Sterling G. Cato, one

.of the United States District Judges on the bench. The Judge brought his

clerk and prosecuting attorney with him, Court was in session an entire
week, and devoted to securing indictments, but no arrests were made. The
first grand jury was composed of C. E. Dewey, J.S. Waitman, H. Britten,
J. Vanderman, C. H. Price, P. Tyler, William Rogers, J. Griffith, D.
Frankenberger, I. B. Tenbrook, S. Mack and A. Wilkerson. Waitman was
foreman.

First County Organization under State Law.—The first county
officers under the State government after Kansas was admitted,.in 1861,
were: William Spriggs, State Senator; S. J. Crawford and W. F. M. Arny,
Representatives; A. Simons, County and District Clerk; Matthew Porter,
Richard Robinson and T. G. Headley, Commissioners; J. Y. Campbell,
Probate Judge; Henderson Cavender, Treasurer; C. J. Farley, Register of
Deeds; G. A. Cook, Sheriff; B. F. Ridgeway, Surveyor; Rufus Gilpatrick,
Superintendent of Schools; and B. P. Brown, Assessor.

EARLY COUNTY ELECTIONS, ETC.

From May, 1856, to January, 1857, no county business of any impor-
tance was transacted, on account of the warfare constantly going on between
the Pro-slavery and Free-State parties.

In May, 1857, Thomas Hill was commissioned Sheriff of Anderson
County, by the Governor, to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Mc-
Cammon. Hill was a resident of Franklin County. :

On May 25, 1857, John McDaniel and Darius Frankenberger were
appointed County Commissioners, to fill the vacancy caused by the removal
of Waitman and Meyer from the county. Samuel Anderson was appointed
Justice of the Peace.

The election of delegates to the Lecompton Constitution was held June
15, 1857. James Y. Campbell and one other were chosen, each receiving
thirty-two votes. This was the first election held in the county. ©

On July 20, 1857, the Commissioners established three election pre-
eincts and appointed an election board for each. Alanson Simons was
appointed County Clerk, and Samuel Anderson Probate J ee

On September 10, 1857, a Free-State convention was held at the Sac
and Fox Agency, to nominate candidates to the Free-State Legislature,
from the nineteen disfranchised counties, of which Anderson was one.
Samuel J. Stewart, Christopher Columbia and John Curtis were nominated,
and were elected the following October.

On September 21 a voting precinct was established at Hyatt, and another
at Cresco. :

On October 7, 1857, the County Commissioners divided the county
into municipal townships, which were named Walker, Monroe, Jackson,
Reeder, Harrison, Washington, Geary, Madison, Clay and Franklin. The
four last named were never organized, and afterward became parts of other
townships.

On November 16, M. T. Williams was appointed County Clerk, and
on the 25th of the same month B. F. Ridgeway was appointed County
Surveyor. :

On August 15, 1857, a mass meeting of the citizens of the county was held
in the timber near the residence of A. Simons. William Puett was Chair-
man, and J. G. Reese, Secretary. Speeches were made, and a committee of
nine were appointed to select candidates for the county offices, and repre-
sentatives to the Territorial Legislature. W. F. M. Arny with his friends
then withdrew, as they opposed doing anything that would recognize the
‘bogus laws.” Arny and his friends held a meeting just across the ravine,
and after deliberating decided that they would take no part in an election
under the old law. Of this meeting Isaac Hall was Chairman.

On September 15 a Free-State convention was held at Hyatt, for the
nomination of county officers. Isaac Hall was President. A full county
ticket was nominated.

_ The first election of county officers took place on October 5, 1857.
Returns were only given from four precincts, Cr-sco, Adington, Hyatt and
Shannon. The result of this election gave a large majority for the nom-
inees of the Free-State convention, but when the vote was canvassed, which
was not until November 26, George Wilson, who was still Probate Judge,
ordered all the returns except those from Shannon to be thrown out. This
gave the election to the nominees of the Simons Grove convention, over
which Puett had presided. Wilson then wrote a letter giving an explana-
tion of his rejection of the precincts of Hyatt, Adington, Cresco and
Greeley. He stated that in Geley (or Blunt) precinct the returns were
not properly signed by the judges and clerks of election; that in Hyatt and
Adington precincts every kind of fraud was practiced; and that in Robinson
precinct he believed many illegal votes had heen cast, He stated that he
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sustained the vote of Shannon precinct as it was the only legal one in the
county, and that the division of ike others had not been properly authenti-
cated until two days after the election, the Board of Commissioners having
laid them off without sending any returns to the Secretary of State.

The decision of Wilson gave the election to Samuel Anderson as Pro-
bate sua G. A. Ccok, Sheriff; A. Simons, Clerk; Isaac Hiner, Treasurer;
Darius Frankenberger and John McDaniel, Commissioners, and B. F.
Ridgeway, Surveyor. Acting Governor Stanton issued commissions to all
the above, on November 28, 1857, and all qualified, except that Franken-
berger, Simons and Cook refused to take the oath to support the ‘‘ fugitive
slave law,” which part was omitted when they were sworn.

The Territorial Legislature of 1857 provided for a Recorder in each land
district. Anderson County was in ‘he Pawnee or Lecompton district.
Geo. A. Reynolds was appointed to the office. Most of the instruments
affecting real estate in the county were recorded at Lecompton for
about three years after. The records were afterward moved to Lawrence,
and destroyed by the rebel Quantrell when he made his raid on that town
in 1863. The titles of many tracts of Anderson County land were recorded
there, and this has necessarily caused trouble to procure a clear title.

On November 30, 1857, the County Commissioners entered into a
contract with Dr. Preston Bowen to build a court house and jail at Shan-
non, and an appropriation of $1,000 was made.

The above act, as well as the action of the Probate Court in the canvass
of the returns of the October election, aroused the indignation of the peo-
ple, and the commissioners ordered an election that they might give
expression to their sentiments. *

This election was held on January 26, 1858, and the returns, can-
vassed on the 29th, showed a large majority for the resignation of the
county officers and against the erection of public buildings. Therefore the
two Commissioners elected in October, the Probate Judge, Sheriff and Clerk
at once tendered their resignation, to take effect the third Monday of the
next March. F

On March 9, W. F. M. Arny, William Spriggs and W. L. Webster were
elected delegates to the Leavenworth constitutional convention.

On February 12, 1858, the Legislature passed a law changing the
Board of County Commissioners to a Board of paper tisors, consisting of the
Chairman of each Township Board. The election was held on the fourth
Monday in March, and resulted in the choice of James Y. Campbell for
Probate Judge; G. A. Cook, Sheriff; M. Puett, Register of Deeds; B. F.
Ridgeway, Surveyor; Jno. B. Still, County Attorney; and B. kh. Ading-
ton, Clerk. 2

The first Board of Supervisors, and elected on the above date, were James
E. White, Rezin Porter, Jno. McDaniel, A. McArthur, and Solomon Kaufi-
man. Their first meeting was on June 2, and the first named was elected
Chairman.

On June 14, 1858, the Supervisors entered into a contract with Dr.
Preston Bowen to build a jail and court house, at his own expense, to be
completed within one year. Shannon, the county-seat, was owned exclu-
sively by Dr. Bowen. ‘The jail was completed and work commenced on the
court house when, in the spring of 1859, the county-seat was located at
Garnett, by an Act of the Legislature, upon which work was stopped on the
buildings at Shannon. The county at one time used the jail, but it was
afterward taken back by Bowen.

On August 2 an election was held on the adoption or rejection of the
Lecompton constitution, and the result in Anderson County was 306 for and
4 against.

On October 4, 1858, L. D. Bailey, T. R. Roberts and William Spriggs
were elected to the Territorial Legislature, from the nineteen disfranchised
counties.

The first meeting of the County Supervisors was held at Garnett, on
April 5, 1859. :

At an election in March, 1859, on the proposition for a State Constitu-
tional convention, there were in Anderson County, out of one hundred and
eighty-five votes, only seven against it.

An election was held on the first Tuesday in June, for a delegate to
the convention from Anderson County, to frame a State Constitution. Dr.
James G. Blunt and W. F. M. Arny were candidates. The former was
elected, and in the convention at, Wyandotte, which’assembled in July, dis-
tinguished himself for ability.

EARLY TOWN SITES,

In the early history of the county a number of Lown sites were laid outs
but which, with two exceptions, failed to become places of cither perma-
nence or imyortance.

Kansas City was the name of the first town site in the county. Its
location was on Iantha Creek, on the west half of Section 27, and the east
half of Section 28, Township 19, Range 18 east. It was selected by Dr. G. W.
Cooper, who came from Louisville, icanineky, to found a town somewhere
in the Territory. He arrived at Kansas City, Missouri, May 1, 1856, and
getting a letter—a sort of passport—from Gen. McClain, as a safeguard
among the Pro-slavery men, he started on an exploring trip, and in the lat-
ter part of the same month he selected and laid out the above named town
site, on Iantha Creek. The name of the town was soon changed to Iantha.
It was afterward pre-empted by John Murphy, John lL. Clemens, Stephen
B. Shotwell and Alex. Casseday. The first named built acabin and made
some improvements, but the remainder was pre-empted by one cabin, which
was moved from one claim to another. This is all there ever was of the
town.

Garnett and Greeley.—These towns were both surveyed in 1856, and
have since become places of importance, their full history being given in
the following pages.

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

Hyatt.—A colony for the purpose of settlitg in Anderson County was
formed in Lawrence by Thaddeus Hyatt and W. F. M. Arny, in December,
1856. The colony numbered about eighty men, who had just been dis-
charged from a Territorial militia company. On December 18 they
selected the north half of the southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter
of Section 10, Township 21, Range 19 east. There were then but three families
in the western part of the county. Claims were selected by the colonists on
Cedar and South Pottawatomie creeks. They lived in tents all winter,
after which they moved to their claims. While in camp they prepared tim-
bers and built a Kotel, store and blacksmith shop on the town site of Hyatt.

The Town Company was formed in February, 1857, with W. F. M.
Arny, President, and C. J. Farley, Secretary. A plat of the town site was
filed in the district land office at Lecompton, and in the office of the Pro-
bate Judge of the county. It was the project of its founders to make this
town the county-seat. In the spring of 1857 a saw-mill was built, and the
next fall a grist-mill was attached. During the summer a store was opened
by B. F. Allen. In June a post-office was established, with W. F. M.
Arny, postmaster. In 1858 a school was established with Miss Josephine
Ramsey, teacher. During the summer of 1857 there was much sickness
and many deaths. The town soon began to go down, and in 1859 many of
its citizens went to Pike’s Peak, and the county-seat being permanently
located at Garnett, the town was soon after abandoned. Nothing now
remains of what was once the principal town of the county.

Mineral Point.—Though not a town site this place was the center of a
settlement which had been formed in 1855 and 1856. The first Fourth of
July celebration for the western part of the county was held here in 1857,
and the place given the above name on account of a mound supposed to
contain minerals. A military company was formed the same day, and had
thirty-one members. J. Aliff was Captain: L. L. Hayden, First Lieutenant:
and J. H. Hadley, Second Lieutenant. Mineral Point has always been the
center of a prosperous settlement, and it is still a post-office.

Cresco.—On May 16, 1857, the Cresco Town Company was formed
with John S. Robinson, President; William C. Howard, Treasurer, and Solo-
mon Kauffman, Secretary. The company was incorporated by an act of the
Legislature, February 11, 1858, The town site included the southwest,

uarter of Section 21, and the northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 20,

ange 18 east. A plat of the town site was filed in the district land office.
Several buildings were erected during the summer. A blacksmith sho
was opened by William C. Howard, and a wagon shop by Jas. C. Kelso.
post-office was established, and W. C. Howard appointed postmaster. This
was the third post-office in the county. There being no regular mail route
to Cresco, the office was supplied by private conveyance from Hyatt. This
town was also a voting place. Late in 1857 the Town Company erected a
steam saw-mill on a branch of the Pottawatomie. In 1859 most of the citi-
zens went to Pike’s Peak, and soon the town was abandoned. The voting
place was removed to Central City, where it still remains.

Central City.—This town site was situated on the Pottawatomie River,
on Section 35, Township 20, Range 18 east. The location was made in 1857.
In June of that year, Stephen Marsh, Mrs. Hoskins, C. C. Hoskins, Simpson
Lake and others, settled in the neighborhood. The next winter John B.
Lambdin & Sons put up a saw mill near the town site. The first store was
opened in the summer of 1858, by W. S. Eastwood, and H. N. F. Reed.
The same pe Stephen Marsh and his son Oliver erected a large two-story
frame building, and established a store, with a large stock of everything
needed in a country trade. For several years this was the best store in the
county. Though it never became a town, Central City has always been the
center of a prosperous settlement, and still has a store, post-office, blacksmith
shop, and a few other buildings.

Pottawatomie, or Mount Gilead.—Soon after the town of Greeley was
laid out, a rival town was surveyed on the opposite side of the Pottawatomie
River. About September 1, 1857, a Town Com any was organized, and was
composed of Rufus Gilpatrick, James G. Blunt, Henry Nugent, Willis Ayres,
J. F. Wadsworth,and others. On September 11, Rufus Gilpatrick,as President
of the Pottawatomie Town Company, presented a plat of a town of that
name to John Shannon, a notary public, which was certified to. The name
of the town was afterward changed to Mount Gilead. A saw-mill was built,
und soon nearly all that existed of Greeley, including the post-office, was
moved to the new town, which grew quite rapidly for some time, but there
being difficulty in poemine water the site was afterward abandoned, and
is now a ae of the farm of Rufus G. Blunt, and all that now remains
of Mount Gilead is one old building now used as a granary.

Shannon.—The county-seat was in 1856, located on Section 31, Township
20, Range 20. The place was named in honor of Governor Wilson Shannon.
In 1857, the town was surveyed by Dr. Preston Bowen, with public parks,
and with expectation of its remaining the county-seat. For the next two
years some Improvements were made, and county buildings commenced;
but in 1859, the county-seat was removed to Garnett, and the Shannon town
site was soon abandoned. It is now a part of Dr. Bowen’s farm.

: Canton.—In 1857, a town was located and surveyed on Section 23,
Township 20, Range 20. Tt was laid out by B. Tyler, as a rival to Garnett.
For about two years it was occupied and some improvements made, but
when Garnett secured the county-seat, Canton was soon abandoned.

_ Mandovi.—This was a town site laid out in 1858, by Dr. G. W. Cooper.
It joined the Garnett site on the south, and though no town improvements
were ever made, a fine lithographed map was made, and circulated in the
Kast, in consequence of which many lots were sold,

EHlba.—On J anuary 23, 1858, a Town Company was organized, and com-
fone of Harvey Springer,B. F. Ridgeway, A. Be Potest, and Wm. Springer,

1s company surveyed and platted a town on the west half of Section 8,

Township 21, Range 21 east, which they called Elba.: The site was abandoned
before any buildings were erected,
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Elizabethtown.—In 1859, this town was located, surveyed, and platted on
Section 15, Township 23, Range 19, The town was founded by Joseph Price,
Thos. J,, Day, and James A. Dorsey, who formed the Town Company. A
store was soon opened by W. Stubblefield & Co. The post-office was estab-
lished in 1859. Though it never became a village, Hlizabethtown is sur-
rounded by a thrifty class of people, and is still a post-office.

FLOODS, DROUGHT, GRASSHOPPERS, ETC.

The year 1859 was a prosperous one. There was a heavy immigration to
the county, much gregter than before, the population numbering about.
three thousand. During the spring there were heavy rains, so that travel
was, at times,‘ almost stopped. On June Ist, the rainfall had been so great
that the Pottawatomie overflowed its banks, and the settlers along the
valley were compelled to remove to the hills for safety. In some places the
overflow was so sudden that the settlers had to climb to the roofs of their
cabins, and remain until the waters subsided. After this extremely wet
apne the dry season commenced.

rought of 1860.—About the last-of July, 1859, the rainy season closed,
and was followed by a dry fall. During the winter there was but little rain
or snow. The spring of 1860 was dry, and then came the long, dry and hot
summer, with no rain until October. In July, hot, dry winds blew from the
southwest, and so scorching were they, that all vegetation was dried to a
crisp. The earth became so dry that it cracked open, leaving crevices many
rods in length, and so large that the feet of horses and cattle would go down
for several inches. By the first of June, the crops then being all destroyed,
a panic seized the people, and more than half the population of the county
left the Territory, the most of them never to return. Nearly all who had
enough left to get away did so.

n 1860, the census was taken by L. A. Jones, and showed a population
of 466 families, with an aggregate population of 2,398. He reported great
suffering on account of the drought, and that one family with ten children,
subsisted for two weeks on wild plums and the milk from one cow, with
nothing else to eat. This was only one of the hundreds of cases where the
families of the settlers suffered from want of food. During all the next
winter there was great suffering from hunger and cold, but the poor settlers
who remained bore all with patience, and made preparations to plant another
crop in the spring.

Grasshoppers.-—The first visitation of the grasshoppers in the county,
was in the fall of 1854. They deposited their eggs, and the next spring
hatched out in immense numbers. In July, 1855, they came down in the
northeastern part of the county, stayed two or three days, and destroyed
all the growing crops,

~ In September, 1860, the grasshoppers came again, but as the drought
had destroyed all the crops, no damage was done, but the next spring they
hatched out in great numbers, and the damage done by them was consider-
able. They left the county about the middle of June.

Again on September 10, 1866, the pests visited the county, and it was
not long till all vegetation, that was yet green, was destroyed. They also de-
posited their eggs by countless millions, but the winter was wet and cold,
alternately freezing and thawing, which damaged the eggs so much that but
few of them hatched out the next spring. After doing alittle damage, the
young grasshoppers left the country about the middle of June,

The last great raid of the grasshoppers was in 1874. On August 22,
they began to descend in perfect clouds. That year many of the crops ma-
tured early, therefore fully half a crop of corn and other late crops were
saved, while it was after the small grain crop had been harvested. The
crops were cut short, the price of provisions was high and work was scarce.
Though there was perhaps no actual suffering, times were hard, and a great
many privations were endured by the poorer classes who had lost a portion
of their crops. : ots :

The grasshoppers had deposited ‘their eggs, which in the spring began
to hatch in great numbers. It was not long until about two-thirds of
the cultivated lands of the county were covered with the young pests, and
almost everything was destroyed in the fields they visited. In some places
they piled up in drifts of several inches in thickness, where they remained for
some time. By the 10th of June they began to leave, and by the 16th nearly
all were gone, and by re-planting, good crops were raised that year.

WAR RECORD.

As soon as the news of the firing on Fort Sumter and the breaking out of the war of
the Rebellion reached the settlers of Anderson County, all were greatly excited. The early
political struggles and drought of 1860 had reduced the population, and those who remained
were very poor. For the settlers to enter the army was to leave their families im distressing
circumstances. But when the call for volunteers came they responded nobly. An entire
company volunteered in one day, and three days after was on the march to the front.
Anderson County was re resented in almost every regiment of the Kansas troops, about
three-fourths of the able-bodied men entering the Union army. In 1861 the population of
the county was but little more than one thousand; but during the war, four hundred and
twenty volunteers entered the service to aid in putting down the Rebellion, Of this number
fifty-six died or were killed in battle. |

Many of the soldiers’ families were in the spring of 1861 reduced a:most to a state of
pauperism, but nobly did the brave and patriotic wives give up their husbands to the service
of the country. In their absence the women planted and cultivated the ee raised and
harvested their crops, and struggled in all ways to eopport themselves and children till the
return of their brave husbands after four years’ hard service on the field of battle. How
brave and noble were all of these sacrificing women; but how much more so were those of
their number whose husbands returned helpless cripples; and especially: those who still
toiled on, patiently, for the support of themselves and their fatherless children, with hearts
nearly breaking from os for their loved protectors who rested in unmarked graves on the
bloody battle fields of the South. Sone)

x uoniher of the officers of Kansas troops from Anderson County distinguished them-
selves for meritorious service. : :

James G. Blunt, Lieutenant Colonel, Third Regiment Kansas Volunteers, was soon
promoted to Brigadier-General. and afterwards to Major-General.. aera

In Company &, (three months’ service) Second Kansas Infantry, Samuel J. Crawfor 1
was Captain; yi ohn G, Lindsay First Lieutenant; Samuel K. Cross Second Lieutenant;
Henry Nugent,’ Ensign; John Johnson, Orderly Sergeant; David Wright, R. H. P. Sue ae
Zack Norris, and Hugh Quinn, Sergeants; James F. Walker, James L. Kercheval, James
L. Wilson, Corporals.

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Of Company A, Second Kansas Cavalry, (three years’ service) Samuel J. Crawford was the
first Captain, but was promoted to Colonel; John Johnson, the next Captain, was
afterwards promoted to Major. Samuel K. Cross was First Lieutenant. Hugh Quinn, a
Sergeant was afterward promoted to the rank of Captain in the Second Arkansas Cavalry.

Of Company K, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, Jeremiah C. Johnson was First Lieutenant, and
Alexander Rush, Second Lieutenant. :

Of Company G, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, D. W. Houston was First Lieutenant; was
soon promoted to Captain and afverward to Lieutenant-Colonel. Zack Norris was first
Lieutenant.

Of the Eighth Kansas Infantry, John Buterbaugh was Assistant Surgeon.

Of the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, Charles T. Cooper was Regimental Commissary. Of
Company C, Benjamin F. Ayres was promoted to First Lieutenant. Of Company H. H. N.
F. Reed was Second Lieutenant, and afterward Captain. David Hester was Orderly Sergeant
and afterward First Lieutenant of Company C.

Of Company C, Tenth Kansas Intantry, Charles Brown, Sergeant, was promoted to
First Lieutenant, and John E. Blunt, First Lieutenant afterward.

Of Company F, Eleventh Kansas, J. G. Reese and John G. Lindsay, Captains; George.
W. Simons, First Lieutenant; Marvin H. Payne, Second Lieutenant,

Of the Twelfth Kansas Infantry, Thomas Lindsay was Assistant Surgeon. Of Company
G, Alexander McArthur was First Lieutenant.

Of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, Company M, W. A. Johnson was Captain.

Of Company H, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, H. W. Stubblefield was Captain

Of the Second Kansas Colored Regiment, G. W. Walgamott was Surgeon, J. R. Mont-
gomery, Adjutant; George W. Sands, Captain, Company EH. — :

Of the Eleventh United States Colored Regiment, E. P, Gilpatrick and Alanson Simons,
First Lieutenants.

STATISTICS OF PROGRESS, ETC.

Until 1859, the great year of immigration, the progress of the county was compara-
tively slow. In 1860, on account of the drouth, hundreds left the country. Then the war
broke out and during its continuance, the county improved slowly. But commencing in
1865, immigration and improvement went steadily on until the building of the Leavenworth,
Lawrence & Galveston Railroad in 1870. ‘The progress of the county was then
very rapid until the grasshopper raid in 1874, after which there was a dull season for a few
years, when immigration again hegan, and has since continued. The county is now enjoy-
ing greater prosperity than ever before in its history. | . :

In 1860, the population was 2.398; in 1870, 5,220; in 1875, 5,809; in 1878, 6,000; in 1880,
9,059, The population of the county by townships for the year 1882, is as follows:

   

 

TENET yeux a aunasinw smadiomntn {Gaede Semi aaRRR TS RRee om RRS 1,465
Putman -- 501
Jackson . 628
Monroe -. 804
Walker . .-. 852
Washington .. 504 ‘
Lincoln - 649
Welda . 519
Rich -. 1,822
Ozark ._.- 879
Indian Creek 562
Garnett City. 1,509
Greeley: City -cs22200 sceecececceusses seccaees seesecoecees esses 366
ee (sess ei eestee Sees tees 15,560

Besides the two railroads aow extending across the county, bonds have been voted
to the Kansas & Nebraska Central Railroad Company and that road will doubtless soon be
built across the county from the northwest to Garnett, thence south to Iola, .

Following is a crop report of Anderson County for the year 1882. Of winter wheat
there were 8,805 acres yielding 89,585 bushels; spring wheat, 45 acres prodncing 450 bushels;
corn, 48,505, yielding 2,037,210 bushels; rye, 136 acres, 2,312 bushels; oats, 7,181 acres,
287,240 bushels; barley, 42 acres, 1,176 bushels; potatoes, 571 acres, 45,680 bushels; sweet
potatoes, 11 acres; 825 bushels; sorghum, 349 acres, 31,410 gallons; castor beans, 92 acres,
828 bushels; flax, 2,918 acres, 35,016 bushels; broom corn, 115 acres, 57,500 pounds; millet
and hungarian, 6,790 acres, 20,370 tons; timothy and clover hay, 703 acres, 1,406 tons;
prairie hay, 36,597 acres, 54,896 tons The number of pounds of wool preducee was 36,322; of
cheese, 3,680; of butter, 275,670. The total value of all horticultural and garden products,
of poultry, eggs, and milk sold was fully $20,000. The number of horses and mules in the
county is 5,888; cattle, 21,358; sheep, 9,089; swine, 13,104. All kinds of live-stock are in
good condition. The herd law is not in operation. There are but few farmers engaged in |
sheep raising, but those that are, find it profitable. The raising of swine is very successful.
The favorite breeds are Berkshire and Poland-Chinas. ;

Education —The education of the young was one of the very first things looked to by
the early settlers of the county. As soon as means of sustenance had been provided, the
next thing was to employ a teacher and establish a school. As soon as possible, school
districts were formed and schoolhouses built. The first Superintendent of Schools for the
county was John R. Slentz, who was appointed about the close of the"year1858, by Acting
Governor HughS. Walsh. Several school districts had already been formed ready for organi-
zation, which they at once proceeded to do under the authority of the Superintendent. By
the end of the first year school districts had been formed and schools established in all the
settled parts of the county. The first school district in the county was near Scipio, in Put-
nam Township, in December, 1858. The School Board was A. Garrett, James Farrah, and
M. Puett. This district erected the first schoolhouse in the county. As soon as a neighbor-
hood was settled, a school district was organized, a house built and a good school established.
The facilities for education have increased as the settlement and improvement of the
country has advanced. There are now in the county seventy-six school districts, each having
Those in the towns and villages are described in the proper place.
Those of the rural districts are substantial frame or stone buildings. The grounds of a great
number of the districts are surrounded by good fences, and planted to shade trees. In the
schools of the county eighty-five teachers are employed and the salary paid averages $36.65
per month for males, and $26.42 for females. The normal institutes held each year are well
attended. During the last school year 113 teachers’ certificates have been issued. The
average length of the school terms is thirty weeks. There are in the county 3,908 children
of school age, of which number 3,140 are enrolled as pupils. The schools of the county
are all prosperous, and the educational advantages may be said to be of a superior order.

Mount Carmel College.—This is a college founded by the Ronian Catholic Church and
situated near the railroad station of Scipio, some six miles north of Garnett. In 1857 there

-was a large settlement of Catholics in this part of the county. In 1858 the Saint Boniface

Church was erected by them, this being the first church-building in the county. In 1871
the college was established, and since that time a good school has been maintained. .

Public Buildings —The county owns a Square in the city of Garnett, but only the jail
is on that property. It is a stone building two. stories high and is both a jail and jailer’s
residence. It was erected in 1864, at a cost of $3,000. The court house is located on Oak
Street, west of the Public Square, and is a two-story brick and stone building, constructed
on the plan of a business house. It was erected in 1868, and the county offices and records
have been kept there since the spring of 1869. ;

County Officers —Since its organization the county has generally had good and faithful
officers. It is now in a sound financial condition, with able and efficient officers. Their
names will be found in the biographical sketches. : ;

Anderson County Fair Association.—This society was organized on November 15, 1873,
as a joint stock company, and anepepereie with a paid up capital of $5,000. The charter
members were Thomas Gowdy, J. E. White, John Moler, W. W. Kirkpatrick, J. 8. Kirk-

atrick and H.C. Reppert. The first Board of Directors was as follows: J. Q. Bowdell,
F M. Jones, Jno. Moler, G. W. Flint, R. T. Stokes, J. E. White, A. E. Rogers, C. S. Elder,
R. H. Cunningham, W. A. Johnson, D. D. Judy, J.S. Kirkpatrick, and M. E, Osburn. The
association owns thirty acres of land, one mile southwest of Garnett, which has been im-

roved, and on which are erected permanent buildings for the fair exhibits. The first fair
Rela in the county was in 1863. The present officers are: A. C. Messenger, President; P. P.
Hiner, Vice-President; J. N. Caldwell, Secretary; O.W.Wyatt, Treasurer. Board of Directors:
D. D. Judy, Robert Mundell, A. C. Messenger, J. W. Lawellin, B. S. Douthett, John Moler,
jr., William Shields, P. P. Hiner, A. T. Cook, O. W. Wyatt, J.N. Caldwell and E. H. Davis.
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Fish Culture —Many of the streams of the county abound with a supply of good fish.
Besides this, in several localities attempts are being made to raise fish in artificial ponds.
All of these ponds have been lately stocked, and it is yet too early for marketable fish to be
produced: but it now looks as if this would prove a profitable industry. The largest of these
ponds is on the land of E. S. Hunt, which adjoins the Garnett town site on the south. The
pond covers sixteen and one-half acres, is fed by springs and is twenty-two feet in depth.

n the spring of 1881, Mr. Hunt planted 25,000 salmon trout, and the following October fifty
carp. These are apparently thriving, and when the waters are still, thousands of them can
be seen in the shallow places. In July, 1882, fish were caught that weighed three-fourths of
a’pound each. Around this pond a park of eighty acres is being prepared.

Railroads.—The Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad extends through
the county from north to south. It was built in 1870, and then called the Leavenworth,

- Lawrence & Sonthwestern Railroad. The stations are pale Garnett, Welda and Colony.
The Arizona division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad extends through the county from east

to west: It was constructed in 1879. The stations are Greeley, Garnett, Mont Ida and
Westphalia.

Post-ofices.—The post-offices in the county are Garnett, Greeley, Colony, Welda, Mont
Ida, Westphalia, Haskell, Sugar Valley, Scipio, Central City, Mineral Point, Rich, Ozark,
Lone Elm, Elizabethtown and Como. Only the first named six of the above named places
are villages, the others being mereiy country post-ofliccs.

GARNETT.

Garnett is the county seat and metropolis of Anderson County. Its
location is a particularly pleasant and desirable one, on the gently sloping
rairie, but a few miles from the geographical center of the county.
ocated as it is at the junction of the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern
Kansas and the Arizona Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroads, each of
which has a passenger and freight depot, shipping advantages are afforded,
which make this one of the most prosperous towns of Southeastern Kansas.
The population of the city of Garnett is about 1,600, but just outside
of the corporation, and laid off in town lots occupied by residences, are
additions on both the north and west, which swell the number of inhabit-
ants properly belonging to the city, to fully 2,000. The citizens are of an
ero moral and enterprising class, are thrifty and public-spirited.
he most of the business houses are located around or near the Public
Square. <A great many of them are large and costly structures of brick and
stone, while most of the others are substantial and well-planned frame
buildings. The public buildings are a credit to the town, being large, and
imposing in appearance. The residences are generally neat, comfortable
and attractive, while the lots are ornamented by shade trees. Almost all
“branches of business are carried on, and with a trade from a radius of fif-
teen miles or more, the business interests are enjoying yreat prosperity.

The history of Garnett begins with the summer of 1856, when the town
site was selected by Dr. George W. Cooper, who had a few months before
selected a town site on Iantha Creek. At Wyandotte he met George A.
Dunn, who had just returned from Anderson County, the most of the ter-
ritory of which had been surveyed by him as United States Surveyor.
After agreeing upon a plan, Cooper and Dunn started for the Pottawato-
mie River, intending to lay out a town, and then to secure the location of
the county-seat. Going to the geographical center of the county, they
failed to find a desirable location. Dunn then suggested that they should
go to Section 30, Township 20, Range 20 east, where there was a fine spring of
water. They followed down the Pottawatomie to the residence of Samucl
McDaniel, where they remained for a few days, and surveyed a town site
onthe above-named section. They then returned to Wyandotte, and soon
after Cooper returned to Louisville, Kentucky, where he organized a Town
Company consisting of W. A. Garnett, President; R. B. Hall, Vice-Presi-
dent; G. W. Cooper, George A. Dunn and Theodore Harris. The last
named was Secretary. The town was named Garnett in honor of the Presi-
dent of the company, who was a wealthy business man of Louisville.
Arrangements were at once made for sending a colony from Kentucky, and
the machinery was purchased for a saw and grist-mill, but the colony was
unable to leave that year.

In March, 1857, Dr. Cooper again visited the town site, and in May
had it again surveyed, staked out and platted. He also had a double log
cabin built at a point where Fourth Street now crosses the railroad track.
During the summer Dr. Preston Bowen moved from Shannon and opened
a store in this log house, it being the first business house in Garnett.

Dr. Cooper returned to Louisville as soon as he had surveyed the town,
and had lithographed maps of it made, which he used for advertising pur-
poses. He then set to work to organize a colony. The Town Company
elected new officers, as follows: R. B. Hall, President; George A. Dunn,
Vice-President; and Theodore Harris, Secretary.

Before the arrival of the Louisville colony, several other settlers
located in Garnett and in the vicinity. Among them were Capt. John «.
Lindsay, who built the first dwelling on the town site, William Smith, Dr.
Thomas Lindsay and Thomas Owen.

About July 25, Cooper and Hall arrived with a portion of the Lonis-
ville colony. On August 1, 1857, Robert B. Hall, as President, George \.
Dunn, G. W. Cooper and Theodore Harris, as associates, filed a plat of the
town of Garnett in the office of the Probate Judge, with a petition setting
forth the fact that the town site had been regularly surveyed and platted
about May 10, 1857. The site covered the south half of Section 30, Town-
ship 20, Range 20 east. About the same time, another store was built.

On September 8, George Wilson, the Probate Judge, pre-empted the
town site, to be held in trust for its occupants.

On August 7, 1857, William C. Hall, Isaac N. Locke and Joseph Bar-
clay presented a petition and a plat of the north half of Section 30, Town-
ship 20, Range 20, under the name of the town of Troy. On September 8
George Wilson, the Probate Judge, pre-empted the above described land
as a town site, to be held in trust for its occupants.

The Louisville colony brought the machinery for a new saw and flour-
ing-mill, and at once began building dwellings and the mill. The colon
was composed of Charles Hidden and family, F. G. Bruns and family,

C. and R. B. Hall, Theodore Harris, G. W. Cooper and family, Mrs. Ada-
line Duren and family, John Lambdin and family, and M. T. Williams and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

family. Of these, only F. G. Bruns and wife, and Dr. G. W. Cooper and
Mary L. Cooper still remain in the county. _

In December, 1857, the town companies of Garnett and Troy were
united under the name of the Town Company of Garnett. During the
year quite a number of buildings, including the mill, were erected.

During the years 1858 and 1859, there were many improvements made,
and many settlers located in Garnett.

EARLY HISTORY.

The first frame house was built in Garnett in the fall of 1857, by F,
G. Bruhs. It is the one where he now resides.

The first birth took place on the 13th day of March, 1858, and was that
of two children to Mrs. F. G. Bruns. They were named Charles Garnett
and Mary. A town lot was deeded to the boy, who is now a young man
and still resides with his parents. Mary died when but nine weeks old.
This was the first death in Garnett.

In 1858, the old Garnett Town.Company Iuilt a schoolhouse on the
northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Oak Street, and, on the formation
of the school district, donated to it the building. This was the second
school district formed in the county. The schoolhouse was the first public
building in Garnett, and for sevefal years was used for all public meetings,
courts, etc. In 1862, it was sold to H. Cavender for $300, and a two-
story frame schoolhouse was built on the corner of Third Avenue and Cedar
Street, at a cost of $3,500. In 1872, the present large brick schoolhouse
was erected.

When Garnett was first founded, no mail route extended through it.
The nearest post-office was nearly two miles distant, at Cedar Bluff, and
Samuel Anderson was postmaster. In 1859, the mail route was changed
from the west side of Cedar Creek, via Garnett, and in the spring of that
year the post-office of Garnett was established, and Dr, Thomas Lindsay
appointed postmaster. The first mail was reeeived in May, and consisted
of about twenty-five letters and fifty papers.

In April, 1859, the county-seat was removed to Garnett, and the records
removed from Shannon.

On February 9, 1859, the Territorial Legislature passed an act to incor-

orate the Town Company, with R. B. Hall, T. Harris, J. Y. Campbell,
ene Locke, D. W. Houston and W. C. Hall as incorporators, This com-
pany met on April 9, elected R. B. Hall, President, and T. Harris, Secre-
tary, and issued certificates of stock to the members.

In the fall of 1859, the Commissioner of the General Land Office made an
order canceling the entry of the towns of Garnett and Troy, for the reason
that there was a law of Congress preventing the entry of an entire section
of government land for town purposes. This left the occupants of the
two town sites on Government land, to whlch they had no legal claim.
Therefore Dr. John B. Chapman pre-empted the south half of the old Gar-
nett site, and W. A. Johnson settled and pre-empted the north half of the
old Troy town site.

On April 4, 1860, the settlers on the north half of the old Garnett site,
and on the south half of the Troy site, formed themselves into a Town
Company under the name of the Town Company of Garnett, with a capital
stock of $8,000, divided into two hundred shares of $40 each. his
was for the purpose of securing a title to the lots occupied. On April 9, a
certificate of corporation was drawn up, and was acknowledged before
Charles Hidden, a Justice of the Peace. The town incorporators were: D.
W. Houston, B. D. Benedict, J. G. Smith, C. P. Alvey, G. W. Iler, W. A.
Johnson, M. J. Alkire and B. F. Ridgeway. The certificate was duly filed
in the office of the Secretary of the Territory, on May 14, 1860. The com-
pany then opened books for a subscription of stock. The two hundred
shares were soon taken by fifty-seven stockholders. The directors and offi-
cers elected were: D. W. Houston, President; B. D. Benedict, Vice-Presi-
dent; J. G. Smith, Secretary; and C, P. Alvey, Treasurer.

The company then surveyed and laid off the town site into streets,
alleys, blocks and lots. .\ plat was made, duly signed and acknowledged
by the President, and filed for record in the office of the Register of Deeds
of the county. The company then applied to J. Y. Campbell, then Probate
Judge of the county, requesting him 10 pre-empt the town site for the use
and benefit, of its occupants. "This Judge Campbell refused to do, as he
was the agent of the old Louisville Town Company. The company then
petitioned him to grant an order declaring them a municipal corporation,
and though the petition was signed by more than two-thirds of the legal
voters of the town, the Judge refused to issue the order.

_. The citizens then held a mass meeting and appointed G. A. Cook, B. F.
Ridgeway and .\. Simmons a committee to confer with the Judge, but still
he refused. ~The meeting then appointed a committee of fifteen to consult
with him, lut the result was the same. The citizens then applied to the
Territorial Legislature of 1861, for a charter of ingorporation of the town of
(rarnett, The bill passed the House, but when it came before the Council
it was defeated.

To the citizens of Garnett, matters began to assume a serious aspect.
About five hundred people resided on the town site, to which they had no
legal title, and which it was impossible to secure without the action of the
Probate Judge. In September, 1861, the citizens appointed A. W. Johnson
and D. W. Houston to investigate the matter and see what could be done,
legally, to secure to the occupants of the town site their homes. They found
on consulting the county records, that Judge Campbell who had been elected
to his office for a term of two years, under the Wyandotte constitution, had
not qualified according to the law, in some respects. They then procured
certificates and affidavits of that fact and presented the matter to Gov.
Robinson, with a pu for the appointment of Charles Hidden as Probate

Judge. After a thorough examination of th i
with the request of the petitioners, = a
ANDERSON COUNTY.

The Governor’s commission to Charles Hidden appointing him Probate
Judge, arrived late in the evening, but he qualified for the office that
night, and the next morning called on Campbell, and demanded the books
and papers belonging to the office, but he refused to give them up. Ap-
plication was then made to District Judge S. O. Thacher, for an order to
compel him to do so. The parties were summoned to appear before Judge
Thacher at Lawrence, and he, after afull hearing, granted the order, ad-
dressed it to G. A, Cook, Sheriff of Anderson County, and directed him to
seize all the effects of the Probate Judge’s office and deliver them to Charles
Hidden. Campbell then appealed to Thomas Ewing, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court.

Sheriff Cook proceeded to execute the order, but found nothing but
the seal of the court and an empty desk. Though forbidden by Campbell,
the Sheriff took possession of these and delivered them to Hidden.

On October 7, 1861, Charles Hidden, Probate Judge of Anderson
County, declared the town of Garnett, a municipal corporation, under the
law of February, 1859, and at the same time appointed G. W. Iler, G. A.
Cook, William McLaughlin, B. F. Ridgeway and ‘Thomas Lindsay, Trustees.
On the 17th of the same month, G. W. Iler as Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, pre-empted the town site in trust for the use and benefit of its
occupants.

At the January term of the Supreme Court, 1862, the appeal of Judge
Campbell was argued, and after considering the case two weeks, Chief Jus-
tice Ewing affirmed the decision of Judge Thacher. This settled the
title of the town site.

During the years of the controversy over the town site, the growth of
Garnett was very slow, as new comers were afraid to invest in town prop-
erty. After that until the close of the war but little improvement was
made, as nearly every able-bodied man residing in the town was either in
the army or was enlisted in the State militia. Besides this, from the same
cause, immigration to the
county was slow during those
years. After the close of the
war the county began to be
settled quite rapidly, and the
town improved slowly until
the building of the Leaven-
worth, Lawrence & Galveston
Railroad (now the K. C., L. &
S. K. R. R.) in the spring of
1870, it being completed to
Garnett on March 1. The
town then began to grow very
rapidly. This improvement
was kept up until the finan-
cial crash of 1878, and the
grasshopper devastation the
next year. For two or three
years, times were very dull,
when the town again began to
increase in population and
in the number of business
houses. In 1878, there were
upward of 1,100 inhabitants.
In 1879 the Arizona Division
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was built, since which time the city of.
Garnett has continued to grow steadily until the present date. Of late years
the business houses and residences built have generally been of a substantial
character, many of them being constructed from brick and stone.

The Big Fire-—On the night of March 28, 1881, at about eleven
o’clock, an alarm of fire was given. There were among the business houses
on the south side of the public square a number of frame buildings, built
closely together, and it was in one of these that the fire started. So rap-
idly did the flames spread, that within fifty-five minutes from the time the
alarm was sounded, eleven buildings were destroyed. ‘They were all in the
business center of the city, and some of them contained large stocks of
goods. But little was saved, and altogether, many thousand dollars worth
of property was destroyed. This fire was a hard blow on the losers, but
resulted in giving the town a better class of buildings, as the entire street
was soon built up with large and substantial structures of brick and stone.
This is now the finest and most magnificent part of the city.

 

CITY GOVERNMENT.

Garnett was incorporated ag a'town on October 7, 1861. The first Board of Trustees
were: G. W. ler, Thomas Lindsay, B. F. Ridgeway, G. A. Cook and William McLauglin.
G. W. ler was chosen Chairman, and G. W. Arrell, Clerk.

On February 26, 1870, the citizens voted to change the form of government to that of a
city of the third class, and on the fourth day of the succeeding April anelection washeld. L,
K. Kirk was elected Mayor, and Joseph Coe, E.S. Hunt, C. P. Alvey, C. T.Chapin and
John Cox, Councilmen. J. Q. Hutchinson was the first City Clerk. The present city offi-
cers are as follows: J. D. Woodworth, Mayor; Samuel Crum, J. G. Hiatt, H. K. Winans,
Wesley Huff, and H. K. Herbert, Councilmen; George T. Hutchinson, City Treasurer; J.8.
Whitford, City Attorney; George M. Everline, Police Judge and City Clerk.

Fire Department.—The city has an efficient fire company, composed of forty members.
Harry Cox is Chief; J. Shaw and J R. Whitney, Assistants. It was organized February 1,
1877. The department has one engine, a hose-cart and hook-and-ladder fixtures.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND SOCIETIES,

As soon as the settlement of the town commenced schools were established, since which
time the educational interests of Garnett have developed as the town has increased in popu-
lation and wealth. The present schoolhouse is a large two-story structure of red brick, with
white cut-stone trimmings. On the inside it is finely finished with black walnut and oak.
The ceilings are high, and the ventilation and heating appara ns good. The first floor con-
tains four rooms, and on the upper floor are three. Hight teachers are employed. and the
school is ably conducted, under the charge of H.M. Upp. The number of pupils is 598.

 

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The schoolhouse was built in 1872, at a cost of $28,000, arid has a good basement story. It

is located on the corner of Third Avenue and Pine Street.
Ever since the settlement of the town, all religious institutions have been liberally sup-

. ported. There are now several church organizations, all in a prosperous condition.

____The Methodist Episcopal Church.—Early in the history of Garnett this church orgati-
ized a society. In 1870 a large church was built, and in 1881 it was remodeled and an addi-
tion made to it on the south side, making it one of the most convenient church buildings in
the city. The church property is valued at $5,000. The church has a very large member-
ship. Rey. F. M. Sisson is the pastor. The Sabbath-school is well attended.

_ The United Presbyterian Church.—This is one of the oldest organized religious so-
cieties in Garnett. The first church was erected in 1860, This is also one of the largest
organizations of the denomination in the State. For a time the society supported a college ©
here, but it was finally abandoned. Regular services are held in one of the finest churches
in the county. Kev. C. H. Strong, the pastor, has had charge of the society for a number
of years. The new church was built in 1881, at a cost of $4,000.

The First Presbyterian Church.—This society was organized in 1868, and in 1870 a neat
and substantial church edifice was erected. The society has quite a large membership, and
is in charge of Rev. William Coleman. The Sabbath-school is well attended, and N. Jd.
Paxton is superintendent.

The Christian Church.—This society has a small membership. The church building is
a neat little structure, and was erected in 1872. Prayer meeting is held every Wednesday
evening, and Sabbath-school and Bible-class every Sabbath; regular services twice each
month, by Rev. Henry Martan, pastor.

The First Baptist Church.—This church was organized in 1860, and has a good mem-
bership. Their house of worship isa neat and comfortable structure, built in 1881, at a cost
of $3,000. Services are held regularly. Elder E. H. Stewart is pastor, and John Neville,
superintendent of the Sabbath-school.

The Roman Catholic Church.—This church has held regular services for a number of
years, and has quite a large membership. The church was built in 1871, and is a neat stone
structure. Services are held twice each month by Rev. Father Albert Heiman, of Mount
Carmel College. ;

The Universalist Church.—This society has quite a large membership, and services were
held regularly until the death of the pastor, Rev. W. P. Shockey, a few months since. The
society is now without a pastor.

The African Methodist Episcopal Church—Quinn Chapel.—This church society has a
small membership. The church is a small stone building, and was erected in 1874. Ser-
vices are held regularly by Rev. Daniel Oaks. Tne superintendent of the Sabbath-school is
Mr. Whitford.

The Second Baptist Church (African).—Services are held in this church every two
weeks. The membership is small,
and the church is a small building.
Elder John Brown is pastor, and
Sadie Irvin, superintendent of the
Sunday-school,

Delphian Lodge, No. 44, A., F.
& A. M.—This lodge was instituted
in 1864, under a dispensation from
the State Grand Lodge to W. C.
McDow, J. T. Lanter, C. T. Chapin,
M. A. Page, J. W. Stewart, I. E.
Hallowell, E. W. Robertson, and
Benjamin Lewellin. The first Offi-
cers were: W.C. McDow, W. M.;
M. A. Page, S. W.;_K. W. Robert-
son, J. W. The lodge is now in a
flourishing condition «nd has about
eighty members. Of the present
officers L. H. Osborn is W. M.; W.
H. Stewart, S. W.; E. K. Naylor, J.
W.; B. Hubbard, Sec.; and A. Ber-
gen, Treas. .

Evergreen Lodge, No 51, A., F.
& A. M.—This is the African lodge
of Masons, and was instituted
August 12, 1878, with eleven charter
members William Armstrong was
the first W.M. There are now nine
members. F. H. Alexander. W..M.;
and William Armstrong, Secretary.

Garnett Lodge, No. 430, Eguit-

~ able Aid Union.—This lodge was
instituted in April, 1882, with a membership of twelve. The first officers were: R_ A. Davis,
President; Mrs. D. N. Simmons, Vice-President; E. E. Hamilton, Chancellor; A. D. Collins,
‘Advocate: I. H. Patton, Secretary; D. N. Simmons, Treasurer; D. T. Barnett, Chaplain;
Geo. A. Blake, Sentinel; and Mrs. D. T. Barnett, Auxiliary. The lodge is now in a pros-

erous condition and has twenty-three members. D.N. Simmons is President; and I. H.
Patton, Secretary. : oa

Garnett Lodge, No. 16, I. 0. O. #.—This lodge was instituted December 27, 1865.
with the following charter members: I. E. Olney. D. D. Judy, J. W. Stewart, A. M, Mullin,
Pp. T. Mathews, and G. W. Ler. The first officers were I. E. Olney, N. G.; C. P. Alvey, V.
G.; G. W, Arrell, Sec.; and G. W. Cooper, Treas. The lodge is now in a prosperous con-
dition, with J. H. Houston, N. G.; and Harry Cox. Sec. . .
Zion. Chapter, No. 24, Royal Arch Masons.—This chapter was chartered in 1872, with
W.H. McKeaney, H. P.; J. T. Lanter, K.; and B Pritchard, 8. The other charter mem-
bers were W. A. Gilham, J. T. B. Routh, E. L. Hawk, E. S. Niccolls, J. Falls, and K. 8.
Doll. The chapter is now in a flourishing condition and has a large membership. J.B.
Thornton_is High Priest. 7 7 Es 3

Knights of Labor, Assembly 2,203.—This society was organized September 17, 1882, with
fifteen members, but now has twenty-two. The charter officers were J. N. Cline, M. W.;
C.N. Cline, C. § ; George W. Cooper, V.S.; F. Hill, F.8.; C. C. Steward, W. F.; Chas.
Gregg, Treas.. The order starts with good prospects. : ;

Knights of Pythias, Garnett Lodge No. 25.—This lodge was organized April 21, 1880,
with thirty-three members. The first officers were: Jacob Morris, P. C.; James B.
McMahon, C. C.; W. A. McCafferty, V. C.; A.C. Sims, M. of F.; R. L. Row, M. of F.;
§.S. Tipton, K. of R. &S. The lodge now has fifty-one members, and is in a prosperous
condition. The present officers are: H. K. Winans, C. C.;, Chas. McCrum, V.C.; J. L.
Kirchival, P.; James Wagstaff, K. of R. & 8.;H. M. Ellis, M. of E.; W. A. Post, M.
of F.; W. H. Cox, M at A.

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS,

The Garnett Plaindealer.—This was the first newspaper published in the county, and
was established in January, 1865, by I. E. Olney, who continued its publication until his
death in the fall of 1866. after which it was conducted by his widow, Mrs. Olney, until the
spring of 1870, being edited the most of that period, at different times, by William Duncan,
George W. Cooper and Adrian Reynolds. In 1870, the office was purchased by Leslie J.
Perry, who sold the old material, and put in a new office throughout. The next year the
office was sold to John S. Wilson, who published the paper for about two years, when it
was purchased by W. R. Spooner, who added new material, enlarged the paper, and edited
it in an able manner until September, 1874, when it was sold to Kauffman & Iler. S. H.
Dodge then became editor. In 1877, Solomon Kauffman purchased the entire office and
assumed the editorial management. In 1880, the firm name became Kauffman & Brooke,
the junior member of the firm being now the editor. The Plaindealer is a large and well
edited newspaper, printed on a Campbell power-press. Since 1 869 it has been
in politics. It has a large circulation. : :

The Garnett Courant.—This was the second newspaper published in the county, and
was established in October, 1868, by W. H. Johnson, but after a few weeks it was discon-
tinued. é
The Garnett Weekly Journal.—This is the official paper of Anderson County. It was

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established January 3, 1873, by Dr. Geo. W. Cooper, who has since continued to edit it ina
very able manner. It has a Jarge circulation, and in politics it is said to be independent,
though for the last few years it has advocated the rinciples of the Greenback party.

In 1870, John R. Foster & Co. established a bank which continued in business until 1872,
when the Anderson County Savings Bank {was incorporated with a capital of $50,000.
The first Board of Directors were: W. H. Corover, E. I. Meeker, Thomas W. Foster, Wm.
Spriggs, Isaac Knouff, John R. Foster, A. Bergen, J. P. Crane and W. F. Smith. Ww. i.
Conover was elected President; and John R. Foster, Cashier. These positions they still oc-
cupy. J.T. Walker was the first Vice-President, but he was succeeded by R. H. Moore.
The present Board of Directors are: W. H. Conover, M. A. Crouse, R. H. Moore, A. J.
Seber, L. K. Kirk, John R. Foster and J. D. Woodward. The above named are all residents
of the county. The bank does a general banking and collection business, and enjoys a
large patronage.

The first manufacturing industry was a saw and grist-mill, bropeat in by the
Louisville colony in 1857. This was kept in operation for several years changing owners
several times. There have at different times been other mills operated on the Garnett town
site.

The Garnett Mills —This is a large steam flouring and grist-will which has been in
operation for several years, and is located about on the site of the Louisville colony mill.
It is the largest mill in the county, manufactures an excellent quality of flour, and is owned
and operated by Charles McCrum.

The Elevator Mills.—In 1876, a see grain elevator was built by Kirkpatrick & Harbi-
son. In 1878, a saw-mill was attached. In 1881 the flouf-mill was added. It is run by
steam, and has a capacity for sawing 2,000 feet of lumber, and forty barrels of flour per
day. Kirkpatrick & Witherspoon are the proprietors.

Washing Machine Factory.—W. H. Stein, proprietor and inventor of Stein’s Washer,
has a small factory where quite a number of machines are made each year.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

R. S, AYRES, Agent, K. C. L., & S. K. R. R. Co., was born in Owen County. Ky.’

December 2, 1844, and when quite young, emigrated with his parents to Macon County, Ill.,
where he was reared ona farm. He came to Kansas, January 2, 1869. Was for about three
years employed as assistant freight agent at Paola, for the K. C., Ft.8., &G.R.R. Co.
His next permanent location was at Iola, Allen County, where hewas employed as station

ent for the K. C., L., & 8. K. R. R, Co., which position he occupied until September 1,
1882, when he was transferred to Garnett. Mr. Ayres has had considerable experience in
his present capacity and is popular with the traveling public.

: G. BARBER, merchant, was born in Cedarville, Green Co., Ohio, in 1841, and
was reared on a farm. He enlisted in June 1861, in Company D, ‘Twelfth Ohio Infantry.
He was severely wounded at the battles of Skerry Creek and Cloyd Mountain, and at the
latter was taken prisoner and confined in Rebel hospitals for about six months. Mr. Barber
served four years in the war and was discharged on account of wounds. After the war he
followed mercantile pursuits at Cedarville. He came to Garnett, March 26, 1869, and at
once engaged in merchandise business in company with his brother, A. G. Barber. Three
years later he purchased his brother’s interest and has since conducted the business alone.
The firm began with a stock of about $2,500, and a $14,000 stock isnow carried to supply the
demands of the business. He was elected County Commissioner in 1879, and resigned
eighteen months later. :

J. H. BEATTY, was born in Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio, September, 6, 1845. At
the age of fourteen years he was employed as a clerk in the dry goods house of Beatty &
Hinkle. He continued to sell goods until 1862. He enlisted in 1862, in Company I, Ninety-
sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Served about one year. Re-enlisted February, 1864, joining
the same company and regiment, and was discharged February, 1866, serving altogether
about three years.. He came to Kansas in 1869, en| aged in different branches of business,
traveling as special agent for the Continental Life Insurance Company; also managed the
State for the Covenant Mutual Life Insurance Company of St. Louis. Removing from
Lawrence to Williamsburg, Franklin, Co., Kan., he established the first paper in that town.
Disposing of his printing office, he started the Great Central Land Office at that place; after
conducting this successfully, he disposed of the business to Hewitt Craik, removing to
Garnett, he established the Kansas Land and Investment Company of which he is super-
intendent. $40,000 worth of Anderson County Land changed hands through this agency

the first five months of business. One of the Peineipa features of this agency is investing
money for non-residents. Money loanedon Kansas farm property, taxes paid, etc., etc.,
etc. Have about 100,000 of choice land in Kansas, ranging in prices from $3 to $10 per
acre. Improved farms from $8 to $30 per acre.

JACOB BLUM, meat market, dealer in live stock, hides, etc., was born in Logan,
Hocking Co., Ohio., December 17, 1842. There he learned the trade of tanner, and for two
years carried on a tannery, and was also employed for a time in butcher business. He came
to Kansas in the spring of 1869, located at Garnett, and established himself in present busi-
ness. He has the oldest meat market in the place; has a large trade, and does a consider-
able business in jobbing meats, etc., to the trade. He is also a partner in the grocery busi-
ness of Scott & Co., at this place. Mr. Blum owns two large stone buildings, his own
business building which is brick, and a fine residence, to which is attached four acres,
largely in fruit trees. ;

DR. D. T. BROWN, was born at Sparta, Ill., in 1837. He studied medicine at Michigan
University, Ann Arbor, graduating in class of 1857 and 1858. In June, 1861; he enlisted in
Comp»ny I, Twenty-second Iinois Volunteer Infantry, and served two years; he was then
appointed Hospital Steward, serving in that capacity until the close of the war. The Doctor
thes attended the college of physicians and surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, graduating June,
1865, afterwards practiced in Rando‘ph County, Il]. In 1868, he changed his location to Cass
County, Wis., and in 1869, removed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he continued to practice
his profession until November, 1880, when he came to Garnett. The Doctor is building up

uite an extensive practice in the city and surrouncing country. He is a member of the
qows State Medical Society, and also the Union Medical Society of that State.

F. G. BRUNS, furmer, P.O Garnett. was born in Germany, June 11, 1829, There he
Jearned the trade of cabinet-maker, and followed that occupation for a livelihood. In 1854,
he emigrated to Louisville, Ky., where he worked at his trade. He came to Garnett,
August 10, 1857, and was for a time cngaged in ae a flour and grist-mill. In Novem-
ber, 1858, he engaged in the furniture business, In 1865, he admitted to a partnership, O.
F. Fabricius. ‘hey built up a large and extensive trade. In 1878, Mr. Fabricius sold out
his interest, and Mr. Bruns conducted the business until February, 1880, when he disposed
of it. He has 355 acres of land in Anderson County. Of thishe cultivates eighty-five acres,
and raises considerable live-stock. He also has a nice orchard. Mr, Bruns was for four
years a member of the City Council of Garnett. He was marricd in Germany, in 1853, to
Dorette Kollmann, They have a family of seven children—Charles G,, the first child born in
Garnett; Amelia, Sophia, August, Lewis, Frank, and Mary. Mr. Bruns is a prominent
member of the I. O. O. F., and K. of P.

WM. H. CONOVER, president of the Anderson County Savings Bank, was born in Cass
County, Ill., February 14, 1832, and reared on a farm, and for some years conducted afarm of
660 acres on his own account. He came to Kansas in March, 1870, and located in Garnett. Mr.
Conover is one of the largest raisers and shippers of live-stock in Anderson County. He
owns a stock-farm of 1,100 acres in this county—besides other lands. He still owns his
farm in Illinois, and is interested in a rancho f 15,000 acres in Clay County, Tex., where he
has, with others, about 6,U00 head of cattle. Mr. Conover was one of the organizers of the
Anderson County Savings Bank in 1870, and has been elected president of the same at each
annual election. :

J.M. CRAIG, dealer in drugs, etc , was born at Bloomington, Ind., in 1845, and reared
on a farm, following agricultural pursuits there until May, 1872, when he cume to Garnett,
and engaged in the drug business, in company with J. A. Gailey. He sold out his interest
a year later, and embarked in the same business alone, carrying it on since. He has a nice
store and fixtures. Has a good trade and carries a stock of $2,000 to $2,500. Mr. Craig
was elected Probate Judge of Anderson County, in the fall of 1874, and re-elected in 1876,
serving in all four years. He was Deputy Treasurer of the county for a time, and on
February 1, 1882, was appointed Treasurer to fill a vacancy, which position he held until

November 15th following. i :

DR. GEO. W. COOPER, editor and proprietor of the Journal, was born in Westmore-
land County, Pa., December 16, 1828. His father was Maj. Samuel Cooper, a lawyer by
rofession, but a Major in the regular army during the war of 1812. His mother was the
laughter of Dr. Joseph Weigley, a graduate of the University of Leipsic, Germany. At

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the suggestion of his mother, Geo. W. was at an early age made an apprentice in the
printing office of the Pittsburgh Sun. At the age of fourteen years, he was a local reporter
on that paper, and at the age of eighteen years, he was local editor. Soon afterwards he
began the study of medicine with his brother James, at York, Pa. He finished his course
of study, graduated and received his diploma from the Cincinnati Eclectic Institute. He
was married November 14th, 1849, to Mary Latshaw, of Johnstown, Pa. In 1850 he re-
moved to Alliance, Ohio, where he engaged in the practice of medicine. After two years
he returned to Pittsburgh, but in a short time removed to Paris, Ill., where, in partnershi
with Wm. D. Latshaw, he began the publication of the Wabash Valley Republican, whic!
was continued until the fall of 1854, when the office was burned, The next year he went
to Louisville, Ky.; and founded the Daily Mercury, which he published until the Know-
Nothing riot of 1856. He then removed to Anderson County, Kan., founded the town of
Garnett, ‘and laid out other town sites. Since 1856, he has been one of the leading public
men of the county. He was surgeon of the Tenth Kansas Militia. He was also United
States Examining Surgeon for pension during Johnson’s administration, and a part of
Grant’s. He is a prominent Odd Fellow, having first joined Paris Lodge, No 96, in the
ear 1852. or r .

e M. A. CROUSE, retired merchant, was born in Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio, Novem-
ber 15, 1844. He was for some time employed asa collection clerk in the First National
Bank at that place, and during the war was employed in the United States Quartermaster’s
Department at Chattanooga, Tenn., for ten months, after which he returned to Circleville,
where he kept books for an extensive wholesale grocery house. In February, 1870, he came
to Garnett and engaged in the general merchandise business, in company with George E.
Wittich. They built up alarge and extensive trade throughout the neighboring country, and
in August, 1882, sold out to Pollard & Pierce. Mr. Crouse is largely engaged in real estate
speculations in Kansas City and is a stock owner in the Clay County Cattle Company, Texas,
which concern has 15,000 acres of land and about 6,000 head of cattle. )

R. A. DAVIS, of R. A. Davis & Co,, druggists, is a native ot Belmont County, Ohio, and
came to Anderson County, Kan., in 1869. He assisted his father on the farm and also taught
school for several terms. In October, 1875, he came to Garnett and was employed as a clerk
in the drug business. In 1876 he purchased an interest in his employer’s business, and in
June, 1878, the firm changed to R. A. Davis & Co., R. A. Miles being his partner. . Davis
has had quite an extensive experience in this business and is a practical ene ret The firm
do an Saeenalys business, and carry astock of about $4,000 to supply the demands of
their trade.

GEORGE M. EVERLINE, insurance, claim and collection agent, was born in Bavaria
in 1831, and emigrated in 1838 with his parents to Pickaway County, Ohio, where he was
reared on a farm. In 1854 he moved to Macon County, Ill., where he farmed, and in 1857
he engaged in the general merchandise business at Oakley in that county, and was also

ostmaster and railroad agent at that place until he ceased and came to Kansas in May, 1864.

n June he enlisted at Paola in Company H, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and was mustered out
in September 1865, after which he was employed in the mercantile business at Ottawa for three
months, and taught school for a time in Franklin County. In the apne of 1866 he came to
Garnett, clerking for five months. In the fall he was elected Clerk of the District Court,
served four years, and was re-elected in the fall of 1870. He established his present busi-
ness in the fall of 1867, and is now the oldest insurance span in this city. He represents
about twenty-two leading home and foreign companies. Mr. Everline has held the office of
Police Judge for the past eight years, has been Justice of the Peace since 1878, and in 1876
held the office of Deputy Register of Deeds for a year. : 7

JOHN R. FOSTER, cashier of the Anderson County Savings Bank, was born in Tennessee
in 1841 and reared in Webster County, Mo., where his parents removed when he was quite
young. He pursued for some years the business of stock-raising. When war was declared,
the Southern States were in arms, demanding the recognition of a Southern Confederacy,
and the nation’s life was in peril, he took sides with the loyal citizens of Missouri, who 80
earnestly supported the National Administration. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1861,
was commissioned Captain of Company F, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Col. J. W.
McClurg’s regiment). Was wounded at the battle of Lone Jack, Mo., August 16, 1862,
where forty-one men of his company were killed and wounded. This was almost a hand-
to-hand fight, probably one of the hardest-fought battles in Western Missouri. Was with
General Schofield’s campaign in Arkansas in the fal] of 1862. Was Provost-Marshal at
Marshfield, Mo., in 1863. as with General Pleasanton’s campaign through the States of
Missouri and Kansas after the rebel General Price in October 1864. Was in seven hotly con-
tested eugs ements during this cone and had his mare shot from under him while fight-
ing Joe Shelby’s rebel Brigade at the crossing of the Marrow south of Jefferson City, Mo.
He was in General John B. Sanborn’s Brigade, which received a handsome mention by
General Pleasanton in General Order No. 6, for brave and gallant fighting displayed in the
many engagements during the campaign. This isa part of the Captain’s history of which
he feels justly proud, the more so from having come from a slave State, reared and educated
amid the Southern element, and having at that time considerable interest in slaves as
puepeny however, his loyalty to the Government outweighed all pecuniary interests. After

pine Bonoray mustered out of the service in May, 1865, he engaged in business pursuits
at Lebanon, Mo. In 1867 he removed to Pleasant Hill, Mo., where he was employed in the
banking house of Leonard Dunbaugh & Co., first as bookkeeper and then as teller: He eame
to Garnett in the spring of 1870 and established the banking firm of John R. Foster & Co.,
which in the summer of 1872 was incorporated into the Anderson County Savings Bank,
with a capital of $50,(00, and he has since been cashier of the same. This bank is one of
the solid institutions of the county and is backed by the leading men in Garnett and the
surroundiug country, as will be seen by the history of the bank elsewhere. Mr. Foster has,
since 1873, resided on his farm near the city of Garnett. He has 950 acres of land and is an
extensive raiser and dealer in cattle, hogs and mules.

THOMAS W. FOSTER, County Clerk, was born in Webster County, Mo., in 1849 and
was reared on a farm, after which he followed mercantile pursuits.at Lebanon and Pleasant
Hill, and was for two years employed as bookkeeper at St. Louis, Mo. He came to Kansas
May 5, 1870, and located at Garnett, where in March of said year he established in company
with his brother the banking firm of John R. Foster & Co. Two years later this business
was changed to the Anderson County Savings Bank, and he was assistant cashier of the
same until 1876, when he sold his interest in the bank and moved onto his farm near the city
and embarked in the live-stock business. He was appointed Deputy Treasurer of Ander-
son County in 1876, filling that position for three years. He was elected Clerk of the county
in November, 18:9, and was re-elected in November, 1881. He has also served as a member
of the City Council for four years.

. W. FRENCH, general merchant, was born in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio

He was for a short time employed as a clerk in mercantile pursuits at Columbus, Ohio. He
enlisted December 15, 144, in Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and
scryed three months, He went to pyenpart, Towa; was employed as a clerk and in the
spring of 1870 came to Garnett. For three years he followed mercantile pursuits as a
clerk and in 1873 established his present business. He began in a small way, but bas
new w iene and lucrative trade, carrying a well assorted stock to supply the demands of

__ HON. CHARLES A. GREGG, brick and stone mason by trade, was born in New York
City, March 15, 1828. At or near the age of ten years his parents removed to Lake County,
Ind., where he was raised on a farm. About 1850 he removed to La Porte, where he Jearned
the trade of bricklayer and followed it as an occupation. In Marc , 1857, he came
to Anderson County, Xan., took np and pre-empted 160 acres of land, but on account
of illness in the family returned east to Kansas City, where he was employed at his trade
for three years. In 1860 he moved to Paola, Kan., and engaged in the mercantile business,
but owing to the severe drouth of that year his business dwindled down in afew months
till it did not pay, so he sold out and quit. In the fall of 1860 he was appointed Deputy
Treasurer of the county under W. J. McCown and was engaged in Treasurer's office be-
tween two and three months until the Treasurer died, when his deputyship ended, and J.
H, Pratt succeeded to the office. In 1861 he was appointed, by the County Board of Com-
Rugulonens, Assessor of Miami County to filla vacancy caused by the resignation of the
Assessor-elect, and filled the office to the apparent satisfaction of his fellow-citizens.
During the yeurs 1862 and 1863 he worked at his trade some, and also assessed several of
the townships as Deputy Assessor a portion of the time, also being employed as enrolling
officer to enroll names preparatory to raising a draft (which however it did not become
necessary as enlistments were sufficient). On March 24, 1864, he enlisted m the service
of his country, and he with his comrades to the number of about 100 formed Company I,
Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry. Soon after the company was formed he was chosen First Ser-
geant of the company, and with the exception of afew days, (when the boys becoming a
ANDERSON COUNTY.

little dissatisfied, clamored for a change, which when made, was not satisfactory,) he was
re-instated and held the position until he was mustered out, which occurrence tobi place
November 28, 1865. In March, 1866, he returned to Anderson County and was engaged in
farming until 1869, during which time in 1868 he was nominated on ‘the Republican ticket
and was elected to the Legislature without any opposition, which position he tried to fill—as
as has ever been his desire when trust has been reposed in him—honestly, faithfully and
without dissimulation. In the fall of 1869 he moved to Garnett, since which time, he
has been engaged part of the time, in the bricklaying business, and part of the time in mer-
cantile ee ace
Cc. ¥. B N & BROTHER, lumber and building materials. This business was es-
tablished in 1873 by J. D. Woodworth. In 1876 Mr. Woodworth purchased a hardware
stock, and March 11, 1878, C. F. Henson was admitted as a artner, the business being
conducted under the style of J. D. Woodworth & Co, In J anuary, 1881, the style
changed to Woodworth & Henson. In April, 1882, Mr. Woodworth sold out his interest to
the above firm. They have an extensive trade, carrying in the yard all kinds of lumber,
building materials, etc. The stock in that business amounts to about $12,000. Their store
is also well suppied with all kinds of hardware, etc., and the demands of their trade in this
business compelled them to carry a fine stock of about $5,000. They do quite a business in
the manufacture of tinware. C.¥. Henson, the senior member of the firm, came to Garnett
in 1870 and was for a time engaged in contracting and building. J. F. Henson, his partner
came here in 1871 and followed the same business for several years. - Was also for a time
employed as a clerk in store of Woodworth & Henson. The brothers are natives of Clinton
County, Ohio, are both practical business men, and do a heavy business in their line.
J.G. HIATT, of Hiatt & Lanter, merchants, was born in Wayne County, Ind., March
4 1838, and was raised on afarm, In 1852 he moved to Madison County, Iowa, where he
followed agricultural pursuits. In July, 1858, he came to Anderson County; resided
with his father, Nathan Hiatt, and assisted on the farm. Two years later he purchased
land four miles from Garnett and began to farm on his own account. In the fall of 1861 he
enlisted in Company A, Second Kansas Cavalry, and was mustered out in April, 1865, after
which he followed agricultural pursuits up to February, 1871, when he engaged in the
grocery business in Garnett. This he disposed of mee months later, and for six months
was ee the livery business, afterward. co} oyed as asalesman in the general mer-
chandise business. On January 1, 1879 he engaged in this business in company with C. W.
Durstine. The latter died, and his interest was sold to J. T. Lanter in February, 1882.
The firm carry a nice stock of general merchandise with some $8,000, and do an extensive
trade. Mr. Hiatt was married in Greeley, Kansas, in 1860, to Mary E. Pattie. Thcy have
ev DWARD 8. HUNT, the old
E : , the oldest real estate man in Anderson County, his oftice bein,
established in 1867. Was born of Quaker parentage in South Charleston Clark County.
Ohio, in 1882. Was educated for acivil engineer. Was married in 1855 to Delphina Cottin
of Wayne County, Ind. Removed from Ohio to Indiana in the fall of 1863 and en ‘aged in
pork-packing and dry eae Removed to Kansas in November, 1867, and pupaced in the
real estate business at Garnett. Was appointed right of way commissioner on the L. L. &
G.R. R., in 1870 and has since been in the real estate department of thatroad. He was elected
County Treasurer in 1872 and re-elected in 1874, serving two terms. Received the appoint-
ment of local land agent from the M. K. & T. R. R. Company in 1876, which he still holds.
He is a member of Delphian Lodge No. 44, A., F. & A. M., Zion Chapter No. 24, Garnett,
Kan., and Tancred Commandery No. 11, Ottawa, Kan. He is now engaged in real estate
and fish culture. :
GEORGE W. ILER, real estate ahd loan agent, was born in Fredericks County, Md.,
February 28, 1830, and reared ona farm. At the age of nineteen years he removed to Indian
apolis, Ind., and there learned the trade of house and sign painter and followed it as an
occupation. He came to Leavenworth, Kan., May 14, 1857, and carried on a painting and
wall paper establishment at Leavenworth until February, 1859. He went to Neosho County
and with others located Cu City, which he afterward abandoned. In the latter part of
March, 1859, he came to Anderson County and located at Garnett and formed a partnership
with J. G. Smith and carried on a general merchandise business until the fall of 1861, when
he sold out and went East for a time on account of his wife’s ill health. During the war
he served in the Tenth Kansas State Militia and was Captain of Company B, of that regi
ment from 1863 until after the Price raid. During this period his main business was deal-
ing in live-stock. In 1866 he again engaged in generaljmerchandise business, contivuing
until some time in 1869. Was then for some four years aeee in agricultural pursuits, gen-
eral trading, etc. In 1873he became associated with S. Kaufman in real estate business. In
ae 1874, they purchased the Plain Dealer, and when the firm dissolved in 1878, Mr. Iler
took the real estate business, which he has since continued. He is land agent for the M.
K.& T. R.R. Company. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Garnett at the time
it was pre-empted in 1862, and held that office for several years. Was elected County Com-
missioner in 1879 and served two years, and has served many times in the City Council of
Garnett. Mr. ler is District Deputy Grand Master of the I. O. O. F.. and has filled that
position almost continuously since 1866.
HON W. A. JOHNSON, attorney, is of Scottish parentage, and was born in Gillford

County, N. C., January 19, 1830. Colonel Daniel Johnson, his father, removed to Vernon,.

Ind., in 1832, He intended to give his son, the subject of this sketch, a good classical
education, and for this purpose sent him for a while to the Vernou Academy and then to
the College at Hanover, But his death in 1846 eo a period to his calculations and the col-
legiate education of his son; for, being the eldest, he was obliged to assume the cares and
responsibilities of the farm. In 1852 he Lae the study of law, and was admitted to the
bar in 1855. He then came westward to find a location, but did not bring his family until
1858, at which time he settled in Garnett and began the practice of law. In the fall of 1859
he was elected County Attorney of Anderson County, but the war coming on in 1861 brought
him before the publicin another manner, for he was one of the first who responded to the
call for soldiers. He began as one of General Lane’s staff officers and was connected with
the army in different capacities until 1863, when he was made Captain of Company M,
Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry and served until mustered out in October, 1865, He returned to
Garnett, and on the day of his arrival was elected County Attorney, which office he how-
ever declined. He was elected to the.State Senate from the Seventeenth District in 1872,
When the choice of a President was agitating the people, he canvassed the State. He was
elected Presidential Elector, and cast a vote for R. B. Hayes. In 1876 he was appointed by
a committee of the citizens of Anderson County to write a history of the county. He
labored zealously at the work of historian, and completed the most perfect history that has
been written of any county in Kansas. He was appointed early in 1879 assistant attorney
in this State of the St. L., K. & A. R. R. Company, and when this road was purchased by the
. P. R. R. Company in November of that year, they confirmed the appointment and he is
now assistant attorney for that line in this State.
SOLOMON KAUFFMAN, postmaster,was born in Mifflin County, Pa., January 6, 1832.
In 1845 his parents emigrated to Champaign County, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm.
At the age of eighteen he learned the trade of carpenter and in 1853 moved to McLain County,
IL, where he worked at his trade a year, then to Iowa City, and in Marshall County, Iowa, for
about two years. In May, 1856, he came to Anderson County, Kan., pre-empted 160 acres
in Reeder Township, which he improved, and purchased other lands adjoining until he
owned 345 acres. He was elected to the office of County Judge in 1857, but refused to
qualify under the ‘‘bogus laws” then in force. In 1858 he served as a member of the
County Board of Supervisors. He took an active part with the Free-State men of Kansas
in the troubles of 1856. In December of that year he was instrumental in bringing to the
county a colony of eighty-six men who had been in the Free-State army and they estab-
lished the town of Hiatt. On August 6, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Third Kansas
Infantry. This regiment was afterward consolidated into the Tenth Kansas and he was
placed in Company C, of that regiment. On the 11th of September, 1862, he was promoted
to First Lieutenant of Company L, Third Indiana-Regiment and on May 28, 1863, to Cap-
tain and placed in charge of a battery attached to the Indian Brigade. He was mustered
out May 31, 1865, and returned to his farm. On the 29th day of August he was joined in
wedlock with Miss Melissa J. Patton,who still continues to share the joys and hardships of life
with him. In 1868 he was elected to the office of Clerk of the District Court and moved
to Garnett. He served as Clerk one term. He was elected Clerk of the District Court in
November of that year and served one term. In 1870 he embarked in the real estate busi-
ness and three years later associated with him in that business George W. Iler. In 1874
they purchased the Plain Dealer and continued to conduct both businesses until February,
1878, when they dissolved and Mr. Kauffman took the paper and published it alone until
he admitted his present partner, H. M. Brook, in 1481. On June 14, 1878, Mr. Kauffman
was appointed postmaster at Garnett, which position he still occupies.

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HON. LESTER K. KIRK, attorney, was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, December
6, 1841, removing with his parents to Mercer County, Pa., when quite young where
he was reared on a farm. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundredth
Pennsylvania Infantry, Was promoted to Second Lieutenant March 18, 1863, to
First Lieutenant February 25, 1864, and to Captain on June the 1st following. While

articipating in the attack on Petersburg in June, 1864, he received a severe wound in the
eft shoulder, and on account of this was discharged in the following October. He then
studied law at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, with Ambler Bros., and was admitted to the bar in
1865. Mr. Kirk came to Anderson County, Kan., in the Spring of 1866, located near
Garnett, and for a few months was engaged in sheep raising. He then moved into Garnett
and has since been engaged in the practice of law. He was elected first Mayor of Garnett
in 1870, a member of the State Legislature in 1876, and in 1879 he was elected for a term of
four years to the State Senate from the Seventeenth District,

W. W. KIRKPATRICK, of Kirkpatrick & Witherspoon, proprietors of the Elevator
Mills, was born in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, March 1, 1832, and six years later his
parents emigrated to Kosciusko County, Indiana, where he was reared on afarm, and where
for some years he conducted a farm of 320 acres. He cameto Kansas in 1867 and located in
Monroe Township, Anderson County, where he followed agricultural pursuits for some
years. In 1876 he built, in company with A. Harbison, an elevator at Garnett, with ca-
ae of 7,000 bushels, In 1878 they added a saw-mill, and in the fall of 1881 built a

our-mill adjoining. In the fall of 1881, Mr. Kirkpatrick moved into Garnett. He has
been in partnership with J. O. Witherspoon since July, 1882.

JOHN T. LANTER, of Hiatt & Lanter, merchants, was born February 10, 1835, in
Wayne County, Indiana, and reared on a farm. At the age of seventeen he went to Ar-
kansas, where he remained about five years. In the spring of 1857 he moved to Kansas
aud located near Greeley, Anderson County. He at once identified himself with the Free
State party, and was sent as a delegate from Anderson County, in 1858, to the Osawatomie
Convention, which organized the Republican party in Kansas, and from that time to the
present he bas been a firm supporter in'that party. In May, 1858, he was elected to the
Territorial Legislature on the Free-State ticket under the Leavenworth Constitution. In
the same year he was a delegate to the Ottumwa Convention, in which nineteen counties
that had been disfranchised by the bogus Legislature were represented. He was the author
of the Resolution adopted by that Convention which brought the grievances of southern
Kansas to the notice of the public. In the spring of 1860 he was elected County Assessor,
and the following winter was Engrossing Clerk of the last Territorial Legislature, In
1864 he was appointed United States Assistant Assessor and held that position until the
office was abolished. In 1863 he was commissioned Assistant Provost-Marshal with the
rank of Lieutenant, and assigned to duty on the border. He remained there about eight-
een months. In 1872 he was elected to the State Legislature, where he was active and in-
strumental in defeating Pomeroy for the United States Senate. In 1873 he was appointed
one of the trustees for the State Insane Asylum. He was elected Mayor of the city of
Garnett in 1874, and served one term. In 1876 he was appointed one of the State Board of
Charities. In 1872 he organized the Citizens’ Bank at Garnett, elected President, which
position he filled for some years. Since 1878 he has been largely interested in lead mines
at Galena, Kansas, and in February, 1882, he became associated with J. G. Hiatt in mer-
cantile business. Previous to organizing the Citizens’ Bank, Mr. Lanter followed agri-
cultural pursuits. -

HON. JOHN G. LINDSAY, attorney, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, November
18, 1886, and six years later his parents moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits. He received his education at Washington College, Iowa.
On June 5, 1857, he came to Garnett, and pre-empted 160 acres of land, eighty of
which are now in the town site. He followed farming. In 1858 he began the study of law
with ex-Governor 8. J. Crawford. He also attended the law school of the Cincinnati
College, Ohio, where he graduated early in 1860, and_a few months later was admitted to
the bar in Franklin County, Kansas. He enlisted May 15, 1861, in Company E, Second
Kansas Infantry; was at once appees First Lieutenant. The regiment was re-organized
in November.of that year and he was mustered out, after which he was employed in the
Recruiting Service of the Government, until April, 1862. Returning to Garnett he re-
cruited a company, which was mustered into the Eleventh Kansas Infantry, afterwards
changed to cavalry. He was appointed First Lieutenant September 11, 1862, and promoted
to Captain May 1, 1865, serving until mustered out August 31, 1865. Returning to Garnett,
he at once resumed the practice of his profession. He was County Attorney for Anderson
County from 1866 to 1870 and from 1876 to 1878, and was a member of the State Legislature
in 1870 and 1871.

CONWAY. MARSHALL, Sheriff of Anderson County, was born in Pickaway County,
Ohio, July, 23, 1840, and was reared ona farm, In the fall of 1864 he enlisted in the One Hun-
dred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four months.. Afterward fol-
lowed farming in his native county. In March, 1866, he came to Kansas, located in Jack-
son Township, Anderson County, and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He has a
farm of 320 acres, all improved. and 120 of which are in cultivation. He also raises con-
siderable stock. Mr. Marshall was for three years Trustee of his Township, and in the
fall of 1881 was elected Sheriff on joint Greenback and Democratic ticket.

W. H. MELLEN, real estate and loan broker, was born in nutans County. N. Y.,
August 5, 1840, where for three years he followed mercantile pursuits. e came to Kansas
in ee 1868, located in Franklin County and was engaged in sheep-raising near Lane for
about four years, after which he removed to Greeley, Anderson County, and taught school.
In the fall of 1873 he was elected Register of Deeds and served two years, after which he
was appointed to fill a vacancy in the County Treasurer’s office, which position he occupied
a few months. In 1876 he established the Western Business Agency, to which he has
given his sole attention. Since August, 1880, he has been in partnership with J. J.
Houston. The agency does a large real estate, loan, and insurance brokerage business.
Mr. Mellen is also interested in twenty-two mines in Colorado and does quite an extensive
business as a stock-broker.

JOSEPH P. MORGAN, carriage repair shop, was born near Cleveland, Ohio, August
19, 1888. Removing with his parents when quite young to Essex, Conn., there he learned
the trade of carriage-maker, and followed it as an occupation in that State. In August,
1862, he enlisted in Company H, Fourteenth Connecticut Infantry, and served three years.
Mr. Morgan came to Garnett in May 1869 and at once established himself in this business. He
does general repairing work and carriage painting. He is a good workman and has had
twenty-six years’ experience in his business.

. H. OSBORN, of Osborn & Thomas, merchants, was born in Champaign County,
Ohio, in 1846, and, was reared ona farm. In August, 1866, he came to Anderson County,
and followed agricultural pursuits. His farm consisted of 160 acres, and was located five
miles west of Garnett. He also taught school foratime. In 1875 he was elected Super-
intendent of Public Instruction for Anderson County on the Greenback ticket. He then
moved into Garnett and filled the office for two years. In 1877 he was appointed agentifor
the Anderson County Co-operative Association, and managed their store at this place.
In January, 1880, he purchased the business in she oe with his present partner, D. O.
Thomas. The firm do a large business and carry a well assorted stock of about $7,000. Mr.
Osborn was elected to the City Council in 1881, and has been a member of the School Board
for several years.

POLLARD & PEIRCE, general merchants. This business was originally established
in the spring of 1870 by Crouse & Wittich, with a stock of about $1,300. In August, 1882,
the business was purchased by the present firm. H.G. Pollard, the senior member of the
firm, was in the employ of the old firm for some seven years, has an extensive acquaintance
throughout the country, and being popular controls considerable trade. S. Peirce, his parte
ner, is from Hagerstown, Ind., where for six years he was engaged in conducting a flax-mill.
ane oe a well assorted stock of goods of about $15,000 and do the leading business
in Garnett.

NICHOLAS PONTIOUS, Deputy Sheriff of Anderson County, was born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, November 25, 1838. There he followed agricultural pursuits, carrying on a
farm of 160 acres. In September, 1869, he came to Anderson County, Kan., and farmed for
seven years in Monroe Township. Afterward he opened arest»urant at Garnett and con-
ducted it fora year. He then opened the Garnett House, wbich hotel he carried on for two
years. Afterward gave his attention to Foam draying, etc. During 1881 he served as
Constable in the city of Garnett and in January, 1882, was appointed to his present position.

DR. G. J. ROGERS, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1827. He studied medicine
at Warren, Obio, with Prof. William Payne, attending Cleveland Medical College, and gradu-
ating there. He practiced in Ashland County for two years, then at Bowling Green, the
county-ecat of Wood County. In February, 1873, he came to Garnett, and for several years
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was engaged in the cattle business. In 1875 he embarked in the drug business, ee it
on for three years. Afterward he engaged in sheep-raising, following that business for two
years, and in February, 1881, he:purchased a livery stable, which business is conducted
chiefly by his son, Charles M., who is a partner in the concern, The Doctor has been prac-
ticing his profession in this State since 1875. :

: /EUBEN L. ROW, Register of Deeds of Anderson County, Kan., was born in Wash-
ington Township, Pickaway Co., Ohio, in 1840, and reared onafarm. On ee 12, 1862,
he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Was
promoted to Second Lieutenant May 4, 1863, and to First Lientenant March 25, 1864. He
was Inustered_ out in September, 1865, and went to Jackson County, Ind., where he was
employed as overseer of a farm of 640 acres. Mr. Row came to Garnett in the spring of
1867; and was employed in various capacities for some five years, after which he followed
agricultural pursuits in Washington Township. He was elected Register of Deeds in 1879,
and re-elected in 1881.

DR. GEORGE SCHOONOVER was born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1834, and two
years later his parents removed to Warren County, Ind., where he was reared on a farm.
During his early youth he read many medical works and in 1867 removed to Bonaparte,
Iowa, where he studied medicine with Dr. F. A. Steinmeyer, and in 1872 began to practice.
In 1873 he removed to Holden, Johnston Co., Mo., where he continued to practice his pro-
fession until in September, 1876, when he came to Garnett. He at once opened an office at
this place and is now considered one of the leading physicians in this section of the country.
The Doctor is a member of the Eclectic Medical Society of Kansas. ,

REY. F. M. SISSON, pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Benning-
ton, Switzerland Co., Ind., November 21, 1851. He was educated at Morris Hill College,

,ind., graduating in 1874 and was admitted to the Southeast Indiana Conference in 1875.
He was stationed first on the Connersville circuit for a year; then for a year on the Liberty
circuit, and for two years on Arlington circuit, Ind. He was ordained deacon in Septem-
ber, 1877, by Bishop Foster at Madison, Ind., and elder at Hutchinson, Kan., in March, 1880,
by Bishop Wiley. The subject of this sketch was transferred to Kansas in March, 1877,
and stationed at Eureka, Greenwood County, for two years, There he built the first
Methodist Episcopal Church in the county. In March, 1879, he was stationed at Garnett
and at once entered upon his present duties. He has been very successful in his labors and
has largely increased the membership of his church.

JAMES H. SLICER, County Treasurer, was born in Cumberland, Md., October 27,
1831, where he was, after reaching the age of manhood, engaged im mercantile pursuits. In
1864 he went to Bellefontaine, Ohio, where he followed agricultural pursuits for two
years and was then employed in the mercantile business. He came to Kansas in January,
1871; located at Garnett; for two years he carried on the grocery business, after which he
was employed as a clerk in the general merchandise business. He was elected Treasurer of
Anderson County in November, 1879, and re-elected in 1881.

SLONAKER & PAXTON, dealers in agricultural implements, wagons, etc. This
business was established in 1870 by R. T. Stokes, and purchased by the above parties, Feb-
ruary 1, 1881. They carry a stock of $15,000 to $16,000, and doa very large business. They
represent the Weir Plow Company, John Deere Plow Company, Mitchell wagons, Bain
wagons, Buckeye reapers, Aultman & Taylor threshers, Watertown and Columbus buggies,
besides many other prominent manufacturers; also deal extensively in barbed wire. They
are leaders in their line in Garnett, and extensive dealers in grain, etc. R.M. Slonaker
the senior member of the firm, is a native of Ashland County, Ohio, where he was engage:
in sheep-raising on an extensive scale. He came to Anderson County, Kan., in February,
1871; located in Monroe Township and followed agricultural pursuits for about nine

ears, making a specialty of raising live-stock, after which he embarked. in his present

usiness. His partner, N. J. Paxton, is also a native of Ashland County, Ohio. There
he followed agricultural pursuits, and was also for some years engaged, in the town of
Savannah in that county, in the manufacture of drain tile. He came to Kansas in October,
1880, and located in Garnett, engaging in this business the following February.

MOSES B SNAVELY, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons, etc., was born in
McLean County, Ill., October 16, 1852, and followed agricultural pursuits during his resi-
dence in that county. He came to Anderson County in the fall of 1877 and followed agri-
cultural pursuits until May, 1882. In pupnet of that year he established his present busi-
ness at Garnett. He carries a stock of about $3,00) and represents a large number of lead-
ing manufacturers, among which are the Pekin Plow Company, Buford plows, Abbott
buggies and Weber wagons. ao io

EDGAR SPANGLE, Clerk of the Fourth Judicial District Court, was born in Seneca
County, Ohio, March 4, 1848, and eighteen months after his parents moved to Steuben
County, Ind., where he was reared on a farm. He came to Anderson County, March
18, 1871, and located in Rich Township, where he farmed and taught school. He hasa fine
farm of eighty acres and is an extensive raiser of live-stock. He was elected to his present
office in November, 1878, re-elected in 1880 and again in 1882. __

_JOHN H. SOLLENBERGER, County Surveyor, was born in Starke County, Ohio, in
1836, and reared ona farm. He was for some years employed in the rudiments of ae
and attended the Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y., taking a special course, after whic
he followed his profession in Starke County until October 1878, when he came to Garnett.
He at once established himself in his profession at this place. In the fall of 1880 he was
appointed City Engineer, and is the present incumbent of that office. He was elected Sur-
veyor of Anderson County in the fall of 1881. : | :

W. H. STEIN, carpenter and builder, was born in Lehigh County, Pa., in October 1838,
and reared on a farm in Pickaway County, Ohio. In 1866 he began work as a carpenter and
in 1868 he emigrated to Garnett, Kan., where he has since conducted business as a carpenter
and builder. In March 1882 he built a shop which has machinery run by steam-power for
wood-turning, scroll-sawing, rip-sawing, ie etc. He also manufactures a wash-
machine, which he patented April 16, 1878. Mr. Stein has a residence property of twenty-
two acres east of Garnett which he has improved and set out in all kinds of fruit-trees, grape-
vines, berries, etc., making his place one of the best producing fruit-farme in this locality.

R. T. STOKES, undertaker and dealer in furniture, carpets, etc., was born in Putnam
County, Ind., in 1840, and eight years later his parents emigrated to Mepanoney County,
Tl., where he was reared ona farm. In August 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Tenth Mis-
souri Infantry. One year later he was promoted to the Quartermaster’s Department, and
in October 1863 he was made Quartermaster of his regiment, serving in that capacity until
September 1864. In August 1465 he came to Kansas and was employed as a clerk in the
United States Commissary Department at Leavenworth. In the following spring he went
to St. Louis, Mo., where he was employed as a traveling salesman. ee oO Kansas
in March 1869, he located at Garnett. He established an implement business and carried it
on for twelve years. In 1879 he purchased an intercst in the Garnett Mills. In October
1880 he bought out his partners, conducting the mills alone until October 1881, when he sold
out and went to Kansas City, where he was employed as a traveling salesman. Returnin,
to Garnett in 1882, he embarked in bis present business. He has the leading trade in this
line in Garnett, to supply the demands of which he carries a large stock of goods.

HON. ISCO P. SUTTON wars born in Osage County, Mo., in 1844, In June 1855 his
father, James Sutton, emigrated to Anderson County, Kan., and located in Walker Town-
ship. The subject of this sketch assisted him in farming. On March 19, 1865, he enlisted
in Company L, Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, and served eighteen months, after which he gave his
attention to farming in Sutton Valley, Anderson County, where he still owns a farm of 165
acres. In January 1878 he removed his place of residence to Garnett, and in February 1881
became associated with Geo. L. Putnam in livery business, and is still a partner in this con-
cern. He was elected Sheriff of Anderson County in 1877, and re-elected in 1879. In the
fall of 1882 he was elected Representative on the Greenback ticket from Anderson County.

WILLIAM WAGSTAFF, merchant, was born in Guernsey ee Ohio, May 22, 1834.
He learned the trade of harnees-maker at Uhrichsville and followed that occupation for
several years. At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company I,
Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was elected Second Lieutenant. On April 22, 1863,
he was promoted First Lieutenant and made Captain of Company F in February 1863, serv-
ing ani mustered out February 15, 1865. Returning to Uhrichsville, he carried on a grocery
business for several years. In 18/1 he came to Kansas, resided one summer in Bourbon
County and came to Anderson County in 1872. He located in Rich Township and carried
on a farm of eighty acres for two years; then in the same capacity in Jackson Township.
He located in Garnett in August 1876 and established his present business with a stock of
$800. He has built up a nice trade and now carries a thoroughly assorted stock’ of
clothing, hats and caps, boots and shoes, etc., worth $5,000 or more.

M. L. WHITE, dealer in groceries and queensware, was born in Stark County, Ill., No-
vember 27, 1846, and came to Anderson County, Kan., with his father, James E. White, in

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

May 1857. He assisted him on the farm in Walker Township until 1867, when he came to
Garnett. For four years he was employed as a clerk in the mercantile business, after which
he engaged in this business in the firm of Meeker & White. This firm dissolved in 1874,
and Mr. White embarked in the grain business, buying and shipping. This he ceased in
September 1876, and once more embarked in groceries, queensware, etc. He started with
a stock of about $600. His trade has increased and he now carries a fine stock of about
$3,500. He is well known throughout the county and is popular. ne

DR. JAMES H. WHITFORD was born at Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio, in April 1822.
and for some years assisted his father in wool-carding mills. After reaching the age of
manhood he was fora time engaged in contracting for and in the construction of public
works through Ohio and Virginia. “In 1852 he went to California, where for two years he
followed gold-mining. In 1856 he began the study of medicine, attended Starling Medical
College, Ohio, and graduated in the class of 1858. He then practiced his profession at
Royalton, Ohio, for three years. In August 1861 he was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the
Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and was commissioned Surgeon in March 1862, which position
he filled until July 29, 1865. After the battle of Antietam he acted as Brigade Surgeon.
After the battle of Chickamauga he acted as Medical Director of the Fourth Division,
Fourteenth Army Corps, and was for some months Medical Director of the Wheeling
district. After the war he practiced at Circleville. The Doctor came to Garnett in May 1867,
and has since followed the practice of his profession in this locality. r

JOHN STUART WHITFORD, County Attorney,was born at Circleville, Ohio, Decem-
ber 20, 1852, and came with his father, Dr. J. H. Whitford, to Anderson County, in May,
1867. He attended school at Garnett for a year, and assisted his father on his farm in
Jackson Township, where he resided up to 1875. During the school terms of 1874-75, and
1876, he taught district school. In 1874, he beeen the study of law with Judge A. Bergen.
In 1876 he went to the State University of ichigan at Ann Arbor, and graduated in the
class of 1878, He was admitted to the bar at Garnett in September, 1878, and was associated
in the practice of law with A. Bergen until the judge removed to Topeka, in October, 1882.
Mr. Whitford was elected County Attorney of Anderson County in the fall of 1880.

J. R. WHITNEY, dealer in drugs, wall-paper, etc., was born in Essex County, N. Y.,
in 1847. He was educated there and at the Middlebury Academy, Vermont. He cameto
Kansas in April, 1868, located in Lawrence, and was employed in the drug store of B. W.
Woodward. In 1870 he came to Garnett, and worked in the branch store of Mr. Woodward
at this place for some time. He was then in the employ of W. R. Judson, dealer in drugs,
for about three years. In 1875, he embarked in the drug business on his own account. He
had very little means—about $50—but has by energy and close application to business,
accumulated quite a little property, and built an extensive trade. He owns his brick store,
dwelling-house, and has some $4,000 in stock and fixtures. He has been Clerk of Monroe
Township, which includes the city of Garnett, for the pastfour years, and is a prominent
member of the I. O. O. F. 5

GEORGE E. WITTIOH, retired merchant, was born in Circleville, Pickaway Co.,
Ohio, where he followed mercantile business as aclerk. In the spring of 1870, he came to
Garnett, and at once established a grocery business in company with M. A Crouse, under
the style of Crouse & Wittich, in the same year, Isaac Knouff was taken in andthe firm
name changed to Knouff, Wittich & Co.,which was dissolved in the spring of 1871, at which
time George E. Wittich bought Henry Moler’s stock of general merchandise, taking in M.
A. Crouse, under style of Wittich & Crouse. This firm built up a large and lucrative busi-
ness which they disposed of in August, 1882, to Pollard & Peirce. Mr. Wittich has consid-
erable real estate in Kansas City, and gives the greater portion of his time to the manage-
ment of the samé in connection with his mining interests in Colorado, where he is inter-
ested in several different mines. He is also a stockholder in the Clay County Cattle
Company, Texas, which concern has 15,000 acres of land, and over 6,000 head of cattle. He
served one term in the City Council.

J. D. WOODWORTH, retired merchant, was born in Greene County, N. Y., September
13, 1835, and reared in Chautauqua County. In 1856, he emigrated to Hancock, Ill. For
three years he was ope as a clerk in mercantile business, then he engaged in the dry

oods business, which he continued to conduct until he sold out and came to Garnett, in

eptember, 1873. He brought a portion of his stock with him, and was for several months
engaged in the disposal of the same. In 1874, he embarked in the lumber business. In the
fall of 1876 be purchased a hardware stock, and conducted both businesses alone, up to the
spring of 1878, when he admitted to a partnership, C. F. Henson. In Auyust, 1882, Re sold
out his interest in both businesses, and to some extent is now engaged in dealing in real
estate. He was appointed a County Commissioner in 1876, and elected in 1877, He was
elected Mayor of Garnett in the spring of 1881, and re-elected in 1882. Mr. Woodworth is
one of the leading, enterprising citizens of Garnett.

JOHN C. WOOSTER, fruit grower, Section 30, P. O. Garnett, was born in New
Haven County, Conn., in 1824, and nineteen years later removed to Wood County, Ohio.
He pres, in agricultural pursuits, accumulated a section of land and cultivated 400 acres
of it, besides growing large quantities of fruit. In 1850 he sold his farm and moved to
Bowling Green, the county-seat, where for five years he conducted a hotel, afterward fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits. In the fall of 1862, he was elected Treasurer of the county
and served two years. He then returned to New Haven County, Conn., and purchased 200
acres of land, and again followed farming. Mr. Wooster came to Anderson County Kan.,
in November, 1873, and engaged in the manufacture of cheese, at Garnett, but only con-
tinued that enterprise for a few months, In March, 1874, he purchased his present prop-
erty, consisting of about seven acres, near the city of Garnett. This he hasimproved and
set out in fruit trees, etc. He has 400 trees of various kinds of fruit, one acre in grape-
vines, and large pe of all kinds of berries. -

JOSEPH RIGHT, grocer, was born in Warren County, Mo., October 20, 1839, and
educated in St. Louis. In 1849, his parents moved to Osage County, Mo., where he was
reared on a farm. He came to Anderson County, Kan., in the spring of 1860, and farmed in
Monroe Township, until 1876. In February of that year he came to Garnett, and estab-
lished his present business, He carries a nice stock of about $800. During the Rebellion
Mr. Wright served in Company B, Tenth Kansas Militia,

GREELEY.

Greeley is one of the oldest towns in Anderson County, and is situated in
Walker Township, in the northeastern part of the county, and on Section 30,
Township 19, Range 21 east. The location is a pleasant and favorable one,
on the east bank of the Pottawatomie River.

The population of the town is about 400. Almost all branches of busi-
ness are represented, and with a trade extending far out into a country
well settled by a thrifty class of farmers and stock-raisers, the business
interests receive a liberal support.

The railroad communications are by the Arizona division of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad. Since its building in the fall of 1879, the shipping interests
of ie have developed very rapidly, it now being the best point between
Paola and Garnett.

EARLY HISTORY.

- The first settlement where Greeley now is, was in May 1854, when two
young men, Valentine Gerth and Francis Myer, came with, an mee. and
a few horses and cattle, and pitched their tent on the present town site. It
was then an Indian field and had just been left by the Indians. After
planting and raising the crop, they during the following October built a log
calm on ie bank of i ao near where the bridge now is. For the next

years the principal settlements of th i S
neighborhood. Pp p ents of the county were made in the same
he town site of Greeley was selected in the spring of 1856, but it
surveyed and laid out until April 7, 1857. On ireiies 21, 1857, Tas
Benjamin, August Bondi, and Fred. Weimer, associates of the Greeley
ANDERSON COUNTY.

Town Company, filed their plat of the town and petition in the office of the.
Probate Judge, and on the fourteenth day of the following October it was
pre-empted by George Wilson, the Probate Judge, for the benefit of the
occupants of the town site.

nthe spring of 1857 several building were erected and business was
lively. The houses were generally built of logs, until a saw-mill could be
erected, and timbers sawed. The first store was opened in the spring, by
B. F, Smith. A post-office was established about the same time, but as the
town was named in honor of Horace Greeley, to whom the Administration
was not friendly, the office was named Walker, after Governor R. J. Walker,
for whom the township was named the same year. Jacob Benjamin was
appointed postmaster. A mail-route was established from Ossawatomie to

eosho City, via Walker and Hyatt. In the spring of 1858 the Greeley
Town Gongeny built a saw and grist-mill, which was operated for several
years afterward.

The town of Mount Gilead having started up, the post-office was

removed to that place in 1858, and soon almost all there was of Greeley was
moved over to the new town. For some years Mount Gilead took the lead,
but it finally died out, having many disadvantages to contend with, and the
post-office was moved back to Greeley, since which time that has been the
only village in the township, though for many years its population was less
than one hundred.

The first marriage in the vicinity was in 1856, and was that of Oliver
P. Rand and Patsy Sutton. This was the first marriage in the county.

The first school taught in the neighborhood was by T. Wadsworth, in a
cabin on the claim of M. E. Mitchell. This was the first school in the
county and was taught for a term of three months, beginning in November
1856. There were twelve pupils in attendance, some coming Irom a distance
of five miles from the schoolhouse. The salary paid the teacher was $30 per
month, with free board among the pupils. The next fall and winter a four
months’ term was taught in the same cabin by Allen Jaqua, with an average
attendance of twenty pupils.

Until after the close of the War of the Rebellion in 1865, Greeley
was but a very small village, with a store, post-office, blacksmith-shop, and
a few other buildings. About the above date some improvement began and
continued slowly until 1874, when it again came to a stand-still, owing to
a failure of crops, incident to the grasshopper raid. After one or two dull
years the village again began to improve, though not very fast until the
railroad was built in 1879. At that time it was a prosperous country town
and has ever since improved steadily, until it is now one of the most thriving
towns in the county, and isa shipping point of considerable importance.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Greeley was incorporated as a city of the third class, and the first election held July 5,
1881. The officers elected at that time were: Clark Decker, Mayor; D. W. Smith, Police
Judge; J. E. Calvert, J. K. Gardner, A. D. McFadden, A. Kincaid, and A. J. Frank, Coun-
cilmen. In April, 1882, the first regular election was held and resulted as follows: Clark

“Decker, Mayor; A. B. Benson, Police Judge; S. F. Stowe, Clerk; Chris. Bouck, Marshal;
T. Z. Stevenson, Treasurer; A. Kincaid, W. Frank, J. E. Calvert, T. Z. Stevenson, and W.
G. Roth, Councilmen. ‘

As soon as the country was settled schools were established by the enterprising and
intelligent settlers. This was one of the first schoo] districts formed and has always had
a good school. The present house is rather small, but it is expected a new one will soon be
Pee The school has now two departments. The teachers are A. D. McFadden and Belle

udy,

The only newspaper published in the town is The Greeley News, which was established
June 9, 1881, by Major Samuel E. Rankin. In October, 1881, Rev. S, W, Gilkey became
editor and proprictor. In April, 1882, J. H. Gilkey became a partner, and it is now ee
under the firm name of 8. W. & J. H. Gilkey. It is a weekly newspaper, independent
in politics, and in size an eight column folio.

The United Brethren in Christ.—As early as the year 1859, W. H. McClure, B. D. Ed-
wards, Henry Hamler, and others began making arrangements for the building of a house
of worship for the above named denomination. In 1860, the building of this church was
commenced. It was soon enclosed but was not finished for several years. This was the
second church edifice in the county. A Union Sabbath-schoo! was organized at the church
in the spring of 1860, with W. H. McClure, superintendent, and with about thirty atten-
dants. In 1874, it became a United Brethren school, with L. Champe superintendent. The
church society has always been in a prosperous condition. The present membership is
thirty-five. Rev. William Strope is pastor. : . ee

he Methodist Episcopal Church.—A society was organized by this denomination,
soon after the settlement of the country, and services held at the homes of the different
members of the congregation. In the spring of 1857; a Methodist Sabbath-school was organ-
ized by W. C. McDow, at his claim near Greeley. This was the first Sabbath-school in
the county, and was well attended. In the summer another Sabbath school was organized
in Sutton Valley with R. Robinson superintendent. The church society now has about
seventy members, and Rev. N. P. Teddrick is pastor. Arrangements are now being made to
erect a house of worship. : :

The United Presbyterian Church.—This church society way organized March 25, 1880.
with twenty-one members. The Trustees then were: R. H. Calvert, T. L. Calvert, Jas. W.
Lyon, G G. McFadden, and W. C, Calvert, Sr. The church was built in the summer of 1880,
ata cost of $1,300. The society is in a prosperous condition. The pastor Rey. 8. W. Gil-
key, assumed charge in July, 1881, and became settled pastor in July, 1882. :

The Catholic Church.—Church services are held here by the Roman Catholics, but
they have no place of worship. : , .

Greeley Lodge, A. F. & A. M.—This lodge was instituted under dispensation, on
March 27, 1882. he officers were J. D. Wait, W. M.; Clark Decker, 8. W.; L. U. Harri-
son, J. W.; J. M. DeBall, Sec.; Jesse N. Sutton, Treas.; Henry Boucher, 8. D.; S. F.
Stowe, J. Dy T. Z. Stevenson, T.; Samuel Rankin, T. The other members were: John
Weaver, J. F. King, J. G. Reese, J. Griffith, and J. A. Poyer. The lodge nqw numbers sixteen
members, and starts out with good prospects. ; nae

Knights of Pythtas, Greeley Lodge, No. 55.—This lodge was instituted September 4,
1882. The first officers were: Robert Sutherland, P. C.; A.B. Benson, C. C.; John Weaver,
V. C.; John Villhard, M. of F.; R. G. Blunt, M. of E ; George Holley, K. of R. &8.; E.
R. Stevenson, M. at A.; J. H. Asher, I G.; and W. E. Carpenter. O.G. The other mem-
bers were: V. M. Benson, J. 8. Goodrich, John Glaze, M. Stanley, James Sutton, G. Sut-
ton, §. Latham, C. Bouck, Thomas Cattle and Arthur McCoy. i Rey

United Order Ancient Templars, Greeley Temple, No. 2.—This temple was instituted
in June, 1880, with twenty-one members. Following are the names of the officers: U. 8.
Hickman, P. T.; J. H. Asher, T.; Jennie McFadden, V.T.; Mrs. E. Benson, L.; H. Wal-
ker, Rec.; John Ranzenberger, F., John Watt, Treas.; D. McFadden, Mar.; Ella McFad-
den, I.G.;, Robert Wood, O.G. The present membership is about the same as on its
organization. Though not increasing in numbers, it is in a prosperous condition.

In the spring of 1858, a saw and grist-mill was built by the Greeley Town Company,
which after being operated several years was abandoned. In_ 1867, another mill was built

by Robinson & McLaughlin, which for several years did a good business. The present
Greeley Mills are located in the western part of the town, and are owned and opcrated by

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Clark Decker. The mill was commenced in 1874, by Chris. Bouck, who, lacking means to
complete it, in the fall of 1875, associated with himself J. K. Gardner and John Weaver of
Albany, N. Y., and the building was soon completed. After being operated until 1877, by
the above firm, it was pureed by the present proprietor, Clark Decker. The mill is built
of stone. and is valued at $13,000. It contains four run of burrs, and is operated by an
engine of forty horse-power. Its average grinding capacity is twenty barrels of flour, and
10,000 pounds of meal and feed per day.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

CAMMERBEKE & BOUDEWYNS, manufacturers of .brick. This business was es-
tablished early in the spring of 1882 by the above firm. They manufactured about 200,000
brick in the season of 1882, besides a considerable quantity of drain tile. Their business is
the only one of this nature in the county and gives employment to about ten men. Peter
Cammerbeke of this firm was born in Anderson County, Kan., December 1, 1857, and was
reared on a farm. He was for three years in the mercantile business at Greeley. He hashada
a experience in the manufacture of brick of about three years. His partner, Albert

‘oudewyns, is a native of Holland. He came to America when he was thirteen years old
and learned his trade in St. Louis. He came to Kansas about two years ago and has had a
practical sy porieute in this business of about twenty-five years.

CLARK DECKER, pore of the Greeley Flouring Mills, was born in Crawford
County, Ohio, in 1835, and moved to Delaware County, Ohio, with his parents in 1842, where
for some years he followed agricultural pursuits, and also carried on a saw-mill for eleven
years, While residing there he held the office of Justice of the Peace for three years. In
August, 1864, he enlisted in Company B,One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio Infantry and
served eleven months. Mr. Decker came to Kansas in 1876 and located in Anderson County
and has since been interested in agricultural pursuits. He has 366 acres of land and raises
considerable live-stock. In the spring of 1876 he bought a saw-mill which he conducted for
about five years. In December, 1877, he purchased the Greeley Mills and has added large
improvements. They are now valued at $13,000, and he has a large and extensive trade.
The mills havea capacity of forty barrels per day, besides which 10,0 0 pounds of feed,
meal, etc , are ground out each day. Mr. Decker also deals extensively in all kinds of grain.
He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1876 and still rctains the office. Elected Mayor of
Greeley in 1881, and re-elected in 1882, :

HARRISON & KINCAID, dealers in lumber and general merchandise. L. U. Harrison,
the senior member of the firm, was born in Jones County, N. C., and when young move
with his parents to Muscatine County, Iowa, where he followed mercantile pursuits with
his father and also farmed to some extent. He came to Kansas in October, 1869, located in
Linn County, and followed agricultural pursuits and also raised considerable live-stock.
He had a farm of some 890 acres and still owns a farm there of 168 acres. He came to
Greeley in March, 1880, and engaged in.the lumber business. In January, 1880, he became
associated with A. Kincaid, and in January, 1881, they purchased the merchandise business
of Peter Cammerbeke, his stock being estimated at ree The firm have a large trade in
both businesses. In jumber, they carry a stock of $6,000; and in general merchandise,
$8,000 to $10,000, and are the leading business house in Greeley. The junior member of the
firm, A. Kincaid, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, and was reared in Mahoning
County. When twenty years old he went to Illinois and remained one year. He came to
Kansas in 1858 and_located in Linn County, where he pre-empted 160 acres and followed
agricultural pursuits. He went to Colorado in 1860 and Se in mining. Returned to

ansas in 1864. During the war he enlisted and served 100 days in the Seventeenth Kansas
Infantry. At the close of the war he farmed for seven years, then went into business at
Mound City, Linn Co., Kan., and came to.Greeley in March, 1880, at which time he pu-
chased a hardware stock and carried on that line of business for some months, and in Jan-
uary, 1881, became associated with his present partner. This firm is extending its business
rapidly. In November, 1882, they opened a branch store at Goodrich, Linn County. with a
stock of $3,000 to $4,000, that portion of the business being under the management of J.
W. Harrison.

GERARD HOLLEY, meat market and dealer in live-stock, hides, etc.. was born in
Western New York, November 13, 1849, and reared on afarm. Some yeare Jater he moved
to the city of Rochester, where he was for two years employed as a bookkeeper. He came
to Anderson County, Kan., in October, 1878, located at Central City and for two years fol-
lowed gardening; afterward moved to Greeley and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In
August, 1881, he purchased the meat market of M. Staley, which business he continues and
in connection with the same business buys and ships cattle, hides, tallow, etc.

SMITH LATHEN, dealer in stoves and tinware, was born in Franklin County, Kansas,
in April, 1860, and four years later accompanied his parents to Greeley. He learned the
trade of harness-maker with his father, M. W. Lathen, and followed that occupation for
several years. He purchased his present business from T. Z. Stephenson in February, 1882.
Mr. Lathen carries a nice stock of about $600 to $1,000. He manufactures tinware and
is building up quite a nice trade. He is the only one here engaged in this special line
of business. ;

ROTH & LYON, general merchants. This firm is composed of W. G. Roth and ©. H.
Lyon. The business was established in 1874 by Henry Calvert and in. 1877 Mr. Lyon was
admitted as a partner. Two years later Mr. Calvert sold out his interest to W. G. Roth
and the firm changed as above. The firmdo a large and increasing business, to supply the
demands of which they carry a stock of about $9,000. W. G. Roth, of this firm, 1s a native
of Allegheny County, Pa., where he followed agricultural pursuits. He came to Greeley,
Kan., in 1878, and previous to entering into the business was employed in the Greeley
Mills. OC. H. Lyon, his partner, was born in Mercer County, Pa., in 1856. Came with his
parents to Franklin County, Kan., in 1858. Ten years later they removed to Mount Gilead,
Anderson County. He followed mercantile pursuits (as a clerk) at Greeley for several years
and in 1877 embarked in this business. Both members of the firm are young and enterpris-
ing business men, and they have the oldest continuous business in Greeley.

HON. WILLIAM H. McCLURE, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Greeley, was born in Mont-
gomery County, Ohio, in 1829. He learned the trade of tinner in Tmantown in that
county, and followed that occupation in various parts of that State until June, 1857, when
hecame to Anderson County, Kansas. He pre-empted 160 acres in Monroe Township, and
improved the same, residing thefe about five years. In 1862 he went to Paola, where he
engaged in hardware business, continuing there until 1869, when he returned to Anderson
County and located on his present farm. He has about 300 acres, 200 acres of which are
under cultivation. Mr. McClure is making a specialty of wheat growing, in which he is
quite snecessful, and is also raising considerable live-stock of the Durham and Short-horn
breed. In 1867 hepurchased the easthalf of Section 30, which included the original town
site of Greeley consisting or 90 acres, a large portion of which he has since disposed of.
Mr. McClure was a member of the last Territorial legislature of Kansas. He is one of the
enterprising and successful farmers in this section of the country.

WARD A. MOREY, dealer and manufacturer of harness, saddlery, etc., was born
at Cairo, Ill., January 17, 1860. His parents emigrated to Miami County, Kan., in July,
1869, and located at Paola. Here the subject of this sketch attended school for some years.
His father removed to Baldwin City some years later and opened in mercantile business.
his son assisting him in conducting the store. In April, 1880, Edward Morey. went to
Garnett, where he learned the trade of harness-maker. In September, 1882, he came to Greeley
and purchased the business from W.T. Weldon. He carries a stock of about $800 to $1,000,
has anice trade and employs two men in the manufacturing department.

DANIEL W. SMITH,-+eal estate, etc., was born in Butler County, Ohio, December 6,
1820, and twelve years Juter accompanied his parents to Preble County, where after reaching
the age of maturity he followed agricultural pursuits. He came to Kansas in October,
1859, and located in Walker Township, Anderson County, and for fifteen years followed *
farming. In 1863 he was appointed postmaster at Greeley, which position he retained until
1869, and in the fall of 1870 was re-appointed and still retains the office. In connection
with this he conducts a real estate and insurance business and carries a stock of stationery
etc. He has also a good farm of 140 acres adjoining the town. Mr. Smith was first electe
Justice of the Peace in 1860 and held the office off and on up to 1880. He has been notary
public for the past fifteen years. :

DELOS WALKER, M. D., was born on a farm two miles south of Conneautville,
Crawford Co., Pa., October 19,1837. Hereceived his preliminary education at Conneaut-
ville Academy, He Reena manifested an inclination for medical pursuits, his education
was conducted with this object in view, but when the war of the Rebellion broke out he
deferred his studies. On April 27, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Colonel McLean's regi-
ment, and was made Orderly Sergeant. He served three months, and on returning home,
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entered the Medical Department of the Michigan University. At the end of one term the
call for Volunteers became more urgent, and he enlisted for nine months in the One Hun-
dred and Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, and was given the rank of Captain, In the
following year he waa elected Major, in which he continued for his full term of service.
Participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellors-
ville. At the expiration of the term for which he had enlisted, Major Walker again re-
turned to Michigan University, graduating with the class of 1864. e first began the prac-
tice of his profession at Medina, Michigan, afterward goiny to his former place of residence,
Conneautville, Pa., and was soon appointed Examining Surgeon of the Twentieth Provost
District, which he retained until February, 1865, when he again entered miltary service,
and taking charge of eight companies of Infantry, went to Roanoke Island, and com-
pleted the re-organization of the old One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Re iment. He
was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment at the close of the war. He settled at Union City,Pa.,
and again entered upon the duties of his profession, and was appointed United States Ex-
amining Surgeon, and also Surgeon of the Philadelphia & Brie Railroad. In February, 1867,
he came to Kansas and settled at Greeley, Anderson County, where he has a large prac-
tice, and enjoys an enviable reputation. The Doctor was married in 1860, to Miss Emerctte
Greenfield, of Crawford County, Pa.

HON. JOHN D. WAIT, merchant, was born in Delaware County, N. Y., January 2 =
and was reared ona farm, In 1856, he removed to Pike County, Ill., where he followe
agricultural pursuits, and alsu worked as carpenter. In August, 1863, he enlisted in Com-
pany E, Ninety-first Illinois Infantry. Was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the follow-
ing December, and resigned in March, 1864, after which he followed agricultural and me-
chanical pursuits in Pike County.. Mr. Wait came to Kansas in the spring of 1869, and
located in Liberty Township, Linn County, where he improved a farm, and followed
agricultural pursuits for about twelve years. In the fall of 1879, he _was elected to the State
Legislature, to represent Linn County. Mr. Wait came to Greeley in November, 1881, and

purchased his present business from H. Decanniere; he has increased his trade largely since
that time, and carries a nice stock of about $7,000 to pony the demand of the same. Mr.
Wait is an enterprising merchant, displays considerable energy, and is building up a fine
business in this locality.

WELDA.

This thriving little village is situated on pnb eenely rolling upland
rairie, on the line of the Kansas City, Lawrence & Kansas Southern
Railroad about eight miles south from Garnett,

The history of Welda begins with the year 1870, when the railroad
company established a station of that name. But the town was not sur-
veyed and platted until 1873.

The first settlers were J. M. Kauble and family, who located in August,
1878. The next to locate was John Hogan, in 1875, and D. H. Morey in 1876.

The post-office was established June 23, 1874, and J. M, Kauble
appointed postmaster.

The first birth was that of Harry, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kauble,
April 20, 1875.

On December 23, 1876, T. J. Gilmore was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Kauble. This was the first marriage in Welda.

The first store was opened in May, 1879, by D. H. Morey.

During the earlier years, the schoolhouse was located at some distance
from the town, but in the fall of 1879, a schoolhouse was built in the north-
eastern part of the village, and a term of school taught therein the same
fall, by & W. Patterson.

The first sermon was preached at the schoolhouse, svon after its com-
pletion, by Rev. Hanson.

The first death to take place in the town site was that of Daniel Lovell,
in October, 1882.

The town made no progress until within the past three years. There
are now two stores, a schoolhouse, railroad depot, a blacksmith and wagon
shop, two hotels, a post-office, and a few dwellings. The population is now
about one hundred and fifty. The principal industry is the baling and
shipping of hay, which amounts to several thousand tons annually. There
are two large steam-presses in operation, one started. in 1879, and the
other in 1881. |

There are no church buildings, though religious services are held
regularly. The United Presbyterian Church was organized in pe Meat
1879, Rev. C. H. Strong officiating. Soon afterward the Methodist piscopal
Church organized a society and built a parsonage. The Presbyterians are
now making arrangements to organize a society.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

B. F. HENRY, stock-raiser, Section 30, P. O. Garnett, is a native of Clarke County, Ohio
where he was reared on afarm. In 1872 he moved to De Witt County, Ill., where he fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits for two years. He came to Anderson County, Kan., August
21, 1874, and located at Central City,and was for three years engaged in buying and shippin
live-stock. He then went to Garnett, clerked for M. L. White, in the grocery business, an
in 1878 entered into partnership with him; a year later he sold out his interest and moved
on to his present. farm, which consists of 1,200 acres, 850 of which are in cultivation,
the balance he uses for stock purposes. His principal business is fattening cattle for the
Eastern markets. He carries on an average about 250 head. His land is located near the
head of Cedar Creek, has abundance of water, and his stock-raising facilities are second to

none in the county.
COLONY.

This thriving village is situated on the nat upland prairie, in the
southern part of Anderson County, on the line of Kansas City, Lawrence &
Kansas Southern Railroad, about sixteen miles from Garnett. The location
is a pleasant one, but situated as it ison a spur from the Ozark Mountains,
it is impossible to obtain well-water, and rain water has to take its place
altogether,

The population of Colony is about 400, and is made up of an exception-
ally enterprising class of people. The business houses represent nearly all
branches of trade, and are all doing well. The adjoining country is fast

* being settled, and the land brought under cultivation, in consequence of
which the town is growing very rapidly.

The history of the qillece begins with the year 1870, at which time the
railroad was completed through the county. A town was laid out, and a
depot built on Section 6, Township 22, Range 19. This was done by the
railroad company, who named the new place Divide. The plat was recorded
August 2, 1870. ;

It was not long until a post-office was established at the pepe and kept
by the railroad agent Wyman. He was succeeded by D. 0. McAllister, me
was also depot agent.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Owing to the difficulty in obtaining water, no improvement in the town
was made until 1872. A colony had been formed in Ohio and Indiana by
Col. Henry Wilson, Col. N. Bostwick, J. J. Fairbanks, J. G. Norton and
others, and after examining Colorado and Kansas, Divide station was chosen
as the most favorable point at which to locate. The colonists began to arrive
early in the year, and by the middle of May, fully one hundred had selected
land and most of them veren making some improvements. On their arrival
they elected Col. Wilson President; J. J. Fairbanks, Vice-President; J. P.
Ewing, Secretary; and D. W. Ream, Treasurer. Though at first so large,
the colony soon disbanded and the greater number of the settlers returned
to the East, some abandoning land on which they had made a payment. A
few families remained, however, and have all done well and accumulated
property. .Of this colony now living on the town site, are only the families
of A. G. Perkins and Thomas Bell.

The station and town was named Colony in 1872, from the large settle-
ment by the above named colonists.

The first store was openea early in 1872 by Fairbanks & Reams in what
is now the Grandview Hotel. .

The first birth was that of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Reams,
in August, 1872. :

The first sermon was preached by Rev. Travis, Sunday March 31, 1872.

The second birth was that of Matilda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Thomas
Bell, and occurred on December 12, 1872.

The first marriage took place on July 3, 1879, and was that of Frank
P. Ewing and Narcissa Fullenwider.

The first death occurred in August, 1875, and was that of Minnie May
Fairbanks, child of J. J. Fairbanks.

As only afew of the colony remained the town did not improve any
until about the year 1879. Up to that time it contained only a store, post-
office, blacksmith shop, hotel, and a few other buildings. About the above
date the lands adjoining the village were fast being settled and improved,
therefore the town began to build up, and has continued to progress until
the present time. The greatest growth was in the years 1881 and 1882.

About the middle of August, 1881, a number of the best buildings in
the town were swept away by a conflagration. The fire broke out at about
half-past six o’clock in the evening in a meat market, between the hotel
and a large store. The building was soon in flames, which was rapidly
communicated to others, and ina short time the Empire House, Roberts’
meat market, Buford’s store, Dr. Malone’s office, Yokum & Matthews’ fur-
niture store, and Matthews’ grocery store were in ashes. But little was
saved from any of these houses. Though a hard blow to the losers, it was
not long until most of the buildings were replaced.

In the early history of the town, the schoolhouse was about three miles
distant, but in 1876, the present school building was built on the town site,
and in the fall of the same year a term’ of school was taught therein by
Frank P. Ewing. The school has always been well conducted and now has
two departments.

The only newspaper published in the village is the Colony Free Press,
J. J. Burke, editor and proprietor. It was established January 5, 1882,
and is a bright and newsy paper. In size it is a seven-column folio.

The Methodist Episcopal Church.—This church society was organized
in 1877, from what was then known as the Deer Creek circuit. The church
was built in 1880. The society has about sixty members. Rey. N. T. Ryne
ispastor. J. McD. Martin is superintendent. of the Sabbath-school.

The Baptist Church.—This church society was organized in 1881, and
the church was erected in 1882. The society is in a prosperous condition.
Rev. C. J. Coulter is pastor, and C. B. Randall superintendent of the Sab-
bath-school.

The Catholic Church.—Services are held here by the Roman Catholics,
but they have not yet erected a house of worship.

One of the chief industries of the town is the baling and shipping of
hay. There are in operation three portable presses, besides two large ones
operated by steam-power. The steam presses are owned and operated by

all & Rogers, who ship fully 15,000 tons of hay annually.

Olive Branch Lodge, A., B. & A, A.—This lodge was instituted in
April, 1882, under dispensation. The first officers were: S. C. Varner,

.M.; BE. EF. Ewing, J. W.; J. M. Axtell, Treas.; Samuel Mooberry, Sec.;
Thomas Church, 8. W.; J. K. Corbin, 8S. D. The other members were J.
M. Savage, Obid Newcomb and Sylvester Durall. The lodge now numbers
sixteen members and is in a prosperous condition.

Knights of Pythias, Prairie Lodge, No. 49.—This lodge was instituted
in March, 1882, with J. J. Burke, C.C.; T. P. Turner, K. of RB. & S.;
James McCartney, P.; E. D. Thomas, V. C.; R. A. Gant, M. at A. The
other original members were C. P. Walker, James Walker, W. S. Roberts,
W.N. Marshall, J. McD. Martin, J. Biben, C. P. Richardson, E. E. Varner,
and J. QO. Smith. The lodge now numbers twenty-three members and is in
a flourishing condition. The present officers are: Dr. E. D. Thomas, C.C.;
T. J. Turner, V.C.; McD. Martin, P. J.; J. O. Smith, K. of R. & S;
J. L. Bibens, M. of E.; R. M. Gaut, M. of F.; J. F. Walker, M. at A.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

_ GEORGE EDWARDS, agent for S. A. Brown & Co., lumber dealers, was born in
Miami County, Ind., October 4, 1846, where he learned the trade of carpenter and cabinet-
maker. In 1869 he came to Kansas and remained fora year in Mannan County. Return-
ing East, he located at Mexico, Ind., and followed his trade. In 1878 he went to Glencoe,
Minn., where he was employed in a lumber-yard and also worked at his trade, zeta to
Marshall County, Kan., in April 1880. He was for a few months employed ona farm. Then
he went to Atchison, where he worked at his trade in a furniture establishment. In June
1882_he came to Colony and entered upon his present duties.

T.L. ELLIOT, merchant, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., December 29, 1886, and
was reared on a farm in Wayne and Clinton counties, Mich., where his parents were engaged
in agricultural: pursuits. In May, 1857 he came to Kansas, locating in Allen County and
remaining there in camp until December with the Union Settlement company. He assisted
in Jaying out the town of Geneva, and was a member of the Town Company. Removing to
Woodson County, he took up a farm and followed agricultural pursuits, July 24, 1861, he
ANDERSON COUNTY.

enlisted in Company C, Tenth Kansas Infantry, and was discharged in August 1864 and
returned to his farm, but remained there only a short time, removing to Allen County, where
he purchased a farm. This he traded two years later for a stock of goods at Geneva, and
continued to carry on business there until January 1882, when he came to Colony and
opened a general merchandise store. He carries a good stock of about $8,000 and is build-
ing up a nice trade. :

ED. F. EWING, salesman, with T. L. Elliot, was born in Licking County, Ohio, June
22, 1839. There he was educated and fora time attended the Denison University at Gran-
ville, Ohio, In September 1861 he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry, and was appointed Second Lieutenant, serving eighteen months. He then re-enlisted
in the Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was appointed Regimental Sergeant, and served until
September, 1865. He afterward followed mercantile and agricultural pursuits in Licking
Cont He came to Anderson County, Kan., in May 1872, and located in Ozark Township.
There he improved a farm of eighty acres, which he still owns. In 1879 he came to Colony
and has since followed mercantile pursuits as a salesman. He was Clerk of the township
three years and Trustee one. In 188') he took the United States Census of Ozark Township,
and in 1881 he was Secretary of the Republican Central Committee of Anderson County.
He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for twenty-one years and at present is
J. W. of the ledge. :

JOHN L. HALL, of Hall & Rogers, balers and shippers of hay, was born in Bartlett,
N. H., in March 1831, and removed when fonne with his parents to Portland, Me., where he
learned the trade of carpenter. He was then employed in that occupation, and as engineer
in various parts of the State of Maine. In March, 1856, he came to Kansas, located at Waa
dotte, and was for several years employed as carpenter In 1857 he engaged in the furniture
and undertakers’ business, and while so engaged, he located a fine cemetery in Wyandotte.
During the early part of the war he began to run steamers on the Missouri River, between
Leavenworth and Lexington, Mo., and carried on that business for about fifteen years. He
built fivenew steamers, and lost while eleeed in the river business seven boats. He was then
engaged in milling for several years, in Wyandotte and Leavenworth, also followed that
business at Spring Hill, Kan., for two years. He came to Colony May 25, 1882, and engaged
in the present business with R. H. Rogers. They run two steam presses of ten horse-power
each, employ twelve men and bale from 15,000 to 20,000 tons of hay per annum.

JOHN HOLZAPFEL, postmaster, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 11, 1856,
and in May, 1858, his parents emigrated to Douglas County, Kan. His father, Nicholas Holz-
apfel, was one of the pioneers of Baldwin City and resided there seventeen years, during
which period the subject of this sketch was for a few years employed in agricultural pur
suits. In March, 1875, he came to Colony, several years he followed farming and was also
for a time employed in the real estate office of C. P. Walker. In March, 1882, he, in company
with the Bush Bros., purchased the general merchandising stock of J.B. Rhodes. The
business is conducted under the style of Bush Bros. & Co. They have a large trade and
catey 3 oa of about $6,000. Mr. Holzapfel’ was appointed postmaster at this place

une 7, .

JOHN McD. MARTIN, of Martin & Shockey, merchants, was born in Jackson County,
Ga., November 24, 1836. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1857 and located in Bourbon
County. During the troubles prevailing at that period he was a supporter of the Free-State
party. In the spring of 1859 he removed to Pike’s Peak, Col. Returning the following fall,
he pre-empted 120 acres in Allen County, and at once engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
enlisted, August 29, 1862, in Company B, Tenth Kansas Infantry, and was discharged at the
close of the war, having served in all thirty-five months. In 1866 he sold his farm in Allen
County, removed to Anderson County, purchased land in Deer Creek and once more embarked
in farming and stock-raising. In 1877 he moved to Colony and engaged in the genera] mer-
chandise business, and has followed it, off and on, since. On December 15, 1881, he became
associated with his present partner, M. Shockey. ‘The firm do a large business and carry a
stock of $6,000 to supply the demands of their trade. Mr. Martin owns 487 acres of land in
Anderson County and is also engaged in the grain business with §. C. Varner. He has held
the offices of Clerk and Treasurer of Ozark Township several times.

: ORGE W. MATTHEWS, merchant, was born in Illinois in 1844 and when young
his parents moved to Macon County, Mo., and in 1860 he accompanied them to Kansas. His
father, P. T. Matthews, located on Deer Creek, Anderson County, and practiced medicine,
while the boys conducted the farm. He has continued to practice his profession ever since
until the present time, but his physical strength pee failed, he has at length been obliged
to give it up. The subject of this sketch enlisted, in November, 1861, in Company F, Eig! ith
Kansas Infantry, served three years, and was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sep-
tember 19, 1863. He then resided with his father at Greeley and attended the school there and
at Garnett. In 1866 he engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own account, carrying on a
farm on Deer Creek until the spring of 1881, when he came to Colony and was engaged in
the grocery business. He was burned outin the summer of 1882, and in October started
again with a general stock, of which he carries about $2,500. . :

JOHN B. RHODES, farmer, was born at West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass., April
8, 1839, A year later his parents emigrated to Wyoming County, Pa., and he assisted his
father in milling and farming until he arrived at twenty-one years of age. when he attended
the Luzerne Institute, Pa., for some time. Afterward he read law at Wilkesbarre with S. P.
Longstreet, and was admitted there to the bar in 1864. He then practiced in Wyoming
County, at the town of Tunkhannock. He was appointed Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion for Wyoming County in 1867, and again in 1869. This position he yee and came
to Anderson County, Kan., in the spring of 1870. He located in Ozark Township and
engaged in agricultural pursuits. Hehad charge of the post-office at Elizabethtown from
1874 to 1879. In March of the latter year he removed to Colony and embarked in the general
merchandise business. He built up a large and lucrative trade and disposed of the same to
Bush Bros. & Co. in March, 1882, since which time he has given his attention to his farm, etc.
Mr. Rhodes has 245 acres of land, 140 acres of which he cultivates, and also raises cousider-
able live-stock. He has held the offices of Treasurer and Trustee of Ozark Township and
was in 188) elected a member of the County Board of Commissioners of Anderson Connty
for a term of three years. . 5

SAMUEL C. VARNER, dealer in grain and implements, was born in Monongahela City,
Penn., December 10, 1845, ten years later his parents removed to Fulton County, Ill., and he
was employed as a clerk in mercantile business at Canton, for several years. In May, 1862,
he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-seventh Illinois Infantry, served one year, re-enlisted in the
One Hundred and Forty-eighth, and was elected Second Lieutenent of Company B, was pro-
moted to First Lientenent in April, 1865, and mustered out in September following. In 1867
he moved to Des Moines, Iowa, clerked a year,{and then engaged in grocery business, a year
latér he sold out and went to Adair County, where he followed agricultural pursuits. In 1876
he moved to McLean County, Ill., where he carried on a farm of 800 acres. Mr. Varner
came to Colony in April, 1879, and established a lumber-yard, this he sold out in June, 1882.
In 1881 he embarked in_hardware business, built up a nice trade and disposed of that busi-
ness in October, 1882. In 1880 he engaged in agricultural implement business, he is the only
one engaged in that line of business at this place, and has a nice trade. He is also engaged
ingrain business in company with John McD. Martin. _ ;

JOSEPH WALKER, carpenter and builder,was born in Crawford County, Penn., June 17,
1829, there he learned the ieale of carpenter, and followed that occupation and boat_building
until he came to Kansas in September, 1866. He located in Garnett and followed contractin,
and building. In July, 1868, he purchased a farm on Deer Creek, Anderson County, an
farmed in connection with his trade until March, 1881,when he moved to Colony, since which
time he has given his sole attention to building, etc. ‘

CHARLES PORTER WALKER, real estate, was born near Conneautville, Crawford
County, Penn., May 11, 1849, and came to Anderson County, Kan., in A) ril, 1866. He located
on Deer Creek and four years later homsteaded eighty acres, there he followed _agricult-
ural pursuits. In July, 1876, he moved to Colony and engaged in the real estate business,
he was at that time appointed local land agent for what is now the K. C.L. &8.K.R. BR. Co.,
and the M. K. & T. R.R. Co. Both positions he still retains and in connection he conducts
a general real estate and loan business. “

WESTPHALIA.

Westphalia is a thriving village in the midst of a German settlement,
situated in the western part ‘of the county. Its location is on the gently
sloping upland prairie, not far from timber, and on the line of the Arizona
Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, about seventeen miles west and
south from Garnett.

‘means of support.

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The present population of Westphalia is about one hundred and fifty.
There are altogether, including shops, etc., seventeen business houses, with
an aggregate annual trade of $120,000. The hay trade is a profitable
eee and several thousand tons of baled and pressed hay are shipped
annually,

The first settlement in the vicinity of the present town was made in
September, 1879, by Smith P. Cornell, who then located on his farm. He
was soon followed by J. Critchlow and P. Hartmann.

After the completion of the railroad a town was surveyed and platted,
in the spring of 1880, and called Cornell, in honor of 8. P. Cornell.

In November, 1879, a post-office had been established at the residence
of Mr. Cornell, who was appointed postmaster and the office named in his
honor. On July 1, 1880, the post-office was moved to the town site, and
the name changed to Westphalia, this name having been selected by the
railroad company as the name of the station. Anthony Flusche, who had
located at the new town a short time before was appointed postmaster as
well as depot agent. Some time afterward the name of the town was
changed to Westphalia that it might correspond with the name of the post-
office and railroad station.

a ma May 15, 1880, the first store was opened by Flusche Bros., on Lot 2,
ock 4,

The first hay press was established in 1881, by J. D. Hawes.

The first birth was that of Anthony, son to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
Flusche, on March 16, 1881. _

On January 20, 1881, Anton Berles and Katherine Schmitt were united
in marriage. This was the first marriage in the village.

The first death took place on May 20, 1881, and was that of Mrs. Eva
K. Flusche, an old and respected lady.

The first sermon was preached at the residence of A. Flusche, by Rev.
P. A. Peters, on April 12, 1880. In the spring of 1881, the first church—
the Roman Catholic—was built. It is a well furnished building, 22x40 feet
in size. Services are held regularly therein.

The first school taught in Westphalia began May 1, 1881. It was kept
in the Catholic Church. Rev. P. Brocarde was the teacher. The school-
house was afterward moved in from the country, since when the school has
been kept in it.

The only mill is a corn-mill, opened in the fall of 1882, by Thomas &
Hawes, in the large hay-press building, south of the depot.

_The town is peopled by an energetic and intelligent class of people,
principally Germans. The school is a good one, having about fifty pupils.
The Roman Catholic is the only church organization, There is a Literary
Society which is in a prosperous condition,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

JACOB AFFOLTER, M. D., was born in Switzerland in 1831. He studied medicine at
Berne College, and graduated there. In 1852 he came to America, traveled for some months
then settled at Davenport, Iowa, where he was employed in drug business. He attended
Humboldt Medical College, St. Louis, graduating August 13, 1862, and was immediately ap-
pointed First Assistant Surgeon, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, serving in that capacity over two
years. Then practiced in Milwaukee for a few months, afterwards located at the town of
Breese, Clinton County, Ill., where he continued to practice his profession until January
1882, when he immigrated to Westphalia, Kan., since which time he has practiced in An-

on County.
are Cc. ELEINS, of C. C. Elkins & Co., dealers in lumber, building material, etc.,was born
in Greene County, Ind., in 1850, and for some years was employed in teaching school in that
State, Missouri and Colorado. In 1876 he came to Kansas and located in Rich Township,
Anderson County, where he was engaged in farming and Peete He still owns his
farm, which consists of 200 acres. In February 1882, he came to Westphalia and embarked
in this bueiness under present style. He carries a nice stock of about $5,000, and is building
up a good business. During his residence in Rich Township, he was Justice of the Peace
for five years, and Trustee of the Township for one year. : |

ANTON FLUSCHE, of Flusche Bros., merchants, was born in Westphalia, Germany,
in 1847. There he was for a time employed in the drug business. In 1871 he emigra-
ted to St. Louis, Mo., there he followed the drug business, and in 1874 moved to Westphalia,
Towa, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In April 1880, he came to Kansas, lo-
cated at Westphalia, and embarked in mercantile business in company with his brothers
Emil and August, on the following May. They carry a stock of about $5,000. Mr. Flusche
was appointed postmaster at this place, April 28, 1880, and has retained the office since.

EMIL FLUSCGE, of Flusche Bros., merchants, was born in Germany in 1849, and he
was employed for some years in the capacity of book-keeper. In 1872 he emigrated to
Shelby County, Iowa, there he established the town and German Colony of Westphalia, and
while residing there carried on a real estate and insurance business, and also followed farm-
ing pursuits. He came to Kansas in March, 1880, located in Anderson County, and estab-
lished the town of Westphalia. Mr. Flusche is engaged in the land and insurance business
and is also engaged in general merchandise business in company with his brothers August
and Anton, besides which he has a farm of 300 acres adjoining the town site. The subject
of this sketch was married in Westphalia, Kan., November 23, 1881, to Annie Heese.

RUDOLPH F. GRAUPNER was born in Radibor, Prussia, Germany, August 12,
1845. His parents emigrated to America, when he was about three years of age.
Located at_Manyouk, Mass. He has lived in different portions of Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Enlisted in the Federal army at
Davenport, Iowa, October 1, 1861,in Company B, Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and
served during the Rebellion to the end of the war under Gen. Sherman. Re-enlisted asa
veteran in the same company and regiment at Vicksburg, Miss., in 1864. Served an ap-
prenticeship as druggist at Augusta, Ill., in 1867, from which time he adapted himself to
different occupations, whichever proved the most lucrative and afforded him the best
Was married at Muscatine, Iowa, in March, 1872. In 1874 served an
apprenticeship as barber at Waterloo, Iowa, after which followed the tonsorial art at
Greene, Iowa, until 1876; purchased a quarter section in Floyd County, Iowa, and farmed
two years, after which moved to Missouri, where he sojourned about two years. In Feb-
ruary, 1890, took a fying trip to Kansas and purchased some lots in the then town of Cornell.
since changed to Westphalia, in Anderson County, Kan.. and the following August, moved ,
his family from Winston, Mo., here, but not finding the prospects very encouraging, de-
cided on Tocating at Le Roy, Coffey Co., Kan. May 1, 1882, he moved his stock of drugs and ~
druggists’ sundries to Westphalia, since which he has added general merchandise. Carries
stone of about $5,000 to be increased and enlarged. — . ;

J.D. HAWES, dealer in hay, grain, farm and mill products and live-stock, Westphalia,
Kan., was born in Sherman, Fairfield Co., Conn., July 17, 1835. When quite young took
charge of his father’s large dairy, eppue and selling the product in New York City. In
1853 he moved to Bradford, Chickasaw Co., Iowa, and was commissioned by Governor
Grimes as a notary public, and engaged in the banking and real estate business. In 1858
he married Miss F. M., the youngest daughter of Colonel Alvard Fuller, and soon after
moved to East Temple, where nities and real estate speculation occupied his attention
until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he was conscripted into the Rebel service,
but escaped to the Union lines in Kentucky; received a recruiting commission and was also
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sutler for the First East Tennessee Cavalry, Col. Robert Johnson. Healso opened a wholesale
store at 46 Public Square, Nashville, Tenn., from which he supplied a large number of
sutlers, keeping up~his stock*by shipping from Cincinnati, Ohio, by the steamboat load.
His attention was also turned to photographing and Harper’s and Leslie’s monthlies are in-
debted to him for many of their views of battle scenes and historical localities. He em-
ployed twenty-seven artists, and thcre is scarce a Union soldier that does not remember the
gallery of the Cumberland and the many photograph tents of Hawes Brothers. In 1864 he
turned his attention to railroading and was for twelve years in the employ of the A. & M.
Railroad, Missouri Pacific and other lines as conductor. It was during this period
that he conducted a large commission house in Cincinnati, keeping his brother, G. W.
Hawes, in charge of the same. In 1876 he moved to Kansas. Purchased a large tract of
land and tried his hand at farming. This proved to be too slow to suit his high pressure
ideas, and he engaged in baling and shipping hay and general merchandise at Leloup.
Soon after selling out to Purdy & Scott, he entered the service of the Hannibal & St. Joe
Railroad as conductor, but after a oe resigned and put in steam hay presses at Colony,
Iola, Humboldt, Mount Ida and Westphalia. Was elected President of the Valley Hay
Company, a corporation that for a season greatly influenced the hay and grain trade in
Southern Kansas, and giving the towns where his presses were located new life and energy.
After the season of 1881 he disposed of all interest except in the presses and mills at West-
phalia, where he is still doing‘a large business as indicated above, furnishing employment to
from 30 to 300 men and paying the farmers of this and adjoining counties over $1U0,000
per annum.

J.R. McCORMICK, proprietor Westphalia House, was born in Bourbon County, Ky.,
July 27, 1824, and reared ona farm. In 1847-48 he served in the Mexican war in the Third
Kentucky troops, after which he was engaged in general trading. On July 16, 1862, he en-
listed in Company E, John Morgan's Squadron, Confederate troops. Early in 1863 he was
promoted to Captain of Company B, Ninth Kentucky Infantry. In July of that year he
was captured by the Union roe and not released until May, 1965. He returned to Ken-
tucky and conducted a hotel at Carlisle for ten months; at Blue Licks Springs for four years.
and carried on the Southern Hotel at Lexington for two years; afterward engaged in general
trading, speculating, etc., until November, 1877, when he came to Kansas. 1. McCormick
farmed for over two years in Anderson County. In March, 1880, he went to Coffey County,
where he continued to farm up to March, 1882, when he came to Westphalia and at once
opened his present hotel. He keeps a good house and has accommodation for sixteen guests.

MONT IDA.

Mont Ida is a very small town situated about nine miles southwest from
Garnett, on the line of the Arizona Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
The location is a fine one on the nearly level high upland prairie.

Surrounded as it is by an old and well developed agricultural country,
a great deal of business is done. Besides the trade in general merchandise,
the baling and shipping of hay is a profitable industry. There is also a
railroad depot, schoolhouse, post-office, and blacksmith shop.

The land on which the town is located was settled in 1857, by E.
J. Broomhall, who still resides there. The town was surveyed and platted
in 1880, by the railroad company. It was named by them, and it is said
the name was selected in honor of a daughter of Mr. Broomhall. ;

The first. settlers to locate on the town site were J. D. Huffman, J. A.
Stoner, and Frank Gray. The first named’settled in September, 1880.

The post-office was established January 1, 1882, and Frank Gray, who
still retains the office was appointed postmaster.

The first store was opened December 1, 1881, by Frank Gray, in a stone
building.

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The first blacksmith shop was opened by J. A. Stoner.

The schoolhouse was built in the ane of 1882, and after completion
the first term of school was taught by Maggie Moore.

The first sermon preached on the town site was by Rev. Mr. Huffman,
at the new school-house, in the spring of 1882.

The town starts with the prospect of soon making a thriving village.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WM. R. BORROW, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Garnett, was born in West Virginia, April 14,
1818, where he followed agricultural pursuits. He emmigrated to Kansas, Nov. 7, 1859, and
Jocated on his present farm. He has 532 acres of land, of which he cultivates 120, and is an
extensive breeder of cattle and “hogs. On August 14, 1862, he enlisted in Company F,
Eleventh Kansas Infantry, and was discharged May 24, 1864. 4 .

JOHN B. CAMPBELL, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Garnett, was born in Scotland in 1833. At
the age of sixteen years he pe to Syracuse, N. Y.; was for a time ernployed at farm
work, then moved to Herkimer County, where he worked eighteen months at the trade of
tinner, He emigrated to Kansas, April, 1856, resided a few months at Osawatomie, and
participated with the Free-State party in the troubles Heeling atthat period. In the fall
of that year he enlisted in the militia attached to the Sixth United States Infantry, and served
two months. Early in 1857 he came to Anderson County, resided at the village of Hiatt, andin
the summer moved to Washington Township, since which time he has followed agrlenlte
ural pursuits. On September 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Eleventh Kansas
Infantry and_ served three years. Mr. Campbell has 410 acres of land, 100 of which he
cultivates. Has a nice orchard of four ‘acres, and raises considerable live-stock. On
his place is a fine stone residence. He was Justice of the Peace at this place for three years.
The subject of this sketch was married at Garnett, Kansas, in the fall of 1860, to Melissa
Smith, who died in July, 1870, leaving two children. He was married again October 12,
1871, to Rebecca Hopkins. They have four children. :

JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT H. MOORE, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Garnett, was born in Muskingum County,
Ohio, December 11, 1827. There he learned the carpenters trade, and followed that occu-
pation for thirteen years in that and adjoining counties. He emigrated to Anderson
County in 1857, and pre-empted 160 acres on which he still resides. He has now 381 acres.
all improved, and is quite an extensive raiser of live-stock. In August, 1862, He enlisted
in Company F, Eleventh Kansas Infantry and served three years. Has been Trustee of
this township two terms, and is the present incumbent. He was elected Vice-President of
the Anderson County Savings Bank in 1880, and still retains that position. Mr. Moore
was married in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1853 to Martha Hutton. They have six chil-
dren.

A. A. ADAMS, fruit grower, Section 13, Township 20, Range 19, P. O. Garnett, was born
at Holiday’s Cove, Hancock County, West Vir, inia, September 21, 1839. Was reared ona
farm and also for some years wasemployed on boats running from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati.
on the Ohio River. Inthe spring of 1857, he came to Kansas with his father J. W. Adama,
who located in Franklin County. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Kansas Home Guards,
was mustered into the Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry and served seven months. In the
ee of 1863, he went to Lawrence, where he began the study of photography, and also
traveled a few months in the Eastern States perfecting himselfin that profession. After-
wards conducting an extensive gallery at Lawrence. 1867, he came to Anderson County,

urchased a farm in this township, to which he has since given his main attention. He

as 170 acres of land, all eT Eee thirty-five acres of it he has set out in fruit trees,
grape vines, berries, etc., and has one of the best fruit-producing farms inthe county. In
November, 1880, he established a photograph gallery at Garnett which he ee to con-
duct but a short time as his farm requires his whole attention. He is also a breeder of
Ayrshire dairy cattle, of which he has made a success. Has traveled in the United States
from New York to San Francisco, and from Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico, now lives, and
expects to die in the faith that Kansas is the best State in the United States.
JACKSON COUNTY.

“JACKSON

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COUNTY.

 

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES,

ACKSON County (formerly eee) was one of thirty-three coun-
J ties organized by the first Territorial Legislature of Kansas, at its ses-
sion in 1855, at the Shawnee Manual Labor School, in Johnson County.
Calhoun County embraced upwards of 1,140 square miles.

February 11, 1859, by act of the Territorial Legislature, the name of
Calhoun—suggestive of treason to the American nation—gave way to Jack-
son, in honor of the President who boldly denounced nullification, and ‘by
the Eternal” declared ‘nation ” constitutionally written with a big ‘“ N.”

The lines of Brown, Jackson and Shawnee counties were changed by an
act of the Legislature of 1868, andthe county-seat of Jackson County was
- thereby permanently located at Holton.

The northwest portion of the county was government land; from
Netawaka east in the northeast part of the county, having for a southern
boundary the line of Straight Creek, was the land of the Kickapoos. Their
diminished reserve is now entirely
within the limits of Brown County.
The Delaware lands lay south of the
Kickapoo Reserve, in the east part of
the county. In the southwest part of
the county was the Pottawatomie
Reservation, now diminished to a
tract eleven by eleven miles, with an
area of 121 square miles, leaving
some 580 square miles of territory in
the county available for settlement.

The Delaware lands were brought
info market July, 1857, at a public
sale held at Osawkee, prior to which
time settlements had been made on
these lands, and the appraisements
were from $1.25 to $2 per acre, where
the occupant had a cabin and slight
improvements on a quarter section.
The Kickapoo Reservation was pur-
chased or granted as a subsidy to the
Central Branch of the Union Pacific
Railroad in 1867, and settlement com-
menced on these lands in June of that
year.

The Diminished Pottawatomie
Reserve has long been looked upon as
a section exceedingly fertile, and
highly desirable for settlement, but
‘since 1875, there has been but little
expectation that it would become a
part of the taxable domain of Jackson
County, until at a somewhat distant
period. State Senator John S. Hop-

ins, at Topeka, February 15, 1875,
wrote to Frank A. Root, then Editor
of the Holton Hapress and News, as
follows:

   

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PO T,T A WAjT O Mal E

  

The prospect is good for the early sel-
ling out of the lands and removal of the dimin-
ished reserve band of Pottawatomie Indians,
located in the bowels of our county. No fact

 

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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

Lime and sandstone exist in large quantities. A most excellent whitish
magnesian limestone is found in different portions of the county, which
though easily worked when first quarried, becomes hard and exceedingly
durable when exposed to the air. The Linscott Bank building on the west
side of the public square at Holton, and the Campbell University building,
furnish excellent specimens of this choice material for public and private
structures. To the northeast and south of Holton, on the Elk and Barmer
creeks, may be found the best specimens of brick-clay, and large quantities
of brick have been made therefrom. Coal has been discovered in some parts
of the county, but few mines have as yet been opened; the thickness of the
veins not warranting the expense of excavating for it.

In the bottom lands the soil is a rich sandy loam; it isa heavier black
soil on the upland prairie, but it is all easily cultivated, and there are scarcely
any untillable lands in the county. The depths of soil varies from eighteen
inches to four feet. Stagnant pees common to extensive bottoms along
rivers and near the mouth of large creeks, are unknown in this county,

hence the easy and rapid drainage of
0 the soil, and the consequent fertility
: and the salubrity of the atmosphere.

The supply of timber in Jackson
County is hardly surpassed by that of
any county in the State, and its area
is constantly on the increase caused by
the rapid diminution of prairie fires,
and the very considerable culture of
prairie groves. The streams are so
numerous that the distribution of
timber over the county is very well
equalized; the traveler is hardly ever
out of sight of timber. Conspicuous
among the native varieties are cotton-
wood, black walnut, oak of the black,
white, red, and burr varieties; hickory,
eln, hackberry, linden, sycamore, wil-
low, and box-elder. The cultivated
groves are generally soft maple, cot-
tonwood, elm, and black walnut.

 
 
 

  

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MUNICIPAL TOWNSHIPS.

October 16, 1855, by act of the
Commissioners’ Court, Calhoun County
was divided into the three municipal
townships of Douglas, Atchison, and
Half Day. Douglas, including from
the Kansas River northward to the
Military road running across the
county, known as the Fort Leaven-
worth and Fort Riley road, forming
the southern township. Atchison
comprised the northeastern and Half
Day the northwestern township.

December 15, 1856, Franklin
Township was formed seven miles
from north to south; twelve miles from
east to west, virtually taking the place
of Atchison. March 15, 1858, in a re-
cast of boundaries and change of
names, there were three townships,

 
  
  
 
   

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Rand,

 

will be left unpresented by those having the
matter in heud, showing the situation of our

 

county—the demoralizing effects, both upon

the Indians and settlers, of the policy of sur- 1870.

 

rounding a band of Indians by white settle- 2
ments, fhe willingness on the part of the ® Tee eae
reserve band 2 remove paren An ani te ee Hatoundiipe oo
man’s plow. Earnest work in the right direc- a ned 5
tion is now being performed. (3 Grant Township .;--.---- ey

   
 

 

e) a atteracr covarp
The general surface of Jackson (f) Liberty Township..--....
County is undulating; the rolling ©) Netawaka Township. ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

located as follows: Douglas—which

1870. | 1880. was the southern township, its north-

Soldier Township...._.. ....| 599 ern boundary being the line between

a Straight Creek Township wees a Townships 7and 8: Franklin, embrac-
J) Washington Township__| .... | 723 ing the eastern north part, while the
(x) ‘Whiting Township _.... 7 | 47 Western north part was named Jeffer-
son, The Legislature of 1868, in

Total ..........-. 5,627 |10,718 changing the boundaries of Shawnee,

 

 

 

rairies rising and falling in gentle : : 3
erellg: the elevation avorasing about thirty feet in a distance of a mile
or more. These crestlines of motionless waves are intersecting each other
at every conceivable angle, which brings into view the most extensive a
scape, and shows the light green of the prairie grasses in pleasing contras
with the dark green foliage of the forest trees of greater or less a
which skirt the many streams of running water that pass through the
county. Of upland prairie there is 87 per cent, of bottom land 13 per
cent, of timber land 7 per cent. The average width of the creek bottom
lands is one mile, of timber belts one-half mile.

Jackson, and Brown counties, made
the line betweén Townships 9 and 10 the southern boundary of Jackson
County, Township 5, in Ranges 15 and 16 was detached from Brown and made
the northeastern portion of Jackson County, becoming a part. of Franklin
Township. In 1868, there were three townships; in 1873, eleven. In 1871,
Holton became a city of the third class‘ by an act of the Legislature, and
in 1882 there were twelve distinct municipalities in the county.

At an election held for electing a Territorial Delegate, October 5, 1857,
Marcus J. Parrott, the Free-State Candidate, was chosen. The first Jus-
tices of the Peace in these townships were the following named persons:

: . a. sot in. In 1878, parts detached to form Cedar and Washington. (c) In 1871, part detached to form
ee Te eer ecard Whiting; tn 1875, tath of Uedeeattactek. (d) Organized in 1870, from part of Jefferson. (e) In 1870, part detached to form

3 i te to form Liberty, Straight Creek 0
Grants ia 1p oe eo tact Soldier. "Ge See in 1872, from part of Franklin.
(i) Organized in 1872, from part.of Franklin.

(g) Organized in 1871, from part of Franklin.
}) Organized in 1873, from part of Douglas, (k)

no. (h) Organized in 1870, from part of Jefferson,
rganized in 1872, from part of Franklin,
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Half Day Township, George L. Young; Atchison Township, Richard Reese;
Douglas Township, Perry Fleshman and Samuel S. Lockhart; Franklin
Township, Nathaniel Boydston.

The census taken April 1, 1857, showed a population of 885; voters,
291; yet at_the election June 1, 1857, for Lecompton delegates, Oden re-
ceived 23; Kuykendall, 20 votes.

Following is the early history of the municipal townships, as at present
constituted :

Douglas.—lt was meet that the great representative of popular sover-
eignty—Stephen A. Douglas—should have his name perpetuated in Jackson
County. In its southeast corner is an irregularly shaped wre by that
name, containing sixty-five sections of land. It is watered by the Little
Soldier Creek and by branches of the Muddy. Its population in 1875 was
589; in 1880 it was 1,051. Its present boundaries were fixed in 1873. ’

J. W. Williams, a native of Ohio, settled upon Section 10, Township’,
Range 16, in 1858, one of the first settlers upon the high doce He has a
hedge enclosing twenty acres, that was planted in 1859, He has been county
Commissioner, Representative to the Legislature, and his son, A. Il. Wil-
liams, has been Sheriff of Jackson County for four years. ;

John Rippetoe, a native of Kentucky, settled on Section 26, Township 9,
Range 16, April 3, 1855, the first settler in the township. He was County
Commissioner in 1868 and 1869. Rev. Byron Steward settled on Section
28, Township 9, Range 16, June 21, 1855. He was one of the Board of County
Supervisors in Territorial times, and has been in the House of Represent-
atives. Other early settlers were A. W. Bainbridge, William Cunning-
ham, Hugh Piper, John Piper, David R. Rice, Rufus J. Rice, Josiah Soal
and John N. Willard.

The first schoolhouse in the township was built in 1858, It was made
of logs, 16x18 feet, by the inhabitants of the vicinity, and Miss Harriet War-
field, of Clay County, Missouri, taught the first, a subscription school, in
1857. School District Number 12, was organized November 5, 1859, the first
in the township. A.W. Bainbridge was Director; John Rippetoe, Clerk; J.
J. Grooling, Treasurer. There are now two stone and four frame school
buildings in the six organized school districts in the township, Dr. J. W.
Pettijohn is the physician of the township, and Byron Steward is a minister
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Eli H. Robinson, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, preached for the settlement in the winters of 1855 and
1856. There are many church members in this township, of different
denominations, but no church edifices as yet. :

The wife of Alfred Ferrell died in June, 1855. 0. F. Cunningham
was born in July, 1855. Peter Steward and Lucinda Drum were married
in the spring of 1856.

Cedar takes its name from a small lot of cedars found on the banks
+ of the North and South Cedar creeks, which flow in w southeasterly direc-

tion out of this township into Jefferson County. The area of the township
is 56 sections. .

Luther M. Myers settled upon the northeast quarter of Section 33,
Township 8, Range 16, in April, 1856. He was Treasurer of Cedar Township
in 1874 and 1875, and ended a four years’ service as County Treasurer in
October, 1882. George Coleman, born in Sussex County, England, Novem-
ber 27, 1815, lived in Canada and in Illinois twenty-two years, and in 1856
settled upon Section 21, Township 8,Range 16, He was three years Township
Treasurer; was Treasurer of Douglas Township in 1871 and 1872; its Trus-
tee for 1868 and 1869: Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners in
1874 and 1875. an ; ;

Stephen J. Elliot came to the township in 1855, and was its earliest
settler. James McLellan, a native of Maine, settled upon Section 7, Township
8, Range 16. He was in the Kansas House in 1865 and 1866; in the Senate
in 1871 and 1872. At the election in 1874, as a candidate for Senator, he
had 203 majority in Jackson County. R. 8, Gillies, a native of Scotland, a
County Commissioner in 1876 and 1877, settled upon Section 33, Township 7,
Range 16. B. H. Bradshaw, a native of Kentucky, a breeder of Short-horns
and Norman horses, prominent among the Patrons of Husbandry, settled
upon Section 17, Township 7, Range 16. ns

John Coleman and Phcebe Hastings were united in the bonds of matri-
mony by William Cornforth, Esq., J anuary 1, 1857. Viola Luddington
was born in the spring of 1857—the first birth in the township.

At Tippinville there is a Union Cheese Factory, owned by a joint stock
company. It is doing a very good business and is the only one in the county.
John Dult and J ohn Chestnut each have a blacksmith shop; Joseph
Kevan, a wagon shop; A. J. Parker, a harness shop; George Warck, ashoe
shop; Mrs. J. Braaley has a millinery store, and there has been a firm
doing a big business in a general store, whose operations ceased in 1882.
The town took its name from Welwood Tippin—its first merchant—but
the people have sought to have it named Bloomfield. The post-office here
is North Cedar.. There are three organized churches in this township—the
United Presbyterians, the Christian and the Reformed Presbyterian. This
organization at North Cedar was formed on April 1, 1880, with twenty-two
members. June 1, 1881, a neat and substantial house of worship, 32x42 feet
was erected. Its present membership is about fifty. The Reformed Pres-
byterians or Covenanters organized their church October 16, 1871, by a
commission of Kansas Presbytery, of which the Chairman was Rev. Josiah
Dodds. The elders chosen were John M. Law, John L. Wright and Hugh
Woodburn: the deacons, Andrew M. Law, Simon McCrory and Samuel W.
Patterson. Rev. J. S. T. Milligan, a resident missionary from March 11,
1871, on April 19, 1872, was elected and installed pastor of the congrega-
tion. He has been thirty years in the ministry of the Reformed Presbyte-
rian Church. The membership of the church is one hundred and twenty.
Its Sunday-school numbers about two hundred. . Their church edifice is a
nice frame building, 45x63 feet. This body believes the authority of God,
Christ and the Bible should be acknowledged in the constitution of the

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

United States of America, and because of its non-acknowledgment they
neither vote nor hold office under the constitution, and they thereby rest in
the belief that they avoid responsibilities for the sins of atheism and infi-
delity in the American nation, August 30, 1881, they organized the
National Reform Association. Its officers are as follows: President, John
Wright; Vice-Presidents, James Keers and Hugh Woodburn; Secretary,
John A. Kirkpatrick; Treasurer, Matthew Brown; Corresponding Secretary,
James Barnett.

John Early, in 1862, made an appointment for a meeting to organize a
Methodist Church, and the first one was held at the house of William T,
Butson, then living on Section 2, Township 8, Range 13. The organizers of the
church were L. Elliot, Luke Finacum, Orlan Jones, Walter Parmenter and
H. Mitchell. In 1879 the first steps were taken toward erecting an edifice;
in 1880 it was finished, at a cost of about $1,200. The preachers here have
been Rev. John Early, Rev. A. G. Channell and Rev. W. G. Campbell. W,
C. Jones was the Sunday-school superintendent in 1882.

Washington.—In the southwestern part of the county the name of the
‘Father of his Country” is given to a municipal township. Up to 1864 it
had been included in the Pottawatomie Indian Reservation. It was organ-
ized February 21, 1873. In 1875 its population was 330; in 1880 it was 728.
It embraces 84 sections of land.

Edward McNieve, the first settler, purchased several Indian head
rights. He was Township Trustee three years; Richard Reddy, five yeags;
H. Holligan, one year, and Michael Brown is the present Trustee.

E. LL. Stalker and four others built the first schoolhouse in 1870, in the
county without any tax levy. Mr. Stalker is from Indiana. He entered
upon the duties of County Commissioner in January, 1878, and was Chair-
man of the Board for four years. He is located upon Section 19, Township
8, Range 13.__W. H. Chase is located upon the north half of Section 22,
Township 9, Range 14. He is a native of Maine; has been County Com-
missioner four years; was Chairman for two years: a Representative to the
State Legislature in 1877. Adrian post-office, in this township, is located
on Section 32, Township 8, Range 13. Sullivan is upon the southeast
quarter of Section 17, Township 9, Range 13. The population of this
township is largely of Irish origin, and the Roman Catholic religion is the.
prevailing one in the township.

Franklin.—In the east central portion of the county is the township
named after the statesman and philosopher—Benjamin Franklin. When
organized, December 15, 1856, it contained 84 sections; its present area is 48.
In November, 1853, N. D. Lewis, a native of Ohio, but a long-time resident
of Platte County, Missouri, laid a foundation for a claim on Elk, near the
mouth of Bill’s Creek. April 2, 1854, he landed with his family, his
children consisting of one daughter and four sons, and now where there
was then a howling wilderness, with red men as companions, Mr. Lewis has
a magnificent farm of some 600 acres, over 350 of which is in a high state
of cultivation, the whole enclosed with good rail and hedge fences. His
dwelling is worth $5,000, and his barn nearly as much. In the summer of
1855 Michael Baker and a partner, a Mr. Smythe, brought in a stock of dry
goods and groceries and put them ina log building owned by Mr. Lewis,
and for a few vears this was quite a trading point for the settlers and
Indians, In the autumn of 1855 Phineas Skinner, from near Camden
Point, Platte Co., Mo., drove a large lot of hogs from his home to
this township, and butchering them sol! the pork to the Indians, and
while here he decided upon locating here with a colony. Returning to
Missouri, he came out in the spring of 1856 with quite a number of
colonists, and had arrangements made to improve several quarter sections
of land, DUSpoES to divide accumulations at the end of five years. A
widow, by the name of Cole, and her family were among the immigrants.
For her Mr. Skinner built a house, and the men he employed boarded with
her. He laid out a town two miles west of Holton, called it Elk City,
built a stone house, placed in it goods to the amount of $4,000, and put a
son-in-law—Mr, Croysdale—in charge of it. He had not been in very good
health, and one day starting out for a ride on his mule, for the apparent
purpose of looking after his varied business, one of the farm hands, going
to the spring for water, saw the mule tied to a bush on the bank of a
ravine near the spring, and found the body of Mr. Skinner lying dead at
the spring, his face submerged in the water. His death caused a change
in the plans that had been so extensively made, and the agreements he had
made were brought to an end. His remains were taken to Missouri for
interment. Some of the store goods were taken back; tradition has it that
some were used by the Lane troops, and Dr. Henry Dent Oden made a pur-
chase of the remainder, and with John J. Preston, his son-in-law,. the store
was continued at this place. Dr. Oden was a native of Kentucky, and had
settled upon a farm four miles west of Holton. He was a member of
the Lecompton Constitutional Convention, and was one of the leading
tues men. He went to California and Oregon, and died in

Mr. Preston was a native of Indiana. Emigrated to Kentucky; from
there he came to Platte County, Mo., in 1843, and first settled in
Kansas in Nemaha County, on the old Ft. Leavenworth and Ft. Laramie
road, northwest of Granada, and came to Elk Creek in April, 1856. He
ran a saw-mill at Elk City for a few years, and furnished the lumber for
the first shanty that was built on the town site of Holton, which was a
store building, put up by Capt. William, F. Creitz and his brother Lewis.
This mill was afterwards purchased by Peter Reiderer, who moved it to
the northwest quarter of Section 1, Township 7, Range 15, where now, as
Pee of the Elk Mills, he has a property assessed at $10,000, having
both steam and water-power.

oe the early settlers of the township are George Bainbridge,
Chauncey J. Cowell, George W. Drake, Simeon Fees, Garret Groomer,
Godfrey Hafer, W. K. Lutz, Jacob Morroid, Walter Parmenter, George

 
JACKSON

Smith, Cyrus G. Waynant, John Arnold, W. D. Barnett, Thomas Fennell
and B. Hafer.

William D. Barnett was born at Barnett, Caledonia County, Vt.,
April 1, 1820, and at seventeen years of age came to Alton, Illinois, and, at
Brighton, Macoupin County, taught school, having Ex-Governor John M.
Palmer one of his pupils. Leaving St. Louis in 1840, on April 1, he reached
Fort Leavenworth, and was there for a few years as steward. Settling in
Platte County, Mo., in ae 1854, he built a cabin back of the city
of Kickapoo, but settled ashort time after on the Delaware, in Atchison
County, and in April, 1864, he settled on Section 6, Township 7, Range 16,
and is now an extensive nurseryman and fruit grower.

Rev. Pardee Butler, of Atchison County, assisted by Rev. J. W.
Williams, of Douglas Township, held the first religious services in the town-
ship at Elk City in the summer of 1857. South of Holton, School District
No 1, was organized in 1859; the school building had been built of logs in
1858, and in 1869, a brick structure took its place costing $1,500. The
population of Franklin Township is the densest of any in the county,
as it embraces the county-seat, Holton, and Larkin on the eastern border.

Larkin is a little hamlet on the county line of Jackson and Atchison.
That portion of it in Jackson County is situated on the southeast quarter of
Section 1, and on the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 7, Range

-16. It was laid out in 1880, and took its name from Hon. M. E. Larkin,
an extensive farmer, dealer in cattle and hogs and breeder of Durham cattle.
The town has several stores, a blacksmith shop, wagon shop and livery stable.
Br 366 W. England is their physician. It has a schoolhouse costing about

1,200.

I. C. Hitchcock was the ‘Trustee of Franklin Township in 1868; H. J.
Snyder in 1876 and 1882. J. A. Scott, the County Treasurer, was Township
Treasurer for five years. Elk, Banner and Bill’s creeks furnish excellent
timber and a fine supply of water for this township.

Jefferson.—March 15, 1858, the name of Thomas Jefferson suggested
itself to those who were making a new township in the northwestern part of
the county, and so to the satisfaction of all concerned, Jefferson was properly
given as the name of the township. Originally large, the township is now
Township 6, Range 15. In 1868 R. M. Cook, one of the prominent educators
in the county, six years County Superintendent of Public Instruction, was
its Trustee; its present one is G. R. Sharp. In 1875, its population was 583;
in 1880, it was 826. Its post-offices are at Circleville and Ontario. The
township is mainly watered by the Elk and its tributaries. Among the set-
tlers that came in 1856-57, were James H. Baxter, W. H. Chapman, John
Deardorf, Aaron Foster, W. S. Hooslia, S. W. McComas, Charles Poppy,
S. W. Richardson, J. B. Sympson and Thomas Taylor. Rufus Oursler, the
first member from this district in the Kansas State Senate, had the first
store in the township; Mrs. H. 8. Hart taught the first school, one of her
pene paying her tuition with a flat-iron; Rev. William Knipe, of the

ethodist Episcopal Church, held the first religious meeting in a saw-mill,

‘where now stands Henry Stanley’s fine flouring-mill and carding machines.

Grant.—September 6,1870, this township was organized from the south-
ern portion of Jefferson. It embraces sixty-two sections, and takes its name
from the “Captain of the Age,” who was then serving his first term as Presi-
dent. §. Stephenson, the first and present Trustec, has served five years.
There are post-offices at James Crossing and at Avoca. Among its early
settlers are Peter Bryant, William Cruzan, Peter Dickson, J. P. Faidley,
R. P. Hamm, John James, T. Keir, J. F. Pomeroy, Abraham Ray
and §. Stephenson. The first schoolhouse was built on the farm of Mr.
Keir in 1860; Mr. E. 8. Hulan taught the first school in 1858. School Dis-
trict No. 5 has one of the finest schoolhouses in the county, built of the fine,
white magnesia limestone common to their region. There was an organi-
zation of the Methodist Episcopal Church here in 1858; Rev. E. H. Robinson
preached the first sermon at the log house of Abraham Ray, on which site
a neat church was built in the autumn of 1880, and dedicated in the spring
of 1881, by the Rev, 8. D. Madison of Leavenworth. Its cost was about
$1,600. Rev. Mr. Gray was the pastor in 1882; Mrs. Hollis superintends
the Sunday-school work. This township is well watered by Banner, Cross
and Soldier creeks. George Groomer, an early settler, gave his name to
what is now Banner Creek, but as Groomer was a somewhat distasteful
name, and this was a Banner Republican locality, the name became changed.
There is a Methodist Episcopal Church organization at Buck’s Grove, but it
is not numerically strong. ‘There are a few Dunkards scattered in the town-
ship, but they have no church organization. J. F. Pomeroy, born in
Hampshire County, Mass., 1832, settled on Section 23, Township 7, Range
14, in 1859. He has a large tract of land and usually winters about 200
head of cattle. He has been County Commissioner and Township Treasurer,
and has wielded large influence in the community. Rev. R. P. Hamm, a native
of Kentucky, has been County Commissioner, and is a local preacher of
considerable prominence. The first marriage in the township was between
Dr. Francis and Maggie Ray in 1858.

Liberty.—‘‘Where liberty dwells there is my country,” was probably the

- sentiment that animated Mr. J. W. Taylor as he named this township at its
birth, January 19, 1872. It is watered by Spring and Straight creeks, and by
branches of the Elk. Its population in 1875, was 515; in 1880, it was 646.
Among the early settlers were A. Ash, a native of Pennsylvania, a farmer
and breeder of draft horses: J. H. Bateman of Ohio, the present efficient
Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, and James Piper from
Ohio. Sophia Lattimer taught in a log schoolhouse, the first school, which
was supported by subscription. School District No. 15 built the first school
house, in 1861. In February, 1858, the first marriage occurred, which was
that of W. T. Wilcox to Lucretia Green. W. R. Hodges was its first Town-
ship Trustee; Edson Wolverton is the present one. .

The southeast quarter of Section 10, Township 6, Range 15, was his-
toric ground in February, 1859. Here was the home of Albert Fuller, a

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native of Lebanon, Conn. His wife, the daughter of Deacon Joel Button, of
Griswold, Conn., had for her guests old John Brown, Aaron Dwight Stevens,
other free persons and nearly a dozen of sable hue, in whom a title of ownership
had conventionally vested in American citizens residing in Missouri. Here
was New England Congre@ationalism, proving true to the immortal declara-
tion of nearly a century previous made in the home of old Ben Franklin: ‘All
men are created equal; endowed with the inalienable right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.” Captain John Brown, with his precious
freightage, had successfully passed his Concord—Nolton—on his northern
march, and high waters at Straight Creek Crossing at Fuller’s Place had
unwillingly detained him. The marching of a Marshal’s posse on the part
of the Federal Government, and an opposing force on the part of Free-State
Topekans, have been chronicled by the historian.

_The Battle of the Spurs, the ironical martial history of a memorable
though unsanguinary battle, has been so well described by the fertile pens of
James Ridpath and others that it were a work of supererogation to further
elucidate any incidents of the conflict that ensued on the high prairie
north of Straight Creek, between Holton and Netawaka. But, as ‘‘ One
shall chase a thousend and two shall put ten thousand to flight,” these
knights of chivalry furnished in themselves a forcible illustration of the
couplet:

P He who fights and runs away,

May live to fight another day.

Old John Brown's body and soul went marching on, with his little band
of emancipated slaves, to pass into Nebraska, move across Iowa, and through
Illinois and Michigan, go over into the Queen’s Dominions, where Cowper
says: ‘‘Slaves can breathe the air of freedom.” Liberty Township had a
fresh baptism of its gospel, and it might be said of the whilom brave,
though vanquished foe:

Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note,
As this corpse of slavery, here was buried;
Quoth many a fellow, “‘ Hard is my lot,”
As on horse, or with hecls, he quickly hurried.

Straight Creek.—This township takes its name from the creek which runs
in a northwesterly to a southeasterly direction across it. It is Township 6,
Rangel6. The northeastern portion of the township was a part of the Kicka-
poo Indian Reservation until 1869, when the reservation was diminished and
the land was opened to settlement. The municipal township was organized
April 15, 1872. G. A. Waynant was its first Trustee; T. W. Hasly is Trustee in
1882. In 1875 its population was 359; in 1880, it is reported 976, which
must be too large by a few hundred. J. H. Thompson laid claim to a piece
of land on Section 26 in 1854, and settled in 1855; John Hibbard in 1856,
and §. J. Rose and R. L. Thompson in 1857. Mary, daughter of S. J. Rose,
was born in 1857, the first birth in the township. James B. Hastings’ wife
and child died in 1857, the first death in the township; and his marriage to
a second wife, was the first one; and he was the first teacher in the town-
ship. The first schoolhouse was built in 1859, in what is now School Dis-
trict No. 4, on the southwest corner of Section 22. George W. Weister, on
the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 17, has a water-
power grist-mill, which is valued at $3,000.

Soldver.—This township takes its name from the creek that runs through
it, and which, with the Elk, makes it well watered. It was detached from
Jefferson Township July 4, 1872. Its first Trustee was P. M. Hodges; its
present one is John Nuzman. William Cline was the oldest settler; he
came here from Illinois in 1857, and bought aclaim of a man by the name
of Smithland, and here was the first post-office, now the same name, re-
moved to Soldier City, on the Kansas Central Railway. W. Branham, E.
Fairbanks, William Knipe and Henry Rancier, were among the early settlers,
‘The first death was that of Louisa M. Cline, in May, 1857. She was the
daughter of William Cline. He died in January, 1882. In the fall of 1857.
was the first child born in the township, a son to David Rancier and wife,
The marriages of John Rancier to Emily Reynolds and a Mr. Dean to Hannah
Rancier, were the first in the township.

Netawaka.—This word signifying ‘‘ fine view.” is the only township of
Indian name in the county. Its east part belonged to the Kickapoo Reserva-
ltion unti it came into possession of the C. B. U. P. R. R. Company. The
township was organized October 4, 1871. Among the early settlers are Jacob
Kern, Roger O’Meara, P. B. Rust, D. H. Sutherland and I. Travis. The first
township election washeld November 7, 1871; L. D. Nichols was elected Trus-
ee; Ralph Westover is the present one. New Eureka, situated three miles at
little west of south of the village of Netawaka is where the first post-office in
the township was, and I. N. Seaman and P. B. Rust, were the oldest settlers
about that point. Daniel H. Sutherland, a resident of Section 20, Town-
ship 5, Range 15, was in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1865. This
territory was then in Brown County.

Whating.—The maiden name of the wife of ex-Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy
was Whiting, after whom this township was named. Until 1867 this terr-
itory Township 5, Range 16, was included in the Kickapoo Reserve. When
obtained by the C.B. U. P. R. R. Company, it was opened for homes.
Among it sfirst settlers were Andrew Brown, John M. Duff, Henry Haub,
Michael O’Neill, George T. Watkins, George C. Weibles and D. R. Williams.
The township was organized January 1, 1872; its first Trustee was Charles
Shedd, who held the office six years; its present one is D. J. Nash. The first ~
schoolhouse in the township was built in District Number 38. George T.
Watkins. a native of New Hampshire, now living in Whiting, was in the
Kansas House of Representatives in 1877 and 1881. This, the last settled
section of the county, improves relatively faster than any other part of the
surrounding country.

THE PRAIRIE BAND OF POTTAWATOMIE INDIANS.

In the south central portion of Jackson County is the Diminished Potta-
watomie Indian Reservation, embracing in round numbers 77,400 acres of
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land. Here are located 440 Pottawatomies; 280 being in Wisconsin, 30
in Iowa, and 24 in the Indian Territory.

The Pottawatomies came from the islands near the entrance of Green
Bay, and were a branch of the Chippewas or Ojibways, who held the coun-
try from the mouth of Green Bay to the head-waters of Lake Superior.

The word Pottawatomie is said by some authorities to signify the act

.of blowing out the cheeks, as in kindling a fire, and is supposed to refer to
the facility which, the nation possessed in kindling the ancient council fires
of their forefathers. The word is also rendered by some, ‘‘I am a man.”

Mention is made of the early history of this ‘tribe in the ‘Sketches of
Indian Tribes,” in this work. The three bands of Pottawatomies.—The
Pottawatomies of the Woods, the Christian or Mission band, and the Prairie
band occupied the reservation of thirty miles square on the Kansas River
from 1847-48 until November 15, 1861, when under provisions of a treaty
made and concluded at the Pottawatomie Agency on Cross Creek, now Ross-
ville, the Mission and Wood bands elected to become citizens of the United
States, receive patents in fee simple for their allotments of lands, their
‘pro rata shares of the cash credits of the tribe amounting to about $685 for
each allottee. There were then about 1.650 allottees. At that time the
Prairie band consisted of 780 persons. They elected to hold their lands in
common, and accordingly there was set apart for them an undivided quan-
tity, sufficient to allow one section to each chief, half a section to each head
man; 160 acres to each head of a family, and 80 acres to each other person,
which aggregated 77,357.57 acres.

In 1866, George W. James, born in 1842, in Baltimore County, Maryland,
starting for California, was detained at Rossville on account of sickness,
and, on recovering, he became identified with the interests of these peo-
ple, and has ever since devoted his attention to them. Dr. H. C. Linn,
their reel agent, regards him as standard authority on any mattter con-

- nected with them. He is general clerk. In1874, there were but five houses
on the Reserve occupied by Indians; in 1882 there are 105, all of which are
habitable, and some of which are very comfortable. In 1875, the Indians
thought they could not live in dwellings like white people, they could not
get air, and the cyclones would sweep them away. In 1882, they cannot be
supplied with the amount of timber they desire and could make a good use
of. They have 105 fields, ranging in area from 8 to 150 acres. Surround-
ing them are some of the very best rail woven fences in Kansas, made of good
oak and walnut, eight rails high, staked and double ridered. Forty per
cent of them have good gardens, in which they raise a great variety of veg-
etables in theirseason. They raise corn and hogs for market in considera-
ble acm and they sell other products. There are some 20 mowing
machines on the Reserve, and the average Indian has skill to that degree
that he can properly use one. In 1880 they had herds of cattle; 1,150
horses; 10 mules; 1,275 swine; 65 sheep; hundreds of fowls.

The Indian boarding school located at the new mission, fifteen miles
southwest of Holton, opened in 1875. The grounds embrave 63 acres; and
on the farm here opened, the Indian children are taught to labor, and are
instructed in good methods of husbandry. The school building, boarding-
house, barn, laundry, etc. cost $12,000. Consequent upon the last treaty
made, November 15, 1861, the Prairie band was entitled to 39-100 of the
entire assets of the Pottawatomies, which has been set apart for them, and
on the books in the Interior Department, their credits are as follows: Per-
manent annuity, $395,636.42. For support of blacksmith shop, $20,179.86.
For support of school, $80,000. Improvement fund, $18,000. Gen-

_ eral fund with accrued interest, $122,000. Total amount, $635,816.28.
» The Prairie band still maintain a tribal government. After the death
of Se-noge-wone, his son Wab-sai became head-chief, which he held until
his death in 1872. The present head-chief is Sough-nes-see. The first
speaker is Masqui, the second, Pis-she-quin. August 5, 1878, the matter
came before them in regard to transferring the control of the Indians to

the War Department, and the sense of the tribe was expressed by Masqui,
who said:

Chiefs and others have stated: ‘‘ We feel happy and pleased to have a choice to elect
‘how we shall be controlled.”’ I have heard the opinions of the chiefs who say that at the time
peace was made with us, they were glad that we inferred from them (the President and
Commissioners) that we would be as one people as long as the earth should exist; the
_President would be our father, who promised to look after our rights; that the day
would come when his wars would be settled all over the face of the earth, and for all
time the President would protect us in the possession of our property. Therefore the
chiefs were satisfied, and are satisfied thatsuch acts have been done. I am indeed ignorant
ag to how we should be treated if turned over to his (the President's) braves for protection
therefore I would remain as at present, under the care of the Interior Department. I wil
receive full protection and encouragement, and where my property will not be squandered;
but will be saved to our children and our children’s children, for all time to come. I do
not wish to make new rules or contracts, but desire to remain under the guardianship of the
government as stipulated in our treaties, and as have been exercised in the past.

At a recent funeral occasion, the speaker alluding to the deceased
woman said substantially: ‘‘The person now before us, but a few days ago
was walking around with us. We may learn from this that we Should
truthfully speak of, and kindly treat, our fellows; we should be charitable,
for as this one needs our charity, so ere long, will we need some of yours.”

“The noble red man” does not alone exist in song and story; for
among these created intelligences, residing on this Diminished Reservation,
are those who have chords, which, if properly touched, are susceptible to
that kind of vibration, that this race, the Aborigines of America, may
come to the noble Caucasian, and teach him perhaps not wordy lessons
so much as worthy examples.

This Prairie band of Indians are, many of them, resolutely cultivating
the arts of peace. They are just and honest with the whites and them-
selves; they are developing the holy love of a personal, permanent home;
they are comprehending subjects of business presented to them; they are
substituting for the sixteen English letters they have heretofore used in
their Indian language, all of the English alphabet found necessary to ex-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

press vocal sounds: they are eae to acquire property; in fine, they
are making gradual progress, and their permanent location in Jackson
County may bring mutual compensation to themselves and the “superior

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Jackson County, with a little over one-half of the original territory em-
braced in Calhoun, when organized in 1855, in 1882 presents herself, when
viewed in a physical aspect, as wane the natural wealth of her soil, enhanced
as it is by the hand of art and the skill of man; in the inherent richness of
manhood, fostered by the generous culture of her schools, churches, societies
and the press; in the free and ready commingling of so many of the differ-
ent races and nationalities of the earth, as the peer of her sister counties,
and all these furnish for coming time, much interesting food for the histor-
ical student, who, ever and anon, i impressed ite the truth of the declara-
tion, ‘‘ History is philosophy teaching by examp es.” :

Towns a ha Ona the ante-bellum days, Elk City, Calhoun,
Silver Lake, St. Mary’s, Indianola, Rochester, Holton, New Brighton,
Smithland, Ontario, and New Eureka, were the centers; though the three
last named places were little else than post-oflices. Elk City, two miles
west of Holton, had a short existence. Calhoun, in the extreme south-
eastern portion of the county, became defunct in October, 1858, when it ceased
to be the shire town. Silver Lake is now a thriving town in Shawnee County,
and St. Mary’s is in Pottawatomie County; both on the Kansas Division of
the Union Pacific. Indianola, near where the State Reform School is
located, now exists in story. Rochester retains a few of its old dwellings
on the east side of the highway; it has a nice brick schoolhouse, and is now
a voting place in Soldier Township, Shawnee County. New Brighton has
now become Circleville, a place of some importance on the Kansas Central
Railroad. Smithland has gone down to Soldier City on the Kansas Central.
The post-office at New Eureka has gone to the high divide, Netawaka.
Whiting, on Central Branch of Missouri Pacific, six miles east of Netawaka
is thirty-one miles west of Atchison, the main grain-shipping point of the
county; in population next to Holton. Larkin, laid out in 1880, near the
Kansas Central Railroad, is situated on the county line of Jackson and
Atchison counties, the larger portion being in Jackson County. Tippinsville,
sometimes called North Cedar, and again Bloomfield, is a few miles south-
west of Larkin, an important center in Cedar Township.

In the spring of 1857, Bellevue was laid out as a prospective county-seat
town on the southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 8, Range 16, and on
its site was a frame house and blacksmith shop. Its life was very short.

CALAMITIES AND CRIMES.

The struggling pioneers of Jackson County in 1860, as the heavens re-
fused to furnish the seasonable rains for the sustenance of the seed that had
been planted and sown, in the later summer days, began anxiously to inquire,
“‘What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be
clothed?” But a Territorial Relief Committee at Atchison, reported January
18, 1861, goods received to the amount of 1,062,552 pounds, besides articles
for wear; and the people of this county went with their teams during the
winter and obtained their supposed quota; their greatest relief being the seed
that the obtained, from which they received a bountiful harvest in 1861.
The personal donations from friends in the East, blessed what had been
otherwise many a famished home.

Chintz Bugs and Grasshoppers pestered the people, specially in 1862,
1866, 1867, 1874, and 1875. the most serious damage done was by the
ee in the summer and autumn of 1874, and the spring of 1875.
To supply the needs of the people of the destitute in that county, the Com-
missioners sought systematically to ascertain through the Township Trustees,
what families were in need, and a ‘“‘County Warrant Bill,” not exceeding
$15,000, was passed to furnish necessaries, seed, etc., to destitute inhabitants
under the provisions of an act of the Legislature, approved February 18,
1875. This act was a matured bill of Senator Hopkins, of this county. The
maximum for each head of a family was fifty bushels of corn, fifteen of
oats, ten of wheat, and five of potatoes, for which mortgage notes were re-
quired, due in one year, at 10 per cent. interest. This was a serviceable
measure.

_ Grocery, tavern, and dram shop licenses were granted in the Terri-
torial days. The Calhoun County Commissioners, had authorized David
Milne, February 28, 1856, to take out a tavern license, he paying therefor
$20; April 21, James Kuykendall, had one; August 9, é. A. Fulton, a
procery license; August 18, Andrew Johnson, a tavern license; April 8, 1897,

avid Milne, John Kennedy, and John F. Cailoz, had dram shop licenses,
paying cach $80; September 5, 1857, two others were issued, and on October

8, 1859, an applicant’s petition for license, was held under advisement at
the Commissioners’ Court at Holton; Aaron Foster being in favor of the
petitioner paying $495 a year, Byron Stewart, $250, C. J. Cowell, $75.

The Holton City Council, June 20, 1872, fixed the license for a dram-
shop keeper—to be paid in advance—not less than $100, nor more than
$300 per year. The vote of Jackson County, November 2, 1880, on the
Prohibition Amendment to the State Constitution, was 1,056 votes for, and
1,098 against, whole number, 2,154; on Governor,2,317; on President, 2,370
votes were cast. Under the Prohibitory Liquor Law, druggists have taken out
licenses as follows: May, 1881, M. M. Batt, Holton; Love & Green, Whit-
ing; F.T. Brown & Co., Circleville; July, M. A. Funchess, Netawaka; August,
J. W. Fleming, W. W. Naylor, and A. H. Williams, Holton; September,
J. D, Pruett, Circleville.

Brown & Co., Circleville were succeeded by Pruett; Messrs. Beck, and
Naylor & William, and Love & Green have made a renewal of their permits.

The last_dram-shop license granted by the municipal authorities of
Holton, was June 10, 1875, The amount of license was $200 per year.

_On the vote on the Prohibition Amendment, Grant gave the largest
majority for it, 47; Washington Township, the largest majority against it,
87. Six of the townships gave majorities for; four, against the amendment.

Bisa ee
JACKSON COUNTY.

The first settler known to have been murdered on the soil of Jackson
County, was Felix G. Braden, who came from Jackson County, Mo., in
1854, and located near Easton, in the County of Leavenworth. He came
out west of Holton and obtained a claim, early in 1857, and on the night
of April 10, 1857, he was shot through the head with a musket ball and
three buckshot. It is supposed the murderer was Martin Thomas, a nephew,
who probably obtained some $100 in money. Mr. Braden was a Free-State
man; Thomas was Pro-slavery. David Goffin arrested Thomas, but in
absence of any direct proof of his guilt, and of courts, he was not detained,
Thomas was killed in 1858, at Atchison, in some altercation that arose be-
tween him and another outlaw.

The family of the deceased man reached the claim the day after the
murder, and Mr. Braden’s remains were entombed on what he had struggled
to obtain for a home for his family, which consisted of a wife, two daughters,
a son, and step-son, all of whom have done most commendable work in the
great battlefield of life.

RAILROADS,

_ The voters of Jackson County, August 22, 1871, by a vote of 750
to 501, adopted a bond proposition aggregating $160,000 to aid the
Kansas Central; $60,000 to be paid when the road reached Holton, $50,000
for a connection at Netawaka with the Missouri Pacific, $50,000, when
the road was completed and in running order to the west line of the
county. May 4, 1872, by a vote of 555 to 544, the county donated its rail-
road stock of $160,000 to the company. August 2, 1872, the road was com-
pleted to Holton, and a depot built at the point most available to the city,
and the County Commissioners at their session, September 4, 1872, regarded
$60,000 in bonds as their due. The delay to go on from Holton on the part
of the Railroad Company, caused a forfeiture of the balance of the bonds
voted, and subsequently the townships of Jefferson and Soldier each voted
$18,000 in bonds to aid the road. The bonded railroad indebtedness
amounts, therefore, to $96,000, for the county and township; the bonds run
for thirty years, and bear interest at 7 per cent, interest payable semi-
annually.

August 22, 1872, the first passenger train came over the Kansas Central
from Leavenworth to Holton. It was the occasion of a great railroad ex-
cursion from Leavenworth, and the Holtonites were very much rejoiced to
have a railroad connection with the largest town in the State, and with the
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad, at Valley Falls.

The stations on the road in the county are Kimball (formerly Larkin—
just on the county line), Elk, Holton, Circleville, Lawndale and Soldier.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.

Ata joint session of the Council] and House of the first Territorial Legislature in Au-
gust 1855, county officers for Calhoun County were elected as follows: James Kuykendall,
Probate Judge, who was _ ex-officio Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, Wil-
liam Alley and Richard P. Beeler, Commissioners; James T. Wilson, Sheriff.

The tirst meeting of the County Commissioners, September 24, 1855, was at Calhoun,
which was in the southeast corner of the county, north of the Kansas River, seven miles from
Topeka. It lay up the bend of the river, northwest of Tecumseh, and was on the Hast one-
half of Section 14 in Township 11 of Range 16. It is now described as Lot Number 3, and is
in the name of L. R. Taylor, a tax-payer of Shawnee County. At this meeting Messrs.
Kuykendall, Beeler and Wilson, were present, and William L. Kuykendall was appointed
Clerk of the Commissioners’ Court.

By order of the Board, the election provided to be held for Delegate to Congress, Octo-
ber 1, 1855, was to be at the house of James M. Houds, and Perry Fleshman and Samuel 8.
Lockhart, were elected as the Judges. There were no Free-State votes cast, and John W.
Whitfield received twenty-nine votes for Delegate to Congress. ain

The following order was adopted: ‘‘Ordered that we resolve to build a Court House out
of brick, and that we adjourg until Saturday next, at which time we request the attendance
of William Alley, our Associate Justice, and that the Court of Calhoun County be held at
the house of James Kuykendall until otherwise ordered by the Court.”

September 29, 1885. William Alley met with the Board and Judge Kuykendall swore
him to the following oath of office which was politically orthodox at that time:

“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA a
Territory of Kansas ; ;

I William Alley do Solemnly Swear upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, thatI
will Support and Sustain the Constitution of the United States and that I will Support and
Sustain the provisions of an Act Entitled an Act to Organize the Territories of Kansas and
Nebraska and the provisions of the Laws of the United States commonly known as the Fugi-
tive Slave Law, and faithfully and impartially and to the best of my ability demean my-
self in the Discharge of my duties in the Office of Commissioner in the County of Calhoun
in Said Territory So help me God. William Alley.

Sworn to subscribed before the undersigned this 29th day of September A. D. 1855.

James Kuykendall.
: Judge Probate Court of C. C. K. T.”

Governor Shannon commissioned Raleigh J. Fulton, Constable of Douglas Township,
November 24, 1855; he took the oath of office, December 28, 1858; gave his official bond Jan-
uary 21, 1856. | ,

- “The following order, relating to the Court House and Jail was passed: ‘‘Ordered that the
Court House and Jail be built on Court House Square, and that sealed proposals for the
stone work be received at the Clerk’s office near the town of Calhoun, until the 15th ofOctober,
1855, and that the same be inserted in some weekly newspaper published in the Territory
of Kansas, for two successive weeks.”” Aged .

October 15, 1855, it was ordered by the Commissioners’ Court, ‘that the plans and speci-
fications of the Court House of the County of Calhoun be placed on the records of said
Court.” Elaborate specifications were presented as to stone work, brick work, hall doors,
height of rooms, stairway, doors, windows, amphitheatre platforms, bar, ring for bar,
Judges’ seat, floors, etc., Court House to front 50 feet by 55 feet deep. October 16, 1855, the
Court ordered the time extended for receiving proposals, until October 27, 1855. April 21,
1856, proposals were submitted for bids for building a Jail 16x24 feet, 8 feet high. May 19.
1856, the order heretofore made concerning proposals for a Court House was rescinded and
it_was ordered that James Kuykendall, Commissioner of Public Buildings: Be authorized
and required to let the building of a frame Court House, thirty-five feet square and two
stories high, either by public outcry to the highest bidder, after advertising ten days or by
private contract, preted said building does not exceed in cost Putas

December 15, 1856, it was ordered by the Court that James Kuykendall be allowed the
sum of $90 for rent and use of house for office of Probate, and Commissioners’ Court, also
office for the Clerk thereof.from September 24, 1855, to December 31, 1856, at $6 per month,
and October 25, 1857, he was allowed $60; October 8, 1858, the last rent paid by Calhoun
County, $78. f

Cees the Jail, January 9, 1857, the following order was made: ‘‘Whereas the
building of a Jail for Calhoun County was Jet to Perry Fleshman on or about the First of
January, 1856, at and for the sum of $2,000, and said undertaker having given his bond to
the County aforesaid in the penal sum of $4,000 for the faithful performance of the contract,
it is now ordered that the contract and pond be rescinded.”

 

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_ It ens that Judge Kuykendall had made persistent efforts to have the County sup-
plied with a Court House and Jail, and the matter having failed, he complied with the Ter-
ritorial Statute in having the County pay rent for office room.

October 4, 1858, was the time for an election of members of the Territorial House, and
Golden Silvers, whose name suggests the proverb, “ Speech is silver, silence is golden,”
was chosen the member for Calhoun County. At the same time a vote was had on county
seat, and Holton had a majority of seventy-nine votes over all competitors. The glory of
Calhoun City had thus passed ont forever, and in a few months later, the name of Calhoun
County had ceased to exist. :

Mr. Silvers, as a legislator, had the honor of having Jackson as the new name of the
County, for February Ji, 1858, the bill passed providing for the change, the law going into
effect immediately after its passage. Though Calhoun, Calhoun County, had given way to
Holton, Jackson County, yet for many months thereafter conveyances were made, the in-
strument reciting, “Territory of Kansas, County of Calhoun, ss.,” and county officials recog-
nized Calhoun County into the midsummer of 1859.

The building once occupied as the Court House is now the property of Schillinger &
Meck, and isa furniture establishment. Its original dimensions were 20x36 feet, two stories
high, a modest wooden structure. The lot on which it stood was conveyed November 12,
1859, by William F. Creitz, James Watters and Edward A. Squire, Trustees of the Town of
Holton, to Chauncey J. Cowell, Byron Steward, and Aaron Foster, Supervisors in and for
the County of Jackson. It was Lot 48, Pennsylvania Avenue, and is situated a little south of
east of the present Court House. The consideration was $1. and the property was to revert to
the grantors or their successors in office, should the county seat be removed from Holton.

‘ne county by its Board of Commissioners, E. L. Stalker, John Deardorff, and J. H.
Bateman, conveyed the property to Jason Dickey, August 30, 1879, for the consideration of
$491; Mr. Dickey having leased the same July 6, 1875, of the county fora yearly rent of $50.

A vote was had April 5, 1870, on the erection of public buildings and levy of tax, and
the vote stood 396, for, and 350, against; May 20, 1870, the Board of County Commission-
ers having visited Oskaloosa and Leavenworth, for the purpose of examining their Court
House, decided to adopt the plans and specifications as drawn by John 8. McKeen, of Leav-
enworth, and decided to receive sealed proposals for bids up to June 16, 1870. As an ap-
propriation was made of $16,000 for Court House purposes, and as the several bids received
exceeded that amount, there was an order for modifying the plans, time for completion of
the building, and amending the bids, and a contract was finally made for the erection of the
pe at a cost of $21,000. June 17, 1870, the contractors being Joseph Hockham, Amos A.
Fenn, Van Liddell and John §. Anderson, of Leavenworth, their sureties on the $42,000 bonds
being W. P. Borland, H. L. Bickford, H.L. Newman. The structure was built in the center of
the’ puplte square, which is a beautiful tract of ground, 320 feet from east to west, 450 from
north to south, having an area of 3 and 30-100 acres, the main slope being from south-
west to northeast. The tract was conveyed by the Trustees of the town of Holton to Jack-
son County, and the following is a copy of a receipt on file in the County Clerk’s office:
“Holton, November 12, 1880. Received of Jackson County, $1, by W.S. Hoaglin, in full
of considerations of deed to Public Square, from Trustees of Town of Holton, Ed. Vetter
Treasurer.”’ The Court House is a neat brick structure 40x60 feet, two stories high, with a base-
ment, which is used for the storage of coal, and for jail purposes when necessary, there be-
ing cells for the accommodation of prisoners. Entering the building from the west, is the
Treasurer's, Judges of Probate’s and County Clerk’s offices, on the north side of the hall;
on the south side are the offices of Clerk of the District Court and Sheriff, the Register of Deeds
and the County Attorney. The last named office is unoccupied; County Attorney pone
paving an office over the City Bank, at the northeast corner of the Public Square. The Super-
intendent of Public Instruction has an office in the southwest part of the upper story. The
court room js 40x40 feet; in height20feet. The grounds are covered with a bountiful growth
of clover and other grasses, and there are a considerable number of thrifty trees growing
on the same, many of them being the enduring elm. .

At each corner of the Court House Block, on the outside of the same, is a public well.
These wells prove a general benefaction to citizens and strangers. The Court House has a
bell which is often utilized

Jackson County has had but a small number of its citizens who have been “‘held in du-
rance vile,” neither has it had a large pauper list; eight persons in 1882 being the number
that the county provided for. In January 1876, the county made purchase of the west one-
half of Section 14, Township 7, Range 16, the consideration being $2,500; the grantors were
William A. Allen, and Lewis Sarbach. Upon consideration this was not deemed an eligi-
ble site for a Poor Farm, and on August 30, 1879, the county exchanged this half section
with W. R. Wright for the southwest quarter of Section 26, Township 6, Range 15, receiving in
ee as Soon thereafter a dwelling was erected on the farm, the contract price be-
ing about $825.

- The first Superintendent of the Poor Farm was A. C. Blankenship, who took possession '
in March 1880, at a salary of $350 a year, and living found. In 1881, M. B. Parrott succeed-
ed him, at an advance of $100 per year, and in 1882 at an increase of $150. Everything about
the farm indicates good management.

COUNTY OFFICERS,

James Kuykendall, the pioneer man in county business in the old County of Calhoun
had held the office of Sheriff in Platte County, Mo., for four years; had been Probate Judge
for a decade, and a public man generally. Here he was Probate aude: Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, and Prosecuting Attor-
ney, having performed his last official duties as prosecutor, receiving $80 for such service,
in October 1859, in July 1860, $25. January 21, 1856, Anthony S. Wilson was appointed
County Treasurer, Albert Fuller was elected in 1857, and Edward A. Squire was Treas-
urer, when Kansas became a State. Raleigh J. Fulton succeeded James T. Wilson as
Sheriff, April 22, 1856; in November 1857, William Owens succeeded Fulton; in March 1859,
Henry S. Westlake succeeded Owens, and Amos Landon held the office when Kansas was ad-
mitted as a State. | y ee

January 21, 1856, Thomas Jenner was appointed Public Administrator; January 18, 1858,
George W. Brassbridge was appointed. Garrett S. Cozine was appointed Surveyor, June
16, 1856; J. B. Parrott, November 16, 1857; Thomas J. Anderson, November 25, 1859. The
early Assessors were Perry Fleshman, Joseph M. Cole. John J. Preston was appointed
June 25, 1859; Alfred Richards, April 5, 1860: Golden Silvers was the first under the State
Government, appointed June 18, 1861. Ira I. Taber orenned the first dozen school dis-
tricts of the county; he resigned the office May 28, 1859; George W. Packard succeeded him;
December 10, 1860, Stephen E. Olmstead was appointed. Mr, Taber was the first under the
State Government. After the Kuykendall regime had ceased to be, Samuel Branham was
County Clerk, but his duties were performed mainly by Lewis Stafford, Deputy. Mr. Staf-
ford afterwards became Clerk, and was succeeded by Ira I. Taber, who held the office in
1862. Samuel Ashmore, of murder wife fame, was Clerk fora time in 1859. Isaac T. Hite suc-
ceeded Richard P. Beeler, May 12, 1857; Alfred Matthews and Cyrus G. Allen succeeded
Messrs. Alley and Kuykendall; Jesse Hendrickson was elected October 5, 1857. Chauncey
J. Cowell, Robert C. Callahan and J. B. Parrott, were of the Board of Supervisors in 1858,
and at the first term held at Holton, October 18, 1858, Mr. Cowell was Chairman and
Lewis Stafford was Clerk. In 1859, the Supervisors were C. J. Cowell, Aaron Foster, and
Byron Steward; in 1860, Mr. Cowell, William Cline and George Coleman, were the Com-
missioners; Mr. Cline, R. S. Craft, and J. W. Williams were the first under the State rule.
Under the Territorial rule, the Clerks of the District Court for the greater part of the time
were James R. Whitehead, of Leavenworth, and Laomi McArthur, of Topeka, represented
almost wholly by Deputies, who were quite numerous. Martin Anderson succeeded Judge
Kuykendall, and Judge Anderson was succeeded by Ward $8. Hoaglin, who was the first
Judge under State rule.

in the old court house at Holton, the officers were apportioned among the county officers
July 7, 1860, in the following manner, as appears of record: Southeast room as the District
Clerk’s and Sheriff’s office; the west room as the County Clerk’s, Probate Ji meres and Reg~
‘ister of Deeds’ office, and the northeast room as the office of the Treasurer and County At-
torney. Following is a complete roster of the county officers since 1861:

County Commissioners, R. S. Craft, J. W. Williams, William Cline, 1861. J. W. Wil-
liams, S. J. Rose, N. Tolbert, 1862-63. J. G. Erwin, 8. de Rose, 8. Fairbanks, 1864. J. G.
Erwin, S. J. Rose, R. P. Hamm, 1865. Jacob Hixon, J. Loughmiller, A. McKeeber, 1866
-67. C.J. Waynant, William Cline, J. Rippetoe, 1868-69. J. F. Pomeroy, G. W. Drake,
W.H. Chase, 1870-71. William Cline, G. W. Drake, W. H. Chase, 1872-73. G. T. ‘Watkins,
D. Blosser, Geo. Coleman, 1874-75; F. Stephenson, H. Kirkpatrick, R.S. Gilles, 1876-77; John
Deardorff, J. H. Bateman, E. L. Stalker, 1878-81; E. W. Kenyon, J. H. Bateman, E. L.
Stalker, 1882.

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Sheriff—Amos Landon, 1861-63; John N. Walton, 1864-65; B. T. Parkhurst, 1866-67;
R. J. Waterhouse, 1868-69; F. Stephenson, 1870-73; A. H. Williams, 1874-77; B. F. Neis-
nander, 1878; E. F. Jones, 1879-82.

_ County Clerk.—Ira I. Taber, 1861-62; Amos Landon, 1863; J. B. Waynant, 1864-67;
Elisha D. Rose, 1868-75; J. G. Porterfield, 1876-81; John Q. Myers, 1882.

County Treastrer.—Kdward A. Squire, 1861; Hugh McBride, 1862-63; R. S. Craft,
1864-65; W. F. Creitz, 1866-69; G. Leeper, 1870-73; W. A. Allen, 1874-77; L. M. Myers,
1878-81; J. A. Scott, 1882.

Register of Deeds.—John B. Coffin, 1861; J. P. Irwin, 1862-63; Thomas G. Watters, 1864-65;
George L. Hamm, 1866; “L. V. Bryan, 1867-75; M. H. McCormick, 1876; Mrs. E. L. McCor-
mick, 1877; John Q. Myres, 1878-81; W. H. Webster, 1882.

_, District. Judge.—William C. McDowell, 1861-63; Jacob Safford, 1864; Charles K.
Gilchrist, 1865-68; John T. Morton, 1869-80; Robert Crozier, 1881-82.

County Attorney.—R. C. Callahan, 1861-62; C. K. Gilchrist, 1863-64; R. C. Callahan,
1865-66; M. L. Snyder, 1867-68; W. S. Hoaglin, 1869-70; John S. Bookie: 1871-73; Charles
Hayden, 1874; J. H. Lowell. 1875-76: Case Broderick, 1877-80; John §. Hopkins, 1881-82.

District Clerk.—Aquila J. Reid, 1861; William H. Dodge, 1862; Aquila J. Reid, 1863-64;
M. L. Snyder, 1865-66; J. L. Peck, 1867-68; Ira I. Taber, 1869-74; A. D. Walker, 1875-80;
E. E. Birkett, 1881-82

Probate Judge.—W. S. Hoaglin, 1861-66; S.J. Foster, 1867; C. J. Cowell, 1868; Case
Broderick, 1869-76; A. D. Stone, 1877-78; J. T. Price, 1879-82.

Surveyor.—C. N. Johnson, 1862-63; John McCrury, 1864-66; Peter Bryant, 1867-73;
Peter Dickinson, 1874-82.

Superintendent of Public Instruction.—Ira I. Taber, 1861-62; Jacob B. Waynant,
1863-64; William D. Bassett, 1865-66; James Telfer, 1867-68; R. M. Cook, 1869-73; T. W.
Ramey, 1874; Mrs. O. E. Stout, 1874-82. ‘ 3

October 9. 1857, Martin F. Conway was elected to the Topeka convention which met
October 23. June 15, 1857, Henry D. Oden, of Elk City, and James Kuykendall, of Calhoun,
were elected as delegates to the Lecompton convention which convened September 7, 1857.
Februaty 15, 1858, William E. Bowker, of Rochester, and Adam Fuller, of Franklin Town-
ship, were elected delegates to the Leavenworth convention which convened March 25, 1858.

In June 1859, Ephraim Moore, then and now living near Circleville, was elected from
Jackson County over Aaron Foster as a delegate to the Wyandotte Constitutional Conven-
tion, which met July 5, and adjourned July 29, having adopted the Constitution, which with
sundry amendments is now the organic law of Kansas. *

The total vote of Jackson County cast October 4, 1859, on the Constitution, was 224 for,
and 170 against. The vote in Calhoun County on the Lecompton Constitution, as submitted
by the English bill, August 2, 1858, was 32 for it, and 250 against it. Jackson County, March
28, 1859, on the vote for or against a Constitutional Convention, gave 107 for, and 47 against.
In June 1859, Mr. Moore’s majority over Mr. Foster was 41 in a vote of 321. Mr. Moore
acted with the Democrats in the convention and did not sign the Constitution. He was
returned as a native of Ohio, a manufacturer, 38 years of age; hence in 1882 is 61. _

At the State election, December 6, 1859, under the Wyandotte Constitution, the
vote was evenly divided on State officers as near as might be. Root, Lieutenant Gov-
ernor; Robinson, Secretary of State; Thoman, Treasurer; Griffith, Superintendent of Public
Instruction; Ene Chief Justice; Simpson, Attorney General; Conway, Congressman ;—
these seven Republicans each had one majority. Governor Medary, Democrat, had one
majority over Governor Robinson; and for three State offices there was a tie vote. The
highest vote polled on any office was 339. The vote on Senators was for Holliday and Buck,
Democrats, 168 each; Lynde,.Republican, 168; Farnsworth, Republican, 167. Ever since
then Jackson County has been Republican at State elections, it having sent only one Demo-
crat to the State Legislature. In 1874 its vote was the closest; ina vote of 1,130, Governor
Osborn had a majority of 136. ; hs

In its county offices, since Kansas became a State, there have been Democrats in the
offices of County Commissioner, Treasurer, County Clerk, Register of Deeds, County
Attorney and Superintendent of Public Instruction. In the first Presidential election in
which Kansas participated—that of 1864—Jackson County polled 370 votes. Sixteen years
later on President it cast 2,370, a gain of 2,000:

The Territorial Legislature of 1855 had no Representatives in either the Council or
House who were residents on the soil that was organized into Calhoun County by that
body. But on October 6, 1856, James Kuykendall and George L. Young were elected Repre-
sentatives, and Francis J. Marshall, Councilman; Calhoun County giving a vote of 30 for
Buyeendall 22 for young, 19 for Marshall and 52 for John W. Whitfield, for Territorial
Delegate. Mr. Marshall lived at Marysville, and the counties of Arapahoe, Calhoun, Davis,
Marshall and Riley voted for him, being in the Council district. _

October 5, 1857, A. G. Patrick was elected Councilman, the district being Calhoun and
Jefferson counties. Asa Reynard, of Holton, was elected Representative. This was the
Des runing: of Free-State triumphs. Marcus J. Parrott had for Delegate to Congress from
Calhoun County 205 votes; E. Ransom, 39. Golden Silvers was elected Representative in
1858; Byron Steward in 1859. Thecounties of Atchison and Calhoun at that time constituted
a Council district, and William J. Marion was returned as Councilman, but Milton R. Ben-
ton was admitted on a contest. Martin Anderson was elected Representative in 1860, and
when Kansas was admitted asa State, January 29, 1861, Mr. Anderson was serving as such,
his labors termuating February 2, 1861. He was the only State officer Jackson County ever
had, having been State Treasurer in 1867 and in 1868. ‘

State Senators and Representatives.—The first State Legislature, met March 26,
1861. Jackson County, which formed a part of the Sixth Senatorial District, was repre-
sented by Edward Lynde, of Jefferson, and H. W. Farnsworth, of Shawnee.

Under the Wyandotte Constitution the Sixth Election District was composed of the
counties of Shawnee, Jefferson and Jackson; entitled totwo Senators and eigh ne
-tivés. The Senators were H. W. Farnsworth, of Shawnee, and Edward Lynde, of Jefferson;
the Representatives from Jackson Couuty were William E. Bowker, of Indianola, and Abra-
ham Ray, of Holton. These gentlemen were in the first State Legislature in the spring of
1861. In the winter of 1862 Senator Farnsworth’s place was filled by Cyrus K. Holliday;
Mr. Farnsworth having been appointed Kaw Indian Agent. Golden Silvers and Martin An-
derson were the Representatives.

The Legislature of 1862 made the first State Legislative apportionment. Jackson County
was the Eighteenth Representative District, and Jackson and Pottawatomie counties were
the Sixth Senatorial] District. Ever since then these counties have been a senatorial district,
remaining as the Sixth ten years; as the Fifth, four; as the Fourth, eight, and in 1885 be-
coming the Seventeenth.

The Senators have alternated between the two countics, and in twenty-two years its
eight Senators have been as follows: 1863-1845, Rufus Oursler, of Jackson; 1865-1867, O. J.
Grover, of Pottawatomie; 1867-1869, William H. Dodge, of Jackson; 1869-1871, O. J. Grover
of Pottawatomie: 1871-1873, James McLellan, of Jackson; 1873-1875, Luther R. Palmer, o
Pottawatomie; 1875-1877, John 8S. Hopkins, of Jackson; 1877-1881, Welcome Wells, of Pot-
tawatomie; 1881-1885, Case Broderick, of Jackson.

Jackson County under the first State apportionment had one member in the House;
under the second, two; under the third, one; under the fourth, two; under the fifth, one—
which gives her but one member in the Legislature of 1883. Electing twenty-five Repre-
sentatives since 1862, only three have been chosen for two terms, and but two for three
terms each. The Representatives to the State Legislature have been as follows: R. 8.
Craft, J. W. Williams, James McLellan. Peter Bryant, J. B. Oliver, J. L. Williams, Norman
J. Allen, D. W. C. Locke, George W. Miller, J. L. Williams Byron Steward, J. L. Williams,
C. R. Burns, Jacob Loughmiller, P. M. Hodges, John Birkett, J. W. Williams, George T.
Watkins, W. H. Chase, J. H. Keller, W. H. Wilson, George T. Watkins, W. H. Wilson.

In January 1877 the biennial ae system commenced, therefore at the election in
1876 members for the House were elected for two years; for the Senate, four years.

Organization of the Republican Party.—February 11, 1859, Calhoun County became
Jackson. March 12, 1859, a meeting was held at Holton for the purpose of organizing the
Republican party. This was some two months before the Territorial organization of the party
at Osawatomie, where Horace Greeley said: ‘I often regard the struggle of 1860 with less

hope than apprehension.” Jackson County Free-State men had presumed that they might
meet in peace and organize a political movement at that late day, with ‘‘none to molest or
make afraid”; but, they were destined to be mistaken. For an popostine element met
thereafter and presented resolutions in entasaniet to those adopted by the Republicans,
Judge Martin Anderson suffered violence, and was for a time senseless. Thomas Kecr and
others were wounded, revolvers were discharged, but ee none were killed. It was
the last blow struck in Jackson County by the Slavery Propaganda against Free thought and
Free speech,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

MILITARY RECORD.

The record of Jackson County in the war of the Rebellion is worthy of its name. It
furnished commissioned, non-commissioned officers and privates. ;

The number of volunteers furnished was 175, and they were mainly in the Kansas Eighth
and Eleventh regiments. ae 3 ¥ 4 =

Thomas J. Anderson was commissioned by President Lincoln, Assistant Adjutant-
General on the staff of Major-General Blunt.

Martin Anderson was mustered as Major of the Kansas Eleventh, November 22, 1863.

Tra I. Taber was mustered as Adjutant of the Kansas Eleventh, October 12, 1864,

John B. Parrott was mustered as First Lieutenant, Company B, Kansas Eleventh,
December 15, 1864. |

James B. Hastings was mustered as Second Lieutenant, Company B, Kansas Eleventh,
December 30, 1864. R 7 ;

Milton Rose was mustered as First Lieutenant, Company E, Kansas Eighth, Novem-
ber 5, 1864. 2 , 7

Elisha D. Rose was mustered as First Licutenant, Company E, Kansas Eighth, Decem-
ber 6, 1864, ; Fy

Robert J. Waterhouse was connected with the Commissary Jyepartment by appointment
from Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jr., and held commission to recruit loyal Arkansans and others.

William Henry Dodge and many others might be named as among the gallant band from
the county. 5

Ji aoe K. Burnes, William L. Wendall, and Woodward Hindman were killed in
battle al Chickamauga, September 19, 1863. William M. Thompson was drowned off the
steamer ‘ Prairie Rose’, February 28, 1868. James H. Thompson died of fever at Cairo, Ill.,
January 1, 1866, before receiving his final deat Volney N. Brown, Cyrus Grant and
Abraham Stanley died of disease. These soldiers had friends in the vicinity of Holton and
Indianola. The Thompsons were sons of Mr. John H. Thompson, of Holton. —

Twentieth Regiment, Kansas State Militia.—This regiment was organized in June 1864,
and made up of men, nearly all of whom were from Jackson County. There were a few
of the citizens in the southern part of the county who joined a company in Jefferson County.
The officers of the regiment were: John R. Hubbell. Colonel; James McLellan, Lieutenant-
Colonel; William Knipe, Major; W. L. Burns, Adjutant; P.M. Hodges, Quartermaster;
B. F. Fuller, Surgeon. J. F. M. Walters, W.S. Hoaglin, S.J. Foster, J. L. Finnicum, R. J.
Tolin were among the captains of the companies. The military service rendered by this
regiment in October 1864, when Gen. Sterling Price with his Rebel force menaced the peace
of the State, is an excellent subject for the annalist. Governor Thomas Carney issued an
order, October 10, 1864, summoning the militia to rally for the defense of Kansas and the Na-
tion. This regiment at once prepared to march for the field of battle, and on October 22,
it was in the State of Missouri. The services rendered by this body of men were appreciated
by those in command, and, after eighteen days’ absence, they returned to their homes, for-
tunately without a list of killed or wounded.

George Washington Myers, a settler at Holton, in 1882, is a veteran in the service of his
country. Entering the navy in boyhood, he has gone under his country’s flag to many a
foreign port. He has been with Walker’s Nicaragua Expedition, in the South American
waters, and in the late Rebellion he distinguished himself by many a brave and hazardous
exploit, and he carries on his body visible evidences of severe warfare.

SCHOOLS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.

The State of Kansas is challenged to find another county surpassing Jackson in its
zealous devotion to educational matters. The first school building erected in the county
was south of Holton, in the year 1858. It was a structure of logs, and gave way to a good
brick building in 1869, costing $1,500. The territory in which this was focated, was organ-
ized as District No, 1 in 1859. No. 2is Holton. No. 3 is on North Cedar; the building is one
mile south of es No. 4 is the most easterly district, on Straight Creek. No. 5 is
Banner, situated in the east part of Grant Township. The cost of the house, furniture and
apparatus was $2,000; the house, for a long time, was also used for religious worship. No.
6 is in Liberty Townshi , north of Holton. No.7 joins Holton on the east, No. 8 adjoins
Banner on the west. No. 9 is pee ae Creek, west of No.4. No. 10 is the most easterly
district on South Cedar. No. 11 is on both sides of the Big Soldier, about twelve miles west
of Holton. No. 12 is the Star schoolhouse in the southeast corner of the county. This sec-
tion furnishes pupils for the Campbell University. No. 13 is located on both sides of East
Muddy, near its source. Hon. J. W. Williams, for along time its District Clerk, may be
called the father of it, and for several terms he ‘taught the young idea how to shoot” in the
original log structure in which the school was taught. Hon. John Rippetoe was for a long
time school officer in District No. 12 and may be entitled to be named as its father. No. 14
is at the head of South Cedar, its western boundary being the eastern line of the Pottawato-
mie Reserve, four miles south of Holton. No. 15, the second district north and northwest
of Holton, bounded on the north by the parallel, located in Jefferson Township, has a model
frame school building, costing $1,300. No. 16 is the Circleville District; having no school
building, it occupies what was erected as “the North Kansas Male and Female Seminary” in
1865 and in 1866, at a cost of $10,000. It is a most beautiful limestone building, standing
on the rolling prairie so as to command a fine view of the surrounding country. The late
Rev. D. P. Mitchell was one of the Committee on Location. ‘

In 1860, Jackson County, with a population of 2,297, had 396 persons of school age,—
between the ages of five and twenty-one. In_1872 the number was 2,587; males, 1,390;
females, 1,197. In 1880 the number was 3,855. In 1872 the number of districts was 51; joint
districts, 6; in 1882 it was 70; joint districts, 6. Total, 76. There is one joint district with
Atchison County; one with Brown; one with Nemaba; three with Pottawatomie. Seven
teachers are employed in the school at Holton, two at Circleville, two at Netawaka, two at
Whiting, two at Drake's (No. 49), two at North Cedar and two at Soldier, and there would
be two at Banner, were there more school room. Some of the’ districts have libraries,
sane ate Seen Dia. aes Gk from Hon. E. D. Holton, besides encyclo-

: . Olive E. Stout and R.M. ‘ :
Buper intendent Sone ook, Esq., have done the larger part of County
‘ampbell Normal Untversity.—This schoo] was opened in September,1882. The building is
an admirably planned school edifice. It is built of magnesian larantan: and has a eplendid
external appearance, The internal arrangement is very complete; the oftice, the liprary, the
different study and recitation rooms are well arranged to suit the needs of the pupils and the
convenience of the instructors. It stands ona commanding eminence, just north of the city
of Holton. The grounds embrace some cleven acres, on the north part of which is one of
the most beautiful natural groves that can anywhere be found. From the top of the build-
Merri ey = aie Hest eae peoiess of country anywhere in the State—fine
fe large belts of ex i ildi
ae al 4 purtenaces will nee $25,000. cellent timber. The cost of ground, buildings
0 Hon. A. G. Campbell, an early settler in Jackson and Nemaha counties, who has
ite wealth through large mining interests in the Rock Mountains, and who was sup-
port ee by the Gentile element for De coats to Congress from Utah in 1880, is this munificent
vor poy aus He was seconded in his efforts by public-spirited citizens of Holton
and other portions of the county. Its Board of Directors are as follows: T. P, Moore,
Ee aen 8. K, Linscott, Treasurer; J. A. Scott, Secretar ; Dr. A. Y. Hanson, Peter
rant James Baxter, Henry Stanley, W. W. Naylor; Charles Hayden, Attorney. The
scl 3 ‘a8 & teachers’ course, & scientific, a classic, a business, and a course in music.

6 orci urge and Mechanical ~ssociation.—Alfred Gray, the late honored and efficient
corre ary of the State Board of Agriculture, February 27, 1878, issued a call for a Farmers’
te Te non, at Topeka, March 26, 1878. This was in obedience to many calls from
mn urists that there should be a pene convention, and that the Kansas farmers
8 a ee themselves into district clubs. March 22, 1873, Jackson County responded,
ae ee . aupete Convention held at Holton, of which Hon. James McLellan was chosen
oe - ‘ W. Taylor, Secretary, William Cline and 8. J. England were elected dele-
gn eed fet evens and Hon. D. H. Southerland, alternates. One of the resolutions
atop ed at the State Convention is as follows: “That we earnestly request the Legislature
of our State, at its next session, to enact a law regulating freights fi il-

roads, upon a basis of : g irelg. tng tone: Opon. we Ta
thé faverabl S Just.ce; and that we further request our members of Congress to urge
ane eral e action of that body, where the full power exists beyond all doubt, to the same
ny ign tk need be, to construct the National highways at the expense of the Government.”
@onvecnat ae : Ji en County farmers met, and approving of the action of the State
¢ a County Farmers’ Co-operative nion, the gbjects of which were
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stated to be as follows: ‘‘The collection of statistics relating to the products of the county—
their amount, cost and value; to assist the farmers in securing just compensation for their
labors; to co-operate with similar organizations of the counties and States in procuring
cheap transportation and remunerative prices for surplus products, and act generally in the
interest of the prodnaing classes.”?

Officers of the Union were elected as follows: President, James McLellan; Vice-
President, 8. J. England; Secretary, A. L. Stevens; Treasurer, D, Blosser; Directors,
J. Hixon, E. L. Shields, R. J. Tolin, D. H. Sutherland and B. H. Bradshaw. June %, 1873,
a committee, consisting of B. H. Bradshaw, W. J. England, D. H. Sutherland, William
Cline, R. J. Tolin and D. Blosser, were appointed to canvass the county and organize
farmers’ clubs, J. L. Williams, George Smith, W. T. Scott and A. L. Stevens were appointed
a committee to procure Fair grounds at or near Holton. Grounds were purchased A uly 12,
ae one-half mile north of Holton for this purpose, of Mr. F. H. Inland, twenty acres, at
$80 peracre.

The Association held its First Annual Fair September 30, and October 1, and 2, 1873.
Its officers were; A. L. Stevens, President; David Blosser, Vice-President; Ira I. Taber,
Secretary; J. W. Williams, Treasurer. The prem‘um list was $1,000. The Fair was a com-
plete success, and there was a srad display of fruit. At the grand exposition.at Leaven-
worth, October 6, 1873, fruit exhibited at the Jackson County Fair took the first and second
premiums, it being the best and largest eee of Kansas fruits, and the best collection
of Kansas apples. There were over one hundred varieties, raised by some twenty fruit
growers of the county. This was in competition with fruit from Missouri and Michigan.

Granges.—In the autumn of 1873, B. H. Bradshaw, a farmer living near North Cedar
P. O., received a commission as deputy organizer of granges and he organized the first. one
in the county, which was properly named Jackson Grange—B. H. Bradshaw, Master;
W. A. Dodson, Secretary. Then came sixteen others as follows: Holton Grange—D. W.C.
Locke, Master; John Edwards, Secretary. Cedar areas c: B. Monroe, Master; Ed.
F. Jones, Secretary. Hoyt Grange—George I. Mosher, Master; W.W. Fish, Secretary;
Pleasant Grange—G. A. Wynant, Master; E. E. Rafter, Secretary. Circleville Grange—
James Baxter, Master; James Thompson, Secretary. Jefferson Grange—K. B. Clowe, Master;
William A. Allen, Secretary. Whiting Grange—George T. Watkins, Master; George W.
Bailey, Secretary. Star Grange—J. B, Hodges, Master; John Rippetoe, Secretary. North
Cedar Grange—J. B. Moore, Master; L. Y. Bradshaw, Secretary. Liberty Grange—Joseph
W. Taylor, Master; G. W. Todd, Secretary. Carbon Grange—M. Easley, Master; John J.
Preston, Secretary. Little Cross Creek Snes aoe Bowen, Master; Lewis Smith,
Secretary. Netawaka woe ae H. Sutherland, Master; J. A. Kennedy, Secretary,
Social Grange—John Kin, aster; E, T. Hibbard, Secretary. South Cedar Grange—
James McLellan, Master; John Q. Myers, Secretary. Smithland Grange—C. C. Branham,
Master; R. B. Francis, Secretary. s

Central Counci of Patrons of Husbandry.—The following are the names of the principal
officers of the Jackson County Council, April 3, 1874: Worthy Master, D. W. é. Locke;
Overseer, Joseph W. Taylor; Lecturer, S.J. sigan: Steward, C. B. Monroe; Chaplain,
W.H. Jones; Treasurer, N. Kline; Secretary, G. A. Wynant; Gatekeeper, J. J. Preston;
Ceres, Mrs. E. A. Monroe; Pomona, Mrs. J. W. Taylor; Flora, Mrs. H. Jones; Business
Agent, G. A. Wynant.

The Second Annual Fair was set for September 2, 3, and 4, 1874, and extended to the
5th, and was quite a success considered with reference to the grasshopper raid. George
Coleman, William R. Baxter, William D. Barnett, Alfred Dodson and J. W. Williams were
the main fruit exhibitors at the Fair. Neither Shawnee, Jefferson, Atchison, Brown,
Nemaha, Pottawatomie nor Riley counties deemed it wise to hold Fairs in 1874, and Jackson
indeed excelled them all. .

In May, 1881, the Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association sold the
Fair Grounds to 2 com any of ten gentlemen who intended to convert them into a driving-
ark. In 1882, most of these gentlemen have disposed of their interests,—the driving-par.

as been abandoned, and the grounds have become private property.

Horticultural Society Taking a high rank among the fruit-growing counties of the
State, the fruit growers of Jackson County are displaying a commendable zeal in their per-
sistent effort to encourage and promote the growth of fruit and shrubbery, shade, orna-
mental and forest trees, and hedge for fencing. :

At Boston, in September, 1873, this county had afine display of fruit; C. C. Grubb,
living four miles north of Netawaka, had there fifty-one varieties of apples on exhibition.

he State Horticultural Society in 1873 held its third semi-annual meeting at Holton,
June 10 and 11, than which none of its meetings have ever proved to be of more general
‘interest.

In 1882 meetings of the county society have been frequently held and committees have
Teported upon the conditions of the orchards of many of the fruit-raisers of the county.
Under the auspices of the society a County Fruit Show was held at the court house, Septem-
ber 8, 1882, at which there was a fine display of fruits and vegetables. The finest specimens
were taken to the State Fair at Topeka. Mr. W.D. Barnett accepted an invitation from the
State Horticultural Society to actas one of the judges on the fruit there exhibited. The
President of the county society is Jacob 'Thornburgh; Vice-President, Jacob Hixon; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, V. V. Adamson. Post-office address of all, Holton. Quite a majority
of the local granges have ceased to be. There are still in existence the Holton, Whiting,
Netawaka, Jefferson and Soldier granges. William H. Jones, of the Holton Grange, for six
years was Chairman of the Executive Board of the State Grange. He has been in charge
of the Holton Grange Store for seven years. This store in 1882 ceased to run under the
auspices of the grange. No more active work in the interest of agriculture has been done
in Kansas than in this county at times, and a revival in that line 1s one of the signs of
the times.

The Jackson County Medical Society._J une 14, 1872, a number of the physicians of the
county met at the office of Dr. V. V. Adamson, of Holton, and formed a medical society;
their objects having been stated as follows: ‘‘ The advancement of medical knowledge, the
elevation of professional character, the extension of the boundary of medical science, and
the promotion of all measures adapted to the relief of the suffering, and to improve the
health and protect the lives of the community.” Dr. L. 8. Paddock, of Netawaka, was its
first President. Its present officers are: President, J. A. Rafter, Holton; Vice-President,
-G. W. England, Larkin; Secretary, John T. Scott, Holton; Treasurer, V. V. Adamson,
Holton; Censors, J. W. Love, Whiting; R.J. Dodds, North Cedar; T.H. Murray, Circleville.

HOLTON.

Hon. Edward Holton, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has his name perpetu-
ated, in what, in 1856, was but a howling wilderness, but in 1882 is one of
the.most quiet, beautiful and substantial inland cities in Kansas.

Milwaukee, in common with the rest of the country, in 1854 and 1855,
had her share of excitement over the passage of the Nebraska Bill, and
the troubles in ‘‘ bleeding Kansas.” A Kansas society was organized as
the outgrowth of this sentiment, and for its support several hundred dollars
was raised, and in May 1856, a train composed of six wagons, with two
yoke of oxen to each wagon, left Milwaukee for Kansas. ‘The emigrating
families were those of John B. Coffin, consisting of four members; Edmund
G. Ross’s, six; John B. Hutt’s, four; Mr. Earl’s, eight; Mr. Lathrop’s,
four, and there were six single men in the ‘‘ Bachelor’s wagon.” Mr. Ross
was chosen captain of the train. On arriving at Janesville, Wis., the
band was joined by the family of the father of Mr. Ross, five members; An-
drew Smith’s family, five; Mr. Lyme’s family, five.

Towa City and Oskaloosa were made objective points in Iowa; Nebraska
City was the point made west of the Missouri River, and Kansas was entered
at Range 15, and Plymouth soon reached, at which place Mr. Stowell of
Massachusetts, had a colony of about thirty. Lexington was the next point
after leaving the headwaters of the Pony, and the ‘‘ Lané road” was then fol-
lowed southward. The party met on the route Gen. James H. Lane,:
John Brown and S. C. Pomeroy. Arriving at Elk Creek, they occupied

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nearly a day in bridging it, and after crossing it they struck a beautiful lo-
cation, and having with them a civil engineer, a survey of the outlines of a
town, which they named Holton, was made.

A hewed log building, 20x20 feet, was commenced ; the logs were laid close
to each other so as tomake a good place of defense, and it was afterwards
known as “Jim Lane’s Fort.” All the heads of families had selected claims,
and laid foundations on the same.

One rainy morning, about four o’clock, General Lane and another man -
came into camp and informed them that Captain Shombrey had been killed
at the fight at Fort Titus. Captain Shombrey had met them in Iowa and
Nebraska, and he was leading a brave band of emigrants from Bloomington,
Indiana, to Kansas. :

They were told by General Lane that it was unsafe to stop at Holton,
and the families had better be taken to Topeka, but some of the men
should come back and stay at Holton, so as to keep the road open, this being
the only way that provisions or emigrants could get through; the border
ruffians having guarded the.other routes,

Decison and action in two hours time took the party southward. - South
of town they stopped and, taking a backward glance remarked: ‘‘ What a
aia site for a town, and what a pity to leave it; but we will come

ack.”

The Kaw River was crossed at the Pappan Ferry, and Mr. H. C. K. Gar-
vey, of Topeka, was with other citizens waiting for them, who invited them all
to his house to dinner, the first meal they had eaten inside a house since leaving
Dubuque, fowa. After dinner they drove out east of town, and went into camp,
and here the soy broke up; but it may be said that there was hardly a
skirmish in the Territory but that some members of this company were en-
gaged init. In December, 1856, a meeting of the remaining forces was
held in the office of Dr. Penfield, in the ‘‘Old Constitution Hall,” of To-
peka, and re-organized. Additions to the original force having been made, a
committee was appointed, consisting of Dr. of H. Grant, Dr. Penfield and
Capt. W. F. Creitz, who came up to Holton and reported everything ‘‘ all
right,” and the land was soon after filed upon as a town-site at the land of-
fice at Lecompton. In February, 1857, J. B. Ingersoll surveyed the town
into lots, and soon after William F. and Lewis Creitz built a house on part
of Lot Number 1, and opened a small grocery store, selling the first goods,
at the town of Holton.

During the summer, Thomas G. Walters, coming to Holton, had a man
come from Iowa and put up the building known as the ‘‘ Holton House,”
which was on the site of the ‘‘Commercial.” Soon afterwards E. M. Parks
put up the ‘‘ Banner Hotel,” which has been greatly enlarged into what is
now the ‘‘City Hotel.” On the south side_of the Square was a building
erected known as ‘“‘Old Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” built by Henry S. Westlake
fora grocery and a saloon.” ‘

Robert J. Waterhouse, who had been in Northern Wisconsin, managing
certain interests of William B. Ogden, of Chicago, returned to Chicago in
the spring of 1858, and resolving to come to Kansas, landed at Leavenworth
in the month of May, came to Valley Falls, from there to Holton and
bought one of the claims that Phineas Stewart had improved in 1855, of a
Mr. Woodruff, who had been shot in the neck by the party claiming said
quarter section. Mr. Waterhouse erected a store-building in Holton,
which was occupied as a store by Edward A. Squires and Lewis Stafford.
Ira I. Taber and Edward Olmsted built a small building on the south-west
corner of the Public Square, and they erected the first schoolhouse, in which
Miss Anna Parrott taught the first school, teaching two terms.

William Morrison, in 1858, put up the first steam saw and grist-mill,
in the northwest corner of the town. He moved the mill from Tecumseh,
and was given five shares in the town, but after obtaining the deeds the
mill was moved to Southern Kansas. Dr. R. 8. Craft moved his steam saw-
mill from Missouri to this place, and attached to it a pair of burrs, and after
operating it for some years, sold it to parties, who have changed it to a first-
class flouring-mill, which now does a large business. J. W. Gordon, in
1860, opened a stock of general merchandise in a 13x14 feet room, and his
business increased to large proportions. The building is a store room in
the rear of L. Sarbach’s store.

Holton, when pre-empted as a town-site by the Town Association in
1859, had seven dwellings, one store, a steam saw-mill, and a blacksmith shop.
Several of the early builders have moved to other places, some have gone to
that ‘‘bourne from whence no traveler returns.”

At an early day, Holton made some oe to develop « municipal
government, but by an actof the Legislature of 1871, it was organized as a
city of the third class; its first Mayor being T. J. Adamson; its Councilmen.
Ira I. Taber, Ed. Vetter, M. M. Beck, J. T. Scott and H. P. Bishop; Clerk,
H. J. Ransom; Treasurer, H. P. Bishop; Marshal, R. G. Waterhouse; Police
Judge, J. H. Lowell; Attorney, Charles Hayden. Since then its Mayors
have been: T.J. Adamson, E. F. Perley, E. D. Rose, Case Broderick, Mar-
a Anderson, A. D. Walker, M. B. Smyth, A. H. Williams and T. P.

oore,

The city officers for 1882 are as follows: Mayor, T. P. Moore; Police
Judge, EK. E. Rafter; City Attorney, Sidney Hayden; Treasurer, C. H. Wil-
liams; Clerk, W. W. Sargent; Auctioneer, W. R. Fisher; Fire Warden. R. E.
Smithers; Marshal and Street Commissioner, M. C. Mowry; Councilmen, Ira
I. Taber, J. A. Scott, C. H. Williams, Ed. F’. Jones, A. W. Post. Mr.
Taber is President of the Board.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The Methodist Horas Church,.—In 1858, the Methodist Episcopal Church was organ-
ized by Rev. Eli H. Robertson, preacher in charge, assisted by James Lawrence, and at the
time formed a part of a very large circuit; but in 1879, Holton was madea station. The first
parsonage was built in 1866, the present onein 1870.__The church edifice was commenced
in 1868, and dedicated in 1871. In March, 1877, the North Kansas Conference was held
with this church, the venerable Bishop Simpson, and Chaplain McCabe being present,
Ira I. Taber has been Sunday-school Superintendent since the school was organized in
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September, 1868, and it has in 1882 an nee membership of 200. Under Mr. Taber's skillful
management it has become one of the best organized in the State. The value of the
parsonage is $1,000; of the church edifice, $4,000. The church has had the brothers Green,

‘Nehemiah and Lewis F., Joseph Dennison and other distinguished preachers among its
pastors. In 1882, the Pastor was Rev. J. A. Motter.

First Presbyterian.—Rev. Charles Parker organized this church March 9, 1867. Its
first members were: J. B. Waynant, Mary M. Waynant, Jacob Hixon, Casandra Hixon, R.
M. Kennedy, Nancy Kennedy, John McCreary, Mary McCreary, Frederick Seele, Catharine
Seele, William Boettcher, Herman Boettcher and John Edwards. The elders were: Jacob

~ Hixon, and J. B, Waynant. The church edifice was erected in 1868, the first one in Hol-
ton. Its value is $2,000. In 1869 a parsonage was built. In 1880a new one, costing $1,200.
The membership of the church is 180; of the Sunday-school 150 Ne 1882). Mr. J. A. Scott is
superintendent; Dr. D. W. Havens is pastor of the church, one of the most scholarly theolo-
gians there are in Kansas. His predecessors were: Rev. Charles Parker, Rev. 8. A.
Stoddard, Rev. A. Thompson and Rev. M. Wade. Hon. E. D. Holton, of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, presented the church with its nice clear sounding bell.

Church of Christ.—The Christian Church was organized here by Mr. and Mrs. Allen
B. Scholes, Mr. and Mrs J. P. Nichols, Miss Jane Walters and two others, July 13, 1862.
The first services were held in the old court house, by Elder A. J. Francis, in 1862. In 1872,
a church was built at a cost of $2,000. Its membership in 1882 was 755. The Pastor is
Rev. J. H. Bauserman; Matthew Jacobs, elder; Oscar Williams and Mr. Goodrich, deacons;
Charles Morris, clerk.

Baptist Church.—The Baptists of Holton, in March, 1872, met at the Christian Church
and organized with seven members. Rev. Granville Gates, State Missionary, was the
organizer, and Rev. 8. Colton and wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. Farr, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Monroe,
and Mrs. Mary Clement were the members. Its pastors have been: Rev. Mr. McCreary,
Rev. S. Cozard, Rev. S. Taylor, Rev. A. B. Abrams, and Rev. N. P. Hotchkiss. The mem-
bership of the church and Sunday-school in 1882, was each about seventy-five. George
Barker was Sunday-school superintendent. The organization in 1880, erected a nice frame
church edifice at a cost of $1,000, \

Reformed Church.—This church lays claim to pee of all the Protestant Evangel-
ical organizations in coming out from the “‘Mother Church,” Ulrich Zwingle. of Switzerland,
was one year in advance of Martin Luther Frederick the Great summoned before him these
reformers, that he might know their creeds, and Ulrich ewingls presented the Heidleberg
Catechism in 1563, and the ‘‘Reformed Church” stands upon the doetrine therein contained.

The Holton church was formed in April, 1880, with a membership of about twenty.
Rev. J. Roach was the organizer. The congregation worship at the court house. Rev. H.
Shumaker was pastor in 1882.

African Methodist Episcopal Church.—In 1874, Rev. A. H. Daily organized this church
with eight members. Its church edifice, formerly a saloon, cost $350. Its Sunday-school is
prosperous, and its pastor in 1882, Rev. F. M. Dale, is an untiring worker. It has one local
preacher,one exhorter, thirty-two members, six probationers.

Colored Baptist.—Rev. Dennis Young, of Missouri, organized this church in June, 1880,
with thirty-seven members. Not having stated preaching, they worship with the First
Baptist Church. 4

Roman Catholic.—The Catholics have a good-sized frame building located in the east
part of the city, which was erected in 1873. Rev. Father Begley is the Pastor. Mrs. H. P.
Bishop is one of the pillars of the church. Services are usually held the first Sunday in
each month. The eon is largely from the surrounding country.

The Public Schools.—The graded school is the great pride and glory of the city. It
has seven departments, and is under the management of Prof. C. Y. Roop, a most skillful
instructor and thorough disciplinarian. He has a very efficient corps of assistants. Prof.
Roop is a weekly contributor to the educational department of the Holton Recorder, and the
matter is valuable alike to teachers and pupils. Hon E. D. Holton contributed a good
library to the schoo]. The edifice is a neat two-story brick. It has an excellent bell.

The Holton Cemetery.—One mile west of Holton is the Cemetery. It contains six acres,
and in 1867, it was surrounded by a nice board fence, neatly capped. In the southwest cor-
ner is a natural forest, and evergreens and beautiful shrubbery exist here in considerable
profusion, evidencing the tender affection which is maintained towards those who but a
short time ago were in the flesh, and whose daily walk among their associates was of that
character that prompts a beautifying of the grounds where reposes their sacred dust.

The site is a nice dry locality sloping to the south. There is a small building n ar che

entrance where all requisites for excavation are safely stored. Ira I. Taber is President of
the Cemetery Association, and W. T. Scott has charge of the-grounds. The lay-out into lots
and drives is admirable.
_ Holton Lodge, No. 42, A., F. & A. M—This lodge was organized October 20, 1863 with
twelve charter members. Its first officers were as follows: N. Tolbert, W. M.; J B. Hub-
bell, S. W.; George Smith, J. W. The lodge owns the building which contains their hall.
The officers in 1882 were as follows: Charles Hayden, W. M.; I. T. Price, S. W.; A. W.
Post, J. W.; V. V. Adamson, Treasurer; C.C. Free, Secretary; J. W. Patten, Tiler; Frank
Craig, 8. D.; E. F. Jones, J. D.

independent Order of Odd Fellows.—Holton Lodge, No. 34, was organized May 1, 1868.
Its charter members were as follows: J. H. Keller, N. G.; A. W. Moore, V. G.; Victor
Sarbach, Secretary; Dr. ‘V. V. Adamson, Treasurer. Its membership in 1882 is about 150.
Its present officers are: John Q. Myers, N. G.; Carl Wagner, V. G.; C. Y. Roop,Corres-
ponding Secretary; J. H. Keller, Financial Secretary; Edward Vetter, Treasurer. The lodge
is in quite a flourishing condition. It owns a fine hall_costing $4,000.

Knights of Pythias.—Friendship Lodge, No, 15, of this order, was organized May 6.
1875, with thirteen charter members. ‘The first officers were as follows: H. S Sprague, P.
C.; V. Sarbach, C. C.; C. A. Walker,V. C.; L. V. Bryan, K. of R. & $.; T. J. Scott, M. at
A.i_ J. Dickey, M. F.; E D. Rose, M. E.; W. W. Naylor, Prelate; A. H. Williams, I. G.;
A, Roberts, O. G. The following are its present officers: W.L. Hoaglin, P. C.; E. E. Raf:
ler, C. C.; F. H. Stout, V. C.; F.8. Scott, P.; C. E. Rose, K. of R. & S.; C. H. Farr, M. of

F.; W. Ww. Naylor, M. of E.; J. C. Weiss, M. at A.; Charles Bateman, I. G.; J. M. Fisher
0. G. Trustees: John (. Myers, E. E. Rafler and A. H. Williams, ‘The present number of
members exceeds fifty.

Knights of Honor.—Jackson Lodge, No. 1769, was organized August 30, 1879, with
twenty-one charter members. Its first ofticers were as follows: H. Tucker, Dictator; J. IT,
Lowell, Vice-Dictator; J. A. Scott, Assistant Dictator. Ira I. Taber, Chaplain; W. Ww. Nay-
lor, Reporter; T. P. Moore, Financial Reporter; J. Q, Myers, Treasurer; M,. H. Larkin,

Guide; Sidney Hayden, Guardian; C. C. Free, Sentinel; John Davis, Past Dictator, Its
present officers are: T. P. Moore, Dictator; Ira I, Taber, Vice-Dictator; Dr. M. B. Smyth,
Assistant Dictator; C. H. Williams, Chaplain; J. P. Moore, Heporey 8. H. Scott, Finan-
cial Reporter; W. W. Naylor, Treasurer; R. C. Moore, Guide; D. U. Townsend, Guardian;
C. H Farr, Sentinel; John Q. Myers, Past Dictator. The membership is about forty. Its
meetings are held in Masonic Hall. .

Grand Army of the Republic —The Will Wendell Post, No 46, G. A.R., organized April
11, 1882, with fifteen members. Its corps of officers are as follows; Tra I. Taber, Commander;
E. D. Rose, Senior Vice-Commander; I. F. Jones, Junior Vice-Commander; R. N. Adam-
son, Officer-of-the-Day; George H. Barker, Quartermaster; T. T. Spence, Officer-of-the-
cone Re F, Fuller, Adjutant; V. V. Adamson, Surgeon. Its present membership is
abou’ rty.

United Order of Ancient Templars.—Holton Temple, No. 26, was organized by Mr. H.
C. W. Deshler, of Topeka, Associate Past Supreme Templar, ‘June 2° 1881, with forty
charter members. Its ofticers were as follows: C.C. Free, Templar; C. H. Williams,
Past Templar; Mrs. J. K.Bethel, vice engi Rev. John Wuerth, Lecturer; E. E. Bir-
kett, Recorder; L.E. Ashton, Financier; Ira I. Taber, Treasurer; 8. B. McGrew, Marshal;
J. M. Ferguson, Guard; C. G.Townsend, Watchman, ‘This order has a mortuary fund, an
M. B. Smyth M. D. is the Medical Examiner for the Holton Temple. Its ofticers for 1#82

are as follows: I. T. Price, Templar; C. C. Free, Past Templar; Miss Adda Adair, Vice-
‘templar; Edward E. Birkett, Recorder: Thomas H. Ashton, Financier; Dr, BE. A. J unkin,
Treasurer; Rev. John Birkett, Lecturer; S. F. Richardson, Marshal; 8. B- McGrew, Guard;
G. C. Jacobs, Watchman. :

The Ancient Order of United Workmen.—Holton Lodge No. 107, A. O. U. W., was
organized by Dr. C H. Gilman, Instituting Officer, August 31, 1882, with twenty-one charter
members. [ts officers are as follows: C. H. Gilman, W. M.; N.C. Boles, Recorder; Dr. V.
V. Adamson, Financier. :

Holton. Choral Society.—September 19, 1881, this city of sentiment and song, organized
the above named association, choosing its officers as follows: Ira I. Taber, President; Miss
Eddy, Vice-President; E. A. Junkin, Secretary; T. C. McConnell, Treasurer; J. C. Chase,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Conductor; Edward Chase, Organist; M. C. Mowry, Mrs. A. H. Williams, Mrs. Dr.
Scott, J. C. Chase, E. A. Junkin, Executive Committee. The membership is about

sixty. ‘i

Vrolton Cornet Band.—The present leader of the band is Professor Graves. It has a
corps of ten performers. The band has given splendid concerts, and has performed the
spectacular tablean of ‘‘Andersonville Prison.” =

Eastern Star Lodge, A., F. & A. M.—This has been a very prosperous organization in
the city. Itcontained in 1882, about forty members. : :
Daughters of Rebecca.—This band of workers here has quite a good membership,

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The many intelligent inhabitants of Jackson County are a well-read people and they
handsomely sustain papers at home and give good support tomany abroad —_In the fall of
1858, Thomas G. Watters, without pose either type or press, started the Cricket.
It ran about two months. The articles were written in ink, and political events were illus-
trated with colored pencils. In October, 1867. Mr. A. W. Moore brought to Holton, the first
press and type, and commenced the Publication of a seven-column paper, Repubhcan in

olitics, called the Jackson County News. Mr. Frank H. Stout became a fourth-owner in
Betober,1871, but he sold out his interest. January 4, 1872, Mr. George S. Irwin became a half-
owner in the News which he soJd November 7, 1872. June 4, 1872, the paper was enlarged to
eight columns and its name changed to the Holton News. After Irwin’s withdrawal,

oore continued the publication of the paper until February 6, 1874, when rank A, Root
purchased the good-will and consolidated it with his paper, the Hxpress, which had been in’
existence nearly two years. Mr. Moore moved his printing materials to Dodge City, and
began the publication of the Messenger. A

The daakoon Democrat.—In May. 1868, this paper was commenced under the an-
spices of a stock company made up of Democrats, with T. G. Williams as editor. J. W. Fox
purchased it in 1869, and published it as an independent paper for about a year, when he
moved it to St. Mary’s. Mr. Fox had changed its name to the Holton Leader. :

The Holton Hxpress.—Mr. Frank A. Root brought the material for a newspaper from
Seneca to Holton, April 13, 1872, and started the Holton Hupress, Republican in politics.
Having purchased the News, on February 6, 1874, he consolidated it with the Zxpress, and
continued to publish the paper until March 26, 1875, under the title of the Hupress and News,
when he sold it to Messrs. Beck & Shiner. Messrs. Moore, Root, and Irwin are all in the
newspaper business at Gunnison, Colorado. Root & Irwin were, after leaving Holton,
publishers of the North Topeka Times.

The Holton Recorder.—J. W. Shiner and Edward C. Laithe, March 2, 1875, started the
Recorder. Two weeks later Mr. M. M. Beck purchased the interest of Mr. Laithe. March
30, 1875. Messrs. M. M. Beck and J. W. Shiner beat the publication of the Recorder and
Express; Mr. Frank A. Root having sold them the Hxpress. January 1, 1877, the word
“‘Hixpress’’ was dropped from the heading. Mr. Beck became sole editor and proprietor.
in April, 1881. It is now a well-managed, eight-page papér, and the official one of the
county. Mr. Beck has the post-office and an excellent drug store He is a member of the
State Republican Central Committee for the First Judicial District. ;

The Holton Argus.—Mr. J.C. Lillie, of Leavenworth, started this as a Democratic paper,
April 1, 1867, and it was published for eight months. _ A

The Real Estate Bulletin.—Mr. Ira J. Taber published this monthly in 1871 and in
1872, devoting it to the landed interests of Holton, and Jackson County.

The Daily Express.—During the three days of the Jackson County Fair in 1874, Frank
A. Root pubiished the sue daily ever in the county,— The Express.

The Holton Signal._January 16, 1878, Messrs. Thomas A. Fairchild and W. W. Sargent
commenced the publication of an eight-column Democratic paper with the above name.
Mr. Fairchild severed his connection with it January 1, 1879, since which time it has been
under the creditable management of Mr. Sargent. It is the official city paper. Mr. Sargent
is the City Clerk. His paper commands an influence at home and abroad, and he is one of
the ee journalists of the State. Mr. Fairchild has been connected with the North Topeka
Times, the Topeka Daily Post, the Leavenworth Standard and the Burlingame Chronicle,
of Osage County. He is now at the State Printing Office at Topeka.

Holton, from the rude hamlet of two decades ago, presents in 1882 a very metropolitan
aspect, and is in fact.a beautiful, progressive city. A great variety of trades, professions
and branches of business are represented in the place, and they are of :hat nature that
assures a very general permanency. There are now located at Holton seven physicians, of
whom Dr. V. V. Adamson has been longest a resident in the city, having settled in 1849.

There are numerous law firms; Judge eer ee whose office is on the west side of the
Public Square, being one of the very early settlers and attorneys of Kansas, and formerly
Probate Judge and also District Attorney. John S. Hopkins, of the firm of Hopkins
& Hunter, was also six years County Attorney, and two years State Senator; and Case
Broderick, of the firm of Broderick & Rafter, now member of the State Senate, has filled the
office of Probate Judge and County Attorney. Sidney Hayden, of the firm of Hayden &
Hayden, is now City Attorney.

The Farmers’ Bank and Saving Institution was the first bank established in Holton.
Martin Anderson was President; William Cline, Vice-President; H.J. Ransom, Cashier. It
was established in 1872. In 1874, H. P. Bishop became President. It became a Loan Agency
and finally went the way of all the earth, Its location was west of the Square, now the~
office of C. C. Frae, Esq.

The Exchange Bank.—On the northeast corner of the Public Square, F. P. Moore and
8. K. Linscott made excavations for this building in June, 1873, and the structure, costing
e008, was ready for occupancy September 1, 1873. The front room of the bank is 20x40

eet; the rear room is 12x20 fect. In its strongand handsome vault, which has an entrance
door of chilled steel, is one of MacNeale & Urban’s fire and burglar-proof safes, costing

900, which has a “ Yale Time Lock.” The bank first commenced operations in 1872,

. K. Linscott was its first President; T. P. Moore its Cashier. Mr. Moore is now Presi-
dent and T’. P. Moore. Cashier. Its correspondents are the First National Bank, Leaven-
worth, Kansas; the Ninth National Bank, New York.

_ Holton City Bank.—This bank now doing business in a nice brick structure situated
diagonally from the Exchange Bank, has everything fixed up with reference to complete-
ness in running a banking institution. George W. Drake is President; Ira I. Taber, Cashier.
This building was first occupied in November, 1880. Before that, the business was done in
a wooden structure, directly north of the court house. The bank safehas “ Hall's Double
Chronometer Lock.”

Linscott'’s Bank.—The finest structure in Holton is the building in which this bank is
located. It was erected in 1881, and the bank was opened in November, North of the
banking department is a fine store occupied by McGrew & Williams; in the basement is a
barber's shop and laundry; the wHpER story contains two law offices, and the offices of two
dentists: C. H. Gilmore and Frank M. Davis. The building cost $13,600. It is directly west
of the court house. 8. K. Linscott is President; §.B. McGrew, Cashier. The bank has a
new patent steel dove-tailed burglar-proof safe with a “ Hall's Double Chronometer Lock”
that has an additional safety, in that, when the movements stop from any cause, there is a
combination attachment by which the safe can be opened as any other. Mr. Linscott
severed his relations with the Exchange Bank, January 1, 1875. He started a bank in a
ee bollding prnete the new one now is.

e City Mills.—A. W. Post & Co., proprietors, are adequate to the wants of the cit;
and county, as there is here manufactured all foney and atraigat ‘ades of flour, and every-
thing in the way of meal, chop-feed, etc. This’ mill was owned by Dr. J. L. Williams,
sana, and Nixon, and it has had a large outlay made on it.

_, Hk Fouring Mils.—Peter Keiderer, one of the pioneer’s of the county, has a mill two
miles east of the city which does a large business ace excellent work.
ie The seo the city have undergone very many changes since the town began to be;
Se of the houses have been changed, and there has been a large number of pro-

The City Hotel was opened eight years ago by William Yeer, former. thrift
merchant tailor of Holton. His patronage nereaane nt and transient ‘is very leree. Cont.
mercial travelers find here a neat well-ordered hotel, and the house is largely advertised
ee Northeastern Kansas, Mr, Yeer took possession of the house in 1874.
an Jie Comucercial This is the original hotel of 1859. It has been very successfully run

side of its walls have been performed heroic and semi-tragic acts. © There have been

many different proprietors. Th i
ine ce Pp a moat int ne EEeeea manager, Thomas Sumner took possession August,
JACKSON

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM D. BARNETT, deceased. was born at Barnett, Caledonia Co., Vt., March dl,
1820. His education was received at the Concord schools and the Peacham Academy. When
seventeen years of age, he removed, with his parents, to Macoupin County, Ill. Qne year
later he began the study of medicine in the office of his brother-in-law, at Rock River, Ill.,
and in 1839 he attended medical lectures at St. Louis. With the preparation thus made.
Dr. Barnett was enabled to accept the position of hospital steward and meteorologist at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., where he remained in active service until 1814. Going from there to
Weston, Mo., he supaged in the drug business, and also taught school a portion of the time.
In 1854 Mr. Barnett became the first settler in Muscotah, Kan., naming the town, and eréct-
ing the first wooden bridge in Atchison County. Among the pioneer accomplishments
accredited to him are the burning of the first kiln of lime and the setting out of the
first orchard. He also organized the Jackson County Horticultural Society, of which he
was Vice-President at the time of his death. In 1854 he was appointed Justice of the
Peace for Muscotah, and held the office several years. During the political troubles
which agitated Kansas at an early day, Mr. Barnett took positive stand with the Free-
State party. He was elected a member of the first Free-State Legislature, which met
at Topeka, in 1856, and was dispersed by the United States troops. His experience at
that period was fraught with danger. In 1857 he was elected County Commissioner of
Atchison County, and in 1866, he was chosen Superintendent of Public Instruction of Jack-
son County. In 1864 Mr. Barnett located upon the northeast quarter of Section 6, Town-
ship 6, panes 16, in Jackson County, where he resided at the date of his death, which oc-
curred in March, 1888. For about four years after his arrival here he owned and operated a
grist-mill and saw-mill, but of late years was engaged in farming. He owned the largest
nursery in the county, and probably no man contributed more to the pomological interests
of the region than he. The deceased was a man of more than ordinary natural intellectual
abilities, which, in the absence of educational advantages, he had improved by readin
and study. Had he been placed in more favorable conditions and circumstances, he rout
have been 9 man of marked influence. As it was, what he did entitles hia to the grateful
remembrance of the people of his county. Mr. Barnett was twice married, first to Miss
Roach, by whom he had four children—Samuel, William, Albertand Ella. His second wife
— ee Ewell, of Kentucky, by whom he had five children—Emeline, Lucy, Belle, Clara
and Cora.

PROF. E. GRAVES, bandmaster of the Holton Cornet Band, was born in London,
England, and comes of a family of remarkable musicians. His father, William Graves,
himself a fine musician, is the father of ten children, and each and every one of them are

‘performers of far more than ordinary merit. John, the eldest, has played in the band of
the Grenadier Guards and others of note, and is now leader of the orchestra in the Alhambra
Theatre, London, W.T. Graves is undoubtedly the first cornetist in England to-day, as he took
Levy’s place in the Argyle Rooms, and as a musical composer has few equals in that city.
John Graves went through the Indian mutiny in the band of the Seventeenth Lancers, and
is now bandmaster of the Cambridge Volunteers. Charles Graves is one of the band in
Inns at Court, one of the finest in London, and W.W. Graves and the father are at Watford.
E. Graves came to America in 1871, and soon won a fine position. His solo instrument is
the slide trombone. In his opinion the Americans are bright, smart, and quick to learn
music He has taught the Holton band for about eighteen months past and made it one
of the popular institutions of that city, and likewise organized a fine band of sixteen
pieces at Tippinsville in Jackson County, and the Netawakaand Wetmore bands have both
been thoroughly re-organized and trained by him. His duties as teacher prevented his
acceptance of the proffered judgeship at the State band contest held in Topeka during the
fall of 1882. 'The Professor is about to take charge of the Seneca and Sabetha bands, and
is probably the only professional band instructor in Northeastern Kansas.

MADISON GREEN JACOBS, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Holton, came to Kansas in
March, 1868, settled near where he now lives and has been engaged in farmingever since. He
bought the farm, which he has ever since occupied as a home, in the spring of 1869, cleared,
fenced and improved it. He has been closely attentive to his farm and family, having in
fifteen years been away from home but twice, once in 1880 and once on a visit to his
old home in Kentucky, leaving home September 12, and returning October 29, and
recently on a visit to friends and relatives in the State of Illinois. He has never aspired to
office, but has always been regarded as a useful man in his neighborhood, serving as Road
Supervisor four years and a member of the School Board four years. He was born in
Lawrence County, Ky., May 20. 1837, son of Carter H. and Mary Jacobs. His parents were
natives of Virginia. At an early age he removed with his parents into the woods of Carter
County, Ky.,where they cleared and;improved anew farm. He was reared and schooled in this
county until sixteen years of age, and from childhood was inured to labor and hardships.
In the spring of 1853 he moved with his parents to an improved farm on the Little Fork of
Little Sandy River, and again in 1856 to Tygert’s Creek, same county, and in June, 1857, his
father, aged sixty-six, died of fever. He was the father of fourteen children, one of whom
preceded him to the spirit world and two others.shortly followed. When the estate was
finally settled up the mother and children were scattered and Madison Green Jacobs moved
to Kansas in the spring of 1868. He was married in Carter County, Ky., December 9, 1858,
to Zerilda E. Riggs, a native of Kentucky _and daughter of George W. and Delilah Riggs,
They have ten living children—George C., Joseph S., Clarinda A., Delilah M., Wilham M.,
James T., Nathan A., Charles Q., Arthur G., and Ida May, and one son who was twin of
Charles Q., deceased. Mr. Jacobs was baptized in Carter County, Ky., in the year 1853 by
Henry Mavity, a minister of the Christian Church, and has ever since been a faithful and
consistent member of the Church of Christ. He has served during the last nine years as
elder of the Holton City Christian Church and bears an unblemished reputation. as an hon-
est man and zealous Christian.

L. M. MYERS, County Treasurer, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., in 1828, re-
ceiving his education at the academy at New Market. In 1852 when twenty-four years of
age he went to California, where he remained until 1853, when he went to Iowa, and then to

ansas in 1856, being one of the earliest settlers in Cedar ee Jackson County, and
has lived on his place continuously until 1878, when he was elected County Treasurer and
re-elected in 1880, serving two terms. He hasafarm of 827 acres all well improved. He
was married at Weston, Mo., in 1858 to Miss Anna Rightlinger and has four children—
Emma F., Laura, Frank and Alice.

SAMUEL N. NEWMAN, of Holton, is a native of Fleming County, Ky., who came
to Kansas as a young man with ‘everything to get and nothing to lose,” about sixteen
years ago. His first venture was to make the acquaintance and win the friendship of the
Sheriff of Jackson County and was by him appointed Deputy Sheriff, which office he held
for two years. He had nota dollar in the world, but the duties incident to his office led to
his fornia tat keeping a host of valuable acquaintances. His first investment was a
pony, worth $50, for which he are his note, paying it at maturity. This and other like
transactions established his credit and since that time he has been enabled to do an unlim-
ited amount of business so far as capital was concerned. During 1868 he married Miss
Libbie McCoy, formerly of Oskaloosa, Iowa, bought a small pair of horses and a cow
and began farming. His wife and himself were enabled to retire from the farm at the
end of ten years the owners of a splendid #00-acre farm five miles west of Holton, 100 head
of cattle, all necessary improvements. and teams, and a comfortable competence in cash.
Mr. Newman is a true son of Kentucky, and of course he intuitively knew all about horses
and cattle from the outset. Together with his farming he has followed auctioneering ever
since living in Kansas and has become as well known as any man in Northeastern Kansas
in that connection. Since 1878 has resided in Holton, where he has built an elegant resi-
dence costing $3,000, and to-day we find him a partner in the mercantile firm of T. D.
Bradley & Co., the owner of the finest livery stable in Jackson County, a stockholder in
Holton City Bank, and worth about $31,0C0. But few_men have done better in the same
time. even in Kansas. He isa Knight of Honor in Holton Lodge and is independent in
religion and politics.

MADISON WOODS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Larkin, was born in Clay County,
Mo., in 1830." He lived on his birthplace until his removal to Kansas in 1857, when he set-
tled in Jackson County and has lived on the same place and within a few rods of _his first
cabin ever since. He was brought up on a farm and has always followed that calling. He
was married in 1855 in Clay County, Mo.. to Miss Anna Hamon, and has five children—
William, Mary A., John W.,Simon H., Emma. He isa member of the Holton Lodge, A., F.

A.M. He has always been a Democrat and is at present the nominee for County Com-
missioner on that ticket.

COUNTY. 1343

: CIRCLEVILLE.

This thriving village, situated on the Kansas Central Railroad, eight
and one-half miles from Holton, was surveyed in 1863, by Thomas Jefferson
Anderson. A Town Company, prior to this, had filed on the half section
north of this, for the town of New Brighton, but the Land Agent refused
to let them pre-empt it, and Mr. Rufus Oursler started the town of Circle-
ville. It received its name from a suggestion that as the town had been
circling round the prairie Circleville eel be a fitting name. Mr. Oursler
started a store, and purchased a saw-mill that had been erected there, and
converted it into an establishment for grinding wheat and corn, carding
wool, and sawing lumber. In the middle of 1880 Mr. Henry Stanley com-
pleted one of the best mills in the country on the site of the old one.

Circleville proper contains fifteen blocks. The Kansas Central Railroad
passes through the southwest corner of Block 11, which lies in the southwest

art of the town, The railroad depot is just south of Block 11, the Augusta

louring Mills of Henry Stanley, on the Elk, being west of the depot. The
village contains a hotel, bank, Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage,
and the usual number of general stores and workshops that make a flourish-
ing Kausas town.

The Circleville Hotel, Dr. A. Y. Hanson, proprietor, is situated in the
south side of Cain’s Addition, a block east of the central part of the
town. North of Cain’s Addition and extending five lots further east, is
Nazman’s Addition, i

Oursler’s Bank is on the southwest corner of Block 3. Rufus
ae attends to the banking business, and C. A. Oursler is postmaster of
the place.

oecatita Lodge, No. 20, A., F. & A. M.—This lodge is large and
an eee James H. Baxter is W. M., and C. A. Oursler Secretary. T.
. Anderson, present postmaster of Topeka, and who surveyed this town
in 1868, located with his father near its site in December, 1857. March 12,
1858, he and his father went to Holton to assist in the organization of the
Republican party there. Attempts were made to mob the members of the
convention by the Pro-slavery party, and in the melee, the elder
Mr. Anderson had his skull broken. He recovered from the injury,
however, and is now a resident of Topeka, coming first to that city as State
Treasurer, and afterwards living in Holton. .

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JAMES H. BAXTER farmer and stock-raiser, P. O., Circleville, was born in Camp-

bell County, Tenn., in 1830. In 1850 he moved to Platte County, Mo., and in 1858 to
Jackson County, Kan., settling about a mile from his present location on Section 32,
Township 36, Range 14. He has been twice married, first in 1852, in Platte County, Mo.,
to Miss Eliza McClair, who died in 1870, and by whom he had eight children, Allison W.,
Thomas, Franklin, William H., William P., Levi G., Matilda, E. and John. In 1874 he
married again to Miss Lucy A, McComas, and has five children by this mire ee Clarence,
Edwin, Fanny, Lloyd and an infant. He has served one term as Trustee of Jefferson Town-
ship. Is a member of Circleville Lodge, No. 20, A., F. & A. M.
EBER L. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 5, Township 6, Range 14, P.O.,
Ontario, is the son of Zara and Nancy EB. Brown, and was born in Lroquis County, IL,
November 24, 1854. In the spring of 1859 the family removed to Kansas, locating on the
farm on which Mr. Brown now resides. His father died February x0, 1864. Subsequently
his mother married M. Blue. She has been the efficient postmistress of Ontario for eight
years. The family ranks among the old, prominent and prosperous settlers of the State.
Mr. Brown was married near Independence, Mo., in 1878, to Miss Isabella Dalton, a
native of Missouri. They have three children whoare named Dora Josephine, Gracie
Igabel and Frank Lorenzo. Mr. Brown owns the farm on which his father located in
1859. It is fine second bottom, contains ninety acres, is all enclosed, is in a good state of
cultivation and has plenty of timber and water. The improvements are first-class and
embrace among others, a spacious and elegant eight-room frame dwelling. a frame barn
twenty-four feet square, and other out buildings. Mr. Brown grows 1,500 bushels of corn,
keeps half a dozen milch cows, thirty to fifty stock hogs and six head of fine horses. Mr.
Brown is an industrious, economical and thoroughly practical farmer, is popular among
his neighbors and is accumulating a handsome competence.

JOSEPH COOK, farmer, v. O. Circleville, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1818. He
was brought up to the carpenter trade. In 1858 he moved to Kansas and located on his pres-
ent location, Section 9, Township 6, Range 14. He worked at his trade for some twelve to
fifteen years after his removal to Kansas, since which time he has turned his attention to
farming. He was married in 1845 at Circleville, Pike Co., Ohio, and has one child living,
Ellen E. Myers. He is amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Is also a member of.
Exchange Grange, No. 1,202. , :

JOHN DE DORFF, farmer, Section 20, Townsbip 6, Range 14, P.O. Circleville, was born
in Greene County, Ohio, in 1827. In 1832 his parents moved to Indiana, and shortly after-
wards to Iowa, locating first in Henry and then in Mahaska County. In 1856 he moved to
Kansas Territory, settling within one half mile from where he now resides. He was married in
Mahaska County, Iowa, in 1851 to Miss Mary A. Gorsuch, and has six children, Joshua
Mary, William, ‘Laura, ‘Effie and Lid See He was the first Justice of the Peace elected in
Jefferson Township, and was first elected in 1859 and served some years. In 1879 he was
elected County Commissioner, and served two terms. He has also served as Township
Trustee. He was a.member of the Twentieth Kansas Militia, and was called out‘during
Price's raid in this State, in 1864. ‘4 ‘ ;

GEORGE KARNS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 5, Township 6, Range 14, P. O.,
Ontario, was born in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1843, and lived in his native State until June
16, 1861, when he entered the Union army as a member of Company I, Third Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Cardington, Ohio, and was discharged at Camp Dennison,
Ohio, June 21, 1864. He participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, Va., Perryville,
Murfreesboro, and numerous minor engagements. On the ‘“Streight Raid’ he was cap-
tured by the Rebel forces under Maj.-Gen. Forrest, near Rome, Ga., and after being held
a prisoner about a month, part of this time being confined on Belle Isle, he was paroled.
After his release he was on detached duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until the final muster
out of his regiment. After his discharge from the Third Ohio, he proceeded to St. Louis
where he joined ‘“‘ Merrill’s Horse,’? becoming a member of Company M_ of this regi-
ment. He enlisted in September, 1864, and served until the close of the war, being finally
discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn., in June, 1865. In the spring of 1866 he became a resident
of Kansas, leaning in America, Nemaha County, where he resided eighteen months and
then returned to Ohio where he resided but three months and then returned to Kansas and
located on his farm in Jefferson Township, Jackson County, where he has since resided.
He is a demitted member of Nemaha Lodge, No. 13, A., F. & A. M., and of Graham Post of
Wetmore, G. A.R. Mr. Karns was married in Cardington, Ohio, January 23, 1868, to
Miss Caroline Kebrwecker, a native of Ohio. They have seven children whose names
are Mary Francis, John Wesley, Anna Bell, Albert Clay, Maude~ May, Sarah
Catherine, and William Edward. Mr. Karns is the fortunate owner of four fine farms
which together contain 722 acres. These farms are all enclosed, are in a high state of cul-
tivation, are well supplied with timber and water, and rank among the best in Nemaha and
Jackson counties. The home farm is well improved by a neat and cosy residence, a good
barn and outbuildings and handsome groves and orchards. Mr. Karns grows3,(00 bushels
of corn, 500 bushels of small grain, and cuts 200 tons of hay yearly, has 360 acres in pasture.
feeds three car loads of cattle, keeps 100 fine grade cattle, 100 to 150 stock hogs, eight h
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of horses and in commection with Mr. M. Worthy has 700 choice merinosheep. At the head
of his fine herd of cattle is “‘ Little Oxford,” a thoroughbred Short-horn bull, a magnificent
animal and of undoubted pedigree. Mr. Karns is an intelligent, enterprising and thorough
farmer and stock-raiser and a prosperous, popular and trustworthy citizen. :

_ THOMAS F. LAMAR, farmer, P. O. Wetmore, was born December, 19, 1833,, in Fred-
erick County, Md., where his father and grandfather were born. The family settled in 1846 or
1847, in Champaign County, Ohio, and from that State, in April 1861, T. F. Lamar enlisted in
the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served out three months, and re-enlisted in the
Twenty-sixth Ohio. Was in the Army of the Cumberland, and with the gallant General
Nelson, whose advance succored Grant’s army at Pittsburg Landing. Fought at Shiloh ana
Corinth, and pursued Bragg into Kentucky, and was under Rosecrans at Stone River,
where for seven days and.nights he dtd not divest himself of overcoat or boots. Was then
in camp till June, 1863, and after the Cumberland Mountain Campaign, took part in the
bloody Chattanooga Campaign, and the terrible seedy at Chickamauga, September 19,
1863, when he was captured by the Confederates and held prisoner in prisons in Danville,
Va., Richmond, Andersonville, and Florence, 8. C., until April, 1865. Was in the Ander-
sonville prison pen from April. to September, 1864, witnessing and experiencing all the
horrors, beyond the power of human tongue or pen to describe, of that awful place. He,
with 6,500 others, was placed therein, kept there six months, and not over 500 ever came
out alive. Released on a parole of honor at Salisbury, N. C., he came north about the close
of the war, remained about two years in Ohio, and in 1867, brought his wife, (wee Emma I.
Reid, of Liberty, eles County, Ohio), to Kansas and settled on the farm where he
now lives. Mr. Lamar has made good improvements and reared a family of six children
—Robert, Bennie, Charles Wm. (now deceased), Jennie, Schuyler Colfax, May R,, Hamilton
Grant, ali born in Kansas. . 3

WILLIAM S. LEWIS, farmer, P. O. Circleville, was born in Harrison County, Ky., in
1833. In 1856 he went to Platte County Mo.,and in 1861 to Jackson County, Kan. , locating on Elk
Creek, two miles northwest of Circleville, and in 1879, to his present location on Section 5
Township 6, Range 14. In 1864, he wasa member of the Kansas Militia. He was married
in 1858 in Platte County, Mo., to Miss America J. Treble, and has five children—James A ,
Robert D, Richard D, Margaret A., and MissouriE. He was Clerk of the School Board
for three years. 7

G. W. LOGAN, farmer, Massillon, Ohio, came to Jackson County in 1868, and bought
southeast quarter Section 2, Township 7, Range 16, which he intends to make his future
home. He was born in Beaver County, Pa., in 1838, where he was raised. In 1859 he went
to Ohio, and engaged in farming near Massillon. In 1862, he*enlisted in Company C.
Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry, but after three months service he was discharged for physical
disability. He returned to Ohio and to his farm, where he has since lived. He was mar-
ried in 1860 to Miss Clara Barber, of Beaver County, Pa., and has three children—John M.,
Edwin E., and Clara B. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. :

MOSES W. MYERS, farmer, P. O. Circleville, was born in Hancock County, Ohio,
June 4, 1845. In 1860 his parents moved to Jackson County, Kan. In 1862 he enlisted in
Company B, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and was in the battles of Prairie Grove, Cane Hill,
and all the engagements of his regiment, and was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, in 1865,
when he returned to Jackson County, and engaged in farming. He was married in 1867,
to Miss Ellen E. Cook, and has one child—Martha M. fe is a member of Circleville
Grange, No. 1,202. z

FC. NUZMAN, dealer in hardware and lumber, was born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
Germany, in 1834. In 1855 he emigrated to America, and settied near Westville, La Porte
County, [nd., where he engaged in farming until 1860, when he removed to Jackson County,
Kan., settling on a farm one mile west of Circleville. In 1862 he enlisted in Company b,
Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, and was at the battles of Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Fort Wayne,
and all the engagements of his regiment. He was mustered out at the close of the war in
1865, and returned to his farm in Jackson County, where he remained until 1881, when he
engaged in the hardware and lumber trade at Circleville. His sales amounted to $21,000 the
first year. He has -been twice married, tirst in 1857, in La Porte County, Ind., to Miss
Catherine Hendricks, who died in 1866. He was again married in 1868, to Miss Mary J.
Anderson, of Jefferson township, and has five children, four living, viz.:—Elsie, Nora,
Fred and Scott. He has at different times held the offices of Township Trustee and Clerk.
He is a member of Circleville Lodge, No. 20, A., F. & A. M.

HON. RUFUS OURSLER, banker, is one of the earliest settlers of Jefferson Township,
and the founder of Circleville, was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 1826, and is the fourth
son of John Oursler.: In 1830 his parents moved to Putnam, and shortly after to Hendricks
County, Ind., settling near Plaintield, where the subject of this sketch received his educa-
tion, and where he lived in 1853,when he went to Indianapolis and engaged in the mercantile
business. In_May, 1857, he located at Leavenworth, Kan., and engaged in general mer-
chandising. In 1858 he moved to New Brighton, about one mile from the present site of
Circleville, and opened a general store. In 186v he laid out the present town site of Circle-
vile,starting a grist and saw-mill, a carding machine and a general store. From 1865 to 1867 he
was in the wholesale dry goods business at Leavenworth, still retaining his business in-
terests at Circleville. In 1868 he sold out his store and mill and engaged in the stock busi-
ness until 1876, when he started the bank of Circleville. He was united in marriage to Miss
Pheba A. Worth, at Plainfield, Ind., in 1849, and has three children—C. A., Alphonso, and
Florence, In 1863 he was elected to the State Senate and served one term. He is a member
of Circleville Lodge, No. 20, A., F. & A. M.

HENRY STANLEY, proprietor maces Mills, was born in eres County, Tenn.,
in 1826. In 1830 his parents moved to Putnam County, Ind., and in 1839 to Dallas County,
Mo., and subsequently to Ray County. He learned the carpenters’ and the wagon makers’
trade. In 1859 he moved to Kansas Territory, and located in the southern part of Nemaha
County. In 1860 he moved to Leavenworth County, and in 1867 to this place. In 1880 he
built the Angasta Mills, at_a cost of $8,000 In 1846 he was married to Miss Sarah A.
Campbell, in Datlas County, Mo., who died in 1872, jeeyine Edwin J., Laura E., Julia A.,
John J., and William B. In 1873 he was married to Miss Letitia Baxter, of Jackson
County, Kan., by whom he has five children—Elizabeth, Laura M., Stella M., Lulu, and
Allen _C. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a member of the
State Militia during the war, and was called out to repel Price when on his raid in 1864, and
was taken prisoncr at Westport, but escaped through the hurry of Price’s movements.

GEORGE W. WHITE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Circleville, was born in Phila-

delphia, Pa,, in 1807. In 1832 he went to Huron County, Ohio, and in 1837 moved to Taze-
‘well County, Ill., and in 1840 to Arkansas, and in 1852 to Dade County Mo., and in May,
1861, he located in Jackson County, first on Soldier Creck, then at Tippinsville, and in 1877,
to his present location on Section 34, Township 6, Range [4. He was married near Fremont,
Ohio, in 1834, to Miss Margaret Minter, and has twelve children—Mary, Henrietta, Mar-
garet, Emeline, Julia, Elizabeth, and Lucy, James P., John M., Danicl W., Henry C.,
and George V. Mr. White served in the Mexican war, enlisting in Company B, Sccond
Arkansas Cavalry in 1846, serving one year, his termof enlistment. Ie isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

NETAWAKA.

This village is situated ten miles north of Holton, on the Central Branch
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, thirty-seven miles west of Atchison, and
was laid out in 1866. The railroad runs from southeast to northwest, and the
town is blocked out to adjust itself with the same: the railroad running on
Commercial Street and Main, on which the bulk of the business is done, be-
ing parallel thereto on the north.

7 F. Baughn was the first settler on the town site. He commenced the
first building, which he called the Netawaka House, and partially finished
it. The original proprietor of the house was Mrs. Brown, The building
is now the property of P. G. Kinney, and its present proprietor Mrs. L. D.
Nichols. The City Hotel is under the management of Mrs. Amanda Bibb.

Edward W. Kenyon, the pioneer merchant, is a native of Windham
County, Conn. In the autumn of 1867, he built the first store in Netawaka,
and in January, 1868, opened the first stock of goods. He was the first
station agent and land agent for the Kickapoo lands in charge of the C. B. U.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

P. Railroad. He was appointed postmaster in 1868, and still holds the office.
The office at New Tarek, in the south part of the township, has been discon-
tinued since 1870. ‘he Kenyon Hall, which is used for public purposes,
lectures, concerts, etc., is in the second story of Mr. Kenyon’s store.

The Grangers have a hall and astore in the town, but their meetings
are irregularly held. eee ;

The grist-mill was built in 1881, by A. J. Evans & Sons. It is a fine
mill; value, $11,000, and is'a great acquisition to the town. The Baptists,
Presbyterians and Methodists have each church organizations, but the Bap-
tists are few in number, and without a pastor. The other denominations
worship in a church edifice, in which they both have interests. The Pres-
byterian Church has about twenty members. Its pastor is Rev. D. R. Todd.
The organization was commenced in 1878. The Methodist Episcopal Church
was organized in 1876 with ten members. Rev. Mr. Mayer is the. present
Pastor. The Protestant Episcopalians organized a church in 1870, Rev.
Mr. Turner, pastor; but a removal of some of the members to other sections
has weakened the church so that it rarely holds service. In March, 1881,
the Liberal Lecture Association was organized. Hon. D. H. Sutherland,
who lives some two miles southwest of Netawaka, was chosen President,
and E. W. Kenyon, Secretary. Their meetings are held at Kenyon’s Hall,
from time to time. ;

In 1870, Mr. Frank H. Stout, who is now connected with the Holton
Recorder, started the Netawaka Herald, but in October, 1871, he sold the
paper to parties from Irving, who removed it to that place.

June 4, 1872, George 8. Irwin commenced the publication of the Nefa-
waka Chief, but September 24, 1872 he sold it to A. J. Best and H. D.,
Sprague. Messrs. Best & Sprague in January, 1878, sold the Chief to H. L.
Roberts, who published it till July 14, 1874, when he moved to Hiawatha,
and there established the Herald, and has now associated with him in its
management, T. L. Brundage.

etawaka has a good schoolhouse costing $2,000, and ten teachers are
employed. The Masons have a thriving lodge, of which Mr. John Gibbons
is the present W. M.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. -

ADAM AMON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, Township 5, Range 15, P. O.
Netawaka, was born in Germany in 1842. When six years old his parents emigrated to
America, settling near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1852, they moved to Marshall County,
Illinois, On becoming old enough to work, Adam found employment at coal mining which
he followed until 1867, when he engaged in farming. In 1870 he moved to his present loca-
tion in Jackson County, Kansas, where he bought eighty acres, and now owns 320 acres, 170
being under cultivation, with excellent buildings, orchard and other improvements. His:
attention is largely turned to stock-raising, He was married April 5. 1866, to Miss Elizabeth
Bennett, of Marshall County, Illinois, and has four children: Ella, Charles, Clara and

Roscoe.

THOMAS DAILEY, farmer, P. O. Netawaka, was born in 1830, in Grand Isle County,
Vt. The family removed in 1844, to Licking County, Ohio, then to Miami County where
his mother died in 1853. The father and his sons came to Kansas in 1860, and settled
near the line of Brown and Nemaha counties. Thomas Dailey remained in Atchison
County Curing 1860, and settled where he now is on Spring Creek in 1862. He began with
raw prairie, the only improvement being a new frame house. He now has good buildings,
an apple orchard of 200 trees, and is in good circumstances. His father, Thomas Dailey,
born in 1789, in Ireland, died July 24, 1865 in Kansas. His son and namesake married Anna
E. Davidson, a native of Pennsylvania, as a second wife. He has a daughter Alice, by
this marriage; by former marriage has two children, Charles Dailey and Mary A. Dailey.

_ M.A. FUNCAHESS, dealer in drugs, stationery and jewelry, was born in Copiah County,
Mississippi, in June, 1854, In January, 1871, he moved with his parents to Netawaka, Kan-
sas, where he attended the public schools. In 1873-74 he attended the Normal School at
Lawrence, Kansas; in 1875-76 he attended the University at Highland, Kansas. In 1877-78,
was principal of the Netawaka high school.. In 1878, on a limited capital opened a drug
store and now has a large stock of goods and a prosperous trade. He was married in 1880,
2 oe cae Hoaglin, a daughter of Judge Hoaglin, of Holton, Kansas. They have one
child, Clyde.

iE. W. KENYON, dealer in general merchandise, and postmaster, was born in Plain-
field, Windham County, Connecticut, in 1838. Here he attended the commercial schools, then
the Plainfield Academy. At the age of eighteen he taught his first school. In 1856, he
attended the high school in East Greenwich, R. I. and the Suffield Academy until 1860,
when he went to Illinois, where he engaged in farming and teaching school until 1864, when
he enlisted as a recruit in Company C., Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, joining the company at
Pulaski, Tennessee, and took part in the battles of Nashville and Weanilin, and was dis-
charged at Nashville, Tennessee, June 14, 1865 when he returned to his old home in Connec-
ticut where he remained for a short time; going in the fall of the same year to Vineland,
New Jersey, where he engaged in general merchandise, until the fall of 1867, when he came
to Kansas and opened the first stock of general merchandise in that place, and during the
carly days his sales ran as high as $50,000, In 1868 on the establishing of a post-office, he
was appointed postmaster which position, with the exception of two years he has since
filled. He was station and express agent from 1868 to 1870. He has been prominently
identified with the scttlement of Netawaka and has been foremost in everything that woul
add to the place. He was married in 1865 at Waltham, La Salle County, Illinois, to Miss
Susan Lathrop, of Griswold, Connecticut. They have three children: Julia A., Allie E. and
Arthur K. In politics Mr. Kenyon has always been a Republican and has always been an
active worker for that party. He has been Justice of the Peace and member of the School
Board for some years and is at present one of the County Commissioners.

ROBERT LITTLE, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Netawaka, was born in Hendricks County,
Indiana, in 1819, and was raised a farmer. In 1860, he moved to Kansas and located near
Circleville for one season, when he moved to his present location then a piece of raw
prairie, He now owns 540 acres of Kansas soil, 200 of which are under plow. In 1860 he
was married to Miss Maria Worth, of Hendricks County, Indiana, and has six children:
Mary a Harriet A., Lawrence, Charles, Alice and Emma.

HENRY LUECK, farmer, P. O. Netawaka, was born in 1843, in Pomerania, Prussia, and
came with his parents to the United States in 1856. In April, 1857, the family came to Kan-
sas buying for $50 a 160 acre claim 80 acres of which are part of the Lueck farm of to-day. A
clapboard-roofed log house was built here and for two years the family lived on the bare
ground; no doors or windows save apertures cut in the log sides of this indeed primitive
habitation. The father, Daniel Lueck, died January 18, 1881, and the two sons, Ferdinand
and Henry, are both wealthy farmers, the former owning 640, and the latter 400 acres.
Louisa Lueck, a sister, married Fred Mell who owns eighty aeres of the original claim.
Henry Lueck has first-class buildings and aa eremnente, as have his brother and brother-in-
law. His wife was Elizabeth Porr, a native of Rhenish Bavaria, and they have six children
all born on the Netawaka farm. Mr. Lueck served as a Kansas volunteer in the Civil
war from 1862 to 1865, serving in the pursuit of the Rebel guerrillas Quantrell and Price, in
Arkansas and the Cherokee country. osing part of his hand in January, 1863.

ANDREW NEAL, law and real estate, is one of the pioneers of Kansas, coming to the
State in 1856, and settled in Ellwood, Doniphan County, where he obtained a clerkship ina
general store, which position he held until 1866,when he went to Wathena in the same capac-
ity, remaining until 1869, when he went to Missouri. In 1870 he located in Netawaka and
engaged in the mercantile business with T. D. S. McDonald under the firm of McDonald
& Co. In 1870 the firm became Riggs & Co., and in 1874 he sold out to his partner, when he
opened a law and real estate oflice and has since followed that calling. In addition to his
JACKSON

profession he has devoted a portion of his time to the successful raising of all kinds of fruit
rown in the State and now has forty acresin bearing condition. He was born in New
runswick, B. P., in 1831. In 1839 his parents moved to Eastern Maine where he was
raised, and lived until 1856, when he came to Kansas. He was married in 1855 at Gardiner,
Maine to Miss Mary A. Olives, and has three children: Florence, Cora and Nora. His poli-
tics are Republican, and he has always taken an active part in jocal issues. He has held
the office of Justice of the Peace for nine years. Is a member of Polar Star Lodge No. 130,
A., F.& A. M., Netawaka, _
-L. P, PADDOCK, physician and surgeon, oculist and aurist, was born in Herkimer
County, "New York, in 1828, and was raised in Monroe County, where he attended school
and graduated ut Genesee College, From 1853 to 1856 he was a teacher in Penn Yan
Academy. In 1857 he was chosén principal, of Henderson College, Mendota, Ilinois
remaining in that position until 1861 when he returned to New York and was appointe:
principal of Avon ppunee University where he remained until 1864, when he began the
study of medicine at Rush Medical College, Illinois, graduating in 1867, when he came to
Kansas, locating in Leavenworth where he remained three years, coming to Netawaka
in 1870, where he has since been unpaged in the practice of medicine and the treatment of
eye and ear diseases, at which he has been remarkably successful. Mr. Paddock has
been twice married: in 1855 at Mendon, New York, to Miss Elizabeth 8. Wood who died
leaving one child, Elizabeth A.; in 1866, he was married to Mrs. Josephine A. Bowen, at
Morrison, Illinois. He is a member of the Jackson County Medical Society and also of the
State Medical Association, and takes an active part in all the meetings of the societies.

H. H. POSTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, Township 15, Lange 15, P. O.
Netawaka,was born in Athens County, Ohio. In1852his parents moved to La Porte County.
Ind, In May, 1862, when but twenty years old, he enlisted in Company A, Ki hty-seventh
Indiana Infantry, and took part in the battles of Crab Orchard, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge
and in all the battles of his regiment, and was with Sherman on his march ‘to the sea. He
was not absent from his regiment from the time of his enlistment until his discharge at
Indianapolis in June, 1865. After the war he returned to La Porte County and engaged in
farming until 1868, when he came to Kansas, homesteading forty acres on Section 4, Town-
ship 5, Range 15, Jackson County. Coming here with no capital but energy, he has added
to his original homestead until he now has 410 acres, all under fence and 200 acres under
cultivation, with good orchard, buildings and other improvements. He was married in
1870 to Miss Lydia Grubb, of Brown County, Kan., and has three children—Walter, Ernest
and Leonard, the latter twins. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

A. P, RIDER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 27,. Township 5, Range 15, P. O.
Netawaka, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1835, and was educated in Perry
Centre, N. Y. In 1855 he went_to Calhoun County, Mich., where he engaged in farmin,
until 1865, when he moved to Jackson County, Kan., and engaged in stock-raising an
farming and was at one time a very large buyer and shipper of stock. He has 320 acres of
land finely improved. He was married in 1865 in Calhoun County, Mich., and has two
children—Ida and Hattie. He has served one term as Township Trustee.

J. ¥F. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Netawaka, came to the State in 1860, stale at Atchison,
where he engaged in freighting across the plains until 1869, when he purchased
and moved to his present farm in Jackson County. He now owns 7U0 acres, 400 acres
under cultivation, and is largely engaged in stcck-raising. Mr. Smith is a native of
Ireland and was born in 1835. His parents emigrated to America in 1835, settling at
Evansville, Ind.; thence to Warren County, Ind., where he lived until 1852, going to
_Kentucky, where he stayed one year, moving to Burlington, Iowa. He was married in
1859 at Burlington, Iowa, to Miss Bridget Reagan, and has ten children, viz: Annie M.,
John T., Nellie, Eliza, Kate, Phenie, nage, Mathias, James and Rophie. During the
war Mr. Smith was a member of the State Militia and took partin the battle of Westport
during Price’s raid.

GEORGE SPRAGUE, livery stable and drug store, was born Beardstown, Cass County,
Tll., in 1853. In 1864 his parents moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he attended school until
1868, when he came to Kansas and located in Jackson County three miles west of Netawaka
and engaged in farming until 1874, when he moved to Netawaka and engaged in the drug
business and shortly afterwards in the livery, and has since followed the same. He was
married at_Netawaka, Kan., September 8, 1873, to Miss Lavina Winlan, and has four
children—Grace, Harry, Frank and Vina.

I. TRAVIS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Netawaka, was born in Fayette County,
Pa., ee 14, 1820. In 1828 his parents moved to West Virginia, settling below Wheeling;
here he lived until 1852, when he went to Van Buren County, Iowa, and engaged in farm-
ing until 1859, when he moved to Jackson. then Calhoun County, settling on Straight
Creek five miles north of Holton, He was one of the pioneers of this county and was an
active member of the Free-State party in Territorial days. September 11, 1861, he enlisted in
Company A, Fifth Kansas Cavalry and was wounded at Barnesville, in 1861, in the hand, so
badly that an amputation was necessary. On his recovesy he was discharged on account of
disability, at Fort Scott, Kan., March 17,1862. He was united in marriage with Miss Harrict
Safeman, at Wheeling, W. Va., August 25, 1844, and has two children—F. G. W. and Eliza
J. Heis a member of Will Wendell Post No. 46, Holton, Jackson Co., Kan.

WHITING.

This village, the second in size in the county, located thirty-one miles
from Atchison on the Central Branch of the Missouri Railroad, was first plat-
ted in 1866, but was re-surveyed in 1872, and another plat was recorded May
31, 1882. In November, 1869, A. D. Stone settled on the town site. He
was joined early in 1870, by Charles Shedd, and together they opened the
first store in the village, which was the only building onthe town site for
two years.

r. Shedd was for six years Trustee of Whiting Township. Mr. Stone,
for six years Clerk of the District Court of Jackson County, is a law partner
of Judge James H. Lowell. He was for some time a resident of Socorra, New
Mexico, but is now at Holton. Mr. Stone’s family was the first in Whiting.

Messrs. Shedd and Marshall established themselves in business in 1871,
in a small building north of the railroad, which was built by P. B. Rust
and in 1882 is occupied as a shoe store by C. A. Heeins. | In 1881, they built
south of the railroad a very beautiful substantial building of Bigelow stone,
from the Frankfort magnesian limestone quarry. The building is 28x80
feet, the second story finished and furnished as an elegant public hall, with
accommodations for about 500 persons. '

The Baptists organized a church in 1880. A Sabbath-school is con-
nected with the church, which hold’s services in Love & Green’s Hall.

“The pastor is Rev. Mr. Abrams. d

‘he Methodists own a church building which cost $1,700. Their pas-
tor is Rev. T. J. Mayer. a

The Presbyterians worship in the Methodist Church building. Pastor,
Rev. D. R. Todd of Netawaka. :

There is a good graded school; the building estimated at $3,000.

The Whiting House was first kept by William H. Sumner, suéceeded
by John Campbell. The present proprietor is H. A. Lewis. The Com-
mercial was established in 1878, as Bull’s Restaurant, by J. F. Bull. Charles
B. Hayes is proprietor. ~ 3c : :

The Independent Order of Good Templars was organized in the spring
of 1877, with twenty-two members. Its membership in 1882 is some sixty.
It is considered the second best lodge in the State.

The Knights of Honor. This association was organized May 1, 1882, at
Shedd & Marshall’s Hall, with thirty-one members. It meets the first and third

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Fridays of each month. Its officers are as follows: H. E. Turner, Dictator;
William H. Hedge, Past Dictator; J. F. Wheeler, Assistant Dictator; S. J.
Dowd, Vice-Dictator; F. M. Morgan, Recorder; J. W. Fritz, Financial
Recorder; A. T. Brown, Treasurer; Reuben Matthews, Sentinel.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

C. H. EVANS, farmer, P. O. Whiting, was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 1854. In
1857 his parents moved to Atchison County, Kan., settling near Good Intent, and at this
place the subject of this sketch was reared and lived until 1881, when he moved to
econ Was married in 1879, to Miss Lillie Harris, of Brown county, Kan., and has
one child.

C. B. HAYES, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel,was born in Griggsville, Pike County,
Ill, in 1842. In May, 1861, at the first call for volunteers, he enlisted in Company G, Eighth
Illinois Infantry. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, August, 1861, he re-enlisted
in Company IJ, Thirty-third Ilinois Infantry, and took part in the battles of Fredericks-
town, Mo., Cache River, Ark., Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Black River, siege of Vicks-
burg, and Jackson, Miss., and with the exception of two months during 1863, which were
spent in the hospital at St. Louis, he was in every skirmish and engagement of his regi-
ment until the expiration of his term of enlistment. He was mustered out at Oldtown
Landing, Texas, and discharged at Springfield, Il]., October 11, 1864, when he took charge
of acommission and storage house at Griggsville Landing, I]., until 1868, when he en-
gaged in farming near that place for one year. In 1869 he came to Kansas and settled on
the southeast quarter of Section 29, Township 5, Range 16, and engaged in farming until
January 1, 1882, when he leased the Commercial Hotel at Whiting. He was married,
November 15, 1867, at Griggsville, I]., to Miss Mary A. Thackmay. They have two
children—Birdie and Eva. 1s a member of Whiting Lodge No. 153, L. O. G. T.

SAMUEL RICHMOND, farmer, P. O. Whiting, was born in Ohio in 1817, and was
brought up a farmer and has followed that pursuit all his life. In 1844 he went to Steuben
County, Ind., where he remained until 1870, when he moved to Kansas. He was married
in 1844 to Miss Caroline Kline of Butler,County, Ohio, and has four children; two are now
living, Elizabeth and Caroline. Mr. Richmond is a member of the Lutheran Church.

G. T. WATKINS, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O Whiting, was born in Warner, Merri-

years of his school life were spent at Andover, Mass. In 1841he t to his birthplace and
engaged in general merchandising, which he followed until 9, when he moved to
Madison County, Mo., settling near Frederickstown, where he purchased a large tract of
Jand and engaged in farming. In 1864 he moved to Griggsville, Pike County, []., where
he followed the same pursuit. In 1869 he came to Jackson County, Kan., settling on the
southeast ee of Section 4, Township 5, Range 16, and engaged in stock-raising and
farming. e was married January 1, 1843, at Warner, N. H., to Miss Abbie C. Bean; they
have six children. Previous to 1861 Mr. Watkins acted with the Democratic party and
held the office of Township Clerk at Warner, N. H., from 1854 to 1859. In 1874-75 he was one
of the Commissioners of Jackson County. He has represented the county in the Legisla-
ture for two terms, the sessions of 1877-81. In 1878 he was elected Township Trustee of
Whiting Township. He,has always taken an active part in Kansas politics. Heisa member
of Whiting Grange No. 1,027. : end

HENRY YEAGER, proprietor of Commercial Hotel, was born in Clinton County, Pa., in
1840, ‘and iived in his native State until the fall of 1861, when he entered the Union army asa
member of Company A, Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, enlisting at Lockhaven,
Pa,, and was dischargéd at Louisville, Ky., in June, 1862, for disability contracted while in
the service, from whjch he suffers to-day. After his discharge he returned to his home
in Pennsylvania where he remained until he had partially regained his health, and in the
fall of 1863 re-enlisted in the United States service at Williamsport, Pa., as a member of
Company I, One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, being
discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., at the close of the war in July, 1865. Owing to the state
of his health, Mr. Yeager was kept constantly on detatched duty while a member of the
Jast named regiment. After his final discharge he again returned to his Pennsylvania home
where he resided until the spring of 1867, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in
Monrovia, Atchison County, where he resided about six years. Thence he removed to
Arrington, in the same county, where he lived two years and then returned to Monrovia
where he lived until the winter of 1882, when he removed to Whiting, Jackson County, where
he took charge of the Commercial Hotel. of which he is now the proprietor. Mr. Yeager
was Constable of Center Township, Atchison County, five years, and held the same office in
Kapioma Township, in the same county, two years. He is a member of the Lutheran
Church. He is also a member of the Page Post, No. 136, of Whiting,G.A.R. He was
married in 1860, in Clinton County, Pa., to Miss Delilah Dobson, a native of Pennsyl-
vania. They have had eight children, six of whom are living. The Commercial Hotel,
of Whiting, under Mr Yeager’s able management, assisted in no small degree by his capable
wife, has a large profitable patronage and is steadily growing into favor. Mr. Yeager is an
agreeable and obliging host, provides the best the markets afford, is reasonable in his charges
(in this respect differing in toto from most of the small landlords in the small towns of Kan-
sas who appear to think that the poorer their accommodations are, the higher they should
charge their victims), and so, consequently, highly popular with the traveling public who
quite frequently fill his house to overflowing.

SOLDIER CITY.

Soldier City, in the central portion of Soldier Township, is a nice thriving
village of four blocks, with twenty-four lots each, situated on the Kansas .Cen-
tral Railroad, fifteen miles from Holton. It was laid out in September,
1878, and F. M. Wilson, the oldest settler erected the first building, which
was astore in that year. January 9, 1879, Wilson Bros. opened the first stock
of goods, their trade having now increased to large proportions, The
town is rapidly growing, its population being now about 130. ‘The Metho-
dist Episcopal Church has an organization and own a good house of wor-
ship. There is a graded school, the cost of the school building being $2,000,
two hotels, the Wilson House and Thompson House, and a large number of
general stores and shops.

_ Francis’ Addition to the town was filed August, 1881.
the original plat and is about 325x1,100 feet.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HENRY B. BAIR, Justice of the Peace, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 2, Townshi

7, Range 14, P. O., Holton, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1837, an

lived in his native State until April, 1879, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on
his farm in Grant Township, Jackson County, where he has resided since. He is amember of
the Presbyterian Church. He has been an efficient member of the Board of School District
No. 5, Jackson County, for three years, Treasurer of Grant Township two years and at pres-
ent is Justice of the Peace of his township. Mr. Bair has been married twice. The first
marriage occurred in 1859, in Westmoreland County, Pa., to Miss Amanda E. Baker, a
native of Pennsylvania. Four children were the fruits of this marriage whose names are:
A. Otilia, Samuel M. S., Jesse M. and George B. The second marriage took place in
1870, in Westmoreland County, Pa., to Miss Eientet M. Lotta, a native of Penngy)-
vania, They have six children, named: Thomas L., Edwin A., John L., Harry B.,
Richard D. and Hattie L. Esquire Bair is the fortunate owner of a fine upland farm contain-
ing193% acres—160 acres lying in Grant and the remaining 33% acres in Jefferson Township.
The farm is enclosed by substantial fences, is in a high state of cultivaton and is well sup-
plied with timber and water. The improvements are good and consist in part of a cozy
and comfortable frame dwelling containing five rooms, a frame barn, 22x42 feet, fourteen feet
high and other outbuildings, a young and thrifty orchard, etc, Esquire Bair, grows 1,000
to 1,800 bushels of corn, 200 to 600 bushels of wheat, 400 to 600 bushels of oats, and cuts 40
to 50 acres of hay yearly. In addition to the splendid crops he grew on his own farm, he

“mack County, N.H., but was reared in Lowell,.Mass.,where he ogi school; the last two

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also raised last year, 2,400 bushels of corn, 200 bushels of flax seed, 400 bushels of oats and
40 tons of hay on land rented from other parties. He keeps forty head of stock cattle,
twenty-five stock hogs, and eight head of fine horses. Esquire Bair is an honest, upright
and prominent citizen, a thorough and prosperous farmer, an honored magistrate of his
county and he and his estimable wife are well pleased with this country.

P. BRYANT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 24, Township 7, Range 14, P. O. Hol-
ton, is the son of Cyrus and Julia Byrant, early settlers of Bureau County, Ill. Cyrus
Bryant was a brother of William Cullen Bryant,the poet. The subject of this sketch was
bornin Princeton, lll., in 1887, and lived in his native State until the spring of 1859, when he
became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Grant Township, Jackson County, where
he has resided since. He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, sessions
of 1866-67, and Surveyor of Jackson County ten years. He participated in the war of the
Rebellion as a member of Company K, Ninety-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and
was enlisted in Princeton, Ill., in August, 1862, and was discharged at Memphis, 'Tenn.,
for disability contracted while in the service, in January, 1863. Mr. Bryant was married at
Hennepin, Ill., September 1, 1862, to Miss Henrietta Bacon, a native of Massachusetts.
They have five children, whose names are: William C., Marcus, Julia, Emma, and John.
‘“Oakdale,’’ as the magnificent estate of Mr. Bryant is called, contains 420 acres, _It_ is
all enclosed by substantial fences, is in a high state of cultivation and is well supplied with
timber and water—Bryant’s branch of the Banner flowing through the farm in a northerly
direction, The property is handsomely improved by a spacious and elegant residence, a
large and convenient frame barn 30x50 feet, granaries, cribs, splendid groves and orchards,
etc., etc. Mr. Bryant devotes his attention almost exclusively to raising corn, fine cattle
and hogs. He grows from 4,000 to 6,000 bushels of corn, and cuts 200 tons of hay yearly,
feeds two to six car loads of cattle, keeps 100 head of grade and thoroughbred cattle 100 to
200 stock hogs and fourteen head of horses, A Victoria bull called the ‘Second Duke of
Lawndale” is at the head of his fine herd of cattle, and is an animal of superior personal
traits and pure lineage. Mr. Bryant is an old Kansas settler and relates many graphic tales
and incidents that occurred in his neighborhood during the border troubles, some of which
would be repeated here did not alack of space forbid. One incident as possessing some his-
torical value may be, however, here related. It has reference to how Banner Creek and Pre-
cincts received their name. This precinct having given in 1860,the largest Republican majority
given by any precinct in Jackson County, wus presented with a flag or banner by the ladies
of Holton, friends of that political party, and from that day forth was known as the ‘‘ Ban-
ner Precinct,” subsequeytly shortened to Banner, which name was also given to the Creek,
replacing that of Groo which it had been known before. It having been so called after

an old Missouri Rebel- at name who had lived previous to this time, on its banks. Mr.
Bryant is a veteran of the last war, an honored and respected citizen, and an intelligent,
earnest and progressive farmer and stock-raiser, of liberal views and decided public spirit.

H. C. CARTER, farmer, Section 5, Township 6, Range 13, P. O. Holton, was born in
Geauga County, Ohio, in 1852, where he lived until 1876, when he came to Kansas, locating
on his present place and has it now well improved. He was married in Marion, Ohio, in
1875. to Miss Harriet Snow and has two children: Harvey andJane. He is a member
of the Holton Lodge I. O. G. T., also belongs to the Baptist Church.

WILLIAM CRUZAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 14, Township 7, Range 13, P. O.
James’ Crossing, was born in Rush County, Ind., in 1827, and lived in his native State but a
short time, when his parents removed to Coles County, I1l., where Mr. Cruzan resided until
April 5, 1857, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in the following Auguet on his
farm in Grant Township, Jackson County, where he has resided since. He participated in
the war of the Rebellion during the Price raid as a member of Company D, Twentieth
Regiment Kansas Militia, enlisting in Helton in the fall of 1864, serving eighteen days and
being discharged at Holton, Jackson County. He took part in the engagement at Westport,
Mo. He has been married twice. The first marriage occurred in Coles County, IIl., in 1848,
to Miss Mary Bennett, a native of Illinois. Four children were the fruits of this marriage,
three of whom are living and who are named: Hiram (married to Miss Katie Meek, a native
of Kansas), Sarah Jane (married to Phillip Claypoole, a native of Ohio), and Kansas (mar-

. ried to M. B. Meek, a native of Missouri). The second marriage took place in 1864, in Grant
Township to Miss Elizabeth Bowen, a native of Ohio. They have three children, whose
names are: Rosa, Nettie and Robert. Mr. Cruzan owns a magnificent estate of 1,300 acres,
lying on Soldier Creek, divided into bottom and upland. It is all enclosed except fifty acres
in timber, isip a high state of cultivation and is well supplied with water by wells and
springs and the creek which flows in a southeasterly direction through the farm, The im-
provements are first class and embrace among others an elegant residence containing eight
rooms, a frame barn 30x50 feet, and other outbuildings. There are two orchards on
the farm—one covering three acres and containing 250 apple trees, and the other covering
one acre and having 10v fruit trees of different varieties. Mr. Cruzan devotes his attention
chiefly to raising corn, cattle and hogs. He grows 4,000 bushels of corn, 100 bushels of oats,
cuts 150 tons of hay and millet, and feeds three car loads of cattle year! » Keeps 125 head of
fine grade and a few thoroughbred cattle, 10U stock-hogs and fourteen head of excellent
horses. At the head of his herd of fine cattle stands the ‘‘ Prince of Kansas”’, a thorough-
bred Bates’ bull, an animal of faultless pedigree and superior personal traits. Mr. Cruzan
is an old Kansas pioneer, an honest, unassuming, straight-forward and practical farmer and
stock-raiser, and a good and useful citizen and man of high standing and respectability.

A. A. GORDON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 21, Township 7, Range 14, P. O. Hol-
ton, was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1828, and lived in his native State until the spring
of 1858, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Grant Township, Jack-
son County, where he resided one summer and then returned to Champaign County, Ohio,
where jhe resided until March, 1871, when he returned to his farm in Kansas, where he
has resided since. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has been an efficient
and valued member of the Board of School District No. 20, Jackson County, five years. He
was married in Xenia, Ohio, in 1859, to Miss Lydia A. Gallaway. a native of Ohio. They
have one child, a son, whose name is George A. Mr. Gordon is the fortunate owner of a
choice upland farm of 440 acres. The farm is all enclosed except ten acres of timber, is ina
good state of cultivation and well supplied with water. The improvements are first class and
Consist in part of a comfortable and cozy dwelling containing five rooms, a large frame barn
36x80 feet, stock sheds and lots and magnificent orchards and groves. Mr. Gordon grows
2,000 bushels of corn and 500 bushels of small grain, and cuts 200 tons of hay yearly, has
240 acres in pastures, feeds a car load of cattle annually, keeps 100 fine grade cattle, 75 to
1U0 stock-hogs and ten head of horses. He is an old resident of the State, a thorough,
energetic and practical farmer, a good citizen and neighbor, and he and his amiable wife are
well pleased with the country. ; ‘

THOMAS KEIR, farmer and stock-raiser, northwest of Section 18, Township 7, Range
14, P. O, Holton, was born in Rasharkin, County Antrim, Ireland, July 16, 1826, and lived
in his native country until his seventeenth year, when he went. to the city of Glasgow, Scot-
Jand, where he lived three years and then removed to Dumfrieshire, in the same country,
where he also resided three years, and then emigrated to America, landing in the city o
New York, February 2, 1852, from whence he proceeded to Cayuga County, N. Y., where
he resided two years, and then removed to Rock Island County, LIl., where he resided until
the spring of 1856, when he joined Gen, James H. Lane’s emigration party and proceeded
to Kansas. He arrived in Topeka on August 15, 1856, remaining there, meantime taking
part in several contests between the Free-State forces and border ruflians, until the spring
of 1858, when he located on his farm ‘in what is now Grant Township, Jackson County,
where he has since resided. Mr. Keir participated in the war of the Rebellion, during the
Price raid, as a member of Capt. Dan. Horn’s Company of Kansas Militia, enlisting at Hol-
ton, serving three weeks and being discharged at Topeka. He was married, March 14, 1869,
in Grant Township, Jackson County, to Mrs. Rebecca Talbert, a native of Washington
County, Pa. They have one child, a son, whose name is Frank O. Mr. Keir owns two fine
farms in Grant Township, one containing 160 acres and the othcr, the home farm, embracing
133 acres. These farms are all enclosed, are in a good state of cultivation, are well supplied
with timber and water, and have magnificent groves and orchards. The improvements on
the home farm are good and consist among others of a large stone house, 1714x35 feet, with

aT” 17x15 fect, stock stables, sheds and lots, granaries, cribs, etc. Mr. Keir grows 2,000
bushels of corn, 1,000: bushels of small grain, cuts 200 tons of hay and feeds a car load of
cattle yearly, keeps from forty to fifty fine grade cattle, thirty to forty stock-hogs and half a
dozen’ head of horses. Mr. Keir also owns a choice farm of 160 acres in Grant Township.
It is all enclosed, is in a good state of cultivation, is well supplied with timber and water,
and has good improvements. Mr. Keir is an old Kansas pioneer, a prominent and prosper-
ous farmer, a good citizen and neighbor, and has a high standing in hiscommunity. Mr.
Keir has two brothers and four sisters living somewhere in the United States. whose where-
abouts he is anxious to find ont, His brothers are named John and William, and his sis-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ters are named Lena (married to James Irvin, a native of Rasbarkin, County Antrim, Ire*
land), Margaret Jane (married to Thomas Webb, who is suppoeed to reside somewhere in
Illinois), Eliza and Hester. His eldest brother, John, went with a party of gold hunters
from near Brantfort, Canada, in the spring of 1&52, to California, since which time Mr, Keir
has had no tidings of him. Should any one acquainted with any of these parties, chance
to read these lines, they will do Mr. Keir a great favor which will be duly reciprocated, by
addressing him at Holton, Jackson County, Kangas. _ f

J. F. POMEROY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 23, Township 7%, Range 14, P.O.
Holton, was born in Worthington, Mass., in 1832, and lived in his native State until his
twenty-second year and then removed to Hartford, Conn., where he resided two years.
Thence he removed to Bureau County, Ill.,where he resided two years, and in July, 1859 be-
came a resident of Kansas, locating ou his farm in Grant Township, Jackson County, where
he has since resided. He is a member of the Grange at Holton. He was Trustee of what
was then Jefferson Township in 1860, and one of ¢he Commissoners of Jackson County in
1870-72. He participated in the war of the Rebellion during the Price raid, as a member of
Capt. Hoaglin’s Company of Kansas Militia, enlisting at Holton, Jackson County, served
eighteen days and was discharged at Holton, Mr. Pomeroy has been married twice. The
first marriage occurred at Circleville, Jackson County, in December, 1862, to Miss Martha J.
Blake, a native of Putnam County, Ind. She died in January, 1872. Four children were
the fruits of this marriage, only one of whom is living and who is named Charles William.
The second marriage took place in September, 1872, in Grant Township, Jackson County, to
Miss Isabella C. Clark, a native of Indiana. They have five children living, whose names
are brank C., Horace G., Alice, Hattie and Clara Bell. ‘‘ Banner stock farm”, as the mag-
nificent 780 acre estate of Mr. Pomeroy is called, lies on Banner Creek, six miles southwest
of the city of Holton. It is one of the largest and finest stock farms in Grant Township and
ig nearly all enclosed by about ten miles of fine hedge, is in a high state of cultivation and
is well supplied with timber, and with water by means of springs, wells and the creek which

flows in a northeasterly direction through the farm. The improvements are costly and ex-
tensive and embrace, among others, a spacious and elegant residence, a large frame barn,
45x50 feet, granaries, cribs, wagon and stock sheds, stock lots, etc. There are superb
groves and orchards on the property—the orchards alone covering eleven acres and con-
taining 650 fruit trees of various varieties. Mr. Pomeroy grows 8,000 bushels of corn, 1,000
bushels of small grain, and cuts 300 tons of hay yearly, has 160 acres in pasture, feeds three
car loads of cattle annually, keeps 200 head of fine grade cattle, 150 stock-hogs and twenty-
five head of horses. Mr. Pomeroy is an old Kansas pioneer, a prominent, prosperous and
intelligent farmer, has an estate fit for a prince, is well and favorably known, and is an
honored citizen of his county. Coming to Kansas with but $300 in his possession, he
has since that time made every dollar he now possesses by his untiring energy and
legitimate farming. It is scarcely necessary to say that he is more than pleased with his
adopted State.

ORENZO D. STEPHENSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, Township 7, Range
13, P. O. James’ Crossing, was born in Mercer County, Ohio, in 1841, and lived in his native
State until his twenty-second year, when he entered the Union army as a member of Com-
pany A, Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisted in Salina, Ohio, October 9, 1861,
and was discharged at Gallitin, Tenn., in Februury 1864, re-enlisting the same day in the
same company and regiment. and was finally discharged at Columbus, Ohio, January 6, 1866.
He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Jonesboro, Atlanta, Nashville and
numerous minor engagements. After his discharge hereturned to his Ohio home, where he
resided nearly one year, and on the 17th day of December, 1866, became a resident of Kan-
sas, locating on his farm in Grant Township, Jackson County, where he has resided
since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married in Soldier
Township, Jackson County, April 29, 1875, to Miss Mary Tolin, a native of Indiana. They
have four children, whose names are: Lorin, Albert, Walter and Naomi. Mr. Stephenson
is the fortunate owner of a fine farm lying on Soldier Creek, containing 720 acres. It is all
upland but 160 acres, which is bottom land of the finest quality. It is all enclosed, isin a
good state of cultivation, and jis well supplied with timber and water. The improvements
are good and consist in part of a comfortable and cozy dwelling containing six rooms, 4
tine barn, 32x30 feet, stock stables, sheds and lots, and handsome groves and orchards. Mr.
Stephenson grows 6,000 bushels of corn, 2,600 bushels of small grain, and cuts 100 tons of
hay yearly, keeps seventy-five fine grade cattle. 100 stock hogs and fifteen to twenty fine
horses and mules. Mr. Stephenson is an energetic, industrious and model farmer, an honor-
able and straight-forward man, and a good citizen and neighbor.

SAMUEL STEPHENSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, Township 7, Range 13,
P. O, James’ Crossing, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1834, and lived in his
native State until April, 1860, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Miami
County, where he resided one year. He then removed to Fort Scott, Bourbon County, where
he resided until February, 1863, when he settled on his farm in Grant Township, Jackron
County, where he has resided since. He is a member of the German Baptist Church. He
has been a member of and Treasurer of School District No. 11, Jackson County, about ten
years, and has served as Trustee of Grant Township five terms. He participated in the war
of the Rebellion during the Price raid, as a member of the Kansas Militia, enlisting at,
and being discharged at James’ Crossing, Jackson County, after serving eighteen days. He
was married January 2, 1870, in Washington County, Kan., to Miss Katie Burr, a native of
Indiana. They have four children, whose names are: Nellie Blanche, Mary May, Mary
Elizabeth and Etha Lucretia. Mr. Stephenson owns a fine farm of 340 acres lying on Sol-
dier Creek, The farm is all enclosed, is ina good state of cultivation and is well supplied
with water by means of wells, springs, spring branches and the creek which flows
through the centre of it. The improvements are first class, embracing in part an elegant
new, modern residence containing seven rooms, surrounded by handsome grounds. The
dwellin: is erected on an elevated site which commands a magnificent view for miles of the
surrounding country. The property is also further improved by two tenant houses, a frame
barn, 20x40 feet, a large new granary and other outbuildings, two fine orchards covering ten
acres and containing 1,000 fruit trees of various kinds, etc. Mr. Stephenson grows from
3,000 to 4,000 bushels of corn, 1,000 bushels of oats, 125 bushels of flax seed, cuts 100 tons of
hay yearly, keeps 75 to 100 head of stock cattle, 75 to 1U0 stock hogs and twenty head of
horses. Mr. Stephenson is a thorough practical farmer, a prosperous and substantial citizen
and enjoys the contldence of the people.

MKS. MARY WEST, widow of Frederic West, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 24,
Township 7, Range 14, P.O. Holton. Mr, Frederic West was born in Berkshire County,
Mass., in 1809, and lived in his native State until his twenty-second year, when he removed
to the then Territory of Iowa, where he resided two years, Thence he removed to Knox
County, IL, where he resided until September 1857, when he became a resident of Kansas,
locating on his farm in what is now Grant Township, Jackson County, where he resided
until his death in December 1881. He was a steadfast and consistent member of the Con-
gregational Church. He was one of Jackson’s representative and honored citizens and was,
one of the Commissioners of this county in 1861-62. He was a prominent pioneer of the State,
an honorable, upright man and was well and favorably known. He was married in 1852
at Knoxville, Ill., to Miss Mary Shannon, a native of Jetterson County, Ohio. They had one
child, a daughter, whose name is Jennie, and who is married to Alfred Peace, a native of
England. Mrs, West ownsa fine vpland farm of 160 acres. It is all ei closed, is ina good state
of cultivation, is amply supplied with timber and has plenty of water, having wells, springs,
the Banner Creek and the west branch of the Banner, which flows through the farm in an
easterly direction, There are splendid groves and a young and thrifty orchard on the prop-
erty, which contains 300 fruit trees of various varieties. There is also an abundance of small
fruits on the farm. The improvements are good and consist in part of a comfortable and
cozy home, a frame barn, 36x25 feet, granaries, cribs, etc. The farm is under the able super-
intendence of Mr, Alfred Peace, Mrs. West's son-in-law, a young, energetic, practical and
thorough farmer. He grows yearly from 2,500 to 8,000 bushels of corn, 400 bhabele of small
frain, Keeps Atty head of fine stock cattle, forty to fifty stock hogs, and nine head of horses.

he farm is well known for its productiveness and fertility and tanks among the best in
Grant Township.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP,

JAMES L. ANDERSON, stock-raiser, Section 9, Township 9, Range 13, P. O. Holton,
was born in Buchanan County, Mo., in 1855. In 1863 his parents movers Kansas, settling
in Atchison County, In 1869 to 1872, he attended echcol in Atchison City, Kan. In 1879
he came to his present location and engaged in stock-raising, and from a small beginning
he now has about 250 head of cattle, and is in every way a prosperous young man.

WILLIAM G. BRADLEY, farmer, Section 4, Township 9 Range 18, P. O. Sullivan:

was born in Lake County, Ohio, in 1835, and was brought up ona farm. In 1848 he ren
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a farm in his native county, where he remained until 1850, when he moved to La Salle
County, Ill., and engaged sin farming, until 1862, when he went to Petry County, Iowa,
and engaged in general merchandising until 1864, when he sold out and bought a farm in
Story County, where;he remained until 1874, when he moved to Kansas, locating in Brown
County. In 1877 he moved to his present location in Jackson County. He was married in
Lake County, Ohio, in 1852, to Miss Sarah A. Glass, and has four children—Emma, Charles
Gaston, and Wallace, He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Good
Templars Order.

EORGE L. CURTIS, farmer and stock dealer, P. O, Adrian, was born in Washington
County, N. Y., in 1837, and was brought up a farmer. In 1857 he left his father’s farm and
moved to Miami County, Ohio, where he worked as a farm hand for five years, when he
bought forty acres of land, and in 1864 he went to Colorado, where he remained until 1866,
when he came to Kansas, locating in Johnston County, and in 1870 moved to his present
location, in Township 8, Range 18, Washington Township, Jackson County. He was
married in 1867, to Miss Mary A. Carson, Jonnston County, Kan., and has two children—
James L., and George,S. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and has held various
school offices in his township. 2

C. H. DAY, farmer, P. O. Adrian, was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1889. In 1843 his
parents moved to a farm in Franklin County, Ind., where young Day attended school and
worked on a farm until 1860, when he moved to Iowa, where he remained one year, when
he moved to Kansas, locating in Jackson County, and engaged in farming. He was married
in Linn County, Iowa, June 20, 1862, to Miss Louisa Mercer, and has three children—Caroline
E. Mary C., and aeeree WwW. é

JAMES D. FULLER, farmer, Section 3, Township 9, Range 13, P. O. Sullivan, was
born in Detroit, Mich., in 1840, where he attended schgol and learned the blacksraith’s
trade in his father’s shop. In 1857, he went to Burlington, Wis., where he worked at his
trade for one year, then he went to La Crosse, Wis., where he followed his trade until 1862,
when he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Wisconsin Cavalry, as farrier, but was discharged
for disability in 1863, when he went to Paris, Il., and worked at his trade until 1866, when
he went to Marion County, Iowa, and engaged in farming. In 1872 he moved on to his present
location, and has followed farming and blacksmithing. He was married in 1867, in Paris, Ill.,
to Miss Emma Norcross, and has one child—Thomas C.

AMOS HAMMON, farmer, P. O. Holton, was born in Kentucky, in 1806, and is a native
of Woodford County in that State, and there he learned the wagon inakers’ trade which he
followed until 1846, when he moved to Clay County, Mo., where he engaged in farming. In
1857 he came to Kansas, settling in Atchison County. In 1871 he moved to his present lo-
cation. He was married in 1857, in Fayette County, Mo., to Miss Sarah Thompson, and has
four children living—Amos, Woods, Smith, and Killen.

. A. WHARTON, farmer, P. O. Holton, was born in Audrain County, Mo., in 1851.
In 1857, his parents moved to Brown County, Kan.. where he attended school and worked on
the farm until 1873, when he moved to his present location, and devoted his time to the im-
provement of his farm. He was married in 1878, to Miss Sarah Yates, of Brown County,
Kan., and has one child—Clarence.

DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP.

A. W. BAINBRIDGE, farmer, and stock-raiser, Section 22, P.O. Meriden, Jefferson
County, oneof the early settlers and representative citizens of Jackson County. He isa
native of Missouri,and was born a short distance from St. Louis. When five or six years of age
his parents emigrated to Wisconsin, locatingin Grant County, where/A.W. was educated and
reared. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1857, locating where he now resides, March 22.
Previous to coming to Kansas he resided in Missouri five years. His father, Rev. Darius
Bainbridge, of the Baptist denomination, was one of the pioneer ministers in that part, and
held the first services. He contributed amply towards the building of the first schoolhouse,
reserving the privilege of using the room for divine worship once amonth His death
occurred in Jackson County, in 1860. He had been in the pulpit for forty-tive years. Miss
Harriet Wartield, a niece of the subject of this sketch, taught the first school in that

art, in a claim cabin on Section 23. Mr. Bainbridge during his long sojourn has been
identified by the educational interests of his district. Mr. Bainbridge has been twice mar-
ried, first, in Wisconsin, to Miss Elvira Elton. By this union he has three children—Mary
E., George L., Alvira. Mra. Bainbridge’s death occurred in Wisconsin. His present wife's
maiden name was Rosana Aker, of Missouri. He has seven children by this marriage—
Henrietta, Almeda, Alpine, Darius A., Lillie M., Effie, aud Bertie, 5

CHARLES R. BURNS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 13, Township 9, Range 15,
P. O. Hoyt, was born in Clark County, Ind., July 6, and resided in his native State until the
fall of 1863, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Douglas Township, Jackson
County, where he has since resided, Mr Burns was the Representative from the Seventy-
ninth district to the Kansas Legislature, session of 1871. He has been Trustee of Douglas
Township two years, and Treasurer of the same township, three years, all of which positions
he filled with ability and with credit to himself and constituents. Mr. Burns was married
in Daviess County, Ind., in 1851, to Miss Emily J. Hastings, a native of Indiana. They
have had six children, five of whom are living, and whose names are—Frances R , married
to Frank Chase, a native of N. Y., anda resident of Jackson County ; Margaret A., mar-
tied to John McKeage, a native of Pennsylvania; Eliza, married to Ephraim Aikens, a
native of Pennsylvania; Joseph M., married to Miss Susan Maris, a native of Pennsylvania;
John M., and William Sherman, who died in 1873. Mr. Burns owns a choice farm of 360
acres. It is divided into upland and bottom, is aJl enclosed by substantial fences, is in a
high state of cultivation, has eighty acres each of mowing and pasture land and thirty
acres of timber Jand and is well suppled with water. The improvements are first-class,
and embrace among others an elegant residence, containing six rooms; a frame barn,
26x30) feet, corn cribs and other outbuildings. There aretwo young thrifty, bearing orchards
on this magnificent estate, covering together about six acres, and containing 400 apple, and
a number of peach and cherry trees. Mr. Burns grows from 2,000 to 2,500 bushels of corn
and 400 bushels of oats yearly. Keeps from fifty to seventy stock cattle, twenty to
twenty-five stock hogs. a"d four work horses. Mr. Burns is a prominent and prosperous
farmer, an honored and representative citizen of Jackson County, and has a high standing
in his county, and is respected and esteemed by all who are fortunate enough to know him.

HUGH GUTHRIE, farmer, Section 34, Township 8, Range 15, P.O. South Cedar, was
born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1835, and lived in his native State until 1842, when his
parents removed to LaGrange County, Ind., where Mr. Guthrie lived until September 1,
1861, when he entered the Union army as a member of Company A, Twenty-ninth Regi-
ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Waterloo City, Ind., and was discharged at
Bridgeport, Ala., December 5, 1863, re-enlisting the samé day in the same company and
regiment, and was finally discharged from the United States service December 2, 1865, at Mari-
etta, Ga. He participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chat-
tanooga and numerous minor engagements. After his discharge he returned to his home
in Indiana, where he resided until the spring of 1869, when he removed to Kansas, locating
in Cedar Township, Jackson County, where he lived one year and then removed to his farm in
Douglas Township, in the same county, where be has since resided. He was married in
1857, in Indiana, to Miss Susan Frederic, a native of Ohio. They have six children whose
names are: Martha J., Maria, Nancy E., Isabel, Mary F. and Alice. Mr. Guthrie
owns a fine upland farm of eighty acres. It is all enclosed, is in a high state of cultivation
and is well supplied with imber and water. The improvements are fair and consist among
others of a comfortable dwelling, stock stable, sheds, etc. Mr. Guthrie grows 500 bushels
of corn yearly, keeps twenty stock cattle, half-a-dozen hogs, and eight head of horses. He
is a veteran of the last war, an honest, upright man and a good citizen and neighbor.

HON. J. W. PETTIJOHN, physician and surgeon, farmer and stock-raiser, Section
21, Township 9, Range 15. P. O. Hoyt, Jackson County. The subject of this sketch is
now aresident of Jackson County, Kan. e was born in Brown County, Ohio, October 27,
1833, and isthe son of William B.and E. Pettijohn, who were Virginians by birth. He was
raised under the strict Presbyterian code, but belongs to the Methodist Kpiscopal Church
in which faith he was brought up, and joined in his early youth, and is still a member
of the same. His father was among the early abolitionists of Southern Ohio, and asa
boy, J. W. was often called upon to makea trip on the ‘“‘Underground Rail Road,” as it

was calledin that day. He has always been an advocate of reform, and has been connected
with all the great leading reforms of the day. The temperance question has always
received his sanction and support, from the day of the Washingtonian pledge, down along
the line of temperance societies to the present day, excepting the crusade, as inaugurated a
few years ago in Ohio. He is a member of theI. O. O. F., and also of the Masonic fra-
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common school education, and studied medicine with his uncle, A. L. Pettijohn, Matricu-
lated in the University of Michigan, in 1855, and graduated in the Georgetown Medical
College, District of Columbia. He was married November], 1860, to Miss Frank E. Ridings,
of Hillsboro, Ohio. Her parents were also Virginians and identified with the early history
of Hillsboro, Highland Uo., Ohio. ‘Their only son, William R. was born October 10, 1863.
Dr. Pettijohn commenced the practice of medicine with Dr. Jno. Buchanan, in 1857, and
continued in active practice until the spring of 1863, at which time he accepted the
position of a surgeon in the United States army in the department at Washington, D.
C.. Inthe fall of the same year, by order of the Secretary of War, he went before the
medical examiners then sitting in Washington City, and after a thcrough examination of
six days, received a commission as surgeon, and was assigned to the Nineteenth Regi-
ment United States Infantry. Not being able for active campaign work, he was forced,
after some months, to resign, and was again assigned to duty at the hospital on Arlington
Heights; from thence he went to Anticosta Island, aud trom there to Patuxant River,
remaining in the service until the spring of 1866. ‘he war ending, he returned to his
native State and engaged in the practice of his profession in the town of Lynchburg,
Ohio, situated on the Miami River, forty miles east of Cincinnati... He continued in active
business for twelve years, when, being admonished by failing health, he sold out, gave upa
pleasant home, resigned a lucrative practice, and started West in quest of health, which he has
found in the pure air of Kansas. He is now comfortably situated, enjoying the fruits of
his labors, on the sunny banks of the Little Soldier, engaged in growing stock and farming
and administering to the wants of the sick in hig immediate neighborhood. Dr. Pettijohn
was elected by the Republicans, as their Representative to the last legislature from the
Forty-ninth district. He has always aftiliated with that party, (it being the champion of...
advanced ideas and rerorm) but reserves to himself the right uf afree thinker. His sympa-
thies are always with the weak and oppressed.

A. A. POWERS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Hoyt, was born near Hackettstown,
Warner County, N. J., May 5, 1842. His parents were both natives of New Jersey.
When three years old his father died; he received a common school education in his native
county. In 1856 he went to Indiana and farmed for two years. In 1861 he enlisted in the
Eighth New Jersey. He was in the army of the Potomac from its organization till the
battle of Petersburg and was engaged in twenty-eight important battles of the war.
Returning to New Jersey he found employment on the Morris and Essex Railroad, and
was afterwards agent for a wholesale house. In 1872 he came to Kansas, settling first in
Reno County. Jn 1876 he moved to Jackson County, where he bas since resided. His
politics are Republican and he has been twice elected Trustee of lag Township.

AMELIA V. RICE, widow of David 8. Rice, farmer and ck-raiser, Section 29,
Township 9, Range 16, P. O. Meriden, Jefferson County. David S. Rice was born in 1828, in
Scott County, Ind , where he resided until nineteen years ofage. Thence he removed to
Trimble County, Ky., where he was engaged 1n farming and where he resided for seven
years. He then removed to Platte County, Mo., where he resided one year. Oa the 9th day
of April, 1855, he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in !)ouglas Township,
Jackson County, where be resided until his death, August 18, 1877. He was a consistent
member of the Church of the United Brethren. He was an efticient member of the Board
of School District No. 4, in Jackson County for four years. He took part in the late war
during the Price Raid, as a member of the Kaneas Militia, enlisting in the fall of 1864, at
Leavenworth, and serving eighteen days and was discharged at Fort Leavenworth. During
his life Mr. Rice was extensively engaged in feeding and dealing in live stock and managing
his large farm. He also owned and operated a steam saw-mill tor a number of.years. He
was an honorable, upright, Christian man and highly respected and esteemed in his neigh-
borhood. Mr. Rice was married to Miss AmeliaV. Pennington,a native of Garrard County,Ky.,
September 30, 1847, in Trimble County, Ky. - They had nine children, eight of whom are
living, named : William E., married to Miss Melinda Sherman, a native of Indiana; Mary
W., married to William Kemp, a native of Maryland; Rachael E., married to William F. Cun-
ningham, a native of Missouri; John Wesley; David S., married to Miss Josephine Miller, a
native of Kansas, who died December 10, 1882; Amelia V., married to Thomas Hutchin-
son, a native of Ohio ; Annie E., married to Matthew Cole, a native of Ohio; Charles
Ellsworth, died December 11, 1882and Ida J. Mrs. Rice is the owner of a farm of 316 acres
lying on West Muddy Creek. The farm is under the able management of her son John
Wesley, who is a thorough and practical farmer and a young man of indomitable energy
and perseverance. The farm is all enclosed with substantial fences, is in a high state of
cultivation and is well supplied with water by wells, springs and the creek which flows
through the south part of the farm. The property is as well adapted to a stock farm as any
in Jackson County. It has eighty acres in timber and the same number in pasture and has
good improvements, embracing a large and elegant residence containing eleven rooms, stock
stables, sheds and lots, a large stone granary and handsome groves and orchards. Mrs. Rice
peowe 3,000 to 4,0U0 bushels of corn, 1,000 to 1,500 bushels of small grain, cuts 100 tons of

ay yearly, keeps from sixty to seventy-five fine grade cattle, twenty-five to thirty stock
hogs and a dozen head of horses and mules. The farmis noted in the neighborhood for
its fertility, its fine meadows, its well sheltered and convenient stock lots and its abundant
supply of pure water. q :

JACOB SEAL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 34, P.O. Meriden, Jefferson County.
The spring of 185% the subject of this sketch located on Muddy Creek, where he now resides,
being one among the first in that region. Hehas since been a constant resident and few
persons have been more closely identified with the development of Jackson County. Mr.
Seal isa native of Ohio, and was born in Crawford County, January 16, 1834.. When
eleven years of age he came to Missouri with his parents and was there educated and reared.
He has been three times married, his first two wives being dead, their names were respec-
tively Bradshaw and Bainbridge. His present wife’s maiden name was Susan Michael. By
his first marriage he has two children: Theodore B, and Julia A. By the second union he hus
four children: William E., Mary M. C., Josiah D. and Almira D. By the latter union he has
two sons: Ulysses A. and Elmer F.

D. W. STANLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, Township 9, Range 15, P. O. Hoyt,
was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1840, and lived in his native State until his twenty-
first year, he then removed to Jefferson County, Wis., where he resided until August, 1862,
when he entered the Union army as amember of Company D, Twenty-ninth Regiment Wis-
consin Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged at Madison, Wis., June 9, 1865. He partici-
pated in the battles of Port Gibson, Miss. and Champion Hills. In the last named engage-
ment Mr. Stanley, was wounded and taken prisoner and being paroled a short time after
was sent to the United States general hospital at Memphis, Tenn., where he was confined
suffering from his wounds for over six months. After his recovery he rejoined his regiment
at New ILbera, La., where he did duty with his regiment, taking part in the interim, in the
battle of Sabine Cross Roads, and anumber of minorengagements until the 9th day of June,
1865, when he was taken sick suffering from general disability, and allowed leave of absence
to go to his home in Wisconsin, where he remained until his discharge from the United
States service. After his discharge he removed to Howard County, Iowa, where he lived one
year and then returned to Wisconsin, where he resided until the spring of 1870, when he
became a resident of Kansas, locating in Douglas Township, Jackson County, where he has
resided since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also a member
of Holton Lodge, No. 1,769 K.of H. He has been Justice of the Peace of Douglas Town-
ship five years. He has been married twice. _ The first marriage took place in Lake Mills,
Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1866, to Miss Anna D. Rutherford, a native of Wisconsin. She died
in 1867. They had one child, a daughter, whose name was Anna D. The second marriage
took place November 2, 1868, in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, to Miss Elizabeth Philipge a
native of Pennsylvania. She died September 28, 1881. They had five children three*ot
whom are living and whose names are Dan, Frank and Willie Case. Esquire Stanley owns
a large and choice upland farm of 258 acres lying on Stanley's branch of the Soldier, and
also owns five acres of timber lying in Cedar Township, Jackson County. The farm is all
enclosed by substantial fences, is in a good state of cultivation and is well supplied with
water. The improvements are good and consist of a comfortable and cozy dwelling, stock
stables, sheds and lots, corn cribs and handsome groves and orchards. Esquire Stanley
devotes his attention exclusively to raising corn, hogs, cattle and fine horses. He grows from
1.000 to 1,200 bushels of corn, cuts 250 acres of hay yearly, keeps 100 choice grade cattle forty
to fifty hogs and half-a-dozen head of horses. He is an honored magistrate of his county, a
veteran of the last war, a thorough and practical farmer and an honorable and upright man.

P. H. STEWARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 15, Township 9, Range 15, P. O. Hoyt,
was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1833, and lived in his native State until his eighth year,
when his parents removed to Jasper County, Ind., where Mr. Steward resided until his
twenty-first year, when he removed to Jones County, Iowa, where he lived one and a half
years. In February, 1856, he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Jefferson County,
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where he resided until 1863, when he removed to his farm in Douglas Township, Jackson
County, where he has resided since. He holds demit of Holton Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and
Meriden Lodge, A. O. U. W._ Mr. Steward has been married twice. The first marriage took
place in Jefferson County, May 15, 1856, being the first marriage recorded in that county,
to Miss Lucinda Dunn, a native of Indiana. They had two children whose names are Co-
lumbus and Marcus. The second marriage occurred November 25, 1873, in Jackson County,
to Mrs. Cornelia Vennard, a native of IlJinois. They have one son whose name is Walter.
Mr. Steward owns a fine farm of 240 acres. It is second bottom, is enclosed by substantial
fences, is in a good state of cultivation and is well supplied with water, Steward's branch of
the Little: Soldier ee ae the centre of the farm. The improvements are good,
and consist of a neat and cozy home, a frame granary, corn cribs, stock sheds and lots
and a young and thrifty orchard. Mr. Steward grows 1,000 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of
small grain and cuts 100 acres of hay yearly. Has been quite an extensive stock man
though at present is building and improving a cman ier Section, which has previously been.
used for grass purposes. Keeps a few cattle and hogs and seven head of horses. He is an
old Kansas pioneer, and was among the number that helped to defend their homes in early
troubles, is a practical and thorough farmer, an honorable, upright man and is well and
favorably known.

EZRA K. SWARTZ, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 34, Township 8, Range 15, P. O.
South Cedar, was born in Indiana in 1839, and lived in his native State until his twenty-
ninth year and then removed to Champaign County, Ill., where he resided nine years, and
then removed to the city of Peoria, in the same State where he lived one summer, thence
removed to Kansas City where he resided about six years, and then removed to his farm in
Douglas Township, Jackson County, where hc has since resided. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and of the McPherson Post No. 4, G. A. ,.R, of Kansas City.
Mr.Swartz participated in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company I, Twenty-
seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was enlisted August 19, 1861, at Camp Morton,
Indianapolis, Ind., and was discharged at Chester, Pa., in November, 1862, for disability
contracted while in the United States service, from the effects of which he suffers to-day.
He was married in Putnamville, Indiana, in 1866. to Miss Amanda Mangun, a native of
Maryland. They have two children whose names are Carrie and Freddie ¥. = Mr. Swartz
owns a fine upiand farm of sixty acres. It is all enclosed, isin a good state of cultivation
and is well supplied with water. The improvements consist in part, of a comfortable dwell-
ing, a stock stable, sheds and lots, etc. Mr. Swartz has thirty acres in corn, five acres in
oats, and fourteen acregsin flax. He is a thorough and practical farmer and a brave veteran
of the last war. He iggood citizen and neighbor. :

J. W. WILLIAMS@farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, Township 9, Range 16, P. O,
Cope. Among the prominent men of Jackson County, who have risen to places of influence
and honor, from the smallest beginnings may be classed the gentleman whose name stands
at the head of this article. Mr. Williams is the eldest son of Richard Williams, who was a
native of ~Virginia, but removed to Ohio in an early day becoming one of the pioneer
settlers of that State. The subject of this sketch was born in Belmont County, Ohio, on
the 7th day of October, 1819. When ten years of age he moved with his parents to Morgan
County, Ohio. His education was received in the common schools of Belmont and Morgan
counties, and one yous attendance at Marietta College. In 1856, he took a trip through
the West, and on his return settled in Hocking County, Ohio, where he remained until 1858,
when he came to Kansas, arriving on the site of his present home on the 7th day of April.
His object in coming to Kansas was to secure land for his children and to make for himself
a home in the great West. Although he has met with some misfortunes, and endured many
of the hardships incident to a new country, he has, in the main, been very successful. He
was the first to settle on the open prairie in his neighborhood. He now possesses a farm
well improved and cultivated. Since comune to Kansas his business has been farming, and
his well-tilled fields are convincing proofs of his proficiency. His political views have been
in sympathy with the Republican party, since 1856, previous to which time he acted with
the Democratic party. Although inno respect a professional politician, his fellow citizens
recognizing his merit, have elected him to various important positions. Was elected, and
served nine years as Justice of the Peace,—seven years in Ohio, and two years in Kansas,
He was one of the Commissioners of Jackson County in the years 1861, 1862 and 1863, and
Trustee of Douglas Township, in 1873 and 1874. Was one of the Enumerators, and took the
Census of Douglas Township in 1880. In the years 1864, 1875 and 1876 he represented his
county in the State Legislature. He has filled all these offices with credit to himself and to
his county. He was married in 1842, in Morgan County, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth McKeever,
by whom he has had ten children, eight of whom are living whose names are: Alonzo H.,
married to Miss Hattie Jones, a native of Illinois; Margaret J., married to A. H. Black, a
native of Ohio and a resident of Jackson County; 8. Matilda, married to W. O. Brown, a
native of Indiana and a resident of Jackson County; William Hollis, married to Miss
Mary A. Herr, a native of Illinois; Richard A. T. W. Sherman; Mary, married to Newton
Z. Fulton, a native of Ohio; and Charles Sumner, Mr. Williams participated in the war of
the Rebellion during the Price raid, as Lieutetant of Company A, Fourth Kansas Militia,
and was enrolled at Meriden, Jefferson County, in 1862, and was discharged in Oskaloosa in
the same county in October, 1864. He took part in the battle of Little Blue. Has been a
member of the Christian Church since his eighteenth year, and has led a consistent life, and
is well known as an honestiand upright man. Mr. Williams is to be classed among Jackson
County’s pioneer settlers, and as such, he has watched the development of its resources
with much interest. In public improvements he is ever ready to lend a helping hand, and
where donations are required for the furtherance of such improvements he is never less
generous than his neighbors. During his long residence in the county he has shown himself
worthy of the esteem and confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens,

CEDAR TOWNSHIP.

MICHAEL BAKRR, farmer, P. O. North Cedar, was born in Greenbrier County, Va.,
November 15, 1818. In 1833, he went to Saline County, and afterwards Platte County,
Missouri, where he was engaged in selling goods and farming, remaining until 1856 when he
came to Kansas with astock of goods and started a store at the mouth of Bill’s Creek. In
1858 he went to Pike’s Peak and engaged in mining for two years, returning to Jackson
County where he has since resided. In 1840 he was married to Miss Julia Ann Mayo; she
died in 1842 leaving one son. In 1862 he was again married to Sarah Isaacs. He has always
been an out-and-out Democrat.

B. H. BRADSHAW, farmer and breeder of Durham cattte and Norman horses, P. O.
North Cedar, is a native of Kentucky and was born and raiscd in Adair County. le was
born September 1, 1822. In 1840 he entered a store at Columbia as a clerk whore he remained
until 1845, when he went into the cattle business. In 1848 he moved to Vernon County,
Missouri, and was one of the pioneers of that county, and was one of the Board of Commis-
sioners that located the county-seatat Nevada, He took an active part in politics, and was for
six years a Justice of the Peace and County Judge for four years. In 1863, owing to his
Union sentiments he was compelled to leave the State with only the clothes on his back.
He came to Jackson County, Kansas, and located on North Cedar Creek, where he remained
until 1867, when he moved to his present location, then a piece of wild prairie. He now
has 200 acres under cultivation, 100 acres being in tame grass, and devotes his time to
raising blooded stock. He was married in 1843, to Miss Belinda Collins, a native of
Virginia. They have eight children: Lafayette Y., Henry C., Mary E., Jasper N.,
Sarah U., Lucretia A., Diana J. and B. H., Jr. In the temperance movement Mr. Bradshaw
hag always taken an active part. While in Missouri, he was Deputy District Grand Master
of the I. 0.G. T. Lodge, iu for two years lectured and instituted lodges. During the
Grange movement re was District Deputy Grand Master, and organized and insti-
tuted all the Granges in Jackson County, Kansas. He is an active member of the Christian
Church and has been an Elder in that church for the past twenty yeare.

J. BUCKINGHAM, farmer, Section 15, Township 7, Range 16, P. O. North Cedar, was
porn in Platte County Missouri, in 1830. In 1864 he came to Jackson County, Kansas. In
1865 he was married to Miss Mary Hopkins, of Platte County, Missouri, and has two chil-
dren, Julia and Josie. His politics have always been Republican. .

JOHN BOOTH, school teacher, Section 11, Township 8, Range 15, P. O. South Cedar,
was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1828, and lived in his native State until
May, 1864, when he removed to T'ama County, Jowa where he resided about five years. On the
14th’ day’ of May, 1869, he became a resident of Kansas, locating in Cedar Township,
Jackson County, where he has resided since. He has been Trustee of Cedar Townsni
four terms in succession. During the greater pat of the time that Mr. Booth has reside
in Kansas. he has been engaged in teaching in the public schools of Jackson County. He
is an able and popular teacher and educator of rare merit and thorough culture, Mr. Booth

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

was married in the city of Topeka, May 29, 1878! to Miss Caroline Williams, a native of
Ireland. She died July 5, 1881, leaving behind her a daughter whose name is Nannie J ennie
Caroline.

GEORGE COLEMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 21, Township 8, Range 16, P.O,
North Cedar. There are few sketches of the representative men of Jackson County that
will be read with more interest and pleasure than that of George Coleman or “ Uncle
George"? as heis familiarly called. He may justly be called a self-made man, being a man
who by his own determination and encrgy has risen froma small beginning toa place of
infiuence and honor, and who to-day commands the respect and admiration of his fellow
citizens. He was born in Sussex County, England on the 27th day of November, 1815. He
passed his childhood days in his native country, when, as his parents were not in affluent
circumstances, his school see were necessarily somewhat limited; but this did not

revent him from acquiring a good, practical education, which, with his surroundings, has
Beer of more value than any other, When nineteen years of age he came with his parents
to America and settled in Upper Canada, where he remained three years. Here his father
died, and as he disliked the climate and the government of Canada, the subject of this
sketch determined to try his fortune in the United States. He accordingly moved to
Illinois and settled about twelve miles south of Chicago, which be describes as pene at
that time a small village. After a residence of nineteen years in Illinois he decided to
come to Kansas in order to obtain farms for his children. He came to Jackson, or as
it was then called Calhoun County, in July, 1855, and took up the claim which he now
occupies. He then returned to INinois and sent out his son, and in October he moved with
his family in wagons, arriving on the 20th day of October, 1856, Since that time Mr.
Coleman has remained in Kansas. He has been successful in the object for which he came
to Kansas. He has oneof the best farms in Cedar Township, and has lived to see all
his children very prosperously situated. Politically, he has always affiliated with the
Democratic party. Although never an office-seeker, his fellow citizens have had such
confidence in his ability and honesty that they have elevated him to various important
positions, both Township and County. He was one of the County Commissioners of
Jackson in the years 1860, 1873, 1874. He has been at various times elected to the office
of Treasurer of Cedar Township, and has long been Treasurer of his school district.
He was married in 1835 to Miss Elizabeth Voice, a native of Sussex County, England. They
have seven children, five of whom are living, whose names are: Cornelius, married
to Miss Sarah Renfrew, a native of Kentucky; Daniel, married to Miss Celia Sanderson, a
vative of Vermont; Edwin, married to Miss Mary Miller, a native of Ohio; Walter and
David. As one of the earliest settlers, as an able writer in Bird’s Historical Plat Book of
Jackson County, (from which work most of this article has been drawn), applicably says:
Mr. Coleman has taken a deep interest and pride in the growth and development of Jackson
County. His life has not been tarnished by one unworthy act, and his private character has
been equally blameless. He is a generous, kind-hearted man and a good neighbor, and in
his declining years enjoys the love and confidence of all who know him.

W. A. ‘DOUGLAS: farmer and _ stock-raiser, Section 32, Township 7, Range 16,
P. O. North Cedar, was born in Ritchie County, W. Va., March 3, 1841. In 1851 his parents
moved to Buchanan County, Mo. In April, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Fourth
Missouri Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, and took part in the engagements of Springfield,
Newtonia, Humansville, Marshall, and the battle of Price’s raid; mn fact all the skirmishes
and battles of his regiment. After an active service of three years, he was discharged at
Warrensburg, Mo., April 30, 1865, when he returned to Buchanan County, Mo., and engaged
in farming. He was married in Buchanan County, Mo., on February 22, 1866, to Miss
Elizabeth “McConnell, and has five children—Alonzo C., Joseph R., Cora B., John McC.,
and Winifred. In 1876 he moved to Jackson County, Kan., locating one mile north of his
present location, where he lived one year, when he moved to his present location. He has
160 acres, well improved, with good building, orchard, and fences. Mr. Douglas has always
taken a live interest in school matters, and he has been a member of the School Board of
his district since his advent to the State. -

JOHN R. DUTT, blacksmith, North Cedar, was born in Lancaster County, Pa , in 1844,
where he learned the blacksmith’s trade with his father, and where he worked at his trade
until he removed to Jackson County, Kan., in 1877, and eugeeed in farming on South
Cedar, for one year, moving to North Cedar, where he built a blacksmith shop, feed
stable, and hotel, and has since followed that business. He was married in Lancaster
County, Pa., in 1870, to Miss Emma Masterson, a daughter of John Masterson, and has six
children—David, John, Samuel, Zachariah, Lizzie, and Mary. He belongs to the I. O. 0. F.
rae ot Sra Joy, Pa., and to the Order of Red Men at Renova, Pa. Is School Director
of his district.

R. L. FIPPIN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, Township 7, Range 16, P. O. North
Cedar, was born July 10, 1826, in Washington County, Ind. He was brought up on a farm,
and on reaching manhood he bought a farm near his native place, where he remained until
1836, when he moved to Morning Star, Des Moines Co., Iowa, eighteen. miles northwest of
Burlington, where he bought a piece of wild Jand and commenced to improve it, remaining
on this place until 1873, when he came to Jackson County Kan., and located as above
stated; that he has been prosperous his many fine improvements fully testify. He was united
in ee to Miss Margaret Rock, in 1849, at Washington County, Ind , and has six
children—K. R., G. G., Nancy A., Elizabeth T., Cassa J., and Edwin B. He is member of
the Reformed Presbyterian Church at North Cedar.

A. A. GATES, proprietor of cheese factory and feed-mill, was born in Lawrence County,
N. ¥., in 1850, and was raised on a farm. In 1871 he commenced to learn the butter and
cheese business, and followed that business since, In 1881 he came to this State, and started
a cheese factoryat North Cedar, and has been only moderately successful. In 1882 he added

rinding machinery to his factory, and will engage in grinding feed. He was married in
872, to Miss Frank C. Bacon, at Morrison, Il.

R. S. GILLIES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, Township 7, Range 16, P. O. North
Cedar, is a native of Scotland, and was born in Ayrshire, in 1823, and was raised to the life
of a farmer. In 1855, he emigrated to America, and settled in Chicago, Ill., where he found
employment in a machine shop. In 1861 he moved to Aurora, Il]., where he worked in the
railroad machine shop until 1865, when he moved to Jackson County, Kan., locating on his
present homestend, and engaged in improving it. He has ninety acres under cultivation, and
od building, fences, orchards, etc. He was married in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1840, to Miss

gnes Blair, and has three children—John, Elizabeth, and James. In 1876, he was clected
County Commissioner of Jackson ee serving one term.

R. JONES, postmaster and dealer in general merchandise, was born in Warren
County, Ohio, in 1840, and lived in his native State until his tenth year, when his parents
removed to Parke County, Ind., where the family resided until August, 1855, when they
settled in Kansas. The long distance from their former home, Indiana, was traveled by ox-
teams, ‘The family located near Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, where they resided nearly
two years. On the bth day of May, 1857, they removed to Cedar Township, Jackson County,
where Mr. Jones has resided with the exception of four years continuously since. Mr.
Jones’ family were pronounced Free-State advocates, and suifered considerably at the hands
of the Pro-slavery faction, many interesting and graphic tales being plated. by different
members of the family of these troublesome times. Mr. Jones is a member of Holton Lodge
No. 42, A., F. & A. M. He has been the accommodating and efficient postmaster of
South Cedar, Jackson County, for nine years. He was married at Oak ills, Atchison
County, in 1863, to Miss Sarah J.J ohnson, a native of Missouri, by whom he has had seven
children, whose names are—Permelia J., Lucy N., Harrict Adeline, Nora, Ruth, Samnel
R., Jr., and Albert Jesse. Mr. Jones has been engaged in the general mercantile business
at South Cedar, for ten years. As he 1s the only merchant in the place, and is kind, genial,
and courteous in his manner, he does, and is deserving of a thriving trade. He attends
closely to business, is very popular in his neigborhood, and has a igh social and com-
mercial standing.

SIMON McCRORY, farmer and stock-raiser Section 8, Township 8, Range 16, P. 0.
North Cedar, was born November 12, 1845, in County Antrim, Ireland, and lived in his
native country until his twelfth year, when his parents emigrated to America, locating in
Gentry County, Mo., where they resided three years, and thence removed to Page County,
Towa, where the family still reside. In March, 1870, Mr. McCrory became a, resident of
Kansas, locating on his farm in Cedar Township, Jackson County, where he has since
lived. He is a prominent and zealous member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of
North Cedar. He. was matricd in Page County, Iowa, October 13, 1870, to Miss Agnes
Stevenson, a native of Ohio. They have seven children living—Maggie, Robert, Samuel,
Mary, James, Thomas, and William, Mr. Motrory ownsa fine upland farm of ninety acres,ten
acres of which is timber land. It is enclosed by substantial fences, is in a good state of
cultivation, is well supplied with water, and handsomely improved by an_ elegant new
JACKSON COUNTY.

frame dwelling, stock stables, lots, sheds, granary, corn crib, and splendid groves, and
orchards. Mr. ‘McCrory devotes his attention to raising corn, cattle, hogs, and horses. He
grows 1,000 bushels of corn, 300 bushels of small grain, keeps twenty-five choice stock
cattle, twenty-five stock hogs, and six head of fine horses. Mr. McCrory isan industrious,
practical and thorough farmer, a good citizen, and honorable, high-toned man. He and his
amiable wife are highly pleased with this country.

JOHN HENRY MILLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 12, Township 8, Range 15,
P. O. South Cedar, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1841, and lived in his native county
until his fourth year, when his parents removed to Holmes County, in the same State, where
Mr. Miller resided until December, 1869, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in
Leavenworth County, where he lived two years, and then removed to his present farm in
Cedar Township, Jackson County, where he has resided since. He was married in Holmes
County, Ohio, in 1861, to Miss Sarah Combs, a native of Holmes County, Ohio. They have
three children— William O. E., Mary H., and Robert Long. Mr. Miller owns a choice up-
Jand farm of 200 acres. It is all enclosed, isin a high state of cultivation, and is well sup-
plied with water and timber. The improvements are first-class, and consist of a new and
comfortable cottage, a large frame barn, 40x42 feet, and other outbuildings. There is a fine
young bearing orchard on the farm which covers seven acres, and contains 500 apple,
and a number of;pear, plum, Siberian crab, quince, and cherry trees. Mr. Miller grows
from 2,500 to 3,500 bushels of corn, 2,000 bushels of small grain and cuts 100 acres of hay
yearly. Keeps eighty to one hundred stock-cattle, forty to sixty stock-hogs, and 15 head of
horses. He is # hard-working, practical and thorough farmer, and a prominent and
prosperous citizen. ;

G. W. MYERS, carpenter and farmer, P O. North Cedar, was born in Jefferson County,
Ohio, in 1831. He learned the carpenters’ trade at Steubenville, Ohio, and in 1856 he came
to Kansas, and located at Leavenworth, where he worked at his trade. In 1868 he moved
to his present location on the northeast quarter of Section 28, Township 7, Range 16, which
he has now finely improved, although he has followed his trade the greater part of his
time since his removal to his farm. Mr. Myers has been twice married, his first wife to
whom he was married in 1866, being a Miss Elliott, who died in 1867. In 1870 he was
married to Miss Eliza Cody, a sister of ‘‘ Buffalo Bill,”, and by this marriage he has four
children—Nellie M., Harry C., Charles Lulo, and Roy George. Mr. Myers has always been
a Republican, and in the early days of Kansas was three times driven from the territory for
his ‘‘ Free State principles. During the war he was a member of the Militia, and was at
the engagement with Price’s troops at Westport, Mo. |

. D. M. ROBERTS, postmaster.at North Cedar, was born in Fayette County, Iowa,
in 1858, where he was raised and attended sehool. In 1878 he came to North Cedar, Jack-
son County, Kan., and was employed as a clerk in a general store until 1881. In 1882, he
was appointed postmaster, and engaged in the hardware and agricultural implement trade.
May 4, 1881, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Saunders, a daughter of J.S. Saunders,
of North Cedar, and has one child. :

‘ HUGH WOODBURN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sectiou.s 7 and 8, Township 3, Range 16,
P. 0. North Cedar, was born in Ayershire, Scotland, in 1830, and lived in his native country
only a short time, when his parents emigrated to America, locating in Orleans County, Vt.,
where the family resided three years, and thence to Livingston County, Mich., where they
lived two years. Thence they moved to Rochester, N. Y., where they remained four years,
and then returned to La Peer County, Mich., where they lived seven years. From there the
family removed to Oakland County, in the same State, where Mr. Woodburn resided until
April, 1871, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating on his farm in Cedar Township,
Jackson County, where he has resided since. He is a prominent and consistent member of
the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North Cedar. He was married in Wayne County,
Mich., in 1856, to Miss Anna McKinney, a native of the city of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr.
Woodburn owns a fine upland farm of 160 acres. Itis all enclosed, is in a good state of
cultivation, is well supplied with water and has first-class improvements, among others be-
ing an elegant frame residence containing seven rooms, a large corn-crib 24x24 feet, frame
stable 14x24 feet, granary, handsome groves, and orchards, etc, etc. Mr. Woodburn grows
600 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of small grain, and cits forty tons of hay yearly; keeps
thirty stock-cattle, a dozen hogs and five head of horses. He is an industrious and

ractical farmer, a leading, useful and prosperous citizen, and has a high standing in
is community. 4

JOSEPH WORLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 29, Township 8, Range 4 east, P.
O. Moreno, Clay County, was born in Putnam County, Ind., 1n 1831, and lived in his native
State twenty-four years and then removed to Davis County, Iowa, where he resided three
years, On the 15th day of May, 1858, he became a resident of Kansas, locatin g at Valley
Falls, Jefferson County, where he resided one summer and then removed to Teenwood
County. Here on the 20th day of March, 1862, he entered the Union army asa member of
Company I, Ninth Reriment Kansas Cavalry, enlisting at Iola, Allen County, and was dis-
charged at Duvall’s B aff, Ark , March 20, 1865. He took part in an engagement near Little
Rock, Ark., with the Seventh Texas (Confederate) Cavalry and several minor en, agements.
After his discharge from the army he returned to Jackson County in this State, where he re-
sided five years and then removed to his farm in Grant Township, Clay County, where he
has since lived. Heis a member of Clay Centre Post, No. 88,G.A.R. He was married
in 1857, in Davis County, Iowa, to Miss Rachael A. England, a native of Illinois. They
have five children—Charles W., Joseph Lincoln, James C., Martha 3. B., and Mary N. Mr.
Worley owns a fine upland farm of 200 acres. It is mostly enclosed, is in fair state of
cultivation, is well supplied with water, and has fine improvements embracing good build-
ings and splendid groves and orchards. Mr. Worley devotes his attention to raising corn

hogs and fine horses. He grows 4,000 bushels of corn yearly, keeps a half-dozen mileh
cows, forty to fifty hogs and eight head of fine horses. Among them are the splendid young
horses, ‘Henry Clay” and *‘Clyde.” The former is six years old, is a dapple bay an
weighs 1,600 pounds. The latter is three years old is also a dapple bay and weighs 1
pounds. Mr. Worley is a veteran of the late war, an honest and industrious farmer a £00
citizen and neighbor. __ . 3

JOHN L. WRIGHT, farmer and stock-raiser. Section 4. Township 8, Range 16, P. 0.
North Cedar, was born in Craigs, County Autrim, Ireland,-in 1822, and lived in his native
country until 1854, when he emigrated to America, locating in Livingston County, INs Vax
where he lived until 1862, when he removed to Delaware County, Iowa, where he lived one
and one-half years. He then returned to the State of New York, where he resided unti
i 1865, when he became a resident of Kansas, locating in J ohnson County, near Olathe,
where he resided until 1869, when he removed to his farm in Jackson County, where he has
resided since. He is anelder of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North Cedar. He
was married in Waukesha, Wis.. March 4, 1868, to Miss Eliza Jane Mann, a native of
Craigs, County Antrim, Ireland. They have five children living, whose names are: James
M., William A., John L., Mary Alice and Sarah Jane. Mr. Wright is the fortunate owner
of a fine upland farm containing 281 acres. It is enclosed by substantial fences, is in a high
state of cultivation, is well supplied with water and has splendid improvements embracing
a comfortable and cozy dwelling, large frame barn 35x46 feet, granary, corn cribs, stock
stables and magnificent groves and orchards. Mr. Wright grows 800 bushels of ea 400
bushels of small grain and cuts 100 tons of hay yearly; keeps forty to sixty stock-cattle, a

* Pa., and has two children—Charles P. and Hattie.

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dozen stock-hogs and nine head of fine horses. He is an industrious, practical and model
farmer, a good citizen and has a high standing in his community.

STRAIGHT CREEK TOWNSHIP.

C. C. HART, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 12, Township 6, Range 16, P. O.
Muscotah, was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1842. In 1845 his parents moved
to McHenry County, Ill., on the State-line of Wisconsin and Illinois, He received his
education at the common schools and at the Walworth County Institute at Genoa Junc-
tion. On leaving school he engaged in farming near Genoa Junction. In 1868 he came to
Kansas and located on his present place and has his place highly improved. He was
married in December, 1867, at Genoa Junction, Wis., to Miss Emma A, Olden, and has
one child, Arthur C. He has been Township Clerk for three years. Is a member of
the Congregational Church. - .

E. C, PHILLIPI, farmer, Section 88, Township 6, Range 16, P. O. Muscotah, was born
in Pennsylvania in 1845 and was raised on a farm, where he, remained until 1867,
coming to Kansas and locating in Jackson County one mile west and one mile north of his
present location, moving to his present location a few years ago. He has 120 acres all
under cultivation with good buildings, fences, etc. He was united in marriage in 1866,
toMiss Catharine A. Schrack, and has four children, viz: Edmund, Samuel, Ann, Marietta.
He is a member of the Methodist Church.

B. RAWLINS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 15, Township 6, Range 16, P. O.
Holton, was born in Kentucky in 1829. Early in life he was apprenticed to a hatter at
Irving, Ky., and followed the hatters’ trade for ten years. In 1855 he engaged in farming,
and has since followed that occupation. In 1868 he came to Kansas, settling on his present
location. He was married in 1856, in Kentucky, to Miss Vennetta Rawlins, and has
one child—Anna.

VALENTINE WORLEY, farmer, Section 35, Township 6, Range 16, P. O. Larkin,
was born in Virginia, in 1801. In 1820, he went to Tennessee, where he remained until 1835,
moving to Putnam County, Ind.; going to Pike County, IIL, in 1843, and 1850 to Jo Daviess
County, Iowa, and in 1866 he moved to his present location in Jackson County, Kan..
where he owns 300 acres of land. He was married in Carter County, Tenn,, in 1827 to Miss
Elizabeth Arnold, and has raised a family of nine children—James, Henry, Rebecca, Michael,
John, Andrew, Jacob, David and Elizabeth. During his residence in Tennessee he raised

_acompany of militia and was for many years the captain of the company. During the war.

of the Rebellion all of his sons responded to the call for volunteers and all served their
term of enlistment. He, as well'as his family, have been connected with the Methodist
Church for some years.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.

ISAAC CORDON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Netawaka, was born in Cambridge-
shire, England, in 1806. In 1856 he emigrated to America and settled at Princeton, N. Y.,
where he lived one year, when he moved to Vermont, IIl., there he, engaged in farmin
until 1862, when he moved to Kansas, locating on his present site. He has 200 acres o
land, with good fences and improvements. He has been twice married. The first marriage
took place in 1826, in England, to Miss Charlotte Roberts, by whom he had six children—
Charlotte, George, Robert, Isaac, Mahalia and Thedwick. His second marriage occurred in
Hog end ln 1855, to Mrs. Mary Holmes, by whom he has four children—William, Lizzie

usie and Etta.

J.M. HARTMAN, farmer, P. O. Larkin, was born in Boone County, Mo., September
2, 1831. In 1835 his parents moved to Platte County, Mo., where he remained until 1838
when he moved to Jackson County, Kansas, but shortly afterwards returned to Missouri
and then to Johnson County, Kan.,where he remained one year, moving to Jackson County,
settling four miles southeast of Holton. In 1867 he moved to his present place near the
Jackson and Atchison covnty-line. When twenty-four years of age he was married to Miss
Lucinda J. Hubbard, by whom he has had ten children, nine of whom are living. In politics
Mr, Hartman has always been a liberal Democrat. y

PRESTON M. HUMPHREY, retired farmer,was born in Trumbull County,Ohio, Novem-
ber 7, 1820. His father, Theron Humphrey, and his mother, whose maiden name was Har-
riet Miner,were both natives of Connecticut, but moved to Ohio in an early day. The subject
of this sketch began life on a farm in his native county in Ohio, and there passed his boy-
hood days. At the age of twenty, feeling that he should begin life on his own account, he
set out for the far West. He passed the winter of 1840-41 working near St. Louis. In the
spring of 1841 he went to Platte County, Mo., where he engaged in farming. In 1846. during
the Mexican war he was in the employ of the Government, he drove team to New Mexico,
arriving at Santa Fe on nett 18, 1846. He remained at Santa Fe and its vicinity nearly a
year, when he returned to Platte County, Mo. In 1857 he took up the claim in Jackson
County on which he now resides. In 1858 he pre-empted a claim in Johnson County,
Kan. In 1859 he moved to the farm on which he now resides. Mr. Humphrey’s business
has always been farming, as the fine improvements on his farm fully testify. In 1881, in
company with 8. T. Mulligan, he oneeeed in general merchandising at Larkin. On June
15, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Drantha D. Hubbel, a native of Bradford County,
He was a staunch supporter of the princi-
ples of the old Whig party till its dissolution ; since that time he has been identified with
the Democratic party. He held the office of Trustee of Kapioma Township, Atchison
County, one term.

J. JOHNSTON, farmer, P, O. Larkin, was born in Ireland in 1838. At ten years of age
his parents emigrated to America, settling in New York City, where they lived until 1853
when they moved to Michigan, locating near Jackson. In 1860 young Johnston
entered a dry goods store at that place,where he remained until 1865, when he went to Linn
County, Lowa, and engaged in stock-raising andfarming. In 1879 he moved to Kansas and
located at Valley Falls. In 1881 he moved to Larkin an engaged in general merchandising.
In 1882 he sold out and is now engaged in farming and stock-raising.

R. C. SWEANEY, postmaster, Larkin, was born in Estill County, Ky., in 1817, and
was raised at Brush Creek Iron Works, Green County. In_ 1889 he engaged in the
manufacturing of tobacco which he followed until 1845, when he was appointed Deputy
Sheriff of Green County, Ky., which office he held until his removal to Buchanan County,
Mo., in 1849. While in Kentucky he held the rank of Colonel of militia. On his remova
to Missouri he engaged in farming for one year. 1850 h: bought a large flouring-mill near
St. Joseph, but shortly afterwards it was burned, devolving on him a considerable loss. In
1852 he bought a mill in St. Joseph. In 1855 he built a mill at Stewartsville, Mo. In 1857

. he was engaged in milling at Elwood, Kan. In 1854 he took up aclaim near Wathena, Kan.,

but shortly afterwardssold it. In 1860 he moved to Arrington, Kan., where he engaged in
teaching school and farming until 1864 when he went to Montana, but returned in 1866 to
Arrington, where he remained until 1874 when he went to Georgia but returned in 1875 to
Larkin, Kan., where he has sinceresided. In 1880 he was appointed postmaster of the place.
He has held the office of Justice of the Peace at various times and holds that office at pres-
ent. He was married in Russell County, Ky., in 1844, to Miss Caroline McCraven, and has
had fourteen children, two only are now living—Robert M. and Rosilla,
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PAWNEE

eee County was a part of the original hunting grounds of the
once powerful tribe of Pawnee Indians, and after them it was named.
There are two counties between it and the Indian Territory; four between
itand Nebraska; five between it and Colorado; nine between it and Missouri.
Its present area is 756 square miles, in Ranges 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20. As first
constituted in 1868 it contained 540 square miles, being eighteen miles from
north to south; thirty miles from east to west.

The Arkansas River running through from the southwestern to the
northeastern portion of the county, has on it and on its main tributary, Paw-
nee Fork, which passes through the central portion of the county and empties
into the Arkansas at Larned, a body of bottom land, which makes about 25
per cent of the county. There is also a small tributary of the Arkansas in
the northeastern part of the county, and there is Big Coon Creek coming in
from the southwest, from Edwards County, emptying into the Arkansas at
Garfield. Four miles is the average width of the bottoms; the general sur-
face of the 75 percent of upland is gently undulating. About 1 per
cetit of the county is forest, by government survey. *

Sandstone of excellent quality abounds in the county; it is specially
abundant on Pawnee Fork. Magnesium limestone is found in the north-
west part of the county.
In Pawnee Township,
gypsum is reported; in
Larned Township, fire
and pottery clay and
ochre are found; in
Pleasant Valley Town-
ship, fire clay and
ochre. There are some
indications of coal in
the high lands between
the Pawnee and Arkan-
sas. The county is well
supplied with. springs,
and well water is ob-
tained at an average
depth of 15 feet.. The
leading varieties of tim-
ber are ash, hox-elder
and elm.

GENERAL HISTORY.

In 1872, George B.
Cox settled in Larned
Township; a_ colony
from Geneva, Ohio, set-
tled in Garfield Town-
ship in May, 1878;
Adams Peabody in
Pleasant Valley ‘Town-
ship in ees be aelten
Brown in Brown’sGrove
Township in 1875. Cole- 4 E D W A R D

ove & Russell estab- School Houses
ished a general store at
Larned in June, 1872:
E. W. Grover, at Gar-
field, in 1878. He was
ona at Garfield,

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une 14, 1873; George (a) Brown’s Grove Township 570
B. Cox, at Larned, in ib) cae Hamnenlp .
1872; in 1862 a post- (c) Grant Township. 228
office was established at o Lamed Townel’e cn ae a
the military post at (f) Pleasant Ridge Township.........--------------+ 326

Fort Larned. D. A.

Bright and Emma Post were married at Larned, September 15, 1873; a
daughter was born at Larned February 22, 1873, to Mrs. R. J. Garrison;
to Mr. and Mrs. William Cary, at Garfield, in August, 1873. It is said
that there are only six persons in Pawnee County who were living there in
1872, to wit: Henry Booth, A. H. Boyd, F. S. Burleson, F. C. Hawkins,
T. McCarthy and George Nolan. Messrs. Booth, Boyd and McCarthy were
there in 1871; Boyd and Booth in 1869; Mr. Booth in 1864.

A greater number of counties were organized in Kansas in the year 1872,
than there had been in any year since 1855. Reno County was organized

January 1, 1872: Smith, February 1; Harvey, April 10; Barton, May 16;

Russell and Phillips in July; Norton, August 22; Pawnee, November 4;
Rooks, November 26; Pawnee being the eighth one of the year, and as then ex-
isting, the sixty-fifth in order, in the State. Its special County Commissioners
were A. H. Boyd, (Chairman,) George B. Cox and W. A. Russell and D. A.

 

POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS,
(Organized in 1872.)

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

COUNTY.

Bright, Special County Clerk. These officers were in power by virtue of a
proclamation, issued by Governor James M. Harvey, fixing the date of
county organizations, November 4, and Larned as temporary county seat/
At this meeting Larned Township was formed, with voting place at Boyd’s
& Cox’s hotel; Pawnee Township voting place, at Booth’s sutler store.
June 4, 1873, three municipal townships were established. Pawnee in
the northwest; Larned in the southeast; Garfield in the southwest. At
the election November 4, 1873, in Larned 38 votes were polled; 26 in Paw-
nee; 16 in Garfield Township. August 1, 1876, Plum Township was formed;
afterwards it was changed to the name of Pleasant Valley. August 7, 1877,
Walnut Township was organized. August 27, Brown’s Grove Township; -
in 1878, Pledsant Ridge Township was formed; in 1880, Grant Township;
in 1881, Ash Valley and Conkling townships. Pleasant Valley in the
southeast, contains something more than four Congressional townships.
Brown’s Grove in the northwest has four; Grant lying east of it has two;
Pawnee east of the south part of Grant has two; Larned and Pleasant
Ridge on the east and south, are of Pawnee, are more or less irregular in
their shape; Garfield on the south, contains a little more than two Con-
gressional townships; Walnut is Township 20, Range 16; Ash Valley is
Rownahip 20, Range
17; Conkling is Town-
G 0. ship 20, Range 17,
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ELECTIONS.

The first gendral elec-
tion occurred November 5,
1872; the canvass of the vote
showed that A. H. Boyd,
George B. Cox and W. S.
Patton were elected County
Commissioners; George No-
lan, County Clerk and Clerk
of the District Court; D. A.
Bright, Register of Deeds,
County Attorney, and Pro-
bate Judge; F. C. Hawkins,
Sheriff; W. A. Russell,
County Treasurer; Henr:
Booth, County Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction.

The county has never
hadacourt house. Its yearly
rentals for offices amount to
about $475. May 10, 1873,
the County Commissioners
contracted with Cox and
Boyd at $350 a year for
county offices at their hotel.

The record of the votes
cast by Pawnee County, at
the Presidential elections
during the last ten years, is
as follows: 1872, Grant, 22,
Greeley, 27; 1876, Hayes,
369, Tilden, 49, Cooper, 9;
1880, Garfield. 697, Hancock,
235, Weaver, 17. The fol-
lowing has been the Guber-
natorial vote: 1872, Osborne,
Republican, 20, Walker, Lib-
eral. 17; 1874, Osborne, Re-
publican, 110, Cusey, Liber-
al, 64; 1876, Anthony, Re-
publican, 355, Martin, Dem-
ocrat, 129, Hudson, National
9, Paulsen, Temperance, 1;
1878, St. John, Republican,
647, Goodin, Democrat, 196,

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: 1880, Mitchell, National, 30; 1880,

Pleasant Valley Township ................------- 913 NS aU One ees 4

St. John, Republican, 689,

B Walnut Township... ccscececccus conc cccce sence 499 Ross, Democrat, 248, Vroo-
Total... secs - essence 5396 «man, National, 14; 1882, St.

Jobn, _ Republican, 427,
Glick, Democrat, 308, Rob-
sa National, s Probi

: . e vote on the Probi-
bition Amendment in 1880, was 604, for; 218, against. On the proposition for a Constitu-
tional Convention, the vote was 406, for; 349, against; the only county in the State giving
a mae for it.

Legislative Representation.—The county has been represented in the Senate by M. M.
Murdock, of Sedgwick; Henry C. St. Clair, of Sumner; Thomas T. Taylor, of Reno; J. C.
Strang, of Pawnee; and Simon Motz, of Ellis. Its Representatives have been Henry
Booth, J. M. Miller, William White, Nelson Adams, David H. Waite, John Bennyworth
and William Rhea. pore S

Pawnee County is the One Hundred and Sixteenth Representative District by the Ap-

ortionment Act of 1881, and a part of the Thirty-fifth Senatorial District. Its Judge of the
district Court was Samuel R. Peters when it was a part of the Ninth Judicial District;
since it has been in the Sixteenth Judicial District, J. C. Strang is its Judge.

i et “ county officers pe been as follows:

ounly Commissioners.—A. H. Boyd, George B. Cox, W. A. Russell, T. J. Clark, H. P.
Walcott, Timothy McCarty, Paul T. Caslett, W. S. Patton, Heury Salmons, William Hay- ~
a aan George E, Hubbard, E, B. Stilson, Jacob G: Heaton, W. H. Brinkman,

County Clerks.—D. A. Bri i ij
Tamer Mr ee right, George Nolan, Timothy McCarthy, Elijah A. Hanon,

Larned City

 

(a) In 1877, from part of Pawnee, and embraces territory formerly in Rush County; in 1880, part to Grant. (b) In 1878, from ong'tal territory; in 1878, pert to Pleasant Ridge.

(c) In 1880, from part of Brown's Grove. (d) In 1873, from en territory, in 1876, part to Pleasant Valley; in 1877, part to Walnut, e

parts to Brown’s Grove and Walnut. (f) In 1878, from part o!

Garfield. (g) In 1876, from part of Larned, (hy In 1877, from parts of Larned and Pawnee.

In 1873, from part of Rush County; in 1877,
PAWNEE

= anne Treasurers.—W. A. Russell, J. M. Miller, A. O. Bruner, J. N. Jenkins, W.
. Br . “

Registers of Deeds.—D. A. Bright, George Nolan, James F. Whitney, W. C. Edwards.
‘ eee . C. Hawkins, Archibald Bracken, D. B. Christy, J. B Bratten, Burton

y-

County Surveyors.—J. P. Worrall, J. C. McElroy, 8. S$. Dickinson, Gilbert Bedell, W.
K. Truesdell. ae

Probate Judges.—D. A. Bright, Wester7R. Davis, Jr., T. H. Edwards, C. C. McCombs,
Charles Sturdevant. |

County Attorneys.—D. A. Bright, J. M. Van Winkle, N. B. Freeland, J. C. Strang, J.
M. Van Winkle. —
w fier of District Court.—George Nolan, W. J. Christie, Daniel Funk, George

. Sroufe. oe

Superintendents of Public Instruction.—Henry Booth, Miss ‘Emma Johnst d
Manning. M.D. Bailey, ir. Emma Bedell, ii - pe ee ae

ts Coroners have been J. C. Tousley, Gallatin Brown, W. H. B: . A. i
R.A. Trimble, J. M. Cummins. ‘ : Dene anes

Henry Booth was Chief Clerk of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1875 and in
1876. Gilbert Bedell was Assistant Postmaster of the House, at the session of 1881; he was
Postmaster at the session of 1883, —

J.C. Strang resigned his position as State Senator to become Judge of the Sixteenth
Judicial District.

STATISTICS,

ca
The assessment of property in the county for 1878, was $992,543; for 1882, it was
$1,092,869.23. The railroad assessment for 1880, was $215,775 94; in 1882, it was $238,645.23.
Of its taxable lands, 35,101 acres are under cultivation; it has 461 improved town lots;
259,976 acres of its unimproved land are taxable.
In 1882, by the returns of the Township Assessor, the population of the county

a8 4,323. E

In 1874, the first farm was cultivated in the county. There was that year in crops 5
acres of Hungarian, 10 acres of millet, 33 of spring wheat, 45 of oats, 59 of Irish potatoes,
83 of old Jand corn, 1,217 acres on sod. ,

Of swine, there was 26; sheep, 110; mules, 29; horses, 138; cattle, 320; in orchards, 61
acres; 3,050 pounds of butter. In 1875 there were 1,541 sheep; 7,095 pounds of butter;
2,660 acres in corn; 748, in winter wheat; 556, in oats; 94 inrye. In 1876 there were 3,415
sheep; 3,131 acres in winter wheat; 289 acres, in barley; 39 acres in sorghum; 16 acres, in
broomcorn. In 1877, there were 5,208 shevp; 8,968 acres in winter wheat; 5,768 acres in corn;
1,501, in Hungarian and millet; 584. horses. In 1878, there were 6,393 sheep; 1,312 swine;
855 milch cows; 17,719 pounds of butter; 930 horses; 19,207 acres in winter wheat; 9,157,
in corn; 2,194, in oats, 929in broom corn. In 1879, there were 1,682 horses; 1,227 milch’cows;
2,188 swine; 72,935 pounds of butter: 450 pounds of cheese; 32,094 acres in winter wheat;
14,084, in corn; 7,546 in oats. In 1880, there were 7,233 sheep; 1,391 milch cows; 82,227
pounds of butter; 35,566 acres in winter wheat; 2,262in broom corn; 7,072 in rice corn; 7,882 in
Hungarian and millet. In 1881, there were 15,462 sheep; 1,551 milch cows; 2,788 pounds of
cheese; 130,203 pounds of butter; 433 mules. In 1882, there were 28,482 sheep; 6,98)
pounds of cheese; 1,919 milch cows; other cattle, 3,819; 10,726 acres in broom corn; 5,195
acres insorghum, J ,643 acres in rye.

The wool clip from Pawnee County for the year 1881, of 75,940 pounds, and its increase
of 13,020 sheep—nearly 100 per cent—from 1881 to 1882, is an earnest of the great
development of this interest in the county in the future. The high dry land away
from the valleys is especially adapted to this branch of business, and the climate is almost
unexcelied. Among the large sheep owners of 1882 were the following: G. H. Wa‘sworth,
3,300; J. Huddlestone, 3,100; G. Wright, 1,400; Joshua Smith, 1,100; William Crosby, 600;
Carter & Lewis, 400; H. A. Smith. 300; E. Rogers, 164; D. T. Sabin, 108.

In 1872 there were 8 organized school districts; in 1875, there were 11, witha valua-
tion of school property of $650; in 1876, there were 15 school districts and 9 school build-
ings, which with grounds, furniture and apparatus were valued at $10,120; in 1877, there
were 22 districts, valuation of school property was $22,336; in 1878, there were 88 districts,
valuation of school property $32,103; in 1879, there were 50 school districts; in 1880, 53
school districts, valuation of school property $39,867; in 1882, there were 54 organized
school districts. The school building at Larned is a neat brick structure, situated at the
north part of the town on quite a commanding eminence. Six teachers are employed; Jonas
M. Ross is the principal, The present County Superintendent of Public Instruction, Mrs.
Bedell, was Superintendent six years previously as Miss Emma Johnston.

LARNED. 5

The southeast quarter of Section 82, Township 21, Range 16, was laid
out as a town site, December 15, 1873. It was proved up as such before D.
A. Bright, the Probate Judge. The west half of the west half of Section
33, Township 21, Range 16, became a part of the town. Jerry Toles and
John W. Adams and Mary his wife, were the grantors.

Adams’ Addition of about fifty acres, was made January 30, 1875.
Adams, Strang, Krusen & Smith’s Addition, which included what remained
outside of the town in the northeast quarter of Section 32, Township 21,
Range 16, was platted and recorded January 24, 1876. Adam’s Sécond Ad-
dition, a tract 800 feet square was platted and recorded June 19, 1876.
Adams’ Park Addition, a small tract east of the former additions, was
made a matter of record, June 10, 1878.

The city officers for 1882, were William Rhea, Mayor; Isaac Booth,
William Crosby, Henry Reed, H. W. Schroder, Charles Van Horn, Council-
men; L. H. Corse, Police Judge; M. D. Bennyworth, Marshal: J. W. Mor-
ris, City Attorney; James Doughty, City Clerk; J. E. Wood, City Treas-

.urer; H. 8. Roff, City Weigher.

*The hotels are the Windsor, Larned, Farmers’ and Central; there are
four grain dealers, five dry-goods houses, four grocery houses, three drug-
gists, two hardware stores, three jewelry establishments, two boot and shoe
dealers, two blacksmiths, two wagon makers, two meat markets, two lumber
dealers, three livery stables, two harness and saddle makers and dealers, six
confectioners and bakers, two banking houses, two barbers, three coal dealers,
five physicians, four attorneys, two tailors, two millinery establishments, three
real estate and insurance agents, one painter. Marymee & Co. run the Larned
Broom Factory; Cement Baker furnishes concrete chimneys. The Larned
Pottery Company manufacture large quantities of jugs, crocks, jars, tile,
etc. _E. G. Seeley deals in books, stationary and fancy goods, at the post-
office news stand, and keeps daily papers and periodicals. Tim McCarthy
is the postmaster.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Churches.—There are scveral church organizations at Larned, and some of them have
commodious houses of worship. Bishop G. P. enews pastor of the First Missionary
Baptist (colored), Pawnee County had a population of thirty-two colored, by the census of

Rev. J. V. Allison is pastor of the Baptist Church at Larned, which holds services
at the Centennial schoolhouse. There are five organizations of this church in
Pawnee County, and a membership of about 200. Rev. J. M. Rich is pastor of the Metho-
dist Church at Larned. There are fifteen church organizations in the county, with a mem-

hership of about 300. There are two Presbyterian organizations in the county; anda
membership exceeding 200. The Larned Church has a neat edifice on Main Street and

COUNTY. r351

Rev. A. E. Thompson is pastor. The Church of Christ holds meetings in Foles’ Hall,
There are three organizations in the county, and a membership of 300. Rev. J. Ferdinand
Wolf, 0. S. B., is pastor of the Roman Catholic Church at Larned. There are two organ-
izations in the county. with a membership of 200. Of Lutherans there are about 25 in
the county. Adams Peabody, the State Missionary of the Swedenborgians has a home
across the Arkansas, southwest of Larned. He preaches here semi-occasionally, and labors
at Dodge, page City, Parsons, Morris County, and elsewhere.

Societées —Larned Lodge No. 167. A.,F. & A. M.. has a large membership. Henry Booth

. M.; W. A. Garver, Sec. Excelsior Chapter No. 40, Royal Arch Masons, has a good
membership. W. 0. Oldham, H. P., George A. Sells, Sec. Apollo Commandery, No. 16,
K. T., meets in regular conclave at Masonic Hall, first and third Fridays of each month.
N. J. Krusen, E, C.; W. C. Edwards, Rec. Larned Lodge, No. 129.1. 0. O. F., meets evel
Thursday evening, at Odd Fellows’ Hall. Frank Spencer, N. G.; H. Kling, V. G.; 8. K.
Van Voorhees, Sec.; Daniel Funk, per. Sec. The Equitable Aid Union meets every Satur-
day evening, at Odd Fellows’ Hall. Rev. John Thomas, Chancellor; Mrs. L. C. Thomas,
Advocate; T. M. Johnson, Pres.; A. J. Burdick, Sec.; W. R. Carr, Accnt. The Grand
Army of the Republic has a Post here. ;

Newspaper History.—Larned has been much of a newspaper town; having had about
half a dozen different papers. The Larned Press was established by W. C. Thompkins, in
1878. It was a newsy paper, devoted to the upbuilding of the great interests of the Arkan-
sas Valley, and aggressively Republican in its politics. The Press was merged into the Hnter-
prise which was established April 1, 1878. Henry Inman, one of the most graceful jour-
nalists of the State was its editor. It is now (1883), the Chronoscope, R. H. Ballinger, editor
and proprietor.

The Larned Republican was started in 1876, its existence was for about one year.

The Pawnee County Herald—‘‘A bulletin of news, a disseminator of useful knowledge,
an advocate of industry,” was started January 6, 1877; S. W. Davis, editor and proprietor.
i Aes py conuened in November, 1878 and its material was used in the publication of

e ic.

The Larned Optic was started November 27, 1878, by H. H. Doyle. Its motto was:
“Independent in all things; neutral in nothing.” It is now (1883), Republican in politics,
T. E, Leftwich, editor and proprietor.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

NELSON ADAMS, attorney-at-law. He came to Ogletree, Johnson County, Kan., in
December, 1849, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1871; thenceto Iola, Allen Co.,
in same occupation. In 1873 he went to Topeka, and the same winter clerked in Legisla-
ture. and in March, 1874, came to Larned, Kan., aud opened a law office. He was born
in Ross County, Ohio, June 21, 1850, and was raised in his native county, living there until
1864. Enlisted in March of latter year in Company K, Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry. Participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Jonesburg, etc. He was mustered out
August 26, 1865. He then emigrated to Independence, Mo., and lived there two years;
thence to Kansas. He began the study of law at the latter place in Missouri, in 1866, and
was admitted to the bar May 7, 1373, at Great Bend. Appointed County Attorney same
year. Elected Representative to the Legislature from the 116th district in 1873. He was
married in 1875, to Miss Lillie Brecken, of Henry County, Ill. They ‘have three
children—Wirt, George. and Ross. Heisa member of B. F. Larned Post, No. 8. G. A. R.

AVERY AINSWORTH, clerk in receiving office of United States Land Office. He came
to Augusta, Butler Co , Kan., in the spring of 1870; went into the United States Land Office
there in October, 1870, as clerk, removed with the office to Wichita, Kan., in March, 1872,
where he remained until the office was removed to Larned, since which he has been in the
above capacity. He was born in Medina County, Ohio, May 1, 1847, and was raised and
educated in his native county. He was married January 18, 1871, to Miss Hattie A. Ains-
worth, of Pleasant Hill.Mo. They have three children—Bruce, Charles, and Ruth. He is
a member of the Masonic order of Larned.

R. H. BALLINGER, editor and. proprietor of the Larned Chronoscope, newspaper, He
came to Pawnee County, Kan., in May, 1873, and engaged in farming and stock-raising,
which he yet continues. He now owns about 300 head of cattle. He became the proprietor
of the Chronoscope July 9, 1880. His paper has now a circulation of 800, and is Republican
in politics. He was born in Knox County, Ky., February 7, 1833, and lived in his native
place until 1848. He then lived for some time in Illinois, Iowa. and Missouri, in the practice
of law. He enlisted August 21,:1861, in Company A, Third Jllinois Cavalry, His first pro-
motion was to Second Lieutenant, then Captain of his company, he afterward became
Colonel of the Third Mississippi Colored Regiment. He was mustered out in March, 1864.
He was educated-under John Russell, a graduate of Yale College. He began the study of
law in 1856, in_the law office of A. Lincoln, Springfield, Tl. He was admitted to the bar in
Polk County, Iowa, in 1857. He was postmaster of Virden, Ill., six years. Subsequent to
enlisting he served as assistant journal clerk of the Kansas Legislature. He was married
in 1857. to Miss Mary E. Norton, of Chatham, Ill. They have one son—Richard A., now
completing his junior year in Williams College, Mass. He is a member of the B. F. Larned
Post. No. 8, G. A. R.

D. BARDRICK, dealer in a general line of hardware and groceries. He opened trade
in the fall of 1877, now carries a stock of $5,500. He first came to Larned, Kan., in the
spring of 1877. He was born in Bedfordshire, England, May 29, 1827. Came to America
with his parents in 1837, locating in Vermillion County, Ill., where they lived a few years;
thence to Sangamon County, Ill.. He was raised ona farm. He studied and was ordained
to the holy ministry in 1857. His first charge was at Decatur. IIl.. in the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. He has followed preaching twenty-two years of his life, having been an active
laborer in the Methodist Episcopal Church in various places in Ilinois, until he came to
Larned, Kan.; he has also preached many times in the latter State. He was married in 1878,
to Miss Sarah Bennyworth, of Macoupin County. Il.

JOHN R. BASIGER, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddlery, trunks and valises
and everything pertaining to a first class harness shop. He opened trade in March 1879
and employs from three to five men. He carries an average stock of $3,000. His store is
22x60 feet. He first came to Larned in March, 1879, sold goods as a traveling salesman
two years in Kansas. He was born in Wangen, Switzerland, March 31, 1840. He came with
his parents to America in 1854 and was raised in Delaware County, Ohio. ‘ He enlisted April
22, 1861, in Company, I, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, transferred January 8, 1863, into
Company B, Thirteenth Veteran Reserve Corps and served as hospital steward in the lat-
ter. He was mustered out April 22, 1864, being the first soldier mustered out of the United
States volunteer service who had served a three years term. He re-entered the service July 27,
1864, as Second Lieutenant, and was mustered in as Captain of Company H, One Hundred and
Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Iufantry the September following, and participated in the
battles of Overall Creek and Cedars, Tenn., and Kingston, N. C., and many skirmishes. Was
mustered out on July 8, 1865. He soon went to Cass County, Mo., and farmed a year and
then went into the harness business at Harrisonville, Mo., until 1877, when he went on the
road asa salesman for a St. Louis leather house and to introduce his patent hook and terrett
pad and hame strap buckle. He was married in December, 1870, to Miss Ellen J. Smith, of
Kenton, Ohio, -He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church of Larned.

DR. H. H. BLACK, physician and surgeon, came te Larned, Kansas, in November,
1882, and opened a medical office, he is also largely engaged in raising sheep, having a ranch
a few miles from Larned. He was born in Elkton, Todd County, Ky., November 14, 1840.
His parents moved to Hancock County, Il]., when he was a small boy, where he was raised.
He was educated in Indianapolis, Ind., graduating from Butler University, in the class of
1865. He soon afterwards began the study and practice of medicine, graduating from the
Indiana Medical a of Indianapolis in the class of 1877. He then practiced medicine
in Hancock County, Ill., until he came to Kansas. He enlisted in 1862 in Company E,
Seventy-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Participating in all the battles of his command
he was mustered out in the fall of 1863. He was married in November, 1869, to Miss Sarah
J. Kelley, of Eastport, Me. They have four children—Mary Eva, Charles Alden, James
Robert and Clarence Garfield. He and his family are members of the Christian Church.
Re isa TEP of the I. 0. O. F. Equitable Aid Union and Hancock County, IIll., Medical

sociation.

CAPTAIN HENRY BOOTH, Recorder, United States Land Office, was born in York-
shire, England May 11, 1838; came to the United States with his parents in 1841, locating
at Woonsocket, R. I. where he resided until he was eighteen years of age. He then came
West, and in September, 1856, settled at Manhattan, Riley Co., Kan., and took aclaim of 160
acres on the Big Blue. In August, 1862, he enlisted as private in Company F, Eleventh
Kansas Infantry. He was promoted to First Sergeant of his company shortly after. He
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served about one year and a half in this company. _ He was given authority to raise a com-
pany for this regiment at the time it was transferred to cavalry. He was first commissioned
as First Lieutenant. As soon as the onan had its complement of men he was commis-
sioned Captain of Company L, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry. He participated in the
battles of Old Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove and Van Buren, in Arkansas. During the
Price raid the regiment was ordered to Kansas, while here, Captain Booth was in command
of Fort Riley. “He was detailed on the staff of the commanding officer of the district as
Chief of Cavalry and Inspecting Officer of the district of the upper Arkansas While on
an inspection tour, Captain Booth, accompanied by another officer, while separated
from their escort, were attacked by twenty-eight Indians and had a very narrow
escape from death. He was wounded in two places, and the other officer recerved four
wounds; twenty-two arrows were taken from the wagon in which they were. _ One Indian
was killed by Capt. Booth. The sy ome was afterwards sent to the plains and had several
battles and skirmishes with the Indians in the Wyoming Territory. He was mustered out in
September, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth. He returned to Riley County and went into the hard
ware and agricultural implement business at Manhattan. In 1867 he was elected to the
legislature, receiving the unanimous vote of the county. _In 1869 he was appointed post-
master at Fort Larned, in which he continued until the spring of 1878, when, with others, he
started the town of Larned, Pawnee County. He built and resided in the first house in the
town. He was elected to the legislature from Pawnee County, in the fall of 1873, and again
in the fall of 1874. In 1875 he was elected Chief Clerk of the Kansas House of Representa-
tives, and elected again to the position in 1876. In 1878 he was appointed Receiver of the
United States Land Office at Larned; re-appointed to the same position in 1882. Capt.
Booth has taken an active and important part in building up the southwestern part of the
State. May 1, 1867, he married Miss Lucy M. Preston, of Manhattan, daughter of Rey. N,
O. Preston, who was until his death in February, 1866, a professor in the State Agricultural
College, at Manhattan. By this marriage he has four children—Frederick P., Nathaniel
O, Lottie and William, allliving. He is member of the Presbyterian Episcopal Church;
also a member of Apollo Commanding No. 16 K. T., of Larned.

C. BOWER, of the firm of C. Bower & Bro. His brother, Henry A., became‘a partner in
1878. They manufacture wagons, buggies and do general blacksmithing, employ three men.
Mr. C, Bower opened business alone in the spring of 1876. He first came to Burlington,
Kan., in the fall of 1865; farmed until 1873, when he went to Dodge City and followed black-
smithing two years. He then came to Fort Larned and engaged in the same business two and
-one half years; he then located permanently in Larned. Erected hig shops spring 1877, Size
of which are 35x90 feet, two stories high, ata cost of $1,500. They do an annual business of
$4,000. He was born near Lexington, Gallatin Co., Ky., April 27, 1854. _ Parents moved
with their famiiy to Edwards County, Il , 1860, where he lived until 1865. Married J: anuary
1, 1876, to Miss Elisa Pierce, a native of Waukesha County, Wis. They have three children:
Mande, Flora, and Frederick. He is a member of Masonic order and has been a member of
the Larned City Council three terms. 5

A. BRACKEN, dealer in all kinds of fresh and salt meats, also buys and ships live stock
by thecar load. He opened the first meat market in Larned in 1873. He was born in Wood-
ford County, ll., June 21, 1829, and lived in his native county until 1854, thence to Marshall
County, in the same State, and eaeeres in boating on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. He
enljsted in July, 1862, in Company B, Eighty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Partici-
pated in all the battles of his command; after eighteen months of service he was appointed
regimental quartermaster. He participated in William T, Sherman’s march to the sea and
also the Atlanta campaign and was mustered out June 11, 1865. He was married in 1856, to
Miss Esther York, of Marshall County,. Ill., formerly of Bangor, Me. They have three
children—Lillie E., married to Nelson Adams, a iawyer, of Larned; Willard S., a clerk in
the United States Land Office at Larned and Charles at home. He is a member of the I.0O.
O. F. He has served as Deputy Sheriff of Pawnee County onc term and one term as Sheriff.
He has served as a member of the City Council of Larned one term. 7

J. B. BRATTEN, dealer in horses and cattle, came to Larned February 28, 1876, and
engaged in hotel business and livery. Elected Sheriff of Pawnee County in the fall of 1878
and served one term. He was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., March 29, 1850, lived
in native County until twenty-six years old. Married in 1875 to Miss Sadie Grier of same
place. They have two children—Carrie A., born March 31, 1880; Elgie, born November 8,
1882. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, of Larned. f

WILLIAM H. BRINKMAN, of Brinkman Bros., dealers in lumber and grain. He
opened trade in Larned, Kan., in 1874, and carries a general stock of lumber and building
material of all kinds, a stock of $5,000. He first came to Kansas in March, 1871, locating
in Ellsworth, came to Larned in September, 1874. _ He was born in Carroll County, Ohio.
June 28, 1837. Was raised in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Married in 1875 to Miss Mary M.
Walters, of Delta, Fulton Co., Ohio. _ They have two children—Ada M. and Frank
Waters. He is a member of Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery A., F. & A. M. of
Larned, Kan.

A. BROWN, dealer in coal, grain and flour, feed, seeds and vegetables. He opened
trade March 8, 1878. He deals in general produce and employs three men constantly in the
business and does a trade of $2,000 perannum. He first came to Kansas February 22, 1878,
locating at Larned. He was born in Livingston County, Lester Township, N. Y. August
24,1825. He lived in his native place until thirty years old, thence’ went to Will
County, JlL., and engaged in agricultural pursuits about twenty years, thence to Larned,
Kan. He was married in February, 1852, to Miss Martha M. Terney, of Fairfield, Conn. He
is a member of the Presbyterian Charch, I. O. O. F. and Equitable Aid Union.

W. H. CAMP, proprietor of Cherry Dale cattle ranch, Pawnee County, Kan., was born
in Campbell County, Ga., November 12, 1842. Was raised in his native county. During the
civil war he was a member of the First Georgia Cavalry. He was married in 1863 to Miss
Annie E. Galbreath, of Knox County, Tenn. t the close of the war he commenced busi-
ness in the South, as a cotton planter; followed that until 1869, when he moved to Atlanta,
Ga., and commenced the wholesale grocery business. In 1877 he moved to Larned, Kan.,
opening a farm and stockranch. The Cherry Dale ranch comprises over 1,000 acres of fine
grazing land, on which he holds a fine herd of cattle. He has 600 acres of land under cul-
tivation, 500 planted in wheat this year. In connection with his agricultural and stock-
raising, he does a loan and real estate business in the city of Larned. They have aan
children—Kate E., William Mathew, Joseph A., Awilda W., Annie Gertrude, Maude 'T.,
Charles H. and Lee. .

P. T. CURLETT, dealer in dry ponds clothing, hats and caps, etc. He opened the
present trade in 1882. He first came to Kansas in 1865 and was appointed post trader in 1872.
From 1866 to 1872 he clerked in the Quartermaster’s Department in various places in Kan-
sas. He then continued as post trader until 1879, at Fort Larned. He then continued agri+
cultural pursuits until he came to Larned. He is ee ae extensively engaged in farming
and stock-raising. Since coming to Kansas he has followed various occupations; at one
time he edited a newspaper. He was born in Canada in 1847 and was raised in his native
country. He came to the United States at the age of eighteen years. He camped at Fort
arsed, July 4, 1866, then on his way to New Mexico, He has served as Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners for five years. He was postmaster at Fort Larned seven years,
and held the same office at Fort Harker for some time. He took the United States Census
for 1880 in Pawnee County. He is a member of the three branches of Masonry and the
I. 0. 0. F. He was married in 1877 to Miss Hattie Johnson, of Corning, N. Y. They have
two children—Donald B. and Richard V. :

S. B. CURLETT, dealer in, and manufacturer of, harness, saddles, etc., opened trade in
July 1882, and carries an average stock of $1,000. J. E. Curlett, manager of the above busi-
ness, first came to Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,in 1866. He came to Pawnce County in 1873 and
remained two years asa clerk at Fort Larned. He then traveled extensively in_various
localities and finally returned to Fort Larned. He worked eighteen months at Fort Dodge as
post saddler. He was born on Prince Edwards Island, Canada, September 1, 1843, livin,
there twenty years. He began the harness trade when only seventeen years old. Worke
at the business four years at Titusville, Pa. He was married in 1873, to MissS. B.’Johnson, of
Beaver, Beaver Co., Pa. They have one daughter—Edith A. His wife is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A.M.

M. L. DANIELS, physician and. surgeon, came to Pawnee Rock, Kan., in September,
1876, and continued the practice of medicine until October, 1882, when he permanently
located in Larned, where he has since continued the practice of his profession. He was
porn in Franklin County, Pa., June 8, 1847, lived in his native county until ten years of age,
when he with his family moved to Christian County, Ill., where he was raised. He began
the study of medicine when he was a boy, attended one term at McDowell’s Medical College
of St. Louis, Mo., and began his profession in Christian County, Ill., where he continued
until he came to Kansas, He has been engaged steadily in his profession since 1870. He

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

was married in 1869 to Miss L. C. Branstetter, of Pike County, Mo. He is a member of the
Pawnee County Medical Society.

JAMES KI DOUGHTY, of the firm of Freeland & Doughty, attorneys-at-law. He came
to Larned, Kan., in November 1878, ard opened a law office. He was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, February 26, 1853, and was raised in his native place and in Chicago, Ill., living in the
latter place until thirteen years old. He began the study of law in Cincinnati, hio, in
1874, and graduated from the law Gepariment of Cincinnati College in May, 1878, and was
admitted to the bar of practice in all the courts of Ohio at the same time. He began the

ractice of his profession in his native city and there continued until he came to Kansas.
He was appointed Justice of the Peace in apa, 1879 and elected to the same office in the
spring of 1880; he was also appointed City Clerk of Larned in April, 1882. He was admitted
to the bar of practice in the district courts of Pawnee County in 1879. .

G. A. DUNN, dealer ina general line of household furniture, carpets and undertakin,

coods. He is also undertaker for Larned City, He also keeps a large stock of musical
instruments, sewing machines, etc. He opened trade December 8, 1881, and now carries
a general stock of $8,000. He has the most extensive store of the kind in Pawnee County.
The size of his rooms is 130x25 feet. He employs two men in the business. He first
came to Kansas in the fall of 1877, locating on afarm near Larned. He followed agricult-
ural pursuits and stock-raising until he opened the above trade. He was born in Van
Buren County, Iowa, December 19, 1849, and was raised and educated in that county.
Went to Clinton, Henry Co., Mo., in 1869, and farmed for eight years, when he came to
Kansas. Mr. Dunn was married in 1868 to Miss Emma_A. Smith, of Van Buren County,
Iowa. They have three sons—Clinton M., Edwin, and Bert. Mr. Dunn is a member of
theI. 0.0, F. He has served as Township Trustee, and as Cengas Enumerator in the
United States Census of 1880.

N. B. FREELAND, attorney, of the firm of Freeland & Dougaty, attorneys and coun-
selors-at-law. They do a regular law business, and represent the North British Mercantile
Insurance Company. They also transact business before the United States Land Office,
Mr. Freeland came to Beloit, Kan., in 1872, where he taught school for some time. He was
admitted to the bar of practice in the district courts of Mitchell County Kan,, in the winter of
1872-73. He came to Larned in 1874 and opened a law office. He was born in Blandinville,
Ill., December 22, 1844, and raised in McDonough County, Ill. Enlisted August 3, 1861, in
Companics D and E, Twenty-eight [linois Volunteer Infantry, participating in_all the battles
of hiy command. Was mustered out April 6, 1866. He then attended a private school at
Monroe, Mo., for some time and began the study of law in 1872. He was married in 1877 to
Miss Alice Town, of Ellington, N. Y. They have three children—Edwin 8., Edith L., and
Arthur L. He is a member of B. F. Larned Post, No. 8,G. A. R. He was County Attorney
of Pawnee County, Kan., for the term of 1878-79. S 5

DANIEL FUNK, Clerk of District Court, came to Larned in April 1876 and engaged in
the lumber and coal business until August 15, 1876. In November of the same year he was
elected Clerk of the District Court and re-elected the pucceet tay term. Re-elected in
November 1882. He has served one year as City Clerk of Larned. He was born in Hocking
County, Ohio, near Logan, the county-seat, February 16, 1840; lived in his native place un-
til 1864 and emigrated to Macon, Illinois, where he followed teaching until 1870; he then
engaged in buying and Sine eral, produce, etc., until he came to Kansas. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F. and a Democrat in politics.

W. H. GILL, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Larned. He owns the northwest quarter ,
of Section 8, northeast quarter of Section 7, and Section 5, comprising 960 acres of fine land,
540 of which are cultivated. He came to this place in March, 1874. He raised and threshed.
the first bushel of wheat in Pawnee County. In 1882 he raised 2,000 bushels of wheat. In
1878 he raised 4,300 bushels. He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, June 19, 1826. He
lived in his native county until sixteen years of age, moved to Lee County, Iowa, in 1843,
where he followed farming and stock-raising. He enlisted August 14, 1862, in Company
E, Nineteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was made First Lieutenant and participated in
the siege of Vicksburg and several battles, having command of his company a share of the time.
He was mustered out July 8, 1868. He lived in lowa until he emigrated to Kansas. He wax mar--
ried in October, 1850, to:-Miss E. B. Arnold of Dearborn County, Indiana. They have three
children—William A., Pearl I, and Minnie E. He is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, He is Vice-President of the Kansas State Fair Association and is one of
the original directors of the same. He is superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sab-
bath-school at Larned. ;

E. A. HANON, of the firm of Hanon & Wolfe, dealers in dry goods, boots and shoes,
groceries, etc. Mr. Hanon opened business September 22, 1881. Their store is 143 feet
long, by 25 feet wide. They now carry a stock of $7,000. Mr. Hanon came to Larned in the
spring of 1874, and followed farming until the fall of 1877, when he was elected County
Clerk and served two ycars, after which he servedas deputy of the same office until he em-
barked in the mercantile business. He was born in Christian County, Ilinois, August 18,
1846, living in his native county until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1873 to Miss
Mary J. Gore of the same place. ‘They have four children—Owen M., Walter S., William
V.and Aecola Blanche. He isa member of the Blue Lodge A., F. & A. M.

F.C. HAWKINS, proprietor of livery, sale and feed stable and city auctioneer. He keeps
anumber one livery. He first came to Park City, Kansas. in 1870,became President of the Town
Site Company and engaged in locating immigrants, etc. He came to Larned April 1, 1872,
labored on the A.,T. & 8S. F. R. R. and various kinds of labor, some time. e was the
first Sheriff of Pawnee County, being elected in the fall of 1872, and, by re-election, held the
office four years; also has served as Deputy United States Marshal for the district of Kansas.
He arrested the notorious desperado John Murray and other noted criminals during his term
of office as Sheriff. Tic has, like many Western men, followed various occupations, such as
the grocery business, dealing in Texas horses etc. and opened the livery business in Decem-
ber, 1882. He was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 24, 1840. His parents moved to
Howard County, Indiana, in 1850, where be was raised and lived until he came to Kansas.
He is a member of the three orders of Masonry of Larned, Kansas.

GEORGE E. HUBBARD, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O., Larned, Pleasant Valley
Township, Section 18, Township 22, Range 15 west. He has 640 acres of land, 400 of which are
cultivated. In 1882 he raised 4,000 bushels of wheat, an average of 25% bushels per acre.
IIis oats averaged 40 bushels per acre and his corn 20 bushels, sorghum 40 bushels of seed
peracre. He is also cngayed in stock- raising quite largely. He came to this place March
1, 1876,and built the first dwelling on the south side of the Arkansas River, in Pawnee County.
He was a member of the Pawnee County Board of 1878,and isa member of the I. 0.
O. F. and B. I’. Larned Post No. 8, G.A.R, He was born in Schoharie County, New York,
July 15, 1884, lived in his native county until twenty years of age, and then moved to La Salle
County, Ul., where he followed farming and his trade of masonry for twenty-one years. He
enlisted, February 11, 1865, in Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, was made Second Lientenant of his company and was mustered out September 14,
1865, He was married October 22, 1856, to Miss Hettie A. Neal, of Westmoreland County, Pa.
They had three children—Franklin C.,Eugene F. and Emma A. His wife died March 27, 1871.
He was again married April 14, 1872, to Caroline M. Davis, of Berkshire County, Massachu-
setts. They have one daughter, Edna B. ;

P. C. HUGHES, attorney-at-law, land, loan and collection agent. He came to Larned
in April, 1876 and opened a law office. He first came to Eureka, Greenwood County, Kan-
sas, in September, 1869, and opened a Jaw office and continued there until he located in Lar-
ned. He has served as J ustice of the Peace nine months, has been United States Commis-
sioners by appointment since 1876, and city attorney at the same time.
Adams County, Illinois, June 15, 1842, and was raised in that coun’
1861, in Company E, Tenth Regiment, Mlinois Volunteer Infantry; f
Re-cnlisted, in May, 1864, Company H, Forty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; mustered
out in September, 1864, He was educated at Quincy, Illinois College and Wesleyan Uni-
versity, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; pee studying law in 1864, in college course; after army
life he entered the law office of E. H. Stiles as a student; admitted to the bar at
Ottumwa, Iowa, in December, 1865; began the practice of law in the s ring of 1866, at
Sedalia, Mo., where he continued until hecame to Kansas. He was married in 1867, to Miss
C, Josephine Middleton, of Ross County, Ohio. They have four children—Otis A., Wirt
M., Myrtle H. and Edwin R. He is a member of the Masonic order, Methodist Episcopal
Church and B. F. Larned Post, No. 8.

E. M. JACKSON, superintendent of the Pawnee Valley Stock Breeders’ Association,
was born in London, Canada, September 24, 1842, and was raised on a farm in his native
country until 1862, and obtained a practical business education. At the latter date he went
to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and engaged as an assistant bookkeeper for six months, then he
went to Chicago, Illinois, and there ecame a clerk in the mercantile houses of De Forest
& Co., and afterward in the large establishment of J. V. Farwell, beginning as a notion,

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boy in the fancy goods, and by gradual promotion, became general salesman and remained
until 1878, when his health failed and he went to Colfax County, northeast New Mexico,
where he engaged in the sheep ranching business and continued until August, 1881, at
which time he came to Kansas and with the assistance of his Mexican herders the above

entleman ae 9,500 sheep to Larned and sold them. He was married in May, 1871, to

iss Mary M. Blood, who was born in Sauk County, Wisconsin, August 1, 1844. They have
two sons—Willard F. and Frederick C. The Pawnee Valley Stock Breeders Association
was incorporated by act of the legislature April 10, 1882; They now control 2,800 acres of as
fine grazing lands ‘as can be found in the State of Kansas; 2,200 acres are fenced. It has
the Pawnee Creek SE eee ia the entire length east and west for a distance of four
miles. This ranch is beautifully located in the midst of as fine a grazing country as can be
foundin the West. It is two miles west of Fort Larned and nine miles west of the cily of
the same name, located in east_ and west Pawnee 'Township, Township 19, Range 21 west.
The grass is principally buffalo, and occasionally patches of gramma grass. They have
about 200 head of all fine bred Clydesdale horses and Kentucky bred mares, They
have also the pe bred Spanish and Kentucky mammoth jacks; also one hundred
head of Kentucky short-horn Durham heifers. This company was incorporated with a
capital stock of $100,000; now all paid up excepting $6,000. _F. E. Sage is president; W.
H. Brinkman Vice-President; W. C. Edwards, Secretary; E. M. Jackson, Superintendent
and J. W. Rush, Treasurer.

THOMAS M. JOHNSON, of the firm of Smith & Johnson, pension, real estate, loan
and insurance agents. He came to Larned, Kansas in November, 1881, and engaged as a
common laborer until he became a member of the above firm. He was born in northwest
Arkansas, November 5, 1858, and was raised in that country; was in Springfield, Mo.
in 1863-64 and in Alton, Tll., in 1864-65; thence returned to his uative place and live
until he came to Kansas, He was raised on a farm, and graduated from the Arkansas In-
dustrial University at Fayetteville in June, 1880; he then engaged in teaching school at
Eureka Springs,’Arkansas. Served as postmaster at the latter place for a number of months.
He was married in 1878 to Miss Anna Degge, of Sarcoxie, Missouri. They have one son—
Millard Frederick. Mr. Johnson is President of the Equitable Aid Union fraternity. He
began the study of law in 1880.

M. A. W. JORDAAN, dealer in general merchandise; he began trade in the spring of
1879. His rooms are 25x60 feet. He employs three perséns in the business and carries a
stock of $10,000. He first came to Larned at the time of opening trade. He was born iu
Holland, April 27, 1848, and came to America in 1866, locating in St. Louis, Missouri, and
became a salesman in the boot and shoe trade. He went into business at High Point, Moni-
tau County, Mo., in 1872, in general merchandising, and continued it until he came to
Kansas. He was married in 1878 to Miss Julia Cramer, of Hermon, Mo. They have three
children—Walter V., John D. and Thera M. :

B.L. KEENEY, Sheriff. He first located in Pawnee County, October 4, 1876, and engaged
in agricultural pursuits until August, 1879,when he came to Larned and clerked; was Deputy
Sheriff two years and elected Sheriff of Pawnee County in the fall of 1881. He was born in
Wyoming County, Pa., December 10, 1840, and raised in his native county. He
enlisted April 23, 1861, in Company I, Sixth Pennsylvania Reserves. He participated in all the
battles of his command;was wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864, and taken
prisoner, being held three days, and was re-captured by Union soldiers; discharged on ac-
count of wound December 29, 1864. After his army life he returned to his native place and
lived until he came to Kansas. He was married September 20, 1865, to Miss Clara Thayer,
of Laceyville, Wyoming County, Penn. His wife died May 19, 1875; was again mar-
ried_October 5, 1882, to Miss Dora Williams, of the latter place. He is @ member of the
Blue Berge Chapter, and Commandery A., F & A, M.; also of B. F., Larned Post No. 8,

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RUFUS KIRK, stock-raiser, came to Larned, Kansas, in the spring of 1876, and engaged
in the cattle business on a small scale. He is one of the members of the Comanche County,
Kansas, Cattle Pool. This cattle pool was formed in the spring of 1879, and is composed
of twelve members. They control 1,250,000 acres of land in southeast Comanche County
and the Indian Territory. They own 50,080 head of cattle. In 1882 they fenced the whole
tract of land at acost of $33,000, making 160 miles of barbed wire fence, four wires high.
They employ forty-eight men, one superintendent and three directors. Each member of
the pool has his own brand and pays expenses according to the number of cattle owned by
him. Mr. Kirk has 1,882 head. He was born in Stark County, Ohio, May 7, 1824; his
father was a farmer and moved to Freeport, Illinois, in 1857, The subject of this sketch
farmed there eight years and followed the livery business some length of time with the
sale of farm implements, etc., until the spring of 1876, when he came to Kansas. He was
married in 1852 to Miss May S. Davis, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four children—
Ada C., now Mrs. A. J. Runner; Mina V. married Mr. W. H. Ziegler, of Larned; Tru-
man H., a clerk in Lowrey Bros,’ store, of Larned; Burton D., at home. Mr. Kirk is a
member of the I. O. O. F. of Larned. ; :

N. J. KRUSEN, stock-raiser and dealer, southwest quarter of Section 32, Township 21,
Range 16. He owns 160 acres adjoining Larned town site on the west; seventy acres of it
are cultivated. He has a stock ranch thirty miles west of the village of Pawnee Creek. He
came to Larned in 1875, and invested quite largely in real estate and the stock business.
He owns a half-interest in the town site. ‘He was born in Tioga County, Pennsylvania,
April 8, 1846, and lived in his native place until twenty-three years of age, and moved to
Lapeer County, Mich., and puseed in the drug business until he came to:'Kansas. He enlisted
August 13, 1864, in Company D,T'wo Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania. Volunteer Infantry.
He was promoted to Commissary Sergeant of his regiment. He participated in the battle of
Fort Steadman, March 25, and at Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and skirmishes at Winchester
Picket Line, and was mustered out June 7, 1865. He was married in 1864 to Miss Elide M.
Closson, of Allegany County, New York. They have two children, Maude M., and
George N. He is a member of the first three orders of Masonry, and Encampment Lodge
I. 0. 0. F. and B. F., Larned Post, No. 8,G. A. R. He has been a member of the City
Council for three years. . : 3:

LOWREY BROTHERS, dealers in a general line of hardware, groceries and agricult-
ural implements. They opened trade in March, 1874, and employed one man in the busi-
ness, ac carried a stock of $2,500. They now employ nine men and carry an average stock
of $25,000. They occupy a brick store of 140 feet, and sixty fect deep and twenty-five feet wide,

‘fronting on two streets. Their individual names are: E. W. and H.J. Lowrey. E.W. Low-
rey first came to Great Bend, Kansas, in August, 1873, and remained six months. Thence
came to Larned and opened the hardware business under the firm name of Fry & Lowrey,
and changed to the present style in the fall of 1878. He was born in Summit County, Ohio,
February 22, 1853, and was raised and educated in his native county. He went to lowa City,
Jowa, and attended the Iowa State University two years. He married in 1880, Miss Mamie
McCracken, of London, Ohio. They have two children, Bessie and Ernest B. Mr. Lowrey
is a Director of the First National Bank of Larned, and a Director of the Pawnee Valley
Stock Breeders Association. He is extensively engaged in stock-raising. He is a member
of the three branches of Masonry. is iy ;

TIM McCARTHY, postmaster, was born in Killarney, County Kerry, Treland, in 1835.
Came to the United States in 1851, living in Boston, Mass., about three years. and in August,
1854 enlisted for general service in the United States army, and was assigned to Company
K, First United States Infantry; served at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor; Fort Duncan,
Texas, and was discharged by reason of expiration of service at Fort Lancaster, same
State, in August, 1859. Te went to New Orleans, La., and from there to New York, on July
4, 1860, when he again enlisted March 11, 1861. Was one of the two hundred selected to re-
enforce Fort Sumter, and sailed in the steamer ‘‘ Baltic’ for that purpose, in, April, 1861;
Tetu:ned, after the surrender, with Major Anderson and his command to Governor’s
Island New York Harbor, and was assigned to Company K, Third United States Infantry.
He par.-cipated in the following battles; First Bull Run, July 21,1861; Siege of Yorktown,
April and May, 1862; Gaines Mills, June 27, 1862; Malvern Hills, June 30, and July 1,
1862; Second Bull Run, August 30, 1862; Antietam, September 17, 1862; Bed orig een
December 13, 14 and 15, 1862; Chancellorsville, May 2, 3 and 4, a July 2, 3,
and 4, 1863; Rappahannock Station, November 7, 1863; after which the regiment was
ordered to Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, for the purpose of recruiting and re-organiz-
ing, at which place he was discharged March 11, 1864, as Sergeant-Major of the regiment.
R>-enlisted May 12, 1864, in Company E, Third United States Infantry, then at Fort Hamilton,
New York Harbor, went with his regiment to the front, and was engaged through General
Grant's Campaign infront of Petersburg, including the eurrender of Lee at Appomattox
Court House, April 9, 1865. Returned to Washington, D. C., after the war closed and was
sent to St. Louis, Missouri, and from there to Jefferson Barracks, same State, and from
there to Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1866, and on the expiration of term of service was discharged

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May 12, 1867, at Fort Wallace, Kansas, as First Sergeant of his Company. He went to
Larned, Kansas, in 1870; was County Commissioner of Pawnee County in 1873; County
Clerk two terms from 1874 to 1878 inclusive, and Mayor of Larned in 1877; eopelnice post-
master in 1878; re-appointed in 1879, when the office was made presidential, and again
re-appointed February 26, 1883. He was married in 1875 to Miss Julia Seely of Knoxville
Pennsylvania. They have one daughter, Nora. He is Post Commander of B. F., Larned
Post No. 8, Department of Kansas Grand Army of the Republic.

CHARLES A. MORRIS, Register United States Land Office at Larned, Kansas, was
born in Clinton County, Es July 2, 1839, and when a child moved with his parents
to Alregany County, New Yerk, educated _in the common schools, and at Friendship and
Richburg Academies, New York; engaged in teaching school at the age of eighteen, and
continued in this vocation until the war of the Rebellion. Enlisted asa private in Company
E, Fifth Regiment New York Cavalry, in July, 1861; participated in all the battles of his
command, until August 2, 1862, when he was severely wounded in a cavalry engagement at
Orange Court House, Virginia, from the effects of which he was subsequently discharged,
when he resumed teaching and the study of law in Clinton County, Pa. In Sep-
tember, 1864, having partly recovered from his wounds, he raised a company of which he
was made captain and the company was assigned to the Two Hundred and Third Regiment
of Pennsylvania Volunteers, as company G. He participated in all the engagements of his
command and was mustered out with his regiment, at Raleigh, North Carolina, June 22,
1865. Removed from Pennsylvania to Kansas in November, 1865, locating at Fort Scott,
and took charge of the mercantile house of J. F. White for one year; was then appointe
Deputy Treasurer of Bourbon County, and remained in that position two years, was then
elected County Treasurer for two consecutive terms; was re-appointed Adjutant-General of
Kansas and private Secretary to Governor Thomas A. Osborn in January, 1873, which posi-
tion he held until February, 1875, when he resigned them and accepted the appointment of
Register of the United States Land Office at Larned, Kansas; was re-appointed in 1879, and
has since held this position. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1875. While residing
at Fort Scott he was for several years City Treasurer and a member of the City Council. He
was a delegate from Kansas to the National Republican Convention held at Philadelphia in
1872, and was a member of the Committee on Resolutions. He was niarried in 1864 to Miss
Elizabath F. Stewart, a daughter of Robert Stewart, of Clinton County, Pa., now of Fort
Scott, Kansas. They have five children: Annie F., Mary E., Ellen G., Louisa and Charles
A. He is a member of the Masonic order, and of the I.0.0.F.

J. W. MORRIS, attorney-at-law, loan and collection agent.
Scott, Kansas, in August, 1866, where he took charge of the
Factory a year. He then became a clerk in the wholesale and retail house of McDonald
& Co.a year. He then engaged in the hotel business about the same length of time. Then
clerked in a drugstore four years, Thence went to Topeka, and took charge of Kansas
State Militia during the Indian war of 1874-75, and in February of the latter ycar he came to
Larned, Kansas, and opened a law office. _ He was born in Allegany County, New York,
February 2, 1844. Was raised and educated in his native county. Began the study of law
in 1867, and was admitted to the bar of practice in the district courts of Pawnee County in
1875. He served as City Attorney in 1882-83. Was married in 1874 to Miss Ella G. Stewart,
of Fort Scott, Kansas, a native of Clinton County, Pennsylvania. They have one daughter,
Emma E._ He is a member of the Masonic order and I. O. O. F.

T. G. PAYNE, general dealer in live-stock and produce, also city auctioneer. Came to
Kansas in 1878. He is interested in cattle raising to quite anextent, having 400 acres of land
near the Arkansas River, all improved, where he also keeps a large amount of cattle. He
was born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1838, lived there until a young man grown, when he
went to Coles County, Ill,, where he farmed and peddled until he came to Kansas. 11 1861,
he enlisted in Company I, Fourteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all
the battles of his command, and was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, and the
second battle of the Wilderness. Was mustered out in June, 1864. He was married in
February, 1873, to Miss L. G. Carr, of Coles County, Il]. They have three children—George
G., Richard E., and Ada. He is now Deputy United States Marshal. Has served as Deputy
Sheriff of Pawnee County, five years, and ably filled several minor offices.

0. V. PROCTOR, dealer in fruits, foreign and domestic confectionery, cigars etc. He
first came to Larned, Kan., in 1876, and engaged in his present business. He owns a stock
ranch seven miles above Larned, on the Arkansas River, where he keeps live-stock. He
was born in Rutland County, Vt., May 21, 1843, in Fair Haven Township, and was raised
in his native county. Enlisted November, 1861, in Barton's Sharpshooters Brigade, and par-
eae in all the battles of his command. He ldst his health from exposure in the army,
and was discharged for disability, contracted while in service, in the fall of 1862. He re-
turned to his home and followed agricultural pursuits for some time. He first came to
Eastern Kansas in 1875, soon he went to Colorado, and returned to Pawnee County in the
spring of 1876. He is a member of B. F. Larned Post, No. 8. Drawsa pension of $18 per
month. Is a Republican in politics.

DR. W. M. RHEA, physician and surgeon; he first came to Larned in the spring of 1878,
and opened a medical office, where he has since practiced his profession. He was born in
Juniata County, Pa., January 26, 1840; lived in Juniata County, Pa., until he was seven
years of age; received his literary education at Mount Holly Institute at Adesville, Pa. -He
graduated from the Medical Department of the Ann Arbor, Mich., University, in the class
of 1869. Hecommenced the practice of his profession at Shade Gap, Huntingdon Co., Pa.,
and continued there until he came to Kansas, pea nine months practice at Mount
Union, Pa. He was married September 29, 1874, to Miss Ellen V. Lupfer, of Perry County,
Pa. They have three children—Oliver L., Mabel M., and Willie. He was Mayor of Larne
in 1882. He was elected to the House of Representatives, State Legislature, in the fall of
1882, from the One Hundred and Sixteenth District of Kansas, He is United States Examin-
ing snigegt for pensions. Heisamember of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A.M.; I. O. O. F. of
East and E. A. U. of Larned.

FRANK E. SAGE, president of the Pawnee Valley Stock Breeders Association. He
first came to Larned, Kan. in August, 1881, and engaged in the stock business. He was born
in London, Canada, January 26, 1842, and lived in his native country until nineteen years old;
thence went to Chicago, I]].. and was a traveling salesman until the fall of 1875, He then
went to Colfax County, N. M., and engaged in the raising of sheep. He had an extensive
ranch, beginning with 2,200 head of sheep, and in July, 1881, sold 10,000 head. He has been
a director and stockholder of the First National Bank of Larned. He is now a member of
the Masonic fraternity of the latter city. He was married July 26, 1864, to Miss Mary M.
Jackson, a native of Canada.

WILLIAM B. SMITH, real estate, loan, insurance, and United ‘States pension agent.
All kinds of government claims successfully prosecuted. He came to Larned, Kan.,
August 1, 1875, and engaged in the above business. He has also been extensively engaged
in erecting buildings, some of which are among the best in the city. He is one of the pro-

rietors of the town site. His dwelling is built of cut stone at a cost of $4,000, size 40x80

eet, twostories high. He was born in Hornelisville, Steuben Co.,N. Y., September 14, 1837,
and was raised in Tioga County, Pa ; lived there until 1859; thence went to Richmond, Ray
Co,. Mo., and taught school two years, thence to Garnett, Anderson Co., Kan., where he
bought a farm of 800 acres and followed agricultural pursuits two years. Returned to
Pennsylvaina, and enlisted October 30, 1863, in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-
eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, was soon after transferred to the Eighteenth
Veteran Reserve Corps. He was ea by foe order, July 21, 1865. He then lo-
cated in Tioga County, Pa., and engaged in real estate, insurance, and pension business,
and there attended to over 3,000 pensions. He was married March 25, 1866, to Miss Sarah
H. Shove, of Tioga County, Pa., a native of Dutchess County, N.Y. They have fonr
children—Gracie, Maggie B., William H., and Francis. He isa member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, the Masonic order, I. 0.0, F., and the Equitable Aid Union.

JUDGE J.C. STRANG, of the Sixteenth Judicial District, comprising ten organized
counties of Kansas, located in Larned, April 21. 1877 and opened a law office in connection
with Mr. Van Winkle, under the firm name of Van Winkle and Strang. In the fall of 1878,
he was elected County Attorney, and served one term. He was elected State Senator from
the Thirty-seventh or Empire District in the fall of 1880, and after serving during the session
of 1880-81, was appointed judge of the same district in March, 1881, and elected to the same
office for a term of four years in the following year, commencing January 8. 1882. Judge Strang
was born in Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., December 31, 1842. He attended the Ithica and
Watkins Academies, graduating from the latter in 1863, after which he attended the private
academy of John A. Jewett, and then commenced the study of law in the office of B. B.
Strang, in Westfield, Pa. He was admitted to practice in the Circuit Court of Wellsboro,
Pa., in 1867, and in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the United States Circuit and
District Courts of the same State in 1868, having commenced the practice of his profession a

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Westfield, in the fall of 1867. He was subsequently elected District Attorney of Tioga County
Pa., and served a full term of three years in that position, practicing in all the courts of the
State. In 1866 he was marvied to Mrs. Mary E. Strang, nee Lyon, their only child being
Lulu, born July 16, 1878. Judge Strang was one of the organizers of the Temperance Vol-
unteers of Kansas, being elected associate G. C. at the first election in Topeka, and at
the second election at Bismarck Grove, taking the place of Mr. Albert Griffin as G. C. The
bill, which after some modifications by the Senate, became the Kansas Prohibitory Law,
was drafted and introduced to that body by Judge Strang. . :

B. F. STOKES, proprietor of livery, sale, and feed stables. He began the business in June
1875, was bummed out July 1, 1877, rebuilt same fall. He now keeps a stock of twenty horses
and ten braes and carriages. He first came to Larned in the fall of 1874, farmed until he
began the above business. He was born in Nichols County, Ky., November 27, 1827.
ee with his parents to penn County, Ill., in 1881, where he was raised and edu-
cated. Since lived in Eureka and Christian counties, and followed farming until he came
to Kansas. He was married in 1849to Miss Elzira C. Cooper of the latter county, Ilimois.
They have two children—John Wesley and Minnie Melvina, He and his family are mem-
bers of the Christian Church. His wife died November 21, 1x81. He was again married
October 7, 1882, to M. E. Lorence, of Larned, Kan., a native of Missouri. He has been a
member of the City Council two years. He has 160 acres of fine land, 100 acres of which are
cultivated. John Wesley, his son, has charge of the same.

W.L. TANNER, general dealer in all kinds of farmers’ produce, live-stock, etc. He
came to Kansas in 1869 and located in Larned in business in 1876. He engaged in butcher-
ing and running a meat market four years; then into his present business, etc. Ile was born
in Bradford County, Pa., September 18,1843, and was raised in his native county. Enlisted
May 15, 1861, in Company F, Sixth Pennsylvania Reserves, and served for three years,
re-enlisted in One Hundred and Ninety-first Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry;
participated in all the battles of his command and was discharged from hospital June 14,
1865; wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor and taken prisoner August 19, 1864; wounded
April 9, 1865, at Appomatox Court House, at Gen. R. E. Lee's surrender. After his
army life he farmed and followed various occupations until he came to Kansas. Married
in 1875, to Miss Mary E. Evans, of Tioga County, Pa. They have two children—Gracie A.
and Daniel C.

R. A. TRIMBLE, physician and surgeon and dealer in a general line of drugs and
medicines. He came to Larned in the fall of 1875, where he hag since continued the prac-
tice of his profession. He opened the drug business in the fall of 1880, and carries an
average stock of $2,000. He first came to Douglas County, Kan., in the summer of 1869,
and practiced medicine at Lecompton, until he came to Larned. He was born in Flemings-
burg, Ky. October 17, 1838, and was raised and educated in his native county. He began the
study of medicine at the age of eighteen under a private instructor. He began the practice of
his profession in Missouri in 1867, in which State he enjoyed an extensive practice. He was
married in the spring of 1861, to Miss Mary E. Liter of Bourbon County, Ky. They have
seven children—Berta, Joseph W., Robert L., Burgess, Susie and Harry, also a daughter
not yet named. The Doctor is a member of the State Central Democratic Committee, and
Chairman of the Pawnee County Central Democratic Committee and appointed Surgeon-Gen-
eral State Militia by Governor Glick. i

CHARLES VAN HORNE, firm of E. R. & C.Van Horn, proprietors Larned City Steam
Flouring Mills. These mills were moved from Macon City, Ill., and erected in Larned in
the summer of 1876. Size, 40 feet square, with one elevator 24x40 feet, three stories high
and basement, propelled by a forty-five horse-power engine. The capacity of the mills is
20,000 pounds of flour in twenty-four hours. Capacity of the elevator is 400 bushels per
hour. The mills and elevator cost $30,000 in round numbers. They employ six men in
the business. Mr. Charles Van Horne came to Larned in November, 1875, and began im-
provements, etc.; came with his family in 1877. He was born in Schoharie County, N. Y.,
August 3, 1828; moved with his parents to Jersey County, Ill , in 1833, where he was raised;
moved to Macon County, I]]., on a farm in 1866, and engaged in agricultural pursuits one year;
clerked in Macon County Flouring Mills a short time, after which he en and operated
them until he removed to Kansas. Sold one-half interest to his brother, KE. R. Van Horne,
in 1868. Charles Van Horne was married in 1855, to Miss Sarah A. Van Horne of Delaware
County, N. Y. They have three children—Charles E., now clerk in Lowrey Brothers’ store
at Larned; Nellie and Willard E., students in Larned City school. Mr. Van Horne has been
a member of City Council some time.

J. M. VAN WINKLE, County Attorney, came to Larned in March, 1874, and opened a
law office. He was born in Shelby County, Ill., August 12, 1847, and was raised in Christian
County, Ill.; educated in his native State; attended Lenox Collegiate Institute of Hopkin-
ton, Iowa; entered the law office of J.C. McBride as a student in 1871, at Taylorsville, Ill.;
admitted to the bar of practice in the District Court in June,,1874. He was elected to the
office of County Attorney the following fall, and by re-election has held the office three
terms. Married in October, 1878, to Miss Anna Lyon of Steuben County,N. Y. They
have one son and a daughter—Paul, born September 6, 1879, and Gretchen, born September
19, 1881. He is a member of the Masonic order of Larned, and a ee in politics.
Heis now extensively engaged in the stock business, owning a ranch ten miles north of
Larned consisting of 320 acres fine land, and keeps the improved shorthorn Durhams and
Herford cattle imported.

W.H. VERNON, attorney-at-law, isa member of the firm of Van Winkle & Vernon.
They do a regular law aud general collection business. He first came to Douglas County,
Kan., from Linn County, Mo., in the fall of 1869. He eae and attended school for some
time; was also a student in the North Missouri State Normal School two years. Began
the study of law in 1873, in the law office of Thacher & Stevens, of Lawrence, Kan. He
was admitted to the bar to practice in the District Courts of Douglas County, May 20, 1875.
He then began the practice of law, and clerked in the office of the County Attorney of Douglas
County until he came to Larned, where he opened a law and loan office in October, 1575.
He was married April 8, 1874, to Miss EllaS. Pate, of Clarksville, Va, They have four
cbildren—Estella N., Laura P., William H., and Robert Pate. Mrs. Vernon is aniece of
Territorial Governor Woodson. Mr. Vernon was born in Athens County, Ohio, February
6, 1852, where he lived until fourteen years of age, when he came to Linn County, Mo.

G. H. WADSWORTH, stock-raiser and dealer in real estate. He is also agent for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Jands, He also deals largely in wool. In 1882 he
bought and shipped 350,000 pounds of wool, all the product of Southwestern Kansas. He
has a sheep ranch eleven miles southeast of Larned, consisting of 1,200 acres fine grazin
lands. He contemplates making an additional purchase which will include 2,560 acres total.
He is the pioneer sheep man of Pawnee County, and now has astock of over 8,000 graded me-
rinosheep. Hedealsalso quite largelyincattle. He first came to Pawnee County in 1875, and
brought over 2,000 head of the above varieties of sheep. He was born in Courtland County,
N. Y., August 18, 1830, and was raised in Cattaraugus and Chantauqua conntics until 1854,
He then went to Kane County, Ill., where he engaged in farming and stock-raising until
1866; thence emigrated to Cedar County, Iowa, and followed the same business until he
came to Kansas. He was married in December, 1854, to Miss Adaline F. Woodward of
Papieegee County, N.Y. They have two children—Mattie D., married to Mr. Jacob
Holttine a row a widow; husband died in 1878; Charles F. now has charge of their
sheep ranch.

AMES F. WHITNEY, County Clerk, came to Larned, Kan., in April, 1874, locating on
a homestead. He followed agricultural pursuits until elected Register of Deeds in the fall
of 1875 for one term; expired in 1878; on farmed until elected to his present office in the
fall of 1879 and by re-election has since held the office. He was born in Coles County, IIL.,
September 4, 1843. Lived in his native county until 1851; thence went to Pendleton
County, Ky., where he lived until 1861, and July 31, 1861, he enlisted in Company D,
Forty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry; was wounded in the battles of Fort Donaldson and
Shiloh, and was discharged November 10, 1862, on account of wounds. He then clerked
in a sutler’s store of different regiments for two years, after which he settled on a farm near
Nattoon, Ill., and farmed until 1870; thence went to Texas, where he engaged in farming
and stock-raising for some time and then came to Kansas. He was married in 1865 to Miss
Alice Hamblen, of Mattoon, Ill. They have five children—Walter H., Ruby A., James
Hs MEE P., and Jerry T., Bessie (deceased). He is a member of B. F. Larned Post,
G. A. R.

OTHER TOWNS.

Garfield.—In Pawnee County the grasshoppers appeared about the 25th
of July,and made a total destruction of crops. Consequent upon the destitu-
tion that followed, a writer said: ‘‘ We think that if energy is displayed but

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

few in our county will require outside aid. We have no utter deprivation
yet.” I. H. Leavitt, from the Ohio Township, or Garfield district, wrote that
seven families of thirty persons would require assistance. Harrison Nelson
was President of the Garfield Town Company, and the town was located
December 8, 1873, on the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Sec-
tion 1, Township 23, Range 18. ere was a serpentine addition to the
town made March 4, 1879; H. P. Wolcott twas President of the Town
Company. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company located
an experimental garden of forestry here. It embraces the southeast. cor-
ner and extends across Big Coon Creek, to the southwest corner. Trees
have been grown of many varieties with very considerable success. A beau-
tifully arranged cemetery was laid out here, and its plat recorded Februar

23, 1882. The plat of Point View cemetery was recorded August 3, 1880,

Fort Larned. About six miles west of Larned, in the center of the
Military Reservation of 11,000 acres of land, is Fort Larned, which is neat
in all of its apartments. The buildings are of stone. Troops occupy this
beautiful fort.

Brown's Grove is a thriving inland village in the township of the same
name, about two miles and a half from the'west line of the county. It is
beautifully situated on the banks of the Pawnee River. This village was
platted in 1876, on Section 28, Township 21, Range 20. It is surrounded
by a very fine farming country; some of the finest yields of wheat ever kxyown
in Kansas have been harvested in this part of the Pawnee valley.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—miIscELLANEOUs.

T. H. BARRETT, stock raiser, Section 24, Township 21, Range 2), P. O. Browns
Grove. He has 48u acres of land and now has eighty head of cattle. The fir.n name is
Barrett & Roche. Five years ago, or in 1879, they began with one cow and a yoke of oxen,
They began farming and bought what cattle their scanty means would allow. They farmed
two years and never realized as much grain as they sowed in the ground. Mr. Barrett
was born in Honesdale, Wayne Co., Pa., March 23, 1850, and was raised in his native
county. Lived some time in the State of New York. He was married in 1878, to Miss
Mary E. Roche, a native of Canada. They raise their stock at an annual cost of $1.50

er head.

: MAJ. L. H. BOWLUS, stock-dealer, Garfield, handles all kinds of live-stock. He first
came to Sun City, Barber County, and engaged in merchandising in 1871; followed the busi-
ness until 1875; was absent from the State a year. In June, 1876, he came to Garfield and
engaged in the above business. He was born in Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio, April 25,
1839. He lived in his native county until he came to Kansas. Enlisted in April, 1862, in
Company E, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; transferred to the Ninth Ohio Cavalry in
1863; participated in ull the battles of hiscommand; promoted to Captain of Company E,
and afterward of Company K. Ninth Ohio Cavalry, and finally to Major of his regiment;
mustered out in August. 1865. He then went to Knoxville, Tenn., and engaged in the
mercantile business until 1867. Thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, in the same business until
he came to Kansas. Married in 1876, to Sarah A. Cross of Wood County, Ohio. They have
five children—Harry T., Ida M., Maud B., Don L. and Roscoe V. V. He served as County
Commissioner of Barber County two terms.

R. A. BRADLEY, dealer ina general stock of drugs, medicines, dry goods and gro-
ceries, Garfield, He opened trade m December, 1877, and first carried a stock of $3,500;
has since reduced stock to $3,000; erected his store in 1877, size of which is 20x50 feet, two
stories high, at a cost of $1,800. He was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 9, 1845,
and was raised in his native county. Enlisted in April, 1851, in Company K, Nineteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Re-enlisted October 8, same year, in Company K, Forty-first Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry, as a veteran, and was promoted to First Sergeant, participating in all the
battles of his command; mustered out in March, 1865. He then traveled for his health
some time. Then engaged in merchandising three years at Windsor, Ashtabula Co., Ohio
after which he came to Kansas. Heis a member of the Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and
I. 0. 0. Was married in 1880 to Mrs. Hattie A. Coy (Coates). They have two children—
Bertha and Irwin R.

Cc. R. CASE, dealer in general merchandise, Brown’s Grove, opened trade in Novem-
ber, 1881; carries an average stock of about $2,000. He first located on a farm five miles
west of Brown's Grove in 1877, and followed agricultural pursuits until he opened trade.
He was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., February 6, 1844, and was raised in his native
county. Went to New York City in 1869, and engaged 1n trucking until he came to Kansas.
He was married in May, 1865, to Miss Ann Russell of the samecounty, N. Y. They have
four children—Lillie, Ella, Charlie and Florence. He is a member of Brown’s Grove
School Board.

A. B. DEATON, stock-raiser, Section 24, Township 21, Range 20, P. O. Brown's Grove.
He has 320 acres of land, 40 of which are cultivated. He came to his place in July, 1875
He owns seventy-five head of cattle. They cost annually for keeping about $3 pee head.
In this place he can raise steers up to four years for about $12. He was born in Woodford
County, Ill, November 22, 1839, and was raised in Morgan County. He moved to
Nebraska, locating in Richardson County, in 1864, and farmed there until he came to
Kansas. [Te was married in 1864, to Miss Filena McCarty of Gallia County, Ohio, She
tas, bors February 14,1844. They have four children—Manual L., Nellie, Ernest and

rederick,

THEODORE DIRLAM, firm of Erickson, Polson & Dirlam, dealers in general mer-
chandise,Garficld,opened trade in December, 1879. Mr. Dirlam became part of the above firm
in November, 1482. Their store was erected in the fall of 1882, size 20x40 feet. ‘They carry a
stock ‘of $6,000, Mr, Dirlam came to Kansas,in March, 1873; moved with his family io
June, 1874. Tle followed farming, stock-raising and dairying until he became interested in
the above business. Was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, January 22, 1842, and raised on
a farm in Loraine County, Ohio. In 1864 he enlisted in the one-hundred-day service,
Company B, One Hundred and Sixty ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered
out in the fallof the same year. He returned home and followed farming and dairyin,
some time, finally embarked in the grocery trade which he followed some time. Marri
in 1845 to Miss Philena Harrington of Sullivan, Ashland Co., Ohio, They-havetwo children
—Minnie A. and Lena A.

FRED DITUS, stock-raiser, keeps a livery and feed stable at Brown’s Grove; came to
Edwards County, Kan., in March, 1877, and followed farming for three years. He then
moved to Brown's Grove, and engaged in the above business. He now has about eighty
head of cattle. ee out $1.50 per annum per head for keeping his cattle in 1882, He
was born in Baden, German, January 1, 1844. He came to America in 1851 with his parents
and settled in Will County, IN)., and was raised on a farm. He enlisted in 1862, in Company
F, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the
battles of his command, and was mustered out in the fall of 1865. He was married January
1, 1858, to Miss Lucilla Ludington, a native of Ohio. They have seven children—Alma
F., Jessie R., Kate, Lucy, Nellie, Carl and Effie R. He isa member of the Masonic order,
and is now Deputy Sheriff of Pawnee County.

E. A. JOHNSON, firm of Johnson & Wright, proprietors Pawnee Valley Water Mills,
Browns Grove. These mills were erected in 1879 by Mayer & Johnson, changed to present
firm name in May, 1882. These mills are built of cut-stone at a cost of $10,000, 26x88 feet,
35 feet high and three stories. Has a head of 20 feet; capacity is seventy-five barrels ina
day. Mr. E. A. Johnson came to Emporia Kansas, in 1876, and engaged in milling.
He was born in Denmark, July 17,1850; came to America in 1860 with: is parents and
located in Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1865, where he was raised. He began milling at the
age of twenty-one years, peng Iowa at that time. Married in 1880, to Miss Lizzie

Hall, of Emporia, Kan. They have one daughter—Gertrude M. He is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife is a member of the Con regational Church.

JOHN HALL, farmer and stock-raiser, Riverside Township, P. @. Paynes Rock, Bar-
ton County, Section 10, Township 21, Range 15. He came to this place February 25, 1876.
He owns 36° acres of land, 200 acres of which are cultivated. In 1882 he raised twenty-one
and one-half tons of broom corn. In 1881 he realized $2,000 for his broom corn. He keeps
CHASE COUNTY.

adairy of fortycows. His farm has a river front of a mile. He was born in Oneida County.
N. Y., December 19, 1832, and lived there until he was nine years old. Then his parents with
their family moved to Northeastern, Ohio, where he lived untjl 1859, when he moved to
Shelby County, Ill. and engaged in farming until he came to Kansas. He was married in
1855, to Miss Polly Pelton, of Geauga County, Ohio. They have ten children—Lydia (mar-
ried to Mr. W. Chase, now of Pawnee Rock), Sarah, Howard, Harry, Della, John, James,
Jane, Maggie and Effie. ‘

D. Y. SABIN, stock-raiser and farmer, came.to Brown’s Grove in September 1877,
engaged in agricultural pursuits and sheep raising, and changed to the cattle business in
the spring of 1882. He has 300 acres of land fenced and keeps 100 head of cattle, etc. He
was born in Franklin County, Vt., January 14, 1832, living in his native county until he was
sixteen years old, when he went with his parents to Norfolk, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. He
soon afterward went to Ripon, Wis., where he lived from 1851 to 1877, being principally
engaged in mercantile business. Was married May 23, 1880, to Miss Lillie Brown, of Carrol-
ton, Greene Co., Ill. They have one daughter, Lutie M. He is a member of Blue Lodge,
A., F. & A. M., and the K. of P. :

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N. O. WAYMIRE, dealer in shelf and heavy hardware, paints, oils and tinware, Gar-
field. He established the business in Garfield, on the Arkansas River, in 1878, opening with
a stock of $1,000, and erected the store in the same year, the size of which is 20x44 feet and
two stories high, built at a cost of $2,00U. He now carries a stock of $1,500. In 1878 Mr.
B. R. Gee was taken into partnership, and the firm was known as Waymire & Gee, and did
business under that name until April, 1880, when Mr. Waymire purchased Mr. Gee’s interest,
and has conducted the business since. He was born in Saybrook, Ashtabula Co., Ohio., Sep-
tember 20, 1849, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas, being raised on a
farm, He was married, December 2%, 1877, to Miss Mary Stephens, of Geneva, Ohio, who
was pare in Cornwall, England, and came to America at the age of five years. They have
no children,

A. W. WELWOOD, stock dealer and raiser, came to Brown’s Grove in the fall of 1880
and engaged in the stock business. He has a stock ranch near the above place and now
has 260 head of cattle. He was born on Long Island, N. Y., December 1, 1855, and lived in
oon Y., untilhe came to Kansas. His stock cost $2.50 per head to tend and feed
them in 1882.

-CHASE COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.

HASE County, named after Salmon P. Chase, who was United States
Senator from, and Governor of, Ohio, and Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, was organized in 1859. It was south and west
of the center of population of Kansas in 1875, and in 1880 this center had
moved some distance west of it. The northern boundary of the

county is 102 miles south of the Nebraska line; its eastern line, 96 miles

tenet. ol

from the State of Missouri; its south-
ern boundary, 75 miles from the _
Indian Territory; and its western Mw 0
boundary, 285 miles from the State RVI
of Colorado. Between it and Mis-
souri there are four counties; there
are six organized counties on the
line west of it. Its area is about 750
square miles. The Cottonwood River
flows through the county in a general
northeasterly and easterly direction,
emptying into the Neosho, in Lyon
County. The valley of this river.
ranges from one to three miles in
width; its soil is chiefly a dark fri-
able loam, varying from five to
twenty-five feet deep, the accumula-
tion of the decayed vegetation of
ages. The river has high steep banks,
and it has a fall of from five to eight
feet in every half a dozen miles, thus
making a series of good water-powers.
The limits of the river valley
are most clearly defined by lines of
bluffs or low and rounded sloping
hills on either side, out of which crop
ledges of magnesian limestone. The
land is very rolling above the line of
bluffs, and in many places it is
broken by the ledges of stone that
come out to the surface. Lying be-
tween the hills are swells of greater
or less dimensions, that possess the
elements of great fertility. The Cot-
tonwood has numerous tributaries;
the principal streams flowing into it
from the north being French, Silver,
Middle, Diamond, Fox, Peyton and
Buckeye, the general course of which
is southeast; from the south, are
Jacobs, Bloody, South Fork, Rock,
Spring, Corn Branch, Coon and
Cedar, whose general course is

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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS

to asummit, then gradually descends southwardly and eastwardly to the
adjacent valley and stream. About 15 per cent of the county is valley land;
50 per cent, good tillable, undulating prairie, and 85 per cent of a
bluffy character. Good well water can be obtained at a depth of about
twenty-five feet.

The streams are well skirted with timber, but the average width of the
belt is less than one half a mile; the forest land of the county is estimated
at 5 per cent. Cottonwood, hackberry, sycamore, hickory, walnut, and

burr oak are the prevailing kinds of

timber.

a G 0 The soil is generally quite strong-
ly iaprep ited with lime; the sub-
soil is of a clayish cast, but in the
western part of the county, there isa
smaller percentage of lime in the
soil, and the subsoil is more porous.
Building stone exists in great quan-
tities, and it is of a most excellent
quality. The west of the State house
is built of it. It is seen in the public
and private buildings at Leaven-
worth, Kansas City and in many of
the principal towns along the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and
its branches. Good brick clay is
found in the valley of the Cotton-
wood. The grasses growing from
this soil are superior in their quali-
ties for fattening stock, and the
sheltered sides of the bluffs, the
nooks at the head of the valleys,
with the abounding timber, with
artificial shelters, make this a pecu-
liarly good county for the raising
and fattening of cattle.

There is comparatively no stag-
nant water in the county,nor swampy
lands, and with the high altitude of
the country, there is a great freedom
from malaria. The winters are usu-
ally short, the spring opens early,
and the autumn days are balmy,
breathing an atmosphere of great
purity with healing in its wings.

Ashlero

TOWNSHIP HISTORY.

Q. | GREENWOOD March 24, 1860, Toledo and Dia-
a mond Creek townships were created,
and the 750 square miles of Chase
County are comprised in five munici-

 

 

north. The head-waters of the Ver-

 
 

 

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1870. 1880. " ;
digris are in the southeastern part a ee pert a i ee
of the county; the stream runs south- Bazaar Township--...--.----------+--------- = 2 noon cee nnen none eet an oN eee AD UO S DOnU CODA 0800,
easterly into Lyon and Greenwood Cottonwood Township. "| a60 | “aaa B. the | sgicegie ns ny pay
and a < : Diamond Creek Township : ae 1 azaar, 1 e sou eas and sou

empties into the Neosho. In gals Township, including Cottonwood City and Cottonwood Falls City 8 187! sentwal: Cottensaod, in the southe

the northeast part of the county is

Toledo Township.----------------------------

western. The two cities in’ the

 

Canola Creek; it passes through the
southeast corner of Marion and emp-

county are in Falls Township,

 

ties into the Neosho, in the south-
west corner of Lyon County. There
are branches of all these tributa- ; ;
ries fed by abounding springs of living water, and this network of running
waters, great and small, give to this county the justly earned reputation of
being one of the finest watered portions of the State of Kansas. These
branches of the Cottonwood possess rich, fertile valleys, varying from half
a.mile to a mile in width. The valleys are mostly on the west and north
side of the streams; on the south and east the land usually rises abruptly

Cottonwood-City .------ ---------- ---- ------
Cottonwood Falls City

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324 Cottonwood Falls and Strong City.
518 The County Commissioners’ districts
are as follows: First district,
Toledo and Bazaar; Second, Falls; Third, Cottonwood and Diamond
Creek.
Toledo.—The area of this township is 138 square miles. Safford and
Elinor, stations on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, are its
rincipal villages. Safford is two miles from the Lyon County line, and
Blinor is three miles west of Safford. J. F. Gillis the station agent and

 

 
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L. P. Ravenscroft is the physician at Safford. It is located on the northeast
eee of Section 15, Township 19, Range 9. It contained 537,100 acres

anuary 5, 1875. In June, 1856, Nathan Cory, Daniel Holsinger and
Gabriel Jacobs settled inthe township. Mr. Pine and Jane Wentworth of
this township were married in 1857. George Holsinger was born in this
township in 1857, 0. Thompson started the first general store at Toledc.
It was in 1859. John Buchanan was the first postmaster. The office was
established in 1858.

In 1863, the Friends erected a house of worship, on the southwest. cor-
ner of the southeast quarter of Section 2, Township 19, Range 9. Their
church was organized in 1859. Schools were kept in private houses in this
township; its first schoolhouse was built in 1864, school district No. 9. The
town site of Toledo was abandoned January 2, 1865. Here is a general
store, and a blacksmith shop and » physician.

-Bazaar.—This township has an area of 178 square miles.
lies from Illinois settled here in 1857, among whom were D
ard, J. Lane and Barnard McCabe.

Some fami-
r. M. R. Leon-
The wife of Dr. Leonard died in 1859,
and John Sharp of this township died in 1860. The first postmaster of
Bazaar, in 1860, was George Leonard. Streckle & Co. started a general
store in 1870. Its first school building was built of logs. It was erected
in district No. 7, in 1860. The Methodists erected their first church building in
1864. Bazaar, Berley, Morgan and Thurman are country post-offices; Mat-
field Green has two general stores, a blacksmith shop, and a good water
flouring-mill. Henry Brandley from this township, tes been Representa-
tive, Senator, and Secretary of the State Senate.

Cottonwood.—Vhis township contains 180 square miles. Homestead
and Wonsevu are country post-offices, located in the limits. Cedar Point is
situated one half mile south of Cedar Grove Station on the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad, which isthe westernmost one in the county. At the
Point there are two general stores, a blacksmith shop, and here Drinkwater
& Schriver have one of the best water grist-mills in the county. The pro-
prietors of Cedar Point are Orlo H. Drinkwater, Peter Schriver, A. B. Em-
erson, Henry Weaver, Philip Frank, Richard O’Neil, and Sumner L.
Roberts. The location is on the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter
of Section 6, Township 21, Range 6, and the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of Section 1, Township 21, Range 5.

J. W. Byrom is the station agent at Cedar Grove, and J. W. Cope is
the agent at Crawfordsville, which is six miles east of Cedar Grove. Joseph
L. Crawford laid out this place, February 25, 1882, on the northwest quar-
ter of Section 23, Township 20, Range 6. This place has two stores, and
it has absorbed what has been known as ‘‘ Hunt’s.” M. Coyne settled in
this township in 1857; the first birth here was December 25, 1857, Lafayette
Hawkins. ry. Fratchet opened a grocery store in 1859. O. H. Drinkwater
was postmaster at Cedar Point in 1862; school district No. 38 was formed
a in 1863, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, a house of worship in

76.

Diamond Creek embraces Townships 18 and 19, of Ranges 6 and 7.
Hymer, Woodhull, and Elk are country post-offices; at Elk is a blacksmith
shop. Elmdale is located on a part of Section 27, Township 19, Range 7.
Stephen M. Wood is President of the Town Company. He has beena Rep-
resentative and Senator, and is now the President of the Board-of Regents,
of the State Agricultural College. A. Seaton is the station agent, and the
hamlet is a neat little town containing a hotel, a drug store, a hardware store,
three general stores, two blacksmith shops, a saw and grist-mill, a loan
agent, a nice passenger depot, post-office, church and schoolhouse. The
town is about four miles due west of Cottonwood Falls. The main street
running east and west has a thrifty, beautiful appearance. In 1854, Seth
Hayes, an Indian trader at Council Grove, located a stock ranch on the
Cottonwood, near the mouth of Diamond Spring Creek. School district No.
1, was formed in this township in 1865; Samuel Beverlin, Probate Judge of
the county, was postmaster at Middle Creek, now Elmdale, in 1866; William
Jeffrey & Son opened a general store in 1872, at Elmdale.

Falls contains an areaof 110 square miles. The towns are Cottonwood
Falls and Strong, which are a little over one mile apart, and are the object-
ive points of the county. James Fisher, a single man from Columbiana
County, Ohio, was the first settler in the county. He located on the south-
west quarter of Section 26, Township 19, Range 8, in 1855, and in 1873 was
robbed and murdered at his own house, by Martin Goss. For the commis-
sion of this crime, Goss had a sentence to the penitentiary for twenty-one
years. Susan Borders, the daughter of Christopher Borders, was born near
Cottonwood Falls, in 1858. She was the first child born in the county. The
family soon after moved into Missouri. In December, 1858, Sidney A.
Breese settled in what became Cottonwood Falls; the oldest living settler.
He was one of the county organizers, the first Assessor, Register of Deeds,
and County Attorney of the county. He has been Clerk of the District
Court, and he entered upon the duties of the office of County Clerk in Jan-
uary, 1870, and his seventh term closes in January, 1884. J. 8S. Doolittle
has been County Commissioner, Clerk of the District Court, County Treas-
urer and Representative. J. B. Smith has been County Treasurer, Commis-
sioner, Assessor and Probate Judge. A. P. Gandy has been County Treas-
urer, County Clerk, and Register of Deeds. A. 5S. Williams has been Com-
missioner and Sheriff. W.8. Romigh has becn County Attorney, Surveyor
and County Clerk. A.S. Howard has been Superintendent of Public In-
struction, District Attorney, County Clerk, Probate Judge and County
Treasurer. J.S. Shipman has been Clerk of the District Court, County Su-
perintendent and County Treasurer. HK. A. Alford has been County Com-
missioner and Representative. D. F. Drinkwater has been Assessor and
Clerk of the District Court. O. H. Drinkwater has been Commissioner and
Representative. F. B, Hunt has been County Attorney and Superintendent.
H. E. Snyder has been Assessor and County Commissioner. . R. Leonard
has been Clerk of the District Court, Representative and Senator. H. L. Hunt

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

has been Commissioner and Senator. OC. C. Whitson has been twelve years
Probate Judge; Miss Mary E. Hunt, six years Superintendent of Public In-
struction; Samuel Buchanan, four years County Treasurer. 8. N. Wood
has been Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction, County At-
torney, District Judge, Representative and Senator, Among the earliest
settlers in Falls Township were James Fisher, Milton Ford and A, P. Went-
worth, who came in 1857. CO. S. Hills was the postmaster at Cottonwood
Falls, in 1858; L. D. Hinckley opened a grocery store here in 1859; school
district No. 6 was organized here in 1862: the Congregational Church in
1870; the Methodist Episcopal, in'1871. The mention made of county offi-
cers in connection with the history of this township, has been because of
their necessary residence therein. As a matter of fact, since 1872, there
has not been a county warrant, township order or bond of any kind that
was not paid at maturity. ; ;

The receipts from the magnificent stone quarries of Falls Township are
rapidly increasing from year to year. There is no county in Kansas where
the wealth per capita is greater than in Chase County. J.S. Shipman, the

roprietor of the Osage mill, which is situated on the Cottonwood, near
hissdale, who manufactures the ‘‘ Wife’s Choice,” and ‘‘ Gilt Edge,” brands
of flour, and entered upon his second term as County Treasurer in October,
1882, has twenty-two persons upon his Treasurer’s bond, among whom are a
dozen names good for over $1,000,000, Chase County has a good climate,
a good soil, a good range, excellent public buildings, and an active, cultured
and progressive people.

WAR RECORD.

Probably no county in the United States of America could show that
27 per cent of its voting population enlisted in 1861, except this
one of Chase. Here were seventy volunteers out of a body of 262 voters,
In Company 1, of the second Kansas Infantry, Samuel N. Wood was mus-
tered in as Captain June 20, 1861,and was afterwards transferred to Fre-
mont’s Battalion. In ‘‘New Company B,” of the Ninth Kansas, Henry
Brantley was mustered out as Captain, July 17, 1865, at Duvall’s Bluff,
Arkansas. Charles 8. Hills was mustered in as Captain of Company D, of
the Tenth Kansas, May 11, 1862, assigned to Company A, and made Lieu-
tenant Colonel, March, 1, 1865. Of the Kansas State Militia, S. N. Wood
was commissioned Brigadier-General February 29, 1864; William S. Smith,
of Cottonwood Falls, was commissioned Colonel of the Eighth Regiment,
July 4, 1864; A. S. Howard, Captain of copay B, January 18, 1864;
H. E. Snyder, First Lieutenant, same date; H. L. Hunt, Second Lieuten-
ant, September 16, 1863. In Company F, H. H. Doolittle was commissioned
Captain November 11, 1863; George W. Williams, March 17, 1864; 0. H.
Drinkwater was commissioned First Lieutenant, November 11, 1863; M. R.
PEE TD November 25, 1863; Asa Taylor, Second Lieutenant, November
11, 1868.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ELECTIONS.

Chase County was established by an act of the Territorial Legislature of 1859, which
was approved by Governor Medary, February 11. Its territory was taken from the
counties of Wise and Butler; the township line between Townships 17 and 18 was made
eee boundary of Wise; that between Townships 21 and 22 the north boundary
of Butler.

Wise and Butler were formed by the Territorial Legislature of 1855, and the name of
Wise was changed to Morris by an act of the Legislature of 1859. The Legislature of 1860
made the eastern boundary of Chase and Butler counties the range line between 9 and 10.
The State Legislature of 1864 provided for the taking off of Township 22 in Ranges 6, 7, 8
and 9 from Butler and making it the southern portion of Chase. In 1873 eighteen sections were
taken off of the east side of Townships 20, 21 and 22, Range5, and madea part of Chase. Gov-
ernor Samuel J. Crawford appointed J. M. Pherson, Sidney A. Breese and Frank Leonard asa
Board of Supervisors to one Chase connie and on March 15, 1859, the Board met and
elected Charles S. Hills as Clerk. It also divided the county into three municipal town-
ships: Falls in the northeast part of the county; Bazaar, in the southeast; Cottonwood, in
the west. The voting places in Falls Township were established at the houses of 8. A.
Breese and Milton Ford; in Bazaar, at the house of Josiah Leonard; in Cottonwood, at the
houses of Levin Daimesand Mr. Boggs. The election was held on March 26, and the whole
number of votes polled was seventy-two.

The Board of Supervisors mct April 1, and on the 2nd canvassed the vote. M. R.
Leonard was elected Probate Judge; A. W. Smith, Sheriff; Sidney A. Breese, Register of
Deeds; R. C. Farnsworth, County Superintendentjof Public Instruction; J. F. R. Leonard,
Surveyor; J. W Hawkins, Coroncr; C. 8. Hills, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. June
8, 1859, the new Board of County Supervisors met at the house of Samuel N. Wood, east of
the present site of Cottonwood Falls, the members being Mr. Wood, Augustus Howell and
Barnard McCabe. Mr. Howell was chosen Chairman.

At the election November &, 1859, Chase County polled 125 votes. Her county officers
elected were as follows: M. R. Leonard, Probate Judge; S. N. Wood, Superintendent of
Public Instruction; Sidney A. Breese, Register of Deeds; M. A. Morris, Sheriff; J.B.
Smith, Treasurer; W.8. Conanty, County Clerk; J. F. R. Leonard, Surveyor; E. F. Wil-
liams, Coroner. The counties of Madison, Chase and Morris constituted the Twenty-third
Representative District, and T. S. Huffaker of Council Grove, was the Representative.
The county of Madison embraced what is now the southern portion of Lyon and the northern
portion of Greenwood. Chase County was included in the Thirteenth Council District,
and John C. Lambdin was chosen Councilman. In the Territorial House of 1861, 8. N.
Wood was the Representative, and in the State Legislature of 1861, he was Senator. At
the election under the Wyandotte Constitution held December 6, 1859, Chase County gave
Charles Robinson 109 votes for Governor; Samuel Medary, 10. Morris, Chase and Butler
counties constituted the Thirtcenth Legislative District; 8. N. Wood of Chase was chosen
Senator; A. J. Chipman of Morris and P. G. D. Morton of Butler were the Representatives.
Chase County on dodge for the Fifth Judicial District cast 96 votes for O. E. Learnard;
31 for J. H. Watson, and Learnard had 9 majority in the district. In the Legislature of
1862, M. R. Leonard of Chase and C. Columbia of Morris were elected Representatives from
the Thirteenth District. Under the first State appointment the counties of Butler, Chase
and Morris constituted respectively the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Repre-
sentative Districts, and Fifteenth Senatorial District. The Senatorial Representation has been
Bleceot Maron ih er ie Leotard e linge: an H. L. Hunt of -Chase; 1866, a

4 , 8. N. Wood o ase; 1868, A. A. Moore of Marion; 1869-70, J. R.
Mead of Butler; 1871-72, Elias 8, Stover of Morris.’ eee?

_ Marion became a part of the district in 1865; 1m 1870 the counties of Cowley and Sedg-
wick. In the apportionment of 1871, the counties of Chase, Marion and Morris became
the Twenty-sixth Senatorial District and its Senators have been as follows: 1873-74, Henry
Brandley of Chase; 1875, Samuel R. Peters of Marion; 1876, Stephen M. Wood of Chase;
1877-80, John T. Bradly of Morris; 1881-83, R. M. Crane of Marion.

Under the Apportionment Act of 1876, these counties constituted the Twenty-ninth
Senatorial District; under that of 1881, it was the Twenty-fourth.

Chase County since 1862 has been representented in the House by the following mem
bers: E. A. Alfred, M. It, Leonard, 8. N. Wood, Henry Brandley, Orlo H, Drinkwater, H-
CHASE COUNTY.

B. Crocker, F. B. Hunt, Stephen M. Wood, J.W. McWilliams, William Jeffre , T. 8. Jones
a a M. Wood, Samuel N. Wood William A. Morgan, J. 8. Doolittle, W. H. Carter.
In the latter part of the session of 187, S. N. Wood was Speaker of the House.
The Presidential vote of Chase County has been as follows: 1864, Lincoln, 79 McLellan,
47; 1868, Grant, 243, Seymour, 71; 1872, Grant, 481, Greeley, 187; 1876, Hayes, 594, Tilden,
214, Cooper, 40; 1880, Garfield, 716, Hancock, 324, Weaver, 409, In 1876 Green Clay Smith
received 6 votes. On the Prohibition Amendment to the State Constitution, the vote cast
in 1880, was 597 for; 660, against. In 1867, on the amendment to strike out the word
“white” from the constitution, the vote was 120 for; 123 against. To strike out the word
“male” the vote stood 118 for; 125 against.
Chase County was located in the Fifth Judicial District, and on November 5, 1861, R.
M. Ruggles was elected Judge, receiving 376 majority over his opponent, W. R.
Saunders, in a vote of 1,554. Ruggles had 8 majority in the county. In 1864 J. H. Watson
had 285 majority over Ruggles in a vote of 1,781. Chase County had a tie vote on J udge.
March 4, 1867, Samuel N. Wood was appointed by Governor Crawford, Judge of the Ninth
Judicial District, which was composed of the counties of Butler, Chase and Marion. Nov-
ember 5, 1867, William R. Brown was elected Judge over Judge Wood, both being residents
of Cottonwood Falls. J adee Brown was again chosen in 1872, having a majority of 302
poles in a vote of 676 cast in the county of Chase. He had 347 less votes than Frank Doster
in Marion.
The Ninth District had taken from it the county of Butler, which was made a par
of the Thirteenth, and the new counties of Harvey, Reno and Rice were made a part of Pine
Ninth Judicial District. Judge Brown in 1874 was elected Member of Congress from the
Third Congressional District, and Samuel R. Peters of Marion in 1875 was appointed J: udge
to fill the vacancy. In 1875 guage Peters was elected without opposition, and again in
1879; the counties of Barton, Rush, Pawnee, Stafford, Edwards, Ford, Pratt, Kingman and
Barbour being the newly organized counties of the district, making then fourteen counties
in all. In 1881 the district was re-organized, the counties of Chase, Marion, Harvey, Reno,
Rice, Kingman and Harper remaining in it. The terms of court in Chase County com:
menced on the fourth Tuesday in May and the first Tuesday in December.
The roster of coteid officers in January, 1883, is as follows: County Commissioners,
P. C. Jeffrey, Archibald Miller, Aaron Jones; County Clerk, Sidney A. Breese; Count
Treasurer, J. S. Shipman; County Attorney, S. P. Young; County Surveyor, W. Ww.
Sanders; County Superintendent, Miss Mary HE. Hunt; Register of Deeds, A. P- Gandy;
- Probate Judge, C. C. Whitson; Clerk of District Court, E. A. Kinne; Coroner, R. Walsh;
Judge of the Ninth Judicial District, Samuel R. Peters, of Newton, Harvey County, Mem-
ber-elect of the Forty-eighth Congress; Secretary of the State Senate from 1877 to 1883,
Henry Brandley. ,

COUNTY BUILDINGS AND GRANGES.

April 8, 1863, the county purchased of George W. Williams, a log-house and a lot fora
courthouse for $175. It is situated northwest of the present court house, and its present
existence in its primitive condition is an illustrative example of a county “Jiving within its
means.” Terms of the District Court were held for a considerable time in the Congrega-
tional Church. .

The voters of Chase Connty on May 23, 1871, gave 285 votes for public buildings; 107
against. Bonds to the amount of $40,000 were voted for public buddies on August 16,
1871, by_a vote of 301 to 284. September 5, 1871, Isaac Alexander donated the west one-
half of Block 28, and the east one-half of Block 29, comprising with the street between,
about two and one-half acres for court house and jail purposes, whenever Cottonwood Falls
was eee could convey to the County of Chase. The Public Square was donated
for school purposes. The town became a city of the third class in 18:2. Its first Mayor
was W. S. Smith; M. C, Newton, City Clerk; C.C. Whitson, Marshal; J.S. Doolittle, Police
Judges George W. Williams and A _§. Howard, were among its Councilmen.

‘he court house bonds were s' ld October 1, 1871, at adiscount of 12 per cent, andgon
October 28, a contract was entered into with James Bannan, of Leavenworth, to erect the
structure for $36,245. It was finished November 13, 1873, and accepted by the County Com-
missioners at a cost of $42,599.88, certain additions having been madeto it. The jail is on
the south end of the building, and it is admirably fitted up for the convenience and safety
of its prisoners, being furnished with the best of cells. The court house is one of the best
in Kansas, it is built on the Renaissance style of architecture, of the period of Louis XIII.
It is three stories high, with a basement and cupola. The jail is two stories high, JohnG.
Haskell, of Lawrence, was the architect.

Diamond Grange, No. 482, organized August 21, 1873, was the first one in the county.
William Jeffrey, Master; B. Jeffrey, Secretary. Thirteen granges followed this, which are
mentioned. in order: Toledo, No. 620, October 14, 1873, C. S. Myser, Master; Thomas Bar-
ber, Secretary. South Fork, No. 676, November 14, 1878, E. B. Crocker, Master; C. W.
Royler, Secretary; Bazaar, No. 707, November 29, 1873, W. G. Patten ,Master; C. M. Brown,
Secretary. Silver Creek, No. 863, January 19, 1874, A. B. Ice, Master; M. E. Hnnt, Secretary.
Falls, No. 918, January 27, 1874, S. N. Wood, Master; J. 8. Doolittle, Secretary. Hymer,
No. 298, January 29, 1874, D. B. Rude, Master; C. M. Rice, Secretary. Vernon, No. 692,
February 5, 1874, J. T. Way, Master; W. P. Martin, Secretary. Cedar Valley, No. 1,403,
February 17, 1874,C. A. Mead, Master; F. LL. Giddings, Secretary. Diamond Center, No.
1,403, February 18, 1874, William Jeffrey, Master; Rober Brash, Secretary. Diamond Val-
ley, <No. 1,405, June 18, 1874, Hewett Craik, Master; William Osmer, Secretary. Matfield
Green, No. 1,106, June 15, 1874, D. W. Mercer, Master; T. A. Bryant, Secretary. Middle
Creek, No. 1,218, March 24, 1874, Ellis Smith, Master; Henry Collet, Secretary. Pleasant
Hill, No. 1,885, May 7, 1875, Fred Pracht, Master; J. F.Campbell, Secretary. Chase County
ease Grange, No. 26, organized September 16, 1875, E. Stolts, Master; T. H. Warton,

ecretary. :

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

There are four teachers employed in the new schoolhouse, completed in 1882, at a cost
of $10,000. This school has a high reputation throughout the State. The pupils number
nearly 300. This site is one of the most sightly places in the town; objects here can be seen
twenty miles distant. In 1867, there were nine schoolhouses in Chase County; in 1870, 18;
in 1878, 85; in 1882, 45, and 58 school rooms. The school population is 2,140. The visitations
of schools by the Superintendent in 1882, was 73 There are 44 School Districts in the
couuty; three of which are joint with Lyon, one with Morris, and one with Marion. The
average school levy is 9.95 mills on the dollar; the schoolhouse bonds voted in 1882, were
$12,850; the total amount of bonds is $16,180, There were 10 teachers of grade one; 42 of
grade two; 12 of grade three. There was one Normal graduate. . .

In 1859, the population of the county was 549; in 1860, 1,046; in 1870, 1,989: in 1875,
8,116; in 1880, 6,081. ' :

The valuation of church property in the county is estimated at $15,000. The organiza-
tions are classified as follows: Roman Catholic, United Presbyterians, and Universalists,
Gale Baptist, Congregationalist, and Christians, each two; Methodists, fourteen;

nakers, one. " .

The county management of Chase has been on a very economical basis. Its early
County Officers worked without pay, and acting upon the admonition: ‘‘Despise not the day
of small things,” the early settlers preferred to labor under inconveniences, rather than
to place themselves under burdensome taxation. The first tax levy was made November
11, 1859, and seven mills was levied for county, and three mills forschool purposes. In
1859, the valuation of real estate was $45,725; of personal property, $25,811; total assess-
ment, $71,536. In 1860, the assessment was as follows: real estate, $131,147; personal prop-
erty, $48,137; town lots, $1,794.50; total, $176,078.40. In 1871, the assessment was $749,457;
in 1882, it was $1,822,860.90, of which $289,460.90 was the assessment of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company. ae

Chase County’s average yield of winter wheat per acre in 1882, was 24 bushels. William
Wood, near Cottonwood Falls, had 24 acres that yielded 44 bushels per acre. Little May
and Fultz are the preferred varieties. The epee wheat average was 16 bushels to the
acre; corn, 40; oats, 45; rye, 18; flax, 10. It has 3,648 horses and mules; 19,500 head of cattle;
7,697 sheep; 5,047 swine, which are mostly of the Berkshire and Poland-China breeds Here
are six months of good grazing; the cost per head for grazing cattle for the season is $1.25.
Prairie hay in stack $2 per ton. There is no herd law in force, and 75 per cent of the
county is open range.

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COTTONWOOD FALLS.

Cottonwood Falls, at the organization of Chase County, was made the
temporary county seat. At the general election held Nowemnbar, 1862,
North Cottonwood Falls received 74 votes; Poland, 26; Bazaar, 2; Cotton-
wood Valley, one vote. North Cottonwood Falls was located on the north-
east Liat of Section 29, Township 19, Range 8. Its plat was filed for rec-
ord January 29, 1861; its proprietors were 8S. D. Hinkley, J. M. Pherson
and J. B. Smith. Its public square, which is in the site of its new, beauti-
ful and spacious school building, contains nearly five acres, and its valuable
and attractive court house, stands on the west half of block 28 and on the
east half of 29. Cottonwood Falls, ‘proper, was located on the southeast
guar of Section 29, Township 19, Range 8. The plat was filed for record

uly 25, 1860. Wood’s Addition to Cottonwood Falls embraced the west
half of the west half of Section 28, Township 19, Range 8. The plat was
recorded September 23, 1872. September 19, 1870, J. W. McWilliams and
F. B. Hunt recorded an addition to the town, which was located on the
west half of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 33,
Township 19, Range 8,

The business of the city is done in what is technically North Cotton-
wood Falls. In reaching this place by rail travelers stop at Strong City,
where there is a conveyance in readiness to take them to the Union House,
at the Falls, which is located but a little distance from the Cottonwood, on
the west side of Broadway, the main street. This street runs directly
south to its termination at the court house ground. At the right of the

   

COURT HOUSE, COTTONWOOD FALLS,

bridge, on the south side of the Cottonwood River, is an excellent water-
mill, and the music of the falling waters as they flow over the dam, added
to the romantic appearance of the country ard the attractions created by
art, make the scene at once joyous, impressive and suggestive. D. C.
Webb, the merchant prince of Strong City, has his business elaborately
lettered by an advertisement on the roof of the mill.

The bridge is of the King pattern, 150 feet in length, and either way
from the river margin, is heavily timbered, and the rich bottom lands con-
tiguous thereto are quite expansive. Cottonwood Falls has two hotels, two
bakeries, two billiard rooms, two confectioneries, two meat markets, two
livery stables, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two millinery estab-
lishments, two furniture houses, two music and sewing machine stores,
two hardware stores, two drug stores, two newspapers, the Leader, Republi-
can; the Courant, Democrat; one lumber yard, one brick yard, one feed
store, one barber shop, one shoe-shop, one paint shop, one harness shop,
one carpenter shop, and seven general stores.

The physicians are W. P. Pugh, J. W. Stone, and W. H. Castler, who is
also a dealer in thoroughbred shorthorns and Berkshire hogs. The. attor-
neys are F'. P. Cochran, T. H. Grisham, 8S. P. Young, Thomas O. Kelley, C.
H. Carswell, the Madden Brothers. C. C. Whitson is an insurance agent,
W., H. Hosinger is a real estate and loan agent. J. W. McWilliams estab-
lished the Chase County Land Agency in 1869, and he has the special agency
for the sale of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad lands, of which
there are nearly 100,000 acres in the county remaining unsold. A.S. Perrigo
is the postmaster.

The Chase County National Bank was organized June, 1882, and began
business August 28, 1882. Its capital is $50,000. The officers are: President,
A.S. Howard; Vice-President, J. D. Minick; Cashier, W. W. Sanders.
Directors, Arch. Miller, C. W. Rogler, William Jeffrey, J. D. Minick, F.
Bernard, Samuel Baker, J. R. Blackshire, A. J. Crocker, A.S. Howard. A
new stone bank building was completed during 1882, at a cost of $9,000,
and occupied by the bank January 1, 1888.

The Congregationalists have a neat frame building, at the southeastern
terminus of Broadway. It was built in 1870 at a cost of about $1,800. S.
N. Wood, 8. H. Perrigo and W. R. Brown were among the pioneers in this
church work. Its first pastor was Rev. H. 5. Brundage. Since then J. G.
Freeborn, Harvey Jones and W. B. Fisher have ministered to the church.
A. J. Crocker and H. N. Simmons are the deacons. It has about 50 mem-
bers in its Sunday-school, and the church membership is about the same.
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The Methodist Episcopal Church erected a building in 1870, at a cost of
about $2,500. This church organized June 12, 1859, with seven members,
J. OC. Fraker, pastor.

The United Presbyterians are now building a stone structure, north-
west of the court house, which will be an ornament to the city. They or-
ganized in 1872.

There are a few Universalists and Spiritualists here, and some of other
Christian denominations.

The Press.—S. N. Wood commenced the publication of the Kansas
Press, a four page, six column paper, at Cottonwood Falls, May 30, 1859.
It was removed to Council Grove, Morris County, in October, 1859, and
afterwards the material was taken to Salina.

In the summer of 1866, S. N. Wood started the Chase County Ban-
ner and ran it until August 8, 1867, when Theodore Alvord managed it
until November, 1868. Mr. Wood continued its publication until the spring
of 1859, when some of the business men of Cottonwood Falls purchased it,
and W. R. Brown and H. L. Hunt were its editors until April, 1870, and
F. E. Smith was publisher. It was then discontinued"and its material was
taken to Winfield, Cowley County.

In the summer of 1870, Frank J. Beck, Albert Follett and R. J. Mc-
Clure began the publication of the Kansas Central Index, but soon after
John Gifford and Albert Yale obtained it, and in January, 1871, they re-
eaten it to Wichita. The above named papers were all ‘Republican in
politics.

William A. Morgan established the Chase County Leader, at. Cotton-
wood Falls, February 6, 1871. It is a financial success and is well sustained
by the Republicans of the county. The office is well located, being on the
corner just north of the Chase County National Banking Association,
which was erected in 1882, on corner of Broadway and Friend Street, one of
the nicest two-story buildings in the city. Both buildings are of the Col-
tonwood magnesian limestone.

The Chase County Courant was established at Cottonwood Falls Octo-
ber 26, 1874, by J.C. Martin and W. E. Timmons. Sept. 1, 1876, W.' E.
Timmons assumed editorial control, and J. C. Martin became local editor.
April 18, 1877, Martin again became associate editor with Timmons. May
15, 1878, Martin sold his interest in the paper to A. J. Crutchfield and
Timmons again became sole editor. July 13,1878, Crutchfield retired, leav-
ing Timmons editor and proprietor. The Courant is Democratic in politics,
having been Independent up to the retirement of Mr. Martin from it, It is
a six-column folio, and Mr. Timmons acts as editor, compositor, ‘‘ devil,”
bookkeeper, business manager, etc., getting out the paper entirely alone,
except on press day when he gets some one to turn the machine—a Taylor
press—while he feeds in the papers. This is the only paper of the same size
in the State, or perhaps in the United States, that is gotten out by one man
unaided, except about one hour each week, while the paper is being run off.
aie real estate papers have been temporarily published at Cottonwood

s.

Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80, A., F. & A. M., was organized at Cotton-
wood Falls, October 22, 1867. William R. Brown was W. W.; W. A.
Cormack, 8. W; H. L. Hunt, J. W. This is an active, prosperous organi-
zation.

Angola Lodge, No. 58, I. 0. O. F., was organized at Cottonwood
Falls, October 15, 1870. Its officers were F. J. Beck, N. G; George W.
Williams, V. G.

Elmdale Lodge, No. 128, was organized October 5, 1875. Its officers
were as follows: S. N. Wood, N. G.; J. Critton, V. G., S. E. Yeomans,
Secretary.

Faith Lodge, No. 204, I. O. G. T. organized at Cottonwood Falls,
June 15, 1871, made choice of the following officers: W. B. Hackett, W.
C. T.; E. A. Thomas, W. V.G. Lodges have been formed in different
parts of the country since that time, and they have been in good working
condition.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ISAAC ALEXANDER, quarryman and contractor, was born September 12, 1838, at
Salem, N. H. Hisearly life was spent as a sailor, when tiring of this life he came to Kan-
sas in May, 1856. He located first at Lawrence, where he remained about six months, en-
gaged in following the trade of a carpenter. He then went to Prairie City, where he re-
mained about the same length of time. InJuly, 1857, he came to Wisc (now Chase) County,
locating at Cottonwood Falls. He then pre-empted a claim of 160 acres, being the north-
west quarter of Section 29, Township 19, Range 8, which he held about fifteen months;
becoming dissatisfied he then abandoned it and took the northeast cee of the same
Section. This being part of the present site of the city of Cottonwood Falls. In February,
1861, the survey of the city was made, including part of the claim of Mr. Alexander. The
other owners of the original site were: J. M. Pherson, J. B Smith, and L. D. Hinkley.
In November, 1861, Mr. Alexander entered the army as a private, in Company B, of the
Ninth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers. He participated in all the battles in which his com-
pany took an active part, and was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, in January, 1865. He
then returned to Chase County and engaged in farming, starting an orchard of 1,125 apple.
1,000 peach, 100 pear and 100 cherry trees, besides other small fruits, and one and one-half
acres conyerted into a vineyard. He has been a resident of Chase County ever since his
return from the war, and started in the business of quarrying in 1873, The first quarry he
opened was in the town site of Cottonwood Falls. Since then he has opened quarries east
of the city, and has at present four quarries, furnishing a large quantity of stone for ship-
ment, including ‘the foundation for the main structure of the State Capitol at Topeka. He
at present owns 302 acres in Chase County, a great portion of it being quarry land. Mr.
Alexander is a Republican in politics, and although having never sought or accepted office.
wields a great influence in the political affairs of the county. One of theoldest settlers of
the county, he has remained upon his original ground.

GEORGE BALCH, Sheriff of Chase County, was born in Niagara County, N. Y.,
September 6, 1833. When he was nine years old his parents removed to Ogle County, IIl.,
where he remained until 1856. He was brought up on a farm, and received a common
school education. He came to Kansas in 1856, with a colony of 250 men from Illinois, and
remained about a year at Lawrence. He was afterwards in different parts of the State and
in 1859 located in Chase County, pre-empting 160 acres situated on Middle Creek, in Dia-
mond Creek Township. This farm heat once commenced to improve. and cultivated it until
March, 1862, when he enlisted asa private in Company A, Fifth Regiment, Kansas Cav-
alry. He participated in all the battles and skirmishes in which his company was en-

aged. He was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., in March, 1865, He then returned to his
‘arm and continued to operate it until his election to the office of Sheriff; since then he has re-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

sided in Cottonwood Falls and rented his farm. He has since purchased forty acres adjoining ,
and has made valuable improvements upon his farm, eS stone dwelling ,
barn. corncribs etc. Mr. Balch is a member of the order of I. O. O. F. anda member of
J. W. Geary Post, No.15,G.A.R. He was elected Sheriff of Chase County in the fall of
1881, He has held several local offices in his township. He married Miss Jennie M. Hous-
ton, of Chase County, January 1, 1866, hy which marriage he has had six children, of whom
Albert C., Charles G., William O., Edwin E. and Jessie G. are now living. :

SIDNEY A. BREESE, County Clerk of Chase County, was born in Mount Gilead.
Morrow Co., Ohio, October 4, 1836. He received a common school education and reside
in his native county until 1855, when he removed to Muscatine ether! Iowa, where he re-
mained until he came to Kansas in the fall of 1857. He remained at Lawrence about a
year, apart of this time engaged in the law office of S. N. Wood Esq. In November,
1858, he came to Chase County, and in the following spring he received a commission from
Gov. Medary, as one of the members of the first Board of County Supervisors, the other
members being Frank Leonard and J. M. Pherson, This board held its first meeting
March 15, 1859, and proceeded to ereenles the county of Chase. In April of that year, Mr.
Breese was elected Register of Deeds of Chase County, and was afterwards re-elected, and
held the office'until he entered the army, October 10, 1861. He enlisted as a Corporal in Capt.
Wood's Independent Company, known as Kansas Rangers. This company was afterwards
attached to the Sixth Regiment, Missouri Cavalry, and served in Missouri, Arkansas,
Mississippi and Louisiana. Mr. Breese was subsequently promoted to the position of
Captain of his Company. He participated in many 8 irmishes and engagements with the
enemy in Missouri and Arkansas, and in the siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Jackson,
Miss., and the Red River campaign, under Gen. Banks. He was wounded, April 8, 1864,
in the battle at Sabine Cross Roads, La. This wound disabled him from further service,
and heresigned in New Orleans, in September, 1864. He returned to his home in Ohio,
on a visit, and remained until the following fall, being married during this time. He
then returned to Cottonwood Falls and engaged in mercantile business, in which he con-
tinued two years. In 1867 he was again elected Register of Deeds, holding the office two

ears. In 1868 he bought an unimproved farm of 360 acres, situated two miles west of

Imsdale, in Diamond Creek Township, and removed to this farm during the last year of
his official term. He afterwards continued the cultivation of his farm until inthe fall of
1871, he was elected to the dual office of County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court.
He held the oftice of Clerk of the District Court until January, 1877, and has held the
office of County Clerk continnously since his election in 1871. He was elected County As-
sessor in 1859, and in 1860 made the first assessment in Chase County. He also made the
official United States census in Chase County, and the then unorganized county of Marion
during the same year. The first post office in the county, was on a farm near the present
site of Strong City. This office was removed to Cottonwood Falls in 1859, and Mr. Breese
was appointed the first postmaster, holding the office until he entered the army. He is a
member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 747, K. of H. He married Miss Maggie Irwin, of Mount
Gilead. Ohio, May 19. 1864. She died August 10, 1873, leaving two children,—Carrie H.,
and Maggie B., both now living. He married Miss Theresa L. Young, of Cottonwood
Falls, October5, 1876, by whom he has two children—Harris Young and Victor Irwin,
both living.

MALCOLM A. CAMPBELL, hardware and agricultural implement dealer, was born in
Argyleshire. Scotland, August 20, 1835. He came to the United States with his parents in
1833. locating in DeKalb County, Ill., where he remained until March, 1857, when he came
to Karsas, He located in Lyon County, on the Cottonwood River, near the present site of
the village of Plymouth, and pre-empted 160 acres of land, which he improved and still
owns. During the war he was Captain of a company of the State Militia, and was called into
service at the time of the Price raid, and upon several occasions to resist threatened Indian
outbreaks and invasions. For sixteen Peas Mr. Campbell was extensively engaged in
raising, handling and shipping cattle and hogs. In June, 1880, he removed to Cottonwood
Falls and established his present business. He carries a large stock of hardware and agri-
cultural implements and operates a tin shop in connection with his tinstore. Heis one of
the old settlers of the Cottonwood Valley and has been for many years identified with the
history and business prosperity of. Lyon and Chase counties, living over twenty years near
the county line. He has an extended acquaintance in both counties, and has the respect
and esteem of hundreds of sturdy tillers of the soil in Lyon and Chase. He is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. .

CHARLES H. CARSWELL, attorney-at-law, was born November 7, 1854, at Salem,
N. Y. He received an academic education, graduating from Washington Academy, N. Y.
in 1869. He came to Kansas in 1870, locating at Emporia, where he attended the academic
department of the State Normal School about three years. He commenced the study of law in
1876, in the office of Randolph & Sedgwick, prominent attorneys of Emporia, and was admit-
ted to the bar in September,1877, by the District Court of Lyon County, J udge E. B. Peyton,
presiding. In 1878 he began the practice of law at Emporia; and in May, 1879, came to
Chase County, locating at Cottonwood Falls. where he has since resided and been actively
engaged in the practice of his profession. Though yet comparatively a young man, he has
won for himself, by close application to his profession, by his ability and faithful perfor-
mance of the business entrusted to him. a leading position at the bar in Chase County.
Mr. Carswellis unmarried. He isa member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80, A., F. & A. M.

W.H. CARTTER, M D., farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, Ed-
ucated as a physician, and served twelve years in the United States Navy. Prior to the
war he was connected with the Paruguay Expedition and laying the Atlantic cable. During
the war of the rebellion he was atached to the North Atlantic and Gulf squadrons. At
theclose of the war he returned to Cleveland, and continued in practice there until 1874,
when he came to Cottonwood Falls to engage in his present business. He is largely inter-
ested in farming and raising graded and thoroughbred cattle, only in cases of emergency
practicing surgery. The doctor was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representa-
tives in November, 1882. He isa member of the A., F. & A. M.and K. of P. :

FENNIMORE P. COCHRAN, attorney-at-law, was born in Belmont County, Ohio,
September 19, 1844__ His early life was spent in his native county. His preparatory studies
were madeat Oberlin College, and he graduated from Athens College in the class of 1860.
His law studies were commenced soon after, in the office of his brother, Judge R. H Coch-
ran,of Wheeling, Va. In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company E, Fifteenth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteers. The regiment re-anlistol in August for three years. Mr.
Cochran was promoted to Sergeant of his company,and afterwards promoted to Sergeant-
Major of his regiment, and in November, 1862, received a commission as First Lieutenant.
His regiment was in the western army, and upon the re-organization of the armies, he was
assigned to the Fourth Corps, Army of the Cumberland. t. Cochran participated in the
battles of | yebure Landing, Shiloh, Perrysville, Stone River, Fort Donelson, Chicka-
mauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, the siege of
Atlanta, and the battles of Franklin and Nashville. He was wounded in the Stone River
engagement, and taken prisoner. He was held only one night, then re-captured while in
the hospital of the enemy. He was again'wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. Lieutenant
Cochran served about eight months as A. D. C. upon the staff of Gen. Negley; and about
two years upon the staff of Gen. Wood. He was mustered out of service at San Autonio,
Tex., in November, 1865; he then resumed his law studies, and December, 10, 1866, was
admitted to the bar by the Belmont Court of Common Pleas; and in the same month was
admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio. He located at Wheeling, W. Va.,
in 1866 and commenced the practice of law. He remained there until the summer of 1871,
when he came to Kansas; he located at Cottonwood Falls, and established himself in the
practice of his profession. He has resided here continuously since that time Has held the of-
fice of City Attorney four years and the office of County Attorney of Chase County two years.
He is amember of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80; also a member of J. W. Geary Post, No. 15,
G. A. R. and a member of the order of A., F. & A. M. He married Miss Mabel M.

Lindsay, of Cottonwood Falls, J i i hildren—
on wid Re , January 11, 1873, by which marriage he has two chi

_ ELISHA COOLEY, dealer in sewing machines,
dise, Cottonwood Falls, was born in Hunterdon County, N. J., April 15, 1838. He re-
ceived an academic cducation, but before entering upon a contemplated college course
entered the volunteer service for the war of the R bellion He enlisted in October, 1861,
as a private in Company H, Ninth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry; was a8-
signed to tae army under Gen. Burnside, and participated in the expedition into North
Carolina, which resulted in the capture of Roanoke sland, Newberne and Fort Macon,
N. ©, in all of which battles Mr. Cooley took an active part. He was algo in the battles
of Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro. He then remained on garrison duty, with occa-
sional expeditions into the enemy’s country, until the spring of 1864, He then joined the

ianos, organs and musical merchan-
CHASE COUNTY.

army of the Jam2s, and took part in the battles of Bermuda UWnndred, Drury's Bluff, Ar-
rowfield Church, Cold Harbor and the siege of Petersburg. His regiment then mtunicd 0
Newberne, N. C., to recruit, and was not engaged in any heavy fighting until the army of
Gen. Schofield entered North Carolina, March, 1865; the regiment was then ordered to
Raleigh, and had some hot engagements on the old battlezrounds at Kinston and Golds-
boro. The regiment traveled by land and water, over 7,600 miles, during its term of serv-
ice. Mr. Cooley was mustered out of service July 12, 1865. He then returned home
and in the following winter attended a course of four months at Bryant and Stratton’s
Commercial College, “Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Inthe spring of 1866 he removed to Bushnell,
Ill., and started in business, but was soon after elected Constable and City Marshal. After
holding these offices a few months he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of McDonough
County. The duties of these three offices occupied his time until he came to Kansas in
July, 1871. He located in Cottonwood Falls, where he has since resided with the excep-
tion of two years of this time, when he wasengaged in farming. He has the only store in
his line in the city, and carries a stock of sewing machines and machine supplies, pianos
organs and musical merchandise. He has also in the same store a millinery department,
sont ie a ape otek onl fe peratel by pee Cooley. Mr. Cooley isa member of
. Geary Post, No. e married Miss i
I, Decent cer eee Cynthia A. Drake, of Bushnell,
Z : OLITTLE, general merchant, was born in Williams County, Ohi
27, 1836. He received a common school education in his native county, where ne rebltog
until he attained his majority. In 1857 he removed to Lee County, Ill., where he engaged
in farming, and remained until the spring of 1860, when he cameto Kansas. After re-
maining a few months in Morris County, Kan., he settled in Chase County, and bought 160
acres of unimproved land situated on the Cottonwood River, in Cottonwood Township, which
he beganat once to improve, and cultivated it for about two years. He then sold it and re-
moved to Cottonwood Falls and engaged in general merchandising, continuing until 1874,
when he disposed of his business and bought a farm of 670 acres, situated on Diamond
Creek, in Diamond Creek Township. This farm he has ever since operated. He has
about 500 acres under cultivation. The principal crops are corn and wheat; also raises cat-
tle and hogs, feeding all his crops to his own stock. In 1881 he again engaged in general
merchandising, at Cottonwood Falls, in addition to the operation of his farm, under the
firm name of Doolittle & Son. They carry a lores stock of general merchandise, and do
an extensive business. He has been elected to the office of County Commissioner twice
holding the office four years. Has been Clerk of the District Court four years, twice elected
Treasurer of Chase County, for a term of two years each; and has represented this district
in the State Legislature two years. He has also held other local offices. He married Miss
Sylvia A. Gifford, of Williams County, Ohio, December 18, 1854, by which marriage he has
had nine children, of whom Harmon J. and Hattie M. only are now living. 2

REV. WILL[AM B. FISHER, pastor of the first Congregational Church, Cottonwood
Falls, was born in Northumberland County, Pa., October 12, 1851. When he was four
years old his pareuts removed to Huron County, Ohio, where he was brought up on a farm
He was converted in 1872, and united with the First Congregational Church of Norwalk oO
His theological studies were bezun 1n the Chicayo Thelogical Seminary and were completed
at Oberlin, Ohio, where he graduated June 5, 1880. He came to Kansas the following month
locating in Johnson County. The first Sabbath in August he began his ministerial duties
as pastor of the Congregational Church at Spring Hill, where he was ordained the 19th of
the same month. This pastorate he held for one year. In August, 1881, he came to Cotton-
wood Falls. The first Sabbath in September he assumed his present pastorate. This church
was organized February 3, 1868, with a membership of twenty-seven. It was for some time
without a pastor. Interest was revived in 1881. ‘The present membership of the church is
twenty-five of whom eight have been added during the ministry of Mr. Fisher. In addition
to the church at Cottonwood Falls, he has charge of the First Congregational Church at Strong
City, which was organized with a membership of eleven, under his ministry in March, 1882
Fourteen have since united with .this church ‘and they now have in progress of erection a
house of worship. He also has charge of the Congregational Church of Elmdale, Chase
County, which was organized under his ministry in Bourne, 1883, with a membership of
twelve. He married Miss Linda L. Pierce, of Collins, Ohio, June 28, 1880. Mrs. Fisher is a
Christian lady, possessing talents well qualificd to aid him in his duties. She taught for
nine years in the schools of Ohio, and is at present engaged in teaching in the graded schools
at Cottonwood Falls. :

ASBURY P. GANDY, Register of Deeds, Chase County, was born in Preston County
W.Va., July 13, 1825. He received a common school education in his native county, where he
remained until after attaining his majority. In 1848 he removed to Lee County, Iowa. and there
followed his trade—that of a carpenter—until the spring of 1859, when he came to Kansas,
located in Cottonwood Falls, and engaged in chair-making. He followed this business about
three years. In 1861 he was electe egister of Deeds of Chase County. In 1863 he waa
elected County Clerk, aang this office two years. In 1865 he was appointed County
Treasurer to fill an unexpired term, and elected at the next election. He then held the
office about three years. In 1869 he was again elected Register of Deeds, and has been
re-elected at each subsequent election. He is now serving his sixteenth year in this office
which fact is an indication of the esteem in which he is held by all political parties and the
inhabitants of Chase County. His election on several occasions has been unanimous, and
yet has never beenstrongly opposed by other candidates. He is an outspoken Republican
and has been identified with that party since it sprang into life, with the great struggle
for liberty_and union, where Columbia’s banner waves. Mr. Gandy is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80, A., F. & A. M.,
and a member of Angola Lodge. No. 58, I. 0.0. F. He married Miss Nancy &. Williams,
of Lee County, Lowa, December 11, 1853 by which marriage he bas had ten children, of
whom Flora M., married to William Holsinger, Esq., of Cottonwood Falls; Chester F. S.,
Florence J., Mary E. and Willie E. are now living.

‘THOMAS H. GRISHAM, attorney-at-law, was born in McMinn County, Tenn., Janu-
ary 16, 1849. When he was seven years old his parents removed to Cooper County, Mo.,
where he remained until August, 1864, when he ran away from home and enlisted as a pri-
vate in Company C, Forty-fifth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Participated in the
battle of Castle Rock, crossing of the Osage River in Missouri during the Price raid. Then
went to Nashville, Tenn., and was assigned to the Twenty-third Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland. Participated in the battle of Franklin and in the two battles before Nash-
ville. He remained in Tennessee until February, 1865, having several skirmishes with the
enemy. Then returned to Missouri, and was mustered out of the service at St. Louis, July
4, 1865. He remained in Missouri from that time until he came to Kansas. In 1876 he began
the study of law in the office of J uae Benjamin Tompkins, ‘at Booneville, Mo., and was
admitted to the bar in October, 1878, the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial District of
Missouri, Judge G. W. Miller, presiding. While in Missonri, he served three years as a
member of the Board of Registration. In the spring of 1879 he came to Kansas, locating at
Cottonwood Falls, where be began the practice of law. In the fall of 1880 he was elected to
the office of Prosecuting Attorney for Chase County, which office he held for two years.
Retiring in January, 1883, he resumed the general practice of his profession in partnership
with Mr. E, N Evans, under the firm name of Grisham & Evans. Mr. Grisham is a member
of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80, A., F. & A. M.,also a member of J. W. Geary Post, No. 15,
G.A.R. He married Miss Sadie Park, of Chase County, December 28, 1882.

HON. AUGUSTIN S. HOWARD, President of Chase County National Bank, was born
in Windsor County, Vt., December 4, 1830. He was fitted for college at Kimball] Union Acad-
emy, Meridan, N. H., and graduated from Dartmouth in 1858. In the fall of that year he
went to Mississippi and engaged in teaching, remaining about two years. In July, 1860, he
came to Kansas, and entered the law office of Ewing & McCook, at Leavenworth, Kansas,
with whom he studied through that season. He was admitted to the bar in 1860 by the
United States District Court at Leavenworth. He then returned home and spent the winter,
and in the following spring entered the law oflice of Hon, Alfred Russell, at Detroit, Mich.,
with whom he studied about ten months. He then entered the law school at Ann Arbor,
Mich., attending the law course during that winter. In the spring of 1862 he returned to
Kansas, locating at Cottonwood #alls, where he has since resided. He was engaged in active
practice about ten years. He has since been more or less in official positions. and engaged
in the management of his individual business. He was elected County Superintendent of
Schools in 1864, holding the office three years. He was elected District Attorney in 1864,
holding the office two years; was elected County Clerk in 1868, holding the office two years;
was elected Probate Judge in 1870, holding the office two years; was appointed Count:
Treasurer in 1872 to fill an unexpired term, and twice elected to the same office, thus hold-
ing the position about five years. He married Miss Carrie R. Shaft, of Chase County, Nov-
ember 23, 1863, by which marriage he has had eight children, of whom B. Franklin, Mabel
G., Nellie, Bessie, Herbert, Augustine B., and an un-named infant, are now living. 7

‘two terms, being re-elected to the office last April.

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_THOMAS S. JONES, attorney-at-law, was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., August 17,
Bees He was educated at the University of Virginia, and in law at Brockenborough’s Law

chool at Lexington, Va. He commenced practice in the eastern circuits of his native State,
continuing until he came to Kansas in the fall of 1873. He located at Cottonwood Falls and
engaged in the practice of his profession. He resided here until 1879. He was elected to the
State Leelalanate in the fall of 1874,and represented this district one term. He was Mayor of the
city in 1874, and held varions local offices prior to his removal to Dodge City in January, 1879.
He there engaged in law practice. In the spring of 1882 he was appointed County Attorney
of Ford County, to fill an unexpired term. He remained at Dodge City until April, 1883,
when he returned to Cottonwood Falls, and resumed his former practice. Mr. Jones is one
of the leading men of his profession in this part of the State. He possesses an extended
knowledge of general law, is able in argument, and attentive to the interests of his clicnts.
He married Miss Mary G. West, of Halifax, Va., by whom he has two children—Mary C.
and Edgar W., both living.

EDWARD A. KINNE, Clerk of the District Court, Chase County, was born in Che-
nango County, N. Y., November 14, 1841. He received a common schooi education in his
native county, where he remained until engl 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Com-
ae K, Forty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers. He was assigned to the Fifth Corps

Gen, Porter), Army of the Potomac. He was afterwards promoted to the position of Ser-
geant, While with this regiment Mr, Kinne participated in the siege of Yorktown, the battle
of Hanover Court House, the seven days fight on the Peninsula, the second battle of Bull
Run, the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant
in March, 1863, and transferred to Company C, Ninety-ninth Regiment New York Volun-
teers, who were at that time stationed at Suffolk, Va., and afterwards on garrison duty at
different points in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Kinne was subse-
quently promoted to First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the regiment, and was mustered
out of service in June, 1865, at Raleigh, N. He then returned to his native county, where
he remained, engaged most of the time in the drug business, until he came to Kansas in
in the spring of 1871. Helocated in Chase County, and took a claim (under the Homestead
Act) of 160 acres, situated on Rock Creek, in Bazaar Township. This farm he improved and
cultivated for eight years. He then sold it, and in March, 1879, removed to Cottonwood
Falls He was soon after ao a Justice of the Peace to filla vacancy, and in the follow-
ing spring was elected to the same office. He was again elected in February, 1881, and held
the office until May of the same year, when he resigned and engaged in mercantile business
at Cottonwood Falls. In the fall of 1882 he was elected Clerk of the District Court of Chase

’ County, which office he now fills. He married Miss Julia E. Ransford, of Chenango County,

N. Y., in February, 1865, by which marriage he has had three children, of whom Mae H.
and Rena M. are living.

JOHN P. KUHL, harness and saddle manufacturer and dealer, was born in Rhenish
Province, Germany, April 20, 1845. He came to the United States with his parents in 1854,
locating at_ Manitowoc, Wis., where the snbject of this sketch remained until 1859, when
he went to Bloomington, Il]., and there learned the saddlery trade. In April, 1864, he en-
listed as a private in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volun-
teers, During the whole of his service he was stationed in Missouri. Was in no active service:
but_was one of the three soldiers who captured a spy from Gen. Price’s army, who was hung
at Rolla, Mo., September 30, 1864. After a residence of about a year and a half in Dlinois
he came to Kansas and located at Topeka in April, 1866, where he engaged in the pursuit
of his trade until June 15, 1868, when he came to Cottonwood Falls and engaged in the
harness and saddlery business, which he continued until 1872. He then sold out and tried
farming and stock-raising for two years. Not meeting with success as a farmer and stock-
dealer, he again purchased his former business, which he has followed ever since in the
same place. He has the only establishment of this kind in the city, and does a large and
prosperous business. Mr. Kuhl is a Democrat in politics, and has held the office of Mayor
He was a member of the City Council
two years. He was under Sheriff of the county from 1869 to 1871, besides holding several
minor offices in the city and county. Mr. Kuhlisa member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80,
A., F. & A. M.. being Master in 1869 and holding the same office for 1883, and is also a mem-
ber of Falls Lodge, No. 747, K. of H.

JOHN W. McWILLIAMS, real estate, loans and insurance agent. Was born in Can-
nonsburg, Washington Co,, Pa., September 8, 1841. His early life was spent in his native
county where he was educated; graduated from Jefferson College at Cannonsburg in 1861,
in the United States Signal Corps of the regular army. He was mustered out of service as
Sergeant in September, 1865. He soon afterward entered the law office of Col. Enoch
Totten, at Washington, District of Columbia, and in June, 1867, graduated from Columbia
Law School, at Washington, District of Columbia. He has never engaged in reguler prac-
tice in his profession, but in the fall of 1867 engaged in literary pursuits, as one of the
editors and publishers of the Washington, Pa., Reporter. He followed the business until
the summer of 1869, when he came to Kansas. e located at Cottonwood Falls, and en-
gaged in his present business. In 1874 he was appointed by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad Company, agent for the sale of their land in Chase and adjoining coun-
ties. He also does a genera] real estate and loan business, and represents seven insurance com-
panies, including fire and tornado insurance. He has sold over 100,000 acres of land in
Kansas. Mr. McWilliams is a member of Zeredatha Lodg®, No. 80, A., KF. & A. M.; mem-
ber of Angola Lodge, No 58, I. O. O. F.; member of Falls Lodge, No. 747, K. of H.; alsoa
member of J. W. Geary Post, No. 15, G. A. R.*He held the office of Justice of the Peace five
years during his early residence here. He was Mayor of the city three years and was elected
to the Legislature in the fall of 1872, serving one term. He married Miss Emma Clark of
wee Pa., July 4, 1869: she died January 21, 1870, without issue. He married Miss
Louise D. Walker of Chenango County, N. Y., June 24, 1876, by whom he has had male
twins, both of whom died in infancy.

WILLIAM A. MORGAN, editor and proprietor of Chase County Leader, was born in
County of Cork, Ireland, March 7, 1840. Came to the United States in 1847 with his father,
who located at Cincinnati. Ohio, where the subject of this sketch spent his early life. He
received a common school education and learned thetrade of a printer. In 1860 heremoved
to Newport, Ky., and in 1861 he enlisted as a private in Company D, Twenty-third Regi-
ment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. Was afterwards promoted to Corporal, Sergeant,
Sergeant-Major, Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant. Was assigned to the army of
the Ohio and participated in the battle of Perryville. The regiment was then transferred
to the army of the Cumberland, and he afterwards participated in the battles of Stone River,
Chickamauga, the canna and siege of Atlanta, then took part in the pursuit of Hood,
and participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. He resigned while at Nashville
in December, 1864. Then returned to Cincinnati and engaged in his trade which he fol-
lowed until he came to Kansas. in February, 1871. He located at Cottonwood Falls, and on
March 4, 1871. issued the first copy of the Chase County Leader. This was one of the
first papers published in Southwestern Kansas, aud has ever since appeared regularly to
its patrons. It is Republican in politics, and one of the leading papers in this part of the
State. Mr. Morgan was elected to the Legislature in the fall of 1878 and served two years.
He isa member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80. A., F. & A. M., amember of Falls Lodge, No.
747, K. of H.. and a member of Geary Post, No. 15,G. A. R. He married Miss Wilhelmina
D. Yoast of Cincinnati, Ohio, March21, 1864, by whom he has two children—William Y. and
Annie K., both ane

STEPHEN A. PERRIGO, postmaster, was born in Clinton County, N. Y., July 26,
1824. When he was about seven years old his parents removed to Buffalo, N. Y., and
resided there about five years. In 1836 they removed to Toledo, Ohio, but after a short
residence there located in Ashtabula County, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch remained
until after attaining his majority. In the fall of 1848 he went to California by the overland
route, wine Independence, Mo., and reaching the headwaters of Bear River in Sep-
tember, 1849. He remained there about four years, engaged principally in mercantile busi-
ness. He then retutned to Ohio and engaged in milling and farming, in which he continued
until 1843. He then removed to Lake City, Wabasha Co., Minn., and engaged in hardware
and agricultural implement business, continuing there until the spring of 1871, when he
came to Kansas. He located at Cottonwood Falls and engaged in general merchandising;
he continued in this business until 1876, when his son succeeded him in the business. He
was appointed postmaster in February, 1876, and has since held the office; he has held the
office of clerk of Falls Township for three years. Mr. Perrigo was a charter member of the
Falls Lodge, No. 747, K. of H. He married Miss Louisa E. Miller of Madison, Ohio, in 1854,
by which marriage he has had three children. of whom Samuel F. and Stephen M. are living.

W. W. SANDERS, Cashier of Chase County National Bank, Cottonwood Falls, was
born December 24, 1840, at Mifflin, Pa.; during the next summer his parents removed to
Belmont County, Ohio, locating near St. Clairsville. His mother died when he was only
a little over nine years of age and he was from that time thrown among strangers, but fate
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cast his lines in pleasant places and_he lived with a fine fomdly named Bickham, residing
five miles north of St. Clairsville. He applied himself especially to mathematics and other
branches oiting himself for a teacher in which he engaged in his nineteenth year. He
attended Franklin College at New Athens in 1860, and in May, 1862, he graduated from
Duff's Commercial College, Pittsburg. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Ninety-
eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers. His regiment was in the Second Brigade, Second
Division, Jeff. C. Davis, of the Fourteenth Corps. On the 7th of October he was wounded
below the left knee at the battle of Perry Hill. This wound confined him to the hospita) until
January, 1863, when he rejoined his regiment at Franklin, Tenn. He participated in the
battle of Chickamauga in which his company lost several men and the ee lost nearly
all its commanding officers, yet held its ground long after the loss of all its ammunition
and retreated to Rossville, thence to Chattanooga. He was in the charge upon Missionary
Ridge, and went towards Knoxville to relieve Burnside; camped for the winter at Chat-
tanooga. Was with Sherman’s army in all its Atlanta campaign, and in the fight at Jonesboro,
was wounded by a minnie ball in the right thigh joint. Was sent to Atlanta and was dis-
charged March 15, 1865. Had the ball extracted Angust 22, 1866. In 1867 he removed to
Washington, Ohio, and took charge of a grocery store. During the years 1868 and 1869 he
was principal of the Union School, but was compelled by ill health to resign this position
and then came to Kansas. Located at Cottonwood Falls in March, 1871,.and in the fall of that
year he was elected County Surveyor, and re-clected in 1872, and again elected to the posi-
tion in 1881. At thetime of his election by the directors of the bank to his present position
he was County Surveyor and also clerking in the store of Doolittle & Son. The election was a
complete surprise to him as he had never applied for the office. It was purely a just
recognition of his honesty and business qualities. Mr. Sanders is a member and elder of
the United Presbyterian Church. He married Mies Ella M. McDowell, of St. Clairsville,
nee fl 8, 1867, by whom he has four children—John B., Charles M., Bella M. and
ellie A.

JOSEPH A. SMITH, attorney-at-law, the third child of F. E. and Julia A. Smith, was
born September 25. 1863, at Highland, Madison Co., Ill. His parents soon after moved to
Carthage, Ill., and there resided until 1873, when they came to Kansas,locating at Emporia.
Mr. Smith began the study of law at an early age, in the office of his father, and received
a college education at the Lutheran College at Carthage, Ill. He afterward read Jaw in
the office of Scott & Lynn, eminent attorneys at Emporia, and was admitted to the bar by
the District Court of Lyon County, March term, 1883, Judge Graves presiding. He then
entered into partnership with Judge J. V. Sanders, and April 3, 4883, opened an office at

Cottonwood Falls. Mr. Smith is the only resident partner and is assisted by Judge San- *

ders, who resides in Emporia, in all their court practice, thus making a strong and able
firm who have built up ina short, time a larse business, ranking with the leading practi-
tioners before the Chase County bar. Though young in years he has brilliant prospects
before him and may confidently hope to attain eminence in his profession at an early age.
NELSON J. SWAYZE, private banker, was born in Niagara District, Canada, near
Canada Falls, September 28, 1836. He came to the United States in 1853. He located at
Detroit, Mich., and for several years his life was migratory. In 1865 he settled in Cham-
paign, Ill. He there engaged in business as an architect and builder until 1870, when he
came to Kansas. In the spring of 1871 he located at Cottonwood Falls, and engaged in
the lumber business, in which he continued about a year, under the firm name of Swayze
& Edwards. He then sold his interest in the business to his partner and occupied himself
as a street broker or money loaner. In July, 1873, he opened the Chase County Bank of
N.J. Swayze, and has since been engaged in the general banking business. Average
deposits from $20,000 to $50,000. He also owns a farm of 1,100 acres, situated upon
the Cottonwood River west of Strong City; this he rents. He also owns abont 160 acres of
land in Bazaar Township, and about 200 acres in Rice County. He is likewise engaged in
sheep grazing and wool growing, having about 1,500 head in his flock. Mr. Swayze has
risen from comparative poverty to his present position and may justly be proud of it as his
wealth has truly been earned by the sweat of his brow. Mr. Swayze is a member of
Zeredatha Lodge No. 80, A., F. & A. M.. and of Emporia Chapter No. 12, R. A.M. He
married Miss Anna Thomas of Cannonsburg, Mich., November 15, 1866, by whom he has
two children—William H. and Fred H., both living. “
JOHN M. TUTTLE. general merchant, was born in McHenry County, Ill., December
17, 1839. He was brought up on a farm and received a common school education in his
native county, where he remained until September, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in
Company H, Eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. The regiment was assigned to
the “ Army of the Potomac,” and served in the Third Corps, (Gen. Sumner,) until the
formation of the cavalry corps. He was then placed under ‘command of Gen. Sheridan.
Mr. Tuttle participated in the battle of Williamsburg, (in which he received a flesh wound
in the foot which confined him to the hospital for about a month,) the Peninsula campaign
of Gen. McClellan and the Antietam and Cold Harbor battles, with many others, besides
numerous skirmishes. He was discharged on surgeon’s certificate of disability, in Septem-
ber, 1864; and decided to try the charms of peace He returned to Illinois and engaged in
farming, continuing until the fall of 1869, when he came to Kansas. In 1870 he located in
Chase County, and purchased a partly improved farm of 160 acres, situated on Fox Creek,
in Falls Township. He afterward purchased eighty acres adjoining. This farm he im-
proved and operated two years. He then rented it and in the fall of 1872 removed to Cot-
tonwood Fails and engaged in general merchandising. In 1874 he built the store building
he now occupies; it is situated upon Broadway. He has since that time been engaged in
business here. He carries a large stock of dry-goods, boots and shoes, glass and queens-
ware, groceries, etc., and does an extensive and prosperous business. Mr. Tuttle isa mem-
ber of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80), A., F. & A. M; amember of Falls Lodge, No. 747, K of H.;
and a member of J. W. Geary Post, No. 15,G. A. R. He has been twice married. His first
wife was Miss Adelaide Chamberlain of Emporia, to whom he was married October 20, 1870.
She died October 6, 1871, leaving a child, who dieda month later. He married Miss Annette
Winter, of Cottonwood Falls, September 22, 1873, by whom he has two children—Miriam
E. and Evelyn, both living.
CLARENCE C. WATSON, merchant and farmer, was born June 14, 1849, at Lynchburg,
Va., where he resided until the fall of 1865, when he removed to Nebraska, and was for a
year Military Store-keeper at Fort Kearney, under Gen. William Meyers. e then went to
Omaha, and clerked in a real estate office for a year; then, after three months’ experience in
a wholesale dry goods and notion establishment, started on the road with a four-horse
wagon, selling notions at wholesale through Nebraska, Dakota Territory and Northern Kan-
sas. He continued in this business about a year and a half; met with poor success, when,
becoming discouraged, he discontinued this business, and went to Bullionville, Nevada, and
started a restaurant and hotel. He continued this business about eighteen months, to his
great pecuniary advantage; then sold out, and came to Kansas in the fall of 1872. Located
on Rock Creek, in Bazaar Township, and bought 480 acres of unimproved land. He has
since purchased additional land to the extent of 3,160 acres, which he now owns. He has
made many valuable improvements upon this farm, having about 200 acres under
cultivation, and uses the remainder for a cattle range. In November, 1873, he started in
the mercantile business at Cottonwood Falls, opening a general store, in which he
is still interested; he has, also since that time, had several business interests at
Cottonwood Falls; starting several stores, and selling to other parties when under
good headway. These enterprises include a drug store; hardware, furniture and
undertaking establishment; a livery stable; a iumber-yard, and a blacksmith shop.
In this manner Mr. Watson has done much for the advancement of the commercial
and industrial interests of Cottonwood Falls and Chase County. Though yet a young man,
he has had a varied experience. At the age of fifteen, a mounted courier in the Southern
army; at pecs driving a peddler’s wagon; then running a hotel ina mining town in the
mountains; and, finally, controlling extensive business interests in peaceful Kansas. He
married Miss Ida E. Hinckley, of Cottonwood Falls, January 11, 1874, by whom he has
three children—Ferry T., Rollie W. and Frank J , all living.
HON. C. C. WHITSON, Probate Judge of Chase County, was born in Lancaster County,
Pa , March 238, 1822. He was educated in the common schools of Lancaster, the Kirk-
wood Academy in Chester County. and the Friends’ Academy at Philadelphia. In 1844 he
removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained engaged in mercantile business until April,
1861, when he entered the volunteer army, under the first cal] of President Lincoln, as
Quartermaster of the Fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was shortly afterward
commissioned Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, which rank he held during the three
years of his service, a large part of the time serving upon the staff of Gen. J. W. Geary, of
Pennsylvania. He was mustered out in 1864. He then returned to Cincinnati, and remained
until the spring of 1869, when he came to Kansas, locating first at Lawrence, where he re-
mained a year engaged in the mercantile business, In the spring of 1870 he came to Chase

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

County, locating at Cottonwood Falls. In the fall of 1872 he was elected Probate Judge
of the county, and has been re-elected at every subsequent election. Is now serving hig
sixth term in this office, probably a longer time than any other incumbent has held the
office in this State. He isa member of Angola Lodge, No, 58, 1.0.0. F. Is alsoa mem-
ber of John W. Geary Post, No. 15, G. A. R., in which he is now serving his second term
as Commander. :

HON. SAMUEL P. YOUNG, County Attorney of Chase County, was born in Rush
County, Ind., December 11, 1823. He received a common school education in his native
county, where he resided until 1841, when he removed to Washington County, Iowa. He
first engaged in farming, then in the drug business, in which he continued about three years,
The last eight years of his residence in lowa he held the office of County Judge of Wash-
ington County: He came to Kansas in the spring of 1871, locating at Plymouth, Lyon
County, where he remained engaged in live-stock business until 1874. He then came to
Cottonwood Falls, where he has since resided. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 by the
District Court of Lyon County, and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court in July,
1882, He commenced practice upon his location in Chase County. In November, 1882, he
was elected to the office of County Attorney, and assumed the office in January, 1883. He
married Miss Martha E. Parker, of Rush County, Ind., October 9, 1845, by which marriage
he has had five children, of whom Martha E. and Theresa L. are now living.

STRONG CITY.

Strong City was organized by the Cottonwood Town Company, D. L.
Lakin, President, and Hiwaed ilder, Secretary, February 29, 1872. It is
located on the east one-half of the southeast quarter of Section 17, Town-
ship 19, Range 8, and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of Section 17, Township 19, Range8. Emslie’s addition to
Cottonwood, was made May 9, 1879. Hon. David K. Cartter, John Ems-
lie, E. A. Hildebrand, George O. Hildebrand and Richard Hoffman were
the parties in interest. This addition was located north of the right of
way of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, on the east one-half of the
southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 19, Range 8, and on the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 16, Township 19, Range 8. The
railroad company completed their line of railroad through the county in the
spring of 1872. The county was fortunate in securing it without aiding it
with railroad bonds. Cottonwood station, now Strong, is the objective
railroad point in the county. Cottonwood Falls, the county-seat, had ex-
pected to be a main station on the road, but for certain reasons the road
was directed from there for more than a mile to the northward, and Strong
is a prosperous and rapidly growing city. In all directions around it are
faestinuatiple quarries of the best of building stone. Here are stone-
crushers and stone-sawing establishments that furnish employment to hun-
dreds of men. Here is one of the largest and most metropolitan structures
in Central Kansas. It contains a bank, a city hall and D. C. Webb’s fa-
mous store. §S. F. Jones is President and E. A. Hildebrand is Cashier of
the Strong City bank, which has a capital of $100,000. The town has three
general stores, three groceries, an extensive hardware store, a druggist, two
physicians, two attorneys, two shoemakers, a livery, feed and sale stable, a
milliner, a blacksmith, an auctioneer, a drayman, a carpenter and builder,
a meat market, a well-driller, a toba¢conist, keeper of a hotel and a res-
taurant. The town has the second best school building in the county, an
excellent stone structure of ample proportions. There are in 1882 two teachers
employed. The Strong City bank was chartered under State laws. The offi-
cers are; S. F. Jones, President; E. A. Hildebrand Cashier; the bank trans-
acts a general banking business. It was organized in June, 1882, and be-
gan business July 1, 1882, capital $100,000. The approximate statement
April 1, 1883, showed: loans and discounts. $57,000; deposits, $60,000.
It has notes in circulation. Strong is a city of the third class. J. T. Dick-
eson is Mayor; J. J. Massey, Police Judge; A. W. Harris, City Attorney;
i. A. Hildebrand, F, M. Jones, C. I. Moule, L. P. Santy and J. G. Win-
ters, Councilmen.

The Congregationalists have an organization here, of which the Rev.
T. Maxey is pastor. The Baptists also have an organization, with Rev. W. F.
File as pastor, and the Roman Catholics have a neat church building. R.
M. Watson is editor and proprietor of the Independent, which was estab-
lished about the first of August, 1880. It is devoted to the principles of
the National Labor party.

Strong City Lodge, No. 110, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
has a large membership.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

DAVID BIGGAM, farmer and railroad contractor, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
April 20, 1838, He came to the United States in 1859, locating at Leavenworth. For five
years he was in the United States Government service, in the capacities of teameter and
train-master. In 1864 he settled in Jefferson County, and bought a farm of 160 acres, which
he operated for about ten years. Then, in March, 1875, he came to Chase County and
bought a farm of cighty acres, situated in Diamond Creek Township, which he still owns.
The same year he commenced business as a contractor, taking contracts for grading on the
Atchiso., Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. He has since had contracts for alice nine miles
of this railroad, besides several contracts for surfacing, raising track, ballasting, etc. He
stands well in the esteem of the railroad company, and with the community in which.he
resides, He is a member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80, A., F. & A.M. He married Miss
Mary Frasher, ofAyrshire, Scotland, December 31, 1857, and by this marriage has had nine
children, of whom William, David, Jr , James F., Joseph F, and Mary E. are now eine.

LFRED C. BURTON, general merchant, was born in Shelby County, DL, March 8,
1860. When he was four years old his pista moved to Arcola, Dou: es County, Ill.,
where his father engaged in thc dry goods business. Here the subject of this sketch re-
mained until 1876, when he went to Texas and engaged in clerkin,
establishment, remaining until the fall of 1878. He then went to Pueblo and engaged as a
traveling salesman for a wholesale rocery for two years. In December, 1880, he came to
Kansas, and, in connection with his brother, George K. Burton, established the retail
grocery business at Strong City. In the fall of f881 he bought the interest of his brother,
and continued the business alone until March. 1883. He then connected with D. B. Berry
under the firm name of Berry & Burton. In May, 1883, they added to their stock a full line
of dry goods and clothing, boots and shoes, etc. They then removed to the fine new store

building just completed by E. A. Hildebrand and D. Rettigar, on Cottonwood Avenue They
carry a large and well-selected stock of general monsuanalee: and have an extended business
field. Mr. Burton is a mem

i ber of Strong City Lodge, No. 110, A.0.U. W. He is unmar-

ce aNnongs yet a young man, he possesses business ability and shrewdness of no mean

clea Strong. ere many years, to make a name and fortune in so thriving and encrgetica
JAMES 1’, DICKESON, a ent of the Atchison, To i

. , Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, was born

in Pee Ger County, Ind., February 20, 1848. When he was six months old his parct-'s

removed to Davis County, Iowa. He remained there until after attaining his majority. Le

in a wholesale grocery
CHASE COUNTY.

was brought up on a farm, and followed farming until 1868. He then commenced his rail-
road career as an operator on the DesMoines Valley Railroad. He continued with this road
about two years. He then engaged with the Missouri, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad, and held
she position of agent at different stations on that line about five years. He came to Kansas
in April, 1879. Four months later he accepted the position of agent of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad at Strong City. He still holds this position. Mr. Dickeson
was elected Mayor of the city in 1881, and re-elected in 1882. He isa member of the Bap-
tist Church. He married Miss Annie E. McGhee, of Ottumwa, Iowa, J: anuary 16, 1873, by
which marriage he has had three children, of whom Bertie and Amabel are living. ,

JOHN EMSLIE, contractor aud stone-cutter, also proprietor of the celebrated Cotton-
wood stone quarries and stone saw-mills, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August 14,
1823; emigrated to Canada in 1836, and came to the United States in 1862, and to Kansas the
same year. In early life he learned the trade of stone mason, and followed it for years be-
fore he came to this country, His first work here was as a contractor for stone work on the
eastern division of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, with headquarters at Leavenworth. He
remained at Leavenworth, engaging in stone-quarrying and masonry until 1872, when he
came to Chase County, having been awarded the contract for the stone and brick work of
the court house at Cottonwood Falls. This building he completed in 1873, and it is con-
sidered the finest court house in the State, built of limestone from the celebrated Cotton-
wood quarries. Upon the completion of this contract he engaged in quarrying and ship-
ping, and still continues supplying large quantities of stone, dressed, sawed and in the
rough, for a large proportion of the most prominent public and private buildings in this
State, also the States of Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Colorado; also furnishing large
BBBn LES of bridge stone for the A.,T. & S. F.R. R.; F.S.&G. R. R.; K. G., St. Joe & C.

. RB. R., and Missouri River bridge at Atchison. He has identitied himself with the growth of
the city ever since he located here, and has done much to advance the prosperity of the
place, and furnishes employment to many men who have located here. Mr. Emslie is a
member of the Presbyterian Church N.S. He marricd Miss Jane Sim, of Guelph, Canada,
March 24, 1856. They have no children.

REDFORD W. FISK, M. D., was born June 22, 1846, in Ripley County, Ind. His grand-
father, Abrabam J. Fisk, was Captain of the Nineteenth Regular Infantry in the war of
1812, and received meritorious mention in letters to the then Acting Secretary of War,
James Monroe, from Maj.-Gen. Brown, dated November 14, 1814. His father was an emi-
nent physician, and also took a prominent part in the politics of Indiana. In 1857 he was
elected to the State Senate by a large Democratic majority in a strong Whig district. He
removed to Olney, Ill., in 1861, where he continued the practice of his profession until his
death, July 18, 1874, Under the direction of his father, the subject of this sketch began
the study of medicine at an early age. and enjoyed his thorough teaching for many years.
His first practice was at Springfield, Mo., in 1871, where he remained over two years. Upon
the failure of his father’s health, in July, 1873, he returned to Illinois, and upon his father’s
death succeeded to his practice, and there remained until 1878. In June, 1878, he graduated
from the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio. In November, 1878, on account of his
ill-health, he removed to San Antonio, Texas, where he remained two years engaged in the
stock business. In July, 1880, he came to Kansas with stock, and met and married Miss Noah
L. Webb. ee to Texas in December, the climate and surroundings not suiting his
wife, he returned to Council Grove in July. 1881, and began the practice of his profession.
In June, 1882, he removed to Strong City, Kansas, to superintend a large branch store for

his father-in-law, Mr. D.C. Webb. Dr. zee addition to the management of this ex- .

tensive business, cortinues to devote some of his attention to the practice of his profession.
He is stilla young man, active, ambitious and energetic in business, and generous in his
social relations, enjoying the respect and esteem of those who come in contact with him.
He 1s a member of the I.0, 0. F. He married Miss Noah L. Webb, of Council Grove, De-
cember 29, 1880. 7
_ HUGH HARVEY, feasetely Strong City, was born in County of Donegal, Ireland, and
raised in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Hecameto the United States in 1867, locating first_in
Ritchie County, W. Va., where he remained about three years engaged in coal mining. He
came to Kansas in the spring of 1871, locating in Morris County, where he engaged in
farming, and remained until October, 1881. He then removed to Strong City, and Conant a
drug store and stock. He has since been engaged in the drug business. His store is
located upon Cottonwood Avenue, the main street in the city, and he carries a stock of
drugs, paints and oils, notions and fancy goods. Mr. Harvey isa member of the Catholic
Church. He married Miss Mary McCloskey. of Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1853 She died
in February, 1882, after bearing him seven children, of whom Catharine T. (married to Mr.
Charles T. White, of Osage City) and Rosanna are now living 7
EDWARD A. HILDEBRAND, Cashier of Strong City Bank, also lumber, hardware
and cattle dealer, of the firm of Hildebrand Brothers & Jones, was born at West Liberty,
Logan Co.,Ohio, December 13, 1849. He was educated in the common schools of his native
county, where he resided until the spring of 1868, when he came to Kansas. After a resi-
dence at Leavenworth of only a few months he removed to Independence, Mo., and en-
gaged in woolen manufacturing, in which business he continued until the spring of 1871,
when he returned to Kansas and eneneed in the lumber business at Strong City, where he
has remained since. In 1876 his brother, George O., became interested with him in the
business and the firm name was changed to Hildebrand Brothers. In 1878 they added the
hardware business and in connection with the lumber and agricultural implement business,
continued until June, 1882, when Mr. S. F. Jones took an interest in the firm, the name being
changed to Hildebrand Brothers & Jones, and the business enlarged and extended. Upon
the organization of the Strong City Bank in June, 1882, Mr. Hildebrand became its Cashier,
which position he now holds. Though yet a yom man he possesses a Jane business ex-
perience and great ability He is a member of Emporia Commandery, No. 8, K. T., a
member of Angola Lodge, No. 58, I. O. O: F . of Cottonwood Falls, and a member of Falls
Lodge, No. 747, K of H.- He married Miss Lottie F. Oliver of St. Joseph, Mo., April 16,
1873, by whom he has three children, of whom Lillie M. and Charles E. are now

living.

GEORGE O. HILDEBRAND, of the firm of Hildebrand Brothers & Jones, dealers in
hardware, lumber and agricultural implements, grains and cattle, was born at West Liberty,
Logan Co., Ohio, April 20, 1840. He spent his early life at this place, and here received his
education. Before attaining his majority he engaged in the dry goods business and fol-
lowed it until ve 1861. e then enlisted as a private in an independent company raised
and commanded by Don Piatt. Before leaving the State the company re-enlisted for three
years and was designated as Company D, Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers. It was
assigned to the Western army under General Thomas, and upon the re-organization of the
army formed part of the Fourteenth Corps. Mr. Hildebrand i a in the battles of
Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, Chattanooga, and in many skirmishes. He was mustered
out at Columbus, Ohio, in July, 1864. He returned to West Liberty, Ohio, and re-engaged
in the dry goods business at which he continued until 1871, He then went to Bellefontaine,
Ohio, and remained a year; from this place he went to Minneapolis, Minn., and enpanes
in business with the Minneapolis Harvesting Company, with whom he continued until Jan-
uary, 1876, when he came to Kansas and iocated at Strong City. He then engaged in the
lumber and agricultural implement business in connection with his brother under the firm
name of Hildebrand Brothers. In 1879 they added the retail hardware business and con-
tinued until June, 1882, when Mr. §. F. Jones bought an interest in the firm, which has
since been continued under the present name. The business was at this time enlarged and
extended, until at present it is quite a power in Chase County, and is established upon a
firm foundation of prosperity. Mr. Hildebrand is a member of the order of K. of P., the I.
O. O. F., and the I. 0. of R. M., belonging to Ohio lodges, not having as yet connected him-
self with the organizations in this State. He married Miss Ella S. Marsell of Nashville,
Tenn., July 20, 1864, by whom he has two children—Alma and Katie M., both living.

CHARLES W. JONES, postmaster, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, January 19,
1849. He received a common school education in his native county. After attaining his
majority he learned the trade of carpenter and engaged in the business as carpenter and
builder. In February, 1878, he came to Kansas, locating at Strong City, where he has since
resided. He engaged in busincss as a contractor and builder. He continued in this occu-
pation until January, 1880, when he was appointed postmaster at Strong City. He took a

rominent part in getting Strong incorporated and filled the office of Mayor, being the first
iasor of Strong Gity. He then discontinued his business and entered upon his official
duties and in connection with his office established a grocery store which he operated until
January, 1882. He then disposed of it and put in a stock of books, stationery and notions.
This business he now operates in connection with the office. He also takes some contracts
for.building. Mr. Jones isa member of the Fayette Lodge, No. 449, A., F. & A. M., and is
amember of Strong City Lodge, No. 110, A.O.U. W. He married Miss Eliza Nicholas of

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Strong City, February 18, 1879, by whom he has two children—Charles G., born November
24, 1880; and Daisy May, born May 22, 1883. : .

FRANK M. JONES, M. D., physician and druggist, was born in Fayette County, Ohio,
February 21, 1847. He was educated at Bloomsburg Academy, Fayette County. After
attaining his majority he engaged in the publication of the News, in which he continued
about two years at Washington Court House. The paper was then removed to Mount Ster-
ling, Madison County, where he continued its publication about four months. He then
sold it and returned to Washington Court House and began the study of medicine with
Dr. C. A. Foster. In February, 1878, he came to Kansas, locating at Strong City, where
he bean the practice of medicine and engaged also in the drug business. In 1880 he
went back to Ohio and attended the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, from
which he graduated in March, 1881. He then returned to Strong City, where he has since
resided engaged in the active practice of his profession and in the drug business. Dr.
Jones is a member of the order of A., F. & A. M., and of the order of K. of P., also a
member of Strong City Lodge, No. 110, A. O. U. W., of which he is Medical Examiner. His
medical ability is unquestioned, and his practice is quite equal to his theory. The latter’
fact makes him a very popular physician in Strong City and vicinity. He married Miss
Lucy A: Gray of Hamilton County, Ohio, November 17, 1870, by which marriage he had
one child—now deceased. , 7

STEPHEN F. JONES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 6, Township 19, Range 8, also
dealer in lumber and hardware. and President of the Strong City Bank, was born Novem-
ber 5, 1826, in Wilson County, Tenn., where he remained until after attaining his majority.
In 1849 he went to Alabama and engaged on a cotton plantation, remaining one year. He
then went to Texas and engaged in farming and stock-raising. His start in life was made
in that State, where he remained eighteen years. In 1868 heremoved to the Arkansas Valley,
Southeastern Colorado, and was also here engaged in farming. stock-raising, dealing an
shipping His stock interests were very large and he was very successful in his business
euler pres, amassing a Jatge property. In 1878 he came to Kansas, locating on Fox Creek,
in Falls Township, Chase County. He has since acquired land by different purchases to the
amount of 7,000 acres which is the present extent of his farm. All his lands are enclosed
with stone fence. He has about 300 acres under cultivation. His principal business is
raising stock. He hasinhis herd thoroughbred Herford, Galloway and Durham stock toa
considerable number. His hogs are of the Berkshire and Poland China breeds. He also
raises some horses and sheep. He has the best improved farm in Chase County. His im-
provements include a very fine and commodious stone residence, a stone barn three stories
high, and so arranged that a farm wagon can be driven into each story to unload grain, other
stone farm buildings and an orchard of about five acres, In the summer of 1882 Mr. Jones
bought an interest in the lumber and hardware business of Hildebrand Brothers at Strong
City and the business has since been conducted under the firm name of Hildebrand Brothers
& Jones, InJune, 1882, he organized the Strong City Bank, of which heis the principal stock-
holder and the President. The bank has a capital of $100,000, and transacts a general banking
business. Mr. Jones is recognized by all as one of the most ‘‘solid men” in Chase County,
and he has done and is doing much to advance the prosperity of the young and ambitious
Strong City. Mr. Jones married in Alabama, in November, 1849, Miss Louisa M. Barber of
Tallapoosa County, by which marriage he has had five children. of whom Christiana A.
and Loniea M. are living. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. He is a member of the order of A., F. & A. M. :

JOHAN F. KIRK, merchant, Strong City, was born July 28, 1853, at Hamilton, Ontario.
He received an academic education and before attaining his majority learned the trade of car-
riage-makcr, which he followed several years. He came to the United States in 1874, locating
at Dayton, Ohio, where he remained about two years, following his trade. He then removed to
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and engaged in business as a carriage manufacturer, remaining
there about one year. He then returned to ayton and remained another two years, then
removed to Danville, Ill , whence he came to Kansas in the fall of 1882; located at Strong
City and engaged in the grocery business, starting on a small scale in a store-room 21x22
feet. Mr. Kirk has within a year built up a large and prosperous business. Has greatly en-
larged his store room and added to his stock of Pee a line of boots and shoes, glass and
queensware and notions. He has purchased a Jot on Cottonwood Avenue and has in pro-
cess of erection a fine stone store pe Therapid development of his business is a good
indication of what is to be accomplished in Kansas by industry, honest dealing and atten-
tion to bysiness. Mr. Kirk is yet a young man, and with a good prospect before him, may
confidently hope by the application of the qualities he has shown, to early rank with the
leading merchants of Chase County. He married Mies Addie M. Gassett, of Woonsocket,
R. I., September 21, 1876, by which marriage he has had three children, of whom Edwin
H. and Hazel are living. |

BARNEY LANTRY & SON, contractors and builders, railroad bridge masonry a
specialty, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., August 10, 1833. Atthe age of seventeen
he went to Rutland, Vermont, and learned the trade ofa stone-cutter. In 1853 he removed to
Madison, Wis., and followed his trade three years, then removed to Prairie Du Chien, Wis.,
and engaged in steamboating, and in railroad contracting in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
His home was at Prairie Du Chien for twenty-two years, and in the summer of 1877 he came to
Kansas, located at Strong City, and engaged in business as a contractor of railroad stone mas-
onry, on the line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. He has extensive quarries of
magnesian stone at Strong City and ships stone as far as Mexico, where he has alarge contract,
on the Mexican Central R. R. Mr. Lantry also owns and operates a farm of 3,500 acres, situated.
on Fox Creek and the Cottonwood River, in Falls Township. His farm is enclosed by nineteen
miles of stonefence. He has about 500 acres under cultivation. His principal crop is corn,
but he also raises wheat and oats, Heraises many cattle, sheep and hogs, paying special atten-
tion to the breeding of fine stock. Mr. Lantry owns considerable town property at Strong
City, where his residence is also located, and he has done much to build up and improve this
rapidly growing city. He is Democratic in politics, but is not an active politician. He married
Miss Bridget Fogerty, of Ru land, Vermont, February 6, 1854, and by the marriage has had
six children, four of whom are living, Henry E., Lizzie L., Charles J. and Nellie A. Mr.
Lantry and his family are members of the Catholic Church.

CHARLES I. MAULE, general merchant, was born in Wayne County,.Ind., March
26, 1846. His father died when he wasa year old. Three years later his mother took him to
Chester County, Pa., and bound him out to a farmer, with whom he continued until
1861. He then returned to Indiana. In October, 1863, he enlisted as a private in Com-

any F., One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. The reg-
iment was assigned to the Twerty-third Army Corps, army of the Cumberland.
Mr. Maule was afterwards promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, and participated in
the battle of Buzzard’s Roost. the campaign and siege of Atlanta, the battles of
Pulaski, Spring Hill, Franklin, and the second battle of Nashville. The regiment then
proceeded by land and water to Moorehead, North Carolina, and joined the army of Gen-
eral Sherman in its march through that State, and was afterward stationed at Charlotte
and Greensboro, North Carolina. He was mustered out at the latter place in October, 1865.
Mr. Maule then started to obtain an education, having had poor opportunities for doing so
in his youth. He afterward learned the trade of a plasterer, which he followed most of
the time until he came to Kansas. In November, 1878, he located at Strong City and en-

aged in merchandising, which business he has since followed. He carriesa large stock of
are goods, clothing, boots and shoes, glass a d queensware, etc, He does a large and
prosperous business. Mr. Maule has been a member of the City Council of Strong City
two years, and is now serving his second term as Mayor of the city. He also holds the
office of Treasurer of Falls Township. Mr. Maule isa member of Angola Lodge, No. 58,
I. 0. O. F., a member of J. W. Geary Post, No. 15, G. A. R., and a member of Stron
City Assembly, No, 2,578, Knights of Labor. He married Miss Mattie A. Stephenson, o:
Wayne County, Indiana, May, 1870, by which marriage he has had seven children, of whom
George S.. Frank K., Joseph V., Alexander G.. Llewellyn and Mattie M. are living.

WILLIAM H. MOORE, deputy postmaster, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, January 10,
1858. In 1872 he came to Kansas with his parents. His father located on Spring Creek, in
Falls Township, and entered eighty acres of land under the Homestead Act. Upon this farm
the subject of this sketch remained about four years, then began business for himself, en-
gaging in cattle dealing. In 1880 he rented a farm, which he operated one season. In No-
vember, 1881, he caieto Strong City and engaged in the grocery business with C. K. Nich-
ols, under the firm name of Nichols & Moore. Six months later he sold his interest in the
business to his partner and accepted the position of deputy postmaster, and with the ex-
ception of six months when he was engaged in the hardware establishment of Hildebrand
Brothers & Jones, he has since filled. He has the whole management of the office, the post-
master being engaged in other business. He also has an interest in a hardware and agricult-
ural implement business at Quenemo, Osage County, in connection with his brother-in-law,
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Mr. J. F. Kirker. Mr. Moore is a member of Strong City Lodge, No. 110, A. O. U. W.
He married Miss Agnes A. Freeborn, of Chase County, July 23, 1879.

P. J. NORTON was born in Park County, Ind., January 31, 1853. Two years later his
parents came to Kansas, locating in Shawnee County, where his father died in 1856. In
the spring of 1859 his m»ther removed to Chase County, where the subject of this sketch
has ever since resided, except during his absence at school. He received an academic edu-
cation, and graduated from the St. Louis University in June, 1878. He then taught in the
public schools of Chase County for two terms. In 1874 he was sppointed Deputy County
Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the District Court. In the fall of 1877 he was elected Clerk of
the District Court, re-elected in 1879 and again in 1881, thus holding the office six years,
During this time he studied law under Cogran & Carswell, attorneys at Cottonwood Falls,
and in December, 1882, he was admitted to the bar by the District Court of Chase County,
Judge S. R. Peters presiding. Retiring from office in January, 1838, he accepted the posi-
tion of chief clerk in the office of Barney Lantry, Esq., extensive contractor of stone
masonry at Strong City, which position he now holds. Mr. Norton is a member of the
Catholic Church. “

M. S. PETERSON, formerly merchant, but now engaged in painting for A., T. & 8.

F. R. R. Co., Topeka, residence Meriden, Kan. Came to Kansas in the fall of 1858, and
located at Osawkie, where he remained about eight years, dealing in general merchandise,
and drugs in connection with his father, who was a physician. t. Peterson was also post-
master. Removed to Oskaloosa, and remained about eight years, dealing in general mer-
chandise and removed from there to Meriden, where he followed the same business, besides
being postmaster, Justice of the Peace, and Notary Public. Went to Topeka in May, 1882
in the employ of the A., T. &S. F. R. R. Co., and May 29, while painting on a scaffold
suspended a short distance from the ground, met with a severe accident, by the scaffold
falling and breaking his leg, which will permanently disable him. Mr. Peterson was weth
the Fourth Kansas Militia in their pursuit of Price in 1864; and was captured at Hickman’s
Mill’s Jackson Co.. Mo., and taken to Newtonia, in southwestern Missouri, and paroled
after eight days. He was born August 13, 1846, at Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland Co.
Pa. Moved to Gettysburg, Ohio, when three years old, and remained about two years, and
moved to Robinson, IIl., stayed a short time and moved to Newton, where he remained
about two years and moved back to Gettysburg. Removed to Pinkneyville, Ill., Shelbyville,
Mo., and to Mount Vernon,, Mo., and from thence to Kansas. He was married May 11,
1863, at Oskaloosa, Kan., to Miss Antonette Patrick, a native of Cajifornia, and has two
children—Mary B., and John M. Is a member of Eagle Lodge, No. 82, I, 0.0. F., Oska-
loosa Kan., Meriden Lodge, No. 29, A. O. U. W., Meriden, Kan. Is also a member of
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Topeka.

DAVID F. SHOLLY, general merchant, ewone City, was born in Union County, Pa.,
October 17, 1852. He was brought up on a farm, and received an academic education. Be-
fore attaining his majority, he began clerking in a store in New Berlin, Pa. In 1872 he
removed to Three Rivers, Mich., and clerked in a store about six months, then returned to
Pennsylvania, and clerked in a general store at Selins Grove, until he came to Kansas, in the
spring of 1878. He located at Emporia,and clerked in the dry goods establishment of Sherman
and Richardson, until January, 1880, when he came to Strong City,and yal ey a branch of
their business here, until October, 1880; he then established himself in the dry goods busi-
ness, which he continued to operate until the spring of 1883, when he secured more store
room, and added a line of groceries, etc. He oe alarge and fine stone store room on
Cottonwood Avenue, and carries a large and well-selected stock of dry goods, clothing,
boots and shoes, hats and caps, furnishing goods, groceries, crockery, glassware, etc. He
has already secured a large trade, and is doing a prosperous business. He speaks both
English and German, and finds the latter language of great benefit to him in his business.

R. M. WATSON and J. C. HILDEBRAND, editors and proprietors of the Strong City
Independent, the second newspaper printed in Strong City; was established in August, 1881,
by R. M. Watson, a practical printer and journalist of fifteen years experience. It continued
Independent in politics until the heated campaign in the fall of that year, when it supported
the Greenback candidates for the County Offices; since which time it has continued to
espouse the Greenback cause. The paper received the hearty support of the people, and
its circulation increased rapidly. In thespring of 1883, J. Clarence Hildebrand, a journalist
of some experience, purchased a half interest and became associate editor with Mr. Watson.
The office was removed to more commodious quarters and new material added. The Jnde-
pendent is considered to-day one of the most prosperous county papers in the State.

FALLS TOWNSHIP.

SAMUEL B. HARVEY, stock-farmer, Section 26, Township 19, Range 8, P. O. Strong
City, was born in Clinton Connty, Ohio, July 22, 1831. His father, Henry Harvey, came to
Kansas in 1840, as a Quaker missionary to the Shawnee Indians, remaining three years.
The first language learned by Samuel B., was the Shawnee, learned while a child, in Ohio,
where his father was a missionary to that tribe before their removal to Kansas. In 1850,
his father again came to Kansas, re Government Agent by President Taylor, to the
Osage tribe. Since that time the subject of this sketch has made Kansas his home. He
was educated in the Government Indian Schools. In August, 1854, upon the opening of
Kansas Jands to settlers, he pre-empted 160 acres in Wabaunsee County, at the present
location of the village of Harveyville, named in honor of his father. He remained upon
this farm about twelve years, then removed to Dade County, Mo., where he remained
about five years, engaged in farming. He then returned to Kansas, locating in Coffey
County, whence he removed to Colorado three years later, remaining there until 1880, most
of the time holding office in Gunnison @ounty, as County Clerk, and ex officio Recorder of
Deeds. He came to his present location, at the junction of the South Fork of the Cotton-
wood River with the main stream, in the fall of 188°. In partnership with his son-in-law,
A. Hinkle, he started a stock-farm. They have 150 acres in the home-farm, and 20) acres
of grazing land about two miles east. They have made extensive improvements upon the

lace, have about ninety acres under cultivation, fifty acres of timber land, most of which
has been successfully sowed with blue grass, the remainder of their land being used for
grazing purposes. They have about thirty head of thoroughbred short-horn cattle, and
about 100 head of ea graded stock. Mr. Harvey was the sccond Sheriff of
Wabaunsee County under Territorial Government, and has since held several Township and
local offices in Kansas. He is well pleased with Kansas as a farming country, and intends
to remain upon his present location during life. Mr. Harvey married Miss Elizabeth Cc.
Akins, of Cass County, Mo., June 2, 1853; she died January 24,1855, leaving one child—Eliza-
beth A., now living.

ARCHIBALD MILLER, stock-farmer, Section 35, Township 19, Range 8, P. O. Cotton-
wood Falls, was born in co of Antrim, Ireland, September 12, 1838; came to the United
States in 1854, located first in Michigan, whence he came to Kansas in October, 1857, In the
spring of 1858 he settled upon his present location, and pre-empted 160 acres of land, which
he began at once to improve. He was one of the earliest settlers on the South Fork of the
Cottonwood River, and has remained aes his claim ever since his first location. He has
made additional purchases of Jand and now has inhis farm 800 acres He has made valu-
able improvements upon his farm, including a substantial stone dwelling. a large stone barn
and other farm buildings, and an orchard of about three acres. He has about 200 acres
ander cultivation. 80 acres of timber land, about 100 acres of good hay producing land, and
uses the remainder for grazing purposes. He is quite extensively engaged in raisin; cattle,
horses, hogs, and sheep. Has a herd numbering about 200 head, some thoroughbred cattle
and his sheep are of a high prise of the cotawold breed. Mr. Miller isa stockholder and
director in the Chase County National Bank. He is an attendant of the United Presbyterian
Church of which Mrs. Miller is a member. He isa member of the Board of Commis-
sioners of Chase County, and has held every office in the township, from member of School
Board to Trustee and Treasurer. He married Miss Mary McNee, of Lyon County, July 23,
1868, by which marriage he has had seven children, of whom Jokn,Jane, Archibald Jr., James
M., George H. and William S., are now living. ;

CHARLES McDOWELL, farmer, Section 17, Township 19, Range 8, P. O. Cottonwood
Falls, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, December 28, 1816, locating first in Belmont
County, Ohio, where he remained engeese in farming until he came to Kansas in the sprin,
of 1871. Located on the Cottonwood River, two miles northwest of Cottonwood Falls and

purchased eighty acres of land. He has since made additional purchases and now owns
360 acres, upon which he has made valuable improvements, including a commodious and
substantial stone dwelling house and other necessary farm buildings. His principal cro
is corn, but he also raises wheat, cattle, horses and hogs. His land is all fine bottom land,
and very productive. Mr. McDowell is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, He

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

is a Democrat in politics, and has held some local offices. He was married to Miss Isabella
Clements of County Tyrone, March 5, 1841, by which marriage he has had seven children,
of whom Ellen, James G., Anna M., Charles C., John and William D., are now living.

GIDEON C. MILLAR, stock-farmer, Section 11, Township 20, Range 8, P. O. Cotton-
wood Falls, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, July 9, 1848. When he was four years old his
parents removed to Sangamon County, Ill, where he was raised on a farm. He re-
ceived a good common school education and graduated from the National Union Commer-
cial College, at Springfield, Ill., in March, 1868. After attaining his majority, he engaged
in stock business in San amon County, continuing until the spring of 1873, when he came
to Kansas, located in Falls Township, on the South Fork of the Cottonwood River, where he
has since resided. He has made purchases of land at different times until he now has in
his farm 2,880 acres, all fenced with stone or wire. He has placed valuable improvements
upon his farm, including a good frame dwelling, barn and other farm buildings; an orchard
of about 600 apple and 250 pear trees besides other fruit, From a never failing spring
upon a bluff, about fifty feet higher than his yard, he brings water through 2,600 feet of pipe
to a reservoir holding 325 barrels, in sufficient quantity to water his stock and supply all
domestic and other requirements, Mr. Millar has on an ere 250 head of high
grade cattle in his herd. He also raises horses and hogs. He about 250 acres under
cultivation, 175 acres of timberland, the remainder devoted to hay and grazing purposes.
Principal crop is corn. He also has about forty acres of tamegrasses. Mr. Millaris a mem-
ber of Zeredatha Lodge, No, 80, A., F. & A. M.,and of Emporia Commandry, No. 8, K. T,
He married Miss Jennie McGinnis, of Falls Township, April 13, 1875, by whom he has two
children, Charles and Nellie A., both living. ; =

JOHN T. AND WILLIAM E. PRATHER, stock-farmers, Section 30, Township 19,
Range 8, P. O. Cottonwood Falls, were born in Ross County, Ohio; where they were brought
up on a farm and remained until the spring of 1859, when they came to Kansas with their
parents, locating on Prather Creek, about one mile and a half west of Cottonwood Falls. Here
they have since resided upon 160 acres pre-empted by their father, since deceaned, 160 acres

re-empted by John T. and other land acquired by purchase. They have at present in their
‘arm 720 acres, of which about 200 acres are under cultivation, the remainder good grazing

land. Nearly all their land is fenced with stone, wire or hedge fence. They operate their
farm in partnership, under the firm name of John T, Prather & Bro., and have one of the
finest herds of stock in Chase County, numbering about 350 head. They have a number of
imported and thoroughbred cattle of the Galloway, Durham, Shorthorn, Holstien and
Hereford_breeds, and most of their stock is of a high grade. They also raise horses,
mules and hogs to quite an extent, and have a flock of thoroughbred and high grade Cots-
wold sheep. Mrs. Prather raises a large number of eae Rock fowls, and took the
second premium for poultry at the Chase County Agricultural Fair, in the fall of 1882. Also
makes a large quantity of butter and furnishes it to private families at 20 cents per pound for
the entire year. John T. was born August 28, 1838, and married Miss Samantha J. Grif-
fith, of pane mon County, Lll,, June 5, 1877. William E. was born July 8, 1849.

JOHN H. SCRIBNER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, Township 19, pange 8, P.
O. Cottonwood Falls, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, October 2, 1828. e was
brought rp on a farm and followed oper and stock business, in connection with lumber-
ing. until he came to Kansas, living most of the time in his native county. In the spring of
1860 he located in Chase County, and entered, by land warrants, 320 acres of land, situated
on Fox Creek, in Falls Township, which he improved and farmed until 1866, when he
vet 175 acres of partly improved land, situated on the Cottonwood River, opposite Cotton-
wood Falls. This he has improved by the erection of a commodious stone dwelling, barn,
stock sheds, corn cribs, granaries and other farm buildings. Also has an orchard of about
300 apple trees, beside other fruit. He also owns 480 acres of land in Bazaar Townshi A
which he uses for grazing purposes, and owns a half interest in 160 acres adjoining his
ranch. He is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, having in his herd about 350 head
of cattle, including some thoroughbred and many high grade. He also raises many hogs
and some horses. He has about 140 acres under cultivation, raising corn as his Tincipal
crop. His home farm is all very fine bottom land, and its location being but a few rods
from the business portion of the county-seat makes it very valuable. Mr. Scribner was
Quartermaster’ of the Eighth Regiment, Kansas Militia, during the war, and was called into
service upon several occasions. He is not an active politician, but has held the office of
Sheriff of Chase County one term and has held some other local offices. He is a member
of the order of A, F. & A.M. He has been twice married; first, to Miss Luana Baker, of
Ashtabula County, Ohio, whom he married February 14, 1849. She died in August, 1851,
leaving one child, since deceased. He married Miss Betsey E. Hogle, of Erie County, Pa.,
August 24, 1852, by which marriage he has had nine children, of whom A. Z., Cora E., Nat.
B., Lulu Luma and Ridgel R. are now living.

DIAMOND CREEK TOWNSHIP.

DAVID B. BERRY, of the firm of Berry and Burton, general merchants Strong City,
and stock farmer, residence Section 4, Township 18. Range 7, P. O. Strong City, was born
March 23, 1846, at Wurtemburg, Germany. He received an academic education in his father-
land and came to the United States in 1865. First located in Denver, Col., and engaged in the
mercantile business, remaining there one year, and then started in business in Southern
Colorado and New Mexico, driving a four horse peddler’s wagon, and trading principally
with Mexicans and Indians. After following this business about a year he engaged in
merchandising at Pueblo, Colorado, where he remained until 1873, when he sold his interest
in the store to his brother and engaged in live stock business in Southern Colorado. In 1880
he removed part of his herds to the Pan Handle of Texas. In the summer of 1879, he
made his first purchase of 160 acres in Chase County, to which he has since added by subse-
quent purchases over nine sections of land, situated at the head of Shaffer Creek and lying
par in Chase County and partly in Morris County. He now has on his stock farm in this

tate over,6,0u0 acres all fenced with stone and wire fence and stocked with one of the finest
herds of Hereford and Polled Angus cattle in the State, numbering over 600 head. He has
about 400 acres of his land under cultivation and raises sufficient corn to winter his stock.
Mr. Berry also owns land in Pueblo County, Coloradc, where he has stock-raising interests.
In March, 1888, he formed a partnership with Mr. A. C. Burton, under the firm name of Berry
& Burton, who have since established at Strong City one of the largest general merchan-
dise establishments in the county. They occupy a large and very fine stone store buildin;
oan oa one a oed stock. Mr. Burton, a penne man of experience an

8 the resident partne! i i
prosperous tre, Pp r, and they have already built up an extensive and
BRASH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, Township 19, Ran

Elmdale, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, July 17, 1834. He came to The "United States fr
1854, locating first in Schuylkill County, Pa., where he remained about two years
engaged in ee ueering, He then went to California and engaged in mining, remaining five
he and ye with good success. In 1860 he came to Kansas, locating on Middle Creek
in Diamond Cree! Township, where he has ever sincé resided. He has stain of 160 acres
apon which he has placed many valuable improvements, including a commodious farm-

louse, barn, cattle sheds, etc.. and an orchard of threeacres, He has 100 acres under cultiva-
tion, principal Crop is corn, but deals most extensively in cattle. Mr. Brash came to this

ri of a State when there were but few settlers here, and has ever since remained upon
pis irst location, becoming firmly identified with the interests of Elmdale and Chase County.
a e an a member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80, A., F. & A.M. He has held the office of
ane tee of the Peace ten years, and has been Trustee of Diamond Creek Township twice.

ey aun is a stockholder in the Chase County National Bank, of Cottonwood Falls.
Rircaet N 2. HOLMES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, Townshi 19, Range 7, P. O.
Ba ale, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, December 14, 1834. Came to the United

tal - with his parents in 1848 locating in Livingston County, Mich. He was there en-
pages ey a farm the most of the time until the fall of 1869, when he came to Kansas and

fie . ia iamond Creek Township, about two miles southwest of Elmdale, He first pur-
cl Ser i acres of land to which he has since added by purchase 1,600 acres. His prin-
cipal interest pe present is ane although he has about 300 acres under cultivation.
pee au in is eo about thirty-five head of thoroughbred shorthorna, and about 400 head of
mien es y vee le. Mr. Holmes is an active Democratin olitics, He is a member of the Zere-
Michigan ie be m ae - ba married Miss Mary K. Lare, of Livingston County,
uving’on the home aaa y whom he has had two children, John A, and Jennie A,, both

JEFFREY, farmer and stock-raiser Section 8, Township 19,

ees was born May 22, 1824, in Harrison County, Ww. Va, where heirs Patil
Doon nA e Kansas. He was raised on a farm and received a common school education.

pi aining his majority he studied civil engineering and afterward followed the
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business of a surveyor in his native State. In 1843he engaged in farming, which he continued
during his residence in West Virginia. In 1854 he established himself in the mercantile
business at New Milton, Harrison County, and in addition to the operation of his farm,
conducted a general store for two years. In the spring of 1867 he came to Kansas, locat-
ing in Lyon County, upon the Neosho River, about two miles north of Emporia. Here he
purchased a farm which he operated two anda half years. He then sold hisfarm and lo-
cated in Chase County, on Diamond Creek, iu Diamond Creek Township, where he has ever
since resided. Hehasa farm of 320 xcres upon which he has placed valuable improve-
ments. He has about 100 acres under cultivation and has an orchard containing 250 apple
and 200 peach trees, besides other fruits. He raises cattle and hogs quite extensively.
His principal crop is corn. Mr, Jeffreyis a stockholder and director of the Chase County
National Bank. Heis a member of the Seventh day Baptist Church. Has held the office
of Justice of the Peace for ten years, and represented his district in the State Legislature
session of 1883. He married Miss Mary A. F. Randolph, of Harrison County, W. Va.,
September 30, 1847, by which mgeriaae he has had ten children, of whom Phineas C., Be-
nonil., Joseph, John, James R., Ellsworth W., Clement L., Ferdinand W. and Maggie
L., are now jing.
PHINEAS C. JEFFREY, general merchant, Elmdale, was born in Doddridge County,
W. Va., February 24, 1850. He received a common school education and remained in
his native county until he came to Kansas in the fall of 1866. He located in Chase County,
and in the fall of 1867, went to Lyon County. Heremained there upon his father’s farm
until the fall of 1869; he then settled in Elmdale and engaged in farming in the summer,
and school teaching in the winter. In May, 1872, he petabTiebed himself in business as a
aa merchant at Elmdale, under the firm name of William Jeffrey & Son. His father
ad no interest in the business, and his name was used only to give weight to the standing
of the firm. He has ever since been engaged in this business. th 1882 he bought an im-
pave farm of 900 acres, situated on the Cottonwood River about three miles southwest of
imdale. He rents this farmon shares. He also raises cattle and hogs, feeding the most of
his crops to his own stock. He has about 590 acres under cultivation, and 700 acres fenced.
Principal crop is corn. He carries a general stock of dry goods, groceries, clothing, boots
and shoes, notions and everything usually kept in a first class country store. Commencing
business with a capital of $235, Mr. Jeffreys has built up a large trade, which ranks with
the largest in Chase County, his sales amounting to between $40,009 and $50, 000 per an-
num. Mr. Jeffrey was postmaster of Elmdale from 1873 to 1879. He has held the office of
Township Clerk one year. He was elected a member of the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Chase County, at the fallelection of 1880, for a three years’ term. Mr. Jeffrey is
a member of Elmdale Lodge, No. 128, I. 0. O. F. He married Miss Hattic Everett, of
Elmdale, June 9, 1881.

FRANK JOHNSON, M. D., physician and druggist, postmaster at Elmdale, was born in
Crawford County.'Ohio, September 1, 1840, graduating at Oberlin, in March, 1861. In April,
he enlisted as a private in Company C, Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, for three months.
Before leaving the State the Regiment re-enlisted for three years, and was assigned to the
army in Western Virginia. Dr. Johnson participated in the battles of Cheat Mountain,
Winchester,Strausburg, Front Royal and Port Republic. Hewas wounded in the left leg
in this last engagement, and after remaining about two months in the hospital, was dis-
charged on a surgeon’s certificate of disability. In January, 1863, he re-entered the service
as First Sergeant of Company B, Twelfth Regiment, Indiana Cavalry; was assigned to
the army of the Cumberland. Here he rose from Sergeant to Captain, this last honor be-
ing attained April 12, 1865. After much honorable service, having partaken in many hot
engagements, Captain Johnson was mustered out of service at Vicksburg. November 10, 1865.
He then began the study of medicine with S. G. Johnson, M. D., of Bucyrus, Ohio, and
on March 20. 1867, he graduated from the medical department of the Ann Arbor,
University. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession at Grand Rapids,
Mich. Two years later he discontinued his practice and engaged in the Inmber business
in Kent County, Mich. He was burned out in September, 1874. at the time of the great
fire in Michigan. In the spring of 1875 he came to Kansas, locating firstin Butler County,
where he remained one year engaged in the practice of his profession. In April. 1876, he
came to Chase County, locating at Elmdale, where he har since remained. Besides being
ae ed in the practice of his profession’ he has operated a drugstore, which he estab-
lished in the fall of 1878. In 1882 he moved to more commodious quarters and added a
general stock of merchandise, and now operates a general store. He was appointed post-
master of Elmdale, in the spring of 1878. He married Miss Maggie Mooney, of Butler
County, June 19, 1876, by whom he has had three children, of whom, Frank and Maggie

“Ethel, are now living. ©

WILLIAM MAXWELL, farmer, Section 20, Township 19, Range 7, P. O. Elmdale,
was born in Clay County, Ind,, March 16, 1882. He was brought up on a farm and received
a common school education. In 1854 he moved to Iowa and remained there until the spring
of 1858, when he came to Kansas. He pre-empted 160 scres of land situated on Middle
Creek, in Diamond Creek Township. This he at once began to improve, and has ever since
resided upon. He has since purchased 200 acres adjoining the home farm and has about
140 acres under cultivation and an orchard containing about 300 apple trees,
besides other fruits. His principal crop is corn; also raises many hogs, and some horses
and cattle. Mr. Maxwell isamember of the Christian Church, He married Miss Susan
Hartley, of Vigo County, Ind., October 19, 1852, by whom he has had three children, of
whom John H. and William T. are now living. A ;

GEORGE MoNEE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 14, Township 19, Range 6, P. O.
Elmdale, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, March 1%, 1832. He came to the United States
in 1856, and for the next three years lived in Rock County, Wis , after which he was em-
poved asa farm hand in various places until he came to Kansas, in the summer of 1860.

Te located on Middle Creek, in Diamond Creek Township, and bought a claim of 160 acres
which he afterwards pre-empted. He made no improvements until 1863, when he settled
on his farm and has ever since operated it, Hehas since made additional purchases of
land, and now owns 760 acres, divided into five farms, each of which is improved by: the
erection of a dwelling and other farm buildings. He rents all but the home farm, and is
quite extensively engaged in raising cattle, horses and hogs. Mr. McNeeis one of the
most enterprising of the early settlers of Chase County, and has become identified with
the interests of the township in which he lives. iu

IAH D. RIDER, farmer, Section 34, Township 19, Range 7, P. O. Elmdale, was
born March 10, 1823. at Winchendon, Mass., and when ten years old removed with his
parents to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where he was brought up ona farm, In 1843 he
removed to Ohio, remaining two years; then, after a residence of two years in Michigan,
located in La Salle County, Ill. Here he engaged in the operation of a saw-mill, and after
remaining six years, removed to Whiteside County, and engaged in farming. From Ill-
inois he came to Kansas in the spring of 1880, locating in Chase County, on Diamond
Creek, in Diamond Creek Township. He was oneof the early settlers at the head of the
creek, and had considerable trouble with the Indians, and more from the ground-
less reports of their coming raids. Mr Rider purchased a farm of 160 acres which he im-
proved and farmed about eight yeare. He then sold it and came to his present location on
the Cottonwood River, about two miles south of Elmdale. Here he purchased 320 acres
of unimproved land. He has about 180 acres under cultivation and an orchard of five
acres. He hasplaced valuable improvements upon his farm including a good dwelling,
barnand other necessary farm buildings. He formerly raised many cattle here but about
two years ago he sent his herd to the Indian Nation. He has there in connection with his
sons, about 500 head of cattle. Mr. Rider isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He married Mrs. Catherine Speaker, of La Salle County, Ill.. March 5, 1851, by which
marriage he has had five children, of whom Isaiah D.,Jr., Franklin G., George R. and
Christopher C. are now living. :
ALBERT SEATON, agent A., T.& S. F. R. R., was born at Stephensport, Breckenridge
County, Ky., August 22, 1856. He received a good common school education, and at the
age of fourteen years he came to Kansas with his parents, who, after residing a few months
at Lacygne, located at Sedgwick woe Sedgwick County, where be remained about five years,
spending most of his time in school and in acquiring a knowledge of telegraphy. After he
had mastered this science he engaged as an operator at Larned, upon the line of the A.. T.
& S. F. R. R., and has ever since been in the employ of this great corporation. After a few
months’ service as operator, he was appointed agent at Raymond. and remained there fifteen
months, and then was appointed ane at Elmdale, which position he has ever since held.
The estimation in which he is held by the company may be inferred from the fact that he is
one of the oldest station agents on the line of the road, though still a young man.
JOSHUA S. SHIPMAN, County Treasurer, was born at Marietta, Ohio, March 6, 1882.
He was raised upon a farm in Washington, and received a common school education. His

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father died when he was seven years of age, leaving a family of four children, of whom Mr.
Shipman was the next to the eldest. From early youth a large share of the maintenance of
the family devolved upon him. He remained in his native county until 1858, when he moved
to Lee County, Iowa, and engaged in teaching. In March, 1860, he came to Kansas, and lo-
cated upon a claim of 160 acres situated upon the Cottonwood River, in Diamond Creek
Township, near the present site of Elmdale. This claim he has ever since held. In the
fall of 1860 he walked to Missouri, 200 miles, and taught school through the winter, walking
back through the snow, some of the way fourteen inches deep. The cette era he
went to Atchison three times to receive the allotted aid for his township from the Territorial
Committee having charge of soliciting and distributing aid to the sufferers by the drouth of
1860. During the war he was enrolled in the State militia, and was called into service upon
two or three occasions to resist Indian invasions and raids. He has since made additional
purchase of land, and now has in his farm 700 acres of land, upon which he has placed val-
uable improvements, including frame dwelling, barn, cattle sheds, corn cribs and an or-
chard of about two acres. He raises cattle, horses and hogs, and feeds all his crops to his
own stock and buys additional feed. Principal crop is corn. He also operates a water
grist and saw-mill, known as the Osage Mills, completed in 1870, and located on the Cotton-
wood River. Mr. Shipman held the office of County Superintendent of Schools two yeurs,
being elected in 1865. He held the office of Clerk of the District Court two years, being
elected in 1868. He was elected County Treasurer in 1880, and re-elected to the office in
1882. He has been married three times, having children by each marriage. All of them are
still living, as follows: C. Frederick, Julia S., Arthur B., Annie M. and Harry L.

EBENEZER STOTTS, banker. farmer and stock-raiser, Elmdale, was born in Noble
County, Ohio, March 1, 1834. His education is principally self-acquired, having enjoyed
but three months’ schooling in his life. Hewas brought up onafarm. After attaining his
majority he engaged in farming in his native county. In the fall of 1856 he removed to
Dallas County, Iowa, whence he came to Kansas in 1857, making the journey on foot. He
located in Chase County in June, 1857, pre-empting 160 acres of land situated in the Cotton-
wood Valley, in Falls Township. This he improved and operated until 1862, when he sold
it and removed to Cottonwood Falls, engaging in the mercantile business. He operated a
general store there for four years. He then disposed of his stock and bought a farm situated
on Diamond Creek, in Diamond Creek Township. which he operated ten years and still
owns. This farm comprises 320 acres of bottom and upland land, and has valuable improve-
ments. In the fall of 1876 Mr. Stotts rented his farm, but is still interested in stock-raising
and 1s also handling and shipping stock. He removed to Elmdale in 1876 and built a store-
house with the intention of engaging inthe mercantile business. He afterward changed
his plans, rented his storehouse and engaged in business as a broker. In May, 1881, he
completed his bank building and started a general banking business at Elmdale. His cap-
ital is ample for the transaction of the business. The monthly average of deposits is about
$10,000. r. Stotts isa member of Elmdale Lodge, No. 128, I. O. O. F. He has been mar-
ried three times. Hehas one child. by his first wife—William Riley, born December 4, 1862.

STEPHEN M. WOOD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, Township 19, Range 7, P.
O. Elmdale, was born at Mount Gilead, Morrow Co.. Ohio, June 10, 1832. He was brought
up on a farm and received a common school education. He was married May 22, 1853,
and about two years after moved to Cedar County, Iowa, where he remained engaged in
farming until November, 1861, when he entered the army as Second Lieutenant of Com-
pany B, Sixth Regiment, Missouri Cavalry. He was promoted to First Lieutenant and
Quartermaster of the regiment, August 1, 1863; and April 12, 1864, he was detailed as
Brigade Commissary of Subsistance of First Brigade Cavalry Division, Department of the
Gulf. November 25, 1864, he was detailed as Quartermaster of the Povtoon Brigade.
Most of his service was in Missouri, Louisiana an eee He was mustered out of
service at New Orleans, September 12, 1865. In the spring of 1866 he came to Kansas and
located in Diamond Creek Township. two miles southweert of Elmdale, where he has ever
since resided. He has a farm of 640 acres upon which he has placed valuable improvements,
including a very fine and large orchard. Mr. Wood has taken quite an active part in poli-
tics, and is one of the most prominent men of Chase County and has several times received
the suffrages of the electors of the County, besides local and minor offices He has twice
represented the county in the Legislature from the Sixty-eighth Representative District, and
has held the office of State Senator one term from Chase, Marion and Morris counties. In
April, 1877, he was appointed as Regent of the State Agricultural College, and re-appointed
in 1880. ee the last four years of office he was the presiding officer of the board, and
no small part of the present prosperity of the college is due to his clear insight in all mat-
ters of financial or practical nature and his earnest and energetic performance of the duties
of his trust. He married Miss Caroline H. Breese, of Morrow County, Ohio, by whom he
has four children—Wallace A., Clarence D., Carrie and Sidney B., all living.

COTTONWOOD TOWNSHIP.

FRANCIS BERNARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, Township 20, Range 6, P.
O. Cedar Point, was born at Dijon, France, April 19, 1822. He came to the United States
in 1854, locating first in New York City. The following year he removed to Illinois, and in
1856 he began farming in Kankakee County. In August, 1857, hecame to Kansas, locating
on the Cottonwood River, in Cottonwood Township. where he pre-empted 160 acres. This
heat once began to improve, and has ever since cultivated. He has since made additional
purchases of land, and now has in bis farm 440 acres, upon which he has made valuable
improvements, including three frame dwelling houses, (two being used by renters) good
barn, corn cribs, wheat granary and an orchard of about two acres. He has about 300
acres under cultivation, and 100 acres of timber land. His principal crop is wheat. He is
also quite extensively engaged in raising cattle and horses. Mr. Bernard is one of the
earliest settlers in Chase County. He came with the intention of starting a French settle-
ment, and brought with him a stock of Foods to establish a store; he concluded however,
to go to farming instead. He married Miss Hermance Cenver, of Dijon, France, May 11,
1852. He hasnochi'dren by this marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard are members of the
Catholic Church. Mr. Bernard is a member of the Board of Directors of the Chase County
National Bank.

JACOB R. BLACKSHERE, stock-breeder and dealer, Section 7, Township 20, Range
7, P. O. Elmdale, was born in Marion County, W. Va, September 3, 1834. He received
a common school education in his native county, and before attaining his majority en-
gaged in the dry goods business. In 1857 he started in business for himself at Mannington,
Marion County, continuing in this business until 1840,when he came to Kansas and located in
Chase County, entered and purchased 960 acres of land in Cottonwood Township, which he
somewhat improved; he also, the same year, put some cattle on the range. In the spring
of 1861 he returned to Virginia and engaged in the dry goods business at his former loca
tion. In the fall of 1867 he disposed of his business there and returned to his farm in
Chase County. He has since purchased 1,000 acres adjoining his original purchase, so that
now he has a farm of over 2,000 acres upon which he has placed valuable improvements,
including a commodious stone dwelling-house, barn, cattle sheds anda good orchard. Mr.
Blackshere is extensively engaged in stock-breeding, feeding and dealing. He has in his
herd a number of Galloway cattle, being the first to bring that breed of stock to Chase
County. He also has’a number of thoroughbred. Durham cattle, and most of his stock,
about 500 in number, is bred toa high grade. Mr. Blackshere is Director of the Chase
County National Bank. He is a member of the Zeradetha Lodge, No. 8, A.. F. & A. M.
He married Miss Melissa A. Marton, of Marion County, W. Va., July 22, 1857, by whom
he has six children—Carl E., Cora B., Earl M., Frank R., Jesse R. and Harold M., all

living.

x OSEPH L. CRAWFORD, farmer, Section 23, Township 20, Range 6, P.O. Crawford-
ville, was born in Huron County, Ohio, May 3, 1626. He was brought up on a farm until
he was fourteen years of age. He then went to Plymouth, Ohio and learned the trade of a
wagon-maker, which he followed for six years. In 1846 he removed to Evansport and en-
gaged in business as a wagon-maker, continuing about three years, and then removed to

ee County, Ill., and remained there engaged in farming until the fall of 1859, when he
came to Kansas, located in Morris County and took a claim of 160 acres of land belonging
to the diminished reserve of the Kaws. He remained upon this land about two years, rais-
ing one good crop. In the spring of 1862 he was compelled to relinquixh his claim. He
then came to Chase County and pre-empted 160 acres of land situated upon the Cottonwood
River, in Cottonwood Township. He built a log cabin and began at once to improve his
land, part of which he still owns. Since then he has entered 160 acres under the home-
stead act, and bought 160 acres, but has sold part of his land. In 1882 he laid out the vil-
lage of Crawfordsville, situated on the line of the A., T. & S. F.R, R., which has a station
at this point called Crawford. The village has as an impetus to its growth begun the
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development of one of the finest stone quarries in the county, the stone being a fine mag-
nesian limestone, and the ledges of an unusual thickness. Mr. Crawford rents most of his
farm, containing 160 acres, and devotes the most of his attention to milling and mechan-
ical pursuits. He operated the first threshing machine, the first saw-mill and the first grist-
mill in Marion County. He has at present two steam saw-mills, one located at Crawfords-
ville and the other on Cottonwood River, below Cottonwood Falls. Mr, Crawford has
held the office of Justice of the Peace two years in Cottonwood Township. He has been
married twice, first to Miss Amie Columbia, of Fort Wayne Ind., March 13, 1847; she died
May 29, 1871, leaving eight children, all now living. He married Miss Mary E. Watson, of
Diamond Creek Township, December 29, 1871, by whom he has three children, all living.

CAPT. 0. H. DRINKWATER, senior partner of the firm of Drinkwater & Shriver,
millers, Cedar Point, one of the early settlers of Chase County and one of the Tending citi-
zens of Cedar Point and Cottonwood Township, came to Kansas in April, 1855, from Penn-
sylvania. He located near Topeka and took an active part in the border war. Was an
ardent Free-State man and a follower of old John Brown and Jim Lane. Was present at
the organization of the Free-State party at the Big Springs Convention in 1855, and a mem-
ber of the Free-State Legislature at its last session at Topeka in 1857. Located in the Cotton-
wood Valley at what is now Cedar Point in Chase County in 1857 and became an active pol-
itician in State and local politics. Was commissioned Captain in J pea 1863, and
served in that capacity in Missouri, Arkansas and the Indian Territory until July, 1863,
While in charge of a large fatigue force engaged in constructing fortifications at Fort Gib-
son, he received a sunstroke which very nearly cost him his life and entirely incapacitated
him for further service during the war, and from the effects of which he has never fully re-
covered, Capt. Drinkwater is forty-eight years of age, September 1, 1883, and twenty-nine
years of his life has been spent in Kanaas, in which he never lost faith from the beginning,
He is now engaged in milling and farming. The mill is the largest and finest in Chase
County or in this part of the State and manufactures flour of a very flue quality which is
shipped East and West to points at considerabledistance. Capt. Drinkwater's farm adjoins
the town site of Cedar Point and contains about 500 acres, upon which he has placed valu-
able improvements including a commodious,dwelling, aoe barn, cattle sheds and other farm
buildings, also'a fine orchard. Captain Drinkwater has been quite active in politics and
has always held a Jeading position in the community in which he resides. He has been
Representative in the Legislature, County Commissioner of Chase County and has held
other local offices. Delos F. Drinkwater, who was Secretary of the,United Press Associa-
tion of Washington, D. C., now deceased, was his brother, and they came to Kansas
together when mere boys. He cast his first vote for President for Abraham Lincoln, and
continued to vote and work with the Republican party until the organization of the Green-
back party of which he is now a member.

JAMES M. FRENCH, stock-farmer, Range 21, Anes 5, P. O. Cedar Point,
was born in Jackson County, Ohio, March 23, 1850. He was brought up in his native
county, and when nineteen years old commenced clerking in a general store in Jackson.
In 1871 he engaged as a commercial traveler for a wholesale clothing establishment located
in Ohio. This business he followed one year. In 1872 he began business for himself at
Jackson and operated a general store until the spring of 1878, when he sold out and came
to Kansas. Located at Cedar Point and in August established a general store which he
continued to operate until the spring of 1883. In 1882 he engaged in the live-stock busi-
ness in connection with his mercantile business. He hasafarm of 133 acres, 20 acres of
which is under cultivation, the remai der being used for hay and grazing purposes. He
has a herd numbering about 235 head including two thoroughbred males of the short-horn
breed and most of his herd are of high grade cattle, He also raises hogs and horses. Mr.
French has a fine frame residence, good barn and stone buildings upon his farm. Also
owns a store building and some other town property at Cedar Point. He has a good orchard
of about two acres containing an extensive variety of both small and large fruit. Heisa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Miss Elizabeth O. Mitchell,
daughter of Dr. D. H. Mitchell, of Jackson, Ohio, February 17, 1872, by which mar-
riage he has had four children, of whom John David and James Harry are now living.

WILLIAM J. KELLER, farmer and _siock-raiser, Section 5, Range 20, Township 7, P.
O. Elmdale, was born in Coles County, Ill., January 26, 1836. He was brought up on a
farm and resided in Illinois until he came to Kansas in May, 1854. He located near Leaven-
worth and took a claim of 160 acres, which he held about a month; then he was driven off
by Missourians. He went from there to Grasshopper Falls and took another claim of 160
acres, which he sold in 1857._ He was a firm adherent of martyred John Brown and took
part in the famous ‘‘ Black Jack”’ fight. He was also a soldie? under that redoubtable
knight, Jim Lane, being in apie Harvey’s company. He was at Grasshopper Falls at
the time it was burned by the Kickapoo Rangers. He was then under command of Captain
Clark. Finding it pretty hot in that part of the country, and remembering the old maxim
that,

Ep “He who fights and runs away,

May live to fight another day,”

concluded to seek fairer fields and greener pastures. He found said fields and pastures in
Chase County, and located on the north of the Cottonwood River, in Cottonwood Township,
in the fall of 1858. He then bought 120 acres of improved land and has since made pur-
chases of 80 adjoining acres and still later 160 acres. He has sold all but 80 acres of his last
purchase. Upon this he now resides. He has sixty-five acres under cultivation, the
remainder being meadow land. He raises cattle, horses and hogs, feeding all his crops to
his own stock. Mr. Keller is a member of Elmdale Lodge No. 128, 1. 0.0. F. He married
Levicie J. Pratt of Chase County, August 15, 1861, by whom he has six children—Edward
E., Olive M., Wesley T., Minnie F. and Daisy and Dairy (twins), all now living.

DR. J. MARTIN, physician and surgeon, was born in Yorkshire, England, March 11,
1851. Received his academic education at Low Row Academy, graduating in 1869. Came
to the United States the following year. Read medicine at La Salle, [1l,, and Davenport, Iowa,
graduating from the medical department of the Iowa State University, March 1, 1876. His
preceptor at Davenport was Dr. Peck, Professor of Surgery in the university. Was House
Surgeon of Scott County Hospital in 1875. Practiced in Davenport, Iowa, until 1876 and on
account of failing health removed to Dallas, Texas, where he practiced three years. In the
summer of 1879, came to Florence, Kan., where he remained until the summer of 1883, when
he removed to Cedar Point, Chase County. Was married in 1876 at Iowa City, Iowa, to Miss
8. M. Fitch, of Vermont, and graduate of the class of 1875, Iowa State University. Dr.
Martin is Local Surgeon for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, and a member of
Kansas State Medical Society. Is a member of A., F. & A. M., K of H., Florence,

EPHRIAM W. PINKSTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 31, Range 20, Township
6, P. O. Cedar Point, was born in Sullivan County, Ind., March 1, 1830. Ic was brought up
on a farm and resided in his native county until he attained his majority. His educational
advantages were very limited. He then went to Illinois, and there acquired an academic
education. He then entered mercantile life in Illinois, which he continued until the spring
of 1857, when he came to Kansas in April of that year. He located aclaim, August 12, on
the Cottonwood River in Cottonwood Township—then Wise County now Chase—and left it
in charge of friends while he returned to Indianola and closed ont his mercantile business
in which he had been engaged since April. In April, 1858, he settled on his claim,
built a log cabin and began to make improvements, He has added to his farm by sub-
sequent purchases so that it contains 545 acres. He also owns 160 acres situated on the
Cottonwood River one mile east of the home farm. He has placed valuable improvements
upon his farm including a substantial stone dwelling. a good barn, granary and other farm
puildings and an orchard of about three acres. He has about 300 acres under cultivation
and 100 acres of timberland. His principal crops are corn, wheat and rye. He keeps a
herd of about 250 head of cattle, including some thoroughbred and high grade short-horn
stock. Mr. Pinkston has been a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Chase
County for eight years. Has held the office of Treasurer of Cottonwood Township one
term, and has held other local offices, One of the eariiest settlers of Chase County, he
has ever since remained upon his original location, and Cues he came here with limited
means and has met with severa] reverses and Jost considerable by fire upon two occasions, he

has by the exercise of industry, frugality and good business principles placed himself upona
level with the most prominent farmers in Chase County, He has been twice married. His
first wife was Miss Clara J. Young, of Cottonwood Township, whom he married May 12, 1867.
She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 24, 1848; came to Kansas in May, 1866; died
January 10, 1875. They had four children, of whom Hattie M. and Florence L, are now
living.” He married Mrs, Sarah A. L. Mack of Lawrence, December 12, 1876. Mrs. E. W.
Pinkston was Sarah A. Lyon, youngest daughter of William and Elizabeth Lyon; was born
May 2, 1837, in Richland County, Ohio; received a good school education, and in 1854 came

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

West with her parents, two sisters and one brother. After a sojourn of four weeks in
Independence, Mo., the family moved into Kansas. On the last Sunday in July, 1854,
they stopped to rest on the very ground where now stands the State University. From
that elevated position no sign of human habitation could be seen except down near the
river a few logs were laid up. The family decided that it must be a deserted Indian
lodge; it proved to be the foundation of a house on a claim taken by a Missourian
who had returned to his home in Missouri. Two weeks later the first company came
from New England, bought out the Missouri settler and located the city of Lawrence,
Three miles farther west, on the old California road, the father located a claim and com-
menced improving it. Many a weary, hungry claim hunter found rest and comfort in their
hospitable home. Sarah, then’seventeen years old,walked the three miles to the city of tents
to attend divine services; heard Rev. S. Y. Lum preach the first sermon ever preached in the
city of Lawrence. She was the first young lady in Lawrence. Was married November 23
1857, to John W. Mack, who was born in Milton, Mass., February 10, 1885. They live
thirteen happy years together; no children; he died October 9, 1870. He came here a youn,
man of nineteen years with no fortune but a strong, robust constitution and a willing heart
and hand to take hold of any work by which he could make an honest ing. He will be
remembered by many old settlers as the cheery, hospitable landlord of the Cincinnati
House of Lawrence. He was one Sergeant in Company A, a volunteer company of
“ Border Ruffian” times. He was in the employ of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company
and United States Express Company several years prior to his death. He was express
messenger on the L, L. & G. R. R., when he was taken sick from exposure and overwork
and laid down the burden of life with many friends around him. His widow was married
December 12, 1876, to Ephraim W. Pinkston, of Cedar Point, Chase County.

PETER P. SHRIV. R, of the firm of Drinkwater & Shriver, millers, Cedar Point, was
born in Yorktown, Pa., in May 1845. He was prone up on a farm in his native county,
where he resided until September, 1864, when he enlisted as a unas in Company D, Thir
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry; was assigned to the Cavalry Division, Army of
the Potomac, and participated in the campaign of Petersburg and Richmond and the pursuit
and capitulation of Lee’s army, He was mustered out in} May, 1865, at Richmond, Va.
He then returned to Pennsylvania and remained until the spring of 1867, when he removed
to Elkart County, Ind., where he remained one year and then came to Kansas. He located
at Cedar Point in the SpEng of 1868 and engaged in the milling business with O. H.
Drinkwater. They erected a frame mill that year, which they operated until 1876, when
they replaced it with a substantial stone mill three stories in height, with a capacity of
seventy-five barrels per day, and are doing a general exchange and merchant business.

ALLEN C. STEPHENSON, general merchant, was born in Jackson County, Ohio,
May 25, 1849. He was brought up on a farm, receiving a common school education
and after attaining his majority, engaged in farming in his native county, continuing unti.
the fall of 1877, when he came to Kansas; located in Cottonwood Township and ented in
farming, in which he continued until the fall of 1882, when he sold his farm and established
his present business. He at that time built a commodious storehouse which he has stocked
with a general line of dry goods, bo ots and shoes, groceries, glass and queensware. He has
already built up a large trade and is doing a prosperous business. Mr. Stephenson isamem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Miss Ivy D. Wingar of Butler County,
Kan., September 16, 1879, by whom he has two children—Mary Ophelia and Nellie W.,
both living.

HENRY WEAVER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 36, Range 20, Township 5, P. 0.
Cedar Point, was born in Mercer County, Pa., November 22, 1835. He was brought up
on a farm, and before attaining his majority learned the trade of carpenter, which together
with farming, he followed until August 3, 1861, when he enlisted asa private in Company
F, Fifty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; was assigned to the Army of the
Potomac, and participated in the battles of ee Fair Oaks, Savage Station, Mal-
vern Hill, the second battle of Bull Run and Antietam. He was promoted to Corporal and
Sergeant; was discharged for disability in January, 1862. In June, 1863, he re-enlisted as a
private in the Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, and participated in the battles of
Gettysburg, the Wilderness and the cam alfa against Petersburg and Richmond. Was
taken sick in the fall of 1864 and sent to the hospital at Philadelphia, from which he was
discharged in December, 1864. He then returned to Mercer County and there followed his
trade until 1870, when he came to Kansas; located in Cottonwood Township in June and
engaged in business as a carpenter and builder at Cedar Point, continuing until 1876, when
he engaged in farming, in which he has ever since continued. He operates a farm of about
500 acres, of which about 300 acres are under cultivation. His principal crops are corn and
wheat. He also rafses catile and hogs. He owns a residence iu the village of Cedar Point,
where he resides. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Miss
Lorana A. Keen, of Mercer County, Pa., December 29, 1858, by whom he has two children—
Ida Jane and Joseph Edwin, both living.

BAZAAR TOWNSHIP.

SAMUEL BAKER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 19, Range 21, Township 8, P. 0.
Bazaar, was born in Templeton, Mass., September 1, 1829. When he was three years old,
his parents removed to Niagara County, N. Y., where he was brought up onafarm. After
attaining his majority, he engaged in farming, and in 1852, removed to Ogle County, Ill., and
there engaged in farming. In thesummer of 1856, he came to Kansas on a tour of observation.
Being an outspoken champion of freedom and in favor of making Kansas a Free State, he
took an active part in the agitation of the times, and was with Capt. Gutler’s party at Hickory
Point. He was wounded in the leg by a rifle ball in that action and taken prisoner by the
United States troops, acting under orders of Gov. Geary, but was at once released on
account of his wounds. He soon after returned to his home in Illinois and there remained
until the fall of 1866, when he came to Kansas. He located in Bazaar Township and bought
aclaim of 160 acres of land situated on the South Fork of the Cottonwood River, which he
entered under the Homestead Act. He has since purchased additional land and now has a
farm of 440 acres of land, upon which he has placed valuable improvements including
a@ commodious frame Lee a good stone barn, corn cribs and other farm buildings.
He also has 160 acres of grazing land one and one-half miles west of the home farm. He
has about 230 acres under cultivation. His principal crops are corn, oats and millet. His
herd of cattle numbering over 200 head is composed principally of high grade stock. He
also raises many hogs and some horses and sheep. Mr. Baker isa stockholder and Director
in the Chase County National Bank. He has been a member of the Board of County Com-
missioners of Chase County two terms and has held several township offices. He is a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church. He married Miss Joanna Gould, of Ogle County, Tll., October
8, ae _She died October 26, 1881, after bearing him two children, of whom Edith is
now living.

GRORGE W. BOCOOK, M. D., Matfield Green, was born in Lawrence County, Ky.,
August 7, 1887. He was edneated in his native State, and before attaining his majority,
bese the study of medicine with Dr. E. W. Burnham of Olive Hill, Ky. In September,
1861, he enlisted asa Sergeant in poner D, Twenty-second Regiment, Kentucky Vol-
untecrs. Was ae to the army of the Ohio, and participated in the battles of Pound
Gap, Cumberland Gap, Tazewell and the siege of Vicksburg. The Regiment was then
transferred to the Department of the Gulf; but before the campaign had fairly begun, Dr.
Bocook was discharged on account of ill health. He then returned to Olive ill and
resumed the study of medicine, and completed his studies at Louisville, Ky. He then
attended the Cincinnati Eclectic College of Medicine and Surgery, from which he graduated
in 1868. He then Began the practice of medicine at Morshead, Dawah Co., Ky., continuing
one year, and in the fall of 1869 he came to Kansas. Located at Marysville, Marshall County,
where he remained about five years, engaged in the practice of his profession and also in
farming. He then removed to Augusta, Butler County,where he followed his profession until
the spring of 1878. He then came to Chase County locating at Matfield Green, where he has
ever since resided. In addition to his practice, Dr. Bocook operates a farm of 280 acres, situated
on the South Fork of the Cottonwood River in Bazaar Township. He also has a halt interest
in a general merchandising business, conducted at Matfield Green, under the firm name of
Cameron & Bocook. Dr. Bocook is a member of the Christian Church. He has been twice
married, first to Miss Martha Scott, of Olive Hill, Ky., whom he married in 1859. She died

in 1862, after bearing him two children, of whom George M. is now living. He married
Miss Amanda E. Richards, of Olive Hill, Ky., Ji uly 10, 1864, by which marriage he has had
nine children, of whom Julia A., Evanda, Sarah E., John E., Florence E., Alfred N. and

Adah are now living,

CAPT. HENRY BRANDLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 20, Township 22, Range
8, P. O. Matfield Green, was born in the Canton of Grison, Switzerland, Octaber i2, 189).
CHASE COUNTY.

He came to the United States with his parents in 1852, and located at Cincinnati i
After a residence of four years removed ‘to Randolph County, Ind. Capt. Spindler
removed to Cass County, Iowa, in the spring of 1859, but remained there only one season
and in the fall of 1859 came to Kansas. Located in Bazaar Township, and took aclaim of
160 acres of land, situated on the South Fork of the Cottonwood River, which he began at
once to improve, and farmed until September 6, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Com-
pany B, Ninth Regiment Cavalry, Kansas Volunteers. He was promoted through the
intermediate grades to the rank of Captain, and commanded Com any B most of the time
he was in service after he was commissioned. He was mustered out of service at Fort
Leavenworth, in August, 1865. Then returned to his farm which he has since continued to
operate. He has purchased additional land to the extent of 700 acres, which now comprises
his farm, upon which he has placed valuable improvements. He has about 130 acres under
cultivation, 200 acres of timber land and uses the remainder for hay and grazing. His farm
is about all enclosed with a substantial stone fence. He hasa herd of about 200 head of
cattle of high grade, He also raises many hogs and some horses. Capt. Brandley enjoys to
a high degree the esteem and confidence of the citzens of Chase County. He was a Repre-
sentative in the State Legislature from this district, session of 1867. He was Journal Clerk
of the Kansas House of Representatives, session of 1870 and 1872. He also represented this
Senatorial district in the State Senate of 1878-74. He was also Journal Clerk in the State
Senate, sessions of 1875, and Secretary of the Senate, sessions of 1877-79-81 and 83. He was
a delegate to two Republican State Conventions and Secretary of one. He held the office
of Trustee of Bazaar Township one term by appointment, and. has held the office of Justice
of the Peace. Capt. Brandley is an active Republican, and has been a member of
the County Central Committee twelve years, being Chairman of the Committee and Sec-
retary of the same for severd] years. He married Miss Kittie Patterson of Berea, Ohio, in
1868, She died the following year. He married Miss Lizzie Romigh of Cottonwood Falls,
April. 1870, by whom he has seven children—Clara, Maud, Harry, Ruby, Daisey, Pearl and
Hohert oe al living. ij 5
MERON, general merchant, Matfield Green, was born in Columbiana
County, Ohio, October, 8, 1838. He was brought up ona farm’ in his native county. He
received a collegiate education, and after attaining his majority engaged in teaching in the
common schools of his native county, continuing through ‘eleven terms. He afterwards
taught in the high schools and in the Union Christian Co lege, at Meron, Ind. He was for
two years Superintendent of Schools at Mount Union, Ohio, and has in fact devoted most
of his life to the education of the young. In the spring of 1879 he came to Kansas, locating
at Matfield Green, Chase County, where he engaged in teaching, continuing over two years.
In February, 1882, he bought'a half interest in the business of Bocaa & Mitchell, the firm
name being changed to Mitchell & Cameron. This firm continued to transact a general
merchandising business until May, 1883, when Mr. Cameron bought the interest of Mr.
Mitchell and subsequently formed a partnership with Dr. G. W. Boca, under the firm
name of Cameron & Bocook. The business was then removed to a more commodious store
building and the stock enlarged and business extended. The firm carry a general stock of
dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, groceries, glass, tin and queensware, notions, drugs,
etc. Mr. Cameron is an elder in the Christian Church and has been ordained to preach
since 1871. He holds services semi-monthly at Matfield Green, monthly at the Charp Creek
schoolhouse, and semi-monthly atthe Mitchell schoolhouse. He married Miss Elizabeth
Elliot of Columbiana County, Ohio, October 25, 1866, by whom he has two children—Mar-
vin J. and Adrian L,, both living.

LOT LEONARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, Township 20, Range 8, P.O. Bazaar,
was born in Jefferson, Greene County, Pa., October 1, 1830. He was rought up ona farm
and resided in his native township until he came to Kansas in the spring of 1857. On the
15th day of April he located on the South Fork of the Cottonwood River, about seven and
one half miles south of Cottonwood Falls, and took a claim of 160 acres of land, which he
afterward bought from the government and still owns. He was one of the first white set-
tlers that located on the South Fork, and has since remained upon his original claim, to
which he has added by subsequent purchases, so that he now hasa farm of 820 acres. He
has about 140 acres under cultivation, about 100 acres of timber land, and uses the remainder
for hay and grazing purposes. Principal crop is corn but also raises oats and millet. He
has a herd of 195head of cattle, including a thoroughbred male of the short-horn breed,
and most of his herd are high grade cattle. He also raises some horses and hogs. Mr.
Leonard was postmaster at Bazaar two years, and has been a member of the school board
about twenty years. He isa Republican, but of late years has not taken an active part in
politics. Shortly after the arrival of Mr. Leonard and his party on the Cottonwood, and

efore the completion of their c bins, they were camped under a large oak tree and hada
reversed wagon box covering their provisions, when about 300 Kaw Indians pitched camp
near them. The next morning the Indians visited their camp, and, after knocking his
party about in a very rough manner, for a while, and twice snapping a flint-lock gun
pointed at Mr. Leonard, not over three feet away, they forcibly took all the provisions and
other possessions of the party, except their ox team. The party had ‘to live on fish, without
salt, for four days, when afresh supply of provisions was obtained from Emporia. Mr.
Leonard married Miss Julietta Lane of Bazaar Township, February 4, 1860, by which
marriage he has had eight children, of whom John B., Mary F., Nettie A., Minnie M.,George
W. and Jennie E. are now ving:

HON. JAMES S. MITCHELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, Township 21,
Range 8, P. O. Matfield Green, was born in Delaware County, N. Y.. November 25, 1819.
He was brought up on a farm in his native county, and after attaining his majority engaged
in farming on his own account, continuing until 1857. He thenremoved to Iowa, but after
a residence of two years he came! to Kansas, driving aon by team, and arrived in
Chase County, October 27, 1859. He pre-empted 160 acres of land, situated on the South
Fork of the Cottonwood River in Bazaar Township. He located in February and at once
began to improve his farm. Sowing that year two acres of wheat which failed, he then
planted itin corn which also failed; he then tried buck-wheat, but this also failing he sowed
it to fall wheat, which produced a successful crop. Hecontinued to break more land yearly,
and produced the first crop of oats on the South Fork, and was one of the first to success-
fully grow wheat. He has ever since remained upon his original location, and has added to
his farm by subsequent purchases, so that he now owns 440 acres, upon which he has placed
valuable improvements, including a commodious frame dwelling, and a large, very fine
stone barn, excelled by only one in the county. He hasan orchard of about four acres,
which has produced fruit since 1870. He has about 200 acres unde: cultivation, 15 acres
of timber land, and the remainder meadow land. He raises cattle and hogs and some
horses. He isa Republican in politics, and has held several offices in the county and town-
ship. Has been Treasurer of Bazaar Township four years, and Justice of the Peace four
years. Has held the office of Judge of Probate for Chase County, two years by election,
and one year by appointment. Also held the office of Coroner of Chase County two years.
He married Miss Clarissa A. Evans of Schoharie County, N. Y., April 12, 1843. Mr. and
Mrs. Mitchell are members of the Christian Church. :

WILLIAM G. PATTEN, farmer, Section 22, Township 20, Range 8, P. O. Cottonwood
Falls, was born in Clark County, Ohio, April 14, 1827. He received an academic education
in his native State, and in 1850 removed to Williamsburg, Clermont County, and engaged in
teaching music, remaining there until the fall of 1856. He then removed to Jersey County,
Ti.., and for two years was engaged in the lumber business and in the operation of a steam
saw-mill, He then went to” McDonough County, locating at Prairie City, where he en-

aged in commission and live-stock business. In August, 1861, he enlisted as a private in
Coca any C, Engineer Regiment of the West. Upon the full organization of his Company
Mr. Patton was dlected by the members First Lieutenant, but before the arrival of his com-
misssion he was promoted to the rank of Captain, During the campaign of 1861, the regi-
ment was with Gen. Fremont in his operations in Missouri. In March, 1862, went with
Gen. Pope’s command to New Madrid, Mo., and participated in the siege of Island No. 10,
being engaged in building fortifications and cutting a canal around the Island, repairin;
the railroad and other duties devolving upon their line in the service. Was next engage!
in the siege of Corinth, being present until the evacuation, and afterward was in the army
under Gen. Grant, in the advance toward Granada and the retreat therefrom. Their next
movement was the siege of Vicksburg, Capt. Patten’s Company being engaged in the early
part of the siege, then ordered to the line of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, and on
duty repairing the road the remainder of the season. In the spring of 1864, the companies
of the regiment were re-united, and were for several months engaged in the construction
of the Nashville & Northwestern Railroad. Was then ordered to the army under Gen.
Sherman, and participated in the siege of Atlanta, until the surrender, after which the
regiment was engaged in the repair of the fortifications around Atlanta until Sherman’s
departure for the sea. The term of enlistment of the regiment having expired, Capt.

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Patten was mustered out of service at Nashville, November 19, 1864. He returned to
Illinois and in 1865 engaged in mercantile business at Abingdon, JI]. He continued in
this business untilthe spring of 1867, when he sold out, taking as part payment 160 acres
of unimproved land situated on the South Fork of the Cottonwood River in Bazaar Town-
ship. In UBT; 1868, he came to Kansas, locating upon this land, which he began at once to
improve, and has since continued to farm, He has made an additiona] purchase of 160 acres
adjoining, and has placed valuable improvements upon the farm including a commodious
frame dwelling and other farm buildings. He has an orchard of about 100 apple and 100
peach trees besides other fruit. He has 200 acres under cultivation, 20 acres of timber land
and uses the balance for grazing purposes. Mr. Patten isa member of the Congregational
Church at Cottonwood Falls. He is 1 member of Angola Lodge, No. 58, I. O. O. F., also a
member of J. W. Geary Post, No. 15,G. A. R. He married Miss Sarah E. White of Cler-
mont County, Ohio, May 21, 1851. She died December 23, 1863, after bearing him five
children, all now deceased. He married Miss Myra E. Latimer of Knox County, Ill., No-
io 30, 1865, by which marriage he has one child—Walter Glenn, born November
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CHARLES W. ROGLER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 31, Township 21, Range 8,
P. O. Matfield Green, was born in Saxony, Germany, March 5, 1836. He came to the
United States in 1853, locating first in Huron County, Ohio, where he remained three years
engaged in farming. He then went to Johnson County, Iowa, whence he removed to Cass
County, Iowa, two years later. In the spring of 1859 he came to Kansas and bought a
claim of 160 acres of land situated on the South Fork of the Cottonwood River in Bazaar
Township. Leaving a man to hold his claim he returned to Iowa to dispose of his propert:
there, and in the pierce ening located upon his claim, which he afterwards entere
under the homestead law. e at once began to improve his place, built a log cabin and
remained upon the farm until 1864,when he enlisted as a private in Company C, Seventeenth
Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, for 100 days. He was mustered out of service at
Fort Leavenworth in December, 1864, and returned to his farm, which he has ever since
continued to operate. He has since purchased land at different times to the amount of 720
acres, which comprises the home farm and 160 acres on Thurman’s Creek 80 acres on
Crocker Creek, in Greenwood County. He has placed valuable improvements upon the
home farm, including a commodious frame dwelling, good barn, corn cribs and other farm
buildings, an orchard containing 250 apple and 100 peach trees, besides other fruit. He has
divided the home farm and erected buildings for the use of his tenants, and made other
improvements. He has about 250 acres under cultivation and has 160 acres of timber land,
the remainder devoted to hay and grazing purposes. He has a herd of about 300
head of cattle, including one thoroughbred male short-horn and some high grade stock. He
also raises many hogs and some horses. Mr. Rogler is a Republican in politics and has
held the office of County Commissioner of Chase County two years, has been Trustee of
Bazaar Township three years and Justice of the Peace six years, besides holding some
other local oftices. He is a stock-holder and director in the Chase County National Bank.
One of the earliest settlers on the South Fork, coming here with little means, by industry
and frugality, Mr. Rogler has placed himself in the list of successful stock farmers of
Chase County. He married Miss Mary Satchel, of Butler County, June 20, 1869, by whom
he has five children, Albert, Catharine, Emma, Hen.y and Mary Jane, all living.

HORACE G. WHITE, farmer and dairyman, Section 29, Township 20, Range 8, P. O.
Bazaar, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., January 18,1831. He was brought up on a dairy
farm, in his native county, where he resided until October, 1861.__He then entered the volun-
teer service as Second Lieutenant of Company F. Ninety-fourth Regiment, New York Volun-
teers. Was assigned to the army of the Potomac, and participated in the battle of South
Mountain and the second battle of Bull Run. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in May,
1862, and after the battle of Bull Run was promoted to Captain and assigned to the com-
mand of Company A. He afterwards participated in the baitles of Fredericksburg, Stone
Mountain, Ahtietam and oa In the latter engagement Capt White was taken
prisoner, with most of the men of his Regiment, and was confined in Libby prison, at
Richmond, at Danville, Macon, Charleston and Columbia. From the latter point he made his
escape February ‘14,1865, with about seventy-five others, and succeeded in reaching the lines of
General Sherman’s army. He was then sent to Washington, and being in poor health from
his long confinement of nearly two years, he resigned. He then returned to his farm,which
he operated until 1869, when he removed to Richland County, Wisconsin, and engaged in
the dairy and hop-raising business, continuing until the fall of 1677, when he came to Kan-
sas, located on the South Fork of the Cottonwood River, in Bazaar Township, and engaged
in dairy business. In 1882 he bought 240 acres of land and is now engaged in stock-raising
and farming in connection with his dairy business. In the spring of 1883 he formed a part-
nership with Charles and ee ‘W. Cosper, under the firm name of White & Cosper Bros.
The firm have since bought 240 acres of bottom land, situated on the South Fork of the
Cottonwood River, and made great improvements in their cheese factory, They have
about 100 acres under cultivation and the remainder devoted to hay and grazing purposes.
They have a herd of 112 head of cattle, mogtly dairy cows, and operate the only cheese fac-
tory in the Township. Mr. White is a member of theI. 0.0. F. He was appointed post-
master at Bazaar, in April, 1878, and has held the office ever since. He married Miss Delia
A. Matson, of Cayuga County, N. Y., December 30, 1851, by which marriage he has had
six children, of whom Minnie C., Julia G., Charlotte E. and Lucretia T., are now living.

TOLEDO TOWNSHIP.

. SAMUEL T. BENNETT, stock farmer, Section 17, Township 19, Range 9, P.O. Safford,
was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, November 27, 1841. His father died when he was
about three years old, and he shortly after removed with his mother to Pike County, Ohio,
where he was brought up on a farm and resided until July, 1861, when he enjisted as a private in
Company G.Thirty-third Regiment OhioVolunteers. He was afterward promoted to Sergeant,
was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, army of the Cumberland, and participated in the
battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, and the siege of Atlanta. He was commis-
sioned Second Lieutenant, after the Atlanta campaign, but was soon after mustered out of ser-
vice onaccount of sickness Hethenreturned to Ohio and attended school for two years, then
engaged in farming, in which he continued until the spring of 1869, when he came to Kansas,
located in Toledo Township, and engaged in stock business, in which he has since contin-
ued, in partnership with J. F. Prather,who resides at Williamsville, Nlinois, under the firm
name of 8. T. Bennett & Co. He operates a stock farm of 3,500 acres and has, on an aver-
age, a herd of 800 head of cattle. They have a fine herd of imported and thoroughbred
short-horn cattle, numbering nearly 100 head, representing the Booth, Bates and Rose, of
Sharon families. They make a specialty of breeding pure-blooded and high grade animals
for sale. Mr. Bennett married Miss Mary McGinnis, of Toledo Township, March 18, 1878,
by whom he has three children, Henry W., Samuel H. and Ross, all living.

ASHBEL J. CROCKER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 19, Township 19, Range 9,
P. O. Safford, was born October 29, 1833, at Lockport, N Y. When six years of age he re-
moved to Calhoun County, Mich., where he was brought up onafarm. In 1855 he removed
o Ogle County, Ill., where he engaged in farming, continuing until September 1, 1861, when
1e enlisted as a private in Company G, Second Regiment Illinois Light Artillery. He partici-
‘ated in the battle of Columbus, Ky., after which he was sent to Rockford, Ill., upon recruit-
og duty. After his return to his company he participated in the siege of Vicksburg, the
defense of Nashville, the capture of Mobile, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. Mr. Crocker was
promoted to the various grades of Corporal, Sergeant, Orderly Sergeant, and commissioned
Second Lieutenant and Battery Quartermaster,which rank he held when mustered out of the
service at Nashville. September 4, 1865. He spent some time in prospecting and visiting, and
in the spring of 1846 came to Kansas, located in Cottonwood Valley Township, where he
purchased 186 acres of land and became a Kansas farmer. He has ever since remained
upon his farm, to which he has added by subsequent purchases, to the present extent of
1,000 acres. Upon this he has placed valuable improvements, including substantial build-
ings and an orchard. He is largely engaged in stock raising and has in his herd a number
of thoroughbred Durham cattle and all his cattle are bred to a high grade. Mr Crocker
is a stockholder and Director in the Chase County National Bank. He isa member of the
Congregational Church. He married Miss Louise W. Gould, of Ogle County Ill., June 3,
1867, by whom he has four children, Charles A., Gertrude L., CarrieE. and Herbert G., all
living.
ALONZO M. CONAWAY, M. D., farmer and physician, Section 35, Township 18,
Range 9, P. O. Toledo, was born August 7, 1829, at Cadiz, Ohio, where his early life was
spent. His father was a physician, and under paternal instruction he early began the study
of medicine, and graduated from the Eclectic Medical College, at Cincinnati, in March,
1853. He soon after located at Lancaster, Ohio, and began the practice of medicine. He
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continued in this until April, 1861, when he entered the army as a First Lieutenant in Com-
pany C, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers, for three months. Was assigned to the
army in Western Virginia, and participated in the battles of Cheat Mountain, Winchester
and Louray. He then entered the Seventh Regiment West Virginia Volunteers as First
Lieutenant, and was afterward transferred to the Medical Department, and served for three
years as Assistant Surgeon of the Seventh Regiment West Virginia Volunteers. He was in
the army of the Potomac and participated in all the great battles fought by that army, be-
ing wounded in the breast by a shell at the battle of Fredericksburg, and in the left leg by
a minnie ball at Chancellorsville; and again wounded in the left foot by a minnie ball at
the battle of Mine Run. He was mustered out of service in August, 1865, at Louisville,
Ky. He then located at Coshocton, Ohio, where he remained, engaged in the practice of
his profession, until the spring of 1870, when he came to Kansas. Te located in Toledo
Township, and bought forty acres of unimproved land, situated on Buckeye Creek. He
has since Aa Ste 300 acres and now operates a farm of 340 acres, upon which he has
placed valuable improvements, including a commodious dwelling. good farm buildings,
and an orchard of twenty acres containing over 500 ape and 1,000 peach trees, besides
other fruits. In addition to the operation of his farm, Dr. Conway has had an extensive
medical practice during his whole residence in Chase County. He is a member of the order
of A., F. and A. M., and of the I.0.0.F. He married Miss Elizabeth Loveless, of
Coshocton County, Ohio, ory 6, 1851, by which marriage he has had eight children, of
whom Frances E., Cornelia A., Belle, Charles L., William T. S. and Ada B. are now living.

CHARLES A. HANCOCK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 11, Township 19, Range 9, P.
O. Toledo, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, February 25, 1830, He came fo the United
States in 1853, locating in Lorain County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming until the fall
of 1855, when he came to Kansas in the spring of 1856 and located first at Lawrence, where
he was employed in the saw-mill of Gen. Jim. Lane for a time, and in other pursuits until
the summer of 1858, when he came to his present location. He was one of the soldiers of
Gen. Jim. Lane and John Brown, was present at the sack of Lawrence, and participated in
several engagements with the Missouri border ruffians. He pre-empted 80 acres of land,
to which he has since added by purchase 145 acres, so that he now owns and operates 225
acres. . He has placed valuable improvements on his farm, ee a fine new dwellin;
house, completed in 1888, a good barn and other necessary farm buildings, and an orchar
of over two acres. He has about olen acres under cultivation. His principal crops are
corn and oats and wheat. Average yield in 1882 per acre wheat, thirty-two bushels; oats,
fifty bushels. He also raises cattle and hogs. Mr. Hancock has been twice married. His
tirst wife was Miss Mary Casebier, of Douglas County, whom he married December 1, 1858.
She died in 1861, after bearing him two children, of whom Henry T. is now living. He
married Miss Eliza L. Moffit, of Toledo Township, in November, 1865, and by this mar-
uae nee had seven children, of whom Willie R., Leone F., Charlie P., Pearl M., and May

. are living.

EPHRAIM W. LEE, farmer, stock-raiser, feeder and dealer, Section 12, Township 19,
Range 9, P. O. Toledo; was born in Blount County, Tenn., March 13, 1836. He received a
common school education and resided on a farm in his native county until he attained his
majority. His father was also a veterinary surgeon and he began the study of his pro-
fession under him at an early age, and has since had much study and a great deal of ex-
perience and practice in his profession. He afterward engaged in farming in Tennesse,
where he was residing at the breaking out of the war. Being a stroug Union man he was
for a long time engaged as a scout and guide, assisting in taking more than a thousand con-
scripts and refugees across the mountains. He then removed to Centerville, Ind., and
there engaged in the slaughtering business for about two years. He then returned to Ten-
nessee and was married. After a residence of three years he came to Kansas in the spring
of 1868, locating in Toledo Township, where he has ever since resided. He has a farm of
eighty acres under cultivation and 240 acres of pasture about three miles west of the village.
He has been engaged in the cattle business ever since he came to Kansas and was one of the
first men in Chase County to ship corn-fed cattle. He is one of the most extensive stock
dealers and shippers in this part of the State. Mr. Lee is a member of the Society of
Friends. He married Miss Rebecca Allen, of Blount County, Tenn., March 7, 1865. She
died December 10, 1871, leaving one child—William Chase, who is now living.

JAMES MAHOLM, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, Township 18, Range 9, P. O.
Toledo; was born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 17, 1834. He was brought up on a
farm in his native county, where he continued to reside until 1859, when he removed to
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and remained engaged in farming for three years. He then re-
turned to his native county and operated the old home farm until the spring of 1876, when
he came to Kansas. -Located in Marion County and bought a farm of 240 acres,
which he improved and operated until the summer of 1881, when became to Chase County.
He located in Toledo Township and purchased an improved farm of 160 acres situated on
Buckeye Creek, which he now operates. He also owns 160 acres of grazing land in Marion
County. His home farm is well improved, having a good dwelling and farm buildings, and
an orchard containing 225 apple, and 500 peach trees, besides other fruits. He has about
seventy-five acres under cultivation, his principal crop is corn, all of which he feeds to his
own stock. He is quite extensively nee im raising cattle and hogs. Mr. Maholm is a
member of Marion Lodge, I. O. O. F. He married Miss Rebecca A. Lewis, of Harrison
County, March 17, 1859. She died in November, 1880, after bearing him nine children, of
whom Hannah M., James W., and Nettie V., are now iiving. His wife and two daughters
aged sixteen and thirteen, died suddenly within the space of four months, of typhoid fever,
The other four children died in infancy or youth while the family resided in Ohio,

JOHN H. MARTIN, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, Township 19, Range 9, P. O.
Cottonwood Falls, was born in Gibson County, Ind., March 15, 1858. When he was six
years old his parents moved to Henderson County, Ky., where they remained until they
came to Kansas in June, 1871; located on Peyton Creek in Toledo Township, where the
subject of this sketch has since resided. When he was eighteen years of age he began
farming on his own account and married in his twentieth year. He has ever since been en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising. He has a farm of 320 acres of which 165 are under cul-
tivation; principal crops are corn and oats. Mr. Martin is a member of Strong City Lodge,
of the A.O. U. W. He married Miss Frankie A. Jones, of Falls Township, April 16, 1878,
by whom he has one chil 1—Orville O., born February 18, 1879. _ feed

PARIS MILLS, general merchant and postmaster, was born in Vermillion County, IIl.,
August 30, 18382. He was brought upon a farm in his native county; received a common
school education, and ufter attaining his majority en eaee in mercantile life in farming and
in following the carpenters’ trade, at different periods of about cqual proportions. In the
spring of 1869 he came to Kansas, locating first in Leavenworth County, where he remained
about two years engaged principally in farming. In the fall of 1870 he removed to Toledo

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and engaged in general merchandizing, in which business he has ever sincecontinued. In
Rebun’ 1881, ne took D. C, Allen into partnership with him, the atyle of the firm being
Mills and Allen. In the spring of 1882 they opened a store at Safford, which they have since
operated in connection with the establishment at Toledo. Mr. Mills was a) jointed post-
master in December, 1870, and has since held the office. He is a member of the Society of
Friends, and is also a member of Buckeye Lodge, No. 2,038, K. of H. He has held the
office of Treasurer of Toledo Township five years has held other local offices. He marri,ed
Miss Lydia Hinshaw, of Indianola, Iowa, October 22, 1857. She died January 4, 1863,
leaving two children, of whom Ei i ee living. He married Miss Lucy E. Pearson, of
Leavenworth County, November 17, 1870.

WILLIAM OSBORN, farmer, Section 2, Township 19, Range 9, P. O. Toledo. was born
in Trumbull County, Ohio, May 14, 1884. He resided upon a farm in his native county until
he came to Kansas in the spring of 1857, located on Buckeye Creek in Toledo Soe
Bought forty acres of partly improved land in 1866. He was one of the first settlers on the
Creek who gave it the name of their native State. During the war of the Rebellion he was
enrolled in the State militia, and was called into service at the time of the Price raid, and
upon the occasion of several Indian invasions. With the exception of about two years,
when he was in Colorado and_on the Plains, Mr. Osborne has remained upon his present
location since his settlement. He bas since bought eighty acres adjoining his original pur-
chase, and hag about sixty acres under cultivation. Mr. Osborne married Miss Hannah
Mofiitt, of Toledo Township, October 22, 1865; she died March 18, 1873, after bearing him
three children, of whom Lizzie I. B., and Bertha E. B., are now living. He afterward
marricd Miss Lydia Maria Cope, of eee County, Ohio, August 18, 1874, by which mar-
riage he has had three children, of whom Guy C., and Maggie N., are now living.

NELSON SHALLENBARGER, farmer, Section 14, Township 19, Range 9, P. O. Toledo,
was born in Juniata County, Pa., March 24, 1834. He was brought up on a farm in his
native county, where he remained until 1853, he then removed to Miami County, Ohio,
where he learned the carpenters’ trade and remained about one year, he then removed to
Henry County, Mo., whence he went to lowa a year later. He remained in Iowa engaged
in following his trade until he came to Kansas in the au of 1857. He located in Toledo
Township and bought a claim of 160 acres situated on Buckeye Creek. This land he after-
wards pre-empted and now owns. He has made additional purchases of land and now has
in his frome ‘arm 3U0 acres and 160 acres of pasture land in the northern part of the town-
ship. He has placed valuable improvements upon his farm, including a roca dwelling, and
two dwellings for tenants, a barn and other farm buildings. Mr. Shalienbarger raises
cattle, horses and hogs. He came to Kansas with less than $300 and by good map-
agement, industry an nee has placed himself in the list of successful and prosperous
farmers of Chase County. He is a member of Toledo Grange, P. of H. He married Miss
Amanda C. Spencer, of Lyon County, January 15, 1862; she died April 2, 1881, leaving four
children, Lorena B., Weston G., Wilson N., and Luella A.; all now living.

THOMAS J, SMILEY, farmer, Section 3, Township 19, Range 9, P. O. Safford,was born
in Butler County, Ohio, May 1, 1830. His father died when he was three years of age, and
and at the age of seven he removed with his mother to Bureau County, Lil., where bis early
life was passed ona farm. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company I, Ninety-
third Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Was assigned to the Fifteenth Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, and participated in the battles of Jackson. Champion Hill, Black River, and
the siege of Vicksburg; then marched to Helena, Ark., to reinforce General Steele. Upon
the return of the command to the department of the Cumberland, he took part in the battle
of Missionary ieee in which engagement he was wounded in the neck, and in the right
hand. He was disabled from duty for about sixty days, then rejoined his regiment and par-
ticipated in the battle of Altoona, in which he was wounded in the right shoulder by a shell
He still suffers from the effects of this wound. In addition to the three wounds received
Mr. Smiley lost his sight for several days by the explosion over his head ofa shell, at the
battle of Champion Hill, and has never fuily recovered it. He was with Genera] Sherman
in his famous march to the sea. The next engagement in which he took part was at Ben-
tonville, North Carolina, after which he marched to Raleigh, and thence to Washington. He
was present at the grand review at the National Capital, and was mustered out of service at
Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865. He returned to Bureau County, where he remained engaged
in farming, until he came to Kansas in the fall of 1872. He first located in Butler County.
and the nextispring removed to McPherson County, where he remained two years, then, in
the 8 mug of 1875, removed to his present location, about one mile north of Safford, He
bought 160 acres of unimproved land, to which he has added by subsequent purchase, 80
that now he has a farm of 240 acres,upon which he has placed valuable improvements. He bas
sixty acres under cultivation, and an orchard of four acres. Mr. Smiley-isa Republican,
but takes no active part in politics. He married Miss Catherine Young, of Bureau County,
Ill., June 27, 1850, by which marriage he had eleven children, vf whom George W., and
re iad J., dr., are now living. He lost three children within one month in February,
JACOB G. WINNE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 10, Township 19, Range 9, P. O.
Safford, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., April 14, 1838. He received an academic edu-
cation and was brought up on _a farm in his native county, where he remained until he
came to Kansas in April, 1868, He located in the Cottonwood valley and pre-empted 160
acres of land situated in Toledo Township, using for this purpose the Land Warrant issued
to his father for service in the war of 1812. This he improved but a little, and in 1861 re-
turned to New York, from which State he entered the Volunteer army in December, 1863.
as a private in Company L, Sixteenth New York Artillery, This regiment was the largest
that entered the service, containing 4,200 men, which is said to be a arger number than was
ever in one regiment since the organization of the United States Government. He was
assigned to the army of the James, and participated in the battle of Chapin’s Farm,
Virginia, the capture of Fort Fisher, North Caroliua, and the occupation of Richmond. He
was mustered out of service at Fairfax Seminary, Va., August, 1865. Mr. Winne then resided
for about two years in Shiawasse County. Mich., engaged in the manufacture of sash,
doors, and blinds, In May, 1868, he returned to Kansas, and after remaining about a year
at Emporia, again located on his farm, He has since purchased eighty-five acres additional
land, and has placed valuable improvements upon this farm. He has about 130 acres under
cultivation, and an orchard containing xbont 400 trees. Principal crop is corn, also raises
cattle and hogs. Mr. Winne is x member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also
a member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 80, A., F, & A. M., and of the Buckeye Lodge, No.
2,038, K. of H., at Toledo. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace two years, and
other local offices; and was for four years Superintendent of Schools in Chase County. He
married Miss Caroline E. Wallace, of Steuben County, N. Y., October 29, 1859, by which
marriage he has three children—Scott E., Nellie B. V. and Hester E., all living.

 
EDWARDS

COUNTY.

EDWARDS COUNTY.

ee County when created contained Township 23 of Ranges 19

and 20; Townships 24, 25 and 26, of Ranges 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20,
aggregating seventeen Congressional Townships. Pawnee County was its
northern boundary, and also lay east of its two northwestern townships.
Stafford and Pratt were on the east; Kiowa on the south; Ford and Hodge-
man on the west. The Legislature of 1875 enlarged its territory by taking
the north one-half of Kiowa County, and making it the south part of Edwards
County; the south one-half of Kiowa became the northern part of Comanche
County. The present area of the county is twenty-seven Congressional Town-
ships, embracing 972 square miles.

There is next to no timber in the county. The Arkansas River runs
in a northeasterly direction near the northwestern part of the county.
The head waters of the Little Coon and the Big Coon creeks are in Trenton
and Jackson townships. The
Little Coon enters the Big Coon
about midway between Kinsley
and Nettleton, and the Big
Coon empties into the Arkansas
at Garfield, Pawnee County.
The Rattlesnake, the main
stream of Stafford County, has
its head waters near the central
portion of Franklin Township,
and has only about six miles
length in Edwards County.
The country away from the Ar-
kansas is an undulating upland
prairie. The river bottom along
the Arkansas is about three
miles wide, and sand hills are
open to view on the river, for
‘many miles, at Kinsley. There
are several cattle and sheep
ranches in the county.

 
  
 

   

  
 

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GENERAL HISTORY.

W. C.and R. E. Edwards
were among the very earliest
settlers. They built the first
brick building in the county,
and it was occupied as a court
house for many years. After
them, this county is said to
have been named. The county
offices in 1888, are held for the
most part in a frame building,
south of the Edwards County
Bank Building, which was the
one formerly used for county

urposes, . M. McCaddy &

on carry on the banking busi-
ness, in the building now occu-
ed by the county, and the

ounty Treasurer’s office is held
in the banking room. A rob-
bery of the bank occurred in
December, 1882, but the funds
stolen therefrom were shortly
after recovered. In April, 1878,
there were settlers in the county
who came from Maine. N. L.
Humphrey, Beza Blanchard, F.
C. Blanchard, his son, W. F.
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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.
(Organized in 1874, from part of Kiowa County.)

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In 1874 occurred the memorable grasshopper raid, which did much
damage in Edwards County. The first meeting of the County Commissioners
occurred on September 5, of this year, and an order was passed authorizing
the Commissioners severally, and in person to ascertain the effects of the
grasshopper raid in the county, and to report the number of persons ren-
dered destitute thereby, with a view of making the facts known to the Legis-
lature, which had been called to meet in special session, September 15. In
October this report was sent in to Governor Osborn, and was as follows:

Our crops are totally destroyed; not one bushel of vegetables or grain being saved for
man or beast. Our people are mostly poor people, without wealthy relatives or friends to
assist them in their extremity. We are the furthest west of any agricultural settlement in
the State. We have personally and carefully investigated each case and find six families,
containing twenty-two persons, totally destitute; five families, containing eighteen per-
sons, partially destitute. The above are the only persons in the county that will need aid

to carry them to another crop. We
believe $500, judiciously expended,
will be sufficient with what they can
earn, to keep them in the necessaries
of life. If not considered out of place
for the junior county of the State, we
would suggest that if money is appro-
priated by the forthcoming extra ses-
sion of the Legislature for the relief
of the destitute, the Commissioners or
Committee, who will by law have the
expending of the funds, be instructed
to employ all able-bodied, destitute
persons, to whom relief is to be grant-
ed, to work on public improvements,
such as highways, bridges, etc., paying
them reasonable wages therefor, there-
by encouraging industry and self-reli-
ance, to say nothing of the benefits in
the way of improvements. The really
worthy would prefer that mode to
gratuitous charity, which often en-
courages laziness and pauperism. We
have not included those people hav-
ing stock, etc., upon which they can
realize money to help themselves till
more prosperous times. All of which

is respectfully submitted.

L. Hupss,
N. L. Humpurery,
GEORGE W. Wizson,

County Commissioners.

DiSTAPPORD GO.

School District No. 1, was
organized November 14, 1874,
and the school house was com-
pleted in Kinsley in 1877. In
1883 there are twenty-two
School Districts in the county;
one of which is a joint one with
Pawnee County. The County
Superintendents have been W.
C. Knight, W. F. Blanchard,
George W. Milner, and Joseph
Ferguson. There are graded
schools at Kinsley, and at
Offerle.

The Baptists, Congrega-
tionalists, Methodist Episcopa-
lians, Presbyterians, and Roman
Catholics are the religious de-
nominations of the county. The
Catholics have two church edi-
fices, and have the greatest
number of communicants. The
Methodists and Presbyterians
are the next strongest. The
Congregationalists, Methodists,
and Catholics each own church

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two or three daughters made up 1880.
the number. K. Smart

started a lumber-yard at Kins- (a) Eton al i ars aeseatsteaet 2

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(f) Jackson Township.....---------------- 286 Kinsley Reporter was issued as
a monthly; in April, 1874, it

Total o25sssececasaesecss 2,409 became a semi-monthly: in Jan-

uary, 1875, a weekly publication.

Kinsley: :Citycs2s.cwciteJnesncncuwscccceteces 457 Two years later it passed into the

 

County, was the first postmaster :
at Kinsley—then Peters—in May, 1873. A daughter was born to Simon
Cass, in August, 1873; William Emerson and Nellie Chase were united in
marriage, April 11, 1874. The first church editice—the Congregationalist—
was completed early in 1875, and it was largely the gift of E. W. Kinsley,
of Boston, Mass., after whom the town of Kinsley was named. Its cost was
about $2,000.

hands of W. T. Bruer, and was
united with the Edwards County Leader, the first number of which was
issued March 29, 1877, with W. T. Bruer as editor and proprietor. It was
Republican in its politics. The Valley Republican, Charles L. Hubbs, pro-
prietor, issued its first number November 3, 1877. It became the Kinsley
Graphic, May 4, 1878; Werter R. Davis, proprietor,and M. M. Lewis, editor.
As a party organ it was Republican. June 1, 1878, Mr. Hubbs started the

 

(a) Organized in 1874, from original territory; in 1879, part detached to form Franklin.

(b) Organized in 1879, from part of Brown. (c) Organized in 1874, from original territory;

in 1879, part detached to form Wayne. (d) Organized in 1674, from original territory; in 1878, part detached to form Jackson. (e) Organized in 1879, from partof Kinsley. (f) Organized

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Kinsley Republican. These papers became united as the Kinsley Repudli-
can-Graphie, under the management of C. C. Sellers, editor; L. A. Sauber,
local editor; C. C. Moore, business manager. ‘It is an eight column paper,
and is well patronized in Kinsley and the surrounding country. July 18,
1878, Dr. L. Rick ventured on the Staats Zeitung, a German paper. It had
ceased to be in 1880.

COUNTY ELECTIONS AND OFFICERS.

By virtue of a proclamation issued by Gov. Thomas A. Osborne,in August, 1874,Charles
L. Hubbs, Nicholas L. Humphrey and George W. Wilson were appointed special County
Commissioners of Edwards County, and James A. Walker was appointed special County
Clerk. These men met at the Buffalo House, in Kinsley, September 3, 1874, and Charles L.
Hubbs was appointed Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. One of the first
acts of this Court was to divide the county into the municipal townships of Kinsley, Tren-
ton and Brown, and designate places for holding elections therein at the regular State elec-
tion, November 3, 1874. At the Commissioners’ Court meeting held October 5, 1874, W. C.
Knight was chosen County Superintendent of Public Instruction; an order was oe pro.
viding for a vote on the location of the permanent county-seat, and for a loan of the credit
of the county for $1,000 for the purchase of books for county records, seals, etc. These
matters were voted on at the general election, November 3, 1874. Kinsley received 69 out
of the 74 votes cast. The vote on the loan was 47 for, 23 against, and George W. Crane, of
Topeka, furnished the necessary records for the county. At this election Thomas A.
Osborn received 71 votes for Governor, and James C Casey had 1 vote. Charles L. Hubbs
was elected pee BE) F. C. Blanchard, J. A. Brothers and T. L. Rogers, County Com-
missioners; William Emerson, County Clerk; E. A. Boyd, County Treasurer; V. D. Billings,
Sheriff; J. L. Perry, Coroner, L. W. Higgins, Register of Deeds; J. H. Woods, Clerk of the
District Court; Taylor Flick, County Attorney; Massena Moore, Probate Judge; W. C.
Knight, Superintendent of Public Instruction; Frank A. White, County Surveyor.

Kinsley Township cast 44 votes. J. A. Walker was chosen Trustee; N. D. Humphrey
and V. D. Billings, Justices of the Peace. Trenton Township cagt 22 votes. Emmett.
Dickens was elected Trustee; Marion Soward and David P. Daniels, Justices of the Peace.
Brown Township cast 8 votes; elected William Williams, Jr., Trustee; B. Blanchard and E.
A. Boyd, Justices of the Peace. e

The Commissioners elected November 3 met on the 14th,and made choice of T. L. Rogers
for Chairman. At the session of December 17, 1874, W. C. Reed and Miss Florence G.
Blanchard were appointed School Examiners. A contract was made with W. C. Edwards
for three rooms in the second story of his brick building, to be leased for one year to the
county at $30 per month.

At the time of the organization of Edwards County it was included in the Twenty-fifth
Senatorial district, and Henry Clay St Clair, of Sumner County, represented it in the
Senate of 1875 and 1876. By the Apportionment Act of 1876 it was located in the Thirty-
seventh Senatorial district, and Thomas F. Taylor, of Reno, represented it in the Senate of
1877 and 1879; J. C. Strong, of Pawnee, in the Senate of 1881; Simon Motz, of Ellis, in the
Senate of 1883. By the Legislative popcee ment Act of 1881 it becomes a part of the
Thirty-fifth Senatorial district in 1884, which then elects a Senator for four years, the term
commencing in January, 1885.

Charles L. Hubbs was admitted as a member of the House from Edwards County,
January 12, 1875. On the 2ist of January, Atty.-Gen. Randolph gave an opinion that the
members from Edwards and eleven other counties were not legally entitled to seats, because
of the smallness of the votes cast in their respective counties at the election of 1874. The
House declared the seat of Mr. Hubbs vacant on the 28th of January, and adopted the reso-
lution that he have the per diem pay of the members and mileage in coming to and returning
from the Legislature. On February 10 the House seceded partially from its former action,
and adopted the following preambles and resolutions:

Wuereas, Hon. C L. Hubbs was duly returned as elected to this House from Ed-
wards County, and subsequently his seat was declared vacant under the constitutional
amendment; and bs

WueEreas, There is no person entitled to represent the people of that county: and

WueErEss, Mr. Hubbs has remained here, and is engaged in attending to the wants
of his constituents; therefore, be it

Resolved, That Mr. Hubbs be allowed the privileges of this House, but without the
tight to vote, and that he be allowed the per diem of a member during the session.

Hubbs is the only member of a Kansas Legislature whose failure to secure a
title to a seat in the Legislature has not deprived him of his right to draw his pay as a
member. There were 74 votes cast for Representative at the election in 1874 and in 1875.
In the former year C. L. Hubbs had 46: A. L. Kendall, 28. In 1875 Taylor Flick had 52; A.
L Kendall, 20; scattering, 2. The county was not represented in the House in 1876, but
Mr. Flick was the Representative in 1877. The vote cast in 1876 was 338; in 1878 it was
546; in 1880, 416; in 1882, 429.

Edwards County was not included in the legislative apportionment of 1876. It is
District No, 117 in the apportionment of 1881. Its Representative in 1877 was Taylor
Flick, in 1879 it was John E. Willey, in 1881 it was C. H. Kirkpatrick, in 1883 it was Dr. B.
R. Mosher. From 1875 to 1880 changes were made in the boundaries of the townships,
and the number has been increased from three to six. There have been but a few long
term men in the offices of the county. The following shows who have been in posses-
sion of the offices from the time of the county organization:

ine Commissioners—C. L. Hubbs, N. L. Humphrey and G. W. Wilson, 1874: F.C.
Blanchard, J. A. Brothers and T. L. Rogers, 1875; F. C. Blanchard, George Bell and William
Plag, 1876-77; J. R. Lovell, E. H. Hough and George Bell, 1878; H. H. Fritz, E. H. Hough
and George Bell, 1879; H. H. Fritz, J. W. Edwards and George Bell, 1880; H. H. Fritz, J.
W. Edwards and W. A. Johnson, 1881; T. K. Stedham, M. D. Hatzel and G. B. Hampton,
1882; T. K. Stedham, D. K. Iliff and G. B. Hampton, 1883.

County Clerks—James A. Walker, 1874; William Emerson, 1875-77; R.L. Ford, 1878-82;
C. C. Sellers, 1882-83.

County Treasurers—K. A. Boyd. 1874-75; N. L. Humphrey, 1876-77; A. L. Kendall,
1878-79; J. W. Crawford, 1880-82; Edwin Bartlett, 1883.

Sheriffs—V.D Billings, 1874-75; Robert McCause, 1876-77, J. W. Fuller, 1878-81; V. D.
Billings, 1882-83.

Clerks of District Court—Taylor Flick, 1874-76; J. E. McArthur, 1877-88.

Probate Judges—Morsena Moore, 1874-77; J. A. Freeland, 1878; Jacob Shapley, 1879-80;
N. L. Humphrey, 1881-83.

Register of Deeds—L. W. Higgins, 1874-83.

STATISTICS,

The presidential vote of Edwards County in 1876 was: Hayes, 183; Tilden, 155; in 1880,
Garfield, 318; Hancock, 102. Its gubernatorial vote in 1876 was: Anthony (Republican),
178; Martin (Democrat), 156. In 1878: St. John (Kepublican), 413; Goodin (Democrat), 99;
Mitchell (National), 83. In 1880: St John (Republican), 306; Ross (Democrat), 108. In
1882: St John (Republican), 147; Glick (Democrat), 190; Robinson (National), 89. The
vote on the constitutional amendment in 1880 stood 121 votes for, 194 against.

The assessed valuation of Edwards County for 1876 was $419,318, for 1877 it was $452,-
928.97, for 1879 it was $598,123 15, for 1880 it was $607,552.72.

The cultivated acreage of the county is continually increasing. In 1878 there was 2,205
acres in winter wheat, and in 1880 there was 4,465. ‘here was an increase of 681 acres of
oats, 1,618 in broom-corn, 2,377 of sorghum, over the acreage of 1878.

{n'1875 the population of the county was 234; in 1878 it was 1,700; in 1880, 2,409; in

1882, 1,570.
KINSLEY.

At one time, W. C. Edwards and Taylor Flick held about all the real
interests of the place. The city is now spread out over a large area, extend-
ing for a long distance each side of the railroad track. It has been afflicted
with famine, pestilence and fire; it has had two boldly planned train rob-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

beries, and a bank robbery on December 9, 1882, in which the County
Treasurer, J. W. Crawford, was seemingly implicated, and the duties of his
office have since been performed by another; yet with these calamities it has
risen Phcenix-like from its ashes, and is now indeed a thriving business town.
It is abundantly supplied with stores of the different kinds, with banks, mills,
lumber-yards, and here are mechanics of almost every kind. It has the
Ohio House, the Carlin House, and the pleasant and spacious eating house
of the Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fe Railroad, situated a few rods west of
the station, where the noonday meals are furnished eastern and western

assengers. Here are three resident clergymen, and the Rev. William M.

onnell, an early Kansas Missionary, ministers to the Presbyterian organi-
zation at stated intervals. The legal and medical professions are well rep-
resented, and from their ranks have men arisen here of quite marked dis-
tinction. Kinsley has a Masonic Lodge, known as Mount Moriah. Its last
elected officers were installed by Capt. Henry Booth, of Larned, December
26, 1882. They are: Robert McCause, W. M.; W. I. Nichols, Secretary;
J. E. McArthur, 8. W.; W. D. Erwin, J. W.; E. A. Noble, Treasurer.

Kinsley is a city of the third class, and its city officers can be enrolled
as follows: Mayor, L. G. Boies; Police Judge, P. C. Clapp; Clerk, H. C.
Bingham; Treasurer, W. D. Erwin; Attorney, J. W. Crawford; Marshal,
W. A. Snow; Councilmen, S. F. Griffith, John Fulton, George Grassell, I.
V. Lewis, and Charles Reitler. Several secret organizations exist here in a
prosperous condition. The robbery of the bank before referred to, has
proved to be but a small loss, all of the $12,000 supposed to have been taken
therefrom has been recovered, excepting about $400. The matter comes before
the court at the March term.

Kinsley is about c:ntrally located on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad, between Nettleton on the northeast, and Offerle on the southwest.
Nettleton is a little trading point, near the line of Edwards and Pawnee
counties. Offerle is near the boundary of Ford County. In 1876, Lawrence
Offerle, a native of France, accompanied by a number of the settlers from
Geneseo, Il]., bought land at Offerle and vicinity; he had the town site sur-
veyed, and put up the first building in April, and opened a store there in
May, and had a post-office established in June. Here is a church where
there is preaching both in English andin German. The town is nicely lo-
cated on the grand western plateau of the Upper Arkansas'Valley. Mr.
Offerle’s sons, Abner and E. E., have a general store here, and Henry F., is
an extensive cattle-raiser and finds a large range.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

L. G. BOIES, Cashier Edwards County Bank. The above bank was opened for busi-
ness, October 17, 1882, chartered September 18, of the same yeur, with an authorized cap-
ital of $50,000, and paid up capital of $30,000, R. E. Edwards, President; E. Howard, Vice-
President. Eastern correspondents are First National Bank, of New York City, Bank of
Kansas City, Mo., and First National Bank,of Emporia, Kansas. Mr. Boies came to Kins-
ley in August, 1877, and kept books for Edwards Brothers until he became the Cashier of
the above bank. He was born in Homer, Cortland County, N. Y., March 20, 1847, and was
raised and educated in his native county. Lived in Marengo, McHenry County, Ill., fortwo
years previous to emigrating to Kansas. He was educated at Cornell University, Ithica,
N. Y., graduating in the class of 1873. Being educated for the law profession he entered
the law office of A. B. Coons, of Marengo, IlI., and remained some timeasa student. Then
followed agricultural pursuits until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1876 to Miss
Ella Stone, of Homer, N. Y._ They have two children, Emma Kate and Bessie Alice. He
is the present Mayor of Kinsley, Kansas. =

GEORGE W. FULTON, proprietor of the Anchor Steam Flouring Mills, of Kinsley.
These mills were erected in the spring of 1878 at a cost of $20,000, the size of which is 30x50
feet, three stories high; engine room 23x30 feet,one story. Forty horse-power engine; capacity,
300 bushels of wheat every twenty-four hours. He employs five men in the business. He
first came to Rice County, Kansas in 1873, and farmed until he came to Kinsley. He was
born in Fayette County. Pa., November 23, 1821. His parents moved with their family to
Perry County, Ohio, in 1833, where he was raised as a farmer. He enlisted in the spring of
1861 in Company E, Twenty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He was after-
ward commissioned to raising a company, and after completing the full quota was made
Captain of the same. He was a conspicuous Union man He was assigned to the Twenty-
first Missouri Regiment, and was soon promoted to Major He was a participant in the
battles of Shiloh, Tupelo, siege of Corinth and battle of Corinth, and many skirmishes, and
finally resigned in November, 1864. He had the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel of the
seine but declined on account of being elected Sheriff of Knox County, Mo In the
fall of 1864, after serving one term, he was re-elected to the same office. He afterward fol-
lowed the milling and mercantile business until he came to Kansas. He was married in
1847 to Miss Hannah Sycks, of Perry County, Ohio. They have eight children, John A.,
Francis E , Pheeba S., Dora A., George W. Jr., Margaret W., U. S. Grant and Charles L.
He is a member of the Masonic Order and is a Republican.

JOUN F, MARSH, member of the firm of Edward Bros., Noble & Marsh, first came
to Kansas in the spring of 1878. locating in Kinsley. He clerked in a store for some time
and thence became a partner in the above business, December 1, 1879. He was born in
Tompkins County, N. Y., February 8, 1852, and was iaised and educated in his native
county. He married in September, 1882, to Miss S. Bidwell, a native of Illinois.

E. A, NOBLE, dealer in general merchandise, of the firm of Edward Bros., Noble &
Marsh. They carry an average stock of $15,000, and employ six men in the business.
They opened trade in 1876. The above is the most extensive store in Edwards County.
Mr. Noble became © partner in 1878, He first came to Kinsley, Kansas, in 1877, and pros-
pe and clerked in a store for some time. [He was born in Summit County, Ohio, Octo-

er 19, 1842, and was raised and educated in Pittsburg, Pa. He followed the milling busi-
ness in early life. He enlisted August 9, 1862, in Com any E, One Hundred and Twenty-
third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and re-enlisted in Company D, Seventy-seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, and served on
ae ee Aretoet hes First ivinion Fourth Corps, and he participated in_all the

a command. 5 i

meme r of i e Masonic Dae e was mustered out December 6, 1865. He is a
JOHN E. EY, dealer in hardware and groceries. He opened trade in April, 1877,

at Kinsley, in a general hardware line, and added groceries in abaat, 1880, His atore build-
ing i 20x44 feet front, and 24x40 feet back part, making a total of 84 feet in length; erected
pril, 1877, at a cost of $1,000. _ He carries an average stock of $4,000 and employs two
mee eR cume to Kinsley in December, 1876. He was born in Sussex County, Del.,
er Me 1812, His parents moved to Eastern Maryland in 1852. He enlisted in the
: P = go i 61 in onmipany H i First Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, and re-enlisted
and nat owing ey in Company F, Third Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry,
actin promote to First Orderly Serge and afterward to Second Lieutenant. He
Peed ad ag in all battles in his command, and was wounded in front of Petersburg in June
Sar a eehag ed by special order of the War Department. He lived afterward in Phil-
Philadett is an was a bookkeeper. He was married in 1876 to Miss Sallie Seaman, of
aa . phia, ne _He isa member of the Presbyterian Church, He has served as Justice
nat ree of Kinsley Township. He represented Edwards County in the Kansas Legis-

ure of 1879. He is a member of Corinthian Lodge, A. Y. M., Philadelphia, Pa., No. 368.
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(@) Albion ToWNShiD........... scscscccscccaseesceeeereee seen 436 ||(0) Medford Township. 577
(b) Bell Township.. on 348 ||(p) Plevna Township. : ; 198
(c) Castleton Township. 352 ||(q) Reno Township, including Hutchinson City 2,116
(ad) Center Township.. 311 ||(r) Roscoe Township 328
(e) Clay Township........ 441 |\(s8) Salt Creek Township.. 478
(f) Enterprise Township... 429 |\(t) Sumner Township.... 536
(g) Grant Township, including Nickerson City.............+. 1,207 ||(w) Troy Township.... 181
(fh) Grove Township........ ainaerey Risels 238 ||\(») Valley Township..... a 645
(i) Haven Townsbip.. 867 |!) Westminster Township. 222
w Hayes Township... 664 —

(k) Langdon Townshi 565 12,826
He Tittia Rreoe ee hi Pat Nickerson City 597
m) Little River Towns Viwenscctbaecer Sepemshirsens~tamanesy wonyeeny isis

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osed the whole county; in 1872, parts to Castleton, Clay, Grant, Haven, Little River gfand

(a) In 1878, from part of Castleton.

(b) In 1878, from part of Grove. .

(c) In 1872, from part of Reno; in 1878, part to Albion,

(ad) In 1873, from part of Reno; in 1874, part to Westminster.

(e) In 1872, from part of Reno,

(f) In 1879, from part of Medford. : Bn as

eH In 1872, from part of Reno, and comprises ferritory formerly in Rice County.

(h) In 1876, from part of Langdon; !n 1878, part to Bell. 7

(4) In 1872, from part of Reno, and comprises territory formerly in Sedgwick County; in 1877, part to Sumner,
(j) In 1877, from part of Medford, and comprises territory formerly in Rice County.

(k) In 1874, from part of Reno; in 1876, part to Grove; in 1877, part to Loda,

(L)_ In 1873, from part of Reno. ; : r :

(m) In 18 2 froin part of Beno, and comprises territory formerly in McPherson and Sedgwick counties.

nm) Ind from part of Langdon. 3 Sw :
toy in ian from part of Rene. and comprises territory formerly in Rice County; in 1877, part to Hayes; in 1879, part to Enterprise.
{b) He 4 bTDe ptom part of Westminster: a

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Valley” in 1873, ‘parts to Conter and Lincoln; in 1874, parts to Langdon, Medford, Salt Creek and Troy.

(r) In 1879, from part of Troy. 7 . 7
(s) In 1879, from part of Reno, and comprises territory formerly in Rice County.
(t) In 1877, from part of Haven, and comprises territory formerly in Sedgwick County.

uw) In 1874, from part of Reno; in 1879, part to Roscoe. ° :

v) In 1872, from part of Reno, and comprises territory formerly in Sedgwick County.
(w) In 1874, from part of Center; in 1879, part to Plevna,

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LOCATION AND GENERAL FEATURES.

Rex County is located on
both sides of the Arkansas
River, in the south-central part of
the State. It isbounded on the north
by Riceand McPherson; on the east
by Harvey and Sedgwick; on the
south, by Sedgwick and Kingman,
and on the west, by Pratt and Bar-
ton counties. The county, which is
the second largest county in the
State, is forty-two miles long, from
east to west, and thirty miles from
north to south, and contains thirty-
five congressional townships, or
1,260 square miles. Its topograph-
ical features are common to other
count’esin this section of the State,
and especially those traversed by the
Arkansas River. An exceptional
feature is noticed and found to con-
sist in a ridge of sand hills, which
were first apparent in the northwest
part of Harvey County, and in parts
of McPherson and Sedgwick. The
hills entering Reno from the north-
east, run nearly west until within
four milesnorth of Hutchinson, when
they deflect northward and extend
into Rice County; here they are
interrupted by Cow Creek, and far-
ther west by the Arkansas River.
They are forty miles long and from
two to four miles in width, and rise
above the valley in gentle slopes,
from forty to eighty feet. Thesum-
mits of these hills are composed of
little hillocks, separated by table
lands, containing from 50 to 250
acres, Aside from these hills, the
general surface is gently undulating.
The face of the county is divided
into bottom land, 15 per cent; up-
land, 85 per cent; forest (Govern-
ment survey), I per cent; prairie, 99
per cent.

A glance at the map will con-
vince the most skeptical, that Reno
is one of the well-watered countiesin
the State. The Arkansas River flows
through the county in a southeast-
erly direction, for forty miles, with
one important tributary on the north,
known as Cow Creek, which enters
the county from the north, and emp-
ties into it six miles below Hutchin-
son. The northeast part of the
county is watered for fifteen miles
by the Little Arkansas, while the
northwestern portion is drained by
Peace and Salt creeks. The North
Fork of the Ninnescah enters the
county from the west, and flows ina
southeasterly direction, for forty
miles, leaving the county near the
southeast corner. An important
tributary of the Ninnescah, is Clear
River, which rises in the southwest-
ern part, and flowing northeast, emp-
ties in it, five miles below Arling-
ton. These streams, with numerous
smaller tributaries, are ever flowing
over gravelly bottoms. Numerous
springs are found in all portions of
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bale county, especially in the sand hills, where good water is always abund-
ant.

The soil in the Arkansas Valley is composed chiefly of a mineral element,
washed down from the mountains, which forms a light sandy loam, from two to
four feet in depth resting ona sub-soil of sand and gravel, and is sub-irri-
gated by the waters of the river. The soil on the uplands is a black loam,
from two to five feet in depth, resting on a sub-soil composed of clay and sand,
so intermixed as to form compactness, but readily permits the sub-drainage of
the soilin wet seasons. The soil of the sand hills, as the name signifies, is
‘Sand, sand ; still sand, and sand, and sand again.” But they are not so
sandy as to prevent the growing of nutritious grasses, and on many of the side
slopes, good crops are raised. Many stockmen prefer these hills for grazing
purposes,

Reno County has a mean altitudeof about 1,500 feet above the Gulf of
Mexico, and is traversed by the Thirty-eighth parallel. Always swept by breezes,
its inhabitants are not troubled by malaria influences; while those who come
with diseases of the respiratory organs, find relief. Long summers and short
winters, as a general rule, are noticeable.

It is known as the Banner county of the State, having taken the premium at
the State Fair, held in 1882, Out of 557,816 taxable acres of land, 135,672 are
under cultivation. The value of thesaid acres being $1,280,745. ‘Ihe total
value ofall taxable property is $2,123,800.98; and of railroad lands, $271,481.98.
During the year 1882, 27,774 acres were sown in winter wheat; 2,640 acres of
rye; 154, spring wheat ; 65,708, of corn; 7,417, of oats; 2,177, of broom-corn;
and of millet and Hungarian, 22,350 acres; 41,000 tons of wild and tame hay
was cut; 23.222 pounds of cheese, and 385,072 pounds of butlermade. In the
county there are 23,693 cattle, 25,250 sheep and 10,850 “swine. In nurseries
there are 239 acres, and in artificial forest 4,985 acres. Population, which
has increased rapidly, is now 11,439.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

To retain clear and lucid impressions of the early settlement of Reno
County, it will be necessary for the reader to first bear in mind, changes have
been made in its original boundaries. In 1872, that tier of townships embraced
in Range 4 on the east, and Township 22 on the north, were added to the
county. It wasin this north tier of townships the first settlement of Reno
County occurred, and it is necessary to make this distinction in order to give
the first settlers of Rice County credit as being the first in Reno. In the autumn
of 1870, Lewis M. Thomas, after prospecting through the valleys of the Solo-
mon and Smoky Hill rivers, turned his course southward, and following along
the valley of Turkey Creek, in McPherson County, to a short distance above
its confluence With the Little River, He then turned to the northwest, crossed

 

FIRST WHITE MAN’S DWELLING IN RENO COUNTY.*

the river at the Stone Corral, a stopping place on the Santa Fe trail, and visited a
small settlement near Atlanta, in Rice County. Not being satisfied with the
advantages at that point, he returned to McPherson County, and being attracted
by the cottonwood groves that at that time covered the sand hills, and the
abundant herbage which covered the hill slopes came tothe conclusion to locate
on Section 8, Township 22 south, Range 5 west. November, 1870, dates his
arrival as the first settler of Reno County, under its present boundaries. In
December of the same year, Mr. Thomas, visiting Lawrence, purchased stock
and supplies, and returned to his home, where he continued to reside up to a late
period. On his return he was accompanied by John Hunt, an Englishman,
who located and settled in the valley of the Little Arkansas, but afterwards,
owing to his having occupied a railroad section of land, left the county. Ante-
dating Mr. Hunt’s settlement a few days was that of J. H. D. Rosan, who, in
looking up the cattle business, decided to make a permanent location on Section
4, Township 22 Range 6. This was in the fore part of December, 1870. Mr.
Rosan, who was accompanied by James C. Burnett, ‘“ranched” at Thomas’
until February 1, when they crossed the sand hills and settled at a place known
for many years afterward as Rosan’s Ranch. In March, Rosan, his brother,
Charles W. Rosan, and Charles Street, drove in a large herd of Texas cattle.
~~ *Phis was a cattle ranche building, upon the northeast quarter of Section 4, Township

. h, Range 6 west, occupied by J, H. D, Rosan while engaged in cattle raising.
id Gateas Wiad just back of it, both house and corral being then surrounded by heavy

timber.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

During the next month, a surveyor was procured from Salina, and their land was
surveyed—the first in Rice or Reno counties. George H. Watson located in
the valley of Cow Creek in March, 1871. While these settlements were being
made in the northern part of what is now known as Grant and Little River town-
ships, a party of sixteen persons entered the county from the east and encamped
near the mouth of Cow Creek, earlyin March, 1871. The party was composed
of John N. Shahan, William and Robert Bell, William Cadwell, Mr. Haverlin,
John Butcher, P, Welch, William Kacy, F. Foley, Isaac Ijams and wife, James
Freese, William Shoop and wife, Westley Ijams, Hannah and Mary Freese.
Many of this party located claims along the river, as far north as present city of
Hutchinson, March 14, 1871. Ante-dating their arrival was that of A. S.
Demock, who located February 9, 1871, in what was then known as the “Sedg-
wick Strip,” in the eastern part of the (present) Reno County. He was followed
by Luther A. Dodge, February 13,1871, who was the first settler in what is now
Clay Township. During the spring, John Swanson, a brother of Lewis Thomas,
and several Swedes located in that part of the county, In the summer of the
same year, Charles Collins, D. B. Miller, A. Smith, L. S. Shields and his two
sons, Samuel and George, Peter Shafer, George Mills, E. Shafer, B. F. Evarts,
George Laferty, Dr. A. 5. Crane, William Lockart, and John Curley located in
different parts of the county lying north of the Arkansas River. About this
time claims were taken in the upper Cow Creek valley by A. K. Burrell, Mrs.
Mead and sons, and Messrs. Parker and Decker.

Up to the spring of 1872, the settlement of Reno County was confined
to the northeastern portion, north of the Arkansas River. Over three-fourths
of the county south of the Arkansas, not a settler could be found, with the ex-
ception of I. M, Gray, J. B. Risting, and perhaps a few others, who located in
the southeast, in Haven Township, in June, 1871. The non-settlement of this
portion of the county, at an early date, was due to the difficulty in crossing the
river. This was, however, amended by the construction of a bridge, of which
mention is made elsewhere, across the river at Hutchinson, in the fall of 1872.
The first settlers in that part of the county, south and west of the river, by
townships, according to the original boundaries, may be classified as follows:
Lincoln Township, by A. B. Cory, W. R. Marshall, J. H. and J. A. Grayson,
A. M. Switzer, W. W. Pierce, J. Jeffreys, A. Hutchinson, S. Ryan, and W.
White, in April, 1872; in Castleton Township, William McDemett, A. W.
Smith and John R. Smith, H. T. Wheeler, William Hayes, William Wallace,
and J. Medberry, in the spring of 1872; in Centre Township, in December,
1872, by Bollin, W. L. Teeter, and in March, 1873, Edward Jones and Richard
Cravalsy ; they were followed in September and October by Samuel and Zenas
Dilley, H. O. Hasa, Hugh Ghormly, Thomas Crotts, R. King, with their fami-
lies. Westminster Township was first settled by John Martin, in the spring of
1873. He was followed by Messrs. Fryrear, Howell, and Harriman. Troy
Township was first settled by Samuel Slack and Thomas Scorsby, in April,
1873; Loda Township. in August, 1873, by J. F. Stevens, M. A. Long, and J.
T. Stevens; Salt Creek Townships, by T. B. Hand, in October, 1872; Grove
and Langdon townships in February and May, 1874, by Jacob Armstrong and
Jesse Sinclair, respectively. The first settler in Medford Township was R. D.
Kelsey, in the fall of 1873. Sumner Township, in the southeast corner of the
county, was first settled by John L. Gill, in March, 1872. Whole pages might
be devoted to mentioning names and dates of early settlement in the county,
but for further information the reader is referred to the biographical depart-
ment of this work,

EARLY EVENTS.

About the first prominent object that relieved the weary eyes of the first
settlers of Reno County, as they entered it from the northeast, were the sand
hills, covered with a heavy growth of cottonwood timber. This belt of timber
commenced in little straggling bunches on the hill summits, near the edge of
Harvey County, and growing more dense westward, ended four or five miles
west of Rosan’s Ranch, Trees were found nearly eight feet in circumference,
and fifty feet to the limb», As this belt was about the only timber for miles
around, it disappeared rapidly until the winter of 1872-'73, when the supply
was almost entirely exhausted.

Nothing causes so much terror and consternation among frontier settle-
ments as an ‘‘ Indian Scare.” Early in April, 1871, a large hunting party of
Kaw Indians pitched their tents on the north side of the Arkansas River near
the present city of Hutchinson, and another party of Sacs and Foxes, on the
south side. As these Indians were half civilized and amicable, the settlers had
no apprehensions of danger. Nothing occurred to relieve the monotony of an
every-day life until some sime in July, when one day, a commotion was ob-
served in both camps. On inquiry it was found that a large party of Cheyennes
were in the immediate vicinity and threatening an attack on their red brethren
fora former invasion in their territory, So great was their haste that the
news soon spread to parties gathering wood on the Sand hill, who immedi-
ately ceased that occupation and “ vamosed” to the general camping place.
A few hours later the whole party suddenly decamped. As the Cheyennes are
noted to be among the most ferocious and blood-thirsty savages on the
plains, the white settlers were alarmed at the probable critical situation.
Some of them, throwing their movables into wagons, hastily fled to Sedgwick
City and other places of refuge. A greater number remained to defend their
homes. Among those who fled was a small party from Wisconsin, which had
selected land along Cow Creek, but were still living in their wagons, At the
first alarm they hurriedly departed for the East, and being so terrified, did
not return. The Cheyennes did not make the expected attack, with the
exception of one party, which dashed into the grazing grounds near Rosan’s
Ranch, and drove off a number of cattle, belonging to Mr. Rosan, and others
living in northern Reno and southern Rice counties. The cattlemen organ
ized a party (of thirty-five or forty men, pursued the savages, and overtaking
aoe fifty miles southwest, recovered their stock. This ended the first great

ndian scare,

Reno County ten years ago, was the home of the American bison, or buf-
RENO COUNTY.

falo. We make the following extracts from asketch published in the’ Hutchin-
son News, descriptive of a buffalo hunt : ‘

It was asmall but brave party who set out to explore the vast plains th

beautiful Ninnescah and Cimarron. The 17th (September, 1872) dawned Drie Gna mane
as the moon which sprang into life at the divine “ let there be light.” In the early daylight
before the sun had purloined the brilliants which the lavish night had spread upon the

grass, upon the flowers, etc., our train, consisting of two wagous, moved off majesticall
rom town (Hutchinson) across the broad, green prairie toward the noble old river which
bends lovingly in a glistening segment around our little town. Ariving at its banks, we
alighted, took the boat, and were floated over its rippling surface without accident. *
We were soon seated in comfortable prairie s ‘hooners and skimming over the grand
expanse which stretched before us as free and light-hearted as the prairie swallows, which
described such eracetul circles above our heads. There were no traces of bison the first
day out, but like the veterans of the ocean, we were determined, fearless, anddeclared
that we would find buffalo, or go to—Medicine Lodge! Fortunately we were not called to
piace our precious scalps in jeopardy, by a near approach to the vicinity of the noble red
man, for in the picturesque valley that’ lies beyond the lovely Ninnescah, we descried in
the far distance upon the porcelain of the sky, @ long black line of buffalo, gently feeding
upon the rich grass that lay beneath them, while nearer a number of antelope gaimboled in
al | their untaught grace, in fearless innocence. After a fruitless attempt to destroy these
innocent creatures, * * * we lashed our teams and bore down in full
sail upon the herd of butfalo, As we drew near it was (lecided that the wagon should stop
and allow the huntsmen to approach on foot, and accordingly three of the party, Mr. Halo-
well, Mr. Rosan, nd rs Fl He j accoutered noe the fray, started off in a half run, while Mr.
t r. ¥ elaw sat complacently upon their past laurels, as “ es

ayia uct di indian indifference as to the exciting scenes. are Sy ene

isdainful of inequalities o: © ground .and ignoring sand burs, our Y

atong, half bent, like true sons of the forest, uotil within 300 yards of the ferd anes sree
dropped upon the ground, three great human anacondas, silently, relentlessly. At last
when patience was almost exhausted, as we stood upon the wagon seats, straining our
eyes to catch sight of the smoke as it was belched forth from the carbines of the recumbent
trio, they rose simultaneously, and rushing forward as one man, sent the Pitiless discharges
into the midst of the defenceless herd. There was a mad start and the vast black line
surged and wavered, and threw itself into wild targets and then concentrating. swept around
to the east, a huge crescent of furious quadrupeds. * * * The earth seemed
to quiver under their furious tramp as they rushed by their undaunted foes, leaving the
fair plains cumberediwith the huge form of one of their number, reeking in the gore of
its death wounds. Drawing near the poor victim, it was impossible to repress a pang, as its
large, soft eyes wandered beseechingly from face to face, seeming to ask, “ What'comes
next, in this the fulness of my agony?” littering knives were
flashing in and out, * * _ in the quivering flesh, until the choicest bits were selected
and placed in the wagons, partly as trophies, partly to add to our evening banquet.

A few moments and the

Among the first events occurring in Reno County may be mentioned the
following: The first marriage was that of James Carrington and Miss Emma,
a daughter of A. S$. Coombs, of Grant Township, in January, 1872.

The first birth occurred in Hutchinson, and was a son of Mr. Johnson,
The first death, a man called" Mountain Jack, who was accidentally shot
by a companion named Jacob Eisenberger, while a party were making pre-
parations for a buffalo hunt. The first lawsuit in the county was
held before D. D. Olmstead, Justice of the Peace, April 3, 1872.
The case involved an action of replevin of a certain gray *pony, val-
ued at $35. Lewis Josephine vs. Jacob Eisenberger, being the con-
testants. During the season of 1873, Jno. N. Shahan brought into the county
the first threshing machine, which weighed 6,585 pounds. That season he and
William Bell operated it, first threshing their own wheat, then that of George
Leverty. Oats yielded from seventeen to forty bushels, and spring wheat ten
to eighteen bushels per acre. The first political convention in Reno County
was held at Hutchinson, I’ebruary 1, 1872, in a room over Young’s shoe store,
At this meeting occurred the nomination of the first county officers, who were
subsequently elected. Regarding the second political convention held in the
county, the following appeared in the Hutchinson Mews, of August 3, 1872:
‘Pursuant to acall, published in the ews, the Republicans of Reno County
met in the court house last Saturday. The meeting organized by electing W,
W. Updegraff, chairman, and H. Whiteside, secretary. Secretary read cal! for a
meeting, and H. Hodson and C, W. Ellis were chosen as a committee to report
alist of names for county central committee. The following gentlemen were
appointed: D, M. Lewis, A. S. Dimock, A. Lynch, Dr. Dedding, and W. W.
Updegraff.”

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

The county of Reno was first created by the State Legislature, early as March, 1868
and the name Reno conferred upon it in honor of that gallant soldier, Gen. Reno, who fell
in the battle of Gettysburg. The territorial limits were established as follows: ‘‘Com-
mencing where the south line of Township 23 south, intersects the east of Range 5 west;
thence south with said range line to the southwest corner of Sedgwick County: thence west
to the east of Range 11 west; thence north with said range line to the south line of Town-
ship 22, thence east to the place of beginning.” In 1872 the State Legislature made the fol-
lowing changes: Five Congressional townships were taken from the south end of Rice
County, two from the southwest corner of McPherson County, four from the northwest cor-
nerof Sedgwick County,and added to Reno County, while three tiers of townships were
detached on the south aud added to the present county of Kingman.

_The provisional organization of the county was effected January 1, 1872, by the ap-
pointment, by the Governor, of C. C. Benis, W. H. Bell, Thomas Allen as a Board of County
ommisioners, and A. C. Kies, County Clerk. Ataspecial election held January 6, 1872, at
which 112 votes were cast, C. C. Hutchinson was elected asa Representative to the State
Legislature. On February 3, of the same year, the momentous question as to the location of
the county seat was effectually settled by a unanimous vote, the result of which gave the
honor to Hutchinson. Another special election was held March 12, at which the following
county officials were chosen: A. C. Kies, County Clerk; Harry Hodgson, District Clerk;
Charles Collins, Sheriff: W. E. Hutchinson, Superintendent of Public Instruction; S
Hammond, Register of Deeds; W. W. Updegraff, Probate Judge; Luther Dodge, Surveyor;
Cc. S. Martin, Coroner; L. Houk, County Attorney, and C. C. Bemis, W. H. Bell and W. J.
Vansickle, County Commissioners. . .

At this time a sub-division of the county into municipal townships had not been made,

and at an election held April16, 1872, the following township officers were elected, and had

urisdiction over the entire county, as Reno Township: Peter Shafer, Trustee; D. B. Miller,

reasurer: S. N. Parker, Clerk; J. Rhoades and D. D. Olmstead, Justices of the Peace, an
John McMurray and J. Brown, Constables. At a meeting of the County Board, October
8.1872, Valley Township was organized and an election ordered to he held November 14,
1872, but ‘* owing to a disastrous prairie fire and other calamities,’’ it did not take place
until January 3, 1873. At a meeting held April 12, 1873, the following named townships
were laid off: Nickerson (changed to Grant, May 20, 1873), Little River, Haven, Castleton
and Clay. September 1, 1873, Lincoln and Centre townships were organized. Salt Creek,
Medford, Westminster, Langdon and Troy townships were organized March 24,1874. At
this time the sub-division of the county was complete, but owing to the increase in popula-
tion and the sizeof the townships, changes have been made in the boundaries, and new
townships formed, as follows: Grove Township, October 3, 1876; Grant and Reno town-
ships, January 8, 1877; Loda and Sumner townships, July 3 1877: Hayes Township, Octo-
ber 6, 1877; Albion Township, October 8, 1878; Bell Township, October 17, 1878; Enter-
Pe ean April 9, 1879; Rosco and Plevna, July 9, 1879; Arlington Township, Jan-
uary 4, A

During the spring of 1872 a petition was circulated among the leg '1 voters of the county
asking that an election be ordered held, for the purpose of determining the feasibility of
issuing bonds to the amount of $60,000, to_be used as follows: $15,000 for a court house;
$35,000 for a bridge across the Arkansas at Hutchinson, an iron bridge across the Little Ar-
kansas, and two iron bridges across Cow Creek; and $10,000 to pay the first year’s interest
on the bonds and current expenses, which could not be provided for by taxation. At an
election, held April 25, the three propositions were separately subinitted, and the bonds
were carried by majorities of cighty- eight, ninety-five and eighty-seven respectively. The
contract for building the bridges was let to the King Bridge Company on the 8th day of
June, who completedthem in the fall of the same year,

 

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The contract for building the court house was let to W. E. Hutchinson, July 27, 1872.
Work was begun on the building and continued until the fall of the same year, when, owin,
to a change in the original plans, including the addition of an iron jail in the basement, it
was claimed that the amount voted was not sufficientjto complete the building. A second
bond election was ordered, held December 21st, at which the following propositions were
submitted to the voters: Shall bonds to the amount of $7,000 be issued for the completion of
the court house; $2,000 for a bridge across the Ninnescah: and $9,000 for general expenses,
The intelligent voters decided that they should, the proposition being carried by majorities
of seventy, fifty-three and forty-nine respectively, in a total vote of 252; a falling off of
more than 100 from the preceding eneral election. The court house, as completed, is a
large two-story brick and stone building 40x60 feet, and stands to-day as a monument of
Western enterprise and progress. In the basement is located the jail, which is constructed
in a solid and substantial manner.

November 18, 1873, bonds tothe amount of $10,000 were voted for the purpose of estab-
lishing an asylum for the county poor. Owing to the grasshopper visitation in 1874 it was
deemed advisable to use the amount above mentioned in aiding those who had lost all from
the ravages made by the aforesaid "hopper.

The first division of the county into Commissioners’ Districts was made August 13, 1874,
and included the following: District No. 1—Grant, Little River, Clay, Valley and’ Reno
townships; District No, 2—Castleton, Lincoln and Haven; District No. 3—Balance of the

county.

The first term of the District Court for Reno County was opened August 14, 1872, in a
temporary court house erected by the county, Judge W. R. Brown presiding. There were
also present L. Houk, County Attorney; H. Hodgson, District Clerk; Chas. Collins, Sheriff;
Jno. McMurray, Under Sheriff. The first case taken up was that of Chas. Meyers, indicted
for running a gambling house. Only two or three important cases were tried during the

erm,

Under the faithful administration of the different sets of county officials, who have up to
the’present time been careful and efficient in their several capacities, the county of Reno is
to be congratulated for the excellent condition of affairs in its official organization. The
present county official roster_is as follows: Clerk, W. R. Marshall; Treasurer, Wilson Mc-
Candless; Register of Deeds, Jno. Payne; Probate Judge, S. B. Zimmerman; Clerk of District
Court, E. 8S. Handy; attorneys R. A. Campbell; Coroner, A. W. McKinney; Surveyor, J. M.
Harsha; Superintendent, E. L, Jewell; Sherilf, J. M. Hedrick; Commissioners, E. W. Eliiot,
A. M. Switzer, Elmer and Everett.

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SCHOOLS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES,

Early in 1872, District No. 1 was organized, and embraced Hutchinson and vicinity, its
territorial limits being at that time similar to its present boundaries, In connection with
the district a select school was opened in Hutchinson by Miss Jennie Hodgson, in a frame
building on Main street. Other districts were soon organized, principally north of the river.
In March, 1873, District No. 2 issued bonds to the amount of $1,000, and a schoolhouse was
soon erected. South of the river, District No. 17 was the first to issue bonds and build a
schoolhouse. Bonds to the amount of $800 were issued May 17, 1873, for that purpose. At
the first county election, held March 12, 1872, W. E. Hutchinson was elected as County Su-

erintendent, but resigned his position July 6, of the same year. D. M. Hunt was appointed
iis successor, but he too resigned, August 2, 1872. He was succeeded by Alexander Lynch,
who officiated the remainder of the year, January 1, 1873, Taylor Flick entered upon his
arduous duties as Superintendent. During his oflicial career in that capacity, a large por-
tion of the county was divided into school districts. His labors deserve credit, but his
records, censure. J. P. Cassidy, the next incumbent, officiated from January 1, 1874, until
the summer of 1876, when on account of pressing and urgent business he was suddenly
obliged to leave the country. The remainder of his term was filled by L. Houk. The next
four years, the office was acceptably filled by J. W. Kanaga. E. L. Jewell, the present in-
cumbent, was elected November 3, 1880, and is now in his second term. the following sta-
tistical information will show that the educational interests in Reno County have kept pace
with her prosperity; Inthe 103 organized school districts in the county there are 109
school houses, four of which were erected in 1882, at a combined cost of $6,188. Out of the
4,267 persons within school age, 3,406 were enrolled as pupils, and 116 teachers are em-
ployed, at an average salary of—males, $35.35; females, $29.44. During the year, $6,673 in

onds were issued, making the total bonded indebtedness $45,662. $32,756,47 was received
for the school year ending July, 1882 and of this amount $28,389.14 was expended for the
Jaudable purpose—the educational interests in Reno County.

Reno County Agricultural and Joint Stock Association.—The first attempt towards or-
ganizing a Fair Association was made asearly as January 18, 1873, when an organization
was effected and the following officers elected : Evarts, president; M. Hoagland,
vice-president; James M. Leidigh, recording secretary; J. H. Lawson, corresponding
secretary; C. wW. Clapp, treasurer; F. Ames, librarian, Neither records nor traditions
state whether this organization ever held a fair or exhibition of any kind. It is averred,
however, that agricultural exhibitions were held during the years 1876 and 1877. A soci-
ety known as the ‘‘ Reno County Agricultural and Joint Stock Association ” was incorpora-
ted September 2, 1878, with a capital stock of $2,000. Following were the first officers and
directors: W. McCandless, president; {D. J. Cole, vice-president; H. Raff, treasurer; E.
S. Handy, secretary; (no librarian); and Z. Tharp, S. A. Atwood, Charles Collins, A. S.
Dimock, A. L, Kellogg, directors. During the same year the society purchased a tract of
twenty acres adjoining the city on the east, and since that time have expended about $1,000
on improvements. The present officers are A. S. Dimcock, president; A.M. Swi zer, vice-
. We Kanaga, corre-

president; W. R. Marshall, treasurer; asley, secretar.
A. Atwood, G.

R. M. E: ‘secretary; d.
sponding secretary; directors, William Astile, E. W. Elliott, C. UL, Easley,
. Dye. :

HUTCHINSON.

The city of Hutchinson, sometimes known at the “ gate city,” and the me-
tropolis and county seat of Reno County, is pleasantly located at a point where
the A., T. & S. F. Railway strikes the Arkansas River. The city proper is
located on both sides of Cow Creek, a stream that is utilized for its water-
power. The appellation of the ‘‘ Belle of the Arkansas Valley,” has often been
given to this place, situated as it is, in a country tributary to it, teeming with
“milk and honey.” But a little over ten years old, Hutchinson, with a popu-
lation of 3,000, shows to-day convicting evidence of prosperity, in its magnifi-
cent business blocks, school buildings, court house, manufacturing establish-
ments and private residences,

EARLY AND GENERAL HISTORY.

Twenty-five years ago, C. C. Hutchinson, came to Kansas and identified
himself with her early history. He was prominent in the early history of Law-
rence, and was the founder of Ottawa, Franklin County. Mr. Hutchinson was
also author of ‘“‘ The Resources of Kansas,” a work so valuable that the State
Legislature passed a bill authorizing the purchase of 2,500 copies. During
the building of the A., T. & S. Fe road westward from Topeka, he watched its
progress carefully, and when the grade stakes of the present line were set.prior
to October, 1871, he closed a contract with the company for the purchase of
Section 13, Township 23, Range 6, in Reno County. At that time the terminus
of the road was at Newton, and when Mr. Hutchinson came out there was no
wagon road, and to reach the site of this embryo city he followed the line of
stakes set by the railroad engineers. On hisarrival he found a few families in
the immediate vicinity of the prospective town site. Captain D. Bell was lo-
cated one mile north, George Laverty on the east, and two young men from
Boston, who were occupying a small shanty used as a store, on the claim of A.
F. Homer, adjoining the town on the west. Shortly after his arrival he was
followed by his cousin, W. E. Hutchinson, who immediately took charge of
the work of surveying off the town site, which up to this time had not been com-
menced. In all the contracts and deeds, a clause was inserted to the effect,
that all lots and improvements thereon would revert back to the original
owner in case the owner sold or gave away any spirituous or malt liquors prior
to 1875. At the expiration of the time limited to, it was expected that the
moral sentiment of the people would control the liquor traffic. In direct
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antagonism to this clause, a saloonist from Newton, opened the first business
(?) enterprise in the place, by pitching a tent on the town site, and opening a
stock of goods, consisting of a barrel of ‘‘ go-as-you-please whiskey.” At that
time there was no county organization, consequently no county officers, and
the founder of the town was perplexed as to what to doin the matter. The
affair was suddenly ended by the action of Charles Collins, Deputy United
States Marshal, who arrested the parties, took them to Newton and turned
them over to a United States Commissioner.
The first lumber arrived on the town site November 12, 1871, and wasa
part of a building owned by A. F. Hormer, the first building put up in Ross-
ville, on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. It was moved from there to Florence on
the A., T. &S. Fe R. R., and was one of the first at that place. Taken to
pieces, it was brought to Hutchinson in sections, and on the 13th of Novem-
ber, 1871, its third and last erection was begun. It was 16x60 feet and seven
feet high, and the lumber was principally oak and black-walnut. The struc-
ture is still standing, occupied by M. J. Ruddy as a furniture store. On its
completion Messrs. Tucker & Clapp moved in and opened a stock of
goods, a hotel, and run the postoffice, which was established at thattime. In
one corner of the room C. C. Hutchinson opened a real estate office—the
first in the county. In this office were made contracts for the erection of the
Commercial House, the drug store of A. Dickey, the old jewelry store built by
Jordan & Bemis, etc. The next building of note erected was moved from New-
ton by A. H. Williams andset up on the southeast corner of Main and First
avenue. It was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the latter being the first,
lady in town, and, being such, was donated a corner lot by the accommodat-
ing founder. The building was used as a hotel, store, stage and express office,
etc. During the winter the little settlement was increased’ by the arrival of E.
Wilcox, A. B. Dickey, D. Alexander, Messrs. Hallowell and Sanders, and oth-
ers who came and established themselves in business. In January, 1872, W.
Bailey opened a stock of general merchandise in Williams’ building, and was
shortly followed by T. F. Leidigh with a grocery and provision store, Jordan
& Bemis opened the next store, and about the same time E. Wilcox opened a
hardware and agricultural implement store, and shortly afterwards J. S. Fay
opened the Eagle Hotel. About the same time Messrs. J. & C. McMurray
started a livery stable. During that year, 1872, the place grew rapidly, and
soon had a population of several hundred souls. As the city progressed schools
were established, churches and Sunday schools organized, brick buildings
erected, trees planted, manufacturies established, societies organized, and in a
few years the future success of Hutchinson was assured. To-day has not
proved to the contrary. 2

INCORPORATION,

Hutchinson was Incorporated as a city of the third class, and her first municipal
election was held August 26, 1872. The result, according to the News of that date,
‘““was a glorious victory for temperance and improvement over whisky and stagnation.”
The following named gentlemen composed the first elected officials: Mayor, Taylor Flick;
Council, J. McMurray, G. A. Brazee, E. Wilcox, R. C. Bailey, D. M. Lewis; Police Judge,
J. B. Brown. The present (1882 city roster comprises S. H. Sidlinger, Mayor; G T, Em-
pey W. RK. Marshall, M. J. Ruddy, J. T. Lane, L. A, Bigger, Councilmen; G. D. Barckley

olice Jud e; A. R. Scheble, Attorney; D.S. Alexander, Clerk; C. B. Winslow, Treasurer;
A. Shafer, Marshal. |

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND SOCIETIES,

The first school taught in Hutchinson was a select or subscription school, held in a small
frame building on Main street, by Miss Jennie Hodgson, early in 1872. A second term
was taught by a Mrs. Malesberry. By this time provision had been made for the erection of
of a public school building, in which the first term was Taught by J. G. Lane, with an en-
rollment of seventy pupils. A second term was taught by J. R. Lindsey, with eighty pupils.

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL,

The next three terms were taught by Miss Hattie Smith, assisted by Miss Jennie Mills, with
one hundred and twenty-five pupils. August 13, 1872, a contract was let to D. D. Olmstead
for the erection of the present magnificent school building. The building, which was com-
pleted in April, 1874, is a substantial brick structure, and cost $15,000, The lower rooms
were furnished and school began April 13, 1874, in charge of Prof. Burn, assisted by Miss
Frescolm. Since that time other rooms have been built in order to keep pace with the rapid

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

rowth and development, From asmall gathering of about twenty-five the enrollment hag
increased to about seven hundred pupils, who are in charge of intelligent and competent
instructors. Fs
The first religious services in Hutchinson were held in a two-story frame building, now
occupied by W. 6. Devier, by Rev. J. S. Saxty, a minister of the Baptist persuasion, ‘About
the same time, March, 1872, Rev. T. J. Griffith, of the Methodist denomination, held ser-
vices. During the same spring Rev, Mr. Woodruff supplied the district for a short period,
when he was pu c eet ee appointment, by his predecessor, Rev. T. J. Griffith, who re-
mained until August 1, . 2
The Methodist Episca al Church was organized July 11, 1872, by Rev. T. J. Griffith, with

“twelve members. The following named pastors have had charge of the society up to the

resent time: S. B. Presby, one year; J.W. Fox, two years; B. C. Swartz, one year; C. Mar-
Rndale, one year; N. ASher, ane year: D. P. Mitchell, one year; S. W. Richards, one year;
and L. O. Mead, the present incumbent, since August, 1882. The first church building used
by the denomination was erected in 1872, by populsr subscription and used by all denomi-
nations. The corner-stone of the present edifice was laid August 22, 1874, and the dedica-
tion occurred February 14,1875. The structure is 32x60 feet, is substantially built of brick,
and is one of the finest edifices in the Southwestern Kansas Conference. Present member-

: Potrat Presbyterian Church, was an outgrowth of a union Sunday school, being organized
in July, 1872, by Rev. I. T. Whitmore, in a school room on South Main street, with sixteen
members. Ata meeting of the citizens, held August 10,‘1872, $1,500 was raised: for the
praiseworthy purpose of building achurch edifice. The Methodist organization put up
the frame, Bad not being able to complete it, gave itup, and the building was finally com-
pleted at a cost of $3,000, by the Presbyterian Society. This church, which was the first and
only one in Reno County for a period of two years, was dedicated the fourth Sunday in June,
1873. The first regular pastor, Rev. J. T. Potter, remained in charge until January 1, 1874,
when he was succeeded by Rev. D. M. Moore, who remained seven years. He was suc-
ceeded July, 1881, by the present pastor, Rev. H. M. Shockley. Present membership, eighty.

First Baptist Church, was organized in December, 1872, by Rev. J. S. Saxby, with
seven members. ‘The first services were held ina building used for school purposes on
Main street. Mr. Saxby remained two years, J. C. Post, three years; E. B. Tucker, two
years. No regular pastor since 1881. The present church edifice, a frame structure 28x44
feet, was erected in the spring ot 1878, at a cost of $1,000. Present membership, twenty-
fiv

Universalist Parish, was organized in December, 1881, with forty members, by Rev.
T. W. Woodrow. Services are held in the Baptist Church, Officers: 'W. &. Brown, chair-
man; G. A. Ricksecker, secretary; J. F. Redhead, treasurer; Kev. T.W. Woodrow, pastor.
The erection of a church edifice is contemplated in the near future.

Catholic Church —Services of this organization were held as early as 1872-3, by Rev. F.
Pb, Swembergh, who had charge of a large diocese in this section of the State. Te present
church, a frame structure, was completed in 1879. Since 1882, Father Hontman has been
in charge of the congregations which numbers about fifty families. _

Reno Chapter, No. 34, R. A. M. was instituted under dispensation February 14, 1876.
A charter was granted October 17, 1876, to twelve members, with the following officers: E,
A. Smith, 3G. er, H. K,; G. F. Tucker. S. Present officers are: M. T. D. Robi
son, M. E. H. P.; A.C. Walker, M. E. H. K.; G. B. Ricksecker, 8.- F. R, Chintman, Treas, :
G. F. Tucker, See’y. Regular communications are held the fourth Saturday of each month
at Masonic Hall. Present membership thirty-eight.

Heno Lodge, No. 140, A., F. & A. M. was instituted October 10, 1872, and was organ-
ized under a charter in November, 1873. First officers were: J. McMurray, W.M.; D. D.
Olmstead, S. W.; G. W. Irvin, J. W.; T.M.Cochram, Treas.; S$, A. Atwood, Sec’y. Present
officers: G. V. Ricksecker. W. M.; A.C. Walker, S. W.; W.J. Harmony, J. W.; J. T. L

  
 

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Treas.; Willliam M. Ingham, Sec’y. Regular meetings on first and third Thursdays at
Masonic Hall. Present nembersbip 121.

Reno Lodge, No. 99, 1. O. O. F. was instituted October 11, 1872, with twelve members.
First officers were: L. S. Shields, N.G.; J. K. Fical, V. G.; 5. Malesberry, Treas.; James
Coom, Rec. See’y.; H. Chadcayne, Per. Sec’y. Present officers: R. B. Shaddick, N. G.; 8. A.
Atwood, Treas.; I, N. Carter, Rec. Sec’y; J. L. Smith, Per. Sec’y. Meet every Tuesday
evening at the ¥. 0. 0. F. Hall, Present membership sixty-five.

Reno Encampment, No. 32, 1. V. O. F. was instituted in October, 1882. Officers; J. P.
Theobold, C. P.; B. B. Shaddock, S. W.; D. W. Willchom, J. W.; F. M. Carter. F. S.; F.
Ryde, T.; J. Grayson, A. P. Regular meetings are held on second and fourth Wednesdays
atl, 0.0. F. Hall. Present mem ership fifteen.

Hutchinson Lodge, No. 77, A. O. U. W. was instituted August 9, 1881, with thirteen
members. First officers were: J. L. Penny, M. W.; F.C. Leach, P. M. W.; A. J. Higley,
For.; W. J. Bollinger, O.; A. W. McKinney, Rec.; D. W. Stimmel, Fin.; F. L. Meddy, R.
Present officers: A. J. Higley, W. M.; H. W. Dice, For.; i. M. Carter, O.; A. W. McKinney,
Ree’d; F. Vincent, Fin.; James Riley,R. Meets on second and fourth Thursdays at I. 0. 0. F.
Hall. Present msmUeraltp tainty seven, ‘

Joe Hooker Post, No. 17, G. A. R., was instituted in the summer of 1879, with twenty-
five members: S. B. Zimmerman, Post Comr.; S. A. Atwood, Q. M.; and E. S. Hendy, Adjt.
Present officers: R. A. Campbell, P. C.; J. J. Carey, 8. V.C.; D. Barnes, J. V. C.; William
Teeter, Adjt.; S. A. Atwood, Q. M.; H. H. Craig, O. of D.; F. J. Hawkins, 0. of G.; J. M.
Bean, 8. M.; M. B. Cochman, Q. M.S, Regular meetings are held on first aud second Fri-
days, at I. O. O. F, Hall, Present membership, 130,

Caley Union. No, 500, E. A. U., was organized November 13, 1882, with forty-three
members, Present officers; J. W. Crist, Pres.; Miss B. Aulman, V. P.; George Randolph,
A.; I. N. Baughn, Ch.; J. BF. St. John, Treas.; Charles Clark, Sec.; S. J. Soper, Acct.; I.
Dougias, Sen.; J. W. Downs, W.; H. Harpole, Chap.; George Thomas, Aux. eets on first
and third Wednesdays, at I. 0. O. F. Hall. Present membership, 60.

In Hutchinson there are two banks, viz., the private bankivg institution of James F.
Redhead & Co. and the Reno County State Bank. The officers of the latter are T. Hosea,
Pres.; E, L. Meyer, Vice-Pres.; and S, W. Campbell, cashier.

THE PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The first number of the first newspaper published In Reno County was issued at Hutch-
inson, on July 4, 1872, as the Hutcninson News, It was started under the management of
Perry Bros. & Co. It soon passed into the hands of H. Whiteside, who continued its publi-
eation until January, 1875, when he sold it to F. Meredith. January 1, 1881, Ralph M.
Easley, the present proprietor and publisher, purchased Meredith’s interest, The News is
now and always has been a strong Republican organ. January 1, 1882, it was enlarged
from a six to a seven-column quarto, The News, under its present editor, assisted by an
able cor s of writers, is recognized as one of the leading papers in Southwestern Kansas.

The Reno Independent, without any political bias, was established in October, 1875, by
W.F. Wallace. In thespring of 1876, K. GC. Bruffy & Co. took charge and published it asa
Democratic organ, under the name of the Examiner. Late in 1876 the office passed into the
hands of J. W. Turpen, who published itas the Hutchinson Herald, Democratic, until Feb-
ruary, 1879, when it was purchased by McKinstry & Scheble. It continued under this man-
agement until May, 1880, when A. R. Scheble became sole proprietor. January 1, 1881, the
firm name became Scheble & Ely, until March, 1882, when 8S. Ely became the sole pro-
preter: In September, 1882, Messrs. Higley & Deoker purchased ‘the aper and changed

ts naine to its original appellation, the Independent. The paper, which B an eight-column
folio, 1s devoted to the interests of Hutchiuson, Reno County and the Southwest.

The first number of the Hutchinson Interior was issued in January, 1877, by Henry
Inman. Inthe spring following Major Inman retired and was succeedéd by M. M. Lewis,
who had charge of the paper afew months, when he eye way to J. W. Kanaga. Mr. Kan-
aga published the paper until September, 1878, when R. M. Easley assumed control. In No-

er following the firm name became Coutant & Easley, and remained so until May,
1879, when J. W. Kanaga took charge. In January, 1883, J..H. Lawson purchased an in-
terest, and the firm’s name became Kanaga & Lawson. The Interior is Republican in poli-
Hes Progressive in ideas, and is a leading exponent of Hutchinson and vicinity. ‘
he first number of the Sunday Democrat was issued as the Independent, in June, 1882,
by W. H. Freeman, who continued its publication until January 1, 1883, when 8. Ely, its
present editor and publisher, assumed control, and changed its name to its present appella-
tion. The Democrat is an eight-column folio, and is issued in the interests of local news.
The Hutchinson Postoffice was ¢stablished late in 1871. John Clapp being appointed first
Vo tmaster. He was succeeded by E, Wilcox, in 1872, who officiated until March, 1877,
when M. C. Boles was appointed: December 10, 1878, Hiram Raff was appointed, and dur-
ing his administration the money-order system ‘was established. Mr. Raff was succeeded In
January, 1883, by Ralph M. Easley, the present incumbent, During the administration of
HH Heat lewas made a distributing point for 120 interior offices, and is now an office of the
_ In 1882, a stock company, composed of the best business men of Hutchinson, was organ-
ized for the construction of an opera-house. Following are the officers: President—W. .
Atkinson; Secretary—C. B. Winslow; Treasurer—S. .W. Campbell; Board of Directors—L.
Ay Bigger, A. R. Scheble, C. B. Winslow, James Redhead, B. A, Colville, E. L. Meyer, H.
piteside, W. T. Atkinson, and 8. W. Campbell. The building, which was completed and
opened in November, 1882, is a three-story brick structure, 50x100 feet, and was erected at
a cost of $18,000. The auditorium, with a seating capacity of 800, is divided into a par-
quette and dress-circle. ‘Che stage, which is 25x50 feet, is provided with ten sets of scenery,
Ane commodious dressing rooms and all modern stage appointments.
co iuutchinson Water Mills—The first water-power flouring mill in Reno County was
erected at Hutchinson, by the Hutchinson Water Power Company, in 1876. In July, 1878,
it passed into the hands of A. M. West, M. BE. Al ison, C Bloom, and W. C. D. Deveir, who
pyaied and run it underthe firm name of West, Allison & Co. The motive power js furnished
y the Arkansas River in conjunction with a ninety-horse power turbine wheel which propels

 

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five run of buhrs and séverat sets of rolls. The flour manufactured at this mill is equal to
the best Minnesota brands.

City Steam Flouring Mills were completed in October, 1875, by M. Sonders, C. B. Myton,
and A. L, Kellogg. W. C. Edwards afterwards purchased it, who, in turn, sold it to Messrs,
Woods & Brown, since which time it has passed into the hands of B. A. Coville, its present
proprietor C. H. Hobart, lessee. The mill lias four run of buhrs, with a capacity of 400

ushels daily, and does an annual business of $40,000.

Kansas Sugar Refining.—The process of manufacturing syrups and sugar from sugar
cane, was first Introduced into Hutchinson in 1882, when an incorporated stock company,
known as the Kansas Sugar Refining Company, was organized with . Harrison Clark, Pres.;
S. E. Temple, Sec., and Prof. W. H. C. Onderdonk, Supt. A large four-story store and brick
building, 75x85 feet, was erected, in a style of architecture, suitable for the business, and
filled with the latest improved machinery, regardless of cost. The massive machinery is
propelled by a 100-horse power engine, with a boiler capacity of 300-horse power. The
company’s ground, consisting of three and one-half acres, is Tocated in the eastern part of
the city. During the year, 1883, the company will cultivate 2,000 acres in sugar cane of
their own, besides using all that is raised inthe surrounding country. The mill has a ca-
pacity of 150 barrels daily, which will be increased according to the demand.

The manufacturing interests of Hutchinson are yet in their infancy, but besides those
above mentioned, it has the usual complement of founderies, feed mille, cigar factories, a
windmill manufacturing establishment and a soda and pop bottling works.

Templer & Co. are a heavy shipping firm. Their business gives an idea of the vast
amount shipped from this point, They shipped from Hutchinson, from July 1, 1882, to De-
cember 6, 170 cars of grain, produce, and cattle—mostly wheat. Theffirm have buyers at
Burrton and Galva, and from those two points shipped 157 cars during the perlod before

mentioned.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

L, H. ALLBRIGHT, druggist, settled in Hutchinson, April 1, 1873, and with Mr, Charles
B, Winslow engaged in the drug business, building the first stone or brick building west
of Emporia, which, with additions, they still occupy. Their business amounts to about $20, -
000 per annum, exclusively drugs, having increased from about $5,000 the first year. Tr.
Allbrightis secretary of the White Pine Gold and Silver Mining Company in the Tomichi
Mining District of Colorado. He has a very fine collection of miinerals, fossils, ete, gath-
ered from all parts of the world. Mr. Allbright is a native of Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio, born
November 15, 1847,and when twelve years of age removed to Orrville, Ohio, thence to Clin-
ton, Ohio. He afterwards lived at Wooster, Ohio, about one year, and subsequently at Can-
ton, Ohio, two years, He is a graduate of the Pharmaceutical Department of Baldwin Uni-
versity at Berea, Ohio, where he received the degree of bachelor of medicine, and was in
the drug business a short time at Akron, Ohio, subsequent to leaving college, then removed
to Pittsburg, making that his home until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association, Kansas State Pharmaceutical Association and the A., F.

W. T. ATKINSON settled in Holton, Jackson Co., Kan., in 1871, and was engaged in
the mercantile business at that point until April, 1873, when he came to Hutchinson. He
was engaged in the clothing business here until March, 1875, when he entered the office of
the County Treasurer, serving as deputy two terms, then as Treasurer for the same length
of time. Since October, 1882, he has been employed as a book-keeper and has also been
somewhat interested in insurance business. Mr. Atkinson is the originator of the Hutchin-
son Opera House Company, and is how president and manager of the Opera House. He is
native of London, Eng., born July 9, 1848, and came to America with his parents in 1851
and located in Erie County, N. Y., near Buffalo. About one year later they removed to
Indiana, and in 1856 to Shelbyville, Ill., where be remained until he came to Kansas. He
was married in Shelbyville, Ill., November 25, 1873, to Laura F. Kelley, a native of that
town, They have two children—Lioyd Hardy and Lee Kelley.

E. BANE, farmer, was bornjin, West Virginia, April 3, 1843, and_moved with his
arents to Illinois when a child. Enlisted in Company I, Forty-seventh Regiment, Illinois
nfantry, in August, 1861, and served with his command in the Department of the West,

and participated in the campaign against New Madrid and taking of Island No. 10, Shiloh,
Siege of Coriuth, Luka, second fight at Corinth, Holly Springs, and in the fighting and dif-
ferent engagements in rear of Vicksburg and at the capture of that place, and was in
the expedition to Meridian, Miss., and the next day after his return, started on the Red
River expedition, under A. J. Smith, and engaged in the fights at Fort De Russy anu Pleas-
ant Hill, and was for two weeks constantly under fire, covering the retreat of the army and
helped build the dam on Red River to get the fleet out of the hands of the Rebels, and was
in the fights at Cain River and Zelloy Bayou, and was wounded by a shell and left for
dead at Marksville Prairie, and was inthe fight at Lake Chicot and veteranized and fur-
Joughed in July, 1864, After furlough, returned to his command at Memphis and engaged
in the fight at Tupelo, then at Duval’s Bluff, and followed Price in his raid into Missouri, and
was engaged at the Big Blue fight, and from there wentto Nashville and engaged there
and followed Hood to Eastport, and was in the siege of Mobile, and taking of Spanish Fort
and Fort Blakely, and mustered out January 21.1866. Came to Kansas in 1871, first locat-
ed in Greenwood County, and remained until 1874, when he returned to Illinois and came
back in 1878, and located in Hutchinson. Was married May 20, 1870, to Miss Sarah Bishop,
a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children—Irene, Harley and Fanny. Isa
member of the G. A. R. !

GEORGE D. BARCLAY, Police Judge, was bornin Allegheny City, Pa., June 3. 1844.

In May 1861, enlisted in Ewing’s Battery G, First West Virginia Light Artillery, and served.
with his command in Virginia and Maryland, participating in a great many engagements,
among others Camp Alleghany, McDowell, Cross Keys, Freeman’s Ford, Sulphur Springs,
Waterloo Bridge, and Second Bull Run. His command -was then sent back to West Virginia,
and he was in the engagements at Beverly, Rocky Gap, and Droop Mountain, and with
Gen. W. W. Averill, on his raid to Salem, and with Gen. Sigel, at the battle of New Market.
Was discharged on expiration of service at Wheeling, Va., June 20, 1864. Re-enlisted in
Company M, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Infantry, and was with his company and regi-
ment in front of Petersburg until Lée’s surrender. Mustered out of service at Harrisburg,
Pa., July 22, 1865. In 1867 he went to Nebraska, and was made First Lieutenant of a com-
any of Pawnee Scouts, under Maj. Frank North. Was with Gen. Carr in his fight at Lilian
rings, Col., and after two years hard service on the plains, was mustered out at Columbus,
Neb. ecember 20,1869. He came to Kansas November 13, 1871, and took a homestead in
RenoCounty, and engaged in farming until 1878, when he went to Trinidad, Col., and
started a hotel. After two years he wentto Las Vegas, New Mexico, and started a newspaper,
the Las Vegas Optic. Returning to Hutchinson, Kan., in 1880, he was elected Just‘ce of the
Peace for Reno Township, and re-elected in February, 1882. Was elected Police Judge of
the city of Hutchinson in 1880, and re-elected three times in succession. He: was married
February 14, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth Shuster, a native of Pennsylvania, They have four
children—Maude, Stella, Bessieand Andrew. He is a Mason, and past grand of the 1. 0. 0.
F,, and past commander of Joe Hooker Post, No. 17, G. A. R. :
J. P. BATCHELER, general merchant, located at Atchison, 1871, where he remained
two years, and then removed to Valley Falls, Jefferson County. On the 2d of June, 1882, he
‘eame to Hutchinson, having been employed for several years prior to that time as traveling
salesman. Since coming to Hutchinson, Mr. B. has been employed in the mercanti‘e pur-
suits, and is now doing considerable jobbing business. He was born at Utica, Oneida Co.,
N. Y., June 12, 1852. When nine years of age moved with his parents to Linn County, Mo.,
where he remained until he came to Atchison. He was married at Valley Falls, Kan., May
18, 1882, to Mettie V. Beland, a native of Valley Falls, Kan. Mr. Batcheler is a member of
the A., F&A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and of the Northwestern Trav-
eling Mens’ Association. , 7
S, M. BEAM, Constable, was born in Licking County, Ohio, March 8, 1848. In 1863 he
enlisted in Company C, Seventy-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with
his command in the Fifteenth Corps, and participated in the battle of Lookout Mountain,
and all the general engagements of the Atlanta Campaign, as well as a great many skirm-
ishes and minor engagements. After the taking of Atlanta, followed Hood back to the
Tennessee River, and returned and joined Sherman’s army, just as they started on the trip
to the sea, and participated in that campaign, and north through the Carolinas, and was on
the skirmish line when they entered Columbia, S. C., and among the first in that city, and
the city was on fire when they entered it, and engaged in his last fight at Bentonsville, N. C,
After the surrender of Joe Johnston’s army, marched to Washington City, and participated
in the Grand Review, and mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865, and discharged at
Columbus, Ohio. After the war he returned to Ohio, and remaine there until 1871, when
hecame to Kansas, and Jocated on Section 26, Reno Township, Reno County, and engaged
in farming until1877, when he removed to fiutchinson, and engaged in business for two
years. Then went to Colorado, and remained there until 1882, when he returned and located
in Hutchinson, and was elected Constable, and is now acting in that capacity. Was County
Commissioner in 1876-77. Was married April 16, 1868, to Miss Emma Huff, a native of
Ohio. They have two children—Frank M. and Blanche. Is @ Mason. |
J. W. BEDWELL, proprietor of Howard House, was born in Indiana, January 9, 1856,
and came to Kansas with his parents in the fall of 1859. His early life was spent on the
border, in the counties of Bourbon. Douglas and Leavenworth, during the border troubles
and the War of the Rebellion. In 1864, his parents moved to California, crossing the plains,
being six months on the way, having to frequently fight the Indians, and remained in Cali-
fornia eighteen months, then moved. to Roseburg. Douglas Co., Ore., and remained there
until 1876, when he returned to Kansas, and located at Fort Scott, where he was married
April 18, 1877, to Miss Malinda Troy, a native of West vinginia. who died. November 22,
1880, leaving one child—Laura. He was married the second time, October 30, 1881, to Miss
Della Wohlfart, a native of Ohio. They have one child—George H. He cameto Hutchinson

in 1982, and engaged in the hotel business.

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_ THOMAS H, BEDWELL was born in Philadeiphia, Penn., November 1, 1831, and made
it his home until 1852, when he went to Indiana, where he was married in 1854, to Miss
Margaret A. McCalister. In 1859, they moved to Kansas, and located on the Marmaton
River, in Bourbon County, and settled on a farm, and commenced improvements in 1860.
The season being very dry, they had no crops, no turnips, and were without bread; but in
1861, they had an abundant crop of everything, but the raiders came in from Missouri, and
captured the Union men, and killed all they found who had served under Jim Lane, and al-
though Mr, Bedwell had been thirty days with Jim, his Pro-slavery friends saved him, by
representing him asone of them. After the pay. left, they told him to get away at once,
as they could not protect him another time. So he had to sacrifice his goods, and a farm,
which has since proven to be very valuable, taking just what he could get, and fleeing to
Douglas County, he located in Prairie City, where they were living at the time of the Quan-
trell raid on Lawrence; at that time they had a sick child, who died that night; they set fire
to the house after the child was buried. Then moved to Leavenworth County, where they
remained until 1864, when they crossed the plains to California, and remained there eigh-
teen months, then went to Roseburg, Douglas Co., Ore., and lived there until November,
1876; they returned to Fort Scott, Kan., and died January 25, 1876. leaving his wife, Mrs.
M. O. Bedwell, with four childred—J. W., Jessie R., Arthur S., and HarrieG. Both Mr. and
Mrs, Bedwell are members of the Baptist Church,
JOHN B. BROWN settled in Hutchinson, in May, 1872, and has been engaged in the real

estate business most of the time since, having been agent for the land department of the A.,

.& S. F. R. R. for the last seven years. He has been in partnership with L. A. Bigger since
October, 1872, during which time they have located not less than 250,000 acres of land, un-
der the homestead act. In nine months, in 1882, they sold over 100,000 acres of land,in
Reno, Rice, McPherson, Kingman, Pratt and Stafford counties, the unimproved railroad
lands ranging from $4 to $6 peracre. They represent the A., T. . F. R. R., for the sale
of allits lands in Reno County, where there are still fully 100,000 acres of railroad land un-
sold. Mr. Brown is a native of Attica, Seneca Co., Ohio, where he lived until September,
1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in that
regiment until September, 1865. e then returned to Ohio, and located at Napoleon, Hen-
ry County, where he remained until 1868. Hethen lived in South Carolina for one year,
and from there removed to Ottawa, Kan., where he remained, engaged in farming, until he
came to Hutchinson. Mr. Brown.was once Mayor of Hutchinson, and has served as Police
Judge. Heis alsoa member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge. He was married at Napo-
Jeon, Ohio, February 15, 1872, to Almira Roff, a native of that place.

ON. W. R. BROWN was born in Buffalo, N. Y., July 16, 1840. He received his edu-
cation at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., and at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., from
which institution he graduated in July, 1862. The same year he removed to Lawrence,
Kansas, where he read law with ex-Gov. Wilson Shannon. In 1863 he removed to Topeka,
where he served as Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court and was Journal Clerk of the House

      

   
   
      

 
 
  

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of Representatives during the sessious of 1866 and 1867. In 1866 he made his home at
Emporia, Kansas, and entered upon the practice of the law with Judge R. M. Ruggles. In
1867 he removed to Cottonwood Falls, in Chase County, and was elected that same fall as
District Judge of the Ninth Judicial District of Kansas, and served inthat capacity till
March 1, 1875, when he resigned, having in the fall of 1874 been elected to Congress from
the Third Congressional District of the State. He served but one term, and has since 1877
been engaged in the practice of the law. He moved from Cottonwood Falls to Hutchinson
in 1878, and is still. a resident of Hutchinson, and member of the law firm of Brown & Zim-
merman. Judge Brown was married in Lawrence, Kan., October 28, 1868, tu Miss Eliza-
beth E. Balcom,a native of Worcester County,Mass. They have two children—Margaret and
William. He is a member ofthe A., F. & A. M , and was a charter member and first master
of the lodge at Cottonwood Falls, He is also a member of 1, 0. O. F.

S. W. CAMPBELL, cashier of Reno County State Bank, cameto Hutchinson in April,
1876; organized the above named bank and has been its cashier ever since. Heis a native
of Gentry County, Mo.; in October, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Iowa Volunteer
Cavalry, and served four years, being a non-commissioned officer at the time of his dis-
charge. He was then employed in the hardware business, in St. Joseph, Mo,, until 1873,
and was subsequently engaged in banking, being assistant cashier of the St. Josept savings
bank. He was married at St. Joseph, in May, 1869, to Emma Lee Keedy, a native of that
city. They have three children—Fred F., Reuben C. and Daniel Keedy.

G. W. CARPENTER, was born in Stephéntown, near Lebanon Springs, N. Y., August
22,1834. In 1859, he removed from his native county to New York city, and remained
there until 1865, when he came west as far as Illinois, and located in Grundy County, liv-
ing im Morris and in Chicago, prior to his removal to Kansas. He was married in Stephen-
town, N. Y., November 6, 1856, to Diana Howard, a native of that place, and has three
children—Fred H., Minnie L. and Florence. In June, 1871, he came to Kansas and located
at Newton. In the following October he took a claim on the southwest quarter of Section 4
Township 23, Range 5, W. Clay Township. He spent the winter of 1871 in Wichita an’

raded the A.,T. &S. F. R. R. through Newton, commencing grading on the Wichita

ranch in September, 1871, and finishing the contract in February, 1872. The following
March. 1872, he did about three miles of grading on the road east of Hutchinson, and the
last of the same month commenced farming in Clay Township, continuing on the farm until
March, 1881, when he moved to Hutchinson and engaged in the livery, trading and dealing
in horses, and also dealing in coal. Mr. C. was Township Trustee in Clay Township two
years. Heis a member ofthe A. O. U. W.
WILLIAM S. CLAYPOOL was born at North Salem, Ind, August 6, 1853. After re-
maining there but six weeks his parents removed to Peoria County, Ill., near Farmington.
He lived there for five years; returned to Indiana and resided there for eleven years. In
1869 he went to live in Hancock County, ILI., and during the same winter tu Henry County,
1374 HISTORY

Til. In the spring of 1870 his parents settled with him in Ralls County, Mo, He remained
there until the spring of 1876, his father, John Wesley Claypool, locating on Section 6,
Township 23, Range 7, Salt Creek Township, where he still resides. He is now a represen-
tative from the Ninety-eighth Assembly District. This has been the home of William S.
Claypool since that time. Nine months after coming here, however, he returned to Abing-
don, ll., and attended Hedding Gollege for two terms, preparing himself to teach and prac-
tice law. In 1878, he returned to Reno County, Kansas, and taught school three winters.
He began Bhospeeting for mines in Colorado in April, 1881, having now an interest in the
Gunnison County Mining Company, and also the coin silver mine and tunnel site, which is
represented by the Montgomery County Gold and Silver Mining Company; also one-quar-
ter interest in the Ella Rea Mine, and one-quarter interest in the Lilley Mine, all located at
.White Pine, in Gunnison County, Tomicha Mining District.

F.R. CHRISMAN was born March 17, 1846, in Pulaski County, Ky. He was the son of
a farmer, and raised tothat business. After arriving at manhood he was employed for
three years as a teacher in the public schools of Pulaski County, Ky. In 1870 he removed
‘lo Hillsboro, Ill, where he engaged in the mercantile business for three and a half years,
with marked success. He afterward assisted in the organization of the Farmers’ Exchange

Bank at that place, and was cashier of that institution until he left for Hutchinson, Kansas.
September 19, 1873, he was married J.) Mary J. Slayback, of Hillsboro, Ill. They have three
ebildren now living—Joseph F., Mabel . and Dora. Mr. Chrisman arrived with his famil
in Hutchinson February 18, 1875. He was engaged in the harness trade from 1876 to 1878,
and in the book and stationery trade from 1878 to November, 1882, when he again retired
from the mercantile pursuits, having large real estate and live stock interests.’ He is now
giving his attention to these investments, and is one of the largest and most successful
wool growers in Reno County. Mr. Chrisman is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, and
Commandery, A., F.& A.M. Heis also a member of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church, and
was a delegate from the South Kansas Conference to the General Conference of that church,
held at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880.

H. CONSTANT, grain dealer, was born in Sangamon County, IIL, July 25, 1842, and
made it his home uniil he came to Kansas in 1872, and located in Hutchinson, and started
a blacksmith shop, and followed that business until the country being developed, and the
grain interest becoming of sufficient magnitude, in 1874 he commenced buying and ship-
ping grain, and was the second dealer in that line in Hutchinson, In July, 1882, he organ-
ized the same business in Burrton, Harvey County, and up to the Ist of March, 1883, has
shipped from that point over 43,000 bushels of grain. Was married, December 28, 1865, to
Miss Ada Briney, a native of Ohio, They have three children—Frank, Nettie and Nina. Is
a member of the I. 0. 0. F.

REV. J. W. CROW was born near Harrietsville, Noble Co., Ohio, October 13, 1857.
That was his home nntil he came to Hutchinson, in apa, 1878. While in Ohio he attended
both High and Normal schools, and after coming to Kansas he taught two years. During
that period he also attended_ Normal school two full terms, aud pars of another. Prior to
coming to Hutchinson, Mr. Crow had pursued his theological studies, and been engaged in
evangelical work, joining the Southern Kansas Conference, March 1, 1880. His first charge
was at Little River, Rice County, where he remained one year. During this time he also
preached at Highland, Bluffville, and Mule Creek. In 1881 he was stationed at Matfield
Green, in the southern part of Chase County, preaching also at Bazaar, Rock Creek, Prairie
Hill, and Valley Center. He continued there until March, 1882, when he was obliged to re-
linquish work, on account of ill-health. He isa member of the I.0.0.F. Mr. Crow was
married in Hutchinson, June 29, 1880, to Lynda Schafer. Sheis a native of Harrietsville,
Noble Co., Ohio. They have one daughter, Nellie. Mr. Crow isason of Martin Crow, who
came to Hutchinson in March, 1878. Although he lives in town, he has been engaged in
farming most of the time since coming to Hutchinson. .He is a native of Ohio also.

THEO. A. DECKER, editor of the Hutchinson Herald, was born in the town of
Adamsville, Muskingum 6o., Ohio, February 11, 1847. He resided in that county until he
came to Kansas, acting as correspondent and local editor prior to entering the army, in
1863. In August of that year he enlisted in Company EK, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer
Infant: He was mustered out of the service in October, 1865, having acted as war cor-
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette. After leaving the service he returned to Zanesville,
and was for a time employed as a teacher, at the same time engaging in newspaper work.
He continued in these occupations until he came to Hutchinson, in 1879. He then com-
menced to read law, and now associates its practice with editorial work.

. C. DEVIER settlel in Topeka in January, 1870, and remained there until he came
to Hutchinson, in June, 1 He was employed in the Reno House two years, and then en-
gaged ‘in the grocery and drug business, under the firm name of Devier & Blackburn, where

. F. Blackburnuis now located. He sold out his interest March 20, 1882, and is now a mem-
ber of the firm of West, Allison & Co., proprietors of the First Water Mill. He is also en-
gaged in the stock business, having about 500 head of cattle, and since December, 1882, has
been interested in the grocery and queensware trade. He was a member of the Allison-
Devier Mercantile Co., until October, 1882. Mr. Devier is a native of Shenandoah Valley,
Va., born January 7, 1852, and lived there until 1869, when he removed to Boone County,
in the same State, remaining there until he came to Kansas. He was married in Hutechin-
son, January, 1878, to Alice Burrell, a native of Wisconsin. They have one child, Mary.

R.M. EASLEY, Postmaster and proprietor of the Hutchinson News,settled in Hutchinson
iil November, 1675, and was employed as a teacher in the county schools six months. He
then accepted a position as clerk, and six months later became assistant principal of the
Hutchinson school, acting in that capacity for one year. He then assumed control of the
Interior for about six months, and subsequently founded and published the St. John Ad-
vance at St. John, Stafford County, for one year. He bought the Hutchinson News January
1, 1881, and has since published and edited that paper. r. Easley has always been identi-
fied with the Republican party, and the papers with which he has been connected have al-
ways been exponents of the principles of that party. Heis anative of Schuyler County,
Ill.. and lived in Knox and Adams counties prior to coming to Kansas. He was married at
Mechanicsburg, Ohio, February 23, 1881, to Minerva J. Cheney, a native of Urbana, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Easley are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GEORGE T. EMPEY, proprietor of the Arlington Mill, was born in Oneida County, N.
Y., July 11, 1839, and when seventeen years of age moved to Stephenson County, Ll., mak-
ing that his home until he came to Hutchinson, January 15, 1874, He was engaged in the
grocery business for about seven years, and in 1877 built the mill at Arlington, operating
itincompany with A. K. Burrell until 1881. The mill was started with two run of stone,
but now has four, with a capacity of about 200 bushels of wheat perday. Mr. Empey is
one of the Alderman of the city, and is serving his second term in that capacity. e was
married at Beloit, Ill., December 4, 1862, to Sarah Knoor, a native of Pennsylvania. They
have three children—Clarence B, James L., and Mabel A.

MARK M. EVANS was born in Berwick, Columbia Co., Pa., September 13, 1835, and
ived in that county until 1852, when he removed to Dixon, I11., making his home there and
n that vicinity until he came to Kansas. He enlisted May 24, 1861, in Company A, Thir-
teenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until August 12, 1865, participating in all

he engagements of his command, and was never wounded or sick while in the service.
July 10, 1872, Mr. Evans took a soldier’s homestead on Section 10, Castleton Township,
Reno Co., Kas., and after living on his claim about one year moved to Hutchinson, where
he was engaged in ainting about two years, Hethen returned to Dixon, Lee Co., Ill, and
lived there until 1880, at which time he came back to Hutchinson, where he has since been
engaged in selling agricultural implements and hardware. He was married at Dixon, IIL,
in July, 1867, to Ellen S. Hill, a native of Ohio, born near Sandusky. They have two chil-

dren—Amanda May and Lulu J.
H. C. FREEMAN, merchant and painter, of the firm of Ryde & Freeman, dealers in

 

aints, oils, glass, putty, wall-paper and painters’ supplies generally, came to Kansas in
1875, Yooatin: in’ Hutchinson and commenced work tng at his trade of painter. The same
year he and

r. Chas. J. Ryde, a native of Sweden, associated in the present business, and
by energy and management have a good business with a capital of $1,500 to £2,000, and they
algo work five hands, and are the leading firm in the business. Was born in Ohio, September

, 1850, and went to Illinois in 1865, and has speut a number of years in Memphis and New
Orleans. His father was a dealer in carriages and buggies and had a large trade in the
South, and Mr. Freeman was engaged with him. Was married, in 1873, to Miss Margaret
Myers, a native of Illinois. Is a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters.

J. A, GRAYSON, came to Hutchinson April 13, 1872, locating on Section 4, Township 24,
Range 6. He lived there until December, 1874.
ters on the buffalo range, his party kiling 642 buffalo. When he came to Hutchinson he
engaged in the coal, hay and grain business. In 1880 he commenced to deal in farm machin-
ery. Hehasadded to this a fullline of agricultural implements and is also operating his
farm, being largely interested 1n wool growing. He is a member of the Opera House Com-
pany and has mining interestsinthe Tomichi District, Gunnison Co., Col. Mr. Grayson is
also one of the directors of the Montgomery County Gold and Silver Mining Company, head-

uarters at Dayton, Ohio, and White Pine, Col, Gen. E. F. Brown, General Inspector of the
National Soldiers’ Home, is president. Mr. Grayson was born in Ritchie County, W. Va.,
, May 24, 1845. He lived there until August, 1861,
then enlisted in Company D, Sixth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and served until he
was mustered out at Wheeling, June 12, 1865.. He was wounded in’ Calhoun County, W.
Va., August 28, 1864; he had his right Jeg amputated on August 8, 1865. In 1867 he re-
moved from West Virginia to Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio, and in 1869 he went to the
National Military Asylum at Dayton, Ohio, having charge of the dining-room and the bar-
racks most of the time, until he came to Kansas in 1872. Mr. Grayson was married at
Chester, Ohio, January 1, 1874, to Mary L. Garen, daughter of Milton Garen, a merchant of
that town. She was born in Beaver, Pa. Mr. Grayson is a member of the Methodist Kpis-
copal Church, also a prominent member of the I, O. O. F., having filled all the chairs of that
order. He is at present chief patriarch of the Encampment, and has been quartermaster of
G. A. R. since the first quarter of its existence. He is also treasurer of the Equitable Aid
Union.

Prior to coming to town he spent two win-

about eighteen miles from Parkersbur;

OF KANSAS.

E. H. GREGG, hardware merchant, was born in Belmont, Belmont Co., Ohio, March 20,

1834. He was married in Napoleon, Ohio, September, 1862, to Minnie E, Scribner, a native

of Henry County, Ohio, and has three children—Bertha M., Edwin S. and Franklin H. From

Napoleon Mr. Gregg removed and settled in Hutchinson, in the fall of 1875, where he en-
aged in cattle raising and stock dealing until January, 1877, since when he has been in the
ardware business, ;

J. A. GREGG, proprietor of livery stable and veterinary surgeon, came to Hutchinson
November 20, 1877, and has practiced his profession in the place since 1878. H
in Scotland, and fron an early age reared in Castile, Wyoming Co., N.Y. In August, 1861,
he enlisted in Company F, Fifth New York Cavalry, and served until July, 1865. He was
taken prisoner at AmoSville, Va., July 24, 1863, and remained a captive on Belle Island un-
til February, 1864, when he was taken to Andersonviue, where he was kept until April,
1865, and then paroled. After he left the army he returned to Castile and thence came to
He has been a veterinary surgeon for sixteen years.

EUGENE HALLOWELL, drug clerk, came to Hutchinson December 7, 1871, and re-
mained about two months. He then went to Bourbon -County, and a few months later
returned to Hutchinson, and when E. L, Meyer opened his drug store, eutered his employ
asaclerk. Abouta year later they established a branch store on Main Street, below the
Reno House, which they maintained fortwo years. Mr, Hallowell was born near Norris-
town, Montgomery Co., Pa., March 5, 1847, and that was his home until about sixteen years
of age. He then went to Pheenixville, Pa., to learn the drug business, and about two years
later went to Philadelphia, where he was employed in a wholesale drug establishment
until October, 1871, when he cameto Kansas. He was married in Topeka, September 18,
1879, to Dollie Campbell, a native of Penney sNanIe They have one child—Paul. Mr. Hal-

Lisa member of the A., F. .M. z =

sow DW §. HANDY came to Lincoln Township, Reno County, November 27, 1872.
and settled on the northeast quarter, Section 28, Township 24, Range 6. He still retains
his homestead. Mr. Handy was engaged in farming there until the fall of 1876 In Janu-
ary, 1877, he was elected Clerk of the District Court; was re-elected in 1878, 1880 and 1882.
jie has served as a school director and Clerk of Lincoln Township, and, at the time of his
election as Clerk of the District Court, he was Justice of the Peace, Mr. Handy was born in
York, Clark Co., Ill., February 28, 1846. He enlisted in Company F, Seventy-ninth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, and served until June, 1865. He was wounded at
Liberty Gap, Tenn., June 24, 1863, and was incapacitated for further duty for fifteen
months. Being then appointed to a position in the Adjutant-General’s office, he acted in
this capacity until the close of the war. Besides attending to his duties as Glerk of the
Court, Mr. Handy carries on his farm, He was married in Hutchinson, December 25, 1879,
to Minnie A, Hale, a native of Waterloo, Ind. They have one child—Inez L. :

FRANK J. HAWKINS, contractor and builder. firm name Cathcart & Hawkins, was
born in Michigan February 3, 1847, and when only two years of age moved with his parents
to Wisconsin, and when fifteen years old went back to Michigan, and was learning his trade
there, but in 1863, being only sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company K, First Michi-
gan Engineers and Mechanics, and with his command was in Tennessee under Rosecrans
and Sherman, and built the block house and bridges on the line of the road from Nashville
South, and was at the campaign of Atlanta, and through tothe sea, and through the Caro~
linas, and to Washington on the Grand Review, and mustered out in October, 1865. Al-
though not the battle line, they were armed, and had frequently to quit work and fight to
repulse an attack, and had to work undera heavy skirmish fire very often, After the war
he returned to Michigan, and came from there to Kansas in 1871, first locating a homestead
twelve miles south of Hutchinson, and in addition to farming, worked at his trade until
May, 1882, when the present firm of Cathcart & Hawkins was organized. They employ
from three to five hands, and contracts to present time are about $10,000. Mr. H. was
married, in 1867, but his wife died in_ 1873. leaving two children—Alda F. and Carrie O.
Was married again in 1877, but his wife died in 1879, leaving one child—Leo R. Was mar-
ried October 10, 1881, to Miss Sarah Crowley, a native of Michigan. They havea baby not
named. Ismember of G.A.R.

A.J. HIGLEY, came to Hutchinson, in November, 1878, and located here permanentl
in March, of thefollowing year. He was born in Rutland, Meigs Co., Ohio, October 1, 1851,
living there until he was sixteen years of age; then wentto Jackson County, Mo., where
his father stillresides. When he was nineteen years of age he entered Beloit College and
took a three years’ course, he then traveled two years, having read law priorto coming to
Kansas. Mr. A. was appointed Justice of the Peace in August, 1880, and re-elected in 1882.
He practices law and is proprietor of the Herald, Heis also engaged in the loan business,
representing the Kansas Loan and Trust Company. He was married in Kewanee, IIL,
September 6, 1876, to Emma E, Howe, a native of Unionville, Ohio. She came to Kewa-
nee, with her father, Gen. Howe, when she was four years of age. They have two children,
Florence E. and Clyde S. He is a member of the A. O. U. W._

WILLIAM E. HUTCHINSON, was born in Francestown, Hillsborough Co.,N.H.,December
4, 1847, but removed to Steuben, N. Y., atan early age, remaining in that county until he
came to Kansas in the fall of 1867. His first location in this State was at Ottawa, where he
taught school in the winter of 1867. Thefollowing spring he located near Buffalo, Wilson
County, where he was engaged in the stock business with George W. Hutchinson until late
in October, 1871, when he came to Hutchinson and became engaged in the real estate busi-
ness with his cousin, Clinton C. Hutchinson, who had visited the site of the town one month
previous, but permanently settled here at that time. They were the agents of the A., T. &

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ing in all 640 acres of land. He was engaged in the real estate and banking business
until the fall of 1876, when he sold his interest to the Reno County State Bank. He
a8 Since been engaged in the study and practice of law, being at present in partner-
ship with Mr, Whiteside. In addition to their law business they do an extensive
Dusiness in loaning money, and are targely interested in
tutchinson was the first Superintendent of Pulnic Instruction In Reno County, but re-
plened the position Soon after his election. He and his cousin, C. C. Hutchinson, laid out

© town of Castleton, in Reno County, He was also interested in the laying out of Medicine

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was married in Hutchinson, October 7, 1875. to Aunie P. Wailteside. a native of Shelly vite
Tenn. They-have three daughters—Loto M., Annie W., and Willie H, 4

J. M. HERRICK, Sheriff, came to Reno County, Kan., in September, 1872, and
located on the southwest quarter of Section 30. Towuship 24, Range 5, Lincoln Township,
making that his home for three and a half years. He then sola his farm, but has since pur-
chased two others in the same gownshtn. He was elected Sheriff in November, 1875, re-
elected in 1877, and again in 1881. Heisa member oftheI. 0.0.F. Mr, Herrick is a nas
tive of South Charleston, Clarke Co., Ohio. April 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company F,
Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and September 17, 1861, re-enlisted in Com any
B, Fourth Ohio Cavalry, Serving until August 15, 1865. He entered the service as a private
and was discharged as Captain of Company I. Fourth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. At the
close of the war he returned to Ohio, remaining there until April, 1878, when he removed
to Brown County, Ill., making that his home until December, 1870. At that date he moved
to Grundy County, Mo., making that his home until he camé to Kansas, He was married

in London, Madison Co., Ohio, October 16, 1865, to Anna Catharine Kennester a native of
bord In Eineoin Poel cen enldren, Dollie May, born in London, Ohio; Joanna Fay,
ip, Reno County, and Edward M
Hutehinson, Reno Co. Kan. Y, IcKee, born at the Court House, in
eddie . District Judge, was born in Sevier County, East i
from Knoxville, February 22, 1834. When about one year of age he pombvod te Moran
County, Ala., remaining there until 1850, when he returned to Tennessee. After attendin,
the Union University at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and taking a four years course, he graduate
in 1874, and entered the Law Department of the Cumberiand University at Lebanon, Tenn.
He was licensed to practice in 1856, and moved to Brownsville, Tein., in 1857. Judge
Houk was a professor in Madison College, Madison County, Tenn., continuing in that capa-
~elty until 1861. Building a schoolhouse near Brownsville, Tenn., he engaged in teachin
until he was conscripted into the Confederate service, in September, 1861. In June, 186%
he escaped further service, and wentto St. Louis, residing there until 1865. Next heen-
gaged in the realestate business in Dent County, Mo.,, for three years, then returned to
srownsville, and was in practice there until he came to Hutchinson. Judge Houk voted
and acted against secession, being a Heury Clay Whig, and subsequently a consistent and
unswervin Republican. He came to Hutchinson, in January, 1872, and was the first
Jawyer in Reno County. When he first settled in Hutchinson, his office was in the building
whose site is now occupie by Youtig’s store. He afterwards moved to the little buildin.
south of Redfield’s bank, Judge Houk was elected County Attorney in April, 1872, an
served until January 1, 1873. He was re-elected in 1880, ana again in 1882, In May, 1872
Wm. Whitelaw became his partner and they were together under the firm name of Houk
& Whitelaw. He entered into partnership with Judge Brown, in May, 1879, S. B. Zimmer-
man becoming a member of the firm in February, 1881. Judge Houk’served as County Su-
perintendent, by appointment, after the resignation of Taylor Flick, remaining in that
office about one year. Judge Houk was married at Brownsville, Tenn., May 7, 1860, to
Nannie Whitelaw, a native of that place. They have six children living; Elise, Eleanor,
Russell W., Herman, Whitelaw, Lysander W. John H. is deceased. Shaee Houk is a
member of the Phi Gamma-Delta College Society, and belongs to the Baptist Church.

» L JEWELL, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, came to Reno County,
October 20, 1873, and was engaged in Hutchinson most of the time until January, 1874;
when he located two miles south of Arlington, oa farm, remaining there for a few months.
He then located one mile north of Arlington, remaining in that location, teaching and
farming until he was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the fall of 1880. He
then caine to Hutchinson and has since made that his home, having been re-elected to the
office of Superintendent in the fall of 1 Mr. Jewell has held the various School District
offices, and has been Township Trustee and Township Clerk two years each. He was born
in Muncie, Delaware Co., Iud., January 16, 1850, and when six years of age removed to
Hamilton Township, the same county, and lived there until he was about twenty ) ears of
age. Heattended the public schools in his native county until he was fifteen years of age,
and then the Academy and High School at Muncie, Ind., and Nelson’s Commercial College
at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1870, he removed to Illinois and was engaged in teaching in that
State, and Iowaand Indiana, until he came to Kansas. He was married in Westminster
Township, near Arlington, Reno Co., Kan., November 10, 1878, to Sarah J. Fryrear. They
have one child—Viovla.

. P, JORDAN, located in Kansas, March, 1873, and engaged in farming in Lincoln
Township, southwest quarter Section 8, Township 24, Range 6 west. He remained in Lin-
coln, Castleton and Albion townships, until JanQary 12, 1880, being Township Treasurer,
and on the School Board of Lincoln Township. He was elected Sheriff in November, 1879,
and served from January. 1880 until January, 1882, since which time he has been buying
and shipping cattle, and is now the proprietor of the livery and feed stable, known as the
“Red Front” stable, Second avenue, west of Main street. Mr. Jordan was born in Silver
Creek Township, Cass Co., Mich., March 25, 1846. He lived in his native county until he
enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, November 15, 1861, in
which he served until March, 1866. At the close of the war he returned to Michigan, and
was married in Niles, Mich., July 21, 1867, to Florence E. Field, a native of Van Bureu
County, Mich. They have four children—Adelbert C., Alline G., Roy E., and Ethel LeVerne.
Mr. J. isa member of the A. F, & A. M., and the G@. A. R.

JOHN M. JORDAN, came to Hutchinson in November, 18%1, engaging at once in the
mercantile business. He occupied the building known as the Guessay jewelry store, until
April, 1872, then moved to the northeast corner of Main and Sherman streets. Here he re-
mained twoyears. He next occupied the Goldberg brick store, two years; then sold out and
was not in active business for a year, He engaged in the clothing business two years;
bought out the postoffice book-store, which he conducted one year, having been interested,
more or less, in stock. In June, 1882, Mr. Jordan entered into partuership with Judge
Ricksecker, in the real estate business. Mr. J. was born in Cabell County, W. Va.. August
30, 1839, living there until 1854, when his father moved to Madison County, Ind. There,
and in Hancock County, Ind., he remained until 1865, when he located at Reno, Leaven-
worth Co., Kas., living here until he came to Hutchinson, in 1871. Mr. Jordan was married
in Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ind., February 19, 1858, to Maria J. Lacy, a uative of
that place. They have six children Uving—Madison M., Elbert L., Morgan L., Frank, Eddie
and Stella. He is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter.

GEORGE B. KIFF, settled in North Topeka, and engaged in the hardware business, in
October, 1871. The following February he removed to Valley Fownship, Reno County, and
took up a homestead, working at his trade, that of a tinner, for George W. Hardy, of Hutch-

nsou. In 1877 he entered into business for himself, establishing a trade in hardware and

‘arm machinery, which has continued up tothe present time. He was a member of the

School Board and Justice of the Peace in Valle Township, and is a member of the I. 0.0. F.,
subordinate lodge and encampment. Mr. Kiff was born in Delaware County, N. Y., October

35, and when fourteen years of age removed to Bradford County, Pa., with his pa-
rents, Andrew and Rebecca, who still reside in that county. The subject of this sketch re-
moved to Hoga County, Pa., and lived in Mansfield most of the time until he came West.
He was married in Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa., March 8, 1851, to Myra S. Teft. a native of
Norwich, Conn. They have two chiidren—Flora Defranchia and George Augustus,

I, A. KITSMILLER, blacksmith, was born in West Virginia, October 18, 1855, where
he learned his trade of blacksmith, and lived until February, 1879, when he came to Kansas,
and located in Hutchinson, and started his present business. He employs one hand besides
himself. Owns his own property, and has about $500 invested in tools, stock, etc., and is
increasing his business rapidly. He was inarried in 1881, to Miss Arminda Mortina, a na-
tive of West Virginia, They have one child, Ora.

T. F. LEIDIGH, grocer, settled in Topeka, in July, 1869, and was engaged in the lum-
ber business at that point until 1871, when he removed to Chase County, and spent about
eight months at Cottonwood Faljs, Florence and Newton, before coming to Hutchinson, in
January, 1872. He has been engaged in the mercantile business since that time, and has
done a jobbing business, to some extent, from the start. When he began business here
there were five grocers in Hutchinson, doing an aggregate of from $40,000 to $50,000. His
business amounting to about $10,000, the first year, There are now eleven grocers here,
doing a business of about $250,000 per annum, of which he does about twenty percent. In
1874, Mr. Leidigh built his residence on Secondavenue east, and in 1875, erected his busi-
ness block on the southwest corner of Main streetand Second avenue. The main building is
65x25 feet, and it has a brick addition 25x25 feet pub up in1879, Mr. Leidigh was born in
Newville, Cumerland Co., Pa., April 27, 1849, and lived in his native county until he came
to Kansas. He was married at Newville, Pa., January 6, 1874, to Lizzie E. Reed, a native of
Nowy ile, bey have six children—Ellen R., Anna M., Fred H., Martha Alma, Arthur H.
and Lucy E.

‘ WI LLIAM H. LEWIS, attorney-at-law, was born in West Bedford, Coshocton_Co.,
Ohio, October 6, 1852. He was quite young when iis patents removed to Jay County, Ind.,
where, at the public schools and at Liber College he obtained his education. After reading
law in the office of Jaqua & Gray, at Union City, he was admitted to the bar in 1871 and
commenced the practice of his profession. e was elected District. Attorney for the
Eighteenth Common Pleas District of Indiana and served out his term of office. Coming to
Kansas in June, 1874, he located at Hutchinson, where he has since resided and successfully
practiced his profession. He has served two'terms, four years in all, as County Attorney,
and one year as City Attorney. Heisa member of the A., F. & A.M. He was married in
Newton, Kansas, in May, 1879, to Miss Sadie E. Hale, a native of Lewiston, Ill. They have
two children—Ida M, and Arthur H. ‘

ARCHIBALD W. MCCANDLESS, Deputy County Treasurer, is a native of Allegheny
County, Pa., being born April 19, 1855. Heremained there until three years of age when
he came to Macomb, Ill. Spending three years in the schools of Pittsburgh, he graduated,in
1868, from the Macomb, IIl., public schools; then attended college at Fulton, Ill. He acted
for one year as Deputy Clerk in the Circuit Court of McDonough County, and taught school
gbout six years prior to his removal to Valley Township, Reno County, Kansas, in the fal!

 

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of 1879. After teaching three months, he became assistant principal of the Hutchinson
schools for two years. Since June, 1882, he has been Deputy County Treasurer. Mr.
McCandless was married at Hutchinson, November 16. 1882, to Agnes St. John, His wife
is a native of Bloomfield, Iowa, Mr. McCandless is a member of the Presbyterian Church,

WILSON McCANDLESS, County Treasurer, settled in Reno County, Kansas, In March,
1874, on the northwest quarter of Section 32, Township 23, Range 4, in Valley Township,
which is stillhishome. He was engaged in farming until the fall of 1881, when he was
elected to his present office. He was born at Macomb, IIl., December 5, 1840, and lived in
his native town until 1871, when he removed to Bushnell, Il], making that his home until
he came to Kansas, On the 14th of August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-
eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until June, 1865, participating in all the en-
gagements of hiscommand. He was wounded at Franklin, Tenn., and disabled for about
three months, but was not absent from any general engagement. Mr. McCandless was
married in Bardolph, [1]., December 5, 1865, to Mary A. Lawson, a native of Macomb, III.
They have five children—Charles, Margaret Ann, William F., Susie and Lizzie E, He was
oné of the seven charter members of the Presbyterian Church at Hutchinson.

DAVID B, MOKEE, M. D., visited Hutchinson in the fall of 1873, but did not perma-
nently settle her’e until January, 1874. Hehas been engaged in practice the most of the
time since, but has also been somewhat engaged in farming and real estate investments.
He is a member of the Kansas State Eclectic Medical Society, and of the Southern Medical
Association, being Vice President of the latter society. e

D. MCKEE, coal dealer, was born in Noble County, Ohio. His father, Robert McKee,
ioneers of that part of Ohio, and widely known as the proprietor of McKee’s
r, McKee was for a number of years Postmaster at Olive, Noble County, and
was also engaged in speculating and developing oil territory when the oil excitement was at
its height. Came to Kansas in September, 1877, and located in Hutchinson, and first run a

ublic house, but shortly thereafter bought out parties in his present business, and since
December, 1878, has been engaged in the coal trade exclusively, and has a large and grow-
ing business, averaging during the cold months from twenty to twenty-five car loads per
month. Was married in October, 1842, to Miss Caroline Ogle, a native of Ohio. They have
four children—Elizabeth, Francis M., Warren 8S. and Ida B. S

A. W. MCKINNEY, M. D., came to Hutchinson June 15, 1872; saw first engine cross
Main street going west, the roau being finished about 100 yards west of Main street. There
were then only thirty-five buildings in the place, all unfinished, including residences, of
whicifthere were but three. Of these buildings but eight are still standing. He Jocated on
the northeast quarter of Section 10, Township 22, Range 5, Little River Township, and_re-
mained there until 1874, when he came to Hutchinson, commencing practice here in Sep-
tember of that year. When he settled in Little River there were but two houses, exclusive
of dug-outs, there; and about fifteen people, among them. Messrs. Riggs, Dingman, Rey-
nolds, Gaither, Zimmerman and L. W. Thomas. When he left the place he sold his farm,
but has since purchased one inthe same neighborhood, and since coming to Hutchinson
has devoted his entire attention to the practice of his profession. Hehas been Coroner of
Reno three terms, and still holds that office. Dr, McKinney was born in Livonia, Washing-
ton Co., Ind., October 20, 1831, and lived there and in that vicinity until he came to Kansas.
He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in February, 1860, hav-
ing commenced practicein Owensburg, in Greene Co., Ind., November 9, 1851. September
5, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as First Ser-
geant, retaining thatrank uutil May 1, 1862, when_he became hospital steward. He was
promoted to Second Lieutenant January 22, 1863. Became Assistant Surgeon of the regi-
ment May 30, 1863, and was made Surgeon of the regiment September 13.1864. He was
discharged in Texas, December 8, 1865, but drew pay up to January 9, 1866. the intervening
month being occupied in reaching bis home. He was present in all the battles of his com-
mand excepting that of Mission Ridge, being at the taking of Fort Donelson; battle 6f Shi-
loh, the siege of Corinth, Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga, Nashville, Tenn.,
Ashville, N.C., April 6, 1865, and the entire Atlanta campaign. He was taken prisoner at
Stone River, and released on parole after twenty-two days’ imprisonment. ‘After leaving
the army he returned to Indiana and lived at Lavonia until May, 1872. Dr. McKinney is a
member of the A.,. F..& A. M., A.O. U. W. andthe G. A. R. ® was married at Lavonia,
Ind., December 24, 1851, to Nancy Jane Orr, who died April, 1872, leaving two children—
Mary Ellen, now Mrs. J. W. Harmony, of Hutchinson, and Lavinah B. He was married to
hts present wife, Dovey M. Wible, a native of Orange County, Ind., at Hutchinson, July 12,

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WILLIAM R. MARSHALL, County Clerk, was born in Belleville, Richland Co., Ohio,
May 11, 1840. He enlisted in April, 1861, in Company H, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry, and was mustered outin August. Returning to Ohio, he was engaged in farming
and the mercantile pursuits until he came to Reno County, April 18, 1872. He then took a
homestead in Lincoln Township, on Section 10, northwest quarter, Township 24, Range 6,
and still owns this property. efore he cameto Hutchinson, fall of 1877, he lived on his
farm five years. For about two years he was connected with the grocery establishment of
De Vere & Blackburn. Mr. Marshall was elected County Clerk in the fall of 1879, and re-
elected in 1881. He has held many minor offices, such as Township Trustee and Clerk,
School District Treasurer, etc. He is a member of the I. 0. O, F. and G, A. R., and _in 1882,
represented Reno Loupe, No. 99, I. 0, O. F., in the Grand Lodge of the State. Mr. Marshall
was married at Belleville, Ohio, February 23, 1865, to Martha J. Shafer, a native of that
place. They have two children, Guy S. and Myra Iona R.

J. H. MAURITZIUS, wholesale produce dealer, was born at Savannah, Mo., May 12,
1850, and when two years of age removed with his family to Amazonia, Mo., where he re-
mained eight years. He then removed to St. Joseph, and in 1870 to Doniphan County, Kan.,
where he was engaged in farming for three years. He then moved to Leavenworth, where
he became bookkeeper and salesman for the dry goods house of Jaggard & Foster. He re-
mained with them for about four years, and then traveled three years for a wholesale house
in Kansas City. In February, 1881, he came to Hutchinson, where he has since been en-

aged in various mercantile pursuits. Since June, 1882, he has been engaged exclusively
in the wholesale produce business. Mr. M.isa member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge,
Chapter, and Commandery. He was married in Leavenworth, November 20, 1879, to Rose
S. Kirch, a native of Wisconsin. : 7

EUGENE L. MEYER, druggist, was born in Paris, France, April 15, 1849. His father,
Michael, left the place of his birth, September 8, 1853. and arrived at New Orleans, Novem-
ber 6. His family consisted of his wife and young Eugene. From thence the party pro-
ceeded up the Mississippi River, arriving at Nauvoo, Ill., November 23, 1853. They next
removed to Rock Island, in March, 1854. In June, 1857, they departed for Kansas, reach-
ing Leavenworth on the 10th of that month. Removing. to Sumner, Atchison County, they
were the fourth family to arrive in that historic town. In March, 1860, Eugene followed
his parents to Atchison, where they remained until April, 1873. He attended school at St.
Benedict's College, which was then the only college in the Missouri Valley. He began
learning the drug business at Leavenworth, with Theo. Egersdorf, and continued with him
four years, following that business for three years in Atchison and three years in New York.
Eugene L. Meyer came to Hutchinson in March, 1872, continuing in the same line of busi-
ness. He was appointed Commissioner to the Paris Exposition_in 1878. He is now propri-
etor of a large drug store; is also vice-president of the Reno Sta'e Bank. He isa member
of Blue Lodge, A., F.& A. M. Mr. Meyer was married in Hutchinson, April %, 1874, to
Mary Emma Moore, daughter of Rev. D. M. Moore, of Lawrence, Kan. She was born in
Greenteld, Ohio. They have five children—Anna Marie, Edward, Margaret E., Daniel

., and Louis. 5, ;

JOHN PAYNE, Register of Deeds, was born in Shropshire, England, September 12,
1812. Hecameto America in 1850, locating in Marshall County IL, in July of that year.
In 1857, he removed from Illinois to Iowa, locating in Lucas County, where he remained
until he came to Hutchinson, April 1, 1873. He resided nee one year, when he located on
Section 16, Clay Township, where he still resides, In 1879, ke was elected Register of
Deeds, and re-elected in 1881. Mr, Payne was married in England, in 1842, to Elizabeth
Jones. She was born in Shropshire, They have six children living—Thomas W., Ann
Elizabeth, John R., Richard E., George E. and Jonathan. They have lost three children.

J. L. PENNEY, came to Topeka in the fall of 1870, and was engaged in office work until
hecame to Hutchinsonin April, 1872. He was then connected with C. C. Hutchinson in the
banking and real estate business until 1876, in the canacity of cashier,and was subsequently
engaged for one year in the grocery business. In 1877 he removed to Illinois, but two years
later returned to Hutchinson, where he has since had control of a meal and feed mill, with
a capacity of about forty bushels per hour. Since October, 1882, he has been engaged in the

roduce business.in partnership with J. H. Mauritzius. Mr. Penney was born in Lorraine,

efferson Co., N. ¥., June 5, 1848, and lived in his native county until about twenty years of
age, when he removed to La Salle County, Ill., which was his home until he came to Kansas.
He was married in Topeka in April, 1873, to Mary E, McLaughlin, a native of Indianapolis,
Ing. They have two children living, Elizabeth Alice and Edith Louise, and have lost one
child.

AMOS S. PLANK, jeweler and dealer in musical instruments, settled in Hutchinson in
June, 1877, and bas since been engaged in his present business, which has doubled in mag-
nitude since its establishment. eé was born in Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, May 27, 1843,
and when three years of age removed with his parents to Lee County, Iowa, and seven
years later to Davis County, Lowa, He remained at this point, engaged in the jewelry busi-
ness about four years of the time, until he came to Kansas. ry. Plank was married in
Hutchinson, in February, 1880, to Mary Hayes. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M.

G. V. RICKSECKER was born near St. Joseph, Ind., August 4, 1837. During infancy
his father moved to Hamilton County, Ohio; resided there about two years, and then set-
tled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where young Ricksecker lived until he was eighteen years
of age. His father,then moved to Stark County, near Canton, Ohio, and lived at home on
the farm until he was twenty years old. He then went to Bolivar, Ohio, and attended the
High School at that place for one year. He then spent several years teaching and attending
school. and in his twenty-fourth year married Susan Shoemaker, August 30, 1860. In the

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the fall of 1861 he went to Nashville, Tenn., and until August, 1864, was engaged in the
Quartermaster’s Department at that place. He then returned home and engaged in mercan-
tile pursuits until November 5, 1866, when he and his family arrived in Ottawa, Kansas.
He was Superintendent of the city schools for one term, in the spring of 1867, and then
went to work at his trade as contractor and builder, in which pursuit he eontinued until in-
capacitated for work by a fall. In 1870 he moved to Pomona, Kansas, and engaged in the
hardware, agricultural implement and lumber trade, until the spring of 1873, when he sold
out, and arrived in Hutchinson, Kansas, onthe 8th day of May, 1873. Went to work in C.
C. Hutchinson’s land office, selling the 14., T. & S, F. R. R. lands until August, 1874, The
Breeshopper year, the land business being entirely suspended, he was employed by the

ailroad Company to purchase seed wheat for those who had lost their crops by the grass-
hopper invasion, " He bought and distributed a little over ten thousand bushels of wheat. to
the farmers along the line of that railroad, be ‘inning at Hutchinson and going as far westas
Kinsley. In November, 1874, he was elected Probate Judge of Reno Connty, Kansas, but
before taking charge of the office he was appointed as one of acommittee of three to fo
East and solicit aid for the grasshopper sufferers. New York City was the field in which he
was to work. Arrived there December 8, 1874, and remained until March 13, 1875, during
which time there was sent by him, or through his work, to the Kansas Central Relief Com-
mittee, at Topeka, Kansas, abont $7,000 in cash and $35,000 worth of clothing, tea, and such
articles as would bear transportation so far. Beturalng home he opened a loan and law
office, in connection with his duties as Probate Judge. He was re-elected in 1876 and 1878.
Resigned his office in 1879 and went to Colorado, Remained in the West two years, making
an extended tour through Southern Colorado and New Mexico, visiting every point of in-
terest. Returned home in 1881, and again opened a loan, law and real estate office, in
which business he is now engaged. Judge Ricksecker has been a member of the City
School Board; is a member of Reno Lodge, No. , A, B. & A, Masons, and of Reno Chapter
No. 34, R. A. Masons. He is the father of six children—Carrie E., Charles H., Edward 4.,
Willie L., George V. and Nellie M.

N. T. P. ROBERTSON M.D., came to Hutchinson, April 28, 1876, where he has been
engaged in the practice of his profession and in farming pursuits. When he first visited
this place in the fall of 1875, he purchased property here. The doctor was born in Mount
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located at Hannibal, Mo., where his father died in 1833. The next year his mother removed
to Jacksonville, Bourbon Co., Ky. His home was there until 1850, when be went to Union,
Boone Co., Ky., where he lived for six years, then he spent one and a half years at Lexing-
ton, McLean Co., 111., and in 1857, went to St. Louis, to attend the Missouri. Medical College,
before graduating, in 1859, he commenced the practice of his profession in Moniteau
County, Mo. After he graduated he settled in Jamestown, the same county, remaining
there until 1864, after which he removed to Fairbury, Il,, where he lived until the spring
of 1876. Dr. Robertson is a member of the State Medical, and the South Kansas State
Medical Societies. He was the president of the Kansas Central Medical Society, when it ex-
istea, He has filled all the chairs in the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Council.
Was also Bovereign of Orient Conclave, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre and St. John, for four
years, and Grand Junior General or the Grand Imperial Conclave of Illinois, for the same
term Heisamember oftheI. 0. O. ¥., andthe K. of. P., belng_an ancient Knight of
the Jatter. He was married near Lexington Ill., April 14, 1859, to Eliza P. Smith. a native
of Boone County, Ky. They have five children living—William K., a resident of Nickerson,
Kan., Nathan Smith, Fannie M., now Mrs. Charles W, Patchen, of Hutchinson, Permelia
P., and Evangeline. They have lostone son, who died In Intency.

H. ROGERS, livery, feed and sale stable, was born in Illinofs, in 1844, and in 1861, en-
listed in Company D, Seventh Regiment Iowa Infantry, and was engaged in the battle of
Bellmont where he was captured and kept a prisoner for seven months, first at Memphis,
Tenn., and there to Tuscaloosa, Aela,, he made his escape from the latter place, May 13, 1862,
and was sixteen davs and nights making his way into the Union lines, and rejoined his com-
mand at Corinth, Miss., and was in the second fight at that place, and at Iuka where he had
the top of his ear shot off, and after that did garrison duty fora jong time onthe R. R. from
Nashville to Chattanooga and mustered out July, 24, 1864. Afterthe war he returned to
Illinois and made it his home until he came to Kansas in September, 1878. and first located
near Arlington, Reno County, on a homestead and came to Hutthinson and organized pres-
ent business in July, 1882. Hehas a roomy barn and lot large enough to accommodate
from seventy-five to 100 head of horses; has five carriages, fifteen teams and does a large
sale business, and is also running two teams in the transfer business; has a splendid stand
for business, and itis one of the first stables built jn Hutchinson. His average sales are
$1,000 per month. Was married in 1867, to Miss Anna E. Doyle, a native of Missouri. Is a
member of the G. A. R.

FREDERICK RYDE, baker, confectioner and fancy groceries. Was born in Sweden,
April 27,1841, and came to the United States in 1864, first locating in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,and
from there to Chicago and to Little Rock, Ark., working at his trade of baker. In 1866 he
came to Kansas and stopped first in Leavenworth, working at his trade there. He worked
for the railroad for a time and in June, 1872, came to Hutchinson, and Ehinieing the pros-

ect good here concluded to locate permanently. He was married June 18, 1872, to Miss

atie Johnston, also a native of Sweden, and they together organized his present business
with only $15 capital, and by economy, Industry andenergg they have built up their pres-
ent flourishing business. e now owns his business house and lot, situated in the best
business part of the town, and carries a $4,000 to $5,000 stock, and his present business is
over $14,000 per year. They have four children, Oscar, Herbert, Enos, and Frederick. 1s
a member of the Lutheran Church and of the I. 0.0. F., both subordinate and encamp-
ment. .
M. SANDERS was born in Hat over, York Co., Pa, March 15, 1846. In 1861 he enlisted
in Company K, One Hundred and-fwenty-fifth Ohio’ Volunteer Infantry, and served until
November. 1865, participating 1n all the battles in which his command was engaged after
the battle of Chattanooga. After leaving the army he located at Dayton, Ohio, and worked
at his trade of harness-making, which he had learned prior to entering the service. He re-
sided in Dayton until October, 1871, when he came to Kansas, and engaged in harness-mak-

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ing at Florence, from which place he removed in March, 1872, to Hutchinson. He was en-
gaged in his harness business until 1874, and for the succeeding four years 1n steam flourin
mill and sewing machine business, returning to his old trade again at the conclusion of tha
time. His business, which he carried on alone at first, now requires the aid of three em-
ployes in the manufacturing department.

JUDGE L. S. SHIELDS, was born in Tennessee, in 1817, and moved with his parents to
Alabama, when five years old, and in 1830 moved to Illinois, where he lived until 1856, when
he moved to Iowa, and came from Iowa to Kansas in the fall of 1870, and located at Cotton-
wood Falls, and was a contractor on the A., T. &S. F. R. R., and when the road reached
Newton, located there. In August, 1871, he came to Reno County, and located on a home-
stead just north of Hutchinson, and moved his family here in November of the same year,
and was engaged in farming and dealing incoal. In the fall of 1872 he was elected Probate
Judge of Reno County, and also Justice of the Peace five years in Kansas, and served in both
capacities, After the expiration of his term of office he was a contractor on the extension
of the A.,T. &S. F. R. R.. and onthe A. & P, KR. R., in Arizona for three years, In 1881 he
returned and located in Hutchinson, and has a number of teams engaged In hauling and has
the contract for sprinkling the streets of the city. He was married, in 1842, to Miss Mary
A, Launders, a native of Illinois. They have eight children—Sophronia J., George S., Samuel
L., Daniel A., Florence, Alice, Nellie and Green W. eis a Mason and a member of the
J.0.0. F, While in Iowa, in 1856, he was appointed Postmaster and held the office until
1861, when he resigned it, and was also Justice of the Peace six yearsin lowa. He was the
Agsessor for Reno County in 1872, and there were then only 350 acres broken in the county.
He was a buffalo hunter in 1872, and killed a great many buffalo.

HO . R. SCHEBLE, lawyer and politician, was born in Westfield, Morrow Co., Ohio,
May 17, 1849, und was educated at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, e read law at
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profession in that city. In 1872 he removed to Napoleon, Ohio, where he resided till 1877
when in December of that year, he located at Hutchinson, Kan., where he now resides. In
1875 he was elected Representative for Henry County to the Sixty-second General Assem-
bly of Ohio, as a Democrat, and in June, 1877, was renominated, but declined to run on ac-
count of bad health. Since he came to Hutchinson he has practiced his profession with
marked success, and in addition, from April, 1879, to June, 1882, owned and edited the
Hutchinson Herald, a Democratic weekly newspaper. In 1882 he was elected Representa-
tive of the Ninety-seventh District in the Kansas Legislature, which office he now holds.
Mr. Scheble was married at Na poleon, Ohio, October 20, 1874, to El Dora Belle Richards, a
native of Melmore, Seneca Co., Ohio. ‘They have three children—Max Carl, Elma Janette

JOHN N. SHANAN, hardware merchant and money loaner, was one of the early settlers
of the county. He took a homestead claim on the northwest quarter of Section 20, ownehip
23. Range 5 west, in Clay Township, and resided on his farm, engaged in farming and stoc!
raising, until March, 1877. He ran the first threshing machine in the county, in 1873, one
of the manufacture of Aultman & Taylor. In 1877 he removed to Hutchinson, where he
engaged In the grocery business until the fall of 1878, and the two followin years he was
employed in loaning money. About this time he took atrip to Europe. He has been asso-
clated with E. H crepe in the hardware trade since January, 1881. Mr. Shanan was born
near Grafton, Taylor Co., W. Va., February 16, 1845, and when two years of age removed to
Edina, Knox Co., Mo., where he was engaged in farming until he came to Kansas, Heisa
member of the A.. F. G A. M.. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. :

E UEL SLOUGHENHOUP, brickmaker, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1839, and
enlisted In 1862 in Company G, One Hundred and Fifty -fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol-
unteer Infantry, and served inthe Army of the Potomac, and participated in most of the
engagements under McClellan in front of Richmond and in South Mountain, Antietam,
Freder icksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and in the Campaign of 1864, under Grant at
the Wilderness, unwiddie Court Hongo Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in front of Peters-
burg, through the whole campaign, until the surrender of Lee’s Army and was wounded
three times, and mustered out in ‘June, 1865. Came to Kansas in April, 1879. located in
Sa son. and Is engaged in manufacturing brick, for which the demand is increasing

8. H. SIDLINGER, M. D., and Mayor of Hutchinson, {s a native of Massillon, Ohio,
where he was born June 23,1845 He lived there for ten years, after which he renoved to

Napoleon, Ohio, and entered the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Band as second leader.”
Early in 1861, a year thereafter, an order was issued, discharging all bands, He then re-
rurned and immediately went out as a principal musician of the One Hundred and Twenty-

rh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being detailed to assist the surgeon of the regiment as hos-
pital steward. Dr, Sidlinger was finally mustered out of the service June 20, 1865. He had
practiced dentistry two years before entering the service, and afterward read medicine and
practiced in the service. Returning to Ohio, he entered a drug store, where he continued the
ot y of medicine, commencing in 1870. He ursued a four-years’ course in the medical
Separtment of the Ann Arbor University of M chigan. He remained in the drug business
ar Over eight years and practiced more or less during that time. In 1874, he went to

or ‘a, Henry Co., Ohio, and remained there until he came to Hutchinson, in April, 1875.

He fe been engaged in the practice of his chosen profession ever since. Dr, Sidlinger is a
si bel lolder in the Hutchinson Opera House Company, and has always been identified with
public interests. He is now serv ng his second term as Mayor of the city. Has been Alder-
Pon Beveral terms, four years County Physician, acts at present as Examining Surgeon for

ens ons: and has been for several years an incumbent of that position, The Doctor is sur-
pono tl ae a T. & S. F. R. R. Co. ‘He is a member of the A., F. & A, M., Blue Lodge, Chap=
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June 30,1868, to Lucinda Welty. She was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio. They have one
JOSEPH H, D. ROSAN was born in Baltimore County, Ma., October 10, 1844. Son of

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when he with his parents removed to St, Louls for the brief period of two years. Return-
ing to Baltimore he attended school at-Newton Academy three years, then took a collegiate
course of three years, After this entered the grocery house of C. Lewis Dunlap. remafning
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father, in Howard County, twenty-five milesfrom Baltimore, for @ period of about four
years. In 1867 he came to Council Bluffs, lowa, and engaged with his brother, C. W., in
the grain, hide, and wool business, and remained there until January, 1870, when he came
to Reno County, Kas., settling in Grant Township, on Section 4, Township 22, south of
Range 6 west. After two years residence here removed to Section 31, Township 21, south
of Range 6 west, in Rice County, Kas., and with his brother, C. W., engaged in the stock
raising business, continuing in this business for five years. at what was known as Rosan’s
ranch, and when Rice County was organized he and his brother Charles W., organized what
is called Sterling township, naming the township after their younger brother, the town of
Sterling being named after Sterling Township. After this C..W. Rosan wentto New_York,
and Joseph H. D. Rosan engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business at Hutch-
inson,-Kas,, representing the Corbin Banking Company of New York and other large East-
ern corporations. In July, 1877, he laid ont the town of Saratoga, Pratt Co., Kas., which is
now es Prosperous and flourishing town. Isa member of the K. of P., secretary of the
Cherokee Salt Manufacturing Company, and secretary of the H. A.S. &S. W. R. RB. Co.
Was married to Eleanor W. Whitelaw, October 27, 1875, who was born near Brownsville,
Tenn. They have two children living, Marshall W. and Irene W., and have lost two child-

dren.

DANIEL W. STIMMEL, proprietor of the Howard House, came to Kansas March 16,
1874, and located in Reno County, about four and a half miles southwest of Hutchinson.
The following January he came to Hutchinson and purchased the furniture of the Com-
mercial Hotel, conducted that house one year. He then engaged in the grocery business
for one year and subsequently conducted the city restaurant for two years. He was then

- engaged in baling and shipping hay nearly two years, and on the 6th of January, 1881, he
became proprietor of the Howard House, which he purchased in October of the f lowing
year, e has also been engaged in wool-growing nearly a year, but has recently disposed
of his interests in that pursuit. He has been Justice of the Peace and served as Police
Judge one term. Mr. Stimmel was born near Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio, April
§, 1832, and in 1840, removed with his father to Columbus, where he lived until 1860. He
then removed to Millbrook Township, Peoria County, and in August,1862, enlisted in Com-
pany G, Seventy-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until July 10,
1865. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Mansfield, La., on the Red River expedition
April 8, 1864, and confined at Camp Ford, Smith Co., Texas, until May 27, 1865, returning
to Illinois shortly afterward and settling in West Jersey, Starke County, where he was en-
gaged infarming. Mr.Stimmel was married at Toulon, IIl., May 24, 1866, to Adelaide
Tr’ pplett, a native of Loudoun County,Va. They have two children—Effie M. and Roderick
T, Heisa member of the I, O, O. F. subordinate ard encampment, and of the A. 0. U. W.
Lodgeand Encampment, and has been connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church for
about twenty years,

ROBERT E. TAYLOR, dealer in dry goods, clothing, hats, caps, boots and shoes and
notions, came to Hutchinson in June, 1877, his father, Calvin Taylor, having arrived sev-
eral monthsbefore. He was in partnership with his father until the death of the latter.
which occurred August 17, 18:2, and now carries on the business in which the estate still
has an interest. The firm gives employment to three men besides Mr. Taylor, and carries a
stock of about $13.000, doing an annual business of some $30,000. He was born near Troy,
“avis Co., Iowa, March 16, 1847, and reared at Bloomfield, where he was engaged in the

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mercantile business until he came to Kansas. He was married at Bloomfield May 12, 1874
to Miss Ruth Alley, a native of Indianapolis, Ind, They have one chila—Mary R.

LLIAM R. TEDRICK, teacher, came to Kansas in October, 1878, and located in Clay
Township, Reno County, teaching school there during the winter and the following spring.
In 1880-81 taught two terms in Valley and Clay Township. Was employed inthe Hutchin-
s0n schools in 1882. Heisa native of Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio. Born October 17,
1856, and was educated at Cambridge, beginning to teach after he came to Kansas. Heisa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,

W. R. UNDERWOOD, bookkeeper, was born in Ohfo in October, 1846, and when a child
moved to Indiana with his parents. Hisfather was a merchant, aud after his school days
he was for a number of years in his father’s store. In 1862 he enlisted in Company F,
Seventy-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and »fter three months was dis—
charged. Re-enlisted in Company E, Seventh Regiment Indiana Cavalry, and served with
his command in the West, participating in the engagements at Okolono, Guntown, Tupelo,
Hurricane Creek, Oxford, and in a number of skirmishes and raids, and was made Orderly
Sergeant of the company, and was mustered out September 19, 1865, on special order. After
the war he was engaged in repairing telegraph lines for several years, e came to Kansas
in 1876, and was employed in keeping books in his present location, in the flouring mill of
West, Allison & Co. He was married February 15, 1874, to Miss Alida Smith, a native of
Indiana. He is a Mason in the Blue Lodge, and is a member of the G. A. R.

GEORGE C. UPDEGRAFF, merchant, mace his first location in Kansas at Hiawatha,
in January, 1873, remaining at that point about seven months. He then removed to
Springfield, Mo., and in March, 1874, came to Reno County, Kas., and settled at Bell Town-
ship, where he remained five years, On the 12th of May, 1881, he commenced the mercan-
tile business at Nickerson. On gannary 12, 1882, his brother, R. H. Updegraff, became con-
nected with him in business, and March 7, of the same year, they removed to Hutchinson,
their present place of business. He was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., November 25,
1852, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married 11 Kansas,
October 18, 1882, near Allington, Reno Co., Kas., to Florence L. Ross, a native of Center
County, Pa. Mr. Updegraff is a member of the I, O. O. F,

FRANK VINCENT, Deputy Register of Deeds, was born in Georgetown, Brown Co.,
Ohio, May 6, 1853. When he was qu te young his parents moved to Marion County, Iowa,
where he lived until he came to Kansas, in 1868, on a prospecting tour. He first visited
Fort Scott. In March, 1874, he located at Hutchinson. For the first five months he engaged
in no active business, but then located in Castleton Township, on Section 4, Township 25,
Range6. He lived here until 1876, after which fur two years he engaged in the mercantile
business at Castleton. After speuding another year on a farm, he was appointed Deputy
Register of Deeds, which position he hassince held. Since 1879 Mr. Vincent has also been
engaged in the real estate and loan business, He was Assessor of Castleton Township
when it embraced Albion, and part of Havenand Sumner. Mr. Vincent was married near
Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa, August 20. 1874, to Annie E. Payne, anative of Knox County,
Il, _They have four children—Annie E., John F., George O., and Mary Sophia.

HOUSTON WHITESIDE, attorney-at-law, settled in Hutchinson, Kas., in May, 1872,
and established the Hutchinson News, issuing the first paper on July 4, 1872. In November,
1872, he was elected County Attorney of Reno County, and held that office until January,

    
   
  

1877, and has a number of times represented his county in State and congressional conven-
tious. He also held the office of City Attorney for three years and has been engaged in the
practice of law since March 1, 1873. He is one of the directors of the Reno County State
Bank and of the Hutchinson Opera House Company. Secretary of the Water Power Gom-
pany and one of the incorporators of the Hutchinson Lumber Company. Mr. Whiteside is
also engaged in farming and the cattle business, :n money loaning operations, and is itter-
ested in some mines in Colorado. He was born six miles north of Shelbyville, Tenn., Octo-
ber 6, 1848, and received his education in the public schools of his native town and at Fran-
cina Institution at Middleton, Tenn. He read law with an uncle, Thomas C. Whiteside,
one of the directors of the Chattanooga & Nashville Railroad, and was admitted to tbe bar
of Tennessee. His family were Unionists during the war, and he has always been identified
with the Republican party, Mr. Whiteside had charge of a cotton plantation in Mississippi
in1870. He is a member of the A., F, & A. M., Blue Lodge. He is quite wealthy and occupies
a high standing, both in society and in business circles. Notwithstanding his various inter-
ests he has not neglectvd his profession, but on the contrary keeps in the front rank, both
as counselor and as anadvocate. His office is one of the best appointed in the State and his
practice wide. Though often pressed by his friends, on account of business engagements
Mr. Whiteside has steadily refused to run for office.

E. WILCOX settled in Topeka in May, 1869, and was engaged in the hardware trade at
that point until January, 1872, when he came to Hutchinson. He was engaged in the hard-
ware and implement trade in partnership with S. Lehman until the spring of 1878, when
the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Wilcox carried on the business alone until January
1, 1882, since which time Mr. Dice, a practical machinist, has been associated with him. In
1879 he opened a machine shop in connection with his regular business, and in 1882 added
a foundry. Their business is principally job work, though they manufacture irun store
fronts, windmills and pumps. Their hardware business has increased from $10,000. in 1872,
to $100,000.. Mr. Wilcox was Postmaster in 1872 and erected the first brick block in town.
He was the first County Treasurer of Reno County, serving in that capacity from 1872 until
1875, and has served as Mayor two terms and also as Alderman two terms. He was the first

resident of the Reno County State Bank and is vice-president of the White Pine Mining
Bompany of Colorado, having headquarters at Hutchinson; also a director of the Gunnison
County Mining Company of Colorado. Mr. Wilcox is a native of Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
and lived in Jefferson County, N. Y., and Oberlin, Ohio, until he came to Kansas. He was
married in Oberlin, Ohio, August 8, 1850, to Emma Ames, a native of Beckett, Mass, They
have two children—Edward Berdett and Nettie. He isa member of the A.. F. & A M., Blue
Lodge and Chapter. . 2

THOMAS WILSON, of the firm of Smith & Wilson, came to Hutchinson August 1, 1882,
and has been a member of this firm since that time. From August 12 until November 27
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the firm sold fifty-two organs and seven pianos, besides handling other musical instruments
and publications. Since Mr. Wilson became a member of the firm they have added a jewelry
department to their business, dealing in clocks at wholesale and retail, and have four agen-
cies at different points in the State. Mr. Wilson isa native of West Somersetshire, England,
and came to America in 1870. He resided in New York State, engaged in railroad work on
the A., T. & S. F. R. R. in Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas for over four years, being a
conductor on that road, when he left their employ to go into his present business with Mr.
Smith. He is a meinber of the K. of H.

G. W. WINANS came to Kansas and settled in Douglas County, in the winter of 1868-69,
and was engaged in teaching in Eudora, in that county, for two or three years. In 1872 he
was a candidate for County Superintendent, and in 1874 went to Waterville, Marshall
County, where he taught school fur five years. In 1876 he was elected County Superinten-
dent, and in 1881 went with a Government surveying party to the Pan-handle of the Indian
Territory. He returned to Eopeks in December, 1881, and in January, 1882, went to Hutch-
inson and taught school for about four months. He was then engaged on institute work for
two months, after which he again took charge of his school until the summer of 1883. He
was born in Preston Hollow, Albany Co., N. Y., August 15, 1846, and lived there until he
was thirtéen years ofage. He then attended the High School in New York city for three
years, after which he taught schoolin New York State until he was twenty-two or twenty-
three years of age, when he came to Kansas. Mr. Winans is a member of the A., F. & A. M.,
J. 0.0. FB. and A. 6. U. W. He was married at Blue Kapids, Kan., November 29, 1876, to
Flora B. Green, a native of Bentonsport, Van Buren Co., Iowa. They have one child, Louise.

CHARLES B. WINSLOW, druggist, settled in Hutchinson in May, 1872, and has since
heen engaged in his present business, in partnership with L. H. Allbright. At first they did
a purely retail business, but since 1874 have dune considerable jobbing in the southwestern
portion of the State. Their first store was 25x50 feet, but several additions and improve-
ments have been made and they now do the largest business in their line in the southern
part of the State. Mr Winslow has been Township Treasurer for elght years and City
‘Treasurer for two years, and is secretary and one of the directors of the Hutchinson Opera
House, He was born in Boston, Mass., October 28, 1838, and that was his home until fifteen
years of age, when he went to-Pittsburgh, Pa., making that his home until he came to Kansas.
He was married at Pittsburgh, Pa., to Emma Cupples, a native of thatcity. They have two
children, Aunie L.and Harry D. Mr. Wiuslow is a member of the I. 0, 0. F., subordinate
lodge and encampment, and of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery.

W. L. WINSLOW, dentist, was born in_ Randolph County, N. C., February 10, 1832.
Removing tothe neighborhood of Marion, Grant County, Ind., he commenced the practice
of his profession therein 1861. Here he resided for ten years, when he went to Kokomo,
Howard County, Ind., which place he ade his home until he came to Kingman County,
Kansas, in January, 1878. Dr. Winslow located at Hutchinson in Mareh, 1879. He is a
member of the A., F. & A. M. and of the A.O. U. W. He was margied in Berlin, Clinton
County, Ind., July 17%, 1853, to Lindamira McLeland, a native of Wayne County, Ind. They
have five children; Alfareta, Hezekiah T., Allanson M., E. Belle. and Lenna Rk.

JAMES A. YOUNG, druggist, settled in Hutchinson, November 21, 1875, and_has
beer engaged in mercautile business, in partnership with his brother John H., since June
1, 1878, in the drug and fancy goods business He was born in CiceroOnondaga County, N.
¥., Noveinber 7, 1847, and lived in his native town until 1866, when he located in Syracuse
N.Y. In 1872 he removed to Chicago, and remained there until he came_to Kansas, en-,
gaged in the carpenter business. He was married on Pretty Prairie, Reno Co., Kan.,
Detouey 23, 1877, to Dora N. Eraham, a native of Pennsylvania, They have one child,

ohn .

JOHN H. YOUNG, druggist, came to Kansas May 15, 1873, and settled at Syracuse,
where he was engaged in the drug business untll March 8, 1874, when he removed to
Hutchinson. He has been engaged in mercantile business since his arrival here, for the
last four years in the drug business. Mr. Young was born in Cicero, Onondaga County,
N. Y¥., June 22, 1850, and reinained there until fifteen years of age. He then went to Syra-
cuse, N. Y., and in thespring of 1871 removed to Colorado, making that his home until
he cameto Kansas. He was engaged in the furniture business at Trinidad, Col., while in
that State. Mr. Young is a member of the A., F. & A.M. He was married March 8, 1874,
at Syracuse, Kan., to Eva A. Hand, a native of Warners, Onondaga Co., N. Y. They have
three children, Mabel A., Bertie L., and Lulu A. rs

SAMUEL B. ZIMMERMAN, Probate Judge, came to Kansas in October, 1872. He was
born in Wooster, Wayne Co,, Ohio, July 30, 1842. In 1852, his parents removed to Iowa,
locating four miles from Iowa City, Johnson County. He entered the lowa University in

1860, aud he enlisted in September, 1861, in Company A, Thirteenth Iowa Volunteer In-
fantry. He remained in the same county, but was,transferred to the Fourteenth Iowa In-
fantry,and afterwards to the Seventh Iowa Cavalry. Mr. Zimmerman entered theservice as
aprivate, but soon after was made a Lieutenant and commanded acompany inthe Eighth
Regiment. After being mustered out of service in March, 1866, he returned to Iowa and
again entered the University at Iowa City, taking a three years’ course. In 1870, he
went to Warrensburg, Mo., and acted as manager of the Jowrnal until he came to Kansas
in 1872. Returning to Warrensburg he acted In the same capacity during the winter of
1872-'73; came back to Kansas during the following summer, and became ayain connected
with a Warrensburg paper in the winter of 1§73-’74. In the spring of 1874 he became a
permanent resident of Hutchinson, and in September, 1874, Principal of the Hutchinson
schools. Hetaught three years and then commenced the practice of law, whicb he has
continued ever since. Judge Zimmerman had been admitte | to the bar, in 1872, whilea
resident of Warrensburg. e was elected to his present position by the Republicans in
November, 1880, and re-elected in 1882, having served a short time by appointment,
prior to his first election. He isa member of the A. F. & A. M., Reno Lodge, No. 140, Chap-
ter 34, and of Joseph Hooker Post, G. A. R. Judge Zimmerman was married in Page
County, Iowa, to Auna B, English, on July 22, 1879, She is anative of Carroll County, Ill.

NICKERSON.

The young, but progressive city of Nickerson, with a population of 1,300
inhabitants, is located in the northwestern portion of the county, ten miles
from Hutchinson and one hundred and seventy-seven southwest of Topeka. It
is the end of the second division of the A., T. & S. F. Railway, and is the site
of the large and extensive michine and repair shops of the road. The future of
the place is assured, as it is surrounded by arich and fertile country, and within
its limits about $200,000 is paid out annually by the railroad company.

EARLY HISTORY.

The original town site of Nickerson was laid off (on paper) in 1875, one
mile east of the present site, by the railroad company. Early as 1872, a depot
was built at that point, and the station was known as Nickerson, so named in
honor of Thomas Nickerson, then President of the A.. T. & S. F. Railway.
The next building was erected by the railroad company in the fall of
1872, and used as a section house. In the fall of 1874 a schoolhouse was built.
In August, 1875, Dr. L. A. Reeves located on the town site and erected a
two story frame building, and opened a stock of goods. In 1876 he sold his
store to A Sievart. Forthe next two years these buildings comprised “Old
Nickerson.” In October, 1878, the present town site of Nickerson was laid
off, on ground which was then covered by an extensive corn field owned by
Mr. Sears. A very few days after the town site was surveyed, James Devitt
commenced the foundation for the hotel known as the Dominion House. About
the same time A. L. Harlow commenced the foundations for a building, after-
wards known as the Harlow House. But before these buildings were com-
pleted, Dr. L. A. Reeves moved the building now occupied as the postoffice
from Old Nickerson, and with the exception of a small frame structure, occu-
pied by John Sears, it was the first building on the town site. By March,
1879, Dr. Reeves had the whole block up, now known as the Reeves Block.
Probably the first building 4z7/¢ on the town site was that erected by M. Mc-
Cormick, and used as a drug store, in October, 1878. This was followed by a
building used as a general store, and occupied by Sievart & Smith. Within
sixty days Nickerson had two hotels. one dozen stores, two livery stables,
two lumber yards, and a printing office. :

Among the first settlers who identified themselves with the early history of

Nickerson may be mentioned—Dr. L, A. Reeves, M. McCormick, Wm. Smal-

_ assumed control.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ley, Wm. Scott, James Devitt, A. L. Harlow, A. Tucker, Charles Heath, Smith
& Sievart, A Clark, A. J. Knight, Mr. Kent, L. Young, Joseph Kaufman, C,
S. Brown, F. Wiers, John Haynes, H. Appel, G. A. Wagoner, and others,

The Nickerson postoffice was established in the summer of 1873, Mrs. M.
J. Sears, Postmistress. The office was then located in a little sod house on the
southeast corner of the present town site, In 1876, Mrs. Col. Budd was ap-
pointed, but officiated only a short time, when Dr. L. A. Reeves received the
appointment. He acceptably filled the position up to the time of his death, Oc-
tober, 1882, since which time Mrs. L. A. Reeves has occupied the position.
The Money Order System was established at this office in August, 1880, Charles
E. Heath, purchasing the first order.’ :

The first school building was erected in Old Nickerson, in the fall of 1874,
and the first term was taught by Mary Kinney. In 1879, the building was
moved onto the new town site and occupied until 1882, when the present build-
ing was completed at a cost of $7,000. The building is a large two-story brick,
contains seven rooms, and isa credit to its district.

The Nickerson Argosy was first issued December 11, 1878, by Sargant &
Bowman. Febraary 12, 1879, Mr. Sargent purchased Bowman’s interest and
ran it until September 10, of the same year, when I. N. Bundy became sole
proprietor. October 8, 1879, the paper was purchased by Hill, Brown & Co., who
ran it until May 1, 1880, when L. C. Brown, the present editor and publisher,
The A7gosy is a seven-column folio, Republican in politics,
and is devoted to the interests of that section in general, and Nickerson in
particular.

The wooden bridge across the Arkansas River at Nickerson, was com-
pleted in June, 1879,at.acost of $7,000, which sum was made up by the donation
by the county, of $1,000, and the balance in bonds issued to the amounts of
$4,500 and $5,100, by Grant and Salt Creek townships, respectively. The
structure is 1,100 feet in length, and is an advantage, the value of which can
not be estimated.

Nickerson was incorporated as a city of the third class, June 7, 1879, and
the first set of city officials comprised the following named gentlemen: Mayor,
L. A. Reeves; Council, M. McCormick, C. S. Brown, J. A. Moorse, J. O.
Smith, H. R. Nickerson; Police Judge, D. D. Olmstead; Treasurer, C. E.
Heath; Clerk, A. H. Jackson; Marshal, J. D. Reed. The present city officers
are: Mayor, J. N. Woods; Councilmen, S. M. Wirt, A. S. Kent, E. J. Arnold,
J. W. Mallory, J. M. Williams; Police Judge, D. D. Olmstead; Clerk, G. W.
Cook; Marshal, D. W. Wright.

CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, ETC.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in old Nickerson, in 1875, by Elder J’

W. Fox. The following pastors have had charge in the order mentioned: G. W. Honey, one
year; H. Conery, two years; George Keed, one year; J. A. Mattern, two years; H. Shipe,
“seven months, to October, 1882. In January, 1883, Rev. A. J. Taylor was appointed. First
seiv ces were heldin the schoolhouse onthe old town site until 1878, when the organiza-
tion moved to *New” Nickerson. In the fall of 1879, the present church, a brick structure,
32x52 feet, was completed at a cost of $3,500. Present membership, 175.

The Congregational Society was organized in the winter of 1878-79, by Rev. R. J.
Schlicter, with nine members. The present church edifice, a handsome brick structure,
was completed in the summer of 1879. Rev. J. F. Bacon, present pastor. In 1878, serv-
ices of the Catholic denomination were held by Rev. F, P. Swembergh in private residences.
Rey. F. Hartman, present pastor. Present membership, twenty-five families. An organi-
zition of the Episcopal denomination was effected in 1880, by Rev. Newman. During the
first year the church had no regular pastor. Regular services were held in the Methodist
Chureh, Rev. Canfield pastor. A church edifice is now under construction. The Baptist
denomination was organized in the fall of 1882, by Rev. J. N. Kidds, the present incumbent.
ae of 1882-83, the society purchased the fine school building, which they now

_ Nickerson Lodge, No. 21, A. O. U, W., was instituted under a charter, October 11, 1879.
First officers were: A.J. Lock, P. M. W.: G. N. Harper, M. W.; A. R. Pierce, Fin.; L. A.
Rolland, 0.; E. J. Arnold, Rec’d.; J. P. Herman, F.; CG. F. Smolt, R. Present officers: J. N.

oods, M. W.; E. W. Elliot, P, M. W.; C.J. O’Rouke, F.; C. R. Marsh, 0.: P. Hyitt, By; 5.
J. Arnold, Treas.; H. Appel, Fin, Regular meetings are held every Wednesday evening.
Present membership, eighty. z

Nickerson Lodge, No. 190, I. O O. F., was instituted under a charter dated Octoher 12,
188 , with ten members, First officers: Th. Inman. N.G ; G. W. Brown, V.G.;M, Me-
Cormick, Treas. ; H. T. Barrett, Sec’y. Its present officers are: William Pells, N.G.; P.
Hayes, V.G.; Th, Inman, Treas.; H. T. Barrett, Sec’y. Meets every Saturday evening.
Present membership, forty-six,

Banana Division, No. 65, R. C, A., was organized July 30, 1882, with twenty-two char-
ter members. Present officers: J. W. Mallory, C. C.; C. R. Maratt, Sec’y an Treas.; E.
Meyers, A.; W. A. Nolan, Sen. C.; A. D. Butts, Jr. C.; L. J. Lemere, I. .; P. Wells, 0. S.
Meets first and third Sundays. Present membership, twenty-eight.

Nickerson Lodge, No. 42, A., F. & A. M., was organized under a charter February 15,
1882, with thirty-four members. Present officers are: J. D: Mallory, W. «id. N. Woods,
8. W.; E. J. Arnold, J. W.; G.S. Bosworth, 8. D.; J. B. Le oy, J. D.; Wm. Scott, Treas.;
Geo. Merritt, Sec'y. Regular meetings are held on first and third Fridays. Present mem-

bership, forty-four,

Occidental Division No. 8, S. K., was organized July 19, 1881 d i its charter
Decembor 12, 1881. Present otticers'are:. C.t Sinol P Moy Wr Wooas:s. C: EW.
Elliott, L. C.; E.d. Arnold

" . Chap.; J, P. Herman, S. Treas.; L. J. Lemere, R. Treas.; G. H.
Saunders, Rec.; P. Wells,S W.; C.R. Marsh, J. W. Meets first and second Tuesdays of
Sac montl: pt yPcens membership, thirty. :
‘08 9. 80, G. A. RR, was organized under a charter dated June 6, 1882._ Its
resentoMcers are: J. &. Vincent, P. C.; ‘Ehomas Inman, Sen. Vice-Com.; S. pe Noitan,
r, Viee-Com.; W. F, Hendry, Aqdj’t.; Wm. Brown, .3;_C. J. Davis, O. of D.; C. M.
Booth, 0 of oy A. Clark, chan S. M. Wertz, Sergt.; D. B. Green, Sergt. ‘Maj.; G. W. Lotz,
a M. Sergt. Meets second and fourth Mondays of each month. Present membership, fifty-

wo.
The Nickerson Mills were bullt in 1880, by a stock company, at a cost of 4,480.17,

Ha Satay ntl SPIN OLIARE de paare tate ints of uous
, P : : m awthen, The mill isa three-story bric!

with basement, 86x56 feet, and has not yet been put into active operation. ; 2 "

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

E. J. ARNOLD, business manager of the firm of Edwards Bros. & Fair, lumber, hard-
ware, stone, and all kinds of building material, also coal and grain. Business was established
n November, 1878; capital employed in the business about $15,000; monthly sales about
f 100 » Mr. A. was born tn Ontario, Canada, January 19, 1848, and came to Indiana when a
¢ hild with his parents, and when a man, went to Wisconsin, and from there came to Kansas,
in 1872, locating in Rice County. and came to Nickerson in 1879, and engaged in his present
bus hess. He was married in 1876, to Miss Sarah M. Howard, a native oF Indiana, They
hive threechildren—Grace A , Ames M.,and Charles E. While living in Rice County he
perved one term, 1875 and 1876, as Register of Deeds, and is now a member of the Cit
eounel oF Nickerson, Serving his third term. He isa Mason, member of Blue Lodge an
ommandery, and also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and Select

ania litss
HOMAS BROWN, blacksmith and wagon maker, was bor:

. a, & nin Ohio, in 1887, and his
parcate moved, to Indiana in 1842, where he resided until 1868, when he went Gaitfornia.
ana trom spent a number of years, returning to Indianafora time, and back to California,

rom here to Missouri in 1875, and came to Nickerson, Kas., in 1879, when the town

tthe. ocated, and engaged in conti acting and building, and has eight houses of his own,

rood sion sheen about $6,000. He commenced his present business in 1880, and has &

Rood oP. eal and about $500 in stock tools. Is also interested in stock raising, and has

childven--artneniac Signe sia Ros gat 285K ae wife died In 1869, leptin three
* . married again in . to n

a native of New York. They have one child—Browney May, He inneon aa y
RENO COUNTY,

D. S. DILL, attorney-at-law, located in Kansas in March, 1877, taking aclai
* 1 claim at H -
ville, Pratt County, where he lived two summers, and assisted in the Sreanizacion Or the
county. He was elected the first County Surveyor, but never qualified. The following win-
ter he read law at Hutchinson,with Brown & Gillett. and subsequently with Houk & Brown.
In 1880, he helped to organize Rural Springs, in Kingman County, being admitted to the
var in July of that year. In the winter of 1880-81, he returned to Hutchinson and re-en-
tered the law office of Houk & Brown,where he pursued his studies and assisted in the busi-
ness of the cffice, remaining with them until he established himself at Nickerson, in April,
1881, where he is now engaged in law, real estate and insurance business. He is agent of
the A.,'f. & 8S. F. R. R., and of the Arkansas Valley Town Company. Heisa native of To-
ledo, Ohio, where he was born March 30, 1858._ He was educated in his native State, where
he resided until he emigrated to Kansas. Mr. D. has been admitted to practice in the Su-
preme Court of Kansas, andin the United States Courts, and is identified with State and
sounty political inovements, serving as a delegate to various political conventions.

E. W. ELLIOTT, grain dealer, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, December 11,
1837, and when a young man, removed to Ross County, same State. In 1862, he enlisted in
Company D, Kighty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with his com-
mand in the Department of Tennessee, for a tiine doing railroad duty, and having an oc-
casional skirmish with the enemy, and was engaged for the first time in a regular battle at
Chickainauga, and was captured in that fight, eptember, 1863, and was held a prisoner of
war in Richmond, Belle Isle, Andersonville and Florence for fifteen months, bein paroled
in December, 1864, and mustered out in June, 1865. Cameto Kansas in Novem er, 1879,
and located in Nickerson, and organized his present business in July of 1882, and from that
time to the end of the year shipped 50,000 bushels of wheat, ana is also engaged in stock,
and has at present on the range sixty head. Was married April 5, 1865, to Miss Ruth Dixon,
a native of Ohio; they have four children—Cora §., Simon O., Austin A,, and Edith. Is a
member of the Ancient Order ot United Workmen, and of the G. A. R., and is County Com-
micsloper of RenoCounty, and has just received his appointment of Postmaster of Nick-

rson.

J.P. HERMANN, furniture and undertaker, was born in Lake County, Ind., December
12, 1845, and when a child removed with his parents to Chicago, and remained there for
six years, then to Lake County, Ill., where he resided until 1862, when he removed to
Michigan, and came from there to Kansas in 1868, first locating in| Bourbon County, and
went from there to Wilson County, where he remained until 1872. That year he returned
to Michigan, and came to Kansas in 1878, and located in Nickerson, Reno County, in 1879,
and engaged in his present business. He was also interested and connected with the pub-
lication of the first newspaper in the place, and until recently was interested inthe drug
firm of Smoull « Hermann, and isthe present owner of the business house in which the
drug business is conducted, He carries about $3,500 in stock, and his average mouthly
sales are about $1,0U0._ He was married April 15, 1873, to Miss Minnie King. a native of
Buffalo, N. ¥. They have three children—Kate A., JohnC., and Wiliam J. He is a Mason
and a member of the A. O, U. W., and is also a Select Knight of the same order. He has been
Township Treasurer one term, and also a member of the City Council.

W. J, JOHNSTON, merchant, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1856, and came trom his
native place to Kansas in 1878, first locating in Wichita. In the fall of 1881, he caine to
Nickerson and engaged in the grocery and queensware business, and carries about $2,500
worth ot goods, and his monthly sales average about $1,500.

A. S. KENT, watchmaker and jeweler, was born in Massachusetts, in March, 1852, where
he resided until 1875, when he came West, and _first stopped in Minnesota; from there he
went to Dakota, then to Nebraska, and then to Missouri, where he was located for a year,
and then he came to Kansas, and located in Nickerson, in January, 1879, and erected one of
the first business buildings in the place, 20x60 feet, twostories. After remaining here about
six months he went west and came back in 1881, and started his present business. He car-
ries a stock of about $3,000, and is doing a good business, being constantly kept busy at his
trade, watch repairing, He is a member of the Nickerson Brass Band, and has been ‘Treas-
urer of Grant Township two years, and a member of the Council of the city of Nickerson

wo years.

J. H. LEEMAN was born near Putnamville, Putnam Co., Ind., April 27, 1832. In 1850,
he removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, Western Reserve, and thence moved to Lucas
County, Lowa, in 1867, femoving from Chariton, ia that county, to Kansas. He enlisted
early in 1861, when the first call for soldiers was made, in Company C, Sixth Ohio Cavalry,
and re-enlisted in the same compauy and regiment, serving until October, 1865. He par-
Ucipated, in all the general engagements of his command, entering the service as a private,
and being mustered out as Captain, and then ranking officer of his regiment, of which he
was incommand. He was married at Salem, Columbus Co., Ohio, October, 1860, to Lydia
A. Miller, of Obio, and has four children living—America Ann, now Mrs, Richard E. Payne,
Katie Emma, James Henry, Jr. and Stephen Edgar. Mr. Leeman located in Hutchinson,

- Kan., June 15, 1872, where he was in the brick business, and engaged in coal prospecting
for a year, then City Marshaltwo years, and subsequently in meat market_and boarding
house business, until he removed to Nickerson, and became proprichor of the Reeves House,
May 19, 1882. Heis a member of Reno Lodge, No. 99, I. O. O. F., and Joe Hooker Post G.
A. R., located at Hutchinson, ‘

. McCORMICK, druggist, engaged in his present business in Nickerson October 10,
1878, in his store on Peabody street, at present occupied by Mrs. J.D. Reed, milliner. In
1881 he built, and August 5, 1881, moved into his present store on Main street, An the upper

 

story of which is the Masonic hall, occupied also by the I. 0.0. F., A. 0. U. W., G. A. BR.
Conductors’ Union and Select Knights, His business has increased from $6,000, the amount
of the first year’s sales, to $23,000 in 1882. Mr. McCormick isa native of Napoleon, Ohio,
born December 13, 1847. He resided in Napoleon until 1873, at which time he removed to
Hutchinson, Kan., where he was in the einploy of E. H. Gregg, until he removed to Nicker-
son. He enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
August, 1863, and served until July, 1865, when he was mustered out at Charlotte, N. C.,
and discharged at Camp Todd, Columbus, Ohio, in 1865. He was married in Nickerson,
October 18, 1881, to May Reed, a native of Galesburg, Ill. Mr. McCormick was a member
of the first Board of Aldermen of Nickerson, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., G. A. R. and
A :

. 0. U. W.

SAMUEL R, MARSHALL, proprietor of the Exchange Bank, and hardware merchant,
came to Kansas in 1856, with his father, S. A. Marshall, who located and still resides in
Leavenworth. July 1, 1877, Samuel R. removed to Halstead, Harvey County, and engaged
in the hardware business, remaining there until he came to Nickerson to reside, in the
spring of 1880, having become interested in the hardware business there when the town was
first started. His banking business was established in March, 1882. Mr. M. was born in
Pitsburgh, Pa., September 23, 1847, and removed from that place with his father’s family,
to Kansas, May 9, 5. se

WILLIA . SCOTT is anative of Vermillion County, Ill, where he was born September
28, 1833. His parents removed to Fulton County, Ill., when he was tiuree years of age, and
that place remained his home until he was twenty-three, when he located in Joshua Town-
ship, Knox Co., Ill., and lived there about eighteen years. He then returned to Fulton Co.;
settled at Farmington, and removed from that place to Nickerson, Kan., March 27, 1879.
He engaged in farming one year, and since the spring of 1881, has been in the grocery busi-
ness. He was married in Elmwood, Peoria Co., Ill, November 30, 1856, to Mary Doyle,who
died December 25, 1872, leaving five children—Alice S., Charles E., Edson A., Emma N.
(died July 29, 1882), and Leonora A. Mr. S. was married at Farmington, Ill, March 2,
1874, to Martha E. Horde, his present wife, a native of New York. Mr. Scott has been a
deacon and trustee of the Congregational Church of Nickerson since its organization, and is
also a member of the School Board, of A., F. & A. M.,and A.O, U. W. He erected the first
building ou ey ideo Main street, commenced December 17, 1878, and completed
about the first of April, . Bt .

L. A. HIELDS, frain dealer, was born in Ilinois, April 20. 1841, and moved to Iowa
in March, 1868, where he resided until the summer of 1882, when, being in poor health, he
came to Kansas on a visit, and his health improving so rapidly, he decided to remain, and
located in Nickerson in July, and organized his present business. His shipments from that
time to the end of 1882, were about 35,000 bushels of wheat and 20,00U bushels of corn.
Was married. February 17, 1866, to Miss Minnie Reed, a native of Canada. They have one
child, Kate L. While in Iowa he occupied the position of Township Trustee and School
Director. Is a member of the Congregational Church. | .

Cc. F. SM . M. D., located in Nickerson, September 27, 1878, and_has resided in the
place since that time, engaged in medical practice; and since January, 1882, in drug busi-
hess. He was appointed surgeon of the . & S. F. R. R. in the fall of 1879. Dr. S. was
born in Geneva, Ill., September 25, 1852, and resided in his native town until 1860,when he
went to Syracuse, I1J., and remained three years. Privr to coming to Kansas, he resided in
Lee County, near Mendota, Ill. He graduated from East Paw Classical Seminary, with de-
gree of B.S., and from Rush Medleal College in the spring of 1878. He was married at
Nickerson, March 31, 1882, to Emma Mahon, a native of Ohio, Dr. Smolt isa member of
Kansas Btate, mansas Southern, and Kansas Central Medical societies; also of A., F. & A. M.,

U. W., and Select Knights. .
WwW. WRIGHT, livery. feed, and. sale stable, was born in Ohio, April 4, 1839, and when
about fifteen years of age moved with his parents toIllinois. In 1862 he enlisted in Com-
any ©, Ninety-fourth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and served with his command in the
Western and Gulf departments, and participated in a great number of engagements,among
them Prairie Grove, Ark., Vicksburg, Atchafalaya, La., Titi, Miss., and at Forts Morgan
and Gaines, Mobile, and was mustered out in the summer of 1865. In 1869 he muved to
Missouri and came from there to Kansas in 1871, and located a homestead in Reno County,
four miles east of Nickerson and engaged infarming. In 1874 when _ the crops were de-
stroyed by the grasshoppers he and Mr. G. D. Barclay engaged in buffalo hunting, having
in charge a number of the citizens of Reno County, and in this manner supplied the settlers
with meat, and continued hunting in connection with his farming for several years. In
1878 he came to Nickerson and engaged inthe livery business, He now has a stable 30x80,

1379

with a capacity for sixty horses, and has capital to the amount of $1,500 invested in stock.
He also owns a large billiard hall 20x58, with two tables worth at least $1,000, and owns
three residences in town. Was married in 1861 to Miss Mary J. Parmer, a native of
Ohio, They have six children, Lincoln, John E., Dick, Gertrude, Maud, and Nellie. In
1881-2 he served as Deputy Sheriff of Reno County. Is Constable and has held the posi-

* tion ever since the organization of the township, and is also City Marshal and has been for

three years.
ARLINGTON.

The little village bearing the name of the famous “Heights of Arlington,”
is located on the north Ninnescah, eighteen miles southwest of Hutchinson
on the “Sun City Stage Route.” The town site was laid off in August, 1877,
by Messrs. G. T, Empey and A. K. Burrall. The first building was a three-
story frame mill, 30x40 feet, erected that summer by Messrs. Empey and Bur-
rall. The mill is run by water power from the Ninnescah, and has four run of
buhrs, and a daily capacity of fifty barrels. The next building was moved down
from Hutchinson by the same firm and used for store purposes. The next
building, known as the Arlington House, was erected by P. Howell. The
postoffice was established in the spring of 1878, H. Purdy being appointed
Postmaster. In 1879, John J. Gains was appointed and officiated one year,
when he was succeeded by W. A. Knorr. In the spring of 1878, M. C. Rogers
opened a drug store, and was followed by William Ankron, who opened a
hotel.

The first school was taught in the winter of 1878-9, by Miss Juliet Cart-
right, in a small building owned by Empey & Burrall. In the fall of 1879
the present frame schoolhouse, 24x32 feet, was erected at a cost of $700, E. L.
Jewell being the first teacher in the new building. The Methodist and Pres-
byterian organizations hold regular services in the schoolhouse. The business
interests of the place now include one hotel, one drug store, one hardware
store, two general merchandise, one blacksmith shop, one mill, and the usual
complement of professions.

CASTLETON. ‘

The town site of Castleton, is pleasantly located on the north bank of
the Ninnescah River, twelve miles south of Hutchinson, and is an impor-
tant station on the Hutchinson, Kingman and Medicine Lodge Stage
Route. The town site, which consisted of forty acres was laid in June, 1872,
by W. E. and C. C. Hutchinson. The first building was a fine structure
erected in July, 1872, by Wm. Wallace, and used as a store and dwelling. He
was followed by a Mr. Smith, who put up a dwelling. The postoffice was es-
tablished in the summer of 1872, Wm. Wallace, the present incumbent, being
appointed Postmaster. Although not situated on the ‘‘ gory plains of Castle-
ton,” the place has not improved since its first impetus. In reality, the place
only exists in name, :

The Harmony Baptist Church was organized November 3, 1875, with ten
members. Its first officers were: Deacons, H. D. Freeman, H. Bramwell;
Clerk, L. B. Tunnell; First Pastor, A. B. Friorear. The present membership
numbers fifty-seven. The officers are: Deacons, H. D. Freeman, II. Bram-
well, G. R. Bowser; Clerk, B. F. Tucker; Pastor, J. V. T. Hungate. A church
building was commenced, July, 1882, and it was completed in April, 1883, at a
cost of $1,500. The church building was dedicated May 20, 1883.

JOHN H. MEDBERY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Castleton.came to Newton, in
March, 1872, and on the 1st of April, of the same year moved to Hutchinson, where he was
engaged in prospecting for a few months. He then located on the north fork of Ninnescah
River, on Section 26, where he now owns three quarter sections, having received his title to
one under the Bre-emplion laws, and another being a homestead claim; when he first took
up his claim in Reno County, there were no white settlers within ten miles of him, and he
broke the first land and raised the first corn in that part of the county. His first neighbors
were Austin B. Smith and his two brothers, Anthony and John, who settled at Castleton, in
the summer of 1872. Mr. Medbery has been engaged in farming and stock raising ever
since he settled here and has now at least 300 acres of bis own land under cultivation, and
fully as much more rented out to other parties. He organized Castieton Township, and was
its first Trustee, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace for two years. He was born
and raised in Milwaukee, Wis. He was born April 7, 1848, and was educated in private and
public schools of Milwaukee, and at Racine College. His father, John W. Medbery was
one of the early settlers of Milwaukee, having settled there when it had a population of onlv
about 8,000. He built and operated the Empire Mills, and was also engaged in the banking
business for several years. He then went to Pike’s Peak, and on his return was in the
manufacturing business at Washington, D.C., where he died in 1870. The subject of this
sketch was married in Hutchinson, February 11, 1880, to Flora Harsha. They have two
children, John Harsha and Mary A.

RENO TOWNSHIP.

CAPTAIN MARSHALL BATTEY, farmer, Section 6, Township 23, Range 6, P. 0.
Hutchinson; owns 262 acres, 100 in cultivation, 125 fenced with barb wire, a fine bearing
orchard of fiftv apple trees and 300 peach, also small fruits; ten acres in timber, dwelling
20x24, stable 14x38, corn-crib 10x16, barn 20x40, chicken house, smoke house, etc. Has
thirty head of cattle. forty hogs, and six horses. as born in Rhode Island, February 26,
1843, sud in May, 1854 moved to Bureau County, LIL, with his parents. In October, 1861,
he enlisted in Company F, Fifty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers, andwith his com-
mand par.ic: pated in the taking of Fort Donelson, battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth and in
the defense of Corinth October 3 and 4,1862.as his regiment was stationed there after the siege
and cptur:, and participated in the raid under General Dodge to Tuscumbia, Ala. His
regiment returned to Co:inth and was stationed there for some time and then went to Linn-
ville, Tenn, where the regiment veteranized, a* which time Captain B., was recommended
by his Colonel for a position in a colored regiment, and he was commissioned First
Lieutenant December 26, 1863, and while his regiment was on veteran furlough,
he was recruiting his company, when his company was full, he was mustered in as
First Lieutenant of Company C, One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, United States Col-
ored Infantry, but shortly afterward promoted to Captain, and was on duty on the line of
the Nashville & Decatur R. R., at Elk River, At the time of the Forrest raid had a number
of hard fights with him, and finally fell back to Pulaski and repulsed him after two
days fighting. When Hood made his raid, hiscommand was withdrawn to Nashville and
participated in that engagement; after Nashville, he was stationed on the Harpeth River
guarding railroad bridges, and while there went home on leave of absence, the first and only
time while inthe service. After his return his command was sent to Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
was promoted to Cai tain November 9, 1865, while stationed there, and he was stationed at
the Stone River Soldiers Cemetery. until mustered out, April 30,1866. Mr. B. came to
Kansas in October, 1871, from Vernon County, Mo., where he spent two years previous and
located his claim November 6, same year, it being the first claim located south of the river
six miles from Hutchinson, before the town was located. He shipped the first car of Jum-
ber to Hntchinson and had to raft it across the river, which was up at thetime, to build
his first house; swimming his horses attached to the wagon across the Arkansas River
(there tei g no bridge) to haul the lumber from Hutchinson. In 1873 there was news of
Indians «oming in south of the river, and nearly all the settlers but himself and those on the
river nor hwest fledto Hutchinson for protection, but it proved to be a false alarm, Was
married January 24, 1875, to Miss Jessie M. Pace. They have two children—Lottie I.. and
Marshall W. Isamember of the Baptist Church and of Star Grange, No. 1,000. Is Road
Master and Clerk of School Board, and has served as Justice of the Peace, one term.

F. COLEMAN, farmer, Section 20, Pb. O. Hutchinson, rents and farms 160 acres, in
fine cultivation; the whole place being 1n crops, with the exception of ten acres in orchard,
grove and grounds around dwelling and barn. Has three horses, twenty hogs and one
milch cow. Came to Kansas in 1879,and first located west of here, but came to this place in
1880. Was born in Illinois, October 18, 1861, and came from native place to Kansas. Was
married in November 1882, to Miss Emma Ostrom, a native of Illinois.

H. 3ALLUP, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Hutchinson, rents and farms 640 acres.
Has 200 acres in general crops, and the rest is used for pasture and meadow, and is also en-
gaged inthe dairy business, manufacturing and shipping to Colorado an average of fifty
1380

pounds of butter per week. Has forty-seven head of stock, including twenty-five milch
cows and twenty hogs. Is also extensively engaged in raising poultry. Was born in the
State of New York, in 1842, and moved to Ilinois in the spring of 1860. In 1862 he enlisted
in Company A, Eighty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his
command in Keutucky and Tennessee, participating in a number of scouts’ skirmishes and
heavy engagements, among others, Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission
Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign until the taking of Atlanta, and after that sent pack to
Thomas at Nashville, and was mustered out June 5, 1865. Came to Kansas in 1876, and lo-
cated one mile west of present location, and came here in 1881. Was married August 16,
1865, to Miss Salina C. Shottenkirk, a native of New York. They have seven children—Jen-
nic. Award qe Benjamin, Charles, Frank, James and Salina. Is a member of the G. A. R.

JOHN GUYER, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 105 in cultivation;
onemile of hedge; dwelling 14x20 L 12x12, with porch; stable and granary, and_ bearing
orchard, and two groves of cultivated timber. Has seven horses, four cows and twelve hogs.
Was born in Pennsylvania, November 14, 1823, and raised on afarm, making it his home
until he entered the army, in 1862, as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-
fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under the nine-months’ call, and par-
ticipated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and re-enlisted in
Company A, Two Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteérs, and was en-
gaged in garrison duty until the war closed, and mustered out in January, 1865, and re-
turned to his home in Pennsylvania and remained there until 1869, when he moved to Mis-
souri, but not having good health there, came to Kansas in 1872, and located on his present
farm, taking it as a homestead. Was married March 24, 1857, to Miss Eliza McMillen,
a native of Pennsylvania, They have twelve children—Anabel, Jonathan M., Frank Ba
William J., Thomas R., Lizzie, Daniel W., Eugene, Charles E., Arthur L,, Benjamin W. an
Robert L. Mr. G.is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a member of the
_School Board on the organization of schoo! district, avd also when their fine brick school-
house was built.

WILLIAM HODGSON, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, all in a
fine state of cultivation, nine acres in cultivated timber and three acres in orchards, two
miles of hedge fence, frame dwelling, stable, granary, sheds and yards for stock, windmill

ump, and all conveniences for handling stock successfully; has 100 head of cattle, twelve
ogs and seven horses. Was born in England, September 25, 1842, and when a child came
with his parents to the United States, locating in Massachusetts, Inthe spring of 1857 he
removed to Minnesota, and in 1861 he enlisted in Company E. Fourth Regim: nt Minnesota
Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Western Army, Joining the army
at Pittsburg Landin just after the baitle of Shiloh. He was identified in all its scouts, cam-
paigns, battles and skirmishes from that on to the end of the war, and participated in the
siege of Corinth, Iuka, Corinth, Port Gibson, Raymond, capture of Jackson, Baker Creek
and Champion Gills, and in the assault on Fort Pemberton, Vicksburg, May 22, in which
his command charged and took the ditch and outside of the works, but could ge no further,
and had to wait until dark to ges back to the Union lines, and in the siege and final capture
of Vicksburg. After the capture of Vicksburg, Mr. H. was taken down with the camp
which prevailed in his regiment in 4 very malignant form, and was the only one out 0
Sight y-vhree who recovered, and- from the effects of which he has never recovered, his
health being entirely ruined, and a once vigorous and almost iron constitution entirely
wrecked, After his partial recovery, being opposed to going'to the hospital, and unfit for
regular duty, he was made a Color Sergeant of his regiment, and bore the colors from that
on through the war tothe close. After Vicksburg went to Chattanooga, and w us engaged in
the battle of Mission Ridge, and in the Atlanta Conipaign, in most of the engagements until
the taking of Atlanta, and in ths memorable and successful defence of Altoona pass with a
force of 1,750 men under Gen.Corse, when attacked by a force of 10,000; and in the march to
the sea, and in the fight at Fort McAllister, and north through the Carolinas, where he
marched 200 miles barefooted; and was in the engagementat Bentonville N.C.,his last battle;
and after the surrender of Joe Johnston’s army was on the march to Washington, and in the
Grand Review, and mustered out at Louisville, Ky., August 17, 1865. Mr. H. was a veteran,
having re-enlisted at Huntsville, Ala, January 19, 1864. Was wounded at the charge on
Fort Pemberton by a gun-shot in the forehead, but saved by the front piece of his cap from
a fatal wound, and at the taking of Fort McAlister was knocked senseless by a shell which
passed between his arms while holding the colors aloft, and lay for hours senseless. After
the war Mr. H. returned to Minnesota, and in September, 1867, moved to Missouri, and re-
mained there until the spring of 1873, when he came to Kansas and located on bis present
place, at that time quite on the front of civilization and in the buffalo country, For years
after Mr. H. came here, there was quite a business of hunting buffalo for the hides and beef,
and after the buffalo had been driven further west there was a great trade in the bones,
which were covering the country,dealers realizing $4 to $8 and So per ton for them. Shortly
after coming here he organized a party for a buffalo hunt, composed of six ladies and
twelve gentlemen, among them some railroad men and visitors from the East. They soon
found a large herd of buifalo and the sport commenced, and four of the ladies in the party
Mrs. William Hodgson, Miss M. Hodgson, Mrs. Brown and Mrs, Allen Shafer, each illed
her buffalo. Mr. H. was married, November 8, 1865, to Miss Ellen Ware, a native of New
York State. They have four children—Minnie, Edwin, Ferbert and William. Mr. H.
takes an active part in educational matters, and has occupied a position on the School
Board most of the time since the organization of school district. Is a member of the G. A.
R. and the Grange, and during the grasshopper year was ihe agent for the Grange in dis-
tribution of assistance to those in need.

HENRY OBEE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 488 acres,
150 under cultivation, four acres in orchard, stock yards and sheds for both cattle and hogs,
fine frame dwelling, 18x30, with L 14x26, one story and one-half high, and two porches,
7x26, with stone cellar, stable and granary combined, 14x36, corn crib, 10x20, cattle sheds,
16x90, 100 head of cattle, 50 hogs, 2 mules and 2 horses. Wheat average for 1882 was a
fraction less thin thirty bushels tothe acre. He was born in England April 14, 1838, and
came to the United States with his parent in 1854, locating in Ohio, where he lived when the
war broke out. He enlisted in July, 1862, in Company D, One Hundredth Regiment Ohio
.Volunteer Infantry, and on organization was made Second Sergeant. His first serious en-
fazement was at the siege of Knoxville, where he was wounded by the explosion of a shell,

ut was able for duty, and engaged in all the actions of the Atlanta Campaign at Peach Or-
ehard. His regiment made a charge with 300 men and lost 110. He was promoted to Or-
derly Sergeant, and shortly after going into active service. In March, 1864, he was
promoted to Second Lieutenant; after the Atlanta campaign to First Lieutenant. After the
taking of Atlanta his command fought Hood’s advance until they fell back to Franklin,
where his company being the center, was desperately engaged, and he was severely wound-
ed, and was disabled for a long time, and re-joining is command at Kingston, N.C. After
the surrender of Johnston’s arma Y. he was for a time stationed at Greensburgh, N. C., and
was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 1865. After the war he was engaged for sev-
eral years in the employ of the Wabash railroad, and came to Kansas in February, 1873,
first locating east of Hutchinson in Clay Township, and came to his present location July 4,
1881. He was married February 28, 1865, to Miss Louisa Raff, a native of Ohio. They have
four children—Morton C., Alice F., Louis H, and Helen, He is a Mason, and while he lived
in Clay Township was for some three years Township Treasurer. He is now treasurer of
the School Board.

ANIEL McMILLAN, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Ilutchinson, owns 160 acres, seventy In
cultivation, four in cultivated timber and two inorchard, Dwelling 14x28, L10x16,corn erth,
stable,granary and windmill pump. Has fifteen head of cattle, fifteen hogs,four horses aud two
mules. Came to Kansas in 1872, and located on present farm; at that time there were only
fuur or five claims taken south of the river, and his was the extreme western clalin in this
locality, and the buffalo roamed at will acruss his place. Shortly after, putting upasmall
house, 2 wind storm blew it away, and his cows died, ard on the heels of this came the
grasshoppers and ate up his crops aud left him tn a desperate condition, but he persevered
and stuck to his claim, and is now in good circumstances, He was born in Pennsylvania,
June 10, 1823, and moved to Illinois in 1857, and in 1870 to Missour!, coming from {there to
Kansas. Was married November 25, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Mauk, a native of Pennsyl-
yania. They have six children—Thomas, who owns 160 acres of fine land joining his father's
on the west, which is finely cultivated a”d has a large body of cultivated timber on it; Kate,
Ella, Daniel, Priscilla and Frank. Mr. McMillan isamember of the United Presbyterian
Church and member of the School Board. |

- JOHN SIEGRIST, farmer, Section 22, P.O Hutchinson, owns 320 acres, 160 acres under
cultivation, five acres in orchard, and thirt’ en in cullivated timber. Dweliln 26x36, two
stories, barn 16x45, shed for far implements and grain 40x40, hog sheds 160 feet long, and
large yards for hogs. Makes a specialty of hogs, and feeds all the products of his farm and
buys and feeds millfeed. He has turned off 250 fat hogs, and has now 122 stock hogs on
hand. He was born in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1823, and when twenty-one years of age
went to Illinois, and remained there until he came to Kansas in the spring of 1877, He re-
mained the first year in Hutchinson and located here in 1878. He also own 320 acres in
Salt Creek Township. He was married in 1855. to Miss Elizabeth Yontz, a native of Penn-
sylvania. They have six chijdr¢1—Mary, Hettie, Annie, Jacob, Abraham and George,

J. A. STEVENSON, farmer, Section 34, P. &, Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, seventy-five
in cultivation, thirty-five acres fenced with wire; has a small orchard, frame dwelling,
stable and corrals for stock; has 28 head of cattle, 14 hogs and 3 horses. Was born in
Indiana, February 21, 1846, in New Albany, and when five years old moved with his par-
ents to Montgomery County, and lived there until 1863, when he enlisted in Company K
Eleventh Regiment Indiana Cavalry; was after John Morgan in his raid into Indiaua and
Ohio, and afterwards weut with his command to Larkinsville, Tenn., and engaged in scout-
ing and patrolling until Hood made his raid onjNashville, when they were in his front resist-
ing his advance, and almost continually under fire, and participated in the battles of Frank-
lin and Nashville, and followed Hood on his retreat to the Tennessee River ina constant
running fight with his rear puard. After this campaign was sent to St. Louis, and from
there in 1865 to Leavenworth, Kas., and was on duty at various places, Fort Riley, Council

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HISTORY OF KANSAS,

rove, and at one time encamped in what is now Reno County, near where Hutchinson
aoe stands, and while here was engaged in carrying dispatches, and was mustered out in
the fall of 1865, at Leavenworth when he returned to Indiana and took a collegiate course,
Came to Kansas in 1870, and taught school in Douglas County for two years, and while
there, in 1871, was married to Miss Elizabeth E. Me inney. whose father was an old set-
tler of that county. They have one child—Pearlie May n 1873 he came to Reno County
and located on his present farm, and helped organize School District No. 65, Reno Town-
ship, being one of the first school board. 7
R WILSON, farmer, Section 26, P. O, Hutchinson, owns 160 acres all under cultivation,
all enclosed and divided into forty-acre lots with hedge, good orchard of all kinds of fruit,
brick dwe!ling of six rooms, a portico, stable 16x40, barn and granary combined 40x42,
cornerib 8x16, windmill pump aud tank for watering stock, and a dairy 12x14 with water
tank for butter and milk, with pipes from pump so that a stream of fresh water is flowing
through it continually. He is now milking ten cows and intends making a dairy farm; he
has 23 head of cattle, 14 hogs and 5 horses. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1832, and was
raised on a farm, and made it his home until September, 1861, when he enlisted in Com-
pany G, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, and with his con.mand wasinthe de-
artment of Virginia and North Carolina, with headquarters at Fortress Monroe, under
Generals Wool and Butler, and was for two years in the country near Norfolk and Suffolk,
ana in frequentskirmishes and scouts on the Blackwater. After the first year Mr. Wilson
was promoted to Orderly Sergeant of his company, which position he held until finally
mustered out in 1864, His command acted with General Grant in frontof Petersburg, and
in all the scout campaigns and engagements on the flanks of the En, and was mustered
out in August, 1864, on expiration of term of service: After leaving the army he returned
to Pennsylvania, and followed farming there until May, 1879, when he came to Kansas and
located on his present farm. He was married in 1875, to Miss Mary E, Ingram, a native of
Pennsylvania. They have one child—JamesO. He isa member of the G. A. R., also a
member of the School Board at the present time.

OLAY TOWNSHIP.
D. J. COLE, farmer, Section 20, P. 0. Hutchinson, owns 240 acres, about one half under

cultivation and the balance in pasture and meadow, all enclosed with hedge and wire
fence and across hedge dividing it. He has a fine orchard of three acres and sixteen acres
in cultivated timber, consisting of cottonwood, ailantus, willow, sycamore, black walnut
and box-elder. He has also a fine pond in his pasture about eighty feet wide and 100 rods
long, fed by springs. Hasalarge frame dwelling of eight rooms, barn 60x60, combining
stable, ranary, corn crib, sheds for stock, etc. His dwelling and barn cost about $3,500. He
is combining fine stock with his farming and bas eighteen head of cattle, all thoroughbreds,
and eleven thoroughbred Berkshire hogs and eight horses. Mr. Cole was born in Culpepper
County, Va., in 1824, and in 1834 he moved with his parents to Illinois, which he made his
home for forty-two years. During the war he took an active part in favor of the Union,
although surrounded by rebel sympathizers, He was a member of the Union League an
took a leading part in all their méetings. He-came to Kansas in 1876 and bougut his present
‘farm, and was for a time Trustee of Clay Township. He was married, in 1849, to Miss Mar;
E. Smith, who died in August, 1862, leaving one child—Barbara L. A. L. (now wife of W. 8,
Lurton, of Jacksonville, Ill.). He was married a second time in October, 1865. to Mrs. H. E.
Monroe. They have seven children—Loyal L., Mary E., Hannah E., Ida G., Thaddeus C., Ena
B.andInaC. He isa member of the Baptist Church. 2

LUTHER DODGE, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 117 acres, fifty-one in
cultivation, twenty acres fenced with wire, small orchard, dwelling 16x22, L 12x16, stable
24x28, and is also making # specialty of finc cattle, of which he has twenty-three head,
twenty-five hogs and two horses. He raises good corn crops every year. r. Dodge was
born in Herkimer County. N. Y., July 23, 1825. In_1856 he moved to Goodhue County,
Minn., and was one of the pioneers of that county. During the war, when the Indians were
doing so much killing and destruction in the adjoining county, they expected them at the
place, and only the presence of troops stopped them. He came from Miunesota to Kansas
and located here March 16, 1871, and is the first settlerin Reno County. Was married, in
1850, to Miss Anne Daniels, a native of Vermont. They have six children—Mary, Martha,
Hattie, Lillie E., Luther and Francis. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HOBART JONES, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 320 acres of land, 160 of
which are under cultivation; has a small orchard, and five acres of cultivated timber—the
largest growth in Reno County. This is the first claim located in Reno County; the lines
were set out in 1872. He has a dwelling 16x24 feet, with L 16x18 feet. stable, stock yards,
and sheds. Mr. J. makes as ectalty, of stock raising, and has 130 head of high grade and
thoroughbred cattle, twelve head of hogs, and five horses and mules. He was born in Roch-
ester, N. Y., June 4, 1832. His father, S. ©. Jones, was one of the early settlers of Roches-
ter, and was a heavy manufacturer and boat builder, and carried on a large and varied bus-
iness. Hobart Jonés moved to Illinois with his father in 1856, and started a fruit farmin
Jackson County, and had over 100 acres of peach trees alone, besides large orchards of
other fruits, and madea success of the business. In 1861 he elisted in the Second Illinois
Battery. Light Artillery, and served with his command at the taking of Island No, 10,
after which they went to Corinth and from thereto the battle of Perryville, in General
Sheridan’s division, which held their ground, repulsing every charge of the Rebels, and
at Stone River, Chatianooga, and Chickamauga, when his battery held the pass until the
army passed through on theirretreat, and then muffling their wheels and horses’ feet with
blankets, made their escape from capture in the night; also participated in the capture of
Mission Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, and in the march to the sea, and the march
through the Carolinas, and nis last fight was at Bentonville, when his battery, being at-
tacked both front and rear, had to fire part of the time to the front, and part of the time to
the rear, and then marched to Washington and was in the grand review, and was mustered
out June 15, 1865, when of the uriginal 150 men only fourteen were mustered out. He
came to Kansas in 1876, and boug!:c this place, and is well satisfied, as he came West for
health and finds ithere. {Ic was married March 4, 1855, to Miss Isabel Jones, a native of
New York. They havetwo children—Alfrcd H., and Mary E. He is a member of the
School Board; was on the School Doavrd in Illinois for nine years He isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

ISAAC IJAMS, farmer, ‘ +ction 28, P. O. Hutchinson. Owns 160 acres, 140 in cultiva-
tion; has a fine orchard of «1 kinds of fruit, a small grove of cultivated timber in the
shape of wind-breaks; framc dwelling of four rooms; stable for horses; has four horses,
four cows and nine hogs. Mr. I, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 5, 1837. He
was raised ona farm, and has followed it all his life, In 1857 he moved to Northern
Missouri, and when the war broke out in the spring of 1861 immediately enlisted in Com-

any E, Third Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and was with his regiment for the

rsf year In Missouri, breaking up camps of recruiters for the Southern army, and fight-
ing bushwhackers under Bill Anderson_and Quantrell, and afterwards in Arkansas and
Loulsiana; was at the capture of Little Rock, and in the etfort to support Banks onthe Red
River campaign, when they had to retreat fighting for a number of days, and was mustered
out in the summer of 1865, and returned to his farm in Missouri, and in March 1871 came
to Kansas, among the first to locate in Keno County, and took his homestead here. He was
married Apt 18, 1867 to Miss Swraphina Parker, a native of Virginia, They have four
children, John W., William R,, Joseph H. and Emily. He isa member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and the G, A. K.; has served one term as Township Clerk and is now a
member of tho School Board and has served a number of terms.

F. MACGUIRE, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Mutchinson, owns 160 acres, 120 in cnlti-
vation; & small orshard of choice frults of all kinds, 15,000 forest trees in cultivation, good
frame dwelling 12x18, one and one-half stories, with addition, 12x22, and kitchen, 10x14,
stock yards, sheds, ete., and sixty head of cattle, twenty hogs and four horses. Was born
in Vermont, September 11, 1841, and came to Illinois in 1859, and from there to Ohio, and
to Michigan, tn 1861, enlisting in Company G, Thitd Regiment Michigan Cavalry, and
served with hiscommand in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of
Blackburn ford, first Bu't Run, and’ his brigade covered the retreat of the army; from
thence to Washington. He was*disabled and discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disa-
bility, in December, 1861. In June, 1862 he re-enlisted in the Fourth Regiment Mich-
igan Cavalry, Company G, and served with his regiment in the West, participating in
the engagements of Perryville, Stone River and in the Atlanta Campaign, ana the raid
around Atlanta, under Gen. Kilpatrick. After the Atlanta campaign, hig regiment was
sent to Louisville to recruit and remount, and in the spring of 1865, was one of the com-
mand that helped capture Jeff Davis. Was First Sergeant of his company, for the last year
of his enlistment, and was mustered out, July 10, 1865. After the war he returned to Mich-
igan, and in the fall of 1865, went to Alabama, and worked at his trade of carriage painting
for two years, then returned t» Michigan, and fn the spring of 1868, went to Iilinols and
worked at his trade until he came to Kansas, In 1871, and located here and commenced life
asa farmer, Was married, February 8, 1868, to Miss Rosella J. Lockwood, a native of
Michigan. They have three children—Ella D., Floyd A. and Frederick A. He is a Mason;
has served as Township Trustee two years, and one term as Township Clerk, and has occu-
pied a position on the School Board from the organization of the district until one year ago,

VALLEY TOWNSHIP,

GUSTAV QUERFELD, farmer and stock ratser, Section 29, P, 0. Burrton, Harvey
County, owns 540 acres, 160 under cultivation, 280 fenced with wire, thirty acres fenced
with board and forty acres enclosed with young hedge. Three acres in young orchard, two
acres planted with young forest trees. Good frame dwelling, 16x24, L, 14x22, and poreh,
en e finest barn in Keno County, 56x62. combining stable, granary, eorn crib, tool
it ouse, wagon shed and stock shed. Has also large stock yards covering eleven acres, with

eed-racks, three windmill pumps and tanks for watering stock, stock scales and ail the
peceasary conveniences for successful stock raising. He also feeds largely in addition to
bis own raising, and has pe turned off forty fat steers and sixty fat hogs. Has at present
ead of fine graded horoughbred cattle, both Short-horn and Jerseys, and his males
RENO COUNTY,

are pedigreed, and has also pedigreed Short horn cows. Has also thirty hogs, six mules
and four horses, and one herding pony. He also has a blacksmith shop anda full set of
blacksmith’s tools, that being his trade previous to engaging in farming and stock raising.
r, Q. was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, July 8, 1 56, and came to the United States fi
1871, and located in Bloomington, Ill, and followed his trade of blacksmith, and worked
in the principal towns of Illinois until he came to Kansas, in 1877, and located here and
organized his present business, in which he has been remarkably successful, having the
finest facilities in Reno County. He was married, May 1, 1881, to Miss Mollie Comes, a
native of Illinois, They have one child—Minnie, He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. ,

MOUNT LIBERTY.

This isa small town, off the line of railway communication, in Haven
Township. It has a postoffice, a general store or two, and does some busi-
ness with the thriving farming district around it. The first postoffice in the
township was established here March 1, 1873, S. J. Wilson, postmaster.

Mount Liberty M, E. Church was organized in 1874, with thirteen
members, Rev. J. Fox first pastor, and Uriah G. Williams first class leader.
The first elders were Henry Wentz and Richard Astle; first trustees, Uriah
2 Williams, James Astle, A. A. Myers, Richard Astle, T. B. Campbell, H.

entz.

The present membership of the church is twenty. The present pastor is
Rev. S. J. Sutton. Trustees—U. G. Williams, A. H. Beegle, James Astle, E.
M. Yoder, A. A. Myers, M. Reger, Richard Astel. The church was erected
in 1883; is 35x40 feet, and cost $2,000.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—HAVEN TOWNSHIP.

RICHARD ASTLE, JR., farmer, Section 2, P.O. Hutchinson, owns 240 acres, 130 of
which are under cultivation, 16 acres in timber, 3 acres in orchard, 160 acres enclosed with
hedge fence; cottage 14x30, with addition 10x10; barn 24x32, stable and granary. Follows
general farming and raising stock. To feed all the products of his farm, fe has 7 horses, 18

ead of cattle, and 53 hogs. He was born in England Pebruary 4, 1835, and came to the
United States with his parents in 1852, and located in Quincy, Ill. ‘He lived here for a time
and then moved to La Grange, Mo., for two years, then to Alton, Ill., then to Highland Dis-
trict, Ill, where he resided until coming to Kansas in 1872, and locating here. Fora few
yous after coming here his farming was not a success, the drouth and grasshoppers inter-

erring with his calculations; but of late years he has had good crops, and is satisfied that
this is a good agricultural State, and that in time the tame grasses will grow wellhere. He
was married May 3, 1853, to Miss Frances D. Thompson, a native of Tennessee. They have
six children—Nora I., Minnie E., George S., Richard J,, Ella L., and BerthaE. He served
as Director of the School Board two terms when the district was first organized, and three
years as Road Overseer.

WILLIAM ASTLE, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Mount Liberty, owns 1,200 acres, 450 in
cultivation; 60 acres fenced with wire, 20 with_hedge and wire, and two 20-acre lots with
hedge; has 3 orchards, in all about 20 acres on Section 32; dwelling 14x24, L 12x18, walled
cellar; barn 20x32, granary 24x24, two stories; windmill pump. On Section 34 has good
dwelling, barn and stable, and stock corral; on Section 20 good dwelling and barn. Has 65
head of cattle, 60 hogs, 6 horses and mules. Was born in England, November 21, 1841, and
came to the United States with his parents in 1852, and located in Quincy, Ill. mm 1860 he
moved to Madison County and engaged in farming. In August, 1862, he enlisted in jom-
pany I, Ninety-seventh Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteer, and served with his com-
mand in the Western Army, and participated in the battle of Yazoo Bayou, in Sherman’s
attack on Vicksburg, and in thetaking of Arkansas Post, and Port Gibson, Champion Hills,
Black River, and siege of Vicksburg, and capture of Jackson, and in the action on Carrion
Crow Bayou, where his command suffered very severely and he only escaped capture by
making his escape on a horse, after which he was on Rrov ost duty in New Orleans ten
months, then in the Red River Expedition under Gen. Banks, and back to New Orleans,
and in the campaign against Mobile, Ala., April 9, 1865, Was in the first movement against
Fort Blakely, and on the 16th was one of the storming columns that charged and took the
fort, where his brigade suffered terribly in killed and wounded. This being the last en-
gagement of the War, he was sept from there to Galveston, Tex., where he was mustered
outin July, 1865.. Afterthe War he returned to Illinois and made it his home until he
came to Kansas in 1872, locating here. Was married December 25. 1866, to Miss Louisa
Tisius,a native of Wisconsin. They have four children—Henry J., Thomas F,, William,
and John W. Mr. A.is a member of the I.0.0. F. In 1875 was County Commissioner,
and was on the School Board when the School District was organized, for two years,

CHARLES BARTHOLOMEW, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Mount Liberty, owns 160 acres,
180 in cultivation, four in orchard, forty acres enclosed in hedge and divided into six lots,
and eighty rods of hedge in addition, has two horses, five milk cows and forty-five hogs is
intending to turn his attention to hogs as a specialty; was born in England, April 26, 1833,
and came tothe United States in his eighteenth year and located near Buffalo, N. Y., where
he remained two years. He then moved to Illinois and remained there seven years. From
there he went to Indiana, and in August, 1862, enlisted in Company E, Ninety-ninth Regi-
ment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and, with his regiment, participated in the siege of
Vicksburg and the engagements around that flace, and from there went to Chattanooga,
and in the battle of Mission Ridge, and in the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea,
and in the storming column that charged and took Fort McAlister, near Savannah, and sent
from there by sea to Wilmington, and, after the surrender of Johnston’s army, was on the
march to Washington, and in the grand review, and mustered out June 14,1865. Inthe
fall of 1873 he came to Kansas and located his present farm, and for two years saw his labor
destroyed by drouth and grasshoppers, and met with loss of stock on account of scarcity of
feed and lightning, but in spite of hard times he has been successful. Was married in Sep-
tember, 1867, to Miss’Mary J. Gutheridge, a native of Indiana, They have six children,
Emma, John, Hurmy, Alfred and Albert (twins), and Elizabeth. He is a member of the
Baptist Church and an Odd Fellow; is roadmaster, serving his second term.

A. H. BEEGLE, farmer, Section 26, P.O. Mount Liberty, owns 240 acres, 100 acres
under cultivation, six acres enclosed with hedge, and hedge on two sides of 160 acres, three
acres in orchard of fine varieties of fruits; dwelling, 21x24; barn, combining stable, corn
crib and granary; has three horses, ten hogs and eighteen head of cattle. He was born in
Pennsylvania February 14, 1838, and made it his home until 1858, when he moved to Illi-
nois. In 1860 he moved to Kausas, locating at Valley Falls and taking up a claim, but after
the election of Lincoln the political feeling was very high and he saw the war a proaching.
He went back to Illinois and remained there until 1864, when he enlisted in Company E,
One Hundred and Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and was sent to Sherman and partici-

ated in the Atlanta campaign, but after the fall of Atlanta his health failed and he was sent
Back, while his regiment was sent on to the March to the Sea. He never rejoined his regi-
ment, but was mustered out in September, 1865. After being mustered out he went to
Kansas in 1865. and to his old place at Valley Falls. In 1869 he moved to Clay County, Mo.,
and in 1870 back to Valley Falls, and in 1872 he came to Reno County and located claim,
and moved his family herein 1873. The place was then a naked prairie, but by industry,
economy and management he has now a most beautiful farm. Mr. B. was married March
25, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Crotzer, a native of Fennsylvallas They have seven children,
Nettie, Adelia, John H., Katie, Andrew T., Maud and Ella. Mr. B.’s farm is known as Mount
Liberty, and is a postoffice, and Mr. B, is Postmaster and has served on the School Board in
this district two terms, and while at Valley Falls he served three terms, and one term in
Missouri, He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also a Mason and a member
of the G. A. R. and Farmers’ Alliance, and master of the Lowell Grange. 4

J. W. DIX, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Mount Liberty, owns 160 acres, eighty-five In culti-
vation; has quite a large bearing orchard and another lately planted; also grapes, black-
berries, plums, etc., etc., and two acres in cultivated timber. e is a general farmer and
feeds all the products of his farm, has five horses, forty head of cattle and twenty hogs. He
was born in Indiana, November 22, 1837. In 1857 he moved to Kansas with his father and
located at Mount Florence, Jefferson County. Although the border troubles were 6ver
there was yet a strong feeling of animosity toward the Free-state men on the part of some
of his neighbors, and people felt so insecure that they took a revolver when they went to
the spring for water. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Kansas Volunteer
Infantry, and saw service with his command in Kansas, Mo., Arkansas and the Indian Ti r-
ritory, and participated ina number of scouts and skirmishes, as well as in the actions at
Osceola, Fort Wayne, Kane Hill, Van Buren and Newtonia. Was mustered out September
12, 1864, After the war he returned to Jefferson County and made that his home until he
came to Reno County and located here in 1878. He was married in July, 1865, to Miss
Savannah Seal;-who died in November, 1868, leaving two children, Alice M. and Charles H.
He was married a second time to Miss Nancy A. McArthur. in April, 1871. They have five
children, Mary E., Eva B., Bertha D., D. Arthur and Katie E. Mr, Dix is a local preacher in
the United Brethren Church, also Justice of the Peace and Director of the School Board.
While in Jefferson County he was Constable for seven years and a member of the School
Board for seven years. He is superintendent of the Bethel Sunday school.

ADAM HOLLADAY, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Hutchinson owns 160 acres, has 100 under
cultivation, 20 in cultivated timber and an orchard of 3 acres, 80 acres enclosed with
hedge and one cross hedge dividing it, dwelling,14x24,with addition, 8x16, stable, granery,

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stock yards, sheds, with wind mill, pump and water tank; has 37 head of cattle, 20 hogs and
6 horses; raises corn principally and feeds the products of his farm. Mr. H. was born in
Illinois, June 23, 1852, and came from his native place to Kansas in the fall of 1871, and
took his claim,one-half as a homestead and one-half asa timber filing. Being single at that
time he improved the place as he was able, working here for a time and then at other work
to raise means to improve his place; part of his timber is eight years old, part six and some

He was married June 11, 1874, to Miss Norah I. Astle, a native of Illinois.
They have three children—Milton E., Cloyd C. and Edith I. He isa member of the Farmers’
Alliance, Mr. H. was raised a farmer, and is a good, practical farmer, and has a fine well

arranged place, ulcely improved. :
JAMES H. JANKS, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 120 in culti-
vation, with an orchard of 200 peach trees and a grove of 5,000 forest trees; dwellin
18x20, one and a half stories,stable for six horses cow barn, corn cribs, etc.; has 5 horses,
head of cattle and 20 hogs, Raised in 1882, 1,800 bushels wheat, averaging 30 bushels per
per acre. Was born in Indiana, in 1848, and went to school until seventeen years of age,
and has been farming since. Enlisted in 1864, in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-
fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Shenan-
doah Valley and was at Harper’s*Ferry; there*he heard of the assassination of President
Lincoln, and was mustered out August, 1865. After the war he returned to Indiana and
engaged in farming until he came to Kansas, March, 1878, aud located here. Was married
in 1863, to Miss Mary A. Groves, a native of Ohio. They have five children—Harry, Lemuel,
Bertie, Luella and Sarah E. Isamember of the Farmers’ Alliance, and has been on the
School Board for three years. Mr. J. also owns 160 acres in Kingman County, with thirty
acres broken and twenty sown to wheat. - .

L. C. JANES, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 120 in cultivation,
small peach orchard; dwelling 16x24, barn 18x30, corn crib, corral sheds, etc., also another
dwelling 14x20, stable, corn crib, sheds and small orchard on saane place. Follows general
farming. Has 11 head of cattle, 20 hogs, 2 mules and 1 horse. Was born in Loudoun County,
Va., in 1810, and when a child moved with bis parents to Montgomery County, Md., where
his father was engaged in farming and market gardening. He was foratime engaged in
business in Georgeton, D.C. In 1836, he moved to Indiana and was in various kinds of
business; while carrying on a farm had saw mills, contracts on public works and railroad
agent. In 1862 he was in the Quartermaster Department, and was in West Virginia and at
Gallipolis, Ohio, and had charge of the Supply and Transportation Department. After the
war he returned to his farm, and was elected Treasurer of his county, and after serving one
term was re-elected by bo h parties, serving twoterms. In 1878 he sold out and came to
Kansas, locating here. Was married, in 1832, to Miss Barbara E. Higgins, whose father
was an old and influential citizen of Montgomery County, Md. She died in 1877, leaving
four children, B. F., Joseph H., Mary C. and Charles W. Was married a second time, in
1878, to Mrs. Sarah J. Groves, a native of Ohio. Is a member of the Baptist Church, anda
Mason, being a member of Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council, and a member of Farmers’
Alilance, i Has also occupied the positions of Postmaster, Justice of the Peace and Town-
ship Trustee,

_ ISAIAH SALMON, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Hutchinson. Owns 160 acres, 125 in cul-
tivation, two in orchard and two in forest trees. Place enclosed, and two twenty-acre fields
besides; has aframe dwelling of three rooms, granary, corn crib and stable, Is a general
farmer but working into stock. Has 15 head of cattle, 22 hogs and four horses. Crops good in
1882. Born in England in 1840 and came to the United States in 1849, with his father, who
located in New York, and in 1859 moved to Michigan. In 1862 he enlisted in Company
Third Regiment Michigan Cavalry, and served with his command in the western army an
participated ina great many scouts and skirmishes, and was one of forty men who fought
their way from Grant at La Grange to Sherman at Mempbis: was in the Coffeyville fight and
Holly Springs and was stationed at Corinth and at La Grange, Tenn., where he re-enlisted
in 1864 and went to Arkansas and from there to Mobilé, and was oneof the guards when
Gen. Dick Taylor surrendered, and was mustered out in June, 1865. He was one of
seven brothers and brothers-in-law,who were all in the Union army. After the war helived
in Michigan, with the exception of one year spentin New York, until he came to Kansas, in
September, 1872, and located here, with only provision for two weeks. Has had hard times
but prospecis good now. Was married in September, 1868, to Miss Caroline R. Knapp, a
native of New York. They have six children—Emma A., Bert E., Amos and Ira, twins,
Hugh and Andrew. Is a member of the United Brethren Church and class leader, and a
member of the Farmers’ Alliance. Mr. Salmon has served one term as Constabl : and is now
Zownahip Clerk, and is alsoa member of the S. B., which he has been a member of for
eight years.

REUBEN STOALABARGER, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Hutchinson. Owns 240 acres,
140 in cultivation, 70 fenced with wire, 5 acres in orchard. Dwelling 16x22, L 12x16,
porch 10x16. gable front, one and one-half stories, bank barn 16x82, corn cribs, stock yards,
Sheds, etc. Has 44 head of cattle, 54 hogs, 4 horses and2 mules. His wheat average for
1882 was thirty bushels per acre. Was born in Pennsylvania May 22, 1827, and when six-
teen years of age moved to Iowa with his parents. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C,
Fortieth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Western
army and participated in the siege of Vicksburg and taking of Little Rock, and marched to
join Banks in the Red River campaign, but he being defealed they bad to fall back to Little

ock, keeping up a running fight. After that went to FortsSmith and Gibson and was mus-
tered out in August, 1865. Came to Kansas in 1873 and located in Langdon Township and
when the grasshoppers ate up his crops started East but finally caine to this location in
1875 and is well satistied with his location. Was married October 12, 1853, to Miss Alvira
Holloway, a native of Ohio. They have four children—Mary, Amos, William T. and Sarah.
Is a member of the Baptist Church and Farmers’ Alliance, also Road Master.

DAVID TAYLOR, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Hutchinson, Owns 320 acres, 170 acres of
which are under cultivation 45 in cultivated timber, 5 acres in orchard and 100 acres fenced
with wire for pasture; has a dwelling 14x24 and a fine bank barn 40x44, with twelve foot
posts; one-half is basement, rock built, making a fine and convenient stable for ten horses.
The cost of his barn is from $700 to $800, and one of tle best in this locality. He was born
in Ireland December 14, 1845, and came to the United States with his father, in 1851, and
located in Jersey City, where his father engaged in business, and remained there two years
and then removed to Wisconsin, where his father died in 1860. After his father’s death he
enlisted in Company D, Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, April 19, 1862, and served
with his command in the Army of the Potomac, participating in the engagements at Cedar
Mountain, second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville
and Gettysburg, after which he was sent to New York city, to put down the riot, and re-
maiued there in garrison until Grant’s move in the year 1864, when he and his company
partlcl ated in the Wilderness campaign, and the engagements from thereto the front of

etersbure, and in the final surreuder of Lee’s army, and was discharged on expiration of
the term of service in 1865, when he returned to Wisconsin and remained a year, when he
re-enlisted in Company C,Twenty-second Regiment, United States Infantry,and served three

ears in Dakota Territory, mostof the time engaged in building forts, among them new
Fort Sully. After his discharge from the army he was engaged in construction of railroads
for several years and came to Kansas in the spring of 1873, and located on his present
farm. He was married in February, 1873, and hi: wife died in 1877, leaving one child, .
James. He was married a second time in October, 1880, to Miss Ida M. Gaston, a native of
Illinois. Mr. T. is a trustee of the School Board and a member of the Farmers’ Alliance,

MOSES WITTUM, farmer, Section 34, Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 140 1n cultivation,
with a fine bearing orchard of 100 apple and 1,000 peach trees; eight acres in cultivated
timber, with a beautiful frame cottage of nine rooms, designed by himself, with double
gable front east and single gable front south, with verandah around both fronts, making
one of the most beautiful homes in Reno County. Barn, 16x24; gran ry, 16x26, and hen
house 10x16. Mr. W. makes a specialty of raising ‘Brain and has a finely cultivated farm.
His wheat crop in 1882 averaged thirty-five bushels per acre. Was born in Genesee County,
N.Y, November 14, 1834, and when quite a child his parents moved to Michigan, where he
remained for twenty years, then moved to Wisconsin and from there to Kansas in October,
1878, locating here. During the war Mr. W. was employed in the Quartermaster’s 1 epart-
ment building at Nashville, Tenn. Was married in 1858 to Miss Sarah M. Kohler, a native
of Pennsylvania, They havesix children—M. I., Orvin, Edwin, Frank. Mary May and
Nellie. hen he first came here his circumstances were poor and he has made trips to
Witchita, a distance of forty-five miles barefooted with a basket to bring home groceries. Is
a member of the I. O. O. F. Z

JOSEPH WORTHINGTON, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres,
sixty-five in cultivation, seventy fenced with wire and one and one-half mile of hedge, and
an orchard of four acres; dwelling 14x20, one and one-half stories, with L 16x20, stable 12x
14; eighteen head of cattle and five horses. He also owns 160 acres in Barber County, which
he designs for stock, all enclosed with barb wire fence. Was born in Pennsylvania, August
16, 1842, and when young moved with his parents to Illinois. In 1864 he enlisted in Com-
pany K, Eighty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and assigned his command to
do garrison duty in Tennessee. Was stationed fora time at Clarksville and mustered out
July 4, 1865. After the war he engaged in farming in Illinois until 1875, when he came to
Kansas, and located on a homestead in Castleton Township, two miles south and improved
it. In 1882 be sold his place and bought and commenced improving here inthe fall. Was
married in 1866, to Miss Mary E. Groves, a native of Ohio. They have one child—Minnie
I, Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Farmers’ Alliance.

SUMNER TOWNSHIP.

JOHN L. GILL, farmer, Section 12. P.O. Mt. Hope, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., in
1847; son of William and Margaret Young Gill. Was married in 1877, to Miss Cora Persell,
daughter of Daniel and Emma Wilson Persell. Has three children—Estella, George and
Clyde. Came to Kansas in 1872, located on the farm where he uow resides, engaged in
farming and stock raising’ owns 160 acres of land,
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LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT ANDERSON, farmer, Section 12, P. 0. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 155 in
cultivation, five acres in stock-yards and sheds, good frame cwelling, 24x32, seven rool, 8,
stable, 16x32; granary, 16x32, and windmill pump, and is agent for the Champion Wind
Pump; las eighty-three head of cattle, seventy-five head of hogs, and ten horses; has 115
acres of corn in and rents 320 acres, in addition to his own farm for grazing. Was born in
Ohio, October 12, 1840, and during the war was enrolled in the State National Guard, and
was called out and participated in the capture of John Morgan and bis men. In 1863 he
removed to Illinois and engaged in farming and stock raising, until coming to Kansas in the
spring of 188!, and locating here. Was married September 27, 1863, to Miss Martha My-
ers, anative of Ohio. They have six children—Mahlon L., R. Victor, James A., Martha B.,
Dora E., John. Is amember of the Presbyterian Church, and Treasurer of School Board.

_ M. ¥. BATWOOD, farmer, Section 10, P. O, Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, all under cul-
tivation; twenty-five acres fenced, with wire and boards, three-fourths of a mile of hedge,
three acres in orchard, dwelling, 20x24, barn, 26x34, and has four horses, He was born in

Vermont, in 1841, but his parents moved to Ohio, when a child, and to Illinois when he was
thirteen years of age. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Eighth
Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and after eighteen months’ service in the Lnfantry,
was detached to serve with the First ‘Missouri Artillery, Company H, and participated in
the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, and in the Atlanta cam-
paign, and march to the sea, and the taking of Fort McAllister, and north through the
Carolinas to Bentonville. After the surrender, rejoined his reztment and was musteréd out
August 11, 1865. He came to Kansas in November, 1873, and located here. He is amem-
ber of the G, A. R. Has served as a member of the School Board for a number of years, and
is now Justice of the Peace,

EDWARD F, DUKE, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Hutchinson, rents and farms elghty
acres, forty-five in cultivation, has four horses, two cows, and six hogs. Makes a business
of threshing and Shelling corn, in its season—owns thresher and sheller. Was born in
Augusta County, Va. July 1, 1845, and when two pens of age, moved with his parents to
West Virginia. Tn 1861, he enlisted in Com pany B, Tenth Re-iment, West Virginia Infantry
Volunteers, and served with his command in Virginia and Maryland, and was engaged
principally in Fuarding Lhe Mountain Passes and_repulsing raids of Contry, and partici-
pated in the actions at Beverly and Winchester, In 1863, he was detached to serve in Bat-
tery 9, First West Virginia Flying Artillery, and was engaged at Droop Mountain and in
the Valley, with Gen, Sheridan, and at the Bermuda Hundred, and Chapin’s Farm, and
Hatcher’s Ruu, where he was wounded in the shoulder and hip by the explosion of shell,
and finally discharged for disability August 19, 1865. Came from West Virginia to Kansas,
in 1876, and located in Reno County, near Castleton, and was for atime employed on the
railroad, and in Colorado, a .d came to present location in 1882. Was married March 14,

864, to Miss Margaret Wentz, a native of West Virginia, who died?August 3, 1882. He has
five children—John W., David W., Gordon B., James Y, and William G. Isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the Farmer’s Alliance.

PERES ELLIS, farmer, Section 3:), P.O. Hutchinson, owns 400 acres, 210 in cultiva-
tion, two in orchard—part bearing, five acres in cultivated timber, frame dwelling, stable,
corn cribs, granary, etc., and large stock yards and sheds, Makes a specialty of sheep raising
and has at present 1,000 head, but intends grading up in general stock. Mr. Ellis was born
in Maine January 5, 1838. In 1855 he moved to [llinois and remained there until the fall
of 1861, when he enlisted in the Fourth Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery and was assign-
ed to duty at Fortress Monroe. ‘At the time of the fight between the Monitor and Merrimac
his battery had charge of the two large guns there, the Lincoln and Union. When Grant
took charge of the army, his battery participated in the advance, and was in action at Bur-
muda Hundredand Chapin’s Farm; and afterward mounted as a horse battery and operated
with the cavalry ina number of raids, at one time engaging with artillery in the fortifica-
tions at Richmond, and was mustered out, in the fall of 1864, on expiration of term of ser-
vice, when he returned to Illinois and engaged in farming and stock raising, He came to
Kansas and located here in 1872, and was one of the first to locate in this vicinity, and has
suffered from the Grasehopper raids and the hail, which have twice destroyed his crops and
orchard; but he now has a fairly improved place and is succeeding adiniraly. Was married,
September 17, 1863, to Miss Margaret E. Reser, a native of New York. They have three
children—Edward P., Charles F. and EdnaC. Is amember of the Plymouth Congregational
Church, Reno County. Hass°rved on School Board here one term and also in Illnois,
While in Illinois was Township Clerk threeterms,

H.D. FREE N, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 423 acres, 233 in cultiva-
tion, four in orchard and fifteen in cultivatedtimber. He has 220 acres with wire fence and
about two anda half miles of hedge, a good frame dwelling of five rooms, stable 14x40, gran-
ay 16x32, with shed 16x14 for implements, windmill, pump, stock yards aud sheds; has
110 head of cattle and six horses. He is a general farm and stock raiser, onlv raises hogs for
homeconsumption. He was born in West Tennessee in 1834, and has made farming and
stock raising his life occupation. In 1859 he moved to Arkansas and lived there until the
breaking outof the war, and, as his sentiments were strongly Union, found it not acon-
genial county, and in 1861 he left there on a boat with his household goods for Memphis.
On arriving there, there was such excitement for fear of capture by the Union forces that
the boat stopped just long enough to land her passengers and put off with all his effects, and
he lost them as the boat was captured and burned while endeavouring to make its escape.
This left him in hard circumstances, being sick. with a family of seven persons to support, but
he secured a farm and though he met with losses during the war in the way of having stock
stolen yet he managed to accumulate in addition to making a living for his family. In Novem-
ber, 1873, he came to Kansas and located on his present farm, and commenced by making the
raising of wheat a specialty and was very successful, but, having lost his crops by hail just
when theywere very promising and realizing the disadvantage to him in having his mainsta
destroyed, he has of late years gone into general farming and stock raising as being muen
more sure. He thinks the failure of crops has been a benefit to this locality in forcing gene-
ral farming and not connuing to any one branch of farming. When he came to Kansas he
brought with him about $3,000, but his property to-day is worth at the lowest estimate $15,-
000. His health and that of the familv has been almost perfect since locating here, as his ex-
fengs for doctors has not exceeded $30 in ten years, He was married in May. 1875, to Miss

artha D. Moore, a native of Tennessee, They have eight children—George H., Stephen A.,

Ellen, Nancy A, Martha O., Mabe] M., Elizabeth A. and Malvina M. He is deacon of the
Harmony. Baptist Church, which he assisted to organize November 3, 1875, being one of
the original trustees. In 1874 he organized their Sunday school, being the first superin-
tendent, which position he retained four years, and which is in a very flourishing condition.
Mr. Freeman has taken an active part in the public matters of Tennessee. He was in 1870
Enumerator of Census for one-third of his county, and in 1880 he was Government Enume-
rator of Census for Lincoln ow uslt Ds He is now Township Treasurer and has been Justice
of the Peace four years, also Township Trustee; and has occupied some one of these posi-
tions ever since the organization of the township and has been on the School Board for three
ears.

y E. HIGHBARGER, farmer, Section 19, P. O, Hutchinson, owns 160 acres; 100 are under
cultivation, forty-three fenced with wire for pasture, five acres in orchard, ind a small
grove of 15,000 forest trees; xood frame dwelling 20x20; stable 12x20, corn crib 8x16, gran-
ary 16x16, cattle yards, sheds, and windmlll pump. Has fifty head of cattle, five hogs, two
horses andtwo mules. He came to Kansas in March, 1878, and located on a rented farm in
Butler County, but not being satisfied, after looking atthe country further west, bought and
jocated here in the fall of the same year. He was bornin Pennsylvania, June 22, 1840.
Wentto Ohioin January, 1860. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-third
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and seryed with his command in the Army of the
Potomac, participating in the siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Days’
Fight, and Second Bull Run, where be was wounded and disabled so that he was discharged
on asurgeon’s certificate of disability, April 7, 1863. After leaving the service, he went back
to Pennsylvania,and then moved to Ohio in 1865,ana then to Indiana in 1868,and came from
there to Kansas. He was married August 11, 1864,to Miss Margaret Malone, anative of
Pennsylvania, They have four chiidren—Wiltliam Grant, Mary E., Margaret E. and Flora
May. Heisamember of the Methouist Episcopal Church and a Mason,

THOMAS HUTCHINSON. farmer and dairyman, Section 26, P.O, Hutchinson, owng 820
acres, 250 in cultivation; a fine orchard of two acres, large grove of cultivated timber,
sixty acres pasture, fenced with wire, forty acres sowed to rye and timothy, and forty to
clover. Makes a Specialty of the dairy business, and is at present milking thirty-six cows,
and increasing his business constantly. He hasin addition about fifty head of steers and
calves, and thirty head of hogs and ten horses. He also has 150 very fine chickens, and
makes poultry raising for the western market a part of his business. Has a good frame
dwelling of four rooms; stable for horses, ten head, and a cow stable 106 feet long by 14, and
all conveniences for the milking and feeding, and a fine milk house and butter dairy, fed by
a constant stream of fresh, pure water from a windmill pump. Manufactures 150 pounds
of butter per week and ships to the Colorado market, and gets the highest price on account
of the fine quality of his butter. Mr. H. was born in Ohio, August 8, 1820, and when a young
man settled on the American Bottom, near St. Louis, and from there in 1844 to Burlington,
Iowa, and to California in the gold excitement of 1849. Returned to Burlington in 1852, ln
1859 he went to Pike’s Peak, but returned same year, and located in Chicago, IIl., and was
engaged for to yea”s in a packing house. In 1861 he engaged in the transfer business, and
buiit up a la~ge ae lucrative business, owning twenty-two large truck and transfer teams,
and did ai'‘Let~ans*er business for the large business houses in Chicago, and continued

this bus‘..ess until 1871. In 1877 he came to Kansas and located here, and engaged in farm-

ing, makiug a specialty of raising grain, and was successful at first, but his crops being
ruined by ahail-storm, he turned his attention to general farming and raising stock, and
organized his present dairy business in 1881, and _is increasing it as fast as circumstances
willadmit. Although almost sixty-three years of age, Mr. H. is seemingly a young man,
full of vim and energy, and does a8 much work as any of his employes, as married in

“ing, they have both catile and hog yards, sheds and pens and windinill pump.

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, to Miss Mary Pierce, a native of St. Lawrence County, New York. ‘They have one
i ee Me H. has two cuore by a previous marriage—John and Francis. Isa
r of the I. . 7
ee et VDE and om S. CARPENTER, farmers and stock raisers, Section 8, P. 0.
Hutchinson, own 545 acres on Sections 7 and 8, 410 acres under cultivation and thirty-five
acres fenced with wire, 185 acres in wheat, 200 in corn, 100 in millet and twenty-five in
rye. In addition to being extensive farmers they have all the conveniences for tock Tals.
ey have
some very fine thoroughbred bulls and fine grades, and the bst breed of hose.
They have 160 head of caitle, sixty head of hogs and eight mules and horses. F. B. Hyde
was born in New York State, April 3, 1846, an being a practical farmer from his child-
hood, has made a success of it here. He came from his native place to Kansas, in 1878, and
located here. He was marned August 23, 1831,to Miss M. E. Darrough, a native of Ili-
nois. Mr. H.is Trustee for Lincoln Township. O. 8. Carpenter was born in the State of
New York, February 6, 1848, and lived on a farm until September. 1862, when he enlisted
in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry;
and served with his command in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles o
Drury’s Bluff, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, and was wounded by a gunshot through
the right shoulder, at the battle of Chapin’s Farm, September 29, 1864, and was discharged
in June, 1865. Hecame to Kansas, in January, 1878, and located here. He was married
May 2, 1867, to Miss Hannah L. Hyde. They have three children, Wilson E., Reed E. and
hloe L. eis a Mason. A

wi. KINGKADI. farmer, Section 32, P. O, Hutchinson. Owns 160 acres, ninety in
cultivation, twoacres in orchard, two in cultivated timber. Dwelling 16x22, one and
ahalf stories, granary, stock yards, etc.; has fourteen head of cattle, six hogs and four
horses, Was born in the State of New York, November 18,1845, In Septemver, 1864, he
enlisted in Company ©, One Hundred and Eighty- ninth New York Infantry, and served with
the Fifth Corps inthe Army of the Potomac, and was in the siege of Petersburg, and at
Hatcher’s Run and at the surrender of Lee’s Army, and mustered out May 30, 1865. Came
to Kansas, in May, 1873, and located here. Was married October 2, 1878, to Miss Susan
Smith, a native of Iowa, has been Township Clerk and Clerk of School Board for four years.
Is a member and Clerk of the Plymouth Congregational] Church, organized March, 1881, with
Lyman Hall, pastor, and ©. H. Murray and Alexander Miller, deacons, It now has a mem-

rship of nteen, 7

ue T MAS LEWIS, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Hutchinson, rents and farms 480 acres
owned by his father-in-law, John Young; 120 is under cultivation and ninety under fence,
dwelling 16x26, two stories, with L 16x26, and cellar under the whole house, cost $1,200,
stable 23x32, granary, corn crib and implement house combined, 32x36, windmill pump,
sheds and stock yards. He has 200 head of sheep, forty head of fine graded cattle, of which
sixteen are fine milk cows, fifteen hogs and four head of horses, Makes a specialty also of
raising chickens, and su plying eggs and butter for the Colorado market, He was born in
Ohio, November 24, 1832, and isa descendant from a French family, who left France on
account of religious persecutions and went to Scotland, and from there to England, and fi-
nally came to this country and located in New Jersey. The first record in this country is
Zephaniah Lewis, born in 1734,and married to Anna Doty,in 1760, and from that time
Mr. Lewis has the connected record. In July, 1856, he moved to Illinois, and made it his
home untii he came to Kansas, in 1878, locating near Hutchinson, and came here in 1880.
Mr. L. was married February 14, 1861, to Miss Mary Young, a native of Warren County,
Ill. Her parents John Young, a native of Prussia, and Catherine Ehrhardt, a native of
France, came to New York. in 1832, and were married_in 1835, and were the pioneers of
Warren County. Mr. and Mrs. L. have two children, Fred E. and Frank ¥. Mr. and Mrs,
Lewis are members of the Harmony Baptist Church, located on this farm. He is one of the
Church Trustees, and on the Building Committee, and also Superintendent of the Sunday
school. Fortwo years, he was Township Trustee andon the Schoel Board four years, in
Tllinots. 2

DK. JAMES MYERS, farmer, stock raiser and feeder, P. O. Hutciinson, owns 640

acres, 400 acres under cultivation and enclosed and subdivided with seven miles of stock

roof hedge fence, and is arranged especially for a stock farm. Has large orchard of all
Kinds of fruit, part bearing, forty acres well set in timothy and clover, two acres in cul-
tivated timber, dwelling T6x26, one and a half stories, with L 14x20, and porches, two
cellars walled with rock, stable, granary for 1,500 bushels of wheat, wind mill, pump, and
large cattle and hog yards, and all conveniences for stock raising and feeding. Has 200
head all graded and thoroughbred cattle, 40 head of hogs and 13 horses and mules. In
1882, he raised 3,000 bushels of corn, which he fed and which netted him 60 cents per
bushel. Dr. M. was bornin Tuscarawas County, Ohio, February 25, 1832. When a boy he
received an academic education, and studied medicine in the regular school, and attended
lectures in Cleveland, Ohio, In 1855, he moved from Ohioto Iowa and commenced the
practice of medicine in Salina, Jefferson Co., Iowa. In 1859, he got the Pike’s Peak fever
and started for that place; but meeting so many coming back, he abandoned the project,
and returning, located aclaim adjoining the town of Highland, Doniphan Co., Kan., an
engaged in the practice of medicine and improving his place. While here the doctor
planted fruit trees extensively on his place, and was very successful in raising fine varieties,
and was one of the first fruit growers in Kansas to market Kansas fruit. During the
early part of the war he was troubled with bushwhackers and jayhawkers who visited the
county, stealing horses and other property, until the citizens stopped _ it by summar
measures, resulting in the death of a number of the marauders. r. M. was intereste
in the Highland University, in which he educated his sons. After ten years’ practice in
Kansas, the doctor turned his attention entirely to farming and raising and dealing in
stock and horticulture, In 1881, he sold outin Doniphan County and came here, buying
this place, as it just suited him for a stock farm. He was married April 12, 1860, to Miss
Latatia O’Neal, a native of Indiana, but raised in Missouri, whose father, John O'Neal, was
one of the first settlers on the lowa trust lands, in Doniphan County, They have six chil-
dren—EImer C., Homer J., Minnie, Olive, Alice and Mabel. He isa member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, and an ancient Odd Fe low. The doctor thinks this is destined to
be a fine grass country for clover, timothy, and other tame grasses, and also a fine fruit
country, and he is satisfied from his experience that both can be made a success. He
raised, in 1882, seventy acres of wheat. Part of it went thirty bushels to the acre, but the
whole average was twenty-eight bushels to the acre.

JACOB NOKKES, farmer, Section 6, Township 24 Range 6, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160
acres, 125 in cultivation, two miles of hedge fencing, good orchard, dwelling 16x38, one
and a half stories, eattle sheds and corrals. Has 35 head of cattle, 13 hogs and 7 horses.
Was born in Illinois March 10, 1851, and came from there to Kansas in November, 1877,
and located on his present farm. Was married December 28. 1871, to Miss Nannie J.
Colgate, a native of Illinois. They have three cnildren—George E., Mamie and Herbert

. Is a meinber of the School Board, and Constable, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity,
Reing a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter.
. F. R. PAUL, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 140 in_cultiva-
tion, 2 in orchard, 24 acres fenced with barb wire for pasture, dwelling 12x26, with L
16x22, stable 16x22, milk house, corn cribs, cattle yards, etc. Has 24 head of cattle, 10
hogs and 8 borses. Was born in Indiana June 2, 1842, and moved to Illinois with parents
when only two years of age, and in 1857, came to_ Kansas and located in Anderson County,
where he lived with his father until August, 1861, when he enlisted in the Kansas State
service during Price’s raid on Fort Scott, and was on duty for fourteen days, when he
enlisted in Con pany G, Seventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, and served with his
command, participating ina great many scouts, skirmishes and raids. Was at the action
at Corinth, Guntown, Coifeyville, Ripley and Holly Springs, and finally mustered out at
Leavenworth in October, 1865. After the war he returned to his father's place, and made
it his home until 1872, when he came to Reno County and Iecated here. Was married

January 1,1874, to Miss Mary J. Cuoningham, a native of Indiana, They have three
ehildren—Glark 0, Allie A, and Elmer C. Is a member of the United Presbyterian

J. a ROBERTSON, farmer, Section 30. P, O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 110 ina fine
state of cultivation, 10 acres in orchard and forest trees, and 40 fenced with wire, dwell-
Ing 16x22, 1. 12x18, barn 20x45, granary and implement house combined 16x32, hen house
12x12, corn crib 16x16, windmill pump. and water running to the house and barn.
His wheat in 1880 averaged thirty-five bushels to the acre, and a sample took the pre-
mlum at the State Fair. He was born in Massachusetts in September, 1832, and followed
the business of ship-building. He came to Kansas from Boston in 1876 and located here,
and is a model farmer, He was married, in 1857, to Miss Sarah J. Youug, a native of Con-
necticut, They have one sou—G. A. Robertson, who is working the farm with his father.
He is Director of the School Board and a member of the Farmers’ Alliance.

THOMAS ROBERTSON, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 440 acres. 160 are
under cultivation and 100 fenced with hedges has a fine bearing orchard, dwelling 16x22,
barn 14x22, windmill pump and feed-mill attached; has fifty head of cattle, thirty hogs
and four horses, and has at present 100 acres planted incorn, He was born in Connecticut
and raised ona farm, and followed farming until he was twenty-one years of age, when he
went to Boston, Mass., and engaged in ship-building, for a number of years, and came from
there to Kansas in 1875, and lorated here. In 1876 Lincoln Township was visited by a ter-
Tible cyclone, Sweeping everything before it. Some lives were lost, and not a few more
or less bruised or injured. Mr. Williams’ child was killed and he had his arm broken, while
his wife has not recovered from the effects of it to this day. Mr. Robertson’s loss was over
$480. Part of his house was picked up overa mile away, and his stock and farm implements
were scattered inevery direction. He was married, iu 1866, to Miss Augusta Comstock, a
native of Connecticut. They have three children—Walter, Ida and Frederick.

jt eG BERT SEELY, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Hutchinson, owns 240 acres, 130 in a fine
state of cultivation, six acres in orchard, a portion bearing, and the finest varieties of fruit;
fifteen acres in cultivated timber, two miles of hedge fence, good frame dwelling of six
rooms, fine barn, 24x54, and all necessary outbuild: ngs, and hog yards and pens. He has
100 hogs, makes hogs a specialty, and bas six head of horses. He also farms Te! -
longing to his brother. [n 1882 he raised himself over 4,000 bushels of Tor Boo busters
wheat, 500 bushels oats, and the rest corn. Came to Kansas in Apri , 1878, ‘and located
here, and had only $10 to start with, but by industry and good managementis independent.
Born in the State of New York, April 30, 1832, and made it his home, with the exception of
four years spent in Pennsylvania, until the war, when he enlisted in Compan D. Thir-
teenth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery, and was doing garrison duty at Norfolk and
Fortress Monroe, and mustered out in 1865. Was married, September 13, 1882, to Miss
Emma Zimmers, a native of Ohio. Mr. S. isa member of the United Brethren Church.
. M. SWITZER, farmer and nurseryman, Section 2. P. 0. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres,
100 under cultivation, 40 acres in nursery stock, cultivated timber, orchard, vineyard and
small fruits, His grove of timber is on the south side, making a complete wind-break for
his nursery and orchard. Hecommenced his nursery in 1876, with the intention of ulti-
mately making it a fruit farm, and from the present time he will turn his attention more to
fruit and less to nursery. stock. For the past six years his nursery business has averaged
. 2,000 per year. In 1882 he sold 600 quarts of strawberries and 1,100 quarts of blackber-
ries; besides large quantities of grapes. The rest of his place he uses for general farming.
Mr. §. was born in Ohio, March 7, 1849. In the spring of 1864, when onty fifteen years of
age, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment Ohio National
Guards, for 100 days, and with his command, settled in the Valley of Virginia, and with
Hunter on his Linchburg raid, where, being cutoff from his line of retreat.down the valley
his regiment, with part of another regiment, made their way through the mountains of
West Virginia to Webster, on the B. & O. R, R., with a large lot of prisoners. He was in
the battle of Monocacy, where his command lost heavily, aud in front of Washington in the
repulse of Early; and froin there tothe James River; and in front of Petersburg. And
when mustered out on expiration of term of service, received a certificate of thanks for
honorable service from Abraham Lincoln, In the fall of 1864, he re-enlisted in the One
Hundred and Eighty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with his com-
mand in Kentucky and Cumberland Gap, and operated against bushwhackers, and at one
engagement at Mount Sterling, and was mustered out in September, 1865. After the war
he returned home and engaged in farming, an@_in 1866, moved to Illinois, and came from
there to Kansas, in 1872, locating on his present farm; and is the oldest and first settler in Lin-
coln Township. When he brought his family, consisting of his wife and two children, on
his place it was quite dry, and not thinking of rains interfering with his plans, he built a
dug-out to live in, two feet in the ground, and sod walls around the walls above the
ground, and covered it with poles and sod. Shortly after moving in, he went to town and
spent his last cent for groceries, flour and meal, and on his return home it commenced rain-
ing, and the water threatened his dug-out, so he began to bank against it. But it rose, and
commenced running in, so he had to abandon it; and just at night he took one child and
his wife the other, and started for a neighbors who had just put up a small board shanty;
and in the heavy rain and darkness, after walking a mile, being guided by the flashes of
lightning, they found it; and four families occupied the house that night. When he went
ack to the dug-out in the morning, he found that the rain had softened the walls and the
roof had fallen in, thus destroying everything he had inthe world, and leaving his family
without anything to eat but ham, which lay onthe top. He resorted to every imaginable
resource to find food for his family. At one time the river rose so they could not cross, and
the people on the south side came near starving to death, having nothing to eat but buffalo
meat with no seasoning. Finally they got a skiff made to get over to the stores where
Hutchinson now is. At one time, while on a buffalo hunt, the weather suddenly changed
from warm to cold, with a terrible north wind, and he only got back to the settlement by the
most vigorous measures, the cold being so intense that itcaused the blood to'gush from
the nostrils of h s horses as well as hiinself, He is now in very comfortable circumstances,
owing to industry, energy and perseverance. Mr.§. was married March 21, 1866, to Miss
Jennie B. Nee, a native of Ohio, They lave two children—Lawrence and Percy. He is a
member ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church; also a Mason, Postmaster, and’ was senior
steward of the Grand Lodge, in1881. He has held the position of Township Treasurer,
‘and is now County Commissioner, serving his second term, having been re-elected in 1882.
E. M. YODER, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 240 acres, 210 of which are
under cultivation, one-half mile of hedge, three acres in fine orchard of choice fruits,
dwelling 12x24, with L 18x20, and tenaut house 16x24, one and a half stories, granary 16x-
42, windmill pump, smoke house and blacksmith shop. He isa general farmer, but makes
a specialty of raising a fine quality of wheat, selling a large portion of it from his place for
seed. Had wheat that averaged in 1882, forty bushels to the acre, and the gross yearly
average for the same ground has been twenty-three and a half bushels per acre. Has 16 head
of cattle, 30 hogs, 3 horses and 2 mules. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1845, and removed
to Baltimore County, Md., with his parents, in 1851. He was raised on a farm and_ has
made farming his life occupation, living on the same place until 1873, when he came West,
and after Haw eling through different States fortwo years, he anally located here in 1875,
and is satisfied with his judgment, as he has been successful and hasa model farm, and
thinks this will prove a good fruit country, and that the seasons are improving, and the rain
fall more regular. He was married November 29, 1881, to Miss Mary KE. Young, a native of
Alton, Ill. They have one child—Edwin. Heis a member of the Anti-Horse-Thief Asso-
ciation, and the Farmers’ Alliance.

SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP.

JOHN H. CAMPBELL, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Nickerson, was born in Hampshire
County, Va., April 5, 1855, and came to Kansas in 1877, and located on Section 21, Rose Val-
ley Township, in Stafford County, and owns 320 acres, fifty in cultivation. The first election
was held at his sod shanty, and he has the ballot-box (which was a tin tea-kettle), in his
possession as a memento. He engaged in stock raising and remained there until the fall of
1882, when he returned and took charge of his father’s farm, and is in management of it at

resent. He has 34 head of cattle, 6 hogs and 1 horse. Was married December 24, 1882, to
iss Mary M. Warnack, a native of Iowa. Md

J. M. CAMPBELL, farmer, contractor and builder, Section 10, P. O. Nickerson, owns
320 acres, 125 in cultivation; dwelling 14x23 with L 14x20, and two stories; stable 12x30,
with stock yards, sheds, etc. Also rents and farms 320 acres on Section 23, fifty acres in
crops and the rest used for grazing. Has 31 head of cattle, 6 hogs and 6 horses; raises gen-
eral crops. His wheat average in 1882 was twenty-five bushels per acre. Was born in

Fayette County, West Va., February 13, 1830. When twenty years of age he moved to
Hampshire County, Va., and in 1858 to Lee County, Ill., where he lived until he came to
Kansas, in 1878, locating here. Was married October 30, 1851, to Miss Sarah A. McDonald,
a native of Hampshire County, Va. They have four children—Joseph W., John H. (who is
superintending the place), James C.and Perry L. Mr.Campbell is engaged in contracting
and building, tn connection with farming. While in Illinois Mr. Campbell was a member
of the School Board for seven years, and has been the same since coming to Kansas,

E MINGER, farmer and stock feeder, Section 24, P.O. Hutchinson’ owns 160
acres, 130 in cu!tivation, and two acres in fine bearing orchard of all kinds of fruits; all en-
closed with hedge; a grove of cultivated timber of cottonwood, box-elder, maple, and
walnut. He also owns 320 acres two miles north, enclosed with wire fencing, used for
grazing. Dwelling 32x32 feet, of seven rooms; barn 32x32 feet, 16 feet posts; windmill
pump, and tank for watering stock, and large stock yard and sheds, and all conveniences

or successful stock handling. He came to Kansas in 1874 and located here, and engaged
in farming and stock raising, and for several years had large herds on the range, but since
1878 has confined his trade to buying at two years old and feeding forthe market. He has
75 head of fine cattle, principally steers, and 100 hogs. He was born in Pennsylvania in
1841, and when thirteen years old moved with his parents to [llinois, and came from there
to Kansas. Inthe spring of 1862 he enlisted in Company F, Seventy-third Regiment Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Department of the Cumber-
land, and participated in the engagements at Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn.
Shortly after the engagements at Stone River he was detailed and sent to New York
to assist in the enforcement of the draft, and remained on detached service in the
guarding of prisoners and forwarding of men to the field in filling up regiments, un-
til the close of the war, and was mustered out on general orders in July, 1865. He was
married December 12, 1867, to Miss Matilda Dunmire, a native of Ohio. They have seven
children—Ida, Minnie, Charles I., Ralph E., Bufort A., Edward L., and Bertrand. Both
himself and wife are members of the Christian Church. si 5
. D. LANGLOIS, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 320 acres, 220 in cultiva-
tion, and 160 fenced with hedge, 3 acres in orchard, and plenty of small fruit. Dwelling
14x24, one and one-half stories, stable, Branary. corn crib, milk house, and windmill pump,
with feed mill and corn sheller attached. Has 65 horses, 27 head of cattle, and 35 hogs. Was
born in Canada, of French extraction, July 14, 1845, and came to the United States in 1863,
and first located in Ohio, but lived in Indiana, Iowa, and Illinois before coming to Kansas
in 1873 and locating on his present farm, and was one of the earliest settlers of this locality,
and in theearly times, in addition to improving his place, hunted buffalo, and collected the
bones for sale, as there was quite a large demand for buifalo bones, and it was quite a busi-
ness for the early settlers anda great help to many of them. Was married in 1872, to Miss
Louisa M: Reed, a natives of Peoria, Ill. They have five children—Clement R., Genevieve,
Victor, Eloise, and James D, Is a member of the Catholic Church. fon

C. E. LIBBEY, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Nickerson, owns 160 acres, 130 in_ cultivation,
one and one-half niles of hedge, 30 acres fenced with barbed wire. Dwelling 22x24, stable
and granary combined 21x28, corn crib 8x16, and windmill pump. Has 6 horses and 43
head of caitle. Was born in Maine in 1837, and when only three years of age his parents

emigrated to J\linois, coming by ship to New Orleans, and up the river to their destination,
and were the pioneers of that locality. He remained there until coming to Kansas in Jan-
uary, 1874, and located here. Enlisted August 15, 1861, in Company H, Eleventh Regiment
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was in the fight at Fort Donelson, where his company of
sixty-eight men lost twenty killed on the field, and he with seven others were captured by
Forrest’s Cavalry cutting them off, and he was held a prisoner for eight months in different

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Southern prisons, and finally exchanged from Libby Prison, Richmond, and returned to his
command at Memphis, Tenn., in January, 1863. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg,
and was at the surrender of Mobile; his regiment charged Fort Blakely, and was mustere
out in November, 1865. Was married October 13, 1869, to Miss M. E. Burdick, a native of
Illinois. They have five children—Mary F., EmmaS., Morton M., Maud E.,and C.E. Isa
Baptist. Has served as Township Trustee and member of School Board in Kansas, and was
Trustee on School Board when residing in Ilinois.

E. C. MARKS, farmer and stockfeeder, Section 11, P. O. Nickerson, owns 800 acres,
110 acres under cultivation, 640 acres fenced with barbed wire for cattle range and eighty
acres fenced with board for hogs, pasture, small orchard, dwelling 22x30, L 16x22, two
stories, stable 22x32, with stock yards, sheds, wind mill pump, stock scales and all the nec-
essary conveniences for handling stock successfully. He makes a specialty of buying and
feeding stock for the market, although to some extent engaged instock raising. He has 125
head of cattle, 100 hogs, eight horsesand mules. Mr. M. was born in the State of New
York in 1830. In 1850 he emigrated to Illinois and engaged in stock, being Net suc-
cessful. In 1881 be came to Kansas and located on his present place, which is destined to
be one of the finest stock farms in Kansas. He was married November 2. 1853, to Miss
Mary Libbey, analive of Maine. They have twochildren, Lewis M.and Mary C. Heis a
Mason, and while in INinois was occupying the position of Township Trustee, Director and
Treasurer of the School Board for a period of twenty-eight years,

WILLIAM N. D, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Nickerson; owns 160 acres, 120 under
cultivation, good orchard, grove of cultivated timber consisting of cottonwood, locust, ma-
ple, walnut, etc. Dwelling is 12x16, with L 10x12 and addition 8x24; barn 12x32 twelve
feet high; stable 10x16, smoke house, hen house, etc. Was born in Ohio in 1838, aud
moved to Illinoisin 1848, and to Michigan in 1852. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A,
Third Regiment Michigan volunteer Torantry, and with his command served in the Army
of the Potomac, and participated in the first battle of Bull Run,sbut losing his health was
discharged on a surgeon’s Certificate of disability in September of the same year. In Feb-
ruary, 1865, he re-enJisted in Company F, Sixth Michigan Cavalry, and was on duty at Har-
per’s Ferry and Upper Potomac patroling. After the fighting was over was sent with his
command on the plainsin the Indian service, and was mustered out in February, 1866 at
Fort Bridger. In.1871 hecame to Kansas, first locating in Howard County and came here
in 1873. For the first two years after coming here he was engaged in hunting buffalo and
shipping the hides and meat, and hasin connection with improving his farm, been en-
gaged in contracting and building, He was married March 17, 1863, to Miss Ellen Badger,
a native of Michigan, They have threechildren, Albert, William and Herbert. He isa
member of the Baptist Church.

J.S. VANDOLAH, farmer, Section 14, Township 23, Range 7, P. O. Hutchinson; owns
160 acres, 80 acres under cultivation, three acres in orchard and forest trees, dwelling 22x
26, stable 12x20, corn crib, cattle yards and sheds, two milch cows, two yearlings. ten
two mules and one horse.’ He was born in Ohio, March 11, 1820, moved to Iowa in 1854,
and to Illinois in 1871, and came to Kansas in 1873, locating here. He- enlisted in 1862 in
Company [, Thirty-third Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry and served with this com-
mand on the Mississippi, was in the Yazoo expedition, and at the defense of Helena, Ark.,
and on account of hardships and exposure, his health failed and he has been an invalid
since, but was kept on garrison duty until mustered out May 8, 1865, for disability. He
was married April 10, 1845, in Ohio, and his wife died in February, 18/9, leaving six chil-
dren—Rosetta, Beulab, ‘William F., Nancy, Jobu and Josephine. She was a native of Ohio.
He was married again in December, 1859, to Miss Kk. W. Haines, a native of New Jersey.
They have one child, Charlie. Heis a member of the Christian Church, and also a Mason.
He has served on the School Roard, and has been Justice of the Peace,

WILLIAM WELLS, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 130 in cul-
tivation, three in orchard, one in cultivated timber, all enclosed with hedge; frame dwelling,
stable, stock yards and wind-mill pump; has twenty head of cattle and six horses. Came to
Kansas in the spring of 1874 and located here. Was born inthe State of New York, June
20, 1840, and in 1874 moved to Pennsylvania and came to Kansas same year. Enlisted in
1861 in Company F, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, and served with his coin-
mand in the army of the Potomac, and participated inthe advance on Richmond, and in the
seven-days’ batties in front of Richmond, ending with Malvern Hill and Second Bull Run,
South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg where he was severely wounded by a gun
shot which permanently disabled him, so he was discharged on surgeon’s certificate of dis-
ability in July, j4. Was married January 12, 1870, to Miss Locada Lockwood, a
native of Pennsylvania. They have five children—Edmund, John, Mary, William and Gracie.
Has been Township Treasurer for five years and School Treasurer for four years.

J. C. WISSERT, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Nickerson, owns 160 acres, all enclosed with
hedge; three acres in fine bearing orchard; five in grove and 125 ina fine state of cultiva-
tion. Dwelling 16x22, L 16x16; barn 16x28; thirty-seven head of cattle; fourteen hogs
and five horses. Was born in Ohio, November 18, 1845. Enlisted in 1864, in Company A,
One Hundred ard Ninety-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with his
command in the Shenandoah Valley and was near Lynchburg when Lee surrendered and
was only engaged in skirmishes with bushwhackers and captured a number of guerrillas
and was mustered out in October, 1865. Came to Kansas, March 26, 1873, from Missouri,
where he had lived four years and located here. When he came here he had but.$75 anda
team and had great hardships for some years, at times having nothing but bread and
water to live on, but by_hard work, energy and management is now in prosperous circum-
stances. Was married February 22, 1867, to Miss Bettie J. Ordway, a native of Ohio. They
have seven children—Carrie E., Amelia C., Alpha A., Charles M., Benjamin F., Betsy Jane
and Emma. Isa member of the Christian Church.

GRANT TOWNSHIP.

ELDER J. W. BEER, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Nickerson, owns 160 acres, sixty acres
in cultivation. Dwelling 12x18, with L 12x14; stable 22x32; granary 6x14; milk house and
dairy 12x12, and is also making a specialty of good stock; has at present twenty-one head.
Was born in Armstrong County, Pa., in 1848, and came West and located in Iowa in 1868,
and 1869 to Illinois, and same year to Louisiana, where he remained until coming to
Kansas, and locating on his present farm in the spring of 1872. For several years after lo-
cating, was engaged in hunting buffalo, which was then more remunerative than farming.
At the same time, however, he was improving his farm. Was married, in 1877, to Miss
Elmira Blucher, a native of Maryland. They have three children—Frederick L., Laura L.
and Sarah C. Is elder of the German Baptist Church, generally known as Dunkard, and
has been preaching since the church organization in 1878, with a membership of_sixteen.
It now numbers sixty-four members, in a territory comprising parts of Reno, Rice and
Kingman counties.

ILLIAM BROWN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 14, P.O. Nickerson owns 160
acres on Section 14, about 40 acres in cultivation, and 22 acres in timber, with a good frame
dwelling, corn cribs, stock yards and sheds, and is engaged in buying and selling cows, and
has handled about 100 the past winter; also owns 320 acres on Section 8, in Grant Town-
ship, on which he has erected a cheese factory, started in 1878; the factory is 32x48, two
stories, lower story stone and the upper frame; there is also on the place a good dwelling,
barn and the necessary out buildings, and cattle yards and twenty-nine milk cows; also
owns eighty acres in Salt Creek Township, Reno County. Was bornin Warren County,
Pa., August 20, 1835, and came to Kansas in 1854, stopping first in Leavenworth, which at
that time contained only alog house and a few tents, and was engaged in the troubles of
the early settlements of Kansas, serving for a time with Jim Lane, participating in a num-
ber of the engagements of that period, being with the party that captured the cannon from
the Kickapoo Rangers and passing himself off as a Southern man from Maysville, Ky., had
free access to the camps of the border State men and conveyed intelligence of their move-
ments to Jim Lane, and was for a time engaged with the Government Surveying Party in
running lines, and was also present when the treaty was made with the Indians, and at-
tended the first land sale at Osaqua. In 1859 he returned to his native place in Pennsylvania
and_was living there when the war broke out. In 1863, enlisted in Company D, Pennsyl-
vania Bucktail Regiment, and served for a time with his command 1n Virginia, and fora
time was detailed as Assistant in the Secret Service of the Provost Department, and mus-
tered out in 1865. In January, 1871, he returned to Kansas and located on a farm joining
the present town of Newton, Harvey County, and helped lay out the town of Newton, bein:
one of the first settlers; was Postmaster of Newton for five years. and was identified wit!
the early history of that place, After resigning his position of Postmaster was for atime
mall agent onthe A., Ss. F. R., and in 1878 located on Section 8, Reno County, and
erected his cheese factory, and also took and commenced improving this place near the
same time. Was married in 1861, to Miss Mary Jane McIntyre, a native of Pennsylvania.
Is a member of theG. A. R. Mr. B. has made a success in Kansas and thinks the handling
of stock as well as the dairy business and cheese manufacturing can be carried on more
successfully here than in the old settled States. When he first came to Reno County the
main herd of buffalo was inthis vicinity, and one day he killed nine buftalo with nine
shots, and_ has known hunters to kill 160 buffalo ina day. He made $800 in one month
killing buffalo for their hides. |

REV, A. CLARK, farmer and sheep raiser, P. O. Nickerson, owns 160 acres under culti-
vation, 4 acres of bearing orchard and 5 acres cultivated timber, has a dwelling 16x24, L
14x18, one and a half stories high, barn and stable, combined 28x32 feet, with hen houses,
implement house, and all_necessary outbuildings, sheds ani yards for sheep and has at
present over 600 sheep. Makes sheep raising a specialty. He also owns eigthy acres in Salt
Greek Township. He was born in Parke County, Ind., in 1831. and in 1836 his Barents
moved to Lllinois. In 1857, he moved to Kansas, and located in Tecumseh, Shawnee County,
and inthe spring of 1858, joined the Kansas and Nebraska Conference, and located in
Nemaha County, and preached there until the spring of 1860, when he went to Colorado,
locating at Gregory Diggings, and engaged in preaching there. In the fall he returned to
Kansas; while on his way back be met the pony express on a full run, who called out as he
passed, “Lincoln is elected, Lincoln is elected.” In the spring of 1861, he located in what is

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now Jewell County, but the Indians were so bad that. he had to abandon his claim, which is
the present site of Jewell City. He returned to Illinois, and in August, 1862, he enlisted in
Company F, Eighty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and with his command
participated in the campaign from Louisville, Ky., to Atlanta. In the march to the sea,
and through the Carolinas, and after the surrender of Joe Johnston marched to Washing-
ton, D. C., and was in the grand review. He was mustered out in Chicago, June 22, 1865.
After the war he located in Knox County, lll, until 1868, when he went to Jasper County,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Mo., and went from there to Kansas in 1875, and located here. He married, in 1853, Miss
Elizabeth C. Harshbarger, a native of Ohio. They have a very interesting family of thir-
teen children—Wilbur H., Joel M. C., Luella L., E. Judson, William Sherman, Jennie G.,
Raymond H., May, Arthur W., Charles M., Amous, Lowell M. and Neal.. He is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of theG.A.R of which he is chaplain, and has
occupied the position of Clerk of the School Board.

 

 

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lt : sod, an advantageous feature to new beginners. The
‘ principal streams are the Arkansas River, a wide
and shallow but swift stream, entering the county
at the northwest corner and leaving it near the
southeast corner; the Little Arkansas, entering the
county at the center of the north line, running
Se) almost due south and emptying into the larger
stream at Wichita; and the Ninnescah, running
through the southwest corner of the county. In
addition to these are Cowskin, Clearwater, Wild-
cat, Chisholm, Gypsum and other smaller streams.
A large portion of the bed of the Arkansas at
times is apparently dry, but the water soaks into the
: sandy soil and runs under the ground. Probably the
An width of the valley and this sub-irrigation is a great
benefit, especially in extremely dry seasons.

Wheat, corn and oats are the principal produc-
tions of the soil.

EARLY HISTORY,

The people of Sedgwick County would be des-
titute of the romantic sentiments that possess the
average citizen of historical Kansas if they did not
believe that the legendary Coronado had once beheld
the glories of their beautiful land. It is, of course,
claimed that Wichita was a point on the route of
oa the celebrated march of that adventurer. The
French explorer, M. Du Tissenet, who is known to
have touched the soil of Kansas in 1719 while on
an exploring expedition beyond the Mississippi,
P under the direction of Bienville, Governor of Lou-
isiana, also, of course, beheld the stars from his
camp on the banks of the Arkansas, within the
present boundaries of Sedgwick County. It is
FA claimed, too, that Kit Carson, the noted Indian
hunter, camped in 1827 near the junction of the two
tivers for several weeks. The first dona_fide white
settler in Sedgwick County was C. C. Arnold, who
came here, in 1857, with a party of hunters, and
who has remained in the county, with the exception
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Afton Township... 407||Ninnescah Townshi 380 Dunlap, Robert Durackin and Jacob Cary. Maxley
Attica Townsh 552 330 and 'Moseley located a ‘‘ranch” or Indian trading
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Grand River Township... a9 Shermans Daenenip, 354 and cultivated a little land on what now constitutes
Gresley Township. : 461|| Viola Township. 383 = William T. Jewett’s farm on the Arkansas River, on
Gypsum Townshiv 576 710 the old townsite of Park City. Their especial busi-
Keehl SEAMIEnIE, 6t7 gut ness was that of capturing buffalo cows and calves
Lincoln Townsbip, 520 — for eastern parks and traveling menageries. Max-
Morton Townships. 77 VVTV0VTTTMINEY II 276 18.758 ley was drowned in the Kansas River in 1864.

 

 

 

GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

EDGWICK County embraces the territory between the north line of
S Township 25 and the south line of Township 26 south, and the east line
of Range 2 east and the west line of Range 4 west of the sixth principal meri-
dian, except in Townships 25 and 26, along which the west line of Range 3 west
is the western boundary. The center of the county is about 150 miles from the
eastern, 250 from the western, 180 from the northerh and 48 from the
southern line of the State; 129 miles on an air line, from Topeka, 185 from
Atchison and Leavenworth, 190 from Kansas City, and 145 from Fort Scott.
The land is about equally divided between bottom and upland, the general
surface being only slightly undulating. The average width of the bottoms is
about five miles. There is but little timber; probably not more than one per
cent; but the timber law, the thrift of the people, and the ease with which tim-
ber is cultivated, will in a few years materially change this status.
The soil is a black (some places red or mulatto) loam, intermingled some

* e due to Edward’s Historical Atlas, of Sedgwick County, Hon. D. B.
iymeree ond R. Mead, Captain D. L. Payne, F. A. Sowers, Ksq., and the files of the
Vidette Eagle and Beacon, of Wichita, for the data used in the preparation of this history

of Sedgwick County.

Moseley had previously taken a claim in Wilson
County, and, having entered it, moved into Hum-
boldt, Allen County, and engaged in the butchering business. In the fall of
1863 or spring of 1864, he returned to his first love and again became a
trader and Nimrod; his last scene of active life being laid at Medicine Lodge
and the surrounding country, and but a short time after leaving Humboldt, he
was murdered by Osage Indians. Next in order, disputing with C. C. Arnold
the first settlership, was John Ross, a farmer, who, in 1860, came into Sedg-
wick County and settled upon what is now the Jewett farm, eight miles north-
east of Wichita. Mr. Ross removed from Wilson County with his wife and
children, built a house and began the work of a farmer. He was murdered in
June of the same year; supposed to have been done by a band of Osage Indians
that came into the valley on a hunting expedition from the Neosho River.

In the fall of 1863, J. R. Mead, who lived at Towanda, Butler County,
established a trading fost on what is now the site of Wichita, where he traded
with the Indians for several years. In the spring of 1869, he removed his
family from Towanda to his claim in Sedgwick County, and has ever since
been a resident of this county. This section of the Arkansas Valley, during
the early days of Mr, Mead’s residence, was the hunter’s paradise. During a
period of three weeks, assisted by two employes, he killed 330 buffalo, saved
300 hides and 3,500 pounds of tallow, realizing from their labor the sum of

 
SEDGWICK COUNTY.

$400, and killing, in addition, considerable other game, including a large
number of antelope and one elk, which they killed only five miles up the Little
River, from its mouth. One afternoon, in two hours, he killed thirty-five
buffalo, and saved the tallow of eleven, himself. Early in the spring of 1864,
the Wichita Indians and affiliating tribes, who had been driven from the Indian
Territory in the winter of 1861-62, and who had made temporary homes in Wood-
son County, removed from there and established a camp at the mouth of the
Little Arkansas. The name of their camp was Wichita, from which the pres-
ent city of Wichita derived its name. These Indians engaged in peaceful
avocations, cultivating and harvesting large fields of corn and vegetables,
They remained until the fall of 1867, when they returned south. With the
Wichitas came Jesse Chisholm, a half-breed Cherokee, and an adopted member
of the Wichitas. He built his house on the stream which derived its name
from him, east of the present city of Wichita, and moved into it with his fam-
ily. Healso established a “ranch” between the two rivers, three miles above
their junction, near the present residence of J.C. Davis. In the spring of
1865, Mr. Chisholm located atrail from his ‘‘ ranch” to the present site of the
Wichita Agency, on the Wichita River, Indian Territory, distance 220 miles.
This trail subsequently became, and is still known as the “Chisholm Trail,”
It was established for the purpose of enabling the traders in the Arkansas
Valley to obtain wagon communication with the Indians in the Indian Terri-
tory, and the trail was used by these traders for years in the transportation of
merchandise to tribes in the Territory. Afterward the trail was used by Texas
cattle drivers, and is now used by the Government in the transportation of
supplies to Fort Sill, forty miles south of the Wichita Agency. The principal
points on this trail are Wichita, Clearwater, Caldwell, Pond Creek, Skeleton
Ranch, Buffalo Springs, mouth of Turkey Creek, Cheyenne Agency, Wichita
Agency and Fort Sill. Chisholm died on the north fork of the- Canadian
River, in the Indian Territory, March 4, 1868, of cholera morbus, caused
RY eating bear’s grease that had been poisoned by being melted in a brass
ettle.

In the year 1866, a treaty was made with the Arrapahoes and Cheyennes
four miles up the Little Arkansas, near the present residence of Hon. E. P.
Thompson. All the leading tribes were represented by their chiefs. The
United States Commissioners were Generals Harney,and Sanborn, and Kit Car-
son, They were accompanied by Col. Bent, of Bent’s Fort notoriety, and by
several others from Washington, acting as clerks, guards, etc. The territory
lying east of the Arkansas River was surveyed, during the year 1867, by Cory-
elle and Bowles, formerly clerks in one of the departments at Washington ;
that, west of the river by Col. S. S. Smoot, the following year.

Hon. William Greiffenstein came to Sedgwick County in the spring of
1865, and located on Cowskin Creek near the subsequent site of Gainesburg,
engaged in trading with the Indians. He was very popular with the various
tribes of Indians and well suited for his business. Charles Whittaker took a
claim on the Little Arkansas, about eight miles above its mouth, in the spring
of 1866. Durfee and Leedrick came in 1867 and started a ranch on the banks
of the Little Arkansas, near the site of W. C. Woodman’s present residence.
Lewellen and Davis traded with the Indians here in 1866.67. Eli Waterman
came in the year 1867, and in February, 1868, took a claim and subsequently
entered it, of which, what is now Douglas avenue, in Wichita was the south
line, and Lawrence avenue the east line. Among the arrivals of 1867 was Jack
Lawton, who was in the employ of J. R. Mead, and who was murdered the
same year by a desperado named Wells. Of the actual settlers of 1868, in the
order of their settlement, is H. W. Vigus, who settled February 13, 1868,
then J. R. Mead, who came over from Towanda, Butler County, in the spring
of 1868, and settled upon the claim now known as Mead’s addition to the city
of Wichita. The first settler of that claim, however, was a border terror
named Bill Whitman, who was killed in a drunken brawl by a man named
Charley Corderie, who kept a groggery near the Little Arkansas at the north
end of town. The same year came M. A.Sales and family, D.S. Munger,
Milo B. Kellogg, John Allison, Charles Hunter, F. H. Dunlap (who settled in
Park Township, in February, 1868), Harvey Dunlap, Robert and William
Houston, David Edmunds, John D. Golyer, James French, David Wousick,
Joseph Bert, John Gifford, George and Henry Clark, John and Mike Meagher,
Walter Walker, wife and sister, Mrs. Hall and family, and Louis Fisher. A
detachment of the Fifth United States Infantry was then stationed here, having
its headquarters along the Little Arkansas, near the old fair grounds, and
under command of Col. Samuel L. Barr. Among the soldiers who were dis-
charged on expiration of service and became settlers here, were John Ward and
James Mohen, sergeants; Charles Bush, private; Charles Corderie and John
Hurt, scouts. During the year 1869 and the spring of 1870 came Daniel and
Samuel Hoover, (Charles Allison, John M. Steele, M. Lochard, the Teeters,
William Polk, G, W. Smith, Charles Hill, John Peyton, William Matthewson,
A. F. Greenway, H. E. Van Trees, Mrs. Everett, Mr. Hopkins, E. P. Thomp-
son, the Sullivans, Reuben Riggs, Mrs. D. S. Munger and Henry C. Sluss. _

The first child known to have been born in the county was Sedgwick
Hoover, whose parents still reside in Wichita Township. He was born Decem-
ber 23, 1869. The first marriage occurred in the winter of 1869-70, the name
of the man being Perry Eaton, The name of the woman is not known.

Sedgwick County was named in honor of Major-General John Sedgwick,
who was killed May 9, 1864, at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va. The act es-
tablishing the county was approved February 26, 1867, and the boundaries
were described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of Butler
County, thence south to the southwest corner of same county, thence west to
the west line of Range 4 west, thence north to the south line of Township
22, thence east to the place of beginning. By an act of the Legislature ap-
proved February 26, 1867, the counties of Sedgwick, Howard, Sumner, Hayes,
Reno and Cowley were attached to Butler County for judicial purposes. D.
S. Munger was appointed the first Justice of the Peace, In November, 1868,
the first election was held, and thirty-five votes were cast. The election was

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held for school purposes, with the following results: M. A. Sayles,
Trustee; H. W. Vigus, Clerk; S. B. Floyd, Treasurer. The mother of
Mr. Sayles was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction. The pro-
ceedings were informal, and nothing resulted therefrom. In October, 1869,
an organization of the county was attempied, conventions having been
called, tickets placed in nomination and an election held. A part of
the history of that election is lost, as far as the official records are
concerned. Col. D.M. V. Stuart, of Park City, was elected to the Legis-
lature; Minnard Hall, Sheriff; H. W. Vigus and T. H. Dunlap two of the
Commissioners, This election was declared void by the Governor, owing to
informalities and irregularities. A census was then taken, and the result for-
warded to Topeka, and, it being ascertained the county had the requisite num-
ber of inhabitants, the Governor, in the winter of 1869-70, appointed S. C.
Johnson, William Lockard and Henry Stein, Commissioners, with power to
complete the organization. The Commissioners appointed John Ward, County
Clerk, and divided the county into three districts. They also called an election
in April, for county officers and the"*permanent location of the county seat,
Wichita having been temporarily selected. This election, and the canvass
preceding it, was one of the most exciting ever held in the county, involving, as it
did, a county seat contest, as well as an election for cfficers. Wichita won the
race for county seat_overits competitor, Park City, though it was impossible to
decide which place received the greatest number of fraudulent votes. From the
fact that the friends of Park City gracefully submitted, it is evident that they
were not disposed to “first cast a stone.” The following officers were elected at
that April election: N. A. English, T. S. Floyd and Alex. McWilliams,
County Commissioners; J. M. Steele, County Clerk ; ee Fulton, County At-
torney; L. F. Buttles, Register of Deeds; D. A. Bright, Clerk District Court;
Reuben Riggs, Probate Judge; W. N. Walker, Sheriff; S. C. Johnson, Treas-
urer; John Price Hilton, Superintendent of Schools; William Finn, Surveyor;
E. B. Allen, Coroner. The total vote was 260. J. M. Steele and H. E. Van-
trees were chosen Justices of the Peace; Wm. Smith, Trustee, and I. S. Elder,
Constable of Wichita Township,

In June, 1870, the first term of the district court was held in the upper
story of a livery stable, in Wichita, Hon. W. R. Brown presiding. W. N.
Walker officiated as Sheriff; T. J. Fulton, County Attorney, and E. S. Roe,
Deputy Clerk. The resident attorneys were H. C. Sluss, Reuben Riggs and
P. T. Weeks. The first meeting of the County Commissioners was held the
27th of April, 1871. The first official act was the granting of a dram shop
license. The first county order issued was in favor of T.S. Floyd. In Oc-
tober, 1870, occurred the first regular fall election for county officers and a rep-
resentative in the Legislature, the result of which, and all subsequent elections,
will be found in a table published elsewhere in this sketch.

During the year 1870 immigration poured into the county rapidly. The’
Osage Trust Lands embraced the territory of the county as far north as the
north line of the second of the southern tiers of sections, in Township
26, a little over four miles north of the zorthern limits of the present site of
Wichita, and, for contiguity to the cmbryo city, the principal settlements were
made on these lands.

By an act of the legislature, approved February 29, 1872, the county of
Harvey was established. The ten southern townships of this county, being
two-thirds of the area of the whole county, were taken from the northern por-
tion of Sedgwick. At the same time, five townships were detached from the
western portion of Sedgwick County and added to Reno. The territory de-
tached at this time from Sedgwick County was five hundred and forty square
miles, the same number included in the present limits of Harvey County. The
friends of Wichita, Newton and Hutchinson were responsible for this depletion
of the territory of Sedgwick, and the formation of the new county of Harvey.
These changes insured, as was designed, permanent county seats to all these

oints. .

: October 13, 1870, a proposition was voted upon by the people of the
county, and carried by a majority of 317, to issue bonds of the county, to the
amount of $200,000 and subscribe the same to the capital stock of one of the
four following railroads, which should be the first completed to Wichita, viz:
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Kansas City, Burlington & Santa Fe, Fort
Scott, Humboldt & Western, or the St. Joseph & Wichita. In June, 1871, the
Wichita & Southwestern Railroad Company was organized, with J. R. Mead,
president ; William Greiffinstein, treasurer; H. C. Sluss, secretary; Solomon
H. Kohn, J. M. Steele, S. C. Johnson, G. H. Smith, George Schlieter, C. F.
Gilbert, T. J. Peter, R. W. P. Muse, and F, J. Fulton, the balance of the di-
rectors. On the 11th of August, 1871, the county voted $200,000 in bonds to
aid in the construction of the road, which was completed to the city, May 16,
1872. On the 8th of June, following, the first shipment of cattle (eighteen car
loads) was made. It is estimated that during the year 1871, 800,000 head of
Texas cattle were driven through Sedgwick County.

March, 15, 1873, the Sedgwick County Agricultural Society was organ-
ized, with officers as follows: A. T.Somesbury, president; D. L. Green, vice-
president; R. L, West; secretary; W. R, Smith, treasurer and George Salis-
bury, reporter. September 4, 1873, [the Sedgwick and Harvey County bond
case was decided, the townships formerly in Sedgwick County being required to
assume payment of $76,000 and the interest thereon. September 30, 1873, was
the comméncement of the first annual exhibition of the Sedgwick County Ag-
ricultural Society, closing October 4.

November 12, 1874, the county jail was completed. This was a disastrous
year for the county and State. An unusual drouth prevailed, and such vege-
tation as was left, was swept away by innumerable swarms of grasshoppers or
locusts. In 1875, there were abundant rain showers and bountiful harvests.
In 1876, grasshoppers again visited the county, damaging crops. In 1877, the
crops were generally good. February 22, 1878, occurred the first reunion of
the Old Settlers’ Association, at Eagle Hall, Wichita.

In 1880, the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad was completed to Wichita,
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and the Arkansas Valley Agricultural Society was organized, with C. S, Eich-
holtz, president, and W. H. Ranson, secretary. In May of this year $155,980
of the bonded indebtedness of the county was wiped out.

The following is a list of the postoffices in the county: Afton, Blendon,
Clarion, Clearwater, Coronado, Diana, Eldridge, El Paso, Fayette, Ferris,
Good River, Germania, Greenwich, Haysville, Herald, Helen, Iowaville, La-
mont, Marshall, Mount Hope, Mulvane (the town is mainly in Sumner
County), Magnolia, Ohio Center, Peotone, Ruby, Sunny Dale, St. Mark, Valley
Center, Venice, Waco and Wichita.

TOWNSHIP SKETCHES,

A fton.—Afton township was organized in October, 1874, by William Ly-
man, at present postmaster at Afton. The first settler was Albert Southard,
who built a house and opened a farm in 1872. The township is watered by
Afton Creek and Clear Creek, with several branches of each. It is rolling
prairie, producing good crops in favorable seasons, both corn and wheat. Its
present population is 262. Its total tax assessment $95,174.

Altica,—The first settlers located in 1869 and the spring of 1870, among
them David Boggs, C. Hester, Henry Shorts, John Gorman, Henry Schwitzer
(now of Wichita), Aaron Siever, Jas. Wenderman, W. D. Strong, A. M. Auld,
Aaron Green, E. Aldrich, A. H.McConahie, Samuel Speer, A. G. Valentine,
and Messrs. McGee, Briggs, McDonald, Dongan, Preston, Russell and Owen,
with their families. Closely following them came Miles, Majors, Reese, Kno-
flock, Leslie, Holmes, Stewart, Shaffers, Dyt, McCielland, Curtis, Wykoff, An-
derson, Chirington, Rochelle, Roder, Osborne, Ogden, “Davidson, McCalya,
Cooper, Dennis, Heighrie, Rogers, Coleman, Flood, Rosenstiel and Kelly—
present Hon. John—and the families of all the above. The township was
organized in 1873. It is watered by Dry Creek (not always dry), and branches
of the classic Cowskin. The surface is undulating, the soil a rich black loam,
producing good crops in seasonable years, There are three church organiza-
tions, two Sabbath schools, and a free library, located at Blendon postoffice.
Present population, 514; present valuation, $190,920.

Delano—A. E. and E. Dodge were the first dona fide settlers of this town-
ship, having come prior to the year 1870, though Isaac Walker took the claim
at the West Wichita end of the bridge some time in 1869, so the honor could
easily be disputed; however settlers came .rapidly early in 1870, among them,
John McCormick, Richard Farmer, R. E. Lawrence, G. E. Kirkpatrick and S.
W. Richmond, all of whom still reside upon their original claims, saving Mr.
Farmer, who we trust has found quite as pleasant a climate whither he has
gone, over the river, but not the Big Arkansas, The township was organized in

1871, by P. McDonald. The soil is rich, most of it bottom land. It is well
watered by the Arkansas and Cowskin. The bottoms are sub-irrigated, and
often produce thirty bushels of wheat to the acre, and as high as eighty bushels

of corn. It boasts of two church organizations, a Presbyterian and Methodist,
also the legendary West Wichita. Population, 631; valuation of property,
$219,751. :

Lrie.—Erie Township was first called Fayette, but changed in 1878. It is
watered by Mud Creek, Jocelyn Creek and Sand Creek, besides having many
prairie ponds distributed in various localities, furnishing abundance of water for
stock purposes, which is largely the pursuit of its people, though excellent crops
are raised, and fruit does well. The soil is a dark loam, capable of fine crops,
which could be produced to profit by deep plowing. Its first actual settler was
Samuel Elkins, but among its active early pioneers were Wm. Embree, Milton
W. Tyler, M. A. Swift, M. Davison (blacksmith and preacher), G. Vesey, A. T.
Buckeridge, O. H. S. Bartlett and Henry Newton; the last named organized the
township. It has several good schoolhouses, wherein church is held by circuit
preachers, each Sabbath. Helen postoffice, located on the southwest quarter
of Section g, is surrounded by finely improved farms. Population, 166; valu-
ation of property, $74,505.

Eagle—Eagle Township was organized January 9, 1872. It was named
in honor of the Wichita Zag/e, it is located north of Park and a little west of
north from the confluence of the two rivers; is watered by the Big Arkansas,
and is one of the best townships in the county. Its grain producing as well as
stock raising industries, are fast coming to the front rank of townships; besides
it boasts of several of the finest orchards in the county. Embracing parts of
three ranges, I, 2 and 3 west, it gets with it alike capabilities for farming and
stock raising. Population 551; valuation of property, $205,732.

_ Grant,—Grant Township is settled mostly by old soldiers, and named in
honor of the General. Alexander Jester was the first settler, and located with
his family upon the banks of what was called Jester Creek (since changed to
Badger), as early as January, 1868. In the fall of 1870, he left his family and
went to Indiana on his annual predatory excursion; returning he met a sixteen
year-old boy enroute West, who was in possession of a good team, some money,
a trunk anda silver watch. Jester, acting in a totally different capacity from
what his name would imply, worked into the confidence of the boy. Gaining
it the more readily owing to his old age, and then assuming the vole of guide
and protector to the poor boy, he allured him to this valley one night, and brutally
murdered him with an axe while asleep at their camp fire in Missouri. He
burned the body but preserved the effects, coming through Wichita a month
afterwards with the boy’s team, trunk, etc., and going to his place. Word
reached here a few days after ; he was arrested and sent back to Missouri, where
he broke jail, and was afterwards killed among a band of outlaws, while at-
tempting to rob a wagon train. His wife and family, a boy and two girls, scat-
tered, and have all since died. There were pioneers in Grant Township, how-
ever, as early as the spring of 1870; among them were Scott Thomas, D. R.
Allen, Ruleson, the blacksmith, S. J. Perrin, O. G. Jacobs, Chris, Pringle,
the Ayers. All are still living in Grant except Allen, who resides in Wichita.
Ruleson was probably the first to settle after Jester, in Grant Township. Val-
ley Center, now grown to be quite an important village, doing a fine grain and

stock trade, with depot, elevator and several good stores, several good church.

organizations, a fine school edifice, etc., is located in Grant Township. The

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

township is watered by the Little Arkansas, Badger Creek, ana the head waters
of Chisholm Creek. The soil is very productive, lies mostly in the beautiful
valley of the Little Arkansas, or with a valley slope approaching the uplands,
which produces nearly equal to the bottom farms, while greatly superior in the
matter of fruit culture ; one of the finest orchards in the State, that of Mr. Mc-
Cracken, is upon the uplands of Grant Township, Sedgwick County. Grant
Township has eight schoolhouses, and boasts of a handsome park, dark with
shade trees, and seats, platforms, etc., arranged for speaking, dancing or cele-
brating. Population, 891 ; valuation of property, $340,066. ;

Gypsum.—Gypsum Township boasts of some of the best producing and
finest improved farms in the county. It was first settled by Joseph Gifford,
who came here in 1868, and was organized March 2, 1871. Of its early
pioneers still engaged in cultivating its soil, are John Dolon, William Sweeney,
J. K. Crabb, M. Clapham, the Staffords and-L. Bronson. Several fine
orchards returning rich yields of fruit, are already there as vouchers for that
crop, while corn has averaged from fifty to sixty bushels to the acre in favor-
able seasons, The township is abundantly watered by tributaries of the Ar-
kansas River, Spring Creek, Spring Branch, Dry Creek, Polecat and Eight-
mile Creek. It has seven schoolhouses, two or three church organizations and
a well reputed literary society. Vegetables of all kinds can be raised with
profit, Population, 597; valuation of property, $285,210. :

Greeley —Greeley Township was first settled by J. Lumbertin 1871. Among
its best known citizens still claiming it as their home, are A. M. Durand, G.
Herendon, D. M. Anderson,. William Daily, W. J. Collier, W. C. Brown and
H. E. Heisserman. All the above named gentlemen were pioneers, following
closely upon Mr. Lumbert in their settlement. The township was named after
the lamented editor of the New York 77zbune. It is watered by the Arkansas
River, which runs the length of its northern boundary, giving it some of the
finest valley land in the county. The soil is a rich black loam, producing alike,
splendid corn and wheat, and is valuable for its fine orchards, great and excel-
lent varieties of its fruit,while it cannot be surpassed for stock raising. The post-
office, Mount Hope,is in the northwest corner of the township. It has an agricul-
tural store, two stocks of general merchandise, and a blacksmith shop, all doing
a fair business. There are four good schoolhouses and three church organizations,
the Christians, Methodists and Congregationalists, having an average attend-
ance of fifty each. The township was organized in 1872. Population, 455;
valuation of property, $157,060.

Garden Plain,—Garden Plain Township, lying directly west of Wichita
about twelve miles, is the center of a very fine agricultural region. Its earliest
settlers were U. B. Bryan, John Fletcher, and O. S. Northrop, The township is
watered by several tributaries of the Ninnescah River, among them Clear
Creek and Polecat. The township has a fine church organization, the Mount
Olive Baptist, besides circuit preaching in several schoolhouses. Lamont is the
postoffice. School districts Nos. 8, 37 and 77, each have fine comfortable build-
ings and are arranged with reference to settlements, so as to afford the greatest
convenience to scholars as to distance. N.M. Southwick organized it, and
has one of the finest improved farms west of Wichita, with fine orchards, grove
and convenient outbuildings, barn, granary, etc., aside from a good residence
building. Garden Plain is as well adapted to stock raising and fruit raising.
Crops of all kinds are grown with profit in season. The township was organ-
ized in July, 1874. Population, 399; valuation of property, $111,300.

Grand River.—Grand River is located in Range 4, on the western line of
the county. Itis abundantly watered by the Ninnescah River with its several
branches, besides numerous tributaries. It is a paradise for stock raising, while
its bottom lands produce as good'crops as the Arkansas River bottom lands.
Sheep, naturally, do well in this township. David Moore was the first white
settler. He located with his family at what was known as “Lone Tree Ranch,”
an ofttime halting place for freighters, hunters and frontiersmen. The town-
ship was organized by A. A, Barlow, whose farm lies joining Marshall, quite a
flourishing little village. Marshall boasts of several good stores, carrying stocks
of general merchandise, besides a good water flour mill, blacksmith and wagon
shop, broom factory, livery stable and hotel. Among the oldest and best known
of its settlers, are J. E, Williams, Dr. Shannon, Ira Lamphere, R. Saunders, S.
S. Casad, and the Richey brothers. The Methodist, Baptist and Disciple
churches have each a fine organization. There are four school districts, each
with a substantial building, arranged so as to be easily accessible to the great-
est number, The township was organized in 1876. Population, 396 ; valuation
of property, $98.348.

LMinois.—Illinois Township was first settled by William Spencer, who lo-
cated in 1871. In 1872, the Ralphs, William Dexter, James Dugan, E. E.
Basher and J. R. Booth came; and in the spring of 1870, J. D. Nessly (who or-
ganized the township the same year), J. M. Lane, William Walton, James
Sackett and Barnett. The majority of the first settlers came from Illinois, and
gave the name to the township. The soil and products do not differ from the
best uplands of the county. Wheat and corn do well, fruit also. The township
is watered by Dry Creek, and numerous springs are a spontaneous offering to
enhance the value as a stock raising region. The township was organized in
1873. Population, 359; valuation of property, $124,996.

Kechi.—Kechi was first settled by John Allison, as early as the fall of
1868. L. Dunlap settled with his family in the winter of the same year. In
July, 1869, the three Sullivan boys, Charles E., William R.and George G., made
their settlement, coming from Arizona by wagon. Charles organized the town-
ship in 1871. In May, 1870, the balance of the Sullivan family came, consist-
ing of father, mother, three other brothers, two son-in-laws and a sister. Allare
still living in Kechi, except the elder Sullivan, who died in 1872. E. P. Thomp-
son, who represented Sedgwick County in the Kansas House of Representatives
in 1874, removed to this township from Topeka in 1870, with his family, having
selected his farm early in 1869. Population, 614; valuation of property,
$226,230.

: Lincoln.—The first actual settler in this township was Henry Engot, a na-
tive of Switzerland, who settled in what is now Lincoln Township, in 1870.

 
SEDGWICK COUNTY.

Among those who came shortly after but during the same year, 1870, were
Samuel L. Bowers and T. B. McCormick. In 1871, came Oren Smith, W. H.
Yazel, William J. Wallace, W. C. Woods, George Lent, Phillip Osman and W.
H. Ayers, The township was organized in 1871. Itis the extreme north-
eastern corner of the county, and embodies some of the finest land and best
improved farms in the State of Kansas. It is celebrated for its fine and thrifty
orchards. Wheat, corn, vegetables, briefly, any product incident to this soil
and climate, can be profitably raised there. Watered by Wild Cat and Prairie
Branch, besides an abundance of ponds and springs. The postoffices are at
Clarion and Edgecomb. Clarion is in the center and Edgecomb in the north-
east corner of the township. Four good schoolhouses are impartially dis-
tributed to meet the educational wants of its thrifty people. Three church
organizations, having circuit preachers, with each a full membership, also
grace the township. Population, 509 ; valuation of property, $140,605.

Morton.—This township was organized in 1875, by E.C. Gobin. It was
first settled by George W. Walters, in 1870, at present one of the Commission-
ers of Sedgwick County. At an early day he kept a country supply store for
cattle men and traders, but subsequently he engaged in agricultural pursuits,
and isstill following the same. J. B. Brickhouse, formerly a groceryman at
Wichita, became an early settler of Morton, and was kept in the office of Jus-
tice of t he Peace until 1881, when he was succeeded by Mr. Gobin. Mr.
Brickhouse is now Postmaster at Finley. The country is well adapted to
stock raising, and fine stock ranges abound. The township is well watered by
both: branches of the Ninnescah, besides Spring and Mud creeks. Popula-
tion, 478 ; valuation of property, $81,082. .

7 ‘Minneha.—Minneha joins Wichita Township on the east, and is undoukt-
edly one of the very best townships in the county. Its settlement dates as far
back as 1870, when W. D. Highly settled with his family upon Section 30,
where he still is, engaged in farming and stock raising. Con. Ludlum and
William Baldwin were settlers of 1870 also. Among the settlers of 1871 were,
R. T. Leach, J. Zody, P.S. Crum, David Fox, J. S. Shank and John Hass,
The township was organized in October, 1871, one of the first organized in the
county. With the exception of Wichita Township, it probably contains the
best farm improvements of any other township in the county. Fine houses,
barns, orchards and hedges abound throughout Minneha. It is watered by
Gypsum Creek, Four-mile and Spring Creek, with numerous tributaries from
a variety of springs. The soil is very productive, and all crops, field or garden,
seldom fail of bringing the husbandman a full compensation for his labor.
The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad runs through the township, with a
station inside its limits called Manchester. It has four good schoolhouses and
three church organizations. Population, 469; valuation of property, $192,469.

Ninnescah.—Ninnescah ‘is one of the southern tier of townships bordering
upon Sumner County. It is watered by the river from which it derived its
name, and is rich in fine bottom lands and in a large belt of timber. The soil
is equal to the Arkansas River bottom lands, but its valley is not so extensive.
Some of the finest improved and best producing farms in the county are in this
township. Its uplands afford the best of pasture, and are well adapted either
for farming or stock raising. Fruit culture is largely and successfully engaged
in, in this township.

Hon. William Ross, organized the township in October, 1872. The first offi-
cers were Thomas W. McCreadie, Trustee; J. G. Dunscomb, Treasurer; J. M
Tracey, Clerk; William Ross and F. Summers, Justices. The first settler was
Edward Murray, a native of the County Down, Ireland, who located in the win-
ter of 1869. He got out material for a ‘‘ stockade ranch,” on the north bank
ofthe Ninnescah. He then left, and returning in April, 1870, found his claim
occupied by Charley Smith, to whom he gave the material. Smith then com-
pleted what was known afterwards as the “‘ Ninnescah_ Ranch.” Jacob Swind-
dinger, known as “ Dutch Jake,” occupied it some time, and then Bob Lytle, a
noted frontiersman, became Smith’s partner. They sold to McLean & Russell,
and for two years it was the rendezvous for all the desperados along the border.
In 1872, J. G. Dunscomb bought them out and they left for Bluff Creek, Sum-
ner County, where McLean came near being lynched with Bill Brooks, George
Smith and others, whom the ‘‘ vigilance” hung just west of Wellington. Mc-
Lean escaped by interference of several to whom he had done favors in times
gone. Murray located on the south side of the river and is still there. Wil-
liam Ross located with his family, August roth. On the 18th he cleared off
about four rods of the river bottom, stirred it with « pitchfork and sowed
turnip seeds. About the 15th of November, 300 Osage Indians, on an annual
hunt and drunk, camped in the bottom and harvested the first crop. The ar-
rivals up to the last of August, were Messrs. Ingenine and family, Sohn,
Cramer, Summers, West and Bright. In September the arrivals were Messrs.
McCreadil, Brown, Stafford, Lane, Smith and Spicer. John Stewart came in
March, 1871, and his son’s is claimed as the first birth in the township. The
first death was among the horse thieves at Smith & Lytle’s ranch. Rev. J. P.
Harson, assisted by Elder H. W. Lawrence, organized the first church (Presby-
terian) February 3, 1874. The Ninnescah has numerous tributaries that afford
an abundance of water, aside from the river. The postoffices are at Good
River and Clearwater, the last mentioned having a very extensive store of gen-
eral merchandise, besides a blacksmith shop. Four schoolhouses and a Presby-
terian Church edifice, the latter on A. H. Mann’s farm, are other features not
unimportant. A. E. Chambers has'a race park on his farm, and handles fine
stock. Population, 350; valuation of property, $153,515.

‘ Ohio.—Ohio Township was named in honor of the modern father of heroes,
statesmen and presidents. Its first settlers were in majority, from Ohio, and
organized the township, with that name, March 8, 1873. It lies upon the line
of Sumner County, east of Ninnescah Township and is watered by Spring
Creek, several tributaries of the Ninnescah and numerous fine springs. E. H.
Brown was its first settler, having arrived in 1870. The Andersons came in
1871, also William Dyer. Ohio is ranked among the best townships, in the
character, quality and abundance of its products. It has some splendidly im-

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proved farms within its boundaries and is well known for its stock wealth.
Ohio Center is the postoffice, and three good schoolhouses are conveniently
located in the township. Population, 303 ; valuation of property, $117,644.

Park,—The first township settled was Park. It really seems to claim most
of the earlier incidents narrated in an authentic history of Sedgwick County.
It was in Park Township that Clint Arnold and his hunting party located. It
was here the first farm settler, John Ross, built his cabin and where he met his
tragic death. J.H. Dunlap settled there in February, 1868. Besides, Park
city was organized by a town company before Wichita was named, and
it was designed not only for the county seat town, but for the metropolis of the
valley. It was not organized as a townshipuntil May 2d, 1871, and then by
W. W. Turner. Park is watered by both the Big and the Little Arkansas rivers
—an island almost. It is thoroughly irrigated by the undertow of both rivers,
hence never fails of a crop, averaging some years seventy-five to eighty bushels
of corn to the acre. All the other cereals, fraits and vegetables, grow abund-
antly and profitably. Population, 418. Total valuation of property, $124,908.

Payne.—This township was organized in the fall of 1870, and named in honor
of its first settler, David L. Payne, who has obtained national celebrity from his
connection with the movement to establish the Oklahoma colony in the Indian
Territory. Captain Payne was the originator of the scheme and is stil] pres-
ident of the Oklahoma Association. He was born December 30, 1838, in Fair-
mount, Grant Co., Ind.,and was raised ona farm. He received a common
school education. April 15, 1858, he arrived in Burr Oak Township, Doni-
phan Co., Kan., and engaged at once in the native lumbering business, which
he followed until July 16, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in the Fourth
Kansas Regiment of Infantry, which afterwards, in connection with the Third
Kansas, became the Tenth Kansas. Heserved three years with this command in
the capacity ofa private, declining the offer of a Lieutenant’s commission five
times. In the Kansas Legislature of 1865 he represented one of the districts
of Doniphan County, in the Lower House. In the spring of 1865 he joined
General Hancock’s Veteran Army corp?, in which he served until honorably
discharged after one year’s service. In January, 1867, he was elected Ser-
geant-at-Arms of the Kansas State Senate, and served as such through that ses-
sion. In the spring of 1867 he was appointed Postmaster at Fort Leaven-
worth, in which position he served personally from April, 1867, until July fol-
lowing, and by deputy until the following September. July.2, 1867, he joined
the Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry Regiment, which was organized for six months
service on the plains. He served through the campaign in the capacity of
Captain of Company D. During the session of the Levislature of 1868 he
filled this position as Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, to which he had been
elected the previous session. In November, 1868, he joined the Nineteenth
Regiment of Kansas Cavalry, another command organized for six months’ ser-
vice on the plains. In this regiment he was appointed Captain of Company
H, in which position he served during the existence of the command. He was
engaged in the campaign against the Cheyennes, in which was effected the res-
cue of Mrs. Morgan and Miss White, in March, 1869, on the headwaters of the
Red River, in the Panhandle of Texas. These ladies had been captured from
their homes on the Republican River, in Kansas, in the summer of 1868, by
Cheyenne Indians, and had suffered all of the indignitiesand cruelties that the
wild savage is capable of inflicting. During a portion of this campaign Cap-
tain Payne served as dispatch bearer for General Custer. April 5, 1870 he
removed to Sedgwick County and established ‘‘Payne’s Ranch” at the crossing
of the old Santa Fe trail on Dry Creek, in what is now Payne Township. In
the Legislature of 1872 he represented Sedgwick County in the Lower House.
He was the author of the bill which passed at this session to remove the disa-~’
bilities of Confederate soldiersin Kansas. From 1874 to 1879 he was Assist-
ant Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives at Washington. In 1879
he served four months as Government Steamboat Inspector, his time being di-
vided between Florida and Norfolk, Va. He returned to his home in Payne
Township in April, 1880, and immediately organized the Oklahoma Colony,
of which he was elected president, and still remains as such. He has been ar-
rested and driven from the Indian Territory six times by United States troops,
but he still believes that his cause is sustained by law and equity, and will not
surrender his position until the question in dispute has been settled by the
Supreme Court. His position is that the lands in the Indian Territory which
have not been apportioned to Indian tribes are the sole property of the Gov-
ernment, and as such are subject to settlement by citizens of the United States.
Captain Payne is six feet four inches in height and is a fine specimen of man-
ly beauty. He is modest and unassuming, and has none of the appearances of
abravado. He has all of the qualifications for a frontier leader, being cool,
courageous, cautious, honorable and thoroughly practical. “In Sedgwick Coun-
ty, where he is best known, no man has made more warm friends than Captain
David L. Payne. The first Justice of the Peace in Payne Township was Robert
Wilson, who was appointed in July, 1870. The township is well watered. Green-
wich is the postoffice. There are three good church organizations and five
good school buildings inthe township. Population, 519; valuation of proper-
ty, $176,948.

Rockford.—Rockford was organized May 2, 1871, by George N. Litzenberg
and George Huftbauer. The first settler was Henry Stein, in June, 1869, shortly
followed by Mr. Frielinger and William Yanks. During the fall of 1869, and
early in 1880, settlements were made by the following gentlemen: Messrs.
Osborn, Eaton, Alexander, McWilliams, Snyder Bros., Garret, McGuire,
Woodward (the first justice), Ohlson, Gerties, Putnam, the Tuckers, Cramers,
Morrison, Kermedy, Barns, Huftbauer, Hough, Whaley, Burr, the Geoedners,
Minichs, Vance, the Marks, Fortner, Fridays, Armstrong, Goodacre, Dr. Fa-
brique and David Aley. The first postoffice was named Sanford, established
in 1870. A saw-millat that period made cottonwood lumber for $30 per 1,000
feet. Mr. Haubauer built the first frame house, hauling his lumber from
Salina, 118 miles. The first birth in the township was Anna May Garret, who
was bornin 1870, A Methodist Church was organized in 1871, which has been
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in active operation ever since. The flourishing town of Derby, and likewise five
ae are in this township. Population, 700; valuation of property,
222,258,

Sherman,—Sherman Township,named after the General, joins Union on the
west, and is near the extreme northwestern line of the county. It was organ-
ized in 1877. The Germans are largely settled in the eastern part of it. All
the crops are produced abundantly, and stock raising is being successfully pros-
ecuted. It is watered by tributaries of the Cowskin and the “Big Slough,”
which is rich in fine bottom land. Magnolia is the postoffice, and Germania, a
flourishing little village, is on the southeastern line of the township, It has
three schoolhouses, a Presbyterian and Catholic Church organization. Popu-
lation, 386; valuation of property, $139,098.

Salem.—Salem was organized in 1871, by S: Dunkin. W. F. Ransom was
the first settler. He located in November, 1869. C. B, Haskins, who was
mustered out of service at Wichita, in 1869, located the second claim. J. W.
Hubbles, Frank Dunkin and James M. Vigus located the same year. In 1870,
came A. Dodge, W. Phillips, William Davis, Mr. Powers,S. Dunkin, J. A.
Nelson and W. W. Hays. The township is well watered by the Cowskin
Creek and its tributaries, while the Arkansas River is its eastern boundary. The
township has three good flouring-mills, four schoolhouses, two good stores with
Postoffice at Hays’ mill,where also is located the well known camp meeting and
Picnic grove. Corn, wheat, fruit and vegetables are staple products of Salem,
while it probably furnishes more stock for the market than any other township
in the county. Population, 604; valuation of property, $164. 107.

Onion,—Union was first settled by Henry Pate and his four sons, in 1869.
Early in 1870, the Rhodes, Rutledges, Smiths, Hohns and Burr, settled.
Shortly after, the Browns, Packards, Imblees, Minturn and Manamee. The
settlements were so rapid that in 1872 all the land in the township had been
pre-empted. The township was organized in 1872, by E. A. Dorsey. Itisa
magnificent body of land, unlimited is to its crop producing qualities, as is
abundantly testified by the magnificent farms of the Germans, who settled in
the eastern portion of the township. In field crops and fruit, it has no superior
in Southern Kansas. It is watered by the Arkansas River, the “Big Slough’’
and the Cowskin. Eldridge and Ferris are the postoffices. It has fine educa-
tional facilities, and is the largest in area of any township in the county. Pop-
ulation, 1,015; value of property, $318,335.

Viola.—Viola was first settled by C. Wood Davis and his two sons, who
located in May, 1870. Theirs was the first frame residence in all the valley of -
the Ninnescah. Charles D. Davis organized the township in 1876, so Viola is
the centennial township of the county. S. W.aridS. O. Sackett located in
1871, as did Capt. W. S. White (of the Wichita Beacon), his brother Norman,
and their mother. Viola is abundantly watered by the Ninnescah, Clearwater
and Sand Creek. It is splendidly adapted to stock raising, owing to its num-
erous streams, while the bottom lands produce every crop with profit. Nearly
every quarter section has an orchard. Population, 251; valuation of property,
$109,542.

Waco.—Waco was settled as early as 1870. The name of the first settler
cannot be ascertained. Mr. Jesse hada trading ranch on the Cowskin at an
early day. Babcock and Wemple had a trading post on the same stream in
1871. Captain Wemple was one of the first settlers on the Cowskin. Among
the early pioneers who have profited and made beautiful homes and fruitful
farms, out of the rich deposits in the soil of Waco Township are, Nupus
Blood, Simpson, O’Mealy, Owens, Barnett, W. H. and Melville Ranson, Cart-
wright, Balch, Robbins, Morgan, Hucklebridge, Weir, Wycoff, Bigelow, Snyder,
Duncan, Mitchell, Dunn, McKee, Hazen and Wilson. There are seven school-
houses ; three Methodist organizations and one Baptist. It is watered by the
Arkansas, Cowskin and Dry Creek, with numerous tributaries. The eastern
part of the township, averaging four miles in width, is sub-irrigated, never fail-
ing to produce a crop, makingit one of the most desirable, as well as richest soil
regions inthe county. Corn is the main crop, though wheat and other grains
do well; also vegetables, while its fruit producing qualities are unsurpassed.
A great many farmers have, of late years, turned their attention to successful
stock raising. The township was organized on May 2, 1871, by Charles E.
Goodyear, one of the first settlers in this valley. Population, 694; valuation of
property, $265,387.

Wichita—Wichita was organized 1870, by A. T. Lonsberry. Probably
the first settler who built within the limits of Wichita Township, was Jesse
Chisholm, a half breed, who came here witha band of Wichita Indians, in 1864,
and built a cabin and trading post on the creek called after his name. What
is now the township limits was, until 1869, the frequent resort of frontiersmen
and hunters, coming and going as interest diverted them. But in 1869, the
pioneer settlers began to seek this valley. Amongthem were: Doc, Lewellan,
C. C. Allison, George E. Clark, John Ward, J. L. Rowton, James Eaman,
David and Samuel Hoover, John Falkenstein, Isaac Elder, Charles W. Hill
‘John Meagher and father, Charles Hunter, Caleb Teter and William L. Polk,
Following closely, and in the spring of 1870, came A. J. Cook, William Finn,
J.S. Mitchell, A. T. Lonsberry, George Lamphere, J. B. Fenton, N. A. English,
Julius Johnson, Harry Smith, Joshua Smith, William Smith and others. The
first bridge constructed in the county was built by labor subscription, the total
cash outlay being ten dollars. It was built upon the site of the one now span-
ning Chisholm Creek, at the northeast suburb of the city. The first and sec-
ond school districts then included the entire county. Buffalo, deer and ante-
lope were to be had within sight. The entire township is valley, with the ex-
ception of a few sections on the rise east of Chisholm Creek. It is sub-irrigated
and isunqualifiedly the garden spot of Kansas. Itnever fails, with proper care,
to produce a crop, and withstands the severest droughts. A confirmation of
this is, that in 1865, during the prevalence of hot winds that caused a failure of
crops throughout the State, army officers, at Fort Hays, unable to procure even
hay for their animals, sent down men and toolsto cut hay in this valley, and to
procure vegetables from the Indian women, ‘whose ‘“‘squaw patches” are yet
traceable between the rivers and upon Greiffenstein’s land, north of the city.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

The township abounds in elegant farm houses, barns, granaries, and is a wilder-
ness of well-cared-for orchards, bearing an abundance and variety of fruit.
Grapes and peaches are prolific, while vegetables of all kinds succeed well,
Truly here “you have but to tickle the ground with a hoe, and it laughs into a
crop.” The township has ‘four schoolhouses. Each district has a church or-
ganization. It is watered by the two Arkansas rivers and Chisholm Creek,
with a race on the north carrying the waters of the Little Arkansas into Chis-
holm Creek, the latter emptying into the Big Arkansas, a few miles south of
town. A fine water power has thus been created that might run, if properly
handled, mills for a number of manufactories, A large flouring mill, built by
H. W. Lewis, has been in active operation for over a year, upon one of the
many sites this grand‘water privilege affords. Population, 931; valuation of

property, $331,940.
MURDERS AND TRAGICAL EVENTS.

October, 1860, John Ross, the first white man who settled in Sedgwick
County, with a family, was murdered by Osage Indians, together with his hired
man. The following-account of the tragedy is given by Hon. J.R. Mead: “‘One
day in October, Ross, with his hired man and team, crossed the river, to hunt
buffalo, and get a load of meat, going in the direction of Cowskin grove, and
leaving his wife and children athome. Night came onand he did not return,
All the next day his wife watched anxiously for his return—in vain. By a pass-
ing hunter, word was sent to Walnut Creek that Ross was missing. About
twenty horsemen collected in that settlement and came over. All the next day
they scoured the prairie west of the river, but found nothing of the missing man.
The following day the search was renewed. In the afternoon, one of the party
founda human leg, with a boot on, At a short distance Ross’s head was found.
Diligent search resulted in nothing more. These remains were taken to the
now desolate home, and buried on the bank of the river, near the house, and
hunters brought and piled stones upon the grave. And there reposes all that
remains of John Ross, the first settler of Sedgwick County.”

February 28, 1871, John Ledford was killed in Wichita by Government
troops and scouts. About noon of that day a detachment of the Sixth United
States Cavalry, of 100 men, under the command of Captain Whee, and scouts
Lee Stewart and Jack Bridges, rode in from the north and surrounded the Harris
House (now the rear end of the Tremont), of which John Ledford was pro-
prietor. The officers and scouts dismounted, and they, together with a detach-
ment of a Sergeant andsix men, began to search the premises. The house was at
that time situated on North Main street, at the cornerof Third. They inquired
for Ledford. His wife, then a young bride, informed them that he was not at
home. They searched the house thoroughly, however, but without avail.
Finally their attention was attracted to an out-house in the rear of George
DeMoose’s saloon, nearly opposite, by the frequent visitations of a man from the
saloon to the out-house. They immediately surrounded this suspected place,
and demanded Ledford’ss urrender. Lieut. Hargis stood in front of the door,
Lee Stewart was stationed in the rear of the house, and Jack Bridges at one side.
The answer to the lieutenant’s summons was a shot froma pistol in the hands
of Ledford, who suddenly sprang through the door, and defiantly faced his
pursuers. The firing became general. Ledford’s pistols, which he had ob-
tained at the saloon, were old and rusty ; with his own pistols, he would have,
doubtless, killed a half dozen of his enemies, and escaped in the bargain. He
handled a pistol expertly ; his aim was deadly, and he could fire with either
hand, or both simultaneously, with precision. Lee Stewart fired under cover
and disabled Ledford’s wrist,and as Ledford turned toshoot at Stewart, Led-
ford wasshot in the back by Bridges. Ledford then shot Bridges through one
of his arms, the latter wheeling justin time to save the bullet from his breast.
Bridges fell, and Ledford jumped upon him, and placing a pistol to his breast,
snapped a cap, the chargé refusing to leave. Then realizing the worthlessness
of his weapons, he cast them away, and while making ‘a retreat he was
shot in the back by Bridges, the ball breaking the spine; still he stood erect.
A Texas man threw him another revolver, with which he fired two more shots,
but they were ineffectual. He then walked to Dagner’s cigar store, across the
street, and sat down on a barrel, from which he soon fell. He was carried to
his house, where he expired within an hour. Bridges was conveyed to camp by
the troops. Ledford was charged with complicity in the robbery of a Govern-
ment train, and the murder of some of its teamsters, and the troops only de-
signed to make his arrest. Bridges soon recovered from his wound.

September 22, 1872, Jackson Davis was shot and killed by Charles Jenni-
son, in a shooting affray. Davis shot Jennison first, the ball passing through
the left side of Jennison’s neck, Jennison shot Davis through the body, causing
death within five minutes. Simultaneously with Jennison’s shot, was another
ae from Davis’ pistol, which hit Jennison in the right arm, below the
elbow.

June 2, 1873, a soldier of the Sixth United States Cavalry was shot and
killed in John Beard’s (‘‘ Red’s””) dance house in West Wichita, by a party of
roughs, The soldier had previously shot one of “Red's” girls. A general
fight ensued, in which one soldier was killed and two wounded.

In June, 1873, a colored man named Reed was shot and killed by a Texan
named Ramsey. Two days afterward, Ramsey was killed on the Ninnescah,
by “ Billy Bowlegs.”

In 1873, S.C. Johnson, who had been Treasurer of Sedgwick County
for the previous four years, mysteriously disappeared, and has never been heard
of since. His official accounts were correct, and the office of Treasurer had
been transferred to his successor, Col. L. N. Woodcock. When last seen he
was known to have $1,000 on his person. There was due him from the county
for salary, $500, which is still payable to himself or heirs..

August 16, 1873, a Texas cattle herder named Reddis, was shot and killed
by a Mexican, at Oges Camp, on the Ninnescah. The Mexican fled, and a
couple of days afterward, he in company with another Mexican was halted on
Slate Creek, below Wellington, in Summer County, by Ike Walker, a noted
SEDGWICK COUNTY.

frontiersman and desperado, who had been informed of the killi f Reddi
Walker killed both of the Mexicans, ane fae

August 20, 1873, William McKee was killed by what was alleged to be
an accidental shot from a pistol he was repairing, in a blacksmith shop, in West
Wichita. William Anderson, who owned the pistol and who was present at
the time of the killing, was arrested on the charge of murder, but was acquitted.
About two weeks afterward, Anderson had both of his eyes shot out in a shoot-
ing affray at “ Rowdy. Joe's.”

August 23, 1873, John Snider, a blacksmith, age twenty-seven, was thrown
from a buggy and killed, while enjoying a ride with a friend in Wichita.

: October 27, 1873, John Beard, alias “Red,” was shot by Joseph Lowe,
alias, ‘‘ Rowdy Joe,” from the effects of which Beard died in a few days. The
shooting occurred in Joe’s dance house, in West Wichita. “Red” owned a
dance house next door to ‘‘ Rowdy’s,” and on the night referred to, ‘‘ Red” and
a party of friends were indulging in a drunken frolic at his place. Finally, they
visited “ Joe’s” where a dance was in progress, and “ Red’s” first salutation to
his neighbor ‘‘ Joe” was a shot into the crowd from his pistol, wounding one of
the girls. The firing soon became general, and several were wounded, among
others, William Anderson, whose eyes were shot out. ‘‘ Red” received a shot
through the body from “Joe's” pistol, and ina few days he died from the
effects of the wound. Beard was a son of the founder of Beardstown, Illinois;
had been respectably raised, and well educated and left a comfortable fortune.
His sobriquet, ‘‘ Red” was derived from his red head and beard.

January 1, 1874, Frank Seivers was murdered and his body burned in the
paint shop of McNutt & Winner, in Wichita. Seivers, who was a painter, had
been,induced to come from Kansas City, Mo., to work for McNutt & Winner.
He arrived in Wichita late in the night of December 31st, and was taken at
once to the paint shop, where lodging had been arranged for him. During the
night he was murdered and the shop burned. The next morning, the remains
of Seivers were found, which were first supposed to be those of McNutt, it hav-
ing been known that he lodged in the.shop, and he also having disappeared.
Soon suspecting that there was foul play somewhere in this business, the
authorities caused the arrest of Winner and presently it came to light that there
was an insurance policy on McNutt’s life for $5,000. About a month after-
ward, McNutt was discovered and captured in Platte County, Mo. Both were
tried for murder in the first degree, at the next term of the District Court, con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged. They are now in the penitentiary.

January 1, 1876, an omnibus driver, known by the name of ‘‘Leg,” was shot
and killed by Michael Meagher, City Marshal, ‘“ Leg” had been taking part
in a “‘ Ragtag” procession, had been drinking freely, and was turbulent and
boisterous. While in the march he assaulted and broke one of the arms of Mr.
Dennison, as ‘‘Four-Eyes.” Afterward he attacked the City Marshal, known
who was compelled to shoot ‘ Leg” in self-defense. :

COUNTY OFFICERS.

Commissioners.—1870, N. A. English, Chairman, T. 8. Floyd, Alexander McWilliams;
1871, the same as in 1870; 1872, Solomon H. Kohn, Chairman, S. J. Bentley, R, A. Neeley;
1873, Solomon H. Kohn, Chairman, S. J. Bentley, John Carpenter; 1874-°75, John Carpen-
ter, Chairman, W. J. Hobbs, J. B. York; 1876-77, J. M. Steele, Chairman, O. G. Jacobs, J. A.
Nelson; 1878, J. M. Steelé, Chairman, F. W. Chase, J. B. York; 1879, J. M. Steele, Chair-
man, G. W. Steenrod, J. B. York; 1880, J. B. York, Chairman, G. W. Steenrod, 8S. E. Jocelyn;

, G. W. Steenrod, Chairman, George W. Walter, S. E. Jocelyn; 1882, George W. Walter,
Chairman, G. W. Steenrod, S. E. Jocelyn. 4

County Clerks.—1870, J. M. Steele; 1871, F. A. Sowers; 1872 to 1875 inclusive, Fred
Schattner; 1876 to 1879 inclusive, John Tucker; 1880 to 1883 inclusive, E. A. Dorsey.

Treasurers.—1870 to 1873}inclusive, S. C. Johnson; 1874 to October, 1878, L. N. Wood-
coals Fron October, 1878, to October, 1882, John Tucker; from October, 1882, to —, L. N.

oodcock.

Registers of Deeds.—1870, L. F. Buttles; 1871, 72 and 73, John McIvor; 1874, °75, 76
and ’77, Milo B. Kello; 85 1878 to 1881 inclusive, G. S. Gaidwell; 1882, H. D. Heiserman.

Superintendents oF ublic Instruction.—1870, John P. Hilton; 1871-’72, W. K. Boggs;
1873 to 1876 inclusive, A. Emmerson; 1877 to 1880 inclusive, M. H. Bruce; 1881 and 1882,
Lydia Benton; 1883, B.D, Hammond.

Surveyors.—1870, William Finn; 1871, ’72 and 73, John A. Stronfe; 1874 to 1877 inclu-
sive, H. L. Jackson; 1878-79, T. L. N:'xon; 1880, ’81 and ’82, J. K. Hamilton.

Coroners.—1870-°71, E. B. Allen; 1872-’73, H. Owens: 1874-75, S- B. Street; 1876, 77
and °78, D. S. Munger; 1879, E. B. Rentz; 1880, 81 and °82, J. W. AL a ;

Judg s District Court.—1870, 71 and 72, W. R. Brown; 1873 to 1880 inclusive, W. P.
Campbell; 1881, ’82 and ’83, E. S. Torrance. 7

“Clerks District Court.—1870, D. A. Bright; 1871-72, John McIvor; 1873 to 1876 inclu-
sive, George W. Reeves; 1877 to 1883 inclusive, C. A. Van Ness.
heriffs.—1870, W. N. Walker: 1871, 72 and ’73, John Meagher; 1874-'75, P. H. Mas-
§ to 1879 inclusive, H. W. Dunning; 1880 to 1883 inclusive, H. R. Watt.
10 , F. J. Fulton; 1871 to 1874 inclusive, H. C. Sluss; 1875 to 1880
inclusive, W. E. Stanley; 1881, ’82 and ’83, David M. Dale. 7 7

Probate Judges.—1870, Reuben Riggs; 1871-72, William Baldwin; 1873 to 1876 inclu-
sive, W. C. Little; 1877 to '1884 inclusive, E. 3. Jewett. 3

State Senators.—1870, James R. Mead, representing Butler and several adjacent organ-
ized and unorganized counties, Sedgwick being one of the latter; 1871-’72, E. S. Stover;
1873-74, M. Me Murdock; 1875-76, H. C. St. Clair; 1877-78, John Kelly; 1879, ’80, ’81,
182, H. C. Sluss, whose term of office extends to 1885. 4 ;

Representatives.—1870, D. M. Stuart was elected, but the election was declared illegal.
1871, J. M. Steele; 1872, D. L. Payne; 1873, E. B. Allen; 1874, E, hompson; 1875, E.
B. Allen; 1876, John Kelly; 1877-78, William Baldwin and William Ross; 1879-’80, Wil-
liam Greittenstein and S. M. Tucker; 1881-’82, W. E. Stanley and F. M. Doffilemgre;
1883-84, E. B, Allen and John Russell.

STATISTICS,

The population of Sedgwick County, May 1, 1882, b
514; "Afton, 262, ‘Delano, 631; Erie, 166; Eagle, 551; Grant, 891; Greeley, 455; Gypsum,
597;9Garden Plain, 396; Grand River, 324; Llinois, 359; Kechi, 614; Lincoln, 509; Min-
neha, 469; Morton, 478; Ninnescah, 350; Ohio, 303; Park, 418; Payne, 519; Rockford,
700; Sherman, 386; Salem, 604; Union, 1,015; Viola, 251; Waco, 694; Wichila, 931;
Wichita City, 5,779. Total population of the county, 19,166.

The agricultural roductions of 1882 were as follows: Number of bushels of wheat,
1,218,250; number of acres in wheat, 48,730; average yield per acre, 25 bushels.. Number
of bushels of corn, 3,665,610; number of acres in corn, 132,187; average yield per acre
nearly 28 bushels, Number of bushels of rye, 26,260; number of acres in rye, 1,313; aver-
age yield per acre, 20 bushels. Number of bushels of oats, 422,200; number of acres in
oats, 10,555; average yield per acre, 40 bushels. Number of bushels of Irish potatoes,
96,640; number of acres in potatoes, 1,208; average yield per acre, 80 bushels. Number of
bushels of sweet potatoes, 4,275; number of acres in sweet potatoes, 57; average yield per
acre, 75 bushels. Number otf allons of sorghum, 27,450; number of acres in sorghum cane,
305: average number of ations er acre, 90. Number of bushels of castor beans, 1,170;
number of acres in castor beans, 130; average yield per acre, 9 bushels. Number of bushels
of flax seed, 1,496; number of acres in flax, 136; average yield per acre, 11 bushels. Num-
ber of pounds of broom corn, 267,600; number of acres in broom corn, 461; average yield
per acre, 600 pounds. Number of tons of millet and Hungarian, 49,713; number of acres in
millet and Hungarian, 16,571; average yield.per acre, 3 tons, Number of pounds of cheese
manufactured during the year ending March 1, 1882, 3,250. Number of pounds of butter
manufactured during the same period, 505,174. * :

The following is the value of products sold during the year ending March 1, 1882:
Produce of market gardens, $21,124; poultry and eggs, $45,922: milk, $18,744; animals
slaughtered or sold for slaughter, $510,728; horticultural products marketed, $14,531.

 

 

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Number of pounds of wool clipped in 1881, 49,806.

The following is the estimate of live stock in the county, March 1, 1882: Number of
horses, 7,785; number of mules and asses, 1,996; number of milch cows, 7,066; other cattle,

1966; number of sheep, 22,944; number of swine, 32,780. 3

The amount of the bonds of Sedgwick County outstanding is $29,000, The amount of -
school district bonds outstanding is $54,725. Total bonded indebtedness, $78,725. The total
taxable valuation of the county is $4,937,254.94. No other county in Kansas makes so fine
a financial exhibit as this.

Public Schools, 1882.—Number of organized districts in the county, 133; population be-
tween 5 and 21 years (males, 2,883; females, 2,744), 5.627; number of enrolied pupils
(males, 2,180; females, 2,090), 4,271; number of teachers employed during the year (males,
52; females, 105), 157; number of school buildings, 131; estimated value of school pro-
perty, $73,215; total amount received during the year for school purposes, $56,150.51; total
amount paid out during the year for school purposes, $49,031.47.

COUNTY SOCIETIES,

Sedgwick County Agricultural, Mechanical and Stock Assoctation, was organized under
a charter in 1873. In 1874 the society purchased forty acres, two and one-half miles north
of the city, at a cost of $10,000, including improvements. Annual fairs have been held
since its organization. The first Board of Directors was composed of R. A. Neeley, W. T.
Jewett, A. T. Lanesbury, H. W. Lawrence, G. Sailsbury, W. C. Woodman, D. L. Green, L.
N. Woodcock, R. L. West, secretary. Present officers: Wm, Mathewson, president; N. A.
English, vice-president; M. W. Levy, treasurer; T. M. Lane, secretary. Diiectors: Wm.
Grieffenstein, M. Stewart, J. T. McMillan, J. N. Forey, F. Snitzler, J. P. Casey, W. B. Will-
jams, A. A. Moore, and T. M. Lane.

Old Settlers’ Association, was organized September 27, 1877, with about fifty members.
Its first officers were: H. W. Vigus, president; D. 8. Munger, vice-president; C. W. Hill,
treasurer; F. Sowers, secretary. The first call was made August 30, 1877, in which ail set-
tlers who located in Sedgwick County prior to January, 1872, were invited to join. In 1878
the association received its charter. The first Executive Board was composed of D. R. B.
Greenlee, S. W. Fitzgerald (died December 15, 1882), and _ J.T. Holmes, Present officers:
. R. Mead, president; W. B. Williams, vice- resident: J. M. Allen, treasurer; D. R. B.
Greenlee, secretary. Reunion meeting held February 22, each year. Present member-
ship, including families of members, 1,500. 4

Arkansas Valley Agricultural Association, was chartered in the spring of 1880 by D.
A. Mitchell, James C. Dean, W.S. Corbett, Wm..H. Kanson and James H. Black. Board of
Directors: H. Rice, R. E, Lawrence, J. C. Kinkead, J.C. Dean, D. A. Mitchell, Wm. Mc-
Cracken, A. G. Burr, T. D. Fouts, Jos. Fuhrman. Capital stock, $5,000. Present officials:
Gen. B. B. Eggleston, president; Wm. McCracken, vice-president; J. H. Black, treasurer;
Cc. S. Eichholtz, secretary; T. D. Fouts, general superintendent; J. L. Cooper, assistant su-

erintendent. Directors; D. A. Mitchell, 0, G. Jacobs, R, R. Hatfield, L. D. Hanna, Wm. H.
anson, H. H. Peckham, J, Jumkermann, G. L. Blood, T. D. Fouts. Present number of

stockholders, 294,

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WICHITA.

Wichita was named after the band of Indians called Wichitas. They came
into the Arkansas Valley in 1864 and settled along the Little Arkansas River,
between the Junction and the old fair grounds. ‘lhe country at that time was
owned by the Osages. Some of the teepees of the Wichitas were still standing
on the land now owned by William Greiffenstein, north of the city, as late as
1871. A chartered company was formed at Topeka, in the summer of 1868;
comprised of Governor S, J. Crawford, W. W. H. Lawrence, J. R. Mead, E. P.
Bancroft, A. F. Horner and I.S. Munger. Mr. Munger removed from Topeka
to Wichita during the year 1868, when the survey and plat of the original town
were made by Mr. Finn. William Greitfenstein soon afterwards bought A. A.
Moore’s claim, now comprising Greiffenstein’s additions, when the upper and
lower town fight began. At that time, the business and prospects were away
north of the present business center. Henry Vigus ran the ‘Buck-horn tavern,”
where evc ry class of frontiersmen, aswell as border terror, had a home. A
music-box was one of the features of the hotel, which was in itself enlivening,
often engaging the motley assemblies into a dirt floor dance, until, on one oc-
casion, it provoked the ire of John Ledford, while the Buck-horners were en-
gaged at the evening repast, when he jerked a navy from his belt and silenced
it forever. ‘Durfee’s ranch” was the headquarters; Milo B. Kellogg was Post-
master, clerk and bonk-keeper, assisted by Charles Hunter; Henry Vigus was
doing the saddlery job work and Charles Garrison was mail rider. John Gif-
ford, who kept a saloon and refreshment stand in the log house now used as a
stable by N. C. Woodman, was the first man who died a natural death among the
whites. A great many ofthe Wichita Indians died here during the cholera
epidemic of 1866-67. At that early date there was no lack of amusements, as
the soldiers stationed there had formed a negro minstrel troupe, which fur-
nished amusement to the squatters. In 1870, D. S. Munger opened a hotel;
Mr. Munger was also Postmaster, carrying the mail in his hat and delivering it
to parties in person. Doc. Lewellen kept the first grocery- store, in the log
house just north of Woodman’s, after Durfee’s retirement. Lewellen’s Hall
was at the extreme north end of Maine street, and was once a grocery owned
by Lewellen. Itis now an adjunct to an elevator. It was in this hall that

Uncle Jack Peyton delivered his celebrated lecture on ‘‘Theology and The-

ocracy.” Uncle Jack was acharacter, as well as a saddler. Nature or an acci-
dent had shortened one of his legs, making one about two feet shorter than
the other. When standing on his long leg he was about six feet high, and he
had a ludicrousfhabit, when talking, of frequently alternating his height. He had
a stentorious voice and dealt liberally in expletives. The subject of the lecture
had been publicly announced by hand-bills, printed at the office of the Vidette,
which boasted at that time of only one font of wood type. The hall was
brilliantly illuminated with six tallow candles, held in their own grease. The
stand consisted of a dry goods box and the seats were rough boards resting on
nail kegs. The colloquial powers of the lecturer, which were usually quite vigor-
ous and obedient to command, had been stimulated to a greater degree of
activity on this occasion, by liberal imbibitions into his stomach of invigorating
fluids. Quite a crowd of ladies and gentlemen were present to greet the dis-
seminator of theological knowledge. Standing on his elongated pedestal, as he
commenced, he said, ina guttural tone, ‘“‘Ladies and gentlemen, theology is re-
ligion, as taught by the ministerial profession. Theocracy is the—is the—well,
by blank anyhow” (assuming his shorter pedestal) ‘tone defines the moral law; the
other—blank is to blank.” At this point up jumped James Vigus, who shouted,
“Jack Peyton don’t know what he is talking about. I want to tell you why
people get drunk.” Here Uncle Jack exclaimed, “Sit down! Who paid for
these candles? Who rented this hall?” In this strain the lecture proceeded
for nearly an hour, until nothing but shrieks of laughter and the occasional
popping off of a revolver through one of the open windows could be heara.
William Matthewson was freighting through Wichita as early as 1860. His
wife, who crossed the Arkansas River at Wichita in 1865, is believed to have
been the orst woman who ever crossed this stream. The first sermon was
preached at ‘‘ Durfee’s ranch,” in 1868, by Rev. Mr. Saxley, a Baptist; the
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hymn sung on that occasion was “Old John Brown,” which was all the audience
knew. Mrs. Vigus was the first white woman that made Wichita her home.
She died in 1871, respected and mourned by all who knew her. Mrs. D.S.
Munger, the hostess of the Munger House, is still living and held in kind re-
membrance for her many endearing qualities. Mrs. Waterman, Mrs. Everets,
Mrs. Sagles, Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. H. Allen, Mrs. Abraham Smith and
Mrs. Meagher were all pioneer ladies and are still living in and about Wichita.
Sedgwick Hoover was the first child born in the county, December 25, 1869,
being the date of his birth, He was named after his native county. The first
child born in the village of Wichita was Frank H., son of Joseph Allen; the
date of whose birth was July 3, 1870. He survived only two months. Maud
Teeter was born a few months prior but not in Wichita. The first marriage
was that of Perry Eaton, in the winter of 1869. Reuben Riggs opened the first
law office during the winter of 1869-70, and H.C. Sluss in the spring of 1870.
Steele, Bright & Roe opened the first real estate office; next was H. E. Van
Trees & S. H. Smith, then Stephens, Rouse & Reeves. J. M. Steele is still in
the business. Bunnel & Roys, Elealey & Neiderlander, Hobbs & Wilhite, El-
liott & Mahin, Hatfield & Co., and F. A. Sowers, about in the order named, are
the real estate men at present engaged in the calling at Wichita. Joseph Allen
opened the first drug store, followed by Aldrich & Simmons. Jack Ledford
purchased Mr. Hubbard’s interest with Mr. Matsil in the general merchan-
dise business, getting in addition the grand hotel, then being the front (now
the rear) part of the Fremont. Ledford named the hotel ‘‘ Harris House” in
honor of the maiden name of his wife. The hotel was not run by him over a
month before he was killed in a street fight, almost in front of his hotel, Febru-
ary 28, 1871, by a company of United States soldiers and a band of Government
scouts, who sought to arrest him for his complicity in a previous transaction,
wherein a Government train of fifty wagons had been plundered,-the stock
driven off and several of the drivers murdered. Edward W. Smith had a gro-
cery and general outfitting store in the frame building on Main street, now
owned by W. C. Woodman, and next door south of his bank. J. H. Black and
Lee Nixon were his clerks. J. M. Johnson opened the first exclusive grocery
store in the same building that Jacob Wingardt is now using for a carpenter
shop on North Main street. Mr. Bailey opened the first hardware store in a
little frame building that stood about where J. A. Black’s ‘‘ Diamond
Front Grocery” now stands. Michael Zimmerly started a hardware store
and tin shop nearly opposite, and Schattner & Shorb kept a saloon in a
frame building that stood upon the lot now owned by Deacon Smith,
one door north of the present postoffice. H. H. Allen ran the first
boarding house on the corner opposite Smith’s carpenter shop, on Upper
Main street. John Martin ran a restaurant north of Steele’s real estate
office, and just opposite was the Bismarck saloon. Doc. Oatley had a story
and ahalf residence where the Occidental now stands, and just north, in the
building still standing, E. H. Nugent started the first bakery and sunk the first
drive well ever operatedin Wichita. Where the Lynch building now stands,
Hills & Kramer opened the first regular dry goods store, although Mr.
Hughes kept a small stock of dry goods and clothing previously, in the build-
ing north of W. Mason’s dwelling, on Main street.. The Vidette building stood
a few rods farther north. The Vidette was the first newspaper printed in the
Arkansas Valley, for its entire length. Charles Hill opened a drug store in a
smallframe building near Kimmerlie & Adams’s tombstone shops, afterwards
building a few doors farther south. In the meantime Solomon Kohn came
down from Hays City and rented the frame store room now south of Lynch’s,
on Main street, where he opened out in dry goods, groceries, clothing, boots
and shoes, etc. He soon built lower down, next door to Charles Hill’s, The
first church edifice was an adobe, with a dirt roof, that stood half a block north
of Third street, on the east side of Main street. It was built by the Episcopa-
lians, under the guidance of the then pastor, Rev. J. P. Hilton. It wasa
unique structure. A rude cross wasnailed up in front of the entrance, the light
was admitted through two small square apertures cut high up in the mud and
secured by wooden shutters; the roof waved in summer with highly colored
prairie flowers and a luxuriant growth of tall grass, and rattled in winter time
with the wind whistling through the naked sunflower stalks, that grew up
there, also. The vestrymen were William B,. Hutchinson, of the Vidette,
Charles Schattner, of the Bon Ton Saloon, George R chards, a tramp printer,
“Doctor” William Dow, a professional gambler. and John Edward Martin,
whose chief anxiety in life was to find some place where he could not be found
by the citizens of the place he last emigrated from. It was during the admin-
istration of this vestry, when J. R. Mead, who had donated the church its
ground, proposed to swap for another site, farther away, and some of the
officers thought, in an inferior location, Ata meeting of the vestry called to
consider this proposition, the discussion grew warm, but the matter was finally
setttled by a powerful speech from Mr. Hutchinson, which was as follows:
“ Fellow Christians, I don’t care a blank what the other officers of this church do
on this question, but as for me, I say, most emphatically, that I will never
consent to see J. R. Mead or any other one of you, cheat Jesus Christ out of a
foot of ground.” * The proposition was unanimously declined. In July, 1870,
as recorded in its municipal history, Wichita was incorporated asa village. W.
C. Woodman & Sons opened the first moneyed institution in 1870, since merged
into the Arkansas Valley Bank, The Wichita bank was opened in 1871, as a
National Bank, but it closed in 1875.
In 1872, Wichita was made a city of the second class, and out of a vote of
479, E. B. Allen was elected Mayor; Michael Meagher, Marshal; William
Baldwin, City Attorney; Charles A. Phillips, Treasurer; J. M. Atwood, Police
Judge. During this year, the structure now spanning the Arkansas River, at
the west end of Douglas avenue, was erected, at a cost of $27,000. The bridge
was built by W. J. Hobson, contractor, and paid for by a joint stock company,
organized for the purpose. It nearly paid foritself in tolls the first year, and
would have made the company rich, had it not been for the pluck of A. A,
Moore, Hills & Kramer, J. C. Fraker and others, ‘‘ northenders,” who forced

*Since this page has been electrotyped we bave been assured from reliable sources that
thege words were never used by Mr, Hutchinson,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

it to be sold, by starting a free bridge near the junction of the two rivers, where
the park now is. The county then bought it, and abolished tolls.

In 1872, Wichita became the principal headquarters in Kansas of the
Texas cattle business, It was here where the great herds from Texas centered,
and where they obtained their first shipments by rail. Two million dollars ex-
changed hands in the cattle traffic at Wichita that year. There were driven
into Sedgwick County, that year, three hundred and fifty thousand head of
Texas cattle, and thirty-five hundred car loads were shipped from there by rail,
during the same period. At thistime, Wichita was the liveliest and most up-
roarious town between the two seas. James G. Hope was Mayor. Large sign
boards were posted up at the four conspicuous entrances into town, bearing the
strange device, “ Evérything goes in Wichita. Leave your revolvers at police
headquarters, and get «a check. Carrying concealed weapons strictly for-
bidderi.”

Everything did “go” in Wichita. There was not a gambling device
known to the world that was not in full operation, openly. A variety theater
nightly gave exhibitions in the old building now used as a carpenter shop, south
of the residence of Thomas Lynch, on North Main street. It was, in fact,
more of a “free and easy” than a theater, and could be more properly called a
scarcity than a variety, as the distinguishing feature of the stage was a scarcity
of wearing apparel on the part of the female performers.

The streets clanged with the noisy spurs of Texas cow boys and Mexican
ranchmen, while the crowds that marched along the resounding sidewalks, were
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leather leggins; brigandish-looking velvet jackets, with bright buttons, close
together, of the Mexicans, buckskin garments of the frontiersmen, and the high-
ly-colored blanket ; representatives from a half dozen different tribes of Indians,
were familiar sights on the streets. A brass band played from morning until
far into the night, on a two story platform raised over the sidewalk, against the
large frame building, still standing, opposite the New York store. This music
was to attract customers to gambling dens. In the rear of the real estate office
of Steele & Smith was pitched a large tent, in which was given the wonderful
exhibitions of Prof, S. Gessley, the armless wonder, His performances were
described as follows in his programme for that distribution:
“The famous Gessley minus arms,

Sporting in his coach and four,

Sat in calm repose

With the reins between his toes,

He loads, primes, put on a cap,

And fires off a gun,

And often goes to shoot wild game,

For want of better fun.

He handles the pen with the ease

Of any in the land;

In fact, his foot is turned into a hand.”

. Connected therewith, under the pavilion, was also the child wonder, born
alive (but then dead), with two heads, four arms, two feet, and a perfect body ;
also a pig with two bodies, eight legs, etc. To attract the crowd a hand organ,
filled with doleful and disjointed tunes, ground unceasingly, while at ten-minute
interludes, all day long, would ring out the sharp report of the gun the pro-
fessor fired with his toes, followed by the deep Pennsylvania Dutch accent of
the professor, yelling in his hilarity until it could be heard above the. organ and
band over the way, ‘‘ Dere she goes again; kick like a mool.” Mix all this
with the motley caravan that thronged the streets; the fighting, yelling, swear
ing, and the frequent ring of the revolver, sometimes carrying death with it ; the
night scenes at the dance houses, with the painted courtesans, drunken brawls,
— occasional shooting carnivals of death—and you have something of an idea
of the appearance of Wichita in 1872-’73. S. 5, Prouty, in a letter to his paper
the Topeka Daily Commonwealth, from Wichita, written in October, 1872, says:
‘‘The population of Wichita is decidedly heterogeneous. Here may be seen
people of every class, shade and character. The sleek and well dressed specu-
lator, with airs suggestive of genteel living and plethoric purses ; the independ-
ent, money-making, somewhat don’t-care-a-cuss-ativeness cattle-drover ; the rol-
licking, reckless, free and-easy and money-spending herder; the substantial
citizen ; the professional gambler, and the long-haired desperado of the plains,
are here brought together of necessity. A description of Wichita would be in-
complete without a notice of the notorious dance house on the west side of the
river, kept by that singular personage, ‘ Rowdy Joe,’ or Joseph Lowe, his real
name. Joe has been a frontiersman for many years, and has experienced about
as much roughness as any other man. His dance house is patronized mainly by
cattle herders, though all classes visit it, the respectable mostly from curiosity.
I understand that the receipts at his bar have averaged over $100 per night for
months, The receipts are from drinks. No charge is made for dancing, butit is
expected that the males will purchase drinks for themselves and female partners
at the conclusion of each dance. Joe is his own policeman, and maintains the
best of order. No one is disposed to pick a quarrel with him, or infringe upon
the rules of his house. A dancing party at this place is unique, as well as inter-
esting. The Texan, with mammoth spurs on his boots, which are all exposed,
and a broad-brimmed sombrero on his head, is seen dancing by the side of a
well dressed, gentlemanly appearing stranger from some eastern city, both hav-
ing painted and jeweled courtesans for partners. In the corners of the hall are
seen gamblers, playing at their favorite game of poker., Jests and conversa-
tion suitable to the place and occasion are heard.” ,

MUNICIPAL HISTORY,

The history of Wichita as a municipality dates from Jul Ay when it was in -
ited a ig rhe rst on Board comprised ie A. Stafford pros; KW. Smith, Treas.
5 fs . T. Pierce, C. H. Smith i 71
Marshals and Hy E Ma trees officiated as Police J nuge: PS eee eee ee ae
i vember o e same year, the original town site was enlarged by the fili f th
plat of Hilton’s addition. and in December. Englishs addition was entered. pede
April 3, 1871, Wichita entered upon its existence as a city of the third class, and polled

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Dibbs, M.'B. Kellogg, C. R. Viney, R. W. Aldrich. Officers: J. W, Wingard, Foreman;
D. X. Williams, First Asst.; M. B. Kellogg, Orderly; C.K. Rogers, Second Asst.; G. W.
Fryer, Sec’y.; C. H. Allen, Treas, Present officers: J. W. Wingard, Foreman; C. E,
Rogers, First Asst.; D. X. Williams, Second Asst.; C. R. Viney, Orderly; W. Atkinson,
Sec’y: C. H. Allen. Treas. Present number of members, twenty-five.

Wichita Water Works.—November 23, 1882, a stock company was incorporated with a
capital of $100,000, the corporators being S. Houck, F. Williams, H. W. Lewis, J. Jones, and
R. Coggell. i H. W. Lewis, Treasurer; F. Williams,
Secretary, and J. Jones, Superintendent. In the construction of the work, the main prin-
ciples of the Holley System will be carried out, with the addition of atwenty-five foot

stand-pipe.” The works, which are located in the northwest part of the cify on the Little
Arkansas river, will be completed in March, 1888, at an expense of about $90,000. Sixt
hydrants have been purchased by the city, for which eight miles of main will be used. Wit
the efficient Fire Department, and this system of Water Works, insurance policies will not
command apremium.

Post Ofice.—July 9, 1868, a military post office was established where Wichita now
stands, Capt. 8. L. Barr, Fifth United States Infantry, officiating as Postmaster. Soon after,
the civil post office was established, and Milo B. Kellogg appointed Postmaster. After him,
in the order mentioned, followed D.S. Munger, John Dickey, J. T. Holmes, R. L. West,
and M. M. Murdock, the present incumbent. In January, 1870, the first mail route was
established from El Dorado to Wichita; C. M. Garrison, carrier, From a small fourth class
office, the office is now one of the three largest in the State.

The number of letters mailed per day, on an average, is 1,530, or 535,500 for the past
year, as per report. The number of letters delivered exceeds the number sent out by nearly
one hug red thousand, or over two thousand daily, The revenues per annum are, per last
report:

Its officers are S, Houck, President;

  
  

 

 

Box rents.........+05 wise ++» $_1,520.00
Stamped matter sold. + 15,825.08
Fees on money orders....... mit 1,005.05

Total government receipts «++ $18,350.13
Amount of money orders paid during past yea: $249,600.00
Amount of money orders issued.... ceeeee $121,340.00

 

United States Land Ofice.—This important factor in promoting the settlement of a new
county was moved from Augusta, Butler Co., ichita in March, 1872. The office
was then in charge of W. A, Shannon, Receiver, and Mr. Aikin, Register. In the summer
of the same year, W. S. Jimkins, was appointed Register, and J, C, Redfield, Receiver. In
May, 1874, Mr. Jimkins was succeeded by H. L. Taylor, andin January, 1877, Redfield was
succeeded by Jas. L. Dyer, the present Receiver. In March, 1879, R. L. Walker, the present
Register, succeeded H. L. Taylor. The district_embraces the counties of Butler, Cowley.
Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner, Harper, Kingman, and portions of Greenwood, Elk,
Chautauqua, Chase, Marion, McPherson and Barbour. In these counties above mentioned
here are 1 600,000 acres, not yet entered, divided into the Osage Indian Trust, Cherokee
Strip, and Public lands. ‘Since January 1, 1882, about 1,200 entries, embracing 200,000
acres, have been made.

Board of Trade,—The Wichita Board of Trade was chartered July 30, 1880, with a cap-
ital stock of $20,000. First Board of Directors—A. W. Oliver, G. N. Byers, J. M, Allen, Wm.

 

 

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votes at the first election, which resulted in the election of the following officers: Mayor,
ee Allen; Councilmen, W. B. Hutchinson, §. C. Johnson, C. Schattner, George Schlichter,
A. H. Fabrique, George Vantillburgh. Other officers, D.C. Hackett, Attorney; H. E, Van-
trees, Police Judge; O. W. Brownwell, Clerk; N. A. English, Treas.; M. Meagher, Marshal.
By the spring of 1872, the population had increased so rapidly that an organization of the
second class ‘was effected, and the following officers elected: Mayor, E. B. Allen; Council-
men, J. A. Stevenson, A. Schattner, H. Owens, H. H. Lindsay, J. M. Martin, A. J. L
dorf, J.C. Fraker, William Smith; Attorney, W. Baldwin; Police Judge, J. M. Atwood;
Treasurer, C. A. Phiilips; Engineer, M. Kellcher; Assessor, M. B. Pride; Marshal, M.
Meagher. 7
The following named gentlemen have officiated as Mayor from 1871 to 1882, inclusive:
1871-72, E. B. Allen; 1878-74, James G. Hope; 1875, George E. Harris; 1876-77, James G.
Hope; 1878, William Grietfenstein; 1879, *Sol. H. Kobn; 1880-82, W. Grietfenstein. Pres-
ent (1882) officers are Mayor, William Grieffenstein; Councilmen, N. A. English, F. G.
Smith, C. E. McAdams, J. P. Allen, M. Zimmerly, P. Getto, J. M. ‘Allen, J. L. Dyer; Police
Judge, A. A. Glenn; Justices of the Peace, J. Junkermann, W. W. Thomas; Attorney, W.
F, Walker; Treasurer, C. Hunmerne: Clerk 7 Gehattner; Constables, J. ¥. Thomas, E.
rady; Marshal, James Cairus; Engineer, A. Bailey. s , f
. mAhiattempt was made in 1871, toorganize a hook and ladder company, which partially
succeeded, but after a year’s duration the company was disbanded. Under an ordinance
assed by the City Council in 1873, a company was organized with forty men, under the fol-
owing Officers: C. A. Phillips, Foreman; R. Cogdell, First Asst.; C. H. Horner, Second
Asst., and E. B, Jewett, Sec’y. The city purchased two fire extinguishers and hook and
ladders at an expense of $1,200. In 1874, C. Phillips was appointed Chief Engineer, and
the department was classified into three companies known as ‘‘Frontier Fire Company,
Nos. 1 and 2, and “Frontier Hook and Ladder Company.” The foremen of the companies
in the order mentioned were, C. H. Hunter, R. Cogdell, and C, K. Viney. In 1875, the or-
ganization disvanded, and for two years the city was without a fire department. In 1877,
‘Frontier Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1,” was organized with about thirty-five men.
with the following officers: C. H. Hunter, Foreman; D. Cogdell, Asst. Foreman; Cecil R.
Viney, Orderly; C. Jones, Sec’y. In 1878, two Champion Chemical Fire Engines were pur-
chased by the city at a cost of $2,500. fori 30, 1879, the company was incorporated under
the laws of the State, by J. W. Wingard, J. H. Black, D. X. Williams, W, S. Corbett, William

*Resigned in August; term filled by William Grieffenstein,

Innis, M. N. Levy, J. M. Kelier, J. P. Allen, A. Kess, W. S. Corbett, H. H. Richards. Officers:
A. W. Oliver, Pres.; G. N. Byers, Sec’y; J. M. Allen, Treas. Present officers; A. W. Oliver,
Pres. ; W. T. Corbett, 1st Vice-Pres.; J. M. Steele, 2nd Vice-Pres.; J. M. Allen, Treas.; J.
H. Black, Treas. The present membership, which includes the principal business men of
the city, numbers one hundred.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES,

From Dr. D. R. B. Greenlee, we are informed that the first school taught, not only in
Wichita, byt in Sedgwick County, was a subscription school held by Wm. Finn, now of
Sedgwick City, in the winter of 1869-70. The school was held in anold army “dug-out”
located north of the present site of W. C. Woodman’s residence, ou the Little Arkansas
River. Among the first scholars were Mrs. Ida Elder, Mrs. Martsel, formerly Mrs. Lead-
ford, W. Vigus, Mrs. V. Wateman, nee Fanny Hale, the children of Dr. Llewellyn and C.
Teter. (From our informant we also learn that Mr. Finn organized the first Sabbath school
and assessed the pupils $1 apiece for the purpose of purchasing a library.) The next term
of school was held by Miss Nora Yale, now Mrs. John Williams, in a log building erected by
John and Charles Gifford, and now used as @ granary by . C. Woodman. he first in-
formal school meeting was held in the fall of 1869, and presided over by A. J. Greenway,
preesident, and Dr. Greenlee, secretary.

In 1871, $5,000 in bunds were voted and the first school building erected by the district.
The building was a two-story frame structure, located in what is now known as the First
ward. This building was used until November, 1878, when it was destroyed by fire. As
the population incre sed, two new frame buildings were erected in the First and Second
wards. In 1879, the first brick building was erected in the First ward, ata cost of $6,500.
In 1880, two more brick structures for school purposes were erected in the Second and
Fourth wards, at a cost of $18,000, containing four and six rooms, respectively. Atthe
present time three brick and two frame buildings are in use, affording facilities for seven-
teen teachers and 1,142 pupils. Buildings and grounds are valued at $50,000. $6,287.75
was paid to teachers for the year ending July 3, 1882, and the total school expenses to the
same date amounted to $10,901.76. 3

The Board of Education, as elected May 15, 1873, was composed of the following named
gentlemen: est, A. H. Fabrique, C. M. Garrison, H, J. Hills, M. R. Moser, W. A.
Thomas, W. C. Woodman and M, McCless. the present, Board is composed of M. W. Levy,
Cc. A. VanNess, H. R. Butler, R, Harris, A. B, Wright, J. E. Caldwell, J, A, Longsdorf, Jolin
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Fisher, H. T. Kramer and C..A. Walker. Officers: M. W. Levy, Pres.; H. T. Kramer, Treas.;
C. A, Walker, Sec’y.

Wichita Academy.—The Wichita Academy Association was incorporated August 4,
1882, with the following named directors: J. R. Mead, D. A. Mitchell, A. A. Glenn, J. M,
Allen, J. H. Black, J. P. Furlough, J. D. Hewitt, H. W. Lewis, W.C. Woodman, M. Allen, M.
Stewart, A. W. Oliver, M. M. Murdock, J. L. Dyer, H. GC. Sluss. Olficers: M. M. Murdock,
Pres.; D. A. Mitchell, Treas.; A. A. Glenn, Sec’y. ' It is the expectation of this association to
invest $15,000 in buildings and not less than $10,000 in grounds, in 1883. The Academy,
when completed, will rank high among the educational institutions of Southern Kansas,
pnd will be but another evidence of the pride that Wichita takes in her educational advan-

The pioneer church organization of Wichita, is the First Presbyterian Ohurch, organized
March 13, 1870, with twelve members— Rev. W. R. Boggs, pastor During the fall of the
same year a frame structure was built and used for devotional exercises until 1873. when it
Was Sold to the Catholic denomination. Services were held at various places until Julv 4,
1876, when the corner stone of the present edifice was laid with appropriate ceremonies.
The edifice, including grounds, was co.apleted at a cost of $5,000. Mecemliar 1, 1871, Mr.
Boggs was succeeded by Rev. J.P. Hasson, who remained until the spring of 1879, when he
was succeeded after a duration of afew months, by Rev. J. D. Hewitt, the present pastor.
Presentnumber of communicants about 200. 2

St. Johns’ Church (Episcopal).—Services of this denomination were held in the city
early as 1870, by Bishop Vail. Other services were held until 1877, when a vestry was
organized and Rev. Colton, engaged as pastor. The present church edifice was completed in
the spring of 1878. Inthe spring of 1880, Rev. Deleu, D. D.. took_charge of the organiza-
ceeae officiated until 1882, when he was succeeded by Rev. Chamberlain, the present

Methodist Episcopal.—This Church was organized early in 1872, and in December of the
same year a frame edifice was completed and. coupled. The following named pastors have
officiated: Rev. J. F, Nessly, March, 1872 to March, 1873; J. W. Staghild, to October, 1873;
H.J. Walker, to March, 1874; J, F. Haund, March, 1877; -John Kirby, March, 1880; R.
H. Sparks, March, 1881; B. Kelly, prosene pastor (1882). In November, 1879. the present
church edifice, known as “Kirby Chapel,” one of the finest church edifices in southern Kan-
sas was dedicated. eresenumembersittD 200.

The First Baptist Church was organized May 26, 1872, with twenty-six members. Rev.
J.C. Post, the first regular pastor, officiated from January, 1873, to qanuary, 1875. During
the next year the church was without a regular pastor, when Rev. W. F. File occupied the
pulpit eight months. In June, 1877, Rev. J Davis took charge and remained until the
summer of 1878. He was succeeded by the Rev. J. D. Leggett. who remained until the
summer of 1882. Present pastor, Rev, W. F. Harper. The church edifice which is a brick
structure, was dedicated February, 1874. Present membership sixty,

é Catholic Church was organized November, 1872. by Father Anton Kuhls of Wyan-
dotte. The present church edifice was purchased of the Presbyterian denomination aud
dedicated under the name of St. Aloysius Church, November 24, 1873. The following

astors have officiated: E. P. Swinburg, January 2, 1873, to March 15, 1874; J. ©. Shurtz,
82; Rev. J. T. McCaul, present priest. Meinbership of the circuit, 500;
organization, 150.

The Christian Church was organized in 1875, by Rev. J. H. Hughes. He was succeeded
in the spring of 1876, by Elder W. M. Trugley, who remained until the summer of 1878.
The organization then “lost its identity for a time.” In the spring of 1879, the Ladies
Christian Aid Society was organized and formed a nucleus, which culminated into the pres-
ert church organization in February, 1881. Elder Joseph E. Cam was engaged as pastor
April 1, 1881, and is the present incumbent (1882). Services are held in Eagle Hall. Present
membership forty-five.

he German Methodist Church was organized May 10, 1876, by Rev. P. St. Matnai, who
officiated as pastor until September 8, 1878, when he was succeeded by Rev. G. J. Schultz.

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of the local

In May, 1879, the present church edilice was dedicated. Mr. Schultz was succeeded Sep-
tember 15, 1880, by Rev. Ki. W. Pfatfenberger, who remained two years.
present pastor. Present membership seventy.

The Colored Methodists and Baptists have organizations here, but owing to the absence
of records no data is given.

Rey. Mr. Fager

_ THE PRESS.

_Inthesummer of 1870, F. A. Sowers purchased of Joseph Clark, of Leavenworth, a
printing office, then stored at Fort Harker, from which place he had it hauled to Wichita.
On the 18th of August, 1870, the first number of the Wichita Vidette appeared, F. A. Sowers,
editor and proprietor. Afterwards W. B. Hutchinson became associated with Mr. Sowers,
and the two continued the publication of the paper until the summer of 1871, when Mr.
Sowers withdrew. Mr. Hutchinson published the paper alone late in the summer of 1872,
when it passed into the hands of Rev. Mr. Perkins, who changed its politics from Republi-
can to liberal Republican;-supperting Horace Greeley for President. The paper died with
the demise of liberalism, and the office was removed to Oxford, Sumner County. The Vidette
was the first paper published in the Arkansas Vajley during its entire length in Kansas.
Mr. Hutchinson is now publishing the Commercial at Caldwell, and Mr. Sowers is engaged
in thefreal estate business at Wichita,

The Gazette, independent in politics, was published through a portion of the year 1871,
by Yale Brothers. The material was then moved to Sedgwick City(then in Sedgwick County),
where the Sedgwick City Gazette was published a short time, .

April 22, 1872, was the date of the first issue of the Wichita City Eagle, M. M. Murdock,
editor and proprietor. On the 17th of July, 1873, R. P. Murdock became a partner, and the
two have published the paper ever since. The printing office is one of the best in the State,

having power printing presses, run by steam, and a book bindery in connection. The paper .

is one of the best conducted, and_most influential weeklies in the State. M. M. Murdock
has served three terms in the State Senate, and has been Postmaster at Wichita for several
years.

On the 20th of October, 1872, appeared the first number of the Wichita Datly Beacon,
F. G. Millison, publisher, and F._A. Sowers, editor. On the 11th of December following, the
daily having been suspended, the same parties commenced the publication of the weekly
Beacon, and published it about a year, again publishing the daily through the bulk of the
cattle drive in 1873. Mullisonthen took the job department and Sowers the piper. In
February, 1874, Milton Gable purchased Mr. Sowers’ interest and conducted the paper until
July 1, 1875, when he sold to Frank Smith and Frank Fisher. In March, 1876, Fisher re-
tired and W.S. White having purchased an interest, succeeded_him. Messrs. Smith &
White have continued its publication ever since. In December, 1877, Mr. Millison sold_his
job office to C. M. Kellar, who, the next spring, moved it into a room in Herrington’s build-
ing, over his book store. Smith & White immediately put in an entire new job office, follow-
ing with a power paper press, and steam engine, January 13, 187y. The politics of the paper
is Democratic. It is one of the ablest and most respected political journals in the State.

In the spring of 1877, R. A. Neff started the Independent, which lived about six months,
when the material passed into the hands of J. W. Robbins, who, in October, 1877, started the
Herald. Shortly aft:rward T. L. Nixon became associated with Mr. Kobbins. Mr. Nixon
was succeeded by R. C. Dean, and Mr, Dean by C. W. Green, who, in a short time retired
and started the Authony Journal. Mr. Green now publishes aleading paper at Santa Fe,

.M. InJune, 1879, Mr. Robbins sold to George Martin, who published the paper until
October of that year, when it was discontinued. Mr. Robbingis now Surveyor-General of
the Territory of Arizona. The material of the Herald was purchased by Kirkpatrick &
Kirk, who, on the 20th of December, 1879, issued the first number of the weekly epubli-
can. On the 8th of January, 1880, the first number of the Datly Republican was Issued, R.
GU. Dean having again become a partner. He retired the following March, and the 20th of
September, Mr. Kirk sold to his partner. Calvin Bidlach bought a half tuterest October 1,
7880, and F. A. Sowers bought Kirkpatrick's remaining interest, December 12, 1880, and on
the 10th of March, 1881, he sold to A. Whitworth, during whose administration the datly
was twice enlarged, the last time totwenty-elght columns, Aboutthe first of June, Whit-
worth sold to T. J. Shelton, and during the same month, the name of the paper was changed
to Daily Times._ About the last of July, Mr. Bidlach sold his interest to Mr. Shelton. In
February, 1882,Judge W. P. Campbell purchased the paper and published it several months,
when he sold it back to Mr. Shelton, The paper is now owned and published by I. N. Stoute-

meyer.
The Market Reporter was a sprightly little dally, published by C, M. Kellar, during the
wheat season of 1878, its chief feature being the telegraphic market reports, it lived only
that season. 2

On the 1st of January, 1881, appeared the first number of the weekly Tribune, published
by Hobson & Cox. March 18, 1881, the firm was changed to Hobson & Harris. April 19,
1881, a daily issue appeared. The paper did not live long.

SOCIETIES,

Wichita Lodge, No. 99, A., F. & A. M.,was organized under a charter dated, October 19,
1871, with M. Cox, W.M.; M. B. Kellogg, S. W.: and J.P. Allen, J. W. Present officers
are; 3. W. Knorr, W. M.; 0. D. Barnes, 8. W.; J. H. Aley, J, W.; R. Sohn, Sec’y; M. W.
Levy, Treas. Regular communications are held on the first and third’ Monday evenings of
each month, at Masonic Hall, in County Building. Present membership, 125.

~ Wichita Chapter, No. 33, R. A. M., was instituted under a charter, October 17, 1876,
with First officers were: &. F. Hargis, M. E, H. P.; D. A. Mitchell, E.
K.; M.S. Adams, E.S.; J. C. Redfield, C. H.; M. Cox, P.S.; W. C. Crawford, K. A. C.; R.
P. Murdock, 3rd V.; A. A. Jackson, 2nd V.; T. N. Trickey, Ist V.; M. Zinnerly, Treas.; S.
i. Joslin, Sec’y; J. G. Rode, I. Present officers: W.F. Walker, M. E. H. P.; J. L. Dyer, E.
iK.; J. H. Black, P. H. S.; J. R. Banzant, Treas.; Roy Sohn, Sec’y. Kegular meetings are
held second and fourth Fridays of each month, at hall in County Building,

twenty members.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Mt. Olivet Commandery, No. 12, K. T., was instituted under a charter, May 15, 1878

with twenty-three charter members. First officers: M.S. Adams, E. C.; J.D. Pryar, Gen;

L. K. Myers, Capt. Gen. Present officers: C. A. Walker, E. C.; 0, D. Barnes, Gon. Wz. S.

Corbett, Capt. Gen.; J. D. Hewett, P.; J. H. Aley, S. W.; F. Ross, J, W.; D. A. Mitchell,

Treas.; S. T. Tultle, Rec, Time OR meeUngE Hipat and third Friday of each month, at hall
1 uilding. Present membership, sixty.

a Cor te ‘Lodge, No. 93,1. 0. F., was instituted under a charter, dated October 8,

1872, with seven members, First officers: G. W. RK .G.; B.C. Parcels, V.G.; W. J.

Hubson, Treas,; J. M. Warren, Sec’y. Present officers: E. B. Jewett, N. G.; J. Junker-

mann, V. G.; G. W. Fryer, Rec. Sec’y; E. H. Nodd, Perm. See’y; C. Kimmeris, Treas. Reg-

ular meetings, held every Friday evening, at I. oO. O. F, Hall in Temple Block. Present

SE ni nepiien’ No.29, £. O. O. F., was organized under a charter, October 1.

1876, with seven members, with ©. C. Furley, C. P., and W_ A. Hehe ys H.P. Present offi

cers: R. Butler, C. P.; J. Tucker, H. P.; W. Madison, S. W.;_E. B. Jewett, J.W.;C.

Allen, Treas.; A. Smith, Scribe. Meets every second and fourth Thursday evening at I. 0
. EF. Hull, in Temple Block, Present membership, sixty. :

2 E Wichita Lodge No. 528, K.of H., was organized March 21, 1877, with twenty-two ap-
licant members. First officers elected at meeting held March 21, 1877: G. H. English, P.
ie Sowers, D.; UC. E. McAdams, V. D.; G. W. Riley, A. D.; Finley Ross, R.; H. 0.

Meigs, F. R.; J. C. Murphy, Treas.; J.K. Sawyer, Chap ; N. A. En lish, G.; T. Jewell, 5.;

yp. O. Healy, G’d. Present officers: W.F. Walker, D.; E. Hid, V. D.; C, R. uiney: A.D;

J. M. Brownson, G.; A. H. McKee, C.; J. M. Bear, R.; C. E. Jackson, F. R.; John Goodyear,

T.; J. 8. Hilton, Gras S._L. Morris, ae Mees every second and third ‘Wednesday evening at

inple block. Present membership, .

hale em Council. No. 384, 4. L. of H., was instituted under a charter January, 10, 1881,

with twenty members. Firsf officers: KE. B. Allen, Com.; A, B. Wright, V. Sip Jd. Tay-

lor, P.C.; N. Allen, 0.; G. E. Rhodes Sec'y; L. C. Jackson, Col.; W. B. Mead, reas.; S. P.

Cunningham, G.; J. Adams, W.; J. A. Ray, 8.; E. B. Allen, Med. x.; D, Howarth,

Chap. Present officers: E. B. Allen, Com,; A. B. Wright, C.; J. F. Lauck, V.C.: LC. Jack-

son, Treas.; J. C. Strong, Sec’y; W. M. Dean, Col.; 5. P. Cunningham, G.; O. Mul-y, Chap.;

N. Alien, 0.; C. L. Adams, W.; 8. A. Weaver, S.; E. B. Allen, d. Ex. Meets alternate

Tuesdays at hal] in Temple Block. Present membership, thirty-one, :

Wichita Lodge, No. 22. A. 0, U. W., was chartered November 1 1873) wah eure

  

bers. First officers: . Lewis, P.'M. W.; J. T, Holmes, M. W.; .F.; G.M.
Calhoun, 0.5 ‘a Fox, Rec'd; J. Ricketts, Fin.:'D. W. Smith, Rec.; H. Huson, G.; 8. P. Mar-
tin, I. W.; H. Shrew, O. W.’ Present officers: L. Cone, P. M. W.; J. A. Doran, M. W.; J. T.

Holmes, F.; G. Calhoun, Rec’d.; J. A. Ratlifte, Fin.; H. B. Marshall, O.; W. E. Cooper, G.;
C. W. Simmons, I. W.; W. C. Allen, oO. i Regular meetings are held every Monday even-
t Barnes’ Hall. Present membership, thirty-five. si
108 Warwick Lodge, No. 44, K. of P., rae nstituted November 25th, 1881, with forty-one
C, A.

members. First officers: an Ness, C, C.; J. Junkerman, P. C.; J. T, McMillan, V.
C.; H.C. Mann, K. of R.and§.; E. Hill, M. of E.; O. D. Kirk, M, of F.; C. Hatton, M. of
A. Present officers: J.T. McMillan, C. C.; C. Hatton, V.C A. Van Ness, P. U.; J. D.

34 C.

Huston, K. of R.andS ; E. Hill, M. of E.; G. N. Byers, M. of F.; E. P, Harvey, M. of A.
Meets every Monday evening at I. 0. 0. F.'Hall, Temple Block. Present membership, fifty.

Wichita Division, No. 12, K. of P., was instituted in April, 1882, with thirty-one mem-
bers, Officers are L. N. Woodcock, Sir K. C.; L. W. Ong, Sir K. L.C.; 8.8. King, Sir K. H.;
H. W. Stewart, Sir K. R.; E. Hill, Sir K. T. Regular meetings are held on the first and third
Thursday evenings of each month, at I. 0. O. F. Hall, in Temple Block. Present member-
ship, thirty. * D

‘gar. old Post, No. 25, G. A. R., was organized in August, 1881, with twenty members.
First officers: M. Stewart, P. C.; L. N. Woodcock, Sen. V. C.; M. Myers, O. of D.; A. Smith,
O. of G.; R. L. Walker, Q. M.; J. Ask, Adjt. Present officers: M. Stewart, P.C.; J. M. Bal-
derson,. Sen. V.C.; A. Smith, Jr. V. C.; A. Bruton, O. of D.; S. B. Heiserman, O. of G.; J
Wallace, Aas if o F. Derby, Q. M. Meets first and third Tuesdays, at Eagle Hall. Present
membership, 4 Ne 3 ss

Wichita Guards, Company A, Second Regiment, Kansas State Militia, was organized in
January, 1879, with sixty men, under the command of L. N. Woodcock, Capt., who was
commissioned March 12, 1879, and W. A. Richey, First Lieut.; J.J. Moben, Second Lieut.
February 11, 1880, J. M. Steele was elected Capiain; W. A. Richey, First Lieut.; and ©,
Smyth, Second Lieut.. The uniforms of the company were purchased July, 1880, at a cost of
$1,400. The company, by personal efforts, have raised about $800 since its organization,
aud now (1882) numbers forty men and three commissioned officers. —__ 4

Wichita Turn Verein, organized in the fall of 1871, with a membership that included the
principal German elementinthe city. During the same yearasmall frame hall was built
on First and Market streets, at a cost of $500. This building was occupied by the society
until 1879, when the present hall was completed on the corner of Market and Second
streets. The structure, which is substantially built of brick, is 54x130 feet, and was com-
pleted at a cost of $15,000, including grounds. The interior of the building is furnished with
a stage, 30x50 feet,and an_ auditorium, 50x30, divided into parquette and balcony, with
a seating capacity of 1,000. Since its completion the building has been known as the ‘Turner
Opera House, and is used for theatrical purposes. Present officers: Aug. Wagner, Pres.;
ze Grider, Vice-Pres.; H. Balte, Treas.; George Kayzer, Sec. Present membership, twenty-

ve, 5

Bands,—Wichita stands as the leading musical town in the State for its size, supporting
seven cornet bands and other musical organizations. It is a paradise for the lover of “sym-
phony of sounds.” The leading organization, known as the Wichita Cornet Band, was
organized in 1870, by F. Schalterer, with ten members. <A set of instruments was purchased
the next year, at a cost of $300. In 1873 the band took first prize at the Butler County Fair.
The band is at present under the same leadership and is in a prosperous condition. In 1879
the Eagle Cornet Band was organized, then known as the Juvenile Band, with nine mem-
bers, Charles Frank, leader. 1n July, 1881, was organized the Cracker Band, now known as
the Beacon Cornet Baud, by C. II. Neff, with ten pieces, John Cubberly, present leader. The
Southwestern Cornet Band (colored) was organized in 1879, with fourteen members, W.
S.mford, present leader. Stearns’ Colored Band was organized in the fall of 1882, with
eight pieces. The Independent Cornet Band was organized November, 1882, by C. H.
Neff, with six pieces. 5, : ~

Wichita Gun Club was organized Hannary: 1879, with nineteen members. First officers:
8. G. Smyth, Pres.; G. N. Byers, Vice-bres.; Ph. Bieler, Sec.; Ch. H. Smyth, Treas. Present
officers: J. T. McMillan, Pres.; J. F. Statford, Vice-Pres.; Ch. H. Smyth, Sec. and Treas,
Among its members are some of the best shots in the State.

The Wichita Cemetery Association was incorporated in March, 1872, by the following
corporators: J. Smith, H. Smith, J. C. Mossman, Th. Royal and W. Smith.” H. Smith was
elected president and treasurer, and J. Smith, secretary. The association, with a limit of
forty, purchased twenty-six acres, three and three-quarter miles northeast of the city,
situated un a commanding knoll, from which an extensive view may be had for miles, and
named it Wichita Cemetery. Itis estimated that upwards of $15,000 has been laid outin
improvements by private individuals. Present Board of Directors: H, Smith, J. C. Moss-
man and J. Smith. Officers same as in 1872.

BANKS AND HOTELS,

The First Arkansas Valley Bank, a pulvate banking institution, the oldest in Wichita
or Southwestern Kansas, was established inthe spring of 1870, by W. ©. Woodman. The
first exchange was sold in September of the same year. In 1871, the bank commenced
making loans in this aud Sumner counties. The bank, which transacts a general banking
business, remains under the same management.

The Wichita Savings Bank was incorporated July 1, 1872, with a capital of $100,090—
one-half pald up—and commenced business in August of the same year. First board of
directors was composed of A. N. Clark, Sol. H. Kohn, W. A. Thomas, W. Grieffenstein, 8.
O. Johnson, H. J, Hills, N. A. English, S. Warner, A. A. Hyde, Officers: A, N. Clark, Pres.;
Sol. H, Koln, Vice-Dres,; A. A, Hyde, Sec’y and’Cash, April 20, 1875, Sol. H. Kohn was
elected Pres.; A. N, Clark, Vice-VPres, ; October 27, 1875, S. Levy was elected Vice-Pres., A.
N. Clark retiring. March 1, 1879, the bank was merged intothe Wichita Bank, of Kolin
Bros, & Co., composed of §. H. and M. Kohn and M. W. Levy. January 1, 1883, the institu-
tion commenced business asthe Wichita National Bank, the certificate of authority having
been granted September 29, 1882. Capital, $250,000. Present officers: S. H. Kohn, of New
York Chey 1 Eres. A. W. Oliver, Vice-Pres.; W. Levy, Cash.; C. A. Walker, Ass’t Cash.
In 1872, deposits amounted to $5,000: loans and discounts, $44,000. In 1882, deposits,
$156.000; loans and discounts, $150,000. Exchange, 1832, $2,000,000.

Kansas National Bank.—The Farmers and Merchants’ Bank was established Novem-
ber 1, 1876, by H. W. Lewis, as a private institution. September 1, 1877. it was organized
under the State banking law, with a capital of $25,000. Directors and officers; H. W.
Lewis, Pres. ; A.A. Hyde, Cash.; S. Houck, W.S. Corbett and T. H. Lynch, First year’s
deposits, $20,000; 1882, $100,000; discounts $600,000; exchange saved, $125,000 per
month. November 1, 1882. it was organized under its present appellation, with a capital
stock Hyer” Board of Directors; H. W. Lewis, J. L. Dyer, R. P Roys, R. E. Lawrence,

The Kans1s State Bank was organized December 16, 1880, with a paid up capital of
$52,000. Teen aaa Ji. Eres; James L. Lombard, Vice-Pres.; L, b. Skinuer,
ash.; G. E. , ash. Deposi ;
and discounts to $113,000. 7 posits have increased from $35,000 to $115,000; loans
The Lombar ortgage Company was incorporated December 17, u ital
7 eee seove's singe: preanizauon: B. Lombard, Pres.; J. i. Lammbaeae Vico res a.
. Spa : 7 ELE. , Treas.;
first mortgages and loans on real eon $400,000 loaned in 1881. Makes a specialty of

The Bank of Commerce.—A private banking institution was established by Rodolph
‘

SEDGWICK COUNTY.

business dem ands. Hartley, January, 1883, with a capital of $25,000, to be increased as
e Citizens’ Bank was incorporated December 20, 1882, with a capital

by James @, Davidson, §. L. Dav dison, OL, Davidson, W. &. Stamey, He.8. Gates, A, Drum:
nd Jno, : s are: Jas, O. Davidson, ‘president; S. L. Davidson, vice-pre-
sident; O. L. Davidson, secretary; Jno. Durst, cashier. Place of business an “Main street
nearly opposite postoflice. _ Ca) ital stock will be increased as the business demands :

Tremont House.—The first hotel in Wichita, known as the Empire House, was opened in
May. 1870. Tieeatrece Hoe in A ewo-story: stame ‘buildin Jocated on’ the corner of

S. ear Matze : i
aud second to it J. Ledford, who called it the * Lewis House.” Toon Le Was. pects
as a notorious character, was soon afterward killed by a Deputy United States Marshall
while resisting anarrest. After bis death the hotel passed into the hands of Rouse & Lamb’
wo named it the * Harris House.”’ Messrs. Cox & Blood, the next managers, enlarged the
yuilding. After bassing into litigation and being managed by different parties it was, in
tee ee Reegent location and named the Tremont, which appellation it still bears,
preseit ne neti » - . Was soon afterward purchased by A. M. Denning, the
ccidental Hotel.—This hotel was erected in 1873 by a stock company c

of the principal citizens of Wichita, at a cost of $36,000. The building 18.4 theee eae brick
structure, 80x100 feet, and contains sixty-two guest rooms. Upon the completion of the
building it was leased to Rouse & Lamb, who ran it about three years. After passing
through different hands it was, in 1880, purchased by Messrs. Platter, Williams & Hewett,
who closed it for six months, and re-fitted and furnished it atan expense of $25,000. No-
vember 1, 1880, it was opened by A. W. Davis & W.S. Forey, lessees, who operated it until
the spring of 1882, when Col. Frank Williams, its present proprietor, took possession. The
Occidentalis known throughout the West as the ‘““Commercia! Men's House.”

Douglas Avenue House. - This house was erected in the spring of 1873 by Wm. Grieffen-
stein, at a cost of $13,500. On its completion it was leased to Messrs. Cox & Blood, who ran
tuoi TFAde Tha DESEEEE contre at sie months. pie building was then purchased

~ M. , D 1etor. The hotel, which is a three-
feet, has fifty rooms, and is a favorite with the traveling public. were pee ARS Mesene

MANUFACTURES,

Wichita, being situated in the midst of one of the best wheat growin i
West nalurally leads in ihe manufacture oe four. pees its five de utiug eutlle. vnere are
s vators located in di Y i
am smail feature among its industries, erent portions of the city, and forming
chita Ct ‘ills.—These mills were erected in May, 1874, by Messrs. Shellabar;

Imboden & Oliver, The mill, which is substantially built of stone, ¥s 45x120 feet, including

the elevator, and three stories high. The building and machinery cost $50,000. Up to 1880,
four run of buhrs were used, when the capacity was increased to eight run of buhrs, and
six sets of rolls, at a cost of $20,000. In order to propel this machinery, a 120 horse-power
Harris-Corliss engineis used. With an elevator with a capacity of 50,000 bushels, and a
mill that manufactures 250 barrels of flour per day, the firm of Shellabargers, Imboden &
Oliver control a large amount of the trade in Southern Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona,
. Hydraulic Mills.—These buildings were erected in 1881, by Messrs. H. W. Lewis and J.
and B. Deffenbaugh, who commenced operations in October of the same year. The building
is a four and one-half story frame, 40x56 feet, and uses four sets of buhrs, which gives it a
Capacity of fram 80 bo 100 qjenrels ievery bwenty-foun hours. The power is obtained from
iver, from whic e water is conve: i in-

cipat trad a New Mexico and Texas yed a distance of five miles. Prin
_ Farmers an erchants ilt.—This mill was first used by the Derby Bros., a
mill, transferring their interest to Messrs. Goodyear & Hall in 7881 Thenew Sioerieteee
fitted it up as a grist mill, with two run of stone, and ran it up to August, 1882, when M.
Hurst, its present proprietor, purchased the mill and fixtures, In the winter of 1882 and 88,
Mr. Hurst commenced the erection of a new brick mill. 34x50 feet, two stories high with
basement, and an engine room 26x26% feet, with a shafl room, 17x25 feet. The new mill,
when completed, will cost $15,000; have four run of bulrs, and manufacture from 80 to 100

barrels of flour every twenty-four hours.

iamond Mills.—In March, 1882, Messrs. Dorsey, Alexander & Co., purchased the old
“Grange Elevator,” and refitted it for milling purposes. The building is a frame, three
stories and basement, 36x40; engine room brick, 20x24, and an addition, two stories, 16x22,
erected in December, 1882.

per day, : :

Zephyr Mills.—In the winter of 1882 and ’83, the Zephyr Mills Company, J. C. Dean
manager, purchased a three-story frame building, 830x140 feet, including warehouse and
engine room, and commenced putting in machinery. The mill, when completed, will be
run by steam power; have four run of buhrs, and turn out eighty barrels of flour every
Brenty’ four hours, 3‘ * :

ichita Foundry and Machine Shops.—These shops established in 1877, by R. McFar-
land, the present proprietor. The first building erected was a small frame, 16x24 feet, lo-
cated on east side of the Arkansas River bridge. The first “‘cast’? was made October 30,
1877, and was successful inevery respect. Horse power was used in propelling the ma-
chinery, up toa recent date. In August, 1879, the foundry was moved to its present loca-
tion and an addition, 24x32 feet built. In 1880, steam power was substituted in place of the
former primitive motive power, In the fall of 1881, the building was enlarged to 16x56
feet. From a capital of $75.00, the business has grown until now $6,000 is invested. This
foundry was the first established, not only in the county, but in Southern Kansas.

The Globe Iron Works, were established in 1878, by C. F. Price, the present proprietor.
Daring the same year, a two story frame building was erected for the purpose in East

icnita,

Wichita Pork-packing Establishmint.—This business was established in 1874, by M.
Stewart, who used different buildings at different times. In 1879, the firm name was Stew-
art & Co., since which time many changes have occurred in the ownership, with the excep-
tion of Mr. Stewart, who has always retained an interest in it. In 1881, the présent
buildings were erected, and consist of the main building, 20x50 feet, with basement; lard-
house, 14x26 feet, aud the slaughter-house, 14x36 feet. Present capacity, 2,000 hogs per
season.

The Wichita B ewery was established June 15, 1872, by A. Weigand, who erected his
bnildings from time to time, until now the works comprise a frame (main) building, 32x70
feet; three ice houses, 1»x60, 16x60, and 20x60 feet, respectively, and a two story brick
building, 20x86 feet, erectedin 1874. Inthe fall of 1878, J. G. Murphy purchased an inter-
est, and remains B partner, the firm name being Weigand & Co. The capacity of the differ-
ent departments of the works is as follows: Ice houses, 1,800 tons; storage, 1,500 barrels;
brewery, 3,000 barrels per annuin. > :

The Wichita Soda Factory was opened in 1878, by Peter Getto, the present proprietor,
in a frame building, 18x40.0n the corner of Second and Water streets. Capacity, first
year, twenty-eight dozens daily. In December, 1882, a brick, 25x80 feet, was erected on
the corner of Second and Main Streets, and occupied for the purpose of manufacturing and
bottling all kinds of soda and mineral waters. In 1881 a $33.300 business was transacted.

Wichita has, besides the above manufacturing industries mentioned, three first-class ele-
vators, three cigar manufactories, one planing mill, and several feed mills. The city, yet
in her infancy, compared with other places, has a bright prospect in her future of becoming
the leading manufacturing city of Southwestern Kansas.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

REV._H. WINSLOW ABBETT, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, was born in Marion
County, Ky.,in 1839, son of William McDowell and Margaret Winslow Abbett. He married
in 1864, Miss Lizzie West. They have three children—Minnie, Harry and Stewart. His
wife is the daughter of Elijahand Maria (Smoot) West, He was educated at Dickinson
College, Carlisle, Pa, ; graduating in the Class of 1860, commenced. the ministry in 1861.
United with the Kentucky Conference Church South;-and remained in that connection until
1878. He was forfour years in pastoral work, was then elected Professor of Languages at
the High School at Carrolton, Ky., and remained one year, was then elected to the Professor-
ship of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan College, at,Millersburg, Ky.; remained in that posi-
tion for five years, after which spent five years in pastoral work, then took the Presidency
of the Carroll High School, and held the position two years; after_spending two more years
in pastoral work, accepted the Presidency of the Female College at Millersburg, Ky. remain-
ed for three years. In 1877, he removed to Kansas, located in Wichita, took the Presidency
of the Southern Kansas Institute, held that position for two years and for the last four years
has devoted himself to pastoral labor. Is the author of the first sermon in the book en-
titled “Pulpit of the Kentucky Conference,” from the text, ‘Give me neither Poverty nor

Riches,” ot

Cc. L. ADAMS, proprietor marble works, was born in West Virginia, in 1856, father. J,
M. Adams, mother, Anna McClintock. He married in 1880, Miss Mamie Burson. They
have one child, Gracie E, Adams. His wife’s parentage, Harvey Burson and Elizabeth Mar-
tin. He came to Kansas in 1876, and located at Wichita, started the first marble works in
the Arkansas Valley,north of the IndianTerritory line and west of Topeka, He is a member of
the firm of Kimmerle & Adams. They own the building in which business is located, No.
60 Main street, and also own marble works at Newton. Business in 1877 amounted to
$4,000; in 1882, $12,000. __ e

B. W. ALDRICH, druggist,jfirm of Aldrich & Brown, was born in Kalamazoo, Mich.,1846,
son of B. W. Aldrich and Mary (Weed) Aldrich. He married in 1874, to Miss Anna E. Stone,
of Wichita. Came to Kansas in 1870, located at Wichita. Commeuced the drug business
the same year under firm name of Aldrich & Simons, continued until 1882, when it was

. ‘In November, 1882, the firm name was changed to Dorsey,
Smetzer & Tucker. The mill employs four run of buhrs, with a capacity of iehty barrels”

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changed to Aldrich & Brown. Enlisted in 1864 in the Thirtieth Regiment, Michigan Volun-
teers; was rejected on account of disability. Was appointed Deputy Postmaster at
Wichita, in 1870. Isa member of the Knights of Pythias, Warwick Lodge, No. 44, also a
member of the Knights of Honor, No. 528. A member of City Council from 1876 to 1878.
. ALDRICH & BROWN, druggists, located No, 36 Mainstreet, Wichita. Own the build-
ing in which business is located, Business increased 500 per cent since its establishment.
NETT D. ALLEN, salesman, was born in Kentucky and raised in Missouri, son of
Noah and Abigail DeWitt Allen, He was married in 1867, to Miss C. A. Howard, daughter
of Osgood and Sarah A Howard. He came to Kansas in 1868, and located in Allen County,
engaged in farming for five years, then removed to Iola and engaged in the grocery busi-
ness, 1n 1875, was proprietor of the Leland House in Iola, He came to Wichita, in 1876,
engaged in the stock business. In 1877 accepted Spas ton as salesman and collector for
Smith & Keating, farm implement house; continued with them for five years, when they
sold their business to C. F. Derby & Co., and has been in the employ of that firm since that
time, He was inthe War of the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1861, in the State Militia of Mis-
souri. Received a commission as First Lieutenant, in 1862, and held that commission dur-
ing the State Service. In 1863, he enlisted in the United States Service in the Eleventh
Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, Company M. Received a commission as Second Lieutenant
in 1864. Received a commission as First Lieutenant in 1865. He wasin all the battles of
his command, and was mustered out at the close of the war, in 1865. He then engaged as
agent for the State Insurance Company until coming to Kansas in 1868. He is a member of
pie Method st Episcopal Church, and owns a farm of 160 acres in Afton Township in Sedg-
y. :

Cc. H. ALLEN, harnessmaker and saddler, came to Kansas _in 1858, located at Leaven-
worth, was born in Somerset, Pa. Is the son of Hugh and Martha( Wood) Allep. Was
married at Leavenworth in 1862, to Miss Anna Glassbrook. Is amember of the I.0.0F.,
Wichita Lodge, No, 93, also Treasurer of Wichita Encampment No. , I.0. 0. F.
Business located No. 127 Douglas Avenue; amount of business in 1874,$7,000; has increased
to $10,000 in 1882. In 1860 was conductor of U. S. mail service from Independence, Mo. to
Santa Fe. N. M. Is a member of Old Settlers Association. 7

EDWIN B, ALLEN, M. D., first Mayor of Wichita, is a native of Ohio, he was born
near Oberlin, Lorain County, March 7, 1836, and lived in Ohio and Indiana until he was 16
years of age,when he located near Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, and remained until 1861.he
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at which time he emigrated to Kansas. His first location in this State was in Wabaunsee
County, whence he came to Wichita, August 7, 1869 and_ filed a claim on west
of Section 28, Town 27, Range 1 east. ecommenced practice immediately and removed
his family in March, 1870. The following month he was elected Coroner and served two
terms. He also served two terms in succession as Mayor of Wichita, being.the first Mayor
of the city. Inthe fall of 1872, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, re-elect-
ed in 1874, and again to the Legislature in 1882. He has for the past seven or eight years
taken partial charge of his farm near thecity. He is now serving his second term as treas-
urer of South Kansas Medical Society and is a member of the A.,F. & A. M., and American,
Legion of Honor. He was married near Greencastle, Jasper Co., lowa, May 25,1857, to Eliza
Sewell, a native of Indiana, who, died March 30, 1858, leaving one child, Eliza D., now Mrs.
Luther Becktell, of Harlan, Iowa. On May 23, 1861 Dr. Allen married at Greencastle, Iowa,
Mary. J. Garrison, a native of Indiana. The have three children living—Charles C., Edith
E., and Edgar P., one of their children died in infancy. : -

J. M. ALLEN, grocer, of the firm of Allen & Tucker, was born in Union County, Ind, in
1840, son of John Allen and Martha (Elliot) Allen. He was married in 1876 to Miss Martha
Lybrook, daughter of William and Elizabeth Lybrook, of Preble County, Ohio. They have
three children—Jessie, Roland and Cecil. He came to Kansas in 1870 and located at Wich-
itain 1871; he en aged in the flour and feed business. In the fall of 1871, he formed a part-
nership with W. R. Tucker, and engared in the grocery business, After one year Mr.
Tucker retired from the firm, the business was then carried on under the firm name of
Allen & McKillip for one year. In 1873 he commenced business and continued until 1875,
when he again formed a partnership with W. R. Tucker and built a store now occupied by
the firm, No. 96 New York block, on Douglas avenue. Business has increased 200 per cent.
since 1875. Wasinthe warofthe Rebellion and enlisted in 1863 in the Ninth Indtana
Cavalry, Company D.; was in the hospital one year, and was mustered out in 1865, He is
amember of Wichita Lodge No. 98, 1.0. O. F., and of Warwick Lodge K. of P. No. 54, He
is a member of the Wichita City Council and has served in that capacity four years.

JOSEPH P. ALLEN, druggist, was born in Elkhart County, Ind., in 1838; son of Wil-
liam M. Allen and Sophronia (Meeker) Allen, natives of New York. He married, in 1869,
Miss Mary E. Tatman. They have twochildren—Roy E., and Bessie L. He cameto Kansas
in 1861, and located at Leavenworth. He engaged in selling drugs, and removed to Wichita
in 1870, established the drug business, and has continued the same since that time. Busi-
ness located at No. 92 Douglas avenue. The increase of business since its establishment
has been 250 per cent. The business house of J. P. Allen is the oldest one now in the city.
He enlisted in the War ofthe rebellion in 1861, in the Eighth Iowa Volunteers, Company
K. Wasintheservice three years, and was mustered out in 1864. He is a member of
Wichita Lodge, No. 99, A., F. & A. M.,and of Wichita Chapter, No. 33, and of the Mount
Olivet Commandery, No.12. Heisa member of the Garfield Post, G. A. R. No. 25. Isa
member of the City Council of Wichita. The first child bornin Wichita was Frank H. Allen,
born July 3, 1870, and son of J. P. and Mary E. Allen. ’

JESSE A. ASK, upholsterer and cabinet maker, came to Kansas from Ohio, March, 1877,
and located at Wichita. He was born in Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y.,in 1844. He is the
son of Justus and Susan Albertson Ask. He was married in 1872 to Rebecca Perdue. Has
three children by his first wife—George, Dolly and Gerald. He was married a second time
to Miss Kate Stice, in 1882. Served in the War of the Rebellion, enlisting August 10, 1862,
in Company H, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was
engaged in the Morgan and Hood raids, and other important services. Was mustered out
at close of war jn 1865. During the Morgan raid he was detached from his company and
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sent to Gen. Burnside’s Headquarters, at Cincinnati, as Mounted Orderly, afterwards to
Headquarters Department of Ohio, where he served in the same capacity for six months,
He is Adjutant of the Second Regiment Kansas State Militia; was commissioned February,
1880. He is also one of the charter members of Garfield Post, No. 25, G. A. R.

JACOB M. BALDERSTON was born in Colerain, Belmont Co., Ohio, January 16, 1842.
Rae herentoved to Magnolia, Putnam Co, IlJ., from whence he.entered the army Jul,
July 14, 1862. September 8, 1862, he re-enlisted in Company C, Fourteenth Illinois Cav-
alry, and was mustered out July 31, 1865, as Captain of his company. He then returned to
Magnolia, 11l., and attended the Seininary at Winona, that State, and the Wesleyan Univer-
sity. at Bloomington; afterward teaching schcol in Illinois. He read law with Weldon &
MeNulta, at Bloomington, and was admitted to the bar December 10, 1869, remaining in
the law office of the firm, with whom he read until nearly a year later. He came to Kausas
in 1870, and located at Wichita April, 1872, and has been engaged in the practice of law in
that tity since hislocation. Mr. B was taken prisoner at Lexington, Mo., September 20,
1861, and paroled soon after; again taken prisoner near Nashville, Tenn., December 17,
1864, escaping four and a half days later. He was wounded in Georgia, August 2, 1864, re-
celving pistol shots in leg and wrist

MILZAR P. BARNES, Grugeist, of the firm of M: P. Barnes & Son, was born in 1824, in
Camden, N.Y. Is the son of Tillotson Barnes and Clarissa Byington Barnes. He married,
in 1849, Miss Susan D. Whitman, They have three children—Ada F., Oscar D. and Nettie I.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Wichita Lodge, No. 99, A., F. & A. M., and of
Chapter No. 33. Hecame to Kansas in 1878. O. D. Barnes, of the firm of M. P. Barnes &
Son, commenced in the drug business in’ Wichita in 1879. Business located at No. 100
Douglas avenue. It has increased 50 per cent. since its establishment; they own the bulld-
ing where business is located. He is a member of Wichita Lodge No. 99, A., F. & A. M.,
Chapter No. 33. and Mount Olivet Commandery No. 12, K. T.

, . BASLEY, firm of Basley & Leverage, livery and sale stable, was born in England,
in 1842, Son of James and Mary Basley, Married, in 1875, to Miss Julia Ralph. The

have two children—Charles and Lottie. His wife died in 1881. Came to Kansas in 1867;
located at Manhattan and engaged in blacksmithing; remained until 1870, then located at
Wichita in 1871; engaged in livery and feed business. In 1880 formed a partnership with
x M. Leverage. Is a member of Masonic fraternity, Wichita Lodge No. 99, and of Chapter

0. 83.

BENJAMIN L. BEAR, was born in Plainfield, Cumberland Co., Pa, July 3, 1853.
and reared from the age of one year in Decatur, Lil., to which place his parents removed,
He commenced the drug business at Decatur and continued it for two years before he re-
moved to Wichita, September 13, 1872, where he has since resided. After locating at
Wichita, Mr. Bear carried on farming until October 21, 1874, when he became a resident of
the city and engaged in the arug business, being associated with J. P. Allen from April,
1875, to September, 1878. L. N. Woodcock then became his partner, and so continued until
the spring of 1880, when they sold the drug store, and Mr. Bear entered the sture of J. P
Allen as prescription clerk, remaining in that position until February 1881, and from the
latter date until January 1, 1882, being in the law office of Judge Little. Since January 10,
1882, he has been Deputy Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County, Kansas. He was married
at Bainbridge, Putnam Co., Ind , December 25, 1877, to Mary Etta Fraker, a native of that
place, by whom he has one childu—Ethel Gracie. Mr. Bear is now engaged in poultry breed-
ing, and Shipping Mahogany Partidge Cochins exclusively.

JOHN W. BEAR, civil engineer_and surveyor, was born in Cumberland County, Penn.,
in 1830. Son of Israel Bear and Eliza Stoy Bear. Married, in 1851, to Miss Mary Long-
necker; has four childreu—Benj. L., Elizabeth, G. W. and Grace. Caine to Kansas in 1872,
located at Wichita, engaged in real estate and insurance and continued it two years. He was
appointed engineer and surveyor of Wichita and served in that capacity three years. Has
been engaged in the business of engineer and surveyor, since. Was in the War of the Rebel-
lion, He enlisted in 1862 in the Sixty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company I; was
elected Captain of his company, receiving commission in June, 1862. Regiment ordered to
Washington, paroled at Alexandria during the second Bull Run, and was mustered out in
September, 1862. He was elected Sheriff of Macon County, IlI., held the office for two years;
appointed a Deputy in 1864, and recruited a company for the One Hundred and Forty-fifth
Regiment Ilinvis Volunteers; was elected Major of his regiment, receiving commission in
June, 1864. He was sent from Camp Butler to Missouri to watch the movements of Gen.
Price; was mustered out in October, 1864. He was appointed Deputy United States Marshal
for the Southern District of Illinois and served in that office two years. In 1866 was ap-
pointed Internal Revenue Collector for the counties of Macon, Fayette and Moultrie;was also

darshal for the city of Decatur, Ill, in 1866; was Alderman of the city of Decatur in 1860
and Tax Collector froin 1862 to 1865. Is ainember of the Knights of Hanor, Wichita Lodge
No. 528. Is a@ member of the Garfield Post of the G. A. R., No. 25.

Cc. F. NFORD, tailor, was born in Somerset County, Penn., in 1826, and is the son

of John and Elizabeth (Lynk) Benford.
1844, which trade he steadily followed up to 1861, when he enlisted inthe army, where he
remained until 1865, when he resigned and came home. Commence merchanttailoring in
1870. He came to Wichita, Kan., in 1882, and is engaged in the tailoring business on Doug-
las avenue. His army record isasfolluws: He belonged to the army of the Cumberland
Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer Taran Ye Company B, and was in all the principal engagements
of that command from 1861 to 1865. He was wounded at Shiloh on the 7th of April, 1862,
also at Resaca,Ga., May 15, 1864, and again near Atlanta,Ga., the norning of August 20, 1864.
He never was reprimanded on or off duty by his superior officers for neglect of duty; never
was absent from his command at the stacking of arms on the march or otherwise, except
when wounded or sick. Mr, Benford has been married three times and has four living chil-
dren, one child by his first wife and three by his second.

R. J. BIGGS, of Biggs & Renshaw, millers, was born in Ohio in 1842, and is the son of
Robert P. and Mary Smith Biggs. Was married, in 1873, to Miss Ellen Calaway, daughter
of Geo. and Elizabeth Calaway; he has one child, Harry P. Mr. Biggs came to Kansas in 1879,
located at Wichita and engaged as engineer for one year, then in hay pressing and thrash-
ing. In 1882 he started feed mill at No. 34 Douglas avenue, in the firm of Stencer, Biggs &
Hodson, January, 1883, Stencer and Hodson sold their in'erest to A. U. Renshaw, the busi-
ness is now conducted by Biggs & Renshaw. Their millis steam power, with a capacity of
300 to 400 bushels per day; also a hominy mill with a capacity of 1,000 to 1,500 pounds per
day, the only hominy mill in Southern Kansas. He was in the War of the Rebellion, enlist-
ing, in 1862, in the Seventy-seventh Regiment Tlinois Volunteers, Company I; was at the
siege of Vicksburg, on the Texas expedition and at the siege and capture of Fort Mor ‘an;
was brevetted Captain of his company in June, 1864, and served in that capacity until the
close of the war; was mustered outin July, 1865. Is amember of the Garfield Post, No. 25,

G. ALR.

JACOB BISSANTZ, hardware merchant. was born in Germany in 1846; son of Adolph
Bissantz, and Elizabeth Herold Bissantz. He married in 1869 Miss Albertin Kamerer,
and has four children-Emily, Lena, Albertin and Robert Bissantz, He came to Kan-
sas in 1872, and located at Wichita, and engaged in the restaurant business for three years.
In 1875 he commenced in the hardware business. He was in partnership with H. R. But-
ler for five years, In 1880 he divided the stock and has since been alone in the business.
He owns the buiiding where his business is now located, No. 107 Douglas avenue, Busi-
ness has increased 100 per cent since its establishinent. He is a member of the K. of H.-
Wichita Lodge, No. 582, and of Warwick Lodge, No. 54, K. of P., and’ of the Wichita Turn
Verein. He owns five lots and a residence on the corner of Second aud Market streets.

HORACE G. BLOOM, farmer, P, 0, Wichita, born in Ohio, Preble County, in 1858,
son of Guy Bloom, and Frances Jameson Bloom. He married in 1867 Miss Mila Kreider,
He came to Kansas 1n_ 1882, purchased farm of 160 acres in Wichita Township, in Section
22, two miles east of Wichita. He is engaged in general farming and a dealer in thorough-
bred Poland-China hogs,

J. T. BLOOMER, member of the firm of W. J. Bloomer & Bro., grocers; was born in
Tennessee in 1849, son of W. J. Bloomer and Margaret Merritt Bloomer. He caine to Kan-
sas in 1878, and located at Wichita. He isa member of the Knights of Honor, Lodge
No. 628.

W. J. BLOOMER, member of the firm of W. J. Bloomer & Bro., grocers. Was born in
Tennessee in 1856; son of W. J. Bloomer and Margaret Merritt Bloomer. He cameto Kan-
sas in 1878 and located at Wichita. In 1878 he commenced business under the firm name
of W. J. Bloomer & Bro., inthe grocery and provision business, located at No. 80 Main
street. Business increased 500 percent since its establishment. They own the building in
which their business is located.

A. C. BROKAW, lumber dealer, of the Arkansas River Lumber Company. Born in
Ohioin 1847. Son of John Brokaw and Margaret Morris Brokaw. He married in 1874
Miss Juliette Kennedy, and has onechild, Mamie A. Hecame to Kansas in 1878, and lo-
cated at Anthony, Harper County. and engaged in stock dealing. In 1880 he located ‘at
Wichita, and from that time has been engaged tn the lumber business under the firm name
of Yark, Brokaw & Tucker, now the Arkansas River Lumber Company. The company
own three mills in Washington and Crawford counties, Ark. Started the lumber business
in Wichita in 1882. Located on Douglas avenue, south side, near iron bridge; own five

lots, occupied as lumber yard. The business of the firm at Wichita is under the manage-
mentof A.C. Brokaw. eisa member of the Belton Lodge, No. 450.

THOMAS J. BROOK, salesman for M, A. Sayles, farm implements. He was bornin
Canada West in 1822; son ofSamuel aud Anna Ray Brook. He married in 1849 Miss
Caroline Thacher, daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth Thacher, and has four children. Mr.
Brook came to Kansas in 1879 and located! at Wichita and has since been engaged as a
salesman for agricultural impJements. He was formerly a contractor and builder,

B. K. BROWN, auction and commission merchant, came to Kansas in 1872; located at
Wichita. - Was born in Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1845. Istheson of F, S. and Chlow (Eldred)
Brown. Was married in 1874, in Wichita, to Miss Kate C. McCormick, They have two
children—Nettie E, and Chloe, Is@ member of the Knights of Honor, Commenced busi-

in Company A, First {llinois Cavalry, in which regiment he served until ~

Our subject learned the tailor’s trade in 1840 to.

HISTORY OF KANSAS. .

ness in Wichita in 1872; business located at 123 and 125 Douglas avenue; owns building in
which business is conducted. Business increased four fold from 1872 to 1882. lade
H. BROWN, farmer and stock-ralser, P. O. Wichita, was born in Pennsylvania, in
1830; son of Michael Brown and Mary (Folmer) Brown. He married in 1853 Miss Mary A,
Hilbish, daughter of Col Jacob and-Hannah Hilbish, of Pennsylvania. They have four chil-
dren—Adda i Edward H., Emma J.and Annie M, He came to Kansas in 1877, and located
on a farm two and a half miles east of Wichita, on Section 26, in Wichita Pownship, and
‘owns the northeast quarter. Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1863 in the
Twenty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers,Company ¥F; wasin the engagements of
Oyster Poiut, Carlysle and Hagerstown. Was mustered out in 1863. Enlisted in 1864 in the
Two Hundred and Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,Company I. Received a com-
mission as First Lieutenant. In September, 1864, was romoted to Acting Adjutant of hts
Regiment, Was mustered out in 1865. Is Justice of the Peace in Wichita Townshlp, has held
ihat position for two years. Was re-elected for two years more by a unanimous vote. Isa
member of the Episcopal Church, of the Masonic Fraternity, A, F. & A. M., of the lI. 0.0,

F. and the G, A. i gist, firm of Aldrich & Brown, was born in Oxford, Ohio, in 1852,

. J, BROWN, dru, :
novi of Jante esa an argaret (Colwell) Brown: ame to Kansas in 1882. Located at

inmenced business with B. i
ee BR Wee Tocer and hardware merchant, was born in Mecklenburg County, N. C.,
in 1833; son of dsian Brown and Sarah E. (Smith) Brown, He was married in 1878 to
Miss May H. Matthews, daughter of E. T. and L, B. Matthews, and has twe children—Harry
and Maud. He came to Kausas in 1869 and located at Topeka and remained two years, eu-
gaged as book-keeper. In 1872 he Jocated at Wichita and engaged in the groce business
on Maine street, and in October, 1872, moved to the corner of Douglas and Fifth avenues,
where his business is now located. He owns the building, 22x80 feet. In 1877 he added hard-
ware to his stock, and has since carried al ine of erocer es and hardware. He owns a resi-
n the corer of Fourth avenue and Second street. .
oe w BUCK ERINGE, of the firm of McGriff & Buckeridge. He was born in Canada
West, in 1848; was raised in Michigan; son of William Buckeridge and Margaret M. (Clark)
Buekeridge. He married, in 1874, Miss Rosa A. Lambe. They have three children—Flor-
ence R., Louise M., and William F. Hecame to Kansas in 1877 and located in Sedgwick
County, on afarm. In 1881 he moved to Wichita and engaged in blacksmithing; formed a
artnership with J. H. McGriff. susiness is located on Dou Jas avenue, lou 5, English addi-
fon. The property where business is located is owned by the firm. He owns a residence,
Nos. 64 and 66 Lawrenceavenue. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Wichita
Lodge No. 99, A., F. & A. M., and R. A. M., Chapter No. 33, A., F. & A. M.

L, B. BUNNELL, of the firm of Bunnell & Roys, located in Wichita in October, 1877,
since which time he has been engaged in law aud loan business, the former being almost
exclusively devoted to the transaction of their own extensive loan and insurance business,
The firm are agents for the A., T. & S. F. R. R. lands, and they have a complete set of ab-
stracts of Sedgwick County. Their loans are made for Eastern capitalists on first mortgage
real estate security, the business extending into other counties, where they have agents to
attend to their interests Mr. Bunnell was born near Lebanon, Ohio, May 23,1849. He
moved to Indiana when a boy, and was educated in the schools of that State, and in the lit-
erary and law department of Tndiana State University at Bloomington. He was married at
Wichita, June 28, 1880, to Arabella E. West, a native of Illinois. They have one child, Lu-
ther Mare. Mr. Bunnell is connected with the Presbyterian Church at Wichita, and isa
member of the A., F. & A. M., Wichita Lodge, No. 93.

A. G. BURR, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Wichita, was born in Hampshire County Mass.,
in 1834, son of Ames Burr and Relief (Eager) Burr. He was married in 1856, to Miss Lucy
H. Bisbee, and has three children—Jennie, Nell, and Lucy. His wife died in 1866. He mar-
ried again, in 1868, Miss Julia E. Allen, and hag two children by the last marriage, Anna
and Ames. He came to Kansas in 1870, and located at Topeka, remaining one year, and
tien located on a farm in Rockford, Sedgwick Cqunty. In 1882 he moved to Wichita Town-
ship. He was inthe war of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861, in the Twenty-eighth Illinois
Volunteers Company D; was elected First Lieutenant at the organization of his regiment,
and received his commission in August, 1861. In April, 4G, Be commissioned as Regi-

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ment Quartermaster. In 1862 commissioned Captain A. _R., and in 1865 was com-
missioned as Major; was in the battle of Shiloh; was wounded in 1863, near Holly Springs,
Miss.; was on duty witb Gens. Blair, McPherson and Howard,until the surrender, and after-
ward with Gen. C. B. Fisk. until December, 1865, when he was mustered out.

H. RK. BUTLER. hardware merchant, was born in New York, in 1838, son ofS. C. Butler
and E. J. Toote Bu'ler. He married in 1861, Miss Lois Oliver, daughter of Andrew and
Amanda Oliver, and has three children—Elizabeth, Alice and Minnie. He cameto Kansas
in 1871, aud located at Wichita, and engaged for three years asa tinsmith. In 1875 he
formed a partnership with Jacob Bissantz in the hardware business, continued until 1880,
when they divided the stock and he commenced business alone, at No. 23, Main street.
After one year he removed to No. 94, Douglas avenue, where he is now located. His busi-
ness has increased 100 percent since 1875. He was Justice of the Peace for two years in
Missouri. Is a member of the Board of Education; has served in that capacity for three
years. He isa member of Wichita Lodge, No. 93, I. O. O. F., and of Encampment No. 29.
1AM P, CAMPBELL, attorney-at-law, was born in Lincoln County, Ky., in Feb-
ruary, 1845. He was educated in the common schools in the vicinity of his home, and at
Stanford Seminary; rea: law at Somerset, Ky, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. July
4, 1869, arrived in Kansas, and in the following fall he located in Eldorado, Kan., where he
commenced and continued the practice of his profession until he removed to Wichita im the
spring. of 1873. He was appointed Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District, and twice
elected to the same office, holding it nine years, since which time he has been actively en-
paged in practice. Judge Campbell was married January 18, 1869, to Kate Barnes, a native
of Estill County, Ky., and seven children have been born tothem—Josephus, Lizzie, Nannie,
Susie, Kate, Sidney and Mary Willie. -

JOHN B. CAREY, lumber merchant, has been engaged in that branch of businessin
Wichita, since the fall of 1875, his settlement inthe piace dating from September 1874, at
which time he invested in land, and now owns five farms in the vicinity, He is a native of
Ireland, and on firstcoming to America, in 1847, located at Cleveland, Ohio, where he re-
mained until 1856. He then moved to Maroa, Ill., which remained his home until he came
to Kansas in 1874, he being while there memver of the Common Council and Justice of the
Peace. He was married in Bloomington, Ill., in October, 1858, to Sarah Bennett, a native
of Ohio, who died in 1868, leaving three children, of whom one only now survives— William

 

P. In May, 1866, Mr. Carey was married at El Paso, Ill.,to Mary A. Myers, of Ohio. They
have five children—Charles W., Lula, Edward, Joseph and Mary E, r. C. is a member of
K, of P., and I. O. F., subordinate Lodge and Encampment.

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W. H. CASTATOR, boot and shoemaker, was born in Indiana, in 1840, son of Elijah Cas-
tator and Amelia Dill Castator. Married in 1868, to Miss Sarat J. Hobson, They have three
children—Frank, Elma and Bert. Came to Kansas in 1877, located at Kingman, remained
there for three years, removed to Wichita, in 1880, engaged in farming for oue year, then
commenced at the boot ana shoe business. Is a inember of the Christian Church. Is an
ancient member of the I, O. O. F. Isa member of the Garfield Post, G, A. R.; was in the
yar of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1861, Nineteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Company
B.; was in the battles of Antietam, Petiysburg, secon Bull Run, South Mountain, eleven
days Hghton the Rappahanock, and several other important engagements; was mustered

out in .

. B. CLARK, farmer, P. O. Wichits, was born in California in 1855. Married in 1882
to Mrs. Sarah Sturns, who was born in 7849, and is a daughter of Joseph Wise. She was
married to J. H. Sturns In 1869, and has one child—J. H. Sturns. Came to Kansas in 1867.
In 1875, located in Wichita Township or. the southwest quarter of Section 26. Her husband,
J. H. Sturns, died in 1881. She was married in Septeinber, 1882, to J. B. Clark. Sold the
farm In October, 1882, with the Intention of going to Pomona, Los Angeles County, Col.

REV. JACOB SHERRIL CHAMBERLAIN, Piscopal clergyman, son of Sylvester and
Hannah Miller Chamberlain, was born in 1820, at Buffalo, N. a In 1847, he married Mary
Chase, of Robin’s Nest, Peoria Co., Ill. From this marriage there are six children, viz.:
Sherril, Philander Chase, Ernest, Ruth, Grace and Mary. His wife is the only daughter of
Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, First Bishop (Vrotestant Episcopal) of Illinois. He graduated at
Jubilee College, in class of 1847, was ordained the same year by Bishop Chase and immedi-
ately entered upon pastoral work. He was missionary in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford
counties, until 1852, when he become Missionary Rector of “St. Anthony Falis Church Mis-
sion,?? Minnesota, in which position he remained eleven years. In 1865, he returned to
Peoria County, fl.,‘and became Itinerant Missionary of *‘Robin’s Nest Church Mission,”
continuing to carry on that mission until 1882, when he becaine Rector of St. John’s
Chureh, Wichita, Kan., in which position he is now, During his ministry he has built seven
churches in Illinois, and thirteen in Minnesota, and is now engaged in the building of an-
other in Midlothian, Kan, He also founded St. Mary’s School for Girls, at Knoxville, Ill.

D J. CHATFIELD, hardware merchant, was born in Lenawee County, Mich,, in 1848.
son of Lyman Chatfield and Elizabeth Hoag Chatfield. Married in 1866, to. Miss Elizabeth
Meeker. They have six children—Mary O., George A., Luetta J., Hannah, Ellen and Josiah.
Came to Kansas in 1872, located at Oskaloosa; was engaged in painting for two years, then
moved to Winchester and engaged as salesman for one year, and one year in the grocery
business. In 1876, moved to Wichita, engaged as salesman for two years. In 1878, com-
menced in the hardware business, located at No. 60 Douglas avenue, Owns fresidence on
Fourth avenue between First and Second streets. Business increased 100 per cent. since
its establishment. Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted ir 1861, in the First Regi-
ment Michigan Volunteers Company K. Wasin the battle of the first Bull Run: was present
at the taking down of the rebel flag by Ellsworth’s Zouaves on the Marshall House in Alexan-
dria, Va. Was mustered out in 1861, November, 1861, he enlisted in the First United States
Lancers; that regiment was disbanded in April, 1862. Enlisted inthe Third Cavalry in the
field, company C. Was in the battles of Corinthluka, Rienza, and other engagements of his
cominand, as in the Siege of Mobile at the close of the war, His regiment was Gen,

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the Methodist iscopal en her in anuumber of battles and skirmishes. Is a member of

fi , upholsterer and furniture dealer, came to Kanss
Hillsdale, Miami County; lived there.for three years, and was agent oF aie Fe toes er ae
R.R. In 1873 he removed to Wichita, and was bookkeeper and collecting agent for several
ears: In 1881 he commenced his present business. He was born in Hereford Herefordshire,
ngland, in 1835. His father’s name was Matthew Child; his mother’s maiden name, Isa~
belie munro, dao iter eneehn Munro, Fear ot pulness, Inverness, Scotland. Was married
, to X . § two children, Ada B. and Hub fc

United States Telegraph Department during the latter years of the tes reba ander
C, O, Rowe, Superintendent of the Telegraph Department for West Virginia. His father,
Matthew Cuild, was for many years Collector of Customs at Port Stanley, Canada West, and
J. L. COOPER, proprietor Oriental livery stable, was born in Sou i A
son of John Cooper and Charlotte Heckman Cooper. He Teeciod ie “TSt9, "Mise “Livni

Blood, came to Kansas in 1870 and located near Wichita, on a farm, and engaged in farmin

for three years; then engaged in the stock business from 1873 to 1878. He was electe
Constable of Wichita in 1879, and re-elected in 1880 and 1881, and in 1882 purchased the
Oriental livery business, which was established in 1875, located north side of Dougias
apnue. atone pmemver ee ay Chita, Lodge, No. 93, is O. O. F.; also of Encampment No. 29;
{ r County in whic i i
Minneta ‘Township. es y a floor was laid and dug the first well in

. U. . dealer in hides, pelts and wool, born in Scioto, Ohio, in 1824, son of Hen
Cox and Luvica Utt Cox. Married, in 1852, Miss Sophena A. Hull. The feecuaeee children,
Lillie B., Rosa M. and Willie H. He came to Kansas in 1869, and located at Topeka; in
1872 removed to Wichita and engaged in farming and gardening until 1878, when he
engaged in dealing in hides, Pelts and wool business located at No. 73 Douglas avenue.
Daring, the: War of the Rebellion he was engaged for two years buying horses for the

A. J. COOK, farmer, P. O. Wichita, was born in Berkshire County, M: i :
of James Cook and Lucy Tolman Cook. He married, in 1846, Miss Anh &, Seopheria aed has
six children, Helen, Robert S., Emma, William S., Nathan ©. and Samuel. He came to
Kansas iit 1869 and located in Wichita Township, in 1870, on southwest quarter of Section
14, two miles from Wichita; has resided on his farm since and has been engaged in farming;
implement business and stock raising. He enlisted in the militiaservice in New York State,
in 1836,,during the Patriot War was under Gen. Scott, and was mustered out of the service
the same year. He enlisted in the Home Guards, in Missouri, in 1863, and was mustered
out in 1864; is patentee of a dredging machine, achannel boat for dredging the Western
rivers (patent issued in 1880); has other important inventions in process, among others,
one for connecting and moving railroad trains with telegraph; also invented and patented
in 1845-46, the first automatic self-rake reaper; in 1853 invented the first harvester ever
put into the field, and the same year invented the steel-plated guard, which has been in use

rom that time to the present on all mowing machines. Mrs. Cook was the daughter of
Robert E. Stephens and Rhoda W. Cory, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio,

ROBERT S. COOK, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Wichita, was born in Ohio in 1849;
son of A. J. Cook and Ann E. (Stephens) Cook. Married in 1875, Miss Carrie Copeland, and
has two children—Charles E. and Blanch. Mr. Cook came to Kansas in 1869, located on a
farm in Wichita Township, in 1870; owns the southeast quarter of Section 14,where he now
residess farm under a high state of cu:tivationu, fine stock of cattle, three miles east of

RUFUS CONE, grocer, member of the firm_of Ratliff & Cone, was born in Illinois in
1853._son of Lucius Cone and Amanda (Woolsey) Cone. He married in 1878,
Miss Ella Center, and has two children—Edwin and Otis. He came to Kansas in 1878, and
located at Wichita. Was engaged asa salesman for three years. In 1881, he formed a part-
nership with J.A. Ratliff, and commenced the grocery business, and located at 113 Douglas
avenue; business has increased seventy per cent., since its establishment. He owns a resi-
dence on South Main street. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. Wichita Lodge, No. 22.

HARRY CROSKEY, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Philadelphia, in 1848,
son of Henry and Ann (Donahne) Croskey. Was married in 1867, to Miss Jennie Quigley,
daughter of Cline and Agnes (Thompson) Quigley. Has four chiluren—Henry, Agnes, Ann
and Charles, Dr.Croskey was educated in the Lewisburgh University,in 1866. In 1867,com-
menced the study of medicine, graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College in 1878; com-
menced the practice of medicine in 1869. in Philadelphia. Came to Kansas in 1878, located
at Wichita, and engaged in practice. Office at his residence, No. 81 North Topeka avenue.
Isa member of the Baptist Church, and of the K. of H., Wichita Lodge. No. 528; is examin-
ingsurgeon for the order. F

FRANK CROLL, carriagemaker, was born in Pennsylvania in 1841, son of John Croll
and Maria (Bain) Croll. He married in 1875, Miss Mary DeLukey; cameto Kansas in 1874,
and located at Wichita; commenced in the business of carriagemaking, and has been en-
gaged in the same until the present; he was in the War of the Rebellion, and was in the
seventy-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company B; was in all the engage-

_ ments of his command, and was mustered outin 1864. Heis a member of the G. A. R. Post,

No. 139.

L. W. CROUCH was born in Warsaw, Ind., April 9, 1848, and resided there untilhe came
to Kansas. He attended the Methodist College at Fort Wayne, Ind.,and read law with
his uncle, Harrison McNeil, at Indianola, Iowa, where he was adinitted to the bar, August
25, 1871. He was then engaged in the practice of law at Warsaw, until he came to Wichita,
October 26, 1878. Since coming to Kansas, he has been engaged in the real estate and loan
business, besides practicing his profession. Mr. Crouch is amember cof the A., F. & A. M.
and the K. of P, He was married at Wichita, July 24, 1881, to Annie B, Elliot, a native of
St. Joseph, Mo. They had one child—Eva, who died December 20, 1882.

FRANK DALE, attorney-at-law, was born in Somonauk, DeKalb Co., Ill, November
26, 1849, and resided in his native town until 1871, when he came to Kansas, where he read
law and was admitted to the bar in 1880. His first location after coming to Kansas was in
Greeley Township, Wichita County, where he was engaged in farming for seven years be-
fore coming to Wichita. He was the first Town Clerk in Greeley Township, and held that
office during the entire period of his residence in that towvship. Mr. vale isa member of
the K. of P., and has been engaged in practice bere since 1880.

JOHN DAVIDSON, lumber merchant, was born in Scotland, November 30, 1869.
He came to America, July 29. 1868, and remained fora short time at Cleveland, VUhio,
where be won ked on the State Asylum until he left for Leavenworth, Kan., in September,
1868. He residedat Leavenworth through the winter, and in the spring of 1869 moved to
Topeka, and remained in that city until he came to Wichitain January, 1870, being foreman
of the carpenter work on the State House while in Topeka. He opened a lumber yard in
Wichita, in May, 1870, but continued his business as contractor and builder until 1875. Mr.
D. was married in Sumner County, September, 1874, to Ellen Paton, also a native of Scot-
land. Their two children are John Paton and Agnes Wilson. :

JOSEPH DAVIDSON, firm of Bloss & Davidson, carriagemakers and blacksmiths, was
born in Canada. in 1860; son of Alexander Davidson and Elizabeth (Tage) Davidson. Came
to Kansas in 1878, located at Wichita. Isamember of Wichita Lodge, No. 93, I. 0. 0.
George Bloss, firm of Bloss & Davidson, was born in Canada. in 1850; son of Frederick
Bloss and Etta (Clenson) Bloss. Married, in 1877, to Miss Emma Bath, and came to Kansas

sin 1878. Business of the firm of Bloss & Davidsun was established in 1878, located on the
corner of Douglas avenue and Water street. Business increased 200 per cent since its es-
tablishment. ‘ :

S. L. DAVIDSON was born in Ackworth, Cheshire Co., N. H.,in 1814. In 1821 he
moved to Allegany County, N. Y., and remained in that county until he came to Kansas, be-
ing engaged in farming and mercantile business during those years. He came to Wichita in
March, 1872,
money loaning business the same year. The present firm composed of S. L. & J. O. David-
son was organized in 1877. The business being especially in real estate loans in Kansas.
Mr. D. was married in Ackworth, N. H., in 1839, to Sarah Lancaster, who died in 1844,leav-
ing two children, Mary Jane and. Sarah Ann, now Mrs, Levi A. Rogey's, residing on the old
farm in New York. Mr. D. married again in Cuba, N. Y., in 1846, Susan R. Hampton. The
children by this union being James O., Alice, Charles L. and Jennie B. y

J. O. DAVIDSON, president of the Citizens Bank,came to Wichita in April, 1872,and soon
afterward engagedin mercantile business, which he continued two years, and subsequently
became connected with his father in the.loan business. He isanative of Cuba, Allegany
Co., N. Y., and afterward lived both in Black Creek and Cuba, coming from the latter place
to Kansas.

J.C. DEAN, president and manager of Zepbyr Mills, was born in Boston, Mass., October
27,1833. He engaged in wool commission business in that city, in which he was engaged
until he moved to Chicago, in 1857. He remained in Peoria three years, and in
1861, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended the Cincinnati Dental College, returning to
Chicago after finishing his studies, where he practiced dentistry fourteen years, being at
the same time enga; ea in steam engineering, for a year and a half, as superintendent of

steam department of Crane Bros.’ immense establishment. He was also interested in the
foundry and machine shops of Preble, Dean & Co., continuing: inthe business until 1873.
He came to Kansas in April, 1876, located at Wichita, and purchased a farm in Kechi Town-
ship, practicing dentistry the first year ol his residence in Wichita, and then moving on to
his farm northwest of Section 15, Township 26, Range 1 east, where he remained until the
fall of 1882. Mr. Dean had a grist millon his farm, where he did custom work, and was
also engaged in selling agricultural implements. He now has charge of Zephyr Mills,
Wichita. "We was married at Hudson, Ohio, March, 1863, to Elizabeth Adams, a native
of Massachusetts, Their three children are William G., Bessie, and Margie.

 

. charge, East Wichita, two years.

removed his family to the place inthe following October, and commenced |

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Cc. F. DERBY, dealer in farm implements, was born in Minersville, Pa, in 1842
John and Antoinette Blanch Derby. He married in 1873, Miss Kate Dietrick. daughter of
George H. and Mary Evens Dietrick. They have two children—George and Frank Derby.
He came to Kansas in 1871 and Jocated on afarm in Delano Township, Sedgwick County.
In 1872 he returned to Pennsylvania and took the superintendency of the Susquehanna
Coal Works of the Pa. R. R Co. Remained in that position for six years, and in 1878 re-
turned to Kansas, located on his farm, and remained two years, then removed to Wichita
and engaged in bookkeeping for J. A. Wallace’s Laplement house, and remained two years.
In 1882 he purchased the agricultural implement business of Smith & Keating, located at
Nos. 130 and 182 Douglas avenue, and is now engaged in that business under the firm name
of C. F. Derby & Co. He was inthe War of the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1861 in the Fifty-
second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers as musician: was at the battles of Williams-
burg, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, and other engagements of
his command. He was mustered out in 1862, and assisted in recruiting. Recruited a cour:
pany in 1864 for the Pennsylvania State Militia Thirtieth Regiment at the time of Gén.

ee’s invasion of the State. He is a member of the Knights Templar Lodge, No. 45: is a
member of Garfield Post. No. 25, G. A. R.; is vice-commander of the post.
240 acresin Delano Township, and a residence on Topeka avenue.

J.F.D LD, dry goods, born in Cohoes, N.Y., in 1857, son of James Donald and Susan
(Ferguson) Donald. Came to Kansas in 1877, located at Atchison; came to Wichita in 1881,
located business ac No. 31 Main street. Dry goods business increased 400 per cent since
its establishment. Is a member of the firm of Donald Bros. at Atchison, wholesale and
retall dry goods house. Has an extensive business at that place.

EDGAR A. DORSEY, was born near Harmony, Chautauqua Co., N. ¥., April 3, 1851.
He lived in his native town three years, and then with his parents removed to Vermont,
who, after remaining two years in that State, again removed to page County, Iowa. April

to Montgomery county:

wns a farm of

6, 1866, Edgar A. removed to Jersey Co., IlI., and in the fall of 186 on
where he resided until he came to Kansas in June, 1872. reaching Wichita on the 1
During June he pre-empted and settled on northeast of Section 32, Township 26, Range 2,
west, Osage Indian Lands, and remained on this farm until December 1, 1875, when he
moved onto southeast of Section 20, Township 26, Range 2 west, where he lived: until he
removed to Wichita, January, 1878, having been elected County Clerkin November, 1877.
While a resident of Union Township he was Town Trustee one term, and member of School
Board. He is a member of K. of P., No. 440. and of I. 0. O. F., Wichita Lodge, No. 93. He
was married in Wichita, February 17,1874, to Helen A, Avery, a native of Geneseo, N. Y.
They have three chiJdren—Eleanor Loy, Margaret and Katie, ae :

Dr. W. L. DOYLE, dentist, settled in Wichita in October,1872,and has practiced dentistry
continuously since, being the only member of the profession within a radius of forty miles
of Wichita, for the space of five years. He was bornin Clinton, La, August 17, 1837. He
commenced the practice of dentistry in-Greenville, Miss.. in 1869, removed from there to
Glaszow, Mo., the same year, where he remained till 1872, when he came to Wichita, Kas.
He was married at Petersburg, Va., in 1864, to Miss Mattie R. Heath of Sussex County. The
doctor is a member of I. 0.0. F. Lodge and Encainpment, 7 é

. C. DRAVES, restaurant, oyster and ice cream parlors, was born in Germany, in
1848, and is ason of Wm. Draves and Minnie Jaunow. He was married in 1873, at Ripon,
Wis., to Miss Elizabeth Keller. They have three children—Alice, Lizzie and Charles. Came
to Kansas in 1878, and located at Wichita, commenced business the same year. He located
at No. 28 Douglas avenue, and his business has increased 300 per cent since its establish-
ment. He owns the building in which business is located. He isa member of the Ancient
‘Order of United Workmen, Lodge No. 22. :

C..8, EICHHOLTZ, farmer and breeder of Short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs,
P. O. Wichita, was born in Pennsylvania in 1837, son of Henry Eichboltz and Angelive
(Christman) Eichholtz. He married, in 1864, Miss Jennie Updegraff, daughter of Isaac and
Mary Updegratf, natives of Pennsylvania. they have four children—Harry S.. Levi B..
Wilber and Idelette Pearl. He came to Kansas in 1870, to Wichita Township, and in 1878
located on the northeast quarter of Section 34, three miles southeast of Wichita. Was in the
war of the rebellion. enlisted in 1861 inthe Ninety-second Regiment, Hlinois Volunteers,
Company D. Wasinthe battle of Franklin, Tenn., Chickamauga, Chattanooga, R saca,
Dayton, Ringgold, Rome, Atlanta, Altoona Pass, Brownsville, Marietta, Macon, Havana,
Aiken, Goldsboro, and-ether engagements of his command. Was mustered ont in 1864. He
has been Councilman of the city of Polo, Il., for two years. Is amember of the Presby-
terian Church. He was president of the Arkansas Valley Agricultural Society in 1880-81,
and is now secretary of thesame. He makes a Specialty of Short-horn cattle aud Poland-
China thoroughbred hogs.

Rrv. WARREN J. ELLIOTT, cloresman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was
born in Owensboro, Ky., in 1847. He is the on of David and Philisany Elliott, who were
natives of Kentucky. He was married, in 1868,to Miss Miranda E. Pinkston. His wife
died in January, 1870, and in 1874 he was again married to Miss Caroline E. Green, daugh-
ter of J. C. Green, of Mayfield, Ky. Has one child living—James Ulysses Elliott, and one,
Jessie D. Elliott, dead. He was educated in Owensboro, Ky. Commenced the ministry in
1872 and remained tive years in the Kentucky Conference, and was then transferrid by
Bishop Bowman to the South Kansas Conference in 1876; and stationed in Chanute. Kas.
He has since served Harrisonville charge three years, Rolling Green one year,and his present
j Has been instrumental in building three churches. He
enlistedin the War of the Rebellion in 1861, in the Twenty-fifth Regiment Kentucky Volun-
teers; was consolidated with the Seventeenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers in 1862. He
was discharged on account of disability in 1862. Re-enlistedin Company D, Thirty-fifth
Kentucky in 1863. He was in all the engagements of the command. The heaviest battles were
those of Fort Donelson and pitts bare Landing. While in the Thirty-fifth Kentucky, his regi-
ment was detached,in 1864,to fight bush whackersin Kentucky; and Company D was detached
for special services in Southwestern Kentucky. During that campaign, for forty-four days
and nights with the exception of one night, all the sleep the men got was in the saddle, and
inline of march, At onetime during that period they were three days and nights without
toot and phere was scarcely a day during the wuole time that they did not have a skirmish
with the rebels,

JOHN EXTON, grain elevator and hay baler, was born in New Castle County, Del,, in
1837, and is the son of John Exton and Julia M. (Smith) Exton. Married, in_ 1872,
Miss Anna Harrington. They have two children—Florence L, and Joseph. Came to Kansas
in 1869, was manager of a contract on the Missouri, Kansas & Topeka Railroad. In 1870 lo-
cated at Wichita and engaged as dealer in coal, building material and grain; has continued
in the same from that time, Built the Exton Elevator in 1876. In 1880 commenced hay
baling in connection with other business. Increase of business since its establishment has
been fifty per cent. The capacity of hay press is sixty tons per week. Hay shipped West.
Business located on side track east of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Freight Depot and west
of Fort Scott & Wichita Freight Depot, _Mr, Exton was in the War of the Rebellion, enlist-
ed, in 1861, in the Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company H.,and was in the
battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and in front of Washington. e@ was commissioned
in 1863 Second Lieutenant and in 1864,Captain. Re-commissioned Lieutenant in the Invalid
Corps in 1864 and commissioned Captain in the United States Veteran Corps in the spring
of 1865. Was mustered out of service in May, 1866. He was wounded three times in front
of Petersburgh. In 1874-75 had charge of, received and forwarded all supplies for the Mili-
tary and Indian Departments in the Indiannation. Isa member of the Episcopal Church.

ANDREW H. FABRIQUE, M. D., was born in Hinesburg, Vt., September 9, 1835.
When he was one year of age his parents removed to New Albany, Ind., which was the home
of A. H. until the close of the war. April 28, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-thira
Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was elected First Lieutenant of his company on its organi-
zation. He served until July 21, 1865, having been promoted during service to Lieutenant
Colonel of his regiment. He was taken prisoner at Mempuis in May, 1862, but escaped about
an hour later. He received a gunshot wound through his left arm atthe Battle of Shiloh,
which disabled him for nearly a year, and afterward less serious ones at Vicksburg, Mis-
sion Ridge and Atlanta, After the close of the war he was appointed Lieutenant in the
regular army, which position he resigned in 1868. Prior to coming to Kansas in September,
1869, his home had been for atime in Aurora, Ill. Dr. Faurique received his literary and
medical education at Center College, Danville, Ky., and at Bellevue Hospital Medical Col-
lege, N.Y. Heisa member of the United States Medical Association, South Kansas Medical
Association and A., F.& A.M. He was married at Mom phis, Tenn., September 26, 1866, to
Sarah Philler, a native of New Albany, Ind., by whom he has one child—Mattie L. Dr. F.
served on Gen. McPherson's Staff from July 12, 1863, to July 4, 1864, and on Gen. Blair’s
Staff from July 6, 1864, to July 21, 1865. . |

BENJAMIN H. FISHER, attorney-at-law, is a native of Dover, Windham Co., Vt.
where he was born, March 10, 1816. He was reared near Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, his
parents removing to that place when he was six months of age. When he was twenty-one

e engaged in canal engineering, department of Wabash & Erie Canal, remaining in the
same department five years, He then returned to Cuyahoga County, where he lived about
eight years, reading law while residing there, and removing thence to Williams County,
where he remained fourteen years before coming to Kansas. He located in Wichita in
March, 1872, having visited the place and purchased property in December, 1871. He was
engaged in active practice in Wichita until about 1880, serving one term as City Attorney.
He was also engaged in cattle business-about five years. He was married in Hudson, now
Summit County, Ohio, February 21, 1841 ,to Harriet Letcher, a cousin of Gen. Garfield, her
mother and Gen. Garfield’s father being brother and sister. Mrs, Fisher was born in St.
The children of Mr.and Mrs. F. are Jonathan, Caroline, Frank
and Lane. Mr. F.is a member of the First Spiritualist Society of Wichita. He entered
Company C, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April, 1861, as Captain of the company for
three months’ service. At expiration of term, he re-enlisted in Company I, Thirty-eighth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being Captain of this company also, but was detailed for first
eight months as clerk in medical director's office at Louisville. He then served in the regi-

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-ment untila few months after the battle of Chickamauga, when he was detailed as Chief

Commissary of First Cavalry Division of Army of Cumberland, and served In that position
about one year, when he resigned on account of his father’s illness.

_ ELIJAH P. FORD located in Ilinois Township, Sedgwick Co., Kan,, November 13, 186,
his farm being on the southeast quarter of Section 36, Township 27, Range 1 west. He re-
sided there until August 3, 1881, when he removed to Wichita, and since the 15th of the
same month has held the position of Deputy County Clerk. Was bornin Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.,September 27,1831, where he resided, till October 20,1846, when with his parents
he removed. to Macoupin County, Ill., and came from thence to Kansas. He was murried,
May 15, 1857, at Chesterfield, Macoupin Co., Ill, to Sarah E, Lee, a native of Greene County,

Their children now living are—Frederick L., Frank J., Mary C., Georgianna and Susie

Mr. F. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the A., F. & A. M., and G,

ee Bane amember of Company H, Eighty-eighth Illinois Volunteers. Enlisted August
. ls

ROBERT FORRESTER has been a resident of Kansas since September 12, 1870, at
which time he located in Grant Township, Sedgwick County, and engaged in farming and
carpenter work. Since removing to Wichita, August 13, 1879, he has devoted himself to
his trade, Mr. Forrester was born in Indiana, but reared, from the age of six months, in
Columbus, Obio, from which place he removed to Mercer County, Ill., in April, 1857, re-
maining in Mercer until August 16, 1861. He then enlisted in Company A, Thirtieth
Illmois Volunteer Infantry, and served until March 30, 1863, when he was discharged, and
re-enlisted in Company I, Mississippi Marine Brigade, being mustered in the day of his
discharge from the former regiment. He was finally mustered out, January 18, 1865, and
returned to Illinois, where he remained until he removed to Kansas. He was married, in
Millersburg, Mercer Co., Ill,, December 6, 1865, to Hattie Middleton born near Cincinnati,
Ohio, and a resident of that clty until she moved, when nine years of age, with her parents
to Mercer County, Ill. The four children of Mr. & Mrs. F. are—Maud§.,, Frank L., Harry
E. and Pet, Mr. F. is a member of G. A. R. and I. 0. 0. F.

GEORGE S. FREEMAN, proprietor of Freeman’s Dining Rooms,was born in Rockford,
Til, in 1857. Is the son of K.M. Freeman and E. 0. (Sheldon) Freeman. Married in 1878
Miss Cora P. Hart and has two children, Jennie E, and an infant. Came to Kansas in 1877
and located at Wichita. Engaged in farming for three years. In 1881 engaged inthe loan
business and continued in it for two years. In 1882 opened his dining rooms. Has the
largest establishment of the kind in Sedgwick County. Has forty boarders and fifty sleep-
ing apartments in connection with transient trade. :

JACOB FULLER, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Wichita, was born in Pennsylvania in 1833.
Son of John Fuller and Margaret (Engle) Fuller, He married in 1861 Miss Hannah Mitchel,
daughter of Andrew and Hannah Mitchel, and has four children, Trueman T., Emma J.,
Cora E. aud Charles M. Came to Kansas in 1878 and locatedin Wichita Township, where
he has since resided. Is engaged in farming five miles northeast of,Wichita. Is steward of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JAMES FULMER, blacksmith, was born in Bucks County, Pa., in 1859. Son of Tobias
Fulmer, and Lydia (Mitman) Fulmer. Came to Kansas in 1882 and located at Wichita.
Commenced in blacksmith business on the corner of Douglas avenue and Wichita street.
Owns the property where his business is located. Business increasing. Is a member of the

German Reformed Church.

CHARLES C. FURLEY, the subject of this sketch, was born in Hudson County, N. J.,
March 28, 1838, and spent his early youth between his native village aud the city of New
York, which is about five miles distant. About the age of twelve he emigrated to Califor-
nia in company with his family, his father having preceded them to the land of gold, where
the subject of our sketch lived, was educated, and studying medicine, graduated In 1860
from the medical department of the University of the Pacific, now called Cooper Medical
College. When the late war fired the hearts of the old and the young, Dr. Furley, who had
only lately graduated in his profession, was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the Second
California Cavalry, in which capacity he served until 1863, when he resigned to accept the
position of Surgeon in the service of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and after serv-
ing something Over a year resigned to return to the army.as Assistant Surgeon, in which
capacity he served in the Army of the Potomac, Departments of Virginia and of the Gulf
until a year after the close of the war. He spent one yearin Wyoming Territory prior to
his coming to Kansas, which he did in 1869, settling in Abilene, where he practiced his pro-
fession for pwovears and thenremoved to Wichita. He has continuously practiced his pro-
fession since. Dr. Furley is a member of the Ainerican Medical Association and the Kansas
State Medical Society, having been the president of the latter association two terms—the
only man having had that honor conferred upon him twice. He is also a member of the
South Kansas Medical Society and wasits first president. Capable-kind hearted, and be-
nevolent, possessed of a liberal spirit, Dr. Furley has a distinctive eminence notonly in his
profession, but in the walks of every day life. As an Odd Fellow he is recognized as one of
the first, being at the present time Grand Patriarch—the chief officer of the upper branch
of Odd Fellowship in Kansas. :

A. M. GARRISON, saddler, and harnessmaker, came to Kansas in 1858, locating at Au-
burn; lived there for twenty-four years, engaged in farming. Removed to Wichita in 1882
und engaged in his present business. He was born in Rockville, Parke Co., Ind., in 1847.
He was married at Topeka, Kansas, in 1874, to Miss Mary Moffitt. Has two’ children—
Numan H. and-CharlesC,_ He is the son of Samuel Y., and Margaret B. (McNutt) Garrison,
and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for twelve years.

CHARLES M. GARRISON, harnessmaker and saddler, came to Kansas in 1858, and
located at Auburn; engaged in farming and mall contracting. Had the first mail contract
to Salina, connecting with the Lawrence and Leavenworth mail. Remained at Auburn ten
years. In 1870, he carried the first regular U. S. mail that ever came to Wichita. He
located at Wichita the same year, and commenced the harness and saddlery business. He
was the first man to engage in that business in Wichita. He was born in Rockville, Parke
Co., Ind., in 1836, and is the son of Samuel Y. and Margaret B. (McNutt) Garrison. He was
married in Wichita, to Sarah M. Grantham, in July, 1871. Has five children—William L.,
Etna E., Mary, Walter and Gertrude. Was in Kansas State Militia, Second Regiment. Com-
pany G, during the War of the Rebellion, and was called to the United States service in

issouri, and was engaged with Shelby’s cavalry. He has been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for eight years, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Wichita Lodge
No. 99; was a member of the Board of Educhtion for two years; member of the City Coun-
cil of the city of Wichita for four years; is a member of the Buard of Trade and the Old Set-
tlers’ Association, His wife isthe daughter of J. W. and Emily E. Huckeybee Grantham,
the former born in Georgia in 1823, aid the latter in North Carolina in 1824,

ROBERT M. GARDNER, proprietor of livery, sale and feed stable, was born in West-
moreland County, Pa., in 1848; son of John’S. Gardner and Mary Mickey Gardner. He
married, in 1872, Miss Susannah Pearson, and hastwo children—Mary Pearson and John
¥, Gardnér. He came to Kansas in 1878, and located at Clearwater, engaged in farming
and stock raising, and still owns his farm and carries on the business in connection with his
business intown. Business in Wichita is located at No. 39 Douglas avenue. He has served
two years as rownship. Trustee.

MARTIN L. GARVER, was born near Chambersburg, Pa., May 16, 1844. He served
until the fall of 1863 in Company A, Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and in
1874 removed from his native place to Mansfield, Ohio, where he lived until he emigrated
to Kansas. Huis first location in Kansas was at Columbus, in April, 1879, whence he re-
moved to Wichita the following month and engaged in the Joan and real estate business,
which he continued to the presenttime. Heis agent for H. C. Wilson & Co., of St. Louls,
Loan Agents of that place. representing Sedgwick, Sumner, Harper, Kingman _and Reno
counties, and partially Butler County. Mr. Garver was married at Mansfleld, Ohio, April

, 1871, to Kate B, Emminger, a native of that place. They have four children—Mary L.,
George J., James L. and CharlesL. Mr. G, isa member of the A., I. & A. M., and a grad-
uate of Wittenburg College, Springfield, Ohio, June, 1866.

Cc. A. GATES, collector and salesman for M, A. Sayles, farm implements. Was born tn
Ohio in 1856; son of Caleb and Sarah Tucker Gates, He married in 1875 Miss A, KE, White
daughter of Stephen T. and P. White. They have three children—Arzemla, Arthur, and
Merrill. Mr. Gates was educated 1n Ohio and studied theology from 1859 to 1862, From that
time until 1873 he was engaged as a locomotive engineer. In 1873 he joined the Des Moines
Conference and commenced pastoral work. He was ordained deacon in_1875. In 1875 he
was obliged to give up his pastoral labor on account of failing health. Hecameto Kansas
that year and located on a farm in Sedgwick County, In 1876 he Bocepied an appointment
on the West Wichita Circuit in place of J. F.. Nessley, resigned. He filled that appointment
until the close of the Conference year. {fn 1879 he was appointed on the Cartwright Cir-
cuit, and remained on that circuit one year, 1n 1880 he removed to Wichita and accepted
2 position as engineer. In 1882 he engaged with M, A. Sayles. He owns a residence on the
corner of Fifth avenue and Oak street. Heisa member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F.
& A. M., Wichita Lodge, No. 99, ancient member of the I. 0. i.

PETER GETTO, inanufacturer of mineral and soda water. He was born in Germany,
1841, son of Michael Getto and Sophia Eckert Getto, He married in 1872 Miss Theresia
Zimmerman, and has three children—Sophia, Josephine and Theressia. He came to Kan-
sas in 187land located at Wichita, He engaged in the grocery business in the firm of Hess
& Getto and continued in that business for cix years, then engaged in the business of man-
ufacturing mineraland soda water. His factory is located on the corner of Main and Sec-
ondstreets. He owns the building and also r2sidence on Second street anda farm in Sec-
tion 10. Isa member of the K. of H., Wichita Lodge, No. 528, and of the K. of P., Warwick
Lodge, No. 54, and of the Turn Verein of Wichita, Isa member of the Wichita City Coun-
cil, and has servedin that ca acity forfour years. 7

.£.GLAZBROOK, blacksmith, was born in Tennessee in 1836; son of John R. Glaz-
prook and Nancy Harrol Glazbrook. He married in 1855 Miss Elizabeth Johnson, and has
eight children—Nancy, Margaret, Alice, John W., Leonora Belle, Dora, Annie and Willie.
He came to Kansas and located at Chetopa, remaining one year. In 1871 he located at
Fort Scott and engaged iu blacksmithing and remained for nine years, In 1880 he re

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

dto Wichita and engaged in the blacksmithing business, located on the east side of
Market street near, Douglas enue: He was in the War of the Rebellion,and enlisted in 1862
inthe First Arkansas Cavalry, Company B, and was in the Elkhorn, Prairie Grove and other
engagements of his command, He was wounded near Bentonville, and at one time was
three days without food and surrounded by the enemy. His father was killed atthe battle
of Prairie Grove. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F A. M., and the

A. H. GOSSARD, banker, located in Wichita in June, 1870. He was connected with the
Wichita Bank, the first banking institution at Wichita, as bookkeeper, afterwards becom-
ing cashier of the First National Bank of Wichita, which position he resizned in January,
1874, since which time he has been connected with other banks. In June, 1880. he, wit
others, organized the banking house of Gossard Bros. & Co., at Kingman, Kan., which was
succeeded by the Bank of Kingman, in February, 1882, he becoming president of the in~
stitution and holding that position until the following October, when he sold his interest,
He also was the principal of the firm of Gossard Bros. & Donahue, bankers,, Belle Plaine
Kan., until October, 1882, when he sold his interest. He is at present the senior member o:
the firm of A. H. Gossard & Co., bankers, Wichita, Kan., one of the oldest and most suc-
cessful firms of the place. Mr. Gossard-was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, January 14, 1852,
and resided in Ohio until he came to Kansas. He was marriedin Wichita, May 14, 1874,
to Alice Davidson, 0 Dative: of Black Creek, Allegany Co., N. Y. They have two children—

nd Rodney Merle, : x

Fred AW GRATAM, dealer in agricultur 1 implements, came to Kansas in March, 1872,
and engaged in farming in Illinois ‘township, northeast of Section 31. In the spring of
18738 he moved ty Wichita, and after carrying on the grocery business for two years, en-

aged in agricultural implements, which he still coutinues. He was born in Claysville,
Washington Co., Pa., December 7, 1837, where he lived until he was three years of age,
when his parents moved to Mercer County, I)}., and Ohio Grove Township. Illinois was his
home until 1860, at which time he moved to Aledo, same county, and remained until the
spring of 1865, when he went to Monmouth, Ill., and remained until December, 1871, when
he started for Kansas. He was married in Wichita, April 11, 1877, to Catherine White, a
native of Oswego, N. Y. They have two children—Katie L. and Calvin W., Jr. Mr. G. is a
member of the Presbyterian Church, and of theI. O. O. F.

G. GRIBI, contractor and builder, was born in Switzerland, in 1844; son of Fred and
AnnaGribi. ‘Was married in 1867, to Miss Anna Althous; has fourchildren—Emma, Anna,
Lenaand John. Mr. Gribi came to Kansas in 1867; located at Topeka; engaged in carpen-
tering; remained two years. In 1869 locattd at Wichita, and engaged in contracting and
building; was the first contractor and builder in Wichita; has continued the business from
that time; shop located on the northwest corner of First and Water streets. Owns residence
on the southeast corner of First and Water streets. Isa member of Wichita Lodge, No. 93,
I. 0. O. F., and of the Wichita Turn Verein Bociety: 7

REV. R. E. GUTHRIE, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, was born in Ohio, in 1819; is
the son of Robert Guthrie and Catherine Spawr, who were natives of Pennsylvania. He
married in 1845, Miss Lucy Kelsall, daughter of George Kelsall and Elizabeth Rundell Kel-
gall, natives of England, They have nine children—Kate, Robert E., Edwin R., Sarah F.,
Lucy M., Mary B., Fred L., Ada and Maggie, He was educated at Bloomington, IIl., com-
menced the ministry in 1841, and united with the Illinois Conference in that year, and still
remains connected with it; but in 1867 took a superannuated position. During his minis-
try wasfor seven years presiding elder, one year financial agent of the Illinois Female
College, at Jacksonville, and one year Chaplain in the army, the remainder of thetime doing
pastoral labor until 1867. He was inthe war, enlisting in the Ninety-fourth Illinois Vol-
unteer Infantry, and was assigned to duty in Southwestern Missouri, and Northwestern
Arkansas; was in the battle of Prairie Grove; was in the Siege of Vicksburg, under Gen,
McPherson. Was discharged in 1863, on account of sickness. He was elected Clerk of the
Circuit Court, in McLean County, I)., in 1868, and held the position until 1872, then was
engaged in farming until 1882, when he removed to Wichita, Kansas. :

B. D. HAMMOND, was born in Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, August 28, 1841. He
graduated from McNeely Normal College, Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1860, read law
with Judge J, C. Hance, at New Philadelphia, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1863.
He then returned to his native county, and # orked on a farm until 1867, when he moved to
Cleveland, Ohio, and was engaged in the manufacturing business, and in the practice of his
profession, in that city, until 1878, when he moved to Kansas. He located in Wichita, in
April, 1878, and engaged in teaching in the City Schools, as Assistant Principal, since which
time he has taught in all the County Normal Institutes, except in 1882, and also_private
classes. He was elected County Superintendent of Schools, in November, 1882. For the
last three years, Mr. H. has devoted some attention to wool growing and sheep-raising, and
is President of the Arkansas Valley Wool Growers and Sheep Breeders’ Association. He
was married at Macedonia, Summit Co., Ohio, September 12, 1866, to Amelia M. Foster, a
native of that place, and has five children living—Foster E., Myrtle H., Daniel L., Lyman H,
and W. Thorne. 7

REV. W. F. HARPER, Baptist clergyman, came to Kansas in 1882, was born in Dan-
ville, Ind. Is the son of Henry C, and Sarah J. (Kelly) Harper, was married in 1874 to Miss
Margaret Tincher of Amo, Ind., daughter of Samuel F. and Parthenia J. (Rumley) Tincher,
Has three children—Edith, Herbert and Mabel. Was educated at National Normal Univer-
sity, Lebanon, O., graduated in 1878, was licensed by Baptist Church of Amo, Ind. in 1874:
was elected to the Shair of Mathamaticsin the National Normal University, Lebanon, 0.,
held that position for two years; was then elected Principal of the Central Normal School at
Danville, Tha. remained in that position for three years, was then elected President of the
Normal Lnstitute at Mitchell southern Ind., remained in that position for two years; was
ordained by the Baptist Church of Wichita in 1882. During the years ppent 1a teaching,
was accustomed to supply Baptist churches that were without pastors. asa school roll
of names of 5,000 students that have been under his tutelage.

RODULPH HATFIELD,a native of London, Madison Co.,Ohio,and was born October 6,
1854, and in 1859, removed with his parents to Logan County, Ill., which was his home ex-
cept a year spent in Colorado, until he came to Kansas, in the fall of 1879, and located at
Wichita. He has resided in thatcity sincethat time, engaged in the practice of law and
since 1880 in loaning money, being oneof the proprietors of the Bank of Commerce. Mr,
H. was educated at Lincoln’ University in Illinois, from which he graduated in 1876. He
read law at Lincoln and at Bloomington and attended the law department of the Wesleyan
University. He was admitted tothe barin June, 1876, and commenced the practice at
Trinidad, Col, in the fall of 1878, remaining there until hecame to Wichita. He was mar-
ried at Lincoln, Ill., June 17, 1878 to Hattie E, Harts, a native of Reading, Pa., by whom he
has two children—Rodolph H. and Merle Ethelvert. “3

Pp. V. HEALY, locatedin Wichitain March 1876, andthe following July engaged in
real estate business with H, O. Meigs, who remained his partner until April, 1878, when Mr,
Neiderlander bought Mr. Meigs’ interest In the business, Messrs. Healy & Neiderlander
added insurance to their business in 1879, and still remain partuers. Mr. Healy was born
in Scott County, Ky., two and a half miles from Georgetown, February 14, 1848. His par-
ents moved to Brown County, 111., when he was about seven years of age, which place re-
mained his home until 1869. Hethen gugaged In farming in Ford County, Ill., until he
came to Kansas in 1876, sinee when his time has been divided between his real estate busi-
ness and farming and stock raising. Mr. H. is a member of K. of H.

H. D, HEISERMAN was born in Lancaster, Pa., November 28, 1847. September 7,
1861, when a mere boy, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Seventy-seventh Pennsyl-
vanta Volunteer Infantry, and was dise harged March, 1865, on account of the loss of his
right leg at the siege of Allanta, August 5, 1864. He had been wounded and taken prisoner
pr@iously at Chickamauga, November, 1863, escaping after three weeks’ captivity. After
eaving the army he returned to Lancaster, Pa.,, where he remained until 1870, when he
came to Sedgwick County, Kan., arriving. March 21. He located a soldiers’ homestead on
Section 34, Township 25, Range 2, West Union Township, which he sold in 1874, and pur-
chased a farm of southwest Section 14, Township 25, Range 3, west, Greeley Township. He
lived on this farm until fall of 1881, serving as Trustee of Greeley Township four yéars. In
November, 1881, he was elected Register of Deeds, and entered upon the duties of his office
January 10, 1882. Mr. H. isa meniber of the I. 0. 0. F., Wichita Lodge, No, 93. and of G.
A. R., Garfield Post, No. 25. He was married in Wichita, October 14, 1874, to Mary E.
Tracy, a native of Grant County, Wis.

WILHELM HELLER, meat’ market. Born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1842; son of
Fredrick Heller, He married in 1875, Miss Caroline Boger. Came to Kansas in 1865, locat-
ed in Davis County, and moved to Wichita in 1872; commenced business in meat market in
the same year; business located on Main street, Nos. 72 and 74; owns the building where
business is located, and also residence lots Nos, 21 and 23 First street. Isa member of the
Knights of Honor Lodge. No. 528.

ASSIUS HENDERSON, business manager of dry goods house, was born in Wyoming
County, N. ¥., in 1845; son of William Henderson and Cecelia (Evans) Henderson. His
parents died when he was three years old, and he was raised by his uncle, H. M. Henderson,
of Flint,Mich. He married in 1876, Miss L. Markham. Came to Kansas in 1873, and com-
menced selling goods for the firm of M. Kohn & Co., and is now general business manager
for the merchandise department of the extensive business of M. Kohn’& Co., located on
the corner of Douglas avenue and Main street. The amount of business for 1873, was about
$35,000; for 1882, $80,000. He was inthe War of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1862, in the
Twenty-third Regiment Michigan Volunteers, Company K, and was in the engagement of
Henry Station. He was mustered out in 1863. Is ananclent member of the 1.0.0. F. Isa
member of the Knights of Pythias, Warwick Lodge, No. 44. :

A. HESS, grocer, was born in Germany in 1848; son of Ezekiel Hess and Lottie (Deg-
ginger) Hess. Married in 1879, to Miss Rosa Wohiman, ana has two children—Walter and

Hdgar, Came to Kansas in 1868, located at Topeka. Was salesman for two years. In 1870,
located at Wichita, commenced in the progeny business on Main street; remuined there
until 1876, then moved his stock to No. 111 Douglas avenue, where business is now located,
Susiness increased 500 per cent. since its establishment, He has been a member of Wichita
SEDGWICK COUNTY.

City Council one year. Isa member T ichi
ne coun one y of the Masonic Fraternity, Wichita Lodge, No. 99, and
H. L. HILL, auction and sale stable, was born in West Virginia, son of R. M

Hill and Nancy Mulrine Hill. He married, in 1874, Miss Emma A. Ransom

Judge Ransom, of Missouri. They have three children—Harry, Claud D., Aid Glare Ts
came to Kansas in 1879, and located on a farm in Pratt County, in 1880; located at Wichita,
and commenced - business. in auction and sale stable, business located on the corner 0:
Douglas avenue and Water street. The business has increased 100 per cent., since its estab-
1 a

WILLIAM G. HOBBS, real estate, loan and insurance agent, was born { i

County, Ky., near Bardstown, October 6, 1828, and lived in his native town until he caine
to Kansas and located in Wichita, in November, 1871. He engaged in mercantile business
aud pursued it continuously until he was burned out in December, 1876. In April, 1877, he
was elected Justice of the Peace, and re-elected in 1879, and at the expiration of his second
term, in the spring of 1881, he engaged in real estate and loan business, which he still con-
tinues. He was married at Taylorsville, Spencer Co,, Ky:, April 12, 1854, to Fannie M.
Brown, of that place. Their children now living are Smith M., William D., and James H.
Mr, Hobbs is a member of the Baptist Church, and the Order of A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge,

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a De , funeral director, was born in Georgia in 1840, son o

Holmes and Melissa (Hudson) Holmes. He married, in 1876, Miss Saran A. We ane i
ter of Edward M. Figg and Elizabeth (Dooley) Figg. Game to’ Kansas in 1856; located in
Miami County, near Usawatomie. In 1858 located at Leavenworth; engaged with the Stage
and Express Company; remained in their employ three years, In 1804 entered the United
States service, as Assistant Wagon Master; resigned the position in the fall of 1861, and re-
entered the Stage and Express service; remained until 1865, then located at Topeka; re-
mained there until 1870, when he removed to Wichita. Was appointed Postmaster at
Wichita in 1871; held that office fortwo years, Commenced the undertaking business in
1877, and is still engaged in the same; owns the building in which business is ocated, No.1
South Main street, Business increased 200 per cent. since commencement; is a member of
the Baptisr Oburcy fee member ot che aucient Order as United Workmen, Wichita Lodge,

. 22° T, an e first master workman of th .

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. dD ,_is a native o ourbon County, Ky., born near North Middletown,
February 17, 1858. He was educated at the Kentucky University, and the Cincinnati Law
School, graduating from the literary department of the university in 1877, and from the law
schoolin 1879. He came to Winfield, Kan., in February, 1879, and resided there two years,
engaged in the practice of his profession, in association with C. R. Mitchell. He removed
{rout Minneld to Wichita, and formed a partnership with W. P. Campbell, where he has
since res! A

J. F. HUMPHREY, machinist for F. G. Smyth & Son, was born in Hillsdale Count;
Mich,, in 1848, son of Chancy G. and Harriet Whitman Humphrey. Was married in 187.
to Miss Martha E. Stout, daughter of Benjamin and Delilah Bowman Stout; has five chil-
dren—Chancy, Birty, Edda, Luverna and Viola. Mr. Humphrey came to Kansas in 1870,
located on a farm in Sedgwick County, remained on the farm until 1871. In 1872 and 1873,
engaged in carpenter work; was elected Constable in 1873, held that office for three years,
and was Deputy Sheriff during the time. In 1876 and 1877, was engaged as salesman in

the hardware business; from 1878 to the present has been salesman and expert in the farm

implement business, Was with Smith & Keating for three years, now employed by F. G.
Smyth & Son, Isa member of the Wichita Lodge, No..93,I. O. O. F. Is a member of the
Old Settlers’ Association.

E. A. HUSE, of the firm of Huse & Charlton, crockery dealers, was born in Farming-
ton, Maine, in 1846. He is theson of Abel W. Huse and Mary Rusgel Huse. He married in
1874, Miss Lottie S. Smith. They haveone child—Florence Huse. He came to Kansas in
1877, and located at Wichita. George Charlton, of the firm of Huse & Charlton crockery
dealers; was born in Manchester, England, in 1851, son of George Charlton and Hanna
Crowther Chariton. He married in 1875, Miss Abbie L. Huse. They have two children—
Vester A. and Lottie A. Charlton. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
the Masonic fraternity A., F. & A. M. He came to Kansasin 1877. Huse & Chariton,
commenced business as dealers in crockery and queensware in 1877; located at No. 24
Maine street. Business has increased 300 per cent, since establishment.

ROBERT JACKS, of the firm of R, Jacks & Co.. born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1851, son of
Samuel Jacks and Phoebe Cohen Jacks. Married in 1882, Miss Julia Lewisson. He came
to Kansas, in 1871, and located at Olathe, 1emained for six months and removed to Wichita,
in March, 1872, and established the clothing house of R. Jacks & Co., carrying a full stock
of clothing, hats, caps and furnishing goods and Indian goods. Business located at No. 16,
Maine street. The firm is composed of Robert Jacks and Samuel Jacks, of St. Louis, who
has been in the business for forty-five years. M. Jacks, salesman for R. Jacks & Co., was
born in St. Louis, in 1850, son of Samuel and Phoebe Jacks. Came to Kansas, in 1876, and
Toeated oe Wichitae He is anexpert accountant and has made several examinations of
county books.

_N. P. JACKSON, proprietor exchange livery stables, born in Ohio, in 1859, son of Jacob
Jackson and Rebecca Amrine Jackson. Married in 1877, Miss Ida Allen, come to Kansas,
1870, located at Emporia, in 1871, removed to Wichita, engaged in farming for three years,
then started a teed and sale stable at West Wichita; in 1876 commenced the livery business,
in 1879, moved the business to Wichita proper, located on Douglas avenue, Nos.17 and 19.
In March, 1882, was burned out, losing his building and stock of hay and grain; rebuilt in
summer of 1882, with brick, and now owns a large and Commodious building for his business,
Was in the war of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1863, in the Signal Service; was in the battles of
Mobile, Rodney, Miss., Grand Gulf and engagement near Jackson, Miss., and on the Yazoo
River; was three monthsin the Marine Brigade, was mustered out of service in 1865.

D. W. JONES, dealer in musical instrumens, born in Indiana, in 1836, is the son of
John Jones, and Catharine (Kammerrer) Jones. Married in 1856, in Hancock County,

 

Ind., to Miss Mary C. Smith; has two children—S. Alice and Ida May, Isa member of the-

Came to Kansas, in 1879. Isadealer in musical
of Jones & Moseley; business located at No. 28
Main street.

S. T. JONES, contractor and builder, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1827; son of
Joseph and Anna Jones. He married, in 1882, Mrs. Elizabeth Oldfield, nd has one child,
aninfant. He came to Kansas in 1876, and located in Wichita, and engaged in the lumber
business. In 1877, he engaged in contracting and building, and has been engaged in the
business since thattime, He employs eighteen men; shop located at 86 Main street; and
he has also erected a sash, door and blind factory at No, 135 Main street. He was inthe
Mexican War, and enlisted in February, 1847, in the Sixth Regular United States Infantry,
Company D; was in the battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Amazuka, Chapultepec and tak-
ing the City of Mexico. At the last named engagement he was wounded by a gun shot in
the head. fle waslaid up seven months, and was mustered out in July, 1848, at Jefferson
Barracks, Mo, Wasin the War of the Rebellion, and enlisted in May, 1861, in-the Seven-
teenth Reguiar Indiana Volunteer; was elected Adjutant and received his commission as
Captain ‘of Company E, in September. Was inthe engagements of Cheat Mountain, Bow-
ling Green, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Perryville and Stone River. Atthe last named,
was wounded by asabre cutinthe head. He was laid up five months, and resigned his com-
mission on account of his wound, in 1863. In 1864, he accepted a nosition as Gunner on the
United States Gun Boat, Fawn, and remained in that position until the close of the war, and
was mustered outin June, 1865. He commenced reading law in 1854, and was admitted to
practice in 185%, and followed the practice until 1876, excepting the time he was in the
army. Heis a member of the Presbyterian Church. <s i

M. B. KELLOGG, salesman, born in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1843,—son of Rodney
Kellogg and Hariet (Bailey) Kellogg—married in 1867, and has one child, Marjone. Came
to Kansas in 1865, and located at Leavenworth, engaged as a salesman for two years. In
1867 he went to the Indian Nation, and remained one year. In 1868 was employed by E.
H. Durfee, at his Trading Post, where the city of Wichita now is; was appointed Postimas-
ter that year, being the first Postmaster at Wichita. Was employed as salesman until 1873,
when he was elected Register of Deeds, and held that office for four years. In the spring
of 1878, he engaged in the grocery business with S. E, Joslin; continued in the firm of Jos-
lin & Kellogg until 1881, when Mr. Joslin retired from thefirm, Mr. Kellogg continuing the
business until 1882, when he closed it out, and engaged as salesman for A. Hess’s grocery
house. Was inthe War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1861, Seventeenth Regiment New York
Volunteers, Company I. Was in the battles of Fredricksburg, Mine Run, Melvin Hill, Chan-
cellorsville, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburgb, Williamsport, -and the Battle of the
Wilderness, and others of hiscommand. Inthe spring of 1863, he was transferred to the
One Hundred.and Forty-sixth Regular New York Volunteers, and in 1864 was veteraned.
Was taken prisoner in May, 1864, at the Battle of the Wilderness; was held at Linchburgh,
Danville, Va.. Andersonville, Ga., Florence, S. C., and at Goldsboro, N; C. Was paroled in
February, 1865, at Wilmington, N. C., and was mustered out of the service July, 1865. Isa
member of Wichita Lodge No. 99, A., F. & A. M., and of Chapter No. 33. 1samember of the
Knights of Honor. Is a member of Garfield Post No. 25, G, A. R.

JOHN T. KELLY was born in 1842, in Platte County, Mo.; son of John and Jane Kelly,
Was married in 1869, to Miss Victoria Smith, daughter of Richard and Martha Smith. They
have two children—Mary and John. Mr. Kelly came to Kansasin the year 1855 and Jo-
cated in Leavenworth County, and engaged in farming. Was among the firstsettlers in the
county and remained until 1875, when he removed to Wichita. Is a memver of the K, of
H., Wichita Lodge, No. 528. ei 7

ALBERT DREN DALL, carpenter, located in Wichita, April 5, 1872, and has been en-

aged in his present business continuously since his location. He was born in Brattleboro,
t., October 27, 1842, and lived in that town until March 12, 1865, when he removed to Car-
thage, Hancock Co., Ill., from whence he c me to Kansas. He enlisted in Company C, Second
Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the United States service, June 2

Kentland Lodge of I. O. O. F., No.
instruments. Is a meimber of the firm
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- Fifty-Third Indiana Volunteers,

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1861, remaining until June 29, 1864. He was in the first battle of Bull Run, in the Peninsula

campaign, at South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg, and afterwards served in the

commissary department until he left the service. He isa member oftheG. A. R., Garficld
‘ost, No, 25.

_H. W. KENDLE, undertaker and sewing machine business. Born in Brown County,
Ohio, in 1841; son of Leroy J. Kendle and Mary J. (Carnahar) Kendle. He married in
1863, Miss Sarah #. Francis. They have one child—Jessie B. He came to Kansas in 1872;
loc ted on a farm near Wichita; spent the three first years in farming and dairy business;
one season in painting. In 1875, commenced in undertaking and sewing machine business.

In 1877 he was elected City Assessor; held the officeoneterm, from 1877 to 1880. Was a
member of the firm of Kendle & Holmes; business was burned out in 1880, losing the en-
tire stock. From that time commenced business alone; business located at No. 99 Douglas

avenue, and from 1880 to 1882, 200 per cent. increase. Is a member of the Presbyterian
Church. Isa member«f Wichita Lodge, No. 93, 1.0.0. F.; of Encampment No. 29. Is a
member of the Garfield Post, G. A.R., No. 25. Was in th War of the Rebellion; enlisted in
1862 in the Fourth Ohio Independent Cavalry; was General McPherson’s body guard at the
time of his death. Was discharged in 1863. Re-enlisted in 1864 in the One Hundred and
Sixty-second Ohio National Guards; was mustered out in same year, Re-enlisted in 1865
in the One Hundred and Ninety-third Ohio Volunteers, Company H. Was mustered out at
close of the war.

Cc. KIMMERLE, marble and stone cutter, was born in Wurttemburg, Germany, October
4,1845. In 1865 he came to America, and resided in Newark, N. J., until he came to Kan-
sas in the spring of 1867. His first location in this State was in Topeka, where he married
and remained until the spring of 1870. While in that city he was employed on the sione
work of the State House. He engaged in his present business in 1875, starting a marble
yard at Wichita, Mr, C. L, Adams having been associated with him as a partner since 1877.

hey have a yard at Newton also. Mr. Kimmerle has served four years as City Treasurer
of Wichita, and is a member of the various societies there, among which are the I. O. O. F.
Lodge, and Encampment No. 29, Lodge No. 93, of which he is treasurer, and the Turner
Society. He is also manager of ‘Purner’s Oper House. He was married in Topeka, Febru-
ary 22, 1870, to Paulina Gardner, a native of Wurttemburg, Germany.

REV.,C. A. KING, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, came to Kansas in 1874, native of
Portland, Me., born in 1836; is the son of George W. King and Mary (Hawks) King. He
marriedin 1854, Miss Frances E. Perkins. They have six children—Angie. George, Ma-
bel, Fannie, 1da, and Edna. His wife is the daughter of Jabez and Nancy Pray Perkins.
Was educated at Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Female College. In 1858 united with the
Maine Conference; remained in that conference for twelve years, devoting his time to pas-
toral work. In 1870 was transferred to the Nebraska Conference, and removed to Omaha,
remained until 1874, when he removed to Kansas, and in tne spring of 1875 was transferred
to the South Kansas Conference. First labor in Kansas was onthe Beulah and Sherman
Circuit. In 1877 took the station at Parsons; remained at that station three years, In the
spring of 1880 was appointed presiding elder of Wichita District, which position he still
retains. During his pastoral work in Kansas built two churches, and during his district
work has been directly or indirectly instrumental in building eight churches, and six more
in process of construction. Has dedicated eight churches. Has been instrumental in
building sever Darecnages: Was connected with the Christian Commission in 1855.

0. D. KIRK, attorney, has been a resident of Wichita, engaged in the practice of law,
since August 28,1877. He was born in Monticello, White Co., Ind., March 29, 1849; was
educated at Battle Ground Collegiate Institute In Indiana; read law in Lafayette, Ind., with
John R. Coffroth, and was admitted to the bar, April 26, 1875, and commenced practice in
the same place, where he remained until August 20, 1877, when he left for Kansas. Mr.
Kirk was married in Schuylerville, N. Y., august 13, 1878, to Mary E. Viele, a native of
Saratoga County. He isa member of the I. 0. 0. F., and the K. of P.

J. F. LAUCK, attorney, came to Kansas in 1868, and settled near Augusta, Butler Coun-
ty, where he resided until he came to Wichita, in May, 1872, since which time he has been
engaged in the practice of law in that city. Mr. Lauck was born in Brook County, Va., Oc-
tober 10, 1830, and was educated in the schools and colleges of that county, graduating from
Bethany College in July, 1851, He then taught school for about five years, reading law in
the meantime. He finished his law studies and was admitted to the bar in 1857, and.com-
menced practice at Franklin, Ky., in 1861. From 1862 until 1864, he was commanding offi-
cer, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, of the Thirty-third Kentucky Volunteer Infantry,
which regiment he raised. While in the army he was elected to the Legislature of Ken-
tucky, and served two years. In 1865 he removed from Kentucky to Gallatin, Tenn., and
resided there three years; engaged in the mercantile business, and serving during the ses-
sion of 1866 aud ’67 as Engrossing Clerk of the Tennessee House of Representatives. In
1867 he was elected Chancellor of the Seventh District in Tennessee, and in 1868 he came to
Kansas. In addition to the duties of his profession, Mr, Lauck is engaged in farming toa
considerable extent, having a fine farm of 20 acres in a fine state of cultivation, where he
has built an elegant home, near the city. He was married at Franklin, Ky., April 16, 1857,
to Mary E., daughter of Hensley G. Harris, one of the prominent men and old _ settlers of
Kentucky. They have six children—Robert E., a portrait artist at Eldorado; Edward E,,-
Lucy M.J., Alfred H., William J., and Gertrude H.

HENRY LENTZ, baker, was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1853; is ason of Hevry
Lentz and Lena (Severs) Lentz; came to Kansas in 1878, and located at Wichita, Commenced
the bakery business, located on Douglas avenue. From 1878 to 1882, business increased 100
per cent. Was marriedin 1881 to Miss Mary Anderson, daughter of D. H. and Elizabeth
Anderson, Is a member of the Lutheran Church. Is a member of the Second Regiment Kas-
sas Infantry, Company A. | 7 ‘5

. J. M. LEVERAGE, born in Missouri in 1845. Son of R. 8S. Leverage and Rebecca (Mun-
roe) Leverage. Married, in 1881, to Miss Kate Hanley. Came to Kansas in 1873. Located
at Wichita and engaged as salesman for three years. In 1880 formed partnership with A.
Basley and commenced livery and feed business. Basley & Leverage livery stable located
on South Market street, Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. Own the property where business is

ocated.

M. W. LEVY, cashier and manager of the Wichita National Bank, is a native of France.
He immigrated to America at an early age, and was a resident of California until 1870, and
subsequently of Colorado, removing from the latter State to Kansas in December, 1872. He
located in Wichita, and engaged in the real estate, insurance and loan business, becoming
connected with the Wichita Savings Bank and with Wichita Bank in 1874. Mr. Levy was
married in Leavenworth, Kan., October 18, 1874, to Sarah Kohn, a native of St. Louis, Mo.
They have three children—Soloman Herbert, Clarence Sedgwick, and Guy Wailace. He has”
been for the last five years President of the Board of Education,and has also been a member
of the Republican State Central Committee, and Chairman for several years of the County
Central Committee, also President of the West Wichita Town Company. He is Treasurer of
Wichita Lodge No. 93, A. F. & A.,M.; P.C.P. of Eng. No. 28; 1.0.0..F.,and P. G. of
Wichita Lodge No. 99, I. 0. 0. F. ae

CASPER LORMANN, farmer, P. O. Wichita, was born in Germany, in 1820, is a son of
Matt Lormann and Amelia Lormann. He married in 1841, Miss Mary Aecholds, and has
four children—Lizzie, Mary, Annie and Henry. He came to Kansas in 1854, and located in
Donaldson County, engaged in farming, and remained there twenty-three years. He came
to Wichita in 1877, and located on a farm,in Wichita Township. Owns the northeast quar-
ter of section 24, three and a half miles east Wichita. Has a fine orchard of 150 trees, ap-
ples, peaches and pears. He 1s a member of the Catholic Church.

A. O. LOWELL, real estate dealer, was born in Portland, Me., in 1845; is a son of A. D.
Lowell and Caroline Tukey. He married in 1866. Miss J. E. Patchell. daughter of John
Patchell and Anna Davenport Patchell, They have two children—Adah Belle and Carrie
Bertha. He wasin the War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1861, in the Fifth Regiment
Maine Volunteers, Company A. Was in twenty-three engagements, wounded twice, and
once taken prisoner. Mustered out July, 1864, from Fifth Maine; returned home with
about thirty-five out of 1,700 that were enlisted and recruited.

HOMAS MoCAMPBELL, farmer, P. O, Wichita, was horn in Miami County, Ohio, in
1818; is ason of William McCampbell and Elizabeth Orbison McCampbell. He married in
1844, Miss Eunice Willard, daughter of Enos and Abigail Willard, and has five children—
Martha, Emma, George, Anna and William. He came to Kansas in 1883, located in Wichita
Township, on Section 27 north, half of northwest quarter, one mile east of Wichita, and has
remained since that time, and also owns the northeast quarter of Section 32,in Minneha
Township. In sinking a shaft for coal on this property struck salt leaf; sunk the shaft 450
feet 6x10 feet. It now has 200 feet of salt water, which, by evaporation produces a fourth
part of pure salt. He is a Spiritualist from investigation.

REV. T. J. MCCAULL, Catholic clergyman, was born in Strausee, Weaktenshire, Scot-
land, In the year 1848, son of John McCaull and Margaret Roberts McCaull; was educated
at Wheeling, W. Va., St. Vincent College; graduated in class 1875, was raised to the degree
of prigstbood in the same year at Leavenworth. Kan. His first pastorate was at Newman,
Jefferson Co., Kan.; remained with that charge four years; was transferred to Wichita in
1879; has been in pastoral charge of the St. Aloysius Church from that time to the present;
also has charge of the St. Henry’s Church at Augusta and missions at Eldorado and MulJ-
vane; builta church at Big Springs; was founder of the St. Aloysius School, at Wichita.

JAMES C, MOCOMB, harnessmaker and saddler, came to Kansas in 1868, located at
Wichita in 1870; was born in Allegheny, Pa., 1847; is the son of Thomas and Martha
(De Arman) McComb: was married in 1875,to Miss Ida F. Neaves; has two children,
Harry and Raymond; wasinthe War oftbe Rebellion; enlisted in 1861, in Company G

was in all the engagements of the command; was mustered
out in 1860; is senior member of the firm of McComb Bros., harness and saddlery business,
No. 105 Douglas avenue, eee ae i

JOHN MCCOMB, harness and saddlemaker, came to Wichita in_ 1872; was born in
Steubenville, Ohio, in 1853. Heisthe son of Thomas and Martha (De Arman) McComb;
commenced business in 1871, under the firm name of Smith & McComb Bros.; was suc~
ceeded in 1872 by McComb Bros. The firm has remained the same to the present time,
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The amount of business in 1872 was $22,000; in 1882 it had increased to $50,000. They own
the puilding in which the business is conducted, No. 105 Douglas avenue,

W. H. MCDANIEL, carriage manufacturing (firm, McDaniel & Perrin), born in Shelb
County, I1l., in 1848; son of William McDaniel and Mary (Price) McDaniel. He married,
in 1873, Miss Lizzie Tipton, and has two children, Bertie and Mabel; came to Kansas in
1882, located at Wichita; commenced in the carriage manufacturing business, increased
100 per cent., to 1883. Business located on the corner of Douglas avenue and Water street;
employs twenty men in the business, In January, 1883, formed partnership with M. Perrin.
The firm own Wood’s patent buggy spring.

ROBERT McFARLAND, of the firm of McFarland & Son, Proprietors of foundry and
machine shop, Wichita, Kan., was born in New York City, in 1824. Heisason of Robert
and Mrs Elizabeth (Joulter) McFarland. In 1851 he was married in Cincinnati to Miss
Olive Edwards. They have three sons—Robert, John G. and William. When the war of
the Rebellion broke out he was living in Lexington, Mo.,was a trusted volunteer under Col.
Mulligan, whose command was recruited mainly in Chicago, and although incapacitated
by ill health for regular military service, yet served as a volunteer until the end of the war,
and, except four months, without pay. He was the foundryman who made shot for Mulll-
gan’scommand, andassistedto usethem onthe Rebels. He was with Blunt, Deltzler,
Harding, Pleasanton and other commands. After the war closed, in defiance of rebel sen-
timent and threats, Mrs McFarland in the basement of her house in Lexington, opened and
taught a negro school, Mr. McFarland defending her and her school with his guns for many
months and untilthe rebel intention of preventing negro education was abandoned. The
school was then turned over to its present management. In 1871 Mr. McFarland moved to
Kansas and settled on afarmin_ Allen County. Here remained three anda half years,
when he removed to Iola, Allen Co. In 1877, he located at Wichita, without capital, except
an indomitable will. He is now the owner of a good foundry and machine shop, located on
wichita street, and is doing an extensive business. Itis the only business of the kind in

chita,

J.G. McFARLAND, of McFarland & Son, is a son of Robert and Olive McFarland, and
was born in 1858, He came to Kansas in 1872, and.is engaged in the Foundry and Machine
Shop, with Robert McFarland, entering the firm in January 1883. Heis a member of the
Second Kansas Infantry. He was married in 1880, to Miss Cora B. Roush.

J.H, McGRIFF, firm of McGriff & Buckeridge, blacksmiths, was born in Ohio in 1833,
son of Wim. McGriff and Elizabeth (Hale) McGriff. He married {n 1856, Miss Frances Wil-
son, and has five children—Mary, Ida L., J. Homer, F. Loren and Allie; came to Kansas in
1875, located at Afton, Kan, ona farm in 1877, removed to Wichita, engaged in blacksmith-
ing; in 1881 formed partnership with A. F. Buckeridge, Business located on Douglas
avenue lot five Englisher addition, Property where business is located is owned by the
firm—owns a residence No. 71 Lawrence avenue; in 1863-4 anda was employed by the
United Statesin blacksmithing at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. as been a_ member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church forten years, isa member of the Masonic Fraternity A., F.

ANDREW H. McKEE, of the firm McKee & Stewart, loan, real estate and insurance
agent, came to Wichita in August, 1876, being also interested in farming and sheep raising.
e was born in. Hopewell Township, Washington Co., Pa., July 8, 1833, removing from
Washington County to Bloomington, III., in 1867, and thence to Kansas in 1876. He was
married in Ohio County, West Va., October 24, 1865, to Amanda McDonald.

WILLIAM MATHEWSON, farmer, born in Broome County, N.Y., in 1830, is the son of
Joseph Mathewson and Eliza Stickney Mathewson. He came to what is now Kansas, in
1850, in the employ of the Northwestern Fur Company. In 1852 he engaged with William
Bent and St. Varine at trading post on the Upper Arkansas Valley, trading with the In-
dians, and remaining in their employ until 1857, during a portion of the time he was en-
gaged in trapping and hunting. In 1857 he located on the Little Arkansas at 4 point ku wn
as the Crossing, and built_a trading post and remained one year. In 1858 built a trading
post on Big. Cow Creek. In 1860 built a trading post at Great Bend, and remained three
years. In 1864 he returned to his Post at Big Cow Creek. The reason of this move was the
threatened outbreak of the Indians. All the traders inthat vicinity stored their goods at
the Big Cow Creek Post, and went with their teams to the Missouri River, leaving William
Mathewson with four men atthe Post. One of them he sent to notify the stage stations,
and settlers, leaving him with three men. They made a fortification of 200 sacks of corn
on the top of the building. The attack was made with about 500 or 600 Indians, being well
supplied with ammunition, they fought the Indians forthree days, killing two chiefs and a
large number of warriors, and succeeded in holding this Post and saving his property, and
then went to the assistance of a large train that was camped a few miles from his post, and
surrounded by Indians. He rodeinto the camp under fire of the Indians and rallied the
men and succeeded in routing the Indians and saving the train. In 1860, during the,
famine, incident to the drouth of that year, he commenced hunting buffalo for the starving
settlers. Hecontinued the hunt until February of 1861, with marked success, sending
loads of meat far and near, wherever the destitute were found, earning for himself the title
of “Buffalo Bill” of the plains, by which he was known in the early days of Kansas. He
married in 1864, Miss Elizabeth Innman, of Fort Larned, daughter of Joseph Innman and
Charlotte Crosbey Innman, and has one child, Lucy. He was employed by the United
States Government as scout, aud by the Interior Department in making treaties with the
Indians at different times during bis pioneer life. He was an Indian trader for twenty
years, and in 1869 located at Wichita, on a farm, butspent most of his time, until 1875, in
trading w'th the Indians, Since that time has been engaged in farming, has a fine farm one
mile from the city of Wichita. Mrs. Mathewson is supposed to be the first white woman
on the ground where Wichita now stands.

. B. AD, dealer in musical instruments, came to Kansas in 1870. Heisanative
of Greenwich, Conn., was born in 1824, and is the son of Alvan and Eliza (Peck) Mead. He
married, in 1856, Miss Sarah J. Sears. They have three children—Alvan M., Kdgar S. and
Mary P. On coming to Kansas, located at Augusta. Was in United States Land Office in
charge of Contest Department. In February, 1872, the land office was moved to Wichita, at
which time he removed to Wichita, In the suinmer of 1873 was appointed Deputy Post-
master, which position he held until 1875; then he engaged in merchandising. In the spring
of 1877 commenced dealing in musical instruments. Business increased in 1882 thirty per
cent. Business location, No. 23, Mainstreet. Isamember of the ‘ Wichita Council of the
American Legion of Honor,” No. 384; was a charter member,

C. R. MILLER, real estate and foan agent, located in Wichita in April, 1876, and en-
gared in wheat raising, breaking 3,000 acres of jand the first ninety days he was in Kansas.

esides his real estate and loan business, in which he has been engaged since his settlement
in the town, he is engaged in cattle breeding—Short-horn, and Norman borses. Mr. Miller
is a native of Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., Pa. He was bred in La Salle County, IIl., and
prior to his removal to Kansas was a resident of Forrest, Livingston Co., IIl., for teu years,

D. G. MILLISON, was born in Finley, Mercer Co., Pa., June 21, 1836, and lived in his
native place until he immigrated to Kansas and located at Council Grove, in September,
1857. He engaged in the daguerreotype and ambrotype business at Council Grove, being the
first artist that settled west of Lawrence, and remained there until 1860, when he returned
to Pennsy!vania; and in November, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Fifty-seventh Penn-
sylvania Volunteer Infantry, being discharged after serving fifteen months on account of
disability caused by sickness contracted inthe army. In 1864 he returned to Kangas and
aga n located at Council Grove, where he printed the Council Grove Democrat about one
year, for S. N. Wood, and then went to Topeka and was employed in the office of the State

. Record, and also in job printing, in com y with 8, D. Macdonald and 'T. P. Baker, during
1866-67. He remained in Topeka until 1872 and then established the Daily Beacon at Wic-
hita one month as a daily and one year asa weekly, when he took the job department of the
Beacon office and carried that on until 1877. He was then engaged 1n job printing In Leaven-
worth for two years, and in 1879 returned to Wichita and resumed charge of the old depart-
ment of the Beacon, In December, 1881, he commenced job printing under the firm name
of D. G. Millison & Co, which he still continues. He was married In Mercer, Mercer Co.,
Pa., March 21, 1861, to Alice M. Drury, a native of Brookfield, Ohio. They have five chil-
dren—Ralph Lee, Marion, Witbert, Mabel Clair and Flora, While Mr. Millison was in the
service he participated in the battles of Peach Orchard, Yorktown, Va., front of Richmond,
Second Ball eur and, Chantilly. Messrs, Millison & Heil published the first Topeka City
rectory in & i

J.C. MOSSMAN, farmer, P. O, Wichita, born in 1831 in Ohlo; son of John 8S. Mossman
and Rachel (Cheney) Mossman. He married, in 1867, Miss Mary M. Smith, daughter of
Joshua and Mary Sinith. Tney have five children—Alice R., Abbie E., Rufus 8, Ralph C.
and Clarence W. Came to Kansas in 1854; located ona farm in Riley county and remained
until 1871, when he removed to Wichita Township, Sedgwick County, two miles east of
Wichita, on Section 15. Owns the west half of the southeast quarter. Was in the War of
the Rebellion; enlisted in 1862 in the One Hundred and 'wenty-fifth Ohio Volunteers,
Company _B. Was in_the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, New Hope
Church, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro, Franklin, Nashville, and other engagements of
his command. Was mustered out of service in 1865. Was never absent from his command
during his term of service. - 5 : :

M. R. MOSER, farmer and fruit raiser, P. O. Wichita; born in Pennsylvania in 1834; son
of Henry R. Moser and Sarah (Ruble) Moser. Married, in 1858, to Miss Sarah E. Scott,
and has tvo children—Winona and George C. His wife died in 1.76; was married again in
1877, to Miss Lucinda Massey. Cameto Kansas in 1870; spent one year at Emporia and
one yer at Peabody. Game to Wichita in 1872; engaged for two years in carriage and
blacksmith work. In 1874 located onthe farm where he now resides, in Section 28, east
half, two miles east of Wichita, Makes a specialty of fruit raising; has thirty-three acres in
fruit, 1,500 apple trees, 1,800 peach trees, 300 cherry trees and 200 pear trees, all giafted
fruit. Was inthe War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1862, inthe One Hundred and arorty-
ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company H. Was commissioned Second Lieu-
tenant in April, 1864. Received Commission as First Lieutenant in June, 1864; Brevet-
Captain, in command of the company, from June, 1864, to June, 1865, when he was mus-

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ice, Was inthe battles of Pollock Mills, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Lauret
herent North Ann, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburgh and others of
his command, nineteen in all, and was wounded four times. Was director of the Kansas
State Fair in 1882. Is a member of the Garfield Post. No. 25, G. A. R.

WILLIAM MOUNTZ, carriagemaker, was born in Wheeling, Va., in.1837; son of Jacob
Mountz and Elizabeth (Shuff) Mountz. He married in 1860, Miss Kate Malloy, and has six
children— Harry E., Vivian K., Elizabeth B., Fenton J., Lesterand Blanch. Hecameto Kan-
sas in 1878, and located in Wichita, and commenced business in earriagemaking;, business _
located on the corner of Douglas and Lawrence avenues. He was in the War of the Rebel-
lion, and enlisted in 1862, in the- One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, Company D; was in the battles of Sharpsburg, hancellorsville, Fredericksburg
and other engagements of his command, and was mustered out in 1863. From 1863 to 1865,
he was injthe Quartermaster’s Department, He is a member of the Baptist Church, and
owns a residence on lot No. 8, corner First street and Mead avenue.

3. MYERS, carpenter, has been a resident of Kansas since January, 1881, living in Staf-
ford County six months prior to locating in Wichita. He was born in Oxford, Adams Co,,
Penn.,, August 12, 1855. In 1870, he removed to Franklin Grove, Ill., and after a residence
of two months in'that place, to Marshalltown, Iowa, remaining there until he came to Kan-
sas _in 1881.

f LANDER was born in Buffalo, N. Y., October 2, 1843, which was home
att inge he eainad Company I. Ninety-eighth New York Nati val Guards, for three
months’ service in 1864, and served four months and twelve days before being mustered
out, He then returned to Buffalo, where he lived until April 1876, when he went to Ohio,
and remained in that State about eight months, coming from there to Sedgwick County,
Kan., in January, 1877. He located in Erie Township (which was so named by Mr. N., from
his native county in Pennsylvania), and engaged in farming on east half of Section 5, until
‘April 1, 1878, when he removed to Wichita, and purchased half Interest in the business of
Meigs and Healy. Mr. Meigs retiring from the firm. He was married at Sandusky Ohlo,
to Blanche H. Huson, a native of Springport, Cayuga Co., N. Y. His children are—Marion
H., Ralph J., Ethel E, Stacie B. and June P. ry. N. isa member of K. of P., and K. of H.

A. W. OLIVER, of the firm of Shellabarger, Imboden & Oliver, came to Kansas in Sep-
tember, 1869, located at Topeka, and engaged in the lumber business, remaining in Topeka
until March, 1871. Located at Wichita in April, 1872, since which time he has been contin-
uously engaged in the lumber business in that city. Mr. Oliver is now president of the
Wichita Board of Trade, He was born in Waterford, Pa., February, 1847. In 1866 he re-
moved to Illinois, in which State he resided until he came to Kansas. cs

.G. OLIVER, blacksmith, mill picks a epecialty, was born in Seneca County, N. Y., in
1836. Son of John Oliver and Anna (Goodwin) Oliver. Married in 1861 to Miss Ada R.
Collins, and has one child, Nannie Oliver. Came to Kansas in 1867 and located in Union
Township, Bourbon County. Remained eleven years engaged in blacksmithing, then re-
moved to Oxford. In 1881 located in Cherryvale, and in 1882 located at Wichita. His busi-
ness is situated on First street, between Main and Water streets. He owns the property
where the business is located. Was inthe War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1861 in the
Ninth Indiana Volunteers, Company J. Was in the battle of Buffalo Mountain, Shiloh, and
other engagements of his command, and was wounded and taken prisoner. Was held at
Libby and Andersonville prisons for nineteen months. Was paroled in 1865. Was broken
down in health and for one year after his release was unable to walk without assistance.
Is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Wichita Lodge, No. 99. .

HENRY OWENS, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Ohio, in 1823, son of Hen-
ry and Elizabeth (Clark) Owens. He was married in 1845 to Miss Ella Gregory, daughter
of Patrick Gregory. He was educated at Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, graduating in the class
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practice of medicine In 1857; graduated at the Eclectic Medical College of Ohio, in 1873.
oved from Ohio to Iowa In 1856; practiced medicine in Polk County, Low: from 1856
until 1870, when he came to Kansas, In the spring of 1871 he opened an office in Wichita
and commenced practice, and contiued from that time. He owns a farm of 160 acres in
Waco Township. Was in the War of the Rebellion and enlisted in 1862 in the Twenty-third
Towa Volunteers, Company C. Was in the battles of Black River, Champion Hill, Jackson,
Vicksburg, Milliken’s Bend, Fort Esperanza, Mobile and other engagements of his com-
inand, © was wounded at Black River and was detailed as Hospital Steward and Surgeon;
served in that capacity until the close of the war and was mustered out in 1865. He was a
inember of the Wichita City Council fortwoterms. He wasthe first Coroner of Sedgwick
County, and held the office four years. Was presi'lent of the State Eclectic Medical Associa-
tion in 1880, and a member of the Medical Examining Board from 1879 to 1881.
_ aA. T. OWEN came to Kansas in May, 1854, and is therefore one of the oldest settlers in
the State. His first location was at Fort Leavenworth, where he was in the grocery business
one year. He remained in the vicinity of Leavenworth and at Lawrence, being in the latter
place six, months, until the spring of 1857, when he went to Junction City, where he was
Deputy Sheriff two years, and while there helped to build the pontoon ‘ridge across the
Smoky Hill River. He enlisted October 4, 1861, in Company F, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, en-
tering the service as a private and served in that regiment until August 22, 1865, having
been promoted to Sergeant Major two years prior to leaving the army. Mr. Owen partici-
ated in all the battles of his command and was also several times on detached duty. On
eaving the service he went to Vermont and visited afew months, and then returned to
Junction City and took charge of the steam mill, eight miles above the city on the Smoky

_ Hill. In the fall of 1866 he was elected Clerk of the District Courtand served in that po-

sition six years. In November, 1878, he came to Wichita and the first summer engaged in
shipping cattle for a Chicago commission house, and for the last five years has been con-
nected with law offices, three years with H. G. Ruggles. Mr. Owen is a native of St. Johns-
bury, Vt., where he was born April 9, 1838. He received an academic education in his na-
tive State, aid when he was about seventeen years of age he left home and went to Waver-
SEDGWICK COUNTY.

ly, Bremer Co., Lowa, where he remai i
amember of the @. ye wre he mained until he emigrated to Kansas. Mr. Owen is a

$s. D. I TT, lumber dealer, of the firmof Fraker & Pallett, was born in Cas
County, wo: it, 1843, son of W.M. Pallett and Hlizabeth Campbell. He married, in 1871,
Miss Carrie pcariwrieht, and has three children—Eddle, Mabel L. and Newtie, Came to
Kansas in 1872; located on a farm near Wichita; was engaged in farming for six years.
In_1878 commenced merchandising at Venice, Kansas. Located at Wichita, in 1880, In
1881 commenced the manufacvure of lumber, lath and shingles at Eureka Sprin, 8, Ark,
under the firm of Fraker & Pallett, In 1882 the firm started a Jumber yard at Wichita’
The business of the firm at this place is under the management of S. D. Pallett. Business
located on Douglas avenue, North Side, near the bridge. Was appointed Postmaster at
Venice in 1879; held the appointment for two years, Isamember of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and a member of Wichita Lodge, No, 99, A. F. & A. M.

ON. D, L. PAYNE, born in Grant Coulty, Ind., in December, 1836, is a son of Wil-
liam and Celia Lewis Payne; single. Came to Kansas in 1858; located in Dolphin County.
Pre-empted a body of land and erected asaw mill. Was in the War of the Rebellion; en-
listed in 1861; served three years. In the fall of 1864 was elected to the Kansas Legisla-
ture. Served in 1864 and 1865. At the close of that service volunteered as a substitute for
aman that-was drafted who hada family and was in indigent circumstances. Refused a
commission offered him at that time. His first service in 1861 was in the Tenth Regiment
of Kansas Volunteers, Company F; second, in 1865, inthe Eighth Regiment Kansas Vol-
unteers, Company G; third, as Captain of the Kighteenth ansas Cavalry, Company D;
fourth, as Captain of the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry. Was Postmaster at Leavenworth.
Was for two terms Sergeant-at-Arms in the Kansas Legislature.

WwW. W. PEAR! firm of Pollock & Pearce, grocers, was born in Trowbridge, Eng., in
1843, son of James Pearce and Theresa (Mead) Pearce. Married, in 1868, Miss Mary
Thomas, and has two children—Ira T. and EmmaG. Came to Kansas in 1869, located in
Butler Gounty on a farm. Was engaged in farming forfour years. In 1874 located at
Wichita and engaged in grocery business. In 187% formeda partnership with J. M. Pol
lock and established the grocery business under the firm name of Pollock & Pearce. Busi-
ness located at No. 40 Douglas avenue. The firm also deals in stock, and now owns 450
sheep of high grade. Mr. Pearce still _owns his farm in Butler County, and a residence in
Wichita, corner of Topeka avenue and William street,

J.M. POLLOCK, of the firm of Pollock & Pearce, grocery, was born in Ohio, in 1847:
son of Alexander Pollock and Elizabeth Mitchell Pollock. He married, in 1870, Miss Eliza
Shaw, and has two children—May and Harry. Mr. P. came to Kansas in 1870, and located
on a farm southwest of Wichita. In 1872, he located in Wichita, and engaged in the car-
penter business for three years. In 1875, he commenced in the grocery and provision busi-
ness on Main Street. In 1877, he formed a partnership with W. W. Pearce, and established.
business at No. 44 Douglas avenue. Business has increased 300 per cent since it was es-
tablished. He ownsa farm in Waco Township and a residence in Wichita, on Emporia
street, between Second and Third streets, e is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

urch.

REV. ANSEL H. POST, Baptist clergyman, came to Kansas in 1868; born in Indiana in
1851; was educated at Shurtle College, Upper Alton, [11.; graduated in’1874; was ordained
by the Baptist Church, Edgington, Ill., in 1875; is the son of John C. and Adeline Whitehead
Post; was married, in 1875, to Miss Henrietta Kenworthy, daughter of Samuel and Sarah
Maria Eby Kenworthy; have two children—Ada M.and Judson. Gracie E. died in 1879.
First pastor at Edgington, Il].; remained one year there; accepted pastorate of church in
Iowa; then located. at Burton, Kan.; was pastor of church for five years in Reno Coun-
ty; organized the church at Nickerson.

REV. JOHN C. POST, Baptist clergyman, came to Kansas in 1868. He was born in
Montpelier, Vt., in 1814. Is theson of John and Phoebe Clark Post. He was married, in
1840, to Miss Adaline Whitehead. They have four children—Lucinda, John M,, Sidney’ L.
and Ansel H. Hs wife is the daughter of Gad and Thankful (Pearce) Whitehead. He was
educated atthe Henrietta Academy, New York. Studied theology under Hon. Jesse L.
Holman, at Aurora, Ind. during. the years 1838-39. Licensed to preach by the Aurora
Baptist Church; remained in Indiana as pastor for two years; removed to Michigan, where
he was pastor for five years; then removed to Texas, and remained two years; returned to
Indiana, and became pastor of Franklin Church and college agent; remained there for five
years; then removed to Northwestern Indiana, where he was pastor for nine years, at
which time his health failed him, and he then spent two years in organizing churches in
Illinois. In 1868, located at Fort Scott, Kan.; was pastor of the Baptist Church at that
place for four years; during that time built the church building thatnow standsthere. In
1873, he removed to Wichita, and became pastor of the First Baptist Church of that place;
remained pastor fortwo years, during which time he built the present church building.
1n 1875, he became pastor of the Baptist Church at Hutchinson; remained pastor four
years, during which time be built the present church building. In 1879, he became a mis-
sionary for Southwestern Kansas, which position he occupies at the present time. He has,
during his ministry, raised $75,0U0 for denominational purposes. Has built eight church
buildings in the past twenty years, and has organized twenty ive Baptist churches.

T. E, PRESTON, commission merchant and dealer in hides and wool, was born in
Bridgeton, N. J., in 1849; son of J. W. Preston and Anna M. (Moore) Preston. Married in
1876 and has three children—William R., Charles A. and Pluma B. Came to Kansas in 1867,
located at Le Roy, Coffey County, and engaged in farmiug. In 1869 he dame to Wichita, and
located on a farm; engaged on a farm until 1880. In 1880 he buried his wife. In 1882, was
married to Miss Mary Dillon, Was engaged as traveling salesman from 1880 to 1882. In
1882 he‘commenced business in hides, wool and commission. Is a member of the “Old Set-
tlers’ Association.” : 4

WILLIAM RAINEY, farmer, P. O. Wichita, was bornin Ireland in 1827, son of John
Rainey and Susannah (Orr) Rainey. Married, in 1851, Miss Mary J. Ferguson, daughter of
Hugh and Rachael Ferguson, natives of Pennsylvania, and has six childreu—John, Martha,
Anna, James, Emma and Ella, Came to Kansasin 1878; located ou a farm in Wichita
Township, Section 29, northwest quarter, four mileseastof Wichita; has been engaged in
farming and stock-raising from that time. Isa member ofthe Presbyterian Church. Has
been Supervisor and School Director in Ohio and Ilinois. ee

J. Ww, RANSOME, firm of Ransome & Bond, grocers, was born in St. Louis, in 1852; son
of G. M. Ratsome and Clara (Holmes) Ransome. He married in 1876, Miss Margaret M.
Brogan, and has one child—Joseph S. Came to Kansas in 1880; located at Wichita; was en-

aged in stock and livery business until 1882, when he commenced in the grocery, in the
firm of Ransome & Bond. M. Bond, of the firm of Ransome & Bond, was born in Mary-
Jand_ in 1848, son of Thomas Bond and Annie (Morris) Bond. Married, in 1873, to Miss
Annie Evans and has four children—Thomas E., T. J., William M. and Annie M. Came to
Kansas in 1877; located on a farm near Wichita; engaged in farming for three years; two
years in selling goods. In 1882, heformeda partnership with J. W. Ransome and pur-
chased the grocery business of J. B. Turner. Business located at No. 44 Douglas avenue;
style of the firm, Rausome & Bond. ; E Site

JOHN A. RATLIFF, grocer, of the firm of Ratliff & Cone, was born in Illinois in
1852: son of G. W. Ratliff ana Elizabeth (Parlier) Ratliff. He married, in 1878, Miss Mar-
tha &, Eakins, and has two children—Frank L. and Myrtle E. He came to Kansas in 1878
and engaged as a salesman for three years. In 1881 he formed a partnership with Rufus
Cone and commenced the grocery business, locate’ at No. 113 Douglasavenue. Business has
increased seventy per cent since its establishment. He owns a residence on Market street,
between First and. Second streets. He isa member of the A. O. U. W., Wichita Lodge,

No. 22. : : 4 ra

J. C. REDFIELD, commission merchant, was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1832;
son of S. G. Redfield and Esther (Clark) Redfield. Married, in 1859, Miss Hannah A. Nichols.
They have five children—Flora G., Frank, Kate, Belleand Pearl. He came to Kansas in
1857; located at Geneva, Allen County; remained till 1861; removed to Humbolt. From
1840 to 1865, was Sheriff of Allen County. 1n 1869 and 1870 he was a member of the Kan-
sas Legislature. Was appointed Receiver of the United States Land Office in 1865, at Hum-
bolt; held that appointment for three years. In 1870 he was appointed Receiver of the
United States land office at Wichita; located at Wichita at that time; held that appointment
for four years. In 1875 he engaged in merchandising: continued until 1881, then com-
menced a general commission business; located on Maine street near First. Is a member
of the Masonic Fraternity, Wichita Lodge, No. 99. A., F. & A. M., and also of Wichita
Chapter No. 43. :

h W. RENSHAW, firm of Biggs & Renshaw, millers, was born in Macon County, Ill,
in 1853; son of Charles and Elizabeth (Morris) Renshaw. Was married, in 1876, to Miss
Laura Platte, daughter of Lewis Plaite. Has one child, Charles L, Wife died in 1878. Came
to Kansas in 1880, located in Harper County on a farm, engaged in farming for two years;
went to Coloraio and remained until the fall of 1882, then located at Wichita in January,
1883, bought the interest of Stancer & Hudson, in the milling business at No. 34 Douglas
avenue, ald now engaged in feed and merchant milling in the above firm.

E. B. RENTZ, ia D., physician and surgeon, was born in Lycomin County, Pa., in
1849; son of S. P. and Lydia Rentz. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Flora E. Lloyd
daughter of William Lloyd. They have two children, Rau W. and Maud E. His wife die
in March, 1882. He was educated at the Gettysburg College, graduated at the Medical Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in 1870. He commenced the practice of medicine in 1870, at
Muncy, Pa. In 1875, came to Kansas on account of failing health; spent one year in travel-
ing through the State, then located at wacnits and engaged in the practice of his profession.

i tinned. ce on Douglas avenue. .
> WOstal RIBSIER, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Wichita, was born in Bucks County, Penn.,
in 1836; son of William Rieser and Magdaline (Stailer) Rieser. Married, in 1856, to Miss
Lydia Jacoba, They have three children—William, Maria A, and James W. His wife died
in 1859. Married, in 1880, to Miss Catharine A. Hastings. They have one child by last
marriage, Marday Rieser. Came to Kansas in 1879, located on the farm where he now re-

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sides, two and a half miles southeast of Wichita, Is a member of the Masonic Fraternity,
A., F. & A. M., Indiana Lodge No. 5.

MARTIN 'S. ROCHELLE, salesman, was born in Ohio, in 1842; son of John Rochelle
and Lucinda (Search) Rochelle. Married, in 1860, Miss Margaret J. Hanson, and has two
children, Homer L. & Charles C, Came to Kansas in 1870, located at Fort Scott; spent two

ears in Fort Scott, Independance and Oxford. In 1872, he came to Wichita, located ona

arm, remained until 1882, then came to the city and engaged as salesman for Hess’ Grocery
House. When he located on his farm he was the fartherest west of any settlement in
southwestern Kansas. Was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisted, in 1861, in Forty-sixth
Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company ©, was in twenty-six battles ‘of his command, which
are recorded in his discharge by order of his Colonel; was wounded at Savannah. Ga., in
the right schoulder; was mustered out of service in 1865. Is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; is amember of the Garfield Post, No. 25, G. A. R.

JOHN G. RODE, shoemaker, was born in Germany in 1834, at Hesse Cassel; son of Jus-
tus Rode and Elizabeth {Koneg) Rode. Came to the United States in 1851. He married at
Washington, Pa,in 1859, Miss Catharine Ditmar. 'They have three children—August
W., Enes M.and Marta F. Mr. Rode commenced the manufacturing of boots and shoes in
early life, Came to Kansas in 1873; commenced business at Wichita the same year. Busi-
ness located on Douglas avenue between Market and Lawrence streets. Was inthe War of
the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1862, in the Sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Com-
pany A. Was on guard duty against invasions; was mustered out in the fall of the same
year. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church; is a member of the Wichita Lodge and
Chapter A.. F. & A, M., and of Cominandery No. 12.

. E. ROGERS, transfer business, was born in Kenosha, Wis., in 1852; son of A. W.
Rogersand Martha (Myers) Rogers. He married in 1873, Miss Georgia Grantham. Their
children are—Eniz E., Burrett A., Rillie H.and Emma L. Came to Kansas in 1869, located
it Topeka and engaged in freighting and farming. Came to Wichita in 1872, and in 1876
commenced the transfer business with one team, now has four teams engaged in the busi-
ness. Owns residence and barn on the corner of Water and Second streets. His wife died
in the spring of 1882. He was married in September 1882, to Miss Lillie Grantham, daugh-
ter of I. W.and Emily Grantham. I. W. Grantham was born in Rabun County, Ga., in
1823. Was married in 1843, to Miss Emily E. Hucabee. They have eight children—Susan,
William R., Sallie G.. M. M,, C. C., I. L., Lillie and Virginia, Came to Kansas in 1876, and
now resides with C. E. Rogers.

W. S. ROGERS, photographer, was born in Wisconsin in 1853; son of Jacob and Al-
mirie Santee Rogers. Was married in 1878, to Miss Susie Coggeshall, daughter of Peter
and Jane Coggeshall. Has two children—Pearl and Albert Rogers. Came to Kansas in
1872; located in Cowley County, on a farm, remained two years, then engaged in teaching
pearl and cameo oil painting for four years, and then engaged in merchandising and sales-
man until 1851, when he opened bis Photograph gallery at No. 94 Douglas avenne, where he
is now engaged in the business; in connection with photographing does work in India ink,
Pee He owns a residence on the corner of Mosley avenue and Third
street.

_S. ROOT, of Root Brothers Wichita Transfer Company, was born in washington County,
Wis,, 1n 1847; son of Elisha Root and Amandah (Butler) Root. Married in 1870, to Miss
Elvira E, Harper, and has two children—Frank R, and Eva Root. Came to Kansas in 1870,
located on a farm in Butler County; in 1872, removed to Wichita and engaged in butter
and produce business. In 1873, commenced light express business, continued until 1875;
then formed partnership with R. E, Root under firm name of Root Brothers; then engaged
in heavy transfer and freight line. In 1878, purchased the ’bus line of the Southwestern
Stage Company, and from that time have run a general transfer and ’bus line. In_ 1882
the firm name was changed to the Wichita Transfer Company. Owns residence on Market
street. R. E. Root, of the firm of Root Brothers, was born in Schroon, N. Y., in 1852.
Father’s name, Elisha Root; mother’s name, Amanda Butler. Married in 1875, to Miss
Cordelia S. Root. They have one child—Lloyd B. Root. Came to Kansas in 1875. Is a
member of the Masonic Fraternity, Witchita Lodge, No. 99. Entered the firm of Root
Brothers in 1875. Owns residence and four lots on Market street. Root Brothers own lots
16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 on Market street, with building 30x80, with L 24x50. Has carried mail
to and from depots for five years. : es S

.A. ROWLEY, dealer in live stock, was born in Sulllvan County, N. Y., in 1847.
Son of William Rowley and Elizabeth Biesdotpo Rowley. Was married in 1870 to Miss
Aurllla Rectom, and has three children—William, Clarence and Alvin. Hecame to Kan-
sasin 1867, located at Topeka, and engaged in the coal trade for three years. He then re-
moved to Wichita and commenced in the live stock businessthe same year. Business in-
creased, from 1870 to 1882, 100 percent. Heis located on the corner of Douglas avenue
and Water street. He owns 320 acres of land, 240 acres of which is under cultivation; he
also owns a residence in Wichita, Ss eae

REUBEN dH. YS, of the firm of Bunnell & Roys, located in Wichita, in June, 1876,
and the following year went to Topeka, anc was connected with the National Loan and Trust
Company until July, 1878, when he made a trip to the East, remaining a few months and re-
turning to Wichita. Since his return he has been engaged in the loan business, associated
with L, B. Bunnell for the last two years, Mr. Roys was born in Morris, Grundy Co., IIl.,
July 28, 1853, and from the age of six years was reared in Olivet, Eaton Uo., Mich., gradu-
ating from Olivet College, in the class of 1873, after which he attended the law college at Ann
Arbor, Mich., and read law both at Ann Arbor and Lansing, removing from the latter place
to Kansas. Mr. B. is a member of the Masonic Order. ‘

H. G. RUGGLES, attorney-at-law, was born in Canfield, Mahoning Co.,Ohio, December
81st, 1835. His education was principally acquired through his own efforts, aided by the
instruction of his mother, his school advantages being limited. _ While working in his
father’s iron manufactory and store he found time to read law, which study he subsequent-
ly continued with Samuel Gilson, an attorney in his native place, and was admitted to the
bar May 1, 1861. August 11 o1 the same year he enlisted as a private in Company H, One
Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out of service ou account
of disability, October 25, 1863. He then returned to Ohio, and remained in that State until
October 13, 1874, when he removed to Kansas, locating in Wichita October 20, 1874, where
he has been since that time engaged in the practice of law. He was married in Ravenna,
Ohio, December 24, 1864, to Amanda Z. Hoyle a native of Berlin Township, Mahoning
Co,, Ohio. Theirtwo children are Rollin PeterandCharles A. |

JOSIAH RYNEARSON, baker, born in Darke County, Ohio, in 1843; son of Barnett
Rynearson and Anna V. Drake Rynearson. He married in 1875 Miss Malannie
Chartrand, daughter of Annaclat and Margaret Chartrand. They have two
children—Arthur and _ Allie. He came to Kansas in 1871, and locating at

Newton remained until 1878, when he removed to Larned and remained one
year. He then moved to Peabody, Kan., in 1881 and came to Wichita, and commenced the
bakery business, located at No. 74 Mainstreet. He wasinthe War of the Rebellion and
enlisted in 1861, Sixty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company D. He was in the en-
gagement at Resaca, Peach Creek, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and others. He was
mustered out at the close of the war, after four years’ and three months’ service. He is
an ancient member of theI.O, O.F. and encampment; of the G. A. R. of Peabody, Kan.,
and was a member of the City Council at Newton.

. M. SANDERS, carpenter, born in Monroe County, Ind., in 1843, son of John Sanders
and Elizabeth (Con) Sanders. He married in 1878, Miss Vulgamon, and has two children—
Scott and Harry. Came to Kansas in 1869, located at Ottawa, engaged in the carpenter bus-
iness. In 1872 located on afarm southwest of Wichita, engaged in farming for four years,
then located in Wichita, and since that time has been engaged in the carpenter business,
Was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1864, in Indiana, One Hundred and Twenty-
seventh Regiment Volunteers, Company I. Was mustered out inthe same year. Was one
year engaged under Col. Woolcott division engineer of the Texas Pacific R. R., New Mex-
co Division

JOHN K. SAWYER, contractor and bridge builder, was born in Somerset County, Me.
December 2, 1832. In 1851 he emigrated from his native State and wentto California *
where he remained until 1857, engaged in mining operations and carpenter work. He then
returned to Maine, and in the spring of 1858, again turned his steps toward the West, this
time locating in Peru, Ill., where-he resided until April, 1864; he next removed to Montana
and remained in that Territory until the fall of 1868, then was at Cheyenne, Wyoming
Territory until 1869, when he came to Kansas, His first location in this State was Lawrence,
removing from that place after a residence of five months to Marysville, Marshall County,
where he lived until December, 1870, when he Jocatedin Wichita. After locating in this
city, he was engaged in contracting and building until April 1881, commencing his bridge
building in 1876. He was associated with Wm. A. Reese until the fall of 1882, but is now
without apartner. Amongthe buildings built by Mr.S. may be mentioned the Eagle

ock, W. &§ Woodman’s store building, Field building, Turner’s Opera House, M. M. Mur-
dock’s dwelling house, Smith & Keeting and Houch Bros. warehouses. Mr. 8S. was married
at Brooklyn, Hancock Co., Me., December 5, 1857. to Emma B. Herrick, a native of that
place and has two children—Fannie L. and Charles H., he is a member ofthe Baptist Church
and of the K. of H.and A. F. & A. M. : %

M. A. SAYLES, dealer in agricultural implements, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1840;
son of Asa and Amy Sayles. He was married in 1874to Miss Helen E. Cook, daughter of
Andrew J. and Ann Cook. They have two children—Asa A. and Mary B. Mr. Sayles came
to Kansas from Illinois in 1866, located at Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co., and remained two
years engaged in farming. In1 he removed to Wichita, and engaged in farming and
stockraising in Sedgwick and Reno counties until 1875, when he engaged as a salesmanin
farm implements. In 1876 he became apartner inthe firm of A. J.Cook & Co. In 1880
purchased the entire business. His business has increased 150 percent since. He was
chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Reno County in 1873-74. He is amem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Amy Sayles, mother of M. A. and Olive Sayles, was
born in Canada in 1819, daughter of Bradford and Mary (Nelson) Ames, was married in
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1835 to Asa B. Sayies; her husband diedin 1844. In 1866she cameto Kansas with her
children ; after two years spent at Cottonwood Falls she came to Wichita and was the tenth
familv located in that city.

FRED SCHA'ITNER came to Kansas in the spring of 1864. His first location was_at
Leavenworth, where he was employed in mercantile houses asa clerk for two years. He
went from Leavenworth to St. Louis, remaining in the latter city four years, then returned
to Leavenworth, and from there came to Wichita, July 28, 1870. After locating in Wichita
he engaged in sign painting, which he continued until he was appointed County Clerk, in
the latter part of the same year, serving in that position in 1871 to 1873, and to the spring of
1874, since which time he has served as City Clerk. Mr. §. is an artist and musician. He
organized the first band in the Southwest, of which he has been the leader from the start,
and was also the leader of the first orchestra. He was born in Strasburg (then a province of
France), January 25, 1844, and immigrated to America with his parents in 1851, locating at
Lexington, Ky., which remained his home uutil 1858. His father then moved with his
family to Kansas City, where Fred remained until he went to Leavenworth. He was mar-
ried in Wichita, July 30, 1873, to Mary Ann (Green) Jackson, of Louisville, Ky. They have
an adopted daughter, Mona Lisa.

L. G. SCHEETZ, was born in Bedminster Township, Bucks Co., Pa., July 24, 1844, and
lived in his native county until 1867, then went to Philadelphia, clerked one year in a
wholesale and retail grocery store; then went to A) plebachsville, 2 small village in Bucks
County, clerked there until April 1, 1869. He then immigrated to the West, not knowing
where he would locate, Stopped at Chicago a few days, then went to Sterling, TIL, not likin
it there he left for Hannibal, Mo.; stopped there and clerked until June, 1870. Then immi-
grated to Kansas, located at Emporia and engaged in mercantile business at that piace for
one year; he then removed to El Dorado, Kan., where he engaged In the wholesale liquor,
flour and feed business at that place until 1874, when he formed a co-partnership with E.
L. Wheeler and built the water-mill on Chisholm Creek, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kan, an
after running it a year engaged in the grocery business, which he continued until 1gsi. He
has now retired from active business and resides in Wichita, where he is engaged in look-
ing after his property interests. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chap-
ter and Commandery, K. of H., and the order of American Mechanics.

JOHN SCHOTT, machinist by occupation, was born in Germany tn 1822, and is a son of
John Schott and Anna Catherine Roden Schott. Came to the United States in 1845 and lo-
cated at Baltimore, Md. He married, in 1844, Miss Anna Descher, who was born in 1821,
and has four children—Jolin Frederick, Louls Emanuel, Henry and John William, From
1847 to 1852 he was employed in the United States Gun Factory. At Baltimore was en-
gaged in the manufacture of arms for Mexican service. During the Mexican War from
1852 to 1857 he was engaged in the locomotive works in Baltimore. In 1857 he came to
Kansas, located at Lawrence and engaged in freighting for six years and then commenced

- the restaurant business. Remained at Lawrence until 1879, then removed to Wichita and
commenced the fruit and confectionery business located on the south side of Douglas
avenue, between Main and Water streets. Is a member of Lawrence Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O.
F., also of Encampment, No. 4, A. F. P. W. y

HENRY SCHWEITER, farmer, Sections 27 and 28, P. O. Wichita, born in Switzerland,
in 1844,—son of John Schweiter_and Elizabeth Raumen—married in 1873, Miss Caroline
Gardner, and has four children—Henry, John, Willie, and Otto. Came to Topeka, Kansas,
in 1868; remained two years. In 1870 moved to Wichita, and for six years engaged witn
Mr. Davidson in contracting and lumber business. 111874 engaged in the ice business which
business he still continues, a partner of the Wichita Ice Company. The company own a
building which stores 3,500 tons ofice. In 1876, moved on his farm, two miles southeast of
Wichita, in Sections 27 and 28, where he now resides. Owns 400 acres of land. Is amember
ofthe School Board and Clerk of District No. 7 Isamember of Wichita Lodge No. 93,

F.M SCOTT, baker, born in eatucky, 4a 1862, son of Minor Scott and-Mary (Luchardt)
Scott, cameto Kansas in 1872, located at Wichita, in 1878; commenced an appren'iceship in
the bakery business in the same year; bought an_established businessin 1882; business is
located at No. 40 Main street; the firm of Scott & Pentington.

WILLIAM P. SHIELDS, book-keeper, was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1848,
son of William and Mary (McNary) Shields, He was married, in 1876, to Ella Glenn Ross,
daughter of A. A. and Lavina Gleun. They have one child, Florence Shields. Mr. S, came
to Kansas in 1878, and located at Wichita and engaged in book-keeping for Smith & Keat-
ing, fur two years, and with the Rogers Coal Company, in 1882. Engaged in merchandising
in 1881. In December, 1882, he enza ed with F.G.Smyth & Son’s farm implement house.
He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Wichita Lodge No. 99.

L. D. SKINNER, was born near Martinsburg, Keokuk County, Iowa, March 12, 1856.
When he was but fourteen years of age, he went fo Creston, and in the spring of 1873, enter-
ed the bank of 8. H. Mallory & Co., remaining with them until January 1, 1876. From 1876
until December 1, 1880, he was in the Bank of Creston, serving also, during a part of this
timeas Deputy Treasurer, of Union County. He came to Wichita, from Creston, on leavin
the bank. He was married in Denver, Col., April 25, 1881, to Maggie Butler, a native o
Cincinnati, Ohio, .

WILLIAM SKINNER, harness maker, born in New Hampshire in 1842, is the son of
Stephen and Louisa (Dodge) Skinner. He married in 1864. Miss Ada Shope; has one child,
Stephen Skinner. Came to Kansas in 1876, and located at Wichita, engaged in farming for
the first three years. Still owns his farm, which he rents; but commenced work at his trade
of harness making, in 1879, and has been engaged at it froin that time to the present. Isa
member of the W‘chita Lodge, No. 93, I. 0. O. F.

H. C. SMELTZER was born near Gallipolis, Ohlo, September 25, 1847, and resided in
his native town until 1866, when he removed to Tippecanoe County, Ind. In 1880 he re-
moved from the latter place to Kansas, settling in Wichita in Octoberof that year, where
he was connected with the City Mills as second miller. In February, 1882, he purchased an
interest in the Diamond Mills, taking charge of the establishment the following month. He
now owns a one-third interest in the mill. Mr. S. was married at Lafayette, Ind., July, 1879,
to Rebecca Mitchell, a native of Colfax, Ind,

ABRAM SMITH, contractor and builder, is anative of Binghamton, Broome County,

. ¥., where he was born July 12, 1842, and resided until he was about three years of age.
His parents then removed to Castieton, N. ¥., where he lived until 1866, then in Syra-
cuse until May, 1869, and in fulucy, Hi, from that time until February, 1870, when he
started for Kansas, February 14, 1870. He located on a homestead in Butler County, work-
ing at his trade in Humboldt, Allen County, for six months. In March, 1872, he moved to
Wichita, and after contracting for the construction of the house next north of the Presbyte-
rian church, he worked as a journeyman carpetter until the fall of 1874, and has sice that
time been acontractor and builder. Mr. Smith enlisted in Company I, Ninety-first New
York Volunteer intantry, Septeinber 15, 1861, serving in that regiment until April 2, 1864,
when he was discharged on account of disability caused by sickness contracted in the army.
He re-enlisted in August, 1864, in Company D,
Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps, and was finally mustered out June 8, 1865.
He was married November 16, 1866, at Schenectady, N. Y., to Cornelia P. Fairchild, a native
of Hornelisville, N. Y. They have three children~Frank H.,, Clarence A.,and an infant
daughter, HazelC. Mr. 8. isa member of the G. A. R., of Garfield Post, No, 25, and scribe
in Wichita Encampment, No. 29. The buildings which he has constructed in Wichita are
too numerous to mention in detail, but they comprise nearly all the schoolhouses, the store
buildings and residences of R. K. Guthrie, Sr. and Jr., residences for Messrs. Mann, Bas-
sant, Slugs, Innes, Dyer, Wall, Woodman CW. T.and W.C,), Allen, Brown, Pollock, Billings,
Woodcock, VanNess, Druley, Tucker, Murdock, Roe, and tnany other residences and store
additions.

CHARLES WESLEY SMITH, son of Charles H. and Dorothy (VanBuren) Smith, came
to Wichita in September, 1876, and has been engaged in carpenter work in the city, and on
the railroad, since thattime. He was born in Ghent, Columbia Co., N. ¥., April 24,1
and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas, Dang served in Company I, Ninety-
‘first New York Volunteer Infantry, from September, 1864, until June, 1865, when he re-
ceived his discharge and returned to New York, In which State he was married, May, 1866,
at Schodack, to Susie Curtis, a native of that place. They have three children—Stephen D.,
Claude E.,and James Henry,

. W. SMITH, dentist, was born in New York, in 1833, son of Chester and Amanda
(Howe) Smith. He was married in 1859, to Miss Emily Shawe, daughter of Peter Shawe.
They have two children, Artie M. Smith and Ralph W. Smith. He was educated in den-
tistry in Ohio, in 1862. Commenced practice in 1864, and has been engaged in his profes-
sion since that time. He came to Kansas in 1878, and located at Wichita, He opened an
office on Douglas avenue, in the Eagle Building. Was in the War ofthe Rebellion, and en-
listed in 1863, in the One Hundred and First Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, Company A; was
in the battle of Perrysville, Ky. He was mustcred out in 1864. Isa member of the Baptist
Cburch, and the A. O. U..W. 7 . :

HENRY SMITH, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Wichita,was born in Leicestershire, England,
in.1837. Sov.of Joshua Smith and El!zabeth (Chambers) Smith, Married In 1871 Miss
Hattie A. Royal. They had one child, Arthur R. Smith. His wife died in 1874, and he mar-
ried again in 1875 Miss Sarah E, Sherman. Has three children by the last marriage, Hat-
tie M., Grace L. and John H. Smith. Cameto Kansas in 1854 and located at Lawrence.
Engaged in freighting for two years, then moved to Wabaunsee County and engaged in
farming. In 1869 moved to Sedgwick County. Wasamember of a volunteer company at
Lawrence in 1855-56, organized to protect the city during the John Brown troubles.

JOSH and F.T. SMITH, farmers, P.O. Wichita. Joshua Smith was born in Eng-
land in 1806. Son of John Smith and Mary (Wright) Smith. Married in 1880 Miss Eliza-
beth Chambers, and has three children, Rebecca, John and Henry. His wife died in 1841
and he married again in 1843 Miss Mary Cook, and they have four children, William, May
M,, Emma and Frederick T._ Came to Kansas in 1854 and located at Lawrence. Remained
two years and then went to Wabaunsee County. Engaged in farming for eight years. In
1864 he came to Wichita, Sedgwick County and in 1867 located on Section 22, southeast

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

uarter, one and one-half miles southeast of Wichita, which property he now owns
‘and is engaged in farming and ardening. Frederick T. Smith was born in Lawrence, Kas.,
in 1854, son of Joshua and Mary Smith, was the second child born in Lawrence. Mar~
ried in 1880 Blizabeth Royal and has one child, Jesse S. Came to Kansas in 1871 and en-
gaged in farming. Owns the west half of southeast quarter of Section 22, oue and
one-half miles southeast of Wichita.

F. G. SMYTH & SONS, dealers in agricultural implements. F.G.Smyth was born on
the sea in 1827. Son ot James and Abigail Deorsay Smyth. He was married in 1850 to Miss
Rebecca Box, daughter of William R. and Rebecca Meridith Box, They have five children,
William R. B., James F., Frederick G., Charles H., and Robert A. Mr. Smyth caine to Kan-~
sas in 1876, located at Wichita, and engaged in agricultural implement business,!@ating on
lots A and B, Douglas and Lawrence avenues. The brick bullding occupied by the firm is
50x120 feet, and thirty-five feet high. Business increased from its establishment from
$15,000 the first year to $120,000 in 1882. He was master of a vessel on salt water for four

ears, and for eight years followed the lakes. He was mateduringthat time, Came from
Madison, Wis., to Kansas. He is a member of Wichita City Council.

F, G. SMYTH, JR., was born in Columbia County, Wis., in 1856. Sonof F.G. and Re-
becca Smyth. Came to Kansas in 1876 and located at Wichita, and engaged in the firm of
F.G. Smyth & Sons. Charles H. Smyth was born in Columbia County, Wis., in 1858. Son
of F, G. and Rebecca Smyth, He came to Kansas in 1876 and engaged with the firm of F.
G. Smyth & Sons, In 1881-82 he was Captain of Company A, Second Regiment Kansas
National Guards. Is a member of the Wichita Gun Club and now carries the medal award-
ed by that club to the best shot. rj

FREDERICK SOMMER, jeweler, born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1818, came to the
United States in 1850; son of H. F. Sommer and Jacobine Aab Sommer, descendauts of the
French Huguenots, He married in 1855, at Winterset, Iowa, to Miss Matilda Eliwanger,
born In Stuttgart, Germany. They have four children, Matilda, Agnes, Julia and Carl. He
came to Kansas in 1876 and located at Wichita. He commenced the jewelry business at No,
24 Main street in 1879; was bucned out, losing his entire stock. Business is now located at
No. 32 Main street. Miss Agnes Sommer, daughter of Frederick and Matilda Sommer, also
engaged in the jewelry business at No. 100 Douglas avenue. Fred Sommer was educated as
a dy 1 engineer in the Pyrotechnic School, in Germany. in 1840, practiced engineering until
1849, participated iu the revolutionary movement of that year, and, in consequence, emi-

rated to the United States in 1850; was in the War of the Rebellion, and enlisted in August,

862, inthe Twenty-ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Company H, as a private, and was

romoted to First Lieutenantin March, 1863; was promoted to Captain, Aid-de-Camp, Maj.

en. Steel’s staff, June 7, 1864. During this term of service he was engaged in engineer
duty, fortified Helena, Duval’s Bluff, on White River, Little Rock and Fort Smith. eisa
member of the A., F. & A. M., and RK. A. M. & G. C, also of Wichita Lodge, No. 93, I. 0. 0. F.
He is also a memnber of Garfield Post, G. A. R., No. 25. 2

FRED. A. SOWERS, dealer in real estate. Was born in Canton. Ohio, in 1839; isa
son of the late Eli Sowers, for thirteen years Judge of tbe Court of Common Pleas, and
Mary (Dunbar) Sowers. He married at Leavenworth, in 1866, Miss Mary L. Schattner.
His wife died in 1879, leaving three children, Percy F., Frederick D.and Charles A. Mr.
Sowers was educated at Canton, Ohio, graduaied in the class of 1856, and came to Kansas in
1863, locating at Leavenworth, where he became connected with Col. J.C. Vaughn, of the
Daily Times, remained inthat connection for seven years, removed to Wichita in 1870,
started the first newspaper ever published in the Arkansas Valley, from its source to the
Indian Territorial line, the Vidette. After the publication of that paper for two years, it was
removed to Belle Plaine. In 1872 he became associate editor of the Eagle. After one year,
started the Datly Beacon, the first daily paper ever published in the Arkansas Valley. Thai
was in the days of the early cattle drive. After running the sally, for six months it was
merged into a weekly, and has since been published as such. In 1875 he sold his interest in
the Beacon and was associated with the Eagle for one year. From 1876 to 1878 he was
merchandising. In 1878 he went to Leavenworth and accepted the mnanagement of the
Daily Press, resigned that position in 1879 and returned to Wichita. He went to Arizona in
1880 and spent one year in traveling and prospecting, returned in 1881 and purchased the
editorial interest of the Datly Republican, now the Daily Times. In 1882 he commenced
the real estate business, located on Douglas avenue, first block east of Main street. He was
County Clerk for the term and made the first tax roll for Sedgwick County; was elected
Register of Deeds on the first organization of the Republican party in the county; served
two terms in the City Council and two terms on the School Board. In connection with his
pioneer newspaper work had an eventful life in the early days of Kansas, having taken the
position of right and order against the dJsorderly element. € was often exposed to per-
sonal danger and violence. .

GEORGE E. SPALTON, was bornin Derby, England, April3, 1848. He emigrated
in 1870, locating on his arrival in America, in Virginia, where he remained a few months,
and then resided in : nion and Taylor counties, in lowa, for ten years. From 1871 to 1875,
he was engaged in farming, and subsequently in the mortgage and loan department of the
Bank of Creston, until he came to Wichita, December 5, 1880. Since that time he has been
connected with the Lombard Mortgage Company and with the Kansas State Bank. He was
married at Ottawa, La Salle Co., Il)., December 5, 1879. to Lillian C. Clark, of South Ottawa.
They have one child, WiJliam A.

F, STAC AN, merchant tailor, came to Kansas in 1869, located at Topeka, and moved
to Wichita in 1872. Was born in Marso, Prussia, in 1843. Is the son of Carl and Anna
(Hatka) Stackman, Commenced business at Wichita in 1872. Owns building in which
business is carried on, No. 54 Main street. His business has steadily increased from the
commencement. 2

JAMES F. STAFFORD, dealer in groceries and guns and ammunition, born in Cayuga
County, N. Y., in 1845, son of Michael Stafford and Mary (Dunlavey} Stafford. He married
in 1867, to Miss Ellen Donley. They have three children—Mary Ann, Josephine and George.
Mrs. Stafford died in 187%, at Auburn, N. Y. He came to Kansas in 1876, located at Wichita,
and commenced the grocery business the same year. In 1878 added the sale of gurs an
pistols to his trade, and carries a full line of ammunition and all appurtenances to the gun

rade. Business located at No. 49 Main street, and owns the building in which business is
located. Is a member of the Catholic Church.

WILLIAM E, STANLEY, located at Perryville, Jefferson Co., Kas., in April, 1870.. [n
the fall of the same year he removed to Oskaloosa, where he remained until September,
1872, when he settled in Wichita, resigning the office of County Attorney, which he held
two years when he left Jefferson County. fter locating at Wichita he was elected County
Attorney, in 1874-76-78; and in 1880, was elected Representative of the State Legislature.
Mr. Stanley was born in Danville, Knox Co., Ohio, December 28, 1844. He was educated at
the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, andread law with Judge Bain at Kenton,
Ohio, aad with Conover and Craighead at Dayton, Ohio, being admitted to the bar before
removing to Kansas. He was married at Wichita, May 30, 1876, to Emu.a L. Hills, a native
of Indiana, They have one child—Henry W., born August 25, 1880.

J. A. STEDMAN, insurance agent, was born tn St. Lawrence County, N., Y., where he
lived until 1872. He became connected with the hardware house of uibbard & Spencer, of
Chicago, and removed to that city. He remained with that house until he came to Kansas
in June, 1876, and located at Sedgwick City, from whence he moved to Wichita in 1878. Mr.
8. represents fourteen fire insurance companies, his fire and life insurance extending to
wnany pointe ty the Arkansas Valley. Mr. Stedman represents the following compar fe —
Fire: Sun Fire of London; Phoenix, London; North British and Mercantile, London; Com-
mercial Union, London; Lancashire of Manchester, England; Queen of London England;
Continental, New York; Franklin, Philadelphia; Pennsylvania ‘ire, Philadelphia; Spring-
fleld Fire and Marine, Massachusetts; British America of Toronto Canada; Glenn Falls,
pen York; Life and Accident: Mutual Life, New York; Travelers Life and Accident, Hart-

J, M. STEELE, real estate, insurance and loan agent, came to Wichita in 1869. Took
a clajin on Section 4,Township 27, Range 1 east, and en aged in farming until the spring of
1870, when, after doing carpenter work for two months he commenced the business in
which he is now engaged. r, Steele was born in Westfield, Tioga Co., Pa., July 31, 1844.
He resided In his native town until1866, when he located in Troy, Doniphan Co.,Kansas,and
remained in that place until he came to Wichita, While living in Towa County he en-
listed, in June, 1861, in Company A, First Pennsylvania Rifles cold’ Bucktait Regiment) in
which he served until discharged after the battle of Appomatox. He was taken prisoner at
the battle of Gaine’s Mills and kept at Libby and Belle Isle forty-two days before he was
discharged. He re-enliste! in Company: A, One Hundred and Ninetieth Pennsylvania Vol-
muteer san try of which he ara Made tee Lieutenant:

GoW. » was born in Friendship, Allegan: 0. N.Y.
1845, his native State and town Femalning: his Home until f Yanted for Ke
i

e started for Kansas iti the
spring of 1872. He enlisted in Company C, hty-fifth New ¥ -
tober 16, 1861, and served Until duly 35-1865 eae ett DEO ee eotanbry Oc

} A . He was taken prisoner at Plymouth, N. C.,
April 20, 1864, and confined at Andersonville until the following August, Afterwards at
Charleston about a month: then at Florence, S. C., until December 14, 1864, at which time
he was paroled, and exchanged about a month later. At the timeof his capture nineteen
of his comrades from Nile and Friendship, N. ¥., were also taken prisoners, of whom six-
teen died in the rebel prisons. Of the 443 members of the regiment that were captured,
only thirty-five ever rejoined it, the others dying in prison or becoming disabled by Starva-
tion and exposure from performing active service. After leavin
returned to Allegan
Sas and located in

July 7%,

the army Mr. Steenrod
County and remained until the spring of 1872,when he came to Kan-
nion Tow nEtp, Sedgwick County, on the northeast quarter of Section
20, Township 26, Range 2 west, his experience conheming fin in the opinion that the
country of that region is well adapted to farming having had hut one failure of crops, in
1874, s nee he located. He has served two terms as Justice of the Peace and tw ce,as
oonnly Commusclonsr: ame wasn artied in Friendship, x yy abel 2,1865,to Louisa Axtell,

5 our ¢ ren—Charles C.,May, F F . Mr.
S. isa member oF the G. A. R, ah EM LAD Les Bes
SEDGWICK

R. STEPHENS, proprietor of stock and gale stable, b
orn in Butler Coun hio,
William Stephens aud Margaret (Chariton) Stephens, | Married, in 1879, Mies Nanaia aoe
p ie M. D. Mrs. Stephens was born in 1854, educated at the’ Women’s Medical College
n Chieago; graduated in the class of 1878. Commenced practice of medicine in 1879. fn
the winter of 1878 and 1879 attended medical lectures in hiladelphia. Came to Kansas in
1879. Mr. Stephens came to Kansas in 1873: located at Wichita, engaged in the grocer
business. Continued in that business until the fall of 1876. In 1877 commenced the stock
and feed business, located on Douglas avenue, between Main and Water Streets, Owns
the building and a residence, also a farm from which he realized this year, from the crops,
enough to pay for the farm and $100 In excess, after hiring all the work done. Was in the
United States service in Ohio, in 1862, in resisting Morgan’s raid. ‘

W. P. STEIN, contractor and builder, was born in Ohio, in 1844, son of John and Sarah
Armstrong Stein. Was married in 1876 to Miss Dora Geor, e, daughter of Hudson George.
Has two children—Albert and Edna, Came to Kansas in 1 67; located at Topeka; en aged
in contracting and building; remained until 1870. In 1871 located at Wichita, where fre es-
tablished his business and continued the same from that time. Shop located on South
Main eek Emplo ie ton meh Hag been Secretary of Sedgwick County Agricultural So-

i ) . Isa men ichi

ele dud of Hncampinent No, Bo. er of the Wichita Lodge, No, 93, I. 0.0,

; + contractor and builder, was born in Root, Mon
Co,, N. ¥., February 17 1881. When he was five years of age, he removed, with ne Parents
to Chenango County, which remained his home uitil1877, when he em igrated to Kansas
Mr. S. resided in Norwich, Chenango County, for twenty-five years, prior to his removal to
Kansas, and was married in Plymouth, in the same county, July 25, 1852, to Catherine
Havens, a native of Otselic, same county, by whom he has two children—Oscar E. and Wm
Olin. Mr. S, located in Wichita, in February, 1877, and engaged in carpenter work one sea-
son, since which time he has been contracting and building. Among the buildings which
be has erected, are the Hydraulic Mills, Temple Block, Roys Block, Second Ward School-
house, F. Ross’ Furniture Store,and the residences of Peter Gettos, C. R, Miller, C. N. Lewis,
Aaron Katz,Wm. H. Whiteman, two for Kos Harris, J. R. Van Zandt, Dr. J. Russell, his own
residence, and many other buildings, including Eads Block, Smyth & Sons’ Block,’ Elliott’s
store, Gettoes’ store, H. Imboden’s residence, A. W. Oliver’s residence, 7

M, STEWART, proprietor packing house, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1843. He is 2
son of Andrew Stewart and Susan (Ankeny) Stewart. He married in 1875, Miss Emma R.
Newcomer, and has one child—Charles F. Stewart. He came to Kansas in 1867, and located
ai Junction City, and remained for five years, engaged in the grocery business. In 1872,
located at Wichita, and engaged in the grocery business; continued fortwo years. In 1874
he engaged in the packing business, located on Douglas avenue, near the iron bridge. He
was burned out in 1880, ana the same year built the building now occupied by the business.
Business has increased 500 per cent since its establishment. He is also engaged as a breeder
of Poland-China phorong bred hogs. Is the only one engaged in the business, and has the
largest herd of thoroughbred Poland-China stock in Sedgwick County. He was inthe War

of the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1861, in the Fourth Regiment of Virginia. Volunteers,
Company K. Enlisted as a private, and in 1862 was commissioned as Captain in the Thir-
teenth Regiment. In 1864 was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of thesame regiment. He
was wounded at the battle of Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864. Served on the staff of
Major Gen. George Crook, Inspector General ‘Department of’ West Virginia, in 1864-65. He
was mustered out in 1865, and was commis.ioned Captain of the Nineteenth Kansas Cav-
alry, in 1868. Was in the service for six n.o.uths, and on the resignation of Col. Crawford
was promoted to Major. Was mustered out in 1869. Is now post commander of Garfield
Post, No. 25, G. A. R. Has been three times elected tothat position. He was President of
the Board ETrade for the City of Wichita for 1882. He is a member of the Methodist
‘piscopal Church.

8. a. STEWART, contracter and builder, located at Wichita March 1, 1877, and has been
engaged in contracting and building since that time, with the exception of the first year,
when he was employed asa carpenter. He was born in McKeesport, Allegheny Co,,’ Pa...
May 9, 1829, and resided mainly in his native county until he cameto Kansas. He was mar-
ried at McKeesport, December 1858, to Maria E. Sill, a native of that place. Mrs. S. diedin

duly, 1867, leav: ne two children—Harry W. and EmmaS. He again married at McKees-
ort, in June, 1870, Mary I. Bair,a native of New Athens, Ohio. Mr, and Mrs. Stewart
ave three children living—Morton H., Gilbert H. and Bessie E. They have lost two chil-
dren—Nannie B., aged over three years, and Rettie B., an infant daughter, Mr. Stewart is
one. onthe proprietors of the Zephyr Flouring Mills, anda member of the Presbyterian

J. ¥F,and W. F, STITES, farmers, P. O. Wichita, twin brothers, born in St. Clair Coun-
ty, IIL, in 1844." Sons of John Stites and Catherine (Mace) Stites. Were married in 1873,
to twin sisters, Alice R. and Carrie E, Worth. They came to Kansas in 1872, located in
Wichita Township, Section 16, one mile east of Wichita, own 146 acres; have been engaged
in farming and stock raising from that time. Are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and of the Masonic fraternity, A., F. & A. M.

B. STOCKER, contractor, came to Kansas in October, 1878, and located permanently
at Wichita. His business is exclusively contracting and furnishing material for plasterin

and finishing buildings. Heisamember of the A.M,, Blue Lodge, Chapter and
Commandery, and has held the position of warder of the commandery for the last three
years. Heis a native of Northampton County, Penn., where he was born June 8, 1852, and
was reared and educated in Lucerne County, Penn., which was his home until he came to

ansas. ‘

MARTIN LUTHER STONER, carpenter, immigrated to Kansas in December, 1873. He
located In Illinois Township, Sedgwick County, where he remained, engaged in farming,
until the spring of 1881, when he removed to Wichita, and has been working at his trade in
that city since the fall of thesame year, He was born in Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, April 7,
1849, and when a child, removed with his parents to Jersey County, ill. In 1871, he again
moved to Macoupin County, Ill.. and from that place to Kansas. He was married at Mado-
ta Macoupin County. Ill, June, 1877, to Louisa M, Wagoner, a native of Madison County,

J. W. & J. P. STURNS, farmers ana nurserymen, P. O. Wichita, J. W. Sturns was born
in Switzerland County, Ind,, in 1822; son of John W.Sturns and Naomi (McCuin) Sterns.
Married in 1841, Miss Synthia Renan, and has four children—J. H., Edward, Washington
and James P. Came to Kansas in 1866, located at Ottawa, in nursery business, remained nine
years, came to Wichitain 1875, engaged in nursery business, and has been engaged in the
same. Has astock of 800 apple trees, 300 everereed and a variety of ornamental trees and
shrubbery. Was married the second time in 1881, to Mrs. Sedenia J. Kellogg. Had two chil-
dren—Armal A, and Eda M. Kellogg. J. P. Sturns, son of J. W. and Naomi Sturns, born in
1856. Married in 1881, Miss Rettie Burton, Came to Kansas in 1866, located at Wichita
Township, and engaged in the nursery business with G, Sturns, in 1882, located on five
acres of land in southeast quarter of Section 21, one mile east of Wichita. Has a stock of
14,000 fruit trees, and a variety of ornamental stock and shrubbery.

b. M. TABLER, grocer, born in 1825, son of Jacob Tabler and Nancy (McMichen) Tab-
ler. He married in 1848, Mariah Harrison, and_has six children—Amanda, Alexan-
der, Andrew N., Millard T., Lawrence B. and Lewis W. Came to Kansas, in 1877, located
in West Wichita, engaged in farming until 1882, commenced grocery business. Was in the
Mexican War, enlisted in the First Regiment Mounted Riflemen, Company G, Captain, J. S.
Simonson. Wasin the battles of his command; was wounded at the battle of Belen Gate,
September 19, 1847; was discharged for disability, in December of same year. Enlisted in
the war of the Rebellion, in 1861, Thirty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company A;
was commissioned Captain in same year, was in the engagement of Wilson Creex, Pea
Ridge, Nashville and other battles of his command; mustered out in 1864.

. P, THOMAS, contractor and builder, was born in Canada East, in 1829; son of Wil-
liam Thomas. He married in 1849, Miss Eliza M. Orne. They have nine children—Edwin
F., Alice M., Jessie J., Emma J., Julia M., William G., Phoebe M., Nellie E. and Gracie M.
Mr. Thomas came to ‘Kansas, in 1879, located at Wichita, and engaged in carpenter work
and building. In 1882, he located business at No. 53 Main street. Healsodoes millwright
work in connection with his business. In the Spring of 1883, he commenced milling at 51
Main street, where he has a feed and merchant mill, run by steam power. He was in the
War of the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1864,in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, Com-
pany F; was statione at Ohatrancogas, was mustered out in 1865. Himself and family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. :

WILLIAM M. THOMAS, carpenter, was bornin St. Louis, September 7, 1840. From
the age of nine until fifteen years, he attended school In Boston, Mass., returning then to
St. Louis,and remaining in that city a year. His home from that time until he came to Kan-
sas, and located at Wichita, in 1878, was at Sedalia and St. Louis, Mo, August 10, 1862, he
enlisted in Company A, Thirty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and after participating
in allthe engagements of his command, and being wounded at Tupalo, Miss., August 16,

864, was mustered out August 10, 1865. He was married at Sedalia, Mo., June 1, 1872, to
Lillie M. Stoddard, a native of Wate town, Jefferson Co., N.Y. Theirchildren are Lillian
L., and Pansey Pearl. Mr. Thomas has been engaged in working at his trade since his resi-
dence in Wichita, and is a member of G. A. R., Garfield Post, No. 5. /

FRANK M. TODD, bookkeeper, was born in_ Peru, Ind., in 1852; son of James
H. and Mary C. Todd; was married, in 1877, to Miss J. L, Packer, daughter of Isaac Packer;
has two children—-J. Harry and Rebekah Todd; came to Kansas in 1868; located at Topeka:
remained until 1871, then came to Wichita. In 1874 was appointed Assistant Postmaster
and clerk of the money order department. Held that position for five years. Inthe fall of
1868 engaged with Todd & Harrelson as bookkeeper, and has remained with them from
that time. Is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Wichita Lodge, No. 99, of Chapter No. 38, and
of Mount Olivet Commandery, No. 12. ’

JAMES H. TODD, grain dealer, was born in Indiana in 1827; son of David and Sarah
Todd. Was married, in 1849, to Miss Mary C. McCabe; has three children—Frank, Ida and
Martha, Mr, Todd came to Kansas in 1868; located at Topeka; engaged in merchandising

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remained for three years, then removed to Wichita. Engaged in merchandising for two
years, and in 1874 engaged in buying grain under the firm of Todd & Harrelson, and has
continued in the business from that time. Their shipments of grain, in 1882, amounted to
450,000 bushels. Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861 in the Filty-first Regi-
ment Indiana Volunteers. Was elected First Lieutenant, and received his commission in
December, 1861. Was also Acting Adjutant of the regiment. Was mustered out in 1862. Is
a member the Presbyterian Church, and of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A, M.

WHITNEY R. TUCKER, of the tirm of Allen & Tucker was born in 1844, son of Stephen
Tucker and Christiana (Freeman) Tucker. He married in 1877 Miss Anna Pope, daughter
of Jacob and Elizabeth Pope. They have two children—Gilbert and Joel. He came to Kan-
sas and in 1871 engaged in the flour and feed business; in 1873-74 was salesman for J. M. _
Allen, He owns a farm on Section 33, Wichita Township;in 1875 formed a partnershi
with J. M. Allen in grocery business, firm of Allen & Tucker, No. 96 Douglas avenue. He
is a member of the Masonic Fraternity A., F. & A. M. Wichita Lodge No. 99.

HHARLES A. VANNESS, Clerk of the District Court, located in Lincoln Township,
Sedgwick County, in December, 1870, his homestead being on northwest quarter section,
Township 25, Range 2.east. He was the first Trustee of this township, and held the posi-
tion three terms. In 1873 he became Deputy County Treasurer, and remained in the
Treasurer’s office nearly all the time until January, 1877, when, having been elected Clerk
of District Court in November, 1876, he assumed the duties of the office. He has been re-
elected to the same position until the present time, entering upon its duties for the fourth
term January, 1883. Mr. VanNess is a member Board of Education of Wichita; of I. 0. O.F.
No. 93, Encampment 29; K. of P., No. 44, Uniform Div. No. 2,and G. A..R. Mr. VanuNess
was born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., N, Y., May 25. 1838. In the spring of 1856 he moved
to Minnesota; lived there one year, then one year in Illinois, ten years in Ohio and one year
in Iowa before coming to Kansas. He served in Company I, One Hundred and Forty-fifth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one hundred days’ service,) doing garrison duty, and. prior to
that was in the Provost Marshal’s office, Gen. Rosecranz’ Army. He was married at Ma-
comb, Ill., November 12, 1858, to Marion J. Pbillips: They have three children—Minnie
M., now Mrs. P. S. Smith, of Wichita; Fred W. and Louis C,

C. A, WALKER was born in Cherokee County, N. C., November 1, 1845. In 1865 he
removed from his native State and located in St. Louis, where he remained until 1868,
when he emigrated to Kansas. His first location in this State was Leavenworth, in which
city he remained one year and returned to St. Louis, where he remained until 1870. He
then came again to Kansas and settled at Humboldt, and came thence to Wichita in July,
1872. Until 1876 he was employed as chief clerk in Receiver’s office, U. S. Land Office,
when he became connected with Wichita Bank, remaining with that institution and its suc-
cessors until the present time. Since his residence in Wichita, Mr. Walker has served as
Alderman of the city, and for several years as Clerk of the Board of Education. He is a
member of A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He was married in
Leavenworth, March, 1868, to Arla Odell, a native of Cleveland, Ohio. They have one child

Elvie.

R. L. WALKER, located in Montgomery County, Kan., in December, 1868, before the
Osage Indians had left the region. In July, 1869, he removed to Ottawa, Kan., and after
living there a few months went to Arkansas City, Cowley County, and lived there and at
other localities in the same county until April 28,1879. in the fall of 1873, he was elected
Sheriff of the county and was re-elected in 1875, and in 1876 was elected Mayor of Winfield,
In March, 1879, he was appointed Register of the United States Land Office of Wichita Land
District. Mr. Walker was born in Jacksonville, Center Co., Pa., June 30, 1842, and reared
in Ohio from two years of age; residing there unti] he came to Kansas. In April, 1861, he
enlisted in Company I, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months’ service; re-
enlisted in August, 1861. Six months later he became Captain of his company. December,
1864, he was appointed Assistant Inspector General on Gen. Samuel Beatty’s Staff and
served until mustered out of service, in December, 1865. He was married at Winfield, Kan.,
January 4, 1876, to Sadie A. Webb, a native of Wis. They have two children—Edward
William and Rebecca,. Mr, W. is amember of the G. A. R.

W. F. WALKER, attorney, was born in North Carolina, August 8, 1833. In the
spring of 1837, his parents removed to Henry County, Ind., where he was reared and edu-
cated, attending Franklin College, Johnson County, Ind., in addition to the public schools
and academies of his neighborhood. He taught school six terms and also read law in Henry
County, afterwards attending Cincinnati Law Coliege, from which he graduated in April,
1861. He was admitted to the bar of Hamilton County, Ohio, and the following month was
admitted to practice in Indiana; commencing his practice in New Castle, Ind., of which city
he was Mayor in 1863. In 1866, he was elected District Attorney of Common _ Pleas
Court and served two terms in that position. In 1870, he was appointed Deputy United
States Internal Revenue Assessor, andin 1874, was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the
Circuit Court, holding the position two years. From May 1, 1864, to September 29, 1864,
he served in gompany B, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. I
November, 1877, he came to Kansas, and after spending about a year in prospecting, lo-
cated andremoved his family to Wichita-in the fall of 1878, and has been engaged in
the practice of law there, since the spring of 1879, and in April, 1881, was elected City At-
torney of Wichita. Mr, Walker was married at Lewisville, Henry Co., Ind., April 26, 1855,
to Sarah E. Carr, a native ofthat county. They have four children living—Frank B., Mattie
A., James A, and Carl J. Mr. W.isa member of the A., F. & A, M., Blue Lodge, Chapter
and Coamandery, being M. E. H. P. of his Chapter, also Dictator of the K. of H., Lodge No.
528, and a member of the G. A. R., Garfield Post, No. 25.

T. B. WALL, attorney, was born in Cottonwood Township, Cumberland Co., Il, Janu-
ary 1, 1857. He was educated at Lee’s Acadeiny, Coles County, Ill., graduating from that
institution and also from the Law Department of McKendrie College, Ill. He passed an ex-
amination before the Supreme Court, at Mt. Vernon, Ill, and was admitted to the bar in
June, 1877, commencing his practice in St. Clair County, and removed from there to Wichita,
July 6, 1878. Since August 15, 1878, he has been associated with W. E. Stanley in the prac-
tice oflaw. He was married in Wichita, August 15, 1880, to Kate M. Alexander, a native
of St. Clair County, Ill. They have one child—Alexander B. :

J. A. WALLACH, agricultural implement dealer, was born in Cooper County, Mo., in

1840; son of Robert and Margaret (Steel) Wallace. Was married in 1879 to Miss Pamelia
Hutchinson, daughter of Thomas and Polly (Finley) Hutchinson. Came to Kansas in 1878;
located at Wichita. For six years previous to his locating in Kansas, he had traveled in the
State, as agent for W. A. Wood’s Mower and Reaper Manufacturing Company, On Jocatins
at Wichita he established business in the farm implement business, and in 1879, purchase:
the implement business of Hauck Bros., and the large stone building where the business
was located on Douglas avenue. Business has increased from sales of $10,000 per year in
1878 to $125,000 in 1882. Isa member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Royal
Arch and Commandery, and of the I. O. O, F. and Encampment.
HR. WALT, Sheriff, was born in Mifflin County, Pa., July 18, 1852. In thespring
of 1864 he removed to Ceuter County, Pa., where he resided until the spring of 1869, loca-
ting at that time near Norwood, Mercer Co., Ill. In June, 1872, he came to Sedgwick
County, Kas., and in the following fal] returned to Pennsylvania, remaining about a year
and ahalf in the East. In February, 1874 he located in Ninnescah Township, Sedgwick
County, on southeast Section 9, Township 29, Range 2, west, and lived there until January,
1880, when he removed to Wichita, having been elected Sheriff November, 1879, to which
office he was re-elected November, 1881. Mr. W.-still owns the farm on which he first set-
tled in Sedgwick County, and is engaged in stock and grain raising. He was married in
Wichita December 16, 1875, to Belle Bebster, a native of Mt. Pleasant, lowa, by whom he
has one child, Howard Vance. Mr. Walt is a member of K. of H., and Kansas Benevolent
Association.

DANIEL WEBSTER, Deputy Sheriff, was born in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, Feb-
ruary 25, 1852. When he was a few years of age his parents removed to Mt. Pleasant,lowa,
which was his home until 1874, when he removed to Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa. He
remained in that place until he came to Kansas and located at Atchison in 1878, from
whence, after a residence of about six months he came to Wichita.’ He was engaged in pros-

ecting for about one year, and then engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, which
e still continues. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff March 1, 1882.

.D. WHEELER, grocery, born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1849. Son of V. M. Wheel-
er and Eunice Reed Wheeler. He married in 1869, Miss Helen A. Reed. Came to Kansas
in 1871 and located at Topeka, and in the fallof the same year came to Wichita. In 1882
he commenced the produce business, and located at No. 22 Main street. He started the first
delivery wagon at Wichita. In 1873 he commenced the grocery business and has continued
in the same since that time. The business is located on the corner of Douglas and Law-
rence avenues, Roy’s Block. He was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1864, in the.
Third New York Light Artillery, Company A. He was inthe battle of Kingston, 9th and
10th of March, 1865, and other engagements of his command, and was wounded at Kings-
ton 10th of March, 1865. -Was mustered out at the close of the war. He is a member of
yicitey Lodge ns 93, ane of Encampment No. 29,1.0.0. F. He is a member of Gar-

eld Post No. 25, G. A. R. . vw

Ss. S. WILBUR M. D., was born in Waterville, Lamoille Co.. Vt., November 10, 1828,
and lived in his native State until July, 1877, when he located at Belleville, St. Clair Co., Il.,
and practiced medicine in that place until he came to Kansas, in March. 1880. Dr. Wilbur
graduated from the Medical Department of Burlington University, Vt., and was engaged in
practice at Montgomery, Franklin Co., Vt., seventeen years before removing to Illinois. He
located at Wichita in March, 1880, and has been engaged in practice in that city since that
time. He was married in Johnson, Vt., March, 1850, to Miss Sarah Ann Payne, a native of
Topsham, Vt., who died in 1854. in warel, 1880, he was married at Belleville, Ill, to

jt native of Franklin County, Vt.
EER DINAN D WILKE, proprietor of the Wichita Cracker Manufactory, born in Greiff-
enberg in Pommern, Germany. July 19, 1850, son of Fred Wilke and Sophia (Dahlke)Wilke,
natives of Germany. He married May 10, 1877, Miss Frances Schunmacter, vorn in Cincin-
nati, Ohio, November 2, 1854, daughter of John Schuumacher and Catherine Hilgeford, who

 

 
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came to this country from Oldenb 7%, Germany, in 1847. There is one child of this union,
George Wilke, born May 24, 1878. r. Wilke came to Kansas in 1875, and located at
Wichita, commenced in the bakery business in the same year. Business located at Bo; 42
Douglas avenue. Business has increased 100 per cent, since its establishment, and he has
recently bought machinery for the manufacture of all kinds of crackers, Snaps, jum bles.otc.
He is a member of the Lutheran Church, also member of Wichita Lodge No. 93, I. 0. 0. F.

FREDERICK W. WHITLOCK, M. D., hom«opathist, of Wichita, was born in Pyrmont,
Germany, November 8, 1825. He came tothe United States in July, 1837; and went direct
to Van Buren County, Iowa, and practiced his profession there from 1858 to 1880, when he
moved to Wichita, where he has ever since engaged in the practice of medicine. He grad-

 

uated at the homeopathic college of Missouri in 1868. Dr. Whitlock has had a very pecu-
liar experience as aphysician. Physics came natural to him and he practiced medicine
ten years before he graduated, being urgently requested to do so by his neighbors, The
doctor was one of the first settlers of Van Buren County, Iowa, and still owns considera-
ble property in Farmington, of that county, He married Miss Catharine Reckmeyer in St.
Louis, in 1848. She was born in 1830, and died April 13, 1861, leaving three children, now
living, Edward A., aged thirty; Albert, aged twenty-seven, and Caroline E, aged twenty-
four. Edward and Albert are graduates of the Pulte Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Albert is still practicing medicine in Farmington, Iowa, and Edward is connected with his
father in Wichita, Kas. Dr. Whitlock married again Miss Christiana Behme, July 6, 1862.
He is a member of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican.

JOHN M. WILSON, wholesale merchant, was born in Fayette County, I!].,in December,
1848; son of John and Elizabeth (Harris) Wilson. Was married in 1876, to Miss Nellie A.
Rankin, daughter of David and Maria L. Rankin. They have one child—Edith May. Came
to Kansas in 1879, and located in Douglas, Butler County; engaged in merchandising for

 

three years. In the fall of 1882, he located at Wichita and engaged in the wholesale notion-

business, at 32 Main Street. He was in the War of the Rebellion, and enlisted in 1864, in the
One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, Company C. He was mustered
out in the fall of the same vear. Heisa member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M.,
of the'l. O. O. F., and the Independent Order of United Aid Society.

ELIAS U. WINDERS, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Wichita, was born in Maryland, in 1832;
son of Jacob Winders and Sarah (Landis) Winders. He married in 1853, Miss Elizabeth
Eyerly, and has four children—Elva K., Harry, Mary A. and George EK. He came to Kansas
in 1876, and located on the farm where he now resides. He is a member of the Presbyterian
Church. Harry Winders, farmer, Section 12, was born in Ohio, in 1857; son of Elias U. and
Elizabeth Winders. He married {n 1881, Miss Matilda Long. ‘He came to Kansas with his
parents, in 1876, and has been engaged in farming since that time

JOHN A. WINDSOR, first came to Wichita in December, 1875, and finally located there
in July, 1876. He has since been engaged in the business of loaning money with the ex-
ception of a short time in the spring of 1881, when he was engaged in the cattle business in
company with his brother, Charles A. Windsor. Mr. Windsor is a native of Pike, Wyom-
ing Jo., N. ¥. born April 12, 1836. In ?840, he moved to Angelica, Allegany Co., N, Y.,
and ten years later to Belfast in the same county, residing there and iu Cubaof the same
county, until 1868. He then removed to Springfield, Ill, and remained there engaged in the
nursery business, untilhecameto Wichita, in 1875. He isa member of the A., I. & A. M.
Mr._ Windsor was engaged in speculatin in the South during the war.

J. W. WINGARD, was born near Delphi, Carroll Co., Ind., September 25, 1843. He
lived in his native county until the fall of 1870, when he came to Kansas and on the 14th of
October, 1870, located at Mount Florence, Jefferson County, where he reinained until he
came to ‘Wichita, November 24, 1871. During his first two years of his residence in Wichita
he was engaged in carpenter work and since that time has been engaged In contracting and
building, having erected many of the prominent business buildings, among others those of
Corbett, Black & Zimmerly. Mr. W. has beena member of the Board of Education and
was elected Coroner in November, 1879, holding the office by re-election, In 1881. He has
been Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, since January, 1879, and 1s @ member of the
Old Settlers Suciety, and of the K. of H. He was married in varroll Count » Ind., November
27, 1862, to Emeline Idsking, a native of New Philadelphia, Ohio. Mrs, Wingard dled Au-~

ust 21, 1866, leaving two children—Orra Anna, now Mrs. Frank Kennedy, of Carroll,
Bounty, Ind., and Charles Elmer. He was married again April 7%, 1872, in Wichita, to
Rachel S. Grandstaff, a native of Carroll County, Ind., by whom he has one child—Mary

Emma,
AMBROS WOENCH, gunsmith and safe lock expert, was born in cermany in 1882: son
of Joseph and Caroline (Schlee) Woench; was married, in 1866, to Miss Amefla Stemphiler,
and has one child—Clara. His wife died in 1872. Married, in 1875, to Miss Tillle Lickfield;
has four children—Emma, Augusta, Willie and Ambros. Mr, Woench came to Kansas in

78; located at Topeka; remained three years; engaged at his trade. In 1881, located in
Wichita, on Douglas avenue, where he now carries on the business, Was conscripted into
the Confederate army, in 1861, at Galveston, Tex., where he then resided, Served until
1863, when he left the South and located in Philadelphia, and remained there until coming
to Kansas, in 1878. Is amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ALLEN A, WO)D, commission merchant, member of the firm of Redfield & Wood;
born in Swanton, Vt, in 1858; son of Benjamin D. Wood and Sophia E, (Pratt) Wood; na-
tives of Vermont; married, in 1877, to Miss Flora G. Redfield, daughter of J. C, and Hannah
Redfield. They have one child—Carrie E. Hecame to Kansas in 1875; engaged as dry
goods salesman; continued until 1879; then removed to Parsons, Kan.; engaged in business
with G. Y. Smith & Co.; remained member of that firm for one year; returned to Wichita,
and in 1881, went to Wellington, and in 1882, returned to Wichita, and in same year com-
menced business in firm of Redfield & Allen, west side of Main street, near First. Isa
member of the Presbyterian Church, Isa inember of the Masonic Fraternity, Wichita

, No. 99, A., F. & A. M. .
ade oe N. WOODCOCK, County Treasurer, is a native of Marion, Marion Co., Ohio. He
moved from his native county to McLean County, the latter remaining his home until he

 

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came to Kansas in October, 1870. In_June, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company G,
Ninety-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until August 25, 1865, when he was
mustered out as First Lieutenant. After coming to Kansas, Mr. W. spent several months
rospecting, locating in January, 1871, in Lincoln Township, on Section 8, Township 25
Range 2 east, where he remained until July, 1874, engaged in farming, and in 1872 an
1873 serving as Justice of the Peace. At that time he assumed the duties of County Treas~
urer, having been elected to the office in November, 1873, since which time he has been
twice re-elected, in 1875 andin 1881. He removed to Wichita in 1874, and in the fall of
1878, engaged in drug business, which he continued until the spring of 1880, when he
started his present book business. Mr. W. isa member of I. 0.0. F., Wichita Lodge, No,
K. of P , No. 44; andG. A. R,, Garfield Post, No. 25. ;
W.C. WOODMAN was bornin Philadelphia, and prior to his removal to Kansas, re-
sided in Jacksonville, Ill. After locating in Wichita, he engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness, which he continued for five years. In September, 1870, he commenced selling ex-
change, and in the spring of 1871, in banking and farm loaning business, having now in
his bank, as assistants, two sons and anephew. His son, W.S, Woodman, is cashier of the
bank, Besides his business in the city, Mr. Woodman devotes much of his attention to
stock raising, having alarge sheep ranch nine miles south of Wichita, containing 800
acres, and 1.600 head of Merino and other valuable sheep, and well provided with all the
accessories necessary for having them well cared for. This ranch isin charge of his son
Thomas. Mr, Woodmen has six sons and three daughters. (

CHARLES ZEININGER, baker, born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in_ 1839, son of
Christopher Zeininger and Eva R. (Spieth) Zeininger. e came to the United States in
1866 and located at Bes Moines, Iowa. He married, in 1871, Miss Caroline Baumann, daugh-
ter of John Baumann and Anna B. (Clouse) Baumann. They have four children—Anna R.,
Daisie, Lillie and Carl. He came to Kansas in 1873, and located at Wichita and engaged in
farming for seven years. Commenced in the bakery business in 1880. His business in-
creased 500 per cent. from 1880 to 1882. He 1s located on Douglas avenue, No. 22, Is an
ancient member of theI, O. O. F.; 18 a member of the Knights of Pythias,

DERBY.

In the winter of 1870, John Haufbauer owned eighty acres of land in
Section 12, Township 29, Range 1 east, platted. By agreement he subse-
quently withdrew forty acres, and J. H. Minnich joined him, adding about the
same amount. Mr. Haufbauer had previously built a house and rented it to
Schlicter & Smith for a general merchandise store, who failed, however, to
comply with their part of the agreement, and the building was leased to Neelee
& Vance, who filled it with goods. Thesame year a ferry boat was started,
and a blacksmith and wagon shop erected, followed by another store for gen-
eral merchandise, and a drug store. In 1872 a large schoolhouse was built, the
Methodist Episcopal and Union Sabbath schools organized, and a grocery store
and hotel opened. In 1873, a bridge across the river took the place of the ferry
boat. The town improved slowly until the completion of the railroad thereto,
July, 1879, when itreceived a new impetus. The depot was completed in
November, 1879, and during the winter following another bridge waz con-
structed, the old one having been washed away by the flood of 1877, On the
last of March, 1879, a portion of the town was consumed by fire, but it has
been rapidly rebuilt. In September following, the Town Company was re-
organized, the railroad campany becoming interested. Derby is the second
town in the county. The original name of the town was El Paso.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

S. W. McCOY, attorney, was bornin 1813, in Greene County, 0.,son of John and Ann
Wade McCoy, was married in 1835 to Miss Charlotte Pollock, dangnter of Robertand Mary
Pollock, has two children, Mary A. and John W., wife died_ in 1839; was married in 1848
to Miss Anna Stewart. She died, 1870; was married in 1874 to. Mrs. Lucinda Galloway
Mounts, daughter of James and Nancy Galloway. She had one child by former marriage,
James F. which has been adopted by Mr. McCoy. Came to Kansas in 1873, located at Wich-
ita, engaged in practice of law. In 1874 was burned out losing his entire library, clothing
etc. e then moved to El Paso, and has been engaged in farming and the practice of law
from that time. e was educated in Greene County, O., commenced reading law in 1846,
was admitted to practice ii 1856, has been Justice of the Peace in El Paso for two years, is
member of the School Board, and Treasurer of the school district, is Notary Public, was
deputy Provost Marshal during the late war, made the enrollment of five townships in
Mercer County, Ill., is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Took the census in
Greene County, O.. in 1856.

A. C. TUCKER, physician and surgeon, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Derby was born in
Chester County, Pa., in 1833, son of John and Mary A. Tucker. He married in 1861, Miss
Mary J. Clark,daughter of Justinand Mary Minnick Clark, They have two children, Marietta
and Robert H. Mr. Tucker was educated at New Philadelphia and New Hagerstown, Ohio,
commenced the study of medicine in 1855 with Dr. E. P. Buel, attended lectures at the Nation-
al Medical College in AVasnington, D. C,. in 1858 and 1859,.and commenced the practice of
medicine in 1859 He was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1864. in the One Hundred
and Sixty- first Ohio Volur.teer, Company A. He was made Assistant Surgeon of the Regi-
ment, served in that capacity until September 1864, when he was mustered out of the
service. He cameto Kansas in 1871, and located on his farm which he still owns. He has
been engaged in farming and the practice of medicine since that time. He also owns a
residence and drug store at El Paso. Heis a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of
Wichita Lodge, No. 99, A, F. & A. M., of El Paso Lodge, No, 112. I. 0, O. F., and of Encamp-
ment, No. 58, of the Old’ Settlers’ A'ssociation. He has been Postmaster of El Paso for
eight years.

BENJAMIN H. WARD, lumber dealer and merchant, was born in Tennessee in 1844;
son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Patten Ward. Was married in 1870, to Miss Lydia J. Butts,
daughter of Archibell and Martha Butts. Has four children—Emmit, Asa D., Morris and
aninfant. Came to Kansas in 1859; located near Spring Hill, Miami County; engaged in
farming until 1871, when he removed to Butler County and engaged in contracting and
building; remained until 1882, when he moved to El! Paso, Sedgwick County, and engaged
in the lumber business, and also a partner in the general merchandising business of F. M.
Tong & Co., Who carry a full line of goods

\ VALLEY CENTER,

Valley Center was surveyed into town lots in 1872, It is located on the
railroad, on the banks of the Little Arkansas, about twelve miles north of
Wichita. It has a postoffice, three stores, two blacksmith shops, considerable
storage capacity for grain, and several dwelling-houses. Its principal proprie-
tors are John Carpenter and son,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—GRANT TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM N. AYRES, M. D., pp siclan and surgeon and farmer, P.O. Valley Center,
was born in Ohio, in 1811; son of William and Elizabeth Ayres, Was married in 1886, to
Miss Evaline H. Hanger, daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Hanger. Has two children—
William W. and Augusta Ayres, now Mrs, Rose. He has buried eight children. At the age
of sixteen he left Ohio for Louisville, ky. and soon after commenced to reat medicine, A’
tended lectures at the Louisville Medical University, where he graduated in the class of
1844, His first practice of medicine was In 1834, and has made it Lis life work. After thir-
teen years removed to Illinois, where he practiced for thirty-four years, Came to Kansas
in 1882. After a short time spent at the residence of his son, on his farm in Park Township,
he located at Valley Center aud engaged in the practice of his profession. In Aprilof this
year established the drug business in company with his grandson, Wm. P. Ralph under the
firm name of Ayres & Ralph. He isa member of the Presbyterian Church an the Masonic
Fraternity, He is past master of A., F. & A, M., having occupied the position of worship-
ful master two terms. Has been Justice of the Peace and Sheriff of Hardin County,-Ill. Was
Representative from Hardin and Gallatin counties to the INinois Legislature in 1871-72.
W. W. AYRES, Section 26, Park Township, P. O. Valley Center, son of Dr. William N.
Ayres, was born in Indiana in 1838: Was married in 1861, to Miss Catharine Drum, daugh-
ter of Mary and Jacob Drum; has two children—George and William. His wife died in
1870. Was married in 1871 to Miss Mariah Baldwin, daughter of John and Manerva H. Bald-
win; has four children—Evaline, Laura M., Manerva and John. Came to Kansas in 1880;
located in Park Township, on the farm where he now resides: owns eighty acres; engaged
in farming, Is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church also of the Masonic fraternity,
A. F.& A.M, and the I, 0.0. F., Sedgwick Lodge No, 177. Has been a teacher for twen-

 

 
 

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ty-seven years before coming to Kansas; commenced at the age of sixteen. Wa
Superintendent of Public Instruction of Harden County, IL, foe eight years, aad Bee
Sheriff of that county for the same length of time, and Sheriff for two years.
, & P. BAKER, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Sunnydale, was born in Washin
X., in 1821; son of Ezekiel and Sally Baker, Was married in 1845, to Miss Mary A. Kenyan;
has six children—Charles D,, Madella H., Daniel A., Joseph E., Frank H. and Erwin, Wife
died in 1858. Was married in 1873, to Mrs. Clara Beach, nee Dewine; she had one child by
her former husband—Hattie Beach, and one by her last marriage—Cassini Baker. Mr. B.
came to Kansas in 1870; located on the farm on which he now resides, containing eighty
acres, of which sixty-eight are under cultivation. He was inthe army during the late war;
enlisted in 1861, in the Thirty-sixth Beqiment I)linois Volunteers, Company A; was in the
battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone River, Kenesaw Mountain, Franklin and Nashville;
was slightly wounded at Pea Ridge; had seven ball holesthrough his clothing; was taken
risoner, but succeeded in making his escape and joined his command; was mustered out
n 1864. Is a member of the Gartield Post No. 25, G. A. R., and of the Old Settlers’ Associa-
tion of Sedgwick County. Settled in the township before its organization. Mr. and Mrs.
Baker were the first couple married in Grant Township, Mr. Baker is a descendant of the
Bakers and Pattens of Rhode Island, and of English and Irisn extraction.
. J.C: BAXTER, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Sunnydale, was born in Harrison County, Ohio,
in 1834, son of John and Lucinda Baxter. He was married in 1854, to Miss Rosina Zelliner,
daughter of Jacob and Susannah Zelliner. Has seven children—Arabell, Loffness C., Alanda,
Emerillis, Emma E., Alfrieda A., aud Davis J. He came to Kansas in’1871, located on the
farm on which he now resides, containing 160 acres, 100 of which arein cultivation, which
yields him a good average of wheat, oats and corn, He has a good orchard of 500 fruit trees
now in bearing and a fine grove of about two acres of forest trees. Mr. Baxter enlisted in
Company K, Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, in 1863. Was detailed on entering
the service as prison steward, served in that capacity until the close of the war. He isa
member of the Baptist Church, and Trustee, Settled in the Township before its organiza-
tion, He has served on the School Board of his district for six years.

DWI BEACH, carpenter and builder, was born in Orleans County, Vt., in 1850, son
of Solomon and Harriet Beach; was married in 1869 to Miss Pyra Spinks, daughter of
Richard and Jane Spinks; has one child—Pearl Beach. Came to Kansas in 1870, located in
Kechi Township, engaged in farming, remained for two years, then moved to Harvey
County, where he remained for five years, then returned to Kechi Township, this county,and
remained two years, then moved to Valley Center, Grant Township, where he still resides.
He has been engaged in the mercantile business for the last three years. In 1883 he sold his
business and is how engaged at his trade, which is that of a carpenter, He has been success-
ful in his farming and other pursuits. Owns a farm of eighty acres, sixty acres of whichare
under cultivation, and a house and two lots in Valley Center.

8S. H. BR N, farmer. Section 28, P. O, Sunnydale, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1827,
isason of James and Relief. Britain. Was married in 1859 to Miss Mary A. McIntosh,
daughter of Alexander and Rachel McIntosh. Has threechildren—Frank L., Albert P. and
Loree L. Britain. Came to Kansas in the fall of 1868, remained one year and ahalf in To-
peka, and then removed to Burlingame, and in December, 1870, located on his present farm
of 160 acres, 100 of which are in cultivation, and twelve in forest trees, eight acres devoted
to an orchard of assorted fruits and one acre in blackberries. His residence is surrounded
by fine shade trees, rendering it very attractive. His average grain yield is: corn, 35;
wheat, 12, and oats, 40 bushels per acre. Mr. Britain enlisted in Company K, One Hundre:
and Sixty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was mustered out after ten
months’ service, Was educated for a physician, and after leaving the army practiced sev-
eral years at Hayfield, Crawford Co., Penn., but private reasons induced him to abandon the

rofession and move West. Vas one of the organizers of Grant Township. Has been
Pas Sane of the School Board of his district, and was elected Township Trustee
in ; .

H, U. BOYLE, farmer, Section 31, P. O, Valley Center, was born in Putnam County, II1.,
in 1846, son of David and Lavina Boyle. Was married, in 1869, to Miss Lydia T. Morris,
daughter of Edward and Hannah Morris. Has two children—Orvil A, and yron D. Boyle.
Came to Kansas, in 1876, from Illinois, purchased the farm on which he now resides, con-
sisting of 240 acres, 160 of which are under cultivation; corn and wheat are his principal
crops, which have invariably yielded well. Re keeps about forty head of cattle of high grade
Short-horn, and fifty hogs of Poland-China breed. Mr. B. isa member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and is church and district steward. Is a member of the Arkansas Valley
Agricultural Association of Sedgwick County, was Director, and in 1882, was Assistant Su-
perintendent of the Society. His farm joins the townsite of Valley Center. Has a good
orchard now in bearing, and a variety of small fruit. Hasa grove of forest trees of about
two acres surrounding his residence.

E. C. CARNAHAN, merchant and farmer, Section 27, was born in Logan County, IIL, in
1860, son of M. C. and Lodema Carnahan, single. Came to Kansas in 1876 with his parents;
located in Grant Township, engaged in farming, remained six years; then associated with
L, C. Waller, and established the hardware business, under the firm name of Carnahan &
Waller, and is now carrying a fullline of hardware and all kinds of farming implements;
owns the building in which the business is located, 20x40 feet, and an agricultural ware-
house, 20x40 feet; the business has increased about 50 per cent since its establishment;
owns a farm of eighty acres, on which he keeps stock. Is amember of the Christian Church.
L. C. Waller, of the firm of Carnahan & Waller, was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1848;
is a son of Frederick and Christina Waller. Was married in 1877, to Miss Sarah B. Westfall,
daughter of John and Sarah Westfall; has one child—Myrtle B. Waller. Came to Kansas
in 1882, located at Valley Center; owns afarm of eighty acres, engaged in stock raising;
has recently established the hardware business in connection with E. C. Carnahan; the firm
has a very fine trade, surrounded as they are by as fine a farming community as there is
inthe county. Is amember of the Christian Church. Was Supervisor of Piatt County, IL,
held the office two years.

J. T. CARPENTER, farmer, Section 36, and dealer in coal, lumber, etc., P, O. Valley
Center, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1823. Is ason of Asa and Catharine Carpenter, who
were natives of Pennsylvania, and moved to Du Page County, Ill., when the subject of this
sketch was twelve years of age. At the age of twenty, he was married to Miss Eliza Emer-
son. In 1850, with his wife and child, went to California, going by the overland route, to
try his fortunes among the vicissitudes of the land of gold, where he remained for five
years, during which time he was successful and succeeded in accumulating $10,000, but was
overwhelmed with grief at the death of his wife and child. In 1855, he returned to Illinois,
where he was engaged in farming until he came to Kansas in 1870. In 1855, he was mar-
Tied to Miss Sara. udson, daughter of the Rev. James aud Rebecca Hudson, He has three
children by the last marriage—Horace, Clara and Arthur Carpenter, On coming to Kansas
he located on a farm on the Little Arkansas River, in Park Township, this county, but sub-
sequently removed to Wichita, where he was engaged in the grain business for four years.
He then removed to his farm, on which he has since resided, consisting of 500 acres, located
in Grant and adjoining townships, 350 acres of which are under cultivation, In 1878, he
laid out the town site of Valley Center, from a portion of his farm, Since moving to this
farm he has devoted his time to the interests of his farm, and has also been engaged in the
coal and lumber business and buying grain. Has been successful in all his business ven-
tures, and has acquired a competency which he is now enjoying in his declining years as
the result of his energy and business ability. He was elected County Commissioner in 1873,
Serving one term of two years, and re-elected in 1875, and served another term, during
which time he assisted in organizing over one half of the townships of Sedgwick County.
Has never been an aspirant for office, studiously avoiding all, excepting the one mentioned,
buthas ever been a zealous worker for the public interest’s of the communities in which he ,
has lived. He is a director and stockholder of the Citizens Bank of Wichita, Is a Free-will
Baptist. Was deacon of the church for twenty years before coming to Kansas, Is a mem-
ber of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County. Heis an earnest temperance man,
never having used tobacco or stimulants in his lifetime, not even to the extent of drinking
a glass of beer. His son, Arthur, who is associated with him in business, was born in Illi-
noisin 1861. Was married in 1881, to Miss Della Sherman, Has one child—Ray Carpenter.
Was Sppolnted R. R. agent at Valley Center, in 1879, for the A., T. & S. F. Co., and in 1882
for the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R., which office he held until 1883, when he resigned
on account of other business, He was appointed Postmaster of Valley Center in 1881, which
office he now holds. Mr, Carpenter's son-in-law, A. C. Race, station agent at Valley Center,
was born in Wisconsin, in 1856. Is ason of Calvin and Annis Race, as married in 1880,
to Miss Clara Carpenter, daughter of the subject of this sketch, Helocated in Grant Town-
ship, in 1879, engaged in the grocery business for two years. Received the appointment of
agent for the R. R. Co., in February of the present year.

STEPHEN P. DAVISON, farmer, section 2, P. O. Sunnydale owns 160 acres, 95 acres
under cultivation, with small orchard and good frame dwelling. Has two horses, four cows
and 12 hogs. He came to Kansas in 1877 and located here. Was born in L[llinois, January
19, 1841, and came from his native State to Kansas. Enlisted in May, 1861, in the Sturgis
Rifles, of Chicago, an independent organization, and served as a body-guard to Gen. Mc-
Clelian; was relieved from command of the army and was discharged. Re-enlisted, Feb-
ruary 9, 1865, in Company D,One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment illinois Volunteers,
and was with hiscommand in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, doing provost duty and
assisting U. S. Marshals, etc., and was discharged February 8, 1866. He married, in 1863,
Miss Emma McLaughlin, They have two children—Georgia A. and Lucy E. He and his
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ALONZO J. FINCH, blacksmith, was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y.,in 1840. Is a
son of Lewis and Mary Finch. Was married, in 1866, to Miss Maggie French. His wife
died in 186%. He was married, in 1871, to Miss Annie E, Brooks, daughter of Joseph H. and
Emily Brooks. Has two children— Willie E. and Laura E. Finch; buried two infants. Game
to Kansas in 1872; located at Hutchinson, Reno County; remained three years, Sngaged in
farming and blacksmithing, then returned to New York, and there remained until 1879, en-

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gaged at his trade, then removed to Illinois and remained for three years, when he re-
jurned to Kansas and located at Valley Centre, establishing himself in business. Is succes-
sor to A. Clark. He owns his shop with two lots, a good residence with three lots, and six
business lots. His business has increased about 150 per cent since his location at Valley
Centre. He was inthe late war. Enlistedin 1862 in the Forty-third Regiment N. Y. Vol-
unteer Infantry, Company G, Second Battalion, Second Division, Sixth Army Corps at-
tached to the Army of the Potomac. Was inthe battle of Fredericksburg, and other en-
gagements of hiscommand, Was wounded at Fredericksburg by a shell, on the 13th da;
of December, 1662. Was disabled from further service, aud was discharged by Surgeon’s
certificate of disability in May, 1863. Is ainember of the Second Advent Church, Masonic
Fraternity, Knights of Pythias and the National Union. _

W. Y. GOODRICK, Justice of the Peace and farmer, Section 2, P. O. Valley Centre, was
born in Ohig in 1834; son of W. W. and Charity Goodrick. Was married, in 1855, to Miss
Mary KE, Figgins, daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth Figgins. Has three children—William
A., Elizabeth J. and John E,; buried one child, His wife died in_1874; was married, in
1878, to Miss S. A. Graham, Came to Kansas in 1867; located in Davis County; remained
three years, engaged in farming, then removed to Sedgwick County; located in Kechi
Township; remained for five years, then removed to Grant Township, where he now re-
sides. Has been engaged in farming; has in a crop of forty-two acres of corn; has usually
been successful in his farming pursuits. Was in the War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in
1861, in the Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B. Wasin the battles of Chicka-
mauga, and other engagements of his command, ninein all. Was wounded in the engage-
ment of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863,by fan shottn the left eye, the ball still remain-
inginhis head. Was transferred to the Invalid Corps. Was unable to do service after
receiving the wound; his general health was impaired, from which he has never fully re-
covered. Was mustered outin 1864, Held the office of Justice of the Peace for four years
in Kechi Township, and is now holding the same office for the fourth term in Grant Town-
ship. Isa member of the Garfield Post No. 25, G. A. R. 2

LLIAM J. HENNESSY, M. D,, physician and surgeon, was born in Rochester, N. Y.

in 1856; son of John and Mary Hennessy; is single; was educated in the Rochester and
Macedon Academy; took collegiate course at the Syracuse University, medical department;
graduated in the class of 1881. His first practice of his profession was in Palmyra, N, Y.,
wh re he remained until 1883, when he removed to Kansas, locating at Valley Center,
Grant Township, where he purchased the drug business of H. R. Dean, in company with
Mr. Davis, under the firm name of Hennessy & Davis, Mr. D. devoting his time to the drug
business and Mr, H. to his practice, which has already become quite extensive in the town-
ships of Grant, Eagle, Kechi, Lincoln and Park. Heis a physician of the regular school.

THOMAS O, HOSS, farmer, Section 28, P, O. Valley Center, was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, in 1832; son of James and Susan Hass, Was married in 1855, to Miss
Mary J. McNeal, daughter of Joseph and .Martha McNeal. Their children are
Frank J., Fred J., Edward F., Kate O., William W., John and Helen M. His wife
died in 1874. He was married again in 1875, and buried his second wife in 187%.
Was married again in 1882, to Miss Laura B. Summers, daughter of Rev. W. C and
Mary L. Summers. Came to Kansas in 1870, and located in Lynn County; after one
year removed to Grant rownship this county, and located on the farm on which he now
resides, consisting of 160 acres, 20 of which are under cultivation; engaged in farming
and stock raising; feeds his surplus corn; fats about fifty hogs and thirty head of cattle.
Mr. H. was in the late war, enlisted in the Forty-ninth Illinois Volunteers, Company D.
Was in the battles of Pittsburgh Landing, Corinth, Shiloh; was wounded in the last named
engagement, and was unfit for service yntil the fall of the same year. Served as Orderly
Sergeant. In thespring of 1863, was detailed to recruit a company of colored troops. In
August was transferred to the Sixty-first United States Colored Infantry, and was appointed
Captain; received his commission in the fall of the same year, and held the same until the
close of the war. He isa member of the United Presbyterian Church, the Garfield Post, No.
25, G. A. R., and of the Old Settlers’ Association, of Sedgwick County. Was elected Justice
of the Peace at the first election held infthe township, and has held that office from that time.
He married the first couple in the township. Is treasurer of the Maple Grove Cometary.
Association of Grant Township. He had but twenty-five cents on reaching Kansas, He
lived in asod house. In 1871, hauled lumber from Newton and built him a house, which at
the time of its completion was burned by a prairie fire, together with all his hay. His oxen
died with the Texas cattle fever, leaving him destitute and in debt; but undaunted at the
misfortunes that would have discouraged a less resolute man, he set to work to rebuild his
house, and by labor and perseverance, succeeded in getting a house, and procuring another
team; but misfortune still awaited him—in 1874, his crops were all destroyed; but with the
same spirit that had previously characterized him in misfortune, he has been able to sur-
mount all discouragements, and is now reaping the reward of his energy, being surrounded

 

JACOBS. farmer, Section 24, P. O. Valley Center, was born in Tioga County, N. Y.,
in 1844; isason of Joseph C. and Margaret Jacobs. Was married in 1870, to Miss Cora
Tusler, daughter of William and Survina Tusler. They buried one child at the age of one
year. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1870, and located on the farm on which he now re-
sides, consisting of 240 acres, all of which are under improvement, 155 under the plow. He
has been very successful in his farming, getting good yields of wheat, corn, oats and pote
toes. Has a good orchard in bearing; has a fine residence 30x26 feet, two stories high
erected at the cost of $2,000, one mile anda half from Valley Center. Mr. Jacobs had but
$400 when he came to Kansas, and by energy and_perseverance, notwithstanding the dis-

ouragements of pioneer life, has now one of the finest farms and pleasantest homes in the
fowns ip as the reward of his labors. Isamember of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of
the Masonic Fraternity, 4., F. & A. M., of the Old Settlers Association, of Sedgwick County,
and of the Arkansas Valley Agricultural Association, of Sedgwick County. Has been a
Trustee of Grant Township two terms. Was County Commissioner of Sedgwick County one
term, and has served on the School Board several terms. ‘

WILLIAM McCRACKEN, farmer and fruit grower, Section 22, P. O. Sunnydale, is the
son of Robert and Catharine McCracken. Was born in 1826, in Allegheny County, Pa., and
in 1853, married Miss Mary Lindsey. Mr. McCracken removed to Illinois where he resided
for many years, and came to Kansas in the fall of 1872 and located the following spring.
Of his 270 acres the greater part lias been improved, and while devoting considerable atten-
tion to agriculture he has made aspecialty of fruit raising. His orchard contains 25,000

each, 3,500 apple, 3,000 cherry, 1,000 pear and _ about 500 plum trees, while ten acres are
Revoted to raising choice varieties of berries and other small fruits. Flora, too, has been re-
membered, there being in addition to other flowers at least forty varieties of the rose, while
throughout the entire farm evergreens and other ornamental shrubs are tastefully inter-
spersed so as to blend in one harmonious whole, while at a short distance from his residence
he has a fish-pond well stocked with German carp. His residence, which was erected in
1879, at a cost of $4,000, 1s one of the finest in thecounty. Although now possessing one of
the finest fruit farms in the State, Mr. McCracken had from the first to contend with ma
difficulties; having naturally a taste for horticulture, he determined from his first location
here to establish such afarm as he now has. At great labor and expense he had in 1874
made considerable progress when the grasshoppers destroyed all his trees, thus entail
upon him a loss of $4,000; but nothing daunted, he determined to succeed in his undertak
and replanting the following spring, his industry was rewarded three years later by sell
$2,200 worth of fruit in the short space of three months. In 1879 he sold $5,000 worth o
fruit. He has never since had a failure of his crop, thus showing what may be attained by
industry, perseverance and patience, assisted by the fertile soil and genial climate of Kan-
sas. Mr. McCracken is a member of the Horticultural Society, which meets monthly at his
house. He is'also a member of the}Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a liberal-minded,
public-spirited and enterprising citizen, He has contributed towards building five different
churches. The money which he expends in charity amounts to hundreds of dollars annu-
ally, while he has ever evinced a warm and active interest in all that pertains to the welfare
of the community : eee 7

W. J. MoKEY, merchant, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1848. He is ason of An-
drew and Anna B. McKey. Was married in 1870, to Miss Jennie Wilcox, daughter of
Harvey and Rosa M, Wilcox. They have two children, William A. and George R. They
buried one child, Rosa Belle, atthe age of four years, He came to Kansas in 1877, and
located in Elk County and remained five years, engaged in farming and stock raising, then
moved to Valley Center, Grant Township, this county, and engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness, sccessor to Beach Bros. In March of this year formed a partnership with Messrs.
Beckmyerand Shreve, under the firm name of McKey & Co., and now carries a full line of
groceries and dry goods. He ownsa farm of 240 acres which he rents, The firm are doin
an extensive business, which is rapidly increasing. Mr. McKey owns a residence, 24x2
feet one and a half stories. ; te

L, C: NOBLE, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Sunnydale, was born in Pennsylvania in 1833.
Is ason of Nobleand Rebecca Noble, was married, in 1865, to Miss Nancy J. Clark, daugh-
ter of Alexander and Mary J.Clark,has four children-U.S8.G. Noble, Anna M., William 8. and
Ida L. Mr. Noble came to Fort Scott, Kan,, in 1869. After one year removed to his present
home which contains 160 acres, eighty acres of which are in cultivation. His principal
crops are corn, wheat and oats, with an average yield of corn, forty-five bushels to the acre,
wheat, sixteen bushels per acre,and oatsthirty bushels peracre. Mr. Noble enlisted in
Company E. Thirtieth, Regiment Ohio Volunteers, was in the engagements of second Bull
Run, South Mountain Antietam, Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, Atlanta, and other engagements
of his command. Veteraned in 1864, and was mustered out in 1865. : ,

SAMUELI. PERIN, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Valley Center, was born in Ohio in 1836.
Is a son of Ira Perin; was married in 1868 to Miss Catherine Lear; has two children—Wil-
liam H. and Myrtel Perin. He came to Kansas with his family in 1870, located on the farm
on which he now resides which consists of 320 acres, 140 of which are under cultivation,
The principal crops are corn and wheat which ylelda good average. He is also engaged in
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trees, and a variety of small fruits. Haga grove of forest trees surrounding his residence.
He! nas Deen Treasurer of Grant Township for two terms, has served for five years on the
oard.

C. PINGEL, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Valley Center, was born in Germany in 1841, son
of David and Dora Pingel. He came to Kansas in 1870, located on the farm which he now
owns containing 160 acres, of which 140 are under cultivation; wheat, corn and oats are his
principal crops, which have always yielded a fair average; has an orchard of apple and peach
trees in bearing, and a nice grove of forest trees, his farm is under a good state of cultiva-
Hones surrounded with a edge, and other improvements which do credit to its owner's

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JOHN D. PINGEL, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Sedgwick City, was bornin Germany in
1835, is a son of David and Dora Pingel; was married in 1858, to Miss Axana Welch, came
to Kansas in 1870, located on the farm on which he now resides; owns 200 acres of land of
which 171 are under cultivation, and is engaged in farming and stock raising; has a good
orchard in bearing and a fine grove of forest trees; wasinthe army during the late war;
enlisted in 1861, inthe Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteers, Company B, Cavalry, was trans-
ferred in the fall of 1862, tothe Fifteenth Cavalry, Company K.; was in the battles of Ben-
tonville, Pea Ridge, Corinth, Crab Orchard, Stone River, Chickamauga and in the engage -
ments of the Atlanta Campaign; was mustered outin 1864, was in the Township one year
before its organization; is a member of the School Board.

ERASTUS A. POLLARD, farmer and stock feeder, Section 5. P.O. Sedgwick, owns 160
acres, 115 acres under cultivation and the rest in pasture, all enclosed with hedge and wire
fence; a good frame dwelling 16x26 with an ell 12x18, one and a half stories; has just sold a
quantity of stock, but has at present four horses, six cows and forty-two hogs. He was
born in Vermont,June 18, 1818, and moved to Illinois in 1846 and came from there to Kan-
sas in March, 1873, locating on his presentfarm. He was married in 1840 to Miss Rhoda A.
Willmarth they have five children—Elliot E., Luman_A., Laura L, Clark aud Grant. Mr, P.
whilein Illinois was quite aprominent citizen of his locality, serving as Justice of the
Peace, Commissioner of Highways, Collector and Assessor, Postinaster and for a short time
freight and expressagent on the Chicago & Northwestern R. R. In Kansas_ has been
gewnship Treasurer and on the School Board for years. He is a member of the Baptist

urch,

8S. L. RAYMOND, proprietor of the Cottage House and insurance agent, was Born in
Danbury, Cunn., in 1834, son of Charles and Harriet Raymond. Was married in 1876, to
Miss Catherine Ash, daughter of James K, and Catherine Ash. Has three children—Maud
E., Mabel P., and Edward E. He came to Kansas in 1873 from Ilinois, located in Grant
Township, engaged in farming for nine years, then moved to Valley Center, opened the
Cottage ousé, and engaged in the insurance business. Was in the late war, enlisted in
1861, Seventh Illinois Volunteers, Company D, Second Battalion, Fourth Division, Fif-
teenth Army Corps, attached to the Army of the Mississippi. Was"in the battles of Fort
Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Bentonville, and other engagements of his command. Entered
the service as private; promoted to Orderly Sergeant. In 1862 received comiission as Sec-
ond Lieutenant, six months later the commission as First Lieutenant, and in July, 1864,
received the commission of Captain, which he held until the close of the war.

REV. JOSEPH M. ROMINE, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, was born in De Witt
County, Ill., in 1853;is a son of Samuel F.and Sarah Romine. ‘Was married in 1877, to
Miss D. Ella Jones, daughter of James and Arthuema Jones. Has one child—Merrill W,
Mr. R. was educated at the public schools of Montgomery County, Studied theology under
Rev. T. H. Herdman, of the Southern Illinois Conference, and Rev. B. F. Rhodes, of the
Illinois Conference. He was admitted to the Illinois Conference, at Bloomington; in 1873.
Was ordained deacon in 1875, and elderin 1880. ;Remained with the Illinois Conference
one year, when he was transferred to the Southern Illinois Conference, where he remained
for three years, then was transferred to the South Kansas Conference, where he still re-
mains. is first charge in Kansas was the South Haven Church, Sumner County; the sec-
ond, Oxford, in the sanie county, and his third was Valley Center, where be has been for
the last three years. He built a parsonage at South Haven, and organized a church at Pal-
estine; organized the Park Church at Sunnydale, and has erected three church buildings,
one at Sunnydale, Grant Township, at a cost of $2,000, and one at Valley Center, at $2,000,
and one at Eldridge, Union Township, ata cost of 1,500 Has receive
the church since coming to Valley Center. Owns a farm of 160 acres.

.M., V. SH E, merchant, P. O. Leon, Butler County, was born in Indiana in 1839;
isason of William and Susan Shreve,
a .B.Mann. His wife diedin 1873. He has since remained single. Came to Kansas in
1880, located at El Dorado, Butler County, where he engaged in dealing in stock. In 1882,

; associated with Mr. Beckmyer, under the

firm name of Beckmyer & Shreve, where they have been doing an extensive business in

eneral merchandising. In March, of this year, the firm associated themselves with Mr.

cKey, of Valley Center, under the firm name of McKey & Co. Mr, Shreve expects soon

to return to Leon, where the business demands his attention, leaving the management of
the Valley Center store with Mr. McKey. He is a member of the Christian Church.

REV. W. C. SOMERS, farmer, Section 23, and Presbyterian clergyman, P. O. Sunny-
dale, was born in Vermont, in 1820; isa son of William and Margaret Somers. He was
married in 1856, to Miss Mary L. Trimble, daughter of John and Mary Trimble. He has
three children living—Fanny, Laura B., and George Somers; and William L. Somers, who
died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. Somers was educated at the Newburg Theological
Seminary; graduated in the class of 1851. Was ordained to the ministry in Livingston

 

 

 

 

forty members in

Was married in 1871, to Miss Eva Mann, daughter

 

County, in 1853, and has made it his life work. Has held the pastorate of Eastern
churches for thirt; years. In 1877 he came to Kansas from Ohio, located on his farm on

which he now resides, which contains 160 acres, 120 of which are in cultivation. Wheat,
corn, and oats are his principal crops. His son, George Somers, is living with him, and
takes the management of the farm. At the time Mr. Somers came to Kansas there was
neither church organization nor church building in the township, of his denomination. He
succeeded in organizing a church, which now numbers fifty-one communicants, and has
crested: i comumodious church building, ata cost of $2,000—the Sunnydale United Presby-
terian Church,

W. S. SPAULDING, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Sunnydale, was born in Lewistown, Pa., in
1834; son of Dustin and Rachae} R. Spaulding. Was married in 1862 to Miss Caroline Tay-
lor, daughter of Lyman Taylor. He has buried his three children, and 10 1869 Mrs. Spauld-
ing’s death occurred. He came to Kansas in 1870, and after ashort stay at Burlington, lo-
cated in the fall of the same year upon the farm of 160 acres upon which he now resides;
122 acres are in cultivation, principally in wheat and oats. In 1864 Mr. Spaulding enliste
in Company C, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, and participated in the engagements of
Cold: Harbor, Burden’s Plank Road, Poplar Grove Chureb, Warren’s Raid, Dunwiddie
Courthouse, Five Forks. Was on the picket line when Lee surrendered, and was mustered

outin July, 1865.
ST. MARK.

The village of St. Mark is situated on the line between Union and Attica
townships, in the midst of the German settlement. It has « large Catholic
Church, with school buildings, a postoffice, a stock of general merchandise, drug
store, hotel, blacksmith shop, tin and carpenter shops.

Blendon is also located in Attica Township, ten miles west of Wichita. It
isa beautiful little village, with two stores,a restaurant, blacksmith shop, etc.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—ATTIOA TOWNSIIP,

E. S. ALDRICH, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Wichita, was born in Michigan, In 1852; son
of Bennajah and Mary Weed Aldrich. Was married in 1875 to Miss Allda Smith, daughter
of Jacob and Rosannah Smith. Has five children—Claud, Willard, Bennajah, Elijah and
Garfield Aldrich. Came to Kansas in 1871; located on the farm where he now resides; owns
320 acres of land; engaged in farming and stock raising, Was the second settler in the
township. Is member of the School Board, a member of the Baptist Church, and of the
Old Settlers’ Association, of Sedgwick County. Is superintendent of the Harmony Union
Sunday school; has been its superintendent for eight years; was the organizer of the
school, in 1874; it now numbers forty-five scholars; has always been a Sabbath school
worker, and an earnest temperance man. Was president of the Delano Temperance So-

ty. : ‘
HOMAS BRAZILL, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Wichita, was born in Ohio in 1850. Son
of Thomas and Mary Condarn Brazill. Was married in 1875 to Miss Mary Fullum. Has
four children—Nellie, Walter, Willie and Albert Brazill. Came to Kansas _ in 1870; located
at Wichita; remained tive years, engaged in meat work in hotels. In 1875 located on his
farm in Attica Township, where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land; engaged in farm-
nd stock raising. ; ;
"6 Pp BRIGGS, Farmer Section 15, P. O. Blendon, was born in Wyoming County, N. Y., in
1841; son of W. A. and Fanny Barber, Briggs. Was married in 1869 to Miss Augusta Wat-
king, daughter of John and Evaline Smith Watkins. Have two children—Willis H. and
Robert Briggs. Came to Kansas in 1871; located on the farm where he now resides; owns
eighty acres of land; engaged in farming. Is the oldest settler in the township. Mrs, Briges
was the first woman in the township west of the Cowskin Creek. He was in the township
two years before its organization; was elected constable at the first election; has been mem-
her of the School Board, Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861 in the Third
Regiment Michigan Volunteers, Company E; re-enlisted in the Regular United States Ser-
vice, Was in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, and other engagements of his command; was
wounded at Green River Bridge; was in the hospital nine months; was prostrated with the

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

typhoid fever before recovering from hig wound. After leaving the hospital returned to
Michigan. After one month, re-enlisted in the Third Michigan Cavalry, Company F; was
uartered in the Western Department, engaged in scouting; was mustered out in Texas, in

SOF OSTER COLEMAN, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Blendon, was born in Jefferson County,
Ohio, in 1814 ;is a son of James and Amy (Foster) Coleman, Was married in 1834, to
Miss Jane Peoples. Has two children—Joseph R. and Mary M. Coleman, His wife died in
1840. Was married in 1842, to Miss Nancy Sullivan, daughter of David and Christiana
Sullivan. Has four children—John H., Andrew S., William W. and Francis M. Coleman.
Came to Kansas in 1872, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land,
and engaged in farming and stock raising. Was among the first settlers in the past of the
township where he now resides. Was one of the organizers of the township; was Treasurer
from 1878 until 1882. Is amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church, holds the office of
steward and class leader. Is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F, & A. M.

EDWIN H. CROSS, farmer, Section 26, P.O. Wichita. Was born in Clinton County,
Mich., in 1846. Is a son of Thomas and Louisa (Matthews) Cross, single. Came to Kansas
in 1873, located on the farin where he now resides. Owns 240 acres of land, and is engaged
in farming and stock raising. Has been member of the School Board, __

. FE. CURTIS farmer, Section 39, P. O. Wichita, was born in Dlinois, in 1845; son of
Israel aud Olive (Fiint) Curtis, single’ Came to Kansas in 1872, located on the farni where
he now resides. Owns 640 acres of land; engaged in wheat raising. Was in the War of the
Rebellion; enlisted in March, 1863, in the Second Nebraska Cavalry, Company M. Was in
the battles with the I diaus on the Upper Missouri River, at the mouth of the Yellowstone,
and at Stoney Lake, near Devil’s Lake, and in other engagements of his command. Enliste
for nine months’ service. Was mustered out in December, 1863. Was one of the organizers
of Attica Township. Was its first Clerk, held the office for four years. Has been Trustee for
two years. Was one of the organizers of the School District. At the first mecting there
were four persons present voted to build a schoolhouse. The first school tax paid y him
was $21.70. The only taxable property owned by him at that time, was two yoke of steers,

and_a plow. ‘-

NOAH FINK, farmer, Section 8, P. O. St. Mark, was bornin Rockingham County, Va.,
in 1842. Is ason of Isaac and Mary (Mayers) Fink. Was married in 1869, to Miss Clara
Sieber, daughter or Soloman and Elizabeth Sieber. Has two children—Emory L, and Cal-
vin S. Fink. Came to Kansas in 1872, and located on the farm where he now resides. Owus
160 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising, Was conscripted in the
Confederate service, in Virginia, in 1861, served three years. Is the oldest settler in the
northern part of Attlea Township. Was there before the organization of the township. Has
been a member of the School Board for six years. : ‘

JOHN KELLY, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Blendon, was born in Washington County,
Penn., 1n 1831; son of Abrabam and Mary (Durbin) Kelly. Was married in 1854 to Miss
Kate N. Wylie, daughter of David and Mary Edie Wylie. Came to Kansas in 1873, from
McLean County, UJ., and located in Attica Township. Owns 820 acres of land; engaged in
farming and stock raising. Was one of the organizers of the township. as the organizer
of the Grange movement in Sedgwick County, and was master of the town and countyGrange.
To encourage the movement, be and E. P. Thompson built the Grange Elevator, at
Wichita. Was elected Director of the State Board of Agriculture, in 1874; was President of
the Board in 1875 and ’76, remained member of tbe Board until . Was elected Repre-
sentative of Sedgwick County, in the Legislature of 1875. In 1876 was elected State Sena-
tor from the Thirty-eighth District. Served in the session of 1877; resigned his position
the following summer. Was appointed member of the Centr nnial Board to represent the
State at the Centennial at Philadelphia, in 1876. Is President of the West Side Library Asso-
clation, of Attica Township, chartered in 1880; 150 volumes in the library. Crossed the
plains in 1850, to California; remained one year, engaged in mining. _

J. S. KNOBLAUCH, tarmer, Section 6, P. O. St. Mark, was born in Germany in 1854.
Is a son of John B. and Josephine Knoblauch. Was married, in 1§80, to Miss Bichsel, dangh-
ter of George and Elsie Bichsel. Came to Kansas in 1876 from Minnesota and located on
the farm where he now resides, He owns 200 acres of land and is engaged in farming and
stock raising. Was elected ‘Treasurer of Attica Township in 1882 and re-elected in 1883.
Is amember of the School Board and of the St. Mark Catholic Church.

JOHN LEIENDECKER, farmer, Sections 7 and 11, P. O. St. Mark, was ‘born in Prussia
in 1845, ana is a son of Mattand Anna M. Schafer-Leiendecker. He was married, in 1868,
to Miss Mary Wilkins, daughter of August and Magdaline Wilkins. Has seven children—
John, August, Mary, Peter, Lizzie, Anton and Anna. Mr. Leiendecker came to Kansas from
Minnesota in 1875 and located on Section 11. Owns 800 acres of land and is engaged in
farming and stock raising. He has 700 acres of land under cultivation. He has beena
member of the School Board for three years. Is amember of St. Mark Catholic Church.

MARKUS LIES, farmer, Sections 9 and 10, P.O. St. Mark, was born in Luxemburgh in
1829, and is a sonof Henry and Susie Tomerill Lies. He was married, in 1856, to Miss
Catharine Gorgan, daughter of Nicholas and AnnaGorgan, He has nine children—Susie,
Nicholas, Anna, Barney, Kate, Peter, Lizzie, Abbie and Mary. His wife died in 1881; single.
He came to Kansas in 1878 and located on the farm where he now resides. He owns 480
acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising. He has 440 acres under culti-
vation. He came from Minnesotato Kansas. Is a member of St. Mark Catholic Church.

A. H. MOCONAHIE, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Blendon, was born -in Irelaud, County
Antrim, September 4, 1847, and with his parents, in 1849, immigrated to America, and lo-
cated in Randolph County, Til, He isasonof David and Violet Hunter McConahie. Was
married, November 27, 1878, to Miss Ruthe E, Wikoff, daughter of H. B. and Mary Wikoff.
He has three children—Willie A., Mary V. and Jennie A. r. McConahie came to Kansas
on the 27th of November, 1866, located in Johnson County and engaged in farming. In Au-
gust, 1872, he moved to Sedgwick County,and on the 19th of August bought from Mr.Nich-
olas Clous for $500 the farm he now lives on; and then located on the southeast quarter of
Section 25, Garden Plain Township, Sedgwick County. He was the first settler in that town-
ship and built the first house. In 1876 he located on the farm where he now resides. He

owns 160 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising. He was in the War of
the Rebellion. Enlisted, April 21, 1864, in the Fifth Illinois Cavalry, Company K, and was
in the engagements of his command; he was mustered out at Memphis, Tenn. May 28, 1865.
He has been Trustee of Attica Township two years.

CHARLES M. MILES, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Blendon, was born in Connecticut in
1835, and is the son of William and Harriet Collins Miles. Was married, in 1864, to Miss
Mary A. Lyman, daughter of William and Mary A. Ives Lyman. He has six children—Nel-
son L., Charles W., Kigar M., Helen C,, Lucy 8. and infant. He came to Kansas in 1872 and
located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 480 acres of land and is engaged in farm-
ing and stock raising. Ife was one of the organizers of the township and was the first Trus-
tee of the township; has been Treasurer. He is a member of the School Board and has been
Treasurer of the district for nine years.

L. B. MILLER, farmer and blacksmith, farmer, Grand River Township, Section 5 and
6, P. O. Blendon, was born In Harding County, Ky., in 1838, son of Thomas and Frances
(Guitey Miller; was married in 1869, to Miss Candace Harris, daughter of Anderson and

lizabeth (Daniels) Harris; has five children—Mary M., Elizabeth S., Willie E., Jesse P. and
Lucien E. Miller, Came to Kansas in 1872, located in Coffey County, and engaged in black-
smithing, remaining four aus then moved to Wichita and remained two years. In 1878
he located on his farm in Grand River Township, and engaged in farming and blacksmith-
ing, remaining three years; then moved to Blendon, Attica Township, where he now re-
sides, working at his trade and farming. Isa member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. &
A. M,, and ofthe I, 0.0. F. His farm consists of 166 acres; owns a house and lot where he
resides, and farms 100 acres of land,

J. P. PARKHURST, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Blendon, was born in Hampshire County,
Mass., in 1840, ts a son of Jacob and Melinda (Thayer) Parkhurst, was married in 1868, to
Miss Martha M, McAdam, Gangiter of Robert and Hannah McAdam. Has five children—
Susie, Nellle, Mattie, Flora and Ada Parkhurst. Came to Kansas in 1875; located at Wichita,
and engaged in teaching and farming. In 1877, located on the farm where he now resides.
Owns 620 acres of land, and is engaged in general farming. Was inthe War of the Rebel-
lion; enlisted in August, 1862, inthe Eighty-sixth Regular Illinois Volunteer Company D,
and was appointed First Sergeant at the organization of the company; was in the battles of
Perryville,’ Missionary Ridge, Reseca, Rome, Ga., Kenesaw Mountain, and in other engage-
ments of hiscommand. Was wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, a ball passing
through both arms, causing the amputation of the right arm, above the elbow. He was
taken prisoner at the time, and was held from the 27th of June until the 12th of August, at
the hospital, at Atlanta, Ga. The amputation of his arm was made onthe 4th of July. He
made his escape from the hospital on the 12th, and reached the Union lines on the 313t of
August. Was treated with kindness while held as prisoner. Was in-the hospital until he
received his discharge, in March, 1865. Was able to give information to Generals Williams
and Slocum, ia regard to the strength and power of the enemy at Atlauta, which resulted
in the capture of that city, the next day.

WILLIAM J. PITTENGER, farmer Section 28, P. O. Blendon, was born in Ohto, in
1838; isa son of Abraham and Elizabeth(Gladfelter) Pittenger, Was married in 1867, to
Miss Ella Shafer, daughter of William P.. and Harriet Shafer Has five children—Oliver M.,
Charles E., Flora i., William A, and Clara FE. Pittenger. Came to Kansas in 1879, from
Illinois, and loeated on the farm where he now resides, engaged in farming. Was in the War
of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1862, inthe Ninety-third Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Com-
pany D, and was detailed in the Signal Corps Service, in 1863. Was in the siege of Vicks-

ureh and the battles of Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, July 22 and 28, 1864, Reseva. Was
with Sherman in his march to the sea, and other engagenronts of hiscommand, Joined his
regiment in April, 1865, and was mustered out inJune of the same year. Isa member of
the ancient order of I. 0.0. F, Is amember of the School Board, and has served three years.
Was elected Townsh|p Trustee In 1882, and re-elected in 1883.

MARCUS SCHAFER, farmer, Section 9, P.O, St. Marks, was born in Prussia, in 1815,

son of Anton and Catharine Schafer; was married in 1855, to Miss Catharine Topi, Wits

 
: SEDGWICK COUNTY.

died gare ae married in 1872, to Johanna Traxalus; has two children, Anton and
he now resides. Owns 880 acres of land, and is enga;

ed in i
400 acres under cultivation. Ts a momber ot he we farming and stock raising. Has

ark Catholic Chureh

PL ER, farmer. Section 21, P. O. Blendon, was born in Delaware Count
in 1842, son of William and Harriet (Polling) Shafer, natives of Pennsylvania; was ee
in 1864, to Miss Sophronie Ford, daughter of Thomas and Maria Ford, has three children—
Hattie, Nellie and Howard Shafer. Came to Kansas in 1875, and located on the farm where
he now resides. Owns 240 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Is
Justice of the Peace, has held that oflice for seven years; is a member of the Methovist
Hpiscopal Churen, and trustee of the church. Is a member of the School Board, has served

AARON SIEVER, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Wichita, was born in Virginia, in ; son
of Solomon and Elizabeth (Caplinger) Siever. Was married in 1858, to Miss Gyan eee ae
daughter of James and Mary Morgan. Has ten children—Jasper, Noah, Charles, Mathda,
James, Lucinda, Andrew, William and BlancheSiever. Came to Kansasin 1872, from Ill
nois, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 530 acres of land; engaged in farm-
ing and stock raising; fattens a large number of cattle each year, has now fifty-eight ready
for market. Is a member of the Baptist Church. Was Postmaster of Jamesburgh for three
years. Has been Constable of the sownship.

» M. SEER farmer, Section 25, P.O. Wichita, was born in Franklin County, Ind., in
1842. Is ason of Joseph and Anna (Masters) Speer. Was married in 1873, to Miss Maggie
Stout. Has one child—Russell P. Speer. Came to Kansas in 1872, located on the farm where
he now resides. Owns 400 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Was
inthe War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1862, in the Kighteenth Regiment, Indiana Vom.
teers, Company F; was in the battles of Magnolia Hills, Champfon Hills, Black River,
Bridge, Vicksburg, siege and charge, second battle of Jackson, Fort Esperanza, Berry-
ville, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher’s Hill and other engagements of his command. Was
taken prisoner at Cedar Creek, on the 19thof October. as held at Libby and Salisbury

risons for eight months, during which time he suffered great hardships; was prostrated
y sickness for two months after his release. Was mustered out June 27, 1865.
H. B. WIKOFF, farmer, Section 29, P. 0. Blendon, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in
1829; son of Samuel S. and Ann (Henderson) Wikoff. Was married in 1852, to Miss Mary
A. Mallory, daughter of Willlam and Mary (Reed) Mallory. Has seven children—William
M., Caroline F., Ruth E., Elizabeth A., Mary A., Anzo Nettie and Lula Alta Wikotf. Came to
Kansas in 1873, located in Miami County, remained one year. In 1873, located on the farm
where he now resides, Owns 160 acres of land. Isa member of the United Presbyterian
Church, and elder of the church. Was master of the Grange in 1875.
JOHN ZENN. M. D., physician and surgeon, P. O. St. Mark, was born in Pr ussia in
1844. Is a son of Joseph and Barbara (Thiel) Zenner. Was married in 1867, to Miss
Christine Englert. Has four children—John, Edward, Frank and Rosa Zenner, Came to
Kansas in 1870, from Pittsbur; th, Penn., located in Wabaunsee County, remained six years,
engaged in the practice of medicine. In 1876, located at Wichita, and engaged in his prac-
tice there for three years: In 1879, located at St. Mark, Attica Township, where he now
resides, and has a large practice. Was educated in Prussia, in the medical and military
college, graduated in 1865. Came to the United States in 1867; has been engaged in the
prac ice of medicine from that time, In 1879, established 2 drug store at St. Mark. The

usiness has increased 100 per cent since its establishment. Is amember of the St. Mark
Catholic Church. Is a Justice of the Peace.

GERMANIA.,

This is a small town about one and a half miles west of St. Mark, in Gar-
den Plain Township. Its population is mainly composed of Germans. It has
several stores, a postoffice, hotel, good school and church building. The sur-
rounding county is well settled with a very prosperous class of farmers.

- Garden Plain is a very small hamlet in the southwestern part of the town-
ship.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—GARDEN PLAIN TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM BLACK, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Germania, is a native of Orleans
County, N. ¥., and was born in 1834. In 1859 he was married to Miss Sarah
. McElroy, who has borne him three children, viz.: William, Sarah and Emma. In
the spring of 1878 Mr. Black sold his farm in New York State and removing to Kansas, lo-
cated upon hig present farm of 160 acres, 120 of which are now under cultivation, with an
average grain yield of wheat 20, corn 40 and oats 35 bushels per acre, on what is called
“second” bottom land. Mr. Black is a member of the Presbyterian Church. ;

WILLIAM H. BALL, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Marshall, and one of the pioneer settlers
of the township, was born in 1829 in Parke County, Ind.,his father, Abel Ball. being a native
of Redstone, Pa., and is of German and English descent. Bornupon a farm he continued to
pursue the vocation of his father with the exception of twelve years spent in running a saw
mill, until November 16, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Forty-third Regiment In-
diana Volunteer Infantry, and partici ated in the siege of New Madrid, and the engage-
ments at Tiptonville, Riddles Point, Fort Pillow, Randolph and Memphis; from thence to
Helena and up the White River to the Yazoo Pass; thence to Bearskin Lake and Little Rock,
where he was mustered out January, 1863, and at once re-enlisted in the same Company
and Regiment; participated in the fight at Camden and returning to Mart’s Mills hada
brush with the enemy in which his Regiment was captured, with the exception of himself
and twenty-seven others, who cut their way throug and escaped. Proceeding to Little
Rock he obtained a thirty-days’ furlough,upon the expiration of which he returned to duty
and remained in Indianapolis as prison guard until mustered out May 12, 1865, with the
rank of Corporal. Mr. Ball was married January 16, 1848,to Miss Lydia A. Adams, of Parke
County. They have had ten children, six of whom survive, viz,—Sally Ann, born in 1848
and now Mrs. C. Ellswick, of this county; George, 1850, and whois also married and _resid-
ing in Indiana; Zopher, 1854, married and living in Illinois Township, this county; Charles,
18 7; John, 1867, and Rosella, 1868. Mrs, Ball died in 1869, and July 9, 1873, he married

iss Melissa Rouse, of lowa, by whom he has had five children, four of whom are living—
Howard, born in 1874; Ella, 1876, and Henry C. and Alice (twins), July 5,1878. Mr. Ball
came to Kansas in May, 1874, locating here; 100 of his 160 acres are under cultivation, with
an average yield of wheat fifteen and corn forty bushels per acre. He has a very fine or-
chard of 1,100 peach trees, 800 of which are bearing, and he has also several hundred forest
trees. He is now the senior settler of the township. Has been a member of the Mount
Olivet Baptist Church since its organization. Is a member of Garfield Post, G. A. R., and in
18”6 was elected Justice of the Peace. . .

N. B. BRYAN, Justice of the Peace and farmer, Section 35, P.O. Lamont, was born in
Hancock County, Ind., in 1830, his father, Hampton Bryan, having removed there from
Campbell County, Ky., where the family had been represented since 1730. His parents re-
turned to their native State in 1833, and in 1852 the subject of this sketch went to California
where he worked at wood cutting, mining, etc., and in 1874 located in Kansas, where he
now has 160 acres, of which 115 acres are under cultivation, with a good average yield of
wheat and corn. April 12, 1864, he was married to Miss Annie Taylor, of Kentucky, who
has borne him five children, viz.—Ada, born in 1865; Taylor, 1866; May, 1867; Hampton,
187%, and Esther in 1878. Mr. Bryan is amember of the Baptist Church, and in’ February,
1882, was elected Justice of the Peace, which position he still worthily fills.

A. BUDWEISER, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Lamont, was born in the Province of Saar-
bruck, in Germany, in 1832, and isa blacksmith by trade, In 1871 he took part in the
Franco-Prussian war, and the following year came to this country, whither some of his
relatives had preceded him. He located first in Pettis County, Mo., where he worked at
his trade until four years ago, when he came to Kansas, locating upon his present farm of
160 acres. So far Mr, B. has given his attention to agriculture only, and has had good
crops of wheat and corn. He was married in Germany in 1872, for the second time, and
has three children by the first marriage, who are all married and residing in this State.
Henry, aged seven years, is the only issue of the second marriage. Mr. B. belongs to the
Reformed Lutheran Church. . f F

. A. CADDICK, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Germania, is a native of Bristol, England,

and ,when a child came to this country with his parents, who settled in Shelby County,
Ohio, in 1844. August 19, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-second Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the engagements at Raymond, Jackson, Champion
Hill, Harper’s Ferry, and Fort’ McDowell, and was mustered out in September, 1865.
Upon leaving the army he returned to Ohio, and August 3, 1867, was married to Miss Etta
Shaver, of Auglaize County, Ohio. In 1871 Mr. C. removed to Hancock County, Ind., where
he engaged in business, but sold outin 1874 and cameto Kansas, locating upon a farm in
Coffey County, where he remained until the fall of 1878, when he removed to his present
location. Of his 160 acres, 125 are under cultivation; his corn and wheat yield being fully
up tothe average. Mr. Caddick has five children living, viz.; Lambert, Maggie, Sarah,
John C. and Eva. He is # member of the Odd-Fellow and Masonic orders and of the

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SIMEON CLARK, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Garden Plain, was born in Kentucky in
1826, and when a boy removed to Missouri, from whence he soon after went to Greene
County, Ill., where he remained,two years and then located in Pike County, same State,
where he pre-empted a farm, which he cultivated for three years, when, leaving the farm
in charge of his mother, he went to Quincy, where, for a period of twenty-two years. he was
in the employ of Van Dorn & Co., occupying the position of foreman in their large saw
mills, when he left to come to Kansas. Mr. Clark was married in 1850 to Miss Susan Wilson,

 

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who died in 1855, leaving one child—James W., now residing In Galesburg, Ill. January
18, 1877, he married his present consort, Miss Mary M. Reed, of Mobile, Ala., who has borne
him three children, the only one now surviving being William A. J. Clark, who was born
in Quincy, 1I., October 3, 1857, and who now resides with his parents upon the farm. Mr,
Clark came to Kansas in September, 1873, and after a residence of eighteen mouths in
Wichita, located upon his present homestead, containing 160 acres, 100 of which are under
cultivation, with a food average grain yield. In early life he learned the trade of a carpen-
ter, at which he still continues to work, being assisted inthe management of the farm by
his youngest son. March 22, 1865, Mr.C. enlisted at Grand Rapids, Mich., and was soon
afterwards transferred to Company F, Thirty-eighth Virginia Volunteers, and after a year’s
active service was discharged at Brazos, Santiago, Texas, his term of service having ex-
pired, and received honorable mention from his commanding officer for his excellent sol-
dierly qualities. February 9, 1883, Mrs. Clark was appointed Postmistress, of Garden Plain
Office. Mr. Clark and family are among the pioneer Settlers of this township, there being
but two other families here upon their arrival and only one of whom now resides in the
eamnshtp, Mr. Clark isa member of the A., F. & A. M., and of the Methodist Episcopal
hurch.

GEORGE H, GILSON, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Blendon, was born in 1831 in Living-
ston County, N. Y., and in 1837, with his parents, removed to Ohio, and_in 1846 to Cainp-
bell County, Ky., where he was engaged in tarming, and where he on May 15, 1851, mar-
ried Miss F. Harrison. Mr. Gilson has five children living—Lucy E., born June 29,

e W., August 28, 1859, Thomas J., September 29, 1862, John L., born March
25, 1869, Visa, July 25, 1872, and two—Nancy J. and Harvey L.—deceased, Mr. Gilson en-
listed in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 22, 1865, in Company F, One Hundred and Ninety-
second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Shenandoah Valley until mustered out
at Winchester, Va., September 7, 1865. He removed to Kansas in 1876, and lozated upon
his present farm of 160 acres, of which 120 are under cultivation, with an average wheat
yield of fifteen and corn of thirty bushels to the acre. He has a fire orchard of 500 assorted
fruittrees. Mr. and Mrs, Gilson are members of the Olive Baptist Church, of which he is
the Clerk, and for the past five years has been Clerk of the School Board of district No. 37.
He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1878, and was in that office for a period of four years
and three months, and is now one of the early settlers of Garden Plain Township.

JOHN W. GOSNEY, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Lamont, was born inthe State of Ken-
tucky in 1844, where he remained engaged in farming until 1871, when he went to Texas,
andin 1875 located in Kansas upon his present farm of 240 acres, 185 of which are under

_ plow, with an. average grain yield of wheat fifteen and corn thirty-five bushels per acre,
s

e has also found oat crop yield well. He was married in 1869 to Miss S. L. Griffin,
of Kenton County, Ky, Their children are Honora, born in 1871, Charles M., 1873, Carrie
Bell, 1877, Magale M., 1879, and Zuella, born in 1481, As a farmer, Mr. G. has been very
succescful, an although he has studiously avoided taking any public office, he has always
beer considered one of the representative men of this township. He isa member of the Ma-
sonic Fraternity and also of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. -

CAPTAIN WALTER B. HAMILTON, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Marshall, was born in
Perry County, UL, November 25, 1837. His father, who died when the subject of this
sketch was ten years old, being a native of Kentucky; when the war broke out he was in
Texas, and at once hastened East, responsive to the call of his country. Arriving in North
Missouri early in 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Fourth Regiment Missouri Volunteer
Cavalry, and participated in the engagements at Cassville, Springfield, Jefferson City,
Booneville, etc. In an engagement with guerrillas he was shot in the hip and in falling
from his horse fell on his head, which eventually caused total deafness, and in the engage-
men at Byron’s ford onthe Big Blue his left arm was shattered, necessitating amputation.
He received 2 commission as Captain for bravery and merit, having enlisted as a private.
September 22, 1867 he married Miss Catharine McIlvaine, the Issue of this marriage being
Ora, born April 15, 1869, Don A., April27, 1873, and Andrew, January 27, 1878. Upon
leaving the army he returned to Missouri, where he held a commission as Notary Public
from Governor Mc Clurg. He was registering officer of Worth County. He was appointed
Assistant United States Marshal for taking the ninth census. He was Postmaster of Allen-
dale from 1867 to 1870, and Sergeant-at-Arms of the twenty-fifth General Assembly of
Missouri. Captain H. came to Kansas December 3, 1874, and located upon his present farm
of 160 acres, 120 of which are under cultivation, sixty-five acres this year—1883—being
wheat. Since his residence here, although he has always taken a warm interest in every
thing pertaining to the welfare of the community, the Captain has studiously avoided tak-
ing any public office. ,

WILLIAM H. HARRISON, farmer, Section 35, P.O. Lamont, was bornin Kentucky in
1841, andin July, 1863, enlisted at Covington, Ky.,in Company H, Thirty-seventh Regt-
ment Kentucky Infantry, and served under Gen. Burbridge until mustered out at Louisville
December 29, 1864. Re-enlisting in Fepruary, 1865. in Company F, One Hundred and
Ninety-second Ohio,and serving until September, 1865,when he was again and permanently
discharged. Mr. Harrison was marriedin 1870 to Miss B. M, Gosney, of Kentucky, They
have three children, Charles W., born in 1871. Flora B:, in 1873, and B. C. Harrison, born in
1875. His first location was in Attica Township, in which place he owns a farm of 160
acres. He also owns and resides upon 160 acres in this township, seventy acres of which
are under cultivation, his grain yleld being exceptionally good. Hehas held the office of
Road Overseer and Treasurer of the School Board of his district, and is a member of the
Olivet Baptist Church, As eat elas ad

WILLIAM HEISEL, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Germania, is a native of Wurtemburg,
Germany, and came to the Utited States in 1854. In 1857 he was married to Miss Susan
Rathbone, of Livingston County, N. Y., and removing to St. Joe County, Mich., resided
there for upwards of twenty-five years; engaged in ming. with the exception of five
years spent in Kalamazoo as foreman in the gas works. Mr. Heisel has seven children, the
eldest, William, being arried and residing in this township, Carrie is now engaged in
teaching in A tica Township, John, Edward, Charles, Alfred and Nellie. Mr. H. came to
Kansas in 1879, locating here, where he now has 160 acres of good land, 120 acres of which
are in cultivation, wheat and corn, which yield a fair average, being his principal cro ps. His
farm also contains a good orchard of assorted trees, and substantial outbuildings. He
is one of the Directors of the School Boara of his district. _ 7

G. HAUNDTHAUSEN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Germania, was born inthe Province of
Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1838, and is acabinetmaker by trade. He immigrated to this
country in 1866, and landing at New York worked at his trade in that city and Brooklyn
until 1876, when he went to Philadelphia, Pa., where in August, 1877, he married Miss M.
Feuerstein, who has borne him two children, viz.: Charles W., born September 13, 1878,
and Gertrude, born February 26th, 1881. Mr. H. came to Kansas in the fall of 1880, and
after a short stay in Fort Scott moved on to his present farm of 160 acres. His average
grain yield is wheat twelve, and corn thirty bushels per acre. Mr. H. is amember of the
Roman Catholic Church and Democratic in politics. . 1

THOMAS JENKINSON, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Lamont, was born in Yorkshire, Eng--
land, in 1846, and while yet a boy was employed in the large rolling mills and other iron
manufactories, his education being gained atnight schools at a cost of three pence per
week. Upon reaching man’s estate he learned the trade of aroller and in 1870 came to the
United States and worked at his trade in the States of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
May 16,1879, he married Miss Josephine Rogers,of Troy, N. Y., and in 1880 located upon his
present farm of 160 acres, eighty of which are under cultivation, and during the past two
years have yielded a fair average grainreturn. Mr.J.hasnochildren. Heintends going
into the business of cattle breeding in addition to agriculture. Heisamember of the Ma-
sonic Praternity. ‘ \ .

ARRISON KEITH, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Germania, was born in Jennings County,
Ind., in 1834. Sonof M. P. and Nancy Lewis Keith. Was m arried in 1862 to Miss Nancy
J. Cromwell,daughter of Vincent and Deborah Cromwell. Has two children,Ida B. and Ada
M. Keith. Cameto Kansas in 1873 and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns
160 acres of land,engaged in general farming. Was one of the firstsettlers in Garden Plain
Township, and one of the organizers of the township. Was its first Treasurer, appointed
by the County Commissioners, and was elected to the same offic® at the first election held
in the fownshiD. Was elected Trustee in 1875 and again in 1879. In 1872 was el
Clerk and still holds the office. Was appointed Postmaster in 1877 and still holds the office,
The two first years after he settled on his farm buffalo were quits plenty. He killed two on
his farm. Isa member of the Masonic Hraterniys A., F. & A. M.. Wichita Lodge No. 99.

RILEY OSBORN, farmer, Sections 5 and 6, P. O. Marshall, was born in 1824, in Casey
County, Ky., his father, Elijah Osborn, having been a native of Virginia, and his mother of
the former State. Mr, O. was engaged in farming in his native State, and in 1861, removed
to and located in Gentry County, Mo., and upon the breaking out of the late war, entered
the State Militia, in which he remained engaged upon active duty for aperiod of six
months, and was subsequently called out at intervals until October, 1864, when he enlisted
in Company I, Eighteenth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and after several
months’ active service, was taken ill, and remained in hospital at Buford, S. C., until
March, 1865, when he rejoined his regiment, remaining with it until mustered out in
July, 1865, and ordered to St. Louis, Mo., for final discharge. He returned to Missouri,
where he continued to reside; engaged in farming until his removal to this State. In 1845,
Mr. Osborn married Miss S.J. Muse, of Kentucky. Their children _are—Mary E, (who is
married, and_a resident of Missouri), James W. (married, and residing in this township),
Sarah Jane, John M. (who is married, and a resident of Morton Township), Harriet Julia,
(also married, and residing in Sherman Township, where also resides her married sister
Martha Kansas), Stella May (married, and residing in Union Township), and Casswell R.
and Dora Bell (who reside at home). Mr. Osborn Is one of the first settlers of Garden Plain
Township. His farm consists of 320 acres in this township, ninety acres of which are
under cultivation, while he has also 140 acres in Erie Township, of which ninety-five acres
are being cultivated, each farm yielding an average of corn forty-five and wheat twent-
pushels per acre while bis millet yield has been exceptionally large. His orchard contains
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perity of its owner. Mr, Osborn has been Director of the School Board of his district, and
isa member of Garfield Post, No. 25, G. A. R., located in Wichita. 2

THEO. OSSWEILER; farmer, Section 10, P. O. Germania, and Trustee of the township.
Was born ia Fliessem, Reg. Bez. Trier, Prussia, in 1847, and immigrated to this country
in 1867; remained for several years in Chicago, where he was employed as a clerk in a

rocery store, etc.; parents reside in Kenosha, Wis. Mr. O. was married, in 1874, to Miss

rances Ruehl, a native of Weisbaden, Germany. They have had five children, only two
of whom survive—John (born November 22, 1874) and Mary (born July 3, 1881). r. O.
came to Kansas in 1878, locating upon his present homestead of 240 acres, 170 of which are
under cultivation, with an average grain yield of wheat fifteen and oats and corn thirty
bushels per acre. Mr. QO. is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and an independent
Democrat in politics. He is a member of the School Board, and was Treasurer of his town-
ship in 1881, and elected Trustee in February, 1882, and returnedin February, 1883.

J.S, PIPKIN, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Garden Plain, was born in Madison County,
West Tenn., in 1841, his father, Lewis C. Pipkin, and his mother, Mary E. Pipkin, being
natives of that State. Mr. Pipkin is descended from a race of farmers, and from his youth
has followed the ancestral vocation. In 1846, he moved to Graves County, Ky,, where he
continued to reside until his removal to Kansas in 1876, this belng his first location, pur-
chasing his farm, which had then been slightly improved, and built his residence the same
year, which was destroyed by fire the following year; but, undisnayed, he at once rebuilt
upon a larger scale, and now has a fine frame residence. In October, 1850, he married Miss
Susan C. Dockins, of Tennessee, who has borne him five children, four of whom are now
living, viz.: Henry N. (born September 8, 1852), Jonas R. (born January 7%, 1855), Mary L.
(December 21,1860), Alice (January 17,1864). In 1863, the Confederates endeavored to

ake him join their ranks, which he absolutely refused to do; and authough being a strong
Union man, was averse to becoming engaged In warfare against his friends and neighbors,
and so remained neutral. His farm of 160 acres contains eighty acres under cultivation,
with an average yield of wheat sixteen and cornthirty bushels per acre. He has a fine
orchard of his own planting, containing 500 peach, 100 apple and a variety of other frulls.
He has also 1,500 forest trees, chiefly cottonwood, box elder and mulberry. He has held the
office of Treasurer of the township, having been elected in 1881; and has also been a Di-
rector of the School Board of his district; and is a member of the A., F. & A.M, His farm,
which is one of the best cultivated in_the township, is situated upon the south side of the
Medicine Lodge road, is called Fancy Farm, and by its appearance of neatness, industry
and L prosperity at once strikes the eye of the traveler. :

ILLIAM L. SHIVELY, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Germania, was born in 1833, in Orange
County, Ind., his father, Henry B. Shively, who was a farmer and millwright, being a native
of Kentucky: In early life he learned the trade of a carpenter, and 6th September, 1861, he
enlisted in Company B, Twenty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and_with
his company participated _in the battles of Antietam, Winchester, Chancellorsville, Cedar
Mountain, Gettysburg and Peach Tree Creek, and was mustered out at Atlanta, in September,
1864, when he returned to Indiana. In 1854, William Shively married Miss L. Jones, of In-
diana, who bore him two chiidren, viz., Sarah, now Mrs. L. Boler, of Missouri, and Emma
Zillie, now Mrs. Emory, of Indiana. Mrs. Shively died in December, 1856, and in November,
1865, Mr. Shively married Miss Mary Humphries, his present consort who is also a native
of Indiana. The issue of this marriage are, Carrie, born in 1866; Henry, 1868; Susie, 1881;
and one Gaushter, Melissa, deceased. In 1874, Mr. Shively came to Kansas, locating upon
his present homestead, where he has upwards of sixty acres under cultivation, principally
in corn and wheat, a good frame residence, etc. Mr. Shively isa member of the G. A, R.

ISAAC D. STOVER, farmer, Section 36, P.O. Lamont, was born in Montgomery County,
Pa., January 16, 1839, his paternal grandfather having removed there from Virginia, and is
of German descent, the name having been originally written Stauffer. Mr. Stover learned
the trade of a carpenter, and in June,1863, enlisted in Company D, Thirty-first Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, for three months’ service, and was mustered out at Philadelphia, some-
time after the term of service had expired. December 5, 1863, he was married to Miss
Elmina Kindig, daughter of Mr. Joseph Kindig, of Montgomery County, Pa. They have five
children living, viz., Henry, born February 27,1865 ; Joseph, October 9, 1867; William,
April 12, 1873 ; Clara November 19, 1875, and Charles, June 26, 1881. Mr. Stover came to

Kansas in 1870, locating first in Leavenworth, where he remained two years, when he
removed to Attica Towuship, this county ; and after a residence there of four years, located
upon his Present farm of 560 acres, 375 of which are under cultivation, 265 acres being this
year in wheat, the balance in corn. He has a good frame residence and barn, and in March,
1880, erected a windmill power for the purpose of drawing water. His farm is one ofthe
best in the township, he having Successfully surmounted many obstacles and met with the
usual hardships incident to the life of the pioneer settler. He has been Road Overseer and
member of the School Board, in both Attica and Garden Plain Township, in the latter of
which he was Clerk of the Board, whilst his family was the first which settled in what is
now Attica Township. : 3
‘W. H, TAYLOR, JR., farmer, Section 20, P.O. Marshall, was born in 1845, in Washing-
ton County, Ohio, to which State his father, Mr. W. H. Taylor, Sr., removed from Virginia,
his native State, when a young man, and in 1857, to Henry County, Ia., where the subject of
this sketch was educated, and where he, in the spring of 1864, enlisted in Company A,
Forty-fifth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, for the one-hundred-days term, but event-
ually served five months, being mustered out at Keokuk, in September, 1864. He hasa
certificate of thanks, dated Washington, December 15, 1864, and signed by Ed. M. Stanton
and the late President Lincoln. OUponleaving the army, Mr. Taylor returned to Iowa, where
he engaged for atime in farming, subsequently engaging in the manufacture of trunks,
ening a factory in Mount Pleasant, for that purpose, and at the expiration of three years
1 d of his business interests, and, coming to Kansas, located upon his present farm in
77. His farm of 160 acres, of which eighty are under cultivation, is situated upon Section
, and is rented, while he is cultivating 280 outof 320 upon Sections 20 and 29, upon the
former of which (Section 20) he has resided ever since his removal to the State, his average
corn yield being thirty, with wheat eighteen bushels per acre, and millet about three tons.
The farm contains an excellent peach orchard, substantial residence, barns, etc. Mr. Tay-
lor was married in 1866, to Miss Emma J. Potter, of Ohio. who died October 11, 1880, leav-
ing three children—Edward M., born February 20, 1867; William A., November 23, 1868,
and George H., January 16, 1871. In addition to his farm in this county, Mr. Taylor has
one of 240 acres in Kingman County, which is partly improved. He has been Constable of
Garden Plain Township, and Clerk of the School Board of his district, and is a member of
the Mount Olivet Baptist Church.
MARSHALL.

The village of Marshall is situated in Grand River Township, on the Nin-
nescah River. It is a busy village, with a flouring-mill, two stores, two black-
smith shops, two feed-stables, a broom-factory, boarding-house and restaurant.
Messrs. Jones and Joslyn are the principal proprietors, The surrounding
country is settling up with marvelous rapidity, and Marshall is growing very
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—GRAND RIVER TOWNSHIP,

J. A. ANDERSON, miller. The Marshall Flour MI, located upon the east bank of the
North Ninnescah River, was built in 1879, by Harp, Fager & Vo., and then contained but
two run of stone. In 1881 Mr. Fager sold his interest in the mill to Mr. J. A. Anderson,who

ut in a third “run” of stone, a purifier, and made general and requisite improvements,
Ihe motive power is supplied y two large turbine wheels, and the capacity of the mill is
forty barrels of flour and 300 bushels of meal per day, Bullding and machinery are valued
at $4, . Mr. Anderson is a native of the District of Columbia, and was born In 1829, and
for upwards of thirty years was engaged in railroad contracting and bullding, and prior to
his removal to this State, had resided for fifteen years in the northern peninsula of Michi-

‘an. He located upon a farm of 160 acres, on Section 28, this township, In May, 1877. Mr,
Knderson has a family of seven children, his eldest son, John R., who is also Constable of
the township, being associated with him inthe milling business, the firm being known as
Harp, Anderson & Co. Mr. Anderson held the office of Trustee of this township in 1880,
and has also been a member of the School Board. He was Justice of the Peace for two years,
and was re-elected, but not desiring to continue longer in the office, declined to qualify: The
Marshall Flour Mil. does a large and increasing business, as the next nearest mill is at
Wichita, twenty-four miles distant.

D. ASENDORF, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Marshall, was born in the Province of Han-
over, Germany, in 1854, and, until his removal to this country, in 1876, was engiged upon
his father’s farm. This is his first location in the State. He now has 200 acres of improved
land, ninety acres being in corn and wheat, and for newly broken land has hitherto yielded
well, his wheat in 1882 turning out twenty-two bushels per acre. He has a good frame barn
and residence, the latter a neat two-story, being built in 1882, at a cost of $500, and, with
the.r contents, are insured. March 2, 1882, Mr. Asendorf was married to Miss Doretta
Semsrott, also a Hanoverian, in which province her father, Henry Semsrott, still resides,
engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs, A. have one child, Annie, born February 2, 1883. They
are members of the Lutheran-Church.

. A. BARLOW, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Marshall. was born in Catskill, Greene Co., N.
Y., in 1834, and his father’s death occurring in 1838, he was brought up and educated by his
grandfather, in Herkimer County. Upon attaining his majority, he went to Madison, Wis.,
where he, for atime, found employment at house painting, and in 1859 removed to Brook-
field, Mo., where he was engaged, first as brakeman, and subsequently as conductor, on the
Hannibal & St, Joe Railroad. Upon the breaking out of thé war, he responded to the call

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

for ninety days’ men, and was in Company E, of what was called the Railroad Brigade, and
was on detatched service as part of the army escort for the recruits who were being con-
stantly forwarded to St. Louis, Sickness intervening, he was laid up for three months, and
upon recovery returned to his duties on the railroad until 1867, when he came to Kansas,
his first location being in Doniphan County, where he engaged in the business of burning
lime by patent process, shipping to St. Joe, Mo. In the spring of 1871 he removed to Sedg-
wick County, and after a residence of five years in Wichita, removed to his present farm
of 160 acres, and_on which he bas an average grain yield, of corn 35 to 40, and wheat 25
bushels per acre, Mr. B, was married in 1857, to Miss Lydia Hills, a native of New York
State, who died in 1879, leaving five children—William E., born in 1859; Frank C., 1863;
Lydia May, 1868; Effie, 2870 Tand Adelbert A., in 1876. July 21, 1881, he married his pres-
nt consort, Miss Frances P. f if 1

of this county. Della M., born August 5, 1882, is the only issue of this marriage. Mr. Bar-
low is one of the pioneer settlers of this region, and has always taken a deep interest in the
welfare of his adopted county and State. He has been Clerk of this township from the sec-
oud year of its organization until February, 1883, when he was elected to the Trusteeship,
and is also one of the Directors of the School Board of his district, | i

8. 8. CASAD, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Birch, was born in 1825, in St. Clair County, Il,
his father, Dr. A. Casad, having settled there in 1818, from Ohio, but was originally from
New Jersey. Mr. Casad’s early life was spent in farming, and prior to the breaking out of
the late war he, with his brother Thomas, was engaged in Sperating a flour mill in Sammer-
field, Ill. July 8, 1861, he enlisted in Company «, Second Illinois Cavalry, and participated
in the engagements at Vicksburg, under Gen. Grant, and afterwards his regiment was
attached to the Department of the Gulf, under command of Gen. Banks. He participated in
the Red River expedition, and was constantly on active service until mustered out at Baton
Rouge, August 12, 1864, with the rank of Sergeant. He returned to Illinois and removed
from there to Kansas, March 7, 1865, locating upon a farm in Johnson County, where he
remained ten years, when he sold his farm and removed to Lawrence, where he remained
until the spring of 1876, when_he located upon his present farm iu this township. Mr,
Casad was married in 1847, to Miss S. C. Dew, also a native of St. Clair County, and daughter
of the Rev, John Dew, of Botetourt County, Va. They have had eight children, six of whom
now survive, viz.: Preble, born in 1850; Mrs. Mary Colton, of Butler County, born 1853;
Mrs. Lucy Wishart, of Humboldt, born 1856; Samuel S., born 1861; Ada, born 1865; and
Harry Lincoln, born in 1869. Mr. C.’s farm consists of 800 acres, 300 of which are under
cultivation, with an average grain yield of thirty bushels of corn and eighteen of wheat per
acre. Hisstock interests are represented by about sixty to seventy-five head of high grade
native cattle, and it is his intention to increase their number, with hogs and other stock in

proportion. His residence (a substantial two-story frame) and his commodious barns are _

insured, with their contents. Mr. Casad is one of the pioneer settlers of this region. He was
one of the Judges of the first election held in the township, was the first Trustee elected in
the township, and returned to the same office_in the succeeding year. He is a member of
Garnet Os NO 25,6. A. R
men. 0! ran iver Towns ~ 4s

R. H. CHAMBERLIN, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Marshall, was born in Union County,
Pa., in 1834. His early life was spent upon his father’s farm, and at the age of twenty-one
he went into business as general merchant, in Louisburg, Pa., continuing therein until the
spring of 1865, when he sold out and entered the employ of Messrs. Waterman and Beaver,
proprietors of the Pennsylvania Iron Works, at Danville, Pa., as'receiving clerk in their
general supply department. In May, 1867, he went to Montana as superintendent of a
mining company, and upon the failure of the company, returned to Pennsylvania, and in
1868 bought a farm in Virginia, upon which he settled for a time, when he sold it to advan-
tage and, returning to his native State, continued farming there until his departure for
Kansas in the spring of 1878. His first location was upon the farm he at present owns
whict. contains 170 acres, eighty of which are under cultivation, with an average corn yield
of forty, wheat, twenty bushels, and millet, two and a half tons per acre. His residence,
which ey a neat frame one, and his barns, which are large and substantial. are insured. Mr.
Chamberlin was married_in 1874, to Miss Harriet R. Van Valzah, of Union County, Pa,
They have but one child, John, who was born May 2, 1876. Mr.and Mrs. Chamberlin, who
were among the early settlers of this region, assisted in organizing the Methodist Episcopal
Church Society here in the spring of 1879, and although the original membership has
greatly decreased, services are still held semi-monthly in the Morton Center and Marshall
schoolhouses, by the clergyman, who is stationed at Waterloo. Mr. Chamberlin is one of
the prominent men of the township and has been Treasurer of the School Board of his dis-
trict, and is now Treasurer of Grand River eownsmD, .

J. W. FOLLETT, Justice of the Peace, farmer, Section 3, and Postmaster, Birch, was
born in Lake County, Ohio, in 1824, and when twenty-one years of age, removed to Steuben
County, Ind., and locating in the town of Fremont, engaged in business, as general mer-
chant, in which he continued until his departure for Kansas in 1878. Mr. Follett was mar-
ried in 1845, to Miss Angeline Trask, of Madison, Ohio. They have four children, viz.:
Ethe, who is now Mrs. Bricker; Alma, now Mrs. Melendy; Nellie, now Mrs. Greenemyer,
and all of whom are now residing in Indiana, and Ralph W., who is now residing with his
parents, Upon coming to Kansas, Mr, F. resided for ashorttime in Wichita, prior to his
removal to his present home. His farm, in this county, consists of eighty acres, which 1s all
under cultivation and surrounded by trees of his own planting ; a fine orchard of 600 peach
and 100 other fruits; a good frame residence, barn, etc. In addition to which he possesses &
well-improved farm of 160 acres in Reno County. Mr. Follett was appointed Postmaster of
Birch office in 1879, and was elected Justice of the Peace in February, 1882. Heis a mem-
ber of A., F. & A. M., and, although not as large as many others, his farm is one of the finest
and best improved in this part of the county: :

JOHN N. GADER, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Marshall, was born in Belgium in 1839, and
came to this country in 1871, and located in Wyoming County, N. Y., removing in the fol-
lowing year to Defiance, Ohio, where he remained four years, and then spent two years in
Paulding County, same State, moving thence to Kansas in 1878, locating first in Afton, and
the following year removed to his present farm, of 160 acres, seventy of which are under
cultivation, corn being his present crop, much of which is fed to stock, He was married
July 17, 1882, to Miss ay Sverener, a native of Bavaria, and who was then a resident of
Wichita. In addition to his farm property, he is the owner of two dwelling-houses and
building lots in the town of Marshall, where his brother Frank, who was born in 1856, and
caine to the United States in 1873, built the first house in thetown. Frank, who ts married,
is now in Colorado. The Messrs. Gader are members of the Catholic Church.

HICKSON BROS, farmers, Section 29, P. O. Marshall, are natives of Boone County, Ind.
and are named respectively William 0., Joseph H., John R. and Albert A., and have always
been engaged in farming, and came to Kansas in November, 1881, accompanied by their
sisters Miss Sarah and Miss Maggie, and located upon a farm of 160 acres, eighty of which
are under cultivation, There is also an orchard of 800 peach and 100 other trees, Resi-
dence and outbuildings insured, Miss Maggie Hickson was one of the organizers of the Bap-
tist Church Society.

E. W, JOSLYN, Postmaster, was born in 1852, in Herkimer County, N. Y. His father Mr.
Daniel W. Joslyn, who was Lockmaster at Frankfort, dying when the subject of this sketc!
was but four years of age, and his mother’s decease occurring about eight years afterward
he was brought up and elucated at Oneida, Madison Co. N. Y. by a maternal aunt, In 1870,
he wentto Wisconsin and located in Waupaca County, engaged in farming for two years,
when he went to Iowa, where he remained for eighteen mouths and returning to Wiscon-
sin, remained there until December, 1877, when he cameto Kansas, and January 1, 1878.
opened a rocery store in the village of Marshall which he conducted fora year when he
associated with him a partner, Mr. L, F, Jones, and continued business under the firm name
of Jones & Joslyn until May, 1881, when he disposed of his interest to his partner with
whom he continued to remain ina clerical capacity until November, 1882, when he opened
a drug store which he still conducts with an assorted stock valued at $1,200 to $1,500,
Build ne and stock are insured. He is the owner of a farm of 160 acres, partly improved,
located In Kingman Qounty. November 10, 1880, Mr. Joslyn was married to Miss Della King,
of Waupaca County, Wis.,he returning there for that purpose. On January 22, 1878, he was
Eppointed Postmaster of Marshall, he is at present Clerk of the Township and alsoof the
Se pool Board of his District and is secretary and treasurer of the Marshall Cemetery As-

ROBERT A. SAUNDERS, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Marshall, was born in Richmond,
Va. in 1823 and is of Scotch and English descent, although both his parents were natives of
Virginia, in early life he learned the trade of a plasterer; and while yet a young man went
into business as a merchant in his native State, and in three years sold out and removed to
Buchanan County: Mo.,where he engaged in stock raising, making a specialty of horses and
mules for several years, when he reinoved to Gentry County, where he again turned his
attention to mercantile pursuits, continuing therein until his departure for this State in
February, 1876. Hisfarmof 160 acres, situated upon thenorth sideof Medicine Lodge
Road, has eighty acres under cultivation, his corn ylelding forty and wheat twenty-five
bushels per acre, He was married in 1855 to Miss Laura White, of Whitesville, Andrew Co.
Mo. and has had ten children, only six of whom survive, viz:—Mary E. born In 1860, and
now Mrs. W. T. Rouse of Medicine Lodge; Edmond, born 1861, John I., 1862, Ella, 1864,
Clara, 1869, and Odie in 1876. While in Missouri Mr. Saunders’ served in the State Militia
from the beginning to the close of the war. He is one of the pioneer settlers of this Township
af nok the ploneer owing to abe ret oye we outlets, and Ls a member of the Christian Church,

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two terms in succession, ce 0 © Peace elected in the Township, serving
. H. SHANNON, M. D., is a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he was born in
1835. ‘His parents were natives of that State, and his father, Mr. Enos Shannon, one of the
representative farmers of the county. In 1850, bi

, his parents removed to Fulton County, Ill.
in the select school of which county the Doctor received his elementary education. Ha sub:

sequently studied medicine under Drs. Steele and Towler, of Astoria, Ill., and in 1856 en-
tered the Lowa University of Medicine at Keokuk, from which he graduated in 1859, with

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ranklin, a native of Putnam County, Mo., but then a resident -

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the degree of M. D., and at once commenced the practice of his profession in Astor
continuing therein (with the exception of a year spent in Adams county, and the haa tbent
in the army) until his removal to Kansas in 1866. Dr. Shannon entered the army as a pri-
vate in Company F, Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1864, and
articipated in the engagements at #ranklin and Nashville, in addition to several skirm-
shes, and was mustered out at Nashville in June, 1865. The doctor was married, in 1857,
to Miss Sarah M. Gallagher, of Il)1nois, and has three children, viz.: Leonidas and Velpean
and one daughter, Gertrude, who is now being educated in Burlington, Coffey County. Dr.
Shannon’s first location in this State.was in Le Roy, Coffey Count » where he continued to
practice until 1876, a period of ten years, when he removed to Wichita,and after a residence
of one year there removed to a claim which he had purchased in this township, but findin
that his rapidly increasing practice required his whole attention, he, in September, 188
removed to the village of Marshall. His farm which contains 160 acres, 120 of which are
under cultivation, and situated in Sections 8 and 17, this township, is well watered by the
North Ninnescah River and Rock Creek, and contains two dwellin houses, barus, etc., and
since his removal therefrom has been in charge of histwo sons. The doctor is a member of
the A., F, & A. M., and in 1878 was appointed a Justice of the Peace by Gov. Anthony. He
was the first physician practicing in Grand River Township, and has a very large and in-
ee practice, there being but two other physicians within a radius of eighteen or

8. SPIGER, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Marshall, was born September 16, 1821, in Alle-
ghany County, Md. His parents who were of German descent Raving been pe, in Vir-
ginia, He removed to Meigs County, Ohlo when twenty-three years of age,and resided there,
engaged in farming,for a period of twenty years, when he removed to Licking County, Ohio,
and in the summer of 1877, came to Kansas, locating upon his present farm of 16U'acres,
thirty of which are under cultivation, corn and wheat being his principal crops, Mr.
Spiger was married, in 1847, to Miss Nancy Ann Topping. They have had twelve children,
eight of whom, seven sons and one daughter, survive, four being married and residJng in
Ohio, the younger members residing at home. Mr. §. enlisted.in 1863, in the Ohio Inde-
pendent Battery of Artillery, and after a service of six months was taken sick and ordered

ome, where he was laid up with a severe illness, which ultimately incapacitated him for
further service in the field. Mr. Spiger’s farm is situated upon the south side of tlie Medi-
eine Dodge highway, and his residence is one of the best in the township.

JOHN E. WILLIAMS, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Marshall, was born in Wayne County,
Ohio in 1822, and by his father’s family, is of Dutch, and by his mother’s of Scotch descent.
His early life was spent upon afarm and in 1852, he removed to Indiana, where he r2main—
ed a short time, and then went to Iowa, where he sojourned three years; here located in
Gentry County, Mo,, in 1857, and where he in the summer of 1861, joined the State Militia
in which he remained, often upon active service, until the expiration of the war. Mr. Wil-
liams was married December 30, 1847, to Miss Margaret Howard, a native of Ohio, and
daughter of John and Abigail Howard. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, have had seven children,
only three of whom now survive—Howard R., born December 18, 1850; Jane, born June 1,
1855, and now the wife of Mr. William H. Rose, of this county, and Samuel H., born March
19, 1858. Both his sons are married and reside upon farms in this county. Mr. W. came
to ‘Kansas in the fall of 1875, and remained in Wichita, until the spring, when he removed
on to his present farm of 160 acres, 125 of which are under cultivation, corn and wheat be-
ing the principal crops, and yielding an average, the former of forty and the latter twenty
bushels to the acre, His farm is in an advanced state of cultivation aud contains a fine or-
chard of assorted fruit trees, and a grove of over 3,000 walnuts, planted b himself, the
seeds having been brought by Mrs. Willlams from Medicine Lodge, seventy-five miles dis-
tant. While in Missouri, from 1875, until his departure for Kansas, Mr. Wilhams dealt
extensively in stock raising, but since his residence here has directed his attention princi-
pally to agricultural pursuits. When he first located here, there were but two other
families in the township, and they have since remoyed to other States, thus leaving Mr.
Williams and family the oldest settlers in the township. In 1877, le drew up 2 petition for
the organization of the Grand River Township, it then being included in the township of
Garden Plain, and securing the requisite number of signatures, upon its being laid before
the Board of County Commissioners, at Wichita, Grand River Township was forthwith
organized and Mr. W. was appointed to the office of Treasurer in the first year of its exist-
ence, but has since declined to assuime the cares of public office, although he has always
pe one of the officers of the election in his district. Mr. Williams isa member of the A.,

HIRAM WITTEN, merchant, Marshall, is a native of Tazewell County, Va., wherefhe
was born in 1836, and is a son of Hiram and Jane Witten, who, also were natives of that
State. His boyhood days, until the age of fifteen years, were spent upona farm, when he
entered the employ of Mr. J. B. Hundley, of Gentry County, Mo.,to which State he, with
his mother and the other surviving members of the family had removed in 1845; Mr. W.
remained behind the counter but a year, when he proceeded to learn the trade of a cabinet-
maker, at which he continued to work until twenty-two years of age, when he was mar-
ried to Miss Hannah Hunt (daughter of Mr. Jabez Hunt, of Gentry County,) May 6, 1858,
who has borne him seven children, but six of whom now survive—Louisa Imogine, who was
born October, 9, 1860; Ella Eudora, October 18, 1862; Marinda Jane, May 5. 1864; Lizzie
W., July 5, 1866; Anna L., January 1, 1871, and Gracie G., October 16, 1878. Shortly after
his marriage, Mr. Witten located upon a farm in Gentry County, Mo., where he resided
until 1869, when he engaged in business as general merchant, in Union Grove, in the above
named county. During the War of the Rebellion, Mr, W. was a member of the State
Militia of Missouri, and was often out upon active service. In 1877, he disposed of his
business interests, real estate and other property, and retaining only his stock in trade and
household goods, removed to Gentryville, same State, where he continued in business until
his removal to this State, in September, 1878. His first location being two miles west of the
present town of Marshall, and upon the Medicine Lodge road, in which he continued until
the spring of 1880, when finding the tide of settlement bearing towards the east, he remov-
ed his store and residence to their present location, upon Bridge street, Marshall, and has
since continued in business there. His well assorted stock of general merchandise is valued
at upwards of $5,000, whilst store and residence, valued at $1,000, are with contents, in-
sured for about onethird. His wasthe first dry goods store opened in the town, June 20.
1878. In addition to his business interests, he owns six building lots in Marshall, a farm
of sixty acres, in Section 32, this township, thirty-five acres being under cultivation, and
also contains 200 peach trees. Since his residence in this township, he has veen Clerk
of the School Board of his district, and is a member of the order of A., F. & A. M.

JOHN D. WOLF, Justice of the Peace, was born in 1855; his parents were natives of
Union County, Pa., where he was educated, and afterward learned the trade of blacksmith.
Iw 1878, he went to Kansas, and in 1882, returned and brought his pareuts, brothers and
sisters. His father, Mr. Samuel Wolf, located in Morton Township, where he engaged in
farming. Mr. J. D. had built a shop in Marshall, Kan. In the fall of 1882, he disposed of
his shop, tools, etc., and entered the empioy of L. F. gongs, merchant, as clerk. In 1879,
Mr. Wolf married Miss Ellie Brown, daughter, of Mr. William Brown, of this township.
They have two children—Samuel William, born in 1880, and Frederick Cecil, born in 1882.
Mr, Wolf has held the office of Constable of the township, and has been Clerk of the Scbool
Board of his district. He owns a farm of eighty acresin Morton Township, and five lots
and two houses in Marshall. He is amember of the German Reformed Church, and in Feb-
ruary, 1883, was elected Justice of the Peace.

CLEARWATER.

This pretty little village was platted in 1872. It is quite off the line of
railway communication, and has not grown very much, It is in Ninnescah
Township, on the banks of the Ninnescah River, one of the most beautiful
streams in Southern Kansas. Clearwater has a postoffice, two general stores,
and a blacksmith shop. It has a good class of settlers in and surrounding the

village.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—NINNESCAH TOWNSHIP.

ALFRED N. BLACKMAN, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Kentucky
in 1842; isason of L. V. and Sophia Allen Blackman. Was married in 1881, to Mrs. Alice
#. Hammers, daughter of Harvey and Laura Carrington. Came to Kansas in 1877, and
located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 320 acres of land and is engaged in farm-
ing and stock raising. Was inthe War of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1862, in the Seventy-
seventh Regiment Ilinois-Volunteers, Company C. He participated in the siege of Vicks-
barg, Jackson, Miss., and was on the Red River expedition, Sabine Cross Roads, Mobile,
Spanish Fort, Blakely and other engagements, seventeen in all. Was wounded at Vicks-
burg. He was injured in a transfer boat going from New Orleans to the mouth of Mobile
Bay, by falling t: hrough ahatchway, and was disabled from this injury for four months.
Was mustered out in July, 1865. P eigen :

J. M. BOYD, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Beverly, was born in North Carolina, in 1836; is
ason of Thomas and Margaret (Smith) Boyd. Was married in 1882, to Miss Christiana
Beaton, daughter of Peter and Mary Beaton. Came to Kansas in 1872, and located on the
farm where he now lives. Owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in ranming- Was elected
Constable in 1874. Was Postmaster at Little River, N,C. He moved from North Carolina
to Missouri: came from Missouri to Kansas. Is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

=zE UNCE, farmer and blacksmith, P. O. Clearwater was born in Scotland in 1833;
is a son of Richard and Annis (Low) Bunce. Was married in 1856, to Miss Elizabeth
McCaughey. Has four children—Laura, Huldah, Emma and Stanley W. Bunce. His wife
died in 1868. Was married in 1870, to Miss Adaline Little. Has four children—Charles,
Addie, Arthur and Cecil Bunce. Came to Kansas in 1877,and located at Augusta, Butler

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County, and engaged in blacksmithing; remained two years, then moved to Wichita, and
engaged in millwrightinug. In 1882, moved to Clearwater, Ninnescah Township, and en-
gage in blacksmithing and farming. Owns 160 acres of land, He was inthe War of the

ebellion, enlisting in 1861, in the Thirty-ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Company B,
Was in the battle of Parker’s Cross Roads, and was wounded in that engagement, and was
in Jackson Hospital for fifteen months, He was then appointed Regimental Blacksmith;
served in that capacity until 1864, when he was discharged from the service on account of
his wounds He was Deputy Sheriff in Warren County, Lowa, for two years before coming

ansas.

JOSEPH H. BURSON, farmer, Sectious 28 and 29, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Mar-
shall County, JIL, in 1852, son of Edward and Sarah Elliott Burson. Was married, in 1876,
to Miss Ella Moore, daughter of Andrew D and Susan Kaler Moore. Has one child—Arthur
iE. Burson, Came to Kansas in 1876, located on the farm: where he now resides, engaged in
fanining and stock raising. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1880. Is a member of the
Baptist Church and superintendent of the Sunday school, has held that position for four
years. Is a member of the Masonic Fraternity A., F. & A. M.

WORTH CHAMBERS, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Jefferson
County, Ind., in 1848, son of Ahimaazand Jane Patton Chambers; single; came to Kansas,
in November, 1472, located at Leavenworth, in 1873, located on the farm where he now re-_
sides; owns 140 acres of land; engaged in farming; has served as Constable for Ninnescah
Township for three years. Is a member of the School Board and has been Treasurer for
two years, Is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Pawnee Lodge, IIl., No.

JOSEPH T. HAMMERS, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Greene
County, Pa.,‘in 1814, is asonot Joseph and Elizabeth Hanna Hammers. Was married in 1836
to Miss Phoebe T. Evans, daughter of George and Lydia Evans, Has four children—George
E,, Joseph B., Phoebe and Benjamin Hammers. Came to Kansas in 1874, purchased the
farm he now owns and located his family on the farm in 1875, Came from Illinois to Kan-
sas. Owns 1,180 acres of land, in company with his sons; has been a cattle drover and ship-
per for fifty years. At the age of sixty-eight years drove a herd of cattle from Texas,
through the Indian Territory to Kansas. Was Colonel of a regiment of Pennsylvania Mi-
litia for seven years. Isa member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., and a Royal
Arch Mason. Is a member of the Baptist Church; has held the office of deacon of the
church for twenty years. Atthetime of his coming to Kansas there was no Baptist Church
south of the Arkansas River in Sedgwick or Harper counties; uow there is an association
of twenty churches, i

THOMAS K. KIMEL, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Ohio, in 1831,
son of Henry and Ann M. Hurst Kimel. Was married, in 1859, to Miss Rebecca Mounts,
daughter of William and Martha Mounts, Has nine children—William E., Martha G.,
Jonathan M., Harvey O., Thos. K., Mary R, Abbie M., Samuel and Temperance Kimel.
Came to Kansas in 1873, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 480 acres of land;
engaged in farming and stock raising; moved from Ohio to Illinois, in 1840; remained
there until coming to Kansas, , .

W. G. MCGOVNEY, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Ruby, was born in Ohio, in 1847, is a son
of James and Eliza Holmes McGovney. Was married, in 1873, to Miss Rebecca J. Parker,
daughter of John Parker. Has one child—Clara F. McGovney. Came to Kansas in 1872,
located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in farm-
ing and stock raising. Is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. |

LEVI MOLAUGHLIN, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Mercer County,
Penn., in 1821, and isason of Henry and Jane Latta McLaughlin. Was married, in 1856,
to Miss Mary M. Moore, Gaughter of George and Margaret Ewing Moore, natives of Penn-
sylvania, He has eleven children—Florence A., Amelia J.,Thaddeus G., Elizabeth, Margaret
M., Josiah B., Thorwaldson, William, Minnie, Laura and James. He came to Kansas in -
1874 and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land and is engaged
in farming and stock raising. Isamember of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the
Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Wichita Lodge, No. 99. eis Justice of the Peace and
has held that office for three years. He was Justice of the Peace in Illinois, also Constable
and pepaty, Sheriff for Sight years in Illinois.

THOS. J. MACREDIH, farmer, Sections 26, 27 and_23, P. O. Clearwater, was born in
Scotland in 1848, and isa son of Samuel and Janet Jaap Macredie. Was inarried, in 1872, to
Miss Janet Jamieson, daughter of James and Tudhope Jamieson. He has three children—
Samuel T,, James J. and Agnes R. Came to Kansas in August, 1870, and located on the farm
where he now resides. He owns 240 acres of Jand and is engaged in farming and stock rais-
ing. He was one of the organizers of the township, and was elected Trustee at the first
election held in the township in the fall of 1870; has held that office for four terms since
that time and holds the office of Treasurer at this time; has held that office for three years.
He is a member of the School Board and has served in that capacity for nine years. Isa
mem ber of the Presbyterian Church, being deacon and-clerk of the same.

WILLIS P. MANION, farmer, Section 25, P.O. Clearwater, was born in Hart County,
Ky., in 1847, andis ason of Geo. W. and Mary Pratt Manion; single. Hecame to Kansas
in 1879, located on Section 9, remained one year, then located on the farm where he now
resides. He owns eighty acres of land, and is engaged in farming. In July, 1882, he tooka
contract for carrying the mail from Clearwater, Ohio Center, Waco. Haysville to Wichita;
making three trips per week; contract remaining until July, 1886. He was elected Consta-
ble of Ninnescah Township in 1882 and re-elected in 1883. He enlisted in the regular
United States Army in September, 1866, and was aischarged same year for disability. Is
a member of the Baptist Church. He left Kentucky atthe age of seven years for New
Albany, Ind., and remained there fourteen years; he then went to Greene County, Ind., re-
mained there two years, then went to Martin County, Ind.; he remained there eight years,
then moved to Illinois, remained two years and then came to Kansas.

S. R. MOORE, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Clearwater, was born in New Castle, Pa., 1n 1819,
and _is ason of John and Nancy Burk Moore. Was married, in 1845, to Miss Elizabeth
McKinley, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth McKinley. He has four children—Joseph M.,
Fidelia M., John P. Hale and Rose, His wife died in 1855. He was married, in 1856, to
Mrs. Margaret A. McLaughlin Morford, daughter of Henry and Jane Lotta McLaughlin. He
has five children, viz.; Jessie A.,Lizzie B.,Louie, Albert T.and A. Lincoln. He came to Kansas
in 1874 and located on the farm where he now lives. Owns 250 acres of land and is engaged
in farming and stock raising. Wasinthe War of the Rebellion. He enlisted, in 1862, in
the One Hundred and Second Regiment Illinols Volunteers, Company E, and was in the bat-
tles and engagements of his command. Was discharged in January, 1863, for disability. He
was Justice of the Peace in [Illinois for fourteen years, and is a member of the Masonic
Fraternity A., F. & A. M.

J.P. MORRISON, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Pennsylvania in 1841,
and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Parshall Morrison, He was married, in 1867, to Miss
Louisa McLaughlin, daughter of Henry and Louisa McLaughlin. He has three children—
Harry, Ira and Charlie, Came to Kansas in 1872 and located on the farm where he now re-
sides. He owns 160 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Wasin the
War of the Rebellion. He enlisted, in 1862, in the One Hundred and Second Regiment Ihi-
nois Volunteers, Company E, and was in the battle of Resaca, Ga. He was wounded in that
engagement on the 14th day of May, 1864. and was in the hospital until August, 1865. when
he was mustered out with his regiment; was then unable to walk without the aid of crutches.
Is a pensioner and still experiences much trouble with his wound. ’

GEORGE L. MUNN, hardware dealer and farmer, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Me-
dina County, Ohio, in 1854, and is ason of E. D.and Sarah J. Meade Munn. Was married
in 1877, to Miss Vioia F. Churchill, daughter of O.S. and Sarah Van Auken Churchill.
Came to Kansas in 1879, located at Wichita Township on a farm, remained two years and
then movedto Wichiia, and engaged as tinner for G. N. Byers; remained there one anda
half years, then located in Ninnescah Township, where he now resides. Owns a farm of
seventy acres, and a store 20x40 feet, two stories, and keeps a general assortment of
hardware and queensware; the business has increased 100 per cent since its establishment;
is a member of the Baptist Church. z

M PARKER, farmer, Section 31, and clergyman, P. O. Beverly, was born in Ire-
land, in 1826. Isason of Johnand Margaret McBride Parker. Was married in 1858, to
Miss Mary Shuck, daughter of William and Elizabeth Sappeufield Shuck. Has eight chil-
dren—Anna C., Margaret E., John W., Robert L., Elmer E., Ira E., Elmira M., and Charles
L. Parker. Came to Kansas in 1876, Jocated on a farm, where he now resides. Owns 480
acres of land, Is engaged in farming and stock PASE. Commenced the work of the min-
istry in 1858; was ordained as pastor of the Huron Baptist Church, in Lowa, Remained
pastor for seven years, then went to Carlisle to assist in erecting a church building. Was
pastor of the church until the completion of the building. Was appointed missionary for
the American Baptist Publication Society, supported by the Burlington and Keokuk Asso-
ciations, Was engaged in that work for two years, then took the pastorate of two churches
in Woodford County, Il]. Remained five years, then removed to Des Moines County, Iowa,
remained four years, then moved to Kansas. Since coming to Kansas, has been instru-
mental in organizing five Baptist Churches. Is Postmaster of Beverly P.O. Has held the
office for two years. hs

C. C. PHILLIPS, farmer, Section 9, P.O.Clearwater,was born near Rutland, Vt., in 1829;
is ason of Joseph M. and Lydia Davis Phillips. Was married in 1853,to Miss Elizabeth Lut-
ton, daughter of Jacob and Ruth Hazen Lutton. Has had nine children—Relief, J oesph
Odley, William, Bessie, Mary, Charles, George and Every Phillips; came to Kansas in 1869,
located in Riley County; remained one year, then returned to Illinois. In 1874, came from
Illinois to Kansas, and located on the farm. where he now resides; owns 240 acres of land,
and is engaged iu farming and stock raising. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, as Democratic candidate for the Kansas Legislature in 1876. 7

WILLIAM ROSS, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Scotland, in 1830,
Isasonof Andrew and Elizabeth McGregor Ross. Was married in 1855, to Miss Janet
Macredie, daughter of Samuel and Janet Jaap Macredie. Has six children—Andrew, Janet,
Elizabeth J., Agnes B., Sarah M., and Maggie M. Ross. Cameto Kansas in August, 1870,
 

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locating on the farm where he now resides. Owns 320 acres of land, and is engaged in
farming and stock raising, His family was the first settled in what is now Ninnescah Town-
ship, was one of the organizers of the town. Has been Justice of the Peace for four yearse
Was elected Representative of the Ninety-third District to the Kansas Legislature in 1876.
Represented his District in the Legislature in 1877 and 1878. Is Justice of the Peace at the
present time (third time) for two years more.
. H. STAFFORD, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Fountain County,
Ind., in 1842; isason of James and Fanny Savage Stafford, Was married in 1882, to Miss
Emma A. Boyd, daughter of Thomas and Martha Smith Boyd. Came to Kansas in 1870,
located on the farm where he now lives. Owns 490 acres of land, and is engaged in farming.
‘Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1862, in the Seventy-second Regiment Indiana
Volunteers, Company H. Was inthe engagements of his command; was discharged in
February, 1863, for disability; re-enlisted in August, 1863, inthe One Hundred and Six~-
teenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Company’ C; enlisted for six months’ service; his Regi-
ment was in pursuit of Gen. Morgan. After elght months service, was mustered out in
March, 1864. 1s amember of the Masonic Fraternity, A.,F. & A.M. Moved from Indiana
fo Gila, Hinois; and remained two years, engaged in shipping grain. Came from Illinois
Cc. SUMMERS, farmer, Sections 34 and 27, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Virginia, in
1819. Isason of Samuel and Anna Hall Summers. Was married in 1847 to Miss Agnes J.
Tinsley, by whom he had five children—James F., Nancie E., Sallie, Elisha B. and Lucy J.
who died in 1880, agedtwenty-nine. His wife died in 1861. He wasagain married in 1861
. to Miss Mary J. Bacon, daughter of Samuel and Mary E. Edoys Bacon. They have one
child, Ida M. Summers. Came to Kansas in 1868, locating at Atchison. Remained for two
years, engaged in railroading, In 1870 located on the farm where he now resides. Owns
160 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Came from Virginia to
Kansas in 1868; was Justice of the Peace six years in Virginia. “Was one of the organizers
of Ninnescah Township. Was elected Trustee in the spring of 1873 Made the first assess-
ment after the organization of the town. Isa member of the Baptist Church and trustee of
thesame. Is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Wichita Lodge, No. 99.
JA S M, TRACY, farmer and merchant, Section 26, P. 6. Clearwater, was born in
Sacket’s Harbor, N. Y., in 1846. Is a sonof James H. and Elmina(Wheat) Tracy. Was
married in 1875 to Miss Laura E. Davis, daughter of John and Margaret (Adams) Davis.
Has two children—Clifton H, and John Tracy. Came to Kansas in 1871; located on the farm
where he now resides. Engaged in farming one year, and tnen engaged as salesman for A.
G. Dunscomb, who located a store on the Chisholm cattle trail, at the crossing of the Nin-
nescah. Remained until 1874, when Mr. Dunscomb moved his store to West Wichita;
After one year he moved to Wichita, continuing as salesman until 1878, when he returne
to his farm in Ninnescah, and commenced improvements and engaged In farming and cattle
aising, and also commenced merchandising. In 1882 formed a partnership with G. N.
yers, firm name Tracy & Byers. Owns 320 acres of land and also carries-on a general mer-
pan dieing business. Business increased from $6,000 the first year, to $60,000 in 1882. En-
sted in 1867 in the New York Militia. Was Regimental Quartermaster. Served in that
capacity until he came West. Was appointed Postmaster at Clearwater in 1878. Has held
the office since that time.
GEORGE N. BYERS was born in Hagerstown, Md., in 1851; isason of John and Ann
M. (weys) Byers, Was married in 1873 to Miss S. M. Gorin, daughter of Gladdin and Mary
C. (Webber) Gorin. Has two children—Gladdin G. and Mary W. Byers. Came to Kansas in
1878. Located at Wichita, Engaged in the hardware business, located_at_ No. 95 Douglas
avenue.- Continued the business until 1882, when he sold to George G. Matthews, In the
same year located in Ninnescah Township and formed a partnership with James M. Tracy,
firm of rracy & Byers; engaged in farming and merchandising. Is a member of the War-
- wick Lodge, No, 44, of P., and of the Wichita Lodge of the Knights of Honor.
ALBERT H. WOOD, harnessmaker, P. O. Clearwater, was bornin Ohio, in 1848; son
of Thomas and Evaline (Hardy) Wood. Was married in 1881 to Miss Margaret I. Pigg,
daughter of Joshua C. and Eliza (McAdams) Figg. Came to Kansas in 1881; located at
Wichita. Engaged in harness making. Remained fifteen months, then moved to Clear-
water, Ninnescah Township, where he is now engaged in the harness business,
1878 in the Illinois State Militia, Hilliard Rifles, C
Illinois to Kansas,
HARLES W. WOOD, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Highland
County, Ohio, in 1840; is a sonof Thomas and Evaline (Hardy) Wood. Was married in
1871 to Miss Virginia A. Armstrong, daughter of Wesley and Martha (Sawrey) Armstrong.
Has four children—Ralph E. Pear], Effie aud Carl Wood. Came to Kansas in 1873. Located
on the farm where he now resides. Owns 158 acres of land; engaged in farming. Was in
the War of the Rebellion. Enlistedin 1861 in the Twenty-second Regiment Illinois Volun-
teers, Company D. Was inthe battles of Belmont, Mo., Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga,
Kennesaw Mountain. Was with Gen. Sherman’s command in his march to Atlanta, and at
the taking of Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, and other engagements of hiscommand. In No-
vember, 1862, was discharged by reason of re-enlisling in the regular army in the Fourth
Cavalry, Company K. Was woundedin thecharge at Middleton, Tenn.; was in hospital
one month, as mustered out in November, 1865. Has been Trustee of Ninnescah Town-
ship for three years, and Town Clerk. Has been member of the School Board for nine
ears, Is Justice of the Peace; has held that office for three years. Is a member of the
Tresbyterian, Church, and elder of the church. Is member of the Garfield Post, No. 25, G.

s JAMESBURGH. ;

This little settlement, a little over two miles northwest ot Wichita, was
once a village of some promise, but is regarded as a place of little importance
now. It was laid out in the winter of 1872 and’73. It was named after James
Morgan, the proprietor, whose heirs still own the land. It once had a store,

-shop, and vostoffice, but they have all been removed.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—DELANO TOWNSHIP.

S. W. BAILEY, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Wichita, was born in Lorain County, Ohio, in
1843, and is a son of Hiram and Zephra Bennett Bailey. Was married in 1867, to Miss Car-
oline Brinley, daughter of J. B. and Aurelia Gilborson Brinley. Has five children—Flora,
George, Isaac E., Ella, and Willie. Buried one child. Came to Kansas in 1871, located on
the farm where he now lives. Owns 320 acres of land, and engaged iu farming and stock
raising. Wasin the War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1862, in One Hundred and Eleventh

- Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company H. Was in the battles of Knoxville, Buzzards Roost,
' “Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Pulaski, Duck River, Franklin, Nashville, Fort Fisher
Fort Anderson, Wilmington, and in other engagements of his command—twenty-two In all
Was mustered outin 1865. Is a member of the Old Settlers’ Association of Selgwick Coun-

ty. Is amember of the School Board; has served four years. :

J. NLEY, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Wichita, was born in Exeter, Eng., in 18382;
isa son of Joseph and Caroline Brinley. Was married in 1851, to Miss Amelia Gilborson,
daughter of James and Caroline Gilborson, Has three children—Caroline, married to Mr.

Bailey; Maria, married to Mr, Williams; and George Brinley, Came to Kansas in 1871,
“located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 600 acres of land, and {s engaged in
farming and stock raising. Is amember of the Masonic TIraternity, A., Ff. & A. M., and of
the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County. Came to the United States in 1862, lo-
cated in Jersey City, N. J.,and remained two years, then moved to South Bend, Ind., and
remained there elgnt pat and then moved to Michigan, and from Michigan to Kansas.
Cc. B. CAMPBELL, farmer, Section 29, P.O. chita, was born !n Pennsylvania In
1846; is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Fair Campbell. Was married in 1871, to Miss Mar-
aret Ellis, daughter of John andMary Ellis. Hastwo children—Manud and Gaila Camp-
fen: Came to Kansas from Illinois in 1875, located on the farm on which he now resides,
Owns 320 acres of land, engaged in farming and stock raising. Was in the War of the Re-
bellion, enlisted in 1863, in the Second Illinois Light Artillery, Company A. Was in the en-
gagements of Mobile, the bombardment of Fort Morgan, and other engagements of his
command, Was mustered out at the close of the war, in 1865. Has been a member of the
School Board for three years. A. ¥. Campbell, brother of C. B. Campbell, was killed in the
Lawrence massacre, near Lawrence, with ten others,
RED 8S. DENNIS, farmer, Section 23, P, O. Wichita, was born in Orange County, N.
58, and is a son of Byram and Gertrude Smith Dennis. Single. Came to Kansas
arents in 1871, located on the farm where he nowresides. Owns 160 acres of
land, and is engaged in general farming. Isa member of the Presbyterlan Church and of
the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County. Is a member of the Arkansas Valley
Agricultural Association of ecg wick County. Byram Dennis, father of Fred S. Dennis,
was born in Ancram, N. Y., in 1821; is a son of Jacob and Nellie Dennis. Was married in
1845, to Miss Gertrude Smith, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Smith. Had two children—
Fred §. and Henrietta Dennis. Came to Kansas in 1871, located on the farm his son now
owns. Was one of the organizers of Delano Township; was elected Township Trustee in
1880; was a member of the School Board; helped to organize the district, and built the first
-,school house. Diedin July, 0. Mrs, Dennis isa member of the Presbyterian Church.

A. E, DODGE, farmer, Section 19, P. O, Wichita, was born in WIll County, Ill., in 1846;
son of Enoch and Susan Adams Dodge. Was married, in 1871, to Miss Harriet E. Gaines,
daughter of Samuel W. and Elmira Lung Gaines; hadfone child, Elmira Dodge. Came to
Kansas in 1870; located on the farm where he now resides; owns 200 acres of land, one
mile from the clty of Wichita; engaged in farming and stock raising: has a fine herd of
cattle. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1871 at the Wichita election before the organ-

jzation of Delano Township, Was the first Justice west of the Arkansas River. Was Trus-

 

 

 

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tee of Delano in 1878; held the office for two terms. Is a mémber of the School Board:

has served for seven years. Is a member of the Arkansas Valley Association, and of the

Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County. Was the third settler in Delano Townshlip,
ENOC

H DODGE, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Wichita, was born in Will County, 1 in -

« son of Enoch and Susan Adams Dodge. Was married, in 187%, to Miss Lizzie ughes,
coaches of Young 8. and Ann Jones Hughes; has two children—Arthur and Lee Dodge,
Came to Kansas in 1870, and located on the farm where he now resides; owns 136 acres of
land; engaged in farming and stock raising, one mile from the city of Wichita. Was in the
War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1862 in the One Hundredth Regiment Illinois Volunteers
Company G. Wasin the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge,
Franklin, Nashville, and in the battles of the Atlantic Campaign, and other engagements of,
his command. Was never absent from his command during his three years’ service. Was
mustered out in 1865. Has been Treasurer of Delano Township. Settled in the township
with his brother, A, E. Dodge, there being only three settlers before him.

ALEX, FARDY, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Wichita, was born in Waukesha County,
Wis., in 1846; is a son of Michael and Ann Lyons Fardy; single; came to Kansas in 1866;
located at Leavenworth; engaged in carriage making remained five years, then located at
Wichita; engaged In bridge building. Located on the farm where he now resides in 1872;
owns 160 acres of land; eigaged in farming and stock Tatsing. ‘ :

JOHN FARMER, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Wichita, was born in Canada West in 1849;
son of Richard and Ann Ham Farmer; was married, in 1874, to Miss Jessie A. Chapman,
daughter of Jesse B, and Elizabeth J. West Chapman. Has four children—Harry J., Ella B.,
George A. and Pearl Farmer. Came to Kansas in 1870; located in Delano Township, near
the Arkansas River; in‘1872, located on the farm where he now resides; owns 110 acres of
land; engaged in farming and stock raising. Isa member of the Old Settlers’ Association
of Sedgwick County; was in the township one year before its Organization, and was one of
its organizers. His house was the fourth one builtin the township,

. B, JOHNSON, farmer, Sections 7 and 18, P. O. Wichita, was born in Highland County,
Ohio, in 1827; son of Samuel and Margaret McFarland Johnson; was married, in 1852, to
Miss Susannah Johnson: has two children—Mary E. and Joanna L. Johnson. His wife died
in 1868; he was married, in 1871, to Mrs. Rachel Tate Jay, daughter of James and Eliza-
beth Tate; have three children—Dora D. Jay, Cora B, and Maggie V. Johnson. Came to
Kansas in 1872; located on the farm where he now resides; owns 460 acres of land, and is
engaged in farming and stock raising. Hasa peach orchard of 2,000 trees; the fourth year
from the seed he had 300 bushels of peaches; has a walnut grove raised from the seed

lanted in 1873; trees now from two to four inches in diameter. Was elected Justice of the
Peace in 1875; held the office four ears. Has been a member of the School Board; served
three terms. Is a member of the onpreparionat Church, .

J. W. KEITH. farmer, Section 20, P. O. Wichita, was born in Greene County, N. Y,
in 1826, son of Luke and Hannah Wolcott Keith, was married in 1851 to Miss Harriet
Blaklee, daughter of Asahel W. and Elizabeth Carey Blaklee, has five children, Edith, Ellis
‘A, Harvy J., Libbie and Grant Keith. Came to Kansas in 1874, located on the farm where
he now resides, owns 160 acres of land, engaged in farming and, stock raising, Wasin the
War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1864 in the Thirteenth Regiment Michigan Volunteers;
Company A., was in the battle of Savannah, Averysboro, Bentonville, the Georgia Cam-
paign and other engagements of his command. as mustered out in June, 1865, was
elected Justice of the Peace in 1878, held the office for two years, Isa member of the
School Board, has served eight years. 3

G. E. KIRKPATRICK, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Wichita, was born in Brown
County, O., in 1834; is a son of Alexander and Lavina Evans Kirkpatrick; was married in’
1857 to Miss Carolina M. Henry, daughter of Samuel and Phebe Moore; Henry has seven
children, -Effie, Julia, Phoebe, Henry, Willie, Charles and Percy Kirkpatrick. Came to
Kansas in 1871, located on the farm where he now resides; owns 154} acres of land, en-
gaged in farming and stock raising. Wasin the War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1861in
the "Ewenty_ningh Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company C., had been in the service six
weeks when he was taken with typhoid fever, was confined one year; re-enlisted in 1864
in the One Hundred and Sixty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, Company K., was
mustered out in the fall of 1864 at the close of his term of enlistment. Isa member of the
Presbyterian Church, has been member of the School Board for four years, is a member of
the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick. His wife died in February, 1883._ é

WILLIAM H. KING, farmer, Section 30, P. O. , was born in Washington

 

a Wichita,
County, N. Y., in 1816, is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth McClellan King. Was married in‘
1843 to Miss Sophia Mills, daughter of Timothy and Hannah Burr Mills. Has six children,
George T., Frances A,, Emma J., Willis A., Chester E, and Leslie E. Came to Kansas in
1871 and located on the farm where now resides. Is amember of the Old Settlers’ Asso-
ciation of Sedgwick County. Built the first bridge across the Cow Skin Creek. Mrs. King has
been a member of the School Board, served three years, was Treasurer of the district at the
time of building the firstschoolhousée. She came to Kansas and located their claim and
with the assistance of her son, a lad of ten seers made the necessary improvements and
held the claim until her husband came in the fall of the same year, Chester E. King was
porn in Michigan in 1854; is ason of W. H. and Sophia King; was married in_1882 to Miss
Joanna F, L, Johnson, daughter of A. B, and Susannah Johnson; has one child, Clarence A.
King. Came to Kansas with his parents in 1871; was educated for a teacher at Galesburg,
Michigan, commenced teaching in 1874 and followed it until 1881. Heis now engaged
farming, owns 154 acres; is a member of the Second Regiment Kansas Militia. A member
of the Presbyterian Church and elder of the same, and a member of the Old Settlers’ Asso-
ciation of Sedgwick Co. Was Clerk and Lecturer of the Grange of Delano Township in
1877. Is atemperance man, was treasurer of the temperance society of Delano Township;
avas candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction for Sedgwick County. Leslie, son of
William H, and Sophia King, was born in Michigan in 1861; was married in 1880 to Miss
Ruth A, Stout daughter of William D. and Zerelda Stout. Came to Kansas with his par-
ents in 1871. Owns 160 acres of land in Kingman County. Is a member of the Second Regi-
ment Kansas Militia, anu of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County.

JOHN KRUCKENBERG, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Wichi
1846. Son of Henry and Catherine Kruckenberg. Was married in 1880, to Miss Augusta
Schlei. Has one child—Arthur. Mr. Kruckenberg came to Kansas in 1870, from Missouri.
In 1871, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land; engaged in
farming and stock raising. Is a member of the Lutheran Church. ,Came from Germany to
the United States, in 1865.

HENRY W. LAWRENCE, Section 29, P. O. Wichita, was born in Litchfield County,
Conn., in 1819; sonof Putnam and Ruth (Williams) Lawrence. He married, in 1845, Miss
Abigail Doolittle, daughter of Henry and Mary (Richards) Doolittle. They have five chil-
dren—James B., Robert E., Charles, Reuben and Mary, He came to Kansas in 1872, and
located on the farm where he now resides, He has been Justice of the Peace six years in
Delano Township. Heisamember of the Presbyterian Church, and elder ten years.

ROBERT E, LAWRENCE, proprietor Maplewood Farm and breeder of Holstein and
Polled Angus cattle, Section 30. P.O. Wichita, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., in
1847; son of Henry W. and Abigail (Doolittle) awrence. He married, in 1873, Miss Laura
L. Smith, daughter of Frederick and Aurilia Smith, natives of Massachusetts. He came to
Kansas In 1870, and located on the farm where he now resides. He owns 580 acres of land,
and is engaged in farming and stock ratsing, He is Trustee of Delano Township, and has
been Clerk and Treasurer. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been elder
in the church for thirteen years. He isa member of the Arkansas Valley Agricultural So-
clety. eng has been director for two years. Is also a member of the Old Settlers’ Asso-
elation,

N. MOCORMICK, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Wichita, was born in Indiana in 1839. Isa
son of John and Sarah Bush) McCormick. Was married, in 1859, to Miss Rachael N. Way,
daughter of Henry and Lucinda (Hines) Mey Has four children—Wilber, Lillian, Gertrude
and Herbert McCormick. Came to Kansas in 1871, located on a farm in Waco, remained
five years. In 1876, located on the farm where he now resides.

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Owns 320 acres of land,
and Is engaged in farming and dairying; milks thirty-five cows. Was a member of the
School Board, and Clerk of School District in Waco Township.

JOHN McCORMICK, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Wichita, was born in Henr:
Towa, in 1842, son of John and Sarah (Bush) McCormick. Was married in 186
Mary Elder, daughter of Perry and Eliza Elder, Has five children—Elfie E., Lula P., Nel-
lie, Myrtie M. and Arthur E, Came to Kansas in 1869, located in the spring of 1870, on the
farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land. Was in the War of the Rebellion;
enlisted in 1861, futhe First Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company E; was in the battle of
Prairie Grove and other engagements of his command... At the close of his three years’ en-
listment, re-enlisted in the same Teglment and company; was mustered out in 1866, at Dav-
enport, Iowa. Is a member of the Old Settlers’ Association.

. W. RICHMOND, farmer, Section 2, P. O, Wichita, was born in Switzerland County,
Ind., in 1825. Son of George and Catharine Richmond. He was married, in 1850, to Miss
Amelia J. Leatherbury, daughter of Charles and Ann Leatherbury. They have four chil-
dren—Irving, Gustavus, Corydon and Grant. .Mr. Richmond was educated in Oberlin Col-
lege; graduated in the class of 1859. In 1866, in connection with D. R. Hughs and George
I. Yaver, bigenized the Western Phenix Fire Insurance Company, at Chicago; D, R.
Hughs, president, 8. W. Richmond, vice-president. George I. Yager, Secretary. H
to Kansas in 1870, and located on a farm in Section 31 Betano ‘ownship, where he re-
mained ntl 1806, when be sold ue orm. and moved to Waco Township. Owns 159 acres.

us be eace in Delano is t nalis
organization of Wichita, or years. Is @ member of the Spir!

. W. TALLMAN, farmer, Section 30, P. 0. Wichita, was born in Pennsylvania, in
1844. Son of Charles and Isabelle Brown Tallman. He was married, in 1875 to Miss
Nellie A. Swarts, daughter of David and Mary C. Swarts. They have three children—Flora
B., Annie L, and Samuel P. He came to Kansas in 1868, and located at Leavenworth
County, and remained five years, engaged in farming and gardening, In 1878 he located in
Delano Township, Sedgwick County. He owns 160 acres of land in Ninnescah Township,

County,
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SEDGWICK COUNTY.

Section1%. In the spring of 1879 he located on his.farm in Ninnescah a
mained until 1881, when he removed to Delano Township, where he ony monies ee
in the War of the Rebellion, and enlisted in August, 1864, in the Forty-eighth Regimént
Missouri Volunteers, Company E. He was mustered out in 1865, at the close of the war.
teense Ae ete Townshl find member of the School Board of Ninnescah
: he Methodist Episcopa : 6 $ i
Leavenworth County, Ikan. phe Met p pal Church. Mrs. Tallman was born in
‘S, farmer, Section 13, P.O. Wichita. Wasborn in Li
N. Y., in 1852. Son of Perry and Mary Dibble Wilkins. Was eraetede tae fo Mies
Mary Benton, daughter of George W. and Susan Simpson Benton, Has one child, Fred B.
Wilkins, Came to Kansas with his parents, in 1870. Located on the farm where he now
reside’. Owns 120 acres of land, about two and a half miles from Wichita. Engaged in
farming and stock raising. Is a member of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sede wick County.
Was elected Trustee of Delano Township, in 1874; held the office for 1874-75. In 1879
made the assessment of the Township as Deputy Trustee. In 1880 was appointed Trustee
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Dennis, who was elected to that office, Was
one of the Directors of the Delano Township Aid Society during 1874, for the purpose of
aiding the sufferers from the ravages of the grasshoppers; was Secretary of the society.
Perry ahd Mary Wilkins, parents of thesubject of the above sketch, were natives of New
York. Came to Kansas, in 1870, with their two children, John and Frank H. Wilkins. Lo-
cated on a claim two miles from the city of Wichita, and immediately commenced improve-
ments and laying the foundation for their future home. Being destitute of means, save
energy and determination, Mr, Wilkins, and his two boys, spent the three first summers in
freighting and at work on the A. T.&S. F.R. R., which at that time was built as far as
Topeka, and was being built West. In the winter seasons of these years were engaged in
hunting buffalo. Succeeded in killing about 1,000; the hides averaging about $2.50 each,
and the meat three cents per pound fresh, and eleven cents dried, By this means were en-
abled to open and improve their farm, and with their characteristic energy have secured
one of the most valuable and pleasant homes in the townshi ; with a fine house, sur-
_ rounded by large forest trees, which are of their own planting, whieh are now from eigh-
teen to twenty inches in diameter, they are now reaping the reward of their industry.

MOUNT HOPE,

The growing village of Mount Hope is situated in Greeley Township in
the northwestern corner of the county. It has two stores of general merchan-
dise, one agricultural implement store, and one blacksmith shop—Thomas H.
Candall and S. C. Thomas, proprietors,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—GREELEY TOWNSHIP.

F, M. ANDERSON, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Mount Hope, was born in Illinois in 1841,
son of John and Anna Breckinridge Anderson, Was married in 1862 to Miss Lenora Moore,
daughter of Jolin and Margaret Moore. Has »1x children—Rosalia A., Mary A., Geneva E.,
Julian, Eleanor J.,and Ora A. Cameto Kansas in 1871, located on the farm on which he
now resides; owns 160 acres of land; engaged in‘ farming and stock raising; was in the
War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1861 in the Thirty-ninth Illinois, Company C.. Was in the
battle of Winchester and other engagements of his command; was discharged in 1862 for
disability. Is a member and steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Garfield
Post, No. 25,G.A.R. Was elected Constable in 1874; has served on the School Board for
seven years. 2

L. W. BAIRD, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Mount Hope, was born in Brown County, Ohio
in 1840. Isason of James and Martha Bower Baird. as married, in 1868, to Miss Mar-
garet Kirkpatrick, daughter of Finney and Nancy Bratton Kirkpatrick. Has five children
—arthur L., Robert K., Frederick C., Martha R. and James M. Baird. Came to Kansas in
1871, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 240 acres of land, and is engaged in
forming and stock raising. Was inthe War of the Rebellion; enlisted, 1n 1861, in the Sev-
entieth Regimeut, Ohio Volunteers, Company A. Wasinthe battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg,
Mission Ridge, Resaca, Atianta, Fort McAllister and other engagements of his commant’
Was wounded at Shiloh, and was laid up from April until September. Was mustered out in
1865. Veteraned in January, 1864. Is a member of the Congregational Church and Trustee
of the same, and a member of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County. Was
elected Treasurer in 1869, re-elected in 1881. Has served on the School Board ten years.

JOHN S. BECKWITH, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Fayette, was born in Canada in 1840. Is
ason of Arunah and Sarah E. Beckwith, whose maiden name wasS. E. Sills. Mr. Beckwith
was married to Mrs. Sue E, Flower, daughter of Frank and Maria (Webster) Dale, who has
one daughter by her first marriage—Florence M. Flower. Mr. Beckwith came to Kansas in
1871, locating on the farm where he now resides. He owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged
in farming and stock raising. Wasinthe War of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1861 in_the
Eighth Illinois Gavalry, Company K. Was in the battles of Antietam, Second Bull Run,
Wiiderness, and other engagements. Was one of the first settlers in Greeley Township.

JOHN ¢. BROWN, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Mount Hope, was born in Ohio, in 1840,
son of G. W. and Eleanor Bayne Brown. Was married in 1882, to Miss Rosa Kuikweid;
came to Kansas in 1870, located on the farm on which he now resides in 1871; owns 160
acres of land, engaged in farming; was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1862, in the
Seventh Ohio Cavalry, Company Bi wasinthe engagements of Knoxville, Atlanta, Nash-
ville and otner enzai ements of his command; was mustered out in 1865.

WILLIAM C. OWN, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Mount Hope, was born in Ohio, in
1844; is a son of G. W. and Eleanor Bayne Brown; was married in’ 1867, to Miss Melissa
Kirkpatrick, daughter of Finny and Nancy Bratton Kirkpatrick; has three children, Mabel
C., Lola E. and George F. He came to Kansas in 1871, located on the farm where he now
resides; owns 160 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising; has a very fine
farm under a high state of cultivation and good outbuildings; has-taken much pains in set-
ting out trees and shrubbery; has avery fine cedar hedge avout his yard, giving it a beau-
tiful and attractive appearance. His farm is known as Cedar Farm. asin the War of the
Rebellion; enlisted in 1864, in the One Hundred and Sixty-second Regiment Ohio Volun-
teers, Company K; was mustered outin 1864, re-enlisted in January, 1865, in One Hundred
and Ninety-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company G; was mustered out in August,
1865; isamember of the Christian Church and is a deacon; is a Director of the School

oard,
WILLIAM J. COLLIER, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Mount Hope, was born in Chautauqua
County, N. Y., in 1841; is ason of George and Susan Haskell Collier. He was married in
1863, to Miss Mary A. Austin, who died, and he was again married in 1875, to Lucretia L.
Pierce, daughter of John L. and Sarah A. Lansing Pierce. They have three children, G. N.,
F, H. and Elizabeth Collier. Came to Kansas in 1866 and Jocated in Emporia, remained
five years, then moved to Sedgwick County and located on the farm where he now resides;
owns 160 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising. He was among the
first settlers of the township, and was its second Trustee, and was again appointed to the
same Office in 1882; isa member of the School Board and has served for six years; isa
member of the Congregational Church and deacon and clerk. The Congreeational Church
was the first one organized inthe township. Rev. Samuel Dilley preached the first sermon
in 1874. The first Sanday school was organized the same year. uch hardship was expe-
rienced by the subject of this sketch in the early settlement of the township, living fora
time principally upon buffalo meat; had to go forty miles to mill and pay fifteen cents tor
grinding. fa the fall of 1874 had to pay $1 per bushel for seed wheat and pay 100 per cent.
interest for money to make the purchase. ,

ILLIAM A. DAILY, farmer, Section 20, and real estate dealer, P.O. Mount Hope,
was born in Indiana, in 1846, is ason of Samuei G. and Julia Morgan Daily. Was married
in 1865, to Miss Maria E, Craig; has five children, Sidney, Oliver W., Jesse, Alva and Carrie
M.; has buried two children. Game to Kansas in 187i, located on the farm on which he
now resides: owns 720 acres of land, rents the cultivated land; is engaged in the real estate
business at Mount Hope and Burrton, Harvey County, in partnership with J. E. Howard; is
local agent for the A. T.&8.F. R. R.; is Notary Public and Justice of the Peace; was

elected in 1872 and has held that office from that time; was one of the early settlers of ,

Greeley Township; is a member of the Christian Church; was in the War of the Rebellion;
enlisted in 1862, in the Seventy-seventh Missouri Militia, served for eleven months, From
the Seventy-seventh Regiment ten men from each company were detailed for special ser-
vice, known as the 107, as they were organized by General Order No. 107. Served four
months, then enlisted in the Forty-third Missouri, Company B; was in the engagements of
his command; was mustered out in 1865. : 5
A.M. DURAND, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Mount: Hope, was born in Belmont County,
Ohio in 1823, is ason of Merit K. and Julia A. Mix Durand, was married in 1847 to Miss
Harriet C. Elliott, she died in 1856; was married in 1857 to Miss Amanda M. Moreland
daughter of Moses and Mary M. Jordan, has three children—Ornah L., Charlie G. and
ageie E. His wife diedin May 1874; came to Kansas in 1871; ]ocated on the farm where
he now resides engaged in farming and stock raising; is_amember of the Masonic Frater-
nity A..F. & A. Mand a Royal Arch; was inthe rebellion, enlisted in 1861 in the Fiftieth
Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Company A, enlisted as a private, was mustered as Hospital
Steward, promoted to Assistant Surgeon, served in that capacity until the close of the war,
was mustered out in 1865. Resumed the practice of medicine after the close of the war
and continued until 1871, when he came to Hansa; continued his practice in this State for
hen devoted his time to farming.
cen years eT DWIGHT, M.D., physician and farmer, Section 16, P.O. Mount Hope.
was born in Michigan, in 1852. Isasonof Harrison and Harriet (Corydon) Dwight, was
married to Miss Frances A. Graves, daughter of Webster and Betsy arah Graves, has
one child—Lottie B, Dwight, came to Kansas in 1879, located onthe farm where he now

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resides, owns eighty acres of land; was educated at Syracuse, N. Y., graduated from the
Medical College at ‘that city in_1876; commence! the practice of his profession the same
year in Eaton, Madison Co. N. Y., continued his practice until coming to Kansas, Now has
an extensive practice in Greeley and adjoiniug townships,is a descendant of the Dwights of
Yale College, is a member of the Masonic Fraternity A., F. & A. M. ig

GILES HARNDEN, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Mount Hope, was born in Richland Count:
Ohio, in 1830. Isason of Hosea a: d Sarah (Kellog) Harden, was married to Miss Dana
W. McGoogan Brink, daughter of Cornelius and Hannah Dodley Brink; has six children—
George, Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth, Charles and Frederick. Cameto Kansas in 1871, located
near Wichita, remaining two years, in 1873, he located on the farm where he now resides;
owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged tn farming and stock raising; is a member of the
Congregational Church and of the Masonic Fraternity A., F. & A. M.; was Postmaster of
Fayetle. for seven Yeas,

J S W. HINSDALE, farmer, Section 24, P.O. Mount Hope, was bornin Monroe
County, Mich. in 1843, son of Willis and Hannah Dutton Hinsdale; was married in 1867 to
Miss Lucretia Luinbart, Jabez and Eliza Olmsead Lumbart, has four children—Nellie,
George, Mary and Henry; came to Kansas in 1870, located on the farm where he now re-
sides; owns 120 acres of land, engaged in farming; was in the war of the Rebellion, enlisted
in 1861in the Fourth Regiment, Michigan Volunteers, Company A., was in the battle of
first Bull Run, Malvern Hill, second Bull Run,Gaines Hill, Antietam, Fredricksbur, , Chan-
cellorsville,Gettysburg and other engagements of his command;was wounded in thejengage-
ment of Malvern Hill, was in the hospital six weeks, was wounded at old Grover Church,
was laid up three weeks: at Mine received three gun shot wounds, was wounded the 25th of
March, was unable to leave his bed until tbe 17th day of July; was mustered out in 1865.

W.O. farmer, Section 14, P.O. Mount Hope, was born in Ohio, in 1846. Son
of John and Margaret Hampshire Huss. Was married in 1867, to Miss Flora Irwin, daugh-
ter of John and Amanda Calkins Irwin. Has two children, Aldo M. andIvy O. Came to
Kansas in 1871, and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land on
the bank of the Arkansas River. Engaged in farming and stock raising. Wasinthe War
of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1864 in the Twenty-second Regiment Iowa Volunteers,
Company G. Was inthe Berryville, Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creek, and other en-

agements of hiscommand. Was mustered out in 1865. Was the third settler of the

ownship. Ivy O. Huss, daughter of the subject of this sketch, was the first child born in
Greeley Township. Mr. Huss brought the first native cows into Greeley, from Iowa, there
being none but Texas cattle in the country in those days.

JAMES D. McATEE, physician and surgeon, P..O, Mount Hope, was born in Logan
County, Ky.,in 1844. Sonof Charie W. and Mary E. Breshere McAtee, Was married to
Miss Nellie Frayna, daughter of Richardand Annal, Iven Frayna, Has one child, Frank
F. Came to Kansas in the Spring of 1874, and located in Burrton, Harvey County, where he
was engaged in the practice of his profession six years, during which time he visited
Europe; spentsome time in travel upon the Continent. Removed from Harvey to Sedgwick
County; located at Mount. Hope, where he is now engaged in practice. Is a graduate of the
Louisville Medical College, Is a2 member of the Christian Church, and of the Masonic
Fraternity A., F. & A. M.

SAMUEL MAXWELL, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Mount. Hope, was born in Ohio in
1833. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Vanderman Maxwell. Was married October 30, 1861,
to Miss Emma C. McFarland, daughter of George and Mary A.Cornelus McFarland. Has
five children, George A., James H., W. G., Mary B. and Clarence P. Maxwell. Came to
Kansas in 1872, and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land,
and is engaged in farming. Wasinthe War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1863 in the One
Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company G. Was detailed in Hos-
pitai service, where he remained until the expiration of his term of service, Was mustered
out in 1864. Is amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Was the first Director of
Schocl District No. 44, and served six years. Was one of the organizers of the township.

J. MORELAND, farmer, Section 22, Township 25, Range 3 west, P.O. Mount Hope.

Was born in Washington County, Pa,,in 1831. Is a son of Moses and Mary M. Moreland.
Was marriedin 1862 to Miss Missouri A. Ross, daughter of John and Martha Ross. Has
five children, M. W., Mary O., Howard R., Ivy D. and Ada B, Subject came to Kansas in
1869, from Brownstown, Ind. Locatedin Douglas County, and remained two years, en-
aged in carpenter work, then moved to Sedgwick County, and located on his present farm.
Gwns 80 acres of land, andis engaged in farming. Wasin the United States service, en-
aged in the Construction Corps. Was discharged for disability in June, 1864. Has been
Rownship Clerk, is amember of the School Board, The first year he had to go sixty-five
miles to mill, and give one-third of the grist for grinding. 7 :

W. B. OGDEN. farmer, Section 34, P. O. Fayette, was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, in
1847; isason of Nathaniel and Mahala (Cassida) Ogden, Was married in 1878, to Miss
Barbara J. Eckard, daughter of Conrad and Henrietta (Weaver) Eckard. Has three chil-
dren—Mary W., InaK. and J. Nettie. He cameto Kansas in 1871, and located on the farm
where he now resides, engaging in farming and horticulture. Has a fine orchard of
peaches, pears and apple trees and a variety of small fruit. He was one of the organizers
of Greeley Township. 7 2 Bias

WALTER S. PRATT, farmer, Section 2, P_O. Fayette, was born in Illinois in 1848; isa

son of Enoch and Amandah (Magaw) Pratt. Was married in 1868, 10 Miss Olive E. Lock-
wood, daughter of John and Mary M. (Finch) Lockwood. Has five children—Loren E., Oar-
rie A., Ella M., Edith A, and Frank C. Pratt. Cameto Kansas in 1871, and located on the
farm where he now resides. He owns 300 acres of land and is engaged in farming and
stock raising. Was inthe War of the Rebellion, enlisting in the One Hundred and Thirty-
ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company G, and served six months. Was mustered out
the fall of the same year. He was the seventh settler of the township; was clerk of the
first election inthe township. In the fall of 1872, was elected Constable at that election. He
has been Township Clerk for four terms. Is a member of the School Board; has served five
years. Is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M.
THOMAS H. RANDALL, merchant and farmer, Section 20, P. O. Mt. Hope, was born
in Ohio, in 1840; is asonof Daniel H. and Julia A. (Fink) Randall. Was married in 1865,
to Miss Mattie J. Porter, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza A. (Martin) Porter. They have
five children—LeviC., Pearl M., Leornah B, Clara E, and Annie. Came to Kansas in 1871,
and located in Osage County. After one year moved to Greeley Township, Sedgwick County,
and located on the farm where he now resides, Owns 490 acres of land, and is engaged in
farming and stock raising, and is also engaged in merchandising. He carries a full line of
hardware and farming implements. Is Postmaster of Mt. Hope postoffice, and has held
that Appoinumenttor nine years. The mails were first carried by voluntary service, the
neighbors taking turnsin carrying it. A flour sack was used for a mail bag. e was in the
war of 1861, in the Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers Company F. Was transferred
to the Eighth Ohio Cavalry, Company F. Was in the battles of Lewisburg, Charleston,
Knoxville, Lynchburg, and Beverly; was wounded at the Jast named engagement, and was
laid up for four months, He was mustered outin August, 1865. Isa member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and of the I. 0. O. F., and of Garfield Post, No. 25, G. A. R. i

HARRY ROBERTS, farmer, Section 8, P.O. Mt, Hope, was born in Wheeling, W. Va.,
in 1843; sonof Joseph and Martha (Hughes) Roberts. Was married in March, 1868, to
Miss Louise Marlow, daughter of John and Sarah (Armstrong) Marlow. Has one child—
Miflin D. Came to Kansas in 1876, and located at Olathe, and subsequently removed to
Sedgwick County, and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 107 acres of bottom
land on the Arkansas River. He rents his farm and is engaged In educational interest, and
has been a teacher for a number of years, and also engaged in the book business. He was
in the War of the Rebellion,enlisting in 1864, in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Vol-
unteer Company G, He was in the battles of his command, and was mustered out in 1865.
Is a member of the Friends. Is Trustee of Greeley Township; was electedin 1882. He was
educated at the McNeeley Normal School at Hopesdale, Ohio, graduating in mathematiestin
class of 1867. Commenced teaching in 1868.

JOHN C, SEVY, Christian clergyman and farmer, Section 30, P. O. Mount Hope, was
born in Genesee County, N. Y.,in 1828. He is a son of Joseph and Sallie (Drake) Sevy.
Was married, in 1850, to Mrs. Mary E. Swallow, daughter of Henry and Eliza Robey. Has
three children—Marshall, Alice and Mattie. Came to Kansasin 1876. Located in Stafford
County, where he remained for five years, engaged in farming and work of the ministry;
subsequently moved to Sedgwick County, and purchased the farm where he now resides;
owns eighty acres, which he rents; was educated in Illinois; commenced the ministry in
1856. His first pastorate was in Appanoose County, Iowa; was ordained and called to the
pastorate of the Walnut City Christian Church; held the pastoral relations with that church
for eighteen years; during that time was pastor of sixteen other churches; on coming to
Kansas, was engaged in missionary work for seven months; was inthe Saline District on
the K. P. R. R., embracing nine counties; took the pastorate of Mount Hope Church in June,
1881; is the pastor of six churches, the appointments of two coming in the middle of the
week; during his ministry, for four years, averaged 300 miles travel per month; has organ-
ized fourteen churches; been instrumental in building eleven churches; has baptized 1,650
converts, of whom 150 have been in Kansas, Mount Hope Church was organized in 1876,
with twenty members. In 181, the number was increased to forty, and now numbers
eighty: has a Sunday school of an average attendance of sixty-five. The school was or-

anized in 1879; is called Evergreen School; has been well supplied with Sunday school
jterature, and use the national series of lesson leaves. The subject of this sketch was in
the War of the Rebellion; enlisted, in 1864, in Thirteenth Regiment Iowa Volunteers
Compary F; was in the engagements of his command; was mustered out in 1865; isa
member of the G, A. R. d

Cc. CG. SWEETLAND, farmer, Section 32, P. 0, Mount Hope, was born In Fulton County,
Ohio, in 1850; son of Rial and Harriet 8. (Aldrich) Sweetland; was married, in 1873, to
Miss Sarah E. Ellis, daughter of John and Cordelia (Harden) Ellis; has one child—Lilian;
came to Kansas in 1873; located on the farm where he now resides; owns 160 acres of
land; engaged in farming and stock raising; was Trustee of Greeley Township one term,

Cc. Cc, THOMAS, merchant and farmer, Section 17, P. O. Mount Hope, was born in Vir-
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ginia in 1849; son of Garland and Emma (Kirby) Thomas; was married, in 1872, to Miss
usan Porter, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza (Martin) Porter; has two children—Clauda
C.and Maud; came to Kansas in 1878; located on the farm where he now resides; estab-
lished a store of general merchandise the same year; business has increased about 700 per
cent. from its establishment; owns 160 acres of land which he rents; store located on his
farm, which is at Mount Hope. Is a member of the School Board and Treasurer of the
ciate Is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Friendship Lodge, No.

N. L. WATSON, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Fayette, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1817,
son of Joseph and Jane (McCormick) Watson, was married in 1859, to Miss Mary E Dale,
daughter of Frank and Maria (Webster) Dale, has four children—Katie E., Charles &.,
Robert D. aud Elia M. Mr. Watson buried one child, Frank J., in 1870. He came to Kan-
sas in 1871, and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 240 acres of land, and is
engaged in farming and stock raising. Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., and of the 1.0.0. F. Settled in Greeley Township one
year before its organization. Was one of the organizers of the township. ‘as elected Jus-
tice of the Peace at the first election, and held the office for two years. Re-elected in 1879
endecry ed iyo years, and was again elected in 1882. Has been a member of the School Board

or four years.

JAMES W. WHITBECK, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Mount Hope, was born in Monroe
County, N. Y., in 1839, sonof W. A. and Maria (Fosmire) Whitbeck, single, came to Kan-
sas in 1871, and located on Section 32, Greeley Township, and remained on that farm until
1882, engaged in farming and stock raising, when he sold his farm for $3,000. Was Treas-
urer of Greeley Township for two terms. Was one of the earliest settlers of the township.

-JAMES H. WHITBECK, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Mount Hope, was born in Monroe
County, N. Y., in 1846, is a son of John P, and Adeline (Clark) Whitbeck, was married, In
1877, to Miss Mary Shafer, daughter of Casper and Gertrude (Brown) Shafer. Has one
child, Marion. Game to Kansas in 1872, and located in Reno County, and remained one

ear; then spent five years in Michigan and New York State; then returned to Kansas, and
ocated on the farm where he now resides, engaged in farmiug and stock raising. Has been
Clerk and Treasurer of the School Board. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity, A., F. &

PARK CITY.

The town of Park City was platted in 1870, by C. A. Nichols, J. A. Mc-
Ilvain, F. C. Hawkins and D. A. Bright. D.M. V .Stewart became one of the
proprietors, and made active and intelligent efforts in its behalf. It was at
first a formidable rival of Wichita, but it risked all on the county seat, and lost.
When the railroad passed it by and came to Wichita, the town died, and its
houses were removed to Wichita, Newton and Hutchinson.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—PARK TOWNSHIP.

FRANK J. CANTON, occupation, farmer; residence, Section 2, Township 26, Range
south of 1 west, P. O. Valley Center, was born January 8, 1849, in New Orleans, La., isason
of Frank J. and posephing Canton; was married, in 1874, to Miss Maggie J. Canton, daugh-
ter of T. H. and Charlotte-Dunlap. Has five children—Aggie, Gracie, Ulysses, Josie and
Lulu. Came to Kansas, and located in Sedgwick County, pril 8, 1870. as a private in
Company D, Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers. ustered out at fhe close of the
war, in 1865. Has held the offices of Constable and Township Trustee. Was one of the
oldest settlers of the township.

Cc. L. DUNCAN, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Wichita, was born in Wisconsin, in 1847. Is
ason of Robert and Rachael (Gard) Duncan. Was married in 1870, to Miss Kate Ackerman,
daughter of E. B. and Annie Ackerman. Has five children—Estella M., Emma, Laura,
Clara and Charles. Came to Kansas in 1867. Located in Pottawatomie County. After two
years removed to Wabaunsee County. Subsequently removed to Sedgwick County, and

ocated on the farm on which he now resides. Owns 16U acres of land; has 80 acres under
cultivation, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. His farm is finely located on bot-
tom land, between the Big and Little Arkansas rivers. The soil is of arich sandy loam.
Principal crop is corn, with an average yield of forty bushels per acre. Wasin the War of
the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1863, in the Independent Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Com-
pany D. Assigned to the department of the Northwest. Principal service in Dakota and

innesota. as mustered out in 1865. Is a member of the Universalist Church, and of the

Masonic Fraternity, A. ¥. & A. M., Wichita Lodge, No. 99, and of the Old Settlers’ Associa-
tion of Sedgwick County. Is Trustee of Park Township. Was first elected in 1878 ana 1879,
and re-elected in 1882 and1883. Has been Clerk and Treasurer of the township, and mem-
ber of the School Board. “4
_ S.A. V. HARTWELL, farmer, Section 2 and 11, P. O. Valley Center, was born in Ohio
in 1844. Heisa son of David and Harriet N. Hartwell. Was married in 1876, to Miss Lulu
McClellan, Came to Kansas in 1870, with his father, and located on Section 2, his father
locating on Section 11. His mother died in 1869, his father in 1878. He owns one of the
finest farms in Park Township, consisting of 480 acres, all of which isunder cultivation. He
works 150 acres, and rents the remainder. He makes a specialty of horticulture. Has an
orchard second to none in the county, containing 5,549 trees of different varieties of fruit,
mostly grafted and budded fruit, occupying thirty acres of ground. His apple trees are the
largest in the county, measuring from twelve to fourteen inches in diameter; the growth uf
twelve years. He has about 2,000 plum trees of native varieties, the fruit of which, by cul-
tivation, has become very choice and sells readily from $2 to $3 per bushel, average yield
about 200 bushels. Has a fine grove of forest trees of different varieties, and shrubbery
of various kinds, and a variety of small fruit, making his home one of the most attractivein
the county. They have four children—Hattie E., Florence R., Fauny M. and Artur N, Mr,
Hartwell isa member of the Masonic Fraternity A., F. & A, M., Wichita Lodge No. 99. He
is also the inventor and patentee of ‘‘Hartwell’s Improved Car Coupler.”

. ROBERT L. HOUSTON, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Wichita, was born in Knoxville,
Tenn., in 1840. Is ason of George B. and Lamanda O. (Mondy) Houston. Was married, in
1873, to Mas Sarab E. Morris, daughter of William and Mary J. Morris. Has two children

—L. L.andL B. Came to Kansas in 1859. Located in Chase County, and enya edin farm-
ing. In 1868 removed to Sede’ ick County. Located on the farm on which he has since re-
sided. Owns 235 acres ofland. Has ninety-five acres under cultivation, His farm is

leasantly located on the east bank of the Arkansas River, eight miles fron the clty of
ichita ‘Soilis of arich sandy loam, Was inthe War ofthe Rebellion. Enlisted, in 1862,
in Second Kansas Cavalry, Company K. Was in the battles of Prairie Grove, Poison Spring,
Saline, and other engagements of hiscommand. Was mustered outin 1865.° as amon
tne fret settlers in Park Township. Is a member of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick
ounty.

A. H. JEWETT, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Valley Center, was born in Jetferson County,
Ohio, in 1849, son of W. T. and Hettie Jewett, Was married in 1877, to Miss Bessie Fergu-
son; has two children, Edward and Howard Jewett. Came to Kansas in 1870, from Illinois,
with his parents, locating upon the land which is now the “Jewett farm,” one of the finest
in Park ownshlp, consisting of 496 acres of bottom land on the north bank of the Arkansas
River, fifteen miles from the city of Wichita, Here Mr, W. T. Jewett settled tn the spring of

1871, and laid the foundation for his future home, and subsequently built a fine residence,
and in little more than teu years, by his industry and perseverance, aided by the rich an
roductive soil of Kansas, succeeded in amasalig a competence, and has retired from active
Farm life and now resides in Wichita, enjoying In rest and qulet, In his advauced years, the
reward of his industry. The subject of this sketvh, after securing his 160 acres of land from
Government, spent some years in_the stock business at Medicine Lodge, under a contract
from Quinlan, Montgomery & Co., Kansas City, but is now devoting his time to the manage-
ment ofthe farm; has 400 acres under cultivation, His principal crop is corn. He feeds
about 200 hogs, and 20 head of cattle. Isa member of the Old Settlers’ Association of
Sedgwick County; has a fine orchard of 400 apple and 50 peach trees, now in bearing.

. RAMLOW, farmer, Sections 26 and 23, P. O. Sedgwick City, was born near Berlin,
Prussia, in 1846; is ason of Gharles and Charlotte Ramlow. Came'to Kansas in 1868: 1o-
cated on his present farm. Being entirely destitute of means, he worked at whatever he
could find to do, and succeeded in earning enough to hire fifteen acres broke on his place,
and planted corn, from which he realized enough to buy himateamn. From that start he
how has a fine farm, under a high state of cultivation, lying on either side of the Little Ar-
kansas River, 100 acres under the plow, his corn averaging forty bushels per acre and wheat
twenty-one;has a fine orchard, consisting of a variety of fruit trees,now in bearing. His farm
is one of the many desirable farms in Park Township, adding another proof of the rich re-
ward that Kansas soil isles tothe industrious husbandman. In 1882 Mr. Ramlow married
Miss Fanny E. Stone, daughter of William and Mary Stone. He attends the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, of which his wifeisa member. At the time of his coming to Kansas there
were but five settlers in the township, and only one house.

T. J. SM farmer, Section 35, P, O. Sedgwick City, was born in Muskingum County,
Ohio, in 1837; isason of David and Mary Smith. Was married in 1861, to Miss Minerva
Linn, daughter of James and Mary Linn; has three children—Benjamin C., Mary A., and
Martha P. Came to Kansas in 1869; located on the farm on which he now resides; owns
401 acres of land, situated near the Arkansas River, and is engaged In farining and stock-
raising; has 120 acres under cultivation; makes a specialty of stock; has a fine herd of cat-
tle. His farm is under a high state of cultivation. His residence is surrounded by forest
trees, which render it attractive and beautiful. Has a fine orchard, consisting of all varie-
ties of fruit trees. Was one of the organizers of Wakuela Township, which comprised Eagle
and Park townships. Has been Tiustee of Park Township two terms, and Treasurer one

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

term, Isa member ee the School Board; has served four years; and is one of the Old Set-
* Association of Sedgwick County. ni r
vere TURNER, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Valley Center, was born in Indiana in 1832,
son of John T, and Catharine Turner. Was married, in 1857, to Miss Hannah Sawyer,
daughter of James and Elizabeth Sawyer. Has three children—oO. J., RK, L. & W.S. Came
to Teansas in 1866, located at Baxter Springs, after two years removed to Jackson. Mo. In
1871, came to Sedgwick County, located on the farm on which he now resides; owns 160
acres of bottom land, located near the east bank of the Arkansas River; soilrich sandy
loam, underlaid with sand and gravel, which furnishes a sub-irrigation from the Arkansas
River. Engaged in farming and stock raising. His principal crop is corn; his stock is
principally hogs, of which he has a fine lot of thoroughbred Poland-China. Has ftena
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-five years. Settled in the Fowsity
before its oreeniZzatlon, Hae Sn orchard of 200 apple, 300 peach, together with pear an
ry trees and a variety of small fruit. rs

ae aT WINTERS, farmer Section 26, P. O. Sedgwick City, was born in Ohio in_ 1848. Is
ason of William F. and Leutitia Winters. Was married, in 1877, to Miss Jennie Richard-
son, daughter of William M, and Ruth Richardson. Has two children, Ear] J. and Arthur
L. ‘Came to Kansas in 1869, located on the farm on which he now resides. Owns 160 acres
of land, eighty acres where he resides and eighty acres in Reno County, and is engaged in
farming. His farm fis situated between the Big and Littie Arkansas rivers. The soil is rich
sandy loam. Corn isthe principal crop,averages forty bushels per acre. Has 105 acres under
cultivation, Has a good orchard now in bearing, consisting of apple, peach, cherry and
plum trees. Has been a member of the School Board for four years.

KECHI TOWNSHIP.

. B. ATWOOD, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Wichita, was oorn in Vermont. Is ason of
Buel pe Phoebe Clark Atwood. was married, in 1869, to Miss Rhodo Jordan, daughter of
William and Arvilla Moore Jordan, Came to Kansas in 1871, located on the farm on which.
he now resides, containing 160 acres, of which eighty acres are under cultivation. Is en--
gaged in farming. His principal crops are corn and wheat. Aas an orchard containing 200
peach, fifty apple trees and a variety of other fruit. Was in the late war, Enlisted, in
1862, inthe Ei Pity-sixcth Regiment Illinois Volunteer, Company F, Third Brigade, Second
Division, Fourteenth Army Corps. Attached to the Army of the Cumberland. Was inthe
battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Rome, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountaia, Buzzard
Roost, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Kenesaw Mountain and other engagements of his command;
was mustered out in 1865. Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Has been
Treasurer of School District No 45, for six years. Was in the township on2 year before its
organization. Has two children, Edward and Phoebe Atwood; has buried one. |

M. H. BAKER, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Wichita, was born in Virginia, in 1835; isa
on of George and Anna Baker. Was married, in 1857, to Miss L. C Johnson, daughter of
Lewis and Francis Jobnson. Hasten children, eight of whom are living, as follows: T. N.,
H. R., Anna M., Mary E., Ella H., Earnest M., George W. and Daisy G. Mr. Baker came to
Kansas in January, 1875, located in Wichita, where he remained two years. In 1877,
ocated ou the farm on which he now lives. Owns 640 acres of very choice land, 350 of
which is under cultivation. Principal crops arecorn, wheat, oats, sugar cane and millet.
Average of corn per acre is about 40 bushels, wheat 15, oats 25, sugar cane 75 gallons per
acre, and millet 3 tons per acre. Has about 40 head of cattle, keep: about 100 head of hogs.
Has a fine orchard of fruits of most all kinds. Has one of the nicest locations and one of
the best farms in the township. Is assisted in his farming operations by hissons, Mr.
Baker came from Adams County, LII., where his parents located at an early day. His father
was one of the leading and prosperous farmers in that county.

H. L. DEWING, farmer, Section 8, P. 0. Wichita, was born in Chautauqua County, N.
Y., in'1848; son of Elinu and Orpha Dewing. Was married in 1868, to Miss Edna Beach,
Gang Mier of Solomon and Harriet Beach. Has three children—Harry L., Derword D. and
Iva M. Came to Kansas in 1870; located on the farm on which be now resides, which con-
sists of 160 acres; engaged in farming and stock raising. Wasin the township two years
before the organization; was one of its organizers. Has been Township Clerk, and served
on the Schoo! Board four years. Mrs. Orpha B. Dewing, the mother of the subject of the
above sketch, is living with her son at the advanced age of seventy-two years. She came
to Kansas with her children in 1870; she came in a wagon from Illinois.

W. D. GOODRICH, farmer, Section 6, P. 0. Valley Center, was born in Tioga County,
N. Y., in 1844; son of Hiram B. and Rachael D. Goodrich. Was married in 1865, to Miss
Sophia Kirkham, daughter of Hiram and Polly Kirkham, Has six children—Thaddeus,
Wallace, Myrtle, Eugene, Clarence and Willard. Came to Kansas in 1869, from Wisconsin;
located in Neosho County; after one year removed to Sedgwick County, and 1ocated on the
farm on which he now resides, which consists of 160 acres of fine bottom land, His princi-
pal crop is corn, which averages about forty bushels per acre; has never had a failure of
crops; 110 acres are under the plow. He was in the army during the late war; enlisted in
1862, jn the First. Wisconsin Cavalry. Company C, Second Brigade, First Division Cavalry
Corps, Army of the Cumberland; was in the engagements of the Atlantic compel n; was
mustered out at the close of the war 1n 1865. ‘Is a member of the Garfield Post No. 25, G. A.
R.; was elected Constable at the first election held in Kechi Township; re-elected the two
succeeding years; was one of the organizers of Kechi Townsbip; has been Treasurer for
three years, and member of the School Board for three years; was among the earliest set-
tlers of the fowne ip and has always taken an active part in all its interests.

GEOR H.G EGG, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Valley Center, was born in Burlington,
Vt., in 1848; is a son of James and Susan Gregg. Was married in 1873, to Mrs, Louise Ar-
mour Lambert, daughter of Robert H. and Sallie Armour. Has two children—A ddie and Min-
nie Gregg. Came to Kansas in 1871; located on his farm, which consists of 240 acres, lying
on the east bank of the Little Arkansas River. Is engaged in farming and stock raising;
has 160 acres under cultivation; average yield of corn about forty bushels per acre. i
Gregg was one of the earliest settlers of the township, and now has one of the best farms in
his neighborhood, situated nine miles from Wichita and one and a half miles from Valley
Center. He has been identified with the interests of Kechi Township from its organization.
Has been Constable, and served on the School Board for three years.

JOHN GOEST, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Wichita, was born in Nottinghamshire, Eng-
land, in 1836, and is a son of Richard and Hannah Guest. Was married, 1858, to Miss R.
L, Dewing, daughter of Elisha and Orpha Dewing. He has eight children—Norman, Arthur,
Nora, Richard, Elizabeth, Lula, John and William. He has buried seven children. Came
to Kansas in 1871 from Ohio and located on the farm on which he now resides. Owns 240
acres of land, of which 115 acres are under cultivation, and is engaged in farming and stock
raising. Keeps about forty head of cattle and sixty hogs; feeds his crops. Was in the late
yan enlisted, in 1862, inthe Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteers, Company I, and was in
the battles of Helena, slege of Fort Spanish, and other engagements of his command; was
mustered out in 1865. Isamember of Garteld Post, No. 25, G. A. R.,and of the Old Set-
tlers’ Association of Sedgwick County. Settled in the township before its organization and
has been Road Overseer for four years. Is a member of the School Board. en he arrived
in Kansas he had $300, which he invested in oxen and one cow; they all died the same year
of the Texas cattle fever, leaving him without means, save his undaunted spirit, which has
enabled him to surmount all discouragements, and as the result of his energy and perseve-
rauce is now the possessor of a fine farm surrounded with all that can add to his comfort
and plenary in life, as the result of his industry.

 

HARD JACKSON, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Wichita, was born in Brown County,

Ohio, In 1839, and is a.son of Richard and Isabel Jackson, natives of Ohio, He was married,
n 1861, to Miss Almira Harness, daughter of Frederick and Rosana Harness. He has six
children—Jobn H., Rosana, Orlando, Frederick H., Clarence A. and George W. Came to
Kansas, 1) 1871, from Iowa and Jocated on the farm on which he now resides, containing
246 acres, of which 120 are under cultivation, He is engaged in farming and stock raising.
His principal crop is corn, Which averages about thirty-five bushels per acre. Keeps about
forty head of cattle and thirty head of hogs; feeds his surplus crop. He was in the army
during the late war, enlisted, in 1862, in the Thirty-sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Com-
pany E, and was in the battles of Helena, Marks Mills and other engagements of his com-
mand; was taken prisoner on April 5, 1864, and held at Tyler, Tex., until February, 1865.
during which time he suffered great hardship. He was afflicted with scurvy and his general
health greatly Impaired, He was unfitted for service for two years after his release and has
never recovered entirely from the effects of his prison life. Was mustered out at the close
of the war in 1865. Is @ member of the Garfield Post, No. 26, G. A. R., and of the Old Set-
ler is Aseoclatlon of Sedgwick County. Isa member of the School Board and has served for
ALBERT E, JOHNSTON, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Valley Center, was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, in 1838, and is a son of John H. and Jane ‘Jounston, "Was married,-in 1857,
to Miss Elizabeth Ittner, who died in Apri, 1879 leaving four children—Jane, Frances,
Julius and Albert. Mr. Johnston was married, in 1880, to Mrs. Lucinda Pawling nee Nor-
ton. He came to Kansas in 1872 and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 400
acres 320 of which are under cultivation. He isen ‘aged in farining and stock raising. His
principal crop is coun whieh has averaged forty-five bushels per acre; his last year’s crop
amounted to 7.000 bushels. He feeds about 100 hogs of the Poland-China breed and has
twenty head of cattle, Intends to increase the number and make a specialty of cattle rais-
ing. B has one of the finest residence locations in the township, it being upon an elevation,
from a ich there is a view of his whole farm; surrounded with forest trees, consisting of
ore der, cottonwood and soft maple, which afford a protection from the winds, and
mak n fone of the most desirable and beautiful locations inthe community, He has 4 fine
ore are 100 apple and 600 peach trees, also’a large number of cherry, plum and a variety
or aia xulits all in bearing, ‘he improvements on his farm were made in 1876. He was in
ihe arm ering the late war, Enlisted, in 1862, in the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment
Ht mole, ; olunteers, Company C, and was In the siege of Vicksburg, Stone River, Little
ock, Pine Bluff and other eugagements of his command; he was mustered out in 1866.

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SEDGWICK COUNTY.

Is a member of the Masonic fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Wichita Lodge, No. 99, and Justice
of the Peace; a member of the School Board and a director ‘Kansas | iS
eulturaL Boa ety of Bede wisi County. tor of the Arkansas Valley Agri
| , farmer, Section 2, P. O. Valley Center, was born in Ohio in ‘
son of Nathaniel and Nancy Jordan. Was married, in 1845, to Miss Arvilla Matte, ane
ter of William and Lydia Moore; has five children—Obid, Alden, Rhoda, Albert and Eva
M. Came to Kansas in 1871, locating on the farm on which he now resides, which consists
of eighty acres; engaged in farming. Has a fine farm, soil of rich, sandy loam, underlaid
with sand and gravel, which affords a sub-irrigation. Is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church; also of I. 0.0. F. Was one of the ORAnIBEES of the township. Has been
member of the School Board for three years, Mrs. Jordan’s mother died in March, 1883,
at the advanced _age of ninety-three years; was in good health to within three days of her
death. Albert M. Jordan, who resides with-his father and carries on the farm, was born
in 1854, in Ohio, Was married, in 1882, to Miss Sarab_A. Mathers, daughter of Benjamin
F. and Amanda Mathers, Is a member of the Christian Church,
J. B. LEMMON, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Wichita, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio,
In 1842; son of Alexander and Harriet Lemmon. ‘Was married, in 1873, to Miss Anna
M. Brichler, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Brichler; has five children—Otho W., Hattie
M., John A., Lewis A. and Alma V. Came to Kansas in 1870, and located on the farm where
he now resides, which contains 160 acres of land, Engaged'in farming and stock raising,
Was in the army during the late war. Enlisted, in 1864, in the Sixty-ninth Regiment Ohio
Volunteers, Company B., and was in the battles of Buzzard Roost, Resaca, and in other
engagements of hiscommand. Was discharged in the fall of 1864, for disability; has never
an Hy Eecovered from the effect of the service. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
THOMAS RAINES, farmer, Section 1, P. 0. Valley Center, was born in Hull, Yorkst
England, in 1819. Isason of Johnand Mary Raines, natives of England. Was rea
1845, to Miss Esther Williams, daughter of Solomon and Phasbe Wi liams, natives of Con-
necticut; has two children—Mary Rigel and Anne Raines. Had one son, Thomas H., de-
ceased at the age of thirty-one, in 1880. He had been engaged in mining at Leadville, Golo. ;
started to make a visit to make a visit to his parents, and died on the cars when he was
within sixty miles of home. Mr. Raines came to K»nsasin 1870; located on the farm on
which he now resides, which contains 160 acres of land. Is engaged in general farming,
e has avery beautifully located farm on the east bank of the Little Arkansas River,
within Firee-cuar ters of amile from Valley Center. It is all second bottom land, of a
rich, dark, sandy loam, Mr. Raines has always been a representative man of Kechi Town-
ship, alive to all its interests. Is Treasurer of the township; was elected in 1882 and re-
elected in 1883._Has been a member of the School Board for five years. Mrs. Rainesis a
member of the Episcopal Church.
P. G. RICKARD, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Valley Center, was born in St, Lawrence
County, N. Y., in 1848; son of Lorenzo and Lucy Rickard. Was married, in 1875, to Miss
Carrie L. Rhodes, daughter of Charles and Nancy Rhodes; has two children—Ralph L, and
Charles W. Rickard. Came to Kansas in 1869 from Wisconsin; located in Neosho County;
after one year removed to Sedgwick County and located on the farm on which he now
resides, which consists of 160 acres of land: engaged in farming and_ stock raisin ; has
gighty acres under cultivation, Was inthe army during the late war, Enlisted in 1864 in
the Thirty-ninth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Company K; was in the engagements of
his command. _Was discharged at the close of his term of service. Re-enlistea in February,
1865, in Fifty-first Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Company H; was mustered out at the
close of the war, in 1865. Has been Township Clerk for nine years; was elected atthe first
election held in the township, and re-elected for the eight next succeeding years. Is mem-
per of ihe School Board; has served for seven years; was one of the organizers of the
ownship.
_ JW. ROCKEY, farmer, Section 14, P. O, Wichita, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio,
in 1838. Is ason of Jacob and Matilda Rockey. Wasmarried in 1861 to Miss Angelica
Massy, daughter of Ezekiel C. and Mary A. Massy. Has one child, Arthur E. Buried one
at the age of {wo years. Came to Kansas in 1870. Located on Section 26, and remained
for nine years, when he sold that farm and purchased the one on which he now resides,
which consists of eighty acres. Wasinthe War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1862 in the
One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company C. Was in the Army
of the Gulf. Was in the battles of Thompson’s Hill, Chickasaw Bluffs, and other engage-
ments of hiscommand. Was wounded in the first attack _of Vicksburg. Served three
ears. -Was mustered out in 1865. Isa member of Garfield Post No. 25,G. A. R., and of
he Old Settler’s Association of Sedgwick County. Has been Constable of the Township of
Meche putenda the Baptist Church, of which his wife has been an honored member for
wenty-four years. : :
M, M. SMITH, farmer, Section 14, P. O, Valley Center, was born in Wayne County,Ohio,
in 1839. Isason of Joseph and Elizabeth Smith, natives of Pennsylvania, but moved to
Ohio at an early day. Mr. Smith was married in 1864, to MissSusannah A. Whitford,daugh-
ter of Nathaniel and Rebecca Whitford, natives of New York. Has seven children, George
W., Eva E,, Benona A., Edith E., Francis M., Emerett A., and J. Morris. Came to Kansas
in 1873 and located on the farm on which he now resides. He owns 160 acres of land and is
engaged in farming and stock palsing: Has been very successful in farming and has never
met with a failure of crops. His soilisarich, sandy loam, underlaid with red clay. Our
subject was in the army during the late war, enlisting in 1862, inthe Third Michigan Cav-
alry, Company A, attached to the trans-Mississippi army. Was in the battles of Corinth.
Iuka, and other engagements of hiscommand. Was mustered outin 1865. Is a2 member
of the Baptist Church and deacon and clerk of the church, and a member of the Masonic
Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., and of the U. B. Wichita Lodge. Is atrustee of Kechi cemetery.
Is a carpenter and builder by trade, at which he works a portion of his time. siti
SAMUEL VANDERGRAFT, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Wichita, was born in Virginia in
1833. Son of Leonard and Mary Vandergraft. Was married in 1858 to Miss Mary Crooks-
ton, daughter of John and Malinda Crookston, Has tenchildren, E. C., Rosa, Laura, Ida,
Minnie, Albert, Ellsworth, Herman, Ira and William. Came to Kansas in 1859 and located
in Pottawatomie County. Remained for ten years excepting the time he wasin the army.
~ In 1869 removed to Sedgwick County, on afarm near Wichita. After two years removed
to the farm on which he now resides. Owns 560 acres of land. Is engaged in farming and
stock raising. Has 225 acres undercultivation. Haseighty head of cattle and 125 hogs.
Was in the War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1862 in the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, Com-
panyG. Was in the battles of Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, Van Buren. Mine Run, and other
engagements of hiscommand. Mustered outin May, 1865. Was in the township before
its organization, and was one of its organizers. Is a member of the School Board and has
served for the last three years. Was a delegate tothe presidential county convention, _
G. M. WIGHT, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Wichita, was born in Wayne County, Mich., in
1839. Isason of William W. and Henrietta Wight. Was married, in 1861, to Miss Marion
O. Crosby, daughter of Amiand Hannah Crosby. Has five children—Wallace W., Grant A.,
Arietta A,, Avray B. and Clara M. Came to Kansas in 1871; located on the farm where he
now resides, which consists of 160 acres of fine land which is aow under a high state of cul-
tivation, Mr. Wight being one of the most successful farmers in the township. His corn
average is forty-one bushels per acre. He keeps a dairy of trom twenty to thirty cows. In
1881, from twenty cows, made 100 cheese, which weighed twenty-five pounds each and
1,006 pounds of butter. In 1879, from fourteen cows, madesixty cheese of fifteen pounds
each, and 700 pounds of butter from ten cows, ashe only kept ten cows after finish-
ing cheese making. This year he proposes to patronize the creamery which has
just been completed at Wichita. He keeps about 100 hogs and has some fine horses, three-
‘ourths bred. Was in the township before its organization and was one of its organizers.
Was elected Justice of the Peace, but declined to serve on account of the pressure of other
business. Has a fine orchard, with a variety of fruit trees and a fine grove of forest trees,
consisting of twelve acres containing walnut, box.elder, coffee bean, cottonwood and elm,
which adds much in beauty and attractiveness to his home.

MINNEHA TOWNSHIP.

R. T, LEACH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O, Wichita, was bornin Wayne County, Mich.,
in 1835; son of C. C. Leach and Maria (Peck) Leach. He married, in 1872, Miss Susan H.
Van Houten, and has five children—Frank, Sidney, Cassie M., Nettie and Harry. He came
to Kansas in 1857. In 1870 he located on a farm in Minneha Township, where he now re-
sides. He owns the southwest quarter of Section 17 and northwest quarter of Section 20.
Is now Treasurer of the township, and has held the office for the last seven years. He is a
member of the Masonic Fraternity of A., F. &@ A. M.andtheI.0.0. F. |

DAVID C. SLOAN, farmer, P. 0. Andover, was born in Pennsylvania in 1858; son of
Nathaniel Sloan and Susan (Moorhead) Sloan.’ Came to Kansas in 1881; engaged in school
teaching one season; has formerly beenateacher. Was educated at the Reid Institute and
parler Souuary, in Pennsylvania, Owns a farm in Minneha Township, southeast quarter
of Section 27. ;

. B. VAIL, farmer, P. 0. Wichita, boru in New Jersey, in 1853, son of John B. Vail
and Phoebe (Blackford) Vail. Came to Kansas in 1878, located in Wichita Township. Has
been engaged in farming from that time; in 1882, purchased the west half of the SouEn Wess
quarter, of Section 18, Minneha Township, four and one-half miles east of Wichita, where
he is now located.

SALEM TOWNSHIP.

J. §. CARSON, farmer, Section 17%, P.O. Waco. He was born in Reading, Ohio, in 1848;
son of Robert and Hannah (Nichols) Carson. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Ella M.
Fink. “They have one child—Lizzie M. His wife died in March, 1876, and he was married
in the fall of the same year to Miss Mary E. Tomlin, daughter of James S. and Annie Tom-
lin. Thev have three children—Ada B., Annie D., and Carrie. He came to Kansas, in 1872,

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and located on the farm where he now resides.
Director of the School District for five years.

C. A. CARTWRIGHT, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Haysville, was born in Sangamon
County, I11., in 1852; son of V. C. and Cynthia Scott Cartwright. Was married in 1876 to
Miss Ida Robinson, daughter of N. H. and Martha Beckwith Robinson, Has two children—
Alice and Nellie. Caine to Kansas in 1872, located on the farm where he now resides; owns
160 acres of land; has been Treasurer of Salem Township one term,

VIRGIL CLOUD, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Haysville; son of Newton and Elizabeth
Wood Cloud; was born in Morgan County, IIl,, in 1846. Married, in 1868, to Miss Mary A.
Hays, daughter of Lewis L.and Mary Lewis Hays, Has four children—Edgar, Eugene,
Walter and Georgia. Came to Kansas in 1871, located on Section 12, Ohio Township; re-
mained for two years, then moved to Section 5, Salem Township, where he now resides;
owns Glgnly acres in Section 5, and 160 acres in Ohio Township. as Township Clerk of

io Township.

S. DUNKIN, farmer and merchant, Section 6, P. 0. Haysville; was born in Indiana, in
1851; son of B. M. and Elizabeth Peyton Dunkin. He was married in 1873 to Miss Salome
Sence, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Sence. He has two children—May and Daisie.
He came to Kansas in 1871, and located on his farm in Section 6. Has also twenty acres in
Section 5, with a residence and a store, which he built in 1882, 20x40 feet, and carries a
general assortment of foods. He commenced mercandising in 1879 as a successor to Mr.
Fuller, The business has increased from $7,000 in 1879 to $18,000 in 1883. In 1880 he
was engaged in taking the census of Salem Township. He was Trustee of Salem Township
in 1878. Is Deputy Postmaster of Haysville. Is a member of the I. O. O. F. :

JOSIAH F. FAGER, farmer, miller and fruit grower, Sections 5 and 82, P. O. Haysville
was born in Ogle County, IIl., in 1849; son of Conrad and Mary Myers Fager. He was mar-
ried in 1877 to Miss Antonia Shaw, daughter of Caleb and Mary Shaw, who was born in
1858 in Shelby County, Ill. They have one child, Clinton. Mr. F. came'to Kansas in 1871,
and located on his farm in Ohio Township, Section 12, He moved to Section 5in 1878. He
owns 160 acres in Waco Township, and ten acres on Section 5, Salem Township, where he
resides. Owns a half interest in the grist mill with W. W. Hays. Was assistant Postmaster
at Haysville for five years, Je

ADAM GLASER, farmer, Section 14 and 15, P. O. Waco, was born in Germany, in 1830;
son of Caspar and Catharine Glaser. Was married in 1857 to Miss Elizabeth Zener, daugh-
ter of John and Margaret Zener. Has eight children—Mary. John, Margaret, William, Liz-
zie, Kate, Eddie and Bertie. Mr. Glaser came to Kansas in 1864, located in Douglas County,
engaged in farming; remained there nine years, and then moved to Sedgwick County, and
Jocated on the farm where he now resides; owns 320 acres of land. Is a member of ‘the
Evangelical Church.

HENRY I. F. GROSH, farmer, Sections 5 and 6, P. O. Haysville, was born in Maryland,
in 1836; eon of George W. and Catherine Fisher Grosh. He was married, in 1867, to Miss
Marion J. Hays, daughter of Lewis L. and Mary Lewis Hays, who was_born in Illinois, in
1848. Have four children—Mabel, Inez, Violaand Lulu. He came to Kansas in 1873, and
located at Wichita, engaged in shoemaking, and remained five years. In 1878 he lucated
on his farm, where he now resides, in Salem Township. Wasinthe War of the Rebellion,
and eni.sted in 1864,in the First Regiment Maryland Volunteers, Company F, Potomac
Brigade. The regiment was changed to the Thirteenth Maryland Volunteers, and was mus-~-
terec out in 1865. From 1861 to 1864, be was engaged at different times doing guard duty
on the Potomac, Is a member of the I. O. O. F. 7 ;

LEWIS L. HAYES, farmer, Section 5, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1812. Came to Kan-

He was Treasurer of Salem Township and

- sa8 in 1871, located on a farm in Section 5, and engaged in farming until his death, which

occurred in 1878. -

WILLIAM W. HAYS, farmer and miller, Section 5, Salem Township, P. 0. Haysville,
son of Lewis L. and Mary Lewis Hays, was born in Franklin, IlJ., in 1840. Was married in
1865, to Miss Julia Cavanaugh, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Cavanaugh. Has five
children—Annie, Katie, Am illiam and Richard. Came to Kansas in 1871, located on
Section 5, where he now resides, In 1875 built a grist mill on the Cowskin Creek, in section
5, which He now owns in company with Mr. J. F, Fager. Healso owns agrist mill at Mar-
shall, Sedgwick County, and one in London Township, Sumner County. In 1876 started the
village of Haysville, which now consists of a store, blacksmith shop and mill. The postoffice
was located in 1876; Mr. Hays appointed Postmaster, which office he now holds; owns a
fine grové, which is a noted resort for pleasure parties in summer, and for camp meetings.
Is a member of the I. O. 0. F. i

JOSEPH W. JOLLY, blacksmith, Section 5, P.O. Haysville, was born in Holmes County,
Ohio, in 1857; son of Jackson and Martha(Carr) Jolly. Was married in 1882, to Miss Mary
8. Sitten, daughter of William V. Sitten. Came to Kansas in 1877, located in Cowley Coun-
ty, eugaged in blacksmithing, remained one year, 1nd then moved to South Haven, Sumner
County; remained until 1880, then located at Salt springs. In the spring of 1882, builta
shop and started the business at Geuda, and remained until 1883, when he moved to Hays-
ville, where he is now engaged in blacksmithing; successor to Mr. Murphy in the business.

PETER KLEINEGGER, fariner, Section 14, P. O. Derby, was born in Prussia, in 1827;
son of Francis J. and Elizabeth Kleinegger. Was married, in 1859, to Miss Mary Fix. Has
two children—Frances W. and Mary Ann Kleinegger; wife died in 1862. Married in 1866,
to Miss Ellen Perney, have one child, Peter. Mr. Kleinegger came to Kansas In 1878, lo-
cated on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land in company with J.J.
Rleinesyer. Is amember of the Catholic Church.

J.J. KLEINEGGER, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Derby, was born in Ohio, in 18387; son of
Francis J. and Elizabeth Kleinegger, Was married in_1863,to Miss Angeline Gurno,
daughter of Joseph and Sallie Gurno. Has four children —George L., John E., James P. and
Mary A. Mr. Kleinegger came to Kansas in 1878, located on the farm where he now re-
sides. Owns 160 acres of land in company with Peter Kleinegger. Is a member. of the
Catholic Church. Francis Kleinegger, father of Peter and J. J. Kleinegger located in Ohio
in 1835, on the Western Reserve, what is now Ottawa County. .

AMES M. KIRBY, farmer, Sections 5 and 8, P. O. Haysville, was born in Vigo County,
Ind., in 1887. son of Johnand Mary (Anderson) Kirby. He was married in_1865, to Miss
Lucind Isbell, daughter of H.C. and JaneIsbell. They have three children—Emma, Melis-
saand Samuel. Mr. Kirby came to Kansas in 1876, and located on the farm where he now
resides. He owns 160 acres of land, and has a fine orchard, 200 apple trees, 700 peach and
100 cherry trees, besides a variety of small fruit. He wasin the War of the Rebellion, and
enlisted in 1861, in the Thirty-fifth Illinois Regiment, Volunteers, Company A; was 1n the
battles of Pea Ridge, Corinth, Perryville, Stone River. Chickamaugua, Lookout Mountain,
Resaca, and other engagements. e was Color Bearer in an engagementnear Dallas. Was
with Gen. Sherman’s command in his march to Atlanta, and was mustered out in Septem-
ber, 1864, at Springfield, Ill. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

G. D. KRIEBEL, farmer and miller, Section 17, P. O. Waco, was_born in Lehigh Coun-
&, Penn., in 1829, son of Jacob and Anna Kriebel. Was married in 1853, to Miss Susannah
Strunk, daughter of Charles and Barbara Strunk, born in Pennsylvania in 1830. Has five
children—Joe], Mahlon, Emma, Hannah and Ellen C. Cameto Kansas in 1872, located on
Section 17, where he now resides; engaged in farming and manufacturing of sorghum. In
1879, commenced milling with onecorn buhr and a water wheel, on the Cow Skin Creek,
without a building. In July, 1880, commenced building a mill, completed it in 1881, with
two wheat buhrs, one corn buhr, with all the latest improvements in machinery, two turbine
wheels, Building 20x36, twostories. In the fall of 1882, opened a store, and now hasa
general assortment of goods. Was appointed Postmaster for Waco, in 1880, which office he
now holds, Is a member of the Evangelical Society. Is an ancient member of the I. O.

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JAMES B. LAWRENCE, physician, Section 5, P.O. Haysville, was born in Litchfield
County, Conn., in 1846; son of Henry W. and Abigail Doolittle Lawrence. Was married in
1872, to Miss Edith E. Lee, daughter of Alfred and Susan J. Lee; born in 1856. Has one
child—Ethel Lawrence. Was educated at South Berkshire Institute, Mass.; graduated in
class of 1869; graduated in the medical department of Georgetown College, in Washington,
D. C., in class of 1 Was inthe War-.of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1864, inthe Marine
Corps, and served on the. blockade; was with the fleet in taking Fort Fisher, In March,
1865, joined the United States Steamer Wachusetts; spent one year in the Atlantic and In-
dian oceans; joined ths Asiatic Squadron in March, 18 36; was with that squadron two years;
returned to the United States in 1868, and was discharged; was apothecary in the naval
hospital at Washington from 1870 to 1872; was Clerk in the Money Order Bureau, General
Postoffice Department from 1872 to 1873; was acting assistant surgeon in army from 1873
to 1879, serving at various stations in the division of the Pacific a large portion of the time;
under General Crook 1n Arizona from 1879 to 1881; was engaged in practice and in mining
in Arizona. In 1882-came to Kansas on account of broken health; located in Salem Town-
ship, where he now resides engaged inthe practice of medicine. Is a member of the G. A..
R. Garfield’ Post, No. 25. Was County Treasurer of Mohavé County, Arizona.

JAMES McADAM, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Waco, was born in Ireland in 1837; son of
James and Jane Hegan McAdam. Was married in 1865 to Miss Jane Allen, daughter of
John and Jane Wann Allen. Has three children—Owidiel, John and Nellie. Mr. McAdam
came to Kansas in 1871; located on the farm where he now resides; owns 600 acres of land;
is engaged in general farming and stock raising; has agood orchard of six acres, contain-
ing apple, peach, pear and cherry trees, with a variety of small fruit. Is a member of the
Masonic fraternity. A., F. & A. M. .

CHRISTOPHER MEYER, farmer and merchant, Sections 16 and 22, P.O. Waco, was
bornin Germany in 1850; son of Hermanand Dora Meyer. He was warried in 1877, to
Miss Mary Stadtman, daughter of John and Mary Stadtman. He came to Kansas in 1878
and located in Kingman County; engagedin farming and remained until 1881, when he
moved to Salem Township and commenced merchandising. He started the first store in
Waco, and now carries a general assortment of goods; also carries on his farm,

J. M. MIARS, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Derby, was born in Ohio, in 1836; sonof Samuel
and Hannah (Haines) Miars. Was married in 1871 to Miss Mattie Mason, daughter of
Thomas and Asenath (Davis) Mason, Has one child, Gracie. Mr. Miars came to Kansas in
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1871 and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 608 acres of land; has an or-
chard of three acres. Wasin the United States service, in the Ohio Militia, in resisting the
Morgan raid into that State during the late war. Is a member of the Presbyterian Church
and of the I. 0. 0. F.

J. E. NELSON, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Waco, was born in Vigo County, Ind., in 1832;
son of James and Susannah (Cruse) Nelson. Came to Kansas in 1871 and located on the
farm where he now resides. Engaged in general farming. Was in Illinois from 1874 to
1877. Was inthe War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in April, 1865, in the Fifty-third Illinois
ee em any A. Was ordered to Washington and at Fortress Monroe. Was mus~

J. A. NELSON, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Haysville, was born in Vigo County, Ind., in
1828; son of James and Susannah (Cruse) Nelson. Was married to Miss Sarah J. Hautsford,
daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Bruce) Hautsford; born in Kentucky,in 1841. Has three
children—Thomas H., John and James, Came to Kansas in 1871 and located on the farm
where he now resides. Owns 160 acres. Has a fine orchard of 175 apple trees, 300 peach
trees and a few apricots, which are now bearing, and has a variety of small fruits, as in
the War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1865 in the Twenty-eighth Illinois Volunteers, Com-
pany G. Was ordered to Mobile. Was in the hospital at Memphis four months, and then re-
moved to Jefferson barracks, Mo. Was mustered out in August, 1865. Has been Township
Trustee of Salem for four years. Was County Commissioner of Sedgwick County, in 187

“and 1877. Isa member of Garfield Post, No. 25, G. A. R., and of the Old Settlers’ Associa-

tion.

WILLIAM NEVIL, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Haysville, was born in Edgar County, Ill,
in 1841. He is the son of James and Sarah (Nixon) Nevil. He inarried Miss Leonah Rip-
ple, in 1880, daughter of Jesse and peilzabebn (Davis) Ripple, who was born in Illinois, in

851. They have one child, William B, He came to Kansas in 1881, locating on the
farm where he now resides. He was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1861, in the
Ninth Missouri Volunteers, Compan .. Was transferred from the Ninth Missouri Volun-
teer Infantry, Company H, to the Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, Company H, in 1862. Was
inthe battles of Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Perryville and other engagements of
his command, He was wounded in Perryville, Ky. Was inthe hospital four months with
his wounds. Veteraned in 1863. He was mustered out in December, 1865, in Texas. Isa
member of the Old Settlers’ Association,

. WILLIAM PARKER, farmer, Section 33, P. 0, Mulvane, was born in Erie County. N.
Y., in 1833, son of Thomas and Mary A. (Jameson) Parker. Was married in 1856, to Miss
Eliza Myers, daughter of lsaac and Eliza (Grey) Myers, born in Ohio in 1835; has eight
children—Huldah, Stephen A., Emma, Laura, Henry, William, Annie, and Lewis. Came to
Kansas in 1877; located on the farm where he now resides; owns 182 acres; engaged in gen-
eral tArming: Has been a member of the School Board in Salem Township for four
years,

 

. M. PEGRAM, miller and farmer, Section 33, P. O. Mulvane, was born in North Car-
olina in 1829, son of Jacob and Ursula (Dwiggins) PORTA; He married, in 1851, Miss Lydia
Stephens, daughter of George and Sarah Stephens, born in North Carolina in 1810. They
have one child, Albert. Mr. Pegram came to Kansas in 1875, located in Belle Plaine, Sum-
ner County, and engaged in farming until 1878, when he moved to Mulvane and engaged in
merchandising. In 1882 he moved to Salem Township, and purchased the flouring mill on
the Cow Skin Creek, Section 33; mill 28x30 feet, two stories, known as the Mulvane Mill;
has two run of stone, with a capacity of 100 bushels per day. He was elected Justice of the
Peace in Mulvane in 1881; resigned in the fall of the same year, on account of other busi-
ness. Heisa member of the Society of Friends. Left North Carolina in 1861, on account
of persecution, he being a strong Anti-slavery man. ‘
‘ . W. PHILLIPS, farmer, Section 35, P.O. Mulvane, was born in Addison County, Vt.,
in 1847, son of Joseph and Dorethea (Eastman) Phillips. He was married, in 1868, to Miss
Jennie E. Adams, daughter of William and Nancy Adams. They have four children—Albert
“L., Luelia M., Arthur L., and Willard R. Phillips, He came to Kansas inthe tall of 1870,
and located on Section 25, remaining ten years, In 1881 he located on the farm where he
now resides, Section 35. hen he first located on the described land, the plats had not been
received at the land office, He located ona claim that had been claimed and abandoned by
one John Marshall, better known in those days as “Curly Marshall,” and after some trouble
and threats of personal violence, compromised with Marshall, and secured his title from
the Government, He was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisting in March, 1864, in the
Eleventh Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, Company R. Was inthe engagement of Egypt Sta-
tion; where his command encountered Gen. Hood, and at Yazoo City, Miss., and other en-
gagements of hiscommand. fe was mustered out in October, 1865. He is a member of the

. O. F., Mulvane Lodge, No. 174.

MATTHEW ROSSWOG, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Waco, was born in Germany in 1827,
son of Andrew and Mary A. (Zimmerman) Rosswog. He was married in 1858, to Miss
Louise Leyotet, daughter of Augustus and Julia (Hube) Leyotel, who was born in Heury,

“Til, in 1838. They have one child, Martha. Mr. Rosswog came to Kansas in 1871, from
Illinois, He located on the farm where he now resides, when there were only thirty persons
in what is now Salem Township. At that time there was not a traveled road in the town,

_He has a fine farm, with good buildings and orchard, and is engaged in stock-raising in
connection with his farm ng. He was in the War of the Rebellion, and enlisted, in 1864, in
the Forty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, Company A. He was in the battles of
Nashville, Snow Hill, vecatur, Ala., and other engagements of hiscommand. He was mus-

- tered outin December, 1865. Heisamember of the Protestant Methodist Church; is an
ancient member of the I. O. 0. F.
_. GEORGE RUTER, farmer, Sections 15 and 10, P. OU. Derby. Was born in Germany,
in 1843. Son of Chris. and Mary Ruter. Was married, in 1867,to Miss Mary Seekamp,
daughter of Henry and Anna Seekamp. Has one child—Minnie. Mr. Ruter came to Kan-
sas in 1866, located in Wabaunsee County, Remained three years. In 1869 located in
Sedgwick County, on a farm, in Section 11, Salem Township. Kemained until 1882, when
he moved on the farm where he now resides. Owns 240 acres of land. Isa member of the
Lutheran Church. :

LEWIS SCOTT, farmer, Section 33, P.O. Waco, was born in Clinton County, Ind., in
1842. He is the son of E. W.and Hannah Scott. He was married in 1868, to Miss Maria
Porter, daughter of Tivis and Sarah Porter. She was born in Indiana in 1848. Has
six children—Clara A., James B., William F., Birdie, Ella M., and Lewis Scott. Came to
Kansas in 1870, located Section 38; in 1874 located on the farm where he now resides. Was
in the War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1862, in the Fifth Cavalry, Nintieth Regiment Indi-
ana Volunteers, Company L. Was in the siege of Knoxville, and in the battles of his com.
mand. Was taken Rileoner at Macon, Ga., in July, 1864; was held at Andersonville Prison
for eight months. as op the ill-fated Sultana from Vicksburg to Memphis when she ex-
ploded her boiler, and was one of the’700 saved out of the 2,200 on board. Was mustered
out of service in 1865. i

JESSE SENCE, farmer, Sections 17 and 8, P. O. Haysville, was born in Montgomery
County, Onio, in 1851; is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sence, He was married in 1879,
to Miss Effie ‘tucker, daughter of Rollins and Abigail Tucker. They have two children—
Ira and Maud. He came to Kansas in 1874, and located on the farm where he now resides.
He built his present residence in 1882, on Section 17. He owns 160 acres of land.

WILLIAM H. SILVERWOOD, farmer, Section 35, P.O. Mulvane, was born in Dela-
ware County, Obio, in 1844; son of Thomas and Sarah Taynor Silverwood. He was mar-
vied in 1867, to Miss Sarah Poskitt, daughter of John and Hannah (Joyce) Poskitt. He
came to Kansas in 1871 from Ohio, and located on Section 22, Salem Fownebly, In 1880 he
located on the farm where he now resides, They have five children—Jo hn, Minnte L.,
Harry, Annie, and Ada Silverwood. He was in the War of the Rebellion, and enlisted {tn
1861, in the Forty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company I. Was in the battles of Shi-
loh, vorinth, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain. He carried the
colors for 1,900 forlorn-hope men down the Tennessee River, around Lookout Mountain,
and at Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, and Orchard Knob, and Atlanta, He was promoted to
Lance Sergeant, and commande en. T. J. Wood’s escort, Held the position until the
close of the war, and was mustered out in November, 1865. Was also Color Sergeant for
the Forty-first Ohio Regiment.

_ JAMES STEWART, farmer, Section 34, P.O. Mulvane, Was born in Ireland, in 1842,

son of John and Mary Mulholland Stewart. He was married in 1868, to Miss Susannah
Ely, daughter of Solomon and Rachel Ely, born in Illinois in 1442. They have three chil-
dren—Rachel, Juneand John. Susie died in 1877, aged two years. He came to Kansas in
1871, and located on the farm where he now resides. He was in the War of the Rebellion
and enlisted in 1861, in the Forty-tirst Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company K. Was in
the battle of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh and other engagements of his command
He was wounded four times at Fort Donelson; one wound in the back from which the ball
was not extracted. He drawsa pension. He was mustered out in 1862, on account of dis-
ability. Heisa member of the I. O. O. ¥F., Mulvane Lodge No. 174. .

WILLIAM THOMANN, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Derby. Was born in Switzerland in

1854. Son of Rudolf and Elizabeth Buscher Thomann. Was married in 1881 to Miss Mary

Glaser, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Zener Glaser. Has one child Anna. Mr. Thomann

came to Kansas in 1869, located in Douglas County, remained one year-then located in Sedg-
wick County, Salem Township, Sections 11 and 14. Rematned for nine years, then moved on
the farm where he now resides. Ownseighty acres of land, also one-fifth interest in the
estate of Rudolf Thomann, deceased, of 160 acres. R :
JAMES S. TOMLIN, farmer, Section 18, P. O., Haysville. Was born in New Jersey in

1835, son of Almorin and Rhoda Smith Tomlin. He was married in 1857 to Miss Anna E.

Townsend, daughter of John’and Mary A Sutton Townsend, who was born in 1839. They

have twelve children—Mary E., Louie E., William E., Samuel B., Mattie B., Howard S,, Ed-
ar W., James N., Frank M., Albert Q., Anna J. and Fred L. Mr. T. came to Kansas in 1871,
ocated on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land. Has been engaged in

farming from that time. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. .

CG i. TYRRELL, farmer. Section 21, P.O. Waco, He was born in Berkshire County,

Allen County, engaged in farmin;

   

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

., in 1821, son of Truman and Aurelia Morse ‘fyrrell. He was married_in September,
1ee, to Miss Uelizabeth Ferris, daughter of James C. and Alida Winekoop Ferris, who was
born in 1832, in Wyoming County, N. ¥. They have one child, Frank Tyrrell. He came to
Kansas in 1871, and located on Section 21, where he now resides engaged in farming. He
was engaged as 2 civilian in the United States service in Minnesota in 1863 and 1864. Dur-
ing the Indian outbroak be was Clerk in the Quartermaster’s Department up the Missouri
River. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Waco Township at the first election held.
Waco then contained four townshi Ps. He held the office for nine years, and was also Jus-
tice four years in New York Blate. ae a member of bile Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M.
i ife in Minneapolis, Minn., in January, 1802.

a AMES EOWATT. farmer, Section 5, P. O. Haysville, wus born in Canada, in 1856, son of
Robert and Olive Sales Watt.. Was married in 1876 to Miss Addie Lloyd, daughter of Ste-
phen and Eliza Zimmerman Lloyd, who was born in Grant County, Wis., in 1856; has
three children, Milton R., Emma F, and James BE. He came to Kansas in 1866 with his
uncle, located at Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co,, in 1866 went to Wichita for five years, was
engaged in herding and working on farm. In 1873 went to Reno County, and engaged in
farming one year. In 1874 he located in Salem Township, where he now resides.

_L. WILEY, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Laysville, was born in Vermillion County, Tl,
in 1848, son of William and Sarah Lowman Wiley. He was married in 1867 to Miss Sarah
J. Moore, daughter of Luther and Mary J. Stewart Moore, born in Illinois in 1848, has two
children—Mary A. and Homer E, He came to Kansas in 1878, located on the farm where
he now resides, owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in general farming. He buried an
infant son in 1868.

OHIO TOWNSHIP,

ENZO ANDERSON, farmer, Section 26, P.O. Ohio Center, was born, in Freeport,
Maine in 1818; son of Stephen and Patience Randall Anderson, natives of Maine. He was
married in 1841 to Miss Lucy A. Soul, and has four children—Edwin A., Herbert E., Lo-
renzo D., Rufus. Mrs. Anderson died tn 1452. | Was married in 1854 to Miss Mary L.
Randall, daughter of Isaac and Betsey Randall, The children of the last marriage are John
‘A., Clara M., Kate M., Gertrude G., Lucy H. and Charles A, Charles A, was the first child
born in Ohio Township. He came to Kansas in June, 1871, and locatedjon the farm where
he nowresides. He owns 160 acres of land, was one of the organizers of the town, and

n Town Clerk. ; 7
a n ANDERSON, son of Lorenzoand Lucy Anderson; was born in Freeport, Maine,
in 1843. He came to Kansas in 1871 and located on the farm where he now resides. | He
160 acres of land, was one of the organizers of_the town of Ohio, was in the War of the Re-
bellion, enlisted in 1861 in the Ninth Illinois Volunteer Company B. was inthe battles of
Nashville, Corinth, and ouber enpagements—twenty” atx inall. as mustered out in 1865.

member of the Good Templars.

= aw. H,. BAUGHMAN, fariner, Section 9, P. O. Ohio Center, was born in Knox County,
Ky., in 1837, son of John and Cynthia Evans Baughman; was married in 1860 to Miss Ma-
linda Hoskins, daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth Hoskins, and has three children—James
A., Rosa B. and Willie E. Mr. Baughman came to Kansas in the spring of 1871, located in
and remained until the fall of 1872, when he moved to .
Sedgwick County and located on the farm where he now resides. He owns 240 acres of
iandand jis engaged in farming and stock raising. He was one of the organizers of Ohio
Township in March, 1873. He was the first Trustee of the town, was elected in April, 1873,
He is a member of the School Board, has been Treasurer of the school district for two'years.
Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and superintendent of the Sabbath school
of the Haysville Circuit. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, A.,F.& A.M. Heis
an earnest temperance manand worker, ae

CHESTER P. BERTRAND, farmer, Section 16, P. 0. Ohio Center, was born in Ohio in
1841; son of Johnand Mary Bertrand. He was married in 1875, to Miss Frances E. Duncan,
daughter of John and Cyrene Duncan. They have four children—Orion, Clarissa, Laura
and Jerome. Mr. Bertrand came to Kansas in 1870, and located onthe farm where he now
resides. He owns 160 acres of land; was one of the organizers of Ohio Township in 18738.
He was elected Trustee of the town in 1876. He has been a member of the School Roard for
two years. He was inthe War of the Rebellion and enlisted in the Eighteenth Regiment,
Ohio Volunteers, Company C, Ninety Days service. He was mustered out at Columbus,
Ohio, in August, 1861; re-enlisted in September, 1861, in the West Virginia Second Cavalry,
Company B. Was in the engagements of his command and was wounded at Jennis Creek,
in Gen. Garfield’s commana, in the left arm, hand and head, inaskirmish the day before
the battle at Prestonburg, Ky. He was laid up for eight months with his wounds and was
mustered out 1862 on account of his wounds; is a pensioner. He is a member of the G. A. R.
Mr. Bertrand’s filing was the second in Ohio Township. s

SQUIRE N. BROOMFIELD, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Ohio Center, was born in Ken-
tucky in 1854; son of Nelson & Martha (Walters) Broomfield. Was married in 1879, to Mrs,
Clarissa C. Harper. Came to Kansas in 1876; located in Sumner County; engaged in farm-
ing; remained two years, then moved to Sedgwick County; located on the farm where. he
now resides; owns 500 acres of land; engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mrs. 8. N.
Broomfield was born in Ohic in 1837; daughter of John B. and Mary (Hard) Bertrand.
Was married in 1871, to Elihu Harper. Came to Kansas in 1871; located on the farm where
she now resides. Her husband died in 1873; he was one of the organizers of Ohio Town-
ship. He was inthe War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861 in the Second Regiment, Ken-
tucky Volunteers, Company F. Was in the engagements of hiscommand; mustered out in
1864. She was married to S. N. Broomfield in 1879.

WILLIAM H. DYER, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Clearwater, was born in Tennessee, in

1843; is ason of Joeland Martha (Boshean) Dyer. Was married in 1876 to Miss Mary E.
Chambers, daughter of A. and Mary J. (Patton) Chambers; has three children—Sidney
E., Arthur H. and Joel A. Dyer, Came to Kansas from Iowa in 1871; located on the farm
where he now resides; owns 460 acres of land; engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Was the ninth settler in Ohio Township and one of its organizers. Was the first Road Over-
seer of thetown. Held the office of Justice of the Peace from 1876 to 1879. Isa member of
the Old Settlers’ Association.
HARLES F, GUYER, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Ohio Center, was born in Pennsylvania
in 1852; is a son of William ana Mary (Buffington) Guyer. Was married, in 1871, to
Miss Josephine Fager, daughter of Conrad and Mary (Myers) Fager, a native of Pennsyl-
vania; hastwo children—Jennetta and Mary Guyer. Came to Kansas in 1881; located on
the farm where he now resides: owns 160 acres sf land, and is engaged in general farming.
Came from Chicago, Ill, to Kansas. Is a member of the School Board, and Treasurer of the
School District. Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; is recording and district
secretary ofthe church and secretary and treasurer of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school of the Haysville charge.

JOSEPH HOPE, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Clearwater, was born in England, near Lon-
don, in 1829; son of William and Ann (Warren) Hope. Married in 1851, to Miss Aun E.
Young, daughter of Thomas and Mary Young, natives of England. Has seven children—
Jane, Walter, Stewart, Augusta, Alonzo, Anna and Burton. r. Hope came to Kansas in
March, 1871, and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land. Was
one of the organizers of the town of Ohio, in March, 1873 His filing was the fifth in the
town. Engaged in farming and stock raising. Has’ been member of the School Board three
pearg sand reasurer of the District for the same time. Is a member of the Presbyterian

GEO. W. JORDAN, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Ohio Center, was born in Otsego County,
N. Y., In 1819; 80n of Ralph and Abigall (Waters) Jordon. as married in 1845, to Miss
Anna Chrls pell dau hter of Abraham and Cynthia (Northway) Chrispell. Has four children
ey Lettie, Rulph and Fredrick, Mr. Jordon came to Kansas in 1871, located in Doni-
phan County, and engaged im Farming: Remained two years, and then moved to Sedgwick
Sounty. Located on the farm where he now resides. Owns eighty acres of land. as an
orchard of three acres, containing apple, bench, plum and cherry trees.

RALPH JORDAN, son of Geo. W. and Anna (Chrispell) Jordon, was born in Ashtabula
County, Ohio, in 1855. Came to Kansas in 1871, with his parents, aud now resides with
them, Owns elghty acres of land in Section 11; farms in connection with his father,

ALEXANDER MoOCORMICK, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Ohio Center, was born in Scot-
land, In 1843, son of Frank and Ann A. (MeKinzie) McCormick. Was married in 1878, to
Miss Josie Cartwright, daughter of V. C. and Cynthalia Cartwright. Has two children—
Earnest and Frank McCormick. Came to Kansas in 1876, located in Kingman County, and
engaged in farming. Remained two years, then moved to Sedgwick County, and located on
the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land. Is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Chureh, and of the Good Templars,

WM. MAECHTLEN, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Ohio Center, was born in Germany, in
1848, son of Christian and Wilhelmine Maechtlen. Was married in 1868, to Miss Caroline
Moriz, daughter of Conrad and Johanna Moriz. Has seven children—William, Caro-
line, Minie, Jacob, Ernest, Carl, and infant. Came to Kansas!in March, 1871, located on
the farm where he now resides. Owns eighty acres of land, Was one of the organizers of
the town of Ohio. Has been Road Overseer and member of the School Board. ‘here was
but one settler in the town when he arrived.

JESSE SUMNER, farmer, Section 85, P. O. Boone, Sumner County, was born in North
Caroling tn 1833, son of Willlam and Catharine Sumner. Was married in 1855, to Miss
Elizabeth Sheriff, daughter of A. M. and Sarah Sheriff; has six children, James F., Jefferson
D., William M., Jesse S., Joshua L., Mary E, Mr. Sumner came to Kansas in 1871, located
OF OI OL ee cas realdes: owns 160 Neres OF land; was the fifth settler in the town

nv he . : ve
member of the Giristiag Been. petition for the organization of the town of Ohio; isa
ENRY E. TEACHOUT, farmer, Section 27, P. O, Ohio Center, was born in Canada, in
1844, son of Patterson and Lorenda Teachout. Was married in 1870, to Miss Catharine
Bull daughter of George and Margaret Bull; has four children, Genevieve A., Lucian W.,
abel M. and Julia A. Mr, Teachout came to Kansas in 1871, located on the farm where hé
 

SEDGWICK COUNTY.

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now resides; owns 160 acres of land; was one of the
the first Treasurer of the Township elected in April. 3; is Just
3 5 si sti Ei

elected jn 1882; was in the War of the Rebellion: enlisted i" TeEY. sn thor ean
Rog Pals Illinois Volunteers, Company B; was in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga,

ssionary Ridge, Resacz, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Spring Hill, Franklin and other
engagements; was wounded in the battle of Franklin; was in the hospital for two months;
was mustered out in 1866; was Sergeant. promoted to Orderly, and received commission as

Second Lieutenant in Decemb 3 i i s4s zi
same Regiment and Company.” 1865; first enlisted for three years in 1864: re-enlisted in

paggnizers of the town of Ohio; was

WACO TOWNSHIP,

J. J. P. BALCH, farmer, Section ae, BO: wiht, M38 born in Indiana, in 1816, son of
arried in , to iza

daughter of Joseph and Ann Nicholson; has eight children, Maths Tu taciet G geee

Joseph, venntas uth, Stephen and Lizzie. His wife died in Februar , 1858; was niarried

B,J ane, 1858, to Miss Serena Morrison, daughter of S. W. and Sarah Morrison; has two

children from ay aL OEE ET Ta Maggie Balch. Came to Kansas in 1864, located in

on the farm where ie new eoalaes Caos 1876 moved to Sedgwick County and located

f acres of land; has a fine orchard of ten acres,
consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherr I h i : i
tein Danae the ects vterian Ghurete y and plum trees, and a variety of small fruits; is a

ENUS BARRETT, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Wichita, was bor: i
Johu and Jane Cree Barrett, He was married in 1869, tc Mrs, Perlina Hogep Bere eee
ter of George and Charity Randolph Barlow; has five children, Virginia, John A., William
F., lva M. and Olive. rs. Barrett had two children by a former marriage, Susannah and
Minnie F. Harvey. Came to Kansas in 1870, located on the farm where he now resides; was
in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in Aug US, 1861, in the Eleventh Regiment Wisconsin
Volunteers, Compan Di was at the siege of Vicksburg and the battles of his command;
was transferred to the ne Hundred and Eixpteenth Battalion, Invalid Corps and to the
Veteran Reserve Corps, Twentieth Regiment, and sent tothe mouth of the Potomac to
guatd Drisoners: was qpustered oat in eprember, 1e64, was elected Constable in the first
member of the Old Settlers? Aaseobe efirst Director in School District 15; isa
r B.C. 4 GHT, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Wichita, was born in San
County, ILL, in 1855—son of V. C. and Cynthelia Cartwright; was iharried in. i838 to Miss
Lillie McCormick, daughter of Nicholas and Rachael McCormick ; has two children—
Charles atid, Ji easles. Mr. Cartwright came to dsansas in 1874 ; located on the farm where he
i nad; en, rmi raising ;
Treasurer of Waco Township one tere engaged in farming and stock-raising ; has been
T. B. CARTWRIGHT, farmer, Section
ty, Tl, in 1844 ; sonof V. C. and
G. Cloud.

Gynthelta Cartwright; wasmanriéd tu 1866: ke Mies Many
y a ight; was married ir 5,

daughter of Newton and Elizabeth Cloud ; has five ChilatEn Mae Claud NY
Madge E.. Oliver V. and Arthur T. Mr. Cartwright came to Kansas in 1872; located on
Section 30, Salem Township; for eight years engaged in farming; in 1880, moved to
‘Waco Township, and located on the farm where he now resides ; OWNS Seventy-five acres of

 

and.

V. C, CARTWRIGHT, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Wichita, was born in Kentucky, in 1821
-~son of Peter and Frances Gaines Cartwright ; was married in 1841 to Miss Cynthelia Scnte
daughter of Dallas and Sarah Scott ; has eight children--Sarah F. J., Thomas B., Carrie E.;
HattieJ., Charles A., Albert B. Minnie P. and Walter L. Mr. Cartwright came to Kansas in
1874, located on the farm where he now resides, and engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Owns 310 acres of land.. Came from Illinois to Kansas. Is a member of the Methodist

Episcopal Church. 7

J. B, CARROLL, Baptist clergyman and farmer, Section 16, P.O, Wichita, was born in
Jersey County, Ill., in 1839--son of Richard V.and Mary A. Degeer Carroll; was married
in 1861, to Miss Caroline A. Slifer, daughter of David and Margaret Slifer ; has five children
Avan, A., Ideila, Margaret, John B. and William B. Mr. Carroll came to Kansas in 1875
from Illinois, located on the farm where he now resides ; owns 320 acres of land: engaged
in farmiug and stock-raising ; was educated at Bunker Hill, IU.; his first pastorate, Clear
Creek Baptist Church, Afton Township ; has held that pastorate from that time, and is also

astor of the Mount Zion Bapiist Church, Eagle Township, and of the First Baptist Church of

ingman County, and the Fidelity Baptist Church, Sedgwick County, and a charge at Star-
wins. As the result of his labor in the ministry, has organized six Baptist Churches and
baptized about one hundred converts.

JAMES H. COLLEY, farmer, Section 25, P.O. Wichita, was born in Sciota County, Ohio,
in 1843 ; son of Rob: rt and Kmeline Hurt Colley ; was married in 1869, to Miss Pheebe
Moore, faughter: of Richard and Rebecca Moore ; has five children—Laura, Maud, Lelia,
Emma and Walter. Mr. Colley came to Kansas in 1865, located in Shawnee County, and en-
gaged in coal-mining; remained two years; in 1867 engaged with William Greiffinstein at his
trading-post, on the Cow Skin Creek, eight miles from where Wichita now is. He remained
at this post for two years, then moved to Wichita and engaged in farming. In 1872, located
in Waco Township, where ho now resides; was in'the War of the Rebellion ; enlisted in
1862, in the Ninety-first Ohio Regiment, Company F ; was in the battles of Lynchburg, Win-
chester, July 19 and 24, and September 19, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creek, and other engage-
ments of his command ; was mustered out in 1865.

8.D. H iN, tarmer, Section 21, P.O, Wichita, was born in Portage County, Ohio, in
1849. Son of Simon J. and Sarah Cogan Hazen. Was married in 1873 to Miss Charlotte
O’Mealey, daughter of William and Julia O’Mealey. Has one child, Clyde Hazen. Came to
Kansas in 1876, and located on the farm where he now resides. Wasin the War of the Re-
bellion, Enlisted in 1864in the One Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment Okio Volunteers,
Company K. Was in the engagements of his command, and was mustered out in August,

1865. as 14 years and 11 months old when he enlisted.

PATRICK MARTIN, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Wichita, was born in Ireland in 1830; son
of James and Bridget Cassidy Martin. Was married in 1863 to Miss Eliza M, Winmaster,
daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth Snyder Winmaster, natives of Germany. Has eight
children, Owen J., Mary E., Edward P., Kate E., Birtha M., Nellie J., Annie J. and Thomas
F. Came to Kansas in 1870, and located on the farm where he nowresides. Owns 320

, acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Was in the military service in
Ohio. Enlisted in the State Militia of Ohio in 1861, for one hundred days’ service, and was
mustered out at the expiration of the time. Was in the employ of the United States in the
Indian Territory in 1872-3, as night watchman, guarding the Comniissary Department, Is
a member of the Old Settlers’ Association. Ret 4

JAMES R, MEAD, farmer, Sections 15 and 16, P.O. Wichita. He was bornin New
Haven, Vt., in 1837, son of Enoch and Mary E. James Mead. He was married in 1837 to
Miss Agnes Bascome. They have three children living, James L., Lizzie A, and Mary E,
His wife died in Butler County, Kansas, im 1869, and he was married again in 1873 to Miss
Lucy Inman. He came to Kansas in 1859, and located at Burlingame, Inthe fall of 1859
he wept on the plains, engaged in hunting and.fur dealing. In the winter of the same year
he commenced trading with the Indians. He established a trading post on the Saline River,
15 miles northwest of the point where Salina now is. Remained there until 1863, when he
located at Towanda, Butler Countv and established a trading post at that place. Soon after
there came from the Indian Nation 3,000 to 4,000 Indian refugees who located near his post.
In 1864 the Government sent an agent among these Indians, who made his headquarters
at Mr, Mead's post, and remained there until the close of the war, and the Indians returned
to their nation. r. Mead remained atthat post until 1869, he not only supplying the In-
dians at this point, but sent out expeditions among the wild Indians of the plains. His trade
averaged about $30,000. In 1869 he located at Wichita, and entered 160 acres of land
where the city now stands, he having establisbed a trading post on the Little Arkansas
River near Wichita in 1865. He continued the trade until 1873. Since that time he has
been engaged in banking, stock raising and farming, and is now engaged in stock raising,
farming and mining, in Gunnison County, Colorado. He owns 1,000 acres of bottom land,
mostly in Waco Township, Sedgwick County. His residence in Wichita is one of the largest
During his life on the plains he was frequently employed
treaties with the Indians. e was elected to
the House of Representatives from Butler County in 1865. In 1868 he was elected State
Senator from the District comprising Morris, Chase, Marion and Butler counties. He was
Chairman on the Committee of Ways and Means of the Kansas Legislature for two years,
and was Chairman of the-Board of County Commissioners in Butler County. Was State
Delegate to the Convention that nominated Gov. Thomas Carney and Gov. James M.
Harvey. He was one of the organizers of the Wichita and Southwestern R. R.; was the
first President of the Company, and one of the Directors for a number of years. He was one
of the individuals who contributed and built the first bridge across the Arkansas ab Wich-
ita, The bridge was builtin 1872, and is still standing. The first.bell > AY
Valley was purchased by him at St. Louis, and donated tothe Public School at Wichita, He
donated lots to the churches of the different denominations and to the Public Schools, The
grounds occupied by the Railroad Company for their buildings and side tracks for one half
Maile from Douglas to Centre avenues, was donated by him. He is a member and vice-
resident of the Academy of Science of the State of Kansas. His family are members of the
ethodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Mead’s parents moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1838,
where they now reside. Hisfather is a graduate of Yale College and is a Presbyterian

clergyman. His mother is a graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary. . od S

OHN MENDENHALL, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Wichita, was born in Ohio, in 1839; is

ason of William and Susan (Caswell) Mendenhall; was married, in 1862, to Miss emily

Gerard, daughter of Isaac and Mary Mt. (Wyckel) Gerard. Has four children—Joln A.,

Lewis O., Alice M. and AdelbertG. Mendenhall. Cameto Kansas in 1870, and located in

Payne Township, on a farm, and remained two years; then located on a farm in Butler

County; remained two years. In 1874, located onthe farm where he now resides. Was

one of the organizers of Payne Township; builtthe first housein the township. Was the

and most beautiful in the city.
by the United States Government in makin;

in the Arkansas ~

_ and Josephine Springob. Came to Kansas in 1

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first Trustee; was Trustee two terms in Benton Township, Butler County. Was elected
Trustee in Waco Township, in 1882, and re-elected in 1883. Owns 160 acres of land, and is
engaged in general farming. od

JAMES MENEFEE, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Wichita, was born in Virginia, in 1834;
son of Phillip and Catharine (Pendleton) Menefee; was married in 1867, to Miss Minerva
Farmer, daughter of Lewis and Nancy(Wilbern) Farmer, Has tour children—Charles,
Oren, Lewis and Smith. Mr. Menefee came to Kansas in 1871, and located on the farm
where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land. Came from lowato Kansas. Has an
orchard of five acres, containing 725 fruit trees, consisting of apples, peaches, pears and
cherries, and a variety of small fruit, Is amember of the School Board, and of the Old Set-
tlers’ Association. .

GEORGE E, MORGAN, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Wichita, was born in Huron County,
Ohio, in 1838, son of John and Cornelia (Bissell) Morgan, was married in 1860, to Miss
Eliza Pond, daughter of Daniel and Clarissa Pond. as two children—Clara and Luther
Morgan, Came to Kansas in 1873, and located on the farm where he now resides, Owns
140 acres of land. Wasin the Warof the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1863, in Hoffman’s Bat-
tallion; afterwards changed to the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volun-
teers, Company CU; the Regiment was detailed for guard duty on Johnson's Island,
guarding prisoners; was mustered out in 1865. Isa member of the Masonic Fraternity,
A., F. & A. M., Wichita Lodge No. 99. eacae,

T. J. OWENS, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Wichita, was born in Ohio, in 1846, son of Henry
and Ella Owens, was married in 1871, to Miss Mandana Snow, daughter of Levi and Jane
Snow. Has two children—Charles and Fred. Mr. Owens came to Kansas in 1870, and lo-
cated on the farm where he now resides. Wasinthe War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1863,
in the Ninth Lowa Cavalry, Company H.; was in the engl ements of his command. Was
mustered out in February, 1866. Is a member of the Old Settlers’ Association. :

A. C. PEASE, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Ruby, was born in Waldo County, Maine, in
1817, son of Palatiah and Nancy (Butler) Pease, was married in 1842, to Miss Marilla A.
Halsey, daughter of Davidand Eunice (Collins)Halsey. Came to Kansas in 1872, and lo-
cated on the farm where he now resides. Owns 157 acres of land, and is engaged in general
farming. Came from Illinois to Kansas, and was one of the first settlers in the township;
there were no settlers south and west of him, nearer than seven miles. Mr, Pease is a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church. : :

HENRY SCARTH, farmer, Sections 26 and 25, P. O. Wichita, was born in Morgan
County, Ill., in 1842. Son of Robert and Marnaret Sanderson Searth. Was married in
1863 to Miss Hannah York, daughter of John P. and Mary York. Has six children, William
H., Emma, George B., Laura B., Herbert and Hany Scarth. Came to Kansas in 1875 and lo-
cated on the farm where he now resides. Owns 336 acres of lang. Engaged in farming
and stock raising. Was Clerk of Waco Township one term. , si

SA N. SHOEMAKER, farmer, Section 30, P. O, Haysville, was born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, in 1839, Son of Jacob and Susannah Nicodemus Shoemaker. Was married
in 1862 to Miss Leah Hoffman, daughter of George and Adeline Lehman Hoffman, born in
Franklin County, Pa., in 1841, Has nine children, John B., Martha A., Emma C., Jacob C.
George O., William H, Sarah E., Mary B.,and James A. Benjamin F. Shoemaker died in
1876, aged seven years and eleven months. Came to Kansas in 1878 and located on the
ey were je now resides. Owns 399 acres of land. Is amember of the Methodist Epis-
copa urch. ;

WILLIAM SIMPSON, farmer, Sections 9 and 16, P. O. Wichita. He was born in Eng-
Jand in 1829. Son of Robert and Sarah Swift Simpson, He was married in 1852 to Miss
Elizabeth Gilden, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Lamb Gilden. They have four chil-
dren, Mary A., George W., Kate N. and John C. Mr. Simpson came to Kansas in 1870 aud
located on the farm where he now resides. Owns ninety-seven acres of land. Is a member
of the School Board. Has been Treasurer of the school district for the last ten years. He
was Town ‘freasurer for one term and was Town Trustee and Assessor for twoterms. Is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Old Settlers’ Association.

ST EN SLADE, farmer, Sections 31, 24, and 25, P. Haysville, was born
born in England in 1838. Son of George and Catherine Vincent Slade. Was married in
1882 to Miss Agnes H. Keiler, daughter of W.and Isabelle Keiler. Came to Kansas in
1870 and located on the farm where he now resides. Hasan orchard of 125 apple, 500
peach trees and a variety of smallfruit, After three yearsspent on his farm he returned
to Illinois and for three years was employed in charge of the Reform School farm at Pon-
tiac, and then returned to Kansas, and again located on hisfarm, Isa landscape gardener
by trade. Prior to coming to Kansas was employed in the St. Louis House of Refuge in
managing the grounds. 1sa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JO SPRINGOB, farmer, Section7?, P. O. Wichita, was born in Prussia in 1833. Son of
Everat and Martrasa Springob. Was married in 1864 to Miss Mary A, Shulte, daughter ‘of
Peter and Mary E. Shulte. Has seven children, Joseph, John, Peter, Alfred, Kate, Lizzie,

in 1868 and located in Pottawatomie County, en-
gaged in farming and working at his trade of stone mason. Remained two years. In 1870
moved to Sedgwick County and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 240 acres
ofland. Engaged in farming and stock raising. Isa member ofthe Catholic Church, Is
a member of the School Board and has served in that capacity for seven years. |

JEROME TURLEY, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Wichita, was born in Illinois in 1849;
son of George W. and Susan (Taylor) Turley; was married, in 1872, to Miss Bathsheeba
Douglas, daughter of John and Agnes J. (Gheatem ) Douglas; has four children—lIola,
Vivalley, Elvia andIva M. Turley; came to Kansas in 1876; located on the farm where he-
now resides; owns 640 acres of land: engaged in general farming and stock raising. Is a
member of the Christian Church, and an earnest temperance man, | mae

. D. WEMPLE, farmer, Section 25, P. O, Wichita, was born in Rock County, Wis., in
1849; son of Peter D, and Mliza (Davis) Wemple. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Lizzie
O’Dell, daughter of William D. and Elizabeth (Foster) O'Dell They have three children—
Stephen H., Agnes E,and Cora D. Mr, Wempiecame to Kansas in 1869. In January, 1870,
located on the farm where he now resides, He owns 120 acres of land, and is engaged in
farming and stock raising. He was the third settler in Waco Township, and made his filing
in the fall of 1870; came from Wisconsin. He was engaged in railroading for two years
previous to coming to Kansas. His brother, J. H. Wemple, came to Kansas with him.
They, in company, engaged in stock raising and on the cattle drive. In June, of 1870, a
man known as Curley Walker, at the head of a band of desperadoes, stole from them seven-
ty-six head of cattle and one horse and drove them across the country to Fort Dodge. Mr.
J. H. Wemple was at that time at Sand Springs, near Salina, where they also had a herd of
cattle. On hearing of the depredation, started in pursuit. When he reached a point four
miles from Fort Dodge, Walker heard of his approach and started on horseback to meet
him. On his approach, he was recognized by Mr. Weinple, aud as he dismounted, was or-
dered by hin to hold up his hands, upon which he drew two revolvers and commenced fir-
ing. Mr. wen ple returned the fire, and the fight continued until twelve shots had been
fired, when Walker fell dead, with three bullets througn his body. Mr. Wemple proceeded
at once to Fort Dodge and gave himself up to the military authorities, but they refused to
accept him, claiming that he had done a public service in ridding the country of one of the
worst desperadoes. Then went to Fort Hays, gave himself up, aud demanded atrial, but
with the same result as at Fort Dodge. They raised a purse of $500 for him at Fort Hays,
cram. he was a public benefactor. The purse he refused, but succeeded in recovering

is stolen stock.

$s. WYCKOFF, farmer, P. O. Wichita; born in Ohio in 1837; son of Samuel Wyckoff and
Elizabeth (Cooper) Wyckotf; married, in 1857, Miss Letitia Remy, and has ten children—
Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Millberg, Cora, Jane, Rena L., Rawson and-an infant;
came to Kansas in 1871; located six miles southwest from Wichilain the town of Waco;
has been engaged in farming from that time; was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted, in
1862, in the Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Company B; was in the battles of
Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Resaca and other engagements
of hiscommand; was wounded at Stone River and taken prisoner, and wounded at the
engagement of Kenesaw Mountain; was mustered out of service in 1862. Is a Justice of
the Peace in Waco Township. : aia

JEROME BK. YORK, farmer, Section 15. and 11, P. O. Wichita, was born in Scott
County, Ill, in 1843, son of William K. Phoebe Lyons York. Was married in 1870, to Miss
Elizabeth Bowman, daughter of John and Eliza Bowman. Has four children—Minnie,
Mary, Grace and Robert. Mr, York came to Kansas, in 1871, located on the farm where he
now resides; owns 640 acres of land, engaged in farming aud stock raising; has an orchard
of 3,000 trees, consisting of apple, peach, pear and cherry trees, and a variety of small
fruit. Was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 186%, in the One Hundred and Sixteenth
Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company H; was transferred in 1864, to Battery H, First
Illinois Light Artilery, served in that_untit he was mustered out. Was in the siege of
Vicksburgh, Arkansas Post, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta,
July 22, and 28th, and August 31, Savannah, Ga., Fort McAlister, Columbia, S.C., Goldsboro,
N. C., and other engagements of his command; was mustered out in 186°. as been County
Commissioner of Sedgwick County, for twoterms. Is a member of the I. 0. O. F., Wichita
Lodge, No, 93.

ILLINOIS TOWNSHIP.

COLES BARNEY, farmer, Section19, P. O. Afton, was bornin Edwards County, Ill.,
in 1833, is ason of James and Susan M. Bessley Barney. Was married in 1868, to Miss
Martha FE. Bacon, daughter of Hiram D. and Nancy Bacon. Has six children—Mary, Ella,
George L., William §., Earl and James Barney. Cameto Kansas, in 1874, located on the
farm where he now resides; owns 320 acres of land. Was inthe War of the Rebellion, en-
listed in 1861, in the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company H; was in the battles
of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Altoona, and other engagements of his command; in
1863, veteraned; was Color Bearer in the battle of Shiloh. as mustered out in July, 1865.

ISAAC BARNETT, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Ruby, was born in Illinois, in 1825, isa

son of John C, and Nancy Barnett. Was married in 1846, to Miss Elizabeth A, Taylor,
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daughter of Ambrose and Nancy Taylor. Has five children—Mary J., Nancy A., Sarah L.
R, F. and Rosella B. Came to Kansas, in 1873, located on the farm where he now resides;
owns 240 acres of land, and is enga; ed in general farming. Signed the petition for the or-
ganization of Illinois Township. Has been a member of the School Board for three years.

DELAS CROSBY, farmer, Section 31, P.O, Afton, was born in Attica, N. Y., in 1823
Isason of Timothy and Mary minney Crosby. Was married in 1844, to Miss Cynthia A.
Brady. Has four children—Frank E., William A., Don C., and Theodore D. Crosby. Came
to Kansas in 1874, located on the farm where he now resides, and is engaged in farming and
stock raising. Owns 160 acres of land. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
class leader. Has been superintendent of the Sabbath school. Is an earnest temperance man
and worker, has made it a partof his life work. Isamember of the Masonic Fraternity,
A,, F. & A. M. Wichita Lodge, No. 99.

JOSEPH G, DERICKSON, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Blendon, was_born in Cecil County,
Md,, in 1849; is a son of John P. and Gatharine Miller Derickson. Was married in 1874, to
Miss Lizzie Arthur, Has three children—Emma 0., Harry F., and Willie E. Derickson.
Came to Kansas in 1873, located on the farm where he now resides, Owns 160 acres of land;
engaged in farming and stock raising. Is ameniber of the School Board, and has served in
that capacity for six years. Has been Treasurer of that township oneterm. Was located
in the township one Season before its organization.

S. W. DORAN, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Ruby, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1853. Is
ason of Samuel and Hannah Gilland Doran. Was married in 1874, to Miss Mary Likely
daughter of Henry and Mary J. Appleby Likely; has three children—Cora C., Harry J., an
Bessie M. Doran. Came to Kansas 1n 1874, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns
160 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Entered his land in 1876;
was one of tne first settlers in ene Dare of the township where he resides. Was elected Con-
stable in 1875, and re-elected in 1876. Mrs. Doran is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

W. W. DORMAN, clergyman and farmer, Section 21, P. O. Afton, was born in Macoupin
County, Ill, in 1845. Isasonof William and Sarah Deaderick Dorman. Was married in
1866, to Miss Mary J. Barnett, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Taylor Barnett. Has five
children—Maggie A., James W., George R., Charles W., and IrminaJ. Dorman. Came to
Kansas in 1857, located on Section 29, Illinois Township; remained three years, then moved
tothe farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of laud; was in the War of the Rebel-
lion; enlisted in 1864, in the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company K; was in
the battles of Altoona, Ga., Bentonville, N. C., and other engagements of his command; was
mustered out at the close of the war in 1865; was educated in I)linols, ordained by the Lib-
erty Baptist Church of Macoupin County, IIl.; his first pastorate was of the First Baptist
Church of Kingman County, Kan.; held that relation for three years; wasthe first Baptist
clergyman in that county; has now the pastoral charge of three churches, alternating the
services; has been instrumental in organizing seven Baptist churches, and has baptized 225
converts during his labors in Kansas. @ :

Jd. GA farmer, Section 28, P. O. Afton, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in
1848; son of A. V.and Mary A. (Robinson) Gard, natives of New York. Was married in
1874to Niss Nancy A. Barnett, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth A. (Taylor) Barnett. Has
three children— Walter, Florence M. and Fletcher Gard. Came to Kansas in 1873, from In-
diana and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 240 acres of land and is en-
gaged in farming and stock raising. Is a member of the Baptist Church. Has been Clerk
of Illinois Township, and member of the School Board and has held that position for six

ears.

= R. R. HITE, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Wichita, was born in Virginia in 1824; son of

George and Lucinda (Longacre) Hite. Was married in 1848 to Miss Elizabeth Samsel,

daughter of John and Rosa Samsel. Has three children—Rosana, Mary and Gracie Hite.

Came to Kansas in 1876 from Illinois, and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns

160 acres of land. Engaged in farming and stock raising. Volunteered in the United States

service in the late war, but was rejected for Gisabiity. Engaged as Train Master in the

Commissar Department; remained in that service for thirty-two months. Is a member

of the I. 0. 0. F,

JOHN HUFFMAN, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Afton, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in
1829; is a son of William and Eliza (Brink} Huffman. as married in 1852 to Miss Mar:
J. Cale, daughter of William and Mary (Bailer) Cale. Has six children—Margaret ii
James W,, Eliza J., Clara A., George P., John F, Huffman. Came to Kansas in February,
1874 and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 132 acres of land and is engage
in farming, and stock raising. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, West
Wichita c urge, and steward of the church, Is an earnest temperance advocate.

JAMES M. LANE, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Wichita, was born in Ulster County, N. Y.,
in 1839; is a son of Cornelius and Catharine (Elmendorf) Lane. Was married in_1838, to
Miss sylvia J, Crampin, daughter of Watkins and Elizabeth Crampin. Has six children—
Isola H., Homer, Frank, Adelbert, Tommie and Katie Lane. Came to Kansas in 1872 and
Jo. ated on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres and is engaged in farming and
stock raising. Wasin the War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1861 in the Sixty-fourth
Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company B. Was in the battles of Corinth, luka and other
engigements of his command. Was Glscharned for disability, in October, 1862. Wasa
member of the first School Board. Has been Constable one term. Was one of the first set-
tlers in the township, and a signer of the petition for its organization, *

W, T. LIKLEY, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Ruby, was born in Pennsylvania in 1847; is a
son of Henry and Mary J, Appleby Likley. Was married, in 1870, to Miss Maggie S. Watt,
daughter of Andrew and Sarah Rudy Watt; has five children—Bertha M., Harry L,, Freddie
A,, George B, and Willie R. Likley. Cameto Kansas in June, 1872; located on the farm
where he now resides; owns 160 acres of land and is engaged in ferns and stock raising.
Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1863 in the Forty-sixth Regiment Pennsy:
vania Volunteers, Company C. Was in the battles of Gettysburg, Raccoon Ford, Lookout
Mountain, and in all the engagements of Gen. Sherman’s.march to the sea; never missed a
roll call during his term of service; was mustered out in July, 1865. Is a member of the
Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Wichita Lodge No. 99. Was elected Trustee of Illinois
Township in 1875 and 1879; entered his land in 1873.

J. F. MEYER, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Blendon, was born in St. Clair County, IIL, in
1849; is son of John and Mary Hilsick Meyer. Was married, in 1874, to Miss Annie BK. Mc-
Caw, danghter of qdoseph and Eliza McCaw, Has two children—Anna and Leah Meyer.
Came to Kansas in 1876; located in Delano cowneniy remained one year; in 1877 located
on the farm where he now resides; owns 160 acres 0 land, and is engaged in farming and
stock raising. Was elected Trustee for Illinois Township in 1881, and re-elected in 1882.
Is a member of the School Board; has served for six years in that capacity.

JAMES P. McGOVNEY, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Ruby, was born in Ohio in 1844. Isa
son of James and Isabella J. Holmes McGovney. Was married in 1869,to Miss Martha C.And-
Bon. daughter, of James and Elizabeth Huggins Anderson. Has three children—Clarence A.,
Abbie M. and James C. McGovney. Came to Kansas in February, 1873; located on the
farm where he now resides; owns 160 acres of Jand, andis engaged in farming and stock
raising. Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1862,in the Ninety-first Regiment Ohio
Volunteers, Company E; was in the battles of Newborn Station, Linchburgh, Winchester,
Stephenson Station, Cedar Creek, and other engagements of his command. Was wounded at
Cedar Creek and Maryland Heights; was inthe hospital two months. Was mustered out
in 1865. Is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Clearwater. Signed the petition
for the organization of Illinois Township. Has been Justice of the Peace for two terms. Is
a member of the School Board; has served two terms.

J. F. NESSLY, clergyman and farmer, Section 1, P.O, Wichita, was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, in 1824, Is ason of John and Elizabeth Fawcett Nessly, natives of Pennsyl-
vania. Was married in 1849 to Miss Margaret B. lord, daughter of Hugh GC. and Elizabeth
Ford. Has three children—Charles F., John L, and Flora W. Nessly. Ills first wife died in
1862. Was married in 1863 to Miss Elizabeth W. Riley, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
Riley. Came to Kansas in 1868, from Missouri; located at Ottawa. Remained two years,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Was then stationed at Olathe, and was pastor
of the church at that Race for two years. In 1872 moved to Wichita, and organized the
Methodist Episcopal Church of that place, and remained its pastor for one year, He took a
supernumerary relation to the Conference in 1873, located on the farm where he now re-
sides. Owns 160 acres of land. During the nine years ho has resided on his farm, has held
the pastorate of the West Wichita charge five years. Was educated at the Grand River In-
stitute. In 1845, was received in the Pittsburgh Conference. His first appointment was
Ligonier, Pa. In 1847 was ordained deacon, and in 1849 ordained elder. He married the
fifth daughter of Hugh C. and Elizabeth Ford—all marrying Methodist clergymen. The
family was known as Ford’s Conference, the honored father bearing the title of Bishop of
Ford’s Conference. From that time until 1873, when he became broken in health, and lo-
cated on his farm, his life was devoted to the work of the ministry. During his labor in
Kansas, has been instrumental in building a church at Ottawa, a church and parsonage at
Wichita, and of raising a very CID ATT ASSHIN: church debt at Olathe. Was City Clerk of
Wichita in 1873. Was Chairman of the Repy lican County Convention of Sedgwick in 1873.
Is a member of the Masonic Fraternity A., F.& A. M. In 1873 a buffalo, in crossing his
farm, was killed a short distance from his house, which proved a rare treat to himself and
neighbors, with whom he divided the meat. In 1878 he was elected Chaplain to the State

*Senate, which position he sustained for two terms. ,
A. K. PRUITT, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Afton, was born in Jersey County, IIL, in 1851.
Is ason of Amosand Mary H. Stout Pruitt. Was married in 1874, to Miss Sarah’ Armour,
daughter of John and Eliza Armour. Has three children—John, Anna and Albert. Came
to Kansas in 1873. Located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of land,
and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Is Treasurer of the township and meiber of the School Board. Has held the
e for two years. E .
aes A. RALPH, farmer, Section 4, P.O, Blendon, was born in West Windsor, Vt., in
1832; is a son of Jonathan aud Marcia Kingsley Ralph; single. Came to Kansas {n June,
1873; located on the farm where he now resides; owns 160 acres of land. Was educated in

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in Green Mountain, Liberal Institute, for a teacher; commenced teaching in 1849. Fol-
awed his profession during the winter seasons until 1862, when he crossed the plains to
California, where he engaged in teaching for five years, when he was obliged to give up his
work on account of falling health. Was examiner of teachers for six years in Tuolumne
County, Cal. Was Government Surveyor of mineral lands in 1871 and 1872, in the district
in which he lived in California. After coming to Kansas hetaught for threeterms. Was
elected Justice of the Peace in 1874, Bt one first election in the township; held the office for
3.18 now Clerk of the township. .
une ene RACER’ farmer, Section 3. was porn in West Windsor, Vt.,in 1833. He is a
brother of M. A. Ralph. Came to Kansas in 1872; located on the farm where he now re-
sides; owns 320 acres of land, and is engaged in farming; was the first settler in the town-
ship; his claim was the second filing. Was in the United States service in Nebraska in 1862.
Enlisted in the Second Nebraska Cavalry, Company D; served ten months; was mustered
out in 1863. ‘

K. RALPH, brother of M, A. and _W. A. Ralph, was born in West Windsor,
vtin i847 Married in 1883 to Miss Alice M. Shafer, daughter of Solomon and Rachael
Shafer. Came to Kansas in 1872, with W..A. Ralph. Owns 160 acres of land in Section 15.
Was the first Constable of the township. Has been Clerk of the township and member of

r ur terms. M
er 5a SSA OK, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Ruby, was born in Madison County, Ill, in
1837; son of James and Jennette Parker Sacket. Was married in 1862, to Miss Mary Ship-
pen, daughter of Wm, and Elizabeth Endsley Shippen. Has five children—Jennette E.,
artha e, William J., Clarence H. and Josiah A. Sacket. Came to Kansas in 1872; located
on the farm where he now resides; owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and
stock raising. 1s a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a Good Templar. Was
one of the organizers of Illinois Township, and was the first Trustee after its organization;
was Treasurer of the township in 1877. Is Justice of the Peace; has held the office four
ears. Is a member of the School Board. Was the first Treasurer of the district. Was

trenatiter of the aid society in 1874, organized for the relief of the grasshopper sufferers,

JOSEPH SPEER, farmer, Section 11, P.O. Wichita, was born in Chester County, Pa.
in 1809; son of John and Catharine McCune Speer. Was married in 1837, to Miss Ann Mas-
ters, daughter of Christopher and Mary Masters. Has seven children—Margaret J., Mary
Mary E., John W., Samuel M., Catharine M., Matilda J. and Thomas E, Speer. Came to
Kansas in 1873; located on the farm where he now resides; owns 160 acres of land; engaged
in farming and stock raising. Is amember of the Methodist Episcopal Church, His two
sons, John and Samuel, were in the War of the Rebellion; they enlisted in 1861; John was
discharged in 1862 for disability; Samuel served until the close of the war in the battles of
his command; was held prisoner for four months. .

W.S.STRUTHERS, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Ruby, was born in Rockbridge County,
Va.,in 1825, is a son of William and Martha Saville Struthers. Was married in 1849 to Miss
Julia A, Dean, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Dean. Hastwo children—Clark W, and
Alonzo H. Struthers, His wife died in 1868 and he was married in 1865 to Miss Mary J,
Parry, daughter of Walter and Ann Parry, has four children—Anna M. Oliver C, Ralph D,
and Charles P., came to Kansas in 1874 and located on the farm where he now resides; owns
320 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising; was in the War of the Rebel-
lion, enlisted in 1862 in the Eighty-third Regiment, Illinois ‘Volunteers, Company B., was
in the second battle of Fort Donelson and other engagements of his command; was promo-
ted to Sergeant and in 1863 to Orderly and held that position until the spring of 1865 then
received commission as Second Lieutenant; was mustered out in July, 1865; is a member of
the United Presbyterian Church, 1s Postmaster of Ruby postoffice, was appointed in 1879;
was the second Treasurer of the Township. 7 3

CLARK M, STRUTHERS, son of W. S. and Julia Struthers was born in Greene County,
Ohio, in 1850; single; came to Kansas in 1874, located on the farm where he now resides;
was Township Treasurer in 1879, Township Clerk in 1880, is a member of the School Board
and _has held that position for two terms. “4 7

JOSEPH STOVER, farmer, Section 17, P.O. Afton, was born in Preble County, Ohio,
in 1842;is a son of Samuel and Mary Moore Stover; was married in 1863 to Miss Catherin4
J. Smith, daughter of John F. and Mattie Smith; has five children—George W., Charles E.,
Eva M., Maud B. and Walter D. Stover; came to Kansas in 1875, located on the farm where
he now resides, owns 160 acres of land, andis engaged in farming and stock raising; waa
in the War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1864,in the navy, second division of the Mississippi,
Squadron; was in the service one year, mustered out in 1865; has been trustee of the Town-
ship two terms, isa member of the School Board, has served on the board for seven vears.

AFTON TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT AILLS, farmer, Section 18, P.O, Afton, was born in Ontaria, Cnada, near the
Falls of Niagara in 1841, his father James Aills having settled there upon the expiration of
his term of twenty-one years servicein the Britisharmy. The subject of this sketch was
apprenticed to, and learned the trade of wood turner, at which he worked until 1876, when
he went to Grand Rapids, Mich., totake charge of a large furniture factory. Mr. A., came
to Kansas in 1879 and located for a time at Fort Scott, from whence he removed to his
present farm of 160 acres in 1882. He has 75 acres under cultivation, and all his land un-
der fence; whilst his residence (a neat frame) and outbuildings are insured. In May, 1869,
he married Miss Sarah Pritchard of Hamilton Ont, who has borne him three children, viz:
Robert, James and Azilla, Mr. Aills isa memberofthe I.0.G. T., and of the American
Legion of Honor.

GUSTAVE BARTH, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Afton, was born in Brandenburg, Ger-
many, in 1843, and learning the crade of a machinist, worked at that In his native country
until 1859, when he went as engineer upon the New York and Hamburg steamers; and in
1861 came to this country, After astay of six weeks in New York he went to Pennsylvania
where, after experiencing many and varied vicissitudes, occasioned by his inability to
speak English or procure work at his trade, he, after six months had slapeed, returned to

ew York, where he worked at his trade for a year and then went to Breckinridge County,
Ky., where he built and worked a blacksmith and machine shop, but sold out in a year’s
time and removed to Cincinnati, where he remained three years engaged in various occu-
Ballons, when he returned to Kentucky, and, November 8, 1871, was married to Mrs, Mary
cott, nee Leichhardt, and in October, 1872, started by wagon for Kansas, arriving upon
his present homestead November Ist. Mr, Barth has now a fine farm of 320 acres, situated
upon the banks of Clear Creek; he has 200 acres under cultivation with a good average
yield of corn and wheat, whilst his yield of millet has been exceptionally large. His barns
re large, and very conveniently arranged and are about the finest in Sedgwick County.
Ir. B. has three children—Gustave, born August 24, 1872; Rosa, October 24, 1874, and
Tary, born January 14, 1878. Being one of the first two settlers of this region, he expe~
r enced all the hardanlps incident to frontier life, and upon the organization of Afton
Township was the first Clerk of the School Board of his district and by his efforts mainly, a
schoolhouse was bullt at an early day, and he has ever been foremost in advancing the in-
terests of the township. He isa member of the Baptist Church and superintendent of the
Union Sunday school. He has always been a member of the School Board, and in February,
1882, was elected Township Trustee and returned in 1883.
WILLI S. JOHNSON, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Afton, was born in Ontario County,

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c vy 1834, and in childhood removed with his parents to McHenry County, IIL, where lie
remained until 1854, when he removed to Fayette County, lowa, where he engaged in school
teaching and farming. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-eighth Iowa In-
fantry, which was subsequently attached to the Thirteenth rmy Corps. He participated in
the engagements at Vicksburg and Fort Morgan and Blakely, and was mustered out with
the rank of Corporal at Houston, Texas, August 15, 1865. Upon leaving the army he re-
turned to Iowa, where, in 1870, he married Miss Ellen G. Bever, who bore him three chil-
dren—Edward N,, born June 27, 1874; Helen E., August 26, 1876, and Charles B., August
18,1 Mrs. Johnson died October 6, 1878, and ten days later the child, Charles B. April
26, 1880, Mr. J. was married to his present consort, Miss Eliza Shipley, who has borne him
one ehlld—Fannie R., born May 4, 1882. Mr. Johnson came to Kansas in 1875, and located
upon his present farm of 160 acres, 120 of which are under cultivation, with a good grain
yleld. Hefhas a fine orchard,and several fine flowering shrubs adorn the grounds, Sarr. John-
son was the first Trustee of the Township, holding, the office two years and was also two
ears In office as ee nsnIp Treasurer, and two as Clerk, He has also been a member of the
chool Board and is also Clerk of the Clear Creek Baptist Church.

3p ALBERT LEICHHARDT, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Afton, was born in 1834, in Berlin,
P russia, and when three years of age left Berlin and resided seven years in Hamburg. Came
to this country with his parents, who settled for atime in Brooklyn, N. Y. Farmed seven
years two miles from Hudson, N. Y _ He then went to Breckinridge County, Ky., where he
remained for twenty years engaged in farming, and there he married, in 1862, Miss Julia
Reynolds, who has borne him twelve children, nine of whom survive, Annie. and Bertha
talus 3 the latter has taught two terms in the district school and is now attending theteach-
er’s justitute in Fort Scott, the former, Annie, is attending school at Wichita, Preston, tAl-
bert, Olive, Lily, Gustave, Cora and Nellie. Mr. L. is a nephew of the celebrated explorer,
ae Ludwig Leichhardt, who has received gold medals from the Queen of England and the
] Feuch Society of Arts and Sciences, and who was at the head of tlie exploring expedition
iu eng interior of Australia. Mr. L, with his brother-in-law, Mr. Barth, were the earliest
< ors now in the township, coming to Kansas in the spring of 1872, and in the fall of 1874,
he, w ie two others gathered buffalo bones upon the prairie which they afterward sold for
per on. This was the grasshopper year. In December of that year, 1874, he formed
one. a party of three upon a butfalo hunt, in which they were very successful, but while
on | ie r way home they were overtaken by ‘a very severe show storm, accompanied by cold
#0 i ense phe they passed upon the prairie the body of a negro whom they fad seen buta
tow hours before in life and vigor but now a stiffened corpse. Finding the storm increasing
Hi ey were compelled to abandon one wagon and contents and pushing on reached their
omes on Christmas morning, but Mr. L. was so badly frost bitten that he was taken to

 

 
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Wichita for medical treatment, subsequently losing all the toes of both f

up over ayear. Such was his first oxparienye of Kansas winter. He i ee x eine Rey
of 860 acres, 200 of which are under cultivation, a good orchard, a comfortable residence
and stone barns, which cost $1,500 to erect, Mr.L,isa member of the Lutheran Church
and has been a member of the School Board of his district for several years, *

WILLIAM L AN, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Afton, was born in Litchfield County.
Conn. Isasonof Erastus and AbigailStarr Lyman. Was married in 1834 to Miss Mary
A. lves, daughter of Minnuas and Mary Ives. as three children now living. Edgar W.,
Mary A., and Alfred L. Lyman. Came to Kansas in 1874 and located on the farm where he
now lives. Was the organizer of Afton Township, Was Notary Public for four years.
There was but one settlerin the township when hecame. He erected the third house. Is
Postmaster of Afton. Was appointed in June, 1874, when the office was established. The
first year it was a special office and he was allowed $12 for attending the office and $8 for
having the mail carried to Wichita once a week, a Cistance of eighteen miles. In 1875 a
regular United States mail route was established. The first letter received at the office was
addressed to Andrew Minnium, There are now over 100 weekly papers received at the
office. Started a drug and grocery store in the township.

ALFRED L. LYMAN, son of William and Mary A. tyes Lyman, farmer, Section 13, was
born in Litchfield, Conn., in 1853. Was married in 1880 to Miss Sara Henderson, daughter
of L. F.and F. J. fenderson. Has two children, Edua T. Lyman and Mary Lyman. Came
to Kansas in 1872, and located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 400 acres of land
and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Built the second house in the township, now
used for the Postoffice. as the first mail carrier. Is Justice of the Peace and member of
the School Board, also one of the organizers of the township. Was the founder of the Af.on
Library, chartered in 1882. Contains over two hundred volumes. Is librarian. William
Lyman, president, and Alvin Minneck, secretary.

JOHN McDONALD, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Afton, was born in 1850 in Kirkeud-
brightshire, Scotland, where his father, who was agraduate of the Glasgow Medical Col-
lege, was engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. McDonald received his education
at Hutton Hall Academy, in the south of Scotland, a few miles distant from the grave of the
poet Burus. By the death of his father when he was only fourteen years of age, he was
left an orphan, and was adopted and brought up by a maternal uncle, who was engaged in
business asa grocer in the city of Quebec, Canada, and with whom he remained several

ears. In 1872 he moved to Montreal and subsequently to Ontario, where he engaged in

usiness as @ merchant in the town of Almont, but finding the close confinement of the
store injurious to his health he sold out,and in 1879 took a voyage and journey to his native
land, returning in the spring of 1880, and in the following year came to Kansas, locating
upon his present farm of 160 acres, 105 of which are under cultivation, the principal crop
being corn, which has given a good yield. He has a fine young orchard of 400 assorted
fruit trees, and some thirty-five cattle, hogs, etc, Mr. McDonald is unmarried, and is a
member of the Presbyterian Church, and of the Odd Fellows Fraternity,

WILLIAM MARTIN, farmer anu stock raiser, Section 3, P, O. Afton, and one of the
early settlers of this part of Sedgwick County, Was born in 1823 in Loudoun County, Va.,
and is originally of Irish descent, his grandfather having been engaged in the Irish troubles
of 1798, fled tothis country and settled in Virginia, in that year. r. M. was married in
1855 to Miss Hannah J. Leslie, also a native of Virginia, and whose ancestors had resided
in that State prior to the Revolution, The issue of this marriage are—Leslie, born Febru-
ary 4, 1856, aud who is now married andis the county agent of the Continental Insurance
Company; Thomas Page, born November 1, 1857, and now in partnership with his father
in the stock business, and Hannah J, born May 10, 1868, and now receiving her education
in her native State. Mrs. Martin died July 9, 1868, and December 3, 1870, Mr. M. married
her sister, Miss America Virginia Leslie, his present consort. Mr. Martin followed, for
many years, the trade of his father, which was that of a tanner, and had tanneries in Far-
quhar County, Va., and Hannibal, Mo., removin, from the latter place to his present home
in Kansas, in 1873. Since his residence here he has given his attention principally to
stock raising, although 180 of his 320 acres are under cultivation, 60 acres being in corn
and 120 in wheat, his grain yield being exceptionally poor He possesses two, thorough-
bred Durham bulls, and usually “carries” from 200 to 300 head of high grade cattle, with a
proportionate number of horses, hogs, etc. Coming here a poor man (owing to business
reverses) with less than $100 dollars in his pocket, he has in the short space of ten_ years,
by dint of industry, economy and business tact, reached a position of comparative affluence,
Locating upon his present homestead when there were but two other families in the town-
ship, he has lived to see himself surrounded by prosperous farms, his being one of the best
in the township, and thus adding another proof to the many already adduced of what the
fertile State of Kansas can do to assist those, who, in spite of many discouraging obstacles
are willing and able to assist themselves, and know no such word as fail. 4

J. MANSON, farmer, Section 29, P. O.Coronado, was born in 1849, in the city of Perth,
Scotland, and is by trade a stone cutter, and came to the United States in 1872, landing in
New York, where he continued to reside for several years, working both in that State and
the State of New Jersey, until he came West, in 1879. Mr, M. bought his present farm of
180 acres two years ago, but has rented it until the present year, when he purposes enlarg-
ing the residence, and working the farm himself. He has since his arrival here, been en-

aged working at his trade, chiefly in Butler County. He was married, May 10, 1879, to
fitiss Elizabeth McEwen, a native or Lanarkshire, Scotland, who has borne him one child,
Jessie A., born September 26, 1880. Mr. M. is amember of the Masonic Fraternity.

NH. PIKE, farmer, Section 14, P. 0. Afton, was born in Springfield, Ill, in 1844,
and when twelvé years of age, accompanied his parents to Putman County, Mo., where his
father, Milton Pike, pursued his trade as a mason until 1860, ‘when the family moved to
Leavenworth this State, subsequently returning to [linois and locating at Auburn. The
subject of this sketch has always pursued the vocation of farmer, and after travelling for
three years in New York and other Eastern States,came to Kansas in the fall of 1876, and
located upon his present farin of 360 acres, 250 of which are under the plow, with a fair
average yield of corn, wheat and oats. During the last few years Mr, Pike has given some
attention to stock, having now about 75 head of cattle and 80 hogs. February 16, 1870_ he
married Miss Rachel Shipley, of Chatham, I1]., whose parents, natives of the north of Ire-
land, emigrated to that State at an early day from Pennsylvania, Their children are, Jane
Bertha, born January 27, 1871; William, July 31, 1873; John Chesley, February 13, 1876;
George, February 1, 1878; Charles, November 15, 1880, and Lily May, October 26, 1882. Mr.
Pike has been Road Overseer, and Treasurer of the School Board for several years, and is a
member of the Clear Creek Baptist Church, and in February, 1883, was elected Treasurer of
the township, Asa farmer he is prosperous, and although ) ut 2 young man, has proven
himself worthy of the confidence reposed in him by his consu.cuents. y is

. H. RHOADS, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Afton, was born in Macoupin County,-Ill, in
1843, dnd remained in his native State, engaged in farming, until his removal to this, with
the exception of the time spent in the army during the late war, he having enlisted July 17,
1861, in Company H, Thirtieth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and participated in the ep-

agements at Fort Donelson, Corinth, Britains Lane, was in several engagements during
Gan Grant’s marebing, etc., around Vicksburg, and participated in the siege of Vicksburg,
afterwards was in the Atlanta campaign, and was mustered out at Chattanooga, Augusl 27,
1864. January 17, 1866, he was married to Miss Sarah C, Haynes, of Somerville: Il. They
have five children living, viz: Eve, Edward H., Josie, Otto and Alonzo. Mr. Charles Rhoads,
his father, was one of the early settlers of Illinois, removing thereto from Kentucky. The
family 1s descended from the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch, the grandfather of the subject
of this sketch having veen unable to speak aught but his native tongue (German). Mr. R.
came from Illinois to Kansas, in 1875, locating upon his present farm of 320 acres in that

ear. He has about 100 acres under cultivation, his grain ield being good. Since residing
here Mr. R. has been Treasurer of the township, of which he was one of the organizers. He
is at present Clerk of the School Board, of which he has always been a member, He is a
deacon of the Clear Creek Baptist Church, and a member of Garfield Post, G. A. R., and in
1879, was elected Justice of the Peace, and retained the office for two years. Heis, in fact,
one of the leading men of Afton Township, and has ever taken a warm interest and promi-
nent part in everything likely to prove conducive to the welfare of his adopted State.

N. RETZEL, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Wichita, is a native of Prussia, wlfere he was
born in 1837, and when’ a boy was apprenticed by his father to his own trade, that of a
shoemaker, But he subsequently gave up the last, and learned the trade of musical instru-
ment maker, which was more congenial to his tastes, and at which he worked in his native
land until 1867, when he immigrated to the United States, and procuring work in New
York, continued to reside there until 1876, when he went to Philadelphia to attend the
exposition, and remained in that city about a year, when he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio.
While there, he was taken ill, of a severe attack of scarlet fever, which left his sight and
hearing so impaired as practically to unfit him for further work at his trade. Mr. R. came
to Kansas in 1878, locating for a time in Butler County, and moving to his present location
in 1879. He was married in Germany to Miss G. Kauffman. They have four children liv-
ing—Albert (born in December, 1851, and now married and residing in Cincinnati), Louisa
(born in May, 1854, married and residing in Wichita), and Charles and Catherine (twins,
born in. Angust, 1861, and residing at home). Mr. R. has 160 acres of good land, ond a
tinder fence, 125 being under plow, principally in corn. He isa member of the Lutheran

tt Wichita, .
‘ OG VAN GHISON, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Afton, was born_near Rochester, N. Y., in
1884, and since boyhood has always been engagedin farming. He removed to Illinois -
1863, and in the fall of 1864, enlisted in Company H, Eleventh Illinois Infantry, and serve

under Gen. Canby until mustered out at Springfield, IU.,in July, 1865. In 1866, he Ee:
turned to and remained a year in his native State, afterwards returning to Illinois, anv
after a three years’ residence, moved to Van Buren County, Mich., and in the fall of 1875,
came to Kansas, locating upon his present pe of 320 BOTes; 160 OE. ica arog hanes
ivation, wi in yield. Mr. Van Geison was married, . sk
Hvation, With a fait e1AD They have three children—Albert Teno residing in

ty, N. ¥. és i
ae ‘owaehigy and who ‘married Miss Annie White, of this county), Wheeler E. (resid-

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ing at home), and Henry. Mr. Van Geison is Road Overseer of the township, deacon in the
Clear Creek Baptist Church, and one of the most prosperous and successful farmers in
Afton Township.

OHN C. VAN GIESON, Justice of the Peace and farmer, Section 20, P.O. Afton, was
born in 1828, in Paterson, N. J., his ancestors being natives of New Jersey, but moved to
New York 1n 1828. He learned the trade of carpenter, but was prineipally engaged in farm—
ing in New York, until he removed to Illinois, where he worked at his trade until his re-
moval to Kansas in 1876. Mr. Van Gieson married Miss Rachel Ann Hoover, of New York
State who has borne him seven children—Mr. L. E. Van Gieson, Livonia, Arletta, who mar-
ried Mr. Kd. Bever and died in 1880; Mrs. Roena I. Burdick, Mrs. Emma M. Chamberlain,
Vincent C., Etta Evalena and Morris J. His farm, of 160 acres, contains ninety acres under
cultivation, corn, wheat and millett being the principal crops. During the War of the Re-
pellion he served for upwards of two years in the Eighth New York Cavalry. First day of
August, 1863, at the Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, he received a wound which has rendered
him Jame for life, He is a member of the School Board of his District, and in 1877 was
elected Justice of the Peace and ha3 since continued to fill that office Hninterrupved ly

W. M. WIKOFF, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Afton, was born in Butler County, Obio, in
1858, and is ason of H. B. Wickoff, ofthis county. His early life was spent upon a farm,
and from 1878 to 1880, he was employed as a fireman on the Iowa Division of C., B. & Q. R,

He came to Kansas in 1872, and owned and worked his farm for several years prior to
his marriage, which occurred in March, 1880, to Miss Eliza Hutfman, daughter of John
Hutfman, of Illinois Township, this cou Mr. W. has two children—Othello Ira, born
March 28, 1881, and Mary Gertrude, born February 2, 1883. Of his farm of 160 acres, 100
acres are uuder cultivation, yielding an average of fifteen bushels of wheat per acre; corn
thirty and oats thirty-five bushels per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Wikoff are members of the United
Presbyterian Church, and in February, 1882, he was elected Clerk of Afton Township.

JAMES E. WHITELAW, farmer, and Clerk of Afton Township, Section 17, P. O. Afton,
was born in 1849, in Eaton, Lorain Co., Ohio; his father, Gdward Whitelaw, is a native
of Scotiand, having come to this country when a boy, and settling in Ohio, engaged in farm-
ing. The subject of this sketch removed with his parents to Van Buren County, Mich., in
1855, and upon reaching manhood also engaged in farming, and in the spring of 1877, came
to Kansas, locating upon his present farm of 160 acres, 120 of which are under cultivation,
his wheat yielding fifteen and corn thirty bushels per acre, November 25, 1875, ae was
married to Miss Melissa Smith, of Van Buren County, Mich. They have three children.
viz.: Glen, born November 8, 1877; Roy, born April 12, 1879, and Frank, born March 23,
1881. Mr. Whitelaw was elected Treasurer of: Afton Township, in February, 1881, and
Clerk of the township in February, 1883, and now holds the latter office,

VIOLA TOWNSHIP.

W. DUCHESNEAU, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Coronado, was born in Cuyahoga County:
Ohio, in 1848, his father, who is by birth a French Canadian, having located there in 1845,
and who, upon the breaking out of the war, was one of the first in his neighborhood to
respond to the call for men, and who subsequently fell a victim to disease and death in An-
dersonville. The subject of this sketch has always been a farmer, and came to Kansas in
1870, from Michigan, where he had resided for several years. Mr. D. located upon his pres-
ent farm in 1875, and has 120 acres under cultivation, with an average grain yield of wheat
15, corn 35, and oats 30 bushels per acre. He has alsoafine young orchard, chiefly peach
and apple trees, but not yet bearing: He was married, in 1866, to Miss Minnie Schenck,

iv.

of Ohio. They have no children ing. Mr.and Mrs. Ducbesneau are members of the
Methodist episcopal Church,
ROBERT MoCARTNEY, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Wichita, was born in Orleans County,

Vt.,-his father, William James McCartney, being one of the first men in that region to intro-
duce there the fine wool sheep. Mr. McC. is descended from a race of shepherds, and in
partnership with his brother, George, owns about 1,500 sheep, on their sheep ranch in Reno

ounty. e has been in Kansas ten years, during the latter four years residing principally
inthis county. Of his 320 acres in this county, one-third is devoted to root crops, the rest
to cereals. is sheep are all fine-wools, and average eleven to thirteen pounds per fleece.
He has been very successful in his operations as a sheep raiser, and gives his whole atten-
tion to his business. Mr. McCartney was married, in 1864,to Miss Florence Burt, of Ben-
nington, Vt. His only daughter, Isabel, is now attending Vassar College, Poughkeepsie,
N. ¥. Mr. McC. is a member of the Knight Templars and of the A. O. U. W.

A. WILSON, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Coronado, was born in St. John, N. B., December
29,1850. His ancestors, during the Revolution, resided inthe State of Connecticut, but,
taking the side of the King, upon the declaration of peace, removed into the neighboring
Province of New Brunswick, and became what is known as United Empire Loyalists,
During the great fire, several years ago, the house which had seen the birth of himself and
father, was consumed, Mr. W. is by trade a ship carpenter, and in that capacity has several
times made the circuit of the globe. . He subsequently worked at his trade in Cramps’ ship~
bulaing, eras in Philadelphia, and elsewhere, and, October 17, 1881, he married Miss Linda
A. Goss, daughter of Professor Goss, of Erie, Pa. They have one child, Annetta R., born
May 8, 1882. Mr. W. has a nice farm of 160 acres, about one-third of which is under culti-
vation. He is a member of the K. of H., and K. of P.

ERIE TOWNSHIP.

J. W. BROWN, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Brighton, Kingman County, was born in 1830
in Clinton County, N. Y., and when a boy removed with his parents to Ohio, subsequently
removing to Kalamazoo, Mich., where hein 1856, married Miss E. Wilman, who died in
1862, leaving two children, Lafayette W., born in 1857, and George in 1860.. In March,
1864, he married his present consort, Miss Martha Hopkins, who has borne him three chil-
dreu:—Howard, born in 1867, Robert, 1871, and Mary, 1873. Mr, B, came to Kansas in
October, 1878, and located upon his present farm of 242 acres, ninety-five of which are
under cultivation, He has been Treasurer of ‘the township and also of the School Board, and
has been a Justice of the Peacetwoterms, ~ :

O. CULVER, Justice of the Peace and farmer, Section 6, P.O. Brighton, Kingman
County, was born in Union County, Ohio, in 1834. He has been a farmer from boyhood, and
in 1855 removed to Decatur County, Ohio, where he, September 17, 1865, married Miss
Mary M. Shields, who has borne him six children—Emily, born October 11, 1866; Lora,
March 16, 1868; Lucretia, November 17, 1870; Sylvanus, April 11, 1872; Ada, February
18, 1874, and Curtis, January 3, 1878. In August, 18638, Mr. Culver enlisted in Company L,
Third Iowa Cavalry, and participated in the fight at Currant River, Hartsville, Saline
River, and was the first man to cross the river at Little Rock, was also atthe siege of
Memphis, etc., and was mustered out September, 1864, with the rank of Sergeant. In
May, 1876, he came tu Kansas, locating upon his present farm of 320 acres, of which 180
are under cultivation. He has also raised considerable stock. Has been a member of the
Bcnool poard.. Acted at the first election inthe township, andis a member of the A., F. &

. M. and I. 0. O, F.

WILLIAM M, PARHAM, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Brighton, was born in the city of
Philadelphia, in 1846, and when a boy went with his parents to Towa, where his father, J.
Cc. Parham, engaged in farming, and subsequently removed to Muscatine, where he died
June 8, 1878. The subject of this sketch learned the trade of horse collar maker and house

ainter, and removed to Kansas in the spring of 1878, locating upon his present farm.
aanuary 1, 1878, he married Miss Aunie M, Eckel, of Schuylkill County, Pa., who has borne’
him four children, viz.: Harry C., born October 20, 1867 L., February 25, 1870;
Charles F., June 4, 1873, and Frank E., August 7, 1875. Mr. Parham’s farm of 160 acres,
contains sixty acres in cultivation. His outbuildings are very large and commodious, He
has every facility for the care of stock, in which he largely deals. Having excellent springs
upon the premises. Has been clerk of the School Board of his district for the past five
years, and is a member of the A. O. U. W., and for three years was Postmaster of Helen

office.
MOSES A. SWIFT, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Brighton, was born in 1840, in Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, and upon arriving at years of maturity was engaged in business as a butcher

; Edgar

-wntil August 10, 1861, when he enlistedin Company B, Sixth United States Cavalry, served

with credit and distinction, being in all the engagements of his regiment and was mustered
out August 10,1864. He thereupon returned to Ohio and his former business until 1867
when he went to Montana and engaging fora year in mining, finally locating in Tremon
County, Iowa, engaging in farming, and removed to Kansas in 1876, and pre-empting his,
present farm of 160 acres, sixty-five of which are under cultivation. May 21, 1873, he was
married to Miss Marcia J. Everts, a native of Oswego County, N. Y., who died April 9, 1882,
leaving three enildren: “Riley C., Ray R. and Charles H. Mr. Swift is one of the pioneer
settlers of the Fow nsiip: and has been Treasurer of the township for the last three terms.

GILMAN VESEY, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Brighton, was born in Shipton Province of
Quebec, in 1828, and subsequently removed to Lowell. Mass., where he learned the trade of
blacksmith, and in 1850, removed to Moultrie County, Ill., from where he went to Peoria,
Ill, August 24, 1850, he married Miss F. M. Stone, a native of New Hampshire. There are
four surviving children, viz.: Hartwell S., born October 1, 1851; Charles N., born August
24, 1854; William E., born November 22, 1856; and Emma Jane, born March 1, 1872, Mr.
Vesey is the oldest settler in the township, coming in December, 1876, and in addition to
agriculture has directed his attention to sheep raising, having now about 600 head. He
has a beautiful orchard of over 500 trees. In March, 1865, he enlisted in Company I, Forty-
seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and serving with distinction, was musterec out in
February, 1866, atSelma, Mo. Since his residence here he has filled the office of Justice of
the Peace two years, and has been a member of the School Board of his district, No, 114,

. MORTON TOWNSHIP.

DAVID BEVERLY, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Marshall, was born in May, 1848, in
Cattaraugus Ccunty, N.Y. His early life was spent upon a farm, and he continued to reside
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in his native State until his removal to Kansas in September, 1876, when_he located upon

his present farm of 160 acres, situated upon the west bank of the North Ninnescah River.
He has eighty acres under cultivation, with an average corn yield of thirty-five bushels per
acre, that being his principal crop. On March 8, 1877, he was married to Miss Julia T.
Preston, a native of Peoria, Ill., and daughter of J. H. and Anna M. Preston, who were na-
tives of New Jersey. Mr. Preston Is now a resident of Sumner County, this State. Mr. B.
has had three children, two of whom survive, viz.: Alice, born December 24, 1877, and
Clarence L., born January 19, 1881. Mr. Beverly is one of the pioneer settlers of Morton
Township, there being but two other families in it when he located here. Not caring for
any public office, he has devoted his time and attention solely to the improvement of his

rm.
WILLIAM CALLIBAN, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Marshall, was born in Pennsylvania in
_ 1822, and is by trade a stonemason, He has been thrice married, his]present consort being
Miss Margaret Allen, nee Brownlee, a native of Washington County, Pa.,and daughter of
James and Eleanor Brownlee. He removed in 1850, to Carthage, Hancock Co., Ill, from
whence he removed to Kansas in 1879, locating first in Newton, and removing to his present
location in July, 1880, purchasing a partly improved farm of 160 acres, 120 of which are
under cultivation, He has a large two-story frame house, good barns, etc. In February,
1888, he was elected Treasurer of the township.

JOHN COFFEY, Justice of the Peace and farmer, Section 6, P. O. Marshall, and one
of the; pioneer settlers of this region, was born in Russell County, N. Y., May 22, 1827.
He was married in 1880, to Miss Nancy A. Godby, a native of Casey County, ., where she
was born April 2, 1835. They have had ten children, nine of whom now survive. In 1860
Mr. Coffey removed from Russell County, Ky., where he had been engaged In commercial
pursuits, to Christian County, Ill., where he resided for four years, then removed to Bloom-
ington, and in 1876 came to Kansas. His farm of 320 acres is half under cultivation.
Since his residence here he has been a member of the School Board of his district, and in
February, 1880, was elected Justice of the Peace.
fe NP. DAWSON, farmer, Section 25, P. O, Marshall, was born in Ross County, Ohlo,
in 1823, and in 1836 removed to Warren County, Ind., where he remained until 1864, when
he removed to McLean County, Ill,, from whence he moved to Kansas in the spring of 1876.
May 20, 1850, he was married to Miss Mary Jane Crawford, who has borne him seven chil-
dren, five of whom now survive—Celina A., born January 13. 1852; Sarah E., January 18,
1853; Louisa E., January 25 1857; John L., March 5, 1860; Agnes O., December 3, 1866.
Mr. Dawson came to Kansas in the Spring of 1876, and located on his present farm of 480
acres, 360 of which are in cultivation, with an average yield, of corn, 40; wheat 17 bushels;
and millet, 2 tons per acre; and has also made a specialty of stock, carrying from 50 to 200
head. He is one of the few surviving members who cast the first vote in the township.
Has been Treasurer of the School Board and Justice of the Peace.

E, C. GOBIN, Justice of the Peace and farmer, Section 5, P. O. Marshall. Was born in
1842, in Northumberland County, Pa., and was educated in Mission College, Selina, Pa.,
where he graduated in 1861, and in 1863 was admitted to practice at the bar of his native
State. During the War of the Rebellion he was clerk in the Provost Marshal’s office at Har-
risburg, and was superintendent of the Enrolling Department, and also acted as special cor-
respondent for several Pennsylvania papers. At the close of the war he removed to Boone-
ville, Mo., where he practiced law for four years, when he returned to his native State, and
edited and conducted the Sunbury Daily, and subsequently was interested in the Morning
Express, and the Daily American, both published in Sunbury. Mr. Gobin was married in
1865, to Miss Kate E. Brown, of Louisburg, Pa., who has borne him six children—William,
Annie, John P. S., Jennie, Abbie, and Samuel. Mr. G. came to Kansas in 1878, locating
here, where he has a farm of 160 acres, 50 of. which are in cultivation, corn and wheat
having hitherto been his principal crops, and yielding a fair average return. Mr, Gobin
has been clerk of the School Board of_his district, and during his term of office was instru-
mental in causing the construction of the Morton schoolhouse; and also Clerk of the town-
ship for two years. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1881, to fill an unexpired term,
and re-elected the following year. In addition to the management of his farm, in the
cultivation of which he is assisted by his sons, he still continues the practice of his pro-

fession.

. F, HATHAWAY, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Venice. Was bornin Ohio in August,
1843, and, in 1852, removed with his parents to Stark County, Ill., where he remained until
1864, when he went to DeKalb County, Mo., where he continued to reside until the
spring of 1876, when he removed to Kansas. August 25, 1861, he enlisted in Com-
pany I, Twenty-fifth Regiment Indiana Infantry, and_upon the expiration of his term of
service, enlisted in the Twelfth Cavalry, January, 1863, and was mustered out in the
spring of 1865. Three years afterward he married Miss Margaret Butt, of Noble County,
Ind. Their children are Goldie L., born March 18th, 1869, and Frank H., March 27th, 1871.
Upon coming to Kansas Mr. Hathaway located upon his present farm of 160 acres, 135 of
these being under cultivation. In addition to this he has gone into hog raising, usually
carrying 200 head, He has a beautiful orchard of over 3,000 peach, plum and other fruits,
while the farm buildings are large and substantial. In July, 1881, he was appointed Post-
master of Venice, now the only office in the fownship-

H. HILL, farmer Section 14, P.O. Marshall. Was born in Clinton County,
N. Y., in 1839, and is one of the ploncen settlers of this region, having located here October
21, 1872. from Illinois, to which State his father, Mr. Solomon Hiu, had removed at an
early date. August 8th, 1862, he enlisted in Company F (Capt. John Chicken), Eighty-
eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which had been partly raised in Chicago.
He participated in the engagements at Perryville, first Stone River (where he was taken
prisoner, and after a month’s sojourn in Libby Prison, he, with others, was paroled and sub-
sequently exchanged, rejoining his company and regiment in August, 1863). Subsequently
articipating in the fights at Mission Ridge, Atlanta, Adairville, Kenesaw Mountain and
Spring Hill, theregiment, after the fight at Franklin, and after assisting in defeating
ood, marched toward Richmond via Alabama and Tennessee, and was at Blue Springs,
East Tenn., when they heard of Lee’s surrender, and was mustered out at Nashville and
ordered to Chicago for final discharge, in June, 1865. Remaining in IlJinois engaged in
farming in the counties of Bond, Fulton and Hancock, until his removal to this State,
his first location being in what is now Greeley Township. Mr. Hill was married, in 1860,
to Miss Violet Reeves, a native of Ohio. They have had six children, of whom only three
survive, viz:—Samuel, born December 4th, 1868, William, January 4th, 1871, and Charles,
June 4th, 1872. In 1877 Mr. Hill located in this township, and in 1882 sold his improved
farm of 160 acres in adjoining section, and purchased eighty acres here, Erect ‘d his pres-
ent residence. He has upwards of fifty acres under cultivation, principally in corn. He
has directed his attention chiefly to agriculture, He has been elected as one of the Justices
of the Peace, but he declined to qualify, and resigned, having no inclination to assume in
any manner the cares of office. .

JOHN MoCOMAS, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Marshall], was born in 1849, in Cabell Coun-
ty, W. Va., and is the eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth McComas. He has always been
accumstomed to farniing, and in 1875 removed to Missouri, locating in Shelby County,
from whence he removed to Kansas in the fall of 1876, this being his first location. His
farm contains upwards of eighty acres in cultivation, corn and wheat being his principal
crops. He is at present the Constable of the township, having been elected in February,
1883. He was married in 1874, to Miss Isadore Willgas, of Brown County, Ill, who has
borne him three children—Gertrude, born in 1875; Wirt, 1876, and Walter, 1878. Mr. Mc-
Comas’ mother who resides with lrim, is one of the original members of the Baptist Chureh
Society of this township.

THOMAS MoPHERSON, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Marshall, and son of Leonard and
Mary McPherson, was born in Ohio, in 1854, and in 1856, his parents removed to, amd locat-
ed in Fulton County, Ill., where his father engaged in farming, and subseguentl) removed
to Hancock County, from whence the family came to Kansas, in 1873 locating in this
county, and reinoving to the present farm in the spring of 1875, and are one of the very few
now remaining of the original early settlers of thistownship. Of the eighty acres compris-
ing his farm, Mr.McP. has fifty acres under cultivation, with an average corn yleld of forty-
five bushels per acre. His neat frame residence and good barns arc sheltered from the full
force of the Kansas winds, by a fine grove of forest tre: s, chiefly cottonwood. Mr. McPher-
son is unmarried; his father and sister residing withhim. He isnow Road Overseer and also
Clerk of the Schoo! Board of his district. His father was one of the thirty-nine voters at
the first election held in the township, in 1876.

OLIVER T. SHEARON, farmer, Section 14, P. O, Marshall, was born in Richmond,
Wayne Co,, Ind., in 1856. Heis one of a race of farmers, and has always followed the an-
cestral occupation. He was married November 23, 1875, to Miss Alice A. Culbertson, also a
native of Indiana, and a daughter of Mr. William Culbertson. phey have but one child—
Rachel L., who was born April 21, 1878. Mr. Shearon came to Kansas, in March, 1879,
locating upon a farm, on which he now resides, and which contains 140 acres, in addition
to which he has twenty acres rented. There are seventy acres under cultivation, principal-
ly in corn and wheat, the former yielding thirty-five to forty, and the latter eighteen
bushels peracre. There is also an orchard containing over 300 assorted fruit trees, and he
has also good substantial frame barn and residence. Mr, Shearon has been Road Over-
seer, and in February, 1883, was elected to the office of Township Trustee,

WILLIAM WADSWORTH, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Brighton, was born in England,
in 1843, and was brought up in Nottingham, where his father was one of the leading mer-
chants. Mr. W. went to Africa, during the diamond mine excitement, and continued there
until the Afghan and Zulu war, being engaged in freighting. Returning to England, until
the fall of 1881, when he came to the United States, and located upon his present farm,
where he has been engaged in sheep farming, having about 600 of the American Merino,
He is unmarried; has always been a member of the Episcopal Church, and is also an A., F,

M.

GEORGE W. WALTERS, farmer, Section 21, P. 0. Marshall, who is one of the
Commissioners of this county, was born in Pike County, Pa., in 1843, from whence his
father, Jacob Walters, removed with his family to Dane County, Wis., in 1849, and died

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS °

. The subject of this sketch enlisted January 1, 1862, in Company M, Seconda:
ercomsit fees which was attached to the First Bri ‘ade, Second Division and Six-
teenth Army Corps, subsequently being in the Seventeenth Corps, and participated in the
cagagements at Vicksburg, Jackson, Black River, etc., before and after which his regi-
ment was in pursuit of Forrest, and he was also present at the surrender of Forrest, when
his men were paroled, at Grinnell, Miss., soon after which Mr. Walters was under the com-
mands of General Custer, with whom he went to Texas, and was upon frontier service until
mustered out, in November 15, 1865, with therank uf First Lieutenant. Ae then located
in and near San Antonio, Texas, where he resided for nine years, and where he, May 26,
1869, married Miss Mollie M. Byrd, daughter of Thomas and Amanda Byrd, of that State, -
Mr. W. bas three children—George W., born May 12, 1870; Byrd, June 29, 1878, and
Grace, April 2, 1881. While in Texas, Mr. Walters was engaged in business as a general
merchant, in the town of Pleasanton, situated thirty miles south of San Antonio. He dis-
posed of his business there in 1872, and rempving to Kansas, located upon the site of his
present home, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, his customers being princip:
men engaged in cattle business; there then being large herds of cattle brought from Texas,
and grazing for weeks here, upon the then untenante prairie, prior to their shipment from
Wichita, to the eastern markets. In 1874, he retired from business, and directed his atten-
tion solely to farming, until 1880, when he added stock raising to agriculture. His farm of
320 acres contains 140 under cultivation, with an average yield of corn thirty, wheat six~
teen bushels, and millet two tons per acre. He has held the office of Township Trustee for
three successive terms; he being the first trustee upon the organization of the township, and
in 1876, was appointed Postmaster of Finley continuing therein until 1880, when he re-
signed, and the office has since been abolished. He has always been a Director of the
School Board of his district, 1n which office he still continues, and in 1880, was elected
County Commissoner, He isa member of Garfield Post, No. 25, G. A. R., and also of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Walters is the oldest settler in Morton Township, and
‘was one of its organizers in 1876, and one of the judges in the first election held therein, in
the fall of that year, at which thirty-nine votes were cast, atid one of the representative
wick County.
men OMS H CORNWALL, farmer and physician, Section 26, P. O. Mount Hope—was
born in England in 1850, Isason of Thomas and Elizabeth A. U. Cornwall. Was married,
in 1880, to Miss Phebe E. McGoogan, daughter of Robert and Dinah W. B. McGoogan Has
two children—Ollie B. and Martin L. Cornwall. Came to Kansas in 1878, locating on the
the ‘farm on which he now resides; owns 400 acres, and is engaged in farming and stock
raising. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the class of 1874-75. The
same year commenced the practice of his profession in Byron, Ogle-County, Ill., where he
remained until his removes to ansas: Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church;
o the South Kansas Medical Society. : : ‘
ts W. A. FRAZEE, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Mount Hope, was born in Ohio in 1841; is ason
of Jehiel and Nancy Grymes Frazee, as married, in 1868, to Miss Lydia Wood, daughter
of Levi and Rebecca Reeves Wood; has five children—Rosa L., Charles, Edward, Lewis and
Birt. Came to Kansas in 1869; located in Doniphan County; remained two years, in 1871,
located on the farm on which he now resides. Owns 320 acres of land, and is engaged in
farming and stock raising. Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861, in the Second
Colorado Regiment Volunteers, Company B. Was mustered out in 1862. Was one >f the
earliest settlers in Sherman Townsh P. .
HOLAS GENSMAN, farmer, Section 29, P. O, Ost, was born in Germany iu 1848;
son of Phillip and.Elizabeth Gensman. Was married, in 1877, to Miss Kansas Osborn,
daughter of Riley and Jane Osborn; has three children—Oren M., Edgar L. and Nicholas
F, Game to Kansas in 1875; located on the farm on which he now resides; owns 240 acres
of land; engaged in farming and blacksmithing. Has 120 acres uncer cultivation; has been
very successful in his farming operations, and has also built up an extensive trade in black-
smithing. Has been member of the School Board for four years; Treasurer and Clerk of
the township fortwo years each, Isa member ofthe I. 0. 0. F. . e
CAPT. DANIEL GUNSAULLUS, P.O. Mount Hope, was born in Richland County, Ohio,
July 16, 1830; is a son of Daniel and Nancy Gunsaullus; was married to Miss Emma 4A.,
daughter of John and Eleanor Mallory. Has six children— William W., Wilson B., Mary E.
John, Edmund and Ruby F. Came to Kansas in May, 1871; located on the northwest
uarter Section 10, Township 26, Range 3 west, in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Occupation,
‘armer; owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. He was in
the late war. Enlisted at Defiance, Ohio, August, 1861, in Company F, Forty-eighth Regi-
ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Was in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Arkansas
Post, Mansfield, and other engagements with his command, and was wounded at Vicks-
burg, Miss.; was laid up three months; was taken prisoner at Mansfield, La., and held for
eight months at Camp Ford, Texas. During his imprisonment suffered great hardships. Is
a member of the Masonic Fraternity. 2
ROBERT R. HATCHER, farmer, Section 22, P.O. Germania. Was born in New York
in 1849, son of Robert and Jane Cornwell Hatcher. Was married in 1877, to Miss Susan
Monroe, daughter of Milton S. and Elizabeth Ferrel Monroe. Has three children—Rufus,
Cora and Jennie, Came to Kansas in 1868. Located in Linn County; after five years re-
moved to Sedgwick County, and located on the farm on which he now resides. Owns 160
acres of land. Engaged in farming and stock raising. Eighty acres under cultivation.
‘Was in the township one year before its organization. Was the second Clerk of the town-

ship.

ELISHA J. HULBURT, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Mount Hope. Was born in Erie Coun~-
ty, N. Y., in 1838, son of Alonzo and Kaduiga H. Hulburt. Was married in 1864 to Miss
Sarah Curneilus, daughter of John and Rachel Curneilus. Has two children—Ivan and
Inez. Came to Kansas in 1873, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres.
Is engaged in farming and stock raising. Has a fine orchard of peach trees and a variety
of other fruits now in bearing. Was in the War of the Rebellion. Enlisted in 1861 in the
Eleventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers,Company A, three months’ service, at the expiration
of which re-enlisted in the same regiment and company for three years. Was in the battles
of Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh Landing, Shiloh, siege of Vicksburg, and other engagements
of hiscommand. Was wounded at the siege of Vicksburg in the left arm. Was in the hos-

ital nine months. Has but partial use of his hand. Was commissioned Second Lieutenant.
as:mustered out in 1865. Has been a member of the School Board three years.

GEORGE JOHNSON, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Germania, was born in Michigan in
1845, son of Johnand Ann Johnson. Was married in 1874 to Miss Emma B. Peck, daughter
of Alexander and Sarah Peck. Has four children—George C., Warren D., Frank and Mabel
Cc. Came to Kansas in 1870, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres of
land, engaged in farming and stock raising. Is Constable of Sherman Township and mem-
ber of the School Board.

THOMAS NORTHROP, farmer, Section 83, P. O. Magnolia, was born in Pennsyl-
vania in 1836. Heisason of Harry and Nancy Cox Northrop. Was married in 1864, to

ss Rachel E. Harvy, daughter of Wolcott and Margaret Harvy. Has one child,—Harry
W. Northrop. Came to Kansas in 1870, the spring after located in Union Township and was
one of the organizers. In 1874, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acres
of land, 108 acres under cultivation, Was the organizer of Sherman Township in 1877;
was inthe War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1861 in the Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Re-
serve, Company I. Was inthe battles of Dranesville, Harrison Landing, Antietam, Fred-
ericksburg, South Mountain, Second Bull Run, Chantilla and in other engagements of his
cominand, forty-four days in all under fire. Was wounded four times; first time at
Dranesville, second time at Fredericksburg, third and fourth times at second battle of
Bull Run. Was taken prisoner twice, but in each instance succeeded in making his escape.
Was mustered out in August, 1864. in the winter of 1874, Guring the failure of the crops
from grasshoppers, he supported his family by gathering buffalo bones on the plains, haul-
ing them about seventy miles. He gathered thirty tons at six dollars per ton. ns

J. M. POST, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Woodberry, was born in 1844 in Michigan;
son of J.C. und Adaline Whitehead Post. Was married in 1872 to Miss Alice J. Parker,
daughter of Joseph and Franciua Campbell Parker. Has two children, Howard O. and
Earnest L. Qame to Kansas jn 1868, located in Bourbon County. After six years removed to
Sedgwick County, located in Sherman Township, owns 300 acres of land,.220 acres under
cultivation, engaged in farming and stock raising. Was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisted
in 1862 inthe EKighty-seventh Regiment Indiana Velunteers, Company A. Was in the
battles of Perryville, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and other engage-
ments of his command. Veteraned in 1864. Was mustered out at the close of the war in

865. Is a member of the School Board, has served for four years. 7

GEORGE @G. SIDLES, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Woodberry, was born in Clinton
County, Ohio, in 1835, son of Israel and Nancy Morrison Sidles. Was married in 1857 to
Miss Nancy K, Shields, daughter of William and Sarah Houston Shields. Has four chil
dren—Julia M., Raleizh O,, Nellie R. and Orpha L. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1872,
located on the farm where he now resides, owns 310 acres of land, engaged in_farming and
stock raising. {sa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the Masonic fra-
ternity, A., F. & A.M. Has taken much interest in educational matters, has been engaged
{in tenclung for four years, and has been Director on the School Board. Is Township

JAMES C. WINTERS, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Magnolia, was born in Stark
Downy, Ohio, in 1853, son of William and Letitia Winters, as married in 1880 to Miss
Julla Sidles, daughter of George and Nancy Sidles. Has two children—Roy R. and Effie E.
Came to Kansas in 1871, located in Park Township, Sedgwick Co. After four years ‘re-
moved to his present location. Owns 160 acres of land, engaged in farming and stock
neising, Has 120 acres under cultivation, has a fine grove of forest trees and a fruit

 

UNION TOWNSHIP,

JAMES P. BARNETT, farmer, Section & P. O. Eldridge, was born in Ross Count

, Ohio,
in 1838. Heisasonof Isaac and Lucetta Meeker Barnett. He was married in 7

865 to
 

SEDGWICK COUNTY.

Miss Sarah E. Swift; has one child—Ernest 8. Barnett; ¢ i
8 . ame to Kansas in @
the farm where he now resides, owns 160 acres of land und is en aoed in famine aot
stock raising, He was in the township one year before its organization. He is a member
ofthe Schoo Board and has served nine years, Was inthe War of the Rebellion; enlisted
SEE MELT ETE ieor atic Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Company G and
ost and the siege of Vicksburg, and all of y

of General Sherman’s march to Atlanta, Resaca, Dallas, Konesnw Mien a ants ate
22 and 28, Jonesbor 0, Fort McAllister, Bentonviile and other engagements of his command
He was mustered out in 1865, entered the service as Orderly. ie served two years, then
received commission as First Lientenant, and held that cominission until the close of the
war. uae Was acting adjutant for one year. He isa member of the Masonic Fraternity,

A,, F, . M.
WILLIAM BECKER, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Wichita was borni
County, Pa., in 1813, is ason of John and Elizabeth Diuriek Becker; Dis aerial te ada
Miss Rebecca Peters, daughter of John and Margaret Garton Peters, and has three children
Sarah E., John J. and C. P. Becker. Hecame to Kansas in 1871, located in Anderson
County and remained one year. Jn 1872 he located on the farm where he now resides. He
and sons ewn 320 acres of land and are engaged in farming anid stock raising; settled in
the township before its’ organization and was one of the organizers of the school district.
He and son J. J. built the first schoolhouse, and Sarah E, Burris, ne Becker, taught the
first school in the district, using part of her home fora school room, and using the same
BchGal oat Per Eee ee noe), Which was organized in 1872. Has been a member of the
a rs, also is rs?
Sedgwick Couuty. a member of the Old Settiers’ Association of
_ 5. , farmer, Section 8, Township 26 south, Range 2 west, P. Eldri
born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., in 1836. Is a son of Peter F. and sical Bane Bell,
Was married in 1865 to Miss Sue R. Dychus, daughter of B. F, and Rosanna Dychus; has
three children—Frankie G., Carl S. aiid Sarah E. Bell. He caine to Kansas in 1871 aud lo-
cated in Park City, remained one season, then located on the farm where he now resides.
He owns 160 acres of land and is engaged in farming, was Town Clerk one term, has been
a member of the School Board for eight years, was inthe war of the Rebellion enlisted in
1861 in the Forty -tirst Regiment Illinois’ Volunteers, Company A, was in the battle of Shi-
toh, Fort Donelson, Corinth, Siege of Vicksburg, Hatchte River, Jackson, General Bank’s
campaign up the Red River, under General Smith, and other engagements of his cominand.
He was wounded at Jackson aud at White River, Miss., wasin the hospital three months.
was mustered out in August, 1864. entered the service as private. promoted to Second
Lieutenant in 1862 and received commission as First Lieutenant in 1863, held that commis-
font A eae iis Wier ont puustered ou He is a member of the Masonic Fra-
» A.B. & A. M., Wichita Lodge No. 99, and a i
Sedgwick County. ©” : g an so of the Old Settlers’ Association of
>} NE, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Eldridge, was born in Cortland Count:
N, Y., in 1817. He isasonof James and Patience Terry Boone. Was married in 835. tS
Miss Betsy Ann Greenman, They have two children, Martin and Matilda Boone. His wife
died in March, 1842; married again in the fall of 1842, to Miss Catherine Elizaveth DeLong.
~—They have seven children, Ella Maryett, Daniel, Embury, Elizabeth, Margaret, James and

Aliee Boone. He caine to Kansas in 1872, located on the farm where he now resides, He_

owns 320 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising; was one of the organ
izers of Union Township; has been a member of the School Board, level two terms, oe
8. R. BOWMAN, farmer, Section 31, P.O. Wichita, was born in Rensselaer County,
N. Y., in 1826. He isa son of Nisha and Eunice Condon Bowman. Was married in 1851,
to Miss Sarah E. Price. daughter of Joseph and Mary Price; has four children, Charles R.,
foho A., Mary E. and Milton S. Bowman, He came to Kansas in 1871, located’on the farm
Rete ce DOW #1 (leg. oe owns 154 acres of land and is engaged in farming; hag been a

 

school’ Board for two years; wasinthe Mexiean War; mustered in, in
1846, at St. Louls, Mo.. as teainster; was mustered out in the fall of 1848, in Texas.

; JAMES R. BROWN, farmer, Section 28, P. 0. Eldridge, was born in Ireland, in 1842.
He is @ son of William and Nancy Brown, Was married in 1874, to Miss Ada M.’Winters,
daughter of William and Letitia Winters; has four children, Carrie, Willie, Elta and Mollie
Brown. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1870 and located on the farm where he now
resides. He owns 160 acres of land ani is engared in farming and stock raising. Mr.
Brown, in company with six others, all disabled from the late war, made the first settlement
in the township, in March, 1870. The company were known as the Soldier Boys. He was
one of the organizers of the township; was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861, in
the Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company D. He was in the battles of
second Bull’ Run, Gettysburgh, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Hatcher’s Run, Five Forks
and other engagements of hiscommand. He was wounded in the second Bull Run; was in
the hospital two months, then joined his regiment; was wounded at Petersburgh by a gun-
shot in the right fore arm, which resulted in its amputat on above the elbow. He was inthe
hospital six months, then joined his regiment. He entered the service as private, was pro-
moted to First Sergeant and received commission as Second Lieutenant soon after joining
his regiment, after losing his arm. Was promoted to First Lieutenant. in December, 1864;
held that commission until the close of the war, He veteraned in 1863; was mustered out
of service in July, 1865.

_ J. O. CROCKER, farmer, Section 15, FP. O. Eldridge, was born in Orange County, Vt.,
in 1820; son of James D. and Achsah Ladd Crocker. Was married in 1847, to Miss Sarah N-
Mason, daughter of Leonard and Sallie B. Morse Mason; has seven children, Ellen M,W.

+d. H., H.L., C.O., N. M. and J.D. Crocker. He came to Kansas in 1877 and located on

the farm where he now resides. He owns 240 acres of land; engaged in farming and stock
raising; was elected Trustee of Union Township in 1877, and has been re-clected every
year from that time, He was inthe Vermont State Militia from 1841 to 1844.

WILLIAM H. CROCKER, farmer, Section 14, P. O, Eldridge, was born in La Salle
County, Lil, in 1850; son of J. O.and S.M. Mason Crocker. He was married in 1881, to
Miss Katie Tapp, daughter of Elijah and Rachel Dennis Tapp; hastwo children, Otis R.
and Mabel Crocker. e came to Kansas in 1871 and located on the farm where he now
lives. He owns 160 acres of land; engaged in farming and stock raising. He was in the
township one year before its organization and was one of the organizers of the township.

.M, DOFFLEMYRE, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Wichita, was born in Van Buren
County, Iowa, in 18438, isa sonof Noah and Lucinda Peters Doffiem\re; was married in
1872 to Miss Nancy J.Stodghill, daughter of Christopher and Rachael Swope Stodghill; has
three children—Bertie, Char.es and Ida Dofflemyre. Came to Kansas in 1874, located in
Union Township, Sedgwick County in 1876,located on the farm) where he now resides, owns
159 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising, was in the War of the Rebel-
lion, enlisted in 1862 in_ the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer, Company D., was in
the battles of Helena, Litfle Roek, Little Missouri River, Marks Hill, and other engage-
ments of his command ;was taken prisoner, held at Tyler, Texas, for ten months, was pro-
moted to third Sergeant; held that position until the close of the war; was mustered {out in
September, 1865, was elected Representative from the Ninetieth District in 1880, served in
the pepisiatare in the session of 1881; is a member of the Garfield, Post, No. 25, G. A, R.

S. A. GILBREATH, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Eldridge, was born in Washington County
Ind., in 1837, is a son of John and Mary Hoke Gilbrc ath,was married in 1873, to Miss Addie
Henson, daughter of Gillum and Lucinda Henson; has one child—Car] C. Gilbreath. Came to
Kansas in 1870, located on the farm where he now resides owns 154 acres of land. Was in
the war of the rebellion, enlisted in 1862, in the Sixty-Fifith Regiment, Indiana Volunteer
Company B.; wasin the battles of Franklin, Nashville and the Georgia Campaign, and
other engagements of his command; was mustered out in June, 1865. ,

JOSEPH HILGER, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Germania, was born in Germany in 1849,
is a son of Matthias and Agnes Hilger; was married in 1878 to Miss Dora Bunk, daughter
of John and Hannah Bunk; has three children —Matthias. John and Theodore Hilger. Came
to Kansas in 1870, located in Atchison County, remained two years; (hen located on the farm
where he now resides; owns 192 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock raising;
js a member of the St. Mark Catholic Church; was one of the first settlers in the southern
part of the township;isa member of the School Board, has servedin that capacity nine
years; was one of the organizers of School District No 82. ote iy ct

HENRY C, HOKE, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Eldridge, was born in Washingio1 County,
Ind, in 1830, isa son of James and Mary Ann McClure Hoke; was married in 1874 to Miss
Mattie Henson, daughterof Gillumand Lucinda Henson; has two children—Mabel and
Artie Hoke. Came to Kansas in 1870, lecated on the farm where he now resides, owns 161
acres of land; was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1861 in the Twenty-eighth Regi-
ment, First Indiana Cavalry, Company A.,was inthe battles of Fredericktown, Helena,
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and other engagements of his command; was mustered outin Sep-
tember, 1864; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. .

R. W. HURT, farmer and Baptist clergyman, Section 29, P.O. Wichita, was born in
Wayne County, Ky., in 1841 ; 1s a son of Thomas and Martha Deering Hurt; was _ married
in 1863, to Miss BE: B, Agee, danghter of Willlam and Maria Madden Agee ; has five chil-
dren—Ida V., Mary L., Martha L., Otto F. and H. Moody. Mr. Hurt came to Kansas in 1878,
located on the farm where he now resides, owns 140 acres of land, and is engaged in farm-
ing and stock-raijsing ; commeneed the work of the ministry in 1882—his first pastorate the
Liberty Baptist Church in Waco Township, which position he still retains. Was ivstru-
mental in organizing the Fidelity Baptist Church in Union Township. Was inthe war of
the Rebellion ; enlisted in 1861, in the First Kentucky Cavalry, Company C; was inthe
engagements of his command ; was discharged in 1862, for disability, Is amember of the
Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M., and ef theI.0. 0. F.; is an earnest temperance man
and worker. é ss ‘

Cc. F. HYDE, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Eldridge, was born in Lake County, Ohio, in 1837 ;
is a son of Charles and Fanny Fletcher Hyde; was married in 1872, to Miss Altera Stephens,
daughter of Charles and Cynth Stephens; has three children—Cora, Arthur and Charles H.

yde. Came to Kansas in 1871. Located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 685
acres of land, 270 of which are under cultivation, and is engaged in farming and stock-rais-

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_Augest, daughter of John and Lucinda Augest.

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ng; was appointed Postmaster of Eldridge, at the establishment of that office, May, 1872;
still holds the appotntment, Established a grocery store in 1872. Has been engaged in
merchandising, from that time, in connection with farming. Now carries a general stock
of merchandising. Postoflice and store located northwest corner of the northeast quarter of
Section 4; was in the war of the Rebellion ; enlisted in 1862, in the One Hundred and
Twenty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Company I; was inthe battles of Arkansas
Poet, Vicksburg—first and second charge, and in other engagements of his command ; was
in the hospital four months ; was mustered out in 1865. Is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

W. B. LINGO, farmer, Section 29, P.O. Wichita, was born in Rockingham County, N.C.,
in 1832; is a son of Reeves and Dolly Lingo; was married in 1871, to Miss Mary Noble,
daughter of Peter and Martha Noble ; has five ¢hildren—Ida, Sarah, William, James and
Katie Lingo. Came to Kansas in 1872 ; Jocated on the farm where he now resides ; owns
160 acres of land ; engaged in farming ; was in the war of the Rebellion ; enlisted in_ 1862,
in the Virst Arkansas Cavalry, Company D; was in the battles of Prairie Grove, Van Buren,
Fayetteville, Keetsville, Cane HilJ, and other engagements of this com mand, sixteen in all,
Was mustered out in 1865; was wounded at Prairie Grove by a blow on his head ; was
taken prisoner—held for forty days, and then exchanged. {3 a@ member of the Baptist
Church and of the Masonic Fraternity, A., F. & A. M.

H Y H. LOUDENSLAGER, farmer, Sections 17 and 18, P. O. Wichita, was born in
Pennsylvania, in 1841. Isason of Samuel and Hetiie Row Loudenslager. Was married in
Emma B., Ada M.,, Cora E., Hettie C. and Cline S. Loudenslager. Came to Kansas in 1871 ;
1863, to Miss Susan B, Smith, of Jacob F.and Catharine Smith. Has five children—
located on the farm where he now resides ; owns 210 acres of land, and is engaged in farm-
ing and stock-raising. Was in the war of the Rebellion ; enlisted in 1863, in the Thirty-
fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company K ; served three months, and was
mustered out in the fall of 1863. Is amember of the Congregational Church and Deacon of
the Church, Isa member of the School Board, and has served nine years.

JOSEPH LOUDENSLAGER, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Wichita, was born in Pennsyl-
vania in 1844; isason of Samuel and Hettie Row Loudenslager, Was married in 1883, to
Miss Sarah Packard, daughter of Henry and Catharine Packard. Came to Kansas in 1870;
located in Déniphan County; remained one year, and in 1871 located on the farm where he
now resides; owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Is a
member of the Congregational Church; treasurer of the same. Is a member of the Old
Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County.

ASHINGTON LUMBART, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Eldridge, was born in Ohio in
1846; son of Jabez and Eliza Olmsted’ Lumbart. Was married in 1868, to Miss Louisa
Has five children—Ella, Willie, Alice,
Laura and Ida Lumbart. Came to Kansas in 1870; located on Section 30, Union Township;
engaged in farming and blacksmithing; in 1878 located on the farm where he now resides:
owns eighty acres of very choice land, and what stock his farm will accommodate. Wha
time he can spare from his farm duties engages in blacksmithing. Was one of the first set-
tlers in what is now Greeley Township; his cabin was the second one built in that town-
ship. Hig father, Jabez Lumbart, was the first settler in Greeley; was a native of New
York; has a family of eight children. Came to Kansas in 1870, and witha true pioneer
spirit pushed beyond the borders of settlement, and selected his claim for his future home
on a beautiful piece of bottom land near the banks of the Arkansas River, where he still re-

es. : ?

S. MAINE, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Eldridge, was born in Ohio in 1885; is a son of Dan-
jel and Susan Bales Maine. Was married in 1868, to Miss Nancy Atkinson, daughter of
John’ W. aud Maria Kayser Atkinson. Has four children—Charles W., Lettie B., Bertie aud
Eva, Yetue was born omMarch 11, 1871; the first child born in the egwnshi:

THOMAS MARTIN, fariner, Section 26, P.O. Eldridge, was bornin Ireland in 1843; is
a son of Edward and Nai cy Martin, Wasa married tn 1877, to Miss Ruth VanVolkinburg,
datighter of Henry and Maxgaret VanVolkinbarg. Came to Kansas in 1870; located on

Section 28; remained for six years, and then removed to the farm where he now resides;
owns 220 acres of land; was one of the seven.soldier boys who made the first settlement in
the township. Was inthe War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861 in the Fifth United States
Cavalry, Company G; was in the siege of Yorktown, battles of Williamsburgh, Hanover
Court House, Seven Days’ Fight on the Peninsula, Antietam, Fredericksburgly Chancellor-
ville, Mine Run, Kelly's Ford, Wilderness, Spottsylvania and other engagements of his
command; was taken prisoner at Stony Creek, Va.; was held at Andersonville for six
months; was afflicted with the scurvy and nearly starved; was unable to walk for three
months after his release; was taken from prison to Annapolis; remained until his term of
service expired was unable to leave the hospital for six months; was mustered out in
March, 1865. Enlisted in April, 1865, in the Seventh Regiment United States Veteran Vol-
unteers, Coinpany A, Hancock’s Corps; served one year; was mustered out in 1866.

JAMES MANAMEE, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Eldridge, was born in ‘Pennsylvania, in
1845; son of William and Catherine Manamee. Was married in 1872, to Miss Belle Bun-
ton, daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Bunton. Came to Kansas in 1870, from Maine; was one
of the seven that made the first settlement in the township known as the “Soldier Boys.”
Has been Constable two years. Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861,in the Nine-
ty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company K. Was in the battles of Bermu-
da Hundred, Fort Wagoner, Petersburgh, Coal Harbor, Bombardment of Fort Sumter and
Port Royal, and other engagements of his command; was wounded at Petersburgh on the
18th of July, 1864, from a gun shot in the right elbow, the ball passing through the elbow
into his side, which resulted in the amputation of the right arm near the shoulder; was in
hospital one year; was mustered out at the close of the war, in June, 1865; veteraned in
February, 1863; was mustered out at Central Park, New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Manamee
were married on the 27th day of December, 1871, the first marriage in thetownship. Joel
Banton, father of Mrs. Manamee, died on the 6th day of June, 1871, the first death in Gree-

ey Township. a 7 .

C. H. MILLER, farmer, Section 18, P. O, Eldridge, was born in Syracuse, N. Y., in 1847.
Isason of John and Helen(Manchester) Miller. Was married in 1§76, to Miss Lizzie
Boone, daughter of Elroy and Elizabeth (DeLong) Boone, Has two children—Bertie L. and
James H. Miller. Came to Kansas in 1871, from Illiaois, and located on the farm where he
now resides. Owns 240 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Was
one of the first settlers in the township, settled here one year before its organization. - Was
elected Constable at the first election. Isa member of the School Board; has served two
years. Isa member of the Old Settlers’ Association, of Sedgwick County. |

HENRY PACKARD, farmer, Section 10, P.O. Eldridge, was born in Ohio, in 1820; is a
son of Henry and Anna Packard, Was married in 1848, to Miss Sarah Conwan. His wife
died in 1852, and he was married in 1853, to Miss Margaret Ferrel. Has one child—Char-
lotte Packard. His wife died in 1856, and he was married in 1857, to Miss Catharine Jones,
daughter of John and Margaret (Watkins)Jones. Came to Kansas in 1871, located on the
farm where he now resides. Owns 480 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock
raising. Is amemberof the Methodist Episcopal Church, as been amember of the
School Board for six years. Was in the towuship one year before its organization.

JOSEPH REGAN, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Eldridge. was born in Ireland, in 1883; is a
son of William and Anna (Miles) Regan. Was married in 1853, to Miss Catharine Cormen.
Has three children—John, Thomas and Mary Regan. His wife died in 1869. Was married
in 1874, to Miss Ellen Jones, daughter of John and Margaret Jones. Has four children—
William, Isaac, Catharine and Bartholomew Regan. Came to Kansas in 1870. Was one of
the seven soldier boys who madethe first settlement. Located on Section 32 remained six

ears, then moved to the farm where he now resides. Was in the War of the Rebellion; en-

isted in 1864, inthe Sixty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteers, Company B. Wasin the
battles of Bolivar Heights, Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creek, and other engagements
of hiscommand, | Was wounded in the right hand, the ball passing through the wrist,
which resulted in the loss of a portion of his hand. Was inthe hospital until the close o:
the war, was then taken to the Soldier’s Home, where he remained for five years; his hand
not healing, he was unableto work. John Jones, father of Mrs. Regan, was born in Vir-
ginia, in 1804; was ason of Thomas and Mary Jones. Was married in 1825, to Miss Mar-
garet Watkins, Has seven children- Levi, Catharine, Thomas, Eliza, Elmer, Ellen and Caro-
line. Came to Kansas in 1871, located on the farm he now owns. His wife died in 1853.
His son, Isaac, was killed in the war, 3

W, H, REYNOLDS, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Eldridge, was born in Ohio, in 1841, Isa
son of John and Lucinda Wilson Reynolds. Was married in 1869, to Miss Ellen M. Crocker,
daughter of J. O. and S. M. Crocker. Has four child-en—Charles F., Ellen M., Ethet L. and
James L. Reynolds. Has buried two children, Came to Kansas in 1871. Located on the
farm where he now resides; owns 160 acres of land. Wasin the War of the Rebellion; en-
listed in February, 1865, in the One Hunered and Fifty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteers,
Company £. Was inthe engagements of his command; was mustered out in the fall of
1865. Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the School Board; has served
six years. Was one of the organizers of Unio Township. 3 ae

LEWIS RHODES, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Eldridge, was born in Illinois, in 1849. Isa
son of Hugh and Julia Rhodes. Was married in 1874, !o Miss Frances Imbler, daughter of
Samuel and ChristenaImbler. Has four children—Julia E., Gail V., Royl H.and Roby C.
Rhodes. Came to Kansas in 1870, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 254
acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Was one of the first settlers in
the township; settled there about two years before its organization. Is a member of the
Congregational Church, and Deacon and Trustee of the same. He, in connection with his
brother, H. F. Rhodes, organized the first Sunday school in the township, March, 1871.
The first place of meeting was at H. F. Rhodes’ house, The June Following, Mr. H. P, Pate
furnished poles and brush to build a shed fora place of meeting, the neighbors joining in
and building it. In that shed was preached the first sermon by Rev. Mr, Adams. The Sun-
day school has been maintained from that time, Mr. Rhodes having been identified with its
interests from the start. He was one of the organizers of the first Methodist Episcopal Class,
and remained connected with it until the establishment of the Congregational Church.
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SMITH RILEY, farmer, Section 22, P. 0. Wichita, was born in Columbia County, Pa., in
1819. Isason of John and Jane Watson Riley. Was married in 1849, to Miss Orplia Cook.
Has four children—Joseph P., Morris E., Charles W. and Leroy Riley. Wife died in 1865,
and he was married in 1866, to Mrs. Lydia Burres. Has two ciildren—Ella and John Riley.
Came to Kansas in 1871; located on the farm he now owns; has 160 acres of land; engaged
infarming. Was one of the organizers of the township. The first election was held at his
house. as elected Justice of the Peace in 1873; held the office about three years, Was in
the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861, in the Kighty- second Ohio Volunteers, Company
B. Was in the battles of McDowell, Buzzard’s Roost, Resaca, Nashville, and other engage-
ments of hiscommand. Was discharged in 1863, for disability. Re-enlistedin the fall of
the same year, in the Nineteenth Ohio Independent Battery Light Artillery. Was mustered
out in June, 1865. Isa member of the Congregational! Church, of the Garfield Post, No. 25,
G. A. R., and of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County. Organized School Dis-
trict No. 13; ‘was member of the Board for eight years.

JOHN RUSSELL, farmer, Section 23, P. 0. Wichita, was born in Scotland, in 1818, son
of William and Ann (Dunlap) Russell, came to the United States in 1838. Was married in
1841, to Miss Jane Allen, daughter of Walter and Jenet Allen, Has nine children—James
+ Anna D., Mary, Andrew J., Samuel T., John W., Sheridan, William H. and Eliza Rus-
sell. Came to Kansas in 1863, and located in Osage County and remained six years, en-
gaged in farming; then located in Wilson County, remaining four years. In 1873, located
on the farm where he now resides. Owns 320 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and
stock raising, Was in the War of the Rebellion; enlisted in 1861, inthe Forty-fourth
Regular Illinois Volunteer, Company C., and was mustered as Captain. Held that commis-
sion until July, 1862; then took command of his regiment, and received commission of
Colonel, in February, 1863. Wasin the battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone River, Mis-
sion Ridge, andall the engagements of the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, Nashville and
others, twenty-two in all. as wounded at Chickamauga, on the 20th of September, 1863.
Was in the hospital sixty days, then joined his regiment, His right arm is partly paralyzed
from the effect of his wound. Was mustered out in 1865. Was elected Representative jot
the State Legislature, from the Ninetieth District, in 1882. Served in the session of 1883. Is
a member of the Masonic fraternity, A., F. & A. M., and of the Garfield Post, No. 25, G. A.
R. Presbyterian in sentiment.

BURGESS RUTLEDGE, farmer, Section 34. P. O. Eldridge,-was born in Tennessee, in
1835, son of David and Ann(Harris)Rutledge; was married in 1858, to Miss Mary E, Grimes.
Has two children—Missouri Annand Maria J. Rutledge. Was married, in 1863, to Miss
Maria Simmons, daughter of William and Sarah (Sanders) Simmons. Has two children—
Jessie and Maggie, Mr. Rutledge came to Kansas in 1870, and located on the farm where he
now resides. Owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Was in
the township one year before its organization. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

rch,

SILAS RUTLEDGE, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Eldridge, was born in Charlotte, Dickson
Co., Tenn., in 1837; isa son of Dayid and 4mn (Harris) Rutledge; was married, in 1861, to
Miss Maria Huffman. His wite died in 1864. Married, in 1866, to Mrs. Martha L. Brannen.
His second wife died in 1867, and he was married, in 1868, to Miss Olive P. Smith, daugh-
ter of Bowen and Lucinda (Wing) Smith; came to Kansas in 1870, and located on the farm
where he now resides; owns 400 acres of land, and is engaged in farming-and stock raising;
has 163 acres under cultivation; wasin the War of the Rebellion; enlisted, in 1862. in the
One Hundred and Fifteenth Regular Illinois Volunteers, Company E; was in the battles of
Chickamauga, Resaca, Nashville, and other engagements of his command; was wounded at
Resaca in Py. 1864; was in the hospital five months; was mustered out in 1865; has been
Treasurer of Union Township forfour years; member of the School Board three years; is a
member of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick County.

REV. B. SCHMIEHAUSEN, Catholic priest, P. Mark’s, was born in Freckenhorst,
Westphalia, Germany, in 1856; son of Herman and Hauveldap) Schmiehausen; was
educated in classical studies in the Prussian Gymnas
phy and theology at the Academy of Munster, and studied tuaology ta the gaperican College
of Louvain, Belgium; was ordained priest at Roermond, Holland, in 1881; came to the
United States in the fall of the same year, and located at 8t. Marks. His first pastorate was
St. Mark’s Church. St. Mark’s Catholic Church was built in 1875, 16x26 feet; since en-
Jarged in form of across to 16x66 feet; has a seating capacity of 250. St. Mark’s Catholic
School has an attendance of about sixty scholars. His charge includes Kingman County,
Sr. Joseph’s Church in Reno County, and St. John’s Church in Sedgwick County. He is
building a Catholic Church at Waterloo, Kingman County. 7%,

JOSIAH SCOTT, farmer, Section 16, P.O. Wichita, was born in Greene Co., Pa., in 1821.
andis a son of Abraham and Mary Ann Keisinger Scott. Was married in 1842 to Miss
Rebecca Morris. His wife died in 1846. Was married in 1846 to Miss Alice Hedges. Has
one child, His secund wife died in 1855. Was married in 1858 to Miss Catharine Dodson.
Has four children—Leroy W., Morris B., Eliza E. and Sarah J. Scott. His wife died in
1870. Came to Kansas in the fall of 1870, and in April, 1871, located on Section 21, on
the farm where he now resides. Owns 160 acresof land, andis engaged in farming and
stock raising. Isa member of the Congregational Church. Was one of the organizers of
Pieasant View School District. Was a member of the Building Committee that built the
first school house in the district. Isa member of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick

ounty.

nu .
of Warrensdorf; studied philoso-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

W.F. STEVENS, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Eldridge; was born in Ohio Co., Ky.. in 1834.
Is ason of Charles W. and Polly Wallace Stevens. as married in 1854 to Miss Sarah E,
Ward. Has three children—Priscilia A.. Martha L, and Samuel M. Stevens. His wife died
in 1871, and he was married in 1872, to Miss Dorcas A. Imbler, By this union there was
one child—Guy V. Stevens. His second wife died in 1877, and he was married, in 1880, to
Miss Amanda M, Tyler, daughter of Thomas J, and Nancy R. Roy Tyler. Has one child—
Henry A. Stevens, Came to Kansas in 1870, and located on the farm where he now resides,
Owns 336 acres of land, and is engaged in farming. Has 160 acres under cultivation. Was
in the township one and a half years before its organization. He was the first man mar-
ried in the township, and in his fami y-oecurred the first death. Has been a member of the
School Board for five years. Was inthe War of the Rebellion, Enlisted in 1862 iu the
Sixty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Company B. Was in the battles of Bluntsville,
Walker’s Ford, Bean’s Station, Dandridge, Delton, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain,
Siege of Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville and Town Creek. Was color bearer through the
Georgia Campaign, and Sergeant, in which capacity he served until the close of the war.
Was mustered ont inJuly, 1865. Is a member of the Baptist Church, Masonic Fraternity,
A., F.& A. M., Wichita Lodge, No. 99, and of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick
County. 2 " es

ES V. SMITH, Section 2, P. O. Eldridge, was born in Maine, in 1838. Is ason of
Bowed sug Lucinda Wing Smith. Was married in 1867, to Miss Hannah Swift, daughter of
Stephen A. and Sarah Scott Swift. Has three children—Walter, Alvina and Louise Smith,
Came to Kansas in 1870, located on the farm where he now resides. Owns 400 acres of land,
and Is engaged in farming and stock raising. Has 1,100 sheep; built the first frame house in
the townshty ; raised the first peaches and the first sweet potatoes; has been a member of
the School Board: belongs to a religious sect called Positivists.

ROYAL H. TUCKER, farmer, Section 1, Union Township, P. O. Eldridge, was born in
Erie County, Ohio, in 1841. Is ason of Newton T. and Martha Cc. Tucker. Vame to Kansas
in 1869, and’ located at Winfield, where he spent several years at carpentering and wagon
making. He was married in 1877, to Mrs, Maryetta E. Brown, daughter of Elleroy and
Flizabeth Boone. Mrs, Tucker was born in New York, in 1849. Was marriedin Illinois, in
1866, to John Brown. Has two children—Mary L., and Charles L. Brown. Mr. Brown came
with his family to Kansas, in 1870, and located on the farm where Mr. Tucker now resides.
Mr. Brown was inthe War of the Rebellion, and received_injuries from which he never re-
covered, but died from their effects in 1875. After Mr. Tucker’s marriage, he moved to
Kingman County, and located on a farm there, where he remained for three years, then re-
moved to Sedgwick County, and located on nis farm, which consists of 160 acres of land.
He has made a success of farming here, his crops being uniformly good, He has two chil-
dren—Olive A. and Ella BE. Tucker. Hasa pleasant home, surrounded by all that makes
farm life enjoyable. He was in the army during the late war; enlisted in 1862, in the One
Hundred and First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B, Third Brigade, Third
Division, Fourth Army Corps, attached to the Army of the Cumberland. Was in the battles
of Perrysville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, At-
lanta, and many other engagements; was wounded in front of Stone River, by a gun shot
phrourh, the left foot; was in the hospital three months. Is a member of the Congregational
Church,

CHARLES E. TUPPER, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Eldridge, was Lorn in Iowa County,
Mich., in 1842, son of Myron and Milissa Maine Tupper. as married in 1860, to Miss
Orange Lumbert, daughter of Jabez and Eliza Lumbert. Has five children—Calvin, Cora,
Dora, Violet and Rosetta Tupper. Came to hansas in 1871, located on the farm where he
now resides. ‘Owns 160 acres of land Located in the township one year befors its organi-+
zation. Is a member of-the School Board; has served three years. as in the war of the
Rebellion. #nlisted in 1864in the Ninth Regiment Michigan Volunteers, Company H.
Was mustered out at the close of the war, in 1865.

WwW. B. WILLIAMS, farmer, Sections 35 and 36, P. O. syichita,, was born in Gallatipy'.
Sumner Co., Tenn., in 1827; is ason of Lemuel and Harriet E. (¢ gburn), Willams. Watc:
married in 1849 to Miss Elizabeth Duncan, daughter of Charles and Charity (Gard) Dun-
ean. Has five children—John B.. James C., Loretta, Emma and W. H. Williains. Came to
Kausas in 1867 and located in Pottawatomie County. Remained three years, then located
on Section 26, Kechi Township, Sedgwick County. Remained seven years, then sold his
farm and located in Park Township. Remained until 1882, when he sold his farm and lo-
cated in Union Township; Owns 2884 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock
raising Is amember of the Masonic fraternity, A., F. & A. M., chita Lodge, No. 99, and
of the Knights of Honor, No. 527. Is a member of the Old Settlers’ Association of Sedgwick
County. Settled in Kechi Township at the timeof its organization. Was Justice of the
Peace in that township for two years, and Director onthe School Board. Was Justice
of the Peace in Park Township for four years. Was one of the organizers of the first agri-
cultural association ofthe county. Was one of the directors that located the fair grounds
of the Sedgwick County Agricultural and Mechanical and Stock Growers Association. Has
served nine years. Is one of the commissioners of appraisal of the St. Louis, Ft. Scott &
Wichita R. R., appointed to secure the right of way for that company. Was a member of the
jury in Judge Campbell’s court, in which seven cattle and horse thieves were convicted and
sent to the State prison, it being the first criminal conviction in the county in 1871.

7 ADDENDA.

WICHITA.

J. M. HUMPHREY, special examiner of the U. S. Pension Bureau for this district
(Wichita,) was born in Coles County, Ill., December 8, 1856, and was educated in Neoga,
Cumberland County, where his father, Mr. W. R. Humphrey, was County Clerk for
many years. The subject of this sketch acted as Deputy Clerk for four years, and then
read law in the office of Stale & Dyas, of Paris, being admitted to the barin February, 1880;
and, in partnership with R. 8. Cusick, practiced in Paris, and in December, 1882, was ap-

ointed clerk in the U. S Pension Departinent for the Fifteenth Congressional District; and,
Pebruary 10, 1883, was commissioned special examiner for the Fourth Kansas District,
which embr.ces ail counties west of Greenwood and south of the fourth standard parallel,
or alittle over one-third of the entire State. Mr. Humphrey’s office is situated on Lawrence
avenue, Wichita.
PARK TOWNSHIP.

W. R. SULLIVAN, farmer, Sections 18 and_7, P. O. Park City, was born in Vermont in
1830, and when a boy removed with his father, Thomas A. Sullivan, to Ontario, Canada, set-
tling upon a farm there. Arriving at manhood, he engaged alternately In farming and
lumbering, ete. He came to Kansas first in 1869, when chita could boast of but a few
rough houses and dug-outs, which were but little indicative of the future, He and his
brother, Charles E., were the first of the family who located here, His farm contains 220
acres, of which 125 are under cultivation. His grain yleld averages: Corn, 40; oats, 55;
and wheat, 22 bushels per acre. His orchard contains 75 peach, 25 to 30 apple and cherry
trees, berries, etc. His farm is in a good state of cultivation; and, in 1882, he bulit him a
large two-story frame residence, which, with his large and commodious outbulldings, are
insured. Mr. Sullivan was married in 1870 to MissSarah Hunt, a native of Ontario, Canada,
They have but one child—William Albert—born November*20, 1879. Since his residence
here Mr. S. has confined his attention principally to the care of his farm, which bears every
evidence of careful culture. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and,
although one of Park fo washibie pioneer settlers, his innate modesty has prevented his
taking any public office, although he is always foremost in everything pertaining to the good
and welfare of the community amid which he has taken up his abode,

ROCKFORD TOWNSHIP

R. A. HALL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25, P. O. Mulvane, is identified with
educational interests of Southern Kansas. Mr. H. came to Kansas in Henruary. 1872,
in connection with carrying on a farm, has taught school the grenter portion of the time
He is a native of Ohio; was born in Lawrence County, January 13, 1846; was educated and
reared in his native State. Early in the war he enlisted in the Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, afterwards the; Forty-fifth Kentucky MountedInfantry, serving until the close
of the rebellion. Was inalarge number of general engagements, among which was Atlanta
in 1864, where he was severely wounded in the left hand. He had four brothers in the ser-
vice with the following regiments: L. D. wasa Lieutenantin the Ninety-first Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry; Tonn N was in the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry; T. R. in the Fifty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Henry Clay in the Fifthtieth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Suffice to state that the Hall family eontributed more than a
share towards the Union cause. Mr. H. isa member of the Masonic order, and Adjutant of
the’ Mulvane Post, G. A. R. Hewas married in Mason County, Ill, to Miss Hattie #. Howe;
they have four children—Ilena I., Florence D., Nina M. and Neora.

KECHI TOWNSHIP.

C. P. LEE, farmer, Sections 33 and 34, P, O. Wichita, was born in Wayne County, Pa., in
1828, and until 26 years of age was engaged upon his father’s farm, but his health failing,

he took a trip West, and in 1866 located upon the banks of the Solomon River, and had just
gone to Manhattan, then merely a collection of huts, when the Arrapahoes assuming the of-
fensive, drove the settl rs from their locations; he thereupon returned to his native State,
and in 1870 made his permanent location here by pre-empting the farm, which he now
owns. Having secured his claim, built a residence, ete., he again went east February 28,
1871, was married to Miss Ruth Courtwright, of Wayne County, Pa., the couple making
their wedding trip journey to their new home in Kansas. Myrta,born February, 1875, is their
only child. r, Lee’s farm of 320 acres isina good state of cultivation, his corn yields
forty and wheat twenty-two to twenty-five bushels tothe acre. His orchard contains sev-
eral hundred trees. e is also interested in stock to some extent, and has been elected Jus-
tice of the Peace. Is a member of the School Board of hts district, and at one time was a
leading member of, and officer in Valley Grange No. 337 P.of H. ‘He takes a great deal of
interest in the welfare of his adonted State.
. H. RANSON, farmer, section321, P. O, Wichita, was born in Morgan County, IIL, in
1840, and previous to his removal here had been engaged in farming, and subsequently in
mercantile pursuits in Jacksonville, Il.;andin 1861 he enlisted in ompany K Twenty-
seventh Ilinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the engagements at Belmont, Co-
lumbus, Stone River, Chattahoochee, Chickamauga, Atlanta, etc.,ete. Atthe Belmontatfair
he was wounded In the shoulder, and stillearries the ball. He was mustered out 1864, as
Corporal. He returned to Illinois, and subsequently entered_the employ of the United
States as a post cmploxe in the Quartermaster’s Department. He was married March 24,
1868, to Miss Mary E. Groves, of Tlinols, who has borne him five children, viz. Della, born
Angust 1, 1869; Lena, September 13, 1871; Ellsworth, February 6, 1874; Bertha, October
28, 1877, anid Jessie, September 15, 1879. In August, 1872, he cameto Kansas, and has now
160 acres in Section 21, and 160 acres in Section 22.’ His principal crops are corn, wheat
and oats, which yield a fair average, He has also dealt in hogs, s heep and cattle, and to him
belon. sthe honor of having brought in 1872 the first pure Cotswold. sheep seen in the coun-
ty. His orchard contains some 3,000 assorted fruit trees, Mr, R. was the first Secretary of
f he Arkansas Valley Agricultural Society, which he has been mainly instrumental in bring-
ng to its present flourishing state, having now 450 members. He is alsoa member of the
Woolgrowers Association and of the M. E. Church. ;
foes E. SULLIVAN, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Wichita, is one ofthe early pioneers
(@ ; ough not then a settler) having come to the Valley in 1864 as one of acompany of 1,600
‘ n bed States soldiers of the Second Colorado Regiment, and was present at the treaty made
in hat year upon the ground where E. P. Thompson's farm is now. between the trives of
owas, Comanches, Arrapahoes and Cheyennes, and their Great White Father (Uncle Sam),
and Dy them soon after violated, as usual. He was born in 1828, in Vermont, and is a brother
oF : mW R. Sullivan, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. He in early Jife learned
' er rade of a carpenter, and upon his discharge from the army in 1865, worked at his trade
iy eayenworth and assisted in the building of Fort Harker, and upon the completion of
€ works there in 1868, he located in this county. His farm is well tliled and yields an av-
Pratede ett Np Mier Hall Gee twenty eto bushels per acre. Mr. Sullivan was
t c am, of Toronto, Ont. He was instrumental in the or-
anization of the township, and isa member of Garfield Post No. 25 G. A. R., also of the

Id Settlers’ Society of this
Silent tones ory Ot pus township, and for a number of jyears has been a member of the

LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

S. H. BRAGG, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Wichita, was born in H.
+ > » P.O. owar » Mo., in
AEBS. and Has always been engaged in farming except the time spent in The Missourt Stave
Iba pm 20, 1859, he married Miss Sarah M. Smith. There are nine children—viz.,
a age 860; S. B., 1862: M. M., in 1865; S.S., in 1868; Z A,, in 1870; C. A., in 1873;
» M., 6; 0. 0., In 1878, andS. E. in 1880. He came to Kansas In 1871 and brought his
SEDGWICK COUNTY.

family in the next spring. His farm contains 120 acres all fenced

x. » and b a a
of Talsing horses in addition to agriculture. He has been on the Schoo) Board for saverdl
Years; be d office in Fair View Grange, P. of H., and is a member of Cumberland Presbyterian

0. E. CLARK, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Clarion, was born in Genesee Cour i
1854, and is the son of the Rev. S. Clark, of the Methodist Protestant Gnuneh. Bul bic tedon:
statloned in Pottawatomie County. The family came here in 1870, and thé subject of this
sketch owns a farm of 160 acres, in addition to that owned by his father. Mr. C. was mar-
ried dis Brena toe ag rete J acieeen oF Joma, and with his father is one of the early

+ er voted at the fir: i i

been Trustee and Township Clerk, rst election held in the township and has
‘ , farmer, Section 8, P. O. Sunnydale, was born in Fr:

in 1836. When fourteen.years of age he went to St Lawrence County, ey an eos bb
Hlineis and Towa, ant coming to Kansas in 1870. In December, 1858, he married Miss Char-
loite C, Lee, who has borne him five children—viz., Charles W., imma E., Maria A., Fred L.
and Minnie E. His farm is in good state of cultivation, and in 1883 he erected a fine two-
story frame residence. He has been a member of the School Board and is steward in the
Methodist Protestant Church, and one of the old settlers of the township.

S."H. HAYDEN, farmer, Section 28, P. 0. Clarion, was born in Missouri in 1842, and re-
moved to Kentucky in 1857, and in 1865 married Miss E. EB. Hanes, and came to his present
farm in 1870, having previously resided a year in Butler County. He is now engaged in
farming and stock raising, and August, 1862, enlisted in Company A, Thirty-third Kentucky
Regiment, and in 1863, the regiment was consolidated with the old Twenty-sixth Kentucky.
He served till May, 1865, and was mustered out at Raleigh, N.C. Since residing here, he
has been Justice of the Peace and Township Treasurer, and on School Board. His farm of
160 acres is surrounded by a fine hedge, and in addition to wells is watered by Perry Brauch.
In 1874 he was a heavy loser by the grasshoppers, but has now a fine farm and barns, etc.
eis one of the early settlers of the township and deacon in the Pleasant View Baptist

J. W. HART, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Sunnydale, was born in CookjCounty, lll. in

842, and was engaged in forming when he enlisted August 19, 1862 i? Company E.

eventy-Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and known as the Board of Trade Regiment,
He was at Vicksburg, Nashville, Champion Hill, ete. etc., and-was mustered out in 1865.
Returning to I!linois he continued farming, and in 1868 married Miss Ruth Coffin. They
have five children, Ozro, Maggie, Lillie, Laura and Luella. In 1870 he located here, and
built the first frame house in the township. His farm of 160 acres contains 110 under low,
corn and wheat being sole crops. The orchard contains about 500 assorted trees. He isa
member of the United Brethren Church, and one of the earliest settlers in the township.

OREN SMITH, farmer,.Section 28, P. O. Clarion, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in
1842, When fourteen year's old his father died, and he took charge of the farm, and in
August 1861 he enlisted in Company F. S-cond Ohio Cavalry, and was in all the battles of
Grant and Sheridan’s campaign, until mustered out in September, 1865. Returning home
he married Lydia A. Wilbert September 5, 1867, and located in Randolph County, Mo. till

71, when be removed to his present location. His farm has 240 acres, 100 being in culti-
tlon, Corn, oats and millet. He has seventy-five hogs and forty cattle, and has a well culti-
vated farm, good out buildings, ete. He voted at the first election held in the townshi ; has
been Township Treasurer for two terms and Clerk one, Is a member of the School Board,
andalo OF the Old Settlers’ Society; of Garfield Post, G. A. R., and of the Protestant Meth-

1 ren.

WILLIAM YAZEL, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Clarion, was born in Fulton County, Ill. in
1843, and has always been engaged in farming. He came to his present location in 1870
and in 1374 suffered from the grasshoppers; while upon another occasion his residence and
its inmates was lifted bodily up by atornado,the house was smashed in pieces, bub fortunately
the inmates escaped serious injury. He has now a beautiful place embowered in fruit and
forest trees. Has 11 horses, 80 cattle and about 180 hogs. His barns are large and substan-
tial. He is one of the leading men of the township, and is its present Treasurer. Mr. Y. is
married and has three very interesting children.

 

GRANT TOWNSHIP.

W.C. BASTOW, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Sunnydale, was bornin England in 1832, and
in 1853 came to Ohio and thence to Iowa, and in 1858 located in what is now Washington
County, this State, and in 1874 located upon his present farm of 240 acres 190 being under
cultivation in corn, wheat and oats. His orchard contains 1,000 peach and 340 apple aud
other trees, while three-fourths of an acre is devoted to berries and five acres to forest trees.
In 1862 he married Miss Mary A. Lynd, who has borne him nine children, six of whom are
living, viz. William M., Thomas L., Marcia A., Carrie E., Andrew J. and Celia E, While in
Washington County his granary was destroyed by an incendiary, and the sudden rise of
Mill Creek upon another occasion destroyed all his crops. etc. He has been Township Clerk
two years, and has been several times on the School Board, and has a well cultivated and
attractive farm, with good wells, barns, etc. :

JAMES BEARD, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Sunnydale, was born in 1840, in Rock-
bridge County, Va., but, when a boy, removed with his parents to Fulton County, Ill. and
subseguently engaged in farming until 1860, when he went to Mississippi, where he had «
contract to build a levee, but the State seceding in 1861, he came to Kansas, and proceeding
to Leavenworth, was engaged as Army Teamster until April, 1864, when he enlisted in
Company I. Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, and was engaged on frontier duty until mustered
out November 28th, 1865. Hethen returned to Illinois, and in 1871 married Miss Sarah
Coleman, who has borne four children—Ezra,Charles, Maud and Jobn. In 1875 Mr. Beard
located upon his present farm of 345 acres, 275 being under cultivation in wheat, oats and
millet, 40 cattle, 11 horses and 200 hogs. He is a member of Garfield Post G. A. R., and
Trustee of Park Methodist Episcopal Church, and also gave the township fifteen acres for
park and cemetery purposes. ts

Cc. C. CAMPBELL, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Sunnydale, was born in Indiana County,
Pa. in 1845, and was engaged in farming until July 1862, when he enlisted in Company L.
First Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served with distinction until the close of the warin July,
1865. Shortly after he removed to Fulton County, IlJs., and in 1869 married Miss KE. F. Pal-
mer. There are two children—Mary Ivie, born March 13th, 1870, and Roscoe E. April 20th,
188%. Mr. Campbell left Illinois in the fall of 1871, by wagon, and remained in Allen Coun-
ty, Kans., until spring, when he removed to his present,farm of 160 acres, 100 of which are
in-cultivation in corn and oats. He has also 30 cattle and 100 hogs, while his orchard con-
tains 375 assorted fruits, berries, etc. He has been Treasurer of the School Board for many
years, and is also Treasurer of the Township. Is a member of Garfield Post 25,G. A. R.,
and of the County Fair Association, and in 1874 was distributor of his district to the suffer-
ers from the grasshoppers, ‘ :

MARTIN C. CARNAHAN, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Valley Centre, was born in
Darke County, Ohio, 1838, and was married in 1858 to Miss Lodema Hatfield, of that State,
Heremoved to Logan County, Ill. in 1854, and engaged in farming until October, 1863,
when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Sixth Mlinois Volunteer Infantry, and
was engaged in guard duty inthe States of Tennessee and Mississippi, until mustered out
October, 1864, at Vicksburg, and returning to Illinois, remained there until his removal to
Kansas in 1876. Located upon his present farm of 160 acres, 130 of which are under culti-
vation, with an average grain yield of corn 30, wheat 12, and oats 25 busbels per acre. His
orchard contains about 800 assorted fruit trees, while one quarter acre is devoted to black-
berries, grapes, etc. His children are Marcellus, Lucy, Nellie, Charlotte, May, Alonzo, Hen-
ry, Albert and Cora. Mr. Carnahan is one of tne early settlers of this region, and is a mem-
ber of and elder in the Christian Church. His two-story frame residence and outbuildings
are insured. i

J. W. DEAL, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Sunnydale, is a native of Maryland, and in
early life went to Ohio, from whence he came to Kansas February 16th, 1872, and locating
upon a farm, at ouce proceeded to make nature pay tribute, and so well has he succeeded,
that he now has one of the most attractive farms inthe township. His corn and wheat
yield has been rather above the average. His orchard contains about 600 assorted fruit
trees, in addition to grapes, blackberries, raspberries, etc. His residence is approached by a

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finely shaded avenue. Mr. Deal is married and has five children. He enlisted in September,
1862, in Company C, Fourth Virginia Cavalry, and was at White Oak Swamp, Antietam and
Fredericksburg, and was mustered out in March, 1864, He has afine milk house built of
stone, and supplied by a never failing spring, so that even in the hottest weather his milk
can be kept cold and sweet. ‘The above is of his own construction and invention.

NORMAN H. DEWING, Postmaster and merchant, P.O. Sunnydale, was born in Chautau-
ua County, N. Y., February 16, 1836, and until 1855 was engaged in farming in his native
tate, then removed to Leelenaw County, Mich., remaining there for three years, and in Wal-

worth County, Wis. Upon the call of three months’ men was the first man that enlisted in
Company A, Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry, in 1861, and after serving nine months was dis-
charged for disability. Returning home, he in a few months, having recuperated his
strength, re-enlisted in the Thirteenth Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery, and served in
that until the close of the war, being mustered out with rank of Sergeant in 1865. Mr. D.-
caine to Kansas in the spring of 1875, and for five years was located seven miles northwest
of Wichita, where he was engaged infarming. From thence he removed to his present lo-
cation, and September 25, 1882, he was appointed Postmaster of Sunnydale office. I
connection therewith he carries a well assorted stock of general merchandise, which is in-
sured for one-third of its value. In 1876 Mr. Dewing was married to Miss Annie Booter,
a native of Illinois, but then residing in Sedgwick County. By this marriage there are
three children, viz.: Clarence, born May 28, 1877; Jasper, September 15, 1879; and Earl.
May 15,1881. Mr. Dew ing is President of Maple Grove Cemetery Association, organize
in 1873, and has been Justice of the Peace of the township upon two several occasions.

_ LEROY FOSDICK, Section 14, P. O. Sunnydale, was born in Geauga County, Obio,
in 1836, and when a boy removed to Illinols, where his father, Mr. Harry Fosdick,
engaged in farming, and where the subject of this sketch, in 1858, was married to Miss
Frances Grace, a native of Kilkenney County, Ireland, but who, since the age of six years,
has been aresident of this country. Mr. F. enlisted September 12, 1862, in Company A,
Tenth Iowa Infantry, and participated in the first siege of Corinth, Iuka and Vicksburg,
and was uuder Grant throughout the whole campaign, and was mustered out May 29,
1865. March 28, 1871, Mr. F, came to Kansas, locating upon the farm where he now re-
sides. He owns 160 acres of land, 70 of which are under cultivation. In addition to agri-
culture he is raising high-class cattle. His orchard embraces three acres. Of his chil-
dren only two now survive, viz.:_ Mrs. Mary Burnley, born October 20, 1862, and now re-
siding in Chase County, and Witliam A., born January 7, 1877. He is one of the represen-
tative men of the township. The first sermon in Grant Township was delivered in his
house. Like ail of the pioneer settlers of Kansas he had his share of hardships, but now
has one of the most beautiful farms in Sedgwick County. . i

GEORGE H. HOLBRO farmer, Section 22, P. O. Suinylale, was born in
1824, in_Janesville, Onondaga Co.,N. Y., and’ in 1846 married Miss Catherine Kort-
right, of Ulster County, N. ¥. In 1854 he removed to Henry County, 111, where he engaged
in farming, and in 1873 came to his present farm of eighty acres, all of which is under cul-
tivation. is orchard contains 500 fruit trees, and he has also 5,000 forest trees. There
are two children living, viz.: W., born December 26, 1847, and George W., July 4, 1862,
antl who now manages the farm, In February, 1864, Mr. H. enlisted in Company C,
Ninth Illinois Cavalry, and remained in active service till mustered out, November 20,
1865. He has been one of the members of the School Board, and is one of the pioneer set-
tlers of the township: : :

. W. LASALLE, farmer, Section 2, P, O. Sunnydale, was born in 1837, in Ohio, and
when eight years of age removed with his parents to Huntington County, Ind., andin 1859
was Inarried to Miss Rebecca A. Cady, who has borne him six children, viz.: Mrs, Alferreta
Shepard, of Wayne County, Ind.; John F., Emma, Edward, Achsah and George. Mrs. L.
died in 1873, and in 1874 Mr. L. married his present wife, Miss Irene L. Stewart, of Ohio.
By this marriage there are three children. In August, 1861, Mr. L. enlisted in Company C,
Second Indiana Cavalry, and was in all the engagements of his company, and was mustered
out in August, 1864, as Corporal. He came to Kansas in 1872, locating in this township.
His farm is well watered by windmill power, is well stocked and shaded. Heisa member
of Kilpatrick Post, No. 36, and one of the early settlers in Grant Township.

THOMAS MASTERSON, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Sunnydale; was born in Canada in
1827. In 1865 he removed to Illinois, where he engaged in farming; and June _1, 1872,
located upon his present homestead. In 1852 he was married to Miss Catherine McGurk,
of St. Johns, P. Q., whe has borne him seven children, viz, Edward John, born September
22, 1850, and who was murdered at Dodge City, April 9, 1878, while in performance of his
duty as Marshal, by a drunken cowboy (the death of Marshal Masterson was noted,
together with resolutions of respect and condolence, in the Jocal. papers of that date); Bar-
tholomew, November 24, 1851, and is now Marshal of Trinidad, Co1., where his brothers
James and Thomas are located. Mr. M.,as will be seen by date of his location here,
is one of the pioneer settlers of this region. and to him is due the honor of giving toSunnydale
its appellation. Heis one of the representative men of the county, and has held several
offices in his township.

CHARLES M. PEASE, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Bede wick City, was born in Kane
County, I11., in 1848, and in 1871 came to Kansas, locating here. His farm is beautifully
shaded, and is under a high state of cultivation. In July, 1880, Mr. Pease was married to
Miss Augusta Wilcox, of Illinois. They have but one child, viz., Nellie C., two years of
age. oer Pp. isa member of the Christian Church and one of the earliest settlers of this
ownship.

H. K. WARREN, farmer, Section 14, P, 0. Sunnydale, was born in Onondaga County,
N. Y., in 1847, and when a boy removed with his parents to Michigan, subsequently locatin
in Illinois, and moving thence to Kansas in 1871. Mr. Warren was married February 27,
1867, to Miss Louise Bartholomew, a native of England. They have the following children,
viz., Lewis, A. B., Ceylon K., Esther A., Cora L., Bertha L., Effie A., William Henry,
George S. Mr. Warren has one of the finest farms in the township, beautifully shaded_by
over 7,000 trees. He has been for several years a member of the School Board of his Dis-
trict, and is now one of the officers of the township.

A. J. WEAVER, farmer, Section 15. P. O. Sunnydale, was born in Pennsylvania in 18387,
and in early life learned the trade of a carpenter. When the war broke out he enlisted
April, 1861, in Company A, Third Pennsylvania Infantry,and upon the expiration of his
term at once returned home, and raised a company which became Company D of the One
Hundred and Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the head of his company Lieut.
Weaver was the first man. over the stone wall at Winchester, capturing Gen. Jackson’s
nephew and aide-de-camp George D. Jenkins, and after Chancellorsville was transferred
to Seconda Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, owing to disability, and at expiration was
mustered out as Lieutenant in the United States army. In 1868 he was appointed Post-
master of Williamsburg, remaining three years, and Caryn on business as merchant. He
was married in 1857 to Miss Clara Benner, who has borne him six children, only two of
whom survive—Mrs. Carrie M. Mead and Charles F. Mr. W. came to Kansas in 1877,
locating upon his farm of eighty acres, seventy-two of which are under cultivation. In
addition to farming he still pursues his trade, and in 1882 built the Park Methodist Epis-
copal Church, erected at a cost of $2,000. He is also one of the trustees of the church, and
donated an acre of land for its erection.

WILLIAM WILLIS, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Valley Centre, was born in Darke County,
Ohio, in 1820, and when a young man removed to Logan County, Ill., where he resided for
over twenty years, and coming to Kansas in 1876, bought the whole of above Section, which
he has since given to his sons George M., Luke A., John C., and Albert P., who have since
jointly cultivated it. There are now 540 acres under cultivation in corn, wheat and oats,
and there are 200 trees in the orchard. In addition to the above there is a farm of 240 acres
in Kichi Township, which is owned ly Mr. W. and worked by its future possessor, his
youngest son, William T., who is at present unmarried. Of this farm 160 acres are under
culture in grain. Mr. Willis has his farms under a high state of cultivation, and upon all
are good residences, barns, etc. His son Luke A. was married in the fall of 1878 to Miss
Rose Thomson, of this State, and at the same time his brother and partner George M. was
married to Miss Annie L, Fisher. Mr. Willis, senior, has a daughter, Mrs. Sarah E. Guthrie,
a widow, who resides with and acts as her father’s housekeeper. She is also the possessor
of a farm of eighty acres in thiscounty. Mr. Luke Willis has been Constable of this town-
ship, while his father,Mr. William Willis,bas filled the office of Treasurer of Grant Township.

 
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Wig co County, situated just nortn ut the center of tho State, is

bounded on the north by Mitchel, on the east by Ottawa and Saline, on
the south by Ellsworth, and on the west by Osborne and Russell counties.
The major portion of the county
per cent. of the surface being bottom land. The Saline

the center of the county, from
west to east; while Salt Creek
runs diagonally through the
northeast towuship of the
county. The tributaries of the
Saline River are Wolf, Spill-
man, Lost, Beaver,and Twelve
Mile creeks on thenorth; and
the Twins, Bull-foot, Spring,
Elkhorn, Brush, Owl and
Tablerock creeks. The Rat-
tlesnake, Battle, and Prosser
creeks run ina northerly di-
rection and empty into Salt
Creek.

In the bluff and highland
in Range 9 large quantities
of coal are being mined for
fuel. This coal burns very
readily but is not so solid as
the Leavenworth or Fort
Scott coal. Considerable
quantities of zinc are found
in the cinders. New banks
are being opened in Grant
‘Township, at present writing.

On Salt Creek several salt
springs and marshes occur.
They are not being utilized
at present, except by holders
of large herds of cattle who
occasionally drive them over
this salt lick or range.

Lincoln County is largely
open to range and is consid-
ered a good grazing county.
It has never been a very pro-
ductive cora county, the av-
erage yield this year (1882)
being less than eighteen bush-
els per acre, the total crop of
the county being about 600,-
000 bushels. Winter wheat,
however, ismore to be relied
upon and is consequent’y the
favoritecrop of the farmers.
In 1882, 33,609 acres were
devoted to this crop with an
average yield of twenty bush-
els per acre, making a total
yield of 672,180 bushels.
This is hauled to Salina, Ells-
worth, Minneapolis and Beloit
for shipment. Spring wheat
has almost entirely gone out
of date. Rye and oats are
generally a good crop, 127,260
bushels of the former, and
128,640 bushels of the latter
being raised in 1882. About
2,000 acres of broom corn were
planted and a yield of 1,120,-
200 pounds was the result.

Lincoln County reports
about 11,000 head of cattle
and 6,000 head each of swine
and sheep. Many more are
herded here during the sum-
mer but are withdrawn to
feed during the winter.

The Indians did not abandon the Saline Valley peaceably by any means,
as many of the early settlers live to testify. In June, 1867, a party of “Dogs,”
as unauthorized bands of renegade Indians are called, made a raid down

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(a) Gegamized fe 1875, from parts of Indiana and Salt Creek; parts detached in 1879 to form Marion
and Scott.

(b) Organized in 1879, from part of Salt Creek.

(c) Organized in 1879, from part of Grant.

§ ) Organizedin 1870, from original territory; in 1879, parts detached to form Logan and Madison.

e) Organized in 1870, from original territory; in 1873, parts detached to form Pleasant and Valley: in
1879, part to Franklin.

(7) Organized in 1879, from part of Elkhorn.

9) Organized in 1879, from part of Pleasant.

(A) Organized in 1878, from parts of Indiana and Salt Creek; in 1878, part detached to form Orange;
in 1879, part to Cedron. :

fi) ee Bes ea pare of ere

J) Organized in , from original territory; in 1873, parts detached to fo i
1875, part to Battle Creek; in 1879, part to Marion? . mia Eee ea PUY

k) Organized in 1879, from parts of Colorado and Salt Creek.

1) Organized in 1879, from part of Colorado.

m) Organized in 1879, from parts of Indiana and Battle Creek.

n) Organized in 1878. from part of Grant.

0) Oeaaniese in 1873, from part of Elkhorn; in 1879, parts detached to form Golden Belt and Iligh-

land.
(p) Organized in 1870, from original territory; in 1873, part detach va

Battle Creek: in 1879, parts to Heaven logan and Seat, RSE, FO) Haney Sea ESS DAE
ig} Organized in 1879, from part of Battle Creck.
r) Organized in 1873, from parts of Elkhorn and Indiana; in 1879, part detached to form Franklin

 

Spillman Creek and captured Mrs. Bacon, wife of David G. Bacon, Mrs.
After subjecting them to the most bru-
tal treatment the brutes could conceive they tied them hand and foot and
staked them out on the prairie, where they were found nearly two days after
by their friends who had escaped. As early as 1864 four buffalo hunters

named Houston, Taylor, and
brothers named Moffat were
surprised in camp near Rocky
Hill and killed by the Chey-
ennes.

It was at the mouth of Spill-
man Creek in this county, in ~
August, 1868, that Martin
Hendrickson found two little
girls, agcd six and nine
years, who had _ been nearly
three days without food. They
proved to be the daughters
of Aaron Bell, who had been
captured near Beloit (see
Mitchcll County History). Mr.
Hendrickson felt an uncon-
trollable impulse to go up the
river six miles, and, although
urged to remain at home by
his family, he went, with the
result stated. Mr. Hendrick-
son thinks an allwise Provi-
dence ordered him to go for
the special purpose of saving
the little ones.

On the 30th day of May,
1869, quite a large party of
‘Dogs’? appeared in the Sa-
line Valley and commenced
their fiendish work. Their
first victim was J. H. Strange,
ason of J. 8. Strang», one of
the earliest settlers. Young
Strange and a German boy
named Smoots wire hunting
in the breaks of Spillman
when the Indians came upon
them and, professing to be
good Pawnees, managed to
get close enough to shoot
Strange with an arrow, and
crush his skull with a war
club. Smoots ran for his life
but was hit by a bullet from a
rifle, from which wound he
died shortly after. Two Dancs
were killed four miles we:i
of Lincoln Center; and six
miles up Spillman Creek a
woman escaped, and an at-
tempt to re-capture caus‘d an
Indian to brain her with a
tomahawk. Mrs. Alderdice
and her little child, six months
old, and the wife of one of the
Danes above mentioned, were
captured. Mrs. A. was after
ward killed by her captors,
and on the second day of the
retreat her little child was left
hanging to a tree in sight of
theircamp. A four-yeir-old
son of Mrs. A., named Willis
Daly, was shot through the
back by an arrow and his
mother supposed him to be
dead, but two days after the
raid Thomas Noon found the

boy, being attracted by his moans. The arrow had gone through his body
and was sticking fast in his breast bone. In his struggles he had broken it
off underneath the skin on his back. Philip Lautz and Washington Smith,
by the aid of a pair of cobbler’s pinchers, pulled out the arrow and saved
LINCOLN COUNTY.

the boy’slife. In order to get hold of the arrow with the pinchers one
pressed down on the boy’s back until the arrow protruded from the in-
flamed wound. Willis Daly is now a resident of Lincoln County. Seven
were killed and four wounded on this raid. (It is impossible to get the
names of the Danes, as they were land-seekers and had not made their
ee ne i

e settlement of Lincoln County commenced in 1865 by George
Green, E, E. Johnson, R. B. Clark, D. U. Skinner, J. M. Adams, Tene De.
Graff and W. E. Thompson. In the spring of 1866, about June 25,
Washington Smith, W. T. Wild, John Dart and two young men named
Peate and Gaskill became permanent residents of Lincoln. Oct. 4, 1866,
M.D. Green, Martin and William Hendrickson, Volany Ball, John 8.
Strange, David G. Bacon, M. Zeigler, Thomas Noon, J. C. Parks and
families settled throughout the county. For several years buffalo hunting
was the chief pursuit. .

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ETC.

It was not until 1870 that any move was made toward a county organization. Onthe

6h of October of that year a meeting of the Special Board of totety Commissioners

appointed by the Governor for the purpose of organizing the county was held. Present:

‘ oa S. Strange, Washington Smith an: Izaac De Graff; F. A. Schermerhorn, Special
erk.

The board divided the county into four townships and ordered an election Nov. 8,
1870. Colorado Township was composed of townships 12 and 13 in range 6.

_ Elkhorn was composed of townships 12 and 13 in range 7, and south half of town-
ship 12 in range 8, and south halfof12in range9 and south half of 72 in range 10, and
townships 13 in ranges 8, 9 and 10.

Indiana Township comprised the congressional townships 10 and 11 in range 6, and
10 and 11 in range 7,

=H Creek Township included townships 10 and 11 in range 6, and 10 and 11in
range 7.

5 the election resulted in the choice of the following county officers: County Com-
missioners, John S. Strange, Cornelius Deits, Jamee Wild; County Clerk, A. 8. Pot-
ter; County Treasurer, Volany Ball; Probate Judge, D. C. Skinner; Registrar of
Deeds, Thomas Walls; Sheriff, R. B. Clark; Coroner, Francis Seibers; County At-
torney, M. D. Green; Clerk of Court, J. A. Cook; Surveyor, Patrick Lowe; Super-
intendent of Public Instruction, John Lyden; Representative, Ira C. Buzick. In the
county seat contest 158 votes were cast, of which Abram reccived 75; Lincoln Center,
58; Elkhorn, 10; northwest quarter of section 9, township 12, range7,15. Phelastnam<ed
votes were not counted because the words ‘‘ county seat’? were not written thereon

The county-seat location turned out in Linco!n to be the source of much strife. In
April, 1871, the Board of Commissioners were petitione1to call an election to re-locate.
At their May meeting another additional petition was presented and both were laid over
until the July meeting. Ata special meeting June 10, called by order of Judge Canfield
in a writ of mandamus demanding action of the board on the laid-over petitions, the
peti'ions were rejected.

The town company of Abram presented the county with a deed to the lot on which
the temporary court-house was then standing. Onthe 19th of February, 1872, an election
was held to re-locite the county seat, at which 408 votes were cast. Lincoln Center re-
ceived 232; Abram, 176.

During the time that the last election was pending a quarrel arose between Ezra
Hubbard and John Haley in reference to astick of timber which Hubbard was about to
place in his mill then building just below Abram. The dispute grew fierce and Hubbard
seized a carbine and shot and kiled Haley. Hubbard was arrested and placed under

ward at Abram, and in the evening a mob of forty men in several degrees of intoxica-

‘ion forced open the doors, wounded Hubbard and lefthim to die. Ascertaining shortly
after that he was likely to recover, they again entered tie building and, placing a stone
under the wounded man’s head, beat his brains out witha mallet. This incident wa
used as an argument for the removal of the county seat. Hon. Ira C. Buzick was tried
for the murder of Hubbard and acquitted. Thearmed guard who had Hubbard in charge
was, three years Jater, murdered and thrown in a well, where his body was discovered
nearly three weeks afeer his disappearance. This murder, however, had no connection.
with the Haley-Hubbird affair of 1872. :

On the first of April, 1873, bonds amounting to $4,000 were voted to build a court-
house. The present county officers are:{Commissiouers, M. A. Jackson, J. See
James Little; Probate Judge, A.Artman; County Clerk, Il. Hammer; Sheriff, Harry
Trask; Registrar of Deeds, A. S. Robinson; Clerk of Court, J.D. Miller; County
Treasurer, Ed, M. Harris; County Attorney, Geo. W. Finch; County Superintendent of
Public Instruction, A. T. Biggs; Surveyor, Samuel B'oomfield; Coroner, Dr. Frank
Coggswell. The Representatives in the State Legislature since the organization of the
county have been in regular or ier; Ira C. Buzick, Alonzo Schermerhorn, George Green,
Volany Ball, J. B. Goff, E. 8. Pierce, Reuben Williams, W. 8. Wait, George W. Ander-
son, R. F. Bryant. : £

Lincoln County has ever been amitious to excel in school matters. The first school
taught in the county was atthe house of Martin Hendrickson in 1868 by Marion Ivy.
The second school was taught in 1869 by David G. Bacon in a dugout near the same place.
The first public scho>1 was in District No. 2, at Monroe, by Mrs. Skinuer. in 1870. The
county now has seventy-eight school districts with good comfortable buildings, valued at
$19,250. The school expenses for the year ending July 31, 1882, were $10,935. Thecounty
has 2,888 children of school age, 2,267 of which are enrolled, and 1,510 of which are in
daily attendance. The average salary of male teachers is $25 per month, and females,

: LINCOLN CENTER.

Lincoln Center, the county seat is located on the north side of the Saline
River, about half a mile from the first bottom. It was originally platted on
the 9th of May, 1871, and included the northwest quarter of section 6,
township 12, range’. The members of the Town Company at that time
were: W. L. Gilmore, D. W. Henderson, J. S. Strange, Washington Smith,
Thomas Boyle, 8. M. Bobelette and James Askey. Efforts were made
from time to time to re-locate the county seat, and in 1872 Lincoln Center
became successful, and its success as a town assured. It did not assume
municipal honors until the 23d of September, 1879, when Judge Prescott
ordered an election for city officers under the act for the formation of cities
of the third class. The result of this election proved favorable to the fol-
lowing: Mayor, George M. Lutes; Councilmen, D. E. Coolbaugh, George
Green, Luther Stewart, H. Holcomb, Joseph E. Cheeney; Police Judge,
Mortimer Gragg; Clerk, Lon A. Minx. The city hasnot found it necessary
to indulge in any very extensive police or fire departments. The build-
ings in the business part of the town are nearly all of stone, of good style
and well built; hence the feeling of security against fires. The present
city officers are: Mayor, C.J. Brown; Councilmen, R. F. Bryant, W. 8.
MecNitt, H. C. Angell, D. H. Malone, Thomas Thompson; Clerk, C. J.
eae in 1872, when it had become fairly settled that Lincoln Center
was for all time to be the capital of the county, the people of School Dis.
trict No. 6 voted $3,500 in bonds for the erection of a handsome stone

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school-house, which was built the following summer. Itis 88 x 42, two
stories high, and_ built o° magnesian limestone. ‘The present, School
Board are: R. F. Bryant, C. G. Wood, J. B. Goff. |The school is now en-

joying an average ae attendance of 103 and is presided over by James
allory, assisted by Mrs. Burress.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Lincoln ray was without a paper from its organization in 1870 until March 3,
1873, when F, H. Barnhart, whose biography appears in the Osborne County History,
commenced the publication of the Lincoln County News. April 3 he associated with
himeelfin the publication of the News Mr. W. C. Busick, who afters ard became County
Clerk, and now resides at Sylvan Grove, in this county. Mr. Barnhart sold his interest
in the News, Dec. 22, 1873, to Rev. P. Barker, who assumed editorial management of the
paper and pubiished it until Dec. 22, 1874. July 16, 1874, Barnhart commenced the pub-
ication of the Farmer, which he maintained until Jan. 1, 1875, when it was moved to
Osborne, where it is now published by him.

The News passed into the hands of J. W. Newell early in 1875, and the following
fall he moved it to Stockton, in Rooks County. At the time Mr. Barker abandoned the
publication of the Wews, F. M. Beatty started a paper called the Western Democrat,
which was continued under that name until June 15, 1875, when it was so:d to G. W.
Wellman, who changed the name to the Saline Valley Register, and made it the county
paper until January, 1879, when it was sold to Messrs. Watson & Kime. During the last
six months of the regime of Wellman, Albert Springer owned a half interest in the
Register, and assisted editorially in its publication. Watson & Kime ran the paper
a Soe owitle September, when it was sold to Hon. George W. Anderson, its prea-
ent publisher,

On the first of December, 1879, Ira Lutes brought material from Illinois and com-
menced publication of the Lincoln Argus, which after seventeen weeks he sold to Hon.
Walter S. Wait, who changed the name to the Beacon. Itig now owned by Mr. Wait,
who is assisted in the editorial work by his wife and son, A. H. Wait.

The press on which the News, the Democrat and the Register were printed was
brought to St. Mary’s Mission, in Kansas, and the St. Mary's S/a7, one of the first papers
in Kansas, printed thereon. It is now at Cain City,in Lilsworth County. Mr. P.
Barker, the second editur of the News, was aged about fifty yesrs, and a native of the
State of New York, where he had studied for the ministry. He came to this county
from Chicago, where he had been a local preacher for the Methodist Episcopal church
for many oa He often occupied the pulpits of his church at various places in this
county. hile publishing the Wews at Lincoln, he also published papers for brook-
ville and Wilson, on the Kansas Pacific Railway. He is now a resident of the State of
New Jersey.

A Presbyterian Chureh was organized in Lincoln Center in June, 1874, by the Rev.
H.C. Bradbury, who was for eeveral years its Pastor. The church building, an elegant
stone edifice, was commenced in 1875, and dedicated in July, 1879. lt is valued at
$2500. The church numbers some thirty-five members, the following named being the
present Trustees: D. E. Coolbaugh, Pres.; Geo, M. Lutes, Capt. J. T. Smith, 6. J.
Brown, John Stein.

The Vesper Presbyterian Church, in Pleasant Township, is also in chargeof Rev.
H. C. Bradbury. This clags contains twenty-four members and was organized Sept. 3,
1875. They have nochurch building. A Sabbath-school is regularly held with an aver-
age attendance of seventy-five scholars.

The Blue Stem Presbyterian, in the southwestern part of the county, was organ-
ized in March, 1882, und now has twenty-eight members and a regular Sabbath-school of
eighty-five scholirs. Rev. H. C. Bradbury is also the pastor of this church.

Rev. John Kelley, of Ellsworth, was instrumental in found ng a class and building
a Catholic Church a: this place, The congregation numbers over 300, and services are
held monthly. They have a plain frame building in the northwest part of the city
erected at an expense of $1,9L0.

The M. E. Church socicty was organized in this city in the fall of 1872. It now num-
bers 115 members. the first pastor was Rev. J.D. Mattson. They have built no house
of worship, but regular services are held each Sabbath in the commodious hall in Uum-
mings’s Bank Building. The children and members assist in maintaining the Union Sun-
day-school. Rev. J. M. Miller is the present pastor. Arrangements are being made to
build a church during the year 1883.

The Bible Christian Church society was organized in Lincoln Center in the winter
of 1876. It now numbers twenty-one members, and is under the care and pastoral guid-
ance of Rev. J. S. Strange. The Baptist Church is used as their regular house of wor-
ship. Their Sabbath-school scholars attend the Union Sabbuth-school.

A Lutheran Church was organized Dec. 17, 1882, with a membership of thirteen,
Rev. J. A. Bright, pastor. They are at present occupying the Baptist Church, a frame
edifice on Main street, which is not nowneeded by the Baptists as the society has moved
away in detail until only one of the original members remains a resident of Lincoln.

At Denmark, in Salt Creek Township, the Lutherans bave a church building which
cost about $1,500, and was built in 1680. The society was organized in 1877, and now
numbers about forty-two members. :

The various churches of Lincoln Center have formed a Union Sabbath-school which
is held regularly every Sunday in the Presbyterian Church. Capt. J.T. Smith is the
popular and able Superintendent who keeps up the interest in the work. The average
attendance is seventy-five. They havea well-patronized library.

The National Woman's Suffrage Association, an auxiliary branch of which was
formed in Lincolnin 1881. At present writing the cflicers are: Mrs. Emily Biggs,
President; Mrs. E. Lutes, Vice-President; Mrs. Anna C. Wait, Secretary. This aux-
jliary numbers sixty-five members, and has two auxiliaries in the county, one at
Pinon postoffice and the other at Tower Springs,

Lincoln Intrenchment, No. 62, of the Sir Knights of the Grand Army ofthe Union,
was organized in this city in December, 1881. It now has enrolled over sixty members,
of whom D. H. Malone is Colonel-Commanding, and Chas. G. Wood, Adjutant.

Center Lodge, I. 0. O. F., was organized in Lincoln, March 23, 1874. The lodge has
grown in wealth until now its property is valued at $500, and has twenty-eight members.
The present officers are: D.B. Day, N.G.; Geo. M. Lutes, V.G; &S A. Alton, Sec.;
8S. Holcomb, Treas. ; .

Lincoln Lodge, No. 154, A., F. & A. M., was organized in this city on the 28th day
of March, 1874. It now numbers about fifty members. This Jodge united with the
pank in erecting an elegaut stone building, and their hall is estimated to be worth
about $1,500. The present officers are: D.H. Malone, W. M.;J.8. Strange, 8. W.;
M. Robertson, J. W.; J. D. Miller, Sec. . ‘

Lincoln Center has only developed as a trading point, but in this particular is atown
of considerable note. Several large stores of considerable protentions in regard to size
of buildirgs and greater as regards stocks carried are scattered aboutthetown. Nearly
all the business houses are built of stone while the majority of the dwellings are frame.
South of town a handsome iron bridge spans the Saline River. It wis builtand put in
place by the King Bridge Company, of K insas City, and the towns of Elkhorn and Indi-
ana have put up their bonds in the sum of $4,000in paymentforthesame. __

Just apove the bridge isthe handsome and substantial stone mill building, com-
menced in the year 1872 by Elias Rees. The millis now complete and the estate of E.
Rees values the property at $12,500. The mill contains four run of stone and has
every later improvement for custom mills. A dwelling and store building adjacent
causes the crossing at the bridge to have the appearance of a town.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE W. ANDERSON, editor and proprietor Lincoin County Register, was born
on board the ship Wycliffe,300 miles northeast of the harbor of New York, in September,
1846. His parents, on arriving in the United States, located in Morgan County, Ohioy
where they lived until 1856, when they removed to Grant County, Wis., where his father:
died in 1859, and from then until 1861 he made his home with his guardian Batik the:
breaking out of the war, when, in June, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company M, Fifth
Missouri Cavalry, for three years. He engaged in the battles of Pea Ridge,, :ivyoF am,
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Guntown and Tupelo. He was wounded in the hand, face and thigh, and was discharged
as Quartermaster-Sergeant, October, 1864, at St. Louis, Mo., when he returned to Wis-
consin, where he was principal of the graded school of Muscoda for three years, when
he moved to Mitchell County, Kan., where he homesteaded a farm and carried on
farming until the spring of 1875, when he moved to Beloit, Kansas, where he bought the
Gazette office and was its editor_and proprietor until 1879, when he sold out his paper
in Beloit and moved to Lincoln, Kan., and bought the Lincoln County Register, and is
to date its publisher and proprietor. He was married in 1866 to Mies Mary Townsend, of
weceuny Wis., and to them have been born four children—Caddie, Gracie, Roy
and Max,

E. B. BISHOP, dealer in flour, meal and grain, established his present business in
Lincoln, Kans., Jan. 1, 1883. Was born in Scotland, Oct. 16, 1826. At an early age
his parents came to the United States and located in Kentucky, where they lived for
three years on a farm, when they moved to McDonough Connty, Ills., where the family
lived until 1870. EH. B. was Depmert up asa farmer, which business he tollowed until
1870, when he came to Kansas and located in Salina, where he clerked in a hardware
store until 1873 when he moved to Lincoln, Kans., and established the first hardware
store in the county, which he run until the winter of 1874 and ’75, when he sold out
and has since been eee in farming until he established his present business, Was
married Feb. 13, 1858,10 Miss Sarah Beard, of Burlington, Iowa. He is a member of
long ae ofthe I. 0.0. F.

CHARLES J. BROWN, banker, was born in Medford, Mass., May 10, 1846, where he
resided until 1852, when his parents moved to Bryant’s Pond, Mass. During his resi-
dence at Bryant’s Pond he attended Bowdoin College for four years, from which he gence
ated. Then, in 1869, he came West and located in Beloit, Kan., and in 1872 engaged in the
real estate business with Mr. Levi Cooper, which he followed until 1880, when hs removed
to Lincoln, Kan., where he was a land and loan agent until the spring of 1481, when, in
connection with A. U. Schuster, of St. Joe, Mo., and H. T. Walker, of Beloit, Kan., they
established the Saline Valley Bank. The capital of bank is $50,000 and the deposits to
amount of $15,000. Do a general banking business, making loans and collections and
dealing in foreign and domestic exchange, with C. J. Brown as Cashier. Mr. Brown is
also largely interested in the cattle interest of t.e county; has noW 165 head, 45 of which
he is Jooding for market. Was County Surveyor, Mitchell County, for five years. Repre-
sentative to State Legislature from Mitchell County, Kan., 1879 and 188),

W. W. DAVIS & SON, grocers, located in Lincoln, Kan., in 1874, and established a
general merchandising establishment, which they conducted for two years, when they sold
out and moved on a farm where they lived for four years, when they came back to Lincoln
and established their present place of business, where they carry afulland complete and
well-selected stock of fancy and etayle groceries, The senior member of the firm was
born in Keotucky in 1828. During the time previous to his coming to Kansas he lived
in Missouri, Texas, Nebraska and Arkansas, visiting the celebrated watering places and
medical institutions for his health. The junior member ofthe firm, Frank Davis, was
born in Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22, 1860, and at present is a member of his father’s family (as
he is single), and has in all of the moves made by his father been with him.

Davis was married to Miss Mary Graham, of Missouri. Six children—Fanny F. (now
Mrs. Bryant), Frank M., Mand, Florence, Willie and Anna.

N. CG. FANCHER, physicia», settled in Lincoln, Kan., in the spring of 1830, where
he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He was born in Overton
County, Tenn., Jan. 18, 1835, where he was brought up as a farmer’s boy until 1850,
when he went to Harr.son County, Mo., where he again farmed until 1862, when he en-
listed as a pirate in Company GQ, Sixth Missouri S. Militia, and was discharged as a
private April 20, 1865. During his term of service he participated in nearly all the
battles of any importance in Missouri, of which the following are afew ofthem: Engage-
ment with Porter on H. & St. Joe R. R., battle of Humansville,Mo., where Joe Shelby
and Quantrell were handsomely whipped, battle of Pineville, Berryville, second battle of
Fort Smith, Buffalo Valley, and drove Pap Price from Raleigh to Jefferson, Elm Creek,
and many others of lcss importance. After his discharge from the army he returned to
Harrison County, Mo., where he visited friends for one year, when he went to Kansas
City, Mo., where he engaged in contracting as a brick and stone mason and plasterer un-
ti] 1869, when he met with an accident, breaking his leg, compelling him to give up his
trade, when he purchased a stock of drugs and located in what was then New Chicago,
Kan., the first stock of drugs in the town, where he conducted his business and read
medicine under Dr. Sweeney, ofthe same place, until 1873, when he moved to Sumner
County, Kan., where he took up a farm, where he resided as a farmer and a doctor until
April, 1819, when he came to Lincoln, where he has since been in the practice of his
profession; attended lectures at the Medical College of Kansas City, Mo. He is a mem-
ber of the Eclectic Board of Physicians of Kansas. He was married to Miss Rebecca
Sams, in April, 1857. They have one child—James D. Dr. Fancher is a memoper of the
Order of S. K. G. A. U.

GEORGE W. FINCH, prosecuting attorney, was born in Clay County, Il]., June 21,
1849, where he resided until he was eight years of age, when his parents went to Nobles-
ville, Ind., where he lived for two years, when he returned to Clay County, Ill., where he
attended public school until 1869, when he came to Miami County, Kan., where he
farmed and read law with Hon. Benjamin Simpson, and in the spring of 1877 commenced
the practice of law at Paola, Kan. He was admitted to the bar of the District Court
of Kansas at Paola, Oct. 22, 1877, Ilon. Judge H. Stevens presiding, and was admitted to
the bar of the Supreme Court Sept. 7, 1881, Judge Albert Horton presiding. He followed
the practice of law at Paola, Kan., until the spring of 1878, when he came to Lincoln,
where he has since filled an hono'ed p sition io the bar. He was elected Prosecu'ing
Attorney of Lincoln County in 1830 and re-elected in 1882. He was married to Miss
Sallie G. Kilgore, of Miami County, Kan., Jan. 1, 1870, and to them have been born flve
children—Minnie E., Mary, Harry G., Ursel and Clyde. He is a member of Sir Knights
Grand Army ofthe Union.

EMERSON HAMMER, Postmaster, was born near Montpelier, Ind., Aug. 12,
1855, where he lived until 1878. Until 1873 he was engaged as a farmer near Montpelier,
and in 1873 went to Montpelier, where he engaged in tae grocery business until 1876;
then was employed as a clerk ina general stor:, which he continued until 1878, when
he came to Kansas and located at Wichita, where he remained for one year, and in 1879
came to Lincoln County, Kan , where he farmed for one year, when, in the fall of 1879,
he came to Lincoln and engaged in the loan and insurance business until November,
1882, when he was appointed Postmaster at Lincoln. From January, 1380, to the time
he was appointed Postmaster he was the Deputy County Clerk for Lincoln County,

an.
HIRAM HAMMER, County Clerk, was born in Blackford County, Ind, July 11
1849, where he resided on a farm and attended the public schools, also the Academy of
Wells County for three years. ‘Taught schvolin Wells County for one term. Then to
Clay County, l1., and taught school two terms, and then attended State Normal School at
Bloomington, Ill., for one term, when he returned to Montpelier, Ind., and during the
fall of 1871 taught a select school, and during the winter one term of public school, and
in the following year, 1872, came to Lincoln County, Kan., where he engaged in farm-
ing and teachiag school until fall of 1880, when ha came to the city of Lincoln, he being
elected to the office of County Clerk; re-elected fall of 1882. Taught school in Saline
County, Kan., for six consecutive terms in one district. 1s a member of Masonic Fra-
ternity, being a Master Mason. Married to Miss Katie Donmeyer, of Johnstown, Pa.,
April 24, 1877. Have two children—Hattie and Kittie. Is one of the original project-
ors of the Topeka, Salina & Western R R. :
D. M. HARRIS, County Treasurer, was born in Fayette County, Ind., Sept. 28,
1846, and from his fourteenth year until 1867 he was engaged as a clerk ina general mer-
chandising cstablishment, and in 1867 he established a genera! store in Andersonville,
which he conducted until 1871, when he closed out his business and came to Kansas,
and located in Lincoln County and homesteaded a farm of eighty acres, which he
farmed four years. In the fall of 1875, he was elected Clerk of Lincoln County and re-
clected in 1877, and in 1879 was elected Treasurer of the county and re-elected in 1881.
He was married March 17, 1868, to Miss Mary A. Hedrick, of Franklin County, Ind.
They have had born to them eight children, five of whom are living—Grace E.,
Edith V., Clyde, Victor C. and Bernice C. Heisan active member of Lincoln Lodge,
No. 154, A., F. & A. M. : 4
g. 0. HINDS, attorney at law, came to Lincoln, Kan.,in May, 1874, where he re-
sided for one year and then took a claim ove mile south of the city, where he lived for

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

five yeare, when he again moved to Lincoln, where he ‘has since resided. He was born
in Jennings County, Ind., Dec. 8, 1845, where he resided_on a farm until August, 1862,
when he enlisted in Company E, Bighty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was dis.
charged in March, 1863, on surgeon’s certificate of disability. He re-enlisted as a pri-
vate in C mpany H, One Hundred and Twenticth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. as
discharged in March, 1866, under a general order from the War Department. In the bat-
tles of Resicx, South Mountain, New Hope Church; through the campaign and around
Atlanta, ending at Jonesboro; came back with Thomas. Was in a'l the engagements
until Old Pap took in Hood at Nashville, Tenn. Afzer his discharge from the army he
returned to Indiana, visiting for a short time, when he went to Decatur County, Iowa,
where his parents had previously moved; attended school at Leon, Lowa, for three years,
when he commenced the study of Jaw under John W. Hervey. Was admitted tothe bar
at Leon, Iowa, Hon. Samuel Rosey presiding, September, 1873. Then in the fall of
1873 he came to Kansas and located in Mitchell County, where he resided until the
spring of 1874, when he came to Lincoln County, where he has since been engaged in
the practice of law. Was elected County Attorney for Lincoln County, Kan., in the fall]
of 1874; re-elected in the fall of 1876. Was Justice of the Pzace of Elkhorn Township
for two years. Heis a member of the Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, Kan. He was
married to Miss Jennie Rankin, of Dexter, Iowa, May 1, 1873, who died Ang. 3, 1877,
leaving two children—Warren C. and Jessie M. Hg was married to Miss Luclla A. Gil-
kison, of Lincoln County, Kan., March 27, 1879. They have two children—Josie G. and
Franklin J. .

HERMAN HOLCOMB, grocer, was born in Tioga County, Pa., March 15, 1830,
where he resided until 1835, when he, with his parents, moved to Ashtabula County, O.,
where they lived on a farm for | wo years, when they moved !o Kane County, IL., living
on farm until 1845, when he moved to Jefferson County, Wis., where he worked as a
farm hand for eighteen months, when he went to Dodge County, Wis., and farmed
for three years. Then in 1850 he went to Richland County, Wis., where he followed
farming until the fall of 1856, when he moved to Richardson County, Neb., where heagain
farmed until 1874, when he cume to Lincoln, Kan., where he engag d inthe hardware
and implement business until the fall of 1881, when he sold out his stock and settled up
his accounts, and in Septem/er, 1882, engaged in his present business. He now carries a
full and complete stock of staple and fancy groceries. He enlisted as a private in
Company G, Second Nebraska Cavalry, Nov. 6, 1862, and was discharged Dec. 6, 1863,
expiration of term of service. Was elected as a member of State Legislature of
Nebraska, 1872, for one term; Justice of the Peace of Spicer Township, Richardson
Co., Neb. for four years. Was murried to Miss Nancy L. Loop, Jan. 1, 1853, to
whom were born five children, of wh »m four are living—Cuara C., Hester R., Anna C.
and Julia M. H2 {3 als) a m?mber of the Independent O-d-r of Odd Fellows.

FRANK N. KINNEY, druggist, established his present business July 6 1881, and
carries a welland carefully selected stock of drugs to the amount of about $1,500. He
was born in Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich., Aug. 21, 1860. In the year 1861 he, with his pa
rents, removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where his father followed ship-building and carpentering
until July, 1863, when his parents again removed to Ovid, Clinton Co., Mich., where they
resided until his father, John J. Kinney, enlisted in the first company S. 8. attached to
the Twenty-seventh Michigan Volunteer Infantry, February, 1864, where he served until
the springing of the mine at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864, where he was kiiied. Ilis
mother and family then remained in Michigan until 1868, then moved to St. Paul, Minn.,
where they lived one year, then again returned to Michigan, and in October, 1862,
moved to Lincoln County, Kan., where they took up a homestead and engaged in farming
and stock business, until July, 1881, when he commenced his present business. His
father, John J. Kinncy, married, in Sodus, N. Y., Miss Harriet J. Bradshaw, Dec. 28,
1858, direct descendant of John Bradshaw, of English history. They had three children
twoof whom are living at the present time—Frank, the subject of this sketch, and Hattie.
Frank was married to Miss Jennie Hinds, of Decatur County, Iowa, Sept. 27, 1882. He is
a member of the 8. K.G. A. U.

GEO. M. LUTES, Cashier, Bank of Lincoln County. The Bank of Lincoln County
was established March 1, 1878, by Geo. M. Lut 8, acting in the interests of J. P. Cum-
mins, under the firm name of J. P. Cummins & Co., with a capital of $10,000 and depos-
its $15,000. Thisis the oldest banking establishment in Lincoln County, and is now doing
business in Mr. Cummins’s commodions stone building, erected under the management
of Mr. Lutes, in 1881, at a cost of $7,000. This firm does a general banking business,
buying and selling foreign and domestic exchange, and making a specialty of collections.
All the business is managed solely by Mr. Lutes. Mr. Lutes was born in Jackson
County, Ind., May 7, 1848. He enlisted as a private of Company H, One Hundred
and Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1864, and was discharged Jan. 6, 1866,
under general order from the War D2partment. In 1866 he removed to Bloomington,
Monroe Co., Ind., where he attended the State University for three years, afterward
going to Adams County, Iowa, where he served twovears as Deputy Gounty Auditor.
He engaged in teaching in the ublic schools both of Indiana and Iowa. He was mar-
tied June 22, 1879, to Miss Sallie E. Jones, of Hopkins, Mo. They have one ehild,
Elmer Herbert, Mr Lutes isa member of Center Lodge, No. 111, 1, 0. O. F. He was
the first Mayor of Lincoln, serving two terms. He was a member of the Republican con-
vention that nominated Jno. P. St. John for Governor, and has always been an active
advocate of temperance reform.

LOU A.MINX, attorney, was born in Gallia County, Ohio,Oct. 6.1847, where he resided
until 1876. In 1968 be left school at Athens, Ohio, and went to Point Pleasant, West Va.,
and read law under Judge Moore, and was admitted to the bar at Point Pleasant, West
Va., in 1872, and until coming to Kauss practiced law at Syracuse and Middleport, Ohio,
and Parkersburg, West Va., and in 1876 he came to Lincoln where he has since given
the profession his exclusive attention and has established for himself the reputation of
being one of the leading members of the barof Western Kansas. He was married to
Miss Julia A. Flemming, of Athens, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1879, to whom has been born one
child—Clarence A., two years old. Mr. Minx is a member of the Masonic fraternity and
is a Master Mason. Was Deputy County Clerk of Lincoln County for one year, also
City ragciey for the City ot Kansas for one year, and is now the U. P. R’y Land Agent.

M. ROBERTSON, manufacturer and dealer in monuments, tombs, hcadstones, etc.,
established his business in July, 1882, and is using in his shop American and Italian
marble, and also a native marble discovered by him in Lincoln County. Itis variegated
in color, of a very fine grain, and takes an excellent polish. Itis unlike any other kind
of marble; it has curious figures resemb!ing water-courses, mountains, and other nat-
ural objects. It isarare curiosity. Mr. Robertson is turning out some very nice work;
he is a skillful workman, having had much experience in hie line of business. Ho
worked at his trade in the principal cities of Hagland and Scotland, and many years in
the best shopsin London. He was‘born in Scotlind, March 22, 1830, and resided there
and worked at his trade until 1855, when he went to England, where he resided, stil!
working at h’s trade, until he came to the United States, in 1868. He worked at the Cus-
tom House, at Madison, Wis., for one year, and from there he visited Iowa, Nebraska
and Kansas, and went to St. Louis, Mo., and worked at the four courts building until the
sprin of 1871, when he came to Kansas and located on a farm in Saline County; from
there he came to Lincoln County, in 1873, and built the court-house. He homesteaded
a quarter-section of land in 1876, and resided on it until he proved up on it. Since then
he has resided in Lincoln and followed his trade and bailt the best buildings in the city,
the Cummins Bank Building, a very fine structure, and other buildings in the city and
county, He is a member of the A., F. &A.M., andalso of the 1.0,0.F. He was
married in Scotland, in 1855, to Miss Elizabeth MacFarlane of Leith, Scotland. They
have five children living—Daniel, Kate, Malcolm, Alex. and Anna,

A. S. ROBINSON, Register of Deeds,is a native of Genesee County, N. Y., where
he was born May J8, 1821, and where he resided until 1825, his parents then moving to
Chautauqua County N. Y , where he lived for twelve years attending the public schools
during the time, and in 18 37 his parents moved to Crawford. County, Pa, where, with his
father, he followed shoemaking until 1844 when they moved to Trumbull County, 0., where
he followed his trae until the summer of 1846, when he went to Cook County, TH, where
he farmed for two years, when he went to Will County, Ill., where he worked as‘ prac-
tical shoemaker until 1866, when he moved to Butler County, Iowa, where he farmed and
ran a shoe shop until 1875, when he cameto Lincoln, Kan., where ha kept a hotel until
1879, when he pre-empted a farm, where he lived until January, 188), when he took charge
a UB OHO of Beet of Deeds having been elected in the fall of 1879. and re-elected ts

@ fall of 1881. He was married Feb, 14, 1342, to Miss Sarah Marshall, who died in

 
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Wilmington, Ml, in June, 1855, leaving four crildren—Ellen, Alonzo M., Rosette and
George. He was married to his secund wife, Mrs. Frutilla Crosby, June 5, 1856, and of
this union were born six children of whom areliving Carrie and Fredrick. He was Jus-
tice of the Peace of E:kborn Township for three years.

Le A. THOMPSON, vakery and restaurant, was born in St. Thomas, Elgin
Co., Canada, January 3, 1837, where he resided until! 1858, when his parents came to
Kansas and settled in Shawnee, Johnson Co., Kan., where he resided, attending
school, watil 1862, when_he went to Kansas C'ty, Mo., where he stayed for one year
when he ayain came to Kansas and located i 1 Wyandotte where he lived until May 7, 1863,
when he enlisted as a private in Company 1, Sixth Kaneas Volunteer Cavalry, serving
with honor to himself and credit to his Government until Ju'y 18, 1865, when his regi-
ment, by general order from the War Department, was discharged at Deval.’s Blaf,
Ark. After his discharge f rom the army he traveled through the States of Montana,
New Mexico, Wyoming Territory and Nebraska, and in the spring of 1868, settled in
Saline County, Kan., where he engaged in the hotel business until 1876, when he
wen. to Colorado, where he worked at mining and stamp milling, until early-in 1879,
when he returned to Salina, Kan., where he visited friends for a short time, when he
cameto Lincoln, Kin.,where he has since cond icted a bakery aud res'aurant. The
character of this place is described tersely and to the point like this :“So muc. like home.”’
He was married to Miss Julia Springer, of Lincoln County, Kin., and to them have
been born five children of whom three are living—Minnie B., Julia and Rilph Alger-
non. He is amember of long standing of the I.O. O.F. He was living with his parents
in Shawnee when Quantrell made his murderous raid to Lawrance Kan., and his
father was taken out to be shot, but through the influence of the Rev. Mr. Palmer his
life was saved.

H. A. TRASK, Sheriff, was born in eae} County, Ill., July 13, 1846, and
when only four years of age his parents moved to Elmore, Ottawa Co., Ohio, where
he resided, attending school until Feb. 10, 1863, when he enlisted a: a private in
Company E, Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, aud was discharged Oct, 23, 1865,
under general orderfrom War Department. Aside from being in many skirmisn battles he
participated inthe battles of Gun Town, Tupe'o, Red River campaign and Nashville.
After visiting asho-t tim:in Ohio, after close of the war, he wentt» Mexico, where he
resided for nearly two years, when he came to Kansas and took a homestead in Lincoln
County, where he resided as a farmer until 1879, when he moved to tne city of Lincoln,
he being elected Sheriff of the county; re-elected in 1881. Is an honored member of the
Masonic Order, being a Master Mason. He was married to Miss Sarah Jarrett, of Indi-
ana, in 1869, and the app family is now father, mother and six children—Eva, Dan,
Bertie, Sissie, Jenny and Henry.

WALTERS. WAIT, born in Northampton, Summit County, Ohio, July 10,1836, After
leaving the district school he attended the Twinsbury Institute and the Akron High
School, both of Summit County. In December, 1857, he was married to Miss Anna
Churchill, and in March, 1858, they removed to Missouri, and engaged in teaching. His
strong Anti-slavery and Union sentiments made him a marked min with the rebels of
that State, and in May, 1861, he found it necessary to remove with his fami'y,a wifea da
one child, an infant, to Quincy, Ill., where he enlisted as a private in the Fiftieth Regi-
ment Illinois Infantry Volunteers. He was soon promoted to Orderly Sergeant of his
com pany and in September, 1862, was promoted for meritorious services rendered at the
battle of Pittsburg Landing, from Sergeant to Captain. He,with his regiment, was

actively engaged in the memorable battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, the
siege of Corinth and the battle of Corinth, which followed in October following, and was
with Sherman in his Georgia campaign til after the fall of Atlanta; and in October,
1864, he resigned, by reason of bad health, and returned to his formcr home in Ohio, and
read law in the office of Judge Carpenter, and was admitted tothe bar. In December,
1868, removed to Indiana, where he practiced till the spring of 1871, when he removed to
served one year as County

Kansas, and ix March, 1872, located at Lincoln Centre, an

    
    

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Attorney, by appoint nent

In 1878 was elected a member of the Legislature from
Lincoln County.

OTHER TOWNS.

Rocky Hilt is a natural town which sprang up a few rods east of the old
paper town of Abram, which was for a brief time the county seat. The
most important industry in this town is the flouring mill of Graham Bros.,
which was commenced in 1871 by Ezra Hubbard, and was the first mill in
the county, and now is one of the good ones; it contains three run of burrs,
and is valued at $7,000. Quite a trade has centered about the mill, and
several stores and numerous good and substantial dwellings mark an
embryo town. In February, 1881, the county of Lincoln voted $75,000 in
bonds to aid in building the Topeka, Salina & Western Railroad through
the county. The arrival of this road will make Rocky Hill a place of im-
portance.

In Colorado Township the firm of D. Hardesty have a good flouring
custom mill in operation, with tworun of stones, for which the Saline River
furnishes the power. This firm has already expended $5,000 in making
this a good property and contemplates still further expenses and improve-
ments.

Syloan Grove is the name of arural town in Pleasant Township, at
which a postoffice was established in 1873. The most important industry
here is the flouring mill of Merriman & Masterson. This place is located
fourteen miles west of the centerand county capital, and the above men-
tioned mill is a nucleus about which gathers quite a large business.
The mill contains, and operates both night and day, three run of stones.
The reputation their flour has obtained makes it one of the better flouring
mills of the West.

Pottersburg was laid out and platted by A. S. Potter in June of 1874.
This little city is in the center of the coal region of Lincoln County. It is
located at the confluence of Bacon and Spillman creeks and on the line of
the proposed Topeka, Salina & Western Railroad.

An organized class of the Methodist Episcopal Church is here in
prosperous condition. It was organized in 1875 and now numbers over
seventy members, with a Sabbath-school of 148 registered scholars in
average attendance. The Rev. Ira G. Morrill is the present pastor.

Abram.—It would scarcely be just to omit a mention of this town,
although at present it does not exist. It was the first county seat and was
platted, as the records show, in April, 1871, embracing the northwest
quarter of Section 9, Township 12, Range 7. Myron D. Green, heretofore
referred to as first County Attorney, was the president of the town com-

‘pany; but the fates which control the settlement of all new countries de-

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OTTAWA

TTAWA County, organized in 1866, is situated on the west side of the
sixth principal meridian, 125 miles west of the Missouri River, and in

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the third tier of counties from the north. It is bounded on the north by
Cloud County, on the east by Clay, on the south by Saline, and on the west
by Lincoln and Mitchell counties. It is twenty-four miles north and south,
It is one of the best

by thirty east avd west, and contains 460,800 acres.
cSunties in Central and West-
ern Kansas, having a richsoil,
desirable location, being most
admirably watered, and pos-
sessing a good supply of tim-
ber, and an abundance of ex-
cellent building stone,red sand-
stone, and limestone. It is
watered by the Solomon and
Saline rivers, and numerous
creeks. The Solomon, with a
broad and exceedingly fertile
valley, flows diagonally from
the northwest to the southeast,
through the center of the
county, affording extensive
water power. It has in most
places a deep channel, with a
slid gravel or stone bottom,
and a constant supply of water,
requisites of ‘a good manufac-
turing stream. Its principal
tributaries from the north are:
Buckeye, Coal, Sand, Lindsey,
Pipe, Yockey and Mortimer
creeks ; from the south or west:
Salt, Spring and Sloan creeks.
The largest of them are Salt
and Pipe creeks, the former
being of considerable size and
importance. The Saline River
runs diagonally across the
southwestern corner of the
county, watering Culver
Township. Itis quite as large
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remainder are broken, and the fragments somewhat scattered, yet every
piece shows the original sphericity. They vary in size from two to fifteen
feet in diameter. The stone is a white, flinty sandstone, and is in thin
layers or shales. The City of Rocks is one of the most interesting natural
curiosities in the State, and to every visitor the question of its origin is
puzzling. It is claimed by some that the rocks belong to the cretaceous

period; that they have been
worn into their present globu.
lar shape by the action of the
water. The most satisfactory
answer is, that when the land
was submerged a tribe of ma-
rine insects gathered here in
spherical mass s,in and around
which solidified white, shiit-
ing sand. There is one place
in Lincoln, the adjoining
county west, where a similar
formation is found, but the
specimens are not so numer.
ous nor so yay preserved.
The imperfectness of the speci-
mens there has caused great r
diversity of theory in refer-
ence to the mysterious natural
exhibition. But whether the
true theory is found or not,
every visitor will gaze with
admiration and wonder on the
City of Rocks.

One third of the land in the
county is valley,and two thirds
table or gently rolling table
land, making it an agricultu-
ral and stock-raising section.
The valley lands are cxceed-
ingly fertile, the soil consisting
of the alluvial deposits com-
mon along Western rivers.
There are a great many fine
farms on the uplands which
yield large ciopsof grain; yet
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tonwood and elm; but oak,
box elder, walnut, ash and
huckleberry are also found in
all parts of the county

Coal has been discovered in
various parts of the county,
principally along Coal Creek.
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springs along the two rivers
and Salt Creek, whose waters
are highly impregnated with
saline matter. An excellent
quality of red sandstone is
found in great abundance
along the streams. It is quite
soft when first quarried, but,
with exposure, oxidizes, and
becomes very hard. It is found
in a great variety of shades,
which, when artistically ar-
ranged, make avery handsome wall. There is also an abundance of lime-
stone, which is very soft and easily worked when first quarried, but hardens
with exposure. An excellent quality of brick clay, and clay for pottery
and stoneware, is found and utilized in the southern part of the county.
The “City of Rocks” is situated two and a half miles southwest of Min-
neapolis,-on the opposite side of the Solomon Valley, and half way up the
bordering hills. It once consisted of several hundred round and oval-
»haped rocks, one half of which are now quite perfectly preserved, The

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Tn 1872, from parte of Concord and Ottawa.
In 1871, from parts of Concard and Sheridan.

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In 1876, from part of Logan.

Cf) In 1873, from part of Sheridan.
g In 1878, from part of Logan.
(i) In 1879, from part of Culver.
(4) In 1879, from part of Ottawa.

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) In 1871, part to Centre; in 1872, part to Bennixzgton.
¢) In 187", name changed from Trippville; in 1879, part to Henry,

(7) In 1871, from part of Ottawa; in 1876, part to Chapman; in 1878, part to Grant,
i ennington; in 1879, part to Lincoln,
¢) In 1871, part to Centre; in 1873, part to Fountain,

this Indian haunted frontier to
commence the noble work of
winning the country from its
thralldom of barbarism were
William Still, George Darling,
and a Frenchman named La
Pere. In May, 1855 they built
acabin vear the mouth of Coal
Creek (then Myer’s) and culti-
vated a garden that year. They
nerf part of the Reader colo-
. ny, the larger portion of which
settled at Solomon City, at the junction of the Bateman ad Smoky Hill
rivers, vAt this time they were almost beyond the frontier, and within the
Indians’ hunting grounds. Thesettlements of safety were many miles east.
In June, 1855, a party from Ohio explored the Solomon Valley, with the de-
sign of selecting a location for a large colony from that Stste, but the
Sioux war on the Smoky Hill River, and the fact of the Kansas River not
being navigable, caused them to abandon their design and seek a location
less liable to invasion from the Indians. Of the first three settlers in the
OTTAWA

county, La Pere was probably killed by the savages. The Sioux were in
camp on the Saline River, and to them he went on a friendly visit, but
never returned In 1855-’56 the Sioux war and border ruffian troubles had
the effect of checking the great immigration in prospect for the valleys
weat of the Kansas River. In the fall of 1857 Mr. Myers, who gave the
name to the creek, came into Ottawa County, but settled on Turkey Creek,
Dickinson sunt. In the fall of 1858 Wm. Frost located near the mouth
of Coal Creek. During this same season a number of settlers took claims,
but did not permanently locate until in the spring of 1859, when the fol-
lowing came into Ottawa County: S.M. Wright, one and a half miles
north of Minneapolis; E. W. Branch, just adjoining the town site; Jacob
Humburger, four miles northeast, on Pipe Creek; H. R. Little and Josiah
Hocker, adjacent to Wm. Frost’s old claim, near the mouth of Coal Creek
and the eastern boundary line of Ottawa County. Messrs. Wright and
Branch built the first cabins occupied by families in the county, and their
wives were the first white women who entered its limits for the purpose of
making homes there. In 1857-’58 the hunters and trappers who visited
Solomon Valley gave names to many ofits creeks. For some unexplained
reason these wayfarers left a wagon-load of plunder behind them, just
above Minneapolis, for the ownership of which a lawsuit was subsequently
tried in the District Court, at Junction City. Judging from the evidence
there produced, the “gentlemen” who gave Fisher, Lindsey, Brown and
Chriss creeks their names, were not the most savory morsels of humanity
in the world. Most of the names of these Solomon Valley creeks have
since been changed—in respect to the living. The great drought of 1860
checked immigration. In the fall of 1861 came the Indian scare. Mr.
Still moved down into Dickinson County with his family; Messrs. Hum-
burger and Darling into Sxline, and the Branches went East to live. Mr.
Wright, who had also fled, returned in the fall of 1863, as did Mr. Still.
During the early part of 1864 the Indians became again very troublesome.
Their raids were frequent in adjoining counties, and some of the settlers
in Ottawa County lost their lives. Inthe spring of 1864 six settlers in
Saline, Ottawa and Mitchell counties lost their lives. This induced a
number of them to band themselves together for protection. Israel Mark
ley, S. M. Wright, J. C. Boblett, J. C. Stull, A. and 8. Z. Boss, Thomas
Dalrymple, Chapman, H. 8. Wooden, J. M. Jones, Al and Ed Scheilen-
brand and others built Fort Solomon, which stood on the river near the
present residence of Hon. E. Holingsworth. Log houses were also built in
the form of a square, and enclosed with palisades. Inside of the enclosure
was a good well, and every precaution was taken to be prepared for a long
siege, which, fortunately, the settlers were not obliged to endure. The
majority of the people in the county at this time lived in these houses
from the summer of 1864 to the spring of 1865. Major-General Custis gave
the unpretentious garrison a noted little gun, known as “Jim Lane’s
Pocket Piece.” It 1s still in the county, a souvenir of those days.

In the year 1865 the county received an influx of discharged soldiers,
coming to take advantage of their soldiers’ claims. This rapid increase in
population induced Israel Markley and J.C. Boblett to build the Elkhorn
saw and flour mill, the first of the kind in the county, in 186465. With
the exception of horse-stealing, comparative quiet and peace prevailed in
this county from 1865 until 1868. Up to this time only one man was known
to have been killed by the Indians. His name was Peter Miller. A band
of Pawnees came to his place, the farm now owned by Levi Yonkey, in
July, 1862, and killed him and plundred his cabin. The Cheyennes,
Kiawas, Arapahoes and Sioux used to congregate at the “Great Spirit”
spring, ‘“‘Waconda,” and from there make raids on the Republican, Solo-
mon and Saline Valleys. The town Wauconda, on the Solomon River, in
Mitchell County, is situated near, and named after, this spring. Harly in
the morning of August 12, 1868, the Indians came pouring into the valley of
the Solomon, and during the three succeeding days laid waste the fair set-
tlements as far down as Yonkey’s farm, which was in the northwestern

art of the county. There were none killed, however, in Ottawa, but in
Mitchell and Cloud counties their victims were many. C. C. Clark was
attacked just below Delphos, as he was retreating down the valley, with
his family in his wagon, but by fast driving, with his reins in one hand and
his revolver in the other, he kept the cowards at bay and reached Minne-
apolis in safety. On the fourteenth of the following October another raid
was made through Ottawa County, which was far more disastrous than the
one of August. A large amount of stock was driven off, all the household
plunder they could carry stolen, four lives taken, and one woman carried
‘away captive. The victims were Peter Karns, old Mr. Smith, John An-
drews and Alexander Smith. A Mr. Morgan was severely wounded, and
his wife carried away into captivity, from which she was not released for
eightlong months. Mr. Morgav had gone to gather corn 01 D. Mortimer’s
farm, which is clese to the river in the northern part of the county, and was
in the field when attacked. The altack was so sudden that he did not have
time to unhitch his team, which he was in the a*t of doing when the sav-
ages approached him. He left the horses partly unhitched and ran for the
river, pursued by one of the Indians, who wounded his victim just as he
reached the bank. Morgan fell, rolled over the bank, and was left as dead.
In the meantime one of the horses freed himself and started for home, fol-
lowed by the Indians with the other horse, and what they needed of the
harness. Mrs. Morgan, seeing the lone horse and supposing the team had
run away and perhaps killed her husband, was returning to the field with
the animal when she met the Indians and was taken captive. It wasa
grand reunion when she returned, for she found her husband alive whom
she had believed to be dead, and he found the noble wife he had begunto
believe was not among the living. As the Indians were pursuing Mr.
Smith, whom they killed, they came upon Mr. Virtue, whom they felled
with a spear and left for dead, but he was only slightly injured. On the
9th of June, 1869, they made a raid on Summerville, They surrounded

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Captain Pierce’s house, but his son and Ben Markley succeeded in keeping
them out of the building. About the same time they burned the Smith
ville postoffice and killed two young men—Messrs. Dyer and Johm Wier.
These last raids were made principally for plunder. The Indians in the
last raid were pursued by a band of settlers. The same day John Lyon,
Hendershot, Sticklet and others pursued some thieving Indians ten
miles and killed one of their number, but failed to secure the stolen prop-
erty.

Ton the 14th of August, 1868, Governor Crawford was telegraphed
the situation at midnight, and in four hours he was in Salina, and on the
night of the 15th stopped at Asher Creek. His influence caused the Gen-
eral Government to send out, under Generals Sheridan and Custer, the expe-
dition that recaptured Mrs. Morgan and Miss White. The latter was taken
from Cloud County one month before Mrs. Morgan was captured. Her
father was killed at the same time. There were no more raids into the
county, but it was two or three years before the fear of incursions really
passed away.

The first settlers in Ottawa County were William Scill, George Dar-
ling and La Pere, a Frenchman. They built a cabin in May, 1855, near
the mouth of Coal Creek, and cultivated a garden, but the Sioux war in-
duced them to leave in the fall.

The first permanent settlers came in 1859. They were 8S. M. Wright,
E. W. Branch, Jacob Humburger, H. R. Little and Josiah Hocker.

The first white women in the county were Mrs. 8. M. Wright and Mrs.
E. W. Branch, who located with their husbands in 1859.

The first birth in the county occurred in 1859. The parents were Mr.
and Mrs. 8. M. Wright, to whom a son was born.

The first death was that of Mrs. E. W. Branch. Her demise occurred
on the 13th of August, 1859, soon after occupying her new home, and by
her request she was buried on the present site of the Minneapolis Cem-
etery.

Matilda Jones and W. D. Bruce were the first couple married in Ot-
tawa County, this event occurring in 1865. They were married in old
Fort Solomon.

The first school was taught at Concord, in 1864, by Miss Charlotte In-
gersoll. :

The first sermon was preached by Rev. J. H. Hawley, of the Methodist
denomination, in 1865. Most of the citizens w re present at this first re-
ligious gathering. It was held at Mrs. Boss’s log cabin at Fort Solomon.

Seymour Ayers and John Knight, appointed in 1864, were the first
Justices of the Peace in the county.

+ The first Postmasters were 8. Z. Boss and J. C. Boblett, appointed in
1864, the former for Benaing ou and the latter for Ayersburg.

The first physician, Dr. McHenry, came in 1867. '

The first mill, at Elkhorn, was built by Israel Markley and J.C.
Boblett, in 1865.

Colonel John Kerwin started the first store at Fort Solomon in 1866.

Jerome Ingersoll was the first lawyer, locating at Bennington in 1865.

The Legislature of 1860 bounded the county and named it after the
Ottawa tribe of Indians. From that time up to 1865 Ottawa, with Clay,
Dickinson, Saline and all the unorganized territory west of these countics,
was attached to Davis County for judicial purposes. R. H. Little, of Ot-
tawa, was a member of the first grand jury that sat at Juoction City, and
Isaac Markley was defendant to the first suit docketed in the District
Court, under State laws, when Ottawa was a part of Davis County. Mr.
Markley gained his suit. The Legislature of 1865 attached Ottawa to Sa
line County for judicial purposes. Dickinson ard Saline counties had
been organized, and the change was made for the convenience of the
people. 8. Z. Boss was appointed Justice for Ottawa.

In July, 1866, Seymour Ayers prepared the papers for the organization
of the county, it having, supposedly, the required population of 500. Gov-
ernor Samuel J. Crawford completed the work by appointirg Amassa May,
Henry Dresher and A.J. Willis, Courty Commissioners; J. H. Ingersoll,
Covuty Clerk; and designating A:yersburg as the county seat until the
people should choose for themselves. The first election took place in the
following November; result as follows: Commissioners, G. Rt. Lugersoll,
A. H. Boss and Silas Seaman; County Clerk, H.8. Wooden; Treasurer,
Geo. Culver; Sheriff, D. Pierce; and J. H. Ingersoll, County Attorney.

Minneapolis and Lindsey were candidates for county seat honors.
They are equally distant from the exact center of the county. As stated,
the Governor designated Ayersburg asthe county seat until the people
should select a place. This was done in the fall of 1866, the vote resulting
in favor of Minneapolis. The votes of 1870 and 1872 resulted also in giving
the ee seat to that city, and the question is, probably, permanently
settled.

The county rents buildings in Minneapolis for the county offices; a
square has been set apart whereon to erect a substantial court-house as soon
as the county becomes sufficiently settled and wealthy. The poor farm is
well supplied with buildings.

The Solomon Valley Railroad, a branch of the Kansas Pacific, runs
along the Solomon River, from Solomon City to Beloit, where it connects
with the Central Branch R. R. It was built to Minneapolis ia 1877 and
extended to Beloit in 1879 and 1880. The county issued $100,000 worth of
bonds in aid of the Solomon Valley Railroad.

With the exception of the year 1874, the insects have not very materi-
ally injured the crops of the county, not having proved so detrimental to its
financial prosperity as an insufficert amount of rainfall. For some time
the question of a sufficient supply of moisture to produce good crops was
a serious one, and many have come and gone On account of not being able
to stay and try the experiment. With the exception of 1860, the drought
has never destroyed both the early and late crops. This section, however,
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is more subject to droughts than that further east, being nearer the dry
plains of the West.

Ottawa County hasbeen visited by three cyclones since 1878. The
first occurred the 30th of May, 1879, and passed in a northeasterly direction,
entering the county from the southwest. It did no damage until it
reached the valley of Salt Creek, from which point it was very destructive,
until it passed the northern line of this county, beyond which point it seems
to have done no material damage. Within this short distance of about
twelve miles the fields were laid waste, twenty dwellings blown to pieces
or badly wrecked, and six lives lost, besides considerable damage being
occasioned to stock and fowls. The loss of property, not including crops,
was estimated at over $15,000. The names of those killed are Katie Krone
and her sisters, Mrs. Vosh and Mrs. Anna Vosh; Mr. McCalmot, and a trav-
eler by the name of Jacob Garber, from Center County, Pa., who had
taken shelter from the storm under one of Mr. Krone’s sheds. There were
a number of other persons seriously injured. On the night of the 10th of
June, just ten days after the cyclone above mentioned, the flourishing
village of Delphos, twelve miles northwest of Minneapolis, was partially
destroyed by a huricane. It commenced at Cawker City and continued
down the course of the Solomon River, greatly devastating the center of
Ottawa County. At the time it struck Delphos—about 10 o’clock—the
citizens of Minneapolis were gathered at an ice-cream festival for the
benefit. of the sufferers of the former cyclone. The charitable entertain-
ment was not disturbed, as the hurricane passed tothe north. Thirty-
three houses were totally destroyed at Delphos, which was fully one half
of the town and included almost its entire business portion. It is remark-
able that no lives were lost, but this is due to the fact that the lesson of the
cyclone was fresh in the minds of the citizens, as they were within two
miles of its path, and when they saw the threatening cloud and heard the
fearful rumble and roar of the maddened elements, they sought safety in
cellars. The damage to property was about $26,000. The path of the
hurricane, which was here much wider than that of the cyclone, crossed
the latter at right angles about two miles southeast of Delphos, and de-
stroyed two new dwellings that were rising from the ruins of the cyclone.

On the 9th of June, 1881, two years afier the storm last mentioned, the
southern part of the county was visited by acyclone. The course of the
storm was toward the east, and just after crossing the Saline, one mile
north of the county line, it took the form of a cyclone, continuing thus for
about four miles. Within that distance, in the order given, the houses of
Messrs. Powell, Phillips, Frothingham, Peters and Davis were all de-
stroyed. Mr. Parker’s, only a part of which stood within the path of the
cyclone, partially escaped. ‘There were three occupants of Mr. L. F. Froth-
ingham’s house: himself and wife, Mary T., and Mr. George Combs, her
cousin, all of whom were killed outright; the timbers of the house were
scattered for miles. The body of Mr. Frothingham was found 450 feet
from the site of the house, terribly mutilated and disfigured, the end ofa
board having been driven half way through his head. Mrs. Frothingham
was thrown about seventy-five yards, her face and head badly bruised, and
her cousin was still nearer the house—not so disfigured, but dead. They
must have been killed at once. Some of the other families were severely
injured, but all recovered. The cyclone lost its rotary motion and force
within three miles of Bennington. It was accompanied by very heavy
hail.

SCHOOLS AND COUNTY ROSTER.

The first school in the county was taught at Concord, in 1864, by Miss Charlotte In-
gersoll. It was very small, as the school population was not more than twenty at that
time. Itis now about 4,000. Theschools are numerous, and generally in an advanced
and flourishing condition. The bali are good, and the latest and most approved text
books and school apparatus are used. There are over eighty organized districts, with
nearly a8 many good school-houses. The total valuation of all school property is about

County Commissioners.—1866, appointed, Amassa Mav, Henry Dresher and A.J.
Willis; 1866, elected, G. Ingersoll. A. H. Boss, Stlas Seaman; 1867, A. H. Boas, C. H.
Bellis, Levi Yockey; 1868,G. R. Ingersoll, T. Waddell, H. H. Tucker; 1869, J. C. Bob-
lett, Howard, Morton; 1871, G. T. Root, J. 8. Morgan, G. R. Ingersoll; 1873, W. W.
Frost, D. W. Fasig, M. Kelley; * * * 1882, Geo. Mackenzie, H. Z. Towner and H. ©.
Bilderback. ;

Clerks.—1866, J. H. Ingersoll, appointed; 1866, H. 8. Wooden; 1866, A. J. Willis;
1867, Chas. Boyle; 1869, A. C. Stull; 1871, F. M. Sexton; 1875, D. D. Hoag; 1879, Wm.
Van Meter; 1881, W. Ww. Walker.

Treasurers.—1866, Geo. Culver; 1866, A.J.Simpson; 1867, W.J. Simpson; 1869, I
e ae 1873, T. EB. Scott; 1875, G. H. Burnham; 1879, J. W. Smith; 1880, J. 8.

elt.

Probate Judges.—1866, Elijah Smith; 1870, Wm. Bell; 1872, D. D. Hoag; 1874, J. H.
Hannah; 1878, Chas. S. Wyath.

Sherif's.—1866, D. Pierce; 1866, H. H. Lyon; 1868, Geo. Mackenzie; 1869, A. J.
Smith; 1870, E. D. Loing; 1871, W. Tripp; 1873, D. D. Hoag; 1875, A. L. Oarson; 1877, J.
D. More aud D. D. Hoag; 1879, D. D. Hoag.

Registers.—1866,H. C. Mason; 1809, F.M. Ivy; 1871, F. H. Holton; 1873, W. L.
Harvey; 1877, W. H. Chappa'; 1881, J. W. Thompson.

‘Superintendents of Schools.—1866, H. H. Tucker; 1870, W. A. Roberts; 1872, A. B.
Crosby; 1874, J. H. Elder; 1876~°82, R. L. Hillman.

County ‘Attorneys.—1866, J. H. Ingersoll; 1868, 8. Y. Woodhul; 1869, J. #. Walker;
ey J. Ingersoll; 1872, Bishop Perkins; 1874, R, F. Thompson; 1878, C. L, Boa-
worth,

Surveyors.—1866, Wm. Bell; 1869, More Spears; 1871, D. R. Crosby; 1873, W. L. Har-
vey; 1875, G. P. Crosby; 1877, H. F. Richards; 1879, W. E. Richards.

Coroners.—1870, David Cleave; 1872, Wm. Harvey; 1874, D. D. Slocum.

State Senators from Ottawa County.—1866, W.S. Blakely and W. A. Johnson.

“State Representatives.—1866, R. D. Mobley; 1868, W. W. Lambert; 1870, Jacob
Campbell; 1871, HE. Hollingsworth; 1872, W. B. Davis; 1873, R. F. Thompson; 1874, R.
D. Mobley; 1875, W. A. Johnson; 1977, H. A. Blair; 1879, Thos. Ellison; 1881, R, P.
Blaine.

W. A. Johnston, of Ottawa, has been States Attorney.

MINNEAPOLIS.

The “ City of Waters,” as its name implies, the pleasant and progressive
and beautifully situated metropolis and county seat of Ottawa, occupies a
central position in the county, on the banks of the famous Solomon River.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and on the line of the Sulomon Valley Railroad. The town site is one of
the finest and most beautiful in the State. Pipe Creek is on the northwest,
and Salt Creek here flows parallel to the Solomon a short distance to the
south. By these streams the name Minneapolis, the City of Waters, was
suggested. The course of the river, the lay of the land, and the view so
resemble those of Beatrice, Neb., that one city might have been modeled
after the other. The town site is about fifty feet above the bed of the river,
and is quite rolling, with the exception of the principal business portion.
From the more elevated portions of the town, ee and picturesque views
can be obtained of the surrounding country. To the north} on a clear day,
the view extends thirty-five miles. The Solomon and Salt Creek valleys,
teeming with the fruits of agriculture, can be traced for miles to the west,
northwest and southeast; and across the river, two and a half miles to the
southwest, half-way up the bluffs that enclose the valley of the Solomon,
appears the wonderful City of Rocks. At the foot of the main street, run.
ning north and south, a graceful iron bridge spans the river, supported by
stone abutments thirty feet in height. Just above the bridge is the mill-
dam.

The residence portion of the town is built up with neat and comfortable
dwellings, ornamented by lawns and beds of flowers, and a few of them
with shade trees. The business portion has a number of good stone busi-
ness blocks, built of the red sandstone so abundant along the Solomon
River. This stone hasa great variety of shades, which, when properly
arranged, makes a very handsome wall. It is very soft when firat quar-
ried, but by exposure becomes hard and durable. ;

Minneapolis was laid out in 1866 by Israel Markley, Elijah Smith, Dr.
James McHenry, A. C. Stull and A. J. Smith, all of whom but one (Hlijah
Smith) are still residents of the town. Ayersburg was designated as the
county seat by the Governor, but at the first election, in the fall of 1866,
Minneapolis secured that honor. In 1870, and also in 1872, the county-
seat question was before the people, who decided at the polls in favor of
Minneapolis. In 1871 it was made a city of the third class. It grew slowly,
but steadily, until 1878, when the Solomon Valley Railroad reached the
place, and it rapidly increased in business and population. It now has a
population of about 1,200.

The people are energetic and industrious, the business class consinuns
principally of young men of means and ability, who, by hard work an
square dealing, have made Minneapolis a growing commercial point.
To show the amount of business transacted, it is only necessary to state
that from $25,000 to $30,000 are annually paid in freights, and that about
500 cars of stock and grain are shipped from this point every year. Flour
is about the only article of manufacture, but there is an abundance of
water-power, and in time it may become considerable of a manufacturing
town.

HOTELS, BANKS, ETO.

The place 18 per tied with three hotels, excellent houses for the size of the place.
The Commercial House was established in 18°0 by the present proprietor, J W. Tom.
The Colver House, L. M. Sumner proprietor, was ertablished in 1878; and in 1879 the
Trecadell House was opened by J. T. Nichols. They are above the average of Western
otels.
__ ,, The Bank of Minneapolis was established in 1875 by J. P. Cummins. J. H. Hannah
isthe Cashier, J. W. Smith & Co., bankers, established their bank in July, 1880. It has
a paid up capital of $20,000. The Ottawa County Bank, established in July, 1880, by the
bank company, of which A. N. Schuster is President and T. M. Sexton Cashier. The
bank stock is $50,000, It has a very attractive and substantial bank building, valued
with its furniture at $5,000.
_ ,The water-power at thie point, which is estimated at about 200 horse-power,
is the property of Israel Markley, one of the early settlers. The flouring mill stands
on the bank, under which a flume 100 feet is ran through solid rock, Another flume,
1,000 feet in length, has heen made through the sandstone bed that underlies the town,
emptying into the stream below. This operates a wheel in the railroad district, which
furvishes power for two elevators, a saw-mill and for pumping water for the railroad
tank. Mr. Markley built the grnst-mill in 1866-67, the saw-mill having been erected,
as stated, by himself and Mr. Boblett, in 1865. The grist-mil] has three run of burrs.
The Minneapolis Opera House, 44x90 feet, with a sixteen foot-ceiling, was built in
1880 by @ joint stock company. It is an ornament to the town, and a popular place for
entertainments.
The people of wnnereels have a high standard of general intelligence, and are
energetic and zealous in the interests of their town. They have, as 4 unit, taken great
vere in the cause of education. Great progress has been made. The public schools of
the town, consisting of five dc partments, are in a flourishing condition, The discipline
ig good and a high standaid of excellence is attained in scho arship.

CHURCHES, THE PRESS AND SOCIETIES.

The Methodwt Episcopal Church was organized in 1871, properly, although the
eee held some meetings in 1870. The first quarterly meets eee held in Novem-
ed 71, the first pastor being Rev. D. D. Baird. The present stone church was built in

, ot a cost of about $3,000. The society contains about 185 members, and the church
is prosperous in every particular.

i The Baptist Church was organized May 9, 1872. with fifteen members. The frame
cl uPels valued at $1,500, was dedicated May 4, 1879. The church is in a harmonious
beds ae condition, with seventy-five members. Rev. Milo Smith is the present

The Presbyterians were the first to erect a house of worship, which was for a long
Lael gese by the Methodists and other denominations. They have a large membership
an ae H, Bushnell is the pastor. The church was first organized in 1872.
meant urch 4 Christ, organized Oct. 12, 1873, by Elder E. §. Russell, with seven
towe an Ane ey have a comfortable, temporary church building, and have taken steps

; ran aiding @ permanent house of worship. The have a membership of about
eig! - cae Geo. J. Root succeeded Mr. Russell as pastor.

Wee 2 = heron te feat lena at the Fasinente of the present pastor, Rev.
cc. a + 20, » mber i

a eomorignys ae ces one house of worehlp.t pen eeer a ete ine

ependent was established by J. E. Wharton in 1871. It passed into the

Hanae of Messrs. Markley, Campbell, Goddard and others, and when Mr. Goddard died,

" i i dt suepen ded. G, Burnham used the press and some of the material in the pub-
i ea on of the Jndex, an anti-monopoly, Greenback paper, still in existence (October,

The Sentinel was established in August, 1875, by Charles Hoyt, its present editor
ane bene | Bee wes e ies face eee folio,’ bat Eee itisa Avecolmem quarto, all
. 2 best offices in Western Kansas i °

power press. Ithasa ee circulation and is Republicaa in ] Si Pe

The Solomon Valley Mirror, a month| i
been issued from the Sentznel office ince ee UO gonna eee
OTTAWA

Minneapolis is well supplied with secret and benevolent socleties. T
and Masons each own elegantly furnished halls in the same building, oe ie
of which was laid with imposing ceremony in May, 1880. :

Minneapolis Lodge, No. 97, 1. 0. O. F., was instituted Aug. 27, 1872, by Past Grand
Master E. P. Baker, there being seven charter members. The lodge worked undera
dispeusation from Grand Master Sol Miller, when it received a charter by approval of
the Grand Lodge, dated Oct. 8, 1872. It has fifty-seven members, and the elected ofticers
are: George Mackenzie, N.G.; Charles Dunn, V. G.; J. 8. Kelley, Secretary; F. Pen-
ques ee >

azaret ncampment, Vo. 38, I. 0. O. F. organized in 1881. It has twenty five
me bers. Officers: Wm. Hipkins, H. P.; Geo. Mackenzie, C. P.; F. Penquite, SW.
Israc] Marktey, J. W.; E. O. Davis, Secretary; C. L. Botsford, Treasurer.

Hinneapolis Lodge, No. 143,A.,F.& A.M. The society first met as the Ottawa
Lodge, under dispensation, April 23, 1873. The name was changed Nov. 26, 1873. It has
ninety members. Officers: D. D. roe W.M.; A.C. Jackson, S.W.; J. W. Smith,

W.; G. H. Burnham, Treasurer; W. D. Thompeon, Secretary.
casi ie Ae 51, oe mate pated under dispensation, March 11
3 as thirty-five members. cers at present: W. D. Thom M.
me D. ee E. al oe aS E.S. , acid eas
enesaw Post, No. 47, G. A. R., was organized in April, 1882. Sixty members.
Officers: N. P. Simonds, P.C.; George Mackenzie, Adj. eet e

Hope Lodge, No. 24, K. of P., instituted Nov. 20,1879. Forty members. Officers:
L. A. Henry, C. C.; N. P. Simonds, VY. C.; M. O. Potter, K. of R. & S.; I. W.
Pee Sea of Ex.; C, Bush, M. of F.; R. Stevenson, M.at A.; Dr. D. M. Dunn, Dis-
rict Deputy.

Minneapolis Lodge, No. —-, W. 0. A. T., organized in 1881.
bers. George Burnham, T.; 8. N Canfield, Sec.

Minneapolis Lodge, No. 188, H. A. U., was organized ia December, 1830.
110 members. W.M. Campbell, bP. C.; J. P. Cummins, C.; D.M, Dunn, A.; R
Young, Pres.; J. W. Tom, V. P.; W. M. Campbell, Sec.

: Minneapolis Entrenchment, Wo.61, 8. K. G._A. U., was organized June 15, 1881.
Fifty members. J.P. Cummins, Brig.Gen.; A. L. Carson, Lieut.-Col.; M. Ingram,
Maj.; —— Kelley, Sec.

Pioneer Lodge, No. 2,362, K. of H., was organized in January, 1881. Forty mem-
bers. H.H. Jack,D.; M.A. Arnott, P.D.; D.C. Chapman, V.D.; J.D. More, R.;
J. W. Smith, F. R.

The Minneapolis Cadets, organized in June, 1882, with thirty-five members. N.P
Simonds, Capt.; Chas. Dunn, First Lieut.; John Sutton, First Serg.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

L. M. BALLOU, proprietor Colver House. This house was erected in the fai of
1878. Mr. Sumner opened it to the public Jan. 1, 1881. It has a capacity of forty roo ng
and is kept in first clasas yle fora Western hotel. Mr. Ballou came to Ottawa County
in the spring of 1879, and engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. He now
has a fine farm of 196 acres with aboat 100 acres cultivated, and keeps a fine lot of
thoroughbred cattle and hogs, two and a half miles east of the city, on Lindsey Creek.
He brought the celebrated trotti g horse Harry Pulling to Ottawa County, from Beloit,
Wis. Mr. Ballou was born in North Adams, Mass., Jan. 1, 1843. Was raised in the
mercantile and hotel business in his native county. He came to Chicago, IIL., in 1868,
where he engage | in the commission business some time, then went to Beloit, Wis.,
in 1876, where he engaged in raising fancy stock until he came to Kinsas. Heenlisted
in nine months’ service in Company B, Fifty-second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry,
and was mustered out in the fall of 1863. He was married in 1865 to Miss Harriet O.
Tower, of North Adams, Mass. They have four children—Sadie, Grace, Harry and
Arthur Garfield. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and he of the
Universalist Church. i ;

H. S. BARNES, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in the fall of 1876, with
a stock cf $5,000; now carries a stock of $15,000. Hmploys three clerks and occupies
two rooms, each 20 x 60 feet deep, and one room 20x 40 teet deep. He was born in Sher-
man, Fairfield Co., Ohio, April 10, 1843. Began life as a clerk in native place. Went
to New York City when he was nineteen years old, where he clerked in the dry-goods and
commission house of James Talcott. Went to New Haven, Conn., 1868, and became
one of the firm in the The Allen City Shirt Company. Continued in that business until
Jan. 1, 1876. He tnen traveled in many portions of the Northwest and finally located at
Minneapolis, Kan Was married in February, 1878, to Miss Nettie A. Hoag, of Lawrence,
Kan., a native of New Haven, Conn. They have two children—Sidney Hubbel and
Edward David. Heis aiaember and Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis,
Kan.

FRED A. BOWEN, County Superintendent, came to Ottawa County in 1874 and
made teaching his principal occupation; also followed agricultural pursuits. Elected
County Superintendent, fall of 1882, and took charge of Ottawa County schools Jan. 8,
1883. He was born in Rock County, Wis., Jan. 21,1856. Parents moved with family to
Grant County, same State, when he was small, and there he was raised. His parents both
died when he was quite young. In 1861 he went with friends to Chickasaw County,
Iowa, where he lived until 1870, when he returned to Grant County, where he was edu-
cated and lived until he came to Kansas. Was married Oct. 30, 1880, to Miss Ida Titus,
of Ingham County, Mich. ; ; ; :

G. E. BURNHAM, of the firm of Burnham & Clark, dealers in all kinds of grain,
live stock and coal, proprietors of the Golden Belt Blevator, the capacity of which is
30,000 bushels. In the season of 1882, until April, 1883, he shipped 290 car loads
of wheat andcorn. Mr. Burnham commenced trading in land and live stock, and came
to Ottawa County in the spring of 1870, and farmed until the fall of 1876, when he was
elected County Tresurer of Ottawa County, and by re-election held the office four years.
He was born at West Jefferson, Macison Co., Ohio, July 15, 1813, and was raised in
his native county. Enlisted in May, 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in actions of New Creek Station, Va.,
and actions o1 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Was mustered out Sept. 1. 1864. Lived
in Ohio until he came to Kansas. Was married in the fall of 1867, to Miss Elizabeth
Durflinger, of the same place. They have five children—Lora E, AnnaK., Eula M.,
Mary L. and Daniel L. e is a member of Kennesaw Post, No 47, G. A. R., and Blue
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Minneapolis. .

MOSES BUSH, United States Marshal, Deputy Sheriff and County Coroner. He
came to Minneapolis in November, 1876, and engaged in agricultural pursuits; now has
320 acres of fine land. Was elected County Coroner in fal! of 1879; appointed Deputy
Sheriff in the winter of 1878, and U.S. Marshalsame year. Has served as Assessor of

Centre Township two years, City Marshal three years, and Street Commissioner for
Minneapolis four years. He was born in Cha‘tauqua County, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1827. Lived
in native State until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1819 to Miss Martha Lewis
of Chautauqua Co., N. Y. They have four children—Charles P., William A., Florence

and Flora B. ’ :
a4 JACOB CAMPBELL, proprietor Campbell's Elevator, and dealer in all kinds of
rain. This elevator was erected in 1878, bein z the first elevator erected in Minneapolis.
he main building is 86 x 46 feet, and 80 feet high; the two wings each 12 x 30 and 14 x 16
feet. The capacity is 12,000 bushels of grain. In the season of 1882-'83 he shipped 100
ear-loads of corn and 150 car-loads of wheat. He came to Minneapolis, Kan., in 1867,
and engaged in the live-rtock business, and continued that in connection with the grain
trade since, .He was born in Preble County, O.,in 1834; enlisted at| Camp Denison, O.,
1861, in Company B, Fifty-fourth Ohio Volanteer Infantry; participated in all battles
of his command, including about forty engagements; mustered outin June, 1865. After
army life he lived in Ohio until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1871 to Miss
Clara J. Elder, of Preble County, Ohio. They have five children—Boyce, Anna, Ward,
Bertha and John. Heisa member of Knights of Honor, and Kennesaw Post, No. 47,
G.A.R. He represented vttawa County in the Legislative session of 1871.

W. M. CAMPBELL, physician and surgeon, came tu Minneapolis, Kan., in March,
1879, where he opened a medical office, and since has practiced his profession. He was
porn in Bussex Gounty, Del., April 1, 1827. His parents, with their family, migrated to
Preble County, O., in 1829, where the Doctor was raised. He began the study of medi-
eine in 1955, graduated from Cincinnati (Qnio) College of Medicine and Surgery, class of

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1860, and began the practice of his chosen profession in Ohio, where he continued until
coming to Kansas. He was an cxamining surgeon in recruiting service in several
localities in the latter State during tke late war. He is now United States Examining
Surgeon for Pensions. He was married Feb, 18, 1855,to Miss Lydia B. Huggins, of
West Alexandria, Preble Co,, Ohio. They have five children—Jenny Inez, married to
Charles KE. Waters, of Minneapolis; Herbert R., a book-keeper; Earl K., now married,
living in Minncapolis; James E. and Joseph W. The Doctor has a stock ranch, con-
sisting of 800 acres of fine grazing land, where he kevps about 100 head of fine cattle.
He is a member of three first branches of Masoury, President and Medical Examiner of
E. A. U , and a member of the M. B. Church. ‘

DAVID C. CHIPMAN, County Attorney, came to Kansas and located at Minneap-
olis in 1879, where he opened a law office. He was clected Mayor of the city in the
spring of 1882. He was born in Schuyler County, Il]., Oct. 19, 1847, aud was raised in his
native county. He enlisted in February, 1864,in Company B, Eighty-fourth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry; was transferred to Company H, Twenty-first [linois Volunteer
Infantry. He participated in all the battles of his command, and was mustered eut in
January, 1865. He began the study of law at the age of twenty-four; graduated at
Abingdon College, Knox Co,IIl!, in the class of 870; was admitted to the bar of
practice at Ottawa, Ill., in 1874; admitted to the bar of practice in the District Court of
Ottawa County, Kan., in the summer of 1879. He was married in 1870 to Miss Juritha
Berry, a native of Indiana, but raised in Henderson County, Ill. They have three chil-
dren—Claude C., Roy R. and Lloyd L. H: is a member of the I. 0.0. F., K. of H. and
Kennesaw Post, No. 47, G. A. R.

DR. EZRA CROSBY, physician and surgeon, and dealer in drugs, medicines and
druggists’ sundries, began trade in Ottawa County, Kan., in the summer of 1873, since
whic | time he has pracviced his profession and followed the drug trade in Milo, Lin-
coln County, three years. He first began in the dry-goods trade, and finally took up the
drug trade, and now carries a stock of $3,000. He was born in Plymouth, Penobscot
Ce., Me., Nov. 7, 1820, living in his native place until 1841, when he went to New
Orleans, La., where for a short time he was engaged on public works; thence to Wa-
verly, Pike Co., Ohio, where he was married to Miss Elizabeth Madox, of Highland
County, the same State. He lived in Ohio until 1854, employed i: contracting and
building. He then went to West Union, Fayette Co., Iowa, where he lived until 1873.
He began the study of medicine in 1854, and is a home-read physician. In 1862 he en-
listed in Company A, Thirty-eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, participating in all the
battles of his command, and promoted to First Lieutenant; mustered out in 1865. They
have two sons—Glocus P., in company with his father, and Lorin E., engaged in the
drug trade at Milo, Lincolu County. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic order.

. P. CUMMINS, President and proprietor of the Bank of Minneapolis. This bank
was organized in 1875, being the first bank opened in Ottawa County; J. H. Hanners
Cashier; capital employed, $15,000 to $20,000. They do a regular banking business, and
have as Eastern correspondents, Donnell, Lawzou & Co., N. Y. City; Bank of Kansas
City, Mo. Bank building was crected in 1880; Opzra House was erecteu in 1882. The
bankiug rooms are 20x90 feet; the Opera House above is 44x 90 feet. The entire
building cost $6,500, and was built of cut stone. They also do a real estate and law
business, under the firm name ol Cumm‘ns & Hanners. Mr. C. came to Minneapolis iu
1875, and opened a law office. He was bornia Jackson County, Ind.. Nov. 26, 1838, and
was raised there; enlisted in June, 1863, Company F, Fifty-tourth Indiana Voluntecr
Infantry; mustered out the following fall; re-enlisted in Octo er following, and re-
cruited in Company H, for One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Volunteer [nfantry
and wa3 made First Lieutenant, afterward brevetei Major; mu-tered out Jan. 9, 1866
He participated in all ba tles of hiscommand. He began the study of law ut the age of
twenty-six; admitted to the bar of practice in 1867. He practiced his prof ssion seven
years in Quincy, Iowa, serving four years during the same time as Couuty Auditor.
Married in March, 1862, to Miss Sarah Lutes, of Jackson County, Ind. They have seven
children— Nancy Emeline, Esther Eveline, Howard Ulysses, Charlotte, George Arthur
Marion, James Paine and Freddie David. He has been a member of the Masonic order
since 1865; also a member of K. of P.

ED. O. DAVIS, dealer in a general line of household furniture, and undertaker.
The business was commenced July 4, 1881, by Hoag & Davis and continued until
Mareh 15, 188', when Mr. Davis became proprietor. He occupies rooms 23x40 fi et
deep. They first carried a stock of $1,500. He now carries an average stock of $3,000.
He was born in Athol, Mass., Jan. 2, 1858, and lived in his native place until 1866, when
the family moved to LaFayette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., where he was raised until be
came to Kansas. Was married in 1881 to Miss Emma C. Nelson, of Iowa County, Wis
They have one daughter—Mabel Nelson. Mr. Davis is a member of Nazareth Encamp-
ment, No. 39, I. 0.0. F., and A., F. & A. M., No. 143, of Minreapolis.

Cc. M. DUNN, proprietor of the Oléawa County Index, established Feb. 8, 1880, by
W. D. Thompson, a3 Republican, and February, 1831, purchised by J. S. Burnham,
Greenback in politics, andin January, 1883, purchased by C. M. Dunn, politics Green -
back. Circulation 1,009; county inhabitants, 10,000.

JESSE S. FELT, County Treasurer, came to the above county in fall of 1871, lo-
cating on a farm in northeri part of the county, where he followed agricultural pursuits
and stock raising until elected to the above office in the fall of 1881. Took charge in
October, 1882. The bonds required are $100,000. He has served a3 Township Trustee of
Logan Township two terms and filled vacancy in same office several times. Was born in
Licking County, Ohio, March 10, 1844. Was raisedin Knox County, Ohio. Enlisted in
September, 1861, Co. E, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all battles of
hiscommand. Promotions were Corporal, Quartermaster-Sergeant, and First Lieutenant
of his company. Mustered out July 15, 1865. Soon after removed to Benton County,
Towa, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until he came to Kaneas. Was married in
1874 to Miss Mary Smith, of Jackson County, Iowa. Tkey have three cbhildren—Alva
E., Jesse N. and Artie. Mr. F. has 160 acres of fine agricultural lands in Logan Town-
ship, ninety of which is cultivated.

N HENRY SON, dealers in a general stock of merchandise. They
opened trade in Minneapolis, Kan., December, 1875. Erected a fiae store of cut stone
28 x 84 feet, two st ries high, with basement, at a cost of $5,000. They employ three
clerks in the business and carry an average stock of $12,000. Lucas Henry, a member
of the above firm, came to Tecnmseh, Kan., with his parents in 1869; came io Ottawa
County in 1870, locating near Minneapolis. Engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1873.
Lucas Henry was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1849. Was raisedin Warren County,
same State, until twenty years old, and came to Kansas. He is a member of K. of P.,
Minneapolis.

CHARLES HOYT, proprietor of the Sentine/, established Aug. 5, 1875, by Charles
Hoyt and D. R. Crosby; Jan. 1, 1876, the interest of Crosby was purchased by Thomas
Midgely; Jan. 1, 1-78, Midgely sold his interest to W. W. Hooper; and Jan. 1, 1879, Mr.
Charles Hoyt became sole p-oprietor of the paper, and has since been its publisher and
proprietor. Has a circulation of 1,200, and in politics is Republican.

H. H. JACK, manager of the Chicago Lumber Company’s yards, of Minneapolis. Mr.
Jack opened this lumber yard in July, 1878; carries a large stock of building material
and all kinds of lumber. Mr. J. came to Clay County, Kan., and located on a home-
stead near Clay Centre, in 1869, where he followed agricultural pursuits until 1875; then
clerked in a store in the latter place three years; then took charge of a lumber business
there, until he went to Concordia, Kan., and opened the lumber trade, where he contin-
ued until 1878. He was born in Armstrong County, Pa., Aug. 1, 1848, and lived there
until 1867, when he went to Butler County, Ohio, and farmed until he came to Kansas.
Was married in 1879 to Miss Emma O. Reddick, a native of Wisconsin. They have one
daughter— Alma Reddick. Mr. J. is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and K. of
H., of Minneapolis, and is a member of the City Counc'l. :

D. H. McCONNELL, of the firm of McConnell, Weckerly & Co.,dealers in hardware,
stoves, tinware, pumps. cutlery, tools and harness, at Mioneapolis and Bennington,
Kan They opened trade in the spring of 1880. They occupy rvoms at the former city,
20x60 feet deep, basement same size, and employ six men in both places, Carry
stock of $15,000. D. H. McConuell came to Lawrence, Kan., in 1871, and worked at bis
trade of tinsmith until 1876; then came to Minneapolis, working at the same occupa-
tion four years, then embarked in the above business. He was born in Canada, Aug.
29, 1848, and lived in that country until he emigrated to Kansas. Was married in 1873
to Florence A. Bush, of Jamestown, N. Y. They have three children—Guy Mannin ,
Mabel Grace, and Bertha Mary. . : : ,
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JAMES McHENRY, physician and aur geen came to Minneapolis, Kan., in July,
1867. He was the first physician to establ'sh himself in S$ »lomon Valley, and has
practiced since. He was born in Sparta, Randolph Co., Ill., Aug. 16, 1839, and was
reared there. He was educated in the Medical College of St. Louis, Mo., graduating
from the Kansas City, Mo,, Medical College, in March, 1881. He began the practice of
Medicine in 1867. He enlisted in April, 1861, in Company H, Twenty-s.c nd Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the battles of his comma.d until Chicka-
Mmauga, where he was taken prisoner, and confined in Southern prisons until the close
of the Rebellion, and was mustered out in April, 1865. He was murried in 1873 to Miss
Amelia V. Stuart, a native of Kentucky. They have two children --Carlotta E. and
Beatrice E. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, A., F.& A.M. He has served in the
capacity of Examining Surgeon for Pensions for some time.

ISRAEL MARKLEY, proprietor of the Elkhorn flouring mills. These mills were

built at various times. e began their ercction in 1864, and began uprrating in 1869.
The size of these mills is 48 x50 feet, thee stories high, with a basement. Capacity,
180 bushels of wheat per day. There is nine-feet head in the water-power. Employs

jdbree men in the business. He located in Franklin County, Kan , February, 1877, and
farmed. Followed peddling some time, afterward lived in Jackson and Saline counties,
where he was engaged in farminy and stock-raising. He came to Ottawa County in
1863. There was not a building in Minneapolis at that time. He crected a log cabin in
the above place, in the fall of 1863, on the place where he now res.des. He was born in
Cambridgeshire, England, in 1834. He came to America in 1856, and settled in Lake
County, Tll.. where he lived until he came to Kansas. Was married in March, 1860, to
Miss Mary Link, a native of Germany. They have seven children—Katie, Benjamin
Franklin, Lizzie, James, Mary, Johunie and George. Katie is married to Albert Smith,
of Selina, Kan. Mr. Markley is a member of Blue Lodge, of Minneapolis; Council
and oem Oe Salina; I O. O. F. of former city.

G. H. MIDGLEY, proprietor of Livery No.1. The capacity of his barns is seventy-
five horses. He began the above business in the spring of 1878, Came with parents to
Minneapolis, Kan., in 1872, and has resided there siuce. He followed agricultural pur-
fuits some time. lumber business a year; then engaged in his present occupation.
He was born ia Embro, Oxford Co, Canada, Sept. 28, 1856, and lived in native country
until he came to the West. *

CURYDON C. OLNEY, deater in real estate, agent for Fort Scott & Gulf, and
Union Pacific Railroad lands and National Land Company’s lands, also lands for non-
residents. He also keeps a regular loan office. His books show 150,000 acres of fine ag-
ricultural and grazing lands on sale, under the firm name of OC. C. Olney & Co. They
also do a Jaw and collection business, and are editors and proprietors ofthe Solomon

Valley Mirror, a paper devoted to the truthful representation of Solomon Valley. They
keep the only complete set of abstract books in Ottawa County. C.C, Olney cime to
Lindsey, Ottawa County, in the summer of 1871.

regiment was transferred to cavalry and called First New York Dragoons. He partici-
pa'‘ed in forty-seven battles and was promoted regularly to Second Lieutenant. He was
mustered out July 27, 1865. In the spring of 1867 he came to Atchison County, Mo , and
engaged in agricultural pursuits until he came to Kansas.
1868, to Miss Kate M. Smith, of Westfield, Mass., born Jan. 6, 1847. They have three
cbildren—Pussie, Roy T. and aninfantson. Mr. O.is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. &
A. M., and Past Master ofthe same. Is a member of Kennesaw Post, No. 47, G. A. R.

A. F, SHEPARD, dealerin groceries, hardware, queensware, provisions and seeds,

opeues trade April 1, 1880, with a stock of $1,200; now carries an average stock of $3,000,
isstore is 21 x 70 feet and he enjoys alive.y trade. He was born in Southeastern In-
diana, Oct. 80, 1837, and lived in his native piace until he emigrated to Kansas in 1873.
Was married in 1861 to Miss Frances O. Hendrick. They have three children, Mary A.,
Annaand a son not yet named. Mr.Shepard has served as Alderman three years.

N. P. SIMONDS, grain dealer, was born in Boston, Mass., April 4, 1844, where
he resided until Sept. 12, 1862, when he enlistedin Company E, Forty-seventh Massachu-
selts Volunteer Infantry, asa private. Discharged in September, 1863. Enlisted as a
private in Company H, Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, July, 1864. Disc arged
December, 1864, expiration term of service. Then returned to Boston, Mass., where he
clerked in a grocery store until 1870, when he moved to Beloit, Kan., where he farmed
until the fall of 1871, when he returned to Boston, Mass., where he wis engaged as book-
keeper for a mechanical firm until March, 1876, when he returned to Beloit and farmed
until 1877, when he engaged in the lumber business until 1874, when Wm. Walker be-
came a partner in the business. The firm continued until 1878, when he sold out and
Mr. Simonds engaged inthe grain business at Beloit with A. T. Rodgers, and in July,
1881, moved to Minneapolis and established a grain business as the firm Rodgers & Sim
onds. Was married to Mies Nellie H. Kelley, of Boston, Mass., Feb. 10,1870. They have
three children—Nathaniel J , Edward K., Benjamin S. Captain Company G, First Reg-
iment State Militia; commission dated 15th June, 1882. Member Knights of Pythias.

1. W. SLAUGHTER, manufacturer of and dealer in harness, saddles and everything
in the harness line. He opened trade in the fall of 1878, with a stock of $1,000. He now
carries a stock of $5,000 and employs five workmen. Iis store is 20 x60 feet deep. He
was born in Gallipolis, Southern Ohio, Feb. 25, 1851, and was raised in Darke County,

Vestern Ohio. After serving an apprenticeship of several years he came immediately
West to lowa, and from there to Missouri, where he was engaged in the harness busi-
ness several years b:fore coming to Kansas. Heisa member of 1.0.0. F. and K of P.
and is now a member of the City Council of Minneapoiis.

J. W. THOM, proprietor Commercial House. Mr. T. erected his hotel in the spring
of 1870, and opencd the first hous in Minneapolis. His hotel is forty feet tquure, thrée
stories high, twenty-seven sleeping rooms. His hotel cost $7,000, not including furni-
ture. Mr. T. has been engaged in the hotel business since h;cameto Kansas. He was
born in Jefferson County, Ky., 1821, and lived there until 1819, when h» emigrated to Jef-
ferson County, Ind., and followed blacksmithing and farm ng. Was ma:ried in 1850 to
Miss Nancy Custer, of Jefferson County, Ind. They uave five children—Mary A.,
Florence A., George W., Minnie and Mirtie. Mr. T.is a member of E. A. U., of Minne-
apolis, and U. O. of A. T. of same ae He has served as Mayor of the city one term.
a assisted in laying out Minneapolis and erected the first two-story building in the

ace,

= JOHN W. THOMPSON, Register of Deeds, located in Saline County in March, 1872,
and lived in thut county during the following summer. Settled in Ottawa County tn the
fall of 1872. He then engaged in agricultural pursuits until he was elected Register of
Deeds in the fall of 1881. He was bern in Snelby County, Ind., May 3), 1819, and lived
there until 1861, when his parents with their family emigrated to Putnam County, Ind.;
from there they removed to Brazil, Clay Co , Ind., in 1863. They then moved 10 York,
Clark Co., Ill., in 1866. Returned to Harmony, Clay Co., Ind, in tha spring of
1870, where he remained until he came t>) Kansas. He was married May 30, 1878, to Miss
Henrietta Avenarius, a native of Holland, Europe. They have one soa, Antoin.

R. F. THOMPSON, attorney at law, came to Minneapolis, Kan., in December,
1872, and opened a law office, where he has since practiced his chosen profession. He
was born at Livermore Falls, Me., Aug. 8, 1846, and lived there with his parents until
1858, when the family moved. to Port Allegheay, McKean Co., Penn., where he was
raised. He was educated at Alfred Centre and Lima, N. Y. Began the study of law at
the age of twenty-three, and was admitted to the bar of practice in December, 1872,
in St. Clair County, Mo., and began the practice of law at Minneapolis, Kan. He repre-
sented Ottawa County in the Kansas Legislature of 1874, and served as County Attorney
from January, 1875, t» January, 1879. as Mayor of Minneapolisin 1880, In 1875 he
was married to Miss E. L. Wilson, of Hinsdalv, N. Y. They have two children, Ethel
May andGrace. He is a member of the Mison'c Order, Minneapolis, Kan :

A.J. WELSH, of the firm of McConnell, Weckerly & Co., came to Minneapolis in
1872 with his parents, who settled near the above city. He followed agricultural pur-
suits unti! he became a partner of the above firm. He was born in Clinton County, Pa.,
May 27,1857. Lived there until about 1866 or 1867, when his parents moved with the
family to Winchester, Va., and resided two years. They then returned to Pennsylvania,
and lived there until they emigrated to Kansas. He was married in 1880 to Miss Belle
Bush, f Jamestown, N. Y. They have one daughter—Winnie. ‘ :

CHARLES S. WYETH, Probate Juige, came to Fort Leavenworth in the spring of
1867, and clerked in the Subsistence Department until May, 1870, when he came to

He was born in Livingston County, -
N. Y., Oct. 6, 1840, and lived in his native county, en isting Aug. 18, 1862, in Company I, -
Oue Hundred and Thirtieth New York Voluntecr Infantry, and after a year’s service the |

Was married in February, -

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Ottawa County, and farmed until the spring of 1881, at which time he assumed the duties
of his office, being elected in the fall of 1880. Re-elected in the fall of 1882. He was
born-in Wiconsco, Pa., in 1843, March 1. _ Lived in his native State until 1848, when he
moved to West Tennessee and resided until 1858; then returned to Pennsylvania
and taught school, and followed the same until twenty years old. He served in the
Eleventh ani Forty-eighth Regiments, Peansylvania Militia. He worked as surveyor on
the A. & G. W. R. R., and the Government survey of Rock Rive-, [ll., from Lake Michi-
gan to the Mississippi River. He was married in 1875 to Miss Frances M. Burnham, of
West Jefferson, Ohio. They have three children—Addie B., Frank B. and Reba. He is
a member of the Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis.

DELPHOS.

Delphos is a flourishing town of about 400 inhabitants, situated twelve
miles northwest of Minneapolis, in the Solomon Valley, and on the line of
the Solomon Valley Railroad. The town has a very. pleasant location,
one half of a mile from the river, not low, nor over-elevated, but occupying
ahappy m2dium. The town site was laid out by W. A. Kiser on his land
in 1869-70, but the town did not commence to assume the proportions of a
village even, until 1878, when the prospect of a railroad became a certainty.
The Solomon Valley Railroad reached the town in October, 1879, During
1879-80 Delphos grew more rapidly than before or after that date. The
busine s and residence portions of the town suggest a much older place,
it having a larger number of good buildings than most towns of its size in
the State. Considering its size, it is the best business point in the county.
The surrounding country is fertile and quite well settled, which makes
Delphos an extensive ae and stock market.

On the thirtieth of June, 1879, the cyclone that visited Ottawa County
passed just two miles east of the town, and ten days after, while they were
yet caring for the sufferers of that terrible disaster, a hurricane swept away
one half of the new village. Fortunately no lives were lost, and before the
close of the year all the buildings but one were erected, and fifty new ones
added, making a total of eighty-two structures built from June 10, 1879, to

the close of the year.

The. Bank of Delphos was established by F. M. Sexton in 1880. The Pacific and
Commercial hotels, established respectively in 1879 and 1880, are well maintained. The
flouring and saw milis owned by White, Towner & Co.. and operated by water-power, are
the of manufactories in the towo. A large amount of the water-power here is not yet
utilize

The Delphos Herald, a weekly new:paper, was established by the proprietor, D. B.
Louden, in 1879. It is an excellent county paper and well edited. It i3 the only paper
published in the county, outside of Minneapolis.

Delphos Lodge, Nu. —, 7. 0. O. F., was instituted in 1879. In connection with the
Masons they o vn acommodious and well furnished hall. Officers: Wm. A. Hillhouse,
N. G.; James Hollis, Sec.

Delphos odge, No.143,A,F.& 4. M., was insticuted in 1379. [t has a good working
membersliip and owns a half interest in agood hall. Van E. Butler, W.M.; G. N.

illings, Sec.

The Independent Order of Good Templars is one of the strongest in_this part of
the State. It was organized in 1879. It meets in the Good Templars’ Hall, which is
owned by ajoint stock company.

The Methodist Episcopal ' hurct, organized in 1874. The building was greatly
a by the hurricane of June 10, 1879. “Rev. ‘I’. J. Ream is pastor.

The Baptists meet in the school-house, but are contemplating the erection of a
church building. They organized in 1878. Rev. Milo Smith is the present pastor.

The Presbyterians meetin the M. E. church. It organized in 1879. Rev. Newton
Bracken is pastor. 7

The Universalisis were the first to build a church, which was used by all the denom-
inations at firet. It was destroyed by the storm of 1879, but has been rebuilt, in more
substantial form. Rev. Joy Bishop is the pastor.

The Spiritualists organized their society in January, 1877, with thirteen members.
It now numbers ninety-two. It has no creed, but subscribes to the motto, ‘* The obtain-
ing and promulgating of knowledge asa means of promoting the physical and moral
development of mankind.” ‘

The Catholics have a good church and hold meetings every two weeks. Rev.
Frederick is pastor. There are about forty families in the parish.
The public school of Delphos, which is now graded, is in good condition. The

town has been very unfortunate with its scho:l-houses. The hurricane of the 9th of
June, 1879, destroyed one. Another was destroyed by fire. The mouey for building the
present house was loaned the district by the citizens. It is a good two-story building,
with belfry and bell, and supplied with excelent furniture.

Considering its misfortunes, and the fact that it was not the county seat, Delphos
has made the most remarkable grow-h of any town 1n Ottawa County.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W. H. CLENDINEN, of the firm of Clendinen & Son, dealers in a general
line of hardware, stoves, tinware and farmimplements. They began trade in February,
1880. Erected their store in winter of 1879-"80, the size of which is 22 x70 feet, two stories
high, at a cost of $1,810, and first carried a stock of $2,000. Their present stock will
average $5,' 00, and they employ fourmen in the business. W. H.Clendinen came with
his family to Delphos ia November, 1879. He was born in Randolph County, Ill, Jan.
19, 1835, and lived in his native county until he came to Kaisas. Married in 1859 to Miss
ey ©. Jones, of same county, Illinois. They have three children—Walter H.,a
member of the above tirm, Ro~coe P., and Daisy G. Mr. C. isa member of the Masonic
order and I. O. 0. F., of Delphos, Kan.

THOMAS F. DONIGAN, of the firm of Prendergast & Donigan, dealers in general
merchandise. hey begin trade in 1879 with a stock of $5,000; now carry an average
stock of $11,000, Their store-room is 20x 60 feet deep. They employ four men in the
business. Mr. Donigan came to Solomon City, Kan., in November, 1877, and taught
school for a term of four months. He then came to Delphos and began merchandising,
following the business alone onc year, when he became a mem er of the above firm.
He was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 1, 1855, and lived there until ho came to Kan-
sas. Marricd in August, 1879, to Miss Mary A. Wall, of La Salle, Ottawa Co., Il. They
have two children— Winifred and Joseph.

PORTER C, HULL, dea’er in general merchandise opened, trade with a stock of
$4,500, in September, 1879, erecting a store building July and August of the same year,
at a cost of $2,000, the size of which is 22x60 feet deep, and two stories high. He now
carries a stock of $7,000 and employs three men in the business. He came to Solomon
City, Kansas, in 1876, and clerked until he came to Delphos. He was born in Durham,
Greene Co., N. ey April 21, 1852. Lived in his native county until 1869, when he went
to Kalamazoo, Mich., and clerked in a general store, until he came Weet. Ho
was married in 1879, to Miss Fannie J. Blake, of Gale-burg, Mich. They have one son—
Blike H. Mr, Hull is a member of the Masonic Order, including Chapter, Council
and Commandery, and Master of Blue Lodge of Delphos; also Knights of Honor and
Master Workman of Delphos Lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen.

‘Ail CORNELIUS McDONOUGH came to Saline County, Kan., spring of 1867, and
eines agricultural pursuits until February, 1871, when he moved to near Delp&os
- a a and farmed until August, 1877, at which time he opened the Pacific House to thy
nave ing public. The above hotel has a capacity fr twenty guests. and is kept in first-
class order for a small Western village. Joseph McDonough, son of Mr. C. McDonough,
ig proprietor, and has charge of the business. Mr. C. McDonough was born in
Lexington Ky., Aug. 17, 18 1; lived there eleven yearz, and moved with parents to
OTTAWA

McDonough County, Ill., where he was raisedonafarm, He as married i
Miss Sarah Dunwoody, a native of Morgan County, Ill. They. have ee cide
Bonet enol ont Seymottn, a eee De pbo:; Robert L., now in Colorado;
e: : Jose heepin, otel in Del : i
Catharine, mala of. Delr-hos. is ciphos; Melvma (deceased), and
; ec N, dealer in general merchandise, bezan trad
His store-room is 25 x 60 feet deep and he carries.a stock of $5,000. He oe oF teen
County, Kan., in 1868, and followed agricultural pursuits some time. Then went to
Beloit, and embarked in livestock and grain business, until October, 1882, when he be-
gan trade in Delphos. Was born in Columbus, Bartholomew Co. Ind., Nov. 27, 1835.
Was raised in Davis County, Iowa, being brought up in mercantile trade. He ‘spent.
two years at Washington, D. C., in the office of the Second Auditor United Scates
Treasury, from April 1, 1864, to May, 1866. Was in Deaver, Col., 1860-61, and was clerk
in first territorial Legislature held there. He served two terms in Beloit, Kan.. as Clerk
District Court, Mitchell County. Was married in 1859 to Miss Eliza J. Heck, of Cald-
well County, Mo. They have seven children—Frederick H., Clarence, Ira J., Guy.
Myra, Walter, and 8 gon not yet named. : : ,
é OWNER, farmer, postoftice Delphos, Section 16, Townshi 9,
Range 4, was born in Venango County, Pa., July 2, 1814, where he resided until he Wee
thirty-one years of age. During his residence in Pennsylvania, he was engiged in the
lumber business, and in May, 1875, he came to Ottawa, County, Kan., where ‘he has since
been engaged in the milling business. Cap icity of mill, three run of stone; firm, White
& Co. He married, Dec. 26, 1872, Miss Evaline White. They have four children, of
whom are livying—Jenniec, Mary E. and Fred W. He enlisted as a private in Company
G, Highty-third Pennsylvani.s Volunteer Infantry, July 11, 1862. He was discharged as
Sergeant, May 29, 1865, at the close of the war. Was wounded at the ba_tle of ‘he Wil-
derness, ed 5, 1864, in the right hip, and is on the pension roll. He is a member of the
. A. R., I. 0.0. F. andA,F. & A.M, Is Commander of the Warren Post, No. 116,
Dales: Kan. Was elected County Commissioner of Ottawa County. in 1880.
. D. A, WHITE, dealer in drugs, medicines paints, oils, books, stationer: a
jewelry, window glass, and druggists’ sundries. He began trade May 23,1873. He
opened the first drug store in Delphos, and carried a stock of $2U0, inc'uding fixtures.
Erected his new store in 1880, the size of which is 20x 5) feet, one story, at a co:t of
$1,000. He now carries a stock cf $1,800. Hecame to Topeka Kan., in July, 1876, and
embarked in the above business, continuing a year; thence to Junction City and followed
the same business a year; then finally locatcd in Delphos. He was born in Kalamazoo
County, Mich., July 2, 1855. His parents with the family moved to West Union, lowa,
in 1865, where he lived until he came to Kansas. Was marr‘ed Dec. 9, 1880, to Miss
nee. 8 of Preble County, Ohio. He is a member of Delphos Lodge, No. 119,
_ J. H. WHITE, firm of White & Co., proprietors of the Delphos Flouring and Grist
Miils. The above mills were built in the spring and summer of 1871, Capacity, 120 bar-
rels per day. They have a water-power of eight-feet head, and employ five men in the
business. In the summer of 1883 they erected a flouring and grist mill 36 x 48 feet, three
stories high; basement erected of cut stone, and upper part built of wood. These new
mills have a capacity of 150 barrels per day, and were erected near the old mills at a cost
of $12,000. The above firm deals largely in cattle and hogs, and now have 1¢0 head of
nos and eighty-eight head of fine steets. Ann E. and F. @. White include the company.
J. H. White has charge of the business. He first cme to Delphos in June, 1872, and en-
geged in farming, which he is yetinterested in. He began milling in 1873. He was
oro in Forest County, Pa., June 14, 1857, living in that county until he came to Kan-
sas. Was married in June, 1880, to Miss Laura Skinner, of Fredericksburg, Va. They
have two children—William L. and Leonard ¥. Mr. W. has served as Towuship Trustee,
cf Sheridan Townstip. Heis amemberI. O. O. F. andI.0. GT.

Cc. C. WOOD, dealer in all kinds of agricultural implements, carriages, buggies and
wagons, opened trade in March, 1883. He located on a farm near Delphos, Kan.,in May,
1870, and followed farming until 1880, then began as salesman of farm implements, con-
tinuing until he went into business for himself. He was born in Cayuga County, N.
Y., March 10, 1835, and lived in his native county until a young man, then emigrated
to Walworth County, Wis. He went to California in 1859 and followed freighting until
1869, and soon afterward came to Kansas. Was married in 1872 to Miss Sadie Norris, a
native of Illinois. They have one daughter—Anna C. Mr. W. has served as Under
Sheriff of Ottawa County eleven years.

BENNINGTON.
Bennington was not laid out until 1878, the year the Solomon Valley

Railroad reached this point; but a store was established here in the winter.

of 1872-3 by Geo. P Parker. Bennington is situated nine miles southeast
of Minneapolis and one mile north of the Solomon River. The country
immediately surrounding the town is bottom land, and, as it extends to the
north and east, it becomes rolling, but not broken. South of the river the
land is more hilly, but there is sufficient land to make valuable farms.
The country is well settled with an excellent class of farmers. In 1878,
Messrs. Daniel Struble and C. Nelson laid out the town on portions ot
their adjoining farms, a quarter of a mile east of the store of Mr. Parker,
established in 1873. . :

The town has been quite prosperous, having attained a population of
over 200 in three years. Au excellent iron bridge, costing $4,500, spans
the Solomon at this point. Markley Brothers’ flouring and saw mill, run
by water-power, and costing over $20,000, has been of great advantage to
the town. The first school was taught in 1879, and in 1880 a $2,000 frame
school-house was built. It is well furnished and well attended. The
Presbyterians and Methodists have established church organizations.
Rev. W. C. Scott is pastor of the former and Rev. J. Pettinger of the latter.
The Methodists are crecting a $2,200 church building. :

Bennington M. E. Church was formed at the house of Daniel Struble,
northeast of where the town now is, in 1871, by the Rev. J. Kahler, of
Abilene, about June 1 of that year. The class consisted of the families of
Capt. Spitzer and W. W. Walker, who was leader. Meetings were held
first in the house of Mr. Struble, then in a school-house near the present
site of Bennington, then moved to a temporary school-house three miles
north, and during the winter in private dwellings, mostly at Mr. Walker’s,
until the erection of the Stanton School-house, where the meetings were
held. At the next annual conference the class formed a part of the Minne-
apolis work, and the Sabbath-school was organized. Rev. John Madison,
of Solomon, supplied the work for some time, and held two successful
protracted meetings during the winters of his three years’ pastorate,
which added considerably to the membership: In 1880 the place of meet-
ing was moved to Bennington, and in 1882~’83, through the successful
efforts of Rev. J. Pettinger, pastor in charge, the membership was in-
creased to over fifty, and a nice frame church was erected at a cost of about
$2,200, and a Sabbath-school organized, which is ina flourishing condi-
tion. Rev. W. S. R. Bennett now has charge of the work.

COUNTY. 1429

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J.S. DAVIS, deceased, came to Bennington, Kin .in July, 1879 and embarked in
the lumber trade and was one of the leading business meu of the above village until his
death, Jan. 15, 1881. He was born in Cunada, Oct. 9, 1845. He graduated from Eastman’s
Commercial College, Chicago, IIl.,FUbruary,1866;alterward attended an agricultural college
at Iowa City,Iowa. He then engaged in agricultural pursuits and the raising of fine
stock until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1868 to Miss Katie Smith, who was
born Aug. 22, 1848, in Canada. They had three children—William Marshall, born June
3, 1869; Nellie C., born Aug. 11, 1871, and Lou E., born June 24, 1873. Mrs. Davis is a
member of the M. E. Church, as was also Mr. Davis, of Bennington. At the time of Mr.
D.’s death he owned 720 acres of fine agricultural lands, 400 of which is cultivated. Mrs.
D. oversees the above lands, does a regular loan business, and keeps several residences
which she rents for cash.

ADOLPH GILBERT, dealer in general merchandise, coal, grain, live stock, and
proprietor of the Bennington Elevator. His store is 22x 60 feet. Opened mercantile
business in February, 1882, wit a stock of $4,000; now carries a stock of $7,000. His
elevator is 3) x 55 feet, 24 teet high; capacity, 8,000 bushels. He came to Bennington in
1881. He deals in Mo-ine (Ill.) farm implements, and employs four men in his business.
He came first to Minneapolis, Kau., in 1878, where he enzaged in the grain trade three

rears; then to his present location. He was born in Cincinnati, O., Sept. 5, 1652;
ived there until 1874, when he wen to Chicago, Il., and engaged in the manufacture of
vinegar two years; then went to Texas on a pie cee tour; returned to his native
city, and lived with his parents until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1880 to Miss
Sarah Nelson, of Bennington, Kan, They have one son—EdwinC. Mr. G. is a member
of the ueee of Honor.

ROBERT M. MoCONNELL, dealer in a general line of hardware and farm imple-
ments; opened trade in Ausust, 1882. His store is 20x30 feet; he carries a stock of
about $4,000, Mr. McConnell came to Lawrence, Kan., in 1873, where he learned the
trade of tinsmith, Jn 1879 he went Lo Eureka, where he followed his trade until locating
in Bennington. He was born in Canada, April 2, 1855, and lived in his native country
until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., of Eureka, Kan.

CHRIST NELSON (TALLE), farmer and stock-raiser, Section 1, P. O. Bennington,
came to this place in te spripg of 1870; selected his place in the fall of 1869. There
was then no settlement, and ouly about ten families in the vicinity of Solomon Valley.
He owns all of Section 1, and the southeast quarter of Section 2, and the northwest
eighty acres of Section 6, making a total of 830 acres of fine land, 500 of whichis culti-
vated; employs three men annually. He was born in Norway, Europe, March 19, 1824,
and was reared a farmer; came to Ameriza in 1850, locating in Iowa County, Wis. He
afterward went to California, where he followed min ng and trading five years. Re-
turned to Wisconsin and farmed until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1853 to
Miss Nancy J. Heirford, a native of Mercer County, I!]., born in_ 1835, They have ten
children living—Susie J., married to Peter Talle, now living in New Mexico; John H.,
a farmer in Bennington; Mary C., at home; Sarah M., married to Mr. Adolph Gilbert, a
merchant of Bennington; Emma C., married to E. O. D.vis, dealer in furniture, Minne-
apolis; Elizabeth O., Nels Thomas, Esther M., William C. F., and Ernest H. They are
ec ee oe Episcopal Church of Bennington. He is a member of Blue Lodge,

oy Bs .M.

J. K. OSBORNE, physician and surgeon, and dealer in a gencral line of drugs,
medicines and druggists’ sundries, first came to Kansas in April, 1866, locating at
Salina, where he practiced his profession and opened the sirst drug store in that place
in 1867. He there continued until 1868, and moved to Lindsey, then the county seat of
Ottawa County, where he practiced medicine and opened a drug store, continuing until
the spring of 1879, when he removed to Bennington. The Do-:tor erected the sec rd
building in Bennington, now his drug store. He was borni: Morgan County, O., Aug.
24, 1826, and was raised in his native county until 1818, when he removeit» Columbus.
O., where he engaged in the practice of medicine. He graduated from the Philadelphia
College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1847; was detailed as assistant surgeon at B_ttle
Island No. 10 during the Rebellion; served as examining surgeon for exemptions during
drafis. Was married in 1867 to Isabelle Garvin, of Noble County, Ohio; was married in
1844 to Miss Caroline Postoa, of Athens County,O. They had four sons and two daugh-
ters—Josiah G., Joho Bartlett (deceased), Franklin Francis, William Wesley, Mary
(deceasea), and Viola, married to Mr. William Hull, of Athe 1s County, Ohio. Mra. Os-
borne died Oct. 12, 1852. Heisa member of theI.O O F. Was County Superintend-
ent of schools in Saline County in 1868; held the same office in Ottawa County during
1870-"71; served as Justice of the Peace for four years; is now agent for R. R. Co. at
Bennington.

GEORGE P. PARKER, dealer in general merchandise, lumber and farm machinery,
also Postmaster at Bennington, came to the above village in the winter of 1870, and
opened a general merchandising trade, it being the first ‘business house in the place,
and carried a stock of about $1,000. He now carries an average stock of $12,000 to $15,-
000. In 1882, he erected his present store, 46x5t feet deep, wareroom 16 x46feet. The
whole was erected at a cost of $4,000. He also owns 210 acres of fine laud, all cultivated.
He was born in Dublin, Ireland, July 30, 1845, and came to America in 1857, traveling six
years in various portions of the West from Kansas to California, being a member of
Company A, ThirdU. 8. Cavairy, enlisting Jan. 21, 1861, serving principally in Commie-
sary and Quartermaster’s department. Was mustered out in January, 1872. Was married
in December, 1872, to Miss Maria L. Metcalf, of Newberg, N. Y. Himself and family are
members of the Presbyterian Church. . ,

CAPTAIN G.d. SPITZER, proprietor of the Spitzer House. This hotel was erected
in spring of 1883, and opened June 1, 1883, size of which is 36 x 36 feet, two and a half
stories high, and contains twenty-five rooms, and was erected ata cost of $2.500. He
first came to Bennington in February, 1870; farmed and raised stock until 1881, and
since has been engaged in hotel-keeping. He has held several township offices. He
was born in Schenectady County, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1821, living there untii he was twenty-
one years old, then moved to Kalamazoo County, Mich. as married in January, 1854,
to Miss Margaret Fisher, of Danville,Pa. They have one sou, John H.,athome. Mr.
8. was Captain of Schoolcraft Light Guards, who were formed in 1859. They were mus-
tered into U. S. service Aug. 20, 1861, as Company C, Sixth Michigan Infantry. They
were assigned to Butler’s command. Mr. S. participated in gall battles of his com-
mand until he resigned, 1863. He was wounded at battle of Baton Rouge, La, Aug.
5, 1862. After army life he returned to Michigan and engaged in the grocery busi-
ness at Schoolcraft, until he came to Kansas. In connection with his hotel he keeps a

good livery.
OTHER STATIONS.

Coal Creek is a small station five miles southeast of Bennington,
on the Solomon Valley Railroad, a branch of the Kansas Pacific R. R.
The name is derived from the supposed existence of coal in its vicinity.
Ada, Lamar, Yale, Melville, Ohio Grove, Culver, Churchill, B:uffton
and Windsor are embryo towns and postoffices in different parts of the
county.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ERWIN HOLLINGSWORTHA, farmer and stock-raiser, section 17, Concord Town-
ship, P. O. Lindsey. came to this place in 1871. There were o ly scattering rettle-
ments in Solomon Valley, and the country was almost a complety wild plain. He has
173 acres of fine agricultural and grazing lands, 153 acres of which is cultivated. In 1832,
he raised over 4,000 bushels of wheat, making an average of twenty-two bushels per acre.
Raised over 2,000 bushels of corn, an average of sixty bushels per acve, and all produced
with only the assistance of a son, Jerome, and two ha-ds. Mr. II, represented Ottawa
County 1n the Kansas Legislature of 1873. He wa3 born in Wayne County, Ind , Oct. 19,
1828. Went to Henderson County, Ill., in 1844, where he followed agriculture and stock-
dealing until 1867, when he camc to Topeka, Kan., and went into the sale of fa"m imple-
ments until1871. Was married in 1849, to Miss Susan Morris, of Dearborn County, Ind.
They have eight children—Monroe, Celestia J., Raymond B., Jerome, Charles E., Wal-
ter W., Jesse I, and Susan Maude,
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

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(a) Augusta Township, in- (k) Fairview _Township.... 883] |(w)Rock Creek T’nship..

cluding Augusta City..} 515/1,588/|(l) Glencoe RA eas: a 648//(w@) Rosalla Township..
(b) Benton Township......| ....| 697||(m) Hickory Township .... 431]|(y) Spring Township... 7438,
(¢) Bloomington Township 593]|\(7) Lincoln Township. 218] |(z) Sycamore T’nship..
(a) Bruno Township....... sis 634/|\(0) Little Walnut T’nship. 748/|(aa)Towanda Township} ... 5
(e) Chelsea Township......| 277} 340/|(») Logan Townshi 446] |(bb)Union Township...| 849 351
(f) Clay Township..... se] eee 410]/C@) Milton Townsh Pee 469]|(cc) Walnut Township.. ‘ 641
(q) Clifford Township.. 467||(r) Murdock Township..... 406 a | ee
(h) Douglas Township ..... «+ {1,184]|(a) Pleasant Township .... 629 3,035] 18,582
(4) El Dorado Township,in- (t) Plum Grove Township 377 a

cluding El Dorado City] 797|2,268||(w) Prospect Township... 841 Augusta Cily. 922
(G) Fairmount Township..! ....1 519/I(v) Richland Township . . 665 El Dorado City 1,411

 

(a) In 1872, part detached to form Spring; in 1873, parts
to Bruno and Pleasant: in 1874, prrt to Bloomington,

(b) Organized in 1872, from part of Towanda,

(ce) Organized in 1874, from parts of Augusta and Wal-

nut. A

(a) Organized in 1873, from part of Augusta,

(e) In 1876, part detached to form Clifford; in 1878, part
to Sycamore; in 1879, parts to El Dorado and Lin-

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(f) Organized in 1879, from part of Walnut.
(g) Organized in 1876, from parts of Chelsea and Towan-

a.

(h) Organized in 1874, from part of Walnut.

(i) Parts detached in 1877, to form Glencoe, Little Wal-
nut, Prospect and Rosalia; in 1879, part of Chelsea

attached.
(Gj) Organized in 1873, from part of Towanda.
(k) Organized in 1873, from part of Towanda.
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(p) Organized in 1874, from part of Walnut.

(q) Organized in 1873 from part of Towanda.

(*) Organized in 1878, from part of Towanda.

(8) Organized in 1873, from parts of Augusta and Walnut.

(t) Organized in 1873, from part of Towanda.

(uw) Organized in 1877, from part of El Dorado,

(v) Organized in 1874, from part of Walnut.

(w) Organized in 1879, from part of Walnut.

(x) Organized in 1877, from part of El Dorado.

(y) Organized in 1872, from part of Augusta.

(2) Organized in 1878. from part of Chelsea.

(aa)Part detached in 1872, to form Benton; parts in 1873
toform Fairmount, Fairview, Milton, Murdock and
Plum Grove; in 1876, part to Clitford.

(bb)Organized in 1879, from part of Walnut.

(cc)In 1873, part detached toform Pleasant; in 1874, parts
to Bloomington, Douglas, Logan and Richland; in
1875, part to Hickory: in 1877, parts to Glencoe and
Little Walnut; in 1879, parts to Clay, Rock Creek
and Union.

BOUNDARIES AND TOPOGRAPHY,

UTLER, the largest organized county in the State,
may well be calied “the State of Butler.” Within
its lines lies more territory than that of some of the East-
ern States, while its arable land amounts to nearly as
much as that of two of the smaller ones. From north to
south it stretches forty-two miles, and from east to west
thirty-four and a half; making a total area of about one
million acres. It is named in honor of Andrew P. Butler,
for twelve years United States Senator from South Caro-
lina. :

Butler County, as defined geographically in the leg-
islative act of 1855, was a region thirty miles square, the
northeast corner of which was the southeast corner of
the present Morris County, then called Wise. The same
act designated the region immediately south of the origi-
nal Butler, a tract thirty miles east and west, and about
seventy-eight miles north and south, to the southern
boundary line of the Territory, as Hunter County. The
act of 1857, made Butler to consist of a tract thirty miles
wide, directly south of Wise (Morris) County, extending
southward thirty-eight miles. Hunter was made to con-
sist of the section south of Butler to the Territorial line.

An act was passed February 11, 1859, organizing the
counties of Wise, Butler and Chase. Chase was made
of the region south of Wise, twenty-four miles, by thirty
miles east and west. The fifth standard parallel was
then the south boundary of Butler County.

Irving County was erected February 27, 1860, out
of the region commencing where the fifth standard and
guide meridian cross, between ranges 8 and 9, west thirty-
six and north twenty-four miles. Eldorado was the tem-
porary county seat.

February 24, 1864, Butler was made to include the
region from the northwest corner of Township 22, Range
I, south on the sixth meridian to State line, east to line
between Ranges g and I0 east ; north to nartheast corner
Township 23; west to northeast corner Township 23,
Range 5 east; north to northeast corner Township 22,
Range 5 east ; thence to place of beginnirg.

The southern boundary of Chase was extended to
the northern boundary of Butler.

February 26, 1867, Butler County was given the form
now shown on the map.

Butler is essentially a prairie county, having, howev-
er, considerable land of a slightly rolling character. Bot-
tom land has fifteen and upland eighty-five per cent of
its surface. Forest occupies five per cent and prairie
ninety five. The principal streams are the Whitewater,
Walnut and -Little Walnut. The Whitewater traverses
the county from north to scuth. The Walnut rising in
the northeast corner of the county, joins the Whitewater
at Augusta, and the Little Walnut, flowing southwest
from near Rosalia, at Douglass. Other tributaries of the
Whitewater are Hickory, Turkey, Muddy, Rock Creek,
Indianola, West Branch, Four Mile and Eight Mile
Creek, The bottoms along these water courses average
a mile and one-quarter. Upon them are found walnut,
oak, hickory, hackberry, sycamore, elm and minor varie-
ties of timber. Limestone of excellent quality is found
in all parts of the county, and in the extreme northwest, a
bed of sandstone. At otherpoints are small quantities of
fire clay and gypsum.

Coal is found in many places in thin layers, but has
never been mined to any considerable extent or with profit.

BARLY SETTLEMENT.

The following record of early settlement has been
carefully compiled from the recollection of Martin
Vaught, J. D. Connor and D. M. Bronson and from data
in their possession, It will be found to differ consider-
ably from the matter found in the report of the State
Board of Agriculture into which numerous errors had
crept, either through lack of care on the part of the cor-
respondents, or unavoidable typographical mistakes:

The first settlements in the several localities were as
follows: Bentor Township, April 13, 1878, by J. P. J.
Nelson; Bloomington Township, 1867, Samuel Rankin ;
Bruno Township, May, 1869, V. Smith; Chelsea Town-
ship, August, 1857, Bob DeRacken, G T. Donaldson,
BUTLER

P. G. D. Morton, J. C Lambdin, I. Scott, Martin

Vaught, Dr. L
Charles Jefferson and J. and L. eugil, Ue, Lewellen,

Cole; Clifford Township, i
William Badley; El Dorado Townsp, May, 1857, Witten Wide
brande; Fairmount Township, 1869, Holland Ferguson; Hickory
Township, 1869, Mr. Myers; Pleasant Township, spring of 1869, Marion Frank-
lin; Plum Grove Township, 1860, Joseph Hl. Adams; Rock Creek Town-
ship, July 1868, D. L. McCabe; Rosalia Township, July, 1869 Philip Karns;
Spring Township, April, 1866, Dave, afterward County Commissioner, and H.
W. Yates; Towanda Township, 1858, William Vann, A G. Davis, Chandler,
Atwood, and others; Union Township, April 2, 1870, A.S McKee; Walnut
Township, 1866, George Long.— First churches: Augusta Township,1876, Meth-
odist; Chelsea Township, no church bui'ding; Rev. Winberg, Baptist, 1858,
was the first resident preacher, Rev. C. G. Morse, Congregationalist from Em-
poria, had preached occasionally prior to this, and servic:s wer: held in the
house of J. C. Lambdin ; a Presbyterian society was organized in El Dorado
township and building commenced in 1872, completed in 1877; Methodist,
1873 ; Union Township, 1873, Methodist; 1874, Christian. Religious services
are held regularly in nearly all the schoolhouses in the county.—First school-
houses: Augusta, 1869, District No. 13; Bloomington Township, 1872, District
No. 5; Bruno Township, by District No. 72, date not given; Chelsea Township,
1860, by District No. 10—tirst school taught by Miss Sarah Satchel; Cl:fforp
Township,1871, by District No. 21—first school taught by S. L. Roberds, after-
wards County Superintendent; El Dorado Township, first schoolhouse built by
subscription of settlers, 1861-2, afterwards purchased by District No. 2; Fair-
mount Township, 1872, by District No. 70; Little Walnut Township, 1872, by
District No 59; Plum Grove Township, 1872, by District No. 53; Prospect
‘Township, by District No.79; Rock Creek ‘own hip, 1870, by subscription of set-
tlersin District No. 30; Rosalia Township, 1872, by DistrictNo. 35—there are
four schoolhouses in this district; Spring Township, August, 1872, by District No.
45; Towanda Township, 1863, built of logs, by setilers; Union Township, 1874,
by Districts Nos. 41 and 42; Walnut Township, by District No. 64.—First busi-
ness houses: Augusta Township, general merchandise, 1868, Shamleffer &
James; Chelsea, 1859, country store, Mr. Kaufman; El Dorado, grocery, Mr.
Howland, 1857; Fairmount Township, store, S.S. Saunders; Hickory Township,
ery goods, William Cole; Little Walnut Township, at Q tito, groceries and
drizs, Dr. Pickett, 1871; Plum Grove Township, general merchandise, 1871,
Drake & Lobdell; Rock Creek Township, grocery, 1872, A. ‘I’. Bittingham ;
Towanda, general store, J. R. Mead 1862.—First marriages: Jacob E. Chase
and Augusta Stewart, El Dorado Township, January, 1859; Berg Atwood and
Elizabeth Badley ; Towanda Township, September, 1859, J. P. Goodall and
Lizzie Cooper, Chelsea Township, 1860.—First births: I. Johnson, Towanda
Township, August, 1859; Nellie Martin, El Dorado Township, and Charles
Stewart, Plum Grove Township, 1860.—The first postoffices in the county were
established at Chelsea, in 1858, C. S. Lambdin, P. M., and at El Dorado, in
1860, D. L. McCabe, P. M.

William Hildebrande, who came in May, 1857, to El Dorado Township,
was the first settler in Butler County. In June, 1857, Samuel Stewart, of Law-
rence organized a colony to settle in Butler County. Following the old
California trail until they came to the crossing, the party pitched the ten wall-
tents with which they were provided, in a circle, and erected in the centre of
the camp the stars and stripes. This was on June 15,1857. Two days later
the colonists planted some corn—the first ever planted in the county. On July
9, 1857, Henry Martin, William Crimble, Jacob Carey, H. Bemis and Williar
Bemis, with their families, settled near El] Dorado, There were in this party
ten other families, but their names have been lost.

The first celebration in this county of our national holiday took place
long before Butler was a county or Kansas a Territory. InJuly, 1847, Captain
J. J. Clark, with his company of Missouri Mounted Volunteers bound for the
Mexican war, came along the old California trail and crossing the Walnut about
a mile below the site of El Dorado, on the evening of the 3d camped over
night. The following day the eagle screamed, and salutes were fired, and due
honors paid to the warriors of an older day.

Ten years later on July 4, 1857, came the second celebration on Butler
County land. This was held near Conners, in El Dorado, by the newly arrived
settlers. No houses had been put up for the immigrants, and their wagons
stood in a circle to serve as a fort incase of Indian attack. Money was scarce
in that camp, and had it been as plentiful as sea sands it could have purchased
nothing ; so the men started out to find in Nature’s store-house the materials for
a feast. In the Walnut William Crimble caught a large buffalo fish, Samuel Stew-
art shot a wild turkey and another of the party brought in a deer. While these
supplies were being prepared numerous speeches served to show the patriotism
of the various members, and Judge Wakefield, of Lawrence, delivered an ad-
dress. There is no time like the first in anything, and though often a celebra-
tion of later days has been memorable, and its echoes have rung in Memory’s
ears for many a day, there can be none to efface in the hearts of those who heard
them the resonant sounds of a quarter-century ago,

One of the earliest items in Butler County’s history is the apportionment
of the State into judicial districts. The counties of Butler, Hunter, Green-
wood, Madison, Weller, Coffey, Anderson and Allen constituted the Thirteenth
District, which was entitled to one member. In August, 1857. Samuel L. Adair
was elected to the Senate and C. Columbia to the House. In October, 1857,
Madison and Butler counties polled sixty-nine Free-State and seven Demo-
cratic votes. At the election under the Lecompton constitution December 21,
1857, there were no returns from Butler County. On March 9 1858, Samuel
Stewart, who built the first house in the county, and was later killed in the In-
dian Territory, was elected a delegate to the Minneola eonvention. On August
2, 1858 anelection was held, at the old El Dorado town site on the Lecompton
Constitution, and the entire vote (twenty-three) polled was cast against that
infamous platform. On April15, 1859, the county cast fifteen votes for the
Wyandotte constitution and two against it. On November 8, 1859, the county
cast one vote for Johnson, Democrat, and forty-seven for Parrot, Republican,

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candidates for Congress. J.C. Lambdin was elected a member of the Terri-
torial Council at the same time.

A Primitive Election.—An election in Butler was held in May, 1858, on the
adoption of the Free State Constitution—the ‘‘ Topeka” constitution. It was
held right north of Chelsea under some spreading oaks that still stand at the
north end of what is now the lane between J. E. Buchanan’s and Joseph Mc-
Daniel's farms. No box could be found out of which a ballot box could be
made, but after hunting around awhile Mrs. Woodruff handed out a big coffee
mill—one of the kind that has a drawer, which was used and answered the pur-
pose. The drawer was pulled out, a ballot dropped in and then shoved up
again. There were about a hundred votes cast.

When the first settlement was made in Butler County, the lands south of
the Fifth Standard parallel, which runs at the north line of the present city of
EI Dorado, were largely Indian property. Just south of this line lay what was
known as the four-mile strip extending completely across the county from east
to west, and open to entry and pre-emption. Next south lay the twenty-mile
strip, the property of the Osage tribe. This, at the time of earliest settle-
ment, Indian land, was ceded to the Government by the Little Osages on Sep-
tember 29, 1863, and was held astrust Jand. Next south lay the diminished
Osage Reserve which remained the property of the Indians until September
18, 1870, when it passed into the hands of the Government and was opened for
settlement. It was locally known from its width as the “ thirty-mile strip.”

The first invasion of the grasshoppers took place in the fall of 1860,but, as
is quaintly said by an old timer, the settlers had nothing to lose and no damage
was done. In March, 1861, the eggs deposited the preceding year hatched out
and considerable loss was suffered, though this was very slight compared with
the visitations of a later time.

At the breaking out of the war of 1861, 42 compary was raised near Chel-
sea, for home defence; this company was under P. G. D. Morton. Its only
service was shortly after its orginization and consisted of the capture of a wagon
train proceeding, in violation of a recent order, to the Indian Territory. The
entire outfit was by the exertions of Capt. Morton safely forwarded to Leaven-
worth and delivered to its owners from whom the persons found in charge had
attempted to steal it. During the winter of 1861-2 this company built and oc-
cupied a fort on what is now John Teter’s farm about two miles northeast of
El Dorado. In the spring of 1862 the company broke up, the majority of its
members joining the United States forces mustered in at Leavenworth.

The pioneer of religion inthis as in many other counties was Father Stan-
berry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At various times in the very early
days of the county this zealous old man visited different points, stopping ‘in the
rude cabins of the settlers and in his quaint fashion expounding the untiring
faith which animated him. The old settlers to this day tell stories of his trips
on a weatherbeaten pony that fairly matched the grizzled locks and antiquated
appearance of its master. Yetnone ever doubted his simple truth or failed to
yield him the love and reverence that was his due. The next missionary was
Elder Rice, who for some time traveled the indefinite southwestern circuit and
held the first quirterly meeting in the county on the east bank of the Walnut,
at a spot now part of the farm of Henry Small.

Miss Minnie Post and Miss Maggie Vaught, now Mrs. H. O. Chittenden,
of El Dorado, established the first Sunday school in Butler County, at Chelsea,
in the summer of 1859. They kept it wp until the summer of 1860, when many
settlers left on account of the severe drouth and caused a suspension of the
school. In this year a Mr. Matice, of Lawrence, a Sunday school agent, at-
tempted to revive the school but failed.

The herd law was passed in April, 1871, by a vote of 569 to 504, and has
ever since been in force. Though no systematic effort has ever been made for
its repeal, public opinion is still divided upon the question of its advisability,
one party claiming that it retards hedge planting and fencing, and the other
that it enchances agricultural interests and the value of farm property.

On June 22, 1871, a tornado struck the town of El Dorado, inflicting great
damage. The wind was accompanied by hail and rain, which seemed to aug-
ment the intense violence of the air and materially aid the work of destruction.
Houses were blown down or twisted off their foundations, windows dashed in,
trees overturued and crops ruined. In the city the principal losers were: Haz-
lett & Dick, $1.500; McClaren & Jackson, $2,000; Gardner & Gilmore,
$2,500, and W. H. Redden, $2,000, ‘These amounts were swelled by a myriad
of smaller ones so that the total loss was not less than $150.000. This looked .
like a crushing blow, but the hardy citizens began immediately to rebuild, and
before another year all traces of the event were obliterated and business once
more moving forward with a steady swing.

Horse Thieves and the Vigilantes.—As the tide of civilization rolls in over
the level prairies of the new West it carries on its further line a fretted surf of
loose characters—men cast up from the deeper sea of close settlement and
driven upon an unsettled shore only to be hurled still further by each successive
onflow. Many such were within the border of Butler County during the period
from its first settlement until 1870, For a long time a party of this sort had
been operating about Douglass and between the secret assistance of unsus-
pected parties and the proximity of the Indian Territory had escaped capture.
Matters had, however, reached an unbearable pitch, and on the night Novem-
ber 10, 1870, a decisive step was taken by the settlers.

On the morning of November 10, 1870, the citizens of Douglass found near
the house of George Booth four dead bodies, with the warning notice “Shot for
horse thieves.” It is doubtful if this was much of a surprise to many of the
citizens, although the lynching caused agreat commotion. The dead men were
not without a witness, Mrs. Booth having seen all that passed. Her version of
the affair is that while James Smith, Lewis and George Booth and Jack Corbin,
a Government scout, were seated in the room a party of men with leveled
pistols stepped in and covered the party. George Booth attempted to escape by
dashing from the house, but was shot down near by. Lewis Booth was taken out
and shot, as was James Smith, and Corbin was taken to a tree and hung. On
December 1, William Quimby, a prominent merchant, Dr. Morris and his son
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and “Mike” Dray were taken quietly from town by the vigilantes and hung.
This effectually broke up the gang which had so long been the source of loss to
the honest citizens and the business was never resumed in the county.

The Agricultural S ciety—The Butler County Horticultural and Agricul-
tural Society which organized in March, 1872, is stillin a flourishing condition.
Large grounds have been purchased in the west part of the city and a fine
building erected for the display of all articles of farm and dairy production.
Around the high walls which enclose the grounds are suitable stalls for the dis-
play of all varieties of stock.

% RAILROADS,

The railway histury of any county on the broad surface of Kansas is a rec-
ord of trials and tribulations, of hard struggles to secure the co-operation of set-
tlers in necessary expenditures, of retreat from the field of the companies for
which so much had been done, of final success and the arrival of the iron bands
which unite the world. The first railway to solicit the aid of this county was
the Kansas-Nebraska, which proposed to build across the county in considera-
tion of the subscription of $150,000 to the stock of the railway company and
the issuing of an equal amount of the bonds of the county. This proposition
was carried by a vote of 1,187 to 811, but the panic of 1873 coming on, the build-
ing of the road was deferred and finally abandoned. On May 18, 1872, the
question of voting bonds to the amount of $150,000 to the Fort Scott, Humboldt
& Western Railway was put to vote and decided in the negative by a vote of
1,037 to 1,240. The next proposal was v ted upon July 13. 1872,and lost by a
vote of 189 to 1,206. This was for taking stock in the road voluminously spread
on the records as the Eureka, Douglass & Santa Fe, Walnut Valley, Kansas
Nebraska Railway. Atthe same time the ]*t. Scott, Humboldt & Western
Kansas Railway was treated to a dose of cold water—366 votes being cast in its
favor and 1,058 against its proposition. In April, 1876, the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad Company proposed to | uild a road from Cedar Point on
the main line down the Walnut Valley to El Dorado and ultimately to and be-
yond the south line of the county. The proposal of the company was for a
cash bonus of $3,000 per mile, no exchange of bonds and stock being asked.
While this proposition was being agitated, the citizens of Florence were working

‘ hard to have their town made the initial point. It soon became evident that a

1 road would be built to El Dorado from the main line under some conditions,
and in February, 1877, bonds aggregating $99 500 were voted to the El] Dorado
& Walnut Valley Road. Work was at once begun andthe track completed to
El Dorado at 6:27 P. M. on July 31,1877. On September 4, an excursion train
was run from Topeka and the citizens of El Dorado given a free trip to Florence
and return. A grand celebration was held in the grove. Gov. Anthony was
present and made a brief speech which was followed by many others, after
which the joy of the crowd overflowed in a general jubilee that will be long re-
membered.

About this time the KansasCity, Burlington & Southwestern Railway and
telegraph line made overtures for aid to the amount of not over $4,000 per mile
in running an east and west road. This proposition was favorably considered by
a vote of 322 to 128 in the townships interested, but the matter stopped there
and the road was never built.

On February 21, 1880, the townships of Douglass and Walnut voted aid to
the St. Louis, Wichita & Western Railway, but the road was never built.

We now come to the second successful railway project which has affected
Butler’s interests. As early as 1879, the St. Louis, Ft. Scott & Wichita Rail-
way tegan the work which finally led to the completion of an east and west
road, although bonds were not voted until more than a year later. The road
passes through two townships east of El Dorado City, Rosalia and Prospect.
From these it receives $10,000 and $18,000 in bonds respectively. El Dorado
Township gives $25,000, Towanda $13,500 and Benton $11,000, The pay-
ment of the bonds in the two last named townships depends upon the com-
pletion of the road to the west line of the county. by September 1, 1883.
The bonds of the first three are already secured by the completion of the
road to El Dorado.

OFFICIAL ROSTER AND COUNTY AFFAIRS.

On April 30, 1859, the Board of County Supervisors met at the house ~f G. T, Donaldson
“for the purpose of establishing the offices of the county officers,” The board, then consist -
ing of P. G. Barrett, chairman, and G. T. Donaldson and 1. 8. White, after railing that their
annual meeting should be held at Chelsea Hall, decided that for the present the county
officers should hold their offices at their residences, The only exception to this wis the
“Clerk of Probate,” who was commanded to hold office at I. C. Lambdin’s until further
notice. Atthe next meeting, June 13, 1859, P. G. D. Morton was appointed County Auditor,
the equivalent of county clerk. No record ofasuccessor to Mr. Morton is found until the
election of 1863, when M. Vaught was selected, Since that time county clerks have been
elected as follows: A. J. Donahoo, 1865 Morehead (appointed August, 1867, and
elected at November election of the same fears H. D. Kellogg cHppolnted April 6, 1868, and
elected i860). A W. Stearns, 1870; J. Blivins, 1871; Vincent Brown, 1873-75-77; O. P.
Strong, 1879—81.

The first County Treasurer was C.S. Lambdin, appointed September 19,1859. He was
followed by T. W. Satchel, 1863; H. Martin, 1865; (Mr. Martin was ap ointed Mn Beptain vor,
1867, to serve from January 1, to July 1.1868 but was re-elected tn November, 1867); A.
Ellis, 1869-71; Joseph Williams, 1873; E. B. Brainard, 1875-77; M. Bradley, 1879-81.

The first Probate Judge was J.C. Lambdin. He was followed by C. S. Lambdin; H.
Martin, 1863; S. T. Howell, 1865; W. H. Thomas, 1866; Wm. H. Harrison, 1868; i...
Sumner, 1870; J. C. Taylor, 1871; S. E. Black, 1871; W.S. Taylor, 1872; S. E. Black, 1874
76-78; E. D. Stratford, 1880-82.

The first Clerk of the District Court was Emmil. He was followed by W. W. Slayton,
1866; A. Morehead, 1867; A. L, Petrie, 1868; J. E. Buchanan (appointed), 1869; H. D. Kel-
ley, 1869; I. C. Adams, 1870; H.M. Winger, 1871; M. D. Ellis, 1872; C. N. James, 1874—
76-78-80; N. P. Mooney, 1882. .

The first Register of Deeds was John R. Lambdin. He was followed by M. Vaught, 1863;
A. AL Morehead 1867; D. M. Bronson (appointed April 6) 1869; W. A. Satlee, 1870; D. L.
Knowles, 1871-73-75; J. D. Porter, 1877; E. E. Harvey, 1879-81,

The records fail to show the election of asheriff prior to 1863, when J.T. Gond ll was
elected. Dr. Lewellen was, however, in office in 1859. Mr. Goolall wis followed by W.
D. Shaw, 1865; James Thomas, 1867; A. A. Jackson, 1869; J. E. Anderson, 1871-73-75;
¥F. M. Anderson. 1877; E. E. Harvey, 1879; W. H. Douglas, 1881.

In 1864 M. Vaught was appointed County Superintendent. He was followed by D. L.
McCabe, 1866; H. D. Kellogg (appointed January 1, 1868): J. E. Buchanan, 1870: 8. 8. Rob-
bards, 1872; Jobn Blivins, Teed: Alvah Sheldon, 1876-78; J. W. Shively, 1880-82.

Representatives from thiscounty, at firstone, but now two districts, have been: G. Ty
Donaldson, 1863; D. L. McCabe, 1865; S..N Wood, 1866; G. T. Donaldson, 1867; T. R. Wil-

son, 1868; H. Small, 1869; T. H. Baker, 1870 (This election was also contested, and L. 8.
Friend, who had been declared elected, lost the seat ); 1. Mooney, 1871; T. H. Baker, 1872;
H. D. Hill, 1873; J. L. Ferguson, 1874-75; M. A, Palmer and H. W. Beck, 1876; U. A. Albin

.8.8., Jan. 19, 1864

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

and D. M. Bronson 1878; G. A. Sears and H., D. Bfll,,1880; F. W. Rash and J. H. Fullen-
weider, 1882.

On August 20, 1859, the first poll tax in the county was levied on all between the ages of
twenty-one and forty-five. March 21, 1860, an election precinctto be known as Toronto
was created at the house of Doctor Lewellen. Four years later (March 26, 1864) two addi-
tional voting precincts were created: ElDorado and Towanda. The first county order had
been issued on January 19th of this year, and read as follows: “State of Kansas, Butler Co.,

5 To the Treasurer of Butler Co. Pay Jordan Mabe twenty dollars for ser-
vices assessing said county. _. H.G, Bronson, Chairman.”

This order was endorsed by M. Vaught, county clerk, with the magic word “Paid.” _

Every county in the State, probably, has had its county seat fight, and we need do little
more than present the records of the various elections in which the several struggles culmi-
nated. On May 21, 1864, the first election was held and El Dorado selected as the county
seat (this was the old town), but on July 4 of that year, we learn from the record of the
County Commissioners, that no building suitable for county offices had been put up on the
town site, and the board resolved not to move there until suitable provision was made. In
August, 1867, the question of removal came up again, Whitewater Junction having two
votes; county Center, six; the southwest quarter of Section 4, and the northwest quarter of
Section 9, Town 25, Range 6, 29, and El Dorado 50. The third election occurred ou May 10,
1870, and gave Chelsea 256 and El Dorado 1,524 votes. This was followed in April, 1871, by
the contest between Augusta and El Dorado, and the success of the latter by a count of 743
to712. This settled the question, which has never since been agitated, 3

As will be seen, the County Commissioney's and other officers were for some time without
a proper place for transacting business. For some time Dunlevy’s building was used, and
most of the officers had their offices in their houses, or after afashion, under their hats. In
July, 1870, a strong effort was made to secure the issue of $25,000 in bonds, the proceeds to
be used for county bulldings. This proposal met with hearty opposition, and was voted down
239 to 550. Nothing daunted, the settlers went to work on another scheme, and on July 19,
1870, the land now occupied by the court house was deeded to the county, in consideration of
$1, by Henry and C, C. Martin. The contract for a court house was then letto I. N. Branson
for $3,750, and work began at once. In April, 1871, the building was completed and occu-
pled, Although well finished and a good building, the court house was not large enough to
accommodate all the officers, and after doing the best that could be done with it, it was
decided in July, 1875, to make extensive additions and improvements. All that part of the
buildiug west of the hall way was then constructed at a cost of $8,000, making with previous
expenditures and the jail ou the south west corner a total cost of $15,000. The building was
completed in March, 1876. Its present dimensions are 52x54 feet; its height, two stories.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

The first school taught in this county was in charge of Miss Sarah Satchel. It was
located at Chelsea, the uldest settlement in the county, and was onened in 186). At this time
the school district embraced this county and Cowley, as well as parts of Chase and Green-
‘vood counties. The second school was taught i 1863 in Towanda in a log building, erected
by the settlers. A school was also started in El Dorado Township at an early day, a sub-
scription oeing raised by the citizens, and the school taught by Miss Jane Wentworth, The
difficult office of county superintendent of public instruction was also filled, and the
machinery of education progressed. The schoolhouses were many of them rough, and, if
report speaks truly, some of the teachers were of the samesort. Yet the work was pretty
honestlv done, and the rising generation compares favorably with that of any other county.
Since 1879 very full reports have been made, from which the following summary is drawn:
School districts in 1879, 125; in 1880, 130; in 1881, 138; in 1882, 143. School population
between the ages of five and twenty-one; Tn 1879, 6,056; in 1880. 6,397: in 1881. 6,546; in
1882, 6.861. Enrollment: In 1879, 4,590; in_ 1880, 4,356; in 1881, 5,228; 82, 5,303.
Average attendance: In 1879, 2.885; in 1880, 2,882; in 1881, 3.294; in 1882, 3,296. Teachers
employed: In 1879, 136; in 1880, 176; in 1881. 179; in 1882, 154. Total schon] expenditures:
In 1879, $34,962.76; in 1880, $40,060.03; in 1881, $43,469.22% ; in 1882, $53,328.09.

Butler County has more wanufacturies of raw material into finished product than any
connty in Southern Central Kansas. A brief recapitulation of the principal industries
gathered from the returns made (o the County Clerk is as follows; J, W. Smith, Leon, horse-
power sorghum-mill valued at $300; Lytle & Sons, Towanda, water-power flouring-mill,
$1,300; H. J. . W. Ground, Augusta, steam flouring-mill, $19 000, and water-power
flouring-mill, $8.000; J.C. Haines, Augusta, steam corn-mill, $4,000; A. Palmer, Augusta,
steam saw-mill, $1,200; John W. Dunn, Douglas, water-power flouring-mill, $10 000; Wise
& Kirk, Douglass, steam flouring-mill, $20 000; J. T. Oldham, El Dorado, steam furniture-
factory, $1,000; Burdett & Weeks, El Dorado, water aud steam-power flouring-mill,
$20,000; L. Hunting, El Dorado, brickyard, horse-power, $1,000; L. D. Godfrey, Leon,
wa'er-power flouring-mill, $1,400. Besides these are some small industries with a capital
of from $300 to $700 not employing any save hand power.

The following table will serve to show the acreage of the principal crops of the county,
and how general opinion of their adaptability has changed in the past ten years:

 

 

   
   
 
 
  

   

1872 1874} 1876 1878 1880 1882
1,737 5.827) 27.298 41,994 49,249 21,142
515 706) 3,935 1.225 148 546
1,013 6,713 502 2 596 210 171
19,855 34,144) 27,172 54,553 30.220 110,810
121 139 24 2 14 ae
Oats.... 4,005 6,201] 10,702 10,980 10,199
Buckwheat . 143 50 34. 23.50
Irish Potatoes 590 1,321 194.25} 1,131 575 85
Sweet Potatoes 35 184 32.50 87.65 85.60
Sorghum ...... 276 412 316.50 729.70 740.24
Castor Beans 20 32 8 4 122.5
room Corn.... = si sees 22 46.50 66.31 129.60
Millet and Hungarian ..........1 288 2.6701 5,556 6.397 9.800 20,807

 

_,. The following Tgures aive the increase of population in the county, and serve to shuw
its rapid growth: It had_ in 1860, 437; in 1870, 3,035; in 1875, 9,832; in 1882, 18,661, an
increase in twelve years of 15,732.

EL DORADO.

El Dorado, the county seat and largest city of Butler County, is located on
the Walnut River about fifteen miles above its confluence with the Whitewater.
The 140 acre tract which comprised the original town site was entered on
March 23, 1868, by B, rank Gordy, and filed for record in the succeeding
month. Shortly after entering his claim, Gordy sold a fifth interest each to
Henry Martin, Samuel Langdon and Byron O, Carr, and with them formed the
El Dorado town company. Town lots were laid out and sold to all who would
improve them, at the rate of ten dollars a lot. The location of the tewn near
the crossing of the old California trail on the Walnut, and its other natural ad-
vantages of position, did much to aid it at this critical time, when it needed but
a trifle to kill the embryo city. Ilouses of a very modest description sprang up
rapidly, and the town began soon to present a semblance of substantiality.
There had been some houses on the town site prior to the entrance of the
Gordy claim. As early as 1867 a log house was built in the east part of town,
and the same summer E, L, Lower put up a cabin where Dr. A. White’s resi-
dence now stands. The latter of these buildings has passed away, but the
former still stands just west of the livery stable on East Central avenue. The
third building on the town site was a frame store erected by Henry Martin.
Just prior to the erection of this store, Elias Main put up a saw mill on the
Walnut near the present lower bridge. The year 1868 brought many new in-
dustries to the town. In the spring D. M. Bronson opened a land office. Dr.
Kellogg divided his time between this office and the practice of his profession.
A wagon shop was put up by a Mr. Handley, a blacksmith shop by Mat. Strick-
land and a harness shop by Mr. Gearhart. Mrs. Long opened a millinery store,
and some minor branches of business were carried on, This year was also sig-
nalized by the opening of the first regular saloon. This institution, after being
some time a sore spot in the community, was closed by the suit of Mrs.
Thomas Tool for damages to her husband and the ensuing litigation. To coun-
 

 

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teract the influence of the saloon element thus early arrayed against the pro-
hibition forces, the temperance people organized a lodge of the Sons and
Daughters of Temperance. This order flourished for some time, but finally
died out and its records have been lost. The year closed upon the town in a
flattering state of growth, and bidding fair to become a large central trading
point.

Thus far the reputation of El Dorado had spread little beyond its immedi-
ately associated towns in the northeast—the places where it touched the line of
older settlement, and felt, though distantly, the pulsations of the world’s great
heart. With 1869 came the publication of a paper of its own, the Amigrant’s
Guide, gotten up by Bronson & Sallee, who had entered extensively into real
estate dealings, and printed by Jacob Stotler, of the Emporia Mews. The
Guide was what would now be called a ‘“‘rustler,” and crowed for Butler County
and El Dorado after a very lusty fashion. This year saw the first social gather-
ing of the people in the new settlement, and the first disaster, the drowning of
the Johnson family in the June flood in the Walnut. With 1870 came a rush of
settlers and a flood of events which deserve more specific description.

With the rush of 1870 came the demand for more room within the town
limits, and the specially suave and ready respond to the demand by real estate
men. Lower’s addition of eighty acres, now forming all of the town north of
Central Avenue, was laid out in this year, as were the blocks of land belonging
to Finley & Gordon, on Main street, and that of Wilson on the west. These, to-

_ gether, made a little less than 320 acres.

The form of the name of the capital city of Butler County is even now a
vexed question. When the Walnut Valley Times made its first appearance,
its usually well posted editor adopted the spelling of '* Eldorado.” This came
to be in general use, and when the change in management of the paper was
made, and “ El Dorado” printed as the name of the city, considerable discus-
sion was evoked. Th: following letter from Captain J. Cracklin, of Lawrence,
one of the party who started the town, may fairly be said to settle the matter.

; _ Lawrence, KAN., Dec. 11, 1882.

“DEAR SIR :—In reply to yours of the 7th inst., I would say the name El
Dorado is two Spanish words, and signifies ‘The golden land.’ The beautiful
appearance of the country upon our arrival at the Walnut, suggested the name,
and I exclaimed, ‘ El Dorado,’ and when the town site was selected, the name
was unanimously adopted.
onded it. 7

William Hildebrand is supposed to have been the first settler near El Do-
rado, having taken a claim near where J. D. Conner’s farm now lies. In 1850,
his place which had become a sort of headquarters for horse thieves, was raided,
and Hildebrand after joining the order of the flagellants or anglice, getting a
sound thrashing at the hands of the vigilantes, was given twenty-four hours to
effect his escape from the county, and disappeared forever from El Dorado’s
horizon. In 1859 occurred the first wedding in El Dorado, as well as in the
county, the parties united being Miss Augusta Stewart and a Mr. Graham.
Shortly after the wedding, the groom received serious injuries from the dis-
charge of an overloaded gun and died. The first child born in El Dorado, was
Mattie, daughter of Mr. P. R. Wilson. The first death, that of Mrs. H. D.
Kellogg.

El Dorado postoffice, as originally located, stood a mile and one-half south
of the present town. The mails were, however, handled at the residence of
Henry Martin on the present town site, and the Postmaster, Daniel Stine,
lived at Augusta. There was a little frame building at the site of El Dorado
proper, but in 1867, when the county lines had been moved to their present
southern limit, this had been stripped and stood alone and untenanted. At
this juncture D. M. Bronson, who had been appointed County Attorney, pro-
posed to Connor, Representative from this district, to refit the building and
employ it as county seat headquarters. After various conferences, in which
Connor refused to do anything, Bronson left this part of the country and went
toa point below Augusta. On his return the present El Dorado had been
located and made the county sear. Had Connor responded to Bronson’s
wishes, the present site of El] Dorado might now be a fine farm.

A postoffice had been opened across the Walnut, opposite the present city,
for four or five years before old El! Dorado was surveyed, and D. L. McCabe
had been Postmaster. Daniel Stine, of Augusta, was, as has already been
stated, Postmaster in the old town, though never performing the duties of the
office. The officials in the present city have been: I[enry Martin, H. D.
Kellogg, Mrs. Long, Frank Frazier and. Alvah Sheldon. ‘he office has for
some years been a presidential one.

The first Fourth of July celebration is thus described by Mrs. D. M. Bron-
son: “Our first Fourth of July celebration occurred in 1868, which eclipsed
any:hing I had ever seen for pure, unadulterated patriotism and practically
illustrated freedom. The grove near Dr. Gordon's was selected for the pur-
pose. The preparations were elaborate, seats were improvised, a speaker’s
stand erected. an old army flag was resurrected out of some dark corner and
suspended in graceful folds from the limb of a tree just over the head of
the speaker, which was both inspiring and effective. A public dinner was
the order of the day. The men reconnoitered around to secure the finan.
cial requisite. The women were occupied preparing the ‘grub.’ The day
arrived, and ‘all went merry as a marriage bell.’ The sun shone brightly,
the birds sang sweetly, and all nature seemed in unison with our hearts.
The Marshal of the day was Mr. Elisha Main. The exercises were intro-
duced by singing the ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ which was executed with
spirit; what was lacking in time was supplied in sound. Father Stansberry
offered a prayer; the Declaration of Independence was read by W. T.
Gallagher; orations were then delivered by D. M. Bronson and W. T.
Gallagher, which were both eloquent and patriotic, and so vivid in portrayal
that we could almost see the noble bird in his aerial gyrations, and hear the
footfall of the Pilgrim Father on the barren Plymouth Rock. The Declara-
tion, our glorious Magna Charta, was literally worn out, what there was re-

gt

Yours very truly, J. CRACKLIN.”

I proposed the name and Mr. Thomas Cordis sec--

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maining of it would hardly make a gun wad. After the exercises closed the
table was prepared, looking inviting enough to please the most fastidious
epicure. But here came the ‘tug of war.’ There were about ten bachelors
to one woman .n the county. All hungry, lean and lank, they made one
grand forward march for the table. In about five minutes that table was bare.
One lady approaching me with a countenance indicative ‘of sorrow, said:
‘Have you seen anything of my fruit cake ?—the first one I have seen or made
since I left old England’s shores.’ I told her I supposed it had gone to hunt
up my ‘dried apple pies. I did come near on this occasion being converted
to the doctrine of total depravity. The day’s exercises closed by a grand ball
over Henry Martin’s store, located where Mr. Denny’s store now stands. This
was our first ‘ dress ball.’ ”

The first hotel opened in the new town was a rough frame, erected in 1869,
and occupied by Thomas Bros. This very modest hostelry was later made the
rear portion of the El Dorado House of S. Langdon. For the past four years
the building has been used as a flour and provision house, and the walls, which
have resounded to the baying of hunting dogs or the tales of Indian scares, or
later, to the wassail and rude mirth of pre-prohibition times, are covered with
dust, and for some time have echoed no sounds save the tramp of footsteps and
the scurry of the rats.

E] Dorado has been fortunate in its exemption from disastrous fires, the only
one of any great importance occurring in December, 1880, and destroying the
Walnut Valley Elevator. This structure was built in 1878, at a cost of $10,000,
and had a capacity of 40,000 bushels. It was not only an elevator, but also a
flouring mill. At the time of its destruction it was nearly full of wheat. The
origin of the fire was never precisely ascertained, but was thought to be in-
cendiary,

The city now has a population of fully 2,000, and is growing rapidly. Some
idea of its gain in the past year can be taken from a statement of the buildings
erected during 1882. This list, which is too long for publication, foots up $59,-
too. This sum is distributed among a hundred buildings, giving an average
cost of $591. Many included in the list were small buildings, offices and the
like, but none ran in price above $4,000, and but sixteen reached $1,000, the
majority being cozy residences at or near the outskirts of the city.

CITY GOVERNMENT.

El Dorado was laid out anda form of town establishment inaugurated in 1868, but no
pracucal organization was effected until Sept. 12,1871, whenit was organized under the
aws applying to cities of the third class. J.C. Lambdin, who had been chairman of the
board of trustees, became Mayor pro tem untilthe election of Henry Falls. The list of prin-
cipal officials of the city since that time has been as follows: Mayors, H. Falls, 1872; J.C.
Lambdin, 1873; J. B. Mitchell, 1874;Wm., J. Cameron, 1875:J. A. McKenzie, 1876-77-48; A.
Bassett, 1879; J. A. McKenzie, 1880; A. Bassett, 1881; A. White, 1882. Mr. White died in
office in October 1882, and G. M. Weeks became acting Mayor for the unexpired term. D.
M. Bronson, the first City Clerk, was followed by John P. Campbell, 1872; W. O. Redden,
1873-74-75; Ed. J. Thomas, 1876:Lafayette Knowles, 1877;T.H. Lemon, 1878;L. Leland, Jr.,
1879; C. B. Daughters, 1880-81; E. E. Carr, 1882.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

The first schoolhouse in ElDorado was a log cabin built by a subscription of che settlers
Here Miss Jane Wentworth taught a class of about fifteen. I. 1869-70, the old stone house
still standing near the park, was erected at a cost of $2,000, and regular terms of school
begun. I, Cowles was principal in 1869; T. R. Wilson, 1870; John Snyder, 1871; Charles
Moore, 1872; J.C. Elliott, 1873; E, C. Brooks, 1874-75; Z. M. Riley, 1876; George Edwards,
1 ; 5. W. Hulse, 1878-79-80-81. The present force consists of Alfred McCaskey, Mrs.
Belle Howard, Miss Ida Brown, Mrs. C. B. Daughters, Miss Cora C. Battin, Miss May
Schmucker and Mrs. J. Richardson. The old stone schoolhouse although alarge structure for

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL, EL DORADO.

that early day in the city’s history soon proved inadequate, and on February 22, 1872, the

. corner stone of the present building was laid. The fine stone so abundant in this part ofthe
country was used and the succeeding fall the building was completed at a cost cf $8,000. It
soon became evident that the new Doulding was notlarge enough and its youthful population
overflowed into the old school. In 1879 a large addition was constructed ata cost of $4,000.
This stayed the tide 4 little, but in 1882 it again became necessary to have recourse to the old
building. What shall be the next step is a Knotty problem now vexing the city fathers and
awaiting the city’s becoming one of the second classand establishing ward schools. The
present school hopulation is nearly six hundred.

The Baptist Church was organized in 1869 by Rev. James Saxby, who supplied it for
sometime. During 1870 the church was under the ministrations of Rev. T. G. Grove. The
church then went down and held no services until 1875, when Kev. E. W. Melton was made

astor. In 1877 the pulpit again became vacant and so remained until 1879, when Rev. J.
D. P. Hungate accepteda call. His ministry lasted until 1881, when Rev. C. H. Remington,
the present pastor, took charge of the church. A church-building with a seating capacity
of 250 was erected in 1880 at a cost of $2,500. A Sabbath school started in 1879 has now
an average attendance of 75 and is in charge of John Foutch.
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The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1870 by Rev. James Gordon, who
became its stated supply for about one year. The pulpit was then filled by Rev. W. M.
Stryker. The pastorate then remained vacant for about three years. In 1877 W. M. Pocock
was called to the vacant chair, which he occupied about three years, giving place to Rev. 8.
McAnderson, the present pastor. A church building was begun in 1873 but when the walls
were up the work was stopped until 1877,when the house was completed; the whole costing
$3,500, A parsonage was built in 1878 at a cost of $500. The church now has a member-
ship of eighty, A Sabbath school started in 1877 has now an average attendance of 75, and
is in charge of F. P, Gillespie. be

The Methodist Church was organized in 1870 by Rey. S. F. C. Garrison who supplied it
for two or three months and was succeeded by Rev. D. L. Knowles; to this clergyman suc-
ceeded Revs. S. L. Roberds, A. Hartman, J. W. Fox, T. C. Hunt, W. Oakly, Paul F. Davis, and
Rey. J. T. Burris, the present pastor, who was installed in the spring of 1882. A church
building, erected in 1873 ata cost of $1,500, was enlarged in 1879 at a cost of 38,000, and is
now one of the most commodious in the city. A parsonage was built in 1875. A Sabbath
school, established in 1873, isin a flourishing condition, has an average attendance of 130,
and is In charge of M. Fullenwider. *

The Christian Church was organized by Rev. E. E. Harvey in February, 1873. Under
his leadership it continued to grow for four years. In 1877 B. L. Craig accepled the pastor-
ate. He was followed by Rev. J. F. Floyd who remained until 1882, when Rev. J. J. Henry
was installed. A church building was completed in 1875 ata cost of, $3,400, most of the
money being furnished by Eastern friends, and the labor utilized to.aid the needy of the
town. It has a seating capacity of 250. The society now numbers 165, A Sabbath school,
established in 1875, has now an average attendance of 70, and is in care of JW, Shively.

The United Brethren Church began to hold meetings at the Satchel schoolhouse in 1876,
under Rev. George Gay. After a little time, however, It became dormant, and so remained
until 1878, when services were resumed.’ In 1881 Pastor Guyer commenced his labors,

holding services in El Dorado, and in 1882 a church paling valued at $1,000 was erected.
The society now numbers 80. A Sabbath school, started in 881, isin a flourishing condl-
tion under the superintendence of William Myers.

SOCIETIES AND THE PRESS.

Patmos Lodge, No. 97, A., F. & A. M., was organized on October 19, 1371, with the fol-
lowing officers: T. C, Boswell, W. M.; J. P. Gordon, S. ; J.C. Lambdin, J. W. Tne lodge
now numbers 106, and has the following officers: V.P. Mooney, W. M.; W. H. Baxter, S.W.;
M. I. Mor; an, J.W.; A. Bassett, Treasurer; H.C. Fitch, S. D.; James Hughes, J. D.; Lafayette
Knowles, Sec. Meetings are held on the first and third ‘Thursday of each month in New
Masonic Hall. This hall, which has recently been compleved by the three Masonic bodies of
the gity. is one of the finest in the State; 40x80 feet, and cost unfurnished $6,000.

El Dorado Lodge, No. 74, I. 0. O. F..was organized on October 12, 1872, with six charter
members. The early records of the lodge have been unfortunatély mislaid, and it isim-
possible to give the names of the charter officers. The Jodge now has fifty-two members
and the following officers: Robert Long, N. G.; W.J. Gault, V. G.; Oliver Embree, Secre-
tary; A. Conley, F.S.; J. A. McKinzie, Treasurer. Meetings are held on Thursday of
each week in the new hall erected by tle society. ‘This is one of the finest halls in the State,
a two story brick 72x24, and was erectedin December, 1882, at a cost of $5,000. The lower
floor is rented for business purposes, and the upper occupied as alodgeroom. The other
property of the lodge consists of regalia valued at $300.

£l Dorado Lodge, No. 517, K. of H., was organized on October 17, 1877, with seventeen
charter members and _ the following officers: C. N. James, P. D.; E. Maris, D.; Geo. Weeks,
Rep.; Charles Selig, F. R.; John Friend, Treasurer. 'The lodge has now 2 membership of
thirty. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month in Masonic Hall. The present
officers are: E. Maris, P. D.; Geo. Weeks, D.; J. DeCow, Rep.; C. H. Selig, F. R.; C. N.
James, Treasurer, :

El Dorado Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M., was organized on October 15, 1878, with the
following charter officers: J.S. Dutton, H. P.; E. N. Smith, K.; D. Bassett, Scribe. The
shaper now has fifty members and the following officers: E. Maris, H. P.; A. Bassett, K.;
T. E. Woods, Scribe; V. P. Mooney, Sec.; H.C. Fitch, K. of H.; E. A. Smith, P.S.: F:
Anderson, R. A. C.; William H. Baxter, First Vail; C. P. Strong, Second Vail; W. W. Bug-
bee, third. Ae Meetings are held op the second and fourth Thursday of each month in

ason all.

imo Lodge, No. 48, K, of P., was organized March 8, 1882, with nineteen charter mem-
bers and the following officers: W. Douglass, C.C.; A. Sheldon, V.C.; Joun W. Morrison,
Prelate; George Gardner, P. C.; M. J. Gordon, K. R. §.; W. H. Dunlevy, M. A.; L. Knowles,
M.E.; E. D. Stratford, M. F. The lodge, which now numbers thirty-two, meets on Wednes-
day of each week in Odd Fellows Hall. Its financial atfairs are very flourishing for so young
an order, there being $150 in the treasury and other property to the value of $800. The

resent officers of the lodge are: A. Shéldon, C.C.; M. J. Gordon, V.C.; John Morrison,
relate; W. H. Douglass, P. Oi. G cone N. Younkman, K. RB. 8.; C. Richards, M. A.; George
E. Waldron, M. E.; E. C. Denny, M. F. : :

W. H. L, Wallace Post, No, 66, G.A. R., was organized June 10, 1882, with thirty -eight
members and the following officers: Thomas E. Woods, P.C.; C. P. Strong, S. V.C.: H. L.
Sumner, J. V. C.; E. E. Harvey, Chaplain; William EB. McGinnis, Surgeon; D. Boyden,
Adjutant; A.J. Ralston, Quartermaster. The post meets in Masonic Hall on Saturday of
each week. It had on December 1, 1882, an enrollment of 107.

El Dorado Comm cunder yy No. 19, K. T., was organized in June, 1882, with the following
officers; E. N. Smith, E.C.; Thomas Woods, G.; £. Maris, C,G.; L. Knowles, Recorder.
The compandery now has a membership of thirty-five. Meetings are held on the second
and fou Monday of each month in Masonic Hall. ‘The present officers are; Thomas
Woods, E. C.. C. N. James, G.; W. L. Gibson, C. G.; C. H. Remington, Prelate; H. H. Gard-
ner, S. W.; V. P. Mooney, J. W.; D. Story, Recorder.

Excelsior Lodge, No. 2,093, Ko L., was organized on July 24, 1882, with twenty mem-
bers, which number had increased in November, 1882, to forty. Its officers are: “James
Hughes, M. W.; J. H. Gordon, R. 8.; I. M. Vail, F. S.; William Hartwell, Treasurer; D, S.
Biory, W. IT. Meetin 73 are held on Monday of each week in Odd Fellows Hall.

alnut Vatley Tvmes.—The first number of the Times bears date March 4, 1870, and~
flies the names of Murdock & Danford as publishers. It was a seven column folio of regu-
lation size,and bore at the head of its first column the market quotation “Gold dull at $1,303,
On June 1, 1870 the special partnership between Murdock & Danford was dissolved and
. B. Murdock became sole owner, fonuinuing in this position until March 1, 1881, when
Alvah Sheldon, the present proprietor, purchased the paper. On September 30, 1870, the
paper appeared enlarged to eight columns. For many years the types responded tothe
pressure of a Washington hand press, with a brawny arm at the lever, butin January, 1879,
a Potter power press was purchased. The paper now has a circulation of 1,320, a proof that
its claims as the leading paper of the county, are not without foundation. ‘he paper has
always been published within twenty feet of its present location, on the corner of Main
Street and Central Avenue. This brief outline would convey no fitting idea of thts paper
without a word of the admirable spirit exhibited by its late editor, T. B. Murdock. Iutensely
alive to the great possibilities of his county be prepared for the first number of the Timesa
condensed account of its resources and expectations. This matter appeared onthe fourth
page week after week and month after month,until it had been read by many thousands, to
whom previously this region was terraincognito. Not content with this he introduced care-
fully prepared correspondence, from all over the county, glving the special points of each
locality and what was being done to extend settlement. This constant ringing of the
changes brought on a settlement rarely paralleled in counties so situated, and seems to Justl-
fy ine svatomenl of the present able editor of the Limes: “The county 1s what Murdock
made it.

El Dorado Press.—This paper was started on March 1, 1877 by J. M. Satterthwalte, who
still ownes and runs it, It is a six column quarto sheet, of Republican procllvities, and has
a circulation of 800 copies weekly. Itis published on Thursdays.

Uhe Eagle started in the spring of 1882, onthe material of the Democrat, which had been
purchastd by a stock coupany. . P, Fulton, who had edited the Democrat, became local
editor of the new paper and the political work was done by members of thecompany, On
June 1, E. A. Davis, the present editor, took charge of the office. The paper is a six column
folio entirely home printed anu has a circulation of 900, It advocates Greenback views and
has its largest circulation among the farming community. Itis published Thursdays.

The Butler County Democrat was established in July,1880,by ‘I. P.Fulton, and continued
under the same management until sold to the company which started the Hayle. When Mr.
Fulton severed his connection with the Bagle a stock company was formed and the Democrat
revived with Fulton Bros. as publishers. The paper is an eight column folioand has acir-
culation of 800. It appears on Thursday of each week.

BANKS, ETC.

Exchange Bank.—A private banking house was opened by Neal Wilkie and 8S. L. Shot-
well, on the northeast corner of Main Street and Central Avenue. Here a business was con-
ducted until February, 1877. when the new building was completed, and the bank organized
under the new laws concerning State banks, and a few years later changed its organization
to that of a national bank. Its officers are: A. L. Redden, President; H. H. Gardner, Cash-
ier; W. L. Gibson, Assistant Cashier. ,
The Bank of Et Dorado was opened for business on April 5, 1881, by Edward C. Ellett
and N. F. Frazier, As 5 DEV ate banking concern it makes no official statement of resources.
It has, however, a capital of $30,000 and a surplus of $16,000. This surplus will continue to
increase until 1886, under a limitation act when the bank was established, which allows
neither partner to draw from the funds before the expiration of five years. The bank occu-
pies a fine building cn Main Street. .

The Butler County Bank was organized in January, 1882, under the laws regulating

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

tate banks, and opened its doors on February 1.9It has a capital of $42,000, and the follow-
Piaoticers: John Frouteh, President; F, P, Gillespie, Cashier; F. B. Ewing, Vice-president.
Business is transacted in a first floor room in Masonic Block. ‘

The Bl Dorado Mills were built in 1870 by Wheeler & Burdett. Some few years later
the firm was changed to Burdett & Weeks and as such now exists. The mill buildings
which stand on the east bank of the Walnut near the bridge, have been twice enlarged (1879
and 1881) and are now 38x40 feet and two stories and one-half in height. Power js obtained
from the river through the medium of a forty-inch turbine wheel, and when that fails from
a steam engine of forty horse-power, The millis provided with three wheat and oue corn
puhr-stones and has a capacity of fifty barrels of fine grade flour per day.

The Walnut Valley Mills were builtin the spring of 1841 by Baldwin & Nicholson, by
whom they were run until May, 1882, when they passed into the hands of M. A. Asmey,
who now operates them. The mills have three run of buhrs—two for wheat znd one for
corn—and a capacity of forty barrels per day. Power is furnished by an engine of twenty-
five horse-power. All the wheat required by this mill,is furnished by the farmers of the
county. Both ‘new process ” and “Chicago xxxx ” flours are made.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

VILLE P. AIKMAN, attorney, was born in Laurel County, Ky., December 27,
1859 tn 1871 hecame to Kansas with his parents, his father, W. A. Aikman, being one of
the pioneers of Benton Township, Butler County, where Granville spent a few years in till-
ing the soil and attending school. He took up the study of law in Wichita in the office of
Sluss & Hatton, and was admitted to plactice in 1880, ag 1 Dorado. For atime was editor
le, a Greenback paper published in orado. :

ee Tet ANDERSON, Tambor dealer, became a resident of Kansas in 1870, settling at
Council Grove,where he was engaged in trade. In 1876, he came to El Dorado, engaging in

eneral merchandising, in which branch he was identified up to 1882, and has since been in
the lumber trade. Mr. A. isa native of Kentucky; was born in Harrison County, July 1,
1839. In 1862, was a resident of Chillicothe, Mo., where he enlisted in Company A, Forty-
fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry; was soon after transferred to the Seventh Missouri Vol-
unteer Infantry, in which heserved as Lieutenant until the close of the war, being on «uty
in the Southwest, the Departments of the Cumberland and Tennessee. After the war he re-
sided several years in Missouri, where he was_married to Miss J. K. Denham, of Grundy
County, They have two children—Annie and Johnnie. Mr. Auderson is a member of the

J. R. APPLEMAN, real estate agent, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, September 14,
1831. Lived for atime in Indiana, removing from there to Victor, lowa, where he was in
trade for several years, Came to Kansas in 1870, El Dorado being his home the greater part
of the timesince. He is largely interested in real estate throughout the West. During the
war Mr, Appleman served two years in Coinpany E, Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and for a time was in detached service as Provost Marshal.

CHARLES BAKER, farmer and stockraiser, Section 35, P O. El Dorado, was born in
Campbell County, Ky., July 2, 1882, living principally in that State up to coming to Kansas
in the spring 0 isi. Was married in Cincinnatito Miss Danriaville. They have had
four chlldren—Nellie (Mis, W. H, Hardin), George, Ida and Francis M.

S. P. BARNES, butcher and packer, is a native of Vermont and was horn in Orange
County, November 6, 1829. Was principally reared and educated in New Hampshire. In
1860, Came West, settling in West Union, Iowa. In 1866, came to Kansas, seltling at Eim-
poria, where he resided up to 1870, when he caine to El Dorado. For three years operated a
lumber yard, afrer which he turned his attention to butchering and packing. Mr. Barnes is
one of the pioneers and_ has been foremost among the enterprising men of El Dorado. He
was married in dewa fois Ellen VanDorn. By this union they have five children—Frank,
Allie, Olive, Rollie and Nonie.

A. BASSETT, a native of Windsor County, Vt.. born July 27, 1823. Removed to Al-
bany, N. Y., when young, where hereceived his education, In 1852 came West, lived in Mich-
igan thirteen years when he removed to West Union, Iowa, where he was engaged in {he

rug trade for eleven years. He came to Kansas in 1876, living at Topeka fora yearand
came to El Dorado, Kan., 1877. Mr. Bassett is a Mason and a charter member of the Chapter
in El Dorado. He was married in New York to Miss Mary A. Robinson. They have two
ehildren—Laura and John M. Inthe spring of 1883 Mr. B. was elected Mayor of El Dorada.

W. H. BAXTER, liveryman, is a native of London, Canada West, and was born May 18,
1849, was educated and reared in his native country. He became a resident of Butler
County, Kan., the spring of 1871, locating ona farm on Hickory Creek. Unfortunately ‘ha
was in the way of the cyclone of 1871 which completely demolished his residence and
otherwise damaged his property. In 1877 engaged in the livery businessin El Dorado. Mr.
LB. isa member of the Masonic Order, Blue Lodge, Chapter andCommandery. He was mar-
ried in Indiana to Miss Mary Bech; they have one son—AlvaC. Previous to coming to Kan-
sas Mr. B. resided in Indiana for a Lime. = J f

CHARLES O. BEARDSLEY, merchant, is a native of New York and was born in Frank-
lin County, March 30, 1840. Atthe breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company H. Fif-
ty-fifth New York Volunteer Infantry and served three years, being principally under
Gen. Burnside. After being discharged located in Tennessee where he followed farming for
seven years, thence came to Madison County, IIL, and after asix years residence came‘to
Kansas in 1878, settling in Prospect Township, Butler County; for a few years followed the
stock trade, after which he embarked in mercantile pursuits in El Dorado. He was married
in Tennessee to Miss Sarah White; they have five children—Mary E., Sarah J., John H.,
Stephen A, and Pearlie, Mr, B. is a member of the G. A. R. ‘

8. E. BLACK, attorney, is a native of Illinois, and was born in Greenville, Bond County,
where he was educated and reared. In 1864, he entered the army, serving until the close of
the war. He took up the study of law in his native town, and was admitted to the bar in Cuw-
lev. County in March 28, 1873. He came to Kansas in October 29, 1872, and his residence in
EI Dorado dates from October 29, 1872. In April 30, 1874, he was appointed Probate Judge
of Butler County by Governor Thomas A. Osborn, after which he was elected to the same
office three consecutive terms. Judge Black is numbered among the leading lights of the
Butler County bar. Heisa member of the I.0.0.F. He was married in Milwaukee, Wis.,
to Miss Fannie L. DeGrasse, an estimable lady of rare musical talent. They have one
daughter—Gracie L. t

ANIEL BOYDEN, Deputy County Recorder, is a native of Massachusetts, and was
born in Lowell, September 10, 1840. Atan early age he removed to Boston, where he was
educated and reared, and from there went to New Orleans and eventually located in Mason
County, IIl., where he was engaged in farming and mercantile pursuits for several years.
He enlisted in Company B., Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving through the
greater portion of the Rebellion.” On the17th of September, 1871, he came to Kansa:
settling in Benton Township, Butler County, engaging in farming. For two terms he wa
‘Trustee of Benton Townsh Py and for the past three years has been Deputy Register of
Deeds. Mr. B. is Adjutant of the W. H. L. Wallace Post, No. 66, G. A. R.

Popularly known men of the Cou:

MILTON BRADLEY, County Treasurer, was born in Ontario County, N. Y., March 17,
1833. Atan early age he came West with his parents; here Milton was educated and reared,
his boyhood days being spent in tilling the soil. Im‘1867 he came to Kansas, locating in
Butler County, and turned his attention to farming, pursuing that vocation up to 1879, when
he was chosen by the Republicans as their candidate for County Treasurer. He was
elected, and the autumn of 1882, re-elected without opposition from any party. Mr. B. has
proven himself an efficient official, and occupies one of the most important offices within the
giftof the people. Otherwise officially he has been County Commissioner aud held minor
offices. Ho was married in Michigan to Miss S. J. Kline, of that State. By this union they
have two children—George and Lydia. s

. M. BRONSON, attorney and real estate agent, is a native of New York, and was boru
In Livingston County, October 11, 1837; was educated and reared in his native State. For
nine years he was a resident of Springfield, Ul. He was officially connected with the Wa-
bash and also the Great Western Railroad. In 1866, he came to Kansas, locating at Augus-
ta. Soon after his arrival he was appointed County Attorney by Sam Woods. e has held
every county office, except treasurer, and has been continually identified with county affairs.
For several years he has been doing an extensive business in real estate. Hewas married in
Illinois to Miss M. E, Cooper, of Morgan County. They have three children—William, Lew-
isand Kate. Mrs, Bronson is a lady of considerable literary ability. To herthe compiler of
the general history of Butler County is indebted for much information. Mr. B. isa member
of the Masonic Order. He was also a member of the Legislature from his county in 1879. :

J. G. BURNER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 33, P. O. El Dorado, is a native of N-
nois, and was born in Knox County, October 25, 1840. He was educated and reared in that
State, coming to Kansas in the spring of 1871. Hehas since been identified with the stock
interests of utler-County. He was married in Knox County, Ill., to Miss Martha J. Shaver,
March 24, 1864. They have six children—Alta H., Frank B., Katie G., Oscar G., Judge D.

and Ovid B
Pa., February 17, 1886 ; was

 

e is one of the

J. 8. CALDWELL, restaurateur, was born in Erie County,
there reared and educated. For a number of years he resided in McDonough County, IIL,
comIng from there to Kansas in 1876. In 1877, came to El Dorado, where he has sincé been
in trade. Mr. C. was married in Illinois, to Miss Jane Young. They have four children—
Edith, Morell, Agnes and Myrtle. :

J. W. CAMMERON, attorney, came to El Dorado, in May, 1870, engaging in the real
estate business, tn which line he still continues. Mr. C. is a native of Ohio. and was born in
Logan County. _ When young, removed to Southern Illinois where he was edueated. In
1862, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Tenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; was
Second Lieutenant in the same on entering the service, and was soon promoted to ‘First
ho attdled iawr aad was adinitied to she beet aad arse aes ete ge oartnage, Mo, where

awa o the bar and prominen nti cially, Mr, C, is

favorably known throughout the West, y Nee ae ”
BUTLER

IRA CARPENTER, merchant, is a native of Ohi i
March 18, 1818; was educated and reared in the Buckeye Stare followin pracreaclaoaee
suits for a number of years, The spring of 1869, came to Butler County. an., and for three
years farmed near Ei Dorado; aside from that has been in business in town since. He was
one of the victims of the 1871 tornado, and was considerably damaged tinanciall by it. Mr
Carpenter was married in Ohio, to Miss Charlotte Broman, a native of Delaware bounty By
this union they have had eleven children—Flora M., George R., Mary E., Lodora, Martha,
Annie, Cella, Albert, Cerena; lost two—LauraJ., aged seven years: Charlie, aved thred
years, He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, : a

JOHN M. CARPENTER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, P. O. El Dorado, is a native
of Kentucky and was born In Garrard County, October 29 1842; ‘was educated and reared in

his native State, In 1861 he enlisted in the Seventh Kentucky ‘Cavalry being mustered in
as Sergeant and discharged at the expiration of his three years’ term as Second Lieutenant
Mr. C. came to Kansas in the fall of 1870, locating where he now resides. He was married

TU OR HLS Gone or that State. By this union they have six children, James
’ . 5 a nfant. r. O. ’ a

held other offices. | He is a member of the G. AEB ee ROU EOE ther Leena, and
. Ee attorney, was born near Bellevue, Ja : :

was reared in the Hawkeye State and was princifall Fone a eer “ phlecinte Tas?
tute, Hopkinton, lowa, He commenced the study of law in the State University of Towa, of
which he is a graduate. Mr, Carr came to El Dorado in the summer of 1881 fe was mar-
ried At Anamosa, Lowa, July.6, 188), te Miss Della, Metcalf. They have one son—Joseph, Jr.
att omneys, of the county. »and A.O.U. W. He is numbered among the successful

. O. LE, Deputy County Clerk, is a native of the ¢

Dec. 9, 1845; at an early age removed with parentsto Chie eee ees ena ere
he was educated and reared. During the Rebellion served nineteen months in the One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. C. came to El Dorado in 1882.
E. 1. CLARK, the “Good Lueck” grocer, came to Butler County, Kansas, in 1869. engag-
ing in farming near El Dorado, in which he continued for a few years, after which he located
in town; for several years was in the employ of J. H. Ewing. The year 1882 he built the
- Store he now occupies and established the “Good Luck” grocery house. Mr. Clark is a
native of New York and was born in Westchester County, January 20, 1827; was educated
and reared in the Empire State; for a period of years was proprietor of a grocery establish-
ment in New York City. He has been twice married, first in New York to Miss Lavina B.
Romer, now deceased. By this marriage has four children, Charles, Geo, W., Frank and
Wm. H. He was married in El Dorado to Mrs. Mary J. Long, who for over nine years was
Postmistress of the El Dorado office. Mrs. Clark by her former marriage had four children
Jennie, Robert, Lizzie and Muthen. Mr. and Mrs. C. are membersof the M E. Church. ;

J. D. CONNER, farmer and stockraiser, Section 10, P. 0. El Dorado, is one of the earliest
and best known citizens of Butler County. He is a native of the County Kerry, Ireland
and was boru June 20, 1837; when nine years of age came to the United States with his
parents, who settled at Portsinouth, N. H., where J. D. spent his youthful days, and became
proficient in the ‘‘art preservative ” in the office of the ¥ #H. Gazette, the oldest ournal in
America. In 1857, as a journeyman printer, he drifted westward, arriving in Wyandotte,
Kan.,in April. For a short time he held “cases ” on a small paper that was started in Quin-
daro, and sojourned for awhile in Johnson County. The spring of 1858 he came down into
what is now Butler County, taking the claim which is now his home. His farm was the first
regularly entered in the county. Mr. Conner turned his attention to cleari ng up his land,
and has since been identified with its growth and development. In 1862 he enlisted as a pri-
vate in the Ninth Kansas, serving through the war until April, 1865, when he was honor-
ably discharged as First Lieutenant. In 1866-7 was a member of the State Legisiature.
Through his efforts the boundary lines of Butler County were settled,and to him the citizens
are indebted for its mammoth size. Mr, Conner politically has always been a Republican, He
has been twice married, his first wife being deceased. Her maiden name was Marcilla
Fenno. By this marriage has two children—Warren and Alice. His present wife was for-
merly Miss Mary Petrie,.of Lawrence,‘Kan. They have one daughter, Addie ©. He is a
member of the K. of H. and the G. A. R. bee

DWIN COWLES, M. D., was born in Claremont, N. H., December 24, 1829. He was
fitted for college at the New London Literary and Scientific Institution, New London, N. H.,
after which he spent two years at Brown University. For afew years he followed teaching
in the local academies, eventually turning his attention to the study of medicine. After ex-
amining the merits of the schools of homeopathy and allopathy, he chose the former. Be-
coming conversant with the rudiments of his adoptigd calling under the tutorship of a resi-
dent physician of his county, he then took a course at the University of Vermont, then came
West, settling at Iron Ridge, Wis., where he practiced for atime, going from there to Chi-
cago, where he attended lectures atthe Hahnemann Medical College, graduating in 1866.
In June, 1868, he came to Kansas, taking up his abode adjoining the town site of Ei Dorado.
He taught school for four consecutive terms, beingt he first teacher of the El Dorado school,
aud has since been identified with its educational interests. In connection with his practice
the doctor operates a fine farm adjoining town. He is an active worker in the Baptist
Church with which he has been officially associated for several years. He was married at
lron Ridge, Wis., to Miss Sarah McDuitfee. They have four children—Leman T, ClaraS., Ollie
J,and Edgar A. While working ina mill at Claremont, N. H., in 1850, he met with an acci-
dent by which he was deprived of his left arm. c

J.L. CUPPLES, sheep raiser, Section 4, P.O. El Dorado, was born in Mifflin County, Pa.,
December 20, 1839; was there raised and learnéd the carpenter’s trade, after which
he went to California, pursuing his vocation on the Pacific slopea few years. In 1870
became a resident of Butler County, being one of the pioneers in the vicinity of El Dorado.
In connection with his extensive sheep industry he does a large amount of constructing and
building. Mr. Cupples isa member of the Masonic Order, and is a charter member of the
Lodge in FE] Dorado, He was married in Pennsylvaniato Miss Lizzie Long. They haveeight
children by this union—Ashley, Jeanette, Samuel, Dora, Ralph, Fred, Robertand Jay.

C. H. DAVIES, M. D., is a native of Ohio, and was born iu Miami County, February 4,
1853; was principally reared and educated in Miami County, where he took up the study of
medicine, graduating from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1877. The
same year he came to Kansag, locating in El Dorado. r. Davies is numbered among the
representative practitioners of Southern Kansas. He is at present physician for Butler
County, and U. 8S. Examining Surgeon. He was married in Ottawa, La Salle Co., Ill., to Miss
Marcia A. Leland, of that city. They havetwochildren—Arthur J., and Charles Leland.

Co. B,. DAUGHTERS, attorney at law and Justice of the Peace, was bornin Lee County,
Iowa, March 20, 1848. When six years of age he removed with his parents to Van Buren
County, Iowa, where his parents resided until 1863, at which time they located in Scotland
County, Mo._C, B. received the benefits of the common schools, after which he took a course
io the State University at Kirksville, Mo., graduating in 1873. The same year he came to
Kansas, taking up his abode at Hiawatha, remaining two years in the capacity of principal
of theschool. Fora year he was also identified with the educational interests of Troy, Kan.
In 1876-77 attended law department of Michigan University, at Ann Arbor. During his
leisure time while teaching he studied law, and in 1877 he was admitted to the bar of Doni-
phan County. In 1877, he came to El Dorado, and soon after his arrival he was elected Jus-
tice of the Peace, the duties of which office he still continues to discharge, He was married
in Brown County, Kan., to Miss Carrie M. Herbert, 1877. Mr. Daughters is a member of the

asonic Order.

JACOB DE COU, grain merchant, is a native of Canada West, and was born at Port Do-
ver, in September, 1843. In 1849, removed with parents to the United States, settling in
Winneshiek County, Iowa, where they resided until 1855, when they located in Fillmore
County, Minu. For several years Jacob was a resident of Michigan, and came from that
State to Kansas in 1870, taking u P his abode in Butler County. For afew years was engage
in farming, after which he turned his attention to the hay and grain trade. His trade in
hay has been extensive, having Government contracts down in New Mexico. Mr. D. is one
of the substantial pioneers of the county. He was married in Michigan to Miss Emma
Woods. They have oneson—Fred. Mr. D.is a member of the Masonic Order, *

JAMES DODWELL, saddler, was born inthe State of New York, in 1846; his parents
dying when he was young, he was left to his own resources. Atan carly age Kalamazoo
County, Mich., became his home where, in 1861, he enlisted in the Fifty-sixth Mlinois,
Volunteer Infantry, as drummer; on being mustered out, re-enlisted in the First Illinois
Light Artillery as a private, serving eighteen months when he was discharged on account
of wounds received at Corinth; his term in _the service was with Sherman’s army; resided
in Michigan until 1871, when he came to El Dorado, engaging in business in 1876; has been
identified among the business men of the town, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the
. A. R,, Wallace Post of ElDorado. He was married in Kalamazoo, Mich., in the fall of 1874
to Miss Rebecca De Cou. They have three children—Louits, Lona and Lee.

W. H. DOUGLASS, Sheriff, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., September 14, 1840; was
there reared and educated, his early life being that of afarmer boy. In 1861 he was among
the first to enlist and as a private in the Eighth New York Cavalry, went to the front serving
through to the close; he participated in 62 engagements, having many close calls: a great
portion of the time was a scout for General Custer. After the war he returned to New York,
turning his attention to farming, and for a period was engaged in compiling county histories
of the Empire State. In 1870 he came to Kansas locating in the vicinity of Douglass in the
south part of Butler County, bere he followed farming until the fall of 1879 when he was
elected to the office of Sheriff by the Pepublican party and in 1882 was re-elected. Mr. D.
makes an able and competent official. Heis aK. T. Mason and a member of the I. 0. 0. F.,
the K. of P.and G. A. R. He was married in New York, to Miss Mary M. Reaves; they have
two children—Amelia T. and Earle M. :

J. W. DOUGLASS, deceased, brother of the above,came to Kansas in J aly 1868, locating
on what is now the town site of Douglass in Butler County; from his name_the town derived
itsname. He selected the location and the choice was & ood one, as it is one of the most
desirable in the State. Mr. Douglass was closely identified with the development of that

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locality and was one of the most public spirited men inthe county. His death occurred in

1872, He was a native of Wayne County, N. Y., and entered the army at the same time his

brother did aud in the same company and regiment. He was taken prisoner and spenta
ear in Andersonville and Salisbury ;when released he weighed but sixty-seven pounds Mr.
ouglass was the nioneer merchant and first Postmaster of Douglass.

EN. A. W. ELLET was born near Bristol, Bucks Co., Pa., October 11, 1820. His father,
Charles Ellet, and his mother (who was an Isrial) were natives of Pennsylvania. A. W. re-
ceived his primary education in Philadelphia. When thirteen years of age he was obliged to
leave school on account of his health. In 1836, with an elder brother, he came West, arriving,
after a two weeks’ journey, at Bunker Hill, Macoupin Co., Ill., where they located, being
among the first settlers in that locality. He turned his attention to tilling the soil, and was
identified with the agricultural interests of Macoupin County for a quarter of a century.
Upon the breaking out ot the Rebellion he organized three companies, He was urged by the
troops composing each company to accept the captaincy, which he did pnaliy, of the third
company. The quota for Ilinois, which was ten regiments, was at that time filled, and Capt.
Ellet, on assuming command, reported to Gov. Gamble, of Missouri, who had his company
enrolled in the Ninth Missouri Volunteer Infantry as Company I, which was then recruiting,
This regiment was subsequently, by order of the President, designated as the Fifty-nint
illinois Volunteer Infantry, the ten companies which composed it being entirely from Illinois.
Capt. Ellet served with his original company until after the battle of Pea Ridge, at which
time he was ordered to report at Gen. Schofield’s headquarters, in St. Louis, ‘‘ with one hun-
dred men and six officers, none above the grade of First Lieutenant, for secret and dangerous
service.” Upon his arrival in that city, he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, and,placed
in command of one hundred picked men. The duty assigned him was to assist in operating
aram fleet. His brother, Col. Charles Ellet, Jr., acivil engineer, had been ordered by the Sec-
retary of War to construct a fleet of nine rams, which at this period were under headway at
New Albany, Ind. To that point Lieut.-Col. Ellet repaired. Upon his arrival they made an
impromptu departure, having the mechanics finish their work on the rams while going down
the river. On the 6th of June, 1862, they fought the battle before Memphis, in which they
and the gunboats, under commana of Com. Davis, completely annihilated the enemy’s fleet.
In this noted engagement Charles Ellet received a wound, from the effects of which he died,
June 20, at Jefferson barracks. He was the only man who received an injury on the ram
fleet. hen news of his death reached the War Department, the Secretary at once tele-
graphed Lieut. Col. A. W. Ellet to take command of the fleet. Lieut. Col. Ellet, without
waiting for instructions, proceeded down the river, having one object in yiew—the opening
of the Mississippi River to our boats. Upon reaching the mouth of Old River, a few miles
above Vicksburg, Lieut. Col. Ellet sent his nephew, Charles Rivers Ellet, and his son, Ed C.
Ellet, with three others, across the peninsula, and opened communication with Admiral
Farragut, giving to that gallant officer the first intelligence he had yet received of the anni-

ilation of the enemy’s fleet opposite Memphis. It was during this period that the rebel
ram Arkansas came out of Yazoo River and ran the gauntlet of a hundred guns, passed
throuso the entire Federal fleet almost uninjured, and landed under the Vicksburg batteries.
Col. Ellet offered his service to run into the Arkansas with one of his rams, and sink her at
her anchorage. This offer was accepted by both Admirals Davis and Farragut, and Col.
Elset proceeded to prepare his vessel for the attack; but before the time for starting had ar-
rived, he received orders from the admirals that the iron-clad_ gunboat Essex, commanded
by Com. Procter, supposed to be the most powerful vessel of the navy, should precede the
ram in the attack upon the Arkansas; should run down and grapple with the enemy, haul
her from her position into the stream, and fight her broadside to broadside. When the fight
began Col. Ellet was to dart out with his ram under full head of steam, run into the Arkansas,
and sink her in midriver. Col. Ellet moved out upon the report of the first gun announcing
that the engagement was begun; but upon rounding the point above Vicksburg, the Essex
was observed proceeding downthe river, andthe Arkansas was still at her moorings, her

osition only changed by lengthening her headlines, so that Col. Ellet could only strike her

y passing below and coming up stream, thus losing much of the ram’s momentum and less-
ening the violence of the shock. The blow was delivered, however, and the Arkansas was
greatly injured. so much so that she could not be properly repaired with the means at com-
mand at Vicksburg. For this actof bravery Col. Ellet was promoted to Brigadier General, -
He next moved onto Vicksburg with the Mississippiram fleet, Immediately after the capture
of that city, in which he took a prominent part, he was ordered to report at the War Depart-
mentin Washington, where he received a commission to take command of a Mississippi
marine brigade and ram fleet. This was composed of a regiment of infantry, a battalion of
cavalry and a section of artillery, which was to be carried on large steamers. The base of
operations was on the Mississippi south of Memphis. The vessels were so constructed that,
upon their touching the shore, the command could be thrown out in line of march in less
than five minutes. This fleet did good work up to January, 1864, when, on account of there
being no further need of such,service, it was discontinued. Gen. Ellet resigned upon hear-
ing of Sherman’s capture of Savannah. Gen. Ellet’s command was a-peculiar one, being
organized under special instructions from the War Department to act upon the water. His
reports were made direct to the Secretary of War. hile an independent commander, he
yet received orders from the Admiral of the Navy when acting in concert with him. The
principal duty of the brigade and ram fleet was to act against the guerrilla bands of the
enemy, who fired upon our vessels in their passage up and down the river. The brigade
enjoyed the proud record of having captured more than twice their own number in pris-
oners. Gen. Ellet resided in Illinois until 1869, when he became a resident of El Dorado,
andis largely interested in real estate in Butler County, and city property in El Dorado.
The General is commanding in appearance, is a type of the gentleman, and is eminently
popular with all, He has always been a total abstainer in the use of tobacco and liquors,
He has been twice married; first to Miss Sarah J. Roberts, now deceased. By this union
had three children—E. C., William H.and Elvira E., now Mrs. Kendall, of Topeka. The
present Mrs. Ellet was formerly Miss Abigail Roberts. -

ED. E. ELLET, banker, is a native of Illinois. and was born in Macoupin County. Sep-
tember 17, 1845. In 1861 he enlisted, serving three years and three months, the greater
portion of the time being First Lieutenant on his father’s (Gen. A. W. Ellett) staff. © par-
ticipated in the battles of Pea Ridge and Vicksburg. After the war, for three years he was
engaged in cotton planting in Mississippi. In 1869 he came to El Dorado, embarking in the
hardware trade, being the first in that branch, which he continued up to 1882, when he
turned his attention to banking. Mr. Ellet was married in Illinois to Miss F. W. Van Dorn,
of Macoupin County. He isa member of the G. A. R.

J. H. EWING, merchant, came to Kansas in 1870, engaging in trade in Topeka; in 1871
located in El Dorado where he has since been engaged extensively in mercantile pursuits.
Mr. E. is a native of Pennsylvania, and was boru in Somerset County, September 33,
1832, residing for a:time in Ohio, and for several years was a resident of Knoxville, IL,
where he was married to Miss Cornelia Weeks. They have three children: William, Charles
and Albert, Mr. Ewing is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member of the K. of. H.

I. V. B. FISHER, farmer and stockraiser, Section 25, P.O. El Dorado, is a native of Penn-
sylvania and was born February 15, 1837; at an early ageremoved with parents to Adams
County, Md.. where he was educated and reared, coiing from there to Butler County,
Kansas, the autumn of 1870, and has since been a resident of El Dorado. He was married in
Maryland to Miss Mary Hensley, a native of Adams County.

W. P. FLENNER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, P.O. El Dorado, is a native of
Pennsylvania and was born in Huntingdon County in 1840, and was educated and learned
the plasterers’ trade in his native State, after which he came West, locating in Urbana, Ill.
In 1862 he, enlisted in the Seventy-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close
of the war. He came to Kansas, locating where he now resides in June, 1877, Previous to this,
however, he had _been aresident of Nebraska several years. Mr. Flenner has been twice
married, first in Pennsylvaniato Miss Susin Hoeford, now deceased. She was a native of
Somerset County. There were eight children born to them: Mattie, Arizomu, Mary and
Walter. They lost four: Ida, Conrod, Grace and Charlie, He was married in Illinois to Miss
Jennie Ruddick. She has two children by her first husband: Frank and Lizzie Ruddick.
Mr. F. is a member of the I. 0. O. F., the G. A. R. and Methodist Episcopal Church. Politi-
cally he advocates the Greenback doctrine, butis not a man of partisan views.

YouN FOUTCH, president Butler County bank, is a native of Illinois, and was born in
Sangamon County,September 6, 1826 was educated and reared in his native State. Fora num-
ber of years was prominently identified as a farmer and merchant in Sangamon County. In
1876 was representative to the State Legislature from that county. In 1882 he came to
El Dorado where he associated himself with the banking and general commercial interests
of Southern Kansas. Politically Mr. F. is a Republican. He is a member of the Baptist

h.

HON. J. H. FULLIN WIDER is a native of Kentucky, was born in Shelby County Sep-
tember 1,1831. At an early age removed to Sangamon County, Illinois, which was his
home until March 1879, when he became a resident of ElDorado. Mr. F. was reared a farmer
which industry he still follows in connection with the stock trade. He has and is doing
considerable in the way of building up El Dorado. The autumn of 1882 he was elected to
the legislature from Butler County by the Republican party, as a representative. His record
will compare favorably with any in the House. Mr. F. was married in Sangamon County,
Ill, to Miss Isabelle Hall. They have three children. He and his family are members of
the Methodist Eplecgual Church.

M. L, FULLIN WIDER, M. D. is a native of Illinois, and was born in Sangamon County
Jung 11, 1849. He was reared in his native State, being principally educated at the Wes-
lyan University at Bloomington, graduating in 1871, after which he took up the study of
medicine, taking lectures in the University of Vermontand Rush Medical College of Chica-
go, where he passed a creditable examination, and was admitted to practice in 1875. Dr. F.
came to El Dorado in 1882. He was married in Illinois to Miss Clara Munsell. ‘They have
two children, Charlgy and Willie. He and his family are members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.

PRULTONS BROS., publishers of the Butler County Democrat, one of the wiriest, straight
out-shoulder hitters and avlest edited advocates of Democracy in Kansas. TT. P. Fulton, the
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senior editor and engraver, is a nativeof Ohio, and was born in Brown County November
11,1850. He was educated inthe Buckeye State, and followed the profession of teaching
for several years in Ohio and Kentucky. In 1873 he came to Kansas and for two years fol-
lowed teaching in Neosho and Crawford counties. He located in Girard in 1875, where he
established the Crawford County News, the first Democratic paper in the county. After
successfully operating the same for one year, he sold out and returned to Oh io, remaining
until 1879, when he again became a resident of Girard, purchasing a half interest in J'he
News, and for another year was identified with the press of Crawford County. Disposing
of his interest in the News, he removed to J oplin, Mo., and was city editor of The Heraid
until June, 1880, when he came to El Dorado, In July of that year was issued the first edi-
tion of the Democrat. Mr. Fulton is a progressive newspaper man in every sense of the
~ word, and if he is not ahead of the procession, is close behind the band wagon. He is very
logicalin handling the important issues of the day, has akeen idea of the ridiculous, is pun-
gent when occasion demands It, and when his trenchant pen is dipped in gall, woe be tothe
Victim. G.M. Fulton, the junior editor, was bornin Brown County, Ohio, September 19,
1854. He was educated and reared in’his native State, residing in Aberdeen and other
points, his vocation being that of school teaching and farming. holding at different periods
the offices of Town Clerk and Assessor of personal property. In 1881 he went to Colorado,
coming from there to El Dorado October 11, 1881. In June 1882 he became associated on
The Democrat. G. M. is one of the most genial and popular-going men in the county,
EORGE GARDNER, attorney, a native of Illinois, was born in Cook County July 10,
1854, was principally reared and educated in Cook County, graduating from the academy at
Elgin, Il.,in 1875. For several years he followed the vocation'of school teaching. He came to
El Dorado in the spring of 1879, at which time he took up the study of law, and was admit-
ted to the bar in September, 1880. In the autumn of 1882 he was elected County Attorney.
In this position he has attained the reputation of attending strictly to business, and is a ter-
Tor to evil doers, Mr. G. has but few equals as an attorney in Butler County. He is a Mason,
K. T., and member of the K. of P. He was married in 1880 to Miss Ada L. Smith, They
have one son, George M.
H. H. GARDNER, cashier Exchange Bank, is a native of St. John, New Brunswick, and
was born January 28, 1846. He was reared in the Province of New Brunswick, receiving
his education in the Wesleyan College at Sackville. When seventeen years of age, he went
to India and other countries; upon returning located in Chicago, I1J., and for two years was
in the employ of J. V. Farwell & Co. On the 20th of December, 1869, he came to Kansas,
locating in El Dorado, January 9, 1870. For a number of years he was engaged in mercantile
pursuits, his store being among the first erected in the town, Upon the incorporating of the
Exchange Bank, of which he is one of the stockholders, he assumed his present position.
few, ifany, have contributed more amply towards the upbuilding of El Dorado than Mr.G.
for four years he was City Treasurer. and otherwise dentified with city affairs. Heisa
Knight Templar Mason. On the 21st of February, 1872, he was married in El Dorado, to
Miss Lillie Sears, of Carson City, Nev.

REV. 8. F.C. GARRISON, horticulturist, Section 8, P.O. El Dorado, Kan., isa native of
Indiana, and was born in Parke County, June 9, 1832. At an early age he removed to Ohio,
where he studied, preparing for the ministry, and also received the benefits of the Illinois
College at Jacksonville. The hope and desire of his parents and friends was that he would
enter the ministry in the Old Presbyterian Church; but having a broader and more consist-
ent view of the atonement made by Christ, he chose a medium ground between extreme
Calvinism and Arminianism, The Methodist Episcopal C’ rch, fowa Conference, licensed
him to preach, and he was admitted in 1857 and appointea .o Peoria charge; 1858, to Mus-
catine; 1859, to Richmond; 1860, 1861, at Green Castle; 1862, at Red Rock. ‘Enlisted for the
war; moved his family to Knoxville, Iowa; failed to be elected captain of the company he
recruited because he would not pay the whisky bill, but was appointed a Sergeant, and did

ood service in drilling the men and writing for the Captain and Regiment—Fortieth Iowa

nfantry.After one year and ten months, was promoted to thechaplaincy of the Fortieth lowa
Infantry ;was zealous and successful as a Chaplain. After the war he was appointedto Mont-
rose, Iowa, 1866 and 1867; to Winfield, 1868; to North Liberty, 1869. The disability con-
tracted while in the army increasing, he located and moved to El Dorado, Kan., where he
organized the first Methodist Episcopal Society, and was the first pastor inthe place, He
has recently identified himself with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is now liv-
ing on his fine fruit farm near town. Mr.G. ha3 done much toward the fruit-growing
interest ofthe county, His orchard comprises about 4,000 trees of different varieties. Has
been here thirteen years, and passed through maelstrom of privations incident to pioneer
life. He has lost by death two wives and two children, His present wife was Miss E. J.
Jones, of Knoxville, lowa, He has seven children living.

W. J. GAULT, brick manufacturer, is one of the versatile and enterprising business
men of El Dorado. He located herein the spring of 1876, embarking in the furniture trade.
For the past f2w years, has been extensively engaged in the manufacture of brick, in con-
nection wilh other branches of industry. Mr. Gault is a native of New York, and was born
in Washington County, September 6, 1830; was educated and reared in the Empire State.
In 1857, came West, settling in Kansas Clty, where for ten years he pursued the vocation of
brick-making. He enrolled Company D of the Kansas City Station Guards, under the aus-
pices of the State militia, of which he was appointed Captain. In August, 1861, entered the
Seventy-seventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, servin# three years. Mr. Gault was married
in Kansas City to Miss Martha Phillips, of Ray County. Mo. They have had two children
--Eliza and William D. Heisa member of the I. 0. 0. F. 3

A. O. GRIGGS, merchant, came to Butler County, settling on the south branch of the
Little Walnut in 1870, where for a time he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1879
he cugaged iu merchandising in El Dorado. Mr. G. is a native of Ohio, and was born in
Trumbull county, March 17, 1829. At the age of one anda half years he’ moved with his
Parents to Ashtabula County. He was educated and reared in his native State. In 1860 he
went to Colorado, residing there until 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, afterward
Company D, Second Colorado Cavalry. The winter of 1862 he was at Fort Lyon, and the
spring of 1863 he came tothe States, aud was stationed for a time at Hickman Mills. He
participated in the Little Blue engagement, and was actively engaged in fighting bush-
whackers all through the Southwest until the close of the war, when he was honorably
discharged at Fort Riley in 1865. Colonel Ford cominanded a brigade during the cam-
paign of 1864, after Gen. Price, and had a special escort of twelve men during this cam-
paign. Mr. Griggs was one of this number and took part in the battles of Little Blue,

 

 

 

estport and Newtonia. He resided in Colorado until 1870, whenthe came to Kansas. Mr.

G, is 4 member of the Masonic order andthe G, A. R. He was married October 25, 1874, to
Mrs. Nancy Cowley, widow of Lieut. Matthew Cowley, of the Ninth Kansas, whio died in
Little Rock, Ark., Octover"?7, 1864, while in the United States service. Lieut. Cowley was a
man favorably known throughout Southern Kansas for his noble traits. To him many of
the pioneers were indebted for assistance in the earlier days of the Southwest. As a just
tribute the county of Cowley was named in his honor, Lieut, Cowley was born in Lexing-
ton, Ky. hen eighteen years of age he removed to Indiana, where he was married to
Miss Nancy Johnson, now Mrs. Nancy Griggs, a nativo of Crawfordsville, Ind. She was
born December 24, 1828. Mr. and Mrs.C. soon afterward emigrated to Iowa, settling at Fort
Des Moines, being among the first settlers in that part. Mr. G.at that time followed the vo-
cation of school teaching. In October, 1858. they caine to Kansas, settling on the Little Wal-
nut, in Butler County; but finding said Jand belonged to Indians he moved on t6 the west

- branch of the Main Walnut, two miles north of where El Dorado now is. The country at that
period was in its wild state, no houses or inhabitants within several miles of them, and In-
diansin abundance. Mrs. G. became quite proficientin thelr art of medicine, which sho
has utilized of late years, attaining considerable celebrity throughout the West, Tho chil-
dren born to Mr, and Mrs. Cowley were six—William R., born December 26, 1845; James,
April 8, 1852; Matthew, October 2, 1854; Mary A., February 25, 1856; Adaline M., May 4,
1858, and Hetty, October 23, 1863.

J. P. GORDON, M, D. and druggist. This prom{nent member of the medical fraternity
was born in Washington County, Penn.,1819._ He removed to Ohio when achild, and wag
raised and received his education in Holmes County, of that State. In 1842, at the age of
twenty-three, he married Miss Lydia E, Miller. e removed to Iowa in 1852 and followed
his profession there till 1866, when he moved to Lyon County, Kan., living at Emporia
unt 1869. Hethen moved to El Dorado, Butler Co., Kan., and engaged in the land a, ency
business until 1872. He then went into the drug trade, and practices a prescription aeust.
ness only. Mr. Gordon’s first wife died in 1863, in Lowa, leaving one child—a son—M, G.
Gordon. He was married again in 1863 to Miss Martha Rice. His son by the first mar-
riage—M. G. Gordon—is junior member of the firm of Gordon & Son, Our subject has been a
member of the Masonic order for twenty-five years, was a charter member of the lodge in
El Dorado, and was one of the organizers of the Walnut Valley Bank. He laid out Gordon's
Addition to El Dorado in 1872. | i

J. V. GORDY, brick manufacturer, is a native of Indiana. When two years of age his
father, Benjamin, emigrated to Iowa, locating on Raccoon Forks, the site of the present city
of Des Moines, He was one of the first settlers in that part. Mr. Gordy was a brickmaker
by trade, and he turned out the brick that was used in Duiiding the garrison there, the place
soon after being known as Ft. Des Moines. J. V. was educated, reared and resided for a
number of years at that point. In 1858 the family came to Kansas, settling at Chelsea, But-
ler Co. After a two years residence he returned to Iowa, and in 1868 located ermanently
in Kansas at El Dorado, For five years he was engaged in thelivery business, after which he
turned his attention to brick manufacturing. His brother laid out the original town plat of
El Dorado, and was prominently fassociated with its development for several years. Mr
Gordy is numbered among the progressive men of the town. He was married in Polk
County , Lowa, to Miss Amanda Gooding: By this union they have had five children—Rosa,
Berdella and Franklin L.; lost, two. r. Gordy is a member of the K. of H.

L. L. HAMILTON, attorney, was born in Harrisville, Butler G., Pa, March 4, 1850,
where he was educated and reared until the age of sixteen years. At that age he emigrated
to Iowa with his parents, who settled in Davis County. He took up the study of law at
Bloomfield, the county seat of Davis County in 1868; afterward pursued his studies at

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

wa, eventually taking a course in the law department of the State University, and in
sine Be. passed an examination in Des Moines, and was admitted to practicein all the
courts of the State. The same year he came to Kansas and located temporarily at Emporia,
coming from there to El Dorado on the 24th of April, 1872. He held the office of County At-
torney of Butler County during the years of 1877 and 1878. Mr. Hamilton was married in
Kansas to Miss Jennie Carr, a native of Pennsylvania, The, have two sons—Dillon and
Homer. 2 .

W. H. HARDIN, farmer and stockraiser, Section 26, P.O. El Dorado; is a native of
Wheeling, Va., and was born December 22, 1857; was educated and reared in that State, re-
moving to Kentucky after attaining his majority, wherehe was married to Nellie Baker, By
this union they have one son, W.H. Jr. Mr. Hardin came to Butler Coun'y in 1879. By trade
is a marble cutter. i

. E. E. HARVEY, the present Register of Deeds for Butler County, was born in
Monrae CouiGn: Ind., April 1, 1826, and was there educated and reared. Upon the breaking
out of the Mexican war he enlisted in the Third Indiana Volunteers, Weutto Mexico, sery-
ing one year in that memorable conflict, in Jim Lane’s regiment. In 1855 he emigrated to
Iowa, locating in Appanoose County, being one of the pioneers in that part. He was the
founder of the town of Belaire, where he resided several years. When Sumter was fired,
he was among the first to respond, and did so by organizing a company which was enrolled
in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry, but was soon after transferred to the Sixth Kansas Cavalry,
and served as Captain until mustered out. His company was letter B, Sixth Cavalry. They
were on scouting duty in the Southwest; had several fights with Quantrell and several
other note | bushwhackers. He was honorably discharged at the close of the conflict, having
served three years, three months and eighteen days. After the war he resided in lowa for
s-veral years, In 1872 Mr. Harvey came to Butler, engaging in agricultural pursuits in
the southern part of the county, where he continued to reside until elected Recorder in 1879.
He is now serving the second term. Politically, he is of strict Republican principles. Early
in life he became identified with the Christian Church. He has done much wherever his
lot has been cast In furthering the cause of Christianity. For several years he has been an
ordained preacher of the Christian denomination. Capt. H. is a member of the G. A. R.,
and is a charter member of the Masonic lodge in Douglass, Butler County.

A. B. HUBBELL, surgeon dentist, was born in Bridgeport, Conn., August 7, 1855. When
A. B. was in his fourth year his father, T. B. Hubbell, with family, removed to Europe,
spending several years traveling in England, France, and other countries, ‘The maternal
ancestors of A. B. were Strattons, Gen. Tom Thumb (Stratton) being his uncle, with whom
he spent three and a half years. His education he received principally in France; was
attending school at Geaines, when the France and Prussia war broke out. In his extendeil
travels visited China, remaining in the Orient 4 considerable time. He took up the study of
dentistry in New York city, graduating from the New York College of Dental Surgery in
1872. In 1873 came to Topeka, Kau., where he practiced his profession until 1881, at
which time he located in El Dorado, He was married in Topeka, to Miss Nina L. Dickenson,
They have one son—Albert B. Z

é N. JAMES came to Kansas in the spring of 1860, settling in Linn County, near where
Pleasanton now is, and engaged in farming, but the famine of that vear left him entirely
destitute; and, not wishing to eat the bread of idleness, and live off the Emigrant Aid
Society, as was the custom in those times. Inthe fall of 1860, with ten cents in his pocket,
he removed to Butler, Bates Co., Mo., where be engaged in teaching. which occupation
he followed until, in the summer of 1861, the war of the revellion made it too hot for a
Union man to remain in Missouri, when, with his wife and child, he returned to Kansas
but little better off than when he left it; and where, after much sickness and amid many (dis-
couragements, he secured a school at Mound City, Linn County, when he resumed the occu-

 

pation of teaching, with a net income of about $5 per month. Inthe summer of 1862 he
removed to Leavenworth, and, with his wife, taught in the public schools of Leavenworth
for a time, when he obtained a mo'e lucrative position as book-keeper for N. McCracken, 2
wholesale grocer, which position he retained until the death of Mr. McCracken, when he
iately tendered a position in the Scott, Ken & Co. bank, Inthe summer of 1865

he removed to Council Grove, where he engaged in merchandising in company with Will-
iam F. Shumleffer, of that place. In 1868 he came to Butler County, locaciug on the present
town site of Augusta. Here he erected a log store, the first bui.ding on tne town sice, and
engaged in merchandising. Through his efforts this point was soon made a post office and
named Augusta, in honor of his wife, Mrs. Augusta C. James, she velug the fiest lady resi-
dent on the town site. Augusta to-day is one of the most substa.nial cities of Southern
Kansas, and to Mr. James much credit {8 due for its growth and prosperity. He was proml-
nenvly ass%riated with all its early commendable enterprises, contributing both time and
money. Officially, while a resident of Augusta, he was Justice of the Peace and Postmaster
for six years. In 1874 he was elected Clerk of the District Court by the Republican party.
The duties of this office he discharged for four consecutive terms, being elected each time
with Jittle opposition. Mr. James is a native of Connecticut, and was born at Stafford
Springs, Tolland County, February 5, 1836. When fourteen years of age he emigrated to
enosha, Wis. A few years later removed to Dane County, which was his home until com-
ing to Kansas. Was educated in Wisconsin and Illinois, being a graduate of Burnham's
Commercial and Mathematical Institute of Rockford, Ill, He was married in Wisconsin to
Miss Augusta C. Boynton, of Rock County. Heisa member of the Masonic order. He was
master of the Augusta Blue Lodge six years, and master of Patmos Lodge, El! Dorado, three
years. He is a charter member of the Commandery of El Dorado, and present Eminent
Commander, He is a member of the K. of H. Was Grand Reporter of the State in 1879

and 1880. He has always been a str Ss Ye ¥ ¥
of the poptneae Yi 1 rict temperance man. Mr, and Mrs, James are members

 
 

BUTLER

C. C. JONES, of the firm of C, E. Lobdell & Co.,was born in Decatur, Il.: he
sas in 1878, residing in Emporia, in 1878,when he became a resident of El Dorado: tc 4 fow
yee Tawad jn ehe employ of George W. Tolle. Mr. Jones is a gentleman of good business

WILLIAM JOY, proprietor Central Hotel, was born in Stark County, I].
and from there went with his parents to Coles County, where h Whe Taahen aoa ede
In 1879 emigrated to Greenwood County, Kan.; from there went to El Dorado, Butler
County. Followed farming tll he came to El Dorado, February 3, 1883, since which time
he has been enga ed in hotel business. Mr. Joy has a large patronage.

H. H. KE DY, farmer and stockraiser,Section 27, eS. O. El Dorado, was born in Jeff-
erson County, Pa., November 22, 1836. He was educated and reared in his native State and
came to Kansas, locating where he now resides in the spring of 1870, being among the
early settlers in that part. Mr. K. was married in Pennsylvania, to Miss Mary M. Shirley.
They have seven children—Laura A., Grant, Meade, Wayne, Lot, Belle and Blanch.

. L. KNOWLES, is a native of Delaware, and’ was born in 1838; when sixteen years
of age came to Ohio, locating in Pickaway County, which was his home until 1870, when he
came to Kansas, locating in El Dorado. In 1871, was elected Recorder of Deeds, which office
he filled satisfactorily for several terms. Since holding the office of Recorder, he has been
deputy or clerk in the office much ofthetime. Mr. K. is prominently associated with the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been a local preacher for a number of years. He was
married in 1860, to Miss A. M. Owens, a native of Ohio. They have had eleven children
seven of whom are living—Linnie, Sadie, George W., Samuel O., Annie E., Alfred C, and

LAFAYETTE KNOWLES, attorney, was born in Circleville Pickawa:

1%, 1850. Was educated and resided in his native State until 1873, when z eae a ae
dent of Kansas, locating at Fort Scott. On the 17th of March, 1875, took up his abode in
El Dorado: commenced the study of law in El Dorado, and was admitted to the bar in Sep-
tember, 1877, For four years has been United States Commissioner, served the people of
Butler one term as County Attorney, and has otherwise been officially identified. Politi-
cally wet A ae Ra mbliGar. He 18 as T. Meson and member of the K. of P., has filled
i married in :
have one daughter, ula e Dorado to Miss Mary E. Long. They
_ oT. » harness and saddlery, is a son of Judge J. C. Lambdin, of Butler
County. He was born in Johnson County, Tha, November 22 1842, came to Butler County
in 1857, with his parents, who settled at Chelsea. He has since been a resident of the county,
principally ot El Dorado, where he learned the trade he now pursues, engaging in business
twelve years ago. In 1864 he enlisted in Company C, Eleventh Kansas, serving in the
Western department until the close of the war. He was married in Butler County, in 1871,
to Miss Devina Petrie. They have one son, Earl. Mr. L. isa member of the I. O. 0. F.

HON. CYRUS A. LELAND, attorney, was born in Ottawa, Il. In 1861, at eighteen

years of age, he entered Yale College, graduating in 1865; he returned to Ottawa in that
ear, taking up the study of law and being admitted to the bar a few years later. He was
dentified with the legal fraternity of La Salle County until 1877, when he located in
El Dorado, As an attorney, Mr. L. ranks among the first in the State. Politically he is a
Democrat. In 1883 he was appoiuted by Gov. Glick one of the regents of the State Univer-
sity. In 1882 he was a candidate for Congressman at large on the Democratic ticket and was
defeated, He was married in 1870, at Ottawa, Ill, to Miss Nellie A. Thompson. They have
three children, Percy S., Flora M. and Cecil P.

CHARLES E. LOBDELL, attorney, was born in Miami County, Kan., September 28,
1861. Heis ason of D. J. Lobdell, Esq., of Plum Grove, Butler County, who was a pio..eer
of Miami County. Charles E. has been a resident of Butler County since 1870. For a few
years he followed the vocation of school teaching. taking up the study of law in El Dorado,
in the office of A. L. Redden. In Septembery 1882, he was admitted to the bar. Mr. L. is
undoubtedly the first Kansan admitted. He is one of the promising young attorneys of the
State. Beside his law practice, he is extensively engaged in the real estate, loan and insur-
ance Dusinesey He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and a charter member of the K. of P. Lodge

D, J. LOBDELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, P.O. Plum Grove, deserving of

mention among the pioneers, is the subject of this sketch. Heis a native of New York and
was born in Clinton County, October 20, 1840. In the fall of 1857 he came to Kansas, takin
up his abode in Miami County; was identified with the development of the county, whic!
was his home for several years. During the war he served in the Fifteenth Kansas and was
mustered as Orderly and heid all the positions up to rank of First Lieutenant, continuing in
the service until the close. In 1870 he came to Butler County, locating at Plum Grove,
where for a few years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. Mr. L. was married in
Kansas, to Miss Roxanna Godding. They have four children, Charles E., Ada, Fred and
Murtie. Charles E. is an attorney of El Dorado. \
«- ,E. M. McANALLY, grocer, is a native of Indiana, and-was bornin Franklin County, July
6, 1841. He was educated and reared in his native State, and lived for a time in Ohio, where
he was married to Miss Rachel Boyles; for a few years he was a resident of Johnson County,
Mo. coming from there to Kansas in 1869; after a sojourn in Allen County, came to Butler
and located in Fairview Township, being among the first in that part; he and his family
camped in a2 wagon until he built a log cabin; the extreme wet weather gave them much
trouble, the exposure also being unhealthy. Mr. McAnally had all the drawbacks of the
early pioneer to contend with but has succeeded through industry and perseverance. Mr.
and Mrs. McAnally have three children—T. J., Albert and Ira.

J.M. McANALLY, merchant, isa native of Ohio and was born in Clermont Goanty in
1844; came to Illinois in 1869, and lived in Champaign County until the spring of 1880 when
he ¢ame to Kansas, Jocating in Morris County. Cameto El Dorado the spring of 1882. Mr.
McA. is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and the Presbyterian Church. i

PROF. ALFRED McCASKEY, fs a native of Ohio, and was born in Crawford County,
May 13th, 1854. After receiving the benefits of the common schools of Sulpher Springs
where he was reared, he entered Oberlin College, attending that institution of learning con-
tinually during the regular terms for seven years, graduating with the class of 1882. His
residence in EI Dorado dates from July, 1882; his parents located here one year before. in
September, 1882, he assumed the principalship of the El Dorado school. Mr. McCaskey is
recognized as ove of the most efficient educators in southern Kansas, 4 7

ILLIAM McDOWELL, liveryman, came to Butler County, in 1869, engaging in busi-
ness at Towanda, where he carried on merchandising up to 1879, locating in El Dorado in
that year. Mr. McD. is a native of Ohio; was born in Cuyahoga County in 1838. In Septem-
ber, 1861, enlisted in the First Ohio, Volunteer Infantry, serving in the capacity of Quarter-
master Sergeant; was at Fort Donelson, Stone River and Shiloh; was honorably dischaged
after three years; resided in Suche et afew years where he was married to Miss Annie
VanDeBogart, they have four children—Fred, Claude, Bessie and Willie. Mr. McD. isa

ason.

J. A. McKENZIE, M. D., was among the first of the medical fraternity to locate in El
Dorado. He became aresident in the spring of 1870, and has since been identified as a
practitioner of medicine. Dr. i

 

McKenzie is a native of Indiana, and was born in Clinton
County, November 7. 1841. When the war broke out he was residing in Tipton County,
Ind., where he enlisted in the first call, serving three months in Company F, Eleventh In-
diana Volunteer Infantry. Atthe expiration of his term he re-enlisted in the Forty-seventh
Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Upon the Organizallon of regiment, was elected
Second Lieutenant of Company K. In the spring of 1862, was detailed in the Signal Service
and was assigned to the staff of General George W. Morgan, in the Department of the Cum-
berland. He took up'the study of medicine in Tipton County, Ind., and graduated in the
Kentucky School of Medicine, at Louisville. Previous to coming to El Dorado, practiced
two years in Topeka. The doctor has been Mayor of El Dorado four terms. He was County
Physician and otherwise identified. Heisa R. A., K. T., Mason and an Odd Fellow, a mem-
ber of the G. A. R., and the K. of H. He was married 1n Tipton County, Ind., to Miss Hen-
rietta Norman. They have five children—Gertrude, Maui, Olive, Blanche, J. Alexis and

olie.
WILLIAM E. McGINNIS, real estate agent,was born in Vigo County, Ind., June 27, 1835.
At an early age removed to Vermillion County, Ind., where he was partially reared. Re
sided several years in Edgar County and other portions of Illinois. In 1856, with parents
and other members of his family came to Kansas, settling in Coffey County, being ainong
the early settlers there. Atthe breaking out of the war eulisted in the Fifth Kansas Cav-
alry, serving as Lieutenant for eight months. During the border difficulties contributed his
assistance toward the Free-soil cause. After the war located in Hartford, Lyon County;
subsequently he was engaged in stock raising in Linn and Cherokee counties. For a few
years resided in Joplin, Mo., where he was engaged in mining. In 1879 came to El Dorado,
engaging in the real estate ‘business. For three years was Justice of the Peace. Mr. Mc-
Ginnis has been twice married; first in 1860, to Miss R. F. Hunt. of Kansas (now deceased);
by this marriage has one daughter—Lucretia F._ In 1866, Miss Liddie J. Bacon became his
wife. They have two children—William H. andIra E. HeisamemberoftheG.A.R, _

J. A. MoGINNIS, M. D., isa native of Indiana, and was born in Vermillion, Marion
County, June 5, 1836. When fourteen years of age his parents emigrated to Edgar County,
“IIL, where J. A. resided until he attained his eighteenth year, when he came to Kansas and
located in Coffey County. His father, who wasa physician, was induced to come a year
after with the balance of the family, settling at Hartford, Lyon County, where the subject of
this sketch made his home for several years. He took upthe study of medicine under the
tutorship of his father and Dr. J. D. Hitchcock. In later years took a course of lectures at
Rush Medical College, Chicago, and the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati. During the
early troubles of 1856 he took an active part with the Free-state faction, and became one of
Gen. Lane’s trusted stand-bys, and took many chances on his life in furthering the Free-
state cause. On one occasion he carried a dispatch to Kansas City for Gen. Lane, to be de-
livered to a man by the name of Brown, who was then having a trial at the hands of the
border ruffians. His identity was not discovered untii about the time he got through with
his business, and by clever management he made his escape. He was at Black Jack and

   

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other noted engagements of theday. In 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Ninth Kansas;
serving two years, the greater portion of the time as Sergeant. During this time when
medical aid was needed he assisted, but was not a regular army surgeon. It was the wish
of his company that he be made Lieutenant, but owing to the objections of the superior offi-
cers from mercenary motives it was unsuccessful. Governor Robinson would not commis-
sion him because he was a Lane man. About that time he received froin President Abraham

 

Lincoln a commission as First Lieutenant, and at once assumed command in the First Kan-
sas Colored Regiment, serving in that capacity until the close of the war. He was mustered
out at Leavenworth, November 14, 1865. Peace being restored, Dr. McGinnis settled down
to the practice of his profession in Coffey County, continuing until 1869, when he came to
Butler County, engaging extensively in the stock trade on a ranch near El Dorado. A few
years later he came to this township, where he has since been principally engaged in farm-
ing and stock raising In 1868 he was elected to the State Legislature by the Republican par-
ty vf Coffey County. During his residence in Butler County he has been County Commis.
sioner, and otherwise officially identified. The doctor is among the foremost advocates of
temperance in the State, and contributes his ample share towards the progress and general
intelligence of the commonwealth. He isa member of the G. A. R. He was marriedin Kan-
sas, March 10, 1858, to Miss Sarah A. Benedict. By this union has two sons—Walter F, and
Schuyler A. Mrs. McGinnis’ death occurred in 1867. The 18th of August, 1872, Mrs. Car-
rie Telyea. of Chicago, became his wife. They have an adopted daughter—Mary A. Winn.

. B. MARCUM, dealer in musical merchandise, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio,
in 1842; at an early age he came west with parents, settling in Nebraska, and for a number
of years followed farming in Richardson County, Neb., and Brown County, Kas. Came to
Butler County in 1872, and engaged in present business in 1876. For six years resided in
Indiana, where he was married to Miss Rebecca Kendall (now deceased). His present
wife’s maiden name was Emma Linebarger, of Kansas. Mr. M. is closely identified with the
United Brethren Church, and is recognized as oneof its active members.

ENOCH MARIS, hardware merehant, was born in Parke Counry, Ind., October 7, 1842,
and was reared and educated in native State. In 1861, at the first call for troops, he enlist-
edin Company F, Fourth United Sta es Vavalry, and after serving three months, re-enlist-
ed in Company A, Fourteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, se1 ving coutinually, without fur-
lough, until October 30, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. For a while he was regu-
lar mail agent inthe Mississipi Division; and for a time was assistant agent at Nashville, both
positions being hazardous, He participated in twenty-one general engagements; first was
with McClellan; was with Sheridan at Winchester; was with Gen. erman tothe sea;
was in the Wheeler raid, and with Gen, Wilson at Franklin; was captured by John Morgan,
and held fora short period. Atthe wind-up of histerm inservice, he assisted in captur- ~
ing Wirtz, of Andersonville prison fame. There are but few soldiers that contributed
more amply toward suppressing the rebellion than Mr. M. In 1866 he came to Kansas; at
that time being in limited circumstances financially. He located at Winfield, which was
his home for sevezal years. For a time was engaged in the Texas cattle trade, and later,
was prominently identified with the mercantile interests of Winfield. In 1875 he came to
El Dorado, where he has since carried on the hardware, tinware and implement business.
Mr. M. is a K.T. Mason, is a member of the K. of H., and theG. A. R. {s a charter member of
the Chapter and Commandery of El Dorado. He was charter member of the Masonic lodge
in Winfield. In 1882, was H. P. of the El Dorado chapter. He was married in Winfield, to
Miss L. C. Tucker. . 4

J. KE, MARSHALL, right-of-way commissioner for the St. L., Ft.S. & W. R. R., is a na-
tive of Viren and was born in Fairfield County, January 31, 1847. At an early age he re-
moved to Muscatine, lowa, where he was educated and reared. In 1862 he enlisted in the
Thirty-fifth lowa Volunteer Infantry, serviug nearly three years in the capacity of First
Deputy Sergeant. He was in the Department of the Tennessee on the Red River expedition,
and participated in many prominent events of the war, locating in Alabama when the
troubles were over, and was there identified as a cotton planter for several years. In May,
1878, he came to Kansas, and for atime was material agent for the A.,T. &S. F. R.R., and
later forthe A. & P. For the past two years he has been connected with the St. L., Ft. S. &
W.R. R., with headquarters at El Dorado, He was married in Montgomery County, Ala.,
to Miss M. E. Caffey, of that city. They have four children—James E., William H., Maggie
M., and Jennie P. r. Marshall is a K. T. Mason. He was elected Councilman in El Dorado.
in 1881 and 1822. .

MELVIN MICKLE, attorney,and pension agent, was born in Cape May County, N. J.,
November 7, 1839. In 1859 he came to Kansas, locating at Ottawa, and afterward at Fre-
donia, where he was prominently identified, being Postmaster for eight years, Probate
Judge of Wilson County six years, besides filling other county offices. During the
war he was inthe Fifteenth Kansas, serving three years. He was admitted to the bar of
Jefferson County, at Oskaloosa, in 1869. In 1875 he located at El Dorado, where he has con-
ducted a pension agency in connection with his law practice, and continues to make the
bouaty and pension business a specialty. Mr. Mickle has been twice married; first to Miss
Alice Johnson, now deceased. By this marriage had three children, who are also deceased.
His present wife was formerly Mrs. Sallie D. Martin, widow of Henry Martin, the founder
of El Dorado. They have two children. : X i

J.S. MILAM, merchant tailor. This gentleman is a native of Indiana, and was born in
Sullivan County, March 21, 1824. He was reared and educated in his native State, and
learned the trade of tailor in Vincennes. In February, 1847, he enlisted in the regular army
for the Mexican troubles. During his term he did garrison duty at Jefferson barracks, in
Missouri. For several years he lived in different parts of the country, being a resident of
Indiana in 1861, when he enlisted in Company D of the Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer In-
fantry, serving eleven months as First Lieutenant, and resigned at New Orleans. For a
number of years he carried on a large tailoring establishment at Pekin, Ill, coming from
there to El orado afew years ago. Mr. Milam was married in 1851 to Miss Ellen Hinsey,
of Illinois. By this union they have three children—Mary E. (now Mrs, Bearse), Ruth (ng
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Mrs. Roberts), and Virginia G. Mr. Milam is amember of the Masonic order and of the G.
A. R., Wallace Post, of El Dorado.

JOHN M. MILLER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 43, P. O. El Dorado, was one of the
first settlers on the Osage Strip. He came to Butler County in 1866, locating where he now
resides in the fall of 1867. He had all the inconveniences to contend with which were cur-
rent at that period. Mr. Miller is a native of Illinois, and was born in Coles County, June 24,
1841. In 1862 enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth llinois Volunteer Infautry;
was with Gen. Grant at Vicksburg. and served through the Western Department until the
close, being discharged in 1865. He was warried in Kansas to Miss Raphel Carter. They
have seven children—James W., Mary J., Rosa l., Henry O., Robert A. John §. and Mabel.

VOL, P. MOONEY, Clerk of the Court. This well known citizen is ason of Hon. Isaac
Mooney, of Towanda. He became a resident of Butler County in 1870. For a few years fol-

‘lowed farming, and later was engaged in merchandising in El Dorado. For two years be was
Deputy County Clerk. In 1882 he was elected to his present office, receiving a large Repub~-
lican majority. Mr. M.isanative of Ohio; was born September, 23, 1852; at an early
age of his existence removing with his parents to Bureau County, IIL, where he was edu-
cated and reared. He isa member of the Masonic Order, Blue Lodge,Chapter and Command-
ery. He was married in Kansas to Miss l'rankie Mooney. They have three children—Cora,
Earl and Walter.

Cc. J. OWEN, merchant, is a native of Pennsylvania and was born in Bradford County,
March 30, 1823. Was educated and reared in that State. Fora number of years he was a
resident of Henry County, Mo., coming from there to Kansas in 1868, settling in Butler
County,three miles south of El Dorado. He pursued farming for several years. Mr.Qwen was
one of the pioneers of this part of Butler County, and is favorably known by the old timers.
He was marriedin Pennsylvania to Betsey Ferryman, a native of that State. They have
two children—Frank and Emma.

WILLIAM PRICE, fruit grower, Section 5, P. O. El Dorado, was born in Cromwell
County, England, March 12, 1843. In 1858 came to the United States, settling at Elgin, Ql.
In 1860 he came to Kansas. At the breaking out of the late war he enlisted in the Fourteenth
Kansas, participating ina number of the early engagements in the Southwest. Was on the
Red River expedition, serving two years. Afterthe war hespentafew years at the State
Normal School in Emporia. In the spring of 1870 he came to El Dorado and took charge of
theschool. He was principal two years, and has-been identified with the educational|inter-
ests of the county since. Iu 1876 he turned his attention to horticulture. in which he has
been eminently successful. He was married in Kansas to Miss Emma W. Guun, They have
two children—Helen E. and Nellie. Mr. P. isa member of the G. A. R.

NATHAN RECTOR, proprietor Ohio House, is a native of Ohio and was born in Pick-
away County, October 5, 1839; was there educated and reared.. Came to Kansas in 1873,
engaging in farming in Butler County. Settled in FE] Dorado in 1876; was in the restaurant
business until 1878, when he became proprietor of the Ohio House, Mr. R. was married
in Ohio to Miss Mary E. Duball. They have had nine children, seven of whom are living—
Ella, Essie, Dora, Vonnie M.. Lena, Blanchie and Reubie. He and his family are members
of the Metholist Episcopal Church,

A. L, REDDEN, attorney and president of the Exchange Bank; is a native of Delaware
and was born in Sussex County, December 19, 1844. He was reared and educated in his na-
tive State, taking up the study of law in Georgetown, where iv due course of time he was
admitted to practice. He was c!ccted to the office of prosecuting attorney in Essex County,

    
  

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the duties of which he discharged for three years. In 1870 he came West, locating in El
Dorado in January, 1871, and opened a law office, and since that date has been identified
with the legal] affairs of Butler and adjoining counties. Ho has been County Attorney and
otherwise officially honored in the county e has been prominently assoclated with the
Republican party, being 2 delegate in 1876 to the National Convention, delegate to all the
State conventions since 1874, and in 1882 was chosen chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, a position he now occupies. When the Exchange Bank changed man-
agement, he was selected as its president. r. R. isa lawyer of ability, a business man of
excellent judgment and a public-spirited citizen. He is a ember of the Methodist Episco-
Church. .

pal OT LLTAM REED, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 28, P. O. El Dorado; is a native of
Ohio, and was born in Stark County, August 24, 1825. When eighteen vears of age he re-
moved to Indiana. locating in St. Jo County, where he resided until coming to Kansas in the
spring of 1878. Mr. Reed is one of the stanch farmers of El Dorado Township. He has
heen twice married, first to Miss Susan Orndorf, of Indiana, now deceased. By this union
he has had seven children—Rebecca, James, Sophia, Mary A., Ella, Jacob, and Martha E.
His present wife was formerly Miss Louisa Sairfos.

W. L. RICHARDSON, liveryman, came to Butler County in 1872, and after tilling the
soil fur three years, engaged in the livery business at El Dorado. Mr. R. is anative of New
York; was born in Chautauqua County, October 29, 1844; came to Rock County, Wis., with
his pareits when about one year of age; his father, J. K., being one of the pioneers of
that county. W. L, was there educated and reared, and for a number of years was
engaged in handling farm machinery throughout the Northwestern country from Janes-
ville, Wis. He was married in Rock County, Wis., to Miss Mary K. Smith. They have five
children—Floreuce, Archie, Irwin, Lulu and Herbert. Mr. R. isa member of the Masonic
Ord ATE ROBERSON, ‘the Transfer Man,” came to Kansas in 1865 and for several years
was in the employ of the Southwestern Stage Company, as driver. In 1870 he was head-

uartered at El Dorado, and plied over the route leading to Florence, Winfield, Wellington,
ichita, Arkansas City, etc. In 1877 he located permanently in El Dorado, where he has
since controlled the transfer business. Mr. R. is a native of Missouri, and was born in
Maries County, December 16, 1848; was educated and reared in bis native State. When
fifteen years of age he entered the Confederate Army, serving in the Fourth Missouri until
the close. He was married in Winfield, Kan., to Miss Maggie . Mentch. They have five
children—Jessie, Ernst, Evert, Leonard and an infant,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

H C. ROSENBERG, clothier, was born in New York City, June 17, 1855; lived
shiete) Pe etre when his parents removed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he
was reared and educated, and from there removed to Chicago in 1872 where he resided until
coming to E] Dorado in 1882. Mr. Rosen berg has the leading exclusive clothing house in
Butler County, and although but a short time in EI Dorado, has built up a solid trade,

. A. SALLER, Justice of the Peace and real estate agent, one of the pioneers and best
known men of the county, is the subject of this sketch. He became a resident of El Dorado
in 1868, at which time he built an office and turned his attention to real estate. Mr. Sallee
was interested in making some of the first sales in the county. In compan with D. M.
Bronson he gave the county the first general advertising. The spring of 1869 he was ap-
pointed Register of Deeds. At the November election the same year he was elected to the
office, The autumn of 1870 he resigned. He has been Justice of the Peace since 1869.
Judge Sallee is a native of Kentucky and was born in Pulaski County, May 15, 1816. In
1837 he came to Missouri where he resided until 1857, when he returned to Kentucky,which
was his home until he came to Kansas. While a resident of Missouri he was Sheriff and
otherwise identified, He was admitted to the bar of Butler County, Kansas, soon after com-
ing to rado. ss Q

ih i. A PPINGTON, blacksmith, was born in Washington County, Mo., March 23
1848. Atan early age his parents removed to Scott County, Ill., where he was educated an
jearned histrade, In 1864 enlisted in Company K, Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry
serving until the close of the war, He was married in Jacksonville, Ill., to Miss E. J. Dick-
enson, now deceased. By this union has three children—Beulah M., Lena ©. and Clara.
Mr. S. came to Kansas, locating in #1 Dorado the spring of 1878, and has since been one of
its progressive citizens. He is a member of the Masonic Order and the G. A. R.

._M. SATTERTHWAITE, editor and proprietor of the El Dorado Press, came to El
Dorado in 1870. For several years was foreman in the Walnut Valley Times office. In 1877
established the Press. Mr. 8. is a strong advocate of the temperance cause, is an able
journalist, and publishes a good newspaper. He is a native of Indiana, and was born in
Washington County February 21, 1850. Was educated, reared and became proficient as a
compositor in Wilmington, Delaware, 2 . .

_ . SELIG, diageist, came to El Dorado in 1870,. embarking in business in
Mr. S. is a native of Germany, and was born in the city of Hamburg, February 17,
In 1860, came to the United States with parents, locating in Lawrence, Kansas, which
was his home for several years, and where he became proficient in pharmacy. Mr. Selig
has been a vigorous worker in putting forward El Dorado’s interests, and is one of the solid
men of the place. Has been Councilman and otherwise officially identified. Is a member
of the K. of H. and charter member of the Lodge in El Dorado. In 1861, enlisted as drwm-
mer boy In Company F Second Kansas Cavalry. At that time was eleven years and eleven
months old, being the youngest boy in the service as far as ascertained. He participated in
the battles of Cane Hill, Prairie Grove and other engagements. His father, W. H. Selig,
wasinthesamecompany. At Poison Springs was taken prisoner, and held two weeks by
the Confederates. After serving three years and two months was honorably discharged,

ALVAH SHELDEN, the present editor and publisher of the Tumes, is yet a young man,
but has had his full share of the incidents of frontier life. Born in Wiscovsin, on January
. , he moved afew years later to near San Antonio, Texas, where his father was en-
gaged in farming. Here for atime all went well, but as the troubles which led to the war of
the Rebellion came on, Mr. Sheldon, senior, who was an avowed Free-state man, received
many threats of vengeance to be inflicted unless he changed his views or residence. These
were regarded as idle words, and Sheldon remained unterrified until one bright morning in
1859, on answering a call at the door he was shot dead—for no cause save fealty to his gov-
ernment. News of this tragedy reached Mr. Vaught, a brother-in-law of the murdered
man and an early settler of Butler Couuty, and he started at once for St. Louis intending to
take the steamer down theriver. Yellow fever had, however, broken out in violent form and
the trip was postponed until the followin spring, when the trip wus wade overland across
Indian Territory. After leaving the Indian nation, Vaught was the subject of a call from
the vigilance committee, but was enabled to pass iuster, and securip Mrs. Sheldon and the
family. consisting of three boys aid three girls, returned to near Chelsea in this county.
Thence the subject of this sketch moved with his family to Eagar County, Ill., where he
received his education. Eight years later the family were again in Kansas on a farm at the
South Fork of the Cottonwood. Here Mr. Sheldon farmed one year, after which he removed
to Chelsea, in this coutity, and continued his iabors in support of his mother and sisters
until 1873. Then, with the adventurous spirit of boyhood, he made a prospecting trip
through Indian Territory, Texas and Arkansas, but finaliy decided that no place was as
good as Butler County. Returning he soon accepted a position in the Exchange Bank of
El Dorado. While in this position he was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, holding the office four years, during which he was appointed Postinaster. He married,
in January, 1877, Miss May Lamb, of Douglass, and has now three children to perpetuate
his name. Of his public life, particularly since his purchase of the Times, the county rec-
ords and the columns of his paper furnish the best criterion, and we need only say that in
the constantly increasing duties of his life he has shown that vigor and ability which is so
cordially welcomed in this land of manly men and tnsures its possessor all for which he
may rationally seek. i
PROF. J. W. SHIVELY, sue present Superintendent of Public Instruction for Butler
County, isa native of Missouri, was born in Carroll County, September 9, 1845. He was
principally educated and reared in his native State. In 1863 he enlisted in Company K,
Twenty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He was soon promoted to First Lieutenant,
and was Acting Adjutant at the close of the war. He was also Regimental and Brigade Clerk.
Was with Sherman's army and participated in the famous march to the sea. His father,
John W. Shively, was a veteran in the Kansas First. J. W. resided in Missouri until 1867,
when he came to Kansas, locating in Miami County, attended the State Normal school at
Emporia, Kas.. in 1868. In 1875 he became a resident of Buller County, He organized the
school at Douglass, which he taught two terms. For four terms he was Principal of the
Augusta school. Is now, 1883, serving his second term as County Superiutendent, the
choice of the Republican party. Prof. S$. i

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in the State. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow and a member ofthe I. O. G. T., also of the Chris-
tian Church. His wife was formerly Miss Libbie Admanson, of Numa, Iowa.

S. L. SHOTWELL was born in Genesee County, N. Y., November 21, 1829. Was reared
and educated in the Empire State. Fora number of ace pursued the vocation of school
teach ng, in New York, with marked success. as testified by a gold medal and other testimo-
nials. In 1869 he came to Butler County, Kan., locating at Douglass. He surveyed and
platted the town site of Douglass, and has done considerable in the liue of surveying through-
out the country. He was Superintendent of Public Iustruction for one term. He took the
lead in organizing the County Agricultural Society,of which he holds the office of secretary.
He was the organizer and one of the incorporators and directors of the Exchauge Bank of
El Dorado, of which he was cashier for three years. At present Mr. 5S. is devoting his time to -
the stock trade. He hasaranch of 880 acres on Sections 15 and 22, El Dorado Township.
It has many natural advantages, besides being on the line of the A., T. & SF. R. R. This
extensive farm and country seat is known as Schonholm, aname given by Mr. 8.
married in New York, to Miss Sarah 8, Underhill, of Westchester County.

a, W. SIMPSON, dealer in flour and feed, grain and seeds, was born in Lafayette, Tip-
pecanoe Co.,, Ind., June 13, 1840. He grewto manhood in that State, and_in 1861 enlisted in
the Twelfth United States Infantry, Sike's Brigade, Fitz John Porter’s Corps. Served six-
teen months and two weeks, and was _ in the seven davs’ fight before Richmond, and otner
noted engagements. He was severely wounded in the eye, by a piece of flying shell, June
21, 1863, and draws a pension of four dollars per month for the same. He emigrated to Kan-
sas, April 20, 1865, living in Topeka two years, in Burlington two years, in Bureka twelve
years, and then coming to 1! Dorado, where he now resides. Mr. Simpson has seen many
ups and downs in his life, and when first coming to Kansas worked at the stone mason trade
till he had a start, and then dealt in city property till it decreased in value to such an extent
that he went under; then commenced in the grain aud feed business on a capital of thirty-
five dollars, and is now dolng well, and owns his business house on Main street. Mr. Simp- ‘
son has been twice married, first to Miss Mary L. Ferry, now deveased, by whom he had
three children—Martha Ellaand Robert B., living, and Joseph Lester, deceased. His sec-
ond wife was Mrs, Dora Stanley, daughter of Michael Ott, and a native of Fillboch, Wur-
temberg, Germany. She was married to William Stanley, a native af Attleboro, Mass., in
1851, by whom she had two children, Mary, living, and Charley, who died in 1869 William
Stanley served five years in the army, three months in the Ninth Indiana, and the bal-
ance ior the time inthe Twelfth Illinois Cavalry, and was fifty years old at the time of his

E. N. SMITH, attorney, is a native of Ohio and was born in Monroe County, April 24,
1846; was there educated and reared. In 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety-second Ohio aun
teer Infantry, Company ©, serving one year. He took up the study of Jaw and was admitted
to the bar in Ohio. - For a time resided in Indiana, coming from there to El Dorado in 1877.
During his residence in Butler County has been County Attorney and otherwise official!
identified. Mr. S, is a KX. T. Mason and has filled the offices in his lodge of H. P. and E. Co
He was married, in Ohio, to Miss Matilda Ford, of Monroe County. 2

G. W. STI $ON, live-yran, is anative of Ohio and was boru in Ross County, February
22, 1844, was reared in his native State and came to Kansas in 1869, settied at Chelsea, But-
ler County. In 1879, settled in El Dorado. Mr. S. has been engaged in the stock trade princi-
pally since coming to Kansas. In 1869, he enlisted in Company F, Eighty-eighth Ohio
Volunteer thtaubry,. served hres monels | pad re-enlisted, serving in all about fifteen

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. 5.8 + &rocer, was born in Perry County, Ohio, July 8, 1835. In 1862, he was a
recruit of Indiana where he enlisted in Company ir Mighty setend radians Wabintoar In-
fautry; in a short time was transferred tothe Twenty-third Missourl Volunteer Infantry and
assigned the position of Lieutenant, which he held one year when he returned to the
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BUTLER COUNTY.

the close of the war. He was with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea, and uty
the greater portion of thetime. Capt. Story came to Butler County in 1876, and fairer Gi
attention to sheep husbandry soon after. © is a Royal Arch Mason, amember of the G. A.
R., and Major of the Seventh Kansas Militia, He was married, in Indiana, to Miss Cordelia
wads worn, enhey have seven children living—Cyrus L., Enoch, Clara, Rosalia, Ella, Olive
E. D. STRATFORD, Probate Judge, was born in Vevay, Switzer].
October 15, 1852; at an early age he removed to Tipton County, Ind, Where hour La
earlier days, receiving the benefits of the common schools. He afterward attended Broward
College at Kokomo, {nd. Before attaining his eigthteenth year he turned his attention to
school teaching, which he pursued for a time in Indiana. In 1872, he came to Kansas, locat~
ing temporarily at Neosho Falls; the same year he came to Butler County, which has since
been his home. For several years followed teaching and attended for a few terms the State
Normal School at Emporia. He spent his leisure hours reading law and was admitted to
practice in Butler County in 1878. In March, 1879, he opened a law office in Douglass. The
autumn of 1880 he came before the people ag a candidate for Probate Judge on the Republi-
canticket. He was elected, and in 1882 re-elected by a large majority, During his sojourn
in Done lass ne Was folee jndge and oly Clerk. He is at this date, 1883, Chairman of the
. Judge Stratford i
member of the Ie of om ig is a Master Mason, an Odd Fellow and a
~P. , the present county clerk of Butler County, isa native of New Yor
was born in Oswego County May 7, 1844, Resided in his native State until about eter eae
of agewhen he enlisted in the Twenty-fourth N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, serving two years,
then veteranized, and went to the front again as First Lieutenant of the One Hundred and
Eighty-fourth N. Y, Volunteer iufantry, n which he served until the close of the war, be-
ing in the department of the Potomac, Shenandoah and James. On retiring from the army
he located at Akron, Ohio, fora time, and from there came to Quincy, Ill, which was hig
abiding place fortwo years. In February, 1869, he located in Butler County, Kan., turning
his attention toagricultural parsuits, in which he continued until elected to his present
osition at the fall election of 1879. In 1882 he came before the people the second time,
eing re-elected by a large majority, which is sufficient evidence of his opularity. Politic-
all. rT. Strong has always been a Republican. He isa Mason, and Belongs to the A. F.
and A, M., R. A. and Commandery of K. T. He is a member of the I. O. 0. F.and the G. A.
R. He was ‘married in Quincy, Ill., to Miss Stella A. Streeter of that city. By this union
they have had four children—Nealy H., Mary A., Payson E. (deceased), aiid Pearl E.

HENRY T, SUMNER, attorney, came to Kansas in 1867, and settleil at Baxter Springs,
established the Baxter Springs Herald, a Republican organ and the first paper south of Ft.
Scott in the State. After successfully conducting the Herald one year he sold out; then
turhed his attention to law practice until1870, when he became a resident of El Dorado.
Mr. Sumner is a native of New York, born in Madison County, June 28, 1834; was reared,
educated and took up the study oflaw. In 1854 he came West, and located in Coldwater,
Mich., where under the preceptorship of Gov. G. A, Coe hecontinued the law studies. Sub-
sequently he removed to Nashville, where in 1857 he was admitted tothe bar of the
Supreme Court at Nashville; was residing in Nashville, 1ll., in 1861, at which time he en-
listed in Company B. Sixty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, For three years was on de-
tached duty as clerk in the Adjutant General’s office, after which he was transferred by
order of Gen, Rosecrans to take charge of the military postofiice inthe Department of the
Mississippi. This important duty he discharged tor one year. Was promoted Captain of
First Regitnent, Alabama Cavalry. U.S. V. for gullant conduct at the battle of Corinth.
Upon being discharged he went to Minnesota, and again enlisted, and when mustered out,
January 25, 1865, was in the Quartermaster’s department in New Orleans. He continued,
however, in the department until the forces reached Mobile. Mr. Sumner participated in
seventeen general engagements. He was married in Illinois to Nancy N, Free, of St. Clair
County. They have three children—Charles P., Georgie S., Alta R. Mr. Sumner is S. V.
Commander of Wallace Post G. A. R. of El Dorado.

JOHN TETER, stockman, Section 31, P. O. El Dorado. No man in Butler County is more
favorably known than “Uncle John,” as he is ‘generally called by his friends. Mr. Teter is
a native of West Virginia, and was born in Lewis, now Upshur County, March 19, 1825. He
was educated and reared to manhood in his native State. For a few years he was a resident
of Scotland County, Mo., coming from there to Kansasin 1865, locating in Coffey County,
where for several years he was extensively engaged in stock raising. Selling out his in-

terests in Coffey County he went to the Pacific slope with the intention of locating there.’

After a temporary sojourn in California, Oregon, Washington Territory, and other parts,
he returned to Kansas, settling in Sycamore Township, Butlér County, in the autumn of 1868.
In 1872 he removed to where he now resides. He was morried in Virginia to Miss Lu-
cinda McUoy, In September, 1845. They have eight children—Washington, Virginia,
James, Barbara, Mary, Martha, Louisa, and Delia. eisamember of the Masonic order,
and the Methodist Episcopal Church. The firm of Teter & Son sell annually from $12,000
to $15.000 worth of cattle. Their Butler County ranch contains over 800 acres; besides
they own 4,160 acres of grazing land in Greenwood County. i

J HOMAS, stockman, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Lawrence County,
November 24, 1835. When seven years of age removed with parents to St. Joe, Mo., where
he was educated and resided until eighteen years of age, when he went to California,
remaining up to 1862, when he became a resident of Butler County, Kansas, settling at
Chelsea. In 1863 enlisted in Company C, Eleventh Kansas, and served until the close of the
war. Mr. Thomas has been identified with the stock interest of the county the greater por-
tion of the time during his residence here. For four years was Sheriff, and has held minor
offices. He was married in Kansas to Miss Mary Strickland. They have one son-Centen-
nial, born in 1876. Mr. T. isa member of theG. A. R. oat

G. W. TOLLE, merchant, became identified with the commercial interests of El Dorado
in 1872, at which time he engaged in trade in company with H. H. Gardner, the style of the
firm being Garduer & Tolle up to 1882, when the former withdrew. Mr. T. is a native of
Illinois, and was born in Old Nelson, October 19, 1849. -Was educated and reared in his
native State. He was married in Butler County, Kansas, to Miss Mary E. Newbry, of Janes-
ville, Wis. They have three children—Liddie A., Ralph P., and George W., Jr. Mr. T. is a
member of the Masonic Order. : " 5

W. S. TRENT restaurateur, has attained a well merited reputation as a first-class
caterer tothe public. Established business at El Dorado in 1880. r. Trent was born in
Platte County, Md., December 1, 1852. In 1854 his parents removed to Leavenworth County,
Kansas, where W. 8. was educated and brought up. In latter years has been a resident of
Neosho, Montgomery, and Barton counties, following school teaching, farming and other
pursuits. He was married in Barton County, Kansas, May 18, 1880, to Miss Mary P. Allison,
an estimable lady. They have one daughter—Jennettie M. 2 3 :

“MARTIN VAUGHT, the subject of this sketch, came to Kansas in March, 1857, locating
at Hull’s Grove, in Jefferson County. In August, 1857, came to Butler County, being one of
the pioneers. He located at Chelsea, and was identified with the early development of that
locality. Mr. V. was honored with all the county offices in the early days of the county, and
later has been Commissioner, and otherwise officially recognized, There are but few resi-
dents now living who came to the county when Mr. V. made his advent. For a number of
years has been engaged in the nursery business, residing in El Dorado. Mr. V. is a native
of Iilinois; was Dorn in Edgar County, January 8, 1835; was reared in his native State;
was married in [llinois, to Miss Eliza McReynolds. They have eight children—Cora, John
B., Bessie, Fred, Alice, Robert, Idaand_ Ethel. Mr, V. is a member of the K, of H. and a
Mason. While a resident of Jeffersou County was Second Lieutenant of a company which
voeated the Free-soil doctrine. 5 E

DR, ALLEN ITH, deceased. Among the pioneers of Butler County, who live only in
the mem»ry of the people, there are none more volubly spoken of in praise than the late
Allen White, M.D. Coming to El Dorado, in 1869, when the place was in its crude state,
from that time until his demise, Uctober 4, 1882, he was closely associated not only with its
growth and development from a business standpoint, but also with its moral and general
intellectual advancement. Dr. White was a native of Ohio, and was born in Huron County,
April 20, 1819. He was reared and educated in his. native Stite, graduating in medicine at
the Columbus Medical College. In 1859 he came to Kansas, locating at Emporia, where he

racticed his profession for several years, and also for a time was 4 resident of Americus

‘olitically he was au advocate of Democracy. He was twice married. The widow tha
survives him was formerly Miss Mary Hatton, a lady of culture, born in Canada, and reared
in the State of New York. She has one son by this marriage, William L.  -

THOMAS E. WOODS, abstractor and real estate agent, and Secretary of the Southern
Kansas Loan and Trust Company, was born in Windsor County, Vt. in August, 1837, and
was educated and reared in his native State. In 1861 he enlistedin Company A, Third Vur-
mont Infantry, serving in the army of the Potomac. Upon being discharged he was
appointed Clerk in the War Department at Washington, D. C., in which capacity he served
several years. After residing in the State of Illinois for atime, he came to Kansas in 1876,
locating in El Dorado. Mr. Woods is one of the substantiai citizens of Butler County, and is
well known in real estate circles throughout the West. He isamember of the G, a, R. and
Commander of W.H. Wallace Post, of El Dorado. He is also a Mason, serving as Hl. P. of the
Chapter, and was a charter member of the Commandery in El Dorado, of which he is now

‘injnent Commander. : : |

A. B. YOUNG, farmer and stock raiser, Section 15, P. O. El Dorado, is a native of Kentucky,
and was born in Shelby County, February 28, 1821. He was educated and reared in his
native State. In 1876, he came to Butler County, settling where he- now resides. For a
time he was a resident of Logan County, Ill. He was married in Kentucky to Miss Iantha
Laura Craig. They have five children—Martha, Mary, Robert, Lauraand Anna, He and his
amily are closely identified with the Christian Church.

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AUGUSTA.

August.cis located at the junction of the Whitewater and the Walnut, on
a level plateau. Its history, or rather that of the land upon which it stands,
runs back to ai early date in the Territorial days of Kansas, In 1857 a party
of explorers from Lawrence camped at this point and made it for some time a
rendezvous of their trapping and hunting parties. So much were they pleased
with its natural advantages that they laid out a town and calledit Augusta. In
1858 a party from Topeka jumped the old town and proceeded to lay out Fon-
tanella, surveying streets and laying out business blocks, many of which were
disposed of in Eastern markets. This same year, according to another account
the town of Orizonia was laid out at the junction of the rivers. In the spring
of 1859 the town was raided by the Indians and passed out of existence. These
lands, it must be remembered, were then Indian property and no whites had
any rights in the premises. Ata later day the Creeks, Cherokees, Seminoles
and Delawares, all loyal tribes driven from their reservations by the rebels,were’
quartered here. Near the close of the war a trading post was established by
Hagan & Morrill, who were succeeded by Conner & Dunlap and Daniel Stine,
one of. the early settlers of the present town. Early in 1868 the treaty with
the Osages was made and this part of the county opened for settlement. The
same year Shamleffer & James opened a trading post on the site of the present
town, having purchased the claim on which the town stands for $40. The old
log store was completed in July and C. N. James moved into it. This was
he initial step in the building of the present fair city, which was named
Augusta in honor of Mrs, James.

Early Settlement.—The James & Shamleffer store stood alone until the
spring of 1869, when C. C. Grant opened a harness shop. A blacksmith shop
and the residence of C. N. James soon followed and the same summer Hon.

Thomas H. Baker located a claim adjoining the townsite and put up a general

store. This year saw a considerable growth in the new town; a land office
was opened by J. M. Herman and an attorney’s shingle tacked up by E. E.
Eaton and I. N. Phillips. The first hotel, the Augusta House, was also built
this year as was a wagon shop and several minor buildings. Thus far although
the town was named and had practical existence, it was unsurveyed and the
James claim had not even been entered at the proper land office. Both these
duties were attended to in the winter of 1869-70. The latter year a new Uni-
ted States land district was established and the land office opened in June at
this point. The town was already spreadingas only a well located Western
town can and the acquisition of the land office was all that was needed to raise
the “boom” to a furor. By the close of 1870 nearly every quarter section within
ten miles of the town was taken and Herman & McKitrick had laid out a very
substantial addition. The following year saw a second addition to the town,
This was, however, more than counterbalanced the following year by the re-
moval of the land office to Wichita. In 1872 the city, it is claimed, receiveda
majority of the votes cast for the county seat, but the election was declared
illegal and the vote never canvassed. With the struggle for the county seat the
early history of the city may be said to terminate, and we pass to the more
minute description of its corporate existence.

The Augusta postoffice was established in 1870, and C, N. James appointed
Postmaster. In 1874, Mrs. M. S. Harrington sueceeded to the office, which she
held until November 2, 1881, when C. H. Kurtz, the present official, received
his appointment. | The postoffice was first kept in the original log building of
James & Shamleffer, next in Brown’s block, in a small building of its own in
the south part of town, and finally in the front room of the Southern Kansas
Gazette. It was made a Presidential office on October I, 1882.

The first schoolhouse in Augusta was erected in 1870. This was an
exceptionally large and good building for the times, and sufficed for all the _
wants of the city until 1880, when the present fine building was erected. This
is of stone, two stories high and has six rooms. It is in charge of O. E. Olin,
principal, and Miss Mary Betts, assistant. Six grades are taught, and six
teachersemployed. The public schools of the city have always been noted for
their excellence, and those of 1882-’83 will suffer nothing by comparison with
those of earlier years. < ;

The first train on the St. Louis & San Francisco road reached this city
on May 8, 1880. This was the signal for a rapid increase of the city’s popula-
tion and a fair launch upon the tide of prosperity now enjoyed. In the spring
of 1881, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road began to build southward
from El Dorado, and on August 2d reached this place.

‘ CITY GOVERNMENT, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

s incorporated as a town io 1871, the Board of Trustees consisting of W. A.
See Nainmance. N, James, G. W. Brown and J. R. Nixon. This organization lasted
but «short time, and April 13, 1871, the town became a city of the third class with W. A.
Shannon, Mayor; C. P. Barland, City Clerk; N. A. McKitrick, G. W. Brown, T. W. Mitchell,
L. N. Blood ana O. F. Smith, Councilmen; E. M, Glitford was’ Mayor in 1872;N. A. McKit-
rick, 1873: L. N. Blood, 1874; H. D. Hull, 1875-76; A. J. Paul, 1877-78-79; Charles H. Kurtz
0; J. W. Ground, 1881-82. J. McCollum became City Clerk in 1871-72; John Reid and
Thomas Mason served in 18733 G. B atland, 1874; J. W. Champion, 1875-76; C. C. Van-
i -78-79-80; F. L. Jones, “82. | 7 :
Winethonist Ee accapal Church.—Augusta circuit was formed inthe winter of 1870-71, by
Rev. E. S. Snow, a superannuate of the New England circuit. Rev. C. A. Stine took charge
of the work in October, 1870, and remained upon it during 1871-72. Rev. Enos 8. King was
pastor in 1873; Rev. Walter Oakley in 1874, and Rev. Geo, W. Harrison in 1875. Up to this
fime the society had worshiped in the schoolhouse and in Good Templars Hall, but this
year the fine stone church, 30x50 feet, costing $2,485.35, was erected. A parsonage was built
near the church in 1878 at.acost of $500. Returning to the list of pastors of the church we
nd Revs. John Harris,1876; 1. N. Boycourt, 1877; J. Alpert Hyden, 1878; W. H. Cline, 1879-
81; E. C. Brooks, 1881-83. The society now has 2 membership of 106. A Sabbath school
established in 1877, has an average attendance of Loong Jt ia charges ol Mr eae saute
re condu . W. A. :
van. On one Sabbath of the month Serwibes O16 Cs Sean Fairview Township.”
ist Church at this point was atits organization, a very weak one. Its first pastor
weed en Tonae Stone, who prenchetl about 1875. At that time a small building on Main
street, now used as a carpenter shop, was occupied fOr serves Set seaee wae bale
i j arsonage purchas : =
A OTe ot ten ee PLOSAtS: of Rev. C. G. Manly. who held office five years, *

A
ccomplis :
Uietae plage S Rev. Traneis Rice, the present incumbent, in 1882. The society now has a
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membership of sixty-three. A Sabbath-school was organized at an early day and now has
an ayerage attendance of sixty-three. It is in charge oF E. Hill. yey

i he esbyterian Church was organized on November 24, 1878, by a committee sent by
ne resbytery. Forsome time the church was unsupplied, but in October, 1879, secured
the Services of Rey. P. Reed, who still is in charge. Services were held in the Baptist
church for six months,then in Custer’s Opera House, and then in the present chureh building.
This is the old schvollhouse remodeled aud refitted at a total cost of $1,500, The present
membership of the society is sixteen. A Sabbath school organized August 17, 1880, is now

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL, AUGUSTA,

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in charge of Dr. J. W. Brown and has an average attendance of sixty. Since the iza-
tion of the church at Augusta several branch societies have been orvanized, one att avert
schoolhouse, organized in 1879, has a wembership of 23 and is supplied by Rev. P. Reed.
Another at Indianola schoolhouse is supplied, at present, by Rev. G. E. Bicknell, of Plum

rove,
St. Henry’s Gatholic Church was organized in 1879 by Father Thomas
Witchita, who still supplies it. A church Dung 20x40 and costing $500 me erened is
same year, and services conducted oucea month. Prior to the !ocation of the church in
Augusta there had been irregular services at the houses of communicants in this part of
ihe couuty: The organization is now one of considerable strength, having a membership

Mystic Tie Ladge, No. 74, A. F. & A. M. was chartered on October 22,1868. The char-
ter 0 cers of the lodge were C. N. James, W. M.; J. W. Douglass, S. we Theos Stewart
J.W. The lodge uow numbers forty-five. and has the following officers: H. D. Hill, W!
M.; L. Viets, 8. W.; P.W.Bundick, J.W.; W.A.Shannon, secretary; W. B. Taggert, treasurer.
Meetings are held in Masonic Hall on the tirst-and third Tuesday of each month. The
property of the lodge consists of regalia and jewels valued at $400

Western Star Lodge, No. 81, 1. 0. 0. F. was organized October, 12, 1872, with five mem-
bers and the following officers; Miles Copeland, N. G.; E. W. Clifford, V. G.; . Paul,
secretary; D. Lines, treasurer. This organization was effected by W. A. Shannon, acting
as district deputy grand master, The lodge now has a membership of fifty-eight and the
following officers: _A. Shannon, N. G.; Wm. MeGary, V.G.; D. J. Reber, secretary; D.
Lines, treasurer. Meetings are held on Saturday evewng of each week in Odd Fellows’
Hall. a fine lodge room owned by phenociety, and valued at $2,000.
Emulation Encampm-nt, No. 23, I. O. 0. F., was organized October 15, 1873, with the

following charter embers: A.J. Vane, E. W. Cl ttord, W. P. McLain, A. Ettenson, D. H.
McLain, W. Stewart. The encampment now numbers eighteen members, and has the fol-
lowing omicerse i Poaunvll, C.P.; J; Sullivan, 8. W.; 6. urtz, J. W.; D. Lewis,
scribe; D. J. Reber, H. P. eelings are held on the second 1
month 2 Said Fellows liaik gz ond and fourth Tuesday of each
ugusta apter, 0. 25, Order of the Hastern Star, was organized on Februar
7874 Dub never nade much Progress, and has loug since died our Its records tn

THF PRESS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The Crescent —This paper was established at Augusta in 1870 by Putnam & Perry
After a brief time the paper passed into the hands oft he senior pa riner, and subsequently
into those of Mr. J, 8. Davis, whu changed the name to the Jtep ublican, and soon after sold.
the materi) out oF the COUN EY

Southern Kansas Gazette was first issued on July 4; 1874, by CG. H. &J. A. he
Under this management it was couducied until the fall of 1879, wien it panned. linens
hands of C. H, Kurtz alone, Ithas always been an eight column folio sheet of strong
Republican views, has now a circulation of 800, and is issted on Thursdays. Thepress and
inuch of the type are of historic interest, having been the property of old John Brown of
Osawatomle and world-wide fame. In the attack on Brown the printing office was raided,
the type pied, aud the press thrown into the brush and broken. From Osawatomie the
entire outfit traveled to Paola, Florence, and finally to Augusta, where it {s now doing good

The Augusta Republican was started on June 9, 1879, by W. A. Albin, who stil
and edits it. Its first fourm, an eight column folio, has beeu Y reserved, and the taper woe
now reached a circulation of 675 weekly. It {is issued on Weduesday of each week from the
publication office, in the basement of G. W. Brown’s bank building. Lvs pulitics are straight

epublican,

Banking.—The first bank in Augusta, as well as in the county, was the privat
house of G.W. Brown. This institution, as a private concern, gives no SUEEMGAE On er ee
sources, which, however, are known to be ainple. A fine stone building was erected in 1880
at a cost of $10,000. This is used on the lower floor for banking and on the upper for resi-

ence purposes,

Reid’s Bank.—This bank is also a private institution, It was started on Sept
1880. by John Reid, who now operates it. No statement is made of {ts TOUGUTCES ie hey
wre known to be about $30,N00, of which $20,000 is cash, subject to demand.

City Mills.—The Augusta City Mills were built in 1870 by Manly Bros., who operated
them until 1879 when they were purchased by A.J. & J. round, who uow operate them,
Upon taking possession the new owners completely remodeled the nills, making them worth
to-day $10,000. Four run of bulr stones are kept in motion by asixty horse power cgine
and have a capacity of sixty barrels of fine flour per day. The'mill building, whieh is 40x50
and fW0 LOLS in height, stands on the line of the A, T. &S. F. Ry., in the southeastern part
of the city.

The Haines Elevator.—This elevator was built in 1882, the old corn mill, which now
forms part of the building, having already been in operation several years. The elevator
has a capacity of 2,000 bushels of corn and 500 bushels of wheat per twenty-four hours
Power is furnished by a twelve-horse power engine, .

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

B. A. ALDRIDGE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, P.O. Augusta, is a nati io«
was born in Greene County, January 2, 1830. Fora number ot vents resided in Gale oo}
Douglas counties, illinois. The spring of 1873 became a resident of Butler County, locat-
ing where he now resides. Mr. A, has au extensive quarry on his farm, out of which he
ships large quantities of stone all over the State. He is numbered among the early settlers
in his locality Was married, in Ohio, to Miss Emily Gorden, whose death occurredtin Butler
County, Kansas, February 18, 1883. They have had seven children born to them, Martha, J

’W., B. F., Edmund, Charles, Laura and Pearlie. The family are identified ‘with the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, Mr. A. having been a member for thirty-seven years.

H. C. BATES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 9, P, O. Augusta, is a native of Michigan
and was born in Washtenaw County, September 22. 1836; was educated and reared in his
native State. Early in the war, he enlisted in the Fourth Michigan Infantry, Com any KC
in 1861, for three months; the first call. In 1863, he enlisted in the navy, being stationed at
Erie, Pa., for atime, and afterwards in the Mississippi squadron, under Adiniral Porter,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

He was married, in Michigan, to Miss Jennett Negus. In 1871, came to Franklin County,
and in March, 1872, came to Butler County, being among the early settlers in the locality
where he now resides.

ISAAC B. BLAKER, stockman, P. O.Augusta. In 18?7,the subject of this sketch came
to Butler County, locating in Augusta. He bas an extensive stock ranch on the Wainut, a
few miles south of town, and does a large business in_cattle, hogs and sheep. Mr. B. is a
native of Pennsylvania; was born in Bucks County, March 12, 1850; was educated and
reared to manhood inthatState. His parents, paternal and maternal, were Pennsylvanians,
He was married, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Susan Comly, They have two children—Charlie
and Lillie. Mr. B. is a member of the City Council, and one of Augusta’s enterprising citi-

zens,
- L. N. BLOOD, merchant, is a native of Michigan, and was born in Lenawee County,
September 25, 1844; was there educated and reared; became a residentof Kansas in 1869,
having charge of the track-layers on the A., T. &S.F.R. R.foratime. In August, 1869,
cameto Butler County, locating in Beuton Township, temporarily, on a farm; soon after,
came and settled in Augusta, Here he taught the first school, and was the third regular
merchant. From that period to the present, has been associated with the commercial inter-
ests of the town; has built several houses, besides assisting in the erection of the Opera
Block; for six years was Treasurer of Augusta, and has continually held school offices; is a
member of the Masonic order, and was instrumentalin organizing the first temperance
society in Augusta. Mr. B. was married, in Kansas, to Miss L. M. Bellamy, of Illinois.

E. C. I, hardware merchant, was born in Knox County, Ohio, April 29, 1838. In
1852, he came West by himself, and settled in La Crosse, Wis., between the latter town and
Prairie du Chien. He spent several years principally pursuing the vocation of buying furs.
In 1861, when north of New Ulm, Minn., he was captured by a party of Sioux Indians and
held as a subject by them for several weeks. On one occasion he was tied to a stake to be
burned; was eventually rescued by a band of Chippewas. -On being released, he er-listed in
the ¥orty-eighth Wisconsin with the expectation of going in pursuit of the Indians, but was
sent South, and served as steward in the hospital at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, until the
close ofthe war. 11.1865, Mr B. came to Kansas, locating temporarily at Lawrence; after-
ward went to Osage Mission, where he engaged in the hardware business two years, comin,
from there to Augusta in the spring of 1870. He established the first hardware store, an
has been a leader among the business men of Augusta since that date. Officially, Mr. B. is
Treasurer of Augusta Township, and has served several terms in the City Council. He is
di ie of the Masonic Lodge, No. 74, Augusta. He was inarried, in Kansas, to Miss Ella C.

olland.

C. W. BROWN, loan agent. This prominent fellow-citizen is a native of New York, and
was born in Jefferson County, May 29,1836; was educated and reared in the Empire State. In
1868, becaine a resident of Clarence, Cedar Co., lowa, where he was engaged in the banking
business in company with his brother, George W., fortwo years, The autumn of 1870, he
came to Augusta; from 1871 to 1874, was identified with the banking interests of the town;
since that period has been engagedin farming and stock raising, making a specialty o:
sheep husbandry; his flock in 1883 numbering 5,000. Mr. Brown is au active business
mau, and has contributed amply toward the development of Augusta. He was married
January 10, 1872, at Clarence, lowa, to Miss Annie McKibbin. They have three children—

Maggie, Annie and Georges

GEORGE W. BROWN, son of-Cyrus and Tamar Brown, was born in LeRaysville Jef-
ferson Co., N. Y., January 23, 1634. At twenty-one years of age, he started out, adopting
Horace Greeley’s advice to young men to “go West and grow up with the country ;” first lo-

 

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cating for a shorttime at Shelbyville, Il.,a c

‘ i me by . U11.,and then xoing to Whitesi € =

flalued for th ne years, learning and working at the car DAteEn eee ne oaniaee Neer
St Lawrence ew York, and was married to Miss Mary e Weaver, a resident of Hammond.
Ogle Count te Nu y., and moved West the followin spring, and stopped for one year in
he removed to fokinidgs Greene Coe ieeaeang pusmess, Zh thespring of the next year
i q ii., Y remained until the fall of 1868, in the
focinbarichitsonie other musinsss ntti aU aguONY and, MausETY Aer tated ent
x een er areas i r he removed to Clarence v
Teenie Oe erred in the banking business, in December, LONE, He only semaines
try, traveling b a} y, 1870, when he sold out aud again started on a tour to a newer coun-
in October Mere pon. ‘vid camping ont throuzh Lowa, Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, and
the county just ¢ n Butler County, Kan., and tocated at Augusta, The town was new. and
fran in lding ever built Augusta, Cowl ae Ween Mosk one was eae the, IniRest
rb: US US, a x ock, on State street, and agan
eT as pauking business, being the second banking establishment in thegounty. He
oi 80. wher ness ia small wooden building adjoining Brown’s Block, until the summer
was bufle in La uu avery fine banking house in connection with the Opera Block, that
hat year, His present banking house will compare favorably with any house

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BUTLER

in the State. Mr. B. has been connected with the deve its i

and has served several terms in the City Council, and eeetver foe see nee
of the Schvol Board. in which time thay have eréctel a very fine schoolhouse. In which he
took great pride. ERAS ial Ways Heou- an nedene supporter of the temperance cause. but is

a any rganization, i —Wi: By
born November 26, 1865, & @ has only one child, a son—Warren E. Brown,

«Re Ck, M. D., is a native of Tennessee and w.is born i -

ber 9, 1834. Atan early age he removed to Keokuk, Lowa, Ses he See cutee etl
reared, graduating in inedicine in the State University at Keokuk. He engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession in Lancaster, Mo., coutinuing there for twenty years. At the break-
ing out of the war he was one of the first to r-spond to the Union call, and was enrolled as
First Lieutenant, in which capacity aud as Adjutant he served in three regiments. Was
mustered out of the Forty-second Missouri Volunteer Infantry at close of war. In Mis-
souri, 1866, the Doctor was commissioned by Gov, Fletcher, Supervisor of Registration, of
Schuyler County, for reconstructing the State purposes. He was mariied at Bevier, Mo’ to
Miss Maggie I. Taylor. They have three children—Edmond E., Pearl W. and Bertram’T. Mrs
Bruce’s death occurred in Missouri. His present wife was formerly Miss Josie I. Brush,
They have one son—Erle. In the spring of 1878, with his family, he came to Augusta, Kan..
engaging in the drug trade in connection with practicing inedicine, He isa member of the
Masonic Order and the G. A. R., and commands a company of Militia in Second Regiment.

A. A. BURGE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 28, P. 6. Augusta, isa native of [linois
and was bornin Lake County, October 7, 1845; in 1864 enlisted in the Ninety-sixth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. He came to lutler County, Kan.
in 1868, locating where he now resides. He was married in Kansas to Miss M. E. Aldrich!
They have two children—Benjaimin and Cora. Mr. B.is a memnber of the Masonic Order.

JOSEPH CARR, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, P. 0. Au usta, located where he
now resides the spring of 1871, and there are few if any that have done more in the way of
agricultural developement for Augusta Township than Mr. C. He is a native of Pennsyly 7
nla; was born in Indiana County September 24, 1812. Was educated and resided in native
State until coming to Kansas. Was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Margaret McQuistan.
They have one son—Alfred A. They have an adopted daughter—Melia.

J. B. CLARK, tarmer and stock raiser, Section 21, P. O. Augusta, is a native of Indiana,
and was born in Marion County, September 17, 1824.| After attaining his majority he re-
moved to Wisconsin and later to Iowa, peing among the pioneers of Clayton and Allamakee
counties, From Iowa moved to Olinsted County, Minn., where he resided a number of
years. During the Rebellion was a soldier in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, being
on duty in that State. In 1866 he came to Kansas, locating where he now resides the spring
of 1867, being among the first in these parts. Since that time Mr. C. has been one of the
mast enterprising and active farmers in Butler County, and has been eninently successful.
He was married in Iowa to Miss Mary J. Fettermann. They have one daughter—Ida

GEORGE CLOUSE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 31. P. O. Augusta, is a native of Al-
sace, France, and was born in 1821. Came tothe United States in 1840, locating in New York
State, where he was married to Miss Magdeline Walters. They have seven children—Caro-
line, George Jr., Michael, Henry, John C., Louisa and Mary. Mr, GC, came to Kansas with
his family, locating where he now resides in 1871. ‘

Ae ¥ , merchant, is a native of Poland, and was born October 15,1840. In
1862, he came to the United States. residing in Leavenworth, Kan., and different Ronn of
Colorado and Liberty, Mo., until the spring of 1871, when he came lo Augusta. Mr. Etten-
son was one of the first in the ‘town and has been continually identified with its interests,
being one of the solid merchants of thetown. Heisa member of the I. O. O. F. and char-
ter member of the lodge in Augusta, He was married October 12, 1866, in Leavenworth, to
Biss Gite en, of Bohemia. They have five children—Abraham, Charles, Marks, Esther
and Solomon,

DENNIS FITZPATRICK, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, P. O. Augusta, 1s a native
of New York State, and was born January 3, 1842. hen young he caine to Cook County,
TIL, with his parents, where he was reared and educated. In 1861, he enlisted in the
Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until October 5, 1865. For eight months was
a prisoner, the greater portion of the time at Macon,Ga., and Libby. He served principally
in the department of the Tennessee in the Seventeenth Ariny Corps. Later inthe war he
was Lransferred to the Thirteenth Army Corps. Upon being discharged he returned to Illi-
nois, taking up his abode in Chicago, where for twelve years he was on the police force; six
years of the time was Sergeant and had charge of the Twenty-Second Street Station. In
1877, Mr. F. came to Kansas, locating where he now resides. He was married December 23,
1865, in Chicago, to Miss Bridget Coughlin. They have eight children—Deunis, Jr,, Luke,
Catbarine, James, Ellen, Mary, Teresaand William, Mr. Fitzpatrick is one uf Butler Coun-
ty’s progressive citizens. .

DANIEL W. FRIEND, grocer, was born in Somerset County, Pa., April 15th, 1838. In
1861, he came to Brunswick, Mo., residing until 1863, when he settled in Indiana. He be-
came a resident of Kansas in the fall of 1870, being one of the farmers of Walnut Town-
ship, Butler Seunty. He was the first Postmaster in Walnut City, and sold goods there for
over three years. For the past few years has been the leading merchant of Augusta. Mr.
Friend was married in Missouri, in 1863, to Miss Susan M. Mauzey. They have one daugh-
ter, Ida B., now Mrs. E. H. Gardner. Mr. Friendis a member of the I. O. O. F.

H. C. GABBERT, County Surveyor and farmer, Section 36, P. O. Augusta, is a native of
Indiana and was born in Monroe County, February 3d, 1843. e was educated and reared
in bis native State, where he became proficient in civil engineering. During the war he
served two and a half years in the Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, doing duty
principally in the Army of the Potomac. He was mustered in asa private and discharged
as First Lieutenant. In the spying of 1873, he came to Kansas, locating where he now re-
sides, engaging infarming. In 1878, he was elected Surveyor for Butler County and re-
elected in 1880. He was married in Indiana to Miss L.-A. Caralton, of that State. They have
four children—W. T., M. O., C. K.and F. A. Mr. Gabbert is a member of theI. 0. O. F.
Western Star Lodge 81, of Augusta, 7 ;

Go. F. GALLAGHER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 11, P. O. Augusta, was born in
Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio, March 17, 1830._ Was educated and reared in that State. In

after years he resided in Indiana, Iowa and Illinois, being a resident of Vermillion County
of the latter Statejin 1861,at which time he emflistedin Company D. Twenty-fifth IMinois Vol-
unteer Infantry, serving thirty-nine months. Was at the battle of Pea Ridge, through the
Atlanta campaign and other memorable events of the Rebellion. At the battle of Chicka-
mauga was severely wounded. After the war for several years resided in Indiana. Was
married in Indiana to Miss Ann Force, J anuary 1, 1856. Their children are—Eliza-
beth A., Frank and Jessie. In 1881 Mr. G. came to Kansas with his family, locating on his
present farm in the spring of 1882, where his residence is located, commanding a fine view
of the surrounding country for miles. Mr, G. isa member of theG. A. R._

J. R. GARDNER, liveryman, is a native of New York, and was born in Otsego County,
February 29, 1832. In 1844 removed to Ohio, settling in Geauga County, where, in 1851,
was married to Miss Charlottie Weston, and at once emigrated to Noble County, [ud.,. which
was their home until 1860, at which period settled.in Mason County, Ill. In 1862 he enlisted

-in the Highty-fifth linois Volunteer Infantry, serving over three years, eleven months of
the time feme spent in Andersonville prison. Was one of the first to endure the tortures of
that modern bastile. Mr. G. enlisted as a private and was detailed with the ambulance
corps, thence Regimental Wagon Master and subsequently to Brigade Wagon Master. At
the close was acting as scout. In April, 1868, Mr. G. came to Kansas, engaging in farming
in Cherokee County and fora timein Crawford County. In the winter of 14874 became a
resident of Augusta, taking charge of the National hotel. Mr. G. is identified among the
representative business men of thecounty. For the pastfew years has been a member of
the Augusta City Council, and is connected with the local affairs .f the township. He is a
member of the I. 0. O. F. and G. A. R. Two children bave been born to Mr, and Mrs. G.—
Elijah H. and Effie E. (now Mrs. F. R. Powell) Elijah H. has been associated with the com
mercial interests of Augusta for several years.

E. GIMLIN, merchant, was born in Tuscarawas County, May 7, 1841. In 1858 he came
to Hlinois and settled in Christian County, Iu July, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Forty-
first illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three years in the department of the Mississippi,
and was severely wounded at Jackson and was taken prisoner, being held for ashort time.
For several years after his term of service he was engaged in the mercantile business in
Christian County, Ill. In 1875 he came to Newton, Kansas, where he carried on business
until February, 1880, when he located in AugUsiA, Mr, G. has been President of the City
Council for two years and has always been identified with the cause of temperance and pro-
gress. Heis prominently known in the Spiritualistic circles of the State and isa member
of theG. A. R. He was married in [llinois to Miss MarySwim. They have four children—
Horace, Ara, Albert and Blaine. Horace is foreman in the Augusta Advance office.

. J. . ROUND, merchant millers, A.J. Ground, the senior member of the
firm, came to Augusta in 1879, engaging in the milling business. In company with his son,
. W., owns the City Steam Mill and the water mill at the outskirts of the town. Mr. G.
is also the senior member of the firm of Ground & Given, dealers in general merchandise,
and in connection with his son, J. W., operates an extensive seed storein Augusta. The ca-
pacity of both mills is 125 barrels per day. Mr. G.is a native of North Carolina; when
eighteen years of age emigrated to Indiana, where for a number of years he was in active
business. r. J, W. Ground, the junior member of the firm, is a native of Indiana, and was
born in Monroe County, March 26, 1847. He became a resident of Kansasin 1878. Previous
to coming to Augusta was in the mill businessin Chanute and other points. The years of
1882-83 served the people of Augustaas Mayor. He was married in Indiana to Miss M. E.
Holmes. They have four children—Nellie C., Blanch H., Jes ie A. and Walter. Mr. Ground
is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. 7 :

J. C. HAINES, grain merchant, was born in Appanoose County, Lowa, March 12, 1847.
He was reared, educated and resided in the Hawkeye State until 1872, when he became a
resident of Butler County, Kan, For seyeral years he followed agricultural pursuits,

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engaging in the grain business in 1881. Mr. H. was married in Iowa, to Miss Mary Brown.
They have three children, Eph, Ray and Stella. x

L. S. HAUL, M.D., is a native of New York, and was born 1n Tioga County. was educated
and reared in the Empire State, graduating in medicine in the Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, in 1878. The same vear he came to Kansas, locating in Augusta.

CHARLES HAZLEHURST, farmer and stock raiser, Sections 15 and 22, P.O. Augusta,
is a native of New York and was born in Oneida County, April 23, 1838. He was educated
and reared in his native State. For a number of years he was a resident of Illinois, enlisting
from that State in 1861, iu the Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until the
close of the war. He was at the battles of Pea Ridge, Corinth, Perryville, Stone River,
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, and other noted engagements. Mr. H. came
to Kansas in 1870, locating in B’nton Township, and afterwards in Towanda Township, and
eventually where he now resides. He was married in Louisville, Ky., to Miss Katie McIn-
tosh. Mr, H. is a member of the G. A. R. and Masonic order, if 2

EDWLN ILL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, P. O. Augusta, is a native of
England, and was born in Bristol, in 1830. When twenty-five years of age he came tothe
United States, locatl og at Kenosha. Wis., where he resided until the breaking out of the
war, when he enlisted in the First Wisconsin Infantry, serving three months; ré-enlisted in
the First Wisconsin lufaitry Three-year Regiment; was commissioned. Lieutenant in
Forty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry, and served in that capacity until the close of the war,
being on duty in the Department of the Cumberland. He continued to reside in Wisconsin
until 1879, when he came to Kansas, settling on his present farm. Mr. Hill was among the
first in this locality, and has been actively engaged in developing the resources of his town-
ship since coming. He is one of the most extensive stockmen in the county, operating a mi'l
on his farm principally for his own use in,grinding feed, Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic
order and the G. A. R. He was married in England to Miss T. Champ. They have four
children, Edwin H., Willie J., Florence and Charlie,

- H. D. HILL, M. D., was born in Delaware County, Ohio, July 20, 1839. He was educated
and Yeared in his native State and when the war broke out he was studying medicine in Ohio,

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and on August 8, 1862, he eulisted as a private in the Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry. After serving seven months, he wastransferred to the medical department, in which
he served until July 19, 1865. Returning home he continued his studies, and in 1867 gradu -
ated from the me:ical department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor. In 1870
Dr. Mill came to Kanas, locatiug in Augusta Township, and has since been prominently iden -
tified with the development of the southern part of the county. He was the first clerk of
‘the township and was elected to the State Legislature in 1874, and again in 1880, and was a
member of a special session of the State Legislature during the month of September, 1874,
and took an active part in securing the passage of the law regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquors curing fhe session of 1880. Politically he is a Republican. e was married in Ohiv
to Miss Mary E. Folks. They have three children—Virgil, Harvey and James R. The coctor
is a member of the Masonic order.

A HOLMES, farmer and stockraiser, Section 20, P.O. Augusta, is a native of New York,
aud was born in Oneida County, in 1845. When three years of age he emigrated with his
parents to Michigan, where he was educated, reared and resided until coming to Kansas in
February, 1879. He was married in Michigan, to Miss Alice Newkirk. They have three
children, Myra, oy, and Sylvian.

E. JOHNSON, liveryman and proprietor of the Valley House, is a native of Ohio, and
was born in Portage June 10, 1818. When eighteen years of age he came to Illinois. After
a residence there of some years he went to Missouri, and from there to Wisconsin, locating
in Grant County. While a resident there he took a prominent part in securing the State
University for Platteville. _ Hecame to Kansas from Wisconsin in August, 1870, settling on
Section 18, Bruno Township, then Augusta Township, Butler County, being one of the first
settlers in the township. e was identified with the agricultural interests of that locality,
hwiug built the first house there, and took a prominent part in organizing Bruno Town-
ship, Making the cauvass for that purpose. In October, 1881, he came to Augusta, engaging
in the livery and hot@& business. Mr. J. was married in Illinois to Miss Minerva Stiles.
They have seven children—Nora, Rebecca. Henry, Warner, Charles, Edward and Jennie.

J. KELLER, Jr., deater in coal, and farmer and stock raiser, Section 35, is a native
of Indiana, and was bornin Wabash County November 5, 1886. He was educated and
raised in his native State until 1877, when he came to Augusta, Kan. For several vears he
was engaged in freighting, and held the office of Justice of the Peace in Augusta for four
years and Police Judge fortwo years. At present he operates a coal yard and runs a trans-
fer line in town in connection with carrying ontwo farms. Mr. K. was married in Indiana
to Miss Lavina Van Dyne. They have seven chilaren—Frank, Archibald, J. B., George W.,
Freddie, Marv _B. and Bessie M. Mr. K. isa member of the K. of H.

J. W. KERR, insurance agent, is a native of Pennsylvania, aud was born in Lawrence
County July 13,1855. He was educated and reared in his native State, and came to Kansas
in 1877, settling at Newton. The spring of 1880 he became a resident of Augnsta, engaging
in the insurance business. My. Kerr was married in Penusylvauia to Miss Ella Zimmer-
man. Mrs. K.’s father was one of the original owners of the town site of Topeka, settling
there at an early day. . .

P. JACKSON, M.D. This well known veteran, whose portrait appears here, is a
native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Bedford County January 28,1810. When twenty
years of age he came to Ohio, living for a number of years in Jefferson and other counties,
taking up tbe study of medicine soon after coming to the State, After pursuing a curse of
lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College, he settled down to practice in Vinton County,
continuing there upward of twenty years. During the war he served eighteen months, en-
listing as a private in the Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; wasin charge of the Gov-
ernment drug store at Nashville for five months. Prior to this, however, he had charge of a
hospital in the field andwas engaged on other detached dnty. After the war he came to Spring-
field, Mo., where he engaged in contracting. In 1871 he came to Kansas, locating a claim in
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Sumner County. Mr. Jackson followed mercantile pursuits for atime in Sedgwick County
prior to his locating in Butler County. In 1878 he became a resident of Augusta, He built a
fine rick drug store, and for a period conducted business, but has virtually retired from

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he had two children—Andrew Benton ani Mary E, The former died of disease while serv-
ing in an Ohio regiment. Mary E. died in Lowa, five years ago. +

CHARLES H. KURTZ, editor and proprietor of the Southern Kansas Gazette and Post-
master at Augusta, was orn in Somerset, Pa., May 15, «838. Ie attended the common
school of his native place until he was fifteen years old, when he entered the drug business
under the supervision of an uncle. He remained in this business until 1868, returning tu
Indiana in 1856, remaining there until 1859, when he went to Ohio, He was married, in
1861, to Miss Belle Pile, of Somerset, Pa., and opened a store of his own in Wapakoneta,
Ohio, in April, 1862. In 1864, he was appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Reveuue,

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Sa Ee ient Johnson “swung around the circle” in 1866, when his official head fell into
the basket. Several months afterward, under a compromise of the political leaders, he was
reins'ated to both positions, and retained them until 1870. He moved to Kansas in May,
1871, first locating at Florence, where he purchased the Pioneer of McReynolds & Mitchell,

HISTORY OF KANSAS

In June, 1874, he removed the material of the office and his family to Augusta, and the first
nantes an aie Southern Kansas Gazette was issued July 4 of that year, and has been con-
tinuously published by him since that time, He was a member of the City Council during
the years 1877,78 and °79,and in 1880 was elected Mayor. Was appointed Postmaster in 1881,
taking the office on the second. day of November, which position hestill retains. Is  mem-
ber of the Independent Order of Odd zellows ane B10 of the Knights of Honor. Is at pres-
nt Mayor of the city, serving his third term in that capacity. +

* JOHN A. KURTZ, arugeist came to Kansasjin 1871, and located at Florence, where, in
company with his brother, 6 H, they engaged in publishing the Pioneer until 1874, when
they caine to Augusta, establishing the Southern Kansas Gazette, He continued his connec-
tion with that paper until 1879, when he engaged in the drug trade. Mr. K. is anative of
Pennsylvania,and was born in Somerset County, September 25, 1847. For a number of years
he resiied in Wapakoneta, Ohio, where he became proficient in pharmacy, coming from
Ohio to Kansas. Mr. K.«is numbered amoung the enterprising men of Augusta. He was
married, in Kansas, to Miss Jennette Stoll. He isa member of the K. of H.

JAMES ‘LOCKE, druggist, was boru in Bethel, Oxford Co., Me., February 8, at was
educated and reared'in his native State. In 1861, he enlisted in the Fifth Battery Maine
Volunteers, serving one year. Mr. lL. came to Augusta, Kan., in autumn of 1870, and has
constantly since thattime been in business. He was married September 16, 1866, in Upton,
Me., to Miss Sophia B. Douglass of Upton, Oxford Co., Me. They have three ehildren—
Charles, Leon and Gertrude. He is a member of the K. of H. He and his family are
associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. . .

N. A. MCKITRICK, stockman, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Noble County, July
rincipally educated and reared in that State. For afew years was a resident
o., coming from there to Augusta in the spring of 1870, where he has since
in the stock trade. Politically Col. McKitrick (as he is generally
In 1872, he was elected Sheriff of Butler County as an independent
candidate. In 1873, was elected Mayor of Augusta, receiving the entire vote. He has been
otherwise recognized by the people with minor offices. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F.
Was married, in Sedalia, Mo., to Miss Clara Morehead, They have three children—William,
Sarah and Burd. a

HENRY MOYLE, merchant, came to Butler County in the spring of 1869, settling on a
farm near Augusta; followed agricultural pursuits until 1875; came to town embarking in
trade. Mr. M. has built two stores, been a member of the City Council, and otherwise con-
nected with Augusta’s welfare. Heisa native of England and was born January 23, 1846;
came to the United States when young, and was reared in North Carolina. He was married
in Kansas to Miss Josephine Saunders. They have four childreu—John, Grace, Mathew, and
aninfaut. Mr, M. isa Mason and a member of the K. of H.

PROF. O. E. OLIN is a native of Ohio, and was born in Portage County, December 3,
1851. Hisearly life was spent in attending the common schools of Portage County aud
Clinton County, Iowa; eventually removing with his parents to California. In 1865 he
returned to Ohio; remaining until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating in Douglas
County, For three years he was principal of the school in Baldwin City, and for four terms
taught the grammar department in the El Dorado school. In the spring of 1881, assumed
the control of the Augusta school, which ranks among the first in the State. Prof. Olir was
matried in Ohio to Miss Marie Seibel, of Cleveland. er father was a prominent musician
and the orparizel of Hecker’s band ofthat city. .

A. PALMER, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Augusta, Js a native of New York, and was
born in Oswego County, in May. 1831. At an early age came to Illinois and spent severat
years in Macoupin and La Salle counties. The autumn of 1868 came to Kansas, locating
where he now resides. Mr. A. at that time brought with him a saw- mill, which was the first

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. in this part, and has been operating the same to a greater or less extent since in connection

with an extensive farm. He was married in Kansas to Miss A. A. Mather, of this State,
They have five children—Lora, John J., Mary, Ray, and Josephine.

JOHN REID, banker, was born in Canada, near Kingston, February 12, 1844. When
young his father emigrated to Illinois with his family, locating in Kane County, near Elgin,
IL; here the subject of this sketch spent his early days titling the soil and attending the
common schools, and after an attendance at the Elgin Academy of two years, entered upon
a course of study at Aurora Institute and Clark Seminary, in Aurora, IIl., graduating in
1877, after which he took up the study of law in Elgin. In 1870 he came to Kansas, sojourn-
ing for a time at Emporia, where he was admitted to the bar. In September, 1870, he came
to Augusta, being among the first professional men in the town. In addition to his law
practice he carried on areal estate and loan agency up to 1880, when he engaged in the
banking business. Mr. Reid has been Justice of the Peace, and otherwise identified with
the political interests of his town. In point of building he has done much towards the city’s

evclopay el . Mr, Reid was married in INinois to Miss Henrietta Merritt, of Elgin.

J A. RHOADS, real estate. One of the most extensively known real estate agents in
Southern Kausas is Mr. Rhoads. Located in Augusta in October, 1870, being one of the first
in that line. He has done uch towards advertising Butler County and the city of Augusta.
Was commissioner for the St. L. & S. F. and the A., T. & S. F. railroads. Has been Mayor
of Augusta, and held minor offices. In connection with his real estate business, is largely
engaged in farming. He was born in Vermillion County, Ind., October 18, 1827. Was edu-
cated and reared in the Hoosier State. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Sixth
Uavalry and Seventy-first Regiment, serving three years in the capacity of wagon and for-
age master. He participated In the Atlanta campaign and other prominent events of the
Rebellion. Mr. Rhoads was married in Indiana to Miss Lucy P. Richardson. They have
two children by this union—William A. and Flora

RANDOLPH ROBINSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, P.O. Augusta. Was
born in Warren County, Ohio, August 3, 1810, and resided there until 1839, when he re-
moved to Jay County, Ind., residing there until 1847, when he went back to Warren Coun-
ty, Ohio, locating at Springborough. Inthe spring of 1851, he removed to Putpam County,
Ill, remaining there but eighteen months, when he removed to Mason County, where he re-
sided twenty-two years, from there going to Jacksonyille, Cass County, and in the spring of
1878 moved to Butler County, Kas,, where he now resides. Mr, Robinson has been marriet
lhree times. His first wife was Elizabeth Hewitt, to whom he was united in marriage in
May, 1835, and by whom he had seven children, of whom two are deceased—Sidney and .
Sarah. The surviving children are: Rhoda, Jobn, Eupheme, Amos and Olla. He was
married in Illinois in November, 1856, to Mrs, Sarah Hull, who died in December, 1866.
They had three children—Amanda, Elizabeth and Phoebe, all deceased. Mr. Robinson was
again married, March 6, 1867, to Mrs, Julianna Harp.

L, E. RUSSELL, furniture dealer, was born in Oxford County, Maine, February 29,
1820, and was educated and learned his trade in the lumber State. For several years he
worked as journeyman in New York City, Lowell and other points. In 1870 Mr. Russell
came to Kansas from the State of Maine. Locating in Augusta, he erected the first store
building and estabished thejfirst furniture store,and has since been ideutified with that busi-
ness, Ile was married, in New Hampshire, to Miss R. J. Weston, who died in 185%. They
have two daughters living—Alice J., now Mrs. James Boulders, of Augusta, and Nellie R.,
a milliner in Augusta. He was married the second time, in 1859, to Lorenad. Buck. .

RYAN OTHERS, proprietors of the Palace Hotel. Of the leading hotels in Kansas,
the Palace ranks among the first. The hotel was builtin 1879 by the Messrs. Ryan. The
firm is composed of D,.J., A. J. and Will H. They are Fenial and popular gentlemen, and
enterprising in every sense of the word, D. J. and A. J. were among the earlier settlers in
this part, engaging in farming, In 1870 in Spring Township. They were also associated
with the earller business interests of Augusta, conducting for a few years alivery barn and
a saddlery establishment. Will H. came to Augusta in 1879. In connection with hotel
keeping they are largely interested in sheep husbandry. The Ryans came to Kansas from
Brown County, 11), A.J. was married in Butler County, Kan,, to Miss Mary Norris, an esti-
mable lady, who presides as hostess of the hotel.

S.J, SAF FORD, lumber dealer, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Erie Coun-
ty January 5, 1849. Atan carly age came to Wisconsin with parents and located in Janes-
ville, where he was educated and brought up. In 1880 came to Kansas, locating in Augus-
ta, Has since been identified with the lumber interests of the county. He also owns and
operates a restaurant and bakery, Has served the city as councilman one term. M.S. was
married in Wisconsin to Miss Jennie E. Boss. They have two children—Hattie and Emma.

R. 8. SCOTT, druggist and proprietor of the Augusta Advance, came to Kansas in 1880.
locating at Eureka, where he carried on the drug business until May, 1882, when he came
to Augusta, continuing in the same business. The first of March, 1883, he purchased the
Augusta Republican office and changed the title of the paper to thatof the Advance, and its
politics straight Democratic, Mr. 8. has been a successful druggist, and is making a good
record i ne wapaper mars He is a naive of Kentucky, and was bornin Boyle County,

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alnocot, Kentucky. ase ed in his native State Se Dtlss Jennie Coffey,
ate TON, coal dealer, is a native of Vermont, and was born at Bethel, Windsor Co.,
February 6, 1853. He came to Kansas in August, 1873, and has since been identified with
its business interests. He was married: in Kansas to Miss Ora Stevens. They have two
children Navel and Walter, Mr. §S. isa member of the K. of H.

CAPT. W. A. SHANNON is a native of New York. and was born in Livingston County,
August 5. 1816. When twenty years of age he came West, and en ‘aged in steainboating on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, eventually settling at Hamburg, Tis’ where he was engaged
in mercantile pursuits until 1851,when he removed to St.Louls, carrying on business in that
city up to 1855, when he became identified with the interests of Leavenworth, Kan., five
gents: He came down to Breckenridge, now Lyon County, and engaged in farming on Dow

reek, Here he was set upon by the noted Quantrell in one of his raids, and deprived of all his
avai ie e effects. Mr. 8. immediately went to Fort Scott, and entered the United States ser-
vice} eing appointed Deputy Property Clerk in the Quartermaster’s department, and com-
m ss oned Captain of the employes in this department, who were regularly organized and
rilled. In this capacity he served until the close of the war. He settled at Fort Scott, and
was elected Clerk of the District Court, holding the office two terms, In 1870 he was ap-
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pointed by President Grant, Receiver of Public Mone: 8 i
that year came to Augusta, where the land office was Seautiouede aa the dard shoe wae
removed to Wichita two years later, Mr. S. resigned, and since that time has held the fic
of Justice of the Peace in connection with operating a large tract of land ‘He isa nen ber
of the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders. Of the latter he has been P. G., R s G LU Ss
For the past ten years he has been Secretary of the Masonic lodge in Au ‘asta. “Th the L, 0:
O. F. he was prominently connected with establishin the order in Teausa a a had the
honor of calling to order the first lodge in the State. which is known as Lea awd rth N 2
ae eae ee pivanizing lodges! tt Northeastern Kansas in those primitive days,
. 8. tra 1 trom town to town, and did as much in establishing lodges as any
maninthe State. Heisa member of theG. A. RB. an'l Quart ote £ ing.
Post No. 105. He was married in Hamburg, lii., to Miss Ht’ Mar iene, bo bE: King
they hive tires children, now living. nburg, 11., to Miss H. Mary Miner. By this union
LOS , attorney, came to Butler Gounty ir
ship. After farming five years he removed to il Dares iyiarerae IBLE The aenue ob
law, and was adinitted to the bar in 1877. He located: in ‘Augusta in the 8 prin of 1881
Mr. 8. is a native of Illinois, and was born in Adams County. ecember 14 134° He was
feck CASALE AVIS TEER gbE See ees he enlisted in the Second Illinois Volnn-

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County, Ohio, February 14, 1833, where he Was reared’ He meredie Liliane 1863. whee
he remained until he came to Kansas in 1877. During the Rebellion he servei three months
in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer {ufantry. He was married in
Perry County, Ohio, to Miss Elisabeth Taylor. They have seven children—John W., James
SUhWal Gosrihece eaeee a Hosettts, Haute and Elvie. Mr, Shreve has been Clerk’ of the

years, and has been o ise ¢ i fi i i-
cal and moral development of lls adopted home. SEHNEY SEEGER SUE Mnesoeisl DANE

SISCO BROS., merchants. Among the leading merchants of Southern Kansas the above
LOL TAS. cher caine to seuss locating in Augusta in 1880, and in 1881 embarked in
business men, and have been eminently once, oun natives of Defiance, Ohio They are live

f i, livery man, came to Kansas i i i em) ~
poria, Lyon Co. Moved to Butler County in 1858, near Bi Dorin torteven veme touting
with Indians. Settled near Augusta in 1865, and was engaged in freighting for ten years;
followed farming and stock-raising. For the last year he has been engaged in the livery
jrusiness; had mauy drawbacks to contend with duriug the early settlement of Butler County,
and has contributed amply toward its development. He is aman of excellent judgment,
genlal and popular with all, Mr.Stine was born in Union County, Pa., February 25, 1828; re-
moved to Ohio in 1885, where he remained until he came to icansas. He was tnarried in
Kansas to Miss M. J. Detrich. ‘They have four children-—Nellie, Daniel, Jr.. Edwin and
aes Seine died: in 1878. Officially Mr. Stine has been Justice of the Peace, Town-

» H. STOLL, fariner and stock raiser, Section 21, Town 27, Range 4 east, i
26, 1829 in New Jersey, where he received bis early pa te jae ben a. rotentioe
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, lowa, and is now located in Kansas. He settled
in Clinton. Iowa, at an gure day where he was engaged in erecting many of the substantial
buildings of that city. In 1872 he came to Kansas, locating in Augusta, his present home,
In 1862 he enlisted in the Twenty-sixth lowa Infantry, serving three years. He was for
nine months engaged in putting up machinery in the Government shops, ani fivemouths as
clerk in the barracks at Nashville, Teun, Mr. Stoll has been married, twice; first in Ohio, to
Miss Mary Boyd, now deceased; second to Miss Jennie E. Soult, o: Lewistown, Penn. ‘He
has three children living—Nettie, Alice and J. W.

H.C, WATERS, proprietor of Union Hotel. Mr. Waters’ residence in Butler County
dates from the spring of 1877, at which time he located at Bryant, engaging in farming. In
1880 he‘built the Union Hotel, but did not assume the role of landlord of the same until
1882. The Union, under his management, has become one of the first-class houses of South-
ern Kansas. Mr. W. isa native of North Carolina, and was born in Ashe County, July 22,
jeAg.. Hehas been identined, with the educational interests of Butler County, having taught

_J. H. WISHARD, Section 14, P. O. Augusta, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Ver-
million County, February 2, 1830, and was educated and resided in his native State until
coming to Kansas in 1876, locating in that year where he now resides, aid has been identi-
fied with the agricultural interests of the county. He was married iu Indiana, to Miss Lizzie
Faucett of Vermillion County. They have four children, James E. Frank M., who is a
member of the mercantile house of Wishard, Hungate & Co., of Augusta, Attie and Lewis

Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. W.
always has been astauch Republican. .

REV. JAMES E. WILLIAMS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, P. O. Augusta, is a
native of Ohio, and was born in Muskinguin County, February 17, 1835. His father
moved to Shelby in 1838, and in 1854 removed to Boone River,lowa,and in 1857 located in
Warrison County, Mo,, where he was married, in 1858, to Miss Amanda Crisup. They have
ive children, John, James, Julia, Jessieand Lyda. In the year 1864 came to Chase County,
(ansas, returning to Missouri in the spring of 1865. Sold outin Missouri in the fall of 1866
+d returned to Chase County, settled where he is now living in April, 1867; was licensed to
preach by the Baptist Church of Augusta in 1869, was ordained in June, 1876; bas taken an
active part in furthering the early religious movements in the community; has been labor-
ing as pastor of Bethel and Mount Olive churches for the pastsix years. Had the honor of
prencling Theat discourse ever delivered in Sumner County, Kansas, on the first Lord’s

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ENRY W. WILSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 17, P.O. Augusta, was born in
New Hampshire, November 7,1842; was principally reared in Lowell, Mass.,where he resided
wutil nineteen years of age, when_he came est, settling in Peusaukee, Oconto Co., Wis.
During the war he enlisted in the Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry, serving twenty months. In
1870, he came to Kansas, settling in Butler County, and turned his attention to breaking:
since thittime he has broken 1,200 acres in Augusta Township. In tbe winter season he
‘las Sroployed his time inthe woods. Mr. Wilson is one of the solid and progressive farm-
ers or ne county. He was married, in Butler County, to Mrs. Mary Buck, eis a member
oO. eG. A. R.

COL. FRANK M. WOLF, editor of the Augusta Advance, isa native of Pennsylvania,
and was born in Columbia County, September 12, 1848. When sixteen years of age he
moved to Akron, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood and educated, receiving the bene-
fits of the Western Reserve College at Hudson, twelve miles from the city of Akron. He
commenced the study of lav under the principalship of Gen. Voris, in Akron, in whose
office he remained afew years. In 1869, he entered the law department of the State Uni-
versity of Iowa Citv, and _was admitted to the bar, May 11, 1870. For four years he prac-.
ticed ‘his profession in Harrison County, Iowa. In_1876, he located at Marysville, Mo.,
where, for six years, he was identified with the bar of Nodaway and adjoining counties, In
1882, he went to Arizona with:a view of locating inthat Territory. It not being congenial
to his views, he returned to the States, locating in Fayetteville, Ark., where he embarked

- in the newspaper business, and in connection withthe Arkansas Blade, Aftera brief period
on the Blade, be severed his counection with that journal, bought its material, and in con-
nection with Capt. D. Williams, established the Arkansas Times, which he made a success;
sold out to good advantage, and became connected with the Augusta, Kan., Advance in
March, 1883. For several years Col. Wolf has been accredited correspundent of the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. As a writer, there are but few who are his peers in handling the
important issues of the day. He isa caustic writer, and forces an issue in an honest and
scholarly manner toa logical conclusion. As an attorney, Col. Wolf is numbered among
the ablest criminal lawyers inthe West. Judge Henry S. Kelley, in whose district he prac-
ticed in Missouri, speaks of him in unqualified terms, not only as a connsellor but as a most
skillful practitioner. Among his intimate friends aud supporters in Missouri may be inen-
tioned Hon. F. M. Posegate, Mavor of St. Joseph, Mo., aud Col. Frauk M, ‘Tracey, Postmas-
ter of St. Joseph, and editor of St. Josep, Deily Herald. Personally, the Colonel is one of
the most genial and companionable of men. In 1874, be was married, in Fremont, Neb., to
Miss Mary F. Hazen, a niece of Gen. Hazeu, Chief of the United States Signal Service De-

artment.

B ISRAEL Z'MMERMAN, farmer.and stock raiser, Section 16, P. G0, Augusta, came to
Kansas in the wiuter of 1854, locating where the city of Topeka now stands, being one
among the first onthe townsite. He was a carpenter and builder by trade, and many of
the old landmarks, which still stund, are among his buildings. Among these are the Hall
Block and the Crane Block. He did more inthe building line than any of the pioneer me-
chanics of the now capital city. After aresidence of a number of years in Topeka, Mr. Z.
was obliged to returnéfast, on account of his wife’s health. In 1879, he again came to his
adopted tate, locating wheré he now resides. Building has been his specialty, and in con-
nection with carrying on the farm, erected the Augusta schoolhouse and other substan-
tial buildings inthis part. In connection with his son-in-law, J. W. Kerr, is engaged in
pork packing in Angusta. Mr. Z. is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Meadville,
April 26, 1829; was educated, reared and resided in that State until coming to Kansas. He
was narried, in Pennsylvania, to Miss L. Coburn. By this union they haa three children—
Tupeka Franklin, named after Topeka, on account of his being the first child born there.
He grew up a promising young man, and a few years ago was killed by a runaway teain,
The other children are—William R. and Gaberella, the wife of J. W. Kerr.

DOUGLASS.

Douglass takes its name ftom Joseph Douglass, by whom it was laid out
on December 17, 1869. It is located near the confluence of the Great and Little

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Walnut, twenty-four miles south of El Dorado, the county seat. It is the ter-
minus of the Walnut Valley branch of the A., T. & S. F. Railway, which was
completed to this point on August I, 1881. Since the completion of this line,

‘the town has had a rapid growth and now claims « population of 700, and

twenty-five live business houses.

The accounts of various old settlers differ materially on points of early
settlement. It seems to be pretty well settled, however, that tre party consist-
ing of C. H. Lamb, two brothers and John S. White were the first to arrive on
the scene. They brought with them three wagon-loads of furniture and goods,
which were deposited on the unbroken prairie. White, who was a carpenter,
went to work at once, and July 22, 1869, two days after their arrival, had von-
structed a rough house, 12x16, into which all hands were glad to turn for shelter.
Work was at once begun on the Douglass hotel, and, on August 24, Lamb and
his family moved into the new building.

Douglass had no town organization and no officers prior to those elected
in 1879, when it became a city of the third class. C. B. Lowe, the first Mayor,
held office until 1882, when L, R. Bump was elected. E. Stratford, the City
Clerk of 1879 was succeeded in 1880 by F. \V. Rash, who still holds the posi-
tion. City ‘Treasurers have been D. P. Blood, 1879; F.C. Wise, 1880; R. H.
Snell, 18 1-82. Police Judges, E. Stratford, 1879; H.S. Hulse, 1880; R. H.
Schofield, 1881 ; H.S. Schofield, 1882. The present Council is composed of
Sol. Wise, L. W. Bell, John Mitchell, A. T. Havens and Samuel Cramer.

The first postal facilities afforded the place were obtained by private sub-
scription, in 1869, and the duties of postmaster performed by J. W. Douglass.

The following year a government service was secured, and C. H. Lamb placed:

in charge of the office. Lamb was succeeded on March 19, 1872, by C. Cal-
noun, and he by David Young, who held the office until December 12, 1877,
whey J. B. Ives, the present incumbent, took charge. The first money order
issued from Douglass bears date October 1, 1877, and was procured by Levi E.
Wright, in favor of the Moline Plow Company. The office now occupies the
rear portion of Neil Wilkie’s bank building.

The educational history of Douglass begins with the spring of 1870, when
Miss Stine, now Mrs. George L. Fox, taught a subscription school. A district

school house was built in 1871, at a cost of $3,000, and school taught that year

by Miss Alma Henderson, now Mrs. Neil Wilkie, who also taught in 1872.
From this point to 1876, the records fail to give the names of the teachers em-
ployed, the first entry after 1872 being that recording the engagement of Prof.
J. W. Shively, who taught in 1876-77; J. C. Elliott taught in 1878-79; H.S.
Hulse, in 1880; A. Gridley in 1881,and T. Schumaker in 1882. The school
now numbers nearly 200 scholars, and has so far outgrown the school building
as to necessitate the renting of two rooms in town, and the employment of four
teachers.

CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, ETC.

The first religious service of which there is any account was a Sabbath school conducted
in 1868_by Mrs. John T. Stanley, for the benefit of her own children and those of Mr. John
Long. Itissaid that Rev. S, L. Friend preached at this point in 1868, but the report lacks
confirmation. - According to the recollection of the best informed old settlers the first rezu-
lar preach ng service was conducted in the newly completed Douglass House, on August 29,
1869, Rev. Mr. Saxby, a Baptist minister officiating. The second sermon was delivered by
the same clergyman on Septeinber. 26, 1869. On October 6, following, Rev. C. R. Rice, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, delivered an address. The next religious exercises were
held by Rev. J. Copeland, a Congregational preacher who lived at Augusta. Beginning on
Thursday, February 8, 1870, he preached four evenings, and on leaving made arrangements
to preach at this point once a month. During the summer of 1870 the place of service was
changed to the residence of Mr. John T. Stanley. Here, the same year, Rev. John§, Johnston,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, gathered _a Sabbath school of cwenty-five mem-
bers. In the spring of 1870, Rev. Mr. Gordon, of Et! Dorado, made an appointment to preach
at Mr, Stanley’s, but filled it only afew times. About this time the separate church societies
came into being and the religious history of the town began to cluster around the different
creeds, and will be found in their history.

The Methodist Church at Douglass was first gathered together by a young clergyman
whose name appears as "Bro. Zellers.”” Coming in May from his claim on the Arkansas, this
energetic young man continued to preach until January, 1871, when, beins obliged to make
all his appointments on foot, and Rev. J. Copeland, of Augusta, being in this field, Mr. Zellers
(or Zealers) discontinued preaching. Although no society had been gathered prior to 1870,
Rev. C. E. Rice, a Methodist Presiding Elder, had preached here on October 6, 1869. The
work was taken up in 1871, by Rev. C. A. Stine; in 1872, by S$. A. Green; 1873, J. Vickars;

74, J. L. Stratford; 1875, D. L. Knowles, and from October 24, J. L. Rose; 1876-77, G. W.
Harrison; 1878-79, C. A. Stine. In 1880, B. C. Swartz was appointed, but resigned, and I. N.
Wilson took charge. In 1881, Rev. W. H. Rose was appointed, and still remains pastor. A
fine stone church was begun in 1879 and completed in November, 1881, at a cost of $2,000.
It has a seating capacity of two hundred. The membership of the society is now eighty. A
separate Sabbath school was organized in January, 1879, and has now an average attend-
ance of eighty. It is in charge of C. A. Hamlin.

The Christian Church was organizer in 1874, by Rev. E. E. Harvey, who remained its
pastor until succeeded in 1879 by D. M. Doty. C. W. Yard was placed in charge in 1880, and
stillremains, A neat church was erected in 1878, at a cost of $1,200. The present enroll-

ment of the society is eighty. Services are held every second Sunday. Besides the church
here, there are anpolutments at Rock Valley schoolhouse and Burden, The congregatiun
numbers thirty-five at each point. ‘

The Congregational Church was organized on December 9, 1877, under the pastorate of
Rey. J. B. Ives, who still holds the charge, At the time of organization caretul gleanin
produced but a membership of twelve, but the growth of the town, and the earnest labors uv
Mr. Ives, have increased this number to over forty. At present the society has no chureh
building, but oue is already designed, and will be built in 1883, at a cost of about $4,000. A
Sabbath school was organized some time before the church, and now has an average altend-
auce. Meetings were first held in the Methodist Church, but have recently been trans-
ferred to Snell’s Hall. ,

The Baptist Church was organized in June, 1882, with fourteen members, and in charge
of Rev. J. Hopkins, who still remains. Services are held twice a month in the Methodist
Church. As soon as practicable a church edifice will be erected by this society, which has
already a parsonage, valued at $350, and a building lot, 50x140 feet, for church purposes.

Douglass Lodge No. 151, A. F. & A. M., was organized October 22, 1874, the names ap-
pearing in the charter being those of G. D. Prindle, W. M.; Sol. Wise, S. Jas. Harney.
J. W. The lodge now has a membership of forty-one. Meetings are held in Masonic Hal i
on each Saturday on or before full moon. This hall was b iilt by the society at a cost of
$2,000, and serves as the lodge room of six different orders—all that exist in the city. The
present officers of the lodge are: James Shanks, W. M.; Sol. Wise, S. W.; D. Barrett, J. W.;
L. E. Wright, secretary; Joun Harter, treasurer.

Douglass Lodge No. 502, K. of H., was organized October 15, 1877, with thirteen mem-
bers and the following officers: J. Forgy, D.; J. Van Buskirk, secretary; L. E. Wright,
treasurer. The society now hasa membership of nine, and the following managers: J. T.
Martin, P. D.; Wright, D.; L, T. Riadon, secretary. Meetings are held in Masonic
Hall on the second and fourth Tuesdavs in each month.

Walnut Valley Lodge No. 156, I. 0. 0. F., was instituted March 3, 1879, and received its
charter October 15. It hadatthat time ten charter members, and the following officers:
John Mitchell, N. G.; F. W. Rash, R.S.; R. H. Snell, S.; S. M. Pearson, treasurer. The so-
ciety now has thirty-two members. Meetings are held on Thursday of each week in Ma-
sonic Hall. The property of the lodge consists of regalia to the value of $200. Its present
officers are: J. H. Thompson, N. G.; R. W. Ogg, V. G.; F. W. Rash, treasurer; L. Sham-
letfer, P. S; L. J. Allison, R. 8S. fhe 3

Harmony Lodge No.14, National Union, was instituted March 31, 1882, with twelve
members and the fzllowing officers, who still hold_their_ positions: A. A. Gridley, Pres.; M.
Thompsou Ex-P.; §, Cramer, V. P.; J, §. Soule, F. S.; Tillie M. Bell, S.; Jas, F, Bell, Treas.
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Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in Masonic hall. The Union
now numbers fourteen.

Douglass Post, No. 97,G. A. R. was organized on July 4, 1882, with a membersbip of
thirty-two. The officers first electol are those of the present time. They are: F. W. Rash,
P.C.; RB. H. Schofield, 8. V. C.; U. Johnston, J. V.C.; A. T. Havens, O. D.; Joun M, Wilson,

. G.; G. Knapp, Adj.; J. P. Shanks, Qr.; O S. Barnes, chaplain; 8. T. Filson, surgeon.
The post, which has now a membership of fifty-seven, meets in Masonic Hall, on the first
and third Friday of each month,

Douglass Lodge Royal Templars of Temperance was organized, with thirteen members,
September 15, 1882, by R. W. Patton, supreme lecturer. The charter officers are still in

ower, and are as follows: McGuire Schofield, S. C.; I. J. Durham, V.C.; J. Hale, P. C.;
. H. Rose, chaplain; J. S. Soule, R. S. and ¥. 8.3 W.'S. White, Treas. Meetings are held
on the first and third Monday of each month, in Masonic Hall. The lodge now numbers

een,

The Douglass Index appeared for the first time on July 2, 1880, under the management

of H. H. Cole. It was first a seven-column folio, but changed with the number of Januar
14, 1881, to aregulation eight-column. Cole continued the paper until October 22, 1880,
when he sold out to M.R. Bowman. On March 4, 1881, the paper came out under the own-
ership of Bowman & Hulse. December 2, Rev. J. B. Ives took the paper for a few weeks,
and January 1, 1882, it passed into the hands of J. S, Soule, the present publisher, January
27, 1882, the paper became an eight-page sheet. It now has a circulation of 0 er 400. Great
credit is due Mr. Soule for the great typographical improvement he has made in his paper
as well as for the excellence of its news columns.
_ The Union Flouring Mill, valued at $13,000, and one of the finest in the State, was built
in 1881, by Lee, Wise & Kirk. It has four run of buhr-stones, and can turn out 100 barrels
of fine four daily. Power is furnished by an engine of seventy-five horse power. Wheat
is procured direct from the farmers, and none imported, and none but ‘new process” flour
manufactured.

The first banking transacted in the town was done by W. P. Note, who opened a private
bank in 1880. In 1881 Neil Wilkie opened a branch of the Exchange Bank of El Dorado,
and in 1882, started a private bank of his own, which now does a large busiress,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. W. ALGER, Section 22, P. O. Douglass, was born ijn Wayne County, N. Y., April 25°
1837; was reared in his native State, and married Miss Ruth Reeves. They have three chil-
dren—Annie E., Charles R. and Ethel T. Located in Butler County in 1870. 7

OWEN BARNES, merchant, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Belmont County, No-
vember 13, 1822; was educated and reared to manhood in his native State. In 1861 he en-
listed in the Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry; participated athe battle of Shiloh;
served in the departments of the Cumberland and Gulf until the close. For three years he
was aresident of Indiana, In 1873 be came to Butler County, Kan., locating in Rock Creek
Township, where he engaged iu agricultural pursuits. For several years he has been iden
tified with the commercial interests of Douglass. Mr, LB. was married in 1843 to Miss
Catherine Young, of Ohiv. By this union they have nine children—Sarah E., Nancy J.,
William, John H., Joseph W., Aaron W., Columbus, Cornelius and Etta M. The family are
members of the Methouist Episcopal Church. Mr. B. is a Mason. “

L. W. BENEPE, M. D., was born in Wooster, Ohio, October 2, 1846; was reared in the
Buckeye State, where at an early age he took up the stady of medicine, After graduating
in the Rush Medical College, Chicago, he was employed in the hospital in that city until the
great fire of 1871, when h“ came to Kansas. He lost heavily by the Chicago fire and was iu
reduced circumstances when he located ten miles east of Douglass; here he commenced prac-
ticing and soon had an extensive patronage; a few years later he moved into Douglass,
which has since been his home. Dr. Benepe was married in Ohio to Miss A, Weimer. by
this union they have four children—Alice, J. W. jr., Selden and Wymer. The doctor is a
inember of the K. of H. .

JAMES BLAKEY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Douglass, isa native of England and

was born May 12th, 1824; was reared and learned the tanuers’ and curriers’ trade in his
native country. In 1847, he came to the United States, locating in Peuusylvania, where he
resided for several years, removing from there to Juneau County, Wis., where he enlisted
1861, inthe Ninth Wisconsin Battery, twu years; discharged, re-enlisted, serving as Hos-
pital Steward until after the close of the war. In 1866, he settled at Emporia, Kan., resid-
ing there until 1869, when he ca:‘ne to Butler County, where he has since figured as an
activefarmer. Mr. B. was married in Peunsylvania, to Miss Margaret Wallace. They have
seven children—Martha A., now Mrs. Kirkendall, of Emporia; Jeunie, now Mrs. G. F. Dun-
ham, lately of the Eureka Herald, but uow of the Plaindealer, at Ridgetown, Ontario,
Canada; Louania Harriett, now Mrs. Henry Williams, farmer, of Butler County; Louisa
Frances, Wesley Blakey. Donua E., now Mrs. Daily and Edna Blakey. :
. MILTON W. BROWN, farmer and stock raiser, Sectiou16, P. O. Douglass; located
in Douglass in the fall of 1870. For four years was engaged in the grocery trade. Aside
from that has been cultivating afarm adjoiningthetown. Mr. B. is a native of Pennsyl-
yvania; was born in Perry in December, 1848. Was married in Douglass, Kansas, to Miss
Susan Uhl; they have two children, Robertand Mabel,

L. R. BUMP, liveryman, was born in Green County, New York, February 3, 1838. For
a number of years was a resident of Pennsylvania where he was engaged in various pur-
suits. The spring of 1876 came to Kansas, settling near E] Dorado, where he_ was engaged
in farming up to 1880. Since that date has been in the livery business in Douglass. QT.
Bump has been Mayor of the city aud otherwise identified during his residence in Douglass,
He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Mary E. Bunnell, a native of that State. They have
six children, Alburtie, Amanda, Lorin, Artie, Ada and Flora, Heisa member of the Ma-
sonic order. Politi: ally Mr. B. is a Democrat.

MORGAN BUSH, stock raiser, Section 35, P. O. Pourlass. one of Butler County’s
representative stockmen, isthe subject ofthis sketch. Mr. B. came to Kansas the spring of
1877. He has large landed estates in Butler and Cowley counties. He makes a specialty of
the cattle trade, and keeps superior grades. Mr. B. is a native of Kentucky; was born in
Woodford County, March 29, 1832; was educated and reared in his native State. For ten
years was a resident of Platte County, Missouri. previous to coming to Kansas, He was
married in Kentucky to Miss Mary E. Ford. They have ten children, John, Zachary,
James, Jordan, Ophelia, Mollie, William, Charles, Joseph and Mollie Lee.

A. W. DENNISON, attorney at law, was born in Cortland County, New York, November
2, 1850. His parents removed to Warren County, Pa., in 1851 where he was reared and edu-
cated. Mr. Dennison taught several terms of school while in Pennsylvania, and in 1871
commenced the study of law under Hon. G. W. Scofield, a prominent attorney and politician
of Warren, Pa., who is an ex-member of Congress, Ex-Register of U.S. Treasury and now
Judge of the Court of Claims of Washington, D.C. Mr. Dennison cameto Kansas in 1878,
settling in El Dorado where he was admitted to the bar in 1879. Has been employed on sev-
eral important cases and is a successful practitioner. He isa member of the Masonic order
and of the Knights of Honor. Mr. D. was married in 1874 to Miss Nannie ©. Wright of
Warren County Pa,

J. W. DUNN, miller and farmer, Section 82, P.O. Douglass. is a native of Ill{nois, and
was born in Fulton County, July 15,1842. In 1857 came to Kansas, settling in Johnson
County, where he resided for several years, following farming. In 1868, he came to Butler
County, sett!ing in the locality where he now resides, being among the first to take a claim
in this locality, and also engaged in the saw-mill business. In 18 1, he located a mill on the
Ninnescah, {being the first in Sumner County. He sawed the first lumber used in the towns
of Belle Piaine and Wellington, In 1879, he became owner of the flour mill, which he still
owns. Mr. D, has refitted the same throughout with modern machinery, and it will compare
favorably with any five-run mill inthe country. His brother, Samuel T., came to Butler
County in 1867, being one of the first to make a claim on the Osage Strip, locating tributary
to the Cowley Couuty line. On June 17, 1868, he and two other men were murdered at that
point by a party of twelve dissatisfied Indlans, under a chief known as Hardrope, of the
Osages. The subject of this sketch, in connection with the milling interests, carries on an
extensive farm. He was married in Kansas, to Miss Annie Smfetherman, of Missourt.
They have six children by this union—Lena, Annie, James M., Berney, George and I'rank,

J.C. ELLIOTT, merchant and stationer, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in
Tioga County, July 23, 1848. His early education he received in Alfred Center, N.Y. For
a number of years he was a resident of Muscatine County, Iowa, where his parents settled
atan early day. When not engaged in business in the Hawkeye State, J. C. employed his
time in teaching school. In 1873, he came to Kansas, taling up his abode in El Dorado,
where for three years he was principal of the school, after which he was identified with the
educational interests of Chelsie for atime, coming from that polnt to Douglass, For three
years was principal of the Douglass school, In connection with bis mercantile trade, Mr, E.
conducts a real estate and Joan business. He is a member of theI, 0. O. ‘Was married in
Kansas to Miss Ella D. Patton. 2 .

8. I. FILSON, merchant. The spring of 1873, Mr. F. became a resident of Butler Coun-
ty, locating on Section 18, Douglass Township; he eugaged in the nursery business in a small
way, being the first in this loc lity to venture in that industry. Until 1882, he followed
farming; fh that year embarked intrade. Mr. F. ranks as one of the active and substantial
business men of the city, He isa native of Kentucky, was born in Flemming County, De-
cember 29, 1847; was reared and educated in his native State, In 1870, located in Cass Coun-
ty, Mo., which was his home two years. In 1865, he enlisted in Kentucky, was mustered into
the volunteer service, and on duty nine months. Mr. F. isa member of the G. A. RK. Doug-
lass Post. ,

JAMES FORGY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 33, P. 0. Douglass, is a native
of Ohio, Was born in Morrow County March 17, 1845. For eight years was a resident of
Rock Island County, Ill., coming from there to Butler County, Kan., the spring of 1871.
Mr. F. located on Section 28, Douglass Township. He has been continuously farming; has a
large tract of land and is numbered among the substantial agriculturalists, He was married

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

nd County, Il., to Miss Sophia Dunlap. They have three children—Flora

iP ini wid Arie. Me F. is a member of the Masonic Order, Douglass Lodge.
GEORGE R. FOX, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, Pp. O. Douglass. On the 28th

of October, 1869, the subject of this sketch located where he now resides, bein, one of the
i He had asmany, if not more than the usual drawbacks of the first settlers to con-
tend with. Mr. F. isa native of Obio. Was born in Geauga County March 20, 1843. The
fall of 1863 enlisted in Company L, Twelfth Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the
Gen. Stoneman raid, and was at the ‘demolishing of Salisbury, 8. C. He came from Ohio to
Kansas. Was married in puller, County vO Miss Agnes E. Livingstone. They have three

— Emi ., John W. and Niocha C.

cade MAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19. P. 0. Douglass. is a native
of Ohio and was born in Pickaway County September 18, 1845. For a number of years
resided in Delaware Co., Ind. In 1870 came to Kansas, taking up his abode in the nort hwest
part of Cowley County, which was principally his home, and where he resided -intil the
autumn of 1881, when he settled on present farm. Mr. G. was married in Kansas to Miss
Flora Olmstead. They have three children—Ernst, Ralph and an infant. While a resident of
Cowley County, Mr. G. was Trustee and otherwise identified. He is a member of the Masouic

Order. 7

¢ E, GREEN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, P. 0. Douglass, is a native
of Soy, maa was born in Bourbon County in 1840. When young came to Missouri,
where he resided several years. Before the war went to Colorado, where he enlisted in
1862 In the Second Colorado Regiment, serving in Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri, partici-
nating in the Price raid. In 1869 Mr. G. came to Butler County, locating where he now
resides, being among the first who Jocated in this locality. He was married in Kansas to

Miss Emily Umbarger. They have four children by this union—Edmond, Frank, Robert
an eT PALE. This well known gentleman 1s a native of Kentucky, and_was born in

ounty September 28, 1846. In 1853 with his parents, he removed to Kansas, !oca-

Hae ee aed son Gount q near Atchison, where the family resided about gix weeks, moving
from there to Missouri, but soon after again took up their abode in Kansas, which has been
the home of J. B. siuce.’ For several years he followed agricultural pursuits in Jefferson
County. In 1871 he came to Butler County, being among the pioneers in the vicinity of
Dougiass, and closely identified with the growth and development of the south part of But-
ler County. Mr, Hale has been engaged in dairying and in the confectionery in Doulas the
ast tew years. He has been Justice of the Peace, and otherwise officially connected in But-
er County. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Perryville, Kan., and I. 0.0. F, of
Douglass, He wis married in Jefferson County to Miss Caroline ‘Welsh. They have three
ehildren—Ernst, Lola L. and Della. ¥

T. W. HALL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, P.O. Douglass. Mr. Hall was born in
Oneida Gounty, N. Y. April 27, 1827, was reared in the Empire State, learning the hlack-
smith’s trade in the town of Trenton. Later in life he turned his attention to locomotive en-
gineering, and during the war was in the employ of the New York Central Railroad in that
capacity. For seven years he was in te establishment of Fuller & Ford of Chicago, com-
ing from that city to Newton, Kan., in 1873. He wasin the employ of the A. T. & S. Fe R.
R., working in the shops at Newton up to 1879, when he removed to his farm which he had
purchased several years previous. Mr. H. has been twice married, first in New York, to
Miss Mary Ingalls (now deceased) and by this union has two children, William F. and
Elizabeth. @ was married in 1871 to Miss Jane Pronger of Chicago. :

H. W. HARTENBOWER, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4, P. O. Douglass, is a native
of Putnam County, Ill, and was born in 1851; was educated and reared in his native state;
came to Butler County, Kan., in 1872. For several years made a specialty of the stock bus!-
ness. In 1880 settled on his present firm. Mr. H. is one of the representative men of the
county. In the years 1882 and 1883 was County Commissioner. He was marriedin Kansas
to Miss Dimmitt Livingstone. e

GEORGE 8S. HEWITT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, P.O. Douglass, came to Butler
Couuty, locating where he now resides, in the spring of 1877. He is a native of Chittendon
County, Vt., and was born December 6, 1837. When sixteen years of age he removea to
Bostou, Mass., where he learned the inason’s trade, and for several years carried on contract-
ing and building. He was married in Vermont to Miss Mary Ricker, a native of New
Hampshire. They have one son—Wiillie. Mr. H. isan R, A. Mason, and a charter member
of the Commandery of Wichita. His estate comprises 165 acres in Section 8, forty acres in
Section 9 and 110 acres on Muddy Creek, all in Douglass Township.

E. H. HUTCHINS, attorney, was born in Chittenden County, Vt., March 12, 1838. Atan
early age he removed to Southern Wisconsin. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the First Wis-
consin Cavalry, passing through the usual routine of promotions. He was mustered ont at
the end of three (ears as Lieutenant. The year 1862 was spentin tlle Department of Ten-
nessee, and the balance of service in the same department. Returning from the service
he turned his attention to the study of law,and was admitted to the bar of Faribault County,
Minn., having removed to Winrebago,City in 1867. For seven years he was Postmaster of
Winnebago City, was a member of the Republican State Central Committee, was in the Sen-
ate in 1872 and 1873. and also in a svecial session for the impeachment of the State Treas-
urer. The climate of Minnesota, being too severe for him, owing to failing health, he re-
moved to Kansas and located at Douglass, in 1882. Mr. H.isa popular gentkeman and one
of the ablest lawyers in Southern Kansas. He is a member of the Masonic Order and of the

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REV. J. B. IVES, Postmaster, editor and proprietor of the Index, is a native of the Sand-
wich Islands, and was born October 16, 1837. His father, Rev. Mark Ives, was a native of Con-
necticut, a minister of the Congregational Church and a missionary to the Sandwich Island.
When J. B. was in his sixteenth year be came to Connecticut with his parents, where lhe was
reared to manhood and educated, graduating in the Yale Theolugical Seminary. In 1875 he
came to Kansas ‘as a missionary and was assigned to Douglass, where he has since been
laboring assidiously and successfully in the cause of Christianitv. In 1877 he established
the Douglass Index, a live Republican organ, which he is still editor and proprietor of. For
the past six years held the office of Postmaster. No man iu Douglass has done more towards
the advancement of the moral and religious seutiment of the town than Rev. J. B. Ives,
Be was married in Connecticut to Miss Mary Tucker of that State. They have one daughter
—Nettie. :

THOMAS I. KIRKPATRICK, farmer and _ stock raiser, Section 17, P.O. Douglass, is a
native of North Carolina, was born in Orange County, December 8, 1831. For several years
was # resident of Guilford, where he was educated, reared, married to Miss Lorena Stanley.
In 1869 they immigrated to Kansas, settling where they now reside, being among the pio-
neers inthis part. They have five children—James H., Asa A., Mary N. A, Thomas J., and
Nora Leona. The family is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

. W. P. KNOTE, banker, is a native of Ohio, was born in Cincinnati, April 18, 1849,
was principally reared and educated in Clinton Couuty, graduating in medicine in the Mia-
mi Medical College. In 1871 came to Douglass, where he has since practiced his profession
in connection with various pursuits. He was married in Butler County to Miss Nina M. Os-
born. Dr. Knote 1s 076 of the representative mep of Butler County.

WILLIAM LENNOX, furniture dealer, is a native of Iowa and was born May 25,
1850. Was educated and reared in Henry County. He came to Kansas inthe spring of
1871, locating in Douglass. For several years was in the employ of Wise & Kirk, dealers in
fougral merchandise, and followed other pursuits. In 1878 engaged in the furniture trade.

r. Lenox was married in Butler County to Miss S. Woodvard.

JOHN T, MARTIN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 17,P. O. Douglass, is one of the first
sottlors of the town of Douglass. Inthe spring of 1869 he erected a blacksmith shop, which
was the second building on the town site. Forseveral years was actively engaged in at-
Gandtng to the wants of the people in the way of blacksmithing. Few, if any, are more
favorably known throughout the country tributary to Douglass, than Mr. Martin. For the
paat few years hns been following agricultural pursuits. He isa native of Maryland and
was born In Frederick County in 1844. Was educated, reared and learned a trade in his na-
tive State. He was married in Kansas to Miss Olive Wymer. They have two children,
Charlie and Harry. Mr. M. isa member of tha K. or H.

JAMES PAINE, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Douglass, is a native of Indiana and was
born in Vermillion County, January 22, 1845. Was educated, reared and resided in his na-
tive State until 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating in Osage County, where he followed
farming until removing to Butler County in the autumn of 1889. He was married in Indi-

ana to Miss Narcissus Wright. They have five children, Henry, John, Fred, Frank and
Grace. Mr. Paine is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Arvonia Lodge, No. 5, of Osage County.
WILLIAM PULVER, farmer and stock.-raiser, Section 19, P. O. Douglass, is f native a7

New York and was borniin 1840. In 1860 he emigrated to Wisconsin. He resided in the
northern country for several years engaged in various pursuits. In 1869 came to Kansas,
locating in the south part of Butler County in company with John D. Clark and Joshua
Olmstead operated the first saw mill in this part of the State. Mr. P-is a coooper by trade
and forafew years was prominently identified with that branch of industry. He has been
on his present farm about ten years. Mr. Pulver has been twice married, first to Maria
Qlmatead, nom deceased. He has ave cnvdven. by this uuion, Frank, Stella, Mary, a
: $ present wife wa: ia
have one sou, Herbert Wy p s formerly Delia Mott of New York. They
. Ss. » hardware, agricultural implements and machinery, is a native of Connecti-
cut, and was born November 8th, 1849. Was educated and reared in his native state, and
in 1877, came to Kansas, engaging in business in Douglass. For a time he opened branch
houses in Winfield and Arkansas City. Mr. R. is one of the most extensive dealers in hard-
wareand implements in Southern Kansas. He was married in Winfield, Kan., September
80, 1880, to Miss Cornelia Clements, of Bushnell, Ill.

HON. F. W. RASH, attorney, is a native of Kentucky, and was born In New Castle in
Henry County, April 3, 1848.. When thirteen years of age removed with his parents to
Lewis vounby, Mo., where he was educated and reared. In 1865 he enlisted in Quincy, II, in
Company A, Sixty-fifth Ilinols Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war, when

 
BUTLER COUNTY.

he was honorably discharged. Mr, Rash took u

, v dis i . p the study of the law under the prec r=
ship of F, L. Marchand, of Lewis Co., Mo., and was admitted to the bar at Monticello in be,
He practieed law in Lewis County for several years, serving one term as County Attorney.
In 1876 he came to Kansas, locating in Douglass. In 1882 was elected a member of the
Legislature from his district by the Republican party. Asa representative Mr. Rash is con-

     

      
 
 

 

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ceded a success, as an attorney among the ablest in Southern Kansas, He was married in
1871 to Miss Alice N. Wuodyard, of Canton, Mo., and has three children; Lula A., Sudie and

Woodyard. Mr. Rash is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and the G. A. R.
R. H. SCOFIELD, Sr., isa native of New York, and was born in Yates County, Septem-
ber4, 1831. He was married to Miss Emma Sickles, in Monterey, Schuyler Co. N. Y., July

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1, In April, 1854, emigrated to lowa, and was at the State Convention that nomin-
ated Kirkwood for Governor the firsttime. Mr. Scofield built the first hotel at Decorah,
Winneshiek Co., Iowa, also was one of the three contractors who built the court house at
Decorah. The firm name was Scofield, Tuttle & Halley. In the fall of 1860, he emigrated to
Portland, Mich, which was his home for several years. In 1861 he enlisted in the Ninth
Michigan Infan ry as First Sergeant, and was afterwards Captain of Independent Company
of Michigan Sharp Shooters. The latter part of his term in the service was on Gen. Grant's
staff, holding a Captain’s commission. He was wounded at Fire Springs and Stone River,
Tenn. Petersburg and Weldon, Va. Was taken prisoner once but escaped. Was at the sur-
render of Gen. Lee, and mustered out as Major. After the war was engaged in merchandis-
ing, in Portland, Mich. Fortwo terms represented Iona County in the State Legislature,
He became a resident of Douglass in July, 1881. Had been a resident'of Cowley County for
four years, and other portions of the State previous tothat. Has been engaged in the hotel
and restaurant business, and operating the Winfield and Wichita stage routes for the past
two years. Is at present Justice of the Peace and has been otherwise identified. He has
three children—David W., who isin Michigan, Frank J. and Ralph H. Mr. S. is a Mason
member of chapter, of the Grand Council, also of the A, O. U. W. and is commander of the

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CHARLES B. SCOTT, merchant, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Woodford
County in September, 1842. When fifteen years of age he came to Kansas, settling tempor-
arily in Leavenworth, he eventually headquartered at Kansas City and fora few years was
employed in freighting across the plains, | Upon the breaking out of the war he returned to
Kentucky on a visitand was induced to enter the Confederate Army, and until the close of
the Rebellion fought for the cause he advocated. After the war he spent some years in Col-
orado, and was for a time in Chase County, Kan.,coming froin there to Douglass, August 18,

871. By a special act of the Legislature of Kansas, he was restored to citizenship in 1870
at his request. Owing to financial reverses Mr. Scott was in limited circumstances. On his
arrival at Douglass he commenced as clerk. In ashort time became proprietor of a drug
store, and since that period has been substantially identified with the commercial interests
of the town as well as the farming district adjoining. Mr. Scott was married in Douglass to
Miss Alice Holman.. They have one daughter Mabel. Mr. Scott is a member of the I.

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L. SHAMLEFFER, was born in Baltimore Co,, Md., February 11th, 1851. In 1861, he
came to Council Grove, Kan., with his brother William F., where he 1esided several years,
In 1870, came to Douglass, engaging in trade, having the first general stock on the town
Was identified in that branch and the furniture trade the greater portion of the time
up to 1882. Mr. S. is favorably known to a large number of Butler County citizens. Was
appointed by the State Board of Charities under Gov. G. W. Glick’s administration, as ste-
ward of the Insane Asylum at Topeka. He was married in Kansas to Miss Alice True, of
Douglass. They have one daughter, Daisie. Mr. S. is a member of the I. 0. O. F.

R. H. SNELL, merchant, was born in New York City, N. Y., June 22, 1844. Was reared
and educated in the Empire State. Was engaged in business in Brooklyn for several years,
In 1876 he came to Kansas, settling on a farm a short distance from Douglass. Twe years
later he embarked in merchandising intown. Mr. Snell has been City Treasurer. Council-
man, and otherwise identified with Douglass. He was married in Brooklyn, N. Y., to Miss
Elizabeth Ackerly. They have three children—Robert H., Florence and George C. Mr. 8.
is a member of the I. O. O, F. Z 2

A. J. UHL, stockman, Section 17, P. O. Douglass, is a native of Maryland. and was born
in Alleghany County, September 12, 1836. In 1846 became a resident of Illinois, where he
resided until 1858, when he came to Missouri, settling in Jackson, continuing to reside there
until 1870, when he came fo Kansas, locating where he now resides. Was among the first
settlers in this part, and has been identified with the early development of the town of
Douglass. Mr. U. was married in Bloomington, IIl., to Miss Hattie Verden. They have had
five children, two of whom are living—Lee and Neil. Cassius, aged eighteen and a half years;
Thomas, aged sixteen and half years, and Lincoln, aged fourteen and a half years, died a few

ears ago, - E ;
2 M. Wy WEEKS, clerk, Commercial Hotel; this courteous gentleman is a native of
IMinois; was born in Ogle county, October 7, 1839. At an early age removed to Rockport,
Atchison Co., Mo, where he was educated and reared. He came to Douglass in the spring
of 1872, and has been identified with different hotels since. Mr, W.is a member of the
Masonic order. . E
WILLIAM H. WIDENER, proprietor Commercial Hotel. This popular gentleman is a
native of Missouri, and was born in Buchanan County, February 1, 1843. In 1856, with his
arents, removed to Atchison County, Kas., his father Henry being one of the pioneers in the
vicinity of Monrovia, where W. H. spent several years. In 1862 he enlisted in the Thir-
teenth Kansas as a private in Company D, serving in the departments of the southwest until
the close of the war. He passed through the usual routine of promotion, and was mustered
outas Sergeant-Major. In 1865 he engaged in agricultural in Jefferson County, near Perry,
where he resided until 1870. Coming to Butler County in that year, was identified with the
farming interests in the vicinity of Douglass until the winter of 1882, when he became pro-

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prietor of the Commercial Hotel. Mr. W. has been twice married, first to Miss T. A. Batisel,
of Atchison County, Kas., now deceased. By this union has one son—William L. His
present wife was formerly Miss Emma Connely. Mr. W. is an active business man, and one
of the most genial citizens of Douglass,

HON. NEIL WILKIE, ban ker, is a Canadian by birth; born inYork County, Ontario, April
16, 1840. He came to the States in 1862, and spent seven years In Callfornia and other portions
of the Pacific slope engagedin mining. In 1869, hecame to Kansas and was among the
first settlers of Douglass, in the Southern part of Butler County, where he invested largely
inland. Since thattime he has been prominently identified with the entire county, and
especially with the town of Douglass, whose interests he has vigorously endeavored to pro-
mote. He was for some time President of the First National Bank of I] Dorado, and after-
ward, in connection with S. L. Shotwell, organized and established the Exchange Bank of
El Dorado, In 1881, he withdrew from the Exchange Bank, and established Neil Wilkie’s
Bank of Douglass. Officially, he has served the county as Commissioner, and the State as

 

Senator, being elected to the Senate in 1880, on the Republican ticket. His service in the
Senate has been acredit to himself and eminently satisfactory to his constituents. Mr.
Wilkie is a man of sound judgment, and his opinion on important issues is considered good
authority. He was married to Miss Alma Henderson, of Newbury, Vermont, in the autumn

of 1872.

J. A. L. WILLIAMS, M. D., druggist, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Indian-
apolis, December 23, 1843. During the Rebellion he served over three years in the Third
Indiana Cavalry, participating in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and passing through
the Atlanta campaigu. Was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service.
His medical education he principally received in the Indianapolis Medigal College. In 1871
he came to Butler County, Kas., locating at Brownlow, where he practiced medicine for a
time, removing from there to Cowley County. ‘In 1875, he became a resident of Dougluss,
where he has since been in the drug trade in connection with his practice. Was married in
Kansas to Miss Levonia Mercer. They have one son, Charlie B.

SOLOMON WISE, miller and merchant, isa native of Ohio, and was born in Hamilton
County, March 22, 1883. In 1856, he went to Minnesota, being among the first settlers of
Winona. For afew years he followed farming west of that place. He eventually Suraged
in the milling business in St. Charles, where he was prominently identified for a number of
years. In 1872, he came to Kansas, locating in Douglass, engaging in mercantile pursuits.
In December, 1882, hie took charge of the mill he now controls. r. Wise has been closely
associated with the growth and development of Douglass, He has been twice married, first
in Minnesota, to Miss Laura Olmstead (now deceased). Was married in Douglass, to Miss
Lingenfelter. Mr. W. is a member of the Masonic order. :

ILLIAM ZAHL, wagon and carriage manufacturer, blacksmith and machinist, was
born in the city of Berlin, Germany, December 17, 1829, and was reared, educated and
learned his trade, blacksmithing and machinist, in his native country. In 1865, he came
to the United States, and located inthe city of New York, where he worked at his trade until
1871, emigrating to Kansas in that year, and located on a farm near Douglass. In 1873,
settled in town, where he has since been prominently identified with its general interests.
Mr. Z. was married in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 5, 1859, to Miss Cornelia Cederwall,
from Sweden. They have two childreun—William, Jr., and Cornelia, He is a member of the
K. of H., and himself and family are members of the Congregational Church.

LEON.

Leon is situated on the line of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, 476
miles west of St. Louis, 113 miles west of Oswego, and 12 miles east of Au-
gusta. It occupies a high point in the world, the west bank of Little Walnut‘
near which the town stands, being 1340 feet above sea level. The town was
first christened Noble, but it was discovered that another pint in the State
bore that name and the new town became the namesake of Leon, Iowa, and
also, in the minds of its projectors, of the far-famed Ponce de Leon. The town
site was laid out and surveyed in November, 1879, and a town company formed.
This consisted of M. A. Palmer, C. Tabing, J. King, J. M. Watson and C. R,
Noe. To the latter gentleman belonged the land of the town site—sixty acres.
The first building erected in the town was the blacksmith shop of H. Belton,
erected in 1879, The second was the store and residence of J. M. Watson,

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erected early in 1880, What the third was is uncertain, as the rush of construction
became so great that not days or weeks but hours gave precedence. This rapid
growth continued through the year and at its close Leon had buildings to the
value of $33,325, and a population of between 250 and 300. This year saw
the advent of the first physician, I. M. Wells ; the first attorney, J. M. Dilts;
and the first merchant, F. W. Beckmeyer, who occupied the Watson store
building. The first birth in the town was that of a child of Joseph Denton;
the first death an unknown railroad hand; the first wedding, Charles Craig and
Mrs. Carrie Hollander.

Incorporation and Offcers—On March 15, 1882, Leon became a city of the
third class without passing through any intermediate town organization. Its
officers then elected still hold their positions. They are: Levi Kiser,
Mayor; D. W. Poe, City Clerk ; J. S. Calvert, Police Judge ; W. J. Cunning-
ham, J. Kunkle, C. Lipscomb, G. A. Kenoyer and Ben. H. Wood, Councilmen.

Leon, on October 21,-1882, was a model city for one of its age. Up both
sides of the long Main street ran blocks of stores, not palatial by any means
but good enough to do a large business in. Early on the morning of Monday
the 23d, the street presented a far different aspect. Fire had taken possession of
the best block of the city and all efforts to check it with the feeble :neans at hand
were unavailing, it burned till there was no more to destroy, and the block, save
the building on the southwest corner, was leveled. The buildings destroyed
were the barber shop of Robert Grunewell; harness shop of A. A. Jones; J.
H. Cecil’s two store buildings, one of which was also used for residence purposes ;
Waddell & Dick’s meat market, the building owned by H. H. Clements ; a bil-
liard hall also owned by Clements ; Snyder & Dobbins’ store building; T. H.
McCormick’s store building, and the Commercial Hotel, The aggregate loss by
this fire may be roughly stated at $10,000. No efforts have thus far been made
to rebuild upon the burned block, but there will undoubtedly be a stirring of
the ashes ere long.

The postoffice at Leon was established in March, 1880, with G. A. Ken-
oyer, who still ho'ds the position, as Postmaster. There has been a star post-
office known as Little Walnut, on the creek, about a mile south, and here Ken-
oyer became Postmaster January 1, 1879. On the establishment of Leon Little
Walnut was discontinued. The postoffice was first located in the store of
Kenoyer & Chenoweth, and upon the dissolution of that firm, moved across the
street to its present quarters. It was made a money order office on August 15,
1881, and the first order purchased by G. W. Churchill.

Prior to the laying out of Leon the district schoolhouse stood a half mile
east of the town site. This building was moved to town in the fall of 1881,
and formed part of the spacious house completed that year at a cost of $2 000.
S. L. Hodge was secured as principal of the school, and still holds that position.
One assistant only was needed the first year, but in 1882 a second was engaged
to properly handle the 180 children now in attendance. What 1883 will bring
forth no one can say, but it seems probable that ere long still further accommo-
dations and more teachers must be secured.

The city now occupies considerably more than the sixty acres of the origi-
nal town site, C. R. Noe having made two additions amounting to fifty-five
acres, and J. King one of three acres. Industries of all sorts are constantly
increasing and the building of neat residences constantly going on. Already
the population numbers 600, and. the close of 1883 will bring it well up toward
1,000, ‘

LOCAL MATTERS.

The Baptist Church at this point was organized on May 29, 1880, by Rev. G. W. Church-
ill, who still remains in charge. When first organized the society had but fourteen mem-
bers, but earnest work has increased this number to sixty-four. A fine church building was
erected in 1882, at acost of $1,200. Prior tolts completion services had been held every
second Sabbathin the Methodist church. Besides this society Mr. Churchill supplies one of

twency at Loan schoolhouse, and one of thirty-five at Little Walnut. Thesociety has no
separate Sabbath-school.

he Methodist Church at this point is in a sense a continuation of the class which prior
to 1880 assembled at Chenoweth schoolhouse. A church edifice was begun in 1880 and
completed the following year, at a cost of nearly $2,000, the parsonage built at the same time
bringing the total outlay up to fully that amount. . The society now has over 100 members,
and is growing rapidly, under the labors of Rev. L, J. VanLandigham,. Services are held
on three out of four Sabbaths. A Sabbath school organized in 1881 is flourishing under the
superintendence of Prof. S, L. Hodge. Other appointments supplied from this point arethe
Center, Economy, Quito and Brickley schoolhouses,

The Christian Church.—Like the Methodist, the Christian society had been holding ser-
vices at the the Chenoweth school house. There they had been in charge of Elder E. E.
Harvey, of El Dorado, with A. Butt as local preacher and the same ATTaneeMent was contin-
ued after the removal to town. A fine church building was completed In November 1882 at.
a cost of $1,400. The church hasa mom bership of 100. A separate Sabvath school was or-
paniaed in 1881 and has been successfully carried on since that time by 8S. H. Wooton, super-
intendent.

The Leon Indicator was first printed in January, 1880, coming out as a three column
folio about the size of a pocket handkerchief from the Walnut Vailey Times office. The
second issue was a triflo larger, had four columns, and appeared May 8, 1880. However, the
paper was about fitted to the town, which had but few houses and a future entirely depend-
ent upon the energy of its projectors. This was just the quality they had, however, and on
June 18, 1880, the Indicator came out as a seven-column follo o regulation size, printed on
its own press and from its owntype. C. R. Noe who had accomplished this great undertak-
ing for @ new town, did not rest content but immediately set about building an office for his
material and ere the close of 1880, had a substantial one costing $850. Here, under the same
management, the Indicator is still published on Thursday of each week. The paper which
is straight Republican has attained a circulation of 550. :

~ Leon Lodge, No. 82, A. O. U. W., was organized in November, 1881, with thirty charter
members and the following officers: F, M. Beckmeyer, P, M. W.; I. N. Wells, M. W.; A.
Bowen, Overseer; W. H. Nelson, F.; J. Kunkle, Recorder; W. J. Martin, Financier, G. A.
Kenyon, Receiver. The present membership of the society is the same as at first. Meetings
are held on Monday of each week in Cunningham’s Hall. The present officers are: F. M.
Beckmeyer, P. M. W.;J.S. Calvert, M. W.; H, P. Dodson, F.; A. Bowen, O. The Recorder,
Financier and Receiver remain the same as at first.

Leon Lodge, No. 203, I. 0. O. F..was organized May 24, 1882 with eight charter members
and elght initiates. Its first officers were: T. 8. Blunt, N.G., J. L. Moore, V.G,; W. H. Nel-
son, Secretary; Chas. Tabing. Treasurcr, The lodge now number thirty, Meetings are held
every Saturday in Tabing’s hall. Present officers are: W. H. Nelson, N. G.; John Robertson,

.G.; T. T. Rigg, Secretary; J. M. Watson, Treasurer; J.N. Holt, Chaplain.

‘Leon Post, No. 125, G. A, R,, was organized August 30, 1882 with twenty-five charter

members and the following officers: J. M, Dilts, P. C.; C. Tabing, S. V.C.; ©. C, Miller, J. V.

.; H. T. Dodson. Qr.; B. F. Rickey, Adj.. The post has already gained_a membership of
thirty. Meetings are held on Tuesday of each week, in Tabing’s hall. Officersjfor the ensu-
ing year are: C. R. Noe, P. C.;C. J. Rutlege, Ss. V. C.; W. H. Runyon, J. V.C.; T. H. McCor-
mick, 0. D.; John Hood, Chaplain: Dr. James Wright, Surgeon

Joppa Lodge, A.,F.&A M., was organized in October, 1882, with thirteen members, and
the following officers, who still continue in service: A. Letherman, M.; Charles King, S.
W.; Charles Tobing, J. W.; Thomas Lindsey, Treasurer; D. W. Poe Secretary; E. K. Sum-
erwell S.D.; Ambrose Butt, J. D, Meetings are held on the first and third Saturday of each
month, in Tabing’s hall. The lodge now numbers twenty-six.

Leon City Mills.—These mills were completed in April, 1881, by Ward, Fetrow & Tong.
This firm was shortly after changed to Fetrow & Tong, and later to Fetrow & Son, under

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

which style it is now conducted. The mill buildings are located in the southeast part of
town near the railway; are 50x40 feet, and two stories in height. Power is furnished by an
engine of sixty horse-power. Three run of buhr-stones are used, and a capacity of turning
out sixty-six barrels of flour per day attatnued, The total cost of building and fixtures 1s
$12,000; only “new process” flour is manufactured. Both the wheat and corn used here are
bought of the neighboring farmers, and so rich are the resources of this part of the country
that there has never been a necessity for importing grain.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

.C, CHENOWETH, merchant, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Darke County,
pacsinier Si. 1848; when young came to Logan County, Ill., where he resided until 187)
when he became a resident of Kansas, Butler County; settled in little Walnut Township;
when Leon became a point on the St, L. & S. F, R. R. he built the second store in the town;
and has since been identified with the place. Mr.C, was jmarried, in Olathe, Johnson Co.,
Kan., to Miss Rose Washington; they have three children—Harry, Dick and Edith.

J.§ CALVERT, proprietor Calvert House, came to Kansas in 1866, settling in Leaven-
worth County, in 1873;became a resident of Butler County,taking up his abode in E] Derado,
where for several years he was proprietor of the Central Hotel. In 1880 caine to Leon,
where he has since conducted the Calvert House, and has also been interested. to some ex-
tent, inthe mill business; at present 1s Police Judge, and has otherwise been officially iden-
tified. Mr. C. is a native of Indiana, and was born in Tippecanoe County. He spent anum-
ber of years in Johnson County, Iowa. During the rebellion he served three years and eight
months in Company F., First lowa Cavalry. ;

J. R. FETROW, proprietor City Mill, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in York
County, December 6, 1839. Was educated in his native State. During the war served nine
months inthe One Hundred and Thirtteth Pennsylvania Infantry. asin the State militia
previous tothe war. For six years was aresident of Illinois, coming from that State, in
1871, to Kansas, settling {n Batler County. Forseveral years was engaged in farming. In
the year 1881 builthis mill, which will compare favorably with any three-run mill in the
county. Mr. F. is one of the public spirited citizens of Leon, He is a member of the A. O.
U. W. andthe G. A. R. He was married in Kansas to Miss [da Martinson.

G. A. KENOYER, Postmaster of Leon, came to Butler County in 1877, settling at Little
Walnut, where lhe was engaged in the grocery business, and Soon afterwards was appointed
Postmaster. Wasalso identified fora time in the milling interests. When Leon becamea
point on the St. L. &S. F. R. R.he was commissioned as Postmaster, Was transferred to
this point, where he has since beeh a resident. Mr. K. {s a native of Indiana, and was born
in Owen County, January 16.1852. In 1866 came to Scotland County. Mo., where he resid-
ed until coming to Kansas. He was married, in Missouri, to Miss Martha Baliinger. They
have four children—Pearl, Grace, Vena and Gilb: rt. Mr, K. is a Mason and Odd Fellow
anda member of the A. O. U. W.-

LEVI KISER, merchant, isa native of Ohio, and was born in Greene County,September
21, 1824. Was educated in his native State. After attaining his majority he came West,
locating in Johnson Oounty, Iowa, where he was prominently tdentified for several years,
being a member of the Coanty Board and Captain ota militiacompany. Forseveral years
he carried on business in Iowa Clty. Mr. K. became a resident of Leon in the autumn of
1880, has done constderable building, and is at present Mayor and serving on the School
Board. His son, Luther L., is the junior member of the firm.

JEREMIAH KUNKLE, mercbant,is a native of York County, Pa., and was born in
December, 1848. He resided in his native State until coming to Kansas, in 1870, settling in
Butler County. In 3881 he embarked in merchandising in Leon. He has done much
toward the upbufiding ofthetown in the way of fine store buildings. An aspiring town
cannot have too many men like Mr, Kunkle, He isa member of the A.O U. W.

Cc. R. NOE, the editor of the Indécator, was born in Grant County, Ky., March 24, 1843,
In 1856 he moved with his parents to IllInofs, where, in the towns of Casey and Charleston,
he received his education. On the breaking out of the war he enlisted inthe Elghth Illinois
Infantry, and in this, the NInety-seventh I[tnois and the Seventy-eighth U.S. G. I. served
forty-one months. In 1869 he removed to Kansas and entered the farm on which Leon
now stands. In June of that year he began farming, and continued that business until the
organization of the town. Leon owes notonly its start, but much of its solid improvement,
to Mr. Noe, who has re-invested all he has made out of the town in permanent and valu-
able industries or property.

 

TOWANDA.

Towandais a live little town of seventy-five inhabitants,located on the White
water, about eight miles west of El Dorado. It was laid out in June, 1870, by
Rey. Isaac Mooney. The town consisted of eight blocks of twelve lots each.
Streets were sixty-six feet wide except Main street, which was 100. The first
house on the town site was erected by G. W. Baker, and used asa store. Dur-
ing 1871 Mr. Mooney built a large hotel and barn, and the other settlers put up
residences, A fine schoolhouse was put up this year at a cost of $1,500. Since
the building of the St. Louis, Ft. Scott & Wichita Railway, the town has grown
rapidly, and bids fair to attain considerable size.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. S. BRALEY, farmer and carpenter, Section 15, P.O. Towanda, was born in Meigs
County, Ohio, May 12, 1822. After attaining his majority he emigrated to Southern Minne-
sota, where he resided for several peas ‘ame to Kansas in 1873, locating at Towanda,
being among the early settlers, He has done considerable carpenter work in this part, and
many of the old landmarks are his work, For five years he was Justice of the Peace, ant
has held minor offices. He isa member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr, Braley was married
in Ohio to Miss Murella Kelly. rhey. have two children—Theora and Matsis.

D. H. CUPP, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Towanda, one of the first settlers of this part of
Kansas, isthe subject of this sxetch. He isa native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Mil-
ford Township, Somerset County, October 20, 2887; was principally reared in Eaton County,
Mich. Wasa resident of Michigan, coming from that State to Kansas in 1860. On the 10th
day of July of that year he settled a short distance north of his present home on the White-
water. He had all the difficulties of afrontiersman to contend with, there being at that
period no railroads in the8tate. The Indians at times made it dangerous for the few inhabit-
ants. In September, 1861, he enlisted for three years in the Second Kansas, under Jim
Lane; was quartered on the Whitewater; served six months, when with others he was re-
leased from duty, In 1864 he again enlisted in the Seventeenth Kansas, serving until the
close of the war, Mr. Cupp was the Towanda Postmaster at an early day, the office being
one and a half miles north of the present town site. For six years he was Township Trus-
tee, and otherwise officially identified, He was married in Kansas to Miss S.C. Malon,
They have five chtllren tlving—O.S., S.H. M., Burt, ©. Verne and Roy L. Four are
deceased— Alice, Helvetius and two infants.

8. C. FOLTON, farmer and stockraiser, Section 33, P. O. Augusta. He located in the
spring of 1863 where he now resides, He had many drawbacks to encounter in those prim-
itive times; but few If any of the early settlers overcame them more successfully than Mr.
Fulton. Hels a native of Ohio; was born in Summit County, December 20,1827 Was a
resident of Mason Co,, IIL, for a number of years, and there married Miss N. J. Underwood.
They have four children—Eugene, Ida, Frank and Eva. Mr. Fulton has been Commissioner
for Butler County six years. and identified with local offices.

ISAAC HAMMOND, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, P. 0. Augusta, In 1871 the
Bublect of the sketch located where he now resides, He is a native of England and was born
in 1837. When young came to the United States, settling in Hancock County,, Lll., which
was his home for several years. During the Rebellion he enlisted, serving three years in
the First lowa Vavalry. as married in Illinois to Miss Rebecca Isenberger. They have
five children—Walter, Jennie, Harry, Sidney and Ike.

L. M. HOBART, Section 20, P. O. Towanda, is a native of Vermont, and was born in
Montpeller, June 9, 1816. When seventeen years of age came to Illinois, living in Schuyler
and McDonough Counties, until the spring of 1870, when he came to Kansas, locating where
he now resides, Mr. H. had the usual drawbacks to contend with that were incidental in
those days, Iv the spring of 1871, was elected Justice of the Peace, which position he held
two years. Was again elected in 1880. Was married in Illinoisto Miss H. J. Horton, whose
death occurred soon after. His present wife, Miss Frances Bliss, he also married in {Ilinols,
They have had six children, three of whom are living—George F., Harriet J. and Luther G@.
He and his family are members of the Methodist Eptscopal Church. On the 14th of July,
1862, he enlisted in Company D., One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
serine as Hospital Steward until the close of the war.

KULLMANN BROTHERS, hardware merchants. These gentlemen established in
trade May 1, 1883, and are carrying an excellent stock of shelf and heavy hardware, tinware
and agricultural implements, “Peter Kullmann, Jr., the senior member of the firm. is 8 na-
tive of Illinois. Was born in St. Clair County, August 22, 1859. He isa practical tinner by
trade. J.C. Kullmann, the junior, was born {n St. Clair County, IL, January 27, 1862. By
trade is a miller, having followed that vocation for several years.

E TLE, proprietor of the Whitewater Mill, P.O. Towanda. This gentleman is a
native of Ohio, and was born in Perry County, January 18, 1826. Ho wasprincipally reared
in Western New York, where he learned the millwrteht’s trade, Subsequentl five in In’
diana, Ohio and Illinois. The spring of 1857 came tu Kansas settling In Miam! County,
and later ih Johnson County, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1861 he
BUTLER

was farming in Missouri, having moved there on account of the hostilities that were pre-
valling in Kansas. In that year his property was entirely destroyed by the Gontederates,
so he enlisted in the Seventh Missouri Cavalry, serving in the Union cause until 1863, when
he was honorably discharged on account of disability. In 1869 Mr. L. came to Butler
County, settling on the Whitewater, being among the earlier ones in this part. In 1573 he
built his mill, which fs a two-run substantial structure. He has contributed amply toward
pos are ath and development of Butler County. Mr. L, was marred in Fulton County, Ill,
5 on, ey have had six ¢ ren, two of i ing—
ang Wiliain tr, Leisa Mason, . mi om are living—Charles F.
¢ ‘HLIN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 21, P. O. Towa . Is
native of West Virginia; was born in Nicholas County, December 31, 1833, Gn calan ee
Butler County, Kan., locating in Towanda Township in 1869. Mr. MeL, hid many draw-
backs to contend with the first few years. For two years, previous to coming to Butler, was
a resident of Leavenworth County, where he was married to Miss Eveline Edmiston. ‘They
have two children—Etta and Crea. He was ‘Treasurer of the township, and has held minor
offices, During the war he was Representative of the Virginia State Legislature from the
district composed of Braxton, Webster, Clay, and Nicholas counties.

W. G. MITCHELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, P. O. Towanda; was born in
Macoupin County, Nl., March 13, 1853. He left Illinois when twenty-one years of age,
Went to Texas in 1874, and remained there until August, 1879, when he removed to Par-
sons, Kan., and lived there until December. The same year he visited his old home in
Macoupin County, Ill, He returned to Kansas, February 2, 1882, and settled in Butler

County on Section 5, Township 26, and is one of the enterprisingjyoung farmers of the
township. He was married in Texas to Miss Emily E. Erwin; they have Sinree children—
Mary, Martin and John. .

-W. B. MONTGOMERY, merchant, one of the most active young business men
County, is the subject of this sketch. In January, 1883, he embarkedin general nevehomtes
ing in Towanda; he also handles the lumber trade of the town, and deals in produce. Mr,
M. is a native of Indiana; was born in Tipton County, April 17, 1854; was educa'ed and
raised in his native State. In 1875 came to El Dorado, Kan., which was his home, with
theexception of a short time spent in Colorado, until coming to Towanda. He was married in

- El Dorado to Miss Ella Harvey; they have one daughter—Dora, Mr. M. is a member of the
1 GON ISAAC MOONY

. » Postmaster, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Ma: -
1820. He was educated and reared in his native State, his Carly days being spent in ti nine
the soil. In1856 he came to Illinois, and for a number of years resided in Whitesides and
Henry counties. In 1870 he came to Kansag, locating in Towanda, being one of the pioneers.
He built a large hotel, and took an active part in developing the first enterprises of the place.
He was appointed Postmaster soon after his arrival, and with the exception of a short
interim, has held the office continuously since. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, and
was elected by that party to the State Legislature in 1871. He has always been an active
worker in the temperance cause, and has always contributed amply towards furthering its
interestsin Kansas. Early in life he became connected with the Christian Church, and of
later years has done considerable in the ministry, organizing the Christian society in
Towanda and other places. He was also instrumental in organizing the Southern Kansas
Conference, of which he was president, and subsequently president of the State Conference.
Mr. Mooney has been twice married, both times in Ohio. is first wife was Miss Angeline
Clark, whose death occurred eighteen months after their marriage. His present wife’s
maiden name was Eliza Rhodehamel. By this marriage they have eight children—S. R., V.
P., Sarah M., Celia A., Isaac N. W., Sarepta, Joseph and Luella. By his first wife he has one
daughter—Nancy. 2

GEORGE MURRY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Towanda, is a native of Ireland, and
was born in the County Kildare, October 20, 1817. Came to the United States in 1840. set-
thing in New York State, from there moved to Ohio, and eventually to Illinois. In 1862 he
enlisted in the One Hundred and Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until 1864,
when he was honorably discharged. He wasin the Army of the Tennessee, participated at
the Lookout Mountain and other engl ements. He came to Kansas, settling in Towanda
Township in March, 1869, being one of the pioneers in thatpart. He was married in Ohio
to Miss Z. Underwood. They have had eight children, two of whom are living—Mary E. and
William M.Mr. and Mrs. Murry are closely identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. C. FRAZIER, contractor and plasterer, Towanda, is a native of Iowa, and was born
In Henry County, April 22,1846. Was there educated and reared. For several years Mr.
F. was engaged in mercantile pursuits in El Dorado, Kan., where he located when that place
was in its infancy; took up his abode in Towanda the spring of 1883.

. R. RALSTON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, P. O. Towanda, located here in the
spring of 1868. Mr. R.isanative of Ohio, and was born in Belmont County, February 4,
1849. For a number of years was a resident of Illinois, enlisting in 1864 in the Sixty-
fourth IHinois Voluntecr Infantry. Was with Sherman in the Atlanta campaign, serving
until the close of the war. Mr. R. was married in Butler County, Kas., to Miss Ida M. Ben-
net. They have two children—Albert E.,and Edna J. Mr. 8. isa progressive agriculturist.

A. J. RALSTON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 17, P.O. Towanda, was born in Bel-
mont County, Ohio, August 10, 1845; removed to Warren. County, Ill., where he resided
several years. In February, 1864, enlisted in Company I, Filtieth [illinois Volunteer Infan-
try, serving until the close of the war. In January, 1868, came to Kansas in company with

-his brother, J. R., settling on the Whitewater close to Towanda, being among the first set-
tlersin that part. Mr. R.is one of the solid farmers of the county. He has been ‘Trustee of
the Township and otherwise identified. Is a member of theG. A. R, He was married in
Kansas to Miss Mary L. Stewart, of this State.

D, RUSSELL, physician and druggist, was born at Frewsburg, near Jamestown, Chau-
tauqua Co., N. Y., September 11, 1834. Received his early education at district aud select
schools, afterwards attending academy at Jamestown, during vacations teaching and read-
ing medicine for three or four years; then attended Chamberlain Institute, Cattaraugus
County, N. Y. After leaving college resumed the reading of medicine and study of phar-
macy. After receiving a practical knowledge of the drug business, he engaged in the drug
trade in Western New York and Pennsylvania, and occasionally practicing until coming to
Kansas in 1875. The same fall, on account of impaired health, went across the continent to
California. Returned again to Kansas in the fall of 1876. Again resumed the drug 'busi-
ness, and in 1879 received a certificate of the Kansas State Medical Examining Board to
practice medicine in the State of Kansas. Has continued in the drug business and doing an
office business in Towanda up to the present date. 3 :

HARRISON STEARNS, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Towanda, is a native of New York, and
was born in Ontario County, January 23, 1820. Was educated and brought up in the Em-
pire State. In 1856 came fo Illinois, living for several years ia Fulton and McDonough
counties. Inthe spring of 1868 came to Butler County, Kansas, Settling in Towanda Tuwn-
ship, where he has since been prominent as an agriculturist, Mr. Stearns was married in
New York, February 4, 1844, to Miss Amanda Russell. They have had three childrea—
Abidallah, Wales and Florence. He and his wife and daughter are members of the Chris-
tian Church. . “i ts

GEORGE S WIGGETT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 9, P.O. Towanda, was born in
Casey County, Kentucky, October 20, 1826. He was principall reared and educated in Pike
County, Ill., where he followed agricultural pursuits. In the fall of 1874 he came to Kansas
and located where he now resides. He was married in Illinois, to Miss Mary H. Bryant.
They have nine children—Andrew, Izora, Ella, Cecilia, Lilly, Jennie, George, William and
Maud. He and his family are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

J. W. TUCKER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25, Murdock Township, P. O. Towanda,
was born in Hartford, Conn., August 14, 1833. When twenty-one years of age he came
West, settling in Joliet, Iil., where for a number of years he was identified with the hard~
ware trade. He came to Towanda, Kansas, inthe spring of 1870, engaging in agricultural
pursuits, and was also identified with merehandisint. Te had the first mail contract be-
tween Towanda and Peabody. He was also one of the pioneers in Towanda, and sold the
first hardware in the town. Although he has never been officially Indentined: Mr. Tucker
has been one of the most active politicians in the county. He was the first Justice of the
Peace in Towanda, being appointed by Gov. Harvey. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G,
One Iundredth Tilnois Volunteer Infantry. Participated in the battles of Chickamauga,
Stone River and other engagements, and was discharged June 17, 1864. He is a member
of the G. A. R., anda pensioner. He was married in Connecticut to Miss Maria Blake, of

~ that State. By tis union they have had four children—Mary, Lillie, Albert and Russel.

OHN TURNER (deceased). The year of 1875 the subject of this sketch came to Kan-

sas. locating in Towanda Township, which was his home up to the time of his demise, the
spring of 1883. Mr. Turner was born in Grasmer, England, December 26, 1829. He learned
the shoemaking trade in his native country, and in 1852 was married to Miss Agnes Cart-
‘mel, of Lancashire. In 1857 they emigrated to America, locating in Illinois, which was
their home for eighteen years. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. T. were six in number—
Lizzie, Hannah, Thomas, Belle, william and Jens; Mr. eee eo ates with the Church

of England. He was one of the extensive wool growers 0. . 7

SIMON WAIT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, P. 0. Towanda, is a native of pew
York, and was born in Montgomery County, January 5, 1817. When eight-en years 0! age
he came to Ohio, which was his home several years, and from there to Illinois, living nt
Kane, Grundy, and other counties until the spring of 1871, when he became a realdent 0.
Kansas, being among the earlier settlers of this part of Butler County. Mr. W. has been
twice married, first to Miss Louisa Goodspeed, of New York, now deceased. By this union
has one son—Clark. His present wife was Miss Maria Denman, of Ohio. They have three
ehildren—Wailter S., Wilber D. and Viola D., now Mrs. Miller. cs iH : it

W. D. WAIT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, P. 0. Towanda, is a son of Simon Wait,
and was born in Grundy County, IL, im January, 1857. He became a resident of Butler

County, Kan., in the fall of 1871, having been a resident of Missouri for a time previous.

Mr. W.'was married in Butler County to Miss Sarah M. Priest. They have one daughter—

Lottie,

 

COUNTY.

W.C. WAIT, farmer

1449

nd stock raiser Section 7%, P. O. Towanda, located where he now
resides in the spring of 1871. Mr. W. is a native of New York, and was born in Montgomery
County, May 24,1898, He lived in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois previous to coming to Kansas.
Was married in Illinois to Miss Hannab Putnam, They have five children— Ida, Adair, Ella,
Florece and Maggie. I 1862 Mr. W. enlisted in the One- Hundred and Twenty-seventh
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. Was mustered out as Ser-
geant, Is amember ofthe G. A. R. . «ahi

GEORGE W. WHITE, proprietor of the Nitional Hotel, is a native of Michigan, and
was born in Lapeer County, February 17, 1842, He was there partially reared and educated.
For seventeen years he was a resident of Champaign County IIl., where he followed various
pursuits. August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
serving inthe army uotil August 8, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at Louisville,
Ky, He participated in a number of general engagements in the Western Department, In
1870 he came to Kansas, settling at Neosho Falls, where he kept a hotel for five years, Was
Citv Marshal for a few years, Police Judge, and otherwise officially identified. Was also a
hotel keeper at Humboldt at different periods, going to El Dorado In the fall of 1882, where
he was proprietor of the Union hotel until coming to Towanda. Mr, White has for several
years been engaged in the show business. During the seayon of 1882 he traveled through
the West exhibiting the mammoth Kansas heifer, the Queen. He has been in the hotel tri
since coming to Towanda, in the spring of 1883. Mr. White’s wife was formerly Miss
Drusilla: Holmes, They have five children living—Mary E., P. A., C. K., Margaret A, and

xeorge F,

ANDOVER.

Andover is a live little town of five stores and a population of 150. _ It is
located on the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway, twelve miles west of Au-
gusta and about the same distance east of Wichita. The land upon which it
stands was entered by E. Wagner, but later sold to Charles Glancy, who, in
December, 1880, laid out the town. The first building on the town site was the
store and residence of G. W. Harrison; the second the store of John Bayless.
The first birth in the new town was that of a daughter of G. W. Iarrison; the
first marriage Joseph Haden and Matilda Riddle; the first death is as yet an
event of the future. The first hotel was completed in 1881, by J.C. Lines,
who still runs it.

Soon after the erection of the first building of the town, the postoffice,
which had been located a short distance from town, was moved in, and the
resent Postmaster, G. W. Harrison, appointed.

In 1875, prior to the laying out of Andover, a wooden district school was
built at a point near where the town now stands. Upon the birth of the town
it was decided to move the school to that point. This was done and a fine
schoolhouse, of which the old building forms the L, erected at a cost of $2,000.
This work was completed in 1882, and the building occupied that fall. The
school now has enrolled eighty-six scholars and is in charge of Prof. Haskin.

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Andover was organized at the Rich-
land schoolhouse in 1884, by the Rev. Mr. Fry. The first regular pastor was
Rev. S. M. McKibbon. The membership was small at first, but has now in-
creased to about forty. A neat frame building was erected by the society in’
1881-82, at a cost of $1,700. There isa flourishing Sunday school connected
with the church. / ‘

Presbyterian Society —This society is recently organized and has as yet no
church edifice, although one is in process of construction. Meantime services
are held in the schoolhouse. | 4

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

F. L. AYRES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12, P.O. Augusta, is a native of Illinois,
and was born in LaSalle County, August 10, 1844; was elucated, reared and resided in his
native State until coming to Kansas in the fall of 1871, at which time he located where he
now resides. Mr. A. is one of the solid farmers of Bruno Township. He was married in II-
zinols to Miss Elizabeth Gunn. They have five children—Lottie, Stella, Warren, Milton and

essie.

WILLIAM H.CHACH, farmer and stock raiser, Section 23. P.O. Lorena, was born in
Niagara County, N. Y., near Lockport, August 7, 1838. and was there educated and reared.
In August, 1862, he enlisted inthe One Hundred and Fifty-first New York Volunteer Infan-
try, serving nearly three years. He was married in Coluinbia County, N. Y., to Miss Anna
M. Shufelt. They have five children—Charles C., Frank, Ira, Ida and William H, Mr. C.
came to Butler County and located where he now resides, in December, 1877, and was joined
by his family in the spring of 1878. 7

S. H. CHACE, Postmaster and station agent, Lorena, is a carriagemaker by trade; he
was born in Columbia County, N. Y., July 6, 1815, and was reared ona farm in his native
county. Removing to New York City, he engaged in mercantile pursuits for ten years, af-
ter which he came to Michigan, residing at Coldwater and Sturgis Prairie; at the latter
place for a number of years he was engaged at his trade in manufacturing carriages. The
spring of 1872, Mr. C. located in Kansas, where he now resides and engaged in agricultural
pursuits. WhentheSt. L. & S. F. R. R. was surveyed, a town site was laid out on his farm.
Mr. C. contributes amply toward making it a point of importance, but owing to the town of
Andover being laid out a few miles west, it has had a disastrous etfect on the town of Lorena.
Mr. C. was married in Niagara County, N. ¥:.to Miss Julia A. Reynolds. They have one
daughter—Lorena, now Mrs. D. J. Keber. Mr. C. named the station in honor of his daugh-
ter. “The subject of this sketch has been a Mason for over forty years. He has been identi-
fied_with the school and other matters of his district. 5

N. R. CHANCE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 35, P.O. Augusta, is a native of In-
diana, and was bornin Grant County, February 9, 1844. For anumber of years was a resi-
dent of Lucas County, Iowa, coming from there to Kansas in 1875. Mr.C. is oneof the solid
farmers of Bruno Township. He was married in Lucas County, Iowa, to Miss Mary E. Mc-
Knight. They have two children—Mackey T. and Charlie C. :

VAN GILMORE, farmer and stock raiser, Sectiou 5,and dealer in live stock and coal, P.O.
Andover, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Madison County. March 16. 1838; was edu-
cated and rearedin his native State. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1871, settling on
Section 5, Bruno Township, being among the first in this locality. For the past few years
has been identified with the commercial interests of Andover in connection with carrying
on hisfarm. Mr. Gilmore was married, in Indiana,.to Miss Caroline Wagner. They have
four children living—Clara, Maurice, Van E, and Eveline M. Oliver M.. the eldest, died in
phe spring of 1382, aged fifteen years, The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal

urch.

G. W. HARRISON, Postmaster and dealer in general merchandise, is a native of Ili-
nois, and was born in Marion County, October 24,1845; was educated and reared in his
native State. At an early age he applied his efforts in preparing for the ministry, and soon
after attaining his majority was licensed as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
His labors in Illinois were on the Shobiner and Ramsey circuits. During the war Mr.
Harrison served one vear in the Sixth Illinois Volunteers, In November, 1873, he came to
Kansas, settling in Wichita ;, the following spring came to Richland Township, Butler
County, and under the supervision of the Southern Kansas Conference presided over the re-
spective circuits of El Paso one year, Augusta one year, Douglass two years, and for afew
years was supernumerary of the Richlan and Benton charges. While a resident of Richland
was appointed Postmaster at that point. In 1880 he came to Andover and erected the first
building in the place, which he used as a store and through his efforts secured the postoffice.
He opened his store March 5, and established the postoffice April 18 of that year. He has
added to his original building and_now has astoreroom which will compare favorably with
anyinthe country, Isat present Notary Public, Mr. H. has done much towards the relig-
ious and educational developments in Andover. He was married, in Illinois, to Miss Belle
Gonumacher, of that State. They have four children—Benjamin T., ltosa B., Walter and

innie .

JOHN JACK, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, P. O. Augusta, is a native of Scotland
and _was born in Greenock-on-Clyde, about fifty-seven years ago. He became a resident of
the United States in 1868, having resided in Canada for a number of years previous to that
time. In 1871, Mr. Jack came to Butler County, locating where he now resides, bein
among the early settlers of Bruno Township. He was married, in Kansas, to Miss Mary C.
Pricer. They have two children, Robert J. and Alta M, _

HN S. MOKINLEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 23, P. O. Lorena, is a native of
West Virginia and was born injWood,County, March 4, 1841; was there educated andjreared.
He came to Kansas in 1869, locating at Girard, residing for a few years, going from there to
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California, which was his home for a time, In 1880, he became a resident of Butler County.

yr, McK. was married, in West Virginia, to Miss Amanda Cambden, sister of Senator J. N.
Cambden, of that State. Chev have three childréen—Virginia, Caroline and Johuson N,.
Politically. a McK. isa Democrat. Atpresent is a Justice of the Peace. Is 2 member of

ISAAC NELSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12, P. O. Augusta, is a native of
Dutchess County, N. Y., and was born May 4, 1830. When twenty-four years of age came
to Grundy County, lll., where he was engaged in farming until the spring of 1878. when he
became a resident of Butler County, Kan. He was married, in New York, to Miss Lavina J.
Merritt. ybey have two sons, Merritt A. and George W.

C, A. TRI & CO., merchants, Andover. This merchandise emporium was established
inthe spring of 1880 by Mr. C. A. Trick, who is one of the representative business men of
the place. r. I. was born in Chicago, Ill, Nov. 10, 1858, was educated and resided in that

clty until coming to Kansas. Was married in Chicago to Miss Charlotta Jones. They have
two children, Percy and Clark. Mr. A. A. Munn, the junior member of the firm, is a native
of Illinois, and was born in Chicago October 20, 1857. For several years he was in the em-
ploy of Messrs. G. F. Foster & Co.’ Mr. M. came to Andover in the autumn of 1882.

W. H. WATSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 13, P. O. Augusta, is anative of Penn-
syivania, and was born in Bucas County. Octover 16th, 1842, Was reared and educated in
that State. During the late Rebellion he was a First Sergeant in the One Hundred and
Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving three years, principally in the army of
the Potomac. “In the spring of 1870 Mr. W. came to Kansas, settling where he now resides,
his being one of the first farms opened in that part. Has since been Identified among the
Substantial farmers. He was married in Kansas to Miss Eva A. Melick. They have three

-children, Lorrie J., Lena M. and Lillian. Mr, W. is a member of the G, A. R.

OTHER TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS.

There are in Butler County a number of other towns and villages, not very
large as yet, it is true, but growing steadily in importance. Among these we
may mention the town of Amador, in Clifford Township; Freedom, in Bloom-
ington Township ; Plum Grove, in Plum Grove Township ; Pontiac, in Pros-
pect Township, each of which has a population of several hundreds. Chelsea,
in Chelsea Township, and Indianola in Bruno Township, are of similar size.
Keighley, Haverhill and Lorena, onthe St. Louis & San Francisco road, and
Woodward, Dixon and Walnut on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, are but
small stations yet, but have abundant opportunities for growth, which they will
iu time fully improve.

All of these country towns sustain good public schools, which area credit
tothe county and the State. There are a number of country churches, too,
which are well attended and sustained, and where the people are not able to
build structures for religious services solely the congregations meet in the school
houses.

The Baptist Church of Fairview Township was organized in 1870 with a
membership of about thirty. Rev. C. G. Manley was the first pastor. Its pres-
ent membership is 136. The first Sabbath school in this township was
organized in 1871. Among the citizens who have taken a very active part in
the organization of the church and Sunday school were Geo. Nye, H. H. Hul-
burt and J. M. Randall.

The Christian Church of Muddy Creek was organized in 1875 witha mem-
bership of thirty; its present membership is about sixty. The first pastor was
Rev. E. E. Harvey. The services are held in schoolhouse No. 74.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—BENTON TOWNSHIP.

W. A. AIKMAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12, P. O. Towanda, is a native of Ken-
tucky, and was born in Laurel County January 27, 1828. He was educated and resided in
his native State until the autumn of 1871, when he came to Kansas, locating in Butler
County. Mr. A. was married in Kentucky to Miss Martha A. Graves. They have four
children—Granville P., an attorney of El Dorado, Kan., Christopher, John S., and Conrad A,

J. C. HENRIE. farmer and stock raiser, Section 21, and Postmaster at Benton, is a na-
tive of Pennsylvania, and was born in Columbia County, June 8, 1844. _Whenthree years
of age he removed with his parents to Kane County, 11l., where he was educated and reared
In 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundrea and Twenty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
serving until the close of the war. The greater portion of the time he was on detached ser-
vice with a topographical engineer corps. The spring of 1872 Mr. H.came to Kansas, locat-
ing where he now resides and has been postmaster the most of the time since. He was mar-
ried in Illinois to Miss Frances White. They have four children—Mary L., Joseph, Cullen
and aninfant. Mr. H. isa member of the G. A. R,—the W. H. L. Wallace post of El Dorado.
He is extensively engaged in stock breeding, and in the horse line keeps Percheron, Norman
and Hambletonians that are a credit to the county. ° 2

L. J. HERWIG, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, P.O. Benton. This enterprisin:
young gentleman is a native of Illinois, and was born in Woodford County August 30, 1857.
He came to Butler County, Kan., the spring of 1880. He was married in Butler County to
Miss Rebecca Davis, daughter of William Davis, Esq.

WILLIAM DAVIS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 3, P.O. Benton. The subject of the
sketch is a native of Ohio, was born in Gallion County January 2, 1835. He was educated
in his native State. For eight years he resided in Illinois, coming froin there to Kansas in
1874. He was married in Ohio to Miss S. B. Pierce, of that State. They have three children
—Rebecea, now Mrs. L. J. Herwig, Laura and Elott. Mr. D. is one of Butler County’s pro-
gressive citizens.

W. A. McBRIDE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, P. O. Benton, isa native of Penn-
sylvania, and was born in Pittsburg, January 17, 1837. At an early age he removed to Jef-
ferson County, Ind., where he eulisted in 1862 in the Fourth Indiana Cavalry, serving un-
til the close of the war. He was at the battle of Chattanooga, Stone River and other noted
events of the Rebellion. In 1870 he came to Butler County, locating where he now resides.
Mr. McB. was married in Jefferson County, Ind., to Miss Margaret Fenton, an estimable
lady. They have six children by this union—Annie T., Jennie, Julia, Maud L., Ella and

sharles.

. REV. J. L. McCUNE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 14, P. O. Benton, is a native of
Kentucky and was born October 30, 1830, At an early age he removed to Marshall County,
Ill, where he was educated and reared. When young he became identified with the Chris-
tian Church, and for twenty years preached in Illinois, saven years of thetime In Washburn

Marshall, Co. Since locating in Butler County a few years ago, he has taken an active part
in furthering the cause of Fellgions being an elder of the Christian organization in Benton
Township. He was married in Illinois to Miss Susan Black. ‘hey have five children—Belle

Sarah, Charles, Lewis and Leroy. Rev.Mr.McCune is one of the extensive stockmen and real
estate owners of Benton Township.

I. W. MAPLE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 23, P. O. Benton, isa native of Ohio and
was born in Guernsey County, December 22, 1829. At an early age he came to Peoria
County, I)]., where he was educated and reared. For a few years he was a resident of Lucas
County, Iowa, coming from there to Kansas in the spring of 1891. Has since been a res!}-
dent of Butler County.. Mr. M. has been on the School Board. Was Township Clerk and
otherwise identified. During the war he volunteered his services, but was refocted on ac-
count of disability, enlisting twice inthe Union army. He was married in Illinois to Miss
Mahala Duffield. They‘have seven children—W. D.,58.S., Rhua, Mary, Isaac H., Joseph A.

innie M.

sas R. MELROSE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, P.O. Palmyra. The spring of 1870
Mr. M. located where he now resides, being among the first. He had many trials the first
few years, which he nobly endured and by untiring industry has placed himselfjamong the
substantial farmers of Benton Township. He planted and raised the first corn in his lo-
cality. and in other instances has displayed his enterprise as a leader. Mr.M. isa native of
Scotland, and was born March 11, 1820, was reared and learned the millwright’s trade in his
natiye country. _In 1841 came to America settling in West Virginia which was his home
until coming to Kansas. He was married in Staunton, W. Va. to Miss Elizabeth ©. Fisher,
They have had ten children by this union—Isaae, J: ohn, Melvina, Albert, Alexander, William
Ida and Sheeley. Two deceased—Catherine and Charles. Mr.M. is an Ancient Odd
Fellow. : "

a Ey ORE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, P.O. Benton. This gentleman is a
niettee a gians. and was born in Owen County, September 30, 1841. In 1845 removed to
Illinois with parents, where he resided until 1855, when the family came to Kansas, locating
in Douglas County,near Lawrence. Although but a boy, during the troubles of ’56 the subject
of this sketch took'an active part. He was one of Captain Abbott's company of Free-state
men, and participated in the Fort Titus and Lecompton difficulties, Was at Lawrence when

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the town was burnt. He served as Page one winter in the Lecompton Legislature, under
Gov. Geary’s administration, and was entrusted with many important errands by that gen-
tleman. He was on the skirmish lines pretty congtantly ap to 1862, when he enlisted in
Company B, of the Twelfth Kansas; participated in the Big lue engagement, and was on
the Red River expedition. He was a prisoner from the 14th of April until the 14th of De-
cember, being one of the doomed 216 that were held as hostages on account of ‘the Alabama
crew. During this time was in Tyler and other Texas prisons. In July, 1865, was honorably
discharged from service and returned to Douglas County. The farm on which his father,
Reuben P. Moore, located, is now the County Farm. The spring of 1870 Mr. Moore came to
Butler County, locating where he now resides. He has been identified with the general
prosperity of Benton Township, being one of its most active citizens. He was married in
Fort Scott, Kas., to Miss Mary Black, an estimable lady. They have six children—Charles,
James, Jessie, Thomas, George and ‘Minnie. Politically, Mr. Moore is a Republican.
OORE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, P.O. Benton, G. W. is 2 brother of
R. M. of. the preceeding sketch and was one of the pioneers of Douglass County, Kan., his
experience during the border troubles beirg similar to that of his brother. He served three
ears in Company B. Twelfth Kansas, being mustered out July 4th, 1865 at Little Rock. Mr.
i was born in Owen County. Ind., August 25,1837. He was marriedin Douglas County,
Kansas, to Miss Mary B. Moore. ‘They have five children—Sherman F., Sarah M., Hattie,
Aunieand Ida, Thespring of 1870 he became a resident of Butler County. .

J\MES PARKS, stock raiser, Section 8, P.O. Benton. Classed among the most extensive
stockmen in Butler County is the subject of this sketch. Mr. Parks located where he now re-
sides in 1879, at which time he became a resident ot Kansas. He makes a specialty of fine
horses, keeping animals that will compare with any inthe county. Mr. Parks is a native of
Ireland, and was born September 25, 1840. At an early age became a resident of the United
States, being a resident for a number OF years of Logan County, Ill. During the late Rebel-
lion he served three years in Company D, One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infan-
try, in the capacity of principal musician. He was married in Ilinois, to Miss Sarah Mc-
Mahon, They have six children Hving preneis S., Robert, Thomas H., Emma J., Curtis
eeend Harry G. One dead—James E, The family is identified with the Methodist Episcopal

urch.

MOSES WILLSON PRIEST, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, October 19, 1837, and
when fifteen years of age moved to Kosciusko County, Ind., w! ich was his home for fifteen
years. Ho was married August 20, 1859, to Miss Sarah M. Shaffee. Our subject purchased
asmall farm of eighty acres, on which he resided, raising stock and grain, till the year 1867,
when he sold out and moved to Illinois, where he boughta farm in Blackberry Township,
Kane County; remained here until 1870, when he again sold out, and emigrated to Kansas,
locating a homestead in Benton Township, Butler County, on the northeast of Section 24,
Township 26, Range 3 east. He was among the first settlers in his township, there being
only a few scattering families along the Whitewater and other smaller streams. Provisions
were very highs the nearest railroad was eighty miles distant, at Emporia; Mr. Priest’s
means were limited, and he and his family endured bravely all the trials, sufferings and
hardships incideut to pioneer life. Upon his arrival here he built a small box house and
began opening up nis farm, which is now well improved. Be has resided upon the same
farm since 1870; owns three quarter sections sf land, 480 acres, and somestock. Mr. Priest
has six children”Luem ma, ary Ellen, Sarah Malissa, George Henry, Edward and Albert
ranklin.

E. K. ROBINSON, farmer and _ stock raiser, Section 10, P. O. Benton, was born rear
Sharpsburg, Ky., July 16, 1843. Was there educated, and in 1872 came to Butler County,
Kan., where he has since resided, He was married, in Butler County, to Miss Mary A.
Yowell. of Kentucky. They have two children—Trussell and Ellen. 7

E. W. ROLLINGS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, P.O. Towanda. In the spring of
1870, the subject of this sketch located where he now resides. Mr. R. is a native of Ohio,
and was born in Muskingum County, March 27, 1837; lived fourteen years in Edgar County,
Ill. In 1862 enlisted in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, serving three years. He was married,
in Illinois, to Miss Hannah E. Nicho! They have had fourteen children—eleven of whom
are living—E. O., E. E., J. A., Ida, Charles, Elias, Winnie, Rosco, Don, Annie and Lewis.
Mr. R. is one of Benton’s substantial citizens. ‘ 7

L. C. SLUSSER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 9, P. O. Benton. Mr. S. was born in
Darke County, Ohio, September 7, 1848; w*s reared in his native State. For three years
was a resident of Logan County, Il]., where he was married to Miss Mattie E. Parks. He
became a resident of Kansas in 1878, locating on present farm. Mr. S. is a fancier of fine
stock, and was among the first to introduce fine grade horsesin Benton Township. His
stables are well supp ied, and in horse flesh he keeps in progress with the country.

_, REV. T. G. STANSBERRY, farmer, P. O. Benton, Section 20, bas been identified
with the farming interest in Butler County for eleven years. Came to Kansas in 1871, and
settled in Benton Township, and has resided in the same up to this date. Was born and
raised in Buncombe Co., N.C. Was educated at Swannanoa College of that State. Emi-
grated to Missouri in 1837; lived there twenty-seven years, Was married in that State to

iss Sarah Crawford. Raised seven children—Martha, William, Jaines D., Sarah, John B.,
Mary and Isabelle. Was ordained and set apart to the work of the ministry in Decatur, Pres-
bytery of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Has been regularly instal‘ed in different
localities in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. And in connection with his farming interest in
Kansas he has oreauized and built up three congregations or churches in Butler County.

~ M.T. WALLACH, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, P. O. Benton, is a native of
Tennessee, and was born March 29,1821. In 1832, with parents removed to Platte County,Mo.,
where he was educated andreared. At periods he was a resident of Marion County, Lowa,
Boone County, Mo.,and Macoupin County,I]l., coming from the latter State to Kansas in 1870,
locating on present farm the 9th of May. On the 15th of November, in that year, his cabin
and all the household effects were destroyed by fire, besides lumber which he had drawn
from Emporia to erect a comfortable residence. Mr. W. had a difficult time in making
matters even the first few years. He is, and has been, one of the most active men in the
county. Was Secretary and organized the school district, and got up the petition to organize
the Benton Township. Was Township Trustee two years. Mr. W, has been twice married;
first, to Miss Emeranda Liggett of Platte County, Mo., now deceased. By this union has six
children—James §., Nancy I., John W., Mary E., Malissa J. and Martha A. His present wife
was formerly Miss Martha A. Crawford. They have four children llving—Sarah L., Ella L.,
Emma A, and Ora D. Losttwo. The family are members of the Cumberiand Presbyterian

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_ LUCIEN WILKINS, farmer and stock raiser
ject of the sketch was born in Allegany County,
young came ‘West locating Columbia County, Wis., where he enlisted during the rebellion in
Company G, of the Secon isconsin Infantry, serving three years. He was in Gen. Grant’s
campaign, and previous to that had partic pated in over fifteen engagements. When mus-
tered out was Corporal and Aching Sergeau inthe Brigade Pioneer Corps, under Gen. Bragg.
After the war Mr. W. removed to Minnesota, locating in Faribault Coun , Where for several
years he worked at his trade, that of plastering, being identified with the business interests
of Wells and vicinity, In 1873 came to Butler County, locating on present farm. Since
his arrival in Benton Township has done considerable at his trade. Mr, W. was married in
Columbia County, Wis., to Miss Matilda Wilson. They have five children by this union—
Frank, Lewis, James, Berenice and Freddie,

W. C, WILSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12, P. O. Towanda. This gentle-
man Isanative of Wisconsin,and was born in Columbia County, May 17, 1852. En 1868
came to Kansas, settling in Miami County, which was his ablding place until 1875, when
he came to Butler County, locating on present farm, Mr. W.is one of Benton Township’s
progressive citiz-ns, He was married, tn Kansas, to Miss Jenn e McBride, of Illinois. They
have one son—Lawrence,

   
 

 

FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP. ‘

RICHARD CHILDERS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 13, P. 0. El Dorado, came to
Butler county Kan., locating where he now resides in the spring of 1872, being among the
foneers In this part of Fairview Township. Had all the early difficulties of the pioneers
he first few years. Mr, Childers is one of the progressive farmers of the county. He is a
native of the Territory of Iowa, and on April 16, 1835, at an early age removed with parents
to Edgar County, Ill., where he was educated, reared and was married to Miss Hannah
Doing; by this union they have six children living—Rosetta J., Nancy L,, Joshua R., George
W., Almeda and Riley’ O. Six children deceased. Mr. Childers has been associated with the
school Interests of his district the most of the time since coming to the county.

. B. COOK, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, P. O. El Dorado, was born in Medina
County, Ohio, February 26, 1846; spent his youthful days and was educated In that State.
In the spring of 187 emi rated to Kansas, settling where he now resides, being among
the earliest in that part of the township. Hedid the first breaking in his locality, and for
several years had serious drawbacks to contend with. He was married, in Ohio, to Miss Rosa
J. Childers, By this union they have one daughter—Laura E.

S. A, COREY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 28, P. O. Towanda, came to Butler
County, where he now resides, in the autumn of 1870.. He hauled lumber for his first
abode (which was not a very elaborate one) from Emporia. He and his wife had all the hard-
ships to endure the first few years incidental to the settlement of the country. Mr, Child-
ers is anative of New Brunswick and was born in 1830. For several years tie was a resi-
dent of Massachusetts, where he learned the stonemasons’ trade and was married to Miss
Amanda 8. Cole, an estimable lady of Newburyport. They eventually came West, locating
in Fulton County, Ill., which was their home until they settled in Kansas. In 862, Mr.
Corey enlisted in the One Hundred and Third Tlinois Volunteer Infantry, serving in the
Department of the Tennessee until the close of the war. He was in the Atlanta campaign
at the battle of ‘Mission Ridge and other engagements. Atthe battle of Atlanta he was
slightly wounded. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Corey, living, are four—Emma M.,,
Edwin L., Lizzie E. and Stephen E.

H, B, HULBURT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, P, O. El Dorado, came to Butler
BUTLER

County, locating where he now resides in the fall of 1870, being amon CRity

in that part. He had many serious drawbacks to contend with the first a cea ee
took a live interest in the ‘early religious and educational matters of his locality. He has
served in the capacity of Treasurer of the School District, Justice of the Peace, and other
offices. He was born in Medina County, Ohio, February 11, 1 . He was educated and
reared. 1h Ratha posneee aud was raarried bor MASS L. A, Humphrey. They have three

‘en—) . nd Charlie. e fam i i

of which Mr. Huiburt is 3 deacon, y are associated with the Baptist Church,
. H. . farmer and stock raiser, Section 26, P. O.
Ohio, was born in Medina County, March 3, 1847; was aaveaied atl tontag inte eee
State. Came Kansas, locating where he now resides, March 4, 1871. Was among the first to
be associated with the school interests of the district, being the first Clerk. For several terms
sursued the vocation of teaching in his and other districts. Mr. Hulhurt was married in
hio to Miss A. N. Foskett; by this union they havethree children—Rollo, Grace and Chester.
J. W. KINNEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 6, P. O. Cariboo,is a native of Ohio, and
was born in Muskingum County. At an early age he removed to Edgar County, Ill., where
be resided for a number of years. In 1861 he enilsted in Company E Twelfth, Thingis Vol-
unteer Infantry, serving in the Department of the Tennessee, three years and six months.
He was severely wounded at Atlanta, After the war he resided in Illinois, until coming to
Kansas in 1876; for several years he residedin Barton and Stafford counties coming to
te ae eee Aides a est snarled wa Tlinots to Miss Sarah E, Shively, of that State;
n—Orv .. Rosa M. and Victor C. é ic
onder and ieGvA. Be a and Victor C. He is a member of the Masonic
fe . farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, P. O. El Dorado, i
Couuty, Ohio, June 17, 1839; was principally reared in that county; Inoved to, aieapene
County in 1858, where he resided for several years. In 1862, he was a resident of Michigan
and in Beptemper, of that year, he enlisted in the Nineteenth Michigan Volinteer Infantry’
serving three years, principally in the Army of the Cumberland; he was with Sherman in
his march to the sea; he was captured and remained in the hands of the enemy three weeks
serving nine days of the time in Libby Prison. Mr. N. was marriedin Ashtabula County,
(nio, to Miss M. A. Chilson, a native of. that county; they have four children—Mary ¥.
Linnte A., Parke N. and Ava L. In October, 1870, the famiiy emigratedto Kansas settling
11 Butler County. Few if any residents of the county have contributed more amply towards
TBs develop MenU OF Malrview ey Bs phat aie Nye end his estimable wife; they have
wen closely ass Ith al e early educational and religi
Tle the usual Uraw Decks Incident to the first settlers. Seren eaeysabored
bis N, farmer, Section 2, P.O. El Dorado, was born in Portage Coun
March 3, 1846; was reared and resided in that State until coming to’ Kangas ‘i 18iT, on
Olin was among the early and representative citizens of Fairview Township. He was mar-
ried in-Ohio to Miss Julia Cannon: they havetwo children—Myrtie and William.

_ J. M. RANDALL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 15, P.O. El Dorado, was born in Mus-
kinguin County, Ohio, July 4, 1836. Atthe breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in the
Twenty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered in as Second Sergeant. After serv-
ing in the three months’ call he re-enlisted and was elected First Lieutenant. After the battle
of Shiloh he took command of acompany and served through until January 19, 1865, when
he was houorably discharged. Mr. R. caine to Butler County in the fall of 1 71, being amon
the tirst to settle on the prairie in that part and bad all the drawbacks to encounter, which
he overcame by untiring industry. He was married in Ohio in April, 1865, to Miss Hannah
8. Wood. They have one daughter, Mary May. Mr. R. isa member of the G. A. R.

M. E. RUTHERFORD, sheep’ raiser, Section 27, P. 0. Dorado, came to But-
ler County in 1881, engaging in sheep raising, in which industry he is the inost exteusive in
Fairview Township, his flock at present numbering upward of 500 head. Mr. R. isa native
of Ohio and was born in Meigs County, April 27, 1849. Was there educated, reared, and mar-
ried Miss N. J. Halltilay, By this union they have two children, Laudeand Wade.

WILLIAM SNYDER, M, farmer, stock raiser and_horticulturist, Section 32
P. O. Towanda, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, October 28, 1833, and was educated and
reared in Ohio and Indiana. In 1861 he enlisted inthe Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry, serving untill January, 1865. He entered the service as Corporal and was discharged

_as Sergeant. uring his term he took up the study of medicine at leisure time and on his
return home took lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and was admitted to practice.
In 1871 he came to Kansas, locating on the Whitewater in Butler County, being the first
regular practitioner in that part and was identified in that capacity for several years. He
has held the office of Justice of the Peace and has been otherwise officially connected in the
township. The doctur was married in Indiana to Miss Adaline Brackney. They have three
children, Irving H., Mabel A.and Lula M. He is a member of the Masonic order.

ISAAC D. VARNER, farmer and_ stock raiser, Section 12, 0. El Dorddo, was
born in Monroe County, Ohio, March 8, 1834. When twenty-six years of age he emigrated
to Linn County, Iowa, residi.g untilthe spring of 1871 when he located in Butler County
Kansas. on his presentfarm. Mr. V. was one ofthe pioneers of the prairie and endure:
many of the hardships during his agricultural career in the state. He was married in Ohio
10 Miss Ruth Baker. They have eight children, Mary E., Dora A., Susie A., Milton E.,
Matilda E., D. M., Ellis A. and Howard F. ; 3

GEN. G. F. WILES, stock raiser, P. O. El Dorado, is a native of Ohio, and was born in
Muskingum County, April 4, 1826. as educated and reared in his native State. At the
breaking out of the Rebellion tendered his service to the Union cause, taking an active part
in organizing a company in Zanesville, which was eurolled in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry, and on the 261h of October, 1861, was commissioned First Lieutenant. He
soon attained considerable celebrity as a drill officer, and in May, 1862, was appointed Regi-
mental Drill Obtcer, tne Satie month promoted to yepayene Getailed by Gen. John A
Logan to take charge of an engineer corps. e 16th of May, , Was commissioner
I.leutenant Colonel, and participated upon that day in the battle of Champion Hill, where
he achieved additional credit for coolness and skill, He contributed amply toward the
suppression of Vicksbuig and other prominent strongholds. September 1, 1863, he became

_ Colonel, and Juwly,1864, took charge of a brigade, serving in that capacity until the close; be-
ing breveted Brigadier-General for meritorious conduct in the field. The engagements
which bis regiment was authorized by Gen. W. T. Sherman, to display on their banner were
as follows: Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Boliver, Iuka, Thompson’s Hill, Raymond, Jackson,
Ghampion Hills, Bushy Mountains, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Savannah and Pacotatigo. Was
imustercd out July 15, 1865. For fourteen years, dating from 1865, was prominently iden-
tifled with the hardware iuterests of Zanesville, Ohio, coming to Kansas the spring of 1880.
Heis ranked _amoug the lea ting stoekmen of Southern Kansas, controlling, in company
with Mr. C. W. Potevan, of Ohio, four sections of choice land on the Whitewater. Gen.
Wiles is a typical gentleman, commanding in appearance, inclined ‘to modesty, never seek-
ing uotoriety, Is firm in his views, liberal in judging, and when his mind is made up it does
hot change, He is a member of the K. of H. and I. O. O. The General’s wife was form-
erly Miss J. H. Chaniman, of Zanesville, Ohio. Mrs. W.is a lady of culture, whose graces of
mind and heart endear her to all. They have had seven children born to them—Ellen A.
( ow Mrs, Mudge), Kate S., Laura M. (now Mrs. Goodenough), Ida M.,Cora L., Lulu P., and
Milton C, ° : ;

A.L. WOOD, farmer and contractor, Section 30, P.O. El Dorado, is anative of New York,
was born in Madison County, February 12, 1825. When sixteen years of age came West, loca-
1 ngin Northern Wisconsin. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Wisconsin, serving
until the close of the Rebellion, At time of enlistment was Orderly Sergeavt, and was pro-
noted to Post Commander with the rank of Ca ptaln, After the war he located in Fari-
bault County, Minn., residing until 1876, when he came to Kansas, taking up his abode in
Hutler County. or
hard wood lumber yard in Kl Dorado, He does general contracting, besides carrying on a
tirgefarm. Mr. W. is one of the representative men of Fairview Township. He is a mem-
ber of theG. A. R In Wisconsin, was married to Miss Mary. Perryj, by this union they
have nine children living—Amanda, Amos, Stephen, Frank, Emmett, Emma, Laura, Carl

ind Cora.
MURDOCK TOWNSHIP,

DAVID ADAMS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12, P. O. Murdock, is a native of New
York, shi was born in Saratoga County, January 13, 1829. He was educated and rearedin
ihe Empire State, following agricultural pursuits in early life. For several years he was a
resident of Illinois, where he was married to Miss Sarah J. Waite. Their children are—
Lovisa M. (wife of Oscar Mvore), Lovina J., Eunice E, (wife of Edgar Moore), and Stephen
Klier. Mr, A. came to Kasas with his family, Jocaung att Butler County, in the spring of

73. Heis one of Murdock Township’s representative men.
187} ANDER BAKER, farmer and stock raiser. Section 13, P.O. Murdock, came to But-
ler County, locatiny where he now resides, in July, 1868. During his sojourn iu the State,
he has encountered the freshets, droughts, grasshoppers and ali he other drawbacks Kan-
sas has been heirto. At times, the first few years, starvation came in close contact to him-
selfand family. However, he ‘has lived through, and by untiring industry, overcome aul
and is standing among the solid men of thecounty. Mr. B. is a native of Pennsylvania, and
was born in Susquehanna County, May 28, 1831. When twenty-tive years of age, r eMoye
to Rock County, Wis. where he resided until the fall of 1866, when he returned i enn-
sylvauia, resided there two years, and then came to Kansas. He was married, in Wiscon-
sin, to Miss Mary BE. Harvey. By this union they have had five children, two of whom are
li —F .and Ettie A. : ~
ES KELLEY, farmer and horse dealer, Section 1, 2. O. El Dorado, Among the
early settlers of Butler County, that was ideutified by its earliest development, none 1s nore
favorably known than the subject of the sketch. He located on the Whitewater in the spring
of 1861, his father, William Kelley, taking a claim there at that time, residing on it
up to the time of his death in 1863. ‘J. R. spent much of his time at that, early period in
killing buffalos, which proved not only BIUSINE, but profitable. He enlisted in the one hun-
and did good service in his immediate locality, where. with other

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troops, he was on duty. He had all the drawbacks to contend with that Kansas was heir to
in the line of Indian ‘troubles, droughts, grasshoppers, etc. For anumber of years he has
made a specialty of raising horses, in which be has had considerable success. Mr. K. is a
native of Ohio, and was born in Delaware County, August 4, 1847. Previous to coming to
Kansas, resided several years in Davis County o. Ile has been twice married—both
times in Kansus, first to Miss Louisa Vann. er death occurred in 1876; by this union
had two children—Walter and Nellie. His present wife was formerly Miss Mattie Hall,

, OSCAR MOORE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12, P. O. Murdock, is a native of IIli-
nois, and was born in Kendall County, May 31, 1852. In 1858 his father, Reuben Moore,
emigrated with his family to Douglass County. Kan., where they resided until 1868, when
Butler County became their abidin, place. The senior Moore is at present a resident of
Chautauqua ‘County, Kan. Mr. Moore was married in Butler County to Miss Lovisa
Qaams. daughter of David Adams, Esq. They have three children—Willie E., Sarah E. and

. . EK. MOORE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12, P. O. Murdock, was born in Madison
County, lowa, July 3, 1854. Came to Kansas in 1859, with his parents, settling in Douglass
County. In 1868 he came to Butler County. He was married in Kansas to Miss Eunice
Adams, of Butler County. Her death occurred January 13, 1883. Mr. Moore is a son of
Reuben Mp Ore aC

CHARLES MORNHINWEG, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25, P. 0. Murdock, was
born in Baden, Germany, May 16, 1833. Was reared, educated and learned the blacksmith
trade in his native country. In 1854 he came tothe United States, locating in lowa, and
carried on a blacksmith shop at Gosport, Marion County, for several years. In 1869 he
came to Kansas, locating where he now resides. Upon coming to Kansas he built a shop,
and for several years was the only blacksmith between E! Dorado and Wichita. Mr. M. is
one of the solid farmers of the county He was married in Jefferson County, Iowa, to Miss
Catherine Stam. They have eight children—Sophia, George, Carrie, Allen, Della, Effie, Carl
and ae tule; two dead—David and Minnie. r. M, served in the German army seven
months

MILTON TOWNSHIP.

CHARLES BIRCH, horse dealer, Section 14, P.O. Plum Grove, is a native of England,
and was born in Liverpool, October 4, 1854. Was educated and reared in his native coun-
try. He came to the United States the autumn of 1882, locating where he now resides.
Mr, 3. makes a speciality of breeding fine horses.

E. B. BRAINERD, farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, P.O. Holden, came to Kansas
in the spring of 1869, settled in Bourbon County, where for a time he pursued the vocation
of school teaching. In the spring of 1871 he located in Butler County, on his present farm,
where he was identified as an agriculturist until the autumn of 1875, when he was elected
Treasurer for Butler County by the Republican party, and re-elected upon the expiration of
his first term. He has also been identified with minor offices curls his sojourn in the
county, being County Commissioner and Township Trustee. Mr. B. was born in Susquehan-
na County, Pa., January 26, 1840. He was reared and educated in his native State, and in
1862 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and
was mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company F. He participated in all of the general
engagements in the Army of the Potomac ; was three times slightly wounded; served until
the close of the war, and was honorably discharged as Adjutant of his regiment. Mr. B. was
married, in Kansas, to Miss Sarah Neiinan, a native of Pennsylvania, They have three chil-
dren—William P., George F. Howard and Ray.

H, L, DETALANTE, M. D., P.O. Holden, is a native of France, and was born March
22, 1809; was educated and reared in his native country, receiving the benefits of several
years schooling in the medical colleges of Paris, where he graduated. After attaining his
majority, he came to New York City, where he resided five ) ears, being closely associated
with Gen, Van Rensselaer and bis family. He eventually moved to Ohio, where he practiced
his profession until he came to Butler County, Kan., in the spring of 1870. The doctor has
been eminently successful, and stands at the head of his profession. He was married, in Ohio,
to Miss Annie Gates. They have seven chilarea—Josephine, Jerusha, Mary, Stephen, Em-
erson, Nathaniel and John. Mrs. D. died in Kansas a few years ago.

M. M. HOSS, stockinan, Section 23, P.O. Cariboo, is a native of Indiana, and was born in
Marion County, March 29, 1853; was educated and reared in his native State. Came to
Kansas in 1871, locating in Topeka, His father, Prof. Geoorge W. Hoss, is and bas been
prominently associated with the educational interests of the State. In 1876, came to Butler
County, where he has been identified with the stock business. He was married, in Kansas, to
Miss Mary Baker. They have two children, Georgiana and Walter.

THOMAS J. POWELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 12. P.O. Plum Grove, is a
native of Maryland, and was born in Worcester County, April 17,1843. Was principally
reared in Ohio and Illinois. In 1861 enlisted in the Forty-seventh Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry, serving in the department of the Mississippi for four and one-half years, and was
honorably discharged as First Lieutenant of Company A. The fall of 1869 came to Kansas,
locating where he now resides, being among the pioneers in that part. He was married, in
IlJinois, to Miss Flizabeth Hart, of that State. By this union they have five children—Lucy,
Lewis, Calley, Caroline and Royal. . es

JOHN ROWLAND, farmer and stock raiser, Section 36, P. O. Cariboo. He located in Mar-
shall County, in 1855, near where Frankfort is now situated, and was identified with the
early settlement of that section. From Marshall he came to Butler County in 1878, locat-
ing on his present homestead. Mr. Rowland is a native of Ohio, and was born ia Harrison
County March 18, 1831, and was educated and reared in his native State and married
Miss Charity C. Kauble. They have six children—Marian, Henry, Edmund, Nancy E.,
Martin V., and Elmer. :

PLUM GROVE TOWNSHIP.

JOHN C. ADAMS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, P. O. Plum Grove. One of the early
settlers of Butler County was Joseph Adams, Esg., father of John C., who located on the
Whitewater jn 1869, and was identified with the growth of the county up to the time of
his death, in 1876. The subject of this sketch, John C. Adams, has been a resident of
the homestead since 1869. Heis a native of Illinois, and was born in Pike County, March
8, 1845. He was married, in Kansas, to Miss Nancy Pitzer. They have six children—Loretta,
Etha G., Margaret S.. Amelia J., Lesa F., and Anthony.

CHARLES COPPINS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 26, P. O. El Dorado, is a native of
England, and was born in Kent, March 7, 1829. In 1852 came to the United States, settlin
in New York, where he resided for atime. going from there to Michigan, and for severa
years was a resident of Lenawee County. Came to Butler County, Kan., the spring of
1871, being among the first settlers in this locality. He was married, in New York, to Miss
Elizabeth Auther, au estimable lady, They have three children—Adelbert, Dora and
Zelda. Mr. Coppins has been Trustee of the township, and identified with the school
interests, ;

N. K. DUNCAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 22, P. O. Ayr, is a native of Maine,
and was born in Waldo County, December 29, 1831, was there educated, reared, and re-
sided until the autumn of 1871, when he came to Kansas, settling in Butler County. Mr.
Duncan has been largely identified with the agricultural and stock interests of this town-
ship. Officially has been associated with school matters; has been Justice of the Peace,
and is at present Trustee of the township. He has been twice married; first, in Maine, to
Miss Agnes M. Drinkwater, whose death occurred in Kansas. By tnis marr‘age has two chil-
dren—Mabel A. and Alfonso W. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Osborne, widow of
W. L. Osborne, Esq..an early settler of Plum Grove Township. Of the Osborne children
there are six—Ida, Willits, Herbert, Clinton, Susie, and Winnifred.

IRVIN HOWE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 2, P. O. Plum Grove, was born in Mar-
shall County, W. Va., December 29, 1845. At an early age he removed to Iowa, living
in Monroe County until the autumn of 1873, when he became a resident of Butler County,
Kan. He was married, in Iowa, to Miss Rachel Daughterty. They have three children—
George, Flora and Rose May. The family are identified with the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. H. is extensively engaged in the-stock business. 2

SILAS HULi, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, P. O. Ayr, is a native of New York,
and was born in Saint Lawrence County, October 28, 1835. Was principally reared in Penn-
sylvania, eventually coming to Illinois. | 9 went to California, where he resided for
several years. In June, 1870, he settled in Butler County, Kan., where he now resides. He
was one of the pioneers in this locality, and among the first to break prairie in that part.
Mr. Hull’s estate embraces 320 acres, He is extensively engaged in stock raising. He was
married, in lllinois, to Miss C. E. Hull, of that State.

WILLIAM f. JOSEPH, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, P.O. Plum Grove, is a native
of West Virginia, and was born in Tyler County, February 14,1835. Was educated and
reared in_his uative State. The spring of 1871 came to Kansas, settling where he now
resides. Mr. Joseph has been identified with the school interests of his district, and for
several years has been Justice of the Peace. He was married, iu West Virginia, to Miss
L, A. Perkins. By this union they have four children—Flora, George, Alice and Rufus.

BENTON McGILL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 81, P.O. Cariboo, is a native of
Ohio, and was born in Champaign County, September 27; 1840. He was educated and reared
in his native State, coming from Ohio to Kansas in the fall of 1870, locating where he
now resides. He was among the first settlers in that part, and few, if any, have contributed
more amply towards the development of the township. He is numbered among the most
extensive real estate owners and stockmen on the Whitewater. Mr. McGill was mar-
ried, in Illinois, to Miss Sallie Arrowsmith, of Champaign County, Ohio. They have two
children—Mima and Willie. The family are identified with the Methodist Episcopal
Church.

W. H. RANDALL, stockman and farmer of Ayr, Section 22. This genial gentlemanisa
native of New York, and was born near Elmira, March 2, 1835. In 1862 he enlisted in the
Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving eleven months. After the war he
came West, eventually, m 1870, locating in Buller County, where he now resides. For afew
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years he was connected with the mail service, contracting and operating routes. He was
married, in New York, to Miss Mary E. Cain. Mrs. Randall is at the present time Postmis-
are both closely associated with the Presbyterian Church.

OHN H. WHITE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 27, P.O. Ayr, isa native of Ken-
tucky, and was born in Madison County, March 29, 1834. In 1845 he came to Buchanan
County, Mo., with his parents, where he was educated and reared; came to Butler County,
Kan., in the spring of 1874; has since been identified with the stock interests of Plum Grove
Township. e has been closely associated with the religious sentiments of the community:
is elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Charch—four mile congregation. He was married
in Callaway County, Mo., to Miss Amelia A. Herron. By this union they have five children
—James M., William S., Susan M., John W. and Ora M. Mrs. W. and Susan M. are also
members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

CLIFFORD TOWNSHIP,

__W. H. AVERY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 26, P. O. Plum Grove, was born in
Hillsdale County, Mich., November 19, 1837. In 1860 he came to Kansas, locating in Lyon
County, which was his home until 1862, when he returned to Michigan, and enlisted in
the Eighteen Michigan Volunteer Infantry, doing duty inthe Department of the Cumber-
land until the close of the war; returned to ‘Lyon County, Kan., and resided tlrere until 1868,
when he came to Butler County. He was among the first to settle in Plum Grove Township
and had all the drawbacks of the pioneer to contend with. Few men have been more closely
identified with the school and other interests of the township than Mr. Avery. He has held
the office of Justice of the Peace and Trustee of the Township for several terms and took an
active part in organizing the districts. For several years he has been a reporter for the
State Agricultural Board. He was married in 1860 to Miss Maria Hall, of Calhoun County,
Mich., an estimable lady, They have two children—Ulysses Sherman and Hattie.

T. A. XTER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 6, P.O. Burns, Marion Co., was born
in Rutherford County, N.C., Feb. 22,1832; was reared and educated In his native State
after which he, with other members of the family, removed to Arkansas, where he resided
for twenty years in Independence County. He is a brother to ex-Gov. Baxter, of Arkansas,
agentleman favorably and promiuently known ia the Southwest, During the war he as-
sisted in organizing five companies. He wasin commaud of Company A, during their térm
of six months intheservice. He was appointed United States tax oliector during the war
in which capacity he acted fora considerable time. In the spring of 1872§he came to Kan-
sas, locating where he now resides, being among the first in that vicinity. For afew years
he had many drawbacks to contend with, which,were incideht to all the pioneers. Mr, Bax-
ter has been twice married, first to Miss Charity Patten, of North Carolina, now deceased,
By this union he has one son, William E, He was married in Arkansas to Miss P. Turner.
They have three children—Susan T., EllaJ., and George P. Mr. Baxter is a member of the
Masonic Order. 5

Cc. F. BRUNN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 7, P.O. Burns, Marion Co., was born in
Prussia, Germany, May 22, 1843; came to the United States when eléVen years of age, his
parents Jocating in Indian, where C, F. was educated and reared, In 1864 he enlisted
in Company E, Seventeenth Indiana Mounted Infantry, serving until the close of the war,
and assisting in running down Jeff Davis, being discharged at Macon, Ga. For several years
the subject of this sketch followed various pursuits; for atime was engaged in handling
dairy goods and agricultural implements, with headquarters in Des Moines,Iowa, and other
Western cities. In 1873 he came to Kansas settling on his present farm, Mr. Brunn is one
of the solid men of the county. He was married in Kansas to Miss Julia Mosher.

J. A. CLIFFORD, stockman, Section 16, P. O. Amador, one of the stockmen in Southern
Kansas, is the subject of this sketch. He is anative of New York, and was bornin Gene-
see County, September 6, 1832; was educated and reared in the Empire State, and for sev-
eral years was a resident of Will County, Ill., came from there to Kansas in June, 1871,
locating where he now resides, in Butler County. Plum Grove Township at that time ex-
tended to thecounty line. Upon the organization ofthe new township, it was named Clifford
in honor of Mr. J. A. Clifford. He has contributed amply toward the stock interests of the
county. His farm is one of the most desirable, being naturally adapted forthe business.
Has corrals, barns and outbuildings well arranged. He combines the practical with the
theoretical, and has been eminently successful. Mrs, Clifford was tormerly Miss Mary
Munson, of Illinois, where they were married. They have four children—Samuel R., Hat-
tie S., Ollie and Aura,

I. V. DAVIS, M. D. and farmer, Section 22, P. O. Amador, isa native of Kentucky, and
was born in Lewis County, May 23, 1840. Was educated and reared in his native State,
taking up the study of medicine at an early age. He took a course of lectures in the Cin-
cinnati Medical College and afterward attended the Pennsylvania Medical College at Phila-
delphia, from which he graduated. In 1868 came to Kansas, settling in Butler County. He
was the pioneer physician in the locality of Plum Grove and for a number of years his
practice extended far intoChase and Marion counties. Afewyears ago he retired from
active practice owing to his health. The doctor has been prominently associated with the
school interests of the neighborhood, besides being Township Trustee and otherwise offi-
cially connected. He has been twice married, his first wife, whom he married in Kansas,
also died here, her naine was Miss L. A. Dean, His present wife was formerly Miss Min-
nieM. Smith They have three children by this union, Leona M., Minnie A., and have lost
one, Chauncy I. By his first marriage he had two children, who are deceased. During
the war heservedseven montliis in the Thirtieth Michigan Infantry, enlisting at Fort Scott,
Kas. Heisamember of thel. 0. O. F., and the A. H. T. A.

D. J. LOBDELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, P. O. Plum Grove, Deserving of
mention among the pioneers is the subject of thissketch. He isanative of New York and
was born in Clinton County, October 20, 1840, In the fall of 1857 came to Kansas, taking
up his abode in Miami County. Was identified with the development of that county, which
was his home for several years. During the war he seryedin the Fifteenth Kansas. Was
mustered in Orderly and held all the positions up to the rank of First Lieutenant, continu-
ing in the service up to theclose. In 1870 came io Butler County, locating at Plum Grove,
where for a few years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. Mr. L. was married in Kan-
sas to Miss Roxanna Gooding. They have four children, Charles E., Ada, Fred and Murtie.
Charles E. is an attorney of El Dorado.

LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

P. J. HAWES, farmer and stock raiser, Section 23, P. O. Dixon, isa native of Kentucky
and was born in Shelby County, March 26, 1818. In 1835 removed to Logan County, III,
where he resided until coming to Butler County, Kan., in 1876. During his sojourn in
Illinois was prominently identified in Logan County, Haldane. the offices of County Treas.
urer and County Assessor, From 1871 to 1875 represented his district in the Legislature
of the State. olitically Mr. Hawes is of Republican views. He was married in Illinois
to Miss Julia Bowles. By this union they have eight children living, Jesse A., Isabella R.,
May C.. Charles W., Louisa F., Joseph A., Nannie M, and Marian C.

'W. H. HOOVER, station agent, and Postmaster Dixon, came to Kansas in October, 1878,
locating where he now resides. Besides attending to his duties as agent of the A, T.&8. BF.
R.R. and the Dixon postoffice, he cultivates a fine farm which he owns on Section 26, Mr. H.
is a native of Indiana, and was born In Miami Co, Ohio, in 1833. He was a resident of Ful-
ton County, Ind., for several years, coming from there to Kansas. He was married In In-
diana to Miss Mary A. Russell. They have six children—Romania, Laura B, Melissa E.,
Harvey H., VidaJ. and Della,

J. é. RILEY Sn., farmer, Section 22, P.O. Dixon, is a native of Kentucky, and was
born in Washington County, May 10,1829. He was there educated, reared, and married to
Miss Susan Crawford. They have three children: J.C. Jr., Mollic and Susie, Mrs, Riley's
death occurred in Kentucky. Mr.R, isnow living withhis third wife, the second belng
deceased also. His present wife was formerly Miss Mattie A. Scoggan. In 1871 the tam-
ily emigrated to Kansas, settling in the suathern partof Butler Couey, Located perma-
nently where they now reside in 1878. Mr. Riley makes a specialty of the stock trade.

J.C. RILEY, JR., farmer and stock raiser, Section 23, P, O. Dixon, was born in Marion
County, Ky., in 1853, was there a resident until 1871, when, with his father, J.C. Sr, came
to Kansas, and settled in the south part of Butler County. He took up his present abode in
1878. Mr. Riley is one of Butler County’s most practical farmers and progressive citizens,
He has been a member of the School Board for a number of years, and otherwise identified
with educational interests. He was married in Kansas to Miss Lula Cox, a lady who fs a
native of Tennessee. They have one daughter, EvaM.

. M. RHOADS, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Dixon. THe prominene farmer and stockman
isa native of Illinois, and was born in Jersey County April 13, 1857. He was educated and
reared in his native State, coming to Kansas and locating where he now resides in the
spring of 1878. He was married in Illinois to Miss Mary Snow. They have onechild. Mr.

hoads’ estate comprises 240 acres.

CHELSEA TOWNSHIP.

G. T. DONALDSON, deceased. One who ranked prominently and took an active part in
the border difficulties of 1856, was Lieut, G. T. Donaldson. He was a native of Ohio, and was
born in Muskingum County. He was principally reared in Indiana, coming from Illinois to
Kansas in the spring of 1855. He located tor atime in Hull’s Grove, Jefferson County, While
there he became associated with Gén. Jim Lane,and contributed an ample share toward sus-
taining free-State principles in Kansas. In 1857 he came to Butler County, settling in Chel-
sea, being one of the pioneer agriculturists in that part. Upon the breaking out of the Re-
bellion he turned his attention to recruiting and organizing the Indians, in which he was
eminently successful. After securing the required ainount, he was commissioned First Lieu-
tenant,and in that capacity served with them until the close Before and after the war he was
Captain of the Militia. Politically he was a Republican. He was elected to the State Legis-
lature, from Butler County, serving two terms, Lieut, Donaldson’s death occurred Novem -
ber 3, 1869, at Chelsea. He was married in 1854, at Paris, Ill., to Miss Eleanor P. Vaught.
Mrs. D. accompanied her husband to Kansas in 1855. There were few of the pioneer ladies

 

 

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who watched with greater zeal the progress of the State, or are more conversant with its
Mrs. D. has reared a family of six children, four of whom reside on the homestead
M., Alvin J., Flora D., George F., Harry W.and Hallie E, :

WILLIAM J. HOY, stockman, Section 16, P.O. KI Dorado, is a native of Ohio, and was
born in Perry County, June 2, 1847; was there educated and reared. In 1862 he enlisted in
the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving nine months. After
being discharged he veteranized in the One Hundredth and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer In-
fan.ry, serving three months longer. After tne war he settled i: McLean County, Ill., resid-
ing two years, coming from there to Kansas in August, 1868. Mr. Hoy isamong the early
settlers in the vicinity of Chelsea, and is identified with the stock interests of the county. He
was married in Kansas to Miss Hannah J. Carey. By this union they have two daughters—
Lillian L. and Annie A. Mr. H. isamember of the K. of P. and the G.A.R. Jd. A. Carey.
father of Mrs. Hoy, was one of the first settlers of Butler County.

ON. J. C. LAMBDIN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, P.O. Chelsea. There is per-
haps no man in Butler County that is more familiarly and popularly known than Judge
Lambdin. He became a citizen of the Territory of Kansas in 1856 and to Butler County in Au-
gust, 1857. He Jocated and laid out the town of Chelsea, which at that time promised to be
considerable of a point. He was appointed Postmaster, erected the first buildings, and was
otherwise associated with its interests. Mr. L. was a staunch Free-soil advocate; was a
warm friend of Gen. Lane’s,and during the border difficulties was in the field a great portion
of the time fighting for the cause he advocated. Was under Gen. Lane awhile, joining him at
West Point, Mo. During the Rebellion served three years in the Southwestern Department,
two years of the time was Regimental Quartermaster, with rank of Lieutenant in the Six-
teenth Kansas, Served two terms in the Territorial Legislature, being sent back the second
time without any opposition. The district he represented at that time embraced nine coun-
tles. Upon the organization of Butler County was elected Probate Judge and has held minor
offices in the county since. While a member ofthe Legislature assisted in organizing the
State. Politically he has always been a Republican. ‘or several years was prominently
connected with the mercantile interests of El Dorado. The subject of the sketch was a na-
tlve of Pennsylvania and was born in Pittsburg October 16, 1817. At an early age removed
to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was educated and reared. After ashort residence in Indian-
apolis, Ind., came to Paris, IIl.,where for atime was engaged in merchandising, coming from

i The Judge has been twice married, first in Indiana, to Miss Caroline
Beachbarb (now deceased); by this unton has two children living—W. R. and J. T. e
married in Paris, Il., Miss Mary Vaught, They have one.son, R. M. For upward of thirty
years hag been a member of the Masonic order. : :

DOCTOR LEWELLEN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, P. O. El Dorado, He is a
native of Pennsylvania and was born in Fayette County in April, 1826. At an_ early age
removed to West Virginla, where he resided until 1855, when he emigrated to Lowa, com-
ing from there to Kansas in 1857. Officially he has held the offices of County Commissioner
and Sheriff, and has been connected with the school affairs of his township. Mr L. has done
his portion towards developing the agricultural interests of Butler County. Mr. L. has been
twice married, first to Miss Susan Ryan, now deceased. By this marriage has six children:
Hannah, Sarah, Emmi Louisa, Birdaand John. Was married in Kansas to Miss Delila
Pendegraff. They have one son,

THOMAS Ww. SATCHEL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 21, P. O. El Dorado, came to
Butler County the spring of 1860, locating where he now resides the fall of that year. What
is known as Satchel’s Creek was named in his honor, it was formerly called Thurman Creek.
He was instrumental in having the first school taught in that part; his daughter, Miss Sarah
C. Satchel, being the teacher. (This was in what is now known as District Number 2.) Mr.
and Mrs. S. had many hardships during theirtime in Kansas, encountering the drouth,

rasshoppers, Indians scares, etc. He lost heavily by having his horses stolen at different

imes, particularly during the war, He traded considerably with the Indians, his dealing re-
sulting satisfactorily. r. S. has been Treasurer of Butler County two terms and connected
with minor official matters. He is a native of Maryland, and was born in Dorchester Coun-
ty in 1809. When three years of age cameto Ross County, Ohio, witb his parents, residin
until 1833, when he located in Indiana, coming from there to Kansas. In 1835 was marrie
to Miss Hannah A. Peacock, a native of Ohio; she was principally reared in Indiana. By
this union they have had twelve children, six of whom are now living—Sarah C., Mary,
William, Jsphen, Georgianaand Emma. Mr.and Mrs,S. are members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church,

 

PROSPECT TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM BAILEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P. O. El Dorado, was born in
Union County, Ohio, June 7, 1832, and was there reared and educated. In August, 1861, he
enlisted tu Company B, Thirty-second Ohio ‘ olunteer Infantry, serving three years princi-
pally in the Department of the Tennessee. On the 20th of February, 1864, was cantured, but
soon after made his escape. Returning from the army he located in Ohio, remaining until
the spring of 1871, when he became a resident of Butler County, Kan., settling where he
now resides. He was married in Ohio, to Miss Caroline L, Smith, a native oi that State.
They have five children—Smith, Charles, Maggie, Orson and Irena. . 3

W. W. BUGBEE, stockman, Section 26. PF. O. El Dorado, isa native of Michigan and
was born in Barry County, January 10, 1847, was there educated and reared, his early days
being spent in tilling the soil. Was married, in Michigan, to Miss Maria Doty, of that State;
they have one daughter, Ethel. Mr. B. isa member of the Mason’s and Odd Fellows’ lodges
of El Dorado. He and his family came to Butler County, Kan., thespring of 1879. Heis
wellknown among the leading stockmen. :

JOHN A. DUNCAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 27, P. O. El Dorado, is a native of
Ohio, born February 27, 1836. He was educated and reared in that State. In 1861 he en-
listed in the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years in the Department of the
Cumberland. Was mustered out at expiration of three years and came to Illinois. For sev-
eral years he was a resideut of Champaign County, Il. He was married to Miss Harriet E.
Hammond, in Ill. They have eight children—Zella M., James E., Harry E., Lavina B.,
Charles §., Rose G., Grace A. and Mattie L., (infant). i

CHARLES ECKEL, stockman, Section 1, P. O. Pontiac, is a native of Pennsylvania,
and was born in Philadelphia, January 9, 1836. He was principally reared and educated in
Fulton County, Pa. Whenseventeen years of age he went west to Preble County, Ohio;
served two years as apprentice to the carpenter and joiner’s trade. Becoming tired of this
he then removed to Oziukee County, Wis., where he engaged in farming until 1864, at
which time he enlisted in the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, serving until the close of the
war, Foratime he wasa resident of Michigan, coming from there to Kansas, in August,
1870, locating where he now resides, being a pioneer inthat part. For eight years he was
proprietor of the stage route between Ei Dorado and Humboldt. He was the first Post-
inaster in Prospect Townsbip, when the Pontiac office was established. Mr. Eckel is a
member of the I. 0. O. F. and the K. of H. He was married, in, Wisconsin, to Miss Jalla A.
Zimpleman. They have eight chtldren—John K., Charles B., Franklin F., George H., Will-
iam M., Juenetta, Arabella, and Eva M.

CHARLES FOSTER, sheep raiser, Section 20. P. O. El Dorado, is anative of New York,
and was born in Tioga County, Septem ber 4, 1842; was educated and reared in his native
State, following agricultural pursuits all his life. He came to Kansas, locating where he
now resides, inthe spring of i874. Has been eminently successful in sheep husbandry, of
which he has made a specialty, He was married, in New York, to Miss Lucy Osborne, of
Tloga County By this union they have two children—Eugene and Alice.

ON. WILLIAM HARRISON, farmer, Section 26, Town 25, Range 6, P. O. El Dorado.
He js familiarly known to all the early settlers of Butler dud adjoining counties. He is a
native of England, and was born in North Hamptonshire, near Rugby. August 14, 1813. In
1882. with his parents, he came to the United States, locatiug in the State of New York,
where for four years he worked as a farm hand, attending the country district school for
two winters, his educational advantages belug very limited both in England and America.
Coming West he settled in what is now Kendall County, I1l., where he followed agricultural
Puveutls fora uumber of years, and in 1837 he was married to Miss Mary A. Huff, of Lewis
Jounty, N. ¥. The spring of 1858, with his family, he moved to Kansas, settling in what
he Sup poset was part of what is now Butler County, There he built a cabin, and turned his
attention toward developing afarm. When the lines were run a short tim» afterward, it
was found that his claim was on the Osage strip, co sequently he was obliged to relinquish
hishome. In the spring of 1859 he settled where he now res des, on Harrison Creek, which
was named in his honor (formerly it was Beamis Creek). Mr, H. passed through all thein-
conveniences incident to the early settler in a new country, besides the additional draw-
backs Kansas was heir to by the drouth of 1860. He was identified with the early educa-
tlonal interests in his locality, and it was largely through his efforts that church services
were held occasionally, ia those primitive days, in that sparsely settled portion. In 1869
he was elected to the office of Probate Judge, holding the office four years. Previous to
that time had been a member of the State Legislature, and Chairman of the Board of
County Comntissioners, doing most of the writing while Chairman of tne Board, the Clerk
having joiued the Federal Army. Politically, the Judge is of Republican views. Mrs. Harri-
son's death occurred on Harrison Creek, They had fourteen children, seven of whom are
living—Charles&., Franklin, Hagh, John M., Lucretia, Julia and Alice. Charles and Frank-
lin were soldiers inthe Eleventh Kansas during the war, from its beginning until the ‘close.
Mr. H. was married again, in Kansas, to Mrs. Emily C. Haines, nee Tucker, a native of Ver-
mont, but was reared in Ohio, Mrs, Harrison was among the early settlers of Northern
Kansas, and passed through the ordeal of pioneering.

H, W. HINKLE, stockman, Section 30, P.O, El Dorado. Isa native of West Virginia,
and was born October 19, 1847. At an early age removed to Tazewell Co,, Ill., where he was
educated and reared, Came to Kansas, locating where he now resides, in 1873. Mr. H. ts
numbered among the solid stockmen of the township. He was married, in Illtnols, to Miss
Kittie Beaver, by this union they have four children—Nellie, Minnie, Dora and Grace.

HARRIE JONES. frult grower and dealer, Section 26, P. O. ElDorado, became a resident
of Butler County in 1868, and for the past eleven years has devoted his attention to the

 
 

BUTLER

working of a fruit farm, which at present embraces the largest and best collecti

County. Mr, J. is apractical nurseryman, and hasbeen eminently eicceustal ir alt blower
dertakings. He is a native of Jowa, and was born in Henry County, September 20, 1844
In 1859 came to Kansas. locating in Osage City. In 1861 he enlisted ‘in the Bighth Kansas,
doing good service until the close; was mustered out as First Ser eant. During his residence
in Bat ler County, has been Deputy Sheriff, and otherwise identified. Was married, in Kan-

‘ Es rd, ansas. i t
Waiter and Joss, y ey have five children—Grace, Myrtle, Lena,
% N, farmer and stock raiser, Section 28, P.O. El Dorado, Is a nat i

County, N. Y , and was born June 29, 1841. Was educated and reared in the Fanbies Stake,
He came to Kansas in 1874, settling where he now resid3s. His wealth comprises over 500
acres, on which are situated a fine residence and out buildings. He is engaged extensively in
stock, making a specialty of blooded horses. On his farmis a well arranged mill for grind-
ing feed for stock, and with which he also does considerable custom work. Mr. 6. has
been eminently successfulas afarmer. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace a few
years, and has been identified with the educational interests of his district, He was mar-
“ried, in New York, to Miss Mary E. Hollenbeck ; they havetwo daughters by this union—An-
nie D. and Jennie E., both highly educated and recognized teachers of ability in Butler
County. The famlly are associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JESSE PARKER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, B O. 1 Dorado, is a_native of
Macoupin County, Ill., and was born April 28, 1849, He was educated and reared in his na-
tive State. In 1870 he came to Butler vounty, Kan., where he has been identified with its
agricultural interests. He was] married, in Illinois, to Miss FE. G. Parker. They have two
children—Zula, and an infant. Mr. P. isa member of the Masonic order. Mr. arker, the
father of Jesse, who is also a farmer in Prospect Township, is a native of Virginia, and was
born Febuary 7, 1813. When one year old moved with his parents to Kentucky, where he
resided for several years, and was married to Miss Cynthia Rhodes, of Greyson County. Ky.
They have eight children living—Nancy, Mary J., Joel, Jesse, Emmeline, Annie, Sarah F.,
Effie L. Mrs. P. died in Illinois. He married his present wife in Macoupin County.
Her maiden name was Elizabeth Parker. They have three children—Lenora, Nellie
and sAAe, Mr. P. came to Butler County, Kan., in 1878, and is numbered among its solid

R. H. WILLIAMS, farmer and stock raiser Section 28, P.O. El Dorado, isa native of In-
diana, and was born in Scott County, December 4, 1842; at an early age removed with par-
ents to Clay County, Ill., where he was educated and reared. He eventually emigrated to
Jowa, locatiug in Mills County, where, in 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-ninth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry, serving up to the close; he was in the trans-Mississippi Depart-
ment. Fora few years was a resident of Colorado, coming from there to Butler County,
Kan., in the spring of 1877. He was married, in Iowa, to Miss Jane Purtle. They have five
children—Waldo, George, Maggi, John and Helen. His father, G. A. Williams, who resides
on Section 28, Prospect T »wnship, located in Kansas in 1882. He is a native of Onieda
County, N. Y¥., and has been a resident of Indiana, Illinois, lowa and Colorado.
he was married to Miss Mary Tipton, a native of Pennsylvania. By this union has four
children living. R. U. being the oldest, the others are John A., Maggie and Helen.

R. C,. WRENN, farmer,Section 22,P.0. El Dorado,is a native of Virginia; was born April
11, 1816; at an early age he removed to Ohio, where he was educated and learned the mill-
wright and carpenter’s trade. For several years he carried on an extensive business in Cin-
cinnati, also in St. Louis, and later at Waverly, / 9.,and Ottawa, Kan.; having some re-
verses in the latter place, he settled where he nov esides, in Butler County, in the fall of
1870, being among the first on the prairie. He was in very limited circumstances at that
time, and to make matters more disastrous, he had his house torn to pieces by a cyclone.
He has, however, by industry, improved a good farm. He is on the shady side of life. His
house is surrounded by a fine grove, which he has planted and tended. Mr. W. was mar-
ried, in Ohio, in 1840, to Miss Mary M, Kinneger, of that State. They have seven children —
Louisa, Jennie, Roseltha, Lafayette, Katie, Clarence and Walter.

SPRING TOWNSHIP.

J. H. ARMSTRONG, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, P.O. El Dorado, is a native of
Delaware County, N. Y., and was born January 26, 1846; he was raised and educated in his
native State, after which he emigrated to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he resided until the
spring of 1879, when he became a resident of Butler County. During; the war he
served a year and a half inthe Second New York Volunteer Infantry. r. A. has been
twice married; first, to Miss Henrietta Grote, now deceased. They had three children—
Lewis, Nick and Eddie. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Jennie Fisher, nee Longman.
They have one son—Ross.

. R. GROW, farmer and stock.raiser, Section 6, P. O. Augusta, was_born in Windsor
County, Vt., in 1818. In 1855 he located at Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa, being one of
the first settlers in that part. For a number of years he was officially identified there, hav-
ing been Justice of the Peace and held other offices. He came to Kansas in the spring of
1872 and located where he now resides, He has been closely associated with the progress
of Spring Fowns tip: Mr. G. has been twice married—first in Vermont, to Miss Susan Ly-
man, of Royalton, Vt., now deceased. He was marriedjin Dubuque, Iowa, to Miss Aggie
Howard, a native of Otsego County, N. Y. By this union they have one son, Sanford H.,
who resides with his parents. Mrs G.is a lady of culture, and followed the vocation of
school teaching in Kansas for afew years. She was formerly affiliated with the Episco-
palian Church, but at present is associated with the Presbyterian, as is also Mr. G. Politi-
cally, Mr, G. is a Republican. ’ : : .
JOHN MANNION, farmer and stock raiser, Section 5, P.O, Augusta. Heis one of the
pioneers and solid farmers of Spring Township, He isa native of Ireland, and was born in
County Galway about the year 1824. In 1847 he came to the United States. Fora num-
ber of years he was engaged in agricultural pursuitsin Macon County, Mo., coming from
there to Kansas in 1867, locating where he now resides on the 4th of Julyinthatyear. Mr.
M. bad all the difiiculties to contend with the first few years in Kansas, and has been emi-
nently successful asa farmer. He was early identified with the school interests of his dis-
trict. He was married in St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Margaret Gormley. They have had eleven
children—Katie, Mary A., Maggie, Ella, Thomas P., John, Eliza, William H. and James C.
Lost two—Mollie and an infant. b . ‘ .

MCKENZIE SUMNER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 3, P.O. E] Dorado, was born in
Madison County N. Y., in 1838. Was there educated and resided until 1857, when he emi-
grated to Michigan, where he resided until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in
the Nineteenth Michigan, serving over two years, when he was transferred to the Seven-
teenth U. S. Colored Regiment. Aas Regimental Quartermaster, and fora time was Post
Quartermaster at Nashville. In 1868 came to Kansas, settling in Cherokee County, being
among the pioneers there. The fall of 1875 came to Butler County, where has since been
igeatl ied with its agricultural interests. He was married in Michigan to Miss Annice EB,

odges. By this union ee nine children—Annice, George M., Cora, Thos. W., Roy E.,
Levi, Harry T., Sarah and Mora. 4

v. R. WARD, farmer and stock raiser, Section 6, P. O. El Dorado, came to Butler County
thespring of 1868. In 1869 settled in Benton Township, being one of the pioneers in that
part. He took an active partin organizing school district No. 25, and was identified gen-
erally with the interests of Benton up to 1874, when he removed to his present homestead.
He was one of the prime movers in forming the agricultural and horticultural societies in
Butler County. Mr. W. isa native of England, and was born October 14,1838. At an early
age came to the United States with parents, locating in Cook County, Ill., where he was
educated and reared. During the rebellion he served four and a half years in the Thirty-
Ninth Ulinois Volunter Infantry, participating in the capture of Fort Sumter and the sur-
render of Gen. Lee. Was Orderly Sergeant. He was married in Cook County, Ill., to Miss
M.J.Medyworth. By this union they have six children—Mary, Joseph, Susie, John, Ralph
and Robert. é ; ‘

AMS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 35, P.O. Augusta, is a native of
ine bod cae boron Deceraber 19, 1833. _Was educated and raised in the Buckeye State,
and was married to Miss Seretta Counsil. In the winter of 1861 came to Butler County,
Kansas, locating where he now lives. In 1874 was elected by the People’s party Treasurer of
the county, After serving out his term, held appointment of three months. He has been
identified in local offices of the township. His landed estate is 1,000 acres. He is one of the

inent stock men in the county. z ¥
nS OWILSON. farmer and stock raiser, Sections 4 and 5, P. O. El Dorado, was born in
Otsego County, N.Y. March 15, 1838, Was educated and resided in New York until the war,
when he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth New York Volunteer Infantry, serving two years.
From New York he emigrated to Indiana, settling in Whitley County, where he resided for
seven years, coming from there to Kansas in June, 1871, and has since been a resident of
Butler County, beiag one of the pioneer settlers of Spring Township. Mr. vilsan PS a
bered among the solid farmers of the county. Mr. W. has been twice married, his firs! yale
being dead. Her name was Mrs. Catherine Cole. By this union had five children—Davi
F., WJ. Ida M. Albert H. and Alice. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Eckly.

BLOOMINGTON TOWNSHIP.

«G, , farmer and stock raiser, Section 10, P.O. Augusta, is a native of Ohio; was
es in Mane Goune February 22, 1824. Was reared and educated in Champaign County,
For several resided in Illinois, where during the war he enlisted in the Bighty-sixth TUUnOls
Volunteer Infantry, being mustered into the Thirty-second, in which he serve nine
months. In 1866 he came to Kansas, locating in Leavenworth County, where he follow!
farming until 1876, when he became a resident of Butler County. Mr. B. was marrie u
Ohio to Miss Adaline Helmer. They have three children—Herbert L., Mary Ellen B. and

ettie. : : : .
mer and stock raiser, Section 9, P. O. Augusta, is a native of Germany,

gna yak pir Oolaler 26,1841. Atan early age came to Ainerica, being in New York, In-
diana and Missouri; came to Kansas, settling in Kickapoo, April, 1855. He soon after entered

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the Government ainploy serving in various capacities for anumber of years, part of the
time as cook. During the war was with the army asteamster. For a time was located in

the Cherokee Nation. In 1869 came to Butler County, being one of the first in the locality

where he now resitles. Mr. W. is one of the solid farmers and representative men_of the

county. He has been Township Trustee four terms, and_held other local offices. He was

married, in Butler County, to Miss Cordelia Olinger. They have three children—Walter

Carrie and Willie. .

N.M. A. WITHROW, farmer and stock raiser, Section 17, P. O. Augusta, isa native of
Kentucky, and was born in Marion County February 21, 1824. He was reared, educated and
resided in his native State until coming to Kansas in 1869. Mr. W. was one of the pioneers
of Bloomington Township, and has been prominently associated with its growth and de-
uelopment Mr, Withrow was married in Kentucky to Miss Mary A. Yowell. They have”
three children—Sarah T., J, K. and Pheebe A,

WALNUT TOWNSHIP.

E. A. CEASE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 21, P. O. Augusta, is a native of Virginia,
and was born in Augusta County, October 7, 1847. He was reared and educated in his na-
tive State, and came to Kansas in 1868, being among the pioneers of Walnut Township. For
anumber of years Mr. C. has been interested in the stock trade, and identified with the
general progress of the county. During the war Mr. C. served two years in the Confederate
anny inthe Twentieth Virginia Cavalry. He was married in Kansas to Miss Nannie J.
Brooks. They have one son, Forrest Lee.

A. M. FROST, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, P. O. Augusta, is a native of Wiscon-
sin, and was born In Iowa County, August 9, 1849. He was educated and resided in his na-
tive State until 1873, when he came to Kansas, settling on his present farm. Mr. F. is a
progressive agriculturist. He was married in lowato Miss Mary J. Hurst of that State.
They have two children—Lula P. and F.

A. HARTENBOWER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, P.O. Douglass, was born in
Putnam County, Ill., February 8, 1832. He was aresident of the Sucker State continually
until he came to Kansas in the spring of 1872, when he settled in Butler County. Mr. H. is
numbered among the substantial agriculturists of the county. He was married in_Illinois
to Miss Mary E, Allen, a native of Putnam County. They have nine children—Mina F.
Mamie M. Annie B., Mattie M., Allen W.. John E. William A. Edith L. and Jeremiah J. Mr.
H. is a member of the I. O. O. F. -

CLARK HASKIN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, P. O. Augusta, was born in Rut-
land County, Vt. July 7, 1831. In the spring of 1857 he came to Kansas, settling in Madi-
son (now Lyon) County on aclaim. Here he resided a few years, andin 1860, owing to the
unsettled condition of affairs, removed to Van Buren County, Iowa. In 1862 he enlisted in
the Third Lowa Cavalry, serving in the department of the Southwest until the close of the
war. For two years he resided in Missouri, and in 1871 with family again came to Kansas,
locating where he now resides. On returning tothe State Mr. H. was in meagre circum--
stances, but has been eminently successful in stock raising and farming. Before coming to
the State in 1857 he had traveled through the Southern States, and for a time was ir Wis-
consin, where, in 1855, at Muscoda he was married to Miss Almira Fardy of that State. By
this Galton they have five children—Charles E., Lyda A., Frank M., illie D. and Her-
man H,

REV. W. W. JARED, P. O. Augusta, isa native of Tennessee, and was born in Putnam
County, July 1, 1849; was reared in his native State; receiving a theological education, un-
der the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He came to Kansas in 1870, and
took an active part in organizing the Methodist Episcopal Church South Society in Walnut
Township. After a few years he went to Texas, returning to Butler County in 1881; has
aince been identified with the Walnut circuit. Huis first laborsin the county were on the

alnt circuit, i

G, W. LONG, farme: and stock raiser, Sectioni27, P.O, Augusta, Among the early settlers
off Walnut Township was Mr. George Long, wife and family. They located there the
spring of 1867, and have since been associated with its general improvements. They were
the prime movers in organizing the Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church South Society,
which is now ina flourishing condition. G. W., son of George Long, is a native of Indiana,
and was born inSwitzerland County, November 11, 1844. The spring of 1857 with parents
came to Kansas, settling temporarily in Jackson County, afterwards in Morris County,
coming from thereto Butler. He was married in Butler County to Miss Martha Haines, a
native of Tennessee. They have two children—Gertrude and Charles O.

G. ETCALF, farmer and stock raiser, Section 30, P. O. Augusta. This enterprising
farmer is anative of England and was born in Lancashire, September 5, 1846. When youug
came to the United States with his parents, locating in lowa County, Wis., where he was
educated and reared. 1n 1864, he enlistedin the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, serving until
the close of the war. In 1870 removed to Franklin County Iowa, where he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits until 1878, when he becamea resident of Butler County, Kan. He
was married In Wisconsin to Miss Liddie Frost; they have four children—Mary E., Dora,
Florence, and Ira.

W. M. PIERSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 30, P. O. Douglass, is a native of
Morrow County, Ohio; was born October 21, 1843; was educated and reared in his native
State. During the war served thirteen months in the Twenty-sixih Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry, in the Department of the Tennessee. After the war he located in fowa County,
Iowa, where he was engaged in farming until July, 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas,
settling where he now resides. . was among the first settlers in this part of Walnut
Township, and has figured substantially with the progress. He was married in Iowa to
Miss Ella J. Lewis. They have four children—Eva R., Gailien M., Carrie E., and Mary A.

T. R. PURCELL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 33, P. O. Augusta, is a native of Ten-
nessee, and was born in Hawkins County, March 4, 1844. Was educated and reared in his
native State. During the Rebellion he gave his service tothe Union cause, enlisting in the
First Tennessee, under command of James P. Brownlow, serving two years and nine
months; in 1870 Mr. P. came to Kansas, locating where he now resides; was among the
early ones of that part; he was married in Kansas to Miss Alice U. Groomer; he was mar-
ried a second time to Miss L. Matthews. He has three children, Nettie A., Josie E. and Mary
E. He isamember of the Masonic order. |

WILLIAM J. SNODGRASS, farmer and sheep raiser, Section 35, P. O. Augusta, is a
native of Kentucky, and was born in Rock Castle County, October 16,1835. Was educated
and reared in his native State. In 1870 came to Kansas, locating where he now resides,
being among the early settlers in that part. Mr. S. was identified with the early school
interests of the district. He was married in Kentucky to Miss Sarah F. Yowell; they have
had twelve children—William C., Florence Y., Robert Lee, Emma, Annie J., Georgia A.,
Sarah E., Cora E., Andrew, Larken H., John 8., and Minnie. They lost one son, James, the
second oldest. Mr. S. is a member of the Masonic Order,

JAMES YOWELL, farmer and stock raiser. Section 26, P. O. Augusta, is a native of
Kentucky; was born in Marion County, November 27, 1812; was educated and reared in
his native State. In 1871, located permanently in Butler County, Kas.; had been to the
State several times previous to this. Mr. Yowell was married in Kentucky, to Miss Rhoda
Tucker. They have five children—Sarah Frances, Florence, Norman W., Alice and J.D.
Mr. Yowell is one of Butler County’s progressive citizens,

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.

CAPT. H. A. BILLOW, farmer and stock raiser, Section 30, P.O. Rose Hill. Is a na-
tive of Pen.sylvania; was born in Cumberland County, January 30, 1842; was educated
and rearedin his native State. May 6, 1861, enlisted and was mustered in as bugler of
Company C, Fourth United States Cavalry. Of twenty-one battles and engagements parti-
cipated in,were Wilson’s Creek, Perryville, Stone River aud Shelbyville. Was twice wound-
ed, one being a severe oneon the scalp. A portion of the time was Sergeant Major. Was
honorably discharged at Colleoka, Miss., at the expiration of three years. On May 23, 1864,
re-enlisted in Company H, Fifth United States Cavalry, as a pirates Was soon promoted
to Sergeant, and for one year carried the colors for the First Division, from which position
he was discharged as First Sergeant, and promoted to Second Lieutenant of Company I,
Sixth United States Cavalry. arch 1, 1867, was breveted Captain, serving in that capacity
until October 8, 1869, when-he was honorably discharged at Fort Ridgeley. During his
last term in the service participated in fourteen engagements, among which were Winches-
ter, Cedar Creek, Gordonville and Appomatox Court House. There are but few, if any, who
contributed more towards suppressing the Rebellion than Captain Billow. On retiring
from the army, located in Martin County, Minn., which was his home until the spring of
1871, when he became a resident of Butler County, Kas., settling two miles north of where
he now resides. Since 1878 has been on Section 30. The Captain isa member of the G. A.
R, and Past Commander of the Post at Augusta. He isa stanch Republican and a genial
gentleman. He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss 8. E. Garber. They have one daugh-
ter—Muinnie.

DAVID B. MEEKER, stockman, Section 34, P. O. Rose Hill. One of the representative
stockmen and agriculturists of Pleasant township, is Mr. Meeker, who in 1878 located in
Butler County. He is anative of Illinois. Was born in Macon Couty, August 22, 1857.
Was educated and reared in his native State. He was married, in Kansas, to Miss Mary E.
Cooley, of Butler County. : i

THOMAS B, SPURRIER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 28, P. O. Rose
Hill. One of the most progressive and enterprising agriculturists of Pleasant Township is
Mr. Spurrier. He became identified with the early development of southern Kansas, locat-
ing his present farm in1871, remaining onthesame about eight months. In 1877 with
family returned taking up their abode permanently. Mr.§S. “hails” from Lansing, Iowa,
where for a number of years, he was extensively engaged in_coutracting and plastering.
While a resident of that city was prominently associated officially at different periods.
During the Rebellion he was one of the Iowa volunteer soldiers who contributed amply in
defense of the Union cause. Since his advent in the State has improved a desirable farm,

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the general surroundings of which indicate comfort and prosperity. Mrs. S., his estimable
wife, isa lady of refined tastes and an excellent manag r of household affairs. 3

H.C. ST LEY, merchant and postmaster, Rose Hill, settled in Pleasant Township in
the spring of 1872, engaging in agricultural pursuits, being among the pioneers in this part.
Was appointed Postmaster in the spring of 1880, and has since been engaged in merchan-
dising. Mr. S. came to this State in 1870, bis home beingat Emporiaa tew years. He is a
native of North Carolina and was born June 3, 1845. as married, in North Carolina, to
Miss Mary G. Cox. They have three children, Charley W., Frank B. and Fred H.

D. W. ULAM, farmer and stock raiser, Section 20, P. O. Douglass; isa native of Penn-
sylvania. Was born in Armstrong County, March 15, 1845. Foranumber of years was a
resident of Scott County, Iowa, where in 1863, he enlisted in the Second Iowa Cavalry, serv-
ing until the close in the Western department. The spring of 1878, Mr. U. came to Butler
County. He ranks among the progressive and enterprising citizens of southern Kansas.
He was married, in Iowa, to Miss Emma Parkhurst. They have four children by this union,
Pcter, Clara, Mary and John. Mr, U. is a member of the t. 0,0. F., the A. O, U. W. and the
G. A. R, Douglass Post,

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP.

E. COPLAND & SON, wool growers, Section 35, P.O. Douglass. Of the representative
wool growers, not only in Kansas but the United States, few_ are more prominent than E,
Copland & Son, They came to Kansas, locating in Butler County in 1871, Mr. E, Copland
purchasing at that time upwards of 800 acres of land, and turned his attention to wheat
growing and general farming. In 1876 they turned their attention to sheep husbandry,
Which has since received their entire attention, The American Merino sheep, of which
their flock is composed, is conceded by ‘* growers” to be the sheep for Kansas. Their clipthe
spring of 1883 was a satisfactory one, and for the benefit of those interested we give a few
figures, viz.; Stock rams sheared 36 pounds; yearlings, 23 pounds; ewes with lambs, 24
pounds each; one dry ewe sheared 25 pounds: The Coplands are among the most practical
in their line, and their wool commands the highest figures in the market, My. E. Copland
isa native of Indiana, and was born in Delaware County, April 11, 1827. When eight years
of age removed to Shelby County, Ind., which was his home until 1844, when he caine to
Dlinois, residing respectively in Menaru, Logan and Mason counties. In the latter county
for several years was engaged in the hardware trade. He was married in Illinois to Miss
Susan Redsecker. They have two sons—k. L., of Iowa, and H. H., the junior member of the

rm.

H. B. FERGUSON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 31, P.O. Mulvane. Mr. F, came to
Butler County in the spring of 1871, and has since been identified with the farming interests
of Richland Township, which he helped organize, and suggested the title * Richland,” which
was adopted. He was associated with forming the first schoo] in_the district, which was in
1872. Mr. F. is a native of Ohio, and was born in Richland County, February 22, 1836.
Was principally educated and reared in Fayette County, Ohio. When the rebeilion brok
out he enlisted in Company A, Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving one year,
Returned home, and while recuperating, tendered his services to the Fayette County Min-
ue Men, and for sixteen days was after the raider, John Morgan. He next enlisted in the
First Ohio Cavalry, serving until the autumn of 1865. The greater portion of the time was
farrier forCompany A. After the war he loc:ited in McLean CountyIll., which was his home
uotil coming to Kansas. He was married tn Illinois to MissS. E., Rankin They have four
ebildren— William H., Levi E., Oscar A. and Arthur E, Mr. F. is member of the G. A. R.
Among drawbacks he has had in the county was the loss of his residence, a few years ago

y fire.

L.D. HIME BAUGH, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, P. O. Douglass, is a mative of
Ohio; was born in Washington County, April 6, 1846; was educated and reared in his na-
tive State, He became a resident of Butler County, Kan., in April, 1870, being among the
first to make improvements in the southern part of the county. Since that date, has been
identified withits agricultural interests. Mr. H. has been Township Trustee; is at present

Justice of the Peace, and has been otherwise officially connected. He was married, in
Milscousins 10 Miss Maria Walton. Mrs. H. has been a resident of Butler County, locating
herein 2

J. H. HODGE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 1, P.O. Douglass. Mr. H. is a native of
Tennessee; was born in Wilson County, January 14, 1821; when twenty years of age re-
moved to Kentucky, which was his home until 1874, when be immigrated ¢o Kansas, locat-
ing on present farm, He was married, in Kentucky, to Miss Nancy Tate. They have nine
children b
Corda M.,

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attie and Tempy Grace.

SHPH HOSTETLER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 30, P. O. Mulvane, is a native
At an early age, removed to Illi-

of Obio; was born in Holmes County, January 24, 1833.

this union—James A., Thomas M., William C., Mary A., Martha, Charles W.,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ing in Carroll County, which was his home for several years. He was a pioneer
Tethe Northevestern country, Dein ainong the first to settle at elena: Montana, being en-
gaged in mining in that section. r. H. came from_Lllinois to Kansas in the spring of 1877.
He is one of the solid farmers of Putler County, He was married, in Illinois, to Miss Eliza
Malin. They have eight children—Lenora, Hattie, Freddie, George, Adel, Mattie, Eddie and
Frank. ;
armer and stock raiser, Section 12, P.O, Douglass. In the spring of 1870
wi a eee ip the county, locating on his present farm, being among the first in this
part. The first few years he was on the plains, following the vocation of buffalo hunting,
Mr. R. has done his part towards developing his township. He is a native of Indiana;
was born in Delaware County in 1850; was educated and reared in his native State; was
married, in Kansas, to Miss Phoebe Nichols, They have one daughter—Ethel M.

L. M) WILLIAMS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 5, P.O. Rosehill, is a native of West
Virginia, and was born in Tyler County, January 14, 1841; was educated and reared in his
native State. In thespring of 1865 he came to Kansas, locatin, in Douglass County, where
he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until tbe spring of 1872, when he came to Butler
County, locating where he now resides. For five years was Postmaster of Rosehill and was
largely instrumental in having the office established. Mr. W.is one cf the most sterling
farmers of the county. He was married, in Kansas, to Miss Eliza J. McKaughan; they have
seven children—Ida, Willard, Luella, Otto, Joseph, Clarence and Maud.

GLENCOE TOWNSHIP.

. B. KEITH, farmer, P. O. Beaumont, was born in Lewis County, W. Va., January 11,
real” Bia came to Miami County, Kansas, April 11, 1855. Served three years in the
Union Army, during tbe civil war,in the Third Kansas and Tenth Kansas, as private, mus-
tered out as Hirst Lieutenant; was engaged in twenty-eight battles and skirmishes, and with
John Brown during the border warfare. Married in Virginia, March 9, 1843, to Rebecca P,
Duvall, who died March 25, 1854. leavingtwo children—Martha Lorell and Pametia E.
Prescott. May 9, 1860, married May M. Butler; children by this marriage are David ‘T.,
May P., John E., James R. and Joseph L. Justice of the Peace; for sixteen years Township
trustee. Capt, Keith settled on Section 14, Township 27, Range ?%, Butter County, inthe
spring of 1875; member of church 42 years; member of G. A. R.; was with John Brown at
battles of Black Jack, Washington Creek and Titus; had his clothes literally torn in pieces,
but was never wounded; had many hatr-breadth escapes; knew Quantrell as a teacher in
Miami County, Kan.; was robbed by bushwhackers and taken on horseback to the bush to be
hanged, but managed to escape, and lay three days and nights In the woods hiding from his
pursuers, The Captain was an excellent shot with a Sharp’s rifle; it is said that he could put
nine shots in ten into the head of a salt barrel at a half mile distance. g e

G. W. MILLER, farmer, P. 0. Leon, came from Menard County. Ill., 1869, and settled on
Section 5, Township 26, Range 6; born in New Jersey, August 22, 1821; married in Illinois,
1846, to Dasia Anderson of Kentucky; have had eight children, five now living—Emmia W.,
Ricbie, Arthur P., Lucy A., Dasia Bell and Annie E. Been Township Treasurer aid School
Director; family all members of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh; Second Methodist Church
in Butler County, organized in a cabin, now standing on the place.

ROCK CREEK TOWNSHIP.

DANIEL KINSEY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 30, P. O. Douglass. This gentleman
is anative of Obio; was born June 23, 1837. For a number of years was a resident of Ver-
million County, lil, In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
serving over three years. when honorably discharged. For seveu months apd ten days was
a prisoner, being held principally at Danville, Va. Thespring of 1870 Mr. K. came to Kan-
sas, locating where he now resides, being among the early farmers inthis part. Has been
closely associated with the progress of the community. He took an active part in organiz—
ing school district No. 30, and it was largely through his efforts that the present elegant
schoolhouse was erected. Mr. K. was married _in Illinois, to Miss Matilda Pillars. They
have a family of eight children—B. F., Ida E., William H., Margaret J., E. Z., John W.,
ota and Charles E. He is a member of the G. A. R., and acharter member of the Doug-
ass Post.

J. W. PLUMMER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 7, P. O. Douglass, isa native of North
Carolina, and was born in Davis County, September 4, 1826. At an early age removed to
Indiana, where he was educated.reared and married to Miss Nettie Stewart,of Putnam Coun-
ty. In 1860 they emigrated to Kansas, settling in Potte watomie County, where they resided
until the spring of 1870, when Butler County became their abiding place. Mr. and Mrs. P.
were prominent in organizing the Christian Society of Muddy Creek. The children born to
them were ten in number—James J., Ephraim, Joln F., Martha E., Minerva, Lizzie J., Cyn-
thia A., Nancy F., Nettie O., Eva M,

 

 
LABETTE COUNTY.

LABETTE COUNTY.

 

BOUNDARIES AND NATURAL FEATURES.

[ABET TE County is in the southeastern part of Kansas, in the second

It is bounded on the north by Neosho
County, on the East by Crawford and Cherokee counties, on the south by the

tier of counties from Missouri.

Indian Territory, and on the west by
Montgomery County.

‘Lhe general surface of the county
is undulating, sloping gently toward
the south in the direction of the flow
of the streams. Along the water
courses, are broad level bottom lands,
comprising in the aggregate about
one-fifth of the entire area of the
county. That particularly along the
Neosho is remarkable for its extent,
beauty anc fertility. Rising gracefully
from these, are the undulating and
picturesque divides. The soil generally
is of superior fertility, all of which is
susceptible of cultivation, there being
no waste land to speak of in the
‘county.

The county is well watered, being
traversed by the Neosho River from
north to south, with which numerous
creeks become confluent, the most im-
portant of these being Big and Little
Labette, Hackberry, Snow, Big Hill
and Pumpkin creeks and others of less
size.

The Neosho River, famed for its
unsurpassed beauty, is a stream of con-
siderable magnitude on which small
steamboats are run on pleasure excur-
sions.

About ten per cent of the area of
the county is timbered, which is con-
fined to belts along the streams, and
which vary in width from a half to
three-quarters of a mile along the
smaller streams, and to two miles along
the Neosho River. The principal
varieties are black walnut, hickory,
pecan, sycamore, hackberry, red and
white elm, red, burr, barren and Span-
ish oak, mulberry, willow, cottonwood
and maple. The walnut timber is of
the best variety and the trees of large
size. The largest tree of this kind, in
the county, was felled some time
since, measuring nine feet in diameter.
The hickory timber is considered of
the best quality, and of finer grain
than that found in the timbered States
in the East, and is valued for its excel-
lencein manufacturing. Muchatten-
tion is given to the growth of artificial
timber, and it is only a question of
short time when the county will
abound with cultivated forests.

Flag, sand and lime stone are
abundant and of the best grades,
valuable for .building and paving pur-
poses. .
Coal is found in various parts of
the county, but in such limited quan-
tities, as not to justify extensive mining
operations, there being only one or
two places where mining is carried on
in a small way.

EARLY HISTORY.
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(1) Canada TOWNSDIP........ ce eeeee cee cece tee e ence eer erence nent eee ees 480 675
(b) Elm Grove Townsh eticye 1,096
Fair View Township 464 852
(c) Hackberry Township 637 1,104
(a) Howard Township. nas 752
Labette Township. 282 626
Liberty Township... 720 906
Montana Township.. 783 871
Mound vauey rows Dp. 378 1,408
ount Pleasant Townshi
515 728
581 895
930 1,394
Visions 1,196 2,351
640 942
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1,744 2,585
Walton Township. 4vt 694
9,973 22,785
Chetopa City......eccceeeeeee eet eee tees ceeeetereeeeerteeeeeteeetereeeenes 960 1,305
a) In 1872. part detached to form Howard.
(3 Organized in 1870, from part of Hackberry.
(c) In 1870, part detached to form Elm Grove.
(ad) Organized in 1872, from part of Canada.

the territory known as the Osage ceded lands.

laid off, including the counties of Neosho and Labette, and was called Dorn
County, in honor of A. J. Dorn, who acted as Indian Agent for the Osages and

to obtain these lands from the Osages, had been pending for several years, but

owing to the inauguration of the civil
war,and the alliance of some of the
tribe with the Confederate cause, its
consummation was delayed. The
treaty was made by the Government
agents and he Indians at a trading
post which stood near the town of
Erie, September 25, 1865. It was then
sent to Washington to be ratified by
Congress and the President, and the
bill authorizing the settlement of the
newly acquired district, after under-
going amendment favoring the dona-
tion of a large tract to the railroads
under proposal of building, was, with
the treaty, ratified and signed by Pres-
ident Johnson.

The territory having thus come
into the possession of the Government
and opened to settlement, was soon
overrun with settlers and emigrants.
As a natural result of the situation,the
north part of the county was first to be
settled up, in which lay the controlling
political influence. When settlements
became established in the southern.
part, they began to agitate the division
of the county, which now embraced an
area inconveniently large. Among
those in this section a political organ-
ization was effected, and in the fall of
1866 a full corps of county officers was
elected; but not being in conformity
to the laws, was pronounced invalid.
At this election,C. H. Bent was chosen
representative, who, when the session
of the Legislature convened, went to
the capital to take his seat, but his
credentials were not recognized until
the passage of the division act by that
Legislature. Thus was the division
of Neosho County effected, and the
county of Labette created.

February 7, 1867, an act was
passed by the Legislature and approved
by the Governor, organizing Labette
County, and defining its boundaries.
It was to include the territory extend-
ing from the sixth standard parallel
on the north, to the boundary of the
State on the south, and from the Cher-
okee Neutral Lands on the east to the
Osage Reserve on the west.

February 26, 1867, another act
made these boundaries even more defi-
nite, by declaring that the western
boundary of the Cherokee Neutral
Lands should be identical with the
eastern boundary of Labette County.

The next and thus far the latest
legislation upon the subject, was an act
apapproved March 3, 1868, and which
took effect October 31, 1868, as fol-
lows: i

The county of Labette is bounded as fol-

lows: Commencing at a point on the sixth standard parallel where the west line of the Cher-
okee Neutral Lands crosses said sixth standard parallel, etc., as in Section 2, of the act ap-

A portion of this territory was

the same shall

proved February 7, 1867, already quoted, with the following proviso:

That be the boundaries of Labette County, unless the same shall be
changed by the provisions of Section 12, of this bill; and in the event of said provisions
taking effect, the boundaries shall conform to the provisions of said Section 12, *

It will be seen that Section 12, without its proviso, establishes the section

 

* For the provisions of Section 12, see history of Cherokze County.
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line commencing at the southwest corner of Section 14, Township 31, Range
21, as the west line of Cherokee County. This section line is one mile and
ninety rods west of the west line of the Cherokee Neutral Lands, which, with-
out the proviso of Section 12, is the east line of Labette County. And, as the
provisions of Section 12 never went into effect, there having never been any
election held to determine whether this strip extending from the sixth standard
parallel soutaward to the Neosho River, and one mile and ninety rods in
width, the two sections of the statute conflict with each other in such a way as
to place the strip in both counties. So far some of the settlers living thereon
pay taxes in Labette County, some in Cherokee,

The area of Labette County, approximates 650 square miles, or 416,000
acres.

The county was named after Labette Creek, the largest stream except the
Neosho River within its limits. According to tradition the creek obtained its
name from the following incident: In the year 1845 some French trappers
pitched their camp neara crossing of this creek a few miles above its conflu-
ence with the Neosho River. A meal was prepared and the Frenchmen had
sat down to partake of it when a deer came in sight. - A general chase ensued
and the deer was killed. During the absence of the trappers from camp, in
pursuit of the deer, a pole-cat came along and made himself so disagreeable
that they returned but to depart at once. Oneof them, who knew the cause of
the difficulty, exclaimed ashe turned away: “OA / La Bete! La Bete!’ Oh!
The beast! The beast! Afterwards the name took the form La Bette, and it
is frequently so written in the county records. Generally, however, it is writ-
ten Labette,

The exact date when the first white man made anything like a permanent
settlement in what is now Labette County, is not fully determined. Some give
it that John Mathews, who established a trading post where Oswego now is in
1840, was the first, and who certainly was the first of whom anything is no
known, continuing here as he did until other settlemenis were made.

Not far from where Oswego now stands,were found the remains of an oldston
chimney in ruins; overgrown auger holes in trees and bits of tobacco, pipes, etc.,
were found, and at another placetimber had been cleared away and the ground
showed marks of having been once cultivated; trees bearing marks of having been
cut with an axe, the scars having long since been overgrown, gave positive evi-
dence that white men had been here and formed some sort of a settlement prior
to that made by Mathews. Farther than such traces, no information is found
concerning the character of these settlers, nor what became of them.

As early as 1853, Dr. George Lilse, formerly a prominent physician of Bel-
mont, Ohio, obtained leave from A. J. Dorn, Indian Agent, to settle in the
southeast part of the county, where he carried on a trading business and kept a
sort of gun shop. Prior to this, however, James Childers had established a
trading post near the same place. ,

Besides those named, this settlement numbered several others, among whom
were G. Hanson, William Doudna, George Walker, Larkin McGee, McMurphy,
ths Rogers and Blythe families, etc. In the early part of 1858, J. P. Barnaby,
a preacher belonging to the Southern Methodist Church, established a circuit
including this settlement and embracing a scope of country of about 150 miles
around. In October of that year Rev. J. E. Ryan succeeded to the circuit.
These parties, with a number of half breeds and Cherokee Indians along the
Neosho, made up the bulk of the settlement that had been made within the
territory afterward included within the limits of Labette County, up to the be-
ginning of the Rebellion. At an early stage of the war, Mathews allied him:
self to the cause of the Confederacy, organized a body of Confederate troops,
some of whom killed Union men and brutally treated the inhabitants; burned
the town of Humboldt leaving only the Masonic lodge standing.

Several futile attempts were made to capture the band, which was finally

pursued by a body of United States troops under Colonel Blunt, overtaken near .

Chetopa, and Mathews shot and killed, and his houses at Oswego burned.
Some writers charge Mathews with being a heartless and brutal man, but this is
denied by others, who say that Mathews was by no means a brutal character,
but that his son John was a desperado, whose many deeds of crime and murder
were often unjnstly imputed to his father. Mathews had an Indian wife and
was probably unjustly charged with being surrounded by a pack of Indians,
half-breeds, and ruffian whites, he being their leader and exponent.

These acts of disorder and invasion almost annihilated the settlement,
some being killed, while others sought more congenial places. It is stated by
good authority, that from 1860 to 1865 there were only two white men living
within the limits of the county, during any part of this period, so effectually
did the disorder produced by the Rebellion destroy the embryo settlements,
These were S. M. Collins and A. T. Dickerman, who settled near where Erie
was afterward located, and who, in July, 1865, by permit of White Hair, chief
of the Osages, removed to a point on Labette Creek about four miles south of
the present site of Oswego.

During the fall of 1865, after peace was declared and order restored, the re-
turn of refugee settlers began to be made, while others, returning from the wars,
finding their places filled or their fortunes destroyed by reason of the conflict,
turned to the West with the hope of becoming established in its opening fields
and regaining what in the defense of their country, they had lost of time and
money. The settlers who came during this time settled along the Neosho val-
ley, extending to the line of the Indian Territory, among whom were: J.C.
Rexford, A. P. Elsbee, C. C. Clover, D. M. Clover, Bergen Van Ness, C, E.
Simmons, B. F. Simmons, John Modesitt, Norris Harrar, Cal. Watkins, Will
iam White and sons, Grant Reaves and others. /

The news of the treaty of September 25, 1865, being made with the Osage
Indians, and the prospect of the land being soon opened to settlement, was the
main stimulus in bringing in settlers,who soon flocked in by the hundreds. After
the treaty had been duly signed, and while it was pending before Congress and
awaiting ratification by the President, the settlers were in the most anxious
suspense, The Indians had gone West upon their annual hunting expedition
and most of thewhites had come in in their absence and laid claim to theirlands.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Realizing their want of authority, the settlers were very much alarmed lest
the treaty should not be fully completed and the return of the Indians find
them trespassers, insomuch that the inquiry, “Is the treaty ratified yet?” or
“ When do you think the Osages will return ?” became common among settlers,
The imperfect and limited means of obtaining inform tion, since postoffices
were distant and but few papers found their way thither, added to the necessity
of one neighbor seeking his information from another who, perchance, might
be in possession of it. 3 a

True to the fears of the settlers, the Indians returning found their little
farms occupied by the whites, without authority, the treaty not having been
ratified nor the Indians paid for their lands according to the stipulations of the
treaty. The heavy immigration during the spring of 1866, largely increased
the number of settlers, and the Osages were dissatisfied with this unwarranted
occupation of their lands. They accordingly demanded of their agent, Maj.
Snow, that the intruders be removed, which the settlers were fearful would be
done sooner or later. A military order was published commanding all settlers
without special permit to at once remove from the territory. This move on
the part of the agent, created considerable consternation among settlers and
checked immigration. ; ;

In May, 1866, about 300 of the settlers assembled in a convention near
the mouth of Hickory Creek to determine what was best to be done. It
was the voice of the convention to appoint a deputy, whose duty it was to
negotiate terms with Agent Snow and the Osages, by which the settlers might
be permitted to remain and cultivate their claims. The deputy, whom they
had appointed, at once entered upon the discharge of his duty, and upon ap-
proaching the lordly official, was treated with humiliating contempt. The agent
would listen ,to nothing, but domineeringly asserted that the settlers must
remove or they would be expelled and roughly handled. But his humble peti-
tioner gave him to understand there were many brave men among the alleged
wrong-doers, who were not to be frightened by threats. Snow at length be-
came less austere, and an arrangement was finally perfected by which the
Osages were willing to allow the settlers to remain by their paying $1 per year,
until the treaty was ratified, for the occupancy of a claim, which met the
approval of all parties concerned.

The winter of 1866 will long be remembered by the early settlers, as a
season of hardship, suffering.and dismay. The winter was cold and bleak, with
nuch rainfall, so that the streams were swollen full bank most of the time,
which, without ferry or bridges, became impassable by teams, and thus travel
and communication were almost entirely cut off, and the settlers literally
hemmed in. The dwellings were but rude huts, insufficient to keep out the
penetrating winds or the rain, and in consequence there was much sickness,
Provisions were often scant, by reason of having to be procured from Missouri,
having to be transported from fifty to a hundred miles by team, and being of the
coarsest character, consisting chiefly of corn meal and rusty bacon. At one
time, the settlers were almost destitute of provisions. Copious rains had pre-
vailed, and the streams were boisterous and impassable As soon as the water
had run down, so that the creeks and rivers could be safely forded, teams were
dispatched to Missouri to procure provisions. During their absence the rains
again set in and the streams again filled, and when the teams reached the Neo-
sho, in return, they found it impossible to cross. Numbers had gathered on the
opposite side of the river, anxious to have some means devised by which they
might obtain rations. Finally a sort of raft was improvised ana launched on
the perilous stream, upon which the provisions were transported and dealt out in
measure to the famishing men, women and children. Added to this, the feed
for stock gave out and nearly all the cattle and horses died, either from disease
or starvation. Spring came, the weather had become settled, but many whose
stock had died during the winter were without teams to cultivate their lands,
nor had they means to procure others. In all, it was a time which required
brave men and stout-hearted women to endure.

The treaty with the Osages was ratified during the summer of 1866, and
the Indians being paid for their lands were removed, and the territory thrown
open to settlement. The stayed tide of immigration broke loose and spread
its ebbing waters over the face of the country. The spring of 1867 found the
valleys of the Neosho and all the important creeks and streams dotted with
squatter shanties and resounding with the busy hum of civilized industry.

For some time bands of Indians roamed over thecountry on hunting expe-
ditions, stealing and demanding rents from the settlers, which they frequently
extorted from the timid, and terrifying women and children by their presence
and intruding manners; but they were perfectly harmless to life and person.

In February, 1866, the settlers living on Labette and Hackberry creeks,
realizing the strength of unity and uniform action, organized what was called
the Labette and Hackberry Mutual Protection Society, for the purpose of pro-
tecting its members in their persons, claims and other property. G. W. Kings-
bury was made president and A. T. Dickerman secretary. A similar and more
extensive organization was soon afterward formed among the settlers along the
Neosho, and which soon absorbed the former. In May, the Labette County
Vigilance Committee of 1866 was formed, and its decisive and determined ac-
tion and speedy retributive justice became a terror to law breakers. In no in-
stance, however, did the punishment meted out extend to any very serious
length. It remained for after years to present to the world a deed of brutality
and bloodshed unparalleled, perhaps, in the annals of criminality. In February,
1871, a family of Hollanders, named Bender,settled on a claim in the west part
of the county, about thirteen miles west of Parsons, the residence standing near
the wagon road leading from Osage Mission to Independence. The family
consisted of John Bender, aged sixty, his wife, aged about fifty-five, Kate, aged
twenty-three, and a young man, a son, of about the same age, the relation of the
latter being uncertain, since the young woman passed sometimes as the wife of
the young man and again as his sister,

The house was a small frame, 16x24 feet, and divided into two apartments
by a cloth partition, the front room being used as a storeroom in which they
kept a small stock of goods. It was the custom of travelers on this road to stop
‘found it deserted by the occupants.

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at the place for meals, whom they brutally murdered, either for their money or
to satisfy a blood-thirsty desire, since some of those murdered were known to
be penniless. For some time they had been carrying on their work of human
butchery before the discovery was made. Dead bodies had been found floating
in the river, the cause of their death being unknown ; but afterward it was sup.
posed to be the work of the Benders.

In May, 1873, Silas Tale was passing the place, and, attracted by its look of
desertion, and the starving condition of the animals about, reported the matter
toL. F. Dick, Township Trustee, who, in company with a man named York,
began to investigate the place. York's brother had disappeared while
endeavoring to discover what had become of a man named Longoer
and a little girl, who had started on their way back to Iowa
by team and wagon from Independence. The team with which they
started was fonud wandering upon the prairie, but the individuals had never
been heard from. Upon examination the place was found as reported by
Tale, the house being in order apparently as if occupied, but with no
signs of any person about. As they entered the house they were met with a
strong stench as that of decayed -human flesh. The smell appeared to come
from beneath the floor, and on endeavoring to pry up the floor a trap door was
found in the center of the back room, over which stood a table. Beneath this
door a hole about six feet deep was made in the ground, in which was found
clotted blood. The lot back of the house, which was always kept freshly stirred,
was examined and graves found. Upon exhuming the bodies, which had been
buried in all manner of shapes—some with their heads downward and feet
almost protruding through the ground, etc.—the body of Dr. William York, of
Independence, was found ; also that of the man Longoer and the little girl, be-
sides those of four others, all of whom were identified.

The Benders, fearing detection, had fled the place some time in April, 1873,
Attempts to discover the fiends were at once made. Several arrests were made
of parties thought to be accomplices, but no revelation could be extorted. Tde
escape of the parties was so complete that no trace of them was discovered for
years after, although the impression has been that they met their just doom" at
the hands of their pursuers soon after their flight. The impression was con-
firmed into conviction in December, 1882, by an article published in the St.
Louis Repudlican, the information being given by Capt. J.C. Reevs, who was
living at Independence, Kan., at the time the tragedy occurred. The statement
in substance was as follows:

‘The Benders kept an inn cn a lonely road leading from Parsons to Cherry-
vale. The house stood in a wide open prairie, in the western part of Labette
County, about six miles from Cherryvale.

It was usual for travelers to stop at the place for meals, and often took
lodging over night. It was so arranged in the house, that when a traveler was
seated at the table, a thin curtain hung loosely behind him, through which
might be seen the position of his head. When anyone, whom the Benders sup-
posed had money or valuables upon their person, stopped for a meal, they were
given a seat at the table in front of this curtain, and while dispatching the meal,
they were struck a blow upon the head with an axe or hammer in the hands of
some one behind the curtain. The victim was either killed outright by the
blow, or badly stunned, in which case he would be treated to additional blows
until life was extinct. After this, his pockets were rifled of their contents, and
the body was dropped through the trap door in the floor, into the pit beneath,
and from here it was taken, under cover of night, and buried in a rude grave in
the lot behind the house. For some time they had carried on their bloody work
without detection. The disappearance of Dr. York, a citizen of Independence,
and the search that was made to ascertain what had become of him, led to their
discovery.

Dr. York had gone to Fort Scott, Kan., to sell a house and lot in that place.
The sale was negotiated, but no money was paid, and York, having completed
his business, started back to Independence. His wife was very ill at the time,
and his return was expected the same night.. Failing to put in an appearance,
his brother, Col; York, aware of the critical condition of the doctor’s wife, went
in search of him. Reaching Parsons, Col. York found that his brother had been
seen at that place; that he had purchased some cigars, and had left for Inde-
pendence. Col. York then followed him up, making inquiry for him along the
way, finding that he had been seen by three or four different persons between Par-
sonsand the Bender place. Reaching the latter, he made inquiry if they had seen
Dr. York, to which they replied that they had seen nothing of him. No traces
of his having been seen beyond this point could be fuund. Col. York returned
to Independence, got Sheriff Stone, and the two went to the Bender place. A
conversation was had with John Bender, which gave them little satisfaction, but
was such as to arouse their suspicions. They rode back to Independence,
secured a party of men, who on the next morning repaired to Bender’s house
for the purpose of making some investigations. Arriving at the place, they
The premises were then searched, and in
the rear of the house the ground showed to have been freshly stirred. Upon a
removal of the loose earth, the body of Dr. York was found. Further search
discovered the bodies of several other victims. The fresh trail of a wagon
could be seen leading from the house across the prairie in a northerly direction.
Hon. William Wright and S. S. Peterson, Deputy United States Marshal, two
of the searching party, followed this trail. It led them to Thayer, a town
about twelve miles to thenorth. Here they found the team and wagon which
the Benders had abandoned, to take the train north on the L., L. & G. railroad.
A dispatch was at once sent to the conductor of the train upon which they left,
making inquiry in regard to them. In reply, the conductor informed them
that the party had left the train at Chanute, or New Chicago. A dispatch was
directed to the agent at the latter place, who, in return, reported that he had
sold the Benders tickets to Chetopa, » town on the southern part of Labette
County, about two miles from the Indian Territory. Wright and Peterson re-
turned to the Bender residence, where they found Col. York and Sheriff Stone.
Informing them of their discoveries, the four men hastily started for Chetopa
with a relay of fresh horses, Arriving at Oswego, they again changed horses,

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and started for Chetopa, distant only nine miles. Arriving at the town, they
learned that the Benders had taken a team and wagon that had been in waiting
for them, and had gone in a southwesterly direction to Grand River, a distance
of about thirty miles in the Territory. They also learned that the runaways
were only about three hours’ travel ahead of them. The pursuit was again
hotly pressed and the fugitives were overtaken at a point about four miles from
Grand River. They were immediately halted, and being confronted with impu-
tation of their beastly crimes, the entire party was shot and killed. A hole was
made in which the four bodies were buried. ' Thus, unceremoniously, was just
and retributive punishment meted out to the Benders for their many dastardly
crimes.
RAILROADS.

Labette County is abundantly supplied with the advantages of railroad
transportation, four distinct lines of road running through the county north and
south, and east and west. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Road passing along
the east side of the county from north to south, was built in 1870, the line being
projected from Hannibal, Mo., to Denison, Texas. A branch called the Neo-
sho Division, from Parsons to Junction City, on the Kansas Pacific Road, was
also built at the same time. The St. Louis & San Francisco Road, entering the
county on the east side about midway from north to south, and passing across :
the county in the direction a little north of west, was constructed in 1879.
The Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Road, passing across the north part of the
county, terminating at Cherryvale, was built during the same year. This road
was built as a narrow gauge, but in the fall of 1882 it came into the hands of
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company, and was made a stand-
ard gauge, and the name changed to that of this company. The Kansas City,
Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad, built in 1871, passes through the north-
west corner of the county on which Morehead Station is located.

ORGANIZATION AND OTHER COUNTY MATTERS,

The question relative to the division of Neosho County became agitated by those living
in the southern part, inthesummer of 1866. In November of that year they thought to
establish a government of their own by the election of a full set of officials, which,no legal di-
vision of the county having as y-t been made,or a new county created by the Legislature,was

ronouncedinvalid. At this election C, H, Bent was chosen representative for this d

ut not bearing legal credentials, was not admitted toa seat, The Legislature soon
assembling took the matter in band, and passed the division act by which Labette County
was created, and when this was done, Bent was duly admitteil to a seat in the House

Upon theadjournment of the Legislaturein February of the next spring, Bent called
upon the Governor, S, J. Crawford, and secured the appointment of county officers, and the
temporary location of a seat of government for the new coun hy Those appointed were: S.
W. Collins, J. Rice and C. H. Talbott, Commissioners; Bergen VanNess, Probate Judge; El]-
more Craft, District Clerk; A. T. Dickerman, Clerk, and Benjamin Rice, Sheriff; and the
county seat was temporarily located at Oswego.

An election was held on the third Tuesday of May, 1867, for the purpose of regularly
electing county officers, at which Nathan Ames, D.C. Lowe and Mr. Shay, were elected
Commissioners; Benjamin Rice, Sheriff; Bergen VanNess, Probate Judge; A. W. Jones,
County sAssessor; A, T. Dickerman, County Clerk; Ellsmore Craft, Clerk of the District
Court; C. C. Clover, Treasurer; J. F. Newlon, Superintendent of Schools, and J. W. Parkin-
son, County Attorney.

The county is divided into sixteen civil township organizations.

With the creation of the county, Oswego was made temporary county seat. The question
of the selection of a permanent location of a county seat came before the people in regular
election on thethird Tuesday of May, 186%. Three places were voted upon, namely, Os-
wego, Montana and Salem. The vote on each of these stood as follows: Oswego, 156; Mon-
tana, 145, and Salen, 84. Since no one place received a majority of all votes cast, there was
no choice made. The Commissioners then ordered a special election for locating the seat
of government, to be held in two weeks following. The two places receiving the highest
number of votes at the last election were the places to be voted upon, which were Oswego
and Montana. The election was duly held, and resulted in favor of Oswego, where the seat
of government became permanently fixed,

The building first used by the connty as a court house, was a small wooden house which
the town had erected for school purposes, and was among the first buildings erected in Os-
wego. After the erection of a new schoolhouse, the town donated the old building to the
county for a court house, which, with a small addition that was built to it, served as a court
house until the erection of the new court house, in the early part of 1880. The old house,
however, was insufficient for the accommodation of all the offices, part of which were kept
in whatever place could be secured suitable for the purpose.

The new court house building, a moderately large, plain,
built by the citizens of Oswego, and donated to the county.

The first term of the District Court for Labette County began October 7, 1867, with William
Spriges, Judge; R.S. Cornish, Clerk; Benj:miu A. Rice, Sheriff, and D. W. Clover, Deputy

er

The first case tried was that of J. P. May vs. John Staginwall, and was an appeal from
the Court of James Logan, Justice of the Peace.

The first case brought in the District Court, was that of Jesse A. Shoat against Mary A.
Shoat, for divorce, which was withdrawn by the plaintiff, the costs being taxed against

m.
H. C. Cook was elected Clerk of the District Court, in the fall of 1874, and has since suc-
ceeded to the office at each recurring election.

 

two-story brick structure, was

SCHOOLS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.

Nothing speaks more highly for the intelligence and (progressing spirit of the settlers of
Labette County than the early attention they gave toward establishing schools. No sooner
had a few gathered together than a school of some sort was provided and maintained for
the intellectual training of the youth. And among the first buildings to be erected was that
great indicator of material and mental progress, the schoolhouse. As early as 1867 a dis-
trict was unofficially organized, which included within its limits the town of Oswego, in
which @ school was taught by Mrs. Herbaugh, and was the first school taughtin Labette
County. The house in which it was kept stood on Tibbett’s farm, in the south part of the
town. The building was made of logs, and without a floor, except the bare earth, with rude
seats and no desks. Owing tosickness among the pupils the school was broken up before
the expiration of the term. This school, although the first in the county, was not the first
ublic school. With the organization of the county, J. F. Newlon hetd the office of County
Superintendent, by appointment of the Governor of the State. Immediately on entering
upon the duties of the office he officially organized school districts in the east part of the
county, numbered from one to twenty-five inclusive; some of which became disorganized
from time to time, which upon re-organization disarranged the order of time in which the
respective formations took place. The district in which Oswego is situated being the first
organized, became No. 1, and in which the first public school was taught by Robert Elliott,
ata salary of #50 per month. No school building had been erected, and a small frame house
was rented, anda ‘‘frolic ” was made to fititup, or rather supply furniture suitable for the
necessities of the school. Among the tools brought for the construction was a two-inch
auger, with which holes were bored in the rough planks and legs supplied; the planks
hit! a TesUHE upon large stones. In this way seating was provided, and the school build-
ing furnished.
ethe second school taught in the county was in a little log house on Big Hill Creek, about
midway between Cherryvale and Mound Valley, and was district No, 19, one of the twenty-
five first established by Superintendent Newlon.

The organization of districts did not correspond with any regular territorial lines, but as
ageneral rule, followed upon streams where the earliest settlements were made. In 1867,
seventy-three children attended school, fifteen of whom attended subscription school, and
fifty-eight inthe pubic schools. In 1879. twelve years later, there were ninety-seven school
districts, and a school population of 7,273, and in 1882, there were 105 organized districts,
and a population of 8,661, having an enrollment of 7,062, and an average daily attendance
of 4,045, under the instruction of 130 teachers. Thus is seen that in a period of three years
following 1879, the gain in the school population was more than 1,000 in number.

County institutes were early begun for the training of teachers to greater efficiency in
their work. The first effort made in this direction was in 1869, when Robert Elliott was
County Superintendent. It was held ina small frame, now used as a carpenter shop, and
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was both an interesting and profitable session, with about thirty teachers present, and sev-
eral valuable instructors. These institutes have since been held annually, and are liberally
attended and supported.

The Labette County Agricultural Society was formed in 1871; J. M. Wood was elected
resident of the association, C. B. Woodford, secretary, and C. O. Perkins, treasurer. Short-
y after the organization was perfected, the exhibition grounds, comprising Lwenty: two and

a half acres, were procured. These grounds have been fitted up as the means would justify.

They are enclosed v2 tight board fence, and supplied with floral hall, amphitheatre and

_ other necessary buildings, and contain an excellent speed ring. Annual fairs have bren

held since the society was organized, and creditable displays have been made. C. Montague
is now president of the association; C. A. Wilkin, secretary, and I. W. Patrick, treasurer.
Much interest is manifested in the enterprise, which serves materially in stimulating and
promoting a more exalted idea of agricu ture, both theoretical and practical.

_ The Labette County Historical Beckett was organized July 16, 1878, through the exer-
tions of Nelson Case, W. A. Starr and R. M. Donley, who were designated, by a few of the
oldest settlers, a committee to take the necessary preliminary steps. At the date of its for-
mation, the society embraced only about a dozen members. The original officers were:
Nelson Case, president; George Lisle, vice-president, both of Chetopa; J.S. Waters, of Os-
Wego, secretary; M. W. Reynolds, of Parsons, corresponding secretary; C. M. Monroe, of
Fairview, treasurer. The present officers are: Nelson Case, president; Wo. Starr, secre-
tary; T. C. Cory, treasurer; Wesley Farrot, of Elm Grove, and, B. W. Perkins, of Oswego,
directors. The society was incorporated November 21, 1881. Among the early settlers in-
terested in this society, may be named: A. T, Dickerman, who was a trader with the In-
dians, a resident of Fairview Township; M. M. Kingsbury, druggist, who came _in 1865 or
1866, Oswego: C. C. Clover, John Clover, Bowman Altamont, the Hyatts, John Richardson,
J. F. Hill, N. M, Purviance, J. D. Conderman, A. G. Drake and J. A. Gates. Stated meetings
are held in the city of Oswego, Kan., on the first Wednesday of each regular term of the Dis-
trict Court, and special meetings at the call of the executive committee or vote of the socte-
ty. Their rules are, of course, subject to change by proper methods.

STATISTICS.

According to the Assessor’s returns the personal property of the county In 18382 was as

follows: Horses, 4,524—value, $108,977; cattle, 5,456—vaiue, $65,472; mules, 1,049—value,
$82,546; sheep, 8,202—value, $8,541; swine, 7,408—value, $11.200; goats, 10—value, $20;
arming implements, $27,197; wagous and carriages, $27,648; bonds, $6,650; stocks, $7,846;
National Bank shares, $50,000; moneys, $17,460; credits, $5,561; merchandise, $138,378;
notes, $20.045; mortgages, $16,352; other property, $147,814; total, $686,697—less consti-
tutional exemption, $219,054 ; net taxable personal property. $467,643.

Taxable lands under cultivation, 175,120 acres; not under cultiyation, 229,080 acres—
aggregate value, $1,324,865; number of improved village lots, 3,616: unimproved, 4,558;
Haine, $646,618; value of railroad property, $582,726.44; total value of all property, $3,021, -

There were raised in 1882 the following numbers of acres of the principal crops: Winter
wheat, 25,571; rye, 566; corn, 83,127; barley, 41; oats, 12,907; buckwheat, 43; potatues—
Irish, 1,080; sweet, 94; castor beans, 12,036; cotton, 130; flax, 2,004; millet and Hunga-
rian, 5,579; pear! millet, 196; rice corn, 22. Meadow—timothy, 1684; clover, 224; prairie,
B4,f58; other tame grasses, 353; pasture—timothy, 318;- clover, 15; other tame grasses,

3 prairie, 50,934.

Nurseries—359 acres. Number of apple trees—bearing, 154,240; not bearing, 99,210;
pear trees—bearing, 6,568; not bearing, 13,051; peach trees—bearing, 162,886; not bearing,
43,852; plum—bearing, 6,456; not bearing, 6,370; cherrv—bearing, 22,948; not bearing,
18,031; vineyards—144 acres, and 165 gallons of wine made.

The following are the number of rods of the different kinds of fences in the county—
PERE rail, 124,245; stone, 13,783; hedge, 707,084; wire, 135,990—total, 1,015,401,
or 3,173.2 miles,

The following are the number of acres of the different varieties of forest trees so far
planted: Honey locust, 3; walnut, 36; cottonwood, 102; maple, 298; other varieties, 974—
total, 1.413. But little attention has as yet been paid tothe culture of the osage orange tree,
red cedar and catalpa. This omission will doubtless be remedied in the near future.

The population of the county in 1870 was 9,973; in 1875, 14,571; in 1878, 17,196; in
1880, 22,736, and in 1882, 25,347—distributed among the townships and cities as follows:
Osage, 1,435; Walton, 619; North, 1,025; Neosho, 732; Mound Valley, 1,517; Labette, 576;
Liberty, 1,117; Montana, 973; Canada, 628; Mount Pleasant, 833; Fairview, 758; Oswego,
768; Howard, 794; Elm Grove, 1,104; Hackberry, 1,103; Richland, 1,185; Parsons, 5,567;
Oswego City, 3,048, and Chetopa, 1,565.

PARSONS.

Parsons is located in the north part of Labette County, three miles from the
‘Labette and Neosho county line. The site of Parsons is a plateau, slightly
elevated above the valley of Labette Creek, a tributary of the Neosho River, on
the east, and the valley of the Little Labette Creek on the west and south,
Parsons is now a fine, prosperous city of nearly seven thousand inhabitants,
regularly laid out, with wide streets, and a large number of substantial brick
stores, banks, churches, manufactories, etc., and three railroads.

This city has been of exceedingly rapid growth. Twelve years ago its site
and the surrounding country were occupied only by a few early settlers upon
their claims. The Neosho Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was being
pushed with all possible energy towards the Indian Territory, in order to gain
the right of way through that Territory. Track laying on that division reached
the present town site of Parsons, May 20, 1870, and was pushed forward at the
rate of one mile a day. The building up of a town was determined upon by
railroad gentlemen of high official position, and in the fall of that year, L. F.
Olney, of Parkersville, Morris Co., Kan.; the engineer who had been appointed
to survey and plat the town, arrived upon the ground. A town company had
already been formed, consisting of the following gentlemen: R. S. Stevens,
Pres.; O. B. Gunn, H. D. Minck, A. D. Jaynes, J. R. Barrett and N. S. Goss.
The town was named in honor of Levi Parsons, president of the Neosho
‘Division of the M. P. R. R. Co.

An agent was appointed to purchase the claims in the immediate vicinity
of the town site, which consists of 2,560 acres, and was owned at the time of
purchase by the following persons: George W. Briggs, Abraham Cary, John
Davis, H. L. Partridge, Henry Baker, Anson Kellogg, Angelina Baker, Joseph
R. Simpson, Ed. R. Rall, H. Pearson, Abraham Fultz, Samuel Eaves, John
Kendall, R. F. Caldwell, W. K. Hayes, Aaron Midkiff and George Wilson,
most.of whom owned a quarter section, As soon as it became known that a
town was to be located here, people flocked in from all directions, living tem-
porarily in wagons, tents, and hastily-built board houses, On the 8th of March,
1871, the Town Company's books were opened for the sale of lots, and on that
day Abraham Carey purchased the first lot sold for $500. This lot was the
one on the corner of Forest and Central avenues, now occupied by the Opera
House. At this time the town had a population of several hundred. After a
few small houses had been built, the town of Ladore, five miles to the north-
west, in Neosho County, and containing at the time about one thousand inhab-
itants, was almost wholly moved to Parsons. Montana, a small town on the
Neosho, about nine miles southeast, contributed a portion, as also did Labette,
another small town, eight miles southeast, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Thus the growth of Parsons was marvelous from the first, and on the 25th of
April, 1871, the town was made a city of the third class.

The lots owned by the Town Company were of two classes—business lots
and residence lots, the former being 25x120 feet, the latter 50x150, and the
price at which they have been sold has varied from $25 to $500, The com-
pany has refused to sell lots to speculators,

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS. 7

During the winter of 1870-71, a large number of business and professional
men moved to Parsons and conducted their business or professions under diffi-
culties and embarrassing inconveniences, with which their present stores and
offices present striking contrasts, and it is difficult to say with exactness to
whom belongs the credit of having been first upon the ground. But as near as
can be ascertained, the business men came in about the following order:
hardware, Mr. Perkins and Gibbert & Cary: grocery, Sipple Brothers and E.
K. Currant, who also sold dry goods; stationery, Hays & Pearson; general
merchandise, John W. Rhodus, M. Johnson, M. K. Brown and Ed. Foley, none
of whom are now in business in Parsons; hotels, W. P. Squires, whose
“hotel” consisted of a long row of tents and temporary board houses, and
Jacob McLaughlin, whose original hotel building is now used asa livery stable,
The first drug store was opened by Dr. T. L. Warren, in November, 1870.
who was the first physician in Parsons. He was followed in regular order by
Drs. G. E. Kennedy, A. L. Hutchison and G. W. Gabriel. The first lawyer
was J. G. Parkhurst; second, E. E. Hastings; third, T. R. Thornton; fourth,
T. C. Cory, who came in March, 1877, from Ladore, Neosho County, and is
the only one of the four now practicing in Parsons; Willard Davis, afterwards
Attorney General of the State, came to Parsons in May, and R. M. Donley,
recently shot and killed in Texas, by C. M. Burgess, came here in June, 1871.
There are now eleven practicing attorneys in Parsons,

The first school was taught in 1872 by Prof. Taylor, and the first sermon
was preached by Rev. H. H. Cambern, in 1871, in a saloon, a whisky barrel
being used as a desk or pulpit. Mr. Cambern was a Presbyterian.

The first marriage in Parsons was that of Thomas Deckery to Mary J.
Kinnison, January 9, 1871; the first birth was that of Parsons Dana, son of.
W. W. and Nancy J. Dana, in1871. A town lot was presented to him by R.
S. Stevens.

Parsons was made a city of the third class April 25, 1871, without hav-
ing been organized as a town. Willard Davis was the first Mayor, and the
first Council consisted of J. I. Plato, Abraham Cary, W. W. Dana, J. W.
Rhodus and Charles Watson. E. B. Stevens was elected Mayor in the fall
of 1871; Angell Matthewson in the spring of 1874 ; George W. Gabriel, 1875 ;
P. Y. Thomas, 1877; J. W. Thompson, 1879; George W. Gabriel, 1881.
Parsons was made a city of the second class, February 25, 1873.

In the fall of 1880, through the enterprise of E. H. Edwards, the city was
supplied with an Opera Hall. It is a large two-story brick building, the upper
floor being fitted up and furnished as a hall, and the lower floor divided up and
occupied as store rooms. :

The city government has charitably provided and supports an appropriate
cemetery for the repose of her dead. The cemetery grounds are large and taste-
fully laid off, and are ornamented in keeping with the monrnful solitudes of this
city of the dead. Among the stones already marking the repose of the tomb
are numerous large and costly monuments. The grounds comprise an area of
twenty acres, and were procured from the Town Company, October, 1872.

Parsons now contains 12 hotels, 15 groceries, 24 blacksmiths, 13 general
stores, 4 hardware stores, 5 agricuitural implement dealers, 3 book stores, 3
boot and shoe stores, 3 furniture stores, 3 harness shops, 3 jewelers, four lumber
yards, 8 millinery stores, 4 real estate and insurance agencies, I carriage shop,
3 drug stores, 3 livery stables, 5 meat markets, 6 grain dealers, and a popula-
tion of about 6 500, 1,400 of whom were registered as voters in the fall of 1882.

This city has been generally known as the * Infant Wonder,” on account
of its rapid and permanent growth. Its streets are regularly laid off at right
angles with each other, and many of them are macadamized, guttered and
curbed, and bordered by flagged stone sidewalks, the flagging being found in
inexhaustible quantities within a few miles of the city. Many of the business
blocks are brick buildings, two or three stories in height, with iron fronts, stone
trimmings and plate glass windows and doors. In the residence portions of the
town there are a considerable number of commodious, tasteful and elegant dwel-
lings, which lack only shade trees around them to be all that could be desired.
This defect will in time be remedied in part ; not wholly, however, perhaps, on
account of the smallness of the lots, which on this account do not vermit ideal
ornamentation,

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES,

The people of the city early availed themselves of every means and convenience for the
education of the rising generation, No sooner had_a sufficient number of children of school
age heen gathered into the town than a school was furnished for them to attend. The earliest
effort In this direction was made in 1871, A school house, a frame structure, was erected,
in which the first school was taught by E. H. Taylor. The influx of settlers and the increase
of the population of the town was so rapid that it was not more than one year until the
bulldinug frendy erected became inadequate to accommodate the increased number of
pupils, Accordingly a large two-story brick building containing four rooms, was erected
at a cost of $15,000, and stands in the fast part of the city. In 1874, two years later, the
cramped condition of the schools demanded still more room, to Satisfy wnich another two-
story brick building was erected, costing the same as the former, to which it is very similar
in appearance and size and stands inthe west part of thecity. In 1880 necessity compelled
the erection of another building. This one stands in the north paitof the city andisa
tastefully constructed two-story brick, containing five rooms, three school rooms and two
recitation rooms, and although perhaps the largest and finest school building in the cit et
It cost only about $12,000 or jess by $3,000 than ei.her of the others. A school building
for the accommodation of the colored children was erected recently and is a plain two-stor:
frame building, The schools,numbering a population of 1,596 have been thoroughly graded,
the departments and grades sontespondin tothe schools in other cities, andare under Lee
Tomiun as superintendent; J. W. Iden and J. W. Richardson as principals; assisted by 4
corps of nine competent lady teachers as follows: Misses Helen G. Steele, Lina Di 28,
Mary Grover, Elsie Abenchain, Phoebe Reynolds, Alice Wilson, Leta Gabriel, Alice Yar-
nellLand Maude Kyser. The rapid increase of the school population is already beginnin to
crowd the capacious buildings now in use and will soon necessitate the erection of another
building. The present officer's of the school board are: William Mon, President; A, D. Ar-
nett. Vice- President; A. H, Tyler, Clerk, and M, Johnson, Treasurer. ;

i Bev Mr. Cambern, of the Presbyterian Churen, preached the first sermon in Parsons, in
rhe spring. of 1871, the services being conducted in Cary’s building which stood where the
Fort pace With (he monies then the spread and influence of religious teaching has
Ww p i ry
ae the ce ectlve numbers coe aaron e various denominations becoming organized
te Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in April, 1872. A small fram ureh
house was Dalit tn CBT ne ne ueted until 1880, when a spacious rien ilies
ship of 180, with Rev H.W. Chateene heaton nee its beginning, and now has a member-
resoytertan Church was organized in February,1871.Meetings were at fir: in
eee enlace amrorded accommodation. The foundation for a regular ehurech tees
gun in 1874, but the structure was not built, and what work bad been done was afterward
LABETTE COUNTY.

torn up with the view of enlargement. The buildl: i
story ith The membershipis 185, and W. 7 H. eye ts eae epee gay ae ne
story ElC ee as organized J uly 12, 1873. The chureh building, a one-
bers is under charge of Rev. fe Hardee © congregation, numbering sixty mem-
e Bap ‘urch became established in 1872. For sometime th i
in other .clurenes ae in patie, Until in 1870, when the present ch aie ehinee as Bee .
a = ure, and i
under che spiritual Midance of Rev. H.M. aaa HES # CME EOL ANNE Oae se HLIE
é Christian Church was organized in 1873. The present membersh
cnarge of Rev. Asa Curl. This body, also held its meetings in ether phurruss Udell te
erection of are ular church buildin in 1879, which is a one-story frame. _

St. John’s Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church was organized in 1873, through the ef-
Forts! REY DRE RTI Ran ene he following year a church edifice was erected—
has'a membership of sixty, - W. T. Bowen is the present pastor, and the congregation

he United Brethren became regularly organized as a church body i
They for some time depended on the courtesy and christian Charly Or buen ehurehiee tera
Dee renib, Mati the Meadists pulle thelr new one, when these Brethren procured
. now wors s i i -
with ev, Foley ae pastor. y rship he society has a membership of forty-one,
€ Uatholic Church was established in 1872. The present membership i under the
charge of P, J. Roos, priest. A building has been erected and is D HInGEeIAL structure,
L the fall and winter of 1881 this body established a school for the education of child-
reu belonging to that church, Protestant children being also admitted. Four teachers,
or sisters, are employed in the school, and the whole is managed by Father Roos. A neat
frame building Was erected for the accommodation of the school, which will be superseded
by a larger and more expensive one when the necessities demand it,
‘ise Eran GHEE Hee Ee Church was Organized in November, 1876, and a Bap-
yan “e colore eople, the 1 4
worship in 1882, a plain one-story frame building. a Tae a ee Ree eeel a One ee

THE PRESS AND SOCIETIES,

_, 4 flourishing uewspaper press is the great indicator o: i -
nity. Where these flourish there is a reading public anda SUReeu NATE ols ontone. Tims
it is in the city of Parsons, with a wide and liberal patrouage, her journals of news and in-
telligence prosper. There are at present three live newspapers published in the city, two
ot wulen belue jong established enjoy wide elreulation, and the third, though but recently

F i ragement as is conduci i -
gent and readin people beater, gz cive to its success, and as ouly intelli

The Sun, the longest established of all the papers now publish in ¢ i i
career in June 1871, through the enterprise o: nN Ww. Reynolas AL Daten en several
years it was subject to an almost annual change oi proprietorship, until in 1878, when it was

urchased by H. H. Lusk who has since been engaged in its publication, as a weekly news

ournal. Itis #six column folio, Republican in politics, and has a circulation of 1,400 copies.
The addition of a daily paper was made in September, 1880. It is a five column folio, and
has a circulation of 1,200 Copies. It is a morning paper, and the only one receiving the As-
sociated Press dispatches a <
The Eclipse was started in April, 1874, by J. B. Lamb, as a weekly paper, which has en-
ratifying success, now having a subscription list of 1,000, and is an eight column fo-
lio. The additional publication of a daily was begun in April, 1881, at which time also, A.C.
Lamb, son of the proprietor, became interested as partner inthe concern. The circulation
a un dais as raeeabt hed by G. F. Kimball
he Leader was established by G. F. Kimball, as a Sunday morni- aper, in tober,
1882, the first issue being made on Sunday, October 29. Being but recently Verin teenie
prise has, as yet, made butlitule his‘ory, but judging from the ability and experience of its
ounder, as a newspaper man, and theencouragement bestowed by the people of the city
upon undertakings of this kind, it is safe to predict for it a prominent and lasting standing
among the journals of the city.

Perhaps nowhere is social and fraternal fellowship so highly cultivated and general as
in thecity of Parsons as shown by her numerous organizations of this kind. All the various
secret, social and mutual benefit organizatious are here represented, with large and full
membership.

Parsons Lode, No, 117, A..F. & A. M., was instituted October 17, 1872, and was the
second secret organization in the place. It now has amembership of 160, with S. B. New-
ton, worshipful master, and A. C. Peck, secretary

Parsons Chapter, No. 39, was instituted January 3, 1877. The present membership of
the lodge is sixty and the officers are G. W. Gabriel, high priest, and D. K. McPherson, sec-
retary. °

Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 38, A., F. & A. M., was instituted July 10, 1876. This organ-
ization is composed of culored men, and now has twenty-eight members. George Starr is
worshipful master and Ey hraim Woods, secretary.

Coeur De Leon Commandery, No. 7%, was instituted June 27, 1881. The membership of
Hue society has increased to sixty. D. Kelsois senior commander and E. B. Stevens, recor-

er. <

Parsons Lodge, No. 94, I. O. O. F., was instituted June 28, 1872. The present member-
ship is forty, and the officers are: J. M. Snulse, noble grand; J. W. Cowles, secretary. This

was the first secret organization in the town. 7

The Eureka Encampment, No. 24, I. O. VU. F., was established July 21,1874. There are
now twenty-five members, and G. K. Ratcliff is chief priest, and A. H. McCleary, secretary.

- Parsons Lodge, No. 46, £. O.@. 1'., was instituted November 12, 1874. The present

officers of the lodge, now numbering twenty-five members, are H. E. Thompson, worthy

chief templar; James Grimes, worthy secretary.

Pioneer Lodye, No. 10, K. of P., was instituted March 26, 1873. The society, with a
etic mberalip of eighty-five, is officered as follows: S. B. Newton, C. C., and F.G. Young, K.
.of R.and 8.

Parsons Lodge, No.1, A. O. U. W., was formed August 10, 1877, and now has a mem-
ber-hip of 123. The officers are A. J. McFeely,master workman, and A. H. Tyler recorder.
Excelsior Lodge, No. 12, A. O. U. W., was established March 6, 1879. The preseut officers
are: H. R. Wallace, master workman, and R. H. Herog, recorder, the lodge having a mem-

-bership of 116. -

Uoronado Council, No. 35%, A. L.of H., was instituted November 27, 1880. It hasamem-
.bership of twenty five. J.J. McFeely is commander, and James Grimes, secretary.

Empvre Lodge, No. 1911, K. of H., was instituted December 5, 1879. There are now sixty-
two members in the lodge. J. W. Wilson is dictator, and W. J. Quick, reporter.

Post No. 64 G. A. &., was instituted June 6, 1882. W. H. Morris is post commander,
and M. Noyes, adjutant, the organization having a membership of forty-four,

Prairie Valley Grunge, No. 37, P. of A, was established in April, 1873. The organ-
ization contains about 100 members, of which E. F. Williams is master, A. E. Kees, secre-
.tary, and W. H. Porter, treasurer. 2 er 3
: ‘A Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was formed in February, 1874, and a similar
society among the Locomotive Firemen was instituted April 10, 1881, each being fully at-
‘tended. : : Lee ea

Lodge No. 313, oF. the Independent Order of the Immaculate Sons of Zion, was insti-
tuted in September, 1881. T. J. Merritt is W. M., and Ed. Dorsey, C. 8. :

Queen Esther Court, No. 54, was instituted in May, 1881. Mrs. J. W. French is the
present queen, and Mrs. Mary Wood, secretary. ‘

Company F. of theSecond Regiment of Infantry of the Kansas National Guards, was
formed in February, 1880, and was regularly mustered into the State service. There are now
fifty members. saad

‘Forest Park Association.—A stock company known as the Forest Park Association of
Parsons, was organized and chartered December 10, 1881. The capital stock of #5,000 is
divided into fifty shares of $100 each, all of which have been taken. A tract of eighteen
acres of land lying to the southeast of the city, and on the west bank of Labette River was
purchased and is being fitted up and beautified with walks, drives, lakelets, fountains, statu -
ary, rustic bridges, etc. This Association is made up from the wealthiest and most enter-
prising men of the city, and the enterprise they have undertaken is indeed praisewor hy
and meets the hearty approval of the pleasure loving public. H. Morris is President of
the Association; John Dean, Vice President, and 8. W. Kniffin, Secretary. |

A TAbrary Association, under the auspices of the Woman’s Christian Temperance uilen,
-was formed in 1880, the object being to establish a public reading room. Several efforts o
the kind had previously been made. but they met with failure. During the year 1881 Mrs.
Augustus Wilson visited the Eastern cities, where she procured aid through the donation of
money and books, toward the enterprise. The erection of a large library building began In
the spring of 1882, and is a most beautiful brick structure one hundred feet long by sixty
feet wide, and three stories high. It is handsomely finished on the exterior, and theinterior
is elegantly fitted up for library purposes. The library at preseut contains about 2,000 vol-
umes of miscellaneous books. rs. Wilson is president of the association and Mrs. Kate
Grimes, pecrstan Fair and Driving Park Association was established in 1880, as a sto’K com-
pany, with a capital of $20,000, and is composed of the wealthiest citizens of the place. The

rounds of forty-six acres, were procured and fitted up for the purposes desired, in whicha

arge speed ring is included, and such other conveniences as help to render attendance on

such places enjoyable.

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BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURES.

__, Parsons, among her institutions, kas three banking houses, each of which does a flour-
ishing business. ‘They are as follows:

The First National Bank of Parsons was established and chartered March 29, 1872,
by a banking company of which A. D. Jaynes was president, sogell Matthewson, cashier,
and R.S. Stevens, A. D. Jaynes, O. 6B. Greene, Samuel Fry, W. G. Melville, E. B. Stevens,
and M. N, Reynolds, were directors. The present officers of the bank are R. 8. Stevens,

resident; Lee Clark, vice-president and cashier, and E. B. Stevens, assistant cashier. The
anking capital is $50,000, with a reserve of $4,500, and deposits averaging $110,000.

Parsons Commercial Bank was first started in May, 1874, asthe Parsons Savings Bank
by a stock company composed of about fifteen members, and was duly incorporated. In
1878 it was changed from a savings bank to its present situation. A. Wilson was first pres-
ident, and Joshua Hill. cashier. The institution carries on business on a capital of $50,000,
and a reserve of $2,000. The deposits amount to $100.000._ At present J. Hill is president;
A. Wilson, vice-president, and G. W. Hawk, cashier, who is also chief manager of the con-

cern.

‘The City Bank of Angell Matthewson & Co., was established October 1, 1880, as a pri-
vate instilution, by Angell Matthewson, Merrick Noyes, and F. H. Suyder, who is cashier.
The capital is $60,000, with an averave of deposits amounting to $45,000.

Each of these institutions has erected a large brick banking house, which is tastefully
fitted up for the business.

The Osage Coal and Mining Company was organized in Mav, 1871, by R.S. Stevens
and a number of Eastern parties. The company was formed for the purpose of mining and
dealing in coal, and has a capital stock of #500,000. Mines now being operated are in the
Indian Territory, Missouri and Kansas, the product being from fifty to sixty car loads per

y.
The Telephone Exchange was established in Parsons, in July, 1882, by the Merchants’
Telephone and Telegraph Company, located at Kansas City, Mo., the business at Parsons be-
Ing ander the management of J.C. Stimmell. There is also a line connecting with the city
of Oswego.

As a manufacturing city, Parsons holds no mean place. The principal establishments of
this kind are the shops of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company, located anid
built herein 1872. Of these there is a semi-circular round-house, containing stalls fur
fourteen engines, and the machine shop proper, which measures 100x300 feet, with an en-
gine house 40x50 feet. These buildings are massive stone structures, costing more than a
quarter of a million dollars, and contain machinery valued at $60.000. A new foundry was
erected in 1882 taking the placeof theold frame one. 1tis a substantial brick building,
60x166 feet, costing about $10,000. The blacksmith shop is a frame building, 50x130 feet.
In all the departments of these shopsthereis employed an average force of 210 men the
year round, to whom is paid annually as wages $180,000. Besides these the Bridge Depart-
ment for over 800 miles of road, employ ing about thirty men, is also located at this place.

The Parsons Foundry and Machine Shops were established in 1879, by Robert Crich-
ton, and are employed in the manufacture of all sorts of machinery to order, and in doing
all sorts of job and repair work, the foundry being used in making mouldings of all sorts.

The National Flour Mill and Elevator was brought to Parsons from Osage Mission
by H. H. Brown and II. D. Mirick, in 1879, and was fitted up by Angell Matthewson. It isa
steam mill with five run of buhrs, and has a capacity for grinding 200 bushels of wheat per
day. The building is a three-story frame, to which is attached a large frame elevator. The
business is now in the hands of H. H. Brown & Co.

A sash and door factory was built in the summer of 1882, by D. P. Deprey and G. L. Ellis,
The building is a large two-story brick, the lower story bring fitted up witha full line of
machinery for the manutacture of all sorts of carpenters’ house-furnishing, finishing ana
ornamental goods,

The Stone Flouring Mill and Elevator was built in 1880, by Mr. Hoke. It is operated
by Steain power, and contains three run of buhrs. The building is a large three-story stone
structure.

The Foster Automatic Windmill Manufactory was started in June, 1882, by John
Keys and William Alexander. The shop is operated in making windmills, as ordered, and
also in doing all sorts of wagon and carriage work, and blacksmithing. The building is a
one-story brick, measuring 40x60 feet in dimensions.

Besides these establishments are several smaller ones, such as wagon and carriage
shops, engaged in the manufacture of these vehicles on a limited seale, ete.

C, C. Keyser operates a plow factory, inthe manufacture of his patent breaking plow,
which, itis said, possesses points of superiority over any other plows of the kind, aud its
manufacture bids fair to develop into a large and lucrative enterprise.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

MAJOR SOLON B. ABBOTT, oldest son of Elam and Roxey Ellison Abbott, and grand-
son of Daniel Abbott, a soldier of the War of the Revolution and of 1812, was born Decem-
ber 4, 1833, in the town of Stockbridge, Vt. After receiving an academic @lucation in New-
bury, Vt., he learned the trade uf carpenter, which he su, plemented with that of architect,
studying the latter with Downing & Vaux, at Newburgh, on the Hudson. In May, 1853, he
sailed from New York for California, where he had decided to try his furtune. After remain-
ing about five months in Central America, during the fillibustering career of Gen. Walker,
he sailed-from San Juan October, 1853, and arrived at San Francisco November 23d. He
remained two yearsin Southern and Middle California, employed in contracting and min-
ing and was for a time a member of the Vigilance Conimittee in San Francisco. Af er build-
ing a large steam milland sash and door factory at Sacramento, he went to Knight’s Ferry,
on the Stanislaus River, where he built the stone banking house of Shell & Co., and was sub-
sequently appointed Deputy Sheriff, and then Sheriff of the county,in w hich capacity he had
several very desperate encounters With the robbers and bandits that infested the country at
thattime. For capturing three robbers that had been plundering Wells, Fargo & Co.’s ex-
press, he received areward of $3,000 in gold. His term as Sheriff expired in 1858, and he
then engaged successively inthe Frazier River gold expedition and Col. Stenoe’s expedition
against the Indians, being promoted after the battle of Ball’s Bluff to Major of the Third
California Volunteer Infantry. He then located in Victoria, Vancouver’s Island, where he
carried on the business of architect and builder, and received marked honors atthe hands of
the English government. In 1862 he went into Seattle, Washington Territory, where he
designed and built the University and many of the principal buildings; being also employed
on coast and harborimprovements. In 1868 he built the first large sawinill on the Colum-
bus River, and was one-third owner at St. Helens, Oregon, and thence returned to San Fran
cisco and established the extensive wholesa.clumber yard of Flatt & Abbott. In 1870 he
sold his interest in the lumber business and went to Cementville, on the Columbia River, in
Washington Territory, and the following year erected the Cementville mills, of which he
was arcbitect and superintendent, In 1872, in consequence of impaired health, he sold his

roperty on the Pacific coast, and after an absence of twenty years, returned to the East,

e came to Kansas, and after visiting his old_ home was appointed Land and Emi-
grane Agent of the Missouri, Kansas Texas Railroad, for the ew England States, In

874 he resigned that position and located in Parsons, Kas., where he now resides, Since
his residence in Parsons he bas been active in building up the business of thetown. He
assisted iu establishing the Parsons’ Savings Bank, of which he was a director and vice
president. He made the plans for the first iron corniced brick building which was erected
in the village; built the Savings Bank building, introduced the first omnibus, and has culti-
vated and improved one of the best farms in Lahette County. He is the owner of the
Abbott House, which he conducted until June 13,1881, and now rents, and is one of the
Directors of the Chieftain Lead & Zinc Mining Co; He was appointed Deputy United States
Marshall in 1874, elected Sheriff in 1875, and has recently been appointed Superintendent
of bridges and buildings for the Kansas & Topeka Railroad. , After being appointed Super-
iniendent of Depots and Bridges of the Kansas & Topeka Railroad, he resigned to accept
the designing and sunerintend ug of the fine wholesale building for Messrs. Hobart &
May, of Springfield, Mo. Mr. Abbott was married February 6, 1861, to Lenora Harmon,
who died in 1871, leaving two sons and one daughter, His present wife was Mrs. Laura EB,
Dill ngham, daughter of E. E. Eastman, of Madrid, N. Y. r. Abbott is a member of the
orders of A., F, & A. M., I. O. O. F. and K. of P.

WM. D. ALLEN, dairyman, corner of Morton and 22d streets, was born in Livingstone
County, N. Y., 1826; is descended from Scotch aucestors, His grandfather, William, was a
relative of the celebrated Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. His father, Cyrus Alien, was
born in.1794 and died in 1850. His mother was born December 15, 1795, in Cayuga County,
N.Y. Iier name was Amanda Durkie. Sheis still living in Livingstone County, N. Y. Mr.
Allen was educated in the common schools and the Academy at Genessee, N. Y. In 1851 he
emigrated to Dodge County, Wis., where he engaged in farming. 1855 he returned to New
York, where he lived untii 1864, when he came to Kansas, Lyon County. Here he was en-
gaged in tilling the soil until 1868, when he moved to Parsons. Having been one of the first
settlers, he is closely connected with its history from its beginning to the present. He was
married in 1850, to Miss Eleanor Thompson, of Livingstone County, N.Y. She was born in
1830. Her parents were of Puritan origin. They have eight children—Eleanor C., born in
Do.t¢e County, Wis., March 8, 1852,and married to George Leggett, December 23,1879. They
live in Lebanon, Mo.; Frank D., born September 26, 1854, and married October 10, 1881, to
Martha Laugh; live in Oswego, Kansas; Fred. A.. born September 26, 1854, a twin to Frank
already mentioned, married to Anna Jarrett, of Cherokee County; lives in Joplin, Mo.:
Charles W., born September 19, 1856, matried November 24, 1882. to Jennie Thompson, of
Springfield, Ill.; now lives in Joplin, Mo ; Celia S.,born June 19, 1859: Nelson E., born Feb-
ruary 1, 1862; Lincoln J., June 14, 1866; Eleanor A., December 17, 1871. Mr, Allen is an
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elder in the Presbyterian Church, of which he and his family have been members for many

years,

G,S. ANDERSON, grocer, is a native of Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill., born October
15, 1839. Lived there until the age of six years, afterwards in Sangamon County, Ll, until
August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
serving uncil April 5, 1865, participating in all battles of his command during his term of
service. After leaving the army he returned to Illinois, and was engaged in mercantile
business at Springfieid until the fall of 1869, when he removed to Meuard County, LIL,
where he resided until he came to Kansas, February 10, 1869, locating on northwest quar-
ter Section 9, Osage Township, Labette County, remaining there until January, 1881, when
he came to Parsons and engaged in mercantile business. He wasthe first white settler in
his school district (No. 79,) in Labette County. He was the first Postmaster of Sylvandale
postoftice. _ we is a member of. the Methodist Episcopal Church, A. 0. U. W. andG. A. R.
His first wife was Lizzie Purynes, a native of Menard, Ill., married in March, 1868. She died
in 1870. Mr. Anderson’s present wife, Julia Baley, is a native of Sangamon County. Ill. They
were married in the spring of 1872, and have four children— Willie T., Cora D., Gertrude L.

ANDREW D. ARNETT, blacksmith for the Missouri Pacific Railway Co., is a native of
Irving, Scotland, born November 22, 1841, Came to America with his parents, Andrew and
Sarah Arnett, when he was quite young; located at Cleveland, Oh.o, living there until the
fall of 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Re-en-
listed in same company and regiment as a veteran, and served until December, 1864, when
he was discharged on account of disability caused by a wound which he received in front of
Atlanta, Ga. e was in all the battles and skirmishes of his command during his term of
service. After his discharge he spent three months at Cleveland, and then went to Warren,
Ohio, where he remained until he located at Virgil City, Mo., in 1869, remaining there until
he came to Parsons, in September, 1871, He has been inthe employ of the railroad com-
pany, in the blacksmithing department, since coming here, having worked at the black-
Smith’s trade since he was sixteen years ofage. He isamamb«r ofthe I. 0. 0, F. and A.
. U. W., and is now serving a second term as one of the memb-rs of the Board of Educa-

tion. During the present term he has been vice-president of the Board. Mr. Arnett was
married at Virgil City, Mo., July 24, 1872, to Nannie J, Watson, a native of Illinols, They
have two children—Lucretia and Ada Gertrude.

S, M. BALEY, realestate, loan and insurance agent, was born near Winchester, Fairfield
Co., Ohio, October 6, 1834. One year there, then lived in the central part of Wood Coun-
ty in the same State until he was fourteen years of age, afterward residing in his native
county two years, and then removed to Sangamon County, Ill, living twelve miles north-
west of Springfield, until August 7, 1862, when he enlisted in Company K., One Hundred
and Fifteenth [llingis Volunteer Infantry, He was commissioned First Lieutenant, Sep-
tember 13, 1862, and Captain August 13, 1863. September 20, 1863, hewas severely wound-
ed, being permanently disabled thereby. He resigned in February, 1864, returning to San-
gamon County, Ill., where he remained until hecameto Kansas in February, 1874. He
purchased a farm in Osage Township, Labette Co. It being situated on the southwest quar-
ter of Section 4; February 22, 1875, he removed to the farm and resided there until January
1, 1882, when he came to Parsons and engaged in his present business, still owning his
farm, however. He was one of the School Directors of his district in Osage Township dur-
ing the entire period of his residence there, and for two ‘pears was President of the Osage
Township Sunday School Association. Living near the “Bender” place, which had been the
scene of many atrocious murders, mysterious disappearances and suspicious circumstances
attending the movements of any one in the neighborhood were likely to be attended with
summary if not merited punishment of any one connected therewith. Allusion to one par-
ticular can illustrate the feeling which existed in that section. One Hank, Forrest had a diffi-
culty with Charley Buckles, at the house of the father-in-law of Forrest. Immediately after
the trouble between the young men Buckles disappeared, and Forrest was arrested for his
murder, and narrowly escaped conviction, only three members of the jury being opposed
thereto. Although the body of Buckles had not been discovered, Mr. Bayley became satis-
fied fromthe stat ments of the various parties who were present when the quarrel between
the parties occurred, that Buckles was alive, and he was fearless enough to stand alone and
declare his opinions when public sentiment was universally against him. And not until
Buckles appeared alive and well did people conclude that Mr. B. was entirely sane and sin-
cere in his declarations that injustice would be done if Forrest and his father-in-law
were severely dealt with as indicated by the prevailing sentiment. r. B. is a member of
the A. F, and A. M., K. of H., K, and L. of Honor, and Antietam Post No, 64, G. A. R. and of
the Labette County Historical Society. He was married at Salisbury, Sangamon Co., IIl.,
November 19, 1856, to Elizabeth J. Harvey. anative of Sangamon County, Ill., and reared
in Illinois. They have seven children living, Walter H., Theresa, Almeda, William A. Luella
F., Maud E., Franktin E. and Paulus E. Lost two children. Erastus M. died at theage of
seventeen months, Eva May, aged nine years at the time of her death.

W. L. BARTLETT, of the firm of bean & Bartlett, dealers in general merchandise, was
born in Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt., May 12, 1850, resided there most of the time until 1872,
when he went to Boston, where he was engaged in the grocery and provision trade until he
came to Parsons, Kan., in September, 1874. He was manager of the Parsons dry goods
house of G. Y. Smitn, of Kansas City until January_1, 1880, when the present firm of Dean
& Bartlett was formed. Heis aiember of the A. F. and A. Blue Lodge and Command-
ery, and ofthe K.of P. Mr. B was married at Hannibal, Mo., in the spring of 1880, to Lucy
Shellabarger. ghey have two children, Jobn L, and adaugter aged six months. '

SAUNDERS ARMSTRONG BIGGS was born in the city of New York, December 14,
1841, and was reared and educated there. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the Seventy-first
New York Regiment; served three months, the term of enlistment, in that regiment, then
entered the Twelfth New York Heavy Artillery as First Lieutenant, and served as such for
about fifteen months. Receiving a sunstroke, he was disabled so as to be unfitted for duty,
and he therefore resigned. Returning to New York, he became associated with his father,
under the firm name of Isaac A. Biggs & Son, real estate dealers and negotiators of all kinds
of reliable securities doing a general brokerage business, at the corner of Broadway and
Fulton street. He remained with his father until 1876, when, on account of ill health, he
came West, hoping to find a climate which would prove beneficial to hishealth. In July,
1876, he located at Parsons, and his failing health soon became very much improved, and he
has led an active business life ever since. For over a year he was a member of the firm of
Angell Matthewson & Co., inthe real estate business, being associated with evel Matthew -
son and Merritt Noyes, from July, 1876, to August, 1877. Since then he has been engaged
in real estate operations, principally on his own account, although he has always acted for
Angell Matthewson & Co,, in examining their loans, looking after the details of the loan de-
p Tement of their business, etc. For three years he was in ar iner sid with A. J. Cary, in
mercantile business. He is a member of A., F. & A. M., Episcopa Church, belng still
connected with the church of his childhood, St. John Chapel, N. ¥. He was married, at
Fort Plain, Montgomery Co., N, Y., December 11, 1867, to Estella L. Nellis, a native of that

lace, her parents being among the pioneers of Fort Plain. Mr. Biggs’ father, Isaac A.

iggs, was born at Patchogue, L. I. He is now engaged in real estate and loan business.

Mother, Harriet A. (Nellis) Biggs, was born at Johnstown, Fulton, Co., N. ¥Y. Both parents
still reside in New York,

LOUIS GRANT BIGWOOD, hardware merchant, is a native of Quincy, Adams Co., IIL,
porn January 27, 1845. Being too young to get into the service whenthe War of the Rebel-
lion broke out, he went to Indiana, where his age was not known, and, October 23, 1861, he
enlisted, as ‘‘ Louis Grant,” in Company F, Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, He was wounded
at Charles City Cross-roads, in Virginia, June 30, 1862, and taken prisoner at that time.
Two months later, he was exchanged and removed to vellevue Hospital, New York City, re-
maining there until January, 1863, then rejoined his regiment and continued with it until
the close of the war. He cameto Parsons in February, 1880. For one year he was associated.
with George Rattiff, in the hardware business; since then, with his present partner, oO. W.
Rowlands Mr. Bigwood was married, at Alton, IIL, duly 1, 1880, to Alice V. Huddleston, a
native of Virginia. They have one child, Myra. Mr. B. isamember of K. of P., aud Amer-
ican Legion of Honor. |

JOHN BLAIR, engineer at_Barton’s elevator, was born in December, 18382, in Parke
County, Ind. His father was James Blair, boru in Ohio,in 1810, and died in 1848. His
mother was born in Canada, in 1810, and died in 1850. Mr, Blair received a common school
education, and at the age of thirty-five he emigrated to Boucbon County, Kan., near Fort

« Scott. From thence he came to Neosho County, and in 1876, to Parsons. He enlisted in
September, 1861, in Company A, Thirty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Col.
Charles Cruft commanding. He was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Stone River,
Chickamauga, ard in the famous march and campaign of Sherman to Atlanta, He was also
with Thomas, at Nashville. Was mustered out of the service, in Texas, December 17, 1866.
He learned his trade in Indiana, in 1856. He was married to Mary J. Brower, of Preble
County, Ohio, in 1867. They have three children—Lillian, born near Fort Scott, in 1868;
Herbert, born in Neosho County, in 1869; Maud, born in Maroh, 1880—died in June of the
same year. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., also of the K. of H. April, 1882, he was
elected a member of the School Board of the city of Parsons.

. M,. BLAU, merchant tailor, was born at Nickoleburg, Austria, August 3, 1844.
Came to America in September, 1862; located in New York City, remaining there several
years; lived four years in Michigan, coming from there to Parsons, Kan., locating here
September 1, 1877: He has worked at his trade of tailor for twenty-four years, having
learned it in Europe. He is now one of the most fashionable tailors in this country, : mploy-
ing none but first-class workmen, and he has the patronage of the best citizens of this city,

ther places. ‘
and PORCH W. BRIGGS, retired farmer, was born near Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 1833.
His parents died when he was quite young; he lived with Mr, Ransom O. Baker uatil Le
was twenty-two years of age, when he worked for a sister-in-law, Polly Baker, on tLe
farm one year. He received a good practical education in the common schools. On Novem -
ber 12, 1856, he removed to Indianapolis and staid through the winter. In the following

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

spring he went to Sullivan County, Ind., and soon afterward settled at Prairieton, near Terre

‘aute, where he lived on a farm about twelve years; 1869 he removed to Homer, Cham-
paign Co., Ill, In the following spring, in company with Mr. Carey, he came to ‘Kansas.
stopping first at Fredonia, where he and Mr. C. purchased ponies and camp out-fit and
crossed the prairie to Chetopa, Baxter Springs, and Carthage, stopping over nightin a cabin
near where the city of Parsons is now located. After wandering around, for some time sell-
ing flour to tne Indians, Mr, B. and his friend returned, and took up their claims where the
city of Parsons now staads, May, 1869. In October of the same year he went to Illinois for
his family, returning to Kansas after five weeks of travelin wagons. His mother-in-law
came with the family, and took up aclaim near that of herson. Mr. B. was married to
Ellen Baker of Prairieton, Ind.. 1856, by whom he had two chiidren—Adelia J., born 1860,
and Henry S., born 1865. Mr. Briggs has been honored by his fellow citizens with impor-
tant offices. He was the first Trustee of the township of Walton 1871; was also elected a
member of the School Board two successive terms; afterwards was Marshal of the city for
three years. Mrs. B.’s ancestry can be traced back to three brothers, who came from Eng-

land early in the seventeenth century. Mr. B. was the first settler of Parsons, and has
grown wilh the city, having been identified with its progress at every stage. aie has been
raternity.

greatly prosperous in all his Undersakings; he is a member of the Masonic

B. B. BROWN, passenger conductor, Missouri Pacific Railway, Morgan avenue, was born
in Sheridan, Chantau ua Co., N. Y., 1848. His father, who was 4 mechanic, was born in
Otsego, N. Y., 1821. iis mother was Apbey Shelby, born in Chautanqua, N. Y., 1823. His
father and mother live in Marengo, Ill. Mr, B, was educated at Marengo and Woodstock,
Il. 1867 he commenced his railroad life, first as brakeman at Omaha on the Union Pacifi¢
Railroad; 1869 he went to Iowa, and from thence to Minnesota; whilethere he was employed
as conductor on the Northern Pacific, from Duluth to Fargo. Soon afterwards he was em-
ployed by the Missouri Pacific as conductor, with his home at Dennison, Tex., until the
Paring 0 1880, when he moved to Parsons, Kan. Mr. B. was married in the fall of 1872
to Miss Theressa Crawford of Woodstock, Il]. She was born in 1848, at Fruitstown, Montour
Co., Pa.; her parents were from Berks County in the same State. Her father died in
October, 1879; mother died April, 188’. Thev had onechi:d, who was born in 1873, died
1874. Mr. Brown was among the first of those who worked on the Union Pacific road as
brakeman and conductor until it was connecred with the Central at Ogden. He went through
to California, where he lived one year, He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. Nine-
teen years of his life he has lived onthe rail.

WH. BROWN, manager of the National Mill & Elevator Company, was born at Athens,
Ohio, January 23, 1849. He was educated at the Ohio University. leaving toat institution in
1868, he located at once in Cincinnati, Ohio, being connected with the wholesale es.ablish -
nent of Lewis, Stix & Co., for a period of five years. Afterwards at Akron, Ohio, until he
came to Parsons in May, 1879, becoming associated with Col. R. 8. Stevens of Attica, N.Y.,
and H. D. Mirick of Athens, Ohio, inthe ownership of the National Mill & Elevator Com-
pany in January, 1880, being the resident partner and manager of the extensive business of
this company. Prior to the organization of this company, Mr. Brown carried on the mill,
and was also engaged in grain and coal business. They now manufacture about 150 barrels
of flour per day, and ship from 300 to 500 cars of grain per annum, Mr. Brown served about
eighteen months in the army during the war of the rebellion; first three months was in the
‘One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Inf ntry, the balance of the time in the
Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Brown was married at Athens, Ohio, to Lydia
A. Baird, analye of Athens County, Ohio. Mr. B. isa memberof A. F. & A. M.,1.0.0.F.,
and_K, of P. ; :

J. R. BROWN, of the firm of Brown & Knapp, real estate, loan and insurauce agents,
was born near Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., November 14, 1839. Came to Parsons in the
fall of 1872, having lived at Nevada, Mo., for a year prior to coming here. He was engaged
inthe hotel business here until July 1, 1878, being one of the proprietors of the Belmont
House., Since disposing of his interest in the hotel, he has been engaged in his present busi-
ness. Heisamember of the A.,F. & A. M., 1.0, O. F.. and K. of P.. Mr. Brown was mar-
ried at Watertown N. Y., March 29, 1869. to Josephine Roberts. They have one child,
Sherman R. a. :

THOMAS A. BYRNES, late foreman of the Missouri Pacific Railway Foundry at Par-
sons, Was born at Philadelphia, Pa., November 15, 1834. When he was five years of age
his parents removed to St. Louis, and he lived there until 1860. Afterwards he lived in vari-
ous Southern States, until about six months prior to locating at Parsons, Kan., in June,1872,
coming from St. Louis to this place. He built the foundry at this point for W. J. Quealy,
and managed it for him for a period of two years, then Quealy sold it tothe M., K. & 1. R. R.
Co. (now the Missouri Pacific), and Mr. Byrne has since been foreman for the railroad com-
pany, untila recent date, when he accepted a liberal offer to become connected with rail-
road shops at Portland, Oregon, first going, however, to Brainard, Minn., to put upa foun-
dry, expecting to spend about three months there prior to locating at Portland. He has
worked at his present business since the spring of 1850. Heisa member of the Catholic
Knights of Ainerica. December 26, 1856, he was married at St. Louis, Mo., to Ellen J.
Hollahan, a native of Pennsylvania. They have five children—John C.. Frank, Thomas,
Nellie H., and Mary.

A. J. CARY, of the firm of Cary & Graves, dealers in general merchandise, was born in
Paris, Edgar Co., Ill., March 3, 1835. When he was eighteen years of age he went to Cincin-
nati and took a course in acommercial college, afterwards going into the wholesale hard-
ware store of Peter Neff & Sons, remaining with them one year, when he returned to his
native place and remained two years. Atthe end of that time he again went to Cincinnati,
and was with J. E. Winn & Co. two years; made Cincinnati his headquarters for about six
years, being employed most of the time as traveling salesman, going with Winn & Co.
again. When he discontinued traveling as commercial salesman, he returned to Paris, Il., and
was engaged in the hardware business with his brother for a year; afterwards employed as
traveling salesman for an Indianapolis house three years, and for two years he was in the
mercantile business at Grandview, Edgar Co., Ill. In August, 1870, he located at Oswego,
Labette Co., Kan., coming from Indianapolis to this State; employed as a clerk at Oswego,
until December, 1870. In January, 1871, he brought a stock of goods to Parsons, and he
has been engaged in merchandising here ever since; since 1877 in business for himself. He
has served two terms as a member of the Common Council. Heisa member of A., F. &
A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter, and A.O.U. W. Mr. Cary was married near Grandview,
Edgar Co., Ill.,in May, 1861, to Mary M. Tate, anative of that county. They have three
children—Thomas Walter, Robert Elmer, and Annie.

D. S. CASSELL, manager of S. A. Brown & Co.’s Parsons lumber yard, was born at
Jacksonville, Ill, December 1, 1888; lived there until 1867, when he removed to Clinton,
Iowa, where he had charge of the extensive sash, door and blind factory of Curtiss Bros.
& Co., remaining with that firm until he came to Burlingtoa, Kan., April 1, 1879. In August
of that year he put ina lumber yard for the Chicago Lumber Cofpany at Madison, Kan.,
later establishing a yard for the same company at Howard, Kan., conducting that yard for
for a period of sixteen months, then at Emporia, afterwards becoming ‘connected with S. A.
Brown & Co., coming to Parsons to take charge of their business in 1882. He was married
at Jacksonville, Ill, in May, 1859, to Mary L. Sharp, who died five years later, leaving one
child. ey . Present wife was Jennie Malette, a native of Jacksonville. They were
married in the summer of 1865. She had one daughter by a former marriage, Lizzie K., now
Mrs. Andrew Sheldon, of Chicago, By present marriage Mr. C. hastwoc ildren, Annie E.
and Willie T. Mr. Cassell isa member of the Presbyterian Church, A. O. U. W., and Kan-
sas Benevolent Association.

REV. HERBERT W. CHAFVEE, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born
inWiltimantic, Conn., in 1844, His earlier ancestors come from England in the early part of
the seventeenth century, His mother’s name was Hannah §. Snell, She is still Nving in
Connecticut. He has two brothers aud two sisters also living in Connecticut. He passed
through the common schools of his naive town and completed his education at Wilbraham,
Mass, In the winter of 1861 and of 1862 he taught school, and in 1863 he graduated at
Eastman’s Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Soon after that he went to New York City
and was bookkeeper for several years in large wholesale houses. In 1870 he removed to
Franklin County, Kan., not far from Ottawa. He was engaged in teaching and farming until
the spring of 1878, when he entered the mAnisery, joining the South Kansas Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was appointed to Florence and Cedar Point in 1873;
to Neosho Falls 1n 1874 and 1875; Americus, in 1876, 1877 and 1878; Burlington, in 1879,
1880 and 1881, and to Parsons in 1882 and 1883. He was married in the fall of 1872 to
Miss Rusha A. Smith, of Princeton, Kan. Her parents were from Richland County, Ohio.
Her father is a lieal descendent from James Smith, who was one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. They have two children—Arthur G., nine years, and Nellie
E., seven vears of age. He has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Sylvan Grove
Lodge No. 275, New York City, since 1867. Has been master in the same, also & member of
the Chapter in the same city.” Rev. Mr. C. has been secretary of the South Kansas Confer-
ence of the Methodist Church for the past four years.

M, HERMANN, in the cunloy of W.M. Blau, merchant tailor, was born in Austria,
July 25, 1852. Came to America, June 10, 1870, locating first at Patterson, N, J., where he
remained one year, removing then to Chicago. He has spent considerable time in the
Southern States. He was-worked at the tailor’s trade for seventeen years.

SAMUEL C, CHAPMAN, carpenter, contractor and builder, is a native of Madisonville,
Monroe Co., Tenn., being a son of Rev. Wilson Chapman, a Baptist clergyman who was
com elled to remove from Tennessee in 1850 on account of his outspoken anti-slavery
sentiments. Samuel C. was born May 10, 1839. Went with his parents to Pike County, Il.
in 1850, where his father died in October, 1868. He came to Kansas in 1856 and spent about
four years in this State, participatin in the early struggles to make Kansas a tree State
returning to Illinois in 1860. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred
aod. Twenty second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was immediatel ‘commissioned

nd + en enant of his company, serving in that position until he was discharged on ac-
coun Sho aay bays February 25, 1865, returned to Pike County, Ill, where he resided
, when he located at Montana, Labettg Co., Kan. In the spring of 1870 he assisted

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LABETTE COUNTY.

in starting Lahette city, and resided there until the fall of 1871, wh

having been here prior to the time that the town was ee tie hes the ten ae
being one of the finest workmen in the State, He has done the carpenter work on several
of the prominent brick business blocks of this city, among which are Wunderlich’s, Rose’s
J. Moore’s and the Osage Coal Mining Company’s office building, besides many of the
frame buildings which have been erected. He has also been quite extensively engaged in
building in the Indian Territory, doing the work on the governinent buildings at Mus kogee
and also forthe Indians, besides erect. ng buildings forthe Osage Coal and Mining Compauy
at McAllister in the Indian Territory. e was City Marshal oF Parsons 1n 1874, and served
three years as a member of the Republican Central Committee of Labette County, fre-
quently belng an active member of the various Republican Conventions. He is a member
OF the 2 Out Naan Or u. ot Phapman was married at Naples, Scott Co., Ill., Sep-

F i ra J. rel, a native o io. a

ithe anialiee io. They have three children—Ida,
__ J. 8. » Manager of the firm of G. Y. Smith & Co., corner of

Central, was born near Dayton, Ohio, in 1857. He was educated in mhe peut enn hed
schools of that city, where he lived until 1875, at which time he completed a thorough busi-
ness and commercial course. His father was born in Ohio—his grandfather in Pennsylvania,
He has three sisters living—Lizzie, married to Rev. D. H. Bauslin, of Bucyrus, Ohio; Mrs,
Andrews, of Kansas City, Mo., and Manie. living with her parents.’ Mr. Clark was married
to Ida V. Bellmere, of Kansas City, Mo.,in 1881. Mr. Clark came to Parsons in 1875 as
manager tor Goin 2 Go. He continued in business nearly four years until they closed

fp . ishe e business again in th Si
nay of frsteclass business aon g e fall of 1882. Mr. C.is a young
«Ns , Uf the firm of Cornelius & Porter, real estate, coll

insurance agents, was born near Washington, Wayne Co., ind., October 7. 184 When he
was about two and a half years of age, his parents removed to Jefferson Township, Wayne
County, and lived there until he was nine years of age, then they located in Hamilton
County, Ind., where he resided until 1870, when he went to Hagarstown, Indiana, and en-
gaged in hotel and livery business, which he conducted for five years, afterwards farming
in Henry County, Ind. for two years, then he came to Monroe City, Monroe Co., Mo. remain—
ing there about six months prior to locating at Parsons, August 5, 1879. :

has been engaged in real estate business here. Spice thatitima:he

i He isa member of A., F. & A. M. .0O.
U. W. He was married in Hamilton County, Ind., February 26, 1868, to Nancy M. eauben &

native of Ohio. They have three children—Lulu May, Bertha aud John Carl. ,
THOMAS C. CORY, lawyer, was born in Cranberry Township, Crawford Co., Ohio, July
5.1838. That was hishomeuntil he enlisted in 1861, in Company I, Fifteenth Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry. He was wounded seven times; shot through the left shoulder at a charge
on Peach Tree Creek, July 20,164, and was discharged February 14, 1865. In 1866, he
praduated, from the Cincinnati Law School, subsequently spending about eight months in
issouri, prior to locating near Canville Trading Post in Neosho County, Kan., in March,
1867. At the first term of court held in that county in the spring of 1867, Te was appointed
County Attorney, and was elected to the same office in the fail of that year butdid not qualify.
In 1868, he was again elected and then movedto Osage Mission where he afterward resided.
In March, 1871, caine to Parsons, purchased one of the first lots which was sold here, and
erected there on one of the first residences which was erected in Parsons, being located on
_ Morgan avenue. In April the same year removed his familyjto this place. Since coming here
he has given his attention exclusively to the practice of law, except during a period of six
months when he was associated with V. J. Knapp in the proprietorship and publication of
the Western Enterprise. Mr. Cory was married in Canville Township, Neosho Co., Kan.,
Angust 9, ABBS; to Miss P. L. Comstock. They have four thildren—Maud, Leroy A., Clarence

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E. M. CURTIS, dealer in boots and shoes, was born at Columbus, Warren Co, Pa.,
August 16, 1848, lived there until eight years of age and then at Elkador. Clayton Co., Iowa.
for about twelve years. For about eighteen years he has given his attention to the boot an
shoe trade, for several years being employed as atraveling salesman for Milwaukee and
Chicago wholesale houses. Hecameto Parsons in November, 1880, establishing a whole-
sale and retail boot and shoe store here, continuing that until December, 1881, and since
then the firm has been E. M. Curtis & Co,, retaildealers. | They carry one of the most ex-
tensive and elegant stocks to be found in Southern Kansas, never calculating to have less
than_ $10,000 in stock. Mr. Curtis was married January 6, 1876, at Racine, Wis., to Emma
M. Maxfield. They have three children—Alice, Louise and Willie. Mr. C. is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and K. of P.

*HON. WILLARD DAVIS is a native of Kentucky, having been bornin Madison County,
of that State, on the 26th day of January, 1837. His father, James Davis, was a Kentucky
farmer of Welsh descent. His mother was of German parentage. Her father, George Teater,
who was of German birth, immigrated to Kentucky in early youth, from the Slate of New
York, and was also, by occupation, afarmer. James Davis died when the subject of this
sketch was only two weeks old, leaving a large family—Willard being the youngest of eight
children—to the care of a widowed mother, whose resources were limited. The individual
history of the members of families so early in youth, bereft of their chief natural supporter
and protector,.never was, never can be written. The trials, sufferings, hopes, labors, am-
bitions, disappointments, which enter into the early life and experience of every boy of true
spirit and courage can never be portrayed by the pencil of the artist or the pen of biograph-
er. In this respect, young Wiiliard Davis, bas, like all others, an unwritten history. Or-
poaned in early infancy, which orphanage, two years afterwards, was relieved or modified

y his introduction to a step-father, it will require but a limited exercise of the imagina-
tion to here supply the “missing link ” of life. Knowing naught, we would not speak un-
justly—it is sufficient in this respect, to say that, in the feeble age of youth, we find Willard

avis in the burning sun of a Kentucky landscape, hoe in hand, laboring for his bread, and
toiling for hisraiment. And such had been his successin the youthful struggles to over-
come the adverse tide of fortune, and to prepare himself for the realization of his higher
ambitions, that, at the early age of sixteen he had become a teacher in the schools of his na-
tive district. From thence, alternate teacher and student, he plied his mind to his books
until he was prepared to enter upon aregular collegiate course, when he entered the Mis-
souri University, where he completed his collegiate education in athree years course. Re-
turning to Kentucky, having selected the profession of law, as his “way of life,” he resumed
his occupation as a teacher, applying himself assiduously tothe study of the law, attended
and graduated at the Lexington jaw school, and was admitted to practice in the courts of
Kentucky. Immediately after his admission to the bar, he was nominated by the *' opposi-
tion ” for the office of County Attorney. Parties inthe county were about equally divided.
The Democratic candidate was a man of greater age, and greater experience, strongly
backed by wealthy connections. The canvass was vigorous and animated, but Mr. Davis’
victory was complete—being elected over his Democratic opponent by a majority of one
hundred and ninety-five votes. It wa; while yet engaged in the discharge of the duties of this
his first official position, in the spring of 1861, when the country was shocked by the bombard-
ment and fallof Fort Sumter. Notwithstanding Willard Davis was a native of Kentucky,
when the int: grity of his country was assailed, and her flag dishonored, his intuitive love of
liberty, his convictions of right, his ardent patriotism, at once pronounced the Judgment of
Willard Davis’ conscience—" The Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” ithout
hesitation, with the Revolutionary fathers, hecalmly and fearlessly placed upon the “altar of
his country,” bis life, his fortune, and his sacred honor. By his voice and acts he opposed
the secession of Kentucky from the Union. With a Lieutenant’s commission he entered the
service of his country, inthe Thirty- first Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. In the battle of
Richmond, the Union forces were defeated, and a large number taken prisoners,by the com-
bined forces of Generals Kirby Smith and John Morgan. Lieut. Davis, with a few others,
made his escape through the rebel lines to Louisville, Ky., one hundred and fifty miles dis-
tant where he immediately joined the command of Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, and took an
active part in preparing for the defense of that city against Gen. Bragg, who, with a large
force, was at that time, threatening Louisville from the South. After the battle of Perry-
ville, Lieut. Davis was compelled to retire from the army, because of failing health. A
short time after his retirement from the military, he found employment in the civil depart-
ments of the Government. On the 14th day of March, 1863, President Lincoln commisioned
Mr. Davis Collector of Internal Revenue, for the Second Collection District of the State of
Kentucky. This District embraced more than_half the State, and adjacent to the borders of
Virginia and Tennessee. The duties of this office were discharged by Mr. Davis with zeal
and success, under circumstances of great peril, and personal danger, large portions of the
District being constantly over-run by guerrilla bands, and divisions of the Confederate
army. On one occasion, being surrounded by the forces of the notorious guerrilla, Champ
Ferguson, he was compelled, in order to escape capture, toswim the Cumberland river.
Subsequently he was successively commissioned Collector of the Fifth and Seventh Collec-
tion Districts of the State of Kentucky. It was whilst in the successful and satisfactory dis-
charge of the duties of the Seventh { shland) District, Mr. Davis received from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. Mr. McCulloch, his circular letter, in substance, exacting a pledge
from Mr. Davis to support the ‘‘policy” of the President, Andrew Johnson. This Mr. Davis
firmly but courteously declined, and consequently, on the first day of September, 1866,
received his letter of dismissal from the public service. Upon this abrupt termination of his
official labors, Mr. Davis resumed the practice of his chosen profession, and was immedi-
ately employed at a liberal salary, by the directors of the Cincinnati & Chattanooga Railway
Company as their attorney in Kentucky. It is needless to say that, mingled with his pro fes-
sional labors, Mr. Davis embraced all collateral opportunities to impress on the Kentucky
Bourbons his Staiwart Republican principles. In the summer of 1867, he was called upon
by a committe of colored soldiers to deliver their Fourth of July oration. He at once ac-
cepted the invitation,against the protestations and entreaties of many personal friends in

*Written by C. J. Ewing, of the Thayer Headlight, for the Leavenworth Daily Times
1880.

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both parties, who were apprehensive of his personal safety if he should attempt to carry ou’
the program of the culored soldiery, He chose for his theme, “Colored Suffrage.” At that
ti ne, no white man in the State of Kentucky had had the temerity to promulgate, in a public
speech, a declaration in favor of this great right. But, without this occasion and its eloquent
utterances, Mr. Davis’ life and character could never have been understood by the world,
and never would have been appreciated by the thousands of the good and the true of this
land who have read, and will read, the words of heroic eloquence uttered in his Lexington
speech, on the 4th of July, 186%. It was the conception of a noble mind—the utterance of a
great and good heart. J. B. McCullough, now editor of the Globe-Democrat, reported the
speech in full for the Cincinnati Commercial, an original copy of which paper, containing
the speech at length, the writer has now before him. In aspeech of the gifted and eloquent
Sumner, delivered in the Senate of the United States on the 13th of July, 1867, just one
week after the delivery of Mr. Davis’ speech inthe city of Lexington, the learned Senator
paid this merited and beautiful compliment to Mr. Willard Navis. Senator Sumner said:
‘Mr. President:—I Say nothing about Massachusetts. Her history and her character will
speak for her. I shall say something, however, of Kentucky. I have in my hands a news-
paper, which I have received this inorning, which contains the accounts of the celebration

 

“lana haved

of the Fourth of July at Lexington. Is that not a town in Kentucky? I read, therefore, for

what I say, only Kentucky authority. * * hen comes another able speaker, Wil-
lard Davis, who makes an elaborate, able, compact, forcible address, and any Senator on
this floor might court the ability to make such an address as is made by Mr. Willard Davis,
of Kentucky.”* And the great Senator proceeded to weave that speech paragraph after
paragraph, sentence after sentence, period after period—into his own great argument.
Another correspoudent, writing upon this subject, says: “1 could have naught but admira-
tion for a native of Kentucky, who, making Kansas the home of his adoption, among the
privileged classes of that commonwealth, renowned for its statesmen, could ‘beard the lion
inhis den,’ and, periling the safety of his hearthstone, proclaim the inalienable rights of a
former enslaved race; and he feels it due to the agein which we live, to rescue from a pos-
sible oblivion such thrilling utterances from living public men, wherever found, and who-
ever they may be.” Whilstin Kentucky, Mr. Davis was the same ardent, fearless Repub

lican that he has been in the State of Kansas. He was a member of the State Republican
Committee, and Chairman of the Republican Committee of the Seventh Congressional Dis-
trict of the State of Kentucky, which positions he resigned when he came to Kansas in the
fall of 1870. Mr. Davis settled, when he first came to Kansas, at Neosho Falls, but had been
there but_a few months when he was employed. as attorney for. the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railway Company, to succeed Ruggles & Plumb, of Emporia—those eminent attor-
neys of Southern Kansas. Mr. Davis, in the winter of 1870-71, removed to the embryo city
of Parsons, subsequently known as Milt. Reynolds’ “Infant Wonder,” and became the first
Mayor of that “aspiring metropolis.” In 1873 he resigned the position of attorney for the
railway company, and entered upon the general practice of the law with flattering success.
In the fall of 1874 he was elected to the office of County Attorney for Labette County,
Kansas, which position he filled until his election as Attorney-General in 1876. As Attor-
ney-General, Mr. Davis is now serving the last year of his second term. It would be cir-
cumscribing the pudgment of the intelligent citizens of Kansas, merely to say that his
administration of the legal department of the government had been conducted with
ability. No, it would be drawing very mildly upon the archives of that department to say
that the administration of Mr. Davis was characterized by marked ability and distinguished
integrity. His opinions have been eagerly sought and highly esteemed by the legal profes-
sion, and by the people of the State. The records of that office show an immense amount of
labor performed. His management of important State cases has been pre-eminent, saving
to the State many thousands of dollars. In this asin all other official positions to which he
has been called, he has summoned to his aid a ripe judgment, sustained by an intuitive
sagacity, and a profound knowledge of human nature, drawn from the deep wells of ancient
and modern literature and learning. Fully determined and convinced of the right, his will
is of the iron mould, and his tenacity of purpose of the ‘“Lutheran_order.” In short, Mr.
Davis, in his nature and being, is aggressive and pronounced, Forward and upward—
higher and still higher—are all his aims, purposes and ambitions; whilst all are seasoned

 

 

*See Congressional Globe, 1st session, Fortieth Congress, page 631.
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with the spirit of childlike candor, and the gentle tenderness of a pure benevolence. Mr,
Davis is of tall and commanding appearance, and of graceful and lotty bearing; never for-
getting that he was born in Kentucky. At this period of life he is of slender figure, his
whole personnel witnessing to the observer that the intellectual has been, and now 1s, over-
working the physical nan. The blue-gray eye, the delicate texture of the skin, the thin
coat of brown hair, the large brain, represented by a large and prominent forehead, with
the fine chiseled features, upon which the “finger of time” has written out the life-services
and character of Willard Davis in full—all declare him a true man. Religiously, Mr. Davis
is a high“toned Christian, of broad and liberal views, having like the late President,
General Garfield, been an active and consistent member of the “Disciples” Church
since his early youth. Socially, Mr. Davis is an exemplary gentleman. Believing, with
Lord Chesterfield, that Paul was the most perfect gentleman the world has ever produced,
he, too, would cultivate and imitate the Christian graces. Mr. Davis, in the selection of his
life companion, hasthere, also, evinced that purity of character aud refinement of taste
which has uniformly characterized all of his public or private conduct. The mother of Mr.
Davis’ three children was formerly Miss Addie Colman, one of Kentucky’s purest and
fairest daughters. A woman of talent, culture and attainments, the pride of her husband,
and an accomplished conversationalist, she at once becomes the soul and the life of the social
circle in which she moves. Mrs, Davis is ever ready, with all the strategy and zeal of her
woman’s nature, and with strong purpose and loving heart, to encourage, strengthen and
support her husband in all the arduous duties of life. [Since Mr. Davis retired from the

ce of Attorney-General, in January, 1881, he has been engaged in the practice of the law,
and mining extensively in Colorado.—EDITOR.]

JOHN DEAN, of the firm of Dean & Bartlett, dealers in general merchandise, was born
in Clermont, Sullivan Co., N. H., March 14, 1836, Lived there until April,1861,when he en-
listed in Company H.,Secoud N.H. Volunteers, he being the second man in his town to enlist
iu the State. He served about twenty-two months in that regiment, Was then detailed
for duty at Gen. Hooker’s hearquarters, having charge of the provost guards for about
two months. He was then transferred toGen. Hientzelman’s headquarters, and assigned
to duty as superintendent of transportation, remaining in that position with Gen Auger,
Afterward was assigned toduty at Washington, D. GC. Mr, Dean remain in Government
service until 1867, the last two years having charge of the Government farms in Virginia
He then returned to New Haimpshire, and for two years was in the hotel business at Cornish
leaving the hotel to return to Washington, where he received the appointment of farm and
house stewart for the Government Hospital for the Insane, remaiuing in that position four
years. He then went to Chicago, and for four years was superintendent of the copies Gas
Company. and in June, 1878, he came to Parsons, becoming proprietor of the Belmont
House, July 1, 1878, having purchased the interests of the former proprietors, Charles Ras-
bach and J. R. Brown, in June. Two years later he sold out and engaged in the merca ntile
business with his present partner, W. L. Bartlett. Mr. Dean isamember of the A. F.& A.
M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, aud A. O. U W. He was Married, in Cornish,
N. H., October 4, 1864, to Hannah Chase Harlow, a native of that place.

D.T. DEPRY, of the DePry & Nellis Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of sashi
doors, blinds, mouldings, balusters, etc. Factory 50x120 feet, two-story brick building.
‘The business was established by this firm in August, 1882. Piiorto that time Mr. DePry
had been engaged in contracting and building, being an architect by profession, He locat-
ed in Parsous in 1880. He is a native of Pickaway, Miami Co., 0., born August 29, 1848. He
moved to Altor, Ill., when he was ten years of age,remaining there until he came to Parseus.
He served the last year of the War of the Rebellion in Company A, One Hundred and For-
ty-Fourth Illinois Volunteer infantry. He is a member. o: e A., F.& A.M. and thel
O, O.F, He was married at Alton, Ill., June 14, 1869, to Virginia Belle Lowe, a native of
that city. They haveone child, Harry U., born June 11, 1872. .

FRANK DURGAN, foreman of car department, Crawford avenue, was born, in1838, in
Boston, Mass. His father’s name was Asahel Durgan, who died in 1872. His grandfather,
Jeremiah Durgan, emigrated from the North of Ireland and settled on the Penobscot
River, in Maine. He received soon education at the Lyman School in Boston. At the
ie of fifteen he was apprenticed to a carpenter, and serve/ histime, fiveyears. At the age
of twenty he came to Hannibal, Mo., where he engaged in the car department of the Hanni-
bal & St. Joseph R. R. In 1880 he removed to Parsons and engaged in the shops of the
Missouri Pacific R. R. as foreman of the car department. In 1863 he was married to Miss
Lucy S. Stanford, of Hannibal, Mo. She was born in Cincinnati, O.,in 1841. Her parents
died when she was quite young. Her ancestors were from England. They have three
children—Alice, born in Hannibal, 1867, educated at Hannibal; Edward F., August 22,
48423 Walter A., July 19,1876, Mr. Durgan isa member of St. John’s Lodge, Hannibal,

0.

E. H. EDWARDS, of the firm of J. F. Steele & Co., dealers in agricultural implements,
proprietor of the Edwards’ Opera House, and Vice President of the Parsons & Western
Railway Co., was_born at_Ellisburg, Jeffeison Co. N. Y.; removed to Illinois in 1845,
living at Earlville, LaSalle County, until he removed to Parsons, Kansas, March 7, 1875. He
engaged in the hardware trade here and continued to conduct that business until 1880, since
then Carrie On an extensive agricultural implement business. He has been one of the
directors of the Parsons’ Commercial Bank siuceits organization underthat name. In
1880 he began the construction of the Edwards’ Opera House, which he opened February 25,
1881. It is one the finest amusement halls in Southern Kansas, having a seating capacity of
800. Mr. Edwaris is a member of the A., F. & A. M_ Blue Lodge Chapter and Commandery.
He was married at Grand de Tour, Ogle Co.,I1I.,in 1859, to Verona M. Palmer, who was born
near St. Albans, Vermont; they have two children—Gracia and Myra,

A. H. ELLIS, furniture dealer, was born In Wilstown, in the northwest part of the State
of Alabama, November 12, 1829, being theson of Sylvester Ellis who was at thattimea
missionary among the Cherokee Indians of Alabama. At the age of three years, A. H. Ellis
was removed to Ohio where he lived untilhe was twelve years of age, afterwards in In-
diana until he wastwenty-four years old, removed thento Vinton, Iowa, where he was en-

‘aged in the lumber business until he came to Parsons, January 25, 1877. Since July 19, of

be same year, he has been engaged in his present business; from the fall of 1879 until 1881
his brotber,Dr. M. D. Ellis, was associated with him in business; the present | .artner, George
Thornton, has been with him in business since January, 1883. Mr. E. isa member of the
Presbyterian Church. He was married at Vinton, lowa, October 15,1856, to Miss P. Conant, a
native of Vermont, ‘

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ERWIN, architect, was born in Montgomery County, Pa., nine
miles north of the city of Philadelphia, January 1, 1846; he learned the trade of carpenter
and builder, and afterward took up the study of architecture, being a student at the Frank-
lin Institute. In May, 1878, he removed from Philadelphia to Parsons, Kan., where he has
since resided, now fiving his entire attention to architectural work and superintending the
construction of buildings for which he makes the drawings. He made the drawings for the
library building of this city. He has also prepared desigus for several residences and busi-
ness biocks to be erected here.

Cc. H. FAVORITE, grocer, was born at Dayton, Ohio, December 2, 1839. He enlisted
April 16, 1861, in Company B, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1862 he went into Com-
pany B, Ninety-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until June, 1865, when be was
mustered out. He was wounded (being shot four times) September 19, 1863, and afterward
was on detached duty at the Provost|Marshal’s office at Columbus, Ohio, until he left the
service. He lived in Obio until July, 1868, when he removed to Leavenworth, Kan. In
December, 1869, he located at Atchison, making that his home until. 1872, when he removed
to-Parsons. From the time he came to the State until January, 1880, he was engaged in
raiJroading. Since that time he has been carrying on his present business, dealing in gro-
ceries, provisions, glass, china and queensware. r, Favorite was married at Genoa Junc-
tion, Wis., Jannary 26, 1870, to Lottle M. Field, a native of that place.

JAMES W. FEE, retired farmer, is a native of Felicity, Clermont Co., Ohio, born
August 22, 1826. He lived in Ohio until the spring of 1848, then removed to Perry, Pike
Co., T., where he resided until August 23,1862, when he eulisted !n Company B, tnety =
ninth Ilinois Volunteer Infantry, having assisted 1n raising the company. He was mustered
into service as First Lieutenant of his company, and the 24th of the next December he was
promoted to Captain, and served as such until August 11, 1865, when he was mustered out.

e participated in all the battles of his command and never was wounded or taken prisoner.
He came to Walton. own sulD Labette Co,, Kan., March 6, 1879, locating on the southwest
quarter of Section 29, and st il owns that farm,’ He also owned a farm on the southwest
quarter of Section 28, which he has disposed of. He served one year as Justice of the Peace
at Walton, and was the Republican and temperance candidave for State Legislature in 1882.
He served as Postmaster five years ending March 1, 1879, at Blandinsville, McDonough

 

 

Co., Ill. Mr. Fee was married at Gripesy, e, Pike Co., Ill., October 27, 1852, to Lucy M.
Parks. Mr. F. is a member of the Baptist Church, and is now engaged in hardware
business.

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DR. A. M. FELLOWS, Felix Street, was born in Wethersfield, Windsor Co,, Vt.,
1839. His ancestors were of the Puritan stock. He graduated at Dartmouth College, and
also at the Medical University of the city of New York. At the age of twenty-one years he
went to California and Oregon by way of the Isthmus, While in Oregon he was for atime
engaged in the Indian war, known as the Yakima War. On hisreturn hefell in with Walker
the filibuster, in Nicaraugua, who endeavorei to force him and others into his service. He
spent six years on the Pacific coast, Visiting. all parts of the West, and returning to Vermont
in 1856. ‘In 1859 he removed to Logan County, IIl., where he practiced his profession.
In 1861 he enlisted inthe One Hundred and Sixth {iinots Volunteer Infantry, receiving
acommission as surgeon. Soon after joining the regiment he was detailed to Grant’s army
then at Vicksburg, and was all through that memorable campaign. Having lost his health,
he resigned his commission; he returned to his home in Illinois, and resumed the practice
of his profession in July, 1863. In 1870 he emigrated to Parsons, where he continued the
practice of his profession, and became identified with the growth and prosperity of the city
from its beginning, In Illinois he was the friend and neighbor of Abraham Lincoln, Judge
Davis, Gen, Logan, and many other statesmen and politicians of that State, He retired

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ractice of his profession in 1876, and now lives ina beautiful residence on the
OTe a ot Dera avenue and Felix street, Parsons. He married, in 1860, Miss Emily 8.
Clossen, of Springfield, Vt., by whom ne has three children—Harry E., born in 1864; Bertie
Y , and Eva L., born in . nes
ee ELERCHER, Postmaster, was born in Martinsville, Morgan Co., Ind., October 10,
1843. InJune, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infan-
try, and participated in all the engagements of his command, and was mustered out in the
summer of 1865, after the close of the war. In October, 1866, he removed to Erie, Kan ,
i i il April, 1871, when he came to Parsons, where he has
and was engaged in farming there until April, is |
since resided. He was first engaged in mercantile business here, and in 1874 he was ap-
pointed toa posi ion in the railway mail service, which place he held until he was appointed
Postmaster in March, 1878. He is now serving a second term in that office, having been re-
appointed in March, 1882. "He was a member of the Common Councilin 1874. Heisa
member of the A. O. U. W., I. 0. O. F. and G. A. R. Antietam Post, No. 64._ Mr. Fletcher was
married at Parsons in September, 1878, to Miss Dora C. Gay, a native of Tennessee, daugh-
ter of the Rev. J. L. Gay, who was rector of St. John’s Memorial Church, of Parsons, at the
is ighter’s marriage. :
. meRORGE Le FRYER, contractor and builder, was born at New Boston, Mercer Co.,
Ti, March 4, 1852; lived there until April, 1867, then came to Kansas, locating at Osage
Mission, where he worked at bis trade until August 17, 1872, when he located at Parsons
which has since been his home. Mr. Fryer has been engaged in carpenter work since he
was twelve vears of age. Since coming to Parsons he has erected several fine brick biocks,
among which are Matthewson’s Block,corner of Forest Avenue and Eighteenth Street, Mrs.
Rosis Block on Johnson Avenue near the railroad track, Wunderlicb’s baild mg adjoining
that of Mrs. Rosis, Moores’ Block, now occupied by C. H. Favorite, O. L. Hall’s implement
warehouse,now occupied by Prather & Harper, the North Schoolhouse and others too num-
erous to mention, a large number of private residences among the number, and since eom-
ing here he has also been doing a large amount of work in the Indian Territory, spending
about one year and ahalf there. His father, William G. Fryer, had the contract for build-
ing the capitol of the Creek Nation, but was taken sick and George completed the work, He
also built the Baptist Mission Building in thesame Nation, forty miles south of the capital.
He works from six to twenty men. He takes considerable interest in brass band matters and
assisted to oganize the Parsons Silver Cornet Band, now known as the Ceeur de Lion Band.
He is a member of the K. of H. He was married at Osage Mission, Kan., July 4, 1872, to
Nettie Rice, a native of Waupun, Wis. They have two children, Ella and Lizzie. Mr, Fry-
er’s mother, Lizzie (Christy) Fryer, is still living. His father died in the Indian Territory in
September, 18381, he had served three Here and three months in Company I, Seventeenth
Thinois Volunteer Infantry during the War of the Rebellion. :

HON, G. W. GABRIEL, physician and surgeon, was born near Athens, Athens Co,
Ohio, November 17, 1843. Received his literary education in the schools of his native
county, and graduated from bering Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, in IBGE) aud m
1871 he also graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Kansas City. He
located at Topeka, Kansas, in March, 1864, remaining there until 1866 when he
eturned to Ohio,’ where he continued the study of medicine, subsequently grad-
uating from the college, as before stated. In 1869 be settled jn Ladore Township,
Neosho Co., Kansas, continuing to reside there until he came_to Parsons, April
1, 1871, being one of the early settlers of this place. While in Neosho County he
served as County Commissioner, being a member of the board at the time of the
county seat struggle. He resigned the postion of Commissioner prior to
removal to Parsons. He was a member of the first Board of Aldermen of this city, and is
now serving a third term as Mayor. _In 1877, 1876, 1882 and 1883 he was a member of the
Kansas House of Representatives. Heisa member of the Southeastern Kansas District
Medical Society, and is a member of the A.,F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Command-
ery. The doctor was married in Ladore Township, Neosho Co. Kas., in August, 1870,
to Elizabeth J. Hallowell, a native of Pennsylvavia. They have three children living,
Harry, Mary and an infant son; lost one child. The doctor served about two and a half
years inthe army, about one year in the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the balance
of the time in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteers, except one hundred days
service in Kansas at the time of the Price raid.

CHARLES GENTRY, Alderman, residence, Morgan avenue; was born in Monroe
County, -Ky., 1829. His father was James Gentry. e had twelve children, two hav-
ing been born in Virginia and tenin Kentucky, Mr. G. being the eleventh in age. Mr,
G.’s occupation during his early life was farming. He received a common school education,
aud emigrated to Frédonia, Kas., in 1870. Inthe spring of 1872 he came to Parsons, when
there were but four houses. Mr.Gentry has traveled in eighteen States of the Union. In 1878
he was employed by the 1ailroad companies to carry freight and make collections, which
business he has fol/Jowed since that time. April, 1881, he was elected a member of the
Common Council of the city of Parso: s.. He was married to Elizabeth 8. Glover, of Barron
County, Ky.,in 1802. She was born in 1§34. They have three children living: Elizabeth,
born in 1854, married to Andrew Jackson in 1872, and living in Parsons; Jennie G.,, born in
1856, and married to Michael Tryer, who also lives in Parsons; Florence, born in 1864,mar-
riedto G. F. Cunningham December 10, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Baptist
Church, of Parsons. Mr. G. enlisted in the Fifth Kentucky Cavalry, Company C, and con-
tinued in the service until Moy 11,1864. He was with Kilpatrick in his famous raid through
Georgia, and with Sherman fifteen monthsin his march tothe sea. Mr. G. probably saw
more active and varied service than many who were soldiers in the late war.

LE B. GRAVES, ofthe firm of Cary & Graves, dealers in general merchandise, was
born in Brunswick, Maine, November 30, 1846. In 1866 he entered Eastman’s Business
College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., taking a thorough course in thatinstitution, returning from
there to his native place, where he wasemployed as a clerk for one year, and in December,
1870, he removed to Junction City, Kansas, afterwards making his headquarters at Sedalia
Mo., until je permanently located at Parsons in 1877. He was for several years connected
with the M. K. & T. R. R., being employed as carpenter for that company. In September,
1878, he engaged in mercantile business with Cary & Biggs and was a meniber of that firm
until the present firm of Cary & Graves was organized.- Mr. G. is a member of A., F. & A. M.
In November, 1878, he was inarried at Chetopa, Kas., to Charlotte E. Lamb, a native of
Indiana. They have one child, Franklin L.

AMES GRIMES, real esiate, insurance and collection agency, isa native of Magnolia,
Putnam Co., [1], born July 9, 1845; when he was about nine months old, his mother (his
father having died) moved with her family to Utica Township, Clark Co., Ind. James re-
sided there until March, 1868, then came to Kansas, locating two miles north of the city of
Atchison, remaining there until July, of that year, when he went to Missouri, residing in
Platte and Buchanan counties until he returned to Kansas, in January, 1870, locating this
time in Ladore Township, Neosho County. In September, 1870, he removed to the village
of Ladore. In November, 1870, he began carpenter work at Parsons, and he also assisted to
move several buildings from Ladore to Parsons. When he first began work here there were
but two shanties up. In April, 1871, he brought his family to Parsons and continued work-
ing at the carpenters’ trade until the following fall, when he engaged in buying and ship-
ping rain for Wood & Co., coutinuing to do business for that firm until afier the death of

yr, Wood in the winter of 1872 or 73. After closing up the business of that firm he was in
the grain business for E. K, Current, John Gebert, and later 1n the employ of the Parsons’
Flouring Mill Company until 1876. During the winter of 1876-77 and 1877-78 he taught
school, having been a professional teacher prior to locating here. In 1878, he published the
first city directory of Parsons, issuing a similar publication every two years since then. He
has served three years as Clty Assessor. He was a member of the School Board four years
and afterwards served one year as Clerk of the Board. In the fall of 187%, he was elected
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the I. 0. G. T. for the State of Kansas. In the spring of
1878, he engaged in real estate business, adding the insurance department in the July fol-
lowing. For the last four years he has sarved as Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of the I. 0.
G, T. He is also Lodge Deputy and Secretary of Parsons Lodge, No. 46, of the same order,
He Js Secretary of the American Legion of Honor Lodge. He is a prominent member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, being one of the trustees; a member of the Board of Stewards
and Recorder of that Board, and also secretary of the Sunday school. He is one of the
Directors of the Mechanics’ Building and Loan Association and is examiner of titles for that
organization. He is Secretary and Treasurer of the Parsons Local Board of Underwriters.
He is a member of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge, of the World, of the I. 0. G. T. and was
representative to its meetings at Detroit, Mich., and New York City in 1879 and 1880, re-
spectively, In 1851, he was past Tepresentasive at the session held at Topeka. He made an
active canvass in behalf of the adoption of the prohibition amendment, speaking at various
places durlug a period of two months. He was married at Jeffersonville, Ind., May 7, 1865,
to Kate Morrow, a native of Utica, Clark Co., Ind. They have five children living—Cora,
Everett, Rowland, Ethel and Myrtle, Lost two children, who died in infancy. Mrs. Grimes
aud eldest daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

. E, HALLOWAY, U.S. Railway Mail agent, was born In Aurora, Ind., August, 28,
1844. When he was butafew years old, his father died, and his mother started with her
family to Lowa, but she died on the journey. R. E. lived in Iowa until October, 1861, when
he enlisted as a pe ate in Company B., Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infant ry. 'He was pro-
moted to Second Lieutenant after having passed th rough the various lower offices. He re-
mained in the service until A pril,1865, serving asa clerk aboutsix months,having charge of
the Freedman’s Bureau at Alexandria, Va.,an connected with the departmentat ashington,
D.C. After leaving the army he returned to Iowa, and resumed his studies. He was edu-
cated at the lowa University, and for a year and a half prior tocoming to Kansas he was
employed as a teacher. Came to North Township, Labette Co., Kan., and located on Section
35, Township 31, Range 20, March 1, 1870. He was engaged in teaching for eight years, in
addition to looking after his farming interests, He was a member of the Settlers’ League,
and wae secretary of that organization for oue year, during the Osage ceded land troubles.
Heit as been connected with the railway mail service since 1878, running on the Sedalia

arsons route since that{time, At the recent civil-service examination, March 19,

 
LABETTE

18838, his standing was 100 in every respect, which is th i
« T. R. RB. in the lasteight years. He 5 2 Member of Bec et Cale oO ft
Empire Lodge No, 1911, K. of H., and Antietam Post No. 64, GA. Mr. Halloway was
married, in lowa City, Lowa, March 28, 1868, to- Mary E. Callahan, a native of Galena vit
She died in July, 1871, leaving two children, one of whom still survives her—Horaece H, Mr.
Halloway married his present wife, Wealthy A. Shepard, in North Towuship, Lab: tie Ci ¥
Kan. March 10, 1872. They have three clilldren Mila’ An, Low 4 and Luis Genevieve
Ae ER ar ee HAUG OF Monmouth, Warren Co., Lil, ; a EDEN SY

NE, contractor and bui : . ‘
Mich., November 5, 1844. He enlisted December 15 1868 fo Canta i Lenawee Co.
igan Cavalry (with Gen. Custer); he participated in all the blll s aad eugageoe: ts of his
command after the battle of Culpepper, in August, 1863, and uever recelveda vou na Re-
mained in the service wutil December 25, 1865 when he was mustered out, ‘Retur it to
his native town, he remained there until 1868, when he removed to Osceola, Towusii i
Oxceola Co., Mich., settling there before the county was organized. February 16, 1881, he
removed from there to Parsons, Kan. For about one year after locatin, teres e was con-
) ected with the Bridge Department of the Missouri Pacific Rail Road. Since then then he
has been engaged in contracting and building. Heisa member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, A. O, U. W., and G. A. 8. Antietam Post No. 64. He was married in Hankin
Mich, to Almeda Morton, a native of Eredar County, Mich, They have two children liv-

— a ree: 5 i i

they game to Parsons, aged eleven ee heir eldest child, Morton Osgood, died siuce
d ~HA ER, of the firm of Harper & -
ments, was born at Vincennes, Knox Co., ind» Apa, Totes Sect Vata ie

t ship, Labette Co., Kan,, Januiry 20, 1871, locating ou the northeast quarter of ‘Section 23
Township 23, Range 18; lived there until November, 1878. In February, 1880, hee gaz d
in his present business, dealing in farm machinery, wagons, grain and gurden sceds, ete
Since September, 1881, his present partner, Henry Prather, has been associate.t witn hi 1.
Mr. Harper still owns the farm where he first located in Kansas, He was married in La-
bette Township, Labette Co., Kan., January 15, 1874, to Laura A. Schick, a native of
Ha mersville, Brown Co., Ohio. They have one child—Llsie Kate. :

~W.HA , cashier o e Parsons Commercial Bank, w. i i i y=

ette, Co,, Ohio, December 1, 1843. In June, 1861. he enlisted th aa aii STE with
Illinois Volunteer Infantry. His parents had previously locate:t with their fainily in ham
palgn County, Ilinols. He served in the army until September, 1864, aud was Wound d in
the battle of Stone River. After leaving the service, he returned to Lllinuis, and after spend-
tng one year in the schools at Chicago, he was employed as Deputy inthe County Treasurer’s
office at Urbana for three years, afterward being coinected with the First National Bank of
Champaign as bookkeeper, remaining in that position until April, 1872, «nd came to Par-
sons in September of the same year, About two months later, he accepted the position of
hookkeeper in the First Nationat Bank here, and Jater, he became assistant cashier, which
position he held until July 1, 1878, when he resigned for the purpose of taking the post ion
In the bank which he now manages, this bank succeeding the business of the Parsous Sav-
ings Bank, which was organized in 1874, but changing its name at the time Mr. Hawk be-
came connected with it. Mr. H. isa member ofthe A., F. & A. M.,and A. 0. U. W. He was
quactied in Parsons, March 11, 1875, to Linna J. Hodges, a native of Leavenworth County,

GEORGE HAYNES, conductor Missouri Pacific Railway, corner of For

' Tweuty-second street, was born at Newark, N. J., in 1844. iis father nae Gabon
born and educated in ‘Newark. His mother was also a native of the same city. Mr. Haynes
received his education in the public schools of Newark. Atthe age of twenty-one, he emi-
grated to Wisconsin, where he was employed by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com-
pany as brakeman. He rose rapidly to the position of freight conductor, and from that 10
- passenger Conductor, in which capacity he is now employeil by the Missouri Pacific com-
pany, Ou the road between Parsons and Denison, Tex. Mr. li. came to Fort Scott in 1870,
and from thence to Parsons, in 1871, where he has resided ever since. He was married to
Miss Julia Tyler, of Madison, Wis., whose parents are still living there. They were orivin-
ally Tron Oy N a Mt: Haynes?’ barents are StU LAEVIS, ar NeNeLE lS N.J. He has taken

e degrees, includin, e commaniery. r. H. has two childreu—Minnie, born in 5
aud Jacob, in 1876. e also learned the jewelers’ trate. ne TET,

J.J, HENDERSON, County Commissioner, was born in Fayette County, Ind., March 23
1816, and removed to Fountain County, in the same State, in 1833, living there most of the
time until he came to Kansas, Resided three years at Crawfordsville, Ind., and was a resi-
dent of Covington, Ind., prior to locating on Section 23, Township 19, Range 30 (Ladore
Township), Neosho Co., Kan., in March, 1870. He was engaged in Farming and stock raise
ing there until the spring of 1879, when he removed to Parsons. Since coming to this city,
he has invested considerable money in building and improving residence property. He was
first married, in 1836, to Jane King, a native of Kentucky. She died, leavinggfour children—
William Franklin, now Register of Deeds of Neosho County; Fannie E., now Mrs. M, E
Board, of Fountain County, Ind.; Albert Wilson, at present the proprietor of a marble yard
at Lafayette, Ind., and Washington Louis, a merchant at Osage Mission, N osho Co., Kan.
Mr. Henderson was married to his present wife, Mary J. Knox, at Crawfordsville, Ind, She
is anarive of Kentucky. Mr. H. is a member of the Baptist Church,

WILLIAM HIGGINS, Serzeant-at-Arms of Kansas House of Representatives, was
horn in Norristown, Pa., April 2, 1842, and lived there until 1852, when hisfather, Patrick
Higgius, removed with his family to Missouri, and resided at St. Louis and Liberty until
September, 1854, when he brought the family to Leavenworth County, having previously
coine out there May 16, 1854, and determined on his location. From 1854 to 1857 ilternat-
ed between Leavenworth and Lexington, Mo., attending school. July 17, 1857, the family
removed to Paola, Miami County, where the parents lived until their death. William’s

. Mother’s,Jane Flannigan Higgins’ demise occurred in August, 1868, his father’s death taking
place July 4, 1872. illiam enlisted April 4, 1862, in Company G, Second Missouri Bat-
talion, ad served in that company for eleven months, and was then discharged on Goperal
orders, Re-enlisted August 2, 1863, in Company C, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry. as in
every engagement while with both comm inds under which he served. He received several
inanifestations of respect from the officers for his remarkable bravery, being Appointed
overall line-officers to command foraging parties, etc. He wasin the army until October
19, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Hethen returned to Paolaand published the
Miami Free Press, and during a part of 1868 and 1869 hecondneted the Le Roy Pioneer.
February 22, 1870, he removed from Paolato Baxter Springs, but remained but three
months and was then at Coffeyville until December of the same year, when he returned to
Baxter Springs and remained there until June 2, 1871, when he located at Columbus. He
published the Columbus Journal uutil he was appointed claim agent forthe M.K.& T. R.
R. Company in July, 1876. He then made Parsons his headquarters, although he did not
formally locate at that place until November, 1877. He held the position of claim agent
until June, 1880. While at Paola he served four years as City Marshal and Deputy Sheriff.
He was appointed Justice of the Peace of Parsons in the fall of 1880. He has held the po-

sition of Ser eant-at-Arms of the Kansas House of Representatives since 1875. He is a
member of the K. of P. and the K, of H. and has been past deputy grand master thereof,
He was junior vice commander of Gen. Rice Post No. 71, G. A. R.and is now a member of
Lincoln Post, No. 1,G. A. R. at Topeka. Mr. Higgins was married to Laura Virginia Kins-
ley, Nov. 30, 1879. They havetwo children—Helen Webster and Theodore Crosby,

EDMUND L, HILL, mail agent on branch of the Missouri Pacific. Born in,Pawlet, Rutland
Co., Vt., in 1837. Father’s name Nathauiel,born in Poughkeepsie,N.Y. Was ashoemaker by
trade and moved to Vermont from New York at the age of eighteen. His grandfather was
arevolutionary soldier, born, lived and died in New York. r. H. received his education
in the public and select schools of Vermont. In 1864 he left his native town and married
Maria Dorsey, sister of Senator Dorsey of Arkansas, She was born in Benson. Vt., in 1842,
Her father’s name was John Dorsey, a school teacher, who died in 1851. They have three
children, Gertie, born in Benson, Vt., July, 1864., educated in Poultney seminary, Vt., Ed-
mund, born in Rutledge, Vt., December 26, 1867, educated at Poultney seminary, Edith,
born in Rutland in 1873. In 1864 Mr. H. moved to Rutland where he remained until 1870,
when he emigrated to Hannibal, Mo., where he received his appointment as mail agent on
the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Soon afterward he was transfei red to the branch line of the
same road from Junction City to Parsons, making his home in that town. Mr. H. had six
brothers and four sisters,two of whom are deceased. Thomas lives on a farm near Parsons,
Nathaniel and Morrison living in Augusta, Georgia, Charles living in Rutledge, Vr., (I've
living in Minnesota, Mrs Vest in Pawlet, Vt.,Mrs. Usher in Augusta,Ga. Mr, Hill and family
member: ot-the Congregational Church. :

GEORGE CG. HITCHCOCK, manufacturer of boots and shoes, was born at Arcade Wy-
oming Co., N. Y., December 31, 1842, and removed from there to Parsons, Kas., in Sepiem-
Der, 1877. He isa member of the Presbyterian Church and A. O. U. W. He was warried

t Arcade, N. Y., October 23, 1870, to Arabelle Parker, a native of that place. They have

three children, Mabel M., Bertha H., and Flora, . 7

JOHN W. HOGUE, one of the proprietors of the Parsons Coal Company, is a native of
Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, and was born April 11, 1842, and lived in his native place until he
was fourteen years of age, afterwards at Elmwood, Peoria Co., Ill, until August, 1862,
when he enlisted in Company H., One Hundred and Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
serving in that regiment until he was.niustered out in July, 1865. He participated in all
engagements of his command. After leaving the army, he returned to Elmwood, IIl., and
remained there until he came to Parsons in March, 1872; was employed as foreman of the
construction of the M. K. & T, machine shops, and for six years he had charge of the Par-
sous mills. Since then he has been engaged in coal business, for the last year in paitnership
with L. F. Dick and Ed. Palmer, under the firm name of ‘Parsons Coal Company.” Their
coal mines are located at Weir City, Cherokee Co. Kan,, where they give employment to 112
mien, and mine from twenty to twenty-five car loads of coal perday. They have steam and
gin shafts. The coal vein is about four feet in thickness and the bottom of the coal beds is
about forty feet below the surface of the ground, Mr, Hogue was married at Parsons, Octo~

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ber 2, 1872, to Lizzie McClung, a native of Decatur Brown Co., Ohio. _ They have one child
living—Vred Percy. Lost two children—John Paul died at the age of twenty-two months.
and Jessie was ouly eleven months old when she died. Mr. H. isa prominent member o.
the Presbyterion Church.

kk. T. HOLLOWAY, attorney and City Clerk, was born at Monmouth, Warren Co. Ill.,
potobe re, 1851, and lived there butafew months. Being the son of E. B Holloway, an
arity officer, he was reared in various States and Territories where his father was stationed.
lle received his principal iiterary education at the St. Louis University, where he received
the degree of A. B. eread law while at Shelbyville, Il, with Hou. Anthony Thornton,
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and was admitted to the bar in 1874, re-
moving to Parsons, Kansas, in September of the same year. He served two terms as Ci y
Attorney. and was Sppointed City Clerk in the spring of 1882.

HE, C. H ISTETTER, dentist, was born at Ligonier, Noble Co.,Ind., November 20. 1850.
and came to Kansas, April 15, 1867, locating at Ottawa, Franklin County. He afterwards
resided at Thayer for several years, coming from there to Parsons in December, 1881. The

- doctor began’ working at his present business eighteen years ago, and has studied and

He was married at Ottawa, Kansas, April 15, 1881,

praciiced the profession since that time.
They have one child—a.

to Alina Marquand, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio.

daughter.

Ww. C, HOLMES, druggist, was born in London, England, in April, 1840. He came tothe
Unit d States in 1870, aud was located in lllinois until June, 1871, when he came to Parsons,
Kansas, engaging in the drug business here, which he has since continued. He isa mem-
berof the A., I. & A. M, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. Mr. Holmes was married
in his native city, in 1870, to Eliza Hollis, also a native of London. They have four chil-
dren—Oliver C., Ethel K., William 8. and Charles B.

JOEL L. JAYNES, now atraveling salesman for Mack, Stader & Co., of Cincinnati,
Ohio, resides on Morgan avenue, Parsons, Kan; was born in Otsego, N. Y., in 1828. His -
father’s name was Joel Jaynes, his mother’s name was Phoebe Jaynes (nee Winton). His
earlier anvestors were Puritans. He received a liberal education in the public district
schools. Attheage of seventeen years, he learned the shoemaker’s trade, and followed it
for many years. july 28, 1850, he was married to Adelia D. Barbor, a most excellent and
highly aceuinplished young lady, the daughter of Weightman Barbor and Ruth Barbor

whose maiden name was Record). Both of Mrs. Jaynes’s grandfathers were very eminent

iuptist preachers. Mr, and Mrs, Jaynes had born to them two daughters—Kate E, and
Carrie V. Atthe breaking out of the Civil War, young Jaynes enlisted as a private soldier
in Company F, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regimeit New York Volunteer Infantry,
and after serving two years, being with his regiment most of the time, he was discharged
on surgeon’s certificate of disability, being sorely afflicted with sciatica. In 1867, he moved
his family to Kansas, and was present and assisted in raising the first house that was built
i the now prosperous city of Parsons. He is a member in good standing in the following
orders: A., F. & A. M., I. 0. O. F., Knights of Pythias, A. O. U. W., G. A. R., and Red Men.

HON. DAVID KELSO, land_ commissioner and attorney for the Missouri Pacific R. R:
Co., in Kansas, is the son of aScotch Presbyterian clergyman; came to Virginia with his
pareuts in 1852, ving there until 1865. During the war he served in the Union Army;
caine to Chetopa, Kan., in December, 1869, having lived a few years in Iowa prior to that
time. In 1870, he located at Oswego, remaining there until the spring of 1875, being the
general attorney for the receiver of the M., K.&7T.R.R_ Since the road has been_ under
control of the Missouri Pacific, he bas remained as attorney, and since January, 1881, he

“has also been land commissioner, the business of these two offices requiring his entire

attention, thereby precluding the possibility of his doing any general practice. Heis now
serving third tr'rm as one of the directors of the M., K. & T. R. R.

Cc. 3B. KENNEDY, M.D., was born in Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 24, 1837.
When he was three or four years of age, hig parents removed to Bedford, Lawrence Co,
Ind. He read medici'.e with an uncle, Dr. J. ¥. Kennedy, at Shelbyville, Iud.; attended his
first course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, and graduated from the
Jeiferson Medical College, at Philadelphia. He commenced practice at Shelbyville, March
27, 1858. but soon after that time he located at Waldron, Ind., where he remained in prac-
tice until 1865, when he removedto Topeka, residing there until 1867, when he located at
Erie, Neosho County. In November, 1870, ne purchased an interest in the northwest quar-
ter of Section 18, Township 31, Range 20 east, which isa part of the present town site of
Parsuns. Early in January, 1871, he came here to reside, being one of the eartiest phy-
sitians in this place. Since coming to Kansas he has been considerablv interested in build-
ing and real estate operations, aluhough attending to general practice of his profession
most of the time he has ‘been inthe State. He owns fifty-five acres on Section 18 and 150
acres in the northeast quarter of Section 26, both pieces OF property being lucated adjoining
the city of Parsons. He built the elegant brick livery stable, southwest corner of Central
avenue and West Skiddy avenue, and now owns it, having conducted the business until
he recently rented itto P. A, and L. D, Philibert. The doctor is a member of the South-
western Kansas Medical Society andalso of the Labette County Medical Society. He was

“married, in Centerville Township, Neosho Co., Kan., March 8, 1871,to Mattie E., daughter

of Rev. Henry Cambern. She was born in Charleston, Ind. They have one son and a
daughter—Claud E.and Hope E. The doctor has been an active member of the Republi-
can party, but has always declined offices of every kind. .

RLV. W.S. H. KEYES, D.D., pastor of the First. Presbyterian Church at Parsons, La-
bette Co., Kan., was born in Centre County, Pa., in 1826. By his father he coives of Inglish,
aud hy his mother of Scotch-Irish descent. Dr. Keyes passed his educatioual course mainly
under the tutelage of his father, who was quite eminent as a scholar and teacher in his day.
His early religious life was under the shadow of Methodistic (raining and influence, both
father and mother being active members of this church, aud it was their fond hope that
their son would be a minister in that denomination, However, in the process of his studies
for the ministry, his opinions on the subject of church polity, and certain doctrinal points
so changed, that he was Jed to seek affiliation with a churel more in harmony with bis
views and convictions of right; and it was about this time also, that the great
Slavery agitation was stirring the heart of the nation and the church, and Dr. Keyes, with
all the force of conviction, was led to embrace and champion the abolition side of the ques-
tion, and this fact determined his steps of church relationship. The “United Brethren in
Christ” was an abolition church, as well as antl EP Istopal, being Republican in its forin of
government, and in doctrine well in harmony with the theological views of ihe Doctor. He
therefore entered the ministry in this church at the early age of eighteen, where he re-
mained and ranked among their most eminent ministers for thirty-three years. During
this time he received recognition of his scholarship and theological eminence by the confer-
ring of the degrees of “‘Master of Arts” and ‘Doctor of Divinity’? by Westfiela College,
Illinois, and Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania; in the latter he held for some time the
chair of Mental and Moral Science, in connection with a pastoral relation to a church in
Lavanon City, Pa. His last work in the United Brethren Church was that of General Cei-
tenary Agent, a work looking to the raising of funds for educational, missionary and other
benevolent enterprises. While engaged in this work, the waut of large intense church-life,
on the part of those who should have been most interested in the great claims coming be-
fore them in his agency, so dissatisfied him with the prospective future of this church, that
he resigned the work, and for the time being gave hiinself up to the lecture field, under the
auspices of the New York National Lecture Bureau. Shortly after this he dissolved his rela-
tion with the United Brethren Church, and united with the Presbyterian, entering its minis-
try in the North Cumberland Presbytery, Pa. After this cousummation he received a num-
ber of calls tothe pastoral relation from different churches, accepting that of the First
Presbyterian Church of Parsons, upon which he entered November 10, 1878, where his
mivistry has been marked with singular and continued interest and prosperity. As a pas-
tor, Dr. Keyes has always been eminently popular and successful. Socially he is affable, and
exceedingly well liked. In the pulpit he is fearless, and on the rostrum eloquent. His de-
votion to principle, his acceptance of what is righ*, and his bold utterance of the truth, as
he is given to know and understand right and truth, make him one of the most pronounced
aud noticeable of public menin Kansas. His power of oratory is a distinguishing gift. Up-
on mauy occasions, in the lecture field and in the sacred desk, he has manifested a rare
bravery in denouncing error. The family of Dr. Keyes consists of wife, son aud daughter,
all of whom are Pennsylvanians by birth.

G. F. KIMBALL, editor_and proprietor of the Leader, was born at Orange, Grafton
Co., N. H., May 6, 1836. His early years were spent on a farim and attending district
school. Upon arrival at his inajority, he began his career as a journalist in the establish-
ment of the Canaan Gazette, at Canaan, N. H., which he operated until 1866, when he sold
out and removed to Belleville, Ill., purchasing the Belleville Advocate, the oldest paperin
Southern Illinois, Besid-s the management of this paper, he also operated nine others in as
many country points, and was engaged in the publication of patent outsides, of which he

ublisbed the first, supplying about one hundred different papers through the West with

hem. He also filled large contracts for various St. Louis publishing houses, doing a busi-
ness of about $50,000 per year. Lured by the charms of fairer fields unseen, he sold out th's
successful business in 1872, and went to Denver, Colo. Failing to hit upon the gigantic
schemes of which he dreamed, in about a year he returned to Danville, Ill., and founded
the Danville News, and soon afterward organized the Illinois Printing Company, of which
he was first vice-president, the company having a capital of $50,000. In. 1877, he started
the Decatur J’imes, which he soon afterward gave up and began the publication of the De-
catur Sun, a morning daily. In 1882, he came to Kansas, and recently began publishing the

, e was m2irried to Juliet Taylor, a native of Belleville, LiL, July 12, 1864.

G. M. KLEISER, M. D., was born in Bourbon County, Ky., September 24, 1849. He re-
ceived his literary education at Washington Lee University, in Rockbridge County, Va.,
Gen. Robert E. Lee being president of the institution at the time he was a studentthere. He
attended his first course of medical lectures at the University of Virginia, and graduated
from the medical department of the University of New York City. In February, 1871, he
began practice in his uative-county, remaining there one year, and then removed.to Par-
sons, arriving here January 9, 1872. He is local surgeonof the M, P, and M, K. & T. R. R,
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He is a member of the Kansas Southwestern Medical Association, and of the Labette Coun-
ty Medical Seciety. He is alsoa member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and
Commandery, The doctor was married in this city, December 24, 1878, to Elizabeth H.,
Gaughterof George A. Reynolds. She was born in Elmira, N.Y. They have one child—
F.C. KNAPP, of the firm of Baley & Knapp, real estate, loan and insurance agents, was
born at Queensville, Jennings Co., Iud., January 24, 1854, and lived there until 1869,
and then located at Indianapolis, where he remained until 1870. He then removed to Pleas-
ant Hill, Mo., where he resided until 1874, afterward alternating between Missouri, Minne-
sota and Indiana; also was in California for a short time. In August, 1881, he came from
Indiana to Kansas, and was in the employ of the M. P. R. R. as telegraph operator, at Os-
wego, until he came to Parsons, in August, 1882, and engaged in mercantile pursuits here,
which he continued until January, 1883, when he sold out and engaged in his present busi-
ness. He was married at Pleasant Hull, Mo., May 16, 1876, to Lutie M. Moore, a native of
that place. Mr. K, is a member of the Christian Church, and of the K, of H. and K. & L, of H.
S. W. KNIFFIN, secretary and treasurer of the Osage Coal and Mining Company, was
born at Yonkers, Westchester Co., N.Y.,March 19,1843,lived in Madison, Wis. from 1847 until
. 1860, when he removed to Hannibal, Mo. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, Sixteenth III-

nois Volunteer Infantry, and served three years in that regiment as a private and Sergeant
Major. He was then promoted to Second Lieutenant in the Forty-fourth United States In-
fantry, Afterward he became First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the regiment, being in the
service until May, 1866, when he was mustered out. ethen returned to Hannibal, where
he was connected with railroading and the banking business for three years, He then came
to Fort Scott, Kansas, reaching therein April, 1869. In July, 1869, he with several other
young men went to the place where Independence is now located, intending to locate a town
there which should be named “Colfax,” in honor of the vice president of the United States
atthattime. While Mr. K. was temporarily absent at Hannibal, Mo., parties jumped his
claim, and he was never able to re-establish himself on it. Mr. K. then returned to Fort
Scott, where he was engaged in coal mining enterprises for two years, being superintendent
of the Fort Scott Coal and Mining Company. He then went to Kewanee, II/., where he was
in the same business for a perio of about a year, He then located at Sedalia, where he re-
mained until August 25, 1878, when he came to Parsons, where he has since resided. He is
connected with various business enterprises, being a director of the First National Bank,
secretary of the Forest Park Association, vice-president of the Parsons Building and Loan
Association, president of the Board of Education, belongs to the A. F. & A. M., K. of P., and
G. A. R., is captain of Company F, Parsons Light Guard, Second Regiment Kansas National
Guards.’ Captain K. was married in fodalia. D 0., April 7, 1875, to Mary A. Stryker, a native
of Newark, N. J. They have two children, Mary Louise and Leonard Dodd.

. F. KOHLER, watchmaker and jeweler, was born at Hanover, York Co., Pa.,
August 23, 1855. He has worked at the watchmaker’s trade for fourteen years. Came to
Parsons in the spring of 1877, working at his trade here for a period of four years, then en-
gaged in jewelry business, carrying an elegant stock of watches, clocks, jewelry, silver
and plated ware, gold pens, spectacles, etc. eis amember of the K. of P. and of the Par-

-sons Light Guards. .

J. B, LAMB, chief editor and proprietor of the Daily and Weekly Eclipse, was born
June 15, 1827, at Lincolnville, Maine, and was reared on a farm. His education was
obtained at common schools and academies. Be; inning the study of medicine he attended
the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and was awarded a diploma from that
institution in 1852. He began the practice of his profession at_Norridgewock, Me., where
he continued two years, after which he removed to Centralia, Ill., and followed his profes-
sion at that place until the spring of 1860, at which time he took up his residence in St.
Louis, Mo., still practicing his profession.
surgeon, under contract, and soon afterwards was employed as surgeon of the Thirty-fifth
Missouri regiment, in which capacity he served until theclose of the war. After his release
from service, he went to Boston and purchased a drug. store, which he operated about one
yon and sold out to emigrate to Kansas in the fall of 1866. Upon his arrival inthe State.

ocating at Osage Mission, he embarked in the mercantile business, which he prosecute
about eight years, when he disposed of his business, and came to Parsons in April, 1874,
establishing the Eclipse, of which he is the chief editor and proprietor. In June, 1854, he
became united in marriage to Miss H. F, Sargeant.

SAMUEL LEDGERWOOD, Pro rietor of livery, sale and feed stable, was born
near Macomb, McDonough Co., Ill., April 26, 1848. Lived there until November 19, 1875,
when he came to Kansas, locating: at that time at Osage Mission, Neosho County, engaging
in livery and omnibus business there. In March, 1880, he came to Parsons, where he has
since carried on the livery business, having a tine stable 46x137 feet, capable of accommo-
dating seventy horses. Mr. Ledgerwood was married in McDonough County, IIl., in No-
vember, 1871, to Angeline Hill, a native of Indiana, but reared from childhood in Iowa and
Illinois. They have three children—Zell, Roy and Joseph Hill. i 2

JOHN F. LINTHICUM, proprietor of Worth House, near the Missouri Pacific Railroad
depot, was born in Adams County, ill. His father’s name was William T. Linthicum. His
grandfather, Joseph, moved to Illinois from Virginia about 1840. His mother still lives
near Stone’s Prairie, in Illinois. In 1870, his parents removed to Kansas, settling near Fort
Scott. Mr. Linthicum returned to Illinois, making the whole distance on foot without
money, but working at oifferent places along the route for food and lodging. On his arrival
in lllinois he worked by the month for about six years. Soon afterward he returned to
Kansas and worked for Mr. J. C, Rodgers two years. In 1880 he went back to Illinois, stop-
ping on the road at Hannibal, Mo., where be secured employment in the railroad office. He
remained in Hanniba) and Illinois only a short time, when he again returned to Kansas,

aking his home at Parsons and engaging in the hotel business. which he now follows.

Mr. Linthicum has six brothers and two sisters living.
.H. LONG, dentist, was born near Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md., March 4, 1855.
Studied his profession at Hagerstown for three years prior to coming to Kansas in October,
1877. January 1, 1878, he located at Parsons, where he has since been engaged in the prac-
tice of dentistry. The doctor was married in this city June 26, 1879, to Lillie V. Holbrook, a
native of Windsor Locks, Conn. They have one child—Ethel Springer.

FELIX LUCAND, dealer in ice and wood, was born in France, April 12, 1829. Came to
America in 1852 and lived one year in the State of New York, then four years at Dubuque,
Iowa, removing from there to Leavenworth, Kansas, May 1, 1857; resided there until he
came to Parsons in April, 1871. He erected a two-story building 20x50 feet, and carried
on hotel and restaurant business for five years. Was afterward in the saloon business until
the prohibition law took effect. While at Leavenworth he worked at the carpenter’s trade

our years, then in the grocery business, and during a period of four years prior to his
removal to Parsons he was engaged in farming. Mr, Lucand was married at Dubuque, Iowa,
February 4, 1857, to Mary Hoenez, a native of France. They have five children living—
Louise, now Mrs. H. D. Maynard, of Parsons; Adelaide, Charles, Felix jr., and Josephine.
Mr. Lucand is now a Vouncilman of the Fourth Ward.

H. H. LUSK, editor and proprietor of the daily and weekly Sun, was born at Edinburgh,
Indiana, April 14, 1852. His education was that obtained in the village schools. At an
early age he learned the art of printing with his father. At the age of fifteen he left home
and exhibited his indomitable pluck and enterprise in establishing, by his own unaided
efforts, the Olney Ledger, at Olney, Ill, which he published eight consecutive years, After
disposing of this business he was employed with his father in the publication of the Spring-
field Duly Gazette, at Springfield, Ill. Coming to Kansas in 1878, he purchased the Sun at
Parsons, in the publication of which he is now engaged. On April 14, 1875, he married
Tinnie KE. Hayward, of Olney, IU. .  -

ALEX. H. MoCLEARY, house and sign painter, Crawford street between Central avenue
and Twenti:th street, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 4, 1840. His father was Thomas
McCleary, born in the North of Ireland in 1800, and died in 1855. Mr. McCleary graduated
at the Central High School in his native city; Dr. John 8. Hart, principal 1854. “After com-

leting his education he engaged in the hardware business on the corner of Second and
Birara avenue until 1858, when-he entered upon the wholesale grocery )usiness. After-
ward was bookkeeper and manager for O’Nell & Co., Brunswick, N. J. He then in 1861
enlisted in the Second United States Cavalry, Company I. He saw service in the Shenan-
doah Valley most of the time until he was mustered out. In 1864 he went to Nashville,
Tenn., and had command of a company of guards, After the battle of Franklin he was
transferred to Louisvil'e, Ky., and received and shipped all freight on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. Soon afterward he is at Leavenworth'in charge of the supply depart-
ment. In March, 185, he emigrated to Fort Union, N.M.; from there to Arizona and back
to Colorado, Fort Lyon, where he had charge of the painting department. In 1872 he came
to Parsons. He was married in March 31, 1879, to Rebecca E. Foster, of Chanute. She
was born in Virgil City, Mo., 1855. "Her father died of a disease contracted in the army In
1864. They have one child~Anna Daisy, born October 25,1880. Mr. McCleary learned his
tradein Philadelphia. he I. O. O. F., also grand master at arms of the

 

 

 

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He isa member of t! . O. F,,
State of Kansas in the order of the Knights of Pythias. Heisalsochief of records of the
Improved Order of Red Men, andgrand watchman of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Or-
der United Workmen, of the State of Kansas. Mr. McCleary is a member of the Grand
Encampment of I. 0,0. F. He is also a staunch temperance worker, having been identi-
fied with the temperance interests of Parsons for many years.

A. MCCLELLAN, M. D,, was born in Springfield Township, Hamilton Co,, Ohio, October
13, 1847; lived there until 1869, when he locatedin Henry County, Ind.; resided there three
years, then four years at Indianapolis and three years at Hagerstown, Wayne Co., Ind., re-
moving from the latter place to Kansas in April 1879. The doctor is a graduate of the Bhy-
sio-Medical College of Indiana, and was aimember of the Physio-Med.cal Society of that
State. Heisa member of the A.O. U. W. andK.of H., being medical examiner for both
societies. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, He was married at Greencastle,
Ind., December 28, 1868, fo Harriet x Chapin, a native of Indiana, They have three chil-

—George C., Sallie Rosseau and James.

er N MCCREERY, of the firm of McCreery & Clark, lumber dealers, was born in Indi-

In the spring of 1862 he entered the army as.

_ died at the age of six years, and Harry was two years old at the time of his death

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

7 veoh 18.1946. In February, 1864, he enlisted in the United States Signal
ton pea wie kone of the ‘Potomac uutil August, 1865. In 1869 le removed
to Missouri and lived there until he came to Parsons, in May, 1873; he was engaged in
carpenter work here until 1876; he then took charge of J, K. Tyler's lumber yard, con-
tinuing to conduct that business until May, 1877, when he became manager of 8. A.
Brown «& Co’s. yards at this point conducting their business until the present firm was
organized in February, 1882. Lee Clark, cashier of the ¥irst National Bank, being associa-
ted wilh him asa partner. He was married at Fairfield, West Moreland Co,, Pa., April 16,
1868, to Jennie KE. HamilJ, a native of that county. They have three children—Gertrude,
Edith and Lola A. Mr, Mccreery is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has served
as a member of the Common Council of the city of Parsons. 7

C. W. MOFARLAN, foreman of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company’s machine shops,
was born at St. Anthony Falls, Minn., February 8, 1852. Came to Kansas soon after the
Territory was created, with his mother and step-father, Elizabeth (Gilmore) and I. A. Bur-
roughs. They located at Sumner, Atchison. County, and lived there until 1860, then in Col-
orado one year, afterward at Atchison, until 1866. He then resided at Junction City until
1874, when he came to Parsons. After going to Junction City, worked for about eight
months on the construction of the M., K. & T.R. R. He then went into the machine shops
of the same company at that place, since continuing in the employ, of that company and the
Missouri Pacific Company as machinist. Since February 1, 1883, he has been foreman of
the Parsons shops. He is 2 member ofthe A., F.& A. M., and A.O.U. W. January 4, 1874
Mr. McFarlan was married at Junction oy Kan., to Florence_T. Williams, a native of
Illinois. They have three children—James Lawrence, Charles Emery, and George Alex-
ander. Z

. ES J. McFEELY was born in Buffalo, N. ¥., May 24, 1849. He learned his
Reo riaes in his native city, and in 1868 removed to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, .
and worked at his trade in the various cities of that section, until the spring of 1871, when
he returned to Buffalo. The fullowing September he located in Chicago, where he remained
until 1872, and from thence went to Racine, Wis., and was employed in the extensive thresh- |
ing machine manufactory of J, J. Case & Co. a few months, when, having antagonized one
of the members of the firm at the election of 1872, decided to resign his position. After vis-
iting Milwaukee and St. Paul, he located at Fort Wayne, finding employment in the shops
of the Fort Wayne & Pittsburg Railroad Company, and subsequently in the Cooper Foundry
& Machine Shops at Mount Vernon, Ohio. In March, 1873, he again visited Buffalo tor a
few weeks, and from there went to Detroit, Mich., where he resided until April, 1877. The
following July he located in Parsons, Kan., and for over two years he worked in the shops
of the Missouri Pacitic Railroad Company at this point, In April, 1880, he was elected
Justice of the Peace; was re-elected in 1882, and in July of the latter year he was appointed
Police Judge, and was re-elected to that office in April. 1883. Judge McFeely isa member
of the State Historical Society, and of the A. O. U. W. and American Legion of Honor, and.
of K, of L. He was also one of the Presidential Electors at large in this State, in 1880, on
the National Greenback ticket, which ran the Hon. J. B. Weaver for President, and is at

resent a member of the State Central Committe of the same party. The judge has always
been identified with the cause of labor, doing all in his power, by precept and example, to
sustain the “dignity of labor,” elevate the mental, moral and physical condition of his fel-
low-men, and has ever taken a more than ordinary interest in the social and political ad-
vancement of his town, being always found on the side of reform and progress. He is now
both Justice of the Peace and Police Judge. He was married at Detroit, Mich., April 13,
1874, to Fannie B. McGrath, a native of Quebec, Canada, They have four children—James
Edward, born in Detroit, March 13, 1875; Ellen Laurenia, also born in that city, December
10, 1876; John William, born at Parsons, December 16, 1878, and Francis Joseph, born in
Parsons, pril 11, 1881. |

JOHN OC. McGINNES, manufacturer of harness and saddiery, was born near Danville,
Montour Co., Pa., January 18, 1842. Engaged in harness making for three years at _Potts-

rove, Northumberland Co., Pa._and in 1870 anc 1871, he was engaged in farming. He en-
fistea July 6, 1862, in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer In-
fantry, served nine months, which was the term for which he enlisted. Mr. McGinnis came
to Parsons, Kan., April 5, 1872. After spending some time prospecting he began his pres-
ent business here in October, 1873. He has been Alderman of the First Ward,and is a mem-
ber of the A..F. & A. M.,and 1.0.0, F. He was married at Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa., Jan-
uary 10, 1868, to Clarinda W. Begley, a native of that place. They have five children living
—Anna, Adella, James Allen, John Bond and Guy. They have lost two children: innie

S. H. McKIM, druggist, was born in Lewis County, Mo., March 3, 1851. That was his
home until 1873, when he removed to Jacksonville Ill., remaining there until he came to
Parsons, February 2, 1880. He has been engaged in the drug business since April, 1867, it
being now over sixteen years since he began learning the business. He was elected City
Treasurer, April 3, 1883. Mr. McKim was married ai St. Louis, June 16, 1880, to Julie
Philibert, a native of that city. They have two children—Marie Julie and Eulalie Francis.

.D. MAIN, carriagemaker, was born at Richfield Springs, Otsego Co., N. ¥., November
21, 1832. In the spring of 1852, he removed to California, remaining there four years, being
engaged in river mining for three years, and working at his trade the balance of the time.
Returning to Altona, Knox Co., Ill., in_ 1856, he established a carriage factory, where he re-
sided six years. Served two years as President of the Council; was elected and served as
City and Township Collectorin 1860. In 1862, he went to Montana and Oregon: thence to
California, where he engaged in river mining for two years, working at carriagemaking for
four years, then returning to Altona, Ill., resumed the carriage business. Emigrated to
Cowley County, Kan., March 7, 1871, engaged in farming twoyears four miles southeast of
Winfield, where he established one of the first school districts in the county, serving as Di-
rector until he removed to Parsons in March 8, 1883, where he is now well established in
the manufacture of carriages and buggies. He has also built a large, handsome brick busi-
ness block on the northeast corner of Central and Skiely avenues; 102 feet on Central,
and twenty-five feet on Skiely avenue. Mr. Main was married at Altona, August 9, 1857, tox
Ann Howey, a native of Ohio, They have six children—Wilbert C., Caura Alice, Katie
Adaline, Charles T., Hattie E., and Edith Pearl, .

HON. ANGELL MATTHEWSON was born in Pulaski, Oswego Co., N. Y., June 8, 183%.
At the age of fifteen he commenced to learn the printer's trade in the office of the Pulaski
Democrat, having previously received a good academic education. After having attained
his majority, Mr. Matthewson was successively engaged upon the Oswego Palladium and
Utica Herald until January 4, 1860, when he went to Fort Plain, Montgomery Co., N. Y.,
and purchased a half interest in the Mohawk Valley Register. In September, 1861, in con-
nection with Hon, Lorenzo Crounse, he raised a vounteer company for the war, being com -
missioned as Second Lieutenant October 2, 1861. His war record is everything that can be
desired, Rising through the successive grades of Second Lieutenant, Post Adjutant, Ordi-
nance Officer, First Lieutenant, Adjutant, Acting Assistant Adjutant General to that of
Captain of Light Artillery. He recelved the latter promotion for gallant and meritorious
ervice at the battle of North Anna River, Va., May 23,1864, when he was shot through
he thigh with a minnie ball while in cominand of attery D., First New York Light Artil-
ery. For his heroism on this occasion, Gen, Wainwright, Chief of Artillery, in his report of
he battle to Gen. Meade, accorded Capt. Matthewson’s battery the credit of having saved
the right of the line of battle from destruction. Mr. M. was inservice until the end of the
war, three years ard nine months, and was mustered out at Elinira, N. Y., June 17, 1865.
He was enga ed in the battles of Harper’s Ferry, Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock station,
Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, The Wilderness,
Spottsyivania, North Anna River, Siege of Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher’s Run,
and Lee’s Surrender at_ Appomattox Court House. July 1, 1865, he became sole editor and
Pie ie of the Fort Plain Atco ister, and soon after purchased a half interest in the Cana-

oharie Radvi, and later established the Amsterdam Democrat and the State Radit, editin
all four of these papers at the same time. In 1867 Mr. M. was elected by the Democrats 0:
Montgomery County, N. Y., to represent them in the General Assembly, having received
the largest majority ever accorded a member. Early in 1871 he disposed of his newspaper
interests in New York, and in May of that year moved to Parsons, which was then an infant
town, but three months of age. Here he commenced an active business career by opening
a private banking house under the firm name of Crawford, Matthewson & Co. In 1872 he
and other capitalists procured a charter and organized the First National Bank of Parsons,
of whose affairs he had entire control up to December 81, 1878, when he retired. He was
then just about to enter upon his second session of his term as State Senator, having been

 

.. elected to that position in 1876. He was chosen to the important post of Chairman of the

Committee on Banks and Banking, and a member of the Ways and Means Committee. Was
frequently called upon to preside ia Committee of the Whole, and otherwise received the
marks of confidence from his fellows of which he has ever been the fortunate recipient.
In September, 1880, Mr. M. again engaged in business, associating himself with Merrit
Noyes and F. H. Snyder in the ownership of the City Bank. Mr. Noyes died February 12,
aB8S and thereafter the business was conducted by the present partners, Messrs. Matthew-
son & Snyder, Besides doing a general banking business, this firm has a real estate and
insurance department, owolng a complete set of abstracts of all kinds of property in Labette
County. When the First National Bank was organized the entire deposits amounted to
$37 000, which sum Mr. M. transferred from his private bank. There are now three banks
in Parsons, the aggregate peposits of which amouut to $250,000. Mr, M. owns a large
amount of valuable real estate, and also the most extensive hardware store in the county.
He is president of the Parsons & Western R. R. Co.: president of the Parsons Fair and
Driving Park Association; treasurer of the Water Works Co.; secretary of the Board of
Trade; and owns the exclusive franchise for the building and operation of the Gas Works,
He expects to begin their erect on in May, 1883, Mr. M. built the first flouring mill in Par-
BONS: Has twice served as Mayor, and was State Senator for tour years. He organized the
bene butions Colorade A, occa was president of ena prpaniation, the road

: . Mr. M. was married October at Fort Pl S
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LABETTE COUNTY.

W. K. MAXWELL, passenger conductor on the Misso i i
a » uri Pacific Railroad, corner -
gan and Fifteenth Streets, was Born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, August, 1846. His arecke
were orn and raised in Ohio, and were descended from’ Scotch-Irish ancestry. © was
educated in the schools of -his nativetown. Mr. Maxwell came to Kansas in 1871, where he
was employed by the M. K. T, BR. R. as train dispatcher. Soon afterward he was a pointed
Ho the position of conductor, -He has three brothers and two sisters—Thomas 8. Maxwell,
Be Louis, employed with Samuel Cupples & Co.; R. C. Maxwell, an attorney at Lincoln;

aep W., in Silver City, N. M., in the wholesale grocery business. One sister, Mrs, Allen,
a widow, lives with her mother in Ohio, and Mrs, Bowers, wife of the agent at Junction
City, Kan,, for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He was married to Miss Etta H. Ward of
Fort Plain, N. Y , September, 1881, whose mother is living with her daughter. Mr. Max-
well is a member of the Blue Lodge Chapter and Commandry of the Masonic Fraternity of
the city of Parsons, and has taken all the Scottish Rites degrees except the thirty-third de-

gree.

WILLIAM MEIXELL, lumber dealer and fruit grower.
cember 27, 1837. He was reared in Milton, Northumberland tounge Pe : anda Gr ities
years in mercantile business there. ‘Prior to going to Kansas he was extensively engaged in
pump manufacturing, doing a large trade as far south as Georgia. In December, 1870 he
came to Kansas, at that time intending to go to Colorado, but after prospecting in this State
he determined to locate at Parsons, and in March, 1871, he en: aged in the ‘Tummber busines:
here, which he has ever since continued. He firstiocated on the west side of the M. 4

- R. R. track, opposite the depot, and carried on business there until 1880, when he re
moved to his present yards on Skiddey avenue. He also has one of the largest and finest
fruit farms in Kansas, consisting of 100 acres adjoining the city of Parsons e@ raises near-
ly ail kinds of fruit to perfection, except quinces and sweet cherries. A ple trees begin to
bear the second year, and no finer apples and peaches grow in the world han are roduced
here. Blackberries grow larger and.in greater profusion than elsewhere. Plums of the
Chickasaw varieties (Wild Goose, Miner and Weaver) are successfully grown. Grapes grow
to perfection. Strawberries require special cultivation thereby being successfully raised.
He has fish ponds on his farm, and has been successful in fish culture. carp bein, the rin-
cipal kind which he has so far introduced. Mr. Meixell was married near Parsons an.
oT partie ee Touratone nally e of oe natn: They have three children living—John

. . one
iT. 05 OF and K. ot P. odges or this City, ,ida, Mr.M. was acharter member of the

7 . furniture dealer and undertaker, was born ne Jadiz i

May 17, 1820, living there until he removed to Perry, Pike Con ney inee where here
sided until he came to Walton Township, Labette Co., Kan., October 16, 1869. He built the
first house on the south side of Johnson avenue, a frame structure 20x56 and 12 feet high
moving here March 8, 1871. In August, 1878, he built a brick store sixty feet deep,
and in 1881 extended it to a depth of 120 feet, making one of the deepest and most com-
modious stores in the city. Six years ago Mr. Moore admitted his son-in-law, J. M.
Gregory into partnership with him, andthe business has since been conducted by’ them
under the firm name of J. Moore & Co. Mr. Moore was the first City Treasurer of Par-
sons, and served as such for a period of two years. He was married in Ohio, in August,1841
to Catharine A. Davidson, a native of West Virginia. They have four children— arah M.,
now Mrs. James M, Burt, of Walton Township, born in Ohio; Mary, now Mrs. J. M. Greg-
ory: born jn Ohio; Hattie, now Mrs. Mellenny, born in Tilinois, and George W., born

S. MORRIS & CO., dealers in clothing and gents’ furnishing good i
Parsons, October 10, 1878. Mr. Morris is a native of Prussia, but ears ce Athaneamesre
thirty years ago, locating in Boston, Mass., where he remained until 1856, when he removed
to Chicago and engaged in clothing business, remaining in trade there until he came to Par-
sons in the fall of 1878. He gives employment to three clerks, and is doing a thriving
trade, having the confidence and respect of all who patronize him. 'Mr, M. was married, in
the city of Chicago, December 27, 1863, to Susie Frank, a native of Germany, but reared
fiom childhood in America. They have two children—Mildred Grace and Jennette.

_..G& W. MASER, M. D., isa native of West Wheeling, Belmont Co., Ohio; received his
literary education in the public schools and at St. Vincent Colle e, at Wheeling, W. n
He Fraduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, at New York City, fa March
Tile oeaanie oreE the sone: yeur lie located at Eatone ore he has since been engaged

ice of his profession. % was married at Bellaire, Ohio,
Katie P. Muth, a native of that place. ipivicuimuti ices

JOHN HERBERT MOSHER, Morgan avenue, between Twenty-first and Twenty-sec-
ond streets, transter business, was born in Sanquoir, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1849. His father
wag Samuel Emerson, born in 1807, died in 1867; was a farmer and mechanic, and was a
linéal descendent of an ancestor who. came over in the Mayflower. Mr. Mosher’s parents
emigrated to Knox County, IIL, in 1851, where his son received his early education and
training in the public schools and in Galesburg Academy. In 1873 he emigrated to Parsons
and purchased a farm near the city, which he worked until 1881, when he moved into town
and engaged in the transfer business. He was married in 1873, to Miss Sarah J. Moore, of
Kuox County, Ill. She was born in 1849, in the same county. Her father-is Lyman K,
Moore, of Massachusetts, who was educated in a college in that State, and is now seventy-
one years of age, and living in Altona, Ill. Mrs. M. graduated in the graded school of
O eida, Ill. They have three children—Mary A., bornin 1875; Hattie, born in 1878, Will-
iam Lyman, born in 1880. Mr. Mosher was elected Justice of the Peace for Walton Town-
ship, in 1880. Was also elected a member of the School Board, April 3, 1883. He is past-
master and now recorder of the Excelsior Lodge No. 12, A. O. U. W., Parsons. Mr. Mosher
and his family are members of the Congregational Church, and are identified with the Sun-
flay school, he having been superintendent of the same.

W. W. NEIGHBOUR, of the firm of Neighbour & Parks, proprietors of meat market,
was born at Wisbach, Cambridgeshire, England, April 26, 1847, but has lived in America
since he was seyen years of age. His father, Edward Neighbour, removed with his family
to Racine County, Wis. W. W. lived where they first located until he was sixteen years of
age, then for two years resided in the city of Racine, removing from there to Michigan,
where he lived about eighteen months, afterward in Chicago, until he came to Parsons,
Kas., September 29, 1880. He bas been engaged in similar business to that which he now
carries on for the last seventeen years. eis a member of the Baptist Church and A. O, U.
W. He wasmarried at Three Oaks, Mich., May 19, 1870, to Julia M. Whitman, a native of
Burlington, Racine Co., Wis. They have five children—Euith M., Robert Edward, Ernest
W., Helen and Walter James. S A

GEORGE L. NELLIS, of the De Pry & Nellis Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of
sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, balusters, etc., was born at Fort Plain, Montgomery Co., N.
Y., April 19, 1851. Came to Parsons in November, 1678, having previously lived at Jack-
sonville, Ill., seven years, and preceding his location there, he had resided one year in St.
Louis. He has been engaged in his present business since August, 1882, having carried on
lumber business prior to that time. Heisa member of A.,F, & A.M, Blue Lodge, Chapter
and Commandery. Mr. Nellis was married, at Jacksonville, Ill., in February, 1880, to
Mary E. Spates, a native of that place. They have an infant son. u
fe SB. Ne WTON, car inspector, between 16 and 17 Appleton avenue,jwas born in Morgan
County, Ohio, in 1848. His father was A. S. Newton, who was born and raised in the same
county and State. His ancestors were from the State of New York. His mother was born
in Washington County, Ohio. Her grandfather was killed by the Indians on the Musking-
ham River. His name was Sherman. He lived in Ohio, where he received his education,
until twenty-one years of age, when he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry,
serving in the army of the Cumberland. The latter part of bis term was in the Shenandoah
Valley, until mustered out of the service, July, 1865, when _he returned to Ohio, where he
lived four years, wlien he emigrated to Fi. Scott, Kan., in He came to Parsons just
when the town was starting. e was married in 1865, to Emma J. Aiken, of Jefferson
County, Ohio, whose parents were from Washington County, of the same State. They have
three children—Rasellar. born 1869, at Ft. Scott; Clay Newton, born 1875, at Parsons; Lucy,
born 1877. Mr. N. has been employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company during
the whole time of bis residence in Parsons. He has not lost one day in ten years: He is a
member of the Masonic Fraternity, Postmaster, also past chancellor of the K. of P. anda
member of the Order of Red Men. All his ancestors were strict members of the Universal-
ist Church. é ;

MRS. MERRIT NOYES, corner Fifteenth street and Forest avenue, was born in
Berlin, Wis., in 1847. Her father was Dr. H. R. Merriman, of Appleton, Wis. He was First
Assistant Surgeon of the Fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry. He died at Baton Rouge,
La., September 18, 1864, of congestive chills. Her mother, who lives in Wisconsin, was
bornin Herkimer County, N. Y. Mrs. N. was married to Mr. Merrit Noyes in 1869, at
Lawrence, Kan. Mr. Noyes was born in Abingdon, Mass., August 14, 1842. He served in
the army during the late war, having joined the Fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment,
and was wounded severely in the knee, from which he never recovered, and for which he
received a pension, He was a graduate of Hast Hampton, Mass., in 1867, and was a school-
mate and friend of Hon. Dudley Haskell, inember of Congress from the Second Congressional
District of Kansas, inthe same college. He emigrated to Kansas in the spring of 1868,
and settled at Lawrence. He was a member of the firm of D. S. Gibbs & Co.,
real estate dealers of that cit. He came to Parsons in March, 1871, and
erected the Parsons House the same year. He was also one of the proprietors
of the city bank of Angell Matthewson & Co. and was known to be one of the
best office business men in Parsons. He was closely identified with the business and com-
mercial development of the city throughout the enfire period of its growth. He was 2 mem-
ber of the Board of Underwriters of Parsons, also Adjutant of the Post of the G. A. R. of the
same city. He was greatly respected and loved by all who knew him. ‘'His heart was as
great as the world, but there was no room in it to contain the memory ofa wrong.” He died
at his residence, corner of Forest avenue and Fifteenth street, February 12, 1883, aged forty
years and six months, He leaves a wife, the subject of this sketch, and two children, in

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Parsons, His mother and sister, Miss Abbie, live at Lawrence, this State, and a brother,
Ellis B. Noyes, in Brooklyn, N. Y, Mrs. Noyes was educated at Lawrence University, at
Appleton, Wis., and removed to Lawrence, Kan., in 1868. She has had three children—
Abbie, aged niue years, Alfred, aged £ve, and Walter, who died July, 1882, aged seven
months. Mr. Noyes was a lineal descendant of a Norman knight, who came overinthe May-
flower, a copy of whose coat of arms is re:ained in the family. Mrs. Noyes is also a descend-
ant of the Puritans,

WARD PALMER, one of the proprietors of the Parsons Uoal Co., was born at An-
dover, Mass., March 21,1848. Removed from there to Lawrence, Kansas, in March, 1855.
His father, Daniel W. Palmer, had visited Lawrence in 1854, but did not remove his family
to that place until March, 1855. He resided there until August, 1863, when he became one
of the victims of Quantrell’s raid, being burned alive by some of the members of that body
of marauders. Soon after the occurrence, Edward, although yet a boy, enlisted in Company
L, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and served until September, 1865. After leaving the
army he remained for two years in Lawrence, serving ap apprenticeship at the harness-
maker’s trade, afterward in various parts of the country until he located at Parsons, Kansas,
November 15, 1871. He made the first harness which was manufactured here but during the
same month engaged in the express business, delivering goods for the Adams Express Com-

any, and doing £ gencral city freight work, handling and delivering ice, etc., until 1879.
He then went to Colorado, where hespent one summer, Returning to Parsons, he became
interested in the coal business, and has since continued in that, He isa member of the G.
A. R., Antietam Post No. 64, He was married at Parsons, Kansas, to Miss Frances J. Camp-
bell, January 21, 1872, who departed this life May 10, 1883. She. was a native of Indiana,
although she came to Kansas with her parents in 1865. She had two children by prior mar-

. riages—James Smith and Etta May Campbell.
ENRY

F, PARKS, of the firm of Neighbour & Parks, proprietors of meat market, was
born near Oswego, N. Yi. April 30, 1841. When he was three years of age his parents
moved with their family to East Troy, Walworth Co., Wisconsin. He lived there until the
fall of 1858, when he went to St. Joseph, Berrien Co. Mich., remaining there about
eighteen months. He enlisted at South Bend, Ind., August 12, 1861, in Company F, Twenty-
ninth [Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving until December 19, 1865. The only time he was
away from his regiment was during a veterans’ furlough of thirty days. He was wounded
at the battle of Chickamauga during the fight on September 20, 1863, but_was not disabled;
never spent a day in hospital. After leaving the army he returned to Walworth County,
Wis.; spent about a month there, then went to Muskegon, Mich., where he was engaged in
farming and lumbering until he came to Parsons, Kansas, January 19, 1882. He was mar-
ried in Muskegon County, Michigan, October 20, 1870, to Ella A. Whitman.
three children—Mabel A., Cora and Edith.

HENRY L. PARTRIDGE, Justice of the Peace, was born at Pittsfield, Mass., October
28, 1833, lived there until 1842, when his parents removed with their family to Battle Creek,
Mich, In January, 1863, he enlisted and was assigne: to duty as Deputy Provost Marshal
under Capt. R. J. Berry, at Camp Blair, Jackson, Mich. Served there until April, 1865.
Afterward at Nashville, Tenn., until September 15, 1865, when he was mustered « ut of the
service. He then returned to Michigan and remained there until August, 1869, when he
came to Kansas. In September of that year he secured @ claim on Section 13, now a part of
Parsons’ town site, situated in Walton Township. In November, 1869, he removed his
family to his new home, there being an unfinished log house on the premises. He soon
madeit habitable andin afew days moved his family into it. Being a carpenter, he
worked at his trade more or less until 1872. 1n 1870, he was appointed Justice of the Peace
by Gov. Harvey, receiving the appointment as soon as he had been here a year, s0 as to be
eligible to the office. In 1871, he was elected to the same posilion and re-elected in 1872,
serving until 1874. He was elected the first Police Judge after Parsons was organized asa
city of the third class. He also served as a member of the School Board of Walton Town-
ship before the organization of the city. He has beenamember of the Parsons Board of
Education and was Vice President of the Board. Served one term as Alderman and eight
Fears as Notary Public. In 1874 and 1875 he was Constable, and in 1881 and 1882 he was

eputy Sheriff; was offered a re-appoiltment to that position but declined it. In 1876, he
spent six months in Colorado, and wasinthe Big Horn river country and Yellow Stone
Park region in 1877. He was connected with the construction of the Memphis, Kausas and
Colorado R. R., afterward running a train on that road, being identified with the interests of
that company about eighteen months, Then for two months, he was employed by the
Adams Express Company to guard their express cars, running through the Indian Terri-
tory, leaving their employ afterthe Jim Barker gang of train robbers and desperadoés were
was brokenup. Then he went with the engineer corps of the St. Louis and San Francisco’
R. R, and remained until the road was completed to Wichita. Hethen took a contract for
grading a part of the M. K. & T. R. R. extension in Texas, terminating lis connection with
that work in about eight months; returned to Parsons and in 1882 was again: elected Jus-
tice of the Peace. Heisa member of theA.,F.& A.M. and is commander of Antietam
Post No. 64,G. A. R. He was married _at Bellevue, Eaton Co., Mich., June 26, 1856, to
Elisa A. Packer, a native of Clyde, Wayne Co., N.Y. They have three children living,
Hattie S., Mary E.and James H. They lost their first child, Charles H., who was Dorn in
1861 and died in 1865. _

PROF.A.C. PECK, retired teacher, WestForest avenue, northeast corner Twenty-second st.
was born in Bristol.Conn.,in 1828. His father,Samuel Peck, was born in 1803,and died in 1877,
in Maryland, In 1634, Paul Peck came from England and settled in Hartford, Conn., from
whom is descended the subject of this sketch Mr. Peck’s mother’s maiden name was Harriet
Bartholomew, of Bristo], Conn. She died in Kingston, N. Y.,in 1883. Her ancestors were
also of English origin. Mr. Peck came with his parents at an early age to Cazenovia, N. Y.
where he received his early training. Atthe age of seventeen he removed to Manlius, N.
Y., where he lived until 1851, when we find him at the Clinton Liberal Institute. Soon after
leaving school he was in partnership with his father in the tannery business. In 1853 was
book-kKeeper for Miner’s Rural American. He afterwards was inthe post office and in pa-

er making, at Manlius, N. Y., and also in the drug and grocery business i. the same town.
From 1857 to 1860, wasa farmer. He and his father then purchased a plantation at Daniels-
ville, near where was afterwards fought the Battle of the Wilderness. At the breaking out
of the war, Mr. Peck left Virginia and went to Buifalo, and from thence to West Haven, Conn.,
where he taught his first school, near New Haven. In {ceying the South he was captured as
a spy but succeeded in getting away. He and his father lost all their propertyin Virginia, In
the fall of 1862 he canvassed for Miner’s Rural American and succeeded in getting 600
subscribers in less than three months. In 1863 he spentthe summer near Butfalo, N. Y.
He taught school the following winter. Thenext year he visited the gold fields of Montana,
returning in the fall and teaching near Homestead, Lowa, in 1864-65. December 2, 1865,
he was married to Margaret E. Decker, of Mifflintown, Pa., by whom he had six children—
Arthur G. born in Iowa, November 22,1866, educated asa telegrapher; Charles A., born in
Iowa, July 19, 1868: Hattie, born in Parsons November 16, 1873; Nora A., born November

77,1877. Two children, Herbert and Edith E. died in infancy. In 1869 Mr. Peck visited
Florida, remaining during the winter and following spring. He then returned to Pennsyl-
vania, where he was engaged in teaching and building scnoolhouses until 1873, when he
emigrated to Parsons, Kansas, where he has been connected with the city schools, as teacher
more or less for eightyears. He has held the office of secretary of the Masonic Fraternity
for eizht years in Parsons. Isalsotyler of the chapter which he has held_continuously
siuce his admission. He was the first financier of Parsons Lodge No.1, A, O. U. W. the
first in the State. He has also been keeper of the records and seal and is at present master
exchequer of Pion-er Lodge No: 10, K. of P. Mr. Peck isalso noble grand of the I. 0.
O. F. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Parsons.

D. W. C. PERRY, general road master of the Kansas and Texas Division of the Missouri
& Pacific Railroad, embracing about 600 miles of track. Mr. Perry is a native of Canton, St.
Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he resided untii 1865. Afterward wasa resident of Brooklyn
and New York City, and various other places, He came to Parsons in August, 1876, having
been for five years a nember of the Engineer Corps of Meigs, the great railroad builder, in
South America. Mr. Perry enlisted ln Company A, Sixtieth New York Volunteer Infantry,
in September, 1861, was appointed Commissary and Orderly Sergeant, and received brevet
commissions as First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, He was mustered out in August,
1865. He Is a memberof the A., F. & A.M. and K.T. He was married at McGregor, ~
Iowa, in July, 1866, to Lottie Slorah, a native of St. Lawrence County, N.Y. They have
one child, George, and one adopted daughter, Tenie.

JOSEPH S. PFEIFFER, watchmaker and jeweler, was born at Richmond, Va., Octo-
ber 16, 1843. When he was a child his parents removed with their family to St, Louis, and
he lived there until the fall of 1863, when he removed to the City of New York, remaining
there seventeen months, afterwards in Venango and Crawford ‘counties, Penn., until the
spring of 1867. Hethen went to Nebraska, spending ashort time at Omaha, andin July,
1867, he located at Cheyenne, remaiuing there until the following spring, when be went to
Laramie, and continued to reside there until 1873, although hespent some time in Califor-
nia and on the Pacific slope. InJuly, 1873, he left Laramie, and after spendiug a short time
in St. Louis and Illinois, he went to Texas, but was not there long before he returned to
Chicago, where he purchased a stock of jewelry, etc., and cameto Parsons in November,
1873, where he has since carried ona successful business, having one of the most elegant
stocks to be found in Southern Kansas. He is a member of A., F. & A. M. Blue Lodge,
Chapter and Commandery. He was married at Parsons, May 15, 1877, to Irene L. Win-
ters. They have two children—Frank A. and Juseph C.

P. A. PHILIBERT, one of the firm of P. A. & L. D. Philibert. proprietcrs of livery
and feed stable, came to Parsons April 13, 1882. Engaged in livery business July 15, 1883.
Mr, P. was born in the city of St. Louis November 23, 1857, his ancestors having settled
there 120 years ago. He is now interested in the large sash, door and blind manufactory of
Philibert & Johanning Co, of St. Louis. His brother, L. D., who is associated with him
here, came to Parsons in July, 1882. They have one of the inost complete livery and
boarding stables in Kansas, One building 50x100, another 30x70. They keep in the livery

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from thirty to thirty-five splendid horses. Their business is rapidly Increasing, and it is
re mw 88 of this firm to soon make a further additiun to their facilities to accommodate

J.J. PIERSON, bookseller and stationer, was born near Plymouth, Hancock Co., Ills.,
March 27, 1846, lived there ouly two years when his parents removed to Richland, Keokuk
Go., Lowa, where he lived until he came to Kansas April 25, 1869. First located a claim in
Labette Township, remained there but a short time and then went to Emporia, where he
remained until September of the same year. In May, 1870 he began selling goods in part-
nership with W. K. Hayes, southeast of the present town site of Parsons, in a box house
which he put up there. In October, 1870, tuey moved the building to the place where the
city is now located. About three years later, they admitted P. Dinsmore to partnership
with them, and in 1875 Mr. Pierson purchased the interest of his partners in the business.
In the spring of 1871 they closed out their stock of dry goods, and in 1872 they discontinued
the grocery trade, putting in astock of books and stationery, also continued dealing in
queensware, But since 1875 Mr. P. has been giving his attention entirely to his present busi-
ness, having two stores in this city. Onein the postottica which he conducts without a

artner, the other being situated one door north of the postoffice,in which J. C. Burgess
has had an interest since July, 1881. Mr. P. is a Director of the Parsons Commercial Bank,
having been Secretary of the Board since 1876. He served as Treasurer of the Scho«l
Board from October. 1§73, until May, 1875. He isamember of the A., F. & A. M. e was
married in Parsons, October 6, 1878, to Miss Augusta S. Braunsdorf, a native of Illinois,
They have one child, Lloyd J. Pierson.

N. M. PORTRUM, grocer, Johnson’s_ avenue, was born in Hawkins County, East Ten-
nessee, in 1825. His father’s name was Henry, and his earlier ancestors came from Ger-
inany. His parents were born and lived in Rockingham County, Va., until 1824, when they.
moved into East Tennessee. Mr. Purtrum received the education which the public schools
aiforded, and _he learned the trade of blacksmithing which business he followed for more
than thirty-five years. He emigrated to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he lived
about five years; from thence to Davis County, and from Davis to Decatur, In
the same State. In 1867 he came to Labette County, Kan., about eight miles east of
Parsons, where he followed farming and blacksmithing until the fall of 1882, when he
commenced the business which he now has. Mr. P. married Miss Catharine Lasley, of
Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1851, by whom there are eight children, six daughters aud two
sons—E., born in 1859, is now in Colorado; Clara, born in 185%, now married to John
Phillips, and. living in Parsons; Alice, born in 1861, married to John Fastibund, now in
Canon City, Col.; Lizzie, born in 1863. married to R. 'p, Winan, living in Parsons; Fannie,
born in 1865: Debbie, 1867; Olive, 1871, and Charley Parsons, 1876. Mr. P. is a member of
the United Brethren Church.

W. J. QUICK is a native of Illinois, born near Belleville, Saint Clair County, Septembe1
14, 1844. e was educated in his native county and at the University of Chicago. Heis a
son of Rigdon and Maria (Newberry) Quick. His father was a native of Washing on
County, Pa., and was born January 28, 1807. He died on his seventieth birthday His
flendiather was a native of New Jersey. [is mother now resides in Missouri. She was

orn at Saint Genevieve, Mo., December 20,1812. Mr. Quick’s ancestors settled in Saint

 

¥ IL, in 1809. Having been reared in the oldest-settled portions of [llinots, Mr,
ee ig bees well informed in Fopard to the early settlement and development of his
juttive State, and very few menof his age have been more thoroughly tdentified with tts
history. He was married in Lebanon, Saint Clair Councy Ill, November 27, 1879, to Anna
G., daughter of L. Plack, of Lebanon, Ill. The Issue of this marriage fs one child, William
J.. junior, Mr. Q. located at Parsons, in January, 1880, he having visited this region of the
country several times at earlier dates, In April, 1881, he was elected a member of the City
Board of Education, and served two years in that Rosition. He is Reporter of Empire
Lodge, No. 1911, K. of H. Since locating in Kansas Mr. Quick has been engaged in real
‘pusi nd other speculations.
os ARLES i RASBACH, Proprietor of the Abbott House, was born in Ilion, Herkimer
Co., N. Y., November 5, 1837. In 1863 he removed to LIinois, and was employed asa lial -
man on the Illinois Central Railroad, for several years; afterward on the Union Paciile Rall-
road, in Nebraska, until he came to Leavenworth in 1869; he then commenced running a
train on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, between Leavenworth and Sedalia. Early in 1870
he went to Junction City, and became connected with the M. K.& T. R. R., running the
front construction train on that road until it was completed to the Red River, a distance of
263 miles. December 24, 1872, he ran the first passenger train into Denison, Tex., and
continued to run a passenger train on that road until Col. R.S. Stevens retired from the
management of the road. He then became one of the proprietors of the Belmont House,
and continued to conduct that house for about four years, then sold out to John Dean; after-
ward engaged in wholesale beer business, representing one of the largest breweries of Saiut
Louis, remaining in that business until the pron piow law took effect. He then, for a short
time, was in the packing business. June 13, 1881, he became proprietor of the Abhott
Se. Mr. R. served one year as City Treasurer. He was first married at Fort Herkimer,
’N. Y,, to Charity Philps, a native of that place. She died in 1876, leaving three children—
Nettie M., now Mrs. John Fanning; Cora and Charles J. Mr. Rashach’s present wife was
Annie R. McPherson. a native of Virginia. They were married December 31,1877. They
lave one child, Melville. Mr. R. is a member of A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and
Commandery, and K. of P. 4
roprietor of meat market, Forest Avenue, is a native of Buck-
i BENE Jeans tanie © America in April, 1872, locating in Chicago, wher he
reeided seven years, connedied with leading meat markets and packing-house while there
He removed from Chicago to Texas, where he lived one year, then spent oue season a

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ansas City, and in March, 1881, he located at Parsons, where he has since been engaged in

Ne present business, -Heisa member of the Andee A.M. He was married at Kansas City,
ovember, 1880, to Jennie Kelly, a native 0. cago. ‘

" NEY SPOTTS WOOD RICE, pastor of the M. KE. Church, was born in Madison County,
arents to Howard County, Mo., where he lived asa
slave on a plantation until 1864, when he entered the Sixty-seventh Regiment of United
States infantry, Company A, He was most of the time in service at St. Louis. He was
mustered out of the service in May, 1865. Hethen joined the African Methodist Church of
St. Louis. Soon afterward he received license as a local preacher, being ordained deacon
in 187u, at Lexington, Mo. In 1871 he had charge of the Savannah Mission. | Was ordained
an Elder in 1876, when he was pastor of the Washington Circuit, Mo., which relation he
heli until 1879, when he was appointea to Canton, Mo., continuing there two years. In
1881 he was pastor of St. Peter’s Chapel, St. Louis. In 1882 he was transferred to the Kan-
sas Conference, and had charge of the State Line Church, Kansas City,-Mo. In October,
1882, he was appointed to the pastorage of the church at Parsons. e was married, in
1852. to Miss Orry Ferguson, of Virginia, by whom he has had seven children, fourof whom
are living in St. Louis. He isa member of No. 88 Masonic Lodge, Parsous, Kan. Rev. Mr.
Rice has been very successful in his ministry. He was also efficient in building churches
for his congregations. In 1875, while at Cape Girardeau, Mo., he built a very handsome
brick edifice. In 1842 was sold to a man by the name of Lewis,and lived with him until 1864,
During this time he had learned to read, and was very influential among the colored people
on his master’s plantation, and through his influence thirty of them ran away and tried to
join the United States army at Laclede, Mo, They were all captured and returned to their
masters, and the subject of this sketch was taken to the whipping-post, with arope around
his neck, and threatened with death. But wiser counsels prevailed, and he was set free
and employed by his former master, in Glasgow, Mo., in preparing aud marketing the im-
mense tobacco crop of the season. .

J, J. RICHARDS, contractor and bullder. was born near where Huntsville is now locat-
ed, tn Logan County, O., September 13, 1827. Removed from there to Carlyle, Clinton Co.,
Il..,in 1848. In 1880 he located in St. Louis, where he remained until 1852, when he went
to Galifornia, remaining there until 1857; then spent one winter at Vancouvers Island;
then two yearsinFrazer’s River country, British Columbia. In 1860 he returned to Car-
lyle, Ill., and September 1, 1861, he entered the army as First Lieutenant of Company D,
Phirtieth [linots Volunteer Infantry, apart of what was known as the Illinois Brigade.
He-assisted in raising his compapy, and after serying as First. Lieutenant about fifteen
months, he was promoted to the Captaincy of the company, and served in that capacity
until he was mustered out in feptem ber, 1864. Hethen returned to Illinois, and was en
gaged in farming and dealing in horses, mules, cattle and hogs extensively, until he came
to Parsons, Kan., in October, 1871. He has been engaged in building operations since the
time he located here. Among the principal buildings put up by him, in this city, may be
mentioned the Edwards Opera House, oBRs, & Kimball block, the Woodruff store, tho
building occupied by Rowland & Bigwood, illiam Meixell’s residence, and_the Nellis
residence, which was recently sold to Mrs. ‘Ward, besides many others. Capt. R. has been
Alderman of the Fourth Ward. He has been a member of the A. F. & A. M. since 1849.
Ife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was married, October 14, 1862, to Medora
7. McMillan, a native of Clinton County, I]. They have three children living—MollieE.,
William B., and Lida Belle. Their first child died in infancy.

J OHN]H. REILLY, foreman of Missouri Pacific round-house, was born at Albany, N. Y.,
December‘, 1849. He lived inthe cities of Albany, New York, Saratoga and Schenectady
prior to removal to Illinois, in 1871. He has been engaged in railroading since 1865, having
made a Start as fireman on the Rensselaer & Saratog1 Railroad in New York, Afterwards,
for a period of four years, he was employed in the Schenectady Locomotive Works, then he
was employed for one year in the machine shopsof the Illinois Central Railroad at Cen-
tralia, Ill. Early in 1872 he went to Sedalia, Mo., remaining there three months. He then
received the appointment of foreman of the M., k. & T. BR. R. shops at Junction City, Kan.
After serving in that place one year, he then removed to Parsons, where lhe has since re-
sided, engaged in running on the road between Parsons and Junction City as locomotive
engineer. Since September, 1877, he has been foreman of the round-house at Parsons. He
is 2 member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mr. Riley was married at June-
tion City, Kan., in October, 1878, to Annie Tierney, a native of Memphis, Teun., but reared
in Kansas. They have three children—Christopher, William and Celia. bs

C. ROCKHOLD was born in Wayne County, lowa, March 7, 1841. Lived there until
1851, and afterwardin Mercer County, Mo., eightor ten years. He graduated from Edin-
burg College, in Grundy County, Mo., and received his medical education at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, at Keokuk, Lowa, graduating from that institution in tbe spring
of 1864. While atttending the medical school, there were from 8,000 to 13.000 soldiers in
the hospital at Keokuk, aud he had extraordinary facilities for acquiring practical knowl-
edge of diseases and their proper treatment, at the same attending lectures. He began
practice in his native county in 1864. In 1865 he removed to Saline County, Mo., where he
remained until he came to Parsons, Kan. In June, 1872, he first visited this place locating
here in September of that year. Heis a member of the Southeastern Kansas istrict Medi-
cal Association, of the Labette County Medical Society, is one of the Board of United States
Examining Surgeons, and he has served as-Alderman and as amember of the Board of Edu-
cation. The doctor was married in Mercer County, Mo., January 1, 1865. to Miss L. E. Hor-
dyke, a native of Missouri. rhey have two childrén—Henry Clay and John Randolph.

REV. FATHER PH. J. ROOS,S. J., was born in Rhenish Prussia A. D. 1835. He was
educated partly in his native, and partly in this, country at the St. Louis University, St.
Louis, Mo, In 1852 he came to this country, settling first in Ohio, but afterward removing
to St. Louis, there entering the Society of Jesus. After completing his studies, he was en-

aged for some years in teaching in several colleges of his order. eiug ordained priest in

868, he was emptoyed in teaching and pastoral duties in St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago and.
Milwaukee. In August, 1881, he took charge of the Catholic parish in Parsons. Shortly
after his arrival here he purchased grounds and buildings, and established a flourishing
parochial school, u der the direction of the Sisters of Loretto.

MRS. T. ROUSIS, Johnson avenue, was born in Belgium in 1838, and emigrated to America
in 1861, settling first near Kankakee, Ill., where she remained two years, when she re-
moved to Leavenworth, Kan., where she lived until 1871, when she came to Parsons. Her
father’s name was Pole Masby. Her parents died in Leavenworth in 1866. She was married
to Emil Rosisin 1866. He was a Swiss by birth, but his parents were from Italy. He died in
June, 1876. Mrs. R. has two daughters—Matilda, married to Charles Wirt, yard-master on
the Missouri Pacific at Parsons, and Delphine, born December 2, 1868, now living with her
mother. Mrs. R. 1s a member of the Catholic Church,

A. E. SCHEBLE, M. D., homeopathic physician and surgeon, was born in Westfield, Mor-
row Co., Ohio, September 25, 1847. Finished his literary studies at Capitol University, at
Columbus, Ohio,and in 1870 he graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College,
and began practice at Toledo, Ohio, where he remained six years; afterward was located at
Fort Worth, Tex., where he remained until he came to Parsons, in October, 1879. | While in
Ohio, he was a member of the State Homeopathic Medical Society. He 1s a member of the
A.O. W., and the American Leglon of Honor.

HENRY SCHMITZ, dairyman, Fourteenth street, Parsons, was born in Prussia, in 1830.
He was brought up on a farm, and educated in the s¢hools of his native land. Atthe age of
twenty he came to America and settled near Madison, Wis., ona farm. He was married,
April 5, 1857, to Margareth Wohl, who was born November 8, 1839, in Prussia, and cane
to America when twelve years old, settling in Dane County, Wis. They have had six sons
and four daughters, of whom five sons and three daughters are living. John, the eldest,
born August 27, 1858, is in the wholesale jewelry business on Johnson avenue, Parsons;
the second son, J. A, P., born July 25, 1862, 1s a partner in the same business; the third
son, Girard, born October, 1864, is working on a railroad in Texas; the fourth, charles J.,
horn October 4, 1866, and the fifth, Henry, February 28, 1867, live with their parents and
attend school, The eldest daughter, Gertie, born July 10, 1860; the second, Mary Kate, born
February 2, 1872, and the third, Sophia Agnes, born June 2, 1874, live under the parental
roof. Mr, Schmitz moved from the farm to Sauk City, in 1866. October, 1871, he emigrated
to Osage Mission, Kan., living there until 1875, when he removed to Parsons, Kan. Mr.
Schmitz and his sous have been very successful in their business since coming to Kansas.
They are all members of the Catholic Church .

. M. SEATON, United States Raitway Postal Clerk, was born at Hardinsburg, Brecken-
ridge County Ky., June 30, 1840; lived there until he was nine years of age, afterward at
Monmouth, Il, until 1860, then »emoved to Kentucky, remaining there ene year, then jo-
cated in Chicago, where he lived until April, 1862, when he enlisted in the Kighteenth Reyi-
ment, United States Infantry, serving with that regiment until May, 1865, except during a
period of nineteen months spent in the rebel prisons. He was wounded September 20,

863, and was then taken prisoner, and was at Richmond, Va., two months, six months at
Danville, and eleven months at Andersonville. After he left the service, he returned to
Chicago, and in 1866, removed to Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IIL, living there until 1870,
then removed to Smithton, Mo.,where he resided until he came to Parsons, in November, 1872.
He was engaged in the drug business until he was appointed clerk inthe Railway Mail Ser-
vice In 1878; first running onthe M., K. &C. R. R. for one year, then onthe M., K. & T. R.
R., between Parsons and Sedalia. He served one year as a member of the School Board, of
Parsons. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M.. 1.0. 0. KK. of P. and A. 0. U. W. T.
Seaton was married at Blandinsville, LLL, AUN 15, 1866, to Anna Michaels, a native of
Monmouth, ill. They have five children—Millie, Mattie K., Lizzie, Annie T. and Maggie.

JAMES SHONE, foreman of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company’s blacksmith shops
at Parsons, was horu at Manchester, England, December 19, 1847. Came to America with
his parents, Samuel and Elizabeth Shone, when he wasachild. They located at St. Louis,
living there eighteen years. He has worked at his trade siuce he was fourteen years oltl,
and for the last twelve years he has been inthe employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Company. Came to Parsons, Kan., May 20, 1877. Since snnUAry, 1883, he has held his
present position in the shops, He was married in Oanton, Mo,, in September, 1871, to Mary

Va. Ata very early age he came with
Q LABETTE COUNTY.

A. Moore, a _native of St. Louis. They have three chil —
George G._ Mr. Shone is a member of the A, F.& A.M. Shel Maay Blieabeil Hen Gam
HON. WALTER L, SIMONS, lawyer, was born near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, May 28, 1837. He
was educated in the common schools and academies of his native county. .- Read law with
Delano, Sapp & Smith, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar in August
185: . Begun practice in his native place, and was elected Prosecuting Attorney of I nox
County, Ohio, in 1864 and re-elected in 1866; coming from there to Usage Mission, Kan., in
February, 1871, where he resided util October, 1879, when he came to Parsons. In the
spring of 1872 he waselected Mayor of the city of Osage Mission. In the fall of 1872, he
was elected Srate Senator from Neosho County, and was re-elected tothe same office in 1874.
te WAS OnE IGE bile: Hayes electors An 1BTG. Mr. Simons was married at Martinsburg, Knox

se , Oc . 5 a cCreary, a n :

childrens Allo May and sssio Me Ys ative of Martinsburg, They have two
$. SEMONSON, grain and produce dealer, was born in Norway, March 22, 182 . Cameto
America vanuary 9, 1847, landing at New Orleais, where he remained about ae rate
then went to St. Joseph, Mo., where he lived one year; afterwards at Springfield, IIL. and.
vicinity fora period of about five years;, most of the time in lumber busiuess. He ‘then re-
moved to-Tazewell County, 1l],, and was engaged in grain business at Delavan in that county,
later locating at Green Valley; in the same county, where he continued in the grain tradé
until he came to Parsons, Kan., in December, 1875, For the last six years being a member

of the firm of Wilson & Simonson, Gen. A. Wilson being associated with him. His sou Elis-'

worth Simonson being actively identified with them in the condue i :

was married nine malles avest ot Springfeld, TL. May 2. 1852, eho Fiteteue ini bece
an, r otsdam, N. Y. :

now living- Ellsworth, the son before alluded to. 5 dev nuem ulin can one

A. B. SIPPLE, photographer, was born in Grant Connty, Ky., January 23, 1857. . When
he was one year of age, his pa¥ents removed with their family to Douglas County, TIL, ving
there until 1867, then removing to Callaway County, Mo. Came to Parsons. February, 1879
having resided at Boonville, Mo., for two years prior to removal to Kansas. Engag ed in
photograph business while there ad since coming here. Mr. Sipple was married at Boon-
ville, Mo., October, 20, 1881, to Laura Welch, a native of that place.

JOHN. SIPPLE, retired merchant, was born in Grant County, Ky., October 1, 1841, re-
sidiug there until 1865, when he removed to Missouri, and remained there until 1868. when
he came to K insas, locating at Fontana, Miami County, there engaging in grocery business
with his brother, W. H. Sipple. In August, 1869, they began running a railroad supply
store south of Junction City, on the M,, K. & T., and continued on that route asthe road pro-
gressed, until November, 1870, when they put up a store 18x30 on the present site of Par-
sons, about thirty feet north of where the Robot House now stands, They sold the first
goods which were put up here, March 9, 1871, the day following the first sale of town lots
here, they began the erection of a store 25x60 on Johnson avenue, where A. G. Ratliffe is
now doing business, and continued to do business in that building until it was destroyed by
fire, July 29, 1874. They immediately erected the present brick store, 2514x70, at a cost of
$4,812. The lot originally cost them $300. They conducted business there until May, 1880,
Mr. John I, Sipple being the owner of the property now. They closed out their stock in
May, 1870, and went to Colorado, W. H. being now engaged in mercantile business at Lead-
vill. The climate of that locality proving injurious to the health of John I., he has recently
returned to Parsons. He was for several years a2 member of the Common Council, and also
served as a member of the Board of Education. He was married in Concord, Mo., to Pinkie
L. Pledge, a native of Missouri. She died February 12, 1879, leaving one child—Glarence P.,
who was born at Parsons the day his mother died. Mr.S. is a member of K. of P.

SAMUEL CHARLES SLOAN was born at Dayton, Ohio, March 20, 1856; moved from
there to Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1876; remained there for one year, afterward for three sea-
sons he was employed as a traveling buyer of leaf tobacco for a New York house. Then,
for one year, he traveled foran agricultural implement manufactory, having headquarters
at Cincinnati, and manufactories at Akron and Canton, Ohio. Mr. Sloan came to Parsons
in December, 1880, and was engaged in fruit and confectionery business untit March, 1882,
when he formed 2 co-partnership with J. Willard Walker, under the firm name of Walker
& Sloan, merchandise brokers. Mr. S. is a member of the Junior Order of American
Mechanics, and’ of the Christian Church. He was married, January 17, 1882, to Lillie M.
Bunger, a native of Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind. They have one child—Samuel Car

ROSCOE SMITH, ticket and freight agent of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf R. R.,
was born at Darviille, Androscoggin Co., Me., October 4, 1855; lived in his native State
ten years; afterwards in Missouri; came to Olathe, Kan., in August, 1879, having been one
year in,the employ of the Hannibal & St. Josepn R. R. prior to that time. He was engaged
as telegraph operator at Olathe most of the time until February, 1880. He tnen removed
to Cherokee, remaining there until April, 1882, when he came to Parsons, coming here to
take the position which he now holds. He was railroad agent at Cherokee for over two

ears. r. Smith is a menrber of the A. O. U. W. He was married, at Macon City, Mo.,
anuary 16, 1880. to Ella Houghland. They have one child—Gracie.

F. H. SNYDER, cas‘ier of the City Bank of Angell Matthewson & Co. He was born in
Fort Plain, Montgomery Co., N. Y.,in March, 1850; came to Parsons in: September, 1880,
having resided for six years in Nebraska prior to that time. He engaged in the banking
business almost immediately after locating at Parsons, being associated with Angell Mat-
thewson and Merrit Noyes. This partnership existed untillt was dissolved by the death
of Mr. Noyes, February 12, 1883, since which time Matthewson & Snyder have carried
on the business, they being proprietors of the City Bank, besides doing an extensive real
estate and insurance business. hey do the principal real estate and loan business in this

nart of Kansas. Mr. Snyder is one of the directors of the Parsons & Western R. R. Co.
e was married at Oneida, Madison Co.,'N. Y., to Mary M. Walrath, a native of Fort
Plain N.Y.

L. J. STEELE, blacksmith and wagon maker, was born in Kings Co., N.Y.. February 22,
1843. and while he was an infant his parents removed with their family to Indiana, He re-
sided in that State until 1860. locating at a place then called Rockford, in Bourbon County,
fifteen miles we t of Ft. Scott. It was situated two miles from where Union Town is now
located. July 14, 1861, he was mustered into the army, having enl sted as a private in Com-
pany F, Third Kansas Volunteers, After serving with that regiment sfx months it was
consolidated with the Fourth Kansas Regiment, and was designated the Tenth Kansas [n-
fantry. He served in that regiment as a veteran until he was finally mustered outin Septem-
ber, 1865, being at that timeSergeant of Company B. In 1867,he removed to Baldwin Town-
ship, Lbette County, resided there one year, running a blacksmith shop, also having a farm
which he had carried‘on for him, and afterwards resided in North Township. He, with his
brother, started a saw mill on the Little Labette in 1868, it being the first millin this vicin-
iy, and operated that for three years, ‘The capacity of the mill was a cut of about 4,000
feetof lumber per day. In 1874, he came from his farm in Parsons and ras since been en-
gaged in blacksmithing and wagon making. He employs four hatids besides being actively
employed himself. He has served as Alderman of the secord ward. Mr, Steele was married
at Osweno, Labette Co, Kan:, in March, 1871,10 Violena Frazey, a native of Iowa. They
have four children—Tessie, Edna, Elisha and Lina. Lost one child—Olive, who died at the
age imhteen months, é . ea

= rr STEELE, of the firm of J. F. Steele & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, was
porn’ in Rochester, N. Y.. March 9. 1851, and lived there until he was four years of age,
afterwards at Rochelie, Ogle Co., II., until 1867, when he removed to Stark County, IIl.,
living there until March, 1876, when he came to Parsons, Kansas, and engaged in hardware
business with KE. H. Edwards, his present partner. They closed out their hardware
business in 1880, and since January 1, 1881, they have carried the business in which they
are now engaged. He isinterested in the Parsons Fair and Driving Park Association. He
is a member of the A. F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. July 8, 1874, Mr.
Steele was married at Bradford, Stark Co., Ill, to Emily M. Plummer, a native of Portland,
Me. They have four ehildrei— Frank Melville, born in Stark County, and Mabel Grace,

sdwin Grant and Charles David, born in Parsons, Kan.
ea STEVENS, job printer and bookbinder, was born at Batavia, N. Y., May 6, 1835
lived there and at Uockport;N. Y. until 1843, when his father located. with his family at
Waukegan, Ill. K. S. lived there until1852 when he went to Madison and other places in
Wisconsin, and removed to Muskegon, Michigan, in 1838. He enlisted August 5, 1862, in
Company Dd, Ninety-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. at Waukegan. He was wounded at
the battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863, was captured by the Confederates and for
eight months was a paroled prisoner. He served in the army until May 15, 1865. He then
returned to Michigan and remained until he came to Parsons, November 29, 1871. He was
employed in the printing office ofthe Parsons Sunfor a period of twenty-one months and
was afterwards with the M. K. & T. RK. R. Co., in their freight depot at this place for three
years. In 1877, he established a job printing office and has since given his.attention to the

rinting business in that office. He is now perfecting arrangements for doing a general
Bookbinding business. Mr, S. has served as City Clerk. Helsa meinber of the Presby-
He was married in Muskegon, Mich., in November, 1867, to Elizabeta,

cera CHUL She is a native of Birmingham,

daughter oF Jone Jobuste fontabnly of Rr Clair, Mich.
England. They have one child—Francis M. 5 4
n ETON, R. Ss” STEVENS, a resident of Attica, N. Y., and member of Congress from
that district, president of the Osage Coal & Mining Company, president of the First National
Bank of Parsons, presideut of the National Mill & Elevator Comnany of Parsons, presi-
dent of the Parsons Town Company, etc. An early settler at Lecompton, Douglas Co.,
Kan., one of the early members of tie Kansas State Senate, and for many  yeirs general
manager of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, nearly all of the Jines of that company
having been built by hin, and afterwards under his management, : .
S. 5 STILLWELL, fruit depot, Central avenue, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1861.
He lived there until 1872, when his pirents emigrated to Par-ons, Kan. His father,
whuse name was James, was born in Newport, Kv., 1831. His grandfather, Joseph, came
from Virginia to Newport, Ky., about 1820. His great-grandfather was a Welshman,
and emigrated to America ‘about the time of the revolution. His mother was born in

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Newport, her mother in Richmond. Va. His grandfather went down the Ohio River on
the first flatboat, and also on the first steamboat that descended that river. His maternal
great-grandfather’ was a soldier in the army of the revolution, and also in war of 1812
Samuel Carter, his maternal grandfather, still lives at Newport, Ky., 102 years of age.
Mr. S. received his earlier education in Ohio aud Illinois, completing it in Parsons,
Kan., to which place he came in 1872. He has one brother and four sisters—Ettie, Minnie,
Jennie, Ida, and James, all of whom are living with their parents on Belmont avenne,
Mr, Stillwell commenced the businessin which he is now engaged March 15, 1881. His
father is a carpenter and builder on Belmout avenue, Parsons, Kan, *

WILLIAM SULLIVAN, druggist, was born in Philadelphia,Pa.. July 3, 1854, lived there
five years, then his parents removed to Chicago, where he resided until he came to Osage
Mission, Neosho Co., Kan., in the autumn of 1869; engaged‘in, the drug business there
until his removal to Parsous in the summer of 1880, continuing in drug trade here. He
has been in the same business since he was eighteen years of age. He is amember of the
Catholic Church. October 9, 1882, Mr. Sullivan was married at Osage Mission, to Mary
Mills, a native of Union County, Ky. =

H. E. THOMPSON; carpenter, East Belmont avenue, was born in 1841 in Venango
County, Pa, When-he was twelve years of age his parents removed to Marquette County,
Wis. His father’s name was Hugh Gibson Thompson, named after the celebrated Indian
fighter of that name. His ance8tors were descendants of Sco ch-Irish, who emigra-
ted to America more than hundred years ago. His mother’s name was Martha
Nevins, also descended from ' Scotch-Irish parentage. In July, 1862, he enlisted in
Company A, Twentieth Wisconsin Infantry, and served in the Ariny of the Frontier
in Arkansas, Army of the Gulf, and Army of the Rio Grande; was in the siege of Vicks-
burg and Mobile. He was in every engagement of his regiment; he was wounded and
captured in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7, 1862. He was married to
Jane Odell, of Chicago, in 1867. She was born in 1851, at West Point, N. Y. They have
four children—John'N., born in Hebron, Porter Co.. Ind.. in 1869; Hugh Gibson, born in
Wisconsin in 1872; Helen, born in Wisconsin in 1876; Viletta, born in Parsons in 1876.
Mr. Thompson emigrated to Parsons in the fall of 1880. He has held the office of senior
vice commander in the G. A. R.. also vice dictator in the K. of H., and worthy chief in-
Good Templars Lodge No. 46, Parsons.

J. N. THOMPSON, grocer, was born at Cooperstown, Venango Co., Pa., March 29,
1835, living there about ten years, then for five years in Marquette County, Wis., after-
wards at_ Hickory Point, Lake Co., Ind., until 1861, when heresponded to the first call for
men, and enlisted for three monthsinthe Fifteenth Indiana Volunteers, served for the
term of enlistment. and then located at Chicago, where he remained until August, 1869.
He then came to Kansas, locating on southwest quarter Section 30, in North Township.
Labette County, living there until 1872, the time of removal to Parsons. He was engaged in
the contracting and building business until 1879; since then in mereantile business, dealing
in groceries and provisions. He was married at Chicago, May 2, 1869, to Sophia Ranson, a
native of Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., N. Y. They have six children—Currance Beebe,
Julia Martha, Frank: Victor, Katie, Madge, and an infant daughter. Mr. Thompson isa
member of the A., F. & A. M,, and was School Treasurer while a resident of North Town-

ship.
GHARLES S. THURSTON. lumberman, was_born at Mount Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio,
February 7%, 1846. He enlisted May 2, 1864, in Company G., One Hundred and Thirty-sixth

Regiment, National Guards of Ohio, and remained in that regiment until August 31, 1864.

the term of enlistment. February 8, 1865,

He was then mustered out, having served durin
and Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer In-

he again enlisted in Company G, One Hundre
fantry; was finally mustered out January 20, 1866. He returned to Ohio, and March 2%,
1866, he came to Lawrence, Kan., on his way to Labette County. He was accompanied by
his brother, David, and a gentleman by the name of William E. Shedd. They outfitted at
Lawrence, and immediately proceeded to what is now North Township, locating on the
northeast and southeast of Section 14, and the northwest of Section 13. They purchased -
three pairs of oxen'at Lawrence, paying $150, $165, and $175, per pair, and for ‘a lumber
wagon they patd $140, and for about a year thev were obliged to go to Lawrence for their
supplies, and for several weeks Humboldt was their nearest postoffice. Afterward they
got their mail dt Osage Mission, until an office was established in Neosho Township,
known as Luka, P. O., since discontinued, Mr. Thurston continued in his farming pursuits
three years. In the fall of 1869 he went to Montana, in this county, and was engaged in
shoemaking until February, 1870. He then sold his shop, and went to Montgomery County,
where he took a claim remaining there during the summer, then going to Ohio, and re-
maining there until March 12, 1871, when he returned to Kansas, and after spending a few
weeks on his farm inthis county, he became connected with the lumber business, being
in the employ of William Meixell, the pioneer lumber merchant of Parsons, with whom he
still continues, having been with him ever since the yard was started, April 17,1871. Mr.
Thurston has served two years as Alderman of the Third Ward. He is a member of the
. 0.0. F. He was married in Parsons, September 28, 1873, to Elizabeth Eleanor Thurs-
fons a native of Indiana. They have two children—Charles Worthington and Carrie
eanor. 2

M. L. TROTTER, agent of the Pacific Express Company, was born near Corydon, Harri-
son Co., Ind., September 5, 1841; removed to Henry County, Mo., in 1859, remaining there
ouly one vear, however, when he returned to Indiana. He enlisted July 22, 1861, in Com-
pany B, Third Indiana Cavalry, and served until September, 1864. He was then mustered
out and returned to his native State, where he remained until June, 1866, when he located
at Wamego, Kan. That was his home until 1868. He then went back to Indiana, and did
not return to Kansas again until July, 1871, when he came to Parsons. While in Wamero
he was engaged in civil engineering in couvection with the construction of the Kansas Pa-
cific Railroad, After coming to Parsons, he was a member of-the Civil Engineer’s Corps of
the M. K. & T. R. R. for one year. Served one year as Division Superintendent Clerk, and
two years as baggageman on the road. In 1876 he became a messenger for the Adams Ex-
press Company; remained as such until January, 1881,at which time he accepted the agency
of the Pacific Express. He was City Assessor in 1882. He isa member ofthe A., F, & A. M.,
and G. A. R. Antietam Post No. 64. Mr. Trotter was married at Salem, Ind., November 23,
1870, to Kate Re‘lus, a native of Livonia, Washington, Co., Ind. They have two children—
George L., born November 17, 1875, and Ray Hamilton, born August 25, 1882.

CAP. TYLER, blacksmith, was born in Auburn, N. Y., in 1822. Atan early age he went
with his parents to.Ithaca, N. Y. His father’s name was Justus Tyler, carpenter, builder and.
farmer. His grandfather’s name was Jacob Tyler, a Revolutionary soldier, who, at the close
of the war, settled in Southington, Conn., where he died in 1833. His mother’s name was
Nancy Warn; born, lived and died in Auburn, N. ¥Y. Her father was of German descent,
and was also a soldier inthe Revolution. Mr. Tyler received a common school education,
and learned his trade in Auburn, N.Y. Atthe age of nineteen he worked at his trade
in Elmira, N. Y. In 1842 he traveled over a large part of Pennsylvania, living
ing at various places until 1847, when he started _in business for himself near
Ithaca, and soon afterward married Mary Ann West, of Rochester, N. Y., in
1845. Her father was a mechanic of English descent. In 1848 he emigrated to Walworth
County, Wis., where he lived for awhile, when he moved into McHenry County, Il., soon
afterward to Freeborn County, Minn., and soon laid out a town on the Albert Lea, Geneva,
now containing 4,000 inhabitants. Soon after he moved to St, Peter’s, Minn.; again in Ili-
nois, and from thence to Valifornia, where he remained six years working at his trade. He
then returned to Ithaca, and from thenceto Rockford Ill. In 1869 he emigrated to Fort
Scott, where he took up aclaim. In 1878 he cameto Parsons, Kan, He has three children
—Mary Isabella, born near Ithaca, N. Y., in 1846, married to Mr. LaBairn, now in the em-
pluy. of the Mexican povernment at Vera Cruz; Charles A., bornin 1848, married to Miss

aker, now living in Rockford Ill, andJulia, born in Wisconsin in 1851, married to George
Haynes, of Newark, N. J., now in Parsons. Mr. Tyler Is a member of the Masons.

CHARLES ULRICH, merchant tailor, was born in Prussia, November 18, 1849; came
to America in August, 1873; located at Rochester, N. Y., where he remained till 1876, when
hecame to Parsons, Kan. He gives employment to three tailors. He isa member of the A,,

.,@ A.M. Mr. Ulrich was married at Rochester, N. Y., January 3, 1876, to Teresa
Preisner, a native of Baden, Germany.

M. G. VAN SCOTER, machinist. corner of East Central and Stevens streets, was born
near Hornellsville, N. ¥Y., August 30, 1826. His father was a native of Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
and his mother of Allegany County, N. Y. He received his education at Hornellsville, and
learned bis trade at Fredouia, N. Y. For sixteen years he wasengineer onthe N.Y. &
Erie R. C., and for one year and six months on the M. R. & T. R.R., having been employed
continually on_the railroad, commencing in the old wooden shops at Hornellsville, N. Y.
September 13, 1869, he came to Junction City, Kan., and in April, 1874,to Parsons. Mr. Van
Scoter ran the engine that drew the first coach with Gov. Harvey and suite, June 10, from
Junction City to Chetopa. Mr. Van Scoter was married in Corning, N. Y., January 17, 1860,
to Miss S. KE. VanHusen, who was born in Howard, Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1836. She received
her education In Prattsburgh and Alfred Academies, Steuben County, N. ¥. Mr. Vau Scoter
has one brother aud two sisters living in the State of New York. His father still lives at the
age of eighty two, Mrs. Van Scoter has three sisters and one brother ying: They have
had six children—Nannie, born in Erie, Pa., October, 1861; George P., born in Corning, N.Y.,
March 10, 1893, occupation, locomotive fireman onthe Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad; Hattie
R., born at Hornellsvil'e in 1866, and died at Parsons, November 6, 1851; Robert M., born
in Hornellsvile, February 17. 1869; Louie S., born at Fort Riley, Kan., in 1873; Lizzie, born
in Parsons, Kan., April 14, 1875. r. Van Scoteris amember of the Masonic fraternity.
He has in his possession the first time table on the U. P. road, now M. K. & T., and also ran
the first train over that road. :

. A. WADE, contractor and builder, was born in Bedford County, Va.,in August 28,
1827; that was his home until 1866, when he located at Memphis, fenn., remaining there
unti!’1869, when he removed to Kansas City; lived there until 1870, and then went to Fort
Scott;fthence to Chetopa, Kan., March 1, 1871, when he came to Parsons; being here at the
first sale of lots March 8, 1871. He has been extensively engaged in building business here
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on the first brick building (Sipple
Bros.’ grocery store) which was erected here; E.C. Dent's block, where Holines’ drug store
is now located; the West School building, ani many of the residences and business locks
of the city. He put up the first chimney in Parsons, which is still in use at the Belomone

ouse. He has been a director of the Parsons Commercial Bank for three years and still

holds that position. He is also interested in the Parsons Fair and Driving Park Association:

ane the Forest Park Association. Mr. Wade is one of the leading public-spirited citizens
of Parsons.

Cc. F. WALDRON, M. D., is a native of Greensburg, Westchester Co, N.Y. Was edu-
cated at the Cooperstown Institute and the New York Academy; read medicine for nearly
five years with Prof, Middleton, of Davenport, Iowa, oneof the most eminent physicians in
that State. In 1874, he graduated from the Medical Department of the Iowa State Univer-
sity. He was a clerk of the Clinique of that institution for two terms, and he made all the
anatomical drawings for the college during his attendance there. In 1875, he became a
member of the North Iowa Medical Society, and in the same year he joined the Fayette
County Medical Society, serving as secretary in the la'ter’ organization in 1880 and
1881. He was twice electe! a delerate to tle State Medical Association, of which he
has been a permanent member since 1879. He is a member of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Davenport, Iowa, and Corresponding Secretary of the Parsons Sclen-
tific Association. The Doctor was located at Brush Creek, Fayette Co., lowa, from 1874 to
the time of his removal to Parsons, January 1, 1832.

WALKER & SLOAN, merchandise brokers, represent Greeley-Burnham Grocery Co.,
St. Louis; H. O. Pope & Co., dealers in foreign fruits, etc.. St. Louls; St. Louis Paper Co.,
St. Louis; Mound City Bag and Printing Co., St Louis; Corle Cracker and Confectionery
Co., of Kansas City; Gus. O. L. Sauer, dealer in foreign fruits, fancy groceries and produce,
Kansas City; L. G. Shepard & Co., dealers in the same goods, Kansas City; G. Buecking &

on, Vinegars, cider, etc., Kansas City; A. Richards & Co., Economy Dak ig powders, Fort
Scott; A. W, Winzenberg, cigar manufacturer, Scdalia, Mo.; A. J. Stillwell, pork packers,
Hannibal, Mo ; Jacob Dold & Son, pork packers, Kansas City; Kansas City Show Case Co.,
Kansas City; Kansas city White Lead and Linseed Oil Co.. Kansas Clty.

J. WILLARD WALKER, was born at Oxford, N.J., November 8, 1834; lived in New
York City and Philadelyhiathe most of the time until fifteen years ago; he then removed to
Steubenville, Ohio; resided there oe year; afterward in Indiana, seven years; spent a
short time in Kentucky and Missourl, aud three years in Texas; cam® to Parsons in Febru-
ary, 1881. Mr. Walker has spent over thirty years in the mercantile business, He is a
member of the Kansas Benevolent Assoclation. He was married at Clinton, Ind., February
10, 1877, to Lucy C. Clover, a native of that place, :

H. R. WALLER, ex-Deputy Sheriff, northeast Central and Gabriel avenue, was born in
Plymouth, Washington Co., Ohio, in 1843. His fa her came from Virginia at an early day,
His mother was born in Norwich, Ohio. Mr. Waller received his education in the district
schools at his father’s home. In August, 1862, he enlisted.in Cowpany H, Oue Hundred and
Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in service with his regiment in Kentucky
and Tennessee until he was injured seriously while in the line of duty, from which he never
recovered, and for which he gets a pension. In 1863, he was transferred to the Ohio Volun-
teer Heavy Artillery. August, 1865, he was mustered out of the service. He removed to
Christian County, Ill. March 17, 1872, he emigrated to Parsons, Kansas, where he took up
a claim and followed the business of farming. He was married to Alvina Perrine, Novem-
ber 9, 1867. She was born in Mercer County, Pa., having moved from Pennsylvania to Jack-
sonville, Ill., at an early age. They have three children living—Ida E., born September 1,
1868; Finley McClusky, born_October 19, 1870; Louis L., born July 22. 1872; Elenora,
born March 6, 1879; Edward H., born September 30, 1876, was killed by a horse September
1, 1881. In 1874 our subject was elected constable of Parsons, which officé he held five
years. Afterward was appoiuted Deputy Sheriff, serving two years. Was also Street Com-
wissioner one year. He is now City Auctioneer of the city of Parsons. Mr. Waller having
lived in Parsons from its beginning, his history has been identified with the growth of the
city. He is acting past-master workman of the A. O. U. W., and also a member of the

G. A. R.
JULIUS S. WATERS, editor of the Oswego Daily and Weekly Independent, published
at Oswego, Kansas. Was Lornin Warrick County, Ind, March 25, 1838. The country was
new at this time, and young Julius, had arrived at the age of eleven before he had seen a
schoolhouse, and not until the removal of the family to Henry County, Lowa, in 1848, did
he enjoy the advantages of the common schools. His mother dled when he was but fifteen
years of age, by which the family was broken up, and at this early age, with little education
and no means, he was cast upon his own resources. For atime he was employed as a farm
hand, at four dollars per month, In 1854, he began to learn the trade of harness and saddle
making at Galesburg, IIl., at which he was employed about three years. His spare noments
were occupied in study and reading, by which his mind underwent cultivation and became
stored with useful knowledge. Returning to Indiana in 1857, the next fall, he was made
Republican candidate for the Legislature. The county was heavily Democratic and he was
defeated in the election. In 1860, he assisted in the organization of his party in Spencer
County, to which he hard removed, and was a member of the State Convention appointing
delegates to the National Convention, which met at Chicago, Ill., and put Abraham Lincoln
in nomination for the presidency, and was afterward actively engaged in the campaign. He
was married in 1860, and conti: ued a resident of Spencer County, Ind., until the death of
his wife in 1863, at which time he removed to Nebraska City, Ne)., and became engaged as
local editor on_the Press, a paper published by his brother, W. H. H. Waters, at that place.
Removing to Southwest Missouri in 1865, and not being satisfied with the country, he at
once came to Kansas, settling upon the Osage Ceded lands in Labette County, where he now
owns a fine farm of five hundred acres, upon which he resides. Having studied law, he was
admitted to practice when the county was organized, and in which he continued with gratl-
fying success for some years. In the fall of 1869 he was elected to the office of County At-
torney, and subsequently was twice elected to the saine office. He established a newspaper
called the S-ntinel at Labette City, in the summer of 1871, which he ran about a year and
sold out, and two years afterward became editor of the Oswego Independent, Hpon which
he is now engaged. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1880, and again in 1882, in
which capacity he served with satisfaction to his constituents. He was commissioned a
director of the State Penitentiary by Gov. St. John, in April, 1882, and still holds the posi-
tion. He has been re-married and is the father of an interesting family. He is aman of
considerable ability, and figures prominently in politics, and enjoys a wide circle of friends
and acquaintances,

J.H. WHEAT, dealer in boots and shoes, came to Labette County, Kansas, March 3,
1872. Located on the northwest quarter of Section 15, In Walton Township. In May, 1873,
he removed to Section 5, Piberty, ‘Township, living there until June 1, 1881, wheiu he came
to Parsons, being now associated with his brother, Thomas B. J., in busivess. He was born
in Bourbon County, Ky., August 19, 1848, living there until February 12, 1872. when he
“started for Kansas, making the entire trip on horseback. His father died in 1867, but his
mother, Dorothy:M. Wheat, resides on the farm in Liberty Township, several of her chil-
dren betng there with her.

. B. J. WHEAT, boot and shoe merchant,was born In Bourbon County, Ky., January 30,
1847. Came to Parsons April 3, 1872, having visited this place and decided to locate hore
during the fall of 1871. Fortwo years he was amember of the hardware firm of Atchison
& Wheat, then served two years as Justice of the Peace, and after leaving the office he was
employed as bookkeeper in the Parsons Flouring Mills. Since August 1, 1876, he has heen
engaged in his present business. He is president of the Parsons Scientific Association. He is
a member of the I. O. O. F. Subordinate Lodge and Encampment, and has served as Alder-
man of the First Ward. Mr. Wheat was married in Bourbon County, Ky., May 5, 1869, to
Amelia Brown, anative of that county. They have two cehildren—Williain Volney, born
February 20, 1874, and Thomas B. J. Jr., born December 23,]1876.

AUGUSTUS WILSON. son of Andrew Porter and Sarah Allen Wilson, was born May 6,
1836,in Harrison Township, Darke Co.,Ohio. He received a thorough English education in the
schools of his native State. At the age of eighteen years he took charge of his father’s busi-
ness six years. Engaged in farming, and stock dealing, and after carrying on that business
fourteen years removed to New Madison, Ohlo. and commenced his mercantile career,
remaining at that place about two years, and subsequently at Greenville, Ohio, in loan an
brokerage business about the same length of time. He then visited Kansas and decided to
make the State hishome. Returned to Ohio, and after closing out his business again re-
turned to Kansas and locateti at Parsons, where he entered into partnership with Walker &
Thomas in the real estate business, the firm being, after 1873, Thomas & Wilson. When the
Parsons Savings Bank was organized, in 1874, Mr. Wilson was elected president, and has
been connected with that institution and its successor, the “Commercial Bank,” to the pres-
ent time. For the past five years—since the spring of 1877—he has also heen largely engaged
in buying and shipping grain. Heis a member of the Congregational Church, and an active
worker in the educational and general interests of the young city, which he has seen grow
to its present estate from almost nothing. Mr. Wilson was married December 1, 1863, to
Ella B,, daughter of Major-General John S. and Elizabeth B. Ensor, of Maryland. Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson are enthusiastic workers in the temperance cause, Mrs. Wilson aiding the
movement with tongue and pen. To her public spirit, perseverance and ability, Parsons is
also indebted for its magnificent public library building and its valuable contents.

DAVID F. WILSON, hardware merchant, is anative of Chester County, Pa., and was
raised inthe western part of Pennsylvania. Came to Parsons, Kansas, in August, 1880,
having previously resided for several years at Wilmington, Illinois. He was married in that
city in September, 1873, to Mrs. E. S. Grover, a native of New Jersey. They have three
children—Rachel, Robert and Leila. Mr, Wilson’s family belong to the Presbyterian Church.

J. W. WILSON, manager of the business of the Singer Manufacturing Co. in Labette,
Neosho, Cherokee and Crawford Counties. He employs eighteen agents in the territory em-
praced in his district, and handles only the genuine Singer sewing machines. Sales amount
to about 400 per year. He has acted as district agent for a period of three years and a half,
having been a canvassing agent for the company several years prior to the appointment to

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ition. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, A., F. & A. M., K.
we eT OS .F, Mr. Wilson is a native of Crawfordsville, Indiana, born March 11. 1831,
Removed from Indiana to Parsons, Kansas, in November, 1875. He was married at Tipton
Indiana, August 13, 1858, to Minerva Lyon, a native of Henry County, Ind. They havet! ree
children living—Sophia A., now Mrs, J. A. Brown, of Parsons; Clara E., now Mrs, A. G.
Talbot, of Parsons, and Minnie E., now Mrs. W. F. Waters, of Pueblo, Col.

OSWEGO

Oswego is situated in the east part of Labette County, two miles from its.
eastern boundary, on the Neosho River, which here makes a sharp bend to the.
east. The town site is sufficiently elevated and uneven to afford excellent
drainage. From time immemorial, on account of the widely extended and:
picturesque view obtained from it, this spot, previous to its settlement by white
men, had been a favorite resort for the Indians, The valley of the Neosho,
with its broad belt of timber, is visible for many miles to the south, east and
north; the valley of the Labette to the west, and far beyond it, from twelve to
fifteen miles distant, extends from north to south, the long line of table land
which divides the valley of the Neosho from that of the Verdigris. This spot
was for many years the home of the celebrated Indian chief, White Hair. It is
the cemetery of his three wives, who were buried according to the custom of his
tribe, on the surface of the ground, and covered over with a pile of stones. It
was also for a time the home of the notorious John Matthews, an Indian trader,
and confederate guerrilla chief, whose little daughter was burned to death by a
prairie fire a short time before her father was killed. Matthews’ house stood on
the government road, from Humboldt to Fort Gibson, near a famous spring in
the east part of town. Up to 1865, the place was known as ‘“ White Hair's
Village,” when the name was changed to “ Little Town.” During this year the
first white settlers arrived upon the ground. They were from the first favorably
impressed with the location. It was presumed to be heathful, it commanded a
view of a broad expanse of country, it was contiguous to a large body. of tim-
ber, it possessed an abundance of fine building stone, and numerous springs”
flowed from the hillsides down the ravine on either side. But little,
if anything, was left to be desired. These first settlers arrived in the fall,
and immediately commenced the erection of log cabins for their protection dur-
ing the coming winter, and until such_time as more commodious houses could
be built. Their names were: J.C. Rexford, A. P. Elsbee, C.C. and D.M-
Clover, C. H. Bent, Samuel Collins, J. Q. Cowell, Jaber Smith, W. C. Watkin§
and W. R. Williamson, Rexford & Elsbee opened for sale a small lot of good
in a small log building.

In the spring of 1866, the number of the settlers was increased by the ar-
rival of James Jones, T..J. Flournoy, J. F. Newton, Richard D. Sloan, H. W.
Thompson, H. W. Bridgeman, N. H. Carr, T. J. Buntain, Hiram Hollinsworth
and C. W. Talbot. In the early summer, William Herbaugh, D. W. Clover
and others arrived. Elsbee, Bridgeman & Carr opened a store and established
a trading post, Elsbee having an Indian wife. :

In the summer of 1867, quite a number of new and valuable settlers ar-
rived, Among them were Dr. William 5. Newlon, Rev. T. H. Canfield, D. W.
McCue, W. P. Bishop, A. L. Austin, Dr. R. W. Wright, and the Waskey broth-
ers. In the summer of 1866, measures were taken to organize a town, and a
preliminary survey made. About this time the name ‘* Little Town,” was su-
perseded by ‘‘ Oswego,” many of the settlers having come from near Oswego,
N.Y. In August, 1867, the Oswego Town Company was legally organized
and chartered, the incorporators being Dr. John F. Newlon, president ; D. W.
Cl wer, secretary; J. Q. Cowell, C. C. Clover, T. J. Flournoy, Thomas J. Bun-
tain, and D. M. Clover. A. L. Austin was chosen treasurer of the corporation.
The town company was re-organized in the winter of 1867-68, and the stock dis-
tributed into thirty-two shares. From the time of the complete and final or-
ganization of the company, the town made rapid growth. This was doubiless
in part owing to the liberal manner in which the company dealt with private
and public parties. A town lot was donated to every:person who would erect
thereon a dwelling house, to private business enterprises, which gave promise of
being of material benefit to the town, to the public schools, to other public en-
terprises, and to every church organization that desired a lot for the purpose of
erecting thereon a house of worship,

The first frame house in Oswego was erected in September, 1867, by Dr.
William S. Newlon, previously to which time there had been built about twelve
log cabins. A frame store building was erected by Thomas J. Buntain, and
later in the fall the town contained eleven log building and ten frame ones—the
population consisting of sixteen families, less than one hundred inhabitants.

Nelson Carr was the first Postmaster, appointed in 1867. At this time there
were four stores and a blacksmith shop, the stores being kept by Carr & Bridge-
man, Waskey & Sons, J. Q. Cowell and R. W. Wright. Besides these, there
were two provision stores. The first blacksmith was M. George. The first hotel
was kept by D. W. Clover. It was a log building with a frame front, and stood
where now stands the Oswego House. This frame front was utilized for many
purposes. Besides being the hotel office and reception room, it served for
County Clerk’s office, County Attorney's office, Justice of the Peace’s office, and
as a place of general rendezvous for all the people within reach; where all
kinds of neighborhood foreign and political discussions occurred.

In the spring of 1868,immigration began to flow in rapidly, and all new
comers were met by the citizens of Oswego with generous hospitality, with the
view of encouraging them to stay; acting in part, perhaps, on the principle that
loneliness and poverty desire to be relieved.

Oswego was incorporated as a town February 8, 1870. the first Board of
Trustees being R. W. Wright, J. F. Waskey, M. Read, J. F. Newlon and W.
M. Johnson. It was organized as a city of the third class April 6, 1870, with
J. F. Newlon, Mayor, and for Councilmen, J. T. Pierson, E. R. Trask, W.
Wells, D. W, Clover and R, W. Wright. It was organized as a city of the sec-
ond class March 16, 1871. M. Read was elected Mayor in April, 1871; J. F.
Waskey. 1872; R. W. Wright, 1873, 74 and ’75; and C. M. Condon in 1876,
77, '78,'79 and 1881. The city government is now under the management of
the following officials: Mayor, C. M. Condon; Clerk, Thomas Bulwer; Attor-

 
LABETTE

ney,.J. A. Gates; Police Judges, E. D. Kiersey, J. E. Benseter: C F
Frank Blanchard and A v Swank vy Sree

Up to the close of 1867 Oswego had no regular mail service. Although D.
W. Carr had previously been appointed Postmaster, yet no mail route had been
established and the mails were brought from Humboldt and Osage Mission by
private individuals, employed by the citizens of the town and country. With the
beginning of 1868, a weekly route was established by the Government. A rather
strange method of distribution seems to have been used at that time, It is said
that when the mails arrived a large crowd would be gathered from a distance of
fifteen and twenty miles around awaiting their iniails. As the Postmaster
opened the packages the names upon them would be called, and in case a re-
sponse was heard the package or letter would be flung in the direction from
which the sound appeared to come, and the owner would jostle through the
crowd. After his package had passed the inspection of several parties, he
would gain possession of it. A very tasty and commodious office room is now
provided_from which a large mail is distributed daily.

In addition to the inst tutions especially enumérated, Oswego contains the
following: 4 drug stores, 5 dry goods stores, 12 groceries, 2 photograph gal-
leries, 11 physicians, 12 lawyers, 4 hardware stores, 9 hotels, 1 marble monu-
ment factory, I pork packing establishment, 1 furniture factory, 3 saw mills, 5
loan and insurance offices, 3 furniture stores, 2 agricultural implement dealers,
4 livery stables, 5 blacksmith shops, 1 public reading room and library, 2 jewelry
stores, 2 book storés, 1 patent medicine factory, 5 grain dealers, and a popula

_ tion of about 3.500,

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES,

The first school taught in the county was that at Oswego in 1867, by Mrs, Herbaugh, and
was kept ina small log house which stood in the south part ofthe town. The building had
no floor except the earth, and the seats were rough planks resting up on large stones. The
school furniture, howéver, was soon improved by having holes bored in the planks,and legs
inserted, thus affording the excellence of benches. The district was not officially organ-
ized, and was formed atid supported among the citizens by Individual contribution. A school
district, also the first in the county, was organized soon after the election of J. S. Newlon as
County Supezintendent, and a school building was erected. It was a emall frame structure,
and after the eréetion of the stone schoolhouse, the old frame was donated to the county for
acourthouse. ‘This stotie house is a substantial two ceo building, containing four rooms,
two inthe upper and two in the lower story. This building also suon hecame insufficient
for the accommodation of the schools, and! several of the departments found accommod 1-
tion in buildings rented from private parties. In the summer of 1882 work upon the erec-
tion. of a new building began, and was completed in the fall of the same year. — It is a large,
two-story brick structure seventy-two feet long by seventy feet wide, containing eight
large rooms, and costing about $12,000. The gra.ing of the schools began in 1871. It fas
since been undergoing improvement, until at preseut they are under a thorough and most
complete system. 3 Saat

The school population of the city is 814, while the enrollment is 695, and the average
daily attendance 39), under charge of a superintendent and eight efficient teachers, namely:
M. Ghidister, superintendent; O. R. Bellamy, Minnie Cunningham, Ida Mark, Sarah Crane,
Hattie Smith, Kate Clover and Jennie King, teachers. 2

The first regular gospel messenger sent to minister unto the people of Oswego was Rey.
T. H. Canfield, a Congregationalist, who was sent out by the American Home Missionary
Society. There had, however, been heralders of the gospel amo ig the settlers as early as
1858. Foot prints ofa im ssionary named J. P. Barnaby. a Southern Methodist, are still
traceable. He was succeeded by J. E, Ryan, who organized or established a large circuit
including Labette County within its limits. Various missionaries had temporarily visited
the opening fields and planted the gospel banner, but nothing was permanent until the ad-
vent of Mr. Canfield in 1867. The first religious services were conductéd in dwellings and
such places as conld be found convenient,

“The First Congregational Church, through the efforts of Rev. Mr. Canfield, was organ-
ized in Oswego, December 1867, the first officers being elected. May 10,1868. The church
edifice, asmall stone house, was erected in 1869 as the firstin the town, the money being
raised by subscription, the building costing about $1,100. *There is a present membership
of thirty-five. The church has been without a regular pastor since the resignation of Rev.
E. F. Smith, in August, 1882.

The Presbyterian Church was formed July 28, 1868, through the special efforts of Rev.
.V. Morfort, who was the first minister of this denomination to preach in the town, having
delivered a sermon on the fourth Sunday in April, 186 The church house was built in
1873, and dedicated in December of that year, and is a small frame structure. The
congregation, numbering about forty members, is under the charge of Rev. Jobn Elliott
as ‘pastor. : i .

The Baptists of Oswego met in the courthouse April 29, 1869, and under the direction
of Revs.F.L Walker, F. Clark and C.'A, Bateman,an organization Into a church body was ef-
fected. Rev. F.Clark was moderator. The suciety was incorporated May 31,1870,with a mem-
bership of seventeen. The church was erected in the summer of 1873, and dedicated on the
second Sunday in Augustofthatyear. There are now 126 members, and Rey. C. T. Daniel

stor. ‘ :
se Pine Christian Church was established in Oswego in 1874 under the direction of Elder
J. W. Randall, with fifteen members. A building was erected in 1879. Itis pone story
frame. The congregation now has a membership of ninety, and the pastor is the Rey. T.

. Shepherd. a
* The. Catholic Church organized a society in 1878, among a following of three fam1-
lies under Father Bonanzini, The church structure, a small frame, was built the same
-year costing about $1,000. The membership has increased to twenty-five families, and is
under the spiritual guidance of Father Haspenthal. _

The First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in February, 1868, by Rev. J.
Mark, with a membership of abuuttwelve. The first missionary work done in the couuty
was by preachers of this denomination, a3 early as 1858. The church building, aone-story
frame house, 40x6U feet, was erected in 1870, ata costof about $4,000. The congregation
has flourished since its organization, now having a membership of 125, with Rev. H. Mc-

rne Or.

Be Derid Methodist Episcopal Church was established in 1880 by the colored people
ofthe city. An old sture building was procured ana fitted up for church uses. Rev, D.

tor. There is alsothe African M. E. Church, composed of colored people, of
eee eve 3. Brewer is pastor. Also a colored Baptist Church, with Rev. A. W. Green,
pastor.

t ocial fraternities are represented in four large and liberally supported lodges.
PBR Rie cre AAI lodge, A., foe A. M., the Royal Arch Chapter, the Commandery, and
the Oswego Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The Adams Pod é, No. 63, A. F. & A. M,, was instituted October 20, 1868, with H. C.
Bridgeman as worthy master; F. D. Howe, senior warden, and W.S. Newlon, junior war-
den. Thé lodge has experienced extensive growth, now having a membership of 100. The

resent officers are I. C, Cook, worthy master; J. C, Patterson, senior warden; M. 8. Doug-
ass, junior warden; J. M. Bowman, secretary, and J.B. Montgomery, treasurer. A large
hall was builtin 1879, which is handsomely fitted up for a lodge room.

Oswego Chapter, No. 15, F. A. M., was institutedgOctoberg19, 1869. W.S. Newlon was
elected {neh priest; C. Mon ague, king, aud D. W. Clover, scribe. J. W. Wier is high priest,

nd J. A. Gates, recorder. ‘ F
e The Commandery was instituted in August, 1874, with F. A. Bettis, eminent com-
mander, Froin afew members tn the beginning,the order has largely increased,now hav-
ing a membership of forty-eight, The present officers are: H.C.Cook, eminent commander;
J. A. Gates, generalissimo, and H. S. Coley, captain general, :

The Order of th2 Eastern Star was formed February 27, 1873, by 4 number of Jadies and

entlemen of the city of Oswego. John T. Keller was chosen worthy patron; Amanda M,

eller, worthy matron, and Martha A. E, Alexauder, assistant matron, |

Oswego Lodge, No. 36, I. 0.0.F., was instituted June 5, 1868: with the following. charter
members: J. Q. Cowell, N. D. Tower, T. H. Canfield, 8.8 Simi h, Db, W. Clover, J. Jones
andS. S. Smedley, The present officers of thelodge are R. P. Smith, noble grand; A. Ball,
vice grana; F. Ww. Felt, secretary, and J. W. MecNainar, treasurer. -

he Oswego Literary Association was organized December 20, 1877. On ‘he 5th of
January, 1878, organization was effected i the following named persons: ©, O. Perkins,
B. F, Hobart, Nelson Case, C. L. Wyman, M. Reed, F. H. Atchison, F. Beyle, J. B. Hoover,
S. L. Coulter, R. Nixon, W. S. Newlon, Mary A. Higbey, F. B. McGill. Articles of associa-
tion having Deen filed with the Secretary of State, December 24, 1877, and incorporation se-
cured, a capital stock of $1.Q00 was announced, and 1,000 shares issued, 420 of which were
distributed among 102 Fee deo alters: Tne fund bas been kept at 12 per cent interest.
In 1882, the total receipts were $714,17; expenses, $189.10. The library is small, but a read-

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ing-room is maintained, and made the principal feature of this commendable enterprise
Additions to the lists are gradually being secured.

THE PRESS, BANKS AND MANUFACTURES.

_ The Oswejo Register was the first paper published in Oswego. It was established in
1868 by KE. R. Trask. The paper passed through several hands, and then passed away. A
different times it was edited by Clover & McGIll, Bishop & Crum, Perkins & Crum. J.
Shorten, and Trask & Newlon. There are at present three papers In successful operation, the
Republican, Democrat and Independent. The publication of the Republican. was begun
August 5, 1881, by H. H. Brookes and I. W. Patrick. In August, 1882.7 Patrick bought
Brookes’ interest and becaine sole editor and proprietor. The aper was started both as a
daily and weekly, as it has since continued, and is Republican in politics.

Lhe Labette County Democrat, published at Oswego, was established in 1879, its first
issucthaving been made on October 16th, of that year. It has now enteredon its fourth vol-
ume. It was founded by Messrs. King, Capell & Brye, but for the past two years has been
under the proprietorship of G. S. King who has had editorial charge of the paper since its
commencement, Being the only Democratic paper in the county, it enjoys a lar
from members of that party, and has a large subscription list, being alive an
paper, alive to all impurtant issues,

The Oswego Independent was established January 15, 1872, by F. P. McGill, as a Re-.
publican journal. In the spring ot 1879 it came under the proprietorship and management
of Mrs. Mary McGill, her husband being deceased, and is edited conjointly by J. S, Waters
and J, E. Bryan. The daily, an eight column folio; was added in the fall‘of 1881. The
Enterprise enjoys a gratifying degree of prosperity, being liberally patronized by a large
number of readers of all political creeds.

Banks.—Oswego contains two monetary institutions as banks of deposit, each of which
is on asolid financial basis. C.M.Condon’s banking house was established ii 1870, by B. F.
Hobart and H. R. Taylor, In 1872, J. C, Longwell bought Taylor's share and became part
owner. In 1875, it belonged to Hobart alone, and in the followin year, C. M. Condon be-
came a partner, the firm being Hobart & Condon; and in 1882, C. M. Condon became sole
DLOPELG Or It is a private bank, and has a capital of $100,00U. The banking house was
erecte th .

The banking house of Marley & Marley was established as a private institution, Decem-
ber 13, 1880, with a capital of $50,000, by H. A. and J. W. Marley. Prior to the establish-
ing of the bank, the firm had been engaged in the discount and Joaning business.

The Oswego Manufacturing Company was established at Oswego, in 1876, by_ James
Piergon‘and M.S. Douglass, asa planing mill and manufactory of various kinds of wood-
work. The establishment passed through the hands of several parties, and is now owned
by F. Jarnett, D, Goff and C. C. Clover. The buildjng is two-story in the main, with shed
additions, the whole measuring sixty-four feet in length, by fifty-five in width. The ad-
dition of acorn grinder was made to the machinery, in the fall of 1882. The entire enter-
prise employs five nen, and represents a capital of $7,000.

The Oswego Flouring Mills were built in 1870, by Jos: ph Macon & €o. After passing
through several hinds, it came into the possession of H. G. Miller and his son, 8. B. Miller, .
in July, 1878. The building is a two-story frame, 30x60 feet, with a shed addition, 12x40 °
feet. The machinery has been refitted and is ofthe most improved patterns. Three run of
bubrs are used, with a capacity of one hundred barrels per day, and the power is a forty
horse-power engine. 7

The Oswego Wagon Manufactory was established May 1, 1882, by John Shotliff, for
the making of the Oswego wagon. The shop is a one-story bricx, 5Ux100 feet, adjoining
which is a two-story brick building, 36x80 feet, the upper story of which is used as a paint
shop, and the lower as a wareroom. A force of twelve first-class workmen is employed, the -
enterprise representing an investment of about $10,000, Theaim is to turn out only the
best class of work, and the shops are constructed with the view of inanufacturing about five '
hundred wagons per year. "

The Neosho tiver #louring Mills were builtin 1871, by R. Howell and N. W. Rath- .
bun. In the fali of 1872, H. |. Hall purchased Rathbun’s interest, the firm now being How-
ell & Hall. The mill building is forty feet square, two stories high, and is constructed of -
walnut lumber throughout, The mill contains four run of buhrs, with a capacity of 100
barrels of flour pér day.

The power is derived from a dam which 1s solidly built; acros3 the Neosho River witha .
nine-~foot head upon two turbine water wheels. All the machinery is of the latest improve-~
ments, having been thoroughly refitted. Steam power was added in the spring of 1875, ~
when the water race was being rebuilt and repaired, but was only used until that was com- ‘
pleted, the supply of water continuing throughout the entire year. 2

Oswego Valley Flouring Mills were started in December, 1881, by G. W. Bird &
Co. The mills are under the special msnageiment of Bird, the other members of the firm
being residents of Galveston, Texas. The mill building is a six-story brick, 50x70 feet in ~
dimensions, contains six run of buhrs, three pairs of steel rollers, and is fitted_up with the
best of mill machinery, and is propelled by an eighty horse-power. engine, Two straight
grades ancl one patent grade of flour are made, the mill having a capacity for turning out |
three hundred barrels of flour per day. All the goods manufactured are shipped to the
Texas markets. : : 2

In September, 1882, H. C. Draper began the manufacture of roofing and drain tile and -
brick. ‘His enterprise, although of recent origin, isthe most extensive of the kind in the -
tate and arrangements are being made to open the works on a larger scale during the
coming. spring.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

F,H. ATCHINSON, attorney, is a native of Palmer, Genesee Co. N. Y., born August 24,
1851. From infancy he was reared in Genesee County, Mich., living at Flint and in that -
vicinity until 1870; he then located in Lee County, Iowa, that being his home until he came
to Labette County, Kan.,February 14, 1876; he was engaged in teaching school and farming
until 1880, when he began the practice of law at Oswego. He was educated at Flint, Mich.,
and Quincy, Ijl., taking a course of instruction at the Commercial College in the lalter city,
after removing to Iowa. He has served as Justice of the Peace, and has also been a mem-
ber of the Board of Education of this city; he is a member of the A., F. & A. M.and K, of P. -
Mr. Atchinson isthe owner of afinefarm in Labette County, and in additionto his law

ractice he does considerable insurance business. He was married in Green Bay Township,
Lee Co. Iowa, August 14, 1877 to Lou Davies, a native of the township where he was mar- .
ried; they have three children—Frank H. Jr,. Alfred M. and an infant son.

A. H. BAKER, dealer in agricultural implements, is a native of Ohio; was reared at
Cincinnati, and graduated from the Collegeof Medicine and Surgery of that city in 1864,
with class honors. He was engaged in the practice of his_profession in Louisiana for three
years, afterwards at St. Louis, until he came to Kansas in January, 1876; he located in Fair-
view Township, Labette County. In 1877 he went tothe Indian Territory; in 1878 he engag- -
ed in hardware trade at Oswego, continued that business one year; then for a year he was
in dry goods trade here, since then dealing in farm machinery, wagons, carriages, etc.; he
also has a fine fruit farm, having a fifty acre peach orchard; In 1882 he raised fourteen
car loads of fruit, and shipped to other markets eleven car loads during the season of 1882.
He isa member of the Kansas Benevolent Association. The doctor was married in this :
city in October, 1882, to Fannie L. Macon.

MRS. ANNA BAKER, County Superintendent of Schools, was born in Vermont, Sep- «
tember 19, 1832; her maiden name was Anna C, Childs; she is descended from Puritan
ancestry; her, mother was Fannie Hazelton, died in 1871; herfather was Eber Carpenter
Childs, died in 1878. Mrs. Baker graduated from Burlington Seminary, Vermont, in 1852;
soon after leaving school she taught at Champlain, N. Y., and Waterbury, Vt. In 1856, she
went to Alabamaand taughtin Spring Hill Academy. In 1856, she married Prof. Allan -
Campbell Baker, of Middle Granville, N. Y. Prof. Baker was born May 10, 1828, and piss
pared for college at Castleton Seminary, graduating at Middlebury, Vt., in 1850; he then
taught at Morrisville Academy until 1853, when he went to Browns Wood University at La .
Grange, Ga., where he taught chemistry and mathematics, also having classes in Greek and ;
Latin; in 1856, Mr. Baker commenced teaching at Spring Hill Academy, Alabama, where
he built up a large and flourishing institution, where boys and girls were educated, and boys
were fitted for co‘lege; he resigned this place in 1865, and started aschoulin Artesia, Mis. .
Soon afterward he sold out his property, in Mississippi, and removed to Oswego, in 1868,
where he became President of Oswego College, which position he held for several years;
afterwards he taugit a high schoolfor two years. when he became principal of the public. .
school of Oswego; he resigned by reason of ill health, in 1880, and died November 30, 1881.
Mrs. Baker taught with her husband in the South. and after theirarrival in Kansas; Jan- _
uary 1, 1868, Mrs, Baker took the office of County Superintendent of Schools of Labette ~
County, to which she had previously been elected. Mrs. Baker_has five children living—
Nellie educated at Oswego, now teachingin Chetopa; George W. afarmer near Oswego;
Kate Campbell, Charles Evarts, Fannie Hazelton deceased, and Grace Lillian, | s

L. BA R, coal dealer, is anative of Fayetteville, Washington Co., Ark., living there
until 1864, when he located near Lawrence, Kan.; resided there until 1868, when he came
to Labette County; engaged in farming in Richland Township until 1878. He then removed
to Oswego and engaged in his present business. He is a member of the Kansas Mutual Life
Association, and is aprominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr, Baker
was married, in Oswego Township, Labette Co., Kan., October 1, 1876, to Emma H. Whit-
ney, a native of Buchanan County, Iowa. They have one child, an infant son.

D. M. BENDER, Sheriff of Labette County, was born at Harrisburg, Pa., November 17,
1843. That was his home until 1860, when he removed to Indiana. In November, 1863, he
enlisted in Company I, Twelfth Indiana Cavalry; was in all the engagements of his com-
mand from that time until he was mustered out in December, 1865. He was Orderly Ser-
geant of his company the last year and a half of his service, and came to Kansas in August,

 
. flour made in Labette County; served two years as Under Sheriff,

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1867, locating on the southeast qtarter of Section 13, in Hackberry Township, in Labette
County: lived there until 1875, when he removed to Chetopa, engaging in the livery busi-
ness (here; is a miller by trade, and started a millat Chetopa in 1868, and made the first
jf and in 1879 was elected
Sheriff, and elected to the same office in 1881. January 1, 1880, he removed to Oswego, and
still resides there. He was the first Justice of the Peace elected in Hackberry Township.
He served several years as Deputy United States Marshal. Mr. B, still owns the farm where
he first located in this county, He is largely interested in stock raising. He now has a herd
of nearly 600 head of cattle. He isa member of the I. 0, O. F, and G, A. R. He was mar-
ried near Leesburg, Ind., Beptember 9, 1866, to Eliza A. Beatty, a native of Boone Prairie,
where they were married. They have two children—Karl Ross and xottic Pearl.

FERDINAND BEYLE, undertaker and uealer in furniture, pianos, organs and sewing
machines, was born in Baden Baden, Germany, September 29, 1846; came to America in
January, 1867. In April, 1868, he located at Oswego, starting the first cabinet shop here.
He began work in a 14x16 room, without a roof, and half floored at first. In August of the
same year he put up a shop near the corner of Commercial street aud Third avenue, size18x
24.He now does a business in an elegant two-story brick building,25x100,with a warehouse,
20x30, in the rear, a two-story wareroom on Fifth avenue, and workshéps on Fourth ave-
nue. Mr. Beyle is a member of the Catholic Church, secretary of the Oswego Cemetery
Association, was one of the early members of the I. O. O. F., and for years secretary of the
firecompany. He began work at the cabinetmaker’s trade when fourteen years ofage. He
was Inarried at Glasgow, Mo.. in January, 1870, to Catherine Vossler, a native of that place,
but of German descent. ‘They have two children living—Erwin Thomas (born April 26,
1877), fand Leo Barnabas (born August 20, 1880). They have lost four children, three o:
whom died in infancy, and Mary Helen Theresa died at the age of two years.

J. C. BOULTER, dealer in jewelry, books, stationery, ete., is a native of England, born
December 31, 1839, but was reared from the age of five years in America—for several years
at Alton, Ill. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-second Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, serving in that regiment for three years, and participating in all engagements of
his command during that period. When he left the army-he returned to Alton, and remained
there until the fall of 1868, then located at Irving. 1l., being engaged in buying grain there
until the fall of 1871, when he came to Oswego. Until thespring of 1874 he was carrying on
the grocery and grain trade in this city. He then began the book and stationery buallcss, in
the fall of 1880 adding an elegant jewelry stock to the other departments of his business.
He is a member of the A,, F. & A. M., Bine Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and G. A. R.
He has served as a member of the Board of Education. My. Boulter was married at Bloom-
ington, Ill., December 25, 1872, to Jénnie A. Read, a native of New York.

G. G. BOWLUS, of the firm of Smith & Bowlus, grocers, was born in Frederick County,
Md., 1851. His parents were born in Maryland, but died in Indiana. Grandparents were
from Germany. His mother’s ancestors were from England, At the age of ten years Mr. B.
came with his parents to Warren County, Ind, After leaving school, he foflowed the busi-
ness of farming for several years, He liad two brothers, one of whom died in the army; the
other now lives on a farm in Indiana. Mr. B. in 1878 moved to Kansas, settling on a farm in
Cherokee County, three miles east of Oswego, where he lived one year. He then moved to
Labette County, and four years afterward to the city of Oswego, where he engaged in the
grocery business. He was married in 1872, to Georgiana ireland of Warren County, Ind.,

y whom he has two children, India D. and Zamora &., both living with their parents. Mr.
B. belonged to a family of twelve children, he being the sixth in age. ;

J. M. BOWMAN, attorney, is a native of Reading, Pa., born November 21, 1844; re-
moved to Indiana in 1861, and March 18, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Sixtieth Tudiana
Volunteer Infantry. Participated in all engagements of his command, except one which
‘occurred near Franklin, La. In April, 1865, he was mustered out, and returned to Indiana,
where he was engaged in farming for a period of four years. Read law in the office of Capt.
W. P. Rhodes, at Williamsport, Ind., and was admitted to the bar in 1875, Served as Super-
intendent of Schools in Warren County, Iud., from the spring of 1877 until 1881. Came to
Oswego, Kan., July 5, 1881, engaging in the practice of law, doing a real estate and loan
business in connection therewith until January 1, 1883, when the present law firm of Per-
kins, Morrison & Bowman was organized—the senor member of this firm ‘being the Hon.
B. W. Perkins, the present member of Congress from this Congressional District, and for
several years Judge of this Judicial District, Since this partnership was formed, Mr. Bow-
man has determined'to discontinue the real estate business, giving his entire attention to
the practice of law. He is a member of A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge Chapter and Command-
ery, and is an ancient I.0.0.F. He is @ staunch Republican and Prohibitionist. Mr.
Bowman was married at Williamsport, Ind., July 6, 1878, to Kate Hunt, a native of Mary-
land, but reared, from the age of seven years, in Warren County, Indiana,

DAVID BRANSON, wagon manufacturer, was born near Hillsboro, in Highland Coun-
ty, Ohio, December 12,1821. When only four years of age, his father, Thomas Branson,
removed to what is now Grant County, Ind., and laid out the town of Marion, the present
county seat cf Grant County. David removed to Kingston, Peoria County. Ill, in 1855;
“worked in the Coai Company’s blacksmith shops there four years. 1n May, 1860, he came to
Kansas, locating in the town of Fremont, Lyon County. In November, 1861, he enlisted in
Company H. Eighth Kansas Volunteers. In 1862, be was transferred to the Ninth Kansas
Cavalry, working at blacksmithing while in the army. He was taken sick in the spring of
1864, and was sent to the hospital at Leavenworth, remaining there until he was discharged
in July of that year. He then returned to Lyon County, and continued in the blacksmith
and wagon-making business there until the spring of 1869, when he came to Oswego. He
made the first lumber wagon manufactured in Lavette County, and sold it for $115. He also
built the first buggy which was made inthe county. It isnow owned by Howell & Hall, mill
men of this place, Mr. B. was a prominent Whig and Anti-slavery man, and since the
organization of the Republican party, he has been prominent with that. He has served as
Alderman of this city, He was married in Grant County, Ind., to Naomi Stout, a native of
Clinton County, Ohio. They have four children—Mary A., now Mrs. Thomas Pruett, of this
eity; Ruth Ann, now Mrs. Thomas Marsh, of McAllister, Indian Territory: Ella, now Mrs,
Mason Marsh, of this city; Edna, now Mrs, Edna Thompson, of Garnett Kan.

JESS BROCK WAY, attorney, was born at Jefferson, Schoharie Co.,N. Y., Sept. 10,
1852. Was educated at the hig school of Saginaw, Mich., and at the University of Michi-
gan, Ann Arbor. Located at Abilene, Kansas, in December, 1869. Came to Oswego April
10, 1873._ Read law with F. A. Bettis and was admitted to the barin 1875. He served two
terms as Police Judge of Oswego. Was three years Justice of the Peace, City Attorney two
years and Alderman three years. He isa member of the A., F. & A. M. r. B. was married
at Oswego, July 18, 1876, to Emma B. Curl, a native of Legonier, Indiana. They have three
children, Leone, Mary Belle and Mabel.

J.E. BRYAN, attorney, proprietor of Eagle saw mill, lumber yard, ete., is a native of
St. Charles County, Mo., born February 11,1836. Came to Baxter Springs, Kansas, in Octo-
ber, 1858. Was there and at Chetopatwo years, and then located at Council Grove in the
fall of 1860. He was a missionary among the Indians for a period of about six years in all.
Eugaged in forming two years; was County Clerk two years; Register of Deeds two years;
then for two years thereafter was a missionary among the Wyandotte Indians. He estab-
lished the Kansas Family Visitor at Baldwin City and while at that place he was for two
years financial agent of Baker University. He first located at Oswego in the spring of 1871,

aving charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church ae pastor one year, then pastor of the
Humboldt Methoilist Episcopal Chureh six months, afterward engaging In the real estate and
Jaw business at Humboldt, 1n 1875 and 1876 was Superintendent of Public Instruction in
Allen County. He removed to St. Louis in 1877. Remained there eighteen months; then
returned to Oswego where he has since resided, belug engaged In the practice of law, editor-
jal work, andthe inanufacture of lumber. Heis a member of the A.. F, & A. M. aud Kansas
Benevolent Association. He was married at Chetopa, Bepromber: 4, 1860, to Penina, daugh-
ter of Dr. George Lisle, the pioneer settler of Chetopa, She isa native of Belmont County,
Ohio. They have four children living. all natives of Kansas: Edwin Grant, born at Council
Grove, Charles Kellett, born at Quindaro; Birdie, born at Humboldt and Georgia, born at
‘ CHARLES R. CAMPBELL, farmer, was born in Kanawha County, Virginia, Novem-
ber 17, 1821. Moved with his parents to Sangamon County, IIL, Yvhere’ he was edu-
cated in the common schools. Was married tn 1846 to Miss Mary Gibson, by whom he had
eight children, two living, ason and daughter, the others dying in infancy. He enlisted in
the Seventy-third Illinois Regiment, Company I. Was in the army of the Cumberland, and
participated in the engagements of his regiinent in Tennessee and Kentucky, In 1864 was
discharged on account of disability. Hecameto Kansas April 6, 1871, and purchased a
farm of one hundred and sixty acres of land, three miles southwest of Oswego. His wife
died the 23d of June, 1876. In February, 1878, he married Mrs, Barrick, of Indianola, a
widow with oneson. He remained on his farm until February, 1883. _He then purchased
property in Oswego and retired from farming, renting his farin to his son.

SETH M. CANADAY, proprietor blacksmith and wagon shops, is a native of George-
town, Vermillion County, Ill., born March 26, 1842. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Company
A., Twenty-fifth Illinois Vou teer Infantry. Served with that regiment until December
2, 1862, then re-enlisted in Company C., Fourth United States Cavalry, serving with the
latter command until December, 1865, having served four years anda half, After leaving
the army he returned to his native county aud remained until January, 1868, when he
removed to Missouri, Jiving there until he came to Oswego in May, 1870. Remained in this
city about four months, then located on a farm on northwest quarter Section nine, in Mount
Pleasant Township, Labette County, reniaining there eight years, blacksmithing, however,

art of the time, having a shop onhisfarm. In Septeinber, 1878, he again located inthe
city of Oswego, and he has sluce carried on an extensive blacksmithing aud_ wagon making
shop here. Tr, C. was Justice of the Peace in Mount Pleasant Township. He is an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a member of the order of A., F. & A. M.
He was married at Georgetown, Ill., September 28, 1868, to Mary C. Jones, a native of that
place. They have three children, Minnehaha, Sarah L. and Jennie J.

HON. NELSON CASH, attorney and Probate Judge, was born in Wyoming County, Pa.,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Before he was a year old his parents removed with their family to Paw
Paw, Lee Co., Ill. Nelson was educeted at the Paw Paw Academy and at Clark Semi-
nary, Aurora, Il, Graduated at the Illinois Normal University, in June, 1866. The next
rear had charge of the public schools at Tolona, Iit,, Then entered law departinent of

ichigan University, where lé graduated in M:rch, 1869, from the law departinent, also

ursuing a number of special literary studies at that institution, while astudent there. In
May 1869, he located at Oswego, Kan., where he has since been engaged, Huthe practice of
his profession.’ In the spring of 1870, he was elected Justice of the Peace. and held that
oftice two years. He served as City Clerk and City Attorney several years, He has been City
Superintendent of Schools, and is now. a member of the School Board, having been con-
nected therewith most of the time since 1871, being for the last four years President of the

oard. In July, 1880, he was appointed Probate Judge, and was elected to the same pos.-
tion in November of that year, and re-elected in November, 1882, He has heen President
of the Labette County Historical Society since its organization, July 16, 1878. He was one
of the organizers of thé Oswego Library Associa' lon, and has been Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee from its organization. ‘The Judge lias always been a teetotater and a strong
prohibitionist. While the old dram-shop law was in force he always opposed granting

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license, and the records show that the contests were of en exciting ones. The Judge isa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. While an active promoter of all echureh work,
his energies have more especially been directed tu tha furtherance of the Sunday-school
enterprise. He has been Superintendent of the First Methodist Episcopal Suuday school of
Oswego for the past thirteen years, and has maintained in connection therewith teacners’
meetings, Normal classes and all those appliances calculated to promote the efficiency of the
work. He has for eight years past been President of the Fourth District Sunday-school
Association, besides eine an active worker in the county and State associations. eisone
of the Trustees of Baker University. He was married at Attica, Ind., February 22, 1872, tu
Mary E. Claypool, a native of that place. They have an alopted daughter—Lydia Blanche.

G. M. CONDON, banker, is a native of Schenectady, N.Y. Has lived here since 1868.
Has been engaged in mercantile, banking, coal-mining, railway and other euterprises, and
is one of the leading business men of the State. °

H. C. COOK, Clerk of the District Court, was born in Fulton Township, Lancaster Co.,
Pa., April 22, 1843; lived there until the spring of 1958, then left home and spent three
years in various parts of the country, visiting thirteen States during that reriod, locating in
1861 at Delavan, Tazewell Co., Ill. “In September of the same year he enlisted in Compauy
H, Fourth Illinois Cavalry; after serving about nine months, he was discharged on account
of disability caused by sickness. Returning to Tazewell County, he remained there most of
the time until he came to Elim Grove Township, Labette Co., Kan., in March, 1872; resided
there about three years, since which time he has hel the office of Clerk of the District Court.
He isa member of the A., F.& A. M. Blie Lodge, Chapter, and Commandery and ofthe G. A.

Mr. Cook was married at McLean, McL ‘an Co., Il, December 15, 1869, to Alienette Dillon,
a native of Tremont, Tazewell Co,, lil. They have four children living—Allen M., Arthur H.,
Leila and Mabel. Lost one son, Henry Lester, who died at the age of thirteen mouths.

WILLIAM COOK; proprietor of Engle Mills, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Decem-
ber 15, 1837, removing from thereto Johnson County, Kan., April 17, 1859. In 1860 he
went to Colorado, and in September, 1861, he enlisted in the Second Colorado Infantry,
which was afterward a cavalry regiment, He was mustered out in December, 1864, at Ft,
Leavenworth, Kan. After leaving the army he was for several years engaged in the Texas
cattle trade, making his headquarters at Kansas City, during the winters of those years.
From 1870 to March, 1877, he lived in Elm Grove Township, Labette County, then moveil to
Chetopa, where he dealt in stock, removing from there to Oswego. After one summer de-
voted to the butchering and live stock busmess, he engage in milling, which he has since
continued until May, 1883. His mill was known as the Oswego corn and feed mill. Since
that thine he hag been engaged in the manufacture of flour, meal, ete, and changed the
name to * The Eagle Mills.” Mr. Cook isa momber of the Il, 0. O. F., A..O. U. W. and G. A.
R. He was married at Kansas City, Mo., March 19, 1874, to Catherine Colvin, a native of
Ohlo, They have four children—John E., Fred W., Stella L. and an infant daughter,

L. 8. CORUM, Postmaster, is a native of Floyd County, Ky., Born October 20, 1845. His
home was at Paris, Edgar Co., IIL, from 1852 to December 1867. Came to Oswego then was
engaged In the real estate operations, stock dealings, etc., until 18738, when he engaged In
the newspaper buslness—re-established the Oswego Register, which he conducted for twu

ears, In April 1876 he was appointed Postmaster, and was re-appointed in 1880. Heen-.
{sted in July, 186%, in Company A, Seventy-ninth illinois Volunteers Infantry; was cap-
tured by the rebels at the battle of Stone River; was a prisoner at Libby Prison, Rich mond,

a.; he took partin the battles at Liberty Gap, the day after he was exchanged; he was
wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, but served until July 1865. He
is a member of the A. O. U. W., K. of P. and G. A. R. Mr. C. was married, in B ites County,
Mo J ane 19, 1879, to Luella Murdoch, a native of Franklin County, Mo. They have one
child-Mayo.

B. RUSH CUNNINGHAM. A. M., was bornin Jackson County, Tenn., July 30, 1836.
His father, Dr. J. J. Cunuingham, originally from South Carolina, and his mother with Rush,
a lad twelve years of age,and his three younger brothers, William,Joseph and John, changed
their residence to Jefferson County, Lil, in 1848. Willlam is an army invalid and pensiouer.
Rev. Dr. Joseph passed through the army service unhurt, and heis now a member of the
Southern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.John was killed at the battle
of Stone River, Their sister, Lizzie, born in Illinois, was married after the war to Capt..
Frank L. Ferguson, and their mother now resides with Capt. Ferguson, in Mount Vernon,
Jefferson Co., Ill. The Dr. J.J. Cunningham died in 1872. Prof. B. R. Cunningham was
educate t mostly at McKendree College tn [llinois, and graduated at Iowa Wesleyan Oniver-
sity, in 1858 with an education directing him -both tothe ministry of the gospel and the
practice of medicine. In September, 1858, he came to Baldwin City, Kansas, and organized
at that place the Wesleyan Lustitution, Baker University. He had_local charge of that
school for three years; editorial charge of a newspaper published at Baldwin City; and the
LABETTE COUNTY.

superintendency of schools in Douglas County. He was also a member of the. Kansas Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for some time previous to the war. and while he
was in connection with the University. Prof. Cunningham entered into the Union Cavalry
service in the last war with a company of former acquaintances in Illinois,each of whom fur-
nished horse and outfit. He was early wounded and prostrated by army sickness. After
tedious recovery in General Hospital at Bird's Poiut, Mo. he was tranoferred by General
Hallack, at the request of Dr. Owen M. Long, Major in Eleventh Illinois Infantry, to the
medical service in which he remained and served with Dr. Long, in the field and in general
hospital, t ll his three years of army service were completed. After leaving the army, Prof.
Cunningham married Miss Bettie Martin,dangliter of aj,H.Wood Martin,then agent of the
Sacand Fox Indians, at their agency in Kansas. Maj. HM. Wood Martin was one of the ear-
llest settlers of the central part of Kansas, Shawnee County, and was known as a prominent
man and representative at Topeka. The Major is spending thissummer at Eureka Springs,
Ark., though his home is and has been tor several years in Labette County. Mrs. Cunning-
ham’s earlier years being at Topeka, or near there, she has kept up her love of acquaintance
with early friends and her interest in the rapid growth of that place, more than any other in
the state. In 1864, Prof. C. took charge of the Leavenworth High School; soon established
a drug store in that city; and served some time as Civil Engineer. But he closed his busi-
ness in the north part of the State in 1869 and went to Labette County in the southern part
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hext year in Montgomery County which adjoins Labetté on the west. He served Montgom- |

ery County for a few years as surveyor and superintendent of sehocls; served the govern-
mentas Postmaster; served the Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. as assistant lecturer of the
State; established two drugstores within the County; and engaged in other- public duties
till the year 1876. By the end of that year he closed all branches of private business and
resigned his public offices because of his health which had heen failing for some time, prob-
ably from over work and injuries received in the army service. He then traveled some for
his health; but, during the last three years, he has been a citizen of Labette County and he
is now serving this Cuunty as surveyor and its cities as civil engineer. He and his family
now reside in Oswego, Labette Co. He has two sons, Johiand .George, aged respectively
eleven and eight years. But he lost his first child, Hattie, who died at the age of three
years and was buried at the Topeka Cemetery, in the year 1869.

J.M. CUNNINGHAM, .Register of Deeds, was born in Mercer County, Ky., October
1, 1844, lived near Quincy, Iil., from 1849 to 1869. In October of the latter year he came to
Kansas, locatiug in Montana Township, Labette County, where he resided ‘until 1875. He
then spent one year in Illinois, afterwards three years at Newton, Harvey Co., Kan.. one
year in Cowley County, returning from there to Montana Township. In November, 1881, he
was elected Register of Deeds. He was married inthe Township where he first located in
this State, November 25, 1875, to Fannie Richie, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio. They
have two children—Maud and Lloyd. Mr. C, is a member of the A., F.& A.M. & K. of P.

DANIEL H. D, furniture dealer, was born at Buchanan Station,Jefferson Co., Ind.,
December.26, 1830, was reared in Switzerland County from infancy until about twelve years
of age, then in Holt County, Mo., two years, then went to Madison, Ind., aud: was. employed
as ‘cabin boy on the first packet boat which ran between Madison, Indind Louisvil e, Ky.
In 1850 he became pilot, being the youngest pilot on the Ohio River. In.1851 he went to Salt
Lake City and California, where he was engaged in mining, andreturued in November
1854. He was afterward in Madison, Ind., in the livery business, and Holt County, Mo, in
agriculture, Mound City I1.,Brookston, Ind., being in’ Holt County, Mo. when the war
broke out, He and four of his brothers, Milton, Jonathan, Robert G. and Lewis S., consti-
tuted five of the seven union men in Dallas Township, Holt County, but he raised an inde-
dependent company of cavalry and commanded the company; and afterward was elected
Major of the Wild Cat, Rangers, which were the terror of the rebels, until they were
disbanded In September, 1861. The Major then took the position of Captain of Company D;
Third Battalion Missouri Militia’ Cavalry, serving in that Company until February 11, 1862°
he then recruited Company _D, Fifth Missovri Cavalry, was mustered out July 22, 1863 and
immediately proceeded to Leavenworth to meet United States Senator, James H, Lane and
General James G. Blunt, prominent Union men. He assisted in raising the Fourteenth Kan-
sas Cavalry and was elected senior Major of theregiment. In January 1864 he was elected
Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, but in consequence of the difficulties which he had
with Thomas Moonlight he left the service having spent over $3,000 in recruiting and organ-
izing the regiment. The Major was for a short time engaged in raising cotton in Arkansas,
and again for four years.he ran on the river as pilot; afterward for several years he was en-
gaged in mercantile business ‘at Cincinnati, Obio and Kirksville Mo., and was for about one
year on-a farm and then traveled in different parts of the country until August, 1876, when

e came to Oswego. He was engaged in farming and the circus business until 1878 and was
then for six months inthe grocery trade, since then he has been carrying on an extensive
furniture business except duringafew months in 1882 that he was not in trade
The Major is a member of the I, O. O. F. Washington. kodge: No. 11. @
Madison, Ind. He is also connected with the A., F. & A. M., A. O. U. W., K. of P. and G. A
R._ He bas served as Alderman of the First Ward of the city of Oswego.’ The Major’s first
wife was Miss Maggie Cotter, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. She died leaving one child—
Magpie Prudence, who was born at Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo. His present wife was Mattie
A. Monroe, a native of Madison, Ind. They were married at that place May 25, 1873.
ROBERT O, DEMING, real estate and loan agent, was born at Potsdam. St. Lawrence
Co., N. Y., July 24, 1860. He is ason of A. N. and Julia A. Deming, who removed with their
family to Kansas late in July, 1871. Robert resided one Year n Arkansas City, Cowley
County; two years at Winfield and eight years at Wichita, hile at the latter place he was
employed as acilerk in a store for three years; one year in hotel and with Kansas State bank
and Lombard Mortgage Company two years. [n September he came to Oswego and engaged
in his present business being associated with C. F. Winton. Heisa member of the A., F. &

. M. Blue Lodge and Chapter and of the K. of P. His parents removed to Little Rock, Ark.
in March, 1883, and are residents of that city now. \

M.S. DOUGLASS, carpenter, contractor and builder, is a native of Nashville, Washing-
ton Co., Ilk, born April 26, 1841, resided there twelve years,afterward at Brunswick, Mo.,six
years, and two years he was employed on the river. He learned his trade at Belleville, I1).,
and at St. Louis, and has worked at the trade since he was twenty years of age. He was
in the army about eighceen months, but not inthe field as a soldier. He located in Oswego
Township, two and a half miles north of the city, February 14, 1869, having.arrived in the
State in January of the same year. In the fall of 1870 he removed to the city of Oswego,
and engaged in contracting and building, his first contract being for the erection of a
furniture store, the Libby building; the next was M. V. B. Bennett’s printing office; after-
ward built the court house, masonic hall, city hall, and a number of the. most prominent
business buildings, many residences, among which are houses for Hon. Nelson Case, Samuel
Fisher, O. R. Symmes, Charles Campbell, the latter being in the country. F.C. Helsell was
associated with him as a partner from 1873 to1877. Mr. D. has probably had the contracts
for at least one-half of the principal buildings erected since he began business here. During
the busy seasons he keeps from five to eight- men constantly employed. He is a member of
A., F, & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. _He has served as Alderman and
member of the Board of Education. Mr. Douglass was married at Nashville, Ill., January 1,
1867, to Minerva J. Crane, a*native of that place. They have three cnild.en—Orell, Ralph
and Eppa. . :

; HU. DRAPER, hardware merchant and mannfacturer of brick and Crain tile, was born
at asiley< Pike County, Mo., April 2, 1840. Came to Oswete in Septem' er, 1869. Was
engaged In the grocery trade here for. about eight years. Inthe spring of 1879 he engaged
in the hardware business. He hag regegntly started a steam-power mill fur the manufacture
of drain tile, and is working ten hands. The factory is situated about three miles east of
Oswego, in Lola Township, Cherokee Co. Mr. Draper was married in Boles Township,
Franklin Co., Mo., April 29, 1875, to Anne E. Murdock, a native of St. Charles County,
Mo. They have two children—John M. and Julia. Mr. Db. is a member of the Christian

Church. ;

-B. APER, M. D., is a native of Ashley, Pike Co., Mo., born October 28, 1842. Was
a student at Watson’s Seminary, Ashley, Mo., and read medicine at Louisiana, Mo. Gradu-
ated from the Rush Medical College in February, 1868, began practice at Louisiana, Mo.,
remaining there most of the time until he came to Oswego in December, 1869. He is one of
the members of the Oswego Board of Health, andis a member of the Southeastern Kansas
Medical Society. He was United States Pension Surgeon several years, and has also served
as County Physician. He is considered one of the most skillful surgeons in Southern Kansas,
He was married at Eureka, Greenwood Co., Kan., to Lucy. Phenis, a native of Liberty, Ind.
They have two children—Henry and Albert. The doctor has one son, Arthur Clinton, by a
former marriage. .

RANK W. FELT, County Clerk, was born near Quincy, Adams Co., Ill., September 23,
1851. In 1864 his parents, with their family, moved to Hannibal, Mo., thence to Canton,
and from there to Mexico, Mo., where he remained until he came to Kausas, April 17, 1873.
Spent a short time in Chautauqua County, and in June, 1873, locaved in Montana Township,
Labette County. In September of the same year he came to Oswego, and became connectec
with the M., K. & T. R. R. Co,, first as telegraph operator and assistant ticket and freight
agent at this point. 1n April, 1874, he wentto Chetopa as assistant agent for the same com-
pany. October 14, 1874, he was promoted to the position of ticket and freight agent at Os-
wego, which position he held until he resigned, December 15, 1881, to assume the duties of
County Clerk, having been elected to that office in November, 1881. Being courteous to all,
and thoroughly efficient in all the departments of his olfice, he has become one of the most
popular officials of the county. >

I EL R. FISHER, grocer, was born at Phillipsburg, Montgomery Co., Ohio, Febru-
ary 12, 1844. Hecame to Kansas in the spring of 1866, locating at Ottwwa in February,
1867. Resided there one year, then came to Oswego. Was engaged in mercantile business
ever since he came to the State, his brother Samuel being associated with him until Decem-
ber 21, 1875. Afterward, Joseph Davenport was his (pacuner until April, 1883. Since then
he has been alone in business. His first store, 20x30 feet, was located where his present

  

 

 

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extensive brick building stands, He now occupies a store which is 25x134 feet, eighty feet
being two stories in height. He and his brother are the oldest grocers in this city. He
was married at Phillipsburg, Ohio, February 21, 1865, to Susie Davenport, a native of that
place. They have one child—Lucy May. Mr. F. has a fine farm in Oswego Townsh 1D:

SAMUEL FISHER, grocer, was born in Clay Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, No-
vember 23, 1840. Lived there until February 12, 1867, when he started for Kansas, locating
at Ottawa in that month, and engaged in the mereantile business, which he continued until
the summer of 1868, when he came to Oswego, He and his brother, I. R. Fisher, were asso-
ciated together until the fall of 1875, since which time he has been alone in the same trade.

hey began business in a frame store, 20x30 feet. He now has a store 25x90 feet—a brick
building, two stories, with warehouse 20x20 feet; also a grain warehouse 22x50 feet, Mr.
F. was married at Oswego, Kan., December 11, 1873, to Josephine Scott, a native of Illinols.
ney have one son—Walter Scott Fisher. Samuel and I. R. Fisher are the pioneer grocers
of Oswego.

J. A. FLORA, proprietor of the Condon House, was born In Indiana in 1845, and educated
at Hartsville University, in the same State. He learned the trade of cabinetmaking. followin,
it for several-years, On April 9, 1862, he emigrated to Kansas, where he engaged in the stoe!
business quite largely, and was greatly prospered until the financial panic of 1873 swept
away all lis property. He was married in 1867 to Mary Shultz, by whom he had two child-
ren—Norman Clarénce and Hattie, the latter being the first white child born in Montgomery -
County. Mrs, F, died in November, 1875. Mr. Flora was married the second time to Mrs,
Ada C. Smith, of rata pols, in 1878. He entered upon the hotel business in the city of

81. Heenlisted in Company C, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer In-
fantry, in October, 1864, aud was inservice in Missouri, and in the battle of Mine Run, cap-
ture of Marmaduke, etc. eis a member of the G. A. R. and A.O.U. W. Mr. F. was one of
the first settlers of Oswego, and he passed over the ground before there were any settlements
within fifty miles of the present site of Oswego. He keeps a good house, and eujoys the pat-
ronagerof the traveling public.

THOMAS FOUNTAIN, section foreman, was bornin Jasper County, Mo., 1859. His
father died some yéars since. His mother still lives in tle State of Missouri. He has four
brothers and two sisters living, five in Missouri and one In Indiana. Mr, Fountain was mar-
ried in 1879 to Miss Eva Moore of Oswego, whose parents are both living in the same town.
Mrs. F, received her education in the schools of Oswego. They have two children—Charlie,
born in 1880, and Harry, born in 1883. Mr. Fountain has been a farmer most of his life. He
moved to Oswego, Kan., in 1877, where he has been employed as section foreman on the
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad.

_ A. H. GARNETT, M. D., was born in Essex County, Va., March 15, 1849. Received his
literary education in the schools of his native State, and graduated from the medical depart-
inent of Maryland University, in March, 1872, having read medicine with his father and at-
tended a first course of lectures at the National Medical College, at Washington, D. C. He
began practice in his native State afterwards, for three years, at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
was hospital physician, and physician to the outdoor poor,the latter position being connected
with the Board of Health of thatcity. He returned to Essex County, Va., and remained two
years prior to coming to Oswego in the fall of 1879. Two months after he came here, he be-
came associated with Dr. J. B. Draper, his present partner. This firm,in ability and skill, is
second to none in Southern Kansas, The doctor was married at Cincinnati, Ohio, May 15,
1879,to Lizzie A. Brown, a native of that city. They have one child, Clifford Carlisle, born at
Oswego, May 1, 1881. fe 3

J. H. GARRETT, carpenter, contractor and builder, was born in Benton County, Tenn.,
December 19, 1841. Fro nine years of age until 1867, his home was in St. Clair County,
Til., although he was ovef three years in the army during the War of the Rebellion. He en-
listed in July, 1861, in Company F, Ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out
in August, 1864. He participated in all the engagements of hiscommand during his term of
service. He was wounded in the shoulder and breast during a skirmish near Decatur, Ala. ;
still earries one of the Confederate bulletsin his breast. Atter leaving the army he returned
to INinois, remaining there until August, 1867, when he located on a claim one mile and a

uarter southwest of Oswego, Kan., living there two years. Then he bought a farm at

ock Ford on the Labette River, remaining there one year, then removed to Oswego, where
he has since resided. He was doing carpenter work agood deal of the time while residing
on his farms, and since coming to Oswego he has given his attention almost exclusively to
contracting and building, One year he was engaged in the manufacture of wheat fans.
the last six years Johu L. Kinnear has been associated with Mr. Garrett as a partner in con-
tracting. building and house moving business. Mr, Garrett isa member of the A. O. U. W,,
K. P. of H. and G. A. R. He was married in August, 1864, at Mascoutah, St. Clair Co., LIL, to
Martha Ellen Brown, a native of that place. They have seven children—Laurel E., Charles
A., John H., Francis Arthur, Edwin Isaac Gertrude and Mabel.

ION. W. B. GLASSE. attorney, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, August 21, 1840; was
educated at the Hagerstown and Union academies in Ohio, and graduated from the law de-
partment of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, in the spring of 1868. After leaving

 

college he spent a few months in Missouri, and in July, 1869, he located at Oswego. Kan,
where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, although for the first two
years of his residence here, he was operating in real estate to a considerable extent. Since
that time, however, his entire attention has been devoted to his law practice. He was as-
sociated with Hon. H. G. Webb, as a partner for nine years prior to February, 1883, butis
now dving business without a partner. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Com~
pany A., Ove Hundred and Twenty -sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After one year’s service
in that regtment he was discharged on account of disability, caused by sickness, being Ser-
geaut of his company at that time. In April, 1864, heagain entered the army and served as

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dred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteers, during the term of
In 1880, he was elected State Senator. Heisa member of Adams
Lodge No 63, A. F., & A. M.; was master of the lodge in 1882. He was married at New
Orleans, La., June 17, 1872, to Cordelia C. Fuller, a native of Milford, Oakland Co., Mich.
They have four children—Amy, Cary S., Paul and Millie, *

AVID GOFF, corn, hominy and piauing mills, was born in La Rue County, Ky., Febru-
ary 28, 1843, lived there until 1861, when he removed to Indiana, aud in February, 1862, he
enlisted in Company H., Fifty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry; participated. in all battles
of his command, and was mustered out of the service in July, 1865. Returning to Indiana,
he resided at Shelbyville until September, 1874, when he located in Reno County, Kan. He
was engaged in farming there until he came to Oswego in December, 1880. After coming
here he did carpenter and joiner work until September, 1881, when he engaped in his pres-
entbusiness. Mr, Goff was married at Shelbyville, Ind, December 24, 1866, to Mary Ellen
Davidson, a native of Shelby County, Ind. The have three childrei—Elmer (., Edward
and Oscar H. Mr. G. isa member of the G. A. R.

C[RBERT B. GOOCH, groeer, was born in London, England, January 7,1835. Cameto
America with his parents in 1850, located in Philadelphia. In 1854 the faimily went to
Toronto, Ontario, where he learned the trade of harness making, and afterwards lived in
various parts of the country, prior to 1864, when he came to Fort Scott, Kan., removing
from Quincy, Ill., tothat place. He lived at Fort Scott, Junction City and Emporia, until he
Jocated at Oswego, in fall of 1867. He started the first harness and saddlery manufactory in
‘Labette County. After carryiug on that business for three or four years he engaged in the
grocery traie, which he has siuce continued, Heis amember of the A., F. - M. r

‘Gooch was inarried 1n this city in the fall of 1869, to Mary Grimes, a native of Iowa. They
have three children—Frederick Arthur, Mildred and Florence, X

MRS. ANNA HALSEY, omnibus and stage line, was born in Huntington County, Ind.,
February 2, 1840. She receive! a good common school education, and was married to
Stephen Albert Halsey, of Oswego, February 23, 1870. Mr. Halsey was born in Tennesseo,
on February 28, 1835. Atthe age of seventeen he wentto Batesville, Ark., where he lived
until the commencement of the late war, when he enlisted, and was in service until the
close of the war. Mr. H. then traveled and lived in varlous places, following the omnibus
business, finally settling in Oswego, May 13, 1870, where he was in the same occupation,
until his death, which occurred on April 1%, 1883, leaving the widow and two sons—
born February 27, 1871, and William Arthur, born September 7, 1873. Mrs, Halsey is con-
tinuing the business followed by her late husband, running a line of omnibuses between the
hotels aud the depots of the Missouri, Pacific & St. Louls and San Francisco railroads.

C. B. HARLAND, hotel keeper, came to Kansas in the spring of 1865, and in the fall of
the same year settled on a quarter section, and afterwards purchased the Logan farm,
making 225 acres inall. Mr. Harland in the spring of 1882 purchas :d the Junction House,
formerly owned by his father, who was killed by a horse, June, 1874. rH born
October 5, 1837, at Crawfordsville, Ind. He removed with his pareits at an early age to
Fulion County, Ill., where he lived nineteen years on a farm. He then removed to’ Eaton
County, Mich., where he cast his first vote for A, Lincoln. Mr. Harland’s father was
quite @ noted Sunday-school worker in Llinois. Mr. H. was married in 1859, to Elmira
Hughes, by whom he had four children—Eva; Frankie, married to B. F. Hunt, of Eufaula,
Indian Territory; Bertha; Georgia. Mrs. H. died November 11, 1875. He was mar-
ried to Emma Nelson, of Madison, Ind., by whom he has one daughter, Lucy. Mrs. H.
was born in 1853, and educated at College Hill, Ind. Iler father, Joseph Nelson, is living
in Oswego, Kan. A_ brother, Frank Nelson, isa grain dealer in Oswego, another brother,
Edgar, afarmer. Mr. Harland has two brothers, Judge W. Harland, and George K. Ifar-
Jand, merchant at Columbus, Kan. His mother a'so lives in the same town. Mrs. H.’s
mother, Lucy Nelson, is livingin Mound Valley Township, eighty-three vears ofage. The
Junction House, kept by Mr. Harland, is near the Union Depot of the Missouri Pacific &
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. It has pleasant rooms, good table and beds, and a
courteous and accommodating bost. 2 2

. JOHN F. HILL, retired farmer and teacher, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Decem-
ber 10, 1833. His great-grandfather came from England a short time prior to the War of
the Revolution. His grandfather was Benjamin Hill, a soldier of the Revolution, His
father, John Hill, was born in Carroll, Md., iu 1796, and was ouc of the early settlers of Ohio.
Having received a common school education he commenced teaching school at seventeen,
in Ross County, Ohio. He taught school winters and worked on the farm summers until
August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company K., Eighty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He was with the regiment in its campaigns in Kentucky and West Virginia up
the Kanawha River. His regiment was then transferred tothe Army of the Cumberland,
and in the battle of Chickamauga, he was captured with his regiment, and was conveyed to
Richmond, and confined in one ‘of the larger prisons, where he remained until the fullow-
ing November, when be was taken to a Danville prison, from which hé, with sixty others,
escaped, and was one of the three only that succeeded in reaching the Union lines after
sixteen nights’ travel. Hereported to Gov. Todd, of Ohio, and was granted permission to
remain at homethree months. He then rejoined the Army of the Cumberland at Ringgold,
Ga., and was with Sherman in his campaign through Georgia to Atlanta, and was severely
wounded at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., from which be never fully recovered, and was not
able to leave the hospital until after the close of the war, and, for which he receives a pen-
sion. After the war he again took up the profession of teaching in his native State. In 1869
he emigrated to Illinois, wnere he remained one year, removing to Labette County, Kan.,
in 1870, and locating near Oswego. He purchased a farm near the town, aud again resumed
his profession. Mr. Hill was married in September, 1855, to Miss Mary Kearney, of Ross
County, Ohio, by whoin he had four sons, Dr. J. B. Hill, born in 1856, educated at Lawrence
University and Keokuk Medical College, graduating at the latter institution in 1880, now
practicing his profession at Hallowell, Kan.; Joseph, born in 1857, educated at Lawrence

niversity, now a teacher in Labette County, Kan.; William Sherman, born in 1859, and
educated at Fort Scott Business College, now farming and teaching; Robert Anderson,
born in 1861, educated at Fort Scott, now farming. Mrs. Hill died in 1866. Mr. Hill’s
second wife was Miss Nan Clara McRoberts, of Chillicothe, Ohio, to whom he was married
in 1869, and by whom he has one daughter—Lizzle Alice, born in 1870. When Mr. H. came
to Kansas in 1870, he had but little means, but by prudence and economy he has now 590
acres of good Jand near Oswego, with a pleasant home in thetown. He has served eight
years as Justice of the Peace, and two years on the Board of School Examiners for Labette
County. Heisacorrespondent ofthe Agricultural Department, Washington, and the Kan-
sas Apricultural ie partments He is also commander of Post No. 150,G. A. R.

ROBERT HOWELL, ot the firm of Howell & Hall, proprietors of the Neosho River

» Flouring Mills, is a native of Sussex County, N. J. Resided in gui Mis to removal

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to Oswiexo in May, 1870. In 1871 he built the Neosho River Flouring Mijfls, north of the
city, and in July of that year had the mills In operation. In 1881 they pul in a new dam.
The mills have a capacity of one hundred barrels per day (twenty-four hours). They (lo a
merchant and _exchauge business exclusively. Shipments of flour are sent to the Indian
Territory and Texas. Mr. Hall isa native of Tennessee, and came to Oswego about a year
prior to the time that Mr. Howell located here.

WM. HOUCK, real estate and loan agent, was born near Vincennes, Knox Cn,, Ind.,
March 3, 1837. Lived in Cooper County, Mo., from 1839 until uly, 1870. Coming to Kan-

sas in the latter year, spent the summer here, and taught school the follow ing. winter in
Missouri. Inthe spring of 1871 he returned tv Kansas and located at Labette City, where
he was engaged in tearhing school. keeping hotel and doing a real estate business, until
January, 1875, when he caine to Oswego and engaged in bis present bu-iness. He has served
.a8 Alderman and member of the Board of Education. He was married in Knox County,
ands January 15, 1865, to Nettie Cox,a native of that county. They have one chilu—
ristie.

FREDERICK JORNDT, furniture, planing, corn and hominy mila was born tn Prussla,
January 28, 1837. Came to America in 1852, Resided in Chicago util 1857, Continued to
live in Illinois, however, until August, 1861. He then enlisted tn Compauy K, Third Lill-
nois Cavalry. Army exposure resulted in loss of his eye sight, and in consequence thereof
he was discharged in June, 1863. After leaving the service he resided in Livingston and
McLean counties, coming from the Jatter county to Independence, Kansas, tn April, 1870.
In November, 1880, he came to Oswego and engaged in present business. He his worked
at wood turning, cabinet making, etc., since his Fough. He js a im mbar of the A. O. U. W.
He was married at Fairbury, IIL, in 1867, to Alta Bradley, a native of Ohio. She dled in
November, 1875, leaving two children—Ola Maud and Corle Glynn.

ANDREW KAHO, fariner, P.O. Oswego, was born in Edgar County, IL, in 1848. On
February, 1864, he enlisted in Company , sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and was In the
Army of the Tennessee, untler General Sherman in the march and campaignof Atlantaand
to the sea, up through South and North Carolina, and finally atthe close and grand review
at Washington. He was mustered out July 28, 1865, at Springfield, Ill, On July 1, 1866,
be emigrated to Oswego, Kan., where he took up aclaim and was one of ‘the origi-
nal thirty-two owners of what is now the city of Oswego, He was married in 1869 to Ata
Mentus Mason, a native of Missouri. ‘They have three children—J. Frank, Harry H., Nellie
S Mrs. Kaho’s ancestors were from Virginia, and from there went to Tennessee at an
early day. Her mother is living in California, Her father diedin the regular army at
Fort Leavenworth, 1855. His parents were from Ireland. Mr. Kahoand his family ‘are
members of the Baptist Church.

HON. E. D. KEIRSEY, Police Judge, was born near McMinnville, Warren Co., Tenn.,
June 5. 1822. That was his home until 1836. We then lived at Edwardsville, Madison Co.,
Ill., until1837. Afterwaid at Alton, Ill., until 1859. Hethen movedto Bethalto, Ill He
assisted in ralsing Company K, Eightieth I)linois Volunteer Infantry, and entered the ser-
vice as First Lieutenant of that Company, in August, 1862. He was In all the engagements
of his command, and in April, 1865, he was mustered out. He returned to Bethalto, Ill,
and remained there until 1867, when he removed to Taylorville, Lil, remained there two
years, then at Pana, IIL. until he came to Kansas in July, 1871. In September, of that year

e located at Montana, Labette.Co., and engaged in farming and mercantile Lusiness. He

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

first elected Justice ofthe Peace {n 1872, and has heid tnat office most of the time
since. In November, 1879, he located at Cewego, being Under-Sheriff of Labette County
until August, 1880. He was appointed Justice of the /eace and Police Juge about that time,
and afterwards elected to the same office, serving in those positions abthe present Ume, He
also servi d as Police Judge at Moncana, resiguing that pos:tion wher he caneto Oswego.
He has been a member ofthe Board of Education of the city of Montana. eis a member
ofthe A., F.& A. M. Blue Lodge and Chapter, and also cf the G. A The Judge was
married at Alron, lL, Deceiver 19, 1849, to Jan’ Y. Harrison, a native of Winchester, In,
They have three children livin —Adelia A., William H. and Juniatta, ‘They have lost three
children—Martha J., died in infancy, Robert, died at the age of fuur years, and Edmund was
au infant at the time of his death, Fo

ZORGE S. KLNG, editor of The Labette County Democrat, is a native of Maryland, In
1859, while yet a young:man he emigrated tu I}inots,buc subsequently removed to Kansas. He
isa lawyer »rofession, and for several years was oue of the editors of the Quincy Herald,
apaper abhi hed at Quincy, Ii], He also served some time as Secretary of the Quincy, Mis~-
souri & Pacific Railroad Company. During his residence in Maryland he was elected to the
office of County Attorney, which he resigned toemigrate to Llinois, and on November 7,
1882 was elected County Attorney for Labette County, Kan., on the Democratic ticket, al-
though the county was Republican by a large majority, a resu!t which speaks highly, both
as to his personal standing and his hold upon the public confidence. -

M. vel KINGSBURY, druggist, is a native of Franklin County, Ind., born October 12
1839; removed to Henry County, Iowa, in 1855. He enlisted in 1861, and was mustered
into Company G, Eleventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, September 21,1861; served in that
regiment until the spring of 1863, when he was transferred to the ‘Mississippi Marine Bil-

ade, belng a Sergeautin that service. In January, 1865, he was appointed, by Adj. Gen.
‘homas, Captain of Company H, Forty-sixth Colored Infantry, and ¢ommanded that com -
any until he was mustéfed our at Little Rock, Ark., February 19,1866, He returned to
owa, and in April, 186 he visited Labette County, Kan., locating iii Oswego Township,
Aprif 26, 1867: engage {n farming unt:! the spring of 1871, when he removed to this city
and engaged in his present business. He was married at Mount Pleasant, lowa, December
12, 1866, to Lisette C. Cozier, a native of Delaware, Ohio, Mr, Kingsbury’s father, George
W. Kingsbury, located in Oswego Township in November, 1865, and died here, April 9,

JOHN L. KINNEAR, contractor and builder, was born in Madison, Jefferson Co., [nd.,
August 29, 1820. In 1861, be removed to Tipton County, Ind., remaining there and in that
vicinity until April, 1868, when he .ocated in Bates County, Mo., where he resided until he
came to Oswego, Kan., in October, 1873. Mr. K. isa prominent member of the Presbyterian
Church, He was married near Madison, Ind., August 25, 1842, to Elizabeth Delapp, a na-
tive of Decatur County, Ind., but reared in Jefferson County. They have five children—
Alice V., Martha O,, Annie B., Emma D,, and Lillie D.

HENRY KLOPP, gardener, was born in Leer, State of Hanover. Germany, in 1821. He
emigrated to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1848, where he engaged in paper hanging, painting and

ardening. In 1855, be moved to rekin, Tazewell Cu., 111, following the same business as

efore. April 18, 1861, he enlisted inthe Second Missouri Infantry, and was in the war
three years and six montns. He participated in seventeen battles and many skirmishes.
Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Knoxville were
some of the principal battles. September 29, 1864, he was mustered cut of the service as
Sergeant Major. After a short stay in St. Louis, he nadea visit toGrrmany, returning to
Illinois in eleven months after his depart re, settling in Dallas City, Hancock County,
September 21, 1868, he immigrated to bette County, Kan., settling in Oswego, where he
again followed his occupation as before. He was married to Julia Kulenkamp, of Bremen,
by whom he had two cuildren, now deceased. Mrs. K. died in 1857 in Germany, whither
she had gone to recover her bealth. Iu 1870, he married Mrs, Sarah Sykes, who was a na-
tive of Alabama. She died January 16, 1880, in Ds wceC. Mr. Klopp was one of the early
scttlers of the town of Oswego, and is well known by all. :

ALBERT L. KNIGHT, proprietor of the Oswego House, is a native of Troy,N. H., horn
December 1, 1838; was 1eared at Hull, Mass., from the age of four years. His father, Mar-
tin Knight, still residesat H1l. Albertcame to Missourt tn 1861, and in 1863 he decided to
return to Massachusetts, but on his way home he enlisted at Kutland, Vt., November 25,
1863, in Company H, Fifth Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was in be battles of the Wil-
derness, Spotsylvania, North and South Anne Rivers, Me¢ranicsville, and was wounded
June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, but was inactive service again October 19, 1864. His regli-
ment led in the battie'which broke the rebel lines at Petersburg, Va., just before the surren-
der of Lee The last battle he participated in being Sailor's Creek: He was mustered out
June 29, 1865. After spending one year in Massachusetts he removed to Laclede County,
Mo, locating on a farm near Jericho, remaining there three years. He was then in the em-

Joy of the A. & P. R. R. Co. at Pierce City, Mo., until 1873, then fora year was engaged in
Read mining in Jasper County, Mo. Afterwards spent two years in Massachusetts; then for
six months was at Pierce City again, coming fromthere to Oswego May 10, 1877, having pur-
chased the Oswego House a few weeks prior to that date. In January, 1880, be began the
construction of a commodious brick addition to his hotel, and had it completed and occupied
in April ofthat year, He has a frontage of 125 feet, lots 140 feetin depth. He has thirty-
eight rooms in the old and new building combined, including a billiard room, 20x80 feet. He
also owns five acres of land in the city, which he is rapidly converting into fruit growing:
He isamember ofthe A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Cominandery, I. O. O. F. and

x. A.R. He was married at Chelsea. Mass., October 28, 1865, to Catherine Lawrence, a na-
tive ot Fairfield, Somerset County, Me. They have one child, Martin B. Mr. Knight's father
was born in Sudbury, Mass., June 5,1812. is mother, Bitha (Gould) Knight, was born at
Hull, Mass., August 14, 1817. The children are Albert L. (the subject of this sketch), Ed-
ward Gould, Eliza Jane, Charles Henry and Winthrop.

NEWTON H, LATHROP, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Oswego, was born in Lapeer County,
Mich., in 1838. Mr. Lathrop enlisted in Company F. First Michigan Cavalry, and served
under Pope, Banks, Custer and others in Western Virginia and Shenandoah Valley. He was
mustered out on August 21, 1864 at Harper’s Ferry.

Ty NCE, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Oswego, was born in Washington County,
Ky. His parents were ‘born and resided in the same State. His mother died in 1847; his
father is stillliving in Knox County, Ind. Mr. Lawrence enlisted tn Company E, Sixth In-
diana Volunteer Infantry, October 14, 1861, and was discharged September 22, 1864, by rea-
son of the expiration of his term of service. He was married on June 26, 1854, to Mary
Elizabeth Grow, of Davis County, Ind. She was born May 13, 1837, in Davis Couuty, ‘The
have ten children—George W., born July 19, 1857; William C., September 5, 1859; Sara
Anna, February 4.1852; Amelia Edith, Ma: 19, 1865; Thomas E]mer, June 14, 1867; Cany,
December 30, 1870; Alice, April 27, 1878; Amanda C,, November 1, 1875; Minnie May,
June 29, 1878; Samuel Fisher, December 30, 1879. George is married to Faunte Eaton, aud
lives in Oswego. Annie is married to William Byeum and lives in Oswego; Ameliato Beu-
jamin Williains and lives in Davis County, Ind, Mrs. Lawrence’s father, Mr. Grow, is living

n Indiana, at the age of eighty “four. a

ALEXANDER MACKIE, contractor and builder, was born in’ Petershead, Aberdeen-
shire, Scotland, February 3, 1812. Came to America in 1836, and resided for afew months
at ‘Toronto, Canada, then tu Buttalo for a while, afterward for several years in Canada and
later in Ohio, coming from Ohio to Oswego, Kas., In the Spring of 1869. Six months after
locating here he engaged in his present business, since which time he has been contracting
extensively. He built the Presbyterian church and has done the inside finishing to several
other houses of worship, besides bullding churches at Kingston and Montana this county,
and he has erected several schoolhouses in this vicinity. e has been prominently identi-
fled with the various temperance societies and movements here, He has been an elder in
the Presbyterian Church of this city for the last twelve years. Mr, Mackie was first mar-
ried at Dundas, Canada, January 80, 1847, to Isabel Weal, a nativeof Maxwell Town, Dum-
fries, Scotland, She died May 12, 1868, leaving five children, Alexander, Robert, Andrew
Weal, Thomas Hope and Wililam, The oldest, Alexander, died October 27, 1874. Mr.
Mackle was married at Wooster, Ohio, in November, 1869, toSarah M. Mackee, deceased.
She was born in Philadelphia, Juniata Co., Pa., but reared near Wooster, Ohio.

. #. MAGUIRE, dru gist, was born in Fleming County, Ky., and came from his native
county to Fort Scott in 1873. Came to Oswego the following year. He has been conuected
with the drug business all the time he has been here.

Heisamember of the A., F. & A.
M., and Excelstor Fire company.
4

Mr. Maguire was married at Elizaville, Fleming Co,
Ky., April 23, 1873, to Anua Belt, a native of that place. They have two children, Hallie
Bb. od Lola B

. G. MILLER, of the firm of H.G. Miller & Son, proprietors of the Oswego Flouring
Mills, was born In Cambria County, Pa., February 6, 1824 and came to Osage Mission,
Kas, in the spring of 1871, having lived several years in [llinois and Iowa, prior to coming
to Kansas, After locating in this State he worked for several years as head miller in the
Mission mills, runuing them until 1878, when he: ameto Oswego and purchased the Oswego
pity Mills. He has been engaged in the milling businass for thirty years, He was married
in Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa, in 1] 49. to Rebecca A. Burt, a native of [llinois. They have nine
children, Matthew Stephen, Adeline, Thomas, Mary, Jennie, Frank, Annie and Charles,
the two youngest erne Cy tug,

STEPHEN B, MILLER, of the firm of I. G. Miller & Son, is a native of Nauyoo, Han-
cock Co., Ill, born October 16, 1855, Resided in Iitnots, and Keokuk, Lowa, until he came
to Kansas about thirteen years ago, locating at Osage Mission, where he resided until he
came to Oswego, over five years ago. He has been engaged in the milling business since
1874. He and his father are proprietors of the Oswego Flouring Mills, which have a ca-

acity of 100 barrels of flour and 150 bushels of corn meal ast day, twenty-four hours.
heir shipments of flour are principally to Texas and the Indian Territory.

J. B. MONTGOMERY, merchant, was born in Newberry District, South Carolina
August 30, 1840. Was reared in Bedford County, Tenn,, from the age of four years. He
moved from Tennessee September, 1874, to Los Angeles, Cal. Remained there but a short
while. From thence to Oswego the saine year, in October, 1874, when he removed to Oswe-
LABETTE COUNTY.

go, Kansas. After coming here he was conriected with Samuel Carpenter in the mercantile
business until 1876. Since then has been alone in business. He ‘dleais extensively in ane
goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hits, caps, etc., carrying a very complete s'ock. He is a
member of the A., F. & A, M., being treasurer of Adams Lodge, No. 63. He is also City
Treasurer. He has served as Alderman of the Second Ward r. M. was married at Farm-
ington, Marshall Co., Tenn, March 15, 1866, to Mary E. Temple, a native of that county.
They have six children, Ada Belle, Mary E., Jannie E., Myrtle, William B. and Clair L.

J. H. MORRISON, attorney, was born at Newton Hamilton, Mifflin Co,, Pa., April 23,
1850. When he was quite young his parents removed with their family to Bureau County,
1lt., remaining there until 1858, then located in Fulton County, Ill., where he was-educated.
He read law with John A. Gray, and was admitted to the bar in 1878. Practiced in Fulton
County until he came to Oswego, in July, 1880. January 1 1883, he became a member of
the present law firm of Perkins, Morrison and Bowman, Hon. B. W. Perkins and J. M. Bow-
man being associated with him. He was married at Burlington, Iowa, January 4, 1877, to
Louise C. Carithers, a native of Fulton County, Ill. They have two children: Maud, born
in Illinoix, and Ralph, born at Oswego. Mr. M, is a member of the A. O. U. W.

MOSHER & HARDING, insurance, real estate and loan agents. This firm does a gen-
eral local and district fire and life insurance business, representing the Providence Wash-
ington, of Rhode Island; German, of *reeport, Ill.; Fire Insurance Association of London,
- Eng.; Standard, of London, Eng.; Boston Underwriters; American Fire, of Philadelphia;
National, of Hartford; Farm Department of the Phoenix Fire, of Brooklyn; Travelers’ Life
and Accident, of Hartford, andof the Provident Aid Society Mutual, of Oswego. Robert
Mosher was born in Hyde Park Township, Dutchess Co., N. Y , September 23, 1850. When
he was sixteen years of age he rernoved to Lansing, Mich., and that was his home until
1872, when he located at Saginaw Vuley, Mich., where he resided until 1877. Afterwards
in Nebraska and Iowa about one year. Then came to Kansas, lucating at Parsons, where he
was engage for two years in the manufacture of brick. Heisa member ofthe A., F. & A.
M. and K. ot P., being Vice Chancellor of the latter lodge. J. S. Harding is a native of Penn-
svivania. Removed from Joplin, Mo., to Oswego in the spring of 1882, having been in
Kansas prior to that date, however. He is a member of the A..O. U. W., K. of P. and

G, A.R.

W. SMITHSON NEWLON, M. D., is a native of Paris, Edgar Co., Il)., born April 11,
1830, received an academic education, graduated from the medical department of the Lowa
University, spent four years in California, from the age of twenty-one, to twenty-five vears,
then located in Cass County, Iowa where he served as County Superintendent of Schools,
Justice of the Peace and several other offices, being active in the development of the mate-
rial Jnterests of that county, opening roads, building schools, etc., being particularly identi-
fied with the advancement of educational matters. e was Lieutenant of a company which
was organized in Cass County, to’ resist a rebel invasions from Missouri. He also assisted
in raising the Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was a member of one of the first Onion
leagues which was organized in Cass County. During the war he lucated in Hancock
County, Ill, where he practiced medicine until May, 1867, when he came to Oswego,
and engage in practice since that time. Has also carried on the drug business from
1868 until March 1, 1883. He was the first M. E. H. P., of Oswego Chapter A., F.& A. M.,
and was junior warden of Adams Lodge A., F.&A.M. He has also been connected with
the County Agricultural Society, and was one of the early members of the Oswego Town
Company. He built the first frame residence in Oswego, organized the first public schoo),
etc, Probably no man in the State has been more actively engaged in Keolonical, Dotanica
and scientific researches than Dr. Newlon, He collected the plants of Southern Kansas for
the State Agricultural Society, and many scientists and schools have these plants among
their collections. He claims to have made the first predictions that lead would be found at
Short Creek or in that Township, and at Carl Junction, Mo. as made several discov-
eries of new plants, which are of great benefit to the medical world, and he has given to
them the benefit of these important discoveries. He also has re-discovered some valuable

lanta, which werelost. Frank’A. Stevens, a stepson, has succeeded the Doctor in the drug

usiness, and manufactures many valuable remedies from Dr. Newlon’s formulas. The
Doctor has a very extensive and valuable collection of botanical and geological specimens,
and also a cabinet containing a great many Insects which exists in this latitude. He was
first married at Dallas City, Hancock Co., LL, in February, 1857, to Maria Wimp. She died
at Oswego, in 1869, leaving four children—Charles S., now a physician in practice at Alta-
mont, Kas.; Clara B., Jessie and Grace M. In March, 1872, the Doctor married Mrs, M. L.
Stevens, his present wife, a native of Utica, N. ¥Y. They have two children living—William
Bliss and St. John. Mrs. Newlon has one son by a former marriage—Frank S. Stevens. His
father, Capt. Samuel Stevens, was killed at Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864, while in dis-
charge of his duties as a Colonel and soldier. In connection with the sketch of Dr. Newlon,
it should be stated that he is a frequent contributor to the medical and scientific men aud
magazines of the age, and he makes geology and botany a constaut study. He was one of
the first Trustees of. the First Congregational Church—Trustees elected. May 10, 1868. First
Pastor Thomas H. Canfield came July 12, 1868. Original membership of the organization
was thirteen, now has about thirty members. At the present time Dr. Newlon is the oldest
constant resident of Oswego. Has secured a competence and his home is a resort for men of
letters, morals, temperance, reform and religion. :

U. ORSBORN, Justice of the Peace, was born in Madison County, Ohio, in 1826. He re-
moved with his parents to Illinois in 1839, where he resided until 1873.. Mr. Orsborn’s
father was born in New Jersey in 1773, and wasa soldier with Gen. St. Clair in the Indian
war, in which St. Clair was defeated at what is now Greenville, Ohio, in 1791. Afterward
he was with Gen. Wayne and Gen. Harrison; he was also a soldier of the war of 1812, par-
ticipating in all the important engagements on the northern frontier. Esq. Orsborn was
also a soldier, having enlisted under Gen. Scott. He was engaged in the campaign from
Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, participating inallthe battles, including Chepultapec,
Cherubusco, Molino del Rey, etc. He received his early training in Clay, Effingham, and
Edgar counties, Ill.; in 1873, he removed to Oswego, Kan.; in 1881 he_ was appointed by
Governor St. John to fill a vacancy in the office of Justice of the Peace. In 1882 was elected
to the same office.
children—Orlando W., and Lorenzo F. : f f

JOHN OVERDEAR, farmer, P. O. Oswego, was born in Richland County, Decem-
ber 13, 1821. His father came from Pennsylvania, and his earlier ancestorsfrom Germany.
He received a good common school education, and was married on March 11, 1845. He
emigrated to Branch County, Mich., where he settled on a farm and lived ten years, and re-

 

moved to Grundy County, lowa, wh pele was instrumental in securing the county seat at
Grundy Centre in 1856. He and another man having laid out the town, he sold out in the

fall of 1857, and purchased 500 acres of land in Bates County, Mo., on which he resided
until 1861, when he enlisted in the Third Kansas Infantry, and afterwards was First
Lieuteuant of Compiny E, First Kansas Colored Infantry. He was in the campaigns in
Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas, and was mustered out in 1864. He then went to Baldwin
City, Kan., remaining there until 1866, when he returned to his farm in Missouri, and found
his buildings burned and property destroyed. He then sold his land there, and came to
‘Labette County, settling on a farm on a branch of Labet e Creek, three and one half miles
southwest of Oswego. His land is of the best quality, and his home is surrounded with
shade and fruit trees. Mr. O. was married in Richland County, Ohio, to Lucy Ann Tag-
gart, who was born in 1825, in Licking County, Ohio, and whose ancestors were from Penn-
sylvania, They have four children—Sarah Ann, married to Michael Hadrick of Butler
County, Mo.; Dolly, married to Thomas Potter of Oswego; Etta M., and Gabrillia, Mr. 0.
has been a member of the Christian church for forty years, During the war he probably
run off more slaves then any other man in the West.

JAMES PARNELL, farmer, P. O. Oswego, was born in Westmoreland County, Eng-
land, in 1835, and came with his parents to Massilon, Ohio. Soon afterwards, in 1844, they
moved to Pulaski County, Ind., and from thence to Iowa in 1856, and to Kausas. settlin
on a farm two miles southwest of Oswego, January, 1875. He was married to Elizabeth
Hurst of Wayne County, Ohio, whose parents were natives of Pennsylvania. They have
nine childre:—Clara, married to Mr. Calahan of Cherokee County, Sherman, Mary, Amy,
‘Alice, Henry, Neosho, James, and John. Mr. Parnell purchased 395 acres of fine land, on
which he has erected good buildings and planted orchards and shade trees. He sells each
year large quantities of the finest fruits. He also has timber and stone for building pur-

oses. He has been greatly prospered since coming to Southern Kansas, and is now the
largest taxpayer in the township. 2

J. C. PATTERSON, wagon maker, was born in Montgomery County, Ky., February 14,
1831. He was removed to St. Louis when he was quite young; was there afew years, then
at Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill, where he remained until he was fifteen years of age; after-
ward he was employed on the river boats for some time. When he was twenty years of age
he began learuing the trade of wagon maker. Resided in Missouri and Adams County, IIl.,
several years. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Seventy-eighth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry; was in allthe battles of his command; bever was wounded or taken prisoner;
served until June, 1865, when he was mustered out. After leaving the army he returned to
Adams County, IL, remaining there until he came to Emporia, Kan., in the spring of 1869;
remained there only a few weeks, then came to Uswego, where he has since resided, duing
a fine business. Mr. Patterson is a member of the A., F. & A, M. ana G. A. R,

. W. PATRICK, editor and proprietor of ne Oswego RePub AEG, was born in Allen
tinty, Ohio. January.19, 1837, and was reared on a farm and for some years was engaged
fragricuiture. He eulisted in'the Ninety-ninth Ohio Regiment, August 11, 1862. "A fier
serving a short time he returned home and organized the One Hundred and Fifty-first
Ohio Regiment, of which he was Captain, in command at Fort Bayard ,and during the sum-
mer of 1865, was in command of Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-second Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry; was mustered out of the service September 1, 1865. In 1869, he emigrated
to Kansas and settled on a claim in Labette County. In November, 1871, was elected Reg -
i-ter of Deeds, which office he filled continuously up to 1882. In 4881 he embarked in the
field of journalisin, establishing the Oswego Republican in company with H. R. Brookes,
and is now the sole editor and proprietor of that paper and is engaged in its publication

Was married in 1850 to Miss L. McCoy of I}linois, by whom he has two .-

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HON. BISIIOP W. PERKINS, is a native of Rochester, Lorain Go., Ohio, where he was
born October 18, 1842. He was educated inthe public schools and at Knox College, Gales-
burg, Ill After leaving college he spenttwo years in Colorado. In July. 1862, having re-
turned from Colorado, he enlisted in Company D, Kighty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
He was one of the sergeants of his company until after the battle of Stone River. He was
then detailed to at as Lieutenant and to assist Inthe command of acompany of picked
mounted men for special guerrilla duty, and conti: ued to assist In command thereof until
December, 1863, when he was appointed Adjutant of the Sixteenth Colored Infantry, after-
ward appointed Captain by the Adjutant General of the army, and assigned to duty as Cap-
tain 0: Oupany, G, Sixteentn Colored Infantry. He was fora year Acting Adjutant
General of the post of Chattanooga, and served as Judge Advocate on the staff of Gen.
Gillem, and also in same position on the staff of Gen. Steadman. He was mustered out
at Nashville, Tenn,, in May, 1866; returned to Illinois and resumed the study of law, read-
ing with Hon. O. C. Gray, of Ottawa. Was admitted to the bar in 1867, and the same year
located at Pierceton, Ind., where he remained until he came to Oswego. Labette Co., Kan., in
April, 1869. That spring he was appoiuted County Actorney, and held that position until
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served as Assistant Attorney during the ensuing year. He was elected Probate Judge in
November, 1870, and held that office until he was appointed District Judge of the Eleventh
Judicial District in February, 1873. In November of the same year he was elected to that
office. He was re-elected in 1874, and again in 1878, and elected a member of Congress In
November, 1882. Early in the winter of 1871-72 he became editor and proprietor of the
Oswego Register and conducted it with ability until about the time he was appointed Dis-
trict Judge. He was adelegate to the Chicago Convention in 1880; is a member of several
secret societies, and has at all times been prominent and active in all movements looking to
the development of his corner of the State. He isa Republican in politics, sincere in is
convictions, aggressive in his expressions, and temperate in his habis. Heis President of
the Board of Trustees of a female college, building at Oswego under the auspices of the
Presbyterian Church'of the State, Liberal and public spirited, he is at all times ready to do
that which will contribute tothe growth and honor of Kansas.

FRED. PERKINS, farmer, P. O. Oswego, came to Kansas in the spring of 1870, and
located on a farm one mile south of Oswego. He has followed the business of farming and
stock raising ever since he came to Kansas. He has now between 500 and 600 acres of excel-
lent land inthe county of Labette. Mr. Perkins was born in Berkshire County, Mass., in
1845. His parents are both living in Massachusetts. His father stays a large portion of his
time in Oswego. Thefamily trace their ancestry back to a Mr. Perkins who came over from
England in 1635, and also 200 years prior tothat time. He received a livera] education at
the Michigan University. In the fall of 1869 he was married to Mary E. May, of Woodstock,
Conn. She was born in the same town tn 1845, and was educated at Wilbraham, Mass, Her
parents are both deceased. They have three children living—Charles Suow, Kate Sarepta,
and Lizzie May. Mr. Perkins is very prosperous in his business and surroundings,

N. N. M. PURVIANCE, attorney, was born near Sinclairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio,
July 12, 1839. He was educated at Franklin College, Athens, Harrison Co., Ohio, and began
the study of law at Cadiz, Ohio, after leaving college; pursued his law studies one year, then
enlisted (in August, 1862) in Company C, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in
that company until he was mustered ou', in June, 1865, first as a private, later as Sergeant.
When he left the army he returned to Ohio and resumed the study of law in the office of
Judge Mclivaine,at New Philadelphia. He was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1865, and be-
gan practice at Canal- Dover, Tuscarawas Co.,Ohio, remaining there until the sprin of 1866,
when he removed to Beardstown, Cass Co, Ill.,where he continued to practice until August,
1872, the time of his location at Oswego, since which time he has been engaged in Jaw busi-
ness here. He has served one year as Police Judge, and has been a member of the Board of
Education. He was married at Pineville, Pike Co., Ill.,in November, 1870, to Emma B.
McPherson, a native of Jacksonville, Ill. They have five children living—Lulie M., Charles
Walter, Aimata, Alice, and Nathan; lost one son, William Arthur, who died at the age of
eight months. The Judge is a member of the A. 0. U. W.

GILBERT A. RANDALL, manager of S, A. Brown & Company’s Oswego lumber yards,
Co., Pa., born January 11, 1838. From

 

 

isanative of the Burrough of Newtown, Bucks .
the age of two years he was reared in New Jersey. In 1868 he removed to Delaware, re-
maining there until he moved to Kansas City in September, 1880, remaining
there until March, 1881. Since May 12th, of that year, he has had charge of 8. A.
Brown & Co’s lumber business at Oswego. Prior to leaving New Jersey he had been en-

aged in the manufacture of lumber. and while in Delaware he was also connected with the
fiber trade in the town of Seaford, Sussex County. While at Kansas City he did quite an

extensive business in oysters at 811 Main street. Mr. R. was married at Trenton, N. J., in
1472

September, 1864, to Cordelia E. Manners, a native of Wertsville, Hunterdon County, N. J.
They have two children—Bertha A, and Harry M.

E. T. READ, hardware merchant, was born at Vernon, Jennings Co., Ind., December 24,
1841. He enlisted in August, 1861,in Company H, Twenty-sixth Indiana Volunteer In-
fantry; served two years and one month, and was in all the engageinents.of his command
during that period. He enlisted as a private, but for about a year prior to leaving the army
he was Second Lieutenant. He was dischargel on account of disability caused by sickuess.
Returned to Indiaua and remained until he came to Oswego, in the fall of 1868. He has
served as a member of the Board of Education, and is now serviug a second term as Alder-
man of the Second Ward. Heisa member of the Baptist Church. He was married at Ver-
non, Ind., May 30, 1844, toSarah Vawter, a native of that place. They have four children—
Virginia, born at Vernon, Ind.; Smith Howard, born at Oswego, Kan.; Daisie Belle, born at
Oswego, ‘Kan.; and Bert, born at Oswego, Kan. Mr. Read has been engaged in the hardware
business since 1864. His brothers, Merritt and John S. Reail,were associated with him here
for several years, the widow and children of John S. being now interested in the business.
When Read Bros. began business here, they had a small frame building 22x40 fect. The
present store is brick, 24x100 feet, two stories, with a brick warehouse 24x28 feet, oue

story.

R. J. REEKIE, ticket and freigit agent of the St. Louls & San Francisco Railroad Com-
pany, }s a native of Fyfeshire, Scotland, Came to America when sixteen years of age, and
resided in Missouri most of the time until he came to Oswego, in January, 1881. He has
been engaged in railroad business since 1878. Besides his other duties, he does the tele-
graph business of the ‘ Frisco” road at this point. He is a member of the K.of P. Mr. R.

Bone of the young railroad men of the West who has rapidly advanced to an important
station. i

E. R. ROSE, photographer, was born in Guernsey County, Ohto, July 24, 1851. Lived in
his native county. until 1868, then removed to Carthage, Mo., living there until he came to
Humboldt, Kan., in 1881. He removed from Humboldt to Oswego, October 15, 1882. Mr.
Rosa does all kinds of photographic work, and does crayon and water-color painting; makes
tintypes, gem pictures, etc. He was married at Carthage, Mo., February 25, 1872, to Martha
J. Thompson, a native of Peoria, IN. They have three children—John Perry, Effie J. and
Rettie C., the two youngest being twins.

WILLIAM SANFORD was bornin County Tipperary, Ireland, June 14, 18389. Came to
the United States when but six years of age, his parents locating on a farm in Brown County
Il., where they remained until 1850, when they moved to Hannibal, Mo., where he 1 ved
until 1854, when. his parents both having died, and being compelled to depend upon himself,
he went back to Brown County, Il, locating in Mc. Sterling, and began learning the sad-
dlery and harness business with Mr. A. J. Hunter, with whom worked two years, when, Mr.
Hunter dying, he went to Jacksonville, I}]., where he finished his trade with J. D. Stacy, and
then worked in several towns and counties in Illinois, finally going to Tuscola, Douglas Co.,
IIL, where he was working when the war broke out, He enlisted in Campany D, Twenty-
first lilinois Volunteer Infantry for three years, his term of enlistment expiring when in
front of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., while a desperate battle was being fought. After his dis-
charge, he weit to Nashville, Tenu., working for the government at his trade for two years,
and during this time saving some money. In the fall of 1866 he and his brother started a
saddle aud harness shop at New Madrid, Mo., the style of the firm being William Sanford &
Bro.; but the business did not pay, and they sold out and went to Central City, Col., and were
in business there for a short time, but found 1t did not pay them, and ‘they again sold out.
They then worked in Denver, Col., and from there went to Oswego, Labette County, where
they arrived late in the fall of 1869. In January, 1870, they purchased a lot and built a shop
to carry on the manufacturing of saddles and harness, and soon after purchased a farm, two
and one-half miles south of town, aud improved it; then sold it, and bought another of 160
acres half a mile from the city, it being « fruit and dairy farm. In 1880 Mr. Sanford bought

, his brother’s interest in the business, and is now manufacturing saddles and_ harness, boots
and shoes, and is also selling a well assorted line of Eastern-made boots and shoes, and bis
store is considered headquarters for boots and shoesin Oswego. Mr. Sanford belongs to the
Labette Horticultural Society, and is a member of the Kansas Benevolent Society, having a

olicy of $2,000, and was a member of the fire company for eight years. He was married in

swego, Kan., October, 8, 1875, to M. Ella Bowman, a native of Pike County, Ill. They have
two beautiful little girls—Bessie and Nola. He owns a very comfortable residence in the
south part of the city, free from all incumbrance, and says he is perfectly contented; that
he came to Kansas to stay, has not changed his mind yet, and hopes he never will.

F ER & CO., merchants, wholesale and retail dealers in dry-goods, groceries and
general merchandise, also, wholesale dealers in produce. E, P. aad Edgar Sawyer, brothers,
two enterprising young men who acquired an extensive busine-s experience while con-
nected with New York and Chicago wholesale houses. E. P. Sawyer was born at Buda,
Bureau Cv.,, Ill.; was educated in the city of New York, from 1856 to 1860. He was con-
nected with the well known tobacco commission house of Sawyer, Wallace & Co , the largest
establishment of the kind inthe world. He was afterward with Bowen, Hunt Winslow,
wholesale dry-goods merchants of Chicago, until 1871, then with Sweet, Dempster & Co.,
wholesale dealers in hats, caps, etc., until 1879. In October, 1879, the firm of L. Sawyer &
Co., at Oswego, Kas., was established. He was married at Rock Island, I1]., May 6, 1863, to
Jennie W. Wilmans, a native of Carmi, Ill. They have one child, Grac‘e T. Edgar Sawyer
is also a native of Bureau County, Ill,, and was for several years with Phelps, Dodge &
Falmer, a Chicago wholesale boot and shoe house, prior to coming to Oswego, in October,

R. L. SH.
removed to Kirksville, Mo., in 1868, and to Oswego, Kas., in April, 1878. He is extensively
engaged in the lumber business at this point, and at several places in Southern Kansas. He
jis @ member of the A., F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and_A. O. U. W.
He was married at Canton, Mo., October, 1876, to Annie Ellison, anative of that place.
They have one child, Juliet.

JOHN SHOTLIFF, wagon manufacturer, was born in Lincolnshire, England, June 26,
1828. He cameto America in the spring of 1850, located at Kenosha, Wis., and was engaged
in wagon making there from 1852 until 1869, when he removed to Neosho, Mo, where he con-
tinued in the same business until 1882, when he came to Oswego, Kas. He has erected a
Jarge and elegant brick wagon factory here, 50x100 feet. and is constructing a new two-
story building, 34x80. With the increased room and facilities; he expects to manufacture
one wagon per day. Heuses only the best materials in the construction of wagons. Mr,
Shotliff’s first wife was Eliza Kirk, a native of Donnington, Lincolnshire, England. They
were married in 1851, at Kenosha, Wis. She died in 1873. Four children survive her—
Emma E., now Mrs, William Crum, of Neosho, Mo.; David H., associated with his father,
in the wagon manufacturing business; Frank W., also with his father in same business, and
Nellie F. Mr.S. was married to his present wife, Emma J. Britton, at Neosho, Mo., in 1875.
She is 4 native of Missouri. They havetwo children—Jennie M., and John R. Mr. Shotlttf

‘has been an Odd Fellow since 1852.

A. T. SHROOT, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Oswego, was born in 1840, in Kentucky. His
father, A. W. Sbrout, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1812 and is still living in that
State. H smother was born in Kentucky in 1815, and still lives there. His mother’s ances-
‘tors were English; his father’s were German. After receiving @ common school education
he entered the mercanttle_ business, which he followed several years. He was married in
1868 to Sally Q. Belt, of Upper Blue Licks, Fleming Co., Ky. His wife was born jn 1849,
in the same county and State. They have four children—Larly, born May 4, 1869; Lillie B.
born February 28, 1871; Nettie A., born April 19, 1875, aud dled February 3, 1881; Alva
W., born September 19,1877. From 1865 to 1871, Mr. Shrout|was{Postmaster of Blue
Licks. Ky. In 1871 he emigrated to Kansas, where he purchased e ghty acres of land, after-
wards purchasing 160 more, where he now lfves, aving thled his farm for elght years,

e engaged in the business of selling seeds and implements In the flr of Shrout & Ball, In
1881 he went back to the farm. Mr. Shrout is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter of
the Masonic fraternity.

GEORGE F. SMITH, livery, was_born in Germany, December 28, 1845; was reared in
Wayne County, Ohio, from the age of four years. In 1865 he moved to Fayette County, IIL,
and was engaged in farming for four years, and engaged in railroad construction one year
in Illinois. Hecame to Kansas in 1870, and for six years continued ratiroad work, being
connected with the building of the M. K. & I. R. R., four years, and two years !n ather de-
partments. Was afterward in the livery business at St, Elmo, I1).,and A)tamont, IIL; also
shipping hogs and grain. Hecame from St. Elmo to Oswego, in January, 1882. He engaged
in the flour and feeding business until April. 1882; then engaged in buying and shipping

hogs. He engaged in the livery business September 5, 1882 r, Smith was married ac St.
Elmo, IIL, February 28, 1875, to Em:na C, Fletcher, a native of Ilnols,
W. A. STARR, County Auditor

was born in Perrysburg, Cattaran gts Co., N. Y., No-
vember 15, 1842; lived there watil the spring of 1860, when he removed to Elgin, KaneCo.,
Ill, In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry;
served until July, 1863. He was then discharged on account of disability,cause dt by sickness,
Pea Ridge being the Jast battle he participate in. He came to Kansasin April, 1867, loca-
ting on Section 11, Township 29, Range 21 Walnnt Township, Neosho County, Remained
there until May, 1869, when he located in Mound Valley Township, Labette County, on Sec-
tion 16, Range 18, Township 32. In 1871 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and served
two years. e was elected County Commissioner, aniL served in that position four years.
He was Deputy County Clerk during the years of 1878-79-80 and _1881. He was appointed
County Auditor in 1882. He is one of the original members of the Labette County Histori-
cal Association. He isa member of the A. O. U. W., and Masonic fraternity. In April, 1878,
he removed from Mound Valley to Oswego. He read law and was admiited to the bar in
July, 1880. Mr. Starr was married in Walton township, November 7, 1877, to Ann C. Dell,
daughter of Benjamin Tallman, an early settler of Walton Township, Labette County. Mrs.
Starr was bornin Union County, Ohio, December 3, 1854. They havetwo children—Ger-

trude and Margaret Pearl.
D. M. STICE, grocer, was born in Illinois in 1834. His father, Robert S. Stice, died in

ARP, lumber dealer, is a native of Monroe County, Mo.; born June 23, 1843, ,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

1838; was a native of North Carolina; emigrated to Kentucky, and from thence to Illinois
in 18u8: was in the war of 1812, and at the age of seventeen, was with Andrew Jackson a
New Orleans, and fought behind the cotton bales; was also in the Black Hawk War, and
was present at the capture of that celebrated Indian chief, in 1832.. Mr. D. M. Stice received
a liberal education atthe Illinois College at Jacksonville. He then engaged in the mer-
cautile business at Alexander, Morgan Co., Ill.; was married to Melissa Hamilton, of Mor-

an County, February 14, 1859._ Her parents were from Teunessee. Her father, B. F. Ham-
fiton, was kUled at Pittsburg Landing. He was a member of Company H, Thirty-second
Illinois, and enlisted in 1861. They have six children—William_ Edward, James Lincoln,
Lena Florence, Charles Benjamin, George Thomas and Bertram Hamilton, Mr. Stice came
to Kansas, March 15, 1873. engaging iu the grocery- business. .In 1876, he went into the
business of manufacturing Juinver and running a steam thresher, November 15, 1882, he
again commenced'the grocery business, under the firm name of Stice & Bro., Commercial

t, wero. ms
sr eeTLLT AE Pp. STEELE, farmer, P. O. Oswego, was born in Clark County, Ill., June 6,
1846, where he was also brought up and educated. He enlisted, in Au rust, 1862, in Com-
pany K, One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois, which was afterward consolidated, and formed
the Seventy-seventh Ilinois Volunteer Infantry. He was in the Department of the Gulf,
and in service along the Mississippi, and at Vicksburg, Fort Hudson, etc. He was taken
prisoner at Sabine Cross Roads, and was in Texas when he escaped, but was re-captured,
and spent the remainder of his time at Shreveport. A rebel bullet knocked him down,
which was the cause of bis capture. The skin on the top of his head wascut, He wasmus-
tered out in July, 1865.’ Inthe summer of 1867, he caine to Kansas, and was married, De-
cemuer 13, 1869,to Mary A. Park, of Monroe County, Ohio. She was born November 8,
1 Mr. Stecl’s ancestry were Scotch. His mother is still livingin Marshall, Clark Co.,
Ill. He has a pleasant home with shade and fruit trees. They have three children— Walter
P., John Ralph and Jennet Kemble, Mr. Steel’s father was Captain in Company K, First
Missouri Cavalry.” A Drolier, (Audrow, was in the Sixty-second Illinois. Mr.S. was a

ner thirteen months and nineteen days. '
pre SULLIVAN, proprietor of Uswep ‘0 Marble Works, is a native of Massachusetts,
born January 12, 1833; afterward resided in New York, the Southern States and Iowa until
he came to Kansas; most of the time was a resident of Mount Pledsant, Iowa, until Novem-
ber, 1876, when he located at Oswego, He has been working at the marble business since
he was fourteen years of age. Mr. S.is a member of theA.. F. & A. M.. Blue Lodge, Chap-
ter, Council and Commandery. He is also an Ancient Odd Fellow, He was married, at
Warren County, IIl., January 6, 1858, to Catherine Fagan. They have seven children—
Eugene, Altona, Ruth, Ernest, Carlotte, Amira and Victor. -

O. R. ST MM Be druggist. was born at Shawneetown, LIl.; reared at Mattoon, IIl.; came
to Oswego in Apr: 11870" having resided at Kansas City for two years an<( a half prior to
locating here. e has been connected with the drug business for the last fifteen years. He
is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He was mar-
ried, at Oswego, Kan., December 10, 1878, to Mary Karnes, a native of Eau Claire, Wis.

SCOTT TAYLOR, jeweler, was born in Fowler, Trumbull Co., Ohio, December 10, 1855;
lived in his native State until April, 1872, when he came to Towanda, Butler Co., Kan.,
that being his home until the fall of 1876, when he located at Oswego, engagin in jewelry
business here. He isa member of the Jewelers’ League, of New York City. He was mar-
ried, at Towand |, Kan., in October, 1876, to Clara G, Wheeler, a native of Ohio. They have
one child—Arthur Ray, Mr. T.’s father, Haunibal, is a jeweler at Neodesha, Kan.

Pp. A. TERRY, M.D., homeopathic physician and surgeon, is a native of Canada West
and was born near Fort Niagara, nine miles below Niagara Falls, December 11, 1829; lived
in Calhoun County, IL, from 1840 to 1846. In the latter year he located in Council Grove,
Iowa, In 1859 he went to California and remained in that region of the country until
August, 1867, when he located in Edgar County, Ill., remaining there until September,
1877, when he removed to St. Louis, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine
until he eame to Oswego in November, 1880. The doctor was educated at the Missouri
Homeeopathic Medical College. He isa member of the State Homeopathic Medical Asso-
ciation.

DR. WILLIAM P. TUCKER, dentist, is a native of Leavenworth, Ind., born May 1,
1839, educated in Crawford and Washington counties, 4ud., and began the study of dentistry
at Mount Vernon, Ind., in 186%, engaging in practice in his native place, afterwards at
Vam pbellsburg and Salem, Ind., coming from the Jatter place to Kansas in August, 1880.
October 4 of the same year he located at Oswego. He is a member of the A., F. & A, M. and
I. 0. 0. F. He enlisted as a private, August 5, 1861, in Company KE, First Indiana Volunteer
Cavalry. He was promoted to Second Lieutei:ant and then to Captain of hiscompany. He
was detalled for staff duty, Serving on the staff of Gen. Ross; later, on that of Gen. Solomon.
He had charge of the steamer Homer, at Camden, Ark., captured from the Rebels. After
making use of the gargo of corn he sank the steamer when the Union troops evacuated that

lace in April, 1864.. He resigned in March, 1864, and after spending a short time at Little
Rock he returned to Indiana. The doctor was married September 8, 1864, at Salem, Ind., to
Sallie Weir, a native of that place. They have one ecbild, Anna E.

J. F. WASKEY, merchant, was born at Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., Iowa, February
24,1843. From September, 1854, until February, 1861, he lived at Westport, Mo. He then
engaged in the mercantile business at Emporia, Kan., continuing in business there until he
located at Oswego, in October, 1867. After coming here, he dealt in general merchandise for
some time, then engaged in clothing, gents’ furnis ing oods and boot and shoe trade exclu-
sively, carrying one of the most complete stocks in this part of the State. He is one of the
most popular and reliable merchants in Kansas. He bas served one term as Mayor and as

pity Treasurer several years. Mr. W. was married at Westport, Mo., April 9, 1866, to Sarah
E. qaner. anativeof that place. They have two children, Dick S. and Blanche B.

- CHRISTOPHER WERNER, dealer in meat, was born in Bavaria, Germany, 1853. He
immigrated with his parents to Perry County, Ind., 1865, where he lived on a farm. In 1872
they moved to Bureau County, IIL, where they purchased a farm on which his parents
and their family now live. Mr, Werner has‘six brothers, and three sisters—Charles, Philip,
Jacob, Lewis, Adam, Henry, Kate, Lizzie and Louisa. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1879,
and settled in Oswegaquwhere he engaged in the meat business, which occupation he now fol-
lows. Hisshop is on Fourth avenue, nearly opposite tue Oswego House. eis a meinber of
the I. O. O. F. and also of the K. of P.

€. A. WILKIN, attorney, and also proprietor of abstracts and engaged in the money bro-
kerage business, etc., was born in Edgar County, I]l., May 10, 1e5¢ lived there watil he
came to Kansas in September, 1868, locating AtSt at Fort Scott, where he was employed as
a clerk until March, 1869, when he came to Oswego. After coming here, he secured a posi-
tion in the office of the Register of Deeds and held that clerkship for three or four years,
reading law during that tine, He was admitted to the bar, November 16, 1875, since which
time he has been eugaged in the practice of his profession. Heis proprietor of complete
abstracts of title of Labette County pro} perty. having a set of books at Oswego, and another
set at Chetopa. He does quite an extensive loan business, and represents several first class
insurance companies. He is proprietor of the only cotton gininthe county, and is quite
extensively engaged in cotton culture, putting In this year, 1883, about two hundred acres
of cotton. He estimates thatthere will be from 800 to 1,000 acres of cotton raised in Labette
county: tnis year. He has two fine farms iu this county. He isa member of the A., F. & A,

andl. 0.0. F. i

LEE WILLIAMS, M. D,, was born near Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio, June 23.
1850. He was educated {in the public schools of bis native county. He read medicine at
Pleasant Hill, Doctors S, W. Keister and J. A. Sterrett being his preceptors. He graduated
from the Kentucky School of Me‘licine in 1877, and began practice at Tippecanve City,
Ohio, and came to Oswego April 28, 1878, remaining in practice here since that time. Heis
a member of the Southeastern Kansas Medical Society, also of the Labette County organi-
zation. He is also x member of the order of A..F. & A. M. The doctor was married at
PHNlipsburg, Montgomery Co., Ohio, October 27, 1870, to Lucy Davenport, a native of Phil-
lipsburg. They have one child, Cora Lee.

. B. DFORD, cigar manufacturer, was born near Sharon, Morgan Co., Ohio, De-
comber 25, 1839, and lived there until 1855, then moved to Drakeville, Davis’ Co., Iowa,
that being his home until he came to Kansas in November, 186%, locating in Montana
Township, Labette County, where he lived until February, 1869, when he located in Uswego,
engaging In the grocery trade here, which he continued tintil 1874, afterward for five years
he was in the wholesale liquor business, In 1880 he conducted thedining hall at the San
Francisco & St. Louls depot, At this point and in 1881 he engaged.in his present business,
manufacturing cigars and dealing in tobacco and smokers’ woods. He has served six years
as Aldermin of the First ward, and is also serving a third year as under Sheriff of Labette
County. He isa member of the A.O. U. W., G. A. R., and Excelsior Fire Company. In
July, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Third Iowa Cavalry. He was on detached duty, serv-
ing as foraging master until July, 1862, af-erward mail and despatch bearer and agency
ald for the Governor, being in the service until September,1864. He was married at Drake-
ville, Lowa, July 9, 1861, to Caroline M. Blankinship, a native of Davis County, Iowa, she
being the first white child bornin that county. They have five children,Charles D, Martha,
Eva, Willard A., Jesse Grant, and Harry Wright.

C. E. WOODEN, proprietor Southside Hotel, was born_1836, in Huron County. Ohio.

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His grandfather came from England to Dutchess County, N, Y., about the time of t ve
olution. His father died in Ohio, in 1882. His mother ‘A still il RS

ving in Oswego, Kas. Mr.
Wooden lived in his native State until 1869, when he emigrated to Kansas, settling in La-
bette County on a farm west of Oswego. 11 1878 he moved into the town, where he was
elected Marshal of the city, which position he filled one and one-half years. He was also
elected to the office of Street Commissioner one year. He was appointed to take charge of
the county jail. Inthe spring of 1882 he took charge of the Southside Hotel. Mr. W. was
married on October 2, 1861, to Sally Ann Pancosr, of Huron County, Ohio. She was born
in 1840, in the same State. They have five children, Jennie, Arnold, Belle, Eddie and Ella,
Mr. Wooden's house fs pleas intly located, the table good, and charges moderate, He is a
member of the A. O. U. W. Society.
LABETTE COUNTY.

S.. N..WOODRUFF, farmer, southéast quarter Section 18, P. 0. Oswego, was born
near Manenee. Richland Co., Ohio, in 1822. After completing his sducalionene the com-
mon schools he worked on the farm until 1848, when he removed to Noble County, Ind.,near
Albion, where he resided until October, 1881, when he emtgrated to Kansas, settling in La-
bette County, and purchased 160 acres of land near Oswezo, where he has erected a beauti-
ful home. r, Woo Iruff’s grandfather came from Engiand just before the War of the Rev-
olution and was a soldier in that from its commencement until its close. He died in New
York at the age of ninety-one. Samuel Woodruff, his father, came from Connecticut to
New York, and from thence to Onio, at an early dav. Afterward he moved to Indiana and
died there at the advanced age of ninety-three. Enos Barnes, 2 soldier of the Revolution,
was his maternal ancestor. Tr. W. was married in 1848 to Ellen Douglas, of Richland
County, Ohio, by whom he had three children, Morris, died December 19, 1854, Lucy, mar-

Dr. Caziér, and living in Burlingame, Kas.; Albert, who died February 11,1853. Mrs.
W. died in 1852. Mr. W. married Sarah M. Douglass May 2, 1856, a sister of the former,
by whom he had four children, Ellen C., Flora B. now married to Charles M.Clapp, a notect
banker of Indiana, Charles B, and Inez, now deceased. Hissecond wife died August 23,
1873. Mr. Woodruff married Mrs. E. Myers November 25. 1875, She was bora in 1833,
in Huron County, Ohio, and educated at Albion, Ind. Her father’s name was James Skin-
ner, oné of the first settlers of Noble County, Ind., and died in 1873. Mrs. W. has two
brothers, Alfred and Harrison living not far from Oswego. Mrs. Woodruff had five children
by her first husband, Julius, who died in 1875; W. D. Myers, a merchant tailor in Albion,
Ind.; ster D. Myers with his brother in the same occupation at Emporia, Kas.; Clara B.
Myers, living with her parents. Mr. Woodruff and his family are members of the Metho-

dist Episcopal Church.

- R. W2.WRIGHT, M. D, proprietor ofthe Pioneer Drug Store, Oswego, Kansas, was born
in Millington, Yorkshire, England, December 25, 1824, and came with his father, William
Wright, to America, when fourteen years ot age; firstsettled in Burtonsville on the old Esco-
hara Creek, Montgomery Oov., N. Y., then moved to Bellona, Yates Co., N. ¥., and worked for
Henry Coleman for five years; at twenty-one read medicine in Penn Yan, N. Y¥., with Dr.
D. R. Gerow; attended medical lectures in Geneva, N. Y. Inthe spring of 1848, he married
Lota A. Whaite, in the town of Abington, Luzerne Co, Pa., and the same year emigrated
West, and located in Emerald Grove, near Janesville, Wis., remaining there until the spring
of 1850, when he moved to Iowa, and becaine one of the first settlers of Independence. In
July, 1861, he raised a company and enlisted as a private soldierin the same company for
three years; was detailed to take charge of the Hospital at Franklin, Mo. Inthe wiuter of
1861-62 and after the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., was promoted to Captain of Company C,
Ninth lowa Volunteer Infantry; after the Battleof Vicksburg, he was appointed Recruitin
Agent by the Government, for the Dubuque District of Iowa, and held that position until
the close of the war. In 1865, after an absence of twenty-eight years, he visited his old
home in England; returning he located temporarily in Springfield, Mo., util the summer
of 1867, and in July of that year he located at Oswego, Kan., and was one of the original
members of the Town Company and builtthe first frame house July 20, 1867. It was a build-
ing 16x24, with a side shed which served as store and residence, I was built on the corner
diagonally from the old Oswego House, which was afterwards removed to give place to
Capt. Parker’s late residence. He carried on the drug and grocery business, aud his was the

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Pioneer Drug House. He wasa member of the Town Company until it was disolved, in 1881,

and was the first Secretary of the same. He was elected as Estate Railroad Assessor for
hives vas s, and served asa membefiof the Legislature, being the member who introduced

the first lution providing for an-appropriate representation of the products of Kansas,
at the cae World's ‘Centennial Echibition which was held at Philadelphia, in 1876. It was
only after a most persistent fight that the passage of the bill appropriating $25,000 for the
exhibition was secured, resulting in the greatest benefit to the State, Kansas being able to
make one of the most magnificent exhibits of any State in the Union, Gov. Osborn recog-
nizing the credit that was due to Mr, Wright for the interest he had taken in his endeavor
to have the products of this State prominently brought before the people of the world, at
once appointed him as one oftlie«Centennial Managers to the exhibition of Kansas, at the
gZeeat World's Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. e has served th ee terms as Mayor of
the city of Oswego, and has held various other offices. He has been prominently identi-
fied with -all the railroads insoutheastern Kansas, which would be likely to benefit that
region; he was instrumental in securing the M, K. & T. R. R. to Oswego, and was the orig-
inator and the president: of the Spring Valley «& Southern Kansas Railroad, which after-
wards was called the Memphis Carthage & Northwestern Railroad, and was vice presi-
dent and one of the directors until the road was graded to Oswego; he also was the father of
Independence, Kan., by organizing the Town Company and laying outthe town in August
1869, in the county of Montgomery, Kan. He named the town in honor of his old home in
Iowa. He was also elected president of the Kansas State Medical Association, and is now
a member of that society. edoctor has spen: the lasttwo years in California, but has
now returned and settled permanently in his old home, Oswego, Kansas,

CHETOPA.

- “Chetopa is situated near the southeast corner of Labette County, on the
Neosho River, and on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. The land
selected for the town site had been taken by Dr. George Lisle, as a claim, as
earlyas 1858. The settlement, in this part of the county, dates from January,
1857. At this date a society known as the Powhattan Agricultural Association

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was formed at Powhattan, Ohio, composed of ten members, the object of which
was to establish a colony somewhere in Southeastern Kansas. Dr. George Lisle
was made president of the association,and William Doudna, secretary. A com-
mittee of three, composed of G. Lisle, G. Ewers, and S. Steel, was sent to look
up a location, with instructions to visit the Neosho Valley. The committee
left Ohio April 1, 1857, and after looking about for awhile, reached the spot on
which Chetopa stands on the 17th day of that month. The beauty and fertility
of the country was apparent, and the party were satisfied that no better place
could be found, and concluded to select this for the location of the colony. Dr.
Lisle went back to Ohio and reported progress, and on the first of November,
returned to this Eten with his family, and in May, 1858, staked off his claim
which is now the site of Chetopa. The first spring he broke ten acres and
planted it to corn,and in the following spring he broke as much more ground,and
planted the whole to thiscrop. The new colony was flourishing, undisturbed
by any cause whatsoever, idly dreaming of the future greatness of their new
lands. The civil war broke out, and its devastations reached the homes of
these colonists and almost wholly destroyed them. ‘

There were many here of both whites and Indians that were adherents of
the Southern cause, to which they rendered as much aid as lay in their power.
One or iaore bands of guerrillas were formed to fight the battles of the South,
and protect those whose opinions varied from those of the now somewhat tyran-
nical Northern men, who, in such times, would trample upon those who hap-
pened not to have opinions agreeing with their own. These bands com-
mitted many brutal acts of bloodshed and conflagration, against the advice and
counsel of the wiser and more prominentof their number. Mathes, who had
been a trader at Oswego from an early date, is charged with being the leader
of these bands and guilty of their acts. But the better authority proves that
Mathes was a civil, whole-souled man, who counseled against such proceedings,
and that whatever acts ofatrocity were perpetrated upon Union men in this
section were against his protests and without his aid or assistance. Mathes was
a Virginian by birth and rearing, and it is said that he pussessed the genial hos-
pitality characteristic of the people of that State. That his store door stood
open to settlers at all times, who, when sick, cculd here obtain provisions with-
out money and,without price. There were, however, many acts of brutality
committed by the Southern allies in thissection, which unjustly were charged
to Mathes. A pursuit was made upon these marauders by a body of, Union
troops, under Col. Blunt, and Mathes, who held a commission as Colonel in
the rebel army, was overtaken a short distance below Chetopa, shot and killed.
In November, 1863, Capt. Willetts, of the Fourteenth Kansas, invaded this
country, and, under order of Gen. Ewing, burned houses, property, etc., so as
to prevent their falling into the hands of the rebel army. Dr. Lisle’s houses
and property were destroyed, among which was a fine medical library and case
of instruments. About forty houses were burned near Chetopa. This devas-
tation of the country annihilated the settlement for a time, most all having
left for more secure quarters, others entering the armies of either the North or
South, while some fell victims to this difference of opinion upon the threshold
of their own homes. ee

The war being ended and peace restored, those who had left their homes
in this wilderness, as it were, returned to them, in the hope of restoring what
had been uselessly destroyed. They were followed by many others, and the
work of improvement and settlement went on anew. ;

In December, 1866, W. Doudna brought a saw mill to Chetopa, which was
set up in the following February, by W. H. Reed, and thus the supply of build-
ing material became more abundant, and the work of building became easier
and more rapid than before, when lumber was made by the slow and laborious
use of the whip-saw. '

The first meeting of the Chetopa Town Company, was held at Humboldt,
Kan., January 22, 1868; George Lisle was president; W. Doudna, secretary and
George Hanson, treasurer. Lhe claim belonging to George Lisle was selected
as the town site. Thecharter forthe town was obtained from the Secretary of
State, March 23, 1868. The town was now laid off and the sale of lots and
building began. The first building erected upon the site, after it was laid off,
was a house built by George Hanson, for Perry Barnes, which he ran under the
name of the Western Hotel,as a public house. In June, M. II. Dersham erect-
eda house and opengda stock of drugs. In the [following September, C. P.
Spaulding completed a large houseand hall, and in January, of the next year,
Iierman Brothers established a grocery business. John Reed opened a dry
goods store, August 4, 1869, and in September, 1869, B. A. Aldrich began in
the hardware ‘trade. The growth of the town was comparatively slow until the
rumor of railroad building became noised abrnad. A meeting of ‘the citizens of
the town was held in Spaulding’s Hall, February 12,1870, at which they pledged
bonds to the amount of.$50,000.00 to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad,
in order that they might secure the line of that road through the town; and ata
meeting held February 25; 1870, the contracts were signed by the authorities
and all needful arrangement perfected, for the building of the road. The road
was completed to the corporate limits of Chetopa in February, 1870, and reached
the south line of the State June 8, 1870, which event was celebrated by speeches
and other ceremonies. © : :

Chetopa was to be the pet railroad town. Here was to be the junction of the
Neosho Division, and’ the main line of this.road; this was to be the
terminus of a division of the road, and the shops were to be locat-
ed here. The railroad officials owned large interests in the town site and were
zealous in its building. The town became widely advertised, and everything
looked to its onward march to greatness. Men seized on the prospect and busi-
ness houses became established contemporaneously, and in immediate succes-
sion, large wholesale liquor and grocery houses were established, and the town
in a short time had reached a population of about three thousand people, with
a goodly number of business houses. Some difficulty arose between some of the
domineering railroad magnates and parties interested in the town, and the form-
er finding themselves unable to have all things their own way, withdrew all sup-

port from the town, and instead of fulfilling their promises as to certain enter-
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prises which the town was to receive, went to Parsons and founded that place to
which all advantages were taken instead of their going to Chetopa.

When this move was made, Chetopa fell like a crash. Hitherto, under the
stimulus of the railroad company’s promises, everything was at the highest pitch
of excitement; business mien opened houses on grand scales; costly and ex-
travagant improvements were made upon the town; an elegant school building
was erected costing about $24 000, and the city became heavily bonded, and
men incurred indebtednéss in the hope of paying out by means of the rush of trade
which it was certain the town was to receive. No sooner had the railroad sup-
port been withdrawn, than the news fell like a blight over the town. Nearly
all that had been done was now valueless,to a great measure. A majority of the
population abandoned the town and property became a drug, so muchso that
lots and blocks sold for merely nominal.sums, and the assessed valuation of all
the property in the place, was less than the indebtedness of the town.

-As an example of the extravagant notions of the success of the place may.

be mentioned, that in 1870, Shively & Ellis established a wholesale grocery house,
and F, Fraunberg startéd a wholesale liquor house. The National hotel was
built at a cost of $12,000. It was, too, the shipping point for the Texas
and Indian cattle trade which also assisted to the temporary rush.

Marsh erected a fine brick block in 1871, and other expensive improve-
ments were made. Although the town suffered severely from these reverses of
fortune, yet the favorableness of the location in the midst of a fine agricultural
country, and its nearness to the Indian Territory from which extensive trade is
derived, were sufficient to prevent it from being entirely abandoned, and in-
deed sufficient to support a live and prosperous little city, despite the mean-
ness of railroad officials to the contrary. The city now contains a population of
about 1,500, with several manufacturing establishments, churches, schools, and
many business houses engaged in the supply of a flourishing trade.

The first Fourth of July celebration was held in Chetopa, in 1867. John
Secrest was orator, and J. A. Shoat marshal. A celebration was held on the
same day of the next year. J.H. Crichton was orator, and speeches were made
by various other parties. Father Moore delivered the prayer in the opening
exercises. It was an extremely dry season, no rain having fallen in a good while.
The venerable father prayed that the dry, parched earth might be refreshed with
the moistening tears of heaven, and in the afternoon, as was gen@ally observed
as coincident with Fathér Moore’s petition, a copious shower of rain fell, wheth-
er or not in answer to the faithful man’s prayer does not appear.

The patriotism of the settlers again called them together on this memor-
able day, in 1869. Sydney Clark, member of Congress, was chief orator, and
speeches were made by John Speer, Col. Hoyt, Rev. Mr. Bateman, T. D. McCue,
J.H. Clark, and Ess-Teh-Roh-Ghers, a chief of the Osage nation. The celebra-
tion of this year was remarkable on account of the overflowed condition of the
streams, the immense size of the assembled multitude, the barbecue and the
speeches. An ox, for the barbecue, was furnished by Mrs. Grant, and 1,000
loaves of bread by Miller & Smith. The speeches of Messrs. Clark and Hoyt
savored strongly of anti-monopoly sentiments, as also did that of the Osage
chief. Indeed, the latter orator went to the extreme, and expressed his opposi-
tion not only to moncpolies, but also to progress and improvements in general.
He said he was opposed to railroads, because the sound of the whistle of the
locomotive scared away the buffalo, and to saw-mills because they cut up the
timber.

A stage line between Fort Scott and Chetopa was established October 18,
1869, on which stages plied weekly until, in December, they became tri-weekly.

The cemetery grounds of twenty acres, taken from Hard’s claim, were
purchased and laid off in October, 1869. The first child born in the town was
Sarah Emma Reed, daughter of J. H. Reed, on October 23, 1867. On the 17th of
September, a fire broke out accidentally, and consumed several buildings,
Among them was Fisher & Sturgis’ block. The loss was about $25.000. An-
other fire took place June 7, 1873, the loss amounting to $4,000; and in August,
1882, still another burning occurred, in which several good business houses
were consumed ; but the buildings are being rapidly replaced by new brick
blocks. A hook-and-ladder company was organized June 24, 1871, and a fire
company November, 11, 1874, with G. H. Bates, foreman, and W. Doudna,
first assistant. On the 30th of September, 1873, the Hiatt boys, desperadoes
and robbers, raided the town for purposes of plunder, but were met and repulsed
by the citizens, and were driven back into the Territory.

At the election in February, 187:, Chetopa was a prominent candidate for
the county seat of Labette County. There were four places voted upon, name-
ly, Oswego, Chetopa, Labette City and the center of the county. The vote
stood as follows : Labette City, 1,588; Oswego, 1,011; Chetopa, 887; centre of the
county, 237. This election, however, resulted in no choice, no one place receiv-
ing a majority of all the votes cast.

Chetopa was chartered as a village, April 12, 1869. M. G, Pratt, W. Gage,
Ifenry Lisle, Leander Brown, and A. S. Corey were elected trustees. In the
following year, it became incorporated as a city of the third class, and at the
first election for choosing city officers, on the 5th of April, 1870, F. M. Gra-

‘ham was elected Mayor; W, B. Gregory, C. H. Ludlow, W. A. Nix, G. A. De-
graffand Dr. L. P. Patty, Councilmen. :

The present city officers are: J. B Cook, Mayor; George Eddington, Treas-
urer; A. G, Drake, Attorney, John W. Breidenthal, Clerk; J. P. Shields, Police
Judge; S. B. Sloane and William Bently, Constables,

A petition signed by the citizens of Chetopa and vicinity, was sent to the
postoffice department asking that a post office be located here to be called
Chetopa, after the Osage Chief Chetopah. The office was established in 1860,
with Dr. George Lisle as postmaster. The office was simply located and as
yet no mail route was established by the Government, and the mail was ob-
tained by a private carrier from the Quapaw Agency, The destruction of the
settlements by the Rebellion, also suspended the post office, which became re-
established in the early part of 1866, with Col. W. Doudna, postmaster; the
business of the office commencing July 1, of that year. The mail was now ob-
tained weekly from Humboldt. In January, 1870, Parker and Tisdale secured

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the contract for carrying the mails daily, between Girard and Chetopa, and
when the M. K. & T. Railroad was completed, Chetopa obtained the most of the
mail from that road, receiving mail from a few other points by stage. The office
was made a money order office July 12, 1869, and the’ first order was issued to
C A. Corey, July 23, 1869. In April, 1870, $850 was added to the salary
of the postmaster. J. M. Cavaness, at present, holds the office of Post-
master.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

e first school taught in the vicinity of Chetopa was that kept in_a small log-house
winees mile south of town, and taught by J.C. Henry. The house was built of logs which
were hewn off after the building was put up, was covered with a shake-board roof, and was
twenty-two feet square, This building served for both school and church meetings. The
first schoo! that was taught in the town was in the winter of 1867, by Ellen Craft, and was
kept in a private dwelling that had been built by William Carico. A school house was built
in 1870, «small frame 18 by 24 feet in size, and was dedicated February 3, 1870.

Ati meeting of the school board on May 28, 1872, they decided to submit a proposition
to the vote of the people, as to whether bonds should be voted to the amount of $25,000 for
the erection of a newschool building. It was flush times then with the city and the vote
cast June 10, 1872, favored the issuance of the bonds, Work began upon the erection of the
new house soon afterward, and the building was completed and dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies on the 4th of July, 1873. The address was made by Col. J. W. Horner, and
speeches were made by J. B. Cook, R. J. Elliott, A. H. Ayers and others. The building isa
handsome three-stor: bricks, ‘constructed with artistic and appropriate projections, etc., and
contains several fine large school rooms.

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHETOPA.

The schools are thoroughly graded and afford efficient instruction. The school popula-
tion of the city is 458, the enrollment 435, and tue average daily attendance 275, under
charge of five competent Instructors, with J. W Weltner as principal. 1

he footprints of the ithuerant in the region round about Chetopa are found dating back
to the early part of 1858. It was then that the Rev. J. P. Barnaby preached to the settlers
the gospel of truth, In the following October Mr. Barnaby was succeeded by Rev. J.E. Ryan,
who organized an extensive circuit.
were to ignite into the lambeut flames of a Christian community.

‘No sooner had a sufficient number of settlers of any particular faith become located in
the vicinity, than a church body was uly organized,

The Methodist Church was organized in June, 1868, witha membership of thirteen, and
Rev. Thomas Palmer was pastor, who was succeeded in March, 1869, by Rev. P. McNutt

July, 1870.

he house was cledicated to purposes of spiritual services, September 4, 1
bv Rev. Messrs, Lewis, Conley and Fox. The building is a large one-story stone, and cost

$6,700. The church body was incorporated J if r i
TG ia Hon een, eee p une 24, 1869. The present membership is

This was the winnowing of the sparks that eventually

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and Rev. Dr. Bowman preached the dedicatory sermon, and was assisted in the ceremontes’

Work upon ine erection of a church edifice began November 4, 1868, and was finished in *

The Presbyterian Church was organized September 20, 1868, under Rev. GC. H. McCreery, -

who has since continued pastor of the flock. The organization was effected with a member_
Pa of six; namely S. H. Carr, Mr. and Mrs. S. Cellers, Mrs, R. S. Lenhart, L. Billington
and G. F. Smith. S. H. Carr and 8S. Cellars were elected elders. The present membership
is 100. The foundation of the church building was laid in October, 1869, and the building

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was completed in July of the next year. Itis a one-story frame, costing about $6,750. The-

ee eae August 28, 1870, by Rev. T. H. Hill, assisted by Rev. Messrs. McCree-
. The United Presbyterian Church was established May 4,.1869, by Rev. E. C. Cooper’
The first members were, Cranson, Charlotte and Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. E. D. Butterworth,
Mrs. E. J, MeGaven, Edward and Rachel Johnston, J. A.and Maggie E. Endsley and George
Butler. Cranson Taylor, J. A. Endsley, and E. Johnston were elected elders. Work upon
the Church building was begun in September, 1870, and was completed in the following
year. The dedication of the church took place October 29,1871, and Rev J. A. Herron
preached the dedicatory sermon. The building is a fine, large, one-story brick, of costly
appearance, The membership bas increased to eighty, and Rev. J. D. Graham is pastor.
The Baptist Church was organized May 1, 1869, by Rev. A. C. Bateman, with eight
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members. The church building, costing $3.300, was erected during the spring an mme
of 1870, and was dedicated August 14. 0 Aer year, by Rev. Tilise assisted By nen Me-
ecember 15, . Rev. N. Il. Rigby accepted the call as pas-
torofthechurch. The Baptist Association vf ministers met in fits éhureh August 2,° 1372.

There is a present membership of fifty-nine, with Rev. Henry Ward, pastor.

The Episcopal Church was organized February 11, 1872. ‘The church Lullding was soon
after erected, and is a neat frame structure. The membership at present 1s about forty-
: The Catholic Church was organized by Father Bononcini, with thirt: families. Previous
to this, however, Father Dougherty had held meetings in the nei hborhood, but no body
was formed. A building was purchased and fitted up for a place of worship, A parsonage
building wag erected in 1881, costing about $1,200. There is a present membership of fifty-

five families:under Rev. C. C. Hospenthal.

There is, also, a Colored Baptist Church, with Rev. A, W. Green, pastor; a Second Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, composed of colored people, with Rev. A. Riley, pastor, and an Af-
rican Methodist Episcopal Church, with Rev. Mr. Brewer, pastor.

The social fellowship of the citizens of Chetopa is amply cultivated in three large and
liberally supported lodges.

The Chetor a Lodge, No. 73, A., F. & A. M. was instituted in 1870, with J. H. Crichton,
worshipful master: J. R. Dew, senior warden; J. C. Watson, junior warden; W. Doudna,
treasurer; A. A. Case, secretary; E, B. Hayes, senior deacon; 8S. Rawson, junior deacon; J,
C. Wilson, tyler. A celebration was held June 24, 1870. The present membership of the
lodge is sixty, and James Brown is worshipful master, and E. W. Bedell, secretary.

Chetopa Lodge, No. 48, I. 0. O. F., was instituted August 10. 1869, ‘with the following
eharter members: J.C. Wright, W. A. Cannon, S. W. Frye, W..H. Gage, Lee Brown, 8S. Raw-
son, J. M. Ridenour and James Chism. A celebration was held July 4, 1869, at which
speeches were made by A. H. Ayres, J. S. Ritter, J Secrest, J. H. Hibbets and others. An
anniversary was held April 26, 1872, and speeches were made hy Rev. G. W. Pye, F. A. Bet-
tis, J. W. Horner, J.S. Ritter, etc. The lodge has a present membership of thirty-eight,
with GC. Ward, noble grand; C. M. Fry, vice grand;'S. IT. Herman, secretary, and O. St.

Chetopa Lodge, No. 27, A. O. U. W., was instituted December 10, 1879, with twenty-one
members. J. B, Cook was chosen master workman; E, W. Bedell, foreman; L. M. Thomp-
son, overseer; Joseph Craft, guide, and O. St. John, recorder. Thepresent membership is
seventy-five, and at the election of officers held June 29, 1882, J. W. Braderthal was chosen
master workman; S. Lyon, foreman; J. N. Anderson, overseer, and QO. St. John, recorder.

THE PRESS, BANKS AND MANUFACTURES.

Several attempts have been made to establish newspaper publications at Chetopa, only
one of which still continues in successful operation. ‘I'he 4dvance was established in 1879,
the Southern Kansas Immigrant on July 30, 1874, by J. B. Cook & Co.; the Demacrat May
1, 1872, and which survived until the 15th of the November following; the Heraldon March
4, 1876, by Capt. Hibbets and F. W. Frye, which has also been discontinued. The Advance
was first published at Paola. In January, 1869, it was removed to: hetopa by A. S. Corey,
the roprietor, and was edited by J. W. Horner, who became proprietor of the concern June
1, 1869. Inthe April previous tte size of the paper was increased by adding one column to
each page, and on January 5, 1869, was enlarged to an eight column folio, and the name
changed to that of the Southern Kansas Advance. J.M Cavaness was made foreman of the
office July 1, 1869. S. A. Fitch purchased a half interest in the paper January 5, 1870, and
retired from the business the following August. J. M. Cavaness became business manager,
January 1, 1871, and one vear following purchased a half interest with J. W. Horuer, On
Febrd@ry 22, 1875, J. M. Cavaness bought out the eutire paper, which he conducts under
the name of the Chetopa Advance. :

The First National Bank was established December 4. 1871. of which J. E. Marsh was
president, and KE. J. Stewart vice president, F, H. Ketchum cashier, and Lee Clark assist-
ant cashier, In July, 1875, the charter was thrown up and it becapie a private enterprise.
The bank building was erected March 18, 1873. Although other banks were started in the
town, yet this is the only one that has cuntinued in business up to the present date. The
Chetopa Savings Bank was started July 1, 1871. C. H. Safford was president aud G. S.
Newman cashier. W.B. Ketchum & Co. started a bank in July, 1870, which subsequently
suspended operation. i

Chetopa, among her institutions, contains three manufacturing establishments; two
giistand flouring mills and a planing m ll. Other establishments of this kind were started

ut are no longer continued. 4

The Anchor Flour Mill was started in 1871, by F. J. Hunter & Co. The other members
of the firm were E. W. Bowen and R. J, Williams, whose interests were afterward purchased
by B.'S. Edwards, the firm being now B.S. Edwards & Go, During the lJast-three years the

mill bas been increased from two to four run of stones, witb a capacity of one hundred bar-:

rels per day. The power is a forty-five hors -power engine.

Lhe Farmers’ Grist and Flour Mills were established in 1867, by Gilbert Martin. The
roperty changed hands several times, and, in 1876, came into the possession of F. M.
eamer and C.O. Williams. The size of the mill has been increased from two to four run

of buhrs, with twosets of rolls. The gradual reduction process was added in July, 1882.
The capacity is about eighty barrels per day, and the motive power isa forty horse-power

engine.

A saw and planing mill was built in the summer of 1868, by J,.L. Taft, L, and J. Brown
and H. W. Symons. n October 7, of the saine year, Juln Secrest purchased an interest in
the concern, and later, in December, J. L. Taft retired from the firm. The concern changed
hands several times, finally falling into the possession of astock company, called the Che-
topa Furniture Company. In August, 1879, it came into the hands of L. Brown and L, M.
Bedell, ihe present owners, and is operated in the manufacture of furniture, doors, sash,

inds, etc. : ‘

John Torrence opened a foundry and machine shop, December 10, 1870, and A.
Large began the pork packing business in November, 1873.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—RICHLAND TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER, tonsorial artist and dealer in live stock, was born in Ran-
dolph County, Ind., in 1837. His mother, formerly Rosana Hawk, was born in Georgia, She
lived several years in Alabama on the Cherokee reservation, when her father Charles Hawk,
with his family, moved north toOhio. Mr. Alexander’s ‘father, John Alexander, was a
native of Virginia and alsoof Indian descent. William Alexauder was left upon his own
resources when quite young by the death of his mother, who was his main support, and at
about the age of thirteen he weit to Canada, where he spent a year with the Chippewas. He
then returned to Indiana and learned the barbers’ trade, and at the age of twenty he went
to Wisconsin and spent two years in the Fox River country, Hethenspenta year in Ili-
nois, and afterwards a year in Ohio, after which he located in Kuightstown, Ind., where he
was reputably ilentitied with his profession for several years. In 1870 he left there and
came here and located, where he has successfully carried on his profession since, mean-
time operating in stock deaHng, and has been anactive operatorin lumber milling in the
Nation. He married, in 1864, Miss Mary E. Brown, of North Carolina, and of the descent of
the Cherokees of that State. They have a family of twosons and one daughter, Thaddeus
Guerney, George Willie aud Nellie. Heand his family are members of the Presbyterian
church. He has been an active member of the Masonic order for the last twenty-three
years; has also been a member of the Odd Fellows’ society for eight years, and is a member
of the A. O. UD. W. society. He has also filled important official positions in the city, also in
his church. .' His residence, which he built in 1874, 1s an imposing two-story frame struc-
ture (built upon the plan of Gothic architecture) is very nicely surrounded ‘with handsome
shrubbery, elegantly arranged; has graveled walks conveniently disposed, and altogether
making avery fitting testimonial of his thrift and industry since locating in Uhetopa.

JOHN M. BANNAN, architectural engineer and builder, was born in Van Buren, Han-
cock Co., Ohio, September 21, 1840, and in 1844 his parents moved to Three Rivers, St.
Joseph Co. Mich., and resided part of the time on a farm near that place, and a part of the
time in the Village, where his father worked at his trade, blacksmithing, until 1855, when
his parents disposed of their farm and moved overland to Glenwood, Mills Co., Iowa, the
son having charge of a team on the trip, and on reaching his destination engaged in farming
in the summer and attended school during the winter until the spring of 1871. A part of
this period of time he was engaged in working at the carpenter’s trade. His father owned
a set:of carpenter's tools and the son always was allowed the use of them~from the time he

handle them, and by this mode cultivated _a taste for and seemed to possess a natural

“talent for mechanical work, Atthe outbreak of the war he enlisted in June, 1861, under

the first three years’ call, in Company A, Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and did active
service in it for about two and a half years, when he was honorably discharged on January
1, 1864, at Woodville, Ala., by reason of re-enlistment as a veteran, in the same company
and regiment, and continued in active service, his regiment being always in the front, until
the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged as First Sergeant of Company A,
Fourth Veteran Volunteer Infantry. He refused a commission as Second Lieutenant
because his company was so reduced by war that he could not muster in if he had received
the commission. e was wounded slightly three times in his first engagement at Pea
Ridge, Ark., and had his gun stock split into innumerable splinters by the bursting of a
shell; at the time he was lying on his side and loading, the shell striking the gun immedi-
ately over his left foot, thereby saving that useful member toa soldier. He passed all other
actions without damage. His first year was spent in Missouri and Arkansas, under Fremont
and Curtis, marching through and reaching the Mixsissippl River at Helena, Ark., July,
1862 When Grant commenced his operations toward Vicksburg, the Fourth Iowa was
assigned to the First Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps, Army or Department of Tennes-

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see, and it retained its position till the close of the war. He passed through and was in the
charge of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, the siege of Vicksburg, the battles in and
arouud Jackson, Miss., six hard skirmishes in northern Mississippi aid about Tuscumbia,
Ala , was in the leading charging columns at the storming of Lookout Mountain, battles of
Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign, Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas.
After the war he engaged in the art of photography for two years in Three Rivers, Mich.;
finally quit that and went to work one year at the cabinet trade under a strict teacher, then
rented and engaged in farming until 1869, when he came to Fort Scott, Kan., worked at the
cabinet trade one year, when he located here, where he has been actively identified with his
present industry since. He was married in 1871, st Three Rivers, Mich., to Miss M. Arabel
oore, who was born and reared near Danville, Pa. They have a family of three daughters,
Edith, Mabel and an infant. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In religion
he is opposed to all the orthodox creeds or dogmas, but believes in pure Christianity as
exemplified by the golden rule. He is a close student of governmencs; politically, first
Abolitionist now Greenbacker. He is a member of the A., F, & A. M. and K. of L. societies,
He has served as Justice of the Peace, member of the Board of Education for this city, and
filled other local offices. Testimonials of his handicraft are in the handsome school building
of this city, which he has superintended the erection of, as well as large grain elevators,
business houses, Opera House and several eleg int residence buildings in this dity and other
cities in this State and Colorado, which he designed and erected. te
E. D. BATES, of the firm of White & Bates, wholesale and retail grocers,,was born at
Troy, N. Y., May 30,1 He lived at Poughkeepsie from the age of seven years until he
was thirteen ) ears old,then to his native city again until he came to Chetopa, Kan., in August,
1 He was inthe employ of his brovher Geo. H. Bates until his death, which occurred in
February, 1883. A few weeks after the present firm of White & Bates was fopmed. He is
amember of the A, F.& A He was married in Troy, N, Y., July 20, 1881, to Mary A.

_ Venning, a native of Albany, N. Y., but reared from chiichood in Troy, N. Y. -
E. W. BEDELL, wholesale and retail hardware merchant, was born at_ la Fargeville,

Jefferson Co., N. Y., September 11, 1844. In 1863, he removed to Syracuse, N. Y. After-re-
maining there about eighteen months, he settled in Chicago, and became connected ith
one of the leading wholesale grocery houses of that city, first as shipping clerk and _after-
ward as traveling salesman, continuing in that business until he came to Chetopa, in Febru-
ary, 1871. He was engaged in grocery and provision trade there until 1876, then engaged in
his present business, also having extensive real estate Interest here and in this vicinity,
his brother, L. M. Bedell, being joint owner of farms and other pi*perty; besides doing a
large hardware business, he deals in farm machinery, wagons, carriages, etc. He has been
prominently identified with the interests of Chetopa, serving as Councilman and member of
the Board of Education of this city. Mr. Bedell is a member of the A., F. & A. M., K. of P.
and A.O. U. W. He was married at_ Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y.,in January, 1872, to
Mary E. Bushnell, a native of Herkimer County, N. Y. They have three children—Lessie
M., Mary C. and J rome E. :

. M. BEDELL, wholesale and retail grocer and manufacturer of furniture, being one of
the proprietors of the Chetopa Furniture Factory and Lumber Yard. He isalso the owner of
considerable real estate, including farms, etc. He is a native of Ogdensburg, N. Y., born
January 8, 1841, lived there a few years, afterwards in Jefferson County, N. Y., until August
1861. when he enlisted in the Thirty-fifth New York Volunteer Infantry, serving as musi-
cian untilJanuary. 1863. After spending a short time in New York State he located 1n Chi-.
cago (February, 1873) where he was connected with the well kuown firm of Burley & Tyr-
rell, wholesale dealers in queensware. Continuing with them several years, his health fail-
ing, he came to Chetopa, Kan., May 1, 1871, engaging in mercantile business here, continu-
ing in trade since that time, being one of the most enterprising business men in Southern
Kansas. Heisan einber of the A. O. U. W. and’G. . He has served as Mavor and AlJ-
derman of this city, and is now (1883) a member of the Board of Education. He was mar-
ried at Centreville, Ohio, in December, 1866, to LydiaS. Ward, a native of Ohio. They
have five children, Marion J., Susan M., Harry W.,Edgar L. and Ellen G. The firm of Brown
& Bedell, proprietors of the Chetopa Furniture Factory, employ eighteen hands, manufac-
turing furniture for the trade exclusively. They also manufacture sash, doors, bl.uds. ete.,
also cut a great deal of Jumber from native timber.

WILLIAM BENTLEY, carpenter, contractor and builder, is a native of Medford, Mass.,
born January & 1826. He lived in Milwaukee from 1843 to 1855, then at Faribault, Minn.,
un'il April,1857, ‘hen came to Kansas locating at Fort Scott, where he resided three years and
then went to Colorado. Hee 1'sted September 9, 1862, in Company H, Secon« Colorado Caval-
ry, 1emaining in the army until June 19, 1865. After leaving the service he located at Kansas
City, remaining there until July 11, 1869, when hecameto Chetopa, He has been for many
years an extensive builder, having learned his trade in Milwaukee, It is estimated that at
least a third of the residences and business buildings have been built under his supervision.
The present season Mr, Bentley states thatthere are fifteen residences and ten business
locks in process of construction or immediately to be commenced in this city. Mr. B. has
served as City Marsha] and Constable. He isa member of the Knights of Labor. He was
married at St. Joseph, Mo., in 1868, to Melinda Underwood, a native of Illinois. They have
an adopted daughter, Lizzie—now Mrs. Marcy, of. Fort Scott, Kan. . : ie

E D, BOON, M. D., was born near Fredericksburg, Holmes Co., Ohio, April 15
1845. From the age of three months until he was eighteen years old he lived in Birming-
ham, Van Buren Co., Iowa. He enlisted October 3, 1863, in the Fourth Iowa Independent
Battery, and served until July 14, 1865, when he was mustered out. After leaving the
army he entered Monmouth College at Monmouth, Ill., and was a student there for one
year, afterward attending commercial college six months. He graduated from the medicas
department of the University of Michigan, March 30, 1870, began practice at Chetopa April
14, 1820, and has continued in active practice here since that time, doing an extensive busi-
ness, being considered one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the State. He is a
member of the Labette County Medical Society, G. A. R. and A. O. U. W. He has been Al-

derman one year. The Doctor was married January 3, 1872, to Martha J. Danlev. a native -

of Washington County, Pa. Th yhavefourchildren: William Maroyn Brownlee, George
Thomas, Harry Webster and Mattie March. _
LORENZO DOW BOVEE, owner of Riverside farm, P.O. Chetopa, was bornin Cattarau-
gus County, N. Y., January 17, 1834, and removed with his people to Ohio in 1837, who set-
led in Ashtabula County, where they remained until 1854, when they settled in Will Coun-
ty, Ill. He then engaged in a course of literary instruction, and after fuur years of study he
graduated from the State Normal School, at Bloomington. Ill.__ After leaving college he .en-
listed his services in defense of the Unionin Company E, One Hundreath Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, in August, 1862, and in the following July was honorably discharged for disabil-
ity. He returned home and engaged in teaching for a year, after which he went to Wiscon-
sin and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1866, when he came to Kapsas and located at
Emporia, and in the following year came to this county and located pots present place
in 1868, which he hasimproved. He was married in 1863 in North New Berlin, Chenango
Co., N. Y.. to Miss Ellen Goodrich. a Jady of fine literary attainments. She was born
and reared in Otsego County, N. Y. They havea bright, intelligent family of three sonsand
two daughters: Floyd D., Fred N., Nellie, Vidaand Zone. He is a member of Pea Ridge
Post, No. 118,G. A. R. Riverside farm contains 240 acres of valuable land located about
one and a half miles north of Chetopa, upon the Labette River. It is well fenced, watered
and stocked. It has handsome dwellings and barns and stable, and an orchard of nicely as-
sorted fruits. Located on the farm and on the north side of Labette is a handsome grove of
torest trees known as Bovee’s Park, a favorite resort of the people of the surrounding
country for picnics and similar open air amusements.

OHN W. BRELDENTHAL, with J.-B. Cook, loan and real estate agent, was born in
Sibley County, Minn., June 22, 1857 residing there until October, 1868, afterward at Terre
Haute, Ind., until he came to Kansas, in November, 1877. After visiting forty-six counties
he determinect to locate in Labette County, believing that it had superior advantages over
the surrounding sections of the State which he visited. In March, 1878. he located in Elm
Grove Township, and lived there until January, 1889, when he removed to Chetopa, enter-
ing the office of J. B. Cook and continuing in an important position with that gentleman to
the present time, 1883. In this connection it is proper to state that Mr, B’s attention was
first attracted to this county by the perusal of the Setler’s Guide, a periodical issued by J.
B. Cook, and extensively circulated throughout the Eastern States. r. B. is a member of
the A. O. U. W. and K. of P., and is also serving as City Clerk. He was married in Chetopa
September 26, 1882, to Julla Slaughter, a native of Delavan, Tazewell County, III. -

EDWARD BREEZE, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Oswego, was born in Bennington,
Vt., March 6, 1823, and was reared there to the farming industry. In 1844 he went to
Western New York, and for twelve vears was identified with railroading. He afterward
spent five years in that industry in Northern Indiana, after which he engaged at his present
business, which he actively carried on in the East till 1870, when he came to Kansas, and
located upon his present place, which he has improved from a raw prairie to its present
condition. It contains 160 acres of valuable land, is well fenced and stocked, has handsome
dwellings and barns and stables and an orchard of fifteen acres of nicely assorted fruits,
and a nice lot of forest trees. He married, in 1856. Miss Sarah E. Nimon, who was born in
Monongahela County, Pa.. and reared in Indiana. They have a family_of three sons and
three daughters living: Will, Raphael. Almon R., Ned B., Minnie Jane, Nellie and Blanche,
and have buried their first two sons (twins), Albert and Alfred, in Rich Valley Cemetery,
Wabash County, Ind., and their fourth daughter, Lula, in Pleasant Valley Cemetery here.
Mr. Breeze has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of his
locality since coming here, and has held many municipal and school official positions.

EZEKIAH BUSICK, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa. was born in Indiana Feb-
ruary 25, 1844, and was reared in that Srate to his present industry. In 1873 hecame to
Kansas, and located upon his present place, where_he has heen actively identified with his

resent industry since. He married in 1865, Miss Sarah Mollenhour, of Kosciusko County,
Thdiana. They have two sons, three daughters, Zelma, Artamesia, Rebecca Estella, Mar-
garet Catherine and Leroy. His farm contains eighty acres of good land, is well fenced and
stocked, good buildings, and an orchard of eleven acres of a nicely assorted variety of fruits,
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ISAAC BUTTERWORTH, owner of Maple Hill farm, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Warren
County, Ohio, November 25, 1825, and was reared and educated in LaPorte County, Ind., his
people having located there when he was about ten years uld.. He identified himseJf with
farming and stock raising then, and carried it on actively until 1867, when he came here
and subsequently located upon his present place, which he has improved from a state of
nature. He married in 1854, Septeniber 20, Miss Ellen D. Taylor, a lady of fine literary
attainments. She was born in Shelby County, Ky., educated partly in ler native place and
afterwards in Indiana, her people having removed to that State before she hat complet ed
her studies. Mr, and Mrs. Butterworth have one son anda danghter, Charlotte Elizabeth and
Cranston W. Mrs, Butterworth is an active men:ber of the United Presbyterian Church
and aregular communicant. He is a member of the Church of Friends. He has been a
member of the Masonic order for several years. He was a member of the first Board of
Comunissioners for Labette County, and has filled many other municipal and school offices.
Maple Hill Farm is located about three and one-half miles northwest of Chetopa, and con-
sists-of 640 acres of valuable land. It is well fenced, has an abundance of water, and is well
stocked., Mr. B. handles and deals in about 1,000 head of stock ayear. He has eight acres
in orchard of nicely assorted fruits. An imposing residence, surrounded by handsome
fruit and forest trees, toxether with nice barns and stables and outbuildings, assist in the
general make up of the farm, while upon the hill proper 1s a beautiful grove of stately
maples, diversified with other forest trees, which makes up the title of Maple HIIl Farm.
HON. 1, J. CALVIN, proprietor of livery stables, was born in South Chenango Town-
ship, Crawford Co., Pa., September 30, 1836; resided In his native county until 1864, then
removed to Warren County, Lil, andaresided near Monmouth till 1866, when he located in
Ford County, IIL, residing thee until he came to Labette County, Kas., in March, 1870.
Engaged in farming near Chetopa until the spring of 1873, when he located in this city,
being engaged in real estate and insurance business heré for a few years, being also the
proprietor of two meat markets from the fall of 1878 to the spring of 1874. For three years
and a half he owned and carried on a furniture store. In the tall of 1877, he purchased a
farm on the northwest quarter section three, in Hackberry Township, and in the spring of
1878 he moved tothe farm. For one year he gave his attention to stock raising and agri-
cultural pursuits: haying been elected a member of the Kansas Legislature, he rented his
farm. Since the spritig of 1879 he has resided in Chetopa; until the fall of 1882 he was
engaged in buying and shipping stock from this point. In July, 1882; he purchased a half
interest in a livery: stable, a month later becoming the sole owner thereof, He keeps a
livery, sale and feed stable, having alivery stock of about twenty horses. In 1880 he was
elected to serve a secohd term as meniber of the Kansas House of Representatives. He 1s
now serving 4s Justicé of the Peace. Mr. Calvin is a member of the United Presbyterian
Church, and of the A. O. U. W. He was first married in Mead Township, Crawford Co.,, Pa.,
in November,.1863, to Lucinda S, McKnight, a native ofthat township. She died September
23, 1873, leaving two children, Elizabeth Aun and Frederick L. Mr. C.’s present wife was
Issther.J. Wood, a native of Gibson-County, Ind. They were married in Richland Township,
Labette Co., Kas., Navémber 27, 1874. They have three children, Ralph D., Bertha May,
am] an infantdaughter, : e
SAMUEL H. CARR, foreman Chetopa Furniture Factory, was born in Centreville,
Wayne Co.,, [nd., June 3, 1822; lived in Shelby County, Ind. from 1824 to 1829, then in
Henry County, Ind.,antil he came to Chetopa in July, 1868. He began learning tite carpen-
ter's trade when pe Was seventeen years old, and has worked at house building, carpenter
work, and similar vocations since that time, being foreman of the extensive p aning mill,
furniture, sash, door and blind factory of Brown & Bedell. He was married at Knights-
\ town, Henry Co., Ind, February 9, 1854, to Sarah C._ Allison, a native of Connersville, Ind.
They have twochildren, Duncan A. and William J. My. Carr is an active member of the
Presbyterian Church.
> T. CARTWRIGHT, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born near Springfield,
Ill, October 14, 1836, and recelved his iiterary edueation in the public schools of his
).rthplace. He then began a course of study at the Commercial College of Springfield, and
rraduated from that institution in 1857. He then applied bimself to merchandising and
puok-keeping, and was identified witn those interests for several years. In 1881, he came
« to Kansas and located here, and subsequently engaged in his present industry, with which
he has been actively identified since, e married, April 30, 1882, Mrs. Sarah Thomas, for-
merly Fagen, only daughter of E. H. Fagen, whose family biography is embudied in that of
the early settlers Of this locality. Sie was born in Rockville, Parke Co., Ind., and was edu-
cated and reared there, and located here with her people in 1866. September 25, 1870, she
was married to Sylvester K. Thomas, who was born in New York State, and reared in Mich-
igan, and who settled in this State in 1869. Mr. Thomas identified himself with farming
and the stock industry here, and successfully carried it on until his death, which occurred
August 10, 1878._ He is buried in the Chetopa cemetery, aged: forty-seven, leaving one son
anda daughter, George H. and lda May. r.. Cartwright, by his second marriage has four
sons, Everett, Asbury, Willie and Wallace, and Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright have one little girl,
Edith F. Mrs. Cartwright is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which she was
reared. He js an active member of the Methodist Church, and a Jeader of that society here.
J. M. CAVANESS, editor and proprietor of the Chetopa Advance, was born in Monrovia,
Ind., March 29, 1842. His health during the early years of his life was feeble, unfitiing him
partially for work either manual or mental. In 1854 the family left Indiana, and after
spending some time in Missouri among relatives, came to Lawrence, Kari.,on April 20,
1856, just before the sacking of the town. The next spring, they went on a farm in Ander-
son County, and in Fhe spring of 1859 removed to Baldwin, where the children attended
college, from which J. M. graduated in the classical course in June, 1866. Following this

he taught for a short time, and was principal of the §schools at Butler, Mo., also at Paola,:

Kan. e had picked up the printers’ trade at odd times about printing offices, ana in the
fall of 1868 came to Chetopa with Horner and Carey, and began working upon the Advance.
Subsequently, he became business manager of the paper, and on the 1st of June, 1872, took
2 half interest In the concern with Col. Horner. On the 22d of February, 1875, became sole

proprietor, and is now editor and owner. He was married, March 4, 1873, to Miss Isabel.

wallow.

JOHN F. CHAMBERLAIN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Brad-
ford Couuty, Pa., October 1U, 1833, and learned the trade of carpenter and joinerthere, At
the age of twenty-two years he left Wyoming College, where he had been pursuing a course
of iiterary instruction, and in company with two college chums he came to Kansas to assist
in the troubles in this State. He located in Brownville, and afterward invested in property
in Topeka. He soou afterward located at Falls City, Neb., and carried on his tradeand farm-
ing for four years ; ‘also did the county surveying (as deputy), after which he went to Colo-
rado, and operated in mining for six years. In 1865 he returned to Nebraska, and sold out
his interests there, and after spending two years in Missouri, he came here and located in
1868, and bas-actively carried on his present industry since. He married in Colorado, in
1860, Mrs. Mary Jane Paydon, formerly Spear, of his native State. They have one son and

four Caughters—Margaret Aun, now Mrs. James Souders; Edward, Mabel, Susan and Mary. |

He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. During the war he did
service in the Third Colorado Cavalry in the Indian service; was honorably discharged, He
is the present Justice ofthe Peace of his township, and has filled other municipal and school
official positions for several years. His farm contains 160 acres of well {inproved land, good
buildings, and an orchard of well assorted frults, allof which he has placed upon the farm.
E, W. CLARK, banker, was born at Maquoketa, Jackson Co., Iowa, September 10, 1857,
and lived there uiitll October, 1869, when he cime with his parents to Chetopa. Hts father,
Jonas Clark, located-here in 1868, being interested in the Oswego and Chetopa town compan-
ies, operating in real estate, etc. He now rexides in Carthage, Mo. I. W. Clark was eduented
at the publigsey te and the State University of Lawrence. Heis a memberof thea., F, & A.
M.and K. of P. He becaine counected with the bank of which he is now cashier 1n 1875. The
bank was established by W. B. and F. H. Ketcham, under the firm name of W. B. Ketcham
& Co. Re-organized as the First National Bank, September 14, 1871, the officers being J. I.
Marsh, president; E. J. Stewart, vice-president; FH. Ketcham, cashier; Lee Clark, assistant
cashier. The First National Bank was succeeded by Ketcham & Co.; firm composed of R.
W, Officer, F. H. Ketcham and Lee Clark. Another change took place in June, 1876, Lee
_ Clark becoming proprietor of the bank. Mr. A. D. Sturges purchased an interest in the
' Dank, August 1, 1876, and Clark & Sturges conducted the business until August 1, 1879,
when Mr. Sturges retired, and George H. Bates became associated with Mr. Clark, cohtinu-
7 ing with him until the decease of Mr. Bates, February 15, 1882. his Interest in the business
| Pas now represented by his widow, F. E. Bates, the :tyle of the firm continuing as Clark
? & Bates.
\ JOSEPH W. COLUMBIA, livery, feed and sale stables, was born in Fort Wayne, Ind
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} March 7, 1845, and descended from a worthy French ancestry. His great grand ancestor
was Louis Columbia, who came over with Gen. La Fayeite, and assisted him all through the
Revolution, and finally settled in Ohio, tu connection with firming business, He had one
q sun, John, (J. W. C's grandfather) who carried on the blacksmith business in Ohio, and
settled at Fort Wayne, Ind. Among his family was Christopher, father of J. W.. who was
also a blacksmith, and who caine to Kansas fn ‘851, and engaged in merchandising and
trading with the Indians at Council Grove, finally retiring from that industry and located
upon farm in Morris County, where he died in 1861, and is buried In the cemetery at
Council Grove. He was an active member of the Masonic Order. Had served his district in
the Legislative Assembly of the State, and had been Commissioner of that county for sev-
eral years. His widow, Martha Columbia (formerly Greider, a descendant of German an-
evstors), and four sons survive him. They are Joseph W., Christopher, Charles D. and
George W. Joseph W. came to Kansas in 1852, with the family, and upon arriving at man-
hood eugaged in the freightiug business and carried 1t on for several years; after which he
spent a few years as assistant in milling. In 1870, he came here and carried on a meat
market for three years; after which he engaged in the grocery business and carried it on
until he built and opened his present business in 1882. He married September 10, 1866.
Miss Martha Lisle, daughter of Dr. George Lisle, of this place. She was born in Ohio and
reared here, her father having located here about 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Columbia have three

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’ hters—William, James.C., C. Albert, Minnie, Nellie and Mattie. He is a
SE Or eee U. W. society. He did active service in the militia of his State durin,
the war. He has served his city as Police Judge, and also upon the Board of Aldermen,

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has besides his present business, 200 acres of valuable land in Lynn County, Kan. His ,

e ve first-class rigs and good horses always in readiness for the traveling trade.
siapr aye ERMAN catrorney, was born at Fort Plain, Montgomery Co., NY April 8,
1836, real law there and at other places; admitved tothe bar at Albany, N. Y., in the spring
of 1860; began practice in Steuben County N.Y. Came from Cooperstown, Otsego Co.,. N.Y.,
to Kansas in May, 1870, locating at Chetopa June 24, of that vear. He has served as-City
Attorney and has been prominently identified with interests of the city and county since the
time he lorated here. He was marrled, in this city in October, 1875, to Ida J. Wood. They

ren—Rollin and Bertha.
nave on. ihe i COOK, loan and real estate agent, was porn in Lancaster County, Pa., June
22, 1834; lived in his native Stare until he was fifteen years of age, and then left home to
make a living for himself. After spending three years in various Southern and Western
States he went to California and was engaged fn mining and various other pursults for
three years. Returning to Pennsylvania he spent one winter there and then came to Kansas
City, where he was engaged in real estate operations forthree years. Hethen went to Dela-
yan, Tazewell Co., Ill, and enlisted in Company H, Fourth Illinois Cavalry, serving one year
as a private, one year as Second Lieutenant, and was then promoted to Major of the Third
United States Colored Cavalry. A year later he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and
served in that position until he was mustered out of the service January 26, 1866, having
comma of the regiment most of the time, besides having command at the close of the
war, an prior to that date of the Third Brigade of the Cavalry Division of West Tennessee,
He participated in several of the principa. battles of the war, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson,
Shiloh, siege of Corinth, and many others. Col. Cook deserves great credi for his capture
of Holmes’ Battery of Scott's brigade by saber charge at Woodville, Miss., October 5.1864,
and for the burning of the Black River, Miss., Central Railroad bridge. During his entire
service he displayed bravery and strategy superior to many of the commanding officers who
had been educated in the art of war: After leaving the army he was engaged for one seasonin

 

raising cotton in Arkansas. In March, 1867, he returned to Delavan, Ill, and was in the
United States Internal Revenue service, and engaged in farming. until he came to Kansas to
reside in April, 1871, locating in Hackberry Township, Lavette County, his farm being situ-
ated on the northwestern quarter of Section 80, in that township and northeast quarter of
Section 25, Elm Grove Townaliig. In November, 1873, Col. Cook removed to Chetopa and
actively engaged in business which he now carries on. He had to some extent negotiated
loans and dealt in real estate while on his farm; but since coming to Chetopa he has given
his entire attention to the business, Tepresently large eastern Capitalists principally of
Lancaster, Westchester and Philadelphia, Pa, uring 1882 his loans amounted to over
$200.000, and were made in the tcountles of Labette, Cherokee, Crawford and Neosho
counties in southeastern Kansas, He owns several fine farms in the vicinity of Chetopaand
some valuable city property. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., K. 0: and the G. A. R.
The Colonel was Married at Decatur, Ill, November 21, 1871. ta: Haunah Prosser, a native of
Salem, Ind. Col. Cook is pre-eminently a leader and one of the most enterprising and pub-
llc-spirited citizens of Kausas. Through his influence about 200 families have been in-
duced to locate in the State, nearly all of them in Labette County. He has been Alderman
and Is: now serving his secoud term as Mayor of the city. ~-

WILLIAM H.COOK, farmer aud stock raiser, P.O. Chetopa,was bornin Macoupin County,
IIL, October 17, 1849, and was reared and educated in Montgomery County: At the age of
twenty he located in Champaign County, and was actively identified with teaching and
farming there, till 1876, when he came to Kansas and located upon his present place, which
he has {mproved to its present condition, It contains 160 acres of valuable land; 1s well
fenced and watered and stocked; handsome dwellings and barns and stables, and an orchard
of nicely assorted fruits. He also owns 160 acres, adjoining farm residence, under a good

eneral state of linprovement; has nice orchard and food dwellings and stables; farm is well

enced. He pays considerable attention to the introduction and rearing of fine Dred stock, in
the line of cattle, sheep and hogs, esnecially. In 1880 he married Miss Laura B. Collins, who
was born and reared in Madison County, Ind. They have one little girl. He and his wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. eis a member of the K. of H. Society.
Since locating here he has worked actively in the development of the soctal and industrial
life of his locality. He has served his school district as Clerk for several years, and is pres-
ent incumbent of that office, as well as that of his Township,

JOSEPH CRAFT,
childhood until 1867, he lived in Indiana. is father, William Craft, located here October
20, 1867, and built the Chetopa House, which was located where the bank building now
stands. Keptthe hotel for several years. Removed to his farm in Richland Township about
elght years 20. He died there January 4, 1879. Joseph Craft was employed as a clerk for
a pertod of about nine years. He also served one year as a member of the Police force. For
three years he was engal ed in farming, and April 26, 1882, he engaged in the grocery busi-
ness, having been with Joseph Columbia as clerk in his grocery for six years prior to start-
ing In business for himself, He isa member of the A.O.U. W. He was married in this
city April 28, 1872, toSarah Lucy Rathbun, a native of Meigs County, Ohio. They have five
children—Mary Mabel, Maud Myrtle, Harry J.. Emmaand Allie May.

HON. J. H. CRICHTON, attornev, President of the Board of Regents of the State Normal

 

 

School, ete., was born in Scotland, May 5, 1844, and came to America with his varents in. ‘

1849. They located in Laporte County, Ind. J. H. resided there until 1867, when he came to
Kansas, locating a few months later, April 4, 1868, at Chetopa, there engaging in the general
practlee of law. Since 1880 he has given his attention only to important cases in the Dis-

rict and Supreme Courts of the State and the United States Courts, his investments and of-
ficial duties requiring much attention, He hasbeen amember of the Board of Regents of
the State Normal Schoo! for the last eleven years, and is President of the Board.

rocer, was born in Lycoming County, Pa., October 11, 1848. From-~

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the other duties which devolve upon him, is the supervision of the school lands of that in-
stitution. He has served two terms as State Senator, is now « member of the Kansas House
of Representatives, and has held various important offices, which are not here enumerated,
He organized the A., F. & A. M_ Lodge of Chetopa, and was for several years master of-the
Jodge; is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. Mr. Crichton graduated
from Asbury University, Indiana, in 1866, and from the Law Department of Mich gan Uni-
versity in 1868, since'which time he has been admitted to practice 1n the various State and
UORENSA MIA PRANKLI t
EN N- LIN DANFORTH, grain dealer, was born in Rensselaer County
Y., February 18, 1843; lived there twelve years, then two months in Genesco, £ try’ CG.,
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i wo years hear Morrisoa, Whiteside Co., 11l.; afterward near Waucousta. Fon
Go., Wis., seven years and near Strawberry Point, Clayton Co., Iowa, two years,’re
from the latter State: to Missouri, living at Louisiana, in that State, most of the time ant

he came to Osage Mission, Kan., Nov. 29, 1870, where he was engaged in the business of
carpenter and builder untH 1879, when he began dealing in grain, continuing in that trade
_ Until the present time; located at Chetopa, October 25, 1880. He is a inember of the A. O.
U. W. and K..of H. He-was’ married at Lovisiana, Mo., June 9, 1867, to Mary: Frances
Baker, a native-of Kentucky. They have four childrcu—Eugene Gustave, Gordon Carl,
ee Nee BUREN SE ntti, (smn Deer ‘Towns :
.M. H. DE druggist, is anative of White Deer Township,:-Union Co., Pa.
born October 5, 1827. 1n'1859 he removed to Elinore, Ohio, residing there till, 1862. when
he located at Chatsworth, Ill.,and came to Chetopa in June, 1868. He received his literary ed-
ucation in hts native place, and at Milton Academy in Northumberland County, Pa., and
Dickinson College at Carlisle, Pa. He attended lecturés at the Pennsylvania Medical Col-
lege, and graduated from Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, Began practice.at
Hartleton, Union Co., Pa., afterwards at Lewisburg, Pa., Elmore, Ohio, Chatswérth; i
continuing in practice at Chetopa for two or three years, since then giving his attention to
drug, book and stationery business, having builta store on Maple street, beuween Third and
<*Fourth streets, where he carried on businéss from September, 1868, till the spring of
+1861, when he moved to his present location, having purchased the property prior to that
afime, , He was married at Bellevue, Ohio, in March, 1868, to Rebecca Orwig, a tative of
- +" Unign County, Pa. They have five children—Herbert John, Lillian-May, Cora Belle, Jennie
: etl. ulu. Mr. Dirsham is a Unitarian, and holds the modern Spiritual philosophy to be
rue, ~- : : =
J.P. DE JARNETTE, is a native of Grant County, Ky.; born June 4, 1838; located in
chafivaigu County, Ill, in 1865, remaining there about two years, then removed to Sevatia,
Mo.*where he was foreman of a saddlery establishment until he came to Chetopa, April 25,
1871,.: Since locating here he has been extensively engaged in saddlery and hide, wool and
‘fur trade. Since 1872, his brother, W. H. DeJarnette, has been associated with him as a
‘ partuer, at Parsons and Oswego. They have hide aud wvol houses at Chetopa; they havea
‘large saddle and harness manufactory in addifion to hide, wool and fur business. -Hide
business amounts to $24,000 per annum; wool, $10.000; saddlery, $8,000. Mr. DeJ. isa
member of A., F. & A.M.. and A.O. U. W. He is Treasurer of the Board of Education, hav-
Ang held that position for the last eight years. He was married in Grant County, Ky., in
870, to Fannie’Kendall, a_native of that county. She died January 27, 1878, leaving one
child, Josephus William. Mr, DeJarnette was married, April 6, 1979. to his present wife,
L. Virgaren Liggett, auative of Union County, Ohio They have two children—Heber H.
and Jesse Perrin. : 1
EUGENE P. DRESSER, merchant, was born at Litchfield, Hillsdale Co, Mich., June 16,
1851; removing from there to Hillsdale, Mich.; where he clerked for a number of years;
. Temoving from there to Galena, Kas., May, 1877; resided there until March, 1882. when he
: located at Columbus, Kas., coming from the latter place to Che'opa, March 1, 1883. He has
been extensively engaged inthe mercantile business since he came to Kansas, and has one
of the largest and best selected stocks of dry-goods, clothing, boots and shoes in this part of
the State. He isa member of the K. of P.. Mr Dresser was married January 1, .1880. at
Lafayette, Ind., to Belle S. Erisman, a native of that place. They have two childrén—Lillie
Engenia and an infant son. : Dee Pn
--GHORGE EDDINGTON, confectioner, ice dealer, ete,. is a native of England, born
# August 9, 1843; reared in Madison County, Il, from 1849 to manhood. In 1865 he re-
“Moved from there to Missouri, Foran ag there till the fall_of 1869, when he came to Che-
% topa, to take charge: f the stage line business of Parker & Tisdale, at this point* superin-
tending their iliterests here until 1875. He has served as City Marshal, Constable, etc.; and
is now serving histhird year as City Treasurer. He, for a time was in the employ of the
Adams Express Company Since 1877 he has been carrying on the business in which he is
nowengaged. He is a member of the L. 0. O. F, 7
B.S. EDWARDS, Anchor Flouring Mills, is a native of Newark, Kendall Co. IIL, born
October 9,1846 From avery early age until he was twelve years of age, he was reared in
the'cities of Niles, Mich., Chicago, Ill.. and Lavorte, Ind., afterward was in Lowa. He at-
tended the Denmark Academy, in Lee County, Iowa, for three years. August 1, 1861, heen-
listed in Company K, First lowa Cavalry. He was inall the engagements of hiscommana,
serving. until February, 1866, being Hospital Steward atthat time, and serving in {hat posi-
tion about a yeax prior to the time he was mustered ont of the services. After leaving the
army he returned to Burlington, Iowa, and attended the Commercial College there, and for
-a few months was connected, with the B. & M. R. R. survey. He then entered the express
‘“rservice, being with the American and United States express companies, at BurlingtoW-and
«Uttumwa until January. 1869. Hethen took charge of the books of Dalhoff' & McArthur,
- wholesale merchants of Burlington. Six months later resigning his position in their
‘establishment to take the management of extensive coal mines in Wapello County, Lowa,
January 1, 1870, he entered the employ of L. H. Dalhoff & Co., at Burlington, and remained
with them until he came to Chetopa, in October, 1872, since which time he has been in his
present business, having a fine mill doing merchant business exclusiv ly. Present capacity
of the mill being from 100 to 125 barrels of flour per day—twenty-four hours. His father-in-
law, Mr, Hunter, is associated with him asa partner. Thev give employment to nine men,
and the sales of flour since 1675, have been in Texas and the Indian Territory. Mr. Ed-
wards is a member of the K. of P. andG A.R. He hasserved as Alderman of the city.
He was married at Ottumwa, Lowa, November 11, 1869, to Mary L. Hunter, a native of
Burlington Iowa,
: ND H. FAGEN, farmer and stork ratser, and dealer in live stock, P. O. Chetopa,
was born in Columbian: County, Ohio, June 9, 1825. 1n 1840 he located with his people in
Parke County, Ind., and was actively identified there with his present industry until 1866,
when he eame to Kansas and: located in Douglas County, where he remained three years
identified with his present industry. He then came here, and has very successfully carried
iton since. He married, in 1848, Miss Mary Ray,who was born in Ohio, and reared in Parke
~ County, Ind. They havetwo sons and one danghter—James, in the hotel business in Chi-
.cago; Sarah, now Mrs. William Cartwright, farmer and stock raiser of this township; and
Andrew, in the live stock business, Heis an active member of theT. 0. 0, F, society, He
- hig worked actively inthe developmenty of the social and industrlal life of this Ideality
sinee coming here. His farm residence contains eighty acres of improved land, anti has a
-nice dwelling, stables, and orchard of assorted fruits. He also controls 600 acres in the “Na-
tion,” which is well fenced, watered and stocked. He does an annual business in cattle of
about 400 head, and also deals considerablyin horses. He is now paying attention ta.the
introduction and rearing of fine cattle, paying more especial attention to the Short-horn

Durhams, ‘ fc ‘
J. Bs FINLEY. farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa. was born in Delaware County,
Ohio, October 5, 1834. and located with his people in Laporte County, Ind.. when he was but
~ three years old. Atthe age of twentv-one he removed with his people to Knox Connty, IIL,
‘where he remained for five years. He then went to Blackhawk County, Iowa, and carried
‘on farming for six years; then, after spending one year in Linn County, Mo. he came here
June 20, 1868, and fycated upon his present place, which h> has improved. It contains 160
acres of choice land, is well fenced, watered. and has a nice dwelling, barns stables, and an
orchard of five acres of assorted fruits. In 1861 he married Miss Mary A. Taylor, who was
horn and reared in Broome County, N..Y. Thev have six sons and five daughters—Orrin H,,
Mary A., Katie A., Henry A., Lottie J., Ne‘tie B.. Arthur L.,Lanra G., Bertie P., Charlie F.,
Walter W. Heisan active member of the K. of H. society. H> has served on the School
Board of his district for several years, and has been active in assisting in the development
of the social and industrial life of his locality since coming here.

. J. FLANNELLY, merchant, is a native of County Mayo. Ireland, born in 1845; came
to América when fifteen years of age, located in the city of New York, where he spent three
years, thoroughly learning the dry goods business in that citv. Haremoved from there to
Cineinnati, being actively identified with the mercantile business there until 1870. when he
removed to Newport, Ky., being engaged in the same business there till April, 1880, when
he came to Chetopa. He has an extensive business at this point, and jobs goods to some ex-
tent. He carries a large and elegant stock of dry goods, clothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes,
ete. He does a cash business exclusively, and sales amount to about $40.000 per annum.
He was first married at Cincinnati, Ohio, May 6, 1866, to Johanna M. Doyle, She died in
July, 1873, leaving four children—Mary Josephine, Thomas James, Blanche Margaret, and
Cora. Mr. F. was married at Chetona, January 25, 18933, to his present wife, Nellie P. But-

-terworth, a pative.of Lowa, and a aaishter of Gen. Hiram Butterworth, now a resident of

Oaks, Hackberry Township, Labette Co., Kan. .

BET Et imaniger of R. L. Sharp's Chetopa lumber yards, was born in Hannibal. Mo.,
July 26. 1833." He became connected with the lumber business when he was twenty-one
ears of age, and has continued in that denyrtment of business since that times, except dur-
ng a period of four years, serving in county positions at Hannibal, He was Coroner two
Years, Deputy Sheriff, ex-officio Sheriff two vears; also served three years as Alderman of
“the city of Hannibal. | He came to Oswego, Kan., Avril 9, 1879. After carrying on the lum-
her business there for two years, he took charge of the yards which he now manages. Mr.
Fry was married at Hannibal. Mo., December 31. 1862, to Margaret Susan MeKey, a native
of Monroe County, Mo, She died June 19, 1871, leaving three children—John W., Susan

 

 

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Belle, and Maggie May. Mr. Fry isa member of the Presbyterian Church, A. O, U. W., be-
ing a charter member of the latter lodge at Oswego. ‘
EDWARD ©. GORDON, owner of “Rosehill Farm,” P. O. Chetopa, was born in Merri-
mac County, N. H., May 12, 1822, and was reared and educated there, At the age of twenty-
two he went to Ohio, where he spent about four years, near Mansfield..in teaching school,
Returning to his native place he spent two ) ears inthe milling business,and afterwards spent
one year at Menasha, Wis., in connection With that industry. He then tocated in Kosciusko
‘ounty, Ind.,and was actively identified in that State with mill building and operating mills,
till 1869, when he cume to Kansas and located upon his present plaew, which he bas im-
proved from araw prairie to its present handsome condition. ‘Rosehill Farm” contains
160 acres of choice land, lying three miles northwest of Chetopa; twemly -five acres of it are
devoted to grain, forty acres to pasture, forty acres to meadow; fifty agrés are occupied with
4 fine assortment of fruits, in which are about 3,000 nicely selected varieties-»f apple trees,
all bearing, 900 pear, 350 cherry, and 150 peach trees, besides a good axsortment, in'smaller
numbers, of plums, gages, etc., etc.; twelve acres are occupied with anice assortment of
grape vines, one acre of blackberrics, and one-half acre of strawbe ries; five acres are occu+ |
piec with buildings, consisting of dwellings, barns, stables, and mills and presses for the
putting up” of the-extensive fruit business of the farm. Mr. Gordon married, in‘1858,
Miss Rebecca. Mullenhour, who was born in Ohio and reared in Indiana, Thev have a

‘family of five sons and one daughter—Arthur, Willis, Harriet (now Mrs,-John McCaw),

Alpheus, Oscar, and Charlie -

JOHN 8S. HETRICK, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Franklin
County, Pa, January 3, 1835. Was reared and educated in Dayton, Ohio. Attheage of
eighteen he located at Brookville, Ind., and was identified with his present industry in that
State until 1879, when he came nere and engaged in his present business, He married, in
1865, in Franklin County, Ind., Miss Hannah J. Sites. who was born and reared in Milton-
ville, Ohio. They have a family of«ne son and one daughter—Sarah Elizabeth and Arthur
M. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He did active
service iu Company B, Twent:eth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. from April, :1861, until July of:
the same year,.when he was honorably discharged, at expiration of term of service. In
September of the same year he again enlisted in Company G, Thirty-seventh Indiana Volt
unteer Infantry, and continued in active service until September, 1864, when he was
wounded at the siege of Atlanta, just at the expiration of service. He was honorably dis-
charged and pensioned. He is aimember of Pea Ridge Post, No. 118, Gs A. -Ru Ts present
Clerk of the School Board of his district, and has been active in the socfal and industrial life
of his locality since coming here, His farm contains 154 acres of improved land, well
fenced, watered and stocked, has good dwellings, barns and stables, and an orchard of three
acres of nicely assorted fruit. He is paying considerab e attention to rearing and breeding
fine bred cattle and hogs, i

ISRAEL D. HIGHLEYMAN, dealer in live stock and coal mining, was born in Belmont
He received his rudimentary edueation-in. the public
schools of Bellaire, and his literary education at Mount Union College, Ohio, At the
‘age of twenty he completed a course of commercial study at Iron City College, of Pittsburg,
Pa., graduating from that institution in 1848. He then applied himself to the practice of his
profession, and subsequently engaged in merchandising in Bellaire (his native city) and
continued ac ively in it till 1876, when he closed his interests there and accepted a position as
Claim Adjuster in connection with the M. K. & T. Railway, and was identified with that
business in Missouri,at Sedalia, and latterly in the Indian Territory, at Muscogee, till in the
fall of 1879. In the spring of the following year_he located here, and has been acl v ely:
identified with Nis present business here since. He married, in 1874, in Roane County, W.
Va., Miss Lucy V. Baker, of thatconnty. They havea family of one son and one dangbter
—Samuel D. and Lucy Gertrude. His wife is an active member of the Presbyterian Chureh,
He has been for many vears an active member of the United Ancient Order of Druids. He
is present incumbent of the Deputy U.S. Marshalship for this district.

MICHAEL HILLEGASS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in- Allen
County, Ind., August 6, 1844. In 1855 he renoved with his people, who settled in Henry.
County, Mo., where he was reared and educated, and identified himself with farming, with
which industry he was actively connected there till 1867, when he came here and located
upon his present place, which he has improved from a raw prairie to its present condition.
It contains 160 acres of valuable land, a short distance from Chetopa, is well fenced and
watered and stocked, has good buildings. and an orchard of five acres of nicely assorted
fruits. He married, in Calloway County, Mo., in 1865, Miss Elizabeth Fisher, who was born

and reared in Henry County Mo., and who departed this life in 1877, and is buried in the
cemetery, Chetopa, leaving a family of three sons living—George, Robers andsDaniel. Mr,
Hillegass has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial’ life of this
locality since coming here. He is an active member of the Vigilance Committee of his
township. He has served upon the School Board of his district for several years, and is its
present Director. oie

ILLIAM G. HOOVER, of the firm of Hoover Bros. (William G. and Martin V.
Hoover), farmers and stock raisers, P.O. Chetopa. William G. Hoover. County Commis-
sioner of Lavette County, was born in Logan County, Ohio, December 10, 1836. and removed
with his people, who settled in Fayette County, Iowa, in 1847, where after five years tle
family located in Tarrant County, Tex. Upon arriving at manhood, Mr. Hoover identified
himself with the stock raising and farming business, and has very succéssfully carried it
on in thar State since, doing an annual business now in stock of about $65,000. ‘In 1868, he
came to Kansas and located in this county, where he has carried on his present industr
since. His residence contains eighty-five acres, within one mile and a half of Chetopa. It
is handsomely improved, containing an orchard of 600 trees of assorted fruits, nice dwell-
ing, barns and stable, and is well fenced, watered and stocked. He has, -besides, ten other
farms in this (Chetopa) county, the whole aggregating over 1,700 acres, all ina good state
of improvement. He inarried, in 1869, Miss Sopha N. Donaldson, who was born in East
Tennessee and reared in South rn [llinols. They have a family of one son and three
daughters—Cora May, Florra Elizabeth, Maudie S. and George M. He and his wife are
active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is amemberof the A. O. U. W.
society. Since locating here he has worked actively in the development of the public and
social life of his locality. He has served his township as Trustee, and has been active in
other municipal positions besides his present incumbency as Commissioner.

FELIX GRUNDY HUNT, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Guilford
County, N.C., September 10, 1823, and was reared there .to the farming industry, Atthe
age of twenty+six he left his native place, and after spending three years in Virginia, and
about the same time in Indiana,he came to Kansas,in 1856,aud eventually located at Empo-
ria,engaged i. the practice of law, and carried on farming and stock raising. In 1863 he was
appointed Assistant U.S, Assessor for the Fiftl. Division of Kansas, which incumbency he
reputably held for eight years. In the meantime has filled the offices of Register of Deeds
of his county for two years; Attorney for the county for two years, and’Clerk of the District
Court for six years, which incumbency he h2ld until 1874. In 1875, he disposed of his in-
terests there and came here, and has been reputably identified with his present industry
since. He married, in 1856, ii Henry County, Ind., Miss Rebecca J. Cartwright, a lady of
fine literary attainments, a native of Henry County. They have a family of six sons and one
dauglter—Alphonso L., Oliver W., Theodore P., Lawrence, Maud, Jay Guy and Claud. He
has been an active member of the Masonic order for the past twenty years. Since locating
here he.has taken au active part in the growth and developmont of the social and industrial
life of his locality. " 7

JOSHUA HURT, ftrmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born ‘in Garrard County,
Ky., in 1820. Was reared to his present industry, with which he was identified in bis native
State till, at the age of forty he located in McLean County, I1]., and followed it there till
1874, when he came to Kansas and located here, and has carried on his present industry
since. He married, in 1862, Miss Libbie Wright, of his native place, who departed this
life in 1865, and is buried in Kentucky. In 1868 he married Miss Sally Wright, sister of his
first wife. They have one daughter—Fannie. He and his family are members of the Chris-
tian Church. His farm contains 160 acres of valuable land, is well fenced and watered, and
has handsome dwellings, barns, etc., and an orchard of 350 trees.

DR. H. A. IRWIN, dentist, is a native of New Concord. Muskingum Co., Ohio, born Octo-
ber, 1847. In 1867 he began the study of dentistry at Zanesville, Ohio, and has given his
attention to his chosen profession n.ost of the time since. In September, 1871, he located at
Cheops, After eight years’ practice here he was located at Oswego for one year, then re-
turned to Chetopa, being engaged in the grain business eighteen months after his return;
since then inthe practice of dentistry. He is a member of A., F, & A. M. Blue Lodge and
Chapter. He was married in this city November 22, 1873, to Mary Torrance, a native of
New Jersev. They have one child, Harry L.

GEORGE B. JEFFRIES, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Chetopa, was born in Fayette
County, Ohio, January 23, 1829, and was identified there with farming and brickmaking.
In 1854 he went to Missouri, and was connected there with farming till 1867, when he came
to Kansas and located here, and has improved his present place from a state of nature. It
contains 155 acres of good Jand, has good buildings and an orchard of five acres of a nicely
assorted variety of fruits. He married in 1875, Miss Arminta Christian, who was born and
reared in Polk County, Mo, They haveoneson, James t.. and he has a son with him by a
former marriage, Lewis Emanuel. He has aisothree other children by that marriage in
Missouri—Eliza, Jeptha anit Owiga. He and his wife are members of the Protestant Meth -
odist Church, He did service in the Ninth Missouri Mounted Infantry, Company. E, State
militia during the war, and was honorably discharged, E i

ILLTAM JUDD, farmer, P. O. Chetopa. was born in Clinton County, Ind., in 1841. His
parents moved from Ohioto Indiana in 1830. Both parents are deceased. Mr. Judd was
Drought up on a farm, and received a common school education. On September 18, 1861, he
enlisted in Company A, Second Indiana Cavalry. He was in the Army of the Cumberland,
under Gen. Rosecrans, and was at Chickamauga, Shiloh, Franklin, and with Wilson on the
long raid through Mississippi and Georgia,.and at the close of the war was mustered out at
Nashville, Tenn. In the fall of 1867 he emigrated to Kansas, and settled in Labette County,
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six miles southeast of Oswego, where he took up a claim of-160 acres. Mr. Judd is an old
settler of the county. He was married in 1871, to Louisa Hayes, of Richland, Labette Co.
ey have two children—Jennie and Johnny.

WILLIAM KELLERMAN, grocer,is a native of Logan County,Ohio,born near Bellefon-
taine, May 29,1833, lived in Elkhart County, [nd.,from 1835 to 1846, then in Kendall Couuty,
Iil., till 1855, when he located near Sedalia, Mo., residing there until April, 1868, when he
‘came to,Chetopa. In mercantile business several years, proprietor of the National hotel six
years, Police judge one year. Heisa member of A., KF. & A. M., and K. of H, During the
war of the Rebellion, heserved nine months in the Missouri Enrolled Militia, a portion of
the,time being Second Lieutenant of Company D, Seventh Missouri Enrolled Militia. Mr.
Kellerman was married October 15, 1882, to Mary Jane Melville, a native of Michigan
¢:, PHILLIP KELLERMAN. grocer, was born near Elkhart Ind., December 30, 1837. He
Was married in Newton County, Mo., in June, 1867, to Eliza M. Donaldson, a native of Ten-
hessee. ‘They have five children—Wm. T., Eva, Lulu, Maud and Thomas, Mr. Kellerman
enlisted in Company D, Seventh Missouri Cavalry. March 1862,serving until April 10, 1865,
when.he was mustered out at Warrensburg, Mo. Heisa member of 1. U. O. F. and K, of H.
Mr. Kellerman came toChetopa in April, 1868; engaged in mercantile business, farming,
‘hotel, etc., since locating here. :

LEVI kK LE, owner of ‘ Neosho Valley Fruit Farm,’’ horticulturist, P, O. Chetopa, was
‘born in Huron Coun y, Ohio, in 1833, and was reared in Morrow County, where he was

identified with farming and stock raising extensively for over twenty-six years. 1n 1882 he
came to Kansas and located in this county, and subsequently bought the present farm. It is

. located just outside the northern limits of Chetopa. Itcontains eighty-three acres sur-
rounded by a good hedge fence; forty-three acres are devotzd}to grain Ullage, pasture and
timber, aud forty acres are used in horticulture, in which he has at present 6,000 assorted
apple trees of all varieties, 400 pear trees well assorted, and 1,000 peach trees, He has three
acres in grapes of a nicely assorted variety, and a general assortment of cherries, plums,
etc., etc.” He also does considerable business in gardening. A handsome dwelling \s situa-
ted on the farm, nice barns and stables, etc., and an imimense cider press, capable of turning
out forty barrels of cider per day. He married in 1857, Miss Elizabeth Roberts, of his na-
tive place. They have three sons and one danghter—John W., William W., Lewis D., aud
Lotta May. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, He has been
an active member of the 1. O. O. F. society for eleven years,

- D. KNIGHT, retired, is a native of Norwich, Haul panire Co., Mass., born September
14, 1816, lived there until 1846, then removed to Spring eld, Mass. Was two years a resi-
dent of that city, afterward at Southampton, Mass., three years, and at Lee, Mass., three
years, removing from there to Batavia, Genesee Co, N.Y. After three years’ residence
there he located at Strawberry Point, Clayton Co., and Fayette, "Fayette Co., Iowa, remain-
ing there until the spring of 1868, then in Tennessee until he came to Labette County, Kan.,
in the spring of 1869, locating on the northwest quarter of Section, 33, Hackberry Tuwuship,
and engaged in farming there until 1874, then in Missouri unti! 1876, when he returned tu
Kansas and located at Chetopa, having sold his farm in Hackberry Township. He afterward
purchased one near Mound Valley, which he exchanged for one in Cherokee County, two
miles east of Chetopa. For several years Mr. Knight carried on an extensive photograph
business, both in the East and West. ae was first married at Albany, N. Y., January 26,
1842, to Lucy C. Stevens, a native of Chester, Mass. She died July 25, 1869, leaving one
daughter, Maria H., now Mrs. G. W. Jenkins, of Chautauqua County, Kan. A son, Erastus
Channing, died July 23, 1869. Mr. Knight was married again August 14, 1871, at Neosho,
Mo., to his present wife, Julia Richards, who was born at New Hartford, Conn., May 2,
1830. Mr. Knight isa member of the Presbyterian Church. His parents, Erastus Knight
and Patty Porter Knight, were married at Hatfield, Mass., January 16, 1806. _ Their living
children are—Betsey W., Horace D., the subject of this sketch, Rosamond F., Quartus P.
Four of their children have died—Erastus P., Rosamond, Lucinda D., and Merilla G. Mr,
Knight's grandparents were Samuel and Betty Elderkin Knight.

OHN L. LAMB, proprietor of the omnibus line, livery and feed stables, was born in
Spencer County, Ind., January 29,1850. In 1858 his people located in Leavenworth, Kan.,
where he was readied and educated. In 1871 he came here and engaged in railway business
for a short time after which he learned the blacksmith business, and carr'ed it on actively
here till 1882, whien he retired from that business, and engal ed at his present business,
which he ably represents. He married in 1876 Miss Laura V. Lee, who was born in Mis-
souri, and reared and educated in Kansas. They have a family of two sons and two caugh-
ters—William Lewis, Cora Ellen, Zephie Fredonia and Early Adelbert. He is an active
member of the A., F. & A. M., A. O. U. W. and K. of L. societies. Has served as City Mar-
shall of Chetopa, and has filled other civic official positions. His stables are ample and well
supplied with first-class rigs, -

GEORGE LISLE, M. D., the pioneer settler of Chetona and the man who named the town,

was born in Wayne Township, Belmont Cu., Ohiv, February 22, 1814. He received his liter-
ary education in the public schools of his native county, and read medicine at Beallsville,

     

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Ohio, with Dr. Louis Gradigney. a celebrated French physician, Attended lectures at the
Ohio Meuical College, sessions of 1837-38, and graduated from that institution in the sprin

of 1838, having practiced three years previons to attending lectures, He was engage

in practice at Powhattan, Ohio, until the fall of 1856. April 17, 1857, he came to the
place where Chetopais now located. He supposed that he had located on the strip, and his
design was to startatown. After putting up a couple of smatl buildings, he was notified by
the Osage Indians that he was on their land, but soon arrived at an amicable understanding
with them receiving a permitte remain. The first year he was here he had twentv acres of
land plowed on the first site of the city of Chetope, and also plowed several acres the same
season on the east side of the river, He assisted to make two annual payments lo the Osages,

HISTORY OF KANSAS. :

being employed by the Government as Indian Agent. He was Mayor of the city during
1873 and part of 1874. He having great admiration for Chetopa, the old Chief of the Osages,
gave his name to the town which he (the doctor) formed. The interpretation of the
same is as follows: ‘‘Che,” houses or lodges; ‘‘topa,” four; Chetopa—four lodges, The
Doctor came to Kansas for the venefit of the health of his family, and found the relief for
which he was seeking. October 10, 1833, he was married, at Sinclairsville, Ohio, to Phoebe
Wood, a native of Wayne Township, Belmont Co., Ohio. She was born December 11, 1814;
she died January 6, 1863. Four children survive her—Penina, now Mrs, J. E. Bryan, of
Oswego. Kan,; Lettie, now Mrs. Sam. Paxson, of Chetopa; Martha, now Mrs. Joséph Colum-
bia, of Chetopa, andJohn. The Doctor was married at Chetopa, January 12, 1879, to his
present wife, Mrs, Elizabeth A. Holland, a native of Fountain County. Ind., but reared in
linois. from the age of two yeurs, Jiving in Iroquois County until 1865, and then eame to
Cnerokee County, Kan., being one of the early settlers of that county. He has one child—
Nellie, by his present marriage. Mrs. Lisle has two children by a former marriage—Grant,
fourteen years of age, and Ida May, twelve years of age. The Doctor is a member of the A.,
¥F.& A.M. He has been engaged in active practice since first locating here. In an early
day he did some trading with the Indians. eo
M LEHMAN, of the firm of William Lehman & Bro., wholesale dealers in dry
goods, clothing, hats, caps, boots and shoes. was born in Bavaria, December 11, 1856. Came
160 America June 16, 1871, locating in the city of New York, where he remained until 1876,
when he removed to St. Joseph Mo., removing to Chetopa in March, 1877.
heen engaged in mercantile business for twelve years. He is a member of the A., ¥. & A. M.,
I, 0. O, i and K, of P. Mr. Lehman & Bro. carry a large stock of goods, aid do -an exten-
sive trade in Southern Kansas andthe Indian Territory. Annual sales amount to from
$60,000 to $65,000. Isidor Lehman of the ptrm_ of_Lehman & Bro., was born in Bavaria
May 15, 1861, and came to America in May, 1878. Located at St. Joseph, Mo., where he re-
sided until December of the same year, when he came to Chetopa, employed as a clerk in his

 

  

brother’s store until February 7, 1583) When he became associated with him as a-partner. -

He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. # :

JAMES LEWMAN, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Chetopa, was born in Lewis County,
Ky., May 18, 1812. At the age of sixteen he removed with his people to Vermillion County,
Il, where he was identified with farming and stock raising for many years. In 1878 he
came here and located upon his present place, and has carried on his present industry
actively since, but now has quit farming. He married in 1833, Miss Peggy Ann Wright,
who was born and reared in Bourbon County, Ky. They have four sons and three daughters
living—Martha Ann, now Mrs. Benjamin Erwin, farmer of Vermillion County, Ill.; Thomas
R. of Rich Hill, Mo.; James P. farmer, of this county; Mary E., now Mrs. Joseph Osborn,
farmer of Vermillion County, Ilt.; George and family, now tiving on the farm, and engaged
in farming and stock raising; Samuel Harvey, farmer of thiscounty, and Margaret J., 1 ow
Mrs. Eugeue Daniels, farmer of Bourbon County, Kan. Mr, Lewman has been an active
meniber of the Methodist Episcopal Church for fifty-three years, and his wife for fifty-one
years. His farm contains 160 acres of land, is well improved, has good buildings and an or-
chard of eight acres of nicely assorted fruits, also a handsome lot of forest trees. Le. 1

R. HENRY LISLE, owner of “Rosejand Farm,” stock raiser and horticulturist, P. 0.
Chetopa, was born iu Belmont County, Ohio, August 9. 1820. and was educated in the public
scnools ot his nativity, He received his professional education under the tuition of his
brother, Dr. George Lisle (now of Chetopa). Dr. Lisle carried on the Practice of his profes-
sion in bis native State, till at the age of forty, when he wentto West Virgina.and after-four
years’ practice there he located ia I..diana and spent three years in practice there. In 1868,
he came here and practiced and carried it on till 1873, when be was compelled to abandon
it on account of ill health and engaged at his present irdustry with which he had beeh ac-
tively identified in the meantime. He married in 1849, Miss Sarah Ann Conley, who. was
born in Washington County, Pa., and reared in Fulton, W. Va.. Theirfamily are, David FL,
Mary H., James A, Alice, now Mrs. E.C. Mairs; Lena. Jessie and Detta, and one adopted
son, Jackson Mosely. He has been an active member of the Masonic order for the last forty
pears; he has served his Towuship as Ti ustee and Treasurer, and has been an active mem-

er of the School Board, of his District for many years. ‘Roseland Farm” contains 160 acres
of valuable Jand, is well fenced and watered and stocked, fine buildings and a fine orchard.

5. W. LITTLETON, M. D. is a native of Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio, born in 1831, educa-
ted in his native State; in 1856, he removed to Illinois, resided there several years, then in
Towa, seven years afterward in Ohio fcr one year and in April. 1873,he came to Chetopa and
engaged in the active practice of his profession for about eight years after coming here; but
soon after his location in Kansas he became interested in stock business, and he is now giv-
ing most of his attention to his extensive cattle interests. He is a member of the A, F. & A.
M. and A. O. U. W.; he has been a member of the Board of Education. The Dr. was married
at Monmouth, Ill, December 22, 1859, to Adelaide Pike, a native of Ohio. They have three
children— Ella D,, Robert and Clara Maud. A

ROBERT F. LONNECKER, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Preble
County, Obio,January 16,1853. and removed with his people to Atlanta, Logan Co.,IIL, where
he was reared and was identified with farming there until 1878. when he came here and
Jocated and bas been actively conpected with his present industry since. He married in
Atlanta, 111, in 1871 Miss Julia Burwell, who was born and reared in Hascwell County. Tll.;
they have two sons, George Elwood and Mont Neef. He is an active member of the K. of H.
society here. His farm contains 240 acres of valuable land, is well improved, has good
fences, an abundance of water, good buildings and an orchard of well assorted frults and
seven and a half acres of handsome forest trees.

PETER MOINTYRE, furniture dealer. is a native of County Monohan, Ireland, born In
November, 1834. Came to America with bis parents wen he was eleven years old. The
first located at Commerce, Mo., where they remained two years, then lived in St. Louis until
1861, when he removed to Iowa. August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-first
Iowa Volunteer Infantry; served three years: mustered out at Baton Rouge, ia. August 15,
1865. After Jeaving the army he located at St. Louis, remaining there till 1867; afterwards
at Kansas City untilhe came to Chetopa, October 9, 1869. He was in the chair ‘actory three
years, then with Brown & Co. for three or fone ars Since 1876 he has been carrying on
furniture business. He is a member of K. of H. and K. of L. He was married at St. Louls
in October, 1868, to Fannie Bodaker, a native of St. Charles, Mo. They have four children—
Nettie, Lille, Guy and Fannie,

REV. JAMES C. MCKNIGHT, owner of Pleasant View farm, P. O. Chetopa, was born
in Crawford County, Pa., September 24, 1826. After he received a good common school ed
ucation he took up a literary course at Allegheny College at Meadville, in 1846, he enraged
in a theological course of study in the seminary at Allegheny, Pa, in 1849; and after a
thorough study in that institution he, June, 1852, was licensed to preach. He was then ap-

ointed to missionary work, and was active in it until 1856, in Pennsyivania and Ohio, in the

Hast and Lowa and Illinois in the West. In June, 1856, het: ok charge of the congregation
at Spring Grove, Warren County, Ill.,and continued In that pastorate until 1860. He then en-
gaged actively upon supply work and continued in that capac yuntil 1869,when he came here
n view of establishing a school and college here,and in 1870 he located here and invested in
land, and has carried on his present industry since. The arrangements for which he came
here having been abandoned, he has applied himself to supply work and has worked active-
ly in Sabbath school work. He married, In March, 1856, Miss Ellen Ralston of Belmont

ounty, Ohio, a lady of fine literary attainments. They have afamily of four sons and one
daughter—Flla, James P., Andrew E, Alford S. and Willie R. His family are active mem-
bers of the United Presbyterlan Church, Rey. Mr. McKnight isthe present School Treas-
urer of his district, and has been an active officer of his township and School Board for sev-
eral yours. “Pleasant View farm ” contains 240 acres of valuable land, located three miles
northwest of Chetopa; Is nicely improved, having a fine residence, barn and stables, and.
four acres in orchard of assorted fruits, Rev. Mr, MeKnight has also 160 acres of improved
Mace lew tens of timber, a fitting testimonial of his activity in his present industry,

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N. Y L. MARQUARDT, owner of the Baden Hill farm, P. O. Chetopa, was born in

Baden, Germany, July 17, 1834, and was reared and educated there, and learned the trade of
hoot and shoe maker, In 1860 he came to America and carried on his trade in Yonkers, N.
Y., for two years, He then went to Lafayette, Ind., where he remained five years as head
foreman of an extensive boot and shoe manufactory. After this he established himself in
his business at Watseka, Ill, where he was successfully identified for several years. In 1882
he came to Kansas and located upon his present place, which he has very hanasomely im-
proved. He married, in-Yonkers, N. Y., in 1862, Miss Lena Rupp, who was born and reared
n Gondersblum, Rhine, Hessan-Germany, and came to America in 1860. They have a
family of three daughters—Katrina, Paulina and Anna, He and his wife have always been
identified with the Lutneran Church. Baden Hill farm is pleasantly located a short distance
outside of the city limits of Chetopa, and contains 160 acres of valuable land. It is well
fenced, watered and stocked. Has ten acres of land of a well assorted variety of fruit trees.
Upon the hill proper are located handsome dwellings and out buildings, surrounded with a
varlety of handsome forest trees, the residence location giving a beautiful view of the city
ae countiy. 150 acres under cultivation, with exception of fourteen acres in

REV. CHARLES H. MCCREERY, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Chetopa, Kan.,
was born at Mt. Morris, Livingston Co., N. ¥, February 23, 1838. When he was eighteen
months ola his parents, Reuben and Susan Barker McCreery, removed to Fiint, Mich, where
his mother still resides, his father having died there March 25, 1881. Charles prepared for
college at the Flint High School, and graduated from the Michigan Universi'y in the class
of 1860. He taught school one vear and then entered the Union Theo!ogical Seminary, New.
York City. On September 3, 1862, he was appointed SecondjLieutenant Sompany A, Eighth
Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Serving a few days as Second Lieutenant of his
Company he was then promoted to Adjutant of his Regiment, with the rank of First Lieu-
fenant. On March 27, 1863, he was promoted to Captain of Company F, same Regiment.
He was on Actached service and was on staff duty much of the time,being Brigade Inspect-
or, Division Inspector, etc,, in the Ninth Army Corps. He received commission of Brevete

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Major United States Volunteers April 2, 1865, “for conspicu

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fore Petersburg, Va.” After the close of the war he was retained in theservice, being con-
nected with the reedmen’s Bureau at Columbia, S.C, He was mustered out October %
1865, and honorably discharged. Inthe spring of 1866 he returned to Michigan, and in the
autuinn of the Samo year he again entered the Union Theological Seminary, giaduatin
from that institution {n 1868. Coming from there to Chetopa, and beginning’ his
work here, he organized the First resbyterian Church September 20, 1868. The first
members were Samuel H. Carr, George F. Sinith, Lorenzo Billington, Samuel Cellars and
wife, and Mrs. Maggie Lenhart. The present membership of the church is 105; services
were first held September 17, 1868, before an organization was eftected. The meetings were
held for about two years in a hall overa billiard room on Third street. In.August, 1870,
the new church was dedicated. The Sabbath school was started with an attendance of about

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fifty, which has increased to 185, the present number enrolled, Mr. McCreery was ordained
October 4, 1868, during a meeting of the Synod of Missouri held in Kausas City; and in
August, 1869, was installed pastor of the church in Chetopa. In addition to his duties as

astor of the Chetopa Church he has charge of a new church in Hackberry Township,

abette County, preaching theretwice amonth. Heiss'dated Clerk of Neosho Presbytery,
Chaplain of Pea Ridge Post No. 118, G. A. R., and one of the Trnstees of the Ladies’Semi-
nary, located at Oswego. Mr. McCreery was married at New York November 2, 1869, to
Cornelia L. Brower, a native of that city, who died November 22, 1877 leaving four chil-
dren, one, an infant, who died atthe age of nine months, The children who survive are—
Jobu B., Charles R, anil William B., the Jatter two being twins, Mr. McCreery was mar-
ried to present wife, Margaret Scott, December 18, 1879. She was born in Township of
Missouri, Oxford Co., Ont, They have one son, Henry S. :

TIMOTHY M H, grocer, was born in Lewisburg, Preble Co., Ohio, March 9, 1830,
From the age of seven years he was reared near Ft. Madison, Iowa. In 1853 he went to
California, and resided there most of the time until January, 1876, when he came to Labette
County, Kansas. Since locating here he has beeu engaged in farming and merchandising;
first few weeks on a farm, then eighteen months in mercantile business; afterwards for two
years farming again; since which time he has been in his present trade. He was married
at Centrat City, Col., July 10, 1866, to Priscilla Lake, a native of Indiana. Mr. Marsh is a
member of the Presbyterian Church and I. O. O, F. :

AMBROSE D. MARTIN, grocer, was born in Shelby County, Ky., July 19, 1823, living
there until 1849, then removed to-Henry County, Ky. In the fall of 1876 he came to Labette
County, Kan., locatingin Hackberry Fowuship, where he was engaged in farming until
January, 1882, when he embarked in mercantile business at Chetopa, but still owning the
farm where he located in Hackberry Township. He is a member ot the Baptist Church,
and A,, F,and A.M. Mr, Martin was warried in Henry County, Ky., May 29, 1849, to Eliza
A. King, a native of that_county. a : AN :

EURGE W. MOLLENHOOR, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Kos-
eiusko County, Ind., October 20, 1843, and was identified with farming there till 1869, when
he cameto Kansas and located here. He engaged, at first, in lumber milling, but after three

> years he took up his present business, which he has successfully carried on since; inthe
Meantime doing an extensive business in grain threshing, operating the Aultman & Tayler
machine, with steam power. He married, in 1873, Miss Hannah Creighbaum, of his native
lace, They have two sons—Louis Edward and John W. During the war he did active service
n Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; in 1864 he
was honorably discharged. He is 2 member of the K. of H. society, of Pea Ridge Post, G. A.
R. No. 118. He is present Township Constable, and has served upon the School Board of his
district for several years. His farm residence contains cighty acres of choice land, is well
fenced and watered, nice dwellings and yards. and good stables, and an orchard of four
acres, of well assorted fruit; has also a nice selection of forest and ornamental trees, He has
a farm in Hackberry Township of eighty acres, under a good general state of improvement,
containing dwellings and stables and orchards, | : *
5 5 MORGAN. book-keeper, application clerk and exaininer of titles for J. B.
Cook, loan and real estate agent, cave to Richland Township, Labette Co., Kansas, June 10,
1874; located on southeast quarter ot Section 28, where he still resides, owning the farm
where he first located. Since coming to Kansas he has taught school five winter terms; was
employed eighteen months as a clerk in the office of the Register of Deeds, and six mouths
in the County Treasurer’s office. Since November, 1881, be has held an important position
iu the office of J. B. Cook. He was born near Rushville, Rush Co., Ind., January 2, 1845.
After living there eight years his home was in Tipton County, where he remained until he
caine to Kansas, in 1874. He was educated in the public schools of Tipton County, Ind., and
taught school eleven winters prior to his removal from Indiana. He is a member of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Morgan was married near Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio, October
868, to Melissa A. Hitchborn, a native of Maine. They ‘have four children—Lula A.,
Bessie M., Maggie B. and Mary. :
eSjOHN #H. MOORE, owner Si Chestnut Grove farm, P. 0. Chetopa, was born in Huron
County, Ohio, 1822. In 1837, he located with his people in Clay County, Ind., where he was
identified with farming and cooperage business. In 1848, he located in Mahaska County,
Iowa, after farming for.a few years. In 1851,.he located in Lee County, and engaged in the

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contracting of convict labor, and held many official positions for nine years. He filled the
Deputy Wardenship, and other official positions. In 1871, he came to Kansas and located
upon his present place, which he has improved. The farm contains 200 acres of valuable
land, and lays one and a half miles south of Chetopa. It is well fenced, watered and stocked,
and has good buildings aud an orchard of 400 trees of a nicely assorted variety, besides
these he has a guodly number of foresttrees. He was married -April 20, 1843, to Miss
Rhoda Jane Bray, of Vigo County, Ind., who departed this life ia 1851, and 18 buried in the
cemetery at Oskaloosa, Iowa, Jeaving one daughter—Phehe; now Mrs. George Wist. Mr.
Moore also lost the saine year his oldest daughter. In 1853, Ie married Miss Mary M. Les-
lie, formerly Smiley, of Ohio, They have two sons and seven daughters—Miranda, now
Mrs. Jobn D, Adams; Ada, now Mrs. Wm. Kirkland; Fannie, now Mrs. Huwe Carver;
Laura, Gracie, Ella, Della, William, and Walter. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, He is a member of the K. of L. Society. In connect Gu with farming he carries on
the manufacture of brick, in which he gives employment to a great many workmen, turning
out about 600,000 brick during the senson, 4 .7

LEROY NEALE, attorney, was born at Parkersburg, W. Va. October 26, 1836. His
ancestors being among the early settlers of Virginia. He was educated In his native State,
and was engaged in steam boating, prior to his removal to Kansas, In March, 1870, he
came to Parker, Montgomery County, remaining there until October 24, of the same year,
when he located at Chetopa. Prior to 1874, he was engaged in various speculating enter-
prises. Since that date he has given his attention to thé practice of his profession. He has
served as City Attorney, Deputy County Attorney, City C erky ete.; le is now United States
Commissioner, In addition to clients in the State, he has:a lar erect ce. Attorney for

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nearly all the Indians within one liundred miles of Chetopa in the He is
a inemnber of the A.O. U. W. and K. of P. He was married,at Par sburg, Va., September

. 56, to Miss Bettie A. Woodyard, a native ofthat place. They have six children—
Luella S., Etlalia M., Archie D., Fannie F., John P., and Edward L. >

GEORGE W. OWEN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Marion
County, Ohio, December 28, 1844, and was reared to his present industty. In August, 1864,
he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred Seventy-fourth Ohio Vuluntéer Infantry, and did
active service till the end of the war; was honorably dischatged. After the war he located
in Piatt County, Ill., and carried on farming there till 1876, when'he came here, located
upon his resent Dace, where he has ben identified with his preseut industry since. He
married in 1867 Miss Jane Baker, who was born in Ohio and reared in Illinois. They have
on? son and daughter—Alvah James, and Olive Francis. His farm contains 160 acres of
valuable land, adjoining the city limits of Chetopa, is well fenced, watered and stocked,
has good buildings, and an orchard ofa well asssorted variety of truit frees.

SOLOMON PEARSON, Sr., farmer, P.O. Oswego, was bern near Goldsboro, N. C., May
20, 1895. When he becaine of age he engaged in farming and mE ing, until 1855, when he
moved to Middle Tennessee, Cofee County. He was married to Aggie Hannahs, of North
Carolina, by whom he hau four children—Williaim, died in the army; Elizabeth, deceased;
Ichabod, deceased; Sallie, married to John Wiley and living.in Kansas. His first wife died
November 18, 1834; was married February 26, 1836, t» Mary Sauser, of North Carolina, by
whom he had two childrei—Phillip A., a minister of the Gospel at McMinnville, Tenn.; Be-
nonay, deceased. His second wife diel November 16, 1853. He was married again to Julia A.
Talton, by whom he had eight children.—Elizabeth, married to J. A., Kirby, of Labette
County, Kan.; Mary J., deceased; John Wesley, Barney, deceased; Ashley G., Jonothan B.,
Jessie Riece, and Solomon P. John Wesley and Ashley G. own a fine farm on the Neosho
River. Mr. P. has brought up three grand-children, two nephews and one orpban girl. Mr.
Pearson, Sr., was one of only three that voted solidly for the Union in bis county in 1861;
yet the hand that delivers all God-fearing men, delivered him from an ‘awful death, an
from the hands of his enemies, and preserved him through the darkest‘hours of an awful
danger, Twice he was in danger of being hung for his Union sentiments in Tennessee, and
twice the bushwhackers where hunting him. On April 12,1870, he emigrated to Kansas,
and settled on a farm tour miles south of Oswego, where he has been greatly prospered.
He and his tamily are members of the Methodist Epicopal Chureh. Solomon P. Pearson has
three children—Belle S., deceased; Nina A., deceased; and Mary W., living.

F. M. REAMER, of the firm of Reamer & Williams, proprietors of the Farmers’ Flour-
ing Mills, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., Mareh 11, 1843, that being his home until
September 11, 1865; he then located at Columbia, Mo., where he wasempoyed as aclerk
until 1873; then engaged in the milling business at vallas,Tex. In November, 1874, he
came to Chetopa, continuing in the saine business here. For two years he was employed as
chief miller, since that time doing business for himself. He first began work in a mill when
only fourteen years of age. Since March, 1880, Mr. C. C. Williams has been associated with
him asa partner. In July, 1882, they fitted up their mill with the new-process machinery,
patelng in the Allis rolls, Garden City and George T. Smith’s purifiers. They fit d that the

exas and Indian Territory demand for their flour is sufficient to preclude any shipments
whatever to Eastern markets. Mr. Reamer is a prominent member of the A. F.& A.M. He
was for two years senior warden of the Chetopa Lodge; No. 73, and is at present (1883)
master of the same lodge. He was married at Rocheport, Mo., March 5, 1868, to Bettie
Hulett, a native of that place. They have three children—Estelle, Fannie and Dick.
SEPH RITTER, flour and feed mills. He is a native of Hungary, born June 2, 1850.
Came to America September 16, 1867; remained in Baltimore, Md., until December of the
same year; then in West Virginia about three months; at Fort Gibson fourteen months;
removing to Chetopa, May 1, 1809, eupaged in such employment as he could find to do until
1876, wi. n he engaged in mihing business. which he has since continued, his brother
being assuciated with him in the business. Mr. R.is a member of the K. of H. He was
married, at Chetopa, September 26, 1880, to Matilda Riter, a native of Perry, Ill. They have
one child, Fredericks a

BENJAMIN D. ROBERTS, owner of the Locust Grove farm, P. O. Oswego, was born
in Warren County, Obio, June 29, 1830, and was reared to the farming business, At the age
of nineteen ke engaged in the carpentering business, which he followed until 1868, when he
came here and located upon his present place, which he has entiyely improved. He mar-
ried, in 1852, in Waynesv.lle, Ohio, Miss Mary Ann Southern, a native of England. They
They have three sons—John Quincy, Benjamin T. and Absalom E. During vhe war he did
active service in Company I, Twenty-third Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, from 1861
until July, 1862, when he was honorably discharged on :account of disabililties. He made
application again to be enrolled in the service, but was refused, uutil January, 1864, when
he was accepted and enlisted in the First Kentucky Independent Battery Light Artillery,
and continued in active and honorable service until the.end of the war, when he was again
honorably discharged. He is a member of the Pea Ridge Post, No.118,G. A.R.; is at
present the Treasurer of his township, and has filled other municipal and school offices for
several years. Locust Grove Farm contains 480 acres of valuable land, and is located mid-
way between Oswego and Chetopa. It is well fenced and has an abundance of water, and is
well stocked; has nice dwellings, barns and stab'es, and four acres in orchard of nicely
assorted fruits; 235 acres are devoted fo eraln: There are forty acres of exceilent timber,
and the balance is utilized for pasture and meadow. There is a handsome grove of locust
trees in the residence grounds, from which it derives the appellation of Locust Grove Farm.

xEORGE SCARTH, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Morgan County,
Ijl., Aug. 22, 1838, and was reared to his present industry. In 1868 he came to Kansas and
located at Fort Scott, and the following spring he located upon his present place, which he $
has improved from a raw prairie to ils prese1.t condition. It contains 160 acres of choice
land, {8 well watered and stocked, has nice buildings; and an orchard of well-assorted
fruits. It has eighty-five acres devoted to grain tillage, twenty-five to timber, and the
balance to pasture and orchard. He was married, in 1859, in Scott County, Ill., to Miss
Catherine Cowgill. She was born and reared inthat county. They havea family of five
daughters—Maggie O., teacher, and Georgie I., teacher, both graduates of the State Normal
School of Emporia; Fannie A., Cora A. and’ Katie B. He is an active member of the
A. O. U. W. Society and the G. A. R. Pea Ridge Post, No. 118. He did active service during
e Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ittinois Volunteer Infantry.

 

the late war in Company D, On
from August 13, 1862, until May 26, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He has
worked jactively in the development of tbe social and industrial life of his locality since
coming here. : 2 7

S. W. SHERIDAN, merchant and dealer in grain, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., in
1840, and was reared in Williams County, Ohio, At the age of eighteen he came to Leaven-
worth, Kan., and engaged as wagonmaster in connection with the freighting business
across the plains, with which industry he was identified for fourteen years, his trips leadin
into New Mexico, Coloradoand Utah. At the breaking out of the war he returned to Ohio, an
enlisted in Company K, Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and did active service from
October, 1861, till August, 1862, when he was honorably discharged for wounds received at
the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and pensioned. He again came West, after this, and finally
located at Lincoln, Neb., and was appointed to the Deputy-Wardenship of the State Peni-
tentiary, by Gov. David Butler of that State, in which capacity he served reputably for
several years. After this he located in York County, Nebraska, and carried on farming and
stock raising actively fur seven years. He then went to Colorado, and engaged in mining
operations with which he is stillidentified. In 1882 he located here, and has been actively
connected with his present business here since. He married, in 1872, in Lincoln, Neb., Miss
Mary J. Mellinger, of his nativity. They have a family of three sons and one daughter—
Lineal D., Wallace, Grace and Earl. Himself and wife are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an active member of the K. of H. Society, isa member
of Pea Ridge Post, No. 118,G. A. R. During his location in Colorado, he worked actively
in the public life of his city, served as Postmaster of Antonita, which incumbency he still
holds; was Police Judge of the city for some time, and was active in organizing and dis-

icting tne surrounding lorality.
i OTERLING B. SLOANE, detective, was born and reared near Mansfield, Ohio, and was
identified there for about twenty-two years with stock raising and farming. In 1857 he
came to Kansas, and settled at White Cloud, Doniphan County, where he carried on car-
pentering for a few years, after which he engaged at his former industry, and continued in
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Doniphan County until 1872, when he came here and located in the same business for
about five years, after which he engaged in merchandising, and after two years retired
from it, and has béen in public lifeever since. He has served as Deputy Sheriff of the
county, as Deputy U.S. Marshal of his district, and as Marshal of this city, and has been
very successful in his present office. He was married in 1859, in White Cloud, Kan., to
Miss Mary A. Dorland, who was born and reared in Ohio. They have a family of two sons
and three daughters—Alfred F., foreman of the Advance office; Rosa; Oscar, clerk in the
mercantile business; Jennie and Lura, Heisa member of the I, O, 0. F. society.

SANDERPHER A. SMITH, proprietor of wagon, plow, blacksmith and repalr shops,
was born in Mercer-County, Ky., November 1, 1843, lived there until June, 1861, when he,
enlistedin Compaiy £. Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, U. S. A. He was taken
prisoner near Palmetto, Ga.; for four months was in Andersonville prison, and for alike
period at Florenge, S. C: ‘He was among the second. thousand prisoners who were dis-
charged from thé Rebel.prisons, supposed to be permanently disabled. Mr. S, continued in
the army until June, 1865, Then after a short visit to his native place, he located in [ili-
nois, a year later removing from thereto Missouri, and in March, 1867, he came to Kansas,
locating at Baxter Springs, where hecarried on the wagon-making business for three years,
then came to Chetopa. eis aimember of [. 0. O. F.; A. O. U, W.; K. of H.; K. of L. andG.
A.R. He was married at Baxter Springs, April 10, 1870. to Harriet BE. Russell, a native of
Indiana, born near Terre Haute rey have six children living—George S.. Arthur D.,
Carrie, William Shérman, Harry R.,and Luln, Lost one child, who died in infancy,

0. ST. JOHN, merchant, was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., August 1, 1840, but was
reared in Broome County, N. Y:. and resided there till 1868, lived in Indiana one year, them
came to Kansas, in 1869. He first located at Topeka, remaining there two years, then at
Independence, Montgomery County, until October,.1873, when he cameto Chetona. He isa
member of 1. 0..0. F., and A. O. U. W. He was married at Newcastle, Ind., in 1869, to Anna
Cc. Small, a native of ‘Philadelphia, Pa.’ They have four children—Fanny M., Carrie,
Helen V., and Winifred. 5 usiey

ANDREW JACKSON SWAGERTY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Oswego, was born
in Benton County, Ark,, October 20, 1841. In 1856 he came to Kansas, and located in Linn
County, and was‘connectéd with farming there till 1868, when he came here; located upon
his present place, where’ he has been identified with his present industry since. He mar-
ried, in 1865, Miss Ellen Burns, who was born in Pennsylvania, and reared in Kansas.
They have threesons and three daughters—Clark, Wesley, Mary E., Sarah E., ‘Thomas 0.,
Rosa Mertle;and Earl. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Chure:.
He did active service in the militia of the State during the late Civil War. He has served
as Clerk of the School Board of his district for several years, and has been an active worker
in the industrial life of his locality: y 3

RANCE, pro rietor of the Chetopa foundry and machine shape grain ele-
vator, was born in Scotland, May 20, 1834; came to America in August, 1857; was em-
ployed one yearin Parrot’s foundry, at West Point, N. Y : then for eight years at Borden-
town, N. J.; removing from there to Peoria, Lil, where he resided most three years; after-
ward at Monmouth; I!l., one year; then built a foundry at- Wardensburg, Mo., where he
resided until August 31, 1870, when he came to Chetopa, bringing with him machinery for
a foundry, which he erected, and had in operation within ninety days from the time that he
arrived here. He mauufactures agricultural implements, ire storefronts, brass éastings,
and does general foundry and machine shop jobbing work, iwov deals inall kinds of grain,
and owns several farms in this vicinity, two of which he rents, and another he resides upon
and works himself. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. He: has also
served as amember of the Board of Education of the City of Chetopa, and is now a member

of the School Board in District Eighty-six. The farm, where he now resides, is situated on’

the south half of northwest quarter of Section 34, just outside of the city limits, He was
first married at Liverpool, England, in May, 1855, to Martha Adams, of Englist descent,
but born in Sweden and reared in Russia. She died at Chetopa. January 1871, leaving two
childreu—Janet, who,died in December, 1871, and Mary, now Mrs. Irwin, of Chetopa. Mr.
T. was married at Chetopa, September, 1872, to his present w fe, Elizabeth D. Taylor, a
native of ‘Henry Connty, Ky. They have two children—Nellie T. and Andrew G.

J.L. MAN NODE: hive stock dealer, was born in Wayne County, Ind., June 18, 1842, and
was reared and edii@ated principally in Laporte County. Jn May, 1862, he enlisted his sery-
ices in defense of ‘the Union, in Company E, Fourth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and did
active service in that company until the battle of Chickamauga, when he was taken prisoner,
and remained in Rebel prisons fourteen months, when he was paroled at Savannah, Ga.,
and remained upon sick furlough until he was discharged, in 1865. After the war he re-
turned to Laporte County, and engaged in the grocery business until August, 1868, when
he was éngaged extensively in farming and stock rearing and dealing in stock, in Hendricks
County, lud., which he carried on actively until 1876, when he came to Kansas, and located
here, and has been actively identified_with his present Industry since. He was married
August, 11,-1868, in Laporte County, Ind., to Miss Maud A. Closser, a lady of fine literar:
attainments, who was born and reared there. They havea family of two sons—Harry L,
and Carlos W., and have buried a daughter, Mabel Lillian, in Chetopa cemetery. He is
a member of Pea Ridge Post No. 118,G. A. R. Heand his wife united with the Christian
Church at their marriage, and were regular conimunicants until coming to Kansas, since
which time their opportunities for membership has made it impracticable. Mr. Van Note
has besides his regular business operated considerably in real estate transactions here. He
does an anbual business of about $50.000 per anvum,- principally in cattle and hogs.

WILLIAM WADE, farmer and stock ratser, P.O. Chetopa, was born in Jackson County,

* Ohio, October 17, 1845, and was educated to the Feacling profession at the now Nationa
1

 

Normal, of Lebanon, rormerty, the Southwestern, in which
identified with teaching in Ohio, for five years, after which he came to Kansas in 1873, and
located in this courity and engaged in téaching, with which le has been reputably connected
since. He also invgsted in farming and stockraising, and has also carried it on actively
since. He married in 1874, Migs Nancy Noble a lady of fine literary attainments. She was
born and reared in Scioto County, Ohio, and came to Kansas with her people, in 1873. Mr.
and Mrs. Wade have two sons and onedaughter—Herbert Noble, William Laughlin and Effie
May. Heand his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church. During the war
he enlisted his services in the Home Guards of Ohio, which afterward became the One
Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio National Guards. His farm contains 160 acres of im-
proved land ; bas nice buildings and three acres of orchard.

. W. WATSON, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Chetopa, was born in Pike County, III,
August 1, 1845, was reared in Montgomery County. At the age of twenty-one he came to
Kansas and s2ttied upon his presen place, November 9, 1866, and has improved it from a
raw prairie to its p#eSent condition. It contains 160 acres of valuable Jand, 100 of which fs
in grain tillage, and the balance to pasture and meadow. Itis well fenced, watered and
stocked; has nice buildings and an orchard of four acres of a nicely assorted variety of fruits,
and a handsome lot of forest trees. He married in 1866, Miss Elizabeth Henry, of Montgom-
ery County, Ii. They have one son and one danghter, Alta Gertrude and Ivan ©, Himself

e spent three full terms. He was

and wife are active members of the Methodist EpiscopalChurch. He did service in Compa- *

ny ©, One Hundred Aud Forty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the last year of the
war; was honorably discharged September, 1865. He i8 an active member of Pea Ridge
Post, No. 118, G. A. R.. and is also a ember of the A. O. U. W.’s society. He has filled the
Gffice of Trustee of his Township, and has filled other municipal and school offices.

PROF. J. WELTNER, principal of the Chetopa School, is a native of Good, Hope
Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, born April 24, 1847, He was educa ed in the public sMools,
also at Dennison University, and at the National Normal School of Lebanon, Ohlo, attending
the former institution three years, and at the Normai School one year. He began teaching
in 1865, and has given almost his entire attention to his chosen profession since that time.
Having taught eleven years in the district schools of his native State, and in the graded
schools of Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio, for a period of three years prior to hls removal to
Chetopain August, 1881. He has also had mueh experience In Normal Schoo! and Institute
work, The number of pupils in attendance has largely increased since the Professor took
charge of the schools. Atleast 100 more students are enrolled than when he came, and the
salary advanced from $60 to $90 per month. Better conducted schools are seldom found,
Prof. Weltner being amung the most successful and popular instructors in the State. He js
a inember of the I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W. and P.andG. A. KR. Just prior to the close of
the War of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-elghth Ohlo
Volunteer Infantry, dite of enlistment being April % 1865. Term for which he entered the
service was one year; but the regiment not being organized, he was mustered out May 9,
1865. He was married at Logan, Ohio, August 5, 1874, to Rhoda B. Smith, a native of Hock -
ing County, Ohio. They have three chtldreu—Bertha é., Lewis Lloyd, Charles B.

VINSON WEST, farmer and stockman, P.O, Chetopa, was born in Clinton County, Ohio,
December 28, 1825, and was reared there to his present {udustry which he followed fn that
county till 1878, when he came here and located, and has carried it on actively here since,
He married, in 1847, Miss Mary Shinn, of Adams County, Oho. They have one son and
four daughters—Eva Jane, now Mrs. David Rallison, farmer of Ohio; Sanford Thomas, So-

hia, Lydia; Rebecca, now Mrs. Hubert Clement, farmer in Ohio. His wifeisa member of the
Bheistian Chureh. His farm residence contains eighty acres of choice land; is well improved
and has nice dwellings and barns and stables, and an orchard of well assorted fruits. They
have aso 320 acres in Hackberry Township, with improvements, dwelling and stables, etc,
It is under a good general state of cultivation :

R. B. WHITE, of the firm'of White & Bates, wholesale and retail grocers, is a native of

South Williams Town, Mass., born July 29, 1845. In 1865 he came to Illinols, and spent

art of the year; then returned to Massachusetts, remaining there until 1869. In July, 1870
he came to Chetopa, Kan. From the spring of 1871 to April. 1883, eight years with George
H. Bates. Since the spring of 1883 he has been associated with Mr. Bates in wholesale and
retail grocery business. They have succeeded to the business of the late George H. Bates,
They do a business which will probably amount Co #55,000 per annum. The sales of George

H. Bates, in 1882, aggregated $54,000. Mr. White is a member of the A..F. & A.M.
Cc. O. WILLIAMS, of the firm of Reamer & Williams, proprietors of the Farmers’

. HISTORY OF KANSAS.

flouring mills, was born near Urbana, Champaign-Co. Ohio, August 5, 1842. He enlisted
August 17, 1862, in Company E, Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantpy. He participated in
the battle of Richmond, Ky., fought on the 29th day of August, 1862; was taken prisoner
the same day. He was next at the surrender of Vicksburg. Served about fifteen months,
In the spring of 1864 he located at Ottumwa, Iowa, and was engaged in the milling business
there until 1871, when he engaged in the same ‘business at Pleasanton, Kan., remaining
there until July of the same year, when he came to Chetona, The first year here he was
manager of the Anchor mills; then owned a half interest in the same mill for one year; then
for three years was.a member of the firm of Sturgis & Williams, proprietors of the Farmer's
mills. He wasin the grocery business about six months. For a period of four years he was
engaged in buying and shipl ing grain. Since March, 1880, he and F. M. Reamer have been
associated together as proprietors of the Farmer’s mills. Their mill has a capacity of sey-
enty barrels per day—twenty-four hours. They give employment to from five to six hands,
Mr, Williams was married in Ottumwa, August 2. 1870, to Clara E. Belmont, a native of
Greensburg, Ind. They have one child, Clara B. Mr. W. isa member of the A F. & A. M.,
andI. 0,0. F. He has served as Alderman of this city. s

MOUND VALLEY. .

Mound Valley is located in the westera part of Labette County, about the
the center of the county from north to south, and in the valley of Pumpkin
Creek. . To the north, east and south of the town, the country is comparatively
level, while to the west are found ranges of mound like hills, from which the
valley and town were named.

The town was laid out in the spring of 1869, by the Mound Valley Town

Company, of which William Rogers was president. The section of land se-
lected by the company for a town site, was claimed by the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railroad Company under a treaty claimed to have been made by that
company with the Indians; this company claiming all odd numbered sections
and the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad claiming the even num-
bered sections. The matter was contested in the courts for some years, and. in
1876, adecision was rendered against the railroads and in favor of the set-
tlers, the land being declared subject to entry, The town had already been be-
gun and contained a few buildings, but as yet the title was imperfect. As soon
as, or shortly after, the decision of the Supreme Court was rendered, the Pro-
bate Judge of the County, deeded the land for the Town Company, as required
by the laws of the State, and appointed a commission to divide the land into
severalty among the various owners or claimants. In this way, the title to the
site became settled and the respective stockholders of the Town Company, re-
ceived each his proper share. =

The first house erected on the site was a storehouse by A. Honrath and H.
Roar, which they occupied with a general stock of goods, for about six years,
when it was burned. This building was erected directly after the site was se-
lected and laid off into town lots. Following this, John P. Kremer started a
grocery, L. F. Nicholas a drug store, and later in 1872, Dr. E. Tanner and M.
Anderson a general store. In the next year, R. Blakely started a grocery store.
Prior to this, and in 1870, J. Campbell erected a hotel called the Mound Val-
ley Hotel, and later in the year, L. F. Nicholas erected the Nicholas Hotel.

Owing largely to the dispute of title, the town made but little progress
until the completion of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad in August
1879. upon which the town is situated.

Prior to this date the town contained four stores, two hotels, a few resi-
dences and a population of about forty. x

The building of the railroad had the effect to stimulate the building of the
town to some extent, but it was not until about a year and a half following
its completion that rapid progress began, so that within the past eighteen
months, the greatest and most rapid growth has taken place. The place now
contains six general stores. two grocery, two hardware, two drug, a furniture
and two millinery stores; a saddle and harness, three carpenter, two black-
smith and wagon shops; three hotels, a restaurant, three loan offices, five doc-
tors, three lawyers, and a population of about five hundred, and withalis a
ee young town filled with industrious, intelligent and enterprising
people.

A post office was established here in 1870, with A. Honrath as Postmaster,
who kept the office in his store room. The mail was obtained from Oswego,
by a post-horse route. In 1876, stage line was run from Oswego by which
the mail was brought. The office since the beginning has been held respective-
ly by A. Honrath, L. Slocum, M. Anderson, R. Blakely and Dr. N. M. Miller,
the present incumbent.

LOCAL MATTERS.

The first school taught in Monnd Valley was a subscription school, taught by Mrs, W,l-
Ham Robins, in the winter of 1870. A school building was erected in the summer of 1871,
and was ® one-story frame, 23x30 feet, and cost $1,000, for the erection of which bonds
were Issued by the district, to the amount of $1,200, which sold for seventy-five cents on the
dollar, A new frame school building was erected in the fall of 1882, at a cost of $2.000 and
ia thirty-six fret square with an approach twelve by sixteen feet, upon which a belfry is
construrted, and is two stories high, containing three rooms. The old building was sold to
W. 4)'Brien for $150, For the defrayal of the cost of the new house the district voted $1,625

“In bonds, and levied a special tax on the property within the district for the balance.

The school population, from the fifteen pupils that attended the first school taught in the
tose has Jucreased to 184. The schools are partially graded and are under charge ofE, H
Barnhart, as Principal, and Misses Ida Barnhart and Emma Huland, as teachers.

The Church of Christ was established in the vicinity of Mound Valley in May, 1871, with
fourteen members, by Rev. J. W. Randall, and was effected in the residence of E. Stapleton.
The meetings were then changed to the ‘Union schoolhouse, and then to Mound Valley.
For some cause the congregation became In a measure disoreanized and broken w yy but in
March, 1882, a revival was made under the administration of Rev. J. Padget, and Bas since
witnessed a healthy and prosperous existence. The first meetings In the town were held in
the schoolhouse, then in the Baptist Church. In the summer of 1882, a house was erected
and is thirty-six by fifty feet, one story frame, and cost about $1.500.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in March, 1880, with only ten members,
Although this denomination haa labored in this section long prior to this time, yet no indi-
vidual organization had been effected inthe town. It was organized by. Rev. EA. Gra-
ham, the present pastor of the chureh, and 1s one of the four polnts within his circuit,which
includes also Hopewell, where a new church was butlt in 1881, Pleasant Hill and Alta-
mont. The old schoolhouse was used as a place of worship until the erection of the church
house in the sum mer of 1880, which was dedicated in September of that year by Rev. A. T.
Burris, assisted by Revs. Graham and Poinsett. The church is a one-story frame, twenty-
four by forty-four feet, and cost $1,000. A comfortable parsonage was begun in 1879, and
completed in 1482, costing about $700, The congregation has prospered since the begin-
ning and now hasa membership of one hundred. 2

ound Valley contains three flourishing someties. These are the Masonic, the Order o:
United Workinen, and the Grand Army. of the Republic.

Mound Vatley Lodge, No. 61, A. O. U. W., wis instituted October 9, 1880. The first offi-

cers were: J.J. Decker, past. master workman, I. J. Stevens, master workman; H. F.

elhuist, general foreman; T. A. Millard, financier; and George Campbell, recorder.

an eLodne fas Brown from the uineteen ern ers pith wich it organized, to the present

y twentv-seven. The present officers are: J.J. Decker, M. W.; H. F. Melhuist,

R.; A. Pattison, Rec.; and A. B, Hammar, Fin, fe oe
LABETTE

The Mound Valley Post, No. 7 a vi
Moat! donne ie No. 138, G. A. R,. was instituted November 5, 1882, with J.

. Blakely, adju . : i q P=
ship of twenty-four. y, adjutant. The organization was effected with a member

Mound Valley Lodge. A.. F. & A. M., was instituted under a dispensation, May 1
1882, with D. L. Swan, worshipful master; J. Moore, secretary, and W. Bird. Ont a ne
society began with thirteen members, and now numbers nineteen.

Sun Light Lodge, No. 89, I. 0. G. T., was organized October 13,1877, with thirty-three
members. R. R. Coleman was elected worthy chief templar; Ella Dunn. worthy secretary;
K. B, Coleman, worthy treasurer. The lodge grew rapidly, its membership at one time
reaching 1s high as seventy-five, but has since decreased, and is now about thirty. The
nresens officers are: J. R. Monroe, worthy chief templar; D. S. Coleman, worthy secretary;

iHiam North, worthy treasurer.
: Only one attempt, properly speaking, has been made toward the publication of a news
journal in the town. In the spring of 1881, the Oswego Times Publishing Compauy
printed a sheet for Mound Valley, but this lasted only a few months and gave out, 3

The Mound Valley Herald was established April 6, 1882, ty G. Campbell, who, in the
following Septem er, sold out to ©, L. Albion, the present editor and proprietor. The sheet
is a seven-column folio, independent in politics, and has a circulation of 500 copies. Itis a
live and prosperous journal, and promises to become a permanent enterprise.

Mound Valley contains but one manufacturing establishment. Thisisa grist and flour-
ing mill, which was built in 1881, by the firm of Harper, O’Brien & Hollingsworth. The
ut balding isa two-story frame, and contains three run of bubrs, and is propelled by

eam power.

The future of the town of Mound Valley is to an extent flattering. The large scope of
fine agricultural lands by which It is surrounded, which is yet susceptible of greater devel-
opment, and from which extensive trade is derived; the thrift and enterprise characterizing
the population, etc, go very far toward inciting the prediction of the future prominence
and pYosperity of the town.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—MOUND VALLEY TOWNSHIP.

JAMES R. BELL. Thesubject of this sketch was born in Fleming County, Ky., Octo-
ber 21, 1821; was brought up on a farm, and educated in a district school. He was married
to Elizabeth M. Farrow, October 7, 1847; they settled_in Fleming County, Ky., remained
there until December, 1866, when they moved to McDonough County, Iil.,and remained
there until October, 1874, then moved to Cherokee County,an., and from there to Labette
County, in 1881, near Mound Valley, ona farm of 200 acres, where he now resides. They
have had thirteen children—nine daughters and'four sons—Eliphalet M.Bell,married Matil-
da I. Piper, resides in Lavette County; Nannie M., wife of A. G. Singiser, resides in McCune,
Crawford County; Sarah L., wife of William Busby, resides in McCune, Crawford County;
Calista, wife of Aaron H. Miller, resides in Labette County; Addie, wife of Charles A, Stew-
art, resides in CherokeeCounty; William F., married Rosa Berry, resides with his father;
George C., resides with his brother-in-law, Charles A, Stewart; Mary Lou, died in August,
2°79; Carrie F., Rosell B., Bertha, James R. and Hattie Poyntz still reside with their parents
near Mound Valley, Labette Co., Kan.

Cc. L. ALBION, editor and proprietor of the:Mound Valley Herald, was born March 2,
1844, at Newman, IIl.,and wasreared ona farm. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company A,
of the Seventieth Illinois Regiment,and served three months. His education was obtained in
the common scbools, supplemented by a year and a half at Asbury Collcge. For about fif-
teen years, he followed the occupation of teaching school. In the fall of 1869, he came to
Kansas, and soon after coming to this Biate, parchased a claim in Cherokee County,and near
thetown of Columbus. In the spring of 1874, he left his farm, and in company with a
brother, started the Farmers’ Advocate, at Marion Center, Marion County, and in the next
spring, they moved the paper to Salina. Here they dissolved the partnership, and C. L. be-
came sole proprietor. In thespring of 1877, he traded the paper for a farm in Lincoln
County, upon whitch he was engaged about two and a half years; leaving the farm in the fall
of 1879, he began_ publishing the Brookvilie Independent, in company with J. S. Tupver, in
Saline County. Disposing of this enterprise, he came to Mound Valley, and bought the
Mound Valley Herald, of which he is the present editor and proprietor. He married Amelia
A. Hamblin, a resident of Cherokee County, Kan., September 19, 1875, and has a family of
four boys. aged six, five, three and an infant, és

N. E, BOUTON, farmer, Section 27, Towastip 31, Range 17, P. O. Cherryvale, Mont-
gomery County, was born in Ulster County, N. Y., in 1850. and removed with his parents
to Kankakee County, IIl., in 1857. where he received his education and was bfought up on
afarm. His mother died many years since. His father liveson a farm_in Osage Town-
ship, Labette County. Mr. Burton was married to Elizabeth Phares, of Kankakee City, Ill.,
July 4, 1867. She died April 29, 1875. He married his second wife, Lucy Yeager, of Cher-
ryvale Township, Kas., August 27, 1876. They have two children, Ada L., born June, 1878,
Charles A., born March 4, 1881. Mr. Bouton had nothing when he came to Kansas. He
had to live ina house made of split oak shakes. Now he has his farm of 160 acres, with
g od buildings andJand well cultivated. Mr. Bouton now holds the office of Town Asses-
sor for the Township of Cherry.

GEORGE CAMPRELL, real estate, loan and insurance agent, was born near Penn Yan,
Yates County, N. Y.,in 1848, His great grandfather came from Scotland about the time of
the Revolution. He was educated in Starkey Seminary, Bradford County, N. ¥. Was
married to Surah E. Drenuer, a daughter of Jacob Drenner, of Labette County, Kas., in
1873, by whom he has three children—Alta, Gracie and Helen. Mrs Campbell was born
and educated in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. C. came to Kansas in 1871 and settled on a farm south-
east of Mound Valley. He commenced in the realestate, loan and insurance business in

1881, in Mound Valley. Was commissioned Notary Publicin the same year, which office -

he now holds. He has been twice elected Assessor of the town, and has since held the office
of Justice of the Peace to the present time. He was nominated by the Anti-monopoly
arty for State Senator in 1880 and received the party vote, but was defeated by about 700.
1:1882 he again received the nomination for Representative at the hands of the same
party and came within forty-three votes of an election. He founded the Mound Valley
Herald In Mound Valley in 1882, but after sold to C. L. Albion, its present editor and propri-

etor,

JAMES CLAYTON CUNNINGHAM, Section 24; Township 32, Range 17 east, P. 0.
Cherryvale, Montgomery Co., Kas., was born in Fayette County, Ohio, March 26, 1839.
Came with his parents ai the age of six years to Illinois, where he was educated in the com-
mon schools, as married October 13, 1864, to Miss Mary A.. eldest daughter of George
T. Bell, of Marshall County, Illinois. She was born April 28, 1844, in the same county,
was libera!ly educated at Bloomington Female Coll Fe, and taught several terms of school
in her native State. They have two sons, George C., born in Marshall County, Ill.. April
23, 1871, and Virgil B., born in Lavette County, Kas., October 6, 1876. Mr. Cunningham
came to Kansas in the fall of 1871, and settled in Big Hill Creek Valley, four miles south-
east of Cherryvale, and is now the owner of one of the best farmsin the county, contain-
ing 380 acres, including fifty acres of timber, with first-class improvements and buildings;
is also the owner of considerable stock, consisting mostly of cattle, horses and swine. Mr.
CG. isa prominent member of the A., F, & A. M,, andthe I. 0. O. F., societies, and also with
Mrs. C. is a member of the O. E. S. Z

0. L, EDGAR, farmer, Secti n 29, Township 32, Range 18, east, P.O. Mound Valley, was
born in Owen County, Ind., in 1861 and came to Kansas with bis mother in June. 1872. His
father, James Edgar, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, and was married December 2,
1854, to Frances Headlee, of Monroe County, who wasa native of Ohio, born in 1833. They
had four children, John W., born June 28, 1855, ana married to Sarah E. Larrabee; Hester
A., born October.14, 1856, was married to W. N. McCoid, living in Mound Valley; James
W., born October 22, 1858, married to Amanda Hopper, living in Mound Valley Township;
and O. L. whose name has been already mentioned, Mr. James Edgar died at Nashville,
Tenn., from the effects of a wound received in battle December 10, 1862. Mrs. Edgar and
her four children came to Kansas in June 1872, and settled on 240 acres of excellent land,
three miles northwest.of the villageof Mound Valley. The brothers a:d sister have ob-
tained good educations, and have made improvements, buildings, orchards, etc., on their
farm. O. L. Edgar is a teacher in the public schools of Labette County. The brothers are
following the business of farming. . 7

H. FARMER, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Mound Valley, was born in Cass County, Mo., in
1844, and was brought up inthe same place. Was married in 1870, to Miss Jennie Todd, of
Pleasant Hill, Mo, Hehasone child, Lulu. Mrs, F. died in1877. Mr. Farmer has good:
buildings and other improvements on hisfarm. Hehasone brother, John o living in
Mound Valley, Kas., having moved into the State from Missouri November, 188%. He was
born in Cass County, Mo., in 1839, and married to Amanda A. Oldsin 1860, by whom he
hhas seven children. Mr. John Q. Farmer enlisted in Company C, Second Kansas, and
served during the war, being mustered out July 14th, 1865. He was ten months ina rebel
prison. Mr. H. Farmer enlisted in Company A, Forty-third Missouri, avd served during
the war. He was in three different regiments. Mr. H. Farmer came to Kansas in 1869,
an settled on a farm four miles northof Mound Valley. : .,

T. F. FIELD, of the firm of Field & Dudley, agricultural implements, was born in Bar-
ren County, Ky., 1827, living there in Green, Hart and Monroe counties until he came to
Kansas, in te75. At the age of eighteen, he learned the house carpenter’s trade, which he
followed in connection with farming, for many years. He was married in 1848, to Mary G.
Hite, of Green County, Ky., by whom he has six children—John J, Field, married and liv-
ing in Neosho County; William R., Thomas J., married and living on his father’s farm;
Nannie K., Belle, married and residing in Mound Valley; Benjamin M. Mr. John Dudley,

junior partner of the firm of Field & Dudley, was born 1856, in Jefferson, lowa; educated
inthe same. Was.married in the fall ot 1878, to Ida M. Fogleman, by whom he has one
child, Berla F. The firm do a large business at their store and in the surrounding country.
Mr. Field first stopped fn Neosho County two years, and came to Mound Valley, Labette

County, in 1877.
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‘Mo., in. 1880.

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R. W. GANDY, dealer in general merchandise, was born in West Virginia, in 1833+
and was yeonght Up and educated in the same place. In 1851, he removed tu Davis County,
Jowa, where he lived on a farm nineteen years. April 22, 1855, he was married to Miss
Sarah Minear, by whom he has three children—Charles, Amanda and Melissa. His wife
died September 13, 1864, and he was married to Mrs, Mary Luzadder, of West Virginia,
March 4, 1866, by whom he has one child, Nora. He removed from Iowa to Texas, where
he spent nine months, from thence he came to Kansas, in 1873, and settled ona farm four
miles southeast of Mound Valley, Inthe fall of 1880, he engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness in the town, the firm name is Gandy, Wade & Co. They are enterprising men, and are
doing a good business. Mr, Gandy and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal

ALVIN HALL, farmer, P.O. Mound Valley, was born in Delaware Connty, N. Y., in
1857. His father was the Rev. William Hall, of the New York Vonference of the Methovlist
Episcopal Church, who died at West Hurley, Ulster Co., N. Y.. January, 1878. Mr. Hall
was prepared for college at Great Barrington, Mass., completing his course at the Hudson
River Institute, Claverack, Columbia Co., N. ¥. He was married April 30, 1877, to Ella I.
Clement, of Catskill, Greene Co,, N. Y. She was born in Delaware County, in the same State,
in 1859; educated at the Hudson River Institute, Claverack. They have three cbhildren—
Edwin W., Alvin. and Edith E. Mrs, Hallis the daughter_of Rev, Edwin Clement, a
Methodist Episcopal clergyman, who died at Catskill, N. Y., in February, 1877. Her mother
isliving with her daughter, near Mound Valley. Mr. Hall’s mother is living in Mound Val-

. Mr. H. came to Kansas, February, 1882, and purchased 160 acres of land, one mile
from Mound Valley, and also purchased a one-third interest in the Mound Valley steam

uring mill,

A. % _HAMMER, attorney-at-law, was born in Marion County, W. Va., in 1835; was

educated in Bethany College, West. Virginia, and Lebanon College, Ohio; entered the service
of the United States, as Captain of Company B, West Virginia Cavalry, Fifth Regiment. He
enlisted soon after the commencement of the war, and was inthe service until the close. He
was aid decampto Generals Milro and Sigel; was captured twice and wounded twice.
Married in 1857, to Emma Miller, of West Virginia, who was bornin 1841. They havenine
children—A, W., Laura, Nellie, H. A., Bell, Lulu, Jessiepf., Kar], Frederick. Capt. Hammer
commenced the practice of law in 1867, at Springfield, Til He came to Kansas in 1871, and
first located in Fairview ownshyps Labette County. He resumed the practice of his pro-
fession in Oswego, in 1873. He afterward removed to Mound Valley, where he now resides,
and has a large practice:
__ _W. W. HARPER, miller, was porn in 1820, Knox County, Ind., where he was educated
in the pay schools of that day. His ancestors were English, Scotch and Dutch. He enlisted
in Company E, Fifty-first Indiana Infantry, October, 1861. Was mustered ont December
14, 1864; was in service in Tennessee and Kentucky, until transferred to the Invalid Corps
where he guarded prisoners, at Cincinnati, Washington and Point Lookout, Md. He was
married on October 27, 1842, to Mary A. Hill, of Knox County, Inad., with whom he went to
school. She was born November 15, 1823. They have three children—George F., married
to Laura Shick, dealer in agricultural_implements, Parsous; Mary E., married to Thomas
Hollingsworth, living near Carthage, Mo.; James W., married to Ellen Barnes, living ona
farm three miles north of Mound Valley. Mr. H. isthe owner ofa one-third interest in the
steam mill and ten acres of land, besides other property in Mound Valley.

JAMES ICE, banker and farmer, was born in Clinton County, Pa.,December 2, 1831,
and received his education in the common schools of the same State. Atthe age of twenty-
one he emigrated to Jackson, Wis., where he was engaged in-farming, milling, lJumberin;
and merchandising. He was married in Lock Haven, Pa., to Sarah J, Shanabrook, in 1852,
by whom he has one ehild living, Mrs. A. D. Merrill, living in Franklin, Wis, Mrs, Ice died
in 1855. He was married to Mrs, Elizabeth Southerland, of Clinton County Pa, by whom
he has three chiluren—James S., married to Miss Jennie S..ell, of Jackson, Wis., now living
in Mound Valley; Laura Jane, MaryS., married to E. 8. ing and living in Minnesota,
Mr. Ice, besides carrying on his large and beautiful farm of 480 acres of Jand near the town
of Mound Valley, does quite an extensive business in real estate, loan and insurance.

F.L. N. JUDD came to Kansas December, 1882, and started a school at Altamont
Labette County. Iu May, 1883, at the request of many citizens of Mound Valley he was
induced to start @ school in the latter place. Was born at Rome, N. Y., 1828, where he was
partly educated in the Academy of that city, completing it in Bethany College. W. Va. He
afterward removed to Carroll County, 11). e has taught school about twenty-five years in
all in Rome, N. Y., Illinois and Iowa. He was Register of the Land office of Springfield
District eight years, from 1870 to 1879, and School Commissioner of Appanoose County
one year (1867) and County Judge and Recorder of Decatur County, Ill.. two years. He
then,in January, 1880, took charge of the Richland Institute, Pulaski County. Mo., where
he taught three years. Was married to Elvira Trask in 1851. Mrs. Judd died at Richland,
r, Judd has one daughter—Mrs. Kate Palmer, born February 24, 1854, at
present residing with her husband in Washington Territory, one of the largest lnmber-
inen in that Territory. A son—Norton C., aged ten years, is living with his father. Mr,
Judd is a brother of N. B. Judd,of Chicago, and cousin of Orange Judd, of New York.
Mr. Judd was ordained to the ministry of the Christian Church about 1865.

R. JAMES LEMON was born at Haysville, Ashland Co., Ohio, in 1841. Moved with
his parents to Richland County, Ohio, in 1852. His father was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in
1812, and his mother in Maryland in 1821. His father died in Richland County, Ohio, in
1857, and his mother died at the same place in 1859, leaving eight orphan children, The
Doctor was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University. Studied medicine with Dr.H.Buchan,
of Mifflin, Ohio. Graduated in the Regular School of Medicine, and enlisted_in the Army
as Hospital Steward of the Fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Veteran Infantry. Went on the
Atlanta campaign and with Sherman to the sea. At the close of the war was located at
Mansfield, Ohio, engaged in the practice of his profession. Was married to Anna Rill of
Mansfield, Ohio, who was born in 1840 in Knox County of the same State. The Doctor emi-
grated to Kansas in 1870, locating at buffalo, Wilson County, where he engaged in the drug
business and the practice of his profession. Moved to Charleston, Greenwood County, in
1878, where he continued his practice and drug business until the building of the St. Louis
& San Francisco Railroad, when a new town was Jaid out and named Fall River, which was
three miles from the town of Charleston. He moved his buirdings to the new towr, sold
them and his stock of drugs, and located again in the town of Mound Valley, Labette Co.,
Kan., in 1880, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession and drug busi- -
ness up tothe present time. The Doctor is an active member of the Eclectic Medical Asso-
ciation of the State of Kansas. i

STITES McoCORMICK, farmer, Section 19, Township 32, Range 18, P. O. Cherryvale,
Montgomery County, was born in Owen County, Ind., 1835, and went to the common school.
Was married February 11, 1857, to Melissa Farrias, who was born in Jackson County, Mo.,
and left an orphan at a very early age by the death of her parents, her father having been
killed by the fall of atree. They have nine children—Sarah Ann, married and living in
Ohio; Thomas, married_and living near his father; George, Isaac, James, Sylvia, Effie,
Morton and Leslie. Mr. McCormick is one of the earliest settlers, having come to Mound
Valley, Labette Co., Kan., July, 1869, settling on 160 acres of good land, five miles from
Cherryvale, Montgomery County. He has built an excellent house and made other extensive
improvements. He, in common with many others, had to undergo many difficulties and
privations. The Osage Indians were his nearest neighbors for some time after his first
settlement was made. | .

GEORGE $S. McDOLE, real estate, loan and insurance, was born in Litchfield, Medina
Co.. Ohio, in 1840. His father was a native of New York, and his mother of New Hamp-
shire. He received his education in the common schools of Ohio. Atthe commencement of
the war he enlisted in Company I, Second Iowa Cavalry. He was with Grierson and Hatch
in the capture of Island No. 10, at Corinth and Madrid, and with Grant at Holly Springs
and his raid south of there in the fall and winter of 1862-63. He was mustered out in 1864.
Sheridan was his Brigade Commander when he obtained his first star, At the close of the
war he returned to Iowa where he lived until he came to Kansas in the spring of 1870. He
first settled on the farm now owved by Dr. A. P. Sanders, north of Mound Valley. He was
married in 1865 to Fliza Brady, a native of Maine, born in 1843. They have three children
—Merton, Almiraand Mary. r. McD. has made an addition of ten blocks to the village of
Mound Valley, known as McDole’s Addition. Mr. McD. is a successful business man.

DR. W. W, MOEWEN, physician and farmer, Section 1, Township 33, Range 17, east,
P.O. Mound Valley, was born in Plumville, Indiana Co., Pa., October 15, 1853, and came
with his parents to Southern Illinois in 1860, living mostly in White County, where he re-
ceived aclassical education at Enfield College, in the same county, teaching during the winter
and attending school during the summer months. He afterward engaged in the sale of
drugs at Enfield, studying medicine in the meantime, and graduated at the St. Louis College
of Physicians and Surgeons in 1883. Has been practicing for more than eight years. Was
warried in Iinois, in 1874, to Miss Artie T. Lechner, who was born in Ohio, May 10, 1851,
and educated in White County, lll. They have two children—Orra, born June 10, 1875;
James C., born August 1,1879. Dr. McEwen lived fourteen months in Cromwell, Union
Co., lowa, 1876-77, where he continued the sale of drugs, and engaged in the practice of his
profession. He emigrated to Kansas the fall of 1878 and purchased a farm of 160 acres of
excellent land, on which he has erected a comfortable dwelling. He is also building a house
in the village of Mound Valley, into which he will move in the course of the season. He was
elected Justice of the Peace in 1880, and re-elected bya universal ballot in 1883. The
Doctor is an intelligent and skillful physician and surgeon, and he has a large practice, His
father, James C. McEwen, was born in Indiana County. Pa., in 1824. He was a _dry goods
merchant in Pennsylvania, and is now settled on 160 acres of land on Big Hill Flats. Mr.
MeEwen's parents were born in Scotland, and are deceased. He has two brothers, physi-
cians, one, Joseph, a well known surgeon of Philadelphia, Pa. .

SAMUEL MAYGINNES, farmer. Section 28, P.O. Mound Valles, was born in West-
moreland County, Penn., in 1819. When he was sixteen years of age his family emigrated
to Madison County, Ohio, Mr, Mayginnes was married to Mary Stewart, of Shelby County,
Ohio, in 1846, and moved to Henry County, Mo., in 1850, and lived there through all the
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-porder troubles,when the Prosslavery party made raids into Kansas, committing all manner
of outrages. At the breaking ont of the Rebellion, Union men were scarce In his part of
Missouri and the rebels had it all their own way. He was an uncompromising Union man
so all he had to do was to get out as did others from the North. He moved near Olathe, Kan.,
in 1863, near the Missouri border; his boys worked on the farm and he and his wife often
stood guard at night to watch for the Missouri bushwhackers, commanded by, Quantrell and
men of his class. When Quantrell sacked Lawrence he assisted In driving him from.Kan~
sas; that was August, 1863. When the State militia was organized, he was chosen Captain of
Company E, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, and served till the end of the war. Returned to
his farm in Missouri in 1866, found all his personal property gone. In 1869, moved to La-
bette County, Kan., then a wild prairie; settled near where the town of Mound Valley now
stands. He has improved a good farm of 240 acres, and still takes a lively interest in all
questions that concern Kansas, He bas seven children—Ahimaaz, married and living near
home; Thesseus, now in Washington Territory; Cornelia, the wife of J. S. Patterson, of
Mound Valley; Walker, a student of medicine at Kansas City; John Speer, a farmer; Mar-
vin, ateacher; Beaty, fifteen_years of age and Patrick Henry eleven years of age at home.

B. F. MILLER, farmer, Section 15, P.O. Mound Valley, was born in 1830 in Millers-
town, Lehigh Co., Pa. He secured a fair English education in the district school and
academy of his native town. Enlisted in Company B, Ninth Missouri Cavalry, in January,
1862, and was discharged by reason of physical disability February, 1864. e emigrate
to Boone County, Mo., 1860, where he worked at his trade, house carpenter. Was married,
in’ 1856, to Lydia A, Miller, of Lebigh Co., Pa.. by whom he has four children—Thomas,
Jeremiah, married to Miss L. Rodgers, of Mound Valley; Reuben, married to Jennie
White; Emma, married to H, A. Wadsworth, svg on adjoining farm. Mr. Miller caine to
Kansas in 1869, and settled of a quarter section of good land west of Mound Valley where
he now resides. He has made good improvements, buildings, fruit trees, etc. |

DR. N. M. MILLER, Postmaster, came to Kansas and settled first at Fort Scott, where
he lived one year and then came to the place where the village of Mound Valley is now.
The Indians were then on the ground. Dr. Miller was born in Warwick County, Ind., in
1835, where he lived until 1850, when he went abroad to school and graduated at Cumber-
jand College, Prince’on, Ky., in. 1854. He then commenced the study of his profession and
graduated at Sterling Medical Gollese, Columbus, Ohio, He then commenced the practice
Of his profession, aid enlisted and was commissioned First Lieutenant in Company K,
Tweuty-fifth Kentucky. Here-enlisted in Company B, Ninety-first Indiana, and was coni-
missioned Assistant Surgeon. He was married to Mary J. Dunn, of Kansas; born in In-
diana In 1855, and educated at Harrisonville, Mo. They have three children—Bourbon E.,
Elsie I. and Nettie George. After the battle of Shiloh, the Twenty-fifth Kentucky were
consolidated with the Seventeenth Kentucky, and the officers of the Twenty-fifth Kentucky
were thrown out. Dr, Miller since coming to Kansas has practiced ‘his profession most of
thetime. He received his commission as P_stmaster. He also engaged in business selling
books and stationery. Dr. Miller has been Postmaster of Mound Valley nearly three years.

.C. O'BRIEN, of the firm of O’Brien & Hall, steam Bourth emits,
April 1, 1857, and settled at Humboldt, Allen County, where je sol foods and soon after-
ward erected a mill, which he hauled on wagons from Jefferson City, Mo. His mill was
burned in 1859, re-built in 1860, and taken possession of by the United States Government
in 1861 by order of James H. Lane for a fort, captured and burned by the rebels, and re-
built again in 1865. He went to Greenwood County in 1877, and soon after to Mound Valley
where he is at present the owner of a third interest in the Mound Valley Steam Flouring

Mill. He was born in Pike C -unty, Ohio, November 17, 1833. He was brought up ona farm

and educated in the academy at South Salem, Ohio. He was a teacher of common schools

ahd was elected Clerk of the court for the county of Pike, Ohio, in 1855. He was married,

in 1858, to Jane E. Scott, of Humboldt, Kan.; she was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1838.

They had two cbildren, Walter and Watson, ‘Mrs. O’Brien died in 1863, He was married

again in 1866 to Nelly McCullou h, of Humboldt; she was born in Burlington, Vt., in 1843.

ey have eight children. Mr. O’Brien was one of the proprietors of the town of Humboldt
and ground the first wheat and corn that was ground in Allen County, and was the first

Clerk of the court that made a record in the same county. .

A. PAT ON, dry goods aud groceries, came to Kansas in 1870, and settled in Neosho,
one mile south of where Chanute now stands. He was born in Mercer County, Pa., in 1837,
and received his education in the common schools. At the age of twenty-one he went to
Louisiana, where he remained one winter, from there to Illinois, in 1859,and to Pilot Knob,
where he lived until 1861, when he returned to Pennsylvania and enlisted in Company K,
One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania, and served in the Army of the Potomac. He
was severely wounded at the battle of Antietam, being shot through the left lung, from
which he never recovered, and for which ‘he now receives a pension. He was discharged
in the winter of 1863. He was married to Vienna, daughter of E. Booth, Esq,, of Chanute,
Kan. She was born in 1854, at lronton, Ohio. They have three children—Alice, Willie and
Chissie, all with their parents. Mr. P. was in business for a short time at Chanute, after-
ward in the general mercantile business at Edna, and in 1880 entered into the same busi-
ness at Mound Valley—the dry goods department, under the firm name of Pattison, Handy
& Co., and the grocery departinent of Booth, Pattison & Co., Mound Valley and Cannevville,
Mr. P. is a gentleman of large and varied business experience. His establishment at Mound
Valley isthelargestinthetown. Mr. P. isa member ofthe Masonic fraternity and the A.

_ J. W. PLYMER, of the firm of Skaggs & Plymer, general merchandise, books and sta-
tionery, was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1843. He came to Lowa and afterwards to
Kansas in the fall of 1870. Was married in 1864 to Eliza J. Griffin, in Brookville, lowa,. by
whom he has two children—Minnie and Mollie. Mr. Plymer was brought up on the farm
and educated in the district school, P.O. Mound Valley, Labette County.

IVY PRESUOTT, farmer, Section 34, Township 32, Range 18 east, P.O. Mound Valley,
was bornin Wayne County, Ind., in 1837. His occupation was principally farming, and
his education was obtained at the common school,
sixth Indiana, July 28, 1861, was mustered out September 21, 1864, and re-enlisted February
4, 1865, with acommission as First Lieutenent in Company EK, One Hundred and Forty-
eighth Indiana, and served during the war. He was married February 9, 1865, to Ainanda F.
Evans, of Blue Sp ‘ings Grove, Barren Co,, Ky._ She was_ born in 1836 in the same place.

came to Kansas,

 

They have tour children—Annie Belle, Sarah Lincoln, Mary Dale and Lizzie P., all at home’

with their parents, He was taken prisoner September 29, 1863, and exchanged July 22, 1864
Was severely wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. December 7, 1862, from which he
never fully recovered, and for which he now receives apension. Mr. Prescott emigrated
to Kansas in February, 1883, and settled on a farm of eighty-seven acres, near Mound Val-
ley village. He is giving his daughtersa good education,

JOHN SADLIE, farmer, Section 2, Township 32, Range 18 east, P.O. Cherryvale, Mont-
gomery County,was born in the North of Ireland in 1825. Emigrated to America, first stop-
ping at Lansingburg, N. Y., five years, theu went to LaSalle County. Ill,, where he lived on
a farm three years, when he removed to Louisa County, lowa, and remained two years, and
from thence to Greene County, lowa, wbere he lived until he came to Kansas, In 1865. He
settled first in Miami County, where he lived one year, and then went to Jasper County,
Mo., remaining nine years, returning to Kansas on March 11, 1875 and settling on a farm
of 240 acres, three and one-half niles northwe-t of Mound Valley, Labette County. He has
made improvements, consisting of buildings, orchard, etc. He was married on May 20,
1860, to Miss Nancy Folliver, of Carthage, Mo. She was born in Urbana, Champaign
Co., ILL, in 1840. She had two children by her first husband--Cassius and Julia. She has

. one child by her second husband, Mr. Sadlie—John Riley,

REV. P. W. SHICK arrived in Kansas November 4, 1872, coming by private convey-
ance from Cincinnati, Ohio, and was forty-two days onthe road. Mr, 8. brought his wife,
daughter and two little boys, now men. His wife and daughter were then invalids, but
entirely recovered soon after their arrival. He purchased a quarter section of fan’ and
pre-empted another quarter, which he recently sold. Mr. 8 was born near Cincinnati
Ohio, April 4, 1827 as educated in the common school of his nativeState, Has acquired
aliberal education by his own self-directed efforts, In 1850 he removed to the State of
lowa, where he was married, in Davis County, to Magale Srofe. She was born in Brown
County, Ohio, August 30, 1834, They have had five childyen—Luella, died at sixteen days
old; Kate, married to Isaac Eledge, living in Labette County; Laura, married to Frank
Harper, of Parsons; Alval, married to Arazona Norileet, Jiving in Mouna Valley; Frank M,,
telegraph operator, Mound Valley. Mr. S, studied for the ministry at theage of twenty-five,
and was ordained Elder in the Church of Christin 1857. He was ateacher and _ house car-
penter until hegave himself tothe ministry. In 1862 he removedfrom Iowato Mackinaw-
own, Il).,where he preached five years, removing ty 1867,to Hamersville, Ohio, and preach-
ed for the congregaulon there five years. In 1872 went from there to Labette County, Kan.
Mr. Shick has been called upon to represent his brethren in twenty-two oral discussions.
He has livedin Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, lowa, Kentucky and Kansas, and prefers Kansas
to any ofthem. He was elected County Commissioner of Labette County, Kan, ,in 1879,and
sheild the office three years. Mr. 8. is also the owner of a fine stock farm adjoining the vil-

Jage of Mound Valley on the east, which is superintended by his eldest son, ‘Alva, He
holds the office now of Notary Public, and also carries on a business in realestate, loan and
iusurance. He is also the regular minister for the congregation at Mound Valley, which
he organized eight years since, with four or five members, now numbering 100,’ Mr. 8S.
is very much pleased with Kansas,and has not had aphysician called to his family for eleven
yea Ay NOK SHIMP, Section 18, Township 32, R 18

Me Th [P, Section 18, Township 32, Range 18 east, P.O. Mound Valle

born 1830, near Martinsburg, Va. At the age of twenty-one he received his education at
Barnesvile, Belmont Co., Ohio, in the Academy, and soon after studied for the ministry,
and was in the itinerant work one year before being ordained Elderin 1855, His first pas-
toral work was in the Allegheny circuit, near the’city of Allegheny, where he traveled two
years. He was afterwards two years at each of the following places: Washington, Pa,
Liverpool, Pittsburg,, where, his ‘health breaking down, in connection with his pastoral
work he studied medicine four years, and came to Kansas in 1864, in Doniphan, Doniphan

e enlisted in Company E, Twenty- -

‘HISTORY OF KANSAS.

rwards re-entered the ministry, preaching at Doniphan, Muscotah, Atchi-
sya nud and oe alls successively, and inthe fall of 1876 moved into Labette County, and
was in the pastoral work regularly four years, and settled ona farm of 160 acres, in 1880,
in Mound Valley. He was Te ariel in 1855, ia Springfield, Fayette Co., Pa.. to Miss Annie
G. Wortman, who was born in the same place in 1836. They have eight children—Mary
Virginia, a teacher of music; Eldorado, alsoa music teacher; Alice Almeta, Emma Fran-
cis, Arizona, Nathan John Wesley, Lillie Daisy, and Homer Virgil. Rev. Mr. Shimp is
iving his children a good education. He has fully recovered his health since coming to
{Kansas and he speaks in praise of the healthful sess of the climate and fertility of the soil.
He has a neat, cozy home, with fertile land, fruit, ete. He also preaches once in two weeks
in the local ministry of the ProtestantMethodist Church. He is alsoa member of the Ma-
sonicfraternity. _ Ki

A. D. SKAGGS, of the firm of Skaggs & Plymer, general merchants, came to Kansas
from iliners tn the winter of 1882; was born in Grayson County, Kyo in 1843. At the age
of twelve he accompanied his parents to Spencer County, Ind. e atlended the graded
school at Benton, Lll., and afterwards followed engineering on the Ohio and Mississippl
Rivers for three years—1858, °59 and ’60; was then the youngest engineer on the river. Was
married to Maria Pool, of Elkhart, Ind., by whom he had one child, deceased. Mrs. Skaggs
died in 1863. He was married to Frances Kirkpatrick, of Illinois, in 1867, She was born in
1850. They have six children—Maddie, Lenora, Otho, Libbie, Nona and Ratio. Mr. 8S. is a
minister of the gospel of the @hurch of Christ, and his labors have been in Illinois, Mis-
souri and Kansas. He has baptized 368, taken into the church 783, and married fifty-nine
couples during his ministry of eight years. He enlisted in July, 1861, and served until
July 24, 1865. Was wounded three times, once severely, and was 1n Anderson six months

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ae TN Mt STIGEN WALT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 18, Township 32, Range 18,
P. O. Cherry Vale, was born néar Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, February 27, 1836; son of
John and Hannah (Jones) Stigenwalt, both natives of Ohio. John M. moved with his par-
ents to Miami County, Ind., when twelve years of age, where he grew to manhood. In 1857
he went to Pleasant Hill, Mo., and remained some eighteen months, and while there opened
arestaurant. In 1869 he went to Anderson County, Kan., and enga; ed in farming, improv-
ing 160acres. He married May 2,1859, Miss Elizabeth Leisure, born in Darke County,
Ohio, February 28, 1831. By this marriage they have three children—Adelia M., Margaret
J. and U. Grant; have lost Edwin L. and Franklin E. He enlisted September 8, 1862, in the
Second Kansas I ittery. organize by Gen. Blair and commanded by Capt. E. A. Smith, of
Fort Scott. They did‘duty between Fort Scott and Fort Smith. He was discharged at
Leavenworth, Kan. He then settled in Allen County, Kan., and remained until he came to
Labette County in 1867, and located where he now resides. His farm consists of 200 acres
improved land; good buildings. Both he and Mrs. S. are inembers of the Methodist Episco-
al Church.

z J. H. TERWILLEGER, farmer, Section 31, Township 32, Range 18 east, P. O. Mound
Valley, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, 1820. His grandfather settled there at an early
day, when the men had to stand guard while the women did the milking; was the oldest son
with twelve brothers and sisters.. He was married to Mary Griffin, September 18, 1845, by
whom he had five children—Elizabeth Ann, died January 29, 1848; Martha Jane, died
August 9, 1850; Margaret, married to Joseph Shields, iisiug on Snow Creek, Kan.; Mary,
married to Peter Steel, living near her father; Harvey with his parents. Mr. T.’s first wife
died March 27, 1876, aged fifty - five years, five months and ten days. He emigrated to Polk
County, Iowa, in June, 1849, where he lived and raised his family until he came to Kansasin
1857, and settled on a farm in Coffey County, near Leroy, where he remained one year
He then returned to Iowa, where he lived until
March 9, 1869, when he again returned to Kansas and settled in Mound Valley Township,
Labette County. Was married the second time to Mrs. Lavina Smith, of Hoigler, Vay;
born in 1843. She has one daughter by her first husband—Pheve M. Mr. T. fhas 240 acres
acres of land on which he has erected good bnijdings and made otherimprovements. He is
a member of the Dunkard Church, and was a visitor to the National Convention of that
church, held in May, 1883, at Lawrence, where there were upwards of 26,000 present, 2.200
sitting down tothe table at onetime. Mr. T. bas one daughter by his second wife—Annie,
born January 1, 1880. .

VICTOR VOGEL, farmer and stonemason, P. 0, Mound Valley, was born in Ossenbach,
Haut Rhein, Upper Rhine Alsace, France, June 27, 1851; educated inthe same town and
learned the trade of stonemason, which he followed unti) 1872, when he em grated to
America, first stopping in CooperiCounty, Mo., until 1876 when he settled on a quarter sec-
vion of land near Mound Valley, Kan. He has good hufidings: sheds and shade. Was mar-
ried to Mary Magdaaleine Scheibi, of Cooper County, Mo. She was born March 19, 1858.
They have three children—M. R. Odilia, born April 9, 1877; Josephine C. V. born October 5,
1879; Frank Joseph Victor, born April 8, 1881. His father died in 1855.. His mother is liv-
ing with her son atthe age of sixty-seven. Mrs. Vogel’s parents are living in Missouri,
The family ane members of the Catholic Church.

Cc. B. WELLS, dealer in hardware and agricultural implements, was bornin Momenee,
Kankakee Co,, Ill., in 1859, educated there and in the Brown Schoo! of Chicago, Was
married in December 1881 to Laura A. Hammer, eldest daughter of Capt. A. B. Hammer,
Esq., of Mound Valley. She received a liberal education in the Academy and Normal
schoo]. Was born September 5, 1859, in Suatcnburs. Marion Co., W. Va. They have one
child—Claud Byron, born October 6, 1882._ Mr. Wells returned to Illinois in 1872, and again
attended school in Chicago, He came to Kansas in 1870 aud commenced his present busi-
nessin 1882, Hehasalargeand growing trade. He isalso special agent for the McCormick
Bar vesting Company for the county of Labette.

SETH WELLS, proprietor of the Wells House, came to Kansas in 1869 and settled on a
farm near the town of

and voted tor the Free State Constitution,

n ound Valley. He engaged in the hardware business, April 18, 1880,
which he sold to his son, C. B. Wells, in Angust, 1882; he then erected the Wells House near
the depot of the St. L. & San F. R. R., which he now keeps. He was bornin St. Lawrence
County,N.Y., in 1819; at the age of twenty -oue he came to Momence. Il. , where he wasin the
mercantile business and worked at his trade, that of carpenter, He made three trips across
the plains to California in 1854, taking a drove of 150 cattle, into the Sacramento Valley,
only losing one auimalonthe journey. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company H, One
Hundred and thirteenth Illinois; was mustered outin July, 1865, in Chicago. After the
war he removed to Butler, Bates bo., Mo., where he resided until he emigrated to Kansas
in 1869. He was married in New York to Isabella Hall, by whom he had five children, She
died in California, April 8, 1854. Was married the second time to Ellen D. Wardan, of Ill-
inols, by whom he has five children. Mr. Wells keeps a comfortable home for travelers,
table is good, terms moderate, ee

so ON YOUNG, farmer, Section 25, P.O. Mound Valley, was born in Harrison Co.,
Ind., in 1807, He assisted his father in clearing the heavy timber of the Indiana forest;
then the Indians were numerous in this region of country. He was married to Nancy,
Peters of Harrison Co., Ind. He has had ten children of whom seven are now living: John
enlisted ina Missouri regiment, and ts now residing in Missourt; James died atthe age of
thirty-one; Samuel was wounded and died in the army; Mary, married and living in Miss-
ouri; Josephine, deceased; George died inthe army at Macon City. Mo.; Louisa. married
to David Stonecy pher; Catherine, married to Harrison Watson; B. W. Young married twice,
first time to Sarah B. Pitt, who died November 17, 1876; second time to Miss Jennie,
daughter of B. Pp. Oakleaf, by whom he had one child, now deceased. Mrs. B. W. Young,
died on October 18, 1880. @ has 320 acres of good land, with buildings and other im-

provements, Eliza A, married to A. N. Nelson, residing in Mound Valley; Solomon W. is
nineteen years of age.

MONTANA.

_ In January, 1866, a numberf settlers in the vicinity formed themselves
into a town company and founded the town of Montana, It is situated in the
eastern part of Labette County, on the Neosho River, and about eight miles
north of Oswego. Being in the valley of the Neosho, it is surrounded by a
fertile agricultural country. As soon as the land came into market the site
was entered as a claim and proved up by S. S. Watson, who also was president
of the town company, and J. S. Waters, the secretary.

The first building erected on the site was a log store house, belonging to
zs F. Simons, which he built in April of 1866, and began the sale of merchan-

ise,

In March, 1867, V. and J. S. Anderson brought and set up a saw mill at
the place. During that summer, E. H. Fagan built a room and opened the sec-
ond store, and in the fall, H, M. Miner erected a hotel. The expectation of
this being made the county seat was universally indulged, from which the
growth became rapid and promising.

__ Montana at one time received a large vote for the seat of government, but
failed to obtain the coveted prize, as they say, against the frauds practiced at
Oswego.

_ An effort was made to secure the M., K. & T. Railroad through the town,
in which they also failed, that road having been constructed to the west of the
LABETTE COUNTY.

town about six miles, upon which Labette was founded as a rival, to which a
large part of Montana wastaken. The Memphis & Northwestern road was
surveyed through the town and part of the road had been graded, and bridge
abutments built upon the river, etc., but the company failed to complete the
enterprise, which was finally abandoned, thus defeating again the sanguine
hopes of the aspiring little village. A stage line from Fort Scott to Chetopa
was established in 1869, by Capt. Terry & Son, and one from Osage Mission,
forming a junction with the former at Montana. These were the only means of
public communication.

The hope of securing a railroad had given an impetus to the progress of the
town, so that as early as 1870, it numbered a population of about 800, with more
than a dozen places of business. The signal failure to complete any of the en-
terprises which so stimulated its growth became the secret of its decay, and at
present it contains a population of only about two’ hundred, with a post office,
three stores, blacksmith shop, school and churches, a mill and a few residences.

An attempt was made in 1872, to organize a city government for the town,
but was not perfected. The rough element by which the town was filled while
the grading of the Memphis & Northwestern Road was going on, whose lawless-
ness was sought to be restrained, was the cause for which the organization was
sought tobe effected. But no organization of this sort was made, till in 1877,
when the place became incorporated as a city of the third class, with J. J.
Woods, Mayor, and A. B. Chapman, G. T. Peak, Samuel Ballentine, J. P.
Bradfield and J. M. Mark, Council. This organization is still maintained, with
J. J. Freeman as the present Mayor.

The post office was established at Montana in 1866, BR. F. Simons held the
commission of postmaster, and kept the office in his store room. A mail route
from Lawrence to Oswego ran through the place, and mail was obtained
weekly. At first it was a post horse route, until the stage line was established
when the mail was brought by the stage. It is now obtained: by a stage line,
from, Oswego. :

Samuel Ballentine is the present Postmaster.

The first school was taught in the town in the spring of 1878, by Mary
Biggs, and was kept in a little log house, which Simons had used for a store
room. About thirty pupils attended at this time, while at present the
school population is ninety-eight. A schoolhouse was built in 1870, and is a
two-story frame structure, 40x24 feet, and cost $3,000

Montana has two church organizations. These are the Presbyterian and
Methodist Episcopal. The former was organized in 1877, by Rev. S. W.

~ Griffin, who is the present pastor. Soon after the body became established, a
church building was erected, and is a small frame house. A Methodist con-
gregation was organized recently, of which Rev. Mr. Shambaugh is pastor, but
no church house has yet been provided.

Only one secret organization has been effected at this place. The Ever-
green Lodge, No. 86, of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, was insti-
tuted in November, 1869, with eleven charter members. A. W. Swift was
chosen worshipful master; J. S. Waters, senior warden; J. S. Anderson,
junior warden; D. M. Watson, secretary. The present officers are J. S.
Anderson, worshipful master; Uria Davis, senior warden; Thomas Wilson,
junior warden; J. M. Mahr, secretary.

Montana has but one manufactory, a grist and flouring mill. This enter-
prise was begun in the fall of 1870 by W. E. Livesay and J. O. Charles, and is
now owned and operated by Samuel Ballentine. The mill contains three run
of buhrs, and has a capacity for grinding 250 bushels of wheat per day, and from
which is turned out an excellent quality of flour. The mill building is a two-
story frame, and the machinery is run by steam power.

Like many other of the smaller places in the county, Montana is over-
shadowed by the larger cities, and merely exists without making much progress,
and the prospects for the future are by no means flattering or promising.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCILES—MONTANA TOWNSHIP.

SAMUEL BALLENTINE, proprietor of the Montana mill, merchant and Postmaster,
came to thiscounty May 20th, 1866, and took a claim which he improved. Afterwards im-
proved a farm in Section 36, North Township, which he still owns, and went to Montana in
1871 and engaged in the merchandise anil milling business. January 22, 1877, he was ap-
pointed Postmaster. He was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, August 17, 1837, and came to
America in 1855, located at New York, and remained some seven yearsasclerk. He then
went to Philadelphia and opened astore. In 1865, went to Omana, Neb., and remained one
winter, then came to Labette County the following spring. The year of 1866 was spentin
Iola, Kas. He was married June 6, 1871,, to Mrs, Jane Holt, a native of Morrow County,
Ohio. They havetwo children, Margaret and Bessie. He is a Mason, and both he and wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. : . enti

JOHN H. CRANE, farmer, P.O.Labette City, came to Kansas in October, 1869,settling in
Montana Township, five miles northwest of Oswego, where he purchased 160 acres of good
land. Soon after his arrival he paid $8 per hundred for flour, and for other things in pro-
portion. Mr. Crane was born in Washington County, Ill., 1841, was educated in the «istrict
school of that State, and brought up afarmer. He was married to Mrs. Nancy J. Simons,
August 31,1861. She was born in 1845, in the same county and State. Mr. Crane’s parents
are living in Cherokee County, Kas., having moved from Illinois to Kansas in 1868. Mrs.
Crane’s mother died in Kansas, and her father died in Illimois._ Mr. Crane has eight chil-
dren living, Isaac L., William Henry, Mary Ellen, Margaret F., Albert James, Clarence

Eddy, Sarah Alice and IdaJane. Mr. Crane is a prosperous farmer, having good stock
buildings, fruit, etc. Meer “ .

WILLIAM KENT, farmer, P. 0. Oswego, was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1838.

He emigrated to Kendall County, Il., November 6,1856, and worked on a farm three years for
his uncle, In 1859 he then crossed the plains to Virginia City, Nev., where he was occupied
forsome timein mining silver,and afterwards gold. He then went to Oregon, and from thence
to Washington Territory, Salmon River, and Elk City, returning to Portland. His next
stopping places were Victoria and San Francisco, and back to Portland, Ore., where he was
marietta Mary E. Brown, ot that city, August, 1863. Soon afterwards returned to San Fran-
cisco, and from there to Alpine County, Cal,, where he was seven years, and in Carson Val-

-ley three years, making inallthirteen years spent west of the Mountains. On November
25, 1873, he moved onto his prairie farm, four miles from Oswego. He has two hundred acres
of land on which he has some ofthe tinest fruit and_shade trees, and tame grasses to be
found inthe county. Mr. Kent has seven children—Nevada Alpine, the first white. child
born in Alpine County, Cal., 1864; Abigail, in the same county, 1866; Argus Cassius, 1868;
Mary J., 1870; Eva J., 1873; Willie W., 1877; James W., 1880. Mrs. Kent’s mother is living
with her daughter in Kansas, her husband having been killed in the Sierra Nevada Moun-
tains in California, by au ae assassin, in 1870. Mr. K. and family are members of the

i urch,
me ° MAHR, physician and surgeon, came to Labette County, located in Montana
in November, in the year 1867, is ason of Danie) and_ Mary Montague Mabr, the father, of

St. John, N. B., andthe mother, of Quebec, Can. J. M., when fourteen years of age, at

Rochester, Mo., began toread medicine. Aftera year’s study in Missouri, he went to Texas,

settling in Bell County, where he continued the study of medicine until the fall of 1860,

when he returned to Lexington, Mo., to complete his study under Dr. Hull, now a resident

of Labette City. Inthe year 1862, he enlisted inthe army, and was appointed Hospital

Steward of the General Hospital, At the end of seven months he was honorably discharged

 

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and again within one month, he re-enlisted as a private in Company A, Seventh Regi-
ment, Ilinois Volunteer Cavalry, in the field at La Grange, Tenn. At the end of nine months
he was elected Orderly Sergeant, and in ashorttime was appointed Hospital Steward and
Assistant Surgeon of the regimeut. Was mustered out with the regiment late inthe fall
of 1865, and located at Sidney, Ill, and engaged inthe practice of medicine and sale of drugs,
one year. after which be attended medical college at Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from
the E. M. Institute, of that city, onthe 28th day of May, 1867, after which he removed to
Kansas. Was married March 29, 1866, to Miss Matilda J, Harmon, daughter of Charles and
Almirah Harmon, of Gilboa, Putnam’ Co., Ohio. Miss H. was born August 20, 1847, and
moved with her parents to Missouri, and from there to Paris, Edgar Co., Ill., where she was
educated. From Paris she removed with her parents to Sidney, LIL, where she was mar-
ried. They have three children—J. Charles, George Chester, and Coral Mary, having lost
one, Leonard 8. The Doctor was born in Galena, I! ., August 29,1844. Both are members
of the Presbyterian Church, He isa Free Mason, having filled the position as W. M. of his
lodge for eight years, _The Doctor was elected a member of the Legislature in the fall of
1870 as a Republican; since that time he has affiliated with the Democratic party, and for
the last two years has served as Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. The Doc-
tor tas filled several offices of honor, and is one of the representative men of Labette
JOHN D. NEIL, farmer, P.O, Oswego, was born in Sullivan County, N. Y., 1838. He
came with his parents to Mason County, Ill, in 1849, where he was brought up ona farm.
On June 20 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-seventh IlJinois, He was taken pris-
oner at, the battle of Belinont, but with one companion, Elisha Owens, he escaped March 10,
1862. They were ten days fording rivers and streams and running narrow escapes, until
they reached Columbus, Ky. They were at onetime concealed under the roof of acabin
filled with cotton, when twenty-five cavalry men were scouring the country to find them.
He was afterwards with the Aimy at Shiloh, Nashville, etc., and was mustered out in the fall
of 1864. Mr. Neil was married November 26, 1865, to Sa:ah Nash, of Illinois, by whom he
has six chidren—Carrie, Clarence, Susie, Annie and Tommie. Mrs. Neil died February 14,
1880. On January 16, 1883, he was married to Mrs, Belle Lesourd, of Hamilton, Butler Co.,
Ohio, Mr. Neilemigrated to Labette County, Kan., in the fall of 1869. He purchased 320
acres of land, four and one half miles northwest of Oswego, upon which he has erected .a
good home, and has good fruit and shade trees, ete.

HON. J.S. WATERS, attorney an farmer, residence Section 21, Township 32, Range
21, Labette County. Mr. Waters was born in Warrick County, Ind., March 25, 1837.
was the eighth child and seventh son of William Waters, who was a native of Monrve
County, N. Y., and who was a soldier under Gen. Scott (then Col. Scott) at the battles of
Lundy’s Lane, Chippewa and Bridgewater, in 1812 and 1813. His mother’s maiden name
was Rachel Cox, who was born in Canada. The subject of this sketch moved with his
parents aud elder brothers from his native State to Henry County, Iowa, in the year 1847,
where he lived with his parents on a farm until 1849, when his mother died. This to some
extent broke up the family, and two brothers went to California, and in the spring of 1850
two others went, thus scattering the family aud leaving the youngest to maintain them -
selves. Young J.S. spent the few first years from that time in laboring by the month,
driving oxen until the summer of 1853, when he went to Galesburg, Ill,, and there engaged.
as apprentice to one D. M. Chapin, a saddler, where he served faithfully for nearly three
years, receiving from Mr. Chapin very vaiuable lessons which created within him a desire
for books, which he read and improved his many leisure momeuts to the improvement of
his mind. After his term of service with Mr. Chapin was ended, he went _to Burlington,
Iowa, and worked for H. B. Ware (father of Senator Eugene Ware, of Fort Scott) for afew
months, boarding in the family of Mr. Ware on South Hill, and to Mrs. H Ware he
feels indebted for her many acts of kindness and moral lessons taught. In 1857 he returned
to his native county in the State of Indiana, and in the autuinn of 1858 was a candidate for
Representative in the State Legislature on the Republican ticket, which at that time was
very unpopular in Southern Indiana. In 1860 he removed to the adjoining County(Spencer)
carrying on his mechanical trade. There, in July,1860, he married Miss S.M.Glenn. To their
unlon were born three children, all of whom died, together with their mother, within two
years, Soon Mr. Waters went to Nebraska City, where he engaged as local editor on a paper
published by his brother, during which time he pursued the study of the law, which he
had been casually doing for five years past. In 1865 he resolved to remove to a more cou-
genial latitude, and learning of the Osage Treaty, he at once came to the Neosho Valley,
where he located within two miles of his present home, in December, 1865, living alone,
doing his own cooking and washing. At that time there was less than 100 white persons in
the county. He was commissioned by Gov. Crawford Notary Public for Neosho County, in
1866, and upon the organization of Labette County he was commissioned for Labette
County, being the first commission issued to any person in either county. Was admitted to
the bar November, 1867, and in 1869 was elected County Attorney vice B. W. Perkins,
resigned. In 1870 was re-elected for full-term of two years. Had a large practice in his
home courts, and perhaps did more land office practice at Humboldt than any other attor-
ney not a resident of Humboldt. In 1876 was elected County Attorney again, and also re-
elected in 1878. In 1880 was elected to the Legislature, and also re-elected in 1882, serving
with some distinctio:: on the Judiciary and Railroad Committees, as well as on some Con-
ference Committees. Ln 1879 became editor of the Oswego Independent,and continued in that
capacity until] May,1883, resigning his editorial chair to go to Harley, Idaho, where he
takes charge of a U.S. land office, having been commissioned by Presidént Arthur, Receiver
for four years, beginning March 5, 1883. InM y, 1882, Gov. St. Jolin appointed Mr. Waters
Director of the State Penitentiary, where he served with marked ability, and was, as such
Director, complimented by Gov. Glick in his message in January, 1883. In March, 1879, he
was inarried to Mrs Aimy Myers, of Spencer County, Ind , an old acquaintance, by whom he
has one child—a daughter, Maud, aged three years. Mrs. Waters’ maiden name was Pitt.
She was born in Spencer County, Ind., August, 1837. She is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Waters is a member of Evergreen Lodge, A., F. & A. M.,at Montana,
Kansas, and R, A, C. No, 15, Oswego, and Commandery No. 7, Oswego, Kansas. His landed
estate where he lives is 565 acres, well improve’. He lives a life of pleasure as well as use-
fulness, possessing the unbounded confidence of all his neighbors and acquaintances; is well
and favorably known throughout the State as a political leader, having attended most of
the State Conventions and other important political meetings in the State for the past ten
years, . : .

COL. J.J. WOODS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, Township 32, Range 21, P.O.
Montana, came to Labette County, Kansas, June 11, 1869, and purchased bis present farm
which now consists of 760 acres of very fine improved land, He was born in Brown County,
Ohio, January 11, 1823, is ason of Samuel and Allia Richey Woods, the father a native of |
Washington County, Pa., and the mother of Ireland, and when quitesmall came to America,
They were married in Clermont County, Ohio, and settled on a farin, having a family of
twelve children. J.J., eleven years of age, with a brother, went to Rush County, Ind., and
remained two vears, and then returned to Brown County, Ohio, and learned the saddler’s
and harness trade. Whentwenty years of age, be entered the Augusta College of Kentucky
and after five months, received an appointment to West Point. e graduated there in the
class of 1847, and was appointed Second Lieutenant in First Regiment Artillery, U.S. A.,
and did service in the Mexican war, August, 1848, He returned to the States and was pro-
moted to First Lieutenant November 10, 1848, and assigned to the Pacific coast, remaining
there untii 1853, then returned to New York and resigned his commission. In the fall ot
1853 he went to Jackson County, Iowa, and engaged in farming, September 18, 1856, he
married Miss K. C. Hight, a native of Defiance County, Ohio, born April 5.1840. They
have five children—Oscar E., born October 2, 1857; Lillia A.. born December 23, 1859. Clara
E., born October 8, 1868; Nellie E., born February 10,1877; and Jennie L., born June 28,
1880. Losttwo children. October, 1861, he received a Colonel's commission of the Twelfth
Regiment Iowa Volunteer Company, and did active service for three years. He was many
times in command of a brigatie, participating in the engagements of Fort Henry, Donelson,
Vicksburg and Shiloh, where he receivedtwo wounds. During 1864, he participated in the
long and tedious marches through Missouri after General Sterling Price. After the cona-
mand he returned to St. Louis, and was mustered out November 26, 1664 and returned to.
Iowa. In 1865, Mr. Woods became eaitor of the Maquoketa, lowa, Eacelsior, and continued
to edit it with a short intermission, untilhe removed to Kansas. In 1871 he was appointed
by the Secretary of the Interior, one of a commission of three to apprais2 the Cherokee
lands west of the 96° inthe Indian Territory, and in the same year was also one of the com-
mittee of seven, sent to West Point by General U.S. Grant, In 1872, was elected State Rep-
resentative from Labette County, Kansas, and again in 1875, being Chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, and before the close of the .egislative session of 1872, was appoint-
eda Regent of the Kansas State University. He has filled many public offices in Kansas,
having been Notary Public some twelve years and is one of Labette’s most representative

men.
LABETTE.

The village of Labette was laid off in May, 1870, by a town company com-
posed of several of the citizens living in the vicinity, and railroad officers. W-
J. Conner was made president of the company, and J. S. Waters secretary.

The town is situated in the eastern part of the county, on the line of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, about midway between the cities of Oswego
and Parsons.

Prior to the establishment of this town, an attempt had been made by some
of the citizens in the vicinity, to start a town called Neola, about one and a hali
miles south of Labette. This attempt was made before the railroad was built
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and its being off from the road, was reason sufficient for its abandonment and
the establishment in conjunction with the railroad officials, of Labette. The
land selected for the site of the town, was owned as claims by R. Watson, Sam-
uel Green, W. Cooper, and Mrs, Miller, and comprised an entire section.

The first house erected on the site, besides the claim houses, was that built
by John Conner for a store room, in which he put a general stock of goods.
The aid of the railroad company toward the building of the town greatly accel-
erated its progress, and the hope of this being made the county seat, caused it
to spring up asif by magic. Building was rapid, so that in about two months’
time, following its establishment, about seventy houses were completed. Here,
it was said, was to be the junction of the Neosho Division and the main line of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. The railroad company owning half of
the stock of the town company, was the secret of their favoring the town. So
rapid, indeed, was the progress of building, etc., that in about six months’ time
the place had attained a population of about 600, with about fifteen business
houses of various kinds, and a large number of residence buildings. But, alas!
for its hopes and prospects, it was abandoned by the railroad company, and the
rapidity of its decay was equalled only by the rapidity of its growth, so that now
it contains but three small stores, u postoffice, two churches and a few resi-
dences.

The office was first located at Neola, in 1869, with W. J. Conner as Post-
master. It was changed to Labette, in 1870, when J. Conner was Postmaster,
and. the office is now held by J. W. H. Galden.

Old Labette was located on the Neosho river, half way between Oswego
and Chetopa. Gilbert Martain started a store and saw-mill here. John and
Benjamin Rice lived near, on a farm and were interested in the town. James
Rice, John Green and Judge Stanfield started a Methodist Church here in 1867.
A church building was commenced, but was never finished. The Rices moved
to California, and Judge Stanfield died in Osage Township. Mr. Barns had a

_ shingle mill and a butcher shop. There is now nothing left of old Labette.

The first school was taught, in Labette, in the winter of 1871, by J. L. Wil-
liams and wife, and was kept in the City Hall, a two-story house erected by a
man named Bates and sold to the town company.

A new school building was erected in 1879, and was a one-story frame. A
wing addition was erected to this in 1880. The school now numbers about 110
pupils, and is taught by H. Jenkins and Miss Lizzie Sullivan.

The town at one time boasted of a flouring mill, that was built in 1875, by
Williams & Bowen, but which has since been abandoned, the machinery having
been taken away, and only the building remains.

Captain Anderson started a brewery in 1871, which he ran about two years,
when the enterprise failed. %

Soon after the founding of the town, under all the favorable, impressions
given out by the railroad company, people began to rush into the place with the

expectation of reaping rich harvests, from its growth. Montana, then a flour-
ishing little city about six miles east, was nearly all pulled up, the houses being
moved bodily to Labette. The first house to be thus moved was a saloon build-
ing belonging to J. A. Weider, in which he continued dealing out liquors. in the
new place.

The failure of the railroad company to carry out their promises, scattered
every hope, as well as the houses, which were again moved, some back to Mon-
‘tana, and others became scattered about the country in all directions, The
downfall of the place was inevitable, since there was nothing to uphold or stimu-
late it. It now contains a population of about 200, but is without either hope
or prospect.

There are two church organizations here, the Methodist and Baptist. The
Methodist Church building was erected in 1876, and Rev. Mr. Shambaugh is the
present pastor. The Baptist building was erected in 1874, and Rev. G. Rich-
ardson, is pastor. Both these congregations are in a flourishing condition, and
liberally supported.

There is no newspaper published here, at this time. Soon after the town
started, the Town Company began the publication of a paper, called the La-
bette Sezdinel, edited by J. S. Waters, which they ran about a year, and sold out
to C. L. Albion, who, after about the same length of time, moved the material
away and gave up the publication of the paper at Labette.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—LIBERTY TOWNSH

SAMUEL T. CHERRY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 5, Township 32, ange 20, P.
O. Parsons, came to Labette County, Kan., February, 1868, He entered 160 acres of land;
now owns a fine farm of 32) acres, well improved. He came here from Macoupin County,
Ill, that being his native county, where he was born in 1840, being a son of Petterson
Cherry, a native of Tennessee, and settled in Illinots in 1832. Samuel T. was raised on 2
farm, and received his education at Jacksonville, Ill. He taught school five years, then
turned his attention to farming. He was married at Springfield, Ill., September 19, 1861
to Miss Matilda R. Bond, a native of Warren County, Ill., born March 19, 1840, educated at
Jacksonville, 11.,a daughter of Benjamin and Anna Bond, both of Tennessee, and settled
in Illinois in 1830. Mi. and Mrs. C. have a fine family, viz: Albert J., Lona, Wilber and
Walter; have Jost three—Lyman and two infants. Mr, and Mrs. C.are members of the
Church of Christ. Mr, Cherry’s parents settled here at an early day. His mother js still
living, at the age of seventy-two.

WILLIAM JASPER CONNER, M.D., physician and surgeon, and breeder of Jersey
cattle. He was bornin Miami County, Ind., March 31, 1886. He isa sonof William and
Amelia Conner. The father was born in Bartholomew County, Ind,
ber 2, 1808, died in California July 27,1881. The mother was born in Harding County,
Ky., May 7, 1811, now a resident of California. They married in Kentucky, and emigratec
to Miaml County, Ind., when there was no road, and the county was full of Indians. The
mother rode an old horse, carrying all their worldly goods, while the father walked, earry-
ing his gun. asa means of procuring food, They finally located in what is now known as

exico, Miami County. Atthat time it was some seventy-five miles through timber to
Indianapolis. The father would trade with the Indians, carrying his goods in a pack on his
hack from Indianapolis. After years of toil he established a farm. AWilliam J. began his
education in a log schoolhouse, and when at the age of seventeen years, began the study of
medicine, under Prof. A. H. Baker, professor of surgery at Ciucinnati Medical College. He
graduated February 4, 1860, and associated himself with Dr. B.; continued to practice at
Cincinnati until 1863, then, on account of his health, moved to Madison County, Ind., and
remained six months; then went to his native place, Perrysburg, and continued until he
came to Kansas with his parents and family. He first located at Reel, and finally at La-
bette City, Kan., November 25, 1867, where he has since resided. He was married, Jul 2,
1861, to Miss Eva A. Baker, a native of Alexander, Preble Co., Ohio, born March 1, 1837"
and educated at Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a daughter of Dr. A. H.and Ester M. Baker. The
father was born in Pennsylvania, November 3, 1806, and died July 16, 1864. He was edu-
eated and a graduate of Philadelphia Medical College. The mother was born in Pennsyl-
vania, January 80, 1810; died at Labette City, May 7; 1883. W. J. has a family of two chil-
dren—Essie W. and Neola A.
WILFORD COOPER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 25, Township 32, Range 20, P. O.

He was born Decem-

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Labette, came here, February, 1869, and_ took a claim of 160 acres, and now has it finely
improved. He isa native of Hendricks County, Ind., born in 1842; is a son of Robert and
Sarah (Jessep) Cooper. The father is a native of Franklin County, Va.; went to Hendricks
County, Ind., in 1829, being a prominent man; served as Sheriff of that county eight years,
and there married Sarah Jessep, the mother of subject of this sketch, she being a native of
Surry County, N.C, but raised in Indiana, There was a family of twelve children, of
which Frank, Jane, James, Emily, Harrison, Mahala, Wilford and Levi are still living.
The family moved to Henry_County, Iowa, in 1848, and in 185%, to Andrew County, Mo.,
and to Labette County in 1869, During the late war Wilford served three years tn the
Fourth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. e married September 29, 1873, Miss M. Piper, a
native of Mason County, Ky., born in 1852. They have one chitd—Franklin, having lost

two, Maggie and Mary. 7
ey ONATH AN COVALT, farmer and stock raiser, Section 7, Township 32, Range 20, P.O
Parsons. His farm contains 200 acres of finely improved land. He settled in the county in

1873 and improved a farm in Labette County, and settled where he now resides in 1879.
tee vas born Ya Hamilton County, Olio, May 16,1831. Is ason of William H. and Eliza-
beth Lyman Covalt, both of the same county. Mr. J, Covalt’s parents and grandparents
were born in Hamilton County, Ohio. His great-grandparents were among the first settlers
in that county, his great-great-grandfather being killed by the Indians in 1790. Jonathan
received a fine education at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and began life as a teacher.
He resided at Paxton, Ford Co., I!., a number of years. Was County Surveyor four years,
During the years of 1879 and 1880 was Superintendent of the pub ic schools of Labett«
County, Kan. He was married in Illinois, October 16. 1859. to Miss Margaret E. Stites,a
native of Danville, Iil., where she was born January 19, 1842, being adanghter of Benjamin
F, and Susanc E,. Stites, natives of Hamilton County, Ohio, but residents of Illinois many
years. Mr. and Mrs. C, have a family of seven children: Wm. B., Laura B., Susan E., Alice
C., Mary E., Clara J., Margaret E., having lost Marie E. and Catharine E, Both are mem-
bers of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Parsons. :

SAMUEL DICKERSON, farmer and stockman, in Section 9, Township 32, Range 19, P.
O. Parsons. His farm consists of 320 acres of very fine land, well :mproved, with good
buildings, and one excellent feature is that it is well watered by two never-failing springs,
He purchased this farm, March 5, 1880, coming from Marshal) County, Ill., where he resid-
ed some eleven years, improving a fine farm there. He was born some four miles south-
weat of Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1831, being a son of Joshua and Belijah (Satferly) both
of Ohio. Mr, D. was educated in his native place and married when twenty-three years of
age, to Miss Ester J, Dunlap, born and raised in Harrison County, Ohio. Born 1831, 2
dau hier of Joseph and Sarah. Mr. D. hasafamily of six children: Mary G., Wm. D..J.
A., J. V.. Gilmore, Herban. "

"SILAS FENTRESS, farmer and stockgrower, in Section 11, Township 32, Range 20, P.
O. Labette, came to Labette County, Kan., November, 1872, and purchased 240 acres of land
and improved the same, now owning a farm of 370 acres, finely improved, with good build-
ings, fence and orchard. He was born in Hopkins County, Ky., January 26, 1829, being a
son of Samuel and Susan (Medcalf). The father was born in Virginia and married the
mother in Kentucky, which was her native State. She was born in Boone’s Fort. Silas,
with his parents, moved to Greene County, Iil., in 1838. When thirteen years of age, began
working at the blacksmith trade, and continued in the business many years. He married
in Greenfield, Lil., January 16, 1856, to Miss Harriett Gilmore, who was born and raised in
Macoupin County, Il. Her parents were of Kentucky. Mrs. Fentress died May 29, 1880,
leaving a Family of nine children: Thomas E., Ida, Samuel, Delia, Charles, Mary, Susan,
John, & hraim. Both Mr, and Mrs. F. are inembers of the M. E, Church.

J. W. H. GOLDEN, Postmaster Labette City, and farmer, came to Labette County, Kan.,
March, 1869, ani engaged in selling goods at Montana, where he ,remained until June 25,
1870; then moved his building and stock to Labette City, and also purchased a farm which
he has engaged in connection with selling goods. He was born in Waynesburg, Greene Co.,
Pa., in 1827.. Heis a son of Jaines and Margaret Syplers Golden, oth of Pennsylvania, J.
W. H. was educated at his native place, and when twelve years of age began to learn gun-
smithing and has worked at the trade many years since. 1n 1849, he went to Fort Madison,
Iowa, and remained one year, then returned to Pennsylvania. In 1852, went to Austin,
Tex., and May, 1853, returned to Pennsylvania. That fall his parents both died, and Novem-
ber, 1854, he landed at Leavenworth, Kan., and took aclaim. He being a Free-state man he
experienced much trouble, and through the advice of friends, opened a gunsmith shop in
Leavenworth. August, 1856, there was encamped a large body of what was called Kansas
Militia, from the South, and armed with United States arms, furnished by one William H.
Russell, Government Freighter and Agent for the Pro-slavery party. About the same timea
vigilance committee was organized. One day Mr. Golden was informed that it was
not safe for him to stay 1n Leavenworth, so he went to Fort Leavenworth for protection,
and stayed some days; but Maj. Sibley informed him by actions that he was not wanted; so
he concluded to goto H. L. Pennock’s, about six miles from the Fort, but found that Mr. P.
and many others had fled to Lawrence for safety, The next morning he saw two wen com-
ing from f¥e bushes and recognized them as Free-state men, Robert Roberts and Mr.
Bishop. They had eaten their breakfast and started for Lawrence. As they came in sight
of Big Stranger Creek they saw a border ruffian’s camp. They retreated, but finally crossed
the creek near what is now known as Summit Station. Finally they came to old Tongan-
oxe’s house, an Indian, and received something to eat and resumed their march for Law-
rence, but soon Giscovered a band of ruffians and werecaptured. They were taken along back
to Tonganoxe’s house. There everything was taken fromthem. About this time five more
ruftians came with orders to bring them to the regiment, so they started on the road; were
shot down like dogs and left for dead. Mr. Golden was shot in the right side of the face,
The bullet entered the cheek bone, and passed, downward to the angle of the jaw, breaking
it to pieces. The ruffians then mounted their horses and rode off. The shooting took place
about 2 A. M. September, 1856. Mr. Golden heard arustling noise in the grass and sup-
posed some of them were returning. After some time he went to Tonganoxie’s house.

hey dare not do anything for him, so he went into the brush, wrapped in a blanket, as he
supposed, to choke todeath. After two nights’ and two days’ marching without food he
arrived at Lawrence, and was taken to the hospital in the city of Mecca, the refuge of Free-
state men. While there he was visited by many leading State men, such as Jim Lane and
Brown. After some seven weeks he returned to his native place and remained abont six
months, and came back to Leavenworth in 1857, and _in the spring of 1858 was elected
Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kan., and served unti! 1860; then entered the employ of the
Government as gunsmith at Fort Leavenworth. March, 1864, went on the plains as freighter,
and the next four _vears were spent at Fort Kearney and on the plains,

G. W. HUL D., physician and surgeon, came to this county October 17, 1868, and lo-
cated at Montana, where he remained about two years, then moved to Labette City, whcre
he has since resided. He was born near Mount Vernon, Knox _Co., Ohio, February 4,
1818, and was raised ona farm, He is ason of John and Elizabeth Henderson Hull, both of
Ohio, but his grandparents of Virginia. He was educated in Ohio, and when about twenty -
tive years of age began the study of medicine under Dr. Eggleston, of Utica, Licking Co.,
Olio, and afterwards Dr. Lewis, He practiced some years at Gilboy, Ohio, afterwards New-
vile, Ind,, Auburn, Ind., and was near Lexington, Mo., twelve years, being there when the
war commenced, and by the same lost much property, being obliged to go from that country
simply because he was a Northern man. He afterwards practiced at Morgan, Ind., Paris,
aud Grand View, Ill, The Doctor graduated February 12, 1860, with all the honor of the
Evlectic College, at Clncinnati, Ohio, then thirty-two years of age. Married 1851, Miss M.
E. Jennings. They lived a wedded life six years, when Mrs H. died, leaving two children.
He married a second time March 28, 1859, Miss Hannah B. Murphy, a native of North Caro-

They have two children—O, Scudder, Anise A. He commenced life a poor man. The
Doctor is a Master Mason.

I. 8. JONES, attorney at law, and farmer, Section 18, Township 82, Range 20, P. O. Par-
sons, came to Labette County and located where he now resides, in the spring of 1869. H's
farm consists of 160 acres of finely iinproved land, having fifteen acres in orchard. He was
born jn Green Township, Sussex Co., N. J., May 7, 1842, but raised in Newton, N. J.; received
a fine education. When twenty-three years of age began reading law at Newark, N. J.
Afterwards was admitted to the bar, also, in Kansas, in 1872. He is ason of George 'N. and
Sarah Durham Jones, both of N.J. ‘The father now resides with I. §.. at the age of eighty

ears, The mother died at the age of fifty-two. There was a family of seven_children.

uring the late war Mr. J. served in Company B, Second Regiment New Jersey Volunteer
Infantry. He was at the first and second Bull Run, Yorktown, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Gettysburgh, Wilderness. He was mustered out in 1864, Afterwards spent many months
in the Quartermaster’s Department, at Nashville, Tenn. In 1868, he went to Fulton County,
Iil,, and taught school. Afterwards came tuo Kansas. He isa single man, and a member of
the Masonic tratern ity.

REV. WILLIAM McINTOSH, clergyman of the Christian Church and farmer in Section
2, Township 32, Range 20, P.O. Parsons. His farm consists of 610 acres of fine improved
land, He came to Kansas March 24, 1870, and settled where he now resides. He was born
in Darke County, Ohio, October 15, 1820. Is ason of John and Sarah (Polly) McIntosh, the
father of Pennsylvania, and the mother of Kentucky, both, with their parents, settled in
Ohio, where they grew to man and womanhood, and married, William lived in Ohio some
sixteen years, then, with his parents, moved to Wayne County, Ind., where he grew to
manhood, and, when twenty-five years of age, began studying for the ministry. ay 25,
1845, he married Miss Jane Harlan, a native of Darke County, Ohio, born March 6, 1831.
Her parents were of Kentucky, and settled in Darke County at an early day. She was a
daughter of N. B. and Sallie (Anderson) Harlan. William and family moved to Lee County,
Towa, and resided some sixteen years. He was engaged in farming and merchandising.
He commenced life a poor man, and by his industry and good management: now stands as
one of the foremost men of Labette County. Mrs. McIntosh died in 1881, leaving a family
of eight children—J. M., N. H., V. K., M.J.,J. 1, G.J., A. BE. EB, E, having lost two—2Z, B
and ¥. Mr. McIntosh married a second time, January 23, 1883, Mrs. B. Allen.

JAMES F, MOLES WORTH, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, Township 32, Range 20
LABETTE COUNTY.

P. O. Parsons, came to this county, October 11, 1866, aud entered 160 acres, now owning 237
acres of finely improved land, with good buildings. ‘He is a native of Harrison County, dnio,
born April 30, 1835, a son of James and Elizabeth Connell Molesworth, the father a native
of Maryland). aud the mother of Ohio, where they married and remained the bal-
ance of their life. James received his education in his native county, and in 1857 went to
Lucas County, lowa; returned to Ohio in 1859,and in 1861 came back to Lucas County, Iowa.
There he taught school 1n connection with farming until he came to Labette County, Kan.
He was married in Iowa, March 20, 1862, to Miss Almeda Reed, born in Union Bounty,
Onio, August 3, 1841 and when twelve years ofaze, with her parents, moved to Lucas
County, Iowa, where she was educated and taught school some years. After moving to
Kansas she taught one of the first schools in the vicinity where she resides. She is a
daughter of Janes and Asenath (McWilliams) Reed; the father a native of Union County,
Obio, where he was raised and married the mother, who was a native of Belmont County,
Ohio. My, and Mrs. M. have a family of two children—Ethel A., born September 1, 1863;
Masenos R., born January 2, 1870. Both are members of the First Methodist Episcopal
cone RGM PARLETT f
5 . , farmer and stock grower in Section 9, Township 32, Range 20,
P, O. Parsons, came to the county, May 13, 1867, and entered his present farm, caneistlng.
of 160 acres of land well improved. He came from Mahaska County, Iowa, where he lived
since he was ten years of age, being a native of Green County, Ohio, born in 1846; a son of
George S. and Catharine (Farrell) Parlett, of Frederick County, Va, Isaac M. commenced
busiuess as a farmer and came to Labette County asingle man. October 16, 1870, he married
Miss Jennie Curtis, a native of Dayton, Ohio, born in 1852, a daughter of John and Mary
(Bowling) Curtis. She was raised in Towa and Kansas, having come here when fourteen
years of age. Their family consist of three children—Minnie, George and Neosho. Mr. P.
was a member of the Early Settlers’ Association, is
THOMAS SCOTT, farmer ani stock grower in Section 25, Township 32, Range 20, P. O.
Labe'te, is a native of Hampton County, Va., born in 1827, but raised in Crawford County,
Pa.; a son of David and Martha (Edwards) Scott, the father of Maryland, aud the mother of
Virginia. Thomas, when sixteen years of age, with his parents, moved to Peoria, Ill.,
where he was brought up, and began business for himself as a painter, having worked at
the business some twelve years. When twenty years of age he married in Hancock County,
I}, Miss Sarah P. Dusenbery, born in 1828; a daughter of John H. and Anna, both of New
York State, and settled in Illinois in 1840. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Scott first settled at'St. Croix Falls
and lived one year there; moved to Hancock County, Ill, and lived till they moved to
Oswego, October, 1868, where he worked at the carpenter business one year, He then kept
boarding house some three years; finally he moved on a rented farm and remained till he
purchased his present one, which contains 160 acres, being well improved. In 1850, he
went t California and remained some years, being engaged while there in the mercantile
business. His family consists of nine children—Hallie E., Martha A., Josephine, Eveline,
ae M. James M.. Susie, Vinton, Mamie, haviug lost Arminnie. Both are members of the
Dtis 5 F

ALTAMONT.

The village of Altamont is situated at the exact geographical center of the
county, about twelve miles west of the city of Oswego, on the St. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad. The town was laid off in the summer of 1879, by a town
company, of which I. N, Hamilton was president. Scott Noble erected a dwell-
ing in the fall of 1879, which was the first house built inthe town. During the
winter of 1879-80, Ben Jones also built a dwelling, and Samuel Shoup erected
a house during the next summer, which he used for a hotel. In March, 1880,
Jones, Burns & Wright opened a general store, and about the same time S. J.
and W. R. Hurshberger started the second general store. McCormick started
a shoe shop, L. F. Baker a blacksmith shop during the summer of 1880. In
January, 1881, M.V. B. Watson built a store room, in which he opened a stock
of general merchandise, and in April following H.C. Blanchard started a simi
lar establishment. E. M. Rockwood and James Daniels began the dry goods
business in January, 1881, and, about the same time, G. E. Brassfield started a
general store, which he changed in about a year to a hardware store, then to a
grocery. Inthe summer of 1882, C. & S. Bonebrake began dealing in groceries,
queensware, boots and shoes ; and in September of the same year, C.S. Newlon
and G. Bush began the drug trade. Later in the fall, H. E. Hammer and Dr.
Lake also bégan the sale of drugs, which they closed out in a few months. Mrs.
Jane Huston then started a drug store, but soon closed out her stock to Newlon
& Bush, and is now handling confectionery.

A livery barn was opened by the Walters Brothers, in the fall of 1881, which
they soon afterward sold to J. A. Jones.

The Avenue Hotel was built in the summer of 1881, by Samuel Shoup,
which was first run as the Shoup House, and then as the Avenue Hotel, but is
now used by John Huston for a residence. The Altamont House was built in
the winter of 1$81-’82, and opened for the reception of guests in the spring of
1882, by J. J. Giles.

| The Presbyterian Church was erected in the fall of 1880, and the Meth-
odist Church in the fall of 1882. Both are small frame buildings. There are also
Baptist and Christian societies, which have no church houses. In the summer
of 1882, C. B. Jones opened a shoe shop. and in August of that year J.C. Mur-
phy and M. Jones began business dealing in hardware.

The school district within which the town was included, had_been organ-
ized for sometime. The school building was erected in 1872. In the fall of
1880, a new house was built, and the old one sold and reconstructed into a
residence. The school district at present has a population of about Ioo.

The only manufacturing establishment in Altamont is the Altamont steam
flouring mill, which was built and put in running order, December 14, 1881.
These mills were built and are now owned by M.A. Renner and D. Reed. The
building is a two-story frame, and contains three run of buhrs propelled by a
thirty-five horse engine. ; .

‘A postofiice called Elston was established at a town by that name, in 1870.
The town was started in the fall and winter of 1869, and stood about two miles
and a half east of the present site of Altamont. Internal dissension among its
population strangled the town in its infancy, and it was moved piece-meal to
other surrounding towns. .

After the demise of Elston, and the laying off of Altamont, the location of
the office was changed to the last named place, and called Altamont postoffice,
and was kept by Mrs. Jane Huston, who has since held the position of Post-
mistress.

At the first election for the locating of the county-seat, Altamont, as the
center of the county, received a number of votes, although no townhad yet been
started. The hope of its sometime being made the seat of government for La-
bette County, was more than any other the cause for its being started, a hope
which remains with many of its inhabitants to this day.

When the railroad was constructed, Altamont became a station, and is a
point from which considerable shipments of grain, etc., are made. A good agri-
cultural country surrounds the town, which supports a fair and stable trade.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.

REV. HENRY C. BLANCHARD came to Kansas in the year 1873, and settled on a farm
near the present site of Altamont, Labette County. He was born in Lawrence County, IIl.,
in 1833, and moved with his parents to Peoria County, Ill, in 1836, where he finished his edu-
cation at the tien School of Henry, Marshall County, In 1855 he was married to Mary Al-
bertson, of Stark County, IIL, born in Ohio in 1837. ‘They have five children—Henry Walter,
born in Octoler, 1855, and married to Miss Keziah Horn, of Ohio; James B., October, 1860,
married to Miss Carrie Prather, of Kentucky; Philena, January, 1863, married to M. F. Lo-

an, of Illinois; Norah, November 13, 1865, and Hattie, February, 1869. His ancestors were

rom Kentucky. His parents are deceased. Shortly after he was married, he engaged inthe
ministry, and has traveled and preached extensively in the States of Illinois, Wisconsin,
Missouri and Kansas, Thousands have heard the Gospel preached and been converted under
his labors. In the fall of 1878 he was elected to the Lower House of the Kansas Legisla-
lature, where he served for the term of two years. Mr. B. is astroug temperance mau, and
supported the prohibition measures at the polls and in the Legislature. At present he is
engaged in the mercantile and grain business at Altamont.

A. J. GARST, dealerin dry goods and groceries,came to Kansas in March, 1872, and
settled on the Solomon River. in Cloud County, where he owned a farm for five years. He’
then engaged in the general merchandise business for two years, when he removed to Labette
County, on a farm north of Altamont. In May, 1883, he started his present business. He
was born in Roanoke County, Va., and brought up in: McLean County, Ky. He was married
in 1865 to Harriet F. Lynn, of McLean County, Ky., by whom he has two chiJdren—Lena and
Charles P, He enlisted in Company I, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry, in August, 1862. Was
discharged in April, 1863, by reason of physical disability.

J. W. GILES, farmer, P.O. Altamont, came to Kansas, April 24, 1877, and purchased a
fine farin of 240 acres in company with T. W. Reckords. He cultivates his farm and deals in
stock. He was one of the firstto assist in laying out the town of Altamont, and was also in-
strumenta! in having the postoffice retained at Altamont when there was danger of its being
removed. r.G. was born near Laurel, Del. His father, William Giles, is an extensive
peach grower in Sussex County, Del. Mr, Giles was educated at Newark Academy and

aurel, in his native State, and first came West in 1865, and was employed as assistant civil
engineer in Kansas City, Mo. He afterward went to Blue Springs. where he was engaged in
the mercantile business’ for eight years in the firm of Giles, Reckords & Co. Mr. Giles
erected the first mill in Altamont, and is the owner of the only hotel of the town.
. F. HAMMAN, farmer, P. O. Altamont, came to Kansas in April 1869, and settled on
a farm north of Altamont. His parents came and settled on adjoining jand in the fall of the
same year. Was born in Vermil!lion’County, Ind., in 1845. He enlisted, August 8, 1863, in
Company E, One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Infantry, for six months’ service. Was
mustered out, and re-enlisted in Company D, Fifty-ninth Indiana Infantry, in September,
1864, and served until the close of the war. He was married on September 8, 1867, to Mar-
tha Sparks, of Clinton County, Ind. She was born inthe same town. They bave four chil-
dren Henry F., Lewis E., Violaand Annie. Mr, Hamman is one of the oldest settlers in
ownshin.

GEORGE HILDRETH, farmer, P. 0. Altamont; was born 1839, jn Chittenden County,
Vt. He can trace his ancestry back to two brothers living in Massachusetts 1734. English
descent. Was married to Ruhama Guthrie born, 1846, in Jefferson. Ind., where her mother
now lives. Her parents were Scotch descent. They have three children, Calvin, Annie and
Willie. Mr, Hildreth, in 1840, came with his parents to St. Lawrence County, N, Y., and in
1853, came to southern Indiana, where he received an academic education, and raught
school one term. He enlisted in Company K, Eighty-second Indiana, December, 1863. e
was -with Sherman in his march and campaign to Atlanta and the sea, and to the close of the
war. Mr. Hildreth’s property is pleasantly situated, surrounded with shade and fruit trees.
His mother and brother Edward live near.

K. F. HOFFMAN, meat and ice dealer, came to Kansas March, 1876, and settled near
Altamont, Labette County, on afarm. Was born in Germany, and emigrated to St. Louis
with bis parents. Was also educated in the same city. There he followed butchering for
aliving. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, in November, 1864, and was with the regiment until mustered out i 1865. His
mother lives in Ralls County, Mo. Mr. H. wenv to Ohio, and from thence to Texas after
thewar. Was married to Mary E. Hubbell, of Otsego County, N. Y., 1880. She was born
in Otsego County, N, Y., 1852, and educated in the public high school of Harrisburg, Pa.
They have two children, Fred E. and Leona H. Mr. H. commenced business at Altamont,
August, 1880. He keeps a good assortment of meats, and dealsin ice. Mrs. Hoffman's
mother lives in Indiana. er father died November, 1874. 3 3 5

J. A. JONES, proprietor of livery, feed and sale stables; came to Kansas with his
873, ana settled in Mount Pleasant Township, south of Altamont. He
was born in Clarke County, Iowa, 1857. At an early age he moved with his parents to Ili-
nois. He was educated principally in Kansas. His ancestors were from Kentucky. His
father’s name was John Wesley Jones, who died August, 1881. His mother now lives with
herson. He has three brothers, Marion, Thomas and John; three sisters, May, Tina and
Tilla. Mr, Jones’ livery is theonly one inthe town. His business is good.

J. J. MILES, farmer, P. O. Altamont, came to Kansas in the summer of 1869, and set-
tled on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, near the present site of Altamont. Was born
in Montgomery County, Va., 1843. He went with his father to Vigo County, Ind, at an
early age. He received his education in the co.amon schools of the same county, and was
married to Martha McDowell, of Vermillion County, Ind., 1869. He eulisted in Company
F, Sixth Indiana Cavalry, July, 1862, and served during the war. Was a prisoner twice,
but was paroled and exchanged ina shorttime. Wasin allthe marches and battles of his
regiment. Mrs, Mile’s ancestry was Scotch Irish. They have three children, Lovina,
Berta and Join H. Mr. Miles is Scotch descent. His father, Francis Miles, still lives in
Missouri. His mother died in February, 1864. : .

JOHN C. MURPHY, of the firm of Murphy & Co., agricultural implements and’ hard-
ware, came to Julnson County, Kan., in the spring of 1868. Inthe spring of 1869 here-
moved to Labette Township, now Mount Pleasant, Labette Co., and tooka claim of 160
acres two miles from Altamont. He was born in Oxford, Grafton Co., N. H., 1824, and
received his education in Lhe common schools. At the age of twenty-une he_ worked in the
factory at Lowell, Mass. In the fall of 1855, he emigrated to Scott County, Iowa, where he
worked at his trade, carpenter and joiner. Was married in 1847 to Adaline Smith, of St.
Lawrence County, N. Y. She was born in the same county, 1827. They have three children,
Augusta D., educated in the high school in lowa, and married to Allen D. Haskell, now in
Colorado; Harrison D., engineer on Missouri Pacific Railroad; Gilbert J.. a partner with
his father. on. Murpby has held the office of Justice of the Peace since 1877. He came to
Labette County with ouly fifty cents in his pocket, andis now a prosperous business man
worth at least $5, 5 - 2

MICHAEL NOEL, farmer P. O. Altamont,came to this State in September, 1870, and set-
He was born in Adams County,

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tled on a farm of 170 acres, four miles south of Altamont.

. Pa., February 5, 1808. At the age of thirteen came with his parents to Stark County,

Ohio. At the age of twenty-one his parents moved into the woods of Seneca County, Ohio,
and he helped them to clear up their farm and get a start to make aliving. In the spring
of 1831, he went on the lakes asa sailor for three summers; chopped cord wood two win-
ters; went to school one winter, and was in Chicago in September, 1832, where there was
not a frame house finished. This was at the close of the Black Hawk war, and his schooner
took two companies of suldiers to Mackinaw. In the spring of 1834, he vameto Cook County,
Ill, and located three miles north of Lockport, afterwards Will County, where he remained
until March, 1859. when he sold out and moved to Tuscola, Douglas Co., Ill., where he sold
out and came to Kansas. He began on the unbroken praise at the age of sixty-three. He
was married December 28, 1834 to Miss Alzina L. Webb, of Cook County, Ti., by whom
they had nine children, Elizabeth R., O. H. Perry, Clarinda A, Lucretia A. who died’ August
11, 1881, aged forty years and six months; Ira W., killed at the battle of Stone River, aged
nineteen years and nine months; Harriet ‘L., Euphemia, drowned August 27, 1849, aged one
year and six months; Horace W., Dewitt Clinton. Mrs. Noel died March 12,1864. He was
married again in October, 1866, to Mrs. Mary B. Jellison, of Tuscola, Ill. Mr. Noel hasa
belt of timber, one-third white ash, and two-thirds maple, eight rods wide, planted on the
north and west sides of hisfarm. Hisland is under a good state of cultivation, Mr. Noel
was a contractor on the Galena branch of the Northwestern Railway for three years. Also
on the second division of the Illinois Central, fifty-two miles, located between Central City
and Big Muddy River. He served onthe gun boat at Cincinnati une year, volunteering at the
age of fifty-four. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. “Mr. Noel planted all his
trees with his own hands aud raised from the seed. He has set an exam le in timber cul-
ture that might be profitably followed by the farmer of Kansas. Mr. oel, at the age of
eighteen years, in 1826, when the rye and wheat was cut with the reap hook or sickle, and
‘when the harvester was accustomed to take a dram, reap through, bind back, take a diam
and go again, found that liquor created a thirst, and caused him to drink too much water,
he decided to abandon its use; not a very easy resolution to keep, as alas! too many have
found; but he succeeded and found that he could do a day’s work easier, and would arise in
the morning feeling rested and refreshed, while when he took his dram with the rest, he
would arise feeling tired, stiff and sore. Since then, 1826, he has been a temperance man.
He does not use tobacco in any shape, and has drauk no coffee for forty-two years, andin
consequence he is to-day, at the age of seventy-five, a hale, and hearty man, and can do a
fair day’s work every day. Mr. Noel has set an example of temperauce, perseverance and
industry that all might follow, sure of coming out ahead at the end of life’s race.

JOSIAH RAYBURN, farmer, P.O. Altamont, came to Kansas, November 5, 1869, and
purchased a half section of lang two and a half miles south of Altamont; was born in Madi-
sou County, Ohio, 1843; he moved with his parents to Champaign County, Ill., in 1853, where
he was educated; was married March °,1864, to Lucretia McMillen, a native of Indiana, born
in 1843, by whom he had three children— Winfred, Ada L. and Marietta, Mrs. R. died Feb-
ruary 14, 1876. His second wife was Mary J. Sims of Oswego, Kan., by whom he has two
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children—Tedd and Julia V. Mr. R. was inthe grocery business at Oswego, Kan., three

years.
DR. ALBERT P. SANDERS, farmer, stock and grain dealer, P. O. Mound Valley, was
born in Hendricks County, Indiana, February 20, 1835; was educated at the University of
Michigan, graduating in the Medical department, 1858. At the completion of his studies he
practiced medicine for two years, and then started in the mercantile business which he
followed for twelve years inthe city of Indianapolis, Hethen engaged in the stock and
grain business; 1880, he went to Taylorville, Ky,, where he followed dumveriog until he
came to Kansas, July, 1881; he immediately purchased a farm of 480 acres, probably oue of
the best in the State; he has sixty acres of blue grass, and 100 acres of fine timothy. 1.600
apple, 2,500 peach, and 400 plum trees,all in excellent condition; he also has a large number
of Berkshire hogs and other fine stock, The Dr. was married in 1859. to Sarah J. Hodkins,
a native of Brown County, Ohio, born 1837; educated in Georgetown University in the same
State, they have five children—Mary L. married to W. W. Cook, and living on an adjoining
farm; Fannie L.,educated in the high schocl of the city of Indianapolis, now a teacher; Johu
W., Sally L, and Eva L. All at home with their parents. Dr. Sanders is an excellent farmer
and a stirring business man, and has been greatly prospered since coming to Kansas. He
speaks in the Me test terms of the beauty and fertility of the soil and healthfulness of climate.
5S. F. TERRIL, farmer, P.O, Altamontwas born in Muskingham County},Ohio, 1829, and
was educated in the common schools. He moved to Clay County,Ind. 1852. He fenlisted in
Company E. Fifty-first Indiana,in the fall of 1864, was with his regiinent ab Franklin, Nash-
ville and other minor engagements; was mustered out in May, 1865; married 1857, Mar-
garet Laugh lin of Clay County, Ind.; born in Westmoreland County, Pa 1835;they have five
children—William, Ezra F.,Eli U. and Sarah V.;all are getting a liperal education,and one is
a teacher. Mr. T. las large orchards of apple and peach trees, which produce annually large
auantities of fruit. His property is pleasntly situated fon rising ground overlooking the rail-
He came to Kansas in the fail of 1871, and purchased a half

MOREHEAD.

road and town of Altamont.
section of land.

Morehead is a small station on the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Southern
Kansas Railroad; it is situated in the extreme northwest part of the county,
about twenty-five miles northwest of Oswego. It has a population of about one
hundred, and contains four stores, a hotel and postoffice, with Harmon Sipes,
Postmaster.

The first house in the village of Morehead, was built ip July, 1873, by J.
K. Graves. It was a small one story building, used for business purposes. By
the fall of 1878, the settlement had increased to about ten business houses, and
in June, 1879, Morehead was surveyed and platted by Mr. J. P. Nichols, who
owned the land upon which it was built, several of the buildings having to be
moved to conform to the new boundaries; a postoffice was established December
I, 1873, J. K. Graves, Postmaster; January 1, 1876, a postal route was estab-
lished, from Parsons to Neodesha, via Morehead, C. L. Wyman, contractor.
The first resident physician in the place was J. M. Fidler, from Santa Fe, Mo.;
the first attorney was John Essex of Plymouth, Ind.; the first ordained preacher
was Rev. A. J. Moore of the Methodist Episcopal Church; the first schoolhouse
was built in the fall of 1881, and L. E. Swope was the first teacher ; the first
church organized was that of the United Brethern in May, 1882; the first
Notary was Rev. Dr. Makeany; and the first depot agent was J. D. Doan; Miss
Mattie Sipes was the first child born in Morehead; andthe first marriage was
that of Col. B. Longacre of Fort Scott, to Miss Gertie Wyman of Morehead.
The town has made steady improvement and land is now held at from $10 to
$30 per acre. About two and a half miles northwest of the town are fine veins
of coal, and the country immediately around is a fine rolling prairie.

Sylvan Dale is situated in the north part of the county, twelve miles west
of Parsons, on Big Hill Creek; it contains a Methodist, an Evangelical and an
Episcopal Church.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—osaGE TOWNSHIP.

JACOB H. BEATTY, farmer, in Section 15, Township 31, Range 18, P. O. Dennis. May
22, 1869, he came to Labette County, Kan., and took a claim in Section 22, Osage Township,
improved same, and sold out in 1870, aud purchased 160 acres, where he now resides, it
being wellimproved. He was born in Centre County, Pa., August 29, 1831, a son of Samuel
and Mary A. (Haller). When Jacob was eight years of age, with his parents, moveu to
Pickaway Co., Ohio,and settled on a farm and remained till 1848, then moved to Montgom-
ery County, Ill, and in 1858 to Macon County, Ill. Jacob cominenced life asa farmer. He
has been twice married. The first time iu 1852 to Miss Elizabeth Frazee, born in 1836, died
in 1854, leaving a family of two children—Mary and Casslous. He was married the second
time to Miss Mary E. Austin, a native of Macoupin County, III., bornin 1844. They have a
fainily of eight children—Fremont, Richard, Elsworth, Nora, Alta, Lettie, Annie and Bertie.
Mr. Beatty and wifeare both members ofthe N. B.C. During the late war he served in
Company B, Bighth INinois Volunteer Infantry.

W. W. BLAKE, farmer, Section 15, Township 31, Range 18, P. O. Dennis. came to La-
bette County. September 1, 1869, and opened a store at what was known as Timber Hill, In
the fall of 1871 he sold out and took a claim of 160 acres where he now resides, fit now
being well improved, Mr. Blake first came to Mapleton, Bourbon Co, Kan. in 1858, and
improved aclaim, Inthe fall of 1860 he went to Wisconsin, and when the war broke out,
he enlisted April 21, 1861, in Comp ny G, Third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry;
served until February 27, 1863, when he was discharged. He was wounded in the face at
Antietam. Mr. Blake is a native of Greensboro, Orleans Co., Vt., boru October 31, 1836, a
ason of Henry and Joyse (Freeman) Blake; the father, a native of New Hampshire, and the
mother of Vermont. Mr. Blakegrew to inanhood and was educated in his native place. He
married in Kansas, May 29, 1871, Miss Mary E. Raney,a native of Van Buren County, Iowa,
born September 3, 1850, 2 daughter of John and Nauéy (Graham ) Raney, the father of Mar-
tiusburg, Va., and the mother of Uhio. When Mrs. Blake was sixteen years of age, with
her parents, she moved to Bourbon County, Kan.., where she was married. Mr. and Mrs,
Blake have two children—Flora B., and Rolla A. Mrs. Blake 1s a member of the Presbyte-
rian Church, and Mr. Blake of the Congregational,

WILLIAM DICK, farmer and stock raiser, came to Labette County, known as the Osage
ceded lands, May 9, 1869, took a claim in the northeast quarter, Section 20,\Town 31, Range
18 (now in Osage Township) P. O. Dennis; built a cabin and batched until September 18,
1869, then went to Hamilton County, Ind.,. after his family, and with his family returned to
Kansas, October 19, where he has since remained, His farm is nicely improved, with good
buildings, and devoted to fruit of all Kinds, suited to this climate, about fifteen acres. He
was born in Millersville, Lancaster Co., Pa., November 1, 1817, isthe oldest son of Wiiliam
and Catherine Dick. The father was born in Germany, and when quite a young man came
to America in 1810. He married the mother in Lancaster County, Pa,, but she was born Jn

“Culpepper County, Va.; maiden name, Vondarou, William with his parents and two
younger brothers, moved to Wayne County, Ind., in 1834, anitthe spring of 1837 to Hamil-
ton County, Iud.; thereimproveda farm. During many years, Willlam devoted much time
to freighting between Hamilton County, Ind., and Cincinnati, Ohio, March 25, 1841, he
married Miss Gula Elma Beeson, a native of Wayne County, Ind., born August 20, 1820, a
daughter of Benjamin and Dorcas (maiden name, Starbuck) Beeson, both of North Carolina,
The mother, a distant relative of Benjamin Franklin, settled in Wayne County in '1812.
William and his wife settled in the woods in said Hamilton County opened a small farm
and remained there until they came to Kansas. They have a family of eight children liv-
ing—Leroy F., Delilah E., Temple C., Savah C., Viena E., Gula E,, Lola E., and Williain O.;
having lost Mary D., Elizabeth M., Jacob B., and Louisa E. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dick. are
members of the Evangelical Association. He has served one term as Justice of the Peace
inthe township, aud one term as Commissioner from third district of Labette County, and
during the land troubles of the said Osage ceded lands with the L, L. & G., the M. K. & T.
Railroad Companies. He took a very active part in organizing the Settlers Protective Asso-
ciation; was a member of the Grand _ Council; also Chief Councilor of the Osage Subordi-
nate Council, and served as Grand Treasurer from beginning to the end of this greatlaw

suit.

JAMES DRUMMOND, farmer and gardener, Section 13, Townsbip 31, Range 18, P.O.
Parsons, was born near New Market, Canada, October 24. 1838, being a son of John and
Catharine Walker Drummond. The father, a native of Ireland, married the mother in Can-
ada, which was her native country. They had a family of twelve children, James being the
oldest child. His parents moved from Canada to Central New York State, in_the spring of
1849. In 1853 with his parents he moved to Ann Arbor, Mich. 111858, to Warren County,
Ind, During the late war he was color hearer of the Seventy-Second Regiment, Tudiana

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

unteer Infantry. Enlisted in 1862 and served until July 6, 1865. His command was
boat that captured Jetre son Davis. March 4, 1866, he married Miss Sarah St. John, a na-
live of Warren County, Ind., born June 26, 1845, being a daughter of Seth and Ruth Rich-
ards St. John, She died July 20, 1881, leaving one child, Marietta G., having lost Chas. W.,
Llewellyn and Walter. Mr. D. married a second time, Miss Alice Stuck, a native of Indi-
ana, born Sebtember 14, 1858, and by this union has one child, Ira G. | Mr. D. came to La-
bette County, Kan., Maren 11, 1870, and located his present farm, consisting of 160 acres of
finely improved land, . = i

WILLIAM JOHNS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 7, Township 32, Range 18, P.O.
Cherryvale, was born near Cuba, Clinton Co., Ohio, in 1884. Is a son of J.M.anda Anna
(Brown) Jobus, his fatner being a native of Virginia and his mother of Ohio. Wiliam
moved with his parents, in 1840, to Clinton County, Mo., where he lived unti! 1850, when he
moved to Madison County, lowa, He was raised on a farm and married, in lowa, Miss
Catharine Lougabaugh, a native of Ohio, and when eighteen years of age with her pareuts
she moved to lowa. Sheisthe daughter of Samuel and Martha Lougabaugh, natives of
Germany. Mr, Johns? family consists of three children: John, Martha and Matilda. No-
vember 24, 1859, Mr. Johns and family settled in Franklin County, Kan., and lived there
until 1862, and then returned to Towa and lived until 1863. Again went to Franklin Coun-
ty, Kan., and improved a farm of 160 acres, aud February 15, 1869, took a claim in Labette
Gounty, and moved his family there the following March. He now has a fine farm of 400
acres, Well improved, 200 acres under cultivation. When he came to Kansas he had but one
team, they being oxen. and was in debt some $30. :

WILLIAM McCRKUM, farmer, Section 14 Township 31, Range 17, P.O. Morehead.
Came to Labette County, Kan., December 28, 1870, with his wife and three children, and
took a claim of 160 acres, which is now a fine, improved farm, When he came here he had
a team and very little money, and for many years experienced the trials and troubles of a
frontier life. e was born August 14, 1842, in De Kalb County, Ind. A son of James and
Mary A.(Cughan) McCrum, natives of Ireland. When about twenty years of age they
went to Canada,where they married. They lived in Columbus, Olio, and varioas other pla-
ces, and settled in Indiana about 1840, where they both died. William enlisted July 12,
1862,in Company D, Seventy-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served
until June 22,1865. He was in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Riage, Allauta and many
others, He was wounded in the hip at Jonesboro, Ga, At the the close of the war, returned
to Indiana and turned his attention to farming. In 1867 he married Miss Nancy McClish, a
native of Steuben County, Ind., born September 1,1844. They have a family of four chil-
dren; Rosa E., Mary L., Minnie B. and William W. . i

J.T. McKEE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 24, Township 31, Range 17, P. O. Dennis,
caine to the State and took aclaim in Lincoln Townsbip, Neosho County, Octover, 1870,
Improved 160 acres. Some time later sold out and settled where he now resides, on
on a farin of 160 acres of fine improved land, He is a native of Sullivan County, Ind., born
August 31, 1842. He grew up onafarm and received a good education. When the late
war broke out he enlisted in Company E, Forty-Third Regiment, Iudiava Volunteer In-
fantry, and served three years. He was taken prisoner at Mark’s Mil, and confined some
ten months at Tyler. Tex. When twenty-four years of age he married Miss Mary Ridge-
way. She isa native of and was raised in Sullivan County, Ind.,born September 10,1842. They
have the following family: Emory L., Emma L., Gracie V., Arthur H.A., J. C., Anna Ger-
trude, and Winfred. BothMr, and Mrs. McKee are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.

J.B. POWELL, farmer, Section 25, Township 31, Range 18. P. O. Cherryvale. His
farm consists of 160 acres of fine land, wellimproved. He was raised 11 Spencer County,
Ind., born September. 1825, a son of William and Sophia Black. the father, of Georgia, and
the mother, of South Carolina. During the late war Mr. P. was a member of Company F.
Fifty-third Regiment, Indiava Volunteer Infantry, aud served some seven months, being
discharged for disability, and is stillin poor health. When at the age of nineteen years, be
married Mary J. Tucker, born in Indiana, May, 1825. They havea tamily of five children
—Alfred, J. W., G. M., Morning, wife of Morgan Carter,;and Emma. They have lost four
children, Mr. P. isa member of the Masonic order. In 1875 he moved to Hopkins County,
Tex., and remained some four years, then came to Kansas, and purchased his present farm,
When he came there his property consisted of two teams, wagons and $7 in money. In
two years time he paid for his farm, He has now improved the same with good buildings.
Mr. and Mrs, P, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. :

HN W. ROBINSON, farmer and stock dealer, Section 9, Township 32. Range 18, P.O.
Cherryvale, is a native of Champaign County, Olio, born March 23, 1836. His parents were
of Pennsylvania. When John was three years of age, with his parents he moved to Peoria
County, fll., where he grew to manhood. He has devoted some sixteen years to freignting
on the plains. In 1862 he went to Portland, Orezon, and remained until 1866, then took a
claim in Neosho County, Kan., where he remained two years. May 20, 1870, took a claim of
160 acres where he now resides, now owning a fine farm of 400 acres with good buildings.
He married, in Oregon, in 1866, Miss Anna b. Roberson, a native of Tennessee, born De-
cember 25, 1845, aiid with her parents moved to Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. R. havea family
of two children—William and Albert. 2

M. E. SPARKS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 14, Township 31, Range 17, P,O. More-
head, came to Labette County and took a claim of 160 acres, May 14, 1869, which he has
now finely improved with good buildings, orchard, etc. He is a native of LaFayette County,
Mo., near Chappe! Hill, May 2, 1848, ason of John C. and Sarah M. (Cobb) Sparks. The
father was born in Surry County, N.C., aud when about twenty-one years of age went to
Indiana and remained some six years thence to LaFayette County, Mo. The mother isa
native of Knox County, ‘Tenn. and when quite small, with her parents moved to Missouri.
She died July 16, 1882. The father is now a reswent of Johnson County, Mo. During the
late war M. E. served in Company C, Thirtieth Missouri State Militia. When twenty-one
years of age, he commenced for himself as a farmer and traded for cattle. December 23,
1871, he married Miss H, A. Brooks, a native of Kankakee, IN.who was born September 1],
1856, a daughter of Charles aid Margaret Smith Brooks. The father isa nativeof Indiana
and the mother of Illinois. Mrs. Sparks when nine years of age moved with her parents to
Indiana and lived some six years, then moved to Crawford County, and afterward to Mont-
Fomery County, Kan., where she married. They have a family of three chiidren—Lolah M.,
Bertha L. and Gracie E. Have lost Freddy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sparks are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Sparks commenced life a poor man, and when he came
to Kansas had only $35 and a colt, and at that time the Osage Indiaus were roaming over

the country.

HON. I B. SWART, farmer and stockgrower, Section 35, Township 31, Range 17, P.O.
Cherryvale. November, 1869,he located at Sherman City, Kan., and in January,1870, took a
claim where he now resides. — His farm cousists of 480 acres of fine improved land with
Rood buildings, orchard and small fruit complete. He was born in LaGrange County, Ina,

oveinber 4, 1840, a son of William and Julia A. Maxwell Swart. The father was born and
raised in Loudoun County, Va., and is of Holland descent. He married the mother in Mus-
kingum County, Ohio, which was his native county, and in 1834 moved to LaGrange Coun-
ty, hd. living there forty- years. Both of them came to Kansas in 1880 to reside with J.
B. The father died January 23, 1881. He was born June 29, 1801; the mother is still hving.
She was born February 20,1809. J. B. is the third child, and when eighteen years of age,
he enlisted in Company 1, Forty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infautry, He was
in the battles of Vicksburg, Corinth, Mission Ridge, Atlanta and with Sherman to the sea,
then to Washington, D. Cand was mustered out at Indianapolis, Ind. He then attended
eollere for some tine and then turned his attention to farming. November 7, 1867, he
married Miss Mary 8. Hoff, a native of Ohio, boru in 1846, daughter of Abraham and
Susan Hot, The father ts of Maryland aud the mother of Ohio. They settied in ludtana in

52. Mr. and Mrs, Swart have a family of three childreu—Nellie F.. Minnie M., and Anna
Mabel, Mr. S. has always been a staunch Republican, In 1880 he was elected a member of
the Lop lalanire Tron Labette County by a majority of 480 votes.

THOMAS TODD, attorney at law and farmer, Section 1, Township 32, Range 32, P. 0.
Cherryvale. His farm consists of cighty acres well improved. He first settled in Bourbon
County, Kan. in March, 1867, devoted his time to teaching and practicing law. In the spring
of 1875 settled where he now resides. He was born in Cumberland County, North Eng-
land, in 1841, a son of John and Elizabeth (Holladay) Todd, natives of England. Thomas
when fifteen years of age, with his parents caine to America and located at Masstilon, Ohio.
He completed his education at Cainbridge, Ohio, and read law under Colonel Barnes, Ex-
Scretary of the State of Ohio. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-sixth Regi-
ment, Ohto Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Wood. He served some twenty-one months
in the Army of the Cumberland, was in the battles of Fort Douelson, Vicksburgh, Mem-
phis, Corinth, Helena and Napoleon, and was taken prisoner at Arkansas Post, paroled and
never exchanged; mustered out. He returned to Cambridge, Ohio, and superintended an
extensive coal mine. During the years of 1857 and 1858 he resided at Lexington, Mo.
February 9, 1866, he married Miss L. A. Slay, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, born 1847,
a daughter of E.G. and Ellenor (Barnett) Slay, native of Peunsvlvania. Mr, and Mrs. T.
have a familly of seven children, as follows—Henry E., Leile E,, Maude E., Thomas F., Ellen
E., Albert S.and Robert. Both are members of the Methodist E iscopal Church. Mr. T.
has served many terms as Township Treasurer and Justice of the eace,
sy ane Is M. WEBR, farmer and stock dealer, in Section 22, Township 31, Range 18.

. O. Dennis, located where he now resides, May 12, 1868, now having a fine improved farm
or 240 acres. He is a. native of Fountain County, Ind., born February 7, 1841, ason of Har-
Hson and Carlinda (Reddin). The father of Ohio, and the mother of Kentucky. Francis
i, aunen six years of age, with his parents moved to Carroll County, Ind., where he grew
to man hood, and was e ucated. In the spring of 1861, he enlisted in Captain Fry’s Light
ne 1 ery, and served scme six weeks, thén enlisted in Company A, Forty-first Regiment In-
diana pounteer Cavalry, being in the battles of Shilo, Corinth, Perrysville,Ky., Stone Rive’,
Siege o knoxville, and Atlanta. Discharge, 1864. He married, in Carroll County, Ind. Janu-
ieee 866, to Miss Sarah J. Metagar, a native of Henry County, Ind., born February 22.

ia daughter of Andrew and Sarah J. Metzgar, both of Pennsylvania, Mr, and Mrs,

 
LABE LTTE COUNTY.

ep have stam ight children—Auna M., and Curtis F, Mrs. W. is a member of U. B.
WILLIAM H. WEBB, farmer and stock raiser In S i

J ; ection 16, Township 31, Range
vO Deunis, caine to Labette County, May 12, 1868, and took a claim of 160 eae He ae
ee of Indiana, born September 25, 1847, i son of Harrison and Carlinda (Reddin).

liam grew to manhood in his native State, and during the late war was a member of
the Sixtieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, He was married in Bourbon County,
Balls in 1872, to Miss Lenicet Stith, native of Lilinois, a daughter of Jourdin and Sarai
stith, who settled in Kansas in 1859, Mr.and Mrs. Webb have a family of six children—
iM gomma F., Ella B., F. M. Gracie, Joseph C. Mr, W. isa member of Parsons Lodge, I.

ELM GROVE TOWNSHIP.

_ Ripon is situated in the southern part of the county near the line of the
Indian Territory, in Elm Grove Township, and on the Coffeyville and Che-
topa stage line. There is a Methodist, a Presbyterian and a Christian church
at the place, also a post office. C.B. Pratt was the first Postmaster, who also
oe a general store, in 1870. Thomas Greenup is the present Post-
master.

Minerva is a post office, in the north
Hackberry Creek.

_ £dna isa post office, about twenty-one miles southwest of Oswego, on the
tri-weekly stage line between Coffeyville and Chetopa. F. A. Clark is the pres-
ent Postmaster. A general -store and blacksmith shop are located here. The
population is about fifty.

part of Elm Grove Township, near

Kingston is a post office, two miles southeast of Edna, on stage line, be-.

tween Coffeyville and Chetopa, and has a daily mail. C. W. Campbell is Post-
master. The place contains a Presbyterian church, three general stores and a
few residences. ~ 7

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—ELM GROVE TOWNSHIP.

CHARLES F. BANZET, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Ripon, was born in Alsace
March 8, 1830, and was reared and educated there. In’ 1850 he came to America and landed
in New Orleans, and subsequently located in Ilinois, where he was identified with farming
for afew years. After which he went to lowa and carried on that business there for nearly
twenty-three years, principally in Marshall and Story counties. In 1876 cume here, lo-
cated, and has carried on his present business since. He married in LaSalle County, Lls.,
Miss Louisa Kastler, who was born in his native couutry, and who departed this life July 22°
1881, and is buried in Lucas Cemetery here, leaving five sons and three daughters—living:
Emma, now Mrs. Henry D+ lly, who has one daughter, Rosanna, who died October 13, 1870;
Charles A., Mary L., now Mrs, B, M. Wagner; Henry G.,Edward, Josephine E., Frank, Will-
iam and Gustavus, and have buried Rosanna, twin sister of Emwwa, in McDaniel Cemetery,
Story County, Iowa. His farm contains 200 acres of good land, is well tenced and stocked;
has hice buildings and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruit.

HON. D. C, CONSTANT, owner of Alder Grove Farm, P. O, Minerva, was born in San-
amon County, Ji., January 28, 1834, and was educated in McKendrie College, at Lebanon,
lj, At the age of twenty-two he began teaching in Illinois, and atter a year’s experience

there he went to Texas and was engaged in teaching there until 1863, when, in consequence
of his being loyal to the Union, he was compelled to abandon that country, and come North,
and was identified with his profession in Illinois and_ St. Louis principally until 1866, when
he again returned to Texas, and engaged in his profession, and in the following year was
appointed Commissioner of Registration for his district, in which position he served until
1868, when he was elected to represent Fannin and Hunt counties in the Constitutional
Convention, in which he did efficient service, in the fallof 1868, and in the following year,
located upon his present place of 160 acres, which he hasimproved. He married, in 1860,
Miss Antoinette Snow, a lady of literary attainments, who was horn in Macoupin County,
Il, They havetwosons—Albert and D. Clark. MrseConstant being also a teacher, proved a
very fitting helpmeet to him in his pioneer work in Texas, and when the troubles incident to
the war came, she, too, became an objective party to the disloyal element, and found herself
obliged to undergo a hazardous trip to the North. She has been a Daughter of Masonry for
several years, and this very materially assisted her in her escape. After reaching her na-
live State she received an appointment to do sanitary work, and received a commission
from the Northwestern Sanitary Commissioner, at St. Louis, Mo., where in conjunction
with Jere Brown and his co-workers, at Leavenworth, she was very active for some consid-
erable time, returning with her husband to Texas again in 1866. In 1872 and 1873 he rep-
resented the Forty-fourth Districtin the Legislative Assembly of Kansas,and in 1872 she was
appointed by United States Government as teacher among the Seminoles in the Indian Ter-
ritory, and in the following year he received a similar appointment, where they were identi-
tied until 1880, when he having previously retired from that work, she found it impractica-
bie in consequence of circumstances, She maintained and succeeded by her very womanly
interference in saving the life of an Indian woman, who was condemned for witchcraft.
Since retiring from school-work inthe Territory they have been engaged in farming upon
the old homestead—Alder Grove Farm. 7 .

MYRON COOK, owner of the Nation View stock and grain farm, P. O. Kingston, was
born in Lancaster County, Pa., March 28, 1853, and was reared there to his present industry.
At the age of eighteen he came to Kansas, and located upon his present place, which he has
handsomely improved. He married in 1874, Miss Mary F. Leib, a native of York County,
Pa., whose peoplesettied herein 1870. They havea son anda daughter—Edgar Scott, and
Jessie Alice. rs. Cook is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Heis a
member of the A. O. U. W. and K. of H. societies. Since locating here he has worked in
the development of the social and industrial life of this locality. Nation View farm is
pleasantly located in the southern part 01 Elm Grove Township, and contains 119 acres of
valuable land, devoted to pastorage, mcadow, and grain. Mr. Cook having also 80 acres one
mile adjacent, which is entirely devoted to grain. The farm proper is very nicely fenced,
has an abundance of water supply, and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruit trees,
In stock-rearing and dealing he does a business of about 200 head per year. Nice dwellings
and out-buidings are located on the farm, situated so as to give a nice view of it and sur-
rounding country, 7 $

“EPHRAIM DAVIDSON, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Ripon, was born in Shelby
County, Ohio, September 15, 1831. About 1857 he located in Logan County, Ill, and was
identified in that county, and after in Tazewell County, with his present industry for several
years. In 1872, he came here and located, and has carried on his present industry
since. He married in 1855, Miss Margaret Ann Musselman, of his native place. They have
four sous and six daughters—Daniel, John William, Elizabeth J., now Mrs. Dayton; David,
Sarah G., Carey L., May Belle, Benjamin F., Ephraim (Jr.), and Addie. His wife is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His farm contains fifty-eight acres of valuable
land, devoted tugrain tillage, well fenced and watered, good buildings and a nice orchard.
He also controls 240 acres inthe Nation, adjoining his farm, which he utilizes principally
to grain tillage and pasturage. In stock rearing he does an good business in sheep, cattle,
and horses, especially in sheep rearing, handling about 500 head a year. . .

JAMES M, EDMUNDSON owner of Salem Farm, P. O. Ripon, was born in Meigs
County, Onio, January 25, 1841, and was reared there a farmer, which industry he was
actively identified with until 1871, when he came to Kansas, and jocated upon his present
place, which he improved. He married in 1867, Miss Emma C, Hayes, who was born in
Gallia, and reared in Meigs County, Ohio. They have one son and two daughters—Warren
H. Ethel E,, and Hollis L. During the war he did service in Company I, Fifty -third Ohio Vol-
uuteer Infantry, from October, 1861, until August, 1865, when he was honorably discharged
as a veteran of Company I, I'ifty-tbhird Ohio Veteran Infantry, and was pensionei for
disabilities received in the service. Since locating here he has worked towards thejdevelop-
ment of the public and social Hite of his locality, serving nen yey. SE Se tmtoroee

. Salem farm contains 160 acres of valuable land, all under -
omees. 5 and out buildings located upon it, and an orchard of well

ent. It has nice dwellings 1 0
Rieanied fruits. Instock Touriie Mr. E. pays special attention to that of fine bred animals.
JEROME B. ELLIS, owner of Elm Grove stock and grain farm, P.O. Minerva, was

born in Parke County, Ind., March 2, 1839, and was identified with the farming industry
there until 1866, when he located in Vermilion County, Ill, and carried on farming and
stock raising there, particularly sheep until 1870, when he came here and located, and has
carried on farming and stock raising since. He married in 1860, Miss Mary C. Bradfield,
who was born in Ohio and reared in Indiana. ‘They have a family of four sons and one
daughter—William M., Andrew R., Frank P., Lemoine C., and Laura A. He and his wife
and ¥rank P. are members of the Baptist Church. He is a member of the Horse Protective
‘Association of the State. Instock raising he pays an especial attention to the rearing and
breeding ot Durham cattle, Norman horses, Poland China hogs, and does a considerable
business in raisingmules. Elm Grove farm contains 640 acres of valuable land, is pleasantly
located in Elm Grove Township, a short distance from Minerva P.O. It is well improved
with good hedge fences, surrounding and cross fencing; it has nice dwellings and out
buildings; it is well watered by Hackberry Creek. running through it. Eighteen acres is
devoted to horticulture, in which there is a well selected variety of fruit trees; has twenty
acres of forest trees of a very full variety, Mr. Ellis has worked actively in the develop-

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ment ofthe social and industrial life of his locality since coming here, and has served
‘efficiently in many local offices. He is a member of the G.A.R., having done service in Comy
pany K., forty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from October, 1862, until the end of the
war, from which he received an honorable discharge. |
AMES P. FAUROT, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Cecil, Labette Co., Kan., was born in
Susquehanna County, Pa,, December 11, 1842. February 25, 1863, he enlisted in Company
F, Sixth New York Heavy A tillery Volunteers, and served until the close of the war, when
he was honorably disebarged and peusioned for wounds received at the battle of Cedar
Creek, Va. In 1869 he came here and located, and engaged in his present business, which
he has made a success, He was married in 1870 to Miss Frankie Hull, of New York Slate, a
lady of literary attainments, They have oue son and two daughters—Nellie May, Ralph IE,
and Ethel P, He and his wife have been active members of the Presbyterian Chureh for
several years, He has heen a member of the Masonic order for the last sixteen years, whose
principles he cherishes, and has worked in temperance movements, being a member of
different societies. His farm contains fifty-six acres of valuable land, devoted mainly to
rain. Has good buildings and a fine orchard. ‘fo stock raising he pays considerable atten-
ion, his land adjoining the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, giving him an excellent
Oppernity for grazing.
~_ AMOS D. FIZER, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Ripon, was born in Montgomery County,
Ky. February 8, 1831. At about the age of twenty-one, be went to Missouri, and was iden~
tified in that State for seven yéars. He then went to California, and carried on farming and
stock raising for tun years, after which he came to Kansas, and located in Atchison County,
and subsequently came here in 1870, where he has been actively connected with his present
industry, paying more especial attention to the raising and breeding Of fine bred horses and
mules. He married, in 1860, Miss Sarah Jane Sweeney, who was born in Monroe County,
Va., and was reared in this State, her people having located in Kansas about 1855. They
have one son and three daughters—Rena, Albertine, Willard and Lavina, On July 21, 1881,
Mrs. Fizer departed this life, in full communion with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and is buried in the Hackberry Cemetery. During the war, Mr. Fizer did active service iu
Company D, Thirteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, from August, 1862, till the end of the
war, and was honorably discharged and pensioned for disabilities. His farm contains 160
acres of good land, and is well fenced, watered and stocked; has good buildings, and an or-
chard of four acres of nicely assorted fruits.

JOHN FROMAN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Kingston, was born in Spencer County,
Ky., October 3, 1844, and was identified with his present industry there until 1874, when he
came to Kansas and located here, where he has carried on his present industry since. He
married, in 1871 Miss Sally R. Gaodwin, of his native State. They have a family of two
sons and two daughters—Oscar, Mary E., Charles William and Flora Myrtle. Mr. B., his wife
and eldest son aré members of the Baptist Church. He is a member of the A., F. & A.M.
and K. of H. societies. Since coming here, he has always assisted in the development and
growth of the industrial life of this locality. His farms, of which he has two of 160 acres
each, joining each other, are well improved, well fenced have an abundant supply of water;
fine dwellings ana outbuildings, and there are about three acres of orchards on each, of nicely
assorted fruits; besides, he has a handsome lot of foresttrees. In stock raising, he pays con-
siderable attention to shesp. cattle, horses and hogs, especially Merino sheep. .

REV. GEORGE H. GOODWIN, farmer and stock raiser, P, O. Kingston, was born in
Spencer County, Ky., April 22. 1936, and was reared to farming industry, and was identi-
fied with it in Union County, Ky., till 1870, when he_ came to Kansas, and located here in
1871. He married, in 1858, Miss Lucy A. Reasor, of Union County, Ky, They have a family
of twosons and three daughters living—Debbic, Rebecca, Bessie R., Thomas and Ray B.
He and his wife have been members of the Baptist Church for many years. He has worked
in the ministry of that church for the Jast ten years, In 1881 he was appointed to the
charge of work among the Indians by the Ainericai Baptist Home Missio » Society, and has
worked zealously in that connection since. During the late civil war he enlisted, his sympa-
thies being with the cause of the South, in August. 1862, in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry,
and followed Morgan in his raid through India’ aand Ohio, where he was taken prisoner,
and remained as such until February, 1865, when he was paroled. He has been an active
inember of the Masonic order for the last fourteen years. His farm contains 189 acres of
valuable land, is well fenced and stocked, has handsome dwellings and outbuildings located
upon it, and an orchard of six acres of nicely assorted fruit trees.

HN W. GOODWIN, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Kingston, was born in Spencer
County Kys, Octuber 19, 1849, and was reared there to his present industry, with which he
was actively identified till the spring of 1873, when he came here and located. He married
in 1874, Miss Florence Drake, of his native place. They have two sons and two
daughters, Emma M., Alma, Vernie C. and Iley. He and his wife are members of the
Baptist Chureh. Since locating here he has worked actively in the development of the
social and industrial life of his locality. His farm contains one hundred and sixty acres of
valuable land, under a good state of cultivation. Itis well feuced, has good water supply,
and nice dwelling and out buildings are located upon it, and has an orchard of a nicely
assorted variety of fruit trees, as well as a number of forest trees.

LEWIS GOODWIN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Kingston; was born in Spencer
County, Ky., November 26, 1831. Was reared there to his present industry, with which he
was actively identified there till 1871, when he came here and located upon his present
place, which he hasimproved from a raw prairie toits present condition. It contains one
hundred and sixty acres of good land; 1s well fenced and stocked, in which latter he pays
particular attention to the rearing and breeding of cattle ana sheep. It bas good buildings
and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruits, He married in 1855, Miss Susan Gra-
ham, of his native place. They have two sons and three daughters, Eliza J., now
Mrs. Joseph Drake, boot and shoe merchant of Mound Valley; Caroline, now Mrs. G. a
Reaser, merchant of Kingston; William W., George I.. and America Ann, Heand his wife
have been active members of the Baptist Church for the last sixteen years. Heis an active
member of the K. ot H. society. He has held the trusteeship of his township, and has filled
other municipal and school offices. i

SQUIRE THOMAS GREENOP, farmer and Postmaster of Ripon; was born in Monroe
County, Ky., February 9, 1825, and settled with his people in Morgan County, Ill.,in 1835,
where he was actively identified withfarming for over twenty-one years. In 1859 he
wentto Iowa, and subsequently Jovated in Richardson County, Neb., where he carried on
farming for nine years, after which he came here and located upon his present place, which
he has improved. He married, in 1844, Miss Henrietta Gunn, who was born in Tennessee
and reared in Illinois. They have five sonsand four danghters, William E., Ann E., now
Mrs. William F, Gwynne; Thomas E., Mary E., now Mrs. John Clough; Sarah E., now Mrs.
T. H. Case; Benjamin E., Charles E., Ellen E,and Doris E. He and his wife bave been
active members of the Christian Church for over forty years. He has held the Justice’s of-
fice of his township, and has been active in other local official posilions. His farm contains
eighty acres of valuable land, has nice dwelling and outbuildings, andan orchard of nicely
assorted fruit trees.

I. D. JOHNSON, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Kingston; was born in Jefferson Coun-
ty, Ohio, May 1, 1818. At the age of 18, he located in Belmont County, where he was promi-
nently identified for thirty-five years, his principal End ns y being merchandising. In 1871.
he came to Kans is and located upon his present place, which he has handsomely improved.
It contains one hundred and sixty acres of valuable Jand, all under a good state of cultiva-
tion, is well stocked, Mr. Johnson makes a specialty of sheep. Good dwellings and out
buildings are located on the farm, and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruit trees,
It has also a handscme lot of forest trees. He marricd in 1845. Miss Margaret P. Happer,a
Jady of fine literary attainments, who was born and reared in Belmont County. They have
a family of fivesons and one daughter, Andrew H., Thomas R., Edwin L., D. H., Brading
and Sally D. He and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church. He has
been an active ember of the Masonic order fur several years.

CHARLES LERCH, farmerand stock raiser, P. O. Edna; was born in Northampton
County, Penn., June 28, 1827, and was reared and educated there. In 1850 he located in
Stark County, Ohio, and carried on farming there till 1857, when he went to Edgar County,
TlL., and was identified with farming there till 1869. Hethen located in Sedalia, Mo,, and
in 1872 came here and located upon his present place, the following spring, and has im-
Broved it from a state of nature tu its present handsome condition, It contains one hun-

red and sixty acres of valuable land, wellimproved, with good hedge fe1ce, an orchard of
four hundred trees, a goodly number of forest trees, and handsome dwelling, and outbuild-
ings. It is well stocked, Mr. Lerch paying considerahle attention to raising a good
rade of cattle, horses and hogs. He marriedin 1856, Miss Mary A. Pearson, of Stark
ounty, Ohio. aes have oue son, W. F. Lerch.

ANTHONY MOORE, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Ripon, was born in Heard County,
Ga., upon the plantation of James Woods. Attheage of thirteen he was sold into Missis-
sippi, and afterwards became the property of Lewis Moore, from whom he obtained his
surname. At the time of the war he was in service to the Confederate army and remained
in it til 1863, when he escaped to the Union army and was soon after properly made a free
man, After traveling in the North some five years he came to Kansas in 1869 and located
upon his present place, which he has very nicely improved. It contains fifty-eight acres of
valuable land, well fenced with hedge, and has a plentiful water supply, nice dwelling and
out buildings, and located on his farm is an orchard of three and one-half acres of_a well
assorted variety of fruit trees, besides a goodly number of handsome forest trees. He mar-
ried in 1866 Mrs. Mahulda Orr, formerly Hulett, a native of Missouri, born in slavery and
obtained her freedom after Linco n’s proclamation. They have two sons and three daugh-
ters, Lydia Frances, Walter Baker, Mary Meitena, Lewis and Bertie. He and his wife
are active members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Moore began life here without a dollar,
and has by dint of steady and persistent industry secured for his family a nice home and
competence, and the esteem and respect of his white neighbors. : 2

EDGAR ROSBORO, owner of Rosboro Farm, P. O, Edna was born in Columbia County
N. Y., May 6, 1838, and was reared and educated there. He was identified in that State un -
til 1870, principally in the hotel business in Albany, where he was connected with the M1 --
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chants’ Hotel for fifteen years. In 1870 he cameto Kansas, locating her  and_has_ be
identified with farming and stock raising here since. His farm contains 160 aeres of val-
uable land, mostly devoted to grain tillage. Itis well improved with hedge fences, good
buildings, and an orchard of well assorted fruits. Instock he is paying special attention
to raising and breeding fine bred cattle and hogs. He warried in 1880 Miss Edith Good-
win, who was born and reared in St, Lawrence County, N. Y. They have one little irl,
Mabel. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has worked
in the development of the industrial life of this locality since coming here and has assisted
materially iu improving three farms during this time.

PETER SHUFELT, owner of Kinderhook Farm, P. 0. Edna, was born in Columbia
County, N. Y., May 23, 1828, and was reared and educated there, He identified himself
with farming and milling industries there and carried them on for several years. In 1867
he located in DeKalb County, Ill., and carried on farming there till 1870, when he came to
Kansas and located upon his present place, which he has very handsomely improved from
a raw prairie, He married in 1856 Miss Helen Rosboro, of New York, who died-
in 1875 and is buried in tbe Kinderhook Country, near her native place, leaving a family of
four sons and one daughter, Wilson Edward, Robert, Warren, Charles and Minuie. He
married in 1877 Sarah Elizabeth Froman, who was born and reared in Spencer Couuty, Ky.
She is a member of the Baptist Church. Kinderhook farm is located just adjoining the
village of Edna, and contains 240 acres of valuable laud, Itis handsomely iniproved with
good hedges, nice dwellings and out buildings, and an orchard of five acres of nicely as-
sorted fruit trees and beautiful forest trees are located in goodly uumbers upon the farin,
aud itis well stocked with cattle, horses and hogs.

BENJAMIN M. SMITH, owner of Elmwood Farm, was born in Galena, II.
Kansas in 1869, and located on his present place, which is situated in Elm Grove Town-
ship, ou the State and Natiou live. Was married in September, 1869, to Miss Mary L.
Beebe, of Galena, Ills,

BENJAMIN M. WAGNER, owner of Lookout Ridge Farm, P. 0. Ripon, was born in
Fulton County, Ind., August 25, 1846, and was rearcd in St. Joe County, Ind., where he was
identified with fare until 1870, when he caine kere and located upon his present place
which he has improved from raw prairie to its present handsome condition. He miurried
in December, 1882, Miss Mary L. Banzet, who was born and reared fi Iowa. She is an
active member of the Christianchurech. During the war Mr. Wagner made two unsuc-
cessful Bppiicabions for service in it, but was incapacitated in consequence of an injury re-
ceived in his knee previously. Since locating here he has worked actively in the develop-
ment of the social and industrial life of his locality. Lookout Ridge Farm is pleasantly
located one-half a mile south of Ripon postoffice. Itcontains 160 acres of valuable land
about all under grain tillage. It is well fenced, watered and stocked, has nice buildings and
commands a complete view of the Surround|ng country and has also an orchard of seven
ucres of well assorted fruit trees, It has besides a goodly number of handsome forest

rees. *
JAMES WILMOTH, owner of Centennial Grove Farm, P. O. Kingston, was born in La
Rue County, Ky., July 8, 1843. In August, 1861, he enlisted from Hardin County, in Com-
pany F, Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, aud did activeservice till January 27, 1865. Was hon-
orably discharged and pensioned for wounds and lung disease. Received wounds at New
Haven, Ky., and Chickamauga, Ga. He carried on farming in Edmonson County, Ky., till
November, 1870, when tie caine to Kansas and located upon his present place, which he has
improved, It contains 240 acres of good land, is well fenced, watered and stocked. He
makes a specialty of Cotswold sheep. Good dwellings and out buildings are located on the
farm, and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruits, as well as a handsome grove of
forest trees, planted in 1876, from which his farm derives its very appropriate name. He
married April 9, 1865, Miss Almira Stenett, of Kentucky. They have five sous aud three
daughters, Mary Ellen, William S., George, Nettie, Hattie, James, Jr., John and Charles.
He and his wife have been active members of the Baptist Church for last sixteen years.

JOHN S. WIMMER, merchant, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Edna, was born in Parke
County, Ind., October 13, 1850, and removed with his people, who settled in Hancock
County, Ill., where he remained in connection with farming till 1870, when he caine here
aud engaged at farming and stock raising, with which he bas been identified since. In
1882 he engaged in general merchandising here and has carried it on since, the firm being
known as Wimmer Bros., general merchants, He married in 1877 Miss Clara Tilton, who
was born in Cass County, Ind., and moved with her people, who settled here in1870. He
and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Since focating here
ak a mer has worked in all matters tending towards the growth and development of

1is locality.

Came to

HACKBERRY TOWNSHIP.

WALTER G. BAYLOR, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Todd County, Ky., Nov.
18, 1817, was reared and educated there until 1832, from whence he emigated to Mississippi,
completing his education in the Clinton College, Hinds County, after, engaging in farming
In Bolivar County, Miss., where be served as County Treasurer for a time, and also as mem-
ber of the Board of Police. Here he acquired the reputation of an amateur hunter, slayiug
in his leisure hours great numvbers of bear, deer and other smaller game, not unfrequently
making hair breadth escapes from flood, and being lost for days and nights in almost inter-
minable swamps and cane-brakes, subsisting on acorns, or nora eg Thence he removed to
the Bay of Biloxi and engaged in making brick to build the Custom Housein New Orleans.
The establishinent being burned, he emigrated to Texas in 1852 following the occupation
of farmer and stock raiser for several years. Here he married Miss Harvenia Dodd, of
Keutucky, and returned to that State, where he remained as a tiller of the soil until 1873, at
whieh time he came to this State, still pursuing his life-long occupation. Mr. Baylor
located upon his present place, which was shen a raw prairie and has improved it to its
present fine condition. Itcontains 160 acres of valuable land, well watered, fenced and
stocked, with good dwellings, stables and varus, aud a handsome orchard, also has a choice
lot of forest trees of various kinds. His family cousists of a wife, two sons and two daugh-
ters; James W., contractor aud bridge builder; Walter New, farmer; Mary J. and George
Ann. Mr. Baylor is au active meinber of the Methodist Eplscopal Church. Since locating
there he hasworked actively in the development of the social and industrial life of his local-
ity) He has served on the School Board of his district as an active official for severai years.

ARTHUR BATY, farmer and stock raiser, P. Cecil, was born in Middlesex County,
Canada, April 4, 1822, and wasidentified with his present industry there until 1871, when
he came to Kansas and Jocated upon his present place, Greenside Farm, which he has hand-
somely improved. 1t contains 200 acres of valuable iand, well fenced, watered aid stocked,

_ has handsome dwellings, barns, stable, and an orchard of four acres of well assorted fruits,
He was married in 185U to Miss Elizabeth Whillans, who was born in Scotland and reared
and educated in Canada. They have a family of one son and four claughters living, Marga-
ret, now Mrs. R. J. Sellars, whose biography appears m this work; Agnes J., Thomas E.,
Jeunie and Minnie. He and his wife have been active members of the Presbyterian Church
for many years. He has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial life
of his locality since locating here.

ALEXANDER BISHOP, owner of Walnut Grove Farm, P. O. Oswego, was born in
Logan County, Ohio, January 4, 1832, and was reared and educated to the mechanic’s busi-
ness there. At the age of twenty-three, be located in Alamakee County, Iowa, and carried
on farming thete for a few years, after which he engaged in carpentering and joining, until
1869, when he came here and located upon his present place, which be has improved from a
state of nature to its present handsome condition, He married September 24,1855, in Union
County, Ohio, Miss Almira Elliott, who was born in Stark County, aud reared and educated
in Logan County, Ohio. They have a family of two sons and five daughters; Florence, now
Mrs. J. W. Illingworth; Angelia, teacher and graduate of the State Normal School of in-
poria, Kas; William 8., Vetura, Ulysses $., May and Maud. He and his wife areactive
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, aud he has been @ member of the Masoni¢
order for the last twetty years. e isthe present Trustee of his township, and has filled
other local offices. Wajnut Grove Farm contains in all 270 acres, of which 160 constitute
the original farm, 150 of which are under grain tillage, the balance is devoted to pasture
meadow and horticulture. He has handsome dwelliugs, barns, and five acres in orchard of
nicely assorted fruit trees and thirty acres of forest tives, among which are a handsome
grove adjoining the residence, which gives to it the name of Walnut Grove Farin.

JOHN BROWN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O, Chetopa, was born in Wayne County,
Ind., December 7, 1831, and was identified with his present industry there till 1868, when
he came to Kansas and located upon his present place, and has improved it to its present.
condition. It contains 160 acresof lad, is well fenced, has dwellings and stables, and an
orchard of 300 trees of well assorted fruits. He married, in 1857. Miss Mary_E. Wharton,
who was born in Ohio and brought up fh Indiana, Their family living are—Isabella, Rosa
E., now Mrs. Thos. Pearson; Win. Beecher, Maggie, Vida, Elisha and Robert. His wife is
an active member of the Missionary Baptist Church, He has served as Clerk of the Town-
ship, and has been active in other official positions since locating here.

WWILLIAM BUCKLEY, farmer and stock raiser, P.O, Chetopa, was born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, May 2, 1833. Atthe age of four years he removed with his people, who set-
tled in Carroli County, Lud., where he grew to manhood and was identified with farming till
1882, when be came here and engaged at his presentindustry. He married, in 1866, Miss
Sarah J. Barr, who was born and reared in White County, Ind. They have four sons and
one daughter—Edwin, John, Ralph, Nellie and Ray. During the war he enlisted his ser-
vices in Company A, Second Indiana Volunteer Cava’ ry, September, 1861, sand did active
service till September, 1862, when he was honorably discharged on account of disabilities,
and pensioned. He is a member of Pea Ridge Post No, 118,G. A. R. Hisfarm contains 160
acres of improved land, has handsome dwellings, barns and stables, a well ‘assorted variety
of fruit trees, and a goodly number of forest trees. '

HIRAM BUTTERWORTH, owner of Seven Oaks Farm, P. O. Chetopa, was born in
Pawtucket, Mass,, Oct. 17, 1822. Atthe age of fourteen he went to Logan County, IL.
where he grew to manhood and identified himself with the farming industry. He after

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rds located in Kane County, IIl., and carried on stock dealing for atime, and afterwards
Beecd there in farming and stock rearing until 1852, when he went to Webster County,
Towa, and engaged in merchandising and dealing in real estate extensively, meantime iden-
tifying himself with public contracting and building, and many other industries of that
then growing locality. At the breaking out of the war, he retired from his business there
and located in Aurora, Ill., where he carried on carriage and wagon manufaeturing for a
few years, after which he located in Leavenworth, Kansas, and carried on an active busi-
ness for several years, dealing in wagons and carriages, principally in the interest of the
vast freighting business of that locality then. He subsequently came to Chetopa, and after
carrying on an active business in merchandising and stock dealing for a few years, he
located upon his present place, which he has improved. He married, in 1858, in Webster
County, Iowa, Miss Sarepta Tucker, who was born and raised in Chautauqua County, N. ¥.
They Nave a family of two danghters—Helen P., uow Mrs. J. J. Flannelly, merchant of Che-
topa, and Alice M., teacher. His wife is an active member of the Presbyterian Church,
“Seven Oaks Farm” is pleasantly located upon Hackberry Creek, eight miles northwest of
Chetopa, and six niles south and west of Oswego. It contains 160 acres of valuable land,
has handsome dwellings and outbuildings, aud an orchard of ten acres of a nicely assorted
variety of fruittrees, Itis well tenced, watered and stocked, in which latter industry Mr.
B. is paying considerable attention to the rearing of fine bred horses, hogs and Durham
cattle. Adjacent to tue dwelling, and a connection with many other forest trees, are seven

ks, which give the farm its title.

me WIs FE. BUVINGER, owner of Floral Hill Farm, P. O. Cecil, was born in Hanover,
Pa, June 24, 1827, and was brought up in Dayton, Ohio, to the boot and shoe making and
merchandising business, his father having been identified with that industry there. He
continued in that connection in Ohio, with the exception of four years spent in London,
Ohfo, in tannery Lasiness, and latterly in wholesaling until 1879, when he retired and came
to Kansas and located upon his present place. which he improved, He married, in 1852,
Miss Juno Minerva Slagle, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, and reared and educated in
London, Ohio. They havea family of four sons and one daughter living—Elsurah, now Mrs,
Jacob Slagle, farmer and stockraiser of Ross County, Ohio; Alvin, Howard, Walter D.,
Clarence B, and Arthur F. He and his wife have been active members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for the past twenty-five years. He has been a member of the I. O. 0. F.
society since 1848. Floral Hitt farm contains 160 acres of valuable land, is well fenced,
watered and stocked, has nice dwelling, barns and stable, and an orchard of 500 trees of
nicely assorted fruits, together with a handsome lot of vines and shrubbery, the whole com-
prising eight acres to horticulture aud Bardening and floriculture, which latter gives his
farm the very appropriate name of Flora f ‘

GEORGE, wi By R D, farmer and stock raiser, P, O. Chetopa, was burn in Wayne County,
Ind., January 25, 1835, aud was reared there to his present business, with which he was
connected till 1868, when he came here and located, and has carried on his present industry
actively,here since, He married, in 1860, Mrs. Amelia Mickey, formerly Burns, of his native
place. They have two sons and three daughters—Alford Mickey, teacher and farnier,
and Edwin, Adelaide, Florence and Julia Byrd. He is preseut treasurer of his school dis-
trict, and has filled other school and township.offices. His farm contains 160 acres of val-
uable Jand, has good buildings and an orebard of four acres of well assorted fruits; it is
well fenced, and has a good supply of water. 2

JEROME CALLAGAN, farmer aud stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Kane
County, ll, Aug. 27, 1842, and was reared in Alamakee County, Iowa, where he was iden-
tified With farming until 1863, when he enlisted his services in defense of the Union in
Company A, Thirty-eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was bouorably discharged. In

867, he came to Kansas and located upon his present place, which he has improve from a
wild'prairie to its present handsome condition. It contains 200 acres of valuable Jand 120
of which are devoted to grain, and the balance to pasture, meadow, and borticulture. He
has nice buildings and orchard of nicely selected fruits. Mr. C. has served for several
years as a member of the Schoo! Board of his district, and has worked actively in other
official positions,

J. H. CELLARS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Marshall County,
Ind., December 22, 1847, and was reared and educatedthere. In 1867 he came to Kansas
and located upon his present place, which be has handsomely improved. It contains 160
acres of valuable land: is well fenced and watered and stocked; has nice dwellings and out-
buildings, and an orchard of a well assorted variety of fruits. 2

. J. CELLARS, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Chetopa, was born in Marshall County,
Ind., January 22, 1850, In 1867, he came to Kansas and located here, and has been success-
fully connected with his present industry here since. He married in 1875 Miss Margaret
Baty, who was born and rearea in Ontario, Canada. They have one little girl—Margaret.
He ‘and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He has worked actively in the
development of the social and industrial life of his locality since coming here. His farm
contains 200 acres of valuable land; is well fenced and watered and stocked; has nice build-
ings, and an orchard of four acres of fruit trees of a nicely assorted variety.

WILLIAM CLARK. farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Chetopa, was born in Knox County,
Tenu., February 4, 1815, and was reared and educated there. At the age of twenty-three he
went to Kentucky and spent two years in that State, after which he located in Gibson
County, Ind., aud carried on his present industry there till 1871, when he came here and 1o-
cated upon his present place, which he has improved from a raw prairie, to its present
handsome condition. It contains 160 acres of gooa land of which 140 acres is devoted to
grain tillage. It is well fenced and watered and stocked; has nice dwellings and outbuild-
Tugs, and an orchard of four acres of a well assorted variety of fruits. He married in 1837,
in Tennessee, Miss Susan Clark, of Tennessee. They have four sons and six daughters—
Thomas W., William H., George L., Andrew J., Martha, now Mrs. Alonzo Witherow, of
Texas; Nancy, now Mrs. David Hironimus, of Indiana; Mary, now Mrs. John E, Wells,
of Indiana; Adeline, now Mrs. John Hironimus, of Indiana: Susan, now Mrs. William Hiatt,
and Lizzie, now Mrs. John Johnson, of Kansas. He and his wife have been active mem-
bers of the Baptist Church for twenty years. His war services were in 1836, in connection
with the Indian trouble in Florida, when he did one year’s active and honorable service.
pings locating here he has worked actively in develuping the social and industrial life of

his locality.

D. F. CREAKBAUM, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in .Ross County,
Ohio, March 15, 1855, and was reared in Kosciusko County, Ind. Atthe age of eighteen he
came here with his people, and has been actively engaged at his present industry since, He
married in 1881. Miss Maggie Berry, who was born in Illinois and reared in Kansas. They
have one daughter—Ida Siloam Jane. He isa member of the Dunkard Church. His farm
contains eighty acres of valuable land; is well feuced and watered; has good buildings and
an orchard of four acres of well assorted fruits. His father, William, was a native of
Pennsylvania, and followed farming in Ohio and Indiana, and latterly locating here, where
he died in 187%. He is buried in Hackberry Cemetery. is mother and one son and four
daughters, make up the balance of the family living. Histrotheris William, Jr. Sistersare
Hanna, now Mrs. George Mollenhour, whose family sketch appears; Sarah, now Mrs. Alli-
son; Tina, now Mrs, Kibler, and Mary, now Mrs. Barter, all living in this county. -

CHARLES YAGER DAVIS farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Beaver
County, Pa., October 26, 1847, and removed with lis people in 1857, who settled in Guernsey
County, Ohio, where, after seven years, they settled in Ilinois. Tn 1869, he came to Kansas,
and located upon his present place, which he has improved from a raw prairie, to its present
condition. It contains 160 acres of choice land; is well fenced, watered and stocked; hand-
some dwellings, stables wd an orchard of 200 trees of nicely assorted fruits. He married
in 1872, Miss Lou Ella Keeler, who was born and reared in Pine Bluff, Ark. They have one
son and a daughter—Beatrice and Harry. His wife isa member of the Baptist Church. In

877 Mr, Davis went to Colorado and was identified in that State in mining operations for
two years, He still owns a considerable interest there.

ATHAN W. DORLAND, owner of Maple Vale Farm, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Ly-
coming County, Pa., October 22,1821, and learned the business of carpenter and joiner,
which he carried on there until 1846, when he located in La Porte County, Ind., and carried
on that business there for twenty-six years. During the last five years he also carried on
farming, 111872 he came to Kansas, and in the following spring located upon his present
place, Where he has been fdentified with farming and stock raising since. He married in

85%, Miss Mary McCormick, who was born and reared in bis native place. They have a
family of three Sons and five daughters—Kda J., Jessie F., now Mrs, Niram Phillips; John,
Martha, now Mrs, George DeCow; Flora, Rose, Seth and’ Schuyler Colfax. He did’ active
service during the war as Special Agent for the Provost Marshal, for the Ninth Congres-
sional District of Indiana. Since locating here he has worked actively in the development
of the social and industrial life of his locality. Maple Vale farm contains 120 acres of valu-
able land, surrounded aud cross-fenced with handsome hedge, the largest fields contain-
ing not more than twenty acres. It is well watered. Has handsome dwelling, barns and
stable, and an orchard of four acres of well selected fruit, and a nice assortment of forest
ee In stock raising, Mr. Dorland makes a specialty of fine bred Berkshire and Magie

DANIEL WILLIAM EGGERS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O, Chetopa, was born in Ful-
ton County, Ill., January 10, 1833. At the age of nineteen he went to Towa and spent two
years in that State. He then located in Texas, and followed milling in Dallas County for
eight years, after which he engaged in farming in Parker County. In March, 1862, he en-
listed in the army in Witt’s Company, Texas Cavalry, and in August it was re-organized,
Witt resigning; he continued in the service until the war ended. After the close of the
war he went to Colorado and carried on gardening and horticulture fora few years. He
returned to Texas, aud subsequently camé here in 1870, and has actively carried on his

resent business since, He was married in Dallas County, Texas July 16, 1859, to Miss

argaret Ellen Witt, who was born in Greene County, Ill, and reared in Texas. They bave
buried six children, and have adopted one—Ruth McLaren. He and his wife are active
members of the Baptist Chureh, He isa member of the A. U. U. W. society, and has been

onnected with the Masonic Order for the past twenty-eight years. His. farm contains 27

 
 

 
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acres of choice land, is well fenced, watered and stocked, and has
dq, . 1» nice buildings, and or-

chard of two and a half acres of assorted fruits, and has three acres of handsome forest

JACOB StANLEY FOLAND, farmer and stock rs in
Dayton, Ohio, April 10, 1845, and’ removed with his neue te Wen eee inde ieee
he was reared and educated. In 1869, he came to Kansas and located on his Gresent place,
whieh he has improved from raw prairie. Itcontains 160 acres of valuable land 100 of
which are devoted to grain; the balance is in pasture, horticulture, ete, It is well’ fenced
and watered, having upon it nice livin springs and a well of splendid ‘sul hur water. It
has good buildings, and an orchard of three acres of nicely assorted fruits. Pie married in
Wayne County, Ind., Miss Mary Brown, of that county. They have a family of one son and
adaughter—Clara Maud and Lewis. His wife isa member of the New Li he Ghureh Dur-
ing the war he served as a member of Company H, One Hundred aud Fortieth Indiana Vol-
Pe ag escent adn a 1864, anti the’ end of the war, and was honorably dis-
c 7 “2 erehe has worke vely i
industrial fife of his locality, actively in the development of the social and

5 » farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chet
Mich., September 30, 1828, and was reared there fates Taher th Teel he vou
in Kane County, 11., and carried on farming four years, He then settled in Ottawa County
Mich,, and after four years’ farming there returned to Kane County, Ill, and carried on
farn.ing till 1869, when he caine here and located upon his present piace, which he has im-
proved. It coutains 160 acres of land. has dwellings and stables, and an orchard of different
varieties of fruits. He married in 1852, in Elgin, 1l., Miss Martha E Rumsey, who was
born iu Delaware County aud reared in Steuben County, New York State. They have four
sons and two daughters—Charles Edward, Daniel Webster, Ernest Elsworth, Lue A., Fran-
ces Ina (now Mrs. George 4. Cory), and Effie Katie (now Mrs. Siegul Lindsay). Mrs. Fox is
an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has worked actively in the de-
velopment of the squab and ldustrial nite ons locality since coming here.
aA zi f, owner oO: easant Hill Far OW i

Scott County, Va. February 25, 1839, and was Tones Minh aee ee. sarod
stock raising there till the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted bis sympathies with
the cause of the South. and assis'ed in organizing Company E, Sixty-fourth Virginia Cav-
alry, and was elected First Lieutenant, in which capacity he served till the battle of Cedar
Creck, after which he was appointed to the Captaiucy of his coupany, and served in that
capacity till the end of the war. After the war be returned to farming: and carried it on till

872, when he came to Kansas, and in the following year he located upon his present place,
which he hasimproved, He married in 1861, Miss Nannie Horn, of Virginia, They have’
afamily of one son and four daughters Jiving—Nicholas H., Floy L.,; Maggie E., Aimmata
V. and Dolly. His wife is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, Pleasant
Hill Farm ” contains 320 acres of valuable land under a thorough state of improvement, is
well fenced and watered, and has a nice young orchard of well assorted trees. Handsome
(walling aad ouLbalilings ae Jocated upon an emineuce commanding a pleasant view of

arm as well as that of the surrounding country, giving it the very appropriate title of
* Pleasant Hill Farin.”

. JAMES L. GOLDSMITH, owner of Cedarvale Farm, P. O. Cecil, was born near Dover
N. H.. February 8, 1841, anc received a good literary education at the high school of Dover
and afterward learned the shoemaking business, Atthe age of eighteen he left his home.
aud was identified with his trade in Ohio and_Indiana, until the breaking out of the war
when he enlisted at the first call for troops in Company K, Fifteenth Indiana Volunteer Iu-
fantry, and did active service tor three years. He then re-enlisted in Company G, Thirty -
third Tndiana Volunteer Infantry, and remained in active service until the close of the war,
when he was honorably discharged. After the war he engaged in farming aud stock rais-
ing in Saline County, Mo., and after three years of successful business there he located in
Carroll County, Mo., and carried it on there actively until 1876, when he came here and lo-
cated upon his present place, which he has almost entirely improved. He married April
16, 1866, Miss Lucinda Barr, who was born and: reared in Carroll County, Ind. They have
oneson—Jobn. Mr. G. has worked actively in the development of the social and industrial
life of his locality since coming here. He isa member of Pea Ridge Post, No.118G. A. R.
Is the present Treasurer of his school district, and is one of the trustees of the Lake Creek
Presbyterian Church. Cedarvale farm is pleasantly located within two and a half miles of
the Nation, and a half mile distant from Cecil postoffice. It contains 210 acres of valuable
Jand,is well fenced, watered and stocked and bas handsome dwelling. 'varns, stables and an
orchard of nicely assorted fruits. He has also 4 handsome variety of forest trees, variegat-
ing the view, among which are walnut, maples, poplars, catalpas and cedars, the last of
which are so handsomely laid out as to give it the very appropriate title of Cedarvale farm.

. E, HANIGAN, owner of Oak Grove Farm, P. O. Crouse, was born in Lawrence City,
Mass,, April 6, 1845. At the age of twelve years he located with his peoplein Terre Haute,
Ind., where he was brought up as a farmer. In June, 1862, he enlisted in Company D,
Twenty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and did active service until the end _of the war,
when he was honorably discharged. Was wounded atthe battle of Missionary Ridge. Tenn.,
and Peach Tree Creek, Ga. Has applied for pension. In 1869 he came to Kansas, and lo-
cated on his present place, which he has improved. It contains 120 acres of valuable Janda,
is well fenced, watered and stocked, in which latter industry he is paying some considerable
attention to the rearing and breeding of fine-bred cattle, horses and hogs. The farm con-
tains good buildings, and an orchard of ten acres of well assorted fruits. He married in
1861, Miss Martha Jane McCree, of Indiana, who departed this life in 1877, and is buried at
the Williams Cemetery, Fairview Township, leaving four sous living—Jobn E., Franklin,
Clinton and Albert. He married in 1878, Miss Nina Stem, who was born in Wayne County,
Ohio, and reared in Indiana. They have one son—Leslie. He and wife are active members
of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, He has served as Trustee of this township, and has
been active in other municipal and school offices,

RNER HAYDEN, owner of “ Willowdale Farm,” P. O. Chetopa, was born in Fayette
County, Ky., January 25, 1831; was identified with farming there till 1855, when he went to
linots and settled in Macon County, and carried on farming there for several years. In
1875 he went to California. and after spending several months in traveling in that State
and Oregon and Nevada, be returned and located here, and has been actively identified with
farming and stock rearing here since. He married in 1863, Miss Anna Shepherd, who was
horn and reared in Fayette County, Ohio, They have three sons and three daughters—
Lorenzo, Mary Alice, Gertrude, Mabel, o’Meara and Franklin. His wife is an active mem-
ber of the Baptist Church. “ Willowdale Farm,” is located in the southern part of Hack-
berry Township, pon the ‘t Nation ” line, and consists of 160 acres of valuable land, well
fenced and watered, and stocked witb a good grade of cattle and hogs; has nice dwelling
and out-buildings, and an orchard of three acres, of a nicely assorted variety of fruit trees.
Upon the north of the residence is four acres of a handsome willow grove, froin which the
farm gets its very appropriate name. . . 7

GEORGE HELLWIG, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Oswego, was born in Germany, in
1860, and came tu America with his people, who settled in Ohio, in 1871, and after four
years they came to Kansas, and located here, when he grew to manhood and identified himn-
self with his present business, He married, in 1881, Miss Arisa Zigler, who was born and
reared in Indiana. They have one daughter—Cora. Are menibers of the Lutheran Cuurch.
His farin contains 120 acres of valuable land, 100 acres of which are devoted to grain, with
balance to pasture and meadow. It has nice dwellings and out-buildings, and an orchard
of three acres, of a nicely assorted variety of fruit trees. His father, Bartlett Hellwig, died
in 1880, and was buried in Hackberry Cemietery, leaving a family of turee sons—John, George
and Christ. 7 .

- OS . KETCHAM, owner of Lake Creek Fruit Farm, P. O. Chetopa, was born in
Tinieeees Comite W Y., May 29, 1832, and was reared and educated there. At the age of
fifteen he entered the Marine Service, in the coasting trade, and afterward engaged in whal-
ing explorations, during which he spent about three years in the service, visiting all im-
portant points iu that connection in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic Oceans, and
sailed some in the Southern seas, his last season in the Marine service being spent upon the
‘chain of lakes bordering the north of this country, from which he retired eventually, and
‘settléd In Mount Pleasant, Henry Co.. lowa, where he was actively identified with farming,
‘stock raising and horticulture, until 1869, when he came to Kansas, and located upon his
present place, which he has improved trom astate of nature to its present handsome condi
tion. Lake Creek farm is pleasantly located upon the Colleyville road, seven miles from
‘Chetopa, sixteen froin Oswego and within a mile of Cecil P.O. It contains 160 acres of val-
unable land, eighty acres of which are devoted to grain and the balance to horticulture. Has
7.000 trees of a nicely assorted variety of fruits, all in full bearing; 300 vines of a well
assorted variety, aud a good number of small trees, he having carried on anursery business
here forten years, The farm is handsomely fenced and hedged. On itis a pleasant dwell:
ing, barns, stables, and all are tastefully and conveniently arranged; also, building and
machinery for the curing and preserving of fruits, cider presses, etc., etc. He also does con-

iderable business in the line of rearing and breeding fine stock, principal among which are
hi Short-horn Durham cattle. He married February 20, 1862, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa,
Miss Maria Briar,a nativeofOhio, They have onedaughter—Anna. He has always worked
actively in the development of the social aud industrial life of his locality since coming

here. i . a ‘

. LEAP, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was porn in Wayne Coun Ys
nd ee ad eae. aud was reared and educated in Jefferson County, Ind.. and was
identified with nis present industry there till 1867. when he came here and located upon his
present place, and has improved it from a state of nature to its present condition. It cons
taius 240 acres of valuable land, is well fenced, has an abundance of water, and is welt
stocked, he paying some considerable attention to stock raising. It has nice dwellings and
barns and stables, and four acres of ap orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruits; has,
also, about four hundred forest trees of ulfferent varieties. He married in 1868, Miss Ma-
tilda Quinby, of LaPorte County. Ind... They have five sons and one daughter—Arthur,
Ernest, Walter E.. Charles Frederick, Sarah Alice, and an infant. His wife is a member of

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the Church of Friends. Heisa member of the A. 0. U. W. society. He is present Treas-
urer of his Township, and has filled other municipal and school official positions for sev-
eral years.

WILLIAM W. LEWELLEN, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Chetopa, was born in Fayette
County, Pa., January 27, 1834, and located with his people, in 1849, iu Adams County, Ohio.
He was identified in Ohio with practical engineering till the war, when he enlisted July 9,
1861, in the Fourth Independent Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and did active service till July
20, 1863, when he was honorably discharged, on account of disabilities. Has applied for
pension, After this, his disabilities impaired his health so that he was compelled to abandon
his profession, and he engz ged at contracting, latterly at farming, till in 1873 he came here
and located, and has carried on his present industry here since. He married, in 1864, Miss
Mary M. Carson, of Artams County, Ohio, who departed this life in 1873, and 1s buried in
Winchester Cemetery, Ohio, leaving one son—John M. In 1874 he married Miss Mary M.
Foley, who was born in Highland County, Ohio, and reared in Indiana, and they bave four
sous and one daugiter—Laura Etta. Charles C.. Alfred T., William H. and George W. He
and uis wife are embers of the Baptist Church. Heis amember of Pea Ridge Post, Nu.
118 G. A. R. His farm contains 100 acres of improved land, has good buildings, and an
orchard of three acres ot well assorted fruits.

DE WITT CLINTON McCLELLAND, farmer and stockraiser, P. O. Chetopa, was born
in Pittsburgh, Pa., October 9, 1840; at the age of about nine years, he removed with his peo-
ple, who settled in Livingston County, Lil., where he was identified with his present industry
until 1876, when be came here and located npon his present place, which he has almost en-
tirely improved, His farm contains 320 acres of valuable land, 180 of which are devoted to
grain, the balance to horticulture and pasturage. It is well fenced and watered, and has
handsome dwelling and outbuildings, and an_orchard of seven acres of nicely assorted
fruits. He married in 1868, Miss Margaret A. Blake, who was born and reared in Marietta,
Ohio. They have one daughter, Myrtle May. He and his wife belong tothe First Presby-
terian Church. During the war he did active service, his first enlistment being in Company
B, Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in April, 1861, and served actively uutil July
following, when he was honorably discharged. In August of that year he enlisted again in
Company F, Forty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Lufantry, and did active service until the
close of the war, when he Was honorably discharged as a Veteran, of Company F, Forty-
seventh Illinois Veteran Infantry and pensioned. He was wounded at the battle of Corinth,
Miss., and after laying disabled for about five months, he again entered the Gunboat service.
Since locating here he has worked actively in the devolopment of the social and industrial
life of his locality. e

SAMUEL McCULLOUGH, farmer anu stock raiser, P. O. Chetopa, was_born in Wayne
County, Ind, April 1, 1827, and was identified there with farming, until 1852,when he went
to California, and spentten years inthat State. After thishe spentfouryears in mining
operations in the territories of Oregon, Idalo, Montana and Wyoning, returning to Indiana
in 1866; he engaged at his present industry there till1873, When he went to Texas with
the view of locating, but soon after came bere, and located upon his present place. which he
has improved. It contains 160 acres of valuable land, 105 of which are devoted to grain,
the balance to pasture and horticulture; itis well fenced and watered and stocked, bas nice
dwelling and outbuildings, etc., and an orchard of four acres of nicely assorted fruits. He
married in Missouri, in 1873, Miss Sarah Spear, who was born in Indiana, and reared and
educated in Missouri. They have’ one daughter, Pearl. He and his wife are active mem-
bers of the Baptist Church, He has been an active member of the Masonic order for several
years. Has served upon the School Board of his District for several years. 7

GEORGE W. MILLIGAN, owner of Cedar Grove farm, P.O Oswego, was born in War-
13n County, Ky., November 27,1824,and was identified with farming and stock raising in that

lace until 187J, when he caine to Kansas, and located upon his present place which he

asimproved. It contains 160 acres of valuable land, and itis well fenced, watered and
stocked. Has good buildings, and an orchard of five acres of well assorted fruits. He has
\paid considerabie attention tothe rearing of fine bred Durham cattle, and Clydesdale Nor-
man horses. He was married in 1851 to Miss Mary J. Smith, of Kentucky, They have
two sons—Jefferson Porter and Ewing Brook. He and his wife are members of the U. P.
Church, and he has been a member of the Masonic order for the past fifteen years,

. M. MILLER, farmer and stock raiser, P. U. Chetopa, was born in Sandusky County,
Ohio, September 6, 1845, and removed with his people, who settled in Fultun County, Ind.,
1850, and whére he was actively identified with his present industry until 1881, when he
came here and located, and has been connected with his present business here since. He
married, January 26,1868, Miss Catharine Buehler, who was born in Ohio, and reared in
Fulton County, Ind. They have four sons anu two daughters living—Marioi Monroe, Lewis
Albert, Joseph Frederick, Mary, Milo Erwin, and Rosa Emma, and have buried their oldest
child, Sarah Clarinda, in the Germ in Cemetery, Fultou County, Ind. He is an active mem-
ber of the I, 0.0 F. society. His farm contains 120 acres of good land, all under grain, it
as welt fenced and watered, has good buildings, and an orchard of ten acres of nicely assort-
ed fruits.

MRS. MARY ANN OLIVER, formerly Kirton, owner of “ Oakdale Farm,” P. O. Cheto-
pa, was born in Rougton, England, September 28, 1820, and was reared and educated there;
and was married to David Oliver, in her native city, He was born in England, February
12,1819. In 1850 they came to America, aud settled in Fayette County, lowa. Engaged
farming; after.six years they removed to Mower County, Minn., and remained actively iden-
tified with farming there until 1867, wheu they came to Kansas, located upon the present place
which they have improved from a wild prairie, to its present handsome condition, “Oak-
dale Farm” contains 160 acres of valuable land, sixty acres of which are devoted to grain,.
ten acres in orchard of a nicely assorted variety of fruit trees, the balance is to pasture and
meadow. It is well fenced and watered, and las Hudsons dwelling and outbuildings. On
October 19, 1875, Mr. Oliver passed away this life, and is buried in Hackberry Cemetery. His
children living, are George H., Charles A., Henry K., Lottie. now Mrs, JohuC. Romine;
Lizzie L., now Mrs, James B. Johnston; those dead are, William K , who left two daughters,
Inez Gertrude and Etta Evaline; Anua, who married Joseph Peck, leaving one daughter,
Mary Lavilla, both buried beside their father.

ALBERT OLMSTED, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Cecil, was born in Michigan, June
5, 1836, and was reared iu McHenry County, Lils., to farming business. In 1866 he came to
Kansas, and located upon 280 acres in Sections 2, 3, 10 and 11, Richland Township, and
improved it from a state of nature. Itis well feuced and watered, has good buildings, and
an orchard of 600 well-assorted fruit trees. He remained upon this farni till 1883, when he
bonght his present farm of 160 acres, thus agyregating his land tu 440 acres. His present
place is handsomely improved, containtng dwelling, etc., and an orchard of nicely
assorted fruit trees, also has a grove of torest trees. He married, in 1858. in Davis County,
Mo., Miss Adelia Buck, who was born and reared in Steuben County, N. Y. They have one
son Charles: he has served upon the school board of his district, and has taken an active
part in the development of tue many industries of his locality since coming to the State.

JESSE PICKERING, owner of ‘“Youth’s Beauty.” stock and grain farm, P.O. Cecil,
was born in Belmont County, Ohio, September 5, 1834, and removed with his people to
Henry County, Ind., in 1835, and was reared and educated in Wayne County. At the age of
eighteen he began life in farming in Henry County, but subsequently located in Madison
County, Ind., where he was identified with farming and stock raising till 1881, when he
came to Kansas and located here, and has very considerably improved his present farm.
He married, in 1856, Miss Mary Stanley, of Heury County, Ind., a lady of very able literary
attainments, They have a family of two sons and seven daughters—Viola, now Mrs. Jacob

  

_ Yearling; Roseila, now Mrs. Oscar Wylie; Luther, Cora, May, Lizzie, Josie, Orlando and

Minnie. He has been an active member of the Masonic order for the last twenty-one years,
and of the I. 0. O. F. society for nineteen years. Youth’s Beauty stock and grain farm is
pleasantly located. seven miles west of Chetopa, and two miles from Cecil P.O. It contains
160 acres of valuable land, principally devoted to grain tillage; itis surrounded with hand-
some hedge and cross fence, has excellent water supply, and is stockeil with a good class ot
hogs, horses and cattle, au orchard of 700 trees of nicely assorted fruits located adjacent to the
residence lot. In the residence lot are handsome dwelling and outbuilaings, preceded, as
you enter from the road, with a handsomely laid out variety of forest trees, prominent
amoug which are the pines, cedars, catalpas, etc., giving to the farm the very approriate
title of * Youth’s Beauty.”

JAMES W. POTTENGER, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Crouse, was born in La Porte
County, Ind., December 23, 1849, «nd was reared there to his present industry. At the age of
sixteen he enlisted his services in Company I, Oue Hundred and Twenty-eighth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, and did active service till April, 1866, when he was honorably dis-
charged. He followed farm-ng in his native place till 1870, when he came to Kansas
and located here, «nd has been actively identified with his present industry here since. He
married, in 1869, Miss Martha McConnell of Indiana. Thev have three sons and one
daughter—Ira, Charles, Mary and Earl. His wife is a member of the Christian Church. He
is a member of the G. A. R._ His farm contains eighty acres of valuable land, is well fenced
and watered and stocked. He is paying considerable attention to rearing milch cows for
dairy purposes, for which industry he has built a dairy from which he is making already a
considerable quautity of butter. Good dwelling and outbuildings are located upon the
farm and an orchard of about 300 trees of a nicely assorte variety of fruits.

W.S. SANFORD, farmer and stock raiser, P. O, Cecil, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Paty
8. 1842, and was educated in a literary course of instruction at the Farmers’ Collese, also
graduate of Bacon’s Commercial College of that city. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co n-
pany G, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and did ac*ive service until the close of the war,
when he was honorably discharged. He assisted in the capture of the rebel president.
After the war he was engaged in grain and commission, and was member of Board of Trade
in his native city, and afterward opened a grain and commission warehouse at Chillicothe,
Ohio, with both of which he was actively identified until 1869, when be came to Kansas and
located upon his present place, which he has improved. He married, in 1866, Miss Fannie
J. Donogh, of Fairfield, Ind., a lady of fine literary attainments and a graduate of Oxford
Female Academy, of Oxford, Ohio. They havea family of three daughters aud one son—
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Edith, Ida, Maggie and Benjamin, He and his wife are members of the Christian Church,
He has served on the School Board of his district for several years, and has been active in
other local official positions, His farm contains 160 acres of valuable land, is well fenced,
- watered and stocked, in which latter industr
breeding fine-bred cattle, mules and hogs.
acres of nicely assorted fruits. “

ALBERT E. WALTON, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Chetopa, was born in St.
Lawrence County, N. Y¥., December 30, 1814, and removed with his people to Ohio at tbe
age of fourteen, and was connected with business there until 1841, when he went to She-
boygan County, Wis., and carried on farming there for several years, after which hecarried
on farming in Ionia County, Mich., for about nine years. He then spent six years in farm-
ing in Henry County, Iowa, and in 1866 he located in Randolph County, Mo., where he
farmed until 1873. He then came to Kansas and located here, and has been actively iden-
tified with his present industry here since. He married, in 1851, Miss Agnes Wailer, of
Stark County, Ohio. They have three sons—Henry, George and Daniel. His wife is au
active member of the Baptist Church. His farm contains 160 acres of land, has good build-
ings, and an orchard of a variety of fruit trees.

JOSEPH J. WATSON, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Chetona, was born near Manches-
ter, England, February 12, 1840, and came to Ainerica with his people in 1842,who, after a
short stay in the East, se:tled in Milwaukee, Wis., where he grew to manhood, and identi-
fied himself with farming until the spring of 1864, when he enlisted in Company G, Second
Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, and did active service until November, 1865, when he was
honorably discharged. After the war he located in Iowa and followed carpentering in that
State until 1869, principally in Allamakee County, In the spring of that year he came here
and located, an‘! bas been actively identified with his present industry here, improving two
farms meanwhile, and is now located upon his third. Itcontains 320 acres of valuable
land, 160 acres of which are devoted to grain, and the balance to pasture. It is well fenced,
watered and stocked, and has good buildiugs. He has about eighty acres of forest skirting
the streamwhich runs through his farm, & was married, in 1868, in Postville, Iowa, to
Miss Martha Blundell, who was born in Manchester, England, and was brought up in Wis-
cousin. He and his wife are members of the M. &, Church. He isa member of Pea Ridge
Post, No. 118, G. A.R. He has been a member uf the Masonic Order for the past sixteen

years. 3

SAMUEL M. WATT, farmer and stock raiser, P, 0. Oswego. was born in Vermillion

. County, Ind., August 30, 1838, and was reared and educated in Edgar County, Il. In Au-
gust, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Seventy-niuth Illinois Volunteer Tufantry, and
remained in active service until the battle of Chickamauga, Ga, August 18, 1862 8 Was
wounded and taken prisoner, and after nine days days was exchanged. He remained in
the hospital until December 13, 1864, when he was honorably discuarged and peusioned,
In 1868 he came to Kansas and located upon his present place, which he has improved from
a raw prairie to itspresent condition. It contains 174 acres of valuableJand, has handsome
outbuildings and dwelling, and an_ orchard of well assorted fruits. He married, in
1866. in Vermillion County, Ill, Miss Nancy E. McNutt, who was born in Jefferson, Ind.,
and was reared and educated in Illinois, They have a family of two sons and three daugh-
ters—Hattie M., IdaJ., Frank, Jesse and Ray. He isa member of the G, A. R., has served
upon the School Board of bis district for several years, and has been active in other local
oficial positions.

. JOSHUA T. WELLS, farmer and stock raiser, P. O, Chetopa, was born in Clarke County,
Ind., August 9, 1847. In 1869 he came to Kansas and located upon his present place, which
he has improved from a raw prairie to its present condition. It contains 160 acres of good
land, is well fenced, watered and stocked, has good buildings and an orchard of a nicely
assorted variety of fruits. He married, February 6, 1883, Miss Kate Foley, who was born
in Ohio and reared in Fayette County, Ind. He hasa family of one son, George A. Wells, by
a former marriage. In 1877 he went to Colorado, and was identified in that State till the
present year, when he returned and married and has established himself on his farm

gain.

SIDNEY L. WHITING, owner of “Sunnyside” farm, P. O. Chetopa, was born in Onon-
daga County, N. Y., March 24, 1833, and was reared and educated in Washtenaw County,
Mich. At the age of twenty-one he located in Kankakee County, Lil, and carried on farm-
ing there till 1873, when he came here and located, aud has been very actively identified
with his present industry here since. He married, in LaPorte County, Ind., in 1856, Miss
Mary Foster, who was born in his native State and reared and educated in LaPorte
County, Ind. Thev have five sons and one daughter—Frank, Charlie, Fred, Sherman, Kus-
selland Jennie. He and bis wife have be2n ac ive nembersof the M. &, Church for over
twenty-five years, During the war he did service in Company F, Eighty-eighth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, from August, 1862, till the end of the war, when he was honorably
discharged and pensioned for wounds received at the battle of Missionary Ridge. He is
present Justice of the Peace for this township, and has filled other municipal and school
Offices. Sunuyside farm contains 160 acres of choice land, has nicedwellings and out-
buildings, and an orchard of five acres of well assorted fruit trees, and ten acres of forest

rees,

he pays considerable attention to rearing and
e has good buildings and an orchard of fifteen

BARTON.

Is about eighteen miles west of Oswego, and is reached by stage lines from
Oswego and Liberty. The population is about forty, and the place has a gen-
eral store, a blacksmith shop and a postoffice, with J. H. Tibbetts, Postmaster.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM FRANCE, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Coffeyville, was born in 1841, in Eng-
land, where he was educated. migrated to Illinois ii 1866, and cameto Kansasin 1876.
Was married to Mrs. Catharine Jay, January 16th, 1879. She was born in England, April
19th, 1828. Her maiden name was Carter, Her first husband was James Hart, to whom
she was married in 1844. He was drowned with alittle daughter while crossing Pumpkin
Creek, July 2d, 1873. Her second husband was William Jay, who died not long after his
marriage, August 23d, 1874. Mrs. France had thirteen children; Phebe. born June 12th,
1845; Jennie, burn December 23d, 1847; Joseph, born June 23, 1848; John, born June 20th,
1850; Hiram, born June 20th, 1852, was supposed to have been murdered; Edward, born
Noveinber 26th, 1853; James, born November 3, 1854; George, born February 20th, 1859;
Alex, born June 27th, 1861; Lorinda, born Nov. 3d, 1862; Charles, born September 18th,
1863; Catharine, born June 14th, 1867. Mrs. Hart settled in Labette County, Kan., in 1869.
Mrs. France has a fine farm of 160 acres, comfortable buildings. They have 90 acres of fine
wheat; last year they had 1700 bushels, Mrs, France’s first husband, James Hart. was a
soldier in the late war aud also a tirm defender of the faith of the Latter-day Saints,but was
strougly opposed to polygamy. Mr, France and family are members of the re-organized
‘Chureb of the Latter Day Saints, who are strongly opposed to polygamy.

AARON HUME, Postmaster and_farmer, Deerton, was born in Allegauy County, N. Y.,
in 1830. He went with his family to Naples, Wayne Co., I, & little before the Black Hawk
war in 1832, and from thence to Rock County, Wis. His father’s was the fourth family in
that County. There he received his education in the log school-houses, At the age of
twenty-one he went into business for himself—boatng, lumbering, merehandising. He
owned a lumberyard at St. Louis in 1859 and 1860. He was afterward in Dakota County,
‘Miun.,on a farm; then in the copper mines of Lake Supertor, where he remained two

- years. In 1869, he went to Missouri, and from thence to Labette County, Kansas, in 1871,
after visiting several localities, including Texas, where he had gone for a drove of cattle.
He purchased Jaid in the Cherokee Strip, which he sold and engaged in the mercantile

* Dusiness, also taking the postoffice at Deerton in 1880. Was married to Mary C. Johns, of
Labette County, Kan., who was born in ‘vazewell County Ill, They have four children—
Mary, Winona Belle, ‘Rosa Lee and George Andrew.

J. W. MASON, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Arnold, was born at Deerfield Corners, Oneida
Co.,N.Y.,1829. His great grandfather caine from England prior to the War of [udependence,
and was asoldier during the whole time, seven years. After the war, Mr, Mason removed
with his father to D: Kalb County, IIL, atan early age, where he lived ona farm and was
educated in private schools; was married in 1854 to Sarah Driskall, of DeKalb County, IIL
She was born in Wayne County, Ohio in 1832 aud died in 185%. They had three children
—James Adelbert, Harry Grant, and Sadie May. Mr. Masoucame to Kansas, May 19, 1871,
and purchased 480 acres of land in Cauada Township, Labette County, on which he has twen-
ty-five acres of bearing fruit-trees aud several hundred head of cattle. He is an enterpris-
ing and progressive farmer, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace for ten years,
His second wife was Margaret A. Fetierby, of DeKalb County, lL Born in Herkimer
County, N. ¥., in 1841.

HUGH MONROE, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Mound Valley, was born in the North of
Scotland June 22, 1813, and emigrated to America in 1840. stopping a short time at Lock-
port, N. He went to Greene County, Ohlo, where he lived until 1868, when he removed to
Delaware County, Ind., where he resided until he came to Kansas in February, 1879, and
settled on a farm four miles north of Mound Valley. Was married in 1848 to Jemiima Steele,
who was born in Ohioin 1823. They had ten children, eight of whom are school teachers—
Lizzie, Catharine, Robert W.,married to Alice Reed; Sarah J.,married to John Keener; Mary
E., married to Dr. George R. Green, living in Indiana; Susan A., living in Kansas; John R.,
living in Arizona; Jane Fleming, James A., Ann Reed, married to W.W. Hickenbottom and
living in Wayne County, Ill.; Joseph E. Mr. Monroe’s children have received liberal edu-
cations, two are in the legal profession, eight are teachers and one is a physiciau. Mr, Mon-
roe’s farm is pleasantly located and well improved,

B. P. OAKLEAF, farmer, P. O.
settled un a farm five miles southwest of Mound Valley, He now has 400 acres of excellent

Mound Valley, came to Kansas June 10th, 1869, and -

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Jand, on which be has made improvements of good buildings, orchards and shade trees. He
was born in Sweden, in 1827, and educated in the Swedish lauguage. He was left au orphan
at an early age so that he was compelled to make his way alonein the world, By reading
and study he acquired a good common English education. He was married in 1850, to Mary
Ekelof, of Sweden, who was born in 1830, and educated in the Swedish tongue. They have
had ten children, five of whom are iving—Charles, inarried_ to Christine Olson; Joseph,
married to Josephine Anderson, and liviugin Rock Island; Lydia, educated as a teacher,
Emanuel, fourteen years; Stephen, twelve. Junie, married to B. Young, died in 1881. Mr. -
O. has been greatly prospered since coming to Kansas, and {s an upright, intelligent citizen, -
also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. .

PHILIP A. SMITH, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Coffeyville, was born in Lancaster, Worces-
ter Co., Mass., 1809. His father was an able lawyer in that State. At the age of fifteen he
was in Boston, engaged in the grocery business. He was commander of a company of light
infantry, to receive Lafayette, in 1835. He went to Mobile in 1836, where his brother, Sid-
ney Sinith, was one of the projectors of the Molile & Ohio R. R,, and the first president of
thé road. ‘Mr. Philip A. Smith carried on the grocery business for ten years at Mobile. In
1836, he went to Miami County, Ohio, near Dayton, where he lived on a farm twenty-five
years. Was married to bis first wife, Susan Whitney, of Cambridge, Mass., 1835. She died,
in 1839, of yellow fever, In Mobile. Was married in Mobile, in 1841, to Jenuie B. Canedy,
of Fall River. She was descended from one of the oldest families ‘of Massachusetts. Mr.
Smith has had eleven children—Sidney A., enlisted in the Seventy-first Olio, as a private,
and came out acaptain, now lives at Springfield, Ohio; Moses, died August 31,1850; Frank,
died July, 1866; Philip, died in 1876; Susan, married to Calvin Hodge; Charles D.; Sarah
J., died January, 1860; Adams J., William B. C., Prescott H., EdwardG. Mr. Smith came
to Kansas in March, 1871, and settled on Pumpkin Creek, Labette County. He and his sons
are owners of 480 acres of good land. Mr. Smithisa well informed man of large experi-
ence, aud has been successful since coming to Kansas. The family are of the Unitarian
Church, : His second wife died tn July, 1881. at the age of sixty-one years.

.G WILLEY, farmer, Section 17, P. O.*Deerton, was born in New Hampshire, 1830,
and educated in tie common schools, e worked for his father, who was the owner of a
mill, until the age of twenty, when he drove a stage for twelve years from Coucord to New-
market, He has a brother, George Willey, who was born in New Hampshire, 1834, anda
sister, Mrs. Kelth, of Oswego, Kas, George Willey was a wagon master across the plains,
for two years, and he kept a ranche in the Black Hills, known as ‘* Wicked Man’s Ranche.”
Mr. John Willey and his brother George, were the first_ men that made a business of driv-
ing and selling cattle in this section of the State. Was married in Newmarket, N. H., to
Ellen Willey, of the same place. She was born in Vermont. Mr. Willey-and his brother
George, settled on farms in Canada Township, Labette County. They have nearly 800 acres
of good tand, and owna considerable stock. They are e.terprising business men, aud have
been very successful since they came to Kansas, 1869. Mr. George Willey was married, in
1880, to Lizzie Stone, of Kentucky. They have one child, Susie Bell.

OTHER TOWNS.

Mathewson isa station on the Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Railroad, ten
miles east of Parsons. William McDown is the present Postmaster.

Fishkill is a station on the Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Railroad, in Ne-
osho Township.

Timber Hill is a postoffice in the southeastern part of Osage Township.

Crouse is a country postoffice, nine and a quarter miles southeast of Oswego
D. W. Crouse is Postmaster.

Snow Hillis a post office in the southwest corner of the county in Howard
Township. The office was established in 1877. W. B. Roberts is the present
Postmaster.

Arnold, Cecil, Deerton and Dennis are post offices, located in different
parts of the county.

Dora is a postoffice, twenty-seven miles southwest of Oswego, on the tri-
weekly stage line, between Coffeyville and Chetopa. A Congregational Church
is located here, with Rev. J. Cooper, pastor. W.H. Goodwin was the first, and
F, W. Noblett, the present Postmaster.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP.

NEWBERRY COOPER, farmer, P. O. Oswego, came to Kansas November 6, 1866, and
settled three miles north of Montana, Labette County, on a farm, where he lived until Feb-
ruary, 1883, when he sold ont and purchased eighty acres near Oswego, on which he moved,
March 9, He was born in Botetourt County, Va., in 1823. At the ageof nine years he went
with his parents to Preble County, Ohio, where he lived until he was twenty-one, and from
thence to Grundy County, Mo., and back agaiu to Ohio, and from there to Randolpb County
Mo., to Hannibal, Mo., and to Sacramento, Cal.,aud to New York City, and back to Ran-
dolph, Mo., and from thereto Kansas, Mr. C. is acooper by trade, which business he has
followed occasionally. He has been in the mercantile business, and has taught school. He
was married, May 4, 1848, to Frances Roman, of Randolph County, Mo., by whom he had
four children—William Oscar (now in California), Sarah S. (now in Pittsburgh, Kan.), Alex-
ander (in Labette County, Kan. and John 8. (deceased). His first wife died January 9,
1861. e was married, January 13, 1863. to Susan Huut, of Randolph County, Mo., by
whom he has had four children—Frances M. (deceased), Fannie (a school teacher), Emma
and Hattie. Mr, Cooper's father was born iu Pennsylvania; grandfather was from Scot-
land; distantly related to Peter and Fennimore Cooner. He is descended from an old Eug-
lish earl. Mr. C, served in the Missour! State Militia, Company D, Forty-sixth Regiment.
He has a beautiful farm.

H. M. DEBOLT, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Oswego, was born in Wayne County, Ind.,
Jauuary 29, 1825. His father was Andrew Debolt, bornin Newtown, Ohio, December 20,
1798, died July 17, 1877, in Randolph County, Ind. His mother*s maiden name was Susan
Sigman; was born April 15, 1806, died in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 10, 1848. Mr. De-
bolt’s education was imperfect and irregular even in those branches taught in the common
schools of the country. At sixteen years old, he moved to Preble County, Ohio, and served
as aregular apprentice tothe trade of brick laying, plastering and stone mason, having
been a laboring man all his life long, and bas acted upon the scriptural maxim of cating his
bread in the sweat of his brow, He Libored, after outaniug trade, unt he acquired the
means of again going to school, after which he commenced the study of law at Union City,
Ind, in 1853, purchasing his own books, and reading at his leisure until 1857, when he
moved to Burlington, Iowa, working at hts trade, and availing himself of every opportunity
of studying to improve his Itinited education, which he did in all the English branches. In

859, he moved to Jefferson City, Mo., and was admitted tothe bar in 1860, and practiced
his profession at that place for eight years. and was also engaged as contractor in Missouri
State Penitentiary during that time. “In 18$8, he immigrated to Kansas, Stopping a whileat
Sedatia, Pettis Co., Mo., but flnally settling four miles west of Oswego, in Labette County,
Where he purchased a farm of 400 acres from the United States Government, where he now
lives, Mr. Debolt was inarried the 4th day of December, 1848, to Martha E. Milli ‘an, of
Randolph County, Ind, by whom he had eight children, six of whom are now 1 ving —
Elizabeth C. his eldest, was born November 1, 1849, in Randolph County, Ind., and is now
married to William Harshaw, of Oswego Labette Co., Kan.; Charles W.,; his second child,
was born April 14,1857; his third ebild, Franklin A., was born November 13, 1852, and
married to Sophia Williams, of Jefferson City, Mo.; Margaret, his fourth child, was born
November 26, 1853, and died October 1, 1857, with smallpox; W. H., bis fifth child, was
born November 20, 1856, and died with smallpox October 13, 1857; Alice N., his sixth
child, was born January 24, 1859; Mary E., seventh child, was born April 14, 1861,
Edward, his eighth child, was born January 14,1864. Mr. Debolt still recoguizes the dig-
nity of labor, and looks forward to a day, not very fur distant, when educated labor will be
themalyauon of Ee OUI:

sD; 3 AN, farmer, P.O, Oswego, came to Kansas, Linn County, in June,
1862, and settled atthe Osage Mission in October, 1863. On July 15, 1865, te settled on
Section 31, Tuwuship 33, Labette County, where he lived one and a half years, when his
wife died and he went seventy-five miles into the Indian Territory and traded with the
Indians, with whom he lived more or less during five years of his life, learning totalk the
Osage language, In the summer of 1869 he went to the Big Caney River, now chautau va
County, where he mde the first settlement in that county, Inthe spring of 1870 he sold his
claim and came back to Labette County, where he married his second wife, Mary E. Kings-
ry, May 1.1870. She was born in Franklin County, Ind., November 2, 1849. In the
spring of 1867 he was appointed, by the Governor, County Clerk, to organize the county of
Labette, and at the first election was elected County Clerk of Labette County, He bas held
the office of Justice of the Peace in Fairview Township for nine vears consecutively and has
taught several terms of school. Mr. Dickerman’s first wife was Jane Martin, of Greene
County, Ill., by whom he has two children, Harry E. aud Oliver G., now living in Tlinots. By
Ms second wife he has had nine children, five of whom are living. Mr. D. was the first settler

n Labette County. Mr. Collins aud be'laid the foundations for the first house on Labette
Creek. Soon afterwards Mr, Zink came out and assisted to erect the building, which was
done without using a nail or sawed board, They used an ax, a saw, an auger and a frow,
LABETTE COUNTY

JAMES M. LOGAN, farmer, P. O. Oswego;

» fa » P.O. go; was born in Bel -
Deouenun a nis parents 20 Washio zhon County, Bhat the age of ne Tee here was
h A vompany F, Forty-ninth Illinois, August 12, 1862;
was with his command at Pleasant Hill, Price’s raid on Red Ri ‘der Bal ' :
ville Mr. Logan was tuustered out at the close of the Wary wa IBBREIEA ii March eyo fo

e Mr a ar; was married i a ¢
a y KE, Stover. fens was born in April, 1857. They have four Ain bse eatiese mera ti
sie an aggie. He has 160 acres of goou land six and a half miles northwest of OS.

wego. His father, James Lo i é : i
douty; Haviug settinlir ioe. an, died in 1873 Mr. L. is one of the oldest settlers in the

a en it was a wild was P
with nothing; now he has 160 acres. worth at least $6,000 retards ote pies ane yenenas
that produce tn large quantities. He has raised his family’ without a ing? out more than
$30 for physicians and medicine since coming to Kansas, April 1866" are ne snuee
ALEX. LONG, farmer, Sections 23 and 24, "Oswego, was born in Huntinga
County, Pa., July 11, 1833. William Long, his fathér emigrated from Derr Ir land, to
America, in 1801, stopping at Philadelphia. From thence he went to Westcheste fy lire A
Westchester to Huntingdon, and in 1841 to Dixon, Lee County, Hl, Mr, Lon lived in Dixon
until twenty-eight years of age, when he enlisted in Company E Twelfth Titinols Int ory,
May, 1861. He served iu the army four years and three months, and was ste? dl OUD TA
Nashvilie, Tenn., May, 1865. Mr. L. wasin the battles of Fort Donelson, Si iol Per I
villle, Stone River, Chickamauga, and in the cam paign of Sherman to ‘Atlanta a d''b ck 40
Nashville under Thomas. He was wounded four times, once severel ‘AL the close of the
war he came to Leavenworth, where he was in the employment of ihe United States Gov-
ernment until 1868, when he came to Labette County. In 1880 he purchased a farm. of 320
eee ay yebiell be now lives. Mr. L. was married to Mrs. Martha J. Cragg, of Oswego, by
Hasigtearshte children, Aggie, John and William. Mr. Long is a member of the
APT. CAVE MONTAGUE, farmer, P.O. Osw rn i
1823. His grandfather, Johu Montague, emigrated te Aieelon trom Fralanae none tthe
Revolution and settled near Richmond, Va, and afterwards moved to Kentucky. His
father, James M., was born in Virginia, but came to Kentucky with his father. Captain M.
moved with his parents to Perry County, Ill., in 1832, where he became a farmer. In 1848
he removed to Keokuk, Iowa, where he worked at his trade of plasterin In March, 1851
he moved to Chester, Rancolph Co., Ill., and in 1867. he came to Labette County, Kan.
where he entered 240 acres of land, on which he has built his home and planted fruit and
shade trees. Capt. Montague was married to Amanda Grisham, whose mother was from
Pennsylvania and father from Kentucky, by whom he has had fivechildren, Milton A., born
May 31, 1851, and married to Nettie Higgins, of Carthage, Mu., 1878; Ellery GC born June 10:
1853, married to Louisa Barnard, 1877; Alfred A., born’May'5, 1859, married to Susie Hiz-
gins, 1880, deceased; Frances E., born December 19, 1848, died July 30, 1849; Sarah E.
born September 17, 1855, died May 12,1856. On June 11, 1846, he eilisted in the Second
Illinois Volunteer Infantry and served in the Mexican War under Gens, Taylor and Wool;
was mustered out at Somarge Mexico, June 18, 1847. On June 11, 1861, he enlisted in
Company H, Twenty-second Lilinois Infantry, and was with his éommand at Belmont
Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, etc.: was mustered out at Springfield, il.
patty Hl Seon fide frst comindssioned urs Plentenantand afterwards Captain of Com-’
H. Capt. M. 1e oldest settlers of Labette Co 3
experience in the hardships of frontier life. i edealah came necaarchinin e
CLARK M. MONROE, farmer, P. O. Oswego. was born in Lodi, Athens Co.. Ohio, April
14,1831. Atan early age his parents moved to Trumbull County, Obio, where he received
a good common school education. In 1853 his parents moved to Noble County, Ind., where
they now reside, His father was a native of New York, his mother of Canada’ Mr. Monroe
learned the carpenter trade while young and works at it occasionally, but farming is his
main business. Married in 1854, to Catherine A. Kagy, in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio, by
whom he had four children, Rufus T., John L., Charles M. and Florence I. Monroe, all born
in Noble Co., Ind. In 1868, Mr. M. emigrated to Kansas and settled on a farm of 160 acres of
land, five miles west of Oswego, where he now lives. He isan active member of the com-~
munity in which he lives, being the first elected Township Clerk; was charter member of
the Labette County Agricultural Society, its president in 1873; represented said society at
a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, in March, 1873, at Topeka; represented
Labette County at the great farmers’ movement at Topeka, in 1874, and again in 1875. Mr.
Monroe is also a member of the Labette County Historical Society, and was its first treasu-
rer. Mrs. Monroe died in 1873. Married Alice G. Hughes in November, 1873; she was
born in Calhoun County, Mich., September 12, 1841, receiving a thorough knowledge of the
common branches taught in the district schools of Michigan, commenced teaching at thir-
teen years of age,and taught continuously for twenty years, five consecutive terms in
District 57, Oswego Township. The winter of 1860-61 she attended school at_ Lewistown
Seminary, Ill. Mrs, Monroe’s parents are now living in Bellevue, Eaton Co,, Mich. Her
father was born in Syracuse, N. Y., 1812. Alice Monroe is mother of four children, Ross M.
and _Lottie B., wlo are living now Clark R. and Gertie V. died in 1882. 7

WILLIAM PARK, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Oswego, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in
1845. He,was educated in Stattord,in the same State. His father was Walter Park, born in Lang-
ham, Scotiand, and emigrated to America, settling in Monroe County,Ohio, many years since.
Atthe age of uineteen. Mr, Park removed to Douglas County, Kan., in the spring of 1865,
where he worked on a farm two years; he then removed to Labette County, Kan., and pur-
ebased 160 acres of fine land five miles west of Oswego, on which he has erected a beautiful
home, surrounding it with shade and fruit trees. e was married, to Louise Kelsey, on
April 15, 1872. She was from Saline, Washtenaw Co., Mich., where she was born and
educated, Mrs. Park taught the first school that was taught in their district after its or-
ganization in the fall of 1870,1n a box house that stands near the present schoolhouse,
They have two children—Clesson M., born on June 15, 1874; Arthur, born on March 22%, and
died October 3, 1880. Mr. Park is one of the oldest settlers of the county and has been
identified with its growth and progress. Mr. Park and family are members of the Baptist
Church. Heis also a member of the Schoo! Board. .

JAMES PAXTON, farmer, P. O. Oswego, came to Kansas from Johnson County, Mo., in
November, 1870, and In July of the following Aor he settled in Labette County six miles
west of Oswego and purchased 240 acres of land, on which he has inade a comfortable home
and planted shade trees, fruit trees, etc. Mr, Paxton is a native of Mercer County, Pa., hav-
ing been born in 1842. After receiving a good education at Union College, in the town of
Mercer, he taugnt in private schools three years. He enlisted in Company BK, One Hundred
and Forty-secoud Illinois Infantry in 1863, and served until the close of the war. He then
went to Warren, Stephenson Co,, Ill, ana_was clerk in a hardware store and taught school.
He was married to Mary Barrington, of Madison, Wis., who was born in Madison in 1846.

_They have two children—Samuel and Ellen. Mr, Paxton since coming to Kansas has taught
school seven terms in his own neighborhood. : .

JOHN RICHARDSON, farmer, P.O. Oswego, was born in Franklin County, Ill. His
parents were natives of Tennessee. He received a common school education, and at the age
of twenty-one he commenced teaching which he followed for eight years. In 1864, he was
married in Illinois, to Miss Sarah J. Sturman, a native of Illinois, by whom he has five
childien—Leona, Flora, Nora, Alma and Ethel. In May, 1866, he emigrated with his fa-
ther’s family, settling on a farm of 180 acres in Labette County, six miles northwest of
Oswego. At that time there were not 100 inhabitants in the whole county, and help was so
scarce that his father and brother Alex, having died, he was compelled to dig his father’s
grave. Myr, Richardson and his family are members of the Baptist Church, His home is
pleasantly situated on the banks of Labette Creek, surrounded with fruit trees andsbrubbery.
He bas been identified with the growth of his town and county. 7 .

JOSEPH SCOTT, farmer, P. O. Oswego, was born in Atlantic County, N. J., in 1827. At
the age of six years he moved with his parents to Wabash County, Ill., where he went to
school and worked onthe farm. On August 2, 1862, he enlisted in Company R, One Hun-
dred and Thirtieth Ilinois Infantry. He was at the siegeof Vicksburg, Sabine Cross Roads
and in Bank’s expedition on the Red River. He was niustered out in July, 1865, at Spring-
field. His father was born in Philadelphia, and died in 1831, in New Jersey. His mother
died'in 1866. His ancestry on the paternal side was Scotch, while his mother was of Ger-~
man extraction. He was married, in 1848, to Miss Hannah Rice, of Wabash County, Ill.
She was born in Kentucky, in 1827. They have five children—Armenia A., Eliza, Lincoln
C., James M.and Fred Franklin. Six are deceaged—Vashti V., Naucy, Mary, George W.,
Rachael B. and Martha J. Mr. Scott was taken prisoner at Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8,
1864. In the fall of 1869, Mr. Scott came to Kansas and settled on 160 acres of land four
miles northwest of Oswego, : :

“NJAMIN SYLVESTER STONE, farmer, P.O. Oswego, was horn in Obio County,
Ind., February 19, 1840. His ancestors—three brothers of them—came to America in the
Mayflower; one of whom was a clergyman, and the immediate ancestor of the subject of this
sketch, The family bistory is conspicuous during the old Colonial and Revolutionary days,
and is easily traced from the fact that Mr. Stone’s more immediate ancestors back for seven
generations have all been clergymen, and have adorned the [sraelitish cognomen of ‘'Ben-
jamin.’? Mr. Stones father 1s 1n possession of an heirloom in the shape of an iron wedge,
which was made an hundred years before the Revolution. It descends through the line of
“Benjamins.” Mr. Stone’s parents moved to Illinois in 1842, and thence to Iowa in 1849.
He erilisted in the Union army on the 19th of April, 1861, in Company GC, First Towa. Was
in the famous engagement at Wilson’s Creek, aud was mustered out August 23, 1861.
He was married to Miss Cornelia Lake, November 19, 1862. She was born in Obio in
1843. In the spring of 1864, Mr. Stone re-enlisted in Company B, Forty-fourth Iowa,
and served until the close of the war. He moved to Kansas in November, 1866; was
one of the original thirty-two that went out and surveyed the town of Oswego. He re-
mained in Kansas a year, when, in consequence of an injury, causing the loss of use of
his right arm, he returned to Muscatine, lowa. He came back to Kansas and settled in
Labette County, three miles from Oswego, in 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have four children
—Mary A., Cora M., Benjainin W, and Josephine I. Mr. Stone’s father, Benjamin, and two

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brothers, William Goldsmith and Joseph Jasper, are living in Nebraska, having settled there

in an early day.

JOSEPH JASPER STONE, penman, present address, Oswego, Kas., was born in Han-
cock County, II, January 16, 1845. At the breaking out of the war, being young and
unable to get his father’s consent to enlist, he ran away from home and jouned the army
He became a member of three different regiments during the course of the war, viz.. the
Sixteenth, E'ghteenth and Thirty-fifth Iowa Infantry. In the last he was a member of Com-
pany A, Capt. Wim. B. Keeler, from the 2d of September, 1862, untilthe 71h of July, 1865.
He was one of the “thirteen” who came through unhurt out of eighty-seven men in his
company that went intothe battle of Pleasant Hill, La. Mr. Stone has been an invalid ever
since the war, in consequence of severe injuries received from having bad severe sunstroke,
smallpox, and chronic-diarrhca. He went to Nebraska in September, 1865. Took a home-
stead in June, 1866. In the spring of 1870, in cousequence of ill-health, he entered the
State Normal School, at Peru, Neb., and was one of the first who took the oath to teach in
that State. He was, during the year 1872, commander of the military department of the
school. He was married to Miss E. A. Taylor, daughter of Rev. J. W. Taylor, December 19,
1872, by whom he has three children—Zoe Ingersoll, born September 19, 1873; Denton
Underwood, January 14, 1876, and Theron Leland, born August 21, 1878. Mr. Stone and
his wife parted mutually October 19, 1879. Heis known as “The Nebraska Dugout Pen-
man.” His work in the line of ornamental penmanship can not be excelled in the West. He
is a correspondent for several newspapers and magazines, and is a writer of considerable
experience and ability, anda poet of no mean order. He is an enthusiastic member of the
G Ar Beane is one of the “five”? managers of the organization of ‘* Lowa Soldiers in Né-

raska. *

JOSEPH STOVER, farmer, P.O. Oswego, was born in Botetourt County, Va., in September,
1811. His parents were natives of Penusylvania, graudparents were from Germany prior
to the Revolution, He was married June 2, 1831, to Elizabeth Refley, of Virginia, who was
born in that State November 7, 1809. Mr. $. moved to Montgomery County, Ind., October
15, 1832. On February 13, 1860, he moved to Warren, Iowa, and in the fall of 1870 he
moved to Kansas and settled on a farm six miles northwest of Oswego, where he now lives.
Mr. Stover had five children by his first wife—Andrew J., born December 14, 1835; George
P., born March 4, 1832, died 1880; Gilbert H., born November 24, 1840 and married, 1862;
Caroline, born 1844; Sarah Ella, born June 5, 1853, died February, 1854. Mrs. Stover died
March 4, 1872. Mr. Stover was married to Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wilson, formerly Debolt,
born in Preble County, O., November 10, 1829. She has one child, Ella Maria Wilson, born
November 20, 1865, adopted by stepfather, 1873. Mr. Stover’s land is first-class, He has
also fine improvements, buildings, fruit and shade trees.

J. L. WILLIAMS, nurseryman, Section 1, P. O. Oswego, was born in Porter County,
Ind. His father was born in North Carolina, in 1803, and immigrated to Tennessee, at an
carly period and from thence to Indiana, where he died in 1858. His mother died in 1857.
Mr. W. received his early training at home, and in the district school. In 1868 he went to
Iowa, where he remained one season, immigrating to Labette County, Kas., in 1869, where
he purchased 160 acres of Government land, on which he has erected a neat and tasteful
home, surrounding It with a large number of shade and fruit trees and shrubbery. Imme-
diately after his arrival in Kansas went into the nursery business, whicu he has extended
and enlarged until it is now one of the largest_and finest in the State. Mr. Williams was
married, in 1869, to Miss Rachael Barnard, of Westville, Ind. Her mother died in 1864; her
father still lives in Indiana. They have two children—Cora, born in 1872; Alta, born in

JERRY WINDBLGLER, farmer, I. O. Oswego, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in
1820. At the age of twelve he removed with his parents to Richland, Ohio, where he was
brought up on a farin. He lived there rvenby two vere: and removed to Kosciusko County,
Ind., where he resided ten years, and then moved to Fulton County inthe same State in
1864. Inthe spring of 1874 he emigrated to Kansas, and settled on a quarter section of
Jand, seven miles northwest of Oswego. Mr. Windbigler is a careful and prosperous
farmer, and has succeeded in establishing each of his five children on farms around him.
He was married to Martha Dooremire, of Crawford County, Ohio, in 1841. She was born
in 1824,in the same State, They have five children living—John S.,married to Elizabeth Ault,
enlisted in an Indiana repiment, and serving through the late war; Hannah Jane, marrie
to W. S. Kesler; Newton Jackson, married to Mary Watson, of Chetopa, hy whom he has
bad one child, Viola and Clara A., married to H. H. Elrod. He had three children deceased—
George W., who enlisted in an Indiana regiment, and died in the army, November 2, 1863;
Henry H., died September 6, 1873; Benjamin F., died August, 8, 1860. Newton J. is a min-
ister in the New Light Church, to which all the family belong. At one time since his com-
ing to Kansas, Mr. Windbigler lost all his stock of horses. ee

J. ZINK, farmer, P. O. Oswego, was bornin Highiand County, Ohio, in 1845. At theage
of thirteen he came to Pike County, Ill, where he received acommon school education. In
the fall of 1865,he came to Kansas,and in 1868 he entered his land,and afterwards purchased
more, until he has now 1,000.acres of good land in Fairview and Oswego Township. In
September, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Ninety-first Illinois Infantry, and was with bis
regiment in fourteen different States; at Spanish Fortand Blakely, on the Rio Grande, at
Forts Morgan and Powell, and many other places. He was taken prisoner in the winter of
1863, by Gen. Morgan, and was exchanged in the following June, and was mustered out in
August, 1865, at Camp Butler; was in the last battle of the war on Seven Mile, Mobile, Ala. :
Was married in September, 1868, to Mary Drake, of Greene County, IIl., where she was born
in 1844, and educated in the same county and State. Her parents are yet living in Illinois.
They have had one daughter—Inez, born in 1872, and died .n 1874. Mr. Zinkmanages his
large estate handles stock. He alsohas fruit of all kinds, and in great abundance, He was
one of the first settlers in Labette County. Not more than a dozen settlers were in the
county at the time.

LABETTE TOWNSHIP,

J.S. ADAMSON, farmer and stock grower, Section 12, Township 32, Range.19, P. O.
Parsons. He resides on 160 acres of fine improved land, which he entered November 3,
1869; came here from Jasper County, Iowa, having gone there with his parents when quite
asmall boy. He was born in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1843, a son of Enos and Sarah (Burgin),
the father, of Tennessee, and married the mother, of Missouri. J. 8. learned the carpenter's
trade, which has been his occupation in connection with farming, February 23, 1866, he
married Miss Elizabeth Kuows, a native of Pennsylvania. born in 1847, aud when eighteen
years of age, with her parents, moved to lowa, where she married, They have four children
—Charles, Eddie, Ada and Daniel. Mr. Adamson was a member of the Old Settler’s Society,
and bas served as Justice of the Peace inany terms.

F. H, & A.A. BRIGGS, farmers and cattle feeders, Section 11, Township 32,Range 19, P.
0. Parsons. This farm consists of 373 acres of finely improved land; came to Labette
County, Kan., September, 187, from Chicago, Ill, where they were born aud raised. F. H.
was born in’ 1845, and A. A. in 1851, being sons of Benjamin and Fidelia 8. Briggs. The
father was born iu 1812, at Bennington, Vt., and with his parents moved to New York, where
he grew to manhood, and learned the tradeof wagonmaker. In 1833 paid fare in stage, but
walked most of the way to Chicago, IIl.,and established a shop, having made the first wagon
that was manufactured in that city; afterwards associating himself with Mr. James O.
Humphrys in the wagon businesss. He was first married in 1836, to Miss Betsy Aun
Brown, a native of St. Charles, I). She died in 1843, leaving two children—William and
Cynthia. He married Fidelia 8. Frye, the mother of F. H.and A. A., November 3, 1844.
She is a native of Massachusetts, born February 21, 1818. aud with a relative moved to Chi-
cago, in 1844. They have had six children, four living—F. H., Mary L.. A. A., and Benja-
min, having lost two—Ella and Eugene. The father died May 18, 1863. The mother resides ~
with the above F. H. & A. A. Briggs. F.H.has spent many years through the Western
country at different points in Kansas and Colorado. His early life was spent as railroad en-
gineer at Des Moines, Iowa. A. A. Spent several years in the employ of the Rock Island &
Pacific Railroad.

P. M. GIBSON, farmer and stockgrower in Secuion 25, Town-hip 32, Range 19, P. O.
Parsons, came to Labette County, Kan., in 1869, and entered his present farm, which con-
sists cl 160 acres of fine improved land surrounded by hedge fence, with a fine orchard.
He came here from Vermillion County, Ill, where he was partly raised, but was born in
Clermont County, Ohio, 1n 1834, being a son of Samuel and Peggie A. (Myers) Gibson, both
of Pennsylvania. Mr. G, learned the carpenter trade, which has been his occupation in
connection with farming. He first married when twenty-two years of age, to Miss Araminta
Douglas, born in Llinois in 1836, and died in 1864, leaving three children—- Samuel, Charles
and Mary E, He married his preseut wife in 1867. She was Miss Anna Boone, born in Ken-
tucky. They have six children—Lowell, Minnie, Allen, Sarah L., Josie and Chester. During
the late war, Mr. G. served in Company K, One Hundred aud Twenty-fifth INinois Volunteer
Infantry, and was in all engagements of the regiment.

W. C. KING, farmer, Section 3, Township 32, Range 19, P. O. Parsons. isa native of Co-
lumbus, Franklin County, Ohio, born September, 1845, a son of Rev. William King and
Mary A. Eastwood,nativesof Ohio. William C, when fifteen years of age commenced doing for
himself. In the spring of 1861, went to Vermillion County, Ill, and workea on a farm until
August, 1862. He then enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty -fifth Regiment,
First Illinois Volunteer Infantry, doing service until June 29th, 1865; was then mustered out
at Chicago. He afterwards turned his attention to farming. January 27th, 1867. he married
Miss Ann S. Lucas, a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, but was raised in INinois and Indi-
ana, She was born December 16th, 1842. They have no children, but have two adopted
ones, Albert D. Lucas and Pearl Sand.ord. Mr. King’s farm consists of 160 acres of finety
improved land. He came to Kansas October 22. 1869, and settled at his present residence
February 28, 1870. " ‘

ALEX MOSSMAN, farmer, Section 9, P.O. Parsons, was born in Mercer County, Penn.,
in 1821. At the age of twenty learned the carpenters trade; went to Ohio; lived there six
years; was married to Thirza M. Payton, of Trumbull County, Ohio, She was born in
1492

Chautauqua County. N. Y., in 1830. From there to Grundy County, [ll.; from thence to
Benton County, Iowa, where they lived sixteen years; went fo Texas in 1873; lived there
two years; in November. 1875, settled in Labette County, Kan., where they now live. They
haveten children—Wilber, Byron, Hannah M., Isabella, Edward P., Mary, Robert G., Harry
A. Emmet E., Delia S. Has given the children good education, several of them are
teachers in the public schools. Has alsoa valuable farm with good improvements, etc.
W.S. NORRIS, farmer and stock grower, Section 18, Township 82, Range 19, P. O.
Mound Valley. His farm consists of 160 acres of fine improved land, which was purchased
in i879. He was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1851, a son of Isaac and Eliz. J. (Sirine)
both natives of New York. The father beinga prominent man of his place and county,
having spent much of his time in cattle trade of the eas, now retired. W.S. was educated
in his native State_in 1868, graduated at Fowler & Wells’ College and afterward took a
thorough course in H. G. Eastman’s College. When twenty-two years of age he married
Miss Clara V. Vale, born in Rockingham County, Va., aud when six years of age, with her
arents moved to New York and was there editcated. She isadaught-r of Benjamin and
ile A. (Campbell) Vale; the father of New York and the mo‘her of Richmond, Va. Her
father is an extensive haruess manufacturer of New York. Mr, and rs. Norris crime to
Labette County, Kan. and settled where they now reside March 17, 1879, having a family of
four children as follows—Ada E., Isaac B., James C. and Juliet A. Mr. Norris is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ARD CLINTON SANFORD, farmer and live stockman in Section 4, Township 32,
Range 19, P. O. Parsons, is a native of Delaware County, N. Y., born March, 1836, When
quite.a young man went to Wisconsin, and at the outbreak of the late war enlisted Novem-
ber 15, 1861, in Company A, Second R« giment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served
till November 20, 1864. He returned to Wisconsin, but soon after wentto West Virginia,
and engaged in che oil business. In 1866 wentto Brown County, Minn, and engaged in
farming, and May, 1869, caine to Labette County, Kan , and entered eighty acres of land,
now owning 250 acres of fine improved land. In 1876 married Miss Jeunie Wilson, a native
of Scotland, born 1852, and came to America in 1869. They have three children—Jennie,
Willie, and an infant. Mr. and Mrs.s. are meinbers of the Presbyterian Church.
L. A. WOOD, farmer and breeder of Poland-China hogs, Section 1, ‘fowuship 32, Range
19, P. O. Parsons, is a native of Madison County, N. Y., and was born in 1888. In 1856. went
to Grundy County, Ill.,and engaged in farming, which he has since followed. When twenty:
five years of age married Miss Maggie Collins, a native of Grundy County, LL, born in 1844,
They have one child, Willis. Mr.and Mrs. Wood settled in Labette County, in October, 1868
where they have since resided. Mr. Wood's farm consists of 820 acres of finely improved
land, with good buildings, orchard and living water.

WALTON TOWNSHIP.

JAMES C. BRADFORD, farmer and stock grcwer in Section 7, Township 81, Range 19,
P. O. Parsons, is a native of Ohio, born January 3, 1844, and with his parents moved to Mc-
Lean County, Ill, in 1851, where he was brought up and began life as a fariner, working by
the month for seven years. December 1, 1867, he married Miss Viola Rich, a natiye of
Allyn County, Ind., born April 29, 1851, a daughter of Thomas J. andJ. L. (D’Morest) Rich.
and with her parents moved to McLean County, Il, in 1865. Mr. and Mrs B. came to La-

hette County, October 12, 1870, and settled where Mr. B. now resides. June 30, 1882, Mrs.
B. died, leaving six children, as follows—Letta, Elmer, Jane, Cora D., EmmaandJobn. Both
church members. Mr, Bradford’s farm consists of 240 acres of fine improved land, all from
his own industry and good management.

_ M. E. CORSON, farmer and stock ratser, Section 1, Township 31, Range 19, P.O. Parsons,
His farm consists of 160 acres of well improved land, which he purchased November, 1874,
but caiue to Labette County March, 1878. He is a native of Sanganion County, Illinois.
Born September 26, 1849. A son of Frances (daughter of Gen. M. K, Anderson, who was
for eighteen years Adjutant-General of [itihuois)and W. A. Corson. The father of New
Jersey and the mother of Iilinois. They were married in Sangamon County, Ill, in 1847,
where the father died in 185], leaving two sons—M. E. and Francis, deceased, ‘The mother
married a second time to G, W. Springer, a native of Kentucky. The family moved to
Leavenworth, Kan., in 1856. Remained about four years and then returned co Sangamon
County, Il. but accompanied M. E, to Kansas, where they still reside. M. E. was educated
at the State University at Champzign, Ill., and taught school for many years, Since living
in Laubelte County, Kan., has been identified as a public officer of the Township in which he
resides.

MRS. MARY CURRAN (maiden name Donovan), the widow of the late Edward Curran,
Section 10, Township 31, Range 19, P. O. Parsous, was born October 27, 18 A native of
Ir-land, but raised and educated at Batavia, New York. Sle first married November 3,
1862, Patrick Ryan, a native of Lreland, but raised in New York; born, 1833; died August
17 1868, leaving two children—James EB. Nellie. She married second time Kd. Curran,
October 13, 1 . Hevwas a nativeof Waterford, Ireland, born 1834, where he was raised.
Ason of John and Ann (Power), of Lreland, Edward learned the baker’s trade, and caine to
America in 1857. Went to Massachusetts, then to New York, finally to Calffornia in 1858,
and came to Labette County, Kau., in 1869, and entercd 160 acres of Jand and improved
same. Afterward purchase 160 acres more. making one of the finest farms in the ‘Town-
ship. He died March 13, 1883, leaving two living children—Annie L.and Mary, Having
lost John, Eddie, Anuie and two infants, Both of the Catholic Church.

EDWARD DIXON, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, Township 31, Range 19. P.O.
Parsons. His farm consists of 240 acres of improved land, surrounded and subdivided by
hedge fence. He is a native of White Pigecn, Mich.; born in 1843. A son of George anid
Theressa (Sonrby) Dixon, both of Yorkshire, England. They came to America in 1835 and
settled in Michigan, where they remained the balance of their days. Ed. learned the mill-
ing business, and worked at same in connection with farming. In 1864 went to Seymore,
Ind., and remained till he came to Labette County, and entered his claim December, 1869.
DUANE the winters of 1874 ana 1875, engaged in the milling business at Parsons. He mar-
ried Miss Lizzie Haub in 1868, she being a native of England, a dauahter of GC. and Anna
M. Haub, She caine to America when one year old and was raised in Indiana. They have
three children—George, Edward, jr., and Anna,

Ei. DB. FOYLE, farmer and stock raiser, in Section 6, Township 31, Range 19, P. O. Par-
sous. His farm consists of 60U acres of fine, improved land, with good building. Heisa

native of Massachusetts; ason of John and Mary Foyle, both of Lreland; came to Aimerica
ju 1838; E. D., with his parents moved to Bradford County, Pa., where he was raised and
learned the carpenter’s trade. In 1466 came West, and spent soine two years in the employ
of the Government in Wyoming Territory. Came to Kansas, aud March,1869, took the clatin
on which he now resides. He commenced a poor man, and his surroundings are the results
of his own industry and good management. February 1, 1878, he married Miss Anna Bride,
w native of Bradfurd County, Pa., a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Bride, both of Ireland.
ie and pte Foyle are both members of the Catholic Church, They have two children—
olin, and Mary.

J. A. JARBOE, farmer and stockman, in Section 20, Township 31, Range 19, PO. Par-
sons. SJLis farm consists of 240 acres of fine, improved land, also a fine cattle ranch in In-
dian Territory. Mr. J.is a native of Hart County, Ky. born February 10, 1844, a son of
Benjamin and Elen (Harve) Jarboe; the father isof Maryland aud the nother js of Grayson
County, Ky. When the late war broke out, he enlisted in Company A, Eighth Regiment,
Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, Confederate service, being in the command of Gen. Forest.
During an engagement in Alabama he was shot through the body. With his regiment sur-
rendered at Columbus, Miss. In 1868 married Miss Elizabetly White, a native of Grayson
County, Ky., born 1850, a daughter of A.and Ann White. Mr. and Mrs. J. came to Labette
County. Kan., October 10, 1870, and settled where they now reside, Thelr fumlly consists
of five children—Benjaimiu A,, Anu M., John H., Walter J., Rosa I, Both are members o1
the Catholic Church.

J. A, JONES, farmer and stock raiser, in Section 22, Township 31, Range 19, P. O. Par-
sons. His farm consists of 160 acres of Jand, welliinmproved. He is a native of Summit
County, Ohio; born July 17, 1846,a son of Nathan 8, and Sarah (Hammond) Jones, both of
saine county aod State, having but two children—J, A., and Oscar who was born Mareh
6, 1843, and died April 21, 1864. J, A. was three years of age wheu his parents dled, He
was raised aud educated by an uncle, James Hammond, and when ten years of age, with bis
uncle went to Galesburg. He began life as a school teacher, March 21, 1872, miarvled Miss
Jennie Singleton, a native of Crab Orchard, Ky., born May 30. 1848, a daughter of Thomas
J. and Anna (Ousley), both of Kentucky, and with family moved toy Warren County, ILL, in
1848. Mr. aud Mrs. Joms have six children—Alile, Hammond, Addie, Lena, Willie B., aud
Ella F.

MONROE MATHIS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, Township 31, Range 19, P. 0.
Parsons. His farm consists of finely improved land. He is a native of Spencer County,
Ky., and was born in 1837. Heis a son of Willian and Nancy A. Mathis. In 1856, Monroe
welt to Marion County, lowa, and engaged in farming. September 21, 1871, he came to
Kansas, and located on his present farm, where he has since resided, He married Miss
Laura Abies, a native of Henry County, lowa, who was born in 1841, a daugiter of A. Ables,
now aresident of Parsous. Mr. and Mrs. M. have seven children—Theodore M., Henry,
Harvey, Alice, William Arthur, Leslie, and Charles. Mr. and Mrs, Mathis are membcrs uf
the Presbyterian Church. % :

ANDREW RAY, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, Township 31, Range 19, P. O.
Parsons. His farm consists of 160 acres of finely improved land. He isa native of La Fay-
ette County, Mo., bor September 1, 1843, a son of James and Elizabeth (Rias) Ray, both of
Virginia, aud settled in Missouri in 1841, and when Andrew was three years of age moved to
Fulton County, IL, where be was brought up and began Jifeasafarmer. When at the age
of twenty-three years, he married Miss Harriet E, Rutherford, a native of Bond County, LIL,
born in 1849, adaughter of James and Jane Kutherford, the father is of Kentucky, a hatte
by trade, the mother, of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Ray have five children—Hettie ¥.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Minnie L., George C., Mabel M., Leonard W. Both are church members, Mr. R. possessed
only $60 when he lovated in Kansas, November 10, 1870. :

. SM(TH RICK, farmer and stock grower, in Section 5, Township 31, Range 19, P. O.
Parsons, is a native of Logansport, Ind., born October 18, 1841, a son of Thomas J. and J. L,
(Demorest) Rick, the father a native of Lowell. Mass., born in 1807. When twenty-five
years of age went to New York city, and worked at his trade (carpenter); afterward in Bal-
timore, Md.; finally went to Columbus, Ohio, where he married the mother, that being her
native place, She was born in 1822. In 1841 they settled in Lo ansport,Ind.,then wentto Fort
Wayne, and in 1865 moved to McLean County, Ill., and t> Labette County, Kan., in 1870.
Smith married in McLean County, Fl., March 5, 1865, Miss Ellen Bradford, a native of Ohio,
born Septeinber 5, 1839. They settled ona farm in Illinois, and came to Labette County,
Kan., October 12, 1870, locating where they now reside, on an improved farm of 240 acres,
arquired by industry and good management. They have five children — Emma M.,
Minnie K., Mary J., John L.. William H. Both are church members, :

CALVIN SAYLOR, farmer, Section 25, Township 19, Range 31, P. O. Parsons. His
farm comprises 160 acres of well improved land, one mile south of Parsons. He came to
this county June, 1869, from Wyandotte County, Kan., but came to the State in
1854, being a native of Harlan County, Ky.; born February 24, 1834, being a sou
of Z. B. and Sarah Saylor, both of Kentucky, and settled in Kansas in 1855. The above gen-
tleman commenced life a poor man, and the above estate is from his own industry and good
management. When twenty-two years of age was united in marriage to Miss Delitah Ed-
wards, a native of Kentucky, born Aue ust 7, 1839, being a daughter of Andrew and Polly
Edwards, both of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Saylor’s children are Alabama. Mary A., Martha
J., William B., Thomas E., James, and Lillie. Mr, and Mrs. Saylor are members of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, a ae

SAMUEL SHAFFER, farmer and stock grower, Section 21, Township 31, Range 19, P.
O. Parsons, His farm consists of 160 acres of well improved land, which he located March
15, 1871. He isa native of Blair County, Pa., born June 1, 1844, 2 son of William and Cath-
erlne Shaffer, both of Huutingdoa County, Pa, Samuel was raised on a farm in his native
State, where he received 2 good education. May, 1861, enlisted in Company LB, Third Penn-
sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served some three months, and then mustered out, but
continued In the employ of the Government till 1862, then enlisted in Company 15, Que Hun-
dred and Tweuty-fifth Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served nine months.
and in August, 1864 enlisted in Two Hundred and Fighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry, being in all tne engagements that the reziment participated in. Mustered
out May, 1865, and returned to hishome, September 21,1865, married Miss Clara Hender-
son, a native of Jefferson County, Pa., born August 5, 1845, being the daughter of George
and Jane (Roller) Henderson, both of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. 8. havea family of six
ehidiren—Minnie, Robert, Rosa E., Samuel T., Roller E., Gertrude; having lost Billy.

BENJAMIN TALLMAN, farmer, Section 31, Township 31, Range 19, P.O, Parsons,
He is a native of New Jersey, born March 14, 1827; is a son of Woodminsee and Eliza (Reed)
Tallman, both of New Jersey. Benjamin, when three years old, moved with his parents to
Logan County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood, and February 3, 1848, be married Miss
Elizabeth Stratton, a native of Logan County, Ohio, born January 12, 1628, Her parents
were of Virginia, aud settled in Ohio at.an early day. Mr. T. and wife setiled on a farm in
Logan County, Ohio, in 1861, moved to Union County, Ohio, on a farm, and lived there until
they .ameto Labette County, Kan., October, 1870. Mrs. Tallman died March 29, 1879,
leaving a family of nine children—Lenora N.. Joel, Rachel M., Ann C., Eliza c., Emma J.,
Samuel A., Elizabeth H., Margaret E. Mr. Tallman’s farm consists of 152 acres of fiucly
improved land. devoted to grain and grass, well watered. : .

B. R. VANMETER,M. D., breeder of short-horn_ cattle, Section 15, Township 31,
Range 19, P. O. Parsons, is a native of Douglas County, Il, born January 21, 1846; is a sou
of Isaac 8. and Elizabeth (Williams) Vanmeter; the father is a native of Ohio and the
mother of Kentucky, They settled on Little Darby, in Pickaway County, Ohio, and in 1832
located iu Douglas County, IIL, the father beIng an extensive stock breeder, and built the
third log cabin in that county. B.R. was educated at Charleston, IlJ.. and read medicine
under Dr. H.R. Allen, of Indianapolis, Ind., and graduated at Loug Island Medical College,
in July, 1872, being a charter member of the Surgical Institution at Indianapolis aud was
connected with the same some seven years. He came to Kansas and was engaged in the
drug business from 1872 to 1878, in Conuection with his profession. In 1880 he went to
Guunison City, Col., remaining one year. While there, he was conne ted with real estate in
connection with his profession. After returning to Kansas he engaged in the cattle busi-
ness. His farm consists of 480 acres within one mile of Parsons, also having a cattle ranch
in Elk County, Kan. January 9, 1873. he married Miss Frank R. Mullen, a native of Wayne
County, Ohio, born August 8, 1846, adaughter of Janes and Elizabeth (Lee) Mullen; the
father is a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Ohio. The doctor’s family consists of
four children, as follows—Williain J.. Lillian L., Isaac D. and Benola, having lost Benjamin
and Lizzie. rs. V. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

CHARLES G. WICKERSHAM, Hillsdale fruit farm, Section 2, Township 31, Range 19,
P.O. Parsons. His farm consists of ninety-five acres, thirty-five devoted to fruit of all
kinds. He moved herein 1872. He was born August 28, 1829. in Pittsburgh, Pa., corner of
Wood and Market streets; isa son of Elijah and Rhoda jWickershai; the father was born at
Wilmington, Del., and married in Maryland, where his wife was born and raised. They
settled in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was engaged in wire manufacture. Charles G., when

.eight years of age, with his parents, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, aud received a good educa-

tion at the Woodward College. When seventeen years of age he entered Springer &
Whiteman’s wholesale grocery as entering clerk, and when twenty-one years of age was
junior partner of the same, aid in the course of four years became sole proprietor, doin
an extensive business, In 1857 he endorsed heavily for Hinkle, Gill & Co, and throug
their failure was obliged to close up his business. He then wentto New York City, and in-
vested $11,400 in coffee and rice and shipped to Chicago. All was lost by fire, leaving him
$100. He then began at Chicago as a wood speculator and im 1858, opened a large fruit
store on the corner of Water and River streets, doing an extensive jobbing trade for twelve
years. Finally, on account of poor health, closed out the business and settled where he now
resides, For the past three years he has been complimented with railroad passes by the
Kansas State Board of Agriculture, also making are displays of fruit, receiving his share
of honors. ‘The proceeds of nis fruit farm for 1882 netted him $2,750. He married Novem-
ber 20, 1860, Miss Florence M. Heagy, born March 20, 1839, aud reared at Gettysburgh, Pa.,
but was educated in Baltimore, Md. She was a daughter of James and Susan Heagy, both
natives of Penusylvania. When Florence M. was thirteen years of age the family moved to
Chicago, Ill. Mr, and Mrs, W. have three children—Fannie E., Charles E. and George H.,
having lost three—Forney W., Florence 1. aud Koy H. :

A. P. WILSON, farmer and bre der of Poland China hogs, Sectiou 36, Township 31,
Range 19, P.O, Parsons, is a native of Darke County, Ohio, and was born in 1847. He com-
pleted his education at Dayton, Olio. In 1874, went to Colorado Springs, Col., and started
«sheep ranch. Inthe course of time came to Labette County and accepted a position as
book-keeper in the Commereitt Bank in Parsons, March, 1881. Purchased the farm ou
which he now Iives, consisting of 160 acres of finely improved land, two miles south of Par-
sous, While a resident of Darke Coutts, Ohio, was identified as Deputy Sheriff two years.
When twenty-two years of age married Miss J. Wiley, who was born in 1849. They have
three children, Clement, George &.,, William W. Mr, and Mrs, W, are both members of the
Presbyterian Church,

NORTH TOWNSHIP.

NORRIS CHANDLER, farmer and stock grower, Section 9, Township 31, Range 20
P.O. Parsons, His farm consists of 160 acres of tine land! well improved, with food Suid
ings, orchards, ete. He came to this county, a single man, in 1872, from Washtenaw Coun-
ty Mich., where he was born, September, 1844, being a son of Joel and Rebecca Chaudier,
the father of Vermont and the mother of New York. Married and settled in Michigan in
1833. TLeabove gentleman began business for himself when about eighteen years of age,
as afarmer. When twenty-nine years of age he married Miss Rebecca E. Hardman, a ua-
tive of Roan County, Va., born in 1853, being a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Eye
Hardman, both of Virginia, and settied in Kansas in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. C. settled where
they now reside, having a family of five children: Ora W., Mary E., Joel O., Florence I.,
Martha E. Mrs C, isa member of the M. E. Chureh.

D. G, DAIGH, firmer and proprietor of one of the largest stone quarries in southeast

Kansas, Section 14, Township 20, Range 31, P.O. Parsons, came to Labette County in the.

spring of 1870, and enter «160 acres of land. He remained abont one year, and returned
to Christian County, Il, and devoted his time to farming. In February, 1882, again caine
to this county an {began to improve the above land. Heis a native of Lawrence County,
Mo., born 1842, and in 1861 with his parents moved to lilinois During the late war served
pome t Wee years in Company E, One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment, Ill.nois Volun-
as er In antry, When thirty-two yeats of age he marned Miss Nancy J, Hazlett, a native of
angamon County, Il. They have four children: Edith, Robert, Walter, Noel.
Gave ULTZ. farmer in Section 33, Tuwnship 20, Range 31, P.O, Parsons, came to Labette
sonny ebruary, 1866, from Douglas County, Kan,, where he went in'1855. Was born
: ud raised in Carter County, Ky. ‘The most :mportant event of hislife was April 14, 1835,
being een of Robert and Elizabeth ( Holland) Fultz, both of Farwell County, West Virgin-
in. Aun 1857 settled in Douglas County, now living in Franklin County, Kan. Mr. Z.
if ul z began life as a farmer, but in connection with same, since living in this county, has
ree aeneaaed in many enterprises, such as willing, lumber, and ice business. He married,
in 1868, fy iranda McClurge, a native of Carter County, Ky., born in 1836, being a
da nehter oO. ames and Elsey (Beth) McClurge. Soon after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. F. settled
inane NBS, and when they came to this county their house was the only one which had a
a oor, January 7, 1874, Mrs. F. died, Jeaving seven children: James R., Olive P.,

i ee ee” B,, Elvira, Zack, Jr. Lost five childrea; William A., F, M., Robert

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LABETTE COUNTY.

SAMUEL R. HALLIDAY, farmer, Section 2, Townshi

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ted his present farm consisting of 160 acres of fine Pruroved line taaouaceine Se a
County, Ohio, where he was born in 1844. His parents were from Svotiand: they settled in
Ohio, in an early day. Barly in 1861, the above subject enlisted in Company J. Fifty-third
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served niné months, and then was discharged in
nee Infantty, and served under Gon, eheridan, tn West Virsiatecgta eae meta ae
vs S n. Sheridan, in West Virginie =

- tember 19, 1864,at Winchester. At the close of the war he was cuaehyreed wad euraca Ging
home in Ohio, In 1870, was united in marriage to Miss Emma, D. Gaston, a native of Vir-
ginia; who, with her parents, caine to Missouri, where she lived until the age of nine years,
en, igh ner pakelits, moved to Oliio. fit and Mrs. Halliday have four children—Gaston,

. aD. , havin ° ,
United Brethren Church. g lost one, Walter, They are both members of the
D » farmer, Section 24, Township 31, Range 29, P.O. Pa a nati
York County, Pa., born May,1827, son of Christian and Ribot (rmdipert Weel nik aie
uves of Penosylvania;when Lewis was eighteen months old,the family moved to Columbus.
Ohio. and remained some five years; then emigrated to Illinois and ‘settled on afarm six
niles northeast of Charieston, where he grew to manhood, In 1850, married Miss Mary J
Beckham a native of Virginia, and raised in Fairfield County, Ohio;she was bornin 1823;
being a daughter of Soloman and Elizabeth Beckham, both of Virgina. Lewis and wife first
settled in Coles County, Il.. and remained till they ‘came to Kansas, February 11, 1872;
Jocating where they now reside: thelr farally consists of six Hye ehiltiren—Angelin, Susan,
* , Rosa . Mr. H's. lan ist : i
with god buildings," y. led estate consists of 335 acres of improved land
IN, farmer, Section 23, Township 20, Range 31, P. O. Parsons, cam h-
sas, October, 1869, from Louisa County, lowa; he is a native of Richland County, hte, ran
in 1827. He grew to manhood and received a common education in his native county. In
1857, he married Miss Sarah Watts a native of the same county, she was born in 1834; in
1852, Mr. J. and wife settled in Michigan, and remained until 1855, then moved to Lowa;
they have five children—Sidney A., Frank, Charlie, Elfie, and Bruce. In 1862, Mr. John en-
listed in Company F. Nineteenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served three
years. He received injuries at the siege of Vicksburg, that caused him the loss of bis left
eye. Heisa cabinet maker, having worked atthe business many years; both heand Mrs.
John are Advents in their belief; their home is one of attraction, being well improved.

G, C. OSGOOD, farmer, and brick manufacturer, in Section 20, Township 20, Range 31,
P. O. Parsons, came to Labette County, Kan.. January 1871,from Saranac County, Mich.
where he was raised, but is a native of New York State, and when quite small his parents
moved to Michigan .He learned the mason trade, and worked at the business for many
eto then cae Phe mauuraccure OF buick now doing an extensive business. When

- years of age, marrie ss Louett: i iti
have one child, Charles a George, a native of Pennsylvaiia. They
2 .J. M. C, REED, resides on his farm of 160 acres of fine improved land in Section
Township 20, Range 31, P. O. Parsons, where he located July 26, 18735 coming from Saas
paigo County, Ill., where he located in 1864, and while a resident of that State assisted in
organizing the County and Towuship Sunday schools. He is anative of Mercer County, Ky.,
born May 9, 1836, where he was raised and educated, being a son of Rev. David and M. Reed
both natives of CR When twenty-three years of age Mr. R. was ordained as minis-
ter of the Gospel; May 19, 1864; was unitedin marriage to Miss M. J. Wash, a nativeof
Anderson County, Ky., born January 5, 1839, being the daughter of James M. and Tryfema
Wash of Kentuc Mr and Mrs. Reed have three children—George W.,Minnie and Jauntha,

JEPTHA ROBERTSON. farmer, Section 15, Township 20, Range 31, P. 0. Parsons,
came to Labette County in 1868, entering 160 acres of fine land, three miles east of Parsons.
His native place is Columbus, Ind. He was born September, 1835. His parents were from
Ohio; his father died in 1878. By industry and good managements he soon began business
for himself. October 3, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss C. J. Elledge, a native of
Edgar Vounty, lll, born August 4, 1836. Her parents were from Kentucky; the father
from Montgomery County, and the mother from Morgan County. They married and set-
tied in Hagar County, Ill., in an early day. Mr. and Mrs, R. first settled on a farm in Edgar
County, Ill., and remained until they came to Kansas. Their family consists of eight chil-
dren—Alice, Isaac, Loie, Henry M., Aggie, Eva, Emma and Maggie. They are both mem-
bers of the Christian Church. +

D. J. SALES, farmer, Section 28, Pownship 20, Range 30, P. O. Parsons, settled where
he now resides, in 1881, coming from Lookout Mountain, Tenn., having gone there in 1877
witn his mother, for her health. Shortly after going to Tennessee, he purchased a fine farm
consisting of 200 acres. Mr. S, is a native of Livingston County, Mich., and was born De-
cember, 1855, being the only child of S. B, and Mary 8. (Livermore) Sales, both natives of
New York. D. J. received his education in nis native State; but having a great taste for
music and art, spent sume time in the study of the same. When at the age of twenty-five
was united in wedlock, to Miss Caroline Marshall. a native of Michigan, born in 1849, she
was raised and educated in Livingston County, Mich. Her parents were from Scotland, and
came to Americain 1841, and settled in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Sales have ove child—
Stephen B. Both are church members. °

JOHN SAYLOR, farmer, Section 28, Township 20, Range 30, P. O. Parsons, came to the
county and settled where he now resides, in 1868, from Wyandotte County, Kas. Heisa
son of Z, Saylor and Sarah Helton, natives of Kentucky. He was born in Harlan
County, Ky., in 1852, but was principally raised in Kansas. | May 12, 1874, he was united in
marriage to Miss Ella A. Kendell, a native of Hendricks County, Ind.,daughter of Alfred Ken-
dell, and Nancy (Davis) Kendell; her father,a native of Kentucky, and ber mother, of In-
diana, She was born ii-1854, and with her parents came to Kansas in 1868. Mr. and Mrs.
Saylor have three children—Melvin E., James M., Jobn F. Mr. Saylor’s farm consists of
gighty acres of fine land, well improved and well watered, within two and ahalf miles of

aTsons.

J. C. SAYLOR, farmer in Section 29, Township 20, Range 31, P. O. Parsons. His farm
consists of 160 acres of fine improved land, with good buildings. He began a poor man, and all
his success is owing to his industry and good management. He is a native of Harland
County, Ky., born in 1844, being a son of Z. B,, and Sarah (Helton) Saylor, who were both
natives of same county and State. The above, with his parents, moved to Wyandotte
County, Kas., in 1861, locating onafarm. During the late war, J. C, served fourteen
montlis in the Sixteenth Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry. After being discharged, he
turned his attention to farming, and was united in marriage, July, 1869, to Miss Ester Kin-
nell, a native of Hendricks County, Ind.. born in 1851, and being a daughter of Alfred and
Lucinda (Davidson) Kinnell, The father isa native of Kentucky, and the mother, of Indi-

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ana. Mr, Saylor and wife settled where they now reside. Their family consists of five
children, one son and four daughters—Drew, Etta, Mamie, Ida, Maude.

_ ALFRED SOUTHWICK, farmer in Section 29, Township 20, Range 31, P. O. Parsons.
His farm consists of 320 acres of fine improved land, within to and one-balf miles of Par-
sons, having settled where he now resides in the fall of 1875, from Jackson County, Mich.,
where he was engaged for many years, in the hotel business and_merchandising. He is a
native of Senaca Falls, N. Y., born June, 1844, being a son of David and Areal (Hyde) South-
wick, the father, of New York, and the mother, of Connecticut, The subject of this sketch
was educated in his native county, and during the late war served two years and six months
in Company I, Seventy- fifth Regiment New York Volunteer Battery. When twenty-three
years of age he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Curran, a native of Ireland, born 1844,
being a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth C. Mrs. S.came to America with her parents
when she was quite small and grew to womanhood in New York. Mr. and Mrs. 8S, have four
children, two suns and two daughters— William H., Ellen W., Mary and Alfred W.

HENRY M. TAYLOR, farmer, Section 13, Township 31, Range 20, P.O. Parsons. His
farm comprises some 264 acres of tine land, situated six miles east of Parsons. He came to
the county, August, 1868, from Cooper County, Mo., being a native of Hinsdale, New Hemp
shire, born April 21, 1838, being a son of Lewis and Lois Taylor, both of the same State. In
1859 Henry M. went South and remained in Mississippi about one year, then located in
Jooper County, Mo., devoting his time to farming. When twenty-five years of age married
Miss Nancy E, McCarty, a native of Cooper County, Mo., born in 1845. Her parents were of
North Carolina, and were early settlers of Cooper County, Mo. Mrs. Taylor died in 1866,
Mr. Taylor has served some nine years as Justice of the Pearein North Township.

DAVID C. THURSTON, farmer, Section 13, Township 31, Range 20, P. O. Parsons, set-
tled here May 10, 1866. Heisa native of Mt. Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio, born March 11,
1843, a son of Levi and Elizabeth ( Bastress) Thurston, father, of Pottsville, Pa. the mother,
of Jersey Shore. They married and settled in Morrow County, Obio, in about 1830, where
they still reside, The above gentleman enlisted April 21, 1861, in Company _G, Twentieth
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, aud served some three months. In West Virginia, Aug-
ust 29, 1861, enlisted in Company ©, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Served
until the close of the war, being mustered out in Texas, and discharged, December, 1865, at
Columbus, Ohio. He was united in marriage, May 21, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Barns, a native
of Shelby County, Ohio, born October 7, 1841. She died February 19,1869. Mr. T. married
a second time, April 16, 1871, to Miss Christina Biby, a native of Indiana, born November 7,
1858, died June 12, 1877, leaving three children—Levi H., Edward C., Alfred A. Mr. ‘Lf.
married a third time July 14,1878, Miss Rebecca Chapman,of Kentucky,but raised in Warren
pounty, ils born June 14, 1854. Mr. Thurston’s tarm consists of eighty acres of fine im-
proved Jand.

_ROBLRT WHITAKER, farmer, contractor and brick manufacturer, Section 29, Town-
ship 31, Range 20 easi, P. OU. Parsons, first came to the county February 23, 1872, from ,
Henry County, Mo., where he worked at the manufacture of bricks. Heisanativeo North
“arolina, and was born June 12, 1845, but emigrated to Tennessee. Isason of Will.am and
sarah (Carter) Whitaker. When Mr. W. crossed the Mississippi River he had not one cent,
and the first night that he spent in Missouriwas under atree. The following day he began
work and from that time prospered. In 1869 he married Miss Sarah J. Hewitt, a native of
Morgan County, Mo., born November 18, 1850. Is adaughter of John and Elizabeth, who
settled in Missouriin 1841. Mr. and Mrs. W. have two children—Walter V. and Lillia A.;
lost four children—Frankie, John A., Oscar F. and Anna M. Mr. Whitaker’s farm consists
of 230 acres of fine land, his improvements costing ahout $7,000.

LEWIS WILLIAMS, proprietor of the Parsous Nursery, situated in Section 30, Town-
ship 20, Range 31, P.O. Parsons. The above nursery contains about 100 acres of land de-
voted to stock and orchard. It was established in 1880, having previously been at Chetopa,
since 1872. He is anative of London, © W., born in 1840, being ason of George and Annie
Williams, the father a native of England, and the mother of Ireland. The above gentleman
was educated at Hiram College, under James A, Garfield, and began life as a school teacher.
Finally went to St. Joseph County, Mich., in 1864, and devoted his time to the tree busi-
ness. In 1870 he went to Lawrence, Kan., and spent some two years canvassing for trees.
Afterwards commenced for himself. Mr. W. has a pear orchard comprising about 4,000
trees.

NEOSHO TOWNSHIP.

NATHAN H. HOPKINS, farmer and breeder of short-horn cattle, Section 27, Township
31, Range 21, P. O. Matthewson, is'a native of Virginia, born in 1833, and was raised on a
farm in Indiana. In 1859 he went to Colorado, and engaged in the cattle business. When
the late war broke out, he enlisted in the Second Colorado Volunteers, and was in active
service three years, being mustered out at Fort Riley in August, 1865. fh pall 27, 1866, he
came to Labette County, and entered 160 acres of land, which is now part of his home farm.
The estate consists of 390 acres finely improved, the building costing about $5,000. In March,
1866, he was united in marriage to Miss M. Reed, a native of Hancock County, Ind., born in
1848, and with her parents came to Kansas in 1865. Mr. H. commenced life a poor man.
His Surroundings are the result of industry and good management. Heis a Master Mason.
Mrs. H. is member of the Baptist Church.

P. LANE, farmer, Section 21, Township 31, Range 21, P. O. Parsons, was born in South-
ern Missouri, January 11, 1824, being a son of Wilson and Polly (Powers) Lane, both na-
tives of Tennessee, but married in Missouri, and settled in St. Clair County, Ill., where the
above grew to manhood, and married Miss Nancy Diel, November 6, 1847. Sbeis a native
of Randolph County, Ill., born October 19, 1829. Her parents came from Georgia, and settled
in Illinois at an early day. Mr. L. and wife settled in Washington County, lll.,on a farm,
remaining till March 18, 1879, then came to Labette County, and located where they now
reside. heir family consists of seven living children—William, Jolin, Charles, Sarah
Lewis, George and Minnie; lost one—Elizabeth. Mr. Lane’s farm consists of 320 acres of
finely improved land, all under a high state of cultivation.

ADAM S$ 2IES, Section 21, Township 31, Range 21, P.O. Parsons. His farm consists of
240 acres of finely improved bottom land. He was born in Germany in June, 1838, a son of
Jacob and Elizabeth (Stark) Spies, of Germany. When Adam was twelve years of age, the
family came to America, and settled in Grundy County, IIL, where he grew to manhood and
received a good education. In the spring of 1867 he came to Labette County ang entered
160 acres, where he now resides, He married, in 1870, Miss R. Bell, a native of Kentucky.
She died in 1877. Mr.§. married, the second time, January 1, 1878, Miss Mary Coffield.
She was born in 1848. being a native of Grant County, Ind., and with her parents came to
Labette County in 1866. Sheis a daughter of Samuel and Rebecea (Clark) Coffield. Mr.
and Mrs. Spies’ family consists of three children—Charles, George and Laura.

 
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

SUMNER COUNTY.

TERRITORY

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POPULATION (Federal Census.)
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a) Avon Township............ es 324/|(k) Gore TOWNSDIP....seccsecereee 777\\(w) Ryan Township..../.. 453
%} Belle Plaine Tdwuship. ae 34)1(L) Greene Township... 851||(v) Seventy-six Town hi 419
(c) Bluff Township 602/|(m) Guelph Townsbtp,, 723)|(w) South Haven ....... 1,214
(ad) Caldwell. Township, (7) Itinois Township 430||(a~) Springdale Township. ss 587

ing Caldwell Cit 1,979||(v) Jackson Townshi 888 sup Sumner Township........ .. 401
(e) Chikaskia Townshi 364||(p) London Township. 743||(z) Valverdi Townsh a 487
(f) Conway Township, . 258]||\(q) Morris Township 322||(aa)Walton Township 762
(g) Dixon Township... 631/|(r) Osborn pe 608) fe 485 Wellington City.. 2,694
(hk) Downs Township... 232||(3) Oxford Township, including (bb) Wellington Towns F25
(i) Eden Township... Ss 30 Oxford City........... esarStaasacech 1,052 bE
{j) Falls Township................ 681/|(t) Palestine Township . ........ 636 21,092

 

(a) In 1873, from original territory; in 1879, part to Greene.

(b) In 1871, from original territory.

(ce) In 1878, from part of Caldwell.

(ad) In 1871, from original territory; in 1878, part to Bluff,

(e) In 1871, from original territory; in 1877, parts to Dixon
and Osborn; in 1879, part to Downs and Morris.

(f) In 1879, from part of Illinois.

(g) In 1877, from part of Chikaskia; in 1879, part toRyan.

(h) In 1879, from parts ef Chikaskia and Jackson.

(4) In 1878, from part of Illinois.

(j) In 18738, from original territory.

(k) In 1872, from original territory.

(Ll) In 1879, from parts of Avon and Guelph.

(m) In 1873, from part of South Haven; in 1879, part to
Greene.

(n) In 187%, from part of London; in 1878. part to Eaen; in
1879, part to Conway.

(0) In 1874, from part of South Haven; in 1879, part to
Downs.

(p) In 1871 from original territory; in 1876, part to Seven-
ty-sIx; in 1877, part to IMnois,

(q) In 1879, fromfpart of Chikaskia.

(r) In 1877, from parts of Chikaskia and Wellington.

(8) In 1871, from original territory.

(t) In 1872, from original territory.

(uw) In 1879, from part of Dixon.

(v) In 1876, from parts of London and Wellington.

(w) In 1871, from original territory; in 1873, part to Guelph;
in 1874, part to Jackson.

(x) In 1878, from part of Sumner.

(y) In 1871, from original territory; in 1878, part to Spring
Dale. -

(2) In 1874, from original territory.

(aa) In 1872, from original territory.

(bb) In 1871, from original territory; in 1876, part to Sev-
enty-six; in 1877, part to Osborne.

CPaNEE County takes its name from Hon,

Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, whose
services to his country are so recent as to yet be
freshin all minds. The county lies in the southern
tier, on what was Indian land for many years after
much of Kansas was thickly settled. Cutting three
miles from the southern part of the present county
ran the Cherokee strip, the pathway of the tribe to
their western hunting grounds. From this to the
north-line of the county ran the Diminished Osage
Reserve, known as the “‘thirty-mile strip,” and ex-
tending to the western line of the State. The boun-
daries of the county were defined by the Legisla-
ture of 1867, and on May 27, 1868, a treaty was
made with the Indians, and 8,000,000 acres of land
sold to the L., L. & G. Railway. This included

-some of Sumner’s best lands, and is known as the

“Sturgis treaty.” ‘

The county is bounded on the east by Cowley
County, south by the State line and Indian Terri-
tory, west by Harper and Kingman, and north by
Sedgwick County.

The county has twenty per cent of bottom and
eighty per cent of upland, Prairie covers ninety-
seven per cent and forest three per cent.

The principal water courses are the Arkansas
and Ninnescah rivers, the former cutting across the
northeast corner of the county, and the latter run-
ning from near the north-central line of the county
to its confluence with the Arkansas at Oxford.
Slate, Chikaskia, Fall, Bluff and Cowskin creek
all follow the same general course, and finally empty
either into the Arkansas or the Cimmaron river.
Apart from this water supply are numerous springs,
and water is readily obtained at a depth of from ten
to forty feet.

Along the borders of the streams are narrow
belts of timber, varying in width from 100 to 700
feet. The varieties found are: Cottonwood, elm,
hackberry, walnut, box-elder and ash. A large
number of timber claims have been taken in this
county, the farmers having planted large areas of
cottonwood, box-elder and walnut, and smaller
tracts of peach and apple, both of which do remark-
ably well here, ;

A fine quality of lime stone is readily procured
at almost any point in the county. Sandstone,
though not as plentiful or of as good quality, is also
found. Fire clay and gypsum are both found, but
generally at such a depth as to pre-clude profitable
working.

Salt springs are found in Valverdi and Wal-
ton townships, and in the latter are the Salt Creek
springs, near Salt City.

No paying coal veins have yet been discovered.

EARLY HISTORY.

Early in 1869 John Degolia and A. Cadou built
aranche on Slate Creek, in what is how Sumner
Township. In September of that year J. M.
Steele, accompanied by H. C. Sluss, went to this
place for the purpose of uniting a couple in the
bonds of holy matrimony, but the names of the
contracting parties to this fir-t wedding in the
county have long been forgotten. On April 9
J. M. Buffington crossed the Arkansas and built a
house on Section 36, Township 32, Range 2 east,
where he still lives. On May 16, Lafayette Bink-
ley and John Horton came to Big Cottonwood
crossing, where Oxford now Stands, and built the
log trading store now occupied by John Hardman,
The same month Charles Wichern settled on the
Ninnescah. On June 15, Edwin Wiggins, Charles
Russell and Frank Holcroft took claims where the
cattle trail crosses Slate creek, about eigat miles
above Wellington, June 20, J. D. Holmes and com-
pany settled on the Ninnescah, in what is now London Township, On June
ai, J. J. and J. L. Ferguson and J. O. West settled in what is now Belle pin
Township.

__ On July 5, A. D. Clewell, his wife and six children; G. C, Walton and his
wife Sarah, with J. F.,L.A., H J., T.N., W. J.. E.D., S.A. J. A. and M,
E. Walton, T. L. Cambridge, wife and seven children ; J. _B. Leforce,Sr., wife
and six children; J. B. Leforce and wife, and William Leforce with his wife
and one child, settled in the county. On July 9, Thomas W. Boyle, (colored)
with his wife and three children, settled on the southeast quarter of Section 4,
Town 30, Ranger west. On July 15, W. G. Foraker and Nelson Holmes
settled on Slate Creek, just south of where Wellington now stands. Three days
later, Thomas A. Woodward, Thomas Fuller and James Sullivan made a settle-
ment. From this time on the settlement on Slate Creek and in the neighbor-
hood of Wellington went on rapidly. July 26, John F, Denogan settled on
Slate Creek, where he still resides, and opened a trading post for traffic with the
Indians. The same day, Capt. A. B. Barnes, U. S. Marshal; Charles Russell
Harry Holcroft and Ed. Wiggins, made a settlement on Slate Creek. July 29,
T. V. and John S. McMahon and Robert Symington, located one mile south-
west of Wellington. During September, Albert and George Brown, John and

Simon Botkin, John P. McCulloch, John Burnett and wife, and Mrs. Millie’

Wallace, (an old lady of eighty-six) took claims near the Slate Creek settlement.
On September 15, of this month, the Ninnescah Town Company was organized
by R. Freeman, Lafayefte Goodrich, Dr. Womsley, and eleven others, and the
town laid out on the county line on Section 24, Town 31, Range 2, east. For
a time the settlement grew rapidly, but soon disagreements sprang up, and the
company broke up, part going to found New Ninnescah, now known as Bush-
nell, and the others to every point of the compass. A farm house now repre-
sents the town. A B. and A. E. Mayhew, Thomas, J. L.and W.B McCam-
mon, Samuel and Luther Spencer, William Meek, wife and four children
effected settlement. On October 15, John E. Reid took the first claim near the
present site of Caldwell. George Pittman, George A. Jewitt, John Carpenter, H.
H. and D. H. Coulter, with their families, all came in November of this year.
Charles A. Phillips and John J. Abeel, came December 26, and on the last day
of 1870, A. Moovill and Perry Binkley located at the present site of Oxford.
This closed the individual settlement of the year, and the influx of 1871 was so
great that separate record isimpossible. January 1, 1871, Belle Plaine was
located upon Section 35, Town 30, Range 1, east, ‘by George A. and James L,
Hamilton, J. L. Kellogg, W. P. Hackney, E. M. Miller and J. C. Thurman,
On February 1, Rev. W. Perkins preached the first sermon in the county in
-Binkley’s dug-out at Big Cottonwood crossing (Oxford), February 14, the
Secretary of the State decided that Sections 16 and 36 in each town, commonly
called ‘School Sections,” located on the Indian trust lands, and the Diminished
Osage Reserve, were the property of the State. February 25, a ferry across the
Arkansas opposite Belle Plaine was put in operation by David Richards. This
was the first ferry in the county. The first store in the county was opened at
Belle Plaine by Jas. L. Hamilton onthe 25th, and the same day the Napawalla
Town Company, which laid out the town of Napawalla where Oxford now
stands, was formed. This company consisted of A. Morrill, President; C. P.
Binkley, Secretary, and L. and J. Binkley,J A and J. M. Corbin. On the 28th,
Dr. P. A. Wood and Dr. C. R. Godfrey arrived, the former being the first resi-
dent physician to practicein'the county On March 6, the Oxford Town and
Immigration Company was formed at Oswego, Kas., and at once set out for
Napawalla. This company consisted of T. E. Clark, J. H. Folks, O. E. Kim-
-ball, Dr. J. W. Weir, L. J. Goddard, Dr. F. Nixon, Charles Tilton, R. W. Ste-
venson, A. Graff, A. J. Bower, A. L. Austin, and D. P. Lowe. Arriving at the
Arkansas on the 26th, they crossed over, and at once brought the old town of
Napawalla, at that time consisting of a single dug-out. On the 31st of March
the Town Company ordered a printing press. The following month many
events of great importance to both Wellington and Oxford took place, but these
will be more appropriately narrated in the individual history of the two places,
The first recorded murder in the county took place at Caldwell, July 3, George
Peay being shot by O. Bannon. This was also the first death in the county.
On July 4, came the first general celebration of the National holiday, speech-
making and other festivities were indulged in at Belle Plaine, Sumner City and
Wellington, the latter being also marked by a flag-raising and a dinner, in which
roast buffalo figured conspicuously. Oxford Bufit, the first white child born in
Sumner County, saw the light on July 20. August 8th, a company was formed
to build a bridge across the Arkansas, a much needed article as the fords were
treacherous. September 1, there was a meeting of old soldiers at Wellington.
The first marriage license was issued November 17, to George W. Clark and
Mary C. Wright, and the ceremony performed the next day by Rev. J. C. Fer-
guson. With the close of 1871, may be said to close the record of early settle-
ment in the county, the events of later days being worthy of another designation.

The first railway to penetrate the county, was the Cowley, Sumner & Fort
Smith, an extension of the Wichita branch of the Atchison, Topeka & SantaFe
Road. The bond proposition submitted called for an issue of not to exceed
$4,000 per mile, or $180,000 all told, and the construction of not more than forty-
five miles of main track in the county.. It was also stipulated that the road
should be completed to Wellington by September 30, 1879, and to Caldwell by
December 31, 1881. The election took place December 31, 1878, and the
bonds were carried by a vote of 1706 to 1041. The road was completed to
Caldwell on May 31, 1880.

At a special election held July 1, 1879, the Southern Kansas & Western
Railway received aid to the amount of $18,000 from Oxford, $20,000 from Wel-
lington, and $16,000 from Dixon Township. The proposition to issue bonds
was defeated in Avon and Osborn townships.

On March 6, 1880, this road (a branch of the L. L. & G.) was completed
to Oxford, and on the 27th of the same month to Wellington. On the 28th the
first passenger train was run. June 8, 1880, the bonds of Oxford and Welling-
ton townships were issued, but those of Dixon were withheld, and July 2, an
injunction issued to restrain their delivery to the railway company,

SUMNER

COUNTY 1405

On May 11, South Haven Township petitioned for a special election on
the subject of aiding the Sumner County Railway, which now runs south from
Wellington to Hunnewell. The election took place in due time and South
Haven secured the bonds by a vote of 144 to 43 +Wellington City also took
$10,000 in bonds, An election was also held in Guelph Township, but resulted
in the defeat of the proposition. The road was at once built, and is now in
successful operation by the K.C., L.& S. K. railway.

On September 6, 1882, the Wichita and Southwestern, the Harvey County
and the Cowley, Sumner & Fort Smith roads were consolidated, and H.C. St.
Clair and J. H. Folks elected directors. This was practically no change of
ownership, the roads all being parts of the A., T. & S. F. system.

Prior to these successful undertakings, were two others worthy of brief
mention.

On July 2, 1877, the Solomon, Arkansas Valley & Eastern Narrow Gauge
Railway, was, by a vote of 833 to 626, given aid to the amount of not more than
$4,000 per mile in bonds. The second of these propositions was made by the
Kansas City, Burlington & Southwestern Railway and telegraph line. This
provided for the issuance of bonds to the amount of not more than $4 000 per
mile, or a total of $170,000. The election took place December 3, 1878, and
resulted in the defeat of the proposition, by a vote of 929 to 1,761.

A petition signed by forty.seven voters of Ryan Township, dated April 1,
1882, was filed with the County Clerk, asking the county commissioners to call
a special election in that township to vote $18,000 to the St. Louis, Anthony
& Salt Plains Railroad. A similar petition was signed by thirty-seven voters
of Ilinois Township to vote $18,000 bonds to the same railroad. No action
has ever been taken on these petitions, at the request of the railroad authorities.

The story of Slade and his various murders has become so widely known
through the medium of the world-read ‘‘ Roughing It,” that the part of civiliza-
tion which has never come west of the Mississippi has formed the idea that the
man who keeps his private graveyard is an inhabitant of Colorado, or some in-
definite point known as “out West.” The southern line of Kansas has, how-
ever, seen probably as many bloody tragedies as any other borderland. A fair
sample of the many wanton murders, which the nearness of the Indian Terri-
tory seemed to render safe for the murderer, was that which ended the career
of the famous McCarty. The story runs as follows: On April 1, 1872, Mc-
Carty, who had some trouble with a ranchman named Eugene Fielder, went to
John Reid’s ranche, where Fielder was staying, and attempted to gain admit-
tance. Being refused, he forced an entrance. Fielder, who was lying across
the foot of the bed, firing as McCarty reached the doorway. McCarty returned
the fire killing Fielder. He then ran out on the prairie under fire from all
the occupants of the ranche. Fielder had friends in the county, and it is prob-
able that McCarty would have been the subject of their attentions ere long,
but his ambition to be known as “a bad man” led him into a second murder
before there had been an opportunity to avenge the first. On April 9, eight
days after the murder of Fielder, McCarty entered J. M Thompson’s store and
found there Dr. Anderson,“ the man with the plug hat.” Anderson had be-~
longed to the vigilantes of Butler County, and it is probable that McCarty had
cause to remember him. However that might be, he at once pulled his revolver
with the remark ‘that he could put a hole through that hat.” This was done
in a semi-jocose way, and the bystanders, beyond making him put up his “gun,”
paid little attention to the act. A few minutes later, however, when Ander-
son’s attention was called to something in the back part of the store, McCarty
fired, the bullet striking Anderson just back of the ear and causing almost in-
stant death. McCarty fled to the ranche of Curley Marshall, a short distance
from the scene of the shooting. That night Doc. Rornbacher and a posse of
vigilantes went to Marshall’s ranch and demanded McCarty’s surrender. This
being refused the ranche was oiled and fired, the vigilantes shooting at all who
escaped from the burning building. In the affray several ranchmen were
wounded, but McCarty effected his escape to the Indian Territory. The next
day ‘“‘ Boosey” Nickleson appeared in the settlement for supplies, and after
being intimidated into admitting that they were for McCarty, was compelled to
lead the way to his hiding place. Just at day break on the morning of April
11, the party found their man on the bare prairie—and left him there. On
April 14, Fox, Webb and Robinson went out and buried the body.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ETC,

‘
The county was organized February 7, 1871, and the document creating it is now spread
upon the record of the County Commissioners. It bears the signatures of Gov. James M.
arvey, and W. H. Smallwood, Secretary of State, appoints Wm. J. Uhler, John J. Abert
and John & McMahon, County Commissioners and designates Meridian as the temporary
seat of justice. !
A word of explanation as to how a spot of bare prairie should be named the county-seat,!
isin place. Inthe fall of 1870, Sumner City, a few miles from Wellington, had been laid!
out and preparations were making for presentation of its claims to county-seat honors to!
the Governor. This movement certain parties determined to frustrate, and on December!
26, 1870, Chas. A. Phillips, J J. Abert, Wm. J. Uhler, and E. H. Nugent, all ofgWichita,
camped four miles southeast of Wellington. Here they met Col. A. J. Angell, with a sur-
veying party, running section lines Overtures were made to Angell, and accepted, and on ~
January 15, 1871, Meridian was located on Section 32, Township 32, Range 1 east. A bogus
census was made by John C. Nugent, and showed the county to have 651_ inhabitants.
Armed with this document Angell started for the capital, where he arrived on February 7th.
J. M. Steele was already in the city, in the interest of Sumner City, but Angell secured an.
interview with Gov. Harvey, and before Steele knew ot his presence, had secured the ap-
pointment of Meridian. mate : ‘
The first record of the County Commissioners is dated*'June 4, 1871, on southeast quarter
of Section 32, Township 32, Range 1 east,” and orders that as the couty had failed to erect
any buildings at the point designated as the temporary county seat and as Jackson M. Lem-
mond had taken this quarter section as his claim, Wellington should be the place of traus-

“acting county business until the county seat question had been settled by ballot. The Com-

missioners at this time wished to complete the organization of the county, but as County
Clerk, Charles A. Philips, and Commissioner, had forfeited citizenship by taking claims in
Sedgwick County, their places were declared vacant, and the two remaining Commissioners
proceeded to appoint Clark R. Godfrey, Special County Clerk, and David Richardson, Spe-
cial County Commissioner. They then adjourned to meet at Wellington. Their second
meeting was held August 10, 1871, and the first question raised was the licensing of dram
shops, It was decided to issue ticenses at $20 per month On August 23, 1871. the county
was divided into three County Commissioners Precincts, the voting placein No, One being at
Belle Plaine; in No. Two, at the house of Henry Brown, on Shell Creek, and in No. Three, at
the house of eoleons Ryland, on Showcaspah River. A special election of county officers
was ordered for September 26. .

C. A. Phillips Pas appointed County Clerk on February 7, 1871. but failed to act, and
soon became a non-resident. On June 4 the office was declared vacant by the County Com-
missioners, and Clark R, Godfrey appointed. At the regular election of November, 1871, C,
.

1496

§. Broadbent was elected, and continued to serve until April 24, 1875, when he resigned, and
Stacy B. Douglass was appointed to fill the unexpired term. Mr, Douglass was elected at
the next regular election, and in 1877-79-81, and is now in office. At the special election

‘of September 26, 1871, W. A. Thompson was elected Clerk of the District Court, and Novein-

ber 7, 1871, re-elected. L. K. Myers was elected iu 1872-'74; J. H
W. Morse, 1878-'80; P. V. C. Pool, 1882. The first County Altorney was George N. Gol-
frey, elected September 26, 1871. November of the same year, Reuben Riggs captured the
_C. Willsie was elected in 1872, J. Wade McDonald in 1874, but left the county June

1, 1876, and L. F. Blodgett was appointed to fili the unexpired term, John G. Tucker was
elected in November, 1876, but died in office, and L. F. Blodgett was again appointed, on
eats D. N. Caidwell was elected 1878; Charles Willsie 1878-'80, and J. T. Her-

IL

The County Superintendents of Public Instruction have been: A. M. Colson, elected
Septeinber 26, 1871; T. H. Mason, November, 1871-72; S. B. Fleming, 1874 (resigned March
65,1875, and J. P. Jones appointed); J. P. Jones, 1876; John D. Beck, 1878; J. V. Ratliff,
1878-°80-'82. Probate Judges have been: George M. Miller, 1871; J. W. McDonald, 1872;
J. T. Herrick, 1874; E. Evans, 1876-'78-’80; I. N. King, 1882. Sheriffs have been: J. J
Ferguson, elected September 26, 1871; G. A. Hamilton, Noveinber, 1871; Jolin G. Davis,
187273 (resigned in the spring of 1875, and Joe M, Thralls appointed April 19, but the
commissioners refusing his bond, J. K. Hastie was appointed May 15); James E. Reed, 1875;
L. K. Myers, 1877; J. M. Thralis, 1879-’81. The first Register of Deeds was J. Romine,
elected September 26, 1871. He was followed by William Nixon, 1871-73; Joun £. Show-
alter, 1875; J. I. Hickman, 1877; T. A. Hubbard, 1879-’81._ &. Freeman was elected County

. Dougherty, 1876; Charles

. Treasurer, September 26, 1871, and J. L. Kellogg in November following, and re-elected in

1873. A. B. Mayhew filled the office from 1875 to 1879, when M. B. Keagy, the present
incumbent, was elected.

The members of the Lower House from this county have been; W. P. Hackney,
1871; George M. Miler, 1872; W. P. Hackney, 1873; William Carter, 1874; T. A. Hubbard,
1875-'76; C. R. Godfrey 1877-78-79; A. B. Mayhew, 1880; W. J. Lingenfelter, 1882.

The first county-seat election took place on Septeinber 26, 1871, and gave Belle Plaine
384, Wellington 221, Oxford 119. Summer City 79, and Meridian 2. This left the question
stillopen. A second election was ordered for November 10, following. Thiselection resulted
in the polling of 420 votes for Belle Plaine, 285 for Wellington, 129 for Oxford, 111 for Sum-
ner City, and 2 for Meridian. As there seemed to be no prospect of a speedy choice, and as
Meridian was still bare prairie, the County Commissioners, on December 21, 1871, ordered
that hereafter county business must ve done at Wellington, and that town should be the
temporary county-seat.

Another election was called for January 29, 1872, and on February 3, the Com-
missioners, in obedience to a mandamus issued by Judge H. G. Webb, met at Meridian to
canvass the vote. Objection was made to R. W. Stevenson acting as Commissioner, and
during the argumeuc that ensued, Commissioner A, D. Rosencrans resigned, The Board
then adjourned, aud the vote was never canvassed. +. 2

March 26, 1872, came the third effort lo locate the seat of justice and Wellington,
though not receiving enough votes to secure the prize, was evidently in a fair way to get it.
The vote stood: Wellington, 398; Oxford, 297; Belle Plaine, 282; Caidwell, 2. A final election
between the two points receiving the highest number of votes, took place April 9, 1872, and
resulted in favor of Wellington, by a score of 571 to 426. : :

On January 21, 1873, a petition signed by L. W. Clark and 656 others, for the re-location
of the county Seat was presented. This was accompanied by a counter petition from Dr. P.
A. Wood and 785 others, who held that the original organization of the county and location
of the county seat was legal and valid. This petition after due consideration was refused
on the ground that it was not signed by three fifths of the Jegal voters of the county. Since
this time no further effort has been made to wrest the county seat from Wellington.

- The first county court house was a small frame building, built to stand upon the famous
Meridian townsite. When the commissioners decided to transact business at Wellington,
Luis sicuctute was secured and occupied until the completion of the present county court

ouse in .

The present county court bouse was built by Wellington Township ata cost of $5,000.
It was completed on AUBUBE 20, 1874, and at once occupied by the county officers, the town-
ship having leased it to the county, for ten years, in consideration of its being furnished by
the Jatter. This building is much to small for the needs of the county, having but three offi-
ces on the first floor aud one on the second, and auother year will probably see the com-
mencement of a more suitable building. :

On August 8, 1882, was issued an order for an election to be hela November 7, to decide
upon Hue question of making during the years 1883 and 1884, a tax of five mills for court
house and three mills for bridge purposes. This was carried hy a majority of 1,001 votes.
The present total taxable valuation is in round numbers, $4,000,000 and this tax will give a
fund of not far from $50,000, to be expended for court house purposes. Such asum should
insure one of the finest buildings of the sort in the southern part of the State. ‘

On February, 3, 1880, the proposition to purchase a poor farm and erect suitable build
ings_ was carried by a vote of 1526 to 695. 3 | ;

Work was begun on February 3, 1881, and the buildings completed in April of the same
year at a cost of $1,850. 3 . ee if aus

The contract for constructing a brick county jail 22x32 feet, and of one-story in height,
was let, on November 16, 1878, to P. J. Pauly & Bro., of St. Louis, for $5,000. Work was be-
gun at once, and the jail was completed in the spring of 1879.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

Prior to 1879 the County Superintendent of Public Instruction was not required to
make a report similar to that now given, and such valuable information is now out of reach.
The following table will, however, give an insight into the educational growth of the
county that will be found of great value:—

 

 

 
  
  
 
 
 
 

  

 

1874. 1880. 1882.

No. of School Districts ‘ 143 154 164
Males between 5 and 21 2,811 3,295 3,397
Females “ “ ‘t ; 2407 2911 3.068
Total he : 5,517 6,208 6,465
Enrollment, males. 3 1.363 2.337 2,971

os female: ‘ 1,184 1,690 2,462
Total * eke aisha ‘ 2.547 4,027 5,433
Bonds issued this year . $14,039.00] $ 7,616.00) $16,650.00
Total am’t bonds issued, -| 51,720.00] 47,642.00] 68,202.00
Total Receipts... ..... .. 28,175.93] 33,223.84) 65,531.93
Total Expenses........... 22,650.48) 26,439.74) 59,147.12
Balance on hand July 31st 5,525.45 6,784 10 6,384.81

 

 

The following table shows the acreage of the principal crops planted from 1872 to the
present time. A reference to its figures wlll give more solid proof of the county's value and
prospects than any word painting:

 

 

  
  

j 1872. 1874. 1876. 1878. - 1880. 1882.
ROPS —__ |—-- — —|—_ — --|———
502 | 8,505 /29,192 |83,281 |96,022 57,512
. 7 145 | 2,123 1,532 424 1072
+} 15 | 1,805 49 372
-{7,606 22,938 17,816 41,348 78.280 116,788
171 | 2,643 | 6,709 {11,621 13,867 8,258
5 17 18 14 10.50 q
128 689 583.59 (6 1,294.59} 1,025
10 35 29.12 65 89 151.11 149
39 396 183.87] 469.811 691.50 692
205 16 148.25] 1,099
17.12 4 318.49 372
34 4.25] 204.25 82.37 212
Millet and Hungarian . 10 164 | 1,734.75) 4,573 8,089 22,771

 

 

The returns made to the County Clerk in 1882 show that there were in the county, 7,256
horses, 1,770 mules and asses, 5,870 milch cows, and 28,025 sheep. The wool clip of 1881

was 56,192 pounds. |
Trees in bearing in 1882 are reported as follows: Apple, 16,877; pear, 460; peach. 807,-
898; plum, 7,129, and cherry, 7,303. The great discrepancy in favor of peaches is said to

be due to their double use as fruit producers and fuel makers,
WELLINGTON.

Wellington town site was selected on April 2, 1871, and two months
later to a day, the Wellington Town Company was organized. This company
consisted-of: R. A. Davis, A. A. Jordan, P. A. Wood, L. K. Myers, C. R.
Godfrey, J. S. McMahan, J. P. McCulloch and A. N. Randall. The town was
named by R.A. Davis, an Englishman, anda great admirer of the ‘‘ Little

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Duke.” On April 4 the town was surveyed, and L. K, Myers began the
erection of the log house until recently occupied by G. M. Winn. On April g
the first religious services in Wellington were conducted in the uifinished
building of A. W. Shearman by Rev. Shaeffer. On April 15 A. W. Shearman
opened the first business house in Wellington, On June 15 the Civic House,
now the Commercial, was opened by William, Burton. Juue 26 a tri-weekly
hack line was put on between Wellington and Winfield. August ro the first
transfer of real estate in Wellington was effected, J. P. McCulloch selling his
one-eighth interest in the Town Company to R. A. Davis for $440,

The first building in town was erected by Shearman Bros,, and still stands
next the store of C. G. Larned & Co. The second was the log house which
now stands back of Dr. Wood’s drug store, and was put up by Clark R. God
frey. The third building, also of logs, was the residence of L. K. Myers. The
first frame residence was put up by William H. McClelland. A. D. Rosen-
crans built the first hotel, a small frame structure, now used as a stere room for
agricultural implements by L. K. Myers. Dr. P. A. Wood was the first phy-
sician in Wellington, as well as in the county, and D.N. Caluwell the first
attorney. L.K, Myers was the first surveyor. :

The postoffice at Wellington was established in 1871, and C. R. Godfrey,
who was appointed Postmaster, kept office in Wood’s drug store, a log building
in the rear of the present store. Dr.S. Mann was appointed in 1873, and
served until 1875, when Oscar Hackney took the office. L. F. Blodgett, the
present Postmaster, was appointed in 1877. The postoffice remained in the
drug store until [lackney took possession, when it was removed to the Bishop
Building. During Blodgett’s term of office the mails have been handled in
the Godfrey Building and in the present quarters on Seventh street. The
office was made a money order one in 1875, and the first money order pur-
chased July 6 by Clark R. Godfrey. It became a Presidential office during Mr.
Blodgett’s term. .

Wellington was incorporated as a city of the third class on November 73,
1872. A city election was called for November 30, and resulted in the selec-
tion of D. N. Caldwell, Mayor, and J. A. Dillar, Police Judge. The council
consisted of A. W. Shearman, W. P. Hackney, A. N. Randall, John G. Tucker,

nd T. J. Riley. T.C. Gatliff was appointed Clerk. In April, 1873, came the
regular spring election, and E. P. Ritchie became Mayor. C. R. Godfrey was
Mayor in 1874; J. W. McDonald, in 1875; H.S. Carter, 1876; J. Bohanna,
1877 ; A. M. Shannon, 1878-79; J. Bohanna, 1880. Bohanna died in office in
January, 1881, and P. A. Wood, the present Mayor, was elected to fill the un-
expired term. J. A. Dillar was City Clerk in 1573; J. T.Showater, in 1874;
T.C. Gatliff, 1875; J. P. Jones, 1876; J. L. Trout, 1877-78 79; W. H. Stefel-
‘bach, 1880; W. E. Cox, 1881-82. The present council consists of George M.
Miller, M. Davidson, P. C. Gatliff, Sr, N.H. Coverdale, HI.S. Carter, J. M.
Graham, S. H. Smith and A. Carroll. On February 14. 1880, the city, having
been found to have over 2,000 inhabitants, was made of the second class, and
divided into four wards, which are bounded by Main and Harvey streets and
the city limits.

All new towns in the State have had a transition period, when the small
wooden buildings first erected have become an eyesore but have yet been al-
lowed to stand, inviting a large and contagious fire. This was the case with
the block between Harvey and Seventh streets, on Main, when the great fire of
November 3, 1881, broke out. Starting in the bakery of F. Markwort, it
spread with great rapidity until the entire Main street front was consumed.
The buildings on the opposite side of Main street were seriously threatened,
and in several stores the window glass was broken by the intense heat, but no
serious losses were entailed. The ownership of the burned buildings, with the
loss entailed, is as follows: J. G. Woods, $3,000; Murphy & Carroll, $8,000;
Miss Lizzie Campbell, $1,500; F. Markwort, $3,000; J. A. Dillar, $1,000; J.
A. Neff, $2,500; Knotts & Wallace, $5,000; L. Guthrie, $1 200; A. J. Bowers,
$1,500; LE. M. Potter, $3,000; Z. Meixsell. $4,000; W.M. Rankin, $1,000;
Dr. Charles R. Adams, $1,500; J. W. Rankin, $1,500; C. Toms, $800; J. D.
Decker, $1,200: C. G. Larned & Co., $10,000 ; W. C. Crawford, $2,000. Other
parties having offices in the burned buildings were losers-of smaller amounts,
the total footing of losses being something over $40,coo. Many of the losers
were well insured, but several of the heaviest dealers held no policies. The
work of re-building the burned district was at once begun, and the block now
has the finest buildings of the city, including Wood’s Bank and opera house,
and the new three-story brick hotel.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The first school exercises in the town were conducted by Mrs. B. Cooley, who kept a
private school. On September 16, 1872, the iittle schoolhouse still standing oh the cattien
of the school lot Was completed, and from that time onthe prblic school system has been
well keptup. The small original building was in use until 1879, and in it taught Miss Em-
ma De Armand and her sister, Miss A. De Armand, James A, Ryland, J. V. Ratliff. J. P.
Jones and L, H. Robberts. Early in 1879 the work onthe present fine’brick Duilding was
begun, and the structure completed at a cost of $8,000. This amount was secured by bonds,
bearing elght per cent, interest and running twenty years, which were sold to the State
Board of Edueation at par. A. P. Warrington was principal in 1879 and 1880, D. 8. Mac-
Ewan in 1881, and A. A, MeLeanin the school year of 1882-83. He is assisted by Miss
Bertha Price, Mrs. J. V, Ratliff. Miss Lillian Beach, Miss Lida Herrick. Mise Miriam Mann
and Miss Sarah Drouillard. The last report to the county superintendent of public instruc-
tion shows an enumeration of 347 males and 397 females, an enrollment of 274 males and
272 aoe PRE ae of 163 males and 165 females, giving totals of 744, 548
a s ‘. oolh 3 ¥ i i v
Tour feinale teachers. as six roomsand requires the services of two male and

e Lirst Presbyterian Church of Wellington was organized, with a membership of
seven, on June 23,1872, by Rev. W. R. Boggs. On July 20 Mr. Boggs died. S. B. Fleming
was pastor in 1873 and 1874, and A. M. Mason in 1876. Then came a period when the
chureh was practically dead. A revival of interest took placein 1878, and the church has
been supple by William Patton, F. T. Berry and CG. A, Pattee since that time. The present
pastor, ov J. H. McClung, Was installed in 1881. The society now numbers one hundred
and twenty-five. A Sabbath School was established in 1878, now hasan attendance of one
hundred and fifty, and is in charge of G. M. Miller.

A Lhe Methodist Episcopai Church of Wellington was organized in April, 1873, by Rev. E.

saraliamn: who had, in March previous, been appointed to the Wellingtonand Oxford cir-
en i. fe the time of organization it had ‘eleven members. The same Year the parsonage
ae ee at $600 was built. In March, 1874, E. J. King was appointed to this circuit, with.
iN: ycourt as assistant, This was grasshopper year, anid in August, King was obliged to
eave or want of support. Rev. J.C, Morse was then appointed to fill out the year. H. J.

alker was pastor in 1875, 1876 and 1877, and I. N. Boycourt in 1878. The church here
yeas made a station in the latter year and achurch building begun. This was completed the
ollowiiig season at a cost of $4,600. Boycourt was re-appointed in 1879, but resigned in

‘
SUMNER

September, and A. H. Naftzger, a supernumerary of the So
§ ; i . A . uther a
appointed, and continued his labors until July, 1880, when he Slee ea ee was
completed by C. R. Pattee. I. N, Moorhead was pastor in 1881, and in March, 188%, Rev. S.
Price, the present pastor, was placed in charge. The society now numbers one hundred and
fifty-seven. A Sabbath school, was organized at about the same time asthe church, now has
an attendance of one hundred and seventy-five, and is in charge of G. F. Hargis. ”

the Baptist Church of Wellington was organized with six members in July 1878. The
organization was effected at the house of J. Q, A. Beal, no minister being present. Shortly
after Rev. J. Cairns of Winfield visited the society, and completed its work in the opera
house. The first pastor of the church was Rev. G. W. Gregory, who remained about nine
months, and was followed by Rev. D.S. McEwan, who remained until December, 1882.
The society is now without a pastor. Present membership eighty-three. A fine church
building seating 300 and costing $4,500 has been erected. A Sabbath school was organized
in 1878, and now has an average attendance of 125. Itis in charge ot J. L. Hibbard.

Wellington Lodge, No. 150, A., £. & A. M. was organized February 9, 1874, with ten

members and the following officers: J.S. Hunt, W. iM, James Holland, §. W.; J.T.

= . T. Hor-
rick, J. W.; J. L. Kellogg, treasurer; L. K. Myers, secretary. The lodge now numbers
B. West, W. M.;

ninety members, and has the following officers: F, Ww. 5. :
C. T. Freeman, J. W.; 0. D. Johnson, treasurer; T. R. Love, secretary. *aoatines hee hell
m Masonic Cha once second and Fourth Monday of each month.

umn r GQhapter, No. 37, R. ~ Was organized Oc a r
of ten, and the following Officers: A. S. Updegrath H. pon GuBees mn? iP Osteniee

. Ostrander,
scribe; L. K. Myers, treasurer; D. W. Cooley secretary. t rs =
seven, and has the following officers J x Ye, Teh, Wes fee ee eee

.D. Share, H. P. . B. West, K.; 1. A. Hubbard
scribe: O. T. Johnson, treasurer! T. R. Love : ed i é held on th i
third Monday of each mouth. ; Secretary. Meetings are held on the first and

Well ngton Lodge, No 133, T 0. O. F., was organized March 30, 1 ith ty-five
members anil the following officers. S. T. Cory, Nee Cc. B. Jordan, V. ere vit Nivou, haere
tary; Slacy B. Douglass, treasurer, The lodge now has 2 membership of fifty-six, and the
following officers: W.O. Barnett, N. G.; F. H. Randall, V. G.; W. H. Berry, secretary; J
K. Hastie, treasurer, Meetings are held in Hackney’s hall on Wednesday of each week.
The lodge has property consisting of $125 in the treasury, $285 in regalia, and a city lot

valued at $580,
O. O. F., was organized on Bare 31, 1882,

Ridgely Encampment No. 41, 1.
twenty members, and the following officers: E. F. Henderson, C

with
W. O. Barnett, J.’ W.; G. i ;

3 ‘ _T. Showalter, 8. W,
v _ i. Davenport, scribe; F. H. Randall, F.S.; R. Harpham, treasurer;
Stacy B. Dougiass, H.P. The order now numbers twenty-one members, and has thé
following officers; W.O. Bennett, C. P.; J. K. Hastie, S. W.; G. F. Davenport, scribe; F. H.
Randall, F.S8.; R. Harpham, Treas,; J.T. Showalter, H. P.

_ Wellington Lodge, No. 482, K. of H., was organized February 23, 1877, with a member-
ship of seventeen, and the following officers: H. J. Walker, P. D.; R.W. Stevenson, D.; A.
W. Shearman, Vice-D.; J. T. Showalter, A. D.; J.B. Cory, chaplain; J. K. Hastie, guide; C.
Flandro, R.; J. P. Jones, F. R.; A. B. Mayhew, treasurer. | The knights now number thirty
aud have the following official roll: H. H. Davidson, P. D.; A. W. Shearman, D.; J. K. Has-
tie, Vice-D.; L. Fisher, A. D ; J. T. Showalter, chaplain; A. G. Vincent, guide; F. B. West,
R.; R. W. Stevenson, F. R.; C. E. Flandro, treasurer. Meetings are held In Masonic hall on

Tuesday of each week, The property of the lodge consists of furniture and regalia to®the
value of one hundred dollars.

Wellington Lodge, No. 24, A. 0. U. W. was organized November 17, 1879, with eleven
members aud the following officers: J.B. Cory, P. M. W.; J. P. Showalter, M. W.; ML V.
B. Holmes, foreman; E, L, Roser, overseer; J. R. Pearce, guide: W. E. Cox, recorder; F.
Evans, financier; J. A. Maggard, receiver. ‘The orpaniZation now numbers sixty-six, and
has the following officers: J. R. Pearce, P. M. W.; D. Hills, M. W., G. S. Burton, foreman;
W. A. McDonald, 0.; T. A. Hubbard, R.; E. L. Roser, F, J. K. Hastie, receiver; R. P. God-
frey, guide; J. A. Maggard, medical examiner, Meetings are held on Thursday of each
week in Masonic Hail.

_ Sumner Legion,JNo. 10, Select Knights. 4. 0. U. W.. was organized December 1, 1881,
with @ membership of thirteen, and the following officers: J. P. Showalter, $.C.; D. A.
Hills, V. C.; J. R. Messerly, Lt. C.,; W. E. Cox, Rec.; M. B. Keagy. R. T., Z. Meixell, treas-
urer. The lodge now numbers twenty-eight, and has the following officers. D. A. Hills, S.

;_J.R. Messerly, V.C.; W. A. McDonaid, Lt. C.; G.S. Burton, Rec.; M. B. Keagy, R. T.;

kk, Hastie, treasurer, equines are held in Masonic Hall on Thursday of each week.

Wellington Temple, No, 33, U. 0. A. T. was organized June 28, 1882, with a membership
of thirteen, and.the following officers: J. V. Ratliff, T.; Mary E. Ratliff, V. T.; H.C.

; J.D. Forsyth, treasurer; O. C. Weeden, financier; S, L. Hamilton, P. T.;

   
 

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K. Folks, L. The society now has a membership of twenty-six, and the following offi-

cers: S.L. Hamilton, Jr., T.: Mrs. Olive Robinson, V. T.; N, J. Waterbury, recorder; J.
D. Forsyth, treasurer; M. Davison, financier; A. Chenoweth, P..T.; D. M. Sifterd,L. Meet-
ings aré held on Friday of each week in G. A. R, Hall.

James Shields’ Post, No. 58,

G. A. R. was organized on May 2, 1882, with thirty-two
members and the following:

officers: J.T. Saunders, P. C.; William Quigley, S. V.C.;
Shearman, J. V. C.; C. C. Curtis, Q.; Frank Evans, Adj.; James Matthews, chaplain.
post now numbers thirty-five and has the following officers: K. Meyers, P. C.; L. B.
Aldrich, 8. V.C.; C. ¥. Vaughn, J. V.C.; Jobn H. Wolfe, Q.; F. Evans, adj.; J. D. Forsyth,
chaplain. Meetings are held in G. A. R. Hall on the first and third Saturday of each month.
Alert Fire Company.—This company was chartered January 28, 1881, and has the fol-
lowing officers: Jaines Lawrence, Pres.; H. P. Lawrence, V.P.; F. H. Randall, secretary;
G. W. Wendt, treasurer; Gcorge Riches, foreman. The fire appliances of the company con-
sist of a hook and ladder truck with its outfit. These are kept in asmall building on Lin-
eoln avenue near Mainstreet. After running a short time as an independent organization
this company consolidated with the Wellington.

Sumner County Horticultural Society.—This society was_organized on September 1,
1882, with the following officers: G.I. Walton, president; H.C, St. Clair, vice-president;
L. A. Simmons, secretary; G. W. Bailey, treasurer, Meetings are held once a month.

Wellington Library Assocration.—This association was organized January 15, 1883,
with the following officers: S. L. Hamilton, president; N. J. Waterbury, vice president; W.
P. Beale, secretary; Dr, A. Chenoweth, librarian; J. M. McKee, treasurer.

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THE PRESS, BANKS, ETC.

The Sumner County Press.—When in March, 1872, the Oxford Banner, run by Mugford
& Hughes and owned by the Town Company, was discontinued, its office was very unceremo-
niously dealt with. The old press was cast out upon the prairie, and thetype pied and boxed
up roughly, was deposited in the back part of a cobbler’s shop. Matters were in this sha
when the ‘Town Company offered Folks & Ludlow the office and $400 in cash to run a weekly
paper in Oxford for one year. The offer was accepted, and fifty-three weekly papers issued
when the proprietors, plus an office but minus the $400, tovk the outfit to Wellington and
began the Sumner County Press, This removal was not effected without trouble. Folks
owed a board bill and had not a cent to settle with, and no one in Oxford would assist him
in moving the material, whose loss would benefit their rival town. At this juncture a good
Weillingtonian came to the front with an order for ten copies of the paper, and the money
therefor. A few days saw the office established in Wellington, where the first copy was
issued on July 27, 1873. This edition consisted of 360 copies. On December 18, of the same
year, L. W. Bishop bought Ludlow’s interest. On January 3, 1878, the width of column was
enlarged and a partial new dress put on, and March 10, 1879, asteam engine and a ‘ Fair-
haven” cylinder press were procured. On August 16,1881, A. A. Richards bought out
Folks, and July 1, 1882, took the half interest of Mr. Bishop and became sole proprietor.
During his management the paper has made several important improvements, has been en-
larged to a nine column folio, received an entire new dress, and attained a ‘cash in ad-
vance ” circulation of 2,200 per week. It is now, counting its time of publication at Oxford,
the oldest paper south and west of the Arkansas River, and has gained, what no new paper
could have, the coufidence, business and hearty support of the people in other counties as
weil as of those in Sumner. Bae

The We'lington Banner, aseven column folio, spread itself for public inspection on
October 2, 1872. G. P. Garland was godfather to the infant and took it through until Janu-
ary 15, 1873, when it froze out and the office was sold to T. J. Hadley, who took it to Oxford.

The Sumner County Democrat was established February 11, 1876, by L. C. Crawford
and M. M. Edmiston, as an eight column folio. Ou December 22 the paper bore the names
of Crawford and Dr. I. S. Bowerman, and December 29, of Crawford and G. G. Miner. . Jan-
uary 10, 1877, the paper became a seven column folio, all home printed.” March 28,
Miner retired and Sykes took his place. Ou May 23 Crawford’s name appears alone, From
February 13, to May 29, 1878, Leonard was associated iu the management, and June 6, Wm.
Quigley became interested in the paper, and May 14, 1879, the paper was suspended. |

ihe Wellingtonian.—This paper was started from the consolidated Democrat and Vi-
detteon February 1, 1882, by W. M, Allison, It ranas an eight column folio until Decem-
ber, 1882, when it changed to nine columns, It has now a circulation of 1,800, appears
‘Thursdays, and is Republican. 4 f ‘

The Wellington Democrat.—This paper was started with the office and subscription list
of the defunct Hunnewell Independent. The first issue bears the date of August 12, 1882;
is a seven column folio, aud bears the legend T. P. Richardson, editor. It is all home print-
ed, is circulated Saturdays, and has a circulation of 700. |

Wellington Bank.—This institution is the successor of J. E. Neal & Son, a private bank-
ing firm which began business in December, 1879, and was run until February 6, 1882,
when it was merged in the present bank. The Wellington bank was organized under the
State laws and bas a capital of $35,000, and a surplus of $5,000. Its officers are: G. A
Dillar, president; F. P. Neal, cashier. At present it occupies a leased building, but by the

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spring of 1883 will complete an elegant stone and brick structure costing $10,000. It is
hardly necessary to state that the business of the bank is in a prosperous condition.

The Woods Bank.—The private banking house of John G. Woods was established in
September, 1873, and is the oldest south and west of the Arkansas River. The bank was
run the first year by Woods & Share, but has ever since been the sole property of John G.
Woods. Business was at first transacted in the little red buildiug on North Main street,

         

 

 

   
   
   

    

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now used as a carpenter shop. During 1874, the brick building, 22x50, on the corner of
Main and Seventh, was erected at a cost of $2,500. This was the first brick structure south
and west of the Arkansas, and was built of brick mauufactured in the county. This was
destroyed in the great fire of 1881, and the new stone and brick building, 50x85, took its
place. This is two stories in height, the upper floor being fitted up as an opera house, and
the whc le costing $20,000. 4

The Opera House is one of the hanasomest and best arranged public halls in southwest-
ern Kansas. The floor is inclined and fitted with elegant opera chairs, and the semi-circu-
lar balcony above with stationary seats, the whole giving a@ seating capacity of 800. The
stage runs the full width of the building, is twenty-five feet deep, and has a full comple-
ment of scenery suited to all ordinary stage business and very neatly executed.

The Wellington City Mills were builtin 1877 by Myers, Stettler & Co., at a cost of
$30,000. In 1879 they weresoid to George H. Hunter, who now operates them. The mill
building is three stories, with basement, and covers a space of 40x46 feet. It is fitted with
five run of bubr stones and an engine of forty-eight horse power. Its daily capacity is
100 barrels of “patent” flour, but in times of great haste it has been pushed to 128 barrels.
This mill is essentially a2 home institution, having never gone outside the county for sup-

plies.

The Retna Mills were completed in 1880 by Hargis & Clark, the present owners. They
are 40x50 feet, have three stories and basement and cost with their machinery $45,000.
They are fitted with seven buhr stones and two sets of double rolls, and turn out three
hundred barrels of flour daily. Power is furnished by an engine of 100 horse power.

The Creamery.—On July 14, 1882, a proposition to build a creamery at Wellington was
submitted tothe board of trade by Holt and Hall, of Osceola, Iowa. These parties agreed
~@ to build a creamery building 36x44, and an ice house 30x60. and of a capacity of 600 tons,
* the whole having a productive power of 2,500 pounds of butter per day. The-complete
outfit then to be sold for $5,800, and a stock company with a capital of $6,800 to be formed,

“ Holt and Hall receiving $1,000 of the stock. This proposition was accepted, and on August

e . 26 the Wellington Creamery Association was organized with J. A. Dillar, president; Will-

iam Quigley, vice president; and J. W. Chandler, secretary and treasurer. Work was be-
‘un on July 29, the buildings accepted October 27, and the first butter produced on Novem-
Z fer 8, since which time the works have been in successful operation.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

E. N. ANDREWS, manufacturer of saddles, harness, etc., was born in Devonshire, En-
gland, in 1851. He was reared in the saddle and harness business, Mr. Andrews came to
the United States in 1873 and worked in the above business in Rochester, N. ¥. two years.
He next went in the business in Burlington, Iowa, two years, then at Kirkwood, Ill, two

ears. In 1881 he cameto Wellington, Kan., at which time he opened his present business.
r, Andrews owns a residence and four lots in the city of Wellington. In 1878 Mr. Andrews
was married to ss J. M. Swain, of Chillicothe, Mo.

. W. ANDREWS, dealer in groceries and queensware, is a native of Illinois, and was
born in 1854, He was brought up in the above business. In1871 he opened a grocery in
Cherryvale, in which he continued ten months, at the end of which time he came to Well-
ington and opened a fancy grocery store, in which he continued until 1874, at which time
he added a general line of staples, and is now the oldest business housein the town doing
business. Mr. Andrews located a claim of 160 acres, which he partially improved. He also
built a residence and business properties in Wellington. He is a meinber of the Odd Fellows
and Encampment, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Andrews was married
to Miss E. P. McCulloch, of Texas, in 1877, by whom he has two children—Etta and Berttie
Lenore. Mr. Andrews is one of the foremost business men of Wellington.

J. J. AUGUSTINE, dealer in dry goods, hats and caps, boots, shoes, notions, etc., is a
native of Ohio, and was born in 1852, and reared a merchans and received a business edu-
cation. While in infancy his parents moved to Illinois. Entering a dry goods store as
clerk at thirteen years, he continued ten years, At the end of that time he attended Bryant
& Stratton’s Business College four months, when he entered the establishment of Field &
Lieter, remaining eighteen months. From here he went to St. Louis one year, and back to
Chicago, with Carson, Pirie & Co. forseven years. From Chicago he opened in the dry
goods line on his own account, in South Bend, Ind., where he remained eighteeu months,
at the end of which time he emigrated to Wellington, Kan., in 1881, where he established
his present business. In January, 1883, he went to Texas, bought a bankrupt store, which,
at the end of two months, he moved to Wellington, where he carries about $32,000 in stock,
and does a business of about $50,000 per annum, ;

x, S. BURTON, dentist, was born in Richmond, Va., where he lived till he was twenty-
four years of age. In 1872 he was graduated from the Hamden Sidney College, having
taken the classical course. In 1875 he graduated from the Baltimore Dental College, and
practiced his profession in Virginia four years the last two at Franklin Court House, at the
end of which time he settled in Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., establishing his present
business. Heis a member of the A. O. U. W. and select recorder of same. Has been mar-
ried, but lost his wife, and has two children—Soule Hortense and Otis Manford,
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JUDGE D. N. CALDWELL, was born in Illinois,1847%._ He studied law with E. Prince of
Illinois, and was admitted to tbe bar, 1870. He was at Waverly, LIl., from January, 1871, to
oly, at which time he came to Wellington Kan., and opened the first law office, ever opened
inthe town; where he continued to practice law until 1381, at which time he engaged in
the cattle business. He now owns a cattle ranch in Kingman County, on which he has about
300 head of cattle. In the meantime, Judge Caldwell has veen handling real estate for him-
self; owns one half section of land in Sumner County; owns 160 acres in Illinois; he owns
two business houses and a-residence and a large number of vacant lots in Wellington; was
the first Mayor of the city of Wellington; was City Attorney, and was also Police Judge; was
appointed by Governor Glick in vanuary, 1882 to the officeof Judge of Probate, and was
elected in April, tothe same office for two vears; and was City Councilman four years. In
1872, Judge Caldwell was married to Miss Maggie White of Illinois, by whom he has three
children—Gertrude John C. and Bessie L. Mrs, Caldwell is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

A. ENOWETH, M.D., ofthe firm of A, &C. Chenoweth, druggistsof Wellington.
Kan., was born in Pike County, Ill, April 11, 1848. He was reared on his father’s farm until
he was about sixteen years of age:in the meantime attending the district school of his nelen
borhood; about two years of his later boyhood were spent at the High School of Decatur, III;
at the age of nineteen, his father having died aud being thrown upon his own resources, he
began the study of medicine under Dr.W_ H. Walters, now of Freeport, Ill, at the same time
spending his winters in teaching, to enable him to pay his Collegeexpenses. A few months
before attaining his majority, having studied one year and a half, and having spent one term
at a Medical College, he began the practice of medicine in Macon County, Ill., but after a
few months being unwilling to assume the responsibilities of a practice without full prep-
aration, he returned to Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he graduated in January,
1872. Having received his degree, he went before the board of examiners and passed a
competitive examination for the position of House Physician and Surgeon of Cook Connty
Hospital Chicago. Receivi ng a majority of the votes cast, he entered upon his duties Feb-
ruary 1, 1872, for aperiod of one and a half year’s service, During his term of service at the
hospital he was professorof Physical Diagnosis, lecturing to aclass of students upon dis-
eases of the heart, lungs, etc., accompanying his tectures with ample illustrations on the dead
subject; two of his students afterwards became house physicians to the Hospital, and one of
the two a member of the legislature. Dr, Chenoweth also passed a competitive examination
before the faculty of Rush Medical College, for the position of Professor of Dermatology,
coming in second of the three applicants. After spending three years in private practice in
Chicago, he entered the regular Army as Acting Assistant Surgeon,serving In the Department
of the Platte, under Gen. Crook, during the Sioux war of 1876-77; entered the service about
the date of the Custer massacre; being held in high esteem by his superior officers, his pro-
motion was only a question of time; however disliking th2 enforced separation from his
family he resigned and returned to practice at Oreana, Ill. where he remained five years
doing anextensive but laborious practice, resulting in injury to hisehealth which neces-
sitated removal to a dryer climate; consequently in 1882, the Dr, removed to Wellington,
Kan., where be is now doing a lucrative practice and at the same time basa half interest in
the drug firm of A. & C. Chenoweth, which business to them has opened out with flattering
prospects. Whileat Oreana, Ill, the Dr. was examining physician for the Home Life In-
surance Company of New York andis now a member as wellas examining physician of the
United Order of Ancient Templars; heis alsoa member, and soon to be president of the
Cook County Hospital Alumni Association of Chicago,1ll. Dr.C. owns a nice residence prop-
erty in Wellington. His brothers and sisters are among the oldest and most respectable
residents of Sumner County, Kan. He was marriedin June,‘ 1874, to Miss Maria Adams
Prosser, who was born of wealthy parents in Calcutta, Hindostan, where her father wasa
merchant. Mrs. C.cameto America from England in 1872, andis a member of the Re-
formed Episcopal Church, having hermembership with Bishop Cheney’s church of Chicago.
ae C. has three children, the eldest of whom is dead—Alice Louise, Ethel Vivian and Mabel

race.

P. H. D. L,. CLEVELAND, of the firm of Cleveland & Herford, livery, was born in 1844,
in the State of New York. At an early.age he began farming for himself in Wisconsin, where
he continued until he was twenty-six years old. From the farm he went to Jowa, where he
engaged in the livery business, at which he continued three years. After paving engaged
in the stme business in Minnesota two and a half years, he moved to Kansas in 1872, locat~
ing in Wichita, where for two years he carried on the grocery business; then in the livery
business four years, aud then to Wellington in 1878, in the livery and bus business, two
years. We next find him part proprietor of a circus, which he ran for six months. Having
sold out his interest in the circus, he returned to Wellington, where he accepted the position
of clerk in the Hotel de Barnard, where he remained six months, and then established his
present business. In Wichita he built two residences, and also a large barn. Heis amember
of the Good Templars, Select Knights, A. O. U. W., G. A. R., and Presbyterian Church, He
aided in organizing the State Valley Sunday schooland church. Mr. Cleveland is a lead-
ing citizen of his town. . o

A. M. COFFMAN, dealer in real estate, Joans and insurance, was born in Illinois in
1859. Was reared in theagricultural profession, and received a scientific education. At
the age of twenty, he embarked in the clothing busiess, at which he continued a short time
and then studied law. In 1881, he made his way to Kansas, locating in Wellington, and at
once opened his present business. Mr. Coffman owns 480 acres of farm lands, which is im-

roved, and owns a residence in Wellington, aud he also owns a nice herd of high-grade

hort-horn heifers. Mr. Coffman, though young in years, has taken a prominent position
among the stock men of Southern Kansas. 7

CG. C. CURTIS, hardware, tinware and agricultural implements, was bornin Illinois, in
1845. His early life was spent on the farm and in obtaining a district school education. He
entered the Union army in 1864, as a volunteerin the Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry. After
the close of the war, he Jearne‘l the tinner’s trade, and followed that business in the employ
of his present partner, until 1874; was then takenin as a member of the firm, and con-
tinued the business in Illinois until 1879, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Well-
ington, aud established his present business in connection vith Mr. Larned, his old em-
ployer. Mr. Curtis is also full partner in all of the various branch houses owned by the firm,
and owns stock in the Wellington bank. Isa Mason and a member of the Grand Army of
the Republic. 4de was married to Miss E. A. Fickett, of Champaign, IIl., (formerly of Ban-
gor, Me.) in 1872, and has four children—Fred S., Mabel E., Chase H. and Lyda. Mrs. Curtis
is a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

JAMES A. DILLAR, president of Wellington Bank, was born in Huntingdon County,
Pa., Town of Warrior’s Mark, 1846. He was reared in the mercantile business, and re-
ceived a collegiate education. At the age of sixteen he began clerking ina dry goods and
grocery store in Maryland, at the rate of one hundred dollars a year and boarding himself,
in which position he continued two years. He next went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
clerked in a boot and shoe store one year, was then in tne fancy goods and notion
business one year, at the end of which time he returned to Maryland, where he em-
parked in the fertilizing business one year. He was next in Holden, Mo., in the
cigar business, where he remained five months. At the end of that time he traded his
Stock and business for a lot, for which he received notitle. In 1868, Mr. Dillar came to
Neosho County, Kan., where he settled on a claim of 160 acres, on which he remained
eighteen months. In 9 he disposed of his farm for $1,600, and went to Lamar,
Mo., and embarked in the grocery business, in which he continurd about twenty months.
At the end ofthis time Mr. Dillar came to Kansas, and on June 2, 1872, arrived In Welling-
ton, where he opened a land office, and also loaned money. He began reading law in 1872,
and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1873. He was elected Justice of the Peace in
1872, in which position he served two years. Was Police Judge one term. Was City Council-
man several terms. Was_ vice president of Wellingtou Bank a short time, and on the death
of the former president, Mr. Dillar was made president. In 1877, Mr. Dillar was marriod
to Miss Ida May Phelps, of Indiana, by whom he has two children—John J., aud Gracle

G H. DYE, of Dye Bros.. wholesale and retail groceries, was born in Seneca Falls, N.
Y.,in 1841; was raised in the grocery business. At the age of nineteen his parents moved
to Michigan, where he worked on a farm. until 1861,when he joined the Twelfth Michigan,
Company F, as a private, but was promoted to First Lieucenaut, and was mustered out in
1865. Atthe close of the war he returned to Michigan, bought a farm, and ran It one year,
From the farm he engaged in the grocery business in Niles, Mich.. until 1869, when ho emt-_
grated to Humboldt, Allen Co., Kan., where he continued engaged in the hotel business
eighteen months. From the hotel he went into the grocery business, and back to the hotel,
and so changed back and forth, in Humboldt, Independence and Wiliing,during a period of
seventeen years, during which time he accumulated a handsome fortune. In 1879 e closed
out his business in the various towns, and concentrated his capital and energy into the
Wellington store, In March, 1882, he went to Texas and bought 1,500 head of cattle, drove
them tothe Indian Territory, where he intends to establish a cattle ranch. Isa Mason,
Knight of Honor and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Was married to Miss Alice
Terriere, of Michigan, and hasthree children—Belle S., Jennie T., aud Clarence E. Mrs,
Dye is also a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is an active, consistent Christian.

CHARLES DORSEY, dealer in coal, lime, plaster, hair cement, live stock and praln
Mr. Dorsey is a native of Indiana, and was born in 1849. At the age of twenty-one he began
the stock and farm business, at which he continued until 1875, after which he came to Kan-
sas, and settled in Sumner County, on afarm three and one-half miles from Wellington,
which he improved, and was engaged in the grain and stock business until 1883, at which
time he rented out his farm and moved to Wellingtoao, and engaged in his present business.
He built residence in the city of Wellington. He was School Clerk three years. In 1873,

Mr. Dorsey was married to Miss Sarah Cannon, of Kentucky, by whom he has four chil-
dren—Harry, Maude, and in 1882, a pair of twins. Mr. Dorsey handles from 5,000 to,6,000
head of stock annua'ly.

A. HH. DAVIDSON, hardware merchant and grower of thoroughbred and fancy cattle,

Mr. Davidson is a native of Kentucky, and was born in 1847. He clerked in the District

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Court two years after leaving college, at which time he came to Kansas, and _ was engaged
in the cattle business two years. He was next in the grocery business in Wellington, for
one year. He then speculated uutil 1877, at which time he engaged in the hardware busi-
ness. In 1880 Mr. Davidson engaged in the fine cattle business, and brought from Kentucky
about one hundre 1 fine Short-norn heifers, which he crossed with the Scotch thorough-
bred. Mr. Davidson is stockholderin the Wellington Bank. He is a member of the Knights
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U. W., and past dictator in the K. of H. He owns 140 lots in the city of Wellington. He
donated a lot f: r the Court House, and built the best residence in the city of Wellington.
Mr. Davidson is one of the leading men of his county in social and financial circles. In 1877,
Mr. Davidson wag married to Miss Carrie C. Dixon, of St. Joseph, Mo., by whom he has one
child—Wade H. Helton deceased, and Mande deceased.

J. W. ENGLISH, of J. W. English & Co., was born in Erie, Pa. When he was one year
old his parents moved to Bloomington, Ill, He was reared on a farm and educated in the
common schools. In 1879 he emigrated to Wellington, Kan., where he arrived on the 28th
day of March, and engaged in selling Hull’s vapor stove. He has recently established a
lumber yard, and present indications are that the sale for the year 1883 will be $100,000.
He owns five acres adjoining the city of Wellington, on which he lives. Was married to
Miss Clara M. Leslie, of Bloomington, IIL, in October, 1878, and has two childr en— William
and Roy. Mrs. English isa member of the W. C. T. Union, and takes an active part in all
kinds of benevolent work. Mr. and Mrs. English are both members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. Mr, English is one of the representative business men of his town, and has
the prospect of 2 splendid career before him.

S. P, FLINT, stock dealer and feeder. Mr. Flint is a native of Ohio and was born in
1829. He was reared in the agricultural profession, receiving a business education. At the
age of twenty-one he began clerking in a dry goods store, where he remained two years. In
1858 he went to Tazewell County, Iil., where he opened grocery and sold agricultural impte-
ments i. connection with the grocery business, where he continued fourteen years, and in
the meantime ran the lumber businéss also, In 1871 Mr. Flint closed out his numerous
businesses and opened a bank, which he ran for nine years, at the end of which time (1880)
he came to Sumner County, Kan., and embarked in the eattle business. He at once went
to Texas and bought 1,500 head of Texas steers and drove them to the State line for the
purpose of grazing them. In 1882, in company with J. W. Hamilton, he opened a ranch ot
1.280 acres for cows for breeding, and have under fence of Government land, including
their own, some 30,000 acres of lands, The company of Flint & Hamilton owns 320 acres of
pasture. all under fence, on which they are feeding 250 steers. On their big ranch they will

have 3,000 to 4,000 nead, and will feed from 200 to 400 cattle every season. In 1882 he
became associated with J. W. Hamilton, Jolin @. Woods, A. B. Mayhew and Robert Mes-
erly, who formed the Southern Kansas Border Live Stock and Land Company. This com-
any controls 150,000 acres of land, with a capital of $200,000. In 1883 the company will
put on their ranch 5,000 to 6.000 head of Texas steers. Mr. Flint is secretary of the com-
pany, is a stockholder and director in the Wellington Bank. In 1858 Mr. Flint was married
to Miss M. J. Brownlee, of Ohlo,

JOHN H. FOLKS, stock raiser, is a native of Ohio and was born in 1887, reared in the
agricultural profession and hada fair education. Atthe age bf eighteen he began teaching
school, at which he continued four years, and inthe meantime was readin medicine. He
Joined the army in Augus", 1861, Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry, Com any F, was mustered
outin September, 1864, j ined as Orderiy and was promoted to Captain. “He then returned
40 Ohlo, where he was inthe drug business until 1869, at which time he came to Oswego,

an, where he engaged In the ary Bonds and real estate business, in whicn he continued
one year. He then went to Oxford, Sumner County, and was a member of the Oxford Town
Company and financial agent of the company one year.
baeiness and continued at Oxford one year, “In 1873 he came to Wellington, where he con-
nued the newspaper business until 1881. He then went to Colorado for his health and has
singe deen looking atter his private business and improving his property. In 1875 he was
e ected Secretary of the Senate of Kansas for two years; in 1877 was elected Coroner and
18-€ ected to the same office in 1879, and held the first legal inquest ever held in the county;
is it sroceuolder in the Wellington Bank and aided in organizing the same; owns a 160 acre
in m ndjo ning the city of Wellington, and block of ground, on which he has a beautiful
eben sunrounded with trees, shrubbery, etc. Built and owns a fine business block, with
aru Tr mmings, and owns a sixth in ‘an addition to Colwell of 120 acres; is a Mason,
Naeper an Blue Lodge, and Knights of Hovor. m_1875 was married to Miss Frances A‘
‘ r on, of Topeka, and has two children, Frances E. and Carl R. Mr. and Mrs. Folks are
oth members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
wtrmuns BE R. F ULTZ, of the firm of Fultz & Millard, real estate, loan, insurance and ab-
educAllon, BNA Ab the wee a ean 1843, at reared pe oe He peoomea a collegiate
, i Joined the army, being assigned to the Fifth Pen 1-
vanla, where he served three months, and at the end of thas time re-entered the Service

In the battle of Fair Oaks he was wounded in the foot, i G i e-
L I »in the battle of Gettysburg he re-
foe wound, in his head, and a bad wound in the breast at the battle of the Wilderness.

ine ao ie wa mustered out and returned to Pennsylvania and IHinois, stopping for ashoi
BOR We ae was commissioned in the Revenue Department, and assigned duty in Little
. + Where he went in 1865, pene ay 1868, He read law in the office of Govern-

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nie prnction of law, at which he continued until 1873. He then eo Weintece Renee
ache Maced sue practice of his profession in connection with the real estate business.
Tea stoetli nee merged into a general real estate, loan, abstract and insurance business.
Tea mene He an 7 reciee of the First National Bank of Wellin ton,and a Notary Public.
Church, Was married. to ‘Miss 2 % Esa ‘Of viene, Tayo, vith anne Tan eae
children—Flora May, George C., Jasper K. and Ace! Mr Bulta is ove ot the

2 y ey i Allen, deceased. Mr. Fultz is oue of th
genuine representative men, of the very best class to be f i :
; 7 is ound anywhere, or, =
munity. His business qualifications are of the first order, and his Social and religious

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characteristics raise him to the highest point in the estimation of his associates and fell
citizens. Comparatively a young man, he has obtained wealth i hat which
18 stil more valuable, the spneovevoy of all who know him. eee
r. C. if » JR., dealer in boots and shoes, is a native of Illinois, ar

1846. He received a classic education. He joined the army in 1864 We wee sie ane
mm June, 1865. He was next in the insurance business six months. He was then book-
keeper for his father one year. He then farmed one year, at the end of which time he came
to Kansas (1871) and settled on a claim of 160 acres, which he improved and on which he
farmed until 1872, at which time he came to Wellington and opened the grocery business.
and in which he continued fifteen months, was then horse tra tng one year Hethen went
to Kentucky on a visit, and spent two years. Returned to Wellington fora short time and
then went to England ou a pleasure trip. After returning home he took a vacation of one
year, at the end of which time he opened his present business in 1882. Mr. Gatlift 1s a mem-
ber of the order of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias In 1870 he was married to
Miss Emily J. Heluig of Whitley County, Ky., by whom he has three children—Meda, Nanvie

and Thomas, Mr. ries a stock of abo
$15,000 t0 $18,000. ut $5 0V0 and does an annual business of from
eae GRAFF. dealer in hardware and farm implements, was born tn Ctneinnati, Ohio, in

In 1862 he joined the navy and served twelve months. He then j alr
service, in which he served twelve months, attbe endof which time ha rosarned “Gin.
ciunati, where he remained a short time. He then went to Kansas City, Mo., where he
remained four months, working atthe tinner’s trade, then went to Fort Scott, where he
was in the hardware business two years, Froin here he went to Oswe 0, Kan.. where he
embarked inthe hardware business for himself, im which he continued two years, From
here he went to Oxford, Sumner Co., Kan.. in 1871, where he remained nine years in
the hardware business. In April, 1880, he came to Wellington and established his present
business, and 1s now the oldest merchant in Sumner County. In 1871 be took a vlaim of
160 acres, which be improved and ran as a grain farm, in addition to his hardware busi-
ness, until 1880, at which time he rented out the farm. Mr. Graff built a residence and
business property in Oxford. In 1880 he built a brick store in Wellington, 25x130, and is
now bu:lding one of the finest residences in the county, adjoining the city of Wellington, on
aten-acre lof. He 1s stockholder and director in the Wellington bank, is a stockholder in
the Sumner County creamery, and is also stockholder in the Sumner County Agricultural
Association. He belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows, In 1868 Mr. Graff was married to
to Miss Maggie Wesbty, of Illinois, by whom he has one son—Ora Lee. He lost his wife in
1875, anv in 1882 was married to Miss Laura Fetters, of Illinois, by whom he has one
child—Tacy. My. Gratf carries a stock of $40,000, and does an annual business of $125,-

J. W. GRIFFITH, attorney and loan broker, was born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1845.
His educational advantages until in his seventeenth year consisted of the Common schools
and three months atthe North Liberty Academy. ‘He enlisted in the One Hundred and
Seventeenth Ohio, Company E. His clerical capacities being discovered soon after
being mustered in, he was made a clerk in the Department of the Ohio, and
was on detached duty nearly all of the time until he was mustered out in 1865. Atthe close
of the war he went to Vinton, Towa, where, during the time that he was reading law, he
taught school, his law preceptor being Judge C. H. Conklin, Judge of the Eighth Judicial
District and author of the Iowa Justice. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar, when he
moved to Wellington, Sumner Co, Kan., and established his present business. He was at
one time Treasurer of Wellington. Owns residence property and a farm of 160 acres, six-
ty-five acres of whichisimproved. Is a member of the A.O. U. W. His wife was Miss
Victoria A. Temple, of Vinton, Iowa.

LUDEN GUTIIRIE, attorney and loan broker, was born in Ohio in 1854. His early life
was spent on his fulher’s farm, and he obtained the rudiments of an education at the com-
mon schools. He studied law with Mills Gardiner, of Washington C, H., Ohio, and grad-
uated from the law department of the State University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1874.
The same year he was admitted to the bar, having passed an examination by the Judges of
the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. After practicing law for a time in 1876, he emi-
grated to Sumner County, Kan.,where he taught school for about nine months, at the end of
which time he went to Wellington, where he established his present business. He is a mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias and keeper of the records and seals. He owns residence prop-
erty, and three farms, amounting to 480 acres, all well improved, upon which he has some

ood fruit. In 1881, he was married to Miss Minnie J. Capps, of Wellington. Mrs. Guthrie
is a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Guthrie is a young man of fine executive and
financial abilities, wilh splendid prospects before him. uring the short time that he has
been in businessin Wellington, he has placed on loan over $300,000.

W. HAMILTON, cattle dealer and manager of the Kansas Border Land and Live Stock
Association. Myr. Hamilton was born in Ohio, in 1842, and was reared in the agricultural
profession. At the age of seveuteen, he joined the army, and served three years and three
months. He then returned to Ilinois, and engaged in farming until 1868, at which time he
came to Neosho County, Kan., and took up a claim of 160 acres, on which he remained two
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cultivated, in connection with stock raising. In 1879, Mr. Hamilton came with his

ee the city of Wellington, for the purpose of educating his children, but continuing
to raise and speculate in stock. Mr. Hamilton has also been engaged in speculating In town
property. He also owns one-half interest in a stock farm of 320 acres, one mile from Wel-
lington, on which he has 280 head of cattle. He owns in Kingman, Pratt and Barber counties,
3,80 acres of land, and controls a pasture of 30,000 acres, on which he has 1,200 head of
cattle. He 1s Mayor of the city of Wellington. Isa member of the order of Free Masons,
‘and isa Knight Templar. In 1882, Mr. Hamilton associated himself with Messrs. A. B.

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Mayhew, J R. Messerly, John G. Woods and S. P Flint, for the purpose of carrying on 2
general stock business, The company contracts 290,000 acres of Jand, the capital stock being
00,000. The company will put on their extensive pasture from five to six thousand head
of cattle during the summer of 1883, and the balance of the business may be guessed 2t, as
the company intends to keep the proceeds of the business in the business for twenty -five
years, the yearly increase being about 20 per cent of the whole. Mr. Hamilton was married
to Miss Belle G. Combs, of Illinois, in 1868, by whom he has five children—Mary A., Julia
H., James MeMullen, Gracie and Lula. Mrs. Hamilton is a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Hamilton, though starting in life withoutaid, has succeeded in placing himself in the
front ranks of the best business men in his State. A i

SAMUEL LUTHER HAMILTON, was born in Nieholas County, Ky., February 10, 1847.
He is of Scotch and Irish blood, his father’s aucestors being Scotch, and his mother’s Irish.
His father, Samuel L. Hamilton, married Miss Mary Grant Eward, youngest daughter of
John Eward, Esq., a prominent gentleman of Nicholas County. When the subject of this
sketch was but three years of age, the family removed from Kentucky, locating temporarily
in Decatur County, Ind. Atthe end ofa year, they removed to Boone County, in the same
State, settling near Lebanon, in the year 1852. Young Samuel attended the district schools
of his neighborhood, where he acquired the rudiments of an education, and in the fall of
1860, entered the Thorntown Academy, where he pursued his studies two years. Inthe fall
of 1864, he entered tbe “Lebanon Presbyterian Academy,” having been, in the interim, en-
gaged on his father’s farm during the suinmer and teaching school during the winter, He

raduated at the latter Institution in 1866, and in the saine year, entered the junior class of
anover College. Here he applied himself so closely to study that his health became im-
paired, and he was obliged to relinquish the course he had marked out, and left the institu-
tion at the cJose of the year. Afterwards he went to Iowa to recuperate his health, and
while there, began the study of the law, first in the office of Ex-Gov. William M. Stone, at
Knoxville, and then with Judge Joseph B. Atherton of the same place, and in 1868 was ad-
mitted to the bar in that city. In 1869, he removed to Seneca, Kan., where he was chosen
Superintendent of the Public Schools, ‘He acted in that capacity one pout when he returned
o his home in Indiana, locating at Lebanon, where he resided until he came to Wellington,
an.,in 1879. In 1873, he became connected with the Lebanon Patriot, but sold his interest
in the aper to his partner, John A. Abbott, after a few months, In 1875, he again pur-
chased a half interest in the Patriot, and continued one of its editors until1878. In1874, he
was elected Mayor of Lebanon, and at the expiration of the first term was re-elected and
served asecond term. He wasoneterm Deputy Prosecuting Attomey: Coming to Welling-
ton in 1879, he has continuously since practiced his profession. He has been three years
Treasurer of Wellington, and in 1882, was the Republican candidate for County Attorney,
but was defeated at the polls by Judge J. T. Herrick. Onthe 25th day of August, 1869, he
was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie S. Wheeler, eldest daughter of Horace C. ‘Wheeler,
Esq., of Lebanon, Ind. This union bas been blessed with four children—Frederick Ather-
von, Charles Robert, Guy Wheeler and Clarence Earle. Heisaruling elder in the Presby-
terian Church, and a cordial supporter of the Republican party.

J. K. HASTIE, livery keeper, was born in Rushville, Schuyler Co., Ill., and was reared a
farmer, receiving a district school education. Atthe age of twenty-one he went to Mc-
Donough County, 11],, where he lived a year, when in 1868, he went to Iowa, where he lived
for a while, then to Baxter Springs. Kan., and in 1871 to Newton. In 1879 ne moved to
Wellington, where he established his present business. At one time was a Sheriff of Sum-
ner County, having been appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy made _ by John_Davis.
He is a member of Odd Fellows, of the A. O. U. W., Knights of Pythias, and of the Knights
of Honor. He owns business and residence property, and two farms partly improved. as
married to Miss Sarah A. Collins, of McDonough County, Ill., by whom he has had eight
children—William, Alice, James, John, Arthur, Homer, Burt and Effie. Mrs. Hastie is a
Member of the Order of Rebecca. Mr. Hastie is one of the representative men of Kansas.

J.T. HERRICK, County Attorney, was born in Boone County, Ind., in 1846. Was reared
in the agricultural profession, and received a collegiate education. Began teaching school
at the age of sixteen, and continued teaching, going to school and reading Jaw until the
sprin of 1870, at which time he graduated at the law school of Indiana University. He
then began the practice of Jaw at Hebron, Ind., wbere he continued two years, when he
came to Kansas and stopped iniWellington, in May, 1872.@He then located a claim of 160 acres,
which he improved. The following August Mr. herrick went to Olatha, Kan., where he
was taken sick, and in November, of the same year, was taken by his parents to Indiana,
where he remained until the following March, at which time he began the practice of law.
In November, 1874, he was elected to the office of Probate Judge for Sumner County. He
was Township Treasurer one year. Isamember of the Board of Education. Belongs to
the order of Free Masons, and is a charter member; was the first junior warden, and after-
ward master of thelodge. Isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is trustee
ofsame. Mr, Herrick owns u fine residence, with seven acres of land, and also owns some
vacant lots. In 1876 he was married to Miss Cordelia Wood, of Lake County, Ind., by whom
he has two children—Harold W.and Walter G. Mrs. Herrick is also a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Herrick is a self-made man, and is a gentleman who is
highly esteemed, both in social and business circles. by all who know him.

JOHN T, HICKMAN, loans and insurance, is a native of Illinois, and was born in 1839.
At the age of eighteen he engaged to work on the farm at $13 per month, at which he con-
tinued three years. He then went with his mother and brother on the home farm of the
family, where hejremained afew years. Hethen sold his interest in the estate, and rented the
farm of Hon. David Davis, on which he remained several years. In March, 1871, Mr. Hick-
man emigrated to the State of Kansas, and settled on a claim of 160 acres in the Township of
Palestine. Here he continued until 1877, at which time he had a stroke of paralysis, when he
was compelled to give up the farm. In the fall of 1877 be was elected to the office of Regis-
ter of Deeds, in which position he served two years. In 1879 Mr. Hickman opened his pres-
ent business. He came tothe city of Wellington in 1878, and opened a real estate office in
connection with the loan business. He built and owns a residence and business prop-
erty in the city of Wellington. He is a member of the Christian Church. In 1860 Mr. Hick-
man _was married to Miss A. J. McKinney, of Dewitt County, IIl., by whoin_he has three
children living—Laura A., James B., Thomas D, and Margaret E. (deceased). Mrs. Hickman
is also a member of the Christian Church. . ra

T. A. HUBBARD, Register of Deeds, was born in Pennsylvania in 1843, where he was
reared in the agricultural profession till seventeen years of age, when he joined the army,
and was enrolled in Company 8, of the Seventeenth Michigan Infantry. At the battle of
Chickamauga he was wounded three times, twice in the rightarm and once intheleft. Being
mustered out at the end of the war, in 1865, he went to Michigan, where he found employ-
ment on a farm, at which he continued till 1872. Hethen came to Kansas, and located in
Sumner County, in the Township of Jackson, pre-empting 160 acres, and subsequently buy-
ing 160, making 320 acres, some 240 acres of which he now has under a high state of culti-
vation, producing grain, hogs and cattle. He is quite extensively engaged in the graded

Short-horn stock. about 200 head of which he now has on hand. He also has some twenty
head of Poland China and Berkshire hogs,and is now importing other fine breeds from
Ohio. In January. 1880, he came to Wel ington, and took charge of the office of Register of
Deeds, having previously been elected to fill the same, and which office he still holds. While
living in Michigan, he was Town Clerk six terms, and was Town Trustee for the Town of
Jackson two terms. In 1875 he was elected a Representative of Sumner County in the Leg-
islature of Kansas for one year, and in 1876 was re-elected for two years. In 1879 he was
elected as Register of Deeds for Sumner County for two years, and re-elected in 1881. Hefis
a member of the Aucient Order of Free Masons, and _also of the A.O. U. W.. Mr. Hubbard
is also a highly esteemed member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which beis a
most valued worker, having largely aided in its organization and also its Sabbath school.
He aided in organizing the common school of Jackson Township, and was Postmaster of the
sametown for four years. Was married to Miss A. Isabel Barto, of Michigan, in 1870.
Mrs. Hubbard is a member of the same church as her husband, and takes a lively, active
interest in charitable and benevolent institutions, and is Brenly, beloved and highly es-
teemed by all who know her for her noble Christian character. In perusing the biography
of Mr. Hubbard, one point is brought prominently to the surface, and that is, that he com-
menced life without means, and by his qwn manly. determined and persistent efforts, regu-
lated by the principles of integrity and Christiah purity, has won for himself abundance of
wealth, the unbounded confidence of his constituents and fellow-citizens, and to-day occu-
pies the proud and desirable position of one of the foremost men of his community, his
county, and his State. ‘

J. W. HAUGHEY., attorney, was born in Illinois in 1858. His father baving been killed
in the War of the Rebellion, he was at the age of nine years thrown on his own resources,
and also had the care of his sister, who still lives with him. He worked ona farm until he
entered at academy and afterward a college, pursuing his studies until eighteen years of
age. Hethen went to Oberlin. Ohio, where he finished his studies, and at once entered the
office of Pepper & Wild, of Mercer County, Illinois, where he studied law. In 1880, he
moved to Wellington, Kan., where he entered upon the practice of his profession. Was
Deputy County Attorney for two years for Sumner County. He was married to Miss Maggie
McCrey of Pennsylvania, by whom he has one child—Bard Irwin. Mr. and Mrs. Haughey
are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Haughey is a gentleman of fine legal attain-
qments as well as social and moral. He has a good business and most flattering prospects for

e future.

GEORGE H. HUNTER, miller, isa native of Ohio, and was born 1849. He was raised
in Illinois in the mercantile business, and received a collegiate education. At the age of
seventeen be began farmirg in Lllinois, at which he continued three years. He then attended
school three years. He was next in the mercantile business in Illinois seven years. He
then came to Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., where he was in the mercantile business two
years, and in 1879 he engaged in the milling business. He built and owns his residence in
the city of Wellingson. In 1882 he engaged in the cattle business. He was elected to the
School Board in 1881 for aterm of two years. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and is treasurer, trustee and steward of the same, and is also a member of the

 
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Order of Freemasons. Mr. Hunter was married to Miss F. M. Beal, of Illinois, in 1872, by
Nlom he has five children—Charles W,, Lottie M., George, Edna and Frank. Mrs, Hunter
is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a member of the missionary,
vemperance and aid societies.

OHN P. JONES, attorney and United States Commissioner, was born in Vermillion
County, Illinois, in 1844, and'was raised a farmer, receiving a common school education.
In 1871, he wentto Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., where he commenced reading law in the
office of Mr. Charles Willsie, and afterward with Mr. Showalter. In 1878, he was admitted
to the bar oe the Sumner County Court, when he commenced the practice of law, which he
continued for a time, and then became associated with Mr. Samuel Bailey, with whom he
continued for one year, since which he has been alone. In 1878, he was appointed Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction in Sumner County, by the Board of County Commissioners
to fill an unexpired term, at the end of which he was elected for a teri of two years, an
again, re-elected for the second full term, At the expiration of his second term, he resumed
the practice of his profession. He was also a Justice of the Peace during his term of Super-
intendent of Public Instruction. In 1876, he was appointed United States Commissioner, by
Judge Dillon, of the United States Circuit Court, for the district of Kansas. Mr. Jones is a
member of the Masonic Fraternity, and of the Knights of Honor. He was married to Miss
Julietta F. Dillon, of Vermillion Iil., in 1868, by whom he has one child—Gertie. Mrs. Jones
isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Jones owns residence property in
Wellington, several pieces of land in Sumner County, and a quantity of graded stock. Ps
Jones is a pleasant gentleman, of rather a retiring disposition, but possessed of a latent
forge, which once brought into play, is adequate to almost any emergency.

. B. KEAGY, County Treasurer, was born in Monroe County, Ill., September 30, 1845,
where he was reared in the agricultural business and received a collegiate education. At
the age of twenty-two he commenced farming on his own account, at which ke continued
until 1872, at the expiration of which time he came to Kansas, May 1, 1872, and located in
Sumner County, where he entered a claim of 160 acres of land’ which he has Improved, and
to which he has added, by purchase, eighty acres of land, and now has 180 acres under fine
cultivation and the balance in pasture, and all improved with a good wire and hedge fence.
The chief business of his farin is stock raising, hogs being the predominant feature, Has
on his farm 150 apple, 400 peach trees, and some small fruits. e has built a fine residence
on bis farm and has the whole of his 240-acres under a fine state of cultivation. He owns
ten and one-half acres adjoining the city of Wellington, and also a residence in the city. In
the fall of 1880 he was elected County Treasurer, and at the end of the term re-elected for
asecond term. Is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is overseer of the same. He assisted in
organizing Avon Township and School District No. 23. Was Trustee of Avon Township
four years. Mr. Keagy was married to Miss R. A. Hamilton, of Clinton County, Ind., in Oc-
tober, 1868, by whom he has had three children: Ilai, AuraS.and Ava. Mr. Keagy’s ge-
nial disposition, kina, gentlemanly bearing and cultured taste win the esteem and respect
of all with whom he may come in‘contact, and the permanent friendship of all whom he
may wish to consider his friends. The administration of the duties of his office makes
prominent his executive abilities, as well as reflecting creditably upon himself, and insures
the entire satisfaction, approbation and confidence of his constituents. His relations with
society are the most exalted and valued, and the reflex of his characteristics upon those of
middle age, as well as the rising generation. are of the most inestimable value.

_ ©. G. LARNED, of the firm of Larned, Curtis & Parsons, dealers in hardware and farm
implements, and manufacturers of tinware, was born in Vermont, in 1823. At the age of

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fourteen he engaged in farming at $4 a month, which after six months he left, went to Troy,
N. Y., where he worked eighteen months, learning the tinner’s trade. From here he drifted
about working at his trade in various places, among others, six months in Chicago. He
next embarked in the peddling business, his line bein tinware, dry goods and notions,
which he followed two years, when he opened upin Chicago, a tin shop for two years,
From here he moved about from place to place, first merchandising in Ilinols, then tn owa,
and back to Illinois, until finally in 1879 he emigrated to Kansas, where with C. C. Curtis
and F. A. Parsons, he established the present business. The business amounted to $30,000
andin the year 1881 it reached $110,000. In 1881, November 2d, the store was destroyed
by fire, and had but small insurance. In 1882-83 the firm erected their present elegant and
commodious three story and basement block,the ground floor being occupled by their busi-
ness and adrug store, the upper two stories being designed for a first-class hotel, it bein
140 x 50, having a nine and a half feet basement, and the first two stories fourteen feet an
and the third twelve feet. Their business interests are vast and varied, having several
pranch stores. He was married to Miss C. E. Blanchard, of Whitingham, Vt., in. 1850, @nd
has two children—Mary L.and Estella, Mrs. Larned was Superintendent of Schools in
Champaign County, l1ll., four years. Is State Superintendent of Juvenile Work in the
W.C. i U., of Kansas, and foremost in all charitable works, and educational moves. She
is a member of the Universalist Church, and avery public-spirited lady. My Larned is an
Oddfellow, a Mason, and belongstothe Commandery, ‘

~N. KING, was born on the 28th day of June, 1849, in Whitley County, Ky. His grand-
father, Isaac King, being one of the first settlers of Western Virginia, now Kentucky, He
was raised on the farm untll the age of seventeen. Went to school at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, at Lexington, Ky., where he met with the usual ups and downs that
usually attend such a career, and where he staid two years, working on the farm four hours
each day, for which labor he received from eight to ten ceuts per hour, and attended to reci-
tation in school the remaining hours, making his work pay the expense of schooling. At
the age of twenty was appointed Sheriff of Whitley County, Ky.,in which capacity he
served an unexpired term, taught school two winters, and farmed during the summer,
reading law at the same time, In 1873, be was admitted, in Kentucky, to practice law, and
came to Wellington, Kas., where he found the imagined green fields of prosperity had with-
ered and faded away to a dry brown prairie witbout habitations, and with the weighty load
of disappointment and not having enough cask to pay board until he could become
acquainted with the hotel man, he abandoned his chosen profession and clerked for a gro-

ceryman until avout January, 1874, when the proprietor becoming acquainted with him, he
quit and went into Jackson Township, where he taught school three months, and hived asa
tarm hand during the summer, and in the meantime Jackson Township having become
acquainted with him, he returned to Wellington with a faint hope of success at whatever
might turn up and happy. for the hotel man had gone to parts unknown, He received the
appointment of Deputy County Surveyor, under D. N.Cook, which position he held until
the end of the term of office, Cook havin had to go to Missouri to get a living, and no one
else wanted the office bad enough to ask the Governor for an appointment, and was engaged
in the real estate, abstract and loan business a season, and was elected Police Judge of the
city of Wellington, there being no opposition, and in November, 1877, was elected Justice of
the Peace, holding both offices until police term expired, and was appointed to the office of
City Attorney. which he held also (no one else being willing to take it) and continued to hold
and be re-elected Justice of the Peace until January, 1883, when he resigned, having been
elected Probate Judge in November, 1882. Having been raised as a farmer and educated at
an agricultural school, his inclinations are agricultural and stock raising, intermingled with
his professional and official duties, therefore he has not neglected his 160 acres of land,
which he pre-empted as an early settler. He was married to Miss Leila Aldrich, of Indiana,
in 1879, by whom he has had two children—Ethel and Nettie—Nettie, deceased, January 6,
1883. (In May, 1883, he had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with the agent of this

book. ) <

REV. J. N. McCLUNG, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was born in Adams
County, Ohio, in 1831, He was reared on his father’s farm, receiving the rudiments of his
education at the district school. In 1856, he graduated from Miami University at Oxford,
Ohio, as a classic scholar. In 1859, he was admitted to the bar at Hamilton, Ohio, and com-
menced the practice of law at Xenia, Ohio. October 3, 1861, he enlisted in the Seventy-
fourth Ohio Regiment, Company D, in which he was appointed Second Lieutenant, and
served until the latter part of 1862. Meantime he had been promoted to the First Lieuten-
antcy, when he was mustered out. The Rev. Mr. McClung was largely instrumental in re-
crulting and organizing this regiment. The zeal thathe manifested in his efforts to raise
volunteers, by speeches and personal contact with men, entitles him to some credit as being
one of the individuals who furnished the brains for obtaining material for, and organizing,
the same, Returning to his home he resumed the practice of his profession, and continued
until 1873, when he was examined by the Presbytery of Portsmouth, Ohio, and licensed to
preach, September 24, of the same year. From this time he preached until 1878, in Adams
and Brown counties, when he emigrated to Paola, Miami Co., Kas., at which place he pur-
sued his labors until October, 1881, when he removed to Wellin ‘ton, Kas., where he has
charge of the First Presbyterian Church. During his labors at various places in Kansas he
has added to the church about 200 members, in Paola about 150, in Sumner County 54, and
married about fifty-six couples in Kansas, and eighteen couples before coming to the
State. He was married to Miss Penelope Taylor, of Ross County, Ohio, by whom he has five
children living—J. Belle, Lizzie, Janus P.,Jenuie aud William. Mrs. McClung and four of the
children are members of the Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mr. McClung is a gentleman
of scholarly attainments, great energy and force of character, and a valuable acquisition to
any community. i 2

J. A. MAGGARD, physician and druggist, was born in Northeastern Missouri, March
30, 1844. His early life was devoted to agricultural pursuits, at the same time obtaining a
liberal education. At the age of twenty-two years be began teaching school in his native
State, continuing the same for one year, at the end of which time he entered a retail drug
store in Memphis, Mo., as a clerk, where he remained one year and a half, in the meantime
devoting his leisure and spare time to the study of medicine. In the fall of 1869 he entered
the St. Louis Medical College, from which he graduated in 1871, and at once came to Kansas,
locating at Oxtord, Sumner Co., where he immediately commenced the practice of medicine
and rose rapidly in his profession, enduring many hardships and privations, owing to the
newness of the country. Inthespring of 1872 he, as one of the trustees, assisted in the
organization of the first Presbyterian Church of Oxford, and was soon after elected elder.
This was the first church organization in southern Kansas, west of the Arkansas River,
The doctor remained in Oxford until October, 1877, when he went to New York and

      

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tas pull and now occupies with his drug business, one of the finest adios poke ta ae
tity of re ington. an May, 1879, the doctor was married to Miss Emma A, McLean, sister-
imusieal eine ory. She was formerly from Ohio, having received a literary and
Mrs. Maggard is tow one of the leading musleianeot wah ce en College, Oli,
position in her chureh choir, In perusing the Dio =r tie french wor as DE Bra hres
gard, the idea presents itself to the mind of the reader tt Rerpoustulliven ot ths Gree
the possibilities of the future of
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only makers of their own fortunes, most useful members of society, but also 1
particular, which fy ma rat ate: saith ihe most satisfactory resulys. , OORT eN eee
N. A. B. » banker and stock raiser, was born in ‘Allen County, all

1841, March 9th. He was reared in the agricultural business, He joined ae army in eh
Ninth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. three years’ service. Went in as a private and was
mustered outas First Lieutenant of Company ©, in December, 1864, at theend of which
time he went to Iilinols, where he was engaged one year, then returned to his native county
and State, where he engaged in the mercantile business for one year, Was next in the em-
ployment of the Government six months, then returned to Illings fora short Lime, was next
in Missourisix months, at the end of which time he came to Kansas, in 1870, locating at
Belle Plaine, Sumner County, on a claim of 160 acres, which he improved. In 1875, Mr. May -.
hew was elected County Treasurer of Sumner County, and re-elected in 1877, and served
. until 1881, at which time he was elected to the State Legislature of Kansas, to represent
Sumner County for two years, and was re-elected in 1882 for two years more. Mr. Mayhew
was Township Treasurer of Belle Plaine in 1874 and 1875. Was one of the School Board two
ears, and was City Councilman two years, Mr. Mayhew is_a member of the order of Free
asons, and is a charter member of the Knights of Honor. He is a stock holder in the Bank
of Belle Plaine, owns a residence and tenement house in the city of Wellington. Isone-half
owner of the north west addition of 160 acres to the city of Wellington. fn 1876 Mr. May-
hew was married to Miss Jennie B. Morgan, of Allen County, y.,. by whom he has two
chilcren, Stella aud Arthur B. Mrs, Mayhew is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. May-
hew is truly a representative man of his time in every particular, starting in life without
money, or even the encouragement of friends, he has successfully fought the battle that
crowns the conquerer with laurels of nonor, wealth, and the confidence and esteem of his
associates and fellow citizens, | So far his services in the legislature reflect credit upon him-
self, and have proved eminently satisfactory to his constituents, Thelives of such men are

patterns for the rising generation.

J. MATHEWS, dealer in agricultural implements, is a native of Ohio, was born in
1848. He was reared in the seticuluurat profession, At the age of eighteen he began farm -
ing in Ohio, and continued until 1869. At the age of fourteen he joined the army, Eighty-
third Regiment of Ohio, in which he served fifteen months. In 1870, he went to Illinois,
was there engaged in farming three years. He then came to Wellington, Sumner Co., Kas.,
and located on a claim of 160 acres, on which he farmed two years. He then went to Well-
ington, Kas., as clerk for Georee Stipps, dealer in hardware, etc,, in which capacity he
acted two years. He then opened his present business in 1878. He was one of the organ-
izers of the school in his district, and is 2 member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

. R. MESSERLY, stock raiser, is a native of Virginia, and was born in 1843. He was
left an orphan at the age of seven years, aud was cared for by an uncle. He entered the
Southern army at the age of seventeen years, where he served four years, when he sur-
rendered at Appomatox Court House. He then returned to his native State and farmed two
years; at the end of this time he emigrated to Illinois, where ne farmed seven years. In
1876, he came to the city of Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., and engaged in the hardware
business, in which he continued three years. He then embarked in thastock business, He
pre-empted 160 acres of land which he improved and ran as a grain and stock farm five
years. Mr. Messerley built three residences iu the city of Wellington; he also built a large
store in Wellington in 1879, and is now puilding a handsome residence in Wellington. Mr.
Messerly ig a member of the Southern Kansas Live Stock and Land Company, of which he is
vice-president; A. B, Mayhew, president; Judge John G. Woods, treasurer; S. Pb. Flint, secre-
tary: and J. W. Hamilton, peneral manager. This mammoth company controls a pasture of
150,000 acres, has a capital of $200,000, and will stock their immense ranch during the
summer of 1883 with between five and six thousand head of cattle. He isa member of the
Knights of Honor, and is also a member of the Aucient Order of United Workmen and is
select kuight. In 1869, Mr. Messerly was married to Miss Emma Frontz, of Virginia, by
whom he has two children—Timie P. and Charles G.

Cc. MILLARD, of the firm of Fultz & Millard, real estate, loan, insurance and abstract
agents, was borin Lllinois October 10, 1857, and reared in the drug business, and received
ahigh-school education. At the age of nineteen he bought an interest in a drug store, in
which he continued for eighteen months; at the end of which time was made Deputy Clerk
of the Circuit Court, where he served for six months, when he came to Kansas in a wagon,
stopping at Wichita with a cash capital of ninety cents in his pocket. Here he secured em-
ployment in adrug store and _in the office of Register of Deeds for eizht months. At the
end of this time he came to Wellington, where he entered the office of the Register of Deeds
where he also remained eight months. He then accepted the position of clerk in the loan
office of Mr. John P. Jones, where he remained two years, On the 13th day of February,
1882, he bought a half interest in his present business, which he has since and is now push-
ing with great vigor. He ownsa farm of 160 acres and jpintly with his partner owns 1,000
acres of land. In 1881, he was married to Miss Frances H. Larison, of Illinois. It would be
hard to fiud throughout the broad expanse of our glorious country many young men of the
age of Mr. Millard who can make so creditable a showing. Already possessed of an abund-
ance of wealth, he has also exhibited financial and executive abilities of a superior order,
and that would reflect great credit upon the ablest men of our times. The possibilities of
his future can hardly be estimated. 2 : :

UDGE CHARLES W. MORSE, Police Judge and attorney, is a native of Illinois; was
born in 1856. He was reared in the agricultural profession and received a liberal educa-
tion. In the fall of 1870 he emigrated to Wichita, Kan., with his parents. At the age of
nineteen he began clerking for Mr. Showalter, in which capacity he served two years, in
the meantime reading law, during which time he was admitted tothe bar. He was elected
Police Judge in the spring of 1878. and served until the fall, when he resigned. He was
then elected Clerk of the District Court in the fall of 1878, which he held for two years;
was re-elected to the same office in 1880. He began the practice of law in January, 1883.
He was re-elected Police Judge in April, 1883. Judge Morse owns 160 acresjof land and one-
half interest in another tract of 160 acres. He has built and owns a residence on a half
block of land. Is a stockholder in the Agricultural Association. He owns mining stock in
Arizona and an interest in some mines in New Mexico, He is a member of the Order of Odd
Fellows and Ancient Order of Workmen. He is alsoa member of the Methodist Church.
He was married to Miss Emma De Armond, of Ohio, by whom he has one child, Lenore.
Mrs. Morse is also a member of the Methodist Church. Judge Morse is a self-made and
self-educated man in every respect, for which he deserves great credit. 4

HN A. MURRAY, attorney, was born in Independence, Iowa, in 1860. His parents
moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, when he was butsix years old. At the Ottumwa High School he
went through with the preparatory course, and graduated from Parson’s College, of Fair-
field, Iowa, in 1880. He then went to the State University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where
he graduated from the Jaw department in the class of 1882. On the 7th of June, 1882, he
arrived at Wellington, Summer Co., Kan., where three weeks later he commenced the prac-
tice of his profession. He owns two and a half acres of land subdivided into lots in May-
hhew’s addition to Wellington. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, anda
young gentleman of cultivated as well as shrewd business qualities. :

L. K. MYERS. of the firm of Myers Bros., dealers in and feeders, buyers and shippers
of stock, was born in Ohio in 1832. He was reared in_ the milling and farming business,
receiving a liberal education. In 1853 he went to Indiana, where he remained until the
spring of 1854, at which time he went to owa and engaged in the surveying business in
connection with farming. He was Sheriff a short time in Indiana. In 1862 he joined the
army. He was mustered out July, 1865, on account of wounds received at the battle of
Spanish Forts. He then returned to lowa and remained a short time, and went to Missouri,
where he remained a short time inthe mercantile business, and was also in the nursery
business. In 1871 Mr. Myers emigrated to Sumner County, Kansas, where he took up a
claim of 160 acres and farmed a little the first year. In 1872 he was elected Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court for two years, and was re-elected,1874,to the same office, at the end of which time
he farmed one year, and was then elected Sheriff, and served two years. In 1880 he formed
aco-partnership with his brother for the purpose of doing a general stock business. In
1871, Mr. Myers, being a surveyor, was instrumental in laying out and starting the town of
Wellington. He built the first house, and his family was the first family to keep house in the
city of Wellington. He built residence on claim of 160 acres, 120 of which is now in the
town limits of Wellington. He was Clerk of the School Board several years, and was the
first Treasurer of the county by appointment of the County Commissioners. He is a mem-
ber of the Board of Trade of Wel ington, and is stockholder in the Sumuer County Cream-
ery. The firm of Myers Bros. handles about 7,000 head of hogs and about 400 head of
cattle, annually. He isa member of the order of Free Masons, and also of the order of Odd
Fellows, and Encampment, and Knights of Honor, and A.O.U. W.’s, and is also a member of
the Grand army of the Republic, and is past commander. In 1860 M1. Myers was married
to Miss Mary Guthridge, of Ohio, by whom he has three children—William A., Edith L. and
Sarah M, Mr. Myers isa true specimen of a generous Western man. | 7

T, J. MYERS, of the firm of Myers Bros., dealers in hogs and cattle, is a native of Ohio,
aud was born in 1830. He was reared in the mill business, receiving a business education.
When he attained the age of fifteen years, began farming, at which he remained until
twenty-two years of age. “He then ran a canal boat until he arrived at the age of twenty-
five, at which time he emigrated to Indiana, where he was engaged in the construction of
railroadstwo years. He then went to Iowa, where he farmed three yeays, at the same time
dealing in land, at the end of which time he engaged in the stock business, and continued
in Iowa until 1880, and in meantime sold goods three years in connection with the stock
business. In April,1880,he emigrated to Wellington, Kan., and opened his present business,
buying and shipping hogs, principally, and handling some cattle and doing a general
butchering business. In 1864 Mr. Myers was married to Miss T. E. Ridge, of Ohio, by whom
he has two childreu—Frank and Harry. Mrs. Myers is a member ofthe Presbyterian
Church, PARKER, of the firm of McDonald & Parker, attorneys, was born in Barthola-
mew County, Ind., November 17, 1855. In the spring of 1860 his parents moved to Kansas,
settling ou'a farm near Emporia. For the next eight years his parents made various changes

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of location, until they finally settled in the Kansas Valley, near Lawrence. His parents
being poor, he was early thrown upon his own resources, and by working on a farm paid
his way, meantime obtaining at the district school the rudiments of an education. At the
age of sixteen years he commenced attending the Lawrence High School, where he contin-
ued for three years, at the end of which time he commenced aud went through with a four
years’ course at the State University, at that place, from which he graduated in 1880. Im-
mediately after gra uating he moved to Wellington, Kan., where he entered into partner-
ship with W. A. McDonald, with whom he is still associated. He owns considerable land in
the county, also town lots in Wellington. Mr. Parker is yet a young man, but is deserving
of freat credit for the steady manhood displayed in his young and almost helpless years, in
fighting and overcoming obstacles that stood between him and an education and his future
BGoess and now, in the enjoyment of a gpod business, he can contemplate those times with
pleasure.

WILLIAM B. PRENGLE, M. D., was born in Winchester, Il.,1n 1854. sis early edu-
cation was obtained at the common schools, At the age of sixteen he entered the State
University of Missouri, at Columbia, taking the regular course, which he continued for two
years, at the end of which time he commenced the study of medicine, in his father’s office, in
Winchester, Ill. In 1878 he graduated from Rush Medical College, of Chicago, and in the
same spring commenced the practice of medicine with his father, with whom he continued
until August, of that year, when he went to Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., and became asso-
ciated with Dr, West, In the practice of his profession, with whom he continued over two
years, when he returned to his native town, where he resumed the practice of medicine
with his fatber. Inashort time, however, becoming discontented—perhaps homesick—he
again went to Wellington, and for a second time formed a partnership with Dr, West, in the
practice of medicine, with whom he still continues. The doctor isan Ancient Odd Fellow,
and a genial, courteous gentleman, and well deserving of the confidence of his community,

SAMUEL PRICE is a native of Ohio, and was born in 1827. Was reared in the agricul-
tural profession and obtained an academic education, He began farming on his own re-
sponsibility, at the age of eighteen, and continued thirty years. In the meantime he was
preaching, as local preacher. He came to Humboldt, Kan., in 1878, where he preached
regularly three years, after which time he moved to Ha) sville, where he preached one year.
Hethen ameto Wellington, Kan., and took charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
which capacity he has since acted as pastor. He has established two churches in Ohio, and
was instrumental in paying a debt of $3,000, which the Humboldt Church owed. The Meth-
odist Episcopal Church at ellington is now being improved by Mr. Price. e@ was mar-
ried to Miss C. S. Alder, of Virginia, in 1849, by whom he has eight children—Alice F,, 8.
Kate, Charles W., Viola V., Bertha C., Cora A., Maud A.and U. Fletcher. Mr. Price owns
eighty acres of land in Greenwood County, Kan, Started even in life. He was at one time
part owner and associate editor of the Barnesville Enterprise, acting in that capacity nearly

ree years.

A. B. RANNEY, dealer in groceries, was born in Illinoisin1844, He was reared in the
mercautile business, and received a business education. Began the drug business at the age
of twenty-one, iu which he continued fourteen years. In 1878 he came to Wellington,
Kan., where he embarked in the grocery business, and in which he has continued to the
present time. Héownsa farm of 160 acres. on which he raises grain and feeds cattle. He
also owns a farm of 1,380 acres in Harper County, which he runs as a stock farm, and has
now 100 head of cattle on it. He also owns a residence, business properties and vacant lots
in the town of Wellington. Heis astock holderin the Wellington bank, is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, and was one of the building committee. Mr. Ranney is one of the
leadiug men of Wellington, and carries a stock of from five to six thousand dollars, In 1867,
Mr. Ranney _ was married to Miss Theresa Hicks, of Michigan, by whom he has four chil-
dren—Kate H., Joseph H., Ray P. and Roseline M. Mrs. Ranney is a graduate of the High
School of Niles, Mich., and is a member of the Presbyterian Chureh.

ISAAC G. REED, attorney, was born in Massachusetts in 1864, where he lived until
1869. He attended Yale College, of Connecticut, three years, taking the regular course. In
1868, he entered the law office of the Hon. A. A. Ranuey, representative in Congress for the
Third Congressional District of Massachusetts, where he pursued his studies two years, at
the end of which time he commenced the practice of his profession in his native State, where
he continued till 1879, when he emigrated to Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., where he is
now engaged in the practice of thelaw. Mr, Reed was married to Mis G. M. Gleason, of
Hyde Park, Massachusetts, in 1877, and has one ehild—Grace E. Mr. Reed is a gentleman
of fine attainments, with a good practice, and is highly. esteemed by his fellow townusmen.

A. A. RICHARDS, editor and proprietor of the Sumner County Press, is a native of
Maryland, and was born November 4, 1854; his early life was spent at school, graduating
from Lafayette College, in Eastern Pennsylvania, in 1875, taking the prize over all of his
class in mathematics; he then went to Gallatin, Tenn., and occupied the chair of Mathe-
matics in Neophogen College in 1876. On May 5, he was admitted to the bar_at Marshall,
Tex., where he remained until 1879. He then came to Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan , and
taught school in the winter of 1879-80. Did his first work onthe Pressin 1879, and went
regularly on the Press January 15, 1880. Went into the office as local editorin July, 1880.
On the 16th of August, 1881, he bought one-half interest inthe paper,and assumed. the
position of editor and proprietor. On July 1, 1882, ke bought the remaining half of the
paper, and became menage, editor and proprietor. Mr. Richards isamember of the A.
0. U. W. On May 12, 1881, Mr. Richards was married to Miss Owens, of Kansas, by whom
he has one child—Clarence A,

T. P. RICHARDSON, editor and proprietor of the Wellington Democrat, was born in
La Grange, Mo.,in 1857. He was raised in the mercantile line. He raduated at La Grange
college in 1874. He then studied law at Lancaster, Mo., two years. He went as correspond:
ent for Missouri papers to the Centennial. He was next in Quincy, Ill.,in the dry goods
business three years, at the end of which he came to Kansas, in 1879, and opened a loan
office. He was next with the Sumner County Press as city editor. He then took charge of
the Hunnewell Independent for a short time, after which he started the Wellington Demo-
crat, which he has sinceably conducted.

W.R. SAVAGE, retail grocer, is anative of New York State; was born January 14, 1850.
He was reared in the mercantile business, and received a business education In 1867 he
began teaching school in which he continued one year. He then clerked in a store two
years, at the end of which time he went to Missouri, where he clerked in a grocery five

ears. He then came to Independence, Kan., and embarked in the grocery business, where

e remained five years. In 1880 he came to iVgllington and opened his present business.
Mr. Savage is a stockholder in and director of the Wellington Bank, and is stockholder in
and director of the First National Bank. He owns 480 acres of land within four and one-
half miles of the city of WelMngton, which he improved, and upon which he has 800 sheep
and some cattle. Mr. Savage owns a residence and business properties in the-city of Wel-
lington. He loans money on short time. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In 1875 Mr. Savage was married to Miss Emma Green Hill, of Missouri, by whom
he has three children: William R., Jr., Fred and Josephine. Mr. Savageis alsoa member
of tne. Method Ist Episcopal Church. Mr. Savage will build a fine stone and brick store dur-
ing the year 3. ‘

A. W. SHEARMAN, cattle dealer and butcher, is a native of New York State, and was
porn in 1842, He was reared in the agricultural profession, receiving a business educa-
tion, At the early age of nineteen he took the road as a commercial traveler, in which he
continued three years. He then embarked im the grocery business in the State of New York
in which he continued ten years. He was next at Niagara Falls on a farm, where he re-
inained five years, then back to New York, where he was engaged in traveling a short time,
after which he came to Kansas, in 1871, and located in Wellington, Sumner County, and
opened a general business, in which he continued eight years, He was then Under Sheritft
two years. He was next with a wholesale grocery house a short time, and then with Wells,
Fargo & Co., as agent, eighteen months, at the end of which time he opened his present

business, 1883. Mr. Shearman was the first Township Trustee, and was Mayor of the city
two years.

He was Councilman four years. He opeued and improved a farm of 160 acres,
He owns two residence properties and one business property, which he built. In 1865 Mr.
Sherman was married to Miss Ophelia Bennett, of Ohio, by whom he had one chili, Helen
A. In 1868 Mr. Sheaiman lost his wife, and in 1875 he was married to Miss Alwildea De
Armor, of Ohio, by whom he has two children. Mr. Shearman is one of the oldest citizens of
Wellington, and by his good nature and kind acts has made for himself a name that will
live long in the hearts of those who know him.

JOHN T, SHOWALTER, attorney and loan broker, isa native of Missouri. His father
died when John T. was a small boy. His mother took him to Ohio, where he lived and edu-
cated himself until he was eighteen years of age, at which time he removed to Illinois and
engaged in teaching school, which he continued for two years, until 1861. He then joined
the ariny and served through the war. He was twice promoted for bravery, gallant and
meritorious services. Was mustered out of the service at Springfield, Illinois, in Novem-
ber, 1865. Hethen taught school and read law until 1870, and was admitted to the bar in
that year. In the year 1871, he cams to Independence, Kansas, then to Wellington, Sumner
County, in May, 1872, and began the practice of law, and continued uv:til 1876, at which time
he was elected Register of Deeds. After his verm of office expired he opened a general loan
office, in which he has done a large and profitable business, In 1882, he also engaged in
the cattle and stock business. Mr. Showalter handles real estate on an extensive scale, buy-
ing and selling farms pnincipally, He is an Odd Fellow in allits branches, belongs to the
A. W., and to the Knights of Honor. He hasimproveda large number of farms, and
owns from four to five thousand acres of farin land. e has built one nice residence and is
now building another for sale, In 1882, Mr. Showalter organized the Sunday-school Cadets,
In 1876 he was married to Miss Florence M. Harris, at Independence, Kansas. She isa
native of Iowa, but was also brought up and educatedin Ohio. They have three children,
Florence E., Bertha R. and MetaC, Mr. and Mrs. Showalter are both members of the Pres-
byterian Church. Mrs. Showalter always lends a helping hand to those if need, and is fore-
most in all charitable and benevolent undertakings within herreach. Mr. Showalter began
life without means or assistance, and is a success as a self-made man.
1502

JUDGE L. A, SIMMONS, attorney at law, isa native of Massachusetts. Was born in
1833, and reared in the agricultural profession. He received a fair education. At the age
of seventeen he began teaching and going to school, graduating atthe age of twenty-three,
at Lombard University, at Galesburg, Ill, After one year’s recreation on his father’s farm
he entered the University at Albany, N. Y., in 1857, graduating in 1858, as bachelor of laws.
He then returned to McDonough County, Ill, where he practiced law until 1862, at which
time he joined the army, and was honorably mustered out in 1865. He then returned to
McDonough County, Lll., and practiced law until tbe fall ofthe same year. when he was
elected to the office of County Judge, in which capacity he served until 1869. He then re-
turned to the practice of law, which he continued until September, 1880. He then came to
Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., and opened his present office. Judge Simmons being @ man
of great learning, and a lover of nature, a horticulturist and scientific botantst, on the 380th
day of September, 1882, took charge of the horticultural column of the Weliington Dem-
ocrat, in which be has already acquitted himself with great honor and praise. He has built

and owns an elegant home, which he is beautifying according to his own cultivated Facts .

and good judgment. He is a member of the order of Free Masons, also of the G. A. R, In
1857, Judge Simmons was married to Miss Linda G. Bond, of Illinois. He lost lis wife in
1860. He was again married in 1865, to Miss M. Theresa Harwood, of Fitchburg, Mass.,
by whom he has two children, Louis H. and Myrtle T, He lost his wife in 1872, and was
married to Miss Jennie Barber in 1875, alady whose special delight is in her. home and its
floral treasures.

A, H. SMITH, farmer and stockraiser, P. O. Wellington, was born in Cumberland County,
Ky., in 1836. He was reared a farmer, and received a common school and academic educa-
tion. Fora period of twenty years, he was engaged inthe tobacco business in his native
State, and in 1882, moved to Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan, and bought several pieces of
jJand in various localities near Wellington, amounting to 2,000 acres, 500 acres of which is
wellimproved. He is now feeding 200 head of cattle, and owns a town residence and four
blocks of land. While living in Kentucky,in the winter of 1874-75 he represented his county,
Warren, in the Legislature, serving with credit to himself and winning the approbation of
his constituents. He was married to Miss Rebecca Shobe, of Warren unty, Ys be whom
he has had twelve cbildren—Carria L., Herschal P., Jesse G., Moses S., Hannibal, Auna,
Gilson V., Blake, Dabury W., Thomas P., Dudley ana Talmadge. Mr. Smith is a Mason ani
a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been an elder for twenty-five years.
Moses 5.,his son, is a member of the order of Rebecca, and also of the Presbyterian Church,
Mr. A. H. Smith is a splendid representative of that class of noble men, who do their share
towards building up and maintaining communities, and deserves well of his countrymen.

_ J, C. SMITH, one of the pioneer dealers in clothing. boots, shoes, hats and caps, of Wel-
lington and Harper, Kan., was born in Madison, Ind., in 1850. He was left an orphan when
he was but six weeks old. He was reared on the rivers, railroads, and in the tobacco facto-
ries. He entered the government servicein 1864, and remained there until the close of
the war. In 1870, he emigrated to Sumner City, Sumner Co., Kan., where he remained
about six months, He then came to the city of Wellington where he commenced the man-
ufacture of boots and shoes. In 1872, he discontinued the manufacturing business and
opened an exclusive boot and shoe store, until 1875, at which time he added clothing and
furnishing goods, In August, 1882, he established an exclusive boot and shoe store in
Wellington. In March, 1881, he opened a clothing house in Harper, Harper Co., Kan., and
atthe present time owns and manages the several ditterent businesses, a clothing house in
Wellington, an exclusive boot and shoe house in Wellington, and a clothing house in Har-
per, and is also engaged in loaning money, growing stock and handling real estate in _Sum-
ner and Harper counties. Mr. Sinith owns the lands on which,he grows his stock. He also
owns the lots and buildings in which all of his different businesses are carried on, He
built a residence and business house in Sumner City, in 1871. He also built three residence
bouses in Wellington, and seven or eight other houses in Sumner County. In 1888 he
erected in Wellington, a magnificent marble block, 50X100 feet, and threestories high. In
the same year he erected in Harper, Harper Co., a stone and brick business house. e was
married_to Miss Mary Burt, of Madison, Ind., in 1866, by whom he has three children—
Edwin, Harry, and Joseph. Heis a member of the order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Smith is
truly and wholly a self-made man, and a man of whom any community might well be
Pp

roud,

8S. H. SMITH, of the firm of Smith & White, architects, is a native of Indiana; was
born in 1853, aud was raised in the above business. At the age of fifteen he began business
for himself and worked for others until arriving at the age of twenty-three. ethen en-
Rage with Mr. White, and worked two years in Iowa, at tue end of which time he came to

ellingtou, Sumner Co., Kan., and opened his present business. He located a farm of 160
acres, which he improved and ruus as a grain aud stock farm, and he now has two car-loads
of stock on the road from Kentucky, with which to stock his farm. He was City Council-
man in 1882-83; le is a member ofthe order of Freemasons. In 1880 Mr. Smith was mar-
ried to Miss Lizzie Smith, of Iowa. The above firm run a carpenter, paint, wagon, and
blacksmith shop. Mr. Smith has risen to an eminence in his profession,jof which any man
might well be proud.

b. F. SPARR, dealer in dry goods and notions, is a native of Pennsylvania, was born in
1854; was reared in the mercantile line, and possesses a fair business education. He went
to lowa in 1873, where he remained two years, and in 1875 he came to Wellington, Sumner
Co., Kas., and located a farm of 160 acres, which he improved and ran as a grain and stock
farm three years, in the meantime Clerking in a dry goods house in Wellington, where he
remained until 1881, at which time he opened his present business. In 1878 he was mar-
ried to Miss Minerva E. Gatlitf, of Lllinois, by whom he has one child—Perry Franklip. Mr.
Sparr carries a stock to the amount of five tosix thousand dollars, His business amounts
to fifteen or eighteen thousand dollars annually. Mr. Sparr has had the pleasure of earning
his property and is one of the leading men of his town. :

ILLIAM H. STAFFELBACH, attorney at law, isa native of Missouri. At the age of
twenty he began teaching school at Davenport, Iowa, at which he continued for three years.
Afterward entered a law office and there studied lawfor oneyear. Hethen attended the
Iowa University and graduated in the law department. In 1878 he was admitted to the bar.
He taught school at Wellington, Kas., for ashort time in 1879. He opened his present law
office in February, 1880. uring the same year he was app. inted City Clerk for one year.
In the spring of 1881 he was elected City Attorney, andin April, 1883, was re-elected to the
same office for two years. He bought 320 acres of land, of which he has improved a portion.
Tn 1883 he bought 160 acres, which he has also improved. Mr. Staffelbach isa member of
the Odd Fellows and Free Masons.

HN STAUB, dealer in grain, farmer and stock raiser, Section 11, P. O. Wellington, is
a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1831. He was reared in the mercantile business,
and received a fair education. At the age of fourteen he vegan clerking in Allegheny City,
Pa., where_he continued five and a half years. He then went to California, crossing the
plains in 1852; remained there five years, when he returned to Allegheny City, where he
remained until 1859. Hethen went to Stark County, Ohio, and erected a store building and
went into the mercantile business, in which he continued from 1859 to 1873. He tien moved
to Canton, Ohio, and began the iilllng business, which he followed for two years there,
and ! wo years in Mansfield, Ohio, where he built one of the finest brick mills In the State.
He sold out in 1877, and moved to Wellington, Sumner Cu,, Kas., and settled on his present
home, a farm of 100 acres, which he has improved and brought toa high state of cultiva-
tion. In the meantime Mr. Staub was one year in the Wellington mills. e is astockholder
in the Sumner County Creamery. He ts also a stockholder in the C. Aultman & Co. Works,
manufacturers of reapers and mowers, Canton, Ohio, He is now giving the fine stock busi-
ness some attention, He has 100 fine Short-horn and Jerseycattle, and will cross with a
fine Polled Angus bull which he has. Mr.Staub has a fine assortment of frults on his farm,and
if he continues to improve and beautify his home afew years more he will have a paradise
of hisown. He built and owns a brick block in Wellington. He tsa member of the order
of Free Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, and of the Presbyterian Church. He was
married November 17, 1859, to Miss Catharine Muckley, of Stark County, Ohio, by whom
he has five children—Minnie J., Clement M., Lizzie 8., Ida Z, and John Garfield. Mrs.
Staub is also a member of the Presbyterian Church,

WILLIAM THOMPSON, miller, was born in Canada in 1827, and was raised in the agri-
cultural business. He came to the United States in 1845, and stopped in Buifalo three years,
He then went to Milwaukee, Wis., where he was in the milling business. Then to Dane
County, Wis. In 1878 he came to Kansas and located In Wellington, Sumner County, and
worked in the machine business for F, G. Smith & Co. one year. He thea bought a half-
interest inthe Oxford Mills at Oxford, Sumner Co., Kan., which he still operates. Mr.
Thompson buys and ships all kinds of grain from Wellington and Oxford. is mill is sit-
uated on the Big Arkansas River, where he probably has the best water-power In the State.
He is also a feeder of cattle and hogs. Owns a fine residence adjoining the city of Welling-
ton. Heisamember of the Episcopal Church, and is also a member of the Order of Odd-
Fellows. He was married to Miss Matilda M. Patterson, of Canada, by whom he had six
children—George J., Fred W., Ida (deceased), Maggie I., Clara, Emma May. Mr. Thomp-
son lost his wife in 1878. — :

M. S. THRAILKILL, general merchant, was born in ‘1832,in Missouri. At eighteen
years of age he started for Salt Lake City with aGovernment train. In 1857 he returned
and wintered on the North Platte. The next year was at Council Bluffs, lowa. In 1858 went
to Denver, Col., under Col. Estees, where he remained two years. He then went to Morris
County, Kan., remaining till May, 1864. He then established a mail route from Couneil
Grove, Kan., to Topeka, a distance of sixty-five miles, and carried the United States mail
for two years. Hethen went to Nebraska City, and carried on the dry goods business six
years. July 13, 1877, he registered In Welllagion. Kan., where he embarked in the mercan-
tile line, as improved two farms, one of 160 acres, and one of eighty acres, and was four

ears in the grain and stock business. Has bullt three residences and two business proper-
ties in Wellington. He assisted in laying out and organizing the town of Abilene, Kan.;
also aided in incorporating the towns of Wellington and Colwell. Was Township Treasurer
several terins, In 1863 was one of the commissioners that made the exchange with goods

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ney for the Mexican women whom the Indians had stolen. In March, 1867, was
married to Miss C. Floney, of Missouri; had two children, Maggie and Ceila B. ae August,
1880, he lost his wife, and in 1882 was married a pecan time, to Miss Dora Forla. Tr.
i he representative men of his section. ‘

Tar OEN BTR Sb " of Wellington, Kas., engaged in the real estate, foan. insurance and
collection business, is a native of Indiana. as born A. D. 1847, at Midd! clown, He y
Co., Ind. Was raised in the agricultural Pretession: Received a fair eautal ons ce
1864, he enlisted as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-fourt i bet iH a 0. '
unteer Infantry. Went immediately into active service, Participated in tl e a es oO.
Buzzard Roost, Altoona Hill, Resaca, Atlanta, Ga., Nashville, Tenn., and Wise S ‘or! Bowe
CG. When mustered outhe ranked as First Corporal. Was honorabl lischanee .
D., 1865. In 1866 he attended high school. In 1867 he taught School, an as 368 ne at
tended Guntry & Hollingsworth’s Business College at Cincinnati, Ohio, an ' if s. a a
commercial education. Th 1869 and 1870 studied pharmacy and was engaged n the rug
trade. In 1871 was engaged with the Connecticut Mutua Life Insurance Company. ite
1872 he came West, first to Nebraska, and thence to Leavenworth, Kas.. at eenich place e
was connected with a life and fire insurance company for some time. Inthe early part oO:
1874 he permanently located in Wellington, Sumner Co., Kas. His pecuniary circums' ances
preventing him from engaging in business for himself, he clerked, carried governinen
mail, and worked at anything to make an honest living and save a penny, In 1876 was a
ployed with Minor & MeDonald, conducting their loan business. In 1877 was app Ine
Deputy County Treasurer, in which capacity he served until October, 1880; he also e e
office of City Clerk three years, and Township Clerk one year. October, 1880, ne was ap-

ointed Deputy Clerk of the District Court for Sumner County, and served an is capacity
tir January 16, 1883, at which time he engaged in his present lucrative siuless- Y.
Trout has by his industry, economy. integrity honesty, and close application to business,
accumulated a competency which places him beyond want. Has helped materially in build-
ing up the county and city, and particularly the benevolent institutions. He owns real
estate in the county and city amounting to Several thousand dollars. Owns some fue live
stock, mining stocks, and is astockholder in the Wellington bank. Was married Novem-
ber 6, 1881, to Miss Alice ©. Barton, of New Brunswick, by whom he has one child, St.
John. Mr, and Mrs. Trout are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and other
benevolent societies, and are living a nappy, Drosperous, and contented life. :

F. M. WELLS, dealer in new and second-hand furniture, is a native of Indiana; was
born in 1842, and was reared in the agricultural profession; obtained a high school educa-
tion, At the age of twenty-one years, he einbarked in the mercantile business on his own
responsibilities, at which he-continued two years, after which he was engaged at running
a suw-mill, ten years; then on a farm three years, in Kansas. In 1883, he came to Welling-
ton, Sumner Co., Kas., and opened his present business. He is 1 member of the Grange cr-
fanization and the Grand Army ofthe Republic. Mr. Wells was married to Miss Elizabeth
McClintick, of Iudiana, in 1862, by whom he has two children—Oliver and Grace. Mrs.
Wells is a member of the Methodist Church. Mr, Wells started in life without fortune, and
is now one of the leading men of his place, in his line of business, - x

F. B. WEST, physician and surgeon, was born in Virginia, in 1849. His time, until he
was twelve years of age, was spent in the district school and academy. At the age of six-
teen years, he commenced the study of medicine in his father’s office, who was a physician,
and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, In 1872, having received his degrees,
he commenced the practice of medicine with his father, with whom he continued for a time,
and emigrated to Osawatomie, Kas. Here he practiced but a short time, when he was ap-
pointed Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum, in 1876. Some time in the following
year, he resig ed his position of superiutendent, which resignation was held in abeyance
over several of the meetings of the Board, until his health avin away, he was compelled to
abandon his supervision of the asylum, when he removed to Wellington, Sumner County,
iu 1877, where he formed a partnership with Dr. Wood, in the practice of medicine. Atthe
end of two years he severed his connection with Dr. Wood, and associated with Dr. Brengle,
with whom he continued for a year and a half. eiually, after several other changes, he be-
came associated with Dr. Brengle, with whom he is still associated. He owns stock in the
Bank of Wellington, and is vice-president of the same. Also owns 100 lots inthe city of
Caldwell. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity; is master of the lodge, and king in the
chapter; and also belongs to the order of the Knights of Honor, of which he is secretary.
He was married to Miss Annette Farwell, daughter of the late Judge Farwell, of Freeport,
ll, and related to H. J. V. and J. B. Farwell, of Chicago, by whom he has three children—
Luther, Frederick and Edith Frank. Mrs. Westisa member of the Baptist Church. Dr.
West is a gentleman of fine address, quick perception and well calculated to succeed in any
community. hs

HARLES WILLSIE, attorney, was born in London, Canada, in 1843, where he resided
with his parents till ten years of age, attending the common school some portion of the time.
In 1853 his parents removed to Burr-Oak, Winneshiek Co., lowa, where. in 1659, his father
died, Charles still remaining at home with his mother till 1861, when he commenced attend-
ing the select school of Prof. Southwick, where he continued for two years, From here, he
entered the Lenox College of Hopkinton, Iowa, where he remained, pursuing a@ general
course, for two years. In 1864, the whole school broke up and enlisted in the army as one
hundred-day men, under the command of their principal, Prof. James McKean. At the
expiration of his time in the army, he returned to lowa, where he entered the Upper Iowa
University of Fayette, where he remained for a year and ahalf. After leaving the Univer-
sity he engaged as a farm hand, and continued at that service for a year and a half, during
which time he assiduously devoted his spare moments to the study of law. On coming to
Kansas, he entered the law office of the Hon. B. F. Simpson, of Paola, where he remained
ayear. Inthe spring of 1871 he left Paola for Meriden. From Meriden he went to Sumner
City and entered a piece of land. At the end of a week’s stay, having concluded that Meri-
den would not be the county seat, went to Oxford, where he took a claim, built a log-house,
and remained three months. He then returned on foot to Paola in September, 1871, where
he was admitted to the bar December 8, 1871, and on the 24th of the same month, started
for Oxford, Sumner County, and made the whole distance—180 miles—on foot, where he
remained till 1876, engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1872 he was elected County
Attorney for Sumner County for one term, at which time he came to Wellington. In 1880:
he was again elected County Attorney. He owns a farm of 240 acres, town property, and
one hundred lots in the city of Caldwell. He is also considerably engaged in the graded
stock business, having on his farm about forty head of fine Sbort-horn cattle, which he
makes a specialty, running his farm under his own supervision. Was at one time Clerk of
his school district. Is a member of the Knights of Honor, and an Ancient Odd Fellow. He
was married to Miss Martha Manning, of Burr-Oak, lowa, November 26, 1867, by whom
he has had five children—Charley, Willie, Hester, Roy and Lulu. Of the five children all
are dead but Willie. He is an accomplished lawyer, and one of the “legal lights” of this
county, and of this section of his State.

G. W. WINN, manufacturer of saddles, bridles and harness, is a native of the State of
Missouri, and was born 1859. He was'reared in the agricultural pursuits, receiv ng a fair
education, the age of, sixteen he embarked in the harness business in Missouri, at
which he continued three years. He then went on the range as cowboy in Texas, where he
remained three years, at the end of this time he again embarked _in the saddle and harness
business in Springfield, Mo., where he remained eight months. In1872 Mr. Winncame to
Wellington, Kan,, and opened his present business. In meantime las bought and sold
real estate in Wellington, aud has also dealt in cattle and horses. In 1881, Mr. Winn opened
a branch house at Medicine Lodge, Kan., which he sold out in March, 1882. In April, 1882
he opened a branch in Colwell, which he is yet operating. Mr. Winn is a stockholder in the
Agricultural Association of Sumner County. He owns a fine bunch of short-horn heifers;
he is n member of the order of Free Masons, Blue Lodge, and- Chapter; he was a member
of the City Council of Wellington one year. In 1876, Mr. Winn was married to Miss Isabelle
ay TICE SE sey tome has fwo children claude C., and John T. Mrs. Winn is a

y , a member o
of about fifteen thousand ‘dis, the Christian Church. Mr. Winn carries a stock
. &, blacksmith, was born in Ohio. He recei imi ion i

the common school, and was raised in the Dereuieisal FPOTEAAIBA BY the ae ae ixteets
yoars. He was apprenticed to blacksmithing in Michigan, and continued two anda half
years. He enlistedtand joined the Bighth Michizan Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, and re-
malned in the service three years. After the close of the war he located at Lebanon, Mo

2t which place he worked at his trade twelve years. In the meantime havin taken’a full
sourse in meteorology, in 1878, was appointed by the Signal Service United States Army,

as Voluntary Observer. He came to Kansas in 1879 and-opened his present business; has.
built and owns a residence and shop in Wellington. ‘In the meantime he kept up a ‘con-
tinuous and complete record of the weather service. In 1881 organized the Sumner County
Weather Service, with co-operating observers, also devoted a portion of his time to the
science of geology, paleontology, having collected a cabinet of over 500 rare specimens, alt
classified. In 1883 was appointed assistant meteorologist to the Department of Agriculture:
of Kansas Heisamember of the G. A. R., alsoa member of the Sumner County Horti-
gultural Boclety. Mr. Wolfe ware neste edd to Josie Stearnes of Missouri in 1877, by Whom he:

e and Minnie. 'S. x 5 y
Mr. Wolfe is a self-made man in every Desporto” isa member of the Christian Church.,

 

CALDWELL,

Caldwell, the terminus of the Southern Central & Fort Scott Railway, was
located on March 7, 1871, and named in honor of United States Senator Cald-
well, of Leavenworth, The town company which accomplished this location,
consisted of Charles Gilbert, president: G. A. Smith, secretary; C. H. Stone,,
SUMNER COUNTY.

treasurer and J. H.Dagnar. The land comprised in the town site was 113
acres, on Fall Creek, and was purchased of the Government.

The first building erected was the log store of C. H. Stone, put up by the
town company, the second, also of logs, was built by Charles Sullivan. “The
first frame building was put up by George Haines, the spring of 1872, and was
used for hotel purposes. The first physician was B. W. Fox, the first attorney,
L. B. Hasbrook, who was hung for complicity in horse thieving, on Slate Creek,
in 1874. The first wedding in the town occurred on August 23. 1872, the con-
tracting parties being George Grant and Christina Reid, and Dr. B. W. Fox,
officiating, Up to 1879 the town was little more than a trading point, and had
sin that year but 260 inhabitants. With the railway, came a rapid growth which
has made Caldwell one of the liveliest cities of 1,500 inhabitants in the West,
and will soon raise it to the grade of second class cities.

; On July 22, 1879, Caldwell presented a petition to be incorporated as a
city of the third class. An election was ordered for August 7, and resulted in
the selection of N. J. Dixon, Mayor; J. D.-Kelly, Police Judge; J. A. Blair, F.
G. Hussen, H. C, Challes and A. Rhoades, Councilmen. J. D. Kelly, Jr., was
appointed City Clerk. In September, 1870, Mayor Dixon died, and C. M.

‘ Hollister, was elected to fill vacancy. In 1880, M. Meaglier waselected Mayor,
W. N. Hubbell in 1881 and A. M. Colson in 1882. J. D. Kelly has held the
office of Police Judge from the organization of the city to the present time. J.
D. Kelly, Jr., was City Clerk in 1880; L. M. Lange, in 1881, and J. W. Nyce,
in 1882, The City Council for 1882-83, consists of A. McLain, J. W. Dobson,
M. H. Bennett, C. W, Willett and William Corsine.

_ _Apostoffice was established at this point in 1871, and C. H. Stone kept it in
his log store building, the first in the town site. Stone was succeeded by G. W.
Robinson, John A. Blair, John H. Sain, John A. Blair, asecond term and S,
Donaldson the present Postmaster. The business of the office has been trans-
acted in the old log store, Sain’s drug store, at the corner of Fourth and Main,
Fifth and Main, the Hubbell building and a store near Sixth and Main streets,
where it remained until November, 1881, when it was removed to its present
quarters. The first money order was issued on April 15, 1881, and transferred
money from S. W. Dutton, of Caldwell, to Susie Dutton, at El Dorado. The
office became a Presidential one, July 1, 1881.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND THE PRESS.

The Caldwell school district was organized on September 21, 1872. Its teachers have
been—A. B. Castleman, Miss Fannie derrington, Miss Carrie Dixon, J.V. Ratliff, J. C. Good-
ell, J. D. Kelly, jr..8. $. Clark. and the present force, which consists of N. D. Stevenson,
Principal, Miss Flora Sweet, Miss Mattie Oatman, Miss Mary Vasey and Geo. W. Ewing.
The first schoo] house was a frame building 20x30 feet, and costing $1,200. This was in
use until 1880, when another frame 30 x 40 feet, and costing $1,700, was built. The pres-
ent fine brick schoolhouse was erected in 1882, It is 56x76 feet, two stories lin height, cost
$15,000, and has seven rooms exclusive of those in the basement. It is heated throughout
by furnaces, and has all the latest appliances for successful working.

Methodist Church.—Caldwell Mission was organized in 1873, and Rev. B. C. Swartz
placed in charge of the circuit, which then embraced all of Sumner south of Slate Creek,
and that part of Cowley County west of the Arkansas River. After a years’ labor the entire
membership of the circuit was seventy-three. Rev. I. N. Boycourt, was for a short time as-
sociated with Rev. Mr. Swartzin the work. J.B. Herbert reeeived the appointment in 1874-
75. but the conference of 1876 left the field vacant. Later inthe sameyear E. B. Abbott
took the work and filled through 1877. Caldwell class was organized February 15, 1877,
and Andrew Ryan served until the close of 1879, when Rev. S. Woodwas appointed and
served until March 12,1882, when Rev. D, F. Owens, the present pastor, took charge. The
fine brick church now in use was begun in Mr. Wood’s pastorate, and dedicated on Novem-
ber 13, 1881, but not completed until late in 1882. As first erected it had a tall spire, which
yielded to a violent storm in the full of 1882, and falling injured the body of the church.
The building’s total cost was $4,200. The society now numbers 123, and is growing stead-
ily and quite rapidly. A Sabbath school. organized at about the same time asthe church,
has an average attendance of 115, and is in charge of A. G. Herr.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1873 by Rev. J. P. Harsen, of Wichita, and
Rev. J. B. Rideout became pastor in charge of the eleven members who constituted the in-
fantchurch. Key. J.S. McClung followed Rev. Mr. Rideout, and remained until April,
1882, when Rev. E. P. Foster, the present pastor, took charge. A church edifice, which
was builtin 1880, a at cost of $1,800. Thesociety now numbers fifty-three. A Sabbath
school organized af the same time as the church, has an average attendance of 100, and is
in charge of H. A. Ross.

The Christian Church of Caldwell was organized on May Y, 1880, with a membership of
thirty-six. Rev. T. W. Houston, its first pastor, was succeeded by Revs. A. W. Avery and
A. Crenshaw, who closed his pastorate in 1882. The society own and occupy the old school
building erected in 1880 at a cost of $1,700. The present church membership is thirty-six.

The Roman Catholics of Caldwell have, as yet, no church organization, but are sup-
plied by Rev. Father Kelly, of Winfield, who performs services on the last Sunday of each
month.

The Caldwell Post made its first entry upon public life in January, 1879, under the man-
agementof J.D Kellyand T. H. B. Ross. This was practically the second issue, the "Eye
Opener” having been printed on December 28, 1878, by the same parties, After just six
niopths Ross retired from the journal and Kelly continued it alone, until December 11,
1880. It then nassed into the hands of J. H. Sain, who held it until April 1, 1881, when it
was purchased by Tell W. Walton, who now runs it. Lts firstappearance was as asix-column
folio, and this form was retained until Apri!, 1879, when it was enlarged to a seven-column
sheet. It is now largely devoted to live stock interests and is recognized as the organ of the
cattle men having herds in the Indian Territory, near Caldwell. Its circulation is 1.000.

The Commercial.—The first issue of the Caldwell Commercial appeared May 6, 1880, as
an eight-column folio, a form in which the paper still appears, Its editor and proprietor
from the initiatory number to the present time, is W. B. Hutchison. It is issued Thursdays,
is Republican and has a circulation of 500. Y

SOCIETIES AND BANKS.

Sumner Lodge, No. 203. A..F’. & A. M., was organized with a membership of fourteen
and the following officers: R. Bates, W. M.;S. P. G. Lewis, secretary. The order now has
thirty-five members and the following officers: E, A. Fletcher, W. M.; S. L. Long, S. W.;

Leahy, J. W.; C. F. Sommer, secretary; L. G. Bailey, treasurer. Meetings are held
in Masonic Hall on each Saturday on or before full moon and each two weeks thereafter

Cald-rell Lodge, No. 176. £. OC. O. F., was organized in May, 1881, witha membership of
twenty and the following officers: J. A. Rohrer, N.G.; Albert Riser. secretary; J. R. Grif-
fith, Treas. The podge now has a membership of fifty-two and the following officers: T. H.
B. Ross, N. G.; J. W. Nyce, V. G.; J. C. Dunhollen, secretary; W. H. Thompson, F. S.;
Clark Black, treasurer. Meetings are held on Saturday of each week in Odd Fellows’ Hall.
The property of the lodge is a little over $700. i

‘pion Post, No, 27, G, A. R., was organized in October, 1881. with seventeen mem-
bers and the following officers: L. M. Lange, C.; William Morris, 8. V.C.;C. Burrus, J. V.
C.; W. B. Hutchison, O, D.; W. H. Thompson, O. G.; J.M. Thomas, Qr.; T. Stancliff, chaplain.
The membership of the post has now increased to fifty. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall
on the first and third Friday of each month. The officers for 1883 are: L. M. Lange, C,; W
Morris, 8. V. C ; S. Donaldson, J. V. C.; W. H. Thompson. O. D.; George W. Fuller, O. G.;
J. M. Thomas, Qr.; J. N. Miller, chaplain, W. B. Hutchison. adjutant. The property of the
lodge consists of furniture and regalia to the amount of $100.

‘umner Lodge, No. 2,633, K. of H., was organized on December ‘14, 1881, with twenty,
members and the following officers: J. W. Nyce, P. D.;H. A. Ross, D.; O. Beason, V.D.:
J. A. Doubleday, A. D.; J. R. Swartzel, Rep.; P.S. Smith, F. R.; J. G. Dunhollen, treasurer;
L. Thrailkill, chaplain. The lodge now numbers thirty-six members and has the following
officers: . Ross, P. D.; 5. Donaldson, D.; C. H. Moore, V. D.; C. Miller, A. D.; J. BR.
Swartzel, Rep.; J. G. Dunhollen, F. R.; J, W. Nyce, treasurer; S. S. Long. chaplain. The
society meets on Tuesday of each week in Groah’s Hall. Its property consists of furniture
and regalia to the value of $200.

Occidental Council, No. 13,

, VW. U., was organized with eighteen members in the spring
of 1882, with L. M. Lange, president; Mrs. W 33. W. N

. B. Hutchison, V. P. ce, Ex. Py;

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Mrs. Charles Huine, speaker. The union now has twenty embers and the following offi-
cers; E. H. Kirkpatrick, P.; J. K. Nyce, V. P.; J. G. Dunhollen, Ex. P.: Mrs. Charles
Hume, speaker; L. M. Hinge, secretary. The order meets on the second and fourth Friday
of each month in K. of H. Hall.

Caldwell Lodge, No. 109, 4. 0. U. W., was organized on August 10, 1882, with a mem-
Dorship of twenty and the following officers: W. Crimble, P. M. W.; b. H. Proctor, M. W.;
P. P. Holer, foreman; T. H. B. Ross, recorder; John Dobson, 0.;T. E. Dow, guide; George
W. Riley, F.; A. J. Luder, receiver. The lodge meets on Monday of each week in Masonic
Hall, has now_a membership of tweity-eight and the following officers: W. Crimble, P.
M, W.; T. H. B. Ross, M. W.; R. Alderman, foreman; H. H. Howe, recorder; A. Sherman,
0.; William O’Connor, G.; E. M. Swaregart, F,; F. M, Carzine, R.

The first banking house in Caldwelf was the Merchants’ and Drovers’ Bank, which
failed in November, 1881. No reliable particulars can be obtained concerning this insti-
tution, those who are supposed to know about it refusing information. J.S. Danford was
president, and W. D. C. Smith. cashier, at the time of the failure.

_. The Stock Exchange Bank was organized under the State law on October 24, 1881, but
did not open for business until December 24, I: has an authorized captal of $100,000,
10 per cent of which is paid in, and a surplus of $9,400. A fine stone pu naiog was erected
in 1881 at a cost ef $5,000. The funds of the bank are protected by a Hall burglar-proof
chest and time lock. The officers of the bank are: J, G. Woods, president; E. M, Hewins,
vice president; Charles H. Moore, cashier; John W. Nyce, assistant cashier; Ben. 8, Miller,
secretary. ‘

The Caldwell Savings Bank was organized under the State law in April, 1882, with an
allowed capital of $100,000, 15 per cent of which was paid in. It bas now a surplus of
$4,000. Its officers are: S. P.G. Lewis, president; W. E. Mallady, vice president: T. E.
Neal, cashier; C. J. Neal, assistant cashier; George W. Reill y, secretary.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

L. G. BAILEY, dealer in saddles, harness, etc., is a native of Kentucky, aad was born
in 1844, He was reared in the agricultural pursuit, and obtained a fair business education.
He started out in life at the age of twenty, engaging in the mercantile business about two
years, he was then in a general store two years, after which he kept a boarding-house one
year. He then came to Caldwell and opened his present business. Was City Councilman
one year, Is amember of the Order of Free Masons, and is secretary of same. He is amem-
ber and (leacon of the Christian Church. Built business house in 1882. Bought a farm of eighty
acres and built residence on same. He is a stockholderjin the Caldwell Savings Bank. Mr.
Bailey was married to Ann Horrod,of Missouri,in 1864, Mrs. Bailey is also a member of the
Christian Church. Mr, Bailey has an adopted daughter, Lizzie. In 1878 he was only worth
$235, and to-day he carries a stock to the amount of $10,000, while he does from $12,000 to
$15,000 worth of business sunually:

‘M. BRADY, liverv, feed and sale stable, is a native of Canada and was born in 1835, and
was reared in the agricultural pursu t. At the age of twenty he began as laborer in Roches-
ter, N. Y., where he continued for three years. In 1860 he went to New Orleans where he
remained for a short time, he then went to Colorado and worked inthe mines four years,
and then went to Portland, Oregon, for a short time, then in San Francisco six months, went
to Montana Territory, mined three years and dairied one year successfully, then in Sacra-
meito one year. He came to Kansas in 1871, and stopped in Oswego a short time. He was
next at Chetopa ona farm, for ten years engaged in the stock business; was next in Texas
and then went to England, then returned to Kansas in 1881. Mr. Brady made several busi-
ness trips to England and the Shetland Islands in the cattle and horse trade, In 1881, he
and a partner bought 1,000 head of cattle, which he sold in the spring. In the fall of 1882
he bought the El Dorado livery stable in Caldwell. In 1870 he was married to Miss Julia
Pleisch, of Switzerland,by whom he has three children—Caroline,Charles Sumner and Clark.
He improved one fine farm. During some of his fainous travels in the Southwest on one
occasion running out of provisions, he was without food for twenty-eight days and finally
when found he was so weak he could uot articulate a word. This occurred before Dr.
Tanner’s famous fast, else perhaps, having his example brought vividly tothe mind’s vision,
he might have braced up and run the fast twelve days longer. ig

CASS BURRUS, attorney-at-law, is a native of Illinois, and was born in 1841; was
reared in the agricultural profession. He obtained a common school education, At the age
of seventeen he worked one year on a farm at a salary of $14 per month, after which time
he joined the army, where he remained four and one-half years, coming outin1865. He
then farmed again ahout three years, then engaged in the drug business three years at Cow-
den, Ill. In 1877 he was elected Justice of the Peace for three years, in the meantime he
was engaged in the real estate and loan business. He was appointed Postmaster of Cowden,
Iil., the first of January, 1874, in which capacity he served five years, inthe meantime
studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1877. He came to Caldwell, Sumner Co., -
Kan., in 1879. aud opened his present business. Was Mayor of the city of Caldwell one
year, Mr. Burrus is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows, he is also a member of the
Christian Church. He was married to Miss Chloe Frailey, of Illinois, in 1866, by whom he
has six children—Clara, Mary, Cynthia, Cathrine, Laura and Dickerson. He has built and
owns two residences in Caldwell, he also owns 320 acres of land. Mrs. Burrus is also a mem-
ber of the Christian Church. Mr. Burrus started in life with twen'y-seven acres of land,

A. M. COLSON, cattle raiser and dealer, is a native of New York, born in 1843. His
early life was spent in school. In 1861 he enlisted in the army, in the Ninety-first New York
Infantry, Company C, where heserved three years. He entered as a private and was mus-
tered out as a Corporal in 1865, after which he returned to Eaton, N. Y., and engaged in the
livery businesstwo years; was then prospecting through California one year, in Arizonaone
year and Dakota about six months, after which he was on a reservation as clerk a short
time. In 1869 he went to Winfield, Kansas, where he remained a short time. He then came
to Caldwell, Sumner County, and engaged in the cattle business, which he has continued to
date. He bought some cattle andis grazing them on the ranche, which is ten miles square.
Mr. Colson isa member of the Masonic fraternity andthe G. A. R. He was the first Super-
intendent of Public Instruction in the county. In 1882 he was elected Mayor of Caldwell,
and was re-elected to the same office in 1883, without opposition. He is a stockholder inthe
Caldwell Stock Exchange Bank, also a stockholder and director of the Caldwell Saving Bank
and of the Caldwell Hotel Company, and is president of the board of directors of the same.
He is chairman of the board of inspectors of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association; also
chairman of the board of arbitration. Mr. Colson was first married to Miss Mary Goldy,
by whom he had one child, Fawnfe. In 1879 he married his present wife, Mrs. Mary J.
Garretson. of Litchfield, Ill., who had one child, Katie. : :

J. W. DOBSON, builder and contractor, is a native of Nova Scotia, and was born in 1848.
Was reared in the lumber and planing mill business. He went to Boston when quite young
and remained there about nine years. In 1874 he came to Caldwe'] and opened a claim of
160 acres, which he improved and lived upon two years, which he run asagrain farm. In
1882 he was inthe grocery business with his brother, and is now interested with his brother
in the agricultural] business. He has residence and business property, and a few vacant
lots. He isa member of the Ancient Order of United Wo! kmen, and was instrumental in Its .
organization at Caldwell. Mr. Dobson was married to Miss Sadie Belyia, of Boston, in 1871,
by whom he has one child, Mac. : ‘ hs st ‘

SIMEON DONALDSON, Postmaster, was born in Obio, in 1833. Wecame West, with
his parents, to Iowa, in childhood, He was raised on a farm; lost his father at the age of
fourteen; was engaged in outdoor work and on the boats and rafts until 1861, at which time
he joined the Tenth Illinois Infantry, Company G. Lost his left hand at the battle of Kene-
saw Mountain, in June, from a shell, and was discharged in October, 1864. He returned
home in the winter of 1864-65, and was appointed Postmaster in 1865. Mr. D. was elected
Treasurer of Henderson County, Ill., and served six years, and assessed the county six years
in succession. He emigrated to Kansas in 1873, and settled on Bluff Creek, Sumner County,
on a farm of 240 acres, which he improved and run asastock and grain farm. He resided
on the farm until 1880. In the meantime was grazing stock in the Indian Territory. In-
vested in sheep in the fall of 1879, and has owned sheep ever since; sold the last of his
cattle in the spring of 1860; built livery stable, and run it from July, 1880, to November,
1881. Wasappointed Postmaster in March, and took charge of the office in April, 1881. He
owns residence and city property in Caldwell. He was Treasurer of School District No.
Twenty, at the time the fine brick schoolhouse was built, He is a member of the K. of H.,
and is commander of the G. A. R. He was Clerk of School District No. Seventy-two, four
vears. In 1856, Mr. D. was married to Miss Clara Furnald, who was born in Allen County,
Ind.; he was married in Oquawka, Henderson Co., Ill. He has five children—Jessie I.
Walter, Maude, Ada, and Milton; Willie and Marshall deceased. Mrs. D.is a member of
the Methodist Church, and is president of the Ladies’ Aid Society of that organization.

J. A. DOUBLEDAY, of the firm of Doubleday Bros., dealers iu furniture, is a native of
New York, and was born in 1853._ He was reared in the agricultural profession, and re-
ceived a fair business education. He commenced to learn the trade of manufacturing buggy
bodies, at the age of eighteen, at which he continued nine years, during which time he
worked a short time in West Virginia, Edinburgh, Ind., and Lebanon, Ind, In 1880 he came
to Caldwell, Sumner Co., Kan., and opened his present business. The firm of Doubleday
Bros. have built and own a business house and residence, They also own five vacant build-
ing lots in Caldwell. Mr. J.A. Doubleday also owns a farm in New York, of 165 acres; is stock-
holder and secretary of Caldwell Hotel Company. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows.
Mr. Doubleday wasjmarried to Miss Fannie L. Wolfe, of Eainburgh, Ind., in 1877, by whom
he has two children—Lewis A., and Alice M. Mr. Doubleday has had the pleasure of making
his own wealth, and has been instrumental in the building up of Caldwell. Mr. W.C. Double-
day, brother of J. A., isa native of New York also, and was born in 1855; was reared in the
agricultural profession, and erjoyed a fair education, graduating at Eastman’s Commercial
College, of Foughkeepsie, N. Y. “At the age of twenty he began Clerking in a grocery house,
in which capacity he acted two years, after which he came to Caldwell, Sumner Co., Kan..
and opened his present business, He is a stockholder in Caldwell Hotel Company, owns
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one half interest ina business house, residence, and five vacant lots, in Caldwell. Mr.
ponvieney is a thorough going business man.

J. K. GRIFFITH, of the firm of Griffith & Swortzel, dealers in groceries and queensware,
is a native of Ohio, and was born in 1835; was reared in the stock business. He obtained a
fair business education. In 1854 he went to California, where he was engaged in the mines
fourteen years, then to Montana in mines one year, after which he went to Eastern Ohio,
and was engaged in the stock business about eighteen months. He was then in the stock
business in Boone County, Mo., thirteen years, after which time he came to Caldwell, Sum-
ner Co., Kan,, and opened his present business. In 1882 he wentto Arkansas and bought
300 cattle, which he is now grazing in Barber County. Mr. Griffith built a brick block,
25x50 feeb, in Caldwell. He is a member of the order of the I. ©. O. F.

A. S.GROW, dealerin dry goods, boots andishoes, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was
born in 18¢3, He was reared in the mercantile business. At the age of twenty-two he
opened mercantile business in Wisconsin; continued seven years. He thon went to Kurope
on a pleasure trip, and in the meantime educated himself, remaining three years. He then
went to Chicago, Ill., where he remained ten years. He was next heard of in Colorailo,
where he was managing mines for five months; then went to Larned, Kan., in 1879, and
was there one year engaged inthe mercantile business. In 1880 he landed at Caldwell,
Sumner County, at which time he opened his present business. In 1880 Mr. Grow built bis
business house, which is 24x80. He carries a stock of from $15,000 to $18,000 a year. He
traveled allover Burop . Asia and Africa.

S. HARVEY HORNER, druggist, is a native of Ohio, and was born in 1854. He was
raised in the agricultural profession, and received a classical education. At the age of six-
teen he began clerking in a drug store, where he remained two years. He then went to
Wichita, Kan., in 1872. He theré clerked in a drug store also until June, 1879, at which
time he came to Caldwell, Sumner Co., Kan., and opened his present business, He took a
claim of 160 acres of land, which he improved and sold, in Sedgwick Cou.ty. He built a
residence and business house in Caldwell. He is a member and stockholder of the Stock
Exchange Bank. He is also a stockholder in the Caldwell Hotel Co. He began breeding and
growing sheep in 1881. He ts a Free Mason, and was a member of the City Council of Cald-
Well; was City Treasurer one year. Mr. Horner was married to Miss Julia York, of

chita, Kan., in 1878. Mr. Horner is a thorough business man, of fine social and business
qualities, a popular and valuable citizen.

CHARLES R. HUME, M. D., isa native of New York, and was born in 1847. He was
reared to agricultural pursuits, and received an academic education. At the age of twenty-
one he began teaching school in Michigan, where he taught four years—in the meantime he
was reading medicine. He then went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and commenced the study of
medicine, graduating in 1874, from whence he went to Ohio to practice his profession
where he remained seven years. In_1881, he came to Caldwell, Sumner Co., Kan., am
began the practice of his profession. He owns 160 acres of farm land, and also a house and
lot in Caldwell, and has been a stockholder in the Caldwell Savings Bank. He isa member
of the Knights of Honor, and has been Medical Examiner in the same, also Medical Exain-
iner for the New York Life Insurance Company, Traveler’s Insurance of Hartford, and
others. Dr. Humeis a wember and Trustee of the Presbyterian Church. He was married
to Miss Annette Ross, of Ohio, !n 1876, by whom he has two sons—C, Ross and Ray R. Mrs.
Hume {s also a member of the Presbyterian Church.

T. B. JOHNSON, druggist, was born in Missouri, in 1859, He was raised in the lumber
business, received a first-class education. At the age of six he went to Illinois. in 1875,
Mr. Johnson immigrated to Wellington, Kas., where he engaged in farming and stock rais-
ing two Fears. He next clerked for Dr. S. Mann, in the drug business three years, at the
end of which time he came to Caldwell, and clerked for Mr. Horner in tne drug business one

ear. In 1882, he opened the present business, which he has since managed with nature
udgment. Heisa member of the order of Odd Fellows, He was married to Miss Hattle
Bartholomew, of Tlliinois, in 1882. Mr. Johnson built and owns a residence in Caldwell.
He isa man loved and respected by all who know him. -

S. P. G. LEWIS, president of Caldwell Savings Bank, is a native of 8. E. Pennsylvania
and was bornin 1849. His early life was spent at school, and at the age of twenty he began
teaching school, which occupation he continued five years. He then engaged in the mer-
cantile business three yearsin Illinois. In 1878, he removed to Newton, Harvey Co., Kans.
where he remained one year in the loan business, and was admitted to the bar. e then
moved to Caldwell, in 1879, and opened a law, loan and land office. In 1881, he embarked in
the sheep business, and has now a@ flock of 1,800 head. He owns two farms, one of which
he improved and which he has brought to a high state of cultivation, and is run as a grain
and stock farm. He built one and owns two Main street stores in Caldwell, also owns a large
number of town lots and one of the finest residences in the city. He is a stockholder, direc-
tor and president of the Caldwell Savings Bank. Mr. Lewis is a member of the order of
Free Masons. In 1875, he was married_to Miss Mary A. Griffin, of Ohio, by whom he has
three children—Edna B., Ralph G., and Eugene R. Mr. Lewis, while hardly having attained
his prime, has fully evinced the elements that build empires, pluck, combined with energy,
and continuity of purpose, has placed him side by side with the representative men of this
vigorous and rapidly growing State.

. S. MILLER, stock dealer and grower, is a native of the State of New York, and was
born in 1851. His early life was spent in schoo]. 1n 1874 he graduated from the Iowa
University, which conferred upon him the degree of L. L. B. e then entered the office of
gaage Cole, where he clerked for eighteen months. From here he went to Binghamton,
N. ¥., where for eighteen months more he acted inthe capacity of clerk. He next aece oted
a minor position on a daily paper, and soon after assumed the position of local editor of the
Binghamton Republican. In the spring of 1878 he emigrated to Kansas, Barber County,
and bought 134 head of cattle. Atthe expiration of a peat he went into the Indian Terri-
tory, where he has since confined his speculations in thecattle line. He isa stockholder in,
and secretary and director of the Stock Exchange Bank of Cadwell, and president of the
Cherokee Live Stock Association, and also president and director of the Caldwell Publishing
Company. In 1882 he was married to Miss Josie A. Bowen, of Binghamton, N. Y. Mrs.
Miler ispossessed of the accomplishments received through & collegiate education. 1n his

early career in tne cattle business, he filled the noble position of cook for the cow boys. He
bullé ard owns the finest residence in Caldwell, and also twenty acres adjoining the same.
The lesson taught in Mr. Miller’s life is of inestimable value to all young men who wish to
meet with success in life. From itthey cansee the way if they will only put forth the same
inanly, self-denying effort whilst they are yet young.

CHARLES H. MOORE cashier of the Stock Exchange Bank, isa native of Illinois, and
was born on July 7, 1857. His early life was spent in school and in the postoffice. He received
a high school education. At the age of seveuteen he went Into the First National Bank of
Athens, Ohio, where he remained eighteen months, after which he traveled for awholesale
house in Illinois five months. Hethen wentinto a postofiice in Illinois, remaining there
about oneyear. Hethen came to Kansas and traveled for a wholesale drug house of St.
Louis about two montns, after which he was two months in a wholesale drug house in
Kansas City, Mo. He was thea about nine montas inthe Harvey County Savings Bank as
bookkeeper, at wWewton, Kansas. He the. took charge of the Merchants’ and Drovers’ Bank
of Cadwell, two years. He then left the Merchants’ and Drovers’ Bank, and was one of the
orgauizers of the Stock Exchange Bank, of which heis a stockholder, director and cashier,
He is engaged in raising graded stock. {s a member of the order of Knights of Honor. In
1879, Mr. Moore was married to Miss Belle C. Nyce, of Milford, Pa.. by whom he has a
feu hter—Mattie J. To-day Mr. Moore’s name ranks among the foremost business men of
his town.

JOHN W. NYCE, assistant cashier of the Stock Exchange Bank, is a native of New
Jersey, and was born in 1855. His early life was spent at school and in a law office. He
yeceived an academic education. At the age of eighteen began reading law with his father,
at which he continued for thrée years. In 1879 he was clected County Attorney of Pike
County, Pa., in which capacity he served two years, In 1881, Mr. Nyce came to Caldwell,
Sumner County, Kansas, and engaged in the hog and horse business ju the Territory, In
which he continued one year, e sold his interest in the horse business to Mr. J, H. Moore,
of Iljinois. He is still in the hog business. He was appointed City Attorney and City Clerk
in April, 1882, by the City Council, and re-appointed for the same offices in April, 1883. He
was elected assistant cashier of the Stock Exchange January 1, 1883. Was elected secretary
and treasurer of the Caldwell Publishing and Printing Company in May. 1883. Is a member
of the order of Odd Fellows, and is noble grand. Isa member of the Knights of Honor, and
is past dictator and treasurer. In 1881 ay 19, Mr. Nyce was married to Miss Maggie A,
Quick, of Milford, Pa. The iesson taught in the biography of Mr. John W. Nyce fs of inesti-
mable value to the rising generation. It teaches that success is founded on three funda-
mental elements, First, starting outin life with a fixed purpose; second, employing those
means best calculated to accomplish the desired object, and third, persistent, unyielding
effort. To be successful in laudable undertakings is worth living for, and in this respect
Mr. Nyce has shown the world Jong before his prime that his life has not been in vain, but
on the contrary, a bright example for all to follow who would be successful.

GEOR REILLY, capitalist, is a native of Illinois and was born in Galena, Jo
Daviess County, in 1852. He was reared in the mercantile business and received a classical
education. At the age of eleven he began clerking in a grocery store in Galena, where he
remained two years. Hethen went to Poughkeepsie, to Eastman’s Commercial College, for
four months. e then returned to Galena and taughtin Potts’ Commercial College nine
months, then attended school in the University at Notre Dame eighteen months, after which
he returned to Galena, II1., for ashort time, then to Covington, Neb., where he engaged in
the hardware and agricultural implement business seven inonths. He then went to Sioux
City, Iowa, in the grocery business. He was next in the wholesale liquor business, in which
he continued until 1874. In the meantime was traveling mostly. He then went to Wichita
Kan., and engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery business, in which he continue
until the spring of 1879. He then came to Caldwell, Kan., and opened a general supply
store, in which he continued until the spring of 1880. He then built Reiily’s Block, in the
city of Caldwell, and opened a general outfitting house for cattle men, and In the fail of

 

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

a Hy 1883 Mr Reilly opened a grocer pnd con-
until May, 1883, at which time he sold out to Keeling 0. He is stockholder in
Se of the Caldwell Savings’ Bank and owns 640 acres of farming lands. In 1879
built a business block 40x80 feet. In 1880 bullt the Reilly Block, 50x45 feet. In 1882 built
a fine residence and is beautifying the grounds according to his own good taste. He isa
member of the Knights of Honor and Ancient Order of Workmen. In 1876 Mr. Reilly was
married to Miss Lizzie Reiling, of Bellevue, lowa, by whom he has two children, Eugene A.
and La Veta. In July, 1880, he lost his wife. In November, 1881, he was married to Miss
Regina Reiling, sister of his first wife, of Bellevue, Jackson Co., lowa, by whom he has one
child, George W. Reillv, Jr. Mr. Reilly isayvepresentative man and the peseesn on of his
ample fortune is significant of the fact that he 1s possessed of keen perception and splendid
bilities. 7 :
sane RICHMOND, pook-keeper in the Caldwell Savings’ Bank, is a native of Ohio and
was born in 1841, reared in the agricultural profession, receiving an academic education.
When twenty years of age he joined the army, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer
infantry, Company G, for three years, after which he was two years on a farm in Tennessee,
He was next book-keeping in Philadelphia one year. In 1868 he immigrated to Ottawa,
¥rauklin Co., Kan., where he engaged in the lumber business. He was next in Oswego,
Labette County, in the lumber business, two years. In 1871, came to Sumner County, where
he ran a portable saw-mill ten years, and in the meantime was doing some farming and
speculating in real estate and improved three or four farms. In 1881 and 1882 was engaged
in the loan, real estate and iusurance business in Caldwell, In 1882 he accepted the position
of book-keeper in the Caldwell Savings’ Bank, which position he holds in connection with
his real estate and other business. Inthe fall of 1881 he was appointed by the officers and
creditors of the Merchants’ and Drovers’ Bank as trustee, to settle the business of the bank.
In 1872 he assisted in organ!zing a company to build a vri: ge across Lhe Arkansas River at
Oxford, in which he was stockholder and one of the directors. He is a stockholder in the
Caldwell Savings’ Bank and assisted in organizing the same. He built residence and busi-
ness house in Oxford, in 1871; built a residence in Wellington; built a residence in Cald-
well and puilt three residences on farms. He is a member of the order of Freemasons and
is a charter member of the Oxford Lodge. He assisted in organizing, Upton Post, No. 27,
G. A. B., in 1881. Mr. Richmond was married to Miss Charlotte L. Deming, of Ikinois, in
1876, by whom he has one child, Alva, Mr. Richmond owns a fine farm of 180 acres on
Bluff Creek, all under cultivation. b
J. B. ROBERTS, dealer in confections and fruits, is a native of Kentucky, and was born
n 1844; he was reared in the agricultural profession, and obtained a high-school education.
At the age of eighteen he engaged in the mercantile business at Bloomington, Ill., which
bnsiness he continued three years, after which he farmed two years, in meantime was in
the stock business. He came to Wichita, Kan., and opened a real estate aud loan office in
1871, where he continued four years; he wasthen in the mercantile business about two
years. Hethen came to Caldwell, Sumner Co., Kan., and clerked in a dry goods house a
short time. In 1880 he started the first transfer wagon in Caldwell. and opened his present
business, He owns two residences in Caldwell. He is a member of the order of the Knights
of Honor. Mr. Roberts was married to Miss Laura Noble, of Illinois, in 1872, by whom he
has one child, Rena. Mr, Roberts is one of the leading business men of bis town.

. F. ROBERTSON, M. D., is a native of Ohio, aud was born in 1854; was reared a
farmer, and received a fair education. In 1872 be began the study of medicine, and gradu-
ated from the Detroit Medical College in the spring of 1877. He then returned to Ohio and
practised medicine in connection with the drug business until the spring of 1882. after
which he came to Caldwell, Sumner Co., Kan., and began the practice of his profession.
Dr. Robertson is a member of the Order of Odd-Fellows, and is also a Free Mason, __ |

=. B. ROLL, of the firm of E. B. Roll & Co., general groceryman, is a native of Missouri,
and was born in 1858. He was reared in the greeny business, and has the Poeun a
classical education. Atthe age of seventeen he began clerking ina grocery store in Quincy,
Tll., in which position he continued until 1880, after which he came to Caldwell, Kan., and
opened hfs present business. Mr. Roll caraies a stock of $6,000 and does a yearly business
or PA0.006. He is a member of the I. O. O. F’, and is one of the leading grocerymen of

aldwell.

C. H. STONE, cattle raiser and dealer,is a native of Massachusetts, and was born in 1841;
he was reared in the agricultural pursuit, and obtained a high school education. At
the age of twenty-one he went to Peoria, [)., wnere he remained one year; he was
then at Lawn Ridge, Ill, in the Cattle business three years; after which time he came
west to Missouri, and Kansas, locating at Topeka, and in 1869, he came to Wichita, and en-
gaged in the tobacco business one year, then 1n 1870, he engaged in the cattle business about
one year; he came to Caldwell, Sumner Co., Kan.. and opened a general supply store in con-
nection with the cattle business; since which time hejas been driving stock from Indian
Territory and shipping to Kansas City, and Chicago. Helbuilt residence and business house
in Caldwell; he isa member of the order of Free Masons. Mr. Stone was married to Miss
Lucitta Stillman of the State of New York;in 1864, he took up the land on which Caldwell
now Stands; in 1871, he laid out the town, then in 1879 he laid out an addition to the town of
forty acres; he sold lots from $50 to $100, with the understanding that the purchaser
snoulg build on his Jot at once; out of forty acres there now remains about twenty lots un-
sold.

E. M. SWAGGART, contractor and builder, is a native of INinois, and was born in 1842;

he was reared in the agricultural pursuits, and obtained a liberal education. After arriving
at the age of twenty he engaged in different businesses; he then traveled over the States of
Ilinoig and Iowa; in 1873, he came to Sumner County, Kan., and located on a farm of 160
acres and improved same, which he ran as a grain and stock farm, four years. In 1878, he
came to Caldweli, Sumner Co. Kan., and opened his present business; he has built, and owns
two residences, and has improved two farms and now ownsa farm of eighty acres; he isa
inember of the I. O. O. F. and A, O. U. W., heis a charter member and financier of same. Mr.
Swaggart was married to Miss Alvira Bolanstien of the Stateof New York, in 1862, by
whom he has four children—George C., Nellie E., Josephine B, and Charles B., J. Della,
deceased. Mr. Swaggart is a true specimen of a self made man.
_ J. W. THOMAS, real estate, loan and insurance agent, is a native of Ohio, and was born
in 1844, of Scotch parentage; was reared tothe agricultural profession, and obtained an
Academic education; he joined the army in 1862, and remained iu the same three years,
Seventh Ohio Cavalry Company E., he wentin asa private and came outas 2 Corporal; he
returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1865; he then attended school in Missouri, for three years,
afser which he taught ‘school until thespring of 1870, at which time hecame to Wichita,
Kan,, and there speculated in real estate, one year;then in 1871, he came to Caldwell, and
opened a general Supply store, for the benefit of Texas cattle drivers, at which he continued
for five years. In 1876, he was elected Justice of the Peace, in the meantime was specula-
tinginland. He was Trustee of Caldwell Township, in 1882, and has been Justice of the
Peace three terms, six years. He is a stockholder in the Caldwell Hotel Company and Cald-
well Journal, He owns 640 acres of fine farm land; he also owns seventy-five lots in Cald-
well; has built and owned three residences and one business house. He isa member of the
Knights of Honor andthe Grand Army of the Republic,and_ is Quartermaster of the same,
and has been since its organization, Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Fannie Devore, of
Ohio, In 1872, he lost his wife in 1883.

LEVI THRAILKILL, grocer, is a native of Missouri, and was born in 1843. He was
reared in the grocery business and obtained a fair education. In 1861 he went to Black-
bow, Col., where he was in the grocery business one year. He was next engaged in freight-
ing across the plains for the government, fouryears after which he weut to school for
eighteen months in Nebraska City, Neb. He then opened a farm of 160 acres, on which he
remained three years, at the end of whichtime he came to Kansas (1872) and bought a
farm two and one-half miles west of Belle Plaine, on which he remained six months, He was
next heard of on a claim six miles from Wellington, which he improved and run four years,
He then went to Wellington, where he was in the grocery business one year, after which he
came to Caldwell and opened his present business, Up totheage of twenty-two years he
had been drifting about ina sort of wild, chaotic, indifferent state, without a purpose hard-
ly, in poor health, and little enerey About this time, however, a great change came over
him, @ change like unto the one which came over Paul, while on his way to Damascus. He
experfenced a complete change of heart, having been touched by the gentle hand ofthe Al-
mighty, commenced a new life that at once became full of energy, and to the present time
his career has been attended with prosperity, and great usefulnessto his fellow men, He
has taken a very active part in building up the social, noral and religious standing of his
city. He was ou the committee for building the school building, and through his energy,
zeal, and business tact has given the citizens a schoolhouse that will stand as a splen id
monument to his business tact, as well as the citizens of Caldwell. He owns business and
residence property. He is ruling elderinthe Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a
nember of ie nieits of Honor, A ae matrlod £0 Miss Sarah D. Atlebery, of Tiinois, by

ren, Finis and nnie, . i
ehureh as her husband, , ie. rs. Thrailkillis a member of the same

. H. , Manager for Keeling & Co., dealers in gener. a
Indiana, and was born in 1849. He Was reared in the Der ibaltacnl Sete a Taree %
high school education. At the age of seventeen he began clerking at Vailey Falls, Kas
and continued two years. He then went to Fort Leavenworth Kas., inthe employ ‘of the
fovernment, where he remained five years. He was next at Leavenworth City, in a store

ree years, after which he returned to Fort Leavenworth and engaged in merchandise for
five years. He was nextin the Indian Territory, in the general merchandise business four
years, after which be came to Caldwell and took his present position in 1888. He was Post-
Taster: in the Indian Territory three years. Mr. Todd is a member of the order of Free

S. TUTTLE, cattle dealer, raiser and ranchman, is a nativ e ¥
in 1849. Was reared to the agricultural pursuit, and was eae oa 2 ian reset
He came to Jilinois with his parents in 1861, and carricd on a farm until 1871, after which
time he went to Texas and there engaged in the cattle business, speculating and driving to

1880 sold out to York, Parker, Draper & Co.

 
SUMNER

Kansas, at which he continued seven:years, Hethen bought aranchin the pan

Texas, where he remained three years, after which he sold out and in 1882 vou at auatlier
ranch in the territory, where he is now engaged. His present ranch is about fifteen miles
square, and on which there are fifty-eight miles of fence. His herd now numbers 2,500
pead. le built a residence in Caldwell. Was married to Miss J. L, Whittlesey, of Michigan,

A. WITZLEBEN, manager of the York, Parker & Draper mercantile company at Cald-
well, Kansas, is a native of Germany, and was born in 1849. His early Goperiunltes were
good, having been reared in the bauiKing business and obtained a collegiate education. He
was cashier of the Bank of North America in St. Louis, Mo. Hethen had charge of a
mercantile office in St. Louis for several years. He came to Dodge City, Kansas, and kept
books for York & Draper until 1879. He then opened a store in Caldwell in co-partnership
with Mr. OPK An which he continued eighteen months, after which the above company was
formed, when he assumed the duties of his present position, Mr. Witzleben is a stockholder
in this mammoth company, which has, in connection with ‘the store at Caldwell, a large
store at Fort Griffin, Texas, andoneat Dodge City, Kansas. This company also owns a
ranch, twenty-five miles square, in Texas, on which is 11,000 head of cattle. The capital
stock of the company is $300,000 and was organized in April, 1881, with Frank B. York,
president; D. T. Parker, treasurer; N. R. Draper, manager at Dodge City, and H. E. Chapin,
manager at Fort Griffin. Said company was organized for a term of twenty-five years, Mr.
Witzleben is Treasurer of the city of Caldwell; is a member ofthe order of Free Masons and
of the order of Knight Templars. In 1872 he was married to Miss Amelia Palmer, of Paris,
Canada, by whom hehas three childreu—Aibert, Eugene and Walter. The remarkable
career of Mr. Witzleben is full of valuable instruction, and shows the wonderful possibilities
in this glorious State for young men possessed, as he certainly is, of energy, business tact,
ane Breas executive AM peng yet but B youne man he has been extremely successful,

d € he wealthiest, most able an ic brsi
not only of this portion of Kansas but of the entire Union, Sea ee eee

BELLE PLAINE.

Belle Plaine is a thriving town of 500 inhabitants, located on the Southern
Central & Fort Scott Railway, ten miles northeast of Wellington, and six miles
southwest of Mulvane, It was laid out in March, 1871, by a Town Company,
consisting of W. P. Hackney, G. A. and J. L. Hamilton, J. C. Thurman, J.
M. Lewis, W. E..Chamberlin, J. L. Kellogg and E.M. Miller. The first build-
ing erected was a frame, 12x16 feet, occupied by J.C. Thurman and now by
George Tillotson. Soon after the store of J. L. Hamilton, a frame 16x20, was
dut up. The first drug store was opened by D, Lockerby; the first hardware
by W. H. Hitchcock, and the first hotel by William Barton. This is part of
the building now in use, and though comparatively small, is one of the best
kept hotels on the road. The first physician was Dr. James Yelfer; the first
attorney, W. P. Hackney, now Representative from Cowley County.

Belle Plaine postoffice was established in 1871, and G. A. Hamilton ap-
pointed Postmaster. After several years of service, Mr. Hamilton retired, and
Thomas Donohue took the office, which he held until the appointment of J. J.
Burns, September 11, 1880. The first money order issued from this office bears
date July 7, 1874, and conveyed $10 from G. W. Boner to Auld A. Baker & Co., of
Emporia. The present Postmaster has made several improvements in the office,
and is now building an iron, fire-proof structure to be occupied by the postoffice
and the Mews. This will be the most complete office, in a town of the size, in
southern Kansas

In 1871-72, a subscription school was taught in Belle Plaine by Miss Olive
M. North. In 1873, this school district (No. 2) was formed, and school exer-
cises conducted by James Mason in the second story of the building now occu-
pied by S. M. McHarg. Thomas H. Mason taught the following year, uniting
with his work at this point, the duties of County Superintendent. J. T. Confar
taught in 1875 and 1876; Thomas O’Mealy in 1877 and 1878; J. A. Smith in
1879 and 1880, and S. S. Moultz in 1881 and 1882 The school now has an en-
rollment of 168. A good building was erected in 1876, at a cost of $1,200.
Prior to the building of this house, an old saloon purchased in 1872, had sup-
plied the lack of a more fitting structure.

THE PRESS AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS,

The Sumner County Herald appeared on August 6, 1871, as a seven-column folio,
under the mauagement of William Nixon. Six months later Nixon sold outto A. H. Smith,
who ran it a few weeks, and discontinued it. It was resurrected in April, 1872, by U. A.
and L. C. Albin, but finally died in August, 1872.

The Belle Plaine Democrat hoisted the Bourbon banner, on February 21, 1873, under
the editorial quill of J. Wade McDonald, and with E. F. Widner, as publisher. In July of
tbe same year, J. W. Forney became editor and T. B. Peddecock, publisher, and September
18, 1874, the management ceased to follow what had shown itself to be a blind lead, and
“pinched out on them.” i

The National Greenback Monitor—A four column quarto, of excellent appearance, was
published by Jennings & Huff, for seven weeks, from September 19, 1878, when it was re-
moved to Wichi‘a.

The Belle Plaine News was started as the Home News, on December 6, 1879, by J. J.
Burns, its present editor and proprietor. After three months, the '* Home” was dropped
from the title. Its first appearance was as a sixteen page, three column sheet. This form
was changed March 13, 1880, to a five-column quarto, and just three years later, to an eight
column folio, Atthelatter date, steam-power and a Caimpbell cylinder press were put in.
The paper now has acirculation of 500; 1s independent in politics, and appears Saturdays,
It wil occupy the iron postoffice building, 20x40, now building. °

Kansas Odd Fellow.—This publication, the only one of the sort in the State, and the of-
ficial organ of the order, was started May 1, 1882, by J. J. Burns, who still ownsit. It wasa
four-column quarto up to March 1, 1883, when it was changed to a five-column sheet. It is
published on the first and fifteenth of each month, and has a circulation of 1,000. a

~ Belle Plaine Lodge, No. 173, A., F. & A. M., was organized in the spring of 1877, with a
membership of twenty-one,.and the following officers: G. A. Hamilton, W. M.; 8. Curcell,
Ss. «3 A. BS Willey, J. W.; J. Wright, secretary; D. Cooper, treasurer. The lodge now
numbers forty-six members, and has the following officers: D. Willey, W. M.; J. W.
Forney, §. W.; S. Eurcell, J. W.; G. F. Butler, secretary; G. M. Epperson, treasurer, Meet-
ings are held on Saturday, on or before full moon, and each two weeks thereafter. The so-
ciety own their hall, 22x44 feet, on yourth avenue and Merchant street, and have invested
in itand other appurtenances, two thousand dollars. :
eB lle Blaine Lodge, No. §3, A. O. U. W., was organized in the fall of 1881, with a mem-
bership of seventeen, and the following officers: E. R. Storer, P. M. W.: Thomas Donohue,
M. W.: William Froment, F.; J. Gilchrist, O.; A. R. Parker, recorder; J. D, Justice, finan-
cier; iM. Miller, receiver. The order now has a membership of twenty-seven, and the
following officers: Thomas Donohue, P. M. W.; A. R. Parke, M. W.; L. M. St. Clair, F.; W..
L. Mason, 0.; E. M. Miller, recorder; G. F. Butter, financler; J. T. Justice, receiver. Meet-
ings are held in Masonic Hall, on the first and third Monday of each month, 3 :

Belle Plaine Lodge, No. 198 !. 0, O. F., was instituted_February 21, 1882, with sixteen
charter members and thirty-four initiates. Its charter officers were: A. D. Clewell, N. G.;
J. H. Hall, V. G.; G. G. Burns, R.S.; J. E. Cain, P. S., W. G. Lewis, treasurer. The lodge now
has a membership of fifty-eight, and the following officers: J. J. Burns, N.G.; W. G. Lewis,

Gi J.C. Plymell, R.S.; S$ S. Mountz, P.S.; Thomas Donohue, treasurer. Meetings are
held on Tuesday of each week in Masonic Hall. The property of the lodge consists of re-
galia and furniture totr value of $3800, and $250 in cash in the treasury. é

The Methodist Churc.. was organized May 21, 1871, by Rev. P. T. Rhoades, with a mem-
bership of ten. Rev. Zell rs, the first pastor, was followed by A. Avery, B C. Swartz, King,
I. N. Boycourt, S. Spurlock, D. Cameron, J. W. Cain and H. Waitt, the present pastor. s
ehurch building was erected in the fall of 1876, at a cost of $2,000. The church membership
is now seventy. A Sabbath school was started April 1, 1876, and now has an average at-
tendance of 88. Itisin charge of G. E. Meeker,

The Christian Church was organized on February 10, 1876. No pastor was, however,
resident on the work until some years later, when Rev. J. E. Cain, the present incumbent
was appointed. The church worshiped in the schoolhouse until 1880, when a separate edi-
fice was erected. This is of wood and cost $1,600. The society now num vers considerably

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gre 100 members, and has a fine Sabbath school of over seventy, in charge of D. F.
Shaffer.

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1877, by Rev. A. M. Mann, who remained
its pastor until 1880, when the present incumbent, Rev. M. L. Wood, took charge, A church
euifice was erected the year of organization ata cost of $1,500. The church now hasa mem-
bership of seventy, Sabbath school started at the same time as the church, has al aver-
age attendence of forty-seven, and is in charge of E. M. Miller.

Banking.—On November 11, 1881, the private banking firm of Gossard Bros. & Donohue
was established in Belle Plaine. This firm continued business until October 11, 1882, when
the Gossard interest was sold, and the firm became M w & Donohue, the style still re-

ained.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN ALTER, farmer and stock grower, Section 30, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1843, where be was reared on his father’s farm and educated in the com-
mon schools, On the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the One Hundred and First
Pennsylvania Regiment, Company B. While inthe army he received a bad hurt in the
small of his back, also had typhoid fever, which caused his confinement in the hospital for
along time. On being mustered out of the army in 1865, le returned to his home, where he
lived until 1871, when he went to Belle Plaine, Sumner Co., Kan., where he pre-empted 160
acres of land on Section 30.. He suosequently added by purchase 160 acres more, making
320 acres, all of which he has brought up to a high state of cultivation. His place is
fenced all around principally with hedge. He has 300 apple, 400 peach trees and small
fruits in abundance and any variety. is crops for 1882 were 3,500 bushels of corn and
3,500 bushels of wheat, and sold $400 worth of hogs. He also has on hand 300 hogs and 47
fat cattle. Mr, Alter has been school airector of his township for anumber of years, and is
a member of the A. O. U. W. He was married to Miss Mary E. Mentezer. of Cumberland
County, Pa., in 1862, and has four children, William M., Charles N., Dale M. and Mary E.
Mr. and Mrs Alter are members ofthe Presbyterian Church. Twelve years ago when Mr
Alter arrived in Belle Plaine he had but $24 in money and his team. r

D. H. ANDERSON, farmer and sorghum syrup manufacturer, Section 31, P.O. Belle
Plaine, was born in Genesee County, N. Y,, in 1830. He worked on his father’s farm, and at-
tended the district schools and took one term in the academy, At the age of twenty-four years
he went to Van Buren County, Mich., where he engaged in farming and lumbering quite ex-
tensively, making the lumber business a apedialty, in which he was very successful, In 1879.
he moved to Sedgwick County, Kan., and in 1880, moved to Belle Plaine, Sumner County,

160 acres of land on Section 31, the most of which he has improved. He has
five acres natural growth of trees and 5,000 forest trees which he set out, mostly poplar. He
also has 250 fruit trees and a quantity of small fruits. His crop of 1882 was 2,500 bushels
corn, $300 worth of hogsand 3,500 gallons of sorghum syrup, 3,000 gallons of which was of
his own production. bile living in Michigan, he was supervisor of his township six or
seven years. His wife was Miss Sarah E. Sickles, of Three Rivers, Mich. Mr. Anderson is
a gentieman of intelligence, and possessed of progressive ideas anda public spirit, and is

enefactor of his race.

MRS. CLARA GIST BROWN, land owner, was born in West Virginia, Brook County,
in 1838. Her mother dying when sue was but eight years old, sue made made her home in
her uncle’s family a Ret of the time, and a part of the time with her father, who was a mer-
chant at Baltimore, Md. Her educational advantages were of the very best. In 1861, she
was inarried to Mr. L. H. Brown, when, with her husband, she went to Washington County,
Iowa, where she lived till 1871, when she moved to Belle Plaine, Kas., where she now re-
sides, and owns 234 acres of splendid land, also 160 acres in Iowa, Also owns residence
property in Belle Plaine, on which she has about fifty fruit trees, and on her farm 200 truit
trees. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, anu is the leader of the choir.
She has two children, Josephine and Robert. Josephine is the wife of W. C, Campbell, a
ary goods merchant of Wellington, Sumner County. - : i

G. F. BUTLER. of Justice & Butler, druggists, was born in Moravia, N. Y., in 1856,
where he lived until seventeen years of age, when he went to Pittsfield, Mass., where he re-
mained eight years. He was reared a druggist, and besides receiving a business education
graduated from the High School, and the Chicago School of Pharmacy, from which he re-
ceived his degrees in 1882. From Pittsfield, Mass., he went west to Kansas, and from there
to Denver, Col., remaining one year, during which time he held a position as chemist in the
manufacturing department of a wholesale drug house. Froin Denver he returned to Kan-
sas, locating in Belle Plaine, where he bought a half interest in the drug store of Dr. Justice.
He also owns residence property in Belle Plaine, lots in Humboldt, and a 160 acre farm in
Pawnee County, Kas., partly improved: At the age of sixteen, his father having lost his
property, he was thrown upon his own resources, and was compelled to enter the great fight
for subsistence. He is amember of the Masonic order, of which he is secretary: also of the
A. O. U. W., of which he is financier. Mr. Butler’s father’s family were Quakers, and his
mother was a lineal descendent of Samuel Chase, one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Mr. Butler was married to Miss Nannie B. Porter, daughter of Judge Por-
ter, of Monmouth, I!1., March 21, 1882. Mrs. Butler is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and of the Ladies Foreign Missionary Society, and of the I. C.

ELDER JOSEPH E. CAIN, pastor of the Christian Church, was born in Durham Coun-
ty, in the Dominion of Canada, in 1846, where he lived until fourteen years of age, when he
removed with his parents to Menard County. Ill. Owing to untoward circumstances, his
educational advantages were very limited. In fact, he never attended school but one month
after his fourteenth year, hence was compelled to educate himself in the hest way possible.
Remaining in Menard County but afew years, he removed to Girard, Macoupin County,
where, in his nineteenth year, he united with the church. At the age of twenty, he began
preaching the Gospel, working as an_ evangelist, in which work he continued five years,
with the exception of eighteen months, when he was located at Old Union, De Witt Co.,
Til. In 1871, he located at Mount Pulaski, Logan Co., Il, and preached at Copeland and
Lake Fork, alternately, for five years. In 1876, he removed to Kansas, locating in Belle
Plaine Township, Sumner County, where he bought 160 acres of Jand in Section 8. After
finely improving this land in all respects, including the setting out of 250 apple trees and
900 peach trees of fine quality, and 2,000 forest trees, he sold_it, and is ‘now a resident of
Belle Plaine, where he owns business and resident property. He was married to Miss Clara
A. Erwin, of Menard County, Il, in 1867, and has three children—Emma O., John Byron
(both living), and Anna L, (deceased). Mrs. Cain and her daughter, Emma O.,are also
members of the Christian Church. Elder Cain has been diligent in his work, and is noted
for his promptness and energy. During the first nine years of his ministerial life, he never
missed an appointment, and during his ministration has church of 1,200 members, and has
united in the holy bonds of wedlock about seventy-five couple. His parents are both na-
tives of England, and now reside in Belle Plaine Township. His father is a hale, hearty
gentleman of about sixty-four years of age, with good prospects of Inany years of vigor and
usefulness, but his mother’s health is poor. His parents are both members of the Christian
Church. The subject of this biography is the youngest living child. Considering the ob-
stacles that he was compelled to overcome in early life, his attainments are prand, and
judging of the future by the past, his career for good and usefulness can hardly be esti-
m

ated.

THOMAS DONOHUE, banker, was born in Ireland in 1846. In 1847, his parents came
to america, settling in Washington County, N. Y, where, in 1866, his father died. In 1862,
when atthe age of sixteen years, August 20, he enlisted in the One Hundred apd Twenty-
Third Regiment, of New York; stayed two weeks at Salem, when, on the 5th of September,
1862, he went with his regiment to Washington, and wasin thethree days’ fight at Chan-
cellorsville, and upwards of two days in the great battle of Gettysburg. is regiment
followed up Lee’s retreat. In 1864, he spentthe summer on the Rappahannock, Va., and
was transferred to the army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battles of Resaca,
Cassville, Dallas Gap, Lost Mountains, Kenesaw and Peach Tree Creek. During the engage-
ments he was hit seven times. and had hisleftarm disjointed. His wound was dressed in

where he bough

the field of battle by the Surgeon, when he was transferred to Bragg’s Hospital, Chat- ,
the Cumberland Hospital, No. 2, and finally to Brown’s *

tanooga; thence to Nashville, in t!

Contract Hospital, Louisville, Ky., from which he was furlonghed, and returned home, where ©

he remained for se.en months, at the end of which time he returned to Brown’s Contract
Hospital, when, at the end of fifteen days, he was transferred to the Ira Harris Hospital,
where, for two months, he acted as Pass-Clerk, aud from which he was discharged, July 12,
1864, returning to his homein Washington County, N. ¥.;from here, wentto Troy, where
he found work at punching horse shoes, and at which he continued for two years, when he
went to work in the enameling foundry of A. G. Patten & Co., for a time, quitting which he
came to the Arkansas Valley, Sumner Co., Kan., in 1871, where he located 160 acres of
jand, which he, after having proved it up, sold the following year. Inthe spring of 1872 he
was appointed a Justice of the Peace to fill an unexpired term, and in the fall, was elected to
the same office for two years. In September, 1874, he was appointed Postmaster for Belle
Plaine, and the: same fall was elected a Justice, the second time, for two years; but finding
the duties of the office obstructing to his other business, he resigned atthe end of about a
year. Inthe spring he bought a half interest in a drug store, in which he continued nearly
four years, and inthe spring of 1881, sold out his interest. In the following fall, on the
11th day of November, he resigned his position of Postmaster. At this time, having com-
pleted his arrangements, he opened up a bank, underthe firm name of Gossard Bros. &
Donohue. On the 13th day of October, 1882, Mr. Mayhew bought out the interest of the
Gossard brothers, since which time Mr. Donohue bas been the manager of the bank, and
half owner of the same. Qn the 21st of October, 1879, Mr. Donohue was married to Mrs.
Sarah Hamilton, nee Porter, who had one chud—James L. P. Hamilton, aud by whom he has
had one child—Robb L. He belongs to the Masons, Odd Fellows, and of A. O. U. W. rs.
Donohue was at one time a member of the I. C. A. Both are members of the Presbyterian
Church, Mrs. Donohue is president of the Ladies’ Foreigu Missionary'Socoiety. Mr. Dou-
ohue was worshipful master and also master workman of the A.O.U. W. one year, and
is now treasurer of the Odd Fellows Lodge, and treasurer of the Belle Plaine Cemetery As-
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sociation. In early life, by the loss of his father, he was thrown upon his own resources,
qencie present financial and social standing proves that they were adequate to ali emer-

J. W. FORNEY was born in Vhio in 1841. He was reared onafarm. He received a
collegiate education, gaining the means by teaching in winters. He clerked in the office of
the Probate Judge, where he earned the money to pay board while reading law. He served
two and a half years in the army, going in as a private soldier. He was promoted to Lieu-
tenant, and then to Captain, but being on detached service, was never mustered as Captain.
He moved to Iowa in 1867, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. Inthe same year he mar-
ried Miss Sarah E. Ergenbright, of Winterset, lowa. In June, 1871, he left Iowa, in a

prairie schooner,” and located in Belle Plaine on July 7, 1871, where he now resides, and
where he has taken an active and prominent part in overy importaut matter affecting his
county and State. He isa Republican. a Mason (S. W. of his lodge), and he and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have five children—May, Nora, John,
Lydia, and James Garfield. Capt. L. was elected by the Sumuer County Bur, in 1883, Judge
pro tem of District Court. He and his brother, A. G. Forney, have been in full partnership
in business since 1867, and they together own 800 acres of Ninnescah Valley laud, whien
they have brought to its present high state of cultivation from Che prairie sward,

JOHN GILCHRIST, stockman, P, O. Belle Plaine, was born in Scotland in 1839. He
received his education in the district school, and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to
an iron molder, In 1866 he emigrated to Chicago, settling in Belle Plaine Township in 1870,
and commenced his present business. He owns a farm of 10U acres, and also, in connection
with his partner, acattle ranch of 1,240 acres; including ranch property, mules, ponies,
wagons, etc., 400 acres of which is fenced with barbed wire. The firm are now eecing
about 800 head of cattle. Mr. Gilchrist is a Royal Arch Mason and a meinber of the A. O, U.

. He was married in 1863. to Miss Harriet Robertson, of Scotland. Mr. G. is a pleasant,
Benlal gentleman, and one of the yargesl dealers 1n this part of the State.

gd. D. JUSTICE, physician and draggist, was born in Missourl. September 22, 1853
where he lived unt twenty-five years ofage. He was brought up on atari, his early edu-
cational advantages being the common schools. Atthe age of eighteen he commenced devot-
ing his spare moments to the study of medicine, and av the end of a year he entered the
office of br. W. A. Monroe, of Memphis, Mo., where he continued for two years, in the mean-
time attending one course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Keokuk,
Iowa; afterward attended a course of lectures at the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louis,
from which he graduated March 5, 1878. He then returned to his old preceptor in Mem-
phis, Mo.. with whom he was associated physician until the following October, at which
time he severed his business connection with his friend and tutor aud sought for a home in
Kousas, where after stopping in various places, he finally located at Belle Plaine, and at
once commenced the practice of his profession, and at the expiration of two years he bought
the interest in his present, enue business, of Mr. Thomas Donohue, his partner being G. F.
Butler. Dr. Justice is a young physician of eminence in his section of the State, has a large
practice and a wide circle of warm and sincere friends. He isa member of the A. O. U. W.
and of the Masonic Fraternity and Odd Fellows. On the 21st of December, 1879, he was
Dnted a marriage to Miss Loa Palmer, of Elmira, N. Y., by whom he has one child—Min-

J. M. KIRBY, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Ohio, in 1838. When
he was ten years of age his parents moved to DeWitt County, Ill. His early occupation
was working on his father’s farm and obtaining a common school education, In 1858, he
went to Osawatomie, Kan., where he spent the greater part of that and the following year.
In the latter part of 1859, he went to Pike’s Peak, having been moved by the gold excile-
ment; in a short time, however, he returned to Kansas, In 1860, he again went to the sup-
posed El Dorado, when he engaged in prospecting, and made a great deal of inoney, the
greater part of which he subsequently lostin the attempt to develop unproductive mines.
In 1870, he settled in Belle Plaine Township, where he entered 160 acres, tlle whole of which
he improved and then sold it, In 1882, he bought 160 acres partly improved in Section 6,
his present home. His crop for 1882 was 2,400 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of wheat, 500
bushels of rye and $200 worth of hogs. His place is all fenced, principally with hedge. He
isa member of the 1.0.0.F In 1862, he married Miss Rebecca Ann McKinny, of DeWitt
County, Ill., by whom he has had six children—Addie L., Mary Ettie, Elnora, Maud, Nellie,
George and Thorn; two of whom are dead.

® H. W. MAGUIRE, farmer aiid stock raiser, Section 13, P. O. Mulvane, was born in Ohio,
in Scptember, 1850, and spent his early days on bis father’s farm, and attended the com-
nou schools. He was with the Hundred-day meninthe One Hundred and Fortieth Ohio
Na‘ioual Guards, Company K, and mustered out in 1865. He then went to Illinois, where he
Jived six months. In 1877 he went to Kansas, Butler County, where, for four years, he was
quite extensively engaged in the cattletrade. In 1872 he moved to Belle Plaine, where he
pre-empted 160 acres of Jand in Sectton 138. He hasimproved all of his fand, and has it
fenced with hedge; he has 400 peach and apple trees; also eight acres of forest trees, and
intends to plant fifteen acres more with mulberry. 1n 1882 he raised 5 000 bushels of corn
and sold $200 worth of hogs, and he has now on hand seventy head of Poland-China and
Berkshire hogs. Mr. Maguire intends te make hogs, cattle and horses a special feature of
his business. He has been Road Commissioner and School Director for several years. In
1877 he was married to Miss ClaraShaver of Harvey County Kan. and has two children--
Maudie May and Ida Pearl, Mrs. Maguire is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

J. A. MAR Y farmer, Section 33 P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Illinois, in 1853,
where he was reared on a farm and received the district schoot education. In the spring of
1876 he left his native State for Kansas, locating in Belie Plaine Township, where he bought
eighty acres in Section 33. which he has under a good state of cultivation, He has apples,
peaches, and about 1,500 forest trees. Mr. C. Markley, the father of Mr, J, A. Markley, was a
native of Ohio, and one of the first settlers in Fulton County, Ill where he owns a fine
property and carries on general farming. Sia

. C. MARKLEY, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Illinois in 1849,
spending his early life on his tather’s farm and in the common schools. After he was
twenty-one years of age, he taught school three terms. In 1873 he went to Kansas, Town-
ship of London, where he entered 160 acres which he proved up_and after working and
renting out the same, in 1882 he sold. In 1875 he Jocated in Be 1e Flaine Townsnip, where
he bought eighty acres in Section 33. living on a part of hisfatner’starm His eighty acres
is well improved, on which he has a quantity of good fruit of various kinds He isengaged
as a general farmer and stockman. as been a Good Templar aud Cierk of School District.
Was inarried to Miss Sallie Aldridge, London Township, Sumner County in 1882.

£5 EEKER, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29 Township 30, Range 1 east, P
O. Belle Plaiue, was born in Vermont ia 1849. He was reared in the agricultural business
receiving a common school education and graduated from Eastman’s Business College, of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,in 1870. In the spring of 1871, he entered 160 acres of land in Helle
Plaine Township, in Section 29 and subsequently added by purchase 240 acres making 400
acres in all, all of which he has brought under a splendid state of cultivation and which be
runs asa grain and stock farin, with the intention otf making the raising of graded stock a
specialty. On his farm he has 200 apple and 229 peach trees of good quality and small
fruitsin variety. His crop of grain of 1882 was 6 000 bushels of corn and 2 500 bushels of
wheat. Mr. Meeker has been a County Commissicner for Sumner County one term: was
a Granger and is an Odd Fellow. Wa3 married to miss Elanora Fletcher of Vermont in
1873, by whom he has four children ~1tone, Harry, Casland Arthur,

R. M. NEAL, merchant, Deputy Pestmaster blacksmith and wood working shop, P. O.
London, was born in the State of New York 1u 1845 When he was quite young his parents
moved to Michigan. Mr. Neal was reared on his father’s farm and recelved a common
school education. In 1867 he went to Kansas, stopping for atime in Topeka and Brenton.
and in 1869 he settled in Belle Plaine Township, wiu2re he entered 160 acres and improve
about 100 acres, which he subsequently sold, hile tunning his farm he also in connec-
tion, run a blacksmith shop. In 1878 or 79 he estaniushed his shops at his present focation,
Was a member of the Grange, and held an official position in the order_ Was inarried to Miss
Mary E. Allen, of Belle Plaine, in 1879, and has two children—Grace E, and Clarence J, the
daughter being dead. Mrs. Neal is Postmistress of London Postoflice.

E. M. POTTER, stockman, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Pennsylvania on the 27th of
June, 1834. and was reared in the agricultural business, meantime receiving the ordinary
common schooi education, till ten years of age. In 1870 Mr. Potter emigrated to Kansas,
first stopping in Topeka, where he remaineu for one year, at the end of which time he
moved to Belle Plaine where he was engaged in selling goods till some time in 1882. when
he disposed of his mercantile interests and engaged in his present business. He has on hand
at this time some 250 head of cattle, and about 300 hogs. He owns elgnt acres of land
and three nusiness proper tics town. Is amember of the order of Odd Fellows. [n 1862
he was married to Miss Margaret Ann Magiflin, by whom he has had five children, only two
of whom are now living—Franklin Wilburforce and Rosie Ella. Mr, Potter is oue of the
substantial men of his county, and possessed of good business qualifications.

J. D. REED, general hardware merchant, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., in
the year 1851. When five years of age he came to Illinois with his father, In 1865 his
fther put him in a harness shop tolearn the trade, but being dissatisfied with the trade, at
the close of his apprenticeship he pound himself for four years to learn the tinsmith trade.
At the close of his time he started out at journey work, Inthe year 1871 he made a start
for Nebraska to work tor 4 firm there carrying on a large hardware business, and after a
short stay left there in 1872 to make a certain point in Colorado, where he expected to get
work at his trade, but his funds running short he had to tramp about 100 miles, making his
way as best he could by joining emigrant trains wherever opportunity offered, until he
finally reached his objective point, where he obtained work, but the failure of the firm come
pelled him to take tools for his pay. With his stock and tinner’s tools he went to West Las
Animas, Col., where he obtained a repair shop, carrying it on four years. Disposing of his
business in Colorado he returned eastward as far as Kansas, locating in Belle Plaine, where

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ablished his present business. He owns business and residence property in Belle
Blaine. He is Director of the School Board and belongs to the Odd Fellows. He was mar-
sie to Miss Vade A. Chandler, of Abingdon, I11,,in 1874,and has four children—Clyde, Jesse,

i Albert. ‘ :

ce Na STEPH ENSON, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Pennsylvania,
in 1849. His early occupation was working on his father’s farm, and obtaining acoinmon
school education. At the age of eighteen he went to learn the carpenter’s trade. In the
month of January, 1882, he moved to Belle Plaine Township, and settled on a farm of 160
acres in Section 28, which he had bought in 1877, partially improved, and some of which he
hasimproved, He has 150 fruit trees, small fruits in variety, and about 1,500 forest trees,
Was Town Assessor in his native State, and isa Mason and an Odd Fellow. In 1881, Mr.
Stephenson was married to Miss Isabei Bradley, of Pittsburgh, Pa. y

H. C. ST. CLAIR, farmer aad thoroughbred stock raiser on Sectiou 12, Township 31,
Range 1 east, was born in Essex County, N. Y., in July, 1825. At the age of seven years he
moved to Cleveland, Ohio, with his parents, where he lived three years. From Cleveland he
inoved to Sangamon County, Il. is education was obtained at adistrict school. At the
ave of eighteen he learned engineering, wool carding and cloth dressing. In August, 1846,
he went fito a store and continued in Chat business until 1849, when he went to Calitornia
and engaged in mining and contract building, at which business he continued for three

ears, enreturning to Illinois he married Miss Eliza Neal, of Rochester, Sangamon

ounty, and moved to Mt, Pulaski, Logan County, and commenced uberchandisiie In 1854,
he lost his wife, and in 1858 married Miss Catherine Ring, of Lancaster, Ohio. In 1862, he
enlisted in the Thirty-fifth Ilinois Infantry, Company G, as Second Lieutenant. He served
in the line one year, when he was promoted to First Lieutenaut, and detailed as Brigade
Quartermaster, when the year foilowing, he received the appointmentof A. A. Division

uartermaster, where he remained until he was mustered out of the service. While in the
line he participated in several battles, and while Acting Division Quartermaster he was
continuously in the field, transporting supplies. He had many adventures and narrow es-
capes. During the march to Atlanta he was frequently detailed by Gens. Sherman and
Thomas to execute difficult and dangerous marches for supplies, even into and through the
rebel lines, Atthe last battle of Nashville the concussion caused by the explosion of a can-
non hear which he was standing destroyed the drum of his leftear. At the close of the war
he returned fo Illinois, and in 1671 removed to Kansas, set ling where he now lives, ona
160 acre farm, which he has succeeded in bringing to a high state of cultivation, it being
fenced with three miles of hedge fence, has good improvements, a fine park and a good
bearing orchard, and for severa wears nas taken premiums at both county and State fairs
for the best fruits, grains, vegetables and stocks. The records show that he was once Coro
ner of Logan County, Il. In 1875, he was elected to the State Senate of Kansas from the
Twenty-fifth District, comprising thirteen counties, by a majority of over 6,000. He is now
and has been for seven years a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and vice presi-
dent for twoterms. He is and always has been actively engaged in developin the agricult-
ural resources of the State. He takes great interest in agricultural and horticultural
societies, For a number of years he bas been statistical reporter for the State, and Depart-
ment of Avriculture at Washington. He also took an active part in securing the location of
a railroad through his county. He is doing all he can to facilitate the building of railroads,
churches, schoolhouses, cultivating forests, raising fish in artificial ponds, new grasses and
sorghum for forage. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Although he lives two miles from town he has taught a Sabbath school class for a
number of years, He has but one child, a daughter, by his first wife. He is now fifty-eight
years old, hale and active, and bids fair to live many years yet, and at his demise he will be
missed by all that know him. His life has been one of activity and useful: ess.

L. M. ST. CLAIR, of Wallace & St. Clair, grocers, was born in Sangamon County, Ill.,
in 1841, where he was reared, working 9n bis father’s farm. His education was obtained
at the district school. In 1871 he emigrated to Belle Piaine Township, Sumner Co., Kan.,
where he entered a quarter section of land, co which he subsequently added by purchase
forty acres. Upon this property he built a house, broke up seventy acres, set out a quanty
of trees, most of which died, and after owning it for atime traded it for hotel property in
Belle Plaine, which he sold in the spring of 1882 and on the first of April, 1883, bought a
half-interest in his present business. He also owns an eighty acre farm adjoining the town
ina high state of cultivation, on which he has built a house and barn, planted an orchard
and some hedge fence. He also owns a town residence and eight lots. hile living in Ii-
nois he was elected Constable. In Belle Plaine he has been Town Trustee, and made the
second assessment ever madeinthetown. Heisa member ofthe A. O. U. W., alsoof the I,

.O.F, He was married .n 1865 to Miss Lizzie L. Kimball of Sangamon County, IUl., by
whom he had two children, asonand daughter. Shedied in 1869. He was again married
to Miss Mary V. Stetler of Wellington, Kan., September 1, 1880, by whow he has two chil-
dren, Lyman and John. Mr. St. Clair is a genial, courteous gentleman, and his life is a val-
uable lesson for the rising generation :

S. S. TURLEY, farmer Section 34, P.O. Belle Plaine, was born in Logan County, I.
in 1845, where until fifteen years of age he worked on the farm and attended the d Strict
school, On the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, being but a boy, he enlisted in the
Eleventh Missouri Infantry, Company B, where he served three years, when he was mustered
out. He was at the siege of Vicksburg, and in the battles of Iuka and Corinth, besides a
uumber of important skirmishes. On returning from the war he entered the Eureka Col-
lege of Woodford County, Ill. where for a time he pursued the regular course. In 1879 he
emigrated to Kansas, Sumner County, where he rented for about two vears, when he bought
eighty acres of land which he has under a fine state of cultivation. He has 300 apple trees,
400 peach trees add some smaller fruits, He isa member of the Masons. In 1865 he was
married to Miss Jane McClellan, of Williamsville, Ill., and has nine children: Nora, Lulu,
Ollie, John, Charles, Alice, Leroy John, Imo and an infant, all but the oldest living.

E, R. STORER, stockman, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Ohio in 1851. When he was
three years old his parents moved to Illinois, where he lived twenty-three years. He was
reared on a farm, and received a food common school education, having taught school
three terms, winters. In 1873 he settled in Kansas, Belle Plaine Township, Sumner County,
where he entered 160 acres of land in Section 80, to which he subsequently alded, by pur-
chase, eighty acres. Some of this land he improved, built a house, and planted a large num-
ber of forest trees and 100 fruit ‘rees. Selling out his farm property, he engaged in the
drug business, at which he coutinued for seven years aud a half. Going out of the dru;
business, he bought another farm of 160 acres, finely improved, which he has recently sol
and enzaged in the stock business, in which he proposes to coutinue. He owns a residence
Property in Belle Plaine, Is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and also of the A. O. U.

.’8, of which he 1s past master workman, Was married to Miss Olive W, North, of Belle
Plaine, in 1881 and has one child—C. Mabel, Mrs. Storer is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and also of the Ladies’ Foreisn Missionary Society.

.K. WALKER, farmer and stockman, Section 34, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Illi-
nots {un 1845 where he lived till he was twenty-eight yearsof age. He was reared on his
father’s farm and educated in the common schools. On the breaking out of the war he
enlisted in the Eighty-third Illinois Infantry, Company H. He was at the battle of Fort
Donaldson, and a number of important skirmishes, and was mustered out in July, 1865,
when he returned to ILinois, remained for two years, and then went to Iowa, At the end of
two years he returned to his native State, and flually, in 1869 or °70. removed to Sumner
County, Kansas, and pre-empted 160 acres. After a short time he sold his claim, and on the
Ist of March, 1883, rented 160 acres in Section 84, for a term of three years. In 1882 hesold
upwards of $700 worth of grain and stock, and expects the present season to largely in-
crease that amount. Was married to Miss Annie Jewell, of Illinois, in 1866, and fias five
etre acer bd eunle Lizzie, Frank and Willie.

W.R,. WALLACE, of Wallace & St. Clair. grocers, was born in DeWitt County, Illinois,
June 13 1844. He was reared on the homestead farm, which he continued to carry on for his
mother—his father having died when he was quite young—till he was thirty years old.
His educationa: spportunities were limited to the district school. In 1874 he emigrated to
Kansas, and for a year and a half was engaged in the stock business; retiring from which,
in 1876, engaged in the mercantile business, owning a half interest in the present grocer:
business of the firm of Wallace & St. Clair, He owns town property, also 160 acres of land,
which at time of purchase had only fifteen acres broke. He now has 100 acres under culti-
vation, 175 peach trees, 50 apple trees, some small fruits and about ten acres of forest trees.
Is at present ‘Trustee of Belle Plaine Township, and Clerk of the School Board of the same
town. He ls in active member of the Christian Church, being one of the elders, as well as
Sunday-school teacher, aud was for ten years Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is
also a member of the A.O. U. W._ Mr. Wallace was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
A. Temple, of Pike County, Lllinois, December 28, 1872, and has three children, Helen and
Nora, living, and Charles, deceased. Mrs, Wallace is alsoa member of the Christian Church.

A. D. WILLEY, dealer in farm machiner , pumps, windmills, etc., was born in linois
in August, 1846. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ili-
nois, Company H, but was immediately transferred to Com auy H, Third Wisconsin, in
which he served for sixteen months, and was mustered out. as in'the battle on the Blue,
and Independence, Mo., and followed Gen. Price all through Missouri and into Arkansas,
where he was in a skirmish near Bentonville, Returning to Illinois at the expiration of his
military career; he remained there til 1872, when he moved to Belle Plaine, Kan., where
he bought 160 acres of land and improved about eighty acres, when he sold hls farm and es-
tablished his present business, which is large and continually growing, and now requires
the aid of four men. Owns his business property, and also twelve acres of town property,
well iinproved, and has hedge fence and two residences. He has been Town Treasurer five
years. and at outs time a Justice of the Peace. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity . of

he Blue Lodge, of which he is Master. Mr. Willey was married to Miss Jane M. San ers,

of pienee ounty, Ill,, in 186%, and isthe father of three children—Katie, Lizzie and
SUMNER COUNTY.

OXFORD.

Long before the sale of any part of the Osage lands, the favorite camp of
the Great Osages was at Big Cottonwood ford, near the point where the Nin-
nescah empties into the Arkansas River. Here, in 1870, the Binkley boys
made their dug out cabin, and here, as has already been related in the early
history of the county, the towns of Napawalla and Oxford were successively lo-
cated. In April, 1871.0. Graff opened at Oxford the first regular store in the
county,putting in a stock of goods valued at $3,500, May 12 of the same year
a saw-mill wasstarted by T. R. Donley and J. T. McMillan. May 28, W. H.
Mugford reached the town with the famous pioneer printing press. May 30, J.
T. Richmond began the manufacture of native lumber. April 1, 1872, the
township voted $10,000 bonds to build a bridge across the river opposite the
town. November 15, 1876, the town company was dissolved,

On October 17, 1879, Oxford was incorporated as a city of the third class ;
B, F. Smith elected Mayor ; Joseph Sleigh, Police Judge, and George T. Wal-
ton appointed City Clerk.

While Oxford was known as Napawalla, a post office was established here,
and L. Binkley was Postmaster. After the founding of Oxford, a new postoffice
was started, with T. E. Clark as Postmaster, L. C. Gridley, Jr., followed Clark,
and was in turn succeeded by H. H. Buckles, the present official. The first
Oxford post office isnow used as acval house. The first money order was

issued July 1, 1878, and conveyed $50 from L. F. Chandler to Charles Tilton, of
Fairmount, IIL

On January 1, 1872, school district No. 1, the first in the county, was organ-
ized at Oxford. A schoolhouse had already been provided, and had been com-
pleted and in use since October 7, 1871, This was the first schoolhouse south
and west of the Arkansas River. Miss Minnie Whaley, the first teacher, was
followed by S. G. Mason, Ansel Gridley, Sr., John P. Jones, Mrs. D. A. Abbott,
J. P. Jones and M. Sommerville, all teachers in the first school building. On
December 31, 1874, the new stone schoolhouse was completed, and May Io,
1875, school opened in it under J. V. Ratliff and Mrs. D. A. Abbott. O. F. Mc-
Kim was Principal in 1876, and was followed by A. Gridley, Jr., W. Hamrick,
who taught two years; N. W. Wyatt, who also taught two years, and the pres-
ent teachers, T. B. Hubbard and Mrs. G, Miller. The school now numbers 135
seholars, It would leave the educational history of the city ina sadly incom-
plete state, were the tale of the original schoolhouse omitted. When first built
it stood near the center of the town,but opposing factions caused its removal to
various sites, and finally it rested in the western part of town. The town com-
pany then, forgetful of the schoolhouse, sold the lot in which it stood to Mr.
Ansel Gridley, Sr., who claimed the building. This claim was a matter of dis-
pute, and to settle it, the citizens one day, in Mr. Gridley’s absence, put the
building on wheels and moved it into town. On the completion of the new
schoolhouse, the old one was moved six miles south, and was known as the Jen-
kin’s schoolhouse. Hereit remained until a new building was put up, when
the historic schoolhouse was converted into a residence.

LOCAL MATTERS.

The Methodist Church was organized October 1, 1871, by Rev. B. F. Swartz, with a mem-
bership of twelve. O. A. Graham was appointed to the work. and was followed by H. J.
Walker, J. H. Stewart, E. C. Brooks, Joseph Romine, I. N. Wilson and E. B, Abbott, the
present pastor. A stone church edifice was begun in 1878 and « ompleted in 1883, at a cost of

2,000. A small parsonage was also procured and served until December 1, 1+82, when it was
estruyed by fire. The society now numbers seventy-three. A Sabbath school was started
on the first Saturday cf 1883 under T. J. Rogers. ‘ c

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1872 with a membership of fifteen. Great
credit is due J. T, Coldwell, until recently a citizen of Oxford, for his efforts in organizing
this society; and it is mere justice to say that but for his earnest and untiring work the
establishment of the church would not have been effected. Rev. S. B. Fleming was ordained
and held the pastorate tor some time, after which the church rather fell into decay. 1t was
re-organized in January, 1883, by Rev. J. E. Platter, of Winfield, but as yet has no pastor.
Its Trustees are I. J. Maggard, C. G. Tilton, William Sherburne, W. B. Coldwell and FE. M.
Mears. A church building was erected in 1873 at a cost of about $2,000. This was the first
church edifice sonth and west of the Arkansas River, !

The Baptist Church was organized on April 6, 1875, with nine members. Rev. N. L.
Rigby supphed the pulpit for one year, after which came a vacancy until January 5, 1878,
when Rev. Israel Harris took charge. Mr. Harris remained only three months, after which
came a second vacancy. It should be mentioned here that there was another First Baptist
society, which startedin 1873, and merged with the younger organization on Mr. Harris’s
arrival. Rev. C. Gregory came September 15, 1880, aud remained until December, 1881,
since which time the church has been without a pastor. Thesociety now numbers fourteen.
A Sabbath school organized January 1, 1882, has an average attendance of forty-seven, and
is in charge of D. F. Abbott. 2 ‘ :

The Christian Church was organized in February, 1876, with a membership of twenty.
After its organization, Rev. Joseph E. Cain became its pastor, and remained fully two years.
He was followed by Rev. W. Watson, who left the charge after a pastorate of less than six
months. Since then there bas been no regular pastor of this congregation, but service has
been performed by Rev. J. E. Cain and others, Services are held in the Presbyterian
Church, The present church membership is fourteen. |

The Catholic Church was gathered in 1881, by Father Kelly, of Winfield, who preaches
at this point on the first Sabbath of each month. ‘The societv now numbers twenty-five.

Oxford Lodge, No. 136, 1. U0. 0. F., was organized under a dispensation July 17, and
under a charter October 11, 1876. Its charter membership was seven, and its first officers
were: V. W. Kimball, N.G.; A. Carroll, V. G.; J.C. Murphy, Sec.; Joseph Sleigh, Treas.
The lodge now numbers thirty members, and has the following officers: H. H. Buckles,
N. G.; FR. Pyle, V. G.;_D. E. Votaw, Sec.; ©. G. Tilton, Treas, Meetings are held on
Tuesday of each week in Masonic Hall.’ The lodge has property in cash, regalia, and furni-
ture to the amount of $700. : .

Oxford Lodge, No. 165, A., F. & A. M, was chartered on October 16, 1876,having been for
ayear previous working under a dispensation. Its first membership was nine and its first
officers were as follows: B. F. Smith, W.M,; L. S. Richmond, 8. W.; L. F, Chandler, J.
W. The order now has forty-one members and is officered as follows: E. A, Kranich,
W.M.; A. J, Wood, S. W.; J. A. Corbin, J. W.; C. G. Tilton, secretary; George Veail, treas-
urer. Meetings are held,in Masonic Hall on Saturday on or before full moon and each two
weeks thergaticns The property of the lodge consists of furniture, regalia and cash to the
amount of $500. i

Oxford Lodge, No. 481, K. of H. was chartered October 15, 1877. with eleven members
and the following officers: L. F. Chandler, P. D.; B. F. Smith, D.: T. R. Donley, V. D.; E.
A. Kranich, A. D.; J. L. Abbot, Rep.; W. B. Caldwell, F. R.; O. E. Kimball, treasurer; J.
A. Maggard, ebaplain. Meetings are held on Monday of each week 1n Masonic Hall. The
property of the lodge amounts to nearly $100. Its present menibership is twenty-six, and
its official roll as follows: George Hess, P. D.; N.W. Perry, D.; J. M_ Buttington, V. D.;

. M. Mears, A. D.; George Price, Rep.; L. ¥. Chandler, F. R.; C. G. Tilton, treasurer;
George Veail, chaplain. :

Oxford Lodge, No. 10, I. 0. G. T. was organized on February 4, 1882, with twenty-three
members and_ the following officers: J, W. Thew, P.C. T.; J. D. Beck, ©, T.; Mrs. D. M.
Thew, V. T.; I. N. Wilson, chaplain; F. H. Thew, secretary; G. Morris, F.S. The lodge
now numbers thirty members and bas the following officers: J. W. Thew, P. C. T.; J.D.
Russell, C. T.; Mrs. G. Morris, V. T.; C.M. Cheuvrond, chaplain; J. W. Tuew, secretary;
G. Morris, F. 8S. Meetings are held on Friday of each week in Masonic Hall.

Oxford Lodge, No. 95, A. O, U. W. was organized February 24,1882, with twenty-four
members and the following officers: John Coldwell, P. M. W.; J. F. Hardman, M. W.; N
‘Ww. Perry, F.; W.M. Copeland, O0.; H. H. Buckles, receiver; J. D. Beck, R.; George Price,
financier. The order now has twenty-four members and the following officers: J. F. Hard-

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man, P. M. W.; George Hess, M. W.; W. M. Copelind, F.; S. M. Spencer, 0.; H. H. Buckles,
receiver; N. 0. Thomas, R.; KE. C. Galloup, duancier. Meetings are held on Thursday of
eacb week in Masonic Hall. The lodge las property valued at $100. 7

Summer Council, No. 5, R. T. of 1. was organized on March 4, 1882, with a membership
of thirty-two and the following officers: S. B. Davis, S. C.; Edward Smith, P.C.; Mrs.
William Thew, V.C.; H. Barrett, secretary; D. F. Abbott, F.S.; Mrs. 0. E, Kimball, treas-
urer. Meetings are held each Wednesday. The council now numbers sixteen and bas the
following official roll: E. Smith, S.C.; Mrs. W. Thew, V. C.; Granville Morris, secretary ;
D.F, Abbott, F.S.; W. Thew, treasurer, J 7

The first newspaper issued in the county was the Oxford Times, which,was established in
June, 1871, by Mugford & Hughes. In December of the same year it was soldto E. R,
Trask, who continued the publication until March. 1872, when J. H. Folks took the office
and began the issue of the Oxford Press. In 1873 the paper was removed to Wellington and
the name changed to the Sumner County Press. .

The Oxford Independent was established May 27, 1876, by John Blevins. In November
it passed into the hands of Kelly & Benjamin, and afew months later_into those of J. L.
Abbott, who published it until the fall of 1878, when it was removed to Harper County.

he O2 ord Enterprise was established in September, 1873, by T. J. Hadley. It soon,
however passed Into the hands of Ludlow & Davidson, who continued it until May, 1874,
when it died.

The Oxford Weekly Reflex, a six-column paper, of Republican proclivities, came into
being on December 11, 1879, under the management of Gridley & Suunp: The paper was
enlarged on February 2, 1880, and_on March 3, following Gridley withdrew. Stump con-
tinued the paver until September 2, 1880, when it collansed.

The Oxford Weekly was started, as a six-column folio, on December 16, 1880, by E. F.
Widner, who had purchased the office of the defu: ct Reflex, This seems to have been an un-
lucky office, as the Weekly followed the Reflexpu March 11, 1881.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

J. M. BUFFINGTON, farmer and stock grower, is a native of Indiana, and was born 1843.
He was brought up onafarm. Attheearly age of seventeen he joined the army—Thirty-
second Iowa Infantry, Company D. He went through all the scenes of regular army life,
was in prison thirteen months and seventeen days. and was mustered out 1865. He then
returned to Iowa and remained one year. He was then working at different places for some
time, and in 1870 settled on his present home of 160 acres, which he improved. Mr. Buf-
fington has since added 400 acres to his 160, making 560 acres, all of which he has in culti-
vation, and on which he raised grain and stock. He built and owns the toll bridge at Oxford
across the Arkansas River. He owus and controls the Oxford feed yards. He was Mayor
of Oxford two years. Is a member of the Order of Free Masons, the Ancient Order of
United Workmen and Knights of Honor, Mr. Buffington was married to Miss Io: a H. Julian
of Iowa, 1872, by whom he has three children—E)mer, Willie and Orie, Mrs. Buffington is
amember of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Buffington was the first white man in Sumuer
County west of the Arkansas River.

W. B. CALDWELL, dealer in farm implements, pumps, wagons, headers, harvesters
reapers and mowers, was born in Tenuessee, in 1839, and was reared in the mercantile an
grain business. At sixteen years of age, he began clerking in Shelbyville, Tenn., where he
continued three years. He was then at Nashville, Tenn., in the Consmissary Department of
General Thomas’ command for eighteen months. He then entered a dry goods house in
Nashville, Tenu., where he remained three years. From there he handled the goods manu-
faciured in the Penitentiary of Tennessee for eighteen months. He was then appointed Iu-
spector of Customs in the city of New York, where he remained two years. From New
York he returned to Nashvi'le, where he clerked again for a year, when he was called home
to settle up his father’s estate. In 1872, he came to Oxford, Sumner County, where he was
in the mercantile business for two and ahalf years, at the end of which time he embarked
in the agricultural business, in which he is now engaged. He improved a farm of 160
acres, cultivating it for eight years. He has built two business properties, and intends to
build a residence on his farm this present year. .He is a member of the Knights_of Honor
of the Masonic Fraternity, and of the A. O. U. W., and has passed all the chairs, In Decem-
Yer, 1838. he was married to Miss Nellie Malsby, of Illinois, by whom he has two daugh-
ters—Nellie, Irene and Alice Irma. Mrs. Caldwell is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Caldwell is the leading representative man of his section of the county.

W. A. CLARK, grain dealer, was born in 1857, was reared in agricultural business,
receiving afair education. Attheage of nineteen he began farming for himself in Ohio,
where he continued one year. In 1877, he emigrated to Kansas. He was firstin Glasgow
for ashorttime; he then went to Minneapolis, Kan., eugaged in the grain business four
years, and in 1882 came to Oxford and opened his present business. Mr. Clark shins
about 125 car-loads of grain per season. He built and owns a residence in Minneapolis.
In 1876 Mr. Clark was married to Annie McElhaney of Ohio, by whom he has two children
—Claudie A.. and Alta May. fe

G. J. HESS, dealer in groceries and queenswares, is a native of Massachusetts, and was
born in 1839. His early life wasspentin school. Atthe ageof eighteen years he began to
learn the trade of cabinet-making in Chicago, where he remained until 1861, at which time
he enlistedin the army, Battery B, First lllinois Light Artillery, in which he served three
years and four months, after which he returned to Indiana, and engaged in cabinet busi-
ness, in which be continued until 1871, when he came to Kansas and located at Oxford
Township: he improved a farm of 160 acres, which he run as a giain and stock farm
eleven years. In 1882 he opened his present business; he helped to lay out Valverdi Town-
ship; he was also instrumental inthe organ zation of the church and school at Valverdi; he
is a member of the order of Free Masons, Knights of Honor, aud A. OU. W.; was clerk of
Valverdi Township two terms; be was alsoa member and treasurer of the schooi_ board
several times. Mr. Hess was married to Miss E. J. Oliver of Indianain 1865. Mrs. Hess is
a member of the order of Eastern Star. _

L. H. HUTCHINSON, grain dealer, is a native of the State of New York, and was horn
1851. He was)eared in the agricultural business, receiving a business education, After
arriving at theage of eighteen, he began life by farming in Michigan, where he remained
until 1869, after which he went to Illinois, and farmed until 1877. He then came toSumner
County, Kan., and opened a farm of 220 acres, which he worked until 1880, after which he
opened his present business. Mr. Hutchinson ships about 400 car-loads of grain per year.
Owns 160 acres of land, Was Constable two terms, and was School Director one term. Isa
member of the order of Free Masons. In 1882 Mr. Hutchinson was married to Miss Stella
Or on Illinois, by whom he has one child. Mrs. Hutchinson is a member of the Christian

hurch,

G. W. HUMPHREYS. farmer, Section 12, P. O. Oxford, was born in Georgia in 1813. At
the age of twent\ -two years he began farming on his own account in Alabama, where he
continued until 1838. He then went to Mississippi. where he was on a farm 4% southeast of
Oxford until 1873. About that time he cameto Oxford and located ona farm of 160 acres,
which he improved and run as a genera) farm for three years, when he removed to his pres-
ent home of 120 acres, on which he has thirty-five acres of timber, adjoining the town of
Oxford. Heis a Mason and a member of the Baptist Church. In 1841, he was married to
Miss E._ A. Patton of Mississippi, by whom he has eleven children—Isabella, Roxie H.,
Joseph Mary V., Leah F., Emma, George, Sam P., James C., Gatewood Q., and Shirley—
Alford deceased. He lost his wife March 14, 1882, and was married the second time to Miss
Froe M, Cowger of near Oxford, Miss. __

W. C. NEONIS, hardware, was born in Ohio, in 1861, and reared in the mercantile busi-
ness. In 1872, he went to Kansas with his parents, where he lived until sixteen years of age,
when he went to learn the tinner’s trade, at which he continued two years. In 1§80 he went
to Oxford, where he established his present business. He built, owns, his business
house in Oxford, and carries a stock of from $5,000 to $6,000, and dués a business of about
$20,000 annually. 7

N. W. PERRY, furniture dealer, undertaker, embalmer, was born in Massachusetts in
1838. Was reared iu his present business, Atthe age of twelve years, he started into the
silver plating business, at which he continued one year, He then engaged in the car build-
ing business, at which he continued till 1866. He then weut to lowa, where he coutinued in
his car business till 1877, at which time he came to Kansas, and located at Winfield in his
present line of business, where he remained two years. He then established his business in
Oxford, where he still continues. He built, aud owns, business and residence property. He
is an Odd Fellow, a member of the A. O. U. W., and Knights of Honor. In 1862 he wasmar-
ried to Miss Susan Jenks of Massachusetts, by whom he has two children living—Chartes E.,
and Bertha. Mr. and Mrs. Perry are members of the Christian Church.

MAX SHOEB, owner and proprietor of the Central Hotel, is a native of Wurtemburg,
Germany, and was born in 1836. He was reared in the blacksmith business. He came to
the United States at the age of eighteen, and wor" ed in Illinois for one year, after which he
was in Michigan three years. In 1861 he enlisted in the army,in which he served for
three years and two months, after which he went to Chicago for a short time, then to Penn-
sylvania, and froin there to Nebraska City. In 1866 he went to Denver, where he remained
one year, after which he went to St. Joseph, Mo. In 1867 he went to New Mexico, at which
place he was engaged in the mines three months. He then went to Dakota, where he re-
mained two years. In 1869 he returned to Missouri, after which he came to Topeka, Kan.,
where be remained nine months, He then came to Winfield, where he remained eleven
years, In1881 he came to Oxford, where he openeda shop which he run one year, aftei
which he sold out, and bought the Central Hotel, which he opened on_ Thanksgiving day.
He bought and sold town property, and now owns a farm of 160 acres. He alsoownsa busi-
ness house and fifty vacant lots. He was city councilman of Oxford. He was also Sergeant
of the Twenty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company D. Is amember of the I. 0. O.

. Married Miss Christina Hanson, of Denmark, in 1869, by whom he has two children—
Albert and Aunie, Heassisted in organizing the county and county seat of Cowley County.
WILLIAM H. SMITH, blacksmith, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in the yea
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1839. He was reared in the agricultural p-ofession and received a business education. At
the age of sixteen he began the blacksmith trade, at which he continued to serve three years.
He then continued at his trade, in Illinois, until 1877, after which time he came to Kansas,-
and located in Oxford at his present business. Mr. Smith opened and improved two farms
in Kansas—one of eighty and one of 160 acres, He built two residences and one business
housein Oxford. He also owns vacant lots in town. He was Alderman of town two Years.
Is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is a member of the Christian Church. In 1860 Mr.
Smith was married to Miss Susan _E. Smith, of Illinois, by whom he has one child—Flora E,
In 1862 he lost his wife, and in 1865 was married to Miss Nancy J. Tuttle, of Illinois, by
whoin he has two children—Phillip V.and Iva May. In 1878 Mr. Smith lost-his second
wife, and in 1879 was married to Miss Anna Meridett:, of Kansas, by whom he has one child.
He dost his third wife April 9, 1880, and was married to Miss Della Staniford, of Indiana, in

_ 0. G. TILTON, dealer in general merchandise, is q native of Massachusetts, and was born
in 1844. His early life was spentin school. At the age of nineteen years he entered the
army, where he served one year, after which he went to Chattanooga, and accepted the po-
sition of assistant teacher in the Lookout Mountain educational institution, in which
capacity he acted one year. Hethen went to Toledo, Ohio, where he was engaged in the
dairy business four or five years. In 1870 he came to Sumner County, Kan., and opened
and improved a farm of 160 acres, which he run as a stock ad grain farm. He then caine
to Oxford and opened his present business. He is a member of the order of I. 0.0.1’, A.. F.

A. M. and K. of H., and was Trustee of his Township twice, and District Clerk four yeurs.
He owns a residence in Oxford. Mr. Tilton was married to Miss NellieS, Hussey, of Massa-
chusetts, in 1869, by whom he has two children—Albert W. and Charles E. Mr. Tilton isa
true specimen of a self-made man.

MILAN.

Milan was laid out in the fall of 1880, but no town company has as yet
been formed. The town site of forty acres comprises land belonging to J. L.
Pitts, Roland Hankins and Fred. Robson, Although not surveyed until 1880,
when the K, C. L. &S. K. R. R. reached this point; the town was largely built
in 1879. Its first building was the general store of W. R. Moffitt; the second
the grocery of C. A. Pitts, and the third a saloon. Besides these buildings, the
grocery of J. R. Ward and the drug store of Dr. William Cummings were
erected in 1879. The first hotel was built in the fall of 1882, by L. K. High,
who still runs it. The-first birth, as well as the first death, was that of ason of
1. D. Moffitt. The first marriage, that of W. D. Baker and Miss Nannie Han-
kins. Dr. William Cummings was the first physician, R. C. Lowrey the first
blacksmith, and M. Harper the first liveryman,

Milan postoffice antedates the town by several years. It was kept in a lit-
tle stone house three-quarters of a mile southwest of the present town. In the
spring of 1880, the office was moved to the town, and located in I. D. Moffitt’s
store, and I. D. Moffitt appointed Postmaster. On February 17, 1882, W. D.
Baker was appointed, and January 1, 1883, resigned in favor of H. L. Benedict,
the present official. The office was made a money order one August 7, 1882,
and the first order purchased by Mrs. W. Carter, in favor of David Cook, of
Chicago.

Prior to the laying out of the town, there was a district school, one mile
west, known as Haytop. This school was moved to town in 1879, a new build-
ing erected, and the first term taught by Mrs. Merrill. S.C. Roach, Miss Lutie
Finley and N. Leach have since taught here, the last named being nowin charge
of the school. The present enrollment is sixty-two.

The town now has three general stores, one hardware and one drug store,
one hotel, one millinery store, one lumber and coal yard, one shoe shop, three
physicians, two blacksmiths and two livery stables, and a population of 100.

LOCAL MATTERS,

The Methodist Church was oreanizel in 1879, by Rev, John Harper. Mr. Harper was fol-
lowed by Rev. Williain Long, and he by Rev. F. P. Moore, the present pastor. A church edi-
fice, 28x45, was begun in December, 1882, and will be completed in 1883, at a cost of $1,400.
The churca membership is now inirty elt Meetings aie held every secoud Sabbath.

The Christian Church was_established in March, 1881, with a membership of twenty-
three. Its pastors have been Revs. J. Q. Garner and P. W. Schick. i
Rev. I. D. Moffitt, who preaches on each Sabbath in the sclioolhouse.
ship is thirty. 3

he Union Sabbath School.—There are as yet no denominational Sabbath schools in
Milan, all uniting in the work. Theschool has an average attendance of fifty, and is in
charge of Rey. I. N. Moffitt. |

ilan Post, No. 90, G. A. R., was organized in August, 1882. with L. B. Ostrander, P. C.;
J.M. Johnson, S. V. C.; J.D. Goldy, J. V. C.; BR. P. Ruy, Adj.; W. D. Baker, Q.: John Cross,
chaplain; J. McClure, O. D.; F. M. Shore, 0. G. Meetings are held every second Saturday in
the schoolhouse.

The Sumner County Coal Company was formed on December 3, 1881, for the purpose of
horing for coal in the immediate vicinity of Milan. Its capital is $20,000, divided into shares
of $19 each. Work will be begun early in 1883, and boring continued until a greater depth
than any yet reached in this section is attained.

It is nowin charge of
The church member-

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J.D, CARTER, of the firm of Carter Bros., bankers, is a native of Lowa, and was bornin
1850. His early life was spent on the farm and ir theschoolroom., When sixteen years of
age, he engaged in teaching school, at which he continued several years. On April 9, 1883,
he opened his present bank. e has improved 700 acres of land, 400 under cultivation. In
1880 he wasselected by the people of McPherson County to disburse a fund for prospecting
for coal.

MORTIMER H. CARTER, of Carter Bros., bankers, was born in Iowa in 1855, and was
reared on a farm and received a high school education. In 1873 he cemgirated to Iausas,
and settled on a farm in McPherson County, where he engaged jin farming and teachin
school for a namber of years, and subsequently was made Examiner for a few years, an
was a teacher in the ‘herson High School for one year. At the end of that time he re-
signed and located in an, and engaged in his present business. He isa member of the

Congregational Church,
MULVANE.

Mulvane 1s situated in the northeast corner of the county, at the junction
of the two branches of the S. C, & Ft. S. Railway. The land upon which it stands
was owned by H.C. Helbert and J. D. Loper, who donated half of it to the
railway company, and in August, 1379, laid out the town. The original town
site consists of 160 acres, and Prather’s addition makes an even 200. The first
building was erected by Dr. Whitehorn ; the second, a general storeroom, by J. 5S.
Brown. J. E.Shawcame next with a stock of drugs, and J. N. Trickey with dry
goods. The first dwelling was erected by Lee Wilson. The first hotel was the
Mulvane Ilouse, by A. C. Crawford, which was burned in 1880. The present
hotel, which bad served as a boarding-house, was then moved to town and en-
larged, by J. B.Otto, who soon sold ic to A. R. Downs, and he in turn to Frank
Collis, who now owns it. It was leased in March, 1882, to D.C. McKinnon,
who now runs it. :

Mulvane postoffice was established’ in October, 1879, with J. S. Brown as
Postmaster. Mr. Brown was succeeded by J. E. Shaw, the present official. The
first office was on the northeast corner of Main street and First avenue, where
it remained until moved to its present location, on the opposite corner, The

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

first money-order from this office bears the date of August 2, 1880, and transfers
$2.75 from J. E. Shaw to the Novelty Plaster Works, of Lowell, Mass. to

Lying partly in both Sedgwick and Sumner counties, Mulvane has a joint
school district—No. 127 in the former, and 153 in the latter. This district was
organized in May, 1880, and a schoolhouse (46x30, with an ell 14x30) two stor-
ies high, and costing $3,000, was erected the following summer. School exer-
cises began in October, 1880, with L, Lightfoot, principal, and Mrs. J. E. Shaw
as assistant. Mr. Lightfoot was assisted in 1881 by Miss Eva McCart, and in
1882 by Miss D. M. Main.

LOCAL MATTERS.

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The Methodist Church was moved from Littleton to Mulvane, in the spring of 1880. A
this tine it had a membership of nine, and was in charge of Rev. E. B. Abbott, who re-
mained two years. His pu pit was filled by Rev. S. A. Lindsay, who left under somewhat
suspicious circumstances, after a aslorate of punes months. The society now numbers fif-

s tings are held in the schoolhouse hall. | 2 e
teen. pr estuterian Church was organized in April, 1880, with eight members. Services
have thus far been held in the schoolhouse hall, by Rev. J. Rk. McQuown, but a wooden
chureh building, 30x50 feet, and costing $1,800, is now in process of construction. The soci-
ety now numbers sixteen. 7 Saban achool was organized January 1, 1880; now has an

erage attendance of sixty-four, and is in charge of Lee Wilson. 2
ey The Christian Ohurch vad organized jn April, 1880, with a membership of sixteen, Rev.
J. Q. Garner supplied the church for seven months, and was succeeded by Rev. J. W. Campt.
Since the removal of this latter clergyman, the society has been in charge of Rev. J. E.
Cain of Belle Plaine. 2 shuren edifice, 28x50, was erected in 1882, at a cost of $1,200. The

as yet, no Sabbath school. 7 :
adnate Loage, No. 174, . O. UO. F. was_organized on May 27, 1880, with twenty-four
members and the following officers: S. 8. Woodcock, N.G.; H.C. Helbert, V, G.; E. F.
Osburn, secretary; S. M. ilson, treasurer. The lodge now numbers thirty-three mem-
bers, and has the following officers: George A. Hall, N. G.; J. F. Ballou, V ; J. Stewart,
secretary; 8.8. Woodcock, P.8.; H.C. Helbert, treasurer. Meetings are held on Saturday
of each week in a rented hall. The property of the lodge consists of furniture and regalia

he amount of 5 f
i pre ee eae 201, A., F. & A. M., was chartered rebroay 1%, 1881, with a mem-
bership of eighteen, and the following officers: T. N. Tiickey, W. M.; C. C. Rushing, 8. W.;
D. ger, J. W.; LP. Trickey, seoretary J.N. Trickey, treasurer. The lodge now num-
bers thirty, and has the following official list: T. N. Trickey, W. M.; W. R, Warren, 8S. W.;
George A. Jewett, J. W.; J. R. McQuown, secretary; J. N. Trickey, treasurer. Meetings
are held on the first and third Wednesday of each month, in Masonic Hall,

Mulvane Lodge, No. 84, A. 0. U. W., was organized, December 27, 1881, with fifteen
members, and the following officers: S.M. Wilson, P.M. W.; J. W. Lemon, M. W.; Ss. T.
Shelby, F.; 0. G. Ross, 0.; J. F. Ballou, guide; Levi Wilson, financier; R. D. Herman, re-
corder; H. H. Britton, receiver. ‘he lodge now has a membership of sixteen, and the fol-
lowing officers: S. M. Wilson, P. M. W.; J. W. Lemon, M. W.; W. EH. Devore, F.; J. F.
Ballou, C.; W. K. Harris, G.; Levi Wilson, financier; S. 5. Woodcock, recorder; H. H.
Britton, receiver. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each week, in
Masonic Hall.

Banking.—The private banking house of Warren & Herman was opejied on July 1, 1882.
In September of the same year the junior partuer went out, and the business was continued
by W. R. Warren.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

DAVID BADGER, hardware, stoves and agricultural implements, was born in Ireland,
in 1846. In 1859 his parents emigrated to America, landing in New York, and immediately
proceeded to Michigan, where he lived ten years. e was brought _up on his father’s farm
aud received a common school education. In 1869 he went to Sedgwick County, Kan.,
where he took 160 acres of homestead land, on which he lived for atime and improved the
whole of it. Selling out his farm, he went to Mulvane, where he established his present
business, which is in a flourishing satisfactory condition, He married Miss Emma Gordon,
of Greenwood County, Kan., in 1880. Mrs. Badger is a member of the Presbyterian
Church,

W. K. HARRIS, physician, was born in Centerville, Appanoose County, December,
1850, and was the first white child born in that county. He was reared on his father’s farm
and obvained the rudiments of an education at the common schools. At the age of twenty
years he entered the Iowa Wesleyan University, where for one vear he studied anatomy,
physiology and chemistry. He next entered the office of Dr. Hardy, of Wichita, Kan.,
where he pursued his studies two years, and was graduated from the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, of Keokuk, Iowa, in 1877. Having received his degrees, he commenced the
practice of his profession at Garden Plain, Sedgwick Co.. Kan., where he continued till
October, 1880, when he went to Mulvane, Sumner County, where he isin the enjeyment of
a fine practice. He owns business and residence property in the town. He has been a
member of the School Board a number of years, and is also a member of the A. O. U. W.
Dr. Harris was married to Miss Lizzie F. Parker, of Newton, Mo.,in 1877, and bas two
children, George Wilson and Mary. .

E. J. KUHN, attorney, loan broker and Notary Public, was born in East Tennessee, in
1825. His early (lays were spent on his father’s farm, where he obtained a common school
education. In 1847 ie enlisted in the Fifth Tennessee Infantry, Company G, for the Mexi-
can War, and was in a number of skirmishes, returning home at the close of the war. AS
soon as he could pertece his arrangements he moved to Iowa, in 1849, where he engaged in
farining, in which occupation he continued until the breaking out of the War of the Rebel-
lion, when he again enlisted, this time inthe Tenth Iowa Infantry, Company G; was com-
missioned_ Virst Lieutenant, and at the expiration of eighteen mouths was promoted to
Captain. He served three years aid four months and was mustered out in 1864. He was at
the battle of the evacuation of Corinth, also in the battle of Jackson, and in the fall of 1862
or 1863 was again at Corinth and Inka. He then crossed the Mississippi and joined Grant’s
forces, and was at the battle of Jackson, May 14, 1863. At the battle of Champion Hills,
Miss., in twenty minutes he lost six men in Killed and twelve wounded. In this engagement
he was shot through both thighs and confined inthe hospital a few weeks, when he returned
to his command, being compelled to use crutches more or less for six months; also partici-
pated in the battle of Missionary Ridge and innumerable skirmishes. At the close of the
war he returned to his home in Iowa and was elected Sheriff of Warren County, which
office he held for six years. He studied law during his spare time and was admitted to the
bar of Towa in 1870. He has been_a resident of Kansas for several years and owns a farm
near Mulvane, He isa member of the Masonic order aud Grand Army of the Republic,
being commander in the latter, He was married to Miss Christena Cox, of Tennessee, in
1845, and has two children, James M.and Margaret E. Mrs. K. belongs to the order of
Rebecca and is a member of the Baptist Chureh,

REV. J. R. M WN, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, was born in Indiana
County, Pa,, in 1850. At the age of eleven years, his parents havin died, he was put out
with a merchant who owned extensive coaiand timber lands, wich whom he hved fi'e
years, He then entered theGlade Run Academy of Pennsylvania, whee he pu.'sued his
studies fortwo years, and from there he went to Waynesburg College for two yea.'s, being
compelled to earn the necessary funds with which to defray his expenses. For nine years
he taught school, employing his spare time in preparing himself for his profession. He
finally enteredthe Western Theological Seminary of Allegheny City, Pa. having taken
then what might be termed a classic course. In 1878, he was ordained tothe ministry, and
located in Armstrong and Allegheny counties, Pa., where he remained for two years anda
half, In 1879, he went to Derby, Kan., where he had charge of a church, and in the mean-
time snppliod the pulpit at whatis now Mulvane. When it assumed proportions he moved
there in 1881, where he is pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Heisa member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity, and holds the position of recording secretary of his lodge. Heis also a
member of tle National Union, of which he 1s president. In 1872 he was married to Miss
Elizabeth Evaus, of Jefferson County, Pa., by whom be has had six children, Dora N., Ida
May, John Reed, Graham Evans, Albert Barnes and Charles Hodge, deceased. Mrs. McQ. is
a member of the Presbyteriau Church, and is amember of the National Union, of which
order she is chaplain, and vice president of the Ladies’ Missionary Society. Rev. Mr. McQ.
is a geaueman Of fiue apvearance, noble emotions, sincere in hia convictions, and desirous
of doing good to his feuow men. Such men arean honor and blessing to any community.

B.S. T. SHELLY, of Mulvane, Kan.. wasbornin Memphis, Mo., in 1856. His father
being a farmer he worked on the farm until the age of sixteen. He was educated in the
common school and the Normal school of Kirksville, Mo. Attheage of eighteen he com-
nienced teaching school, and at the same time the study of medicine, which he pursued for
turee years, when he attended college at the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louis, Mo.,
returniug Home and practicing one year with his preceptor. He then came to Burrton,
Kansas, in 1879; practiced taeve nine months, when he came to Mulvane. During the win-
PIeeut Hole inToe ee ae ghe Dessous Medical College of St. Louis. He is at

Y ractice, T. Shel elongs totne I. 0.0. F., » O U. W.
as a wife, Callie C., and one child, H. G. ¥ e 2 Bee es Ss ES

ANSON SKINNER, cashier of the Mulvane bank, was born in Indiana in 1884. His
education was obtained at the common schools,in his young days,and finally at the Kossuth
Seminary of Des Moines County,Iowa, where he purstied the regular course. In 1856 he was
ordained a minister of the Gospel,in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1864 he en-
listed in the Forty-fifth Indiana Regiment of Infantry, of which he was the Chaplain, but

 
SUMNER COUNTY.

the exposuite and hardships incident to the § i i

t I ervice ruined his health, aud

BBOnE year he was compelled to resign his commission. Being broken et peat ne

AS so compelled to abandon his profession. He was Treasurer of Union County, Iowa,

et sie ears, and was entrusted with the settlement uf a number of large estates. ‘At one

Tne ne zecet ved an appol niment Be government, butin ashort time resigned
i receiver for a large grain firm, which business

is not yet fully closed. Early in 1883 he came to Mulvane I

m and establish : rt

pus ness. peMeh so far, Tae prosbered, pr Gener is a Mason and has held various aoals
ler. rried to Miss Lydia Morgan, of Keokuk, Iowa, b

whom he has six children, Lysander D., Ida E., May, Minni 3 3 ‘Mrs.

Skinner takes an active partin church and benevolent. workg” Mr m5 gi anaee ent ‘of

Anson Skinner, is cashier of the Kansas State bank, of Wichita, which position he has held

aincs it was first opened, He has been in the banking business ten years. He was educated

at the common schools. His business education has been obtained in practice, aud canse-

quently is most thorough. Miss ida E. was educated at the common schools. She is a

great biblical student and @ most efficient teacher. At the age of sixteen years Miss May

was graduated from the High School of Afton, Union Co., Iowa, with a three years’ course

in Latin.
GEUDA SPRINGS.

Geuda Springs takes its name from the seven mineral springs, which well

up almost on the line between Sumner and Cowley counties. These springs
have never been developed as their qualities'deserve, but are destined at no far
distant day to render the name of Geuda as well known as that of Saratoga, or
Arkansas Hot Springs. Although so close together these springs have separate
and distinct characters, the diseases which yield to one being unaffected by
others. The town site lies on both sides of the county line which forms the
main street. The springs and a quarter section of land in Cowley are owned
by C. R. Mitchell, and the part of the town site with its additions in Sumner
.County by O. B. Taylor, J. P. Marshall, C. R. Mitchell, Dr. C. Perry, I. N.
Hubbell and A. A. Newman, each having individual interests. The ownership
of the springs has lately been vested ina company, known as the Geuda Springs
Company, the shares being chiefly owned by C. R. Mitchell, the original owner
of the springs. The bath-houses at the springs was built in 1881, but the prin-
cipal growth of the town was made in 1882. The first house on the town site
was the residence of George B. Green, the second, the drug store of G. A. Cut-
ler, and the third, the general store of J. R. Musgrove. The first hotel was the
Gueda Springs House, by James Stiner, the second, the Mekeeche, kept by
John Whistler. A.J. Chapel was the first physician, and C. R. Mitchell the
first attorney to locate in the town.

The town now has two general stores, two drug and one fancy goods store,
two hotels, one restaurant, one each, furniture, harness and wagon shop, one
meat market, and one blacksmith shop, and three livery stables. There are
about seventy-five houses, eleven of which are in Cowley County, and a popula-
tion of nearly 4oo.

LOCAL MATTERS.

The Geuda Springs Herald was started on January 25, 1882, by Joseph F. White, who
had purchased the office of the Mulvane paper. The paper is a seven-column folio of Re-
publican views, is issued Fridays, and has a circulation of 350.

There are as yet no organiced yelgions bodies in the place, but there are frequent and
regular services by Rev. Mr. Hardy,of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. Mr. Broad-
bent. of the Christian and Rev. Mr. McCarney, of the United Brethren Society.

Geuda Springs Lodge, No. 105. 4. O. U. + Was organized July 6, 1882, with fifteen
charter members, and the following officers: J. R. Musgrove, P. M. W.; D. F. Hall, M. W.;
1), A. McIntire,M, W.; William Rice, O.; F.L. Davis, recorder; G. A. Cutler, F.: James
Axley, K. The lodge now has eighteen members and the following offcers: D. F. Hall, P.
M. W.: G. A. Cutler, M. W.; A. A. Walker, foreman; J. Robinson, O.; W.T. Berkey,
pecorgers oe aitch F,; James Axley, KR. Meetings are held every Thursday evening in

ishop’s Hall.

Geuda Springs Lodge, No. 38, 1. 0. G. I'., was organized on January 1, 1883, with twenty
charter members, and the following officers: J. H. Berkey. C. T.; Dora A. White, T.; tra
Mardis, secretary; W. D. Jett, chaplain; Ira Burrell, F. S.

_W. D. 5.; J. W. Robinson, treasurer.
These officers are still in office. Meetings are held on Tuesday of each week in Salt City
school house. The lodge now numbers forty.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

J. R. MUSGROVE, Geuda, was born February 12. 1841, in Jackson County, Ohio. Lived
on a farm until the breaking out of the war, in 1861,when he enlisted in Company E,T'wenty-
seventh Ohio Infantry, in which he served until the close of the war. Was with the Sturgis
expedition forthe relief of Lexington, Mu., September, 1861, and also went with the Fre-
mont expedition later in the season. Took part in the New Ma#rid and Island No. 10
affairs,and was under Popeat Corinth during the spring of 1862. Was at Iuka and Corinth
during both battles. Went with Straight’s expedition into Northern Alabama in the spring
of 1863. Was with Sherman during the Atlanta campaign, and also went with him on his
march to thesea. First came to Kansas in 1861, and after his muster out of service first
stopped in Pottawatomie County. Was employed inthe register of deeds and clerk’s office.
Came to Cowley County in.1870. Started a general store, trading and outfitting establish-
ment at South Havenin 1873. Wasa memberof the relief committee during the grass-
hopper years, and also a member ot the First K. S. M. M. during the Indian trouble of that
year. first as Captain of Company B. and afterwards as Major. Has never held any civil

ce. Was married to Isabella Graham January 26, 1874. Put in branch house at this

vite in 1882. :
HUNNEWELL.

Hunnewell, tne terminus of the Sumner County Railway, is named in
honor of the president of the K. C., L.& S. K. R’y., of which the first named
isa branch. It is located on the old Cherokee three- mile strip, the southern
town line coinciding with that of the State. The land of the town site, 400
acres, was owned by Robeson, Stewart and Hale. This was purchased by the
railroad company and a town company with a capital of $50,000 formed.
Stock in this company was taken by various cattle and railway men, a twelve
per cent assessment made and the town laid out. The first buildings was the
outfitting store of Ford & Leonard, erected June 16, 1880, the day the railway
reached this point. Within a few days a host of other buildings had sprang up,
and all through July of that year the town grew like a gourd. Hooker &
Phelps put up the first drug store, and Roland & O’Neil the first hardware.
Dr. Dobbins was the first physician, and P. M. Judd the first attorney. The
first and only hotel was the Hunnewell House, completed August 20,
1880, at a cost of $5,000. This house has thirty-three rooms, and is one of the
best in the county. The railway station was completed in June, 1880, and
soon after the track was extended to the exact line of the territory, and a stock
yard built at acost of $7,000. The town company still exists, and has two
buildings valued at $600 and $200. L. 5S. Boyer is agent

Prior to the organization of the city a Police Judge and two Marshals were
hired by the railway company and the citizens. Such officers naturally could
not draw pay in any unorganized town, and “the devil was whipped around the
stump” by their appointment as special Deputy Sheriffs. The organization of
the city was effected in April, 1881, and officers elected as follows: jJ. A.

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Hughes, Mayor; T. G. Ricketts, Police Judge. Thomas T. Iverswas appointed
City Clerk. The Council consisted of A. B. Smith, F. Hoolcroft, T. B. Sulli-
van, J. Dickerson, and D, F, Hall. The election of 1882 made J. A. Hughes,
Mayor; L.S. Boyer, Police fudge; F. Hoolcroft, J. R. Slane, Q. A. Hale,
Robert Kier, and J. C. Hopkins, Councilmen. This year had four city clerks,
T. G. Ricketts, P. Zook, J. D, Hubbard and Tim. B. Sullivan.

For some time after the founding ofthe town it was without regular mail
service. Mail for this point was brought to South Haven, and thence by boy
to Hunnewell. Later,it was brought to the depot and left on the desk, where
everybody picked out his own letters. On August 20, 1880, a postoffice was
established and Frank Schiffdaner appointed Postmaster. He was succeeded
in thespring of 1881 by George Cutter, who held the office until a year later,
when J. H. Hamilton, the present incumbent, was appointed. The postoffice
has successively occupied the store now occupied by Doty & Boyer, the bank
building, the store now used by George Keats,and the Hamilton & Hopkins
outfitting store, where itis at present located.

LOCAL MATTERS.

School District No. 156, which furnishes the educational facilities of Hunnewell, was
organized in September, 1880. J. O. Brewster taught school three months in a rented
building, and M. Elliottand Miss Mary Campbell taught a term each, under the same condi-
tions. A stone building, 28x40 feet. and costing $2,500 was built in1881-82. This was
occupied in 1881-82 by John Hubbard and wife, and in 1882-83 by Ira Sikes. The school
evuumeration is one hundred and two.

There are no church edificesi a thecity, and no resident pastors. The Presbyterians
effected an organization two years ago, and are now supplied by Rev. Mr. Moore of Wel-
lington. They have also a Sabbath school with an attendance of forty. :

The Methodist Churcb was also organized in 1880, and for a year was supplied by Rev.
B. F. Swartz, but now has no regular services,

In July, 1880, J, S. Danford establisLe! a bank at this point. This was run one month by
Smith & Martin, and from that time till its failure in November, 1881, by P. B. Bowers.
Just prior to its collapse it was incorporated as a State bank. °

The Hamilten Bank.—On February 1, 1882, P. B. Bowers started a private bank inthe
Danford building. and May, 1, moved intothe stone bank building, which he had erected
ata cost of $1,200. Here he transacted business until January 15, 1883, when he sold to
John H. Hamilton & Co., who now carry on the business.

SOUTH HAVEN.

South Haven is a town of about 100 inhabitants, located on the Sumner
County Railway, now a branch of the K. C., L. & S. K. Road, twelve miles south
of Wellington. The first building erected in the town was the store of F. F.
Meister, built in 1872. This was followed by the general store of Hunt &
Hunt, the drug store of J. H. Sain, the blacksmith shop of N. Gee, and the
livery stable of Q. A. Hale. Dr. J. T. Spruil, the first physician, came in 1872.
The South Haven Town Company was formed in June, 1879, and consisted of
F. F, Meister, C. E. Beard, J. R. Musgrove, and Thomas Hunter. Under its
direction the town site of 160 acres was laid out, but the town was never incor-
porated. °

South Haven postoffice was established in 1872, and F. F. Meister
appointed Postmaster. Tohim succeeded J. H. Sain, Thomas Hunter, J. W
Newcomb, J. R. Musgrove, F. A. Hunt, and Melvin Musgrove, the present
official. ~The office is located in the store of F. A. Hunt.

The town now has a population of about 100, one general store, one hotel,
two physicians, one wagon shop, one boot and shoe store, one livery and one
blacksmith. The railway reached this point in June, 1879, and it was supposed
would make this its terminal station, but difficulties arose between the road
and the town company, and the track was pushed on to Hunnewell.

LOCAL MATTERS.

South Haven schoolhouse was built in the spring of 1873, at a cost of $1,500, and scbool
exercises began that fall under L. A. Spece. The school now numbers forty scholars, and is
in charge of C, H. Robr rts.

The Methodist Church was organized in 1874 by Rev. B. F. Swartz, and has since been
supplied by Revs. E. B. Abbott, J.S. Romine, P. D. H. Lahr, W. C. Cummings and Thomas
Long. Services are held in the schoolhouse. ’ ;

The Baptist Church was organized in 1876, and supplied by Rev. 8.C. Noble. After his
resignation, Rev. J. M. Via preached some time, after which the pulpit became vacant, and
the society has had only occasional services. 7

The Christian Church membership at this point is very small, and has no regular organ-
ization, Occasional services are held in the schoolhouse.

South Haven Lodge No. 114, 1. 0. O. F. was oreanized October 14, 1874, with seven mem-
bers and the following officers; Thomas Hunter, N. G.; G. Moore, V. G.; S. Snow, secre-
tary; Daniel Murley, treasurer. The Lodge is now officered by J. R. Reid, N. G.; O. P. Olin-

er, V.G., RB. H. Miller, secretary; Thomas Hunter, P.S.; W. G. Moore, treasurer. Meet-
Ings are held on Friday of each week in the hall over the schoolhouse. i

Haven Lodge, No. 15%, A., F. & A. M. was chartered October 21, 1875, having been work-
ing under a dispensation for a year previous. Its charter officers were: W. M. Battis, W.
M.; F. A. Hunt, S. W.; Thomas Hunter, J. W. The Lodge is now officered as follows: F. A:
Hunt, W. M.; L. W. Hamilton, §. W.; Charles Hatfield, J. W.; J. W. Hunter, secretary;
Thomas Hunter, treasurer. Meetings are held on each Saturday on or before each full moon,
in Masonic Hall. This hall occupies the upper story of the schoolhcuse, and was built by the
Order at a cost of about $200. The Lodge also has Property in the form of furniture and
regalia to the amount of $200, but this latter is owned jointly with the Odd Fellows,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—soUTH HAVEN TOWNSHIP.

GEORGE W. AVERY, of the firm of Avery & McDowell, dealers in general supplies,
hardware, etc., Hunnewell. Sumner County, isa native of the State of New York, and was
born in 1848. His early life was spentin school. At the age ofsixteen, he went to learn the
machinist’s trade, at which he continued five years. He. was nextin the grocery business
in Buffalo, N. Y., two years. He then cameto Baxter Springs, Kan., where he was in the

rocery business for one year. Hethen returned to Buffalo, where he was ‘for one Hoar in
fhe insurance business. He was next at Livonia Station, N. Y., managing afarm, He then
came West to Huunewell in 1880, and opened his present business. He took his present
artner Mr. McDowell, in 1882. Mr. Avery owns two farms of 160 acres each, all under
ence. He owns three residences, and one business house, and a half interest in two other
houses. In 1872 he married Mrs. Annie Fitzgerald, of Livonia Station, N. Y., by whom he
has one child living—Newton Avery. Annie, deceased. Mrs. Avery was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Avery carries a stock of about $6,000, and sells about
35,000 worth a year. :

Cc. H. BELL, farmer, Section 11, P.O. South Haven, was born in Iowa, in 1850, where
he lived on # farm until twenty-one years of age, obtaining in the meantime, a common
school education, and the advantages of one year in college, in the State Normal University
of Missouri. After Jeaving college, he taught school in lowa for two years. In the spring
of 1873, he came to the town of South Haven, Sumner Co.. Kas., where he entered a quarter
section of land in Section 11, all of which he has ina fine state of cultivation, and is en-
closed by a good hedge fencing. Mr. Bellis doing much fruit raising, having planted 500
choice apple trees, and 1,000 peach trees, 165 cherry trees, and also a quantity of smal)
fruit, and a fine vineyard of grapes of good quality. Mr. Bell has held several offices of trust
jnthetown. Is a member ofthe order of Freemasons, belonging to the Blue lodge. In
1874 Mr. Bell was married to Miss Caroline Moore, of Davis County, Lowa. by whom he has
four children—Edna, Clara, Mabel and Grace. _

A. J. BOWERS, general merchant, is a native of Ohio, and was born in 1830. At the age
of sixteen he went to carpentering, at which he continued until 1862. He then embarked in
the mercantile business, and continued in Ohio until 1865, after which he went to Ililnois,
and engaged in the same line of business, and continued until 1878, at the end of which
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time he came to Wellington, Sumner Co , Kas., and there embarked in the mercantile busi-
ness, where he continued to the fall of 1881; then moved his stock to Hunnewell, Mr.
Bowers is 2 member of the order of Odd Fellows, and is also a member of the Free Masons,
In 1851 he was married to Miss Susan Smith, of Ohio, by whom he bas three children—Sa-
bina Samilda, Charles Jefferson and Philli Byron. He owns eight resident and business
houses in the city of Wellington, and seven business properties in Hunnewell. Mr. Bowers
is a self-made man, having accumulated a handsome fortune. unaided, save by his own
energy and business talents.
_ lu. S. BOYER, druggist, real estate agent and broker, is a native of Ohio, and was born
in 1849. Was reared in the agricultural profession. He obtained a high school education.
At the age of fifteen he joined the army in which he served about six months, after which
he re-entered the army and served one year. He then served three years in the regular army.
after whch he attended school in Ohio three years, in the meantime teaching. In 1878 he
caine to El Dorado, Kansas, where he Pena besehool one year. He then came to Sumner
County, Kansas, and opened and improved 160 acres of land and builta residence on same.
He then taught school at South Haven one year, after which he came to Hunnewell, his
present home, He was appointed Town Agent by railroad company when the town was
established; be was also Justice of the Peace in the meantime, He was afterwards elected
Police Judge, in which capacity he served eighteen mouths. He is Clerk of the School Dis-
trict No. 156. In 1880 he wasappointed Notary Public. Heis a member of the order of
Odd Fellows, and secretary of thesame, Mr. Boyer was married to Miss Carrie E. Weston,
in 1877, by whom he has three children—Carl, Jennie and Guy. Mrs. Boyer isa member of
the Episcopal Church, _Mr. Boyer owns 360 acres of land, 160 acres of which is in a high
state of cultivation, which is run principally asa grain farm; he also owns @ vacant lot in
Huunewell; is real estate agent and broker; started even in life.
3 H. BROWN, farmer, Section 4, P.O. Rome, was born in Cayuga County, Ohio
in 1828. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Michigan, and at the end of
five years returned to Ohio, where they remained fiveyears. In 1844 his parents moved to
Illinois, where his time was spent at farming till 1860, when he went to Iowa. On the break-
ing ont of the War of the Rebellion, iu 1861, he enlisted in the First lowa Cavalry, Company
M, and was in the battles of Prairie and Satine rivers, His tline in the army was mostly
spent in skirmishing in Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee. Was promoted to Sergvant, and
in 1865 went to Texas for one year, where he was mustered out in 1866, when he ieturned
to Illinois, where he remained for two years. In 1873 he settled in Butler County, Kansas,
where he lived nine years. In 1872 he bought 160 acres of land in the Town-
shipof South Haven, in Section 8, where he now lives,and which was partly improved.
He has on his place 1,500 fruit and forest trees. The place is well fenced. Was married to
Miss Eliza J. Lewis, of Illinois, and bas nine children—Mary, Minnie, May, Decious Lewis,
Emma Curtis, Willard Burton, Hattie, George Thomas and Wilbur, twius, Ralpb, Mary,
Hattie, Willard Burton, George Thomas and Wilbur being dead. :
. H. BROWN, livery and stock dealer, Hunnewell, is a native of the State of New
York, and was born in 1846, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. He was engaged in
farming in Illinois until he was twenty-two yearsof age. In 1859 he came to Kansas, where
he opened and improved a farm of 160 acres, which he ran as a grain farm three years.
He afterward opened another farm of 160 acres, which he also ran as a grain farm. ‘After
which he bought a farin of 136 acres near Caldwell, which he ran as a stock farin, He was
then two years on the Range in the Indian Territory. In 1880 he came to Hunnewell, where
he built a house for the purpose of running a restaurant, which he carried on for one year,
when he traded it for a livery stable, his present place of business. He was elected a mem-
ber of the School Board in 1883. He is a member of the 1.0.0.F., and is right hand sup-
orter of thesame. Mr. Brown was mariied to Miss Liddie Edwards of Indiana, in 1873.
ehasason bya previous marriage—Columbus, Mrs. Brown has one son—Myron Ed-
wards. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the First Kansas Battery, and was mustered out
with rank of Corporal, August, 1865. ¥

QUINCY A. HALE, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Hunnewell, is a native of Ohio and was
born in 1831. Was reared on a farm, receiving a business education. At the age of nineteen
he began feline for himself in Ohio, at which he continued until 1860. He then went to
Missouri, where he handled stock eighteen months; after which he came to Kansas, where
he was on a farm a short time,and at Lawrence. He then went to Illinois and remained until
February, 1864. He then went to North Missouri, where he remained nine years in the
stock business, After which he removed to his present home of 320 acres, which he im-
proved and runs as grain ana stock farm. He now holds cattle in the Territory. He was
elected School Director in 1875, which position he still holds. Heis a member of City
Council, and also a member of the Odd-Fellows. Helped to build two schoolhouses, and
assisted in organizing two district schools. In 1851 Mr, Hale was married to Miss Lucinda
Vernon of@Ohio, by whom he has seven children living—Leonidas, Leantha, Ferdinand,
Mary, May, Henry and Maggie. . . é

Cc. C. HAMILTON, farmer and stock raiser, Hunnewell, is a native of Ohio, and was born
in 1818. He was reared in the agricultural profession. He obtained a fair business educa-
tion. He began farming on his own responsibility at the age of twenty-three. In 1853 he
went to Indiana, where he was engaged in farming two years. He was then in. Illinois
sixteen years. In 1869 be came to Sumner County, Kan., and engaged in farming three
years, He ownsafurm of 160 acres, which is run as a grain and stock farm. He also owns
one half interest in one section of land of 640 acres near South Haven. He is a stockholder
in the Hunnewell Bank, and owns a residence in Hunnewell. He is grazing 200 head of fine

cattle. Mr. Hamilton is a member and class leader of the Methodist Church. He was mar-
ried to Miss Juliann Wilson, of Ohio, in 1841. He lost his wife in 1861, by whom he had
eight children—James, Sarab, Lewis, Eliza, John H., Nancy, Juliann and Benjamin Frank-
lin, Mrs. Hamilton was a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Hamilton was married to
Miss Lizzie Crow, of Indiana, in 1872. Mrs. Hamilton is a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Hamilton has been steward of the church. He started even in life. i
J. H. HAMILTON, banker and merchant, Hunnewell, is a native of Ohio, and was born
in 1849. He was raised in the agricultural pursuit, At the age of twenty-one he began the
stock business in the Indian Territory. Hestarted raziog with 200 head of cattle and con-
tinued to the fall of 1881. In the spring of 1882, he opened a general supply store, and in
the spring. of 1883, opened the Hamilton Bank in Hunnewell. Mr. Hamilton has now in the
Territory 250 head of cattle, owns 800 acres of farm lands, which be improved and now
runs as a grain and stock farm. Heisa member of the Free Masons. Mr. Hamilton carries
a stock ofgabout $4,500, and is one of the leading men of bis section of the county.

W. B. HELM, cattle dealer and raiser, was born in Franklin County, Mo., in 1848. Was
reared a farmer and educated atthe common schools. Attheage of eighteen years he en-
gaged with the Government to drive team from Leavenworth to Fort Scott one year, and at
the end of that time was promoted to assistant wagon master, which position he held three
years. He then spenta short time in St. Louis aud Leavenworth. Starting for Kearney,
Neb., he was taken sick with smalJ-pox and confined three weeks; after recovering he
returned to Leavenworth and then to Fort Smith, where, for one winter, he filled the posi-
tion of assistant wagon master. In the spring he went as assistant wagon master to Fort
Union, New Mexico; after visiting various places, be accepted the position of dispatch
bearer a short time, when he engaged in the freighting business, at which he continued for
two and a half years. In the spring of 1872, he bought a lot of cattle at Baxter Springs, In
1873, he drove cattle from Texas. In the spring of 1874, he opened a store at the Seminole
Agency, which he continued five years. He then herded cattle in the Territory one year,
aud in'1880-81, be drove cattle from Texas; he also held cattle in 1881, onthe ranch in
Oklahoma, In 1882, he came to Hunnewell, holding and feeding cattle, He was married
to Miss Elenor Trego, of Kansas, in 1875, and has two chfldren—Joseph and Wilford.

F, A. HUN, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. South Haven, {8 a native of West Virginia,
and was born in 1844. He was reared in the aeeaiiura business, and obtained a common
school education. He enlisted in the army in 1862, and served three years and two months;
at the end of which time he returned to Iowa, where he remained a short tlme, and in April,
1866, emigrated to Kansas, locating at Cottonwood Falls, in Chase County, in the drug busi-
‘ness,in which he continued two years. He was next in Cowley County two years In the
grain and stock business; then in the hardware business oue year, He was next Sriaared
in the stock business in which he continued until 1872, at which time he came to South
Haven, Sumner County, where he was engaged in general merchandising three years. He
then bought a farm of 160 acres, which he improved andrana a grain and stock farm four
or five years. He then went to the village of South Haven, where he remained until the fall
of 1881 in the stock trade. He then handled groceries a short time, and tn 1888 he fully
embarked in the stock business on his farm, handling a high grade of Short-horn cattle.
Mr. Hunt has opened and improved three farms and built four residences and two business
properties. He was Justice of the Peace in South Haven two years, and was Trustee two
years. He was the first Sheriff of Cowley County, and was elected in 1870. In 1881, he was
elected County Commissioner of Sumner County for three years. He isaimember of the
Free Masons and Knights of Pythias. Mr. Hunt began life penniless and is in debt to no
man for what he now possesses. : 2 7

. W. KATES, druggist, Hunnewell, is a native of Wisconsin, and was born in 1858; was
reared in the agricultural profession, and obtained a fair business education, At the age of
fifteen he began to Jearn the drug business at Lena, [ll., at which place he remained three
years, after which he went to Freeport, where he engaged in the drug business six months. In

*1877, he came to Newton, Kan.,an engaged in the drug business, in which capacity he acted
five years; in 1882, he came to Hunnewell,Sumner Co., Kan., and opened his present business,
He is a member of the order of Free Masons, Mr. Kates was married to Miss E. 8S. Kendall
of Newton, Kaun., 11 1879, by whom he has one child—Mabel E. Mrs. Kates is a member of
the Baptist Church, When Mr. Kates reached Newton, Kan,, he only had 27 cents, re-
maining from $30, he had borrowed to come West on; by hisenergy and industry, he is now
one of the leading business men of his town.

ROBERT KEIR, dealer in meats, is a native of Canada, and was bornin 1848; he ob-

tained a liberal education, and was reared in the agricultural profession, Atthe age of
seventeen he beg:n farming in Illinois, where he continued seven years; in 1871 he came to

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Oxford, Sumver Co,, Kan,, and opened and improved: 160 acres of land_ where he lived six
years; he then came to South Haven Township and bought 200 acres of laud which be ran
as a grain farm four years. In 1881, he came to Hunnewell, and opened his present business;
he has built, and owns a residence and two business houses in Hunnewell;he has been Trus-
tee of South Haven Township, three years, is also Mayor of Hunnewell, is a member of the
order of Free Masons, and Knights of Pytnias. He was married to Miss May Hale, of Hun-
newell, in 1882, by whom he has one child—Bernard. é

WILLIAM J. LINGENFELTER tarmer, Section 3, P. O. Wellington, was born in Jeffer-
son County, Pein.,, in 1845, where he was reared on a farm. obtaining a little schooling, until
he was twenty-two years of age. He then went into a wholesale and retail store, where he
remained three and a half years. In 1865, he made a crop of cotton of 30,000 pounds, and
250 acres of corn, and returned in 1866; hethen went toGentry County. Mo., in 1867, where
he remained five years, teaching, farming and merchandising. In 1872 he came Kansas,
town of South Haven, where he bought 160 acres in Section 3; subsequently he bought 800
acres, anc afterwards sold off all but 240 acres, which he retains asa homestead in Section
3; has broken in all about 540 acres; of his 240 acres, all but sixty are under cultivation, and
the balance in grass. His farm is all fenced with hedge and the barbed wire. He has 6,000
forest trees, eighty apple, 800 peach trees, selected from the best, 100 assorted grape-vines,
and a variety of small fruits. In Missouri, he was a Justice two years. Isa member of the
legislature, representing the Ninety-second district, having been elected last fall, 1882. Was
married to Miss Mary C. Greyson of Kansas, by whom he has three childrei—Rossie Jane, |
Mary Clorinda, Susan Catherine. Mr. Lingenfelter is a member of the Free Masons, and an
ancient Odd-Feilow. He commenced life without_imoney, and by his own energy and good
management, has accumulated a competence sufficient fur all needs. As amembe of the
legislature, he was appointed on the railroad committee, which proposed what was known as
the House bill, which required the railroads of the State of Kansas, to establish a minimum
rate on ear lots. Through the efforts of the committee, and especially so of the Hon. Mr.
Lingenfelter the bill was passed by the house, but on reaching the Senate, it was defeated.
This fact shows, thatthoughthe committee manifested great zeal and sterling honesty in
their efforts to benefit and faithfully serve their coustituents, yet they were unable to sue-
cessfully cope with their adversary.

ik. Mi. MCDOWELL, of the firm of Avery & McDowell, general supply merchants, Hun-
newell, is a native of Illinois, and was born in 1852, At the age of twenty-one be began on
afarmin Illinois for himself, where he continued in the farm and stock business four
years. In 1877 he came to Kansas, and located in Sumner County on a farm of 320 acres,
which he improved, and ran as a grain and stock farm until 1881, at which time he went to
the Nation, aud herded cattle three inonths. He then came to Hunnewell, and commenced
lis present business, and is farming in counection with his other business. Mr. McDowell
built four residences,and improved two farms. In 1876 he married Miss Elizabeth Baker,
of INinois, by whom he hastwochildren—Earnest and Stella. Mr. McDowell is a gentleman
of tine business qualifications, and a leading citizen. ?

JOHN M. PRINGLE, mason and well-digger, Hunnewell, is a native of Scotland, and
was born in 1830, and was reared on a farm. e came to the United States in 1853, and
settled in the State of New York, where he remained two years. He was then in the State
of Massachuse'ts two years, after which he went to Wisconsin, where he was engaged in
farming eleven years. He then returned to Scotland, where he remained four years, after
which time he came back tothe United States. In 1872. he cametoSumner County, Kan.,
and engaged in farming, well-digging, and fencing. In 1877 he located and improveda
farm of 160 acres, which he runsas a grain farm. He has built three residences in the
State. and 1s a member of the City Council. Mr. Pringle was married to Miss Barbara Mur-
ray, of Scotland, by whom he has seven children—John, Margaret, Anne, Sibylla, Beatrice,
James, and Robert. He lost his wifein 1879. He ownstwo farms, one in Sumner and one
in Harper County. He drove the first stake, and in June, 1880, he laid the foundation for
the first house that was builtin Hunnewell, He also dug the first well, aud rode on the first
engine thatran into Hunnewell. He helped to load the first car-load° of cattle that was
shipped from Hunnewell; he also rode with the cattle to Wellington.

CHARLES RUSSELL, of the firm of Russell & Holicraft, Jiverymen, Hunnewell, is a
native of Michigan,and was bornin 1833, He was reared on a farm,receiving a limited edu-
cation. At the age of sixteen he went to Maumee, Ohio. where he remained two years. He
was next in Iowa, one year in stage business, next in Micbiganon farm three years. In
1858 came to Kansas, and located in Brown County on aclaim of 160 acres on the Jim Lane
trail, where he remained eight years, andin the meantime was in the army four years. lle
then went to Topeka, where he was in the livery bu-iness one year. He was next heard of
in Sumner County,on aranch of 600 acres, which he improved, and ran as grain and stock
farm seven years, Hethen went to Texas, and bought a herd of cattle, which he held one
year in the Indian Territory. In 1878jhe bought \a livery stable in Wichita, which he
handed until 1881, after which he came to Hunnewell, aud opened his present business.
Mr. Russell owns 2 berd of 200 horses, and he is now preparing to start an extensive mule
ranch. He owns two residences in Wichita; owns residences in Hunnewell. ln 1859 Mr.
Russell was married to Miss Sarah Besly, of Ohio.

J.R SLANE, merchant tailor and dealer in organs, P.O. Hunnewell, is a native of Ohio,
and was born in 1828. At the age of sixteen he went to learn his trade, at which be contin-
ued until 1852. Nethen went to Illinois, where he farmed seven years. In 1878, he emi-
grated to Kansas, and located on a claim of 160 acres, on Shoefiy Creek, in Sumner County,
where he remained two years. In 1880, he came to Hunnewell and opened his present bus-
iness, He was a Councilman in 1882; was Marshal in the latter part of 1882. Mr. Slone
was married to Hester A. Longdale, of Ohio, in 1851, by whom be has seven children living
Sarah, James, Stephen, Alice, Omer, Orval, Nicholas. In 1875 he losthis wife. He owns
residences and business houses in Hunnewell.

ARGONIA.,

Argonia is a live little town, of about 100 inhabitants, located on the K.
C. L. & S, K. Railroad, near the west line of the county. It was laid out in
February, 1881, by a town company, of which Joseph Hollowell was president,
D. B. Ilarrison, vice president, J. S. Hammond, treasurer, and M. L. March,
secretary. The company purchased the town site of 70 acres from M. and J.
P. Sumpter, H. W. Allen and L. Berlett. The mill property is encircled by,
but is not a part of, the townsite. Up to July, 1882, the town made but little
progress, although lots were given all who would erect improvements to the
value of $100, in the business part of the town. Residence lots were also given
to those who would build upon them, The first store in the town was brought
from the river by A. B. Conk, and opened with a veneral stock. A post office
was soon opened, and Cook made Postmaster. A few months later he scld out
to L. L. Crites, who soon after took the post office, which he still holds. ‘The
second store was opened by Story & Stevenson, and the third by Bryant & An-
derson. A drug store was opened by J. S. Baughman, who was the first phy-
sician to locate here. A lumber yard was started by G. B..Shaw & Co., before
Argonia was more than a name; the lumber being dumped upon the bare
prairie. Carson, Baldwin & Salter started the first hardware store, and George
Monyhan the first meat-market. The town has never been incorporated, and
is still in the hands of the town company, whose officers are : J.S. Baugh-
man, president; M. Sumpter, vice president: M. L. March, treasurer; E,
Spencer, secretary.

_ The Argovia Mills form a very prominent feature of the town, and were in
xistence before the building of the place was fairly begun. Work was begun
n the buildings in March, 1882, and'the *’machinery put in operation on Sep-
ember rath, of the same year. The mills grind 300 bushels of wheat and

something over 200 bushels of corn, daily. Twortun of bukr-stones are in use,
and power is furnished by an engine of fifty horse power. The mill building
is 46x30 feet, and two and one-half stories in height. The entire outfit costing
$14,000, is owned by J.S. Hammond & Co. The town now has two general
stores, one drug and one hardware ; a good hotel, built in 1882, by Levi Cark-
uff; a meat-market, two blacksmith shops, a livery and a lumber yard, Three
regular grain-buyers make headquartersat this point, and from July, 1882, to
anuary, 1883, shipped over 50,000 bushels of grain, mostly wheat.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

a
JOSEPH ARNOLD, stock dealer, was born in Mifflin Township, Ashlan: i
4838, where he lived till he was twenty-five years of age, and recelved an dace

 
SUMNER COUNTY

tion. In the spring of 1873 he emigrated to Ma: /
son Cou
ing Hue Tor re yet B67 he engaged i in the mercantile busiiess oe Maes a wich
. rated to Kansas, stopping f 4
Plaine, then to Springdale Township, and fnally, on the 1atiy of eee eew Years In Belle
Argonia, Mr, Arnold was one of the organizers of thot, Med oe O83: he located in
but was outvoted, and itwas namede on ean ors of the town, and wished to call it Maroa,
While living in Illinois he held tine a e omens farm property, and about ninety
Assessor three terms, and in Kansas has also been Asseseoe eh oe ne eae e, SIX Years, and
Odd Fellow. In 1856 he was married o veen Assessor three terms. He 1s an Ancient
several shudrene ee pecond pte was iiss Luey Adama Po of ORG Hy whew NaHee
.S. BAI . Dhysician, of the firm of Baughm:
Onl and oe ts wat tne 350 S ewenty ne engaged a the'dry goods and grocery business, witoh
} ars, a © meantime.studied medicine under Dr.J. F Ken-
nedy, of Ohio, He attended clinics at the Medical Coll i ee ad
uated from the same in the class of 1872. On receiv! : i Pree ee beste eee
Li the § a - degree he practiced his profes-
sion two years in Gaysport, Ohio; he then settled at his lab H fe
years, when he returned to Gaysport and continued in the ethos ar iis pretest or iee
years more, In 1880 he emigrated to Kansas, stopping at Wier ita, Hee tee
store, which he sold out afier running it two 3 ears a FF at a, Here he opened a drug
1882. On his arrival the town had but seven. Duiidin Sali t 2 Argonia, Sumner County,
present business in connection with his profession EEG DpaathesGL EC Cee
velng | a srow ing. erosperaus condition, He owns Dap nees Sed ete eee:
’ v1 0, and is now president of the Argonia Joint Stock Compan
in_ proprietors of the town site. In January, 1881, the com fe Pars
papers being drawn up by Joseph Arnold. On the 3d of M te 18 tha ate slecnbbe
officers was held. The third election was held the first Saterday fedhr cre agg see OF
the beginning of the fiscal vear, when Dr. J. 8. EAGGU HER Cos Ger Ee eae
Sumpter vice-president, holding over Ezra Spencer secretary second term, and M, L.
Marsh, treasurer. The company are offering lots to parties that will expend $100, either for
business or residence houses. ‘The town is situated in the valley of the Chikaskia, and sur-
rounded wit 2 alent farming country. Dr. Baughman was married to Miss Frank
the Lutheran Chueh, ‘74, and has two children—Berenice and Eva. Both are members of
. H ANT, of the firm of Bryant & Anderson, dealers i a i
born in Iilinois in 1836. His educational advantages were imited to the COOr acne
and his occupation, working on the farm. After having been engaged in the mercantile
business for eighteen vears, in 1879 he immigrated to Kansas, where he tarried for a time
in Winfield, and then stopped in Wellington some three years, when he went to Argonia,
July 5, 1882, unloading his goods in the street, and established his present busi-
nese and built the first business house. In his former home in Indiana, Mr, Bryant
filled the responsible office of Justice of the Peace four years, discharging its duties with
gredit. to himself and eminent Salis tackiou bo nis const tuents. In 1849 he was married to
fl vy. M. N . idiana, and has two chi iving—. i -
sides his business property he owns several fown lots VAAEe paar, a ny ee
e SE, hotel proprietor and farmer, was born in Pennsylvania i 2
was reared in the lumber business, and received a common school "education fo 1eae he
removed to Illinois, where he carried on farming operations till 1882, at which time he em-
igrated to Sumner County, Kansas, locating in Argonia, where he bought the hotel prop-
erty, also a farm near town. Since buying the hotel he has made additions and improve-
ments, with the view of affording accommodations to all who may favor him with a call.
He was married to Miss Ellen Wendell of Pennsylvania, in 1845, and has nine children—
eizina. Sia, Pinna a oie ponies WwW. merge, Albert, Mary Jane, Frances and
a are living but Benjamin. . C ies’ Ai
Society ofthe Baptist Charen. : rs. Cease was a member of the Ladies’ Aid
. i. . of the firm of J. E, Hickok & Sons, general merchants, was born in T:
Bradford Co., Pa., in 1838. His educational advantages were fair. He was reared in “the
mercantile business, At one time in bis life, 1856 to 1859, he farmed summers and taught
school winters for three years in Illinois. In 1859, moved to Nodaway County, Mo.;
made a farm; in 1869 improved another in Andrew County, Mo., fruit and grain. In 1877 he
moved to Peabody, Kas., where he farmed for about two and a half years; pros-
pecting also for a location and settled for a time in Anderson County, and improveda grain
and stock farm, keeping about 150 head of stock. In April, 1883, he located in Argonia
and bought a store 38x46, to which he has since made additions. Heowns several town lots
and a large farm in Allen County, He also owns a block in Colony, Anderson County, and
while living there was a school officer. In 1858 he was married to Miss Olive L. Bowen, of
Erie County, N. Y., by whom he has eight children—James Elisha, William P. and Ella
Blanch, twius; Charles D., Esther C., Mary A.. Richard G. and Adella A., all of whom are
living except James Elisha and Adella A, James Elisha was a young man of extraordinary
taleuts and capabilities. He was a school teacher and student, and was fitting himself to
enter the State University of Kansas at Lawrence; but the discharge of his duties as a
teacher, and the close, unremitting application to his studies, undermined his health, and
nenad to succumy to the great inevitable. Mr. and Mrs. H. are both members of the Bap-
urch.

Cc. H. HADLER, saddle and harness maker, was born in Prussia in 1848. When he was
but two years of age his father died, and when eleven years old his mother immigrated to
America, landing in New York, November 7, 1859, proceeding directly to Milwaukee via
Chicago, and lived with a son (a farmer) who had preceded her. Young Hadler remained
on the farm till seventeen years ofage, when he went to Milwaukee to learn his trade.
Having learned his trade, he worked as a journeyman for seven years, when heimmigrated
to Kansas, and engaged in farming till 1882. In February, 1883, he located in Argonia,
Sumner Co., Kan., and established his present business, He owns business_property and
improvements on school lands. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. In 1873 he was
married to Miss Dora Nicholas, of Champaign, and has five children—Ida, Eddie, Flora,
Lizzie and Johnny.

L. A. SALTER, of Corson, Baldwin & Salter, general hardware and agricultural im-

lements, was born in Michigan, in 1858. He was reared as a farmer, obtaining what
earning he could at the common schools. In 1871, his parents emigrated to Kansas. In
the spring of 1879, he graduated from the Kansas Agricultural College, when he returned
to his father’s folks and made that his home until] 1881. Early in 1882, he engaged with
Corson & Baldwin, of Cherryvale, in the hardware store and tinshop, and in the following
September he went to Argonia, where he established_his present business. He owns busi-
ness and residence property, and is a Notary Public. He is a member of the Order of Knights
of Honor. He was married to Miss Susanna M. Kinsey, of Silver Lake, Kansas, in 1880, and
has two children—Clarence E., and Francis Argonia. Francis Argonia was the first child
born in the town, andfrom this circumstance his parents decided to give him that name.
Mr. Salter is a young man possessed of the qualities of success, as is evidenced by his pres-
ent position in the mercantile world.

2» MAYFIELD.

Mayfield is a small point on the K. C. L. & S. K. Railway, five miles west
of Wellington. There is a side track and depot here, one or two houses and a

store and post office. :
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—PALESTINE TOWNSHIP.

M. BARNER, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Clinton County, Pa.,
in 1828. When he was fifteen years of age, he moved to Ohio. He was reared on a farm and
educated in the commonschools. In 1873 he moved to Sumner County, Kan., and settled in
Palestine Township, where he owns 96) acres of land, all of which he has brought toa high
state of cultivation.’ His farm is principally fenced with hedge, having but little of the
barbed wire. His residence is located on Section 9, and surrounded with a beautiful grove
of trees. He has a fine large barn with convenient yards and stock scales, etc. Handles the
best graded stock. His crop for 1882 was 3,000 bushels of corn, 7,000 bushels of wheat and
forty head of fat cattle, and now has on hand 10) head of stock cattle and 200 hogs. He has
on his place 1,600 peach trees, 300 apple trees and large quantities of small fruits of various
kinds. He has been Town Treasurer three years and a member of the Schonl Board for six
years. He was married to Miss Martha Anb Mohn, of Sangamon County, Ill, in 1855, and
has eight children. 7 ious s

W.C. CAMPBELL, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Rising Sun, Ohio
Co., Ind., in 1840. His father was a carpenter, but instead of learning that trade, when he
was old enough to do anything, he worked onafarm. His opportunities for obtaining au
education were limited to the common school. In 1861, he enlisted in the Fifty-second In-
diana Infantry, Company B. He was in the battle of Corinth and also at Nashville, at the
time of Gen. Hood’s retreat, and was in the battle of Fort Blakelv. Besides the battles enn-
merated he was also in numerous skirmishes, After being mustered out at the close of the
War in 1865. he returned to his home, where he remained until 1871,in which year he
moved to Palestine, Sumner Co., Kan., where he pre-empted 160 acres of land, 100 acres of
which be has under cultivation, and all fenced with hedge. He also has a fine dwelling
house, about 150 apple and peach and about 2,000 forest trees. In 1873, he went to Pueblo,
Col., where he followed teaming for six years, when he returned and resumd his farming
operations. In 1882, he had a crop of 800 bushels of corn, 625 bushels of wheat and twenty
hogs. He is Clerk of his school district. His wife, who died in 1880, was Miss Mary A.
Ward, by whom he had five children—Carrie Belle, Nettie M., Berthie E., Mamie A., and
William W. Mrs. Campbell was a member of the Baptist Church when living. Mr. Camp-
pell is also 2 member of the same church. ei ‘

T, N. CORNWELL, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Virginia, in 1832

cari

When he was six years old his parents moved to Ohio, where he was reared on his father’s
farm and educated at the common schools. In 1854, he then being twenty-two years of age,
he went to De Witt County, LIL,where he bought 160 acres of land froin the Illinois Central
Railway Company, which he improved, and where he lived for a number of years. In 1881,
having sold his farm in Illinois, he moved to Kansas, locating on a farm in Sumner County,
Palestine Township, taking 240 acres on Section 5. This land was all improved, having fruit
and forest trees, fences, ete. Since buying, he has built an elegant residence aud planted
100 apple and 100 peach trees. Besides his fru'ttrees he has about fifteen acres of forest
trees, His crop for 1882, was 3,000 bushels of corn, 300 bushels of wheat, $1,000 worth of
hogs, and $2,000 worth of fat cattle. Mr. C. handles the graded qualities of stock, and in-
tends making that the special feature of his business. In Illinois he was @ member of the
Board of Supervisors of his county for a number of years, also Road Commissioner and
School Director. Heisa member of theI. O. O. F.,and is deputy grand master, In 1858,
Mr. C. married Miss Margarett James of Illinois, by whom he has had seven children—
Albert, Stephen, Alvin, Elmer, James, Annie and Ida.

J. H, COX, farmer and stockman, Section 28, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in Illinois in
1837. He was reared on his father’s farm and educated at the common school. In 1857 he
engaged in the mercantile business, and at the end of five years sold out, and returned to
farming again. In 1876 he moved to Palestine, Sumner County, and bought his present
farm of 160 acres in Section 28, most of which was improved. He has 4.0 fruit trees and
some small fruits. His crop for 1882 was 3,000 bushels corn, and $1,000 worth of cattle and
hore: In Illinois he was a Town Collector, He was married to Miss J. Troutman, of Illi-
nois, in 1858, by whom he has had seven children—Mary Eliza, Laura Alice, Joseph &.,
Mertie and Ure living; two deceased.

J. L. MCCAMMON, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Belle Plaine, was born in Indiana, 1834.
and was reared a farmer, receiving his education in the common schools. In 1864 he moved
to Marshall County, Kan., where he lived until 1870, in qenteh yene he came to Palestine,
Sumner (County, where he pre-empted 160 acres of land, which after atime he sold and
bought eighty acres on Section 28, which he has Improved and fenced with a young srowlvg
hedge. e has twenty-eight apple trees, 100 peach trees and some small fruits. is crop
for 1882 was 500 bushels of corn, 600 bushels of wheat. Mr. McCammon has been Trustee
of his town, Clerk and Treasurer of School District. Mr. McCammon manifests quite a
scientific turn of mind. He keeps a daily record of the weather, showing the direction of
the air currents, cloudy, clear and rainy weather together with the temperature and at-
mospheric changes as indicated by the thermometer and barometer. In 1876 be was
marriedto Miss P. C. McCarty, of LeRoy, Coffey Co., Kan., by whom he bas two children—
George William and Bertha May.

J. M, REITZ, farmer, Section 20, P O. Belle Plaine, was born in the State of New York,
in 1829. When he was eighteen months old, his parents moved to Pennsylvania. His edu-
cation was obtained at the subscription day school. On arriving at the age of sixteen years
he went to learn the saddle and harness maker’s trade. In 1862, he enlisted_in the Four-
teenth West Virginia Infantry, Company G, and was at once commissioned Captain of his
company, in which capacity he served until the close of the war, in 1865, when he was mus-
tered out. Captain Reitz was in the battles of Cloyde Mountain, Lynchburg and Carter’s
farm, four miles from Winchester. Was inthe battles of Martinsburg, Winchester, for a
second time, Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek, also a great many skirmishes. From the time
that he entered the army until he was mustered out, in 1865, be never lost a day; was never
furloughed nor wounded, and but few ex-soldiers can say as much. After having lived in

io, West Virginia, California and Illinois, and back and forth to some of those States
several times, he finally emigrated to Palestine, Sumner Co., Kas., in 1871, where he pre-
empted 160 acres of land in Section 20, all of which he has improved and brought to a high
state of cultivation. Hehas about 100 ap le, 200 peach trees and all kinds of small fruit in
abundance. His crop for 1882 was 3,000 bushels of corn, 700 bushels of wheat, aud hogs to
the value of $1,000. Captain Reitz intends to make stock raising aspecialty. He is amem-
ber of the order of Odd Fellows, and of the Masonic fraternity, and has ‘been Clerk of his
school district six years, and Town Treasurer, now iu his third term, and while living in
Virginia, was a School Trustee. He was married to Miss Ella C. Park, of Logan County, Ill.,
in 1869, and has three children—Shirley P., George C. and T. Max. Mrs. Reitz is a meinber
of the Rebecca, Eastern Star and Good Templars. Captain Reitz has now in his possession
duplicates of all of his muster rolls, together with other evidence that he was not only a
soldier inthe War of the Rebellion, but that he served his country with fidelity and patriot-
ism, doing. honor to himself and rendering efficient aid to his government. 1

JAMES 8S. WHITMAN, farmer ana stock man, Section 27, P. O. Oxford, was born in Har-
ison County, Ind., in 1826, where he was reared to the agricultural business and educated in
the common schools. In 1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Infantry,
company C, and was mustered outin 1865. He was inthe battles of Dallas, Ga., Kenesaw
Mountain and Atlanta, also in alively skirmish. At the close of the war he resumed
is former occupation of farming until 1872, when he removed to Palestine, Sumner Co.,
Kas., where he and his son bought 320 acres of land on Section 27. Of this they have im-
proved 270 acres, and put a hedge all around it. They have 300 apple trees, 300 peach trees,
and a quantity of small fruit. heir crop of 1882 was, 3,500 bushels of corn, 2.500 bushels
of wheat and $600 worth of graded fat hogs. He was Justice of the Peace four years. He
was married to Miss Eliza Jane McMillon, of Indiana, and has had eleven children, eight of
whoin are living—John, Rachel, Ann, Mary, Josephine, Nancy, Angeline, Nettie, Emery
Logan, Matilda Vivian, Susan Melissa, deceased, was a school teacher.

JOHN WIDICK, farmer and stock man, Section 20, P. O. Belle Plaine, was born in
Macon County, Ill,,in 1840. Hisearly life was spent en his father’s farm, and obtaining
as much of an education as could be had at the common schools. He enlisted first in the
Eighth Illinois Infantry, Company A, as a three month’s volunteer, and after having been
mustered out, he immediately re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois Infan-
try, Company B, and served till the close uf the war, and was mustered out in 1865. Here-
turned to his home, and resumed the peaceful occupation of tilling the soil. In 1865- he
went to Greenwood County, Kan., in the spring, and the following fall moved to Palestine,
Sumner Co., where he bought 250 acres in Section 20, in the valley of the Ninnescab River.
He has broken up 150 acres of his farm, planted 1,000 forest trees, twenty apple trees, 1,000
peach trees, and has small fruits in variety and abundance. Mr, Widick makes a specialty
of feeding aud shipping fat cattle. The product of his farm for 1882 was5,000 bushels of
corn, 500 bushels of wheat, 400 bushels of oats, eighty fat cattle, and now has on hand 110
fat cattle and 100 hogs. His cattle are graded Texas, and his hogs of the best known grades.
Mr. Widick was married to Miss Nancy Hizer, of Fulton County, Indiana, by whom he
has had four children—Effie, Arthur, Roy and Iry; the last being dead.

LONDON TOWNSHIP,

HIRAM HITCHCOCK, farmer and stock raiser, Section 13, P. O, London, was born in
the Province of Quebec, in 1849, He was reared a farmer and educated in the common
schools, with the exception of one term at the academy in the village of Compton. At sev-
enteen years of age he went South, where he remained for three years, when he returned
to Canada. In the fall of 1864 he set out for Colorado, stopping for a time in Atchison. He
remained in Colorado one year, workiug in quartz mills and doing some gulch mining. He
then returned eastward as far as Iowa, In the winter of 1867 he again went West, and was
in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming Territories, until the completion of the Union Pacific &

' Central Pacific Railroad. Here he formed a co-partnership with J. H. Wemple, for the pur-

Bose of engaging inthe Texas cattle trade, and in the spring of 1869 went to Abilene, on
moky River. On arriving there, they soon concluded that their capital was insufficient,
and instead of going to Texas for cattle, they bought a mower and cut and put up about
1,000 tons of bay. They sold $1,200 worth of hay, and wintered over 400 head of cattle, for
which they received about $2,400. Un closing out the hay business, the firm of Hitchcock &
Wemple was dissolved. In the spring of 1870 he was located on the Cow Skin on the Twenty-
mile Cherokee Strip, Sedgwick County, with the intention of raising cattle, but greatly to his
surprise, before another winter set in, about all the lands between the Cow Skin and Nin-
nescah rivers, were taken up bysettlers. He went west into London, on what was known
as the Thirty Mile Cherokee Strip, lands not yet surveyed, where he took a squatter's claim,
cutting hay and feeding stock for a year, when he pre-empted 160 acresin Section 4. In
1871 he aud his brother herded stock. Mr, Hitchcock has his farm wellimproved, and has
some fruit trees, anda lot of beautiful forest trees around his house. Hisecrop of 1882 was
1,000 bushels of wheat, 2,000 bushels of corn, and $2,500 worth of cattle and aogs, and has
some hogs on hand. In18?72 Mr. Hitchcock married Mrs. Spencer. Mrs. Hitchcock had
one child by her former husband, named Libby, after Libby Prison, where her father had
been confined six months. He was also in Andersonville Prison, Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock
have five children—Edwin Nelson, affd Elsie Nettie, twins; Mary Alice, Emma Louisa, and
William C, Mr. Hitchcock has recently completed one of the finest farm residences in
Sumner County. 7

G. E. HOWE, farmer, Section 7, P.O. London, was born in Ohio in 1848. When he was
seven years old his:parents moved to Iowa, where he lived till he was twenty-five years of
age. He was reared a farmer and educated at the common schools. In 1878 he located in
the townsbip of Belle Plaine, where he and his brother took 160 acres of land in Section
7, which was afterward divided equally. In connection with his eighty,he rents fifty acres,
and his crop for 1882 was about 2,000 bushels of corn, 270 bushels of wheat, and about
$500 worth of hogs. He has on his place seventy apple and 100 peach trees. He is a
School Director, and was in [Lowa aSchool Director and Road Commissioner. Was married
to Miss C, M. Lucas, of Lowa, in 1870 and has three children, Aubin J., Burt, and Minnie

. Mrs. Howe is a member of the Christian Church.

RICHARD JUHNSON HUKLE, farmer and provrietor of Woodland Farm, northeast
uarter of Section 3, Township 30, Range 1, west, of London Township (by name) P. O.
oon. Was born near Winchester, Clark Co., Ky., November 7, 1841, where he lived_until

he was fittcen years old when he and and his mother, sisters and brother moved to Buck-
eye, Garrar? County, Ky. Having lost his father he early became the only support of his
mother, sisters and brother, and consequently was unable to pay much attention to his edu-
cation, his educational privileges being limited to the common schools of Kentucky, which
Biate atthat time boasted a very imperfect school systein. October 28, 1861, he enlisted. in
the First Kentucky Federal Cavalry, Company G, and served more than three years, being
mustered out in 1864, At the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., he was taken prisoner and con-
fined in Libby, Belle Island, and Andersonville prisons for one year and sixteen days, at
the end of which time he was exchanged. After being mustered out of the army he re-
turned home and engaged in farming. In 1871 he removed to what was afterwards called
London Township, Sumner Co., Kas., arriving on the 22d of April, 1871, where he pre-
empted 160 acres of land, being the northeast quarter of Section 3, Township 30, one west.
He subsequently added by purchase 160 more, all of it being in a high state of cultivation,
and is surrounded with hedge, board and wire fences. He Shas recently built one of the
finest and most substantial farm residences in Sumner County, and which is completely
surrounded with fine trees, He has 320 apple, 5,000 peach, aud twenty acres of forest
trees, included in which are about 5,000 walnut trees, part of which are in bearing. Should
walnut continue to be the favorite wood for articles of manufacture, within the next fifty
years his walnut timber will be worth $400,000. His crop of 1882 was 4,000 bushels of
corn, 1,220 bushels of wheat, and $2,000 worth of hogs. He his on hand 7% hogs and 40
head of cattle. He is Clerk of his school district. -On the 14th of August, 1866, he was mar-
ried to Miss Mary A. Noel, of Buckeye, Garrard Co., Ky., by whom he has had seven chil-
dren, Jennie, Frank, Ella, Leonie, Garfield and two infants unnamed, are deceased. Mr.
and Mrs, Hukle are both members of the Christian Church. Woodland Farm, considering
the short time since it was wild prairie, is a charming place, and one that its proprietor may
be justly proud of.

AMES A. MORGAN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 5, P.O. Clear Water, was born
in Pennsylvania in 1830. When he was eleven years of age his parents removed to Ulinois.
His education was obtained in the common schools. He learned the machinist’s trade, and
worked till 1856, whe: he engaged in farming. In 1875 he moved to Kansas, where he
bought 400 acres of land in Section 5. He has a hedge all around his farm, and_250 acres
under cultivation. He has 100 apple anc 400 peach trees, also 4(10 forest trees. In 1882 he
raised 5,000 bushels of corn, 1,300 bushels of wheat, and sold 50 bogs. Mr, Morgan has
recently built a fine two-story house. He was married, in 1851, to Miss Sarah A. Hawkins,
of Lilinois, by whom he has seven children—Hugh B., Agnes, Luis, Woodford, Augustus,
George H.and Archie H. His daughter Agnes has been a School teacher, and Hugh B, has
taught music, Luis has recently returned from a nine-months’ course at the Paola Business
Collere. fue B, attended the Wesleyan University of Bloomington, I

NEUMAN P, TUTTLE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19. P. QO. London, was born in

Indiana, in 1845, reared in the agricultural professton, and educated at the common schools.
He enlisted in the Eleventh Indiana Cavalry, Company F, where he served three years, He
was in the battles of Atlanta, Nashville, Selma, Montgomery, and a number of important
skirmishes. After the close of the war he was on the plains in Gen. CEqok command in
the department of the Mississippi, and was mustered outin July, 1865. In 1880 be bought
eighty acres of land in Section 19. Mr. Tuttle is a model farmer, having brought his farm
to a high state of cultivation. He has 250 peach, seventy-five apple trees and a variety of
small fruits, and 1,500 forest trees. His crop for 1882 was 3,600 bushels of corn, 300
bushels of wheat, and about $990 worth of hogs. He was married to Miss Eliza Patterson,
of Danville, IIL, in 1878, and has one child, May.
, ,CHARLES WICHERN, farmer, Section 6, Township 30. Range 1 west, P. O. Clearwater
Sedgwick County, was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1839, Is ason of Johann Hiun and
Amanda Wichern, single. Came to Kansas in May, 1870; located on the farm where he
now resides; owns 320 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Was
one of the first settlers in what is now London Township. Is a member of the School
Board. Came from Germany to the United States in 1869.

T. L. WILLIAMS, farmer, Section 19, -P. O. London, was born in Tennessee, in 1844.
He was reared as a farmer and educated at the common schools. He enlisted in the First
Tennessee Cavalry, Company D, and was inthe battles of Nashville, Chickamauga, Frank-
lin, Knoxville Cumberland Gap and various other battles and lively skirmishes. At the
battle of Cumberland Gap he was taken prisoner, but not transferred to the authorities;
was mustered out in 1865, when he returned home and followed. farming and railroading
until 1882, when he settled in the township of London, November 30, having bought eighty
acres in Section 19, which was partly improved and fenced with hedge and wire. The crop
of 1882 was 1,500 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of wheat and about $300 worth of hogs.
He has on his place 100 fruit trees. Mr. Williams is a Mason and was a Granger, master of
Grange, one year. He was married to Miss Lucy A. Smith, of Whitesburg, ‘enn., in 1874,
ly whom he has four children, Willie P., Georgie (a girl), Johnny and Lida, Johnny being
deceased Mrs. Williams bas taken all the degrees in the Masonic Order that are allowed to

adies.

MISCELLANEOUS,

SAMUEL BAIN, farmer and carpenter, Section 8, Avon Township, P. O. Wellington,
was born in Jefferson County, Ind., in 1823. He was reared a farmer and learned the car-
penter’s trade. His educational advantages were limited to the common schools, In 1856
he moved to lowa, where he engaged in farming and also working at his trade. In 1863 he
enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, in which he served till the close of the war,
being mustered out in 1865. Returning to his home in Iowa, he resumed his old occupation.
In 1871 he moved to Avon, Sumner Co., Kan., where he bought 160 acres of land in Section
8. He now has eighty acres under cultivation and the balance in grass, with some hedge
and wire fence. He has about 200 apple and peach trees and some small fruits, especially
gooseberries, which are very fine. is other improvements cousist of a comfortable house,
barn, corn-cribs, etc, In 1882 he raised 1,250 busbels of corn, 100 bushels of wheat, and
sold about $10U worth of stock and has forty head of cattle on hand. He intends to run his
farm hereafter as a stock farm. In Iowa he was County Supervisor four years and a Jus-
tice of the Peace for the same length of time. Since living in Kansas he has been County
Commissioner seven years. Some years since he was appointed a Justice of the Peace to
fill an unexpired term, and still holds the office. He is an Odd Fellow and a member of the
First Presbyterian Church of Weilington, and was one of its orvanizers and is an elder of the
same. In 1849 he was married to Miss Exey Busie, of Miami County, Ind.. by whom he has
had four children, William E., Margaret M., Sarah L. and Nannie J. Misses Margaret M.
and Nannie J, have been school teachers, but are now settled in life. Mrs. Bain is a member
also of the First Presbyterian Church of Wellington, Mr. Bain has done much towards

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

developing the resources of his county and in building up and maintaining {ts social, moral
igious associations. 7

and TNSON BROWN, farmer, Section 4, Jackson Township, P. O. Wellington, was born in
St. Lawrence County, N.Y., in 1822, where he lived on a farm till twenty years of age, mean-
time receiving a common school education. In 1842 he went to Indiana, in the northeast
township, and corner of the State, working out on a farm for about six years, when he went
to Henry and Marshal) counties, Ill. remaining four years, when in 1852 he went to Cass
County, Iowa, where be lived about fifteen years, In 18%3 we find him in New Mexico, for
a line, from which place he came to Kansas in 1875, settling in the township of Avon, Sum-
ner County, from which place he moved to Jackson Township, where he bought 160 acres
in Section 4, and 160 acres in Section 2, forty acres of which are under cultivation. Has
handled stock some, and intends to make that his business. During his stay in Iowa was a
County Supervisor, and is now a Town Trustee. Isan Ancient Odd Fellow. Was iarried
to Miss Margaret Montgomery, of Hénry County, Ill.,in 1852, and has seven children—
Marion, Floyd A., Julius C., Eugene L., Van Evrie, Effie and Jennie, all living. Floyd A,
has taught school. It is the intention of Mr. Brown to give Van Evrie a collegiate education,
Mr. Brown is a representative man, and is well fixed financially.

THOMAS EATON, farmer, Section 32, Towuship Seventy-six, P.O. Wellington, was born
in Kentucky in 1817. His parents emigrated to Illinois when he was an infant, where they
lived first th Crawford, then in Coles County. He was educated at the common schools, and
has followed farming all his life. In 1871 he moved to the township of Seventy-six, Sumner
Couuty, where he pre-empted 160 acres in Section 32. He has some hedge and wire feucing,
and eighty acres under good cultivation. He has 2,600 peach trees, 600 of which are bear-
ing, 50 apple trees, 25 of which are bearing, and some small fruit, His crop of 1882 was 300
bushels corn and 630 bushels wheat, and $112 worth of cattle. He isa member of the Cum-
berland Presbyterian Church, and is a deacon of the same. He has been a Superintendent
of the Sunday school, and takes an active part in church work. In 1838 he was married to
Miss Morlina Chesser, of Coles County, Ill.. by whom he has had eleven children—Surilda,
William Enderson, Jesse, Asbery, Elizabeth, John, Didema, Thomas and Noa, and two de-
ceased. Mrs Eaton is also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. ‘

ISAAC MONNET, farmer, Section 33, Conway Township, P. O. Cisne, was born in Indi-
anain 1831. Received a business education. At the age of eighteen began farming, at
which he continued until be moved to Iowa, where he farmed one year, then returned to
ls native State, where he remained teaching school in winter seasons and farming in sum-
mer twenty-three years, and in the meantime was inthe mercantile business five ‘years.
In January, 1876, he came to Sumner County. Kas,, bis present home of 160 acres, eighty
acres of which are ina high state of cultivation, raising grain and stock. Has a fine lot of
forest and fruit trees, and some small fruits. Heis amember of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and was jnstrumental in its organization in his neighborhood. Gave the use of his
residence two terms to the public for church and Sunday school purposes, and is recording
steward for the circuit. Heis a member of the order of Free Masons. He was Justice of
the Peace two terms by apposntment. In November, 1881, he was elected County Commis-
sioner. In 1851 Mr. Monnet was married to Miss Eliza J, Waln, of Indiana, hy whom he has
had six children—William H., Sarena E. (died in 1858), Alzora (died _1n 1879), Lawson W.,
Oran E.and Rolla P. Mrs. Monnet is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

S. C. NELSON, commonly known as George Nelson, farmer and stock grower, Jackson
Township, Section 1, P.O. Wellington, was born in Denmark in 1848, aud was reared a farm-
er. His education was obtained at the common school, from the age of seven until four-
teen years of age. He emigrated to America, landing in New York in 1870, aud went di-
rectly to St. Jo, Mo., at which place he arrived with $2.50 in his pockets, and unable to
speak a word of English. ‘Went to Platt City, where he obtained work on the railroad for
two months, after which he worked ona farm nine months. In 1871 he moved to Austin,
Sumner Co., Kan,,where for three years he farmed and herded cattle. In 1874, butchered for
four years in the city of Wellington. In 1877 he bought 160 acres of land on Section 1,
settling on itoneyear later. In 1+82 be bought another quarter section adjoining his first
purchase. He has his land al] fenced and one hundred acres under cultivation. He has
200 apple and peach trees aud small fruits, and 5.000 cottonwood trees and three or four
thousand willow trees. His crops for 1882 were 1.500 bushels of corn, and sold $3,000
worth of hogs and cattle, and has on hand 100 head of cattle and twelve horses, and has sold
$2,000 worth in 1883. In1 he opened a quarry of fine building stone, from which he
sold $3,000 worth in 1882. The stone is of superior quality and of uniform thickness, mak-
ing it easier to lay and consequently cheaper thau stone of irregular thickness. The quarry
itself is worth amintof money. Mr. Nelson 1s an Odd Fellow. He was married to Miss
Emma C. Dotson, of Wellington, in 1877, by whom he has three children—Oilie Maria, Del-
la May and Willie Castus. Mrs. Nelson is a member of the Order of Rebecca.

H. B. \ LIAMS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 31, Downs Township, P. O. Caldwell,
was born in Fayette County, Ohio, in 1836. e was left an orphanin infancy. His father,
however, just previons to his death, wishing to provide for his boy, bound him outtoa
farmer, who subsequently moved to McLean County, 111, where he was reared a farmer till
fifteen vears of age, without any schooling whatever. He then left his bond father, and
hired out. to a man in his neighborhood, with whom he continued some six months. Living
in the neighborho-d of the Funks,a name that was at one time a household word throughout
the entire State of Illinois. He engaged to work for the late Isaac Funk, of McLean
County, with whom he remained five years, On quitting Mr. Funk, in 1856, he had two
horses and $150 with which he engaged in farming and stock raising. His success is evi-
denced by the fact that in 1869, he was worth $75,000. The greater part of this fortune,
however, he subsequently lost in his large cattle deals. 1n 1876, gathering up the frag-
ments of his property, he found that he had $8,000, and with this he moved to Sumner
County, Kas., and bought 160 acres in Section 31. Dowus Township, to his original purchase
he has added from time to time, till receutly, after having given one of his sons 320 acres of
land, he has 1,500 acres left. He has 650 acres under cultivation, and 250 acres fenced with
wire and plank. He has on his place 200 apple, 2,000 peach, and three acres of forest trees.
His crop of 1882 was 10,000 bushels corn, 2.300 bushels wheat, and $11,500 worth of cattle
and hogs, and has now on hand about $12,000 worth of personal property. He has facilities
for handling a large number of cattle, and connected with his stock yards is a four-ton stock
scale. He also has a fine residence, and a first-class barn. Mr, Williams is a member of the
School Board of his district, and Clerk of the same, and belongs to the Masonic Fraternity.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and aclass leader. In 1856, he was
married to Miss Casander Stubblefield, of McLean County, IIl., and has five children—John
S., Isaac, Sarah, Francis Marion, and Carlan Henry. Mrs. Williams is also a member of
the Methodist Episcopal, She was an adopted daughter of the late Isaac Funk of Illinois.

 
PHILLIPS COUNTY.

PHILLIPS

COUNTY.

 

‘PHILLIPS County, in the northern tier of counties in Kansas, on the
Nebraska line, is the ninth county west from the east line of the
State, and fifth east from the dividing line between Kansas and Colorado.

The surface of the county
is generally undulating, with
broad valleys, and gently slop-
ing prairies; about fifteen per
cent bottom lands, eighty per
cent table and upland prairie,
and five per cent timber; aver-
age width of bottoms one and
a half.miles; average width of
timber belts along streams, one-
eighth-of a mile.

The climate is exception-
ally fine; it is the equable mien
between the high cold north
and the low, humid south.
About on the 39.30 parallel of
latitude, mild in temperature;
its elevation of about two thous.
and feet above the level of the
sea gives the tone and crisp-
ness of a rare,.clear atmosphere.
Snow storms are not frequent,
and snow rarely lies on the
ground more than a week or
ten days. The rolling prairies
are bare most of the winter
months, and excepting an oc-
casional storm, the winters are
bright, dry and open, admit-
ting of pleasant out-door work.
The sun shines the greater part
of every day of the year, and
the skies are bright and genial.
The deep snows, long, cold sea-
sons, mud, alternate freezing
and thawing, so common far-
ther east in L[llinois, Iowa, and
Indiana, and New York and
New England, are almost un-
known in Phillips and adjoin-
ing countics. The rare, clear
atmosphere gives » wonderful
range of vision, tone and vital-
ity to every form of animal
and vegetable life. The bright
skies, pure water and life-in-
spiring atmosphere give to
man and animals the inspira-
tion of youth. No other sec-
tion can show a lower rate of
mortality than the northern tier
of Kansas counties. Malarial
diseases are almost unknown.

Phillips County is abund-
antly supplied with the cele-
brated white magnesian lime-
stone, which has no superior
for building purposes. For
beauty and durability it is un-
excelled. It is easily dressed
by the mason’s hammer, or
sawed or planed as may be de-
sired. This stone is white as
marble and nearly as soft as
plaster of paris when taken
from the quarry, and, remarka-
ble as it may seem, when ex-
posed to the air it changes from
a softened state to a firm and
durable rock, which will stand
the wear of ages. Clay suita.
ble for the manufacture of brick
is also found in all parts of
the county, and the quality
is pronounced equal to any in
the West. The water supply
of Phillips County is ample.

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water supply. With its excellent mill privileges Phillips County may
become the seat of extensive manufacturing, and it already has, (as will be

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(a) Arcade Township -..--...-..--..-..---. 476 | (p) Plain View Townshi 272
b) Belmont *s sees s 513] (g) Plum oe 655
c) Bow Creek ‘“ eos 5 479 | (7) Prairie ee 638
(a) Crystal ns eine -| 674] (s) Rushville se 248
(e) Dayton ue aon 270 | (¢) Solomon ue 526
(7) Deer Creek * sens 542 ts Towanda ee 257
(g) Freedom na satis 391 | (v) Valley 48 449
h)Glenwood ‘ ies 888 | (w) Walnut ‘a 379
4) Granite a 2 452
J) Greenwood “  —___._. 407 APOUB tice aces pSeeeae masse eecse seks 12,014
&) Kirwin Tp. ine. Kirwin C 1,421
?) Logan Tp. inc. Logan City, 626
m)Long Island Township -- 533 | Kirwin City-. 807
n) Mound ee = 375 | Logan City... 275
(0) Phillipsburg Tp. inc. Phillipsburg 1,043 | Phillipsburg City 309

 

 

 

(a) In 1879, from parts of Kirwin, Phillipsburg
and Plum.

(b) In 1879, from parts of Mound, Phillipsburg and
Solomon.

In 1879, from parts of Kirwin and Solomon.

f ) In 1873, from part of Plum; in 1879, part to
Greenwood; in 1880, part to Glenwood.

(e) In 1879, from parts of Long Island, Mound and
Phillipsburg. see

(J) Tn 1879, from parts of Kirwin, Phillipsburg,
Plum and Solomon. oe

(g) In 1879, from parts of L. Island & Phillipsburg.

In 1880, from part of Crystal. ~
7) In 1880, from part of Long Island.
J) In 1879, from parts of Crystal, Phillipsburg and

Plum. .
(k) In 1872, from original territory; in 1873, part to

Solomon; in 1879, parts to Arcade, Bow

Creek, Deer Creek and Valley.
(2 In 1872, from original territory; in 1879, parts
to Plain View and Towanda.

The north fork of Solomon River, Deer

Creek, Prairie Dog Creek and Bow Creek are the principal streams.
These all have numerous tributaries, and on each is found abundance

of timber for fuel and all practical purposes.

Nearly all are fed by

springs which never become dry. No county in the state has a better

 

(m) In 1872, from original territory; in 1879, parts
to Dayton, Freedom and Walnut; in 1880,
part to Granite.

(n) In 1878, from part of Phillipsburg; in 1879,
parts to Dayton, Belmont and Prairie View.

(0) In 1872, from original territory; in 1878, part
to Solomon; in 1878, part to Mound; in 1879,
parts to Arcade, Belmont, Dayton, Deer
Creek and Greenwood.

(p) In 1879, from parts of Logan and Solomon.

(q@ In 1872, from original territory; in 1873, part
to Crystal; in 1879, parts to Arcade, Deer
Creek and Greenwood.

7) In 1879, from part of Mound.
s) In 1879, from part of Solomon.

(¢) In 1873, from parts of Kirwin and Phillips-
burg; in 1879, parts to Belmont, Bow Creek,
Deer Creek, Plain View and Rushville.

(w) In 1879, from part of Logan.

(v) In.1879, from part of Kirwin.

(w) In 1879, from part of Long Island.

mills, but it must always de-
pend mainly on agriculture for
its wealth.

The soil of Phillips, like
adjoining counties, consists of
a rich, black vegetable mould,
of from two to five feet in depth,
in places even deeper. This is
underlaid by a subsoil of a por-
ous, spongy nature, which alike
forms asystem of perfect drain-
age of the upper soil during
wet periods, and retains much
moisture during drouth. Owing
to this subsoil the lands ure
capable of enduring dry weath-
er better than those of more
eastern states. The soil of the
bottom lands is occasionally
slightly sandy, and yet is so
filled with organic matter and
mineral fertilizers as to be prac-
tically inexhaustible. The pe-
culiar characteristics of the
lands are: First, They are
easily worked, and after two
or three years cultivation they
become as pliable as garden
mould. Second, Moisture is
absorbed so readily that a plow
can be run through within a
few hours after the heaviest
rain. Third, The land holds
this moisture by reason of the
retentive character of the sub-
soil, and gives it back to the
plant root by capillary attrac-
tion when moisture is needed.
Fourth, As soon as the frost
has gone the land is ready for
the plow, the moisture having
been absorbed by the subsoil in
the same way that the rains
are absorbed and retained ; con-
sequently, plowing, harrowing
and sowing can be commenced
in February and March, and
some seasons even earlier. In
consequence of the great ad-
vantages in soil, only half the
usual care ig necessary to pro-
duce crops, although the good
old rule, “no excellence with-
out labor,” holds good even
here, and the most intelligent,
industrious farmers produce
the best crops. No section in
the world is more abundant in
varied agricultural resources.

, Wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley,

flax, castor beans, sweet and
Irish potatoes, field and gar-
den vegetables, buck wheat, mil-
let, Hungarian, sorghum, to-
bacco, hemp and broom corn
all find congenial soil. All
may be made a success in cul-
ture. In a section so weil
adapted to mixed husbandry
no man should confine himself
to a single crop.

As.a stock-raising county
Phillips is admirably adapted,
and as the county fills up and
the farmers become more able,
financially, much attention is
being paid to this branch of

business. Water, feed and range are abundant, the climate is agreeable to
all animals, and what more is wanted to insure success? The following
figures show a healthy increase during the past three years: In 1879, there
were in Phillips County 4,962 head of cattle; in 1882, 9,076, an increase in
three years of 4,114 head. In 1879 there were 2,450 sheep in the county ;
i614 HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in 1882, 4,686, an increase in three years of 2,450. The natural supply
of nutritious grasses make it a superior cattle and sheep country, and
next year’s statistics will show a marvelous increase over the present
figures. Attention is nen directed to the culture of artificial forests,
which in afew years will furnish an abundance of fire wood, fencing,
and timber for other purposes. In 1881 there were 1,134 acres of artific-
ial forests in the county, the varieties of timber consisting of walnut,
maple, honey-locust, ash, cottonwood, etc. The amount planted to timber
in 1882 will double the acreage of the previous scason, and without ex.
ception it is having a luxuriant growth.

EARLY HISTORY.

The first settlement in Phillips County was made in 1869, and the first
bona fide settler (who came to stay) was C. J. Van Allen, who pre-empted
a farm just east of Kirwin. He built the first log house in the county,
and his father-in-law, Samuel Bales, (now of Kirwin) erected the first
frame house in Phillips County. Previous to this time, however, the gov-
ernment sent an officer (Col. Kirwin, for whom the principal town in the
county was named) who erected a stockade fort, just after the close of the
war, to prevent the encroachments of roaming bands of Cheyennes, Oma-
has, Pawnees and other Indians, and for protection of overland California
emigrants. ‘The fort was erected on what is now the Lyman Perkins
farm, one and ahalf miles southwest of Kirwin. This stockade was aban-
doned by the government with the advent of the early settlers. In 1870
the Indians became troublesome and the following named settlers built a
stockade in the east part of what is now Kirwin to flee for safety in case
of an attack from the savages: The Van Allen brothers, 8. Brigham, N.
8. Drew, Wm. Dunbar, I. V. Lee, H. P. Gandy, Adolphus and Albert Hall,
J. Stovall, Richard Chutes, Richard Corcoran, Thomas Cox, Sr., and sons,
John Butler, W. M. Cadwell, James Forbes. The stockade was construct-
ed of logs, 50x90-feet. The logs, ten feet long, were placed endwise in the
ground. Frequent bands of Pawnees and Omahas passed and repassed
the neighborhood as they went and returned from hunting excursions, and
though they occasionally exhibited hostile symptoms no actual outrages
were committed. The preparation to meet any outbreak in a prompt
manner deterred the Indians from the commission of outrages. The early
settlers were fearless men and would not have brooked insults from the
sons of the forest.

In the winter of 1871 a party from Kirwin, consisting of W. T. Bel-
ford, J. 8. Shurtz, and several others, were hunting on Prairie Dog Creek,
on the border of the county, when they encountered a roving band of the
hostiles who chased them many miles before they reached protection.
The chase lasted one day and part of the night, and their lives were only
spared by the trusty steeds that bore them from the place of danger.

Following C. J.Van Allen to what is now Phillips County came W. R.
Shleppey, who made a scttlement.in Solomon Township in the spring of
1871. In a short time he moved to Logan, where he still resides. William
Roberts staked off the first land in Logan Township. John Mercer was
the first settler in Phillipsburg Township, in 1871, and continued to reside
there for several years. James Forbes was the first settler in Plum Town-
ship, where he entered a quarter section of land under the homestead law
in 1871, and despite of threatened danger from hostile Indians, he bravely
stuck to his home, and still resides where he “drove his stakes ” eleven
years ago. Donald McDonald settled in Crystal Township in 1872, and
John Wheeler was the first settler in Long Island Township in 1871. The
first school house erected in Phillips was built in Kirwin in 1873, and
the first church edifice was erected in Phillipsburg in 1879. Dustin &
Cottrell, at Kirwin, and Dustin & Close, at Phillipsburg, were the pioneers
in the mercantile business. The first flouring mills were erected by Skin-
ner, of Kirwin, and McClellan and Hanson, in Logan. The first marriage
in the county was Frank Gray and Jennie Shleppey, of Logan Township,
March 9,.1872. The first birth was John Logan Graff, of Logan Township,
April, 1872. The first postoffice established in Phillips County was at
Kirwin in 1871. The first settlers directed their attention mainly to hunt-
ing buffalo, and it is related that when the first camp meeting was held in
the county in 1871, two of the reverend clergy (Methodists) went forth
armed with rifles and slaughtering two buffaloes they had them conveyed
to the camp grounds and choice pieces were cooked to appease the hun-
ger of all who chose to partake. .

The tide of. emigration began in carnest in 1873, but was interrupted
in 1874 on account of the destruction of the grain crops and all growing
‘vegetation by the grasshoppers, whose ravages were general that year in
both Kansas and Nebraska. The season of 1875 brought forth a large
yield of grain and many new settlers, and was followed by successful
seasons until 1880, at which time the county contained a population of
12,617, and with 90,857 acres of land under cultivation; some fifty church
organizations; one hundred and four school districts and four news-
papers. The following year of drouth discouraged many and there was a
preceptible decrease in population, but this temporary check of 1881 was
followed by good crops the present season, and it is safe to predict that
during the next decade Phillips County will contain an intelligent pop-
ulation of thirty thousand people.

The Kitwin Land District, up to July 1, 1881, comprised the follow-
ing counties and parts of counties: Ranges nine and ten, and townships
one to ten inclusive of Jewell, Mitchell and Lincoln counties, and Smith,
Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Norton, Graham, Decatur, Sheridan, Rawlins,
Thomas, Cheyenne and Sherman. In the district now are the same in
Jewell, Mitchell and Lincoln counties, and Smith, Osborne, Phillips,

‘Rooks, and four ranges, including range twenty-four in Norton and Gra-
ham counties. The officers up to May, 1876, were A. A. Thomas and _ J.
M. Hodge, now register of land office at Salina, as receiver. From May
1, 1876, to July, 1878, F. Campbell, was register and J. M. Hodge receiver ;
then L. J. Best was appointed receiver and T. M. Helm register. On the

8th of July, 1882, L. J. Best gave way to R. R. Hays, as receiver. There
are at this time 100,000 acres of public land in the Kirwin land district.
Since the establishment of the office in Kirwin the following entries
have been made: 17,700 home entries; 8,500 timber entries; 19,000 pre-
emption filings; 3,500 homestead (soldier) declaratory ;. 5,000 final home-
stead; 20 final timber culture and 2,900: cash sales. ;
The following is a list of the postoffices of Phillips County: Big
Bend, Bow Creek, Dickeyville, Fredericksburg, Goode, Germantown, Jim-
town, Kirwin, Logan, Long Island, Mattison, Mound, Myrtle, Marvin,
Nance, Phillipsburg, Pleasant Green, Prairie View and West Cedar.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY OFFICERS.

In 1872 the county was organized, taking its name from a gallant private soldier
ofthe Union army, and was originally divided into seven townships, as follows; Crys-
tal, Long Island, Solomon, Kirwin, Phillipsburg, Logan and Plum. Phillipsburg was
selected as the county seat. An ineffectual attempt was made to change the seat of
justice to Kirwin two orthree years since, but the Commissioners refused to call an
election. 7

: The first election for. county officers was held in the fall of 1872, and the following
named persons were elected: Treasurer, Thomas Cox, Jr.; eee Henry McDowell:
Register of. Deeds, J. W. Kidd; Surveyor, H. W. Bean; Probate Judge, J.S. Shurtz;
Superintendent of Public Instruction, P. 1. Hitchcock, Commissioners, Thos. Cox,
Sr., A. W. Tracy and James Large; County Attorney, W. H. Gray. The last named
gentleman failing to qualify, Geo. W. Stinson was appointed and discharged the duties.
Of those first chosen county officials, A. W. Tracy, Thomas Cox, dr., J. W.. Kidd and
Geo. W. Stinson are still residents of the county. :

The following named persons have filled the several county offices since the elec-
tion of the above named: ,

County Clerks.—The first County Clerk was I. Y. Lee eee by the Gover-
nor), Henry McDowell, Cyrus Hinkenlooper, J. H. Laird, J. H. Lowe, now serving his
second term. .

Sheriffs.—Frederick Divers, T. A. Marvin, Abraham Troop, T. A. Marvin, John
Wood, present Sheriff. ; : i
Wintrict Clerks.—Frederick Dutton, F. E. Winship, G. A. Spalding, present Clerk.
Treasurers.—Succeeding Thos. Cox, Jr., came Geo. W. Young, Frank Strain, (two
terms) D. L. Smith, present Treasurer. ~

Surveyors—H. W. Bean, W. H. Barker, Frank Weeks, Luther Sawyer, W. B.
Stubert, J. P. Bernard, present incumbent. .

Commissioners of Public Instruction—P. A. Hitchcock, C. J. Van Allen, Thos.
Trull, Cyrus Hinkenlooper, Theodore Bracken, C, A. Lewis, present incumbent.

County Attorneys—Succeeding Geo. A. Stinson came A. G. McBride, A. D.
Wilson, W. H. Prattand A. G. McBride, present incumbent. -

Probate Judges.—J. S. Shurtz and H. C. Spalding, present incumbent. :

Commissioners.—James Large, Thomas Cox, Sr., A. W. Tracy; Second election—
James Large, Samuel Plattner, W. L. Troop; Third election—W. L. Troop, Jacob Close,
M. Fisher; Fourth election—M. Fisher, L. Johnson, J. Applington; Fifth election—H.

_S. Granger, Horace Moulton, L. Johnson.

Representatives.—Noah Weaver, John Bissell, (three terms) Rev. E. J. Jewett,
Frank Lozier, W, L. Morgan.

CHURCHES OF THE COUNTY.

The first Congregational Church in the county was organized in Kirwin, October
~, 1875, Rev. G. O. Blake, pastor. The following members were present: Rev. G. O.
Blake, Rev. M. Young, Martha Young, Emily Hershey, A. H. Rugg, Angeline. Clipt,
William Clipt, Jr. ev. Mr. Blake ministered to the church two aud a half years. He
was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Jarrold, who remained one year. In March, 1580, Rev. T.
£. Norris was chosen as pastor, and has since acted as pustor. Under his supervision a
handsome church, 28x40, has been built, at a cost of $2,000. A flourishing Sunday-
school is connected with the church. There are tive other Congregational Churches in
the county, to wit: Bissell Creek, Iowa Union, West Cedar, Plum Creek aud Prairie
View. There is but one church edifice of the denominations in this county. The num-
Ls of persons attached 10 the several Congregational Churches in Phillips County is

Rev. Allen Enyart, now on the Germantown work, organized the first Methodist
Episcopal class in Phillips County. It was called Kildare class. John Sheckler was
first class leader. The mectings were held seven miles west of Kirwin, in what is now
Marvin. The members were Thomas Cox, John Sheckler and wife, William
Ray and wife, Allen Ward and wife, and Harry Hill. The first meeting was held
at John Sheckler’s house, September 11, 1870. The first camp meeting in this
county was held on Deer Creek, eight miles northwest of Kirwin. The fruit
of the meeting was seventy-five additions to the Methodist Episcopal, United
Brethren, and Baptist Churches. The meeting was commenced by Rev. A. Enyart and
Rev. Henry Worley, a local preacher of the .E.Church. The United Brethren and
Baptists date their church organizations from the time of that meeting. Elder Hitch-
cock, of the Baptist Church, (who reached the first sermonin Phillips County), and
Rev. Thomas Curry, of the U. B. Church, assisted in the camp meeting. Previous to
the commencement of the religious exercises, Messrs. Enyart and Worley took their
rifles, and, after a short hunt, returned to camp and brought two buffaloes. The meat
was barbecued, and all partook of a hearty meal before the real work of the mecting
began. The animals were killed at the foot of Sugar Loaf Mound, twenty miles south-
west of Kirwin. The Methodist Eprecenals have nine church organizations in this
county, at Phillipsburg, Marvin, Logan, Kirwin, Bow Creek, High Prairie, Prairie
View, Sugar Loaf and Long Island. They have five clergymen in the regular ministerial
work, and two local preachers. ‘Ihe total county membership of the Methodist Epis-
copals in Phillips County is estimated at 250—considerably larger than other branches
of the Christian Church. Their largest membership and most commodious house of
wore is at Kirwin, where they have a house 36x50. Rev. Mr. Casely, preacher in

rge.

The Baptists organized in this county (at Kirwin) early in 1873. Elder Hitchcock
was the first clergyman, succeeded by Elders Homan, Higgins, and the present Elder
sW.C Archer. The first deacons of this organization were Peter Donn, J. Pasko,
Mrs. Hall; Trustees, F. W. Donn, Martha Nobles; Mrs. Ollie Charles, clerk. The
Baptists of this church hold their meetings every alternate Sunday in Kemp's hall,
Kirwin. The Baptists also have church organizations at Phillipsburg (Elder Archer),
and at one other point in the county. They number 162 members.

The Presbyterians have two church organizations and thirty-five members; three
Methodists, two churches, and fifty-tive members; Roman Catho ics, two organizations
and seventy-five members; Protestant Episcopalians established a mission at Kirwin,
July 8, 1882, with a membership of fourteen. ‘I’. J. Pickett is lay reader.

PRESS HISTORY.

Since the organization of the county the following newspaper ventures have
been started and suspended: The Sentinel, started in Phillipsbure'in i874, but discon-
tinued in a few weeks. The Kirwin Progress, established in 1874, was continued a few
years and failed. The Phillipsburg Advance, a five column, Republican er, started
in 1877, was continued until the following year and then stopped, The Phillips County
Heong Sh ea Aas ie se and was the first Democratic paper

t ansas. i icati
Ea discontinued era fitful existence of one year its prblication
the present time there are four weekly journals published i ili
Sones Pal one at Phillipsburg and one at Hyoan. = . a pe ae

¢ oldest paper in northwestern Kansas is the Kirwin Chief, established in
August, 1872, by Ww: D. Jenkins, under the direction of the Kirwin fot Company. It

was continued under that management uutil the winter of 1874, when the press was"

urchased by A. A. Thomas, then of the United States land office located in Kirwin
Ta the fall of 1876 it passed into the hands of A. G. McBride, and was moved to Phillips-
burg, but the following Spring was returned to Kirwin. Mr. McBride purchased steam
PHILLIPS

machinery, a large jobbing outfit, and made the office first-class in every resp
ing his management the Chie secured business from a wide extent of Coie
July, 1881, he disposed of the office to Horace Moulton, L. J. Best, A. Stockman, A.
Weaver, H. C. Wey, Thos. Fife, W. T. Belford, the Bank of Kirwin, W. E. Rowe, ‘and
several other parties. _ These parties, under the name of the “ Kirwin Chief Steam
Printing Company, with Geo. W.Wood,Thos. G.Nicklin,and A. L.To liff, as editors, dur-
! ‘ ate Toe ae ee Ree Ee paper until July 1, 1882, when it passed
of T. J. and H. G. Picke whom itis n i i
been a ue uprean jena from the start. e Crees. eee
: e Phillipsburg Herald, (Republican) was established in the earl: rt of 187
with Charles F. Jenkins as editor. In September following, G. W. Sinton wartbeced:
the office and again started it at No. 1, VolI. Soon afterwards Ed. F. Korns purchased
a half interest, and excepting three months interregnum, Mr. Korns has been and con-
tinues the principal manayer of the Hera/d. He is now editor and manager for the
Faeroe Vaca company
ce independent was established in Harlan, Smith County, December, 1879, b
Wm. A. Garritson and Charles H. Topliff. In December, 1880, wad removed to Kirwin,
where its publication is continued by the same firm. The J) ndependent is a five column
anariy, and is an exponent of the Greenback or anti-monopoly party.
he Logan Hmerprise, a neatly printed seven column folio, was started in July.
1879, by Fouke & Swartout, and in April, 1880, W. W. Gray, the present publisher an
editor became connected with the office, and made it one of the brightest and most
newsy Republican papers of the northwest. Connected with the Enterprise is a well-
stocked job office. Mr. Gray is receiving a fair share of patronage.

Dur-

RAILROADS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.

During the year 1880 the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad was finished
through the southern border of the county, passing through Kirwin on the east and
Logan on the west, extending beyond into Norton. This road is of incalcnlable benefit
to the people of the county, furnishing them transportation facilities with Atchison
and the Eastern markets. As a foodly portion of the products of Phillips and other
northwestern counties could find a profitable market in Colorado, it ishoped at no dis-
tant day the Central Branch will be extended to Denver.

Horticulture.—Little progress has yet been nade in horticulture, though the soil
and climate are well adapted for apples, peaches, pears, plums and cherries. At the
present time there are a few hundred of these trees in bearing. . The present season ex-
hibits an abundant yield, and it isto be hoped more attention will be puid to this inter-
esting branch of the farmers’ business. Two Fair Associations have been formed in
this section. In the year 1877 the counties of Rooks, Osborne, Smith, Norton and
Phillips organized a District Fair Association, and for three years had very successful
meetings at Kirwin and other points. 7

The first elected Presideut was James Scott, of Phillips County. He held two
terms, and was succeeded by D. H. Moulton, also of Phillipe County. The meetings
were then discontinued, probably caused by the organization of county agricultural
societies in the counties composing the distriet. The Phillips County Fair Association
held its first meeting in 1878 at Phillipsburg, and had asuccessful meeting on that and
the two succeeding years, but the short crops of last year caused a temporary suspension.
The present season, however, revives the interest, and the friends of agriculture in the
county have again come together and elected officers, determined to have another an-
nual exhibition. The following is a list of the officers of the association: D. L.
Smith, President; W. F. Woodward, Treasurer; J. W. Lowe, Secretary. The Board of
Directors consists of D. L. Smith, J. W. Lowe, J. H. Hehencrolt, J. M. Crosier, J. B.
Ham, W. F. Woodward, J.J. Clark. The annual meetings are held at the county seat.

MANUFACTURES AND STATISTICS.

The manufacturing interests of Phillips County, aside from grist mills, are insig-
nificant. The first saw mill in the county was that of Dean & Parsons, in Kirwin, in
1872. ‘There are at this time several portable saw mills in various parts of the county.
‘The grist mills of the county are: Skinner & Adams’ mill, at Kirwin, built in 1873.
These gentlemen are the pioneers in the flour making business in Phillips County;
Long Island mill, on Prairie Log Creek, built in 1877 by Birdwall, (two run of stones),
and now owned by Mitzke; Peter Hanson’s Logan mill, built in 1875, has four run of
stone; Marvin has two mills, the stone mill, built in 1879, by Baker, now operated by
Bureman & Co., has two run of stone; and the Marvin mill, (three run of stone), owned
by Osterman Bros., and run by Hanson & Troup, of Logan. The grist mills manufac-
ture excellent brands of flour, and in addition to supplying the home demand, some of
them ship their products East and West on the line of the Central Branch Railroad.

In the beginning of 1882, Williams, Duff & Co., of Kirwin, established a creamery
on the Solomon, near the southern limits of the city, and the first six months since its
establishment, shows it to be a perfect success. They use the cream from 200 cows, and
their butter is pronounced A No.1 in both the {Denver and Chicago markets, readily
commanding the highest prices. They make at the present time (August 14, 1882),
about 1,500 pounds per week. and are gradually increasing their sales.

The first census, taken in 1875, showed the population of this county to be 2,813.
Three years later it had increased to 5,436, distributed in the several townships as fol-
lows; Crystal, 483; Long Island, 800; Solomon, 449; Kirwin, 1,118; Phillipsburg, 1,287;
Logan, 481; Plum, 818. Two years later the population had more than doubled, but
during the last year, owing to discouraging drouth, there was a slight falling off.

he first school in the county was in District No.1, and was taught by Wm. Al-
baugh, in September, 1872. In 1878 when the first reliable school statistics were
gathered, there were sixty-three school districts in Phillips County, and thirty school
houses. In 1879 the number of school districts had increased to seventy, with seventy-
three teachers. The average pay of teachers in the county during 1879 was $35.69 ior
males, and $25.00 for females. ‘'wenty school houses were built during the year, and
school property was valued at $7,950. The entire assessed valuation of property for
1879 was $380,986.00. In 1880 the number of school districts had increased to 103. The
United States census of 1880 showed a population of 12,042. The census of school
population for the year was reported as 3,703, an increase of 778in one year. Number
of pupils enrolled in the public schools, 2,244, with a daily average attendance of 1,188.
Ninety-seven teachers were employed, at an average salary of $21.42 per month for
males, and $16.91 for female teachers. Eighteen school houses were built during 1880,
against twenty in 1879. The value of school property had increased to $10.256. Assessed
valuation of property for the year, $663,783.96. In 1881 the number of school districts
and joint districts in the county was reported as one hundred and sixteen. Number of
school houses, ninety-six. One hundred and twenty-two teachers were employed, at an
average salary of $20.50 per month for males, and $15.50 for females. School bonds to
the amount of $4,687 were issued by the county for refunding and building school
houses, Eleven private schools were taught in the county, and $1,150.71 was paid out for
school buildings. Total amount paid out during 1881 for school purposes, $11,552.07;
value’ of school buildings in the county on the 3ist day of July, 1881, $11,017.00. No
report has yet been received for the year 1882.

PHILLIPSBURG.

The county seat of Phillips County, termed “the city of the hills,” so
called on account of its location on the uplands of Deer Creek, was
named in honor of Col. Phillips, formerly a member of Congress from
Kansas, who had been a steadfast friend of the town. The location of
the town is beautiful and commanding, and affords a superb view of the
surrounding country. The town is symmetrically laid out, with a spa-
cious public square, in the center of which stands a handsome, commodi-
ous brick court house, erected last year at a cost of about eight thousand

ars. - : :
eet The town was located and laid out in 1872 by a party from Doniphan
County, Kansas, consisting of Samuel Plattner, J. H. Close and E. 8. Dean.
Mr. Plattner erected the first house in the place, hauling the lumber from

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Doniphan County, a distance of over two hundred and fifty miles. This
was the only building erected in the year 1872, and was utilized as a resi-
dence, hotel and store, Messrs, Sayer & Dutton opening therein the first
stock of goods brought to Phillipsburg.

In 1872 Governor Harvey issued a proclamation organizing the
county of Phillips, and designating Phillipsburg as the county seat, the
Governor stating in his proclamation that he organized the county in
“compliance with the petition of the people of Kirwin, and located the
county seat in compliance with the petition of the people of Phillips-
burg.” At that time there was not a building in Phillipsburg, but a town
company had been organized and a charter obtained, and Samuel Plattner
was preparing to build. The following named persons were appointed
provisional officers to conduct the affairs of the new county: I. N. Lee,
Clerk; John Castello, James Large and G. L. Dustin, Commissioners.
The first school house was erected in 1873, and the same year a postoftice
was established with Fred. A. Dutton as postmaster. Previous to this
‘time the mails were carried by the citizens of the village, who with the
true spirit of Western pioneers, raised a subscription and ran a daily hack
to Kirwin, the principal town in the new county. In 1874 the Phillips-
burg postoffice was designated as a money order office.

F. J. Dutcher and wife was the first family to settle in the town, ar-
riving in the fall of 1872. Henry McDowell, Phil. Townley, Michael
Mann, Wm. Bissell, Leffingwell & Rogers, and Geo. W. Stinson, all set-
tled in the town as early as 1873. C. H. Leffingwell & Rogers and Mann
began merchandizing in 1873. The city has had but two postmasters.
The first, F. A. Dutton, retained the office six years and was then succeed-
ed by the present incumbent, H. C. Spaulding. :

n point of business importance and population (400 inhabitants)
Phillipsburg is the second town in the county, and contains an intelligent,
moral and energetic class of citizens. Nearly every class of business is
represented. There are five general merchandise stores, two hardware,
two drug stores, two notions and harness, two groceries, one furniture
dealer, two milliners, one bank, one baker and confectioner, three hotels,
the Central, National and Iowa, two livery stables, two blacksmiths, one
barber, one newspaper, five attorneys, one physician, one lumber yard,
two resident clergymen, Methodist and Presbyterian.

The earliest settlers of the town were Fred. A. Dutton, Samuel Platt
ner and A. W. Tracey, who were quickly followed by many persons who
settled in the place as soon as the county seat question was determined in
favor of Phillipsburg.

Mrs. F. T. Dutcher was the first lady settler. The first child born in
the town was A. M. Shelley, in the winter of 1873. The first marriage oc-
curred November 19, 1873, A.M. Hitchcock and Carrie A. Smith. The
first death in the new settlement was a stranger who perished in a storm
in the winter of 1872, three months later a man named Nelson died.

Phillipsburg was organized as a city of the third class in 1880. H.
L. Sprague was the first mayor, succeeded by G. W. Stinson, Elihu Davis,
present incumbent. Thecity marshals: Wm. Featherly, Geo. Ferguson,
Wm. Beck, present incumbent. Clerks: Ed. Korns, E. E. Davis, Ed.
Korns, present incumbent. Councilmen: C. H. Leffingwell, G.A. Spaulding,
F, A, Dutton, D. B. Bailey, Frank Strain. Present members, G. W.
Young, F. Strain, H. C. Sprague, F. E. Winship, J. W. Lowe.

The first school was taught in the town in 1873, in a school house
near the public square, by Cyrus Hinkenlooper. The first school house
was erected during that year, on the northeast of the square. The first
sermon was preached in Samuel Plattner’s house in the fall of 1872, by
Rev. A. Hitchcock. The first church edifice erected in Phillipsburg, south
of public square, was by the Baptists, in 1879. This handsome house was
destroyed by the terrible tornado of June 24, 1882, but an effort is now be-
ing made to rebuild. Jacob Close built a sawmill in the west part of
town in the spring of 1878.

In 1873 while the District Court was in session in Phillipsburg, and
a trial for horse stealing was in progress, great excitement was caused by
the announcement that un immense herd of buffalo was in sight. The
court was adjourned in confusion and Judge, jury and witnesses armed
themselves as best they could and instantly gave chase and several of the
herd were killed. The preceding year a settler followed a herd of buffalo
on a white Texas pony, and succecded in killing several of them before
they got beyond his unerring rifle.

On the 23d of June, 1882, a fearful electrical storm visited the city
and destroyed property to the amount of $12,000. Fifteen buildings were
blown down, among the number the Baptist Church, a handsome and
commodious frame structure, 40x50 feet in size. The great wonder to
those who surveyed the ruins was that there was no loss of life. The
heaviest losses were, Mr. Blackman, residence torn down and scattered in
every direction; the house of Mr. Nash, just opposite, totally destroyed ;
the court house unroofed; residence of C. W. Snodgrass destroyed and
household goods scattered to the winds; many buildings and barns were
also partially destroyed. The inhabitants describe the storm as frightful
and never wish to look upon its like again. :

LOCAL MATTERS,

On April 30, 1879, a dispensation was issued by the M. W.G. L., of Kansas, to or-
ganize a Masonic lodge in Phillipsburg, and the following named persons were the
Charter members: John Bissell, Charles Dickey, E. B. Johnson, T. M. Dutcher, Wm.
Bissell, G. W. Stinson, E. Cook, H.C. Sprague, P. C. Lowe, E. Hancock, J. H. Close,
D. A. Huling, I. V. Lee. First officers: John Bissell, W. M.; F. T. M. Dutcher, S. W.;
E. B. Johnson, J. W.; H. C. Sprague, Treasurer; Wm. Bissell, Secretary; G. W, Stin-
son, §. D.; E. J. Hancock, J. D.; D. A. Huling, 8.8; I. V. Lee, J.S.; Chas. Dickey.
Tiler. Present membership, 31. ,Meetings monthly on Saturdays on or before the full
moon. The present officers are: John Bissell, W. M.; Frank Strain, S.W.; F.T. M.
Dutcher, J..W.; H. C.S ee Treasurer; W..H. Pratt, Secretary; N. B. McCormick.
S.D.; E. F. Carpenter, r D.; J.S. Gebhart, 8. S.; J. D. Couch, J §.; Charley’ Dickey,
Tiler.

Phillipsburg Lodge, No. 164, J. 0. 0. F.. was chartered February, 1880. The first
officers were: G. A. Spalding, N. G.; Frank Boyd, Rec. Sec.; N. Taylor, V.G. There

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were fourteen. charter members. The officers. for term commencing July 1, 1882, are:
N. B. McCormick, N. G.; H.H. McDowell, V.G.; W. W. Anderson, Rec. Sec ; 0.58.
Lowell, F. S.; D. R. Laird, P. G.; G. A. Spaulding, D.G.M. There are at present twen-
ty-eight members, and regular meetings’ are held every Wednesday evening in Odd
Fellows hall. :

Crescent Lodge. No, 42, Knights of Pythias, organized July 19, 1881. The charter
members were: C. A. Lewis, O. S. Lowell, Frank Strain, J. W. Lowe, D. A. Hulin J.
H. Close, 8. W. McElroy, T, A. Marvin, O. M. Millard, N. Taylor, John Bissell, Elihu
Davis, A. R. Sheridan, N. D. McCormick, Frank Finley, J. W. Tanner. The principal
officers are: J. W.Lowe,:C.C.; N.B. McCormick, D.C. There are thirty-six mem-
La and the regular meetings are held every Monday evening in Odd Fellows

all. :

_ Phillipsburg Post, No.177, G. A. R., was organized June, 1882, and has a member-
ship already of forty, outnumbering the older benevolent organizations ofthe city The
officers of the Post are: Elihu Davis, P. C.; and J. W. Lowe, Adjutant. ‘the meetings
are held on the first Saturday evenings after the full moon.

In addition to the above benevolent organizations Phillipsburg has a vigorous
temperance organization. eeelae meetings are held weckly and Hon. W. H. Pratt,
Hon. John Bissell and other bet ae citizens take active part in managing its affairs,
and looking after the enforcement of the prohibition law of the state. Their motto is
‘‘The law must be enforced.”
~ The Phillips County Bank was organized in Phillipsburg in 1880 with a sential
stock of $50,600. The first president was B. L. Harding, who still retains the presiden
cy, O.M. Millard was the first cashier, and was recently succeeded by J. F Morse.
The bank is located on the east side of the public square. The iustitution has one of
Hall's celebrated Safe and Time Locks. The bank was started mainly to make farm
loans. President Harding has charge of banking institutions representing over one
million dollars capital.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM BISSELL, editor and proprietor Phillipsburg Herald, came to Kan-
sas in the fall of 1872 and located in the above village where he engaged in the real es-
tate business and loan office, continuing since. He became proprictor of the Zeradd in
Auvust, 1882, This newspaper was established in the fall of 1878, now has a circulation
of, 600 copies. Mr. B. was born in Porter County, Ind., March 3, 1837. Lived in his na-
tive county until 1858at which time he came to Nebraska City, Neb., where he engaged
in various pursuits. He returned to the East in the fal] of 1861, and enlisted in Co.
M, Twelfth Indiana Cavalry, October, 1863; was promoted to First Lieutenant January,
1864, and partici pated in all the battles of his regiment; was mustered out in the
fall of 1865, when he became interested in merchandising until he came to Kansas; was
married in October, 1866, to Miss Mary M. Calkins, of Valpariaso, Ind. They have two
children, Sarah Myrta and William Guy. Mr. Bissell is a member of the Masonic
order,Phillipsburg Post, No. 177, G. A. R.; has served as Register of Deeds of Phillips
Sounyy two terms. ;

-JOHN V. CLOSE, dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, boots, shoes, hats,
caps and- groceries; began trade in 1878 with a stock of $1,000, now carries a stock of
about $1,500. He came io Doniphan County, locating at Highland in 1865, remained
with parents until 1874 and worked on their farm. At about the latter date he began
the drug trade. He was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, August 17, 1853, and lived there
until he came to Kansas. Was married 28th of February, 1878, to Miss Ella Barritt, a
native of New York State. They have one daughter, May. He is a memberof IL. 0. 0
F., of Phijlipsburg. In 1872 he located a homestead near the latter village.

A. B. HAUCGK, physician and surgeon, come to Phillipsburg March 20, 1873, and
began practicing his profession. He was born in Hancock County, Ohio. Was raised
and,educated at Columbus, Ohio, in the Sterling Medical College. Began practicing
medicine in Wyandotte County, Ohio, continuing until fall, 1869, when he went to
Shelby Courty, Ill. and remained until 1878, living in latter and Christian Counties.
Was married in August, 1875, to Miss N. E. Hoy, of Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio?
They have three children, Nunetta P., J. Eldred and an infant not yet named. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F. and Phillipsburg Post, No. 177 G. A. R. He enlisted 18th
September, 1861, Company A Highteenth U. S. Infantry. Was discharged in Septem-
ber, 1864, on account of sickness contracted in service.

ED. F. KORNS, is a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and learned the print-
ers’ trade in the office of the Tuscarawas Advocate. Feeling that a more thorough
knowledge of the ‘‘ art preservative” was desirable he worked under instructions for
several months in a large book and job office in Indianapolis, Indiana, and became a
skilled workman. He soon after engaged as a compositor on the Glenwood (Iowa)
Opinion. In 1875 he purchased the Malvern (Iowa) Leader office, and published that
paper until 1878, when sold ont and removed to Phillipsburg and became interested in
the publication of the Herald as editor and publisher. He is a forcible, elegant writer,
and was honored by his tellow-Republicans by election as a delegate to the recent state
convention of that party.

CHAUNCY A. LEWIS, County Superipvenient. came to Beloit, Kansas, in De-
cember; 1877, aud was a Jaw clerk in the U. S. Land Office until July, 1878, when he came
to Phillips County, where at Kirwin he engaged in the same capacity until April, 1881, at
which time he was appointed County Superintendent, to fill a vacancy, and was elected
to the same office the following fall; re-elected in the fall of 1882. He was born in
Winnebago County, Illinois, Feb. 14, 1849, and lived there until 1860, when with his
parents he moved to Fayette County, lowa, where he lived until 1877. He was educated
at the Upper lowa University, an institution of Fayette, Iowa; graduating in a scien-
tific and business course. He was cashier of Brush Creek Bank two years, and editor
of the Brush Creek News two years, reading law at the same time. as admitted to
the bar in 1877, began practicing Jaw in Beloit, Kansas. He is a member of Blue Lodge,
A., F. & A. M., K. of P. and P. M., Kirwin Lodge, for a year.

JOHN W. LOWE, County Clerk, first came to Kansas in April, 1867, locating in
Pottawattomie County, where he embarked in stock raising and farming. Was Super-
intendent of Public Instruction in that county in 1869 and 1870; came to Eu
July 4, 1874, and engaged in teaching school in the winter time and farming in the
summer. Was elected County Clerk in the fall of 1879, eae charge of the oflice in
January, 1880. He was born in New Albany, Ind., Jan. 20, 1843. Ilis parents moved
with their family in December, 1843, to Page County, Iowa, where he ved until he came
to Kansas. Enlisted Dec. 1, 1861, in Co. B, Thirteenth U.S. Infantry. Participated in
the first attack upon Vicksburg, Miss., and Arkansas Post. Several skirmishes and
Black River, 2d battle Jackson, Collierville, Chattanooga and Nashville, Tenn. Was
promoted to captain in the Forty-fourth Infantry, on the organization of that regiment,
mustered out the 25th of November, 1865. Was married in 1864, to Miss Elizabeth M.
Jack, of Hancock County, Ind. They have six children, Emma A., Elsie M., Clarence
E., Olive M.; Nellie and Birdie. He is.a member of Phillipsburgh Post, No. 177, G,
A’R., and Blue Lodge A. F. & A. M.

_. &. W. McELROY, County-Attorney, came to Burlington, Coffey County, in 1859,
living there a short time, he removed to Illinois, living with his parents until he
returned to Kansas. He was born in Washington County, Ind., Oct. 31,1852. At-
tended a select course at Eureka College, Ill., thence went to Washington University,
St. Louis, Mo., and graduated from the law department of that institution. He began
the study of law in the office of Robert McWilliams, of Richfield, Ill., 1874. Admitted
to the bar at St. Louis, Mo., in 1876, remaining in the latter city, engaged in the prac-
tice of Jaw until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1879 to Miss Dee M. Burnett, of
Macoupin County, Il]. They have two sons, Frank 8. and George Roscoe. Mr. McE]-
roy is a member of I. O. O. F., K. of P.-and the Christian Church. Elected County At-
torneyyin the fall of 1882. i

IKEUBEN ROGERS, dealer in general merchandise, began trade May 1, 1873.
with a stock of $6,000, Now carries a stock of $8,000 and has the-oldest establishe
business in Phillipsburgh. ‘His store room is 22 feet wide by 60 feet deep. He was
porn in Clairmont, N. im May 11, 1820. His parents removed with the family to
Rochester, Mich., where he was raised. He began merchandising on his own account
in 1855 at Quincy, Adams County, Iowa, continuing two years. Clerked until 1860,
when he went to Bedford, eee County, Iowa, and re-embarked in merchandising.
Ile was married in 1861, to Miss Sarah H. Hunnell, of LaFayette County, Wis.
They have one son, Irving H. Mr. Rogers spent his early life as clerk in a general
store. 2 . ;

D. L. SMITH, County Treasurer, came to Phillips County in June, 1872, and
engaged in farming “and stock raising until October, 1882, when, tlie same fall, he was

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ed to the above office. He was the first township clerk of Long Island town- -
ie Oras Postmaster of Granite Bluff postoffice three years. Served as Justice of
the Peace two years. He was born in Genesee County, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1833. His
parents, with their family, moved to Macomb County, Mich., in 1835. Enlisted in Sep-
tember, 1861, in Co. B, Fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Participated in the battles
of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks. Was in the battle in front of Richmond, Charles City,
Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Chancellorville and Gettysburg, being wounded in the
latter battle July 2, 1863. Was mustered out in 1864. He engaged in dairying
and farming in Oswego County, N. Y., until 1871, when he removed to Pottawat-
tamie County. Iowa, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, until he came to Kansas.
Was married April 19th, 1879, to Miss Mary E. Pickle, a native of Ohio, They have
one son, Clyde H. Mr. Smith isa Mason, also member of Phillipsburgh Post No. 177,
G.

H. C. SPAULDING, Probate Judge and Postmaster, located near Kirwin, Kan.,
in July, 1873, and followed agricultural pueute until 1876, when in August of that
year he was appointed Probate Judge.of hillips County. ‘Has held the office continu-
ously since.by re-election. He took che of the postoffice in February, 1879. Was born
in Chittenden County, Vermont, July 11th, 1849. His parents removed to Johnstown,
Rock County, Wis., in 1854, where he lived until he came to Kansas. Married in July,
1867, to Miss Alice B. Cole, of Oswego County, N. Y. They have one son, Melvin A.,
who was born July 1, 1875. Mr. Spaulding is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. My

nd I, 0.0. F. more .
: ‘GEORGE A. SPAULDING, Clerk of District Court, came to Phillipsburgh in
1878 and embarked in merchandising until the spring of 1880. He took charge of the
above office Jan. 10, 1881. Was elected in the fall of 1880 by the Republican party
and re-elected by the same party in the fall of 1882. Ile has served as member of the
City Council, etc. He was U. S. Census Enumerator in 1880._ He was born in Warren
County, N. Y., March 14, 1855, and raised near Saratoga, N. Y., until he came to Kan-
sas. Was married in 1879, to Miss Lottic A. McCord, a native of INinois. They have
two children, Maude and George A. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., of this village.

KIRWIN.

The first settlements in Phillips County were made in the vicinity of
Kirwin, the fine farming lands in the vicinity and the beautiful location
of the place, near the Solomon River attracting settlers. The natural ad-
vantages of the place and the energy of its business men have made it one
of the most noted and prosperous young cities in the Solomon valley.
Kirwin is situated three miles from the east and seven miles from the
south line of the county, near the north bank of the Solomon river, at the
mouths of Deer and Bow creeks. It was the first railroad station in the
county, the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad having reached
there in November, 1879. The government land office, (the details of the
business of which may be found incorporated in the history of Phillips
County), was removed from Cawker City to Kirwin in 1875, and the land
transactions for several counties centering at Kirwin has greatly aided in
building up the town. The town was incorporated as a city of the third
class in 1878. The business of the place is represented by five general
stores, three drug houses, three agricultural implement stores, four gro-
ceries, three confectioneries, three restaurants, two hardware stores, four
hotels, two harness shops, one wholesale and retail furniture house, one
meat market, one bank, barber shop, marble works, two newspaper offices,
six Jaw and land firms, four physicians, four livery and sale stables, one
gunsmith, one billiard hall, two blacksmiths. The Methodists and Con-
gregationalists have neat and commodious houses of worship, and regular
services every Sabbath. The Baptists and Episcopalians also have church
organizations, and have regular services, but no church buildings. There
are Sunday-schools connected with the two first named churches, and to-
gether they number about one hundred and eighty scholars. One of the
handsomest school buildings in the Solomon valley is located in Kirwin.
It is a large two-story house, built of magnesian lime stone, and erected
three years since at a cost of $9,000. The building has a seating capacity
of three hundred. Several substantial stone and brick buildings, in addi-
tion to the school house, have been erected during the past three or four
years, among them the Warner House, Belford Block, Moulton Block,
Commercial Hotel, Kirwin Bank building. :

The first settlers in Kirwin and vicinity came in 1869. The first act-
ual settler was C.J. Van Allen. John Lindsey was the first homesteader,
coming soon after Van Allen, and taking Jand in what is now Valley
Township. The town was named in honor of Col. Kirwin who was sent to
this section of country soon after the war of the rebellion, and erected a
stockade on what is now the Lyman Perkins farm, one mile and a half
southwest of town. The chief object in the erection of the stockade was
the protection of the overland emigrants to California. After a year or
two the “fort” was abandoned and Col. Kirwin was removed to ‘another
section of the country. Among the early settlers were H. P. Gandy, Isaac
V. Lee, Capt. Chute, Rollin Calkins, J. GC. Hale, C. J. Lamb, E. L. Dustin,
W. T. Belford, pete Wood, B. F. Lozier, now P, M. of Kirwin, A. B.
Parsons, A. Weaver, 8. Brigham, N.S. Drew, the Hill brothers, Richard
Corcoran, John Butler, Wm. Cadwell, James and Forbes. The stockade
built by these early settlers in 1871, afterwards served as a “ store” where
Capt. Chute and Joseph Wood sold whisky, flour, tobacco, powder and
shot, and traded for buffalo robes and furs. The first birth in Kirwin was
a child of Judge Shurtz in 1873. The first marriage of which any au-
thentic account can be obtained was Ephraim Kincaid and Miss Watson
in 1872. The first death in Kirwin was a child of Joseph Penewell, in
1874. The Kirwin Town Company, organized in 1871, consisted of C. J.
Van Allen, William Pounds, E.L Dean, B. F. Lozier and A, B. Parsons.
They made a claim on four quarter sections covering the town and vicin-
ity, and the last named, Dean, Parsons and Lozier owned filty-seven of the
original one hundred shares. The first general store in the town was
built by C.J. Van Allen for Geo. Mundy, and stood near the spot now oc-
cupied by D. H. Moulton’s dwelling house. The second store house was
built on East Main street and stood on ground now occupied by A. Stock-
man’s residence. Dean & Parsons bought and set upon the Solomon
River, near Kirwin, in the spring of 1872, a steam sawmill, undoubtedly
the first steam mill started in Kirwin. The first school was taught in Kir.
win in 1873 by Miss Maggie Shurtz, who gave lessons in her own home
in the south part of town.” The same year'a school house was erected on
the school square in the northwest part of town, between Second and
Third streets, Three years since the first-built school house was removed
PHILLIPS COUNTY.

to give place to the present elegant stone public school building.
_, The first sermon was preached in town by Rev. Mr. Hitchcock, a Bap-
De on a ale ee aed on the north bank of the Solomon,
not unti at a chur ildi
nes being Gee ch building was erected, the Method.

é e first postoffice was established in 1871 and H.
pointed postmaster. He retained office but six months. FY i. Dent
appointed and. held the place one year; then W. T. Belford was chosen
and remained in office eight years. One year since B. F. Lozier, the pres-
ent incumbent, received the appointment. The money order system was
established in Kirwin in 1877, _ The salary of the Postmaster is $1,400. The
first regular store was opened in May, 1872, on the south side of East Main
street, by Dustin, Cottrell, Nixon & Co. Dustin soon retired from the
firm and left the country, and the following year the store was removed to
a new building erected on the south side of the public square.

Kirwin was charted as a city J uly 24, 1880. The first officers were:
Horace Moulton, Mayor; F. Campbell, W. T. Belford, E. W. Warner, W.
D. Jenkins, J. H. Skinner, Councilmen; C. E. Russell, Marshal ; 0. E.
Don Carlos, Clerk; H. J. Cameron, Treasurer. Horace Moulton was re-
elected Mayor, and was succeeded by A. B. Stoddart, then Horace Moulton
was again elected. At the last election Col. F. Campbell was chosen.
Present officers: F. Campbell, Mayor; J. H. Skinner, Dr. R. H. Trusdle,
F. L. Ingersoll, A. Stockman and Thomas Fife, Councilmen; George No-
ble, Marshal; H. E. Campbell, Clerk; M. H. Wilson, Treasurer, Coun-
cil meets in regular sessions the first Monday in every month.

__ There were Indian scares in both 1871 and 1872. The people of Kir-
win and the adjacent settlements were notified that bands of hostile Sioux,
Pawnees and Omahas would certainly attack them. Infact several bands
of the Savages came to the immediate vicinity. Full preparations were
made for a vigorous resistance. All retired to the stockade, taking their
few women.and “ plunder” with them, but no attacks came. The Indians
only “paid” a few debts to whites who had mistreated them.

_In July, 1872, three children of Duncan Potts aud wife, who had just
arrived from Iowa, were drowned by a water-spout, west of Kirwin. The
family were encamped in a gulch east of Marvin. They managed by
great exertions to save their own lives and one of their children. But one
of the dead bodies was found.

. The last Indian “scare” was in 1878. The news came to Kirwin and
Phillips County. that the hostile Indians were raiding in Decatur and
Rawlins counties on the west, and that the people of Phillips should pre.
pare to mcet the shock. Messengers arrived in hot haste with the news
that large bands of the crucl and bloody Cheyennes were approaching the
eastern sections, killing the settlers, driving off their stock and burning
houses. Hundreds of settlers from the west flocked into Kirwin and other
parts of Phillips County, and it was deterniined to meet the hostiles. But,
fortunately, government troops arrived and the Cheyennes were driven
back before reaching Kirwin. That is the last of the threatencd Indian
raids, as they are now on their reservations, and there is no longer danger
in that quarter.

MURDER OF GEORGE T. LORD.

In December, 1882, Mrs. Millie McHurin, formerly Mrs. Cisley, of
Kirwin, was arrested in Graham County charged with the murder of
George T. Lord, also of that city. The following are the attendant cir-
cumstances, as given in the Kirwin Independent:

“About the middle of May, 1880, George T. Lord, a well-known citi-
zen of Kirwin, left this place with a well equipped outfit and a considera-
ble sum of money, with the avowed purpose of going to the mountains, to
be gone an indefinite length of time. His*neighbors were given to under-
stand that unless he prospered in his enterprise they would not hear from
him. From Kirwin Mr Lord drove up Bow Creek and over to Stockton.
Here he sold his load of bacon and came back to Bow Creek Crossing,
where his team ran away, breaking the tongue of the wagon and slightly
injuring himself. The team was caught, and with the assistance of Josh-
ua Kincaid the breaks were repairad. A Mrs. Cisley, who is well known
in this community, and who had been a housekeeper for the Lord family
for a long time previous to the departure of Mr. Lord, joined him at this
point, she being accompanied by a child four years old. As soon as the
wagon was fixed the party traveled to the southwest. They reached Mon-
ument Station on the evening of May 28th, and after watering at the rail-
road tank they went down the ravine to the southeast about three miles,
where they went into camp for the night. And this is the last time Uncle
George Lord, as he was familiarly called, was ever seen alive. The next
morning a cattle herder looking for stray stock, seeing their camp went
toward it to inquire about his lost cattle. Mrs. Cisley seeing him coming,
left the wagon and went toward him meeting him about forty rods from
the wagon. When asked if she had seen any cattle near there she said
that there had been no cattle near there, but that she had seen some in an-
other .direction, with which information the herder went away in the di-
rection indicated. Mrs, Cisley and her child reached Collyer May 29th,
having driven about sixty-five miles, and driving about sixty miles on
Saturday, May 80th, she reached Hayes City about dark. At Hayes she
sold the team, harness and wagon, worth at least $350, to Mr. Madden, a
liveryman, for $102. She stated while at Hayes that her husband had
died out West. In a few days after making the sale she returned to Phil-
lips County. ;

“ About the middJe of June, 1880, the dead body of a man, who had
been shot in the back of the head, was found in the ravine three miles
southeast of Monument, where George T. Lord, Mrs. Cisley and her child
had camped. The body was much decomposed, and had evidently lain
there several weeks. Near. by was found some clothing, boots, feather
bed, ete The station agent at Monunient took charge of the clothing,
wwnich has been preserved, and another resident took the feather bed. No-

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tice was sent to the coroner of Ellis County, in which jurisdiction the
body was found, but the distance was’so great, and the body had lain so
long that no inquest was beld and it was buried near where it lay.

“Some time since Mr. and Mrs. John Abrams received information from
Mrs. Warren, formerly of this place, and then living at Atwood, Rawlins
County, that the station agent at Monument had some clothing that had
been found near the body of a murdered man, and gave such a descrip-
tion of them as left little doubt that the dead man was none other than

. George T. Lord. Mr. Abrams, John B. Lord and G. M. Davis started for

Monument some three weeks ago, where they identified the clothing, and
gathered facts concerning the matter. They then took the trail of the
woman with the wagon and team, to Hayes, gathcring a train of circum-
stances that proved the terrible truth, that George T. Lord was murdered
for his money and property. At Hayes they found one of the horses and’
a gold ring that the woman had sold. Fully satisfied that Mrs. Cisley
was guilty, they filed a complaint, charging the crime against her, and re-
turned to Kirwin.

“ According to a prearranged plan, John Abrams, John B. Lord, (son
of deceased) A. G. McBride, county attorney, James Scott, Sr.,and G. M.
Davis, all of this place, met Sheriff Allen, of Trego County, at Logan yes.
terday morning and they all proceeded to the place where Mrs. Cisley,
(now Mrs. McHurin) lives. Starting early in the morning they reached the
place about noon. Mrs. McHurin was taken by surprise, though when
told that she must consider herself uader arrest she made an effort as
though to get a revolver from a bureau drawer, but was defeated and
secured. Search of the premises was made and many things that had form-
erly belonged to the deceased were found and identified. ‘The silver watch,
the mittens and an otter skin muffler were among the things found.

“Mrs. Cisley (now Mrs McHurin) was taken to Logan, whence she was
taken to Lenora on the night train. Fyom Lenora she was taken to Wa-
keeney, where she will be held to answer for the crime of which it now
seems certain she is guilty. The parties who made the arrest are reticent
about giving details as to her actions after arrest, but it has leaked out
that she broke down entirely and made a full confession of her guilt.
From the reports we learn that Mr. Lord had with him at the time he was
murdered about $1,000 in cash, and other property worth some five hun-
dred dollars, all of which was taken by the woman. That he was shot in
the back of the head while sleeping in the wagon, the bullet fracturing
the sku‘l in front but not coming through, and causing instant death, is cer-
tain. The case against Mrs. Cisley is wholly upon her confession, (if she has
made one) and upon purely circumstantial evidence, but so strong are the
circumstances, so plainly marked is the trail she has left that there can be
no doubt that this woman, Cisley, is the cold-blooded murderess of George
T. Lord. No man had more friends than the deceased. Bluff, honest,
generous, he was, notwithstanding his rough manner, respected by all
who knew him. He had faults—but who has not? And now the mystery
of his long-continued silence is solved. It was the silence of the grave.”

SOCIETIES, CHURCHES, ETC.

Kirwin Lodge No. 143, 2. 0. 0. F., organized April 25, 1877. First officers: F.
Campbell, N.G.; J. R. Gilmore, V.G.; A. Stockman, treasurer; II. Moulton, secre-
tary; John Stribel and D. H. Moulton, with the above officers, constitute the list of
charter members. The officers for the semi-annual term, beginning July 1, 1882,
L. E. Campbell, N. G.; Fred. Greub, V. G.; 8. J. Hartman, secretary;.£. W. Warner,
treasurer. Present number of members, thirty-two. Meet every Tuesday evening in
Moulton’s hall. 2 : -

Garfield Lodge, No. 39, Knights cf Pythias, organized June 10, 1881. First
officers: Horace Moulton, P. C.; E. W. Warner, C. C.; W.T.S. May, V. C.: L. J. Best,
M. of E.; G. W. Wood, Prelate; C. E. Monell, M. of F.; M. H. Johnson, K. of R. and
S.; A. L. Richards, M. A. There are twenty-four charter members. Officers for term
beginning July 1, 1882, E. W. Warner, P.C.; W.H. Noll, C. C.; M: H. Johnson, V.
.; C. S. Knight, K. of R. and 8.; C. W. Hull, M. of F.; H. A. Hatch, M. of E.; J.
A. Griffis, M. A.; G.. W. Wood, Prelate. Present number of members, forty-two. Meet
every Monday night in hall in Moulton’s block.

Kirwin Lodge, No. 1%, A., F. & A. M., received a dispensation from the M. W.
Grand Lodge of the State of Kansas in 1877, and was chartered the following year with
Frank Strain as Worshipful: Master; J. H. Skinner, Senior Warden; Lewis Mullen,
Junior Warden; Horace Moulton, treasurer; B. F. Lozier, secretary. The lodge at
present numbers thirty-eight members. The officers for the present term are: W. E.
Rowe, W.M.; A.L Richards, S. W.; Jas. k. Chamberlain, J. W.; B. F. Lozier, treas-
urer; Morris Tester, secretary; A. J. Stiles, S.D.; W. H. McBride, J. D.; L. Wands,
tyler. The lodge meetings are held on the second and fourth Saturdays in every month
in Moulton's hall, west side of public square. .

The Kirwin Bank was established-in March, 1879, in the building on the north-
east corner of the public square. The officers of the bank erected the fine two-story
and basement brick building on the east side of the squarc, corner: of East Main,
at a cost of $7,000, and occupied in October of the same year. The building is weil
arranged for the purpose for which it was designed, and is provided with one of
Hall’s infallible time locks. The cash capital of the Kirwin Bank is $50,000. Cameron,
Hull & Co., proprietors.

' The Methodist Episcopal Church of Kirwin was organized in 1873. The first
preacher in charge was Rev. E. H. Jewett, succeeded by Revs. Walter A. Seville, A. B.
Conwell, J. H. Colt, Geo. W. Wood, and C. W. Caray, present preacher. When first
organized there were eight members, to-wit: W. T. Belford and wife, A. B. Cressy and
wife, Judge John Shurtz, John Huff and mother, and Thomas Cox. The early meetings
were mainly held in private houses, at Belford’s store and in the school house. The
church now used by the society was built at a cost of $1,600, and it has a seating capac-
ity of fourhundred. A Union Sabbath School was established in 1873, with six teach-
ers, and met in Belford’s hall; there were twenty scholars, and W.T. Belford was the
first superintendent. After two or three years it became a Methodist school. At the
Pireu the school has six teachers and eighty scholars. Dr. G. H. Ensign is superin-
tendent.

‘Rey. H. G. Brudis the presiding elder of the Kirwin district that embraces nearly
all the northwestern counties.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

C. P. BARBER, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware. Opened trade in the
fall of 1879, with a stock of $5,000. Now carries a stock of about the same. The busi-
ness was first opened under the firm name of Barber &Guldemann. Mr. Barber be-
came proprietor in the fall of 1881. THis store is 22 fect wide by 100 feet deep. He came
to Kirwin, Kansas, in 1878. He was born in England, Oct. 5, 1847, Came to America in
1848, locating in Dane County. Wis., and lived there until he came to Kansas. Mar-
ried in 1875, to Miss Nellie F. Joncs, of Monroc, Green County, Wis. She was raised
in Washington, D.C. They havewo children, Nettie W. and Charles E. Mr. Barber
isa member of Blue Lodge, A.jf.& A. M., 1.0.0. F., and K. of P. Is the. present
Township Trustce and a member of the City Council.
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WM. T. BELFORD, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in the fall of
1872, with a stock of $1,000. Now carries an average stock of $5,0U0. He erected a cut
stone building in 1879, 44 bv 99 feet deep, two stories and a basement, at a cost of $6.500.
He keeps a first-class hotel in the back part of the building, under the name of the Bel-
ford House. Its capacity is 32 rooms. Can keep 50 guests. He deals largely in real
estate. He first came to Pawnee County, Neb., in 1869, and embarked in mercantile
trade until he came to Kansas. He was born in Canada, July 22, 1834, and lived in his
native county nineteen years, thence went to Michigan and became a foreman on the
Grand Trunk railroad nine months. He then went to Lebanon, St. Clair County, Il.,
and pipet in the insurance business until he came west. He was married April
21, 1863, to Miss Martha S. Hooton, of Greensburg. Decatur County, Ind. They have
five children living, John A., Hiram T., William M., Samuel D., and Jennie M., and one
deceased, Olive E. Mr. Belford and family are members of the M. E. Church. He is a
member of the Masonic order and Knights of Pythias. He was elected first Register
of Deeds of Phillips County, and served as postmaster of Kirwin eight years, School
Clerk and Treasurer six years, and a member of the City Council one year.

LEVI K. BILLINGSLEY came to Axtell, Marshall County; Kan., in 1875, and
‘taught school in that county five years. He then became Principal of Belleville Repub-
lic County school until the fall of 1882, when he removed to Kirwin and took charge as
principal of schools there. He has been engaged for some time in normal teaching
and is a conductor of teachers normal institutes. He was born in Harrison County,
Ohio, Sept. 15, 1856. His parents moved with their family to Jefferson County, Iowa, in
1866, where he was raised. He was-educated at Howes’ High School at Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, and Mt. Union College, Ohio. Has made teaching his profession from eighteen
pee of age. Was married in June, 1882, to Miss Flora A. Elliott, of Morning Sun,

ouisa County, lowa, then of Kirwin, Kan. They are members of the M. E. Church of
Kirwin, Kansas. é

JOHN BISSELL, Register, U. S. Land Office, first came to Phillips County
in February, 1872, locating on a farm near Phillipsburgh, where he yet resides. He has
followed farming and stock raising since. He is well known in Phillips County as one
of its substautin] men. He took register’s position in the U.S. Land Office April 9,
1883. He was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Dec. 16, 1829. Moved with his
ee to Valparaiso, Ind., where he was raised on a farm, making Indiana his home.

ent to California in 1852, and engaged in mining and varions pursuits until 1854. Was
married in 1856, to Miss Rebecca Cornell, of Boone Grove, Ind. They have five chil-
dren, Edgar, married and farming near Phillipsburgh; Maria, married to W. R. Can-
non, a merchant at Norton, Kansas; Emma, Pheba and Mary. Mr. Bissell is 2 mem-
ber of the Masonic order, I. 0. O. F., and K. of P. He represented Phillips County in
Kansas Legislature sessions of 1874, 1876,,1879 and 1883. .

H. J. CAMERON, proprietor of the Kirwin Bank with C. W. Hull and M. H.
Johnson. This bank was organized und opened for business in March, 1879. They do
a rezular banking business. Deposits equal $25,000 and employ a paid up capital of
$25,000, and do business under the firm name of Cameron. Hull & Co Eastern corre-
spondents are: National Park Bank, New York City, Merchants’ National, Kansas
City, Mo. They erected the bank building in 1880, the size of which is 22 by 56 feet,
two stories high, with a basement, constructed of brick, at a cost of $10,000, including
fixtures. Mr. Cameron came to Beloit, Kansas, in May, 1873, and embarked in mer-

chandising until March, 1879, when he came to Kirwin and organized the above bank.
He is Jargely interested in the manufacture of lumber at Cameron, Arkansas, under the
firm name of Cameron, Best & Co. He was born in St. Lawrence County, New York,
Oct. 17, 1838. Lived in his native State until seventeen years old and came to the great
West. Was married in 1875, to Miss Katie E. Laupp, a native of Ohio. They have two
children, Jessie and Crissie. Mr. Cameron is a member of Chapter Lodge, A., F. & A.
M. Has ably filled various city offices.

JAMES R. CHAMBERLAIN, of the firm of Skinner & Chamberlain, operators
of Kirwin’s flour mills, came to the above village in 1877 and engaged-in milling. Was
born in Oswego County, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1857, and was raised a tanner in his native
State. He began milling in the fall of 1877. Was married in 1880, to Miss Anna M.
Stockman, a native of New Orleans, La. Born Dec. 17, 1860. They have two children,
Cora J., born June 20, 1881, and Corydon S., born Sept. 18. 1882... Mr. Chamberlain is a
member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and K. of P. He is also a member of Kirwin
City Council. These mills were erected in the fall of 1879. The main building is 30x50
feet, three storics and a basemeut; capacity, 300 bushels in twenty-four hours.

W.C. DON CARLOS first came on a visit to Kansas in the spring of 1856, returned
in the followin epung and settled at Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, and engaged as
a clerk in the U. S. Land Office, and remained in that capacity until 1858. e then
located at Albany, Gentry County, Mo., where he taught school and studied law, until
the war broke out. Moved to Fredonia, Wilson County, Kan., in 1869, and engaged in
the practice of law. Removed to Wellington, Kan., in 1872, and practiced his profes-
sion until 1874, when he located in Kirwin, where he has since practiced law and land

ractice before the U. 8. Land Office. He was born in Vermillion County, Ind., Feb.

0, 1834, and was raised in that county. He was admitted to the bar in April, 1861. Was
educated at an academy in Georgetown, Vermillion County, Ill., under Prof. J. P.
Johnson, a banker, now of Highland, Kau. Mr, Don Carlos was married in 1853, to
Miss Mary Alspaugh, of Putnam County, Ind. They have one son, Charles E., who
was associated wi'h his father in the practice of law, from January, 1874, to Feb. 1, 1883,
at which time he accepted of a cerbenyp in the government Land Office at Washington,

«Mr. Don Carlos is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M., of Kirwin, Kan.

DAVID DODGE, attorney-at-law, and_attends to all land Jaw cases before the U.
8. Land Office at Kirwin entrusted to him. Hecame to Kansas in February, 1854 locating
at Leavenworth, and took up the first claim of land where the above city is now located.
He was elected Recorder of the First Settlers’ Land District of that place, and entered
the practice of Jaw there until the first U. 5. Land Officein Kansas was opened at. Don-
iphan, Doniphan County, in 1856, at which time he removed to the latter place and was
a practicing attorney betore the office, and attended to the firat land case. He removed
with the Land Office to Kickapoo, Kan., and followed the same practice some time,
thence to Golden City, Colorado, where he practiced as before for some time. theuce to
Augusta. Butler County, Kan., afterwards to Wichita and Cawker City in 1873. follow-
ing the Land Office in all the latter places. Removed to Kitwin in 1874. When at
Doniphan, Kan., Senator Jim Lane was a law partner of his. Mr. Dodge was born in
Dutchess County, N. Y. Went to California in 1849, and followed trading and mining
three years, then returned to St. Joseph, Mo., where he entered the Jaw office of Vor-
hees & Vorhees, as a law student. as admitted to. the bar in February, 1874. He was
married in 1858, to Miss Matilda C. Beagle, of Platt County, Mo. ey have eight
children, Alice, Sophia, Mattie L., George, Mary A., Charles, David, Jr., and Minnic.
Mr. Dodge is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F.& A.M. He was a member of the old
Topeka Free State Constitutional Convention held at Topeka, Kan., in an carly day.

R. GEO. H. ENSIGN, physician and surgeon and dealer in drugs, medicines,
paints, oils and druggists’ sundries, began business Jan. 1, 1882, under the firm name
of Ensign Bros., with a stock of $900. He came to Kirwin July 14, 1881, and opened a
medical office. Was born in Portage County, Ohio, November 6, 1851. The family lived
there until 1863, when they moved to Defiance County, Ohio, where he remained
until he was twenty-five years old. He was educated in the medical department of the
Wooster University of Ohio, pradnating in the class of 1879. Begau the practice of
medicine in Hardin County, Ohio, following his profession there and in Allen County
of the same State until he emigrated to Kansas. Was married in 1876, to Miss Lucy C.
Littell, of Delaware County, Ohio. They have two children, Charles F. and Grace L,
The Doctor is a member of K. of H. -G. D. Ensign, a brother, is studying medicine
under the Doctor.

WM. A. GARRETSON, of the firm of Garretson & Lamb, publishers of the
Independent at Kirwin, came to Smith County in July. 1871. In August following he
was associated with J. WW. Rhynolds, of Republic, and R. A. Wilson, of Jewell County,
in locating and founding the town of Smith Center. During the next seven years he
was engaged in agricultural pursuits and live stock business; was somewhat conspicu-
ons as a political agitvtor, and an ‘active supporter of the Peter Cooper ticket in
1876. In the fall of 1879, he edited a campaign paper called The Toiler, devoted to
what was then known as the Greenback ticket. Then, in company with C. H. Topliff,
began the publication of TherIndependent, at Hanilan, Smith County, in December,
1879, and moved to Kirwin a year ‘later, continuing the publication of the same paper.
Tn 1882, he was-nominated for State Auditor, on the Anti-Monopoly ticket. and received
a large vote in his part of the State, carrying some counties over both of the other can-
didates. He was born in Franklin County, Ark, July 24, 1851, living there nincteen
years, In the spring of 1871, he graduated from the Galesburg, IJJ., Business College.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Was married Jan. 11, 1874, to Miss Ellen Lamb, of Tama County, Iowa. They have one
son, David A. fae
sy ROBERT R. HAYS, Receiver of the U. S. Land Office, Kirwin, Kan. He came
to Osborne City, Kan., May, 1872, and embarked in tbe hardware trade, continuing until
1878. He was elected County Treasurer of Osborn County in the fall of 1873, re-elected
in 1875. In 1879, he made a tour to California. Feb 23, 1880, was appointed postmas-
ter at Osborne City, and served until May, 1882, when he was appointed to his present
position. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., August 29, 1845. Went with his parents to
Jowa in 1853, where he lived until 1855; went to Nebraska City, Neb., where he lived
until 1872, when he came to Kansas. He is a member of Blue Lodge and a member of
the Congregational Church. He is now a resident of Kirwin. . 4

W. D. JENKINS, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in 186%, locating at
Orthena, Doniphan County, where he engaged in the practice of medicine until he came
to Kirwin in 1873. He established the Kirwin CAéef in 1873, and was editor and pro-
prietor three years. In the fall of 1872, he established the Smith County Pioneer at
Cedarville, and continued the publication of the same until the spring of 1873. He has

racticed medicine since that time. Was examining surgeon for pensions eight years.

ts the spring of 1881 went to Colorado and followed his profession one and a half
years. He was born in Knox County, Ohio, April 8, 1836. His parents, with their
family, moved to Logan County, IIl., in 1849, where he was raised. Graduated at Eclec-
tic Medical Institute, of Cincinnati, Ohio, class of 1860, and began practice. In 1862,
he was appoiuted by Gov. Yates as surgeon of the Forty-seventh Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry, and served three years. Mustered out in the spring of 1865. He then continued
practice at Atlanta, Ill., until he came to Kansas. Married in 1856, to Miss Margaret T.
Cook, of Atlanta, til. They have five children, Charles F., Flora E., Hattie M., David
C., and Maggie I. He is a member of Kirwin Post, No. 148, G. A. R._ .

CHARLES S. KNIGHT, physician and surgeon, and dealer in drugs, medi-
cines, painte, oils, tobacco and cigars, came to Beloit, Kan., in 1878, and practiced His
profession. Came to Kirwin in October, 1878, and continued practice. He carries astock
of $2,000 in drugs. Was born in Marlborough, Mass., June 16, 1856, and was raised in
his native State. He graduated from the medical department of the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor, in the class of 1878. Was married in 1879, to Miss Nina E.
Briggs, of Buchanan, Mich. The Doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

co. J. LAMB, editor and proprietor of the Kirwin Jndependent; firm name of
Garretson & Lamb. The above ae was first issued Dec. 1, 1879. Mr. Lamb be-
came interested in January, 1883. The above firm are also engaged in land office practice,
aud deal in réal estate. Mr. Lamb settled in Republic County, Kan., in the spring of
1870, and embarked in agricultural pursuits a year. Thence, in 1871, went to Osborne
County, locating near Cawker City, and took a claim, following farming a year, after
which he came to Kirwin. Has since been enpneed in teaching more or less, clerking,
etc. Is well known as an anti-monopolist. as served as Justice of the Peace three
years. He was born in Lapeer County, Mich., Jan. 26, 1849, and raised in his native
State. He graduated at the Concordia State Normal School, class of 1875. Was mar-
ried in 186%, to Miss Caroline Van Autwerp, of Lapeer County, Mich. They have two

children, Mildred and Ernest. Mr. Lamb is a member of the A. O. U. W. and Knights

of Labor.

W.T. S. MAY, attorney-at-law, does a general law and collection business.
Came to Concordia, Kan., in September, 1870, and opened a law offige. Remaincd some
time and removed to Cawker City and practiccd Jaw until 1876, when he came to Kirwin,
Kan., and has since practiced law. He was born in Queen Anne County, Maryland,
Nov. 22, 1843, and was raised in his native State, and educated at Washington College,
Kent County, Maryland. In 1861 he removed to Huntsville, Ohio, and enlisted the same
year in Company G, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Participated in the battles of
Shiloh, Perryville, Corinth, Iuka, and Stone River, being wounded in the latter battle
Dec. 31, 1862, from the effects of which he was honorably discharged. After army life
he began reading law. Was admitted to the bar at Xenia, Obio, in August, 1870. He
has been an active politician. He took charge of Kirwin postoflice April 4, 1883.
Was married in 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Oweus, of Huntsville, Ohio. They have one
daughter, Minnie G. Mr, May is a member of Beloit Commandery, Masonic Lodge, G.
A.R., and K. of P.

HON. HORACE MOULTON, druggist, carries a general stock of $5,000; also,
has a similar atore at Kansas City, Mo. He came to Kirwin, Kan., in the fall of 1874,
and embarked in drug, loan and discount business. He was born in Waukesha County,
Wis., Aug. 17, 1849, and lived there until 1874, being raised in the drug business. He
has served as Mayor of Kirwin three terms, been a member of the School Board five years,
and a member of the County Board since November, 1881. Was married in 1870, to Miss
Lydia A. McCowen, of Waukesha, Wis. They have one son, Harry S. Mr. Moulton is a
member of the Masonic order, I. O. O. F., K. of P., and A. O. U! W. He erected his
drug store at Kirwin, Kan., in 1880; size is 50x70 feet deep, built of cut stone, two
stories, and cost $10.000. ‘ :

WM. E. RO E, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade Jan. 1, 1878, witha
stock of $6,000; now carries a stock of $10,000, employs two clerks. and keeps Bee Hive
store. His store room.is 25x75 feet deep; occupies first floor and basement. Ile came
to Kirwin, Kan., in 1875, and embarked in the sale of agricultural implements, until
he opened business as above. He was born in Jamaica, West Indies, Jan. 17, 1837, and
lived there until 1870. He began life as a clerk in a general store, from that into specu-
lating in produce in 1860 to 1865. He was a heavy loser on account of the Spanish
rebellion. Was married _in 1877, to Miss Jennie S. Jones, a native of the same place.
They have two children, Ella Louise and Ida Ellen. He is,a member of Blue Ludge
A., F. & A. M. In the West Indies he was a member of the Volunteer corps, and
two years was Acting Quartermaster of volunteers

J. STILES, manufacturer of and dealer in a full line of household furni-

ture and undertaker’s goods, began in March, 1879, with a stock of $1,000; now car-
ries an average stock of $2,000. He occupies rboms 24x60 feet. He came to Council
Grove in 1879, and embarked in contracting and building a year, thence followed the
same business three months in Concordia, finally located in Kirwin. He was born
in Elgin, Il., Nov. 9 1819, and lived there until he came to Kansas. Was married
in June, 1880, to Miss Nettie A. Briggs, of Buchanan, Mich. Mr. Stiles is a member
of Blue Lodge, A. P & A. M., T. 0-0. F., A. O. U. W.. and M. E. Church.
‘ ROBERT 11. TRUSDLE, bysician_and surgeon, came to Kirwin, Kan., March
27, 1879, and opened a medical -oftice. He was born in Nortolk County, Canada,
Aug, 20, 1844, being raised and educated in his native country, and graduating at
Victoria Collese, Toronto, Canada, in the class of 1863. Began practicing his pro-
fexsion in Canada the same year. He went as staff-surgeon to Gen. Thomas at Nash-
ville, Tenn., during the war. Mustered out in the spring of 1865, and participated
in the battle of the latter city in the fall of 1864. He soon afterward went to Atchi-
son, Kan.. and practiced medicine six years, when he returned to Morrison, White-
side County, 1, and practiced until 1879, when he came to Kirwin, Kansas. Was
married in January, 1868, to Miss Hattie Bryning, of Mt. Pleasant, Brant County, Can-
ada. They have one danghter, Neva Lec. The Doctor is a member of I. 0. O. F,,
K. of P., and A. O. U. W. Has served as City Alderman and examining surgeon
for several life insurance companies

E. W. WARNER erected the Warner House in the summer of 1879, of cut
eget lime stone, at a cost of $9,000, size of which is 40x60 feet deep, 35 feet
high, divided into two stories and yusement; capacity, 40 guests; employs six persons
and keeps a first-class hotel. Mr. Warner came to Kirwin in the spring of 1874, and
engaged in the lumber business, afterward merchandising, until he began the hotel
business, He was chairman of the Republican County Committee, member of the
Reroel Board, and City Alderman. He was born in Marine City, St. Claire County,

ich., Sept. 6, 1841. His parents, with their family, moved to Stephenson County,
M., in 1845, where he was raised a farmer. Enlisted in July, 1862, in Co. I, Seventy-
fourth Dlinois Volunteer lufantry; participated in all the battles of his comman 3
promoted to Orderly Sergeant and Second Lieutenant; wounded in the battle of
ennesaw Mt., June 21, 1864; discharged Aug. 5, 1864. After army life he lived in
Saginaw, Mich., two years, thence went to Alma, Buffalo County, Wis., were he was
ya terested a the Beef Slough Boom Copmany, seven years. Was married July 20,
nee to Miss Sarah A. Cottle, of Kalamazoo, Mich. She was born Oct. 18, 1844.
ey had three children, Vinnie Maude (William E., deceased). and Pearlie May,
He epimers A meter e fee Lodne. A. F.& A. M., K. of »S I. 0. OV F, and

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Kk of Band Past Glad, Cae . Commander of the Post. Is Past Chancellor,
AVER, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in Kirwin

September, 1872, his being the first general store opened to the trade, and carried a
PHILLIPS COUNTY.

stock of $2,000, under the firm name of N. Weaver & Co., t "

wearer Warner, until 1877, since then the firm has ween A’ Weaver %& Cor they

of $8.00 oe os ee ata nee eee and now carry an average stock
000. rrien County, ch., Jan. 21,. 1 i i

oa oP poner eee Fr APaee a wes married Oct. 4, 1858 40 Miss oe E Beek,
. ich. i ili 4

He Woe ce fee Wenn ae ave two children, Lillie May and Frank J.

GEORGE W. WOOD, dealer in a general line of ho i

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ne aes , goods, opened business Jan. 20, 1883, with i aoe eT ec

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cordia, Kansas Church three years, after which he came Guin Hesws eiueayal

- ie Bigbland oe in ees County, Kan. Ordained to the holy ministry

1 . ) - Josep o., Aug. 3, 1848. Married

Circleville, Ohio. They have three childmen, Daisy E., Geoneare ace Nee Ae 4

He soye ee Dons erty oe P., K. of H., I. 0. 0. F. and M. BE. Church
repre! iphan County, Kan., in t i i i 869, ;

Justice of the Peace 1n that county some de ideal a

LOGAN.

This young city, named in honor of the distinguished Illinois sena-
tor, is handsomely located on the north bank of the Solomon river, three
miles west, seven miles from the south line of the county and twenty-four
miles west of Kirwin, and commands a fine view of the broad, fertile val-
leys of the Solomon river, Crooked and Cactus creeks, both of which
empty into the river within a mile of the town. Logan was located in
1873, but made but little progress until 1878, when several men of enter-
prise located there. Their energy and vigor have produced fruits, and a
rapid growth followed. Logan is now recognized as one of the live towns
of the northwest. In June, 1880, new life was infused into the town by
the completion of the Central Branch road to the town, and it practically

; remained the terminus of the road until J anuary, 1882. It is the boast of
the business men of the place that no town in the northwest has better or
fuller stocks of general merchandise, agricultural implements and grocer-
ies. As a class the people are generous, enterprising and intelligent.
Logan contains five general merchandise stores, two hardware, one bank,
two hotels, a drug store, millinery store, furniture store, bakery, barber
shop, wagon shop, billiard hall, two blacksmith shops, a photograph gal-
lery, two grain buyers, two groceries, two lawyers, three physicians, two
resident clergymen, and one of the best managed newspapers in the Sol-
omon Valley. The extensive flouring mills (Peter Hanson’s) is one of the
most complete and commodious in Northwestern Kansas. In addition
two sorghum mills are about going into successful operation. In one of
them about $3,000 capital has been invested. With a large extent of fer-
tile country tributary to the young city Logan is fast growing into
importance, and increasing her trade.

Logan was first settled in 1870, B. F. Darling being the earliest set-
tler. He was soon followed by W. R. Shleppy, Peter Hanson, D. G. Hoo-
ver, the Marvins, Peter Hanson, A. C. Larick, James Boyd, M. Scranton,
Jacob Post, F. and U. Allbright and others. The town was named by
D. G. Hoover in honor of his old commander, General John A. Logan, of
Illinois. The first birth in the town was John Logan Graft, born in the
spring of 1872. In September, 1872, occurred the first marriage in the
village, Frank Gray and Miss Jennie Shleppy. The first death was that
of George Knox, in July, 1872. He was shot accidently. .

Logan was organized as a town in 1872, the first officers being A. B.
Miller, trustee; and John Sears, town clerk. The town or village govern-
ment continued until 1880, when Logan followed the example of Kirwin
and Phillipsburg and became a city.

The first mayor chosen was Charles H. Bridges, who also serves the
city in the same capacity at the present time. W.W. Gray was the first
elected clerk and continues to hold the office by re-election. The first
councilmen were: T.M. Bishop, Dr. Thomas, F. R. Hamilton, W. A.
Johnson and Charles Smith. The present board consists of W. A. Reeder,
T. Wiltrout, H. N. Boyd, J. Shultz and Dr. C. T. Lawrence. Monthly
meetings are held.

The first school was taught in a log house on Washington street, dur-
ing the fall and winter of 1872, by Rufus Hastings. Six years later a sub-
stantial public schoo] building was erected on Washington street at a cost
of $700. Logan has always had first-class school privileges, and has al-
ways paid her teachers above average rates,

The first sermon was preached in 1872, in the school house by Rev.
Henry Worley, of the M. E. Church, The Free Methodists are now erect-
ing a substantial and roomy stone church in the city, and the Methodist
Episcopals, through the effective laborg of Rev. Mr. Dalton have secured
a subscription of $1,200, and will build a meeting house during the year
1882. s

The first postoffice was established in 1870 (named Logan) and B. F.
Darling was first postmaster. The office was kept in a two-room dug-out
‘on the north bank of the Solomon, near where Hanson’s flour mill now
stands. Succeeding B. F. Darling as postmaster were W. H. Gray, H. P:
Gandy, Thomas Beaumont, Mrs. Mary B. Benjamin. This lady has charge
of the office at the present time. The money order department was intro-
duced in the Logan office July 1, 1879. The first saw mill was erected by
McClallen & Hanson in 1874; but one year later they believed that a grist
mill would prove more profitable. The sawing machinery was removed
and flouring mill works put in place. It is a four-run mill, one of the
best in the Solomon Valley, capable of grinding 200 bushels of wheat per
day. Under and below the mill they made a tunnel through the solid
rock, at a cost of nearly $1,000. The first store in Logan was started by
Gray Bros., 1872, on Washington street. Gray Brothers erected two log
houses early in 1872, and in one of these they opened the first stock of

oods in the new town. Two years later Dr. Leighty built a neat little

rame store house, which was the wonder and admiration of the early
settlers. 5

During the present season a stock company was organized for the

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erection of a sorghum mill. The amount of $2,000 has been paid in and
the experiment bids fair to become a success. Peter Hanson, the miller,
is the leading spirit in the enterprise. In addition to this contemplated
improvement, similar enterprises of smaller dimensions is already insuc-
cessful operation. ;

The ground on which Logan stands is gently rolling, and the location
for a large town is beautiful. The land was homesteaded in 1870 by B. F.
Darling. He made a comfortable dug-out on the high bank overlookin
the Solomon, and continued to reside there until 1880 when he remove
to Florida. Mr. Darling sold 40 acres of his homestead to J. J. Wiltrout,
40 acres to W. R..Shleppy and the remaining 80 acres to J. Blakeley.
The population of Logan at the present time is between four and five
hundred. There are two resident clergymen in Logan, Rev. H. Dalton, of
the M. E. Church, and Rev. J. J. Wayt, Free Methodist.

LOCAL MATTERS.

_ Logan Lodge, No. 377 Knights of Pythias, was organized May 18, 1881. The
charter members were: Charles T. Lawrence, George M. King, W. E. Bennet, J. Bod-
well, W. W. Gray, W. E. Moore, W. Drumhiller, F. J. Gardner, G.-E. Bridges, H. M.
Wixom, F. E. Newton, J. W. Benjamin, H. G. Stalcup, D. E. Mahaffy, J. W. Nichols,
D_J. Livingood, F. M. Jolly, W. D. Covington, Wm. Duden, A. Williamson. The first
officers were: W. D. Covington, P. C.; Geo. M. King, C. C.; Geo. E. Bridges, K. of R.
and 8S. Present officers: H. G. Stalcup, P.C.; W. W. Gen C. C.; J. E. Shultz, K. of
R.and8. Meet in their own hall every Friday evening. odge room corner of Main
and Mill streets. Present number of members, fifty. »

The Bank .of Logan was established December 18, 1880. President, J. J. Wil-
trout; Cashier, G. M. King. In June, 1881, the establishment was consolidated with
the Phillips County Bank. This arrangement continued until May, 1882, when E. F.
Robinson retired, and the banking firm became Wiltrout & Reeder, the former acting
as President and Mr. Reeder, Cashier. ~

BIOGRAPHICAL. SKETCHES.

WILLIAM:DRUMHILLER, attorney at law, fire insurance and collecting agent,
first came to Logan, Kan., in the fall of 1878, and engaged in agriculture. He has 160 acres
of land deeded, 160 under pre-emption act. and 160 as a timber claim, 120 acres of which
is cultivated. He has scrved as Justice of the Peace two years. He was born in Eaton
City, Northampton County, Pa., November 4, 1832; was raised in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio; emigrated to Muscatine Iowa, January 1, 1855, where he followed merchan-
dising until August, 1857. when he went to St. Joseph, Mo., and engaged in the same
business. He was there Judge of Police Courts two years, City Assessor two years,
and two years a Member of the School Board, and ten years merchandising. Enlisted in
September, 1861, in Co. B, Third Battallion, Missouri Reserves, and was promoted to
Captain of the company. He re-enlisted February 24, as Captain of Co. A, Fifth Mis-
souri Cavalry; promoted to Major, April 30, 1862. He re-enlisted August 1, 1874, as
Adjutant of the Forty-fourth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was made
Captain of Company B, same regiment. He participated in the battles of Franklin and
Nashville, Tenn., the plege of Mobile. Ala., and many skirmishes. He was mustered
out September 1, 1865. He was married April 3, 1867, to Miss E. T. Cowden, a native oi
Madison, Ind. He is a member of the Encumpment Lodge I. O. O. F., Knights of
Pythias, and Logan Post No. 177, G. A. R.

HENRY FERRET, proprietor Ferret House, This hotel was erected in 1879,
and opened to the public in the winter of the same year. It is %8 feet long and 18 feet
wide; has two wings, 18x18 and 18x12 feet respectively, two stories high, and has a capac-
ity for thirty guests. It cost $5,500, and is kept in first-class order for a far Western hotel.

r. Ferret has a fine and interesting collection of natural curiosities, which will afford
the curious hours of interest in viewing. He first cameto Kansas in November, 1877,
and engaged in agriculture about a year, before going into the hotel business. He was
born in Cornwell, England, July 30, 1827. He came to- America in 1850 and followed
masonry many years at Oconomowoc, Wis. He was married in 1862 to Miss Jane Pear-
don, a nativeof England. They are members of the M. E. Church of Logan. Mr, F
has been president and a member ofthe city council.

W. W. GRAY. editor and proprietor of the Logan Enterprise, is a native of John-
son County, Iowa, in which State he learned the business of printing. He became a
citizen of Phillips County in 1874. Irom June of that year until August, he was em-
ployed as a compositor in the office of the Kirwin Chief, and then for three years he
clerked for Weaver & Warner, merchants in the same city. He again took his old trade
of printing, and remained in the Chief establishment until July, 1879. He then pur-
chased a job office and started business in Kirwin and secured a good trade. Early in
1580 he removed to Logan with his office, and purchased a half interest in the Lnter-
prise; securing all the office in July following. He has made the Enterprise a paying
investment, and it is justly popular with the people of Logan and vicinity. Mr. Gray
was ae in September, 1880, to Miss Mary F. Taylor, of Phillips County. They have
one child.

PETER HANSEN, firm of Wiltrout & Hansen, proprietors Logan Flouring and
Grist Mills, These mills were erected in 1875, in size are 32x50 feet, two and one half
stories high, and have a capacity of 75 barrels per day. The water power has a head of
13 feet. r. Hansen first came to Ottawa County in 1870 and followed various occupa-
tions for two years, thence came to Logan and embarked in the cattle business. He
finally erected a saw mill, and soon added machinery for grinding, since which time he
has been steadily adding and building until the present time, when he has a fine mill,
worth ut least $10,000. He was born in Denmark, Nov. 15, 1846, came to America in the
spring of 1867, and lived in Wisconsin about three years. Was married in 1879 to Miss
wife A. Gray, a native of Ireland. They have two children, Katie and George. He owns
agrist mill just above Marvin, Phillips County, on the Solomon River, where there is a
water power of 8 feet head. The mill is 26x40 feet, two andone half stories high, and
has a capacity of 35 barrels per day. This mill cost $5 500.

W. A. REEDER, firm of Wiltrout & Reeder, proprietors Bank of Logan, a private
institution, was opened for business in the spring of 1880. They do a regular bankin
business. Eastern correspondents are State Savings Bank, of St. Joseph, Mo., an
National Park Bank, of New York City. They loan money on real estate and chattels,
and do a general fire insurance business. J. J. Wiltrout is the senior member of the
firm. Mr. W. A. Reeder first located in Beloit, Kan., in August, 1876, and engaged in
teaching six years, hotel, grain and stock business, thence came to Logan. He was
porn in Cumberland County, Penn., August 28, 1849, lived in his native county until
1854, and moved with his parents to Fulton County, Ill., and from there to Bloomington,
same State, where he lived until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1876 to Miss Eu-
nice H. Andrews, of Beloit, Kan., formerly a resident of LaCrosse, Wis. They are
members of the M. E. Church.

8. A. ROBINSON, dealer in a general line of drugs and druggists’ sundries.
began trade in August, 1877, with a stock of $600. Built his store in 1879 at a cost of $600.
Its size is 18x30 feet. He now carries a stock of $1,5v0. He was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, February 12, 1840, and lived near his native city. Enlisted in September, 1861,
in the Sixth Indiana Regimental Band. He participated in the battles at Green River,
Ky., Shiloh, and Perryville. Mustered out in the spring of 1865. He served in the
commissary department at Nashville, Tenn., three years, under Capt. S. J. Little.
After army life he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and engaged in the sale of agricultural
implements and seeds until 1877. Was married in 1881 to Miss Ruth Boyer, of Ander
son, Ind. He is a member of Logan Post, No. 177, G. A. R., and is the present Mayor

of Logan.

SOHN T. SCHULZE, dealer in general merchandise, grain and feed, began trade
in Logan in 1878 with a stock of $3,000. Erected his store in 1879. The store building
is 24x70 feet, two stories high, and cost $3,100. He now carries a stock of $15,000 to
$18,000, occupying two floors of his store. He was born in New York City, April 29
1834, and was raised in St. Louis, Mo., making that his home until he came to Kansas.
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He enlisted April 15, 1864, in Co. A. One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ilinois Volunteer
Infantry, and was promoted to clerk at headquarters of General Copeland. Mustered
out in the fall of 1865. He then embarked into business at Alton, IIl., in the manufac-
ture of tobacco and cigars, where he continued two years. Afterward followed merchan-
dieing at different places inthe West. Opened a general store at Cawker City, Kansas,
July 4, 1877. He was married in the fall of 1859 to Miss Kate Bullien, of St. Louis, Mo.
They have five children: James Edwin, now euEt ed in mercantile business with his
father at Logan; Elnora, Walter H., William and Jolin. He is a member of the I. O. O.
F. In 1856 he hired out to the Government as a mule driver, and freighted across the
plains from Leavenworth to Salt Lake City, Utah. Me followed aE a number of
yeurs. Served as Government expressman some time. Finally run a ferry at Green
River, Colorado, where he made over $40,000, but was raided by the Shoshone In-
dians, when he lost everything and was obliged to flee for his life. He has certainly
experienced the varied conditions of Western life.

T. J. STRATTON, dealer in general hardware and farm implements, lumber,
and building material, came to Logan August 12,1879. Began trade in the spring of
1881 with a stock of $2,500. Now carries a stock of $5,000 and employs two men in the
business. THis store is 25x60 feet deep; warchouse 25x55 feet decp. Te was born in
Richland County, Ohio, June 25, 1831, and lived there until 1849. Learned several trades
in the mean time. Went to Henry County, Ill., and followed agriculture some time.
Went to Oregon in 1852, where he followed farming, mining and lumbering, and in-Cal-
ifornia and Washington. Territory. Spent about two and one half years in Idaho in
mining, and participated in the Indian war there. He thence returned to Oregon and
embarked in merchandising and shipping fruit, etc. Afterward went to Puget Sound
with stock, and followed droving there about three years. Then returned to Illinois.
Enlisted December 1, 1864, in Co. C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Mlinois Voluntecr
Infantry, and served about six months. ‘hen followed merchandising in Illinois and
the Southwestern States until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1865 to Miss Mary
a Dack, of Rock Island, Ill. They have one son, Dan. G., now assisting in his father’s
store. ;

MARVIN.

The next town of importance in Phillips County is Marvin, near the
center of the county east and west, and a place enjoying considerable
trade. The town was laid out in the ycar 1878, and has had a healthy
-growth. Its milling interests are larger than in any other place in the
county, having two excellent grist mills. This makes the town a good
point for the sale of grain, and as good stocks are displayed on the
counters of the merchants they enjoy athriving trade. Marvin contains
three general stores, two drug stores, a hotel, blacksmith shop, hardware
store and livery stable. The Methodists have a large stone house of
worries The two excellent grist mills have been spoken of in another
place

HISTORY OF KANSAS. ,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

C. Il. EDGECOMBE, real estate, land, loan and insurance agent, nolary public and
attorncy-at-law, came to Marvin in 1879 and embarked in the above business. Te was
born in England, May 7, 1845, Came with his parents to America in 1848, locating in
Maine, where he was raised. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. I, Fifteenth Maine
Volunteer Infantry, Nineteenth Army Corps; participated in all the battles of his com
mand. He was wounded three times; mustered out uy 19, 1865. Returned to Maine
and soon entered into the employment of the B. & O. R. R., continuing four years;
thence went to Chicago, where he projected and organized the Great Western Utility
Company. He afterward entered the law office of B, F. Lincoln as a student, at Ottawa,
Ill. Was admitted to the bar in the Supreme Court of Illinois in the fall of 1876,
Ile opened a law office at Omaha, Neb., soon removing to York, Neb., and practiced
three years, thence to the present place. He was married in February, 1878, to Miss
Estella L. Newell, of New Hampshire. Hc is a member of the I. O. O. F., Encampment
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Supreme Lodge of the World. He served as United
States Commissioner at York, Neb. His wife, E. N. Edgecomb, is proprietress of the
drug store; and keeps ppeneral stock of drugs, medicines and druggists’ sundries, etc.,
and opened trade in 1878. | ’ : ji

DR. I. MILEY, physician and surgeon, Marvin, came to Beloit, Kan., in the
early part of 1870, and opened a drug store, remaining in business there until 1879, when
lie came to Marvin and resumed his profession. He was born in Champaign County,
Ohio, December 21, 1845, and was raised in his native county. Was educate at Cincin-
nati, Medical College of Ohio. He also was a student at Keokuk, Lowa, College of
Physicians and Surgeons, graduating from the latter institution in the class of 1875,
From 1868 to 1869 he followed dentistry at Charlestown, Ill., and was for some time a
transient artist in that profession. He was married in 1876 to Miss Ella B. Daniels, of
Cattaraugus County, N.Y. They have two children—Jobn D. and Grace E. atin

DR. D. W. STEVENS, fenler in general line of drugs, medicines and druggists
sundries, locatcd at Marvin in the spring of 1881, and embarked in the drug trade with
a stock of about $500. Now carrics an average stock of $700. He erected his store in
the spring of 1881, at a cost of $1,050, size of which is 20x36 feet. Te was born in Wyan-
dotte County, Ohio, June 23, 1854. His parents, with their family, moved to Taylor
County, Iowa, in 1856, where he was raised and educated. He made Taylor County his
home until the me x of 1881, whcn he came to Kansas. Was marricd in 1882 to Miss
Eva A. Copeland, of Marvin Kan.

OTHER TOWNS.

Big Bend, situated between Logan and Marvin, was laid (out two
years since (1880), and has two stores, a saw mill and a blacksmith shop,
and postoffice. .

Long Island, in the northwest part of the county, contains a post-
office, hotel, store, blacksmith shop and grist mill.

Prairve View is twelve miles north of Logan. as one store, a
blacksmith shop, postoffice, and the only cigar factory in the county.

SHERIDAN COUNTY.

GHERIDAN County was created by an act of the Legislature of 1873,
and is the westernmost of the organized counties in the second north-
ern tier. Its area is 900 square miles. It was named after General Philip

II. Sheridan and first settled upon in 1874, by a buffalo hunter, who lo- |

cated upon Section 30, Township 6, Range 28.

The county is well watered. Both the South and North Forks of the
Solomon River flow through the county, and the Saline River rises here.
The creeks are small, but numerous and permeating the county in all di-
rections. There is said to be good water power on the North Fork of the
Solomon ; springs are abundant, good well water can be had ata depth
of about thirty feet. The streams are skirted with timber, though it
is in rather narrow belts of the varieties common to Western Kansas.

There is about 97 per cent. of the land upland prairie; 3 per cent. bot-
tom; the average width of the bottoms is one mile. The prairies are
gently undulating, and in the western part of the county quite level.

The soil is generally of a deeprich black loam. Building stone is
abundant, mostly of the white magnesian limestone.

The lands in this county are mostly subject to entry at the Oberlin Land
Office, in the Northern District, though those on the southern side of the
county are entered at Wakeeney, in Trego County. In the early spring of
1878, Captain G. C. West located 32 quarter sections of school lands here.

The county was organized June 2, 1880; the special County Clerk was
W. M. Rodgers; special County Commissioners, K. A. Ellithorpe, W. 8.
Hausufus and W. A. Rodgers; temporary county seat, Kenneth.

COUNTY MATTERS.

County Clerks—W. M. Rodgers, William Stevens. County Commissioners—K. A.
Ellethorpe, W. S. Hausufus, . A. Rodgers, A. D. Urquhart, D. U. Ball, ‘
Scott, M. G. Haskell, J. L. Albin. County Treasurer—George W. Crane. Register of
Deeds—A. C. McClung. Surveyors—George E. Smith, W. C. Blackstone, Sheriffs—
J. H. Cary, Giles W. Humes. Coroners—H. W. Perce, Isaac Kneeland. Probate
Judge—8.P. Davidson. County Attorney—H. 8. Howe, Clerks of the District Court
—A. W. Stone, I. H. Kimball, G. M. Brooks. Superintendent of Public Instruction—
A.-P. Weida. A. L. Patchin, of Rooks County, has represented this District in the
Senate. He succeeds Thomas H. Cavanaugh as Register of the Land Office at Oberlin,
Cavanaugh having been appointed special agent. E. J. Turner has represented the
county in the House in 1881 and 1883.

The election returns from the county show that there is a mixed political sentiment.
In 1880 on the Prohibition Amendment the vote was 101 for; 69 against. On Constitu-
tional Convention, 56 for, 103 against.

When the county wag organized it was in the Fifteenth Judicial District, Joel Uolt,
of Mitchell County, Judge. It became a part of the Seventeenth Judicial District March
8, 1881, and D. W. (om Nellis, of Ellis County, was Judge. W.H. Pratt of Phillips County,
was elected in November, 1881. The terms of court commence at Kenneth on the
second Monday of April and the first Monday of October. For judicial purposes the
counties of Thomas and Sherman are attached to Sheridan.

The Sheridan {County 7'ribune, at Kenneth, was established the 1st of July, 1879,
George N. Palmer, editor and proprietor. He died, Dec. 9, 1881, at Toledo, Iowa, and
the paper has since been managed by HE. J. Turner, J. B. Ilitchcock, W. L. Humes, and

thers.
‘s School Districts, No: 1 and No.'2 were organized by a deputy superintendent from
Rooks County, and both sustained a three months’ term of school during the school year
nding July 31, 1880. ; 7 : E ‘ .
: ‘the Con sregationalist Church of the Disciples, and the Methodist Episcopalians,
are established in the county; the Methodists having quite a preponderance. Rev. L.
S. Day, Rev. A. J. Langley and others,shave ministered to the Methodists; Rev. J. Q.

A. Wellcr to the Congregationalists; Rev. A. T. Mall and Rev. E. J. Palmer to the
Christians. ;

The Sheridan County Agricultural, Horticultural aud Mechanical Association was
organized in June, 1881. D. E. Barnes was the first president; George W. Crane its
secretary. “Its Board of Directors were D. E. Barnes. G. M. Brooks, D. U. Ball, G. W.
Crane, D. W. Freeman, M. G. Haskell, J. F. Hobbs, J. Leatherman, W. M. Rogers, J.
F. Towner, A. D. Urquhart and E. O. Walden.

The post offices and objective points in the county are located in the following
manner: Arkona and Sheridan in Sheridan Township; Adel, Alcyone, Chicago, Hor-
tonville and Luzerne in Ade. Township; Advance and Rurdon in Saline Township;
Milligan in Spring Brook Township, and Kenneth the county seat. Francella, Port
Byron and St. Paul are other points.

Grainfield, in Gove County, on the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific, is the ac-
cessible railroad station, south of Kenneth. Lenora, on the Central Branch of the
Missouri Pacific, in the southeast corner of Norton County, is the accessible station to
the northeast. There is a daily mail from Grainfield and Oberlin, Decatur County; a
semi-weekly mail from Lenora,

The statistics for 1881 and 1882 show a comparative meagerness consequent upon

sparsity of population, The wool clip of 1881 was 4,200 pounds; number of sheep in 188 .
2,418; of swine, 342; of milch cows, 533; other cattle, 1,772; mules, 89; horses, 500. The
butter product was 13,444 pounds; value of slaughtered animals, $12,388; of poultry and
eggs, $9,793. The acreage of winter wheat was 403; of spring wheat, 24; rye. 291; oats,
42; potatoes, 57; swect potatoes, 36; sorghum, 507; castor beans, 19; broom corn, 138;
millet and Hungarian, 747.
é The valuation of the property of the county for 1881 was returned at $54,321.24; in
i882 it was $42,185.76, Its taxable acres under cultivation were 460; those not under cul-
tivation 3,100. It had 17 improved taxable town lots; 309 unimproved. The valuation
of its personal property was $32,772.76.

There are 9 organized school districts in the county; in 1882 there were 360 persons
of school age; there were $1 in 1880. The school enrollment of 1880 was 37; in 1881 it was
122; in 1882, Vr. ‘The average monthly salary of male teachers is $20; of female teach-
ers, $16.75. The amount of money received for school purposes in 1882 was $460.70, of
which $179.27 was State funds. In 1880 the census returns were 1,567 males of twenty-
one yearsand over; native, 129; foreign, 80.

3

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH,

TION. E. J. TURNER, lawyer and real estate dealer, was born at ‘Lockport, Eric
County, Pa., Dec. 26, 1846. When he was only one year of age, his father, J. i. Turner,
a Methodist clergyman, removed with his family to Ohio, remaining there until 1849,
when he pushed further west into Indiana, remaining there until 1853, then removed to
Niles Mich., where he lived until 1856, when he located at Henry, I)l,, and from thence
to Bloomfield, Lowa, in 1860. E. J. Turner was for three years astudentat the Adrian
College of Michigan. In 1370 he entered the law office of Gen. Weaver, the recent Green-
back candidate for. President, remaining with him for two years; then located at Mount
Ayer, Iowa, where he practiced law and conducted the Ringgold Record for two years;
afterward embarking tn the mercantile business at Ottumwa and Corning, Iowa, remain-
ing in the business until his removal to Sheridan County, Kan., in February, 1879. Ile
purchased a section of land and laid out the town of Kenneth, and engaged in the prac-
tice of law, selling town lots and dealing in other real estate, continuing in the business
to the present time, besides being largely interestedin wool growing, having an extensive
ee ranch extending for a distance of three miles, on the south bank of the Solomon
alee beginning a distance of uwbout six miles from Kenneth. He considers Sheridan

ounty as one of the best cattle and sheep territories in Kansas, When he located in the
county only twenty claims had been taken. Before the 20th of June of the same year there
wos NOES section ofland within the borders of the county upon which claims had not been
a a Je has served two terms in the Kansas Legislature, being elected a member of
: . é is YY Representatives in 1880.and 1882, He was in the army from November, 1863,
nntil Jw NE ite He enlisted in Company E, Thirteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, but
ee oe afterward detailed to duty in the Provost Marshal's office, doing duty most of
a meat Jowleville, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn. He is a member of the A »> RF &A.M
Beye A a ee ee ee at ane Iowa, to Ella Beymer, a native of Clyde,

4 Be . A Oo. eae d Wits nt
ai. Coming, lowa Dec's, 4, g§ one child—Kenneth Beymer Turner—who was born
BARBER COUNTY. 1521

BARBER

COUNTY.

 

eee County takes its name from Thomas W. Barber, a Free-State
settler in Douglas County, who was killed near Lawrence on Decem
ber 6, 1855. It was intended when the county was christened that it should
bear the name of Barber, but somebody, out of an exceedingly wise head,
determined that the spelling should be Barbour, and it stood in this form
until 1883, when the Legislature enacted that henceforward the county
should bear the name originally given it.

The county is nearly in the form of a rectangle,,Kingman cutting out
a block six miles square from the northeast corner. It is thirty-three miles
in depth and thirty-six miles from east to west, giving a total area of 1
184 square miles. : :

_ The county has ten per cent of bottom and ninety per cent of upland.
Timber occupies but one
per cent of its surface,
the remainder being
prairie. The general sur-
face of the eastern half
of the county is very
level, but the western
half, which includes the
famous Cedar Mount-
ains, is largely broken
and bluffy.

Cottonwood, red
cedar, elm, hackberry.
walnut and a_ fev
other varieties of timbe:
are foundin small quan
tities along the principal
streams.

The principal streams
are Medicine Lodge,
Driftwood, Mulberry,
Hackberry and Mule
The tributaries of the
Medicine Lodge Rive)
are Bear, Cedar anc
Monument Crecks, flow-
ing north, and Elm and
Turkey flowing south.
Big and Little Mule
Crecksrun southeast and
empty into the Salt Fork
of the Arkansas. In ad-
dition to these streams,
are numerous springs al]
over the county, and
water can be obtainea
by wells of from ten tu
fifty feet in depth.

onsiderable quanti-
ties of red sandstone ex-
ist in the northwestern
part of the county, near T3
Sun City. Vast fields of
gypsum underlie that [I , IN 3 A N
part of the county south- 9} school Houses 4 : e z
west of the Medicine
Lodge River, and fire-
clay has been discovered

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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).

the Indians. He spent his time hunting buffalo and collecting the hides
for market. Lockwood and Leonard attempted farming. July 80, 1872,
the Indians, who were opposed to the whites settling in that section, made
a raid on the residences of Leonard and Lockwood, and in the fight Mosley
was killed, the others saving their lives by remaining in the house inside a
stockade. The Indians killed nearly all the stock at this ranch and went
off. Eli Smith located atthe same place in October, 1872, and the first
store was opened by G. Hegwer in the spring of 1873. :

In December, 1872, Derrick Updegraff located at Medicine Lcdge, and
soon after Salmon P. Tuttle brought a drove of cattle to a camp near Up-
degraff’s claim. William Walters, W. E. Hutchinson. with two brothers,
Jake Ryan, A. L. Duncan, David Hubbard and John Beebee made settle-
ment at or near Medicine
Lodge early in 1878, and
Samucl Larsh and a
Mr. Wyncoop started a
ranch at the mouth of
Cedar Creck, three miles
northwest of the Upde-
graff cluim. Lake city
was established by Reu-
ben Lake April 6, 1873.
With the summer of 1878
came general immigra-
tion and quite rapid set-
tlement all over the
northern part of the
county.

The first child born in
the county was Ralph
Duncan, son of L.
Duncan, born in the
spring of 1878. The first
wedding in the county
took place in July, 1874,
and united Charles Ta-
bor and Miss Moore.
5. Miller and Mary Hale
were married at Sun City
at’ an carly day, but the
exact date is unknown.

The following account
of the Indian raid of 1874
secins to be the most cor-
rect of the many conflict-
ing ones that are given.
It is vouched for by E.
P. Caruthers, of the In-
dex, who has been in a
position to-get the facts:
ft was in the summer of
1874 that the so-called
Indian raid occurred—
when a band of Indians,
led by a number of white
men, it is alleged, came
to this county and mur-
dered several citizens up
the Medicine River.
There are different ver-

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EARLY HISTORY. (a) Elwood Township..

Kiowa Township...

  

sions of the story. One
. is that the invaders were
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county are all embraced {9} fake City Lomneat
in the ‘thirty mile” and (e}
“three mile” strips, for-
merly owned by the
Osages and the Chero-
kees respectively. These
lands were ceded to the

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Total.....
Medicine Lodge City.

a) Detached from Kiowa in 1880.
c) Detached from Pratt County in 1873.

 

Government by _ the d) Detached from Harper and Pratt Counties in 1873; in 1878, part set off for Kiowa.
treaty of July 15, 1870, (e) Detached from Pratt County in 1873.
and were then offered for

-emption but not for home-steading or timber claim entry. They em-
Drcced some of the best hunting grounds of the Osages, as the still plainly
marked and numerous ‘‘buffalo wallows ” testify. :

The first settler in the county was a man named Griffin, who located
on aranch about _one mile from where Sun City now stands, in the win-
ter of 1871-72. This pioneer was killed in the Indian Territory the fol-
lowing summer, and C. H. Douglass is now the leading merchant in the
town. Inthe spring of 1872, E. H. Mosley, Lockwood and Leonard lo-
cated at Kiowa. Mosley had a small stoek of goods which he traded to

 

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b) Detached from Medicine Lodge in 1878; Elwood set off in 1880.

  

tling up the country and

359 destroying their hunting
—-— grounds. Another ver-
261 sion is that they were

white men, in Indian dis-
guise, who were hired by
interested parties to
drive out the population,
that the rascality of the
. bondswindlers might not
be detected or interrupted. Old citizens don’t like to say much about that
raid, preferring to let the dead past bury its dead—the dead Indians being
already buried. The invaders were satisfied with one invasion.

To protect the citizens, stockades were built at this place, up the river
twelve miles and at Sun City. The one here ran north and south through
the alleys parallel with and next to Main street. Where the Cresset oftice
stands was the northern line, and near Blickhahn’s shop was the southern
line. It was made of cedar posts sct on end in the ground. As a further
protection,-a company of militia was organized at this place, and one at
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Sun City, and these were willing to keep off all savages for the pay they
received from the State.

, For the following account of the great interest of the county—stock-
raising—we are indebted to E. P. Caruthers, of the Index: :

“This county was a great grazing district for buffalo, and old settlers
tell us that there were twenty times as many buffalo here as there are cat-
tle now. One enthusiastic old settler remarked that he had seen them so
thick on the Medicine River that one could walk for miles by only step-
ping from one buffalo to another. We suppress his name for the sake of
his family. But they were thick and died in great numbers. Their
bleached bones were as thick in the cafions and on the prairies as stumps
are inaclearing. Who does not remember the ‘Bone Age,’ when the
bone pilgrims swooped down on this country by the hundreds and hauled
the bones away by the thousands of tons? There was no harm in this, but
this same crowd was guilty of meanness, for they would burn off the grass
on every occasion they hackthe opportunity, that the white bleached bones
might be seen more easily. This was after the ‘ Cedar Age,’ when these
same pilgrims came here and stole all the cedar posts out of the country,

“Where the buffalo roamed must be a good place for cattle, thought the
old settlers, and tbey were correct, as has since been demonstrated. The
rich grass that remains nutritious the entire year, and the many streams of
pure water made the county one to be sought after by stockmen. Many
of the early settlers tried agriculture as a pursuit, and generally failed,
though a few on the streams did occasionally raise something like crops;
but these soon found it true that this was not an agricultural section, and
abandoned their experiments.

_ ‘The first cattle held in the county was a bunch of through Texas cat
tle purchased by Solomon Tuttle in the fall of 1872, and wimtered across
the Medicine River, about where the saw mill now stands. These he drove
North and sold the following summer.

“The first graded cattle were driven in from Missouri in the spring of
1873 by William Carl, who held them on the Medicine, twelve miles above
aoe city. Judge Shepler drove a few head in at the same time, with

ar.

“From that time on, the stock business has soon rapidly. From every
State, came in men to engage in the business. Texas cattle found a ready
sale here, and in fact any animal that wore horns and hoofs. With that
enterprise which is always to be found in stockmen, progress and im-
provement were the watch-words. High grade bulls and heifers were
brought here from Kentucky and elsewhere, and to-day the range is full
of the best graded stock cattle to be found in the West. There are Texans
still being driven here, but principally cows, and the stock shipped from
here brings the best prices offered for domestic cattle. The range is now
generally taken up and much of it fenced. It has on it about as many
cattle as can do well, and with no more than is now here all owners must
prosper. But should there once grow up a jealousy and greediness among
the stockmen a large part of the business must be crippled.”

The railway history of the county is embraced in one unhappy experi-
ence. On August 27, 1873, a special election was held to decide the ques-
tion of subscribing $100,000 to the stock of the Nebraska, Kansas &
Southwestern Railway, and issuing bonds to the county of alike amount.
The measure was carried by a vote of ninety-one to thirty-six, and the
county bonds issued. These are now a valid lien against the county, but
the ey was never built, and the citizens, having no redress, are out
$100,000. :

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

The first record of the County Commissioners bears the date of July 7, 1873—the board
then consisting of S. H. Ulmer, L. H. Bowlus and J. C. Kirkpatrick. On September 1, 1873,
a contract was made with C. C. Bemis for a-court house to cost $25,000, and the Clerk direct-
ed to issue warrants for that amount. This court house was never built. September 2, W.
E. Hutchinson was appointed immigration agent, and $1,000 in warrants drawn in his
favor. October 6,G. W. Crane was appointed advertising agent, and it was directed that
$5,000, “‘ or as much of it as might be needed,” be paid him. November 7, 1873, the county
was divided into three County Commissioners’ districts. On February 11, 1874, a special
election on the question of issuing bonds to the amount of $40,000, for court house and gen-
eral purposes took place, and resulted in the defeat of the proposition by a majority of 41.
A little later, the Commissioners, acting under a law approved March 7, 1874, issued these
bonds.

The first regular election took place in November, 1873. The vote of Medicine Lodge

recinct was thrown out, and a count of the other ballots resulted in the choice of the fol-
owing county officers: M. D, Houk, County Clerk; Jacob Horn, County Treasurer; D. E.
Sheldon, Probate Judge; Reuben Lake, Sheriff; 5. B. Douglas, Superintendent of Public
Instruction; C. H. Douglass, Clerk of the District Court; M.S, Cobb, Regirter of Decds; M.
W. Sutton, County Attorney. The records of the general election of 1874 are missing.
County Clerks have been elected as follows: 3. J. Shepler, 1875-77; RB. A, Ward, 1879; J. HE.
Chapin, 1881, County Treasurers: Jacob Horn, 1875; IW. MeNeal, 1877; J. 35. Chapin,
1879; W. T. Rouse, 1881. Sheriffs: C. L. Walker, 1875; J. Moore, 1877; J.T. Taylor, 1879; C,
T. Rigg, 1881. Probate Judges: W.M. Friedly, 1876-78; S. J.Shepler, 1880-82. County
Superintendents of Public Instruction: C. C. Bond, 1875; M. L. Palmer, 1876; J. W. Corne-
lius, 1878; T. 8. Lindley, 1880; A. Axlinc, 1882. Clerks of the District Court: W.G. Os-
born, 1875; T. W. McClure, 1877; S. W. Lard, 1878; T. W. Osborne, 1879; Robert A. Tallia-
ferro, 1880-82. Registers of Deeds: J. R. Easley, 1875; Edward Ozbun, 1877; J. R. Easley,
1878; W.A. Mount, 1879; L. W. Moore, 1881. County Attorneys: B.P. Ayres, 1876-78 ;
James T, Whitelaw, 1°80; E. Sample, 1842, Surveyors: P. Hartzel, 1875; George I. Wise,
1877 ;.T. A. Bayley, 1879; A. Denton, 1880-81, Coroners: George Ebersal, 1875; J. V. Vish-
burn, 1877; William Fitch, 1879; J. W. Singer, 1881.

Barber County has passed through but one county seat contest, that of February 27,
1876. This could hardly be called a contest, as Medicine Lodge received more that the con-
bined vote of its competitors, The vote stood 103 for Medicine Lodge, 58 for Defiance and
20 for Lake City. This vote settled the question, and the hopelessness of any attempt to
remove the seat of justice has kept the matter quiet ever since.

STATISTICS.

The first obtainable report from this county to the State Superintendent of Public In-
struction, heavs date 1878. The county then had eight schoolhouses, six log and two frame.
There were twenty school districts, and a school population of 360. The number of school-

houses in th¢county in 1880 is reported at four (evidently a mistake). There were in that
vest (a Meteo ached districts, and a school os of 869. In 1882, several districts
faile report, and some inaccuracies resulted. That year showed fourteen schoolhouses,

861 scticol population, an enrollment of 400, and an average attendance of 325. The total
expensesof the ycar were $2,639.83; the total receipts, $3,122.69. :
Barber is essentially a grazing country, but a considerable amount of cereals are raised

init. No report of crop acreage was made to the State Board of Agriculture prior to 1875, -

with which year the following table begins:

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

 

 

 

    
 
 

Irish Potatoes..
Sweet Potatoes
Sorghum......
Broom Corn..
Millet and Hungarian.

   

 

 

 

 

The population of the county was in 1875, 366; in 1878, 1,388; in 1880, 2,625; in 1882»
2,199.

MEDICINE LODGE.

Medicine Lodge takes its name from the river which skirts the town
site on the west. This stream in turn was named by the Indians, who
often met upon its banks in council for “making medicine.”’ The location
of the city isan admirable one, Elm Creek lying on the east, and Medi-
cine River on the west, joining their waters a quarter of a mile to the
south of the city, while between them rises the lofty plateau of the town
site.

In October, 1872, William Walters had a temporary camp at the forks
below the present city, but made no effort at settlement, and moved away
the following spring. In February, 1873, the party, led by John Hutchin-
son, came to Medicine Lodge, and laid out the town site of 400 acres. The
first building on the town site was the structure which now forms the din-
ing room of the Medicine Lodge house. It was put up by D. Updegraff,
and used then as now, for hotel purposes. Lumber was hauled from
Hutchinson, and Bemis, Hutchinson & Co. proceeded to put up an office
—the building which now forms the south wing of the Medicine Lodge
House. This was followed by a large general store, erected by Bemis, Jor-
don & Co., on the spot now occupied by Payne’s bank. L. H. Ulmer was
the next merchant to locate here, and was followed in the summer of 1878
by D. E. Sheldon. Immigration was rapid during 1873, that year witness-
ing the arrival of C. T. Rigg, the first physician in the town, and now
Sheriff of the county; of W. E. Hutchinson, the first attorney, and of M.
Sutton, also a disciple of Blackstone. The first blacksmith shop was put
up by Cicero Widner, and the first drug store opened by S. A. Winston
during this season. The Indian scare of 1874 checked settlement, and
caused a pe exodus, but the following years showed a steady growth,
that has made Medicine Lodge an “eminently solid’’ city.

A post office was established at Medicine Lodge in 1878, and the mail
handled by W. E. Hutchinson. §. A. Winston was Postmaster in 1878,
and was followed by M. D. Houck, D. E. Van Slyke, Eli Smith and W. D.
Van Slyke, the present official. The first post office was in the Winston
building, now owned by Dr. C. T. Rigg, and leased as a billiard room. It
was in this room that the first term of court was held. Thence it was
moved to the lot now occupied by the Medicine Valley Bank, thence to the
Friedly building, the little frame north of Little’s store, and its present
quarters on the west side of Main street. It was made a money order office
in 1879, and the first order purchased by Charles Ellis, July 8, of that
year. It became an office of the third class April 1, 1888. Mail routes
from this point run to Harper, Kiowa, Kinsley, Great Bend and Hutchin-
son. The Kinsley route passes through Sun City and Lake City; the
Hutchinson through Kingman, Kingman County, and the Great Bend
through Iuka, in Pratt County.

CITY GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

On May 21, 1879, the order pote Medicine Lodge as a city.of the third class
was signed, and the first city election was set for Tune 7, 1879. This election resulted in the
choice of W. W. Cook, Mayor; H. M. Davis, Police Judge; W. W. Standiford, J. N. Nitf,
George Mitts, J. Storey and 1D. M. Carmichael, Councilmen. §. J. Shepler served a short
time as City Clerk, and was followed by J. W. Upperman. A. W. Little was Mayor in 1880,
J. E. Chapin in 1881, and §. J, Shepler in 1882, Police Judges were elected as follows: H. M.
Davis, 1880-81; G.S. Turney, 1882; S.J. Shepler was City Clerk in 1880, A. V. Shepler in
1881, and J. W. Upperman in 1882. The present Council is made up of WLW. Cook, D. Van
Slyke, E. Youmans, I:, W. Payne, T. A, McNeal. C.'T. Rigg is Marshal, E. Sample, City At-
torney, and J. C, Orner, City Treasurer, The city now has a population of nearly 600.

School District No.1, which takes in Medicine ee was organized in the spring of
1873, and Miss Lucinda Burlingame engaged as teacher, She was tllowed by Mr. J. White-
law, Mrs. Julia A. Whitolaw, IL. M. Davis, John Swank, Mrs. M. G. McClure, J. M. Neal, E.
M, Byerley and A. Axline, the present Principal, who was engaged in the fall of 1880, and
still holds the position, Mr. Axline is assisted by Mrs, Julia A. Whitelaw and Mrs, M. G.
McClure. The original schoolhouse built in 1873, at a cost of $400 ($1,500 in bonds were is-
sued for this purpose), was in use until the fall of 1882, A new brick school will be com-
pleted in 1883, at. 2 cost of $6,000. It wall be 43x43 feet, and contain four rooms. The funds
or this building were raised by the sale of bonds to the amount of $4,400, and taxation to the
amount of $1,600, The school has now an enrollment of 227.

The earliest religious services in the town were held by traveling Methodist preachers.
No regular organization, was, however, effected until 1878, when Rev. Mr. Mattern was ap-
pointed pastor. The society then numbered thirteen, but felt so much confidence in the fu-
ture, that the erection ofachurch building was at once decided upon. Thisstructure was com-
pleted in 1879, at a cost of $1,200. A parsonage was erected in 1881, ata cost of $300. Rev. Mr.

usic was appointed pastor in 1880, but remained only a short time, and his unexpired term

was filled by Rev. Mr. Rolinson, . C. Reed was gees in 1881, and James F. Hill in 1882.
The society now numbers forty-seven. The Union Sabbath school is conducted by this church
and the Presbyterians. It is ina flourishing condition under J, T, Taylor.

_ Lhe Christian Church was organized in October, 1878, and A. H. Mulky chosen pastor.
His labors closed in 1882, and since that time there has been no regular preaching. The so-
ciety, waleh, at the time of or, ‘nization, numbered thirteen, now has forty-five members en-
rolled. Early services were held in the schoolhouse, whence they were moved to the resi-
dence of D. E. Sheldon, which had been converted to school purposes. A church buildin
was completed in 1880, at a cost of $1,400, and has been occupied for the past two years. k
ees nae organized in 1880 has an average attendance of forty, end isin charge of T,

There is a society of this denomination at Sharon Post Office, ten miles east of Medi
cine Lodge. Itis supplied by Rev. Charles Collins, and has : 1 i Ha
flourishing Sabbath school sania James Huffaker, ” a ener ee eyes

___ Presbyterian Church.—As early as 1879, services were held at this point by Rey. A, Ax-
line, but it was not until his settlement here in 1880 that a society was formed. The society
BARBER COUNTY.

has never had a change of pastors, and retains its original membership of t = -
ices have been held in the schoolhouse, and later in the Methodist Hempchde A
Presbyterian Church edifice is now building, and will be completed in 1883. It will be 35x50
fen cunt 300, and cost, with the lot occupied, $3,000. The church has no separate Sabbath
: The Uniled Brethren have a number of members in the county, but few in Medi-
.cipe qonae Rev. W. M. Friedly performed all services up to Navember: 7? 1889, Meir
left for Winfield, Cowley County, and his place was filled by Rev. D. J. Cole. ’ :

SOCIETIES, THE PRESS, ETC.

Pioneer Lodge, No. 179, I. 0. O. F., was organized on February 24, 1881, with seven =
bers and the following officers: John Nelson, G. John Hips, Vv, G.; E. w Byerley, Ba
D. ee eee _ The lodge now numbers forty-one members, and has the following
official roll: John Higgins, N. G.; E. M, Byerley, V. G.; W. T. Rouse, Secretary ; Ambrose
Allen, Treasurer. Meetings are held in Odd Fellows’ Hall, on Tuesday of each week. The
property of the lodge consists of $110 in cash, and furniture and regalia to the value of $200.

Delta Lodge, No. 77, A., F. & A. M., was organized under dispensation, in March 1881, and
chartered in March, 1882. At the time the charter was granted, the lodge had twenty-two
members, and the following officers: S. J. Shepler, W. M. C. G. Turney, 8. W.; I. W. Stout,
J. W,; J. E. Chapin, Secretary; Burd Lacey, Treasurer. From March, 1882, to the December
election of that year, D. Van Slyke’ filled the office of Treasurer. The present officers of
the lodge are S. J. Shepler, W. M., C. G. Turney, S. W.; George Geppert, J. W.; H. Yant,
Secretary; Burd Lacey, Treasurer. _ The lodge now has a mieMiberehip of forty-seven.
Meetings are held on the first and third Saturdays of each month in Masonic Hall.

Fidelity Lodge, No. 80, A. 0. U. W., was chartered October 14, 1881, It had then seven-
teen members and the following officers: J. E. Chapin, P. M. W.; John L. Nelson, M. W.; E.
Morris, oreman l J gO Eiger, an J. c. os Beparset; W. T. Rouse, Fin.; Eli Smith, Re-

iver. ge now Das a membership of twenty-four, and the following official roll: J.
W. Singer, P. M. W.; 8. M. Roberts, M, W.; R. G. Eckert, Foreman; N.W. Seung, 0. L.W.
Moore, Recorder; L. D. Hess, Fin.; Eli Smith, Receiver. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall
on is pac ae oo Mondays of each month.

e press history of this town, as well as of the county, is compri i
papers, the Madl, Oresset and Index. a EE eee ene

The Barbour County Mail was started May 20, 1878, by M. J. Cochran. Its first appear-
ance was as an eight-column folio, one side “patent,” but it soon changed to asix-column
folio, ‘all home print.” It was sold March 10, 1879, to J. W. McNeal and E. W. Iliff, who at
once started the Cresset. The Oresset (from eresset, a brilliant light) made its first appearance
on March 20, 1879, as a six-column folio. May 20, 1879, Iliff sold out to T. A. Me eal, and
July 10, the form was changed to a five-column “patent” quarto. This was changed to a
six-column June 25, 1880, and to a seven-column in April, 1883. April 8, 1882, J. W. McNeal
sold out to T. A. McNeal, who the same day formed a partnership with L. M. Axline. The
paper oy has a circulation of 768; appears Thursdays, and is, as it has always been, Repub-

ican in politics. :

The Barbour County Index appeared June 10, 1880, as a seven-column folio, edited and
owned by M. L. Sherpey. The office consisted of a small amount of type owned by the Cres-
set, and possessed neither press, imposing stone norink table. Notwithstanding these obsta-
cles, the paper lived and grew, becoming an eight-column folio in November, 1881, and a six-
column quarto in March, 1882, In July, 1882, it was purchased by E. W. Payne, who changed
it to a seven-column quarto in February, 1883. It now has a circulation of 720, is issued on
Thursdays, and is a shining light in the Democratic press of this region.

The Merchants’ & Drovers’ Bank was the first bank in the city, and was started in Oc-
tober, 1880, by H. M. Hickman. Business was transacted until January 10, 1882, when un-
fortunate outside business caused the closing of the bank.

Medicine Valley Bank.—Two days after the closing of the Merchants’ & Drovers’, this
bank eres existence. Itis run by a joint stock company, officered by E. W. Payne,
President; George Geppert, Cashier; W. W. Cook, Vice President. The capital stock of the
bank was $50,000, up to November, 1882, when ‘it was increased to $100,000. A fine bank
building was completed in March, 1883, at a cost, all told, of $7,500.

Standiford, Youmans & Co.—This bank is a private one, and makes no statement of re-
sources. It was organized in 1881, and has done a good business since that time.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

F. T. BEACH, of the firm of Bender & Beach, dealers -in hardware, lumber, etc., was
born in Litchfield County, State of Connecticut, in 1835. His parents moved to Rock Coun-
ty, Wis., in 1846. Was one of the first settlers of that region. Was reared in the agricult-
ural business and obtained a business education. When twenty-one years of age, he be-
gan se 3 for himself in Wisconsin, where he remained for seven years. Hethen moved
to Evansville, in the same county, and engaged in the livery business, remaining two and
one-half years; then farmed two years. In 1869, he emigrated to Kansas, and settled in
Linn County, where he was in the real estate business, laying out and platting what is
known as Foot & Beach’s First Addition to the City of La Cygne, remaining in this business
for six years. He then farmed and handled stock for seven years, at the end of which time

_ he came to Medicine Lodge, Barber Co., Kan., and opened his present business January 22,
1883. Mr. B.is a member of the order of Freemasons. In 1858, he was married to Miss
Lucinda R. Davis, of Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., by whom he has two children—
June R. and Mina A. '

A. C. BENDER, of the firm of Bender & Beach, dealers in hardware and lumber, was

born in Tennessee in 1829. He was reared ona farm. When twenty-one years of age, he
began mining in the Cumberland Mountains in Kentucky, at which he continued eight
months. He next worked on a farm, after which he went to Southwestern Missouri, where
he remained in the stock business two years, In 1856, he came to Kansas, and took up a
claim, and in 1857 brought his family, after which he went into the stock business, in which
he continued until 1861. In 1862, he joined the army, and served until 1865, after which he
returned to Kansas and handled stock until 1873. He was next in Great Bend, Barton Co.,
Kan., in the milk trade one year. He then came to Barber County, and was engaged in
the stock traffic until August, 1882, when be opened his present business. Mr. Bender has
improved several farms in the State of Kansas, prominent among which is one of 400 acres
‘in Barber County, and made substantial improvements in Medicine Lodge. Mr. Bender is
a member of the Christian Church, and is also a member of the order of Freemasons. He
has assisted in organizing several churches and Sunday schools. In 1850, Mr. Bender was
married to Miss Rachel Allen, of Tennessee, by whom he had nine children—Elzodia, Ide-
rah,' Samuel R., Clay, Samuel Lincoln, Lillie, John H., Louie S. and Ormel A. His wife
died in 1877. Was married to Mrs. Mahala Howard, of Illinois, in 1877. Mrs. Bender is a
member of the Episcopal Church. . ae , 3

JOHN E. CHAPIN, County Clerk, is a native of Illinois, and was born in 1840. His
early life was spent in school, and when fifteen years of age he entered a printing office,
where he continued four years, He then entered school, penainne afew years. In April,
1861, he joined the army of the Tenth Illinois Infantry, Company E, for three months. He
then joined the Black Hawk Cavalry, and was afterward mustered into the Seventh Mis-
souri Cavalry, Company D, where he served three years and one month. He then returned
home, and farmed for six years, after which he was in the floral business four years. In
1879, he emigrated to Kansas, and settled on a claim in Barber County, where he remained
ashort time. He was next in the saddlery business for a short time. In 1880, he was elect-
ed County Treasurer for a term of two years, after which he was elected County Clerk in
1882. He was also Clerk of the School Board for three years. He was Mayor of the city
one year, and was Councilman for two years. He is now a member of the Board of School
Examiners. Heis a Freemason and Ancient Workman, and is a member of the G. A. R.
Owns twenty acres of land near the town, and one-third interest in the Medicine Lodge
town site. In 1872, Mr.C. was married to Miss S. 8, Russell, of Illinois, by whom he has
three children—Mary, Olive and Ernest. 7

GEORGE GEPPERT, cashier of the Medicine Valley Bank, was born in 1842. He was
reared in Pennsylvania, and removed with his parents in 1859 to Allegan County, Mich.,
where he lived with them on a farm until 1862, when he was employed in a general store
in Allegan, Mich. In 1867, he became the book-keeper, and in 1870 a partner in the con-
cern. In 1879, he came to Kansas, and settled in the town of Medicine Lodge, in the hard-
ware and lumber trade. January 12, 1882, he accepted the position of cashier of the Medi-
cine Valley Bank, and at the same time is a member of the firm of Geppert & Stone, hard-
ware and Jumber dealers. In 1868, he was married to Eliza A. Stone, of Michigan, by whom
he has one child—Frank 5S, ; Buck

L. D. HESS, groceryman, was born in Ohio in 1843, His early life was spent on the
farm and in the school room, When sixteen years of age, he taught school in Ohio one

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year. He then taught in Indiana until 1861, when he joined the army, and served three
years in the Thirty-third Illinois Infantry, Company B, after which he taught school in
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa until 1876. He then came to Wellington, Kan., where he was
engaged running a bakery and grocery until 1881, when he came to Medicine Lodge and
embarked in his present business. Mr. Hess was elected Justice of the Peace and Police
Judge in 1883. e is a member of the order of Freemasons aud Ancient Order of United:
Workmen. He built two business houses in Wellington and one residence. Built a brick
block, 50x60, and one residence in Medicine Lodge, which he still owns, He also owns a
farm of 160 acres in Sumner County. In 1869, Mr. Hess was married to Miss L. J. Lamb, of
Indiana, by whom he has five children—Clara, Agnes, Estella, William and Ollie,

ALONZO W. LITTLE, of the firm of H.C. Thompson & Co., general merchants, was
born in Muhlenburg, then Rumsey County, Ky., A me 3, 1847. @ received an academic
education. At the age of fifteen years, he went to clerking in a dry goods store, where he
remained fifteen months. Up to 1870, he vibrated between school and his brother’s store,
in which year he took the United States census. In 1871, he commenced the study of law
with his brother, a prominent attorney of Owensburg, Ky. On being admitted to the bar,
he moved to Mississippi, where he practiced his profession, and was there appointed Clerk
of the Supreme Court, which position he held four years, when he resumed the practice of
his profession, In September, 1875, he was married to Miss Ida M. McDaniels, of Jefferson-
town, Ky., by whom he has had three children—A. W., Jr., L. Junius and Gerard B., L.
Junius being deceased. In 1879, he located in Medicine Lodge, where he engaged in the
live stock and real estate business. He has built several houses, some of which he yet owns.
He has served one term as Mayor. He isa strong advocate ot churches and schools, and
though not a member of either church, has almost continuously been a member of the M.
E. Church Board. In December, 1881, in company with H.C. Thompson, he commenced
the general merchandise business, and from the first has prospered far beyond his most san-
guine anticipations. On the death of his father, Judge Douglas Little, who for many years
was Judge of McLean County, by consent of all the heirs, the property was left to the con-
trol of his widow, Mrs. Martha A. Little, who yet lives in the old homestead in Calhoun,
Ky., loved and respected by all who know her. :

C. C. MILLS, stock-dealer and raiser, was born in East Tennessee in 1852, and reared
on a farm, and at nineteen years of age commenced farming on his own account, and con-
tinued at the same up to 1880. At this time, he engages in the stock business with C. War-
den; went to Texas with C. Warden and drove the herd for him; bought 642 head of cattle
and drove them tothe Nation. He now has an interest ina ranch with a range of twenty-
eight by thirty miles, on which there are some 20,000 head of cattle; has an interest in 889
head of cattle with C. Warden. He also owns a 160-acre farm, which he has improved.

W. O. MIZE, livery and stock-dealer, was born in Richmond, Ky., 1861. He was reared
in the grocery and livery business. When twelve years of age, he came to Kansas, and went
to school four years. He read law two years at Central University, at Richmond, Ky., after
which he returned to Kansas, and kept hotel two years; he also kept hotel in Florence
eleven months. He was next in New Mexico in the hotel business one year. In Septem-
ber, 1882, he opened his deee and commodious livery stable which he now occupies. In 1882,
Mr. Mize was married to Miss Mollie Ballew, of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Mize are members
of the Baptist Church. :

L. W. MOORE, Register of Deeds, is a native of Kansas, and was born 1858. His par-
ents removed to lowa in 1859, and remained until 1873, after which he returned to Kansas,
and located in Sumner County on a farm. Mr. L. W. Moore then taughtschool eight years,
when he came to Barber County in 1879, and engaged in the stock and grain business for
eighteen months. He was then elected Register of Deeds, 1881, in fall, for a term of two’

ears. He built and owns residence in Medicine Lodge; isa member of Ancient Order of

nited Workmen, and is Acting Deputy Clerk and Recorder of the same. In 1878, he was
married to Miss Effie Vaughn, of Illinois, by whom he has two children—Carrol and Le’
Roy. Mrs. Moore is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

J. C. ORNER, druggist, was born in New Jersey 1848, and wasreared in the drug busi-
ness, receiving an academic and business education. When seventeen years of age, he be-
gan clerking in a drug store, at which he continued two years and six months in Indiana,
and two and a half years in Missouri, after which he opened business for himself in Car-
thage, Mo., where he continued eight years. He then came to Kansas in 1879, and settled in
Medicine Lodge, Barber County, and Spened his present business. Mr. Orner is a member
of the order of Freemasons ; is a member of the New York Life Insurance Company. In
1870, he was married to Miss Ida E. Shepherd, of the State of New York, by whom he has
three children—Clyde S., Bertram C. and Ethel.

E. W. PAYNE, banker, stock-dealer and grower, was born ‘in Missouri in 1847, and
reared in the agricultural profession, and received a business education. He was left an
orphan at the age of six years. He worked on farms in different places, and attended
school winters until sixteen years of age, when he went to Nebraska City, Neb., where he
was engaged in the freighting business two years. He then returned to Missouri, and pur-
chased a farm, which he operated until 1877, when he came to Kansas, and settled in Com-
anche County, and engaged in the stock business, where he continued four years, after
which he came to Medicine Lodge, and organized the Medicine Valley Bank in 1882, of
which he was elected President. i 1876, he was elected to the Legislature of Missouri. In
April, 1880, Mr. Payne associated himself with Messrs. Hunter, Evans & Co., of St. Louis, R.

- Phillips of Chicago, and several other men, for the purpose of ranching cattle, and now
controls a ranch forty-five miles square, and known as the Comanche Pool. The company
now have about 51,000 head of cattle on theirranch. Mr. Payne is Treasurer, and is one
of the Directors of the association, also individual ranch of 1,000 acres deeded land with
range privileges, stocked with 900 cattle, which is under fence. The company own about
8,000 acres of land deeded. The increase of this monstrous herd is about 15,000 annually.
Mr, Payne owns a pasture of 320 acres adjoining the town of Medicine Lodge; owns five
and a half acres in the town, owns a bank building, and was one of the organizers of the
Live-Stock Strip Association, and is one of the Directors of the same; is editor and proprie-
tor of the Barber County Index, an eight-page, eight-column paper, devoted to live-stock in-
terests, which is Democratic in politics. Mr. Payne is a member of the Freemasons, In
1866, he was married to Miss Susan A. Payne, of Missouri, by whom he has nine children—
Biwerd B., Mary A., Estella H., Charles T., John M., Eliza H., Laura, Lefa T. and Will-
iam W.

W. T. ROUSE, County Treasurer, is a native of Missouri; was born in 1859. In 1874,
he emigrated to Kansas and settled in Sedgwick County on a farm with his mother. In 1879.
he went to Barber County, where he attended school seven months, after which he entere
the store of Standiford, Youmans & Co., in Medicine Lodge, where he kept books two and a
half years. He was then elected to the office of County Treasurer, in 1881, for a term of
three years. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F., and the A.O. U. W. He is also a member of
the City Council. In 1882, Mr, Rouse was married to Miss May Saunders, of Kansas, by
whom he has one child—Horace E. Mrs. Rouse is a member of the Christian Church. She
taught school eight years, in Missouri and Kansas. . Mr. Rouse owns a residence and ten
lots in Medicine Lodge. He is Secretary of the Pioneer Lodge, No. 179, I. 0.0. F. Mr. Rouse
is a young man of fine business qualifications, and is a true specimen of a self-made man.

8. J. SHEPLER, Judge of the Probate Court, was born in Pennsylvania, April 13,1827,
and was reared a farmer and received an academic education. At the age of eighteen, he
began farming, at which he continued for one year, when he went on the river as engineer,
in 1848. This business he followed until 1865, when, having saved up a little money, he
bought a steamboat on the Missouri River, and engaged in the towing and wood tratfic up
to 1869, when he lost his boat by the ice. In 1870, he moved to Montgomery County, Kan.,
where he engaged in the lumber business, at which he continued until March, 1873, when
he disposed of his business and went to Barber County, where he located some land and tried
to farm for three years, but made a failure of it. Running for the office of County Clerk in
1875, he was elected andserved four years, In 1880, he was elected Probate Judge, and; re-
elected in 1882, The same year, he was elected Mayor of the city, and re-elected to fill the
same office in 1883, and has done something in the real estate business inthe city. He owns
business property and vacant lots. In 1847, he was married to Miss Hester Frye, of Penn-
sylvania. They have six children—Alfonzo V., Thomas F., Eunice C., May, Nora T. and

JohnH .
ELI SMITH, druggist, was born in Lorain County, Ohio, in 1845. At the age of eight-
een years, enlisted in the army, serving two years in Company F, Twelfth Ohio Voluateer
Cavalry. In 1870,cameto Topeka, Kan. Engaged in farming one year, then removed to
Cowley County, Kan., and in the fall of 1872 came to Barber County. Engaged in hunting
buffalo for four years; has killed a great many, probably from 10,000 to 15,000. _ In 1876, en-
gaged in the drug business in the town of Medicine Lodge, and has continued in that busi-
ness ever since. Owns farm and town property; is now building dwelling house on farm,
Aided in organizing the county, and has substantially aided all churches and benevolent
orders that fave been established in Medicine Lodge. Is an Odd Fellow, and a member of
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A. 0. U. W., and is the present Post Commander of the G. A. R. post at this place. Was mar-
nee ae June, 1867, to Miss Ann E. Cable, at White House, Ohio, and has a family of seven
children,

. DAVINIUS VAN SLYKE, stock dealer, was born in Indiana in 1851, and was reared
in the drug business. On arriving at the age of fifteen years, he engaged in iton his own
account. In 1870, he emigrated to Kansas, stopping at Neosho Falls, where for a short time
he accepted a position as clerk in a store. He next entered the employ of a railroad com-
pany, acting as a land agent for one year. In the spring of 1873, fe settled in Medicine
Lodge, and was appointed Postmaster for one term, and then engaged in the drug business;
then general merchandise, etc., up to 1881, when he engaged in the stock business, buying
and selling, etc. Owns a ranch five miles square, business houses, and a number of farms
wellimproved. He was one of the organizers of the Medicine Valley Bank, and one of its
first directors. Mr. Van Slyke is a self-made man; he is foremost in all public enterprises,
and a leading man in his section of the State.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

EDWARD YOUMANS, of the firm of Standiford, Youmans & Rogers, general mer-
chants, was born in New Jersey, in 1836. He was reared in the mercantile business, in
which he embarked for himself at the age of twenty years. He came to Kansas in 1857, and
opened business in Osawatomie, Miami County, where he continued until 1878, when he
came to Medicine Lodge, Barber County, and established his present business. In the mean-
time, he was carrying on a farm, and was also in the cattle business for eight years in
Miami County. Mr. Y. improved two farms of 160 acres each in Miami County. In 1860,
he was married to Miss B. J. Standiford, of Missouri. Mrs. Y. is a member of the Christian
Church. Mr. Y. isa genial gentleman, full of energy, progressive ideas and public spirit,
and has done a great deal toward build ae up his town, an ete his townsmen to the
performance of improvements in various directions. He has been, for a number of years,
one of the largest cattle men in Southwestern Kansas, and also controls one of the largest
commercial houses here.

 

 

*NESS COUNTY.

 

N ESS County was created and named by an act of the Legislature of

1867. Its area then was 900 square miles. In 1878, the boundaries
of the county were enlarged so as to include an area of 1,080 squa¥e miles.
The county was-named aftcr Noah V.- Ness, Corporal of Company G,
Seventh Kansas Cavalry, who died of wounds received imbattle at Abbey-
ville, Miss., August 11, 1864.

. Ness County.did not settle very rapidly at first, but its few early resi-
dents were ambitious and enterprising, and very anxious to secure a cou
organization. In 1878, on the claim that the county had, by the Assessor's
returns, 600 inhabitants, a petition for an organization was sent to the
Governor. The county was organized October 23,- 1873, O. H. Perry,
Thomas Myers and John’ Rogers being appointed Special County*Gom
missioners, and Charles McGuire Special County Clerk. a

At the State election held November 4, 18/3, 8. G. Rodgers was elected
a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, having received 268
votes, as appears from the. vote returned to the office of Secretary of State
Smallwood. Ness County was represented in the Legislature from Jan-
uary 13 to February 13, 1874. On the 3d of February, 1874, Hon. H. J.
McGaffigan, the Representative :-from Ellis County, offered the following
resolution, which was adopted, and the papers in the case were referred to
the House Committee on Elections, of which Hon. C. B} Mason, of Frank-
lin,;was Chairman :

_ Resolved, That a special committeé of three be appointed to inquire

into the organization of Ness County, and that said committee be author-

ized to administer oaths, send for persons and papers, and to Visit Ness
County if deemed necessary, for the prosecution of this inquiry.

The Committee reported August 17, that, in their opinion, as there
were not 250 legal voters in the county at the time~of the last general
election, S. G. Rodgers was not entitled to a seat in the Legislature.

Smallwood City was then the temporary county seat of Ness County.
One John E. Farnsworth made aflidavit, January 7, 1874, that, on Novem-
ber 4, 1873, the poll-books at Smallwood City showed that forty-eight votes
had been cast there on the day of election; that he thought there were
but fourteen legal voters in Ness County who had resided in the county
thirty days or more; that-he took a census of all the inhabitants on De-
cember 22 and 23, 1874, and found the number of men, women and chil-
dren.not over 140. Mr. Farnsworth took the censusof the county in Jan-
uary, 1874, and ascertained that the total population reached but seventy-
nine. Thereupon twenty of the citizens of the county. petitioned Gov.
Osborn, for reasons coming within the range of law, to disorganize the
county. The petition was at once complied with.

In 1878, in the time intervening between January, 1874, the date of
the disorganization of the county, and its re-organization April 14, 1880,
Alfred Page was appointed by Gov. George T. Anthony, Notary Public of
the county, his commission bearing date June 28, of that year.

The first death of an adult occurring in Ness County is said to have
been that of Mrs. Luella Manderville, wife of J. II. Manderville, who died
November 9, 1879. She was the daughter of N. A. Peckham, one of the
oldest settlers of the county, and was the first white woman who had set-
tled west of the forks of the Walnut.

Though numbering the seventy-ninth in the order of the cighty-one
organized counties of Kansas, yet there are only sixty-nine countics
that have a larger number of organized school districts.

J. W. Miller, who was the Deputy County Superintendent of Public
Instruction while Ness County was unorganized, organized twenty-two
school districts during the year 1879.

Henry J. Bell, B- H. Crosthwait, Philip E. Dimick, Lucy A. Forbes,
Tennic M. Forbes, Emma A. Kellogg, George 8. Redd and John I’. West
were among the early teachers of the county. :

Five organizations of the Methodist Episcopalians are now reported
from Ness County, with a_membership-of sixty; three of the Church of
Disciples, membership 450; Roman Catholic, one, membership fifty; Pres-
byterian one, membership fifteen. As yet there are but few church
edifices.

Ness City, the’county seat, was surveyed October 22, 1878, by Richard
Dighton. It is situated on Walnut Creek, a short distance south of the
geographical center of the county. ‘An important addition was made to
the town by John Steplhicns, in 1880. It now contains one general store,
a post office, hote], land office, wagon shop, blacksmith and other shops,
and is.w busy town. or : :
Clarinda was located: on the northeast quarter of Section 24, Town
48, Range 24. It was surveyed March 25, 1879, by Thomas R. Peck, Sur-

veyor of Trego County.

Sidney was laid out north of the junction of the South Fork with the
main Walnut, June 6, 1879. The Sidney Town Company was organized
in July, 1879; E. M. Bill was President; R. B. Linville, Vice President;

-H. 8.. Bell, Seerctary:; A. F. Gardner, .-Treasurer.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

November 3,' 1879, Neas City petitioned for a county organizatiop, with that place as tempo
rary county seat, and about the 20th of the same month there was filed in the office of Gov, Jobn
R. St. John a memorial asking fur the organization of the county, the appointment of N., €.
Merrill to take the census, and the designation of Ness City as temporary county seat. ;

At Sidney, also, a committee was organized November 20, 1879, for the purpose of organizing
the county, of which J. P, Johnson was Chairman, and Levi Hilligoss, R. J. McFarland and
Samuel A. Smith, members, Ata meeting held at the same place, January 26, 1880, the follow-
ing gentlemen were recommended for appointment as County Commissioners: J. E. Farnsworth,
in the east pa tof the county; Frederic B. Caldwell ia the central,and L. Weston in the western,
part. A, M. Kelson was recommended as County Clerk. : 2

On the 14th of April, 1880, Gov. St. John, after receiving a petition signed by two hundred
and fifty citizens of the county, issued a proclamation, re-organizing the county, appointed and
commissioned John F. Farnsworth, L. Weston, and L. E. Knowles, County Commissioners, and

. James H. Elting, County Clerk, and designated Sidney as the temporary county seat.

The Commissioners and Clerk met at Sidney, April 23, 1880, and proceeded to qualify, the

- Commissioners organizing by making choice of L. Weston as Chairman of the Board. The

board. divided the county into Commissioner Districts,and into nine municipal townships of
equal areas, each containing 120 square miles, being ten miles from north to south, and twelve
miles from east to west.

The Commissioners selected June 1, 1880, as the day for holding an election to locate the
county seat and elect the necessary county officers,

June 4, 1886, a canvass of the vote of this election showed the following named persons
elected: James H, Elting, County-Clerk ; B. F. Garrett, County Treasurer; J. A. Taylor, Regis-
ter of Deeds; Gilmore Kinney, Sheriff; Dr. B, H. Crosthwaite, Coroner ; L. E. Kuowles, County
Surveyor; F, A. Goodrich, County Superintendent of Public Instruction ; Cyrus Corning, County
Attorney; N. W. Shaw, Clerk of the District Court; J. K. Barnd, Probate Judge; Juhn S.
Lightner, William Harding, and Samuel C. Kagrice, County Commissioners. The county seat
was located at Ness City. Since then there have been no changes in the office of County Clerk,
Surveyor and Probate Judge. D.C. Abel succeeded Dr. Crosthwaite as Coroner, R. [.§jMcFar-
land followed B.F. Garrett as County Treasurer. N.G. Carpenter was the successor of F.A. Good-
rich as County Superintendent. In the office of County Commissioner, Ross Lawrence succeeded
Mr. Lightner; Jacob B. Spidell, Mr. Harding; W. A. Ogden, Mr. Kagrice; George F. Johnson,
Mr. Ogden. ‘In the office of Sheriff, Mr. Kinney was succeeded by F. B. Caldwell; P. E. Frayer
succeeded Mr, Caldwell ; 0. H. Laraway succeeded Mr. Taylor.as Register of Deeds ; Mr. Laraway
was followed by D, Furgeson. In the office of County Attorney, George S. Redd succeeded Mr.
Corning; Samuel A. Smith was the successor of Mr. Redd. In the office of Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court, the occupants have been N. W. Shaw, R. J. McFarland, C. P. Lynn and S. G. Sheaffor.
In the State Senate of 1881, J. C. Strang, of Pawneo County, was its Senator ; Horatio Gates its
Representative. In the Senate of 1883, Simon Motz, of Ellis, is its Senator; J. N. Venard, its

-dtapresentative. By the apportionment act of 1881, Ness County is the One Hundred and Twen-

ticth Representative District ; it is i part of the Thirty-fifth Senatorial District.

The vote cast in the county in 1880, was 537; in 1881, it was 513; in 1882 it was 487. Its
Presidential vote in 1880, was: Garfield, 315 ; Hancock, 129; Weaver, 91. Its gubernatorial vote
in 1882 was St. Joha, 268; Glick, 57; Robinson, 173. The census enumerators of 1880 were
Jobn Farnsworth, H. 0, Haydock, J. P. Johnson and J. G. Seltzer.

THE PRESS, SOCIETIES, SCHOOL STATISTICS, ETC.

je Ness County Pioneer was started at Clarinda May 10, 1879, F. Shelden, editor; Honry
8, BOll, I&cal editor. On September 29, 1879, it was removed to Sidney, and later to Ness City.

eins Ness City Times waa established at Ness City in January, 1880, John F. Wood editur and
proprietor,

Walnut Valley Tines—This paper was started October 1, 1879, N. C. Merrill, editor.
removed to Noss Vity, in January, 1880, and Johu F. Wood becamo editor.

The Advance, which was established at Clarinda, by F, Sheldon, is now conducted by Joseph
Tan at Sidney.

‘aluut Valley Lodge, No, 1, A. I. & A, M.—Tho officers of this lodge were installed b
Special Deputy Grand Master W. J. Pickering, of Great Bend, January 13, 1880. The officers ace
J. P. Johnson, W. M; E. M. Bell, Treasurer; R. B. Sinville, Secretary; William Harding, S.
W,; J. W. Brown, J. Ws J.J. Wilson, 8. D.; C. A. Lawson, J. D.; S. A. Smith, Tiler.

; Empire Lodge, No, 169, I. 0. of O. F,—Reason Wolverton, N. G.; Natban F. Wolverton, Sec-
retary.

Washingion. zee ay was organized at Sidney. J. 8. Burns, W. G.; J. W. Brown, W. 8.

evada Lodge, Good Templars, was organized by J. W. Reeder, Novem! 1879, wi *
ono charter members, A.W. Reeder, Ww.c.T. ” : Pa te

The Clarinda Farmers’ Alliance is an organization in Ness County.

In 1880, there were 25 organized school districts ; in 1881, 34; in 1882, 40. The value of the
school property for 1880 was $550 ; in 1882, it was $2,990. In 1880, there were 408 children of
school age ;_ in 1881, 676; in 1882, 1,008, The semi-annual dividends for 1881 amounted to $322.-
42; for 1882, $527.28. The number of pupils enrolled in the public schools for 1880, was 309 ; in
et, om on ape a thee eee a teachers employed in the county for 1880, was 14; for

; for 5 e school expenditures for 1880. : -
He 2 ean, git pe P ), amounted to $324; for 1881, $480.

~In 1882, there were 5,671 acres in broom corn, in Ness County : 4. 988 in sorghum ; 4,346
in corn ; 2,053 in winter wheat; 68 in spring wheat; 289 in Tre potatoes; 143 in ryo; 85 in
oats 3 388 in castor beans. The wool clip of 1881 was 4,365 pounds. In 1881, its cheese product
was 500 pounds; in 1882, it was 6,016; there were 61,894 pounds of butter in 1881; in 1882, 91,852
pounds. In 1882, Noss County had 1,947 horses; 251 mules; 1,966 milch cows; 2,684 other neat
cattle; 2,565 swine; 2,916 sheep, being an increase in sheep, in one year, of 2,538,

The assessed valuation of the taxable property of the county in 1881, was $126,156.27 in
ard Sea ees zfs a Jovy re cue taxes from tho county for 1882, was $920.69.
Nove : oal enoweth paid the first tax in Ness i
reci from Treasurer McFarland. It amounted to $54.40, Sear sc baesuaeraatig

n_the returns’ for winter wheat for 1882, Ness County reported good yields, as follows:
M. C.-Kitrie, Vansburgh, 100 acres, 25 bushels per acre; J. W. Glawecr, Sollobarlé, 8 aces aT
bushels per acre; J. Ross, Newby, 10 acres, 30 bushels per acre. :

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KINGMAN COUNTY.

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KINGMAN COUNTY.

LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.

Kae County is twenty-four miles north and south, by thirty-
six east and west. It contains twenty-four Congressional townships,
and has a total of 552,960 acres or 864 square miles. Excepting 30,720
acres of school Jand, the residue is embraced in what is known as the
Osage Reservation or trust lands. Of the 522,240 acres of land in the
county, subject to pre-emption, 312,560 acres have been either deeded or
filed upon, leaving 209,680 acres, exclusive of school lands, still vacant and
subject to entry. a7. °

_A line drawn through the center of the State from north to south,
would pass through King-
man County, about six
miles from its west line,
so that the county may
be said to be in the east-
ern half of the State.
The south line of the
county rests upon the
sixth standard parallel,
Kingman being in the
second tier of countics
north of the south line
of the State.

For municipal —pur-
poses, the county is di-
vided into twelve civil
townships, and three
commissioner districts.
The county is bounded
on the north by Reno
County, on the south by
Harper and a small por-
tion of Barber, on the
east by portions of Sedg-
wick and Sumner, and
on the west by Pratt and
the northern portion of
Barber. The county 1s
located about’ midway
between the east and
west boundary lines of
the State.

The surface of the
county is mostly high
rolling prairie, but in
the vicinity of the Nin-
nescah -it is somewhat
broken, but not to such
an extent as to be termed

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POPULATION—(FEDERAL CENSUS).
(ORGANIZED IN 1874.)

small stream in the southwestern portion of the county, about twelve miles
long, that empties into the Chikaskia, the latter being quite an important
stream that flows eastward along the southern boundary line of the coun-
ty. Besides these are several lesser streams that do not appear upon any
of the maps. The Ninnescah is always a livingstream, and although very
shallow, preserves through all seasons of the year, either wet or dry,
about a uniform flow of water, seldom or never overflowing its banks, and
never falling below a certain volume. Good well water is found in all
portions of the county, but in the uplands it is only obtainable by sinkin;
wells from fifty to eighty feet in depth, but when found it is pure an

ig : clear and never failing

in supply.

The soil of Kingman
County is a mulatto col-
ored loam and quite po-
rous. It is considerably
mixed with sand, ‘and is
easy of cultivation. It
is sub-soiled in most
places by a kind of red

‘sandstone, which is ex-
cellent for building pur-
poses, and whichin some
places, especially in the
vicinity of the Ninne-
scah, crops out from
the surface. The soil,
particularly. along the
streams, is very produc-
tive, and even the upland
has proved to be. ex-
cellently adapted to ag-
ricultural pursuits, a
though not so reliable
as the land in the val-
leys. Excellent crops,
however, have been
raised on some of the
upland farms, and with
a moderate rainfall good
crops are assured. Small
grain of all kinds can
almost invariably besuc-
cessfully raised, but corn
is not so certain; but in
seasons when rain falls
at the proper time, large
crops of corn are pro-
duced. Although a very

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383 water, and its wide
379 + Stretches of buffalo grass
970 afford good pasture.
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mark their course. The (b) Organized in ses, from part cf Kingman. ;
Ninnescah valley will (¢) Organized in 1880, from part of Harper County.
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average about a mile in d) Organized in 1880, from part of Galesburg.
width throughout the
county, and although

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} Organized in 1879, from part of Kingman.

i ; ite; in 1 arts to Belmont and Hoosier.

totally _void of timber, h) Hianben tela ee part of Kingman.
is quite picturesque. & Organized in 1878, from part of Kingman.
Along the other streams . .
in the county, the valleys are not continuous, but at invervals, very fine
tracts of bottom land are to be found. ;

The county is very well watered, the Ninnescah being the most im-
portant stream, the Chikaskia being next. The Ninnescah is a very beau-
tiful stream, and being fed altogether from springs, its water is pure and
clear. It is about 160 miles in length, and flows through the entire length
of Kingman County from west to east, receiving on its way the waters of
Smoot Creek, a very fine little stream that rises at the center of the north
Jine of the county, and runs in a southerly direction until it enters the
Ninnescah at the east line of the county. Sand Creek or Big Sandy, is a

e) Organized in 1878, from part of Kingman; in 1880, part detached to form Evan.

Comprises territory formerly in Ilarper and Reno Counties; in 1878, parts detached to form Allen, Galesburg, Vinita

a considerable extent.

There are also many

fine stretches of meadow

land in the county, from

which a plentiful supply

of good hay can be cut

: for winter use. This

as dual character which

: pertains to the soil makes

Kingman a very desirable county for that class of men who wish to engage
in both farming and stock-raising.

EARLY HISTORY.

The rst actual settler in Kingman County was Martin Updegraff, who
located on the Chikaskia, about twenty miles southeast of the present
town of Kingman, on Section 36, Town 29, Range 10, west of the sixth
principal meridian. Mr. Updegraff made: settlement in February, 1873,
and was followed a few months later by J. K. and §. F. Fiéal and
Charles Barr, and some two or three others. :
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In the spring of 1874, a few settlers came in, among whom were W.
Hi. Childs, H. L. Ball, A. D. Culver, H. S. Bush and W. P. Brown, all of
whom located in Kingman and took claims adjacent to towns. That
spring also, W. H. Mosher located upon a claim in the northern portion of
the county, at the head of Smoot Creek. In the course of the year, sev-
eral others came in who located chiefly in the central portion of the
county along: the Ninnescah. That year an Indian scare occurred, and, in
order to repel the anticipated attack, Mr. Fical was commissioned as Cap-

_tain and W. H. Childs as Lieutenant, with authority to organize a militia
company, but when the commissions arrived there were no men to be
found, as nearly all the settlers had fled the county. It proved only to be
ascare, however, as the Indians did not come as far east as Kingman
County, and the settlers who had fled soon returned.

The years 1875 and 1876 were not remarkable for the arrival of many
new settlers coming into the county, but in 1877, the immigration was
quite large. But little, if any, settlement had been made in the eastern
part of the county prior to that year ; what few there were being confined
to an isolated settler here and there, north of the Ninnescah. The year
1877 was not a month old, however, when Samuel Davidson, E. 8. Allen,
R. T. Nolan, John Jackson, C. M. Tack, H. J. Goldsborough and William
Green 4ll settled in the eastern part of the county, followed immediately
after by large numbers of others. The new settlers, however, did not
confine themselves to that particular locality of the county, as a great
many took claims in the central portion, and quite a number located in
the northern part in the vicinity of Smoot Creek.

The spring of 1877 was made memorable by the heavy rains that set
in on May 11, and which continued, almost without cessation, until the
11th day of June. These rains swelled the streams to such an extent as to
render them impassable, and, as there were no bridges across the Ninnes-
cah' east of Kingman, the settlers in the eastern portion of the county
were cut off from their trading point, Wichita, and, in consequence there-
of, were brought to almost the last extremity for provisions. For several
days, parched corn furnished about the only food many of them had to
subsist upon, and when the waters sufficiently subsided to render the
streams fordable, but few of them had provisions to last for twelve hours.
So-rapidly did the eastern portion of the county settle up, that in 1878 a
town was started, to which was given the name of Akron. The town site
was located on Section 28, Town 28, ‘Range 5. The starting of this town
was a preliminary step toward making an attempt to secure the county
seat, for, that very same year, a petition was presented to the County
Commissioners, asking that the questioft of re-locating the county-seat be
submitted to a vote of the people; but the board refused to grant the
prayer of the petitioners, and the town of Akron was abandoned:

‘When Kingman County first began to be settled, buffalo and antelope
roamed over its prairies in countless herds. and for several years after, the
settlers found rare sport in hunting the king of the plains, by which their
tables were plentifully supplied with meat. The last buffalo killed in the
county was in 1877, by Orange Culver. In 1878 and spring of 1879, the
population of the county increased rapidly, and a large immigration was
distributed over the county. The two following years, more people left
the county than came into it, owing to the unpropitious seasons, and short-
ness of crops.

A circumstance occurred in 1880, which created considerable excite-
ment, and which is still enshrouded in mystery, and is now in court for
solution. The current account of the affair is, that in 1880, M. 8. Sprowls,
who, at the time, was County Attorney, Milton Karr and R. G. McLain
had entered into a partnership for the negotiation of loans. The system
they pursued led them to be arrested at the instance of J. B. Watkins &
Co., of Lawrence, who advanced the moncy on the loans negotiated.
Sprowls & Karr gave bonds for their appearance, and McLain was lodged
in jail, from which he made his escape, but was afterward re-arrested and
placed in jail at Wichita, but from that he also escaped. Before court
convened, Sprowls mysteriously disappeared and the supposition was, and
is, that he was killed. Karr lived in Kingman, and had a brother who
lived about sixteen miles from there in the country. Sprowls’ relatives,
who reside in Pennsylvania, in December, 1882, sent out one of Pinker-
ton’s detectives, to solve, if possible, the mystery surrounding Sprowl’s
death or disappearance. The detective was in the county about a month,
when he succeeded in finding a coat, about a mile south of Karr’s house,
that had belonged to Sprowls. In the back of the coat was two holes,
supposed to be bullet holes. This fact, and the further one, that Sprowls
was last seen at Karr’s house, led to the arrest of the latter, who, at his
preliminary examination, was required to give bond for his appearance at
the District Court, where the matter is now awaiting disposition.

In 1882, immigration into the county was very large, and a great many
new farms were opened. The first child born in Kingman County was
born to Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Fical, in 1873, a girl, to whom was given the
name of Ninnescah, in honor of the stream on which Kingman is situated.
The first person to attempt farming in the county was Charles Barr, by
whom the first prairie in the county was broken in 1878.

The first marriage in the county took place at the house of A. D. Cul-
ver, in Kingman, on November 2, 1875, the contracting parties being Jesse
McCarty, and Miss Cecilia. Capitola Scribner, the ceremony having been
performed by W. H. Mosher, a Justice of the Peace; and from that time
until April 3, 1883, just 100 marriage licenses had been issued from the
aaieaof the Probate Judge of the county.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

The county was organized on February 27, 1874. The methods by which it was accom-
plished are not recorded, but:it is a well-known fact that when the organization took place
there were not twenty bona fide settlers in the county. oY. Thomas A. Osborn appointed
J. Harmony County Clerk, J. K. Fical, J. M. aot = W. Lacy as County Commis-
sioners to fill those offices temporarily, and desi Kiigmian as the temporary county
seat. The officers met at Kingman March 5, 1874, for the purpose of organizing a board of

ermanent County. Commissioners; the temporary board was declared permanent; but as
i K. Fical withdrew, W. C. Frink was appointed in his place. On petition from the citizens,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the board called a special election, to be held at Kingman, April 7, 1874, to vote on the question
of issuing county bonds to the amount of $70,000, for the following purposes, to wit 125,000 for
acourt house, $10,000 for bridges and $35,000 for general expenses; said bonds to be payable ten
years from date of issue, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, payable semi-
annually. It was then ordered tha the county and township officers should be voted for atthe
same election. At this election the following officers were declared elected : H. L, Ball, J. K.
Fical, G. W. Lacy, Commissioners; J. Harmony, Clerk; F. 8. Fical, Sheriff; J. M. Jordan, Treas-
urer; W. P. Brown, County Attorney; George Pitts, Probate Judge; G. A. Whicher, County
Superintendent; W. J. Harmony, Register of Deeds; W. P. Brown, Coroner; R. R. Wilson,
Surveyor; G. A. Whicher, District Clerk. The county seat was located at Kingman and the
issue of the $70,000 in bonds authorized. These bonds were printed, but were cancelled the
next spring and destroyed. What the vote of the county was at the first election is not
shown by the records, but it must have been very light, as the actual settlers in the county
were very few. .

In i881, the settlers in the central pomee of the county thought they were sufficiently
numerous, with the assistance they could receive from the southern and eastern portions of
the county, to have the county seat removed from Kingman to a more central point, and
with this object in view, a petition was presented to the Board of Commissioners, on October
4, 1881, asking that the question of relocating the county seat be submitted to a vote of the
people. The prayer of the petitioners was granted, and an election was ordered to be held
on November y 1881. The competitive points were Kingman and a point about seven miles
southeast from there, to which had been voce the name of Dale City. The result of the
election was that Kingman was declared the choice of the people by a majority of eighty-
five votes.

MILLS AND PRESS HISTORY.

There are only two mills in the county, both located on the Ninnescah, and both flour-
ing mills. Both may be said to be located in the town of Kingman, as one is situated but a
few rods west of the town limits and the other about a mile east. The one west of town
stands on the north bank of the river, and the one to the east,on the south bank. The
former was built by Starling Turner, in 1879, and commenced running in January, 1880. It
is a water-power mill, the power being obtained by cutting a race two miles and one hun-
dred and eighty yards long, parallel with the river. By this means, a fall of fifteen feet is
obtained, while furnishes excellent power. The mill is three stories high with a basement,
has four run of buhrs and a capacity of fifty barrels of flour per each day of twenty-four
hours, The estimated value of the mill is $20,000. :

The other mill was built by William 8. Grosvenor; was commenced in 1882 and com-
pleted early in 1883. Its power is also obtained by means of a race about two miles in length,
cut along the south bank of the Ninnescah, by which a twelve-feet fall is obtained. This
mill is three stories high, with a basement, and is fitted up with the latest improved machin-
ery. It has seven rollers and three run of stone, and has a capacity of one hundred barrels
of flour each twenty-four hours. The estimated value of this mill is $35,000.

There are few, if any, streams in the State that have better power or that possess
more mill privileges than the Ninnescah. The natural fall in the stream is seven feet to the
mile, and as the flow remains about the same at. all seasons of the year, power sufficient could
be obtained to turn the machinery of all the mills that could be built at intervals of three
milesalong the entire length of the Ninnescah through Kingman County. The two millsal-
ready in operation in the county furnish a very fair example of the advantages the Ninnes-
cah offers for mill sites. These mills are only about two miles apart, and both operated by
water conducted through a race, one race being cut on the north side of the stream and the
other on the south. For the purpose of cutting the second race, a water-power company
was organized in 1881, composed of F. E. Gillett, W. D. Sugars, C. R. Cook, J. H. Brass, Jo-
seph Roberts and Charles Rickman. This company had the right of way fora mill race
condemned, but that was about all it did towards cutting a race or erecting a mill. A new
company was formed, consisting of Messrs. Babcock, Crayeraft, Gillett, Sugars and Gros-
venor, who purchased. the franchise fron the old company. Babcock, Craycraft and Gros-
venorAhen organized themselves into a milling company, and commenced the digging of a
race, which they about half completed, when the company dissolved, after which Mr. Gros-
venor completed the race himself and erected one of the finest mills in Western Kansas.

The Mercury was the first newspaper published in Kingman County. It was established
by J. C. Martin, the first issue bearing date June 14, 1878. The paper wassmall, being a
five-column folio, and was published by Mr. Martin until August 19, 1880, when he sold the
office and material to A. E. Saxey, who changed the name of the paper to the Kingman
Blade. The Blade had but a short existence, covering only a period of a little over three
months, it having ceased to exist December 9, 1880, Mr. Saxey een the subscription list
and good will of the oflice to the editor of the Citizen, and moving the press and material
out of the county.

The Citizen was established at Kingman, September 13, 1879, by P. J. Conklin, as sole
editor and proprietor, by whom the paper was published until March, 1881, when he sold
the office and material to George E. Filley, who has continued to publish the paper since
that time, and who still continues to publish it as sole editor and proprietor. The Citizen
is a six-column, eight-page paper, Republican in politics, and has a circulation of 850.

The Republican was established at Cleveland, in Kingman County, in July, 1881, b
Conklin & Childs, and appeared first as the Cleveland Star. November 1, 1881, Conklin
Childs sold to Raymond & Myers, who continued to publish it at Cleveland until February
1, 1882, when they moved it to Kingman and changed its name to the Republican. In July,
1882, Raymond & Myers sold the paper to E. H. Farnsworth, the present editor and pro-
prietor. The Republican is a seven-column, four page paper, Republican in politics, Bud has
a circulation of about 450.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

___ There were in 1882, in Kingman County, thirty-seven organized school districts, but
since the close of the school year which ended July 31, 1882, several new districts have been
organized. There are in the county thirty-eight schoolhouses, of which thirty-two are
frame, five sod, and one stone. The first schoolhouse built in the county, was a small frame
building in Kingman that was erected in 1874, of which the first teacher was Miss Ada
Crane. The school commenced with an attendance of five pupils. In 1882, the school popu-
lation of the county, between the ages of tive aud twenty-one ears, was 926, of which 496
were males and 430 females, The enrollment in the public sobtole was 772, of which 408
were males and 364 females, and the average daily attendance was 548. The number of
teachers cmployed in 1882, was 35, being thirteen males and twenty-two females, and the
avarage salary paid to the former was, per month, $25.06, and to the latter, $21.15. The
number of districts that sustained poe school for three months, or over, during the year,
was twenty-four, and the number failing to sustain school for three months was thirteen.
The average assessed valuation of each school district in the county was $17,643, and the
average nunber of mills levied for school puepen’s was fifteen, In 1882, the county had a
school. bonded indebtedness of $9,365, and the estimated value of school property was
$25,000. There were twenty-four certificates granted during the year to persons to teach, of
which one was of the first grade, seventeen of the second, and six of the third. The bal-
ance in the hands of the District Treasurer, August 1, 1881, was $296.59, the amount received
from district taxes, was $1,975.68, from State and county funds, $429.59, from sale of
school bonds, $3,230, from all other sources, $2,452.35, making a total of $8,384.21. The total
expenditures during the same period for all school purposes, was $7,295.17, leaving a balance
in the hands of the District Treasurer on July 31, 1882, of $1,089.04.

In 1879, the number of acres in the county, included in farms, was 75,882. Of this
number, 20,868 acres were sown to field crops, of which 5,557 were sown to wheat, and 10,918
to corn, leaving only 4,393 acres for all other kinds of crops. The acreage included in farms
in 1880 was not quite so large as in 1879, being only 75,161 acres, or 721 less than the pre-
ceeding year. V hile the total acreage in farms was less, that of field crops was greater by
11,462 acres. This increase in crop acreage about corresponds with the increased acreage of
vee and corn, the former being 10,722 acres, and the latter, 15,394, or a total of 26,116,
leaving 6,214 acres for all other crops. In 1881, the number of acres included in farms, was
aes an increase over the preceding year of 23,774 acres, the increase in field crops being
ao rete ‘The wheat acreage that year, was 12,569 acres, and that of corn, 18,180, ora
to of 30,749, so that there was left for other field crops, 16,232 acres. The number of acres
ee in farms in 1882, had grown to 112,627, being an increase over 1881 of 13,692, or

ae ess than the increase of 1881. The decrease in the wheat acreage that year compared
“ 1881, was 3,272 acres, while the corn increase was 3,180 acres. Of the portion left for
o id field crops, embracing 11,629 acres, 8,000 acres of it was devoted to meadows and the
cultivation ef tame grasses. These figures show a gain in the number of acres included in

ote a period of three years, of 36,745, or an average each year of a little over
KINGMAN COUNTY. 1527

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810 | 1,505 4,680 1,200 33,653
6,204 | 1,642] 15,401 1,050 | 55,849 | $6,063
22,107 | 2,854 | 31,368 12,124 60,750 1,942

 

 

The above table shows a wonderful adv. i i i
shined peas ancement in material wealth in the course of

There are many other evidences in the county of advancement in materi
that are not shown in the statistical records. The primitive sod houses and “ eae nt
rapidly disappearing and g00d comfortable frame houses taking their place. The records
are also silent as to the high state of improvement that many of the farms throughout the
county have reached, all of which adds to the material wealth. The herd law having been
in force in the county since its organization, but very little money has been expended in
fencing, there being, all told, but 15,183 rods of fence in the county, of which 828 rods are
board, twenty stone, 6,345 hedge, and. 7,990 wire. Artificial forests embrace nearly 1,000
acres, while the fruit trees in bearing are limited to twenty-four apple, 8,050 peach, thirty-
two plum, and fifty-four cherry. The number of fruit trees not in bearing are: Apple,
7,359, pear, 209, peach, 73,230, plum, 1,975 and cherry, 2,911. These figures are taken from
the statistical record of the county for 1882. Agriculéural implements in the county for the
same year were valued at $16,068.

The settlement of the county began in 1873, but for some years immigration was rather
slow, and the county made but little progress toward increasing its population. Settlers did
not come into the county to any great number until 1877, but during that and the year fol-
lowing, newcomers began to locate in different portions of the county. The census of 1879
shows that in that year there were in the county 544 families, and a total population of 2,599.
By 1880, the families had increased to 727, and the population to 3,125. The unpropitious
seasons of 1879 and 1830, caused a good many to leave the county, and in 1881 the number of
families in the county had dropped from 727 to 601, and the total population from 3,125 to
2,757. In 1882, the population took an upward turn, and the Assessor’s returns of the spring
of that year shows the population to have been 2,864, a gain of 107 over that of the preceding
year. During the fall of 1882, and the spring of 1883, a very large accession was made to the
population, and the Assessors returns, so far as completed, indieate the population of the
county in the spring of 1883 to have been between 4,000 and 5,000.

The assessed valuation of all taxable property in 1882 was $617,529.30, and the bonded
indebtedness of the county was $31,400.

KINGMAN.

Kingman is the shire town of the county. It is situated on the Nin-
nescah River, the town site being partly on one side of the stream and
partly on the other. The greater portion of the town, however, in fact
all of it, excepting some threc or four houses, is located on the north side
of the river. The town was laid out by J. K. and F. 8S. Fical, who had
taken adjoining claims, and is located on Lots 3 and 4 of Section 5, Town
28 south, Range 7 west of the sixth principal meridian, and the south
half of the northwest quarter of said section, town and range.

The town site was surveyed and platted in March, 1874, by Jesse Mc-
Carty. Before the Fical brothers pre-empted their claims, a party from
Hutchinson, as early as 1872, organized a town company and located a
town on what is now the town site of Kingman, but finding they could not
get a deed to the land, they abandoned it. The town they located they
named Sherman. After the site was abandoned by the Hutchinson Town
Company, the Ficals pre-empted the land in 1873. But one house had
been erected on the town site of Sherman, and that was one that had been
moved in from the country by Norman Ingham and rebuilt. After the
Ficals had surveyed and platted the town site they conveyed a half inter-
est in it to one J. M. Jordan. In 1874, building on the town site began, H.
L. Ball putting up the first house on the new town site, te which he gave
the name of the ‘‘ Kingman House,”’ having built the house for a hotel.
That year a small frame schoolhouse was erected, and also a small frame
building for county purposes, being the same still occupied by the county
officers. A small frame residence was put up, in 1874, by A. D. Culver, and
a little frame store by E. C. Manning who was the first person in the town’
to start in mercantile business, although to classify the offering of what
few goods he had for sale as a mercantile business is clothing it with con-
siderable dignity. The town now may be said to be fairly started. It had
a hotel, a schoolhouse, a small (and very small) court house, a store and
two or three small residences. :

The town having been started, it remained stationary for a long time,
no further improvement taking place until 1878. In the meantime, Man-
ning’s store had changed hands and had passed into the possession of one
C. GC. Barnard. In the fall of 1877, a young attorney, named George E.
Filley, arrived in town and quartered himself at the Kingman House. His

ractice commenced by husking corn for his board. One evening, Mr.
Pearl went to him and told him that he thought his business would
warrant him in employing a clerk, and offered Mr. Filley the position,
which he accepted. An invoice was: taken of the goods, and they were
found to consist of a few plugs of tobacco, two or three gallons of whisk
a few corset strings and some shoe laces, with a few pieces of calico. Mr.
Barnard went off for a few days hunting, but before leaving he prepared
a ledger from some coarse wrapping paper and instructed Mr. Filley as to
how he should enter up his charges. Mr. Barnard returned in about two
weeks and found his stock of goods all sold, even to the last drop of
whisky and the last plug of tobacco. He found $2, cash, in the drawer,
the balance of the goods having been sold on credit and charged. The
customers were Parks, Roberts, Ball and Chandler. Mr. Barnard being
desirous of replenishing his stock, started out next morning with his
pocket full of bills on a collection tour. He called on Chandler, who gave
him an order on Roberts for the amount of his bill, which the latter ac-
cepted, he in turn giving an order on Parks for the amount of his account
with Chandler’s added. Parks accepted and gave an order on Ball, the
latter repeating the operation by giving an order on Chandler, and when
the day Brosed Mir. Barnard found himself about as rich as when he started
out in the morning. Goods must be had, however, if he meant to do busi-

ness, and the following morning he and Mr. Filley started to Castleton
with w team and wagon for a new supply, and with a cash capital of $2.
On entering the store at Castleton, the eye of Mr. Barnard rested upon a
tobacco-cutter, which he immediately purchased and for which he paid
$1.50. He next selected his stock, to the amount of about $100, which he
loaded in the wagon and was about to drive away, when the merchant de-
manded his pay, in default of which, the goods were unloaded and carried
back into the store, and Mr. Barnard and his clerk started back to King-
man, sans goods, sans money, but with a $1.50 tobacco-cutter.

The year 1878 was quite a prosperous one for Kingman, and a good
many new settlers located in the place. In the spring of that year, a party
from Hutchinson, composed of W. R. Brown, Hiram Raff and F. E. Gillett,
in connection with George Craycraft, E. W. Hinton and George E. Filley,
of Kingman, organized themselves into what was known as the Kingman
Town Company. Prior to this, the original town site, located on the north
side of the river, and laid out by the Ficals in 1874, had passed into the
hands of a company, and the object of the new ccmpany was to locate a
town on the high ground south of the river, which, in its growth, would
sbsorb the older town. For the first year the new town made rapid pro-
gress, and several buildings were moved over from the north side. A good
frame hotel, the Laclede House, was erected by the town company, and
quite a number of residences were put up: The first built and opened in
the new town was by N.S. Arnold, and for a time it seemed as if the ob-
ject of the projectors would be accomplished.

The north town was not idle while the south town was pushing on its
improvements. In the former, a grocery store was put up by Newton

-Porch, a lumber yard was opened by Frank Leach, who also built a neat

residence, store buildings were put up by S. Turner, C. W. Myers, and
Livingston & Reynolds, and a bakery was put up by F. Tull. Besides
these, quite a number of dwelling houses were erected. The year 1879 was
also a prosperous and progressive one for Kingman, and especially for the
old town. Business houses were put up by Chamberlain & Glunt, L C.
Almond, and A. L. Garrison. ;

The town started on the south side of town reached the zenith of its
glory about the end of the first year of its existence. It having been dis-
covered that well water was almost, if not quite, inaccessible, those who
had located on the south side began to move over to the north side, where
the finest water could be had with but little difficulty, and all that is left
on the south side now to tell that a town was ever started there is the old
“Poland Hotel’’ which has been converted into a grocery store, all the
other buildings having been movéd to the north side, or old town.

. In 1880, the town was improved by the erection of three store build-
ings and several dwelling houses. One of the stores was a building that
had been commenced some time previous by the county for a court house,
but after having put up the foundation and part of the walls they discon-
tinued work upon it and sold it to Babcock & Craycraft who finished it and
converted it into a very fine hardware store. It isastone building and the
only business house of the kind in town.

Up to 1881, Kingman had nothing in the shape of a bank, but on
March 10, of that year. a private bank was established by Gassard Brothb-
ers and H. L. Strohm. Subsequently the bank passed into the hands of a
company, under whose management it was incorporated on the 25th of
February, 1882. The officers of the bank are L. C. Almond, President; O.
M. Thrapp, Vice President, and John P. Jones; Cashier. The resources
of the bank, as shown by its published statement, made December 30, 1882,
were $30,454.19. :

In 1882, the Laclede House, which .had been standing on the south
side as a relic of the town that had been started on that side of the river
in 1878, was torn down and moved to the north side, where it was rebuilt
and greatly enlarged. A hardware store was built and opened that year
by Karr & Lewis, and a drug store was built by E. W. Hinton. The
finest improvement made that year, although not completed until early in
1883, was the erection of a very fine stone schoolhouse thirty-two by sixty
feet. It contains two large rooms, which, with the old frame building,
which is still used as a primary school, furnishes ample school accommo-
dation for the children of. the town. :

The spring of 1883 opened out very promising for great improvements
during the year. As early as the Ist. of April, two new stores had been
built, and a new building was put up by Dr. E. W. Myers, fora post office.
Ten new dwelling houses were in course of construction, and two black-
smith shops and a wagon shop had been completed. The town has yet no
church edifice, but the Methodists, United Brethren, Presbyterians and
Baptists, have each organizations and hold services regularly.

In April, 1883, the Methodists were making preparations to build and
were having the material hauled on the ground for that purpose.

The town has a population of about 350, and the business of the place
is represented by four general merchandising stores, two hardware, two
groceries, two drug stores, two millinery establishments, one furniture
store, one jewelry, one bank, two hotels, one restaurant, one harness and
saddlery, one lumber yard, three livery stables and two newspapers. The
legal and medical professions are well represented. The town has two
benevolent societies, one of Odd Fellows and one of United Workmen.
Kingman Lodge, No. 199, I. O. O. F., was organized in February, 1882,
with twenty-two charter members. The first officers of the lodge were:
I. W. Rush, N. G.; L. C. Almond, V. G.; F. L. Shupp, P. 8.; I. E. Win-

art, R. S., H. H. Graves, Treasurer; G. W. Day, W.; and 8. F. Utley,
Gandarint: The lodge has now a membership of thirty, and_ the officers
are: N.S. Arnold, N. G.; H. H. Graves, V.G.; C. W. Kelly, R. S8.; G. H.
Willis, P. 8.; N. Button, Treasurer; 8. F. Utley, W.; and F. E. Gillett,
Conductor. The representative to the Grand Lodge is L. C. Almond.

Kingman Lodge, No. 79, A. O. U. W., was organized October 5, 1881.
with fifteen charter members. The first officers of the lodge were: G. E.
Filley, P. M. W.; N.S. Arnold, M. W.; D. C. Taylor, For.; J. F. Eppley,
O.; C. R. Cook, G.; Charles Rickman, Rec.; W. N. Porch, Fin.; H.
Wait, R.; A. G. Bowran, I. W. and 8. M. Roberts, O. W. The present
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membership is sixteen, and the officers are about the samo as above, except
that in a few instances, changes have taken place in the positions.

i The members of the Masonic fraternity have an enrollment of forty-
six and are taking steps to organize a lodge.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

NATILAN 8, ARNOLD, farmer and County Treasurer, P. 0, Kingman, is a son of Phillip
and Abigail Arnold, the former a farmer and native of Massachusetts, and the latter a native of
New York State. Nathan S. was born in the State of New York February 8, 1833, where he re-
sided and attended school until 1849, when he moved with his parents to Michigan, going from
there to Illinois in 1852, In July, 1862, he enlisted at Knoxville, Ill., in Company E, Wighty-
third Hlinois Volunteer Infantry, and served abouta year, when he was discharged for disability.
Leaving the army, he returned to Massachusetts, where he remained about six years, when he
emigrated to Iowa and purchased a farm in Taylor County, upon which he located. Disposing
of his farm some time after, he moved to the town of Conway, in Taylor County, where he en-
gaged in the hardware and lumber business. After a residence of six years in Iowa, he moved
to Missouri, locating at the town of Hopkins, where he re-established himself in the lumber and
hardwaro business. In 1878, Mr. Arnold moved to Kansas, and located upon a furm in Kingman
County. On March 25, 1858, he was married at Stirling, Mass., to Miss Ellen Goss, a native of
Massachusetts. The issue of this marriage has been Charles E., born in Illinois July 7, 1860;
Julia M., born in Massachusetts May 10, 1863. and Mary L., born in Iowa August 30, 1872. Mr.
A. has held several school offices, and served as Justice of the Peace in Kingman County during
the years 1880-81. In November, 1881, he was elected Treasurer of the county, in which capacity
he is now serving. .

STEPHEN G. BABCOCK, hardware merchant, is the son of John and Eliza Babcock, and

was born in Seneca, N. Y., August 10,1846. Iis father was a farmer and native of New York,
and his mother was a native of New Jersey. He began his education in the common school, but
at the age of fourteen years he entered the academic department of the union school, which he
attended for two years. Attheage of sixteen, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred
and Twonty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, tha date of his enlistment being July 30,
1862. He served until June 19, 1865, participating in all the general engagements in which the
Army of the Potomac was engaged from the time of his enlistment to the close of the war. Leav-
ing tho army, he returned to New York State, where he commenced farming. At Clyde,
N. Y.. December 24, 1867, he was married to Miss Amelia M. Tipling, a nativeof New York. By
this marriage, five children have been born to him—Mabel E., born in Seneca County, N. Y.,
April 7, 1869; George E., born same place July 15, 1870; Edith M., same place, June 16, 1873,
died at Kingman, Kan., July 22, 1879; Maud E., born at Clyde, N. Y., November 10, 1876; Ada,
born at Kingman, Kan., September 7, 1880, and John, born July 19, 1882, died August 7, 1882.
Tn 1873, Mr, Bavcock engaged in the grocery business at Clyde, N. Y¥., at which he re-
mained until March, 1879, when he moved to Kansas and located at Kingman, where he engared
in the lumber and hardware business, in company with Garrison & Craycraft. In 1880, the firm
dissolved, Mr. Babcock retaining the hardware and implement business, which he still continues
to carry on. In the fall of 1880, he was elected to the Legislature, taking his seat in the second
biennial session as Representative from Kingman County.

AUSTIN D. CULVER, tiasmith, was born in Ohio December 28, 1834. He is the son of
John D. and Martha Culver, the former a uative of Pennsylvania, and the latter a native of Ohio.
The opportunities of Austin D. 10 acquire an education were extremely limited, being confined to the
primitive log schoolhouses, When eighteen years old, he lett home and went to Iowa, but returned
after a year’s absence, to Lllinois, going to Warren County, where he entered the establishment
of Ebenezer Wallace and learned the tinsmith’s trade, with whom he remained for three years,
and then went to Galesburg. Leaving there soon afterward, he spent several years in traveling,
without having any permanent abode, but finally returned to lowa and engaged in the stove and
tinware business. January 2, 1861, A, D. Culver was married, at St. Louis, to Miss Charlotte
Rickey, a native of New York State. The issue of their marriage has been Charles C., born at
Ottumwa, Iowa, October 12, 1861; George E., born at Galesburg, 11]., September 17, 1863; Frank-
lin E., born at the same place June 20, 1866, died at Kingman September 16, 1881, and Laura
May, born at Galesburg May 18, 1868. in 1862, Mr, Culver returned to Galesburg, Ill., where he
remained in business until 1874, when he removed to Kansas and located in Kingman County.
Mr, Culver was the first Justice of the Peace in Kingman County, and in 1876 was elected to the
ottice of Sheriff, which he held for two years.

HORACE B. DUNCAN, physician, was born in Hardin County, Ky., November 9, 1850. He
is the son of William T. Duncan, a cabinet-maker by trade, and native of Kentucky, and Eveline,
his wife, also a native of thesame State. Horace B. commenced his education in the common
school, but in 1870 he entered Lynnland College, located in Hardin County, Ky.; which he at-
tended for three years. He afterward attended the medical department of the university at
Louisville for two terms, graduating from therein 1876. 3After graduating, he located at Lebanon
Junction, Bullitt Co., Ky., where he commenced the practice of medicine, which he pursued until
1879, when he moved to Kansas and located at Kingman, where he resumed the practice of his
profession. On May 7, 1879, Mr. Duncan was married in Bullitt County, Ky., to Miss Sally E.
Hays, a native of said county. One son has been the issue of their marriuge, Everett B., born in
Kingman, Kan., April 23, 1880. : ‘

GEORGE E. FILLEY, editor, was born in St. Louis, Mo., December 3, 1852. His father
was a native of Hartford, Conn., and his mother of Lansingburg, N. Y. Lived ten years in Mis-
souri, but early in the war the family was compelled to leave the State on account of the pro-
nounced Union principles of George’s father. From Missouri, the family moved to Chicago, where
they remained until the close of the war, when they moved to Lawrence, Kan., where they re-
sided eight years, going from there to Burlingame. The education of George E. commenced in
the public schools, going from them to Baker University, at Baldwin City, Kan., next to the
State University at Lawrence, finishing at Asbury University, Greencastle, ad. In 1875, he
entered the law office of William Thomson, at Burlingame, Kan., and read and studied law under
his direction. He was admitted to practice at the barin August, 1877, and immediately there-
after moved to Kingman. In March, 1878, he was appointed Poustinaster, and held the office until
April, 1883. In March, 1881, he purchased the Kingman County Citizen, which he still continues
to editand publish. On December 3, 1879, he was married, at Kingman, Kan., to Miss Lou J.
Frazier. 5

HUGH JONES, County Superintendent of Public Schools, is the son of Hugh and Ohar-
lotte Junes. His father was a n«tive of Pennsylvania, but spent nearly his wholo life in Ohio or
Illinois, and his mother was a native of Illinois, Hugh was born in Peoria County, Ill., Juno
13, 1850, He received a limited education in the common schools, but when twenty-one years
of age, he entered the Peoria County Normal School, where he was educated under the tuition of
§. H. White. In 1874, he began teaching, which he successfully followed for five years in Ili-
nois, when he moved to Kansas and located in Kingman County. Here he resumed the school
work, and in November, 1880, was elected to the office of County Superintendent, to which posi-
tion he was re-elected in 1882, in both of which elections he was nominated by his favorite
party, the Democrats, and elected by the people. On July 26, 1882, in Wichita, Kan., he mar-
ried Miss Susannah V. Wandel,« native of Wisconsin. Her primary education was obtained
in a manner similar to that of her husband, but in August, 1882, having attended a Teachers’
Institute conducted by Mr. Jones, she entered the Normal School of Ft. Scott, Kan, where she has
Jeft an excellent record of her work asa student, that of her rapid improvement being unsur-
passed, Possessed of fine sensibilities and of decided Christian character, she is naturally asso-
ciated with many warm friends and good society, °

D. ROBERT KINSEY, County Attorney, is of Swiss-Irish descent, his father, John Kinse
being anative of Switzerland, and his mother, Sarah (Anderson) Kinsey, being a native of the nor
of Ireland. D, R. was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 22, 1850, His early education was
received in the common schools and at an early age he commenced t:aching school, which he fol-
lowed for three years, teaching in winter and working on the farm in summer. When twenty
one years old, he entered the one study university at Scio, Ohio, which he attended until 1874,
when he graduated. Leaving the ufiiversity, he taught school for two terms in Illinois, when
he entered the law office of A, Le Neeley ut New Philadelphia, Obio, under whose instruction he
read law and studied until 176, when he was admitted to practice at the bar. In the spring of
1878, he moved to Kansas and located at Wichita, where he formed a law partnership with Judge
John Clark. In the spring of 1880, he moved to Kingman, where he opened a law office. In
the fall of 1882, he was elected to his present office, :

JAMES P. MEAD, District Clerk, was the only child born to George T. and Lydia J. Mead,
both natives of New York State. He was born in Lonawee County, Mich., February 19, 1857,
where he lived until he was sixteen years old, when he moved, with his parents, to Kansas and
located upon a farm in Sedgwick County. He was educated in the common school, and after
moving to Kansas he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for several years,
On April 5, 1878, J. ? Mend and Miss Killa L. Price, the latter a native of Iowa, wero united in
wedlock at Wichita, the issue of their marriage being two children—Lucy J., born in Sedgwick

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

County Japuary 23, 1879, and Harry J., born in Kingman November 24, 1881. In October, 1879,
Mr. Mead was appointed Clerk of the District Court, and in the fall of that year was elected to
fill the unexpired term. He was re-elected to the office in the fall of 1880, fora full term, and
was again elected as his own successor in 1882, and is now serving in the official capacity of Dis-
trict Clerk, Since his induction into office in 1879, Mr. Mead has given a great deal of his
time to the reading and study of law, and at the April term of court, 1883, was admitted to prac-
tice in the courts of the State, :

CLAYTON W, MYERS, Postmaster and druggist. Jacob and Helen Myers, the parents of
Clayton W., were both natives of Pennsylvania. C. W. was born in Illiuois March 17, 1857.
His early education was received in the common schools, graduating from the high school at
Atkinson, Ill., when sixteen years old. Leaving school, he entered a drug store, where he com-
menced reading medicine, which he pursued about eighteen months, when he went to Geneseo,
Ill, and entered the office of Dr. H. I. Hoppins, where he remained a year, studying medicine
under tho direction of the Doctor. He then went to St. Louis, where he attended a six months’
course of lectures, after which he returned to the office of Dr. Hoppins and resumed his studies,
which he pursued for over two years, when he went to Chicago, Ill., where he attended another
six months’ course of lectures, graduating from the Chicago Homeopathic College in 1878, being
at that time twenty-one years old, Having graduated, he shortly afterward moved to Kansas
and located at Kingman, in Kingman County, where he opened a drug store and commenced the
practice of his profession, being the first practicing physician in tho county. In the fall of 1878,
he was elected Coroner of the county, and was re-elected in 1879, In the spring of 1880, he was
appointed United States Examining Surgeon, and in the fall of 1881 was elected to the office of
Register of Deeds. On March 6, 1883, he was appointed Postmaster at Kingman, and is now
serving in the triple capacity of Examining Surgeon, Register of Deeds and Postmaster.

WILLIAM B. NICHOLSON, proprietor of the Laclede Hotel, was born in Cumberland, En-
gland, July 18, 1851. Ie isthe sou of William and Ann Nicholson, both natives of England,
He came to the United States with his parents in 1859, and located in Illinois, where he resided
until 1866, when they moved to Kansas and located in Miami County, where they settled on a
farm. From there W. B. went to Colorado in 1868, where he remained a year and then went to
New Mexico, and trom there to Texas, returning to Miami County after an absence of eighteen
months, In 1872, he removed to Reno County, where he located upon a claim, being the second
settler in the county suuth of the Ninnescah River. He was married in Reno County, October 8,
1876, to Miss Alice Ray, a native of Indiana, by which marriage two children have been born to
them—Minta E., born in Reno County June 6, 1880 , and died in July, 1880, and Joseph H., born
at Kingman November 2, 1882. In 1880, he moved to Kingman County and engaged in the ho-
tel business, becoming proprietor of the Laclede Hotel, which he is still conducting. £

H. H. PATTEN, attorney at Jaw, was born in Sullivan County, Ind., July 17, 1836, being
the eldest child of Joshua T. and Barbara A. Patten. Parents now reside in this county—futher
born in Sullivan County, Ind., but before the State was admitted into the Union ; mother, whose
maiden name was Crooks, born in Henderson County, Ky. Father, small farmer and flat-boat-
man, he having made twenty-one voyages out of the Wabash River and its tributaries to New

' Orleans. Early education neglected. Occasionally attended the neighborhood schools in winter,

when the weather was unsuitable for work on the farm and in the “clearing,” and for a short
time attended an academy at New Lebanon, Ind. Began the study of law just before the break-
ing-out of the late war, and in April, 1861, enlisted as private in Company I, Seventeenth Indi-
ana Volunteers (afterward mounted and formed part of “Wilder’s Brigade” of Mounted Infantry
in the Army of the Cumberland). Was in active field service with the regiment until after the
battle of Chickamauga and the campaign which followed, when in January, 1863, went before
Board of Regular and Volunteer Officers, at Nashville, Tenn., organized for the purpose of exam-
ining applicants for commissions in colored troops. Received commission as First Lieutenant,
and was assigned tothe Seventeenth United States Colored Infantry to date February 26, 1864.
Commanded company in the battle of Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864. Was promoted to
Captaincy in same regiment, and while on duty at Decatur, Ala., received an accidental wound
and was rendered unfit for field duty and was appointed Post Treasurer of Nashville, Tenn.
and afterward Provost Mashal of that place. Was mustered out of the service with command
on the 2 ‘th day of April, 1866, having served as ~olunteer five years toa day. On receiving dis
charge, came immed.atery to Miami County, Kan., and renewed the study of law and worked
on farm. Was married to Miss Gertrude Pratt November 28, 1067, and as the fruits of said mar-
riage there have been born three children—Flora Ann, born September 8, 1869, died February
24, 1875; James Horace, born December 23, 1872; Nora, born July 11, 1880. Continued the
study of law under the direction of Maj. B. F, Simpson, and practiced in Justice Court until De-
cember, 1874, when he was admitted to the practice of law in the District Court at Paola, Kan.,
and in the following March removed to that place and established himself in the profession, and
continued to reside there until in the month of March, 1883, when he removed to Kingman,
Kingman Co., Kan., for the purpose of making it his future home. In politics, he is a Repub-
lican. i

CHARLES L. RAYMOND, attorney at law, is the son of Jonathan and Catharine Ray-
mond, both natives of Massachusetts. He was born in INinois June 14, 1852, His first education
was received at the common school, but when about twelve years old he entered the Oswego
Academy of Illinois, which he attended for two years, leaving waich he entered the Newark
Seminary, and, after having attended there for two years, went to the Normal University at
Bloomington, Ill., which he attended for five years, graduating from there in June, 1872. After
leaving the university, he was engaged as Principal of the public school at Mason City, Ill.,
which position he held for two years. Whilst thus engaged, he devoted a great deal of time to
the study of law, and in July, 1874, was admitted to practice at the bar at Ottawa, Ill. Hoe then
went to Bloomington, where he opened a law office, and entered upon the practice of his profes-
sion, which he pursued until 1877, when he moved to Kansas and located at Wichita, from which
point, in 1878, he went to Kingman, where he resumed practice. In the fall of 1880, he was
elected County Attorney of Kingman County, and served as such for two years.

CHARLES RICKMAN, County Clerk, was the third child and second son born to Frederick
and Anna Rickman, both natives of Germany. Charles was born at Luebeck, on the Baltic Sea,
September 1, 1842. His only opportunity of obtaining an eaucarioa wnen a boy was in attend-
ing an evening school, established for the benefit of the children of seafaring men in bis native
town. When thirteen years old, he went to sea, and followed sea-faring life until 1872. While
sailing, he read and studied works on navigation, and, having saved sufficient money to defray
the expenses of attending school, he entered a navigation school in 1866, where he remained a
year, and acquitted himself so satisfactorily that he received a first-class certificate as to his com-
petency to take charge of a veasel. Leaving school, he again weut to sea, shipping as first mate,
which position he held for six years, January 21,1870, he was married in his native town, to
Miss Paulina Schroeder, the issue of the marriage being one child—Anna, born at Luebeck De-
cember 3, 1870, died, December 25, 1871. His wife survived the birth of her child but seventeen
days, dying December 20, 1870. In 1872, Mr. Rickman came to the United States and located in
Ohicago, where ho remained until the fall of 1876, when he moved to Kansas, and located in
Kingman County, wnero he settled upon a claim. In the fall of 1877, he was elected to the office
of County Clerk, to which he was re-elected in the fall of 1879, and again in 1881, and which he
is now occupying.

EUGENE ROLLMANN, farmer, Section 1, P. 0. Pretty Prairie, Reno County, owns 160 acres,
eighty under cultivation, with a fine orchard partly bearing, with three acres in cultivated tim-
ber; a dwelling of two stories, 16x30, stable 16x32, granary and hen house; has five horses, ten
cows and calves and over thirty hogs. He was born in Prussia July 11,1835, and came to the United
States in 1855, and, after spending one year in Wisconsin, he located in Peoria, Ill. In Novem-
ber, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Eleventh Regiment Illinois Cavalry, Robert G. Ingersoll’s reg-
iment, and served with his command in the Western army, and participated in the engagements
of Shiloh, Corinth and Iuka, Sherman’s expedition to Enterprise, Miss., and a number of minor
engagements, and Was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant and Sergeant Major. In 1863, he
was promoted to First Lieutenant, and Regimental Quartermaster, and served in that capacity
until mustered out in October, 1865, when he returned home and received the appointment of
Assistant United States Assessor, which position he occupied for several years, after which he
engaged in the grocery business, In 1879, he came to Kansas and located on his present furm,
He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary M. Steel, a native of New Orleans, La. They have four
children—Charles, Alexander, Henry and Annie. He isa Mason anda mouber of the G. A. R.

HARRY LEFEVRE STROHM is the son of Isaac and Margaret Guthrie Strohm, the for-
mera native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Ohio. He was born in Greene County, Ohio,
June 7, 1852. In 1869, he entered Miami University, in Butler County, Ohio, which he attended
until 1873, when he entered the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, completing his education
with the class of 74. In 1876, he was admitted to the practice of law at Xenia, Ohio, and
opened an office for the practice of law at Dayton. In 1879, he moved to Kansas and located at
Wichita, wheie he continued the practice of law until 1880, when ho located at Kingman and
established a bank, now the Bank of Kingman. Subsequently he severed his connection with

Lo a and is now devoting himself exclusively to tho practice of his profession with marked
OSAGE COUNTY.

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OSAGE COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES,

SAGE County is situated about midway across the State, north and
AY south, and about fifty miles trom its eastern boundary. In extent it
is twenty-four miles east.and west, and thirty miles north and south. It is
bounded on the north by Shawnee County, on the east by Douglas and
Franklin, on the south by Coffey, and on the west by Lyon and Wabaunsee.

Three quite large streams cross the county.. The largest of these is the
Marais des Cygnes River, which flows across the southern part, entering from
the west, flowing across the corner of Barclay Township into Arvonia; thence

east across that, Olivet and Melvern townships; thence northeast across.

Agency Township. The principal trib-
utaries of the above named stream
from the south are: Mud, -Puleston,

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cent of the county is forest, and 90 per cent prairie. The average width
of the bottom lands is nearly half a mile. The greater part of the upland
is tillable, much of it very level and covered with well cultivated farms.

About 10 per cent of the county is covered by a natural growth of tim-
ber. This is found generally along the banks of .the streams, in belts vary-
ing from twenty to upward of one hundred rods in width. The principal
varieties. are walnut, elm, oak, hackberry, cottonwood, coffee bean, mul-
berry and hickory. Besides these natural belts of timber, there are a
-large number of groves of forest trees, under cultivation on the farms, and
which all told, comprise many acres. .

Coal underlies the greater part of the area of the county, but it’ is not
found in large quantities, or mined to .
any great extent, excepting in a belt.
comprising about 25 per cent of the *

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, » oO Ag See ‘ . oO county’s area. This line follows alo
Tuqua creeks. On both the north and : ; Oo the line of the Atchison, To ie
south sides are numerous other small 2 : Santa Fe Railroad, and extends back
creeks, but a short distance. apart, fl Ts Ts for some distance on each side of it. It
which contain running water, for a ‘f| (3144 ae is found at a depth below the surface,
portion of the year. Salt Creek flows B log of from two to more than one hundred:
across the. county from west _to.éast, 5 4 feet, but at an average depth of from
through the central part and crosses <q © II: fitty to seventy. The veins are from
the townships of Superior, Valley a S ' twelve to thirty-six inches in thick- -
Brook and Agency, emptying into the - A ness. The quality is good,-the mines
Marais des Cygnes, near the eastern etree eee - numerous, and the shipments are great. -
boundary. Mute Creek is its principal Tiel It is used extensively by the railroad
southern tributary. On the north side ; ; companies, and for local, domesticjand
are Swede and Jersey creeks. 1a manufacturing purposes.
_ _ Inthe northern part. of the county i) Limestone is found in all parts.
is Dragoon Creek, which entering from =f} ee) | of the county. Itis of an excellent
the west flows across the southwest

corner of Burlingame Township; e-
thence southeast across Dragoon, and Tie
across the northeast corner of Supe-
rior; thence nearly east across Fairfax,
from whence-it flows southeast across
Junction and the corner of Agency,
where it enters the Marais des Cygnes
near the eastern limits of the county.
Its principal tributaries on the south
are Soldier and Smith creeks. On the’
north are Switzler, School, Pop Corn.
and One Hundred and Ten creeks.
Besides these are Wakarusa, Berry’s,

Slowbridge, Elk and Appanoose
creeks. The above named streams are bo
the principal ones in the county, T.18

though it is intersected by many small
ones that contain running water for a
portion of the year.

Of the streams named above, the
names are derived as follows: Marais
des Cygnes means ‘‘the marsh of the
swans.” Dragoon is so named from

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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.

-quality for building purposes. A great
_ number of the buildings of the county
are constructed of this material.
_Besides this the stone is used to a
great extent for fencing. Yellow
ochre is found in abundance in every
township. There. is also an almost
unlimited supply of fire and pottery
clay, which is utilized to some extent.

*BARLY HISTORY.

_ The northern part of the county
as far south as a line one-half mile
north of the northern boundary of.
Township 16, comprised a part of the.
Shawnee Indian Reservation, which
was opened to settlement by the act of
Congress of May -80, 1854. Of this.
land a strip nine miles wide, and ex-
tending east and west, was a part of
Shawnee County. South of this, and.

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died on its western bank, at an early
date; Switzler from the name of a
man who was run over and killed by a e
‘wagon, while descending the eastern () :
bank, at a point on the old Sante Fe — Burlingame Township,
freight road. Salt Creek derives its a a pon Townebie
name from a salt basin near its mouth. (—) Junction Township.
One Hundred and Ten Creek, from (g) Melvern Township. -
the fact that the old crossing of Se
the Santa Fe freight road_was (j) Ridgeway Townsh
that number of miles from Inde- (j) Superior Township
pendence, Mo.; the Appanoose and

Tanqua from those of two of the
head-men of the Sac and Fox Indians.
The Wakarusa is so named from a
wild plant, partly covered with a fine

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1870. | 1830. The southern part of the county,
———;——_ from the above named line, comprised
Sodtatoeenbiaaeaarietssiennane 1,865 | 1,809 the greater part of the Sac and Fox
oe 509 Indian Reservation, which was a tract
1,549 | 4,081 of land twenty miles north and south,
655 | = and thirty miles east and west. Of
Pore tases d "7" | 1264 this, a strip twenty-four miles east and
:... |.1,305 west, and extending to its southern
“+ gon limits, together with the narrow strip
1i4i | 2606 lying between it and Shawnee County,
eScnn 966 | 11881 -was set apart by the legislature of
cote ec tere sees cee cee eeteee 1,539 | 1,186- 1855, and called Weller Pountys but -
~ all that was open to settlement: was
Tegan le ee. ane narrow body of Shawnee lands. .
655 | 1,370 The portion of Osage County then
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hairy fibre, that once grew along its
banks; Mute Creek was named from a deaf mute having held a claim on its

; s at an early day. :
aa the enna are low bottom lands, varying all the way from a few
rods to three miles in width. Back from the valleys the surface of the land
is undulating, and in some places much broken, and even bluffy. About
10 per cent of the county is low valley land, and 90 per cent upland; 10 per

: into two townships, called Burlingame
and Wakarusa. » These have since retained nearly their original boundaries,
and the name of the latter is changed to Ridgeway.

On February 11, 1859, by act of legislature, the name of Weller
County was changed to Osage, an act for its organization being also

assed.
On February 23, 1860, the Legislature passed an act, attaching the

*For the early history of the county the writer is indebted largely to a history by the late Hon. James Rogers, of Burlingame, published some years since. In many places his own

-words are used.

ivet; in 1878, part to Melvern. (b) In1871, part to Olivet; in 1878, part to Barclay.
ET Ee cee agts of i ey : &) In 1871, from part ot Valley Brooke (g) In 1873, from parts of Agency and Olivet. (h) In 1871, from parts of

Superior. (e) In 1877, from parts of Ridgeway and Valley Brook.

(c) In 1878, from parts of Superior and Arvonia. (d) In 1871, from part of

‘Agency and Arvonia; in 1873, part to Melvern. (1) In 1877, part to Fairfax. (j) In 1871, part to Dragoon; in 1878, part to Barclay. (k) In 1871, part to Junction; in 1877, part to Fairfax,

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nine mile strip formerly belonging to Shawnee, to Osage County; its present

boundaries being then established.

In the year 1827, the United States Government opened a mail route
from Independence, Mo., to Santa Fe, N. M., on the route that had been
selected some time before by the freighters, and known as the Santa Fe
Trail. This was the finest natural road in the world, and the immense
freighting business over it continually increased, until by 1854, millions of
dollars worth of freight was transported over it annually. This road en-
tered the present Osage County from the east, about on the lines between
Townships 14 and 15, extended west, crossing One Hundred and Ten Creek,
and continuing in nearly a direct line to where Burlingame now is, and up
what is now Santa Fe Avenue in that town, and thence west crossing the
western boundary of the county.

The Fort Leavenworth and Santa Fe Trail extended across the north-
western part of the county, and united with the main road some distance
farther west.

There was also a road from where Baldwin City now is, to the Sac and
Fox Agensy. Besides which there were many cross roads, and short cuts
from different points, but the Santa Fe Trail was the terminus of them all.

hen Kansas was formed as a territory, May 30, 1854, the only
white settlers within the present limits of the county were two men livin
on One Hundred and Ten Creek, at the crossing of the Santa Fe Trail, an
who had married Shawnees. Besides these, there were a few at the Sac and
Fox Agency.

In 1844, the Sac and Fox Indians were removed from Iowa to their
Kansas Reservation, the limits of which have been deseribed. The first
Indian Agency was established on the Marais des Cygnes River, at Green-
wood, Franklin County. Sometime afterwards it was removed about eight
miles further up the river to where Quenemo in Osage County, now is, the
latter place being known as the new agency.

Tn 1854, there was a trading-post at the Agency owned by Baker &
Street of Westport. Mo., but kept by a man named Case, who lived there
with his family. The other white people there were Gen. Whistler, an ex-
army officer, and Indian trader, and John Goodell. Both of these men had
long before married into the tribe and were living with their Indian wives.
Goodell’s wife was Quenemo, from whom the town of that name derives its
appellation. |

At that time the tribe numbered about fifteen hundred and with the
exception of the chiefs and head men, lived in wigwam villages at different
points on the reservation.

In 1858, the Government caused to he erected at the expense of the
Indians, a large number of houses of wood and stone along the Marais des
Cygnes and its tributaries. Saw-mills were erected at the old agency, and
a large quantity of lumber was sawed. The contract for building the
houses was let to R. 8. Stevens, who received payment in Indian scrip.
They were rough and cheap buildings, with two rooms, a porch along one
side, and were built in unhealthy places. It was with the greatest reluc-
tance that the Indians paid for them, and then it required the greatest effort
to get them to live there. They soon tore up the floors and broke out the
windows. They drew, with charcoal, rough pictures on the walls, of steam-
boats, locomotives, and other objects of wonder they had seen in the east;
and pictures of the various wild animals of the plains. They soon deserted
the houses, declaring it made them sick to live in them, and again returned
to their wigwams. . :

_ By a treaty in October, 1859, the Indians ceded to the Government all
the western part of their reservation, which was to be held in trust and sold
for their benefit. /

The land disposed of by the above treaty was opened for sale under
sealed bids in 1860. A great many bids were made by residents of Kansas,
but they were either overbid by ie in Washington, or else other lands
of a poor quality on which they did not bid at. all were awarded them. The
best of the land was bought by Hugh McCullough, Secretary of the Treas-
ury; John P. Usher, Secretary of the Interior; and Wm. P. Dole, Com-
missioner of Indian Affairs. The greater part of the remaining lands were
awarded to Perry Fuller, R. S. Stevens, and John McManus, who were
holders of large amounts of Indian scrip, which they used in payment at its

ar value.

, Although contrary to the wishes of the tribe, in 1867 a treaty was made
with its chiefs and head men, by which they were to give up the remainder
of their reservation to the United States Government. In October, 1868, the
treaty was ratified by the President, and in due time the Indians were
removed to Indian Territory. They then numbered 800. The best of the
lands were given away to the chiefs and Indian head men, and toa few white
men who had been instrumental in securing the treaty. The remainder were
opened to actual settlement and sold for $1.50 per acre.

The first settler to locate within the limits of the county after May 30,
1854, was John Frele, who came with his family soon after that date and
stopped at the point on the Santa Fe trail where Burlingame now is. The
only person living anywhere in the neighborhood was a Shawnee Indian
who had a cabin, by a spring, in what is now the northern part of the above
named town. Frele bought this claim, and moved into the cabin. The
next winter a son was born to Mrs. Frele. This was the first white child
born in the county.

Before August 1, 1854, I. B. Titus, James and John Aiken, Alphonso
Prentis, and a few others took claims on Switzler Creek. John Skidmore,
Wm. Aiken, John Ward, Hollam Rice, Samuel Devaney and Henry Harvey,
with his sons George and Samuel, located on Dragoon Creek.

On August 2, Fry P. and Mobillon McGee arrived at One Hundred and
Ten Creek, and bought out the claims of two white men then living there.
On the same date Moran McGee and C. N. Linkenauger selected claims near
the mouth of Switzler Creek. Of the settlers‘up to this time all were Pro-
slavery men except Harvey and his two sons, who were Quakers,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

In September, 1854, the American Settlement Company was formed in
New York City, and offices were opened on Broadway. The project of the
company was to locate a town-siée somewhere in Kansas and to build up a
large city. The proposed town was to be named Council City, and was to
be laid out with streets one hundred and fifty feet wide, along which trees
were to be planted, and a park of eighty acres to be laid off. A committee,
consisting of Loton Smith, George M. Barnes and J. W. Kerr was appointed
to visit Kansas and select a location. Starting at once, they prospected in
various parts of the Losralae ys a selected a site just east of Switzler Creek

joining the present Burlingame.

= ithe fail of F854, quite a large party started out from the western
counties of Pennsylvania to settle in a colony somewhere in Kansas. Most
of them were from Mercer, Bradford and Indiana counties. Prominent
among them were George Bratton, Absalom W. Hoover, Joseph McDonald,
James Bothel, Wm. Cable, Wm, Howard, Samuel Allison, J. R. Stewart,
Marcus J. Rose and Thomas Black. On the arrival ofthe Pennsylvanians
at. Kansas City, they fell in with another party from New York and other
Eastern States, who were waiting for the return of the Council City locating
committee. Early in November, the committee having returned, the entire
party, numbering about one hundred, started out. On the 9th they
encountered a severe snow storm, but they pressed on, and on the 14th
arrived at their destination. :

Soon after their arrival a number of the party selected claims as near
the proposed town-site as possible, but the greater number of them, who
had been clerks, or engaged in occupations that unfitted them for hard
labor, and who had come with the expectation of gaining untold wealth
without work, were so discouraged that they started back within twenty-
four hours. Of those who located claims only fourteen remained during the
winter, as cold weather was fast approaching and they had no _places to live
and but few tools to work with. George Bratton, Absalom W. Hoover and
some others were accompanied by their families, and they built cabins or
dug caves at once, and there they lived quite pleasantly during the winter.
The weather was mild and there was little suffering. Early in the spring
nearly all who had located claims the fall before returned, and all went to
work making improvements on their farms.

The first election was held on March 30, 1855, for the purpose of elect-
ing a delegate to_ the first Territorial legislature. Gov. Reeder named
Council City as the voting place. On the day previous to the election, a
large body of Missourians, armed with rifles and having a large quantity of
whisky arrived at Council City, and camped in the woods just north of
Titus’ cabin. They spent the night in drinking whisky, yelling, cursing the
Free-State cause and feng their guns.

On the morning of March 3", the regularly appointed Election Board
met at the unfinished log cabin of I. B. Titus, about fifty yards south of the
bridge that now crosses Switzler Creek east of Burlingame. No sooner were
the polls declared open than the Missourians appeared on the scene, tore a
window out of the cabin, drove away the judges, and appointing others of
their own number, took possession of the polls, and drove the few Free-State
men away. They spent the day in drinking, swaggering about. with threats
of violence toward the Council City people; all voted, and some of them
several times. At night they cleced, the polls and moved back as far as
One Hundred and Ten Creek, where they camped, continued their drunken
orgies and went through the form of counting the votes, declaring Mobillon
McGee to be elected by an unanimous vote (about 250). Though he had
located a claim the fall before, McGee was then a resident of Westport, Mo.
The next morning the ruffians resumed their march to Missouri.

Gov. Reeder was then at Muncie, and was at once apprised of the
violent measures used at Council City, when he ordered a new election, at
which Hollam Rice was elected, receiving twenty-eight votes, every one in
the district. Gov. Reeder issued a erti feata of election to Rice, but upon
meeting the legislature excluded him and admitted McGee.

Ridgeway, then called Wakarusa, had been settled some time before.
The first settlers were Allen Pierson and his two sons, John and Elias.
Soon afterward O. H. Bronson, a Pro-slavery man, located there. The
March election was conducted about the same us at Council City, and
Bronson declared clected to the legislature.

In the spring of 1855 there was quite a large immigration, the greater
number locating around Council City. A large block house called the
council house was erected. A portion of it now stands in the western part
of Burlingame. The town site of Council City was surveyed and staked
into lots, and comprised all the territory between Dragoon and Switzler,
for three miles above the junction.

The following were among the early settlers in the county: Phillip
C. Schuyler came in the spring of 1855, and purchased a claim comprisin
what is now a ie portion of the city of Burlingame. Samuel R. Cani
came with Schuyler, and purchased the claim of John Frele, and moved
thereon at once. This is now a part of Burlingame. Abel Polley, Wm.
Tillinghast, Abram Leonard and K. O. Perin selected claims on Dragoon
Creek, the last two named erecting cabins at what was afterward Superior.
John Drew settled northwest of Burlingame, and David Hoover northeast
Henry and John Smith, A. R. Bothel and Ithiel Streit located on Soldier
Creek; Wm. Lord, A. N. Havens and Armi Smith on Plumb Creek. J. G.
and Henr Morrell, and Victor McDonald bought out claims on Switzler
Fee William, Charles and Edmund Fish located two miles

Among other early settlers, J. Q. Cowee, B. V.

John R. Stagg, Caleb Beskas bis una M. C, ane many at
lee, T. J. Bass and T. Clelland settled in the Wakarusa Valley. They
were all earnest Free-State men. Jonathan West settled still further east,
near the north line of the county. In what is now Ridgeway Township,
Prati among the first settlers were Wm. Atchison, Geo. Roberts, H. H.

eberling, Robert and Morris Clark, Joseph Law, and Phillip T. Huff, the
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last of whom was the first Justice of the Peace for that township. Of the
first settlers on One Hundred and Ten Creek were Wm. D. Harris, formerly
an Indian trader and postmaster on the Santa Fe trail, Geo. J. Johnson,
~ Henry and Charles Rubo, James T. Shepard, John Rehrig, L. M. Wyatt

and'D. B. Burdick. In the extreme southern part of Ridgeway Township
were T. M. Gilmore, John H. Hook, Robert Watts, James and John Cole-
man, Frank, Peter and James Duffey. Between Burlingame and One Hun-
dred and Ten Creek were E. S. Borland and Michael Su ple. In the eastern
part of the county were Peter Paulson, and John and Peter Peterson.

The first regular religious services in the county were held in 1855, at

the Council City settlement. Rev. John Lowry was the minister. He was
sent out by the American Missionary Society, and for three months meet-
ings were held regularly at the cabins of the settlers, sometimes at one
place and sometimes at another. The attendance was always good, although
almost the only mode of conveyance was by ox-teams.

When the town of Council City was projected Loton Smith was sent out
as resident agent, but sometime in 1855 he was succeeded by James M.
Winchell, who located in the spring of that year.

On March 29, 1855, Albert Cornelius, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ithiel Streit
was born. This was the second birth in the county.

The first female child born in the county was Miss Emma Bratton, on
June 29, 1855. She is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. George Bratton, and
is now living at Burlingame, tha wife of Samuel Shibley.

The first store in the county was opened at Council City in the s ring
of 1855, in a log cabin just north of the spring, across the ravine. It was
kept by Samuel Allison. "

The first post-office was established on April 30, 1855, and called
Council City. Loton Smith was appointed postmaster, but did not serve

ersonally. James Bothel was deputy postmaster, and did most of the

usiness. The post-office was kept at ‘tlison'a store.

In the fall of 1855 James Bothel and Joseph McDonald bought Alli-
son’s store, and for several years were the leading merchants of the county.

Up to the fall of 1855 several deaths had taken place, and cemetery
grounds were selected about one mile west from the post-office. But as it
was afterward found to be on a school section, the site was abandoned and
the present cemetery grounds selected. ;

The first Fourth of July celebration was in 1855, at the place where the
county poor farm now is. About seventy-five persons were . present, and
speeches were made by P. C. Schuyler, Loton Smith, and J. M. Winchell.

_ The first marriage recorded in Osage County is that of John Riffen-
bark to Hannah Thompson, January 23, 1860. M. Rambo, as Justice of
the Peace, performed the ceremony.

The first school was taught by Miss Louisa Todd, the daughter of Henry
Todd, in a tent adjoining the council house. This was in the spring of
1855. The school was supported by subscription, the greater part being
paid by bachelors. :

The first, settlements were made before there were any surveys, and each
settler selected as nearly 240 acres as possible. They then banded together
to protect each other in possession of the claims. It was afterward found
that only 160 acres were allowed to a settler, and when surveyed the section
lines cut the original claims into irregular fragments, and on making final
proof each settler was required to make oath that he had not agreed to con-
vey any portion of his claim to any one else. All this created general
confusion, and many were the quarrels and law suits that resulted.

'. In the spring of 1856, the Council City town site was abandoned, and
J. M. Winchell and several associates laid out a town two miles south from
Burlingame, which they named Fremont. A saw-mill was at once erected

-on Dragoon Creek, near the mouth of Switzler. Its sawing capacity was
only two hundred feet per day, and the boards were from one-half inch to
one and one-half inches in thickness. Not proving a success, this mill was
soon moved away. . :

In May, 1856, Schuyler & Caniff brought in a large steam saw-mill,
and erected it near the center of the proposed town of Burlingame. <A large
business was soon done. The old council house was occupied as a hotel, and
its very moderate accommodations were severely taxed by the influx of
travelers. 3

During the summer of 1856 nearly every one in the settlement was sick
with malarial disease, and there was no skillful physician in the neighbor-
hood. Loton Smith and many others died from want of care and medical
attendance. The people were also badly in want of necessary provisions,
and were compelled to live on melons, squashes, pumpkins and green corn,
orstarve. As soon as the corn became hard enough to be grated, holes were
punched in the bottoms of tin pans, and it was grated from the cob. Pre-
vious to that time Absalom W. Hoover had made a hand-mill of lime-stones.
After the corn became ripe and hard this mill was kept running constantly.
Settlers came from many miles to grind their corn here. :

In 1857 the Burlingame town site was oo and named in honor of
Anson Burlingame, afterwards United States Mimister to China.

The Burlingame Town Company was incorporated in February, 1858.
About the same time the name of Carbondale was changed to Superior, and
a Town Company incorporated. It was composed of J. M. Winchell with
several associates from Wyandotte, who united with him and put forward
strong efforts to build up the town. For some time there was strong
rivalry between the two towns, and atone time it looked as if Superior
would soon crush its rival. A road was opened through it from Centropolis
to Allen, Dragoon Creek bridged, shops built, stores opened, and about
thirty dwellings erected. Among the buildings, the Superior hotel was a

hoes ne ae That is the only building now left, and is occupied as

d ‘i ;
2 eetheie Pea acother town projected in 1857, east of Switzler Creek, and

and was afterwards used as hotel, court house, school-.

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called Arvilla. A store and two dwellings were erected, but finding diffi-
culty in obtaining water, the new town was soon abandoned.

J. M. Winchell, Rev. Alonzo Shurtleff, and Prof. Daniels, then State
Geologist of Wisconsin, formed themselves into a Town Com any, and laid
out a new town on the old Fremont site, which they called Carbondale. A
steam saw and grist-mill was erected, and a Presbyterian Church organized,
with Rev. James Brownlee, pastor, and preaching was held in a log-cabin.

Prairie City was the name of another town site on the Sante Fe trail. Its
location was on Section 6, Township 15, Range 15 east. The first settlements
began in October, 1856. The Town Company was formed in Kentucky.
Dr. Robert Lester was one of its officers. The other early settlers were
James Gilchrist, James Gilchrist, Jr., P. L. Doane, Joseph Bridgewalder, and
John M. Carr. Dr. Lester was soon killed acoilentally, and the town site
was abandoned.

' Young America was the name of a town projected on One Hundred and
Ten Creek, The Town Company numbered fifty-three members. Among
them were Hon. D. B. Burdick and Dr. Anderson. The place never suc-
ceeded in becoming a town.

Eureka was the name of a town projected by the Pennsylvania Colony
in the fall of 1854. The site just east of Switzler Creek was soon abandoned,
the settlers becoming interested in the Council City movement.

In 1858,another town called Havana was laid out, about four miles west
from Burlingame. For a time it looked as if it would become the great
town of the neighborhood. The City Company was made up of wealthy
Germans of Chicago and St. Louis. About fifty German and French families
located in the vicinity, large farms were opened, and in the town a store
with a large stock of goods was opened, the machinery for a large mill was
brought on, about half-a-dozen dwellings, and a large stone hotel erected.
A large stone distillery and brewery was commenced. But its prosperity
soon came to an end. The leading merchant failed, the members of the
company quarreled, the settlers soon became dissatisfied with a country
life, and it was not long until all left never to return, and the town became
extinct. The hotel is now a barn, and the distillery became Davis’
grist-mill.

A town was projected just west of the point where the Santa Fe trail

-crossed One Hunated and Ten Creek. ‘It was called Versailles, and the
Town Company was incorporated on February 20, 1857, with Henry P.
Throop, D. T. Mitchell, and J.C. Thompson, as its members. For a time
considerable business was done, and a large hotel built, but it never
assumed the proportions of a town and has long since ceased to exist.
The site was Section 2, Township 15, Range 15.

_ Previous to the Versailles town site, Fry P. McGee and W. D. Harris
entered a town site at the Santa Fe trail crossing of One Hundred and Ten
Creek, and named it Washington. No attempt was made to build up a town,
however, though it became quite an important trading point.

_ Indiana City was laid out on a neighboring section, and:a town site en-
tered. Four small houses were framed, all ready to put up, in Louisville,
Ky, and shipped out and erected. The town never became any larger. This
was a portion of the present Scranton town site. :

In Ridgeway Township was the site of two proposed towns, to be called
respectively Georgetown and Ridgeway. Neither of them grew to be towns
of any importance, though the latter is now a station on the Lawrence &
Southwestern Railroad, and has a store, post-office, blacksmith shop, and a
number of houses. A’Masonic Lodge was organized in 1874, with the fol-
lowing charter members. C. J. McDivitt, Geo. W. Watson, C. H. Easton,
J.S. Riley, H. K. Riley, Geo. R. Emory, J. B. Emory, J. 8S. Barbour and
Joseph Law.

POLITICAL AND OTHER TROUBLES,

ot

In 1855, the first Free-State elections were held, and here too, some po-
litical frauds were committed, as at a caucus held by them, more ballots
were cast than there were voters present. A Free-State legislature at Topeka
was elected, and from the Council City district, Henry Todd and Wm, Tooth-
man were elected members of the Lower House; and Lucien Fish of the
Senate. arly the next year, this legislature met and elected Philip C.
Schuyler Secretary of State, but as the United States Congress did not
recognize its legality, he never fulfilled the duties of the office.

The first military company was organized in 1855, and was called the
“Old Free-State Guards.” Henry Todd was Captain; Wm. Toothman, First
Lieutenant; G.I. Drew, Second Lieutenant, and L. D. Joy, Orderly Sergeant.
It was about the close of the year when the organization of the company
was completed, after which it marched to the defense of Lawrence at once.
Gen. Lane, Pomeroy, John Brown, Schuyler and Winchell were already there
and manifested great joy at the appearance of the company. Each of its
members was armed with a six-shooter rifle. These guns proved to be ut-
terly worthless, and Loton Smith took them to Missouri, where he repre-
sented himself to be a friend to the Pro-slavery party, and sold them for a
high price, and with the proceeds bought good rifles for the company.

Darin the year 1856, the troubles between the Free-State men and the
border ruffians assumed a serious aspect. In June another military com-
pany was organized by.the free-soilers. A portion of Buford’s Company
from the Southern States was sent to drive the Free-State men from the
country. They camped on One Hundred and Ten Creek, where they re-
mained all summer, made several raids on the Free-State settlers, and com-
mitted many outrages. Joseph McDonald was robbed of a wagon-load of
provisions, on the Santa Fe trail, while en route from Westport. As he
was a cripple and a non-resistant his life was spared. He then went to
Leavenworth for another load, and narrowly escaped being robbed again.

Horace L. Jones. who lived at Council City, had succeeded in getting

ossession of three hundred dollars of the New York Tribune fund, raised
or the benefit of the destitute of Kansas. He refused to give it up or
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expend it for the siek, but sent a man with his team to Leavenworth, to pur-
chase a load of flour and groceries, with which to start a store. On his way
back the load and team were captured by the border ruffians, who sent the
man down the river on a raft. Jones was considered one of the leading men
of the settlement, and was known throughout the Territory as ‘‘ Buffalo
Jones. Two or three years afterwards he left Osage County. >

From June until December, it was impossible to get provisions from
the Missouri River, unless the wagons were protected by an armed guard.
Many depredations were committed on Free-State settlers. On the 4th
of July nearly every man in the settlement went to Topeka to celebrate,
and to prevent the border ruffians from making an attack on the Free-State
Legislature, which was to conveneon that day. They were dispersed at the
point of the bayonet, by a body of soldiers under Col. Sumner, and immedi-
ately returned home. A short time after, a plan was laid by Buford’s men
to burn and rob the entire settlement, which was prevented only by the
timely warning of Fry P. McGee, a Pro-slavery man.

_ In 1857, immigration to the county increased, and soon the Free-State
men had a very large majority. During this year political affairs moved on
more smoothly. The laws passed by the ‘‘ bogus legislature” of 1855, were
not-generally respected. During the summer a Deputy United States Mar-
shal appeared for the purpose of collecting a poll tax of one dollar, im-
posed on each voter, by the Pro-slavery Legislature. He was resisted, and
after being shot at a few times, he disappeared, never to return, Some time
during the fall, a party of Free-State men came in from a distance, and began
committing outrages on Pro-slavery men. Fry P. McGee, John Ward and
Charles Skidmore were robbed of nearly all their personal property. The
Free-State people of the neighborhood, however, followed them up, and com-
pelled them to give up a portion of their plunder, At an election in the
fall, Lucien Fish was chosen asa member of the Legislature. At a Free-
State convention, P. C. Schuyler was nominated for Secretary of State, and
with the rest of the ticket was elected, under the Lecompton Constitution.

In January, 1858, an election was held on the Lecompton Constitution.
Only three votes were cast for it in what is now Osage County.

In February. 1858, the bogus laws were repealed, and the next month
Justices of the Peace were elected for a term of two years. For Burlin-
game, Wm. Lord and John Drew were elected. The township had been
formed on September 21, 1857, and the October election was held at a build-
ing opposite the Burlingame Hotel. The judges of election were Thos.
Russell, Wm. Lord and C. D. Marple.. ‘

In 1859, a terrible storm of wind and rain swept over the county, which
resulted in great loss of property. Many persons were badly injured, but
no lives were lost. In ;
while at Superior nearly every building was completely demolished.

In August, 1859, the land sales took place in this district. The settlers
were generally poor, and without money to pay for their claims. Nearly all
had to borrow money, and some disposed of their land at once; in many in-
stances getting but a small portion of its real value. The usual rate of in-
terest was 5 per cent per month, and this with the principal was secured by
a mortgage upon their lands. The greater number of those who remained
afterward lost their land, it being sold under mortgage, as it was impossible
to pay such a rate of interest, much of which had to be compounded every
year. There was a poor market for crops, and the savings of the settler
were very small. :

The great drought of 1860, which extended throughout Kansas, was
particularly severe in Osage County. From June, 1859, to November. 1860,
there was norain to afford any nourishment to vegetation. Everything
dried up, and there was no crop of any kind raised. The settlers were soon
reduced to a suffering condition, and many left the country. Those who
remained were only saved from starvation through aid in the form of _pro-
visions and clothing sent by the people of more Hastern States. Aid societies
were formed, and through them the most of the goods sent in were dis-
bursed. In Osage County, S. R. Caniff, of Burlingame, and O. H. Sheldon,
of Superior, were appointed to distribute aid and goods to the needy. Out-
side contributions were liberal and all were kept from severe suffering,
though many privations were endured.

On January 11, 1861, one of the most severe snow storms ever known in
the history of the country began. Considerable suffering was endured, but
no lives were lost. On a level the snow would measure more than twenty
inches in depth, and it drifted so badly that travel was suspended for nearly
three weeks. It remained on the ground for twenty-four days, when it dis-
appeared as-suddenly as it came, and the streams were filled to overflowing.
This was the first wet period for more than a year. Notwithstanding the

- big storm and the drought of the year before, the stock were in good order

in the spring.

The first grasshopper raid was in 1866. On the 15th day of September
they appeared in clouds, and beginning to descend it was not long until every
green thing was eaten, and all growing crops, completely destroyed. Not
only this, but they deposited their eggs by the countless millions. But a
small percentage of these hatched out, yet the next spring there were enough
to seriously injure the wheat crop. The young corn was damaged, but be-
fore June they had flown away, which gave sufficient time to replant corn,
wherever it was necessary, and taken all in all good crops were raised.

In the summer of 1874, the grasshoppers again appeared in myriads.
It was just at the close of the small grain harvest and little damage was done
except to corn and gardens. Late crops of all kinds were utterly destroyed.
But little corn was raised. During the following winter times were very
hard, and many citizens were com elled to accept aid sent in from Eastern
States. Eggs were again deposited, which hatched out in the spring, and
the fields of growing grain swarmed with young grasshoppers. The small
grain crop was somewhat injured, but the corn crop was good, as the pests
had left the country by June 1, Still suffering from the partial failure of

urlingame several buildings were blown down,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

the year before, there were probably mere privatiows endured until the crop
of 1876 could be gathered, than at any ether time sinee the very early
years of the settlement of the country.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ELECTIONS.

Z ing the earlier years of settlement, the citizens of the northern part of Weller County
died at cliopame, ‘ind no objection was made until Superior became a riva] town.
Being refused a chance to vote, though contaioing only about thirty voters, Weller County
took steps to secure an organization, an act for that purpose being passed by the Jogisleture
February 11, 1859, and the name changed to Osage. A commission composed of A, Leon-
ard, A. i. Shurtleff and T. R. Merritt, ie Epon to select judges of an election, which

lace the fourth Monday in March. x ;
me ee tae meetin of the County. Commissioners was held April 27, 1859, at Superior.
The Board was as follows: V. R. Morrill, M. Rambo, and A. T. Dutton. E. M. Perrin
and John Rambo, Deput: . “
aro See on June 7, J. L. Reoks was elected Judge; D. B. Burdick, Sheriff; and
. Perrill, surveyor.

: "The first ties election was November 8, 1859, and resulted as follows: J. R. Car-
rier, Superintendent of Schools; M. Rambo, Judge; C. C. Crumb, Sheriff; A. N. Hulbnrd,
Register of Deeds; W. O. Fisher, Attorney; John ambo, Clerk; A. T. Dutton, Treasurer;
J. SD Perrill, Surveyor; and A. Leonard, Coroner, :

On June 7, 1859, delegates to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention were elected.
In Osage County, James M. Winchell was chosen from Superior, and Hiram D. Prescott.
from Burlingame. At the meeting of the convention, Winchell was chosen its President
by a unanimous vote, and by his great pa ean the respect of the entire body. He
was afterward a prominent candidate for the United States Senate. Before coming to Kan-
sas he was aschool teacher. He was visionary, but bold and energetic, and always exerted

reat influence on his associates. He was an inveterate enemy to Gen. J. H. Lane,
and lost no chance to make his feelings known. After the war began, he became Washing-
ton correspondent of the New York Times, and soon became reconciled to Lane, after
which they were warm friends. He speculated in gold and became rich, but afterward lost
all, and retired to Westchester County, New York, where he died a few years since,

In the fall of 1859, a legislature was elected under the Wyandotte Constitution; O. H.
Sheldon, H. H. Heberling and S R. Caniff were chosen as members from what is now
Osage County.

‘On Febriary. 23, 1860, an act passed the legislature, cutting off the southern part of
Shawnee County, and adding it to Osage, making the dividing line between Townships 13
and 14, where it has since remained unchanged. ; ; ps

On February 27, 1860, another act passed the legislature, perfecting the organization
of Osage County, and ordering the Register and Clerk to at once take possession of all rec-
ords relating to Osage under its new boundaries. At the same time, Philip C. Schuyler,
James M. Winchell and O. H. Sheldon were appointed commissioners to locate a perma-
nent county-seat, and then to call an election for the approval of the voters, and also to
make arrangements for the erection of public buildings. Should the citizens of the county
not approve of the county-seat first established, another place was to be chosen, and an-
other electioncalled. The southern boundary of Osage County was also defined as it now
exists,and a special election for the choice of county officers wae-appointed.

The commissioners appointed, located the county-seat at a point about midway between
Superior and Burlingame, and named it Prescott. stn

On March 17, the county was divided into three commissioners’ districts, and an elec-
tion of officers appointed to take place on March 24. At that election J. L. Rooks, John
Dodge and George Hall were chosen Commissioners; S. A. Fairchild, Judge; N G. Dens-
more, Clerk; L, R. Adams, Register of Deeds; James Stewart, Attorney; D. D. Rooks, Sher-
iff; George Roberts, Coroner; C. C. Crumb, Treasurer; H. D. Preston, Surveyor; John
Perrill, Assessor; and James Brownlee, Superintendent of Schools.

The county-seat election was held April 24, and Prescott rejected: therefore the seat
of justice was held at Superior, a portion of the hotel being used as the court house.

The first term of district court for Osage County was held on October 14, 1861, at Su-
perior, R.M. Ruggles was presiding Judge; B. S. Borland, Sheriff; and A. L. Hulburd,
Clerk. Previous to the above date, the county was attached to Shawnee for judicial
purposes,

In the fall of 1861, and also in 1862, James Rogers was elected to the legislature from
Osage County, over his competitor P. C. Schuyler, beating him by 1x votes the first year,
and by only one vote the next time. They were warm friends, both free-soil Democrats,
and ran only on their personal popularity.

The Legislature, early in 1861, made provision for another county-seat election. The
contest was between several points, neither gaining a victory. Burlingame received the
highest number of votes. On January 24, 1862, the first meeting of the County Commis-
sioners was held at that place. Another election was held in April, with the following
result: Burlingame, 138 votes; Versailles, 74 votes; and Havana 1 vote. This gave the
county-seat to the first named town, where it remained for many years,

COUNTY-SEAT CONTEST.

Burlingame, the county-seat, being located so far from the center of the county, as
soon as the Indian reservation was settled, a movement was made to change its location.
An election was held October 18, 1870, which resulted as follows: Lyndon, 1,145; Burliu-

‘ame, 997; and Keithville, 2 votes. ‘The county-seat was declared at the first named place

y the Board of Commissioners. The Burlingame people, however, got out an injunction
preventing the removal of the county offices and records. Thus began a series of county-
seat elections which engendered much bitterness between different sections of the county,
which, at times threatened to seriously retard its progress. On August 6, 1872, another
election was held with the following result: Burlingame, 954; Osage City, 456, and Lyndon
1,042 votes. Neither piece receiving a majority of all the votes cast, another election was
held on August 20 between the two places receiving the highest number of votes,
election gave Burlingame 1,407 and Lyndon 1,175 votes, and the former was decided to be the
county-seat, In response to a petition, another election was ordered to take place on May
25, 1875. Burlingame des airing of retaining the county-seat, secured the laying out of a
town on Section 84, Towis hip 15, Range 15 east, near the center of the county, which was
called Shircton. At the election Lyndon received 888, Osage City, 791, and Shireton, 785
votes. Neither place receiving a majority of all the votes cast another election was called
between the two points receiving the highest number of votes, to take place June 8. Lyn-
don received 1,181, pales City, 1,049, and Shireton, 288 votes.’ As only the two first-nhamed
points were considered to be legally in the contest, Lyndon claimed the county-seat, On
the other hand as that town did not receive a majority of all the votes cast, Pucingune
secured an injunction against the removal of the county records. Pending the decision of
the courts, the Sheriff and Treasurer moved their offices to Lyndon, some time i
the ieee mae ues to no back to Burlingame by a may

aistrict court in favor of Lyndon, that town a ain tried to get tl
another injunction was served, and the case was carried ie to the gavin Cone ris ie
Bo eam people. The Lyndon people then determined to get possession by force, and a
small body of men was formed, and teams sent to bring away the records, but the citizens
of Burlingame, learning that they were coming, formed-themselves into and armed band and
took possession of the court house. They also sent out scouts to guard the roads. The op-
Dosing Pees ayer aietants away, and sent out men, one or two ata time, to recon-
ended! the iret attempt, captured by the Burlingame scouts and confined in the jail. ‘Thus-
€ Lyndon people then returned home and soon collected a force o

ae oa ee pate ste cunt vue were armed with all neinne owen” This
or burn the town. Scouts were ant an advance Gi onion pepe the med icon

\ 1 investigate, and

pone pe ane eas ae Getending it and retaining the eg There a
sides having been worked

cooler among the leaders on each side met od effected a BORN RIaES Ban atone

ing to give up the records believing this the onl nie fae
4 . , he only way to save the town f

duppee oe eee the County Commissioners at oe was on Novaraherte 18ee whe

retained at Lynder ward affirmed the decision of the court below, and the county-seat
OSAGE COUNTY.

4

But still the vexed question was not Teese as settled, and in response to a petition
another election was called to take place March 12, 1878. Lyndon, Osage City and Burlingame
were the contesting points. The contest was a bitter one, each town putting forth every
effort to secure a yictory, and on the day of election great frauds were committed in all parts
of the coun, but more particularly in the towns mentioned, each of which polled more
than twice the number of votes that there were of voters in the township. As a result Lyn-
don received 1,745, Osage City 5,204, and Burlingame 2,003 votes: This was more than
double the number of legal yoters in the county. On this election Osage City claimed to be
the county-seat, and at first attempted to secure the removal of the county records, but the
election frauds were so plain that the courts refused to have anything to do with it, and the
matter was finally dropped.

Since the above named election, the county-seat has remained at Lyndon, and though
the pepe have not yet voted to build county buildings, the question is generally regarded
as settled. :

When the county-seat was at Burlingame, a court house was built there by subscription
by the citizens. At Lyndon no court house has been built, and the county officials occupy
rooms in different parts of the town, leased by the county. .There is a jail at Lyndon, and
a substantial poor house, on the poor farm, not far from Burlingame.

- The present county officials are: John C. Rankin, Treasurer; C. A. Cottrell, County
Clerk; H. W. Jenness, Register of Deeds; J. D. McCabe, Surveyor; Alexander Blake, Pro-
bate Judge; R. C. Heiser, County Attorney; A. Cotterman, Clerk of Court; Harry Smith,
Sheriff; Calvin Ransom, Coroner; Commissioners, First District, George S. Brock; Second
District, H. M. Crum; Third District, A. L. Lanning; H. K. McConnell, Superintendent
of Schools; Max. Buek, Representative, Forty-fourth District; W. C. Sweezy, Representa-
tive, Forty-fifth District,

WAR RECORD.

On the breaking out of the civil war in April, 1861, the citizens of Osage Countv made
aranneemers to do what they could to serve their country, and on the 14th of the following
May the following men enlisted in the Second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry :—
Robert H. Baird, Samuel Houston, James R. Stewart, Orlando P. Rooks, Reuben F, Play-
ford, William ©. Chatfield, Norman Curtis, J. R. Drew, William Y. Drew. Thomas W.
Rogers, H. A. Dutton. Silas M. Hills, John Hendry, Howard Schuyler, Charles W. Ryus,
Frederick Schuyler, N. T. B. Schuyler, Julius D. Wright, John Rambo, A. W. Boyce, A.
W. Baily, Robert A. Bratton, Charles H. Gooder, F. G. Hunter, Abraham Leonard, Fer-
nando Olds and §.T. Shunk. After a campaign in Missouri the regiment was discharged
on October 31. f

During the war Osage County furnished more than its quota of volunteer soldiers,
many of whom particularly distinguished themselves for bravery. No companies did more
effective duty than did those from Osage. A great number served in the Eleventh Kansas
Regiment. A great many left Osage County to join regiments from other States. Among
them were A. U. Perrill and A. A. Hederstrom.

At the time of Price’s raid, Gen. Curtis and Gov. Carney called out the Kansas State
Militia, and nearly every able-bodied man in Osage County wentout. Thecampaign lasted
three weeks, when upon the retreat of Price, the men returned home. The militia from
this county composed the Santa Fe Road Battalion, which was commanded by Col.
M. M. Murdock. :

Among prominent and brave men of the county who were killed or died during the

war were:—Dr. S.A. Fairchild who was killed by guerrillas while attending their own sick, :

E. P. Sheldon, 8. F. Shunk, Thomas W. Rogers. Merritt W. Young, William West, Isaac
F, Thiers, Joseph E. Cole, John and William Eckenkamp, Madison T. Hughes, Joseph H.
Marple, Capt. Silas H. Marple, John C. Rooks, Augustine C. Rosencrantz, Henry Boyle,
Capt. D, D. Rooks, George W. McDonald, John Collins, Horace, Loring and Edwin Dutton.

RAILROADS, SCHOOLS, ETC,

At the close of the war with the increased prosperity of the country, movements were
soon made to secure a railroad. In September, 1865, bonds were voted to the Lawrence &
-Emporia Railroad and to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. The first named
road was never built. To the latter, $100.000 additional bonds were voted in June, 1867,
making $150,000 in all. The road was built in 1869, and the bonds issued in September of
that year.

ih November, 1870, bonds were voted to the Lawrence & Carbondale Railroad, to the
amount of $50.000, to which Ridgeway Township in 1872, added $25,000, and the road was
completed in due time. ae ;

For several years succeeding 1870, many lines of railroads across various parts of the
county were projected and bonds voted, but the roads were never built. f

- On August 12, 1879, bonds were voted to the Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame Railroad,
for the amoynt of $24,000, and the road was completed the next year. _

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad crosses the northern line of the county
near the center, and extends in a southwesterly direction across the townships of Ridge-
way, Burlingame, Dragoon, Superior. and Barclay. crossing the western boundary of the
county about on the north oe of Township 18. The stations are Carbondale, Scranton,

rlingame, Peterton, Osage City.
oe The Lawrence & Ret gecten Railroad extends through the extreme northeastern part
of the county, connecting with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad at Carbondale.

The Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame Railroad starts from Burlingame, extends a little
north of west, and leaves the county about on the south line of Township 14.

The first schools in the northern part of the county, when a part of Shawnee, were estab-
lished in Burlingame and Ridgeway. The first school in what was first called Osage County was
‘at Superior. From the very first the schools of the county have steadily advanced, keeping
pace with the settlement and improvement of the country. No part of the State has better

educational advantages than Osage County. The school districts now number 100. Nearly
all of these have neatand substantial schoolhouses of frame and stone, and in many of them
great attention is given to the beautifying of the grounds by the planting of shade trees.
he schools are all in a good condition and are steadily improving. nder an efficient
Superintendent of Schools the better class of teachers are fast getting control of the educa-
tional interests of the county, crowding out the indolent and inefficient. :

Early in the year of 1859, the first agricultural society in the Territory was organized at
Burlingame. Of the first officers chosen, Judge P. C. ¢ chuyler was President, and C. R.
Pollard, Secretary. Its name was the Burlingame Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
Meetings were held each week during the winter and topics relating to crop and fruit grow-
‘ing were discussed. The Society afterwards became the Osage County Agetonltoral and
Horticultural Society, which existed until 1877, when it united with the Burlingame

Union Agricultural Society.

STATISTICS OF PROGRESS.

It-has been less than a quarter of a century since the organization of the county, but

except for short periods, its progress has been continued and uninterrupted.
he first county tax for Osage was levied May 5, 1859, for $450. This was on the 19th

of the following November cut down to $400, and one of the commissioners objected to
this, thinking it too much. On November 14, 1859, the valuation of property in the county
ea! $59,635; in 1870, the assessed valuation of property was $1,612,747; and in 1878 it was
$2,730,268; and in 1882 it was $3,575,201.62. Considering the low rates of assessment, it
ig reasonable to estimate the real value of all property in the county at fully $10,000,000.

The population of the county in 1860 was 1,118; in 1870, 7,648; and in 1875, 10,268. In
1878 the population was 12,618, and in 1882 it was 20,727 : ai

Besides the coal interests described in another place, the farming and stock-raising re-
sources have developed until in 1882, there were 8,302 acres of winter wheat yielding 190,946
bushels; and 52 acres of spring wheat producing 676 bushels. Exception yields were on the
farms of E. A. Edmondson, Dragoon; Henry Rubo, Carbondale; and T. A. Bailey, Lyndon;
which produced respectively, 40, 35 and 39%4 bushels to the acre Oats, 6,519 acres, pro-
ducing 234,684 bushels; corn, 85,467 acres, yielding 3,247,746 bushels. Of millet and
Hungarian ‘there were 7,949 acres, producin 20,000 tons. There were 36,253 acres of meadow
yielding 54,828 tons of hay. There were of cattle in the county 33,353 head; sheep, 6,591;
hogs, 19,991; and of horses and mules, 8,225.

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BURLINGAME.

Burlingame is the oldest town in Osage County, and is pleasantly situated
on Switzler Creek, all but a small portion of it lying on the west side. The
exact location is on the corner of Sections 14, 15, 10 and 11, of Township 15,
Range 14 east. The original town was on the corner of the first two above-
named sections. Topeka Avenue being the dividing line between them.
Caniff’s addition joins the original site on the north, and is separated from
it by Santa Fe Avenue, which is a section line.’

The main portion of the town is on the level valley land, but toward its
western limits it rises by a gently sloping hillside, the crest of which is
within the limits of the town, and is covered by residences. The principal
business street is Santa Fe Avenue, which has on each side a nus.ber of
magnificent business houses, constructed of brick and stone. Besides these
are a large number of substantial frame stores. The residences of the city
are generally neat and attractive in appearance, and the grounds about them
are in most quarters of the town, finely ornamented with plants, shrubbery,
fruit and shade trees, which gives Burlingame a truly charming appearance.

The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad. extends along the eastern
limits-of the town, and the Manhattan, Alma, & Burlingame Railroad ex-
tends to the westward, both roads, occupying a depot in common, in the
eastern part of the city.

For its trade the town depends on the farming community, and that
brought in by the various coal mines that are operated in the neighborhood.
All branches of business are represented and is in a prosperous condition. It
has always been the aim of the citizens to keep the town from growing in
advance of the requirements of the country, and so wisely has this been car-
ried out, that there has hardly been a failure in business for many years.

The population of the city is 1,509, and it is made up of an exceptionally
moral and law abiding class of citizens.

EARLY HISTORY.

In the spring of 1855, Philip C. Schuyler and Samuel Caniff located
claims where Burlingame now is. At that time this land was a portion of
the proposed Council City. During the first years of settlement, many town
sites were surveyed within a radius of a few miles, and as soon as the Council
City site was abandoned in 1856, it was proposed to survey and build up a
town on the land of Schuyler and Caniff. These men, sometime during the
year, brought in a large steam saw-mill, and erected it near the center of the
proposed town. A great deal of business was done at the mill, and soon it
began to be regarded as a business center by the settlers in the vicinity.
The only store was kept by McDonald and Bothel, in the same place as when
the town was known as Council City. The Council House was used as a
hotel, and at times as many as seventeen men slept there.

A Congregational Church Society was organized, with Rev. Henry
Morrell, as pastor. P. C. Schuyler and A. W. Hoover were elected deacons,
and the minister was paid by the American Missionary Society. Religious
services were held at the Council House.

In 1857, the town site was surveyed and named Burlingame.

In June 1857, a schoolhouse was built by subscription. It is now used
ra a stable. The school was taught the next winter by a young man named

ark.

During that year, Rev. William Ingersoll preached a portion of the
time, relieving Mr, Morrell. On August 6, the Baptist Church was organ-
ized, and Rev. J. B. Taylor, and R. C. Bryant preached occasionally for
them. The same year the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized, and
Rev. Holliday and G. W. Paddock supplied the pulpit. °

During the year 1857, there was considerable improvement made in the
town. Levi Empie erected a stone building, that now forms a partof his
large block on Santa Fe Avenue, and in the fall he opened a general store,

A. R. and James Bothel erected a small building on Santa Fe Avenue,
and opened a store. Henry Smith erected the stone building nearly oppo-
site the present Shepard House. Several frame buildings were erected. t B.
Titus built a toll bridge across Switzler Creek, near where the railroad
bridge now is, and charged 25 cents for each wagon passing over
it, and owing to the immense freighting business on the Sante Fe trail, he
made the enterprise pay well. A corn grist-mill was attached to Schuyler
& Caniff’s saw-mill.
si ae name of the post-office was changed to Burlingame, January,

On February 1, 1858, the Burlingame Town Company was incorpo-
rated by an act of the Legislature. The Company was composed of Philip
C. Schuyler, Samuel R. Caniff, George Bratton, John Drew, N. P. B.
Schuyler, and James Rogers.

On February 18, 1860, Burlingame was granted a charter, and incor-
porated as a city: by an act of the Legislature. Philip C. Schuyler was
elected: Mayor, and preeapied the town site for the Company. S. R.
Caniff, George Bratton, E. P. Sheldon, and Joseph McDonald were elected
members of the Council.

In 1859, a severe storm of wind and rain swept over the town and several
buildings were blown down, but no one was seriously injured.

The same year a religious revival was held at night in the woods, and
twenty-six persons professed to have experienced religion,

In 1860, the Old Presbyterian Church was organized, A small church
was erected, which has since been sold and converted into a dwelling-house.

Up to the year 1860, the town had been steadily improving. but as that
was the year of the great drought, everything came to a standstill.

In the spring of 1861, Rev. J. M. Fox removed from Ridgeway, and
gathered up the fragments of the Free Presbyterian Church of Burlingame
and Superior, and a portion of the Congregational Society, and organized a
new Congregational gociaty. :

The county- seat was located at Burlingame the same year.
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When the war broke out in 1861, a large number of the citizens of the
town and vicinity enlisted in the Union army.

During the year 1862, the citizens built a large round fort where the
town well now is, and every summer until the close of the war, a number of
armed men were stationed there., This was done to prevent the burning of
the town by Bill Anderson, the noted guerrilla. Previous to the war the
Andersons lived in Lyon County, but Bill and his brother soon joined
Quantrell's guerrilla gang. Bill had been courting a young lady living near
Burlingame, on which account her parents were driven from the county by
the Union men. Besides this, he had stolen a saddle from a Union soldier,
and some Burlingame men had attempted to arrest him. For the above
reasons he threatened to destroy the town, and the citizens were in constant
fear of a sudden raid by his numerous band, and all possible precautions
against a surprise were taken. i

During the war the town grew but very slowly, so many of the citizens
were in the army, and those at home had to guard against the invasion of
the State. But as soon as the war closed the town began to improve rapidly.

In 1866, a large three-story flouring-mill was built near the old one.
The Methodist Church was built the same year.

In the summer of 1866, Abel Polley, one of the earliest settlers, and a
very old man, who had been Justice of the Peace for several years, was
murdered by a man named Bates. The assassin had escaped from the John-
son county jail, and one night he applied at the farm of A. M. Jarbo for
work. He was allowed to remain, but during the mags Jarbo detected him
stealing some valuables, and trying to get away. He captured the thief,
brought him to town and turned him over to John Polley, who was Deputy

’ Sheriff, and a son of Abel Polley. There being no jail he was shackled
and left in charge of the old man, Getting hold of a gun he shot Mr. Polley,
killing him instantly, and then made his escape. He was soon captured,
however, tried, and hung in the.
court-house on February 20, 1867.
This was the only legal execution
in the county since its organization.

As soon as the war closed,
efforts were made by the citizens
to secure the building of a railroad,
and as early as September, 1865,
bonds were voted for two railroads,
one of these being the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, but no line
was built until the above-named
railroad was completed to this
point in the fall of 1869.

During the years 1869 and
1870, Burlingame grew very rapid-
ly, and soon became a town of some
magnitude. ;

For the next ten years it im-
proved slowly but steadily. In
1880, the Manhattan, Alna &
Burlingame Railroad was built,
and a new impetus was given to
the development of the town. Be-
sides this, the coal mines began to
be opened and operated about that
time, since which improvement has
gone on quite rapidly. The popula-
tion has not increased very fast, but
the older frame buildings are giving
_place to large and expensive ones of
brick and stone, and the city with
all its various branches of trade,
may be said to be in a particularly
prosperous condition, with a fine
prospect for its future development.

CITY GOVERNMENT. :

From the time Burlingame was first incorporated as a city by the Territorial legislature,
in 1860, a city organization was kept up; but it was not until 1870, that it became a city of
the third class. under the laws of the State. Everything in the city government has moved
on quietly, with no striking events, other than the burning of the City Hall, with the

revious records, in 1873. The present city officers are ay follows: James Haller, Mayor;

ouncilmen: George Carvoll, Samuel G. Bratton, Robert Huff, James George, Samuel Shib-
ley; Clem. Hardy, Treasurer; W. C. Chatfield, Clerk; 8. H. Newman, Police Judge;
Asaac Coffmon, Street Commissioner; R. F. Playford, City Attorne: ; School Board: F, M.
Nelson, Chairman; H. W. Filley, Treasurer; George T. Brown, Clerk.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND THE PRESS.

Among the first things looked to on the foundation of the town, was the establishment
of agood school. This ees been well supported by the public spirited citizens.
All possible improvements have been made, and now the school has five departments, each
in charge of a careful and efficient teacher. The total number of pupils in attendance is
362. e schoolhouse js a large two-story edifice, located on the crest of the hill, in the
western part of the town. It was built in 1869, at a cost of $20,000. It is well furnished,
and liberally supplied with the necessary apparatus.

The Baptist Church was organized August 6, 1857. The members were: John Drew,
Mrs, Sarah Drew, Edward Fish, Mrs. Mary Fish, George I. Drew, Helen Tisdale, Mrs.
Lydia A. Playford, Mary Playford, Elizabeth M. Drew. and Mrs. Minerva Titus. Durin
the first year, Rev. Mesers. R. C. Bryant and J.B. Taylor preached cece: _ Thechure
was built in the years 1869 and 1870. The first meeting in the church bui ding was held
May 21, 1870. The church was dedicated the first Sunday of August, 1870. The society

127 members.

nom Methodist ee Church was organized in 1857. In 1865, Rev. H. Moys was
sent east to solicit aid to build churches at Auburn and Burlingame. Of the money collected
$1,300 was given to this church, on condition Rev. Moys’ expenses be paid out of it.
In'the spring of 1866, the church was commenced, but not completed until 1868. Its cost
was $6,000. It was dedicated November 29, 1868, by Rev. H. D. Fisher. The parsonage
was built in the years 1871 and 1872, ata cost of $2,500. The society now has fifty members,
and Rev. James H. Green is pastor.

 

PUBLIC SCHOOL, BURLINGAME.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

* e
urch was organized April 10, 1860, with the following named -mem-
ete aren oe pee wife, William Jamigon and wife, William Voorhies and wife,
William A’ Cozine, A. N. Hulburd, and Mrs. A. Furguson. Of the original members, only
the two first named now remain. The first elders were J. M. Chambers and William Jami-
son. The first pastor, by supply, was Rev. F. P. Montfort. The church was built in 1862,

by the Congregationalists, but in 1875 the two societies combined, and the church was
deeded to the Presbyterians.

The membership of the church is 110. Rev. V. M. King
oad i ly date but has disbanded and
rethren Church was organized at an early da i

scone times. The society now has quite a lar; e membership. _

The Christian Church has an otgani ze society, and religious services are held

ization has no church building. ‘ ;
ey is coat Methodist Beniscopat Church has a large membership, and regular services
se "he A frican Baptist Church was organized some years ago and is prosperous. Regular
we Fe ree of Burlingame ie moral and elevating in its tone, conducted with ability and
is well patronized by an intelligent and appreciative reading public. ;

The Osage County Chronicle is the oldest paper in the county. It was established
September 26, 1863, by M. M. Murdock. At the end of the first year it was suspended for
several months when Mr. Murdéck again resumed its publication, and continued it unti
January 27, 1872, when it was bought or W. F. Chalfant, who published it until October
1, 1877.. He then sold the office to J. E. Rastall, who has since had charge of it. In January
aw ‘Doty and L. E. Finch purchased an interest in the office, and the style of the firm
changed to the Chronicle Publishing Company. The paper is a six column quarto, and
is Republican in politics, ‘i

i rerald was established September 29, 1881, by Newton McDonald
and ie 5 lig OG June 12, 1842, Mr. McDonald purchased the entire paper, and
still continues its publication. In size it isan eight column folio. It is Independent in
politics. 7 2

‘county Democrat is the only Democratic paper in the county, and was estab-
id ee 2, 181, by Mayberry an McCaslin who continued its publication, J.
Mayberry is editor. The paper is in size an eight column folio, and is ably conducted.

SOCIETIES,

e, No. 14, was instituted January 10, 1862, by P.G., N. W. Cox. It
by John Martin but the records do not show it. To Levi Empie, who
may be suid to be the father of this lodge,
we are indebted for the following history
of it. The charter members were John
Perrill, Lewis D. Joy, John Drew, Benja-
min Wyattand Levi Empie. Besides these
8. A. Fairchild was admitted by card, and
Joseph McDonald, S. H. Marple, Harrison
Dubois, D. B. McDougal, C. A. Linken-
auger, G. W. Perrill and David Hoover,

were initiated. Of the above John Drew,

Levi Empie and H. Dubois are the only
remaining members. The first officers
were Levi Empie, N. G.; L. D. Joy. V. G.;

John Drew, R. S.; and John Perrill,

Treasurer. During the first year twenty-
four members were initiated, three admit-
ted by card, and five charter members.

The first D. D. G. M. for District fourteen
was P.G. John Perrill; the first visitor was
George Williams; the first visiting card
was issued to J. J. Wright for six months:
the first to withdraw by card were Broth -
ers Lewis and Tucker; the first sickness
was that of John Perrill; the first death

was that of J. H. Marple. During the first
year, owing to having enlisted in the Union

army, the following were granted leave of
absence: H. Dubois, William Y. Drew, D.

B.McDougal, S. A. Fairchild, J. H. aud S

H. Marple. Only the first three lived to
return. From the date of its institution
until January 1, 1882. there had been 135
initiations, 40 admitted by card, 15 rein

stated and 5 charter members. Of these

the number withdrawn was 57, dropped
58, at rest 23. During that time the re-
ceipts had been $11,000, expenditure, -

Burlingame Lod
is said he was agsiste

The longs room is in the sccond story of
the Burlingame Savings Bank building.
The reception room. is 12% x25 feet; the
ante room 10x12 feet; the dark room, 8x10
feet; and the main audience room, 25x53
feet. The rooms are all twelve feet high,
and are finely furnished and decorated.
Handsome chandeliers, flags, pictures,
charts, etc., ornament the rooms. The
hall was completed at a cost of $2,500, and was dedicated April 26, 1882. A large number of
members of the order from a distance were ee and the appropriate ceremonies were
performed under Split of Levi Empie, P. G. M., who officiated.

Osage Encampment, No. 6, I. 0. O. F., was instituted August 21, 1866, by G. C. P., R.
A. Randlet. The first officers were Levi Empie, C. P.; D, Hoover, H. P.; D. . McDongal,
8.; Thomas Playford, 8. W.; R. Rambo, J. W.; H. Dubois, T.; C. G. Crumb and A. White,
Trustees, The only other charter member was James Sloan. The order has always been in
@ prosperous condition and now numbers sixty members.

Corinthian Lodge, No. 79, A., F. & A. M., was instituted under dispensation, Febru-
ary 17,1868. A charter was granted the next October. Of the first officers Max. Buek
was W. M.; and James Rogers, Secretary. ‘The other charter members were C. M. Smith,
0. H. Sheldon, R.H. Baird, John Wilbur, C. C. Crumb, and A. P. Rambo. The Masonic
Hall was built in 1870, at a cost of $2,000. The lodge now has about fifty members and
is in # very prosperous condition,

Temple Chapter, No. 26, R. A. M., was instituted under dispensation, November 18,
1873, and received a charter, December 8, 1874. Thomas B. Haslam, was High Priest.
The other charter members were Jesse Brockway, A. E. Gleason, W. L. Ramsey, F. M.
Stahl, O. H. Todd, Oscar Thompson, D. H. Danhauer, Chester Reeder, R. W. Jones,
and C.8. Horton. The lodge now has seventeen members, and 18 in a prosperous condition
financially. They occupy the A, F. & A. M. Hall, which is leased for ninety
nine years.

. P. Sheldon Post, No. 35, G. A. R. was organized in December, 1881, with fif
members, and J. H. Burke was elected Post Commander; and Newton McDonald, Age
tant, The post continued to increase in the number of members until, by the end of the
first_year, 1t numbered 100, The post is in a very prosperous condition.

Burlingame Lodge, No. 1,986, K. of H. was instituted on April 18, 1878. §. D. Wright
was the first Dictator; and C. D. Waldo, Secretary. The other charter members were
Elisha Ward, O. D. Lee, John Hunt, W. D. Canfield, Clinton E. Wood, Miles S. Hoover,
Bradford Kellogg, Thomas Fenlon, George E. Em le, George Carroll, John E. Rastall,
H. W. Filley, George T. Brown, R. H. Baird, and 0. H. Nelson. The lodge now has thirty
mene and is 2 a prosperous condition.

urlingame ge, No. 69, A. O. U. W., was organized January 22, 1 with
followin, Inembers: W. W. Birch, A. A. Graham. Be F. Playford, J. B. Wilkins Due
Chamberlain, H. B. Hallowell, T. A. Bedine, T. J. Hunter, L. E. Duvall, Samuel Shib-
ley, E. W. Myers, G. W. Gowdy, J. P. Easter, L. J. Larson, J. J. Watson, C. I. Bodine,

$8,500, leaving $2,500 as a balance on hand. *

s
: OSAGE COUNTY.

and E. #. Sheldon. The first officers were R. F. Playfo: i
i 1 oF, rd, M. W.;‘and
ee ee aL Dreanuzed, the lodge had many difficulties to contend Sun uieiteee:
a timpie’s ae 4 members, and is in a prosperous condition. Meetings are held regularly,
; age of the Order of Colored Masons has been organized f i
quite ee membership. Meetings are held at Empie's Hall. The See ae Or yor
gin, ee item ee 8, ie tHe Robinson, J W.; H. Clark, § D.;
- D.; ilip Benni : illi aay
j elie Temple a a} a On ary; and Isaac Williams, Treasurer.
quite large membership;
Dubois, F. §

. 7, was instituted some time since, with a
but now does not meet. E. Wood, is Templar; and H.

RELIGIOUS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was organized January 6,1881, Mr i
i 0 C 8 B , Mrs. Hennin
was President; Mrs. Hw W. Filley, Vice-President; Mrs. Fanny ‘Restall Corresponding
Secretary; Mrs. Emma Doty, Recording Secretary; Mrs. E E. Horstield, Treasurer. The
society now numbers thirty members, and has done good work. Of the present officers
Mrs. G. A Green is President, and Mrs. Fanny Rastall, Recording Secretary.

Lhe Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organized October 2 , 1878.
auxiliary to the State Union, August 4, 1879. The first officers were Mrs. Chalfant, Presi-
dent; Mrs. O. D. Lee, Mrs. Ella Drew, Mrs. E. §. Fish, Mrs T. Fenlon, Vice-Presidents:
Mrs Laura Copper, Secretary; Mra, M. Marple, Treasurer. The membership was twelve
which has since been increased to fifty-five. The society has worked faithfu y, it has dix-
tributed temperance literature, and ee a Band of Hope. They have given several
entertainments, Mrs. M. T. Smith is President, and Mrs. Fanny Rastall Secretary.

The Burlingame Union Agricultural Society succeeded the old Osage County Agricult-
ural and Horticultural Nociety, and_has a paid up capital stock of $3,000 ot was
incorporated in 1877, with J! ames Rogers, President; Max Buek, Secretary; and J. H.
Burk, Treasurer. The first fair was held that year, and since, one has been he danoually.
The society is ina flourishing condition. H. Ward is now President; H. Dubois, Secre-
tary, and H C. Finch, Treasurer. The society owns ground containing thirty-three acres,
and valued at $1,200. These grounds are enclosed by a board fence, and are planted to trees.
Two wells have been dug, besides which a creek flows ucrosgs the grounds.

The Burlingame Horticultural Society was organized on January 14, 1882, with eleven
members. H. Dubois was elected President; Peter Kirby, Secretary; and Elias Foote,
Treasurer. There are now fifty members. The society is in a very prosperous condition and
is collecting a library. Meetings are held once can month at the farm of some member,
where experiments can be made. In this manner the society is accomplishing a great deal
in a euee) Ceparemgnt.

urlingame Guards.—This is the name applied to Company I, First Regiment
Kansas State Militia, which was enlisted on May 22, 1880. - The’ frst officers were’ L. E.
Finch, Captain; C. P_ Drew, First Lieutenant; O. H. Nelson, Second Lieutenant; and H.
A. Schaffer, Orderly Sergeant. The company has forty members, is well drilled and hand-
somely uniformed. There have, since its organization. been some changes in its officers.

Became

’ L, E. Finch promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, and C. P. Drew to the Cap-

taincy of the company. H. A. Schaffer is First Lieutenant; William Hayson, Second
Lieutenant; and Irving Haller, Orderly Sergeant.

Burlingame Cadets.—This is a military company of boys, which was organized in
August, 1881, by A.D. Allen. It then numbered about twenty members. Charles Adams
was Captain, James Haller, First Lieutenant, and Jakie Hess, Second Lieutevant. The
company is well uniformed and well drilled.

The Burlingame Cornet Band. This band was organized in 1872, with W. C. Chat-
field as leader, which position he still retains. It started with eight members, of which
five still belong to it. It now has fourteen members.

Burlingame Savings Bank.—This bank was incorporated March 4, 1872. The mem-
bers of the company are all residents of Burlingame and vicinity. L. E “Finch is President;
H. A. Billings, Vice-President; and F. M Nelson, Cashier. The paid up capital is $50,000.

MANUFACTURES AND MINES.

c. C. Crumb & Sons Flour-Mills.—This mill began operations in 1874. The building
had been erected for a woolen factory, $25,000 in city bonds having been voted to a company
for the purpose, but failing to put in the machinery, it was sold to Crumb & Sons, who
started the flouring-mill. - The building is of stone, is 40x100 feet, and three stories high
Besides this is the engine room, 30x40 feet. It is operated by steam, contains four run of
burrs, and has a grinding capacity of 250 barrels of flour per day. .

Santa Fe Avenue Flouring Mills.—This mill began operations in the spring of 1881,
with J. M. Chambers, proprietor. It has three run of burrs, with a capacity of about 150
barrels of flour per day, 4

Burlingame Pottery—These works are owned and operated by Ricker and Morgan.
The establishment is quite well furnished with machinery, and an excellent quality of tile
and crockerywareis made. - . te 7 ,

The question of prospecting for coal in this vicinity was first agiatel in 1869, by J. H.
Burke and Charles Lyons. Nothing was done, however, until J. E. Rastall, acting with
them, started a subscription paper for the purpose of raising a fund for DISSPECHE
Enough money being raised a contract was entered into with Ira eee on January 8,
1880, to drillin the.old Schuyler well to the ee of one hundred feet hen seventy-nine
feet deep a twenty inch vein of coal was found. J. E. Rastall leased the property, and at-
tempted to open a mine, but being unable to control the great flow of water, it had to be
abandoned. Prcenectine was kept up, and now several shafts are in operation. Many
difficulties have been in the way for a successful development of this interest. It has been
impossible to secure a sufficient number of miners, and as yet the Railroad Company has put
in no side switches leading to the mines. Behe :

Burke's Voal Mine.—In March, 1880, J. H. Burke began sinking a shaft on his land, one
mile east of town, and on April 19, a twenty inch vein of coal was found at a depth of
95 feet. This was the first coal shaft in the neighborhood. This mine has since
been leased by J. B. Moore & Co. Ithas a full capacity for working thirty men, and for
raising 1,100 bushels of coal per day. Town lots have been surveyed around this mine, and
there are about twenty dwellings, which are occupied by the miners. . . 7

The Black Diamond Shaft.—This mine is located in the eastern part of the city, just
west of the A, T. & S. F. R. R., and on the land of C. A. Linkenauger. It was opened in
August, 1880, by Henry §. Wilson, James Greenan, and Thos. Greenan. The coal vein
runs from twenty to twenty-four inches in thickness and is found at a depth of a
seven feet. The present proprietors are Henry S. Wilson, Andrew Erwin, and Samuel G.
Bratton. The shaft has a capacity for raising 1,200 bushels of coal per day. ©

The Mutual Coal Company.—This company has one shaft, one half a mile east of the
Fair Grounds. The mine 1s operated by Organ, Clay & Son. \ ‘

Buckeye Coal Company.—The mines of this company are located in the northern par
of the city. Early in 1862, a shaft was sunk to a. depth of 108 feet, at a cost of $2,500, and
work began at once. It bra a capacity for raising 1,000 bushels per day, and as soon as
fully under way it is proposed to employ thirty miners. The proprietors are Shibley,
an S ingane Coal and Mining Company.—Ever after the opening of the coal mines
in the vicinity Finch, Lord & Nelson took a leading part in their development. In March,
1882, a joint stock company under the above name, was formed. The officers are E. B.
Purcell, President; W. i Lord, Vice President; J. R. Mulvane, Treasurer; and L. E.
Finch, Secretary and General Manager. The capital of the company is $25,000. One hun-
dred hands are employed and about five carloads of coal, perday,aremined,

The Independent Coal and Mining Company.—Early in the year 1882, Driver & Fabro
began sinking a shaft, which is now just beginning operations. A thick vein of coal is be-
ing worked, and the prospects for a large business at this shaft are very favorable.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

-at-law, of the firm of Asher & Callen, was born in Hancock

Cc a MASHER a0, During his infancy his father removed to Adair County, Mo.,
bat after ‘a short sojourn there changed his residence to Lee County, near Keokuk, Iowa.
Leaving home at the age of nineteen he returned to Missouri, settling in Schuyler County,
fnere Ht ‘and commenced the study ot law. When about ready to apply a

ere Tonan ihe bar the war broke out and he abandoned his field of labors and coming

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Kansas enlisted in the Sixth Cavalry, Company H, in which he served to the close of the
war; was with this command in alt their engagements in Arkansas, Missouri, and the
Indian Territory; was in all the campaigns of Generals Lane, Blunt and Steele. He was
wounded five times, and now carries a ball near his spine received at Mazard’s Prairie, near
Fort Smith, Arkansas; was taken prisoner and incarcerated at Camp Ford, Texas, Shreve-
port, La., and other Rebel pens, from which he several times made his escape, only to be
recaptured and undergo greater suffering and privation. Finally, after one long weary year
of brutal treatment, which almost completely broke downhis health, he was exchanged
and mustered out at Leavenworth, Kan., June 23, 1865. On the restoration of peace he
again returned to Missouri, locating in Clark County, and was admitted to the bar and com-
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branch of the Missouri Assembly, and was an active and. influential member of that body.
In 1876 he came to Kansas and located at Junction City. Two years afterwards he was
elected County Attorney, serving one term. He was married December 6, 1866, at Kirks-
ville, Mo., to Miss Maggie Howe, a native of Kentucky, and have three children—Maggie
M., Jim H., and May. e is a member of the Society of Ex-Prisoners of War, and a mem-
ber of the Historical Committee of that society. In 1868-69 he edited the Clark County,
Mo., Press; was tendered the nomination for State Senator in Missouri, but on account of
business declined. He has always been a prominent and active Republican.

B. F, BAKER, attorney-at-law, came to Kansas in 1874; for two years was Superinten-
dent of Schools of Osage County; graduated in the law department of Chicago University
in 1868; was born-in Tazewell County, Ll., January 11, 1845; engaged in farming and teach-
ing school before going to Chicago, and attended Eureka College some three years; had
charge of the school in Washington, Tazewell County, one term; after en his course
of study engaged in practice in E] Paso, Il].; was married in 1867 at El Paso, IIl., to Miss
Myra Davis, a native of New York. i

- BENJAMIN V. BECKES, farmer, Section 1, P.O. Grand Haven,was born in Knox County,
Ind., April 19, 1831; son of William P. Beckes and Margaret C. Jorden. His grandparents
were Benjamin Beckes and Thomas Jorden. Mr. Beckes grew up in Indiana; he came to
Kansas in 1860, and settled in Burlingame Township, where he owns a half section which
he has improved from the raw prairie. He was married in Auburn, Shawnee County, Kan.,
January 26, 1860, to Miss Mary J. Brewer, a native of Greenwood, Juhnson County, Ind.,
and danghter of William Brewer, who was a son of Daniel Brewer and Dorethy Darling
Brewer, and Mary R. Graham, who was a daughter of Thomas Graham and Mary R. Parr
Graham. They have four children—Mary, born November 26, 1860; Albert B., May 20, 1865;
Frank M., August 5, 1870; and Archie R., March 26, 1874. Mr. Beckes is a member and
elder of the Sharon Presbyterian Church.

DWIGHT C. BEVERLY, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Burlingame, was born in Bolivar,
Allegany County, N. Y., July 20, 1840, is a son of Philetus Beverly and Louisa Mix Bev-
erly. When a child his parents removed to Lake County, Ill., where he was brought up
He was educated at the common schools and at Wheaton College. When the late Rebellion
threatened to disrupt the nation he enlisted September 23, 1861, in Company G, Fifty-second
Regiment Ilinois Infantry, for three years, but owing to disability was discharged in June
1862. Having regained his health he again enlisted October 3, 1864, in Battery C, Secon
Dlinois Light Artillery, and was diseher ged August 3, 1865. He came to Kansas in 1868, and
settled at Burlingame Township. Works 320 acres. He was married in Lake County, I1l.,
April 12, 1846, to Miss Charlotte A., daughter of James Bristol and Sarah Thorpe Bristol.
They have six children—Philetus J., born October 22, 1868; Edna C., born May 1, 1870;
Sarah L., born December 22, 1872; Ora R., born February 18, 1876; Hattie L., born January
¥2, 1879; and Renda L., born December 31, 1831. Mr. Beverly is a member and chaplain of
tus ae Bheldon Post No. 35, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church.

MILTON M. BEVERLY, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Burlingame; born in Cuba,
Lake County, IIL, ee 8, 1848; son of Philetus Beverly and Louisa Mix. When he grew
to manhood came to the State in 1868; settled in Burlingame Township; owns 155 acres of
rich bottom land under a good state of cultivation. He was united in marriage in Burlin-
Pe December 5, 1872, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Harvey McCaston and Hanna Utler.

hey have three children—Frank M., born October 10, 1873; Grace M., born November 19,
oe and Flora May, born March 5, 1882. Mr. Beverly is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.

» HENRY A. BILLINGS, lumber dealer, of the firm of H. A. Billings & Co., also Vice-
President of the Burlingame Savings Bank. carries a stock of lumber valued at $6,000;
came to Kansas in March 1865. For a few years followed farming near the town, and for
seven years was Probate J udge of the county and during that time was a member of the
firm of Billings, Marshall & Sheldon, real estate dealers. In 1879-80 was in the lumber
business with W. Y. Drew, and afterward in the mercantile business with Mr. Drew, con-
tinuing until June, 1882. He was one of the stockholders of the new opera house, but
sold his interest. He was born in Monroe County, N. Y., July 24, 1828. When nine years
of age, moved with his parents to Williams County, Ohio; resided there eight years, and
removed to La Grange County, Ind., and engaged in farming until coming to Kansas. He
was married in the summer of 1849, at La Grange, Ind., to Miss Sarah E. Smart, a native of
Newbold, near Hull, England. They have two children livinz—Seymour L. and Orley C.;
have lost two children—one infant daughter and Frank, a young man who died in Novem-
ber, 1875, of malarial fever. Mr. Billings was Chairman of the Board of County Commis-
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sioners from June, 1870, until January, 1872. He is a stockholder of the Burlingame Union
Agricultural Society. Was Appraiser of Real Estate one term in Indiana, and Justice of
the Peace one term. Wasa prominent member of the Union League and an active Union
man and Republican. He is a member of the Methodist.Episcopal Church.

S. L. BILLINGS, of the real estate firm of C. M.Sheldon & Co. Mr. Billings has charge
of the land and loan department. Was born in La Grange County, Ind., October 1, 1856.
When nine years of age, moved with his father to Burlingame. Was in the lumber and
mercantile business with his father for several years. Was married October 11, 1852, at
Lyndon, Osage Co., Kan., to Miss Ida G. Whitman, daughter of Prof. J. S Whitman,
formerly Professor in Agricultural College. Mr. Billings is a member of the A., F. & A.
M., Burlingame.

REV. GEORGE BRATTON came to Kansas in 1854 from Indiana County, Pa., having
first organized a company, which was afterwards concentrated with the American Settle-
ment Company of New York. Mr. Bratton located a quarter section of land, which is now
apart of the town of Burlingame. He afterward took an additional claim of 160 acres
near the present town site. In the spring of 1835 others came and joined the feeble settle-
ment and located a saw-mill and went through all the privations of ‘pioneer life. Rev. Mr.
Bratton was born in Mifflin County, Pa., May 27,1816. Resided there until 1838 and
learned the carpenters’ trade und moved to Western Pennsylvania, Was married Novem-
ber 1, 1838, at Centerville, Pa , to Miss Rebecca J. Allison, a native of Indiana County, Pa.
Resided in that locality a few years, and returned to his native county. Exhorted some,
and’ was a member of the Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church before
coming West. In 1845 he united with the denomination of United Brethren in Christ,
since which time he has been a minister of that denomination. While on his way to
Kansas, Mr. Bratton, with others, was robbed of all the money he had, on the steamboat,
but received assistance from Mrs. Bratton’s brother, S. A, Allison, who, by the way, was
the first postmastér of the little settlement. They kept a tavern in the building where the
Kansas Lumber Company’s office now is. “In 1858, the Bratton House was erected, the lots
being deeded to Mrs, Bratton by the Town Company. The first place of worship was
in Mr. Bratton’s cabin, which stood near the spot where the depot now stands. For many
years Mrs. Bratton was the active proprietor of the Bratton House, Mr. Bratton being
occupied with other matters They have had nine children, of whom only two are now
living: Joseph, now in business at Burlington, Coffey County, and Emma, now Mrs.
8. E. Shibby, of Burlingame. Emma was the first child born in Burlingame. Two of
the boys were in the army: Robert A.. first in the Second Kansas and afterwards in
Company E, One Hundred and Fourth Mlinois Volunteer Infantry; he was wounded at
Peach Tree Creek in front of Atlanta, and brought home by his father, but never entirely
recovered; was afterward elected Sheriff of Osage County but subseqnently died from the
effects of his wounds; Joseph M. enlisted in the Twelfth Kansas and served until the
close of the war. At the time of the organization of Osage County, Mr. Bratton was
Chairman of the Board and Bees locate the county boundaries, roads, bridges, etc.
Mr. Bratton has been a member of the City Council for fourteen years, Although becom-
ing somewhat feeble in health, still takes an active interest in the town which he helped
make, and still ministers in the church of his choice.

‘DR. GEORGE T. BROWN, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas November 16,
1865, from near Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born in Athens County, Ohio, August 15
1830. In 1840 he removed to Jowa and attended Denmark Academy and common schoo.
and when about twenty-five years of uge commenced reading medicine. Attended one
course of lectures in New York City and completed his medical studies at Keokuk Med-
ical College, graduating from that institution in February, 1864. Was acting Assistant
Surgeon of Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, three months during Sherman’s Atlanta
campaign and on duty in Hospital No. 3, at Lookout Mountain, one year, and was then at
the breaking up of the hospital, in September, 1865, being the last surgeon discharged
from duty at that place. He was married in June, 1862, at Fort Madison, Iowa. to Miss
Sarah M. Robinson, a native of Maine. They have three children living—Ernest R., Nellie
and Winifred. Was elected Mayor of Burlingame in 1871, and again in 1874, Has been
perin of Osage County poor farm since it was first established, in 1876. He is a mem-

er of the I. 0.0. F., and K. of H. orders, being Examining Physician for both orders.
Dr. Brown is the oldest practicing physician in the town. eis a member of the State
Medical Society.

GEORGE W. BROWN, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Scranton. Born in Highland
County, Ohio, October 5, 1825; son_of Samuel Brown and Elizabeth Mason. His grand-
fathers were Benoni Brown and Daniel Mason, and his grandmothers Catharine Lane
and Mary Bevis, daughter of Gen. Bevis. He recruited Company C, Sixth Regiment,
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was elected Captain in Soper 1861. He participated in
the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth and Perrysville. Resigned August 8, 1863, be-
cause of sickness. e came to the State in 1868; settled in Burlingame Township,
where he owns a good farm of eighty acres, all improved; built a large stone house in
1880; cost, $2,000. He was married in Shelby County, Ind., November 22, 1846, to Miss
Harriet Shew, daughter of Daniel Shew and Bethsheba Morris. They have the following
children, viz: Asbury. born October 26, 1847; Samuel M., born December 22, 1849; Stephen
R., born August 17, 1853; Susan C., born October 29, 1855; Harriet E., born January 27,
1858; George L., born September 10, 1859; Rose C., porn March 23, 1861; John G., born
March 27, 1864; Bertha A., born qe 14, 1866; Catharine C., born December 15, 1867;
Charles A., born July 13, 1869; Tillie E., born March 27, 187t: Mr. Brownis a member of
the Methodist ppicone Church, @ Master Mason and a Prohibitionist.

CHARLES E. BUEHLER, baker, came to Leavenworth in 1868, from Paris, Ky.;
worked at his trade a short time and then came to Topeka, where he remained until July 2,
1869, when he commenced business in Burlingame. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany,
February 16, 1836. When twenty-four years of age he removed to London, England, where
he lived until 1864, when he came to America, remaining in New York City, two and a half
years, and then removed to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Paris, Ky., where he remained
until coming to Kansas. He was married May 18, 1870, at Leavenworth, Kan., to Christina
Fisher. His business will average about $4,000 per year, and he carries a stock of $400
His business house and residence is 18x40 feet, two stories,and 25 feet addition was built

_ in 1870, at a cost of $2,300. He owns six town lots and a forty-acre improved farm seven
miles northwest of Burlingame. Mr. Buehleris a member of Burlingame Lodge and En-
campmentI. 0. O. F. |

TAMES H. BURKE, groceries, hurdware and queensware, came to Kansas in May
1867, from Otsego County, N Y. First clerked for Levi Empie, and at the end of a year be”
came @ partner with Mr. Empie, which continued one year. Then went into the real estate
business with Hon. O. H. Sheldon, which he.continued a few months and then went into
the grocery business with H. C. Sheldon, and has since been actively engaged in business.
Although making several changes in the firm name, he has always been the active man of
the firm. While Mr. Burke has been actively engaged in merchandising, he has also de-
veloped coal on his farm south of town, and in the busy village of Burkeville he has a shaft
that is producing a fine quality of coal in paying quantities. Mr. Burke was born in
Headford, Galway County, Ireland, November 20, 1835.. When about. twelve years of age
he entered the Fifty-fourth British infantry as fifer and bugler, and when sixteen years of
age was promoted to principal musician of the drum corps and was acknowledged to be the
best bugler in the regiment. His regiment was stationed in Jersey, Guernsey, Bristol and
Londonderry. At the expiration of five yeare he visited his widowed mother, and from

~ there, in 1852, came to America, settling in Schoharie County, N. Y., where he learned and

worked at his trade, that of iron moulder, until 1862, when he enlisted in Company E
Forty-fourth New York Volunteers, known as ‘‘ Ellsworth's Avengers.” Mr. Burke refused
a Captain's commission in the Ninety-first New York, and joined his command as a pri-
vate; participated in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancelloraville, where he was ap-

jointed principal mnsician. In 1863 he was taken sick with typhoid fever, was sent to the
foapial, and after along sickness was transferred to the invalid corps. He was ordered
to Alexandria in 1864, by Gen. Gile, was taken to the National Capital, where he assisted in
organizing the Circle Band, of which he was second leader. Was mustered out in Jaly,
1865, and returned to New York, and in 1867 came to Burlingame. He was married Decem-
ber 31, 1857, at Sharon, Schoharie Co., N. Y., to Miss Emma C. Hagadorn, a native of that
county and State, and as the result of this marriage has seven children, five of whom are
living—Willie G., Oscar, Frank, Eugenie and Eddie. Heis a member of Corinthia Lodge,
A, ¥ & A. M., and Temple Chapter, R. A. M., and the commander of Sheldon Post, No. 35°
Gq. A. R. In vi uly. 1882, the post of Osage County elected Mr. Burke Colonel of Osage
County Battalion, and at the second annual reunion of Kansas soldiers, held at Topeka, in

‘September, 1882, was elected Brigadier-General of Third Brigade, Third Division. For

three years was a member of the City Council of Burlingame, and for two years Mayor of

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part OHN ro CARMINE, billiard hal], came to Kansas in 1859, from Johnson County, Ind.

Was born in Mercer County, Ky., in 1839. When quite young moved with his parents to

Indiana. Enlisted in 1863 in Havana, Kansas, in Company K, Eleventh Kansas, in which

command he served until the close of the war. Owns a farm six miles southwest of Bur-

lingame. Mr. Carmine was one of the first Constables of Osage County. 7

DR. M. H. CAZIER, physician and surgeon, Burlingame, came to the State in 1880, from
Chicago, I]. He was born in De Kalb County, Ind., November 29, 1850. When three years of
age his parents moved to Williams County, Ohio, where he remained three years, and moved
to Noble County, Ind., where he attained his manhood. He acquired his literary education in
Hillsdale College, of Hillsdale, Mich. Leaving this institution in- 1875, began the study of
medicine at Albion, Indiana, with Dr. W. Y. Leonard, and entcred Rush Medical College,
of Chicago, in 1878, from which institution he graduated in 1880. Daring his studen‘ship
in Rush Medical College, he practiced medicine in the Central Free Dispensary, and took a
course of clinical instruction in Cook County Hospital. He was married May 13, 1879. to
Misy Lucy E. Woodruff, of Albion, Ind. He isa member of the Kansas State Medical
Society. :

J i. CHAMBERS, proprietor Sante Fe Mills, Burlingame, Kansas, came to Kansas
in the spring of 1859, from Pittsburg, Pa. He was bornin Westmoreland County, Pa., where
he remained until twenty-five years of age, engaged, when not going to school, in teaching
graded school. When seventeen, entered Elders Ridges Academy, remaining about four

ears. Read theology for a year, and had to quit studying on account of failing health.
Went to Tipton, Cedar Co., lowa, where he taught a select school for about two years and
then came to Kansas.- He was elected County Superintendent of Osage County in 1860. In
1861 he entered the mercantile business, which he followed ten years. In 1873 he was
elected Clerk of the District Court, which office he held two terms. Has been Justice of the
Peace for four terms, Commenced milling in 1881. United with the Presbyterian Church
when fourteen years of age, and has been an elder in the church here since its organization
in 1860, He was married in 1852 in Indiana County, Pa., to Miss Charlotte M. Martin, and
had six children, three of whom are living—Jesse M., Anna M., and Lottie J.

JOSEPH CHARLTON, manufacturer of harness and saddles. Carries a stock of about
$1,000, and average gales will reach $1,500. Came to Kansas in 1862. Located at Law-
rence. Was foreman of J. G. Sands’ wholesale harness manufactory, until coming to
Burlingame in 1880. Was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, July 12, 1833.
When quite young his parents came to America, locating at Philadelphia. Remaining there
until he was twenty-one years of age, Mr. Charlton then removed to Princeton, Bureau Co.,
Iil_ He was married in 1855, in Philadelphia, to Miss Kate R. Nice, and have six children
—Wm. H., Edward F., Alvin N., Lila, Minnieand Anna M, Remained in Princeton. en-
gaged at his business until coming to Kansas, which he did principally on account of his
wife's health, she being troubled with hemorthage of the lungs. But since coming to Kansas
Mrs. Charlton has entirely recovered. Mr. Charlton is a memberof A., F. & A. M., and
1.0.0.F.

J. Q. COWEE, farmer, Section 2., P.O. Grand Haven, was born in Greene County,
N. Y., April 13, 1830, and is the son of James Cowee and Augusta Adams. He was educated
at Cortland Academy, Homer, N. Y., and New York Central College, McGrawville, N. Y.
He came to Kansas in 1856 and settled in Burlingame Township, where he owns 320 acres
for his home farm and 480 acres in other parts of the State. He has an extensive orchard
of 2,300 apple trees in poernes two acres in grapes, and fifty cherry trees. He employs three
hands all the time. When he arrived-in the territory it was sparsely settled and he had to
go to Kansas City for nearly everything; and the country was full of border ruftians who
tried to intimidate him, and at one time took him prisoner, while he was on his way to Kan-
sas City for provisions. They pretended to engage him to go to Lecompton with their
agency to pay him $5to take a load of them there, but, on the way they met a
large force returning who claimed him as their prisoner. He, however, was not intimated,
but asked for his pay the next morning as it was necessary for him to go to Kansas City,
and after he had insisted on their paying him he received $5 in gold and a pass
from the United States Marshal, and went on his way rejoicing. His experience in pionee:
life is like that of nearly all those who came to the State at that time. Mr. Cowee was
married in Cleveland, Ohio. November 9, 1855, to Miss Emerancia C.. daughter of Clark
Drinkwater and Prudence P. Pease, who has been a true helpmeet for him, teaching school
to aid in securing a home, and a beautiful home they now have to enjoy.

_ GEORGE W. DOTY, postmaster, was born October 27, 1848, in the town of South
Bristol, Ontario Co., N.Y. When about ten years old he removed to Niagara County,
N. Y., where he resided three years, and returned to Ontario County. At the age of fifteen
he attended Chamberlain’s University, Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N. ¥. After leaving
this school he was employed as clerk in a grocery store in Canandaigua, N. Y., and Sep-
tember 10, 1662, when eighteen years of age he enlisted in Company H, Fourth New York
Heavy Artillery, which was assigned to duty in the defense of Washington, and in the

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Beapial Washin ton, D. C., and when’ convalescent was transferred i She yen
eserves Corps, and assigned to duty in charge of a division at the hospital. He was dis-
a arged July 15, 1865, and returned to Ontario County, remained there a short time and
a nee to Calhoun County, Mich. Here he learned the stonemasons’ and plasterers’
ae In the winter of 1868 he returned to New York and spent the winter, came to Kansas
im spi. 1869, and engaged in work at his trade. He was employed the following year in
ti € land office of his uncle, Hon. 0. H. Sheldon, He was married in the fall of 1871, at Bur-
Pueauie, to Miss Ella C, Beverly, of Lake County, Ill., and they have three children—Lloyd
+, Preston B. and Ogilvie H. In 1873 he commenced work in the postoffice, and 1877 was
Appointed postmaster, and has since held that position. In 1878, in connection with Wil-

liam Thomson, Esq., bought out the land and insurance agency of Billings, Marshall &
He remained in that business until

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1881, when he sold it to C. M. Sheldon, and bought an interest in the ron-
icle, of which paper he had editorial charge for aime time, retiring in Hite ee tHe
has been a member of the City Council two terma; the last term, was elected President of
the Council. He joined the Methodist Church in 1870, and is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.
and Encampment, and G. A.R, r. Doty has been an active worker in politics in all
elections, from local to national. He usually exercises much infinence in shaping the course
and policy of the Republican party in his county and section.

.R_ DOTY, of the firm of A. Doty & Son. General stock of dry
boots and shoes, carpets and fine dress goods. Carry a stock of about $20,000. Average
annual sales will reach $40,000. Mr. Doty was born in Tioga County, Pa., November 13,
1850. He removed to Bradford County when quite youn: ant has resided there almost con-
stantly since until coming to Kansas. He attended graded school at home and Ferrey’s
Institute at Williamsport, Pa, Entered into a co-partnership with his father in 1867,
and continued for several years, until they lost the stock by fire, when he commenced trav-
eling for A. R. McConn & Co., of Philadelphia. He remained with the firm about three years,
and bought an interest in the Lackawana House, Scranton, Pa. He continued but a short
time and went to New York, and from thence to Kansas in 1878; his father having opened a
store here in 1875. He was married January 2, 1879, at Burlingame, Kan., to ‘irs, Cc. E.
Gilbert, of Hornelisville, N. Y., at that time y He isa
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4 . DEMING, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Vermont

May 10 1832, and is the son of David’B. Deming’and Eclecta L. Eldridge. When he was a
child his father moved to Kalamazoo County, Mich., where hegrew to manhood. He came
to this State in 1860 and settled in Burlingame He owns a farm adjoining the city con-
taining 160 acres, with good improvements and a coalshaft. Mr. Deming is‘one of the
prosperous farmers in Osage County. When the war raged fiercely he offered his services
to the Government. He enlisted in September, 1862, in Company I, Eleventh Regiment Kansas
Volunteers and was transferred in 1863 to Sixty-fifth epiiitent United States Colored
Troops and appointed Captain. He was mustered out of the service in 1867. He was
united in marriage in Burlingame, Kan., June 10, 1868, to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Densmore,
daughter of John Drew, Esq. Mr. Deming was educated in Kalamazoo Academy and
Commercial College, in Chica ‘o, Ill.

CHARLES P. DREW, salesman and bookkeeper for Finch, lord, & Nelson, came to
Kansas in November, 1855, with his parents. He was born in Kingston, Canada, and when
an infant, his parents moved to New York City, where he remained until coming to Kan-
sas. He engaged in farming until September, 1862, when he enlisted in Company I, Elev-
enth Kansas. Was in all the engagements of his command, spending the last year of his
service in Indian warfare. He was promoted to Corporal in February, 1864, and mustered
out September 15, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; returned to Burlingame and attended
school fora year and then went into the mercantile business as aclerk. In 1870, he
engaged in business at Osage City, and remained about eighteen months, when he returned
to Burlingame and clerked for Levi Empie about a year; he then went to Dodge City,
and run a store for Charles Roth & Co., for about a year and returned home and clerked
for J. P. Williams about four years; then clerked for his brother ayear and bought-him
out and formed a co-partnership with H. A. Billings, which continued until May, 30, 1882,
when they sold to Finch, Lord & Nelson. He has been » member of the City Council two
terms. In June, 1882, he was elected Captain of the ee Guards, having been First
Lieutenant since May 22, 1880. He was married, September 18, 1868, at Burlingame, to
Miss Lucy A. Cable, of Harrisburg, Pa., and has three children—Nelly F., Charles E.,
and Lizzie K. Heisamember ofthe I. O. O. F., and Encampment, and G. AR. Post.

WILLIAM. Y. DREW, of William Y. Drew & Co., lumber dealers Topeka Avenue, near
Santa Fe Avenue, average stock, $5,000, came to Kansas in 1855. He was born in New
York City, March 7, 1834. Resided there until twenty-one years of age, learning the car-
penters’ and joiners’ trade. After coming to Kansas he engaged in farming some two years.
Was active in assisting the Free-State party during the border-ruffian period. Enlisted at
the breaking out of the war, in Company D, Second Kansas. Was with his command at
the battle of Wilson’s Creek and other a At the expiration of his term of ser-
vice—about six months—re-enlisted, September 1, 1862, in Company I, Eleventh Kansas
Infantry, as Second Lieutenant. The regiment was afterwards changed to Cavalry. Was
in all the battles of the- Price campaign, and in the latter part of his enlistment was with
his regiment in the Territories, fighting Indians; was mustered out in September, 1865, at
Fort Leavenworth. On his,eturn to Burlingame he worked at his trade; was elected County
Clerk in the fall of 1869, and held the office three terms. He afterward engaged in mer-
cantile pursuits, and in November, 1882, bought out the Chicago Lumber Company. He
was married September 24, 1-63, at Boe neues Kansas, to Miss Martha Helen Pomeroy,
anative of Vermont. They have four children living—Bertha N., Gilbert P., Mable S.,
and Jervis W. Was candidate for Secretary of State before the Republican State Conven-
tion in 1874. Is a member of the orders of A., F. & A. M,, ee. I. 0. O. F. and
G. A. R., of Burlingame. He is a strong Prohibitionist, and active in the enforcement of

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“HARRISON DUBOIS, farmer, residence one-half mile east of Burlingame, has 104
acres under cultivation. Has a two-story frame house, well finished, built in 1867, at a cost
of $1,100; frame barn built in 1879 at a cost of $272; bearing orchard of 100 trees of all va-
rieties. His farm is well stocked. He came to Kansas in June, 1857, from Union County,
Indiana, where he was born, July 18, 1882. Engaued in farming with his father, Benjamin
Dubois, who settled in Union County in 1804. Enlisted in the army in 1862, in Company I
Eleventh Kansas Cavalry. Participated in a battle at Cane Hill, Ark., November 28, 1862; and
Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7, 1862. Served one yearand a halfin that regiment and was
promotedto the rank of Captain by President Lincoln in Company H, Sixty-second United
States Colored Infantry. Helped build the fortifications at Morganza, La, His command was
stationed on the island of Brazos-Santiago, on the Texas coast, from October, 1864, until
May, 1865. At Palmetto ranch, on the Rio Grande, fought one of the last battles of the
war, and then advanced and occupied Brownsville, Texas, until October, 1865. Went Ug
the Rio Grande to old Fort McIntosh, and remained unti) March, 1866, and was mustere
out: He was promoted to rank of Major, September, 1865, by the President of | the United
States. Mr. Dubois has been twice married; first in September, 1862, to Miss Victoria
Tisdale, of Schoolcraft, Mich., at Burlingame. Mrs. Dubois died September 4, 1868.
He wos married again April 20, 1871, in Johnson County, Kan., to Miss Mary A. Brown, of
Le2 County, Iowa. Mrs. Dubois died February 4. 1876. He isa member of the I. O. O. F.
and G. A. R.; is President of the Burlingame Horticultural Society, and Secretary of the
Burlingame Union Agricultural Society. Has been Township Trustee for about eight
years, and was elected Justice of the Peace in February, 1882. Maj. Dubois has always
been an uncompromising Republican. : ;

LEVI EMPIE, dealer in general merchandise, carries a stock of $7,000, and has a
satisfactory trade. Mr. Empie owns a farm of 400 acres adjoining the city on the north-
west, the improvements on which consist of 130 acres under plow; two comfortable farm-
houses; about two and one-half miles of hedge, and four miles of rock fence; and also
about sixty acres of nativetimber. His residence at the corner of Santa Fe Avenue and
Dakota Street, is oneof the finest in the city. The main partis 36x30 feet, with a wing
16x24 feet, two stories, and contains fifteen rooms. Was built in 1872 at acost of over

6,000. Mr. Empie also owns two business houses, stone structures, two stories, with a
rontage onSanta Fe Avenue, of forty feet, and depth of fifty-five feet, Mr. Empie came
to Kansas in July, 1857, from Fox Lake, Dodge Co., Wis., and selecting Burlingame (or
Council City, asit was then called) as his place of residence, located the following year,
puilding the first stone store-building inthe town. Was born in Schoharie County, N. Y.,
De enue 20, 1815, where he remained until thirty-one years of age, engaged in attending

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common school, teaching and eo ree In 1841 he was married to Miss Eliza M. Hager
dorm, a native of Schoharie County, In 1846, removed to Dodge County, Wisconsin. a
poor man; but by close economy, in the various,pursuits of clerking and farming, finally
entered on his own account, his favorite profession, merchandising, which he continued
with success for about seven years, when he came to Kansas, attracted thither by the vast
opportunities afforded for business and to assist in the gallant struggles of the pioneers to
make this a Free-Soil State. Mr. Empie immediately opened a store in his new building,
and has since continued in business. Has had cight children, of whom only two are now
ying core E., a partner with his father in business, and Alice Failing, named for Mr.
Empie’s mother. Was appointed pos anie in 1861, and held the office seven years. Has
been a member of the City Council several terms. Was one of the charter members, and
is prominently connected with Burlingame Lodge, No. 14, I. 0. 0. F. |

THOMAS FENLON, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware, carries a stock of about
Peale average annuai sales, about $15,000. He came to Kansas in 1870, from Springfield,

ll. He was born in County Carlow, Ireland, June 20, 1835. When quite young he re-
moved to America, settling in Allegheny County, Pa., where he resided until about
twenty years of age, meanwhile learning the tinners’ trade; worked at his trade at different
points, settling at Springfield, Tl]. in 1837, where he continued to work at his trade until com-
ing toKansas. He was married in Sprmanel, lll., ee 30, 1860, to Miss A. Henry,
a native of Illinois. They have two children—Harry M., now reading law at Osage City,
and Alice F. He isa member of the A.,F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., and K. of H.

H. W. FILLEY & SON, dealers in hardware, stoves, tinware, shelf goods, sporting
fords and ammunition, carry a stock of $6,000, and their annual trade will reach $25,000;

_ keep five men employed; have a tin shop on second floor; store building 25x10 feet, two
stories, of stone, cellar under all, completed in September, 1881, at a cost of $5,000. H. W.
Filley came to Kansas in the spring of 1862, first locating at Lawrence, where he carried on
the hardware business for five years, moving to Burlingame in 1867. e was born in Cleve-
land, Ohio, in 1838. When a mere child his parents moved to Connecticut, near Hartford,
where he resided about seventeen years and then moved to Lansingburg, N. Y., where he
learned the tinners’ trade, at which he worked five years; then he went to Ticonderoga and
remained two years, and returned to Lansingburg. The following spring, 1851, went to St.
Louis, where he remained more than a year, In 1852 he removed to Arrow Kock, Mo., where
he resided twelve years, engaged at his trade. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Saline
County, Mo., and held the office a year and a half. He was married in Lansingburg, N. Y.,
to Miss S. A. Stockin, a native of that place, and they have three children living—George,
now postmaster and editor of Kingman (Kansas) Citizen; Clarence E., in business with his
father, and Eunice F. is one of the Trustees and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church;
is Treasurer of the K. of H. Lodge No. 1,036; is Treasurer of the Burlingame School Board;
a stockholder of the Agricultural Society, and one of the stockholders of the Burlingame
Savings Bank.

HON. LUCIUS E. FINCH, » prominent and influential business man of the city of
Burlingame, in the County of Osage, was born in Wellington, Ohio, November 7, 1843. His
parents, Austin and Lucy (Gillett) Finch were natives of Connecticut, from whence they
removed in 1830 to Northern Ohio, and settled some thirty-five miles southwest of Cleveland,
in Lorain County. They were among the first settlers in that country, and, amidst its dense
forests they went to work and opened up one of the finest farms in that State. Their family
consisted of five boys and one girl—Henry C., Francis A., Dorwin J., Lucius E., John A.,
and Delia. Four of these brothers served in the Union army during the war of the Rebellion,
and two of them, Dorwin and Francis, were k:lled in battle just at the close of the war,
after having served four years. In 1875 Mr. Finch, with a portion of his family, removed
to Burlingame, where they lived several years. In 1880, while on a visit to their friends in
Ohio, Mrs. Finch died. Two years afterward Mr Austin Finch again married—this time to
Mrs. Rhoda Wilcox, and is now living peaceably and comfortably on the old Wellington home-
stead. Hon. L. E. Finch, the subject of this sketch, attended the common schools of his native

 

county; took a seminary course in a select school taught by Miss Eliza Hamilton. at Welling-
_ ton, and entered Oberlin College in his sixteenth year. In 1862, attacked by the war fever
that was epidemic throughout the loyal North at that time, he threw aside his studies, en-
listed as a private in COREey C, Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry. and donned the accoutrements
of a soldier. Shortly after his enlistment he was taken prisoner at Harper’s Ferry and
paroled. After his exchange he was transferred to the Eighty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and
served with that regiment as Color-Sergeant in the Army of the Tennessee two years, when
he was mustered out of the service at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1864. After this he engaged in
business as a clerk in a Cleveland dry goods store until 1868, when he came to Kansas,
locating in the place where he now lives. He was married to Miss Elsie M. Weber, of Ban-
or, Maine, on the 29th day of February, 1872. At this writing their family consists of
four children—Lula B., Cacarora L., Albert H., and Charles S. In 1877 Mr. Finch was
elected to the State Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the sudden and unexpected death
of Hon. 0. H. Sheldon. He was re-elected in 1880 for a four years’ term. At this time his
Senatorial district is the Twenty-first — consisting of Osage and Wabaunsee counties.
Senator Finch has steadily grown in public estimation, and besides being one of the
most influential men in his own county, he 1s now recognized as one of the leading men of
the State. He has for many years been closely connected with the material. social and polit-
ical interests of Burlingame, and its permanent prosperity has been one of the chief aims of
his business life. At this time he is President of the Burlingame Savings Bank, and also the
head of the firm of Finch, Lord & Nelson, whose mercantile, live-stock and coal operations
_yora, born March, y 1870; Clarence Melven, born February 7, 1872; Ada

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annually aggregate nearty half a million dollars. This is one of the strongest and most en-
terprising business firms of Quage County. Besides several large and valuable grain and
stock farms which it owns in Osage and Wabaunsee counties, it has recently purchased a
cattle ranch of 20,000 acres in the Texas Pan Handle, upon which Mr. Orville Nelson, the
junior member of the firm, spends the greater portion of his time. Senator Finch is a mem-
ber of the Burlingame Lodge. No. 14, I. O. O. F., an active member of the Grand Army of the
Republic, Sheldon Post, No. 35. He organized a company of the Kansas State Militia, was
elected its Captain, and in August, 1882, he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of his regi-
ment, He has always been a zealous Republican and prominent in State and county politics.
_HENRY C. FINCH, the subject of this sketch, was born in Wellington, Lorain County,
Ohio, July 7, 1836, and received his education at Oberlin College, Ohio, after which he en-
gaged in teaching, farming, stock dealing, etc., until the spring of 1867, at which time he
took up his residence at Burlingame, Osage County, Kan., where he engaged in the mer¢an-
tile business in partnership with M. W. Richardson, which business was continued until
1870, when Mr. Richardson withdrew from the business, and the firm then becume the firm
of Finch Brothers, who successfully continued the business until November 10. 1880, when
the firm of Finch Brothers formed a co-partnership with the well known stock firm of Lord
& Nelson, thereby constituting the now extensive firm of Finch, Lord & Nelson, of which
Mr. Finch remained a partner until August, 1881, at which time he retired from the mer-
cantile business and engaged in real estate, loan and commission business, also becomin
extensively engaged in farming. Mr. Finch now owns about 1,000 acres of valuable Jan
near the city, of which 565 acres are under fence, and 260 acres under cultivation; has two
comfortable farm houses upon his land, he himself residing in the city. In 1882 he had
about 10,000 bushels of corn, 200 tons of millet and 150 bushels of apples from his farms; he
has about 100 acres of native timber and plenty of water; is also at present extensively en-
gaged in raising cattle, horses and hogs; bas quite a number of thoroughbred cattle; has
always been an active member of the B. U. Agricultural Society, of which he is at present
Treasurer. Mr. Finck was married November 22, 1871, at Rochester, N. Y., to Miss M, Julia
Bowen; was elected President of the Burlingame Savings Bank in 1878, which position he
continued to fill with credit until his resignation m 1882; he was in Kansas as early as 1858,
and pre-empted lund at that time within five miles of Burlingame, and has been very largely
identified with the growth and prosperity of the city in which he resides. :

SAMUEL FOGWELL, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Grand Haven, was born in Allen
County, Ind: May 24, 1843, he is the son of Samuel Fogwell and Matilda Davis. He served
his time in the army, enlisting February 29, 1865, in Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-
second Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and was discharged in September, 1865. He came to
Kansas in 1866, and settled in Topeka, but now owns a half section in Burlingame Town-
ship, where he resides, He erected substantiai buildings in 1870, and has a fine orchard and

ood stock. Mr. Fogwell was married in Cottonwood Falls, Kan., March 17, 1871, to Miss
iola, danghter of Clark Drinkwater and Prudence P. Pease. They have four children—
Elmah, William F., Gertrude and Kate.

Dit. GEORGE M. GAMBLE, surgeon-dentist, came to Kansas September 5, 1878, lo-
cating at Larned, where he remained until 182, when he came to Burlingame He was born
in Bradford County, Pa., June 4, 1822. He engaged in lumbering and farming about twenty-
two years, when he entered Jefferson Medical College; he graduated in 1848, and located in
Susquehanna County and practiced his profession until 1852, when he removed to Indiana
County, Pa.,where he remained until 1862, and removed to Wyoming County, and remained
until coming to Kansas. He served eight months as Surgeon for the Massachusetts’ Fourth
Heavy Artillery, in 1864. He was married in 1848, at Hanford, Susquehanna County, Pa.,
to Miss Catherine Guile, and has three children living—J. K., dentist at Carbondale, Lelia,
and Ida. Mrs. Gamble died October 3, 1881, at Larned, Kansas. He is a member of the
Equitable Aid Union of Pennsylvania. Has always been an active Republican. He married
his second wife, Mrs. Mary S. Blanden, February 8, 1883.

CLINTON GAULT, farmer. Section 2, P, O. Harveyville, was born in Pike County,
Ohio, June 22,1832; son uf Jacob Gault and Rebecca Blair. His grandparents were John
Gault and Audrew Blair. Mr. Gault was brought up in his native State, and was educated
in the common schouls. He came to Kansas in 1871, and settled in Bor apame Township,
on a farm containing 160 acres, on Dragoon Creek. Rocky Ford is on his farm, and at this
point a dragoon soldier ofthe United States army was drowned, and the creek took its
name from this fact. He was married in Ross County, Ohio, September 28, 1863,to Miss
Martha J., daughter of Rev. John McNabb and Mary Slee. They have only two children,
twins—Charles E , and Mary L. born July 7, 1865. Mr. Gault is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Burlingame. a

EV. JAMES H. GREEN, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church came to Kansas,
May 8, 1871, locating at Parkerville, Morris ee He remaiued there four years, and
engaged in the mercantile business three years, and took asupply on Parkerville Circuit.
For three years following was pastor of Junction City Church, one year at Blue Rapids, and
two years on Waterville Circuit. In 1881, he preached at Muscotah, Atchison County, and
came to Burlingame in March, 1882. He was born in Harrison County, Ind., November 8,
1832, remained in his native county until twenty-seven years old, attending the common
schools, and attended one term of law school and practiced some. From 1863 to 1866
farmed in Macon County, Mo. In 1864 he enlisted in Company B, Sixty-second Missouri.
Was elected Orderly Sergeant. He served as Assistant Train Master of the Division Train,
Third Division, army of the Cumberland, Brigadier-General O. M. Mitchell, commanding.
He served through 1861 und 1862 to March 19, when he was discharged. Was in the Third
Division of the Army of the Cumberland. He has been twice married; first in Harrison
County, Ind., in 1859. to Miss Minerva J. Miller, and had two boys—Charles S., James M..
and one daughter, Eva M., who died at the age of thirteen months. Mrs. Green died Sep-
tember 1, 1866, in Macon County, Mo, He was married again January 4, 1868, in Harrison
County, Ind., to Miss Carrie McCown, a native of that county, and have two sons— Walter
N., and Kingley T.. He is a member of thel. O. O. F., Frontier Lodge, No. 25, Junction
City, Kan. He has been a zealous temperance worker. —

C. HARDY, of the firm of Hardy & Lyons, druggists, also agenst for Wells, Fargo &
Co. and the Pacific Express Co., carry a stock of about $5,000 and the annual sales will
reach $15,000. Mr. Hardy came to Kansas in 1878, and was born in Warren County, Ohio,
and attended school at Miami University and at Lebanon. In 1870 he became editor of the
Western Star.one of the oldest newspapers in Western Ohio, and continued its publication for
three years. In 1873 he engaged in the vue business at Union City, Ind., where he remained
about four years. He was married in 1879 at Union City, to Miss Emma Cadwallader, a
native of that city, and have one te pe He is a member of the Presbyterian Church
and was appointed City Treasurer in April, 1881. : 4 .

JAMES F, JARVIS. farmer, Section 3, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Ripley County,
Ind., December 24, 1833, and isason of James and MariaJarvis. He wasraised on a farm an
came to Kansas October J, 1879, and was married December 27, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth
Harmon, daughter of John and Nancy Harmon. She died August, 1864, leaving three chil-
dren—Ralighen, Luella F., and Etta He was drafted during the late war but furnished
asubstitute. He was married January 21, 1866, to Miss Rosana Hallgarth, the daughter of
John and Mary Hallgarth. They have seven children, as follows:—Mary Maria Jarvis,
born November 2s, 1866, in Switzerland County; Emie Elizabeth, born June ree eee

" ola, born,
September, 16, 1874; Abie Maud, born August 14, 1876; Effie Etteny, born August 21, 1878,
He was born in Ripley County, Ind.,; and came to Kansas October 1, 1879. :

JOSEPH JOHNSON, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Harveyville, was born in Philadelphia,
Pa., October 31, 1832, son of Andrew Johnson and Charlotte Clifford, daughter of John Clif-
ford and Maria Rink. His grandfather, Benjamin Johnson, settled in Philadelphia in an
early day. Mr. Johnson grew up in the city and learned the carpenters’ trade, and followed
that business in the city and for a time in Wisconsin and Illinois. He came to this State in
1857 and settled in Wabaunsee County, Section 3, near the line of Osage County. He owns
240 acres in all. During the war he was called out in the militia and participated in the
battle with Sterling Price. Mr. Johnson has been twice married. In Wabaunsee County,
Kansas, in October, 1870, to Maggie Deering, who died in 1871. He married again in Osage
County, March, 1874, to Emma Mawheter. He has one child—Walter, born December 5,
1876. His father, who came with him, died May 2, 1868, seventy-two years of age.

DR. JAMES HALLER, physician and ges came to Kansas and located in Bur-
Jingame in the spring of 1868. He was born in ‘ranklin, Warren Co., Ohio, March 4, 1824.
Commenced reading medicine with his father Dr. John S. Haller, in 1846. Attended
Medical College at Vleveland Ohio, in 1849-50 and 1851, graduating in the latter year. Went
to California in 1852, and practiced his profession there two years, returned home and went
to Philadelphia, where he attended the course of lectures for the winter term of 1854-55 at
Jefferson Medical College, during which time he was a private pupil of that eminent phy-

‘parties leased his ground for the purpose of prospecting for coal.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

ician, Dr. J. M. Dacosta, now Professor of Theory and Practice in the afore named college.
He wi married September 2, 1856, at Middletown, Ohio, to Annie B. Schenck. They have
six children—Ada, a teacher in Burlingame public schools; Mary, married to H. G. Bon-
ham, and living in Emporia; Irving, in the mercantile business in Burlingame; Jane, at-
tending State Normal School at Emporia; James, and George attending public schools in

 

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Burlingame. He was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the Thirty-eighth Regiment Ohio
Volunteers, June 10, 1861, and served as such until July 13, 1863, when he was commissioned
Surgeon of the same regiment. After the battle of Chickamanga he was transferred to
the Hospital of the Third Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps. where heremained
until mustered out at Savannah, Ga, January 9, 1865. He is now serving his second term '
as Mayor of the City of Burlingame. He is also serving, by appoittment of Governor Glick,
as one of the Regents of the State Normal Schoo] at Emporia.

HON. PETER KIRBY, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Albany
County, N. Y., May 26, 1831, and is a son of William Kirby and Elizabeth Bentley. He
worked for his father on a farm in the summer and attending district school in the winter
up to the time he was twenty, then he entered Albion College as a student, remaining
there until the fall of 18 3. In 1854 he attended Cedar Park Seminary and went to Iowa to
read law with Marsh & Craig, being admitted to the bar in 1856. He returned to Michi-
gan and engaged in teaching and the practice of law up to the time he came to Kansas (1860)
and settled in Burlingame Township, where he has resided since on a farm containing 240
acres, with excellent improvements, buildings, orchard, ete. He was called out in the
militia and participated in the battle of the Blue. He was married in Schoolcraft, Michigan.
March 28, 1860, to Miss Helen M., daughter of Erastus Tisdale and Hannah Blanchard
Tisdale. They have four children—Cora, born February 11, 1861; Stella, born April 15,
1862; Codras W., born July 5, 1864; and Charles E. born May 14, 1866. Mr. Kirb: was
County Superintendent of Schools from 1864 until 1870. Cora is a graduate of Washburn.
College, and is now reading law. Stella will graduate from the same school in the class of
1884. Mrs. Kirby is a member of the Baptirt Church.

CHARLES A. LINKE NAUGER, farmer, P. O. Burlingame, has 20 acres, a portion
of which is laid off as an addition to the town. His house, which is a two story stone
building, well finished, was built in 1867, at _acost of about $2.500 He cane to Kansas,
locating at the mouth of Switz'er Creek, in August 1834. In 1866 he sold out and bought
a farm adjoining it, where he found coal. He once hauled a load of fifty bushels to Kansas
City for which he received a $50 bill. He removed to his present place about 1867 and
since then has made it one of the best improved places in his locality. In the fall of 1880

1 y The result was the dis-
covery of a twenty to twenty-four inch vein of coal. ‘he shaft was named the ‘“ Black
Diamond,” and has proved a permanent paying investment for all parties interested. Mr.
Linkenauger was born December 19, 1826, in M ontgomery County, Va. His father moved
to Botetourt County, Va., when he was a small boy, where he remained until 1853 engaged
in farming. He then concluded togo to California, but finally altered his plans and settled
in Kansas. He took part in favor of a Free-State and honest Government during the early
days. He was a member of the Osage Battalion during the Price raid. He wag married in
August, 1866, at Westport, Mo., to Mrs Fanny Smith, and have one child—Willie. He is
pn ee Loe original members ‘of Burlingame Lodge I. O. O. F. and has always been

.NEWTON McDONALD was born at Mercer, Pa., December 15, 1 There he li
until October, 1861, when he enlisted as a drummer bo: ; in OoMpane'H: Willen ph
iment, Pennaylvania Volunteers. In 1862 he entered the ranks, - He participated in all the
battles of the army of the Potomac. Was discharged and mustered out of service at Harris-
burg, Pennsylvania, Jul 6, 1c. He then returned to Mercer, where he lived until 1869
when he removed to Burlingame, where his father, Joseph McDonald, had lived since No-
vember, 1854. Here he began work in the Chronicle office, remaining there until 1870, when
he entered the employ of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ruilroa , working in their gen-
eral offices, where he remained for several years. He afterward spent some time in Col-
orado, and wrote many able letters from there, for the press. He was married January 2
1872, to Miss Mary A. Smith, of Burlingame. She was a native of Oswego, N. Y. "They
have two children—Bertie, born May 13, 1873, and Leona, born January 27. 1875,

DAVID, WILLIAM AND EDWARD MAHONEY, farmers, Section 28, P. O. Scranton,
was born in Kansas, sons of Daniel Mahoney and Mary Hickey. David, born December 25,
ioe ;, William, March 17, 1861 ; Edward, November 9, 1868. Their parents came from Ire-
and in 1850, and finally settled in Kansas, and passed through the hardships incident to a
ie Lee otin eee troubles ae The father, "Danial Mahotey, died Nov. 9,

, sons owners of as; i i i

“ey are of the Catholic fae, plendid farm of 840 acres, with good improve-

: , farmer, Section 28, P. O. Burlingame, born in Putn:
Stand ta Wea’ deel hee, te Bare mene ae De
y A enia Academy.
of law a Putnam County, and was admitted to the bar in nee York Gity te seed ee pay
previous 2 en . a eee cere < pore county: He went to Eau Claire. Wisconsin,
L ess. He was elected and served as County Ju

ere eke two terms, from 1859 to 1861. In 1878 he came to Kansan on ps aa _ oe

waship, where he owns 400 acres. He built a large house and other buildings in
OSAGE COUNTY.

1878, at a cost of $3,000. He is mplring stool and dairying a special feature of his farming.
He was married in Putnam County, N. Y., December 11, 1847, to Mise Julia F., daughter of
Anson Clason and Laurette Williams. They have had ten children—Anson, born February 8,
1849, died December 30, 1852 ; Saute, born July 12, 1852, died January 4, 1853; Charles W.,
born February 22, 1854; Walter J., December 29, 1857; Bi D., born May 11, 1860, died Jan-
uary 3, 1866; Mary E., born July 22, 1862 ; Alexander, July 4, 1864; Leander, May 3, 1866;
Julia F., born May 5, 1868. died September 21, 1869; and Francis, September 22, 1869. Mr.
Mead is’a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Burlingame.

F. M. NELSON, cashier of Burlingame Savings Bank. Came to Kansas in 1871, from
Lebanon, Ohio. The first year engaged in farming and stock raising with his brother, O. H.
Nelson. In 1872 became a stockholder and member of the Board of Directors of the bank.

He was born in Warren County, Ohio, July 13, 1847. In 1865 he entered the Southwestern Nor--

‘mal School and Business Institute, of Lebanon, Ohio, from which institution he graduated
April 18, 1866, having previously completed the course of study in the high school. For
three years following he was bookkeeper with Warren County Bank, of Lebanon, Ohio.
He was married June 3, 1875, at Pupligame, Kansas, to Miss Alice M. King, eldest daugh-
ter of Rev. V. M. King, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame, and have
two children, Victor C. and Adelia H. Has been President of the School Board fur two
years. He is a member of Corinthian Lodge, No.79, A., F. & A. M., and ‘Temple Chapter,
No. 26, R. A. M., and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Has been a member o the
City Council, City Treasurer and Township Treasurer. :

JOHN H. NELSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 3, P. O. Wakarusa, owns 166
acres, all enclosed and in cultivation but fifteen acres of timber. Raises corn almost en-
tirely for feeding; has 14 horses, 2 mules, 75 head of cattle, and 100 hogs; makes a specialty
of fine stock; has a full-blood Durham bull; has barns, sheds and all conveniences for
stock-raising and feeding, and a mill for grinding his feed; his place is especially adapted
forstock, as it is sheltered and has plenty of water. Born in Indiana in 1820, and came to
Illinois in 1854, and from there to Kansas in 1859. locating on this farm. Married February
29, 1848, to Miss Rebecca McCam, who died in 1850, leaving one daughter, Phoebe E. Was
married second time February 29, 1852, to Miss Rebecca Elder; hey have eleven children—
Oliver P., Charles N , Lyman T., John A., Clara M., Ulysses Grant, Flora May, George H.
William E., Benjamin F. and James LeRoy. Was a member of Kuneas State Militia, and
called out during the Price raid, and participated in the fight at Locust Grove, Mo. Isa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. F

O. H. NELSON, merchant, of the firm of Finch, Lord & Nelson, came to Kansas in
April, 1868, Engaged in farming and stock-raising for five years. In 1870-71 was in part-
nership with Mr. Filley in the hardware business. “ Moved into town in 1875. Has been
engaged in stock business since. In 1880 became a partner in present firm. In 1881 com-
menced buying, driving and shipping from the Pan Handle of Texas. The firm handled
about 10,000 native steers the first year. In the spring of 1882 they purchased a ranch of
18,000 acres of land in Motley County, Texas, pele 150 miles from the Texas Pacitic Rail-
road and 350 miles from Dodge City, Kansas. Handled about 13,500 head of cattle in 1882,
and have ten men employed. Mr. Nelson usually goes down in April and remains until
winter. Was born ion Warren County, Ohio, October 9, 1850, where he continued to reside
until coming to Kansas. Completing his education at the Southwestern Normal Institute,
at Lebanon, Ohio. Was married December, 1869, at Burlingame, to Miss Flora Lord, of
Connecticut, and have five children—-Clifford, Hattie, Marie, Carry and Hunter. Was
mayor of Burlingame two terms—1879-80. Is a member of I. 0.0. F. and K,of H.

JUDGE S. H. NEWMAN, real estate, came to Kansas in 1869. He was born in Wyo-
ming County, Pa., September 2,-1818; resided there until 1847; removed to Bradford County
and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Canton until 1861, and in 1861 he enlisted in Com-
pany D, One Hundred and Sixth Penusylvania, Gen. Baker’s Independent Brigade. Was
in the Army of the Potomac; was Captain of Company D; was in the engagements at Fair
Oaks, Seven Pines, Antietam and Gettysburg. After the battle of Fair Oaks, was in the
hospital a short time, and resigned on a certificate of disability from Surgeon General Ham-
mond. Returned home, but re-entered the service under the call of Gov. Curtin, with com-
mission as Major of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers; term of service expired, and
just before the battle of Gettysburg was commissioned Major of the Thirty-Second Penn-
sylvania Volunteers. Was in active service three months, and on the advice of the Surgeon-
General went to Montana for his health in the spring of 1864, remaining until November 1.
On his return home he entered the Provost-Marshal’s office of the Thirteenth District of
Pennsylvania, being aah of eens eo puaea where he remained until the close
of the war, and returned to Canton and engaged in mercantile pursuits until coming to Kan-
sas. He has heen twice married, first in October, 1840, at Troy, Pa, to Miss A. A. Manly,
and had seven children, six of whom are living—Emma, A. S., Mattie M., Samuel H., Jr.,
Walter G. and Fannie H. Mrs. Newman died at Canton, Pa., in 1862. He was again mar-
ried in November, 1873, at Burlingame, Kan., to Miss Mary E. Tabor, a native of Canton,
and have two children—Lou E. and Frank A. He has always been identified with the Re-
publican party. Is a member of the G. A.R, Burlingame, Kan. Is now sixty-five years old,
in the enjoyment of robust health, and in active business as real estate agent, Police Judge
and notary public. : :

EDWARD S. PALMER, farmer, Section 39, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Norwich,
Ontario, September 23, 1845; son of William S. Palmer and Phebe G. Gainor. He came to
the United States and settled in Athens, Mich., and came to Kansas in 1868. He settled in
Burtingame Township, where he has since resided, Mr. Palmer was married in Lawrence,
Kan., October 21, 1871, to Miss Emma, daughter of Nelson Isham and Fannie Hunter. They
have three children—Nellie, born September 6, 18:2; Mabel, born September 8, 1875; and
Grace, born October 13, 1882._ Mr. Palmer is a member of the Society of Friends.

- REUBEN F. PLAYFORD, attorney-at-law, came to Burlingame, Kan., when a boy, in
the month of July, 1857. In 1861 enlisted in the Second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer In-
fantry, under the cail of President Lincoln for 75,0.0 volunteers. Was in the battle of
Wilson’s Creek on the 10th of ee and within a few feet of Gen. Lyon when he was
killed. Was in all the battles the Second Kansas was eneeend in. Was mustered out in the
fall of 1861, when the regiment was re-organized as acavalry regiment. Enlisted again in the
summer of 1862 in the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Thomas Ewing, Jr., Colonel
commanding; was appointed Private Orderly to the Colonel; was promoted to First Lieu-
tenant, Company D, Second Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, September 1, 1863, This
regiment was commanded by Col. Samuel J. Crawford, afterward elected and re-elected
Governor of Kansas. Was aene Adjutant of the regiment in the campaign south of the
forces under Maj.-Gen. Fred Steel, who was marching to join Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks, in his
Red River expedition. On the retreat of Gen. Steel from Camden, Ark., after Gen.
Banks had heen defeated, and at the battle of Jenkine Ferry on the Saline River between
the Federals under Steel and the Rebels under Lieut.-Gen Kirby Smith, Adjutant Play-
ford’s horse was shot from under him by the last shot fired from the battery taken in the
memorable charge of Col. Crawford’s regiment. The regiment was then known as the
Highty-third United States Infantry. He was promoted to Quartermaster in August, 1865,
in preference to accepting a Captaincy in the line, Was mustered out in the latter part of

mber, 1865. i a

sorelaaively drug store in Osage County. Sold out to his brothers in December, 1866, who
now have the finest and largest drug house inthe county. The father was admitted into the
firm in 1868, the style of which is now, Playford & Sons. He then moved to New
York and stayed a year, then back to Chicago, staying two years, then back to Burlingame
in 1869. Began the study of law in 1870 with the 8
of the county. Was admitted to practice in 1872. Was elected Justice of the Peace and
tried during his term of oftice (two years) nearly 300 cases, in only four of which juries were
called and only five were appealed to a higher court and not one reversed; twice elected

City Judge. Is now City Attorney, has a fine office and one of the best law libraries in the
county, and a large and lucrative practice. Isa member of the United Order of Ancient
Templars. Has been Grand Templar of the Order in the State; is ulso a Past Master Work-
man and representative to the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Was born in Geneva, Ontario Co., N. Y., August 19, 1842, Was married in July, 1865, at
Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., to Miss Lucy Adams, They have had four children—Minnie,
Blizabeth. Thomas Arthur and Lydia. Minnie died in infancy. :

THOMAS PLAYFORD, druggist, Santa Fe Avenue, carries a stock of about $6,000, and
average trade amounts to $ poe per annum. Hisson,J.J. Playford, is a partner in the busi-
ness. Came to Burlingame April 3, 1857, and worked at his trade, that of a shoemaker, for
the first six years. For five years following farmed one mile north of Burlingame, and in
1868 sold his farm and entered the drug business with his two sons, in a frame building,
corner of Santa Fe Avenue and Dakota Street, where he continued until the building of
Union Hall Block, when he purchased his present handsome store and a half interest in the

Returning to Burlingame, went into the drug business, starting the first ~

on. James Rogers, the pioneer lawyer '

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opera house. Was born in Sussex County, England, April 15, 1818. When eleven years
of, age, came to America with his father, who located at Bath, Rensselaer Co., N. Y
After a short time moved to Troy, where he resided six years, working in adairy, Re-
sided in Ontario, Montgomery and Wayne counties, and finished the shoemakers’ trade at
Geneva, N.Y.,where he was married in 1840 to Miss Elizabeth J: effrey, a native of Leicester-
shire, England. Remained in Geneva until coming to Kansas, In 1849 his wife died,
leaving four boys and one girl. Was married again in June, 1850, at same place, to Miss
Lydia A_ Osbourne, a nutive of Sussex County, N. J. Of his children, ony three are now
living—Reuben F., an attorney of Burlingame; Jessie J., with his father; Charles S., Osage
City. Was elected Probate Judge of Osage County in 1868. Judge Playford was active in
assisting the loyal cause durin,
Battalion. Isa member of

Baptist Church. ‘ :

EPHRAIM PARMITER, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Vermont,
April 29, 1812,; son of John Parmiter and Elizabeth Rowe. He removed with his parents,
to Ohio, when but one year old, and then grew up on a farm, receiving a common school
education. He came to Kansas in 1869 and settled in Burlingame Township, where he has
since resided upon a farm containing 48u acres. He also owns a grist and saw-mill. Mr.

Parmiter_is one of the leading farmers in his section of the county. He was married in
Morgan County, Ohio, October 5, 1837, to Miss Elizabeth Steel, who died June 18, 1843,
He was again married, in Jackson County, Obio, February 5, 1846, to Eliza Musgrove. He
has seven children—John C., born August 23, 1838; James H., born July 28, 1840; Eliza-
beth A., born March 22, 1847; William F., born August 23, 1850; George E., born July 4.
1855; Martha A., born June 15, 1859; and Allie M., born June 1, 1863. Mr. Parmiter is an
active member of the Christian Church, and fills the office of an elder, well.

MARMADUKE RAMBO, came to Kansas May 5, 1856, pre-empted 160 acres of land in
the Dragoon Bottom, three miles south of Burlingame. e was born in Mercer County,
Pa. November 15, 1805, and resided there until coming to Kansas. Judge Kambo is of
Swiss ancestry, who settled on the Schuylkill River fifteen miles above Philadelphia as
early as 1620. His grandfather, Peter Rambo, who was in the Revolutionary War under
Washington, lived on the; Loyalhonna River, moved to Westmoreland County, Pa , and to
Mercer County in 1802, with his family, six sons and four daughters—John, (his father)
Thomas, Peter, James, William, David, Nancy, Polly, Sally and Betsey; all married, and
now deceased. Judge Rambo learned the carpenters’ trade before be was twenty-one years
of age, and worked on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Canal four years. He has been married
four times; first in Erie County Pa., Junuary 15, 182%, to Miss Matilda Brotherton, and had
nine children as follows: Nancy, Robert, John, Matilda, David, Eliza, Belle. Samuel and
William, allliving in Kansas at present. His first wife died January 20, 1854; he was mar-
ried again November 13, 1855, in Lawrence County, Pa, to Miss Matilda Cotton, who
died November 14, 1856. Married again July 17, 1870. to Miss Fannie Wood, of Wooster,
Mass., who died April 28, 1871. He was married to bis present wife Mrs. Hannah Rolph,
March 11, 18738. Remained on his farm until 1862, when he moved into town, and has
since worked at his trade. In thesummer of 1856,Judge Rambo was elected Captain of a
Military Company, to protect the town and obtain communication with Lawrence, where
many of the families of the early settlers then were; he was elected Probate Judge in 1856.
Two of his sons, John and Samuel, enlisted and served in Company I, Eleventh Kansas
Infantry. pues the drouth of 1860, Judge Rambo was a member of the Relief Committee
of the county. He always has been active in the Anti-slavery and Temperance causes.
He was one of the organizers of the county in 1857. -He has now passed his seventy-
seventh anniversary. *

JOHN E. RASTALL, editor and publisher of the Chronicle, was born July 28, 1840.
He removed to Kansas in 1856, and took part im the early political troubles of the territory.
He enlisted at Topeka, in a Military Company, formed for the protection of Free-State set-
tlers. In the fall of the same year he wasiaken prisuner by United States troops, and taken
to Lecompton; but soon escaped. He then returned to the East and studied law. In the
spring of 1861, he entered the (‘nion army as a private, in Company B, Fifth Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry. He served tor seven months, when he was made Adjutant of the First
Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry. After serving three years he was discharged.
Afterward he returned to Kansas and edited the Junction City Union for over one year.
He purchased the Chronicle October 1, 1877, and has since controsled it. In the fall of 1880
peas ee to the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, where he made an honor-
able record. :

J. K. ROGERS, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Lorain County,
Ohio, March +, 1838; son of Comfort Rogers and Ann (Cone) Rogers, where he grew up
ona farm ani received acommon school education and engaged infarming He came to
Kansas in 1874, and settled in Burlingame Township, where he ownsa quarter Section of
choiée land, under a finestate of cultivation. Hehas fourteen horses,]06 head of cattle and
200 hogs. Mr. eee was married in Tama County. Iowa, September 14, 1865, to Miss
Margaret J., daughter of Daniel Carpenter and Caroline Young. They have five children
—Nettie M., born December 14, 1866; Mildred, born October 2, 1870; Albro P., born April
18, 1873; Jessie E., born December 10, 1879; and Helen E. born November 24, 1882. Mr.
Rogers is a member of Corinthian Lodge, No. 96, A., F. & A. M.

DANIEL C. ROMINE, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Burlingame, was born in Fountain
County, Ind., May 20, 1844; son of Jessie Romine, and Matilda Ciark. Educated at War-
ren Acadeny. Enlisted in 1862, in Company F, Seventy-second Indiana Mounted Infantry,
and was in the following engagements: Chickamauga, Peak’s Shanty, Ga., Kock Springs,
Hoover’s Gap, and numerous skirmishes, and was dircharged at the close of the war, 1865,
having served faithfully three years. He came tothe State in 1879, and settled in Buriin-
game Township, where he owns a quarter Section of improved Jand. Mr. Romine was
married in Vermillion County, Ill., January 1, 1871, to Miss Mary A., daughter of John
Ross and Hannah Furguson. They have four children—Elmira A., born October 5, 1871;
Jesse, born March 11, 1874; John R., born March 22, 1877; Adelbert, born December 25,
1879. Mr Romine is a member of C. P. Sheldon Post, No 79, G. A. R.

EZRA G. RUSSELL, attorney-at-law, came to Kansas in 1855, and was admitted to the

bar in Burlingame, in 1872 and has been in active practice since 1875. He was born in
Mercer County, Pa., January 1, 1847, and when eight years of age came to Kansas with his
parents. His father, Thomas Russell, was a hardy pioneer of abolition ideas and heartily
espoused the cause of popular liberty and assisted in bemging many a border ruffian to
justice, His house was always a haven of refreshment and rest for Osawatomie Brown,
Generals Lane, Leonhardt and others. Mr. Russell senior was appointed Deputy Provost
Marshal, but died December 22, i862, before assuming his duties. Erza is a descendant of
the English stock of Lord John Russell, and is a product of Kansas views and liberal ideas;
in a word, a self-made man. He was married in 1870, at Burlingame, Kansas, to Miss Sarah
Luella Russell, daughter of Col. John Russell who, during the war was Colonel of the
Forty-fourth Illinois, and is at present member of the legislature from Wichita. The
result of the marriage was two daughters—Maude L. and Nellie Gertrude. Mrs. Russell died
March 4, 1876. He was again married November 25, 1881, at Paola, Kansas, to Miss Cynthia
A. Wycoff, daughter of Professor S. B. Wycoff, Professor of mathematics in the Gem City
College, Quincy, Ill. He enlisted August 1, 1863, in Company I, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry,
and was with his command at Lexington, Independence, the Blues, Westport and Mound
City in engagements against Price, and was also in several sharp engagements with Quan-
trell and other Rebel guerillas. He was also on the plains at Red Buttes, Platte Bridge and
Reshaw Creek, Dakota Territory. He was one of the fourteen who escaped from 3,000
Cheyennes and Sioux at the massacre at Platte Bridge in July, 1865, where thirty-five
Union soldiers were tortured and their bodies burned by the murderous red devils. Mr.
Russell was mustered out in September, 1865, He brought home with him a horse presented
to him by the officers for making a lucky shot with a revolver, killing a bushwhacker at a
distance of over 50U yards. Mr. Russell once united with the Methodist Church on six months’
probation; but to use his own language: *'I did so well they let me off after three months.”
To say that he has succeeded in his professionwould but express the sentiments of his fellow
citizens. Mr. Russell is a member of Sheldon Post G. A. R., and a staunch Republican
and a Liberal.

H. A. SCHAFER, billiard hall and dealer in ice, came to Kansas September 6, 1869.
locating at Carbondale, remained there until December 1 of the same year and removed
to Burlingame. In 1877 he built a hotel opposite the depot which is known as Schafer’s
place. He was born in Lehigh County, Pa., April 13, 1845, when five years of age his
parents removed to Easton, and after three years residence removed to Freemansbur,
where he remained until the war. He enlisted December 12, 1861, in ne H, Fifty-fourt!
Pennsylvania, and was with his command in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and at the
battles of New Market, Cedar Creek, Piedmont, Staunton, and Lynchburg, where he was
captured June 19, 1863, and held a prisoner uutil the close of the war, ten months of the

early days, and during the war a member of the eee
urlingame Lodge, No. 14, 1.0.0. F. Is a member of the
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time being at Andersonville. He was married in 1867, at Pennhaven, Pensylvania, to Miss
Lana Smith, a native of Hazelton, Carbon Co.. Pa., and has seven children—Stella, Min-
nie, John, William, Frank, Emma and Dora. He is First Lieutenant of Burlingame Guards.
HENRY C. SCOTT, farmer, Section, P. 0. Burlingame. Our subject was born in
Bradford County, Pa., April 17, 1831, and is the son of Asahel Scott and Melinda (Sherman)
Scott. He grew up ona farm. In 186! he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-Third Regiment
New York Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the following engagements:—Second
Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam and numerous skirmishes. ‘His rank was that of Cor-
poral and he was discharged in June, 1863. He came to this State in 1870, and settled in
Burlingame, and engaged in carpenter work until recently, when he came to the farm. He
was united in marriage in Smithfield, Pa., November 11, 1863, to Miss Olive A. Niles. who
died in Burlingame, July, 1870. He was again married in Wayne County, N. Y., September
12, 1882, to Miss Nellie S. daughter of George T. Russell. He had three children by his first
wife—Clinton S., born January 23, 1865; Earnest F., born December 1, 1866; and Willard
W., born October, 20, 1868, died in July, 1872. Mr. Scott is a member of the Odd
Fellows are
CHARLES M. SHELDON, proprietor of the Sheldon Land Agency, was born at this
place December 22, 1862. In 1880 he attended the State University at Lawrence. _ This is
the oldest land office in the county and was established in 1868 Hon, O. H. Sheldon,
deceased, father of Charles M., and was first called the S. W. Land Agency. i
N. H. D. SHEPARD, merchant. Also deals in agricultural implements, grain and
hay, and is also interested in mining. Does the largest business of any dealer in the county.
In the Burlingame store carries a stock of $20,000, and the sales will reach the enormous
sum of $150,000. Also has a store in Eskridge, which carries a stock of $10,000. The hay
trade will average $50,000 annually, and in 1881 eps 495 cars of bailed hay from Bur-
lingame and vicinity. Mr. Shepard is also interested in grain and cattle to some extent.
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limited way until 1868, when he came to Burlingame. Was born in Middlesex County, Conn.
May 1, 1838. Was married in 1865, at Burlingame, to Miss Daphne §8. Dutton, a native of
Vermont, and daughter of Father Dutton, a pioneer of Osage County, and has three chil-
dren-Nellie, Alice and Emma. In 1865 Mr. Shepard was elected to a seat in the popular
branch of the Legislature from Wabaunsee County, and re-elected the following year. Was
a member of the Board of County Commissioners and Chairman a portion of the time.
Was elected Mayor of Burlingame three terms, Served in the Osage County Battalion dur-
ing the threatened Price invasion of the State. Mr. Shepard is a man of enterprise and
means, and has not only built up a large and growing business, but has displayed as much
public spirit, and contributed as much toward the building up of his adopted city and
county, as any man within its borders. His residence is one of the finest in the county,
i a member of A., F. & A. M. order, and has stock in the Burlingame Union Agricnltural
ociety.
WILLIAM SHOECRAFT, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Carbondale, was born in Boyles-
ton. Oswego Co., N. Y., October 27, 1834. His father and mother were Joseph and Lanah
_ (Calkins) Shoecraft. The ancestors of William Shoecraft were German on the father’s side,
English on the mother’s. Peter Shoecraft, who came to America from Germany, married an
English lady. They had two sons. John and Jacob. Jacob, the younger, married Caroline
Shammon, and from this marriage there were six children—two sons and four daughters.
Joseph Shoecraft, the elder of these two sons, married Lanah Calkins, December 1, 1811,
in Schuyler, Herkimer Co., N. Y. William Shoecraft was educated in the common schools
of his native town. He came to Kansas in 1872 and settled in Burlingame Township, where
he owns a farm of 160 acres, which is wel] improved. He was married in Oswego County, N.Y.,
December 27, 1853, to Miss Susan, senate of Charles Webb, Esq. They have six chil-
dren—Lenah M., Hattie L., William H., Ella G., Evalena J. and Henrietta L. Mr. and
Mrs. Shoecraft are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It appears that Peter Shoe-
craft, the person above named as coming from Germany, is the progenitor of all those
_ who bear the name of Shoecraft in America. There was a rumor that a person of this name,
and not of the same family, was killed in the Revolutionary War. Be this as it may, Peter
Shoecraft is, so far as can be ascertained, the only person of his name who came from
Germany to America, and from him all the above-family are descended.
JOHN SMITH, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Burlingame, was born in Tioga County, Pa., July
31,1819. Sen of John Smith and Amy Thointon. Soon after his birth his father moved to

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ring Mills, Allegany Co., N. Y., where Mr. Smith grew to manhood, receiving such edu-
Cnlae, = the Gommmpn schools afforded. In that new country, with saw and ax, he began to
carve out the future of his life work. After having lived for a time in Mercer County, Pa.,
he came to Kansas in 1855 and settled in Burlingame Township, where he pre-empted a
home on the lonely prairie, and endured unusual hardships, The first winter the snow was
two feet deep, the weather extremely cold and his shanty poor. He would have had a
hard time even had he been well, and his wife had to cut and carry the wood, and thus do
her own work and that of a man’s. His team died and he was left destitute, but it was not
always to be so. He now rejoices in the possession of a comfortable home and the privi-
leges of civilization. He was united in marriage in Venango County, Pa., July 7, 1846, to Miss
Eliza, daughter of Robert Graham, Esq., and Margaret Gordon Graham. They have had six
children, William H., Robert, Ezra, Mary, Frank and Lizzie J. Robert and Ezra are dead.
Mr. Smith has been Justice of the Peace for ten years. He is a member of the Methodiat

hurch. 5 z 7
. HIRAM O. SMITH, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Carbondale. Born in Clarindon, Ver-
mont, July 21,1850. Son of Nathan J. Smith and Eliza Ann Button. He received a good
education and taught school several years, Came to Kansas in 1873. Settled in Bulingame
Township. He owns 240 acres, improved, eeod orchard and buildings. Mr. Smith was mar-
ried in Topeka, Kangas, April 6, 1875, to Miss Maggie J., daughter of William Stewart and-
Isabella Shields. They have three children, Olive May, Charles E. and Willie J. Mr.
Smith is Secretary of Osage County Horticultural Boolely. . ;

WARD SPAULDING, of the firm of E. Spaulding & Son, dealers in groceries,
books, stationery, crockery, jewelry and fancy goods. Carry a stock of about $12,000. In
1881, trade reached $30,000, “This firm carries the largest stock in their line to be found in
Osage County. Mr. Spaulding came to Kansas in 1869 from Williamsport, Pa. Was born
in Bradford County, Pa., February 1, 1828. Resided there until 1865, with the exception
of two years in Wisconsin and two in California. In 1855, went into the dry goods buginess
in Troy, Pa., which he continued there and at Canton, until 1860; removed to Williams-

ort and had charge of a grocery until coming to Kansas. Went to Wisconsin in 1848,
iocating. near Janesville on a farm, remaining three years, and moved back to Pennsyl-
vania. In 1852, went to California and engaged in mining two years at Georgetown.
Was married in Bradford County, Pa., in 1850, to Miss Amanda E. Ballard, and has four
boys—Lucian R., Orrin P., Edward P. and Amos O. Mr. Spaulding was elected County
Clerk of Osage County in 1875, and held the office three full terms as a Republican. The
store building is of stone with brick front, 25x00 feet, finished in the spring of 1881 at
a, cost of $3,500. Mr. Spaulding owns $500 stock in Union Hall. Is a member of A., F.
and A. M. :

CHARLES H. TAYLOR, of the firm of C. F. Adams & Co., real estate dealers, came
to Kansas in 1867 from Connecticut, and has been in present business since 1878. Was born
in South Glastonbury, Hartford Couuty, Conn., March 23, 1843. Remained there engaged
in farming and steamboating on the Connecticut River until 1862, when he enlisted in Com-
pany F, Fifteenth Connecticut. Was twice wounded, but not seriously. Was mustered
outin July, 1885. On his return from the army worked one year in a coffee-mill factory and
farmed until coming West. Was married in 1866 at Glastonbury, Conn., to Miss Ellen M..
Walker, and has four children—Jennie O., Charles G., Frank E. and Harvey S. Has been
Police Judge of Burlingame for one term and Township Clerk for eight years. Is a member
of I. O. O. F. and Encampment, and G. A. R. :

OSCAR THOMPSON, farmer, came to Kansas in 1871 and located four miles west of
Burlingame, from Bartholomew County, Ind. He was born in that county, January 30,
1843. Entered the mercantile business in Waynesville, Ind., in 1863, and followed that about
a year, and afterward followed farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of fine stock.
He enlisted in the army in September, 1861, in Company E, Twenty-second Indiana Infan-
try. Was with his command in Missouri against Price.- Was sent home in January, 1862,
being sick from exposure while in the service. His Company was organized in July, 1861,
and he joined September 10, although never enrolled or sworn in. Served until January.
1862. He has been twice married, first in the spring of 1863 to Miss Mahala Keller, and had.
one child, Mahala. Mrs. Thompson died in September, 1864, at her Indiana home. He was
married-again in 1868to Miss S. M. Stites, and has six children—Edward E., Susan H.,
Laura E., Archie W., Clara and Charles §. His second wife died November, 1881. Hc isa
member of the A., F. & A. M., and H. P. of R. A. M. .

WILLIAM THOMSON, attorney-at-law and notary public, office in bank building,
Burlingame, came to this State in the month of April, 1870. He was appointed to fill the

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legal practice. Mr.Thomson is of Scottish origin, havine been bi in historic Linli
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Scotland, February 24, 1845. When five years of age his parents moved to chicas aN
where his father, Thomas Thomson, soon bought out the oldest established cracker factory
in that city, and controlled it until his death on February 22, 1863. Mr. Thomson graduated
from the ve leago University in the class of 1867, receiving at that time his degree of Bachelor
of Arts, and in the fall of that year became the Principal of the schools at Toulon, the county-
seat of Stark County, Ill., where he continued for one year. The next year ‘he taught at
Astoria, in Fulton County, Ill. During this time he was also privately engaged in legal
studies, and in the summer of 1869 entered the office of Moore & Caulfield, distinguished
lawyers of Chicago, and also attended the law school there, and was admitted to the bar of
Illinois in October of that year. He was married March 26, 1874, near Burlington, in Coffey
County, Kansas, to Miss Sarah E. Hudwall, of Astoria, Fulton County, Th, and has one
daughter, Maud Somerville. He enlisted in May, 1864, in Company D, One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth Illinois Infantry. The operations of the command to which he belonged
were directed against, Price in Kentucky and Missouri. He was mustered out in November.
1864. Mr. Thomeon, besides being successful as a lawyer, has attained prominence in State
politics, having been Secretary of the Republican State Central Committee in 1879 and 1880;
Chairman of Third Congressional District Convention in 1878, and as a candidate for At-
torney General before the Republican State Convention in 1880, received a highly compli-
mentary vote. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1880, voting
therein for the nomination of the lamented Gen. Garfield. He is a member of Corinthian
Lodge No. 79, A., F. & A. M., and Burlingame Lodge, No. 14, I. 0, O. F.
WILLIAM VANDERLIP, farmer, P. Carbondale, Section 10, born in Chemung County,
N. Y.,October 13, 1825; son of Stephen Vanderlip and Nancy Delano, where he lived until 1860,
when he came to the State and settled in Shawnee County, and a year after purchased a farm
in Burlingame, containing 160 acres, which he has improved and now has under the plow.
He enlisted, September 1, 1862, in Company I, Second Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, and
served until the close of the war, participating in all the engagements in which the regiment
was called. Discharged, November 15,1865. He was married in Bradford County, Pa.,
December 1, 1854, to Miss wary J., daughter of Samuel Thomas, Esq. They have seven
children—John P., Charles, William, Edward, Martha, Lizzie and Josephine.

JAMES E. VAWTER, farmer, Section 7, P.O. Carbondale, born in Todd County, Ky.,
February 21,1847, son of Joseph D. Vawter and Sarah M. Foster. He came to this State in 1868.
Settled in Shawnee County, but now resides in Burlingame Township, on 320 acres of im-

roved land. He was married in Tazewell County, lll., February 17, 1874, to Miss Mary
,Huxtable. They have one child—Sarah E.

HORATIO H.WARNER, farmer, Section 16, P.O. Burlingame, was born in Otsego County,
N. Y., November 2, 1823, son of Zachariah Warner and Laura Hall. He was brought up in
his native town on a farm, and was educated in the common schools. He came to Kansas
in 1857, and settled in Douglas County, and three years later came to Burlingame Township,
where he has since resided on a small farm. He was united in marriage in Steuben County,
N. Y., December 31, 1855, to Miss Jane Northrup, by whom he has had four children,
three of whom are living. Mr. Warner is a member of the Methodist Church. ‘

JOHN S. WELTS, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Burlingame, was born in Corning, N. Y.,
December 2, 1847; son of Phillip J. Welts and Delilah Smith. He received a good common
school edncation and learned the carpenters’ trade in Corning and followed that business
for several years. He came to this State in 1878; settled. in Burlingame Township, where
he owns 160 acres, improved.. He was united in marriage in Olean, N. Y., November 18,
1868, to Miss Jennie, daughter of P. J. Velie, and Betsey Wilber. They have four
children—William P., born March 24, 1870; Charles J., born June 19, 1872; Eugene 8. born
November 13, 1674; and Frank A., born January 12, 1881.
Corinthian Lodge, No. 79, A., F. & A. M.

DR. ILCOX, homeopathic physician, came to Kansas in 1875, from Michigan.

Mr. Welts is a member of the

Was born in Orleans County, N. Y., - ay 5, 1833. When three years of age his parents
moved to Ingham County, Mich. Resided there about twenty-five years, engaged in farm-
ing. Commenced reading medicine there with Dr. Smith and practiced some. In 1861 re-
moved to Gratiot County, where he resided until coming to Kansas. Attended medical
lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich. Was married in 1855, in Jackson, Mich., to Miss Sobrina
Muscat, a native of Ohio, and has six children living—Fulton E., Merritt M., Sobrino E.,
Mary E , Catharine M. and Susie. Isa member of A., F. & A. M., K. of H., and the Bap-
tist Church. Is a member of the Relief Association of National Temperance Union. In
the fall of 1883 removed to Wakeeny, Trego Co., Kan.

JACKSON WOOD, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Bradford County.
Pa., February 21, 1834; son of Moses Wood.and Peggic Newell, who was a son of Samue!
Wood and Anna Califf, who was a descendent from William Wood, who came from England
in 1582. The subject of our sketch belongs to the sixth generation from John Wood. Pre-
vious to coming to this State he was engaged in farming, and fruit alsing for thirteen years,
in Cook County, Ill. He came to this State in 1870 and settled in Burlingame Township,
where he owns 8 quarter section of excellent land. He makes dairying a specialty; having thirty
milch cows. Mr. Wood was married in Smithfield, Pa., September 25, 1856, to Miss Mary
E., daughter of Willard Farnsworth and Lucinda Swain. They have four children—Addie
E., born July 5, 1858; William L., born February 21, 1860; Clayton G., born March 24, 1865;
and Flora M., born September 10, 1872. Mr. Wood is a member and deacon of the Christian
Church in Burlingame. 2 ,

LITTLEBERRY M. WYATT, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Burlingame,was born in Fleming
County, Ky., March 22, 1814, son of Colonel Woolford Wyatt and Margaret McCollough,
His grandfathers were Micajah Wyatt and William McCollough, who came from Ireland
in the ship “ Hopewell,” and his grandmothers were Lina Wing and Mollie Sickfret; so
he is of English, Irish and German extraction. Mr. Wyatt was a soldier in the Black Hawk
war of 1832, in Captain Covel’s. Mounted Rifle Rangers. He came to Kansas in 1859 and
settled in Burlingame Township. He owns 160 acres improved. He was married in McLean
County, Ill., November 3, 1846, to Miss Emeline, daughter of Ktobert Dolahan and Sarah
Beeler. They have five children—Woolford, born August 24, 1847; Franklin, born February
4, 1849; Joan, born December 21, 1850; Joshua, born June 30, 1853; and Charles E., born
January 3, 1861.

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NOAH ARNOLD, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Summit County,
Ohio, February 21, 1836; son of GoGree Arnold and Cynthia Phillips Arnold; his grand-
arents were Joseph Arnold, Susan Flickner, and William Phillips. He was brought up in
is native town, and was educated at the high school. He has been on a farm all his life with
the exception of seven years spent in Colorado. He came to Kansas in 1867 and settled in
“Dragoon Township, where he owns 180 acres of rich boitom land. He developed this farm
from the raw prairie; built a house and barn in 1872, at a cost of $2,000. He was married in
Lawrence, Kan., February 8, 1860, to Miss Julia A., daughter of John M. Graham and
Martha Bean Graham. They have eleven children—Arthur M., born February 26. 1861;
Clara J., born June 14,1862; Sarah L., born July 20, 1863; George T., born December 25,
1864: Robert D., born November 26. 1868; Minnie, born February 20, 1871 died June 11, 1871;
Rosa M., born May 19, 1872; John W., born February 26, 1875; Julia E., born April 24, 1877;
Martha C , born April 25, 1879; and Sophia, born July 7, 1881. Mr. Arnold wasa Justice of
j 3 from 1878 to 1880. ; ;
oa Ee TNT a ganna, Section 22, P. O. Scranton, was bornin Granger, Ohio,
February 22, 1839, son of Uriah Briggs and Mary Holcomb. His paternal prend parents were
Seth Holcomb and Zenas Briggs; and his maternal Ruth Codding and Mary Gillett. When
twelve years of age his father moved to Tazewell County, Ill., where he remained fifteen
ears engaged infarming. He came to Kansas in 1866 and settledin Lawrence, and the fol-
lowing year purchased a farmin Dragoon Township, where he has since resided, having
made the improvements on his farm. e was united in marriage in Tazewell County, Ill.,
August 14, 1862, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Leonard palespele and Levina Holstein, on .
ter ge James Anderson. They have three cbildren—Elmer E., born in Tazewell County, Il.,
October 4, 1863; William E., born in Douglas County, Kan,, August 20, 1866; and Lida M., born
in Osage’ County,” Kan., June 8, 1869. Mr. Briggs is a member of the Highland Methodist
Episcopal Church, and’ of Highland Grange, No. 201. and is its Treasurer.

HON. GEORGE S. BROCK, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Tuscara-
was County, Ohio, February 24, 1825; son of Thomas Brock and Mary Smith. He grew up in
Ohio, receiving acommon school education. In 1845 he moved to Fulton County, Ill , where
he developed a new farm, and in 1867 went to Madison County, Towa, and two years later

ame to Kansas and settled in Dragoon Township, where he owns 120 acres of choice land,
He has been a member of the Board of County Commissioners for nine years past. On Sep-
jember 25, 1838 he married Migs Charity A. Worley, daughter of Josiah Worley and Mary

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A. Knox. They have no children. Mr. Brock has erected a good house and other build-
ings, and is regarded as an enterprising, progressive farmer. — '

HON. MAX BUEEK, farmer, residence two and one-half miles southeast of Burlingame,
He is engaged in farming and stock-raising; and he has 160 acres where he resides, well im -
proved. His dwelling house is one and one-half stories; main part 16x3) feet, ell 16x24 feet,
with porches; contains twelverooms, was builtin 1878 at a cost of $1,300. Barn 20x24 feet,
capacity for eight horses, has granaries and corn cribs. Bearing orchard of 1,000 trees of
all varieties. Has 270 head of cattle, eight horses and 200 hogs. Mr. Buek also owns 160
acres of land west of Burlingame, and 560 acres of pasture land in Wabaunsee County. He
came to Kansas inthe spring of 1866 with only $300, which he invested in stock. He
rented land the first two years and afterward taught school, working his farm in vacations,
and thus struggled on until he obtained a start. r, Buek was born in Hamburg, Living-
ston County, ‘Mich., July 8, 1844, When eighteen years of age he enlisted in Company E,
Twenty-sixth Michigan Infantry. Was in the army of the Potomac, and participated in
the following engagements: Suffolk, Blackwater, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom,
Ream’s Station, Hatche’s Run, fall of Richmond and Petersburg; was under Gen. Dix, on
the Peninsula, riot at New York City; was promoted to Regimental Color-Guard at Peters-
burg. Was mustered out in/June, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. Returned to Michigan and
engaged in farming until coming to Kansas. His father was an attorney of Hamburg, Ger-
many, and one of the first settlers in the town of Hamburg, Mich. Mr Buek was married
in the spring of 1874, near Burlingame, to Miss Lucy Crumb; they have three children—
Laura, Mary, and Ada. Mr. Buek is a member of, and established Corinthian Lodge, No. 79,
A, ¥. & A.M. Isa member of Sheldon Post, No, 35,G. A. R. In November, 1882. he was
elected to a seat in the popular branch of the Legislature, and as independent Republican.

SAMUEL H. BUCHANAN, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Burlingame, was born in West-
moreland County, Pa., August 4, 1846; son of Davi1 W. Buchanan and Margaret Henry.
His grandparents on his father’s side were David Buchanan and Margaret McBride; on
his mother’s side Samuel Henry and Mary Ralston. He received a good common school
education in his native town. He lived in Peoria County, Ill., several yearsand came to
Kansas in 1878. He settled in Dragoon Township, where he owns a farm on Dragoon
Creek with excellent improvements. He was married in Farmington, Il., June 1, 1871, to
Miss Anna E., daughter of Joseph Harvey and Cynthia Kenlay. They have two children—
Jessie S., born April 10, 1873; and Mary E., born September 28, 1880. Mr. Buchanan is a
member of the Presbyterian Church. :

A. C, EASTER, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Highland County,
Ohio, November 4, 1838; son of John Easter and Mary A. Miller. His paternal grandpa-
rents were Jacob Easter and Jacob Miller; and his maternal grandparents were Elizabeth
Evans and Mary Barnett. He was educated at Butler University. Ind., graduating class
of 1864. He was set apart to the ministry, by the Christian Church in Sabina, Clinton
Co., Ohio, 1866, He came to Kansas in 1869, and settled first in Wabaunsee County, but
later settled in Dragoon Township, where he owns a splendid farm containing 240 acres,
all improved; corn the principalcrop. He soon became the pastor of the Christian Church
in Burlingame, and still holds that position, very much loved by his people. He was mar-
ried in Clinton County, Ohio, August 24, 1864, to Miss Angeline M., daughter of Abner C.
Mills and Huldah Hall. They have three children—Perry H., born in Highland County,
Ohio, January 15, 1866; Grace M., .born in Clinton County, Ohio, June 14, 1868; and Bur-
nell M., born in Osage County, Kan., April 19, 1871. {

SAMUEL M. HATFIELD, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Pop Corn; born in Dublin,
Ind., December 7, 1841; son of George C. Hatfield and Lydia Dunbar. Hegrew up in Wa-
bash County, Ind. Enlisted October 24, 1841, in Company D, Forty-seventh Regiment
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and on December 4, 1863, was transferred to Forty-seventh
Regiment, Indiana Veterans, and discharged October 23, 1865. He came to Kansas in 1869;
settled in Topeka, where he remained.two years and then settled in Osage City and was'en-
gaged in the grocery business. In 1879, he bought a farm in Dragoon Township, contain-
ing 160 acres of improved land. Besides his own farm, he is farming on a large scale and
owns a coal mine on his farm which is being worked to good advantage. He was married
in Osage City, June 8, 1871, to Miss Mary O., daughter of John C. Williams and Mary
Wilson. They have three children—Ernest E., horn April 12, 1874; Olive A., born De-
cember 28, 18:6; and Eva M., born September 21, 1882. Mr. Hatfield is an Odd Fellow
atd a member of the G. A. R.

DANIEL R. KILBOURNE, farmer, Section 23, P.O. Burlingame, was born in Canada, No-
vember, 1837; son of Benjamin Kilbourne and Sophia Corley. He was educated at Stanstrad
Academy and the University of Vermont. Came to the United States in 1856, settled in-Illinois,
and in 1871 came to the State and settled in Dragoon Township. Owns 440 acres improved,
good buildings, fine orchard, etc. Mr. Kilbourne is one of the most enterprising farmers in

is immediate neighborhood. He is public spirited, and always ready to lend his voice and
influence in favor of every worthy enterprise. He enlisted in 1862 in Company I, Fourteenth
Regiment Illinois ‘‘avalry. His regiment followed the guerrilla Morgan, and were in the
battle of Knoxville, Tenn., and with Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea. He was pro-
moted from Second Lieutenant to Captain by brevet, and was honorably discharged Octo-
ber, 1865. He was nnited in marriage January 1, 1868, in Rockford, Ill., to Miss Alice E.,
daughter of Jerome B. Brewer. They have three children—Gertrude V., Charles H and
Floyd A. Mr. Kilbourne is a Master Mason and a member of E. P. Sheldon Post, No. 79,
G.A.R. He has served several terms as a Justice of the Peace.

HON. JOHN L ROOKS, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Saratoga
County, N. Y., May 9, 1803; son of Daniel Rooks, born in Maine, and Prudence Dickason,
born in Litchfield, Conn. His grandparents were John Rooks and Elijah Dickason. He
lived in Potter County, Pa., thirty-seven years, where he was a Justice of the Peace for fif-
teen years and was elected and served as County Judge for five years. He came to Kansas
in 1858 and settled in Dragoon Township, taking up 160 acres and improving them. He has
been twice married: In Potter County, Pa., January 7, 1827. to Miss Delilah Kibbe, who
died October 10, 1876; he was again married in Burlingame, Kansas, September 30, 1877, to
Mrs. Elizabeth Bigalow. He has had nine children, four of whom are dead. The living
children are: Orlando P., William A., Francis M., Emily and Bryan N. Mr. Rooks has
been for many years a Baptist. He was offered the nomination to Congress, but declined
to enter the political arena. The richest legacy he will leave his children will be the memory
of alife of honor and tery

EDWARD SILVER, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Washington
County, Md., August 24, 1828; son of Edward Silver and Mary Locher; his parents dyi
when he was a mere child, he went with his aunt into the Shenandoah Valley, Va., an
there he grew to manhood. In 1860 he went to Tazewell County, Ill., and eight years after
came to Kansas, settled in Dragoon Township, wheré he owns 160 acres of improved land.
He was married in Tazewell County, Ill., November 19, 1864, to Miss Marilla O., daughter
of Uriah Briggs and Mary Holcomb, born September 14, 1844. They have seven children—
Millard F., born March 6, 186; Mary L., born August 3, 1868; Ann V., born September 21,
1871; Edward U., born April 23, 1874; Emma M., born March 1, 1876; George W., born
February 26, 1879; and John F., born September 30, 1881. They lost an infant, born August
27, 1867, and died ‘September 11, 1867. ‘

BASVIL P. SEYMOUR, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Burlingame. Was born in Roots-
town, Portage Co., Ohio, August 4, 1833. Son of Erastus Seymour and Mary Ann Chapman.
Mr. S. was brought up in his native town and received such an education as the common
school and a course at the Normal afforded, and then taught school several terms. His
early life was spent onafarm. He came to this State in 1857, and settled in Auburn,
Shawnee County, and in 1866 he moved to Osage County and settled in resent Township,
where he developed a fine farm, which he recently sold, and bought a small farm, on which
he resides. He had his buildings and improvements destroyed by a cyclone, but undaunted
he 5 ren set to work to repair the damage. He was united in marriage to Miss Emeline,
daughter of David and Mary Hammond, in Auburn Kansas, March 31, 1859, who became de-
ranged from neuralgia and died March 5, 1860. He then returned to Ohio for a short time,
but returned and was again married in Auburn, April 4, 1861, to Miss Mary J., daughter of
Jacob Blanden and Cloe O. Allen. They had five children—Erastus Loomis, born June 28,
1862 ; died May 24, 1870; Edward Martin, born June 28, 1863; Charles Allen, born Septem-
ber 4, 1866, died November 29, 1879 ; Lettie Blanden, born December 26, 1868, and George
Chapman, born June 18, 1878. Mr. Seymour was one of the constituent members of the
Presbyterian Church in Auburn, and held the office of an elder.
elder of the Presbyterian Church in Burlingame.

MERRIT M. STOW, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Burlingame, was born in the town of
Windsor, Broome Co., N.Y., in 1820. Son of Horace H. Stow and Sarah G, Mathews. He
came to Kansas in 1859 and settled in Woodson County, and in 1862 came to Osage County
and settled in Dragoon Township. He owns a farm of 120 acres. Has in it rock, coal and

He is now a member and
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timber. He enlisted in 1861 in Company A, Ninth Regiment Kansas Cavalry, but was soon
after discharged. He was married in Bellevidere, Ill., October 23, 1845, to Mary, daughter of
Thomas and Sarah A. Judge, and they have six children—Leonard R., born March 24, 1847;
Sarah A., December 8, 1848; Levi D., December 14, 1850; Sabina M., born October 4, 1853;
Louis O., June 18, 1856; and Ella C., born April 11, 1858. Mr. Stow is a member of the
Methodist Church, _ e

HIRAM WARD, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Grayson County,
Va., January 27, 1837. Son of Stephen and Mahala (Wilkinson) Ward, who descended from
Chesley T. Ward and Thomas Wilkinson. He was Brought up in his native county on a
farm and was educated in the pay sciiools of his time. e moved to Benton County, Ark.,
and during the late war he was eenncn ee into the Confederate army but soon made his
escape and came to Kansas in 1862, and became Second Lieutenant of Company C, Second
Volunteer, Kansas State Militia, and participated in the engagements with Sterling Price,
at Westport. He was taken prisoner and compelled to march to Nutonia without shoes or
clothing, and was there pera ed. He first settled in Shawnee County, but in 1866 came to
Osage County and bought a farm in Drege Township, where he has since resided. He
Makes thoroughbred stock a specialty e has served ten years as Justice of the Peace,
and for the past three years has been President of the Burlingame Union Agricultural So-
ciety. He has succeeded in prohibiting gambling and horse racing on the fair grounds. Of
course he is not liked by the sporting fraternity but he is highly respected by all good citi-
zens, the farmers especially, He was married in Grayson County, Va., May 24, 1856, to
Miss Lydia A., daughter of Henry and Rebecca Isam Wilson. They have no children of
their own, but have adopted a bright little girl (Lulu M.), born Feb. 2, 1874, Mr. Ward and
wife are members of the Methodist Church in Burlingame. ;

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OSAGE CITY.

Osage City is the metropolis of Osage County, and is pleasantly situ-
ated on the level valley lands, on the north side of Salt Creek. The Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad passes through the central part of the
city from northeast to southwest.

The population of the town within its corporate limits is about 2,500,
but adjoining are several tracts, laid off in lots, and occupied by residences,
which, though outside the corporation, properly belong to the town, and will
swell the population to fully 3,400.

The streets of the city are provided with lamps at each .corner, are
wide, and are kept in good order. A great many of both the business houses
and residences are large structures, neat in design. Along the business
streets are many large and costly buildings of brick and stone. All
branches of business are carried on, and all are prosperous. The educational
and religious institutions are of a very superior order.

The greater part of the town site is on Section 26, Township 16, Range
14 east. The original town site was nearly all on the west side of the rail-
road. The principal additions, are Wetherell’s and Dodd & Boyd’s Addi-
tions on the east; Dodds’ and Dodds & Martin’s Additions on the south of
the Jast named; east of which is Rosenberg’s Addition. East of Wetherell’s
Addition is Jennings’. North of the original town is Wetherell’s Sec-
ond Addition.

The first settlement made in the neighborhood of Osage City, was at a
point about one and one-half miles west, by E. Kibbe and family, in March,
1865. The next was in June, 1866, by C. S. Martin and family. After that
settlement progressed quite slowly until the town was surveyed. There
were, however, many farms opened in the vicinity, previous to that time,
many of them by Swedes.

Osage City was surveyed and platted late in the year 1869, after the
route of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad had been fixed, but be-
fore it had been built to that ney T. J. Peter, then superintendent of the
Railroad Company, had purchased a large tract of land of John N. Weth-
erell, and had agreed that a railroad station should be located on the land
of the latter. The original town site, west of what is now the business
part, was surveyed by the Arkansas Valley Township Company, which was
composed generally of officials of the above named railroad. About the
same time Wetherell made an addition on the east, and began selling lots,
through John F. Dodd, his agent.

Building began at once. The first lumber for the store of Bothel &
Ryus, was hauled on December 3, 1869. The store was finished and opened
in January, 1870. A little before this John F. Dodd’s Hotel, west of the
railroad track was finished and opened. It now forms a part of the City
Hotel which occupies the same site. Several buildings were commenced
during the winter, the second store being that of Drew & Playford, opened
in March, 1870. Soon after, John A. Martin opened the first hardware
store. In the fall of 1868, a post-office had been established, less than one
mile distant from the present Osage City, and was called Onion Creek.
Thomas Martin was postmaster. In March, 1870, the name of the office
was changed to Osage City, and John F. Dodds was appointed postmaster.
The first sermon preached in Osage City, was by C. g Martin, in Febru-
ary, 1870.

‘ During the year 1870, the town grew quite rapidly. The first regular
train of cars passed through in May. John F. Dodds, as agent for the Ar-
kansas Valley Town Company, and for J. M. Wetherell, was very active
in the sale of lots, and inducing settlers to locate. The greater number of
buildings were erected on Wetherell’s Addition, and this has ever since been
the business center of the city. In the summer of 1870, the first coal mines
were opened by the Osage Carbon, Coal & Mining Company.

In 1870, a large two story brick schoolhouse was erected, which was
afterwards blown down, and one story again -built up, and now is used as
one of the wardschools. The first marriage’ in the vicinity of Osage City,
was that of James H. Kibbe to Hannah Martin, October 18, 1867. The
first on the town site was that of Mr. Fowler and Mrs. Griggsby. The first
birth wasa child to Dr. and Mrs. McCormack. The first death was that of
Mrs. Samuel Shaffer.

After the township was surveyed it ger very rapidly for about three
years, after which a somewhat dull period was experienced for a few years
and during which time it progressed but slowly. As soon as business
throughout the country began to revive, the town again began to grow rap-
idly, and its improvement and development, has since progressed steadily.

In June, 1874, the town was visited by a severe wind-storm. The two

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

story brick schoolhouse and the Catholic Church were blown down, the
Swedish Church was blown off_the foundation, a few barns and small
buildings blown down, and several business houses’ and residences slightly

damaged.
Daring the history of the town there have been but few fires. There

have been instances where one or two buildings were destroyed at a time,
but not until November 2, 1882, was the town visited by a general conflagra-
tion. The fire broke out about four.o’clock, on the morning of the above
date, on the north side of Market Street, between Fifth and Sixth. It was
not long until the half square from the post-office to the railroad track was
on fire. The only aid in extinguishing it was a Babcock Extinguisher, and
ahose. A large number of men soon gathered, and every effort was made
to save the buildings on the upper side of the street, and the ost-office
building. This was accomplished only with the greatest difficulty. The
buildings on the south side of the street were damaged considerably. The
total loss by the fire is estimated at $35,000.

CITY GOVERNMENT.

Osage City was incorporated asa city of the third class about the 1st of April, 1872.
The first pity olcere Weis Joni A. Martin, Mayor; A. C. Sine, Clerk and Marshal; 8. M.
Barry, Attorney; J. C. Williams, Police Judge; T. J. Mathews, Treasurer; Samuel Reed,
Assessor; Samuel Slusser, Street Commissioner. The first City Council were Samuel
Slusser, W. H. Hobbs, Thomas Jenkins, T. J. Mathews, and O. J. Sweadman.

On May 27, 1879, Osage City was incorporated asa city of the second class. The first
officers were: James Gilson, Mayor; D. O. Crane, Clerk, W. H. Dodds, Treasurer: J. W.
Jackson, Police Judge; C. S. Martin, Attorney. The City Council was as follows: First
Ward.—Joseph Stott, and O. E. McElfresh; Second Ward.—John Ogren, and A. J. Rich-
mond; Third Ward.—John Gray, and Charles Leander: Fourth Ward.—W. H. Smith, and
John A. Martin. Of the Board of Education, H. Kirby was President; and W. W. Miller,
Treasurer. The remainder of the Board were J. V. Admire, P. Hanberg. H. O. Anderson,G.
Johnson, E. Mills, T. B. Edwards, and W. L. Schenck The present officers are—: Mayor,
A. B. Cooper; Clerk, C. D. O. Crane; Attorney, C. S. Martin; Police Judge, J.W Jackson;
Marshal and Street Commissioner, J. N. Williams; City Assessor, J. A. Drake, Night
Watch, William Jackson; Justices of the Peace, Elijah Mills, A. M. Hale; Constables, L.
W. Learn, W. J. McMillen; Councilmen; First Ward—A J. Bolander, Charles Stackhouse;
Second Ward—H. I. Doom, Benjt. Olson; Third Ward—John Gray, Thomas Kimball;
Fourth Ward—Samuel Marshall, T. G. Randall. : 7

Fire Department.—The only appurtenances are a Babcock Extinguisher and a hook
and ladder truck. J. N. Williams has charge of the department.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND THE PRESS.

Before the beginning of Osage City a school district had been formed, and a school-
house had been built within a mile from the town site. This was in 1868. In the fall of
1870, the schoolhouse was moved to the new town. E. Mills was the first teacher. The
two-story brick schoolhouse was completed soon after. Different departments have been

added, until now, including the City;Superintendent of Schools, eleven teachers are employed. _

There are now 1.062 pupils of school age inthe district. In the central part of the city is the
large two-story brick schoolhouse erected in 1880, at a cost of $20,000, in which eight de-
partments are taught. The other schools are taught in smaller houses in various parts of
the city. The school is in a very prosperous condition, each department in charge ofa
competent teacher. In the high school an academic course of study is pursued.

The City Board of Education is as follows: J. V. Admire, Cnairman; E. Mills, Clerk;
D. W. Morgan, H. O. Anderson, T. M Truitt, Asher Adams, T. M. Gruwell, Robert Craig,
Sam Slusser, W. H. Scott, J. M. Abbott, Superintendent of Schools.

The citizens of Osage City have ever kept up religious organizations and their insti-
tutions have always been liberally supported.

The Presbyterian Church was organized soon after the beginning of the town. The
church was built in 1872, and stands on the corner of Lord and Seventh streets, Rev. W.
W. Curtis is pastor.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized at an early day. The church is a Jarge
brick structure, on the corner of Sixth and Lord streets. The class is a largeone. Rey. 8.
G. Griffis is pastor.

The United Brethren Church is in a prosperous condition. The church was built in
1874, and stands on Elmwood strect.

The Baptist Church is located on Lord Street, between Sixth and Seventh. Services
are held regularly. Rev. G. W. Melton is pastor.

The First Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church has quite a lar,
ehurely is located on the corner of Holliday and Second streets.
pastor.

The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Church is on the corner of Lakin and
Second streets. Services are held regularly. Rev. C. P. Mellgren is pastor.

St. Patrick's Church (Catholic) has a large membership, and a large church edifice on
the corner of Lakin and Sixth streets. Thomas C. Moore, D. D., is rector. p

The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church is situated on Elmwood Street, between Fifth
ine ee The society has about twenty-five members. Rev. J.T. Evans of Arvonia, is

e pastor.
he Welsh Congregational (or Inde; ent) Church has about eighteen members,
peewar meetings are held in the Calvinistic Methodist Church. Rev. H. Davies, of Arvonia,
is pastor,
. Lhe Evangelical Church Association holds regular meetings at Hunsicker’s Hall, on
Sixth Street. Rev. 8. H. Dunkelberger is pastor.

The African Methodist Episcopal Church is located on Holiday street, between Third
and Fourth; Rev. John Young is pastor.

The Christian Church was formed in April, 1880, wlth thirteen members, which have
been increased to twenty-six. There has never been a regular pastor, but C. 8. Martin,
under whose lead the church was organized, officiates. This society is in &@ prosperous
condition and regular services are held,

The Swedenborgian Church was organized in May, 1873, by Rev. Adam Peabody, the
State Missionary, with twelve members. The society now numbers twenty-three members,
and services are held regularly in the old ‘‘ Free Press’ building.

The press of Osage City has always been kept up to a high standard of excellence, and is
well patronized by an appreciative reading public.

The Osage City Free Press was established in August, 1871, by W. H. Morgan and A.
B. Cooper. It was then called the Osage City Shaft, but in.March, 1875, John P. Campbell
purchased it and changed the name to the Free Press. After publishing the paper about a
year he sold it to W. H. Morgan, who continued it until March 1, 1881, when it was pur-
chased by the present editor and proprietor, J. V. Admire. This paper is an eight-column
folio, and Republican in politics. It is printed on a @heaphe steam-power press.
ee present editorial management it is considered one of the leading newspapers in

The Osage City Republican is a weekly newspaper, established June 9, 1882, by D. J.

Roberts. It 1s an eight col i 7 ‘ ‘ 2 t
lican in politics. ght column folio paper, and is printed ‘‘all at home.” It is Repub-

membership. The
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SOCIETIES.

_ Signal Lodge, No. 41, A., F. & A. M., was instituted in Feb 1878, der

a apeneaaon, and was chartered on the 16th of the followin, October: She ak

a cers were: S. L. Myers, W. M.; T. B. Haslam, S. W.; D. M. lemmer, J. W.; W. L.

ca Treas.; W.H. Dodds, Sec.; W. A. Cotterman, 8. D.; H. B. Miller, J. D.; J. N.

: ie yi a toaeeten werg te only chatter meee ns bape Sia is now about
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Charity Lodge, No. 55, A., F. & A. M., (African) was instituted June 16, 1878, with
fourteen members. It now has but thirteen. Of the first officers, C. Pullam nae W. M.
and Willis Gleves. Sec. , ,

sage Roy rch Chapter, No. 46, R. A. M.,was instituted early in the year 1880, with the
following officers: T. B. Haslam, H.P.; D H. Danhauer, K.; Willian, Ho, cath, 8; D. A. Hanks,
Sec.; Jacob Metz, Treas.; J. H, Sowell, C. of H.; A. McCulloch, P. ge 8. L. Myers, R. A.
C.; E.N. Terrill, M.3d. V.; T. M. Gruwell, M. 2nd. V.. The above named were all the
charter members. The charter was dated February 13, 1891. The-lodge is now in a pros-
perous condition with nineteen members. The officers for the close of 1882, are: A J.
Utley, H. P.; H. B. Miller, K.; T. B. Haslam, S.; W. L. Schenck, Treas.; W. A. Cotterman,
Sec.; J. H. Sowell, C. H.; A. McCulloch, P.8.; 8. L. Myers, R_A.C.; 8. B. Enderton, M.
8d V.; T. M. Gruwell, M. 20d V.; D. M. Clemmer, M. Ist V.; H. W. Jenness, T,

Osage City Lodge, No. 82, I. O. UV. F.. was instituted in January, 1872: with twenty
members, The lodge now numbers ninety-six members, and is in a prosperous condition.
The present officers are:—M. B. Campbell, N. G.; M. Hanson, V.G.; S. Jones, Rec. Sec.:
Eli Bernheimer, Per. Sec.;L, W. Brown, Treas.

Order of Chosen Friends.—This society has a good membership and is in a flourishing
condition. The officers are: W. W. Miller, N. W. Laubach, P, C. U.s; Dr. W. L. Schenck,
C. C.; Mrs. A. J. Bolander, V. C.; Rev. W. W. Curtis, Rec ; H. B. Hubanks, Treas.; Rev.
W. W. Curtis, Chap.; James Froud, Mar.; A. R. Bothel, Warden; J.S Sisson, Guard.

Osage City Lodge, No. 73, A. O. U. W. was instituted April 23, 1881, with seventeen
members. The first officers, were as follows: D. Ainsworth, P. M. W.; W.H. Dodds, M.
W.; J. M. Hershey, F.; C. J. Coleman, 0.; D.H. Van Derventer, G,; G. C.yHorning, Rec.,
J.C. Jones, F.; M. L. Campbell, R.; L. W. Learn, I. W.; J. W. Williamson. O. W.; W.
B. Artz, M. E. The lodge is in & Prceperone condition and now has twenty-three members.
D. H. Van Deventer is M. W., and D. O. Crane, Rec. #

_ Harmony Lodge No. 1,049, XK. of H. was instituted in April,1878, with sixteen members.
It is now in a flourishing condition, with thirty-three members. The officers for the closing
months of the year 1882, are: G. Marple, Dictator; John W. Letter, As’st Dict'r; Rev. G.
W. Melton, Chap.; Robert J. Hill, Rep. 3 L. Learn, F. R.; A. J. Bolander, G.; Robert ‘Tuch-
man, G.: I. 8S. Spencer, 8.; Robert J. Hill, Treas. |
'ureka Lodge, No. 34, K. of P. was instituted on February 25, 1881, with eighty mem-
bers, forty of whom were old knights. The first officers were: George Calhoon. C. C.;
Philip Barke, V. C.; Edwin Thomas, K. of R. & S.; Alexander Jarvie, it E.; John Nick-
lin, M. T.; H. Kirby, P.; William Irving, M. of A. In February, 1882, the lodge was
incorporated under the laws of the State. For the last part of the year 1882, Edwin
Thomas was C. C.: J. T. Connell, V. C.;S. Ledoux, K. of R. & S.; John Slusser, M. of F.;
Joseph Charvoz, M. at A. Joseph Stott, M. of E.; John Laing, I. G.; A. C. Ledoux, O. G.:
L. 8. Sprague, Pr.; H. Kirby, F. A. Peak, and Charles Tustin, Trustees. The membership
of the lodge is now ninety-four

Canby Post, No. 11, G. A. R., was organized October 26, 1881, with a membership of
twenty-six, which has since been increased to seventy-eight, The present officers are: T.
L. Marshall, C.; W. H. Mossman, S. V.C.; C. E. Birdsall, J. V. C.; H. Kirby, 8.; J. V.
Admire, C ; E. W. Hanrslip, Q.M ; D. O. Crane, Adj.; S. S. Everhart, 0. D.; John 8,
Stone, O. G.; James A. Drake, S. M.; William Roady, Q. M.S. The first officers were the
ne as Le except that C. 8. Miller, was J. V. C.; W. J. Meskinen, O. D.; and Ashker

ms, S. M.

Fidelity Sen: No. 849, Knights of Labor, was organized in November, 1878. It
now has upward of fifty members. Joseph Stott is W. M., and William Bloch, R. 8.

MINING COMPANIES, BANKS AND HOTELS.

Osage City is the center of the coal fields of the county, and the mining interests being
developed makes the city the thriving and busy place it now is. During the first year of
the history of the town mining was commenced, and this has developed from year to year
until there are now twenty-eight shafts, which when running in full capacity yield 1.600
tons per day, and employ upward of 1,200 men. These figures represent the working capacity
in the busiest season. Besides the shafts are a large number of drifts and strippings, which
employ many men and teams, and add much to the minjng interest of the town.

The Osage Carbon Company succeeded the Osage Carbon, Coal and Mining Company,
which was the first to open shafts here. The officers are W. B. Strong, President; KH.
Wilder, Treasurer; L. Severy, Manager; and Robert Craig, Superintendent. The number
of men employed are 600; the number of shafts worked, 12; tonnage mined per day 750.

The Superior Coal Company has the following officers: Asher Adams, President; P.
Lyon, Vice-President; Charles Tustin, Secretary; John Sherley, Treasurer; John Gray,
Superintendent. The number of men employed are 150; number of shafts worked, 4; ton-
nage mined per day, 200. : . -

The Western Coal and Mining Company has the following officers: Gust. Johnson,
President and Superintendent; B. M. Johnson, Secretary and Treasurer. The number of
men employed are 200; number of shafts worked, 6; tonnage mined per pay, 300.

The Scandinavian Coal and Mining Conpany has the following list of officers: A. B.
Cooper, President and Superintendent; M. A. L. Olsen, Secretary and Treasurer. The
number of men employed are 150; number of shafts worked, 4; tonnage mined per day, 200.

. The Pittsburg Coal Company operates but one shaft, works 75 men and has a capacity
of 100 tons per day, ‘ |

Dougherty and Maynard's Shaft.—This mine has been lately opened. A number of
men are employed, and its capacity will average about the same as tite other shafts. <

. The Osage County Bank was chartered November 19, 1880. It has a capital stock (paid
in) of $50,000. A general banking and collection business is carried on. The officers are
as follows: W. . Miller, President; L, Severy, Vice-President; T. L. Marshall, Cashier;
T, J. Peter, L. Humphrey, P. I. Bonebrake, William B. Strong, Joab Mulvane, M. W.
Martindale, Directors. sek et Z

The Osage City Bank is the oldest established in the city. and was one of theJ. 8.
Danford banks that failed in 1881, causing so great excitement at the time. Osage City is
the home of Danford, and those most intimate with his business are still in doubt whether
he had lost the depositors’ money in imprudent speculation, or thathe robbed them of the
money and retained it. Heavy losses in reckless speculation was probably the real cause of
the failure of all his banks. This bank is still open settling old business, but this is about
= “The Bone Fotet is one of the leading hotels of the city, and is located on the corner of
Market and Sixth streets. O. E. McElfresh is the eee : ; : ‘

The Osage City Hotel is the oldest established hotel in the city, a portion of it having
been built by John F. Dodds in December, 1869. It is now a large house, nearly opposite

. C. Harding is proprietor. ; ce i
oe The aie City Plowriny Mill was built and set in operation in 1871, by Martin &
Clemmer. In 1873, C. S. Martin assumed the sole proprietorship, and controlled it a num-
ber of years. It is now owned by the Wetherell estate. The mill has four run of burrs,
and a good quality of flour is made.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

. M. ABBOTT, Superintendent of Osage City schools, came to Kansas in
Au Sage oe Burlington, Iowa. Was born in Miami County, Ohio, September 20,
isi When eight years of age his parents moved to Cedar County, Iowa, where he re-
mained until twenty years of age, engaged in farming. Taught his first term of school in
Missouri in 1866. Afterwards completed a course of study in the State University of Iowa.
T: ine ht two years in Glenwood. Then became Superintendent of Creston, Iowa, schools,
here he remained three years. Then went into merchandising in Muscatine one year.
Th oo went South as General Agent for the Andrews School Furniture Company, of Chicago,
ti : ling throughout most of the Southern States. On his return came direct to Osage
sity. 7 as married in 1869, at Independence, Iowa, to Miss Katie Ruterman, a student of the
- ae University and a teacher of several years’ experience, and has three children—Mabel,
Winfred and Norman. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity. ;
APTAIN J. V. ADMIRE, editor of the Osage City Free Press, was born in Johnson
CAP Ind. October 15, 1842. "In 1852 his father, Rev. James B. Admire, then living on a
County Morgantown. {nd., was admitted to the itinerant ministry of the Methodist Epis-
Shoal Church of the Indiana Conference, and appointed to the French Lick Circuit, Dubois
Count He continued in the ministry until the summer of 1861, when his death occurred
Coy ankeetown, Warrick County, Ind., from typhoid fever. Captain Admire’s mother died

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about the same time and from the same disease. The subject of this sketch was practically
thrown upon.his own resources at an early age, as his father’s family was large, and the
salary of a ‘‘ Methodist preacher’’ at that time was very meagre. Prior to the war, from
the time he was sixteen, he engaged in school teaching, though he never adopted teaching
asa profession. It was merely a temporary expedient to raise funds to enable him to pros -
ecute his studies. In 1859-0 he attended Delaney Academy, at that time a very prosperous
Cumberland Presbyterian institution, located at Newburgh, Ind.,, and distinguished himself
by the delivery of a very radical anti-slavery oration at a public “exhibition” the winter
prior to the nomination and election of President Lincoln. August 12, 1862, he enlisted as
a private soldier in Company E, Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at Newburgh, and
upon the organization of that regiment at Camp Lewis. near Evansville, Ind., was appointed
to the office of Sergeant, serving as such until June 5, 1863, when, upon the recommenda-
tion of Col. John W. Foster, who was the commanding officer of the regiment, he was
commissioned by Gov. Oliver P. Morton as Second Lieutenant of his company. March 21,
1864, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, and November 28, 1864, to Captain of his com-
pany in which office he served until the ‘‘ muster out” of his regiment, which occurred at
Greensboro, N. C,, June 22, 1865, the regiment receiving its final pay and discharge at In-
dianapolis in ta of that year. Captain Admire was on duty with his company and regi-
ment continuously during the whole period of their service, never missing a day’s duty on
account of sickness or other cause. In the spring of 1863 the regiment was re-organized as
mounted infantry, after having spent a few unprofitable months marching up and down
the country on foot in pursuit of the well-monnted Rebel guerrillas that infested and over-
ran Southwestern Kentucky in the vicinity of Henderson, Owensboro, Madisonville, Mor-

anfield, and adjacent points. After thie, during the summer of 1863, this regiment, aided
iy Gen. Shackelford's regiment of Kentucky Cavalry, succeeded in capturing and dispersing
all the organized bands of guerrillas in that portion of the State, and in the latter part of the
summer marched across the Cumberland Mountains. and, with little opposition, entered
Knoxville and took possession of East Tennessee, participating afterward in all the troubles
incident to the siege of Knoxville by Longstreet, and the leisurely, so-called, retreat of that
noted Rebel General into Virginia. In the spring of 1864, at the beginning of the ‘‘Atlanta
Campaign,’ the Sixty-fifth was dismounted and assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Di-
vision, Twenty-third Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, and participated actively in all the
troubles of that noted compalgn from beginning to ending. Was in the battles of Franklin
and Nashville, after which the Twenty-third Corps was transferred via the Ohio River.
Cincinnati, Washington and Annapolis to the mouth of the Cape Fear River—Fort Fisher.
Met Gen. Sherman’s Army at Goldsboro, N. C., and was at Johnson’s surrender at Raleigh.
After his return home, Captain Admire, intent upon the completion of his education, en-
tered Asbury University as a student, quitting it, however, at the beginning of his junior
year. In 1866, without any previous knowledge of the newspaper business, he commenced
the publication of a Republican weekly newspaper at Newburgh, Ind., which he called the
Warrick Herald, and continued it for two years, when it was sold to the proprietor of his
Democratic local contemporary, and its publication discontinued. September, 1867, he was
married to Miss Emma Lewis, of Newburgh, whose father, Dr. Eli Lewis, had sqwed as
Surgeon of the Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteers, and who afterwards removed to Topeka,
Kansas, where he died August 1, 1882, after an active and continuous medical practice of
over fifty years. Captain Admire came to Kansas in the latter part of July, 1869, and tried
farming in Shawnee County for something over two years, when he abandoned that business
in era disgust, and bought an interest in the North Topeka Times, of which he was editor
and partly and wholly publisher for about a year and a half. He was appointed postmaster
of North Topeka in 1872, re-appointed and confirmed by the Senate in 1875, and held the
office until May, 1878. In November, 1878, he removed to Osage City, and entered into a
law partnership with Hon. Ellis Lewis, having been admitted to the bar in 1867. At the
expiration of a year he engaged in other business, and March 1, 1881, he bonght the Osage
City Free Press, of which he is yet editor and principal owner. He was appointed postmas-
ter of Osage City February 10, 1882, his appointment was confirmed by the Senate on the
17th of the same month, received. his commission March 14, and took charge of the office
April 1, 1882. He was elected a member of the Board of Education of Osage City April.
1881, and choyen as its President a year afterward. He previously served as a member of
the Board of Education of the city of Topeka. He is a member of the I-0. O. F., Osage
City, No.-79, and also a member of the order of Chosen Friends. He has three children
James Lewis, Mina and Eli, aged respectively thirteen, eleven and seven. :

DR. W. B. ARTZ, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas‘in 188. Was born in
Aledo, Mercer County, Ill.. in 1850. Resided there until coming to Kansas. Began the
study of medicine in 1873 with Dr. T. L Ashbaugh. Attended Rush Medical Colle, ‘e, Chi-
cago, in 1874-5-6. Practiced in Joy, Mercer County, Ill., until 1878, and entered Keokuk
Medical College, graduating in 1878, and practiced in Mercer County. Was married in 1879
in Joy, Mercer County, Il]., to Miss Hannah Kiddoo, and has one child—Bertha. Isa mem-
ber of the City Council and A. O. U. W.

WILLIAM BLOCK, General Manager of Osage County Mercantile Association: incorpo-
rated January 3, 1881; capital stock $10,000. Mr. Block came to Osage City in 1876‘ worked for
the A. T. &S8. F. R. R. five years. Was born in Annathal Kreis Pitsen, Austria, in 1853.
Came to America when nineteen years of age, and located in New York City, where he
worked at his trade—that of a machinist. Is Secretary of Knights of Labor, Osage City.

DR. SAMUEL F. BROWN, farmer, Section 5, P. O. Osage City, was born in Bar-
tholomew County, Ind., August 13, 184); son of Samuel Brown and Elizabeth Mason, and is
a brother of George W. Brown of Burlingame Township. Mr. Brown was brought upon a
farm, and was educated in the common schools. He came to Kansas in 1880, and owns 160
acres in Superior Township,on which he resides. Beginning'on the raw prairie he has already
made good improvements on his farm He was married in Bartholowtiew County, Ind,.
September 15, 1861, to Miss Mary A. Stilley. They have four children—Laura E., born
September 11, 1862; Orlando W., born August 5, 1864; Clara F.. born October 1, 1866; and
Love, born April 30, 1868. Mr. Brown isa member of the Methodist Church.

D. O. CRANE. Secretary of the Superior Coal and Mining Company and City Clerk,
He came to this State in the spring of 1858, locating at Topeka. He enlisted in 1861, in the
Second Kansas Infantry, as a musician, participating in the battles of Wilson's Creek, and
others. He was discharged October t, 1861, re-enlisted March 17, 1862, in the Fifth Kansas
Cavalry, and was with his command in twenty-three engagements Colonel Powell Clayton
made complimentary mention of the gallant defense of Pine Bluff Post by the Second
Kansas and First Indiana Regiments, who held the post against fearful udds, and finally
repulsed the Rebel forces, October 25, 1863. Wasmustered out July 19, 1865 Mr. Crane
was born in Northampton County, Pa., February 12. 1842. When twelve years of age he
moved to Dobb’s Ferry, Westchester Co., N. Y.. where he resided until the spring of 1858
when he moved to Osage ony the fall of 1870 and farmed ror three years, three miles
east of Osage City. He then kept the Osage City House for one year. Was elected City
Clerk in 1877, and with the exception of eighteen months, has held that position since. He
was married March 3. 1869, at Topeka, to Miss Anna S. Kay. a native of England. They
have three children living--Mary E., Anna §S., and Franklin L. Is a member of Eureka
Lodge, No. 34, K. of P., and a member and foreman of Osage City Lodge, No. 73, A. 0. U.
W., and is Adjutant of Canby Post, No. 11, G. A. R., and occupies the position of Depart-
ment Inspector. g

A. B. COOPER, was born in piariing, Cayuga Co., N. Y., January 2, 1843, and was the
youngest of a family of five children. His parents were farmers, his father dying when he
was but five years old, his early life alternated between working ona farm uring the
summer season and attending school during the winter. He entered thearmy in April, 1861
by enlisting in the First Cayuga, or Nineteenth New York Infantry, which after the first.
year become the Third New York Artillery. He was engagedin the campaigns of General
Patterson during a posed of 1861, and later was under the command of Ueneral McClellan.
Hisregiment was then transferred to North Carolina, under General Burnside. whose com-
mand was subsequently turned over to General Foster. He participated while in this de-~
partment in the battles of Kingston, White Hall, Goldsboro, and the taking of Fort Macon
at Beaufort, where his company was under constant fire for ten hours. He was discharged
from the army at Auburn, N. Y., in 1863. He attended school at Red Creek Academy. in
August of the same vear, until Jannary, 1864. He went from there to Talley Seminary,
Fulton, N. Y., where he remained until 1866, during a portion of which time he was en.
gaged in teaching. He entered the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, in August of
the same year, where he remained until 1871, when he graduated from the Law Department
of that institution. He came to Osage City, Kan., in April, 1871. and commenced the practice
of law. Was associated with W. H. Morgan in starting the Shaft, a weekly newspaper. Was
elected to a seat in the popular branch of the Legislature. in 1872. Became interested in
mercantile business in Osage City in 1873. He was married at Jordan, N. Y., January 2,
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of the same year, to Sue C. Vere. Became President of the Scandinavian Coal and Mining
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voted the Republican ticket.

ROBERT CRAIG, Superintendent of the Osage Carbon Company and Kansas Carbon
Company. Came to Kansas January 12, 1871. Has been connected with the above com-
panies since their organization, and had charge of the mines of the Carbon Coal and Mining
Company, from the time he came to Kansas till the organization of the Osage Carbon Com-
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eye in the ore business since he was ten years of,age. Visited his native country
in 1861, remaining only a ahort time, and again in 1864, and remained six years as manager of
the Home Farm and Dalzell Collieries. as Township Treasurer for four year, and mem-
rd of Education, :
leg REV, + W OURTIS, pastor of Presbyterian Church, came to Kansas in 1871, he was
born in Saratoga County, N.Y., May 8, 1844. He resided there until 1860, when he entered
Princeton College, graduating in the Classical and Theological courses in 1870. He was
married in 1880 at Osage City, to Miss Katie Roberts. They have two children—William
H., and Edna H. Iga member ot ne LO. O. F., and Chosen Friends. Is one of the Ex
Lini ittee of the City Schools. , oe edess
ae NORAY, Guperintendent of Superior Coal & Mining Company, came to this State in
1876, and commenced work in the mines for the Carbon Company, afterward for the Scandi-
navian Company and in 1879 organized the Superior Company, and has since been its
Superintendent. He was born in Cornwall, England, June 26, 1850. Resided there until
1867, engaged in mining, his father being a machinist. John Gray came to America, work-
ing at Calumet, Houghton Co., Mich., in the mines, leaving there in 1869. He was married
in 1872, in Wiikebarre, Pa., to Miss Mary A. Prynn, a native of Cornwall, England, and

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‘Ja livineg—Sarah A., having lost five. Is a member of the Knights of Labor
bas ome ee tS, en Treasurer, and lao K. of P., Eureka Lodge, No. 34. Has been a

 

member of the A. ©. F., and I. 0. 0. F. Is President of the Osage City Oommon Council
and has been a member of the Board four years. Mr. Gray bas been a miner since eight
ears of age.

A THOMAS M. GREWELL, farmer, Section 28, P.O. Osage City, was born in Stark
County, Ohio, February 9, 1834; son of Isaac and Rath (Elliott) Grewell, whose parents
were Timothy Grewell, Alice Pennock, Isaac Elliott and Ruth McCall. Mr. Grewell was
educated in the Western Reserve Seminary, Ohio, and Cornell College, Mount Vernon,
Towa. He had various employments on the farm, in the store and sc eolroom, in each
of which he was successful. He came to Kansas in 1859, and settled in Neosho Rapids,
Lyon County, where he opened the first hotel in the place. He had some hard times, but
too much pluck to ask aid from his friends. He held the first Teachers’ Institute ever
conducted in the State, and was instrumental in forming the State Teachers’ Association.
He was in the militia and aided in driving Sterling Price from the State. Mr. Grewell
is one of the enterprising men in Osage County. His success in business is owing
in some measure to the help of his wife, who has been a helpmeet indeed to
him through all the labors and trials of a pioneer life. Mr. Grewell owns a splendid
farm of 360 acres in Superior Township, well improved and finely stocked. He was
united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth, ere of John and Hannah (Hammer) Blay-
lock, November 5, 1857, in Cedar County, Iowa. They have eight children: Lenni Leoti,
born April 16, 1859; Isaac O., born November 6, 1860; William C., born June 8, 1863;
Ruth H., born May 8, 1870; John T., born July 11, 1867, died ony 21, 1869: George S.,
born August 20, 1872; Clarence B., born April 1, 1878, and Edward A., born February 28,
1882. Mr. Grewell is’ member of Signal Lodge, No. 141, A., F. & A. M., of Osage City
Chapter, No. 42, Royal Arch Masons, and Emporia Commandery, No. 8, K. T.

A. M HALE, Justice of the Peace, has held the office since 1880, and has tried 387
civil and %5 criminal cases and married twenty couples, Came to Carbondale in 1872, and
has engaged at his trade—wagon-making—at Lyndon. Was born in Broome County, N. Y.,
in 1830, but attained his majority in Susquehanna County, Pa., and resided in Kentucky
until 1868. In 1861, enlisted in Company A, Second Michigan Cavalry; was in the army
of the Cumberland; was at New Madrid, Shiloh and Perrysville; was wounded October 16,
1864, at Mayfield, Ky., while in charge of a Government train, from the effects of which
he has never fully recovered, The last two years of his enlistment was in the Secret Ser-
vice of the Government Has been twice married. First, in 1851, at West Albany, N. Y.,
to Miss Lavina McGiebbeny, who died in 1858, and.by whom one child was born, Hattie,
now Mrs, Davis of Belmont, N. Y. Was married again in 1870 in Bates County, Mo., to
Miss Sarah Cleary. Is a member of Canby Post, G. A. R., I. O. O. F..No. 82, and

1.0. G. T. .
WILLIAM HASLAM, M. D., homeopathic physician and surgeon, is also engaged in
loan, insurance and real estate business. Came to Kansas in 1869, locating at ‘Glivets
remained about three years.and removed to Osage City. Was born in Manchester, Eng-
land, March 25,1845. Came to America when about three yearsof age, locating at Portage
City, Wis. When about sixteen years of age removed to Minnesota, living on a farm near
Rochester, finally locating at Chatfield, Minn , where he commenced the study of medicine
ae his ey Dr i ee Paaated Hon ae St. Louis Homeopathic Medical
ollegein . Receiv e Franklin prize for being the most efficient stu
in me ere (one memuet ot the A,, Bg A.M. - ae
.. C. , County Attorney and member of the firm of Thompson & Heizer, w:
born in Vermont, Fulton Co., Ill., December 7, 1851. Came to Kansas in 1857 and jlogated
four miles east of Burlingame, In 1868 he entered the State Normal School at Emporia
and remained three years. In 1874, began the study of law with Hon. William Thompson.
of Burlingame. Was admitted to practice in 1876, and located at Lyndon, Osage County,
where he remained until 1880, when he located at Osage City. In the fall of 1882, was
elected County Attorney of Osage Sonny on the Republican ticket. Was married Feb-
ruary 1. 1882, at Lyndon, to Miss Minerva E. Whitman, eldest daughter of Prof. Whitman
of Lyndon, Kan. : i
J. , Manager of W. C. Edward’s lumber-yard, formerly Kansas Lumber -
py Has been connected with the yard since 1874. Came to Kansaa in 1869, Tous ta ein
anklin County; came to Ounee City in 1872. Was born in Durham, England, “Aprils
1851. When about one year old, came to America, locating in Pennsylvania; remained
there until nineteen years of age engaged in coal business. Was married in 1879, at Osage
City to Miss Bessie May, a native of England. Is amember of K. of H.

HENRY HOWELL, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Osage City, was born in Monongalia
County, West Va., December 22, 1834; son of Leven and Ann Howell, was married De-
cember 25 1857, to Ellen Courtney, daughter of Michael and Rebecca Courtney. He en-
listed in the war urnek 25, 1862, in Company C, Fourteenth Regiment West Virginia Vol-
unteer, Infantry, He was in the following engagements: Cloud Mountain, Martinsburg,
Winchester, Lynchburg, Steven’s Depot, and numerous skirmishes. He was a non-com-
missioned officer, acting as Second Ser; eant, and was i
He moved to Indiana, July 27, 1865, ian there to this Bure wy fagehanged, Pe parohaued
268 acres of land in Osage County, where he now resides They have eight Pal@ren=—
George B., born in West Virginia, December 4, 1858, and died “4 Eureka g rings, Ark.
February 12, 1883, from blood poison, caused by a spraiy which resulted ar the loss of
one foot, with the above result; Meloil L., born in West Virginia, January 11, 1860; Mary
E., born in West Virginia, October 8, 1861; Ida A., born in Indiana sane 6 i867; died in
- Kansas September 29, 1872; Nettie B., born in Kansas December 19, 1869; William O.
born in Kansas, September 6, 1873; Grace R.. born in Kansas, May 23, 1876; and Lida
ss , January 8, 1879. Mr. Ho i i i
Cirureh at Burlingame. y well and wife are members of the Baptist
. WwW. CKSON, Police Judge and real estate dealer. i
land.now owned by the Reading, Pa , Iron Works, and ane to Haasastn too? ae ataied
at Topeka, working at the printing trade until 73, when he came to Osage City. He
was born in Cecil County, Md., October 9, 1824; when quite young moved to Pittsburg;
when about twenty-one years of age moved to Indiana; in 1855, established the Oxfor
Evening Mail, which he published some four years. He enlisted in Com any F, Forty-
third Indiana; served about one year. Removed to Decatur, Ill., in 1865, where he engaged
in the lime and coal business about one year. He has been Police Judge of Osage City
six years. Has been twice married: first to Miss Mary Covey, of Jamestown, Ind., Febru-
ary 10, 1848. They had five children. Mrs, Jackson died November 7, 1857: was married
again in 1872, to Mrs. Z. M. Morrell of Burlingame, who came to this State in 1854,

GUST. JOHNSON, President and Superintendent of the Western Coal and Minin
Company, organized in 1879; capital stoc' oe Had oneshaft in 1879 and eniployed
fifteen men; now have four shafts and employ about 150 men In 1882 did a business of
about $50,000. Mr. Johnson came to Kansas in 1869. He was born near Christinehaun
Sweden, March 20, 1815; engaged in farming until coming to America in 1869. Since 1874
has -been engaged in mining, He was married in 1875, ‘in McPherson County, Kan., to
Miss Blanda M. Lilien, a native of Sweden. They have three children—Emma C., Alma
and Esther M. A singular fact is, that all three were born in the month of July, and two
years and twelve daysapart. Mr. Johnson isa Deacon and Trustee of the Sweedish Lu-
theran Church. He was the first Superintendent of the Scandinavian Coal and Minin:
company, and has been Councilman and a member of the Board af Education for movers

DR. H. KIRBY, physician and surgeon, came to Kansas in 1872; has resided and prac-
ticed at La Cygne. Located at Osage City in 1876. Was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in
1826. Graduated in Ohio Medical College, in 1849, and practiced over twenty-two years in
Delaware County, Ind. Entered the service in 1862 as Captain of Company K, Eighty-
fourth Indiana; on the 13th of April, 1865, he was commissioned as Surgeon. Was mar-
ried in 18:9, at Lebanon, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Johnson and has three children living:
Anna, Walter and Mary M. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and Past Chancellor
K. of. P.; and G, A. R, Isa member of Kansas and National Eclectic Society.

W. J. McMILLIN, auctioneer and commission merchant, and dealer in second-hand
furniture. Came to Kansas in August 1878, and worked in the coal mines about eighteen
months and has since becn engaged in the present business. He was bornin County Down,
Ireland, in 1842; and when quite young, moved to Scotland, and resided about ten years in
England. He cameto America in 1870, locating in Alleghany County, Md., where he re-
mained nntil coming to Kansas. Was married in December 1864, in Northumberland,
England, to Miss Alice Mitchell. They have eight children living: Thomas, Jane, Wil-
liam, Isabella, Alexander, Sarah, Ann and John; one dead nearly five years old. Is a
member of the K. of P.

HON. CHARLES S. MARTIN, attorney-at-law. came to the State in May, 1866 and en-

aged in farming and stock-raising one mile west of the city, which he continued for ten years,
In the meantime preparing himself for the bar. In 1876 he was admitted to practice and has
since been active and successful in his profession. In 1872 he was elected to the State Sen-
ate from the Twenty-first District; and in 1574 was re-elected to the same position. He was
born in Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind., November 14, 1836. When about thirteen years
old moved to McDonough County, Ill., and remained about five years. From
thence moved to Butler County, Iowa, where he resided until enlisting, in 1861, in Third
Towa Battery; was first under Gen. Curtis in the army of the Southwest, until the fall cf
1862, when he was transferred to the Mississippi department, and in the spring of 1863 was
in the Vicksburg campaign. Participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Jackson,
Black River Bridge. Haines’ Bluff, Arkansas Post, Little Rock and Helena, On J! uly 4,
1863, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant before his discharge. He was mustered ont
October 22, 1865, at Davenport, Iowa. Was married December 6, 1857, at Clarksville, Iowa,
to Mrs. Thaney A. Taylor, a native of Washington County, Ind. He is a member of A., F.
& A. M., I. O. O. F. and Encampment G. A. R., and K. of H. Isa member of the State
‘Bar Association.

ELIJAH MILLS, was born Beplemer 14, 1841, in Fayette County, Ohio; cnlisted Sep-
tember 6, 1861, at Washington C. H_, in Company K, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry as
a private; was appointed Corporal in 1862, and Sergeant in 1864. In 1864 the regiment ‘‘veter-
aned ” at Strawberry Plains, East Tennessee, was reorganized and became the Eighth Ohio

 

r . Mills was Quartermaster Sergeant of his Company when mustered
Vv plate ee ae ahs, Ohio: ered in the Twenty-third Army Corps; participated in
the following battles: Lewisburg, W. Va., May 23, 1862, Gauley, W. Va., 1862, Charleston,

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W. Va., 1862, Somerset, Ky., March 30, 1863, Carter’s “‘ Knoxville Raid.” May, 1863, Pound
Gap, Tenn., Siege of Knoxville, from November 17 to December 5, 1863. Bean’s Station,
East Tenn., December 14, 1863, “‘ Raid to Lynchburg,” under Gen. Hunter. His regiment
served upon outpost and scouting duty in West Virginia, for two years and a half, and did
the same sort of duty for a year in Kentucky and East Tennessee, eneneing An a great many
skirmishes and minor battles. His own and two other companies of the regiment, were sur-
prised at night, while stationed at Huttonsville, W. Va., in 1864, and captured. The bal-
ance of the regiment, stationed at Beverly, was at once notified and pursued the Rebels so
hotly that they were obliged to take the horsesand arms and let the prisoners go. Is mar-
ried, and has seven children; came to Osage County from Jamestown, Greene Co., Ohio,
November 3, 1868; a prohibition Republican and a member of the Methodist Church.
Dr, W. H. MOSSMAN, ae came to Oaaze City in 1870, where he practiced his
rofession until the fall of 188%. Was born in Mercer County, Pa., February 18, 1839.
hen quite young his parents moved to LaSalle County, Ill., where he remained three
years, and removed to Grundy County, remaining five years, and from thence to Benton
County, Ohio, where he remained until twenty years of age, engaged in farming and attending
school. In 1858, he returned to Grundy County, and in 1861, enlisted in Company F,
Thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry. Was in the battle of Pea Ridge, and from there went into
Mississippi, was afterwards at Cincinnati, Ohio, when Bragg threatened to capture the city.
His command was re-organized at Louisville, and assigned to the army of the Cumberland.
Participated in the battle of Perryville, where he was slightly wounded. At the battle of
Murfreesboro was wounded four times, and captured, but shortly afterwards paroled
and sent to Camp Dennison, Ohio, for two months. Thenreturned to Chattanooga, and was
romoted to Sergeant. Was mustered outin September, 1864. Returned to Benton County,
owa, and studied medicine with Dr. Boyd, of Vinton, two years, and afterwards attended
Keokuk Medical College. Commenced practice at Blairstown, Iowa, in 1:68. Was married
in March, 1866, at Vinton, Iowa, to Miss N. J. Jordan, of Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio,
They have fivechildren: Fred H., Luella, Bertha, Arthur, and Eva N. He is a memberof
1.0 0. F., G. A. R. of which he is Senior Vice-Commander and District Deputy. Is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. :

J. W. NORMAN, prope Osage City Marble Works, commenced business here in ®
October, 1880. Does al] kinds of plain and ornamental work. Was born in Boston, Eng-
land June 30, 1846. When four years of age came to America, locating at Lexington, Ky.
where he remained until 1875; commenced his trade at Lexington in 1866, and has worke
atit continuously since. Wasin the Government employ about one year, He was married
October 25, 1882, at Kansas City, Mo., to Mrs. Foltz, a native of Virginia. Isa member of
Osage City’ reek, No. 82, I. 0. O. F. :

OSHUA PAGE farmer, Section 31, P.O. Osage City. Born in Hardy County, W. Va.,
July 18, 18 8; son of Alexander Page and Erie Purdem. When six years old he moved to
Ohio, where he lived on a farm four years; from there he went to Indiana; lived there eleven
years; from there he went to California, lived there eleven years; from there back to
Illinois, lived there eight years: from there came to this State, and settled on a farm in Su-
perior Township, on the quarter section where he now lives. The land is well improved
under his own hand from raw prairie. Mr. Page was united in marriage to Miss Grace
Blake in Coley County, Il]., May 24, 1866. They have three children: Francis I., Mary G.
and Janet. He isa member of the K. of H. He has been a farmer all the time, except
two years while he was in California. He worked in the gold mines during this time.

DR. F. A. PEAK, dentist, came to this State in 1872. Was born in Johnson County,
Mo., in 1849." Studied dentistry with his brother, Dr. A, B. Peak, of Holden, Johnson
County, and commenced uprecvielny in 1877. He was married in 1870 in Harrisonville, Mo.,
to Miss Agnes Butler. Is a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 34, K.of P. Built a new resi-
dence in 1882 at a cost of $1,000. ‘

MONROE PETER, farmer, Scction 1, P. O. Peterton. Born in Baltimore, Md.. Feb-
ruary 27, 1839.. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he lived three years, engaged in rail-
fae ges He came to Kansas in 1868, and settled in Osage County, Enlisted in June, 1861,
in the Fifth Ohio Battery. Was in the battles of Pea Ridge, + pringfield, Nashville, Pitts-
burg Landing, Jackson (Miss.), Helena, (Ark.), Balls Bluff, Pine Bluff, etc. Was dis-
charged July, 1865, He was married in Cincinnati April 30, 1860, to Miss Mary Carroll.
arse use seven children—Fanny, Grace, Laura E., George A., Lydia A., Lillie M., and

omas G. :

C. 8. PLAYFORD, notary public and insurance agent, located in Osage City in January,
1870. Came to Kansus in 1897, and located in Burlingame. Was born in Geneva, N. Y., in
December, 1845. Came to Kansas when about eleven years of ae. Was married in May,
1873, at Osage City, to Miss Mary Hildebrand, a native of Indiana, and have two children—
Nellie and Jessie. Has been Township Trustee and Treasurer and Justice of the Peace.
Was elected Police Judge in:1876 and served two terms.

SAMUEL W. REID, clerk in the office of (‘sage Carbon Company. Has been connccted
with the company since 1872 in the capacity of weighman and clerk. Came to Kangas in
1870 from Kentucky. Was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1840. Came to America when an
infant, and resided in New York City until he was fourteen years of age. Went South,
where he resided until the breaking out of the war, and finally located in Eastern Kentucky,
where he was married in 1866 to Mrs. Tooel, and have two children living—Magygie and John
S. In 187+ he was elected a member of the City Council. Is a member of I. 0. O. F. and
A. O. U. W.

D. J. ROBERTS was born at Liverpool, England. October 14, 1855. He came to America
in 1857, and lived in New York City until 1870, when he removed to Emporia, Kansas, where
he worked at his trade as a printer until 1873. He then visited the larger cities, working at
his trade. In 1875 he weit to England, working in London. After visiting the cities of '
In a short time he went to Kansas
City and worked on the Journal there nine months, when he established the Herald at Amer-
icus, Kansas, which he published until his removal to Osage City. In its edition of Octo-
ber 12, 1882, The British and Colonial Printer and Stalioner, published at London, England,
pays the Repudlican and its editor a high compliment. He was married at Americus on
September 5, 1881, to Miss Effie A. Bond, who was born at Hazelton, Pa. :

DR. W. L. SCHENCK was born at Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio, February 14, 1825. His
father, Garret A Schenck, dying when he was only ten years of age, his education was under
the care of his generous and loving mother—Mary Plume Schenck. When fifteen years of
age he was sent to Cary’s Academy, Pleasant Hill, Ohio, and from _there to Miami Uni-
versity. In 1846 he commenced reading medicine in the office of Dr.David Baird, attending
lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, during the winter of 1847-48, and at Dart-
mouth Medical College, New Hampshire, during the autumn. of 1848, when he graduated.
During the winter of 1848-49 he attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and in
the spring of 1849 commenced the practice of his profes-ion in his native village. In 1854
he was appointed by the Warren County Medical Society to report upon the pecuniary re-
muner.tion of physicians. The address was published in pamphlet form by order of the
society. Although not a politician, the Doctor took great interest inthe first election of
Abraham Lincoln, and spoke in his cause. At the outbreak of the Rebellion, he offered his
services, and was commissioned, October 1, 1861. Surgeon of the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and in November, 1862, by request of Maj.-Gen Hamilton, he was appointed to duty
on his staff. At the close of this year, on acceunt of failing health, he resigned his commission.
He was soon after directed by the Surgeon Gencral to report to Louisville for examination
for a commission as United Statcs Surgeon of Volunteers, but feeble health prevented. In
the spring of 1863 he was appointed Surgeon on the Board of Enrollment for the Third
Ohio District, where he remained until the close of the war. On the 10th day of August,
1870, his wife, Julia Bliss, of Calais, Vt, whum he married January 17, 1849, died, leavin
four children—Charles Meigs, Julia, Allie and Nannie; the oldest then a student at Antioc
College, the youngest only eight years of age. Soon after the death of his wife he left his
old home and went to Burlington, Iowa, remaining there only a few months and removing
thence to Burlingame, Kan., and eight months later to his present home at Osage City. Here
he became acquainted with Miss Lizzie Dodds, who wasa graduate of the Springfield (Ohio)
Female Seminary, and had, with her mother, recently moved to Kansas from Carrollton,
Montgomery Co , Ohio. On the 16th of January, 1873, they were married; by which mar-
riage there are four children—Stewart Zwingle, Hellen, Bessie and Eva. In Kansas the
Doctor soon took rank among the leading members of his profession and was made President

. of the Osage County Medical Society, and also of the East District and State medical societies.

He has contributed many valuable papers to the medical press, and has been called upon to
read other treatises before the socicties, and has becn a member of the American Medical
Association since-1859. When President of the Kansas State Medical Society, he delivered
an address in which he earnestly advocated the establishment of a State Board of Health,
and the passage of a law to protect the public against unqualified practitioners. He has
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been invited to speak on various topics, and has done considerable editorial work. In 1865
he spent the winter in Little Rock, Ark., where he wrote editorials for the first Republican
paper established in that State. During the Vallandigham-Schenck campaign in Ohio, he

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engaged in political work, vigorously opposing the election of the former. He united with
the Eastern Star Lodge, No. 55, A., F. & A. M., in 1847, und is a member of Osage City
Chapter, R. A. M. and Emporia Commandery, K. T. In his religious connection he is a
Presbyterian, though in belief a liberal Christian,

- CHARLES SKINNER came to the State in 1870, and has accumulated. considerable
property. Was born in Gloucesstershire, England. March 20, 1829. Was married in 1848 to
Miss Harriet Roberts, and have three children, Wasa member of Foresters of England.

JAMES H. SMITH, farmer Section 3, P. O. pa City, was born in Brooklyn, Susque-
hanna County, Pa., June 27, 1841; son of Hallam R. Smith and Sarah A. Hurd Smith, whose
parents were Isaac Smith and James L. Hurd. In his childhood he moved with his parents
to Sussex County, N. J., where he was brought up and educated in the common schools and
at boarding school. In 1857 he went to Springfield, Ill., and lived there until 1868, when he
came to this State and settled in Superior Township, where he owns a section of choice land,
well adapted to stock-raising, being well watered by Salt Creek, which passes through the
farm. He has 300 acres under the plow, and keeps 12 horses, 130 head of cattle and
300 hogs. He employs two hands, and isa prosperous farmer. In December, 1865, Mr.
Smith was united in marriage to Miss Annie W., daughter of Henry S. and Asenath J. (Warren
Osborn. They have three children, two daughters and oné son—Ella H , Nettie R. an
Hallam R. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both members of the Presbyterian Church in Lyndon.

WILLIAM H. SMITH, Sheriff of Osage County, residence at Osage City, came to Kan-
sas, and locatedon a farm on the Dragoon, six miles north of Osage City. Enlisted in
September, 1862, in opeey I, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, participating in all the engage-
ments of his command, being promoted to Corporal before he was mustered out in Novem-
ber, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth. He returned to his home in Osage County and engaged in
farming. In the fall of 1879, he was elected Sheriff of Osage County, and in 188] was re-
elected. Was bornin Fallsburg, Sullivan Co., N. Y., February 25, 1840. With the excep-
tion of two years’ residence in Pennsylvania, resided there until coming to Kansas. He
was married in April, 1866, at Burlingame, to Miss Helen A. Crumb, a native of Pennsyl-
vania. They have three children—Elsie L., Edward L. and Bessie E. Is Senior Vice-Com-
mander of Canby Post No. 11, G. A. R., and is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Ségnal Lodge,
No. 141, and A, O. 1°. W. and a charter member of each. Mr. Smith’s father, Lotan Smith,
was one of the earliest settlers of Osage County, locating on the Dragoon as early as 1854,
near where the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad now crosses the creek.

W. D. SMITH, farmer, Section 4, P. 0, Osage City, was born in Susquehanna County,
Pa., December 25, 1838, son of Hallam Smith and Sarah A. Hurd. His youthful days were
spent in Sussex County, N. J’, and then he went to Sangamon County, Ill., and in 1868
came to Kansas and settled in Superior Township. He owns a farm containing 800 acres,
which he has developed from the raw prairie, and has it well stocked, etc. Mr. Smithis
one of the few genuine farmers of the county, employing hel P sufticient to make his farm

roductive and profitable. In 1869 he built a house costing $1,000, besides other houses on
Bis farm for the use of his employees. Mr. Smith was married in Osage County January
8, 1882, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of Samuel B. Hadden and Pheobe W. Winans.

MY RON W. TURNER, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Osage City, was born in Madison County,
N. Y., March 9, 1821, son of Whitney’ Turner and Malinda Soper, where he grew to man-
hood and was educated in the common school. He.mdved to Chicago, Ill., and lived there
about twelve years, and for atime in Boone County, Il. He came to the State in 1875, settled
in Superior Township, on afarm containing 140 acres, which he has improved and now has
under a fine state of cultivation, with good house, barn, etc., and an orchard of about 400
trees. Mr. Turner was married in Madison County, N. Y., May 15, 1844, to Miss Caroline
M., daughter of Ralph I. and Betsy Gates. They have been blessed with seven children,
viz: Orson A., born August 29, 1845, and died in Nashville, Tenn., December 265, 1864,
while a soldier in the army; Emma J., born November 3, 1848, died May 21, 1855; Murtis
A., born October 25, 1850; Adel, born October 26, 1858; Lorell D., born December 25, 186 ;
Emma J., born October 31, 1855 and Sedalia F., born August 25, 1864, Mr. Turner is
a member of the Second Advent Church.

HON. A. J. UTLEY, attorney-at-law, of the firm of Lewis & Utley, was born May 30,
1833, in Luzerne County, Pa. In 1838, removed with his father’s family to Delaware County,
Ohio He was educated at Central College, Ohio, Oberlin, Ohio, and the Ohio Wesleyan
University. He took a thorough scientific course, thereby obtaining a practical English
education, with some knowledge of the ancient languages. He left home in 1859, and en-

aged in the mercantile business at Marengo, Morrow Co., Ohio, where he was married the
Following year to Miss Ellen M. Hance. He removed to Starke County, Ind., in 1861, where
he commenced the practice of the law. In 1863, he removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., and
entered the senior class of the law eae of the Michigan State University, located
at that place, and graduated from that University in 1864, after which he removed to Gratiot
County, Mich., and entered upon the practice of his profession, and continued in the prac-
tice of the law at Ithaca and St. Louis, in said county, until his removal to Kansas, in 1879.
He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1868, and held the office for two years, at the ex-
piration of which time he declined a re-nomination, He was a candidate in 1874 for Cir-
cuit Judge of the Twenty-first Judicial District of Michigan, but was defeated by a very
close vote, In 1878 he was elected Thrice Illustrious Master of the Grand Council of Royal

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a8 heer for many years an Bevel member of the A., F. & A. M. Chapter, Council, Com-
mandry and Egyptian Rite, and is thoroughly conversant with the ritual, symbolism, his-
tory and jurisprudence of ‘Ancient Craft, Capitular, Cryptic and Chivalric Masonry. Mr.

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Utley came to Kansas in 1879, remained in Topeka one winter, and in the spring of 1880
removed to Lincoln Township, Osage County, where he engaged in farming. In June,
1881, he opened a law office in Lyndon, Osage County, where he remained until December,
1882, when he formed a co-partnership with Hon. Ellis Lewis, of Osage City, and removed
to the latter place where he now resides. In politics, Mr. Utley commenced life a Repub-
lican, casting his first vote for John C. Fremont, in 1856. He remained a Republican until
1872, at which time he supported Horace Greeley for President, and in 1876, Peter Cooper,
since which time he has been prominently connected with the Greenback party. In 1882,
he was elected Chairman of the Greenback State Central Committee of Kansas, which po-
eiuoe he now holds. “He has an adopted daughter, now Mrs. David Hance, of Salt River,
Mich.

PETERTON.

This town is situated on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,
about three miles north of Osage City. It is exclusively a mining town:
and has few business houses. It was laid out by the Osage Carbon Company;
and named in honor of T. J. Peter.

The town has a population of about five hundred, consisting almost en-
tirely of miners. The houses are comfortable, and are all frame structures,
and owned generally by their occupants. The schoolhouse is quite large,
and a good school is taught.

The Osage Carbon Company. owns most of the coal fields around Peter-
ton. Here they have two shafts, employing one hundred men, and turning
out, in the busy season, about 150 tons of coal per day. They also own sev-
eral drifts and strippings. -

; There are also within a short. distance, four more shafts, each owned by
different firms, which employ a number of men, and are doing a thriving
mining business.

LYNDON.

_, This town is the county scat of Osage County, and is situated on the
hillside sloping from the north side of Salt Creek. The location is a short
distance southeast from the center of the county, and is a very pleasant one.

Lyndon is a city of the third class, and has a population of about six
hundred. There are two hotels, one bank, one flouring mill, two news-
papers, three churches, a large two-story schoolhouse, and a number of busi-
ness houses, which enjoy a good trade in all branches common to a country
trade. Many of the buildings in the town are large, substantial and present
a fine appearance.

The first settlement on what is now the site of Lyndon, was in April,
1869. The diminished reservation of the Sac and Fox Indians had just been
opened for settlement, and M. M. Snow, William Haas, B. G. Hall, and 8.
C. Gilliland conceived the idea of pre-empting a tract of land here with a
view to laying out a town and ultimately to sccure the county-seat Each
entered a claim of 160 acres, making an entire bedy of 640 acres, on Section
31, Township 16, Range 16, and on Section 6, Township 17, Range 16.

Soon after removing to their claims M. M. Snow opened a store, where
he enjoyed a good trade as the adjoining country was fast being settled. -

In the fall of 1869, a post-office was established and called sage Center.
M. M. Snow was appointed postmaster. .

It was proposed to lay out a town on forty acres from each. of the
quarter sections above named, making a town site of 160 acres, but the
owners lacked the means to improve the town. The new town was called
Vanes Crate, ;

arly in the year 1870, N. D. Fairbanks, then livin at, Burlingame, -at
the solicitation of the owners of the land, entered ide a Poureaonileaney
OSAGE COUNTY.

with Judge Lawrence D. Bailey, relative to formin a Town Company. A
meeting was held, a Town Company formed, with Judge Bailey at its tread
and the name Lyndon selected for the proposed town.
On March %, 1870, the town was surveyed, and it was not long till
building commenced on a large scale. There was one grand rush for the
new town that was expected so soon to become a city as well as the county-
seat. From the very first, lots sold for a high price, and within the first
ieee eee ee Pe increased until $1,000 was asked for desirable
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others wer hake bate were several business houses opened, while
__ By the middle of October there were full one hundred and twent
buildings, of which about twenty were ueihass houses. There were hen
two hotels. The population numbered about five hundred.

A county-seat election was held in October and Lyndon declared the
county capital, and though the officers were enjoined not to remove the
records to the new town, it continued to improve for some time, and
additions were made to the old site.

The first birth was in the summer of 1870, and was that of a girl named
Lyndon Smith.

The first death was that of Amos A. Gardner, on October 10, 1870.

The first marriage was that of L. D. Gardner and Sarah E. Thomas on
January 8, 1871.

_ The first school was taught in the summer of 1870, by J. M. Watkins,
in a house on the hill, in the northwestern part of the town. The first
schoolhouse was built in 1870, in the southeastern part of the town, where
the new stone house now stands, and the first term of school was taught in
the spring of 1871, by Prof. J.S. Whitman and an assistant.

he first sermon was’preached in the spring of 1870, by Rev. Mr. Barker,
a Baptist minister. The first church was the Methodist Episcopal, built
late in the year 1870.

On May 1, 1871, Lyndon became a city of the third class. 8. C. Gilli-
land was elected Mayor, and H. W. Jenness, John 8. Fdie, William Haas,
M. M. Snow, and J. W. Hammond, City Councilmen.

_ Not securing the county-seat the town soon began to go down, and for
a time it looked as if it would be deserted altogether. The value of property
depreciated, and a great number of the lots, were sold for taxes and never
redeemed. For a time lots could be bought for a trifle, though the same
had sold before for a high price. A great many of the houses were moved
away, the most of them to be used as farm residences in the neighborhood.

A few only of the business men remained, but these were generally
prosperous, even during the most discouraging period, with the exception
of the dull years incident to the grasshopper raid of 1874, -

When the county offices and records were moved to Lyndon in 1875
that gave but little impetus to the growth of the town, as no one regarded
the county-seat contest as settled, and until 1879 but few improvements
were made,

The county-seat contests ending in 1878, and Lyndon still holding it,
there began to be a much greater confidence in the future prosperity of the
town, and the next year improvements began, since which time it has pro-
gressed slowly but steadily. :

At no time during its history has the town had so good prospects for
future success as the present. It is surrounded by a good farming country,
settled by a thrifty and enterprising class of farmers, who give the
town a good trade, and there are prospects for a railroad before very
long, an effort now being made to secure the building of the Nebraska,
Topeka, Iola & Memphis Railroad by this route. The citizens are of an
eae eae class, with a stability calculated to work for the best interests

-of the town.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thé city government is in a thriving condition. The following are the city officers:
J. W. Keenan, Mayor; C. Ransom, Police Judge; G. W. Morris, Clerk; J. Worth, Street
Gommisetoner Councilmen: E. Olcott, J. H. Stavely, J. H. Howe, C.F. Bixby and J. M.

arnes,

The citizens of Lyndon are moral, and the cause of religion has always kept pace with
the improvement of the town. All religious enterprises are liberally supported, and a large
percentage of the people arechurch members. __ .

The Methodist ‘Eplicopal Church was Crgenizel in 1870. It was then attached to the
Quenemo circuit. Rev. Jesse Wilkins preached for a few weeks, when he was succeeded by
Rev. Mr. Harding, of Melvern. A small church, costing about $700, was built the same year.
Mrs. Uber and Mrs. Hall were particularly active in raising this money. The first regular
pastor was Rev. O. H. Call, appointed in 1871. The society has continued to prosper, and
now has a church costing $3,000, completed in 1882. The society now has 110 members.
Rev. G. W. Browning is pastor. . 7 .
~ | The Presbyterian Church was organized at Averill’s Hall, in December, 1870, by Rev.
John Rankin. The members were: Robert W. Anderson, Rebecca Fish, Jacob Hoke, Mrs.
Martha Hoke, Mra. Mary E. Morris, Mrs. M. Milner, O. 8. Pine, Mrs. Jane Rankin, Thomas
L. Rankin, Mrs: Charlotte Rankin, J. H. Smith, Annie W. Smith, Silas B. Tower, Pamelia
L, Tyler, and Thomas M. Wallace. The first elders were: R. W. Anderson and O. S. Pine.
Rev. W. W. Curtis, of New York, took charge of the church in March, 1871, and on the
24th of the same month the church was reorganized. In 1874 the church building was
erected, at a:cost of $3,000. The society now numbers forty-eight members. Rey. Morgan
Williams is the pastor. we

The United Presbyterian Church was organized in May, 1872, by Rev. E. C.Cook. The
church building was erected in 1881, at a cost of $1,100. Rev. Samuel Alexander is the pas-
tor. He assumed charge June 27, 1882, and was the first regular minister. The church now
has thirty members. . , ‘

From the beginning of the history of the town, its educational interests have been en-
couraged and liberally supported. It has always had one of the best schools in the county.
There are now only two departments, but it is proposed to soon add another. The old school-
house being too small, another is building. It is of stone, 40x60 feet in dimension, two
stories high, and will contain four large classrooms, besides the necessary smaller ones, and

will, when complete and furnished, cost about $7,000.

Since the foundation of the town the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Indepen-
dent Order of Good Templars have had an organization, but have since suspended. The
remaining lodges are named below.

- Valley Brook Lodge, No. 2,012, K. of H., was instituted January 13, 1880. Monroe Pettigrew
was Dictator; E. A. Barrett (since deceased), Reporter; J. S. Whitman, Financial Reporter;
and P. L. West, Treasurer. The other charter members were: W. W. Morris, J. M. Moran,
L. D. Gardner, J. H. Johnson, W. W. Bodine, W. H. Riddle, James Smith, Joseph Lewis
and George Braun. The lodge has now seventeen members, and is in a prosperous condition,

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Huclid Lodge, No. 101, A., I. & A. M., was instituted in 1871, with S. C. Gilliland W.

It has ever since kept up an organization, and is in a prosperous condition.

Lyndon Post, No. 19, G. A. R., was organized in December, 1880, with eleven members.
J. H. Sowell was Post Commander, and J. T. Underwood Adjutant. The Post is ina flour-
ishing condition, and has forty-one members.

Lhe Lyndon Cornet Band is composed of thirteen pieces, with the following officers:
James Bain, Leader; E. A. Atwell, President; W.8. Olcott , Vice-President; H.S, Whitman,
Treasurer; and R. A.' Miller, Secretary.

The newspaper history begins with the establishment of the Lyndon Signal, March 3,
1870. L.J. Perry published the first number, at Ottawa, and was then succeeded by J. J.
Johnson, who published it at Lyndon for some time, when he was succeeded by G. B. Jen-
ness. It existed only abouta year. The Osage County Observer was established in Decem-
ber, 1872, by C. R. Bentley and Peter Kirby, who sold it to George Hoover, who continued its
publication buta short time. The Osage County Sentinel was started in March, 1873, by”
L. D. Bailey, but in a short time it was discontinued. The Lyndon Times was established
on October 15, 1874, by R. A. Miller and Theodore Whitted, but it existed only for a short time
when it suspended. It was re-established by R. A. and W. F. Miller, September 30, 1875.
The name was changed to the Lyndon Journa/ on February 9, 1882, and still continues under,
that name, It isa seven-column folio paper, Republican in politics, The Lyndon Leader
was established January 1, 1881. J. H. Stavely is editor and proprictor. The paper is a six-
column quarto, is Republican in politics. and is ably conducted.

The Lyndon Savings Bank began operations early in the year 1882. O. C. Williams is
President; J. H.Stavely, Vice-President; and W. A. Madaris, Cashier. The capital stock is
$50,000. A general banking and collection business is done.

The Lyndon Flouring Mill is a steam mill, kept in constant operation, and turns out a
large quantity of excellent flour. The mill was moved from Franklin County in 1873. The
citizens donated five acres of land, built a good stone foundation, and moved the mill] for
the owners free of charge. After that time the property changed hands several times, but is
now owned by C. F. Bixby & Bro.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

E. D. ATWELL, drageist, carries a stock of about $2,000. Commenced business here
in 1871, he was born in Zanesville, Ohio, May 19, 1842, and after he attained his manhood
engaged in clerking and teaching school. He enlisted as a seaman on the United States
Steamer ‘‘Brilliant,”’at Cairo, Ill.,in August, 1862, served one year in the Mississippi Squad-
ron, September 5, 1864, in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry.
Participated in the battle of Stone River, and served until the close of the war, being pro-
moted to Sergeant. He was mustered out June 29, 1865. Hewas married in 1866, at anes-
ville, to Miss Kate W. Johns of that city, and has one child—Davis E. Is a member of
Euclid Lodge No, 101, A., F. & A. M., Surgeon of G. A. R. Lyndon Post. Has been Mayor,
member of City Council and is interested in educational matters.

J. H.AYERS, of the firm of Ayers & Geyer, dealers in furniture; Mr. Ayers also engages
in insurance, representing some ofthe leading companies of the United States. Located in
Lyndon in January, 1882. He came to the State in 1878, and settled on a farm four miles
southeast of Lyndon, and remained there until moving to town. He was born in Mercer
County, Ohio, in 1849, learned the trade of carpentering and cabinet-making, was married
in 1877, at Mendon, Mercer Co., Ohio, to Miss Flora Paunabaker. They have two children
—Harold,aaod Alda. Carries a stock of about 1,000.

C. F, BIXBY, of Bixby & Brothers, proprietors of Lyndon Flouring Mills. These mills
are located on Salt Creek, one-quarter mile south of Lyndon. The mill was built in
1878, at Prairie City, Douglas County, and removed to its present site in 1875, by Mr. Hen-
derson. Purchased by the Messrs. Bixby in 1880. A forty-horse power vertical] engine runs
the mill. The main building is forty feet square, two stories, with stone basement, has three
runof burrs, and manufactures good flour to supply custom and local trade. C. F. Bixby
came to Kansas in 1870, from Danvers,.Essex Co., Mass., locating in Valley Brook Town-
ship, four miles southeast of Lyndon, where he has extensive farming interests. Was born
in Haverville, Mass., December 5, 1850, removed to Middletown when quite young, and re-
sided there until sixteen years old, and then moved to Danvers, where he learned the shoe-
making business in the large establishment of J. Putnam. Isa member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Superintendent of Sunday-school.

REV. G. W. BROWNING, pastor of Methodist Episcopal Church, came to Kansas in
the fall of 1872,and located in Elk County, where he opened a farm near Elk Falls,remained
there three years, and in 1875, entered Baker University, completed the scientific course,
graduating in class of 1879; entered Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
the same year. He was bornin Van Buren County, Iowa, February 18, 1847, remained on
his father’s farm until 1872, when he came to Kansas. Isa member of Euclid Lodge No.
101, A., F. & A. M., Lyndon. : ; ;

DR. R. H. CHITTENDEN, physician and surgeon and United States Medical Examiner,
located at Lyndon in the fall of 1879. He was born at Pittsford, near Rochester, N. Y.,
April 27, 1835, removed to Buffalo when quite young. Removed to McHcnry County, IIl.,
in 1855, and there began thestudy of medicine, attended lectures at Jefferson Medical Col-
lege, Philadelphia, in 1865-66. Enlisted in Company H, Thirty-sixth Ilinois, in August,
1861. After the battle of Pea Ridge went into the Hospital Service, and was in the Medical
Director’s office. Was mustered in as Bee Steward of regular army in 1863, after
serving one year in the Officer’s Hospital at Chattanooga, was mustered out in August, 1864, _
for disability. In February, 1865, he enlisted in the Seventh United States Veteran
Volunteers, and served one year. Graduated from Long Island, Brooklyn, Medical College
in 1866. Located in Jones County, Iowa, and practiced in that and Cedar County, until
coming to Kansas; located in Lyon County, remained six years until ee to
Lyndon. He was married December 27, 1856, at Crystal Lake, Ill., to iss
Maggie F. Mitchell, of Newberg, N. Y. They have five children—-Easie, Alida, Mager
Homer, and Horace W. Was appointed Medical Examiner in 1879. He is a member of the
State and District Medical Societies, helped to institute the K. of H. Lodge of Lyndon. Is
a member of the A. O. U.W. of Emporia, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lyndon.
Is Director of Lyndon Musical Association, organized in August, 1882. 4

DR. D. D. CHRISTY, Homeopathic physician and surgeon, located here in 1879, was
born in Butler County, Pa., September 7, 1830, resided there about eighteen years. Grad-
uated from Madison, (Ohio) College in 1855. Studied theology in Allegheny Seminary,
Pittsburg, and entered the ministry of the United Presbyterian Church. Continued in
the ministry until 1856, when he began the study of medicine. Graduated from Cleveland
Western Homeopathic Collese in 1863, and located in Butler, Pa. Located at Girard
and remained until ee yndon. ey .

WILLIAM A. COLTERMAN, Clerk of the District Court, came to the State in June, 1870,
engaged at his trade, that of a carpenter, until elected to his present position in 1878, which
he has filled since. Was born in Sangamon County, Ill., December 10, 1847. In 1864 he.
enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-Third Illinois Regiment, and served five
months. His education was obtained at Springfield, He was married January 9, 1879, at
Osage City, to Mrs. Mary Payne, of Sandusky, Ohio. Is a member of Signal Lodge, A.,
F. cA. M., Osage City. Is Quartermaster of Lyndon Post, G. A. R.

DAVID F. COON, County Surveyor, dealer in clothing, boots and shoes, etc. Came to
this State in 1868, and engaged in farming in Fairfax Township four years, and in
teaching in Shawnee County, for about five years, and came to Lyndon in 1877. He was
elected County Surveyor in 1876, and with the exception of two years has held the office
since. He was born in Lima, Ohio, January 3, 1847. In 1863 he enlisted in Company H,
Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry. Was in Sherman’s army. Was mustered out August 15,
1865. He was married January 1, 1868, in Osage~ County, Kan., to Miss Mamie
Hoyt, of Aurora, Ill, They have one child—Grace, Is Junior Vicc-Commander of Lyndon
Post No. 19, G. A. R., and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Coon carries
a stock of about $3,000, and has the only exclusive stock of the kind in the city.

CHARLES A. COTTRELL, County Clerk.came to the State in 1870, locating near
Ottawa. Removed to Arvonia, Osage County, in 1872, and engaged as a railroad agent and
in teaching and farming. Was elected County Clerk in November, 1881. Was born in
Elkhorn, Walworth Co., Wis., January 21, 1847. When sixteen years of age, entered
Olivet College in Eaton County; Mich., and remained four years. Was married October 19,
1868, in Marshall, Mich., to Miss Lavina Baldwin, of that county. Is a member of the

ional Church.
Cone’. DEAVER, undertaker and owner of Lyndon cemetery, came to Lyndon in
1871, and engaged in mercantile business until 1873, when he commenced his present
business. His store building is 20x42 feet two stories, and was built in 1882, Hag
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a neat residence and a substantial barn.
uary 19, 1849; in 1868 moved to Zanesville. Was o member of the one hundred-
day men during the war. _Was married, May 1, 1878, at Lyndon, to Miss Edith B.
Johns, of Zanesville, Ohio, and has one child—Helen J. Is Vice-Dictator of -K. of H.
Lodge, Lyndon, Mr. Deaver is owner of Lyndon cemetery, a beautiful tract of ten acres
enclosed by a stone fence, and surveyed with circle in center, His hearse is of oval plate
glaes, built after the model of Queen City hearse of Cincinnati, built in 1876, at a
cost of $400. Mr. Deaver is also a member of the Western Mutual Aid Association of Des
Moines, Iowa. :

T. E. DEMPSTER, assistant postmaster and abstracter for Fairbanks & Morris, has
been with the tirm since June 1, 1882; came to Kansas in 1869 and located at Baldwin
City. Located at Lyndon in the spring of 1870. Engaged in this trade—that of harness-
making—for two years; farmed two years; was appointed Deputy Treasurer in the fall of
1877; remained three years, and was then appointed assistant postmaster. He was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, February 10, 1851. Enlisted in the United States Navy in 1864, shipped
at Washington City on board ‘‘The Portsmouth” and was afterwards transferred to the
“Hudson,” in the South Atlantic Squadron stationed at Montevideo, South America. Was
a eoreaca 1867 at Annapolis, Md. Is a member of the A, F,.& A.M.,10.0.F
and G. A. R. ; ‘

J. R. DREW, Deputy Treasurer, came to this State in May, 1855, and was one of the
first settlers in Burlingame. Enlisted in May, 1861, in the Second Kansas and was with
his Command at the battle of Wilson’s Creek. After his term of service in the Second,
returned home. In September, 1862, enlisted in the Eleventh Kansas and remained with
that regiment until 1864, when he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Kighteenth
United States Colored Infantry. In March, 1865, he was promoted to First Lieutenant,
and mustered out February 28, 1866. Was in the battles of Prairie Grove and Nashville.
Was Deputy County Treasurer from 1872 to 1876 and re-appointed in 1880. He was born in
New York City, January 23. 1836. Was married November 13, 1868, at Leavenworth, Kan.,
to Miss Sarah E. Preston, one of the pioneers of Kansas. They have five children—Albert,
Earnest, Addie, Owen and Leon. Isa member of Burlingame Lodge, No. 14, I. 0. 0. F.,
and Lyndon Post, G. A. R.

NATHANIEL D, FAIRBANKS, real estate, loan, abstract and insurance. Estab-
lished in 1870. Mr. Fairbanks came to this State in 1869, locating here the following
year. Is the oldest resident land agent in the county and has loaned over $1,000,000 since
coming to this State. He was born in Charleston, Sullivan Co., N. H.,,September 9, 1827.
Resided there until twenty-one, and in 1849 went to California. Remained there ten years
engaged in merchandising at Stockton and San Francisco. Returned to New York City
in 1859, and in 1862 enlisted in the Fourth New York Cavalry as private; was with his com-
mand at the Wilderness, Brandy Station, Front;Royal and Petersburg. Was mustered out
in 1865, returned to New York and assumed the management of Albramarl Hotel, corner
Twenty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue until coming to Kansas. Was married in 1875, at
Ridgeway, to Miss Emily J. Dickinson, a native of New York State. Is a member of
Euclid Lodge, No. 101, A., F. & A. M., and President of the Lyndon Savings Bank.

HERBERT GOODMAN, farmer, Section 2, P.O. Lyndon,was born in Sangamon County,
Tll., September 10, 1847; son of William Goodman and Georgiana Young. He was brought up
on afarm, receiving a good common schooleducation. His patriotism led him to offer his sere
vices to the Government and he enlisted, May 4, 1864, in Company E, One Hundred and

Thirty-third Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and was discharged in September, 1864, at the ex-

iration of the term of his enlistment; but he re-enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and
Forty-ninth Regiment, Illinois Infentry, and was discharged February 6, 1866. He came to the
State in 1868; settled in Valley Brook Township. He owns a splendid farm of 320 acres,
under good improvement. He was marricd in Douglas County, Kan., September 27, 1874,
to Miss Maggie, daughter of Jackson A.Bell and Susannah Fair. They have four children
—Minnie, Pearl, Ida and Nettie. Mr. Goodman is a member of Post No. 19,G. A. R.,

don, Kan. :

Ly TENRY HEROLD, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Lyndon; was born in Prussia, January
1, 1820; son of Peter Herold and Bene Bornaka; was brought up on afarm, He came to
the United States in 1846 ; settled in Marion County, Mo., on a farm. Soon after the
Mexican war made a call for men, and he responded and enlisted in J une, 1846 in Com-
pany I, Missouri Cavalry and Light Artillery; participated in the battle of Santa Cruz, and
after serving two years he was honorably cischetned in October, 1848. Hecame to Kansas in
1863, settled in Douglas County and in 1869 bought his present farm in Valley Burk Township,
containing a half Section, which he has improved from the raw prairie. He built a fine
stone house in 1831; cost $1,200, aud a fine barn ata cost of $1,000. He has 250 acres un-
der plow. He was marrie1 in Marion County, Mo., November, 1849, to Theresa Shuler,
who died. He was married again Decemb-r 26, 1860, to Louisa Coleman. He has
ten children—David, born February 2, 1855; Christ., born September 14, 1856; William,
porn May 4, 1858; Mary, born May 14, 1859, died March 10, 1876; George, born Octo-
per 14, 1862; Bram, born October 13, 1865:, Edmund and Otto, born September 16, 1868, Ed-
mund died September 29, 1868; Lydia, born August 22, 1874, died July 8, 1880; and Alfred,
porn August 27, 1876, died December 21, 1876.

JAMES M. HODGEN, Deputy Clerk of District, Court and proprietor of Osage County
abstract office. also does an insurance, loan and real estate business. He located in ‘Lyndon in
May, 1878. _Was born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., February 7, 1843; resided
there until May, 1865, and worked in the county and circuit clerk’s office for some four
years in that State and then removed to Charlestown, Coles Co., Ill., and lived there until
1874, and then resided in Lincoln, Ill., in the abstract business and served as Deputy Clerk
of the Circuit Court until May, 1878, and then removed to Lyndon, Kansas.

HORACE W. JENNESS, Register of Deeds, came to this State in 1859, locating in
Franklin County, where he operated a saw-mill on Marias Des Cygnes Creek until 1861.
He then returned to Ulinois, enlisted in 1862, in Rockford, Ill., in Company G, Seventy-
fourth Illinois Infantry. Returned to Kansas in 1866 and remained at Ottawa until. 1870,
when he opened a store at Lyndon. Removed to Carbondale in 1872 and engaged in the
livery business in 1881 in co-partnership with J. W. Edgar. He laid off an addition of 450
lots to Carbondale, and is still interested in the town, and owns valuable property there.
‘Was elected Register in 1879 and is now,serving his second term, He was married in 1862,
in Lindenwood, Ogle Co., Ill., to Miss Ruth E. Gifford, of New York, and has five children
—Fred H., Nellie F., William C., Mary E,,and Walter A. Isa member of Carbondale
Lodge, No. 70, A., F. & A. M., Osage City Chapter, No. 46, and Emporia Commandery,

No 8 A, MADARIS, attorney-at-law, located here in 1876. IIe was born in Hancock
County, Ind., June 6, 1849, where he remained until the spring of 1860, when he removed
to Kansas; attended Baker University four years, and was in the junior class when he
quit school. Meanwhile he devoted a portion of his time to the study of Jaw. Entering
the office of Col. L. C. True, of Chetopa, in 1872, was admitted to the bar in March, 1878, in
Labette County, and immediately entered into co-partnership with Mr. True, which con-
tinued until 1876. In 1881 he was elected Cashier of the Lyndon Savings Bank, which posi-
tion he held until December 7, 1882, when he sold his stock, and is now attorney for the
bank. Married in September, 1873, at Chetopa, Kan., to Miss Hettie Rathburn, of Steu-
penville, Ohio. They have four children—Flora, Albert, Allie and Minnie, Is a member
of Euclid Lodge, No. 101, A., F. & A. M., Lyndon. Is also a member of the State Bar As-
jation. ‘
ro R. A. MILLER, senior editor of the Journal, was born in Owen County, Ind., July 22,
1854, and came with his parents to Anderson County, Kan., in 1858, where he lived till they
removed to Osage County, in 1869. When the Signal was established he began learning
the printers’ trade in that office. He was educated at Baker University. He is a member
of Euclid Lodge, No. 101,A., F. & A. M., and has served two terms as a member of the
Lyndon City ‘ouncil, ; ‘ .
W. F. MILLER, junior editor of the Journal, was born in Putnam County, Ind., May
“11, 1856.

Was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Jan-

He removed with his parents to Anderson County, Kan., in 1858, and with them
to Osage County in 1869. He-learned the printers’ trade at Lyndon. He was married No-
vember 11, 1879, to Lillie L. Smith, of Burlington, Kan. She was born in Missouri. They
have one child. named Merle, born December 6, 1881. ‘i

GEORGE W. MORRIS, of the firm of Fairbanks & Morris, real estate brokers, loan
and insurance agents and examiners of titles. Mr. Morris has been connected with the
firm since 1880. He came to Kansas September 11, 1866, and located at Neosho Falls. He
resided there until October 1, 1875, attending school and teaching. He then moved to Al-
len County, and engaged in teaching. He was a successful teacher and held first grade
certificates the last five years he taught, but preferred 4 more remunerative business. He
was born in Morgan County, Ohio, May 26, 1853; but after he was two years of age lived

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in Vermont, Fulton Co., Ill., until coming to Kansas. He was married December 23, 1875,
to Miss Effie May Hutton; t ey have one child—Floyd D., born December 19, 1881. Mr.
Morris was elected City Clerk in April, 1882, for Lyndon, and was elected one of the Direc-
tors of the Lyndon Savings Bank in January, 1883. He has been a member of temperance
organizations since he was sixteen years of age. He commenced teaching at nineteen, and

‘ht seven years. = : ee
ue TARREN W. MORRIS, Deputy County Clerk, came to this State in 1869, locating in
Junction Township, Osage County, and engaged in teaching some six years. In 1876 he
was elected County Superintendent of Schools. Was appointed Deputy Clerk in 1878. He
was born in Dearborn County, Ind., July, 1840, Attended Moore’s Hill, IndianaCollege. In
1861 enlisted in Company K, Twenty-sixth Indiana; and re-enlisted as veteran in the same
Regiment. Was first in southwest Missouri; was at Prairie Grove, Ark.; at the siege of
Vicksburg, New Orleans, fall of Mobile, Blakely and Spanish Forts. Was promoted to
Orderly Sergeant in 1861, First Lieutenant in 1864 and Captain in 1865. Was Adjutant on Gen.
McArthur’s staff two months; mustered out in 1866. He has been twice married; in May,
1864, to Miss Lucy E, Hamlin, who died in 1870. Was again married, to Miss Sarah E. Lo-
gan, in Osage County, in 1872. Is Adjutant of Lyndon Post, No. 19, G. A. R.; also Reporter
of Valley rook Lodge, No. 2,012, K. of H., Is a member of the Presbyterian Church,
and Superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday-school. 4 |

JOHN C. RANKIN, County Treasurer, came to Kansas in December, 1865, locating at
Lawrence. He remained there until 1869 and came to Osage County, locating at Quenemo,
engaged in mercantile business and also carried on farming four miles west of there. Was
elected County Treasurer in 1879 and re-elected in 1882. He was born in Ripley,
May 4, 1846; attended school there until sixteen years old, and in 1862 enlisted in Company
#, Seventh Ohio, Cavalry. Did service through Kentucky in pursuit of Morgan and Bazil
Duke. Participated in the Knoxville fight under Gen. Burnside, then joined the army of
the Cumberland at Chattanooga. Wasin the Atlanta campaign; came back to Nashville
with Gen. Thomas’ army. ‘as with Wilson’s Cavalry corps to Eastport, Mies. Raided
across Alabama to Macon, Ga.; returned to Nashville and was mustered outin 1865. He at-
tended the State University at Lawrence one year. Was married at Emporia, Kan., Janu-
ary 5, 1871, to Mrs. Mary E. Carpenter, a native of Massachusetts. Is a member of the K.
of H., and G. A. R.

¥F. RINGHISEN, farmer, two and one-half miles east of Lyndon, on Salt Creek; has
400 acres of land; about 200 under cultivation. He has twenty-five to 100 head of cattle
and about twenty headzof horses, He came to Kansas in the spring of 1872. Was born in
Hocking County, Ohio, July 26, 1843. In 1866 moved to Wells County. Enlisted in 1861
in Company F, Fifty-eighth Onio. Was at Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg
and Arkansas Post. Was wounded at Milligan’s Bend and discharged April, 1863. Was
married June 14, 1866, at Logan, Ohio, to Catherine Angle. Mr. Ringhisen was one of the
original stockholders of Lyndon Savings Bank. Is a member of G. A. R. Post, No. 19.

DR. L. M. ROTH, surgeon aud dentist, located here in 1882. Was born in Prospect,
Butler Co., Pa., April 18, 1858. Attended Thiel College, Greenville, Pa., and entered the
Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, in 1881. Wasin the dental department one year and
practiced in his native place. Is a member of the Gamma Delta Society.

LEW. SARGENT, Cashier of the Lyndon Savings Bank, came to Kaneas in 1878
from Wyoming Territory. Was born in Indianapolis, Ind., October 3, 1847. When seven-
teen years old!moved to Miami County and remained seven years; then went West into
California and Wyoming and engaged in mining. He was married in March, 1879, in Lyn-
don, to Miss Millie Olcott. They have onechild—Lloyd. He enlisted in 1864 at Indian-
apolis as drummer boy inthe One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana Infantry, and served
100 days. Is a member of the Euclid Lodge, No. 101, A., F. & A.M. andG. A. R. of
Lyndon. ; z

JOHN H. SOWELL, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Lyndon; was born in Sangamon
County, 11]., March 7, 1842; son of Thomas and Theresa Barger Sowell, who descended from
Stephen Sowell, Jane Hannah, Adam Barger, ard Lucinda Holan. He grew up on
a farm and was educated at Virginia College, takinga partial course. He enlisted Novem-
ber 21, 1862, in Company M, Second Colored Cavalry; took part in the following engagements:
Lexington, Blue, Independence, Westport, Trading Post, Mine Creek, Drywood, Newtonia
and Fayetteville, Mo., and many skirmishes. He was wounded six times. Discharged
June 25, 1865; rank of Sergeant. He came to Kansas in 1869, and settled in Valley Brook
Township, and owns 240 acres which he has improved. He was married in his native
county August 26, 1866, to Miss Margaret L. Post. They have two children—Thomas L.,
born May 18, 1868; and Charles C., born August 24, 1879. Mr. Sowell isa Master Mason,
Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar.

A.M. STANFIELD, manufacturer of boots and shoes, was born in Jackson County,
Ind., October 18, 1854. Came to Kansas in 1871, locating at Topeka, where he at one time
owned valuable property. Was married in 1876, at Hutchinson, Kan., to Miss Captola Wil-
kinson. They have three children living—Dalbert, Etta and Baty

J. H. STAVELY, editor of the Leader, was born June 2, 1851, at Mineral Point, Wis.
His mother having died in 1858, he removed with his father to Pennsylvania, in February,
1861. He attended the Pennsylvania State University, where he graduated June 3, 1868, as
Bachelor of Science. He read law at Pittsburg, and was admitted to the bar December 7,
1872. Heremoved to Kansas and located at Lyndon, March 15, 1878. In November, 1869.
he was elected County Surveyor, and was re-elected in 1881, but soon resigned. In Jan-
uary, 1882, he became sole proprietor of the Leader. He is Vice-President of the Lyndon
Savings Bank, and is Secretary of the Republican Central Committee of the county. He
has been twice married. First to Pluma Zahniser, of Pittsburg, Pa., on October 24, 1876;
she died July 3, 1878. He was married again to Mattie Duff, on January 20, 1881. By his
first mnBe age he had one child, Carrie, born October 11, 1877.

SILAS B. TOWER, was born in Peacham, Caledonia County, Vt., December 22, 1816;
when eleven years of age, he moved with his father to Dover, Me. Finished his education
at Foxcroft Academy, graduating in 1834 Clerked in Bangor, Me., and in 1839 went to
New York, and went into the employ of Arnold, Hern & Co., importers
of dry goods. where he remained until 1844. From thence, went to Florida and
spent one winter, and then went to New Orleans, St. Lonis and Council Bluffs, and clerked
on the Mississippi River steamboats seven years. In 1851 he returned to Maine, from there
went to Bureau County, Il., and remained until 1864, in the mercantile business, when he
enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-sixth [linois Infantry. Was in head-
a department at Quincy until April, 1865, when he returned to Springfield and was

ischarged May 27, 1865 for disability. Ratiened to Bureau County, and remained until 1868
when he came to Kansas, He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention, that
first nominated Gen. Grant. Is Post Chaplain, G.A.R. Lyndon Post No. 19. He was mairied
in March, ee St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Agnes McKay, a native of Scotland. Is a mem-
bee a ince Church. Served two terms as Mayor, and three terms as Police

J.T. UNDERWOOD, Deputy Register of Deeds. Cam: i s
mon County, Tl, and located “at ee on, Engaged in Gavtenaing sotinouetisuter ae
years. Was appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1875, and held the position until 1881. In May of
that year was appointed to his present position. which he has since held. Was born in
Sangamon County, Il, Bonteniber 4, 1847. Enlisted in April, 1863 in Compan B, Thir-
tieth Tlinois Infantry. Was with the Department of Mississippi that year, and Atlanta
campaign of 1864. Was with Sherman's army in their march to the sea. Was wounded
at Kenesaw Mountain, and afterwards engaged as clerk in brigade and "regimental head-
Mobic Kinney muaered ong in une, ac Was married in 1869, at Loami, Ill., to Miss

; as three children— ‘ i
Lo age No.1 a Ende A. Manon Coe and Edgar. Is a member of Euclid
-ROF. JACOB 8. WHITMAN, druggist and apothecary, came to Kansas in 1867,
Lee IOg at Baldwin City, under the invitation of Baker University of that city. Filled the
chair of Natural Science for three years. In 1871, severed his connection with that Insti-
tution and removed to Lyndon, teaching the village school for some four years, and ac-
cepted a professorship in the State Agricultural College. Occupied the chalre of’ botan:
entomology and geology. After three years with that institution, returned to Lyndon ane
was re-elected Principal of Lyndon: schools for one year. In 4879 was placed Count,
Superintendent of Schools, holding that position until 1881. Since that time has been an
gaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1882, without his knowledge or consent, was nominated

y the Greenback Labor Convention as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Was
born near Pottstown, Pa., September 12, 1829; praduated at Marshall College in 1849. He
afterward received honorary degrees from the State University at Penns: Tpabia the Uni
versity of ee ad a medical college of Cincinnati, Ohio. : i 1

attained a wide repu' eter WY peanan 6ocu

tion as an instructor and enthusiastic scientist, For the last nine

Ohio, |
OSAGE COUNTY.

years of his residence in his native State he was Professor of Natur i i i
ee College, Pennsylvania, and much of the time was ice Mosier aud at hes
pave ie President. On coming West he brought with him the largest and best collected
cabinet of rocks, fauna and flora, that has ever been seen in the Western country, the
accumulation of years of patient research, which now remains in Baker University a last-
ing oa ae Bee aaa ly See as a votary of science. :
0. C. , farmer, five miles south of Lyndon. Has 1,100
enn: Feeds from 100 to 300 head of cattle. a ccatna in feo 1 358 an bohneon
. riage came to Osage County in 1870. Was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., April 23
- When eight ears of age moved to Medina County, Ohio,. where he resided five
years; was clected President of Lyndon. Savings Bank, January 9, 1882. Married October
4, ea a J ponmnen eDOUmly, ans 2 Miss ay E. Brown, a native of Illinois
sD SON, attorney-at-law, was born near Muncie, Ind., Se 1 ls
jueended Muncie et school; entered Lebanon College, Ohio, in ‘bee wee Slater in
7 e egan the study of law in the office of Judge Joseph S. Buckles of Muncie, and was
. mitted to the barin August, 1874. “Enlisted in the Eighty-fourth Indiana Infantry as
rummer boy in 1862, served three years, being with his regiment at Chickamauga, Nash-
ville and Franklin, and was mustered out/in June, 1865, He was one of the Journal clerks
of the Legislature in 1872. Was married May 10, 1877, at Muncie, Ind., to Miss Clara Riddle

of Muncie, and has two children: Alice i
ot ane nearioment en: Alice, Edna and Mary Ribble. Is a member of the

SCRANTON.

Scranton is situated on the line of the Atchison,
Railroad, about five miles northeast of Burlingame,
land, not far from One Hundred and Ten Creek. The town is located in
the center of the coal belt of the county, and mining is the principal industry.
Though only about ten years old, Scranton is one of the most thriving towns
in the county, and all branches of trade, necessary in a farming and mining
country, are carried on. On September 27, 1871, Alex. Thomas, and 0. H.
Sheldon began sinking a coal shaft. This was completed in 1872, and
mining was soon commenced. That year, Porter Sheldon joined in the en-
terprise, and the Burlingame and Scranton Coal Company was formed by
the Sheldons, and a town surveyed late in the summer and called Scranton,
from the town of that name in Pennsylvania. A few houses for the miners
were built, and a store was opened. ‘The entire business was superintended
by Alex. Thomas. A post-office was established and A. Thomas appointed

ostmaster. For the first three years of its history there was little business
one in the town, except by the above named Company. In 1875, the coal
interests began to be developed to a greater extent, and as a consequence
the town began to improve. Henry Isaacs opened his coal mines that year,
and about.the same time the Carbon Coal Company, and Chappell & Ed-
wards began sinking shafts, and were followed the next year by Joseph Drake.

The first marriage was that of David Williams and Mrs. Rebecca Stull,
which took pine in 1873. The first sermon ever preached on the townsite,
was in April, 1872, by Rev. J. W. Stogdill of Burlingame, and at the Coal
Company’s boarding house. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, and the first
term of school was taught the same year, by H. D. Porter of Burlingame.
The schoolhouse was located on the northwest part of the original town'site,
and where the large two story schoolhouse now is. :

The first birth in Scranton, was that of Madison Evans, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Evans, in August, 1872. He died December, 1873. This was
the first death in the town.

After the town began to improve in 1875, it grew slowly until 1879,
when the mines having been opened up, there was a rush of capital and set-
tlers to the newtown. So great was it that by June, 1880, the population
numbered 930. Since that time the number of inhabitants has increased to
nearly 1,700, and the town is steadily improving. Since the original town
was surveyed, four additions have been made. Throop’s Addition was first
made on the west side of the original town site, and this is now the business
portion of the town. Next was an addition by the Carbon Coal & Mining
Company; then an addition, a short distance to the south, by the Osage Car-
bon Company, which is composed of about seventy-five miners’ houses; and
still later there has been Sheldon’s Addition.

LOCAL MATTERS,

Topeka & Santa Fe
and on the level prairie

Scranton was incorporated as a city of the third class on August 4, 1880. The first
Council was Joseph Tomlinson, William Scott, James Ingham, Joseph Drake and Thomas
Kelley. The first Mayor was J. M. Giddings; Clerk and Police Judge, John R. Poe;
Treasurer, H. A. Sheldon; Marshal, W.S. C allis. The present City Council is Thomas
Chappell, James Campbell, dames Peterson, John Love and Benjamin Hughes. The
Mayor is Frank Lofty; Clerk, George Monnahan; Treasurer, H. A. Sheldon; Attorney,
John R. Poe; Marshal, Jameé Livingstone. ee

The greater number of the citizens of the town are church-goers, and several religious
organizations are kept up, and are liberally supported. The different Church Societies

“are the Methodist Episcopal, Catholic, Presbyterian, Free Methodist, and Latter Day Saints.
Each of the above organizations bas a good membership and is ina peers condition.
Only the first two named have church edifices, which were built in the years 1868 and 1869.
The firat church organized was the Methodist Episcopal, in 1872. The members were
Alex. Thomas, John M. Cain, Sarah J. Cain and C. H. Wahlers. Rev. W. C. Howard
was the first pastor, The church now has fifty-two members. .

When the settlement of the town commenced, the first-thing considered was the
opening of a good public school, and the erection of suitable school buildings. This has
continued, and as a result the town now has a large frame schoolhouse, built at a cost of
$6,900. ‘The school has five departments, and there are in the district 855 pupils.

The Kansas Plebeian is the only newspaper published at Scranton. It was established
at Lyndon in the summer of 1882, and removed to Scranton in August of the same year. It
is an eight column folio paper, edited aud published by E. D. Hunt, in the interests of the

Greenback party. .

Lodge, U. D., A. F. & A. M., was organized on August 8, 1882.
Jou Sy ead ta W M.. J. M. Giddings, S. W.; Alex. Shields, J, W.;and William H.
Hobbs, Secretary. Besides the above named, the charter members were Thomas Evans,

John Carney, James R. Graham, George Craw, George Chapman, A. J. Miller, E. G.

Bundy and John Cook. Hed
i . 67, G. A, R. was organized in May, 1882. The Post now has
CT ee a flourishing eondiinn;

‘sin
aoe ae Oe, K. of L. was organized in 1879, with twenty-two members,

H n &. Poe, M. W.; Robert Curley, Secretary; and John F. Young. V. 8
Reece had a large membership, but is now falling away somewhat.

Knights of Pythias The Lodge of the Knights of Pythias was instituted February 8,
1882. ie twenty-seven new members, and seven old Knights. The names of the latter
were John McCoach, William Dennison, Thomas Chappell, William Nixon, Sr., Wil-
ham Nixon, Jr., W. Drake and John F. Hurst, Of the first officers John McCoach was
PC; William Dennison, C, C, and Thomas Chappell, K.of R.and8. The charter was

received May 17, 1882.

1549

Scranton Lodge, No. 71, A. O. U. W., was instituted in February, 1882, with seven-
teen members. Of the first officers Joseph Drake was M. W. and William Gallahan, Rec.

Scranton Lodge No. 180, I. 0. O. #. wasinstituted in March, 1881, with eleven char-
ter members; they were Jobn F. Young, James Burnett, M. Roody, George Chapman,
John Cook, William Scott, S. Chambers, J. McNish, W. McNish, S. Briddick and J.
Tomlinson. The lodge is in a prosperous condition with forty members.

The mining of coal is the principal industry of Scranton, and itis upon this that the
people paena generally for support.

The Osage Carbon Company.—The Burlingame and Scranton Coal Company was suc-
ceeded eae Osage Carbon Coal and Mining Company, in which the officials of the A. T.
& 8. F. R. R. were the principal stockholders. The above company was succeeded by
the Osage Carbon Company. The Company’s shafts here are eight in number, and all are
well worked.

The Scranton Co-operative Society is a company formed to benefit the laborers by

supplying merchandise to them at the lowest possible rates. They have a general store,
well fitte ae The officers are: James Ingam, President; John Allen, Secretary; and A.
G. White, Business Manager. :

Henry Isaac's Coal Mines.—These mines comprise three shafts. Operations were first
commenced in 1875. The full capacity is about five car loads per day, and about seventy-
five men are employed.

Joseph Drake's Coal Mines.—These mines consist of two shafts. Operations were
commenced in 1876. The capacity is about four car loads per day :

The Industrial Coal and Mining Company was organized in- February, 1880, ‘with a
cash capital of $1,300, and have developed one paying shaft one-half mile west of town.
The officers of the Company are John Lamont, President; Squire Anderson, Vice-Presi-
dent; John F. Young, Secretary; Board of Directors, Lamont, Anderson, Young, Thomas
Chappell, John Bell, William Pickup, Joseph Martin, R./R. Smith and Dickson Burnett.
Thomas Chappell has been Superintendent of the Company since its organization.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

R. J. BOOTEY, of the firm of Sheldon & Bootey, was born in Jamestown, N. Y., Oc-
tober 12, 1850; took a course of study in the Union School and College Institute of that
city, graduating in 1869. He was employed as a cashier in the freight officeof the A. & G.
W. R. R. for eleven years. He came to Scranton in 1880, where he was employed as
bookkeeper in the office of the Osage County Coal and Mining Company until entering
into business with Mr. Sheldon in August of that year. He was married in April, 1881,
in Jamestown, N. Y., to Miss Anna E. Sheldon of that city. He isa member of the A.
O. U. W. of Scranton. .

PROF. T. P. BROWN, Principal of public schools. There were 617 children of
school age in 1882. Present enrollment, 300 pupils, average attendance. Percentage, 90.
Prof. Brown has had charge of theschool about three years. He was born in Armstrong
County, Pa., January 25, 1845. His education has largely been obtained by experience in
teaching and personal application. Was Principal of two different schools in Pennsyl.
vania. Was married in 1876 at Pontiac, N. Y., to Miss Belle Manchester, of Erie County,
Pa. Is a member of K. of H. and Kansas State Teachers’ Association. The Scranton
school enjoys unusual prosperity.

THOMAS CHAPPELL, Superintendent of the Industrial Coal and Mining Company,
was born in Yorkshire, England, August 16, 1842, and has been engaged in coal mining
since he was eight years of age. He came to America in 1870, locating in Jackson County,
Tll., and came to Osage County, Kan., shortly afterwards. Located in Scranton in 1876.
Was married in Yorkshire, England, in 1863, to Miss Ellen Thresh, and has three chil-
dren—George E., Elizabeth and Thomas W. IsC. C. and charter member of K. of P. Is
Treasurer of K. of L, and is alsoa member of the City Council. :

JOHN COOK, dealer in drugs, medicines, notions, books and stationery. Located —
here in September, 1879; carries a stock of about $4,000, and trade will reach about $4,000.
He was bornat Hanging Rock. Lawrence Co., Ohio, December 24, 1842. Resided there un-
til twenty-one. In 1861 he enlisted in Battery B, First West Virginia Light Artillery.
Was in the second battle of Bull Run, Winchester and Port Republic, and the Shenan-
doah Campaign. Was mustered out at Wheeling, West Virginia; removed to his home
and followed coal mining there and in Indiana for about fifteen years. Came to Kansas
in 4876. Store was first opened in co-partnership with Dr. Giddings, whom he bought
out in 1882. Was married in June, 1882, to Miss Jennie Evans. Isa member of A., F.

A. M., I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W of Scranton. :

JOSEPH DRAKE, engaged in operating coal shafts, also interested in the manufacture
of The Favorite’ washing machine, of which the firm have the right of fourteen States
and Territories, Mr. Drake was born in Yorkshire, England, December 1, 1838. Engaged |
in coal-mining there, and came to America in 1865; located in Elk County, Pa., engaged
in the same business, and has been largely interested in coal-mining since coming to
Osage County, and opened the second mine in the county. Wentinto the mercantile business
in 1869, but has closed out his entire stock of goods. Was married in Yorkshire Aes
9, 1859, to Miss Mary Darnley, who died March 27, 1882. Is a member of A. O. U a5 Le
0.0. ¥F., A, F. & A. M., and K. of H. : .

WILLIAM DRAKE was born in Yorkshire, England, September 7, 18388; remained
there until 1875, engaged in a woolen factory, when he came to America, locating at
Scranton, where he has since been engaged with his brother, Joseph, in mercantile pursuits.
Is a member of A. O. U. W., Scranton, No. 71. | _ : . ;

SAMUEL O. FULTON, contractor and builder, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March
4, 1852. Resided there until about twenty-three years of age, learning his trade, and then
removed to Kittanning, Pa. Returned to Philadelphia and remained until ue to
Kansas. Engaged in the lumber business with Mr. Hobbs in 1881. Was married in Phil:
delphia in 1874 to Miss Katie Bradley, a native of Ireland, and has three children—Samuel,
Mary and Jennie. Has beena member ofI.0.0.F.andK.of P,

DR. J. M. GIDDINGS. Located in September, 1876. Was born in Pittstown, Luzerne
Co , Pa., January 9, 1853. Graduated from the Louisburg University in 1871. Began the
study of medicine immedately after with Dr. G. Underwood of Pittstown. Graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania, March 12, 1875. Practiced his profession in Jefferson
County, Ill., until coming to Kansas. Was married September 15, 1881, at Scranton, Kan.,
to Miss Christena M. Mitchell, of Glascow, Scotland, and has one chijd—James L. Was
elected Mayor of Scranton when the town was organized in 18:9, and held the position two
terms. Is a member of Perfect Square Lodge, A., F. & A. M., Scranton, and Temple
Chapter, No. 26, Burlingame. Is also a member of I. O. O. F.

WILLIAM H. HOBBS, lumber dealer, carries a stock of about $2,500 and does an annual
trade of $10,000. Came to Kansas in 1871 and located at Osage City. He engaged in min-
ing and was superintendent of the B. & S. Coal Company for about eight years, He was
porn in Bristol, England, June 14, 1841. When fifteen years of age he came to America
and located in Pottsville, Pa. Lived in Ohio about two years and enlisted May 1, 1861, in
Company F, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, under the three months call; re-enlisted in Com-
pany H, Fifth West Virginia Infantry. At the second battle of Bull Run he was
wounded and disabled, and was discharged in April, 1863. He was married in 1865 at
Syracuse, Ohio, to Miss Samaria Jenkins. They have five children—William, Charles,
Maggie, Nellieand Thomas. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., of Scranton. .

Fe OHN F. HURST, dealer in confectionery, tobacco, cigars and fruits, located in
Scranton in November, 1877, and worked at coal mining and teaming, and engaged in
present business about 1879. His building is 20x82 feet. two stories and an addition 14x16 feet
and cost about $2,000. Was born in Thornell, Yorkshire Co., England, in August, 1832.
When about seventeen his parents came to America, locating in Pottsville, Pa, Remained
there about eight years and moved to Luzerne County, where he remained until come to
Kansas. Has been twice married: First at Pottsville, August, 20, 1855, to Miss Salena
Adams, who died in May, 1861; as the result of said marriage, one daughter. Jane, is now
living; was married again June 20, 1863, at Scranton, Pa., to Miss Ann Moiris of Schuyl-
kill, Pa., and by whom two children are now living—Rebecca and Elizabeth. Mrs. Hurst
died September 27, 1876. Is a member of K. of P , No. 496.

HENRY ISAACS, dealer in groceries, also owns and operates three coal shafts; located
at Carbondale in 1871; remained four years and moved to Scranton; opened his store Nov-
ember 1, 1882, and carries a stock of about $2,000. Was born in Leicester County, England,
April 2, 1847. When six years old moved to York County and learned the wagon-makers’
trade: came to America in 1871; was married in England in 1868 to Miss Elizabeth Peel,
and has six children—Jessie, Tillie, Ella, George, Rosie and Samuel. Is Treasurer of
School District, No, 75, and Justice of the Peace.
I550

JAMES A. IVEY, dealer ia zeneral merchandise, also undertaker, was born in Corn-
wall, England, September 14.1311. His parents moved to America when he was quite
young, locating at Potosi, Wis., where he remained until coming to Kansas. He was
married in Potosi i1 1871 to Miss Angie Vaunata, and have three children—Albert E., James
E. and Irvin M._ Mr. Ivey enlisted February, 1865, in Company K, Forty-seventh Wiscon-
sin Infantry. He was stationed in Tennessee, and did guard duty. Was mustered out
September 1, 1855. He isa member of the A.. F. & A. M., 1. 0. 0. F.. and the G, A. R.

MICHAEL LUBY, farmer, Section 28, Township 14, Range 15, P. O. Scranton, owns
290 acres, of which 100 acres are improved. He came to Kansas Territory in 1855,
locating ‘at Fort Leavenworth. Ie removed to Weston, Mo., and returned to the Ter-
ritory in 18 35. Removed to Lecompton and was there while the famous Lecompton Leg-
islature was in session, Mr. Luby made the acquaintance of all the historic characters of
those times and participated in all the exciting events that followed. Remained in that
locality until 1853 and has since then resided in Osage County. He was born in Tipperary.
Ireland, iu 1820. He came io America in 1847 and resided in New England for several
years before coming West. He was married at St. Louis, Mo., January 25, 1852, to Miss

ohanna Mulcahy, and has two children—Martin E. and Bridget J.

P. McBRIDE,- billiard hall and ten pin alley, came to Kansas February 10, 1875; en-
gaged in mining six and one-half years. Was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, March
15, 1849. Remained there until avout eighteen engaged in farming and removed to Scot-
land, where he engaged in mining in various places until coming to America in 1875.
Was mirried in 1866, in Fifeshire, Bootle, to Miss Jane Black, and has seven
children living. i

JOHN McCOACH, of the firm of Frank O'Donnell & Co., dealerin hardware and
qucensware, carry astock of from $3.000 to $4,000, and trade will average $10,000. Com-
menced business here in September. 1881, building is 24x80 feet, two stories high, the upper
story used for society hall. Mr. McCoach was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 9, 1842, and
is of Trish descent “When eight years of age his parents moved to Armstrong County, Pa.,
and in 1859 emigrated to Kansas, locating at Clinton. In 1861 he enlisted in Company D,
First Kansas Volunteers, and participated with hiscommand in the following engagements:
Wilson’s Creek, Corinth, Vicksburg, Lake Providence, Vidalia Canton, Atchafalaya Bayou;
veteranized March 29, 1864; was escort to General Reynolds, Sevénth Corps, Department of
Arkansas, which position he held until the close of the war. He was mustered out August
30, 1865, as First Lieutenant, returning to his home at Clinton, and in the spring of 1866,
went to Montana, where he engaged in mining until 1868. Inthe winter of 1867 he was lost
in a snow storm in Lewis & Clark’s pass, near Butte City, Mont., and was finally rescued by
ahunter, but both his feet were frozen so as to necessitate amputation, from which mis-

ortune he still suffers. In 1870 he went into the office of the Clerk of Court at Lawrence,
and remained two years as deputy. In 1872 he was appointed to a position in Surveyor
General Office. The following year he removed to Carbondele and clerked for several years.
He has been twice married—first, July 25, 1869, at Clinton, Kan., to Miss Mary M. Taylor,
who died September 11, following. He was married again April 20, 1882, at Girard. Kan.,
o Miss Anna M. White of Gettysburg, Pa. Has one child—M. Parsons, born March 4,
833. He is a member and W.M., of Perfect Square Lodge, No. 220, A,. F. & A. M.,
Star of the West Lodge, No. 46. K. of P., of which he is P. C., and representative to Grand
Lodge: also Friendship Lodge, No. 2,340, Knights of Honor.

ASHER MOTT, of the firm of Bundy, Drake and Mott, manufacturers of the ‘‘Favorite

~ Washer.” He was‘born in Monroe County, Ohio, October 20, 1832, moved to Iowa in 1862,
and to Kansas in 1868, locating at Lecompton; in 1874 he moved to Pawnee County, and en-
gaged in hotel business, and while there was admitted to the bar, he then removed to Rush
County and engaged in law and land business until coming to Scranton. He wag married
in Washington County, Ohio, in 1861, to Miss Mary E. Penrose. Mr. Mott is a member of
the Society of Friends, and a minister of that denomination._

WILLIAM R. PORTER, proprietor of the Bundy House, the house has fifteen
rooms/and a capacity for forty people. He came to Kansas in 1870, remained on a farm
until 1874, Came to town, since which time he has been with Osage Carbon Company. He
was born in Grayson County, W. Va., July 20, 1887, resided there twelve years and in
Russell County, three years, and removed to Boyd County, Ky. He enlisted August 16,
1862, in Company C, Fourteenth Kentucky Cavalry, and was engaged one year, mostly
scouting in Kentucky, and was wounded July 23, 1862. Was mustered out in September
following. Hewas married April 29, 1859, at Ashland, Ky., to Miss Mary Bartel, of Boyd
County, Ky. They have two children Jiving—Thomas C. and Ida B. Is a member of
[. 0. O. F..andG. A. R. Has served as Deputy Sheriff and Constable.

JOHN R. POE, attorney-at-law, was born iu Sullivan County, Tenn., September 238,
1842, his parents moved to near Chattanooga; where he grew to manhood. When the war
broke out his father was obliged to~leave the State, and Mr. Poe joined the Fifth East

« Tennessee, with which command he was in nearly every important engagement of the war.
After the war he located in Green County, Il]: In 1869 he came to Osage City and engaged
in coal-mining there three years, and came to Scranton, where he commenced to read law at
spare times, He was admitted to the bar Augnst 2, 1881. Was elected City Attorney in
April, 1882. Held the position of Police Judge, Justice of the Peace, and City Clerk, in
1878, 1879, and 1388)- He was married in 1867, in Greene County, Ill., to Miss Lizzie
Denton, of Kentucky, and has four children—John A., Laura, Minnie, and Nellie. He is
a charter member of Chickamauga Post, No. 67, G. A. R.; is also a member of the I. O. 0.
F., No. 102, Carbondale. : ‘

_ DR. A. W. SELLARDS, of Sellards Bros., physicians and druggiets, came to Scrahton
in November, 1881, where they carry a stock of about $23,000. [He was born in Greenup
County, Ky., January 14, 1851; began reading medicine in 1878, with his brother, graduat-
ing at Miami Medical College in 1877, there being four brothers practicing medicine in that
county, and are all graduatcs of the same schoo]. He was married in November, 1877, to
Miss Mattie Lawson. He is a member of the Ohio Valley Medical Society.

H. A. SHELDON, of the firm of Sheldon and Bootey, dealers in general merchandise.
This firm carries as large a stock as there is inthe county, the value will vary from $16,000
to $25,000, the annual trade will reach $75,000 to $100,000. The month of December, 1881,
the sales reached $10,000. The firm usually keep four clerks besides the bookkeeper. The
checks of the miners are cashed by this firm, and their trade comes largely from that class.
Mr. Sheldon was born in Randolph, N. Y., January 17, 1856, removed to Jamestown in 1862,
and remained until coming to Kansas. He was married in 1876, at Jamestown, N. Y.. to
Miss Alice M. Sherman of that place. He was appointed City Treasurer in 1880, and has
held that position since. He is School Director, and 1 member of the A., F. & A. M.

ALEXANDER SHIELDS, dealer in general merchandise, and boots and shoes, Carries
a stock of some $2,000, and trade willaverage $3,000. Business house is two stories, 20x40
feet. Came to Kansas in 1869, and located at Junction City. In 1872 moved to Newton and
engaged in boot and shoe trade until coming to Scranton in 1881. Was born in Kilmarnoch,
Ayrshire. Scotland, March 17, 1839. When sixteen years of age completed his trade and
worked atit in most of the principal cities of Great Britain. Came to America in 18h4,
locating in Chicago. Was married in 1862 at Glasgow, Scotland, to Miss Margarct MacRae
of that city, and has the following children: Katie, Elizabeth, Alex. Jr., Angus, Johnnie,
Mary, Anna, Richard and Florence. Isa member of the A., F. & A. M., I. 0.0. I, and
Encampment and K. of P. Isalsoa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ALEXANDER THOMAS, dealer in general merchandise and postmaster, was
born in Richmond, Va., December 23, 1840. When two years of age his parents moved to
Grant County, Wis. Here he remained until eighteen, and went to Nevada County, Cal.,
where he remained three years, and removed to Virginia City, Nev., where heremaincd until
1868. He was married first 1866 to Miss Maggie Cain, who died the next year. Ic came to
Kansas in December, 1869, and stopped in Carbondale one year, locating in Scranton in
1870. He was the first settler and business man in the town, and Superintendent and Sec-
retary of the Burlingame & Scranton Coal Company until 1878. Was Superintendent and
Secretary of the Burlingame most of the time; the latter portion of the work was divided
between W. H. Hobbs and subject. Mr. Hobbs superintending the underground and
shaft work, and he attending to the procuring of material, shipping coal, both of mine and
from surface or strip coal, also keeping the accounts, etc., attending to the outside work of
the Company. Finally went into business for himself, and now carries a stock of $7,000,
and has an annual trade of about $15,000. Mr. Thomas organized the post-office, and has
been postmaster since it was established in 1873.. He has also been very active in church
and Sabbath-school matters, and is Trustee and class-leader of the Methodist Episcopal
Charch; he has also been an active and prominent temperance man. He wus married to his

present .wife Miss Jennie A. Ivey at Dubnque, Iowa, in November, 1871, and has three
children living: Alexander. Adah and Bertha JI. He isa member of the A., F, & A. M.,,
and the State Temperance Union.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

. A. THOMAS, manager of S. Minshall’s general store, Scranton Kan., was born in
mide. Yorkshire, England, June 16, 1851. When nineteen he came to America, lo-
cating in Exeter, Clay County, Kan. Moved to Carbondale, Kan., and from thence to
Pueblo, Col., and from thence to Scranton, Kan. He was married July 29, 1877, to Miss

i ‘They have three children, May, Albert and Mary. He is a member of
Kiara podee, Mr. ‘Thomas owns some fine Clydesdale horses. He owned the noted
Netherby Second.

stallion, : . y

_G. WHITE, business manager of the Scranton Co-operative Society, was born in
esate England, November 27, 1857. In 1877 he came to America, stopping at Rock
Island, Ill., where he engaged in coal mining until 1878, when he came to Scranton. He
was married in May, 1882, to Miss Mary J. Martin, Heisa member of the K. of P , K. of
L., and the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ARVONIA.

This is a thriving little town with a population of about 150. It is
pleasantly situated he the level valley lands, south of the Marais des Cyg-
nes River, and west of Coal Creek, on the south half of Section 16, Town-
ship 18, Range 14 east. It has three stores, one hotel, one blacksmith and
wagon shop, a post-office, two churches and a schoolhouse. Its citizens are
intelligent and enterprising. ‘hough small, the village has always been a
thriving one. Arvonia was surveyed and platted in 1869, by a company of
Welsh people who had formed a.colony, with J. Mather Jones as their
leader, and formed a settlement at and around the town site. Among the
leading men of the colony were J. A. Whitaker, of Chicago, a partner of
Jones, John Rees, John Nai Jones, L. Humphrey, Evan Evans, David Lloyd
Davis, and Rev. J. M. Barrows. The village soon grew to fully its present
size. A few stores were opened, the first being one for the sale of general
merchandise by A. Humphrey, and a hardware store by Burton & Johnson.
A schoul was opened in a private house; religious services were held regu-
larly, anda steam saw-mill waserected on the river north of the village.
A post-office was established, and A. Humphrey appointed postmaster.
Early in the history of the village, a large schoolhouse was erected, and the
first term of school taught therein by Mrs. Lavina Cottrell.

When the town was started, it was supposed that a railroad would soon
be built up the Marais des Cygnes valley, and when this failed, a few of the
leaders, who had expected a large town to spring up, became disheartened
and left the country. Among these were J. Mather Jones, and J. A. Whit-
aker, who had invested largely in property, expecting it to rapidly increase
in value. The mill was also abandoned. The town is in an excellent lo-
cation being surrounded -by a thrifty class of farmers. Not far from the
village are several-cheese factories, and a great deal of attention is given to
the dairy business. North of the town site a large bridge spans the river.

Churches. There are three church organizations: The Welsh Congre-
gational, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, and a Congregational Church, com-
posed of Americans. The first two named societies have neat and substan-
tial houses of worship. .

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JAMES T. COWDEN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Reading, was born in Warren County,
Ky., February, 22, 1829; is a son of Rieves and Mary Prunty Cowden, and the grand-
son of James Cowden, Lucy Rievee, Thomas Prunty and Sarah Rieves. When but seven years
of age he moved to Illinois, where he remained until 1868 when he came to this State, set-
tling first in Douglas County, and again, later, purchased a farm in Arvonia Township,
and has since made his home there. He owns 260 acres, and not a foot of it was under
cultivation until he put in the plow. Now he has 130 acres under cultivation. He enlisted
December, 1864, in Company B, One Hundred and Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, and did pro-
vost duty, aud was discharged January 16, 1866. He was married in McLean Cononty, Ill.,
October 17, 1859, to Miss Mary E., daughter of James and Maria H. Hunter Standiferd.
They have six children: James William, born April 17, 1862; Matilda F., born December
20, 1864; Charles T., born December 5, 1866; George E., born October 17, 1869; Allie Ann,
born September 5, 1872; and Lizzie May, born January 26, 1876. Mr. Cowden is a member
of Reading Lodge No. 201, I. 0. O. F.

JOHN J. DAVIS, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Arvonia, was born in Wales. Is ason of
David and Mary Davis. He was brought up in Wales and came to the United States in
1865. Settled in Pittsburg where he was engaged in masonry and bricklaying and other
work. In 1870 he came to Kansas and settled in Arvonia Township. He owns 100 acres,
improved. He was married in Burlington, Coffey Co., Kan., June 22, 1878, to Miss Annie,
daughter of John R. and Mary Morris Jones. They have tive children: Anna, born Octo-
ber 16, 1875, William, born March 1, 1877, Gladys, born September 3, 1878, Miriam, born
July 6, 1880, and David, born January 17, 1883.

WILLIAM O. DAVIKS, farmer, Section 2,
Wales, October 4, 1844. Son of John O. and Mar
William Davies,

P.O. Reading. Born in Demlighshire,
( Davies, and grandson of Thomas and
He was brought up in Wales, and was educated in the common school, and
Hull Academy. He came to the United States in 1868 and settled near St. J oseph, Mo., and
the following year he came on his farm in Arvonia Township, which he improved. He
makes corn his principal crop. The deep rich soil of his farm being well adapted for that
purpose. He was married in Wales March 11, 1870, to Miss Ann J., daughter of Thomas
Owen. They have two children—Blanche Ellen, born July 21, 1875, and Rice, born June
10, 1881. Mr. Davies is a Master Mason and an Odd Fellow. He is a District Deputy Grand
Mister anon ae ree Fellows.

1 Fi ic ES, farmer, Section 26, P, O. Arvonia; was born March 22, 1847, in
Oneida County, N. Y.; isa son of William Jones and his wife, Ellen Roberts. In 1853
his parents moved to Aurora, Ill., where he was brought up and learned the trade of a
mnuc vee and worked in the shops of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Com-
pany fourteen years. He came to Kansas in 1877; settled in Arvonia Township; owns 320
acres, which he has improved, having good stock, etc., around him. He was married, in
Aurora, II] , March 22, 1869, to Miss Althea, daughter of Daniel B. and Terressa J. #immons
Nichols. They have six children—Frank E., born November 14, 1869; Jessie T., born Feb-
ruary 27, 1872; Arthur LeRoy, born October 24, 1874; Leon A,, born July 18, 1877; Fred L.
born July 14, 1880; Viola H. M., born February 24, 1883. Mr. Jones is an Odd Fellow. ;

HORATIO G. LANDIS, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Reading; was born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, December 4, 1841; is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Gesler Landis. He
was brought up ona farm, and educated in the common school. He lived for a time in
Illinois; enlisted October, 1861, in Company K. Twenty-sixth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and
took part in the engagements at New Madrid, Corinth, Jackson (Miss.), Missionary
Ridge, Vicksburg, and Atlanta, where he was wounded. He was discharged May 27, 1865.
He came to this State in 1870, and settled in Arvonia Township; owns 185 acres, which
he has improved. He was married, September 20, 1866, in McLean County Illinois, to
Miss Margaret F. Standiferd, a sister of Mrs. Cowden. Mr. Landis is an_ excellent

farmer, having descended from the Landis fami i
can be found no better farmers in the we Se Pennayivadis, ug Wee thers

MAX MORTON, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Arvonia;
yom 19, fh son of pai Morton and Catharine
7’, when he came to the United States, and settled in Kalamazoo County, Michi-

gan, on engaged in farming. He not only showed his patriotism, but the fact ‘that te
ad become an American citizen, by enlisting, in 1862, in Company B, Seventeenth
Michigan anny, for three years, or during the war. He was in the followin;
ments: South Mountain and Antietam, where he was severely wounded jn ft]

born in Wurtemburg, Germany,
Gaiser. He lived in Germany

engage-
e Knee,
OSAGE COUNTY.

and was discharged in 1863 for disabilit

a i y from the wound. H ied, i -

aa ay quan nae ee ma to a pennes E, ‘apragae. Meetey bare aie

farmer; owns a fine farm in ‘Arvonia Townall on wn hee ved Te tere progperous

whee eae his farm indicates comfort aad t rite, ans pageoved’ it INTO, aul exery
EES, P. 0. A was born near Conway, Wales, Decem-

y Tvonia, Osage County;
a pone Is a son of Edward and’ Jane Roberts Rees, and is a descendant of Rhys,
i descent. The family

Ab Ivan, etc., according to the Welsh way of traci
Tone the English custom of having a surnaris Rees (J ys). He came to the
aoe rs in 1842; settled in New York City, and Brooklyn, where he carried on a

Y goods store for many years. He was married, in New York City, in April, 1849, to

Miss Elizabeth Mills. His wife dying i
F , dying in 1869, he moved to Kansas, joining with J.
8 A. Whitaker in starting fhe eetlemicut of Ayonis fulleee he
e ¢ : in the vicinity. In Septemb
Sea te Margaret J. Williams, a widow, daughter of David Jenkins, Be Baran the
a one nes ie ie ae pure aoe to ane) tates roportions. In 1879 his
chandise, increased the business so ae py fe mineskta Gilet MEEKER Ee ie cea el
c , in L quire his chief attention. H gs
a eee coal eee, a eae employing ey amen, i te ne neta .
cren—Arthur W., Martha J., Taliesin W., living in Brooklyn: in, living i is-
fae Dewi, living in Burlingame; Ellen and Catharine x tiviog A feel) nae penie
ren are William and Mary Williams. He is an Odd Fellow. —

MELVERN.

. . broad and level plateau, on the south side of
the Marais des Cygnes River, between it and eee Creek, with the level
bottom lands of these streams coming up to the town site on three sides.
The town has a population of about two hundred, contains a few business
houses, all of which enjoy a good trade, as this is in the midst of a fertile
and well settled agricultural country. The first settlement in the vicinity
of Melvern was that _of Timothy Newton and Maj. E. C. Newton, who lo-
eated with their families, at the confluence of the Long and Kedron creeks,
on August 19, 1868. Within a few weeks they were followed by William
Phillips, Jonathan Smith with his two sons, Caleb and Sylvester. These
all located before the land was vacated by the Indians, Among those to lo-
cate claims early in 1869, were William Harriman, James Decker, S. C.
Gilliland, S. B. Enderton, Henry Judd, J. Duffield, Charles Judd and
George Francis. As soon as the land was vacated by the Indians, the
township was settled rapidly. In the summer of 1870, it was decided to lay
out a town. Therefore a Town Company was formed, consisting of 8. B.
Enderton, Charles Cochran, J. P.: Ball. li. F. Warner, J. W. Beck, J. F.
Want, J. M. Woods, and Alex. Blake, and a town site was surveyed on the
corner of Sections 3, 9 and 10, Township 18, Range 16 east. The name was
selected by Charles Cochran, for the reason that his birthplace was at Mal-
vern Hills, Scotland. _ Assoon as strated the town began to grow quite fast,
on account of the rapid settlement of the township, and the fact that a rail-
road was expected to be built soon, up the Marais des Cygnes valley.

Some First Things. The first birth was that of Thomas M., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beck, in 1870. The first marriage was that of O. B.
Hastings and Cecilia Wallace. The first death was that of Mary A. Hufft-
man,

The first. school was taught in 1870, by Miss Anna Want, in Oscar
Beck’s loghouse. The schoolhouse was not erected until about two years
after. It is two stories high and built of stone. The first sermon was
preached in Wilson’s Grove, before the survey of the town, by Rev. William
Robertson... The post-pflice was established in 1870, and J. W. Beck ap-
pointed postmaster. In 1871, a flouring-mill was built by Asher Smith, on
the river, on the northern limits of the town. The first store was opened
in 1870, by Cochran & Warner. The first and only suicide was that of Miss
Mattie a in May, 1881.

Later History. During its earlier history, *the town grew to nearly its
present size, when failing to secure a railroad, it suddenly came to a stand-
still, and improved but little until 1882, when a few more buildings, in-
cluding a Methodist Episcopal Church, were erected.

Churches. During the earliest years of settlement, church societies
were organized, and have since been kept up, though only one church has
been built. The church societies are the Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal,
Baptist and Advents. Just outside the limits of the town are two iron
wagon bridges, one built in 1878, across the Marais des Cygnes; the other in
1881, across Long Creek. The first is a one hundred feet span, the other,
ninety feet. .

Cyclone. June 12, 1881, a terrible cyclone swept down the north side
of the Marais des Cygnes River. It wasa half mile in width, and leveled
every thing in its path. Besidesthe great damage to crops and buildings,
John Harper and David C. Rosencrantz were killed.

Melvern is situated ona

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THOMAS BAXTER, merchant and farmer, was born in Canada, August 19, 1842
son of William Baxter and Margaret Jones. He was brought up in Canada, an
. educated in the public schools and at London Commercial Colleze. He came to the
“ United Stutes in 1865, settled in Chicago, taking a clerkship in a store, and in 1870 he came
to this State and settled in Ottawa, where he remained two years, and then moved to
Melvern and opened a general store, carries a stock of $3,500, ar.l-has a good trade, He
also owns 332 acres of land which he has improved. Employs three hands, and thus joins
the two together, the farm and the store. He was married April 9, 1866, in London,
Ontario, to Miss Lista C., daughter of Samuel Lewis. They have four children—Lista L.,
Warren L., Thomas P. and Eva M. Mr. Baxter is a Master Mason.

JAMES W. BECK, dentist, was born in Clarke County, Va., December &, 1836; is a son
of James W. Beck and Nancy J. Beck, his wife. He lived in Virginia until he was sixteen
years old. He began the study of medicine, his father being a physician, but owing to ill
health gave up his studies. When the Government called for men in 1861, to put down the
Rebellion, he offered his services, and was enlisted August 24, in Company E, Eleventh
Michigan Infantry, and took part in the following engagements: Stone River, Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Altona, Kenasaw Mountain, and Atlanta; be-
sides many skirmishes, and was discharged September 30, 1864, having served the full term
for which he enlisted. He was taken prisoner at Stone River, sent to Richmond and con-
fined in Castle Thunder and Libby prison, was held prisoner only thirty-five days, but
short as the time was, it came near costing him his life. He studied dentistry under Dr.
Ww. J. Newton, of Ottawa, and opened an office at Melvern in the winter of 1878-79. He was
one of the first white settlers where Melvern now stands, and could tell many an interesting
story of the Indians,

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S. B. ENDERTON does a loan and real estate business, and is half owner of the Melvern
Record, came to Kansas in 1857, locating in Centropolis, Franklin County. He assisted In
improving the lands of the Sauk and Fox reservations. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E,
Eleventh Kansas. He was with that regiment in all its many engagements. In 1868 he
raised, in Franklin County, a company for the Nineteenth United States Cavalry. He came
to Osage County in 1868; was elected Register of Deeds in 1875, served until 1879, then went
into the loan business in Lyndon, which he prosecuted until removing to Mclvern, in 1882.
He is a member of Euclid lodge, A., F. & A. x, No. 101.

_ ALBERT G. TULLER, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Melvern, was born January 26, 1841,
in Whiteside County, Ill., is a son of Jonathan A. Tuller and Harriet M. Tuller. His grand
ee were, on his father’s side, Elam Tuller and Eunicia Eno, and on his mother's side,

imeon and Lucina Fuller. Mr, Tuller was brought up in his native county, and was edu-
cated in the common schools, and at Bryant & Stratton’s Business College in Chicago. He
graduated in 1857, and engaged in the grocery business in Morrison, IIl., and in 1870 he
came to the State and settled in Melvern Township. He owns a farm containing 300 acres,
which he has improved with good buildings, etc. Mr. Tuller was married in Lawrence,
Kansas, March 31, 1870, to Miss Nellie M., daughter of John Whitcraft. They have had
two children, viz.: John A., born October 15, 1871 and died August 27, 1872, and Helen E.
Tuller, born May 17, 1874. They are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Tuller is a
member of Olivet Lodge, No. 22, A., F. & A. M. a

HENRY JUDD, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Melvern, was born August 12, 1837, in Hart-
ford, Conn. He is a son of Charles C. Judd and Esther Baldwin. The Judd family are of
English origin, and the Baldwin family are of German extraction. Mr. Judd moved with
his parents to Sterling, Ill., where he received a good education. In 1856, he came to Kan-
sas and settled in Topeka and took his share in the border troubles.- He purchased a farm in
Melvern Township, containing 560 acres, which he has improved from the raw ane
having resided there since 1868. For some time he had to live with poor accommodations,
as nearly all pioneers have to do; but in 1880 he erected a substantial and comfortable
house at a cost of $1,200. He was married at Topeka, in May, 1860, to Miss Anna, daugh-
ter of William and Hannah Murphy Hunt. They have two daughters—Alfreda, born July
13, 1862; and is engaged most of the time in teaching school; and Henrietta, born April 17,
1868. Mr Judd was in the settlers department during the late war in connection with the
Second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

WILLIAM B. MAYES, farmer, Section 4, Township 18, Range 16 east, P.O. Melvern,
Kan.; was born in Simpson County, Ky., September 26, 1813; isa son of George P.
Mayes, and his wife Jane Headen. George P. Mayes was the,son of William Mayes and
Margaret Park, wbo were of Irish descent, one from County Down, and the other from
County Dary, Sarah E. Mayes, wife of William B. Mayes, was born in Montgomery County,
Ind., March 24, 1834; was the daughter of Gabriel Mitchell and Ruth VanCleave. W. B.
Mayes was brought up ona farm and educated in a country school. Schools at that early
day were on a subscription basis, there being no free schools. When he was twenty-two
years of age he emigrated to Pike County, Ill., where he lived eighteen years, and then
moved to Peoria County, where he lived until 1861, then moved to Henry County and
remained there until 1871, then emigrated to Kansas 1n 1871, settling in Osage County. He
owns 360 acres of land in Melvern Township, 200 acres in cultivation, the balance in pasture.
In 1882 he laid out an addition to the village of Melyers, known as Mayes’ Addition to
Melvern, consisting of eight blocks sronbing on Maine Street and Emporia Avenue, the two
principal streets. William B. Mayes and his wife were married March 22, 1855, in Peoria
County, Ill. They have the following children—William B., born July 24, 1857; Eber D.
born December 6, 1858; Ruth E., born May 12, 1860; George G., born May 13, 1862: Gabriel
M., born January 22, 1864, died September 1, 1871; Maggie I., born June 7, 1866; Daniel I.,
born August 7, 1871; Stephen S., born August 22, 1874. ;

JOHN MORRISON, proprietor of the Melvern House, was born in Perry County, Pa.,
October 14, 1836, andis of Scotch and French blood. He was educated at the Denmark
Academy, Fairfield University and Normal School of Oskaloosa, in the State of Iowa,
having attended these Institutions five years in the aggregate, paying his way by his own
labor. He came fo Kansas in 1872 and engaged in vesehing, a profession, which he had
followed for several years previous to coming to Kansas, He taught as principalin several

of the large towns of Iowa-and Illinois. For several years he has worked in real estate and
mercantile business. He opened the Melvern House in October, 1882. Mr. Morrison is the
author of a number of poems, and has written and delivered lectures on educational sub-
jects. He competed for a prize in advocacy of H. R. Helper’s Three America’s Railway
Scheme, and was marked third in the list; yet his poem possesses great merit. He was
married in West Point, Lee Co., Iowa, June: 25, 1865, to Miss Margaret A. Woodman,
daughter of John Woodman Esq. They have five children—Florence, born September 2,
1866; Bessie, born December 24, 1869; Belle, born March 10, 1873; John W., born October
11, 1875 and Ralph E., born January 18, 1882. Mr. Morrison has served as Justice of the
Peace. He is an entered apprentice Mason. :

ZACH. THOMAS, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Melvern; was born November 22, 1842, in
England, and descended from William Thomas and Mary Moore, James Williams and
Jane Sinnock, who alsocame from William Thomas, Jane Gindray, John Williams and
Isabella his wife. He is the son of John Thomas and Hannah Williams. He came to the
United States in 1819; settled in New Jersey and afterwards moved to Wisconsin. He was
also in Clarke County, Iowa five years. In 1879 he came to this State and settled in Osage
County; owns 160 acres, seventy-five acres of which are under the plow. Enlisted August,
1862, in Company C, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Was in the
campaign against the Sioux Indians in Minnesota, in the fall and winter of 1862. Thence
down the Mississippi in Grant’s campaign against Vicksburg, where the Regiment was
reduced by sickness toa mere skeleton. From about the ist of August, 1863, to about
February |, 1864, remained at Helena, Ark., then with Sherman on his campaign to Meri-
dian, Miss.; then back to Vicksburg; then up the rivers to Decatur, Ala., with many a
chase after Forrest while en route from Decatur, Ala., to Chattanooga, Tenn; thence with -
Sherman all through his Atlanta campaign. Was wounded July 22, 1864 (the day McPher-
son was killed.) After Atlanta was taken, went through the campaign to Savannah, Ga,;
also on the march through the Carolinas after the surrender of Johnston’s army near Ra- ©
leigh, N. C., and participated in the grand review at Washington. Was discharged at
Madison County, June 2/7, 1865. He was married in Grant County, Wis., September 16,
1868, to Miss Jane, daughter of Henry and Hannah M. Riley Marsden. They have four
children—John Z., born October 26, 1869; Henry M., born March 29, 1872; Amy A., born
November 22, 1875; and Hannah M., born April 12, 1879. Mr. Thomas is a member of the
Methodist Church. ;

L. F. WARNER, merchant and postmaster, came to Kansas in 1860, and located in
Coffey County; farmed there six years, and removed to Osage County and farmed there
until 1870, when he opened a store where the town of Melvern now is. He built his present
commodious store-building in 1882, which is 25x60 feet, the upper story being used for a
society hall. He carries a stock of $4,U00; and the trade will reach $20,000. His son,
Chester M., is now in partnership with his father. Mr.Warner was born in Tolland County,
Conn., September 14, 1832. Remained there until twenty-two years of age, and learned
the trade of silver plating. In December, 1855, he located in McLean County, Ill., where
he remained until the spring of 1860. He was married in 1855, in Worcester, Mass., to Miss
8. A. Bean, of Maine. They have one son—Chester M. Mr. Warner is a member of the
Presbyterian Church and a member of Olivet Lodge, No. 22, A., F. & A, M. Hehas been
Township Treasurer of Melvern Township for several years. -

QUENEMO.

Quenemo is a little town with a population of about one hundred and fifty,
pleasantly located in the wide valley of Marais des Cygnes River, in the
southeastern part of the county. It contains but a few houses, yet a good
business is done, and with prospects for a railroad, which has already been
surveyed, itslocation is a favorable one for_a prosperous town.

The town is the site of the Sac and Fox Indian Agency, and several
white traders were there at an early day.

In 1862, about 4,000 Indians of the tribes of Chickasaws, Choctaws,
Creeks, Cherokees, and Kickapoos, from the Indian Territory, who were:
driven out on account of their loyalty to the United States Government,
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located around the agency, which made trade exceedingly’ brisk for the
few merchants located there. Among them was Perry Fuller. E. Olcott
was bookkeeper, Gov. Anderson was gunsmith, H. Huggins was government
blacksmith, E. B. Fenn was physician, N.S. Brian was superintendent of
the boarding house, Mrs. Craig was the school teacher, and Rev. R. P.
Duvall was the missionary.

In 1869, as soon as the reservation was opened for settlement, a large
number of men located claims around the agency. Among those who opened
stores were William Whistler, and John ©. and Alexander Rankin, Rev.
Jesse Wilkins located as pastor for the Methodist Church Society which
organized at once.

In 1870, a town was laid out and named Quenemo, to which name the
post office was then changed. With settlement fast pouring in, the town
started with excellent prospects, and it was expected soon.to become a city.

Preparations were soon made to build a railroad. Among the hard
workers for this were Dr. Alfred Wiley, Warner Craig who was a merchant
there, John C. Rankin, and William Whistler. Though a railroad was ex-
pected at once, the project fell through, and the town is still destitute of
those advantages. .

Though started with such bright prospects, misfortunes soon overtook
the new town. William Whistler Bel Rankin Bros. moved away, and
Warner Oraig failed in business. After this the town began to decline quite
rapidly, though a few houses were left.

In August, 1878, a prairie fire swept over the town, destroying nearly
all that remained. After this but little was done for some time, but for
the past two years the village has been building up quite rapidly, and with
its excellent location, prospects are good for its future prosperity.

‘BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. a

ABRAM BECKER, farmer, Section 32, P. O.
N. Y., April 8, 1818; son of Peter V. LL Becker and Helen Van Wee; was brought up on a
farm; educated in the public schools. He lived in Indiana twenty years Came to Kansas
in 1866, settled in Quenemo, and engaged in farming. Enlisted in 1863 in Company D, One
Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment Indiana Infantry; took part in the battles of Resaca and
Atlanta, and was discharged in 1865. He was married in Otsego County, N. Y., September
28, 1841, to Miss Phcebe, daughter of Squire Briggs and Desire Weeks. They have had ten
children—Anna, born July 4, 1845; Amanda, born January 8, 1817; Alfred, born September 19,
1818, died December 20, 1872; Henry, born August 5, 1850; Alex, born November 25, 1840-
died December 18, 1848; Helen, born July 25, 1855; Martha, born September 8, 1857; Florence,
born December 10, 1859; Laura, born February 2, 1862; Alonzo, born March 25, 1833, died Sep-
tember 16, 1856. Mr. Becker is a member of the Methodist Church.

J. F. KIRKER, dealer in hardware, was born in Ripley, Ohio, February 5, 1853; son of
Thomas 8. and Mary L. Prindly Kirker. He was educated in the common schools and Russel-
ville Academy, Ohio, and graduated from the State Normal School, Emporia, in 1875. He
was always fond of books, and took great delight in them. In 1871 he came to the State, and
settled in Quenemo ona farm. He engaged for ten years in school teaching. and was for
seven years Principal of the public school in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. He opened the
first hardware store in the place, in 1882, carries about $3,000 stuck, and has a good trade,
He was married in Chase County, Kansas, February 5, 1878, to Miss Lida E., daughter of
Aaron B. Moore, Esq., of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have one daughter, Luella M., born May
4, 188). Mr. Kirker is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and an Odd Fellow.

N. A. KNOUF, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Lyndon, was born in Bedford County, Pa.,
April 19, 1824; son of Jacob Knouf and ee Kegg—children of Peter Knouf and John
Kegg. Was brought up on afarm. In 1853 he moved to Iowa, and in May, 1868, he came to
the State and settled in Agency Township, where he owns 217 acres, which he has improved.
He was married in Bedford, Pa., April, 184¢, to Miss Lydia Lafferty. They have five chil-
dren living—Jacob, born August 11, 1848; William, born May 5, 1853; Wesley, born August
29, 1869; George, born April 15, 1862; and Mary, born August 3, 1866. Mr. Knouf is a mem-
ber of the German Reformed Charch.

G. W. LOGAN, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Quenemo, Kansas, was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, May 1, 1831; son of James Logan and his wife Emma Collins. Was brought
up on @ farm in Cass County. Ill , where he lived until the year 1851, when he went to So-
nora, in the State of Missouri Returned to Illinois in 1852. Was married to Ann E. Keethley,
December 27, 1892. Returned to Misgouri. Came to Kansas in 1854. Settled in Greenfvood
Township in 1858. Removed tu Quenemo in 1873. Raised ten children.

H. W. M. SMITH, painter, came to this State in 1870. He was born in Shenandoah
County, Va. When ten years of age he moved to Pickaway County, Ohio. He resided
there until coming to Kansas. He enlisted in the Mexican war in 1846, and was in the im-
portant battles of that war. He again enlisted Anan 6, 1862, in Company A, Forty-fifth
Ohio. He was with his command at Stone River, Shiloh, Mission Ridge, Altoona, Resaca,
Knoxville, Atlanta, Jonesboro and Franklin. He was mustered out in 1865 at Camp Harker

uenemo, was born in Schoharie County

BARCLAY.

This is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, and is
about six miles southwest from Osage City. The town contains about
twenty houses and has a population of about one hundred.

In the center of a rich farming country, quite anextensive business is
done, though it is all a local trade.
county, and when the mining interests of the locality becomes developed, it
seems that Barclay is destined to become as prosperous a town as most
others of the county. ,

The town is the center of a Quaker scttlement; formed through the
labors of John M. Wetherell, who was a member of the sect. After he had
sold his large tract of land about Osage City, to T. J. Peter, he conceived
the idea of forming a large settlement of his own people around Barclay.
Quite a large number of them located, bought land, and began farming.
Several of them became discouraged during the hard times and left the
country, but those who remained have been very prosperous and are fast
becoming wealthy.

Though at Barclay no coal mines have yet been opened, there are
shafts on either side of the town, and it is only a question ofa short time
as to when this great interest will be developed here.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

GEORGE BARRINGTON, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Barclay, was born April 8, 1841, in
Knox County, Ohio; son of Thomas Barrington and Elizabeth Alment. When fourteen
ears old he moved with his parents to Iowa, where he lived until 1878, when he came to
ansas and settled in Barclay Township on a farm containing 160 acres, which he has im-
roved with buildings, orchard, etc., etc. Mr. Barrington was drafted into the army, but
urnished a substitute. He was united in marriage July 7, 1864, to Miss Sarah A., daughter
of Robert Pearson and Mary Abbott of Cedar County, Towa, They have five children:

e

It is also within the coal belt of the .

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

William, born September 22, 1866; John A., born November 9, 1837; Herbert D., born Feb -
ruary 9, 1871; Mary E , horn May 14, 1875; Eva, born July 10, 1830 Mr. Barrington is an
active member of the Friends Society. ; i

EDWARD H. BROWN, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Barclay, was born in Logan County,
Ohio, April 10, 1835. Isason of Horton H. Brown and Margaret Bates. He was brought
up on a farm and educated in the common school and academy. His grandparents were
Aaron Brown, Mary Howard, Edward Bates and Elizabeth Harrrison. Mr..Brown engaged
in school teaching for several terms. He enlisted August 4, 1862, in Company H, Ninety-
sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the following engagements:
Vicksburg, Sabine Cross Roads, Arkansas Post, Forts Morgan and Gaines and skirmishes
and was (iecbanied July 29, 1865. He has been twice married: in Jay County, Ind., Sep-
tember 7, 1867, to Mrs. Malinda Crispin, who died September 14, 1875; again in Logan
County, Ohio, October 11, 1877, to Deborah W. Stanton. He has one child, Eva May, born
November 9, 1872. Mr. Brown came to Kansas only a few years since, but in that time has
shown much enterprise and public spirit in building up the town. He is a member of the
Friends Church, and an‘active man in good works. | :

EDWARD S. CHASE, lumber merchant, was born in Addison County, Vt., oper 5,
1815; is asonof George §. Chase and Lydia P. Staples. His grandfathers were Sisson
Chase and Asa Staples. He was brought up on a farm and was educated in the common
school. Enlisted September 13, 1864, in Company B, Second Regiment, Iowa Cavalry.
Participated in the following engagements: Cupolo, Franklin, Nashville and numerous
skirmishes, and was discharged September 30, 1865. He came to the State in 1878, settled
in Barclay and opened a lumber-yard in 1880, and has enjoyed a good trade. Mr. Chase
was married to Miss Mary E., dane of O. Davidson, of Montgomery County, N. Y.,
in November, 1874. Is a member of Canby Post, G. A. R.

. H. DOW, M. D., druggist, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., October 16, 1810.
Isason of Stephen Dow ret Olive McGonigal Dow. He was brought up in New York,
where he received a common school education and commenced the study of medicine and
Paes from the Geneva Medical College, class of 1841 and entered upon the practice of
his profession in Penfleld, N. Y. He came to this State in the spring of 1864, and settled
in Ottawa and entered upon a successful practice. He oe the first drug store in that
enterprising city. In 1883 he moved to Barclay and opened the first drug store in that place,
which it is hoped may be as successful as that of Ottawa. He was married in Litchfield,
Herkimer County, N. Y., February 27, 1830, to Miss Abigail, daughter of John and Olive
Bailey Ross. They have five children—Lavenda T., Carrie W., A. Chapin, E. R. Wright
and Newton S. Mr. Dow is a Baptist and an Odd Fellow, a Past Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Kansas.

7 JAMES HIRST, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Barclay, was born in Belmont County, Ohio
in March, 1830. Is ason of Thomas and Ann Raley Hirst. His ee were Davi
Hirstand Ann Smith, James Raley and Rachael Steer. He was brought up on a farm, re-
ceiving such education as the common schools and the Friends Seminary afforded. In
1855 he moved to Cedar County, Iowa, where he remained until 1871, when he came to this
State and settled in Lyons County, and five years later settled in Barclay Township, where
he owns a good farm. Mr. Hirst has been twice married. In Morgan County, Ohio,
in August, 1854, to Miss Rachael, daughter of Abram Plummer. She died in 1855. He was again
married in Cedar County, Iowa, March 18, 1858, to Anna M , daughter of Amos and
Maul Steer. He has six children —Elizabeth P., born September 12, 1855; Mary E,, born
May 16, 1859; Charles T., born September 4, 1861; Lewis T., born June 15, 1866; Clarissa
D., born October 10, 1871, and Harriet J., born March 14, 1879. Mr. Hirst is a member of
the Society of Friends.

ISAAC KINSEY, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Barclay, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio,
September 1, 1823. Is a son of James Kinsey and Ann Lloyd Kinsey. Mr. Kinsey was
brought up on a farm and was educated in the common school, the high schooland Friends
boarding school. For several years he was a successful farmer in Johnston County, Iowa,
ang in October, 1877,he came to this State, stopping six weeks in Leavenworth and then move

ranklin County, where he remained during the winter, and in March, 1878, settled in

arclay Township, where he has a good farm which he has improved from the raw prairie.
Being a member of the Society of Friends he could not go to the war. Mr. Kinsey was
united in marriage to Miss Kate, daughter of Anthony Fiegle, Esq., September 30, 18:3. in
Iowa City, Iowa. They have four children, viz: Georgiana, John M., Mary Ellen
Alfred Lewis. ‘

JOSEPH McCONNELL, farmer, Section 16, P. O. Barclay, was born in Miami
County, Ohio, December 11, 1838; is a son of John and Elizabeth Anthony McConnell.
who were the descendants from Joseph McConnell and John Anthony. He was brought
up on a farm, and enlisted, in 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-third
Regiment, Illinois Infantry. Was in the following cngagements: Perryville, Woodson-
ville, Stone River, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, and was with Sherman in his march
to the sea, and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant, July 8, 1865. He came to Kan-
sas in 1873, and settled in Barclay Township. He owns a good farm, which he has im.
proved. He was Married, in Marshall County, Iowa, August 16, 1867, to Miss Keziah
Hayworth, who died, April 25, 1880. He was again married, November 2), 1882, to Mrs.
Emily F. Morgan, of Barclay. He has three children—Samantha, born October 80, 1870;
David H., born February 21, 1872; Henry K., born June 25, 1879. His step-children are
Lucia M. and Olney T. Morgan.

ELI PATTERSON. . farmer, Section 25, P. O. Reading; born in Knox County, Ohio,
July 4, 1842, son of William Patterson and Eliza J. Read. He was brought up on a
farm, and received a good ,eommon school education, He came to the State in 1868, and
settled in Barclay Township, where he owns a farm containing 400 acres, which he has
improved. He keeps 50 head of cattle, 130 hogs, six horses, and employs one extra
hand. He was married, in Edgar County, Illinois, August 20, 1868, to Miss Laura, daugh-
ter of David Nichols, Esq. They have two children—Ora. born July 17, 1869, and Lo-
renzo, born September 22, 1871. Mr. Patterson enlisted, February 14, 1865, in Company
N, Fifty-fourth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and was discharzed October 25, 1865. He
has made excellent improvements on his farm. :

WILLIAM HOMER SEVERY, farmer, P. O. Reading, born in Sturgis, Michigan,
May 20, 1859. Is a son of Luther Severy and Eveline Severy; was educated in the com.
mon school and the State Normal at Emporia. He came to this State with his father in
1871, and settled on the farm, and now has charge of his father's large farm, containing
5,000 acres, 1,000 of which is under the plow. There are employed about twenty-five
hands on the farm. Mr. Severy deals largely in stock, keeps about 60) head of fat
cattle. The farm house cost $6,000, and was erected in 1880; is in modern style of archi-
tecture. Mr. Severy was united in marriage, May 25, 1880, in Emporia, to Miss Anna
B., Daughter of Edward W. and Anna M. Kinnan. They have one child, Ethel Maud,

born July 24, 1882.

WESLEY L. SMITH, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Osa;
New York, July 1, 1887; son of Phineas L. Smith and
up on a farm, and was educated in the common school.

and settled in Barclay Township,

e City, born in Franklin County,
lizabeth Bush. He was brought
ae he He came to ne State in 1872,
y § € owns acres, improved. He make:
a special feature of his farming; employs six hands; keeps 800 head of cattle, and 0
ogs. Wheri he came to the farm he found it raw land, but under his skillful manage.
moe a a enes ee Mr. Smith was married, in Clayton County, Iowa
. 1864, isa Celia C. Sawyer. Mr. Smith i ig?
Bee Lodge, Neal, ne ee y Mr. Smith is a member and Master of Sig’
_ 1. K. WILSON & CO., merchants and stockmen.
Kinsey Wilson, was born in Sprin,
the oldest son of James K. Wilson an
side from William Wilson,

The subject of this sketch, I.
dale, Cedar Co., Iowa, September 25, 1858, and is
preen ae Mary 2 : alan. oe ees on his father’s
§ n orn in Kent County, Del., in the year 1739, i
in weringtae County, Pa., July 15, 1795, at the age of fifty-six eine His aa cee
i Elizabeth; nothing fartheris known of her. Jonathan Wi son, sonof William and
# izabeth Wilson, was born Seruniber 18, 1770, and died of kidney inflammation in 1881.
annah Wilson, his wife, daughter of Thomas and Rachel Smith (whose maiden name
mae Hussell) was born September 27, 1772, and died in 1843, of cholera morbus. Their
cl aH ep 8 names were Rachel (John Hill’s wife), born September 27, 1797; Elizabeth (Sid-
well), born April 25, 1801; Ann (Brown), born March 14, 1805; Israel. born February 16,
ate in 1836; Jonathan (grandfather of I. K. Wilson), was born July 5, 1818, ‘die
pril 1, 1881, of heart disease; Mercy Kinsey (wife of Ji ohn), died of consumption. Feb-
ruary 27, 1848, aged thirty-three arate and eleven months. John and. Mercy Wilson's
children were James K, (father of I. K.), born May 17, 1835; Israel P., born April 12, 1887;
gene, born February 10, 1839, died April 5, 1851; Mar. nn, born December 16, 1844,
ied November 25, 1849; John L., born January 81, 1843; Lemuel, born May 24, 1845. "LE:
OSAGE COUNTY. :

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Wilson on his mother’s side was descended from Isaac K. Borton, born September 12, 1787
and Mary his wife, born June 17, 1740. Their son, Jacob Borton,. was thie grandfather of
Mrs. Wilson, mother of I. K. Her father, James Walton, who descended from one of
four prothers who cam> to Philadelphia with William Penu in 1682; and Hannah, his wife,
was born November 3, 1800, and died October 26, 1869. He married Hannah K. Borton,
April 2, 1822; she died May 29, 1857. Their children were: Hannah, born August 1, 1824,
died April 4, 1836; Elwood, born June 30, 1827, died September 10, 1855; William Fawcett,
born July 29, 1880, died March 16, 1836; Mary Jamima, born February 7, 1838. I. K.
has four brothers and one sister—William Fawcett, born July 22, 1862; Edward Everet,
born December 26, 1864; Allen James, born March 6, 1873; Harry L., born March 3, 1875;
Ella Pearl, born July 27, 1880. I. K. Wilson was educated at the Springdale Seminary,
and Burlington Business College, [owa. He traveled in Europe a year to learn the lan-
guages. Taughtschool. He came to Barclay, Kan,, in May, 1878, where his father opened
up a large farm. In 1882 established business with the firm of I. K. Wilson & Co., in a
geagal variety store; carries a large stock of merchandise; buys and *sells grain and all

inds of produce, coal, etc., and Keeps stock on an extensive scale, {g postmaster at Bar-
clay Kan., anda Friend.

OLIVET.

The town site of Olivet includes all of Sections 3 and 10, and ei hty
acres of Seétion 4, Township 18, and Range 15 east. It is divided tenth in
the middle by the Marais des Cygnes River; which flows from west to éast,
The site was located in 1869, by ioe A. J. Bartels, a minister of the New
Chureh—Swedenborgian—J. R. Elder and C. P. Loricke, they re resenting
a company of shareholders, who had raised a fund of $10,000 in 1868, for the
purpose of founding a town somewhere in Kansas.

After the survey, about one-third ot the lots were reserved as a dower
for a college, and the remainder was all sold at public sale, on May 1, the
proceeds paying a small dividend to the shareholders, A quarter section
of land near Arvonia had been purchased by the committee, and was sold to
a member of the Company, who donated it to the College Association. Only
a few of the buyers settled at once. Among the first settlers were Rev. A.
J. Bartels, J. R. Hider, C. P. Loricke, Frank Hindman, James Dickson, Dr.
T, B. Haslam, Wiliam Haslam, George Phinney, J. Q. Sook, L. W.
Powell, P. Hesler, H. J. Davis.

In 1869, Olivet was incorporated as a city of the third class. William
Haslam opened a general merchandise and drug store, and later H. J.
Davis opened a hotel, Bartels & Munger started a saw-mill. Wagon and
blacksmith shops, ete., were started.

In 1870, Dr. W. C. Sweezey opened a store. T. B. Haslam opened a
broker’s and exchange office, and some other business enterprises, were
started.

Early in 1870, city bonds to the amount of $10,000 were voted to aid in
the erection of a flouring-mill. Of this, $3,000 were issued, after which it
was abandoned as a public enterprise, but was completed on a smaller scale
by Bartels & Munger.

At the time of the first settlement, the nearest post-office was at Bur-
lingame, twenty miles distant, and William Haslam would have the mail

_ for the neighbors brought over to his store whenever an opportunity oc-
curred. In 1870, he was appointed postmaster, and Olivet made a post-
office on a new mail route.

It was expected that a railroad would soon be built up the Marais des
Cygnes Valley from Ottawa to Emporia, and when the project failed the
new town began to decline at once, and many of the settlers left the country.
The only business houses left are Sweezy’s store, where is kept a small stock
of drugs, and a cooper shop operated a part of the year. ; ,

In 1878, a fire swept over the town, destroying two unoccupied resi-
dences, a few stables, and a great deal of grain, and hay, and then more
settlers left the neighborhood.

The population of the village was once about 300, but now numbers
buta few families, and the town site is covered with farms. Several of the
original buildings are yet standing. It was proposed by the founders of
the town to build a college and make Olivet the headquarters for the Sweden-
borgians of the entire West.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

LES COCHRAN, farmer, Section 34, Township 18, Range 15, P.O. Melvern,
guy uae 10, 1833, in Windham, N.H. He is a descendant of a native Scottish
farmer, who came from Scotland and settled in this country in the first settlement of New
Hampshire. His mother, Annis Dinsmoor, traces her connection back to John Dinsmoor, of
Scotland. Mr. Cochran was brought up on a farm, receiving a good education at the New
Hampshire Conference Seminary. In 1856 he moved to McLean County, Ill., and in 1860 came
to Kansas, a distance of 450 miles, with an ox team, and settled in Olivet Township, where he
now owns a farm containing 7J0 improved acres. He keeps a good herd of cattle and other
stock, and has erected substantial buildings. He enlisted, September 4, 1862, in Company F,
Twelfth Kansas Infantry, with the rank of Orderly Sergeant, and was promoted to First Lieu-
tenant. He was in all the engagements in which his regiment was called, and was discharged
dune 30, 1865, at the close of the war. He represente (Coffey County in the Legislature in
1866, and was County Commissioner of Osage County in 1870, and is now Trustee of the
Township Mr. Cochran has the reputation of an honest, faithful and efficient officer. He
was married in McLean, Ill., July 2, 1857, to Miss Harriet E., daughter of Ichabod and Lucy
Foster Warner, of Bolton, Conn. They have had six children—Rosalie W., born June 12,
1858, died. November 26, 1863; Lincoln F., born August 26, 1869; L. Annis, born July 30,
1867: Mary L., born May 16, 1869; Hattie L., born March 13, 1871, and Charles B., born
May 6 1874. ‘Mr. Cochran is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and algo of

ivet Lodg 1 F. & A.M. : ;
Chives Lee MULDER, ‘farmer, Section 3, P. O. Olivet, was born in Union County, Ind.,
December 22 "$924: is a son of James Elder and Elizabeth Reed. He was brought up on a
fi mea and received a common school education. Came to Kansas in 1869, and sett ed in
Dlivet Township. Owns 160 acres, on which he lives and has improved. He was married
° Butler County, Ohio, August 9, 1849, to Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Briggs
N ort. They have seven children—Sarah E., born July 14, 1830: J ulius §., born May 29,
tase: Noble G., born January 7, 1855; Lyman Y., born September 26, 1857; Thomas G.,
poet} December ’6, 1859; Lulie L., born October 20, 1862; Lettie Annie, born August, 1887,
Mr Elder is a member of the New Jerusalem Church. é .
“JAMES W_ JESSER, farmer, Section 18, P.O. Arvonia, was born in McLean County,
ll., March 8, 1838; son of William Jesse and Nancy Weaver. His grandparents were Wil-
Ill., Jesse and Mary Vermillion, William Weaver and Mary Sims, and his great grandparents
tee i other’s side were James Weaver, Nancy Smith, James and Elizabeth Sims. He
ace on a farm, and was educated in the common schools. In 1854 he came to Kansas
orem ottled in Bloomington, Douglas County. He was then only sixteen years of age, yet he
py ctive in the Free-State cause, and served that cause under the leadership of Col. Sam
Walker and John Brown, often being sent out by them on errands of explorations. His
youthfal appearance, and at the time his apparent (though not real) greenness avoided all

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suspicion, and he thus was prepared as an excellent spy. He helped storm Fort Titus, and
also in driving the notorious McGees from their rendezvous. When he first arrived in Law.
rence there were only sod houses ‘and one frame building in that now beautiful city. Mr,
Jessee went with Col.Walker to Brown County to meet Jim Lane on his way to Kansas with
a large body of men, and also to Lecompton after Free-State men held as prisoners by the
border ruffians, assisted by the United States troops, which resulted in the delivery of the
mep in Lawrence as stipulated in the agreement. He enlisted July 28, 1861, in Company
K, Eighth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and took part in the engagements at Fort Donelson,
Fort Aenry Pittsburg Landing, Champion Hills, Raymond, Jackson, Miss. Vicksburg, Slo-
cumb’s six days running fight, and many skirmishes. He was dischar; ed August 2, 1864,
with rank of Sergeant. He was united in marriage in McLean County, IIl., July 13, 1865, to
Miss Maria Standiferd, by whom he has nine children—Lincoln S. and Logan S., (twins),
born March 21, 1867; Ida May, born May 18, 1870; James W., born July 5, 1871; Hinton
Grant, born December 9, 1873; John Wilson, born January 22, 1876; Charles T., born J uly
21, 1878; Emma Bell, born December 18, 1880, and Frank Arthur, born April 10, 1883. Mr.
Jegsee 1s a member of Arvonia Lodge, No. 54, 1.0.0. F. He is also a Universalist minister,

LORENZO D. LAFFERTY, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Olivet, was born in Orange County,
N. C., December 29, 1829; son of James and Sarah (Cockelrare) Lafferty. When a child his
parents took him to Indiana, and there he was brought up ona farm; was educated in the
common school. Enlisted February, 1862, in Company K, Fifty-Third Regiment Indiana
Infantry, and Behe) pales in the engagements at Corinth, Jackson, Pittsburg Landing, Vicks-
burg and Atlanta, where he was wounded, and was discharged in February, 1865. He was
married in Orange County, Ind., December 4, 1851, to Miss Ona O., daughter of William Felkin
and Prudence McDanell. They have six children, viz., Sarah C., born April 22, 1853; Martha
E., born May 6, 1854; James C., born December 27, 1855; Lydia A., born December 29, 1859.
Mary J., born January 25, 1865, and Charles A., born May 21, 1870. Mr. Lafferty came to
Kansas in 1870, and settled in Olivet Township; owns 230 acres, which he has under cultiva-
tion from the raw prairie, with good house, barn, etc. Mr. Lafferty is a member of Arvonia
Lodge, No. 54, I. é. oO. F. :

ENJAMIN T. LEACH, farmer, Section 34, P O. Key West, was born in Fountain
Hancock County, Ill., September 24, 1853; son of K. N. Leach and Jane M. Read.
brought up on a farm, and educated at Abingdon and Carthage Colleges, and a course in
Bailey’s Commercial College. He came to Kansas in 1876, and settled in Coffey County.
Owns 240 acres in Coffey and Osage counties; lives in Olivet Township; Keeps 150 head of
cattle, 6 horses and 60 hogs. His building cost about $1,200. He was united in marriage
September 14, 1880, in Fountain Green, Ill.. to Miss Mattie L., daughter of John B. McDanall
and Harriett Talbot. They have one child, William W. Clark, born June 26, 1881.

ALBERT M. McCAULEY, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Olivet, was born in Orange County,
Ind., May 5, 1839; son of James and Sarah Lafferty McCauley, who were children of Joseph
McCauley and Vance Lafferty. Mr. McCauley was brought up ona farm, and received a
common school and education. Enlisted August,'1862, in Company F, Eighty-First Regiment
Indiana Infantry, served in the band, and was discharged for disability in December, 1862,
Came to Kansas in 1871, and settled in Olivet Township; owns 125 acres, which he improved.
He was united in marriage in Orange County, Ind., May 10, 1860, to Miss Lucretia A,
daughter of James Greggs, Esq. They have two children—Laura E., born August 5, 1861, °
and James B., born December 16, 1862. Mr. McCauley is a member of Olivet Lodge. No.
22, A., F. & A. M, and postmaster at Olivet. Laura E. is now the wife of William Soddeis-
tum.

JESSE P. SHRECK, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Eclipse, was born in Jackson County.
Ohio, Jan 3, 1823; isa son of Garrett and Anna Elder Shrech, who descended from Paul
Shrech, Margaret Miller, Robert Elder and Mary Dimsey, his grandparents. He received
a good common school education. He lived in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa before coming to
this State. In 1869 he settied in Olivet Township, where he owns 640 acrég, which he has
improved and has well stocked. He was married in Ogle County, Ill., October 2, 1851, to
Miss Elizabeth J.. daughter of Robert Wilson and Mary A. Ekis. They have seven chil-
dren—Elizabeth J, born coy 17, 18538; Robert B., born March 28, 1855; Joseph C.
W., born December 3), 1855, died Ji uly 6, 1878; Mary A., born November 20, 1858; Sarah
B., born March 24, 1860; Rozelia Inis, born December 21, 1862; died August 28, 1865, and
John A., born January 9, 1864. Mr. Shrech is a member of the Christian Church,

A. M. WILSON, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Melvern; born in Highland County, Vir-
ginia, July 5, 1810; son of Eli and Hannah Hempenstal Wilson. He was brought up on @
farm, going to school a part of the time. He lived in Miami County, Indiana, Pom 1840 to
to 1869, when he came to Kansas, and settled in Olivet Township, and improved a good
farm out of the raw prairie. He was the first settler on the prairie in that region. He was
married, in Highland County, Virginia, November 12, 1834, to Miss Hester Fleisher, who
died October 21, 1842. He was again ‘married, November 12, 1843, to Miss Ingabo Shirley.
They have fourteen children—George W., born September 10, 1844; Sarah Ann, born March
9, 1845, died November 17, 1880; Henry, born February 22, 1837, died February 8, 1839; Ben-
jamin E., born December 29, 1838; Eliza C., born January 14, 1841; George W., born Septem-
ber 10, 1844, died March 7, 1864; Samuel B., born March 30, i846; Harrison F., born Novem-
ber 25, 1847; Deborah H., born July 27, 1849; died March 12, 1873; Jacob M., born June 26,
1851; Elizabeth J., born April 27, 1854; John E., born February 11, 1856, James P., born
February 28, 1859, and Mary S., born January 9, 1861. Mr. Wilson is a member of the
Methodist Church, and has been class-leader for a number of years.

Green,
He was

JUNCTION TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT A ADAMS, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Michigan Valley, born in Jefferson
County, Illinois, January 23, 1836; son of Abraham Adams and his wife, Sarah P. Hus-
tin, where he grew up to manhood on a farm, receiving a common school education.
He came to the State in 1869, and settled in Junction Township, where he owns an ex.
cellent farm, which he has improved, and has under cultivation. He was married in
Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, May 8, 1867, to Miss Jane, daughter of John C. Mason,
They have five children per eee E., born October 31, 1869; Alfred F., born J. anuary
5, 1872; aa born May 21, 1875; Sarah E., born January 26, 1878; J oseph, born Septem-
ber 7, 1881.

JAMES C. COLEMAN, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Valley Brook, born in Holmes
County, Ohio, February 2, 1834; son of Ezekiel C. Coleman and Elizabeth Peterman
Coleman. He was educated in the common schools, and learned the wheelwright trade,
and worked at the business until 1866. He came to this State, and bought this farm in
1858, settling in Junction Township. His farm contains 120 acres, improved. He was
married in Bond County, Illinois, April 5, 1860, 10 Mary E., daushter of Philip Stout and
Hannah McAdams Stout. They have had six children—James E., Clara J -, Thomas B.,
Emma M., Charles I. and Elmer R. The second child, Laura M., was drowned in Appa-
noose Creek, at the age of eleven months. _ ;

THOMAS M. GILMORE, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Valley Brook. He was born in
Washington County, New York, January 31, 1833, and is a son of Martin Gilmore and
Eleanor Green Gilmore. He was educated at Cambridge Academy. In 1857, he came to
Kansas and settled at Leavenworth, and in 1868 moved to Osage County on a farm in Junc-

‘tion Township, where he owns 860 acres, improved, and raises stock on quite an extensive

scale, and employs from two to six men. Mr. Gilmore was marvied in Lawrence, Kansas,
September 19, 1859, to Miss Annie J., daughter of Charles Wright, Esq., and Abigail Dick-
ingson, They have six children—Charles M., Nellie A., Arabell, Mary O., Laura A., and
Thomas. Mrs. Gilmore is a member of the Baptist Church.
S. H. FULLER, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Michigan Valley; born in Coles County,
Illinois, August 3, 1839; son of Hawkins Fuller and his wife, Phebe Nash, where he
ew up on a farm, and was educated in the common school, and a partial course in
ome College, West Virginia. He enlisted in 1862 in Company G, One Hundred and
Thirtieth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, with rank of Orderly Sergeant, and took part in
the battle of Grand Gulf and the siege of Vicksburg, where he was wounded, and sent
to the Hospital in St. Louis, and was discharged in April, 1865. He came to Kansas in
1876, and settled in Junction Township, where he purchased a farm containing 160 acres,
He also owns a half interest in a store, carries a stock of $4,000, established the busi-
ness in 1881, and employs three hands. He was married in Coles County, Illinois, August
18, 1890, to Miss Nancy Steward. They have five children—Charles L., Stephen J, E en,
Mattie, and Alfred. Mr. Fuller is a Master Mason, a member of the Baptist Church, and
has served three terms as Township Trustee. ; 3
GEORGE W. MORRIS, farmer, Section 24, P, O. Lamont Hill, born in Cincinnati, Ohio,
April 23, 181; son of Amos Morris, Jr., and his wife, Joanna Lantz. His father moved from
the city to Dearborn County, Ind., where George W. grew up on a farm, was educated in the
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public school, and became afarmer, He enlisted, July, 1862, in Company G, Eighty-third Resi-
ment, Indiaua Infantry, and was in th battles of Vicksbarz, Ackansas Post, Grand Gulf,
Fort Raymond, Gibson, Jackson, Black River, and numerous skirmishes. He was
wounded in the foot, and transferred to the Seventh Regiment, Indiana Veteran Reserve,
and placed on guard duty at Washington in 1864, with rank of Captain, and was discharged
June 5, 1835. He was married in Dearborn County, Indiana, September 26, 1839, to Miss
Sarah J. Noyes, who died in October, 1845. He was again married February 22, 1855, to
Hannah M. Claspill. He has eight children—Warren W., Istael N., AmosG., Linn N., Abia
R., Flora, Florence, Elsworth F., and Albert A. He came to Kansas in 1868, and settled in
Junction Township, where he has since resided; owns 120 acres, which he improved from
the raw prairie. He is 2 member of Rurns Lodge, No. 56, A., F.and A. M., and also »
Universalist.

PETER PETERSON, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Lamont Hill. Was born in Sweden
November 18, 1841. Son of Peter Paulson and Mary Engrie. The change of name
from Paulson to Peterson was made after coming to the United States in 1854, after the
custom of the Swedes. He grew up ona farm and has always made that his business. He
came to Kansas in 1858; settled in Osage County; owns 620 acres in Junction Township,
which he has improved, having 300 acres under the plow; employs three men; keeps 100
head of cattle, eleven horses and 200 hogs. Erected a house in 1883 at a cost of $1,800. He
was united in marriage October 27, 1868, to Miss Susannah, daughter of Samuel Ridenbaugh.
They have five children: Clara, Annie, Clarence, Miunie and an infant. 2

JONAS A. WASHBURN, M. D.. farmer, Section 21, P. O. Quenemo, Was born in
Rush County, Ind., April 1, 1828. Son of Joseph Washburn and Agnes N. Mann, who
descended from Nicholas Washburn and John Mann, Mr. Washburn grew up ona farm,

- and in youth went to the district school, and afterward to Asbury University, and there
commenced the study of medicine, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College, Cincin-
nati, class of 1849, and at once entered upon practice at Wabash,Ind. In 1852 he moved to
Jackson County, Mo., where he had a large practice, and was eminently successful in his
profession, When the Rebellion broke out in 1861, he championed the Union cause, and
was compelled to leave Missouri and come to Kansas, after having been robbed of his
property. Hesettled in Franklin County .and was successful there; in 1870 he purchased
a large farm in Junction Township, containing 560 acres, and eighty acres in Franklin
Connty, and has since devoted his time to improving his farm. He erected a fine house in
1871, at a cost of $3,000. He employs several men on his farm; keeps 200 head of cattle
15 horses and about 200 hogs, and is one of the leading farmers in that part of the
county. Mr. Washburn was united in marriage in Jackson County, MO., July 12, 1852, to
Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George W. Tate, Esq. They have one son, James B., born
Septembor 24, 1855. Mr. Washburn is a Master Mason and a member of the Methodist
Church.

CAPT. ROBERT D. WATTS, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Valley Brook. Was born in
Hancock County, Me., July 2, 1817. Son of James Watts and Nancy Agnes McDonnell.
He went to sea in early life; entered in the Mexican war in 1846, Company C, Third Regi-
ment, Lonisiana Volunteers. Participated fin the engagements of Vera Cruzand Cerro
Gordo. Was in the Quartermaster’s department, and honorably discharged at the close of
the war. He came to Kansas in 1858, settled in Junction Township, where he owns 700
acres, good improvements. Commencing from the raw prairie he has made a beautiful
farm. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Second Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, and partici-
pated in all the engagements in which that regiment took part, and was discharged at the
close of the war. He was married in Franklin County, Kan., November 29, 1866, to Miss
Mary A., daughter of Nicholas Scott and Elizabeth McDonnell, They have five children—
William B.. Mary A., Robert A., James 8. and John D. Mr. Watts for several years fol-
lowed the sea, and rose from a common sailor to becaptain of a vessel. His first experience
in farming was in Kausas, which has been a success. ‘

HENRY H. WIGGANS, farmer, Section 18, P.O Michigan Valley. Was born in Frank-
lin County, Ind., August 13,1832. Son of John Wiguens and his wife Sarah Evans;
he grew up on a farm and went to school. He learned the blacksmith trade and followed
that business until he came to Kansas in 1855, when he became a farmer in Franklin
County. In 1863 he purchased 160 acres in Junction Township, and hag since resided there,
having improved his farm. In 1840 he had his barn and implements destroyed by fire from
the hand of an incendiary. Enlisted in 1861 in Newgent’s Battallion, Missouri Volunteers,
but was discharged in 1862. He was united in marriage in Franklin County, Ind., Decem-
ber 16, 1854, to Miss Emily Tague. They have four children—Thomas C., born May 11,
1861, Hattie H., born October 28, 1864, George A., born December 11, 1869, and Henry B.
born January 24, 1872.

ELK TOWNSHIP.

ROBERT CLARK, farmer, Section 25, P. O. Ridgeway. Was born in Scotland, Sep-
tember 14, 1826. Son of Morris Clark and Margaret Berrell. Came to the United States in
1852; settled in South Carolina, Came to Kansas in 1857; settled in Elm Township, where
he and his brother Morris own 720 acres, improved; they jointly working the same. He
was in the militia and participated in the battle of the Blue against Sterling Price. Mr.
Clark was married in London, England, in 1851, to Elizabeth Hugg, who died in 1856; mar-
ried againin Lawrence, Kan., June 17, 1876, to Elizabeth Collier Haveland. He has one child,
Alice, and two step-children, William H. and John Haveland.

GEORGE REID EMERY, M. D. and farmer, Section 28, Township 14, Range 17, P. O.
Carbondale. Was born in Walpole, N. H., July 22, 1791. Son of John Emery and Susannah
Emery. Her father’s name was Mr. Bartlett. His grandparents were (Capt.) John
Emery and Miss Brucklebank, who came from England. He was educated at the Uni-
versity of New York, Fairfield, N. Y., and graduated from the medical department in the
class of 1814, and has for over sixty years been a successful practitioner. He removed to

- Ashtabula County, Ohio, in an early day and was married October, 1817. to Miss Canduce
Willey, who died April 3, 1832. He was married again July 9, 1832, to Miss Polly Stevens,
who died November 17, 1870. He had four children by the first marriage—Josiah B., George
R.; Candace S., and Omri W., and by the second marriage—Eli, Seth S., Milo, Viola and
Viancy. A few years after the second marriage he moved with his family to Winnebago
County, Ill., where he bought a farm and continued the practice of medicine. In the sprin,
of 1870, he sold his farm there and with his wife and son Milo, moved to Kansas an
bought a farm on which he has since lived. He has belonged to the Methodist Episcopal
Church since 1826. Was made a Master Mason in Painesville, Ohio, in 1817, and is nowa
member of Ridgeway Lodge, No 62, A., F. & A. M., and was for a time an active member
of the Sons of Temperance. Milo Emery, son of the above, was born in Spencer, Ohio, the
family soon moved to Winnebago County, Ill. He clerked in a post-office about a year, but
preferring the mercantile business, he got a situation in a store in Pecatonica, IIl., where he
remained for several years, gaining the esteem and confidence of his employers and his
customers, but his health failing he left the store and went to work on his father’s farm.
In 1870 he came to Elk Township, and bought eighty acres of land in Section 27, Township
14, Range 17. He has since lived with, and improved his father’s farm. Has raised an
orchard said to be one of the best in the county and has been very successful in raising
potatoes: he is now preparing to make a specialty of raising potatoes and Poland China
hogs. He is a member and Worthy Master of Hurricane Grange, No. 359, P. of H.

JOSIAH B. EMERY, farmer, Section 12, P.O. Ridgeway. Was born in Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 4, 1820, son of Dr. George R. Emery and Candace Willey, where he
lived until twenty years of age, and then removed to Winnebago County, IIl., and in 1872
he came to Kansas and settled in Elk Township, where he has since resided on an eighty
acre farm which he owns, and which he has in a fine state of cultivation, Previous to coming
to this State he spent nine years in California. He was united in marriage to Prudence
McIntyre, in Winnebago County, IIl., June 28, 1852, who died July 22, 1869. He was again
united in marriage in Lawrence, Kan., May 28, 1873, to Mrs. Sarah T. German, daughter of

David Burnham of Wisconsin. He has had five children—Vinacie, (who died July 22,
1855,) A. J. Frank, Eva May, Freddie, (died March 19, 1863,) and Cora. Mr. Emery is a
member’of Ridgeway Lodge. No. 62, A., F. & A. M., and is the present Tyler of the lodge.
THOMAS ETHERINGTON, farmer, Section 27, P.O. Carbondale. Was born in Eng-
land, August 24, 1827, son of Christopher Etherington and his wife Ann Graham, where he
grewup. He came to the United States in 1854, settled in Pittsburg, Pa., and in 1857 he

came to Kansas and settled in Elk Township, where he owns a section of land and has im-

proved it. He has 230 acres under plow. During the war he served in the militia and took
part in the engagement at the Blue. He was married in England February 14, 1852, to Miss

Jane Brown, who died January 27, 1866. He was again married in Elk Township, Apr 19,

1868, to Louisa Harrison. They have the following children—Frances, born June 6, 1853;

-eame to the State in 1856, with his parents, who settled in O:

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Jane, born May 9, 1859; Albert, born March 11, 1862; Thomas, born September 1, 1863;
Elizabeth, born January 3, 1864; George, born November 2t, 1865; Milo L., born December
24, 1870; Rae, born January 19, 1873; Florence M., born September 27, 1878. ;

REV. JARED W. FOX, farmer, Section 11, Township 14, Range 16, P. O. Ridgeway,
was born iu Sherburne, New York, December 5, 1810, son of Amasa Fox and Abagail
Ware. Mr. Fox grew to manhood in his native town and was apprenticed at Burlington,
New York, for five years. He entered the Oneida Institute at Whitesboro im the fall
of 1832, and graduated from Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and was
ordained at Adam’s Basin, N. Y.,as pastor of the Congregational Church and subse-
quently became pastor of the Congregational Church in Chili, Monroe County, N. Y.,
which he served faithfully several years. He came to Kansas in 1860, and settled on
a farm containing a quarter section which he owns in Elk Township. He erected a
substantial stone house and barn afew years since. Since coming to this State he has
managed the farm and served the church in Burlingame as pastor a part of the time, and
continues to hold forth the Word in the surrounding country. Mr. Fox was married in
Sherburne, N. Y., January 21, 1839, to Miss Mercy C., daughter of Jonathan Copeland, sea,
and Mrs. Rebecca Edwards Copeland. They have seven children—Charles G., Jared C.,
Irving C., Herbert E., Elliott H., Jonathan C.and Mirtie R. C. Charles G., son of the
above, was born in Adams Basin, N. Y., eee 1840, and was educated in Walworth
Academy. He came to Kansas in 1859, and settled in Elk Township, where he owns a good
farm. He was elected Surveyor for Cease County and filled the office for seven years. He
has also been engaged in teaching school most of the time since coming to the State. He
was in the militia and participated with Sterling Price on the Blue. He was united in
marriage in Marion, Wayne County, N. Y., May 19, 1861, to Miss Harriet E., daughter of
Jonathan Pratt, Esq. and Clarissa 5 ennings. They have four children—Frank E., Mertie
C., Nellie A. and Grace B. Mr. Fox is a member of the Congregational Church. -

BASIL HARDISTY, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Ridgeway. He was born in Knox County,
Ohio, January 18, 1833; son of Francis Hardisty and Mary Barcus. Mr. Hardisty grew u
ona farm and was engaged in that business In Ohio. He came to Kansas in 1870, an
settled in Elk Township, owng 500 acres and has 300 under the plow. He has good buildings
and is one of the substantial farmers of Osage County. Mr. Hardisty was nnited in
marriage in Knox County, Ohio, November 20, 1860, to Miss Livonia, daughter of Labon J.
Wiley, Esq. and Sarah Twiggs. They haye one child—Francis L. J., born October 27, 1865.
Mr. Hardisty is a member of Ridgeway Lodge, No. 62, A., F. & A. M. | .

HON. H. H. HEBERLING, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Ridgeway; born in Berkley
County, West Virginia, May 19, 1811, son of John Heberling and Mary Crumly. When he
was fourteen years old his parents removed to Harrison County, Ohio, where he learned
milling and worked at the business for eeveral years. He came to this State in 1855, and set-
tled in Elk Township. He has a farm of eighty-four acres. He was elected to the legislature of
the State in 1861, where he served with credit to himself and honor to his constituents. He
was made Chairman of the Committee on agriculture and Federal relations. He has also
been elected and served as Justice of the Peace two years. Mr.Heberling has never sought
office, but has rather shrunk from it, yet never failed to discharge any trust imposed upon
him with fidelity. He was an active Free-State man and whenever called upon was true to
his principles. He took an active part in the defence of Lawrence, when Price invaded
the State. His house was open to the new-comers and furnished a green spot in the
memory of the weary traveler who always found a place of rest at his home. Mr. Heberling
was married in Harrison County, Ohio, January 2, 1834, to Miss Catherine, daughter of
John Dickerson and Mary Stevens, daughter of Joshua Stevens, a relative of Thaddens
Stevens. They have seven children—James A., Rebecca L., Sylvanus L., Catherine J.,
George H., Sarah M. and Junius L., the first white child born in Elk Township. Mr.
Heberling is a member of Hurricane Grange, No. 359, P. of H. He isliberal in belief and
reads up all sides of a question. " ‘i

JAMES A. HEBERLING, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Carbondale, was born in Harrison
County, Ohio, November 1, 1838, and is a son of Hon. H. H. Heberling. Mr. Heberling

t e County. He owns a
splendid farm in Elk Township, and has erected substantial buildings and made other
improvements, and ranks with the pulempnising lanier of the township as among the best.
When Sterling Price made his celebrated raid, Mr. Heberling went out with the militia and
participated in the battle of the Blue, in the thickest of the fight, and came out without
injury, although he had a few close calls. Mr. Heberling was united in marriage in
Shawnee County, Kansas, March 27, 1862, to Miss Susan F. ape of R. B. Hopper, Esq.
They have seven children—John L., George A., Hattie, Nellie, ames A., William H. an
Irene. Mr. Heberling is amember of Grange No. 329 and its Steward.

SYLVANUS L. HEBERLING, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Carbondale, was born in
Athens County, Ohio, July 2, 1844, and is a son of Hon. H.H. Heberling. He came to
Kansas in 1856, with his ee and settled in Osage County. Mr. Heberling owns 400
acres in Elk Township and has 240 acres under the plow. He enlisted August 25, 1865, in
Company I, Second Regiment, Kansas Cavalry. Companies I and C were afterwards
consolidated under the name of Company C. He participated in the following engage-
ments: Fort Wayne, Prairie Grove, Cain Hill, where he was wounded in the face, Van Buren,
Dripping Springs, Devil’s Backbone, Perryville, Honey Springs, Dardanelles, Camden and.
several other Sugarements and numerous skirmishes. He was honorably discharged June
22, 1865, at Fort Gibson C. N., and paid off at Lawrence, August 17, 1865. He was united
in marriage in Osage County, Kansas, February 15, 1870, to Miss Charlotte R., daughter of
Joel Cooper, Esq. and Marcia Gibbs. Mr. Heberling is a member of the Hurricane. Grange,
No. 359, and the G. A, R. Post, No, 49, of Carbondale.

_WILLIAM E. VINCENT, farmer, Section 21, P, O. Twin Mound, was born in Bradley,
Maine. July 9, 1834;s0n of George and Eunice Wentworth Vincent; where he lived only
ten years, and moved with his parents to Illinois, where he lived fifteen years, and in 1859
came to this State, and settled in Doniphan County, and seven years later purchased 480
acres in Elk Township, and has since resided on his farm. He was in the militia during
the war and in the engagement at the Blue. He was married in La Salle, 1,
October 2, 1858, to Miss Nancy S. Young. They have six children—Fred W., born October
7, 1859; Charles W., born November 8, 1861; Augusta R., born April 29, 1864: Ellery E.,
born June 1, 1869; Oscar E., born October 7, 1872; Caroline E., born October 7, 1875.

ALFRED WILEY, farmer, Section 13, P. O. Ridgeway, was born in Licking County,
Ohio, ee 29, 1827; son of Laban J. Wiley aud Saral Twigg, where he was brought up.
After living some time in Wisconsin he came to Kansas in 1856, and settled in Osage
County. He owns 320 acres, improved; 110 acres are improved. He was called out during
the Price raid, but was unable to go with the militia to the scene of action because of a severe
attack of asthma, Te was married in Osage County, February 12, 1869, to Miss Jane,
daughter of James Douglas and Jane Graham. They have had eight’ children, seven
living and one dead—Sarah, born October 9, 1869; Stewart, born February 6, 1871; Laban
Pugl ek oe 12, Bee ond died, TDs 18, 1873; Mary J., born February 24, 1874;

4 , born February 28, 1877; re orn August ; Li
1880; Ellen E., born December 24, 1882.” gust 22, 1878; Livona, born June 1,

FAIRFAX TOWNSHIP,

HON. JOHN BANNING, farmer, Section 8, P. O., Dragoon.
County, IIl,, Feb., 15, 1838, son of Ephraim and Mary Potter Banting, where he grew up on
a farm, and was educated in the common schools. He came to the State in 1855 and settled
in Big Springs, wherc he was an active Free-State man, attending the conventions from the
first one held in the place to the last. In 1869 he purchased a fine tract of land containing
680 acres. in Fairfax Township, which he has improved. He built his present residence in
1876 at a cost of $1,400, and in 1880, a fine barn costing $1,700. During the war he served
in the militia, and had a hand in the battle with Sterling Price on the Blue. He has been
Tenore by the people as County Commissioner from 1371 to 1876, and Probate Judge one
t rm. While in Big Springs he was a merchant and Postmaster. He was united in marriage
Hoy tee Tae cee ae %; ae to Mies Hettie J., daughter of I. N. Roberts

nsq. ose 3 i :
Hele M. AV a eee phine P., Ephraim N., May ‘M., Ella Bell., John W.,
LONGMIRE, farmer, Section 82, P. O. Fairfax, was born in East Tenn

Be 31, 1829, son of John and Elizabeth Ranger Longmire, who ance can
sone Longmire, Hannah Bo art, John Ranger and Abi; ail Dunnett; he grew up on a
aioe and received a common school education. During the late war he was conscripted into
Se cr murate no but made his escape and was retaken and sent to Geor; ia, but he
seain a 4 ed the guard and made his escape, although pursued by flve men and fifteen blood
‘ounds he made his way to the Union army, and put himeelf under the protection of General

was born in McDonough
OSAGE COUNTY.

Sherman, who furnished him a passport to the North, where he settled in Indiana. In 1870
he came to the State and settled in Fairfax Township, where he purchased 240 acres,and has
pened the same, He was married in Sullivan County, Tenn., September 2, 1852, to Jane

a BrEpen He has been honored as Township Treasurer, and isa member of the Baptist

JOHN PETERSON, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Carbondale, was bora in Sweden,
November 27, 1886, son of Peter Paulson, now Peterson, ani Mary Engrie, where he grew
upon a farm, among the ruzzed hills ani stony plains of that Northern rezion of E1rope.
He came to the United States in 1854, and settled in Dwwenport, Lowa, where he had various
employments. In 1858 he cam2 to Kansas an4 settled in Fairfax Township, where he
owns a large stock-farm containing 930 acres; —2mploys several m2n—buys and sells stock
of improved breeds. H2 has erected substantial buildings at a cost of over $3,009, and
made other improvements. He was mitried in Kansas City, Mo., March 1, 1870, to Miss
Haunah Sefgren, They have six children—Hffie, born April 12, 1871; Carrie, born August
12, 1872, John A., born January 5, 1875, died April 3, 1875; Nellie A., born June 25, 1878,
died June 15, 183); Eugenie M., born May 14, 1878; Nellie A., born Septemb2r 2, 1830.

CHRIS. PETERSON, farm2r, Section 16, P. O, Carbondale, was born in Sweden, April
12, 1850, son of Peter and Mary Eugenie Peterson; came to the United States with his father
in 1854, and settled in Davenport. In 1853 he removed with his father to Kansas, and settled
in Fairfax Township, and now lives in the old homestead settled by his father. He has

169 acres under cultivation. He was married in Kansas City, Mo., March 16, 1880, to Miss
Emma Johnson.

CHARLES LINDAL, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Fairfax, was born in Sweden; Novem-
ber 17, 1825, where he grew up ona farm. He cam? to the United States in 1853 and settled
in Chicago. In 1857 he came to the Stateand purchased 160 acres, which he has improved.

He went. out with the militia to the battle of the Blue. He is unmarried, yet has been a
successful farmer.

LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

GABRIEL CUMMINGS, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Williamsburg, was born in Clark
County, Ind., June 29, 1824, is a son of John and Sarah Cummings; was brought up in Clark
County, Ind., and learned the cabinet trade and followed that business for some years, and
in 1850, moved from Indiana to Lee County, Iowa, where he remained until 1854; from there
he went to Johnson County, Iowa, in 1865; when he came to Kansas, in 1872, and settled
where he now resides, in Lincoln Township. He owns 240 acres improved land, good
buildings, orchards, etc. He was married in Clark County, Ind., December 16, 1846, to Miss
Julia A., daughter of John Bemis, They have ten children—Misasouri F., Henry A., Jesse,
Abalene, Samuel E., Eugene, Emulous, L., Alanson F., Armina, and Charles T.” Mr. Cum-
mings is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

CARBONDALE.

At this point the line of the [Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad,
extends in adirection nearly north and south, down the center of a narrow
but level valley. Here the town of Carbondale is located, with the business
portion of the level land, while the residence part of the city extends far back
over the gently sloping hills on both sides of the railroad.

The buildings are generally neat and substantial frame structures,
though these are fast giving place to large edifices of brick and stone, of
which there are already several. .

The town is an excellent point for business. All branches of trade are
well represented, and in a prosperous condition, made so by the fact that
the city is surrounded by a well developed agricultural country. Besides
this there are a large number of coal mines in operation all around the town,
which contribute particularly to its support.

In the spring of 1869, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was
completed to this point, and a switch built out for abont three-quarters of a
mile from the main track, to the coal fields on the farm of J. F. Dodds.
Here the railroad received its coal supplies. Coal had been discovered here
some years, but only used by these in the immediate vicinity.

Preparations were soon made to open the coal mines on an extended
scale, and to build up a town. Therefore a town company was formed,
composed of T. J. Peter, then General Superintendent of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, J. F. Dodds, C. P. Dodds, and L.
R. Adams, anda town was laid out on the southeast quarter of Section 24,
Township 14, Range 15 east. Soon afterward an addition was made on the
north side by William Brown. Main Street passes between these divisions.
Some time afterward an addition was made on the west side of the railroad
by the Lawrence and Topeka Coal Company.

The first buildings were erected by the Carbon Coal Company. They
consisted of houses for the miners, and a store was erected where groceries,
meats and provisions were sold. :

A post-office was established, and C. P. Dodds appointed postmaster.
He was also the railroad agent. 2 : :

Early in 1870, C. P. Dodds, ee an opposition store, where he had
a heavy trade. During the year the town progressed rapidly. E. H. Moore
opened adrug store. Dr. C. C. Moore, and Dr. T, M. McClasky located about
that time. The first lumber-yard was opened the same year by SPE &
Hilliard, who also built a large store with a hallabove. Several other
business houses were erected.

In the fall of 1870, bonds were voted to the Lawrence & Carbondale
Railroad. Dr. C. C. Moore was the first president of the road, and was in-
strumental in securing bonds from the county, and from Ridgeway Town-
ship. The road was completed and put in operation in 1872. For about
three years it did a good business, but the coal business decreasing, the road
was abandoned, and preparations made to tear up the track. This was pre-
vented by the citizens, who, under the lead of S. B. Bradford, secured an
injunction. Some time afterward the road was again put in operation, and
regular trains have since been run, though the line of road is hardly long
enough to furnish a paying business, . .

For several years after the foundation of the town it grew rapidly, and
was very prosperous, depending on the mining interests generally for sup-
port. This period of prosperity was followed by a few years of depression
in business, in consequence of the @sage Carbon Company who operated
most of the mines, transferring the heaviest of their mining operations to
Osage City; yet during this dull period the town improved slowly, some
of the mines being in continual operation.

‘After the dull season, the old mines were nearly all opened, with many
new ones, since which time the city has continued to improve, until the
population, including those living at Carbon Hill, the base of operations

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for the Kansas Carbon Company, and adjoining the Carbondale town site,
will number fully fifteen hundred.

The town is now one of the most prosperous ones of the county, and con-
stant improvements are being made. The population is made up of all nation-
alities» The morals of the people are generally good, although there are
occasional affrays among the rougher of the floating class of coal miners.

Other than the rapid development of the town there have been but few
events of historical interest. The most startling occurrence was the burning
of a shaft in W. L. Green’s coal mines, in which nine men lost their lives.
This occurred May 6, 1881. The mine was thirty-five feet deep, and the
shaft built of planks. To one side of this was an air ventilator, at. the base
of which a fire was kept burning to create a draft. There being indications
of damp, a boy was instructed to keep a good fire. The soot took fire in the
flue, and soon the shaft was on fire. The boy saw it and called aman who
tore off a board to get at the fire, but this created so much of a draft that
the shaft was soon in flames, which prevented the escape of the men. From
the outside salt and water was poured down, but it was two hours before it
was safe to go down. Superintendent Raby and others went down, and at last
brought up all but three. All were nearly suffocated, and three were dead.
‘Those remaining had been ascertained to be dead, and the damp had become
so bad that it was decided to leave them, when three men from Scranton,
hoping to save them went down with a guide, but only the latter returned.
The names of the dead were Michael Mullen, Sr., Michael Mullen, Jr., J.
P. Hungate, Charles Jones, A. Warner, J. McDonald, George Evans, A.
Benedict, and N. McGonigal. The three last named were from Scranton.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Carbondale was incorporated as a city of the third class on October 15, 1872. C. C. Moore
was the first Mayor; A. V. Sparhawk ,Clerk; J. R. Cowen, Treasurer; J. S. Conwell, Police
Judge, and E Platt, Marshal. The Council was composed of M. T. Perrine, E. W. Teft,
George Mullan, §. 8. Stackhouse and G, W. Luman. The city is now in a prosperous con-
dition, with surplus money in its treasury, and only low taxes are now levied. The present
city officers are as follows: Mayor, R H. Bartlett; Police Judge, J. G. Ellis; City Clerk,
P. V. Griggs; Treasurer, O. J. Gauger; Marshal, George W. Arrel; Councilmen: R. B.
McKee, R. H. McClair, Fred Roessler, William Irvin and Charles Davis. ;

The educational interests of the town have always been maintained, and Kept up toa
high standard, Before the town was established a school district had been formed, and for
the first two years school was taught in the schoolhouse outside the limits of the town. In 1872
a large two-story stone schoolhouse was built at a cost of $6,000. A. V. Sparhawk was the
first as well as the present Principal. An addition was built in 1892. When complete, the
cost of the entire building will be $10,000. The number of departments in the school are
five, each presided over by an efficient teacher. 3

The coal fields surround the town on all sides, and besides the numerous shafts, an ex-
tensive business is carried on in strippings, drifts and slopes. There are probably as many
as fifty locations where coal is dug, without shafts having been sunk. Many of the leading
merchants of the town own coal fields. During the winter a large number of men are em-
ployed in these fields, outside the regular mines.

The greater number of the mines are owned and operated by the Kansas Carbon Com-
pany, who own eight shafts on Carbon Hill, just east of the townsite. The first shaft was
sunk in 1869. Here in the busiest season about 400 men are employed. The average ship-
ments are thirty carloads per day. Besides the above shafts the company has two near
Scranton.

Besides the shafts belonging to the {Kansas Carbon Company are others, owned by
O'Donnell & Edgar, Richard Byrne, Thomas Trotter and George Robinson, each in continual
operation. =

P From the earliest foundation of the town religious societies have had an organization,
and are liberally supported. ee
Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the fall of 1870, with a membership
of fifteen or twenty. Rev. Jesse Brockway was the first pastor. The present house of wor-
ship was built in the fall of 1874, atacost of $1,000. The present membership is over fifty.
Rev. H. A. L. King is the present pastor.

The Congregational Church was organized in 1877, and the church erected in 1879 ata
cost of $1.200. Rev. J. M. Ashley was the first pastor, and the present membership is about
thirty.

The Baptist Church was organized in 1880 by Rev. E. Brayman, and the church building
erected in 1882, at a cost of $1,000. The present pastor is Rev. Levi Morse, and the member-
ship is twenty-five. sees Be

The Carbondale Flouring Mill is owned and operated by Metzler & Co. It has a full
grinding capacity of 990 bushels of wheat and 200 of corn per day, and when busiest ten
men are employed. The building was once a grain elevator.

The Carbondale Bank was incorporated in May, 1881, with an authorized capital of $50,-
000, and the following officers: J. S. Danford, President; 0. C. Smith, Cashier; J.S. Danford,
S. B. Bradford, F, O'Donnell, S. Minchel, A. M. Sutherland, James Dickinshuts, James W.
E , J. Y. Urie and R. B. Mckee, Directors. In November, 1881, James Dickinshuts
succeeded J. S. Danford as President, J. D. Salmons having assumed charge of the bank
in June, 1881. and being its acting President until it was re-organized. He is now Cashier,
and also a Stockholder and Director.

The hotels of the city, exclusive of the many boarding houses and dining halls, are four
in number, viz., The Sutherland Hotel, A.M. Sutherland, proprietor; Merchants Hotel,
Mrs. M. A. Hunt, proprietor; the Cottage Hotel, C. A. Ellis, proprietor, and the Ohio House,
Mrs. C. H. Greene, proprietor. :

The Carbondale Journal was established in April 1878, by A. A. Banty, who was suc-
ceeded in July, 1878, by William Baxter. The paper was discontinued in Senter, 1878.

The Carbondale Zndependent was established July 7, 1880, by McClure and McMonigal.
In January, 1881, H. C. McMonigal beens Stee tee interest, and continued the publication
of the paper,until February 15, 1882, when Bush Bros. purchased the paper. Ae its name
indicates. it is independent in politics, and an eight column folio.

~The lodges and secret.societies of the city are in a prosperous condition, and number
among their members the greater number of the leading men of the town and its vicinity.

The Carbondale Lodge, No. 70, A., F. & A. f., was organized October 22, 1874, with
the following officers: Jesse Brockway, W. M.; Edward E. Thomas, 8. W.; H. W. Jenness,
J.W. The charter members were: E. E. Thomas, H. W. Jenness, €. C. Moore, P. V.
Griggs, John R. Cowen, Alexander Thomas, E. J. Baker, J. V. Reed, George Doel] and Jonas
Stafford. Present membership is about thirty, and the condition of the lodge is flourishing.

Col. Hayes Post, No. 94. G. A. R., was organized August, 1882, with S. B. Bradford as
Post Commander, and J. G. Ellis, Adjutant. The membership has been increased from
twenty-nine to sixty.

Carbondale Lodge, No. 72, A. O. U. W., was instituted March 4, 1881, with the following
officers: L. K. Eakin, P. W. M.; J. Y. Urie, M.W.; John Prescott, F.; William Stover, O.;
J.G. Ellis, F.; C. A. Ellis, Rec., and J. W. Wright, Recorder. The names of the other char-
ter members were: J. A. DeLong, C. V. Bradley, Alexander Montgomery, Martin Hiesel,
Thomas Leachman, R. B. McKee, F. Degroodt and William Stover. The present member-
ship is twenty-one, and the lodge is in a flourishing condition. :

Carbondale Lodge, No. 102, I. O. O. F., was instituted October 15, 1873, with the follow-
ing officers: Joseph Prescott, N.G.; John Prescott, V.G.; George Milner, R.8.; Alexander
Thomas. P. S., and Ira Philbrick, Treasurer. The names of the other charter members were:
George Doel, J. D. Wood and Martin Hanson. |

Friendship Lodge, No. 2,340, K. of H., was instituted November 27, 1880, by T. B. Kings-
ley, Dep. G. D., of the State. The organization numbered thirty-five members. The first
officers were: S. B. Bradford, P. D.; R. J. Coane, D.; J. W. Edgar, V. D.;
A. D.; Alonzo Stone, Y.; F. M. McClure, Rep.; F. D. Stevens,

 

J. A. Robinson,
. Rep.; 8. J. Irvin, G.; E.
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ane ampbell, 8. The lodge now numbers thirty-one members, and is in a prosperous con-
n.

St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 40, K. of P., was instituted June 23, 1881, with thirty-six mem-
bers. The first officers were: Patrick Ward, C.C., S. Winchell, K. of R_& §.; 0. Suth-
erland, V. C.; Frank O'Donnell, P.C.; Y. G. Muir, P.; C. V. Bradley, M. of £.; Isaiah Jones,
M.of A. The lodge is prosperous, and has thirty-five members.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

RICHARD H. BARTLETT, postmaster, came here in 1872; engaged one year as clerk
for Carbon Coal and Mining Company; then clerked for John R. Cowen; remained with
Cowen until 1876, and in company with Mr. Green bought out Cowen and was appointed
postmaster at the same time. In 1879 bought out Mr. Green and his brother, and July 19,
1881, sold to Green. Was born in Bangor, Me., April 26, 1885. Remained there until the
spring of 1856. Was on the Penobscot River some four years as wharfman. Removed
to Oquawka, Ill., and clerked three years. In 1859 removed to Denver, Col. Returned to
Illinois in 1861 and enlisted in First Illinois Cavalry. Was captured at per eon, Mo.,
and paroled. Was mustered out in 1862 as Orderly Sergeant. Went into livery busi-
ness one year in Kirkwood, Il]. Then went to Atlanta, Toe and worked at the car-
pales trade three years. Was married in 1863 at Cameron, IIl., to Miss Mary Gordon.

amember of A,, F.& A.M. Was elected Mayor of Carbondale in 1882. Is a member
of Board of Directors of Carbondale Bank. .

J.A. BORIN, farmer and coal dealer, P. O. Carbondale, located on the southeast
quarter of Section 30; has 160 acres; came to Kansas in the Spite of 1859 and pre-empted
one mile west of where he is now located. Returned to Vermillion County, Ind., in the
fall of 1860. Hnlisted July 10, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-first Indiana. Was with his
command at Richmond, Ky., where only 250 escaped. Was transferred to Indianapolis,
Ind., and finally to Invalid Corps, where he remained until the close of the war ‘Chen
studied for the ministry and subsequently became a licensed exhorter of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Was married May 13, 1875, at Carbondale, Kan., to’ Miss Jennie L.
Palmer of Mason County, Ill., and have had two children—Tillie Ruth, who died October 13,
1882, aged three and one-half years, and James Albert. .

Cc. V. BRADLEY, dealer in furniture, undertaking goods, wall paper, paints, window
glass and general house furnishing goods, carries from $3,000 to $5,000 stock and sales
Tun from $7,000 to $9,000 per annum. He commenced business with the first and pioneer
furniture and undertaking establishment in Carbondale. He was born*in Clearfield, Pa,
February 18, 1848. The only schooling he ever received was, all told, not exceeding six
months by attending a district schoo] of only four months’ duration for the whole year and
one and one-half miles to go, and only from three tosix weeks during a whole term could
he be spared from farm or timbering; but he made good use of his spare time culti-
vating his mind and in the winter of his sixteenth year he taught a four months’ school;
but not liking the business—when the term expired he was engaged to teach—he quit
teaching and in the following November went to learn the trade of cabinet making, where
he learned to manufacture furniture, coffins, etc., by hand out of the rough. When nineteen
his father moved to Philipsburg, Centre County, where he was engaged most of his time
with his father in the wholesale confectionery Tee for nearly two years. He then left
Centre County and followed working at his trade in various parts of Peunsylvania. He
was married at Utica, Pa., March 21, 1872, to Miss E. J. McKay, whose father died in Libby
Prison, and whose great grandfather is now living at the advanced age of one hundred
years and threemonths. He then went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania and remained at
Oil City, Pa.,where‘he carried on{business until he came to Kansas in June, 1878. Mr. Bradley
belongs to Knights of Pythias and is C. C.; also a member of K. of H. Mr. Bradley is the
youngest and only one living of a family of nine children. Has one brother buried at

_Pomona, Kan.; died from the effects of wounds and exposure at the battle of Antietam.
His other brothers and two sisters are buried in Pennsylvania. His father is living at the
age of,eighty-three. His'mother died two years ago seventy-two years of age. Mr. Bradley
is of French and Scottish descent.

WILLIAM BROWN, farmer and stock-dealer, located a half mile north of Carbondale,
on Section 18, Township 14, Range 16; came to Kansas in March, 1859, and located eight
miles east of Carbondale; remained there one year and removed to Section 24, Township 14,
Range 15, the present town site of Carbondale, in March, 1860. Remained there until. 1865 and
then removed to the northwest quarter of Section 19, Towrship 14, Range 16, which he still
owns and which now yields paying quantities of coal. In 1879 Mr. Brown bought his present
farm of 160 acres and in 1880 completed his residence which occupies a commanding
ee and is the best residence in this section of the country and cost $3,000. Mr.

rown was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, a 15, 1832. When two years old his

parents moved to Weston, Ind.; lived there eight years and moved to Southern Wis-
consin. He was married in Green County, Wis., in 1855 to Miss Silver of Pennsyivania.
They have four children—Melissa, Alice, Frank and Barnum. ‘Mr. Brown has fed and
shipped stock extensively and usually feedsabout 100 head.

HON. D. B. BURDICK, dealer in agricultural implements and stock, came to Kansas in
April, 1857. He located about ten miles southeast of Carbondale on One Hundred and
Ten Mile Creek in Fairfax Township. Here he pre-empted a quarter section of land
which was claimed by a border ruffian from Missouri who attempted to drive Mr. Burdick
off with threats, but failed. Mr. Burdick removed to Carbondale in 1880. Was elected a
member of the Legislature in 1874 from the Fifty-ninth District, and re-elected in 1876.
He was appointed Sheriff in 1859 and held the office one term. Mr. Burdick commanded
a company of militia doris the war and participated in the raid against Price. He was
born in Cortland County, N. Y., April 17, 183). When nineteen moved to Kane County,
Til., and resided there and in Edgar County, engaged in farming most of the time. He
was married in the spring of 1862 in this county to Miss Emilie Merritt. They had one
child—Darius B. His wife died in 1872. He was married again in May, 1874, in Osage
County to Miss Elizabeth Warner of England. They have two children—Cary B. and Lulu
M. He is a member of the 1. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. ‘In 1882 he an ned about seventy-
five car-loads of stock. In 1881 he sold about $40,000 worth of agricultural implements.

- Mr. Burdick began the breeding of fine stock probably earlier than any one in Osage
County, introducing thoroughbred Durham cattle as early as 1866 and had some high grade
cattle in 1860. He now has a herd numbering twenty-five head of shorthorns,

WILLIAM BURNS, P. O. Carbondale, located on Section 30, Township 14, Range 16;
came to the county in 1869 and began work for the Osage Carbon Company. In 1872 was
appointed ‘‘ pit-boss,”’ and has since been in that position and also engaged in farming. In

TBE peels his present farm which is all fenced and well improved. Was born in
Northumberland County, England, June 5, 1845. When ten years of age he commenced
coal mining which he has since followed. Came to America in 1863 and located in Penn-
sylvania, where he remained until coming to Kansas. Was married in April, 1871, at Car-
pondale, Kan., to Miss Mary R. Lathrop, of Devonshire, England, and has four children—
eee Bia one Robert and George. is Treasurer of the A, F. & A. M., and also a mem-
ber of I. 0. O. F.

EDGAR G. BUSH was born August 1, 1860, in Freeville, Tompkins Co., N. Y., where
he remained ehpeed in farming until November 21, 1878, when he removed to Burlingame,
Kan. In March, 1879, he commenced work in the Burlingame Chronicle office. In 1880
“he commenced work in the Ledger office, Emporia, and after a few months, returned to
Burlingame, where he had charge of the Chronicle office until February 15, 1882, when
he bought the Independent. Was married October 12, 1882, to Miss Anna Van Dyke,
of Burlingame. ‘ 3

FRED E. BUSH was born December 15, 1862, at Treeville, Tompkins Co., N. Y.
Came to Burlingame November 15, 1881, and remained until February, 1882, when he went
to Carbondale. :

“J. §. CALLEN, attorney at-law, of the firm of Asher & Callen, Burlingame and Car-
pondale, Kan. Mr. Callen was born in Davis County, Kan., February 3, 1861, and is the
youngest son now living of Hon. A. W. Callen, better known as ‘‘Old Grizzly,” of Junc-
tion City, Kan. Mr. Callen ones from the Junction City high school in February, 1876.
Began the study of law the following yearin the office of McClure & Humphrey of that
city and was admitted to practice at the February term, 1882, in the Supreme Court of
Topeka, and the following fall in the United States Circuit Court, District of Kansas, the
youngest attorney admitted by those courts in the State. While pursuing his law studies
he accepted a position as teacher in the Junction City grammar school and also taught
in the Normal, In 1879 he accepted the chair of mathematics and penmanship in the
West Plain Seminary, Mo. Was afterward appointed by State Superintendent of Public
Instruction as bond clerk and filled that position acceptably for one year, In 1882 he was

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

inted by A. H. Andrews & Co., of Chicago, as their attorney for Kansas, which
eon he till retains, at the same time residing and practicing at Carbondale. Is also
connected with E. G. Bush in the real estate business at that place. ;

‘A. CARR owns a one-third interest in the Carbondale Steam Mills. Is also engaged in

rain trade. Came to Kansas in 1865, locating on a farm four miles east of the city. Was

orn in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., May 26, 1837. Remained there until grown, en; zed in
farming and came direct to Kansas. Enlisted in 1862 in Company K, One Hundred and
Twelfth New York. Was with his command at Cold Harbor, Charleston, Fort Sumter and
Fort Fisher. Was slightly wounded at Cold Harbor. Served until the close of the war.
Was married in 1861, in heatenae County, N. Y., to Miss Rosetta Martin, and has
five children—Minnie, Bertha, Stephen, Charlie and Bdward. :

D. P. CLEMENT, farmer, P. O. Carbondale, located on southeast quarter Section 31,
Township 14, Range 16, eighty acres, about six acres. of coal land, He came to Kan-
gas in 1858, and pre-empted this land; removed to California in fo, and remained six
years, and returned to Kansas. He has resided in the State about fifteen years and ten
years in the county. He was born in Orange County, Vermont, in 1835, remained there
until twenty-two years of age, and then came West. He has been twice married—first, in
1866, at Manchester, N. H., to Miss Sarah Copp, and had one child, Arthur. Mrs. Clement
died at Topeka, in 1869. He was married again at Alma, Wabaunsee County, in 1871, to
Miss Mary Richey, of Peru, Ind. He is Treasurer of School-District No. 91 since its

nization. ‘
ea OHN G. COOPER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Carbondale. He owns 800 acres of
land, located on Sections 22 and 34, Township 14, Range 16, about 500 acres of which are
under cultivation. He hassome fifty head of cattle, and is keeping abreast of the times in
the improvement of his stock. Mr. Cooper was born in Kalamazoo County, Mich., Sep-
tember 4, 1844, his father being Joel P. Cooper, of Yates County, N. Y., his mother’s name
being Marcia V. Gibbs, of Allegany County, N. Y. In 1864 Mr. Cooper went tothe Rocky
Mountains, returning to Michigan, and removing to Kansas in 1868. He was married in
1871, at Hume, Allegany County, N. Y., to Miss Susan 8. Monurse, and they have four chil-
dren—Allen L., Persia E., Sarah V.and Jobn Joel. What was formerly known as Kin-
ney Station was removed to Mr. Cooper's land soon after the completion of the L. & C.
Railroad, and is now known as Cooperville. f i : .

J. M. CURRY, flour and feed store, commenced business in 1880. Came to the State in
1878, locating in Junction Township, Osage County, where he engaged in farming. Was
born in Coles County, Illinois, July 28, 1839; removed to Bates County, Missouri, and re-
sided one year, and also in Hickory County one year. Was married February 23, 1858, in
Coles County, Illinois, to Miss Margaret Ellis, a native of that county, and has one son,
Ellis, He enlisted in September, 1862, in Company G, One Hundred and _Thirtieth Nlinois,
as a private. Was stationed at Memphis, Tenn., doing garrison duty, and at the end of five
months was discharged for disability. Mr. Ourrie’s sales will average about $1,000 a
month. He handles Topeka and Carbondale flour; is a member of the Baptist Church.

JAMES DICKINSHUTS, President of the Carbondale Bank, was born in Sidney,
Ohio, October 11, 1847, living on a farm unti: attaining his majority, when he began learn-
ing blacksmithing, which he has since followed. In 1869 he came to Kansas, locating at
Topeka in March of that year, remaining’ there until 1873, when he removed to Carbon fale,
shortly after the town was surveyed. He has been a member of the City Council, and has
served three terms as Mayor of the city. He has been algo for several years, and is now, a
member of the Board of Education. ~He is a member of Carbondale Lodge, No. 70, A., F.
& A. M., of which he has been Master the past_four years. He was married at Walgrusa,
Shawnee Co., Kan., February 15, 1872, to Miss Pluma Tice, a native of Pennsylvania. They
have three children—Jesse, Fred, and Edgar. 45

ROBERT R. DUNBAR, attorney-at-law, was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., August
17, 1824. When six years of age his parents moved to Peoria County, Il]., where Mr. Dun-
par remained until 1863. He had no opportunities of attending school until twenty-four
years of age, when he entered school at Princeton, Ill. Began the study of law in 1862 in
the office of George W. Stepp, Esq., of Princeton, and remained there one year. Came to
Kansas, and located in Lyon County in the stock business. After the Lawrence raid he re-
moved to Kansas City, Mo., and opened an office there; but, owing to poor health, soon after.
removed to a farm in Jackson County, Mo. Remained there three years, and removed to
Lawrence in 1868, and remained about ten years, engaged in the real-estate business. Inthe
fall of 1872 he was employed bya St. Louis commission house, where he remained two
years, and then engaged in similar business in Kansas City one year. He was admitted to
the bar in Lyon County, Kan., in 1863. Was married to his first wife in Illinois in 1851, she
ee same year. Was married to his present wife in Princeton, I)1., in 1858, and has
five children—J. M., George T. C., Elizabeth A., Claude May, and Daisy Pearl.

LEWIS K. EAKIN, blacksmith and wagon-maker, located in Carbondale, October 10,
1878. He was born near Lock Haven, Clinton Co., Pa., December 29, 1851. When eight
years of age he removed to Marshall County, Iowa, where he resided some six years, and
removed to Eldora, Hardin County, and learned his trade. He was married in Eldora, in
1876, to Miss Ella Stall Smith, a native of Dixon, Ill. He is Secretary and Lodge Deputy of
Carbondale Lodge, No. 102, 1.0.0. F. Is also Recorder and Deputy of the A. O. U.W., No. 72.

J. G. ELLIS, of the firm of Ellis & Co., dealers in groceries, and also deal largely in
wheat andcorn They began business in May, 1877, and in 1882 shipped about 300 cars of
wheat and 275 cars of corn. Mr. Ellis came to Kansas in 1871, locating on a farm fifteen
miles southeast of Carbondale. He remained there six years, and came to Carbondale in
1877. He was born in Coles County, Ill , January 11, 1843, and remained there until twenty-
eight years of ae In Bepieaners 1862, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Thir-
tieth Illinois. He was with his command at the siege of Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., in
1863. ‘In the spring of 1864 he was with Black’s command in the Red River expedition, and
was captured at Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8, 1864, and held as a prisoner at Camp Tyler,
Tex., until the close of the war, He was married February 1, 1866, m Coles County, Ill., to
Miss Mary J. Checkley, of that county, and has six children—Marion A., Thomas A.
capenne Charles, Jessie, and John. Mr. Ellis is a member of the G. A. R., K. of P.; and

0.J. GAUGER, druggist and stationer, located in Carbondale in November, 1878.
During his first year's residence there he had charge of the lumber-yard of William Clapp.
At the expiration of that time he was appointed deputy postmaster, holding that position
until November, 1881, when he purchased the drug stock of A.C. Brown. He carries astock
valued at $2,200, consisting of drugs, druggists’ sundries, stationery, ctc.,and does an an-
nual business o $8,000. He was born in Turbotville, Northumberland County, Pa., Feb-
tuary 11, 1856, there receiving his early education, and afterward graduating from Davis
Commercial College at Williamsport, For three years he was engaged in teaching in Mon-
tour County, Pa. Mr. Ganger was elected Township Clerk in 1882, and was appointed City
Treasurer in May of the same year. He isa member and Treasurer of Friendship Lodge,
No. 2,840, K. of H.

W.L. GREEN, dealer in general merchandise, and also extensively interested in coal
mining. He came here in 1872, and began mining at Carbon Hill, continuing in that busi-
ness until 1882. In 1880 he opened a stock of hardware in Carbondale, which he sold in
1882. In July, 1881, the present stock of general merchandise was opened by Green & Mc-
Kee, and in August, 1882, Mr. Green bought McKee’s interest. He carries a stock of about
$12,000, and has an annual trade of about $60,000. Was born in Henderson County, Ill.,
April 30, 1852; remained there until 1868, engaged with his father in stock-raising and nur-
sery business, and they then moved to Topeka, Kan. Was married in 1876, at Carbondale,
Kan., to Miss Mary E. Fagan, a native of Indiana, and has one child—Johnnie. Was elected
a member of the City Council in 1882.

MRS. R. GREEN, proprietress of the Ohio House, was born in Steuben County, N. Y.,
October 6, 1840. She remained there until about sixteen years of age. On April 10, 1856, she
was married at Bradford, N. Y., toC. H. Green, She came to Kansas soon afterward, and
located at Ridgeway, Osage County. She came to Carbondale in 1871, and opened the Ohio
House, which is a two-story frame building, with fourteen rooms and eight sleepin
iat : aa

a) V.GRIGGS, Justice of the Peace and City Clerk, also proprietor of Griggs’
Dining Hall, Located here in 1872. Was elected Ji uatice of the Peace ae 1878; held the
penttos until 1879, and was re-elected in 1888. Was appointed City Clerk in April, 1882.

as born in Genesee County, N. Y., August 20, 1840. hen two years of age moved to
Canada, remaining there until seventeen; then went on the lakes as seaman, and scrved as
clerk and steward for eight seasons; quit the lakes in 1866. Kept books for a Chicago firm
for four years. Was married in 1868 in Toronto, Canada, to Miss Ellen A. Murray, and has
four children—Alice, James, Katie, and Gustie.’ Is amember of K. of H. Lodge, No. 2,340,
and is Chaplain of the Lodge. Is also engaged in real estate, loan and collection business.
OSAGE COUNTY.

‘W.C. HENDRIX, proprietor of the Cotta; ilding i 5 i

‘i t ge Hotel. The building is 78x! stories
a ma ell 18x82 feet. House has sixteen rooms and fourteen aiceping taeonenta ME Hen-
Gani ought the house November 20, 1882. Came to Kansas in 1870, and located on a farm near

i ner, Johnson County. Remained there seven years, and removed to Miami County,
eS remained there until coming to Carbondale. Was born in Gilford County, N. C., in
Let anaes int his native acon. until coming to Kansas, and eneaged in farming and
children, al aol A, as married in 1873 at Gardner, Kan., to Miss T.J. Clinton, and has four

B. F. HOY, meat market, opened business in 1880. He was born in Tkill, Pa.
ale we aemered, @ See eran County. Pa., in 1850. Weta tee in

. , Pa., s Mary E. i —Lizzi
Marion G. andy Newton, 'y agg, and has four children: Lizzie C., Hila M.,

_ LAND, farmer, P, O. Carbondale; has 120 acres located on the northeast
auarter of Section 8, Township 14, Range 16. Eighty acres are under cultivation. He has
ey. head of cattle, horses and hogs, He was born in Garrett County, Ky., December

, 1825, where he resided until 1831 when he removed to Jefferson County, Ind., there re-
maining until twenty-two coe of age, when he again removed to Kentucky, and was mar-
rel tee at, eee a eee pues Epa , Mo., where he resided until he came

: 7 ur children—Lador: f illi jt

Hehas alivays boon a Hominliea, a, John M., William G., and James W.

LATHROP, farmer, has eighty acres one and one-half miles east of Car-
bendale. on Section 20, Township 14,-Range 16, all under cultivation. Was born in Devon-
shire, Eesiand, and coms to America when eight years of age. His father, William La-
throp, Sr, was born in Devonshire, England, August 7, 1827, where he remained until 1867,
engaged asasawyer, Was married in 1851, to Miss Sarah Cross, and has four children
a Wie ae Rateh A. aun Blisepet Located first in Kankakee County

le, about two years, and came di 5 i

his home December aaa y 2 rect to Kansas. Mr. Lathrop died a

¥ MAN, wagon-maker and repairer, came to the State in May, 1870,
locating at Lecompton. Remained there four ears. In 1874 went to Southern Co! ae
working at La Junta and other points until the fall of 1878, when he came to Carbondale.
Was born in Lincolnshire, England, January 6, 1835. Remained there until about seventeen,
and came to America. Stopped a few months at Middletown, Conn., and went to Chicago,
where he learned his trade, and remained nine years. Went to.Pike County, Ill. and remained
five years. Was married in 1860, at Chicago, to Miss Elizabeth Thornton, of Liverpool,.
England, and has seven children—Samuel, Stella, Lethia, Eliza, Spurgeon, Grace and
Florence. United with the Baptist Church in 1887, and is now deacon. Is a member of

O. U. W. and Kansas State Temperance Union.

W. B. LONG, farmer, P. 0. Carbondale, has 160 acres, all under fence and eighty under
cultivation. Located in Montgomery County, Kansas, in 1870. Removed to Bate: County
soon after, and remained two years; came from there to Carbondale. Returned to Butler
County-in 1878, and remained until 1881, when he returned to Carbondale and remained until
1883. Was born in Mercer County. Pa., March 27, 1852. When about three years of age re-
moved to Schuyler County, Ill., and remained until coming to Kansas, learning the carpenters’
trade. Was married January 19, 1874, at Carbondale Kan., to Misa Lottie Chamberlain. They
have four children—Andrew, Samuel, Maria T. and Zuella Kate.

RUFUS H. McCLAIR, dealer in hardware and implements; located two miles north
of Ridgeway in May, 1876. Remained there about five years engaged in farming and stock-
raising. Began business in Carbondale, in the spring of 1881. ‘as born in St. Lawrence
County, N. Y., June 25, 1851. Removed to Michigan in the fall of 1867. Was employed by
the Northern Transportation Company for over eight years, in the capacity of clerk,
bookkeeper and agent. Was married January 1, 1873, at Glenhaven, Mich., to Miss Agnes
Helm, a native of Canada, and has three children—Loretta, Charles and Baby. In 1882
he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners from the Second District.
Is a member of K. of H.

_,,R. B. McKEE, lumber dealer, located here in April, 1870, and formed a co-partnershi
with Mr. Green in mercantile business, He was born in Montour County, Pa., April 20,
1846. Came to Kansas in 1868, remaining at Topeka two years. Was married August 25,
1870,-in Shawnee County, Kan., to Miss Bettie Snyder, a native of Pennsylvania, and has
two children—Jimmy and Grace. Was one of the original incorporators of the Carbon-
dale Bank, and is still one of the directors. Mr. MeKee carries a stock of about $6,000.
Is a member of I. O. O. F., No. 102, and also of A. O. U. W., No. 72.

- CHARLES MANROSE, came to the State in 1870, locating on a farm in Franklin
County, fifteen miles southeast of Carbondale, and engaged in farming there until 1880,
when he removed to Carbondale and has since been engaged in the livery business. Was
born in Huron County, Ohio, July 9. 1845; resided there ten years and moved to Fulton
County, Ill.. and remained there until eighteen. when he enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois
Cavalry. Was in the Department of the Gulf, with Gen. Bank’s Red River expedition,
and at Mobile, Ala.. Was mustered out in May, 1866; then returned to his home and en-
gaged in farming until coming to Kansas. Was married at Bushnell in 1868, to Miss Lucy

artin, of that place and has six children—Laura, Ida, M. P., Mollie, Carrie and N. C.
Was elected Constable of Ridgeway Township in thespring of 1882. Isa member of A. O.
U. W., Carbondale Lodge.

JOHN T. MAY, grocer and Justice of the Peace, came to the State in November, 1871,
and engaged principally in mining. Was born in Cornwall County, England, November
24, 1840. Remained there until twenty-six years of age engaged in mining, and also learned
the carpenters’ trade, Came to the United States in 1866 and located in Bucks County, Pa.,

and after a short residence moved to Wisconsin, Grast County. In 1869 removed to Mar- -

quette, and from thence to Kansas. Was married July 2, 1861, in Cornwall, England, to
Miss Elizabeth Allen, and has had eleven children, only two of whom are living—Bessie
and Edgar, Mr. May was elected Justice of the Peace in February, 1882. Began mercan-
tile business in August, 1881. Is a member of Carbondale Lodge, No. 70, A., F. & A. M
Js also connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church,

GEORGE W. METZLER, Manager Carbondale Mills, now operated by the Carbon-
dale Mill Company, A. Carr and Henry Urich, joint owners. The mill was built for a
grain elevator by John Y..Urie,in 1879. The following year Mr. Urie put in the present
engine and commenced the manufacture of flour. A joint stock company of which J. G.
Ellis was business manager, bought the property of Messrs. Urie and Loveland, May 14,
1880, and operatea the mill until December 9, 1881, when Mr. Metzler assumed the man-
agement. The building is 22x120 feet, the front being three stories. Has four run of burrs
and improyed machinery throughout. ‘The capacity of the mill is 300 bushels of wheat in
twenty-four hours. The power is furnished by a sixty-five horse-power Comer engine.
It is the largest flouring-mill in the county and is worth $12,000. Mr. Metzler came to Kan-
gas in 849, locating three miles east of Carbondale where he still resides on a well improved
farm of eighty acres. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, March 14, 1844; resided'‘in that
county until 1862 engaged in farming and carpentering. In 1862 he enlistedin Company A,
One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Infantry. Was captured at Red River and was held a
prisoner of war. He was married in 1866, in Wayne County, Ohio, to Miss Caroline Wei-
ker of that county, and has five children, all boys. He is a member of Col. J. Hayes
Post, G. A. R., No. 94, : ; .

S. MINSHALL, dealer in general merchandise, Carbondale, commenced business here
in July, 1875, with about $2,000, witha 40 foot froom, In 1876 he built a 40foot addi-
tion to bis store. In 1879 he sold a half interest to George Shelley, of Kansas City. He
built an 80 foot building adjoining the old store and put in a stock of groceries. In
1882 he built a 40 foot stone room with basement, in the rear of his store. His store
rooms are now 22x80 feet and 22x12v feet respectively, connected in bothfront and rear
with arches; cashier’s office in the’center. Mr. Minshall bought out Shelley in August,
1881. He now carries a stock valued at $20,000; and in 1882 his trade reached the hand-
some sum of $62,000. His first year’s trade was about $15,000. There are from five toseven
clerks employed in the establishment besides the cashier. Mr. Minshall’s residence is one
of the neatest in the city, of cottage architecture, 62x42 feet. The subject of this sketch
was born in Perry County, Ohio, July 22, 1848. In 1855 he removed to Wisconsin, and re-
mained there until 1870 engaged in eee He obtained a position with J. M. Sheiley
& Co , of Kansas City, wholesale dry goods, and remained with the firm three years, when
he assumed charge of the store in Elk Falls for Noyes & Barber, and in 1874 was
married to Miss Phoebe Scofield, of Iowa. Mr. Minshall is Vice-President and one
of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Carbondale. He is a member of the
I. O. O. F. and Past Chancellor of St. Andrews Lodge, No. 40, K. of P., and Grand
Lodge Representative of K. of P. He has been a member of the City Council three

terms.

) Price was driven across the Arkansas River.

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ROBERT MITCHELL, billiard hall, located herein September, 1875, and worked at coal
mining about five years. Began his present business in 1881. Was born in Sterlingshire.
Scotland, August 9, 1854. Commenced mining when about nine years old. Left Scotlan
in 1872, and moved to Perry County, Ohio. Remained there until coming to Kansas. Was
married in 1875 at Carbondale to Miss Charlotte Cusworth, a native of England. They have
three children—Jim, May and John. Isa member of I. O. O.F., K. of L. and K. of P.

ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, stationed at Fort Gibson, as a member of Company
F, Seventh United States Infantry, in 1854. Remained in the Territory two years, and or-
dered to Fort Bridger, Utah, where he remained until 1859. Was in St. Louis on seems
service the winter of 1859. In the spring of 1860 was assigned to Company H, Secon
Infantry, at Fort Leavenworth, and ordered to Fort Larned, Kansas. Mr. Montgomery was
born in Whitehall, Washington County, N. Y., August 17, 1882. When about eighteen years
of age joined his brothers, who were in the Mexican war, at Newport, Kentucky, where he
enlisted in the United Statesregular army. Participated with his command in the late war in
the following noted engagements: second battle at Bull’s Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Gettysburg and Chancellorsville. Was promoted to First Lieu-
tenant by the Secretary of War, and joined Gen. Phil. Kearney. as on Maj.-Gen. Curtis’
staff, and was in the command which drove Price from Missouri, While in this pursuit was
desperately hurt by his horse being shot and falling on him, but remained on the field until
Returned to Fort Scott, and was ordered to
Leavenworth by Gen. Curtis. From there was ordered to relieve Captain Peck as Quarter-
master at Fort Omaha. Was immediately re-called to Leavenworth, and ordered to Law-
rence, Kansas, and appointed Quartermaster, Commissary, Chief of Artillery and Courier
Line. Remained on that duty until the close of the war, and ordered to Leavenworth to be
mustered out. Received an order from Gen. Grant to proceed to Camp Verd, Texas, as
Second Lieutenart.of Fourth United States Cavalry. Declined the appointment on account
of his family; called for a pension, and quit the service in 1866, after a term of active en-
listment since 1851. Was employed in the grocery trade in Lawrence until coming to Car-
pondale in 1881. Was married in St. Louis in 1859 to Miss Catherine Crowley, of Pittsburg,
Pa. His children are: William B., now agent for Associate Press at Mount Sterling, Ky.;
Nelly, Margaret, teacher, and Katherine. Is a member of Col. J. Hayes Post, G. A. R.,.
No. 94. officer of the day. Is also Guide and Trustee of A. O. U. W. ;

DR. CYRUS C. MOORE, physician and surgeon, was born in or near Morristown, N.
J., September 14, 1823. Left there with his parents in early youth, going to Sussex County,
near Deckertonn,where he was educated; completing an academic course, and preparing for
the study of medicine, which he began when about seventeen years old under a preceptor;
afterwards going to the city of Philadelphia, Pa., where he engaged for some time in a first-
class retail acae and prescription store, continuing faithfully his medical studies by attend-
ing lectures in the University, the Jefferson, and other noted colleges and hospitals of that

 

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city, until he there graduated. Acted as Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy, and dida
largepractice of medicine until 1859, when he removed to Kansas, located at Auburn, Shawnee
County, where he continued in doing a very extensive practice of medicine until 1870. He
then, being very much interested in the introduction of railroads into Kansas, and some-
what desirous of being released from his arduous professional labors, removed to Carbon-
dale, where he has since resided. He was elected President of the St. Louis, Lawrence &
Southwestern Railroad Company, holding that position for several years, taking an active part
in having the company build a line of road to Lawrence, Carbondale, and other important
points. He was married in Philadelphia, June 29, 1842, to Miss Catherine Bower, a native
of that city. They have five children—Emma, now Mrs. J. Earnest, residing in Kansas City,
Mo.; Eugene H., married, and residing in Carbondale; Eva, now Mrs. D. J. Evans, residing
in Washington, D. C.; Katie B., now Mra. E. E. Thomas, now residing in Wyandotte, Kan-
sas; and George ©. B., who was born in Auburn, Kansas, and now resides with his parents
in Carbondale. He is a charter member of Carbondale Lodge, No. 49, A., F. & A. M., and
irom He youth has been an active member of the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal
ureh. >

THOMAS G. MUIR came to this State in 1866, and located on a farm about six miles
from Olathe, Jobnson County, remained there until February, 1880, and came to Os:
County, and farmed for about six months near Michigan Valley; and came to Carbondale,
where he engaged in the livery business until the spring of 18-3. March 1, 1883, he bought
out Messrs. Ranzler & Stephens’ billiard hall, and is ihe present propristor of the “Blue
Wing,” the most popular resort in the city. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, December
14, 1836. He emigrated to Putnam County, Ind., in 1843; removed to Indianapolis in 1862, and
in 1864 enlisted in Company B, Bovey anne Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Served eleven months
and removed to Parke County, Ind., where he remained until coming to Kansas. He was
married December 24, 1857, at Mount Meridian, Iud., to Miss Martha J. Bourne, a native of
that county, and has five children—John W.. Ellen, James L., Hattie V., and Frank Olathe.
He is amember of the A., F. & A. M., K. of P., and the G. A. R.

J. B. MUNGER was born in Northeast Pennsylvania June 14, 1834. His father emigrated
to ee when it was yet a Territory; there his boyhood was spent in the town of Bu-
chanan, Berrien County. At the early age of twenty-two he was married to Miss A. M.
Earl, of Hamilton, Van Buren County, and has four children—Leonard J., Earl E., Wyllis
R. and Anna M. Moved to Kansas in 1868, and settled in Lawrence. Being a miller of
large experience he became manager of the city mills at that place for four years, moving
from there to Atchison County he remained there for five years at his business; he then
moved to Carbondale as foreman of the steam mills there, which unfortunately burned,
compelling him to seek employment elsewhere. Moved to Burlington, where he has been
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engaged for four years as foreman of the Excelsior Mills at that place.
member of the Masonic Order and s member of the Republican party.

EUGENE NORMANDIN, barber and hair dresser, came here in April, 1881, from Ne-
braska. He was born in St. Jacque Le Mineur, Cunada East, June 2, 1853. When ten years
old he went to Hudson, Columbus County, N. Y., and remained five years. He went to Chi-
cago in 1871, and thence Westward. He received his naturalization papers from the District
Court of Thayer County, Neb., September 12, 1879, He was married June 1, 1881, at Con-
conte Kansas, to Miss Eugenie Ledoux, a native of Belgium. He is a member of the K. of

. Lodge.

NICHOLAS OSBORN, farmer, P. O. Carbondale, resides on Section 8, Township 14,
Range 16, and also owns 160 acres on Section 10; has about ninety acres under cultivation;
has about twenty head of cattle and other stock; located in Kansas in 1869; was born in
Hendrick County, Ind., June 10, 1837; is the son of Harden Osborne and Priscilla Tincher.
Enlisted in the army in August, 1862, in Company C, Seventieth Indiana; was with his reg-
iment at Resaca, and in front of Atlanta; was wounded at Peach Tree Creek, from whic’
his left hand was ee rejoined his command at Goldsboro, and from thence to Halelis
N C., and from thence to Washington, D.C., where he was mustered out June 24, 1865. He
was married March 17, 1859, at Clayton, Ind., to Miss Elizabeth Kirkham, and has eight
children—Clara F., Albert DeLake, Laura, Priscilla, Oscar, Gilbert, Wilber and Baby. Mr.
Osborne has been extensively engaged in the manufacture of sorghum, now having one of
Cook’s Evaporators. He is also engaged in sprouting sweet potato plants by artificial heat.

. §. W. PERRYMAN, liveryman, commenced business in 1879, and has run three different

stables in Carbondale. He built the present barn in the summer of 1882, size 40x42 feet, with a
capacity for eighteen horses; cost about $600. He was born in Shelby County, Tll., Septem-
ber 23, 1841; remained there until about thirtcen; settled in Mercer County, Mo., and re-
mained about seven yeore and removed to Sullivan, Moultrie County, Ill., and resided there
about four years, and removed to Coles County, Ill., and remained until coming to Kansas.
He was married March 8, 1864, in Coles County, Ill., to Miss Rebecca J. Ellis. They have
four children—Finetta A., Joseph W., Howard F. and Nancy R. He is a member of Car-
bondale Lodge No. 70, A., F. & A. M., and a member of the Baptist Church; also owns a
well improved farm of 160 acres in Junction Township, one mile east of Michigan Valley.

WILLIAM H. REED, dealer in furniture, carries a stock of about $2,500, and average
annual trade will reach $4,000. He began business in March, 1882. He was born in Mari-
etta, Ohio, September 11, 1850. When about two years of age removed to Leavenworth
Kan.; commenced his trade when about sixteen years of age. He was married in 1878 al
Leavenworth, Kan., to Miss Alice J. Moore, a native of Indiana, and Hey have four children—
Mary I., Helen, Lillie and Mattie. Has a brick store two stories and basement 25x60 feet,
built in 1881, at a cost of $3,000.

CHARLES R. ROGERS, attorney-at-law, was born at Oxford, Grafton Co., N. H.,
August 25, 1823. Entered Bradford (Vt.) Academy in 1840, graduating in the classical course
in 1843. Began the study of law in 1844 in the office of Josiah Quin y, of Rumney, N. H.,
and was admitted to the bar in:May, 1847. Opened an office at Barstead, Belknap Co., N.
H., and practiced there until 1850, when he removed to Paterson, N. J., and remained until
1854. ‘as married in that city October 1, 1853, to Miss Francis Clark. While there-was
elected to the office of County Examiner of Public Instruction, and opened a Latin and
English school for boys. In the fall of 1854 removed to LaCrosse, Wis., where he practiced
law, holding the positions of County Attorney and City Attorney. In 1861 he enlisted in the
Second Wisconsin Cavalry; being disabled, was discharged in September, 1862. Resumed
practice at Paterson, N. J., and in November, 1864, enlisted in the Twenty-sixth New York
Cavalry, and served as Commissary Sergeant until 1865. Resumed practice at Bradford, Vt.,
where he remained until coming to Kansas in 1869. Mr. Rogers is the father of five chil-
dren, four sons and one daughter. He is a member of I. O. O. F. at Laconia, N. H.

f J.D. SALMONS, Cashier of the Carbondale Bank, was born in Lewis County, N. Y., Feb-
ruary 5, 1854. He attended school at Lowville Academy until 1868, when he removed to
Sangamon County, Ill., where he entered the high school at Springfield. While in the
senior class he left school and clerked in the offices of the county officials as book-keeper
until 1873, when he removed to Harvey County, Kan., buying and improving a quarter sec-
tion of land near Newton. He soon afterward obtained a position as Tellerin the Harvey
County Bane Bank, where he was employed until June, 1881, when he assumed charge of
the Carbondale Bank, with which he has since been identified. He was married in 1877
near Newton, Kan., to Miss Fannie Westhafer, a native of Ohio. He is a member of
Friendship Laage, No. 2,340, K. of -H., of Carbondale.

G. B. SCOTT, dealer in harness, saddles, etc.; carries a stock of about $1,200, and trade
Came to Kansas in 1875, locating at Valley Falls, where he worked at
and went to Great Bend, remained about one year,
in August, 1881. He was born in

Mr. Munger is a

will average $4,000.
his trade about three years,
and came to Carbondale and opened his cnop
Buchanan County, Mo., May 20, 1852. Resided_there until the breaking out of the
war, and removed to Fremont County, Iowa. Remained there about one year, and
moved to McDonough County, Ill; remained there about two years, removed to Spring-
field, and remained four years; then moved to Winona County, Minn., remaining one year,
and moved to Hardin County, Ky. _After a residence thereof about nine months, he came
to Kansas overland. Was married in December, 1880, at Carbondale. Kan., to Mrs. M. A.
Hartman, a native of New York. Isa member of I. O. O. F. of Valley Falls, and is Vice-
Dictator of K. of H. Lodge, No, 2,340. Has a farm of eighty acres adjoining Carbondale
on the east, on which coal is found in paying quantities.

JOHN N. SHAEFER, baker and confectioner, located here in;July, 1882. He was born
in Retterath Coblentz, Prussia, March 27, 1838. Remained there until twenty-six years of
age, engaged in farming for himself and his father. He came to America in 1864, and
located at Pittsburg, Pa. From there he went to LaSalle County, Ill., and worked on a
farm for twenty months, and resided in different places until coming to Kansas, where he
farmed five years in Shawnee County; from there he came to Osage County, and located on
a farm three-fourths of a mile northwest of Carbondale, where he remained until coming
to the city. He was married in 1868, near Topeka, to Miss Catherine Heil. They have three
OOo Fred and Laura. He carries a stock of about $600, and his trade will
reach $5,000.

Y. M. SHIRES, farmer, residence on Section 29, Township 14, Range 16, P. O. Carbon-
dale; has ninety acres under cultivation, and has about forty ead of cattle. Located here

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

in 1868, and was the first Superintendent of the Carbon Coal and Mining Company, and
had charge of all underground work, both at Carbondale and Osage City. The first winter
the company employed only 110 men, and coal reached $1 per bushel. Mr. Shires was born
in Yorkshire, England, January 21, 1843. Remained there until about twenty-one years of
age, engaged in inining, and came to America in 1864, and located in McDonough County,
Ii Remained four years, and was married November 2. 1869, in McDonough County, Ti,
to Miss Hannah J. Heppenstall, a native of Yorkshire, England, and they have three chil-
dren—George M., Frank N. and Mary CU. : Y

PROF, A. V. SPARHAWE, Principal of Carbondale schools, was born in Akron, Ohio,
March 12, 1840, and is the only son of Noah Sparhawk, who was born in Windsor County,
Vt., July 28, 1813, Attended Wellington Academy, and entered Oberlin College in 1858, re-
maining until 1861. Taught at Paris, Elkhart Co., Ind., two years, and afterward in Bu-
chanan. With the exception of one year, he has had charge of the Carbondale schools since
1870. Was married in 1863, at Buchanan, Mich., to Miss Nellie’ M. Earl, of Van Buren
County. He is Secretary of A., F. & A. M., No. 70; and Reporter of K. of H. Lodge,
No. 2,340. : = :

W. F. STOLTZMAN, commenced business at Carbondale in April, 1880; carries an
average stock of $4,000, and his annual sales will reach $10.000. Mr. ‘Stoltzman is a prac-
tical workman, and the only exclusive dealer in boots and shoes in the city. He was born
in Uchermark, Prussia, June 21, 1855. When but a year old his parents emigrated to America
and located in Manitowoc County, Wis., Mr. Stoltzman serving hie time as apprentice
at Sheboygan, Wis. From there he moved to Pekin, Ill,, following his profession there
until August, 1877, when heengaged in the boot and shoe business for himself, and remained
for three years. He was married on October 3, 1878, to Mary L. Stoehr. They have had
three children—a baby, born and died September 3, 1879; Clary L., born November 11, 1880,
died August 13, 1881; William A., born August 14, 1882. Mr. Stoltzman is a Past Grand
member of Carbondale Lodge, No. 102, I. O. O. F., and a member of Pekin ay aces
ment, No. 76,1. O. O ¥F., and is also a member of Pekin Grove, No. 53, U. A. O. D.

A. M. SUTHERLAND, proprietor of Sutherland House, also of Sutherland’s Opera
House, Carbondale, The hotel was built in July, 1881, and opened in November of the same
year; size 24x60 feet; three stories; basement is used for billiard hall and cellar; first floor
contains office, wash-room, kitchen, and dining hall; second floor is used for sleepin
rooms. The structure is stone and brick, and cost $5,000. Adjoining the hotel is a hand-
some Hall, fitted up with roomy stage and dressing-rooms; size 24x70 feet; built by Mr.
Sutherland in 1862, at a cost of $2,000, Mr. Sutherland also does an ice business, pune
up 550 tons in 1883. He came to Kansas December 14, 1868, locating at Ridgeway, where he
was assistant postmaster and clerk for John R. Green four and one-half years. In 1873 he
returned to New York, and remained until May, 1880, when he came to Kansas with 600
head of merino sheep. In 1873 he rode a horse from Carbondale to Buffalo, N.Y. Mr.
Sutherland was born in Penn Yan, N. Y., August 9, 1846. In 1864 he enlisted in Company
A, Fifty-ninth New York Regiment, and was appointed Assistant Forage Master at Ber-
muda Hundred, under Capt. Walbridge, in July, 1864, when he was disabled and sent home.
In 1866 he went to Chicago, and remained until coming to Kansas. Was married March 19,
1875, at Penn Yan, N. Y., to Miss Fannie Thayer, a native of that county, and they have two
children—Bert and Dora. In 1882 he was a member of the City Council. Is a member of the
Board of Directors of Carbondale Bank, and is Secretary. Is also a member of Col. J.
Hayes Post, G. A. R.

REV. DANIEL TALBOTT, farmer, P. O. Carbondale, owns eighty acres on Section
17, Township 14, Range 16, all under cultivation. Came to Kangas in 1878 and lotated in
Barton County, and: afterward resided in Norton and Lincoln counties and engaged in
ministerial work. He moved to Osage County in January, 1881. He was born in Ogle
County, Il., February 29, 1848. When amere child he moved with his parents to Iowa,
locating in Iowa County, where he remained until twenty-one years of age, when he re-
moved to Johnson County, Neb., where he resided nearly thirteen years, engaged in farm-
ing and mercantile business; he came from there to Kansas. He has been twice married,
first in Johnson County, Neb., October 18, 1873, to Miss Ella Moore who died in 1877, He

_was married to his present wife September 26, 1880. He entered the ministry of the
United Brethren Church in 1879.

JOHN WARNER, ‘deceased, was born in Matic, Somersetshire, England, February 6,
1818. Came to America in 1856; remained in New Jersey six months and then removed
to Putnam County, Ill., and in 1859 his family came from England. Was married August,
1842, to Miss Elizabeth Isaac, and has had eleven children—Klizabeth and Sarah A., Gora
December 7, 1842, dead; John, born February 1, 1844; Elizabeth, born February 19, 1846,
dead; Maria, born April 10, 1817: William, born July 17, 1849: Elizabeth A., born April
19, 1851; Andrew D., born March 31, 1853, died April 6, 1881; Isaac, born November 19,
1854; Job, born June 3, 1856; Albert, born February 4, 1863. John Warner died January
20, 1873, at his home near Carbondale of pneumonia. He held the office of Justice of
the Peace for several terms, and was a member of the Kansas State Militia.

EMBRA WASHBURN, farmer, P. O. Carbondale. Was born in Harrison County, W.
Va., June 30, 1833. Remained there until twenty-one years of age engaged in farming.
Removed to Columbus City, Ind.. and engaged in cabinet making until 1868, when he re-
moved to Ridgeway, Osage Co., Kan., where he commenced farming and stock-raising, re-
maining there two years, where he bought the farm now occupied by W. B. Long and Charles
F. Washburn. In 1883 Mr. Washburn removed to North Topeka, where he now resides,
engaged at his trade, that of amill-wright. Was married in 1861 to Mrs. Maria J. Collins
of Huntington, Ind., a widow with two children—William and Lottie. Mr, Washburn has
two children—Charles F. and Homer. Is a member of G. A. R., I. O. G. T. and the Meth-
wn ETP ENTS,

3 N, farmer, P. O. Carbondale. Has 400 acres well improv
stocked. Entered his land in 1859 with soldier’s warrant, and has been in the Btate mee
with the exception of seven years in Pennsylvania. Was born in Beaver County, Pa.,
December 17, 1821. When quite young removed to Allegheny County, Pa., where ae re-
sided until coming to Kansas, and engaged in coal mining. Was married November 6
1840, in Birmingham, Pa.. to Miss Martha M. Reynolds, and has five children, all mar-
ried. John W. Wilson enlisted in the army in 1868, in Company H, Sixteenth Kansas.

as mustered out December

ran on the border the first year and then on the plains.
,

 
FORD COUNTY.

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FORD COUNTY.

so

Fore County is the southwesternmost organized county of Kansas, em-
bracing Townships 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 of Ranges 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

and 26, being thirty miles from north to south and thirty-six miles from *

east to west, possessing an area of 1,080 square miles.

The country is comparatively level, 20 per cent of the land, being bottom
land,—which along the Arkansas has an average width of fifteen miles; the
upland is 80 es cent, and but asmall portion of it isbluffy. Good building
stone is found in the county contiguous to Fort Dodge, and near Spearville
is found good sand and_a good quality of limestone. The county is well
watered, the Arkansas River flowing forty miles through the county, and
other smaller streams coursing through it in' various directions. The most
important of these are Mulberry, Five-Mile, Kiowa, Spring and Crooked
erceks. Timber is very scanty: what there is, is mostly cottonwood and
box elder. These kinds are mostly grown-on the timber claims. The
county was named for Col. James H. Ford, of the Second Colorado Cavalry.

ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY OFFICERS.

‘Governor Thomas A. Osborn, in his proclamation
organization of Ford County, en April 5, 1873, appointe
G. McDonald and Daniel
Wolf - special County
Commissioners, and Her- 4
man J. Fringer special RXXVI
County Clerk. This body
met at Dodge City and
made choice of Charles
Rath as Chairman of the
Board. James Hanrahan -
was appointed Commis-
sioner: in place of Mr.
Wolf, who was not in the
county. An election for
county officers was or-
dered June 5, 1873, and
at that election the fol-
lowing named persons
were elected, the first
body of officers for Ford
County: Charles Rath, A.
C. Myers and F. C. Zim-
merman, County Com-
missioners; Herman J.
Fringer, County Clerk
and Clerk of the District
Court; A. J. Anthony,
County ‘Treasurer; Chas.
E. Bassett, Sheriff; T. L.
McCarty, Coroner; H.
Armitage, Register of
Deeds; George B. Cox,
Probate Judge; M. V.
Cutter, County Attorney.
M. Collar was Trustee of
Dodge Township; P. T.
Bowen and Thomas C.
Nixon, Justices of the
Peace.

A. C. Myers was se-
lected Chairman of this’
Board; M. V. Cutter re-
signed the position of
County Attorney,and was
appointed ; Commissioner
‘wtee Rath, selene July

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ici nships. Dodge
ee cited Township 26, Range 25; Ford Township, the rest of
Hort feet county warrants were issued on claims growing out of a
Coroner’s inquest on the supposed - body of Michael Stanton. T. L.
McCarty was allowed $25 for professional fees as Coroner; October 6, 1873,
county warrants were issued to meet the expenses incurred on holding a
“Coroner’s inquest on the body of William Ellis and of Mrs. M. Bradley. The
salary of the County Clerk was set at $250 per year.
At the election, November 4, 1873, James Hanrahan was elected Repre-
sentative; A. J. Anthony, A. J. Peacock and Charles Rath, County Com-

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POPULATION BY FEDERAL CENSUS.
(Organized in 1873.)

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missioners; William F. Sweeney, County Clerk; A. B. Webster, County
Treasurer; Charles E. {Bassett, Sheriff; T. L. McCarty, Coroner: John
Kirby, Surveyor; M. J. Bruin, Register of Deeds; George B. Cox, Probate
Jugde; L. D. Henderson, County Attorney; M. Collar, Superintendent of
Public Instruction; John McDonald, Clerk of the District Court. A.J. Pea-
cock was chosen Chairman of this Board. At the session, December 23,
1878, a contract was made with R. M. Wright for the use of building for the
county at $5 per month.

The following is a list of county officers of Ford County from 1873
to 1883, inclusive.

County Commaisstoners.—1873, J. G. McDonald, James Hanrahan, M.
V. Cutter, A. C. Myer, F. C. Zimmerman; 1873-77, Charles Rath, A. J.
Anthony; 1873-80, A. J. Peacock; 1878, George B. Cox; 1878-81, J. W.
Sidlow; 1879-82, G. M. Hoover; 1881-83, A.J. Anthony; 1882-83, J.
D. Shaffer; 1883, F. C. Zimmerman.

County Clerks.—1878, Herman J. Fringer ; 1873-75, William F. Sweeney;
1876-79, John B. Means; 1880, Otto Miller, George W. Potter; 1882-83, H.
P. Myton.

County Treasurers.—1873, A. J. Anthony; 1873-77, A. B. Webster;
1878-79, Charles H.
Lane; 1880-81, F. OC.
Zimmerman ; 1882-83, R.
W. Evans.

ae 8. — 1873-77,
Charles Ei. Bassett; 1878-
79, W. B. Masterson;
1880-83, Geo. T. Hinkle,

Clerks of District
Court,—1878, Herman J.
Fringer; 1874-76, John
McDonald; 1877-78,
Henry Boyer; 1879-81,
H. P. Myton; 1882-83,
W. F. Petillon.

County Attorneys.—
1878, M.V. Cutter; 1874,
L. D. Henderson; 1875-
76, C. F. Jones; 1877-81,
M. N. Sutton; 1881-82,
I. S. Jones; 1882-83, J.
F. Whitelaw.

Probate Judges.—
1873-74, George B. Cox;
1875-78, H. J. Fringer;
1879-80, N. B. Kline;
1881-82, Lloyd Shinn;
1883, H. J. Fringer.

__ Registers of Deeds.—
1878, H. Armitage ; 1874-
75, M. J. Bruin; 1876-77,
James Layton; 1878-79,
A.H. Hale; 1880-81, W.
F. Petillon; 1882-838, B.
A. Jones.

The First Commis-
sioners’ District contains
Spearville and Wheat-
land townships; the
Second, the remaining
part of the county lying
north of the Arkansas;
the Third, that portion
south of the Arkansas

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won enen ace anne ee cewnenen enn ence meenes 550 intendents of Public In-
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Carty, J. H. Van Voor-
hees'and John Whitaker. Those who have held the office of County Surveyor
are John Kirby, H. F. McCarty, Charles Van Trump, Frederick Singer and

iH. B. Van Voorhees.

Representation in the State Legislature.—Henry C. St. Clair of Sumner
Count represented the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District, of which Ford
County was a part, in the sessions of 1875 and 1876; M. M. Murdock of
Sedgwick County was the Senator in the session of 1874, elected before Ford
County was organized; ThomasT. Taylor, of Reno County, of the Thirty-
savant District, represented this territory in the sessions of 1877 and 1879;
J. C. Strang, of Pawnee, in 1881; Simon Motz, of Ellis, in 1883. Inthe

 

(a) Organized in 1874, from part of Hodgeman County; in i817, part detached to foim Spearville.

Wheatland. (c) Organized in 1879, from part of Spearville.

(b) Organizcd in 1877, from part of Dodge; in 1879, part detached to form
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House, was James Hanrahan in the session of 1874; Robert M. Wright, in
1875, 1877, 1879 and 1881; D. M. Frost, in 1876;-G. M. Hoover, in 1883.

_ Ford County was at first the One Hundred and Third Representative
District; by the Legislative apportionment of 1876, it became the One
Hundred and Twenty-second; that of 1881, it. was the One Hundred
and Highteenth District. It is the southwest organized county of the Thirty-
fifth Senatorial District which elects a Senator in 1884. The district embraces
the organized counties of Barber, Pratt, Stafford, Pawnee, Edwards, Ford,
Hodgeman and Ness, and the unorganized counties of Lane, Scott, Wichita,
Greeley, Hamilton, Kearney, Sequoyah, Gray, Arapahoe, Grant, Stanton,
Kansas, Stevens, Seward, Meade, Clark and Comanche, making in all
twenty-five counties, nearly one-fourth of the area of the State.

Statisties.—Ford County is in the Arkansas Valley Land District, the
office of which is located at Larned, Pawnee County; Charles A. Morris,
Register; Henry Booth, Receiver. It has 31,860 acres of public land, 322,560
acres of Osage Indian Trust lands, 91,917 acres of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad lands, the average price of which per acre is $3.25.
In 1874, there were 120,061 taxable acres; under cultivation, 95; value of
the crop, $230. The people were short of breadstuffs; they had a surplus
of buffalo meat. No fall wheat was sown for fear of the grasshoppers and
drought. Though there were 35 families, numbering 150 persons, who
might require assistance, it was reported that they woul get along if “‘buf-
faloes remain and Indians stay away.” In that event, said Mr. Isaac Young,
‘« We are a free and happy people.’

In 1874, there were 82 acres in sod corn; 8, in Irish potatoes; 5, in
oats. The following table shows the acreage of different products for a
series of years subsequent to 1874.

 

 

 

 
 
  

 

 

 

 

 

1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1882.
Winter wheatenveccenccss veusssceeen: 1 6380 177 732 | 4,379 7,080
Corn..--.-. ‘ 41 | 1,040 154 300 337 | 5,865
Oats vse sso. 8° 180 19 169 1,424 360
Trish potatoes ...----.-- 6 18 11 28 92 150
Millet and Hungarian ---..-..--..- s 26 53 12 178 990 1,207

 

Red May and Turkey are the kinds of wheat successfully raised.
Nearly all of the county is open range. Cost of grazing for the season is 25
cents per head; prairie hay in stack, $5 per ton; . herd law in force; cattle
feed on buffalo grass nine months of the year. Sheep-raising is confined to
the sheep men with large flocks.

FORT DODGE.

. {

Colonel Henry Dodge of the United States Army, left Fort Leaven-
worth, May 29, 1835, on an expedition to the Rocky Mountains. He followed
the west bank of the Missouri, nearly to the mouth of the Platte, and fol-
lowed it to its source. He then went south to the head waters of the
Arkansas, and returning through its valley located a fort on the north side
of the Arkansas, which was named Dodge, and is located some four miles
.below where Dodge City is now located. It has the finest military garrison
on the frontier; the buildings are in excellent condition, having ample room
for several regiments of suldiees, and in proximity to it is a large military
reservation of upwards of 30,000 acres, which is regarded as_a first-class
place for a Soldiers’ Home. Hon. Preston B. Plumb, of the United States
Senate, has introduced a bill in the Senate for the establishment of a Sol-
diers’ Home in Kansas, and Hon. G. M. Hoover, the Representative from
Ford County to the State Legislature, has introduced a concurrent resolu-
tion in the House, asking that it be established at Fort Dodge.

DODGE CITY.

In August, 1872, buffalo hunters and business men in various branches
of industry, were attracted to this place. Buffalo hides were extensively
shipped from here, and the hunters here obtained their supplies. In some
three years this became the objective point for the Texas cattle trade; the
cowboys from the Plains driving in here large quantities for shipment. In
1880, about 300,000 head of cattle were sold to the ranches south and west;
60,000 sheep, in flocks ranging from 200 to 2,000.

In the early history of the place, there were more or less of occurrences
that savored of a border civilization, and repelled therefrom settlers of
esthetic tendencies and of high culture. But the gradual changes that
have occurred, make this a point with many things desirable about it for a
permanent home. Illustrative of its earlier civilization is the following
resolution, adopted by the Ford County Commissioners in session May
18, 1874:

Resolved, by the board, that the followin resolution be adopted: That any person who
is not engaged in any legitimate business, and any person under influence of intoxicating
drinks, and any person who has ever borne arms against the Government of the Unite
States, who shall be found within the limits of the towo of Dodge City, bearing on his
person a pistol, bowie knife, dirk, or other deadly weapon, shall be subject to arrest upon
charge of misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $100, or
by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, at the discretion
of the court, and same to take effect on date.

This might provoke an inquiry whether legal transcendentalism had
here its culmination, but nine years later, the pistol and the bowie knife
have given way to more humane symbols of civilization, and while Dodge
City has a full quota of liquor saloons, it has a neat temple of justice, a good
school building, church edifices, good newspapers, and a courteous, earnest,
and progressive element in its society. Its population is just about 1,000.
H. J. Fringer was the first postmaster; Lloyd Shinn, one of the most estim-
able citizens of the State, died while holding the office, in December, 1882,
and Nicholas B. Klaine is his suecessor. The Bank of Dodge City was

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established in 1882, with a capital stock of $50,000. G. M. Hoover is Presi-
dent; R. W. Evans, Cashier; H. J. Fringer, Assistant Cashier. Its corre-
spondents are the Bank of Kansas City, the Continental Bank of St. Louis,
onnell, Lawson & Simpson, New York. Its hotels are the Dodge House,
City Hotel, Grand Central, Wright House, Iowa House, and South Side
Hotel, The Dodge City Flouring Mills, O. Marsh & Co., proprietors, are
very well fitted to supply the surrounding country with the choicest of flour.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company are building at
Dodge City, a station 24x80 feet, 24 feet high, two-stories, bay windows. It
will contain the ticket, telegraph and freight offices, with rooms in the
upper story for the agents to reside in. The platform will be some 300 feet
ein length. Two roundhouses with 26 stalls each, are to be erected. The
ground is laid out for the building of a machine shop in the center and
south of the roundhouses. Material stands in froht of the machine shop
site for three turn tables, one for each roundhouse, and one to be in front
“of the machine shop. Work is being done on the elevated track for the new
coal chute, which when built will be the largest on theroad. When com-
leted, the stock-yards will be over two miles long, and by railroad men is
fmowl asadouble yard. There will be five switches on the south side of
the main track; four on the north side, making working facilities for four
switch engines, if necessary. All of the low land is so graded that the many
acres occupied by the yards are as level as a hall floor. Hach compart-
ment of the stock-yards has its own lock and key. The pens are all pro-.
vided with water tanks and feed boxes. Hoybin’s patent stock chute will
be used in loading the stock. ‘The sheep pens are well laid out on the
north side. :
The site of the Ford County court house is a beautiful one, standing
on the rise north from Broadway, where the beautiful valley of the Arkan-
sas is seen for miles east and west of the city. The court room is the upper
story, and the basement is the jail. It is a brick structure, and cost about
$8,000. It was completed in the summer of 1876. The old Toll House be-
came the Ford County Poorhouse in the winter of 1874. February 10,
1874, bridge bonds were voted by a vote of 111 to 41; current expenses
bonds by a vote of 119 to 33. tre
Prior to April 15, 1875, Ford County paid for rent of buildings for use of
the county, $75 per month. A reduction was then made to $50 per month,
which price obtained the completion and occupation of the court house.
Shawnee and Reno counties boarded Ford County prisoners before the jail
was occupied at large.

CHURCHES AND SCCIETIES.

Schools.—The counties of Clark, Meade, Gray and Sequoyah_ have edcational
matters cared for in the organized county of Ford. John Whitaker, County
Superintendent of Ford, reports in 1882, sixteen school districts in Ford County; joint
district one with Edwards; joint district one of Clark and Meade; district No. 2, in Meade;
district No. 1, in Gray; district No. 1, Sequoyah. The average pay per month of male
teachers is $41.65; of female teachers, $32.40; persons of school age in 1879 were 439. In
1880 it was 5 3; in 1882 it was 1,002. The Dodge City school had an enrollment of 284 pu-
pils for December, 1882. The number of persons of school age in the district was 450. Five
teachers are employed; the principal, John Groendyke, has $65 per month; the four female
teachers have an average of $41 permonth. The school building is a neat, roomy structure
in the southwest Pare of the city, built of brick. John Whitaker is President, John Groen-
dyke Secretary of the Ford County Teachers’ Association.

Churches.—There are Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Protestant Episcopal, and Catho-
lic organizations at Dodge. The Presbyterians have an edifice in the northwest part of the
city; the Catholic Church stands north of it and the Union Church is in the northecst part
of the city. Rev. J. R. Blanton, is the Baptist clergyman; Rev. Mr. Buzzell, the Methodist;
Rev. W. P. Teitesworth, the Presbyterian. Rev. Adams Peabody, of Larned, the State
Missionary of the church of the New Jerusalem, has been laboring at this point.

Societies.—St. Bernard’s ‘Lodge, A., F. & A. M meets on the first and third Fridays of
each month; P. W. Beamer is W. M.; Otto Mueller, Secretary.

Corona Lodge No. 137, I.-O. O. F. meets every Wednesday evening at their new
lodge room over the City Hotel; H. C. Callisonis N. G.; P. W. Beamer, Secretary.

Apollo Lodge, No. 62, K. of P. has now the following officers: P. W. Beamer, C. C.;
L. C. Hartman, V. C.; Charles Coe, K. of R. & S.; Charles Dickerson, M. of F.; P. G.
Reynolds, M. of E.; P. R. Hobbie, M. at A.

The Cow Boy Minstrels, is a semi-operatic organization. .

The Dodge City Qun Club is a late organization. The city contains a large number of
excellent sportsmen.

The Dodge City Dramatic Society, J. W. Young, manager, furnishes considerable en-
tertainment in comedy and tragedy. a“.

Newspapers.—A, W. Moore, who established the Jackson County News at Holton, in
October 1867, in February, 1874, moved his printing material to Dodge City and estab-
lished the wk City Messenger. The publication of the Messenger was suspended in 1875.
Mr. Moore, in 1883, isin the newspaper business at Gunnison, Colorado.

Lloyd and Walter C. Shinn were pionecrs in the printing business in Western Kansas,
npvine established in Rice County its first newspaper, called the Rice County Herald.
They founded the Times ut Dodge City May 20, 1876. On December 1, 1877, Nicholas B.
Klaine pane haced the interest of Walter and in August, 1878, the interest of Lloyd, and
became its sole manager; and, in 1888, has the exclusive proprietorship of the paper. -

The Ford CoE Globe was established at Dodge City, in December, 1877, oy Wil-
liam N. Morphy and D. M. Frost. Mr. Morphy was editor; he retired from the paper
about a year later. Lloyd Shinn became connected with Mr. Frost in the publication of
the Globe, and sold out to him his interest in that paper in ye summer of 1882; and Mr.
Frost is the editor and proprietor in 1883, These papers were epublican in their politics.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

A. J. ANTHONY, stock-raiser, first came to Lawrence in 1857
until 1863; he then became conductor and express messenger on the Southern Overland Stage
Line from Kansas City, Mo., to Santa Fe, N. M., until August, 1867, He then located ata
ranch twenty miles west of Dodge City, where he kept a few cattle and a provision store.
A year thence he moved to Fort Dodge and engaged in the sutler business until 1874, when he
located on a stock-ranch three-fourths of a mile west of where Dodge City now stands
where he has since been engaged in the live-stock business. He has now about 500 head of
cattle. He was born in Goochland County, East Virginia, July 23, 1830, where he lived two
years; then moved to Rockingham County, Central Virginia, where he lived twenty-one
years, and then went to Ohio and followed agricultural pursuits until he came to Kansas,
which was in 1857. He was married in 1872 to Mrs. Calvina Chambliss (Hagamam), of St.
Louis, a native of Louisiana, They have had five children, of whom three are dead—William
W. and Herman Ray are living. He assisted in organizing Ford County aud Dodge City,
and was the first County-Treasurer, and has served three terms as County Commissioner of
ver’, hee
: . W. BEAMER, general blacksmith, wagon and plow maker, was born March 12, 1846,
in Jackson, Ohio; was raised in Adams and Pike conten, Ill.; served apprenticeship at the
above trade in 1858-1859 to fall of 1860. Enlisted in the spring of 1861 in Company K, Six-

and engaged in staging
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teenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the battles of his com-
mand, which was under Generals Pope, Rosecranz and Grant. Re-enlisted ag a veteran in
December, 1863, and participated in t) 1e campaigns under Sherman until the war closed; was
discharged as First Sergcant at Springfield, [ll., July 1865. Was married to Miss E. A
Keller, of Quincy, ill., and has three children, viz., George W. A., Aaron, E. F., and Julia.
Went to Colorado in the spring of 1869, and engaged in mining for sevéral years; then worked
athis trade. Returned to Tilinois, and was engaged in plow-making until the fall of 1878.
Came to Kansas, pleased in agricultural and stock pursuits; and came to Dodge in 1879,
and worked at his trade until September, 1882, when he engaged in business as above. Isa
member of the Masonic fraternity as high as Knights Templar, alsoasa P, G. in theI. 0.0. F,.
and Past Chancelor of the ordir of Knights of Pythias, and a member of the order of
Good Templars and E. A. Union of Dodge City. .

GEORGE B. COX first came to Larned, Kansas, in 1872 and opened a hotel and ran
the same until he came to Dodge City and began the erection of The Dodge House,in the fall
and winter of the same year, This hotel is 30x125 feet deep, and contains thirty-eight rooms.
It-was erected and furnished at a cost of $11,452, and opened to the public January 18, 1873.
It was run by the firm of Cox & Boyd until ui anuary 10, 1883, when Mr. Cox bought the whole
interest. He was born in Butts County, Ga., September 10, 1836, and lived in that State
until the Rebellion broke out, when he became a member of the Fourth Georgia Volunteer
Infantry, and served until the cluse of the war. After army life he drifted about in various
places until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1871 to Ariss Annie H. Bennett, of Tren-
ton, N. J. They have one daughter, Clara Bell. He is a member of the Farmers’ and Me-
chanics’ Insurance Company of St. Louis, Mo., and E. A. Union of Dodge City. He has
served as Probate Judge of Ford County, and Chairman of the Board of County Commis-
sioners; has been a member of the City Council, at present a member of the School Board.

M. R. DRAPER, manager of the Dodge City branch of the York, Parker & Draper Mer-
cantile Company. The company was incorporated under the laws of Missouri in 1881, with
a paid-up capital of $150,000. Now have a surplus of $150,000. They deal in general mer-
chandise and live-stock, and carry a general average stock of merchandise of $25,000 in
Dodge City, Kansas, and opened trade in the latter city in 1881. They also have a branch
house at Caldwell, Sumner County, Kansas. Their rooms are 25 feet wide by 110 feet deep,
and a warehouse 25x75 feet. They have a stock ranch in the Pan Handle of Texas, where
they keep at present 15,000 head of cattle on a range 12x20 miles. They employ twenty-five
men. F. B. York is President; M. R. Draper, Vice-President; D. T. Parker, Secretary and
Treasurer. M. R. Draper, manager of the Dodge City House, came to the latter city in 1876.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 23, 1850, and was raised in his native State. He
came to Kansas in 1865, locating near Leavenworth. He engaged in agricultural pursuits
until 1870, He then went into the employ of Parker, York & to. at Varker, Montgomery
County, Kansas, and continued until 1873; thence went to St. Louis, Mo., and there en-
gaged with the United States Express Company and continued until he came to Dodge
City. He was married April 23, 1877, to Miss Cora E. Collins, of St. Louis, Mo. They have
one daughter, Cora Ff, Draper. His wife died November 2, 1881.

GEORGE S. EMERSON, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade in Dodge City in
the spring of 1880, and carried on the start a stock of $6,000. He now carries a stock of
$14,000 and employs six clerks. He engaged in the stock business in 1876, establishing a
ranch in Clark County; has since sold his stock interests. He first settled on the Saline
River, Saline County, Kansas, in 1869, where fora number of years he engaged in the stock
business. Then went into the business of shipping buffalo bones ina large way, which he
continued in connection with freightin,
Providence, R. I., July 18, 1844, and lived in that State until he came to Kansas. Enlisted
in the fall of 1864 in Company D, Eleventh Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and was mus-
tered out in September, 1865. He was married in 1881 to Miss Annie Coffey, a native of
Humboldt, Kansas. They have oneson, Waldo S. Mr. Emerson has served in City Council
two years. .

HERMAN J. FRINGER. Probate Judge and Assistant Cashier Bank of Dodge City.
He also deals in a general stock of drugs and medicines. Opened drug trade in 1872, and
carries a general stock of $4,000. He first came to Fort Dodge as Quartermaster’s clerk in
1867, and after some time clerked in a sutler store, until he opened the drug business. He
took charge of the Dodge City postoffice by appointment in 1872, and was postmaster until
June, 1882, and resigned. He was appointed County Clerk to assist in organizing Ford
County,in 1873, and was Clerk of the District Court some time, until an election could be
held. He served as Justice of the Peace before the county was organized. Was elected
Probate J a in 1876,and held the office two terms; was again elected in the fall of 1882. He is
also Notary Public. Was born in Franklin County, Pa., in 1845, and was raised in Canton,
Ohio. He began life in the drug trade, and has made that a life business. Enlisted for the
100-day service in Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-second Ohio National Guard, and
was mustered out at expiration of service. He is a member of Knights Templar Lodge, A.,
F.& A.M.

D. M. FROST, editor and proprietor of Ford County Globe, published at Dodge City,
Kansas, established December 25,1877. The paper is largely devoted to the live-stock inter-
ests of the West, and the official organ of the Western Kansas Stock-Growers’ Association.
Circulates largely among stockmen, and has a circu.ation of 700 copies per week. Mr. Frost
first located in the State in 1868, at Sheridan, then the terminus of the Kansas Pacific Rail-
way, where he held a clerkship in a pa mercantile establishment, but only for a brief
period, and early in the spring of 1879 he emigrated to New Mexico and entered the Morino
mines near Elizabethtown, where he was engaged in mining, returning to Sheridan, Kansas,
in the fall cf the same year, pesengagee in mercantile pursuits. In the spring of 1870 he
followed the constructiun of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, and finally located at Kit Carson,
Col., which was left the terminus of the railroad for another year. Here he was made
deputy postmaster undcr Major J. A. Soword, and in connection with his official duties
taught a six months’ term of school, having won the enviable reputation of being the pioneer
schoolmaster on the Viains, or the first to teach a public school on the Great American
Desert. After the close of the schoo] he became a partner in the mercantile house of J. A.
Soword, and the new firm was known as D. M. Frost & Company, where he remained suc-
cessfully in business until the great Carson conflagration, in which he stood a loss of all
his property he had here made and accumulated. rom this point he went to Dodge City,
Kansas, and finally located at Sergeant, or what was then known as the western State line
of Kansas; here he was appointed postmaster, and did a mercantile business in a small
way, removing to Dodge City in the summer of 1874, where he was engaged in several avoca-
tions of life, and finally was admitted to the bar as a practicing attorney of the State, and
continued the practice of his adopted profession untu 1877, when he engaged in the newspaper
business, in which business he is successfully engaged at this time. In 1875 he was elected Rep-
resentative of the One Hundred and Third District of the State of Kansas,and represented his
district in the State Legislature of 1875-76. He was appointed Enumerator of the United States
Census in 1880, in one of the districts of Ford County, Kansas. He has held other minor offices.
poth elective and appointed, among which was the Police Judgeship of Dodge City for several
years, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1846, His
parents immigrated to Illinois at an early period of his age, and was raised in Will and Du
Page counties of that State. He was married January 30, 1879, to Miss Alma H. Hagaman,
daughter of Rev. Abraham Hagaman, an eminent Presbyterian divine of St. Louis, Mo.
They have two children, a daughter and a son—Alma May, born September 5, 1880, and D.
M., Jr., born January 18, 1882. He has represented the I. O. O. F. at the State Grand Lodge
three times, of which he is a member. _ .

GAEDE, BAKER &CO., dealers ina general line of fancy dry goods, clothing and
gents furnishing ‘oods and live-stock. They opened trade January 1, 1882, and carry a
stock of $6,000 and employ one clerk in the business. The individual names of the firm
are Richard Gaede, H. C. Baker and 8. H. Fields 4H. CO, Baker first came to Dodge City

January 1, 1882. He was born at Logansport, Cass Co., Ind., September 16, 1849. The

family moved to Nemaha County, Neb., in 1856, where he was raised in a small village,
He first began business in lifeas a clerk in a store at Brownville. Neb., and has always
followed mercantile pursuits. He went to Atchison County, Mo.,iu 1874, and clerked in a
dry goods store for some time, when he purchased a third interest in the same and con-
tinued for three years. He then became a member of the firm of Gaede, Baker & Co., until
he came to Dodge City. He was married in May, 1877, to Miss Bertha Renner, of Rockport,
Mo. They have two children—Nellie and Zora. 7
‘DR. 8S. GALLAND, physician and surgeon, came to North Topeka, Kan. in 1870, and
racticed medicine a year; thence to Kansas City, Mo., and practiced his profession two
Pate when he moved to Dodge City, Kan., and permanently located, where he has been en-
rage in the practice of medicine until 1878, since which time he has retired from active
Faginess. He was born in Posen, Prussia Germany, May 11, 1823, and was educated in his

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native country. He graduated from the old school of medicine at Berlin, in the class of
1847. Practiced in Germany twoyears, when, in 1849, he came to America, locating in
New York City, in his profession until 1851; thence went to California and followed his
profession until 1857, He then went to St. Louis, Mo., practicing his profession there
and at New Orleans, La., until 1868, when he located in Kansas City, Mo., untilhe came to
Kansas. He ran a hotel about six years in Dodge City. Was married October 13, 1858, to
Miss Bertha Leon, born in Cassal High, Germany, December 12, 1825. He has served as
Township Treasurer, City Alderman, etc. He isa member of the Masonic order, including
the ten first degrees of same.

DR. G. B. JARRETT, physician and surgeon, first came to Dodge City, Kan., in Oc-
tober, 1882, and opened the practice of medicine. He was born in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1846,
Educated at Jefferson Philadelphia, Medical College, graduating in medicine March 12,
1870. He began the practice of medicine in St. Louis, Mo., in August, 1870, continuing
there'a year he went to Almeda County, Cal.,and practiced his profession seven years, He
then returned to his native place, and soon afterward came to Dodge City. Was married
in 1877, to Miss Almina C. Kimball, of Rochester, Minn. They have one daughter, Grace.
The doctor is a practical young man and should receive the patronage of all who are in
want of good medical care.

B. A. JONES, Register of Deeds and clerk in hardware house of F. C. Zimmerman.

He came to Kansas in 1878 aud prospected for some time, after which he began clerking
for the above house. Born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1842, and was raised in that county.
Enlisted in July, 1861, in Company I, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participating
in all the battles of his command, and was wounded in a skirmish at Cumberland Ford, Ky.
in May, 163. Was mustered out of service in August, 1865. He soon afterward beaen
clerking in general merchandising. Was married in 1868, to Miss Mary E. Nye, of his
native place. They have two children—Harold N. and Clara M. Mr. Jones is a member
of the first three branches of the Masonic order. Was elected Register of Deeds in the fall
of 1881.
___N.B. KLAINE, editor of the Dodge City Times. The paper was established May 20,
1876. He became editor and proprietor in November, 1877. The above newspaper now
has a circulation of 600, and is Republican in politics. Mr. Klaine first came to Dodge
City in November, 1877, and engaged asa Journalist. He took charge of the Dodge City
postoffice by appointment January 23, 1883. He was born in Bordentown, N. J., February
5, 1839. He came with his parents to Rock Island, II] , in 1851, where he lived until 1859;
thence to St. Louis, Mo. He enlisted in August, 1862, in pi Phay K, Tenth Missouri
Cavalry. Was commissioned Second Lieutenant. Commanded his company one year.
He participated in all the battles of hiscommand and was mustered out in May, 1864. He
went to Warrensburg, Mo., in 1865, and began the publication of the Warrensburg Standard,
which he continued for ten years. He was City Clerk of the latter placefor a year. He
represented Johnson County in the Legislature of that State in 1869-70. He served as City
Councilman of the latter city and was Supervisor of Registration of Johnson County, Kan.,
in 1866. Served as Probate Jndge of Ford County, Kan., in 1879-89; City Treasurer of
Dodge City in 1882, and isnow Constable, City Treasurcr and School Director. He was
married in August, 1859, to Miss Julia Kinkaid, a native of Missouri. :

R. T. L. McCARTY, physician and surgeon, (allopathicschool) and dealer in a general
stock of drugs and medicines, carries a stock of $3,000. He came to Dodge City, Kan., in
November, 1872, and opened a medical office. He opened the drug trade in 1877.
He was born in Tuscola, Ill., 1848, and educated in his native State. He graduated
from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pa., in the class of 1870. en the
practice of his profession at St Louis, Mo., where he continued until he came to usas.
‘Was married in 1871, to Miss S. L. Artt, of Cynthiana, Ky. They have one son—Claude E.
The doctor isa member of the Masonic order, including K. T., I. O. O. F. and K. of P.
He has served as County Physician for Ford County a number of years, and Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction six years, and has beensurgeon for the A. T. & 8. F. R. R. for
the past _six years. ; } ee

OLIVER MARSH & CO., proprietors of the Dodge City Steam Flouring Mills. These
mills were erected in the fall of 1879, size 60x90 feet, three stories and basement, built of
wood at a cost,of -$20,000, Capacity is 15,000 pounds of flour in twenty-four hours. They
employ four men. Oliver Marsh and son became proprietors in 1882. Mr. Marsh first
came to Central City, Anderson Co., Kan., with his family in 1857, built a hotel and opened
ageneral store. In 1859 he became a licensed Indian Trader with J. A. Coffey, at Hum-
poldt, Kan., and remained until 1864, when they moved to Kansas City, Mo., andembarked ©
in the wholesale grocery trade three years. He then went to Chetopa, Labette Co., and
engaged in merchandising ‘and the stock business for eleven years. He then came to
Dodge City and engaged in the mercautile milling business. He was born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, October 21, 1826; lived there with his parents for twelve years and came
with them to Fort Madison, Iowa, where he lived until twenty-one years old, when hecame
to Kansas. He was married in 1852, to Miss Clarissa A. Smiley, of Urbania, Ohio. They
have four children—Grace A., Arthur E., Stephen and Mark. Mrs. Marsh is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Dodge ‘ity. Mr, Marsh is a member of Blue Lodge,
Masonry.

H. L SITLER, came to Dodge City Kan., in 1868, and engaged in freighting for the
United States government, and contracting, until 1876. He then engaged in the stock
business, and continued until 1882. He is one of the stockholders of the Dodge City Bank.
He has since the spring of 1882, retired from business. He was born in Crawford County,
Pa., August 24, 1837, and lived in that county until 1865. He enlisted in the fall of 1861, in
Company I, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, and participated in all the battles of his
command, and was made a prisoner at the battle of St. Mary’ Church, in a cavalry
charge, and was confined at Andersonville, Ga., Libby, Va. and Millen, Ga., five months
and twenty days. He was mustered ont March 2, 1805. He then engaged in agricultural
pursuits in Solomon Valley,. Saline Co., Kan., until 1868. The country was a complete
wild prairie, and not a railroad was then in operation in the State of Kansas; farming was
therefore a slow way of making a fortune, and he turned his attention to hunting buffalo
and other wild game for some time. He was married in 1875, to Miss Emma Harper, of
Crawford County, Pa. The Dodge City Town Company was formed in 1872, and he owned
the ground where it now stands. He helped to organize the town that year.

W. J. SPENCER, clerk in dry goods house of Wright, Beverley & Co. He serves as
shipping and receiving clerk. He came to Kansas in 1863 as a private of Company G,
Second Colorado Cavalry and assisted to establish Fort Dodge. He enlisted in July, 1862,
in Company I, Second Colorado Cavalry, and served one year in Colorado. He partici-
pated in the battle against Rebel Gen. Price, and did much service on the frontier. Was
mustered out in June, 1865. He then engaged in freighting for the government, and
clerked at Fort Larned, Kan, until 1870. He then clerked in a sutler store at Fort
Dodge until 1873. He then came with the first settlement to Dodge City, where he has
since been identified in the mercantile business He was at the big Indian treaty at Medi-
cine Lodge, Kan., in 1867. Was born in Ireland in 1840, and came with his parents to
America in 1843. They settled in Quebec, Canada, where he lived until 1856. The family
then moved into the States. Was married in 1871, to MissC. M Kelley, a native of Ireland.
They have six children—Addie, William J., Arthur, Centennial, Emma and Ellen.

HENRY STURM, wholesale and retail dealer in al] kinds of liquors. He also has a
soda factory, where he manufactures all kinds of soda and mineral water and Champagne
cider. The building cost $2,000, and is 20x30 feet. He employs four men, He has a ware-
house 20x75 feet, where he keeps a stock of Joseph Schlitz Milwaukee Lager Beer. His
stock of liquors invoice at $3,000. He also keeps a billiard and saloon parlor. He has two
ice houses, respectively 20x30 feet and 30x50 feet, and has 400 tons of ice stored to supply
the city. He first came to Junction City, Kan., in government employ, in 1876, and con-
tinued some time tn that capacity; thence to Dodge. He was born in Germany, 1837, and
came to America in 1851.__He was married in 1878 to Miss Ragena Bug, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
They have two children, Louisa C. and Bertha. He has been Township Treasurer two
terms, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. :

M. W. SUTTON, attorney at law, of the firm of Sutton & Wenie. Mr. Sutton first
came to Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., in May, 1872. and practiced law until Decem-
ber of same year, when he went to Medicine Lodge, Barber County, and continued his pro-
fession until June 1, 1876, thence located permanently in Dodge City, where he has since
practiced law. He was County Attorney for Barber County two years and resigned; County

“Attorney for Ford County from November 1, 1876, until March, 1882. He was born in Orange

County, N. Y., 1848, and was raised in Tompkins County, living there until November 22,
1867, when he went to Johnson County, Mo., and followed agricultural pursuits with pa-
rents and attended school. Also began reading law about that time and was admitted to
bar of practice March, 1872, at Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Mo. He enlisted February
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12, 1863, Company B, Sixth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery, and participated in all
the battles of his command, beginning at Gettysburg and ending at the surrender of Rob-
ert EB. Lee. He was mustered out August 24, 1865. He was married in 1879 to Miss Flor-
ence E. Clemons, of Genesee County, N. Y. They have one son, Stewart C. Mr. Sut-
ton is a member of Blue Lodge A., F. & A. M. and I. Q. O. F., of Kansas City, Mo.
.. FREDERICK T. M. WENIK, of the firm of Sutton & Wenie, attorneys-at-law. He
is also engaged in the insurance, real estate and collection business. He first came to
Dodge City. Kansas, in 1879, and clerked in the Quartermaster’s store at Fort Dodge until
April 1, 1880, when he came to Dodge City and entered the law office of M. W. Sutton as a
law student, and was admitted to the bar of practice at the June term of court in 1882.
He was appointed City Attorney of pete City in April, 1883. He was born in Oneida
County, N. Y., in 1859 and was raised in hisnativecounty. His father, Thomas M. Wenie,
nee oa Lieutenant in the regular army, and employed his son as a clerk for him four or
WRIGHT, BEVERLEY & CO., dealers in a general stock of merchandise and men's
outfitting goods, opened business in 1877. They employ eight clerks and carry a general
stock of $40,000. Individual names of the firm are R. M. Wright and H. ™. Beverley.
H. M. Beverley came to Kansas in 1870 and engaged in the caftle business at Abilene,
afterward at Ellsworth, Great Bend, and finally pee City. He has followed the Texas
cattle trade for a number of years. He was born in ing George County, Va., in 1826, and
was raised in Henderson, Ky. He enlisted with Texas troops in Confederate State service,
was Second Lieutenant of his ae and served some time in that capacity. He was
married in 1850 to Miss Fannie C. Skiles, a native of Kentucky. They have seven children
living: E. Bell, William, Harry M., Ellen H., (married to Lieutenant F. D. Sharp, U.S. A.)
James R., Eva L., and C. ys lost one, Fannie B., who was married to John Frazer, of
Kansas City, who is also dead. :

C. ZIMMERMANN, dealer in a general line of hardware, guns, ammunition, crock-
ery and glassware, stoves, pumps, lumber and yoaine material, gricultural implements
and wagons, He opened ‘business in 1872, being one of the first traders in Dodge City. He
first carried a stock of $3,000 in fire arms and ammunition only. He now carries a stock of
$15,000 and employs three men. He has a fine residence one mile west of Dodge, with 240
acres of land. He was born in Prussia, Saxony, Germany, 1883. When he wasonly twenty-
six years old he was foreman for Gastrine Renett, gunsmith, Paris, France, and had charge
of forty men. He came to New York City in 1863, and worked at his trade of gunsmith in
many portions of the Eastern States. He was married in 1865 to Miss Matilda Messenger,
of Wurtemburg, Germany. They have two children living, Arthur and Clara. William,
Adelia and Blanche are deceased. He is a member of the Knight Templar Lodge, A., F. &
A.M., of Great Bend. He wasa member of the County Board when Ford County was
aoe: He served as County Treasurer four years,and is present County Commissioner of

unty.

SPEARVILLE.
Spearville is distant from Dodge City sixteen miles. It was founded

by a colony from Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1878,though George Hall and M, Wear
came here in June, 1877, Its hotels are the Summitt and the United States

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Center House. This is quite a business point, and it is considerable of a
center for sheep husbandry. In the vicinity are 60,000 head; the flocks
ranging in number from 700 to 7,000. This has proved to be a first-class
region for sheep-raising. H. M. Clark is the Notary Public and Justice of
the Peace. This place is 283 miles west of the east line of the State.
It is 2,478 feet above the sea level. The soil hereabouts is a dry upland
prairie, the soil is a dark loam, with stiff clay subsoil. This spot was made
an experimental point for tree planting by S. T. Kelsey, forester of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company in 1873 and in 1874.
Ailantus planted from seed in the spring of 1874 had attained to the height
of six inches, December, 1874; from seed planted in the een of 1873, it
had grown from two to three feet. Black walnut from seed planted in the
spring of 1874, reached a height of from six to twelve inches; planted in the
spring of 1873, it had.a height of from one to one and a half feet; black
locust from two and one half to three and one half feet.

There is a Methodist Episcopal Church at Spearville, Rev. Mr.
Tooker, pastor. :

The Spearville Hnterprise.—This paper, aa ig poe in its politics,
was issued May 18, 1878, J. J. Burns, publisher; E. D. Swan, editor. August
24, 1878, Mr. Burns became sole proprietor, and the name was changed to
the News. H. P. Myton became a partner in the establishment, September
7, 1878. It has passed out of existence.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

J, M. LEIDIGH, of the firm of T, F. Leidigh & Co., dealers in general merchandise,
They opened trade in Spearville in April, 1878, with a stock of $1,800. They now carry an
average stock of $10,000. Their store building was erected of stone in 1881_at @ cost of
$2,000. Size is 25x80 feet. They employ three men in the business, Mr. J. M. Leidigh is
also extensively engaged in raising stock. He first came to Kansas in 1870, locating at St.
Mary’s, and engaged in the lumber trade, and in 1872 moved to Hutchinson, Kan., where he
engaged in the stock business until 1878. He was born in Cumberland County, Pa., Decem-
ber 14, 1842, and was raised and educated in that county. He followed agricultural pur-
suits and stock-raising. He enlisted in eas, 1862, in Company F, One Hundred and
Thirtieth oe Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of
Antietam and discharged in 1863. He re-enlisted in 1864 in Company F, Two Hundred and
Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was again wounded in front of
Petersburg, when leading his Company. He was mustered out in June, 1865. He was
married in 186 to Miss Kate A. Myers, of Cumberland County, Pa. They have four
children, Dora M., Harry J , Florence L.and Emma F. He is a member of a Temperance
organization and the Presbyterian Church. -

 
Pete

MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

1563

MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.*

M ONTGOMERY County is situated in the southern part of the State of
Kansas, the north line of the Indian Territory forming its southern

boundary. It is further bounded by Labette County on the east, Wilson on
the north and Elk and Chautauqua counties on the west. The general sur-
face of the county is variable, being a
succession of rolling prairies, broad, fer-
tile valleys, and low hills, Elevated
mounds, with steep, declivitous sides,
are found in places, rising abruptly out
of the midst of a plain, to considerable
heights. These are, in some instances,
peak shaped, while in others they are
capped with an almost level plain, com-
prising, in some cases, several acres
in extent. There are several of these
mounds in the county, each of which
bears some significant name, such as
Table Mound, from its table-like appear-
ance, and Walker’s Mound, which took
its name from 4 man named Walker,
who was first to locate a claim border-
ing on its base, etc. These elevations
are in no way connected with the
“Mound Builders,” but in their native
magnificence bespeak the workmanship
of a mightier hand, and wiser builder.

The water supply is abundant .
throughout the county, which is trav-
ersed from north to south by the Ver-
digris River, and its important tribu-
tary, Elk River, both of which are
streams of considerable magnitude. In
their flow through the county, they be-
come confluent with several large creeks
and streams, which, with their innum-
erable branchings, spread out over the
entire surface.. The Little Caney River
runs through the southwest corner of
the county, by which, with its important
branches, Illinois and Cheyenne creeks,
that part is sufficiently watered. The
principal creeks are: Duck, Onion, Salt,
Cheyenne, Illinois, Pumpkin, Rock,
Sycamore, Drum and Big Hill. There
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mined annually. In localities where the coal abounds, an abundance of potter’s
clay is also found.

Inexhaustible quarries of fine building stone are numerous. The varieties
are sand, lime and flag-stone; much of the sand-stone being of the fine grain
and texture, which is so valuable in the construction of stone fronts, window
caps, etc.

From this, it will be seen, that the
county is eminently superior in its nat-
ural advantages; with numerous streams
affording fine water power privileges;
extensive coal fields; unfailing stone
quarries; timber in considerable quanti-
ties, and a productive soil. The county
has within its limits, all that is neces-
sary to the existence of a rich, prosper-
ous and populous community,

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EARLY HISTORY.

Montgomery County comprises a
portion of that body of land which was
set apart and known asthe “Diminished
Reserve of the Osage Indians,” and
embraced an area of 8,000,000 acres.
There wasa strip of land, however, three
miles in width, extending along the east
side of the county, which did not form
a part of the Reserve, but was a portion
of what was called the ‘‘Ceded Lands,”
and was obtained from the Indians in
1867, and opened to settlement. For a
long time the right to this strip was in
controversy in the courts, between rail-
road corporations and settlers. The set-
tlers, however, were persistent in their
efforts, and through the indomitable
pluck and energy of their leader, Gov.
M. J. Salter, finally succeeded in obtain-
ing a decision of the United States Su-
r preme Court in their favor. Immediately
upon relinquishing their rights to this
strip, the Indians, about 3,600 in num-
ber, moved farther west and scattered
along the valleys of the Verdigris and
Elk rivers. Each band, of which there
were seven, having an under chief, and

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The soil throughout the county

the whole under a head chief, lived apart

 

generally, is remarkably fertile, particu-
larly that found in the bottoms, which
comprise about one-fourth of the entire
area of the county.

Timber, as in most parts of the yer ttre A caer
State, is scarce, being confined to the (q) Liberty Township
belts along the water courses, varying Louisburg Township, including Elk C
in width, from a mile to a narrow fringe
along the less important streams. Oc-

Caney Township
(a) Cherokee Township...
(b) Cherry Township, inc
(ce) Drum Creek Township.
Fawn Creek Township.

 

Sycnmore Township....
(f) West Cherry Township

  
 
 
 
 
   
 
 

(e) Parker Township, including Coffey ville City,
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casional groves are found upon the up-
lands, but the timber is limited, and of

 

inferior quality. The principal varieties
of timber are the oak, walnut, ash, elm,
cottonwood, box elder, soft maple and
other varieties in limited quantities.

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1870. | 1880. and established villages, bearing the

361 | 1,151 "ame of the leader of the respective

Se *837 band. White Hair, the head chief, made

802 | 1.379 an encampment near the north line of

505 | 1,182 the county, on the east bank of the Ver-

a 7.948 digris. Below this a few miles, at

1,052 | 1022 Lightman’s Ford. Little Beaver found

1 Bae 1887 his quarters, and Napawalla settled on

"485 | 1,061 the north side of Elk River, near where

need 1,669 Radical City was afterward established.

On fthe southside of the same river,

15,128) 18,213 Chetopa and his band halted, and built

Pitevia Sanu etcebmangaseweies 690 their village near the west end of Table
epecsieyas eee oe Mound. About six miles south of where
TaEE Independence now stands, on the west

bank of the Verdigris River, was the site

 

Coal has been discovered in various

: (a) In 1872, from part of Parker.
parts of the county, the fields covering (b) In 1879, part to West Oherry.
-thi 7 ] 1 n ‘om pa erty.
about one-third of its area, in veins va- (a) In 1871, namechanged from Verdigris; in 1874 part to Drum Creek.
rying in thickness from one to two feet. (e) In 1871, Westralia annexed; in 1872 part toaCherokee.

Tt is found on the surface and, also, (f) In 1879, from part of Cherry.
cropping out at the base of elevations.

The quality of the coal is rather inferior at first, but becomes better as the
mines are developed. As yet none of the mines have been utilized to any con-
siderable extent, the use being confined to domestic and local demands.
The mine upon J. M. Altaffer’s farm, in Independence Township, is, perhaps,
the most extensively operated, from which there are about ten thousand bushels

 

* iling this history we are indebted, to some extent, toa similar
by thetion i. E Wilson, of Independence.” ” SUES nlie

of Big Hill, or Gov. Joe’s village ; Clay-
more near Kalloch Station, and Black
Dog on the west bank of Onion Creek,
near its mouth.

The Government agency was located
near the mouth of Drum Creek, on its
north side, and was held by Maj. Snow, who was succeeded in 1868 by Maj. I.
N. Gibson, a Quaker gentleman, who was held in high esteem by both the whites
and Indians. This general respect he retained throughout the adjustment of
the serious difficulties between the races in 1869 and 1870, occasioned by the
unauthorized attempts of settlers to trespass‘upon and occupy these lands, the
rightful property of the Indian.

As early as 1867, when the cupidity of railroad corporations became aroused
respecting these lands, there came to light what is known as the “Sturgess
1564

Treaty,” than which a more stupendous fraud is not known. At this time, the
Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company sought to eff-ct a
treaty with the Osage Indians, through the company’s agents, the Sturgess
Brothers, of Chicago, by the terms of which the company was to obtain pos-
session of the entire Diminished Reserve, upon payment to the Indians for the
land at the rate of eighteen cents per acre. The matter was brought before
Congress for its consideration, and the objects of the treaty were defeated by the
action of that body.

At a very early period, several trading posts were established by parties
who furnished the Indians with flour, coffee, powder, lead, dry goods, trinkets,
etc., and in return took as payment hides, furs, and other articles of Indian
commerce. Perhaps the earliest establishment of this kind was that made on
Pumpkin Creek, by G. L. Canada, in January, 1867. R. W. Dunlap came into
the county late in 1867, and in February of the next year began trading at a
point near the mouth of Drum Creek; and about the same time John Lush-
baugh located a post at the junction of Pumpkin Creek with the Verdigris
River. The goods with which Dunlap opened his store were brought by Thomas
Overfield, on a wagon, from Ottawa, then the nearest railroad station, and dis-
tant more than 100 miles. During the winter of 1868-’69, Mose Neal opened a
trading store at the mouth of Big Hill Creek, and in the early part of 1869,
Maj. Fitch began a similar business at a point on the north side of Elk River,
near its confluence with Sycamore Creek.

Eb. Moseley began the business of trader a short time before Dunlap, hav-
ing his post at Black Dogtown. Newton Miller also had a post in the supply
a ie band. Hitherto, aggressions upon the Indian domain, in this section, were
slight.

The treaty for the purchase of the Osage Diminished Reserve was effected
between the Indians and the United States Government, at the agency on
Drum Creek, on September 10, 1870, and was stipulated for and signed, on the
part of the Government, by J. D. Lang, of Maine, John V. Farwell, of Chi-
cago, and Vincent Colyer, of New York, who had been appointed a commission
for this purpose; and on the part of the Osage Indians, was signed by Pi-na-
push-a, To-wand-ga-hee, Che-to-pa, Black-Dog, Na-pa-wal-la, Strike-Axe,
Wah-tan-ca, Chin-cu-a-cah and others. The official survey and creation of the
county dates from 1869, and was made to embrace 636 square miles of terri-
tory, carved out of the Osage Reserve. The name Montgomery was applied to
it, in honor of the celebrated General, Richard Montgomery. Upon the treaty
being effected with the Indians, the land was thrown open to settlement, upon
which filings and entry could be made at the land office at Humboldt, Kan
The first filing was made by N. S. Ramsey, on a tract of land in Louisburgh
Township, and the first entry was made by Thomas Neal, on a tract in Drum
Creek Township. There appears to be some difference of opinion as regards
who the first permanent settler in the county was. Hon. E. E. Wilson, in his
able and authentic history of the county, published in Edwards’ County His-
torical Atlas, accords the honor to a colored man named Lewis Scott, who set-
tled in the southeastern part of the county in February, 1867, A more de-
tailed investigation of the matter discovers the fact, that it was more than a
year prior to the date given when the foot of the first settler pressed the soil.
In January, 1866, G. L. Canada settled at a point on Pumpkin Creek, which
was subsequently selected as the site for the village of Claymore, and to whom
the honor of being the first settler undoubtedly belongs. Perhaps, the second
man to set foot on Montgomery County soil, asa permanent settler, was Daniel
Wilson, who made a settlement, June 14, 1866, locating in the extreme north-
ern part of the county, on the Verdigris River, near White Haic’s Ford. In
August, 1867, Wilson built a cabin on his claim, and put up a quantity of hay ;
but his presence was distasteful to his dusky neighbors, who put a torch to his
hay and cabin, and all was consumed. No sooner had he constructed another,
when that too was demolished. Such treatment was not relished by the hardy
pioneer who, becoming disheartened, and finding it useless to make further
attempts, left the place. It was not long, however, before he regained his
courage, and in September of 1868, he returned to the scene of -his former dis-
asters, this time effecting friendly relations with the Indians, and remaining un-
molested.

Those who settled in 1867, besides those already named who had estab-
lished trading-posts, were Zachariah Crow, —- Terwilliger, William Ruth-
erford and perhaps a few others. Among those who came during the next
year, wereJohn Russell, J. B. Rowley, Patrick Dugan, William Reed, Will-
iam Roberts, Christian Greenough, John Hanks, H. W. Conrad, Alexander
Duncan, J. A. Twiss, Col. Coffey, O. F. Johns, J, Rokerts, T. C., J. H., and A,
Graham, P. R. Jordon, G. W., and W. L. Mays, H. A. Bethuran, J. H. Conrad.
Moses Roller, R. Stallcup, M. McGowen, R.M. Bennett, John Campbell,
Jacob Thompson, Thomas Brock, J. Kappell, Levi Mann, Phillip Waldron, N.
P. Morgan, A. P, Patter, W. Sherill, J. Simmons, Rachel Greeno, J. Weddell,
Mortimer Goodell, E. Goodell, D. R. B. Flora, R. W. Dunlap, John McIntyre,
Mrs, E. C. Powell, Thomas C. Evans, Lewis Choteau, Brewer,
Pierce, George Spece, Dr. Koutz, James Parkinson and, perhaps, some others.
Although a considerable number of permanent settlements had been made
during these years, yet so few, indeed, were the number living within the coun-
ty, at that time, compared with the wide expanse of country over which they
were scattered, that it was only occasionally that the traveler came upon the
rude cabin, dug-out or sod house of a settler, No improvement of importance
had yet been made, so that up to 1869 there were but few and scattered evi-
dences of anything except Indian occupancy. In the midst of such surround-
ings of uncivilized life, the hardy pioneer of Montgomery County had come
to make his home, enduring the trials, braving the dangers, expecting the
rewards.

In order that a settler should obtain and occupy a “squatter’s claim,” at
this time, he was obliged to secure consent from the Indians, which was easily
done by paying them a few dollars in money. The price, however, varied with
different bands. Inthe treaty which the settlers made with the Osages in the
Upper Elk Valley, in 1869, the agreement was, that settlers should hold and oc-

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

cupy a prairie claim upon payment of $5, and $10 for a timber claim. De-
mands for this rental were more frequent thar the terms of the agreement al-
lowed, but upon a determined refusal by the settlers, these unauthorized collec-
tors would go away without a word. In no case, however, would they forget
to dun a man whenever they met him, whether he was entitled to pay or not,
nor did they regard the frequent refusals which they met, nor the severe
rebuffs and denunciations they sometimes received, from the enraged squatter.
In case there was any dissatisfaction arising from the payment of these sums, in
any way, the Indians would demand a ‘‘talk,” and not unfrequently it would
have been better for his own interests, had he made no attempt te compete with
the loquacious Yankee, in wordy settlements of this kind. ,

Although numerous settlements had already been made, yet it was not un-
til 1869, that the resistless march of emigration first crossed the Verdigris River
to occupy and possess the *' promised land” that lay beyond. Alarmed at this
bold step on the part of the settlers, to thus intrude upon and occupy their ter-
ritory, the Indians began to protest against further invasion, and attempled to
prohibit emigration from crossing the Verdigris ; but to no purpose, __ :

During the winter of 1869, the banks of the Verdigris were alive with
camps and campers, Families spent the winter, living in covered wagons or in
huts constructed of hay. On the spot where Independence stands, about forty
families lived in these hay houses during that winter, and the place was known
to the Indians as Pashe-to-wah, or Haytown. So rapid, indeed, was the influx _
of. settlers, that in the brief period of three years, between 1867 and 1870, the
population of the county had increased from a few scattered settlements to the
number of 7,564. ~

Everything now began to show signs of permanence and stability, Rumors
of prospective railroads became noised abroad ; improvements, both public and
private, were made, and of a costly character ; town builders were busily at
work, establishing towns, which, in their view, were sure to become important
railroad points and the county seat ; the county was filled with every manner of
bogus characters who preyed upon the ignorance and credulity of settlers ; here
were real estate agents and claim speculators, who fora few dollars would locate
a man on whatever place suited him, whether the same had been taken before
or not; and not urfrequently the one agent would locate several parties on the
same claim; speculators sold claims to which they never had a shadow of title
or right.

All was a busy scene of bustle and excitement. This condition of things
had the effect to attract emigration thither. As an illustration of the intense
excitement which prevailed during this time, may be mentioned the fact, that
the people of the county had voted county and township bonds, for various pur-
poses, toan aggregate amount of nearly a million of dollars. Such was the
general rapacity and the willingness of the people to vote indebtedness upon
themselves, in the excitement of the hour, that a large school building was
erected at Independence in 1873, costing $23,000; costly bridges were con-
structed by various townships ; the erection of schoolhouses ; and the aids given
to railroads, ete., are a few instances of the uses to which this extravagant out-
lay of public money was applied. Money was readily loaned at from twenty-
five to fifty per cent interest to private parties, wishing to improve their claims.
As a result of this reckless and extravagant voting of bonds, the rate of taxa-
tion upon personal property became enormous, since all levies had to be made
upon that class of property, as none of the real estate had yet been deeded.
Such was the state of financial matters under which the people of the county
had placed themselves prior to 1872.

The first settlements in the county were effected before the regularly
authorized surveys had been made, and claims were taken at random, or accord-
ing to lines, called the ‘ tow string surveys.” established by private parties who
were chiefly interested in the fees charged, caring little whether lines, sections
and quarters were correctly located or not; nor whether they would correspond
with the legal survey when made. As the natural consequence of such uncer-
tainty, when the authorized survey was made, it frequently happened that
parties found themselves the possessors of a piece of land they did not claim,
while that which they thought they had, would fall to their next neighbor.
Numerous disputes and wranglings arose among settlers respecting rights to
claims, which called into requisition the “Settler’s Claim Club.” This institu-
tion, as the name indicates, was composed of the settlers combined together for
the purpose of hearing and adjusting difficulties that arose among themselves
or between any of their number and strangers respecting claim rights. In its
functions, the club was legislative, judicial and executive. A code of laws was
drawn up which defined the rights of settlers to claims, prescribing the mode
and manner by which they could rightfully be taken, and also what was neces-
sary to entitle the same to be held and occupied, etc. In case a dispute aros
involving questions of this character, the matter was brought for hearing before
the club, witnesses were brought and examined, and the matter was fully deter-
mined ‘‘according to the law and the evidence.” A decision having been
reached, speedy execution followed.

This was carried out by a committee waiting upon the party against whom
the decision had been made, informing him that the club had determined that
he should relinquish all claims to the subject of dispute ; whereupon notice was
given him to deliver over the property to his opponent within a specified time,
which in most cases was promptly done. Upon a failure to obey the mandates
of this court with promptness, the defiant was waited upon by another commit-
tee composed of the body of the club, and, if not awed into submission Ly the
presence and threats of this posse, he was visited with such punishment as the
nature of the case required, or as was sufficient to enforce obedience. An
instance of this sort of executive duty took place near Independence in the spring
of 1870. The dispute arose over a claim between George Paul and a man
named Stevens, a butcher living in the town. Paul, it seems, was living on a
claim about a mile and a half northwest of Independence, which Stevens

jumped,” as. it was termed, building a house a few rods from Paul’s, into
which he moved with his family.

Paul seeing his rights trampled upon, appealed to the club for protection.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

After due consideration, the club found in Paul’s favor, and notified Stevens to
aoe the Premises. Stevens, however, was refractory and refused to obey.

€ time in which he was to leave having expired, a posse formed and at the
dead hour of night invaded his dwelling from which the inmates were forcibly
removed to the open prairie and the house set on fire and burned. A similar
affair took place during the same summer in Sycamore Township. A man
named Atkinson attempted to wrongfully lay claim to a piece of land belonging
to another man. The matter was taken before the club, and Atkinson, refusing
to obey its determination. was punished by having his building demolished, he
being forced to fly. This was the work of that well-known club which had ap-
Propriated the dignified title of ‘‘ Montgomery Guards.” It was a time, too,
when these organizations, however useful in their day, should have disbanded,
giving way to those “higher powers,” Justices of the Peace.

The members of the Guards, however, not content to await the tedjous and
often unsatisfactory actions of these courts, had taken the matter in their own
hands. But in this particular instance it would have been better for the mem-
bers “had it never existed ;’ for the entire club, thirty in number, were arrested
ona charge of riot, brought before Squire Bunker’s court at Independence, and,
upon trial, found guilty. Thus ingloriously terminated the existence of the
“Montgomery Guards,” and the last of the claim clubs.

There were several of these organizations in various localities in the
county, embracing nearly every law-abiding and peaceably-disposed citizen.
Instances occur, too, in which these clubs took in hand matters of a criminal
character, as in the case of the assassination of John A. Twiss in the southern
part of the county. Twiss, a peaceable and respected citizen, was attacked by
a party of three men and foully murdered. This unprovoked act of crime and
butchery called forth the indignation and vengeance of the citizens. The crim-
inals were apprehended, a preliminary investigation had, and the guilt was fixed
upon the parties charged, who were hanged to an oak tree that stood near the
cabin of the murdered man. But municipal organizations being perfected,
these clubs became things of the past, giving way to legally constituted tribu
nals and courts of law.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ETC.

By a proclamation made by Governor James M. Harvey, on June 3, 1869, the County of
Montgomery became legally organized as a corporate body. A Board of Commissioners was
appointed composed of H. C. Crawford, H. A. Bethuran and R. L. Walker; and E. C. Kimball
was appointed Clerk, and the seat of government tor the county temporarily fixed at Ver-
digris City. On June 11, these parties appeared before W. 8. McFeeters, a notary public,
and received the oath of office.

The fiest official act of the Hoard of Commissioners was to divide the county into town-
ships and fix the voting precincts. Three townships were made, viz: Drum Creek, Westra-
lia and Verdigris, which have since been redivided and changed, making in all twelve town-
ships. Three voting places were named—one for each township. That for Drum Creek was
at Fitch’s store; for Verdigris at Verdigris City, and for Westralia at the town bearing the
same name. he Oswego Register published by E, R. Trask. was made the official paper.
At the second meeting of the Board, July 7, a permit was granted to W. C. Dickey and Daniel
McTaggart to establish a ferry on the Verdigris River, at a point near Verdigris City, aud
also one to W. L. Bailey and H. C. Crawford for a similar enterprise at Wes'ralia. Steps
were taken to establish a public highway to lead from the town of Westralia to the west
line of the county. The third meeting was held Angust 27,at which E. K. Kountz was
appointed Probate Judge, George Hoag, Sheriff, and Daniel McTaggart, County Treasurer.

An election for the choosing of county officers, and also for fixing the county seat, was
held November 2, 1869. The greatest interest seems to have been at Independence, as an
aspirant for county seat honors. On the morning of the election a wagon-load of Independ-
ence men started early to the polls, in order that they might secure control of the election
board; but, notwithstanding their rapid travel, reached the place in time to find they had
only gotten one member. Close watch upon voters was Kept up during the day at the polls,
and challenges were frequent, necessitating nearly all votes to be sworn in. A canvass of
the vote was made, and the vote of Drum Creek precinct was thrown out, on account of the
returns being certified to as a copy instead of the original poll-book. Asa result, Liberty
was selected as the county seat, and a Board of Commissioners elected who were friendly
to that place. The Independence people were sore under this galling defeat, and filed a
notice of contest before the Probate Court of Wilson County, to which this county was then
attached for judicial purposes. The matter was brought to the consideration of the court
December 23. which cecided, in effect, that noelection had been held. and consequently
no contest could be made, 1 i ,
still continuing in the exercise of their official powers, proceeded to cause the seat of govern-
ment to be removed from Verdigris City to Liberty, which was done 1n the face of many
protests and much dissatisfaction.

The friends of Independence had set their heads together and evolved a p‘ece of strategy
in which they proved successful. Charles White, bearing a certified copy of the case con-
tested before the Wilson County Probate Court, was sent to Topeka to Jay the matter before
the proper authorities of state, and by this means secured the appointment of anew Board
of Commissioners, composed of W. W. Graham, Thomas Brock and S. B. Moorehouse.
After White returned from the capital. he in company with L. J. Stephenson, procured a
wagon, and gathering in the newly appointed Board, drove them to Verdigris City, where,
seated in the conveyance, the Board organized by electing W. W. Graham, Chairman, and
appointed J. A. Helphingstine County Clerk, Samuel Van Gundy, County Treasurer: J. K.
Snyder, Register of Beeds: and R. B. Cunningham, superintendent of Schools. nee

The Independence Pioneer was named as the official paper of the county and the District
Court ordered to be held at Independence on the 9th of May, 1870. The Board then ap-
pointed Independence as temporary. county seat, and ordered the offices to be kept at that
place. On May 13 an action was begun in the District Court to compel the commissioners
to move the county offices to Liberty; but the case was dismissed by the plaintiffs, and the
matter left at rest. Thus the ola Board of Commissioners were superseded, but they were
not willing to submit to such seemingly unauthorized proceedings, Finding it useless to
dissent, however, after a few weeks they surrendered their records and gave up the contest.

With the organization of the county, on June 3, 1869, the county seat was temporarily
fixed at Verdigris City, by the appointment made in the Governor's proclamation. At the
regular county election held on the 2il of November, of the same year, it was deemed
changed by the Board of Commissioners, and was taken to Liberty, the place thought to be
determined by the vote of the people. The matter was taken before the courts for contes',
and it was decided that no election had been held. In May, of the following year, the case,
about which there was so much dispute and dissatisfaction, was taken before the authorities
of State and a new Board of Commissioners was appointed, who, when they had regularly
or ‘anized, named Independence as the seat of government for the county, and ordered that
alr the officers should take up their quarters atthat place, which was accordingly done. In
the following November another regulac election was held, and among the issues to be de-
termined was, as to where the county seat should be located. The election was an exceed-
ingly warm one and much fraud was practiced and illegal voting done onall sides. In this
contest, however, Independence came out victorious over its most potent rival, Liberty, by
a majority of 279 votes, the vote being 839 for Independence and 5 30 for Liberty, This was
the final determination of the matter, the seat of government becoming fixed at Indepen-
dence, where in right it should be, as the most central and available point in the county. —

The first building the county possessed was a log court house, located at Verdiyris City,
when the county seat was at that place, and was moved to Liverty by order of the County
Commissioners. The county seat was afterward fixed at Independence, when the old log
building was abandoned, and shortly after the change was made a new court house was
built by Samuel Van Gundy, and was the first brick building inthe county, It is still used
by the county for offices an'| court room. Until the erection of this house, the District Court
nad oceupied the schoolhouse at Independence in its first sitting,and Rose & Fay’s hallin its
second, then in the present court house. : fate

Prior to its incorporation, Montgomery was attached to Wilson County for judicial pur-

oses. Within her own limits there were no courts of justice, but the absence of these was
fi ‘a measure supplied by the selfappropriated authorities of the claim clubs, which surren-
dered all authority npon_ the advent of those courts of high judicial standing, Justice’s
Courts. Fora higher tribunal than these, resort was made to the courts of Wilson County,
Montgomery County was made a part of the Eleventh Jucicial District, and by the authority
vested in the County Commissioners, the District Court for and in the county was ordered to

This, of course, placed matters in statu q:o,a'd the old board *

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be held at Independence on the 9th day of May, 1870. The time for the convening of the
court had arrived and all the dignitari s ofthe law were on hand. The session was held in
the school building, and the following court officers were present: Hon. W. C. Webh, Judge;
L. J. Stephenson, Clerk of the District Court; C. M. Ralstine, County Attorney, and C. White, '
Sheriff. Those reported on the grand jury were: Daniel McTaggart, George A. Brown,
George Whitfield, William Jackson, William Addy, J. Porter, W. Hf. Cox, Elijah Vanzandt,
Samuel! Van Gundy, Frank Coventry, L. C. Judson, B. E. Clark, J. J, Gregory and W. O.
Sylvester, and on the petitjury were. Edward Barnett, A. M. Smith, William Orwig, Jolin
Saunderson, Thomas Reed, Elias Lovett, J. K. Snyder, S. D. Kelley, David Hodson, George
Stills, E. T. Saunders and A. J. Stevens.

The grand jury at this sitting returned six indictments, one for murder in the first de-

gree, three for murder in the second degree, and two for assault with intent to kill. The
rst jury trial before this court was had May 10, 1870. The title of the case was, the State of

Kansas against Henry Adams.

in the case was ‘*not guilty.”

Those admitted to the practice of law were; D. B. Brown, O. P. Smart, Thomas Harrison,
C. H. Wyckoft, John Helphingstine, T. B. Jennings, W.G. Clark and L. C. Judson.

The first sitting of the court was held in the school building, and the second in Rose &
eayig hall, and the third in the present court house, in which it has since been held in reg-
ular term.

In the following is given the names of those who have occupied the various official posi-
tions counected with the political government of the county since its organization to the
present time. .

State Senators—H. C. Whitney, A. M. York, W. A. Peffer, Daniel Grass, A. B. Clark.

Representatives—J. E. Adams, W. H. Bond, B. F. Devore, E. B. Dunwell, T. B. Eldridge,
M.S. Bell, A. A. Stewart, C.S. Brown, William Hustin, L. A. Walker, Wm, Stewart, J. M.
Heddins, O, F. Carson, L. N. Humphrey, W. C. Mastin, C. J. Corbin, A. B. Clark, J. P. Rood,
J. H. Norris, Alexander Moore, J. P. Rood.

County Clerks—E. C, Kimball, J. A, Helphingstine, S. M. Beardsley, J. A. Helphingstine,
E. T. Means, John McCallagh, Ernest Way.

County Treasurers—Daniel McTaggart, Samuel Van Gundy, J. A. Busby, Cary Oakes,
Joseph Barricklow, F.S Palmer.

lerks of the District Court—L. T. Stephenson, J. L. Scott, T. O. Ford, H. D. Dodd.

Register of Deeds—J. K. Snyder, W. S$. Mills, N. H. Ives, G. S. Beard, E. P. Allen,

Probate Judges—E. K. Kountz, J. M. Scudder, W. H. Watkins. E. Herring.

Sheriffs—G.S. Hoag, C. White, P. Q. Bond, J. E. Stone, J. T. Brock, Lafayette Shadley.

é County Attorneys—C. M. Ralstine, Frank Willis, A. B. Clark, J. D. Hinkle, Ed. Van
undy,

ai eupereniengents of Public Instruction—J. A. Helphingstine, N. Bass, B. R. Cunningham,
. T. Beach,

Surveyors—Ed. Foster, B. R. Cunningham, A. G. Savage, G. B. Leslie.

Coroners—M. L. Ashmore, J. H. Kingston, W. M. Robinson, J. Coleman.

County Commissioners—First Board, H. C. Crawford, H. A. Bethuran, R. L. Walker;
Second, W. W. Graham. Thomas Brock, S.-B. Moorehouse; Third, W. W. Graham, H. D.
Grant, John McDonald; Fourth, J.C. Frazier, W. J. May, W.S. Renfro; Fifth, W. J. Wilkins,
George Hurst, J. H. Rudd; Sixth, T. R. Pittman, J. E. Cole, W. H. Harter; Seventh, W. R.
Brown, Henry Mounger, A. P. Boswell.

RAILROADS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.

Early in the history of the county the people became wild on the subject of railroads,

They were not content with the slow and tedious methods of horse back and stage coach
travel, and Jumber wagon transportation, but believed that a railroad was necessary to sat-
isfy their advanced demands, and to raise them up to tse standard of the times. Every
argument that ingenuity could invent was produced to convince the doubtful and stimu-
late the weak. in the belief of the splendid results !hat must inevitably follow so grand an
enterprise. When the public anxiety becameinflamed to the highest pitch _a_ proposition
was placed before the people, by the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Com-
pany, asking them to contribute in county bondsthe amount of two hundred thousand dol-
Jars toward building a railroad. This was whata majority of the people wanted and, in
June, 1870, a vote was taken on the proposition, and out of a total vote of 2,166, there were
1,340 votes in favor of the bonds, to 826 againstthem. The proposition, too, was indefinite
as to where the line should be run, but was simply thata line of not less than twenty-one
niles of road should be built somewhere within the limits of the county. The election, too,
was an extremely loose one, as ballots in some instances were cast regardless of age or qual-
ification. Those Living in the vicinity of Independence, from whence the controlling vote
came, were particularly zealous, believing that the road would, without doubt, make that an
objective point. Butas it afterwards turned out, they had unnecessarily congratulated
themselves; for, instead of the road being built to or in the direction of the place, it bent its
course several miles to the east of it, turning southward and terminating at Cotfeyville, in
the southeastern part ofthe county. Here, then, was Independence deserted by the rail-
road company, and left standing alone far to the west, and fairly raging in indignation,
threatening revenge for such cruel treatment from this soulless corporation. An effort
was then put forth by the county to defeat the delivery of the bondsto the company. The
matter was brought before the United States Court at Leavenworth, in July, 1871. The
eounty was represented before the court, by E. W. Fay, of Peru; A. H. Horton, of Atchi-
son, and Stillings & Fenlon, of Leavenworth. Aftera time the Board of County Conmis-
sioners ordered the suit abandoned, aking concessions in favor of the railroad company;
whereupon it was ordered that the bon‘s be delivered according to the terms of the agree-
ment, which was accordingly done. The bonds were then sold hy the company and passed
into the hands of innocent purchasers, who, as the ‘ oupons fell due, presented them for pay-
ment; but tne county authorities declined even to makea levy for thelr payment. A suit
was immediately instituted for their collection by law, in which the county fought again
to test the legality ofthe bonds. This suit was attended with much quibbling and dilatory
moves, by means of which it hung in the courts for several years. a

A compromise was finally effected between the Board of County Commissioners and
the bondholders, whereby the bondholders agreed to take new bonds in payment of the old
ones, at the rate of sixty-five cents on the dollar, and thus the matter became permanently
settled, at an expense to the county, however, of about $30,000. The amount of the bonds
thus disposed of did not cover the entire amount by $20,000, which was inthe hands of an
English firm, and which was afterwards redeemed by county treasurer Cary Oakes, at fifty
cents on the dollar. ph . : ae ,

Although Independence was unhappily disappointed in this instance, yet it by no means
defeated or weakened her determination in that direction. A raiiroad she would have,
cos. what it might, and, hence, the next best thing was to secure a branch road. Committee
after committee was delegated to solicit this, and also to open negotiations with the railroad
authorities, in which they should agree upon the terms upon which it should be built. The
town offered, as a proposition, to vote the company a subsidy of $7,500 per mile to assist in
its construction; but the company was slow to accept, in order to stimulate the people to
greater donations, Finally it came to the knowledge of the people of the town, in a quiet
way, that in case they increased the «lonation already offered, by a cash contribution of
$4,000, and one hundred lots in the town, the branch would be constructed. No sooner had
the authenticity of this report become confirmed, than the company was approached upon
the suivect and the additional demands guaranteed, upon which the agreement was con-
summated.

So anxious, indeed, were many of the citizens of the town to secure the advantages to be
gained by the enterprise, that a number of them entered into an individual obligation of
$50,000, as a security and guarantee that the propositions agreed upon, would be faithfully
carried out by thetown. Accordingly a hasty construction was prosecuted and the branch
was completed during the latter part of the year 1871, and on the first day of January, 1872,
the reverberations of the steam whistle through the valley of the Verdigris, announced to the
over-enthusiastic inhabitants of the town, the approach of the iron horsa, drawing behind
his giant form, thefirst train of cars that ever rolled into the station at Independence.
This branch was known as ‘*Bunker’s Plug,” and was so named after Mr. Bunker, who was
prominently engaged in obtaining it, and who also donated grounds foradepot, This was
continued in operation as a branch road until the summer of 1879, when the South Kansas
& Western road was built, westward through the county, connecting with the main line of
the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Southwestern road, at the town of Cherryvale, in the
east partofthe county. It was, however, but a westward continuation of ‘‘Bunker’s Plug.”
Duriug the same summer, the St, Louis, Warsaw & Western road was built, cutting acros:
the northeast corner of the county, via Cherryvale, at which placeit crossed the L. L. & G.
road. The narrow gauge road was extended from Parsons, Labette County, to Cherryvale,
in the fall of 1880. ith this ended the construction of railroads in the county, and of
which there is now an aggregate of sixty-five miles.

The name of the South Kansas & Western road was afterward changed and became the
Kansas City, Lawrence & SouthernRailway. ; : i tated

Montgomery County Agricultural Society was organiz d in July, 1871, with Benjamin
M. Armstrong, president; J. R. Galloway, vice president; and E. E. Wilson, secretary.
The first fair was held, in Independence, in'the autumn of 1872, and regular exhibitions
have been held annually since that time. The present officers of the society are—M. J. Sal-
ter, president; A. T. Peterson. vice president; V. M. Dewey, secretary; and Cary Oakes,
treasurer. In the Centennial Exposition, at Philadelphia, in 1876, the exhibition made b
the South Kausas Tribune Company, for the county, ranked first among the products of the
State, in grasses and grains. A selection from the products of the county, under charge of
L. A. Walker, was on exhibition at Bismarck Grove, in September, 1880. Some of the veg-
etables took the highest premium, and the entire collection was generally regarded as a
fine display. The same collection, upon invitation by the authorities at the Kansas City Ex-
position, was placed upon exhibition at that place. The county took the highest premiut::

The charge was grand larceny; and the verdict of the jury
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‘and awarded a medal. A large exhibition ground is provided and supplied with a commo-
dious exposition hall, stables and pens for exhibiting stock, and also.an excellent speed ring.

SCHOOL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

That the citizens of Montgomery County paid early and liberal attention to the matter
of the education of the youth and the establishment and maintenance of good schools, can
not be doubted. In proof of the statement, it may be added, that as early as 1872 there were
already organized eighty-seven school districts, nearly all of which were supplied with

. amply furnished and comfortable school buildings. The amount of bonds issued by the
various districts for this purpose, aggregated $120,000. From this favorable start still fur-
ther growth was made, so that, in 1878, a period of six years, there were 102 organized
school districts in the county, and one hundred school buildings, of which four were log,
ninety frame, four brick and two stone. The number of the school population was 6,212,
and the value of all school property was $101,817. Perhaps, the first term of school was
taught by Miss Laura Foote, at Claymore, in 1869. And undoubtedly the next public school
in the county was that taught by William Osborne, in the Same Car at Elk City, the school
being held inthe hotel building erected by Thomas Harris. Subscription schools, however,
had been taught at a very early date, In this county, of the lands set apart for school pur-
poses, 4,270 acres remains unsold, of the average value of $3.50.

The annual Feport of the Superintendent of Schools shows a total number of districts
in the county of 105; number of school buildings 103, or 126 school rooms. The total value
of the buildings, furniture, etc., is estimated at $101,250.

The school population is 7,376 and the average daily attendance for the year was 3,658
under the instruction of 161 teachers. There are three excellent graded schools in the
county, viz.—those at Independence, Coffeyville and Cherryvale. Elk City has alsoa par-
tially graded school system. There were also nineteen private schools held in the county

during the year with an enrollment of 482 pupils. A normal for the special training o

feachers is held annually. This institution was opened for 1882, on July 5th, and continued
wenty weeks, conducted by C. T. Beach. The enrollment was 123 and the average daily at-
tendance 101. The receipts of institute funds for the year, including balance from last
year, were $324.36. - Expenses were $296.75, leaving a balance of $27.61. The receipts for
the county school funds, for the year ending August 1, 1882, amounted to $45,360, while
the expense aggregated $41,898, 1, The balance on hand August 1, 1881, was $7,488. and
on August 1, Tea2. $3,462. In 1882 there were school bonds issued by various districts to
the amount of $8,685, making a total bonded indebtedness of the districts, mostly in the

cities, 0: 1330.

No more reliable or convincing proof of the development of a section of country can be
had than that exhibited from the statistics of the acreage under cultivation, the amount of
the cereals productions, the number of various sorts of animals raised, etc., for different
periods of time. For this purpose, a review of the statistics, for the years 1878 and 1882, are
given in the following, in a comparative view: +

~ In 1870, the population of the county was 7,564; in 1875, it was 13,017; in 1878, 16,468,

and in 1882, reached nearly 20,000._
fone nui ber ot acres under cultivation ip 1878 Was 108,188:19. of the value of $1,826,-

.81; and in it was value x 3 <
" In 1§78, there was produced 42,253 acres of wheat; 166 of rye; 59,336, corn; 8.985, oats;
123, barley; 103, buckwheat; 980, irish potatoes; 74, sweet potatoes; 727, sorghum; 1%
castor beans; 3, cotton; 2,757, flax; 1, hemp; 16. tobacco; 121, broom corn; 1,607, millet
and Hungarian; 569, timothy meadow; 118, clover meadow; value of garden products,
$5,856; value of poultry and eggs, $8,476.75; pounds of cheese produced, 4,690; pounds of
butter produced, 24, Ns

AS dgainst these same articles, there was raised, in 1882, 19,548 acres of wheat; 242, rye;
79,123, corn; 7,673, oats; 5, barley; 61, buckwheat; 1,022, Irish potatues; 96, sweet pota-
toes; 734, sorghum; 2,471, castor beans; 445, cotton; 5,628, flax; 20, hemp; 4, tobacco; 190,
broom corn; 8,000, millet and Hungarian grass; 454, timothy meadow; 188, clover meadow;
value of garden products, $7,103; value of poultry and eggs, $22,774; pounds of cheese
made, 3,455; pounds of butter made, 318.403. _

Of the various kinds of live stock there was, in 1878, of horses, 4.851; mules and asses,
1,012; cattle, 11,791, sheep, 4,175; swine, 25,746. In 1882—horses, 5,458; mules and asses,
15155; cattle, 16, 639; sheep, 10,981: swine, 30,376. . ee

The value of animals slaughtered and sold for slaughter in 1878 was $112,819.60, while in
1882 it was $305,045. or nearly treble what it was in 1878. .

The number of pounds of wool clipped in 1877 was 4,478, and in 1882, 23,332 pounds, or
more than five times the amount produced five years ago. |

Of the number of fruit trees in bearing, there were, in 1878, apple, 45,503; pear, 467;
penen, 205. 766; tum, 2.167; cherry. 7,008. In 1882—apple, 103,936; pear, 3,345; peach,

5 + plum, 6, 3 cherry, 17, +

of ftuit trees not bearing, there were, in 1878—apple, 145,394; pear, 2,916; peach, 59,-
386; plum, 5,973; cherry, 16,g80. In 1882, there were—apple, 70.576; pear, 6,136; peach,

1,859; plum, none; cherry, 5,821. bees
Pigs acres of artificial forest under cultivation

2 there were 3,55:
INDEPENDENCE.

A little north and east of the exact geographical center of Montgomery
County, upon the west bank of the Verdigris River and on the line of the Kan-
sas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railway is the city of Independence.
In the month of August, 1869, a little band of men, headed byR. W. Wright,
left the city of Oswego, Kan., with the hope that somewhere in the newer re-
gions of the State they, perchance, might find a favorable spot and become the
founders of a city. Steering their course to the west and south, they reached
the valley of the Verdigris River. As they explored along the banks of this
stream and through the magnificent valley which skirts it on either side, the
impression was forced upon them that here was the foundation for a rich and
prosperous agricultural country, the basis and support of a thriving city. The
first halt was made at Montgomery City, in Drum Creek Township, but failing
to obtain satisfactory arrangements with the Town Company that was already
formed there, they determined to depend upon their own unaided powers, and
to found a city of opposition that should bear in its name the spirit that
prompted to its establishment, namely: Independence. Accordingly, the pres-
ent site was chosen, comprising an even section of land. A part of the grounds
selected was already occupied as claims by Frank Bunker and W. O. Sylvester,
but these parties were induced to make a change, so as to give the town
company the entire section. It was then surveyed and laid off into town lots
by Capt. Hamer and G. A. Brown, and everything made ready to begin at once
the sale of lots and the work of building. The first building erected upon the
site was a log cabin, which Frank Bunker had built foraclaim house. This hut,
in a tumble-down shape, remains to this day, a fitting reminder to the passer-by
of the hardships, privations and meagre comforts of those pioneer days. On
the 11th of September, the founders of the town and their friends thought to
initiate the place and mark the event as historic by a season of rejoicing. The
feast consisted of a roast ox, a whole barrel of bread, and four kegs of beer,
which the party had brought from Oswego by wagon and ox-team, with J. N.
Debrule asteamster. When they reached the Verdigris River, and attempted
its passage, the ox nature of the team asserted itself, and in the struggle that

-ensued the provisions were thrown from the wagon into the turbulent waters.
A hasty attempt was made to recover them, and the main part, including the
beer, was soon fished out, and the party went on their way rejoicing. Within a
week after the town was founded,a paper called the Independence Pioneer was pub-
lished, being printed at Oswego, under the management of E.R. Trask. Through
it the town became widely advertised, and, in this regard, enjoyed a decided
advantage over other competing points. In October a party of eighteen families
of emigrants from Indiana, headed by Samuel Parkhurst, took up quarters in
the town, and constructed hay sheds, in which they lived during the winter.
During the summer the town company erected a double log hotel, called the

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

dson House, for the accommodation of travelers, The first business house
vasestablished in October, 1869, by E. E. Wilson and F. D. Irwin. Business
was not very pressing at this time, and it is said that these men made hay on
the town site while they watched for customers to enter their store. Early set-
tlers, however, will remember, with a smile, perhaps, the establishment that was
kept on the west bank of the river, just over the bank from the town, bearing
the bold and unique inscription at its front: ‘‘ Bred and Pize for Saile huar.
In May, 1870, by action of the Board of Commissioners, the place became the
county seat, and in the following November became fixed as the official county
town bya vote of the people. By the 1st of January, 1872, the branch railway,
known as “ Bunker’s Plug,” was completed to the town, Although Indepen-
dence had suffered disappointment in the first instance of railroad building, yet
she was not to be left without the advantages of an institution of this kind, cost
what it should. 3

A. Waldschmidt, A. L. Ross and E, B. Carpenter, each located a saw mill
in the vicinity about the month of December, 1869, and Waldschmidt also built
a grist mill in 1870, the first in the county. The Government Land Office was
located here in March, 1872. All these institutions had the effect to make In-
dependence the chief point of attraction in the county, and her progress be-
came marvelous. From the spring of 1871 to the same time in 1872, over 200
houses were built and the population swelled from 1,000 to about 2,300. Follow-
ing this, however, its growth became slower and more healthful and the city
now contains a population of about 3,000, and is a fine commercial town.

A post office was established at Independence, July 1, 1870, and
also a mail route by which the mail was brought. Prior to this, parties
had their mail brought from Oswego by private individuals, who re-
ceived ten cents per letter for the trouble. Those who had been thus
engaged were: L. T. Stevenson, M. L. Hickey and J.C. Woodrow. The first
Postmaster was F. D. Irwin, whose appointment bears date with the first estab-
lishment of the office, and who received for his services a salary of $12 per year.
The office has been held officially by F. D. Irwin, A. H. Moore, N. H. Ives and’
the present incumbent, W. T, Yoe. foe

The cily is reached by various tri and_semi-weekly stage mail lines from
different parts of the county, besides the K.C., L., & S. K. Railroad, the chief
artery through which its mails are received and sent.

The Government Land Office was located at Independence in March, 1872.
Efforts had previously been made for this purpose, committee after committee
having been sent to Washington, but without effect. Finally, however, arrange-
ments were perfected with the local land officials, by means of which its loca-
tion was secured, but not without some expense to the city, which paid for the
privilege about $1,900.

The office, since its first establishment, has been under the charge of P.
B. Maxom, M. W. Reynolds, Mr. Nichols, W. W. Martin, W. H. Waters
and M. J. Salter, the latter being the present Register, and H. M. Walters,
Receiver. Of the public domain, there is yet 16,000 acres open for settle-
ment in thiscounty. This includes the lands belonging to the General Govern-
ment, those owned by institutions of learning and the common schools,

CITY GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS AND CILURCHES.

Pursuant to a proclamation issued by the Probate Judge, Independence became incor-

porated asa village on the 23d of July, 1870; J. H. Pugh, J. E. DonLavy, E. E. Wilson, R.
- Hall and O, P. Smart were constituted a Board of Trustees, of which, at the first meeting,

R. F. Hall was made chairman, and J. B. Craig, clerk. Jnashort, time, however, the place
had outgrown village proportions: At a meeting of the trustees, on the 16th of the following
November, steps were taken toward its incorporation as a city of the third class, and notice
was given that an election would be held at the office of ’Squire Bunker on the 29th of
November, to chose a mayor and five councilmen to serve until the election of their succes-
sors, in the following April, The day arrived and the election was held with A. G. Savage,
Lewis Connor and Samuel Van Gundy as judges. Two candidates were voled upon for
Mayor; these were E. E. Wilson and J. B. Craig, the latter being elected by a majority of
four votes out of a total vote cast of 182.

Those chosen as Councilmen were: Thomas Stevenson, A. Waldtschmidt, W. T. Bishop,
G. H. Brodie and F. D. Irwin. C. M. Ralstine was elected City Clerk, and J. E. DonLavy,
Treasurer upon the first meeting of the city authorities, and subsequently, William Hend-
ricks was appointed Marshal. As early as March 20, 1872, Independence had attained a
population of 2,382, and accordingly, on that date, was authoritatively and officially declared
a city of the second class. At the first election held under the advanced organization, James
DeLong was chosen Mayor; Osbun Shannon, Police Judge; J. I. Crouse. ‘rreasurer; T. P.
Tonvelle, Marshal. J. M. Nevius, W. Dawson, 8. A. Weir, J. Beard, J. Morland, J. Kerr, J.
Bloxom and E. T. Mears, Councilmen,

Since the incorporation of Independence as a city the office of Mayor has been held by J.
B. Craig, E. E. Wilson, James DeLong, D. B. Gray, W. E. Brown, Frank Jocelyn, William
Dunkin aud George Burehara.
__., Fhe first school in Independence was taught by Miss Mary Walker, in 1870, and was kept
in'the building now used by the United Brethren’s Congregation for church purposes. Inthis
building, and also in a private hall, the schuols were held for about three years. In 1873,a
commodious school bu Iding was erected at a cost of $23,000. It is a two-story brick strue-
ture, very, artistically constructed with appropriate projections, and contains eight spacious
rooms, This was sufficient for the accommodation of the schools for some time: but at
Jength even this became cramped for room, and in 1880 another building was erected. This
also is atwo-story brick house, of tasteful architecture in its proportions, contains four
rooms and was erected at a cost of $8,500. Both of these buildings are surrounded by laige
grounds, enclosed by a neatly trimmed hedge, and are tastefully ornamented with shade

The schools have undergone a thorough system of grading, which includes in the curricu-
lum all the Dipiet pranehies of learning. The number of children of school age in the city
for 1882 was 1,180, of which number there was an enrollment of 794, with an average daily
attendance of 503, under charge of el -ven teachers, with T. W Conway as principal. The
expenses of the schools for the year ending August 1, 1882, amounted to $9,824.81.

The first religious services in Independence were held in Mrs, McClurg’s hay-shed resi-
dence, in December, 1869, and were conducted by the Rev. Thomas Canfiel - The first
Sunday school was organized about the same time, and at the same place, with John
McDil[ as Superintendent. The Christian character of ‘the citizeus of the city is evidenced
in the many flourishing church organizations in existence,

The first Methodist Episcopal society was organized by Rev. William Laird, in 1870,
and during the next year was made a station by Rev. Mr. Lewis. Presiding Elder. The«
church butlaing was erected in 1875, and isa very artistically constructed brick structure,
surmounted with asteeple. The congregation, now numbering 2 membership of one hun-
dred and twenty, is under charge of Rev. Thomas C. Hunt.

he Presbyterian Church was organized through the efforts of Rev. Mr. Brown, in the
spring of 1870. The first elders were Daniel Cline and John MeDill. In the fall of 1870,
ev. Mr. Stoddard came to the charge, in which he continued about four years. The pul-
pit at the present time is filled by Rev. R. 3. Werron. The chureh building was erected in
1882, and is constructed of brick, brought by team from Baldwin City and Chanute. The
membership of the congregation is now over one hunired in wiumber,

The Baptist Chuich was establish din October, 1870, under the special direction of
Rev. Mr. Williams, A church house was erected during the following summer, and was
the first church building in the place. The suciety numbers seventy-five members, and is
without a regular minister. "

The Congregational Church was formed in 1871, by Rev. Mr. Tunnell, since of Wvan-
dotte, who was the first pastor. The church house isa very neat one-story; frame building
aud is yery tastefully furnjshed, A parsonage was built near the church house during
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1881. i
merbers. society is under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Bosworth, and has forty-seven
e Lutheran Church was organized under the supervisi
‘ a sion of . 8. 2.
spcountry, church was also built, a small, one-story frame, Tue maven Suinaheg
ue ent y aye: is under the spiritual guidance of Rev. A. Kramer,

Bae 8 ai olte Church was formed as a body, at Independence, in 1873, by Father
Hatiou tom some of the athoro of the Man, aah atoor asic ata Rea aa
became resident pastor, for thisand surrounding Missions, and ic tie forte ee eee
was succeeded by Rey. P. School, the present pastor in charg a he ite eeproniren
during the winter of 1880, and work upon the erection of the 6 ifice havea eae eee
May. The dimensions of the house now building, is one y im ved go tion: sie de vauty live
feet wide, to be two stories high, constructed of stone tech TOUTE I a one ae
hundred and twenty-seven feet high. The upper stor: a t be Gtted oes oy nin aunitenoce
and the lower one will be suitably sub-divided into a chapel a r er etaveer Dl aa cieeer
a snCiGion ne ee de cata lished here) in 1871. the BINGEN Monee eee oe
in the soviet iS small and they ‘re 0 Pi ast poral Taeee ee Rey. Mr. Beatty. The membership
“i rethren Church was formed in 1871, with Rev. M. E s

gity, as pastor. Thesociety hasa membership of about thirty, andes: TRUER Bee Mr.

There is a Methodist Episcopal society, i
whe nee a chu ce ealfice.” Rev. David yee SES CEST Tenet ation et toe aig
re 1s also an African Methodist society, distinct from this, with Rev, W.C. Reed
pastor, and is made up from the negropopulation. Al: ¢ on, con
of colored people. Rev, Mr. Stanwood, pastor. Se: Baphlat conmrogatl any cemppRor

SOCIETIES, THE PRESS, ETC.

Bh ane poo and mutual benefit fraternities are here represented in elght different lodges
Fortitude Lodge. No. 10%, A., F. & A. M., was instituted October 19, 1 -
ving, master; John Morrison, ’senior warden, and J. M. Stevens, junior Seon TRE Tae
at present, has a membership of 150,and is among the oldest and wealthiest organizations of
the kind in the State. 4 large and elegantly furnished hall is also provided, also elegaut
wardrobe and handsome jewels. B. F. Masterman is present worshipful master. .

Keystone Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M., was instituted October 14, 1873. The first official
members were: James Weatherby, high priest; John Morrison, king, and Alexander
Moore, scribe. The lodge now contains sixty members with B. F. Masterman, high priest.

St. Bernard Commandery, No. 10, K. T., was organized May 15, 1878 H. M. Walters
was chosen first commander; R. H. Nichols, generalissimo; J. Weathersby, captain gen-
eral. Meetings.are held monthly in the Masonic Hall, and H. L. Payne is the present excel-
tent commant er. N

iva Chapler, No. 18, Order of the Eastern Star was established October 16, 1878, with
Alexander Moore as worthy patron; Mary E. Little, worthy matron, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Mustain, assistant matron, Mrs, Dr. Hooser is the resent worthy matron.

independence Lodge, No. 69, I. 0. O. F, was instituted Octol -r12, 1872. The lodge began
with nine charter members, viz.; H. 7. Millis, J. W. Price, B. 4’. Devore, E. B. Green, J. D.
Brodie, C. W. Rose, J. B. Craig, L. Laird ane \“. E. Smith. ‘The society Is provided with a
comfortably furnished hall and numbers »iaty members. V. M. Dewey, uoble grand; J.
Todd, vice grand; W. D. Avery, secretary, and A. Brinkman, treasurer.

. erdigr's Encampment, No. 22, I. O. 0. F., began with the following charter mem-
bers: M. Sickafoose, H. T. Millis, J. Q. Adams, D. T. Camenga, S. O. Sanderson, J. D.
Brodie, I. Bowman. The lodge, at present, numbers a membership of twenty-one and is
under the. following officers: thomas Harrison, chief patriarch; T. ©. Truman, senior
warden; D. S$. Lockwood, junior warden; A. Brinkman, secretary; G. Gotlieb, treasurer.

Independence Lodge, No. 814, K. of H,, was instituted December 1, 1877, with a mem-
bership of twelve, but now has amembersbip of thirty. The first officers were: M. J. Salter,
dictator; G. S. Beard, vice-dictator; V.M. Dewey, reporter; E, Herring, treasurer,

the First Ka sas Equitable Aid Union was instituted November 20, 1880, D. A.
Dewey, of Columbus, Pa., with a mem bership of seventy-nine. The first officers elected
were: J. B, Zigler, chancellor; Mrs. M. M. Miller, advocate; M. J. Salter, president; V. M.
Dewey, secretary; E. E. Wilson, treasurer; T. N. Sickles, accountant, The organization
has now Gay at two members, and is officered_as follows: J.B. Zigler, president avd
chancellor; . M. Dewey, secretary; Mrs. M. J. Dewey, accouutant; B. KE. Wilson,

The first effort at journalism in the county, was that made b
cation of the Independence Pioneer, the paper being printed at Oswego, until in March, 1870,
when it was printed in the town of Independence, wih David Steel as editor. The paper was
sold to Thomas H, Canfield, in December, and the name was changed, becoming the Inde-
pendence Republican, and after changing’hands several times, was removed to Howard

Jounty, in 1874. Of those editing the paper following Canfield and prior to its removal,
were, respectively, L.M. Andrews, Captain Parker aud John Q. Page.

In 1870, M. V. B. Bennett came to Independence, where he scattered light and learning
to the people, through his somewhat sensational sheet, the Kansas Democrat. This enter-
prise began in December, but this part of Kansas seemsto have been too “dry” for Demo-
cratic sustenance, for the paper was sold out to Peacock & Sons, and after a year, taken to

‘opeka.

The South Kansas Tribune was established in March, 1871, by L. U. Humphrey and W.
T. Yoe. In 1872, George Burchard bought Humphrey’s interest, who again, in 1874, dis-
posed of the same to Charles Yoe, and the firm became W.T. & C.. Yoe, who have since cou-
tinued the publication of the paper, without the omission ofasingle issue. It isan eight
columnufolio, Republican in politics and has a circulation of 1200 copies.

In the fall of 1873, W. H. Watkins established a paper at Independence, called the South-
ern Kansan, which was generally held in high esteem’‘by its many readers asa good paper,
The paper was subject to numerous changes of proprietors, and, in 1878, came into the
hands of W. H. Warner who in connection with the weekly issue, also published a morning
daily, with J, B. Rowley as city editor. This enterprise also failed, for want of sufficient
financial provender.

John E. Stinson began the issue of a tri-weekly paper called the Itemizer, in June, 1879.
Asan editor and journalist, Stinson was well liked by all his patrons, and although his paper
enjoyed ratifying success, yet his restless and unseitled disposition led him to abandon the
field and move to Colorado.

The Star, was established at Coffeyville, Kan., April 14, 1881, underthe name ofthe

‘Coffeyville Star, by H. W. Young, who brought his press and material from Galva, Ill. On
the 14th of October, 1881, the location of the paper was changed to Independence, where it is
now published as the Independence Star. The sheet is Democratic in politics, aid having
had the subscription list of the Living Age, a greenback paper, added to its own, now enjoys
a wide circulation and patronage, and stands prominent as an educator of public sentiment,
throughout the county.

The Evening Reporter, a daily paper, was started September 12, 1881, by R. C. Harper
and S.M. Wassam. After four months it was taken by Harper, whois now Sole proprietor
and editor. It isa five column folio; independent in politics and has a circulation of"400
copies.

Piehe Independence Kansan, was begun in February, 1882, by A.A.Stewart. The paper
is Democratic in polltics and is enjoying gratifying prosperity, and is equalin influence to
to any paper in the county, rare :

Banks.—Independence boasts of two monetary institutions as banks of deposit. The first
established of these was Hull’s Banking Company, in December, 1871 by C. A, and Edgar
Hull, and isa private institution. A bauking house was erected in 1872 and is a substantial
two Story brick building. A double vault is provided with Hall’s best Time Lock Safe.

A Similar institution was started in1871, by J. Q. Page, who sold out in 1873, to W. F.
un etend W.E. Otis, and is now operated as a private bank under the firm name of W. E.
Otis & Co ¥

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MANUFACTURES,

The first manufactory in the city, and indeed, the first in the county, is the water power
flouring mill at this place. It was established In 1870 by Alexander Waldtschmidt. The
power is derived from the Verdigris River, and the mill has a capacity for grinding 250
bushels of wheat, and 150 bushels of corn perday. It is nowowned by W. F. Turner, and
is held under lease by G. Koehn, who is engaged in its operation. A cotton gin was also
attached, and is operated in season. 2

The Independence City Mills is a flouring mill, and was established by A. H. Arter in
1876. The institution was sold July, 1880, to J. A. Roth andG. H. Humble, and in June,
1882, came into the sole possession of J. A. Roth. The mill contains three run of bubrs,
and has a capacity for grinding 100 barrels of flour per day,and is run by steam power. The
building is three stories, bulltof brick and stone, and stands near the heart of the city.

Independence Woolen Milis.—This enterprise was begun here in April, 1882, by Samuel
Sharp, and is under the management of W. P. Sharp, asagent. It is what is known as a
two set, or-double set mill, and contains 480 spindles, ten looms, and eighty spindles for

arns, also &2 complete set of finishing machinery for the manufacture of jeans, ‘cassimeres,

Jankets, flannels, yarns, in fancy colors, and knit goods of various kinds. The goods are
made of the best material, all wool, no cotton or shoddy being used. The mill has a capac-
jty for making 350 pounds of yarn per day, and 3,000 yards of woven goods per_week, re-
quiring the employment of thirty hands. The goods find a market all over the State, trav-
eling salesmen Veing employed in their sale. The factory building is 125x50, one story and
a half high, solidly constructed of stone, The motive poweris steam, a thirty-five horse

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power engine being used, The entire establishment, including buildings, machinery, and
all, was fitted up ata cost of $25.000.

Lhe Caledonia Flour Mill was established September 29, 1874, by a man named _Ballen-
tyne. In about two years P. Scott became interested as partner in the concern. The firm
owing to reckless management of their fiv’%inces and business, became insolvent and the
mill came into the hands of W. F. Turner, the present owner, under a mortgage which he
held upon the property. It was leased by S. §. Tyler in January, 1877, who has since con-
tinued its successful operation, The mill building is a story and half frame, of rather
small linear dimensions, butis fitted up with excellent machinery, with three run of buhrs,
and purifying and scouring machines. The motor power is a thirty-five horse power
engine,and the establishment has a capacity for grinding about 100 barrels of flour per day.

The Eagle Flouring Mitt was built in the fall of 1882 by G. W. Bowen, and is the largest
flouring mill in the county. The building is a substantial stone structure,50x36 feet,and four
stories high, with a one story engine room 50x20, to which Is built a smoke stack seven-
ty-one feet high, the base of which to the height of about fifteen feet is of solid stone ma-
sonry, ten feet square, the balance being brick. The machinery is complete and of the
latest model. Four four-foot bubrs, and two set of patent rolls are used in grinding, with
a united capacity of over 100 barrels of flour per day. The propelling power is a sixty
horse power engine, The mill is built immediately upon the railroad, thus affording easy
and convenient shipment of manufactured goods. :

The Independence Canning Factory was established in May, 1882, by J. Keepers, and
on August 21, was sold to A. G. Ritz and M. C. Putnam, the present owners and operators,
in the canning of fruits, vegetables, corn, mince meat, butters, preserves, etc. The build-
ing is three stories high, 60x40 to which is appended a cook room 20x16 feet, one story in
height, the whole, including aiso machinery, costing about $7,500. The factory has a ca-
pacity for canning fifteen thousand (15,000) cans per day. So far, however, the highest
nur ber of caus filled in any one day was three thousand (3,000). During the canning season
over one hundred hands are keptin employment. The firm are supplied with all the nec-
essary machinery and make all their own solder and cans.

The Independence Coal Company was organized in 1881 for the purpose of developing
the coal mining interests and industry of thecounty. An executive committee was con-
stituted with G. W. Donaldson, president; J. W. Price, secretary; and W. E, Otis, treasurer;
whose duty is to manage the business of the enterprise. The committee comprises nine
members, and in the entire, manages the general affairs, while its officers, the president,
secretary and treasurer, are empowered to transact the ordinary business affairs, The
farm of W. R. Mozier, lying about two miles southwest of the city, was leased by the com-
pany fora term of forty-nine years for mining purposes. The coal vein underlying this

roperty is two feet thick, and of excellent quality. A single shaft is operated, from which

n the last eight months there have been taken about 10,000 bushels of coal. The company
design opening other shafts and also intend making further explorations for this mineral
in other parts of the county.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

CHARLES H. ADAMS, Independence Planing Mills, was born in Clayton County, Iowa,
January 1, 1849. At the age of seven years removed with his parents to Greene County, IIL,
where he learned the printing business, and followed that calling for many years. Hecame
to Kansas in 1870, and worked in the office of South Kansas Tribune for over a year, then
removed to Howard County, and for a year published a paper at Buston, known asthe How-~
ard County Messenger. He returned to Independence for a short time, and removed to
Sedan, Chautauqua County, where he was engaged as a builder and contractor for the two
years following. From Sedan he went to Columbus, where he was in the same business for
three years, and returned thence to Independence in the spring of 1883. nm March 1. he
became proprietor of the Independence Planing Mills, and is engaged in manufacturing
doors, blinds, sash, stair rails and newels, and all stair work, aud work usually donein
shops. He is a member of the I. O. 0. F.

DWARD P, ALLEN, abstractor of titles, loan broker and dealer in real estate, is a na-
tive of Greensburg, Green Co,, Ky., born January 3, 1843. He removed to Mattoon, IIl.,
April 15, 1861, returning to Kentucky in September of the same year, and the 30th day of
that month he enliste:l as a private in Company E., Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteer In-
fantry, United States Army; was promoted to Second Lieutenant and later to First Lieuten-
ant. Participated in all the engagements of his command, and was mustered out March 31,
1864. After leaving the service he again located at Mattoon, Il., where he resided until
1866, when he returned to Kentucky, being engaged in mercantile pursuits there until 1869,
and then weat to Missouri, where he remained until September, 1870, when_he came to
Montgomery County, locating on north half of southeast quarter Section 31, Township 33,
Range 16 east. Lived there until November 27, 1873, and then came to Independence to
reside, being employed as a clerk in mercantile establishments here until Octuber ‘5, 1877,
then was noininated for the office of Register of Deeds, and was elected in the ensuing
mouth of November, being re-elected in 1879. While serving in that position he became
associated with Clate M. Ralstin inthe abstract business. Since January, 1882, he has also
had a partnership interest with the same gentleman in the real estate and loan business.
He has also two fine farms in the county, one in Cherokee Township, the other situated in
Drum Creek Township. Heisa member of the A., KF. & A, M.andG.A, R. Mr. Allen was
married at Mattoon, LI., May 2, 1865, to Mary F. Vansant. They have four children—Mat-
tie H., Edith, Daisy and Lillian.

8. E. ALLEN, M. D,, is a native of Burlington County, N. J., having been born July 18,
1835. After the age of eight vears he lived in the city of ‘Philadélphia till 1858, when he lo-
cated near Whiteleysburgh Md., remallug in the practice of medicine there over eleven
years. He read medicine with Dr. Lenox Hodge of Philadelpbia, and graduated from the
Medical University of Pennsylvania in 1858, and in the spring of 1869, he graduated from
the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, receiving a double diploma, He was in
practice in the city of Philadelphia nearly ten years prior to 1878, when he was obliged to
abandon it on account of falling health. e spent three years traveling. In the spring of
1881, he located at Independence, Kan., believing this climate would prove beneficial, and
the favorable effect which it has had upon his health, has fully verified his judgmentin re-
gard to advantages and results. The Doctor is now serving as a member of the Board of

Education, having served one term of a year, now on atwo yearterm. He is a member of
the American lustitute of Homeopathy. He was married in Burlington County, N. J., July
14, 1870, to Margaretta Thompson, a native of that county. They have three children—John
E, Minerva M., and Herbert Speucer.

J. M. ALTAFFER, farmer, P. O. Independence, was born in Rockingham County, Va.,
January 19, 1845. He was raised a farmer. September 23, 1861, he entered the State
Militia of Virginia as a substitute for a brother. April, 1862, entered the Confederate
Army, in Company H, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry (as a substitute).’ He served until the close
of the war, and was paroled and returned to his home. In June, 1866, he was elected and
commissioned Lieutenant in the One Hundred and Eighth Regiment, Virginia Militia.

“1n 1867, he came West as far as Quincy, Ill., where he worked nearly two years for the
Quincy Bridge Company. He returned to Virginia in the fall of 1868, and in the spring of
1872 came to Kansas, locating on a farm, three miles south of Independence, in the Town-
ship of same name, and has been engaged in farming and stock raising ‘since. He is a
member of the Masonic order. He was married, January 19, 1869, in Rockingham County,
Va., to Miss Lucy J. Williams. 5 5

J. M. ANDERSON, merchant, is a native of Oxford County, Ontario. Came to Inde-
pendence, Kas., in the spring of 1871, having resided in Pennsylvania and Kentucky six-
teen months prior to coming here, removing from the latter State to Kansas, He has been
engaged in the mercantile business since locating here, associated with D, F. Camenga till
February, 1883. In April, 1883, he engaged in business alone, dealing in dry goods, gents’
furnishings, boots, shoes, hats, caps, ete. He does some jobbing trade, but ,his business is
principally of a retail character. r. Anderson was married at Louisville, Ky., in April,
1871, to Belle Watts, a native of that city, They have two children—J. Albert and Elsie E.

JOE A, ARMENT, manager. for the Singer Manufacturing Company at Independence,
Kas., was born at Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., January 13, 1860. In 1868 his parents
removed to Waterloo, Lowa, and in 1870 to Des Moines, Iowa. In 1872 removed to Wichita,
Kas. In October, 1879, was employed in A. Hess’ wholesale and retail grocery, remaining
there till August, 1881, when be removed to Independence, Kas., and entered the employ
of the Singer Manufacturing Company. He has six countiesin his charge, and sells between
300 and 400 machines a year. Heisamember of the Knights of Pythias, U. R. He was
married May 1, 1883, at Wichita, to Miss May Jones. 2

ROBERT BARR, farmer, P. O. Independence, was born in the County Antrim, Ireland,
April 8, 1832. He was educated in his native cily, Larne, and served five years in the Royal
Trish Constabulary. January 1, 1858, he reached the United States, and located in Jackson-
ville, It]., where he engaged in farming. After one year on afarm, he became an employee
of the R., R. I. & St. L. R. R., in their machine shops at Beardstown. After four years’ ser-
vice, he left the employ of the company, and was the driver of a stationary engine in Vir-
ginia City and Beardstown. In 1872 he was appointed assistant master mechanic of the
railroad before mentioned, and placed as foreman over the company’s shops at Rock Island.
Ee remained in the business until 1875, when he resigned and moved to Kansas. He located
on a farm in Independence Township, two miles west of the city, and has since resided

fhere, engaged in farming and stock raising, He has a splendid farm of 300 acres, well im-
proved, and has a herd of cattle on the range in Chautauqua County. He was married Jan-
unary 11, 1856, in the County Cavan, Ireland, to Miss Jane Lord. They have seven children
—Mary F., Samuel! H., Robert L., James, Charles, Fanny and Edwara B. ‘

CLARENCE M. BEARD, watchmaker, with G. W. Donaldson, was born at Unity, Sulli-
van Co., N. H., November 7, 1854. When he was about seven {ears of age, his parents,
John and Emily E. (Marshall) Beard, removed with their family to Rock Island, Ill., resid-
ing there one year, a Short time at Geneseo, Ill., and at Oneida, II1., till October, 1870, then
removed to Independence, Kas., where they still reside, Clarence M., has worked at pres-
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ent business for the last ten years, since 18%3 in the employ of Mr. Donaldson. He isa
member of the K. of P.

GEORGE S. BEARD, real estate and Joan agent, was born in Unity, Sullivan Co., N. H.,
January 23, 1849, lived there until-1861, then moved to Rock Island, Ill., and lived there
five years, thence removed to Oneida, Knox Co., Ill., where he remained until he immigrated
to Columbus, Kas., in FeDtuary, 1870. In April, same year, he came to Independence,
where he began operating ia real estate. He was Deputy Register of Deeds part of 1872 and
1873; was City Clerk from 4 oril,1872 to 1874. He was elected|Register of Deeds in November,

73, and re-elected the folowing term, engaged in the hotel business at Kansas City, 1879,
which he continued a year, after which he re-engaged in the real estate and loan business,
which he still continues, Was mar1ied at Independence, Kas., March, 1874, to Alice S.
Stout, a native of Mechanicsville, Iowa. They have one daughter—Nola A. Mr. B. is @
member of the K. of P. and K. of H.

T. BONIFACK, butcher, of the firm of J. Jasper & Co., was born in Oakland County,
Mich. He was educated at St. Johns Parochial School, Detroit. In 1855, moved to Hannt-
bal, Mo., where he worked at his trade, butchering. He has also worked in Quincy, Ill,
Memphis, Tenn., and Kansas City. He enlisted in April, 1861, in the Twelfth Missouri State
Militia, Col. J.T. K. Hayward, commanding. They were engaged in guardivg railroads,
ete. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, of the Seventh Missouri Cavalry. April 6, 1862,
while on furlough from State service, helped drive cattle to Grant’s army from southern
Indiana. He was present at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and took a musket in the ranks
of the Twenty-first Missouri. On the charge, on Sunday evening, he was twice wounded by
a bayonet in the right knee, and in the right hand and forearm. In 1871. he came to Kansas,
and located at Parsons. From Parsons came to Independence and has been In trade here
since. They doa fair business and havea fine farm of 140 acres near town, He isa mem-
ber of the A. O. U. W._ He was married at Hannibal, Mo, in 1859, to Miss A. Clifford, They
nave threc cuildren— Mary H., now Mrs. A. W. Percy; Anna L., now Mrs. A. T, Nibbs, and

alter ifford.

HUGH BRECKENRIDGE, niiller, was born in Nicholas County, Ky., December 9,
1829. In October, 1838, his parents removed to Illinois, settling in Sangamon County,
where he was reared onafarm. Went to California in 1852, going by way of Oregon city,
traveling witha muleteam. Crossed the Missouri River at St. Joe on the 2ud of May, go-
ing by way of the South Pass down Smoke River and across the Cascade Range, landing at
Oregon City on July 17th, seventy -five days out, and rested every Sunday. e enlisted in
October, 1861, in Company B, Tenth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry,and was mustered out Jan-
uary 6, 1866. Took part in the battle of Prairie Grove, Little Rock, and numerous battles.
He learned the milling business at Springfield, Ill., and in 1872 built a mill at Brecken-
ridge, Ill., which he retained until March, 1880, when he soldout. During this time he was

the Postmaster at this town, and was also e: gaged in trade, carrying a stock of general ,

merchandise. In 1880 he went to Colorado, and was engaged in trade at Salida, Col. He
however returned East,and in 1882 bought an interest in a will at Tecumseh, Neb.,the firm
being styled, H. W. Brandon & Co. In Maren, 1883, he sold_lisiuterestand removed to In-
dependence, Kan. He has leased a mill for three years, and announces that he has come to
stay. His best brand is fully up to the quality indicated by its name—Gilt Edge. He isa
member of the Masonic order. He was married, February 22, 1855, in Bangamon County,
Ill..to Miss Sarah M. Randolph. They have two children—Heibert C., born October 6,
1867, and Edith A., born October 20, 1871. 7 i
A. BRINKMAN, grocer, was born in Prussia, October 18, 1842. Came to America with
his parents when he was about fourteen years of age.. About ten years after coming to the
United State he located at Lawrence, Kan... where he remained until November, 1871, when
hecame to Independence, immediately embarking in the rocety trade after settling
here. Doing business now in the same location where he first started, on Main street.
In connection with a very extensive retail business he does some jobbing. He is a member
of the I.0.0. F. Mr. B. was married, at Lawrence, Kan., to Mary Cottenburg, a native of
Germany. They have five children living—Sophie, Minnie, Celia, Mary and Caroline.
Lost one daughter, Clara, who died when about eleven months old. i
AL. BROWN, photographer, was born near Pomeroy, Meigs Co., Ohio, July 26, 1851,
That was his home until 1874, when he first came to Kansas, remaining here, however,
only about six months, returning then to Ohio, where he again resided for three years, ard
then established himself in his present business at Independence, where he has since resid-
d. Hehas oneof the most elegant galleries in the country, apparently perfectin all its
appointments. He does all kinds of photograpic work, besides alarge amount of oil, water
aud crayon work, Many pbotographers in the State send their work to him to receive the
finishing touches. His: name is Silas Allen Brown, but in consequence of the fact of other
men, With same initials, doing business here, he has dropped the, to save annoyance in
various ways on account of the Similarity of names.
F. W. BROWN, dealer in sewing machines, was born in Delaware County. N. Y., Sep-
tember 8, 1838. When achild, his parents moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where he live
twenty years. October 6, 1861, he enlisted in Company H of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He took part in the siege of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, and inany other battles.
Discharged by expiration of term, and returned toOhio. In 1866 moved to Sturgis, Mich.,
then to Bristol, Ind., living a year at each place. He returned to Ohio, and Jived there until
1874, when he moved to Colusa, Cal. He has always been a dealer in sewing machines. In
December, 1878, returned to the East, located in Kansas Cily, Mo., where he was in Dbusi-
ness fortwoyears. Again settled in Ohio, and in the spring of 1853 came to Kansas, Jocat-
ing at Independence, and opened a store for the sale of machines and fixtures. Handles
200 machines a year, of the Domestic, Leader and Eldridge manufactures. He is 2 mem-
ber of theG. A. R. He was married November 17, 1858, at Wooster, Olio, to Miss Di. R.
Lewis. They have four children—Lewis H., Hortense, Clyde and Harry.

W.S. BROWN, better _kuown as ‘Osage’ Brown, farmer and stockman, was born in
Wyandotte County, Ohio, Muy 11, 1831. ben he was seventeen years of age he went to
Iowa, where he worked on a farm for two years. Hesaved his money, bought oxen, and
took a job of breaking prairie on the reservation of the Crow Indians in Minnesota. In the
fall he started to return to Ohio, but at Galena, III.. took the cholera, and lay there six weeks,
sick. Finally staged it to Chicago, and then took boat to Cleveland. Reaching his father’s
farm he remained until spring, and then started for California, going via Panama. The
company thatsold him his ticket failed to provide transportation ou the Pacific, aud he,
with the other passengers, remained there six weeks exposed toa merciless climate and a
more merciless set of inhabitants, who extorted from them in every possible way. He then
shipped on a sailing vessel, the barque Ann Smith, but she was disabled in a storm, and
compelled to*put into Acapulea, where she was pronounced unseawoirthy by the American
Consul. The Monumental City with 1,700 passengers on board came into port for fresh
water and provisions, and some of the passengers were permitted to land. Among ihem
was an old man who had brought off his son’s ticket, also a/passen eer. Mr. Brown told the
old man his story, and got permission to use the extra ticket in order to get aboard the ves-
sel, paying his last mouey, $10, for the privilege. He attempted to get through asa stow-
away, but was finally detected by an euemy from the crew ot the Ann Smith, reported to the
mate, who put him in irons, chaining him to the bull wheel. The pusengers protested,
and he was released by the captain, who set him to heaving coal for his passage. Arriving
in San Francisco, he put his case In the hands of an attorney, who libeled the ship for the
wages due him, and collected $60, taking only half—an act of magnanimity which speaks
well for the heart of the man, but proves him to have been no Jawyer—else he would have
kept itall. He worked a week on the wharves as a porter, and then went to Sacramento as
a band ona passenger steamer, He hired to drive team from Sacramento to Hangtown for
$100 a month, but after working three months could not collect his pay. He then mined at
Mud Springs and vicinity fora few months, and went to Yuba River, where ip com any
with sixteen others the constructed a flume and changed the channel of the river. Bey
mined in the river’s bed for six weeks, when they lost flume and dam by a flood. Mr. B. in
that time had $4,000 for his share. He returned to Sacramento, lost his money by a bank
failure, and again took to driving team. To tell the ups and downs of Mr. B, in California,
how he made money mining, in puying cattle and horses in Lower California, and driving
them to the mines, how he lost stock by the treachery of Indians and whites, how by stam-
pedes and accidents, how broken and dispirited by josses he would yet rise again, would
require a volume. Finally in 1856, he bought a farm In Napa County. which ne Improved,
Here onthe 7th of October, 1857, he was united In marriage to Miss Mary J, Stratton. His
farm was claimed under a Spanish grant, but he held it for three years, and then took 100
head of cattle and forty héad of horses and established a new ranch on Fel River, paying
$500 down on the land. His farm was destroyed during the winter by land sildes, his cattle
and horses killed and driven off by Indians, or starved to death by the terrible winter, and
ju the spring he had but seventeen cattle and fifteen horses left. He returned 4o Napa and
Jearned that the person who claimed his land had succeeded in getting his claim confirmed
to him, and Mr. B. found his splendid farm inthe hands of the adverse claimantand his
tenant dispossessed. He traded for a few more cattle, and with his family and herds started
for the San Juan country. After great peril from Indians, he got to the mines, and in part-
nership with a brother-in-law opened a butcher shop. They then boughta pack train and
made money. In the fallof 1864, his sister and brother-in-law returned to Ohio, with
whom he sent his family, he remaining behind to make some final disposition of hisremain-
ing property. Winter set in, and he crossed the mountains on snow shoes, and returned to
Ohio just in time to be drafted into the army. Hired a substitute. His father gave him a
farm, which he iucreased by purchase, but after two years he sold out and moved to Iowa.
He went into the manufacture of woolen goods, but a declining inarket caused a loss, and
he abandoned the enterprise, However he had made money in Jand speculations, and in
1869, when he came to Missouri, he was still well todo. He settled in Bates County, buying
two farms. He then bought a herd of Texan cattle and wintered them in Missouri, but
found that that would not pay. He moved his family to Baxter Springs and went to Texas

‘after cattle but could not sell ata profit. Discouraged, he told his wife that if he had a
range to turn his cattle on he would return to Missouri. She remarked that she thought
she could establish her claim to a part of the Osage lands, as she had heen born on the re-

 

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had attended school at the Osage Mission. Taking his family to the
Ee and tae reuiced by relatives, and Mr. B. and his family were soon enrolled 2
nyem bers of thetribe. The Cherokees were leaving the lands alloted to the Osages, and he.
bought the claim of one of the Judges of Cherokee Nation for $600. He moved his cattle
inte the Territory, and has since been prospering in the business. The next summer Mrs.
Brown, hearing Of the death of two sisters and a brother in California, she desired to visit
that State. He took his family there ona visit, was pleased with the country, and decided
to remain. He bought aranch, rented a house, and was on the point of starting East for his
herds when his wife suddenly sickened and died. He abandoned Califucuia,; brought his

     
 
 
 
   

 

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little children to Ohio, and left them with his deceased brother’s widow. He subsequently,
on November 15, 1875, was married to this lady, After his second marriage he moved to
Texas, where be lived four years. Finding small herds did not pay in that couniry, he re-
turned to Kansas, locating a ranch on the Big Caney River in the Osage country. e has a
farm of 450 acres improved, 30,000 acres of fenced pasture, and now has thereon over 5,000
head of cattle. During his operationsiu California, a company of which he was one, went
on a prospecting tour to Australia, thence returned to the Chinchi Islands, Callao, crossed
the Andes, descended the Amazon, ascended the Guaymas River, returned over the Andes,
and thence back to California. Mr. Brown has five children by his first marriage—A)pheus
H., Charles W., Rosa Isabel, Edward S, and Ernest E. There is no issue by the last union,
but Mrs. Brown has three childr-n by the former marriage. .

ROBERT G. BURNS, farmer, P. 0. Independence, was born in Lafayette, Indiana, June
1, 1841. When a small boy he moved with his parentsto Vigo County, where h2 grew up on
afarm. He enlisted at Paris, Il}.,1n December, 1861, in Company A of the Seventh Illinois
Cavalry, and was mustered out by reason of expiration of term of service, in December,
1864. He took part in a score of battlesand skirmishes. Inthe spring of 1865 he moved to
Edgar Couuty, IL. but returned to Indiana the same year, whence, in 1866, he removed to
Douglas County, Ill., where he lived three years; in 1868, to Henry County, Mo., and in the
fall of 1§69 came to Kansas, locating on a farm in Independence Towns! MD. Montgomery
County, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married, January 4. 1869,
in Henry County, Mo., to Miss Elizabeth J. Gastineau. They have five children—Rosa B., the
first white child born in Independence, Kansas, November 1, 1869, Laura A., Albert F.,
Clara M. and Emmett E,

WILLIAM H. BUTLER, manufacturer of brooms, was born in Macon County, N.C.,
January 17. 1843. He was raised on a farm, and has nearly always worked at that busiuess.
In 1876 he came to Kansas, and located on a farmin Montgomery County. For two years
he was engaged in milling, two miles east of Coffeyville. In 1882, he moved to Inde-

endence, and in September of the same year began the manufacture of brooms in the city.

e turns out a hundred dozen a month, his product finding ready sale at from $2.20 to $2.65
per dozen. Hisshops areou Main street, nearly opposite the Main Street Hotel.

_ HON. GEORGE CHANDLER, District Judge, is a native of Hermitage, Wyoming Co.,
N. Y., born September 20, 1842. In 1845 his parents with their family moved to Pike, same
county, where they lived until he was a lad of eight years, They then emigrated to Mon-
roe, Green Co., Wis. Was a student three years at Reloit College, Wis,, and graduated from
the Law Departmentof University Michigan, at Av + Arbor,in April, 1866. He first read
law with Hon. H. 8S. Conger at Janesville, W Auer being admitted to the bar, he be-

an the practice of law at Janesville, Wis. Also practiced his profession at Clinton

unctlon, Wis., several years. Came to Inde endence, Kan., January 23, 1872. and opened
a law office in connection with Hon. George Peek. Was City Attorney of Independence,
Kan., In 1872 and 1873. Tn 1874 he became associated with his brother Joseph, in the prac-
Glee of Ale profession, and so remained until he was elected Judge of the Eleventh Juuicial

JOSEPH CHANDLER, attorney, was born in Wethersfield, Wyoming Co., N. Y¥., May 4,
1848. Lived at Monrov, Wis., from 1850 to 1854, then at West mon. Towa, until 1856,
then returned to Wisconsin, locating near Belolt.. He graduated at Beloit College, and en-
gaged in teaching at Clinton, Wis., and had charge of the Acavemy at Yankton, Dakota,
prior to his removal to Inde pendence, Kan., in March, 1874. Was admitted to the bar a
year after he located here. From April, 1876, to April, 1888, he was City Attorney. He
was married at Incependence, Kan., June 20, 1876, to Libbie M. Chapin, a native of Jere
aon Wis. They have three children—George C., Edward H. and Alice.

ION. A. B. CLARK, attorney,was born at Huntsburg, Geauga Co.,Ohio, October 15, 1844,
educated at the Willoughby and West Farmington academies, in Ohio, and at the Ohio
State and Union Law College at Cleveland. Admitted to the bar in 1866: engaged in prac-
tice of law, at Mattoon, Ill., from 1867 until he removed to Coffeyville, Kan,,in August, 1871.
He organized the City of Cotfeyvilie, and was the first Mayor of that city. In the fall of 1872
he was elected County Attorney, and removed to Independence, served two terms as County
Altorney; was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1878; elected
ection tin ond feiss meniber oF the As ¥.& A.M. Mr. Clark was married at

ar 0, in o Lucie A. ati ec
enildren—Arthur @ Roy, and Halbert. Shia MBENOIOE WHAT plAcy.. “PORY Dave! Ewe

W. EB. CLARK, hardware merchant, was born in Rahway, N. J. He was a resident of
St. Louis, Mo., about twenty years prior to coming to Independence, Kan. He located in
the latter city in June, 1881, and engaged In hardware business, betng associated with F. E..
Thompson until March, 1883. Since then he has been alone in the trade. He has quite a,
jobbing trade and deals in shelf and heavy hardware, stoves and iron.

ISAAC CLEMMER farmer, P.O. Independence, was born in Adams County, Obio,.
February 22.1836. In 1845 he removed with his parents 1o Johnson County, Ind., where.
he was raisedona farm. He came to Independence, Kan., October 2, 1869, and’ located
vbree. miles west of the city, Independence ownship, where he still resides, engaged in.

arming. He has a splendid farm, a fine orchard, consisting of about 200 bearing apple.
unpest forerher with peaches, plums, pears, quinces, cherries, pears, etc., and two acres of
vineyard. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.. He was married April 1.1858, in Johnson
County, Ind., to Miss Susan Davenport. Mrs. Clemmer died November 4, 1864, with-
out issue; and he again married December 15, 1865, in the same county, Miss Maggie

  
 
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Davenport, a niece of hi 3 i i 2
1874: Balin, born Jane ee They have two children—Jessie, born Fevruary 23,
atebcuner 2 3, & MEN Ie farmer, P. O. Independence, was born in Carroll County, Ind..

He was raised a farmer. July 17, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, of
the Seventy-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, This was one of the re iments com-
pos Lida sare tare pune Brigade of Mounted Infantry. He took part in the battles
tne expiration of term of Bae corps, fhe queren years, and was mustered out by reason of
diana, where he lived until 1868; he came to Kansas and l Bien an ra ine naan iy. ati
the following year he moved to Montgomery County, and focat a's ah il doutn est
pf Independence. He was, in 1873, elected Township Treasurer: In 874, Township ‘Trus-
g rere ected in 1875-76, anid in 1877 Treasurer again, and, again in 1878, Trustee. In

he was elected a Justice of the Peace, and 1s now in’ office. He oelongs to the G. A. R
They have aight chien eae 1857, in Carroll County, Ind., to Miss Sarah Jane’ Boyer.

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Mary Caroline Rebecca A., Ida Be Chases Tanlonte "hay i: ee ee
ORRIS COHEN, wholesale and retail merchant, isa native of Titusville, Pa., resid-

ing there till 1876; then employed as a traveling salesman two years. He was with the
well-known firm of Bullene, Moores & Emery, of Kansas City, for three years prior to 10-
cating at Independence, March 10, 1882. He came to this city with only a small stock of
laces. He now has one of the finest selected stocks of laces, fancy goods and dry goods in
Kansas, and is doing an extensive wholesale trade inthe various lines which he earries, not
ioauding cr pee Mr. Cohen Ig one of the enterprising young men that has rapidly come

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member of the a pee ae is indomitable energy and trustworthy dealings. He is a

7 WwW, NWAY, Superintendent of the City Schools, was born in Livingston County,

N. Y., May 11, 1855. At the age of four years his parents removed to, Van Baren County,
Mich. He was raised onafarm. When thirteen years of age he entered the Decatur School
and after nine years of study, went through the grades, graduating from the high school.
He then entered the State Agricultural College at Lansing where he was a student for more
than a year; then he entered the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, where he was a student
for two years. His health failing, he came to Kansas in the spring of 1879; entered the
Kansas Normal and graduated the same year. In the fall he took charge of the Peru school,
being the principal for two years, and _ in 1881 he was elected by the Board of Fducation,
Superintendent of the Independence Public Schools. He was re-elected in 1882 and °83
Noe now in charge. He was married May 30, 1882, at Peru, Kau.,to Miss Florence H.
JOSEPH B. CRAIG, City Assessor, was born in Coluybia County, Pa., January 29,
1814. When five years of age he was removed by his parents to Clark County, Ohio. He
was educated in the common school, and when of age studied law. He was admitted to prac-
tice by the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1843, and practiced in Auglaize County, Ohio, for fif-
teen years. He was the first Assessor of Iuternal Revenue in Auglaize County. In 1864 he
moved to Muncie, Ind., and began business asa merchant, handling a stock of drugs, etc.
Here he remained in the trade for six years, then, in 1870, came to Kansas, settling in Inde-

endence. He was the first Mayor of Independence, in 1870, and was appointed by Gov.
arvey, Justice of the Peace, in the same year. He served until election, and declined fur-
ther service, He has been Deputy Clerk of the District Court, and Deputy County Treas-
urer, having charge of the office one year in each case. In 1883, the Mayor and Coun il
Sppolnted him City Assessor. He joined the I. 0. O. F. in 1843,-and was made a Mason in

1844. He was married, October 20, 1835, in Clarke County, Ohio, to Miss Sarah A. Matthews,
and has seven children—Samuel, Sarah J., Harriet Ellen, Ann Eliza, Caroline Virginia, Em-
ily, and Martha. Mrs, C. was deceased February 19.1851, and he was again married, May
6, 1851, in Auglaize County, Ohio, to Miss Aminta J. McClure. ‘

WILLIAM DAWSON, marble and lumber dealer, was born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
Co., Ind., September 25 1821. He went to Burlington, Iowa, at the age of fourteen years;
removed from there to Mount Pleasart, Henry Co., Iowa, and resided until December, 1870,
at which time he settled at Independence, Kan. Engaged in the lumber trade in March,1871,
which he has since fo lowed. In July, 1882. he became manager of the lumber business of
S. A. Brown & Co, He engaged inthe marble business in 1875, and has since continued the
same. He was married near Burlington, Iowa, June 5, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Martin, a
native of Morgan, Menongahela County, Va. They have nine children—Noble E., Aina,
George W., William H., Mahala, Julia F., Carrie I., Jesse Huron, and Lizzie I. Mr. Dawson
has served as City Alderman, etc. Isamember of the Methodist Episcopal Church and

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HON. Bb, F. DEVORE, farmer, P. O. Independence, was born in Washington County,
ePa, February 11, 1828. In 1336 he removed with his parents to Marion County,

Ohio. He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, and studied law with Wilhams &
Hume, Marion, Ohio, and in the Cincinnati Law College, graduating in the class of 1858.
He practiced his profession in Wapakoneta, Auglaize Co., Ohio, for seven years, when his
health failed. He traveled through the Western States, aud finally set'led at Hartford City,
Ind., where he engaged in the drug trade for four years. In March, 1870, he came to Kan-
sas, and located at Independence, and bought a stock of hardware. He continued the trade
until 1879, when he sold out and moved on his farm, four miles south of Independence,
where he is engaged in stock raising and farming. In 1871 he was elected a Representative
to the Kansas Legislature from Montgomery County; served in the session of .872, and was
on the Ways and Means Committee, and others. He is a member of the Equitable
Aid Union, and of the I. 0.0. F. He was married June 13, 1861, at Wapakoneta, Ohio, to
Miss Sarah J., daughter of Judge J. B. Craig, They have three children—Joseph Arthur,
Bessie A., and Frank M.

H. H. DODD, marble dealer, is anative of Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, born December 22,
1840; lived in his native place until he was twenty-one years of age. In October. 1861, he
enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth Obio Volunteer Infantry. He served two years, and re-
ceived his discharge from military lifeon account of disability contracted in the service.
After the lapse of about seven months, he re-enlisted in Company D, Ninth Ohio Cavalry.
He participated in twenty-six engagements, never being wounded or captured. He was
mustered out July 25, 1865. He located at Erie, Neosho Co., Kan., in April. 1867, and lived
there until the spring of 1869; he thenjremoved te Liberty Township, Montgomery Co.,
Kan., where he entered and improved 160 acres of the public domain, and farmed the same
until 1877, when he was elected to the office of Clerk of the District Court of his county.
He was twice re-elected, and after serving the third term in that office, he retired January
8, 1883. He was married at Independence, Kan., April 29, 1877, to Miss Addie Webster, cf
Berrien County. Mich. Mr. Doddis a member of theG. A. R. |

GEORGE W. DONALDSON, jeweler, is a native of Topsfield, Essex Co., Mass., boru
July 5, 1842; lived in his native town about eighteen years, then located in the city. of Bos-

ton, where he learned the watchmaker’s trade. After three years spent there, he engaged
in business for himself in Vermont, remaining there one year, returning to Boston, where
he remained until 1870, when he reinoved to Haverhill, Mass., that being his headquarters
until April, 1872, when he came to Independence, Kan., (mployed as a traveling salesman
for a New York wholesale establishment, for a year prior to his removal to Kansas. Since
coming to this city he has been engaged in his present business, being the leading jeweler
and watchmaker of Montgemery County. He doessome jobbing, but does essentially a re-
tail business. He has served for the last ten years as School Treasurer of this city, now
entering upon the duties of a two year term inthe same position. He is connected with the
Jeweler’s Guild, of New York City, and is also 2 member of the I. 0.0. F. For seven years
he was a member of the Fire Department, and was for +everal years President of the Inde-
pendence Fire Company, Bell No.1. Mr. Donaldson was married at Marble Hill, Bollinger

Co., Mo., May 19, 1874, to Nettie Campbell, a native of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Donaldson is
doing a wholesate and retail millinery business, having an extensive trace. s

W. DON LAVY, merchant tailor, was born near Summitville, Columbiana Co.,
Ohio, November 5, 1849. Lived in Ohio until September, 1871,when he removed to Indepen-
dence, Kan. He was employed in mercantile pursuits at Carrollton and at Bryant, Ohio,
about six years and a half prior tocoming West. He was with his brother ina drug store
fortwo years. Sincethe autumn of 1874, he has been carrying on an extensive merchant
tailoring business, having large patrouage at various places in the State. He has been City
Treasurer three years, and is now entering upon the duties of the office'for two years more.
He is Chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee. He was mar-
ried at Independence, Kan., in May, 1873, to Pauline S. Bowman, a native of Adel, Dallas
Co., lowa. They bave one child, Jessie. 7 s
GEORGE H. DRESSER, photographer, is a native of Westphalia, Osage Co., Mo., born

October 28, 1852; came to Shawneetown, Johnson Co., Kan.,in 1865, lived there till 1869,

then in Allen County two years, afterwards in Douglas County, until locating at Independ-

ence in April, 1878. He has followed the photographic business for the last nine years, at

Lawrence prior to coming to this city. He employs three assistants in his gallery, and does
‘ all kinds of hotographic work, including Indiaink and crayon productions. He isa mem-

ber of the K.of P._ Mr, Dresser was married in this city December 30, 1879, to Hattie P.

Bates a native of Lucas County, Iowa. They have one child—Ethel Anna,

WILLIAM DUNKIN, attorney, is a native of Virginia, born April 7, 1846; educated at
Morgantown Academy (now university of West Virginia). He located at Lawrence, Kan.,
in February, 1872, where he read law nearly one year with Thacher & Banks, and was here
admittect to the bar in March, 1873. He settled at Independence, Kan., April 1, 1873, where
he enjoys a large and lucrative practice; was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court in
January, 1874. He has been Mayor of Independence and prominently identified with the
ynaterial interests of the city ever since he located here. Mr, Dunkin was married, at Kala-
jnazoo, Mich., October 18, 1876, to Miss Lillie B. Huil, who was born in Connecticut but
reared in Kalamazoo, Mich. They have two children—Floy and Cora.

s. C. ELLIOTT, attorney and Deputy County Clerk, was born in Paris, Edgar Co., Ill.,
March 10, 1857; living there ten years; then at Oswego, Labette County, till 1877, having
peen admitted to practice at Oswego in June, 1878. He began practice at Independence,

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continuing here since that time. He has served as Deputy Clerk of the District Court,
Deputy County Attorney, and heisnow Deputy County Clerk. Mr. Elliott read law with
the firm of Webb & Glasse at Oswego, Kan.

HARRISON J. FAIRLEIGH, proprietor livery, sale and feed stables, was born near
Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, March 17, 1839; lived there twelve years; then
lived in Owen County, Ind.; enlisted in July, 1862, in Company F, Seventy-first Indiana
Volunteer Infantry; served a year, when the regiment was organized as the Sixth Indiana
Cavalry, and continued in that regiment until mustered out in August, 1865. After the war
he moved to Shelby County, Ill., and lived there two pears: then returned to Indiana,
stayed there one year, then came to Independence, Kan., July, 1870. He then em-
barked in the livery business three years; was City Marshal two years; then, for thirt-en
months, was engineer of the Caledonia Mills. He was engaged in other engineering work
about two years. He then employed himself on his farm until March, 1883, when he en-
Reged in the livery business; was married in Lancaster, Owen Co., Ind., January 26, 1860, to

ary J. Hagaman, a native of Ohio. They have one son—Jackson H. They lost one son—
John L., who died at the age of eighteen months. Mr. F. is the oldest. liveryman in Inde-
pendence. He started the second stable here,

JOSIAH W. FAIRLEIGH, Under-Sheriff, is a native of Spencer, Owen Co., Ind., born
June 80. 1856; lived there till July 15, 1870, when he located at Independence, Kan., ac-
gompanying his father to this place, and remaining with him some time thereafter, atter-
wards traveling and prospecting inthe Rocky Mountain regions, returning to Independ-
ence, and from 1878 to 1880, engaged in the boot and shoe trade; served one year as
Constable, and followed farming one year. Since March 8, 1883, he has held the position of
Under-Sheriff. He was married, July 26, 1882, to Selina A. Wilson, a native of Shelby.
Richland Co., Ohio.

EDWIN FOSTER, dealer in real estate, was born in Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sep-
tember 2, 1846; reared in Fulton, Rock Co., Wis., from 1847 to 1859; then in Chickasaw and
Fayette counties, Iowa, till August, 1862; then enlisted in Company H, Thirty-fourth Iowa
Volunteer Infantry, serving in that regiment until August, 1865, when he was mustered
out of the service. He cameto Montgomery County, Kan., about the 1st of April, 1869;
at Verdigris City the first year. He served six years as County Surveyor, entering upon the
duties of that office in November, 1869, being the first Surveyor of the county. Heis a
member of the K. of H. He was married in this citv in November, 1879, to Ella L, Wright,
a native of Indiana. They have two children—Hugh and Edwin. Jr.

E. L. FOSTER, Register of Deeds, was born in West Creek Township, near Lowell, Lake
Co., Ind., September 7, 1847. He was educated at Crown Point and at Wabash College,
Crawfordsville, Ind. Prior to coming to Kansas he was _an instructor in the Lowell
Academy, near where he was born. He enlisted December 31, 1864, in Company K, One
Hundred ard Forty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out of the.service,
February 9, 1866. Heis a member of the G. A. R., A., F. & A. M. Blue Lodge Chapter and
Commandery, K. of P. and Kuignts of the Golden Rule, being past grand junior steward of
the Graud Lodge of Kansas, A., F. & A.M. Helocated at Burne lou; Coffey Co., Kas., Au-
gust 22, 1868, taught school and engaged in other pursuits until the spring of 1869, after-
wards dealing in live stock until July of the same year, at that time returning to Iudiana-
where he remained most of the time for a year; locating at Parker, Montgomery Co., Kas.,
in July, 1870, engaged in farming and stock raising until December 6, 1881. Having been
elected Register of Deeds in November of that year, he removed to Independence. He
taught the first public school in Montgomery County in the old town of Parker, He was a
member of the Schoo) Board there for several years, and also served as Justice of the Peace.
He was married at Rosita, Custer Co., Col., April 10, 1876, to Elizabeth J. Rosson, a native
of Charleston, Tenn. They have two children living—Eliza K. and Thomas Scurr.
daughter Melissa, who died March 21, 1888, aged twenty inonths.

GOODELL FOSTER. real estate agent, is a native of Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., born
April 25, 1843. From the age of four years until 1865, he lived in Fulton, Rock Ca, Wis.,
afterwards in Bates and Butler counties, Mo. Cameto Montgomery County, Kas., about the
first of April, 1869. He assisted to survey the town site of the Verdigris City, living there
till May, 1870, when he came to Independence, engaged in the practice of law for awhile,
but since 1873 be has been an active operator in real estate, his brother, Edwin Foster, being
associatec with him as a partner. He was married at Milton, Wis., in March, 1866, to Madee
Hamilton, a native of New York. They have four children—Emery, Allie, Kate and Fannie.

HENRY FOSTER, president of the Citizens’ Bank, is a native of Westerly, R. I., born
April 12, 1848. Engaged in banking business when he was twenty years old. He was
assistant cashier of the National Phoenix Bank, ot Westerly, for fourteen years, and was also
treasurer of the Mechanic’s Savings Bank, of the same place, from 1870 to the summer of
1882. August 1, 1882, he became associated with Charles Hull, of Independence, Kas., they
being proprietors of the Hull Banking Company, until March 15, 1883, when he became
president of the bank with which be is now connected, the Citizens’ Bank succeeding to
the business of the Hull Banking Company. Mr. Foster was married at Boston, Mass., May
10, 1871, toGertrude E. Daniels, a native of Paxton, Mass. They have two echildren—Annie
Gertrude and Henry Vernon. Mr. F.’s father, Ethan Foster, was for thirty years atthe
head of the Pha:uix Bank, of Westerly, R. I., afterwards of the National Phoenix Bank, and
still continues in the same business. Both he and his son Henry are Quakers,

WIL M M. GARRETT, farmer, P. O. Independence, was boru in Wayne County, Ky.,
January 5, 1838. He was raised a farmer. Enlisted September 1, 1861, in Company C,
Twelfth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, re-enlisted ih January, 1864, and was mustered out
in August, 1865. He took part in the battles of Columbia, Nashville, Tenn., Franklin, in the
Atlanta campaign, and in many battles and skirmishes. He was a private, Corporal and
Sergeant. April 1, 1870, he reached Kansas and bought a farm in Independence Township.
He engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married July 2, 1878, in Montgomery
County, Kas., to Mary E. White. He has no children, but Mrs. Garrett is the mother of two
by a former marriage—Quito Andes and Emma May.

JOHN GILMORE, farmer, P. O. Independence, was born in County Londonderry,
Ireland, November 12, 1835, Scotch-Irish descent. He was reared on a farm, receiving a
commercial education. In 1870 be came to America, located in La Salle County, Il., where
he lived two years, then to Benton County, Ind. In February, 1882, he came to Mont-
gomery County, Kan., and purchased a farm one mile west of Independence. Heis engaged
in farming. He was married, in December, 1872, in LaSalle County. IIL, to Miss Clara
Ha pach: They have seven children—Sarah Anna, Samuel, Maggie, Mary, John, Martha
and Clara, -

HON. H, D. GRANT, Police Judge, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., March 26,
1835; reared in Herkimer County, N. Y., removing from the latter county (when he was
eighteen years of age) to Illinois, where he worked on afarim for a short time; then settled
in Michigan and resumed bis studies, attending Michigan Central College, at Jackson. He
raised Company I, Fourth Michigan Cavalry. In July, 1862, he was mustered in as First
Lieutenant of his company, and in the ensuing month received his commission as Captain
and took his company into active service. After serving two months and a half as Captain
he was assigned to commaud of a battalion, and continued in command thereof until May
27, 1864, when he was taken prisoner near Kingston, Ga. After his capture he was taken
tv Charleston, and was one of fifty officers of the United States Army who were placed under
fire of our own guns to prevent further bombardment of the town by the federalarmy. He
was exchanged after two months in the confederate prisons, returned to his regiment, and
resumed command, remaining in the service until December 11, 1864, when he was_mus-
tered out. The principal battles which he paiticipated in were Perryville, Stone River,
Chickamauga and Mission Ridge; was slightly wounded at Sparta, Tenn., in August 1863.
Earlyin 1865 he took a stock of merchandise to Franklin, Tenn., remaining there about six
months. Hethen returned to Michigan, where he remained for some time for the recuper-
ation of his health, which had been considerably impaired while in the army. When he
had recovered sufficiently to again attend to business duties, he embarked in railroading
pursuits. His main interests being in Teunessee, he was appointed by Gov. Brownlow
as one of the directors of the Nashville & Northwestern R. R., and was re-appointed to
the same position by Gov. Senter, being identified with the road in its active mauagement.
He was General Baggage Agent, also for the Nashville & Chattanooga R. R. e was
President of the Davidson Buard of County Commissioners (Nashville being the county
seat); by reason of that position he became Financia) Agent of the county, and also Judge,
having concurrent jurisdiction with the Chancery and other courts. He also held while at
Nashville the oflices of Special Assistant Iuternal Revenue Assessor, Alderman, Mem er of
Common Council, and Chairman of the Fire Department. He removed from Nashville to
Montgomery County, Kan., February 5, 1870, locating on northwest quarter of Section 13,
Towuship 31, Range 16 east, in what is now West Cherry Township. What is now kuown
as the Grant Schoolhouse is located on the farm where he first iocated and resided until
1873, when he came to Independence. The Judge was one of the early Commissioners of
Montgomery County, serving also during the same time as Deputy United States Marshal,
for this district in Kansas and for the western district of Arkansas, he having been, prob:
ably, the only man who ever held a similar position at the same time in two districts. In
1879 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and in 1881 he was elected Justice of the Peace and
Police Judge. In 1883 he was re-elected to bcth offices. He is also United States Commis-
sioner. Heis a prominent member of theA., F. & A. M., being connected with the Blue
Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He was one of the prime movers to secure the organiza-
tion of McPherson Post G. A. R. at this point, this lodge being now the oldest which has
been maintained in Kansas. He was married at Millers Mills, Herkimer Co., N. Y., to
Elizabeth C. Fosket. They have had two children, neither of them survive. The Jucge is
a lawyer by profession, and has been admitted to practice in the District and Supreme
Courts of Kansas and jn the Circuit District Courts of the United States.

J RAHAM, contractor and builder, was born in Genesee County, Mich., August
1,1845. He wasraised onafarm. In 1863 he went to California and enlisted in Company
D, Eighth California Volunteer Infantry. In September, 1864 he was mustered out, and
returned to his home in Michigan the same year. In the spring of 1866, he went to Jeffer-
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Kimmswick. In June, 1875, came to Kansas, settling at Independence, where he has since
been in business as a contractor of buildings. His shop is on Pennsylvania avenue, near the
Lindell hotel. He does as much work as any man in the city. He isa Mason and a member
of the A.O. U. He was married March 1, 1868, at Kimmswick, Mo., to Miss Mary
V. Wilcoxen. They have four children, Olive, Alexander, William and Frederic.

‘J.T. GREEN, fariner, P. O. Independence, was born in Johnson County, Ind., January
25, 1847, He was raised onafarm. In 1872, he came to Kansas and located on a farm
three miles west of Independence, where he has since resided, engaged in farming and
stock raising, He was married October 10, 1867, in Johnson County, Indiana, to Miss Eliza
J.Clemmer, They have three children, Zelma, born July 18, 1869; Mayo, born September
9, 1871; Orla, born December 1, 1877. 3

DR. 8. T. HALL, surgeon dentist, was born in Butler Township, Montgomery Co.,
Ohio, July 1, 1834. Resided there till 1855, then removed to Piqua, Miamt Co., Ohio, there
sominencing. the study and practice of dentistry. After eleven years residence in
that place he went to Dayton, Ohlo, living there three years; thence to St. Mary’s,
Ohio, where he remained two years, then locating at Fredericktown, Madison Co.,
Mo.,, continuing in practice there till June 27, 1876, when he came to Independence,
Kan., being al the present time the oldest practicing dentist in Montgomery Coun-
ty. Heis a member of the A. O. U. The doctor was married at Piqua, Ohio, March 16,
1860, to Magrie Leyman, a native of Shelby County, Ohio. They havetwo children, Lizzie
I.and Freeman. Miss Lizzie Hallisanartistof rare merit, having already attained con-
siderable notice as a painter. Sheis at present attending an art school, it being the inten-
tion of her father to afford every possible opportunity for her to become thoroughly skilled,

JAMES HANLEY, manufacturer of all kinds of mattresses, tents, awnings, ete, is a
native of Rutland County, Vt., born December 25, 1850. The family lived there for a few
years and moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., and ltved there a year, and then removed to North

anchester, Wabash Co., Ind. In.1869, he went to Terre Haute, Ind. He entered the ser-
vice in October, 1864, in Twenty-fifth Indiana Battery, being then Jess than 14 years old,
and served eleven months. In June, 1866, he enlisted in {the regular army and was sta-
tioned at Newport Barracks, Ky.,
yebecling: Vee: and Cincinnati,Ohio,
being inthe recruiting service the
entire term of three years enlist~
ment, excepting three months at
Newport Barracks. Hecameto In-
dependence, Kan.,in October, 1879,
and in September, 1880, engaged in
his present business, which h
followed since 1877. He was mar-
ried at Terre Haute, Ind., Septem-
ber 10, 1878, to Emma A. Farguson,
a native of Vigo County, Ind. They
have two children, Francis A. and
Mary E.

KR. C. HARPER was born at
Lima, Ohio, October 13, 1840. At
the age of thirteen, began to learn
the printer’s trade, which he fol-
lowed until entering the army, in
1863, enlisting in the Eleventh In-
diana Regiment. Entering the army
as Second Lieutenant, he was pro-
moted to Captain at his discharge,
having served two years. Follow-
ing this, in 1867, he began traveling
as salesman for a_wholesale boot
and shoe house, at Dayton, Obio, in
which he continued two years. He
came to Kansas in May, 1872, and
was engaged in the hardware bus-
iness, working at his trade, etc.,
until in the fall of 1881, in company
with Wassam, he started the Even-
ing Reporter, at lndependence, as a
daily paper.

ON. THOMAS HARRISON,
Probate Judge,is a native of North-
amptonshire, England, born Sep-
tember 21, 1825. His parents,
Thomas and Mary (Musson) Har-
rison, came with their family to
America in 1832, locating in Oneida
County, near Utica, N. Y., where he
lived about four years aud then re-
moved to Lisbon, Ill, where the
subject of this sketch lived until he
was twenty-one years of ane: He
was educated at Knox College,
Galesburg, 111, and read law in that
city, and began practicing there.
He assisted in raising a company
for an Illinois regiment. He en-
listed in August, 1862, in Company
A, Seventy-seventh Illinois Volun-~
teer Infantry, serving in that regi-
ment until 64; also served as
First Lieutenant of colored troops
for one year. He came to Kansas
July 1, 1869, locating near the pres-
eut townsiteof Liberty, after aban-
doning a elaim which he had at first
taken, located where Independence
ig now situated. He was a member
of one of the first Schoo] Boards or-
ganized in Montgomery County. He
has constantly been engaged in the

ractice of law since coming to this

tate, except during the period in
which he held offices which pre-
cluded his giving attention to his
egular practice. In January, 1872,
he removed to Independence, and
has served ag Justice of Peace and United States Commissioner, and is also prominent]
dentified with the educational interests of Independence Township. In November, 1882,
he was elected Probate Judge, aud in February, 1883, he removed tu this city. He isa mem-
ber of theG. A. R. The Judge was married at Galesburg IIL, December 28, 1854, to M.
Eliza Chambers, daughter of Matthew Chambers, one of the ear!test settlers of Galesburg.
She isa native of Vermont. They have three children—Mary H, now Mrs, Seth Starr of
Sedan, Kan.; Thomas J., a student at Knox College, Galesburg, I]l., anil Cordelia 1, _-

L. S. HECKMAN, proprietor of the Commercial House, was born in Reading, Pa., Sep-
tember 11, 1840. April 18, 1861, be enlisted in the Pennsylvania line for three months, and
in August of thesame year enlisted in Company E of the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Voiun-
teér Infantry, for three years, Served three years and four months, and niustered out by
reason of expiration of term of service. In 1866, he moved to Kent, Portage County, and
was engaged in butchering. In 1870 he came to Kansas, located In Chautanqua County,

fe was engaged in trading with the Osage Indians, and in live stock trade. Septem-
ber, 1871, came to ndependence and has lived here since. He continued his Ilve stock op-
- erations until the fall of 1881, when he bought and improved the Commercial Hotel, and
since then has been the Dropelor: of this popular hostelry. Was a Justice of the Peace In
Chautauqua County, and was two years a member of the School Board in inde pendonea,
also a member of the City Council. He belongstotheG.A.R. He was married at Read-
ing, Pa., September, 1865, to Miss A. V. Baum. They have four children—Mary E., Ed-
ward McD.. John H, and William E. .

M. D. HENRY, ageut Adams Express Co,, is a native of Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y.,
born December 23, 1517. When he was a child his parents removed with thelr family to
Ohio, locating on a farm between Medina & Wooster, He lived there until the fall of 1841,
then removed to Janesville, Wis., remaining there and at Milwaukee and Sheboygin several
years, afterwards Jocating at Fond du Lac, where he resided for a period of twenty-two
years, being connected with J. Frink & Co.’s_ Mail Co., holding the responsible position of

ay master for the company, sixteen years. From Fond du Lac he removed to Des Moines,

owa, and became assistant superintendent and paymaster of the Western Stage Co., re-
maining there till 1868, when he went to Kansas City and was identified with the railway
interests of Kansas for some time, locating at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kas., in May,
1870. He was in mercantile business for a while and also connected with the construction
of the L.,L. & G. R. R. from Cherryvale to this place. Since 1872 he has been express agent,
for four years representing Wells, Fargo & Co., since then with the Adams Express Co. Mr.
Henry is a prominent and popular member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and

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mmandery. He was married at Fond du Lac, Wis., May 25, 1853, to Mary A. Boyd, a na<
Feat BFA ry Mey says ey caseceocnD HCA ar, ames, alco
E. HOLCOMB is a native of J+fferson is 5 de Her ee gamee com:

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hopper Falls, Kas., in 1856. The subject of this memoir, at the a;
Lea ed TL OGULHAay A, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, at Sabetha, Brown County, August 16,1861,
and participated in all the battles fn which his regiment was engaged. Was wounded at
Town Creek, Ala., and on the night of December 24, 1863, while carrying despatches from
Gen. A, L, Lee at Purdy, enn., to Gen. Smith, his party of six men found themselves sur-
prised by forty mounted rebels and four of them taken prisoners. He with a comrade es-
cwed to theswamp, where they lay co :cealed all day and at nightfall, abandoning their
horses, they took the M. & O. R. R. track to Corinth, Miss., where they arrived safely. Mr.
H. re-enlisted same day and served with distinction till mustered out September 29,
1665. at Leavenworth, Kansas, Subsequently he settled for a time in Nebraska. Was
again in Kansas for several years, and finally located iu Montgomery County, in 1881. Mr.
Holcomb isa muber of Lincoln Post, G. A. R., of Topeka, anit also of Central Lodge, No.

1, 1.0 0. F., of Lincoln County, where he was under Sheriff for two years, and was also
for 2 time Treasurer of Liberty Township, Montyomery Co., Kansas. For several years he
has been engaged in railroad contracting, and is at present engaged in building track, etc.,
upon the new branch of the Topeka,Salina & Western Railroad, Shawnee County,his family

nulug to reside in Lndependence. 7
a R. HG. HOOSER, a raggist and physician, was born In Todd County, Ky., January 30,
1838. Came to Parker, Montgomery Co., Kan., April 1, 1871, and engage in the practice of
medicine there till June, 1873, when he engaged in the drug trade at Independence. In
1880 he also a'Ided a stock of jewelry to his business, Although not giving Special atten-
tion to his profession since coming here, he has at no time been entirely out of practice. He
is a member of the A., F. & A. M.—BlueLodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery—K. of H.
and Equitable Ant Uilon, Petite was marrle i © eee HarriconCo.. 1 y., in Sep-

r to Mar, ; Gribbon, a native of Pari . e@ ren—.

foumber: 2868 y \ "Walter: Albert D,, Stella May, Katie
and Samuel.

JOHN W. HOWE,dealer in mil-
linery, born !n Bartholomew Coun-
ty, Ind., July 5, 1848. He enlisted,
September 3, 1863, in Company A,
of the One Hundred and Twentieth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He
served in the ‘'wenty-third Army
Corps, and was mustered out, Feb-
ruary 21, 1866, as Orderly Sergeant.
He was in the battles of Lookout
Mountain, Kenesaw, Peach Tree
Creek, Franklin, Nashville, and
many other battles and engage-
ments. Returned to Indiana, and
in September, 1866, moved to Mis-
sourj, and clerked in a store at
Carrollton. In 1869 he came to
Kansas, locating at old Liberty,
Moutgomery County, where he
wor "ed at carpentering, and after-
wards clerked inastore. In 1879,
was traveling salesman for Baxter
& Wade, wholesale grocers of Inde-
pendence. In 1880, became a sales-
man for Pool, Thayer & Williams,
fancy dry goods, notions and milli-
nerys January 1, 1883, he engaged
with Joel J. Bailey & Co., fancy dry

oods, and Kohn, Adler & Co., mil-
inery both of Philadelphia. He
travels through Kansas, He also
owns a retail millinery store in
Independence, which is managed
by his wife. They have an excel- ‘e'
lent stock of goods and an extensive
trade. He is a member of the Ma-
sonic order. Was married, May 15,
1873, at Liberty, Kan., to Miss Lil-
lian Watts. They have one cbitd—
Mary E., born August 8, 1874.

HON. LYMAN U. HUMPHREY,
attorney, ex-Lieutenant Governor,
was born in Stark County, Ohio,
July 25, 1844. His father, Col. Ly-
man Humphrey, @ native of Con-
necticut, of English descent, anda
lawyer of distinction,died when the
subject of this sketch was but eight
years of age. At the outbreak of the
war, in 1861. Gov. Humphrey was
attending the High School at Mas-
sillon, and at the age of seventeen,
enlisted in Company I, Seventy-
sixth Ohio Infantry, a regiment
famous for its bravery and for the
eminent men who belonged to it.
He was promoted First Lieutenant;
acted as Adjutant of his regiment,
and commanded a company for a
year before he was out of his mi-
nority. Much active service was
experienced by him, and among the
battles he participated in were,
Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Cor-
inth, the Siege of Vicksburg, Chat-
tanooga, Atlanta, and the campaign
around that city, being under fire
five or six weeks in that single
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the capture of Savannah, and
engaged in many other trylng scenes. He was twice wounded, once at Pitts-
burg Landing, and again at Chattanooga. He was with the regiment in the
campaign through the Carolinas, sud took part in the battle of Bentonville, as
wellas During the four years of service he

n the capture of Gen. Joe Johnston’s army,
never wis absent for a day from his duty, and refused to retire when wounded. The regi-
ment belonged to the First Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee.
At the termination of the war, Captain Humphrey entered Mount Union College, and soon
afterward began a law course inthe Michigan University, He was admitted to practice in
the several courts of Ohio, in 1868, and then removed to Shelby County, Mo., and assisted
inthe editorlal work on the She by Cownty Herald, He shortly after that came to Kansas.
Ponting wt Independence, in February, 1871, and forming a law partnership with Hon. A. M,
York. The Independence Tribune was founded by Messrs, A. we York, W. T. Yoe and L. U.
Humphrey, a relation sustained by the latter one year. The law partnership lasted until
1876, Since then Mr. Humphrey has continued in practice alone. In 7871, he was nomi-
nated as Republican candidate for a seat in the State Legistature; but because of his vigor-
ous opposition tothe issuance of questionable bonds to the L., L. & G. R. R. Co., he was de-
feated by asmall vote. In 1876, he was vindicated by an election to the House, from a dis-
trict forinerly Democratic, and served two years as member of the Republican State Central
Committee. In 1877 he was chosen to fill a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor,
and the following year re-elected by a popular majority of 40,795. Gov. Humphrey has
been called upon frequently to preside as judge, pro tem of the District Court, an honor
which tndicates the degree of confidence reposed in him by the public, He has been an ac-
tive Republican, and has an honorabie record as a speaker and writer. His affability, his
cy knéss. and his justice in dealing with men, Rreserva tohimahigh standing in the es-
Fen of all. The Governor was married at Independence, December 25. 1872, to Miss
nana Leonard, daughter of James C. Leonard. They have two children—Lyman L, and
NORMAN H. IVES was born in Winnebago County, Ill., December 25, 1848. In Augus'
1e6t ne eulisted in Company D, of the Thirly-seveuth Lilinots Regiment. Ane batule o
{ ea R le, March 7%, 1862, he received a gun shot wound through both legs, that permanent-
lia re him, The ball passed through the Jeft thigh and right knee. On account of dis-
A Hl y, iO was discharged from the service in August, 1862, and returned to Illinois, In the
wa Or Pf 1863-64. he wasastudent at Bryant Stratton’s college, at Chicago; he then
i ores He Government service again, as a clerk in the Commissary Department, and was
ocated at Nashville, Tenn., under Col, J. ©. Reed, Chief Commissar y of the Department,
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

He remained on H i

coun senate arte iggoniotn ke Cane H sana! a Rox an eer
aughtschool for a time and then clerked i ° yepan Si binown tee
at Mound City, as a dealer in jewelry. b A SSbOre. He began business on his own account
business to {ndependence; he soon after 1d ont and checker fe {B, 1870 hs removed the,
when he was elected Recister fer sold out and clerked in the postoffice until 1872,
years: ae June, 1874, he'was appointed. gostmastef at Lidependéaee, serving saaHit lake

. en engaged in the grocery trade with Mr. Millis, buti : d

out and 1s now engaged in general merchandisi 1 ith. Ha beloueg iets Doe
G. A. R. and ik. of iv He Brad tenn na sing. in Elk Qity. He belongs to the I. 0. 0. F.,
Ruth Dean. ‘They Li : ad December 25, 1869, at Mound City, Kan., to Miss
GAPE SAMUS JOHNSON contractor nud bantish washers Saker Aer
In 1850, he shipped aboard a vessel as cabin boy, and taade dademyane: Ha bone
carpentery, and then went to sea, sailing twelve years us ship carpenter and_two years as
master of a vessel. During this time he visited both coasts of Africa, the Indi 5 Chi
Japan, Kamschatka, all Western Europe and America. Once 1 shipwrecked in the
Baltic in the Danish brig, Christina, and himself and the captai alone ProSAved” I 1809,
he came to the United States to séttle, bringing with hine 1,500. omigrante Norwooieos
Danes and Swedes, he being agent and interpreter He settled then in Jasp r Ci sunty: Moe
and Montgomery County, Kin, He then was employed by the S. P. RB Te Co. ant "theit
agents to solicit emigration to their lands and hire laborers for them, After six months, he
settled ona farm on Onion Creek, Fawn Creek Township, where he lived a few months and
then came to Independence, where he has since lived, engaged in contracting and buildin
excepting one year, when le was in Topeka, 1874, and while in Topeka, he built the Topelea
National Bank and many other good buildings. He has up to this writing, 1882, built 175
buildings in Montgomery County. In 1878, he visited Sweden, and in 188i visited Wash.
ington Territor ado Y 4 A
1g! y an regon and Vancouver’s Island, on a tour of observation, But
rs rusiness has never stopped, being in charge of able aasistants. He belongs to the A. O.
ye wes Married May 8, 1875, at Independence, Kan., to Miss Anna Davis. They have
one child—Charles, born July 12, 1874.
LOUIS JOHNSON, dealer in hides, furs and wool, was born in Denmark, May 21, 1831.
He learned the baker’s trade, which business be followed until he came to America in 1865,
He located in Ottawain 1868, after traveling through various sections of the country and
workin in St. Louis and Chicago. On coming to Kansas, he began trade in his present line,
and in 1876 removed to Independence. He occupies a brick store room on Main street, and
does a large trade in hides, wools and furs. He is a member of the A.0.U.W. He was married
in 1879, at Kangas City, Mo., to Mrs. Christina Thompson.: Mrs. Johnson has one son—
voter Thompson, by a former marriage, besides they have adopted a little girl,Miss Augusta

HON. WILSON KINCAID, merchant and County Commissioner, was born near
Youngstown Trumbull Co., Ohio, April 8, 1844, and reared in Mahoning County, Ohio In
Decew ber, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, serving until
August, 1865, then returned ‘to Ohio, where he remained till the fall of 1865, when he
located in Linn County, Kan., where Mound City is now situated, employed there as a clerk

- for his brothers five years. In the spring of 1870 he came to Independence, embarking in
the mercantile business for himself in June of that year, William Worder being associated
with him asa partner nearly one year. O. B. Root then purchased Worden’s interest in the
business and the firm was Kincaid & Root until February, 1880, since which time Mr. Kin-
caid has carried on business without a partner. He has avery extensive trade in general.
merchandise, occupying two large stores. He is now Rerving bis third year as a member of
the Board of County Commissioners. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F. Mr. K. was married
at Mound City, Kan., in January, 1870, to Louise Hughes, a native of Ohio, but reared at
Dixon, Ill. They have three children living, Bond + Robert and Bessie. Lost one
daughter, Mabel, who died at the age of nine months,

G. KOERN, proprietor of fiouring mills, was born in Germany, February 24, 1840, came
to America in 1865. Prior to coming to Kansas, he lived in New York, Ohio and Missouri.
In 1867 he located at Farlinville, Linn Co., Kan., living there one year, afterwards workin
at his trade of miller at various places until 1876, when he engaged in business for himself
at Guilford, Wilson Co., Kan., remaining there ove year; then in other places until 1881,
when he engaged in merchant and custom milling business at Independence. He has been
working in mills since his youth. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. a O. U. W. He was
married in Prussia, in July, 1863. to Mary Henrietta Klinkmann, a native of that country.
They have eight children, Paul, Otto, Max, Emma, Minnie, Edward, Grace aud John.

WILLIAM H, H. LARIMER, son of Gen. William Larimer, furmerly of Pittsbure, Pa.,
but late of Kansas and Colorado, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., December 9, 1840. In 1855 his
parents moved to Nebraska and located in Sarpy County. In 1858 they came to Kansas,
Settling at Leavenworth, and the same year, in company with his father, went to Pike’s
Peak, Col., and engaged in freighting. and was at the time the youngest boy in the Terri-
tory. He was on the site of Denver City before a single building had been erected in the
place. He was the first clerk of the Overland Express Company at that place and helped
to build the first cabin in the town, Larimer Street, Denver, and Larimer County, Col., were
named in honor of Gen. Larimer. Mr. L. returned to Kansas in 1863 and lived in Leayen-
worth until 1867, when he went to Montana Territory, but, after a year in the mines
returned to Kansas, and in March, 1871, settled at Independence and engaged in the hotel
business in partnership with Mr, Allen, keeping the Caldwell House He afterwards sold his
interest in the hotel to Mr. Bryant. Meanwhile Mr. L. was engaged in stock trade with Mr.
H. H, Crane, firm of Crane & Larimer. They have extensive stock ranches in the Indian
Territory and Kansas. They have about 4,000 cattle on the range and are constantly
increasing their business. They are members of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association.
Mr. L. was married February 22, 1870, at St. Joseph, Mo., to Miss Mattie Montgomery.
They have two children, Annie F. and William H.

ROF. GEORGE B. LESLIE, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, is a native
of West Albany, Vt.; born August 30, 1842; lived in Onondaga County, N. Y., from 1846 to
1849; afterwards at Kalamazoo, Mich. He was educated atthe Baptist Seminary, School-
craft, Mich. In 1862 he began teaching school in Michigan. In .1863 he removed to In-
diana, continuing to teach there until 1869, afterwards in Michigan again until September,
1876, when he came to Kansas, locating in Mound Valley, Labette County. In the spring
of 1877, he removed to Cherryvale, Montgomery County, being principal of the school
there till the spring of 1882. In November, 1882, he was elected to his present office.
Since 1862 he has given close attention to teaching. Heserved three years as County Sur-
veyor, resigning that position t>» assume -the duties of County Superintendent of Schools;
he was also Township Clerk atthesametime. Heisamembler of the A., F. & A. M. andI
0.0. F. He was married at Schooleraft, Mich., July 3, 1873, to Alice McFall, a native of
Pennsylvania. They have one child—George Euwin. :

THEODORE LOCK WOOD is a native of Milan, Erie Co., Ohio, was raised there and
made Chicago, IIl., his home six or eight years previous to coming to Kansas, where he
settled in December, 1870. He then eugaged in the Texas cattle trade until 1874, then in
the joan business until 1878, since which time he has been engaged in the grain trade,
farming, ete. In the season of 1882 he handled 200 to 300 car loads corn and thirty to forty
cars of flax-seed. He buys grain at all the stations between Independence aud Longton,
also does considerable business at Elk City. . a

WILLIA LAND, druggist, was born at Havana, Ill., April 19, 1857. He made
that place his home until October, 1873, at which '*»e he came to Independence, Kan. He
embarked in the drug business in 1876 ar:d co......1ed one year; he then attended Com-
mercial College at Lawrence, Kan., for some time. He cealt in cattle from 1878 until the
spring of 1883. In September, 1882, he re-engaged in the drug trade and has since con-
tinued the same, He has several faurmsin the couuty. Mr. L.is a member of the K. of P.
He was married, in Chicago, I]., December 11, 1877, to Miss Effie M. Davis; born June 16,
1859; a native of Monmouth, Ul. They have two children, Jessie E., born July 25, 1879,
and Anna Fay, born October 21, 1881, both born in Independence, Kan, _

ON. J. D. MoCUE, County Atiorney,is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born March 3,
1843, educated in the schools of the ci y of his nativity. Read law at Aledo, LIL, and ‘was
admitted to the bar at Ottawa, IIL, in 1867. Soon after the War of Lhe Rebellion broke out
he enlisted in Company I, Seventeenth [llinois Volunteer Infantry, inustered into the State
service May 13, 1861, and was mustered into United States Army May 25, 1861, lis regi-
meut being the first in Illinois, which was accepted forthe three year’s service. Mr, McCue
served in that reximent for the full term of enlistment (three years),and then re-enlisted in
Company E, Kighth Iinois Volunteer Infantry, finally discharged June 5, 1865. Ife
participated in all the engagements of his commands and was wounded at Blakely, Ala.,
April 9, 1865. Heis a member of the G. A. R. Mr. McCue located at Oswego, Kan,, July 17,
1867. The Independence Town Company was organized by Oswego gentlemen and Mr. Mc-
Cue drew the charter of the company, and atan early day located in this place. He does an
extensive law practice and gives considerable attention to collections, He was married, in
Illinois, to Orvilla Robb, December 20,1870. Sheisa native of Pittsburg, Pa. They have
two children, Clark and Hugh R. es

JOHN McCULLAGH, hardware merchant, is a native of Henderson, Henderson Co.,
Ky. Cameto Kansas in 1863, locating at Lawrence, Douglas Co., engaged instock busi-
ness there for some time, then for two years in mercantile business at Baldwin City, afrer-
wards at Iola two years, and at Erie, Neosho County, eighteen months. In December, 1869,
he came to Independence, being engaged in the drug trade until 1880, when he embarked
in hardware business, which he has since continued. He has held various city offices,

as Alderman, member of the Board of Education, etc. He is a member of A. F. &
served :
‘A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and commandry., Be was married ab Erie, Neosho Co., Kan.,
May 13, 1869, to Sarah L. Swallow, a native of Ontario. ey have three children—Jobn

Jr., George and Lucy. Mrs. McCullagh came to Anderson County, Kan., in 1854, with her

father, David B. Swallow, who was a resident of this State until 1879, when he removed to
Arkansas where he now resides. — ; 7 é
, A, MOCULLY, M, D., was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, November 18, 1837. Graduated

 

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from the Ohio Medical College in March, 1862. In August, 1862, he was appointed Assistant,
Surgeon of the Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to the position of
Surgeon of Volunteers in the fall of 1863, continuing in the service till the spring of 1866.
After leaving the army he located at Richmond, lnd., remaining there one year, then in
Missouri four years prior to removal to Kansas. In October, 1871, he located at Independ-
ence, and has had a large and lucrative practice here since that time. He is considerably
interested in the cattle business, having become identified with the stock interests of south-
ern Kansas about five years ago. The Doctor is president of the Montgomery County
Medical Society, and is a member of the State Association. Heisa prominent member of
the A. F. & A. M. and G. A. R. While serving as Surgeon in the ariny he treated the vellow
fever with eminent success at Key West, Fla., iu 1864, being Health Officer of the United
States Army at that point in 1864 and 1865. The disease attacked him but he recovered,
and was able to render valuable service during the time that the epidemic raged there. In
1878 the Doctor volunteered his services to the disease stricken people of Memphis and
contributed largely towards their amelioration, freely giving his services wilhout com-
pensation. His generous and humane conduct deserves national commendation. The Doc-
tor was married at Columbus, Ohio, in August. 1863, to Isabella Weir, a native of that place.
They have two child.en, Annie Laura and Daisy May. :

BENJAMIN F, MASTERSON, M. D., isa native of Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y., born
February 5, 1844. When he was eleven years of age, his parents removed with their family
to Salem, Ind. The Doctor sraduated from the Ohio Medical College, and began practice in
Indiana. Came to Independence, Kan., in sanuary 1870, having been engaged in practice
at Decatur, Ill., fora year prior to locating nere. He served six years as Alderman of this
city, Was elected Coroner in November, 1881, and in April, 1883 he was elected Mayor.
He is amember of the A., F.& A.M..K. of H.andG, A. R. He enlisted August 18, 1862, in
Company E, Fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was in all battles of his command,
Entered the service as a private, but was afterward assigned to duty as Hospital Steward.
Mustered out June 14, 1865. The Doctor is a member of the State and County Medical So-
eieties. He was married in December, 1872, to Nannie D. Conner, a native of lowa, but
among the early settlers of Independence, Kan., having located here in 1869.

8. V. MATTHEWS, Clerk of the District Court, is a native of Muncie, Delaware Co., Ind.,
boru February 15, 1858, living in his native place until he came with his parents to Kansas
in 1872, locating at Independence, May 18, of that year. Attended school here for several
years, and from December 9, 1878, until 1880, he was a law student in the office of J. D, Mc-
Cue; he was admitted to the bar December 30, 1880. In March, 1881, he was appointed
Deputy District Clerk, holding that position, except one term of Court, until he was elected
Clerk of the Court, November, 1882, assuming the duties of the office January 8, 1883. He
was married at Findlay, January 17, 1883, to Anna W. Vance, a native of Ohio. Mr, M.isa
member of the A., F. & A. M.

JOHN H. MILLER, dealer in agricultural implements, was born in Wells County, Ind.,
August 3, 1848. He was raised in Ohio from the age of five years. Enlisted in September,
1863, Company M, Twelfth Ohio Cavalry.. Mustered out in November, 1865, then returned
to Ohio and lived until he came to Lawrence, Kan., October, 1866. He lived in the latter
city until 1869, when he went to St. Louis, Mo., and remained during the winter. He then
returned to Kansas and located at Fort Scott a year, then spenta year in Texas; Thayer,
Kan,, one year. Colorado was his next place of residence, for six mouths, Wyoming Terri-
tory, nine months, thence to Utah, where he engaged with Express Company on U. KR. R.
He returned to Indiana in 1875, where he remained until the fall of 1882. He Jocated in In-
dependence, Kan, In January, 1883, he became associated with D. B. Gray inthe sale of
agricultural implements. He was married at Muncie, Delaware Co,, Ind., June 21, 1877, to

attie M. Williams, of the latter place. They have two children—Kittie B., and Claude W.
Mr. M. is a member of the McPherson Post, G. A. R. His father, Samuel Miller, located in
Douglas County, Kan., 1857, on the farm where the battle of Black Jack wasfought. He is
now, eupaged in farming in Neosha County, Kan. s :.

J. C. MOESLI, butcher, was born in Switzerland, March 10, 1849. Educated in a high
school, and apprenticed to the butcher’s trade. In January, 1866, lic came to America,
landing in New York and thence proceeded to Cincinnati, where he worked at his trade, aud
then went to Columbus, working atthe trade there. He returned-to Switzerland on a visit,
staid seven months, and came back to Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, in 1874. He continued
to residein Columbus until 1882, when he came to Kansas, locating at Independence, and
began business on his own account. He cuts on an average four bullocks a week, besides
other meats. Is a member of the I. O. U. F. He was married at Guise, Switzerland, October,
1874, to Miss Hannah Gingg. They have three children—Emma, Mina and Oscar.

WILLIAM T. O’CONNOR, attorney, is a native of Lincoln County, Ky., born May 6,
1844, but reared from infancy in Johnson County, Mo., that being his home until he
removed to Elk Falls, Kas., in the spring of 1871, where he established the Elk Falls Jour-
nal, conducting that paper and practicing law there one year. In April, 1872, he located at
Independence, where he has since devoted his entire attention to the practice of his profes-
sion. Mr, O'Connor was educated at the State University of Missouri, and at the State
Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo. He read Jaw.at Danville, Ky., with his uncle Frank
Woolford; was admitted to the bar of Kentuckyjin 1870, and in Missouri and Kansas in
1871. He isa member of the K. of H. .He was married at Independence, Novemver 14,
1875, to Mrs. Leah E. Newlan, a native of Ohio. They have twochildren, Gwendolin and
Floyd. Mrs. O’Connor has one child by former marriage—Blanche New!lan.

TIMOTHY O’KEEFFE, manufacturer of cigars,was born in Waterford County, Ireland,
April 11, 1849. He came to America with his parents when but_a child. They located in
New York City, where they lived two years, and then went to New Bedford, Mass., and

- Nantucket Island, where they resided one year, then to Zanesville, Ohio, where Timothy

grew tomauhood. He learned the cigar maker's trade and traveled phough several States
and Canada for several years, working at his tradein different cities. 11869 and 1870 be
worked in Leavenworth. In 1874 he located at Urbana, Ohio, where he resided until 1878,
when he came to Kansas. He located at Independence and worked as a journeyman until
October, 1881, when he began business on his own account,, He has a fine shop on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, @nd has a large trade, factory No. 25, District of Kansas, Havana and do-
mestic stock. He was married October 7, 1875, in Urbana, Ohio, to Miss Johanna Farrell.
‘They have three children—Thomas F., Mary Elien and Margaret.

C.D. OTIS, dealer in farm implements and fruits, was born in Farmington, VanBuren
County, Iowa, July 27, 1858. Resided in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1866 to 1875, and in No-
vember of the latter year he located at Indcpendence, Kansas, where he engaged in the sale
of agricultural implements. He spent two years, 1878 and 1879, in Kansas City, Mo, He
deals largely in fruit. Inthe season of 1882 he shipped 8,000 boxes of peaches, paying
about 75 cents per bushel, and marketing principally in Des Moines, lowa. He deals largely
in farm machiuery, carriages'and sewing machines. Does an extensive trade in imple-
ments and self-binding harvesters in various parts of Montgomery and adjoining counties.
He isa member of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM E. OTIS, banker, is a native of Framingham, Mass., born March 29, 1852.
When he was but five years old his parents removed with their family to Marengo, IlI.. re~
maining there only six months, however, then settled at Farmington, Van Buren Co., Iowa.
After nine montifs residence there they removed to Bentonsport, in the same State, living
there two years; at Eddyville six years, and at Des Moines a Jike period. His early knowl-
edge of banking was acquired while at the latter place. In November, 1871, he came to
Independence, Kan., and became cashier of J. Q. Page’s bank. Then engaged in banking
business in partnership with William T. Turner, they continuing together until October,
1878, when Mr. Otis becaine sole owner of the institution, continuing without a partner
since that Lime, although the business is conducted under the name of William E. Otis &
Co. He also does a large agricultural implement business. Mr. Otis isa prominent member
of the Congregational Church. Mr. Otis was married at Cairo, III., September 8, 1880, to
Daisy R. Robbins, a nitive of Chicago. They have one child—a daughter.

L. 8. B. OTWELL, physician and surgeon, was born in Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind.,
November 7, 1833. I 1840 parents with their family moved to Darke County, Ohio, living
in that county seven years; thence removed to Granville, the county srat, where he received
his early education. He then became a student at Ohio Wesleyan College at Delaware, He
afterward read medicine with his father, Curtis Otwell. He graduated from the Ohio
Medical College at Cincinnati in 1864, having previously attended a course of medical | c-
tures at Ann Arbor, Mich. He practiced his profession five years at Greenville with his
father before graduating. He practiced medicine twenty-one years in the Kast before com-
ing to Independence, Kan., where he located in September, 1881. C. W. Otwell, a brother
associated with him in practice, was born in 1837. He graduated from the Columbus
Medical College, Ohio, attending @ preliminary course at Ann Arbor, Mich, He began
practice at Stelvideo, Darke Co,, Ohio, remaining until he entered the army as a soldier, in
which capacity he served three years, after which he was engaged in the practice of his

rofession until he came to Kansas. Was married in 1866 in Darke Cousty, Ohio, to Sarah
ecker. they Hay cutee childs eu an ele Gerold, and Curtis William, Jr. He is a member

WY. dc A. an z

JAMES F. OUT, grocer, was born in Tully, Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 3, 1836. In 1859
he went to Lenox Township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and resided until he came to Indepen-
dence, Kan., in October, 1870, where he purchased real estate and made a permanent set-
Uement. In the spring 1871 he erected the Diamond Corner Building at the corner Pennsyl-
vaniaavenueand Main street. In fall of the same year erected the double building on Lot 7,
Block 55, which property be stillowns. He clerked for G. Y. Smith part of a year, then en-
gaged in farming aud dealing in stock, opening a farm of 200 acres on Section 3, Fawn
Creek Township, which he yetowns, In fall of 1882 removed to Independence, and October
same year embarked in the grocery trade. He served as Treasurer Fawn Creek Township
two years. Was married in Lenox Township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, March 7, 1858, to Pheeba
E. Holman, a native of the latter township. They have one son—James Franklin, Jr. Mr.
QO. is a member Masonic order and G. A. R. On February 14, 1864, he enlisted in Company
K, One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Mustered out May 15, 1864.

M. J. PAUL, grocer, is‘a native of Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio. Came to Ottawa,
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Kan., 1n the fall of 1869, remaining there one year, engaged in mercantile business, havin
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clerked at Findlay, Ohio, for a period of seven years perore coming to Kansas. He remove
to Independence in the autumn of 1870, em barking in the grocery trade here at that time,
which he has since continued, peigione of the most reliable and prominent merchants of
this city. His business is principally of a retail character, but he «ves sone jobbing. He is
a Inember ofthe A. F.& A.M. Mr. Paul was married at Port Washington, Ohio, in Decem-
ber, 1879, to Della Kilgore, a native of that place. They have one child—Morgan J,

HILL L. PAYN®, proprietor of marble works, 1s a native of Danyille, Vermillion Co.,
Iil.; born October 21, 1854; lived in his native place until February. 1878, when he came to
Independence, Kan. His first contract was for the stone work on the Seminary at this
point. He had char; e of Dawson’s marble works fora period of four years. Engaged in
business for himsel since January, 1853, H. H. Dodd being associated with him asa part
ner, He has worked at his present business since he was fifteen years old. He isa member
of the A., F. & A.M, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and of the K. of P. Mr. Payne
was married at Frankfort, Ind. July 10, 1876, to Isabelle Feageans, a native of Champaign
County, U. They have three children—Hugh D., Ethel and Emma.

A. T. PETERSON, farmer, P. O. Independence, was born in Licking County, Ohio, July
4.1834. In April, 1839, his parents moved to Henry County, Ind. He was raised on a farm,
and in February, 1867, moved to Iroquois County, Ill. Here he was engaged in farming
until December, 1875, when he came to Kansas, locating on a farm six miles south of Inde-

endence in the township of thesamename. He is engaged in farming and stock raising.

n 1879, he was elected Township Trustee, and in 1880, a Justice of the Peace, serving one
term in each office. He has been a director of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society
ever since his advent in the county; vice-president in 1881-82, and presideny in 1883. He
is a Mason of the R.A. degree. Was married, March 13, 1863, in eury County, Ind,, to
Miss Margaret Talburt. They have five children—Francis Morton, John T., Cora Lee, Mary
Bell and Allie Jane. Mr. Peterson is keeping a complete abstract of the weather and current
local events that is destined to become valuable to the county, The record runs back
through eight years.

SANFORD H. PETTIBONE, attorney at law, was born in Springfield, Ill., December
18,1848. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-third Unols Volunteer
Infantry, Wounded at Butte, La., railroad accident, losing both legs at that time. He re-
mained in the hospital at New Orleans, La., until July, 1865, then removed to Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., and remained until discharged August 4, 1865. 'Hethen returned to Spring-
field, Ill, and in 1867 entered the Illinois Soldiers’ College at Fulton, Whiteside County,
where he remained as a student until 1871, and graduated. He then began reading Jaw with
Judge Crook, at Springfield, Ill. Admitted to the bar in July, 1872; after which he began
the practice of his profession at McPherson, Kan., being the first attorney to settle in
McPherson County. He removed to Vandalia, IU., in February, 1877, and followed the law
practice there until June, 188). After prospecting until May, 1881, helocated at Indenend-
ence, Kan, He was married at McPherson, Kau,, July 13, 1873, to Jennte Finan, of Des
Moines, lowa. Wife died February 8, 1883, leaving one son, Don, born October 6, 1878.
They lost one daughter, Mabel, wiio was born August 8, 1874; died October 21,1876. Mr,
Pettibone is a member of McPherson Post No. 4,G. A. R, When at Vandalia he served some
time as City Attorney.

H. P R, dealer in real estate, was born in Cardiff, Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 28,
1843. In 1852, his parents, with their family, moved to Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y.,
where he lived until 1864, then removed to Aurora, IJI., and remained two years. Ile then
traveled eighteen months, visiting various portions of the Southwest, finally locating at In-
dependence, Kas,, in October, 1870, where he engaged in architectural and building work
until the spring of 1873. He was a traveling salesman two years, and was in ill-health five
years. In the spring of 1881 he engaged in the real estate business. He has two fine farms
in the county, and pays some attention to agriculture. Was married in September, 1872, to
Katie O’Brien, a native of Kane County, IJ}. They have one son—Fred M.

J. oH. , dealer in drugs, is a native of Barton, Washington Co., Ohio, born July
17, 1842. Made that his home until 1863. He then becameaclerk in the Quartermaster’s
Department at the following places in order; Nashville, Murfreesboro and Tullahoma, cov-
tinuing in that capacity until summer of 1865. In July, 1866, he came to Kansas, and pros-
pected for over a year. Located at Fort Lincoln, Kas., fall 1867, and remained there until
December, 1869. He opened the first drug store at Independence in February, 1870. Car-
ried a grocery stock one and one-half years, since which he has dealt exciusively in drugs,
wholesale and retail. He has served as Alderman three terms. Was married in Mapleton,
Bourbon Co., Kas., February 15, 1870, to Josephine E. Knowles. They have three children
Ellen, Robert C. and Rachel. Mr. Pugh is a member of Masonic Order, of Independence,

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BENJAMIN F. RALLS, grocer, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, February 16, 1847.
When be was only four months old his parents removed with their family to Clermont
County, O., where Benjamin lived until he was six years of age, when his uncle took him to
Philadelphia. A year later his uncle died, and he was obliged to push forward alone in
life. He began by peddling papers and doing other work which a boy of his age was capa-
ble of performing. In 1862, he went to Cincinnati, and there learned the machinist’s trade
1u the large manufactory of Lane & Bodley, remaining with them until August 22, 1864,
when he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving three months ou the receiving ship,
“Grampus,” then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, and assigned to duty aboard the steamer
“General Bragg,” continuing on that boat during the remainder of his term of enlistinent—
one year. He wasilischarged aboard the receiving ship, “Great Western,” at Cairo, Ilis.,
August 22,1865. Going first to Chicago after his discharge, he afterwards went to Pitts-
burgh, Philadelphia, Boston,New York and other cities, spending about three years in those
various places. He then returned to Cincinnati and again entered the employ of Lane &
Bodley, continuing in their shop two years, then traveled in Indiana, repairing machinery
for a year, and from that time Lill he came to Independence, in January, 1883, he repre-
sented Lane & Bodley in the Southern States, making Greenville, Miss., his home, Mr.
Ralls was married in Richland, Richland Co,, Ind., August 6, 1871, to Sarah C, Perry, ana-
Live of Missouri: They have five children—Lilly E., Ota M., Dora A., Benjamin G, and

liam A.

CLAYTON M. RALSTIN, attorney, abstractor of titles and real estate dealer, was born
near Georgetown, Brown Cv., Oliio, November 14, 1840, lived there until October, 1849, then
removed to Fulton County, Ill.; remained there unti) April, 1864, then went to Prescott,
Arizona; November, 1869, returned to Illinois, and remained there until he came to Kansas,
He came to Inadevendence September 17, 1869. At that time there were no improvements
onthe town site. He engaged inthe bardware trade about the middle of October. Brought
some stoves and carpenter tools from Oswego first, and in January, 1870, he received the
first invoice of goods from Kansas City. He engaged in the lumber business in January,
1870. Sold out the hardware business in June, 1870, continuing in the lumber trade until
November, 1870. He was appointed County Attorney, May 9, 1870, and he has continued in
practice since that time. Began dealing in real estate in the spring of 1871. Engagedin the
abstract business in May, 1878. He is also engal ed in loan business and farming. While he
served as County Attorney he was also City Clerk. He wasameinber of the Board of Edu-
cation two terms, and now holds the office of City Attorney, He is a netmnber of the A., F. &

‘A.M. He was married at Lewistown, Fulton County, July 13, 1870, to Jennie C. Murchison,
a native of Columbia, S.C. They havetwo children—Mary P., and Meena Elnora.

: JOHN A. RANSOM, M.D., was bornin Blackford County, Ind,, August 25, 1840. He
was educated in an academy in Jay County, Ind.; studied medicine in Hartford City, Ind.;
took his first course at Ann Arbor, Mich., and finished at the Ohio Medical College at Cin-
cinnati. He began practice at Hartford City, Ind., and wasin continual practice there, ex-
cept when in medical school, until he came to Kansas in 1882. He located pi tndependence,
and is now practicing there. He belongstothe I.O. 0. F. He was married in Blackford
County. Ind., to Miss Rebecca Landon. ‘They have seven children—Caroline Frances, now
Mrs. Ithamer Rhion; Robert L., James L., Florence May, John K., Leota and Estella,

GEORGE W. READ, dealer in lumber, was born in§S pelby County, Ky., April 19, 1839.
He was educated in Georgetown College, graduating in the class of 1861. He engaged in
the grocery business at Shelbyville, and continued this business eight years, and then en-

aged in the lumber and coal trade at the same place. In 1883, he sold hils business in Ken-
tacky and came to Kansas, and located at Independence, where he has establishul a large
lumber yard, as the agent of R. A. Long & Co. of Kansas City. This firm have many yards
in southern Kansas, and do an immense business. Mr. Read has ample grounds, a fine of-
fice and a lumber shed 22x320 feet. Hecarries all sorts of lumber and bullding materials
He was County Assessor of Shelby County, Ky., for eight years, and a member of the City
Council for the same number of years. He is a member of the Masouic Order, R. A., and of
the K. of H., and K. and L. of H. He was married September 26, 1861, at Georgetown, Ky.
to Miss Ada E. Jenkins. June J1, 1881, Mrs. Read died. He has three children—the Misses
Lena, Anna and Emma.

Cc. BR. ROEDIGER, farmer, P. O. Independence, was born in Germany, May 6, 1843. Was
educated in the agricultural college at Liebenz, and came to America in 1862. He located
at Newark, N. J., and clerked in a grocery store, until July, 1863, when he was appointed
sutler to the Forty-sixth New York Regiment. In January, 1864, he resigned and settled
in St. Louis, and was employed by Louis Balke, in the iiliard table manufactory, and
afterwards was in the grocery trade on Fifth street, between Chestnut and Walnut. In
1867 he moved to Kansas City, Mo., and was the business manager of the Kansas City Post,
a German newspaper, for two years, and in 1869 went to California. He located in Sacra-
mento, and engaged in the manufacture of flue cut chewing tobacco. He came to Kansas
in February, 1872, and engaged in the confection and manufacturing business at Indepen-
dence. He had purchased a fine farm west of the city, and in 1879 closed his business
rented his store, and moved on to his farm, where he now resides, engaged inthe business
of farming and stock raising. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and K. of
Married August 15, 1869, at Sacramento, Cal., to Miss Ellen Mayer. They have six childre
—Emily, Frederick, Carl, Edward, Robert, and Albert. :

\ HON, MELVILLE J. SALTER, farmer and Register of the United States Land Office,

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS

ardinia, Wyoming Co., N. Y., June 20, 1834. His grandfather, Peter Salter,
Se umes the evolutionary arinv, and served under Was tugton inteeveral jigteric
engagements. His father, David N. Salter, was one of the founders of Battle 18 a ch.
The subject of this sketch went from Michigan to California, where he remained from B52
to 1856, when he returned to Michigan, experiencing many thrilling ad venLutes on the
voyage. In 1871, Mr. Salter removed to Kansas, and located ona farm near Tha er, his
selection being the northeast quarter of Section 22, Chetopa Township. The year following,
he was elected trustee of the township, an office held by him for five successive years. The
township had voted 435,000 to a “paper” railroad and, against all manner of denunciation,
both by the parties interested and people, who believed that the railroad operators would
act in good faith, he persistently refused to sign the bonas or permit their issue, resisting
legal processes, and ultimately carrying the point. Tie wisdom of this course was soon
demonstrated, and his constituents re-elected him to office. In A878, great excitement
prevailed among the settlers on the Osage ceded lands. Mr. Salter, although not resident
on the lands involved, was chosen chief counsellor of the farmers, and a protective assoc ii-
tion was organized. During the «agitation opcn outrages were committed against the
farmers, and three men were seriously injured. Some of the members of the association
favored retaliation, but Mr. 8. addressed the exasperated people in so etfecti veaimanrer
that summary vengeance was averted and the law sustained. The farmers succeeded, ty
peaceful measures in maintaining theirrights. In 1874, Mr. Salter was elected Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, and re-elected in 1876. One year later he was appointed Register of
the United States Land Office at Independence. which position he still holds. He bas also
served as chairman of the board of regents of the agricultural college fur four years. Ov
the 22d of October, 1856, Mr. Salter was married to Miss Sarah E, Hinkle, @ native of
Lehigh, Pa. They have three children—Louis A., Albert L., and William E. In political
sentiments Mr. Salter is a prouluent Republican, and is by religous preference an active

ro Baptist Church. .

eset TADLEY. Sheritt was born near Zanesville, Licking Co., Ohio, June 4, 1844. In
October, 1848. his parents removed with thelr family to Davis County, lowa, where he was
reared: and in July, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Thirtieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
Participated in battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Ra mond, Miss., Jackson, Miss.,
Siege of Vicksburg from May 18 to july 4, at seven days battle at Jackson, Miss., Lookout
Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, the Atlanta Campaign—going with Sherman to the
Sea. Fora period of nine months during his term of service he was detail d as cannonier
forthe First Iowa Battery. He was mustered out June 5, 1865, and returned to Iowa,
remaining there till he came to Kansas, November 2, 1869, he located on Usage Indian
lands, in what {s now Drum Greek Township, Section 6, Montgomery County, making that
his home since that date. Ee served as a member of the School Board, being Clerk and
Treasurer thereof, He is now serving second term as Sheriff of Montgomery, and is also
Deputy United States Marshal, He is a member of A,, F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter aud
Commandery, and of the A. O. U, W. He was married in Soap Creek Township, Davis Co.,
Towa, at the residence of Owen Randolp", February 4, 1866, to Malinda Randolpb, a native
of Shelby County, Indiana, chey have three children— Mary Elizabet hy William
Lafayette and Charles Alvin. They Jost one dau hter—Melvina—who died at the age of
three years, and three of their children died in infaucy, i .

THOMAS N. SICKELS, Clerk United States Land Office, is a native of Indianapolis,
Ind. Born October 22, 1939. He graduated from Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, In 186U,
Studied law while in colle.e and for some time afterward. In November, 1860, went to
Vernon County, Missouri. In the fall of 1861 went to Chicago as assistant editor of the
financial and commerrial department of the Chicago Times, August 5, 1862, enlisted in lhe
Chicago Mercantile Battery, and with it participated in the following engagements: First
attack on Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Magnolia Hills, Champion Hills, Black
River Ridge, Siege of Vicksburg and Jackson. In December, 1864, was promoted to First
Lieutenant Company E, Tenth United States Heavy Artillery (colored), having command of
the company most of the time until his muster out in April, 1866. He then located in
Franklin County, Mo., as Superintendent of the Equitable Smelting and Mining Company,
remaining in that capacity fortwo years. Afterward resided one year in Vernon County,

Located at Os wego, Kan., in the spring of 1870, and remained there until the following
fall, when he became inte: ested in the Town Company of Independence, Kan., aud removed
to that place. Was engaged in real estate and wercantile business until November, 1877,
when he became Clerk in the United States Land Office, iu which position he still remains.
He was married at Little Osage, Vernon Co., Mo., May. 21, 1867,to Harriet E. McNeil, a
native of Bates County, Mo. They have four children living— Walter Stodcard, Wm, Nor-
wood, Eva Caroline and Pansy Kate. They have lost three children, Harriet Hosmer, the
first child, died at the age of thirteen months; Robert, the second child, at the age of seven
months, and Susie Alma, the sixth child, at the age of three years. Mr. Sickles is a mem-
ber of the K. of H., Equitable Aid Union, G, A. R. and Presbyterian Church, being an elder
in the latter, leader of its choir and superintendent of its Sunday school.

HENRY F. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Independence, was born in Rock ingiany County, Va.,
November 21, 1821. He was raised in the town of Mount Crawford, and learned the busi-
ness of harness-making and saddlery. In 1852 he moved to Champaign County, Ohio,
located, at Millerstown and engaged in manufacturing harness, saddles and leather. He
enlisted, May 3,1864, in Company H of the One Hundred and Thirty-feurth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry and served foar months. He was mustered out at the expiration of term of
service, August 30,1864. He returned to his home, where he lived until 1871, when he
came to Kansas, arriving in Montgomery County April 8. He bought a farm five miles west

ndependence, where he still resides. © wassmarrie ebruary 1, in Rockingham
of Ind a bh h ill id H ied Feb: 1, 1844, in Ri king
County, Va., to Miss Harriet Jane Jones. They have five children—Elizabeth, Mrs. H. M,
Mundy, of ae kee s William E., John R., Margaret Jane, Mrs. Goode; and Evaline O., Mrs,

amuel Croft. pi

L, T. STEPHENSON was born tear Pittsburgh, Pa., May 28, 1837; was educated in the
city of Pittsburgh and Jefferson College, Pa.; removed to Illinois in 1857, locating in Mc-
Lean County; lived in Central Illinois until 1865; enlisted three times, but was rejected on
account of acrippled arm. He began the practice of law in 1862, removed to Minnesota in
1865, and taught schoo! until 1866; removed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in October, 1866; es-
tablished a commercial college there, which he conducted until he was burned out, in April,
1867. He then returned to Bloomington, Ill.. where he practiced law, aud was identified
with other interests until May 1, 1869. He then started for Kausas ina buggy, driving the
entire distance, arriving at Oswegoin July, and iu the ensuing month of August, he, with
Dr. R. W. Wright and others, organized the Independence Town Company. He drew the
charter, and on August 21, 1869, they located the town-site. The coruer-stone of the first
building, a hotel. was laid August 28, 1869, aid the hotel was opened by Mr. S. the first of
the following October. He kept it one month, and then sold out to Owen Parkkturst. Mr.
S. brought asmail stock of merchandise to Independeuce before any store was started; the
stock consisted of such articles as tobacco, quinine, ete., all contained in a bo, four by eight
feet. About the same time he started a hack hne between Iudependen-e and Oswego,
carrying passengers and the first mail. The post office was in the crown of his hat,
and when he had a call for mail, the post office was always handy for examination.
The Town Company consisted of twelve men, At their’ first meeting nine of the
twelve voted to make the stree.s seventy-five feet wide, and Mr. Stephenson was in-
structed to make the plat accordingly, but instead of obeving orders, he laid the
strects off on the plat 100 feet wide, and took the responsibility on himself. Mr. G. A.
Brown, one of the Company, and the surveyor, together with Mr. S., took charge of the
buildings and management of the Town Company's affairs. They made a treaty with the
Osages, by which they leased elght by twelve miles of country around Independence, for
which they paid $300, thus saving the early settlers from beitig taxed from five to ten dol-
lars by each roving band of Osages. In November, 1869, he moved to his claim, adjoin-
ing the town site on the south, and he now resides within forty rods of his original location.
He gave his attention to public affairs, his professional duties bein farming and stock busi-
ness until 1876. He then went to Rush County, Kan., and located the town site of La Crosse
in the geographical center of the county, four miles from ahything but prairie: called an
election; voted the county seat to La Crosse, and inthe spring of 1877 sot out his interests
advantageously, and returned to his family at Independence, and has remained here since
that time, attending to hts real estate and other interests. At the first organization of the
District Court, My 9, 1870, he was appointed by Hon. W.C. Webb, Clerk of the District
Court, and in the fall of 1870 he was elected to the same office, but in consequence of his
professional interests he resigned the office In June, 1871, at which time he had a large
practice in contested land cases, He opened the books of the office of Register of Deeds.
and as Deputy he did the recording in the county, He also assisted in opening the books of
che Probate Court, and organized that office. He is now serving his sixth year as 2 member
of the Board of Education, being secretary of the Board. He has been twice married and
has two sons, Wylie W. and Starrett L.. both living in Independence Kan :

ARCHIBALD A. STEWART, editor anid proprietor of the Independence Kansan, was
born in Champaign County, Ohio, April 23,1836, and wasreared ona farm, His father
James Stewart, a man of great pliysical power, had the honor of havinga personal set to
with Jefferson C. Davis, of Confederate faine, In which he gave the latter a severe drubbing.
Davis, at that time, was just fresh from West Point, and held the commission of Lieutenant
at Fort Winnebago, Wis. Stewart was engaged as boat builder at that place, and one day,
chancing to walk across the parade grounds, was peremptoriiy ordered off by Lieutenant
Davis, upon whom he turned, telling him to gotoh—l. Such defiance was too much for the
chivalrous soldier and officer, who, confident of his abilities thought to resent the dishonor
in a physical combat. Butthe native agility and brawny arms of the boat builder were
more than odds against the science of the West Pointer, who, worsted in the encounter,

hrunk away in chagrin and mortification. The educational advantages of A. A Stewart,
he subject of this sketch, were such as were afforded by the common schools, supplement-
ed by one year’s attendance at Antioch College, subsvquent to which he followed school
teaching for some time. hen he arrived at anajority his father and mother both died.
leaving upon him the charge of two younger sisters and three brothers aged seven, nine and
_« Of the Rebellion, as Major of the Allen County Battalion.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

eleven years, over.whom he acted the part of a father, until the marria it
d ' . feof the sisters and
the ar rival of the brothers to manhood. In 1860, he married Margaret Rebecca Henderson,
a native of Champaign County, Ohio; enlisted in Company E. of the Forty-fifth Ohio Infan-
try, in 1862; he passed through the severalsteps of promotion as Orderly Sergeant, Ser-
geant Major, Adjutant, Quartermaster and Lieutenant in command of a- company The
chief of his expertence on the field, was in the engagements at Dutton Hill, Kenesaw Moun-
tain, Resaca, Franklin, Nashville; in the Rursult of Gen. Morgan's raid through Indiana
and Ohio; in Burnsides’ campaign, in East Tennessee; in the engagements at Philadelphia
and Knoxville; and in Sherman’s famous Atlanta campaign. After aservice in the war,
of about three years, he resigned and came hoine, in February, 1865. In 1866. he emigrated
with his family to Illinois, and in June, 1869, came to Kansas, locating ona claim in Syca-
more Township, Montgomery County, and for about ten years, he was chiefly engaged in
theimprovement and cultivation of his land and inthe breeding of fine stock; having
brought the first Norman horse, Berkshire boar, and Short-horn bull into the county. At
the first election in Sycamore Township, he was chosen Trustee; was president of the Coun-
ty Agricultural Association for two years, of which he has been a director since its organi-
zation, and was elected State Representative, in 1873, as_an independent candidate, the
district being Republican bya Taalority of 250,and hea Democrat. In 1869, he gave up
farming onaccount of failing health, and took up his residence in Independence, where, in
ee he began the publication of the Independence Kansan, in which he is

WATSON STEWART, real estate, loan and insurance agent, was born near Troy,
Miami Co., Ohio, February 25, 1827; lived there until 1843, anil then removed to Attica,
Ind. In 1849, he located at Lafayette, Ind., living there until 1856, when he came to Kan-
sas, locating in what is now Cottage Grove Township, Allen Co., in May 1856, and settled
upon what was known as the Osage Indian lands, and improvedlafarm, In May 1865, he
was pppolnted Register of the U.S. Land Office, at Humboldt, Kan,, holding that position
until October 1866, and then engaged in real estate and hotel business at Humboldt, having
removed to that place the previous fall. He was re-appointed Register of the land office in
April, 1869, and remained in that office until 1871, when it was removed to Independence.
In April, 1877, be established a real estate, loan and insurance office in this city, although
retaining his family residence in Humboldt, Allen Co. He was elected Justice uf the Peace
for Cottage Grove Township in 1858, being atthattimethe only Justice inthe county. In
1859 he was elected to represent the southeastern part of Kansas in the Territorial Council,
serving as a member thereof until after the admission of the Stale in 1861. He was a mem-
ber of theKansasHonse of Renresentatives during the session of 1864-65. He served several
yearsas Alderman and Member of the School Board at Humboldt. He was one of the origi
nal members of the Chetopa Town Co. He served for about one year during the ar
L Heis a member of the Presby-
terian Church and ofthe A., F & A.M. He was married at Lafayette, Ind,, October 30,
1851, to Elizabeth Tipton, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, They have seven children living—-
Frank, Fred E., Joseph, Oliver H., Edwin, Arthur and Allan. Lost three children—Cynthia
died at the age of twelve years; Alice was only two years old at the time of her death, and
Ella was six years of age when she died.

. S. STAHL, proprietor of the Main Street Hotel, was born in Belfast Township, Bed-
ford Co.,-Pa., December 10, 1826, lived there untii 1839, when his parents, with their family,
moved to Blackford Co., Ind., which county he made his home until 1870. He was educated
at the University of New York City, and Rush Medical College, Chicago, Il)., graduating
from the latter institution, he began the practice of medicine at Hartford City, Blackford
Co, Ind. He went to Texas and remained two years, being surgeon of the Texas Rangers.
‘After this he spent about three years in Kansas, Missouri, and inthe Rocky Mountains ag
far west as the Rio Gila, and the land of the Apache. Becoming tired of this nomadic life,
he returned tothe States in 1875, and located in Independence, Kan., where he has since
been engaged 1n the hotel business. He was married at Hartford City, Ind., March 20th,
1856, to Mary A. Ransom, a native of Ohio, but reared in Indiana. They have two children,
May W., and Florence V. Mr. S. isa member of the Presbyterian Church.

_F. W. SWAB, merchant tailor, was born in Quincy, Ill, Juiy 12, 1856., He learned tail-
oring,and in 1876 went to Chicago,where he worked a year and a half for H.A.Koeln & Co.,
manufacturers of clothing and wholesale dealers, the last year having charge of a depart-
ment. He returned to Quincy, where he was in business for a year, and then moved to
Mendon, Ill. In 1878 he came to Kansas and located at Independence. Iu partnership
- with J. W. Don Lavy he was in busiuess until March 1, 1883, when he sold out and opened

another house with F, A. Bellman, firm name Swab & Bellman. They carry anice stock of
cloths, suitings, trimmings, etc., and are very artistic workmen, doing a good business.
He is a member of the Masonic order_and_ of the K. of P. He was married, December 23,
1880, at Independence, Kan., to Miss Lou Shank, x

JOHN THIBUS, hardware merchant, was born in Prussia, January 1, 1845. His parents
removed with their family to Cooper County, Mo., in 1848, living there three years, then to
Moniteau County, Mo., where both his father and motherdied. Their names were Mathias
and Anna Mary ( Vogel)Thibus. John Thibus removed to Lawrence, Kan., in 1869, lived there
eight months, six mouths at Topeka, and afterwards at Chanute till February 26, 1872, when
he came to Independence. For about two years after coming here was employed as a tinner,
that being his trade. For over eight years he has been engaged in busiuess for himself. He
deals extensively in hardware, stoves, tinware, wagon woodwork, etc. Mr. T. was married, at
Garnett, Kan., to Jennie Vogt, a native of Germany. They have four children—Katie,
Charles, Fred and Oscar. b if

L. M. TROTTER, farmer, P.O. Independence, was born in Guilford County,N.C., July 10,
1852. In 1865 he removedto Knox County, Tenn., with his pareuts, where he lived until
1869, when he moved to Henry County, Ind,, thence to Parke County, whence he came to
Kansas in 1880. He bought a farm in Independence Township, five miles west of the city,
where he resides, engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married, August 10, 1873,
in Parke County, Ind., to Miss Harriet Wineland. They had three children—Mary Eliza-
beth, Julia Anna and Lydia. Mrs. Trotter died February 4, 1883. 2

JOHN TRUBY, watchmaker and jeweler, was born in Stark County, Ohio, August 26,
1880. When seventeen years of age he went to Elkhart, Ind., where he lived three years.
From thence to South Bend, where he learned the jeweler’s business. In 1854 he removed
to Lincoln, IIL, where he was engaged in business until 1873, when he came to Kansas,
locating at Independence, where he has been in business since. He carries a good stock of
watches, clocks, jewelry and sundries. In 1878 he was elected a member of the city
council, serving ashortterm of oneyear. Again, in 1883, he was elected from the Fourt
Ward for the fullterm of two years. He was a member ofthe city council of Linvoln, I1.,
four years while aresident of that city. Heis a member of the Masonic order. He was
married at Lincoln, I1]., to Miss Sarah L. Dutf. They have six children—Juliette Elizabeth,
now Mrs. W. W. Martin, Marvin L., Lilffy A., Irene and Daisy. .

SAMUEL H. ULMER, furniture dealer, was born in Medina, Medina Co., Ohio, July 4,
1839. That was his home till 1854. Then in Iowa until he came to Kansas, May 2, 1856;
he located at Leavenworth, being in the employ of J. L. Abernathy, furniture manufacturer,
about eight months. He had learned the cabinetmaker’s trade when a youth of less than a
dozen years. He removed from Leavenworth to Lawrence, remaining in the latter place
about six months, then settled at Mount Vernon, at that time the county-seat of Franklin
County. Resided there eleven or twelve years, working at his trade, farming and dealing
in stock. He came to Independence, April 11, 1870, having lived at Osage Mission for two
years prior to coming here. He established the firstfurniture store here, From the spring of
1872 till the autumn of 1873, he was absent. With that exception, he has been a constant
resident of this place. He has served two terms as Alderman, two terms a member of the
Board of Education, and isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the A., F.
& A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter, and Commandery. He was married near Mount Vernon,
Franklin Co., feos Math 22, 1862, to Detavie Reed, a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
They have two children, Carrie and Ivy L. i

z, A. WALKER, farmer, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, May 6,1815. His parents
were from western Pennsylvania, from which State was furnished a large portion of th
early settlers of that partof Ohio. From about the thirteenth tall after the twentieth year
of his age, he was under the apprentice system, engaged in painting and the manufacture of
furniture. In 1835 went South; and between Pittsburgh, Pa., and New Orleans for some
three years was engaged aS asignwriter. Settling down to business, in company with two
brothers, he engaged in the manufacture of furniture at Steubenville, until in the early
spring of 1856,when he moved to Nebraska. Not waiting until the lands were surveyed, he
procured a claim of 220 acres, four miles south of Omaha. That, he entered upon, improved,
and remained upon until his removal to Kansas. Joining with others in the importance of
organization for promoting the interests of agriculture, the Douglass County Society, of Ne-
braska, was originated, and the first fair heldin 1859. Mr. Walker was chosen president,
helding his connection with the society as such, wilh brief intervals, until 1870. He was
treasurer of the Nebraska State Agricultural Society from the date of its organization till
his removal from the State. After making 3 tour of observation in south Kansas, and the
disposal of his property in Nebraska, he made his settlement in Montgomery County in
1872. In 1874, was elected president of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society. The
same year was elected a Representative in the Kansas Legislature, serving in the session of
1874-75. _Was correspondent from this county to the State Board of Agriculture, while the
Jate Alfred Gray was its secretary, and is at present secretary of the onteomery. County
Horticultural Society. Was married, in 1840, to Miss Permelia KE. Ives, bornin Oneida
County, N. ¥., and has raised a family of six children. Has an abiding faith in the State’s
capahilities in general, and particularly so of southern Kansas. f

T. J. WALKER, proprietor of bakery and confectionery and ice cream parlors, was

born in Knoxville, Knox Co., Ill, January 19, 1847. When he wasachild bis parents re-
moved with their family to Blandinsville, McDono3ghCo.,, Il., afterwards to Henrv, Mar-
shall Co., Ill, and later to Davenport, Iowa, where he resided until January 12, 1881, when
he came to Independence, Kansas. He has the finest ice cream and confectionery establish-
mentin Montgomery County. He enlisted, September, 1864, in Company C, Second Iowa

 

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Cav ilry; serving till July, 1865, when he was mustered out. He isa member of the A, O. U.

. and of McPherson Post, No. 4,G. A. R, Mr. Walker was married at Davenport, Lowa,
March 5, 1868, to Maria Ready, a native of Rock Island, I/l., but raised at Davenport. They
have three chiJdren—Nellie May, Estellaand Weller Weston. .

‘ISAA WALLACE, boots and shoes, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, August
16, 1853. Was educated in the academy atSmithfield, Ohio. In 1875 came to Kansas. lo-
cating in Independence, and began business as a merchant, the firm being Stich Bros.& Wal-
Jace, dealers in dry poods and general merchandise. His healtb failing, he sold out in
March, 1882, bought aranch and herd of cattle in the Iudian Territory. and has since been
rustling cattle, and now owns over 1,300 head, His brother, D. F. Wallace, is a partner in
the business. March 1, 1883, he, in partnership with a younger brother, Oliver, bought out
the boot and shoe store in Independence. They have a large store and a fine stock of goods
of all descriptions in the line and manufacture. Mr. W.is a member of the K. of H. He
was married March 19, 1879, in Tuscarawas County,Ohio,to Miss Alice Shriver. They have
one child, Kitty, born July 29, 1881.

HON. H. M. WATERS, Receiver of Public Moneys, United States Land Office, was born
at Trenton Falls, Oneida Co., N. Y., January 17, 1841, His father, Rev. Van Rensselaer
Waters, was a Baptist minister, and later in life an active busiuess man, holding for some
time, the office of Sheritf of Lewis County, N. Y., and otber official positions, His mother’s
inaiden name was Belinda R. Burr, and both father and motner were of New England
parentage. Heury M. was educated in the common schools of New York, and lived in New

ork State until he was nineteen years old, when he emigrated to Lurain County, Ohio, and
worked on a farm there until August 25, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H. Second
Onio Cavalry. In this regiment he served until December 31, 1863, when he re-enlisted
and mustered in as a veteraninthesameregiment, Was finally mustered out September
11. 1865. During hisserviceinthe army he participated in the following engagements:
Lone Jack, Newton, Monticello, Steubenville, Morgan raid throne Indianaand Ohio, Blue
Springs, Tenn. (when he had his arm broken by a musket ball), Siege of Knoxville, Summit
Point, Charleston, Kearneytown, Limestone Ridge, Opequan Creek, Winchester, Cedar
Creek, Mt. Jackson, Mt. Zion Church, Lacev’s Springs, Waynesboro, Dinwiddie Court
House, Five Forks, Beverly Bridge, Harper’s Ferry, Appomattox Station and Appomattox
Court House, Va. He was present at Lee’s surrender. During the war he served in four-
teen States and one Territory. After leaving the army he spenta term at the Commercial
School at Oberlin, Ohio, and emigrated to Lawrence, Kaun., May 2, 1866, Most of the time
during the first six months in Kansas, he was a* Baldwin City, but on December 24, 1866,
he located at Humboidt, Allen County, working in a saw mill there six months. He was
then one year with W. W. Curdy, and ten months with Moses Neal, in mercantile business,
He then entered the United States Land Office, under the administration of D. B. Emmert,
receiver, remaining with him until he went out of office two and one-half years later.
He continued with M. W. Reynolds ana E. 8S. Nichols, the successors of Reynolds, until De-
cember, 1874, when he was appointed Receiver of Public Moneys of the Osage Land Dis-
trict (the office in the meantime having been removed to Independence, Kan.), which
position he still holds. Heis one of the most prominent members in the A., F. & A. M.
in Kansas. Initiated, passed and raised in Pacific Lodge. No. 29, Humboldt, Kan., March
29, 68. Reeeived Royal Arch degrees in Valley Chapter, No. 11, Humboldt, Kan.,
March 10, 1869. Received the Council degrees in Kilwinning Council, Fredonia,-Kan.,
June 17, 1882. Received the orders of Knighthood in De Molay Commandery, No.4. Law-
rence, Kan., June 15, 1877. Elected sublime prince of the Royal Secret of the Thirty-
second Jepree of the ancient and accepted Scottish Rites, February 22, 1883. Past high
priest of Keystone Chapter, No. 22. Organized St. Bernard Commandery, No. 10, Inde-
pendeuce, Kan., and was elected first eminent commandery, grand high priest of Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Kansas, 1883. Grand commander of the grand com-
mandery of the State of Kansas, 1883. Theologically, he is in accord with the Methodist
Episcopal Chureh and contributes Jiberally towards the support of religious enterprises.
He was married at Humboldt, Kan., October 27, 1869, 19 Miss Frances M. Stephens,
daughter of Harney Stephens. She was born at Berea, Ohio. They have two children—Kate
H. and Anna Waters. :

JOHN STEWART WAY, County Clerk, was born in Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind.,
Octoher 31, 1832. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-sixth Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry, serving one year jn that regiment as Second Lieutenant, and then two years
in Company ¢, Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteers. He was First Lieutenaitin the latter. He
was in all the engagements of his command during his service with them, receiving slight
wounds in the shoulder at Richmond, Ky., August 30,1863. He was mustered out in
March, 1864. Heis amember of the G. A. R. and A.O.U. W. He was married at. Win-
chester, Ind., in November, 1853, to Lorena B. Girton, a native of Boston, Wayne Co., Ind.
They have three childreu living—Ernest A., Elmer Ellsworth and Ulysses Grant. They
have lost two daughters and a son—Annie, three years old, Lulu B., died at the age of twen-
ty-two years, and Clyde, who was six years old at the time of his death. Mr. Way came to
Kansas in July, 1873, locating on a farm in Scott Township, Linn County, where he resided
until February, 1876, at that time coming to Independence where he was engaged in house
aud sign painting urtil June, 1880, when he entered the County Clerk’s office as Deputy.
September 1, 1882, he was appointed County Clerk. He served four years as Alderman of

this city.

R.T. WHARTON, M. D, farmer, P.O. Ives, was born in Woodford County, Ky., August
10, 18382. In 1836 his parents moved to Shelby County, Ind. He was educated in the com-
mon schools, studied medicine, taking a course at Rush Medical College, Chicago. Prac-
ticed in Marion County, Lud., and took a second course at Rush, graduating in the class of
1868. Located at Acton, Ind., in practice during the war, and enlisted five times, but was
rejected on account of physical disability. He was finally accepted, October, 1863, but after
two months was discharged. He removed from Marion to Morgan County,Ind., in 1871, and
to Breckenridge, Caldwell Co., Mo., in 1875, where he engaged in the drug trade and in
practice. In 1878 he removed to Fort Scott, Kan., and in 1879 cameto Montgomery Coun-
ty, where he located on a farin, fourteen miles southwest of Independence, in Rutland
Township. He is engaged in farming and in professional practice. In July, 1882, he hada
new postoffice established in his house, called Ives, and of which he is Postmaster, Heisa
member of the Masonic Order. Was married February 17, 1856, in Shelby County, Ind., to
Miss Martha Jane Rosengarten. They have eight children—Frank E., William G., Emma
R., Bertha B., Reat R., Leon T., Jessie A. and Thomas §S.

RUFUS WILLIAMS, dealer in agricultural implements, etc., was born in Cazenovia
Madison Co., N. Y., November 26, 1835; made that his home until the spring of 1857, when
he went to Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co., Wis., and lived there wntil the fall of 1858. when
he moved to Vandalia, [ll., and in the spring of 1859, wentto California. In the fall of 1860,
emigrated to Portland, Ore., andin the spring of 1862, to Florence, Idaho, where he re-
mained till the fall of 1863; thence to Virginia City, Nev; returned to New York in Decem-
ber, 1865. In March, 1866, he went to Missouri, and remained until he traveled in Texas,
where he remained about nine months, prior to coming to Kansas; settled in Fort Scott,
Kan., in 1873, where he engaged in the sale of farm machinery until December, 1875,
when he removed to Kansas City, Mo., and resided until August, 1876; then moved to
Wichita, Kan,, and in October, 1877, returned to Kansas City, Mo., and remained until
January, 1879, when he settled at Independence, Kan., where he deals in agricultural im-
plements, wagons, carriages, sewing machines, organs, school furniture, etc. He does a
arge business in Montgomery and several adjoining counties in Kansas, and 150 miles
south in the Indian Territory; was married at Lathrop, Mo., January 3, 1870, to Louise
D’Ette Peck, formerly of Camden, Oneida Co., N. ¥Y.. They have two children— Williston R.,
and Katie L. V. Mr. W. is a member of the Massachusetts Mutual Lifeand Kansas Benev-
olent Insurance companies. 7

H. P. WILTSE, hardware, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born August 18, 1846. His
parents moved with their family to Strawberry Point, Iowa, in 1848, ahd lived there about
ten years; then returned to Cleveland, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He came
to Independence in October, 1869, first locating in Sycamore Township one yeay, then went to

 

_Independence. Engaged in the hardware trade in the fall of 1869, with H. E. Gill, and con-
‘tinued four years with him; afterward with W. T. Gairns, two and one-half years, then

at Elk Falls one and one-half years in the same business alone. He then returned to Inde-
pendence: where he was with R. i. Bennett three years. Then was a member of the tirm of

ennett & Wiltse, at Cherryvale, three years. Since March 13, 1883, has been with W. E.
Clark. He was married at Independence, July 19, 1877, to Carrie M. Funk, anative of Apple
River, Jo Daviess County, Ill. They have two children—Harold and Raymond. Mr. W.isa
member of the I. 0. 0. F. and K. of P. At Cherryvale, he was amember of the Common
Council from April, 1881, to April, 1882.

E. E. WILSON was born at Elizabeth, Allegheny Co.. Penn., November 21, 1838. He was
reared on a farm, and received such earlv education asthe district schools afforded. He
left his farm life on the breaking out of the war, aud enlisted as a soldier at McKeesport,
Pa., April 22, 1861. In consequence of a maimed hand, he was at that time rejected. On
September 25, 1861, he was enrolled in Company-C, Second West Virginia Volunteer Cav-
alry. In that capacity he entered the war asa soldier. He rose from the ranks to the rank
of Captain, through the intermediate grades of Sergeant, November 1, 1862; Orderly Ser-
geant, October 16, 1863; Second Lieutenant, April 9, 1864; First Lieutenant, November 26,
1864; Captain, January 7, 1865. He was mustered out at Wheeling, West Va.. as Captain of-
Company C, June 30,1865. On leaving the service, he returned to his old home in Penn-
sylvania, where he remained until March, 1867, at which time he immigrated to Kansas,
and settled in the vicinity of Fontana, where he resided until September 1, 1869, when he
removed to Independence, Montgomery County, bringing with him the first stock of goods
ever brought to that place. The expense of moving by wagon from Fontana to Independ-
ence, a distance of 125 miles, was then $2.25 per 100 pounds. He built a store, 16x24 feet
in size, and one story high, at a cost of $500—the saine might now be worth $75—and com-
menced business on the 1st of October. He_was associated in business forthe first two
years after coming to Independence, with F. D. Irwin, who was the first Postmaster of the
city. Mr, Wilson was subsequently interested in business at Elk City for one or two years,
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He the printers’ trade at Oquawka, and taught school during the winter following, and
_ in June.

* been a prominent member of the bar of this Judicial District since locating here.

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Since nis residence in the county, he has been constantly identified with the best interests
of the city and county, and has been honored with many offices of trust. He was a member
of the Board of Trustees who incorporated the town, July 23, 1870. He was Mayor of the
city of Independence in 1871, and has served asa meinber of the School Board. He was
appointed Deputy County Treasurer in 1874, and performed the duties of that office until
October, 1882. He was elected to the office of Treasurer, and assumed the office in October,
1882, and is the present incumbent. He is a member of the G. A. R., and commander of
McPherson Post, No. 4. He has been president of the soldiers’ re-unions, held in Iudepend-
ence in 1881 and 1882. Mr. Wilson was married, February 22, 1870, to Miss Rebecca
Braden, of Washington, Pa., who died on the 21st of April following, at Grand View, Edgar

 

 

Co., I.. while on their way to Kansas. He was again married, in Independence, January
30, 1872, to Miss Morna Moore, a native of Knox County, Ill., near Galesburg They have
six children—Zell, Albert Erskine, Floyd M. and Sallie B. (twins), Jennie M. and George.

2 FRANK A, WOODFORD, grocer, is native of Morgan County, Ohio, born December 19,
1841. Helived there till 1855, then_in Davis Connty, Lowa, till December, 1863, when he
enlisted in Cow pany. E, Third Towa Cavalry. He participated in all the battles of his regi-
ment and detachments thereof with wnich he served. In August, 1865, he was mustered
out. Returning to Iowa, he remained there until the spring of 1868, wben he came to Mon-
tana Township, Labette Co., Kan., residing there till the spring of 1870, when he located
in Caney Township, Montgomery County, his residence being there till he removed to In-
dependence, in 1878. After coming to this city, he worked atthe trade of stonemason for
about three years. Since that time, he has been engaged in mercantile business. He isa
member of the G. A. R. Mr. Woodford was married at Bloomfield, Iowa, September 17,
1862, to Mary J. Reed Satie of Ohio. They have four children—George Wilbur, Oscar
alter Hayes.

. IT. YOE was born at Port Republic, Md., March 26, 1845. At the age of thirteen, he
began learning the printers’ trade. In 1862 heenlisted in the army,in the One Hundred
and Thirty-seventh Ijlinois Infantry. After serving his country as a soldier, he removed to
Shelbyville, Mo., and engaged in the hardware business, and in about a year following this,
went to Shelbina, Mo., and purchased an interest in the Shelby County Herald, printed at
that place, and assisted in its publication. In 1871, he came to Independence, bringing the
material, press, etc., of the Herald with him, and started the South Kansas Tribune, in com-
pany with L. U. Humphrey, in which company, with C. Yoe, he is now interested.

HARLES YOE, was born at Rushville, Ill., September 22, 1849. Until eighteen years
of age he followed farming and printing, and in 1867, removed to Shelbina, Mo., and began
ing onthe Shelby Oounty Herald, of which his brother was part owner. When the
material of that paper was brought to Independence, and the Tribune started, he was en-
aged upon that paper, and in 1874, became interested as proprietor with his brother, W. T.
oe, having purchased the interest held by George Burchard.
~ H.W. YOUNG, editor and proprietor of the Independence Star, was born at Northville,
The earlier part of his life was spent in farming
For some two years, he devoted himself to the investigation of the
flora of Suffolk County . ¥., of which be, in connection with KE. B. Miller, published a
catalogue, in January, 874. In 1870, he visited Texas, with a view of settlement, but, find-
‘hereon to rest his foot satisfactorily, returned to his home in New York. In about
he made an extended trip to South America and the West Indies, Dur-
etained at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, with an attack of een fever, and upon
In August, 1874, he removed to Illinois, and com-

 

ing which he was

JOSEPH B. ZEIGLER, attorney, was born near Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., Ma

19, 1843; graduated trom Dickinson College, at Carlisle, in 1864, read law at Carlisle, an
was admitted to the bar in April, 1867, began practice at St. Paul, Minn., the same spring,
remaining there until June, 1868, when be located at Leavenworth, Kan., and continued in
practice there from August, 1868, to the spring of 1870, when he removed to Oswego, La-
March 1, 1871, he came to Independence, an has
ene
listed September 20, 1844, in Company A, One Hundred and First Pennsylvania Veteran
Volunteer Infantry; was mustered out June 25, 1865. Heisa member of the A..F. & A. M.
Blue Lodge, Chapter andCommandery. Mr. Z. was married in this city June 4, 1874, to
ee payin, a native of Norwich, Chenango Co., N. ¥. They have two children—Ella M.

and Walter P.

WILLIAM EDWARD ZEIGLER, attorney and insurance agent, was born near Carlisle,
He was educated in the public schools of his native

ette County, and remained one year,

to Independence, Kan.,in May,1879. He also read law one year at Carlisle,one year with Jonn
Hays, and continued his law stadies after he came West, with his brother, John B. Zeigler,
and was admitted to the bar March 12, 1880, since which time he has pursued the practice
of his profession, and also does 2 general fire and life insurance business, representing some
of the best companies which do business in this country, such as the Etna of Hartford, Con-

_tinental, of New York; German American, of New York; Glens Falls, N. Y.; Orange, of
Hartford; Providence Washington, of Rhode Island; Westchester, of New York; Phcenix,

of London; Northern, of London; Merchants of St. Joe, Mo., and the Massachusetts Mutual
r. Z. ig a member of the K. of P. He served eight months as City Clerk, and then re-
signed on account of interference with the duties of his other business.

‘ COFFEYVILLE.

' At an early period in its history, several attempts were made to establish
a town in the southeastern part of the county, nearly all of which failed of suc-
cess. The first attempt was made in 1869, when a town called Clymore, named

 

HISTORY OF KANSAS,

in honor of an Indian chief by that name, sprang into existence, at Lushbaugh’s
trading store. I.C. Crawford and Eli Dennis, in the spring of 1869, laid
out a town a mile or so south of Clymore, which they christened Westralia.
These places, however, gave way under the absorbing influence. of a town
founded by Col. Coffey and N. B. Blanton, called Coffeyville, during the fall of
1869. About a mile and a half south of Westralia, on the east side of the Ver-
digris, stood the town of Parker, which was started about this time, by D. T.
Parker, after whom it was named, assisted by H. W. Martin andothers. This
town was designed to be the southern terminus of the Leavenworth, Law-
rence & Galveston Railroad, then building, in consequence of which it was the
chief point of attraction and outstripped, in its progress, all surrounding points.
For awhile, the town enjoyed a marvelous growth, having within a single year
grown to a city of more than a 1,000 inhabitants. A change, however, came
across the minds of the railroad builders, who concluded to cross the Verdigris
at a point a few miles dbove Parker, which stood upon the east side of the river,
and run down on the west, instead of on the east side of that stream,as was pre-
viously the intention. In this ungenerous act upon the part of the railroad
authorities, Parker read her doom. Here was a new chance presented, and, in
1871, Coffeyville, a town distinct from the one previously started under this
name, was established under the favoritism of the railroad company. Being
the pet of the railroad was sufficient guaranty of its success. The removal of
a few houses from Parker to the place created a “stampede,” and, in a short
period of time, thecity of Parker was completely annihilated; the greater part
of it was taken to Coffeyville, and what was left became scattered in other places
far and wide, and of the once flourishing city only two or three buildings are
left to mark the place whereon it stood. Parker, however, for several months,
fought her antagonist vigorously, but when the break was made the dyke was
swept away and the resistless flood rushed through.

The present city of Coffeyville is located in the southeastern part of the
county, on the west bank of the Verdigris River, about two and a half miles
from the north line of the Indian Territory, and is the terminus of whatis now
called the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad.

The first town of Coffeyville, now called ‘‘old town,” was established about
a mile south of the site of the present city bearing this name, by N. B. Blanton
and Col. Coffey, for whom it was named. It, too, enjoyed a season of flatter-
ing prosperity and prospect, stimulated by the idea of being the probable rail-
road terminus. Being a border town, and on the cattle trail, much disorder and
confusion prevailed, so much so that the main thoroughfare took the name “Red
Hot street,” and crime and murder were of common occurrence. But this place,
too, like many others, was robbed, not only of its population, business and
prospects, but, also, of the very name, by the new town which had sprung up
adjoining it on the north.

For some time Coffeyville was the terminus of the southern cattle drive, to
which immense herds of cattle were driven from the Territory and Texas for
shipment by rail to Eastern markets. This had the effect to stimulate the
business of the town, on account of the numbers and character of its floating
population. Everything was in a constant “hurrah,” men were wild with ex-
cilement, and society was a chaos. The wild, reckless ‘‘cow boy” knew no
restraint; gamblers plied their avocation openly, and at all times; saloon men
were hurried to serve customers with liquors, and the streets resounded with
the rattle of beer glasses and the clickings of the keno and billiard rooms;
quarrels were frequent, and the reports of the pistol, announcing that some
unfortunate man had fallen a victim to the well aimed instrument were com-
mon; dance halls, filled with lewd women of the most beastly type, lined the
streets, in which revelry, debauchery and criminalities ran riot. Gambling
became so common, and of such a nature, as to become a nuisance, so that, at
one time, the Mayor of the city, A. B. Clark, instructed the police officers to in-
vade the gambling dens and arrest the offenders. The next morning the
“lordly magistrate” sat in judgment upon such as had been arrested for vio-
lating the laws during the past day, evening and night ; but judge of his surprise
to find among those arrested in compliance with his instructions, and now
arraigned before him for trial, a majority of the city council.

In the face of these discouraging features, operating to drive away law
abiding and peace loving settlers, the town grew like magic, The cattle trail
having long since been removed farther west, society has become organized and
settled, so that the town is now quiet and peaceable as any in the State, and
although it has lost that which more than anything else made its early growth
so rapid, viz: the cattle trade, yet, supported by a wide scope of fertile ter-
ritory, she has grown to a city with a population of about fifteen hundred, and
is the second best town in the county for size and commercial importance.
An extensive and flourishing trade is supplied from the Indian Territory,
which, perhaps, goes far toward giving Coffeyville her commercial superiority.

During the year 1872, Coffeyville became organized and incorporated under
the laws of the State, as a city of the third class, and, at an election held
for the purpose, the following officers were elected: A. B. Clark, Mayor; I.
N. Neeld, Clerk; T. B. Eldridge, Treasurer; Luther Perkins, Police Judge;
Peter Flynn, Marshall ; O. D. Tallman, David Blain, G. W. Curry and Peter
Wheeler, Council. Those having held the office of Mayor of the city since
its organization are:—A. B, Clark, G. J. Tallman, J. Barricklow, T. B. Eldridge,
W. C. Masten, J. M. Heddens and C. M. Hetherington,

A postoffice was first established at “Old” Coffeyville, in September, 1871
where it remained a few months, and was taken to the present city of Coffey-
ville. The first Postmaster was Col. Coffey, who kept the office in’ his store
room. After the removal of the office, in the spring of 1872, S. B. Hickman
became Postmaster, and has since then held the position.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, ETC.

The first school inthe town was taught in the fall of 1871, by J. T. Creswell
now called old town, and was kept in a storeroom. A very excellent and COMIneAIGOE
school building was erected in 1872, at a cost to the city, of fifteen thousand dollars. Itisa
ro story. brick, containing four rooms, and is very commanding in appearance. The
ieachera. ‘he enulferation for 1862, wat iay and MB enealinantwas vole wih an aes
f y , Was . and the
daily attendance of 172, under charge of M. R. Cook, asaninersen” sci eiianertitonais
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

"~ The First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1871, and incorporated under

the law of the State in the follow! ug year, and curing the year 1874, the chureh house was

built. Asuitable parsonage building is also provided; the entire church property being

valued at about $1,500. The congregation has a membership of about eighty, under the
astorate of Rev. D. T. Sommerville. A Sunday school is also run,-under the auspices of
he church, with an average attendance of one hundred. .

_ The Episcopal Church, or St. Paul’s Church, was organized in March, 1878, by the
Bishop of the Diocese, assisted by the Reverends L. L. Holden and Beatty, and was effected
in the Methodist Episcopal Church, with five members. The building of a house began in
the fall of 1878, the corner stone being laid December 14, and was completed in the spring
of 1879, at a cost of $1,500. It is a one-story frame building, with a capacity for seating one
hendred and fifty persons. The congregation, uow numbering fifty members, is without a

gular pastor.

The bathovics also have a small society here under charge of Father Scholls, of Indepen-
dence, and are without a church building.

There are also churches among the colored population of the city.

Coffeyville has also a fair representation of local fraternities, of which there are three in
prosperous existence. These are the: 5 .

eystone Lodge, No. 102, 4..F. & A. M. was established under charter, October 19,
1871, with fifteen charter members, and E. Dennis was chosen worshipful master, and
Joseph McCreary, senior warden. The lodge, now numbering sixty-five members, is under
the official management of Joseph McCreary, worshipful mastex; J. S. Lang, senior war-
den, and F. W. Noblett, junior warden.

Star Lodge, No. 11 , 1. O. 0. F., was instituted May 29, 1874, with seven charter mem-
bers, and T. C. Frazier was elected noble grand, O. P. Erganbright, secretary, and M. M.
White, treasurer. The lodge, at present, has a meinbership of forty-five, and is officered as
Toews G. A. W. Faust, noble grand; J. M. Hedges, treasurer, and W. R. White, secre-

ary.

Coffeyville Lodge, No. 1,931, K. of H., became established December 10, 1879, with
fifteen members. E. L. Foster was cliosen dictator; George Slosson, reporter; and J. T.
Isham, treasurer, There are now forty-two members and George Slosson is dictator; T. C.
Frazier, reporter; and J. T. Isham, treasurer. The lodge meets in the Masonic Hall.

Castle Elberon, No. 183, Knights of the Golden Rule, was instituted November 11, 1881,
with twenty members, with A. C, Keifer, commander; J. W. Glass, secretary; and W. H.
Lewark, treasurer. The present officers are O. P. Erganbright, commander; J. W. Glass,
secretary W. H. Lewark, treasurer. The lodge, numbering twenty-six members, meets in
the Odd Fellows’ Hall. The Masons and Odd Fellows each are provided with large and
comfortably furnished halls. Z

The Coffeyville Journal, now the only paper in operation in the place, was established
October 25, 1875, oy W. A. Peffer, who, in October, 1881, associated with him his two sons,

.A,, jr., and D. M. Peffer. The sheet is a five-column quarto, is Republican in politics
and has a circulation of 500 copies. : 2
4 The Banking House of Ayres & Steel was established May 18, 1880, by T. G. Ayres and
Samuel Steel, and is the only monetary institutionin the city at the present time.

4 _ Since the burning of the large flouring mill, in June, 1882, the manufacturing interests
of the city are confined to the less important establishments, such as wagon and carriage
factories, etc. Speedy effort, however, is being made to rebuild the flour mill, and it is only
a question of short time when that concern will be replaced by a la: ger and better one.

In the vicinity of Coffeyville are a number of manufacturing establishments of various
kinds, Thayer & Gordon own a cheese factory; Barnes & Cooper, a steam saw mill; A.
Montgomery a water flour mill; A. Blake, a steam fanning mill; Long & Crum, a steam
corn-grinder; Morgan Brothers, a steam saw and corn-mill.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

RICHARD ANDERSON, dealer in agricultural implements, was born near Taylorville
Christian Co., Ill, June 10, 1848, and lived there until October 24, 1880, when he came to
Kansas. In November of that year he located near Fredonia, Wilson County, and was
engaged in farming there until March, 1883, when he formed a partnership with James
Swith, of Wilson County, and I. Olinger, of the same county, for the purpose of dealing in
agricultural implements at Coffeyville, where Mr. Anderson now resides, although he still
owns his farm in Wilson County. He was married in his native county, December 29, 1870.
to Frances A. McCabe, also a native of that county. They have four children, Walter F.,
Emma F., Effie E. and Floyd J. :

THOM. G. AYRES, banker, came to Coffeyville in May, 1880. He engaged in bank-
ing the 25th day of that month, in partnership with Samuel Stecl, under the firm name of
Ayres & Steel. They continued together until January 15,1883, when Mr. Stee: disposed
of his interest in the business to Mr. Ayres; since then bank has been conducted by Thomas
G. Ayres &Co. Mr. A. is a native of Andover, Henry Co., Ill., educated in his native place
andin Kentucky. Read law with W. H. Sheppard, at Cambridge, Ill., and was admitted to
the bar in 1872; began the practice of law at Cambridge, continuing to give his attention to
that profession until he came to Kansas. : é

J. J. BARNDOLLAR, merchant, was born in Everett, Bedford Co., Pa.. May 5, 1842.
In 1868 he removed to Lanark, I1l., where he resided until the spring of 1870, then came to
Kansas, locating at Humboldt; inthe summer of 1871 he settled at Coffeyville where he
has since carried on a wholesale and retail business, dealing in general merchandise. His
brother, George I. Barndollar, has been associated with him in the business for the last six
years. Mr. B. is a meinber of the A., F. & A. M. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company
©, One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served nine months
being First pergeant of his company.

HON. JOHN BARRICKLOW, merchant, and Mayor, is a native of Ohio County, Ind.,
-born May 24, 1835.- In May, 1855, he came to Lawrence, Kan., soon afterwards locating at
Baldwin City, taking a claim first, and about 1864 be embarked in mercantile trade there,
remaining at that place until March 1, 1871, when hecame to Montgomery County, settling
at Parker, where he continued merchandising fortwo years, thence to Coffeyville, where he
has been continuously in trade to the present time, being one of the oldest merchants in the
county. He has held the office of County Treasurer, and was tho second Mayor of Coffeyville,
again serving in the same position, making a judicious and popularcity executive. He does
quite an extensive wholesale business, dealing largely with parties living in the Indian Ter-
ritory. Inaddition to merchandising, he is a prominent buyer of wool, hides, furs, etc. He
is a member of the A., F. & A. M., andI.0.0. F. Mr. B. was married in this city in Jan-
uary, 1881, to Sadie D. Kent, a native of Kent, Ill.

AUSTIN BLAKE, ofthe firm of Grisham & Blake, proprietors of the State Line Flour-
ing Mills. Mr. B. was born near Olive, Noble Co., Ohio, September 4, 1838, removing from
his native place to Missouri, in 1860. In 1860 he went to Illinois, and April 15, 1861, he
responded to the first call for troops by enlisting in Company B, twenty-first Nlinois Vol-
unteer Infantry. He served as Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain of his
company. He participated in all engagements of his command, and was never wounded or
taken prisoner. He was mustered out January 22, 1866, being Captain of the company at
that time; returning to Illinois, he resided at Tuscola, Douglas Couuty, until 1868, when
he came to Kansas, and located_in Shiloh Township, Neosho County, farming there until
1873, then removed to Oxford, Sumner County, and was engaged in milling at that place
and vicinity till February, when he came to Coffeyville, continuing in the same business
here, having at present one of the most compact and perfect mills in the State, provided with
the most approved New-process machinery—with a capacity of eighty ‘barrels every twen-
ty-four hours. Mr. Blake isa member of theI. 0.0. F. He was married at Paris, Ill., Jan~
‘uary 23, 1864, to Annte Brooks, a native of that place. They have five children—Almond
C., Elwood L., John Eugene Austin and Maud, .

HON. A. P. BOSWE L, capitalist and President of the Board of County Commissioners,
was born near Decaturvilie, Decatur Co., Tenn., June 29, 1837, and that was his home until
he locatedin Parker Township, Montgomery County, Kan., in July, 1871. He settled on
the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 10, living there one year, then on the west
half of the northeast quarter of Section 9; later on Sections 10 and 11. In 1877 he removed
to Coffeyville, where he has since been engaged in loaning money. He was ‘Trustee of Par-
ker Township in 1876, and was elected County Commissioner the same year, and has been
continued in that office, by re-election, since thattimne. Heis President of the Board, bav-
ing held the same position once before. He isa member of the A., F. & A.M. He was mar-
ried in Decatur County, Tenn., October 24, 1854, to Melissa D. Kelley, a native of that
county. They have five children—George F., Sarah Semantha, Tiney Colea, Andrew, Alex-
ander and William Arthur. Mr. Boswell first visited Kansasin 185%. He was at that time
visiting several of the States and Territories. ‘

J. S. H. BUMP was born at North Bend, Hamilton Co., Ohio, October 9, 1819; lived
there about six years, then at Cincinnati until 1834; at Terre Haute, Ind., from 1834 to 1837,
then two years at Dayton, Ohio, returning to Yerre ,Haute, where he remained until 1845,
He was afterwards Postmaster at various places until he came to Kansas in 1870. He was
two years in California, Heisa member of the I. 0.0.F. InlApril, 1870, Mr. Bump lived
at the old town of Coffeyville, and followed various kinds of business while there—farmer,
boarding-house keeper, auctioneer, etc. Inthe spring of 1872 he removed to the present
site of Coffeyville, and for several years was engage: i
For the last'six years he has been connected with the mercantile establishment of W. 8S.
Upham. He has served as Justice of the Peace and Alderman. He was married at Terre
Haute, Ind., in Apri], 1843, to Ann Frances Cole, a native of the city of New York. They
have five children—Josephine, now Mrs. David Pollock, of Sterling, Kan.; Henry C., a resi-
dent of Coffeyville; Katie R., now Mrs. M. M. White, of this city; Scott E., and Fannie,
now Mrs. Wni. H. Lape, of Sterling, Kan. 4

. H, CLARK, photographer, is a native of Monroe, Butler Co., Ohio, born November
2A, 1836. He enlisted September 4, 1861, in the Eleventh Ohio Independent Battery, serv-
{ng until November 5, 1864. He participated in all engagements of his command during

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ted at Burlington, Coffey Co., Kan., where he was engaged in the photographic puslp ers
until October, 1878; afterwards at Chanute one year, Osage Mission six months, com ng
from the lattér place to Coffeyville. He has constantly engaged in business since 1868. ‘ e
was located at Galva, IIl., fora short time prior to his removal to Kansas. Mr. Clark is a
member of the K. of H.,and_K.of P. He was married at Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio,
March 14, 1867, to Rebecca Jane Marshel, a native of Preble County, but raised in Butler
County, Ohio. ’They have two children— William Marshel and Ray Hamilton.

PROF. M. R. COOK, Principal of the Coffeyville Schoo!s, is a native of County West
Meath, Ireland, September 29, 1841, but at tne age of five years he was brought by his par-
ents to America, and was raised and educated in the State of New York. He graduated from
the State Normal School at Albany, and also from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and
in 1863, he entered the New York State Department of Public Instruction as_an Institute
Conductor and Lecturer, continuing in that department one year anda half. He was then
elected to the chair of Mathematics in the Utica Free Academy. About six months later he
accepted a responsible position in the public schools of the city of New York, being con-
nected therewith until May, 1879, when he came to Kansas, taking charge of the department

Natural Science, and teaching collateral branches in the State Normal School at Em ae
ria. After one year’s connection with that institution he took charge of the Coffeyville
schools. When he came here there were only 175 pupils in the schools. Under his man-
agement the educational interest has been wonderfully promoted, having now an attend-
ance of over 400 pupils in the schools. There are nine grades below the High school. Each
department, Primary Intermediate and Grammar, having three grades. Since the Profes-
sor came here the schools have been raised from a low state of discipline and instruction to
a standard which ranks among the best, for which he has a just title to the approbation of
the community. He is acontributor to the “Popular Science Monthly,” and other like
publications. All his contributions for those journals are of a scientific character. He also
writes for the newspapers on various topics. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Blue
Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He is a charter member of the K. of P., andisalsoa
nem ber of the Episcopal Chureb. e

JOHN W. CUBINE, Loot and shoe manufacturer, was born In Withe County, Va., No-
vember 4, 1844, lived there until 1866, then removed to-Missouzi, where he resided until
1873, when he located at Chetopa, Labette Co., Kan., remaining there until the spring of
1876, when he engaged in farming in Howard Township inthe same couuty. Iu September,
1876, he came to Coffeyville. He has worked at his trade of boot maker since 1859, and is
one of the most accomplished workmen inthe State. He is a memberofthe K.of H. He
was married to his present wife, Alice D. Wright, at Regency, Gentry Co.. Mo., Mareh 29,
1871. Sheis anative of Worth County, Mo. ‘They have four children—Claude D., Gracie
& Zoe Georgia Vivian and Flora. Mrs. Cubine is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

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DAVID DAVIES, brick manufacturer, was born in Wales {n 1830, and cameto America
in 1850, aud settled in Wisconsin, where he learned the trade of bricklayer in Oshkosh,
where he catried it on for ten years. In 1861, he went to Pike’s Peak, and after a year lo-
cated in Pioneer City, Idaho, where he remained connected with mining for several vears.
He then spent some time in connection with his business in San Francisco Cal. In 1870, he
came to Kansas and located here the following year, where he has carried on his trade suc-
cessfully since. In 1880, he established his present panutactory, which turns out about
300,000 brick per annum. He married in 1880, Mrs, Margaret Sweetman, formerly Hol-
lingsworth, a native of Indiana. She isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
has been a member of the Cambrian Mutual Aid Society for several years. =

AVID A. DAVIS, saddler and harnessmaker, was born in Cortland County, N. ¥.,
September 4. 1840. He enlisted in September, 1861, in Company G, Kighty-first New York
Volunteer Infantry, and was flechargecin August, 1863, on account of disability, caused
py wounds, received at the battle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. After leaving the army, he
remainedin New York until April, 1865, then for five years he worked as a journeyman
harnessmaker at various places in different States. In the spring of 1870 he located at
Parker, and in the fall of 1871 came to Coffeyville, being the firss harnessmaker in both
places. Heisamember of the Christian Chigch, and of the I. 0.0. F. He. was married in
this place, in November, 1871, to Florence: . vy, a native of Iilinois. They have one
child—J. Valentine, born at Coffeyville, B r 87

Cc. C, ECKERT, tinner, with J. T. RB
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1868, resided _ itr ter piavG until seve vn
working at ‘ sincécoming heré;: first ¥ finn, and later with his present
employer. He has worked at the tinner’s trade f he last twelve years. Heis a member
of the K. of P. His father, Christian Eckert, is now a resident of Ottawa. Kan.
T. G@. FUQUA, gunsmith and dealer in game, furs, etc., was_born in Greenup County,
Ky.. November 25, 1831. After the age of five years he llvedin Morgap, Benton and Jack-
son Counties, Mo., until March 1, 1860, then located between Geneva and Neosho Falls, in
Allen County, Kan., living in that county until 1864, then removed to Leroy, Coffey Co.,
Kan., remal ing there eighteen months, six months in Riley County, Emporia two months,
then at Neosho Rapids, until he came to Coffeyville. Prior to coming here, he had been en-

aged in teaching school, photographic business, gunsmith’s trade, etc. Since locating
flere he has kept a gun shop, and during the winter seasons dealt in game andfurs. He was
married in Morgan County, Mo., December 10, 1856, to Sophronia Stoddart Washburn, a
native of Ashtabula County, Ohio. She died October 29, 1869, leaving three children—
Roxanna Eugenia, now Mrs. Joseph Reeder, Richard James, and Thomas Washburn. Mr.
F.’s father, Richard J. Fuqua, a native of Kentucky, built the first house in Allen County,
Kan,, during the winter of 1854—’55. He removed from there to Oregon in 1864, where
he died. His widow survives, and still resides in Oregon; she was also born in Kentucky.

CHARLES F. GENTNER, owner of Sunny Sight Farm, P. O. Coffeyville, was born in
Gasconade County, Mo., January 29, 1844, and was reared and educated there. At the
age of twenty-one he went to Washington, dD. C., and engaged at merchandising until 1867,
when he’returned to Fulton, Calloway Co., Mo., and was identified with the milling business
until 1869, when he came to Kansas and engaged in merchandisiug in Lenexa fortwo years.
He then came here, and after carrying on mercantile business in Parker a year, retired
from it and engaged in his present industry, which he has successfully carried on since.
He married in 1867, Miss Blanche Leonhardt, a very estimable lacy, and a native of Mis-
souri. They have three sons and three daughters—Lillie, Addie, Kdward, Harry, Katie and
Charlie, and have buried their seventh child, Virgie, in the family cemetery here. Heand
wife are members of the Luth«ran Church. He is an active member of the I. 0. O. F. soci-
ety. Sunny Sight, his farm, 1s located two and one half miles southwest of Coffeyville, and
contains 160 acres ofchoice land. Ten acres of it is devoted to a variety of fruit trees, vines,
etc., five acresin handsome fruit trees; the balance is devoted to grain tillage and pasturage,
It has handsome dwellings and and outbuildings located upon it, and is otherwise nicely im-
proved. Mr. Gentner’s speciality is cattle aud hogs, stock raising and breeding.

JOHN W. GLASS, grocer, was born in Bedford, Ind., August 4, 1857. When he was an

infant his parents removed with their family to Carthage, Ill., removing from there to Law-
rence, Kas., in 1869. After four years residence in the latter place they returned to Car-
thage. In October, 1878, J. W. Glass came to Coffeyville, engaging in mechanical pursuits
here till Apri! 1, 1883, when he engaged in grocery trade in parinerenip with C. M, Hether-
ington, his present partner. Mr. G.is a member of the L. O. O. F., and Knights of the Golden
Hales Hie was married in this city March 23, 1881, to LillieM. Lape. They have one child
—Harry W. .
RICHARD COLLEONS GRISHAM, of the firm of Grisham & Blake, proprietors, of the
State Line Flouring Mills, is a native of Brown County, Ohio, born August 19, 1833, lived
there till 1855, then removed to Fulton County, LIl., living there and in Schuyler County, in
the same State, until he came to Kansas. Inthe spring of 1874, he cameto Parker Town-
ship, Montgomery County, locating on Sections 10, 11 and 12; still owns the farm, and re-
sided on it until February, 1883, when he came to Coffeyville to live. In March, 1883, he
and Austin Blake built one of the most complete flouring mills to be found anywhere. Ttis
furnished with the Great Western Manufacturing Company’s purifiers, bolters, etc., and all
the other appurtenances, are of the most approved kinds. They do exclusively merchant
milling. Their millhas a capacity of eighty barrels per day (twenty-four hours). Mr. G.
ig a member of the A., F. & A. M. @ was married in Scott Township, Brown Co., Ohio,
in 1853, to Orpha Ralstin, a native of that county. They have five children—Viola
Artimeca, ply, Bell, Eugene and Florence, twins, and Victoria Jane.

J.T. HANKINS, proprietor of livery stables, is a native of Bradiey County, Tenn.,born
May 15, 1845. Served three years and four months in the Second Tennessee Cavalry, Com-
pany A. Located at Baxter Springs, Kansas, in 1869. afterwards at Chetopa; then in North-
western Arkansas; then in Texas, employed in driving cattle from there to different
shipping pointsin Kansas. August 11, 1875, he located at Coffeyville, and was engaged in
the livery business here for one year and a half, then spent a year in Texas dealing in buffalo
hides, etc.; returning to Coffeyville he again embarked in the livery business, now runnin
two stables. Heisamember of the I. 0. O. F. He was married in this city, August 18, 187.
to Mary Kloehr, a native of Germany. *

ON JAMES M. HEDDENS, merchant, is a native of Logansport, Ind., born March 20,
1837, remaining there till 1855, then came to Kansas, locating on aclaim near Burlington,
Coffey County. In the summer of 1861 he recruited the principal part of Company E, Biren
Kansas Cavalry, and was made Second Lieutenant of the Company. In 1862 he was trans-
ferred to Company K, of the same Regiment, becoming First Lieutenant thereof, and com-
manned the company all of thetime,as the Captain was on staff duty. Participated in seven-
teen battles. Immediately after the surrender of Gen. Lee, he resigned and returned to
Coffey County, resuming his farming pursuits, specu’ating, etc. In August, 1§74, he re-
moved to Cotteyville (the old town) aud engaged in grocery business. In 1872 he removed
to the present site, conducting business under the firm name of Barron & Heddens seven

ears. They were, for a while, also engaged. in mercantive business with J. J. Barndollar, at
sage Agency, Indian Territory. Mr. Heddens was at St. Louis in business fora “hort time,

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then returned to Coffeyville and continued merchandising without a partner for two years.
In 1881 Mr. M. M_ White became associated with him as a partner and they have since con-
tinued together. The Captain has served one term asa member of the Kansas House of
Representatives, and has twice been Mayor of this city. Hein a member of the I. 0. 0. F.
and K. of H. He was married at Baldwin City, Kansas, in December, 1866, to Sarah E. Dav-
ison, anative of Chillicothe, Ohio. They have two children—Katie Louise and Annie Isi-
belle. The firm of Heddens & White does a wholesale and retail business in groceries aud
dry goods, also buys produce, hides, ete.

CHARLES M. HETHERINGTON, grocer and farmer, was born near Wattsburg, Erie
Co., Pa., November 18, 1837. Lived in that region until 1855, when he removed to Lowa.
In the spring of 1856 he w-nt to Minnesota, and August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company ©,
Sixth Minnesota Volunteez Infantry, and served as 2 Lon-commissioned officer until Sep-
tember, 1865. Eighteen months ofthe time he was inthe service was spent fighting the
Sioux Indians. In April, 1870, he came to Kansas, locating at Parker, ontgomery Co.,
Kan., the first day of the ensuing month. He dealt in ponies with Iudians quite extensively
fora while. Fora year he was in the grocery trade, removing then to Coffeyville: continu-
ing in the same business here until 1881, afterwards, for two years, handling Texas and
Arkansas cattle. He then-engaged in grocery business again, John W. Glass being associated
with him asapartner. Early in 188s he purchased a fine farm of 120 acres, which adjoins
the city. He served several years as Alderman, one term as Mayor, antl for the last six yeafs
as School Treasurer. He was married at Baldwin City, Kan., July 13, 1870, to Anna M.
Below, a native of Iudiana. They have four children—Frank a Loretta May, Cora

., and Roy.

S. B. HICKMAN, Postmaster, was born at Paducah, Ky., POpeUAL 14, 1844. When he
was only six months old his parents removed with their family to Switzerland County, Ind.,
and that was his home until 1865. He then removed to Ray County, Mo., where he resided
until he caine to Kansas in June, 1869, locating at the old town of Cotteyville, where he en-
gaged in the grocery business. In 1871 he was appointed Postmaster, and when the office
was removed to the present town site he was continued in office and has held it uninter-
ruptedly to the presenttime. He is alsoengaged in the book and stationery business. He
has served as a member of the School Board, etc. He was married at Rising Sun. Switzer-
land Co., Ind,, March 4, 1868, to Alice T. Taylor, who was born at Louisville, Ky., but raised
in Indiana. They have four children—George P., Harry L., Gertrude anit Thomas 8S. Mr.
H. is a Roval Arch Mason and 1s amember of the K. of H.

. B. HOOPER, owner of ‘Cedar Bluff Farm,” P. O. Coffeyville, was born in Sangamon
County, IHs., March 28, 1842; was reared in Missouri. In 1869 came here and located. He
married, in 1870, Miss’ Elizabeth Smith, of Missouri. ‘They have four daughters—Viola,
Ollie, Daisy, and an infant, During the war he did service in Company B, Fourteenth Kansas
Cavatry, from 1863 tillend of war, was honorably discharged. Cedar Bluff Farm aggre-
gates 249 acres of land; is located upon the Verdigris River, which separates it in two
divisions. Nice pulldings are located upon it and has a good orchard,

JAMES M. HOUSEL, owner of Elmdale Farm, P., O. Coffeyville, was born in Northum-
berland County, Pa., January 24, 1834. In 1856 went to Henry County, Fowa, and followed
farming there until the war, when he enlisted his services in Conipany D. Fourth Iowa Vol-
unteer Cavalry, September, 1861, and remainedi the service until December, 1864, when
he was honoranly discharged. After the war he weit to Shelby County, Mo., and in Augu-t,
1869, came here and located upon his present place, which he hasimproved, It contains
240 acres ot choice land. Is located four miles northwest of Coffeyville; is well watered
stocked; has comfortable buildings, a nice orchard. He was married, in 1868, Lo Miss
Annie E. Gooch, a lady of fair literary attainments, who was born and reared in Shelby
County, Mo. They have a family of one son and two daughters—Blanche Y., Barron C., and
Mabel E. He and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church.

H. H. ISHAM, banker, is a native of Avon Springs, Livingston Co., N. Y., born Novem-
ber 22, 1836. In 1868 he removed to South Haven, Mich., and carried on hardware business
theretill July, 1871, when he caine to Coffeyville, Kas., there being but one shanty and a tent
here at that time, groceries were kept in the former and a little stock of hardware in the
latter. In October, 1871, Mr. Isham, with his brother, J. T. Isham, purchased the hardware
stock and energetically prosecuted that business together until 1875, then H. H. I. went to
Texas, his brother, however, continuing intrade. After spending six months in Texas, Mr.
Isham returned to Coffeyville, where he has since been loaning money. Engaged in bank-
ing early in 1883. He has served as Alderman of the city. He isa member of the A., F. &
A. M,.and K. of H. He was married at Lawrence, Mich., in February, 1863, to Annette A
Clark, a native of that place. ‘They have one daughter—Frankie A. :

JOHN T. ISHAM, hardware merchant, was born at South Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y.
January 9, 1539, removing to South Haven, Mich., in 1868, came from there to Coffeyville
Kas., in October, 1871, since which time he has been constantly inbardware trade. For sey-
eral years his brother, H. H, Isham, was associated with himas a partner. Mr. Isham esti-
mates that his business now is at least four times as great asit was during the first few years
of their trade. He handles heavy and light hardware, stoves, tinware, etc., also deals ex-
tensively in agricultural implements, wagons and carriages. He is a member of the K. of
H., and has served the city as Alderman. He was married at Tecumseh, Mich., ip Novem-
ber, 1872, to Augusta B. Walters, a native of that place. They have three children—Alice
May, Henry Walters and Gussie B. ~

JOSEPH R. JONES, owner of Oakland Grain and Stock Farm, Coffeyville, P.O., was
born in Hamilton County, Ind., October 6, 1839, and was rearec and educated in Champaign
County, Ill. In 1873 he came here, and has been _actively identified with farming industry
here since. He married,in 1880, Miss Kkimma May Davis, who was born in Boone County, Ky.,
and reared and educated in Coffeyville. He and his wife are members of the Episcopal
Church. Oakland Farm contains 243 acres of valuable land, is located oneanda half miles west
of Coffeyville, upon the Sycamore Creek, is well stocked; he makes a specialty of rearing
and breeding Durham cattle ad Berkshire, Poland-China hogs; handsome dwelling and
outbuildings are loca'ed upon il; has an orchard of a well assorted variety of fruits.

DR. L. L, LANDON, dentist and physician, was born near Westerville, Franklin Co.,
Ohio, April 12, 1838; came to Sr. Joseph, Mo., in 1852, his parents removing there with their
family at that time. In that vear he visited the couutry, which afterward became the Ter-
ritory of Kansas, and spent the winter of 1855-56 in Doniphan County, Kan. He attended
lectures at Mcluwell’s Medical College in 1860, and the same year he began the study of
dentistry. During the war he served awhile as assistant surgeon and in other capacities.
He was engaged jn the practice of dentistry three years in the city of St. Louis, several years
in St. Joseph, Mo,, and Brownville, Neb., later in Indiana, coming from the latter State to
Coffeyville, in February, 1881, where he lias since followed the practice of medicine and
dentistry, He is one of the Aldermen of the city. He was inarried at Lebanon, Ind.,, in
June, 1867, to Amanda J. Davis, a native of Hendricks County, Ind. They have one child—
Arl R. The doctor's father, G. W. H. Landon, was associated with Joseph Thompson and
Dr. Grant in the publication of the first Free-soil newspaper, which was issued at St.

 

Joseph, Mo.

SOHN S. LANG furniture dealer and undertaker, was born near Pittsburgh, Pa., July
1, 1847. When about twelve years of age his home was at Franklin, Venango County, for a
year. Then at Oil City most of the time until he came to Kansas to reside permanently in
October, 1869, localiug at Parker at Lhat time. He had been in the State twice prior to that
time, first trading at Osage Indian agency, at Big Hill Town, in 1864, from April until Aue
gust, then for five months in the northern part of the State. In 1867 he again returned to
Kansas and spent about three months here purchasing ponies, After locating at Parker in
1869, he was engaged in grocery business and for a year or two dealt in agricultural imple
ments. In 1874 he came to Cotfeyville, engaging in general merchandising here, which he
continued about four years, since then in his present business. He carries a fine stock of
furniture, and is provided with a large supply of undertakers’ goods of all grades, He also
keep the best hearse In southern Kansas. He has served as Alderman and for the last five
years bas held the office of Town Clerk, Heisa member ofthe A., F, & A. M, and K, of P,
He was married at Parker, Kan., July 2, 1872, to Frances Anna Noel, a native of Leaven-
worth, Kan. They have two children— William denry and Clarence Addison. Lost two

children in infancy. i

.T. LONG, miller, State Line Flouring Mills, was born near Fayetteville, Brown Co.,
Ohio, January 1, 1843; lived in Indiana after he was sixteen years of age. September 19,
1861, he enlisted in Company F, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving until October,
1864. Hethen returned to Indiana, where he remained until 1872, when he removed to
Mount Pulaski, Logan Co., Il.; there one year. In 1873, be located at Warsaw, Hancock
Co., IL., and in 1874 he returned to Indiana, remaining there untit 1879, when he cameto
Kansas, locating here May 7, of that year. He has been_engaged in the milling business
since 1864. He isa member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of H. Mr. Long was married at Zions-
ville, Ind., anual y 27, 1870, to Amanda J. Miller, a native of Boone County,Ind, They
have two chile iving—Roscoe Kirby and Willian Clyde. They lost one daughter, who
died in infancy.

JOSEPH McCREARY, real estate, loan and collection agent, was born in Xenia, Greene
Co., Ohio, March 2, 1842. In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Twelfth
Obio Volunteer Infantry, serving in that regiinent till July, 1864, when he was then ap-
pointed to First Lieutenant of Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, having assisted in recruiting the company, He was mustered out September 26,
1865; he went out with the first company which 1:ft Greene County and came back with the
one which was list mustered out. He was taken prisoner at East River Mountain, W. Va.
in May, 1862, being jinprisoned four months at Libby, Salisbury and Belle Isle, most of the
time. He was in all the engagements of his command, except during the period that he was
aprisoner. In October, 1865, he located at Lawrence, Kan., remaining there until July,
1866, then removed to Junction City where he followed the business of contractor and
puilder till the spring of 1868, when he engaged in saw mill business near Chetopa; there
ove year,removing the mill in 1869 to the mouth of Pumpkin Creek, just east of the present
town site of Coffeyville. In 1872 he disposed of his mill and followed farming in Howard
Township, Lavette County, nearly four years, After spending a year in New Mexico he

  

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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

In the fall of the same year he was elected

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mbarked in the real estate business and has continued in it ever since. eisa

ilar tne &. F.G A.M, K. of P., K. of H. and G. A. R. Mr. McCreary has gained the

confidence and favor of those with whom he has had business transactions. The faithtul

manner in which his business is conducted has placed him in the foremost rank of rea}

estate and loan agents of the State. He was married in Cherokee County, Kan., November

20, 1869, to Theresa Burns, a native ofj Canada. They have four children living—Ida M.,
Irena Anna, Ira Edward and Joseph S$. They lost a son, Leonidas, who died in infancy.

HON. M. MCENIRY., proprietor of the Eldridge House, is a native of Limerick, Ire-
land, born September 29,1845. He was educated at the National School, Bruff, County
Limerick. Came to America in April, 1863, locating in the city of New York, where he was
engaged in mercantile pursuits, as a salesman until 1870, when he went to Merophis, Tenn.
to open the Southern Palace, a dry goods emporium, which was owned by D. C. &H. M,
Lowenstine. He continued with then until January 1, 1871, then started for the West,

aking @ claim, the same month, in Drum Creek Township, Montgomery Co., Kan, In
June, 1871, in consequence of a contest in regard to his claim he went to Humboldt, Allen
County, where the land office was located, and began the study of law with Thurston &
Cates, giving special attention to the laws affecting land cases. In December, 1871, the land
Office was removed to Neodesha, and Mr. MeEniry changed his location to that place, com-
ing with that office to Independence in March, 1872. He succeeded in securing his rights in
the case which originally actuated him to pursue law studies, aud at Neodesha he attended
to the land cases of the law firm of Thurston & Cates, of Humboldt. In 1874 he was ad-
mitted to the bar and about a year later he was elected Justice of the Peace at Independ-
ence, serving in that position seven years, and also as Police Judge of the same city, fora
period of five years, and did an extensive practice, almost exclusively emploved in land
contests prior to locating at Coffeyville in February, 1883. He purchased the Eldridge
House property in this city Septem ber 30, 1882, taking possession of the hotel January 1,
1883, removing here during the ensuing month, The hotel is a large and commodious one,
with accommodations for eighty guests. He owns the entire block (44), in which it is situ -
ated, except one lot, which the owner has not been induced to part with, The Judgeis a
enial and accomplished host, always endeavoring to promote the guest’s comfort; nature

aving endowed him with an animated and chcerfal disposi ion, he enlivens those who
come in contact with him, The Judge was married at Independence, July 6, 1882, to Lizzie
Mary Oswin Bell, a native of Laclede, Linn County, Mo., only daug’ ter of Fraucis M. and
Lizzie (Dick) Bell. Uer father died June 1, 1873, at Cedarvale, Chaurauqua Co., Kan, Dur-
ing the War of the Rebellion he recruited and commanded Company F, Ninth Missouri
Volunteer Infantry, doing gallant service during the war, He was agreat grandsgn of Sir
Robert Bruce, His widow is associated with her son-in-law, Judge McEniry, in the hotel
business, . 4

ANDREW MONTGOMERY, proprietor of flouring mills, farmer, stock raiser and dealer,
was born in County Fermaugh, Ireland, May 22,1842. Came to America in 1857, located at
Cincinnati four years; afterward engaged in faiming in Franklin County, Ohio, till he came
to Kansas. He enlisted in September, 1863. in Company H, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry
and served six months. Mr. Montgomery’s mill is located on southeast quarter of Section
25, and his residence is on Section 36, Township 34, south Range 16, east. Heisa member
ofthe A., F. 4 A.M. He was married, at Cincinnati, Ohio, « ctober 28, 1873, to Anna B,
Johnston, a native of that city. They have two children living—Maggie and James W. They
have lost one son—Willie—who died at the age of seven. ‘

. W. MUNN, hardware merchant, was born near Covington, Fountain Co., Ind., Octo-
ber 30,1840. When he was an infant his parents returned with their family to New York
City, remaining there a short time, then they removed to Bordentown, N. J., where he lived
until he was seventeen years of age, then returned to Indiana, In May, 1861, he entered the

uartermaster’s Department, United States Army, and in 1862, he enlisted In Company H,

‘ourteenth I!linois Cavalry, continuing in the service until July 31, 1865; two years com-
manding the escort to Gen. Horace Capron. He was in all engagements of his command;
was Captured twice, but escaped both times. After leaving thearmy he engaged in mercan-
tile business at LaGrange, Ga, continuing in trade there till the spring of 1867, then went to
Fort Gibson, remaining there until 1869, when he came to Chetupa, Kan., a short time
there, then removed to Suniner County, and inthe fall of 1870, he returned to Chetopa, hav-
ing been burned out in Sumner County by the Osage Indians. He carried on the hardware
business at Chetopa till July, 1871, then came to the old town of Coffeyville in April, 1872,
removing from there to Parker, and in July of the same year coming to present location.
He has been in the hardware business in all these various places. He is a member of the K.
ot H. and G. A. R. He was married, at Carthage, Mo., November 9, 1876,to Elizabeth Frost,a
native of Berry County, Mo. Mr. Munn has been Mayor and City Treasurer, and bas also
served as Township “'reasurer and Clerk. kt

. W .NOBLETTS, M. D., is a native of Paoli,Orange Co.,Ind., born February 26, 1824;
at the age of eighteen years, he began the study of medicine in his native town, Dr.Lee Hazle-
wood being his preceptor. Educated at Louisville Medical College. Began practice at
Bryantville, Lawrence Co., Ind.; there two years; afterward at Trinitv Springs, Martin Co.,
Ind., till he came to Kansas, except during the period that he served in the Mexican Warin
1846-47, andinthearmy duriug tlfe War of the Rebellion. July 6, 1861, he entered the
army as Captain of Company F, Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After three years
porvice he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of the Secon Brigade, First Division
Nineteenth Army Corps, and served in that position until June 24.1865. He was taken
prisoner at Brazos City June 23, 1863, aud was not released until July 25, 1864; being im-
prisoned at Tyler, Texas, overa year. One year of his term of service he was in the First
Heavy Artillery. In April. 1873, the doctor removed from Indiana to Labette County, Kan.,
aud for six years was a resident of Howard Township, then removed to Coffeyville, served
as Justice of the Peace in Howard Township until he came to this city. Heis a meinber of
the A., F, & A. M., and is a Notary Public. He was married at Dover Hill, Martin Co., Ind.,
July 8, 1852, to Sarah M. Rogers, a native of that county. They have eight children living—
Louis A., Lilian, Sarah M., George R, Mollie, Ransom, Harry and Frances. Lost four chil-
dren, three died in infancy, and oneson, James, died at the age of twenty-two years.

A. M, PEAVEY, salesman, with J. T. Isham, dealer tn hardware and farm machinery
was born in the town of Dorchester, Mass., May 27, 1846, living there only ous year, how-
ever, then, until ten years of age lived near Albany, N. Y.; afterward at Lawrence, Mass.
where he received his principal education, He learned the printer’s trade in Boston, that
belng his home for three years priorto locating in Kansas. In the fall of 1876 he settled
on the northwest quarter of Section 14, Canada Township, Labette Co., Kan. having been
two months at Coffeyville before engaging in farming pursuits. He remained on his farm
until October, 1880. Since then he has been in the employ of J. T. Isham, in the capacity of
salesman. His parents, George W. and Abiah D. Peavey, came to Kansas in the spring of
1877. His mother died October 28, 1877; father is now a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y.

W. A. PEFFER, editor in chief of the Cotfeyville Journal, was born in Cumberland
County, Pa., September 10, 1831, and was reared onafarm, In 1862 he entered the army,
in the Eighty-third Illinois Regiment, serving three years, and was promoted, during that
time, from a private to Second Lieutenant, and then to Department Quartermaster at Nash-
ville, Tenn, Alter leavilig thearmy, he began the practice of law at Clarksville, Tenn., and,
in 1870, came to Kansag, locating at Fredonia, Wilson County, at which place he resumed
the practice of law, at which he continued until 1875, when he removed to Coffeyville, and
started the Coffeyville Journal, and also practved law, In 1874 he was elected State Sena-
tor for Wilson and Montgomery counties, and, in 1876, was chosen oue of the Presidential
Electors for the State of Kansas. On November 1, 1881, he began editing the Kansas
Farmer, a paper printed at Topeka, Kan., in which he is now engaged. Prior to this date,
he worked, as editor, upon the Topeka Capital, for about six months. On December 28,
1852, he married Sarah J. Barber, to whom was borna family of ten children, eight of
whom are now Ilving.

- F, POWERS was born in Aiden, Erie Co., N. Y., June 11, 1842, livin,
froin 1851 to 1865, then in California til he located’ in Doniphan County, Kan., in August,
1867, remaining there till the spring of 1871; then engaged in the cattle business in the
Cherokee Nation, continuing there for a period of five years; afterward in Caney Township
for six years, and since the spring of 1881, he has resided at Coffeyville. He was one year
in the livery business here. Heisa member of the A., F. & A. M., and K. of P. He was
married in Caney, Kan., September 26, 1880, to Josephine G. Foot, a native of Illinois. They
have two ehildren, Annie Maud and an infant son, not yet named.

U. L. POWERS, homovopathic phvsiclan and surgeon, is a native of Alden, Erie Co., N.
Y.; removed to Michigan in 1851; came to Kansas, April 10, 1857, locating in Brown County
the sane month, and was enzaged in farming there for several vears. He received his
medical education at Lansing, Mich.,and at the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago. The
doctor first came to Coffeyville in 1871, purchased land in Montgomery County at that time,
but did not locate at Coffeyville until 1879. He isa member of the A., F. & A. M., and I. 0.
0. F, He was married at Highland, Kan., in November, 1862, to Anua Hancock, a native of
Kentucky, She died January 1, 1882, leaving six children—Nellie S., George McClellan,
Francie ., Edith May, Carrie, and a daughter not vetiianed, although four years of age.

REV. JOHN M. RANKIN, Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of ‘Coffeyville, was
born near Cadiz, in Harrison Co., Ohio, January 24, 1829.
College, New Athens, Ohio.

Coffeyville in the spring of 1877.
erties ae the Peace and Police Judge, serving about four years in those offices.

in Michigan

He was educated at Franklin
Taught school two years in Obio, £hen aight years in Illinois,

ace he edite © Public Register. In
October, 1857, he located at Emporia, Kan., engaged in practice there for a period of over
four years. He wasa member of the State Senate in 1862. In the fall of that year he
removed to Ottumwa, Coffey County, taking charge of the Western Christian University,
continuing at the head of that institution until 1867. He then located at Burlington, in the
same county. and resumed the practice of law, served two years as Probate Judge of Coffey
County, and four years as Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 1876 ne became ASCOY.
of the First Christian Church at Little Rock, Ark., it being the oldest church in that city;
remained there untii September, 1878, then returned to Burlington, where he resided until
‘ MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

April, 1883, when he came to Coffeyville to assume the duties of his pr

. q esent position. He
has studied theology for over thirty years, but gave it special attention after becoming con-
nected with the Western Christian University. He isa member of the A, F.& A.M, Mr.
Rankin was married, at Astoria, Fulton Co., Il, December 10, 1860, to Catherine A.
Galliher, a native of Rushville, Ind. They have four children—Alice C., now Mrs. C. 0.
Brown, of Burlington, Kan; Mary V., Josie S., now Mrs. Thomas J. Widby, of Burlington,
and Minnie C, They lost a daughter, Katie, who died at the age of twenty-two months.

H. W. READ, merchant, fs a native of Metropolis, IIL, born April 22, 1850, living there
until he came to Kansas in June, 186%. His first location in the State was in September,
1871; then he and his brother, W. T. Read, engaged in mercantile business at the old town
of Coffeyville, remainin there until February, 1872; then came to the present town site
and they have continued their business here since that time, doing a wholesale and retail
trade, They havea cattle ranch in the Indian Territory, upon which they now have about
850 head of cattle. They have been engaged in the cattle business*for the last three years.
Mr. R. ls a member of the A., F.& A, M. and K.of H. He has been Alderman. He was
married in this city, March 19, 1876, to Mattie Wooley, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa. They
have three children—William F., Addie L., and Hazard W., jr.

JOSEPH F, SAVAGE, farmer, Section 13, Township 34, Range 16, P. 0. Coffeyville, is a
native of Monticello, Wayne Co., Ky., born February 2, 1844; removed to St. Clair Co, Mo.,
in 1856. February 14, 1862, he enlisted in Company L, Elghth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry,
serving until October 7, 1865, when he was mustered out at St. Louis. After leaving the
arm he lived in the counties of Saline, Carrolland Cedar, all in Missouri, until January,
1863, when he located on Section 19, Township 34, Range 17 (what is now known as the
Ergenbright farm). Later be purcbased his present farm. Since coming here he has given
his entire attention to his agricultural and stock interests. In 1868 he paid as high as $16
a hundred pounds for flour, $5 a bushel for potatoes, $3 a bushel for corn, and 60 cents a
pound for bacon, prices in those early days being regulated largely by the condition of the
roads, everything having to be hauled by wagons; there being uo bridges in this region, it
was frequently the case that freighters were unable to ford the streams when they were
swoll-n by heavy rains. At such times everyting was extremely high. Mr. 8, isa member
of the Baptist Church, A., F. & A. M.and G. A. RK. He was married at St. Clair, Mo., Jul
26, 1859, to Matilda Fain. She died August 10, 1870, leaving two children—Isaac W. an
Abrahamn F. His present wife was Mary J. Robinson. a native of Pike Co,, Mo., married
December 23, 1873, in Cedar County, Mo.

THOMAS SCURR, JR,, cashier of Thomas G. Ayres &-Co.’s bank, insurance agent, came
to Humboldt, Kan., in March, 1869, afterwards residing at various places in the State, until
January, 1872, when he came to Coffeyville. Since coming here he bas been identified with
banking, real estate and insurance business, Since May, 1880, he has been cashier of the
institution with which he is now connected. He has held various city offices, such as mem-
ber of the School Board, City Clerk and City Treasurer. He was married in this place, No-
vember 9, 1876, to Jennie B. Eldridge, a native of Lawrence, Kan. They have two children
—Orville E., and Eva E. Mr.S. is a member of A., F,& A. M., belnga Knight Templar,
also connected with the K of P. ;

GEORGE SLOSSON, druggist, is a native of Franklin County, N. Y., born November 20,
1838. He removed from St. Lawrence County N. Y.,to Lawrence, Kan., April 1, 1867.
Engaged in the drug business at Lawrence till the spring of 1872, when_ he located at Cof-
feyville, he being the pioneer druggist of this place. In 1880, he erected the first brick busi-
ness building which was built inthis city. Although giving his attention strictly to his mer-
cantile interests, he is an extensive owner of real estate, having recentiy purchased all the
Railway Company’s lots in Coffeyville. He is a charter member of both the K. of H. and K.
of P. He has served several years as Alderman, and has always been prominently. identified
with the educational and material interests of the city. He was married at Lawrence, Kan.,
gone 23, 1874, to Minnie F. Hatch, a native of New York, but reared from childhood at

SAMUELSTEEL, druggist, is a native of Kentucky, but was reared from infancy in
Indiana, where Indianapolis is now located, until he was ten years of age, then in Canton,
Fulton Co., Ill., also seven years in McDonough County, IIL; and at Cambridge, Henry
County, twelve years, coming from the latter place to Coffeyville in the spring of Ta80, from
that date until January, 1883, he was engaged in banking, in partnership with Thomas G,
Ayres. also considerably interested in the cattle business. Having sold to Mr. Ayres his
interest in the bank, he embarked in the drug trade, in March, 1883, being a thorough drug-
gist, having devoted over two years to the study of pharmacy, after which he followed the

usiness for severa! years in Dlinois. He also continues Lo Bive personal attention to his
cattle interests. Mr.S. is in every sense a public spirited and enterprising citizen. :

W.S. UPHAM, merchant, was born inthe Cherokee Nation, April 13, 1845, his father,
Rev, Willard P. Upham, coming among toose Indians as a missionary in 1841. W.S. Up-
ham went to San Francisco in December, 1865, and was engaged in the mercantile business
there for seven years, He had spent one year in Boston, and one year at school in Vermont
prior to going to California. He was married inSan Francisco, May 15, 1873, to Emma A.

organ, a native of Cleveland, Ohio. They have three children—Willard M., Maggie May,
and George Newhall, the latter was named for his uncle, George Newhall, a prominent
wholesale merchant of San Francisco. Mr. Upham is a member of the First Baptist Church,
of San Francisco. He came to Coffeyville inthe spring of 1873, where he has built upa
large business, in addition to merchandising, dealing in grain, hides, furs, ete.

RANCIS H. VENNUM, farmer and stock dealer, Section 7, P. O.-Coffeyville, was born
near Athens, Ohio, February 20,1339. From 1841 to 1861 he lived in Iroquois County, I}.
In June of the latter year he was mustered into the United States service, having enlisted
-several months beforethat date in Company F, Twenty-fifth [linois Volunteer Infantry.
He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Stone River, Perryville, Chickamauga and other
minor engagements. After three years’ and four months’ service lie was mustered out. Re-
‘turning to Iroquois County, IlJ.,he remained there till the fall of 1869, when he came to Fort
Scott, Kas.,living there until February,1870, when he locatéd at Parker and engaged in livery
business, in which_he continued until Febrnary, 1872. He then began buying stock, and
since that time he has been extensively engaged in the same business, He shipped the first
car load of hogs from Coffeyville after the railroad was completed. He was one of the first
settlers of Parker, and was the first Mayor of that city. After the town was abandoned he
located his present farm on the town site, having now one of the best Jnpro ved, places in-
Montgomery. He has been identified with the educational interests of the township, and
belongs to the progressive and energetic class of 1nsen wecessary to every successful com-
munity. Heisamember of the I.O O F., K. of P.and K. of H. He was married at Inde-
pendence, Iowa, in March, 1865, to Harriet 5. Smith, a native of MichiFan.. They have two
children living—Eliza Jane and Robert J. Lost one son—AlbertJ., who died when a little
over two years of age. : “ a

DANIEL WELLS, merchant, was born in Prince George’s County, Md., August 26, 1848,
removing from there to Leavenworth, Kas., in the spring of 1869. He was employed as
traveling salesman for a wholesale grocery house of that city till 1870. He then came to
Parker, Montgomery County, and embarked in mercantile business in partnership with his
brother, Robert L. Wells. They continued trade there till 1873, when they removed to
Coffeyville, where they have built up an immense wholesale and retail business in_general
merchandise, also dealing largely in cattle, horses, ponies, wool, hides, furs, ete, The first
year they were in trade their business amounted to about $50,000. In 1882 their dealings
ay gre ated $565,000, distributed as follows: Sales of merzhandise, $125,000; cattle,
$3. 0. Ot 0; wool, hides, furs and pelts, $120,000; horses, ponies, etc., $80,000. Mr. Wells
has served as Mayor twoterms. Heis a member of the I.0.0.f. He was married at
Kansas Citv, Mo., in December, 1877, to Jennie G. Ide, a native of New Hampshire.

ROBERT L. WELLS, merchant,is a native of Prince George’s County, Md.,born February
12, 1846, residing in his native county until he came to Kansas. In 1870 he came to Parker,
Montgomery County. Was in the mercantile business there in partnership with his brother,
Daniel, till 1873, when they located at Coffeyville. They have continued together here,
having created atrade which is the wonder of those who realize the magnitude of it. In
connection with a sketch of his brother the extent of their business is stated. Mr. Wells
has served as Alderman. Heis 2 member of the A., F.& A. M., K. of P.. K. of H., and
Knights of the Golden Rule. He was married in this city, March 4, 1878, to Laura A.Wann,
a native of Indianapolis, Ind. :

WALTER H. WHLLS, M. D., was born at Bladensburg, Md. (four miles from Wash-
ington, D. C.), September 10, 1843, He waseducated at the Bladensburg Academy, and Uni-
versity of Geo! getown, graduating from the medica! department of the latter institution.
He began practice at Washington, D. C. remaining there until November, 1871, when he
located at Parker, Montgomery ©o., Kan. In the fall of 1873 he came to Coffeyville. He is
a member of the A., F. & A. M. and Mon'gomery County Medical Society. He was married
at Washington, D. C., June 18, 1868, to Margaret More Sheriff, a native of the city of Wasb-
mgton. They have two children, Charles A, and Elizabeth, 7

HON. DANIEL WOODSON, ex-Secretary of the Territorv of Kansas, was born in Al-
bemarle County, Va., May 13, 1824. Came to Kansas in October, 1854, having received the
appointment of Secretary of Lhe Territory,’ Prior to coming here he had been editor of the
Lynchburg Republican, and in 1851, he edited the Repub ican Advocate at Richmond, Va.
He served as Secretary of Kansas Territory until 1857. when he was removed by President
Buchanan, by reason of 4 vacancy in the Governor’s office, he served a few months as Gov-
ernor. In 1858 he was appointed Receiver of Public Moneys, having his office in Leaven-
worth County. After four years in that office he resigned and turned his attention to farm-
ing in Kickapoo Township. Prior to that time he had been located at Kickapoo Village.
Remained on his farm till 1870, then removed to Montgomery County, living for a while at
Parker, then locating at Coffeyville. Since coming to this county he has not been engaged
in any active business. He was married at Lynchburg, Va., in October, 1847, to Mrs, Amer-
ica F. Palmer (nee Christian), a native of Campbell County, Va. They have three children
living, Warren, now a resident of Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County, Kan.; Bettle,
now firs. T, IX. Foster, of cae city of Leavenworth, and Mosby, a grocery merchant of Cof-
feyville. He was born :.i Kansas and named for an uncle of his father, The two eldest

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children were born at Lynchburg, Va. Mrs, Woodson has one son by her first marriage
Robert E. Palmer, now a resident of Leadville, Col.

CHERRYVALE,

Cherryvale was laid off as a town site, in May, 1871, by the Kansas City,
Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railway Company, and is situated in the east-
ern part of Montgomery County, about ten miles east of the city of Independ—
ence. The land, upon which the place is built, was originally taken as a claim,
by Joseph Wise. The first building erected upon the site was the Union, Hotel,
built by “General” Darr. The first store was started by C. A. Clotfelter and
J. P. Baldwin, consisting of general merchandise. Stanfield and Brewer had
a store about a mile north of the town site, which, when the town was laid out,
they moved upon the site, and in 1872, sold out to Seth Paxton. The town had
made some progress up to 1873, when a fire broke out, destroying the main
business part of the town. This had the effect to dishearten those of her un-
fortunate business men and to dampen the prospects of the town. But they
were not men easily enduced to give up, and in the face of all discouragements,
O. F. Carson and C.C, Kincaid began the erection of a brick business block,
O. F. Carson
began the drug business here in 1872. For some time the progress of the town
was extremely slow, and, during a period of eight years, up to 1879, it had a
population of only 250 During the last named year, the St. Louis, Wichita
and Western Railroad was built, crossing the K.C., L. & S. K. road at this
place. The narrow gauge railroad was constructed during this year, by the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company, leading from here tothe
coal fields in Cherokee County, and which was made a standard gauge road in
October, 1882. It was, also, in 1879, that the K.C., L. &S. K. road was ex—
tended westward to the Arkansas River, and the piece of this road leading south
to Coffeyville was afterwards operated asa branch. This gave the town a new
impetus and its building became rapid as it had hitherto been slow. It now is
a city numbering 1,400 inhabitants and a place of fine commercial importance,
numbering many large and substantial business establishments. The place
contains numerous solid brick business block and tastily constructed resi—
dences. :
From a little village, in 1879, with only 250 people, Cherryvale, in about
one year’s time, was ready to become a city under the law, as she already was in
size; andin March, 1880, pursuant to a petition signed by the citizens and pre-
sented to the court, by E. D. Hastings, was duly incorporated as a city of the
third class. On the first Tuesday of April, city officers were elected as follows :
C.C. Kincaid, Mayor; A. Buch, J. M. Richardson, Frank Bellchamber, J. A.
Handley and A. V. McCormick, Councilmen; A. Wood, Police Judge. At the
first meeting of the mayor and council, A. Phalp was appointed Treasurer, M.
F. Wood, Clerk ; J. C. Cunningham, Marshal, and B. F. Hinds, Street Com-
missioner. In the following May, Councilmen Richardson and Bellchamber
moved out of the city, and, at aspecial election in June, N. B. Sawyer and C.
P. Buffington were elected to fill the vacancies. The present city officers are:
A. Phalp, Mayor; M: F. Wood, Clerk ; C. C. Kincaid, Treasurer; S. P. Moore,
Police Judge ; J. W. C. Osborn, Marshal and Street Commissioner ; E. B. Clark,
C. A. Mitchell, E. D. Hastings, W. E. Martin and E. S, McDonald, Coiincil-
men.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, ETC

The first school was taught in Cherryvale in the summer of 1873, by Miss Mary Green-
field. A schoolhouse was erected in 1872, and is a small two-story frame structure. This
building has long since become insufficient for the accommodation of the schools, which
were provided apartments in such rooms as could_be had suitable for the purpose. A com-~
modious new schoo! building was erected in the fall of 1882, and is a fine two-story brick
structure containing four large rooms, and cost about $6,000. The schools, now systemati-
cally graded, enumerate a population of 490 pupils, enrolling 354, with an average daily at-
tendance of 204, and are superintended by G. B. Leslie, assist: d by four competent teachers,

Cherryvale, also, has her quota of church organizations, as follows:

The Methodist Episcopal congregation was organized in 1871, and a regular church edi-
fice was erected in 1880. Itis abrick building of moderate dimensions, and of suitable
architecture. The building was begun under the administration of Rev. William Sham-
paugh, and completed under that of Rev. James Murray, the present pastor of the church.

The Baptist Society was established here, on May 18, 1873, by Rev. J. R. Baldwin, with
eight members, and was effected iu the schoolhouse, in which the early services were held,
until the removal to the Opera Hall. The congregation, numbering thirty-two members,
is under the charge of Rey. Mr. Johnson. 7

The First Presbyterian Church was organized December 11, 1881. First meetings were
held at Upera House, and the congregation continued to worship there until January 1,
1883, then moved into their new chureh edifice, which has been constructed at a cost of
$2,700. Presentin debtedness only $400. Itis one of the best church buildings in Southern
Kansas belonging to the Presbyterian denomination. Original membership twenty-four;
pEsent membership fifty. They bave a well attended Sunday school, average attendance

eing fifty. First pastor, Rev. W. B. Truax, remained from December, 1881, to April,
1882; succeeded _by present pastor, Rev. S. W. Griffin. To the personal efforts of C. L.
Berry and Rev. W. B. Truax may be attributed the successful organization of the Iirst
Presbyterian Church of Cherryvale. The present officers of the church are: L. Berry,
treasurer and superintendent Sunday school; James Morning, clerk; J. B. Odil and D. R,
Griffith,deacons.

The Catholic Society. organized in 1875, and a church house was built in 1877, and is a
small frame building. The society here is small, and is under the spiritual advisement of
Father Scholls, of Independence.

The Cherryvale Globe was established and the first issue made August 3, 1878, by Pratt
& Buffington. Inabouta year Pratt sold out his interest to Buffington. This change took
place in September, 1879, and in the latter part of December the lishment was burned
up. The citizens, realizing their Joss in being without a paper, lent their aid and influence
towards its re-establishment, and, in April of the next year, the paper was resurrected from
the dust and ashes of the conflagration, by Buffington & Rambo. For awhile, until the
material and press and everything was in shape, the paper was printed at Kansas City. In
November, 1&80. T. C. Copeland bought Rambo’s interest, who, in turn, soon disposed
of his part of the concern to C T. Ewing. Another change was soon made, and in May. 1881,
the Globe Publishing Company was formed, composed of C. P. Buffington, J. D. Hinkle and
J.J, Chatham, and on February 10, 1882, became the sole possession of J. D. Hinkle, and
was subsequently united with the Cherryvale News, edited and published by 8. P. Moore &
Son, the new paper beinz called the Globe News, and is now in successful operation.

The first issue of the Cherryvale Torch was made in February, 1882, by C. P. Buffington
and T. C. Copeland. After running about three months, Buffington sold his share to C. T.
Ewing, who, in September, 1382, bought Copeland’s interest also, and became sole propri-
etor, and employed A. S. Duley as editor and manager of the paper. ‘ ;

Cherryvale Lodge, No. 13%, A., F. & A. M., was instituted October 16, 1873, with thir-
teen charter members. The officers elected were: O. F. Carson, worshipful master; Seth
Paxton, senior warden ana J. C. Breckenridge, junior warden, The present membership is
fifty-five. The present officers are: O. F. Carson, worshipful master; M. L. Crowl, senior
warden; William Hummel], junior warden, if :

Cherryvale Lodge, No. 142. I. 0. O, F., was organized October 10, 1877, with five char-
ter members, as Follows: W. B. Baldwin, George Lutz, Cyrus Campbell, N. B. Thorp ands.

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The society of the Ancient Order of United Workmen was instituted in February, 1882,
by Deputy Grand Master, D. M. Legg, of Winfield, with twenty charter members. C. P.
Buffington was chosen past master workman; C. C. Thompson, master workman; S. L, Gib
son, overseer; A. D. Smith, foreman; A. K. Cain, recorder; and J. P. Baker, receiver. =

 
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The Cherryvale Opera House Company was organized and incorporated as a joint stock
company in September, 1880, with J. W. Willis, president; E. B. Clark, secretary; and O. F.
Carson, treasurer. A large one-story frame opera hall was constructed, and is used as an
opera and town hall, and also for school purposes. ‘

Bank.—A banking house was established here, in the spring of 1880, by C. T. Ewing, he
being president of the institution, and C. A. Mitchell, cashier. A bank building was erected
in the fall of 1881, and isa substantial two-story brick structure, suitably arranged for
banking purposes. :

Besides the usual smaller factories as are common to small cities, such as wagon mak-
ing, ote. Cherry vale has only one manufacturing establishment of importance, and that is,
the flouring mill, which was established here in 1873 by a man named Dodd. The mill con-
‘ains fourrun of buhrs, and has a capacity for grinding 200 bushels of wheat and 100 of
corn per day. The building is sixty feet long by thirty wide, and ‘is two stories high. Tue
establishment, after changing hands several times, is now owned by A. Buch, and does a
flourishing business.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

FRANK ADAMS, ticket and freight agent, of the K.,C0, L, & 8S. K. R. R. Co., was born at
Humboldt, Allen Co., Kan, March 18,1860. He attended school until he was sixteen years
old, and then began railroading, first as felegraph operator, since then as railroad agent at
several points, being frontier agent for the L., L. & G. R. R. Co. during the construction of
the road from Independence tu Winfield, After serving as agent at Grenola, Lawrence and
Olathe, he came to Cherryvale, in November, 1882. He is one of the most popular agents in
the employ of the company. eis a member of the Kansas Benevolent Association,

CHARLES L. BERRY, banker and merchant, is a native of Mount Pleasant, Henry Co.,

Iowa, born September 1, 1852. In 1853 his parents removed with their family to Kentucky.
Lived there until 1855. From that time until 1872 he resided in Tennessve. March 9, 1872,
he came to Bourbon County, Kas.; was a student at Xenta, in that county, for one year;
worked at blacksmithing at Garnett seven months, then at Central City two years. Return-
ing to Garnett, he taught schoo! there for a period of four years. Represented D. Appleton
& Co, in Anderson County for the sale of school books, etc.; afterward in boot and shoe and
fire insurance business at Garnett until September, 1881, when he came to Cherry vale: a
member of the firm of Smith & Berry, merchants. as proprietor of the firm until August
11, 1882, at which time he succeeded the firm, continuing the business in his own name
until May 15, 1883. The firm of C. L. Berry & Co., proprietors of the Citizens’ Bank of Cher-
ryvale, was organized May 15, 1883, James Y. Finley, of Osage Township, Labette Co.,
being associated with him in the business. Mr, B. was married in Allen County, Kas.,
October 9, 1873, to Annie E. Lanter, a native of Union City, Ohio. They have three chil-
dren—Vida E., Iva T. and Elsie C. Mr. Berry is a member of the A., Fe& A. M. and First
Presbyterian Church. When he came to Cherryvale there was no Presbyterian organiza-
tion in the city, and to his personal efforts much credit is due for building up a vigorous
church society, and securing the erection of a beautiful house of worship. Mr. B. isa self-
made man in every sense of the word. Went with his brother-in-law, Mr. Kuhn, at the age
of fifteen, to learn the blacksmith trade. Served his full term of apprenticeship out, leaving
with the credit of being a first-class workman. Received but very little education until he
was in his twentieth year, the schools of the South having been demoralized by the war.
-. OC. W. BOOTH, proprietor livery and omnibus line, 1s a native of Randolph, Portage
County, Ohio, born January 3, 1850. He lived there until the spring of 1861, when parents,
with their family, removed to ‘Berrien County. Mich. He removed from there to Kas., betng
one of toe pioneer settlers of Cherry Township, Montgomery Co.,locating on northeast quar
ter Section 15, where he resided until 1871, when he came to Cherryvale, working in hotels,
and various occupations. In 1872 he engaged in the livery business, which he still_contin-
ues. He has served several years as Constable, and is now serving third yeir as Depuy
Sheriff. Heisa member ofthe A., F. & A.M. Heis yet engaged in agricultural pursuits
on the farm where he first located. He was married at Cherryvale January 24, 1875, to
Miss Addie Atherton, a native of Kankakee County, IIL ‘They have one son—Walter. Mr. B.
is son of Gerry M.and Salomi (Hine) Booth, both natives of Connecticut, now a resident of
Berrien Township, Berrien Co., Mich.

JOSEPH H. BUTLER, hardware merchant, was born near North English, Keokuk Co.,
Iowa, November, 1854, living there until September, i868, when _he came to Kansas with
his parents, Thomas H. and Nancy Butler. They located at Osage Mission, Neosho Co.,
where he lived until November, 1882, when he came to Cherryvale, continuing in the hard-
ware business here, having been engaged in the same trade at Osage Mission over two years
prior to locating here. He was married at Osage Mission, August 4, 1879, to Katie G.

oyce, a native of New York. They have one child—Mary Edith, Mr. Butler's mother died
ae 4874, and his father now resides in Topeka, he being claim agent of the A., T. & S. F. R.
. CO. 2

HON. O. F, CARSON, hardware merchant, was bornat Washburn, Woodford Co., III.,
August 29, 1844. He was engaged in the drug business at Minonk, IIL, at twenty years of
age, and was afterward in the dry goods trade, remaining in Woodford County until 1869,
when he came to Kansas, locating in Centreville Township, Neosho County. A year later
he went to Lidore, and in September, 1871, came to Cherryvale. He had been engaged in
the drug business at Galesuurg. Kan., and Ladore, and came here and continued the same
until 1880, although he had been interested in hardware and agricultural business for
several years prior to that date, being associated with his present partner, J. R. Baldwin,
first in the implement trade, and later, adding a stock of hardware to their business. They
are also largely interested in city and other real estate. Mr. Carson also owns a fine stock
farm of 400 acres in Mound Valley Township, Labette County. He has on that place at the
present time about fifty head of well bred cattle, and is gradually improving his herd. The
hardware and implement trade of Carson & Baldwin amounted to over $40,000 in 1882.
Mr. Carson is a prominent member of the Baptist Church, and of the A., F. & A. M., bein
member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery, and Eastern Star, a branch of the Ma-
sonic order. When Mr. Carson located here there were no drug stores in the place, and for a
period of three years he had the only store of tle kind in Cherryvale; now there are four
Jarge drug establishments here, Mr. Carson was the first Notary Public at this point, and
has continued to hold a notarial commission for the last twelve years. In 1876 he was
elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and he is now serving his second
term as Alderman of the city,of Cherryvale. He was married at Ottawa, Kan., August 16,
1870, to Alice A. Newman; born October 23, 1851; a native of Morgan County, Ill. They
have two children living—O. F. Carson, jr., born December 5, 1875; and Alice eupene, born
December 12, 1879. Lost one daughter, Ella Maud, who died September 25, 1873, aged 13
months and 5days. Mr. Carson’s grandfather, John Carson, was born August 15, 1798,
and died March 1, 1839. Grandmother, Sally Carson was lborn June 4, 1795; she died
December .3, 1874. Father, Isaac W. Carson was born April 20, 1810; stillliving. Mother,
Mary B. (Sweet) Carson was born February 1, 1813; died in 1881.

R..8. CATES, loan agent, 1s a native of Fairbury, Livingston Co., Il.
1848. When he was seventeen years of age he made a wagon trip with his parents
Illinois to Oregon, consuming five months making the Journey. Attended school fora
while after they located in Oregon, and was then on a farm with his father for a period of
four years, when his father died. He then, in connection with his brothers, ran the farm
until July, 1873, when he was elected to the office of Clerk of the Fifth Judicial District,
and County Clerk of Union County, serving two terms—four years, After thirteen years!
residence in Oregon he came to Kansas in July, 1878, locating on a claim in Kingman
County, removing his family there in March of the ensuing year, Soon after going to that
county he became the representative of the well known firm of 8S. L. Davidson & Co., of
Wichita, making loans and attending to their business in that region of the State. In Au-
gust, 1881, at their request he removed to Cherryvale, having had eutire control of thelr
extensive business in Eastern Kansas since-locating here, the capitalists he represents
reposing the utmost confidence in his judgment and jicegrlty. He Is a member of the 1,0,
O.F. He was married at Carthage, Mo., December 7, 1870, to Amanda Virginia, daughter
of Rev. Levi Hess. She was born in Rockingham County, Va., September 6, 1851. They
have four children—Levi S., Ogle C., Robert L.and Elles KE, Mr. Cates’ father—Spencer
Cates—was born in Hart County, Ky., July 9, 1815, and died March 16, 1869, and was one of
the pioneers of Livingston County, Iil. His mother—Phebe Cunningham Cates—was born
in Clark County, Ind., December 4, 1813. She is now living with her son, John A.,in Union
County, Ore. Mr. Cates has four brothers and one sister, al] residents of Oregon. Elles E.
being editor and proprietor of the Mountain Sentinel published at Union.

E. B. CLARK, lumber and agricultural implements and grain, was born in Stephentown,
Rensselear Co., N. ¥., in 1838. When eight years of age his parents settled in Hinsdale,
Berkshire Co., Mass., where he remained ten years, receiving his education at the Hinsdale
Academy, unierI. N, Lincoln. He then engaged in teaching In Clarkson, Monroe Co., N.Y.,
then taught at Marshall, Mich.; he then emigrated to Illinois, and for two years was engaged
in the mercantile business at Ashton, Lee County, emigrating to Montgomery County, Kan.,
in 1869, locating a claim near the present cite of Cherryvale, There were but two houses
on the prairie, and Fort Scott, seventy miles distant, was thc nearest railroad point, From
the time of hissettlement until1875 he was engaged in farming and stock raising; after
which he bought out the ordinary lumber business in Cherryvale, and also engaged in the
grain trade, to which he has since added farm implements, and has increased his business
over 200 per cent. Besides his large city business he is carrying on a large farm of 700
acres, 250 acres of which is under cultivation. The place is stocked with 500 sheep and
fifty head of cattle; also owns ten tenement houses, and is one of the ost enterprising men
in the place. He has always taken an active partin all public enterprises which would benefit
thetown. He was Chairman of the Committee which interceded for the extension of the
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad from Oswego to Wichita, and took an active part in pro-
curing the right of way for the Ft. Scott & Gul Railroad from Big Hill Creek to Cherryvale.
He has served eight months asa member of the City Council and is at present acting as
Mayor, He is also an active member of the Masonic Order, being initiated by Hampden

Born duly 26,
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HISTORY OF KANSAS.

Lodge, of Springfield, Mass., where his mother now lives, owning a fine property on §.
Mai

Db St. x
) T roprletor of livery stable and omnibus line, was born in Cape
isuidenn Loraty, Mo. Bapeeaber 23, 1843, came to Kansas in June 1855, with his mother.
They located where Mound City, Linn County, is now situated. He lived there until 1866,
when he went to Montana Territory, engaging in freighting between Fort Benton and
Helena, running two teams with light freight and passenger wagons between those points

till April, 1871. He then returned to Kansas and located at Elk City, Tontgomery Couney
ni

i r, when he came to Cherryvale, e was engage
in the Fe ee usaeas: eee fill yanuary. 1878, when he engaged in his preseut business
1n partnership with C. W. Booth, who has been interested with him ever since. When they
began business they only had seven horses, one top buggy and one open buggy, and one
spring wagon. They now keep thirty-nine horses and about twenty carriages, omnibuses
and other vehicles. They have no competition at this point. They have recently started a
stable at Chautauqua Springs. Mr.C.is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Heserved four
years as Deputy-Sheriff and also held the office of Constable. He was married in Osage
Township, Labette Co., Kan. October 8. 1872, foSeran J. Browning, a native of Vermillion

Jo., Ind. They have two ¢ ren, Carlton an ie.

= "AL ERED bICUS grain and lumber dealer, was born in Butler Co., Pa., near Emling-
ton, June, 1853, lived in Geneseo, Ill. until late in 1855, afterwards in Lee County, Towa,
for three years, and in Callaway County, Mo., from that time until 1872, when he went to
St. Louis, there attending Commercial College and learning the grain business. 1n October,
1876, he came to Kansas and located at Independence. Since coming to Kansas he has been
identified with the grain business, and toy ene lat year also in the lumber business, associ-
ated with his brother. eis aimember of the K. of P.

F. P. DICUS, lumber and grain dealer, was born near Emlington, Venango Co., Pa.,
December 30, 1837. In 1854 he removed to Geneseo, Ill., and remained there about one
year, then three years in Lee County, lowa. His home was in Callaway County, Mo., from
1858 to 1870. He served for three years as a non-commissioned officer in Company C,
Seventh Missouri Militia Cavalry, enlisting early in 1862 and serving until near the close of
the war. In July, 1870, he located at Independence, Kan., and for a period of two years he
worked at the plasterer’s trade. He then engaged in the grain business, shipping the second
car-load of grain from Independence Station. Remained in business there until the fall of
1890, when he came to Cherryvale and built an elevator here, adding lumber yards in May,
1882, His brother Alfred is associated with him as a partner in both pranches of the busi-
ness. They are deservedly popular, and, as a consequence, they do an extensive grain and
lumber trade.

A. S. DULEY, editor of the Cherryvale Torch, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, July
19, 1838, and during theearl: wart of his life, followed farming, and teaching for sometime.
He entered the army Augue 27.1861, and served three years. After his career as a soldier,
he began teaching, and in lbuv, became Superintendent of Rotch Institute, at Massilon, Ohio,
an orphan school, which posit.on he held until! February 1, 1873. Coming to Kansas, in
September, 1877, he located at Thayer, Neosho County, and was engaged in various pursuits,
aud was elected Mayor of that city in February, 18 He began his career asa regular
journalist, in October 1881, having served as newspaper correspondent for some years
previously, and in September, 1882, assumed control of the Cherryvale Torch as editor. He
was married to Lydia A. Conley, of Stark County, Ohio, M sy 20, 1860, who died February 6,
1875, and, on January 27, 1877, was again united by marriage to Emma Jones, a native of
Kentucky. By the first marriage, three children were born, only oneof whom is now living
and by the second wife he has three children, two girls and one boy.

Ps LL, M. D., is a native of Cincinnatl, Ohio; born September 10, 1832. He re-
ceived literary education in the public schools, and at the Ohio Conference High School, at
Springfield. in 1857, he graduated from the Medical Department of the University of New
York; in 1856,he graduated from the Western Humceopatnic Coliege. of Cleveland,Ohio, now
known as the Hospital Medical College. He began practice at Lewisburg, Preble Co., Ohio,
remaining there till January, 1861; when heremoved toSigourney, Keokuk Co., lowa,
Early in 1862 he was appointed by Governor Kirkwood tothe position of Surgeon; bis duties
to look after sick and wounded soldiers in the army; he was afterwards contract Surgeon;
being in Nashville Hospitals two years; being Executive officer of Hospital No. 14, and also
served as ward surgeon; remaining in the service until he resigned in June, 1865, after the
close ofthe war. In July, 1865, helocated at Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he was engaged
in practice until he came to Ladore, Neosho County, in November, 1869. In 1871, he re-
moved to Parsons. remaining there till 1873, he then located at Xenia,Ohio, where heresid-
ed four years; afterwards in the city of Chicago for a period of eighteen months, removing
from there to Cherryvale in November, 1877. He is health officer and has been a member
of the Board of Health since the city was incorporated. He has been president of the Mont-
gomery County Medical Society._ He issurgeon for the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co.
and also for the K.C. F.S.& G. R. R. Co.,and also held the same position with the K. C.,L. & S.
prior to 1882, He isa member of the A.O.U. W. The doctor was married at Sigourney,
Jowa, December 16, 1864, to May Cautwell,a native of Mansfield, Ohio. They have two
children—dattie E.. now Mrs. George M. Beerbower, aud Janie C.

W. H. FRICKLETON, isa native of Wardsville, Canada West, born August 2, 1857;
came to Fort Scott. Kan., in July, 1876; resided there eleven months, then at Osage Mission.
until] November, 1882, when he came to Cherryvale. He has been associated with Joseph
H. Butler in hardware business over three years, having worked at finner’s trade ten years.
He isa member of the I. 0. O, F., K. of P. and A. O. U. W.

M. GENT, farmer, Section 7, Township 32, Range 18. P.O. Cherryvale, came to the
county in 1869, and took a claim of 160 acres, and improved. the same. He was born in
Johnson County, Ky., in 1845, where he grew to manhood. After coming to Kansas he re-
mained till November, 1872, when he went to Texas and remained some thirteen months,
then returned to Kansas, and the iollowing April went to Colorado, and remained till
the fall of 1881. then again returned to Kansas and devoted his time to farming. He mar-
ried, Goroher 28, 1882, Miss Elizabeth Hopkins, a native of Cass County, 1. She was

orn in : :

M. R, GRANT. mauager of the grain business of G. B. Shaw & Co., purchases grain at
twenty-five different points. Mr. Grant is a native of Frankfort, Herkimer Co., N. Y., born
November 25, 1851; removed from his native State to Michigan, in 1867; remained in the
latter State until 1871. During the winter of 1871-72 he was in the Indian Térritory most
of thetime. In the summer of 1872 he located on a claim with his brother, in the northern
part of Cherry Township, Montgomery County, and in the fall of 1872 he began teaching in
Rutland Township, continuing there until the following spring, afterward teaching in
Cherokee Township one summer, and during the ensuing fall and winter at Louisburg. He
then discontinued teaching, and for six months was at Independence in the grocery_busi-
ness with the firm of Rogers & Grant, In the fall of 1874 he took charge of Capt. D. Mc-
Taggart’s mercantile and grain business at Liberty, continuing with him until P37, then
with his successors, Wells Bros., until 1878. Hethen entered the employ of S. A. Brown &
Co., at Independence, G. B. Shaw retiring from that firmin Apri), 1881. Mr. Grant went
with the new firm of @. B. Shaw & Co., and took the management of their lumber yards
and grain business, continuing in charge thereof until January 1, 1883, when he relin=
quished management of the lumber interest owing to the large increase of business which
preciuded nim from doing justice to more than the extensive grain interests of the firm. He

as handled at this point alone, since July 15, 1882, 322 car loads of grain, 300 cars of corn,
balance wheat, flax seed, etc. Mr. Grant is & member of the A., F. & 4. M. Blue Lodge,
Chapter and Commandery. He is one of the Aldermen of the city. He was first married to
Martha Thornton, at Liberty, Kan., February 17, 1877. She died October 30, 1880, leaving
two children—Mabel Lois and Horace Melville. Mr. Grant was married in Chicago, Janu-
ary 21, 1882, to his present wife, Frances M., daughter of J. L. Pitts, of Chicago.
dave Gre ond. Altreds nln:

J. A. LEY, with ©. C. Kincald, isa native of Hopedale, Harrison Co., Ohio, born
June 11, 1845, In January, 1861, he enlisted in Compan Te. Seventy-fourth nis wolane
teer Tatanerys serving three years, and participating in all the battles of his command dur-
ing that perlod. After leaving the army, he located in Warren County, Iowa, remaining
there till March, 1869, when he came to Fort Scott, Kan., where he resided till’ October, of
the same year, coming then to Montgomery County, and locating in what is now West
Cherry Township. Lived there until October, 1876, when he came to Cbherryvale, being
employed in the store of C, C. Kingaid nearly a year. He then rented the Buckeye Hotel
and made additions thereto. The house has since been known as the Leland Hotel, He
contined inthe hotel business three years, and afterwards for a year. He was interested
most of the time, in real estate speculations, and since then has been employed as salesman
in the large mercantile establishment of C. G. Kincaid. He is a member of the Christian
Church and I. 0.0. F. He was one of the first Aldermen of this city. Mr Handley was
married in West Cherry Township to Alice C. Redding, a native of Washin ton, D. C
but principally reared at St.Louis, ‘Mo. They have lost two children having dled ifancy

A. HEDEEN, division roadmaster of the K. CG. L. & 8. K. Ry. Cherry vale was borr and
reared near Orebro, Sweden, and came to America in 1869, at the age of seventeen, and
located at Lawrence, Kan., and engaged in the employ of the’ present railway, wher h! has
been very reputably connected since. He married, in 1875, Miss Adela Matilda Ecklund
who was born and reared in his native country. They have one son and two daughters—
Erick Oilour, Alga Elvira and Anna Sophia. He and his wife hold to the religion of the
Lutheran Church. He is an active member of the I. 0.0. F.and A., F. & A Mt societies.
Mr. Hedeen began with this railway as a common workman, and has, by dint of steady and
persistent industrv eat Bon est wrork succeeded to his present position.

. NS, M. D., physician, surgeon and druggist, was born at Wellsh =
mung Co., N. Y., March 21,1837. Heread inedicine two sears with his father, Weegee:
Hopkins, at Fox Lake, Wis.,and afterwards with William C. Harrison, in Berrien County, Mich’
He first attended lectures at Rush Medical College, of Chicago. In 1863 he graduated from
peer Medical College, at Toronto, Canada, and in 1866 he graduated from the College of

ysicians aud Surgeous, at Keokuk, Iowa, For a period of two and one-half years, during

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the War of the Rebellion, he was in the Government service as Contract Surgeon, bein
stationed at Washington, D. C., and Alexandria, Va. Prior to entering the A he hud
been engaged in practice with his preceptor, Dr. Harrison, in Berrien County, Mich., and
had also practiced at Croton, Mich, After leaving the service, he was for a year at Galena,
Til, then located at at Goldfield, Wright Co., Iowa, remaining there till 1873. He isa mem-
ber of A. F. & A. M., having bgen made a Mason in the lodge at Alexandria, Va, where
Gen. Washington once presided. The doctor was married at Galena, IIL, June 28, 1866, to
Jennie Bramen, a native of Chicago, but reared in Galena. They have one child—Gracie,
born at Gardner Jonnson Co., Kan., September 14, 1879.

C. HUTCHINSON, homeopathic physician and surgeon, was born in Virginia, July 24,
1834. He was reared in Illinois, from the age of four years, being educated in the common
schools and at Brimfield Academy, He graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College of
Chicago, Ill. Began the practice of his profession near Thomasboro, Champaign Co., Ll.,
remaining there until he removed to Kansas in April 1883, locating in Chertyvale, He
was married in Rosefield Township, Peoria Co., Il!., November 3, 1858, to Miss Charlotte
Witherell, anative of Amity Township, Erie Co,, Pa. They have nine children—Juhn Mil-
ton, Oliver Byron, Charlotte Ella, Alton Asaph, Laura Jane, Cyrus Elmer, Emma Maria,
Myra Eunice, Lula Rosa and Mabel Clara, deceased at the age of three months.

J. D, HINKLE, associate editorand proprietor of the Globe-News, was born in Ed-
wards County, Ill., in 1852, and was reared onafarm. Theearly years of his life were
spent in attending school and subsequently, in teaching. He removed to Kansas, and after
teaching a short time, entered upon the study of law, at Independence, and began practic-
ing at Cherryvale, in 1875. Since his admission to the bar he has held the office of County
Attorney for four years. In May, 1881, he became a partner in the Globe Publishing Com-
pany, and, in February, 1882, became sole proprietor of the business, and after consolidat-

ng the paper with the Newa, is now, in company with, P. Moore, editor aud proprietor
of the new paper called the Globe-News.

W.K. KENNEDY, grocer, was born in Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, March
28, 1844, removing from there to Humboldt, Allen Co., Kan., in December, 1869. He has
been engaged in mercantile pursuits for over twenty years. He had charge of the store of
Hysinger & Rosenthal at Humboldt for several years. In April, 1883, hé caneto Cherry-
vale, and has one of the most complete grocery establishments in this part of the State.
Carries a very large stock of well selected fancy and staple groceries, He is a member of
the A. F. & A, M. He was married in his native town, January 10, 1867, to Isabella Allen,
whe, was born in the same township. They have three children—Kelsey, Annella and Carrie

elle,

J. K.P. KESSLER, M. D., was born in Miama County, Ind., July 25, 1844. Was raised on
a farm, living there until he was eighteen years of age, then for six successive winters he
was engaged in teaching school, aud for a while he carried on the photograph business. He
was educated at the public schools and at Battle Ground Institute in Indiana, He read
medicine and SurEery with W. C. Ransom. He began practice in his native county in 1877,
and was there and in Blackford County, Ind., until May, 1881, after graduating at Cincin-
nati College of Medicine and Surgery, when he came to Cherryvale, continuing in practice
here since that time. The Doctor was married at Trenton, Blackford Co., Ind,, August 4,

70, to Rosinna G. Rausom, a native ofthat place. They have one child—Cbarles Earl,

ON. C. C, KINCAID, merchant and Mayor, was born at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio,
February 28, 1847, living there until the spring of 1868, when hecameto Kansas, locating
at Mound City, Linn County, where he was employed as a clerk until the spring of 1872,
(with the exception of the year 1870, which he spentin Obio), then at Independence until
he came to Cherryvaie, and engaged in mercantile business in 1874, curiae wich year his
sales amounted to about $8,0U0. In 1882 the sales amounted to over $40,000. He does some
jobbing in groceries, ary goods, etc., and gives employment toggven men. Mr. Kincaid
was the first Mayor of the city of Cherryvale and has held the oe continuously, excepting
one year, being the present Mayor of the city. In 1882, he was Wty Treasurer, having de-
clined the office of Mayor. He has been Treasurer of the School Board for four years, and
is a member of the I. O. O. F., N. G. of Cherryvale, Lodge No. 142. Mr..K. was married at
Independence, Kan., June 2, 1877, to Lulu Marshall, who was reared ir Leavenworth County,
Kan. They have three children—Robert, Maud and Blanche. Mr. Kincaid enlisted in No-
vember, 1863, in Company D, Second Ohio Cavalry, and participated in all Sugarem cuts of
his command from that time until he was mustered out in September, 1865, being in the
battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek, Stanton, West Va., Charleston, Va., and was at the sur-
render of General Lee. :

Cc. A. MITCHELL,
land County, Pa., April 11, 1846; lived at Astoria, Fulton County, Iil.,
Was a soldier in the late war, doing service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Ala-
baima, in the One Hundred and Fifty-first Ilinois Infantry. In July of the latter year he
located in Linn County, Kan., remaining there two months, then removed to Barnesville,
Bourbon Co., Kan., where he taught school until 1874; afterwards for two years he was
engaged in the telegraph business on the K. C., Ft. 8. GG. R. R., spending the summer of
1876 at Kansas City, and for three years in the same business at Thayer, Kan., then for
seven months at Chanute. September 25, 1880, he came to Cherryvale and took charge of
the bank, which he bas since managed. He is also a par ner with Dr. Guy 8. Hopkins,
in the drug business, being half owner of the store. e was Mayor of Thayer:one year
and_is serving his second: year as Alderman of Cherryvale. He is a member of the [. O.
0. e@ was married at Barnesville, Kan., in Febrnary, 1870, to Nannie Post, a native
yf Perry County, Uhio. They hive three children—Whittier C., Frederick S. and Eliza-
beth May. ‘They have a beautiful cottage home in Cherryvale, besides other real estate
iu Cherryvale and a farm in the west part of Montgomery County.

s.P. MOORE, senior member of the firm of Hinkle & Moore, editors and proprietors of
the Globe-News, was born in Monroe County, Ill., January 8, 1819, and was reared on a
farm, receiving his education at McKendrie College, in that State. He studied law and
began practice in 1853, at Greenville, Ill., and was elected Judge of the County Court for
Bond County. In 1871 he removed to Kansas, locating at Peru, Chautauqua County, and
began practicing law, and established a paper called the Chautauqua News, which, after
rouning five years at that place, he brought to Cherryvale, and, in company with his son,
C. E. Moore, started thé Cherryvale News, which was soon afterward consolidated with the
Globe, becoming the Globe-News. He is now Police Judge of the city of Cherryvale, to
which he was elected in the spring of 1882.

S. M. PEARSON, merchant, was born at Catawba, Clarke Co., Ohio, September 16, 1847,
living there till 1869, when he located at Gillespie, Macoupin Co., Ill., where he resided
until 1871, when he came to Kansas, first locating in Canada Township, Labette County,
remaining there three years, then at Litchfield, 111, till the fall of 1876, when he located in
Cherokee Township, Montgomery Co. Engaged in farming one year, then removed to Doug-
las, Kas., where he carrieu on mercantile business for some time, then located at Cherry-
vale, where he has continued to dealin general merchandise During the last vear of the
war heserved about five months in Company F, Kighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He isa
member of the Methodist Episcopal Chnreh, and of the I. 0.0. F. He was married at Gil-
lespie,I1l., December 8, 1870, to Ella A. Cameron, a native of Madison County, Il. They
have two children, Pearly Martin and Andrew C. wl ‘ 7

T. H. PRICE, proprietor Leland Hotel, was born in Carrolton, Carroll Co., Ohio, April
29,1837. Enlisted as a private in Company A, Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in Octo-
ber, 1861. He participated in allthe battles of his command, and was promoted to the
office of First Lieutenant of his company, and served until November, 1864. In 1866 he
located at Wyandotte, Kas., where he engaged in the lumber business for three years. He
then removed to southern Colorado, where he lived until 1880, when he went to Fall
River, Greenwood County, Kas., and engaged in merchandising, farming, etc. Came to
Cherryvale in January, 1882. He purchased the Leland Hotel proper y in October, 1881.
Was agent for the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad five months. He was married at
Colorado Springs, Col., April 8, 1875, to Miss Mary A. Vanendert, anative of Illinois, then
a resident of Colorado. . .

W. PUTNAM is a native of Gambier, Ohio, born June 3d, 1853. Engaged
in business at Gambier for several years prior to his removal to Cherryvale, Kan., May 1,
883. Since coming here he has been engaged in the drug trade, in partnership with Dr.
GC. E. Sapp. He isa member of the A., F.& A M., and K. of P. Mr, Putnam’s father, Nor-
inan W. Putnam, is the cldest settler of Gambier, Ohio, having located there fifty-two
years ago.
2 RUFUS F. RICHART, druggist, was born in Watson Township, near Allegan, Allegan
Co., Mich., September 26, 1850, living in the Township of Otsego until the spring of 1872,
when he cameto Kansas, first locating at Bunker Hill, Russell County. Invested in real estate;
then resided at Saliva for a period of two years, afterward returning to Michigan. residing
there and in Wisconsin most of the time until October, 1876. Returned to Salina, Kan.;
ved there until Mag, 1878, when he came to Cherryvale. In the following month he en-
gaged in the drug business, which he has since continued. He is a member of the I. 0. 0.
FE, r. R. was married in Otsego, Allegan Co., Mich., October 25, 1882, to Mary Stuck, a
native of Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., Mich.

S. H. ROOT was born at Benson, Rutland Co., Vi., December 25, 1818. In 1844 he en-
gaged inthe mercantile business at Castleton, Vt., and after 1856 he was a resident of Bos-
ton Mass,, remaining there until February, 1871, when he came to Kansas and located at
Independence, where he remained until November, 1881, when he came to Cherryvale.
Ho was married at Boston, Mass., June 30, 1844, to Anna B. Crehoe, a native of New Hamp-
shire. They have four children—Oliver Bowen, now engaged in the boot and shoe manufac-
turing business at South Framingham, Mass ; Sarah Burbank, William Crehoe, and Samnel
Henry. Mr. Root is a member of the Congregational Church, and ofthe A., F.& A.M. He
enlisted as a private in Company D, Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in
August, 1862, and remained in the service until January 20, 1866. He participated in all
the battles of his command, and for a long time was Orderly Sergeant of his company, be-
ing breveted Second Lieutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct.

CLINTON E. SAPP, M. D., physician and surgeon and druggist, was born at London-

cashier of the Exchange Bank, was born at Shippensburg, Cumber-
from 1850 to 1867.

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ville, Ashland Co., Ohio, February 4, 1852. Received his literary education at Kenyon Col- _
lege, at Gambier, Ohio, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, in the
spring of 1875, He was associated with his father in practice until the death of the latter,
in February, 1881; afterwarus, alone until he came to Cherryvale, May 1, 1883. While in
Ohio he was a member of the A., F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and of
the K. of P, Is a member of the firm of Putnam & Sapp, leading druggists of Cherryvale.
The Doctor's mother, Sarah Baker Sapp, resides at Gambier, Ohio. She is a native of Knox
County, Ohio, His father was also a native of Knox County, Ohio, and was quite an exten-
sive traveler, having made a trip around the world in 1852.

A. D. SMITH, owner of Pioneer stock and grain farm, P.O. Cherryvale, was born and
reared in Michigan. At the age of twenty-one, and in 1869, he came to Kansas and located
here, and engaged at farming and stock-rearing, and has been very successfully connected
with it since. In 1880 he established the City meat market in Cherryvale, and carried it on
actively till the present year, when he retired from it and engaged at dealing in cattle and
hogs, which he had previously carried on quite extensively. He married, in 1878, Miss Mar-

aret Sparks, of Illinois. They have two sons, Asa DeWitt and Calvin Ray. He is a mem-
er of the Christian Church, as also of the I. 0. O, F. Society, Pioneer farm contains 160
acres of choice land; is locafed four iniles north of Cherryvale, One hundred acres of jt is
devoted to grain tillage, and the balance to pasturage meadow. Itis well watered and
fenced; has good buildings and an orchard of 500 trees of a nicely assorted variety of fruits,

Cc. ©. THOMPSON, atiorney, real estate, Joan and insurance agent, was born near Ander-
son. in Madison County, Ind., January 19, 1855, living there ten years. Then his parents
resided with their family in Peoria County, Ill.. four years, Afterwards, in Putnam County,
Ill., four years removing, from there to LaSalle County, continuing his literary studies there,
and also reading Jaw in the officeof Thompson & Thompson, at Ottawa, being admitted to the
bar in that city. He began practice at Cherryvale, having located here in July, 1880. He was
one of the charter members of Cherryvale Lodge, No. 91, A. O. U. W., and was represent-
ative to the Grand Lodge in 1883. He has held the highest offices in his lodge, and is now re-
corder and lodge deputy of the same. Mr. Thompson was married at Virden, IL, July 21,
1881, to Sarah R Hill, a native of Indiana. They have one child, Elizabeth N.

L. T. REN, M. D., was born in Blount County, Tenn., January 22, 1850. He was
educated at Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated from the medical
department of Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn. e began practice at Conway.
Mo., in April, 1873, remaining there until 1880, when he came to Cherryvale, being one of
the leading members of the Medical profession Southern Kansas. The doctor is a member
of A., F. & A. M. Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He was a member of the South
Western Medical Society of Missouri, while residing in that State.

M. J. WL MS, physician and surgeon, Cherryvale, was born in Parke County, Ind.,
August 25,1854. He received a good common school education in the public schools of
his native place,and engaged in a thorough literary course at Bloomingdale Academy, where
he spent four yearsinstudy. At the age of twenty-three he engaged at the study of his pro-
fession at Stilesville, under the preceptorship of Dr. J.N. Green, and after a thorough course
of three years’ study, graduated from the Medical College of Indiana, at Indianapolis, March
3, 1881. Hethen located at Kempton, Ind., and carried on this practice successfully till
March of the present year when he located here. He isan active member of the I. 0, 0. F.
society.

 

A.L. WILSON, attorney, is a native of Kansas, born near Garnett, Anderson Co., Nov.
12, 1860. Read law at Garnett and Cherryvale, locating at the latter place in August, 1881;
was admitted to the bar September 9th, 1882. His parents, John and Pruda A. Wilson, were
aniong the early settlers of the Territory of Kansas, having located near Prairie City in
; Bod residing there two years, then removing to Anderson County, near Garnett, where

ey now reside.

. F, WOOD, merchant and City Clerk, was born in Aviston, Clinton Co., Ill., Nov, 12, |
1850, lived in his native county until the spring of 1873, when he came to Kansas, and en-
gaged in farming for two years in Mound Valley Township, Labette County; taught school
tor one winter, and for a period of three years he was in the drug trade, since thattime
dealing in general merchandise and buying live stock. Mr. Wood was educated at McKen-
drie College, at Lebanon, III., and at the Illinois State Normal School, and taught school two
terms prior to his removal to this State. He has served asa member of the Board of Edu-
cation of this city, and whilea member of Mound Valley ‘Township, was a member of the
Sehool Board there. He has been City Clerk of the city of Cherryvale since its Organization.
He is amember ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church, being superintendent of the Sabbath
school of thatchurch. Heis alsoa member of the A..F. & A.M. Mr. W. was married at
Cherryvale, March 1, 1874, to Ida E, Paxson, anative of Du Page Township, Will County,
Il. They have two children—Bertha Eudora and Clarence William. Mrs. Wood is a daugh-
ter of Seth Paxson, of this city, he being owner of a part of the Cherryvale town site. rr
Wooil's father, W. D. Wood, is also a resident of this place, having purchased property here
in 1873, locating here April 23, 1881. He was born near Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tenn.,
October 3, 1823, lived near Terre Haute, Ind., eleven years; then in Bradley County, Tenn,
two years, removing from there to Clinton County, Ill, making his home in that county
until he came to Kansas, Heis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was
married in Clinton County, Ill, in October, 1848, to Naomia C, Lear, a_native of Bucks
County, Pa, They haveten children—Millard F., of Cherryvale; John Henry, of Clinton
County, ILl.; Juetta, now Mrs. Henry L. Tripod, of Clinton County, Ill.; Mary Frances, now
Mrs. James Phillips, also of Clinton County; William D., Sarah Addie, Minnie B., Louisa,
Clarence, Edward and Luella, residing at Cherry vale.

ELK CITY.

Of the many cities whose rise and fall, or ultimate success are recorded in
the history of Montgomery County, Elk City was the first to become established.
It is situated in the northwestern part of the county, on the line of the K.C.,
L. & S. K. R.R., about 175 miles southwest of Kansas City, and in the valley
of the Elk River, at the mouth of Duck Creek.

The town is surrounded by a large territory of excellent and productive
valley land— the Elk Valley being noted for the superior excellence and fertility
of its soil—from which a large and prosperous trade is derived.

Early in 1868, John Kappel established a trading post here, on the land
which he afterward entered and deeded as a claim. Shortly after this date, and
in December, 1868, the idea of starting a town, at this point, was conceived,
and for the furtherance of the project, a town company was organized, of which
A. H. Baird was chairman, and Dr. Miller was secretary. The company se-
lected Kappel’s claim, at the confluence of Duck Creek with Elk River, as the
town site, as affording the most favorable and desirable location. Besides Kap-
pel’s trading post, the next business started in the town was that by A. E. Baird,
in a log building, consisting of general stock, and the next was M. D, Wright,
who, in 1870, began seliing stationery, notions, etc., in a little log building, the
upper part of which he occupied as living apartments, carrying on his business
on the ground floor, having brought his goods with him in a covered wagon,
when he migrated thither.

Among the earliest to establish in business in the town, was A. R. Quigg,
who engaged in the hardware trade, which he still follows. Kappel’s old trad-
ing store, after having undergone overhauling, with new front, etc., forms the
room now occupied by Watts & Masterman’s furniture store.

In 1869, S. B. Davis, T. J. Brown and Samuel Maples built the first saw
mill at the place. The first blacksmith shop was built by J. P. Morgan, in 1870.
During the years of 1869-70, the stream of emigration poured at its height, and
the population of the town had largely increased, so that as early as the spring
of 1871, it had attained the necessary proportions, and was ready to assume the
dignity of a city of the third class. Since that time, the growth of the city has
been moderate and of a substantial and healthy character, and at present it has
a population of 500. The city is experiencing a revival of progress and improve-
ment, several large brick business rooms, a commodious brick hotel and school
building having been erected during the present season. ;

The first death within the limits of the city, was that of Thomas Hammond,
who was shot and killed by a man named Morrison. The difficulty had arisen
some time previously, concerning a plow, and a rehearsal of this resulted as
above, when Morrison fled the country.
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The first child born was Willie Hammond, son of Thomas and Bertha
Hammond, in April, 1869 and who was killed during the same month, at the
disaster at the Elk City fo d.

Although Elk City afterward proved a successful atiempt as an enterprise
of town building, her beginning was made in the midst of spirited rivalry.
Bloomfield, about « mile northeast, and Tipton a little way east of the town,
were established, and sought to win inthe race for supremacy. But Elk City
took thelead, outstripping these two places, which it afterward wholly absorbed,
the latter being now a ‘‘city of the dead,” the site being occupied as a ceme-
tery, and of the former, not a vestige remains to mark the solitary grounds upon
which stood the embryo city. Each of these places, during its existence,
contained some eight or ten dwellings, a dry goods, drug’and grocery stores.

The railroad was constructed to Elk City in 1879, and was of much ad-
vantage in stimulating its improvementand growth,

As before stated, the tide of emigration was at its flood during the years
of 1869 and 1870. This, besides filling up the country with a numerous farm-
ing population, even, in greater ratio, also stimulated and built up the towns.
Elk City coming in for her share, was ready in a little more than two years
from its incipiency, having attained the requisite legal population to become
organized as a city of the third class. The town, therefore, became duly and
legally incorporated in the spring of 1871, and Herbert Prentiss was elected
Mayor, James Smith, Police Judge, and Uri Coy, J. Baldwin, Whig Southard,
W. W. Woodring and A. R. Quigg, members of the City Council. Prentiss re-
signed the office of Mayor before the expiration of the term, and was succeeded
by Uri Coy. The present city officials are: Samuel Weston, Mayor; A. J.
Garrison, Clerk; S. N.West, Treasurer; H. H. Burdick, Police Judge; W.
Aldridge, Marshal, and W. Mussen, H. Woodring, M. P. Freely, A. J. Garri-
son and S. N. West, members of the City Council.

A postoffice was established at Elk City in 1870, and William Henry [ar-
rison Southard, or for short, as he was called, ‘‘ Whig” Southard, held the com-
mission as Postmaster, the office being kept in Osa Sherman’s store. About a
year after, A. J. Clark succeeded to the position, who, in about another year’s
time, gave way to M. D. Wright, who has since continued in the capacity of
Postmaster, the office being kept in his stationery and notion store.

SCHOOLS AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS,

__ The first public school was taught in thetown by Will.am Osborne, in 1869, and was kept
ina log house belonging to a mannamed Chandler. In this place, and in the building
erected by Thomas Harris for a hotel, the schools were held until the completion of the
regular school building. The work of erecting & schoolhouse began in 1871, and by the
month of January, 1872, was completed, aud was 26x40 feet: in dimensions, one stor:

frame. This building served the schools, in a cramped condition, until the fall of 188 f
when acommodious new school building was erected. The house is a two-story brick,
containing four rooms, being 33x63 feet in size, inthe main, with appropriate and artistic
wings and projections, and was built at acost to the district, when completed, of nearly
gee for the payment of which, in part, bonds were issued by the city to the amount of

375.

During the early part of the year 1882, the schools, numbering 218 pupils underwent a
sort of grading or division, and were made to comprise the primary, intermed ate and
grammar school departments, which, respectively, were under the charge of Miss Ella Per-

ins, Miss McDowell and A. C. Sewell, each of whom were generally regarded as teachers
of superior efficiency, and under whose management the schools experienced a degree of
prosperity never before equalled. sien ae
he city contains, among her institutions several church organizations, by which is
indexed the moral and Christian sentiment cherished among the majority of the citizens.

The first sermon preached in the place was delivered by the Rev. Smith Gossett, of the
denomination of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in 1869.

Tv. rimitive Baptist Church was established on the first Saturday of Septem-
-ber 1869, by the Rev. M. F. Hedges, at the residence of W. W. Woorring, then about a mile
anda half southeast of town, with a membership of nine, Meetings were held at resi-
dences and schoolhouses until in 1882, when they conducted worshipjin the Presbyterian
Church. The present mem bersitD is fourteen, under charge of Rev. J. T. Swinney.

The Missionary Baptist Church was organized in November, 1869, by Rev. John Roe, at
the residence of T. J. Brock, about two miles south of the town, with eleven members,
This-body, also, worshiped in private houses and in school buildings until in 1882, at which
time they purchased the old school building in the city, which, undergoing remodeling and
repuiring, was fitted up as a place of pershin. The congregation, now numbering tweuty-
six members, is under the pas orate of Rev. W. Gable. 7

The Methodist Episcopal Church became established in 1871, under the supervision of
Rev. Samuel Lampman. The congregation, having no church building, then, as now, was
competled to shift about for a place of holding meetings, as necessity demanded, and at
present occupy the Presbyterian Church, and is ministered to by Rev. Mr. Bennett.

The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was instituted, at Kik City, in 1873, by Rev.
Mr. McClure. The work of organization took place inthe school building, and was etfected
with fourteen members. Services were held in the schoolhouse until the Presbyterian
Church, was completed, and were then conducted in that building. Rev. Mr. Harris is the

resent pastor.
B The Disciple’s Church was formed on the first Suuday of March, 1882. Elder W. M.
Babbitt was chiefly instrumental in effecting the work, which took place in the school
building, at Elk City, with a total of twenty members, Meetings are now conducted in the
Presbyterian Church, by Mr. B.ubbitt,

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1880, through the efforts of Rev. Sluney
Allen, a noted pioneer minister and physician. A church house was bullt, during the early
part of that year, and dedicated on the 4th of July, The building is a one-story stone
structure, and serves humerous other congregations of the city for church purposes. The
congregation has thirty-five members, aud was under charge of Mr. Allen until recently,
when he was succeeded by Rev. E. B. Evans as pastor.

Nowhere, perhaps, does social order attain greater perfection and fraternal feeling
higher cultivation than iu this little city. Her quota of lodges and social fraternities clearly
demonstrates this fact; not alone in the comparative number of these, but, also,Jn the vigor-
ous spirit with which they are conducted and the prosperity they enjoy.

Carson Lodge, No. 132, A., F. & A. M., was instituted under a dispensation, in November,
1871, and chartered October %, 1873, with thirteen charter members. The firstofficers were
J. W. Bell, worshipful master; J. P. Swatzell, secretary, and G. T. Sherman, treasurer. The
lodge, since the beginning, has enjoyed a high degree of prosperity, and now has a member-

. ship of fifty-four, with W. 8. Hough, as worshipful master; 5. 8. Benson, sccretary, and W.
WwW. Woodr he, treasurer

William Penn Lodge, No, 78, I. O. O. F, became organized under adispensation, August
29, 1871. The work of institution was under the direction of Isaac Sharp, special deputy
grand master, and Samuel F. Burdett, special deputy rand secretary, The order began
with five members, and Whig Southard was chosen noble grand, and LE. T. Walker, secre-
tary. The present officers of the Lodge, which now numbers a membership of thirty-two,
are: S.S. Benson, noble grand; L. Kniffen, vice grand; T. J. White. secretary; G. W. Knif-
fen, treasurer, and W. W. Woodring, sitting past grand. :

"Enterprise Lodge, No. 2078, K of H., was instituted by D. G. Himrod, of Chanute, Kan.,
as special deputy, on the 11th of February, 1880, with twenty-two charter members. Those
first elected as officers were: J. W. Simpson, dictator; 5, B. Davis, secretary; Joseph Rob-
ins, treasurer. This orden nowmeyely only enjoyed a brief existence, having become disor-

ized in the spring o 2.

Rare) Toe aye, Ne. 108, 4. 0, U. W., was organized August 4, 1882, by D. M. Lega, who
was. speciall eputized for this purpose. Officers to take charge of the order were then
chosen as follows: F, W. Baker, master workman; William Stewart, foreinan; William
Wright, receiver, and E. C. Rogers, financier. These flourishing fraternities all hold their
meetings in the same hall, at different times. ee

Three attempts have been made toward the publication of a newspaper at Elk City, The
last of these was made during the summer of 1882, in the publication of a paper called the
Elk City Globe, by W. C. Gettys, the first issue of which appeared on the 28th of July. The
paper is a six-column folio in size, neutral in politics, and has a circulation of three hundred

copies,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

monetary institution in the place is the Elk City banking house, which
was established in March, 1881, by F. E. Turner, who for some time was engaged in nore
cantile pursuits, which he gave up to begin banking. This institution is provide ee a
vault of solid masonry, with Diebold entrance, in which is a Hall’s best time lock safe. ul
he only manufacturing establishments of importance at this place are the eam ne
established in 1869, by S. B. Davis & Co., and the Elk City flouring mil’, owned by de it
& Musson. ‘This establishment does a large and successfnl business, and sustains a hig’
reputation for the excellence of its work and the honorable fealing of its Proper: fais
There is alsoa brick yard here, in successful operation, by Price & od ring, som
which there was manufactured, during the season, about 600,000 brick, for the supp. yo
building material to the city, and for which there was a pressing demand, during ne Su -
mer, by reason of the many buildings being constructed, both as public buildings. us! nese
houses and residences. Besides these are other smaller factories, such as wagons 10; ps: ie.
‘A manufactory for the making of the Double Spiral Bed Springs, 18 operated py ia
Stewart, who owns the State right of this patent, for both its manufacture and sale.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

.F, , dealer in harness and saddlery, was born in Kingston, Rhode Island
May ia. ge as learned the harness-maker’s trade in his native town, where he continued
to work until September, 1879, when he came to Kansas. He worked until the following
spring in Alma, Wabaunsee County, and then in Lawrence, thence to Fredonia, and thence
to Mankato in Jewell County. In June, 1882 he came to Elk City and opened a store as an
agent for another party. He bought the stock July 1, 1883, and is engaged in business on
his own account. He fas a good stock, manufactures largely, and does a rushing business,
He belongs to the A. O, U. April '26, 1882, he was married at Fredonia, Kan., to Miss
Fanny A. Black. .

J. ISLEY, druggist, was born in Canada West, April 30, 1837, At the age of nine-
seen veaia he one to the United States and located at ‘Grinnell, Iovra, where he attended
school for three years. A part of the time was atthe Iowa College. In September, 1861, he
enlisted in Company &, of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry, He served unti)] August, 1865, and
was nustered out by reason of the expiration of term of service. He then returned to Iowa
and began business as 2 inerchant in general store at Linn Grove, Jasper County. In 1870,
he sold out and came to Kansas, locating in Louisburg Township, Montgomery County, on
afarm., In 1877, he moved to Ek City and opened a general store. He sold it in 1879 and
bought a drug store, and in the spring of 1883, Mr. John Wright became a partner in the
business. They carry a good stock of drugs, proprietary medicines, and sundries, under the
firm name of Bagsley & Wright. He isa member of the K. of H. Was married April 10,
1861, in Puweshetk County, Towa $0 eae aD A. Carlsor. They have five children—Eben
J., Cora A,. Orilla J., Etta L., and Ruth Myrtle, -

’ M. H. BAIRD, farmer, P. O. Elk City, was born in St. Charles, Kane Co., Ill., September
23, 1844. InAugust, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, of the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Cav-
alry, as a private. aving been injured in the service by the falling of his horse, which
produced military disability, he was discharged from service in March, 1862, and returned
to Illinois, where he engaged infarming, In 1872, he came to Kansas, and bought a farm
adjoining Elk City, onthe north of Duck Creek. In 1881, he laid out twenty-five acres of
his farm in town lots, which is known as M. H. Baird’s addition to Elk City. He still retains
a very fine farm of 125 acres, and is engaged in farming, raising grain and stock. He was
married July 4, 1865, at DeKalb, IIL, to Miss Anna Wright. They have four children—
Charles, Horace S., Hattie and Carrie.

Cc. P: BURCHFIELD, proprietor of the Burehfield Hotel, was born in Warren County,
Ky., Augusl'20, 1842. He was raised a farmer. He enlisted September 5, 1861, in Com-

any I, Seventeenth Regiment, Kentucky Infantry. Was made Sergeant and then Orderly

ergeant. He took partin the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh Corinth, Chickamauga, and
many other battles and skirmishes. In 1869 he began business as a merchant with a gener-
al stock at Greencastle, Ky.; was also the proprietor of a hotel. He continued business
there until 1877, when he came to Kansas, locating at Radical City, Montgomery County,
where he engaged in the general grocery and drugs trade. He was in Radical City two
years, and then moved to Crane Station, where he kept a general stock including drugs. -In
1881 he removed to Elk City, and began hotel keeping in the Elk City House. In the fall of
1882 in company with four others he built the new brick hotel, known as the Burchfield
House. and Mr. B. became the manager thereof, and is still in that popular caravansery.
He is a member of the A. O. U. W.. the G. A. R.,and A., F. & A. M. He was married August
26, 1682, at Springheld, Tenn., to Miss Nanuie KE. Miller, of Warren County, Ky.

H. H. BORDICK, veterinary surgeon, was born in Lower Canada, January 29, 1833.
When a child his parents moved to the United States. and located at Georgia, Franklin Co.,
Vt. When he was thirteen years of age, the family moved to Freeport, [ll., and in 1850 to
Wisconsin. In 1856 he came to Kansas, locating ona farm in Miami County, then Lykens
County, three miles south of Osawatomie. He took a part in the struggle for free Kausas,
and was with J. H. Lane in his campaign against the border outlaws. e took a part in the
battle of Middle Creek, and at Fort Bain, where the command worsted the United States
troops. under Capt. Anderson, (afterwards famous as the defender of Fort Sumter, and
a distinguished general of the late war), who were assisting the Deputy United States Mar-
shall in trying to arrestthe command. July 5, 1861, he entered the United States service
as a scout for Gen. Sigel. Heserved under various commanders in the same capacity until
April, 1863, when he was discharged from the service. He returned to Jefferson County,
Kan., where he buried his first wife. In 1870 sold out, and came to Elk City. He was
Deputy Sheriff of Montgomery County 26.9 years, and then engaged in the livery business
two years, and then bought a farm in uisburg Township. He was elected a Justice of jj
the Peace in 1873, and still holds the office of Police Judge, having been successfully re-
elected every term since. Has also been Police Judge of Elk City. He belongs tothe G. A
R. Was married at Stevens Point, Wis., October 29, 1854, to Miss Sarah Outcait. They
had no children. Buthe had one child, Huldah L., by his second wife, Miss Sarah Huns-
ford being her maiden name. They were married June 5, 1870, at Elk City, Kan.

J. W. EWING, hardware dealer, was born in Tippecanoe County, Ohio, August, 23,
1846. Whenachild, his parents remove: to Moline, Ul. When eighteen years of Re, he
began the tinner’s trade at Winona, Il. He worked for the same man until 1880, and during
three years had charge of a branch store at Long Poiut, Livinystone County, during which
time be was the village Postmaster. In May, 1880, he came to Kanv-as, settling at Neodesba,
Wilson County, where he worked at his trade until October, 1822, when he removed to Elk
City, Montgomery county. and began business as ahardware merchant, In May, 1883, he
took as a partner, Dr. H.C, Perdue. The firm Ewing & Perdue carry a large stock of builder’s
and heavy hardware, agricultural implements, aud kindred lines of goods. Mr. Ewing was
married March 8, 1877, at Minouk, Ill, to Miss Belle Taylor. They have two children—
Warren, and Percey.

GEORGE W. FERNER, dealer in groceries, was born in Jay County, Ind., September 6,
1855, He was educated at the Northwestern College, at Napleville, Ill, in 1878. He moved
to Macedon, Mercer County, Ohio, aud began business as a merchant, with a general stock
of merchandise. In February, 1883, he sold our, moved to Kansas, locating if Elk City.
where he is engaged in groceries and provisions, has also a good stock of queensware. 8
was married ovember 14, 1880, in Jay County, Ind., to Miss Serena Adams.

W. C, GETTYS, publisher EIk City Globe, Was bornin Fayette County, Pa., November 13,
1854. When three years of age, he removed with his pareuts to Wapello’ County, Iowa,
where he lived until 1866. In that year the family came to Kansas, settling on a farm in
Coltey County, At the age of twenty years, Mr. Gettys began the trade of a printer, aud as a
journeyiman traveled through the State, working in’ various towns and cities, until 1879,
when he located at Longton, Elk County, and began the publication of The Pioneer. After
one pee he removed the paper to Severy, Greenwood County. Herehe published the paper
untll November, 1881, when he sold out: In July, 1882, he began the publication of a paper,
at Elk City, Moutgomery County, called the Elk Gity Globe, and is still atthe head of the
paper: Ho was married November, 22, 1878, at Kureka, Kan., to Miss Anna Drake. They
have two children—Charles Lee, and Frederic Ernest.

H. B, KELLEY, dealer in general merchandise, was born in Wayne County, Ky., June
26, 1853. Inthe spring of 1870, his parents moved to Kansas _and ‘settled on a farm near
Elk City, Moutgomery County. In 1874 he beman elerking for W. F, Baird in Elk City, and
was with him nearly two years and then went into the store of J. G. Paine and worked for a

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-few months, and then engaged with J. 1, Crouse six months, and then worked for Thomas

Bruce nearly two years, and for more than three years with Baden Bros., at their stores in
Elk City, and Tudependence., September 4, 188%, lie, ir company with Badeu Bros., and Mr.
A, C. Sewell, began trade in Elk City on his own account, firm Baden Bros., & Co. April 30,
1883, this firm dissolved, and on May 4, Mr. Kelley established the new firm of Kelley &
ecw tate. carry a large stock of general merchandise and have flattering prospects ot
Q a

E. D. LEASURE, dealer in lumber, grain and corn, was born in Lee County, Iowa, Jan-
uary 3, 1855. Atthe age of nine years, he removed with his parents to Polk County, lowa,
and located in Des Moines City. . He was educated in the common schools and the Quincy
Business College, of Quincy, Ill, He took a very complete business course, extendin
through two years and received a diploma. In 1878, he came to Kansas and was employed
by G, B. Shaw & Co., of Kansas City, Mo., as salesman in Jumber, and October q; 1888, took
charge of their business in El City. He handles lumber and building materials of all
kinds, also corn, and buys grain, He isa member of the I. 0. 0. F.

(ue  E. MASTERMAN, druggist, was born in the western partof New York, August 8, 185
His mother died when he was a child, and his father removed to Wisconsin, and after a
short stop there to Washington County, [ud. Here he grew to manhood, and was educated
ma seminary at Salem. He clerked in the dry goods trade until 1873, when he came to
Kansas, and located at Parsons, where he clerked three yearsfor W.C. Holmes. In 1876 he
came to Montgomery County, settled first at Independence, and was a salesman in J. H.
P a’s drug store, In November, 1881, he moved to Elic City, and hought a drug store.

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Here he is still found in business prosperous and hap He carries a fine stock of drugs,
patent medicines, books, stacionery and sundries. HENS a Mason, and has attained to the
night Templar’s degree, 3 -
1 . P. MORGAN, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 4,
837. He learned blacksmithing and in 1857 moved to Iroquois County, Il!., where he lived
untilthe war. In May, 1861, he enlistedin Company [, Twentieth [Illinois Volunteer Infan -
try for the three months’ service. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I of the One
Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer In aulry as aprivate. He served in the Fifteenth
Corps and in the Trans-Mississipp! Department. Took part in the battles of Vicksburg,
Arkansas Post and many others. December 29, 1842, was wounded by a double gun shot
wound in the right leg, after which he was in the Hospital Service as nurse, wardmaster
and hospital steward. At the-expiration of his term of enlistment, he was mustered out
and returned home. In the spring of 1866, he removed to Monona County, Iowa, but in the
following spring returned to his old home, but the same fall moved to Kansas City, Mo. In
1868 cameinto Kansas and locatedin Wilson County, where he engaged in farming. Inthe
spring of 1869 he sold out and came to Elk City and engaged In business. Was the first
blacksmith in the town. He has lived here since with the exception of the year 1881,which
he spent in New Mexico. In 1877 he began keeping a hotel in Elk City, and in 1882 he be
came proprietor of the Eagle Hotel which he still manages, He has been Deputy Sheriff,
City Council and City Treasurer, He was married December 31, 1857, in lroquois County,
Ill, to Miss Sibyl E. Byers. They have three children—Francis B., Viola Leona, now Mrs.
Dr. G. F. Woodring, and Lena Viroqua.

WILLARD MUSSON, miller, was born in Erie County, Pa., January 1, 1840. Whena
child his mother died and his father removed with him to Now York. At four years of age
le accompanied his father to Manitowoc, Wis. In 1857 they removed to Champaign County
Ill, where he lived until the civil war. He enlisted in September, 1862, in Company H 0
the One Hundred and Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, He served as an enlisted man
three years and was mustered out as Orderly Sergeant at the expiration of his term of
service, He returned to Illinois and returned to Cerro Gordo, Piatt County, and engaged ir
milling. In 1867 he moved to Cobden, Union County, and was the foreman of a lumbe1
company until October, 1878, when he came to Kausas and settled in Elk City aud bought
an interest in the Elk City Mills, the firm of Wright, Musson & Behrens. He is now serving
his third term as a member of the City Council. H2 belongs to the Masonic Order and the
‘.A,R. He was married in July, 1867, at Cerro Gordo, 111, to Miss Isabella L. Doyle. They
have two children, May and Leighton.

W. C. NEWKIRK, farmer, P, O, Elk City, was born in Jackson County, Ind., March 26,
1838. He was raised a farmer; enlisted October 9, 1861, in Company G, Fiftieth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of Tennessee and took part in all the battles of
his regiment, He was a private, Corporal, Sergeant and then Orderly Sergeant. He was

promoted Second Lieutenant of his company in the fall of 1863, First Lieutenant six months
thereafler, and Captain, February, 1865, having re-enlisted as a veteran. He returned to
Indiana and engaged in farming. In 1871 he caine to Kansas and settled in Louisburg
Township, Montgomery County. Here he has been engaged in farming and stock raising
_ever since. Heisa member oftheG, A.R.. Hewas married August 20, 1864, at Bedford,
Ind., to Miss Sarah B. Reynolds, of Lawrence County, Ind. They have seven children,
Thomas R., William T., Frederic R., James L., Robert L., Alonzo and Sylvia Belle,

J: G PAINE, dealer in general merchandise, was boru in Hallowell, Me., March 15,
1834. In 1842 he removed, with his parents, to Chicago, Ill. He was educated in the Public
Schools of that city and by a private tutor. In 1857, with his father, he came to Kansas and
located in Lynn Co., where they engaged in farming, August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Com-
pany K, of the Twelfth Kansas, and was afterwards made Hospital Steward. He was mus-
tered out of the army July 20, 1865, and returned to his farm, where he lived until 1873,
when he sold out and came to Montgomery County, located near Independence and eng d
in the dairy business for two years. He again sold his farming interest and removed to Eli
City and began business as a merchant. e has a yery large stock of merchandise and does
avery hesvy business. He also buys, feeds and ships live stock to Eastern markets. He was
Mayor of Elk City in 1877, and has been a member of the School Board for several years.
He was mnarried auuary 25, 1868, in Lynn County, Kan., to Miss Emma Dean.

H. C. PERDUE, M.D., dealer in hardware, was born in Kanawha Co., W. Va., Septem-
ber 14,1820. In 1837 he went to Knox County, Ind., where he was engaged in the study of
medicine, and lived there three years. He took the course at McDowell College, St. Louis
graduating with the class of 1842. He practiced many years in Illinois, and in 1873 came
to Kansas, locating at Osborne City, in Osborue County. In 1880 he entered the St. Joseph
(Mo.) Hospital Medical College and received a diploma from tnat institution. In Novem-
ber, 1880, he moved to Galena, Cherokee County, and began business as a druggist and
grocer, and did an office practice in his profession, April 1, 1883, he sold his business and
removed to Elk City. In May, same year, he bought an interest in the hardware trade with
J. W. Ewing, firm of Ewing & Perdue. He is also willing to do professional work in
office, but attends no calls; He is a member of the I. O. O. F. e was married September 3,
1846, in Le Claire, Iowa, to Miss 8. E. Eads, They had one daughter, Minnie, now Mrs,
-EKdwin Hardin, of New York city. Mrs. Perdue was deceased in 1864, and again, February
¥, 1881, at Salem, Kan., he was married to Mrs. S, A. Stevens.

A. R. QUIGG, deater in hardware, was born in Wayne County, Ind., April 14, 1843. He
enlisted August 6, 1862, in Company E, Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, August
30, 1862. He was wounded by a gun shot wound atthe battle of Richmond, Ky,, the ball
passing through both thighs. He was discharged on account of disability, in the fall of
1863, and returned to Indiana, where he was inschool for a year. He was engaged in
farming until 1866, when he removed to Kansas and located in Johnson County, ere
moved to Ottawa, Franklin County,in the fall of 1866, and removed to LeRoy, Coffey County,
in 1867, where he was engaged in the buildirg business. Iu October, 1870, came to Mont-
gomery County and settled at Elk City; followed carpentry, cabinet-making and under-
taking. In the fall of 1877 he began business as a hardware merchant. He carriesa general
stock of hardware, agricultural implements andsundries. He was Township Treasurer in
1872 and 1873 and Clerk in 1874. He is a member of the I. 0.0. F.. Was married May 4,
etd at TeRoy, Kansas, to Miss M. J. Sutton. Lhey have three children—Bobbie, Emma
and Frank.

A. C. ROGERS, dealer in furniture, was born In Wayne County, Ohio, January 22, 1847.
In the the spring of 1866 he moved to Kosciusko County, Ind., settled at’ Etna Green, and
worked in @ saw inill fortwo years. In 1868 he went to Dedalb County, lfo., settling six
miles north of Maysville, where he worked on afarm for two years. In 1870 he weat to
Nuckolis County, Neb., took a homestead, remained on it five years, sold out_and removed
to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he was a carpenter for three years, In 1878 he came to
Kansas, locating three miles from Chetopa, where he bought a farm. He lived there until
June, 1882, when he sold out and moved to Elk City, Montgomery Co.,and began business as a
merchant infurniture. He has-a good stock of furniture, carpets and house furnishing
goods of various kinds. He also keeps a full and complete stock of undertakers’ goods and
an elegant hearse. He isa member of the A. O. U He was married January 5, 1878, in
Mn puren. County, Iowa, to Miss Sarah A. Harvey. They have one child, John B., born

arch 28, eo

JOHN C. SMITH, dealer in furniture, was born in Lawrence County, Ind., March 3,
1837. Atthe age of ten years he went to Clay County, Ill, and lived with Mr. Harrison
Rayburn, near Louisville, until of legal age. In 1859 he returned to Indiana, and February
26. 1859, he was married in Orange County to Miss Mary J. Wright, who died March 29,
1859. ‘The following year he returned to Clay County, Ill., but after one year’s residence he

returned to Indiana, and July 4, 1861, enlisted in Company G, of the Twenty-fourth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry. He served three years as an enlisted man, and was mustered out as
Sergeant. He took part in the battles of Shiloh, Champion Hill, Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson
aud the campaign under Gen. Banks. After the war he returned to Louisville, Ill., and en-
-gaged in carpentry: until 1878, when he cameto Elk City, Kansas. He worked at carpentry
for two years, and in 1881 began business as a merchantin furniture. He carries a general
stock of furniture, undertaker’s goods, carpets, curtains, mattresses and house furnishing
sundries. He has been on the City Council, belongs to the Masons and the G. A. R. January
22, 1867, he was again married to Miss Annie Bead, in Greensburg, Ind. They have three
ehildren—Cora Jessamine, Harry L.and Cyrus D. .

CHARLES W. STANTON, farmer, P. O. Elk City, was born in Cortland County, N. Y.,
February 18, 1836. He was educated at McGrawville College, in his native county, an
jearned the inachinist’s trade, In 1856 he went to Chicago, Ill., where he worked a year as
@ molder, and then returned to his home in New York, where he was in College two years,
In the fall of 1860 he went to St. Louis, Mo., and in the following spring to Springfield, IIl.,
where he worked at his trade until the war began, when in May, 1862, he enlisted in Com-
pany H, of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered
out Second Lieutenant. In an assault upon the works of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863, he was
wounded by a gunshot through the body, but which, fortunately, did not prove fatal. In
July, 1865, was promoted to First Lieutenant of the company, and at the battle of Nashville
was again wounded, receiving a fragment of shell in his left shoulder. While in the hos-
pital was commissioned Captain, but not being able for active service was not mustered. He
was mustered out as First Lieutenant, June 20, 1865, and returned to Springfield, IIl.,
where he remained two years in adisabled condition. He then removed to Illiopolis, in the
same county, and was in business as a dealer in hardware, agricultural implements, etc. In
1869, moved to Du Quoin, IIl., and was employed in running a stationary engine. in 1872
he came to Kansas, locating a farm in Louisburg Township. In 1880 he sold his farm
and bought another, half a mile north of Elk City, where he now resides. He is a member
ofthe G. A. R., and of the A., F.& A. M. He was married at Decatur, Ill., November 7%
1864, to Miss Almira Cox. They have five children—Elmira E., Armenia C., Charles B., Ed-
win M, and Clara V. Mr. Stanton is at present engaged as a newspaper correspondent for

nd other papers. ‘ i
loca ATL TAM 8 SWART, Mayor of Elk City, was born in Illinois, September 15, 1833,
When a child of one year, his parents moved to Missouri and settled in Miller County. At

- in Hiltonville, Lawrence Co., I

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the age of five years he lost his mother, his father dying when he was seven years old. He
lived with his step-mother until sixteen years of age, and then began business for him-
self. His parents had moved to Miller County, Mo., and here he worked on a fara: until
sixteen years of age, and clerked in a store in Tuscumbia one year. He then worked at car-
pentry, and has worked at the business most of his life since. In 1878 he removed to
Kansas and settled in Lynn County, where he engaged in farming. In 1861, bought a farm
in Bourbon County, and continued farming until September, 1862, when he solé his farm
and began as a merchant in Xenia, July 30,1861. He enlisted in Company C, of the Sixth
Kansas Volunteers, and in October the company was transferred to the Fourth Kansas and
designated Company D. Served one year, and was mustered out by order of the War De-
partment on account of irregularity in mustering. He returned home, sold his farm and
removed ty Xenia, and continued in the mercantile business until the fall of 1867, when he
sold out and again engaged in carpentry. In the sprin of 1871 he removed to Montgomery
County. Settled in Rutland Township, where he lived until 1879, when he sold his farm,
removed to Elk City, and contracted and built that year, four station houses for the K. C. L.
&&,K.R.R. After these contracts were finished he returned to Elk City, and has been in
business here sluce. While in Bourbon County he was Township Trustee for five years of
Franklin T.wnship. In 1873, he was Trustee of Rutland Township, Montgomery County.
In 1875 he was elected Representative from Montgomery County to the Legislature, and
served in the session of 1876. He was a member of the Comwittee on State Printing and
Cities of the second class. ‘In 1882 he was elected Justice of the the Peace for Louisburg
Township, and in 1883 Mayor of Elk City, and is now holding both these last nameu offices.
He was married August 4, 1853, in Tuscumbia, Mo., to Miss Rebecca J. Smith, They have
eight children—John C., Hester E., now Mrs. J. N. Rice; Charles J., Edward H., Francis M.,
Amanda, Levi G. and William A.

J.P. SWATZWELL, ¢ llector, was born in Cocke County, Tenn. July 16,1838. In 1840
his pareuts moved to Christian County, Ky., where he lived untilthe war, September 4,
1864, he enlisted in Company I, of the Seventeenth Kentucky Cavalry, as the Orderly Ser-
geant of the company. He was mustered.out of service by reason of the expiration of
term of service, October 4, 1865. He returned to his home and worked at wagonmaking
until 1869, when he came to Kasas, located at Ottawa, and tn August, 1870, moved to
Elk City, where he engaged in the wagonmaking trade. He afterwards was a merchant in
drugs, and then in dry goods. For the lastthree years he has been in the collecting busi-
ness. He is a member of the Masonic order; isapast master, and is now secretary of Car- |
son Lodge, No. 132, of Elk City. He was married December, 13, 1859 in Caldwell County,
Ky., to Miss Mary B. Freeman. They bavethreechildren—Philip L., Susan Anna., Robert B.

F. E, TURNER, banker, was born near Hamilton, Canada, July 7,1851. At the age of
four years his parents removed to Niagara Falls, N. Y., where they lived eight years, and
thence moved to Wilson, N. Y.. In 1867 Mr. Turner engaged in trade at Lockport, N. Y., and
from that city came to Kansas in 1869. Ile engaged in trade in Elk City, and has been suc-
cessful in business. Inthe spring of 188) he established the Elk City bank, and the follow-
ing-fall sold his drug store fo EK. E. Masterman. The bank does a very large business, and
accommodates a large territory; also, does a large business in real estate, insurance, and
invests money for non-residents in farm security. He has been a member of the City
Council. He is a. member of the A. O. U. W. He was married October 30, 1879, at Lock-
port, a igae® Miss Faunie Grace Ferguson. They have one child, George Robert, born Jan-
uary 3, Scape

W. W. WOODRING, M. D., was born in Harding County, Ky., May 25, 1840. Was edu-
cated at the Indiana State University, of Bloomington, and studied medicine at Leesville,
Ind. He attended the Medical College of the Louisville University one year, and took his
second course at the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, graduating in 186%. He located

nd., and continued in practice there until April, 1869, when
he came to Kansas, locating at Elk ity, Montgomery County, the first physician in Louis-
burg, and probably the firstinthe county. Inthose days his practice was in a region of coun-
try extending south and west eighty miles. He has been township treasurer two years, He
isa Mason of K. T. degree, and belongs to the I. O. O. F. He was married August 17, 1865, in
pew rence County: Ind., to Miss Phoebe Ray. They have two children—Samuel T. and
illiam H. 2 =
OAHN WRIGHT, druggist, was born in Prescott, Canada West, October 20, 1843. In
1856 he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Weston, Mo., Platte
County, In 1857 the family moved to Kansas and engaged in sawing lumber at Kickapoo,
Leavenworth County. In 1860 their mill burned, which was immediately re-built. In 1862
he wenttoIdaho. Engagedin mining. In fall of 1864 returned to Kickapoo and again en-
gaged in the lumber trade. In 1868 he moved to Ottawa, Kan., and in 1869 purchased
another mill and moved to Parker, the firm then being Wright & Kirby. In 1870 he sold his
interest to his partners and engaged in the hard ware and grocery business, Same year sola
out. In 1873 he and his brother purchased the Elk City flouring mill and operated it
together until 1876, when he sold out his interest to his brother and afterward engaged in
the furniture trade at Elk City. After two years in this trade he sold the business, and in
1880 went to New Mexico, and again engaged in saw milling near Santa Fe. In January,
1883, he returned to Elk City and bought an interest in a drug store, the firm being Stiles,
Bagsley & Wright. Here he is still in business, carnying a good stock of drugs, patent
medicines, and sundries. He is a member of the K. of H. e was married June 12 1866, in
Leavenworth County, Kan., to Miss Kate Connell. They have four childreun—William J.,
Robert M., Walter J. and May.

PARKER CITY.

In the fall of 1869, the town of Parker became established on the east side
of the Verdigris, about one and a half. miles south of Clymore, by H. N. Mar-
tin and Col. D. T. Parker, after whom it was named. The reasons upon which
the town was started were occasioned from the idea which at the time became
current, that the railroad would run down on the east side of the river and
that, probably, this would be the terminal point. So popular did this idea be-
come, that all eyes became turned to Parker, and other towns removed thither ;
even Westralia, which had previously swallowed up other villages, was now in
turn forced to yield to Parker, to which place it was taken during the fall of
1869. Everything at this time spoke favorably for the stability and future
prominence of the town. So great, indeed, were the surrounding influences
hat, in little more than a year’s time, it had become a city containing more
chan a thousand people, and about fifty flourishing business establishments. In
1871, it was incorporated as a city, and W. Barricklow was elected Mayor; A.
D. Keifer, City Clerk ; S.S. Peterson, Marshal, and George Hall, T.C. Frazier
Dr. Dunwell, F. B. York and John Todd, Councilmen._ The first white settler,
to locate on the town site was Peter Miller. The first building erected was the
office occupied by D. IT. Parker and F. B. York, and the first school district
organized in the county was at this place in 1870.

But alas! for Parker, the inscrutable ways of railroad corporations were
stronger than she was able tocombat. Under the instruction and direction of
the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad Company a town
was started a few miles north and on the opposite side of the river from where
Parker was located, where the road was to be built, and which was to be made
the terminus of the road, and was called Coffeyville, a history of which appears
at another place. This, as a matter of course, settled the question as to where
the terminal point of the railroad should be, and made certain the conclusion
that Coffeyville was destined to be the metropolis of southeastern Montgomery
County. Inthe face of these overpowering circumstances, Parker fought brave-
ly for a few months for existence, against her favored rival 5 but the removal of
a few of her business houses to Coffeyville created a panic that was not to be
stayed, and the prosperous little city melted away like,a mirage, only a few
dwellings being left as landmarks. An addition to these remains has recently
been made in the erection of a brick school building and the establishment of
a mercantile house by William Padon, in the spring of 1882.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

A. BEATTY, owner of State line grain and stock farm, P. O. Coffeyville, was born in
County Fermaugh, [reland, September 25, 1833, his parents being natives of Scotland, In
1850, he came to America, and after spending some few years in Ohio, afterward in Iowa, he
came to Kansas in 1859, aud spent a few years in Linn and Anderson counties. He after-
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ward located near Ottawaand improved a handsome farm of 240 acres about a mile from the
city, which he still owns. During this time he also identified himself with the lumber business
in Ottawa,and was an active worker in the growth of the industrial interests of ‘t. He served
upon the Board of Aldermen of that city, and was very active as a worker with social devel-
opements of the city. In 1869, he came here and located, and has been successfully identi-
fled with grain and stock ratsing. business here since. State Line Grain and Stock Farm
contains 300 acres of valuable land, lies two miles south of Coffeyville, watered by Onion and
Verdigris streams. It has very handsome dwellings and out-buildings, adjacent to which
is a beautiful orchard of over fifteen acres devoted to a fine assortment of fruit trees of all
Kinds raised here, and a nicely arranged grapery, besides small fruits in profusion, and
handsome forest trees assist in the make up of the farm, thus making it one of the handsom-
est in Southern Kansas. Mr. Beatty has besides “Nation View” Farm, containing 170 acres
of choice land principal! utilized’ for grain. rearing horticulture, 120 acres to grain and
twenty-five to handsomely assorted fruit orchard. It has handsome buildings located upon
it and is well hedged and otherwise elegantly improved. In stock rearing and dealing he
does an extensive business and stands prominent among that fraternity here. He married,
in 1864, Miss Margaret MacAllister, a lady of fine attainments, who was born in County
Armagh, Ireland, and reared apd educated in Coshocton County, Ohio. They have a bright,
intelligent family of four sons and three daughters—James L., Theressa, John _K., Charles,
Amanda, Mary and Cyrus W. Mr. Beatty: has been a member of the Masonic Order for the
last twenty-six years. During the war he did service in Company H, Fourteenth Iowa
Volunteer Infantry for about a year and then received an honorable discharge. Since
locating ‘here he has worked actively in the growth and development of the social and
industrial life of this locality.

_ GEORGE Y. ERGENBRIGHT, owner of Sunnyside grain and stock farm, P. O, Coffey-
ville, was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., October 31, 1830. In 1854, he went to Clay
County, Ill., where he was identified with the farming industry for ten‘years. He then re-
turned to his native State and carried it on successfully there until 1870, when he came to
Kansas and located there the following year. He married, in 1852, Miss Mary Forsyth, of
ried Miss Elizabeth Holman, of Ohio. They havea family of five sons and two daug ters—
Johnson County, Ind.,who died in 1855, and was buried in Clay County, Ill. In 1856, he

’ Helen, now Mrs, Frederick Yehl; Oliver J.. Samuel H., Homer, Sumner, Fleta May and
Chariés. He has been a member of I. O. O. F. for several years. Sunnyside Farm contains
' 280 acres of valuable land; is located two and a half miles northeast of Coffeyville; 170
acres are devoted to grain {tillage, and the balance toa Rascurage, horticulture, meadow;
has handsome dwelling and out-buildings located on it,and hasan orchard of seven acres
, of a nice assortment of fruits. In stock raising deals particularly in Merino sheep. _

NOAH F, HOWARD, owner of Pleasant View Farm, P.O. Coffeyville, was born in Kal-
amazoo, Mich., October 11, 1838, and was reared and educated there. In_ 1858 he came to
Kansas, and lived in Douglas County until 1869, when he came here, and has been identi-
fled with bis present industry since. He married in Lawrence, Kan, September 22, 1868,
Miss C. Mewhinney, a lady of fine literary attainments, daughter of ol. T. J. Mewhinney,
who located in Franklin County, Kan., in 1855, and was prominently identified with public
and social life there. They havea family of one son and one daughter, Ross and Katie.

“3 's. Howard was born in Terre Haute, Ind., but was educated in Douglas County, Kan.
She is an active member of the Christian Church. Heisamember of the Masonic Order.
During the war Mr. Howard was activein the Assistant Quartermaster’s Department as
Chief Clerk of the department of the Mississippi, from which he received an honorable dis-
charge after three years’ service, Since locating here he has been actively identified in the
social and industrial life of this locality. :

P. M. LEE, owner of Riverside Farm, P.O. Coffeyville, was born in Elizabethtown, Can-
ada, May 24, 1839, his people having moved there from New York State. When quite
youn he removed with his people to Illinois, who settled in Lake County. At the age of six-

een he went to Winona County, Minn., and followed farming business actively there till
1871. He had, however, learned the trade of wheelwright there. In 1871 he came here
and located upon his present place, which he has improved and still owns. During this time
he spent six years at his trade in Coffeyville, Riverside Farm contains 206 acres of valua-
ble land, is located upon the. Verdigris River, about two miles from Coffeyville, has nice
dwelling and out-buildings located upon it, and an orchard of four acres of a nicely assort-
ed variety of fruit trees. He married, in 1857, Miss Ann M. Cumming, who was born in
Scotland and reared and educated in Milwaukee, Wis. phey have two sons—Andrew S. and
Cyrus A. During the warhe did active service in the First Minnesota Light Artillery,
from 1863 till the end of the war. Was honorably discharged and pensioned for wounds
received at siege of Atlanta, Ga.

LIBERTY.

' Liberty became established through the combined efforts of Verdigris and
Montgomery cities, in the fall of 1869. These places, seeing their impotence
to contend singly with Independence in the county seat contest, in the No-
vember election of that year, concluded to unite their forces upon a single
point. For this purpose Liberty was started, and was situated on the Verdi-
gris River, about six miles south of Independence. Fora time it was made the
county seat, but which it lost in May, 1870, when it was removed to Indepen-
dence. When the K.C.,L.& S.K. Railroad was built, it ran a few miles to the
east of the town, which was soon moved to the railroad, and is the village of
Liberty to-day, containing a few stores and dwellings, a schoolhouse and a
church edifice.

A flouring mill, belonging to Daniel McTaggart, is also located at Liberty.
This is a large stone building, and has a capacity for grinding 300 bushels of
wheat and 150 bushels of corn daily. The mill is located on the Verdigris
River, from which the power is derived, was built in 1875, and represents an
investment of $14,000. There is also a cotton gin connected with the mill, in
which there was ginned, during the year 1881, about one hundred bales of cot-
ton. About two miles below McTaggart’s mill, on the Verdigris, is the flour-
ing mill, owned by W. H. Linton. It is propelled by water power taken from
the Verdigris River, and is valued at about $8,000.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

CAPTAIN J. H. CONRAD, owner of Prairie Valley Farm, P. O. Liberty, was born tn
Harrison County, Ind., August 1, 1836, and was reared and educated there, In 1856—and
“while he was engaged in a literary course of study, at Hartsville Academy, Indiana—he
came to Kansas and located a claim in Linn County, and engaged at teaching; but when the
party troubles began, enlisted his sympathies and his services with the Anti-slavery party,
and continued in active service in the rank and file of that party till 1859, after which he
went to California; but soon after went to Nevada, where he was engaged {n mining active-
ly, there till 1863, when he again showed his loyalty tothe anti-slavery principles, and re-
turned to Indiana, raised and organized Company D, Thirteenth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry;
was commissioned Captain, by Gov. Morton, and worked actively in that incumbency til

the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. In_1868, he started for Callforn{a, |

put upon arrivin, in Kansas, he concluded to locate here. He married fn 1866, in Harrison
Co., Ind., Miss Mary Huston, a native of Ohio, who departed _ this life in 1872, in full con-
nection with the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is buried in Liberty Cemetery, leaving
one son, Horace Greeley. In 1874, he married Miss Kate Lykins, of Indiana. hey have
one son and daughter, Roscoe Conkling and Nellie Grant, Mrs, Conrad is a member of the
Christian Church. In politics, Capt. Conrad is a Republican of the Stalwart school. He is
an active member ofthe G. A. R., McPherson Post, Independence. Prairie Valley Farm
contains 160 acres of valuable land, and fs located three miles northeast of Liberty; eighty
acres of it is used for grain tilling, and the balance is pasture and timber, among which are
a fine collection of handsome forest trees. Good buildings arelocated on the farm, and an
orchard of a well assorted variety of fruit trees. Located upon the farm is a handsome

rove.of 2 nice variety of forest trees, which Is used for pic nickin parties, open air meet-
ngs; etc., called after the name of the farm, ‘‘ Prairie Valley Grove.’

THOMAS HAYDEN, farmer, P. O. Independence, is a native of Barnesville, Belmont
Co., Ohio, born August 18, 1832, but lived in Monroe, Ohio, from 1833 to March, 1880, when
he located in Liberty Township, Montgomery County, Kas., where he has followed farming,
having been engaged in the same pursuits in his native State, He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He was first married at Woodsfield, Monroe Co., Ohio, Oc-
tober 3, 1855, to Mary E. Ford, a native of that place. She died in November, 1875, leaving
six children—Stephen-F., Forrest F., William O., John H., Thaddeus 8. and Matilda D. Mr.
Hayden was married to his present wife, Martha J. McCarty, at Bellsville, Ohio, June 22,
1879. She is a native of Washington County, Pa. ‘

HON. DANIEL MoTAGGART, proprietor of flouring mills, cotton gin, etc., is a native
of the Parish of De Henrysville, Canada East, born August 2, 1840; lived in Kock County,
Wis., from 1851 to 1852, then in Chickasaw County, Iowa, until July 8, 1861, when he en-
listed as a private in Company B, Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, serving in that regi-
ment until January, 1863, being Sergeant of his company, when he was mustered out, e

HISTORY OF KANSAS<

ulted a company of colored troops at Pulaski, Tenn., being commissioned
Se Company b, Third Atabama Colored Infantry, it being changed three months
later to the One Hundred and Eleventh United States Colored Infantry, he continue n cols
mand of the company until he wee amar terol Bur May BO itor pole We wae itary
i ry thrilling one. e battle o : ; 1 =
(ares by the rebels, andwas imprisoned at Memphis, Tenn; about the first of March, 1802,
he made his escape, but was recaptured seven days later, having had but two meals and Leome
roasted corn during that time. fter twenty -seven day’s spent in a dark dungeon a hee
son, Tenn,, he was removed to Corinth, escaping from there six hours after his arriva fc e
reached the Union Army, distant thirty miles, after three days’ travel. He was again ta! on
prisoner October 7, 1862, at battle of Corinth, but successfully escaped after two days and
one nighta prisoner, At Athens, Ala., October, 1864, he was again captured, attemp' ei 7
escape the first night, but was not successtul in effecting his escape until the next night,
reaching the Federal lines within afew hours he guided the course of the Union troops so
that Athens was recaptured by our army within two or three days, During the sumer of
185, he was Provost Marshalat Murfreesboro, Tenn., and assisted to make the Nations
Cemetery at tbat place. He then superintended the arrangement and construction of he
National Cemetery at Nashville, and had charge thereof for a period of two years, at ere
ward appointed to superintend and lay out the National Cemetery at New Albany, nd.
finally leaving the Government service January 1, 1869. Having become accustomed to tn e
Southern ecllmate, he determined to locate in Southern Kansas, rather than reside where be
would be exposed to the cold and bleak winters so common in the States further north. In
February, 1861, he located on Osage Indian lands, on Section 11, Township 33, Range 16.
He now resides on Section 14, adjoining the section where he first settled. In May, 1869,
he put up a store about three miles east of the farm; in the following month he built a store
at Verdigris City, and carried on both stores for about one year; he then consolidated his

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mercantile interest and located at Liberty, continuing in tradethere till 1872, then moved
to the present town of Liberty, two anda half miles distant from the old town, remaining
there until 1876, doing nearly all the merchandising at that point, also serving as Postmas-
ter and express agent all the time, and railroad agent from 1872 to 1875. He was the first
County Treasurer, belng appointed to the office. In November, 1882, he was elected a mem-
ber of the Kansas House of Representatives, proving to be a valuable and efficient member
thereof. Captain McTaggart has evinced such ability and uprightness in his public life as
to make his Influence potently felt. From the fall of 1869 to the present time, he has owned
and lived on the farm where he now resides. In 1875, he erected his flouring mills, capacity
sixty barrels per day, ou/the Verdigris River, near his residence; in 1880, he put up
4 cotton gin. He estimates that 150 bales of cotton were produced in Montgomery County in
1882. For tho last taree years he has supplied the Osage Indians, in the Territory, with
their flour, The Dalance of the product of his mills finds sale in the markets of this county.
The Captain was elected member of the Legislature in 1882, on the Republican ticket, by a
majority of 300. At the samo election, George W. Glick, the Democratic candidate for Gov-
ernor, recelved a manjority of 200. This vote indicated the personal popularity of Capt. Mc-
Taggart among his old associates and acquaintances. He was married at Murfreesboro,
Tenn., June fy 1866, to Maggie A. Belgie, a native of Altoona, Pa. They have four children
—Hattle, William, Alton Charles and Claude D. The oldest was born at New Albany, Ind.,
the other three being native born Kansans.

ROBERT D. REESE, owner of Lake Farm, P. O. Liberty, was born in Wales, April 22,
1830, and came to America from England in 1850, whither he had spenta few years, He
was reared to the mining business, in his native place, and was identifed successfully with
that industry in this country for over seventeen years after his arrival, principally in Penn-
pyivania, California, Nevada, and Colorado. In 1869 he came to Kansas, and located upon

is present place, which he has improved from a raw prairie to its present handsome condi-
tion. Lake Farm contains 312 acres of valuable land; is located about a mile southwest of
Liberty; 200 acres of it is devoted to grain tillage, and the balance is utilized for pasturage
and timber, the latter of which boasts many very handsome forest trees. Good dwelling
and barns and stables are located upon it, and an orchard of a nicely assorted variety of
rule trees. In stock, Mr. Reese deals particularly in Durham cattle, and Berkshire and Po-
Jand- Ching hogs. Situated on the farm is a beautiful lake (“Liberty Lake”) which is abun-
anu stocked with a fine variety of fish; thus making Lake Farm one of the most com-
ete cae roved farms in this section of country. Mr. Reese married in Wisconsin, in
860, Miss Betty DeFuy, a lady of excellent attainments. She is of Scotch Irish ancestry.
ahey have avery intelligent family of two sons and one daughter—Volney, a student hh
civilengineering; Maggie, ateacher and student in sclentific course; and Robert, jr., at
presenta suvdentat the Dublic schools: i Reese has been an active member of the Ma-
Ts, He has worked very actively im .

and industrial life of ints locality since coming here, ESE re eeeher nese age oe

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

H.C. VEATCH, farmer and stock raiser, P. 0. Pa
«&.  O. Parker, was born in Pickaway Count

Mhio, September 19, 1834. In 1855 went to Livingston County, [1]., and lived there till 1866,

when he came to Kausas, and located near Baxter Springs, and in 1871 came here. He

murried, in 1859, Catherine Zuck, born in Pennsylvania, and reared in Indiana. They have

Fa er ee eani ier alert Osi abomas | i Burton, James, Minnie, and Emory. His
od land, is well fenced and watered and stocked; has good

buildings, and an orchard of tive acres of a nicely assorted variety of fruits, : .

VILLAGES.

_ Numerous towns took form of existence within the county during’ its early
history, whose brief, yet hopeful lives, and subsequent disappointment and
downfall must be recorded. Among these were several towns that were stanted
in the southeastern part of the county, under the impression that somewhere in
that section would be the terminus of the railroad, soon to be constructed, and
with the hope of being the terminal town, the foundations of various places were
laid, changed or abandoned.

Claymore, so named in honor of the Osage chief by that name, was laid
out in the winter of 1868-63, at the site of Lushbaugh’s trading post, under
the auspices of a town company, of which G. L. Canada was chairman and
Alexander Duncan secretary. Fora time the town grew rapidly and reached
a population of about one hundred, but a check was thrown upon its prosperity,
and in the spring of 1869 it hopelessly died out. ; ”

Westralia, located two miles south of Claymore by Captain J. C. Crawford
and Eli Dennis, was named for the west trail upon which it was situated. This
place, on account perhaps of its being nearer the Territory, outrivaled Clay-
more, which it took in almost bodily, and during its short life grew with sur-
prising rapidity, attaining a population of several hundred and became a pros-
perous business point. :

. Verdigris City was begun under this influence by Daniel McTaggart and
others, in May, 1869; and was situated on thé east bank of the Verdigris, a few
miles south of Independence. This place at one time had fair prospect of ob-
taining the end aimed at, for it was made the county seat by the appointment
of the Governor, on June 3, 1869. A log court house was built and the town
flourished for a time, but the county seat was taken elsewhere and the village
went down, and the ground upon which it stood is now owned as a farm, by
E. M. Wark.

Morgan City was located by the Morgan brothers, in the summer of 1869,
and stood about two and a half miles northeast of Independence, by which it was
overpowered and forced to yield in a few months after it was started.

Montgomery City was started by R. W. Dunlap, at the mouth of Drum
Creek, and on the:Verdigris River, a few miles southeast of Independence, dur-
ing 1869. This place, too, before it had yet time to attain to any importance,
was forced to yield to the supremacy of Independence.

Radical City, about six miles northwest of Independence, was founded in
‘1869, by Col, Samuel Young, and is but a mere country trading point.

fTavana started in 1869, Callow & Myers opened a store of general mer-
chandise, and were succeeded in the business by Lines & Caufman.

Caney began existence in 1869, M. Bell starting the first business house.
This place at one time became quite a village. In 1879, the place was raided
by a band of robbersfrom the Territory. Four men, heavily armed’ and mount-
ed on horseback, came into the town in broad daylight and completely sacked
it. H.C. Kirkpatrick, one of the citizens, was shot and killed. In a few
months afterward one of the band, James Baker by name, was found by some
Cherokee Indians, who brought him to Coffeyville. He had been shot in several
places, and after having had two limbs amputated by the surgeons, died the next
day from the effects of his wounds. Another of the party named Triplett, was
captured by a Cherokee Indian who gave him up to the authorities, and upon
conviction he was sent to'the penitentiary to await execution. This village,
also, suffered from rivalry by Evansville in the Indian Territory and St. Paul,
in Chautauqua County, and now contains three stores, a hotel, two blacksmith
shops and a millinery and dressmaking establishment.

Tipton was started in 1868, a little way east of Elk City, to which it was
forced to surrender. .

Bloomfield, also, a short distance northeast of Elk City, was established
about the same time and was forced to succumb under the pressure of the
same circumstances.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—DRUM CREEK TOWNSHIP.

@. W. BEAM, farmer, Section 86, Township 82, Range 16 east, P. O. Independence, was
porn in Stark County, Ohio, September 14, 1840. Educated in the same county, and re-
moved to Illinois in 1859. Was married in 1865 to Miss Mary Kaley, of Holmes County,
Ohio, born August 13, 1842. They have seven children, Frank, Charles, Fred, Daisy, Amie,
Ernest and Bertha. Mr. B. enlisted in Company I, First Illinois Regiment, in the spring of
1861: Col, U.S. Grantcommanded. He was one of the first in the service under Lincoln’
first call for volunteers. He was taken prisoner at Chickamauga and imprisoned at Dan-
yille and Richmond six months. He escaped from Danville and in company with five
others, traveling only at night, he marcbed 300 miles, and passed four lines of the enemy,
and reached the Union lines in safety. His brigade opened the nent at Stone River, at
which place he was wounded. He was mustered out at the close of the war and served a
second term of enlistment in Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-second Illinois. Com-
missioned Captain from the 14th of February, 1863. He was in thirteen battles. He came to
Kansas and settled in Fort Scott in 1865. In 1868 he was employed by the M. K. T. R. R.,
getting out ties for the road in the Indian Territory. In 1882 he purchased 160 acres of
choice land, five and one half miles from Independence, Hisfarm is very desirable, having
running water and twenty-five acres of timber land. He is a member of the United
Brethren Cuurch and also of theG.A.R.

J.T. BROCK, farmer, Section 25, Township 32, Range 16, P. O. Independence, was born
in DeKalb County, northern Alabama, in41842. In 1862 he emigrated to Lawrence County,
Ill., where he finished his education and lived untilhe came to Kansas in 1870. He was
married on October 24, 1869, to Martha E. Addison, of Lawrence County, by whom he had
one child, Carl Herbert, born July 22, 1877. Mrs. Brock died January 7, 1879. He was
married on July 4, 1880, to Miss Calista Jane Felton, of Montgomery County, Kas., a na-
tive of Susquehanna County, Pa., born in 1859, and educated in the same county. She
came to Kansas in Januury, 1880, with Mr. Webster Maxson, an uncle. Her parents are
now living in Susqehanna County, Pa. Mr. Brock was elected to the office of Sheriff of
the county of Montgomery in the fall of 1875, which office he filled four years. He has
also held several offices in his own township, and has been a delegate to the Democratic
State conventions to nominate State officers for several years. He was one of the early set-
ters of the county, and has in all his transactions, both public and private, made an hon-
orable record. ee

' JOHN-CAVANAUGH, farmer, Section 28, Township 32, Range 15, P. O. Independence,
was born in Wexford County, town of Gorey, Ireland, September 29, 1818, and emigrated to
Upper Canada in 1839, where he was married to Margaret Dunn, born in Ireland in 1826.
They have had eleven children, ten of whom are living—Margaret, married to John
Hamilton, living at Independence, Kan.; Thomas. conductor on the Texas Pacific; Mary, a
teacher; Owen, married to Jennie Ramey, now in Kansas; Michael, baggage master at

‘October 10th he took a claim on

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Winfield; Patrick, a teacher; James, Robert, and Ellen, John deceased. All the children
are poceting. a good education; five of them are teachers. Mr. Cavanaugh came to Kansas
in 1870 on May 4, and settled on a farm of 240 acres of good land, on which he has just put
up coinfortable buildings, He bas planted a large amount of hedges, etc. Mr. C. has pros-
pered greatly since settling in this State. He and his family are enterprising and intelligent
citizens,

M. D. COLEMAN, farmer, Section 4, Township 33, Range 17 east, P. O. Cherryvale, was
born in Adams County, Il, Juty 22, 1849. His father, Dr. Josiali Coleman, was born in Ohio

1818, and educated as a physician, graduating at a medical college in Ohio. He emigrated
to Illinois, and from thence to Nodaway County, Mo., where the son, M. D. Coleman, was
educated. He came to Kansas, settling in Liberty Township, Labette County, in 1872. Mr.

Coleman is the seventh child in a family of twenty-one, probably the largest in the State.
He was married, August 8, 1873, to B. Frances Van Buren, arelative of President Martin
Van Buren. She was born in Andrew County, Mo., April 24,1854. Tessie, Pearl and May

are the children now living; Nellie and Ida are deceased. The subject of this sketch came
to Kansas, May 1, 1873, aud purchased 100 acres of good land in Drum Creek Township,

where he now revides, i

GILBERT DOMINY, farmer, Section 36, Township 32, Range 16 east, P. O. Independence,
was born in Clinton County, N. Y.,in 1828. He was educated in Illinois, where his parents
had moved in 1835. He was married, in 1850, to Mary E. Pool, who was born in New York.
March 25, 1832. They had fourchildren—Dorothy, Jerushba, who died in 1878; John E. and
Joseph E. Mrs, Dominy died in 1861 in Illinois. Heafterward married Miss Mary Clifford, a
native of Clinton County, N. Y., born September 3, 1842. They have six children —Millie,
married to Charles E, Rogers, and living in Las Vegas, N. M.; Henry G., Sarah M., Andrew
Johnson, George A.,and Rhoda Almeda, Both Mr, and Mrs, Dominy’s parents are deceased.
He came to Kansas, November, 1874, from La Salle County, Ill, where he had lived thirty-
eight years. Has 240 acres of land, six miles east of Independence. He has erected a fine
stone house, planted large orchards, hedges, etc., and raised each year considerable stock.
Hejisan industrious an intelligent farmer, his land is very fertile, and he has been greatly
prospered in the State of Kansas. His father, Ezra Dominy, was born at East Hampton,
Long Island, in 1786, and married Rhoda Smith. They dame from Plattsburg, N. Y., in
1835, to Illinois The journey was made in a wagon by the lake shore, and they were six
weeks on the road. The Dominy family, including husbands, wives, children, grandchil-
dren, and great grandchildren to the number of 100, held a grove meeting Septem ber, 1873,
in La Salle County, Ill... His mother died in 1873 at the age of eighty-seven. is father died
in 1878 at the age of ninety-two. Mrs. Dominy is a member of the Methodist Episcopal

ureh.

J, N. HALL, farmer, Section 29, Township 32, Range 16, P. O. Independence, was born
in Harrison County, Va., now Marion County, W. Va., in 1823, and received his education
in private schools, and was married in 1850, to Miss Ann Eliza Jones of the same county
and State, by whom he has had four children—Willey A., Charles H., Walter Lee and Anne
Eliza, Mrs. Hall and daughter died in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1855. Mr. Hall having lost all
his family by death in Keokuk, where he emigrated in 1837, except one small boy, returned
to Virginia and lived until he came to Kansas in 1869, first stopping at Ottawa until No-
vember, when he moved to Independence, Montgomery County, settling on a farin of 160
acres near the town, and consisting principally of river bottom, as extraordinarily fertile
Jand as can be found in the county. r. Hall has never, failed to get a large wheat crop,
having one season threshed 2,200 bushels of wheat, and a number of times 1,500 to 1,800
bushels from eighty acres, and some years has raised as high as forty-five bu hels to the
acre. Came tothe State with $26. After purchasing his claim in 1859, he married his
second wife, Mrs. C. V. Hall, whose maiden name was Read, by whom he has three chil-
dren—Gertrude Grace Hall, Arelians C. Read and Ralph; are all getting a good education at
Independence. Gertrude, the eldest, was in attendance at the State Normal School at Em-
poria, andis ateacner, Mr. Hall has had several reverses in life, having lost his family-by
death and his property by the burning destruction of the civil warin Virginia. But since
his settlement in kansas, he has been greatly prospered. : *

Cc. L, MEGREDY, farmer, Section 24, Township 32, Range 16 east, P. O. Independence,
was born five miles south of Springfield, Sangamon Co,, Ill., in 1844. He enlisted on May 9,-
1864, in Company A., One Hundred and Thirty-third Illinois Volunteers, and served until
the fall of 1864. Was married December 24, 1868, to Virginia Weber, who was born in
Fulton, October 29, 1848. They have four children—Olive, Charles Edwin, Ciarence, Frank,
His parents are living near Springfield, Il. Mrs. Megredy’s parents are deceased. Hecame
to Kansas and first settled in Republic County, twoanda half miles northwest of Belle-
ville, and in September, 1880, he came to Drum Creek, Montgomery County, where he pur-
chased a farm consisting of a quarter section. His father, James Megredy, a native of
Lancaster County, Penn., is well known in Springfield, lil. He hauléd the first stone for
the Springfield State House, his father having contracted to quarry and deliver the stone.
Mr. Megredy and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. = 3

THOMAS OVERFIELD, farmer, Section 35, TownsLip 32, Range 16, P. 0. Independ-
ence, was born in Shropshire, England, 1826, and emigrated to America, 1850, stopping
a while in Danvers, Mass., and in New Jersey he was engaged in the patent leather busi-
He started with his family from Boston on Tuesday, September £6, 1854, and on
ashington Creek, Douglas Co., Kas., whe.e he lived nine
years. There were then, in Lawrence, a half dozen tents and a log house, a few Delaware
Indians and traders, In 1864, he moved, with his family, tothe town of Lawrence, where
he lived six years, and then, in 1869, took a claim of 160 acres on Drum Creck, Montgomery
County, on which he has made improvements, planted a beautiful grove of maples and
other trees, besides twenty acres of orchard. He was married to Margaret Fergusson, a
native of Edinburgh, Scotland, born April 3, 1831, and educated in the same city. They
have seven children—William, married to Elizabeth Saxon, and living iu the vicinity;
Charles, Agnes, married to Charles Yoe, editor of the Independence Tribune; John, George,
Ninian, Frank. Mr. Overfield isa member of the Masonic Fraternity. He has been identi-
fied with the early history of the State and interested in its material prosperity.

THOMAS PERRY, farmer, Section 23, Township 32, Range 16 east, P. O. Independence,
was born jn Jachson County, Mo., May 13, 1848. He was educated in the same county and
there married to Miss Elizabeth Botts, a native of Davis County, Iowa. She was born in
1849, March 28, educated in the common schools of her native State. They have lost six
children, and have one living, Thomas Elmer, who was born Marcel 16, 1883. He came to
Kansas in the spring of 1881, and _ settled in Drum Creek Township. He has.160 acres of.
good land, formerly owned by Mr. J. T. Breckenridge. He has a good orchard; and many

ne improvements. His home is about half way between Cherryvale and Independence, on
the State road. His father, Join Perry, lives with him. His mother died ia December,
1872. Mrs. Perry’s mother is deceased. Her father is now living in Schuyler County, Mo.
Jonn Perry, the father, was born in 1812, in East Tennessee, Claiborne County, and moved
to Jackson County, Mo., in 1831, where he lived until he came to Kansas, in 1881, with the
exception of seven years passed in Illinois. He saw pretty hard times during the tate war.
Mr. Perry and family are all members of the Christian Church.

GEORGE W. STOVALL, farmer, Section 23, Township 32, Range 16 east, P. O. Inde-
endence, was born in Harrison County, Ind., 1848. His father moved to Sanremon County,
ll. His mother died when he was quite young. His father died in 1870. e received his

early education in the public schools of Sangamon County. He was married to aschool-
mate, Miss Emily Weber, a native of Fulton County, Ill, in August, 1871. His wife was
born in 1852. They have four children living—Francis Evarts, Louella, Clara Bell and
May. He immigrated to Kansas in the fall of 1876, and settled on an improved farm of 240
acres, on which there are good buildings, large orchards of apples and peach trees. His
home is about four and a half miles east of Independence. Mrs. Stovall came to Kansas an
invalid. She has regained her health and speaks in the highest praise cf the climate of »
Southern Kansas.

ness.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP.

JOSEPH BERRY, farmer, Section 13, Township 32, Range 15 east, P. O. Independence.
He came to Kansas and settled where he resides, May 12, 1869, and took a claim of 160
acres; now has 120 acres finely improved. He isa native of Holmes County, Ohio, born
April 21, 1826, a son of Mark and Christena (Lozier) Berry, the father a native of Evans-
ville, Ind., and tbe mother of Pennsylvania, Joseph, when nineteen years of age, went to
Lucas County, Ohio, and when twenty-one began the trade of cabinet-maker at Adrian,
Mich.; remained some three years. September 1, 1853, he married Miss Mary J. Hewett, a
native of Jefferson County. Y., born July 29, 1835, and when ten years of age moved to
Michigan, where she was educated. Mr.and Mrs. Berry have a family of three living
children — Ida, Ira H., and Effie. During the late war Mr. Berry was a member of Com-
pany H. Third Obio Volunteer Cavalry, having enlisted August 20, 1861, and veteraned in
the fall of 1863. Participated in all the battles of his regiment, and his brigade, composed
of the First, Third and Fourth Ohio, and Fourth Michigan Regiment; captured Jefferson
Davis near Irwin, Ga, He was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, August 16, 1865.

WILL S. HAYS, proprietor of Verdigris Valley Stock Farm, with Verdigris River run-
ning through it as a water privilege, in Section 5, Township 32, Range 16, P. O. Indepen-
dence. Hecame to Kansas and took a claim of 160 acres, where he resides; in 1868. while
the Indians were still in the country, and for many months experienced muc4 trouble with
them. His farm consists of 585 acres of choice land, well improved and finely watered by
springs. He was born near Pitsbureh Fa.,pebruary 14,1843.ason of Ephraim and Mary A.
(Fleming) Hays, both born and raised in the same place. WillS. enlisted in 1861,in Company C,
One Hundred and Third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,and served some three
years, and participated in the following battles: Williamsburg, Va., Chickahominy, Fair
Oaks, Seven Pines, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Black Water, near Petersburg, Va.,
Kingston, N. C., Whitehall, Welden Railroad, Plymouth, etc. After being mustered out,
he engaged in the fine horse trade at Pittsburgh, Pa. Finally he came West and engaged in
the cattle trade through Nebraska, Texas and Kansas. In 1881 was elected Commissioner
of Montgomery County.
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J. F.MAYO, proprietor of the SycanaValley Stock Farm in Sections 25 and 26,Township 31
Range 15, P. OU. Independence; came to Montgomery County and took acliim of 160 acres,
Aligusé 8, 1869, but soon afterward sold and pirchased his present farin of 120 acres, which
is finely improved. He was born in Monroe County, East Tenn., December 6, 1845, ason
of E. W. P.and ik. 1. Mayo, the father of East Tennessee, and the mother, whose maiden
name was Hunter, is of North Carolina. She was born in Ashville, Baucombe Co., N.C. They
have a family of eight children, J. F. being the second son, and with his parents moved to
Miami County, Kan., where he was brought up. When twenty-one years of age commenced
business for himself asa farmer. May T4, 1874, he married Miss Nauna J. Carter, a native
of Dyer County, Tenn., born March 27, 1854, a daughter of William and Anna Carter, both
of Middle Tennessee, Mr. and Mrs. Mayo have a family of two children—Maude L., and
Ernest P._ Mr, Mavo came to this coun ty @ poor man,

D. R. PERKINS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 33, Township-31, Range 15, P. O.
Radical City. He came to Montgomery County, October, 1870, from Warren County,
Jowa, having gone there in November, 1854. He was born in’ Franklin County, IIL,
December 21, 1824. His father is a native of Kentucky, and married his mother in’ Tili-
nois, D. R. Perkins was married in Warren County, Ill., in 1844, to Miss Myra Lieur:.nce,
a native of Clinton County, Ohio, born February 16, 1827. Her paren s were natives of
Tennessee. She Gied May 30, 1877, leaving afamily of ten living children, as fol-
lows: Albert, Elijah, Joshua, Steven, Frances, Ephraim, Jasper, Rachel, Abigail and
Minnie, having lost one—Eveline. Mr. Perkins commenced life a poor man; his farm is
among the finest in Sycamore Valley and consists of 230 acres and is known as Sycamore
Mound Valley Farm. Since 1877 he has kept the poor of Mont; Ine County.

DANIEL RINGLE, farmer and stock ralser, Section 10, Township 32, Range 17, P. 0.
Radical City, came to Woodson County, Kan., and purchased a farin of 130 acres in 1860.
Caine to Montgomery County in 1869, and took a claim, and in 1872 improved the same wilh
good buildings. He is a native of Stark County, Ohio, and was born in 1829, and, when one
year old, with his parents. come to St. Joseph County, Ind. He has been a resident of Clinton
County, Mo,, Elkhart County, Mich. In 1850, in company with fifteen men, he went to Cali-
fornia and remained two years. He returned to St. Joseph County, Ind.,and married, in 1854,
Miss Jane Morris, a native of St. Joseph County, Ind., born in 1836. They have a family of
nine children, as follows: Cyrus, Mary Ella, Eliza, Alfred, Marja, Frank; Edward ‘and
charles Both are members of the United Brethren Church. ‘His farm consists of 217 acres
of fine land.

. M. THORNTON, physician, Radical City. He came to Kansas and located in
Leavenworth County, May 11, 1866, aud remained until 1872, then caine to Montgomery
County, Kan., locating 1 Liberty Township, on a farm of 160 acres of fine land which he
stillowns. He is a native of Smith County, Tenn., born December 10, 1827, ason_ of Felix
and Seletha Holley Thornton, both born, raised and married in Sampson County, N. C., and
settled in Smith County, Tenn., and in 1830 moved to Illinois. M., when twenty-one
years of age, began preaching, in the interest of the Baptist Church and continueé some
eleven years. In the fall of 1864 he was drafted and was assigned to the Fifteenth Regi-
ment, lowa Volunteers. He joined the regiment at Atlanta, Ga., and was with Gen. Sher-
man in his march to thesea, He was discharged at the general hospital, Louisville, Ky.,
under General Order No. 24, June 29, 1865. He began the study of medicine in 1862, at
Rome, Iowa, He married, May 27, 1852, Miss Nancy E. Scott, a native of Indiana, born
Mareb 1, 1827. She is a daugbter of Hiram and R. Scott. She died July 31, 1877, leaving a
family of five children.

OCANEY TOWNSHIP.

A. D. BERRY, farmer and stock raiser,Section 26, Township 34, Range 18, P.O. Havana
was born in La Grange County, Ind., in 1847, and was educated in the county of Livingston,
Ill, where he resided with his parents until he came to Kansas in 1879. He was married
April 8, 1874, to Miss Mary Hall, of Linn County, Kas., who was born in Madison County,
Ij,, in.1857%._ They have had four children, three of whom are living—Annie and Martha;
May died in 1878, and Marietta. Mr. Berry came to Kansas in the spring of 1874, and in
the following tall his father, Samuel Berry, came and purchased of George Ripley 280 acres
of land on Bee Creek. This home consists of fertile bottum lands, with a large amount of
timber and good running water. Mr. Berry has another tract of 160 acres, situated six
miles northeast of Havana. On this hé has good buildings and other improvements. Sam-
uel Berry. his father, was born in Marion County, Ohio, and died in Montgomery County,
Kas., in 1882. A. D. Berrys mother died May 26, 1857.

DR. ALBERT G. BROWN, physician and druggist, Caney, was born in Carroll County,
Ind., in 1838, and educated in_ Delphi Seminary. e studied medicine and practiced his
profession in Newton County, Ind., and from thence went to Detroit, Mich., where he fol-

lowed his profession several years. He afterwards wentto Martin County, Minn, In 1873,
he was in Texas, where he canvassed the county of Tarrant, of which Fort Worth is the
county seat,on a proposition made by Tom Scott to raise bonds for machine shops to be placed
at Fort Worth. e then went to Benton County, Arkansas, then came to Kansas, and set-
tled on the Pawnee River, ele iieen miles west of Fort Larned, and practiced his profession
in Pawnee County, where he laid out the town of Brown’s Grove. He then went to Cherokee,
Crawford Co., and in November, 1882, came to Montgomery County, coming to his present
location. He bas just started a drug store. He was married tc Sarah J. Bortnow, who died
in June, 1879. Was married to Mrs. NellieG. Shorthill, of Southwest City, Mo., who has a
daughter, Nellie G. Shorthill, a young lady of fine musical talent. Dr. Prown is a physician
of long aud varied experience, and has a good practice,

R. W. DUNLAP, retired merchant and farmer, Section 12, Township 35, Range 13, P.O.
Caney, was boru May 22d, 1837, at Ithaca, New York, where he was partly educated. Atan
early age, he went with his parents to Allegany County, N. Y¥., and remained there until
he came West in 1856. He married in 1857, Miss Sarah E. Westbrook, of Canadea, Alle-

any Co., N. Y., by wkom he has three children—Prinia Maud, Fred., Eugene. Mrs.
unlap died in February, 1875. He was again married in September, 1875, to Bettte E.

Westbrook, a sister of his former wife. Mr. Dunlap is one of the oldest settlers of the State,
coming into Kansas in 1856, when the State was just. starting in its career of prosperity.
He has seen many changes in the ups and downs of a pioneer’s life. He isamember of the
Masonic fraternity. He came tothe place where Topeka now stands in 1856, where he re-
mained until 1859, when he went to the Arkansas River, near where Wichita now is. Here
he establisbed aranche, and lived until 1866, when he returned to New York, but came
back to the Westin the following spring. He engaged in the mercantile business in the
Indian country, beginning in 1870 and continuing until 1876, when he went back to his
farm on Drum Creek, Montgomery County. Soon afterward he made another trip to his
native State, remaining eighteen months, Upon his return to Kansas, he again engaged in
the mercantile business in Montgomery County, following it until 1882, when he retired
from business.

F H. FAATZ, general merchant, Caney, Montgomery Co., Kan., was born near Weeds-
port, Cayuga Co., N. ¥., in 1841. He was educated atthe Auburn Academy, Auburn, N. ¥.,
and the Friends’ Academy, Union Springs, N.Y. In 1867, he was married to Miss Amelia
Halladay, who was born near Weedsport, N. Y.,in 1846. She was educated at the Weeds-

ort Academy. Mr. Faatz came to Kansas on May. 3, 1880, stopping at Independence for a

‘ew days, and then taking atripto Texas, where he remained fora few weeks. and then
returned to Kansas in the autuinn, when he sent for Mrs, Faatz, and they settled at Caney,
where they now are enjoying life and doing a good business, He wasinthe mercantile
business at Meridan, N. Y., for five years, and at Montezuma, N. Y., for three years. His
parents are living near Weedsport, where he was born, His father was born in Philadel-
phia, Pa., and his mother inGermany. Mr. Faatz is an enterprising business man, and is
taking a great interest in the welfare and growth of the community in which he now lives,
having taken the proper steps by which the town has been surveyed and platted. There is
now a movement to buildagrist millon one of the blo-ks donated by Mr. Faatz. He ex-
perienced religion in the year 1862, aud Joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which
he has been a zealous Worker, and most of the time an official member, taking great inter
est in the Sunday school work as well as every other interest of the church.

LEVI GLATFELDER, farmer aud stockman, Section 8, Township 35, Range 14 cast, P.
O. Caney, was born in York County, Pa., in 1824. At theage of sixteen, he came to Knox
County, TH , with his parents, where he completed his education and followed as his occu-

ation, farming; was married in 1850, to Miss Annie Cacklen, of Knox County, IIL; born in
Knox County, Shilo, in 1830. They have eight children living—Mary (married to James
Jack, living inthe Creek Nation), Charles (married to Maggie Warner and living In the
Cherokee Nation), Adelia (married to Frank Roe and living with her parents), George
(married to Lucy May Dial, living in Caney Township), Clement, Clayton, Senora and Cas-
per. Mr. G.came to Kansasin the spring of 1870 and located ou 320 acres of land, on
which he has placed many improvements, His farm is within one-half a mile of the Indian
Territory, and he raises stock to a considerable extent, He was a delegate to the State Con-
vention to nominate delegates to the National Deinocratic Convention, held at St. Louis, and
also to the State Democratic Convention, in 1882, that nominated George W. Glick for Gov-
ont H. HORNER, Section 34, Township 34, Range 13, P. O. Havana, was bornin Allegany
County, N. Y.,in 1844, where he received an academic education, He was married, in
1879, to Miss Alverta A. Campbell, of Tuscola, Douglas Co., Ill, a native of Carroll County,
Va.. born in 1855, educated in the free schools. They have two children—Sheridan C, and
Roscoe C. Mr. Horner enlisted in Company G, First New York Dragoons, in August, 1864,
and served until the close of the war. e was engaged in teaching in Illinois, but has prin-
cipally followed farming. He came to Kansas in the spring of 1872, and. settled in Mont-
gomery County on a farm.of 240 acres. His farm is finely located in Bee Creek Valley, two
iniles southwest of Havana. His land is fertile and a large part under cultivation. He is
also more or Jess engaged in stock raising. His parents are living in Allegany County, N.
Y. Mrs. Horner’s parents are living in Scott County, Ark.

MRS. B. A. KELLER, farmer, Section 8, Township 35, Range 14, P. O. Fawn Creek,
was born near New Albany, Ind., 1826, and educated in the district school, and married in

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

illiam Keller, of New Albany, born 1823, and engaged for many years in the
ESR until he caine to Kansas to benefit his health, butsoon after his arrival he
became worse aud died September 17, 1876, Jeayving the widow and six children by his
second wife and three by a foriner wife, deceased. Mrs. Keler’s children are—Charles 8,
married to Miss Aunice Mehaffy, of Fawn Creek, Montgomery County.; J. W., married to
Amanda Gray, and living on his mother’s farm; Annie, educated and- teaching school;
Samuel F., working his mother’s farm; Wilbur F., and William H. All Mrs, Keller’s ehil-
dren were born in New Albany and received their education in the schools of thesame city.
Mrs, K.°s farm consists of 176 acres, which has been. well improved, excellent house, or-
chards, etc. She came to the State in April, 1876. Her Moree law. NOW: eighty-three
years old, and blind for Eventy two years; is living with her daughter, rs. K, is.@ mem-
ist Episcopal Church.

ee gf i PROGR tarmer and dealer in agricultural implements and gen eral merchandise,
Section 13, Township 34, Range 13 east, Havana, was born in Fulton County, IIL,
educated in the public schools and followed farmiug, He_ was married June 14, 1867, to
Miss Evelyn Hussey, 4 native of Indiana, born in 1850 _They have eight childrei—Marion,
John, Josephine, Minnie, Virginia, Olive, Franklin and Erwin. Mr. Knock enlisted in Com-
any G, Fiftieth Illinois Regiment. in 1861, and served three years. He came to Kausas in
870, and settled in Caney Township, Montgomery County, on a farm of 200 acres of good
land, on which he has made many improvements. He has a good trade in implements and
general merchandise in Haven, woich ie coustaiitly ineretstUe His parents are living in

Fulton County, Ill. Mrs. Knock’s parents are living In Arkansas.

GEORGE W, RIPLEY, farmer, Section 1, Township 35, Range 13. P. O. Caney, was
born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1834, August 8. When he was nine years of age he
went with his father to Sangamon County, Il, and from there to Logan Couuty in 1844.
soon after his father’s death, which occurred in 1843. He was educated at the subscription
schools of thosedays. Was married in 1854, October 12, to Miss Martha J. Downing, of
Logan County, Ill, who was born In 1836. ‘They have had thirteen children—David James,
died November 9, 1855; George W., dled May 14, 1857; Lewis, married to Cordelia Carinder
and living ti Cherokee County, Kansas; Florence E., married to Thomas Nollsch, and living
in Montgomery County, Kansas; Elmer Ellsworth, Mary E., married to Edward Cochrane,
and living in Caney; Ruth, died September 27, 187 ; Martha Eva, died August 14, 1872,
Almira and Alvira, twins, Emma A., Bertha and John M. Mr. Ripley enlistedin Company
B, Thirty-second Iilinois Infantry, August 5, 1861, and was wounded in the battle of Shiloh
in the right arm, for which he now receives a2 pension. He was commissioned Secon
Lieutenant and afterwards First Lieutenant. He was mustered out, after the fall of At-
lanta, in 1864. He came to Kansas in the summer of 1869 and set'led on Bee Creek, on the
line between Chautauqua and Montgomery counties, and there remained: until August,
1874, when he returned to Illinois. Aftera little more than a year he again came to Mont-
gomery County, Kansas, where he now lives. He has 234 acres of land,a large part of
which is under good cultivation, sixty acres of timber and a fine stream of water running
through it. The family are members of te Metbodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Ripley is
Treasurer of the town of Caney. He isa member of the McPherson Post, G. A. R., and is
also an Ancieut Odd Fellow. Mrs. Ripley’s father, James Downing, lives with them.
He was born in 1805. S 2

REV. JOSEPH I. ROBINSON, farmer and preacher, Section 34, Township 34, Range 13,
east, P. O. Havana, was born in Susquehanna County, Pa.,in 1826. At the age of eleven
years, he removed with his parents to Brown County, Ohio, where he lived nineteen years,
und was there educated. In 1856 he went to Sangamon County, Ill.. where he was in the
ministry for three years, and then entered the regular ministry of the United Brethren
Church, and preached at the following named places—New Alichigan, Fairbury, Livingston
and Lexington, McLean County, where he built up the church, and at Paxton, Ford County.
He was married, July 4, to Ruth A. Marklay, of Hamilton County, Ohio, who was born tn
February, 1828. _ They have five children—Cecil Calvert, Charles Henry, John Prior, Wil-
liam Oscar and Nettie Ann, Cecil married Jeanette Stoner, and is living at Matanzas, Kan.
John married Mollie E. Feigh, and is a stock dealer in Chautauqua County. William 0.
married Mary B. Aumiller, of Bucyrus, Ohio; she died October 1, 1882. Mr. Robinson was
Chairman of the Board of Suvervisors in I!linois. He was elected to the Illinois Legislature
for two years, and took his seat in January, 1875. He resigired his place in the Legislature
in May, and came to Kansas in the fall of 1875. He and hhissons are located in Montgomery
and Chautauqua counties, and altogether have between 700 and 800 acres of land, and are
largely engaged in stock raising. r. R. has been presiding elder five years siuce coming to
Kansas, and is now located and doing home work.

E. SINCLAIR, farmer, Section 10, Township 34, Range 14, P. O. Bee, was born in Hun-
terdon County, N. J., in 1825, and received his early education in the districtschools. Was
married in 1849 to Hester M. Smith, of Warren County, N.J., by whom he had four chil-
dren—Enoch C,, Arabel, Andrew L,and Mary. Mrs. Sinclair died in 1855. He was inarried
the second time, to Mary Tharp. in 1860, by whom he has six children—Erastus, gltre ta,

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Cecelia, William T., Stanton and Annie. His second wife died December 25, 1877. Ns
Sinclair has traveled in twenty-six States of the Union, including all the Western States
and Territories. Enoch, the oldest son, died by the explosion of a Turkish bath in 1880.
leaving a widow and one child. Mr. Sinclair’s children are all living in Kansas, and four of
them are married. Mr. Sinclair came first to Kansas in 1858, but returned soon afterward,
and came back in the spring of 1869, and after living in Lyou County for a short time, pur-
chased eighty acres of Jand, on which he has a good home and other improvements.

3. P. AHAN, stock dealer, farmer and Postmaster, Section 14, Townshin 34, Range
14, east, was born in Randolph County, Ind., in 1841, where he was educated. Was married
in 1865 to Miss Mollie Hendricks, of Randolph County, Ind., a daughter of W. C. Heudricks.
She was born February 26, 1848, and educated in her native town. They have three chil-
dren—Hendricks Pinkny, Loren Wilday and Lulu Pearl. Mr. Strahan enlisted in Gompany
E, Eighth Indiana Regiment, in April, 1861. He was the first man wounded from Randolph
County. He served his term of three nonths, and re-enlisted in the Fifty-fourth Indiana,
Company G, as First Lieutenant, fortwo years. He served his second term, then again en-
listed in the First Indiana Heavy Artillery, and served until the close of the war, with a
commission as Second Lieutenant. He was twice wounded—once at Vicksburg. Miss., on
the 29th of December, 1862, so severely that after the war he could not follow his former
employment of printing. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1879, and settled in Caney Town-
ship, and purchased 400 acres of land on which he has erected a good home and made other
improvements. He now raises and deals in stock. His father died some years ago. His moth-
er still lives in Indiana, Mrs, Strahan’s parents, William Crouse Hendricks and wife, are liv-
ing 1n the same house with their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. Hendricks was born, Oc-
tober 5, 1822, in North Carolina. His father died when he was only five years old. He
came with his mother to Randolph County, Ind. where he lived tifty years, farming and
selling goods. He was married, December 8, 1843, to Mary Zimmerman. They have but
one child living—Mrs. Strahan.

J. W. TATE, merchant and farmer, Section 15, Township 35, Range 12, east, P. O. Caney,
was born in Washington County, Ill, Aug. 8, in 1838. He was educated in’ the district
schools of Illinois, as married in 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Newman, of Washington Coun-
ty, Ill., where she was educate and lived untither marriage. They have five children—
Henry Elliott, John Fletchcr, Martha Hannah, Willlam Howard, and Joseph Edgar. They
came to Kansas in September 1870, and settled on a farm ten miles west of Caney, in what
was Howard County, now known as Chautauqua County. At that time his farm’ was wild
prairie, but now jt amply repays the money, time, and care spent on it. He has good build-

ngs, thrifty orchards and many other improvements, He purchased the store of R.W.
Dunlap and engaged in the business of general merchandise. He now deals quite largely
with the surrounding country and the Indian Nation. His father, William Tate, is livin

in {linols, His brother, Willlam Asbury Tate, enlisted in the One Hundred and Eleventh
Regiment, and was killed at Pittsburg Landing. Mr. Tate has a good musical education,
and has been a veny successful conductor of musical concerts, and teacher of vocal music.
Ife is a member ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a consistent and. enterprising
business man, He ls also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

SYLVESTER W. WOOD, hotel keeper and farmer, Section 12, Township 53, Range 13,
P. O. Caney, was born in Jefferson County, N. ¥., in 1824,where he was educated inthe ub=
lic schools. Was married to Elizabeth Hobart, January 15, 1854, who was bornin 1836.
They have four children—Jessie, Henrietta, Carrie Erdell, and Otho H. Jessie married
Franklin Herring and is now living in Indian Territory. At’the age of twenty-one Mr. W.
came to LaSalle County, Iil., and there followed his trade of carpenter and joiner, until 1849.
He enlisted In 1864 in Company E, One Hundred an 1 Fifty-third Illinois Regiment, and
served during the remainder of the war, He came to Kansas in 1872, andsettled on a farm
of 160 acres in the Little Caney Valley, on which he has made many improvements, build-
ings, orchards, etc. He atthe same time began the hotel business, which he has followed
during the eleven years that he has resided in Kansas. The house is pleasantly located and
well kept, the accommodations are excellent, and travellers will find a courteous landlord,
pa a Somfortable home. Mr. Wood's Bncestors | came arom Connecticut, Mrs. Wood's fath-

3 rk, r mother from Wales. rs. ¥ i
born in Fulton and Lucas counties, Ohio. EE NES Tee ante
FAWN OREEK TOWNSHIP.

COL. CALEB MAY, farmer and_stock raiser, P. O. Coffeyville, was born_in Madison
County, Ky. January 19.1815. At fifteen years of age he located in Decatur County, Ind.
and lived there until 1839. He then wentto Arkansas, but soon after located in Missouri, and
lived in that State until 1354, when he came to Kansas and settled in Atchison Count .
where he remained until 1869. In the winter of 1855 he manifested himself rominently in
favor of the Anti-slavery movement, and represented his District at the Topeka Convention.
The following year he was elected to the cotone cy of a regiment from his District, and
served in that capacity until a peaceful state of affairs was arranged. The year following
the Topeka Convention he represented his District in the State Legislative Assembly. He
afterwards represented his District in the Leavenworth Convention, and subsequently in
the Wyandotte Convention of 1859. Col. May, after an active public career and the attain-

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8 RUSH COUNTY.

ment of his ambition as a citizen of the free soil of Kansas, settled do
1 . wn to farming, and in
1863 came here. He married, January 4, 1838, Miss Margaret Parnell, of indians. They
have the following chilitren—William J., Mary E., Dillon, Enoch E.. Priscilla Jane Garham,
artha W.. Williams, all in Oregon; Isaac N., of Woodson County, Kan.; Margaret R.
Spurgeon, of Coffeyville, and Thomas S., at home. Hehas been amember of the Christian
Church for over thirty years, and of the Masonic Order for thirty-five years.
JAMES WILSON, owner of Valley Home Farm, P.O. Coffeyville, was born in Scotland, in
1810, and learned the trade of carpenter there. In 1833 he came to America, and after
spending a few years inthe New England States he located in New York City in 1830 and

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carried on his trade there until 1849. He then went to California, and was in that State for
a few years engaged at mining. He then located in Wisconsin until 1861, when he again
spent eight years in California at his trade. In 1869 returned to Wisconsin, and in 1873 he
went to lowa and came here in 1875. He married in 1837, in Canada, Miss Olive R. Aldrich,
of that country. They have two sons, James jr., mining operator, California, and William
C., who married Miss Lou Fechter, and has one daughter. Valley Home Farm contains
820 acres of valuable land; is located three miles west of Coffeyviile. It is well improved,
has nice dwelling and outbuildings, and an orchard of nicely assorted fruits.

RUSH COUNTY. |

; LOCATION AND EARLY HISTORY.
USH County took its name from Alexander Rush, Captain of Com-
pany H, Second Colored Infantry, who wag killed in battle April 8,
1864, at Jenkins’ Ferry, Ark. - By the general statistics of 1868, it em-
Braved Ranges 16, 17,18, 19 and 20 west, in Towns 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20
south.

By an act of the Legislature, which took effect March 20, 1878, the
south tier of townships was taken off and its area was reduced from 900
to 720 square miles, being now
thirty miles from east to west,
twenty-four miles from north ; E ty i |
to south. Between it and the R.
State of Missouri are nine
counties; five between it and
‘Colorado; Ellis, Rooks and
Phillips lie between it and Ne-
braska ; Pawnee, Edwards and
Comanche Counties are be-
tween it and the Indian Terri-
tory.

The general surface of the
land in the county is gently
undulating, eighty per cent
being upland, twenty per cent
bottom, one per cent. timber
land. Limestone and sand-
stone are found throughout the
county; gypsum and pottery
‘clay exist in small quantities,
and there are some traces of
coal.

The timber on the streams is
quite meager, but there is quite
an acreage of artificial timber.
Several groves have been
planted, and claims have been
taken under the “timber act.”

The Walnut is the main
stream, passing nearly cen-
trally through the county from
east to west. Otter Creek and
Old Maid’s Creek are its south-
ern tributaries; Sand Creek is
jts northern one. The Smoky
Hill River touches its north-
ern boundary about the range

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POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSUS).
+ (ORGANIZED In 1874.)

1878, in La Crosse Township. John H. Hubbard established a grocery
store in Center Township in 1874; George H. Green a general store in
Pioneer Township in 1876; Joseph & Parker a general store in La Crosse
Township in 1877.

The first post office was Economy, Pioneer Township, N. 8. Gilbert,
Postmaster ; established in 1871. It was served by military couriers, but

abandoned in July, 1872. J. H. Hubbard was Postmaster at Rush Center,
Center Township, in 1874; W. C. Fisher, Postmaster at Brookdale Post
ffice, Brookdale Township, in
g a 1875; A. Harvey, Postmaster

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at Alexander Post Office, Alex-
ander Township, in 1875; E.
F. Brown, Postmaster at La
Crosse Post Office, La Crosse
Township, in 1877; Mrs. Sally
P. Galbreath, Postmistress at
Ryan Post Office, Banner
Township, in 1878.

The Press.—The first issue
of the Walnut Valley Standard
was in December, 1874. W.
P. Tomlinson was the editor
and proprietor. Soon after his”
return trom his service as a
member of the Kansas House
of Representatives in the spring
of 1877, the paper was removed
to La Grosse, where the county
seat was sought to be estab-
lished. Inthe summer of 1877,
Mr. Tomlinson took his office’
to Ellis, EllisCounty. He was
elected County Commissioner
in November, 1877, and was
Chairman of the Board of Ellis
County. His paper was the
Hillis County Stundard. In
February, 1879, he came to
Russell and sold his news-
paper office to W. A. Lewis,
and the Russell Jndependent
was established, Lewis & Ir-
win, editors and proprietors.
Mr. Tomlinson came to To-
peka in 1880, and in January,
1883, went into the office of

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line between Ranges 17 and 18,
and here it receives the Big
Timber Creek, which waters
the northwestern part of the
county.

The early settlers found buf-
falo in abundance, and derived
much of their living therefrom.
F, E. Garner built the first
frame house in the county.
William Basham and P. C.
Dixon came to Pioneer Town-
ship ia the fall of 1870. Mr.

Banner Township....
Belle Prairie Township ..
Big Timber Township.
Brookdale Township
Center Township. ...
Hampton Township
Illinois Township....
La Crosse Township
Pioneer Township.
Pleasant Dale Township.
Union Township........

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= Gov. Glick as his Executive
1880. Clerk.
(a) Alexander Township 367 The Rush County Progress

     

was started at Rush Center in
June, 1877, by R. H. Mitchell.
In the autumn following, it
was removed to La Crosse. It
has ceased to exist. Before its
removal, E. N. Gunn was its
editor. Eugene N. Gunn and
F. §. Stumbaugh started the
Blade at Walnut City, now
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Bashan was the first white

setuler in thecounty. The first (a) In 1874, from original territory ; in 1878, part to Hampton ; in 1879, part to Belle Prairie.
. b) In 1877, from part of Pioneer.
family was that of J.8. Tem- (¢) in 1879; from part of Alexander.
pleton, who settled neay the a) a ae Som part of a Grose, 6D eT rh minis
: 7 i rom original territory ; in , parts to Hampton and Union.
present site of Walnut City, &. Fe Seen ay
“ne : ginal territory; in 1877, part to La Crosse.
now Rush Center, August 1, i In 1878, from parts of Alexander and Brookdale.
1871. Samuel pure son of (h) In 1879, fn sae af queen, gs ie
. rs. empleton, wag (i) In 1877, from part of Center; in , part to Big Timber.
Hr. -and MM re Soap a j ; In 1874, from original territory; in 1877, part to Banner; in 1879, parts to Illinois and Pleasant Dale.
the first child born in the
ne ix) In 1879, from part of Pioneer.
county. James Corrall and (1) tn 1878) from part of Brookdale.

Joseph Shaw Brown settled in :
Brookdale Township in 1871. A.-Harvey and J. C. Young-settled in Alex-
ander Township in 1872; A. Reiner in Banner Township in 1878; D. A.
Stubbs and §. W. Taylor in La Crosse Township in 1876. i

_ Adolph Aschoff and Dora Gein were married in Pioneer Township,
December 25, 1872; J. H. Garner and Phebe J. Graves in Brookdale
Township, February, 1873; Martin Sage and Flora Clapsattle, February,
1876, in Alexander Township ; George W. Cooley and Sarah F. Butler, in
Center Township, April, 1876; O. OC, Prescott and M. Burge, February,

 

N. Gunn, editor. Later, it was
conducted by Gunn & Long-
acre. Its last issue was July
21, 1882, when it was consoli-
dated with the North Topeka
Times. The La Crosse Chief-
tain was established by Taylor
& Goodwin, January 1, 1881.
At this time, 1883, H. C.
Fish is editor and _ proprie-
tor.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS, ETC.

Gov. Thomas A. Osborn, on the 22d of September, 1874, appointed William S. Wood
Census-taker of Rush County,and on December 5, 1874, he appointed P. C. Dixon, John
Shaftsbury and Frederic R. Smith, Special County Commissioners, and Frank E. Garner,
Special County Clerk,

Following this period its county officers have been as follows:

County Commissioners—Frederic R. Smith, T. 8. De La Plaine, Levi Cline, James P.
Hazleton, C. R. Scranton, M. C. Hallett, A. A. Stilson, A. C. Lippert, N. S. Fairbank,

County Clerks—Allen McCann, Frank E, Garner, Allen McCann.

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County Treasurers—John Felch, Frank B. Smith, Alexander Harvey.

Registers of Deeds—George W. Cooley, H. L. Brown, R. C. McConahay.

Surveyors—Eugene N. Gunn, Richard Deighton, Guy C. Adams, David Jeffries.

Sherifs—P. H. Mosier, Daniel E. Miller, A. J. Redman, Daniel E. Miller.

Coroners—T. S. Clark, William S. Wood, F. S. Hansneck, G. L. Mulford.

oa Public Instruction—John Hargrave, William E. Dawson, F. M. Glenden-
ning, F. C. Brooks,

._, Probate Judges—J. E. Hill, A. H. Morris, Alfred Belfield, W. B. McCord, Frank B.
Smith, Nathan Fields.
'y Atlorneys—W. E. Dawson, E. N. Gunn, G. P. Cline, Henry Fierce, S. W. Taylor,
E.N. Guna, 8. 1. Hill, G. P. Cline. coe Sey ; ome
— noes District Court—Frank E. Garner, James 8. Richardson, P. C. Dixon, Thomas H.
cDowell. ‘

Since the organization of the county, it has been re presented in the Senate by Solomon
Stephens, of McPherson; Thomas T. Taylor, of Reno; J.C. Strang, of Pawnee; and Simon
Motz, of Ellis. It has elected members of the House of Representatives as follows: In 1876,
William P, Tomlinson ; in 1877 (to fill vacancy), A. Mott; in 1878, I’. 5. Steinbaugh; in 1880
and in 1882, John Hargrave. By the apportionment act of 1881, it is the One Hundred and
Fifteenth Representative District ; Rice, Barton and Rush Counties constitute the Thirty-
sixth’Senatorial District, which elects a Senator in 1884.

Its Presidential votes have been as follows:

In 1876, Hayes, 141; Tilden 10, In 1880, Garfield 521; Hancock, 238; Weaver, 25. Its

‘ gubernatorial votes have shown a like political bias, as follows:
~  1876—Anthony, Republican, 130; Martin, Democrat, 10; Paulson, Temperance, 2.

1878—St. John, Republican, 564; Goodin, Democrat, 143; Mitchell, National, 33.

1880—St. John, Republican, 523 ; Ross, Democrat, 246; Vrooman, National, 24.

1882—St. John, Republican, 259; Glick, Democrat, 339; Robinson, National, 51.

__, 1p 1880, the vote on the Prohibition Amendment was 315 yeas, 305 nays. On the prop-
osition for a Constitutional Convention—yeas, 180; nays, 376.

10875, there were four municipal townships; in 1878, there were eight; in 1880,there
were thirteen.

STATISTICS.

The religious statistics show six Baptist organizations, with a membership of some 150;
two of the Church of the Disciples, with a membership of about 125; four Congregational
organizations, membership, 75; one Lutheran, 50 members; five Methodist Episcopal or-

anizations, membership about 125; one Presbyterian, membership, 20; two Roman Catho-
ic, membership, 400. There are, as yet, but few church edifices.

The firstsermon preached in the county was on the third Sunday of May, 1873, by
Rev. A. Hartinan, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the first Sabbath school was or-
ganized the Sunday following. The Methodists effected their organization —the firstin the
county—in June, 1873, at the house of P. C. Dixon, Rev. A. Hartman, pastor.

In 1875, there were 635 acres of corn in the county ; 265 of Hungarian and millet; 252
of oats ; 232 of spring wheat; 185 of winter wheat; 89 of barley; 40 of Irish potatoes; 20o0f
rye; 20 of broom corn; 24 of sorghum. There were 920 cattle; 5388 sheep; 207 horses; 25
mules; 34 swine.

In 1876, there were 1,817 acres in corn; 1,068 in winter wheat; 487 inspring wheat; 86
in Irish potatoes ; 75 in sorghum ; 33in broom corn; 320 horses; 538 sheep.

In 1877, there were 2,710 acres in winter wheat; 758 in Hungarian and millet; 121 in

‘ sorghum. It had 387 mileh cows ; 373 horses; 228 swine.

In 1878, there were 7,400 acres in winter wheat; 3,620 in corn; 986 in spring wheat; 422
in oats ; 161 in Irish potatoes ; 60 in broom corn. It had 835 horses ; 592 milch cows; 1,259
other cattle; 585 swine. :

In 1879, there were 19,163 acres in winter wheat; 11,274 in corn; 4,430in Hungarian and
millet; 2,584 in oats; 2,519 in spring wheat; 537 in Irish potatoes; 367in sorghum ; 1,627
horses; 1,051 milch cows; other cattle, 1,583 ; swine, 1,351; 45,120 pounds of butter; value
of slaughtered animals, $5,008.

In 1880, there were 27,000 acres in winter wheat; 17,298 in corn ; 2,920 in rice corn; 448
in broom corn; 702in sorghum. It had 1,144 milch cows; its butter product waS 53,858
pounds; cheese, 490 pounds; value of slaughtered animals, $11,655. f

In 1881, there were 532 mules; 132 sheep.

In 1882, there were 2,839 sheep ; 3,297 swine; 1,729 milch cows; 3,260 other cattle ; 1,602
horses i, 1,213 pounds of cheese 92,683 pounds of butter; 5,622 acres in broom corn; 2,083
in sorghum. &

In 1875,there were six organized school districts in the county. In 1876,there were nine,
vvith value of school property, $4,015; in 1877, there were sixteen districts; in 1878, there were
twenty-two; in 1879, there were forty-two; in 1880, there were forty-three, with value of
school property at 12,948; in 1481, there were forty-four; and in 1882, forty-six organized
school districts. In 1881-82, Normal Institutes were held in this county, O. E. Olin, con-

_ ductor. The enrollment was fifty-one.

Rush County has 2,080 acres of vacant pace land in the Western Land District subject
to entry at Wa Keeney, Trego County. It has 69,101acres of the Kansas Pacific lands; 62,-
118 acres of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'6 lands, of which, up to October 1, 1882, there
had been sold 8,740 acres. ,

The assessed valuation of real estate and personal property in Rush County for the last
apn years, has been returned as follows: 1875, $156,878 25, 1876, $164,438.60; 1877, $:76,-
oe ee 1878, $188,720.25; $1879, $267,115.38; 1880, $274,382; 1881, $286,084; 1882, $329-

RUSH CENTER.

Rush Center was the temporary county seat when the county was or
ganized in 1874. Since 1876, there has been a county seat struggle between
it and La Crosse, which is,in_ the geographical center of the county, five
miles north of Rush Center. Each place, in January, 1883, had about 250
inhabitants. La Crosse is situated on SandCreek. Rush Center, or Wal-
nut City, is on the north side of the Walnut,situated in a beautiful valley
about 200 miles from Topeka. There is no railroad in Rush County, it
ing eens midway between the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific and
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroads. Hays City, on the Kansas
“Pacific, in Ellis County, is the most accessible railroad point to Rush

Center. Larned, in Pawnee County, is the nearest point therefrom on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, though the nearest eastern
point by which this road is reached is Great Bend, Barton County.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—MIscEeLLaneEous.

A. J. BELLPORT, stock-raiser, Section 26, located two miles east of Rush Center.
He has a large stock ranch, and keeps about 200 head of cattle, and makes stock-raising his
entire business, He came to Kansas February 19, 1866, locating at Leavenworth. He fol-
lowed freighting across the great plains three years, then kept a livery in the latter city
eighteen months, and then engaged in the cattle business. In 1876, he bought a large herd
of cattle in Texas, and brought them to Dodge City, and has followed cattle business since
He was born in Brown County, Ohio, January 3, 1845, and lived in his native county until
he came to Kansas. Married in June, 1877, to Miss Mary Bower, a native ef Ohio. They
have three children—Mary M., Augustine J. and Philip B.

P. C. DIXON, dealer.in general merchandise, La Crosse. He opened trade September 1,
1882, His store is 23x63 feet, anda warehouse 16x32 feet. He succeeded the firm of Friend
& Dixon, who began business in March, 1881. He now carries a stock of $7,000. He first
came to Rush County in March, 1871, and is now the first settler in the county. He fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits and stock-raising until 1878. He then engaged in merchandis-
ing at Walnut City, and continued until he came to La Crosse. He was born in New Berlin
Chenango Co., N. Y., May 29, 1844, and was raised in Detroit, Mich., and was astudent until
he enlisted on board U.S. steamer Michigan, then recruiting for the naval service. He
served on board New Ironsides a year, and was honorably discharged at Philadelphia, Penn.
He then drifted into various places, and finally went to Chicago, Ill., where he engaged as a
pook-keeper on South Water street, and was in that capacity until he came to Kansas. He
married, in 1869, Miss Helen Dammers, of Chicago, Il]. They have four children—William
E., Leroy E., Lavina C, and Ida, He is a member of the Blue Lodge, A. F, & A.M. and

HISTORY OF KANSAS

He hasserved as County Commissioner, Clerk of District Court, and

Dahlgren Post, No. 60. a
wnship offices, and helped to organize Rush County.
sever RANK E GARNER, stk Taisen, Section 22, Town 18, ange 19 west, P. O. er
dale. He came to his place in March, 1872. Has 400 acres of fine grazing land, fifty of a ie
are cultivated. He keeps an average of 225 head of cattle, and is improving into Short-horn,
Durhams, ete. He was born in New Haven, Conn., October 7, 1843. Came with parents to
Kane County, IIL, in 1850, and was raised ona farm, following agricultural be until he
came to Kansas. He enlisted in eu Ue 1861, in Company K, fifty-second Illinois V olun-
téer Infantry, and participated in all the battles of his command. Was seriously injured in
service, and now draws a pension. Mustered out July 5, 1865. Was married, in 1877, to
Miss Laura L. Graves, of Burlington, Kane Co., Ill. They have three children—Medea E.,
Myrtle B. and May L. He is a member of ee Post, No. 60,G. A. R. He has served as
County Clerk four years, and Clerk of Court a short and a long term. ; :

HH. L. GULDIN, proprietor Penn House, Rush Center. his hotel was erected in 1877 ;
size 56x24 feet, three stories high, partly two stories. _ There is a good barn and corral in
connection. Total cost, $6,400. Hecameto Walnut City in 1877. Bornin Montgomery County,
Penn., in 1820, and was raised in that county. He has traveled extensively in many por-
tious of the United States. He finally settled in Philadelphia, Penn., and afterward in Read-
ing, Penn., where in either city he kept a wholesale grocery four years. He then kept
hotel at Beer Gap, Northumberland County, Penn., four years. He then farmed two years
in Columbia County, Penn., two years. Married, in 1852, to Sarah Mengel, of Berks County,
Penn. They have three daughters and three sons—Elvina S., George B., James L., Susan
C., Alice L, and Penrose W. x . © ; :

‘HON, JOHN HARGRAVE, farmer and stéck-raiser, P.O. La Crosse, was born in
Inverness, Canada East, January 23, 1847. Removed with his parentsto Ripon, Wis., in
June, 1854. Educated in the public schoolstof Fond du Lac County, and at Brockway Col-
lege, Ripon. Taught school in Fond du Lac and Green Lake Counties prior to coming to
Kansas, July 4, 1874. His first location in this State wasin Pioneer Township, Rush County,
where he taught (free of charge) the first school which was taught in that county. January
14, 1875, he was elected (at a special election) County Superintendent of Schools. Resigned
that position a year later to engage quite extensively in the cattle business, which he stil!
continues in connection with his other farming interests. He is now serving his second
term as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from. Rusb County. Mr. Har-

rave was married in La Crosse, Kan., October 16, 1881, to C. Retta Smith, a native of Ohio.
hey have one child, David Waldro.

ALEX. HARVEY, County Treasurer of Rush County, P. O. Rush Center, came to Rush
County:in February, 1872, locating at Alexander. in the western part of the county, where
he engaged in ranching for two years. He then became Postmaster and Notary Public,
and followed agricultural pursuits and the stock business until October, 1880, when he
moved to Walnut City, being elected to the above office in the fall of 1879, and re-elected to
the same office in the fall of 1881. He is also engaged in the stock business, and has a
ranch. He was born ~in Scotland March 15, 1843. Came to America in 1859, locating in
Canada, where he engaged in merchandising for some time. Thence to Ogdensburg, N. Y.,
October 25, 1861. e enlisted in Company F, Sixtieth New York Volunteer Infantry.
After a year’s service, was transferred to Company A, Sixth United States Cavalry, as a
bugler. “He participated in all the actions of his command, and was mustered out October
25,1864. He was then in the employ of the Government for two years in the South. He
then enlisted at New Orleans, La., in February, 1867, in Company G, Sixth United States
Cavalry. Served in the West principally, in scouting and hunting desperadoes. He came
to Fort Hays, Kan., in the spring of 1869. He was mustered out at Fort Dodge, Kan., in
February, 1872, as First Sergeant. He was married in December, 1877, to Miss Mattie King,
of Decatur County, lowa. ‘They have one son—William K. He is a member of Dahlgren
Post, No. 60, G. A. R., of Walnut City, Kan.

W. J. HAYES, of the firm of Hayes & Mullay, dealers in general merchandise, P. O.
Rush Center. Mr. Hayes has a stock ranch of 480 acres on Section 24, Town 18, Range 18
west, where he keeps about 100 head of cattle, all improved stock, including Galloways. He
has also forty head of thoroughbred stallion horses. He came to Rush County, Kaa., and
settled on his place the early part of 1874, and opened his ranch. He was born in Belfast,
Treland, December 5, 1848, and was raised alinen manufacturer. He came to America in
1873, and lived in Chicago, Ill., for some time. He was married in 1877, to Miss M. F. Ken-
nedy, of LaSalle County, Ill. They have one son—Arthur William. His wife died in
December, 1882. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M.

HAYES & MULLAY, dealers in general merchandise, P. O. Rush Center, opened
trade January 1, 1883. They have a fine store building, 20x80 feet. The building cost
$1,800. Their stock of goods is the largest in Rush County. The individual names of the
firm are W. J. Hayes and E. F. Mullay. E. F. Mullay came to Larned, Pawnee Co., Kan.,
in 1877, and clerked in the dry goods house of G. Krouch, until he came to Walnut City in
May, 1878, where he clerked for L. Wolfe & Co. until he became a member of the above
firm. He was born in Fleming County, Ky., in 1860, and was raised in his native county.
He moved to Hernando, Miss., in 1866, and lived there two years, and then returned to
Kentucky, where at a proper age he began clerking. He was married in 1882, to Miss An-,
nie Howe, of Athens County, Ohio. He is a member of Blue Lodge, Masonic order.

DR. F. W. LONGACRE, physician and surgeon, and dealer in general line drugs and
medicines, P. O. Rush Center, came to Kansas in spring of 1878, locating in Harvey County,
Ness County and Rush County. He was born in Chester County, Penn., September 4, 1849,
and was raised in his native county ; educated in Norristown, Penn. He received his medi-
cal education at Jefferson College, Philadelphia, Penn., graduating in the class of 1877,
where he practiced medicine until fall of 1877. He was marricd, in 1880, to Miss Mary L.
Wise, of Pottstown, Penn. He is a member of Blue Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and is United
States Fxamining Surgeon for Pensions in Rush and adjoining counties. He isa member
of the Pharmaceutical Association of Kansas. 2

ALLEN McCANN, County Clerk, Rush County, P. O. Rush Center, came to Cherokee
County, Kan., in 1869, and engaged in making rails and cuttin saw-logs. Soon afterward,
he went to Neosho county, apd engaged in farming, railroading, ete. He came to Rush
County in March, 1872, and engaged in stock-raising and farming. He was elected County
Clerk in February, 1875, being the first officer in that capacity elected in Rush County ; was
re-elected in 1876, and served one term; re-elected in November, 1881. He was born in
Muskingum County, Ohio, August 19, 1840, and was raised on a farm in his native county.
(Mh aa ic * cee ss Jennie Ely, of Washington County, lowa, They have two

HOMAS H. McDOWELL, Clerk of the District Court of Rush County, P.O. Rush
Center, came to Kansas in 1878, and engaged in farming in Rush County. He was elected
to the above office in the fall of 1880; re-elected fall of 1882, He was born in Franklin
County, Penn., 1848, and raised in his native county. He enlisted in July, 1862, in Com-
pany A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry ; participated
In all battles of his command. He was mustered out in 1863. He was taken prisoner durin
the Yebel Gen. Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania, after his army life, and was confined in rebel
prisons one ycar and eight months. Ye went to California in 1866, and engaged in mini
until January, 1871, when he returned to Chambersburg, Penn., where he engaged ap
merchandising until he came to Kansas. He is a member of Dahlgren Post, No 60°

DANIEL E. MILLER, Sheriff, came to the State July 23, 1875, and engaged in farmin
and cattle-raising in Rush County ; elected Sheriff of the county fall of 1877; re-elected fal
1881. He was born in Hampshire County, Va., November 21, 1839, and lived in the latter
county until twenty years old, when he went to Clinton County Til, and engaged in farm.
ing until he came to Kansas. Married, 1861, to Miss Cecelia Edmonds, of CHuloa Cou t "
ll. Her parents were among the first settlers of that county. They have six hilar oo
Alexis M., Edward R.. John T., Lee P., Mary B. and Daniel M. Jr. y children—

FRANK B.SMITH, agent A., T.& 8, F. R. R. lands, and stock-raiser, horses, et. t
half northeast quarter of Section 30, and southeast quarter of Section 20, P 0. R ‘ h” “en
ter ; owns 240 acres of land ; he keeps a fine lot at hortes and a few cattle H first 4
to this place in March, 1873, and engaged in raising sheep and cattle “He DOW bi E ihe
arene for 60,000 acres of land and trades in land claims, etc. He was born near B: risoe,

e., February 23, 1841, and lived there until ten years of ‘age ‘when he moved to B meat
Allegany County, N. Y., and lived there five years, when his parents moved with th scant
ily to Wisconsin, and located finally in Winnebago County. He enlisted in Novembe! : 1861,
in Company C, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer nfantry, and participated in all th v ttles
of his command. He was shot through the head at Corinth Miss., and was di: ee
July 3, 1863. He soon afterward went to Monona County, Towa, where he foll oad ae i
cultural pursuits until he came to Kansas, He was married October 26, 1867, t Mi : Saeah
A. Grow, of Charlestown, Vt. They have six children—Bertha E,, L. Guy, J. Plena Ciyde
E., Nina W. and Ross Dene, He isan A., F. & A. M,, and is Commander of Dahlgren Post,
No. 60, G, A. R, Was County Treasurer of Rush County over four years,
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LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.
(Ow Ley County takes its name from Matthew Cowley, First Lieuten-

ant in Company I, Ninth

tle Rock, Ark., in August,
1864. It was carved out
of Hunter County by the
Legislature of 1867, which
defined it asrunning thirty
three miles north from a
point on the south line of
the State, 105 miles west
of the State line, and ex-
‘tending thirty-four and a
half miles west. At this
time, the county was com-
prised in the ‘‘ thirty mile
strip,” or Diminished
Osage Reserve, and the
three mile strip on the
south line which had been,
reserved as a pathway for
the Cherokees on their
hunting trips to their more
western possessions. The
great Osage trail ran east
and west across the coun-
ty, entering at the Flint
hills on the east, crossing
the Grouse about two
miles above Dexter, the
Walnut at Winfield, and
the Arkansas at the mouth
of the Ninnescah. The
villages of the tribe were
at the latter crossing and
on Timber Creek, a short

distance above Winfield.
_ The county has an ex-
ceptionally large amount
of bottom land, 33 per cent
of the whole surface being
of that character. Forest
occupies 6 per- cent, and
open prairie 94 per cent.
The principal stream is the
Arkansas, which runs
southeast across the south-
west corner of the county,
and receives the waters
of almost all the minor

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streams, including the ~ ‘
Walnut. Other large
streams are the Walnut, 1870, | 1880, 2870+} 1880,
Beaver and Grouse, all 74 | : 7
: * a) Beaver Townshi 718 | (n) Rock Creek Township... 160 | 1,170
running in a southerly (y) Roiton Township. 1,015 | (0) Sheridan Township.... "606
direction. Hach of these (c) Cedar Township... 710 | (p) Silver Creek Township.. 857
has a considerable width (4) Cresswell Township, including Ar — ay Sl deeue Townan a
of bottom ; the Walnut e) 989 s) Tisdale Township... 849
two miles, Grouse, Dutch f) Harvey Township. 570 t) Vernon Township 952
and Rock Creek one mile (g) Liberty Township.. 747 u) Walnut Township 1,253
each. The principal tim-~ h) Maple Township..... a v eae oie ane a 79 Ba
i i i i ‘ownship...
ber belts are found on the (; Suet net recent P :
rivers; the Arkansas hav- ic piles Township..... ; a POtall sveaadveasssecsedaceceedasyovesstasnpavennsi 550 | 21,538
ing a strip one mile in (1) Pleasant Valley Township. ae ;099
width: ihe Walnut and (™) Richland Township... 97 | 1,045 Arkansas City...sssecessssssesscescssseeteneeeseeens 1,012
Grouse a quarter mile each = =
and Taber and Rock (2) Organized.in 1871, from parts of Winfield and Cress- (m) Organized in 1871, from part of Rock Creek, and em™
. 3 well. , braces territory published in 1870 as Timber Creek.
Creek one-eighth ofamile. Organized in 1872, from part of Cresswell. In 1873, part detached to form Omnia.
The varieties found in (c) Organized in 1872, from part of Dexter. (n) In 1871, parts detached to form Richland, Vernon and
these belts are cotton- (d) 1n1871, parts detached to form Beaver, Dexter, Pleas- Winsor; in 1872, parts to form Maple and Ninnes-
wood ore nut, ant Valley and Silver D+le; in 1872, parts to Bolton cah; in 1873, part to form Walnut. ;
ood, sycam , walnut, _and Spring Creek; in 1875, part to Liberty. : {0} Organized in 1873, from parts of Dexter and Tisdale.
oak and hackberry. _. (e) Organized in 1871, from parts of Cresswell and Win- p) Organized in 1873, from parts of Omnia and Tisdale.
It need hardly be said. field and the territory published as Grouse Creek in {a} Organized in 1871, from part of Cresswell.
that with these principal 1870; in 1872, parts detached to form Cedar and r) Organized in 1872, from part of Cresswell.

3 f Otter; in 1873, a part to Sheridan. (s) Organized in 1871, from part of Winfield. In 1873,
streams and a ost of (¢ Organized in 1874, from part of Winsor. parts detached to form Sheridan and Silver Creek.
smaller tributaries, the~ 3) Organized in 1875, from parts of Cresswell and Win- (t) Or, antes in 1871, from parts of Winfield and Rock

i ‘ field. reek.
oa a ao Ms h) Organized in 1872, from part of Rock Creek. (u) Organized in 1879, from parts of Winfield and Rock
be Dt : i) Organized in 1872, from part of Rock Creek. Creek.
pure, clear water is readily Organized in 1873, from part of Richland, and part (v) Organized in 1871, from parts of Rock Creek and

obtained ata depth offrom
fifteen to twenty-five feet *
east of the Walnut, and at
from twenty-five to forty
feet west of that river, and
is apparent,

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detached to form Silver Creek.
Organized in 1872, from part of Dexter. :
a in 1871, from parts of Cresswell and Win-
eld. :

the exceptional good fortune of the county

infield, and embraces territory published as Cedar

Creek in 1870. Part detached in 1874, to form
vey

Har-

In many sandstone predominates, and in others a
sand and half lime, is quarried.

In none is there
a finer quality than the
pure magnesian limestone,
which seems to underlie
the whole of this county.
This stone has the pecul-
iar property of being so
soft when first unearthed
as to admit of sawing into
any desired shape with an
ordinary hand saw, but of
becoming extremely hard
after a brief exposure to
the air.

Many attempts have
been made to discover pay-
ing coal veins, but have
been thus far unsuccessful.

In April, 1872, a petition
asking for the enforcement
of the herd law was very
numerously signed and
presented to the County
Commissioners, who or-
dered that it should be
enforced from May 4 of
that year. No effort has
since been made- to set
aside this order, though it
has been generally ob-
jected to by the stockmen.

In 1880, the prohibitory
amendment to the consti-
tution received a large
majority of the votes cast
in this county.

BARLY HISTORY.

N J. Thompson was, un-
wittingly, the first settler
in Cowley County, having
built a cabin near what
he supposed the south
line of Butler, in August,
1868. , The survey showed
him to be in Cowley
County. Cowley County
was asyet Indian land and
all whites were intruders,
yet, as it was evident that
the land would soon be
ceded, many attracted by
the report of rich lands
and ample timber and
water, crossed the south
line of Butler and took
claims along the streams.
In 1869, T. B. Ross and
sons, James Renfro and
sous, John and Joseph
Stansbury, B. F. Murphy,
T. A. Blanchard, 8S. B.
Williams and F. W.
Schwantes took claims on
the bottoms of the Wal-
nut a few miles above
Winfield. In June, 1869,
C. M. Wood penetrated as
far as the west bank of the
Walnut, nearly opposite
the present city, and began
selling goods to the In-
dians and settlers. The
Indian greed forfinery and
provisions, and the know]l-
edge that the tenure of the
whites was insecure, soon
led to a system of pilfer-
ing and intimidation that
caused Wood to leave his
stockade store and retreat

to the Renfro cabin up the stream. In August all settlers were warned to
leave the county, and all bu. Judge T. B. Ross didso, In June, 1869, P, Y.
1588 :

Becker put up a cabin two miles south of Winfield, and EB. C. Manning
took the claim which was later a part of the town site.

Although the Osages had threatened the settlers and driven them out
they did little more than burn Wood’s stockade, and in September the set-
tlers began to drift back, bringing fresh accessions with them. Among
those. who came at this time were C. M. Wood, Prettyman Knowles,
James H. Land, J. C. Monforte, W. G. Graham and others. In Decem-
ber of the same year, W. W. Andrews, H. C. Loomis, A. Meanor, A. How-
land and Joel Mack took claims near Manning’s, who, the same month,
opened a store in his log cabin. In January, 1870, a party of fifteen men,
consisting of Thomas, John and William Coates, Joseph Reynolds, Gil-
bert Branson, Henry Branson, Winton, I. H. and O. J. Phenis, H. Hay-
wood, L. B. Bullington, T. J. Raybell, D. T. Walters, 8. 8. Severson and
John Nichols took claims along the Grouse. In the same month, the mem-
bers of the Walnut City Town Company (organized in Emporia to lay out
and push the town which should be the future center of the county),
reached Winfield and camped near the present iron bridge. Their purpose
was to locate at the junction of the Arkansas and Walnut, which the
crude maps of the day showed to be near the centerof thecounty. When
the real lay of the land was ascertained, they took five claims near where
Winfield stands, and then proceeded to hunt up the point of confluence.
This was, of course, found near the present site of Arkansas City and the
settlers, giving up their Winfield claims, settled below and started their
town. All this time, the settlers who were on Indian land had paid head-
money, similar to that now exacted in the Indian Territory, to Chetopa,.
the Osage chief. On July 15, 1870, the Osage lands were opened for set-
tlement and dona fide claims were at once entered.

Every old settler of Kansas has a store of anecdotes concerning the
few months in 1874 and 1875, which have come to be known as grasshop-
per years. These anecdotes are as much the “folk lore” of Kansas ag
those of Uncle Remus of the lands of the South. Their relation would,
however, be out of place here and we leave them to the pen of some one
of a vivid imagination and not too close adherence to the unvarnished
facts which form the basis of history. Their advent took place in August,
1874, the swarm coming from the northwest in such countless numbers as
to form a cloud which obscured the sun. Dropping down upon the scanty
fields which the crouse had left, they made, what it seemed hardly proba-
ble the settlers would_do afterward, a hearty meal, deposited their-eggs
and left the county. Everything green was ravaged, the only crops saved
being a few fields of corn which had been planted so early as to be already
matured. Early the following season, the eggs hatched out and the fears
of the settlers were renewed, but the young hoppers left the county with-
out inflicting any damuge. It would be difficult to estimate the damage
done by this incursion. The newer settlers were already discouraged by
the scanty rains of 1874 andthe meager crops which were about to reward
their hard labor, and when they saw all destroyed, they abandoned their
claims by hundreds and lft not only the county, but the State. Early in
1874, the population of the county was in round numbers 10,000; a year
later it had fallen far below that figure, and it was not until two years
later that it again reached that point.

From this time the county gained rapidly in population, and in 1879
had an enumeration of 21,549. With 1880 came a disastrous drought,
which entailed great suffering among all classes, and particularly among
those who were planting their first crops. Another exodus was the result
of this loss, and the population diminished about 2,000. The crops of
1881 were fair and those of 1882 were exceptionally good, and although
no recent enumeration has been made the loss has probably been more
than overcome, although the Assessor’s figures for 1882 give only 20,500.
This is an increase over that taken in the same way in 1880, although less
than the National census figure of that year.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL ROSTER.

Cowley County was organized on February 28, 1870, by the appointment by Gov. Har-
vey of three Special County Commissioners and a Special County Clerk. A copy of the
document which effected this A corer he is found on the first page of the County Com-
missioners’ Hap and gives the reasons for the act. These were, briefly, that a census
had been taken and the county found to contain upward of 600 inhabitants, and that a
‘petition signed by more than twenty bona fide inhabitants, citizens of the United States,
praying for organization, and designating a place for the seat of justice, had been presented
to the Governor. This document is signed by Thomas Moonlight, Secretary of State, and
James M. Harvey, Governor.

The first meeting of the County Commissioners took place on March 23, 1870, at the
house of W. W. Andrews. The first work undertaken was the laying out of the county in
three townships. The first of these, known as number one, comprised all north of an east
and west line touching the mouth of Dutch Creek. Number two embraced all south of this
line, ‘‘to include the EF. P. Hickok claim on Walnut and to within ten miles of the mouth of
the Grouse.” Number three took in “all south of E. P, Hickok’s claim on Walnutand the
lower ten miles of the Grouse and Arkansas to the State line,”

The same meeting provided for an election, to be held at the house of Edward Philips
at the mouth of Rock Creek in number one, at Winfield in number two, and at Cresswell
in number three. All the various Or township officers were to’ be elected and the
county seat located. After electing W. W. Andrews chairman of the board and ordering
notices of the election of May 2, the board adjourned, having accomplished a remarkable
amount of business for a new board in a brand new county.

Pursuant to the notices issued, the spring election was held on May 2,1870. On the
6th, the Commissioners again convened, and after canvassing the vote declared the follow-
ing persons elected : County Commissioner in number one, Morgan Willett ; number two,
Thomas Blanchard; number three, G. H. Norton. H.C. Loomis was elected County Clerk ;
E. P. Hickok, Clerk of the District Court; F. A. Hunt, Sheriff; John Devore, County Treas-
urer; W. E. Cook, Register of Deeds; T. B. Ross, Probate Judge; F.S. Graham, Surveyor,
and W.S. Graham, Coroner. =

In November, 1870, occurred the first general election. It resulted, as such affairs gen-
erally do in new counties, in a vote showing a great Republican balance of power. Aho
member of Congress, D. P. Low had 250 votes, R. C. Foster 94, and S. Clark 6. For Gov-
ernor, James M. Harvey received 255, and Isaac Sharp 92; for Associate Justice,
D. J. Brewer had 254 and R. M. Ruggles 98; for Secretary of State, W. H.
Smallwood ‘had 254 and Charles C. Duncan 94; for State Auditor, A. Thoman 254,
Hi. M. Mahon 94; State Treasurer, J. E. Hayes 254, S. C. Gephart 94; Attorney
General, A. 8. Williams 274. A. W. Rucker 94; State Superintendent of Public Instruction
H. D. McCarty 254, Thomas 8. Murray 94. ‘The vote on county officers stood: Senator, Fit’
teenth District, E. S. Stover 322, H. 8, Hunt 15; Representative, E. C. Manning 253, H. B
Norton 150; Probate Judge, T. B. Ross 212, H. B. Norton 150; Sheriff, J. M. Pattison 186, S.
H. Ebley 148; Clerk of the District Court, E. P, Hickok 351; County Clerk, A. A. Jackson
200, R. J. Pond 146; Treasurer, G. B. Green 198, T. McIntire 140; County Attorney, E. S,

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

e178, T. H. Johnson 135; Register of Deeds, Walter A. Smith 150, W. E. Cook 124,
fae Parent; County Surveyor, HL. Barker 199, Samuel Thompson 144; Coroner, H.
B. Kellogg 206, T. J. Raybell 7; Superintendent of Public Instruction, L. B. Wamsey 206,
John Dudley 150. Upon examination of the returns, several serious irregularities were
found, and four precincts having sent nothing with the ballots to show where they were
polled were thrown out. oe returns from Dexter Township were also rejected, no such
hip having been created.
Te alechibn of November 7, 1871, raised no special issues. J. M. Alexander was elect-
ed Senator from the Twenty-fifth District and T. McIntire Representative. The county
officers elected were: A. A. Johnson, County Clerk ; James Parker, Sheriff a . T. Paul, Reg-
ister of Deeds; E. B. Hazen, Treasurer; M. Hemingway, Surveyor; G. P. Wagenor, Super-
i dent of Public Instruction.
OTe general election of 1872 gave Horace Greeley 277 votes, U.S. Grant 631, and Ly-
man Trumbull1. The county officers from 1872 to the present time, with State Senators
and Representatives, are as follows: Senators, Twenty-fifth District, M. M. Murdock, 1872;
H.S. St. Clair, 1874; A.J. Pyburn, 1876; w.P. Hackney, 1880. Representatives: James
McDermott, 1872; William Martia, 1873; Thomas R. Bryan, 1874; W. P. Hackney, 1875. The
Eighty-eighth and Eighty-ninth Districts were formed this year, and Representatives elect-
ed as follows: L. J. Webb and C. R. Mitchell, 1876; E. C. Manning and M. R. Leonard, 1878;
A. B. Lemon and C. R. Mitchell, 1880. Cowley next became the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-sixth
and Sixty-seventh, and elected in 1882 J. W. Winner, J.J. Johnson and C. R. Mitchell.
County Clerks have been: A. A. Johnson, 1873; M. G. Troup, 1875-77; J.S. Hunt, 1879-81.
Sheriffs: R. L. Walker, 1873-75; L. Lipman, 1877; A. T. Shenneman, 1879-81. Registers of
Deeds: N.C. McCulloch, 1873; E. P. Kinne, 1875-77; Jacob Nixon, 1879-81. Treasurers:
E. B. Kager, 1873; T. B. Bryan, 1875-77; James Harden, 1879; L. B. Stone, 1881. Probate
Judges: "A Jobnson 1872; H. D. Gans, 1874~-76-78-80-82. derks of the District Court:
James Kelley, 1872; ES. Bedilion, 1874-76-78-80-82. County Superintendents of Public
Instruction: T. A. Wilkinson, 1872-74; R. C. Story, 1876-78-80; A. H. Limerick, 1882. Coun-
ty Attorneys: E.S. Torrance, 1872; A. J. Pyburn, 1874; James McDermott, 1876; E. S. Tor-
rance, 1878; F. 8, Jennings, 1880-82, Coroners: sim Moore, 1873; J. A. Headrick, 1875; W.
P. Graham, 1877; H. 8. Wells, 1881. Surveyors: W. W. Walton, 1873-75; N. A. Haight, 1877-
79-81, :

COUNTY SEAT, BUILDINGS AND RAILROADS.

At the first election in the county, held May 2, 1870, Winfield was selected asthe county
seat. This was taken in high dudgeon by the Arkansas City settlers, whose chief aim bad
all the time been to found the future county seat. It was, however, evident from the location
of their town by the new survey, that it could never attain the prize, and some expedient
must be resorted to if they would not see their hopes forever dashed. Anew town company
was accordingly formed, and on June 13, 1871, the Tisdale Town Company laid claim to the
land immediately about the geographical center of the county and began to build. This
move was met by the Winfield settlers, who appeared on the ground with claimants and
lumber, but were finally beaten by their rivals and compelled to retire. A petition fora
new election to locate the seat of justice was at once put in circulation, and the election set
for August 22,1871. A lively contest at once sprang up and the contestants on each side
left no stone unturned to win the day. “A canvass of the votes gave Winfield 721, and Tis-
dale 523. Charges of fraud and illegal voting were fully indulged in, and, as an old settler
states, with reason, but the contest was never renewed, and Winfield remained the possessor
of the coveted prize.

The year 1873 saw the erection of the present county buildings. The court house, 4Ux
50 feet, was begun in the summer of this year, and completed at a cost of $11,500. It stands
upon a full block, half of which was donated by the Town Association in 1873, and the re-
mainder purchased for $1,000 in 1879. Several minor additions have been made to the build-
ing, bringing its total cost to $15,000,

The county jail, which stands a short distance north of the court house, was built by
the city of Winfield at a cost of $27,000 and donated to the county; like the court house it
is of brick, and though unpretentious is a very substantial structure.

The first railway project affecting this county was broached in March, 1878, by the
Kansas Nebraska Railway Company. The proposal of the company was for a subscription
of $150,000 to its stock and the issue of an equal amount of county bonds. The matter was
voted on at a special election April 15, 1873, and 1,138 votes were cast for and 79s votes against
the proposition. The road was not, however, constructed. Early in 1877, the Memphis,
Parsons & Ellsworth Narrow Gauge road proposed to run through this county, but failed
to receive sufficient encouragement. On April 16 of the same year the K. C. E. S. Railway
was voted $26,000 in Creswell, $21,500 in Bolton, $20,500 in Rock, and $19,000 in. Beaver
Township. These bonds were to run thirty years at ten per cent, and were redeemable at
any time after five years at 85 cents on the dollar. They were to be issued on the completion
of the .oad, and as it was never built were never made out.

. On December 24, 1878, the county decided by a vote of 1,853 to 955 to issue bonds to the
Cowley, Sumner & Fort Smith Railway to an amount not exceeding $144,000, This isa
branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé road. The road was completed to Winfield on
October 1, 1879, and on October 13 the county issued $72,000 in six per cent bonds to the
road. In December of the same year, the railway reached Arkansas City, and December 30,
$56,000 more bonds were issued. On April 29, 1879, the county voted $68,000 bonds to the
Southern Kansas & Western road, a branch of the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Gulf. These
bonds had thirty years to run, and drew seven per cent. They were carried by a vote of
1,612 to 438. The road reached Winfield on February 17, 1880, and $51,000 bonds were at
once issued. On March 16, it reached the west line of the county, and $17,000 more were
issued. In March, 1881, the county sold $68,000 of the stock of this road, taken in exchange
ad rs at 68 cents on the dollar, and with the proceeds purchased $38,500 of the county

onds.

Prior to 1877, there was no report of the farm animals owned in the county. An idea
not only of the growth of the county but of the shape of that advance may be formed from
a eee at the solowing, Statistics: Horses in 1877, 4,501; in 1878, 5,160; 1880, 7,479 ; 1882,
7,873. Mules and asses, 1877, 881; 1878, 1,027; 1880, 1,619 ; 1882; 1,478. Milch cows, 1877, 3,891;
1878, 4,061; 1880, 5,695 ; 1882, 6,862, The wool clip of 1877, was 23,070 pounds ; of 1880, 30,658;
of 1882, 142,706 'pounds. In 1877, there were 5,754 apple trees in bearing, in 1880, 22,872; in
1882, 37,044. Apple trees not in bearing; in 1877, 68,566; 1880, 92,466; 1882, 85,784. Pear
trees in bearing, 1877, 1,425; 1880, 704; 1882, 1,630; not in bearin , 1877, 2,795 ; 1880, 4,222 ;
1882, 4,504. Peaches in benring 1877, 196,554; 1880, 243,095 ; 1882, 308,685; not bearing, 1877,
101,409; 1880, 180,093; 1882, 173,861. Plums in bearing, 1877, 7,582 ; 1880, 6,262; 1882, 5,235;
not bearing, 1877, 4,258; 1880, 4,244; 1882, 7,611. Cherries’ in bearing, 1877, 3,846; 1880,
6,708 ; ier 13,367; not bearing, 1877, 14,629; 1880, 16,906; 1882, 22,454, Total value of
garden produce in 1877, $3,293.25 ; in 1880, $12,489; in 1882, $13,764, "The total acreage of land
under cultivation was in 1880, 305,855 against 151,394.37 in 1877. The total valuation of all
manufactories in the coun Was in 1882, $151,800. The population of the county was in
1870, 1,175; in 1875, 8,963; in 1880,20,649. None but the Assessor's census was taken in
1882, but the population may be very nearly estimated at 22,000.

The following carefully prepared statistics show the acres devoted to the principal
crops during the past ten years. Their perusal will afford eloquent evidence of ine Sonne

 

 

 

 

 

    
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

 

 

 

ty’s prosperity :

1872, 1874, 1876. 1878, 1880, 1882,

Winter wheat. 353 | 10,999 | 38,749 61,988.11 | 71,222 35,226

22 415 | 2,471 621 57 661

82 2,198 BT | sseceasseseis 30 9

18,500 es opes 48,824 66,193 111,037

ae irakeuoe 211 531 2

732 3,558 } 8,271 8,108 7,055 . 5,142

Buckwheat . "35| " 20.25] ” 99.50| ” 9875 | ag
a potatoes.. 1,235 965.37 928 1,377.03 1,175.08
Bees potatoes. 2 29.72 45.64 84.48 : 98.18
oe Lee sevens 41 278.87 481.10 517,89 1,345.50
pete jeans. 97 7.15 23 47,75 656,25

AX seg 33 366.75 400.25 428.60 1,062
ae 3B] es 1 50]... senses
room Corn... : 12 87 6.25 | 88,50 | 234.95

Millet and Hungarian. 447 | 1,786.25 | 2,850 6,883 15,142

 
. COWLEY COUNTY. .-

The following table gives the educational history of the county in full:

For the
school
year end-

ing July 31/1871

 

 

«.
1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 1882

 

No. of
school dis- |
tricts..
No. of chil-
dren of
school |
ABO wrsseeen
Pupils en-
rolled...
Average
daily at-
tend’nee...| 70
No. of
teachers
employ’d..| 5| 50 76] 79) 84 91
Total
school

107

  

37 TH). SE 108} 112; 111) 115] 122} 126] 132 135

‘3,541
2,460

3,013
2,288

659)
122)

2,478
624

3,038
2,237

3,555
2,381

4,680
3,220

5,681)
3,766)

6,779)
4,485)

7,457
5,212

7,236
4,983

7,496
6,192

120; 949) 1,354) 1,317/ 716] 2,050) 2,293) 2,580] 2,630) 2,987| 3,870

122) 159) 147) 146) 135 169

18,151) 27,636] 28,920] 12,451/13,778|17,852|27, 092] 25,614|32, 444148, 665| $43,157.45

school . .
“ property 22,500) 40,842) 57,000] 63,476/62,570164,922 166,799 |70,754|72,946|80,000| $79,758

choo.

house

bonds
Outst’d’ng..| 0.0...) eeeseee va senavel wea meaes dei aves .|28,866 |48,365/51 ,212)36,538|40,480)/35,630| $26,912

Balance on hand July 1, 1882 .......ccccsccessecee scone coos sessesces cosssecesceasenseecessuasvnesees $9,156

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WINFIELD.

The first claim on the Winfield town site was taken on June 11, 1869,
by E. C. Manning. Shortly afterward, W. W. Andrews, C. M. Wood and
A. A. Jackson took claims adjoining. The corner-stone of all these claims
being at a point near the present L. L. & G. depot, and yet marked by a
post. Andrews had the northeast claim; Wood the northwest; Manning

~ the southwest, and Jackson the southeast.

On January 13, 1870, the Winfield Town Company was organized with
E. C. Manning, President; W. W. Andrews, Vice President; O. M. Wood,
Treasurer; W. G. Graham, Secretary; E.C. Manning, J. H. Land, A. A.
Jackson, W. G. Graham and J. C. Monforte, Directors. The forty acres
of the land belonging to Manning was laid out as the center of the new

“town, and Main street, 120 feet wide, laid out north and south of this land.

A log house was put up on the main street by the settlers, and given Man-
ning in exchange for his land taken by them. Settlementon the town site
was slow, and when on August 15, A. D. Millington, now proprietor of the
Courter, and J. C. Fuller, of the Winfield Bank, arrived and purchased
Jackson’s claim, the only buildings were the log store of E. C. Manning,
which stood where the opera house now does; the log blacksmith shop of
Max Shoeb, where Read’s bank is now located; the drug store-of W. Q.
Mansfield and the hardware store of Frank Hunt. Millington and Fuller
at once took active steps for the advancement of the town. For the vari-
ous steps which led to their final success, we are indebted to the following
“account kindly furnished by Mr. Millington, who, as a leading character
in the events of that day, deserves special credence:

In January, 1871, the survey of this county was made by the United States Deputy
Surveyors, O. F. Short and Angell. This survey furnished a new excitement for the settlers,
for the lines of the survey, necessarily, in the nature of things, could not conform with the
claim lines. There was a crowd of settlers following each surveying party, with teams and
lumber, and whenever a good bottom claim was shown by the survey to have no shanty or
other improvements on it, the first one who got to it with lumber or logs took the claim.
Some persons found their improvements surveyed on tv the claims of older settlers, and
thereby lost their claims. All this resulted in many contests at the land office, but it was
remarkable that very little Violence was resorted to. 2 :

The survey showed E. C. Manning’s claim to be the northwest quarter, and J. C. Full-
er’s claim the northeast quarter of Section 28, in Township 32, south of Range 4 east. The
town company’s forty acres was the northeast quarter of Manning’s claim. Immediately
after the Government survey, in January, 1871, E.C. Manning, J.C. Fuller and D. A. Mil-
lington formed themselves into another company, called the Winfield Town Association, and
joined the southeast quarter of Manning’s claim with the west half of Fuller’s claim, as the
property of the association. This added to the town company’s forty acres made a town site
of 160 acres, in square form, and D. A. Millington, who was.then the only surveyor and en-
gineer settled in the county, surveyed this town site off into blocks and lots, streets and
alleys. Though the three above named persons had then control of most of thestock of the
town company, yet there wereseveral other stockholders in the company, so that the addi-
tion to the town site being wholly controlled by the three men, made it a different owner-
ship, and created the need of the new corporation, the Town Association, _

The plan that had been adopted to secure the erection of buildings in Winfield, was to
contract to give a deed of the lot built upon free, and the adjoining lot at value, when the
said Manning and Fuller should be able to enter their claims at the United States land of-
fice. It was intended and expected, that when the land office should be opened, Manning
and Fuller should each enter his entire claim, and then deed the forty acres of town site to
the town company, and the 120 acres to the town association, and these corporations should
then deed the improved lots to the owners of the improvements, and sell them the adjoin-
ing lots at value. Such entries and dispositions had been made in the cases of the town
sites of Augusta and Wichita, and it was considered the true way in such cases.

During the spring, new buildings continued to be built on the town site, stores and
shops were filled, an@ dwellings occupied. It took a long time, or until July 10, for the
notes, plats and records of the survey to be made out and recorded in the offices at Wash-
ington and Lawrence, and get ready to open the land office at Augusta. During this time
the occupants of the town site began to get restless, and demand that the companies shoul
give them more lots free. Some Tere that the companies had no more right to the town
site than any one else, and that all the unimproved lots seaplly belonged to the owners of
the improved lots, to be divided pro rata, These disaffected parties became so numerous as
to embrace a great proportion of the seventy-two owners of buildings on the town site.
They arbeuned the services of a great land lawyer of Columbus, named Sanford, made an
assessment, and collected money to carry out their measures, held meetings, in which ex:
cited speeches were made against the two corporations, and were prepared, at a moment’s
notice, when the land office was open, to rush in and enter the town site, through the Pro-
bate J udge, who should distribute the lots to the. inhabitants, according to their theory.
Thus co: ers ane famous Winfield town site controversy. _ ; :

Oftnvu/, ening, July 9, the town association got private information that the
plats would arrive at Augusta that evening. They, with T. B. Ross, Probate Judge, were in
‘Augusta at sunrise on the next morning, the 10th, and the Winfield town site was the first
land entry in this county. Having made their other entries, they returned. During the

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next night, the citizens, having heard of the arrival of the plats, went up, in consiaerable
force, to enter the town site, but they did not do it.

After the entry, Judge Ross appointed W. W. Andrews, H. C. Loomis and L. M. Ken-
nedy Commissioners, under the law, to set off to the occupants of the Winfield town site,
the lots to wich they were entitled, according to their respective interests. The time of
Pa was advertised, and all parties met September 20. The town companies presented
to the Commissioners a list of the lots, showing what lots were improved, and who were en-
titled to them, and showing that the vacant lots were the property of the two companies re-
respectively. The citizens spoke only through their lawyer, and demanded that the vacant
lots should be divided up among the occupants, in proportion to the value of their buildings.
After a full hearing, the Commissioners decided according to the schedule of the companies,
and Judge Ross immediately executed deeds accordingly. This decision was accepted by a
large part of the citizens, who, to prevent further trouble, executed quit-claim deeds of all
the vacant lots to the two companies. But Sanford was irrepressible, and a suit was com-
menced in the District Court, by Enoch Maris, A. A. Jackson et al. to set aside the deeds
from the Probate Judge to the companies as void, The case was thrown out of court on
demurrer by Judge Webb, commenced again, tried on demurrer before Judge Campbell, who
over-ruled the demurrer, and promptly rendered judgment for the plaintitis. The case was
carried to the Supreme Court on error and reversed in the spring of 1873. Another case was
commenced by ten of those who had quit-claimed, ran the course of the courts, and failed
in the end.

It seems to have been an understood matter that the point where Win-
field stands would some day be occupied by a town. In June, 1869, when
C. M. Wood had his stockade on the west bank of the river opposite the
town site, he thought of the location of a town, and later, promised Mrs.
Wood that it should be named by her. After some deliberation the name
of Legonda was selected and the settlement was thus known for some
time. W. W. Andrews, who took aclaim in 1869, and went back ,to
Leavenworth for his family, used as a strong argument in inducing Mrs.
Andrews to come to the frontier the privilege of naming the town in
honor of Winfield Scott, a-Baptist minister of Leavenworth. Mrs. An-
drews’ code at that time was that the town should be so named, $500
raised for the support of a church, and Rev. Mr, Scott should come and
be its pastor. On her arrival at the settlement and learning that it already
bore the name of Legonda, Mrs. Andrews expressed bitter disappointment
and a desire to return, and was with difficulty made to see that no name
could be finally adopted until voted upon by the settlers. An election
was called and a formal ballot taken, and a dance followed. Formal bal-
lot boxes were not in vogue, and a chest, to which was affixed the lock of
Mrs. Andrews’ washstand drawer, was used. There is no evidence that
there were two keys to that lock, but Mrs. Andrews remarks with a twinkle
in her eye, that while they were dancing Legonda lost the day. A count
of the ballots resulted in favor of Winfield, which has ever since been the
accepted appellation. : ; ;

A post office was established at Winfield in May, 1870, with E. C.
Manning as Postmaster. The office was in an old log store which stood
where the opera house is now located. This building was removed in
1878 to the rear of the Telegram building, and served a year later as the
starting point of the fire which swept the corner of the block. The post
office moved from the log store to T. K. Johnson’s, then back to the first
position, whence it was moved again, occupying several places on Ninth
avenue and finally reaching its present quarters. Manning held his po-
sition but a short time, being followed the same year by A. W. Tousey.
T. K. Johnson took the office in 1871, James Kelley in 1875, and D.-A.
Millington in 1879.

CITY GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

On February 22, 1873, Winfield was incorporated as a city of the third class. On March
7, the first city election took place, and resulted as follows: W. H. H. Maris, Mayor; J. W.
Curns, Clerk; A. A. Jackson, Police Judge; M. L. Robinson, Treasurer; C. W. Richmond,
Marshal; J. M. Alexander, Attorney. The Council consisted of 0. F. Boyle, C. A. Bliss, Jy
D. Cochran, H. 8. Silver and 8. C. Smith. Mayors since that time have been: 8. C. Smith,
1874; D. A. Millington, 1875-76; R. L. Walker, 1877; J. B. Lynn, 1878; John B. Lynn, 1879;
M.G. Troup, 1881. City Clerks of this period have been: B. F. Baldwin, 1874-75-76-77.  Po-
lice Judges: N. H. Wood, 1874; M. G. Troup, 1875; J. W. Curns, 1876-77; W. M. Boyer,
1878-79.

On February 27, 1879, the city having been found to have a population of over 2,000, it
was declared by the Governor a city of the third class. It was then divided into two wards,
the First taking in all east of Main street, and the Second all west of that line.

Of the early educational history of the city, but littlecan be said. Winfield had no long
stretch of years scantily supplied with educational facilities. Hardly was it a town before
a fine stone school house was erected, and thorough instruction accorded to all. The first
settlement in the county was in 1870, and 1871-72 saw the erection in Winfield of a stone
school building, costing $10,000. Here E. P. Hickok taught until 1875, when he was suc-
ceeded by A.B. Lemon. W.C. Robinson taught in 1876 and 1877; G. W. Robinson in 1878-
79, and E, T. Trimble has been Principal from 1880 to the present time. In 1878, the long
wooden building inthe northwest corner of the First Ward school block, was built to ac-
commodate the ee department and ease the overflowing main building. Prior to this
for two years, the basement of the Presbyterian Church and such buildings as could be
rented, had been in use. After the division of the city into wards, the old school building |
was entirely remodeled, and now forms the north wing of the First Ward school. This
building cost $6,000 and is one of the most commodious to be found in theState. It is of the
limestone found near- the city, and has four rooms. The teachers in this ward are: E. T.
Trimble, Principal; Mrs. E. Tf. Trimble, Miss S. J. Clute, Miss Mattie Gibson, Miss Alice E.
Dickie, Miss T. E. Goldsmith, Miss Rose Rounds. In the long wooden building is the pri-

“mary department taught by Mrs, W. B. Caton and Miss Mary Bryant.

The school building in the Second Ward was also built in 1880, at a-cost of $6,000. It is
the exact counterpart of the First Ward School, and has four rooms. It is taught by Miss M.
E. Hamill, Miss E. McCrippen, Miss Ella 8. Kelly and Miss A. Klingman. Its enrollment
is 250, that of both schools 893.

The Methodist Church was organized in the spring of 1870, by B. C. Swartz, who became
its pastor, remaining until some time in 1871. e was followed by J, O. Smith, 1871-72;
Williams, 1872-73; J. W. Lowry, 1873-74; J. MeQuiston, 1874-75; C. J. Adams, September,
1875 ; E. W. Kanaval, March, 1876; J. L. Rusbridge, June, 1876; J. A. Hyden, March, 1879;
H. A. Tucker, March, 1881; Paul F. Jones, March, 1882. When organized, the society had a
membership of eleven. Meetings were for a long time held in a little frame church, on
Ninth avenue, now used as a residence. The present church edifice was erected in 1875, at
a cost of $12,000. It is of stone, and when first erected had a spire 100 feet high of the same
material. This, however, soon yielded to the force ofa Kansas zephyr. The present church
membership is fully 300. A neat parsonage standson the church lot. A Sabbath school, or-
ganized at about the same time as the church, has an average attendance of 200, and is in
charge of Mr. S. H. Jennings. i

The Baptist Church was organized on November 27, 1870, by Rev. Winfield Scott, in
honor of whom the city is named. Re, E. P. Hickok supplied the society for about a year,
and was followed by Rev. N. L. Rigby, who remained until 1875. The church was then sup-
plied by Rev. A. F. Randall, and October 1, 1878, Rev. J. Cairns, the present pastor, took
charge. The church membership has risen from eleven in 1871 to 180 in 1882. One of the
first acts of the society was to erect the old stone church, which was used from itscomple-
tion, in 1872, to 1878. Soon after Mr. Cairns’ arrival, services were held in the opera house,
where they continued until the completion of the new church, in 1882, This Quilding is
said to be the finest in Southern Kansas. It is of the fine limestone found about two miles
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from the city, cost $14,000, and seats 700. It is fitted throughout with St. Louis opera chairs,
enabling attendants to combine bodily ease with mental exercise. A Sabbath school was
orgaaized in April, 1878, with J. McDermott Superintendent, and an average attendance of
seventy. It now has over 200, and is in charge of E. T. Trimble.
_ Lhe Christian Church was organized on the fourth Sunday of September, 1872, with a
- Membership of thirty-one. P,F,. Whittaker and Henry Hawkins were elected Elders. On
the fourth Sunday of October, Rev. Erastus Lathrop began revival meetings, which lasted
ten days, and added fifteen members to the society. The first pastor was Rev. Mr. Womack,
who came in 1872. He was followed by J. H. Irvin, H. D. Gans, John Blevins, H. D. Gans, T. L.
Cartwright, H. D. Gans, F. M. Rains, and the present pastor, H. D. Gans, who is nuw serv-
ing for the fourth time. The early services were held in the Baptist Church, but in 1873
the society built a small church of their own, at a cost of $1,000. A new church, 36x54, and
costing $2,500, was begun in December, 1882, and will be completed in 1883, The church en-
rollment is now 125. — A flourishing Sunday school, organized in 1872, is attached to the
church, has a membership of seventy-five, and is in charge of T. R. Bryan.

The Presbyterian Church was organized on January 19, 1873, by Rev. A. R. ayn of
the Home Missionary Society. It had no regular pastor, but was assigded to Mr. Naylor,
who had come to the State in the hope of regaining his health. May 23, the work was found
too arduous, and Mr. Naylor retiring, the church was without a pastor until July, when
Rev. J.B. Platter, the present incumbent, arrived. At that time, the society consisted of the
seven charter members, but twenty-two others who had been members of the chureh in
other places, but had never formally lost membership, were placed upon the rolls. John P.
McMullen and William Greenlee were elected Ruling Elders, and the church put in working
order, The work of organization had been conducted and the first separate services were
held in the Hudson building, used as a carriage paint shop. This was fitted up,with chairs
and rejected school benches. From this place, the society moved to the court house, where
services were held until the church building was ready for occupancy. This was on Septem-
ber 23, 1877. The church had been some time in building, the basement being first finished,
and used not only for devotional purposes, but by a part ofthe city school. As completed,
the structure is well worthy of any city. It is of brick, with astone basement, has a seating
capacity of 400, and cost $8,000. A Sabbath school was established in September, 1877, under
the superintendence of the pastor, and with an attendance of 100. It is now in charge of
Mr. T. B. Myers, and has an average attendance of fully 200.

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1879, by Rev. A. H. Daily, who,
although located at Wichita, became its pastor. fie was followed by W. E&. Hegeman, 1880;
Rufus Parks, 1881; Mr. Wooten, 1882. A church edifice was erected in 1880, at a cost o
about $600. The church membership is now twenty-five. A Sabbath school was held at
private houses some time before the organization of the church. It is now in charge of L.C.
Scott, and has an average attendance of thirty.

Grace Episcopal Church was organized in April, 1880, with a membership of twenty.
Rev. S. M, Fry was selected as rector, but remained only a few months, giving place to Rev.
Charles H. Canfield, who resigned in 1882, leaving the church without a pastor. The serv-
ices of the church have always been held in the District Court room. A Sabbath school was
_ organized in October, 1880, under the superinter'dence of L. H. Owen. It is now in charge
of W. H. Smith, and has an average attendance of fifty.

THE PRESS AND SOCIETIES.

The Couley County Censor was the first paper issued in the county. _ Its first issue saw
the light on August 13, 1870. A. J. Patrick, the sponsor of this new enterprise, had at the
start bo means of printing his paper, and the first two issues came from the Augusta office.
‘The third, however, was printed in Winfield, from its own material, and on the historic
Meeker press, the first printing press ever operated in Kansas. The Censor was a six-columno
folio, of strong Republican views. June 3, 1871, Patrick sold out to Leland J. Webb, who, on
August 15, formed a partnership with W. EF. Doud, now of the Eureka Lepublican. Three
weeks later, Doud suld out to E. G. Nichols, and January 6, 1872, the paper was sold to W.
Il. Kerns, who discontinued it. : i

The Winjield Messenger was started on January 13, 1872, as the direct successor of the
, Censor, and was printed from the same material. On July 4, 1872, Yale Brothers purchased
the onlee of W. H. Kerns, and ran the paper until December 5, when it died a natural

death.

The Cowley County Telegram was first issued at Tisdale on September 12, 1872, under the
management of W. M. Allison, Five numbers were issued at Tisdale, andthe office removed
tu Winfield. January 1, 1873, Arthur H. Hane bought an interest in the paper, but, becom-
ing dissatisfied with the business, sold out March 20, to A. B. Stineberger. He in turnwearied
of the uphill work of frontier newspaper life, and retired on July 3. Allison then ran the

naper alone until 1878, when Bert Crapster bought an interest, and a daily edition was estab-
} ished. Two years later, Crapster sold out, and Charles C. Black, after a few weeks’ partner-
ship with Allison, purchased the entire business. Extensive improvements were at once
siiatle, a fine stone building erected, and one of the best offices in the State procured. Win-
field was, however, as yet too small for the support of a good daily paper, and November 1,
1881, the Telegram vanished from the scene, the material was sold to A. B, Stineberger, who
used it on the daily and weekly Courant. On July 10, 1882, the Zelegram was ‘revived on the
ruins of the defunct Courant, by Sam E. Davis and George Rembaugh. It is nowa nicely
printed Democratic weekly, of forty-eight columns.

The Wiies Courier eee oe on January 1, 1873, bearing the names of R.S. Waddell
& Co., as publishers. Waddell was manager, and J. C. Lillie local editor. On March 27, of
the same year, the office changed hands, James Kelly, now of the Sumner County Welling-
tonian, becoming editor, and Vinnie B. Beckett, local. This arrangment lasted: until July
1, 1875, when Wirt W. Walton took the local page. On November 11, of the same ycar, Kelly
sold out to E.C. Manning. On August 16, 1877, the office was sold to D. A. Millington and
A. B. Lemon, who took the editorial and local page respectively. January, 1879, saw the last
change, which placed the paper in the hands of the. Courier company, and while retaining
Mr. Millington, gave the local page to Edward P. Greer, who still holds it. The Courier office
js now one of the most complete in the southern part of the State, having a large variety of
type, and besides the usual supply of job presses, 2 large power press for newspaper and pos-
ter work, The paper isa nine-column folio, of excellent make up, and is a worthy expo-
nent of the county and city.

The Plow andAnvil—This paper was started on November 19, 1874, by Col. John M.
Alexander. On April 22, 1875, it was sold to Amos Walton and C. M. McIntire, who in
March, 1876, changed its name to the Cowley County Democrat. On August 16, of the same
year, the material was sold to W, M. Allison, who took it out of the county.

The Cowley County Courant was, as has becn said, printed on the Yelegram material.
Both daily and weekly editions were printed, and the hopes of its publisher, A. B. Stineber-

’ ger, ran high, but after preaching Republicanism from November 1, 1881, to July, 1882, it
yielded to the inevitable, and “ passed over to the great maipelyy ” of frontier dailies,

Adelphi Lodge, No. 110, A. F. & A. M., was organized on October 17, 1872, with twent,
charter members, ‘and the conows08 officers: . 8. Hunt, W.M.; A. H. Green, 8. W,; 1.
Maris, J. W.; A. Jackson, Secretary. It Are
J.S. Hunt, W. M.; M.G Troup, 8. W.: L. D, Zenor, J. W.; J. C. McMullen, Treasurer, 12. T.
Trimble, Secretary. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall, on the first and third Tucsdays of
each month. i 8 2 Ue

Winfield Chapter, No. 31, R. A. M., was instituted on October 20, 1875, with twenty-four

members, and the following officers: M. L. Read, H. P.; M. C. Baker, K A. Howland,
Scribe; W.C. Robinson, C. H.; John D. Pryor, Secretary ; W.G, Graham, R. A.C. The
chapter pow numbers thirty-five. Meetings are eld in Masonic Hall, on the second Mon-
day of each month. Property valuation about $150. The oe officers are: S.C. Smith,
H.P.; S. H. Martin, K.; . 8. Mann, Scribe; M. L. Read, Treasurer ; W.G. Graham, 5.; H.
Brotherton, R. A. C. 7 ; .

Winyield Commandery, No. 15, .K. T., was organized August 6, 1879, with a membership of
fifteen, and the following official roll: W.G. Graham, E.C.; J. L, Huey, G.; R. &. Jillson,
Cc. G.; 5. Cairns, Prelate; J. E. Conklin, 8. W.; John D. Pryor, J. W.; C.C. Black, Treasurer.

The organization now has twenty-seven members, and is officered as follows: W.G. Gra-
ham, E.C, J.C. McMullen, G.; A. D, Hendricks, C.G.; J. Cairns, Prelate; C. C. Black, 8,
W.; S.A. Cook, J W.; S.H. Myton, T.; J.D. Payor, Recorder. Meetings are held in Masonic
Hall, on the third Friday of each month. i :

Winfield Lodge, No. 479, K. of H., was organized on February 20, 1877, with seventeen
charter members, and the following officers: W. G. Graham, P. D.; A. Howland, D.; W. C.
Robinson, V. D.; B. F. Baldwin, Treasurer ; George Robinson, I’. R. This is the first lodge
of this order organized in the State, and was instituted by W. G. Graham, Supreme Depa
Tt now has sixty-five members, and has thus far had no deaths. Its present officers are: W.
C. Root, P, D.; R. E, Wallis, D.; ©. B, Austin, V, D.; T. R. Bryan, Treasurer; A, P, Johnson ,

now has a membership of ninety. Its officers are:,

HISTORY OF KANSAS. .

F. R; W.G. Graham, R. Meetings are held on the first and third Mondays of each month
in Masonic Hall. The society has now funds to the amount of $200, 2 - :

Winfied Lodge, No 18, A. O. U. W., was organized August 30, 1879, with a membership
of twenty-three, and the following officers: C. A. Bliss, P. M. W.; B. M. Legg, M. W.; G. 5.
Hyde, Foreman; A. Stewart, Overseer; J. Hoenscheidt, R.; G. S. Mansor, Recorder; L, H.
Ope, F.; W. M. Allison, Guide. The jodgP now has a membership of sixty-three, and the
following officers: C, ¢é Green, M, W.; W.J. Hedges, Foreman; A. B. Snow, O.; E. F. Blair,
Recorder; J. F. MeMullin, F.; G. 5. Mansur, R. : ; :

Cowley Legion, A. O. U. W., was organized in June, 1882, with a membership of eight-
een. Its charter officers, who still hold place, were: W. Whiting, 8. C.;, W. B. Caton, V. C.;
¥. W. Berkey, Secretary; C. A. Bliss, Treasurer; E. T, Trimble, Chaplain, The legion now
has twenty-six members. Meetings are held in Odd Fellows Hall on the second and fourth
Mondays of each month. ; oud

Winfield Lodge, No. 20, I. O. G. T., was organized October 6, 1879, with twenty mem-
bers and the following officers: J. Cairns, C. T.; Maggie Dever, V. T.; E. I. Trimble, Chap-
lain; W. J. Wilson, Secretary. The society now has a membership of ninety and the fol-
lowing officers: S. B. Davis, C. T.; Mrs. N. J. Lundy, V.T.; Miss Ella Kelly, Secretary; D.
C. Beach, F. S.; J. GC. Rowland, Chaplain; Mrs. Anna S. Hamilton, Treasurer. Meetings are
held in Odd Fellows Hall on Friday of each week. .

Kansas Council, No. 540, Royal ‘Arcanum, was organized November 17, 1880, with twenty-
four charter members and the following officers: A. Howland, R.; W. G. Graham, P. R.;
W.C. Root, Secretary; C. H. Robinson, F. S; S.H.Myton, Treasurer, The council has
not as yet suffered loss by the death of members, and numbers thirty-four. Meetings. are
held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in R. A. Hall. The punperty at the
lodge is $175, Its present officers are A. P. Johnson, R.; W. J. Hodge, V. R.; W. C. Root,
Secretary; W. G. Graham, I. 8.; 8, H. Myton, Treasurer. . n

Winfield Council, No. 6, National Union, was organized on October 27, 1881, with séven-
teen charter members and the followmg officers: A. Howland, P.; F. Barclay, ex-P.; Charles
¥. Babntge, V. P.; J. Nixon, F. 8.; J. E. Howie, Treasurer. The union now numbers forty-
seven, and is oflicered as follows: R. E. Wallis, P.; A. Howland, ex-P.; Josephine C. Aus-
tin, V. P.; Fannie P. Graham, Bpeskors Mary Vv. Newton, 8. W.G. Graham, F. S.; J. E.
Howie, T.; Fannie C. Jones, Chaplain. Meetings are held in Royal Arcanum Hall on the
first and third Tuesdays of each month. Thus far the union has had no death losses, and
has in the treasury something over $100.

Knights of Pythias.—The lodge of this order in this city was first named Walnut Val-
ley, No. 70, but was shortly after re-christened as “Chevalier,” retaining its number. Its
charter was granted November 14, 1882, and the officers then elected are still in place.
They are: Quincy A. Glass, C.C.; C.C. Green, V. C.; P. Jones, Prelate; George H. Buck-
man, K. R.8.; William Whiting, M. F.; L. B. Stone, M. E; P. H. Albright, M. A. Meetings
are held in Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday of each week. The property of the lodge con-
sists of regalia and fixtures to the value of about $200. The society had thirty charter
members. :

The Building and Loan Association was organized on January 1, 1882, with H. G. Fuller,
President; A. H. Hendricks, Vice President; J. E. Platter, Treasurer; J. F. McMullen,
Secretary. During its first year of business, just closing, it has prospered finely, and now
has $1,500 loaned on first mortgages.

The Winjield Bank.—The first banking house established in the county was the Win-

field Bank of J.C. Fuller. This institution opened its doors in the fall of 1870. In Janu-
ary, 1878, J. C. McMullen, who had been engaged in similar business in Arkansas City since
1871, came to Winfield and started the Citizens’ Bank. On April 1, 1879, the two banks
consolidated and formed the Winfield Bank, chartered under the State law. This institu-
tion has now a cash capital of $50,000, and a surplus of $25,000. Besides this accumulation,
it has paid every year since its ore a semi-annual dividend of ten per cent—a rec-
ord probably without parallel in the records of banking. This great success is due to two
causes—careful management and immense tributary territory. The building occupied and
owned by the bank was erected in the summer of 1879, at a cost of $8,000. It has two sto-
ries ane a basement, the latter occupied by the Courier office, and the second floor by vari-
ous offices.
; Read’s Bank was started in 1872, by M. L, Read, who still owns it. As a private bank,
it has no statement of resources, but is known to have invested a capital of $75,000, and a
surplus of $25,000. The bank building, on Main street, near Ninth avenue, was erected in
1871-72, at a cost of $7,500. It is worth mention, that this was the first brick building in the
county, and that the brick used in it were the first manufactured, the brick-makers being
imported for that purpose.- Various improvements in vaults and fixtures have increased
the valuation of the building to fully $8,000.

Winfield City Mill was built in ig72by C. A. Bliss & Co. The building was 40x30 feet,
and had two and one-half stories. It was started with three run of bubr-stones, but later
two buhrs and three rolls were added. In 1880, B. F. Wood became a partner in the con-
cern, and in January, 1881, an engine of 100 horse-power was put in to aid the four turbine
water-wheels before in use. In August, 1882, the property was valued at $30,000. On August
13, of that year, the mill was burned to the ground, only the water-wheels and part of
the engine escaping.

The Roller Mill.—With undaunted courage the sufferers by this fire went at the task of
rebuilding, with the aim of making not only a finer mill than the old City Mills, but the fin-
est in the State. In this they succeeded, the mill being completed in January, 1883. It is
sawed magnesian limestone, five stories in height, and covers a ground space of 40x60 feet.
The motive power is the same as that of the old mill. The other machinery consists of 34
pairs of rolls, 10 purifiers, 26 bolting and 4 centrifugal reels, 4 flour packers, 1 bran packer
and 1 bran duster. The mill is rated at 350 barrels of flour per day. Its cost to the present
time is $50,000. Attached to the mill is an elevator, with a capacity of 30,000 bushels, valued
with its machinery at $4,000. A‘side-track of the A., T. & S. F. Railway runs to the mill,
and shipments may be made over either road.

The Horning Elevator was built at a cost of $4,500 in the fall of 1880, on the track of the
A., T. & 8. F. R. R., by Fowler & Simpson. It was purchased in the fall of 1882, by J. L.
Horning, who now operates it. It has a wheat cleaner and corn sheller, and can clean and
handle four cars of wheat and one of corn daily. Power is furnished by an engine of
twenty horse-power.

The Johnson Elevator was begun in July, 1882, and finished the same year by Allen
Johnson, who still remains its owner. It stands upon the track of the K.C. L. & 8. R. Ry;
has a storage capacity of 12,000 bushels, and can load ten cars daily. Power is furnished by -
an out of ten horse-power,

The Winfield Carriage Works were started in December, 1880, by W. F. Doorley, who oper-
ated them until July, 1881, when the firm was changed to Albro & Doorley.. No heavy
wagons are sold; a large number of carriages, buggies and spring wagons are turned out.
The manufacture of the first two years footed up 1,007, 700 of which were built in 1882, This
is said to be the largest carriage factory in the State; has a capital of $13,000, and em-
ploys twenty-five men. oN

__ The Brettun.— Winfield boasts of the finest hotel in Southern Kansas. The Brettun was
built in 1880-81, by 8. L. Brettun, and was opened August 11, 1881, by Harter & Black. The
building is of sawed magnesian limestone, with trimmings of the same material; is three
stories in height, withan English basement equivalent to anotherstory, and covers aground
space of 55x100 feet. The house is heated throughout by steam and lighted by_gas of its
own manufacture. It is valued at $35,000. On December 1, 1882, Black retired from the
sau e ped yun by ae senior partner.

‘achine Shop.—The only machine shop in the city is that of Clark & Abbott. This
shop was started in 1878, by 8. Clark. It is fitted with a lathe, planer and drill, and all
tools necessary for ordinary manufacturing or repair work. All the shafting for the roller
mill i "Winte ae The shop is valued at $3,000.

he Win, eamery was started in January, 1883, the buildings having been put
the preceding fall. As. et, it is not running to its full capacit but will sont min fines
wagon routes for the col ection of cream, and turn out a ton of butter daily. The creamery
proper is 40x36 feet, and the ice house adjoining a trifle larger. Power is furnished by an
Sight oe rarer paar,

‘elephone Exchange.—On March 27, 1882, twenty-four of the principal points of Win-
field were connected by telephone. This work was done by P, W.Bossart, or Kansas City
Superintendent of the Bell Telephone Company. The subscribers now number twenty-six.
No night service is required as yet, but the day service is very extensive.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 2
_ ,_ COL. J. M. ALEXANDER, merchant and fruit-grower, was born in Cortland County, N. Y.,-
in 1822; son of Leonard and Sally Alexander, Was educated at the Cortland Academy, At
COWLEY

he age of sixteen engaged inteaching. Two years later, commenced reading law at Honesdale,
Penn. Was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one, and commenced practice. In 1846,
was marriéd to Miss Anna T. Atwater, niece of the late Dr. Gardiner Spring, of New York, who

has borne him’ three children—Blanche A., Belle J., deceased, and Lizzie M. In 1852, he be- ,

came editor and proprietor of the Luzerne Union, one of the prominent Democratic papers of the
State, published at Wilkesbarre, Penn. Conducted that enterprise for two years, and in 1854 came
to Kansas, Located at Leavenworth City and engaged in the practice of his profession, and re-
mained until 1870, when, on the opening up of the Osage Indian Reservation, he removed to
Winfield, ia Cowley County, and opened a law office, and continued until 1882, when, on account
of his health, he went with his family to Florida, where he is extensively engaged in merchan-
dising and fruit-growing. He is also an extensive land and property owner in this county. He
owns 320-acres of land adjoining the city of Winfield, all improved, and a large amount of busi-
ness and resident property in the city. He is a Democrat in politics, but devotes his eneryié to
the practice of his profession rather than politics, and success has rewarded his efforts. During
the early territorial times, he was involved in the troubles of that date, but being conservative in
his views, did much in saving the livés and property of the citizens. He was elected State
Senator in 1871, but it was subsequently decided that the district was not entitled to a Senator.

“He was a member of, and a successful practitioner in, the Supreme Court of Kansas. He isa

member of the Masonic fraternity, A., F.& A. M., and of the I. 0.0. F. His title cf Colonel
was derived by commission from Gov, Bigler, of Pennsylvania, who appointed him one of his
Aids in 1854, with that rank. 2 is

_ G. H. ALLEN, agent of Wells & Fargo Express, was born in Plymouth County, Mass., in
1848; son of Charles C. and Phoebe Allen.. He was raised in Massachusetts. At the age of
twenty-lour, he removed to New Hampshire, where he was engaged for three years in landscape
gardening and engineering. _ He afterward spent one year in Massachusetts. In 1876, he came
to Kansas, and located in Humboldt, where he was engaged for a short time in the grocery busi-
ness, and then took the agency of the Adams Express, which position he occupied for about four
yeara; one and one-half years of. that time he was located at this place. In 1881, he took the
agency of the Wells & Fargo Express for Winfield. When he took the agency at Winfield the
business amounted to about $800 per month. It is now about $3,000. he business is princi-
pally produce for Western shipment. Mr. Allen bas given tho business his personal attention,
and has succeeded in building up a good trade. He was married, in 1874, to Miss. Ella Hastings,
daughter of Samuel Hastings, of South Deerfield, Mass. He is a member of the A., F.& A. M.,
K. of H., and of the K. & L. of H., of which Mrs. Allen is also a member. Heis a graduate of
the Massachusetts Agricultural College. °

HENRY E. ASP, attorney at law, was born in New Boston, Mercer Co., Il, in 1856; son of

John H. and Christina Asp. Received his elementary education at the common schools. At the
age of eighteen, he entered the business college at Rock Island, I!l. Commenced to read Jaw in
1874, In December, 1875, he came to Kansas, and located at Winfield, where he resumed the
study of law in the office of Judge E. S. Torrance. Was admitted to the bar in 1877. C.mmenced
his practice the same year, and has devoted himself exclusively to his profession, and has met
with the most flattering success. He has an extensive practice, and is one of the best crimi-
nal lawyers in Southern Kansas, He was married, in 1880, to Miss Nellie M. Powers, danghter
of N. M. and Ellen M. Powers. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, a Republican in
politics, and takes an active part in all the public interests of the city in which he lives.
7 A. E. BAIRD, proprietor of the New York Store—dry goods, boots and shoes—was born
in St. Charles, Ill., in 1842; son of A. H. and M. A. Baird. He came to Kansasin 1859, At the
breaking-out of the war he enlisted in Company D, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, and participated in
the engagements of Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Helena, and other engagements of his command.
Much of the time, his regiment was engaged in pursuit of bushwhackers. He enlisted »s a
private, and was promoted to a Sergeant. Was mustered out in September, 1861, and was subse-
queutly employed in the Quartermuster’s Department at Little Rock, Ark. At the close of the
war, he returned to Mound City, where he engaged in mercantile business for one year, and then
engaged in farming near Lawrence. Subsequently, he removed to Elk City, and engaged in

merchandising. Remained until 1876, when he located at Winfield, and engaged in business -

in the firm of Harter Brothers & Baird. Soon after the firm was changed to Baird Brothers, who
continued the business for three years. In 1882, they divided the stock, and the subject of this
sketch continued the business, which is located on Main street, near Tenth avenue. Owns the

store, 25x100 feet, two stories and basement, built of brick and stone. His business has increased -

about 800 per cent since its establishment. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Maggie Curry,
daughter of Thomas Curry. They have five children—Mamie, Pauline, Flora, Waldo aud
Eugene. He is a member of Knights of Honor Lodge, No, 479.

FRANK BARCLAY, plumber, steam and hydraulic engineer, was born in Ohio in 1827;
son of Robert and Laura Barclay. » He was raisedjin Ohio. In early life, he chose the professiun
of an engineer, and for twenty-three years he was engaged as an engineer on the boats of the
Mississippi River. He came to Kansas in 1877, and spent some time in the Neosho Valley,
Wichita, and El Dorado, engaged at his trade, He then located at Winfield, and established his
bnsiness at this place. The business the first year amounted to $2,000, which has increused to
$12,000 in 1882. He has the superintendency and construction of the Winfield Water-works
now in course of construction. He has theagency of Dunning’s self-regulating and self-feeding,
low pressure, steam boiler, for heating residences, public buildings, blocks, etc. He has the
agency of all the territory lying west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains,
and also of the Springfield, Mass., gas machine for the sameterritory. He is also dealer in bronze
and ornamental gas fixtures, artistic mantles, grates and fenders; also a great variety of the
finest plumbing goods, statuary and fountains. He represents the finest goods of the above line
of any establishment in Southern Kansas. He was married, in 1862, to Miss Fanny Hydon, by
whom he bas three children—Frank, Homer and Zaide.

SAMUEL BARD, of the firm of Harris & Bard, real estate and loan agenta, was born in St.
Louis, Mo., in 1835; son of James and Rachel Bard. Mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company
A, First Regiment Arkansas Infantry Volunteers, February 14, 1863, Promoted to Captain, in
1864, of Company I, First Arkansas Infantry, which commission he held until the close of the
war. Hoe participated in the engagements of Lone Jack, Prairie Grove, Fayetteville, Little Rock,
Selma River, and others of his command. Was wounded at Lone Jack, by a gunshot in the right
leg. Was mustered out in August, 1865. He married, in 1862, Miss Martha A. Williams,
daughter of David and Mary Williams. They have had six children, five of whom survive—
Josephine, Ida, Mattie, Gracie and Charlie H. After the war, he was engaged in the reconstric-
‘tion in Arkansas, Was editor and proprietor of the Monmouth Echo and the Fayetteville News.
In 1868, was Representative of Washington County, in the Arkansas Legislature, Was appointed,
in 1871, Assessor of that county. In_ 1873, was appointed Judge. In 1876, went to California,
and there engaged in the real estate business. Hecame to Kansas in 1881, and located at Win-
field, and, in 1882, formed a partnership with T, J. Harris in the real estate and Joan business.
The father of the subject of this sketch was taken prisoner at Pilot Point, Tex., in 1864, and was
murdered in prison by adesperado named Huston Holt, who is now serving a life sentence for the
crime. Mr. Bard is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Knights Templar, and of the Royul

num. :
aie L, L. BECK, Police Judge, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1838, son of Israel S.
and Cornelia Beck. In early lite, Mr. Beck engaged in merchandising, which pursuit he followed
until 1877, when he came to Kansas and located in Cowley County, and engaged infarming. He
was also extensively engaged in dealing in stone for building material. In the spring of 1880,
Jocated in Winfield, waere he engaged in transfer and coal_business for one year, and then en
gaged in the grain business in the firm of Bartlet & Co. Last year, the firm handled 250 000
bushels of grain at this place. Mr. Beck was elected Police Judge in the spring of 1883. Fe was
married to Miss Ruth Bradfield, daughter of John and Catharine Bradfield. He has seven chil-
dren—Chacles, Elgi, William C, John, Mary J., Catharine and Lewis 8. He is a member cf the
Christian Church and of the Masonic fraternity.

BE. §. BEDILION, Clerk of District Court, was born in Ohio County, W. Va., in 1844, son of
Abram and Margaret B. R. Bedilion, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. B. lived with his parents until
obtaining his majority; was educated at Washington, Penn. After completing his studies, was
engaged for one year as clerk for the Provost Marshal in Wheeling, Va., then for two years as
book-keeper anil traveling salesman, and for one year as hotel clerk. In 1871, came to Kansas
and located in Winfield, when there were but a very few houses in the place. In 1872, he was
appointed Deputy Postmaster of the Winfield office, and in 1873, he was appointed Deputy Clerk
of the District Court. Held that appointment in 1873-74, and in the fall of 1874, was elected
Clerk of the Court, and has been re-elected each succeeding term from that time, now serving his
fifth term. Was Clerk of Winfield Township four years and was D=puty Register of Deeds for six
years. Mr. B. was married in 1869, to Miss Ella J. Ellis. Has three children—Maggie R., born
jn 1870; Sarah G., in 1874, and Paul E.,in 1879, Mr, and Mrs. B. are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and he is one of its trustees; he is also a member of the I. 0. O. F., Winfield

. 101. P
sd ge NO RLES ©. BLACK, of the firm of Black & Rembaugh, editors and publishers of the
Telegram, was borg in Hampton, Ill, in 1853, son of Francis and Charlotte E, (Brettun) Black

COUNTY. 1591

Graduate of “Little Blue” school, Farmington, Me. Came to Kansas in 1871, and located in
Winfield, engaged in the cattle trade. Subsequently, read law and was admitted to the bar in
1877, and followed the practice of his profession for three years. In 1880, he engaged in the
newspaper business by purchasing the Telegram publishing establishment, a Democratic paper
estublished by Mr. Allison in 1872, Mr. Black in 1882, sold a half interest to Mr. Rembaugh, and
now the paper is published and edited by Black & Rembaugh. Mr. Black built the Telegram
office, which is 30x80 feet, two stories, built of stone, one of the best and most complete offices in
the State. He also built the Brettun House, a three-story and basement hotel, 55x100 feet, built
of cut magnesian limestone, at a cost of $28,000. Lighted with gas, heated by steam, every
room supplied with water in marble basins, the most complete in all of its appointments of any
hotel in the State. Mr, Black has done much to advance the interests of the city; isa large
property owner in business and residence property. He was a candidate on the Democratic ticket
for State Treasurer in 1876, and for State Senator in 1880. He was married in 1874, to Miss M. E.
Braidwood, a daughter of Thomas and Marion Braidwood. Has three children—Marion E.,
Frances and Charles B. He has been a menber of City Council two terms.

T. A. BLANCHARD, farmer, Section 7, P, @. Winfield, was born in Perry County, Ind.,in 1833, is
ason of I.A.and Margaret Blanchard. His mother diedin Cowley County, in 1870. He was married
in 1857, to Miss Sarah E. Allen, daughter of John C. and Margaret Allen. They have four chil-
dren—Mary E., John D., Lammie and Elphia. He came to Kansag in 1865, and locited in
Woodson County, where he engaged in firming andstock-raising. He was Sheriff of that county
one term, In 1869, he moved to the farm where he now resides. He has an orchard of 100 peach,
120 apple and a variety of other fruits. He wasin the war of the rebellion, enlisted in 1861, in
the Seventh Missouri Cavalry, Company I. He was in the battles of Lone Jack, Bloomfield, Cape
Girardeau, Springfield, Little Rock, Brownsville, Branchford, Chalk Bluff and Duvall’s Bluff. In
1863, he re-enlisted in the First Missouri Veteran Cavalry, and was in the battle of Marks Mill, Cam-

-den, Saline River, Pine Bluff and in other engagements of his command, and was mustered out io

1865, a3 First Se: geant, Mr. B, was Township Clerk four terms, is now Trustee of Walnut Township;
was one of the first County Commissioners of the county. He isa member of the Old Settlers
Assuciation of Cowley County, of the A., F. & A. M., G. A. R., Winfield Post, and ofthe I. 0. 0. F.

C, A. BLISS, of the firm of Bliss & Wood, proprietors of the Winfie'd Mills, was born at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,in 1831,son of James and Anna Bliss, At the age af twenty-one, he
went to Michigan, and at the end of two years he went to Beloit, Wis., where he was matried in
1854, to Miss Julia M. Tuttle, daughter of Chauncey and Amy Tuttle. Had two children, one of
whoin survives, Blanche. Mrs. Bliss died in 1882, Mr. Bliss came to Kansas in 1856, and re-
moved his family the following spring, located at Topeka, and engaged in the carpenter business
vor one year, then engaged in the grocery business, which he followed for -fitteen yeara. Ho re-
moved to Cowley County in 1870, and located in Winfield. In 1872, he built a flouring mill on
the Walnut River, with two run of stone for wheat and one for corn, that was the first mill built
in Cowley County. From that time, Mr. Bliss made such improvements in this mill as the de-
velopment of the country demanded until 1880, when he sold to Mr. Wood and soon after pur-
chased a half interest and Bliss & Wood made still greater improvements and were adding iron
rollers at the time it was burned, The capacity of the mill at the time it was destroyed was 125
barrels per day. Mr. Bliss being a pioneer in this county and fully realizing what the growth
and development of this section of the State demanded, concluded that the best was not too good
for Kansas, and to-day their fine mill stands as a perpetual reminder of the enterprise and ability
of the firmof Blise & Wood. Mr. B. isa member of the Baptist Church, a zealous worker for the
cause and was one of the active ones in devoting his time and means to the erection of the Baptist
Church building, of which he, with every other citizen of Winfield, may feel proud. He isalsoa
member of the Masonic fraternity and uf the A. O. U. W., also of the Select Lodge of the same
order, Heisastrong temperance man, liberal in his views in regard to public enterprise, and
ever active in the interests of the public good.

0. BRANHAM, agent*of the K. C., L. & S. K. Railroad, was born in Indiana in 1847, son of
Preston and Emily Branham. He commenced railroading at the age of fourteen, and has fol-
Jowed that business as freight clerk, telegraph operator, train dispatrher and agent. He cameto
Kansas in 1868 and located at Sheridan on the K. P. Railroad and at other places in this State,
as his companies required. He was located in New Mexico for a short time, but soon returned
to Lawrence, this State, and accepted a position of telegraph operator and assistant to the Superin-
tendent of Telegraph; subsequently, his present position of agent at Winfield for the K. C., L. &
8. K. Railroad; was married in 1871 to Miss Cassie E. Mitchell, daughter of William and Harriet
Mitchel!, who has borne him two children, one of whom survives, born in November, 1873. He isa
member of the Congregational Church. He was in the late war; enlisted in Company B, One
Hundred and Thi: ty-second Indiana Volunteers in 1864, and was mustered out in 1865.

REV. WILLIAM BRITTAIN, Epis-opal clergyman, was born in Ireland in 1828; son of
Matthew and Anna Brittain. He was educated in the diocesan school of Ossory & Ferus, an
institution connected with the University of London ; He was ordained in Ireland and transferred
to the American church in 1863, He Jabored for some time in the East aud South, and has but
recently entered upon his present charge at this place. He was married in 1851 to Miss Sarah
King, a native of England, who has borne him five children, fonr of whom survive—Julia, Arthur
K., Edithand Emmeline—all of whom are married. Mr. Brittain has devoted his life exclusively
to the ministry.

T. R. BRYAN, grocer and City Treasurer, was born in Missouri in 1839, son of W. H. and
Jane A. Bryan; he being left an orphan at the age of fourteen, went to live with his uncle in
Bloomington, Ill. He was educated at Eureka College, Eureka, Ill., and immediately after graduat-
ing in May, 18 61, enlisted in Company G, Seventeenth Regiment I}linois VolunteerInfantry. A
short time after his enlistment, he was taken with a severe illness and was disabled from service
for seven months. In 1862, he was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant, which position he held
until the fall of the same year, when he was detailed to the Commissary Department of the Third
Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, where he remained until the close of his term of service,
when he was mustered out May 24, 1864, remained with the army until the capture of Atlanta,
Ga., in September of the same year. He was married in December, 1864, to Miss Eleanor R.
Jones, daughter of Joshua and Sarah V. Jones. They have had six children, five of whom sur-
vive—William H., Jay J., Thomas P., Fannie I. and Parke Bryan. He came to Kansas in 1870,
and located on a farm in this ccunty, where he remained for six years. He was a Representative
in the Kansas Legislature trom Cowley County,in 1875. He was elected County Treasurer in
November, 1875, and held the office fouryears.At the exp‘ration of his term of office, he engaged in
the real estate business for two years, and then formed a partnership with J. B. Lynn, and en-
gaged in the grocery, queensware and glassware trade. The business is located on Main street,
one door north of Lynn’s dry goods store. Their store is 25x75 fect, with basement, built of stone,
with iron front. Mr. B. is a member of the Christian Church, and the K.:f H. He has been a
member of the City School Board, and is now serving his second term as City Treasurer.

G. H. BUCKMAN, attorney at law and Justice of the Peace, was born in Tazewell County,
IH., in 1853 ; son of Calvin F. and Mary 8. Buckman. He received his elementary education at
the high school of Delavan, and his legal education at the Michigan University of Ann Arbor,
where he graduated in the class of 1876. Hecameto Kansas in June of the same year, located at
Wiufield, ahd commenced the practice of his profession. He has devoted his time exclusively to
his profession, He was elected Justice of the Peace in the fall of 1877, which office he held until
the spring of 1881, when he resigned, but was gppointed to the same office in December of that
year, and was re-elected in 1882. He is a Republican in politics, and has ever taken an active
part in the public interests of the community in which he lives. He was married, in the fall of
1877, to Miss Annie Newman, daughter of J. and Harriet Newman. Has one child—stella L.-
Buckman, He isa member of the Presbyterian Church and of the K. of P., Chevalier Lodge,
No. 70; also of the Royal Arcanum, Kansas Couucil, No. 540,

DR, F. H. BULL, surgeon dentist, was born in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, in 1840; son
of Dr. T, J.and N. W. Bull. He was educated at Dubuque, Iowa, and commenced the practice
of his profession in 1860. In the fall of 1864, he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-eighth Regi-
ment Illinois Volunteers. Was in the engagement and capture of Spanish Fort. Subsequently
was detailed as clerk, and held that position until he was mustered out, in October, 1865. After
leaving the service, he went to Warsaw, IIl.,and engaged in the practice of dentistry with his
father until 1867, when he removed to Albia, Iowa, After practicing in Iowa until 1877, he re-
moved to Kansas, and located at Winfield. His office is located on Main street, first building
north of Johnson’s drug store. He has met with eminent success in his profession, being an
accomplished workman. He has an extensive practice in the best class of trade, He was mar-
ried, in 1869, to Miss Julia A. Millspaugh. He has three children—R. T., Clyde and Clint. He
is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and A. O. U. W., No. 18.

JAMES H. BULLEN, firm of James H. Bullen & Co., lumber dealers, was born in Maine
in 1836; son of Joshua and Clarissa H. Bullen. He was raised in his native State. At the age
of eighteen, he went to St. Paul, Minn.,and engaged in lumbering four years. He came to
Kansas in 1857, located at Leavenworth, where he remained for twelve years, engaged as Super-
intendent of lumber yard. He then located in Sumuer County, and engaged in farming six
years. He then came to Winfield, and established the lumber business at this place. In 1881
he formed a partnership with his brother, C. A, Bullen, of Kau Claire, Wis, under the firm name

 
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of J. H. Bullen & Co. Their lumber yard is located on South Main street. He has built up an
extensive business, his sales for the last year amounting to $46,000. He was married, in 1857,
to Miss Alma Greeuwood, daughter of Nathaniel and Hulda Greenwood. They have five
children, three of whom survive—Harry B., Clara H. and Florence G. Mr. B. was Justice of the
Peace four years in Sumner County. ‘

8. E. BURGER, farmer, Section 17, P. 0. Winfield, owns 163 acres, 140 in cultivation, 5 in
orchard and 23 in native timber. Dwelling 14x30, with ell 12x16; 114 stories. Also a tenant
building, large stone corral and outbuildings. Mr. B. was born in Missouri December 2, 1843,
and was raised ona farm and hada good common school education. In 1863, he enlisted in
Company G, Eighth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and served with his command in Missouri and Ar-
kansas, mostly engaged in fighting and dispersing guerrilla bands, and followed Price on his raid
into Missouri, after which ne-returned to Dayall’s Bluff, where he was mustered out in the sum-
mer of 1865. In 1865, after return from the war, he moved to Towa, and came from there to Kan-
sas in 1869, stopping at Emporia the first few months, and loca:ing here January 31, 1870. Mr.
B. has served as Justice of the Peace for three years, and on the School Board for one term. Is
now Contract Superintendent of the Poor, and has been since 1880; has at present seven indi-
viduals under his charge. Is a member of the Masons, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery.

REV. JAMES CAIRNS, Baptist clergyman, was born in Scotland in 1824, son of Peter and
Elizabeth Cairns, Was educated in Scotland. Came to the United States in 1849, and engaged
four years in mechanical and mercantile pursuits, In 1854, commenced the work of the minis-
try. He was called to ordination by the Towanda Baptist Church, of Illinois. Was ordained at
Bloomington. His first pastorate was the Towanda Baptist Church, and for twenty-four years
he devoted himself to the work in Illinois. In 1878, came to Kansas and located in Winfield, and
took the pastorate o* the First Baptist Church of that place, which he still retains, During his
ministry he has baptized 600 converta, has dedicated twenty-two churches and built six church
buildings. The Bapt'st Church in Winfield, a most imposing and beautiful structure, was built
under his administration at an expense of $15,000, and was dedicated free from debt. He was
married, in 1848, to Mis Sarah S. Ewart, daughter of Robert and Hannah Ewart. They have
ten children, seven of whom survive—Elizabeth H., George R., John, W., James A., Mary E.,
Lucy E. and Margaret A.

WILLIAM B. CATON, proprietor of the Cowlev County Marble Works, was born in Ohio
in 1849, Removed with his parents to,Missouri in 1858. In 1861, his father enlisted in the army,
and the subject of this sketch, who was then but thirteen years old, enlisted in the Missouri

_ State Militia, and in 1862 enlisted as bugler in Company E, in the Merrill Horse, where he
served for three years in the regular army, Was in the engagements of his command. Was

mustered out in October, 1865. He then learned the marble trade, and has followed that busi-.

ness. He came to Kaneas in 1880, located at Winfield and established the Cowley County Marble
Works, located on Ninth avenue. Owns the building where he carries on the business. His
business has increased about 600 per cent since its establishment. Has the largest business in
his line in tke county, Was married, in 1869, to Miss Julia Blankemeister, who has borne him
three children, two of whom survive—Harry and Lottie. Mrs, Caton is a daughter of J. P. and
L. W. Blankemeister, natives of Germany, of French descent. She was educated in the female
college at Boonville, Mo.; graduated in 1868. She has been engaged in teaching for five years,
and for ten years has been teacher of music ; furtwo years taught German in the college where
she graduated, and for three years in the public schools of Winfield. Mr. Caton isa member of
the A. 0. U. W., the Select Knights, and of the Winfield Post of the G. A. R.

JETHRO COCHRAN, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Winfield, was born in Indiana in- 1848, son
of James and Matilda Cochran, His pareuts moved to Iowa when he was seven years old, where
he was engaged in farming. In 1870, he came to Kansas and located on the farm where he now
resides, Owns 160 acres of land, of which he has 90 acres under cultivation. His principal crops
are wheat and corn. His orchard consists of 1,000 peach, 130. apple, and a variety of other fruit.
He is engaged in farming and hog-raising, at which he is very successful. Mr. Cochran was
married, in 1875, to Mies Frances Prater, daughter of Giles W.and Harriet Prater, who has
borne him three children—Maud, Mable and James G. :

’ J. W. CURNS, real estate, loan and insurance agents, of the firm of Curns & Manser, was
born in Clinton County, Penn., in 1843, son of John R. and Jennett W.Curns. Came to Kansas
in 1866, located at Fort Scott and engaged in teaching for two years and then worked at his
trade, which was that of astone-cutter. _He was married to Mies Fannie V. Hulse in Fort Scott
in 1870, In the spring of 1871, he removed to Winfield and there worked at his trade for one
year. He was then appointed Deputy Register of Deeds, Iv 1873, he formed a partnership with
Mr. G. S. Manser, and engaged in the real estate, loan and abstract of ‘title office, to which they
added insurance in 1874, The now have the agency of twelve fire insurance companies and one
life and accident company. Their firm is the oldestin Cowley County, and they have an ex-
tensive business. Their office is located on Main street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues.
Their business has increased 500 per cent since its establishment. Mr. Curns is an Elder in the
Presbyterian Church. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace for two years and Police
Judge two terms. : |

SEWARD B. DAVIS, manager of the lumber business of G. B. Shaw & Co., was born in
New Orleans in 1843. His parents died when he was twelve years of age. He then went to
Maine, where he remained four and a half years,and then to Boston, where he spent eight
years. He enlisted in the Eighth Massachusetts Battery, and participated in the engagements
of second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam and others of his command. - He was
mustered out in the fall of the same year. In October, 1863, enlisted in the United States Naval
Servi-e on the steamer Acacia, where he was in active service for thirteen months, Ele was mus-

tered out in the fall of 1864. He came to Kansas in 1870, and located in Montgomery County.
He built the first saw millin that county, and remained for ten years. In 1880, he engaged
with G. B. Shaw & Co., at Elk City, and in 1882 took the-management of their business at this

‘place, which is located on Sixth uvenue and Church street. The company are doing an exten-
sive business in connection with their lumber, handling grain, coal and lime. He was married,
in 1873, to Mra. Maranda R. Coon, by whom he has had three children—Stephen G., Julia and
William Weaver. Mrs. Davis has had three children by a former marriage. Mr. Davis is Uni-
tarian in religious belief. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, L. 0, O. F., Royal Templar
of Temperance, of the Good Templars and of the G. A. R., Winfield Post, No. 85.

W. H. DAWSON, proprietor of Winfield Marble Works, was born in Iowa in 1858,80n of
William and Elizabeth Dawson, came to Kaneas with his parents; in 1870, located at Independ-
ence. He learned the trade of his father, a worker in marble, In 1879,he located at Winfield
and established the Winfield Marble Works, business located on Ninth avenue. The business
has increased about 100 per cent since its establishment, He is a member of the I. 0, O. F. and
of the K. of P.

W. F. DOORLEY, of Albro & Doorley, carriage manufacturers, was born in Steuben County,

N. Y., in 1844, son of Thomas and Catharine Doorley. He left home at the age of cleven; he
learned the trade of carriage-maker. Spent tin years in traveling in different States of the
Union, working at his trade; he was three years on the ocean, engaged ag a ship carpenter;
worked at his trade in England, Germany and France. He was in the war of the rebellion, en-
listed in 1861, in the three-months service; participated in the first Bull Run; after his term of
service, re-enlisted in Company G, Sixth New York Cavalry; was in the engagements of Point of
Rocks, Fair Oaks, Ball’s Bluff, Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Coal Harbor, Malvern Hill,
second Bull Run, Petersburg, Chancelloraville, Cedar Creek, and other engagements of his com-
mand; he was wounded at Ball's Bluff by a ball through his head, at Gettysburg in the neck, at
Five Forks in the shoulder, and at Cedar Creek by three gunshots, one through the leg, one
through the arm, and one through the body. He veteranized in 1864, and was mustered out in
1865. After the war, he spent some time in California and the Sandwich Islands; then returned
to New York, and sailed for Europe, where he remained for three years. On his return, went to
Nevaca, where he spent two anda half years in mining with good success, making $35,000. He
then located in Iowa, where he was married to Miss Ameda Allen, daughter of Elvaand Martha
Allen. He came to Kansas in 1880, located at Winfield, and established a carriage factory in
company with Mr. Albro. The business is located on Main street, near the Brittun House; occu-
pies a building 25x80 feet, and one 75x66 feet, they employ twenty-five men, and turn out about
550 carriages per year. They have the largest establishment in Sonthern Kansas, He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, Chapter and Commandery, and of the I. 0. 0, F., also of the
Knights of Pythias. ‘

D, ELLIOTT, farmer, P. 0. Winfield, was born in Vermillion County, Ill, in 1833, an] lived
there until fourteen years ot age, thence to Iowa, living there until 1856, when he came to Kan-
sas, locating near Emporia, Lyon County; he was among the first settlers there, and a pioneer of
Kansas. He located a claim and improved it in Lyon County. During the early troubles in
Kansas, the subject of this sketch took an active part with the Free-state party, and acted as
Secretary under President Lincoln, in bringing the border ruffians to justice. About 1866, lo-
cated in Labette County, and engaged in stock-raising and the mercantile business. In January,
1871, he settled in Cowley County, and located a claim on Section 8, Township 32, Range 7; he
then lucated at Dexter, and put up one of the first good business houses in the place, a frame
building 20x40, with good warerooms, The building was two stories high; the upper room is

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sed fe asonic Hall. Mr, E. put in a large stock of general merchandise, and was in business
ces ‘In 1878, on decount of failing health, he sold out his business and Jocated at Win-
field, and is doing no business except to carry on his farm. Mr, E. would undoubtedly hav
served in the late war, had he not been a lame man; he didall that lay ia his power for the Union
cause; was on the Price raid and other raids after the Indians, Mr. Elliott took an active part in
building up Dexter and Cowley Counties, and while doing so built up a large trade, his sales
running from $30,000 to $35,000 per annum; he also dida large business in stock and grain. In
1857, he married Miss Jane Grimaley, of Lyon County, Kan.; that was the second marriage in
Lyon County; they have four children—Arvilla, Laura, Charles and Alta,. He isa member of
e, No, 156, A., F. & A. M. - : .
ponte OnER EMERSON, M. D, physician and surgeon, and Mayor of Winfield, was born in
Salem, Mass., in 1849; son of Joseph and Elizabeth Emerson. He was educated at Exeter Acad-
emy, New Hampshire, and at Williams College, Mass., and at the medical department of Union
College, Albany, N. Y., and graduated in the class of 1873, He then comménced the practice of
medicine in Western New York. He came to Kansas in 1878, and located in Winfield, and en-
gaged in the practice of his profession. He has a very extensive practice, extending over Cowley

 

and iuto adjoining counties, anda large city practice. His office is located on the corner of Ninth
avenue and Main street. Dr. Emerson has taken an active part ia all the public interests of his
adopted city. He has been President of the school board, and in the spring of 1883 was elected
Mayor of the city. He isa member of the Masonic fraternity, A., F.& A.M, 1.0.0. F., and is
also a member of the South Kansas and the State Medical Societies,

FRANK W. FINCH, Constable, was born in McHenry County, Ill., in 1854; son of James
H. and Martha J. Finch. Removed with his parents to Kansas in 1857; resided with them ona
farm in Riley County until 1864, when they removed to Junction City; his father built the first
house in that place. Mr. Finch was educated at Atchison. Alterattaining his majority, engaged
for two years in farming, and then removed to Winfield, He was elected Constable in 1882, and
re-elected in 1883. Served as Deputy Sheriff of Cowley County for two years, He is a member >
of the Presbyterian Church and of the Good Templars, Winfield Lodge, No. 20. The lodge isone
of the largest in the State, containing 100 members. Ey

WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, firm of Freeman & Son, proprietor of livery stable, was born in
Niagara County, N. Y., in 1827; son of Oliver and Jerusha Freeman. At the age of ten, moved
with his parents to Michigan, where he resided for twenty years engaged in blacksmithing; he
then moved to Illinois, where he remained for five years, and then to Iowa, and in 1870 to Kan-
sas, where he located in Beaver Township, this county; engaged in farming until 1880. He then
moved to Winfield; in 1882, purchased the livery business on West Tenth avenue, where the firm
of Freeman & Son are now conducting the Lusiness, The business has increased from its firat
establishment in 1880, about 100 per cent. He was married, in 1850, to Miss Mary J. Crippen,
who died in 1880; he was married in 1882 to Mrs. Mary C, Anderson, who had four children by
her former marriage. He is a member of the Christian Church and of the Masonic fraternity,
also of the National Union; He was Trustee of Beaver Township for three years,and Notary
Public for four years. He has been a member of the City Council of Winfield for two years.

REV. WILLIAM M. FRIEDLEY, U. B. clergyman, was born in Harrison County, Ind.,
April 10, 1833, son of J, M. and Sophia Friedley. He was educated at Hartsville University. July
22, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Sixty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He
participated in the engagement at Munfordville, Ky., September 14, 1862; was there taken pris-
oner by Bragg’s command, and released on parole September 16, and was exchanged in Decem-
ber of the same year. Joined his command, and was in the attack of Walnut Hills, via Yazoo
Swamp, in the engagement of Arkansas Pust, where he was wounded by gunshot in the left hip.
He was disabled for service for two months and a half, after which he joined his command, and
took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and the seven days’ fight at Jackson, Miss, He was trans-
ferred to the Department of the Guif; was on the Red River expedition. He was promoted in
1863 to Second Lieutenant, which commission he held until 1864, when he was obliged to resign
on account of his wounds; on his return home, he assisted in recruiting the One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth Rogiment Indiana Volunteers, and was elected Second Lieutenant and promoted
to First Lioutenant, was Aid-de-Camp on tho staff of Gen. Doolittle, and was mnustered out at the
cl se of his term of enlistment September, 1864, He then engaged in farming and other pur-
suits. He came to Kansas in 1868, and located in Woodson County, where he lived five years;
he then removed to Medicine Lodge, Barbour County, and remained there until 1882. He was Su.
perintendent of Public Instruction in Woodson County, first by appointment and afterward by
clection, He was the first Treasurer of Barbour County. atso elected Probate Ji udge, which office
he held for two terms, and was subsequently District Clerk. He entered the ministry in 1879,
juined the Osage Conference, and took a three years’ course of study, at the end of which time he
was ordained by the Conference near Winfield, He took the pastorate of the church at Win-
field in 1882, He was married in 1852 to Miss N. J. Evans, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth
Evang. They have had five children, four of whom survive—S. B., George, J.S., Arametta A.
and Anna M. d :

J. 0. FULLER, Cashier of the Winfield Bank, was born in Orleans County, N. Y., in 1835:
son of John C. and Eliza Fuller. His early life was spent on his father’s ‘nen, He was edu-
cated at Lima, N. Y., completir g his course in 1854, and engaged in teaching for three terms. In
1855, went to Iowa, and, in 1856, to Nebruska, where he engaged in the lumber business until
the fall of 1857, In 1859, he started for Pike's Peak, but subsequently changed his purpose aud
went through to California. After spending six months in different parts of the State, went to
Texas and located in the city of Houston, where he remained until the breaking-out of the war,
when he found himself placed in the dilemma of cither entering the Confederate army or going
North. The latter he decided upon, and at once made preparations for the journey, expecting
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to be compelled to travel through the country on horseback, the blockade then being established,
but was fortunate in getting passage to New Orleans and thence to St. Louis, on the last steamer
from New Orleans to St. Louis running the blockade at Cairo, In 1862, he went to Baltimore
and engaged in lithograph publishing. Remained there four years, and then spent one year in
Arkansas engaged in cotton growing. He then spent one year in Lockport, N. Y., and a year in
Chicago. In 1869, he came to Kansas and remained one year in Ft. Scott, then came to Wiofield.
There was one store, a blacksmith shop and two houses which comprised all the buildings of the
place at thattime. He has, in connection with D. A. Millington, purchased a squatter’s interest
in 160 acres of land, the land not being in market or surveyed. They at once, in connection
with E, C. Manning, who held 160 acres by location, had a survey made, and laid out the town
site of this city. infield owes much of her early growth and business prosperity to the effurts
and liberal policy adopted by these men. A town site company was formed, with Yr. Fuller as
President, and with untiring and zealous efforts he devoted his energy to building and giving an
impetus to the young city. In the spring of 1871, he opened a bunk, the first established in
Cowley County. Its location was on the present site of the Winfield Bank, on the corner of
Nioth and Main streets. Mr. Fuller was married in 1871 to Miss Nannie C. Harrison, daughter
of Judge William P. Harrison, of Hannibal, Mo. Has had three children—James H., Maggie
(deceased) and Estelle. Mr. Fuller is a member of the Masonic fraternity, A., F. & A. M.,
Adelphi Lodge, No. 110.

H, G, ULLER, real estate and loan agent, was born in Orleans County, N. Y., in 1829;
son of John C.and Eliza Fuller. He was raised in his native county, and at the age of twenty-
three he located in Illinois, and for several years was engaged there in farming and various
other pursuits. In 1857, he married Miss Hattie Birdsey, of Oneida County, N. Y., who has
borne him one child—Charles E. Fuller, now Teller of the Winfield Bank, Subsequently Mr.
Fuller removed to Iowa, where he remained eight years. He then spent three years in Wash-
ington, D. C., engaged in the publishing business. From Washington he removed to Chicago,
and four years was engaged in the grain and commission business, after which he spent nine
years in St. Joseph County, Mich., in farming. He came to Kansas in 1878, and was for two
years in the Winfield Bank, after which he established himself in the real estate business. His
office is located on Ninth avenue with Senator Hackney. He isa large real estateowner. He
has two farms, one of 4U0 acres and the other of 160 acres, both under improvement, and owns a
large amount of city property. He has platted Fuller Place, a beautiful tract of land lying
adjacent to the city limits, and is one of the largest real estate dealers in the county. He is
identified with the Presbyterian Church. :

H. D. GANS, Probate Judge, was_] orn in Indiana in 1844; sun of William and Malinda

Gans. His father is a preacher of the Christian denomination, and has made the ministry his
life work. He has been pastor of the churches of his denomination over thirty years. He came
to Kansas in April, 1856, and located in Johnson UCounty, and is now in his declining years,
devoting his remaining strength tothe labor he loves so well. Mr. G. came to Kansas with his
parents. He was educated at Abingdon, Knox Co., Ill. In early life he gave his attention to
reading law. Has held various offices—Constable, City Marshal, Deputy United States Marshal,
Sheriff and Justice of the Peace. He was elected to the office of Probate Judge in 1876, and
re-elected each succeeding term. He is now serving his fifth term. He firet located in Cowley
County, and was, in 1871, on a farm in Windsor Township, where he remained until he was
elected Judge, whea he removed to Winfield. He was married in 1864 to Miss Mary McGhee,
daughter of John and Catherine McGhee. Has had four children, two of whom survive—
Charles, born in 1871, and Mabel, in 1876, Mr. Gans is a member of the Christian Church. He
‘was a member of the State militia, and was called upon to help repel the Price raid in Missouri,
and at various other times. He is a member of the K. of H., Winfield Lodge, No. 479.

8. G. GARY, Sheriff of Cowley County, Kan., was born in Lewisburg, Champaign County,
Ohio, February 5, 1837; is the son of Joseph F. and Martha Gary, His father died on the 18th
day uf August, 1850.» Five years later, his mother, with her family of four children, moved to
Mahaska, Iowa, where the subject of this sketch commenced work at the trade he had previously
acquired, that of a carpenter, which he followed until the commencement of the war, when he
enlisted in Company H, Third Regiment Iowa Volunteer I[ntantry. He took part in the enguge-
ments of Blue Millis, Mo., September 17, 1861, of Pittsburg Landing April 6 and 7, 1862, siege of
Corinth and Vicksburg, battles of Hatchie and Jackson,and the muny other engagements
of his command. He was wounded at Pittsburg Landing in the left shin; at the Hatchie in the
left shoulder; on board the stezmerg Crescent City near Greeuville, Mias., in the ankle; at
Jackson, Miss., July 12, 1863, in left thigh, Ho enlistedin the army as a private. Five months
later, was promoted to First Sergeant; in February, 1862, to Second Lieutenant; in October,
1862, to First Lieutenant, and in March, 1863, to Captain of his company, which commission he
held until the close of his term of service. Was mustered out on the 18th day of July, 1864,
and returned to Iowa, where he engaged in farming for ten years. In 1877, he came to Kansas,
and located at Winfield, where he engaged in the manufacture of furniture. In February, 1883,
he was appointed Sheriff of Cowley County to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff A. T.
Shinnamin. Mr. G. was married January 1, 1865, to Miss Mary E. Hunt, daughter of Abraham
and Mahala Hunt, They have four children—John W. (who died February 25, 1871, was born
April 29, 1868). There are living Leota (born February 6, 1866), George Gordon (born January
14, 1872), Mabel Grace (born August 19, 1875). Mr. G. is a member of the A. VU. U, W. Lodge,
No. 18. While residing in Iowa, he held the office of Justice of the Peace. Was twice Assessor
of bis township. Was Postmaster, and was County Supervisor two terms. Was Deputy United
States Marshal for the purpose of taking United States census for six townships of Mahaska
County, Iowa, in 1870. He was a member of the Eleventh General Assembly in 1865 and 1866.
Has been a member of the City Council of the city of Winfield, Kan., for two years.

QUINCY A. GLASS, druggist, was born in Genesee County, N. Y., in 1848, son of Chester
and Mary Glass. He was married in 1878, to Miss Mary Brown; has two children—Hdna and
Charles. In 1872, he engaged as traveling salesman for the Garden City Chemical Works, which
he followed until 1878. He then came to Kansas and located at Winfield, and engaged in the
drug business under the firm name of Brown & Glass. After one and a half years sold hia in-
terest in the firm and established his present business which is located on the west side of Main
street, south of Tenth avenue. His business has increased about fifty per cent since its eatab-
lishment. Mr. G.isa member of the Baptist Church and of the Masonic fraternity, Adelphi
Lodge, No. 110, and of the K. of P., Chevalier Lodge, No. 70.

A. H. GREEN, attorney at law and land broker, was born in Muscatine County, Iowa, in
1841, son of G. J.and H. 4. Green. He was educated in Jasper County, Ind., read law and was
admitted to the bar in Indiana in 1870. Came to Kansas in 1871 and located at Winfield, and
commenced the practice of his profession, which he followed for five years and then engaged in
the real estate business. He responded to his country’s call in 1861, and enlisted in Company G,
Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. His enlistment was for three months ; during that service
he was in the engagements of Phiilipi, Laurel Hill and Cheet River. Was mustered out at the
end of his term of service, and in October re-enlisted in Company K, Forty-eighth Indiana Volun-
teers. Was transferred to Company D, and commissioned Second Lieutenant and subsequently
promoted to Captain, under which commission he served for three years; participated in the en-
gagements of the siege and battle ot Corinth, Iuka, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, Black
River, Mission Ridge, Bentonville and other battles of hiscommand. He was aid-de-camp on Gen.
William T. Clark’s staff; was mustered out April 7, 1865. Was commissioned Brigadier General
of the sansas State Militia by Gov. St. John in 1879. Held that position four years; was Post-
master at Atwood, Ind., for three years.. He was married in 1865, to Miss Letha Crumbacker,
daughter of Daniel and §. H. Crumbacker. Has had four children, three of whom survive—
Annie, Jennie and Dolph Duff. ?

DR. C. C. GREEN, physician and surgeon, was born in Montreal in 1846, son of Lewis and
Elizabeth Green. He was educated in his preparatory classical course at Detroit, Mich., aud his
medical course at the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, and at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, at which institution he graduated in 1875, when he immediately
commenced the practice of his profession. He was married in 1876 to Alice M. Manier nee
Blair, daughter of Luther G. Blair. They have twochildren—Charles F. and Alice M. He came
to Kansas in 1880, aad located at Winfield in August of the same year, where he has since met
with very flatteriug success. His office is located on the corner of Tenth avenue and Main street.
Dr. G. is a member of ihe Presbyterian Church, Master Workman of Winfield Lodge, No. 18, A.
0. U. W., member of Cowley Legion, No. 16, Select Knights of the 4. 0. U. W., Chancellor Com-
mander of Chivalier Lodge, No. 70, Knights of Pythias, member of the South Kansas Medi-
cal Society and of the State Medical Society. L

C. B. GUNN, surgeon dentist, was born in Marion, Ohio, in 1854, son of Lewis and Catharine
Gunn. He was educated in Marion Academy and at the Cincinnati Dental College. Commenced

“the practice of dentistry in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1879 came to Kansas and located at Winfield
‘and has there followed his profession. His office is on Main street in the Myton building.
Mr. Guun is a member of the K. P. Chevalier Lodge, No. 70.

W. P. HACKNEY, State Senator and attorney at law, was born in Van Buren County, Iowa,
in 1842, son of Jacob T. and Lucy Chapman Hackney. At the age of eight years, he removed
“with his parents to Logan County, LL, where he was educated. At the age of eighteen, in 1861,

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he entered the army ; enlisted in Company H, Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Entered as
a private and at the end of three months was promoted to Corporal, after nine months to Sergeant
and subsequently to Orderly Sergeant, which position he held for nearly two years, In January,
1865, he received a commission as Captain, commission dating from October 5, 1864, He partici-
pated iu the engagements of Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, taking of Corinth and the battle of
Corinth, Nashville, Altoona Pass, Wise’s Forks and other engagements of his command, and was
wounded at Altoona Pass on the 5th of October, 1864, by a ball through his right cheek and one
through his body; was disabled until the battle of Nashville, and was mustered out in July, 1865.
On returning to Illinois, he engaged in farming until April, 1867, when he commenced reading
law at Lincoln, IIl., with Col. W. D. Wyatt; he was admitted to the bar in the fall of the same year,
and commenced the practice of law. In January, 1868, he was married to Miss Callie L, Vander-
venter, daughter of Andrew and Nancy Vanderventer. Has had two children—Lyonel V., de-
ceased, and Clyde W.-Hackney. He ise Republican in politics. 'He was Deputy Collector of In-
ternal Revenue for the Eighth District of Illinois. He came to Kansas in 1870, and located at
Arkansas City, this county ; removed from there to Belle Plaine, Samner County, in 1871, and re-

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mained there until 1873, when he removed to Wellington, Sumner County, and in 1874 to Win-

field. He has devoted his time exclusively to the practice of his profession. In 1872 and 1874, he

represented Sumner County in the State Legislature, and represented Cowley County in 1876, and

reprenented Cowley County as State Senator in 1881-83. He isa member of the G. A. R. Post,
jo. 85. :

N, A. HAIGHT, County Surveyor, was born in Mifflin County, Penn., in 1848, son of Abram
V. and Caroline Haight, natives of New York. His father died when he was nine years old ; from
that time he was thrown upon his own resources. He engaged in working on a farm, and se-
cured such an education as he was able to get from his meager earnings. At the age of fifteen,
he entered the army, enlisting in Battery D, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. He was in all the

gag of his nd, and was mustered outin July,1865. After Jeaving the army, he
resumed his studies at the Rock River University, at Dixon, Ill., completing his course in 1866.
Then entered upon the Government Survey Service, where he remained for nine years in. Kansas,
New Mexico, Arizona and the Indian Territory. On the New Mexico northern boundary survey,
he met with an accident, fracturing his left leg, and was taken prisoner by the Indians, but was
subsequently released. Mr. Haight was married in 1875 to Miss Eunice D. Sprague, daughter of
John W. Sprague, of Providence, R. I. He has one child—Queenie, born in September, 1878.
He made his first location in Kansas in 1874, and in 1876 he brought his family to this State. He
has devoted his time to his profession. He was elected County Surveyor in 1877, and has been
re-elected each succeeding term, He is Captain of the Virst Battery State Militia; at the organi-
zation of the battery he was elected First Lieutenant, served one year and was then commissioned
ann. Paes is a member of the G. A. R., Winfield Post, No. 85, and of the Masonic fraternity,

"Ww. L. HANDS, proprietor of the Star Livery Stable, was born in Kentucky in 1847; son
of James M. and Mary Hands. He came to Kansas in 1855, with his parents, and located near
Topeka. On attaining his majority, he engaged in farming and cattle dealing. In 1881, he re-
moved to Winfield, and engaged in the livery business. His location is on the east side of Ninth
avenue. He owns the building where his business is located, 50x60 feet, and keeps about twelve
head of horses. He wes married, in 1868, to Miss Katie McMannis, daughter of Michael and
Nancy McMannis. He has three children—James A., Lawrence and Florence Hands. He isa
member of the A. 0. U. W.

T. J. HARRIS, of the firm of Bard & Harrie, real estate dealers, was born in Illinois in
1845; son of Thomas and Mary Harris. Mr. Harris enlisted in Company D, Twenty-sixth Regi-
ment Illinois Volunteers. He participated in the battles of Resaca, siege of Atlanta, Goldsboro,
Columbia, and the engagements of “ Sherman’s march to the sea.” Was mustered out in the
fall of 1865. He returned to Illinois, where he was married, in 1868,to Miss Anna Poucher,
daughter of John and Anna Poucher. They have four children—Thomas, Mary E., Mary Ann
and Elvira. He came to Kansas in 1868, located in Douglas County, and engaged in
farming. In 1871, he removed to Cowley County, where he remained until 1879, when he re-
moved to Winficld, and engaged in the mercantile business. After one year, he engaged in the
real estate and loan business, in company with T. B. Bryant. In 1882, he formed a partnership
with Samuel Bard, and continued the same business, Their office is located on Ninth avenue,
near Main street. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of the A. 0. U. W., Winfield
Lodge, No. 18.

ra . N, HARTER, druggist, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1848; son of James A, and
Martha Harter. He was raised in Ohio. He removed to Pennsylvania in 1870, and engage tag

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a drug clerk. He came to Kansas in 1877, located at Winfield, and purchased the drug business
of A. H. Green. The business is located on the corner of Main street and Tenth avenue. His
business has increased about 100 per cent. He was married, in 1879, to Miss Carrie C. Olds,
daugbter of J. H. and Emily Olds. He has two children—Nina and Bessie Harter. He is a mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias, and of the A. 0. U. W.

. __L.C. HARTER, of the firm of Harter & Harris, was born in Michigan in 1845; son of Elem
and Cynthia Harter, He was raised in his native State. In 1863, he went to California, where
he spent three yeard, He then returned to Michigan, and, in 1869, came to Kansas, located at
Lawrence, and engaged as salesman for a number of years. Jn 1875, he removed to Winfield,
and engaged in the mercantile business for two years. In 1877, in connection with Mr. Harris,
he bought the Tunnel Mill, a merchantand grist mill, located on the Walnut River, three-fourths
of a mile from the business center of Winfield. The capacity of the mill is 100 barrels per day.
It has four run of stone, and is supplied with all modernimprovements. It has a Smith, Garden
City, and French Purifier. Their points of shipment are West and South. They have a large
Texas trade. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Lydia Hess, who bas borne him three children—
Manita D., Charles and Florence M. His wife died in 1880, and he was married, in 1882, to Misa
Alice F. Post.- He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

HENDRICKS & WILSON, hardware merchants. A. D. Hendricks was born in Adams’

County, Ill., in 1844; son of Abraham and Jane H. Hendricks. At the age of twenty-three,
Mr. H. enlisted in Company H, Twenty-third Regiment Missouri Volunteers, and participated in
the engagements of Shiloh, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, Buzzard’s Roost and
other engagements of his command. He was wounded in the siege of Atlanta, in the neck, by a
shell, He was in the hospital for five months, and then discharged for disability, on account of
his wound; has never fully recovered from the effects of it, Hecame to Kansas in 1879, located
in Winfield, and engaged in the hardware business, in the firm of Hendricks & Wilson, business
located on Main street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. Their business has increased about
300 per cent since its establishment. Mr. H. was married, in 1868, to Miss Hattie Wherritt,
daughter of Barton and Margaret Wherritt. The issue of this marriage has been six children,
four of whom survive—Laura, Maggie, Willie and Harry. He is a member of the Baptist
Church, the Masonic fraternity, Chapter and Commandery. R. 8. Wilson was born in Licking
County, Ohio, in 1842; son of Stewart and Lavina Wilson. He enlisted, in 1862, in Company F

Ninety-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and participated in the engagements of Cumberland
Gap, siege of Vicksburg, and other engagements. He was taken prisoner at Corinth, and held
at ‘Andersonville for one year, in which he s ffered untold hardships, from the effects of which
he has never recovered. He was on board the ill-fated Sultana, when her boiler exploded
near Memphis; out of the 1,964 soldiers on board, 1(3 survived. Mr. Wilson succeeded in
reaching the shore, two miles below the point of the accident, and was sescued next morning.
For two years after he was discharged from service, he was unfit for-labor or business. He came
to Kansas in 1879, and located at Winfield, and formed the partnership of Hendricks & Wilson.
He was married to Miss Hannah Jones in 1870,,who has borne him two children—Thomas and
Jennie Wilson. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of the Masonic fraternity,
and the A. 0. U. W.; also of the City Council, which position he has occupied for two years.

R. I. HOGUE, farmer and nursery-man, Section 16, P. O. Winfield, owns forty acres all
in cultivation. Has twelve acres in orchard of all kinds of fruit. Comfortable frame dwell-
ing and outhouses. Is engaged in the nursery business on Mr. Mentch’s.farm under the
firm name of Hogue & Mentch. They havein stock 60,000 apple trees, 20,000 peach, 2,000
cherry, 2,000 plum, 1,000 pear, 15,000 grape, 15,000 evergreen and 15,000 forest and shade
trees, ten bushels of hedge seed planted and a full line of all kinds of small fruits. Mr. H.
organized the business in 1879, on his own place, and in 1881 associated with Mr. Mentch
and removed the nursery to the farm of Mr. Mentchon same section. The business has
steadily increased, andthe last year’s sales have amounted to over $6,000, and'has doubled in
the last year. Mr. H. was born in Ohio, September 11, 1834, and in 1861, enlisted in Com-
pany K, Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw a great deal of very act-
ive service, participating in eighty-five different engagements of greater or less: magnitude.
Among these, Lewisburg, Kanawha, Fayetteville, Gaule Bridge in Virginia, Berrysville,
Somerset and Hazel Green in Kentucky, and in the siege of Knoxville. In 1864, he veter-
anized, and enlisted in the Wighth Regiment Ohio Cavalry, in on pe M. While
in this branch of the service, he was on the raid to and in the battle of Lynchburg
under Gen. Hunter, and in the ¢harleston and Fisher's Hill, Va., and Monocacy Junction, Md.
On January 11, 1865, he was captured at Beverly, W. Va.,.and sent to Libby Prison and
exchanged February 23. For the last year of the war, he wasSergeant, and was mustered
out in August, 1865. After the war, he returned to Ohio, and in 1866, moved to Iowa, and
came.from there to Kansas in 1876, locating first in Wilson County and engaged in the nur-
sery business, In 1879, he sold out his interest there and came to Cowley County and lo-
eated here. Was married 1855, and his wife died in February, 1880, leaving three children
—Hannah I., Samuel G. and Minnie A. He was married a second time February 9, 1881, to
Miss Emaline Files. While living in Iowa, Mr. H. was Justice of the Peace for one term,
and for a period of ten years occupied Township offices, either as Clerk or Trustee. Is a
member of the A. 0. U. W.

CHARLES F. HOLMES, of the firm of Holmes & Son, was born in Indianapolis, Ind.,

in 1857, son of Ira N. and Amanda Holmes. He came to Kansas with his parents in 1878,.

commenced the packing business under the firm name of Holmes & Son, Their business is
located on the corner of Main street and Eleventh avenue, owning the building 25x140 feet, and
have a slaughter house 50x100 feet with a capacity of 300 hogs per day. heir principal
shipments are to points west. He was married in 1881, to Miss Mary E. Huffman. They
have one child—Beulah Holmes. He is a member of the State militia. Mrs. Holmes is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ira N. Holmes, father of the subject of this
sketch, was a native of Indiana—son of William and Elizabeth Holmes. He resided in his
native State until coming to Kansas in 1878. He was married in 1854, to Miss Amanda Dol-
jarhide, who has borne him two children—Ella and Charles F. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

L. HORNING, of Horning & Whituey, hardware merchants, was born in Pennsyl-
vania, in 1838, son of John and Harriett Horning. At the age of twelve, he removed with
his parents to Milwaukee, Wis., where he lived until 1870, engaged in the milling business.
He then moved to Michigan, where he spent eight years. e came to Kansas in 1878, lo-
cated at Winfield, purchased the business of Walker Brothers, grocers. Continued that for
one year, and then engaged in the hardware business. He owns elevator No. 76, with a ca-

acity of 12,000 bushels. Handled 140,000 bushels of grain in 1882; ships to Eastern mar-

ets. Heis engaged in the cattle business; owns 300 head. Heis Treasurer of the Win-
field Water Company, and of the M: W. & S. W.R _R. Company. He was married in 1865,
to Miss Emma Ruddiman, daughter of John and Mary Ruddiiman, He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and the K. of P.

. J. 8. HUNT, County Clerk, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1833; son of Will-
iam and Phebe Hunt, removed with his parents in infancy to Jackson County, Mich.,
where he was raised on a farm. At the age of twenty-one, he engaged in the mercantile
business in Lowell, Kent Co., Mich., where he remained for three years. In 1857, he came
to Kansas and located at Burlington, Coffey Co., where he located a claim and gave his at-
tention to its improvement. In July, 1861, he entered the army, and enlisted In Company
E, Fifth Kansas Cayalry, asa private. On the 9th of August, received a commission as

Captain, and participated in the engagements of his command. In the fall of 1862, he was

laced in command of his regiment on the death ofits Colonel. At the close of the war, in

ctober, 1865, he returned to Lowell, Mich., where he remained until 1867, engaged in tho
mercantile business, at which time he again moved to Kansas, and located in Cherokee
County, where he engaged in various pursuits until 1870, when he moved to Winfield, where
he was engaged in mercantile business and farming until 1879, when he was elected County
Clerk. .After serving one term, he was re-elected in 1881. Mr. Hunt has always taken an
active part in all the interests of the county and of building up the city of his-adoption. He
was married in 1855, to Miss Marie Louise West, daughter of Hiram and Sarah West. They
have had four children—Fred C, born in 1856; Anna L.,in 1863; Harry H., in 1872, and
Clarence P., in 1880. Mrs. Hunt is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. H. isa member
of the Masonic fraternity, the K. of H., and G. A. R. ; :

ALBERT P. JOHNSON, attorney at law, was born in Washington, Ark., in 1855, son
of James M. and Elizabeth Johnson. He was educated at the Arkansas Industrial Univer-
sity; graduated in 1876, he commenced reading law in 1873, and was admitted to the bar in
1878, and commenced the practice of his profession in Arkansas. Subsequently attended
the law department of Ann Arbor University, where he graduated in 1879. _He came to
Kansas in August of the same year; located at Winfield; engaged in law practice under the
firm name of McDermont & Johnson. He has devoted himself exclusively to the practice
of his profession, and has been rewarded by an extensive practice. Is Republican in poli-
tics, and has always taken an active part in the public interests of his adopted city and coun-
ty. Mr, Johnson was married in 1874, to Miss Lu Stanard, daughter of Stillman and Mary
A. Stanard. Has had five children as the issue of the marriage, three of whom survive—

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ie, Belle and Albert D. Johnson. Js a member of the Baptist Church and of the Masonic
eels Adelphi Lodge, No. 110, also of the Royal Arcanum, No. 540, and K. of H., No.

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. W. JOHNSTON, of Johnston & Hall, furniture dealers, was born in St. Johns, New
Foun in 1831; son of John and Ann Johnston. Inearly life, he learned the trade of
cabinet-maker, and has made that his life-work. He moved to Canada, where. he remained
for some years. He came to Kansas in 1868, and located at Olathe, and in 1871 removed to
Winfield, established a furniture manufactory and_a store, which he earried on for five
years and then formed a partnership with J. L. M. Hill, under the firm name of Johnston
& Hill. Their business-is located on Main street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. Their
business is very extensive. They built their building 25x100 feet, with basement, built of stone
and brick. Mr. J. was married, in 1860, to Miss Martha Irwin. They have had five children,
three of whom survive—Ida, Walter and Beyrl. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church,
the Masonic fraternity, Royal Arch and Knight Templars, also Knights of Honor. JI.M.L.
Hill was born in New Foundland in 1848, In 1857, he removed with his parents to Toronto,
Canada. Atthe age of twenty-one, he entered the employ of the American Express Com-
pany, of Chicago, where he remained four years, He then spent four years in California,
came to Kansas in 1871, and located at Winfield, and in 1878 entered the firm of Ji obnston &
Hill. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and Royal Arch Masons. His only capital
in commencing business was his energy and perseverance, which has brought him a just

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ae *REY. PAUL F. JONES, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, was born in Zanesville, Ohio,
in 1840; son of Jonathan and Catharine Jones. He was educated in Mlinois. He came to
Kansas in 1873, where he commenced his work in the ministry in Emporia the same year.
He united with the South Kansas Conference. He was ordained in 1879. His first charge
was at Emporia, where he remained two and a half years; his second charge was Cotton-
wood Falls, where he remained the same length of time; his third charge was three years
at El Dorado, and in 1882, he wasstationed at Winfield, where he still remains. He is now a
member of the Southwest Kansas Conference. His first charge embraced a part of Lyon
and Chase Counties; during the first year, increased from eleven to 225 members. He has
received into the church during his ministry 720 members. He has organized eight churches.
In 1882, Winfield Methodist eeeerel Church, of which he is pastor, contained 225 mem-
bers; now numbers 300. Prior to his work of the ministry, he had been engaged in the

ractice of law; he was admitted to the bar in 1873. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Fannie
& Slack, daughter of Henry P. and Hannah Slack. The issue of the marriage has been six
children, five of whom survive—Anna B., Paul E., Charles O., Franklin and Gladdys J.
Jones. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Chapter and Commandery, also of the
I. 0. O. F., and the National Union. ,

J. M. LAMBERT, manager of the Central Loan & Land Company, of Emporia, was born
in Knox County, Ill, in 1851; son of Isaac and Medday A. Lambert. He was raised in
Illinois; came to Kansas in 1880; located at El Dorado, where he remained one and a half
years, engaged as manager of the business of the Central Loan & Land Company, of Em-
poria; after that spent one year in Kingman County, and then located in Winfield, and took
the management of the company’s business at this Fee Mr. Lambert was married, in
1876, to Miss Sarah E. Redden, daughter of John and Sarah Redden; he has one child—
Maud. “He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Royal Arch Mason.

GEORGE LIERMANN, harness-maker, was born in Missouri in 1858; son of George
and Magdalena Liermann. He was raised in his native State, and came to Kansas in 1880;
located at Winfield. He purchased the business in which he is now engaged in the
spring of 1883. It is located on West Ninth avenue, two doors from the post office. He
owns the shop, and has an extensive business, He employs four hands. In 1882, he was
married to Miss Louisa Cash, daughter of Rudolph Cash. He has one child—Madalena, born
January, 1883.

OL. LIMERICK, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, was born in Bureau
County, Il, in 1846; son of George and Letitia Limerick. He was educated at Princeton
Ill., at Bureau Academy ; commenced teaching at the age of nineteen. In 1863, he enlisted
in Company B, Ninety-third Regiment Ulinois Volunteers; participated in the engagement
at Chattanooga, and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. He was wounded at
Altoona Pass, by a ball through the right arm, and takem prisoner, and was held at Ander-
sonville, Ga., Milan, Ga.,and at Florence, N.C. In March, 1865, he was paroled ; suffered
much during the time of his imprisonment, from the effects of which he was unfitted for
labor for two years, and has never fully recovered. He was mustered out in June, 1865.
After returning from the army, he resumed his studies, after which he again devoted him-
self to teaching, which vocation he followed for sixteen consecutive years. At the age of
twenty-one, he was married to Miss Alice Grow, daughter of Dr. E. W. and Hannah Grow.
They have two children—Winnie and De Witt. He came to Kansas in 1871, and located in
Rock Township, this county; remained there until he was elected to the office of Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, when he removed to Winfield. Mr. Limerick is a Repub-
lican in polities. Mr.and Mrs. Limerick are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he
is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., A. O. U. W., Lodge No. 18, also of the G. A. R., Winfield Post,
No. 85. Mrs Limerick has also been a teacher, having taught for eight years.

J.B. LYNN, merchant, was born in Tennessee in 1840; son of Charles M. and Frances
M. Lynn. Mr. Lynn was in the United States service in 1863, in Missouri, Company C,
Fifty-seventh Regiment Missouri Volunteers; served in the State one year. He was mus-
tered out in 1864; in the same year went to Keokuk, Iowa, and for five years was engaged
as salesman for Yates & Smith, of Springfield, Il]. He came to Kansas in 1868; located at
Wyandotte for two years; then removed to Spring Hill, and engaged in the mercantile
business, and remained for four years, and was there married to Miss Laura French, daugh-
ter of David and Emma French. He has five children—Ward, Effie, Gertrude, Charlie and
Frances E, He came to Winfield in 1874, and engaged in merchandising; his business
is located on the corner of Main street and Eighth avenue; he owns the store, 25x140
feet, two stories, with basement, built of brick and stone; his business has increased about
300 per cent since its establishment; he carries a very large stock of general merchandise.
He was Mayor of Winfield in 1879 and 1880; he has taken an active part in all the public
interests of the city.

T. M. McGUIRE, firm of McGuire Bros., grocers, was born in Illinois in 1849, son of

John and Lena McGuire. He came to Kansas in 1870, and located in Neosho County one
year; removed to Cowley County and engaged as salesman in 1876; came to Winfield and
established grocery business under the firm name of McGuire & Smith. Mr. Smith re-
tired from the firm, and the business was continued by T. M. McGuire until 1880, when
a partnership was formedunder the name of McGuire Bros. ; business is located on the south-
east corner of Main street and Ninth avenue; business has increased from sales of $12,000
to $35,000 in 1882. He was married in 1878 to Miss Mary A. Hudson, daughter of Robert
Hudson. He has one child—Lenora Blanche McGuire, born in 1879.
: J. A. McGUIRE, was born in 1844, son of John and Lena McGuire; came to Kansas
in 1869; located in ‘Parsons and engaged in merchandising; after one year, located in
Tisdale Township, this county, and started the first store in that township, and was the first
Postmaster appointed in 1871; held the appointment for ten years. He became a member
of the firm of McGuire Bros., in 1880. He enlisted in 1862, in Company H, Tenth Illinois
Infantry; participated in the engagements of Island No. 10, Corinth, Nashville, Mission
Ridge, Buzzard’s“Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Dallas, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta and
Sherman’s march to the sea, and other engagements of his command, thirty-seven in all;
was promoted to Lieutenant and Riuatared out in 1865. THe was married in 1866, to Miss
Millie Waters, by whom he has had five children, four of whom survive—Elmer, Lu u, Iotha
and Nellie. He is a member of the City Council, and of Winfield Post, No. 85, GAR.

J. C. MCMULLEN, President of the Winfield Bank, was born in Jersey City, N.J., in
1836, son of Patrick and Ellen McMullen; in childhood removed with his parents to Lewis
ey ee Y.; at_the age of thirteen, his parents removed to Wisconsin ; he was educated
at the Lawrence University, where he graduated in’ class of 1860; he afterward engaged in
teaching for one year, and then responded to the call of his country, and enlisted in Com-
pany H, First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers; was elected Second Lieutenant at the or-
ganization of his company, and a few weeks later was commissioned Captain of his com-
pany, which he held until the close of his service. In 1864, was Brevet Colonel. He partic-
eae in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and at the

all of Atlanta; was wounded at onesboro, and at Chickamauga was mustered out in
1864. He was soon after employed by the Government in the Treasury Department of Ten-
nessee, which position he hel for seven years. He was married in 1865, to Miss Mary E
Loomis, daughter of Isaac C. Loomis. The issue of this marriage has been six children—
Nellie CE Robert J. and Mary B., and three deceased. He came to Kansas in the fall of 1871,
and located at Arkansas City, this county, and opened the second bank in the county; re-
wanes Bera for seven years ; oneneea in the banking business, and then removed to Win-

eld and established the Citizens’ Bank; after running it for about one year, united with J.
COWLEY

Cc. Fuller’s bank, ‘and formed the Winfield Bank, a State bank, which has increased its de-

posits from 1879 from 50,000 to $320,000 in 1888, and has paid a semi-annual dividend of ten

per cent; has a surplus of $7,000, and a paid up capital of $50,000. Mr. McMullen attends

the Baptist Church, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Adelphi

Lodge, No. 110, and of the Commandery. He owns a large stock farm of 1,000 acres ; is en-

feat ie Boge taleing, makes a specialty of Jersey cows; has three full-blood males and 400
rades,

J. W. McROREY, agent for the Adams ab aie was born in Clay County, Mo., in 1849,
son of L. and Mary McRorey; he was raised in his native State which he left when he came
to Kansas in 1875; he has been in the express business for twelve years. On coming, he has
been located at various points, as the interest of his company demanded. In 1881, he took
the company’s business at this place; his company has a large business. Winfield tome the
largest express business of any town in the State. He was married in 1872 to Miss Dora
Morton, who has borne him two children—Dora and Alice McRorey. ;

G.S. MANSER, of the firm of Curns & Manser, real estate, loan and insurance agents,
was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1841, In 1860, he went to Nebraska, where he spent seven
years in trading with the Indians and ranching. In 1868, he was engaged in the survey and
construction of the N. P. R. R.; in 1871, on the United States survey in the Indian Terri-
tory. On the completion of the survey of the Cherokee Nation, went to Texas and assisted.
in the survey and lay-out of Dennison; he then located at Arkansas City, this State. In
1872, he rag ee a position in the office of the United States survey, then being made of
the Indian Territory from the ninety-eighth to the one hundredth meridian. In 1873, he
located at Winfield and established the firm of Curns & Manser, in present business. He
was married in 1874 to Miss Fannie Walton, of Douglas County. He is a member of the
Presbyterian Church. .

COL. JOHN A. MAUS, brick and stone mason, was born in Northumberland County,
Penn., September 6, 1830. He learned the trade of Mason when a young man, and has al-
ways Se ored at the business except the four years spent in the army of the United States
for the repression of the rebellion, from 1861 to 1865. August 8, 1861, he enlisted as a pri-
vate in Company B, Fifth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves. He was soon aiter
made Sergeant, and September 8, 1862, was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the com-
pany, First Lieutenant March 5, 1863, and Captain January 1, 1864, to Brevet Major
March 13, 1865. He served throu h his term of enlistment as Captain of the Sompanys He
was with this famous division of the army in the Peninsular Spee of 1862, taking a
hand in the famous seven days’ battle; was at the second battle of Bull Run, South Moun-
tain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and many other stubbornly contested fields.
He was mustered out as Captain in June, 1864, and recruited two companies during the
summer in Western Pennsylvania. He re-entered the service September 4, 1864, as Lieuten-

ant Colonel of the Two. ondred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving
with distinction until the close of the war, being mustered out in August, 1865. He re-
turned to Pennsylvania, settled in Union County and began work at his trade. In 1878, he
came to Kansas, settled in Winfield, Cowley County, and has since been engaged in the
business of contractor for brick and stone work. He has never held any civil office, but
his honorable record as a soldier in the most famous division of the Army of the Poto-
mac makes him deserving of the country. He is a member of the G. A. R. and the A. 0. U.
W. He was married September 27, 1849, in Northumberland County, Penn., to Miss Sarah
J. Christ. They have nine children—Joseph S., Alice, Mrs. T. F. Reed; Charles W., Pauline
A., Henry P., Ulysses G., Helen, Mrs. Weymouth; Samuel G. and John A. His name is
mentioned in General Order No. 299, War Department, Adjutant General’s office, Washing-
ton, December 7, 1864, in regard to feeding and clothing our prisoners of war in Southern
risons.
a G. W. MILLER, stock dealer, was born in Kentucky in 1842, son of G. W. and Elmina
Miller; at the age of twenty-eight, left Kentucky, and settled in Missouri, where he was en-
aged in the Texas cattle trade for twelve tee he came to Kansas in 1871, and located at
Winfield ; during the last year, has handled 11,000 head of cattle; he apis to Chicago, Kan-
sas City and St. Louis; he has devoted his time exclusively to the stock business, and is the
largest cattle dealer in the county; he was married in 1864, to Miss Mollie Carson, daugh-
ter of J. E. and Marinda Carson. The issue of the marriage has been six children, of
whom four survive—J. C., Alma, Zack and George L. He is a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity.
DANIEL A. MILLINGTON, editor of the Winfield Courier, and Postmaster of Win
field, was born in Hubbardton, Vt., May 16, 1823, Received -an education in the com-

 

mon and higher schools of the State, and became proficient in mathematics and the
sciences. Taught in the common schools five winters. In 1844, at the age of twenty-one,
he removed to Illinois and located in Will County. There he married Miss Mary A.
Smith, May 16, 1848. In 1850, he went overland to California, where he met with some
success in gold mining. Returned to Will County, IIL, in 1852, and went into the lumber
business at Joliet. n 1856, he went to Iowa City, Iowa, and went into the general mer-
ehandise business. In the fall of 1862, he moved to Leavenworth, Kan., and there continued
in the mercantile business, which was very successful during the war. In January, 1866,
he moved to St. Louis, Mo., and continued mercantile business, care with heavy losses.
In 1868, he moved to Fort Scott, Kan., and continued in the mercantile business. In 1870,
he closed out the business and came to Winfield, arriving uae 16, where he immediately
entered into a scheme to build up a city, tobe called Winfield. At that time, the land be-
longed to the Osage Indians, who were present in great numbers, and the land had not been
surveyed. Several men were holding claims of 160 acres each in the vicinity. The claims

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of E. C. Manning and A. A. Jackson occupied what is now the most central portion of Win-
field, and were surrounded by the claims of A. Meanor, J.C. Loomis, A. Howland, A. J.
Thompson, A. D. Speed, W. W. Andrews, C. M. Wood, P. Knowles, and G. W. Green, all or
parts of which claims have since become incorporated into the city of Winfield. Milling-
ton, the subject of this sketch, came in company with J.C. Fuller, and bought the claim of
A. A. Jackson; then associated themselves with E. C. Manning, laid out the half of the two
claims into a town site, and invited settlers who would improve lots. The town site was
surveyed and platted by Millington, and completed in January, 1881, after the Government
survey of these lands had been made. The town site was entered at the United States Land
Office July 10, 1881, and was the first entry made of lands inthis county. At that time,
there were seventy-two buildings erected on the town site by as many different settlers.
Since that time, the subject of this sketch has been prominent in all the plans and schemes
for the aggrandizement of Winfield and the county, and in the politics of the county and
the State. For the last six years, he has conducted and edited the Winfield Courier, one of
the leading Republican papers in the State, having now a greater circulation than any
other ue paperin Kansas. He has held the office of Mayor for two terms, and of Post-
master of Winfield for the vee five years.

JOSEPH C. MONFORTE, Jx., farmer, Section 10, P.O. Winfield, was born in Buffalo,
N. Y., in 1852, Was the son of Joseph and Warriet Monforte. After leaving school, he en-
tered a wholesale and retail dry goods store as salesman, remaining as such for two years.
Then he entered in the lithographic business, also remaining two years, and in 1869 he came
to Kansas, locating on the farm where he now resides, which consists of eighty acres, hav-
ing it all under cultivation. His pee crops are wheat and corn. Mr. Monforte was
married, in 1881, to Miss Alice Anderson, daughter of Alexander and Matilda Anderson, who
bore him one child—Hattie Monforte. He is Constable of the township, and a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Joseph C. Monforte was born in London, England,
in 1810, son of Joseph and Hannah Monforte. Was married, in 1841, to Miss Harriet Valck-
moan, daughter of James and Harriet Valckman, who bore him six children—Martha, Mary,
Albin, Joseph C., Jr., Julia and Hattie. He came to the United States in 1834, locating in
Buffalo, where he was employed as Captain on the lakes. He came to Kansas in 1869; is now
living with his son. :

. L. MULLIN, real estate dealer, was born in Indiana in 1827, son of Samuel and
Matilda Mullin. In 1847, he went to Illinois, where he remained until 1867, engaged in the
stock business. He came to Kansas in 1867, and located at Baxter Springs. Remained three
years, and removed to Winfield. In 1875, he was married to Miss Anna A. Doane. _Sirfte
coming to Winfield, he has been engaged four years in cae in stock and merchandising.
After that time, he was exclusively in the stock business until 1882, when he went into the
real estate business. Mr. Mullin bought a three-year-old high grade Short-horn heifer in
1881, which was raised in this county, for $110, which, in 1882, at four years old, weighed
3,170 pounds, when he sold her for $2,500. She was supposed to be the largest cow of her age
ever Eagan Mr. M. offered $5,000 for her equal in size or beauty. She was known as the
“ Kansas Queen.”

T. B. MYERS, real estate agent, was born in Meigs County, Ohio, son of Benjamin
and Serena Myers. At the death of his father, which occurred when he was seven years of
age, he lived with his uncle, in Virginia, until 1861, when he enlisted in Company K,
Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers. Enlisted as a private, and served as such till 1863,
and then was promoted to Hospital Steward; eight months later was discharged for dis-

ability. Re-enlisted in 1864, in Company F, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volun-
teers. Enlisted as a private, soon after -was commissioned First Lieutenant, and subse-
uently placed in command of Company C, the color company, which position he held until
the close of the war. He participated in the engagements at Stone River, Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, Franklin, Goldsboro and others of hiscommand. He was wounded at
Franklin and disabled for two months. He was mustered out in July, 1865. He then re-
turned to West Virginia, and was married to Miss Emma Morgan, daughter of Jacob and
. Elizabeth Morgan. The issue of this marriage has been five children, three of whom sur-
vive—Mabel, Frederick and William, He was Sheriff of the East District of Marion County,
W. Va., for three years. Cameto Kansas in 1872, and located at Winfield, and was with
the first cabinet manufacturing company in this county. Was elected Trustee of Winfield
Township in 1874, was a member of the City Council one term, and Chief of the Fire De-
artment for six years. He is now Manager of the Manning Opera House. He is a mem-
Ber of the Presbyterian Church, Superintendent of the Sunday school and Trustee of the
church, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.

S. H. MYTON, hardware merchant, was born in Pennsylvania in 1844,'son of Samuel
and Eleanor Myton. At the age of seventeen, enlisted in the three months’ service. Was
mustered out at the expiration of his term of service, and in 1862 re-enlisted in Company
F, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regiment Pensylvania Volunteers. He participated
in the engagements of Gettysburg and Antietam. Was mustered out at the close of the war.
He was subsequently engaged in jnerehsndising ie Pennsylvania for four years, He came
to Kansas in 1879; located at Emporia. Soon after, removed to Cottonwood Falls. In 1871,
removed to Winfield and engaged in the hardware business, which he still follows. He owns
the building in which his business is located, 25x132, two stories and basement, built of
prick and stone, located on Main street. His business has increased about 500 per cent
since its establishment. He carries a large stock of hardware and farm implements. His
sales the last year amounted to $100,000, He married, in 1874, Miss Mary C. Reed, daughter
of M. L. and Joanna Reed. Has two children—Jollen and Lulu.. He isa member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic fraternity, Chapter and Commandery, also
the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor and the National Union. He has been a member
of the City Council. :

JACOB NIXON, Register of Deeds, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1842, son of
Samuel and Rachel Nixon. Removed with his parents to Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1848.
Was raised on afarm, and on August 6, 1862, enlisted in Senpeny I, Nineteenth Regiment
Iowa Volunteers, Second Brigade, Third Division, Army of the Frontier. He entered the
service as a private, and soon was promoted to Sergeant. He participated in the battle of
Prairie Grove, where he was wounded in the head, December 7, 1862. He was taken to the
hospital at Fayetteville, Ark., where he remained one and a half months. Was then re-
moved to Springfield, Mo., and discharged for disability on the 25th day of February, 1863.
After returning home and not recovering sufficiently from the effects of his injury to return
into the United States service, he enlisted in Company C, Second Regiment Lowa State
Militia. He was commissioned First Lieutenant, and for three years was engaged in drill-
ing soldiers of that regiment who would enter the United States Volunteer service as drilled
veterans. After the close of the war, he entered Bryant’s Commercial College at Burlington.
After completing bis course, he learned telegraphy, after which he spent three years on
his father’s farm. In 1870, he came to Kansas and located in Vernon Township, this county,
located a claim, and laid the foundation for a future home, and resided there until 1879,
when he was elected Register of Deeds for this county, serving one term. He was re-elected
in 1882 by a majority of 1,300 over his opponent. Mr. Nixon was married, in 1869, to Miss
Agnes Row, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Row. They have three children—Samuel E.
born in 1873; William A., born in 1878, and Wallace S.jborn in 1881. Mr, N. was among the
first settlers of Vernon Township, and took an active part in all the interests of the com-
munity ; got a petition for the township organization and circulated it. Was a clerk of the
first election held in the township, and was elected Clerk at the first township election, Was
subsequently elected Justice of the Peace. Mr. N. is a man of thorough education, liberal
in his views, and fully alive to all the interests of his adopted county and city. He has

iven his attention to the invention of a traction engine, on which he has secured patents
fom the United States and Canada, and has most flattering prospects of the success of his
invention, and will, as soon as his duties will Sacer give his time to its manufacture. He
is a member of the Christian Church, K. of H., R. A., National Union, and Winfield Post,
No. 85, G. A. R.

DRS. PARK & PARK, physicians and surgeons. S.B. and H. H. Park were born in
Licking County, Ohio; S. B. in 1844 and H. H. in 1848. 8. B. is the son of Samuel B. and
Aletha A. Park, and H. H. is the son of John P. and Nancy Park. They were educated at
the Rush Medical College of Chicago; H. H. graduating in the class of 1878, and S. B. com-

leting his course in 1879. S. B. commenced the practice of his profession, followed it in
Tilinols and Indiana until 1882; in the latter State for three and a half years, at Atherton,
Ind. H. H. commenced his practice in Robinson, Ill, in 1875. He remained in practice in
Tilinois for seven years. In 1882, the cousins came to Kansas, and located in Winfield, and
formed a partnership, uniting their practice under the firm name of Park & Park. Their
office is over Hudson Bros.’ jewelry store, on Main street. S. B. was married in 1867, to Miss
Mary M. Davidson. He has three children—Harry L, Frank D. and Cora E. . The cousins
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic fraternity, A. F. & -
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_ G. E, RAYMOND, wool merchant, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1836, son of Nath-
aniel and Rachael Raymond ; removed with his parents to Ohio in early life, where he has
ou the greater part of his life, engaged in tannery and wool-business. He enlisted in

ompany C, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteers. “ He was in the engagenients of his command ;
was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, He enlisted as a private, and was elected First Lieu-
tenant at the organization-of his company. He-~came to Kansas in-1878; located at Win-
field, and engaged in sheep-raising and dealing in wool. He owns 800 acres of land and 5,-
000 head of sheep. He handles about 500,000-1bs. of wool per year; ships to Sheble & Hill,
of:Philadelphia. His business has increased in this county since 1878. ie was married in
1872, to Miss Annie Russell, daughter of William Russell. Has one child—Grace, born in
1876. He is a member of the’ Methodist Episcopal Church, and of Knights of Honor; was
President of the Council of Mount Vernon, Ohio, tor eight years, - ~
M. L. READ, banker, born near Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, in 1825. His parents were
Amasa Read and Sarah Aldrich Read, of Northbridge, Mass. At the age a fourteen, he,
with his father, removed to Schuyler County, Tu. eeting with an accident which crip-
pled him for several years, he learned the tailor’s trade, and after his apprenticeship, at-
tended school-and read law at Rushville, Ill., with Col. William Richardson and W. A. Ham-
mond, and was admitted to the bar in 1846, In 1851, he accepted a position in the clothing
and merchant tailoring establishment of Chase, Rich & Parker, at Beardstown, Il, and re-
mained in their employ for fivé years. In 1856, he formed a copartnership with Messrs.
Nolte and McClure, and opened a mérchant tailoring and clothing establishment, and suc-
cessfully carried on the business until 1871, when he sold out his business and removed to
Carthage, Mo., where he remained only one year, and removed to Winfield, Kan., and in the
fall of 1872, with M. L. Robinson, as cashier, established M. L. Read’s bank; in_the spring of
1873, built a brick banking house 25x40, the first brick building in Cowley County, which
has since been enlarged and greatly improved. In 1846, he married Joanna C. Wright,
' daughter of Rev. I. S.and Sallie Wright, at Rushville, Ill. Has but one child—Mary C.
Read, who is now the wife of S. H, Myton, of Winfield, Kan. M. L. Read is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, President of the Board of Trustees, also a member of the
A., F. & A. M., and was the first High Priest-of Winfield Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. M.
L, Read’s bank was established in "1872, capital $50,000, surplus $25,000; M, L. Robinson,
Cashier ; W. C. Robinson, Assistant-Cashier ; G, W. Robinson, Teller; C. F Bahretge, Book-
keeper; C. S. Duer. Assistant Book-keeper ; and Etta B. Robinson, Clerk.
GEORGE C, REMBAUGH, of the firm of Black’ & Rembaugh, was Lorn in Philadelphia in
1898, son of George and Elizabeth Rembaugh. Was educated in Philadelphia, and in early life
learned the printer's trade, and has devoted himself exclusively to his profession. His first connec-
tion with the business was with the Philadelphia Lédger, and subsequently with various other
papers in the East. He came to Kansas in 1879, located at Winfield and has since been connected
with the Telegram. Mr. R.is a member of the International Typographical Union. He was
married in 1882, to Miss Kate Major, daughter of S.§. and Eljzabeth Major.

GEORGE W. ROBERTSON, farmer, Section 5, Range 33, P.O. Winfield, was born in.

Brooklyn, N. Y.,in 1833; is a son of J. B. and Catharine Robertson. He was raised in
Adams County, Ill. He enlisted in 1861, in Company K, Third Missouri Cavalry. He par-
ticipated in the engagement of Little Rock, Ark., and other battles that the regiment was
erigaged in. He was detailed onfecruiting service for the Fourth Regiment of Arkansas
Mounted Infantry. After sevén‘months, joined his command at Little Rock; was then pro-
moted Second Lieutenant\¢f Company I.’ He was mustered out at ‘the expiration of term of
service of company in January, 1865. He téturned -to. Winois, and: engaged at his trade,
which was that of acarpenter. Hé came to Kansas in 1869. ty on the spring of 1870, located
in Pleasant Valley Township, on the farm on which he.now resides, two miles from Win-
field. He owns eighty acres, Sixty of which are under cultivation ; his principal crops are
wheat and corn. He has an orchard of séven acres, containing a-large variety of fruit trees
now in bearing. He was-nidrried in 1857,.to Miss M. E. Carkins, by whom he has eight chil-
dren, four of whom survive—Amy, Anna, Josephine and sty iHohectaon. He is a member

- of the Masonic fraternity, and-of Winfield Post, No. 85,G. A.R.° He has been a member
of the School Board of his district for seven years. ar .

R. B. RODOLF, manager of the Chicago Lumber Company’s business of Winfield, was
born in Grant County, Wis., in 1855; son of C,G. and Adelia Rodolf. He was engaged in
merchandising and milling in Wisconsin until coming to, Kansas, in 1880. He located at
Wichita, eeder ect County ; engaged in the lumber business for the Chicago cone In
1882 came to Winfield, and took the management of their business at this place ; located on
West Ninth avenue, back of Baden’s store.

D. RODOCKER, pioteprapher, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, in 1840; son of
Samuel and Anna Rodocker. _ He was reared in Ohio; he learned the photograph business
in campaipe, Ill; he was married in 1881, to Miss Mattie Walters, who has bornehim one
child—Fiora G. He came to Kansas in 1871, and located at Winfield; was among the early
settlers of this place; he opened a gallery the same. year ; it is located on Main street, near
Seventh avenue. He has devoted hiniself exclusively to his business, and has earned the
reputation of being one of the best artists in the State,in which his work fully justifies
him. Heis also a fine artist in oil paintings, water colors and India ink. He owns the
gallery and a residence on Seventh avenue; also a farm of 155 acres, all under cultiva-
Fi J

on.

JOHN ROSS, farmer, Section 17, P. O. Winfield, owns 130 acres, 60 in cultivation and
50 in native timber. Fifty acres fenced with posts and rails. Small bearing orchard.
Dwelling 16x16, with ell 14x16. Stable, granery and corn crib. “Aims to make hogs a spec-
ialty, although at present depends on raising grain. His wheat ie 1882 averaged forty
pushels per acre. as born in Ilinois August 14, 1844, ‘the son of T. B. and Nancy Ross,
and was raised on a farm. He made Illinois his home until coming to Kansas. In 1864,
he enlisted in Company D, Twelfth Illinois Infantry, and was sent to Chattanooga to join
his command, but they having gone to the sea with Sherman, was sent, via Washington
City, to Goldsboro, N. C., where he joined them, and was in the march to Washington and
in the grand review, and mustered out J uly 10, 1865. In 1868, he came to Kansas with his
parents, locating at this place in January, 1869. : ‘

T. B. ROSS, farmer, and one of the earliest settlers of Cowley County, was born in
Georgia in 1794, and moved with his parents to Kentucky when achild. In tLe war of 1812,
he enlisted and served two years, one year in the campaign North through the Indian coun-
try and in Canada, and one year in the South and to Mobile. J'rom Kentucky he moved to
ilinois, and was one of the pioneers of that State. During the Black Hawk War, he was
Captain of a company, and did good service in subduing the Indians and opening the
country for settlement, and remained there to see it become one of the first States in the
Union. In 1868, he came to Kansas, locating on Section 17, probably the first to locate in
Walnut Township. Shortly after locating, the Indians stole all his stock, and then noti-
fied the settlera to leave, which they did, with the exception of Mr. Ross, who told them
that as they had taken his horses he could not go, unless they furnished him a team, whic’
they declined to do, but he was not molested. In May, 1870, he was elected at a special
election as Probate Jud, e, the first in Cowley County, and re-elected to the same position
at the first segue election. He also served ay Justice of the Peace for one term. Was

- Pdagried to Miss Nancy Higgins, a native of North Carolina. They have three children

living—T. H, B., John and Patti. He also had six children by a former marriage. He diced
December 31, 1879, at the advanced age of eighty-five years,
: J.B. SCHOFIELD, of the firm of. Schofield & Keck, liverymen, was born in 1844 in
Jobnson County, Ind., son of Dr. N. M. and America J. Schofield. Mr. Schofield enlisted
in 1863, in Company B, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. Participated in the
engagements of Resaca, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Selma, Montgomery, Macon, and others of his
command. Was detailed as Orderly at brigade Eigse two months after entering
the service, and occupied that position until the close of the war. He was mustered out in
1865. He returned to Indiana at the close of the war,‘and remained until coming to Kan-
‘sas in 1878. He was married in 1870, to Miss Mary E. Jones, daughter of Cadwalader and
Mary A. Jones. They have two children—June M. and Bessie. On coming to Kansas, he
located at Winfield, and engaged in the mercantile business for two years. He then
formed a partnership with A. D. Speed, and engaged in the inet business for one year, at
the end of which time J. M. Keck purchased the interest of Mr. Speed and formed the pres-
ent firm. M.S. is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the A. 0. U. W.

_ 0.M.SEWARD, attorney at law; was born in- Ohio in 1854, son of Albert and Mary
Seward. Was educated at New Market College; graduated in class-of 1874, and at. the
Michigan University at Ann Arbor in 1876. He came to Kansas the same year, located at
Winfield, and entered upon the practice of his profession. Mr.S. has devoted himself ex-
elusively to his profession, and-is-receiving the reward of his industry in an extensive prac-
tice. Tor four years he bas been the City Attorney of Winfield. In 1880, was chairman of
the Republican Central Committee. He has taken an active part in all the public interests
of his adopted city and county. He isa member of the Phi Delta Phi of Michigan Uni-

married, in 1870, to Miss May

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versity, where he graduated, with the degree of B. L., and subsequently received the de-
greeofA.M. °° __

. L. SHERRARD, of the firm of Robertson Bros. & Sherrard, manufacturers of pat-
ent ica, was born in Pennsylvania-in 1860, son of William and Elizabeth Sherrard. He
came to Kansas in 1880, and located at Winfield. He engaged in the pitent fence business,
under the firm name of Robertson Bros. & Sherrard. They own the patent right of Sum-
ner and Cowley Counties, for the woven fence which was patented in October, 1882, They
have'the only machine for making that kind of fence in Kansas, The machine wiJl make
from forty to seventy-five rods per day. They have already established a demand greater
than they can’supply. They make farm, orchard and ornamental fence; a large amount
has already been put up, which gives. entire satisfaction. Their fence consists of pickets
and ten wires, five on each side, firmly twisted between each picket. Mr. 8. devotes his
time entirely to the business, which he has but recently started, but bids fair to become one
of the great industries of this city and county. He is 2 member of the Baptist ‘Church.
N. B. Robertson, of the above firm, was born in New York City in 1826; son of J. B.
and Catharine Robertson. He enlisted in 1862, in Company E, Seventy-eighth Illinois In-
fantry. Participated in the engagements at Chitkamauga and others of his command, and
was mustered out in 1864. He was married in 1853; to, Miss Anna Corkins. He came to
Kansas in 1882, and located on 2 farm in Pleasant Valley Township. He owns eighty acres.

JAMES P, SHORT, City Assessor, was born in Livingston County, N. Y., in 1845, son of
Josiah and Mahetabel Short. He came to Kansas in 1870, located at Winfield, built the
Walnut Valley Hotel, the first hotel in Winfield, and the first frame house built on the east
side of Main street; he was proprietor of that house for one year, after which he engaged.
in the lumber business, and various other eis He was City Clerk for four years. In
1880, he was appointed City Assessor, which office he has held from that time. He is also
member of the Board of Education. In 1871, he was County Treasurer, and collected the
first tax of the county. He was married in 1872, to Miss Melissa E. Philips, a native of Syra-
cuse, N. Y., who has borne him two children—Philip and EdnaShort. He isa member of
the Masonic fraternity. He was in the war of the rebellion, enliste] in 1863, Company M.,
Eighth New York Artillery, in the Army of the Potomae, under Gen. Hancock. Participat-
ed in the engagements of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, siege of

Petersburg, and others of his command. He was wounded at Deep Bottom, seven miles from
Hachipond’ by a gun shot. He was in hospital eight months, and was mustered out in
1865.

PHILIP SIPE, grain dealer, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1842. Removed with
his parents to Indiana in childhood. He enlisted, in 1861, in Company B, Thirty-third Reg-
iment Illinois Volunteers, and participated in the engagements of Magnolia Hill, Champion
Hill, Black River, Vicksburg, and other engagements of his command. Was mustered outin
1864. He subsequently engaged in the milling business for eight years, in Streator, Ill.
Came to Kansas in 1874, located at Winfield. Engaged in milling business for one year, and
then removed to Wichita, Sedgwick County, where he remained for five years, engaged in

rain buying, after which he returned to Winfield, and continued the same business. He

andled about 60,000 bushels of grain annually; ships his grain to Chicago. He was mar-
ried in 1874, to Miss Mary L. Simpson, who has borne him five children—Charles R., R. B.,
Robert and Frederick. Infant deceased. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

8. C. SMITH, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, was born in York
County, Me., in 1825, son of Archibald and Alice Curtis Smith, natives of Maine. Mr. Smith
was engaged in farming until the commencement of the war, when he enlisted in Company I.
First Maine Cavalry. He entered the service asa private. Was afterward commissioned Second
Lieutenant, which commission he held until} the end of his term of service, three years, He
participated in the engagements at Fredericksburg, Antietam, Rappahannock Station, Aldie,
Gettysburg, Shepardstown, Reams Station, and other Enanp euis of hiscommand. He was
wounded at Rappahannock Station, shot through the right arm, and was disabled for two
months, and then rejoined his regiment. He was mustered out in 1865. On leaving the
army, he engaged in mercantile business at Portland, Me., where he remained until he came
to Kansas in 1871, locating at Winfield. He has been engaged in the loan and insurance
business since coming to Kansas. He is also engaged in wool growing. He owns a section
of land and 2,000 sheep. Mr.S. has been city engineer of Winfield for two years. He was
elected County Commissioner in 1881, and is chairman of the board. Heis a member of the
Baptist Church, and of the G. A. R. Also of the Masonic fraternity, A., F. & A. M., Royal
“Arch. @ .

T, H.SOWAERD, attorney at law, was born in Mason County, Ky.,in 1841, son of Alfred
and Mary Soward. as raised in his native county, and educated at the Augusta College ;
graduated in class of 1859. Commenced reading law in 1860, with Judge Doniphan, of Ken-
tucky; was admitted to the bar in 1866. He enlisted, in 1861,in Company L, Second Ken-
tucky Cavalry.- Participated in the engagements of Shiloh, Perryville, Stone River, Chicka-
mauga, Mission Ridge, and in all of the engagements of the Atlanta campaign, Jonesboro,
and “Sherman’s march to the sea.” Was taken prisoner at Bardstown, but was recaptured.
soon after, was promoted to Second Lieutenant of his company, and on the recommendation
of Gen. Sheridan for meritorious conduct, was promoted to First Lieutenant, and subse-
quently to the,Captaincy of Company B, which; commission he held until the close of the
war. He was mustered out in June, 1865. After the war, he returned to Kentucky, where
he engaged in farming for six years, then engaged in the practice of his profession at Au-
gusta until 1879. In 1880, he came to Kansas, engaged in practice of his profession. He was
elected Judge ofthe Police Court in 1882. Servedone term. He has always taken an active
part in the public interests of the community in which he has lived. He is Republican in
politics. He was married, in 1882, to Miss Elizabeth Smith, daughter of D. W. Smith. One
child, an infant. He is a member of the Baptist Church, andof the Masonic fraternity, and
of the Winfield Post,G. A. R. He was the organizer of the Post, and its first Commander.

A. T. SPOTSWOOD, dealer in_groceries and reduce, was bornin Virginia, in 1836.
son of N. B. and Sarah Spotswood. Thesubject of this sketch came to Kansas in 1838, located
in Addison, were he engaged in the grocery business for two years, meeting with great suc-
cess. He then took his stock, consisting of thirty-five wagon loads, and removed to Denver
Col., where, in one year’s time, through reverses in business, he lost his entire stock together
with the accumulations of former years, He then engaged as day laborer in mining, and
subsequently secured a claim, which he worked for one year, with varied results of success
and failure. He then engaged in Jeaighine from Salt Lake City to Montana, which he fol-
lowed with success for seven years. e then located at St. Louis, and became a member of
the firm of Quinlan Bros. & Spotswood, wholesale liquor dealers and rectifiers. Had an ex-
tensive trade in thirteen Southern States. During foancial crisis of 1872, lost $105,000. He
then sold his interest to Quinlan Brothers, and engaged in the grain business for three years
In 1879, came to Winfield and established the grocery business with a capital of $3,500. The
volume of business the first year was $20,000; increased to $60,000 in 1882 with a stock of
$14,000. THis store is located on the corner of Eleventh avenue and Main street. Mr, S. was
Me, Hates tod children Miatuaeel andthe ap tte anearet Bass, of Boone County,
S i ar otswood. i
terian Church. 2 oR € is a member of the Presby-

DR. G. B, STILES, diseases of the eye a specialty, was bornin Pennsylvania. i

of Lewis and Sarah Stiles. He was educated at Plymouth and Eadson Town. In on ne
enlisted in the Seventy-seventh eg nan Illinois Volunteers, Company E. He participated
in the engagements of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, and other engagements of his command.
He was wounded at Arkansas Post, and was discharged on account of disability from injur-
ies scogitat. ee ne steae been engai ed in pe practice of his profession. He came to Kan-
sas in , and located a nfield, office on Ninth avenue, ov
ently located. Mr. Stiles is a member of theA, F&A. M. or the express office _perman-
‘ ae Y powkon | age a rene sets born in New Ham

yuthia (Bowker) Stone, natives of New Hampshire. He removed with hi -
ton, at the age of tive vee and five years later his parents came to IRinisns aad lonstet ok

Topeka, and he subsequently removed to Lyon County, and two years later removed to Cow-
Jey County, and located in Richland Township, where Mr. Stone located a claim and com-
menced improving it and making for himself a home; there he resided for twelve years, or

until he was elected ey Treasurer, in 1881. On entering upon the duties of his office.

he removed his family to Winfield. In 1862, he enlisted in Com; any I, Second Kansas Cav-
alry. Participated in the engagements of Newtonia, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove and other en-
gagementsof his command. He was wounded at Prairie Grove, and was mustered out in

August, 1865. He was married in 1870, to Miss Isabella Kelley, daughter of Norval H. and
Susan J. Kelley. Has six children—David L., born in 1872; Edgar L.,in 1873: Mabelno
: y er 7 4 , 3 Edg: sy Uh ; Mabel, in
1875; Jesse in 1876, and George, in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Stone are members of the Baptist

Church. . Mr. Stone is 2 member of the G. A. R., Winfield Post, No. 85, and of the K. of P.

He has always taken an earnest and active part in the i i i
ie has lived. part i -interest of the community in which

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T. B. TAYLOR, A, M., surgeon and physician, was born 1
Benjamin and Mary ‘Taylor. . He received his primary, education
1859-60 ee at the McKindrie University of Illinois, and also
Medical University. He commenced the practice of his profession
mained four years. In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Seventy-1 r
Volunteers, was commissioned Captain ; in 1863, received commissign as Captain of Cavalry,
which rank he held, but performed the duties of Chaplain and Siperintendent of thirteen
hospitals at Lebanon, Ky., which position he held until he wa8 compelled to resign in the
fall of 1868, on account of poor health. He was ordained clergyman of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church in 1848. He was President of the male and female College of Paris, Ill. In
1859, he resigned to take the charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church of: Quincy, Ill. In
186-, he was elected President of the Lebanon Female College. For twenty-three years, he
was engaged in the work of the ministry, during which time he practiced medicine to a
limited extent. During the last twelve years, has devoted himself exclusively to the prac-
tice of medicine. He is the author of several theological and scientific works. He read law
and was admitted to the bar in 1866; he practiced at the bar for four a but, it not being
congenial to his tastes, he abandope? it, He was married, in 1853, to Miss Thenie Capehort,
who died in 1856; he was ‘gee in 1858 to Miss Lizzie Johnson, who has borne him seven
: f whom su~2¥e—Datie, Lizzie 0., Thenie and Edward M. He is a communicant
children, four of and a I a Ha i a Fe ‘i
of the Episcopal the Mm Jay reader. He is a member of the Chicago Philosophical
Society, a me e Masonic fraternity, of the I. 0. O. F., and of the Good Templars.
2 - ON, attorney at law, was born in Boone County, Ind., in 1833, son of Jacob
and Sef ipton. He was educated in his native county, and commenced reading law in
Si as admitted to the bar in 1856,-and immediately commenced the practice of his pro-
_fssion in Lebanon, Ind. In 1862, he removed to Covington, Ind., and came to Kansas in
jee and located at Leavenworth; after two years returned to Covington, Ind. In 1881, he
located at Winfield. He has devoted his life to his profession, and has taken an active part
in the political issues of the community in which he has lived. He was candidate for Cir-
cuit Judge in 1864, and in 1880 for Supreme Judge, and in 1876 was candidate for Attorney
General, in 1882, for County Attorney of Cowley County. He married, in 1858, Miss Harriet
NN. Boyd, who has borne him four children, one of whom survives—Mary. His wife died in
nee and he was married again in 1876, to Mrs. Eliza Wilson, who has borne him one child—
aisy.
~__E.S. TORRANCE, District Judge, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1846;
son of Rev. Adam and Eliza G. Torrance. He was educated at the Washington and Jeffer-
son College, Pennsylvania; graduated in class of 1868; en| eed in teaching and reading law
in Brookfield, Mo.; was principal of the Brookfield Public Se ools for fifteen months Came
to Kansas in January, 1870, located at Emporia; finished his law course and was admitted to
the bar in September of the same year; he then removed to Winfield, opened a law office,
and was elected County Attorney in the fall of 1870, and re-elected in the fall of 1872, and
again in 1878, In 1880, was elected Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District. Is a Repub-
lican in'politics, but not a politician; has devoted his time and energies exclusively to the
Bractiee-o¢ his- profession. He was married in February, 1877, to Miss Virginia Stewart,
aughter of Jordan and Mary Ann Stewart; has three children—Virginia, born April 6,
1878; Lizzie, born October 14, 1879, and Swift, born February 6, 1881. Mr. T. is a member
of the Presbyterian Church, and of the Masonic fraternity, Adelphi Lodge, No. 110, also a
Royal Arch Mason. He entered the army at the age of sixteen, enlisted in Company G,
One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, entered as private, pro-
moted to Corporal; was mustered out at the expiration of his term of service in 1863,

E. T. TRIMBLE, Supe eden of Public Schools, was born in Pennsylvaniain 1850;
he was educated in the University at Lewisburg, Penn.; graduated in the class of 1877; has
been engaged in school work since that time; was prindpal of the Purchase Line Academ
in 1877. In the fall of that year, went to Orion, Ill., and took charge of the public schools
of that place for two years. He came to Kansas_in 1879, and in the fall of that year took
charge of the Winfield schools, in which he has since been engaged. He was married in
1878, to Miss Elizabeth Cairns, daughter of Rev. J. and Sarah Cairns. He was one of the
County Examiners of Cowley County four years. He is.a member of the Baptist Church,
and Superiniendent of the Sunday school. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also of
the A. 0. U. W., of the Select ee and of the Good Templars. '

C.S. VAN DOREN, surgeon dentist, was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., in 1821; son
of William and Nancy Van Doren. He was educated at Canajoharie, N. Y. He commenced
the study of dentistry at Hamilton, N. Y., and completed his instructions in New York
City, where he practiced for.one year. In the fall of 1850, removed: to Chicago, where he
practiced for three years. He then located at Delavan, Wis., and, after several years of very
successful practice, his health failing him, he spent some years in traveling. In the fall of
1871, he came to Kansas, and spent ashort time in Lawrence, and subsequéntly went to
Colorado, where he spent seven years. In 1878, he returned to Kansas, and located at Win-
field, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. His office is on
Ninth avenue, two doors-from the post office, He was married, in 1862,.to Miss N. A. Tubbs;
‘has one child—Pearl Van Doren, born in 1870. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church
and the A.,F.& A.M. He has given his entire ability to his profession, and has been re-
warded by attaining a high degree of workmanship. He has successfully introduced an in-
novation in the practice of dentistry by which he is able to take impressions and prepare
the plates before the teeth are extracted, and insert the new set immediately after. <
_ ISRAEL WEAKLY, farmer, Section 8, P.O. Winfield, was born in. Iinois in 1851; was
the son of Robert and Elizabeth Weakly; he remained in Illinois thirteen years, and in
1863 came to Kansas with his. parents, locating i Lawrence, where he remained five months,
at the end of which time he removed to Washington County, and in 1864 he was compelled
to leave on account of the Indians, who were very troublesome at that time. In 1865, he
returned to Kansas, re on the same farm in Washington County. Subsequently, he
moved on the farm where he now resides. He owns 160 acres of land, his principal crop
being wheat and corn. He is engaged in farming and stock-rajising, Mr. Robert Weakly
was born in Maryland in 1817; was the son of Benedict and Martha Weakly; was married
to Miss Elizabeth Small, daughter of John and Elizabeth Small, who bore him four children
—Franklin, John, Israel and Henry. ‘ ase Bd
: HOMER L. WELLS, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Perryville, Ohio, in
1839, son of James and Sarah Wells. He was educated at the Eclectic Medical College; grad-
uated in 1878; commenced his practice in 1865, at Van Wert, Ohio, where he remained for
three years; he then removed to Vandalia, Ill., practicing in that State for ten years. In
1879, came to Kansas; located at Winfield, office in Page Building, Main street, up stairs. Dr.
Wells was in the late war; enlisted in Company A, Fifty-seventh Regiment-Obio Volunteers,
in 1861; entered as private; soon after was promoted to Sergeant, and in 1863 commissioned
First Lieutenant. He participated in the engagements of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Ar-
kansas Post, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge. At Corinth, was placed in command of
his company, which position he held for six months; he was mustered out in 1865. He was
married in 1876 to Miss Henrietta Klinge; has one child—Edwin Wells. He is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the G. A. R., Winfield Post, No. 85; he is Surgeon
of the Post. He is Coroner of Cowley County; was elected in 1881.

W.R. WHITNEY, of the firm of Horning & Whitney, hardware merchants, was born
in Clinton County, Mich., in’ 1859; son of Hiram and Mary Whitney; came to Kansas in

. 1878, located at Winfield, and for two ee was engaged in the grocery business, and then
~agaged in the hardware business under the firm name of Horning, Robinson & Co. Inthe
4s¢ 1882, Mr. Robinson retired from the firm, andthe style of the firm became Horning

& joe The business has doubled since its establishment; it is situated on the east
side treet, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. They carry a stock of about $15,-
ik ae and stove sales of 1882 about $70,000. Mr. Whitney is a member of the

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ck dealer, was born in Morrow:County, Ohio, in 1837; son of Reuben

and Anna Wool? was raised in Ohio. In 1862, he diligted in Comipany U, Ninety-
sixth Regimen ‘He wolunteer Infantry. Soon after enlisting, he was prostrated with
typhoid fever. ointedthe hospital at Covington, Ky., for three months. On. his recov-

ery, he Wes he Opicers itive Steward of the Eruptive and Clay General Hospitals,
and also oe the war, whei#l Hospital at,J-ayisville, Ky. This position he held until

the close ¢ Jhere be ren{MHed about & In 1866, he came to Kansas, located at

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Cea ee and built a house, which ‘yyears. In April, 1869, he settled where

ildi ‘lt in Winfield, and be was the fingtended for a store. It was the first
Liens os TT Ae on wad Falls, for the 4 BEpOE tler. After completing his house, he
martire the Indians burned: his house, which prgetting goods, but soon after his de-
vended $500 of his seanty means to build it. . severe loss to him, as he had ex~-
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taken him in the loss of his house, was nothing daunted, but changed his purpose about
taking his goods, but with his wife and. household effects returned, reachin infield on
the 14th of August, 1869, Mrs. Wood thus being: the first white woman and bride of Win-
field. In the fall of that.year, two or three families settled here, and in the following win-
ter and spring the number was quite largely increased, and the foundation of the beautiful
and prosperous. city of Winfield was laid. On returning to Winfield, Mr. Wood immedi-
ately commenced the building of another. house, which was the second one built at this
pie. From that time he has been a resident of this place, and has been active and liberal
in striving to advance the interests of his adopted city, He is now engaged in the stock
business. He has been a member of the City Council for two years. Mrs. Wood is a na-
tive of Ohio, a daughter of James and Maria Jones. She has borne her husband two chil-
dren—Blanche and Guy C. ; ;

W.T. WRIGHT, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Fulton County, IIl., in
1834, son of William and Amelia Wright. Was edueated.in Lewistown Seminary and in
the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons, and in the Missouri Medical College of
St. Louis, graduating jn the former in 1868 and the latter in 1872. Commenced the prac-
tice of his Erolewion with Dr. Hull, of Cuba, Ill. He susequently removed to-Bushnell,
Ill, where he had an extensive practice for seventeen years, He was appointed, in 1871,
Lecturer for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Keokuk, Iowa. He held that pork
tion for five years. In 1866; attended lectures at the Bellevue Medical College of New York
City. He came to Kansas in 1879, and located in Winfield. His office is.on the corner of
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untiring devotion, and has been rewarded by an extensive practice, which extends into
the country for a radius of eight to ten miles. He was married in 1859 to Miss Lydia Wil-
son, daughter.of Palmer and Catharine Wilson. Has had six children, of whom survive
‘Charles 5, William P., Lydia A.and Louie V. Wright. Dr. W. is a. member of the Masonic
fraternity. A..F. & A. M.,a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight Templar. Also a member of
*the A. O. U. W., No. 18, and of the American Medical Association. :

GEORGE W. YOUNT, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Winfield, was born in Kentueky in
1828. Was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Yount. His parents moved to Indiana when
he was eight years old. He there engaged in farming until 1871, when he came to Kansas,
and located on the farm on which he now resides, which consists of 400 acres of land, over
half of which is under cultivation, his principal crops being wheat and corn, at which his
success has been gres\et here than in Indiana, Mr. Yount was married in 1854 to Miss
Mary Hine, who has borne him ten children—Kathren E., John W., Scott, Elva, James,
Ira M., Alice, Sarah J., Lewis and‘Charles. Mr. Yount has a very nice orchard, consisting
of 450 peach, 150‘apple, 20 plum, 12 pear, and small fruits of all kinds. He also has an ex-
tensive quarry of magnesian limestone, of which the Topeka Post Office is built. His barn
is an excellent edifice, it being built of the same stone. Mr. Yount is Treasurer of the
School Board of his district, and 2 member of the A., F. & A.M.

ARKANSAS CITY.

Arkansas City, the second city of the county, is located on the rolling
peninsula between the Arkansas and Walnut Rivers, four miles from the
south line of the county and twelve miles south of Winfield, the county
seat. It was laid out in 1870, by T. R. Wilson, H. B. and G. H.. Norton
and others. From its earliest settlement, it has had a very large In-
dian Territory trade, and grown rapidly, having in 1882 a population. of
1,356. The name finally adopted is the fourth which has been given the

lace, Adelphi,. Walnut City and Creswell having for a time been in use.
‘The branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway reached this
point on December 31, 1879, since which time the principal growth of the
city has taken place.

The first building on the town site was the log house built by G. H.
Norton and now occupied by Mrs. Gray. The second was the little frame
next OC. R: Sipes’ hardware store ; the third a frame house occupied as a

ocery by L. Goodrich. The first general store was opened in 1870 by
. H. & H. Norton, who bought a stock of goods and began business: in
their cabin. . Sipes about this-time began business as did Houghton and
McLaughlin. The first drug store was pened by Eddy & Keith; the first
hotel by R. Woolsey, who also started a livery stable. H. D. Kellogg was
the first physician, W. P. Hackney, the first attorney, and P. Beck the
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first blacksmith. In the s ring of 1870, W. M. Sleeth set up a saw mill
near where the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé depot now stands.

A post office was established at this point in April, 1870, and G. H.
Norton appointed Postmaster. At that time the office was keptin the old
log house which was the first building of the town, and is now occupied
by Mrs. Gray. Mr. Norton was succeeded by M. J. Martin, A. D. Keith,
C. M. Scott, W. B. Hughes and J. C. Topliff, the present incumbent, who
took charge of the office on December 21, 1880. It was made a money
order office in 1872, the first order being issued July 17 to A. D. Keith in
favor of Church & Co., of Topeka. The office has been of a decided-
ly migratory character, and has occupied successively the old log house,
the building now used by Bonsall as a photograph studio, the Goff &
Milton Block, the Davis building, the Goff & Milton Block a second
time, the store of Schiffbauer Brothers, the Harwood building, Chappel
& Farrar’s and _the present room, which is the first which has been the
property of the Postmaster.

The order for the incorporation of the city was issued on June 10, 1872,
by W. P. peamuelt Judge of the Thirteenth District. An election of
officers was held July 2, and resulted in the choice of A. D. Keith, Mayor;
Amos Walton, Police Judge; W. F. Benedict, H. Endicott, T. H. Mc-
Laughlin, J. I. Mitchell and George McIntire, Councilmen. Since that
election, the following Mayors have been in office: A. D. Keith, 1873; H.
O. Meigs, 1874; S..P. Channell, 1875-76, H. D. Kellogg, 1877; James Ben-
edict, 1878; J. I. Mitchell, 1879; A. J. Chappel, 1880; tt. D. Kellogg, 1881;
A. A. Newman, 1882. R. J. Pond was City Clerk in 1873, H. P. Standley
and I. H. Bonsall in 1874, and the latter to the present time. T. McIntire
was Police Judge in 1873-74-75, J. Christian, 1876-77-78-79-80; I. H. Bon-
sall, 1881-82. The councilmen of 1882 are H. D. Kellogg, O'S. Rarick,
James Benedict, V. M. Ayres and J. M. Ware.

_ The city water works were put in in the spring of 1881. Water is ob-
tained from a spring near town and pumped to a reservoir in the south
part of the city, whence it is distributed in the usual manner. A wind
mill was at first employed, but failed to give an adequate supply, and
steam pumping apparatus was procured. With the growth of the city

these works will soon require enlargement, but for the present they are
all that is needed.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

_, The first school in the place was taught by T. A. Wilson in 1871; District No. 2 put
up its first schoolhouse at a cost of $400, where Fitch & Byron are now located. The pres-
ent fine school building was erected in 1873 at a cost of $10,000. Mr. Wilson was succeeded
by Miss Lizzie Swarts, E. W. Hulse, E.R. Thompson, J. H. Sylvester, O. Phelps and A. T.
Atkinson, the present Principal. - Six departments are now taught, and the school enrollment
is over 400. The educational force consists of A. T. Atkinson, Principal; Miss J. Peterson,
Miss Margaret J. Burrows, Miss Susie Hunt, Miss Libbie Christian and Miss Anna Norton.

Methodist Episcopal Church.—Creswell Mission was organized in March, 1870, by Rev.
B. C. Swarts, a superannuate of the Central Illinois Conference. The first religious serv-
ices were conducted March 2, at the funeral of J. Polk Rogers, who died from exposure on
the Arkansas River. The first membership of the church was ten.~ In 1873, a Perec nege
was erected at a cost of $500, and January 6, 1874, the society met in J. C. McMullen’s build-
ing, and resolved to build a ¢hurch. Two days later, work was begun on the edifice; nearly
completed during 1874. The cost of this building was $3,000. Rev. John Clark was pastor
in 1874, Rev. L. F. Laverty, in 1879-82, and Rev. I. N. Morehead in 1882, The church now
has a membership of 148. A Sabbath school organized at about the same'time has an aver-
age attendance of sixty, and is in charge of Mr. James Hill. -

The United Presbyterian Church was organized in 1872, and for some time supplied by
Rev. R. J. Thompson. The first ae pastor of the society was Rev. R. S. McClanahan;
who remained until 1881, since which time there has been no pastor. The church member-
ship is now seventy-five. The brick church on Fifth avenue was built in 1874 at a cost of
$3,000. A Sabbath school was started in 1874, and now has an average attendance of sev-
enty-five. It isin abies of Dr. R. H. Reed. 2 :

The Presbyterian Church of Arkansas City was organized in March 27, 1875, by Rev. 8S.
B. Fleming, who still remains its pastor. Its first membership of twenty-nine has been
steadily added to, and the enrollment now foots up 155. The church building erected in
1874 for an Independent Congregational society, which shortly became defunct, was purchased
by the Presbyterians for $2,500, and enlarged and improved, making the total cost $4,000.

A Sabbath school was organized in 1875, and now has an average attendance of ninety -
It is in charge of M. D. Mowry. ‘ s

- he Baptist Church.—-In the fall of 1880, Mrs. Coombs and Mrs. Bird called together the
Baptists living in and near Arkansas City, but did not collect material enough to effect a
church organization. Another attempt was made in 1882, and the society organized, but its
membership is too small to support a pastor, and it has only occasional services performed
by Rev. J. Cairns, of Winfield.

Orescent Lodge, No 133, A. F. & A. M., was organized October 16, 1873, with thirteen
members and the following officers: 0. C. Smith, W. M.; E.B. Cager, 8. W.; A. K. Milton,
J. W.; C.R. Metealf,S. D.; L. McLaughlin, J. D.; C. R. Sipes Treasurer ; A. D. Keith, Sec-
retary. The lodge now has a membership of seventy-seven and the following officers: James
Ridenour, W. M.; 0.S. Rarick,S. W.; C. L, Swartz, J. W.; Charles Hutchins, §. D.; J.C.
Pickering, J. D.; F, D. Schiffbauer, Secretary; H. B. Farrar, Treasurer. The lodge meet on
the first and third Saturday of each month in Masonic Hall. This hall is one of the best in
this part of the State, and was fitted up by the fraternity at a cost of $800. This has all
been paid, and the lodge has something over $200 in the treasury.

. Bennett Chapter, No. 41, R. A. M., was organized on October 14, 1879, with a member-
ship of nine and the following officers: S. B. Chambers, H. P.; A, Newman, K.; J. C. Loomis,
Scribe. The lodge now numbers fifteen, and has the following officers: J. L. Huey, H.
Pp; A. A. Newman, K.; L. McLaughlin, Scribe; James Benedict, K. H.; James Ridenour,
P.S.: O. P. Houghton, Treasurer; W. D. Morris, Secretary. Meetings are held in Masonic
Hall on the first Wednesday on or before each full moon.

Arkansas City Lodge, No. 160, I. 0. O. F., waS organized on October 15, 1879, with ten
members and the following officers: J. H. Griffith, N.G.; F. M. Peak, V. G; C. M. McIn-
tire, $.; James Ridenour, Treasurer. The lodge now has sixty-four members and the fol-
‘lowing officers: George Russell, N. G.;*J, W. Feagins, V. G.; I. N. Adams, S.; James Ride-
nour, Treasurer. Meetings are held on Monday of each week in Masonic ‘Hall. The prop-
erty of the lodge consists of $230 in the treasury and regalia to the value of $100.

Arkansas City Lodge, No. 480 K. of H., was eee on October 15, 1877, with a mem-
bership of fifteen, and the following officers: S. P. Channell, D.; J. Benedict, V. D.; 0. P.
Houghton, A. D,; H. P. Farrar, Treasurer; E.R. Thompson, Reporter; J. L. Huey, F. R.;
T. L. Mantor, Chaplain. The order now has eighteen members, and the following officers:
J.B. Nipp, D.; J..H. Benton, V. D.; O. P. Houghton, A.D. J. L. Henry, Treasurer; J. A.
‘Loomis, Reporter; 1. H. Bonsall, IF’. R.; James Benedict, Chaplain. Meetings are held in
Masonic Hall, on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. .

Arkansas City Lodge, No. 89 A. O. U. W., was organized on January 31, 1882, with a
membership of forty-three, and the following officers: James Benedict, P. M. W.; S. Rarick,
M. W.; A. Dunn, Foreman; J. Sheedon, 0.; M.N. Sinnot, R.; W. E. Chenoweth, Treasurer;
William Blackeney, Financier. The lodge now has a mien arene of fifty-five, and the fol-
lowing officers: A. Dunn, M. W.; W. J. Gamel, Foreman ; I. H. Bonsall, 0.; M. A. Sinnot,
R.; C. R. Sipes, T.; William Blakeney, Financier. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall, on
Friday of each week. The organization has thus far had but one death.

Orowell Legion, No. 15, Select Knights, A. O. U. W., was organized on May 25, 1882,
with a membership of fourteen, and the followin officers, who are still in power: M.A.
Sinnot, S. C.; I. H. Bonsall, V. C.; 0. S. Rarick, L, C; J. G. Sheldon, Recorder; A, Dunn, R.

HISTORY OF KANSAS!’

|; H. D. Kellogg, Medifcal Examiner; W. P. Wolfe, Trustee. The present ipi
twenty. Meetings are fd on the second and fourth Fridays of weak pduthe ia Moonie
Hall. No deaths have is yet occurred among the Knights.

THE PRESS AND BUSINESS INTERESTS.

The Arkansas CityWfraveler, made its first appearance on August 24, 1870, with M. G.
Main as editor, and C. M. Scott, local. On December 15, L. B. Rolloge succeeded Mains, ‘and
September 12, 1871,C. M. Scqtt became sole proprietor. Under his management the paper
ran until March, 1878, when it passed into the hands of Dr. Hughes. In March, H. P.

_ Standley and E. Gray took the paper, and a few months later the latter retired, and the

business was continued by the senior editor, who still publishes the Zraveler. The paper
was at first a seven-column folio, but was enlarged May 25, 1881, to the nine-column form in
which it now appears. Ithas always been, Republican in politics, is issued Wednesdays, and
has scent of ae > pete? sits u aD
The Arkansas Valley Jemoorar © Lec in July, 1879, by C.M. McIntire.
later, T. M. McIntire took charge of the editorial work, the Yoander of the ee or att ear
maining its business manager and publisher. The papt~is an eight-column fo fo and, 28
its name implies, Democratic in politics. It now has a circa oF 700. Itis published ae
Tuesdays. tla Sat al ‘ ait
Cowley County Bank.—This institution was established as a Sta
tinued to run in this form until 1876, when Sleeth & Farrar bought

  

in 1872, and con-

‘ ‘i ‘| stock, and
de it a private bank. Its capital stock is $50,000, and it has besides a neat oer, |
1879, it he occupied the present bank building, on the corner, nearly opposi ene

office. " :
eswell Bank.—This is a private bank, owned by J. L. Huey, but also, in a sense,
aaa of a New York house. It began business in September, 1480, and the gun’ Jee
erected the bank building now in use, at a cost of $2,910. The bank has a capital of $20,-
nd a surplus of $4,800. |
i, “The Watbut ‘Mill is located on the Walnut River, one and one-quarter miles oe
of the city. It was built in 1872, by A. A. Newman, but has been operated since 1879 y
Searing & Mead. It is furnished with four four-foot buhr-stones, and has a capacity .
100 barrels of. flour per day. Power is furnished by an engine of 80-horse-power fae ¥
four Chase water wheels of the same rating. Steam is used when water fails. The cost o.
he mill was $20,000. ces :
; The raha ‘Mills were built in April, 1882, at a cost of $18,000. The buildings are two in
number, one 20x36 and two stories in height, and one 30x36 and three stories high. They
are furnished with four run of of buhr-stones and three sets of rolls, and have a daily capac-
ity of 150 barrels of flour. Power is furnished by the canal, which gives a head of twenty
feet, This is utilized in a 60-inch turbine wheel, the result being stated at 100-horse-power.
The Spears Mill was builtin 1882, by William Spears & Co., at a cost of $8,000. The mill
pbuilding is of stone, 36x40 feet, and has two stories and abasement. It is furnished with
four run of bubr-stones, giving a daily product of seventy-five barrels of flour. Power is
furnished by a 40-inch Leffel turbine, under a head of twenty-two feet. .
The Canal Company was organized January 12, 1881, with a cal ital of $50,000, which
was all paid in. The members of the company are James Hill, R. C. Haywood, W.M. Sleeth,
A. A. Newman and §. Matlock. The purpose of the company was to build a canal from the
Arkansas to the Walnut River, and thereby oo power for milling and other purposes. A
dam 900 feet in length was built across the Arkansas, and the canal, which runs near Arkan-
sas City, completed to the Walnut. The fall from the entrance to the mouth is twenty-two
feet, and the orse-power obtained 700. Already two mills have been erected on the canal,
and other industries will undoubtedly soon be supplied from it.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

V. M. AYRES, proprietor of the Canal Mill, was born in Connecticut in 1822, son of
William and Ann Ayres. At the age of sixteen, went with his parents to Henry County,
IIL, where he was engaged in various pursuits until 1858, when he engaged in milling until
1870. Hecame to Kansas in 1881, and built the Canal Mill, The building is 36x50 feet,
three stories with basement. It is furnished with modern improvements for flour-making.
It has five run of stone and three sets of rolls. The capacity of it is 125 barrels per day.
His mill is on the canal a short distance from the Walnut River. He is also engaged in
shipping grain and raising hogs; he has now about 500 head on hand. He was married
in 1842, to Miss Eliza T. Moore, daughter of John and Deborah Moore. His wife has borne
him seven children, six of whom survive—Mary M., A. J., Clarence M., Allen D., Annie E.
and Mabel E.. He is a member of the Regular Baptist Church. A. D., who is interested
with him in the milling business, was born in Henry County, IIL, in 1852. He was married
in 1875, to Miss Carrie C. Hagin, daughter of J. B. and Sarah Hagin. They have two chil-
dren—Rollie and Gertrude. He is a member ofthe A. 0. U. W. ‘

: E. Y. BAKER, physician and surgeon, was born in Ohio in 1845, son of John G. and
Jane Baker. Commenced the study of medicine in 1874; he practiced for four years. then
came to Kansas from Ohio in 1878; located at Eureka, where he engaged in the practice
of his profession for four years. He then removed to Arkansas City, where he is now prac-
ticing; he has already built up an extensive practice; his office is in the city drug store.
He makes chronic cases a specialty. He was married in 1865, to Miss Catharine M. Knapp,
daughter of James and Ellen Knapp, who has borne him two children—Freddie and Ellen.
He enlisted in 1861, in Company A, Sixty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteers. Pastielpetes
in the engagements of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Jackson, Vicksburg, Champion Hills,
Atlanta, Savannah, Columbia, Raleigh, and others of his command. He veteranized in
1864; he was mustered out in July, 1865; he was afflicted with heart disease from over-ex-
ertion in the army for seven years; was disabled for labor after his army life. He entered
as A ie and served two years as Sergeant. He isa member of the G. A. R., Arkansas
‘ost, No. 158.

GEORGE A. BEECHER, of the firm:of Beecher & Son, contractors and builders, was
born in Ohio in 1855, son of Peter and Elizabeth Beecher, natives of Ohio. At the age of
seven years, he went with his parents to Indiana, where they remained ten‘years. In 1871,
he removed with them to Iowa, where he learned the trade of his father, which is that of a
carpenter, and for eight years in Lowa worked with his father. In 1879, they moved to Ar-
kansas City, Kan., and established their business at this place, oe on East Central
avenue. Business has increased about thirty-three per cent since its establishment. Peter
Beecher, father of the above, and member of the firm, was married in 1854, to Miss Eliza-
beth Ridenour, They have five children, three of whom survive—George A., James F. and
mma A. Mr. gnd Mrs. Beecher are members of the Congregational Church.

JAMES BENEDICT, dealer in Sguenitural implements, was born in Salisbury, Litch-
field County, Conn., in 1834; son of Nathaniel and Polly Benedict. He was raised in his
native State, and came from there to Kansas in 1857; lotatend at Lawrence, where he re-
mained for three years engaged in farming; he then moved to Dayton, Ohio, where he en-
gaged in the hardware business until 1870, when he again came to Kansas and located at

rkansas City ; he was pare the earliest settlers of this place. He built a building on the
corner of Summit street and Center avenue, where he opened the first hardware business,
of the pee and for ten years carried on the business under the firm name of Benedict
Bros. His brother died in 1880, and he then engaged in the agricultural implement business.
located at the old stand with office on North Summit street; his business has increase
about fifty per cent since 1880. He was married in 1860, to Miss Annie Wright, daughter «
Isaac and Elizabeth eaeee The issue of this marriage has been eight children, for
whom survive, Carrie, Albert, Bertha and Ada. He is a member of the Pres’ ad
Church and of the Masonic fraternity, Royal Arch and A. 0. U. W., also Knight *foner.
He was a member of the City Council for five years, and served two terms as-°" Of the
city. /

I. H. BONSALL, U. 8. Commis:ioner, Police Judge and Justice of #4¢°s Was born
in Ohio, in 1833; he is the son of Joseph and Eliza Bonsall. He wesc in his native
State and came to Kansas in 1857. He located in Leavenworth and #° active part in
the political questions of that time. Hye Free-State man, ang nas the “ Fight-

ing Quaker.” He voted for the Topek%)n Decemb nd Wyanr onstitution, and he
‘ er Yan L q
yoted against the Lecompton Conventigife's health, went % New Orleans Lav inawoae

turned to Cincinnati, on account of 3 j
ately after Christmas, in 1859; staid 2 in New Orleans as long as a Northern man could,

i “alc, for the war, returned to Cincinnati in Jul
ae they were then mutesing their foond Regiment Obio Volunteer tia ee a
atiNee tee Pat the penn ba engaged in photographing maps at Gen C. Rose-
aa irendguattocs, ebanecte a wee engineering department of the Army of the Cum-
berland, until the close of the * n 1871, he returned to Lawrence, Kan. ; engaged in
_COWLEY COUNTY. 1599

the photograph business, and in 1872, removed to Arkansas City. He was married in 1856 Royal Arch Mason; also of the I. 0. 0. F., and the State Medical Association of Illinois
to Miss Susan M. Merrill, daughter of Parker and Olive Merrill, In. 1874, he was elected and Kansas, : ;
Justice of the Peace in Creswell Township, and has been elected each succeeding year. He JAMES HILL, contractor, was born in England in 1835, son of John and Elizabeth
was elected member of the City Council in 1874, and served four years. He was appointed Hill. He came to America at the age of twenty-one, located in Canada, where he remained
United States Commissioner for Kansas, which office he still holds. He has been Clerk of for nine years. He then spent five years in New York. In 1880, he came to Kansas; lo-
the city since 1874; was elected Police Judge in 1880, and re-elected each term since. He cated in this city in the spring of 1881. He organized the Arkansas City Water-Power
was census enumerator for Creswell Township, in 1880. In 1877, he was Commissioner for Company, of which ha is President, with a capital stock of $50,000, for the purpose of build-
Cowley County for locating a State r0ad‘from Arkansas City to Independence, Kan. Heis ing a canal from the Arkansas River to the Walnut River, a distance of two and one-half
a member of the Masonic fraternity, K. of H. and A. 0. U. W., also Select Knights. miles, The canal is fifteen feet on the bottom, five feet deep, affording 700 horse-power.
J. W, CANFIELD, carpenter and builder, was born in Nova Scotia in 1850; son of There are now two flouring mills run by this power, and another in process of construc-
Stephen and Charlotte Canfield. At the age of seventeen, he went to Barton and learned the __ tion, one with a capacity of eighty barrels per day and two of 150 each per day. The canal
trade of a carpenter, which he followed in that city until 1876, when he came to Kansas, was completed in one year from the time of commencement, The stock is all owned by
and located at Arkansas City, and established his business as builder and contractor. He five citizens of this place. He is proprietor of a large gravel bed, the gravel from which is
secured the contract for putting up the Government buildings at the Indian agencies. He used for ballasting railroads. Four thousand five hundred car-loads were nes from it
subsequently spent two years in Colorado, returning to this pines in 1882. Heis now doing last season. He was married in 1855, to Mrs. Ann Wood, who bore him one child—Martin
an extensive business, he being the largest.contractor in the city. He employs from fifteen Hill. His wife died in 1857, and in 1858 he was married to Miss Ann Upton, who died in
to twenty men. His shop is located on South Summit street. He was married, in 1878,to 1872, and in 1873 he was married to Miss Eliza Upton. He is a member of the M. E. Church
Miss Tobiatha Bowers, daughter of Ruben and Catharine Bowers, who has borne him three _and of the Masonic fraternity. .
children—Bessie, Robert and Charles Canfield. CHARLES H. HOLLAWAY, of the firm of Hollaway & Fairclo, druggists, was born
~~: . JAMES CHRISTIAN, attorney at law, was born in County Down, Ireland, September _ in Illinois in 1858, son of John M. and Melvina Hollaway. He came to Kansas from Illi-
25 1819; son of Robert and Mary Christian; came to the United States in 1834; located at nois in 1870, located at Arkansas City, and commenced business as drug clerk. In May,
sburgh, Penn. He learned the trade of saddler, and followed that business until 1880, he established his present drug house, he running it until 1882, when he formed the
1842, when he commenced the study of law in Kentucky, which he pursued until his means firm of Hollaway & Fairclo. The business is located on South Summit street. It has in-
became exhausted, and then alternated work at his trade with study until 1851, when he creased to four times its volume of the first year. They own the building, 22x50 feet, built
was admitted tothe bar. He then commenced practice in Missouri, and has made it his life- of wood. He was married in 1882, to Miss Annie Crow. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.
work, having practiced for thirty-three years. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Malinda G. T. Fairclo was born in Illinois in 1839, son of Isaiah and Hannah Fairclo. He came to
Ross, daughter of Phillip and Rebecca Ross, the issue of this marriage having been seven Kansas in 1879, located at Arkansas City, and engaged in the cattle business for two years.
children, two of whom survive—Linda and Mary R. He came to Kansas in 1854, and He then formed a partnership with Mr. Hollaway in the drug business. He was married
located at Lawrence. In 1855, he was elected the First Clerk and Recorder of Douglas _in 1878, to Miss C. L Hakes, who has borne him one child—Jay. He is a member of the
County, and was Clerk of the Probate Court. He was present on the 21st of May, 1856,at I.0.0.F, . .
the burning of the Free-State Hotel, and took an active part in the saving of the lives and T. R. HOUGHTON, harness-maker and saddler, was born in Maine in 1844, son of
property of citizens threatened by the mob. He saved the life of Senator Pomeroy, when Sewell and Mariah J. Houghton. He learned the trade of harness-making in 1868, and en-
the mob had gathered with ropes to hang him, by getting him in his office by the back door faged in that business until 1870. In 1871, he came to Kansas, and located on a farm in
and secreting him, and also that of Judge Miller, of Lawrence, who had been taken on the reswell Township. He engaged in farming until 1880, when he moved to Arkansas City,
charge of treason to South Carolina a few days previous to this. In the winter of 1856-57, and established his present business of harness-making, it amounting the first year to
he was 2 member of the first Territorial Council that met at Lecompton. He wasalawpartner about $8,000, and in 1882 to about $16,000. His shop is located on South Summit street. He
of Jim Lane from 1857 until the death of that Senator. In 1862, he was appointed by Presi- | was married in 1866, to Miss Nellie J. Newman, daughter of Liberty and Lydia Newman,
dent Lincoln as Commissary of Subsistence in the army, with rank of Captain, which position | who has borne him two children,’one of whom survives—Maud E. He is a member of the
~ he held until 1864, when he was mustered out. In 1865, he was “Eppes by President John- Presbyterian Church, and was Treasurer of School District No. 34 for two years,
son United States Attorney for Dakota Territory. He is the oldest member on the roll of J. L. HUEY, banker, was born in Pennsylvania in 1848, son of David and Eliza
the Supreme Court of Kansas, he having been-admitted to practice in that court on the 5th Huey. He was,raised in his native State, and came to Kansas in 1872, and located at
day of December, 1855, the day the court was organized. He came to Arkansas City in 1875, Arkansas City. He was employed in the Arkansas City Bank. In 1876, he was appointed
where he has since followed his law practice In 1879, his eyesight failed him, and three County Treasurer. In 1877, he opened a real estate, loan and insurance office, which busi- _
months later he became totally blind. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity Heis ness he folldwed for three years. He then established the Creswell Bank, with a capital of
one of the organizers of Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, and was its Master for three years, two of $30,900, The loans and deposits for the first year amounted to $50,000, which is increased
which they worked under a dispensation, and one year under acharter. He wasoneofthe to $190,000 in 1882. The bank is located of Summit street. Mr. Huey was married in 1875,
organizers of the Grand Lodge of Kansas. He isa Democrat in politics,andatemperance to Miss Mary E. Hawkins, daughter of Vincent and Polly A. Hawkins. He has one child,
man. e. Barritt V., born in 1876. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Masonic
HENRY ENDICOTT, proprietor of the city meat market, was born in Indiana, in 1841 fraternity, Chapter and Commandery ; also of the Knights of Honor. He was the Trus-
son of Henry C.and Jane Endicott. He enlisted in 1862in Company B, One Hundred and ~ tee of Creswell Township in 1877. When Mr. Huey came to this place, he was connected
Fifteenth Illinois Volunteers; he participated in the engagements of Chickamauga, Mission- with the United States survey in the Indian Territory.
ary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Franklin, Nashville, and others of his command, T. R. JOHNS, stock-raiser and dealer, was born in Ohio in 1845, son of John and Mary
eighteen in all; he was mustered out in 1865; returned to Illinois, where he was married to E. Johns. Was raised in his native State. Enlisted in Company i, Thirty-fourth Regi-
Miss Luverna Moyer, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Moyer, who has borne him five children, ment Ohio Volunteers in 1863. Was mustered out in August, 1864. After leaving the serv-
three of whom survive—Jacob C., Larkin and Otis; he came to Kansas in 1865; located in _ice, he located in Indiana, and engaged in the lumber business, where he remained until
Greenwood County, where he remained for four years engaged in farming and stock-raising ; 1870, when he removed to Springfield, Mo., where he remained until 1879, when he came
in 1870, he located at Arkansas City; was among the first settlers of this place; he has been _ to Kansas and engaged in the stock business. He has spent the most of his time in the
engaged in stock and meat market business since coming to this place; his market islo- Indian Territory, his family residing at this place. He owns 600 head of cattle and 2,200
cated on Summit street, between Fifth and Center avenues. Heisa member of the Method-- head of sheep. He is a member of the Stockmen’s Association. He has the contract for
ist Episcopal Church, Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. R. Arkansas City Post, No. 158. furnishing the rock for building the Indian College. He was married in 1873, to Miss
H. P. FARRAR, cashier of the Cowley County Bank, was born in Maine in 1851,son Mary E. Wright, who has borne him two children, one of whom survives—W. Laroy. He
of Byron and Mary J. Farrar; he was raised in his native State until he came to Kansas in is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Royal Arch Mason.
1872; located in Arkansas City and engaged in merchandising for two years; in 1874, he be- H. D. KELLOGG, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Warren County, Penn.,
came cashier of the Cowley County Bank and was its manager until 1876. Thebank was jn 1839. He is a son of Hiram and DeliaB. Kellogg. He enlisted in Company (, Nineteenth
established in 1872 as a stock bank with William M. Sleeth, as its Vice President. In 1875, Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and participated in the engagements of Chickamauga, Stone
Mr. Sleeth came into the bank as its President, and during that year the stock was pur- _— River and others of his command. He was wounded at iiekeurau a by gun-shot, with
chased by him and Mr. Farrar, who then made it a private bank, The business for 1874 which he was in the hospital until the close of his term of service. He was mustered out
amounted to $25,000; in 1882, to $225,000, The capital is $60,000. The bank is located on the in 1864. He then completed the study of medicine, which he had previously commenced,
northwest corner of Summit street and Fifth avenue. Mr. F. was married in 1874, to Miss and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the class of 1866-67. In 1867, he came
Celia H. Foss, daughter of James A. and Areneth L. Foss, of Portland,Me. He hastwo to Kansas and located at El Dorado, where he practiced for three years, and in 1870 moved to
children—Cora P, and Arthur H. He isa member of the Masonic fraternity and Chapter. Arkansas City. He was one of the earliest settlers of this place, and was a member of the
REV. S. B. FLEMING, Presbyterian clergyman, was born in Armstrong County, townsite company. In 1875, he purchased the drug business of Mr. Keith, which he carried
Penn,, in 1848; son of Samuel and Rebecca A. Fleming. He was educated at Princeton on in connection with his profession under the firm name of H. D. Kellogg & Co, and which
College, N. J., and graduated in the class of 1871, and at the Western Theological Seminary | was subsequently changed to Kellogg & Hoyt, and removed to Emporia, where he remained
in 1874. He commenced the work of the ministry in the same year in Kansas. He was or- a year and a half; he thea sold his interest and returned to this place and associated with
dained at Oxford, June 14, 1874; he was the first Presbyterian minister ordained in Kansas  W.D. Mowry and established the drug business, located on Summit street, between Fifth
west of the Arkansas River, and the church of Oxford was the first Presbyterian Church and Central avenues. He was married in 1870, to Miss Sarah E. Hess. The issue of this mar-
built. After one year, he accepted a call from the church in this city, to become its pastor, riage has been four children, three of whom survive—William H., Estelle L. and Harry H.
which relation he has sinee sustained ; when he commenced his labors thechurch numbered Mr. Kellogg is Mayor of the city, now serving his third term. He was Superintendent of
twenty-nine members; there have been three extensive revivals during this time, and 130 Public Instruction in Butler County for two terms, and County Clerk of that county; also,
members have been received on profession of faith. He was married in 1868 to Miss Emma = Postmaster of El Dorado and Clerk of the District Court of Butler County. He is a member
E, Guthrie, daughter of William and Margaret C. Guthrie, nativesof Pennsylvania. Theissue of the A. O. U. W., Select Knights, National Union and the G. A.-R., Arkansas City Post,
of this marriage bas been four children, three of whom survive—William S.,JamesG,and Roy No. 158.
C. He was Superintendent of Public Instruction of Sumner County in 1874, He is an ear- JOHN KROENERT, dealer in groceries, produce and stoneware, was born in Iowa, in
nest temperance worker and has been active in producing the good results that have fol- 1860 ; son of Andrew and Margaretta Kroenert He came with his parents to Kansas in
lowed the observance of prohibition ‘in this city. He organized a church in Oakland infancy, they locating at Leavenworth, where he was raised. In 1877, he came to Arkansas
Agency, Indian Territory, in 1880, of ninety members, all of whom he baptized. These City and engaged as salesman until 1880, when he established his present business. He car-
were all full blooded nee Perces Indians of Chief Joseph’s band. ® ries a full line of groceries, produce and stoneware. The business has increased about 100
T. J. GILBERT, stock-raiser, was born in Crawford County, Mo., in 1846,son of Nathan _ per cent since its establishment. Its location is on Summit street, between Fifth and Cen-
and Elizabeth Gilbert: He came from Missouri to Kansas in 1871; located at Cedar Vale in ter avenues. He owns the building, 22x60 feet, and wareroom attached. He is a member of
1872, and went into the Indian Territory and was the licensed trader at the Kaw agency for _ the German Lutheran Church and the Masonic fraternity.
nine years. In 1878, commenced in the stock business and now owns 400 head of cattle and JAMES A. LOOMIS, dentist, was born in Erie County, Penn., in 1834; son of Isaac U,
nine head of horses, He pays a lease to the Indians for range for his cattle. In1883,he and Jane Loomis. He was educated at the Lawrence University, of Appleton, Wis., and
~ located at Arkansas City.. He was married in 1876 to Miss Anna Thompson, daughter of graduated in 1858; after which he read Jaw, and was prepared for admission to practice, but
Thomas and Eliza Thompson, by whom he has two children—Anna and Thomas. In 1880, _ on account of failing health was obliged to abandon his purpose, In 1864, he commenced
his wife died, and a year later he was married to asister of the deceased, who has borne __ the practiée of dentistry. In 1874, he came to Kansasand located at Arkansas City, and ac-
him one child—Robert Gilbert. cepted the position of cashier of the Arkansas City Bank, which he held for three years,
EDWARD GRADY, lumber merchant, was born in Berkshire County, Mass., in 1843, and then resumed the practice of dentistry. The bank with which he was connected was
son of Patrick and Mary Grady. Was raised in his native State, and moved to Illinois in removed to Winfield. He was married in 1862, to Miss Elvira 8. Eaton, daughter of Rufus
1857, where he resided until 1869, when he came to Kansas and located at Ottawa, and en- P. and Sophalia Eaton. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Masonic
‘css. gaged as clerk for the L. L. & G. R. R., and assisted in opening every station on that road. fraternity ; also, of the K. of H.and the A.0.U. W. He has been a member of the City
~ \., In1871, he located in Bruno Township, Butler County, and was one of the organizers. He Council for one term.
“Btill owns the farm, on which he then located, of 160 acres, 125 of which are under cultiva- REV. H. 8. LUNDY, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, was born in Pennsylvania in
tion. He has an orchard of 200 peach and apple trees, and a variety of small fruits. In 1846; son of Ellis and Matilda Lundy. He was educated at the Dickinson Seminary, of
1872, he went to Wichita and engaged in the lumber business for McClure & Co., and remained § Williamsport, Penn. He commenced the work of the ministry in 1868. He was ordained
with them for six years. He was elected Constable in 1881. In February, 1883, came Deacon in 1872, and Elder in 1878. He was a local minister from 1868 to 1874, when he
- to Arkansas City and opened a lumber yard, located on the east side of South Summit street, joined the Central Pennsylvania Conference, where he remained until October, 1882, when
and has already an extensive business. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Mary E.Fox,daugh- he was transferred to the Southwest Kansas Conference. He located at Arkansas City. He
ter of B. H. and Martha Fox, who has borne him six children, three of whom survive—Bes- _ now has six congregations in his circuit. During his ministry, he has received about 600
sie, William E. and Chester A. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, andthe I.0.0.F. | members into the church, twenty of whom since coming to Kansas. He organized a church
and of the Encampment. ? : at Gueda Springs in April, 1883, and is now erecting a church building at that place. His
J. H. GRIFFITH, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, ministry has been marked in the blessings that have followed his labor. During the war of
in 1824; son of Belford and Elizabeth Griffith. He was educated at the Ohio University the rebellion, he enlisted in Company B, Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry, in 1864. He par-
at Athens, Ohio, and at the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, and a hydro- ticipated in the engagements of St. George Court House, Chattanooga and others of his
pathic course, under the tuition of R. F. Trall, in Cincinnati. He commenced the practice command, In July, 1 64, he was prostrated with typhoid fever, from which he did not re-
of his profession in 1849, in Illinois, where he practiced for eight years. He then went to cover sufficiently to rejoin his regiment. He was mustered out in 1865. He was married in
Towa, and after remaining six years in that State, he returned to Illinois, where he re- 1874 to Miss Lucy E. Graham, daughter of L.and M. Graham. They have had three chil-
mained for twenty years. In 1878, he came to Kansas, located at Arkansas City, and has dren—Irvin L., Grace A. and Jennie P. He isa member of the Masonic fraternity and the
since followed his profession in this place. He was married in 1844, to Miss Fidelia Hen- Io
shaw. They have had five children, three of whom survive—Charles, James W.and Emma. Y ! t
‘He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Masonic fraternity, and a = 1844; son of Timothy and Catharine McIntire.
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0. F.
G. H. McINTIRE, Deputy United States Marshal, was born in New Hampshire in
At the age of ten years, he came to Kansas
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with his parents, locating at Topeka. He was the first boy in that place. He removed with
his parents to Lyon County. He enlisted in 1862, in Company C, Eleventh Kansas Volun-
teers, and participated in the engagements of Prairie Grove, Lone Hill, Price’s raid from
the Kansas to the Arkansas Rivers, and escorted the mails from Fort Larned to Bent’s Fort;
was mustered out in August, 1865. After the war, he was éngaged in farming for two years
in Lyon County ; then in the stock business until 1870, when he came to Arkansas OF and
for two years was engaged in merchandising under the firm name of McIntire & Son,
since which time he has been engaged as an officer. He now holdsthe position of Deputy
United States Marshal; was appointed in 1880. He was elected Combs Ao and has
held that office since. He was also appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1873, and held that position
for ten years, and is now a candidate for Sheriff of this county, He was married in 1869 to
Miss Mary R. Champlin, a native of Wisconsin, who has borne him four children, three of
whom survive—George KE, Cora, Linnie and Alma. He isa member of the A. O. U. W. and
Select tS ‘

TIMOTHY McINTIRE, editor of the Democrat, was born in New Hampshire in 1819,
son of David and Mary McIntire. He was raised in his native State. In 1850, he removed
to Maine, where he remained until 1854, when he came to Kansas, and located at Topeka,
and was one of the first settlers of that place, and was-a member of the original town
association. He engaged at hie trade, which was that of:a stone mason. He assisted in
the erection of the old Constitutional Hall, the building from which Sumner dispersed
the Topeka Legislature. He was door-keeper at the Topeka Constitutional Convention.
In 1858, he removed to Lyon County, and was elected Probate Judge of that county in
1864, which office he has held for two terms. In 1870, he removed to Cowley County, and
located at Arkansas City; he was elected a member of the Legislature in 1872, In 1879,
in connection with his son, C. M. McIntire, established the Arkansas Valley Democrat, and

-is now run under the firm name of McIntire & Son. It is an eight-column paper,
Democratic in politics, and devoted to the interests of Cowley County. He was married
in- 1839, to Miss Catherine J. Hill, daughter of Henry Hill, natives-of New Hampshire.
They have four children—Betsey J., George H., A. T. and C.M. He is Justice of the
Peace, and has held that office for ten years inthe county and five years in Lyon County.
He is a member of the City Council. “He was a Free-State man, and took an active part
in the questions connected with the history of the Territory, and has ever been active
in building up the interests of the community in which he lives.

7 T. H. McLAUGHLIN, of the firm of McLaughlin Bros., grocers, was born in Maine
in 1842,son of James and Rhoda McLaughlin. He was raised: in his native State; he en-
listed in 1862 in Company K, Tenth Reginient Main Volunteers. He participated in the
engagements of Chancellorsville in 1863. He was transferred to the Twenty-ninth Regi-
ment Maine Volunteers, Company K. Took part in the engagements of Gettysburg, Win-
chester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and othersof his command. He was wounded at Cedar
Greek by a gun shot in the left leg, which caused its amputation. He was in the hospi-
tal six months; mustered out in 1865. After the war, located in Tennessee, and engaged
in merchandising, where he remained three years, after which ‘he spent two years in
Ohio, and in 1869 came to Kansas; located at Emporia, and in 1871 came to Arkansas
City; engaged in merchandising under the firm name of Houghton & McLaughlin, and
continued the business until 1880, when he sold his interest in the firm and formed a
pain with his brother, under the title of McLaughlin Bros.; business located on
ummit avenue, between Fifth and Central avenues; business increased about 50 per cent
since 1880. He was married in 1872, to Miss Mary Waldo, who .has borne him two chil-
dren—Harry and Fay. He was a member of the first City Council of Arkansas City.

R. J. MAXWELL, drageisty of the firm of Shepard ‘& Maxwell, was born in Harrison
County, Ohio, in 1854, son of Samuel E. and Nancy M. Maxwell. He was raised in his
fiative State, and came to Kansas in 1874; located at Arkansas City, and for one year en-
gaged in school teaching, after which he ehgaged for two years asa drug clerk. In 1877,

@ associated himself with Dr. Shepard, and purchased the drug business of Lewis Gar-
diner, and from that time has carried on the business. The location of the business is
on Summit street, near Central avenue. The business has increased about 500 per cent
since 1877. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Masonic fraternity.

> -G.-W. MILLER, hardware merchant, was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1846, young-
est son of Jacob and Elizabeth Miller. He was ‘raised in his native State, and there.
learned the trade of tinsmith. He enlisted in 1864 in Company H, One Hundred and
Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; participated in the engagements of his
command, and was mustered out in September, 1865, after which he returned to Ohio, where
he remained until 1866, when he removed to Jackson, Mich., where he remained one year,
after which he spent one year in Chicago, engaged in the hardware business. In 1869,
he located in Pike County, Mo., engaged in the hardware business, where, in that year,-
he was married to Miss sabeHla Thurmond, by whom he has two children—Mervin T.”
and Jocie May. In the panic of 1873, he met with severe financial reverses. In 1879, he
came to Kansas, locating at Witchta, Sedgwick County, in 1880, He removed to Arkansas
City, there engaging in the hardware business with D.8. Rose. Soon after, Mr. Rose re-
moved his stock to Winfield. Mr. Miller remained with him until 1882, when he returned
to this place, and established his present hardware business; his location is on North Sum-
mit street, between Fifth and Central avenues; his business has increased, about, 200 pee
cent since its establishment. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of theG. A. R.,
Arkansas City Post, No. 158. i + ay

EV. I. N. MOORHEAD, Methodist Episcopal‘clergyman, was born in Milton, Penn.,
in 1851, son of Rev. John and Elizabeth Moorhead. e was educated at the Kishaco-
quillas Seminary, in Mifflin County, Penn. At the age of twenty-one, commenced the work
of the ministry. He joined the Pennsylvania Central Conference. In 1874, he was or-
dained Deacon, and in 1876, Elder. He was transferred from that conference in 1880, to
the Southwest Kansas Conference. His first charge was at La Cygne;~his next ap-
pointment was at Wellington, where he remained one year. He then accepted the charge
at this place, where he has since remained. Durin iis ministry, has built two church
buildings, and organized five churches, He has filled seven changes during his ministry
of eleven years. He was married in 1877 to Miss Harriet B. Holmes, daughter of John
and Sylvina Holmes. The issue of their marriage has been three children—Mary E.,
Anna R. and John N. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. i

A. A, NEWMAN, merchant, was born in Maine, in 1843, son of A. G. and Caroline S.
Newman. Was raised in hisnativeState. He enlisted, in 1862, in Company K, Twenty-ninth ,
Regiment Maine Volunteers. Participated in the engagements of Winchester, Cedar Creek,
Fisher’s Hill, Chancelorville, and others of his command. Ho was mustered out in 1865,
after which he spent threé years in Tennessee, engaged in merchandising. In 1868, he
came to Kansas, located at Emporia, where he remained until 1872, when he removed to
‘Arkansas City, having previously established a store at that place. In 1871, his business
amounted to $12,000, and increased to $60,000 in 1882. He carries a full line of clothing
and dry goods. Business is located on the corner of Summit street and Fifth avenue.
He was married in 1869° to Miss Mary M. Houghton, daughter of Sewell and Mariah
Houghton. Has three children—Pearl, Earl G. and Albert L. He is one of the direct-
ors of the Cowley County Water-Power Company. He was President of the Cowley County
Bank from 1872 to 1875. He, in connection with Daniel Beedy, built the first’ flouring
mill in the county, in 1871. It was located on the Walnut River, near the city. Mr.
Newman soon after poughe the interest of Mr. Beedy, and operated the mill until 1879,
when he sold it to Charles H. Learing. He was Mayor of the city in 1882. He is a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church, and of the Masonic fraternity, Chapter and Commandery:

J. B. NIPP, livery and stock dealer, was born in Kentucky, in 1838, son of Robert
and Elizabeth Nipp. He enlisted, in 1861, in Sonat E, Second Kentucky Cavalry. He
participated in the ma ae a of Shiloh and others of his command. He was
wounded at Bardstown, Ky., in a cavalry charge, by a gunshot through his right
shoulder, October 4, 1862. He was disabled for six months, when he was discharged for
disability. He then recruited a company, and _was commissioned their Captain, Company
C, Fortieth Kentucky Mounted Infantry. He participated in all the engagements of
his command, holding the commission until the close of his term of service in 1864.
In 1863, he was detailed to service in the Commissary Department, where he remained
until December, 1874, when he was mustered out. He then returned to Kentucky, and

engaged in farming, stock and merchandising. In 1867, in connection with T.S. Javens,
bou; fit a passenger steamboat on the Ohio River, which they ran for two years, between
Paskersbery and Pittsburgh. In the spring of 1870, he came to Kansas, and in 1871 brought
his family, and located on a claim in Pleasant Valley Township, in Cowley County, where
he remained until 1878, when he removed to Arkansas City and engaged in the stock
business. He owns 400 head of horses and mules, and 1,300 head of ‘cattle, in company
with a partner. His stock aenee is in the Indian Territory, he renting fromthe Cher-
okees. In 1883, he opened a livery stablé in Summit street, near Stewart’s Hotel. He
works twenty-six head of horses in the livery, and is doing an extensive business. He

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

rried in 1864, to Miss Mary A. Eastham, daughter of Edward-E. and Sarah East-

nage we has borne him nine children, six of whom survive—Laura B., Robert A., Beran
R., James B., Jr. John C, and Wyard G. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
and Royal Arch Masons, also of the K. of H., and the G. A. R., Arkansas City Feel NO.
458, and Commander of the Post. He has been a member of the school board for ax
years. In 1883, he was a peiekes of Creswell Township. He is now candidate for

arer of Cowley County.

ee W PATTERSON, prepeeict the Leland Hotel, was born in Monroe County, N.Y.,
in 1849, son of A. W. and Julia Patterson.. He removed to Michigan with his parents at the
age of thirteen, He came to Kansas from Michigan in_ 1871, located at Arkansas City. En-
gaged in various pursuits until 1878, when he engaged in the livery business, and in 1883,
became proprietor of the Leland Hotel. It is located on the corner of Summit street and
Fifth avenue, building 65x80 feet, two stories, containing thirty-five rooms. | The hotel is the
pest one in the city, and is kept in first class style, and is doing an extensive business. He
was married, in 1871, to Miss Ida Godfry, daughter of E.M.and Jennie Godfry, who has

borne him three children—Nellie, Georgie and Leota. He is a member of the A. O. U. W.

A. J. PYBURN, attorney at law, was born in 1837, in Andrew County, Mo,, son of Will-
iam and Sarah Pyburn. He was educated in Savannah, Mo., and commenced reading law

in 1860, He enlisted in 1863, in Company K, Third Minnesota Infantry. Was attached to
the Seventh Army Corps, and stationed at Little Rock, Ark. He was mustered out in 1865,
and returned to Missouri, but soon after removed to Iowa, where he continued his law
studies and was admitted to the bar in 1870, at Bedford, Iowa, and there entered upon the
practice of his profession. After two years, he came to Kansas, and located at this point and
engaged in law practice from that time. In 1874, he was elected County Hera ARIE
position hé held for two years. In 1876, he was elected to the State Senate, from the dis-
trict composed of Cowley County ; served four years. He was married in 1857, to Miss Ag
nes Adams, She wasanative of Kentucky. The issue of this marriage has been five chil-
dren, four of whom survive—Luzetta, Alice, Walter and Helen. Heis a member of the
asonic fraternity. . :
a ROBERT REED, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Huntingdon. County,
Penn., September, 1832, son of Samuel and Lydia Reed. He was educated at the college.at
Allegheny City, Penn., and at the Keokuk Medical College of Iowa, in which he graduated
in the class of February 25, 1869. He commenced the practice of his profession in Fountain
Green, IIl., in the spring of 1869. Removed to Kansas the following November, and located.
in Ottawa. After one year, removed to Longton, Howard Co., now Elk County, Kan., where
he remained until May, 1878, when he removed and located in Arkansas City. He bas de-
voted himself closely to his profession, and has an extensive practice. He was married in
January, 1858, to Miss Margaret J. Watt, daughter of John and Jane Watt, of Mifflin County,
Penn., who has borne him one son—Samuel B. Reed. He is a member of the Union Presby-
terian Church, and for many years a Ruling Elder of the same. ‘ 2

0. C. R, RANDALL, atiorney at law, was born in Erie County, Penn., in 1843, son of
0. C. and Lotisa Randall; he was raised in his native State. He enlisted in 1862, in Com-
pany A, Thirteenth New York Cavalry. He participated in the battle of Gettysburg and
others of his command. He was discharged in 1864. Hethen returned to Pennsylvania,
and resumed the study of law, which he had commenced in 1861. He was admitted to the
bar in 1868, and entered upon the practice of his profession at Warsaw, Mo., where he re-
mained for four years. In 1875, he came to Kansas and located at Stockton, Rooks County,
where he remained for seven years in the law practice, during which time, he was exten-
sively known through the northwestern portion of the State, and was deservedly popular
as acriminallawyer, In 1882, he removed to Arkansas City, where he is now practicing.
He was census enumerator for Stockton Township in 1880, and was appointed Notary Pub-
lic in 1882. He was married in 1874, to Miss Rosa Wickham, daughter of Noys and Rosan
Wickham. They have three children—Josephine, Mary Lois and Charles F.

C. SCHIFFBAUR, merchant, firm of Schiffbaur Brothers, was born in Cologne, Ger-

many, in 1846. He came to the United States with his parents at the age of three years, they
locating at Cincinnati, Ohio, where they remained until 1858, when they came to Kansas,
and located at Leavenworth. In January, 1870, he went to the Indian Territory, and took
charge of the business of Durfee & Company,, which position he held for one year and a half.
Hethen accepted the position as cashier for the house of J. S. Evans & Company, where he
remained for four years. In 1876, formed a partnership with N. W. Evans & Company.
They established the first post settler store at Fort Reno. The firm was composed of N. W.
Evans & Sehiffbaur Brothers. After one year, he and his brother sold their interest in the
firm to'N. W. Evans & Company and established their present business in Arkansas City.
They carry a full line of groceries, hardware and general supplies. They are contractors
for Government supplies for the different Indian agencies. Their business is located on
Summit street, two doors from Fifth avenue. Their business has increased about seventy-
five per cent. since its establishment. They have a Government contract for building a col-
lege in the Territory, six miles from this place, to accommodate about 175 yee the build-
ing to cost $35,000, to be completed in 1883. He was married in the fall of 1878 to Miss
Mariah Chamberlain. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

C. M. SCOTT, stock dealer, was born in 1850, son of J. W. and Jane Scott. He came to
Kansas in 1869, and located at Emporia. In 1870, he came to Arkausas City ; he was among
the first settlers, there being but five or six houses in this place at that time. He brought a
printing press and newspaper stock with him, and at once established the Arkansas City
Traveler, the first paper published at this place, and the first printed in the county. He
edited.the paper for ten years, when he sold it. He is now devoting himself exclusively to
the stock business. Heownsa sheep ranch with 5,000 head of sheep, and a cattle ranch
consisting of 2,500 acres and has at present 120 head of cattle, He was appointed Post-
master of this city in 1875, and held the office for four years. He was employed for four
years by the United States Government as Indian scout in the Territory, during which time
he was in the engagements at the mouth of Cimarron River, and at Fort Arbuckle, where he
was wounded by gunshot in the leg. He was commissioned Captain of the Fifth Inde-
pendent Cavalry, known as the Kansas Guards, held that commission for four years. Heis
a member of the Masonic fraternity, Chapter and Commandery.

JAMES T. SHEPARD, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in St. Louis County, Mo., in
1833; son of Samuel and Auna Shepard. He was educated at the Des Peres College, and at the
St. Louis Medical College, where he groduated in 1859. He commenced the practice of his pro-
fession the same year, and since that time he has devoted his attention exclusively to it. After
fourteen years’ practice in Missouri, he removed to Kansas in 1873, and located at Arkansas City.
He waa married, in 1871, to.Miss Sarah B. Dixon, daughter of Benjamin and Charlotte Dixon,
who has borne him one child—deceased. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of
the Masonic fraternity, Royal Arch, and ofthe A.O. U. W. In 1879, was appointed Surgeon of
the Sixt-enth United States Infantry, special service, He was physician of the county poorhouse
in 1878-79. Ho isa member of the Sou'h Kaneas and State Medical Societies. He was a dele-
gate, in 1882-83, from the South Kansas Medical Society to the American Medical Association.

W. M. SLEETH, President of the Cowley County Bank, was born in Guernsey County
Ohio, in 1833; son of David and Margaret Sleeth. He was raised in his native State, and en-
listed, in 1861, in Company A, Seventy-eighth Ohio Regiment. He .participated in the engage-
ments of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain Atlanta, and in those of
Sherman’s march to thescn, In 1863, he was commissioned Firet Lieutenant, and was detailed Act-
ing Commissary Subsistence of the Third Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, with rank of Major.
Ho was mustered out in 1865, after which he spent one year in school teaching and then went to
Tanners end engaged in the milling business for four years. In 1869, he came to Kansas, and
ee at Emporia, and in the spring of 1870, removed to Arkansas City. He was among the
earliest settlers of that place, and a member of the original town company. He engaged in the
lumber business, and erected a steam saw-mil] the same year, which was the first saw-mill in
Cowley County, He remained in the lumber business for two years, and was then engaged in
farming and other pursuits until 1874, when he took charge of the Cowley County Bank, of
which he is now President, it being owned by Sleeth & Farrer. In 1883, he erected their present
bank building, 26x80 feet, three atories, built of prossed brick and cut stone, erected at a cost of
$12,000, located on the corner of Summit street and Fifth avenue. He was married, in 1869, to
Miss Mary M. Hutchison, daughter of Nathan and Mary Hutchison. They bave had five
children, four of whom survive—Margaret, William W., Pauline and KulaH. He is a member
of the United Presbyterian Church. He has held the office of County Commissioner for two
terms, and City and Township Treasurer for six years, and member of the City Council.

HENRY P. STANDLEY, editor and proprietor of the Arkansas City Traveler, was born at
Leamington, Warwickshire, England, in 1848. He was raised and educated in his native country,
He came to the United States in 1870, located in MorrisCounty, Kan, and engaged in farming and
other pursuits until 1872,when he came to Arkansas City and commenced the printer’s trade in the
office of the Traveler, under C. M. Scott, with whom he was associated for seven years, Mr. Scott, in
September, 1878; sold the Traveler to Dr. ‘N. Hughes, who ran it until April, 1880, when Mr.
Stanley purchased it, and became its editor and publisher. The Traveler. was the first paper
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COWLEY COUNTY.

printed in Cowley County. The first number was printed on August 26, 1870, and has been pub-
lished every week since that time. It is a nine-column paper, and has a weekly circulation of
700, It is Republican in politics, its columns belonging exclusively to the proprietor, and is
solely devoted to the interestsof Arkansas City and Cowley County. Mr, Stanley was married, in
1880, to Miss Lizzie Landis, daughter of Alexander and Delia Landis, natives of Pennsylvania.
TBey ings two children—Henry and Marian Stanley. He is a member of the Masonic
caternity. ;

0. L. SWARTS, attorney at'law, waa born in Canton, Fulton Co,, Ill, in 1853; son of B.C.
and Mary J. Swarts. He came to Kansas in 1869. At the time he arrived at this place there
was not a building here. There were afew settlers camped on the Walnut River. They were
the only ones in the southern part of the county. He engaged in farming for a few years, and
during the winters taught school. In 1878, he commenced reading law, and was admitted to the
bar in 1880. Since that time, he has devoted himself exclusively to the practice of his profession.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the Masonic fraternity.

C. G. THOMPSON, firm of Hilliard & Thompson, proprietors of the Star Livery Stable, was
born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1836; son of John and Margaret Thompson. Went with his father
to Wisconsin at the age of eight years. In 1856, he came to Kansas, arriving at Lawrence the
day after the State Hotel was burned. He engaged in farming until 1862, when he enlisted in
Company G, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteers. He participated in the engagements of
Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, the Price raid, and others of his command.
He was commissicvned Captain in 1864, and was mustered out in 1865. In 1880, he was commis-
sioned Captain of the Thirteenth Cavalry Company of Kansas. He held that commission until
188t, whén he resigned. He came to Arkaneas City in 1881, and engaged in the livery business,
which business he has followed for the last ten years; stables located on East Fifth avenue,
They keep from forty to fifty head of horses in their livery business and mail routes. They
have two mail lines—a daily to Geuda Springs, and a tri-weekly to Wellington. They also own
a livery stable at Geuda Springs, managed by his son, Frank Thompson. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity.

- JAMES C. TOPLIFF, Postmaster, was born in Boston, Mass.,in 1838; son of Samuel and
Jane Topliff. He was raised in his native State. He enlisted, in 1862, in the navy attached to
the Department of the Gulf squadron. He was commissioned, in 1862, as Assistant Paymaster.
He served two years, when he was discharged from the service on account of physical disability.
He then returned to Boston, where he remained for one year, and then spent three years in
Memphis, Tenn., engaged as Assistant Assessor in the Internal Revenue service. He then went
to Illinois, and after one year, came to Kansas, and located at Emporia. In 1872, he came to
Cowley County, and located a claim in Bolton Township, where he spent two years in farming.
In 1874, he moved to Arkansas City, and engaged in merchandising until 1880, when he was
appointed Postmaster. oa

M. B. VAWTER, surgeon-dentist, was born in Kentucky in 1857, son of David J. and
Susan B. Vawter. He was educated in his native State; he attended the dental department of
the University of Louisville, Ky.; he commenced the practice of his profession in 1876 in Ken -
tucky, where he remained for three years. He came to Kansas in 1879, located at this place; his
office is located on the corner of Summit street and Fifth avenue; devotes himself exclusively to-
his profession. He was married in 1882 to Miss Alma Dixon, daughter of B. H. Dixon. Heisa
member of the Episcopal Church and of the Masonic fraternity, also of the Independent Cham-
pion of the Red Cross. =o

W. P. WOLFE, contractor and builder, P.O Arkansas City, was born in Janesville, Wis., in

1854, and when a boy of ten years removed with parents to Buchanan County, Iowa; and when
nineteen years of age engaged in learning photography in Independence, Iowa, and in 1875 went
to Wisconsin. Was married to HattieC. Moore. They have two children—Jesse E. and Herbert
E. -In 1876, he came to Kansas and located at Arkansas City, immediately establishing himself
in carpentering and contracting business, which he is still following ; he now has the contract of
building the first Methodist Episcopal Church in Pleasant Valley. In connection with gontract-
ing. in March, 1882, he engaged himself with A. H. Harnly in the furniture business, the firm
being Enowe as Wolfe & Harnly. He is a member of the A, O. U. W., and theS. K. of the
A.O.U.W. ms :

J. M. WRIGHT, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Fulton County, IIl., in 1836, sen
of William and Amelia Wright. He was educated at the State Medical University, at Keokuk,

Iowa; graduated in 1860; commenced the practice of medicine in Illinois, In 1862, he enlisted’

in Company E, Fifteenth Regiment Iowa Vol 8, participated in the engag tof Shiloh ;
he was discharged in the fall of the same year for disability. He then resumed his-practice at
Cuba, Il!.; in 1866, moved to Iowa, where he followed his profession for eleven years, In 1877,
he came to Kansas, located in Cowley County ; in 1882, moved to this place; he has devoted him-

self exclusively to his profession ; he has a large city practice, which extends into the surround- |

ing country. He was married in 1863 to Miss May Wilson, daughter of D. P. and Sarah Wilson.
The issue of the marriage has been four children, three of whom, survive—George, Frank and
Blanche, He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of Masonic fraternity and
Royal Arch, also of the I. 0. 0. F. and of the Southwest Kansas Medical Society.

BURDEN.

Burden is the child of the railway, in a sense. Had there been no
K. C., L. &. 8. road, the town site would still be afarm, In this it resem-
bles a large portion of the newer towns of the State, the town coming to
the railway instead of the railway to the town. The principle is the same
as that of Mahomet and the mountain.
of Kansas City and sixteen east of Winfield. It was laid out in the fall of
1879 by a town company consisting of Robert F. Burden, Ford & Leonard,
O. B. Gunn and T. K. Johnson. Of this company, Burden was President,
and the town was named in his honor. The townsite proper covers eighty
acres, but the property of the town company is considerably more _exten-
sive. Twenty acres were purchased of Isaac Gatton, and 160 of Findlay
Graham. The railway was completed to this point February 1, 1880.

Immediately after the laying out of the town, settlers flocked into it,

and every available shanty within a considerable radius was hauled to’

town to do temporary duty. An old claim shanty which stood on the
town site when it was laid out was moved from the main street, and now
wears out a dishonored old age as a cow shed. ‘The tirst building erected
was the stone store of Ford & Leonard; the second, the drug store of
Hooker & Phelps (now R. R. Phelps); the third, the post office building.
The first birth in the town was that of a daughter of J. M. Hooker; the
first death, William Schooling, who was building a store, but died before
its completion ; the first wedding, J. H. Wood and Miss Smith. The first
physician was J. M. Wright ; the first attorney, 8. 8. Moore. The great
majority of the early settlers are still residents of Burden. The town has
not, as yet, been incorporated, but the matter is now being agitated, and
it will probably soon become a city of the third class.

Prior to the founding of Burden, there wasa country post office two
miles northwest of this point, known as Moscow. Here Z. W. Hogue was
Postmaster. When the town came into assured existence, Moscow was
abolished and Burden established, with E. A. Henthorn, the present offi-

‘cial, in charge. The post office was first located in a small frame building
on Main street, where it remained until removed, in 1882, to the stone
building occupied by the Hnterprise. ;

The first hostelry in the town was run by J. H. McCumber, who

moved a large house from the country and, after some alterations, opened

it to the public. The second hotel was the Hiseler House, put up by the
town company and run until 1881 by Solomon Hiseler. The Summit
House was built in 1880 by S. 8. Moore, who still runs it.

It is located 225 miles southwest-

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The town now has a population of about 400, and the following indus-
tries: General stores, 7; drug stores, 1; hardware, 1; hotels, 2; jewelry
stores, 1; agricultural implements, 3; land and loan offices, 2; lumber
yards, 1; furniture stores, 3; livery stables, 1; meat markets. 1; restaur- —
ants, 1; millinery stores, 1; billiard rooms, 1 ; blacksmiths, 2. The pro-
fessions are represented by two physicians and one attorney.

LOCAL MATTERS.

. Prior to the existence of Burden, there was a district school one mile north of the
town site. This building was moved to town in the summer of 1881. School was taught in
the school year of 1881-82, by'E. A. Millard and Miss Mattie West, and in 1882-83, by T. J.
Rood and Mrs, Mary A. Bud. One hundred and fifty-four scholars are now enrolled and
in attendance. A stone building will soon bs erected to meet the demand for more room.
This structure will have four rooms; cost about $4,000, and will be completed in the sum-
mer of 1883. . :

It is difficult to decide which of the three religious bodies of the town should be ac-
corded priority, as two of them had an organization and services at points near town long
before the railway made Burden a. possibility. Cras ae

The Methodist Church had been holding services in the district schoolhouse near town,
and moved in at an early day. Its first pastor was C. W. Commons, who remained until the
spring of 1882, when J. Q. Knight, the present incumbent, was ee A fine church
building was completed and dedicated in 1882. To this church belongs, nominally at least,
the only Sabbath-school of the town. This has an average attendance of seventy-five, an
is in charge of J. H. Phelps. : a

The Baptist Church alee had been worshiping at theschoolhouse near town. It was first
enya by Rev. Mr. Thomas, of Winfield, then by Rev, R. S. Thompson, and now by Rev.
S, P. Firestone. It has a membership of twenty. Services are held once in each month.
As yet, it has no house of worship, and occupies the school building.

he Christian Church was organized in the spring of 1882, by Rev. J. W. Shively, of
Lane, Kan., who still-officiates once a month at this point. It has a membership of about
thirty-five. Services are held in the schoolhouse.

‘Burden Lodge, No. 88, A. O. U. W., was organized on February 25, 1882, with a member-
ship of thirty-five, and the following officers who still hold place:E, A. Millard, M. W.;
E, A. Henthorn, P. M. W.; J. F. Teter, Foreman; E. Pate, Overseer; J. A. Goforth, Rec. ;
H. W. Young, F. ; J. H. Phelps, Medical Examiner. The order now numbers thirty-nine.
Meetings are held on Saturday of each week in A. O. U. W. hall. The society has never
had a death, and has property to the amount of $100. EP 7

The Enterprise was started in April, 1880, by D.O. McCray. Its form was that of a six-
column folio with a “patent outside.” In August, 1881,.McCray sold the office to Henthorn
& Floyd. Six months later the style of the firm. was changed to Henthorn '& Bro., and
in December, 1882, J. W. Henthorn, of Missouri, was associated 4s managing editor. Siuce
February, 1882, the paper has been a seven-colunin sheet, It now has a circulation of 900;
issues Thursdays, and is straight Republican in-politics. a ‘

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—sILvER CREEK TOWNSHIP.

NATHANIEL BROOKS, farmer and banker, Section 26, P.O, Burden, was born in Ten-
nessee in 1846. Isasop of John and Elizabeth Brooks. He was married in 1868 to Mies M-
H. Livingston, who has borne him eight children, of whom seven survive—Elizabeth F., Laura E.,
Lucy H., George O., Walter K., Charles H. and Hattie. He came to Kansas in the full of 1870,
and‘ located in Miami County; remaining there until the spring of 1871; subsequently, he re-
moved to the farm on which he now resides, Owns 320 acres of land, having it all under fence.
His orchard consists of 100 peach, seventy-five apple trees and a variety of small fruit. Heisa
member of the firm of Brooks Bros., bankers, they being five in number. He is Cashier of the
bank, which was established in May, 1883, with a capital of $20,000 paid up stock. The business
has started with very good prospects. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Re-
corder and District Steward of the church. i ; :

§. A. BROOKS, farmer and banker, Section 25, P.O. Burden, was born in Tennessee in’
1838. Ts a son of John and Elizabeth Brooks; waa married-in 1857 to Miss Lucy Tate, daughter

f D. N. and Mary Tate, They lave seven children, five of whom are living—John N., Edward
P., Ulysses C., Lucy E. and. Lillie M. He came to Kansas in 1883; located upon the farm on
which he now resides; owns 360 acres of land, of which he has 250 under cultivation. Mr. Brooks
is President of the Brooks Bros.’ bank, he being one of five brothers. The bank was established
in May, 1883 ; the capital is $20,000. They have also 1,300 acres of land belonging to the estate.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 2

J.A. CHAPMAN, merchant, was bornin St Joseph County, Ind., in 1843, son of Jarel and Eliza-
beth Chapman. He was married in 1873, to Miss Lucena E. Hefly, daughter of L. J. and Elsie Hefly.
He came to Kansas in 1855, located in Douglas County, where he remained until the border troubles,
when he wasobliged to leavetheState. On his retarn, he found much of his property destroyed. In
1867, he located in Miami County, where he remained until the breaking-out of the war; he enlisted
in Company A, Missouri Guards; was mustered out in 1862, then returned to Wyandotte, Kan., and
commenced the study of medicine. After pursuing the usual course, he practiced at Indepen-
dence two years, at the end of which time.he moved to Canola, remaining there two, years, where -
he pursued the practice of his professicn, and established a diug.storein connection. In 1874, he,
removed to Lazette, Cowley County; remaining there seven years, five of which he was in the
drug business, and twoin the general merchant business, In 1880, he removed to Burden and
established in the general merchant business, in which he still continues. The increase of busi-
ness is 400 per cent. He is Treasurer of Burden. . .

E. A. HENTHORN, banker, of the firm of Henthorn & Bros., Burden, Kan., was born in
Henry County, Iowa, in 1852; isason of Amosand Blizabeth Henthorn. He was married in
1874 to Miss Margaret R. Baker, daughter of John Baker, by whom he has four children, Rosa E.,
Elizabeth, Frederick A. and Arthur P. He came to Kansas in 1872 and located in Cowley County, _
eight miles northwest of Burden, where he was engaged in farming forseven years. Subse--
quently, he removed to Burden in 1879; he established the land and loan business and was ap-
pointed Postmaster, which office he still retains. In 1881, he became editor of a newspaper
styled the Burden Enterprise. In the spring of 1881, he established the Burden Bank, it being
the first one in Burden. At the age of twenty-two years, he was elected Justice of the Peace,
which ‘office he held five years. He owns 560 acres of land,-of which he has 220 under cultiva-
tion ; has five acres of orchard on one farm. He is a member of the K. of H., of the A. 0. U. W.,
of the [. 0. O. F., of the Burden Town Company, and President of the City Council.

'H, H. MANSFIELD, station agent, was born in Syracuse, N. Y., in 1862; is a son of W,
Q. and H. P. Mansfield. He spent the greater part of his life in traveling in this country
and Europe. In 1870,he came to Kansas with his parents; located at Winfield, where he
learned telegraphy. In 1882, he removed to Burden, and was then appointed station agent
of the K.C., L. & 8. K. ' He is also agent for the Adams Express Company. His father had
the first drug store in Winfield.

8. S. MOORE, land and loan agent, Burden, was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 1837,
is ason of Samuel and Hannah Moore. He was married in 1864, to Miss Elizabeth Trask
daughter of Orville and Margaret Trask, of Wauseon, Ohio; has two children—Glen D. and -
Llewellyn V. He came to Kansas in 1881, and settled on aclaim at the geographical center
of Cowley.County, where Tisdale was soon after located, covering forty acresof hisland. In
the spring of 1872, he established the land and loan business, in which he still continues,
the increase of business being 800 per cent. In 1880, he removed to Burden and built a
hotel called the Summit House, and ran it in connection with the land and loan business
until the Ist of June, 1883, when he leased the hotel for one year. He owns 640 acres of
land. In 1872, he was appointed Notary Public by Gov. Harvey; in 1876 by Gov. Osborn,
and 1880 by Gov. St. John. He was Trustee of Tisdale Township for three terms ; is at pres-
ent Director of the Burden City Schools and Township Trustee of Silver Creek Township,
and is a member of the A. 0. U. W. :

H. B. RUDE, M. D., was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1826, son of James and
Mary Rude; was married in 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Richard and Julia
Miller, who bore him five children, viz: Hannah M., Mary J., Thomas J., Elmira and
James R. He commenced the study of medicine in Iowa, and practiced five years with his.
preceptor. Graduated in class 1852-53. He has attended exclusively to the practice of his
profession ;-came to Kansas in May, 1872; located in Greenwood County, remaining there
two years, then he removed to Cowley County, where he has acquired an extensive prac-
tice. He is a member of the Christian Church, of the A., F. & A. M. and of the L 0. 0. F.

T. J. RUDE, teacher, is a native of Iowa, was born in 1856,,son of Dr. H. B. and
Elizabeth Rude. He was married in 1877, to Miss Ella Rice, daughter of Samuel and Eliza-
beth Rice, who bore him two children, viz: Elizabeth and Ella. Mrs, Rudedied in
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1880, and in 1882, he married Miss Mary J. Gentry, daughter of 8. S, and E, A. Gentry, who
he borne him one child, viz.: Nola 3B. Hecommenced his classical education in Indiana, and

nished in Hartford, Kan.; taught his first school in Cowley County in the fall of 1882. He
removed from Dexter to Burden, where he is now Principal of the Public School. The
Sehool building is a fine edifice valued at $4,500. He isa member of the Christian Church,
of the A. 0. U. W., Winfield Lodge. :

E. W. WOOLSEY, Assistant Postmaster, was born in Elmira, N. Y., in 1848, son of -

John and C. 8. Woolsey; was married in 1874, to Miss Carrie Barrie, born in Fort Atkinson,
Wis., in 1848, daughter of Thomas and L. R. Barrie, who has borne him three children, viz.:
Ada E., Alta J.and Cora L. In 1869, he removed from New York to Iowa, where he taught
school for eight years. He came to Kansas in 1877; located in Butler County, where he re-
mained two years; subsequently, he removed to Timber Creek, Cowley County. In the
apes of 1883, he removed to Burden and took charge of the post office; is also engaged in
the sheep business ; owns 600 head, with which he is having good success ; hastaught school
seven years in Kansas; is a member of the A. O. U. W., Burden Lodge, No. 88,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.—Winpsor TOWNSHIP.

_._, B. H. CLOVER, farmer, Section 9, P. 0. Cambridge, was born in Franklin County,
Ohio, in 1838, son of Henry and Mary Clover; was married on the Ist day of April, 1859 ;
has seven children, viz. Julia, Thomas H., William S., John P., Susie, Charles and I*rank.
He came to Kansas in 1870; located upon the farm on which he now resides; owns 930
acres of land, of which he has 400 acres under cultivation. His orchard consists of 1,000
peach, 200 apple trees and a variety of small fruits. He is largely interested instock, with
which he has great success. He is President of the Can bnldee Town Company. a

GEORGE COIL, M. D., was born in Warren County, Mo., in 1839, son of Jacob and

Sarah Coil; was married in 1863, to Miss Anna Gibson, who has borne him six children, viz.:
Emme, Frances, Oscar, Maggie, George and Stella. Mrs. Coil died, and in 1882, he married
‘Mrs. Louisa McCoy. He commenced the study of medicine in Pinckney, Mo., and gradu-
ated in class 1859-60, in the St. Louis Medical College. He practiced eighteen years in
Montgomery County, at the end of which time his health would not permit him to attend
to his professional duties. He came to Kansas in 1881; located at Cambridge, Cowley Coun-
ty. In February, 1882, he bought a livery stable, also 2 hardware store. The increase of
business is 25 percent. He is a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance. ;
_ . 8. M. FALL, Section 20, P.O. Cambridge, was born in Preble County,,Ohio, in 1838;
is ason of John and Anna Fall. Was married, in 1863, to Miss 8. M. Dale, daughter of
-Washington and Eliza Dale. They have had one child, Blanch, who died in March, 1880,
aged ten years. He came to Kansas in 1871, and located on the farm on which he now re-
sides. Owns 480 acres of land; has 180 acres under cultivation. His orchard consists of
300 peach, 300 apple trees, and a variety of small fruit, and is engaged in farming and
stock-raising. Feeds a large number of cattle every winter. -He is a member of the Cam-
bridge Town Company. . 4

H. F. HICKS, editor, Cambridge, was born in Knox County, Mo.; isa son of Elisha
and Sarah Hicks. Was married, October 24, 1876, to Miss Mollie A.Gollihar, daughter of
James and Catharine Gollihar. They have had four children—Myrtle E. was born July 26,
1877; Lanora, October 14, 1878; Clarence, September 1, 1880, died November 11, 1880; Belle,
August 19, 1882. He came to Kansas in 1877; located on Grouse Creek, Cowley County,
where he was engaged in farming for one year. From thence he removed to Cambridge.
In 1881, he and his brother established a newspaper, continuing one year. In September,
1882, he established the Cambridge News, in partnership with S. B, Sherman, the firm being
known as Sherman & Hicks, also the landand loan business. The increase of business since
its establishment is 150 per cent. In October, 1881, he was appointed Postmaster of Cam-
bridge, which office he still retains. Was appointed Notary Public March 3, 1883, by Gov.
Glick. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of the Royal Templars of Tem-
perance, also the Cambridge Town Company. : -

N. B. HOLDEN, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Cambridge, was born in Jefferson County,
N. Y., in 1853, son of Josiah and Sarah Holden. Was married, in 1877, to Miss Nanie Jones,
daughter of Dr. Thomas and Mary Jones. Has two children, viz.. Pearl and Grace. He
established himself in the sheep business in 1875in New Mexico. ThatState not suiting for
the business, he removed to Kansas in 1881 and located in Cowley County. -He has 3,000 head
of sheep; ships 15,000 pounds of wool yearly to the Eastern markets. He is one of the most
successful sheep dealers in this part of the country; some of them will shear thirty pounds
oe aoe ds engaged in farming; owns 160 acres of land. His principal crops are corn
and millet.

J. H. PLEASANTS, M. D., P. O. Cambridge, was born in Green County, Ky., in 1835,
son of William and Nancy Pleasants. He enlisted in 1861, in Company E, Twelfth Kansas
Volunteer Regiment. Was elected Second Lieutenant at the organization of the regiment;
afterward promoted to First Lieutenant. Was in the battle of Jenkins, Ark., and in other
engagements of his command. Was mustered out in 1865. He commenced the study of
medicine in 1860, and graduated in class of 1872-73, after which he practiced in Illinois. He
came to Kansas in 1880; located at Cambridge, Cowley County, where he now resides. He
has an extensive practice, extending overa radius of eight miles.. He has devoted himself
exclusively to the practice of his profession. He is a member of the Southern Kansas and
Kansas State Medical Societies. asa Representative of the Thirty-ninth Senatorial Dis-
trict in the Thirty-first General Assembly, 1858-59, of Illinois. Is a member of the A., F.
& A.M. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Emma Wilkinson. Has one child—Effa Pleasants.

SAMUEL B. SHERMAN, editor, Cambridge, was born in McHenry County, Ill., in
1842, Was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sherman. He was married, in 1872, to Miss
Jane Sutton, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Sutton, who has borne him three children,
viz., Emma, Charles E, and Cora M. He enlisted on August 19, 1862, in Company K, Twenty-
seventh Iowa Infantry. He was in the battles of Pleasant Hill, Fort Du Russey, Tupelo,
second Nashville, Fort Blakely, and in other enaeeaen of his Command. Was mustered
out on the 8th day of August, 1865. He came to Kansas in 1866; located in Marshall County,
where he was engaged in saw-milling. In 1871, he removed to Cowley County, Windsor
Township. . In 1881, he was appointed agent of Cambridge Station, on the K.C., T.& 8. K,
R. B., which appointment he retained until the establishment of his present business, In
1882, he, with H. F. Hicks, issued the first de styled the Cambridge News, which has

oven a success; also established in the land and loan business, In 1878, he was appointed

ustice of the Peace, and in 1879 he was elected for the same office. In 1881, he was an

ointed Notary Public by Gov. St. John, and in 1883 he was re-elected for Justice of the

eace. , In the spring of 1879, he was elected Township Trustee. He is a member of the
Royal Templars of Temperance, also of the Cambridge Town Company.

McD. STAPLETON, merchant, Cambridge, was born in Hancock County, IIl., in 1847.
Is a son of Cyrus and Margaret Stapleton. He was married, in 1877, to Miss Rebecca
Ramage, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Ramage. They have one child, Earl. Hecame
to Kansas in 1858; located in Wyandotte County, where he finished his education. In 1871,
he removed to Cambridge, Cowley County, establishing there a general merchandise
business, in which he continued until the spring of 1883, the increase of business being 50
per cent. In the spring of 1882, he bought a half interest in a general merchandise store
at Cedar Vale, which he still retains. The business is increasing very fast. He is a member
of the A.,F.& A.M. He is Secretary of the town company, he being one of the organizers
of the town. re as

. A. VAWTER, station agent, Cambridge, is a native of Indiana, and was born in 1864,
and isa son of J. W.and Louisa Vawter. He remained in Madison, Ind., until 1881. In
that year he came to Kansas and located at Vinland, Douglas County. He was there
engaged as agent for the K.C. L. & 8. K. Railroad. In 1882, he was transferred to Welling-
ton. He was subsequently appointed agent at the Cambridge station. He learned teleg-
raphy in Indiana.

UDALL.

Udall is a lively little town on the 8. C. & F. 8. Railway near the north-
west corner of the county. It was laid out in April, 1882, on thirty acres
belonging to P. W. Smith, and was named in honor of Cornelius Udall.
The first building on tue site was the store of Smith & Green; the second,
that of A. G. Mudgett. The second store was opened by David Richards.
A. G. Mudgett opened the first drug, and A. J. Werdell the first hardware
store. The post office at this point was established in October, 1879, and

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

has been held by D. C. Green and James H. Hildebrand. A good school,
with on bifennieaee of sixty, is in charge of P. W. Smith. It is held ina
building erected for district purposes in 1873, at a cost of $750.

MURDER OF SHERIFF SHENNEMAN.

On Tuesday, January 23, 1888, Sheriff Shenneman, of Cowley County,
Kan., was fatally shot at Udall Station, in the northern part of the same
county, by Charles Cobb, of Jefferson County, Kan, who had just escaped
arrest for a crime committed there by killing the Constable who attempted
to arrest him. Sheriff Shenneman had received notice from the Jef-
ferson County Sheriff of the escape of the criminal, and learning that he
was in the vicinity, had issued posters dated January 12, describing the
party, and offering a reward for information, etc. On the 15th of the
same month, a young man, mounted on a pony, came to the house of Wal-
ler Jacobus, a wealthy farmer,residing in Maple Township, and stating that
his name was George T. Smith, and that he had just come through from
Texas to Dodge City with a drove of cattle, asked for employment until
spring, when he wished to return to his home in Pennsylvania. Mr.

acobus, not having work for him at that time, he proposed to remain for
atime as a boarder. This was acceded to, and he staid a week, and was
then given work. Soon after hiring him, Mr. Jacobus saw one of the
posters of Sheriff Shenneman, which so accurately described young Smith,
as he called himself, that, taken in connection with the fact that Smith
always carried weapons, he became convinced that he was harboring a
criminal, and accordingly wrote to the Sheriff to that effect. On Tuesday
morning, January 23, Mr. Shenneman drove over to the place of Jacobus,
about twenty miles from Winfield, and by arrangement with Jacobus, was

introduced to the family, including his workman, as Dr. James, of Udall. -

The Sheriff decided at once that he had found his man, and soon after
dinner attempted to arrest him by throwing his arms around him from

behind. Cobb, however, was extremely strong and eile, and after a long ,

struggle, they both fell, when Cobb shot the Sheriff with his revolver,
inflicting two wounds, one of which proved fatal. Although so terribly
wounded, and suffering from pain and loss of blood, Sheriff Shenneman
did not relax his hold until Cobb was secured by Jacobus and a man who
had been called by his wife. The two succeeded infgetting a rope around
his neck and choking him until he gave up. Mr. Shenneman, now almost
exhausted, was laid on a bed, and his wounds examined and dressed. His
friends arrived from Winfield in the afternoon, and remained with him
until he died, on Thursday evening about 9 o’clock. On Friday morning,
his body was taken to Winfield for interment, the funeral being appointed
for the following Sunday, when it was attended by a great concourse of
people from the city and surrounding country, including the Sheriffs of all
the adjoining counties. In the meantime, Cobb had been taken to Win-
field on Tuesday afternoon, by Marshal Herrod and Sheriffs McIntire and
Taylor, and confined in the Winfield jail that night. The next afternoon
he was taken to Sedgwick County and confined in the Wichita Jail. On
Thursday morning the Sheriff of Jefferson County arrived at Wichita,
accompanied by a farmer of the same county, who had lived near Cobb,
and knew him well, and who immediately-identified him. It was deter-
mined, however, to remand him to the jail in Winfield, and on Saturday
morning he was placed in a carriage, and, in charge of four Sheriffs, was
brought to Winfield; but, on arriving at the town, it became so evident
that the prisoner would inevitably be lynched if put in the jail (the citi-
zens being wild with excitement) that the prisoner was taken from the
carriage, and taken on foot, by two of the Sheriffs, t Badger Creek
road, where, toward morning, they were enabled to get’a team, and take
their prisoner again to. Wichita, by way of Douglas, arriving Sunday.
On_the following Wednesday, January 31, Cobb was,again brought back
to Winfield by Deputy Taylor, and lodged in jail, without any signs of
violence being manifested by the citizens. Between 2 and 8 o’clock the
following morning, however, masked men entered the jail, obliging the
guard to keep silence, by the aid of loaded revolvers, and taking the pris-
oner to the K. C., L. & 8. Railroad bridge hung him to a cross-tie ; a por-
tion of the maskers keeping off the crowd which had gathered with their
revolvers. Soon after 9.0'clock, the body was cut down by direction of
Coroner Wells, taken to the court house, a jury inpaneled, witnesses
sworn, and evidence taken, but no proof elicited as to who were the lynch-
ers. On Friday afternoon the jury brought in a verdict, concluding thus :
‘‘The said jurors, upon their oaths, do say, that the said Charles Cobb came
to his death on the morning of February 1, 1883, by being hung by the
neck, from the railroad pode of the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern
Kansas Railroad across the Walnut River, in Cowle County, Kan., at.the
hands of parties unknown to the jury. Signed, T. R. Bryan, S. C. Smith,
Henry Brown, A. D. Hendricks, A. KE. Baird and J. A. Cooper.

The following brief biography of the murdered Sheriff is taken from
the Winfield Telegram :

“Albert Taylor Shenneman was born in Bridgeport, Wayne Co., Ohio,
April 10, 1846. Early in the war, when but sixteen years of age, he enlisted
in the three-months service, afterward enlisting in Company D, Seventh
Illinois Cavalry, with which he served until the close of the war. He came
to this county in the fall of 1870, and has resided in Winfield ever since.
During that time he was elected Constable once or twice,-and served a
considerable time as City Marshal. In the fall of 1879, he was elected
Sheriff of Cowley County, and re-elected again in 1881. Long before the
end of his first term, he was acknowledged to be one of the best Sheriffs
the county had ever had, and was regarded by like officers in the State as
one of the most capable and efficient officers within her borders. Possess-
ing untiring energy and courage, without fear in any form, he was a terror
to evil doers everywhere. is loss by our peopleis regarded as most
irreparable. While of opposite political faith, the Telegram can but say:

“*His valor shown upon our crests to-da

Hath taught us how to cherish such high: deeds,
-Even in the bosom of our adversary.’ ”

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COWLEY COUNTY.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—NiNNESCAH TOWNSHIP.

CAPT. A, A. JACKSON, Seeley, one of the most prominent men in Southern Kansas.
He is a native of New York and was born in Allegany County May 2, 1834; when young,
came with his parents to Bureau County, Lll., which was his home for several years. ‘When
Sumter was fired in 1861, he was omens the first to respond to the call for troops, enlisting
as a private in the Twelfth Iinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three and a half years;
among the general eoseremeny participated in were Donelson and Shiloh; at the latter
was severely wounded. Mr. J. passed the usual routine of promotions, and was honorably
mustered out as Captain of Company I, of the Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. After

the war, he engaged in cotton planting in Tennessee for a few years. In 1869, he came to °

Kansas, locating in Winfield, being among the first in that lcoality. In 1870, he was elected
Clerk of Cowley County, being the first regularly elected official in that capacity. Upon
the expiration of his term, he was re-elected, serving two full terms. He established and
operated the first furniture store in Winfield, and was otherwise associated with its
early commercial interests, For several years was engaged in the grain trade in Wichita.
When the railroad question came up before the people of Cowley County, Mr. J. was the first
to take an able and active part in furthering the matter, and to him the people are largely
indebted for securing the Santa Fé Railroad; while the road was being constructed, he was
gupeved by the company as right-of-way agent in Cowley County. Tor the past few years
he has been the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company’s agent at Seeley; is also
largely interested in handling stock, grain, etc., etc., at this point. For several months Mr.
J. resided in Butler County, at Augusta; while there he was induced to make the race for
Sheriff against Jim Thomas; as a matter of courtesy he voted for his opponent, which gave
Mr. Thomas the majority by one vote. In Winfield he held the office of Police Judge and
Justice. Mr. J. has but few peers in the West. He is a member of the Masonic order and
is a charter member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter of Winfield. Politicaily, Mr. J. is a
Democrat. He was married September 4, 1870, to Miss Nevia A. Kelsey. They have four
children by this union—Emma V., William A., Howard H. and Mabel A. They have one
ee son—Lewis T.,a promising young man. Mr. J.’s marriage license was the first is-
sued in Cowley County.

7 D. D. KELLOGG, hardware merchant, Udall, is a native of New York, and was born
in Jefferson County June 26, 1837. When twenty-one years of age, came to Illinois, and for
a number of years was engaged in farming in McLean and Livingston counties. In the
erring of 1870, came to Kansas, locating in Vernon Township, Cowley County, being amon,
the first in that locality. His estate there comprises over 400 acres of choice land. Mr. x
embarked in trade in March, 1882; he has been associated with all enterprises that furthers
the interests of the community. Mr. K. was married in Illinois to Miss Annie D. Wal-
worth, of New York. They haye four children by this union—Ora, Frank D., William D.
and Pearlie. He is a member of, the Royal Arcanum of Winfield.

H. H. MARTIN, druggist, Udall, is a native of Indiana, was born in Fayette County
October 27, 1836; was reared and educated in that State. During the war, enlisted in the
Nineteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, being a resident of Van Buren County, in that State,
at the time; was mustered in as private, and after serving eighteen months was honorably
discharged on account of disability; was mustered out as Second Lieutenant. Mr. M. came
to Kansas in 1869, locating ms Neosho County ; the autumn of 1872, came to Cowley County,
settling on Section 3 in Ninnescah Township. In January, 1882, engaged in business in
Udall; has been associated with the school and other interests of the community. Mr. M.
was married in 1860, in Iowa, to Miss Mariam E. Walker. They have five children—Annie,
Kate, ee Belle and Ella, Mr, M. is a member of the I. O. 0. F., Winfield Lodge.

‘WILLIAM B. NORMAN, Justice of the Peace and real estate agent, Udall, is a native.
of England, and was born in London March 19, 1820, came to the United States, locating in
New York State, which was his home for two years; thence to Michigan, and eventually to
Ohio, being one of the pioneers of Williams County. In 1856, he emigrated to Steele County,
Minn., being among the first settlers in that region. He was closely and prominently iden-
tified with the agricultural interests of Steele County until the autumn of 1871, when he
became a resident of Cowley County, Kan., taking up his abode in Maple Township, beipg
among the first in that locality. Mr. N. has been favorably known. In 1873, he became
Postmaster of Red Bud Post Office, that office being established through an effort on his
part. In 1879, he opened a store at Red Bud, which he operated until locating at Udall early
in 1883. Mr. N. was married in Ohio to Miss Sarah J. Duke, whose death occurred in Kan-
sas in October, 1882. They have six sons born to them—George H., Robert O., John W.,
Alfred D., JgD. and W.P.' Mr. N. is at present extensively engaged in the real estate busi-
ness in connection with being Justice of the Peace. He took the census of Maple Town-
ship, and has otherwise been officially identified. Politically, has been a Republican since
the organization of the party. .

P. WILLIS SMITH, merchant, Udall, came to this county in the summer of 1874, set-
tling on Section 8, Nennescah Township, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. The au-
tumn of 1874, he taught the first school in this district, which was organized that fall.
When the A., T. & S. F. R. R. built the branch to Winfield, Mr.S., in company with D. C.
Green, built a store on the present site of Udall, which was on his (Smith’s) land. In this
store they had the post office, Mr. D.C. Green being Postmaster. Mr. Smith attended to
the business for the railroad company. He was the first express agent, the duties of which
office he still discharges for Wells, Fargo & Co. Mr.Smith has contributed amply toward
the growth of Udall, and takes a live interest in furthering all enterprises. He is a native
of Ohio, and was born in Crawford County May 29, 1849. Was educated and reared in his
native State. He was married in Ohio, to Miss Sarah McIntyre, of Crawford County. They
have had four children—Atta R., Georgie May and Willis Floyd; one deceased, Zeuella. Mr.
S. is a member of the Masonic Order, Mulvane Lodge.

DEXTER.

The Dexter Town Company was organized by enterprising citizens of
Emporia, in July, 1870. Its incorporators were Alex. Stevens and Thomas
Manning, living in the vicinity of the place selected for the town, and _L.
W. Robinson, 6. B. Batcheller and G. W. Frederick, of Emporia. The
incorporation was not perfected. The first house erected upon the town
site was built by James McDermott, who moved into it June 25, 1871. In
September, 1870, the Dexter Post Office was established, with I. B. Todd,
Postmaster, and in March, 1871, the first mail arrived by regular carrier
from Eureka. On October 21, 1875, the Dexter Town Association was in-
corporated, and the town site was laid out into lots, blocks and streets.
It has three or four stores, a blacksmith shop, a hotel, and other business
houses, and does a good business with the surrounding farming popula-
tion. It has a water-power flouring mill and saw mill in its immediate
vicinity, on the Grouse. The post office is a money order office, and is
supplied by a daily mail from Winfield, and by tri-weekly mails from oth-
er directions. The present Postmaster is J. V. Hines.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—DEXTER TOWNSHIP.

R. E, BOOTH, farmer, P. 0. Dexter, was born in Luzerne County, Penn., in 1822, where
he was raised until seventeen years of age. From there to Indiana, and in 1859 migrated
to Kansas, locating in Allen County before Kansas was a State. There were but few settlers
in the county, but a food many Indians. Mr. Booth located a claim and remained in Allen
County until 1881. During the war, he served for a time in the Leroy Battalion, Kansas
Militia, and was out to look after Price when he made his raid into Kansas. From Allen
County he came to Cowley, and purchased a farm of 120 acres in Section 6, Town 33, Range
7, Hehas a fine farm, watered by Grouse Creek ; twenty acres of timber, fifty acres in cul-
tivation, and the place well stocked with cattle. In 1842, was married at Delphi, Ind., to
Miss Bradford. They have three children, viz.: William, Joseph and Rosabelle J. Mr.
and Mrs. Booth are members of the M. E. Church.

O. P. DARST, proprietor of Central Hotel and farmer, was born in Dayton, Ohio, in
1839. When twelve years of age, his parents emigrated to Woodford County, Ill., where he
remained until 1861, when he entered the army, serving three years in the Seventeenth
[llinois-Volunteer Infantry. Was wounded at Vicksburg. After coming out of the army,

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he returned to Woodford County and engaged in farming. In 1870, he emigrated to Cow-
ley County, Kan., and located a claim on Section 13, near the town site 0 Dexter. The
nearest railroad point at the time was Emporia, 110 miles. The survey was not made, and
the county was unorganized. Mr. Darst has a choice farm of 178 acres, 100 of which are.
under cultivation, with good fences, forty-five acres of timber, and an abundance of run-
ning water, making a fine place for stock, in which business he has been engaged the most
of the time since he settled here. In 1880, he purchased the Central, Hotel at Dexter, and
has been running it since, with success to himself and satisfaction to the traveling public.
In 1865, he was married to Miss Susan J. Clark, of Eureka, Ill. They have six children—
yer | wane Burtie, Bertha, Arthur and Robert. He is a member of Dexter Post, No.
133, G. A. R.

"ER. BRANSON, farmer and stock-dealer, P. 0. Torrance, was born in Rock County,
Wis., in 1849, When seven years of age, his parents settled in Fillmore County, Minn.
From there went to Kansas in 1858, locating in Greenwood County. In 1870, the subject of
this sketch settled in Cowley County, and located a claim on Section 31, Township 32, Range
7, before the survey was made or the county was organized. It was 110 miles to @ railroad
and sixty miles to the nearest mill. He was among the first settlers in Dexter Township.
His place is on Grouse Creek, and he put up the first house on the creek. He voted at the
first election held in the county, going twenty miles to the polls. Mr. Branson is one of the
principal stock dealers in this ‘part of the county, handling from 75 to 200 head of cattle
annually. His farm is well adapted to stock-raising, consisting of 360 acres, with plenty of
running water and eighty acres of timber ; 120 acres of pasture and 100 acres under culti-
vation, with good buildings, and within six miles of a railroad. In 1876, he was married to
Miss Eunice Maurer, of Eureka, Kan. They have four children—Fannie M., Frank, Roy
J. and Glenn W. es

CAPT, A. B. ELLIOTT, farmer and miller, P.O. Dexter, was born in Vermillion County,
IIL, in 1836, In 1847, he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Polk County, remaining there until
1856, when he emigrated to Kansas and settled in Lyon County near Emporia. It was
twenty-five miles to a post office, there were no railroads in the Territory, but there were
plenty of Indians, and for a time he was in doubt about being permitted to remain. In
1861, i served as Captain of Company B, Eleventh Kansas Militia, and was out during
Price’s raid, and to Humboldt when the city was burned, and in several other difficulties.
In 1867, he sold out and settled in Missouri, remaining there until May, 1877, when he re-
turned to Kansas and bought a farm in Cowley County, adjoining the town site of Dexter,.
consisting of 296 acres on Town 33, Range 7. This is one of the best natural stock
farms in the county, watered by Grouse Creek, which furnishes plenty of water, with
about sixty acres of timber along the stream, affording ample shelter for stock, The most. of
the land is fine bottom land—175 acres of which are in cultivation. In the fall of 1879, in
company with L. B. Bollington, built a flouring mill'on Grouse Creek, near Dexter, the |
building 24x40, with two run of buhrs, the fall being twelve feet, and furnished with a
thirty-horse-power turbine wheel. This was a benefit to the people of this vicinity, it
being the first mill of any consequence built in this part of the county, and filled a long-
felt want. In 1856, he was married to Miss Amanda Rinker, of Iowa. They have ten chil-
dren, viz.: Annie M., E. V., Clara L., R. J., A. E., 8. V., C. B., F. 0., Roscoe and Ettie.

JOSEPH FURMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Dexter, was born in Huron County,
Ohio, in 1821, and was raised in Richland and Portage Counties until he was twenty-five
years of age. He then emigrated to Warren County, Iowa, and remained in Warren and
Pope Counties until 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Cowley County before
the survey, and made a claim near the town site of Dexter, on Section 7, Town 33,
Range 7. He has a choice farm of 156 acres, watered by Grouse and Plumb Creeks, and
is one of the best improved in the township, allin cultivation except ten acres of timber
and five acres of orchard. It has one and a half miles of hedge, a fine stone barn, 36x46,
and a large stone house, 15x36, with an ell the same size. Whenthe Dexter Town Com-
pany was organized, he became a member, and owned the land on which a portion of
the town was laid out. Mr. Furman has been engaged in the stock business the most

- of the time since he has been in the State. In 1841, he was married to Miss D. Shaw.

They had one daughter, Julia A. He was married again in 1854, to Miss Sophronia Shaw.
In 1876, he was married to Mrs. Frances Gooding, of Dexter, Kan, Her maiden name
was Frances Cann. ‘She was born in Warren County, Ohio, and lived there until twenty-
four years of age, then in Indiana, and in 1868 was married to George M. Gooding. In
1868, her husband died, and in 1871, she emigrated to Kansas, and ‘located a claim in
Cowley County, on Section 24, Town 33, Range 6. She was one of the pioneers of Cowley
County. and when she took her claim was 110 miles froma railroad. She had the claim
partly smproved and sold it.

G. M. HAWKINS, M. D., was born in Newton County, N. C., in 1837. When six
years of age, his parents located in Clinton County, Penn. In 1849, he went to: Massachu-
setts and took an academic course at Brighton College, finishing the course and graduat-
ing at Barton College, Me., in 1854. He then took’ up the study of medicine at Portland,
Me., and after reading there eighteen months he went to New York City and finished his
course, and graduated at the Medical University of New York, in March, 1857, He then
spent one year in the hospitals at Blackwells Island, and from there to Pennsylvania. In
1861, he enlisted in the Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving three months,
after which he re-enlisted in the Tenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, scrving until the second
Bull. Run, when he was wounded. Receiving a commission as Surgeon, he remained in
the hospital three months and was discharged. In 1864, he went West and located at
Minneapolis, Minn., remaining there one year; then for nearly two years he was travel-
ing through the West, and in 1867 located at Le Sueur, Minn. In 1871, he emigrated to
Kansas, ean in Wilson County. After remaining there one year he settled in Cowley
County and made a claim on Grouse Creek, three miles from Dexter, which he improved,
remaining on the place four years. He then located at Dexter and resumed the practice of
medicine, and is one of the leading physicians in the county. In 1870, he was married to
Susan E. Kulp, of Wilson County, Kan. They have four children, viz.: Jennie, Ada, Clara
and Harry. The Doctor is a member of the Kansas State Medical Society and of the G. A. R.,
Post No. 133, of Dexter. :

FOSTER E. HAWORTH, farmer, P. O. Dexter, was born in Polk County, Jowa , 1849,
living there until about 1852, thence to Dallas County, remaining there until 1857, when he
migrated to Kansas with his father, Dillon Howorth, who located in Lyon County, remain-
ing there until 1860, when they returned to Cass County, Iowa, and remained there
until 1870, when he again came to Kansas and located in Cowley County, and made a

‘b Creek in Section 32, Town 33,Range 7; was among the early settlers, and
when he lo@@gd was about 110 miles from arailroad, sixty-five from a mill. He remained
on his place which he had partly improved until his death, which occurred in 1876. He
was a native of Ohio and was born in 1816; was married in Vermillion County, IIl., to
Miss Nancy Elliott, in 1841. Since his father’s death, the subject of this sketch has car-
ried on the farm, and added improvements each year ; the place is a number one stock farm,
with plenty of water and timber, thirty-five acres of which are fenced, fifty acres in cultiva-
tion, a good orchard and other improvements. In 1880. married Miss Gardner, of Cow-
ley County. They had oneson, Stephen D.

J. V. HINES, Postmaster, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1833. In 1835, his
parents located at Logansport, Ind., and remained there until 1848, thence back to Ohio,
where the subject of this sketch remained until 1861; then enlisted in the Twelfth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, serving three months. September, 1861, he re-enlisted in the Second
Ohio Infantry, and was discharged in April, 1865. At the battle of Chickamauga, Septem-
ber, 1863, he was taken prisoner and confined at Richmond, Va., for about three months,
thence to Danville, and from there to Andersonville, and the following September he was
taken to Charleston, and from there to Florence. He was a prisoner of war about
eighteen months, and was nearly starved, the food being corn meal, ground cob, and a
little rusty bacon, the fare reducing his weight, from 155 pounds to 110. After he came out
of the army, he remained in Ohio five years, and in 1871 emigrated to Cowley County,
Kan., and made aclaim on Section 18, Town 33, Range 7, He was one among the early set-
tlers, and after ee his place and remaining there four years, located in Dexter and
engaged in the hotel and livery business, after which he engaged in the real estate and loan
business. In 1879, he was appointed Postmaster in Dexter, and has carried on a real estate,
loan and insurance business in connection. In 1867, he was married to Rachel McKinnie,
of Galesburg, Ill. They have one son, James Mc. Mr, Hines is a member of Dexter Post,
No. 133, G. A. R., Dexter Lodge, No. 156, A., F. & A. M., and Winfield Chapter.

R. HITE, merchant, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1834, In 1841, his parents
emigrated to Marion County, Ill., where he remained until 1867, when he emigrated to Kan-
sas, stopping the first year in Iola, Allen County; from there he wentto Wilson County
and located a claim there. The county was unorganized, and he took an active part in
press schools established, and was instrumental in organizing the first school district;
aid out the first cemetery. In the fall of 1870, located a claim in Crab Creek, Cowley County,
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vad the following spring moved his family on tothe place. There was but, one family on
he creek, and it was 110 miles from a railroad, while all his supplies were freighted that dis-
ance. Mr. Hite remained on_his place until i878, and had it in a.good state of cultivation
ut that time: he then sr lapededt of eighty acres of the place and located at Dexter, where he
¢ngaged in the mercantile business, in which he has been very successful, increasing his
‘rade 100 per cent in five years, Mr. Hite is a good business man and has ‘the most exten-
sive business in the. place, and takes a great interest in the. welfare of Dexter. In} 1862,
was married to Miss Amy E.McColm. They’ have four children—Estella, Lucy, John C.
and’ Kate. Is a member of Dexter Lodge, No..156, A., F. & A. M.

' D. A. MERYDITH, farmer, P, 0. Dexter,.was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1839.
In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three
years and eleven months; was in thirty-one large battles, the following being the principal
ones: Chickamauga, South Mountain, Mission. Ridge, Winchester, Cedar Creek, etc., etc. ,
In July, 1865, he was mustered out, and soon after. emigrated to Iowa, where he remained
until the spring of 1871; thence to Kansas and purchased a saw mill near Dexter, Cowley
County, arid was anand in lumbering for two years; he then engaged in farming, buyin
a farm of 160 acres on Section 24, Town 33, Range 7; also owns ninety acres on Section 14,
the same town ; has'a good farm; the home place has a fine spring, and the other farm is
watered by Grouse Creek. His place is under a fine state of cultivation; has a good orchard
and adjoins the town site of Dexter; for a number of years has heen engaged in handling
stock: served three terms as Township Clerk. In 1868, he was marie’ oi Miss Sabrina
Smith, of Lake City, lowa. They have four children—Metta, Nellie, W. A. and Augusta.
Mr: and Mrs. M. are members of the Methodist Episcopal-Church. R “ ‘
_ CAPT. C. W. RIDGWAY, farmer and stock-dealer, P. 0. Dexter, was born in Wash-
ington County, Ohio, in 1829, and for a number of years before the rebellion was engaged
extensively in the mercantile business, In 1862, he gave up his business and raised a com-
pany, of which he became Captain, and joined the One Hundred andSixteenth Ohio Volun-
teer infantry paying his men a bounty of $2,600 out of his own private funds, At the end
of one year, he was obliged to resign on account of disability, but sent_a substitute in his
place. After coming out of the army, he engaged in the mercantilé business until 1869,
when. he sold out and emigrated io Kansas, and for a short time was located in Douglas
County. In September, 1870, he located a claim on Crab Creek, in Cowley County, before
the survey was made, and drew his provisions from pooper 110 miles, the nearest railroad
point; was sixty-five miles to mill, and when he located is claim there were but two men
on the creek. My Bidywmy hess fine stock farm of 240 acres in Section 31, Township 33,
Range 7, with an abundance of running water, plenty of timber for shelter, 100 acres fenced,
130 acres under ‘cultivation, three acres of orchard, good buildings and handy to market.
He is one of the principal stock men in the county, handling from $7,000. to $10,000 worth
annually, and isa successful business man. In 1852, he was married to Miss C. M, Merydith,
of Monroe County, Ohio, They have seven children—Amelia J., Permelia, Emma L., C. W.,
F.8., Caroline M. and Add Lee. He is a member of Dexter Lodge, No. 156, A., F. & A. M.,
and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

“. A. J. TRUESDELL, merchant, was born in Tioga County, N. Y., in,1838, where he lived
until 1857, when he went to the Odana Mission, Lake ‘Superior, Teneniine, there eighteen
months; from there he went to Olmstead, Minn, and pre-empted a piece of land while the
country was new. In December, 1862, he enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteer Infan-
try, serving until November 28, 1863, He was in a good many hard battles, the following
being the principal ones: “Siege of Yorktown, West Point, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Rich-
mond, White Oak Ridge, Malvern Hill, South Mountain. and many others, and while in a
slight engagement in Maryland lost two fingers by a-gunshot. After coming out of the
army, he returned to Minnesota, and took a homestead-in Martin County. ~At the end of
two years, eogeset in the mercantile business at Elgin, Wabasha County; was there until
about-1868, when he returned to his, old home, Quincey, Olmstead County, and remained
there until 1871; thence to Kansas, locating in Cowley County, locating a claim in Tisdale
Township; was one of the very early settlers in that township, and put upthe second house
in that part of the oanty drawing the lumber for building nearly 100 miles. In 1873, got
up a-petition and succeeded in getting the township of Liberty established, taking a part of
Dexter and Tisdale Townships, In 1877, sold out and engaged in the hardware business at
Dexter ; soon after added groceries, and has built up a nice trade, the business in“1882 be-
ing 50 per cent greater than in 1879. The subject ofthis sketch is very popular, and being
a good business man is sure to retain his present trade. In 1863, he was married to So-
Pr L, Darling, of Quincy, Minn. They have three children—Charles A., Mattie S. and
allie N, : se
G. P. WAGNER, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio,
in 1845, where he lived until thirteen gone of age, thence to Sangamon County, ii, In
1862, enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixth Lllinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three years
as a fifer in Company A. Soon after coming out of the army, he located at Chamois,
Osage Co., Mo., and began reading medicine, finishing his course at the St. Louis Medical Col-
lege in‘1867, and engaged in the practice of medicine in Osage County, remaining there
until 1870, when he emigrated to Kansas, eure Dexter, Cowley County, and has been
practiciig medicine here continuously since. on after, he madeaclaim on Section 6,
‘ownship 33, Range 7, and for a short time was located on this place and had it improved.
In 1871, was elected Coroner of Cowley County. . The Doctor has built up a fine practice, and
has been eat successful with his patients. 1873, he was married to Miss Florence A.
Graham, of Dexter. They have’four children—Clara M., Annie.J., Frank’R. and an infant.
The Doctor is a member of Dexter Post, No. 183, G. A. R., and amember of the South Kan-
sas Medical Society. r

TISDALE. *

Tisdale has three stores and other buildings, and did a flourishing
trade with the surrounding country until the spring of 1880, since which
time, the railroad having been built some four miles north of it, much of
its former trade goes to the railroad stations, and its business is not so
good. It has a daily mail and excellent facilities, and will, some time, be.
one of the pleasantest villages of the county.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—tispa_e TOWNSHIP.

L. S. DOWNS, M. D., New Salem, was born in Ohio in 1857, son of John and Mary
Downs; his parents moved to Illinois, when he was but a baby, where he spent the greater part
of his life. r. Downs was educated.in the Columbia College, Missouri, and in the Cincinnati
Eclectic Medical Institute. Hecame to Kansas on the ist day of February, in 1883, and located
in Winfield, where he commence) the practice of his profession; subsequently’ he located where
he now resides ; his practice is extensive in Tisdale Townsbip. . i i

R. D. FLUKE, merchant, Tisdale, was born in Marion County, Ill., in 1859. . He was
the son of Levi and Ruhama Fluke. In 1870, he came to Kansas with his parents, and located
in Cowley County, where he was engaged in farming until 1880; in that year he established his

resent place of business, which has since that time increased 500 per cent. He now has the
largest general mercantile store east of Winfield. He is Postmaster of Tisdale, and was ap-
pointed in 1881. *

WILLIAM A. IRWIN, physician, New Salem, was born in Pennsylvania in 1837; was
the son of William and Margaret Irwin; was married in 1866 to Miss Minnie M. Zwick, datigh-
ter of George and Dency Zwick, who bore him two children—William A, and Minnie Irwin;
his wife died in 1875, and in the fall of 1878 he married Mis. Maggie J. Graham, daughter of
Joseph and Eliza Graham, who bore him two children—Arthur J..and Nellie B. He came to
Kansas in 1876, and located in’ Cherokee, remaining there one year, then he moved to Floral,
Cowley County; subsequently he removed to where he now resides. He is engaged in the prac-
tice of medicine; is Postmaster of New Salem; was appointed.as such in 1880, He was in the
war of the rebellion: enlisted in 1861, in the First Michigan Infantry, Company E; was in the
battle of Bull Run; he re-enlisted in the same year, in the First Michigan Cavalry, Company K;
was in all the battles of the Potomiac, and in other engagements of his command; he was pro-
inoted to Major, and was mustered out in 1865. He is.a member of the A. O. U. W., of the I.
O. O. F., and of the A., F. & A, M.
, . . ‘LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.

JOHN McKEF, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Dexter, was born in Ohio in 1824, and while
yet in boyhood, removed with his parents to Indiana, where he resided for thirty-five years,
and in 1864 removed.to, Crawford County, Ill., and engaged in farming. In February, 1862, he
enlisted in Company B, Fifty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and participated with the
regiment in active service, being at the attack on Fort Donelson, etc., and was mustered out.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

February, 1863, owing to disability. April 4, 1844,: he married Miss Lucinda E, Alexander,

who has borne him nine children, only four of whom survive, two girls and two boys. Mr.

in-this county, and in 1881 see to se present lo-
i i i ivati i inci i th an average
i e has eighty acres under cultivation, his principal crop being corn, wi r
yield of daeive Bustidls pet acre. He has ahended: strictly to the business of the farm since
is residence here. His son James M. is Clerk of the School Board of his district.

McKee came to- Kansas in 1877, locatin

OTTER TOWNSHIP.

mers, P.O: Cedar Vale. James W. Aley was born in Washipgton
Gui tae ae Me came to Missouri ieee and remained there till 1870; ee
brother was emigrating, he met him in Missouri, and they came to. Kansas and settled together,
lo ating in Cowley County, and made a claim on Section 32 Township 33, Range 8 east, some
ninet ave miles from a railroad point; there were but very few settlers in this partef the equney
and there were no improvements in sight, He and his brother put up the first house on_ Cc “A
Creek, as far north and west as their claims. _ They have’ a fine farm well pcagld 3 a
raising. ‘The greater part of the place, consisting of 240 acres, 1S lying in the valley of Cedar
Creek, and watered by that stream, with an abundance of, timber -for shelter ; 140 aces a in =
high state of cultivatipn; 160 acres inclosed with gdod fences and five acres of orchard, good
buildings, ahd the place stocked with about fifty head of cattle, and they do quite a business in
feeding cattle for market. H.-Aley was born in Washington County, Ind., in 1846, - rs
raised in that county, and in May, 1864 enlisted in the One Hundred and ‘Thirty-seventh In rane
Volunteer Infantry, Company C. serving five months.; he re-enlisted in jarery 1865, ao 7 e
One Hundred and Forty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served twelve months. He : as
served several terms as Township Trustee and other township offices. Was married in Octo! ot
1876, to Miss Alice Conklin, of Chautauqua County ; they have two children—Edwin B. and
Mattie, He is a member of Cedar Vale Post, 99, G. A. R., and a member of I. O. O. F., o

dar Vale, No. 151. : a, ; :
- ROBERT McCOMBS, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Dexter, was born in Belfast, Ireland, in
1847, and when a boy removed with his parents to this county, and settling in Massacl pe oa
where his father and subsequently himself was employed in the cotton mills. He remaine:
until 1878, when, losing his wife by death, he came West, and after porise through several States
finally located upon his present farm of 160 acres, about sixty of which are under cultivation,
His intention is to go extensively into sheep raising and wool growing. He has a well watered
farm, well adapted for that-business. He is unmarried, and is assisted by his son Alexander in
the management of the farm, etc.
CEDAR TOWNSHIP,

CAPT. N. W. DRESIE, farmer, P. O, Otto, was born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1837; ‘when
eight years of age, his parents came West as far as Michigan. The subject of this sketch re-
mained there until 1856, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Nemaha County, among the
pioneers ; during the border-troubles he served in the militia, which was raised to suppress the
border ruffians. In ‘1862, he enlisted in the Eighth Kansas Infantry, serving three years, and
during the siege of Atlanta lost his’ left arm; he was then commissioned Captain of a company
in the Twenty-second Militia, and served until the end of the war. He then returned to
Nemaha County, and remained there until 1867; thence to Wabaunsee Canty, and remained
there until 1874, when he sold out and returned to Michigan, and remained there five years,
and in 1879 came back to Kansas, locating in Cowley County, and bought a farm on Section 16,
Township 34, Range 7, consisting of 160acres which he has improved, this making the fourth
farm he has:improved in the State with only one arm to work with. In 1861, he was united in
marriage with Miss Helen Ensign, of Centralia, Nemaha County, Kan. They have one daugh-
ter—Hattie. He isa member of Dexter Post, No. 305 G. ALR. 7

WILLIAM DORAN, farmer, Seetions 31 and 32, P. O. Otto, is a native of Jefferson
County, N. Y., where his father, James Doran, was one of the early settlers, and has always been
afarmer. He was married in 1866 to Miss Esther Ritchie, who has borne him seven children,
three of whom, Witliam H,, Walter A. and Etta, now survive. Soon after his marriage he re-
moved.to St. Clair County, Mich., and engaged in farming there till 1876, when he went to
Colorado and engaged: in mining till the spring of 1878, when he located upon his present home-~
stead. He has 320 acres, part of which is devoted to grazing, he carrying from eighty to too
head of cattle, hogs, etc.; his surplus corn crop being used for winter feed. - His barns are com-
modious and there is a large windmill,power well upon the premises. .

J. HENSHAW, farmer, Section 26¢P. O. Otto, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1833,
and is of English descent, and in 1852 removed to California, where he remained Several years,
and upon his return ‘in 1859, married Miss B, Monck, and cnet in mercantile pursuits until
breaking-out of the war, when he disposed of his business and removed to Missouri, and in Sep-
tember, 1862, enlisted in Compan G Ninth Missouri Volunteew Mifantry, and ‘served with his
regiment in all its engagements till August, 1865, when he was mustered out. He soon after en-
gaged in business in Westport, removing to Kansas in 1871, and locating upon a farm in Deni-
phan County, and in 1878 located upon his‘present home. He has one son, G. W., who is mar-
ried and residing upon a farm in Liberty Township, this county. Mr. Henshaw has a well
cultivated farm and well shaded, by 1,200 to 1,500 forest trees. He is a member of Winfield Post,
G. A. R., and also of the M. E. Church. .

~: JACOB SMITH, farmer, P. O. Cedar Vale, was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1841. He
located in St, Clair County, in; and lived there and in Monroe County, until 1869, when he
emigrated to Kansas, locating in Montgomery County, and took a claim there before the Gov-
ernment had secured the land from the Indians. e had to go to Missouri for all provisions,
200 miles distant ; after remaining Shere nearly three years, returned to. Illinois, but only re-
mained there a short time, when he came back to Kansas, and located in Cowley County, and
entered 160 acres of land on the Cherokee Strip, on Section 6, Township 35, Range 8 His
place is situated on Rock Creek; has 120 acres ced seventy-five acres under cultivation,
two acres of orchard, has good buildings, twenty acres of timber, plenty of water for stock and
has the place stocked with about 100 head of cattle, and from seventy-five to 100 head of hogs.
Mr. Smith has been successful in his business and is one of the best farmers in this township.
He has served one term as Trustee, and several terms as Treasurer of Cedar Township. In
Sip he was married in Cowley County, to Miss Catherine Gallagher, They have two children
—Mary and-Anthony. Was raised in the Roman Catholic faith.

SPRING CREEK TOWNSHIP.

HIRAM BLENDON, farmer, Scction 10, P. O. Map!e City, was born in Columbiana
County, Ohio, and when he was an infant, his parents removed to Tilinois, and thence, in 1860,
to Iowa, In 1866, he was married to Mrs. Hunt, see Inman, a widow with one son, Isaac T.
Mrs. Blendon has borne him four children, two of whom survive, viz.: Fannie M.and Alon.
His farm of 160 acres contains forty-five under cultivation, corn and millet being his principal
crops. He has given most attention to cattléand sheep raising, having 300 of the latter, Bis
orchard contains 1,000 peach, seventy-five apple trees, berries, etc, is large stone residence
and outbuildings are with contents insured. Mr. Blendon is one of the pioneer settlérs ; he was
here prior to the organization of the township, and veted at the first election.

a COLLIER, farmer, Section 3B P. O. Maple City, was born in Sheffield, England, in
1850, and when a boy removed with his father to Pittsburgh, Penn., and was there employed for
several years in one of the large rolling mills ; but his heh failing, he went to Kentucky, and
thence to his present farm in 1876. He was married in 1873 to Miss E. P. Brigham, a native of
Pennsylvania, and has two children—William and John. is farm of 160 acres contains eighty
in cultivation, corn, wheat and oats, and there is also a young orchard of about 500 assorted
trees. His residence and barns are insured, and the farm is well watered by springs. He has
been on the School Board as Clerk, and is a member of the M. E. Church, and takes a warm
interest in the welfare of his adopted State. ; :
; GEORGE EATON, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Maple City, was born in Ontario, Canada,
in 1839,and when a child;came to this country with his papier settled in Marion County, Mo.
in 1843, and in 1845 removed to Jackson County, Mo., where his father died in 1849, of ¢ olera:
he remained with his mother until 1859, engaged in farming; he went to the Pike's Peak country
in Colorado, and returned home in 1859, and remained until 1861, and then returned to Colorado,
and was engaged in the business of Government transportation and remained in that business
until 1867; then returning home he remained there until 1869, when he started for Southwestern
Kansas, and settled on his farm of 305 acres where he now lives ; engaged in farming and stock-
raising ; not finding wheat a remunerative crop, has confined his grain crop to corn chiefly, aver-
aging forty bushels per acre, and of millet three tons; his neat one and ofte-half story farm resi-
dence is with its contents insured, and is shaded by ornamental trees and shrubs ; his orchard
contains 250 assorted fruit trees, various berries, etc., while his stock interest is represented by
from $8,000 to Firion worth of cattle, horses, etc. Mr, Eaton was married in 1874, to Mrs.
Eliza Prewitt of this county; their children are David Prewitt, a ed Cleves years; Mary E.
Eaton, aged seven years; Anna K, Eaton, aged five years ; John Hi. aton, aged three years;
Samuel A. Eaton, aged four months. Mr. Eaton is now filling his third term as Trustee of this
COWLEY COUNTY.

township, and has:also been for three years Director, and is now Clerk of School District No.
58, and is one of the pioneer settlers and representative men ot this part of the.country.

_ ALBERT GILKEY, merchant and’ Postmaster, Maple City, is a native of Vermillion
County, Ill.,and was engaged in business as a general merchant in the town of Indianola
for several years ; disposing of his business interests in 1877, he engaged in farming and stock-
raising in his native county until 1881, when he came to Kansa&, locating in Winfield, where
for a year he was in the feed and livery business. He removed to Maple City in April, 1882,
and purchased the stock in trade of Mr.Southard, engaged in business here. To the above
stock he has since added that of Mrs. James Gilkey, so.that his present stock of well assorted
geneml merchandise is now valued at over $3,500, insured for about half that amount, He has
recently built himself a large frame store, 2oxso feet, costing $1,100, and fitted with every con-
venience, both for the discharge of his own, and the-post office department business. His busi-
ness already amounts to about $10,000 annually. In addition to his store above mentioned, and
barns, etc.,.h@ is building a new residence. Although buta young man and a new comer, his
business ability, energy and progressiveness are such as render such as he a valuable acquisition
to any community. In February, 1883, Mr. Gilkey was elected ‘Ireasurer of the township,
and ‘is also Treasurer of the School Board of District No, 85. rl s

JAMES H, GILLILAND, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Maple City, was born in Vermillion
County, Ill., in 1846, and was brought up on a farm; that which he at*present owns in this
county consists of. 363 acres, seventy of which are under cultiyation, corn being his principal
crop, with an average yield of fifty bushels per acre. He has directed his attention principally
to stock-raising, at present having upward of roo head of high grade cattle, and as many hogs.
He enlisted in the spring of 1864, in Company K, One Hundred and Fiftieth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, and was mustered out at the close of the war after a year’s actice service. Returning
to Illinois, he was married in 1867 to Miss Margaret Snider, they have eight children, viz : Lillie
M. (who was born in Illinois),
are Kansans. Mr. Gilliland came to Kansas in 1868, locating in Cherokee County, and engaged
in farming, but in 1874 found that he was on railroad lands and merely getting paid for his im-
provements, removed ts this county, settling upon an unbroken farm here, he got it into-a good
state of cultivation, and then rented it until the spring of 1883, when he‘sold it and purchased
the farm he at.present owns, and which he himself had previously béen renting. He has had to”
contend with many of the hardships and vicissitudes incident to the life of the early settler, but
by dint of industry, perseverance and economy, has overcome every obstacle; and is now in a
position of comparative affluence ; his farm is paid'for, and is well stocked and improved and he
is several thousand dollars ahead. He has held at various times every office in the gift of this
township ; is a member of the M. E. Church, and one of the pioneers and representative men of

this community. a

ROBERT P. GOODRICH, wagon-maker, and proprietor of Maple City House, was born

in 1825 in Greene County, and brougit up in Union County, Ohio, and in 1855 removed to IIli-
nois, locating ia De Witt County, where for eighteen yeas ae was engaged in farming. _ He then
removed to the town of Clinton and engaged in wagon-making until April, 1873, when he came
to Kansas, accompanied .by his son Enos, and after traveling through several counties, finally.
decided upomhis permanent location here. He purchased a farm of. 160 acres, one mile north-.of
Maple City, and also the lot upon which he now resides. The farm he sold after a few years.
In 1875, he built part of the house he now occupies, and jn 1879 he erected.a one story and one-
half addition containing five rooms, the grounds attached contain an orchard well stocked with

_ peach, apple and pear trees, berries, etc., and there is also a vegetable and flower garden. He
built the Maple City Schoolhouse which cost $1,000, in 1873, and in the spring of 1874, built a
shop and commenced business as wagon-maker, his, being at this date the only one in the town-
ship, the nearest shop being at Dexter, eleven miles distant.. From his first residence here Mr.

Goodrich was called upon to entertain families and upon increasing the size of his building,
opened the Maple City House in 1880, and Frere let it Be said he is one of those who know how
to run a hotel. When he first came here there were but two other houses in the place, the
owners and occupants, of which have since left, thus making him the oldest permanent settler of
Maple City. June 27, 1847;he married Miss Oroline Bell, of Steuben County, N. Y., by whom
he has nine children, four of whom ,Survive—Enos A., born August .19, 1850; Mrs, Arletta, M.
-Clayton, September 28, 1852; Maggie D., January 8, 1862, and Mrs. Laura A. Tooman, Decem-
ber 20, 1866, Since his residence here Mr, Goodrich has always been one of the Directors of
the School Board of his district, having held the same office in IJlinois for nine years, and. in
1874 was the distributer of relief to the sufferers from the grasshopper raid, and has ever taken
a warm and active interest in all pertaining to the wejfare of this cammunity and his adopted
State and county.” 3 . i “be = :

. ROBERT HAINES, farmer Section 28, P.O. Maple City, was born in York County,
Ont,, in 1843, and when a boy removed with his parents to Putnam County, Ill, where he in
due time learned the tradeyot,a carpenter. August -15, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, One
Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the engagements at
Haynes Bluff, Arkansas Post, Guntown, etc., and was mustered out in August, 1865, with the
rank of Corporal. He returned to. Tllinois and en; .d in farming, and jn 1866, while on a visit
to Canada, was married to Miss Esther Lundy, of Lundy’s Mills, York County. Ont., who has
borne him nine childten, viz.: Willie L., Mary E., Florence H., Lizzie M., Reuben, Sarah K.,
Robert, Charles and Eugene G. Mr. Haines came to Kansas in 1879, and located upon his
present farm of 160 acres, fifty of which are under cultivation, corn, millet and sorghum being
his chief crops. Cattle twenty head, with hogs in proportion. Since his residence here he has
been road overseer, and is the presént Clerk of the township, and also of the School Board of
his district. _— 2 oi * : “

. 7H. S. LIBBY, stock-raiser and farmer, Section 8, P, O. ape City, was born in Liming-
ton, Vork County, Me., in 1834, and is a son of Capt. Nathaniel abby The. Libby family is of
English extraction, the earliest mention of them being found in the ald register of Oxford-
shire in 1574. 1n this country they haverfurnished many Revolutionary. heroes, and. also during
the late war were well represented in both the rank and file of the Federal. army, while they
claim that the family has never had a-criminal or a pauper among its members. The subject of
this sketch was by the death of his father early thrown upon his own resources, and learning the
trade of a carpenter, he has worked at his trade in many States ‘of the Union, but while in
Colorado engaged in mining he narrowly escaped death and received very severe injuries. The
loss of sight of one of his eyes, for instance, by the premature explosion of a keg of blasting

owder. He was married December 7, 1869, to Miss Jennie E. Moody of his native town, they
Bove no children of their own but have an adopted one, Lizzie I., aged sixteen months. Mr.
Libby located upon his present farm July 2, 1871; of his 400 acres of land located upon Sections

8 and 17, twenty-five are under cultivation, corn yielding forty bushels, and millet three tons per
acre. is orchard contains about three hundred fruit trees, berries, etc. He keeps about roo

“head of cattle, raising fifty calves annually, horses twelve, and hogs forty. His one story and -a
half residence is shaded by forest trees and shrubs, Since his residence here he has been Trus-
tee of the township in 1874 and 1875, and coming to this section prior to the organization of the
township may be considered as one of its pioneer settlers, He takes an active interest in all
pertaining to the welfare of his adopted State and county and has always been looked upon as
one of the representative men of his township. :

: ARCHIBALD MUIR, farmer, Sectiofi 8, P. O, Dexter, was born in Dunkeld, Scotland, in
1841, and in early life learned the trade of a blacksmith. In 1864 he married Miss Margaret
Cairns, who has borne him six children, but four of. whom now survive, viz. : Archie, Marion,
Robert and William. Mr. M. came to the United States in 1869, at first locating at Buffalo, N. Y.,
worked at hie trade-till 1874, when he came to Kansas, locating in Independence, where he
worked at his trade, but finding it telling upon his health he removed to his present farm in 1879.
His farm of 160 acres contains ninety under cultivation, corn and wheat being his principal
crops, His orchard contains about 600 assorted trees, some of which are bearing. He is a mem-
ber of the United Presbyterian Church, but has been too busy since his residence here to take
any interest in political matters. ss

¥. P. MYERS, farmer, Section 14, P.O. Maple City, was born in Prussia in 1829, and
when he was but an infant his parents removed to this country and landing at Baltimore, set-
tled fora time in Maryland, subsequently moving’ to and locating upon a farm in Missourt,
where he was brought up. Prior to the opening up of Kansas as a Territory, Mr. Myers had
several times crossed it upon his trips toand from Mexico, but his first location in it was in
1856, when he settled in Greenwood County, near Eureka,.and during the war of the rebellion
was a member f the militia, and for several years was engaged on frontier duty. Upon the
close of the war, he moved: to Butler County; thence to his present home. His farm of 128
acres, contains 100 under cultivation, corn and flax. being his principal crops, the latter averag-
ing eleven to fifteen bushels per acre. His stock consists of eighty-five head of cattle, forty
hogs, horses, etc. “The farm is well fenced by stone and hedge; contains three acres of assorted
forest trees, and an orchard of 1,000 peach, eighty apple and other, trees, and two acres in ber-
ries; a dwelling house. granary, etc. Mr. Myers has been twice marriéd, and has nine children, all
residing at home, Withsthe exception of two excursions into the Indian Territory, he has spent
twenty-six years in Kansas, and may well be considered one of the pioncer settlers of the State,

homas, Mollie, Charles, James, Lizzie, Robert and Guy, who’

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JAMES PRENDERGAST, farmer, Section 21, P. O, Dexter, was boro in Union County,
Penn., in 1835, and has always been engagedin farming. In 1859 he married Miss Elizabeth Thom-
as, who has borne him eight children, six of whom are now liv ng, viz.: Edwin, Oscar, Myra,
George HL, Wilbur E. and Lizzie, In 1860, Mr. P. removed to Michigan, and in August, 1862,
enlisted in Company H, Kighth Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He participated with the regi-
ment in all its engagements and was mustered out in August, 1865. Returning to Michigan, he
remained there until hie removal to Kansas in 1872, locating for a little over five years in Miami
County, and thence to his present farm of 185 acres, 120 of which are under cultivation in grain.
He also has devoted some attention to stock, hogs, principally. His neat frame residence and
barns are, with their contents, insured. He is‘ member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
has been on the School Board of hfs district, and is also a member of Winfield Post, G. A. R.

G. E, RITTENHOUSE, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Maple City, was born in Williams-
burg, Penn., in 1840, and is of the old‘Pennsylvania Dutch stock, and in early life learned
the trade of a carpenter, at which he worked in his native town, and also in Toledo, Ohio;
from whence he removed to Kansas in the fall of 1877, and locating upon his’ present farm ;
has been engaged in farming and also working at his trade. His farm of eighty acres is
nearly all under cultivation, and contains a neat, frame residence and good barns, etc. He
was married in 1864 to Miss Gertrude Parmenter, of Philadelphia, Penn., and has three
children—John R., Gertrude and Albert. Mr. R. is a member of the Dutch Reformed
Church, and has been twice upon the School Board of the district. ou

-_ J, B. SOUTHARD, merchant, Maple City, was born in Vermillion County, Ind, in
1828, and in due time he engaged in farming, and subsequently in mercantile pursuits ; and
in July, 1850, was married to Miss M. J. Amos, of Indiana, who has borne him twelve chil-
dren, seven of whom survive, viz,: William, who is married, residing in Indiana; Mrs.
Clarinda Butterfield, of this county ; Garrett, Samuel, George, Darrell and Alonzo. In thé
summer of 1862, Mr. 8, enlisted (while temporarily residing in Vermillion County, Ill.), in
Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth INinois Volunteer Infantry, and was with the
regiment in several skirmishes under Gen, Thomas’ command, and in the battle of Peach
Tree Creek was wounded by minie ball in the foot, which has permanently disabled him,
and for which he receives a pension. He was mustered out at the close of the war at
Quincy, Ill. He came to Kansas in 1870, locating in this township when there was but one
house in it, that of Mrs. Floyd, and engaged in ae net are pursuits, locating upon a farm
of eighty acres on Section 11, where he remained until 1874, when he rented and subse-»

uently sold his farm, and purchasing a lot built his present store and residence, thus being
the first merchant in le City. His stock of well assorted general, merchandise in this
store is valued at $1,000, which, with the building, is insured. In addition to the above, he
has another store in Otto, which is presided over by Mrs. Southard ; and the stock therein
contained is valued at $2,000. Since his residence here, he has been a Director of the School
Board of his district, and as will be seen by the date of his arrival, is one of the pioneer
settlers of this township. _ é : :

DR. SAMUEL THOMSON, Justice of the Peace, P. O. Maple City, was born in 1833, in
the village of Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland, also the hiethplate of Dr. D. Livingstdén the
explorer.. While yét a boy, the subject of this sketch removed with his parentsto Blenheim
Township, Oxford Co., Canada, and having received in his native land, the foundation of.a
sound education, he here studied Latin during spare time, and then attended the Toronto
University of Medicine; graduated from this in 1856. To: allopathy the Doctor has since
added the eclectic method of treatment. He commenced the practice of his profession in
Lyndon; Ontario, whére he remained five years, when he removed to Seaforth, Huron Coun-
ty, and thence to Beverly Township, where in February, 1860, he married Miss Sarah Hunt,
by whom he has two children—Mrs. Sarah Gould, who with her husband and child resides
here ‘and was born in December, 1860, and Mrs. Ada Stover, born April, 1862, and residing
in Silverdale Township. Mrs. Thomson died in-1865, and in 1870, the Doctor with his par-
ents and his own children, came to Kansas and located in Tisdale Township. Engaged in
the practice of his profession there until he removed to his present location July 27, 1882.
In the spring of 1883, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and_is one of the‘ early settlers of
the Central and Southeast portion of Cowley County. is practice-here is steadily increas-
ing, embracing a radius of fully ten square miles, and extending for several miles into the
Indian Territory. ' wee: . ae

‘YRUS WILSON, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Maple Grove, was born in 1822 in Randolph
County, W. Va., and when eleven years of ape, accompanied his parents to their location
upon a farm in Joe Davis County, Ill. He there learned the trade of a carpenter, at which
he worked until his removal to Kansas in 1868. He remained a year in Fort Scott and
thence to Chetopa, working at his trade, and in 1875, located upon his present farm of 160
acres situated upon Sections 29 and 32, His farm is well watered both by wells and a creek,
and fenced with stone; corn and millet have been his chief crops, with fair average yield.
The orchard contains about 800 assorted fruit trees, whilst the residence and outbuildings
areinsured. Mr. W.is a widower with eight children, four of whom are in Colorado, one in
Il'inois and three here. In 1879, he built the first steamboat ever launched in Kansas, at
Arkansas City this county, “the Cherokee,” a vessel 16x80 feet. He still works at his trade
of carpenter and builder. He was Postmaster of Maple City one year, and has also been
Clerk of the school board of his district. " -

fe SILVER DALE TOWNSHIP.

_ W. E. KETCHUM, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Maple City, was born in Suffolk Coanty,
L. L., in 1828, and was engaged in farming and teaching until 1849, when he married: Miss.
Enmalette Gildersleeve, of the same place, who Has borne him five children, viz.: Mortimer,
born April 14, 1854; Monroe L., October 16, 1856; Sarah E., July 8, 1859; Edgar, June 29,
1862, and Harry R., October 14, 1870. Mr. Ketchum removed to Lee County, th, in 1857,
and located upon a farm until 1867, when he removed to the town of Dixon, where he en-
gaged in business as a grocer and produce shipper, until May, 1872, when he disposed of his

usiness interests and came to Kansas, locating upon a farm in Spring Creek Township, one
mile east of Maple City. He was onc of the organizers of that township, and taught the first
school therein, and was the first Justice of the Peace elected there, retaining the office until
his removal to his een home in Silver Dale Township in April, 1880. is farm of 200
acres, contains eighty under cultivation, corn, wheat and millet being principal crops. His
orchard contains 200 peach, 100 apple fifty cherry and other fruit trees, and various berries.

- His stock interest is represented by fifty ead of cattle, twenty hogs, horses, etc. His large
frame residence is, with its contents, insured. Having a special aptitude for teaching, Mr.
Ketchum still Poet that vocation, his farm:-being worked by his sons. He is one of the
early settlers of this region, and one who ever has taken a warm interest in its success and
prosperity.

BOLTON TOWNSHIP.

J.D. GUTHRIE, farmer, Section 34, P. 0. Arkansas City, was born in Pennsylvania in
1842, sou of William and Margaret Guthrie; he was raisedin his native State. He enlisted in
1862 in Company B, Seventy-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; he participated in the
engagements of Stone River, Chickamauga, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain and others of -his com-
mand; he was mustered out in June, 1865, and returned to Pennsylvania, where he remained until.
1876, when he came to Kansas and located in Bolton Township, Cowley County, on the farm on
which he now resides, consisting of 160 acres, 100 acres of which are under cultivation. His
principal crops are wheat and corn. Average yield of wheat twenty bushels per acre, corn forty;
feeds his surplus crop of corn. He has an ofchard of four acres, consisting of peach and apple
trees, with a variety of small fruit. He was married in 1871 to Miss Ania M, Goss, daughter of
Henry and Mary Goss.. The issue of their marriage has been four children, three of whom
survive—Laura, Frank and James D., Jr. He isa member of the Presbyterian Church; he has
served three years as-a member of the school board.”

D. D. JONES, farmer, Section 28, P. 0, Arkansas City, was born in Delaware County, Ohio,
in 1842, and is a son of Edward and Ann Jones. He was married in 1876, to Miss 8. L. Trimble,
daughter of William and Emily Trimble. Has two children—Fannie B. and Frauk L. Mr,
Jones came to Kansas in-1870, locating at Arkansas City, where he remained until the spring of

,1871.. From thence he moved upon the farm where he now resides, He owns 160 acres of land,
of which he has ninety acres under cultivation. His orchard consists of 125 peach and 130
apple trees, also three acres of forest trees, which gives his farm a nice appearance. He is en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising.

A. J. KIMMELL, farmer, Section 20, P. 0. Arkansas City, was born in Ohio, in 1830. He was
married in 1855 to Miss Mary Aun Alleman, who has borne him three children—Samuel W.,
U. 8. and Oscar 0. He enlisted in 1861, in Company C, Seventh Michigan Regiment ; was
ina seven days’ fight at White Oak Swamp, and in the battle of Antietam, where he was
wounded in the left arm ; was in the hospital seven months, and was then discharged fur dis-
ability. He came to Kansas in 1873, and located on the farm on which he now resides. “ Owns

+226 acres of land, of which he has 135 acrea under cultivation. His orchard consists of 800 peach,
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100 apple trees and a variety of small fruit. Has a good stone quarry which extends through
five acres of land. Ho is Township Treasurer; was elected fur four terms.

FRANK LORRY, farmer, Section 5, P.O. Arkansas City, was born in France, in 1842, son
of Claude and Mary Lorry. He was mirried in 1861 to Miss Sarah E, Downey, who has borne
him five children—Hannah, Clara, Frank E.;Fred and Mary. Mrs. 8. E. Lorry died in 1875 and
in 1882 Mr. Lorry married Mrs. Mary Chambers. He came to America in 1855, and lucated in
Indiana, where ho remained until 1864; from thence he removed to Illinois, and five years after
to Iowa, where he lived four years, being then engaged in farming. In 1873, he came to Kan-
sas, and located upon the farm on which he now resides. He owns 320 acres of land, of which
he has 300 acres under cultivation. His orchard consists of 1,500 peach; 800 apple and 200
cherry trees, und a variety of small fruit. He enlisted in 1861, in Company E, Eleventh Indiana
Regiment ; was in the battles of Rumney Island ,Walling Water, and in other engagements of
his command; was mustered out jn the fall of 1861. He has been Treasurer of the School Board
of his district seven years ; is a member of the A.O. U. W. and of the 8. K. of that order,

0. J. PALMER, farmer, Section 17, P.O. Salt City; the subject of this sketch is a native of
Fayette, Me., where he was born in 1847, isthe son of John and Cordelia Palmer. He was
married in 1868 to Miss Rhoda A, Gibert, who has borne him six children—Grace M., Cora A.,
Melvin 0O., Lloyd A., Fannie V. and Henry B. He came to Kansas in 1871, and located on the
farm on which he now resides. Owns 320 acres of land, ot which he has 230 under cultivation.
He has an orchard of 100 apple and 50 peach trees, also three acres of forest trees, He is Clerk
of the School Board of his district, and is a follower of Christ.

BEAVER TOWNSIIIP.

H. W. MARSH, M. D., physician, Section 16, P. 0. Tannehill, was born io St. Lawrence
County, N. Y., in 1834, and in 1857 he married Miss Laura P. Lee, by whom he has three children,
viz., Stephen R., Phinnie H. and Lee E. The Doctor came to Kansas in 1878, and settled on hia
farm in Cresswell Township, sevon miles from where he now resides. He received his elementary
education in Michigan (where his parents removed in his childhood) and his degree of M. D. in
the Medical Department of the Michigan State University. He enlisted in Company K, Third
Michigan Cavalry, in September, 1861, as a private, but was taken immediately into the hospital
department, where he served as Hospital Steward and Assistant Surgeon until 1864, when he
was called before an examining board and received a contract as Assistant Army Surgeon, and was
assigned to duty as Post Surgeon at Duvalls Bluff, Ark., where he remained until the close of the
war. He then settled at Westerville, Ohio, in the practice of his profession, removing to Illinois
in 1868, where he remained until his wife’s failing health admonished him to seék change of cli-
mate, and in 1878 removed to Kansas. He is a member of the church of the United Brethren in
Christ, and an active and efficient worker in the Sabbath school cause. The Doctor’s wife was ap-
pointed Postmistress at Tannehill in 1881, and still retains that office. ;

REV. JOHN A. RUPP, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Winfield, was born in Mifflin County, Penn.,
in 1855, He was married in 1879 to Miss Regina V. Mock, by whom he has one child, Thora C.
Rupp. The subject of this sketch was educated in the Otterbein University, Ohio. He delivered
his first sermon in Illinois, and has since that time continued in his clerical work, He came to
Kansas in 1878; located upon the farm on which he now resides; owns 160 acres of land, having
120 under cultivation. His orchard contains 100 peach, 130 apple trees and a variety of small
fruit. He is engaged in farming and in the ministerial work. Is a member of the United
Brethren in Christ. Mrs. Rupp was educated in the Henry Seminary, Henry, Ill., after which
she was engaged in school teaching and literary work until her marriage with Mr. Rupp.

VERNON TOWNSHIP.

W. J. BONEWELL, farmer, Section 32, P.O. Winfield, was born in Maryland in 1834, son
of Andrew N.and Harriet Bonewell, was raised in his native State. At the age of nineteen re-
moved with his parents to Indiana; he enlisted in 1861, in Company F, Thirty-first Regiment
Indiana Volunteers; participated in the engagemeuts of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh,
Perryville, Corinth, Stone River, Mission Ridge, in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign,
Jonesboro, and others of his command ; was promoted to Second Sergeant ; he was taken prisoner
at Stone River und held in Libby Prison for three months; was wounded at Resaca; was
mustered out in the fall of 1864, and returned to Indiana; was married in 1855, to Miss Lavina
Harrington, daughter of Ezechael Harrington; the issue of the marriage has been eight children,
seven of whom survive—Addison J., Richard L., Luella, Daisy, Pearl, Eva and Benjamin. He
came to Kansas in 1870, and located on the farm on which he now resides, consisting of 160 acres;
140 of which are under cultivation ; principal crop, corn. Average yield, about fifty bushels per
acre; feeds his surplus grain. He has a fine orchard now in bearing, and a variety of small fruita.
His farm is situated on the Arkansas River, about eight miles west of Winfield; he is a mem-
ber of the Protestant Methodist Church, and of the I. 0. 0. F.; he was third settler of the town-
ship, and was one of its organizers ; was elected Constable at the first election.

NELSON C. CLARK, farmer, Section 20, P.O. Winfield, ia a native of St. Lawrence County,
N.Y., where he was born in 1826, remaining there until he attuined his majority. In 1847, he
moved to Illinois, where he was engaged in farming for twenty-four years. In 1857, he came to
Kansas, during which éhort stay he voted for the Free-State Constitution ; chen he returned to
bis home in IJlinois, and in 1871 he returned to Kansas and located upon the farm on which he
now reaides; owns 160 acres of land, haviog 130 acres under cultivation. His orchard consists of
1,200 peach, 300 apple and twelve pear trees; he has devoted one acre to smallfruit. Mr. Clark
was married in 1846 to Miss Maria Walrath, daughter of Christian and Mary Walrath; has two
children—Frank B., and Marion Clark; he was Treasurer of the School Board of his district for
six years. io

= KE. B. GAULT, farmer, Section 21, P. O. Winfield, was bora in Mifflin County, Penn., in

1845; was the son of William and Nancy Gault; was married in 1867 to Miss Rebecca Guyer,
daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Guyer, who has borne him three children—Preston E.,
Raymond C.and Mark E. Gault; he came to Kansas in 1874, and located upon the farm on which
he now resides; owns eighty acres of land, of which he has seventy under cultivation. His
orchard contains 200 peach, 55 apple and a varicty of small fruit. Mr. Gault enlisted in 1863, in
Company E, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. In 1864, he re-enlisted in the Two
Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K, during which time he was principally
éngaged in the Southern States; was mustered out in 1865; he is director of the school board
of his district ; is a member of the United Brethren in Christ, also a class leader of the church,
Of the Union Stock Association, they pride themselves ou having the best breeder in the county.

J. J. HUBBARD, farmer, Section 18, P. 0. Winfield, was born in Indiana in 1838; was the
son of James and Rebecca Hubbard; was married in 1866 to Miss Mary Penington, daughter of
Walter and Mary Penington, who bore him seven children—Denis L., Alice, Rebecca, Floyd,
Roseliu, Nicholas 8. and John M. Hubbard; he came to Kansas in 1870, and located upon the farm
ou which he now resides; owns 547 acres of land, of which he has 26 under cultivation; bis prin-
cipal c:ops are wheat and corn ; his orchard consists of 300 peach, 175 apple, 100 plum and a variety
of small fruit trees. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising; was in the war; enlisted in
1861 in the Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers, Company C, in Wilder's brigade ; was in the battle
of Hoover's, where he was captured, Missin Ridge, Corinth, Selma. In 1864, he re-enlisted and
went through the Atlanta campaign ; was mustered out in 1865; was on the school board of his
district as ‘'reasurer for two years; is a member of the United Brethren in Christ.

2 PHINEAS B. LEE, farmer and minister, Section 11, P/O. Winfield, is a native of Bucyrus,
Ohio, waa born in 1844; son of Stephen and Harriet Lee. The subject of this sketch was educat-
ed in the Otterbein University; graduated in class of 1871; he commenced to preach the Gospel in
Peoria, Il]., and in 1875 fie entered the Roanoke Classical Seminary as Principal, and published
the Roanoke Register in connection until 1877, when his health failed ; then he moved to Lafayette,
Ind., where he was engaged in the ministerial work. In 1878, his health failed entirely, 80 he
came to Kansas that year, and located upon the farm on which he now resides; owns 340 acres of
land, having 150 acres under cultivation; his orchard consists of 400 peach, 150 apple, 25 pear
trees and a variety of small fruit ; is engaged in farming and the ministerial work. In 1881, he
was elected Presiding Elder of his district; he resigned in 1883, on account of poor health; isa
member of the United Brethren in Christ; was married in 1872 to Miss Flora E. Moore, who bore
him five children, three of whom survive—S. Earl, Edna and Radcliffe M. Lee. Mrs. Lee was
educated in the Otterbein University. Graduated in class of 1872, .

JAMES H. MARSHALL, farmer, Section 30, P.O. Winfield, is a native of West Tennes-
see, where he was born in 1858, Was the son of William and Martha Marshall. The subject
of this sketch was but ababe when his parents moved to Arkansas. Subsequently, he re-
moved to Illinois, where he was engaged in farming, and in 1871 he came to Kansas with
his parents and located upon the farm on which he now resides, Owns 182 acres of land, of
which he has seventy-five acres under cultivation. His principal crop is wheat and corn.
Has a nice two-story house, surrounded by forest trees, situated on the Arkansas River.
When he came, there was but one log cabin in Winfield. ‘

J. W. MILLSPAUGH, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Winfield, was born in Orange County,
N. Y., in 1818. Was the son of James and éynthia Milspaugh. Was married, in 1843, to
Miss Harriet Armstrong, daughter of Leonard and Rebecca Armstrong. Has nine children

—Mina B., Julia, Mary B., Frank F., Aubrey, Olive, Rollo, Union and Lula Millspaugh. He
came to Kansas in 1871 and located in Vernon Township, on Section 14. In May, 1883, he
sold his farm for $7,500, and bought an adjoining farm. Owns 112 acres of land. engaged
in farming and stock-raising. In 1847, he moved to Iowa, where he was en aged in the
milling business, at which he continued until the commencement of the war. He enka
in 1862, in the Thirty-seventh Towa Volunteers, Company H. Was commissioned Firs

Lieutenant at the organization uf his company, in which capacity he continued until the

close of the war. Cowley County offered a fine silk banner to the township that would get

the most temperance votes, and oe Township took the banner. It was presented to
Mr. Millspaugh in behalf of the township. c «

F. W. SCHWANTES, farmer, Section 12, P, O. Winfield, was born in Germany, son of
Frederick and Fredericka Schwantes. Was married, in 1856, to Miss Carlina Long, aughter
of Jacob and Sarah Long. Has twelve children—William, Clarinda, Daniel, Ella, ety
Carrie, Charlie, Benjamin, John, Ida, Cora and James W. e came to Kansas in 1870, ans
located in Cowley County, Vernon Townshi , where he now resides. He owns 718 acres of
land, of which 420 are under cultivation. e has an orchard of 100 peach, 125 apple, fifteen
plum and a variety of small fruit. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has a
nice two-story stone house, built of the stone out of his quarry. | 3

R. J. YEOMAN, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Winfield, was born in Fayette County, Ohio,
in 1831. Was the son of Iria and Osee Yeoman. He remained in Ohio fifty-one years, being
engaged in farming and stock-raising. Was Justice of the Peace in Ohio six years. In 1882,
he came to Kansas and located where he now resides. He owns 320 acres of land, of which
he has 200 acres under cultivation. His orchard consists of 400 peach, 150 apple,
twenty-five pear, fifteen plum trees, and a variety of small fruit. He is enga ed in farming
and stock-raising. His house is a nice structure, which he has finely furnis ed. Was in
the war, enlisting in 1864,in Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry. Was
in the engagement of Cynthiana, Ky., where he was captured by Gen. Morgans Was mus-
tered outin 1864, Mr. Yeoman was married, in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth J. Hill, by whom he
has had three children—Osco, Ella E.and EmmaF. His wife died in 1863, and in March,
1865, he was married to.Miss Caroline H. Parker, by whom he has nine children—Mary,
Joseph W., Effie J., Mattie E., Robert S., Medore ¢.,, Arthur E., Lula and Bertha E. ;

THOMAS B. WARE, farmer, Section.21, P. 0. Winfield, was born in Ohio in 1831; is
ason of Jesse and Hannah Ware. He was married in 1851 to Miss Nancy A. White, by
whom he has one child—Lizzie L. Ware. His wife died in 1859, and in 1860 he was mar-
ried to Miss Rebecca Pressnall, by whom he has two children—Charles F. and Flora A.
Ware, The subject of this sketch came to Kansas in 1870, and located in Chase County,
remaining there one winter. Subsequently, he removed upon the farm on which he now
resides ; owns 160 acres of land, of which he has 100 acres under cultivation. His or-
chard consists of 200 peach, 200 apple, eee ee trees, and a variety of small fruit.
He has also 1,300 choice forest trees nicely arranged, cottonwoods measure 1x60, maples nine
inches in diameter and fifty feet high, are but nine years old. He is engag in farming
and stock-raising. He handles the Poland-China and Berkshire hogs. Mr. Ware was in
the war of the rebellion; enlisted in 1864 in the navy gun-boat Brilliant, No. 18,on which
he was engaged in guarding the transports; was mustered out in 1865; was Director of
the School Board of his district for four years; was Township Trustee for one term, he
paing the third Trustee of the township. He is a member of the United Brethren in

Christ.
PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP.

J. W. FEUQUAY, subject of this sketch, was born in the State of Indiana July 10,
1842. Enlisted in Company G, Sixth Indiana Cavalry, August 11, 1862. Was captured with
his command at Richmond, Ky., August 30, 1862, by E. Kirby Smith, and was sent North as
a paroled prisoner of war. The following December, was captured at Muldross Hill, Ky.
by John Morgan’s command, where he with six others made their escape, and reache
Louisville in January, 1864. He and twenty-four comrades were captured at Big Springs,
East Tennessee, and taken to Richmond, Va., he being left sick at Rogersville, Tenn. After
remaining there three months, most of the time more dead than alive with typhoid and
pneumonial fevers, he, with the assistance of the Caldwell family and other Union people,
made his escape, disguised as a negro woman, and reached the Union lines at Bull’s Gap.
Of the twenty-five boys captured at Big Springs and taken to Richmond and afterward to
Andersonville, only two ever returned. They endured all the horrors for which the South-
ern prisons were so justly noted. He was in all the battles of his command in the Atlanta
campaign, afterward in the battle of Nashville, Tenn. Was mustered out of the service at
Pulaski, Tenn., June 17, 1865. He came to Kansas in 1870, locating in Douglas County, sub-
sequently removing to cowley County, where he has since resid He has charge of the
or cee store at Constant, Kan. Was appointed Postmaster in 1880, which position he
still holds.

H. HARBAUGH, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, Town 33, Range 4, P. O. Winfield,
was born. in Canal Winchester, Ohio, in 1837. He came with his father and family to Ili-
nois in 1852. He enlisted in May, 1861, in Company B, Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry. Was in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Hatchie, Vicksburg, and other engage-
ments of hiscommand. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, and mustered out as such
in 1864. Was married to Lydia M. Boys in 1865. Emigrated to Johnson County, Kan., in
1868, In October, 1870, he came to Cowley County, and took the quarter-section upon which
he now resides as a claim. He now owns 3820 acres in a body, having 185 acres under culti-
vation. His orchard consists of 325 peach, 150 apple, 20 pear, 20 plum and 18 cherry, all of
which are now bearing; also has a variety of small fruits. Has 1,000 forest trees and three
miles of hedge fence. Has five children, viz.: Minnie M., Alice V., Leah E., William A. and
Charles A. as Director of the School Board of his district two years and County Com-
missioner three years, and is a member of Winfield Post, G. A. R.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—MAPLE TOWNSHIP.

THOMAS COOLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 12, P. O. Douglass; this promi
nent agriculturist is a native of Kentucky ;lwas born in Garrard County, November 18, 1846
was educated and reared in his native State. For a number of years was a resident of Ili-
nois, coming from there to Kansas in the spring of 1871. Mr. C. was among the pioneers in
this part, and has been closely identified with the agricultural development. His landed
estate embraces several hundred acres of the best soil the State affords. In October, 1861
Mr. C. enlisted, and was mustered into the Twenty-first Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, as
drummer boy ; after serving two years in that capacity, was honorably discharged. “He at
once re-enlisted in his old regiment, serving until after the close; when the war was over,
was on duty for a time in Texas. After the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, was chosen Color
peeres, - meena ee pea 8 the bare of the term. Mr. Cooley was married in

ansas, to Miss [da M. ney, of Lima, Ohio. They have five children by thi ion—
Clifford E., Maude E., Clarence ye Neil and Grace. J Meee Te

.., J: VAN BUSKIRK, stock-man, Section 12, P. O. Douglass, is one of the most substantial
citizens and representative stock-men of Southern Kansas, He is a native of Indiana; was
born in Muncie, Delaware County, May 27, 1848. He came to Kansas in December, 1869,
and has since been identified with the interests of Cowley, Butler, Sedgwick and adjoining
counties. For a time, he was a resident of Wichita, and for a few years was engaged in the
hardware trade in Douglass. He has 400 acres of ‘choice land in Maple Township, and does
some farming in connection with his stock trade. He was married, in Kansas, to Miss C.
Quimby. They have, by this union, one soo—Frank. : :

A. J. WALCK, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P. 0. Red Bud. Deserving of special
mention among the representative citizens of the county is the subject of thissketech. Mr.
W. came to Kansas, locating on present farm, in July, 1871. Has been very successful as a
farmer, and has done much toward developing the interests of Maple Township. Has been

. identified officially, at present being District and Township Clerk. Mr. Walck is a native

of Ohio; was born in Auglaize County, September 30, 1880, Was reared in his native State.
He was an early settler of Fayette County, Iowa, which was his home for eleven years. In
1866, removed to Dent County, Mo., where he resided until coming to Cowley County, Kan.,
in July, 1871. His wife was ormetly Miss Mary A. Beaver, of Pennsylvania. They have
six children—John A., Samuel, Annie M,, Andrew J., Lovina and Melvina. During the war,
Mr. W. enlisted in Company E, Thirty-eighth lowa Volunteer Infantry, serving six months;
was discharged on account of disability.

ROCK TOWNSHIP.

J, M. HARCOURT, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, Town 30, Range 4 east, P.O,
Rock, is a native of Indiana, born in Marion County July 16, 1836. ‘At an early age he lo-
cated in ogan County, Ill, which was his home for several years. The year i856 resided
in Iowa. In 1862, he enlisted.in the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
Company E, serving in the Western Department until 1865, when he was honorably dis-
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charged. The spring of 1870; he came to Kansas, locating where he now resides, being
among the pioneers in this part. Mr. H. was married, in Illinois, to Miss Nancy“R. Dement.
They have five children living—Alfred, George, Harvey, Walter and Elsie.
___ J.B. HOLMES, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 16, P, O. Rock, one of the most exten-
- sive stock-men of Cowley County. He came to Kansas in 1872, locating on his present farm.
He is a native of Ohio, was born in Montgomery County January 12, 1820. In 1822, he,
with his parents, moved to Marion County, Ind., which was his home for a number of years,
and where he was prominently identified with the milling industry. He was married, in In-
diana, to Miss S. Thompson. By this union they have ten children—Ellen, Wilda, C. H.,
Edmond, Albert, Mary, Sarah, Maggie, John and Frank.

J. L. HOLMES, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Rock, is a native of Marion County, Ind.;
was horn January 9, 1824; was reared in his nativeState. He came to Kansas in 1879, and
after a short stay removed to Arkansas; located permanently in Cowley County in the
spring of 1883, Mr. Holmes is now living with his third wife ne two former being deceased).
By his second marriage he has seven children—George R., Oliver P., Katie, Luellen, Thomas,
Jeremiah and Hattie. 4 e

J. R. RICHARDS, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 4,P.0 Rock. In January, 1871,
Mr. R. located in Cowley County, on the site of his present home. He had all the early
troubles to contend with, and has been identified with the growth of his township. Mr. R.
is a native of Ohio; was born December 30, 1885, in Jefferson County. When eighteen years
of age, he came West; for eleven years resided jn California. He was married, in Ohio, to
Miss FE. Hoover. They have five children by this union—Otis, John G., Ada, Lizzie and an
infant. My. Richards has been identified with educational interests of the district, and the
local offices of the township. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

QUINTON THOMSON, of the firm of Quinton Thomson & Son, wool growers, Section 8,
P. O. Rock, is a native of Scotland, and was born in Ayrshire May 15, 1818; came to the
United States, and located in Ohio. He soon removed to Michigan, and in 1860 located in

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Marion County, Ind., which was his home for a number of years. on

by trade, and fora great portion of the time operated a bakery in Indianapolis, in connec-

tion with farming near that city. The spring of 1881, he came to Kansas, locating on his

present farm. His estate embraces 910 acres. Mr. Thomson is one of the most extensive

wool growers in Southern Kansas, He was married, in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1844, to Miss

Charlotte Catheart. They have three children by this union—Margaret, Charlotta and
‘chie.

JOHN STATLER, wool grower, Section 14,°"P. O. Rock; in the spring of 1871, Mr. S.
came to Cowley County and at once engaged in wool growing, being the first in this indus-
try in Southern Kansas. He handles each year from 1,500 to 2,000 sheep, being one of the
most extensive wool growers in the Southwest. His landed domain embraces 1,240 acres, and
is admirably adapted for sheep buebendty. Mr. S. is a native of Ohio, and was born in
Perry County February 18, 1834. In 1858, he came to Kansas and located in Franklin Coun-
ty, which was his home until coming to Cowley County. He was one of the first wool grow-
ersin Cowley County During the war, he was in the State militia, and pavepated in the
chase of Gen. Price. His wife was formerly Miss Jane Bryant. They have had fourteen
children, ee of whom are living—Mary, George, Elura, Delphi, Edwin, John, Julia and
an infant. He is a member of the Masonic order, Winfield Lodge. :

GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, merchant and Postmaster, 1s a native of Michigan, and was
born in Schoolcraft County August 22, 1846. For five years he was a resident of Illinois,
where he was married to Miss Sarah J. Coon, They have four children by this union—Laura
M., George C., Lola I. and Bird. Mr. Williams made his advent into Kansas in 1855, at
which time his father located in Douglas County, and which was the home of George H.
for several years. In July, 1870, he came to Cowley County. In 1874, he was appointed
Postmaster, which office he still holds in connection with an extensive merchandising

pases is also Notary Public, and has been Justice of the Peace and Township
‘rustee.

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Mr. Thomson is a baker

 

 

RAWLINS

AWLINS County, the westernmost of the late organized counties

of Kansas, is in the northern tier of counties, the twelfth one from

the Missouri River, the second one from Colorado. It was named after

Gen. John A. Rawlins, who went into the Cabinet of Gen. Grant as Secre-

tary of War March 11, 1869, and died September 6, 1879, while holding the

office. Its area is 1,080 square miles; it embraces Towns 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5,
and Ranges 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36.

The general surface of the county is gently undulating. The average
width of the bottom is three-fourths of a mile; of the timber belts one-
fourth of a mile. Prairie land embraces about 96 per cent of the terri-
tory; timber land, 4 per cent. The soil is a ‘rich, black loam; springs of
living water are numerous; excellent clay for making brick exists; white
and yellow magnesian limestone is abundant, and what is called native
lime is found in large banks. /

The county is watered by the South and North Forks of the Sappa,
which rise in Sherman County, and by the Beaver, Little Beaver and North
Beaver Creeks, the first two of which also rise in Sherman County. The
Beaver waters the southwest and central portions of the county. The
varieties of timber are ash, box elder, cottonwood, elm, walnut and willow.

August C. Blume, August Deitleff, Albert E. Lange, Charles Nast and
‘ Antone Stermer, five Germans, made the first settlement in the county in
April, 1875. When they came they saw a roving band of Cheyenne In-
dians. Three of these men remained in the county, the others returned
East. :

Mr. Blume is Chairman of the Board of Commissioners. .

Mr. Stermer was shot in his own corn-field, within a few steps of his
wife, Dena Stermer. Mrs. S. is now improving their claim. Mrs. Bella,
wife of August C. Blume, was on their claim during the raid made by the
Cheyennes, and was often months alone prior to the raid, while her hus-
band was working for food for his family. Mr. Lange isabrother of Mrs.
Stermer, whose husband was killed by the Indians. John Bande, from
Bohemia, came tothe county in the spring of 1877, and his boy, Karl, is
the first child born in the county. Isaac Webber, Simeon Holstein and
Jefferson McCoy, cattle men, followed in the settlement.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, ELECTIONS AND OFFICERS.

Rawlins County was created by the Legislature of 1873, and organized May 25, 1881,
with’ Atwood as fomorary county seat. William R. Shirley was Special County Clerk;
Lorenz Demmer, August C. Blume and Herman Kase, Special County Commissioners. In
November, 1880, the election was held as a municipal township of the county, also, at the
township election in February, 1881. As a county, Rawlins voted on the county seat in
July, 1881, and at the general election in November, 1881; it had township elections in
February, 1882, and voted at State election November 7, 1882. . -

In i880, it polled 182 votes; in February, 1881, about 100; in July, 314; in Nerenbet,
178: in February, 1882, its vote was 192; in November, 241. George H. Case, of Jewel
County. was the Senator ; O. L. Palmer, was elected Representative in 1881; S. T. Lloyd, in
1882, but he was denied a seat in the House in 1883. The House had 125 members, without
the Rawlins County member, and it compromised the matter by paying Mr. Lloyd mileage

i r about twenty days. : .
ane pre Ate oe Rawlins county at the Presidential election was Garfield, 119; Hancock,
61. Its gubernational vote has been as follows: In 1880, St. John, Re bh cars 116; Ross,
Democrat, 64. In 1882, St. John, Republican, 85 ; Glick, Democrat, 94; Rol inson, ational, 48.

At the election, November 2, 1880, the vote of Rawlins County on the “ Prohibition
amendment was 63 for, 83 against. There were 15 votes for a constitutional convention, 119
again ty offi have been as follows:

nty officers hav 3

Couniy Clarks William R. Shirley, William Reilly, James D. Greason, Cyrus Anderson. -

County Commissioners—First District, Lorenz Demmer, Albert Hemming. Second
District, August C. Blume. Third District, Herman Kase.

County Treasurers.—Greenup Leeper, S. H. Tindell.

Registers of Deeds.—John E. Hayes, J...W. Cochran.

Sheriffs.—Ed. H. James, R. F. Crooch.

Coroners.—Leonard Wiltse, John H. Brown,

County Surveyor.—John A. Bliss. |

Superintendents of Public Instruction.—W. W. Dennis, J. H. Halbert.

‘Probate Judge.—R. W. Fowler. | ; :

County Attorneys. —Patrick Fleming, Linus S, Webb, Joseph A. Hewes.

Clerks of the District Court.—Al Birdsall, James H. Edie, W.H. Dimmick.

Commissioner Districts —The east one-third of the county is the First District. It em-
bf-+9a the township of Herndon, which takes the north one-half of the territory, and the

COUNTY.

miles.
The Second District embraces Atwood, the central township of the county, which con-
tains ten Congressional townships—360 square miles.

e Third District contains Celia, the west township of the county, which embraces
ne-third of the county—360 square miles,

township of Jefferson, which embraces the south one-half. Each township has 180 square

PRESS HISTORY.

The Atwood Pioneer was established October 23,1879. Edwin and A.L. Thorne were the
publishers. Rev. A.S. Thorne was the Presbyterian Missionary for Rawlins, Thomas and
adjoining counties. In their religious directory it is announced that Mr. ‘Thorne would
preach every Sabbath morning in the post office eee Rev. J. Langley, M. E., alter-
nate Sabbaths at 3 o’clock P.M. A -Sunday school had been organized October 19, with
Rev. A.S. Thorne, Superintendent ; W. H. Hopkins, Assistant Superintendent; J. C. Chris-
tian, Secretary and Treasurer; A. Vinton, Librarian; Rev. Mr. Thorne, who was also the
agent of the American Bible Society donated ten Bibles and twenty Testaments.

In his salutatory, Mr Thorne said:

“Four months ago we directed the Review, then being published in Millerstown, But-.
ler Co., Penn., to be closed with a view to the removal of the office, presses and type to the
new and flourishing State of Kansas. We landed at Atchison in November, 1857, lived in
Brown County until the fall of 1860, and, after this long absence, our search for a home on

ublic and unoccupied land brought us to Rawlins County, at Atwood, at the forks of the
eaver, as the most desirable and promising location.” EO =

Rawlins County Pioneer —January 7, 1882, No.1 of Volume I of this paper appeared,
A.S. Thorne and Edwin P. Thorne, publishers and proprietors. They proposed to be in
politics, Republican, but in no partisan sense. April 19, Mrs. E. P. Thorne aj err as ed-
itor; May 3, A. S. Thorne, publisher. The August numbers of the Pioneer were half sheets,
patent outside—the last one being No. 27, Volume II, August 23. Volume II was assumed
January 14; it became the Toiler’s Organ, and January 28, it announced itself as the contin-
uation of the Atwood Pioneer. : :

The lican Citizen—This is a five-column paper, with patent outsides. In Janu-
ary, 1882, J. M. Matheny and J. D. Greason appear as editors and bublisnere; January 27,
Cyrus Anderson succeeded Mr. Matheny; June 9, Mr. Greason was sole editor and publisher,
and so remained January 1, 1883. It entered upon its third volume December 14, 1882.

June 1, 1880, C.S. Winslow became the manager of the Pioneer Publishing Company,
and in his salutatory, said: .

“The Pioneer shall ever be eppoeer to monopolies ; to repudiation ; to depreciated or
bogus currency; and to the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.”

At this time the Pioneer changed the spelling of Attwood to Atwood.

In August, Mr. Winslow was succeeded by Rev. A. 8S. Thorne, who proposed to make
the Pioneer “a medium of good to the entire people of the county, knowing no party, local-
ity or faction who shall control] its columns to the detriment of any.” ith the issue of
December 11, the same year, the publication of the paper was suspended. °

STATISTICS.

In 1881, the number of persons of school age in the county was 455; in 1882, it was~
510. The preponderance of males over females in 1881, was 75; in 1882,it was 24. The
school enrollment in 1881, was 94; in 1882, it was 192; average attendance 123, There are
nine organized school districts. In 1882, the eae monthly pay of male teachers was $20;
of female, $14.83. There are five schoolhouses in the county; total amount received in 18¥1
for school purposes, $204.60; in 1882, $539.06.
opulation.—In 1880, the population of the county was 1,623; males, twenty-one years
of age and over, to the manor born, 428; of foreign birth, 116. The assessor’s returns for
1882, were 1,410.
Reports from the county to the State Board of Agriculture are reported for the year
1882. The acreage of winter wheat was 866. John Gleason, Atwood, had 10 acres, yielding
37 bushels per acre; Paul Demmer, Herndon, 20 acres, 35 bushels per acre; James K. Bliss,
had wheat weighing 68 pounds to the bushel. There were 180 acres of spring wheat; 4,381
of corn; 591 of rye; 58 of oats; 8 of barley; 33 of Irish potatoes; 102 of sorghum, 43 of
eastor beans; 31 of broom corn; 1,029 of millet and aneeoat, It Let 800 pounds
of cheese; 18,807 pounds of butter; the value of animals sold for slaughter $688.
Taxable Property.—The valuation of property for 1882, was $49,378.73, which was per-
sonal property. There were 481 horses; 78 mules; 266 swine; 976 sheep; 1,646 cattle.

ATWOOD.

In April, 1879, J. M. Matheny and T. A. Andrews laid out the town
of Atwood on the west one-half of the southeast quarter and the east one-
half of the southwest quarter of Section 4, Town 3, in Range 33.
Mr. Matheny was President and Mr. Andrews Secretary of the Town Com-
pany, and was the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction. Owing
to the location of the town site on school land, there was a change made
in the site, and a union in the early spring of 1880 of Kelso, old and new
Atwood in the present town of Atwood.

The county seat contest was between Atwood and Danube, now Lu-
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dell, six miles north of it. Atwood was the victor, and the county seat
was permanently located here in July, 1881.

The Legislature of 1883 provided for terms of the District Court in the
Seventeenth Judicial District for Rawlins County, commencing on the
second Monday of May and the second Mowday of November of each year,
and attached Cheyenne County thereto for judicial purposes.

Judge William H. Pratt held the first term of court—a special one—at
Atwood February 28, 1882. The attorneys then present were G. Webb
‘Bertram, J. A. Hewes, J. M. Matheny, t. S. Webb and M. A. Wilson.
There were no jury cases. A special term commenced also August 23,
1882. There were twenty-three cases on the docket, three for divorce,
six State cases. The one consuming the most time was a libel suit by
Linus 8. Webb against James D. Greason and Cyrus Anderson, of the
Citizen. The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty, and costs of prosecu-
tion were assessed to the county.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

OTHER POST OFFICES.

The past and present offices in the county may be described in the fol-
lowing manner: Achilles,-in Jefferson Township, thirteen miles south-
east from Atwood; Beaver, southwest of Atwood, in the township of At-
wood; Dearborn, in Celia Township, to the south of Beaver ; Driftwood,
in the northeast part of Celia Township ; Emma, formerly Celia, centrally
located in Celia Township ; Herndon, in the northeast, and Jerome in the
northwest part of Herndon Township ; Laing, sixteen miles southeast of
Atwood, in Jefferson Township; McCloud, formerly Voltaire, in the
southwest part of the county ; Rawlins, about eight miles east of south
from Atwood; Sappa, in the southeastern part of Atwood Township ;
Scio, in the southeastern part of the county., Irvington apd Kelso are
among the defunct towns.

 

 

. HODGEMAN COUNTY.

 

LOCATION AND SETTLEMENT. -

a County was created by an act of the Legislature of 1868,

but was not organized until 1879. Its area is 864 square miles; it is
twenty-four miles from north to south; thirty-six miles from east to west.
It embraces Townships 21, 22, 23 and 24, of Ranges 21, 22, 28, 24, 25 and
26. It is bounded on the north by Ness; on the east by Pawnee and Ed-
wards; on the south by Ford; on the west by Gray and Lane.

In the spring of 1877, settlements were commenced. There was only
a small acreage of wheat sowed, and the crop was cut short by hail. The
average yield in 1878, was twenty-six bushels per acre, and other grain and
vegetable crops were good in the years 1877 and 1878. The best yield of
winter wheat in 1879 was four bushels per acre. Spring crops were a fail-
ure. There was a small growth of sweet and Irish potatoes, turnips,
pumpkins and squashes and an abundance of melons. The summer crop
embracing sorghum, rice corn, broom corn and millet, gave a medium
yield in one-half of the county, the other half being almost an entire fail-
ure. In 1880, winter and spring grain were an entire failure; summer
crops were better than in-1879; but little Indian corn was raised, but con-
siderable of rice corn, which is a good substitute for feed andfood. Plen-
ty of fodder was secured for stock. The drouth, of unparalleled duration
in Western Kansas, commencing about the 1st of September, 1878, so af-
fected the settlers of Hogernan County, that they made appeals for tem-
porary aid, and Rev. -E. N. Ruddock secured valuable contributions from
Jéastern Kansas for these people. A Central Aid Committee was formed

. in the county; C. E. Roughton was Chairman and Samuel Townsend was
its Secretary. The committee elected by the people in mass meeting to
distribute the donations received consisted of William A. Agee, L. P.
Mack and R. O. Silvius.

The Baptist, Christian, Congregational, Lutheran, Methodists and

. Roman Catholics have a nizations in the county; the most numerous
are the Christians. Rev. D. M. Jessup is one of the prominent spiritual

- teachers. :

Hodgeman County has 84,320 acres of public lands. Jetmore, its per-
manent county seat, is situated just about in the center of the county from
north to south and from east to west. It is accessible from the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad from the county seats of Pawnee, Edwards
and Ford Counties, Larned, Kinsley and Dodge City.

‘The Hodgeman Center Post Office, two and a half miles distant from
Jetmore, was absorbed by the latter office June 10, 1880.

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

In 1878, there were seventy-two organized counties in Kansas. During 1879, five were
organized, of which Houpeman was the first. Early in 1879, Gov. St. John appointed S. A. Shel-
don as Census Taker for Hodgeman County. Many of the then settlers of the county thought
it better to organize the county as 4 municipal township, deeming it too young to support
itself without going into debt. But while Mr. Sheldon was tan consus, public meet-
ings were held in every quarter of the county, and the men that the majority of the settlers
desired as the temporary officers of the county were E. M. Prindle for County Clerk; J. W.
Hunter, D, McCarty and Samuel Townsend,|for County Commissioners, and a petition to the
Governor requesting such action was forwarded by a messenger. March 29, 1879, the Gov-

--ernor issued a proclamation organizing Hodgeman County, appointing John W. Hunter,
Jonathan R. Wilson and §, A. Sheldon; County Commissioners, and W.W Wheeland as
County Clerk, and designating the town of Hodgeman Center as the temporary county seat.

** Monday, April 14, 1879, was the day eppolnted by the Commissioners for their first
meeting; but neither Mr, Hunter nor Mr. eeland were there, whereupon the Fordham
Republican commented as follows: ae

“We presume that Mr. Wheeland, the Governor’s County Clerk, will be on hand at the
next meeting, providing by that time he establishes a residence in the county. It looks as
though the Governor was straining a point somewhat when he ignored the fact that we had
competent material for county officers and went to Edwards County for a Clerk.”

The meeting of the County Commissioners.was held April 28, 1879. Each Congress-
ional Township was constituted a road district, and Road Overseers were appointed for each
one, and the county was laid off into the four municipal townships of Marena, Sterling, Center
and Roscoe—the two former, each containing four; the two latter, eight Congressional
townships. .

The County Commissioners’ meeting held May 6, 1879, recommended J. W. Marlow to
the Governor for appointment as County Superintendent of Public Instruction, and two

rsons in each municipal township for Justice of the Peace. The Governor, however,

Nealined to appoint these officers. = 9 aA .

At a meeting of the board held May 17, 1879, a contract was made with C. B. Hamil-
ton & Co., of Topeka, to furnish the county with books and blanks.

July 7, 1879, the Board of Commissioners made the followin
‘Stroud, Treasurer; Samuel Townsend, Register of Deeds; William A. eee, County Super-
intendent of Public Instruction; W. J. lif, County Surveyor; E. B. McPherson, Trustee
for Marena Township; A. A. Lord, Sterlin ; John Gillespie, Center; Joseph Nelson, Roscoe
Township. In September, 1879, County Clerk Wheeland received a letter from the State

'

appointments: Louis

a os e
Superintendent of Public Instruction to the effect that he would not recognize the appoint-

ment of Mr. Agee as County Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Hodgeman County was in the Ninth Judicial District, of which Samuel R. Peters was
Judge, and in June, 1879, he appointed D. G. Curtis, Clerk of the District oo and Edgar
R. Fulton, County Attorney. The county—in 1883—is in the Sixteenth Judicial District, of
which J. C. Strang, of Pawnee, is Judge. : .

At the general election, November 4,1879,a voté was taken on the location of the coun-
ty seat, with the following result: Buckner, 199; Marena, 107, Hodgeman Center, 40; Ford-
ham, 5. The name of Buckner was changed to Jetmore a short time after the permanent
location of the county seat. 7 %

The result of the election of 1879 was so unsatisfactory to “the powers that be”in Hodge-
man at that time that an action was held in the Supreme Court of the State, which was
entitled :

“The State of Kansas ez. rel. vs. the Board of County Commissioners of the County of
Hodgeman, S. A. Sheldon, J. R. Wilson and J. W. Hunter. Original proceedings in manda-
mus.”

The defendants were compelled to make the canvass, and the county started in with
a new set, of officers, who had been opposed by the out-going powers. The retiring County
Commissioners issued to J. W. Crawford, their attorney in the mandamus suit, on January
8, 1880, the sum of $650. Commissioner Wilson was allowed $38 for expense attending suit
ys. county on the 13th of January, and each of the Commissioners $75, which was the last
act of their official lives as such Commissioners. 7

This county is a part of the Thirty-seventh Senatorial District. It was represented in
the State Senate of 1881 by J. C. Strang, of Pawnee County; in 1883, by Simon Motz, of Ellis.
In the election that will occur in 1884, it will be in the Thirty-fifth Senatorial District.
Samuel Townsend was elected as the first Representative to the Legislature from Hodgeman-
County, but there was no session during the term for which he was elected. In the session
of aT Alexander Newby was the Representative; in 1883, R. J. Kenyon. The district is

o. 119. . ‘

At the meeting of the County Commissioners February 2, 1880, the board accepted
a lease for the building in which the county offices were held, from Mrs. Elizabeth Haun,
for the consideration of $1.

The following is the official roster of the county: : 7

County Commissioners—1879, J. W. Hunter, 8S. A. Sheldon, J. R. Wilson; 1830, Lewis
Stroud, C. E. Roughton, Edward E. Bowlus; 1881, Lewis Stroud, J. J. Freeman, J. P. Best;
rel an J. Eakin, C. E,, Roughton, J. P. Best; 1883, Samuel J. Eakin, Samuel Townsend, .

. P. Best.

County Clerks—1879, W. W. Wheeland; 1880-81, E. M. Prindle; 1882-83, L. M. Miller.

County Treasurers—1879, Lewis Stroud} 1880-81, W. A. Frush; 1882- Cc. E. Wilson.
time of Deeds—1879, Samuel Townsend; 1880-81, J. A. Whiteside; 1882-83, J. E.

icker. 5 :

County Surveyors—1879, W. J. Iliff; 1880-83, D. V. Morgan.

Sheriff—1880-83, George M. Curtis.

__, Clerks of the District Court—1879, Daniel G. Curtis; 1880, W. H. Secor; 1881-82, A. 0.
Dickinson ; 1883, D. N. Larned.

County Attorneys—1879-80, Edgar R. Fulton; 1881, S. A. Sheldon; 1882, John Harlan;
1883, W.S. Kenyon.

ies Cae P. Mack ; 1883, Ed. Waters. Gs

mty Superintendents ublic Instruction—1879, W. A. Agee; 1880, George A. Curtis;
1981-83, J. R. Baird. , i a aie a a

Coroners—Taylor Jackson, T. P. Moore. a

The vote of Hodgeman pouty at its first Presidential election, in 1880, was gs fal-
lows: Garfield, 176; ancock,'52; Weaver, 38. The county has voted at two gubernatorial
elections, with the following result: In 1880, St. John, Republican, 177; Ross, Democrat, 54;
Vrooman, National, 32; 1882, St. John, Republican, 157 ; Glick, Democrat, 87; Robinson, Na-

oes By: On the prohibition amendment, Hodgeman County’s vote stood 147 for, 65
against.

PRESS HISTORY, SCHOOL STATISTICS, ETC.

The first number of the Fordham Republican was issued April 9, 1879. Guy F. Carle-
ton, editor. In 1879, the paper was decignatel as the oiialal’ pa er of the coiviity. Tn
spite of this honor, however, the lican passed from existence October 15, 1879.
is oo a the pean enter unaer was started, Mr. Wheeland; the County

‘lerk, editor. e last number of the Agitator was issued v

its domrlees its 5 edltor went out of the office. ” Mee nce tee ere cese
uckner Independent, originally the Spearville News, of Ford County, was established:

by T, 8. Haun, November 7, 1879. T. S, Haun and Gs. W. Stumbaugh bounae the proprie-
tors, May oy 1880. The Independent, June 24, 1880, is dated dt Jetmore. In March, 1881, it
became the Jetmore Republican. In June, 1881, T. 8. Haun became the sole editor and pro-
prietor. December 16, 1881, W.S. Kenyon became associated with Mr, Haun in its manage-
ment; on December 23, Frank H. Nash became editor. The Jetmore Reveille was started
eons 27, 1882. It is now the official paper of the county, W. S. Kenyon, editor and
prietor. s =

The number of school districts in the county in 1880 were 12; in 1882, the number was
14, The number of children of school age in .1880, was 138; it was 383 in 1882. The value
of its school property in 1880 was $175; in 1882, it was $700. The average monthly salary of
male teachers in 1880, was $11.66; in 1882, it was $23.33; of female teachers in 1880, $10.22;
in 1882, it was $16.69. , ;
ind ae 1880, Hodgeman County had 1,704 inhabitants; in 1882, their number had decreased
141,

In 1880, there were 3,425 acres in winter wheat; in 1882, 2,148. In 1880, in corn, 723
acres; in 1882, 1,346. In 1880, in Irish potatoes, 105 acres; in 1882, 629. In 1880, in sorghum,
614 acres; in 1882, 5,067. In_1880,in broom corn, 192‘acres; in 1882, 996: in 1880, there
were 423 horses; in 1882, 587. In 1880, there were 499 milch cows; in 1882, 754. In 1880,
there were other cattle, 1,131; in 1882, 4,805. In 1880, there were 1,103 sheep; in 1881, 11,075 ;
in 1882, 14,529. In 1880, there were 118 swine; in 1881, 11,315; in 1882, 14,850: In 1880, there

were manufactured 12 pounds of cheese; in 1881, 555; in 1882, 1,380; pounds of butter in
1880, 10,583: in 1881, 240,614. : est ater
*, +. .alliook’ the first claims made

ROOKS COUNTY.

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‘ROOKS COUNTY. -

NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS.

o OOKS County is in the seeond tier of the northwestern counties of

” Kansas, and fifth from the western boundary of the State. It con-
tains 576,000 acres of land and is divided into twenty-one townships.

_ The general characteristics of the county as to soil, climate, &c., are
similar to its neighboring counties, the soil possessing the same wonder:
ful fertility and retention of moisture. Northwestern Kansas has been
under-rated as an agricultural region, on account of the slovenly mode of
farming adopted by too many of its early settlers. It may be set down as
a verity that ¢ndustrious and dntelligent farmers can produce as abundant
crops of wheat, corn, oats, barley, sorghum,broom corn, potatoes and other
products usually grown in this latitude as any section ofthis wonderful
State, Rooks is well adapted for both agriculture and the pasturage of
stock, being well watered and :
‘the land rich and undulating.

The face of the county may
be thus divided: Upland, 80
per cent; and bottom land, 20
per cent; forest (government
survey), 1 percent; prairie, 99
per cent. Average width of
bottoms, one and a half miles.
The general surface of thé,
coun!ry is level, with bluffs in
southeastern portion of the
county. There are belts of tim-
ber, red and white. elm, cot-:
tonwood, ash, hackberry, black
walnut and cedar, in narrow
belts along the streams. In
some sections of the county
gypsum is found. Nocoal has
yet been discovered- Beautiful
magnesian lime stone is abun-
dant and is extensively used
for building purposes in both
country-and the towns. From

1875 when the first reliable
census was taken, the popu-
lation has increased from 567
to 9,432 the present year, which
shows a rapid increase, fully
keeping pace with neighboring

. counties,

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Ri Aw H Aa M

EARLY SETTLERS.

The first settlers in Rooks
County were ten persons en-
gaged in: the stock business
numed James, Thomas, Joseph,
John and Francis McNulty
(brothers, prepay one Mas-
sachuseits), Tunis Bulas, John

- Wells, John Powell, Seal Nor-
77 “thup and Capt. J. Owens, They
' ‘drrived in January, 1871, and

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R.XVIII

POPULATION (FEDERAL CENSTS).

McNulty, born Christmas night, 1871, on Elm Creek, three miles east and
south of Stockton. The first death in the county was Erastus Foster,
two miles from Stockton, in the spring of 1873. He was buried in the
Stockton grave-yard.

On the 7th of June, 1875, two men, with thirty-five Texas ponies, came
to the South Fork, near Stockton, and encamped, and gave’ notice that
they desired to dispose of their stuck. The people of the village soon
gathered to inspect the ponies, and one of the two strangers went up town
to make some purchases. While the citizens were examining the live-
stock, the sheriff of Ellis County, named Ramsay, accompanied by Joseph
McNulty, sheriff of Rooks, rode up, heavily armed, and announced that the
ponies were stolen property He ordered the thief to throw up his hands,
but instead of obeying the o.der the man jumped behind a pony and made
ready to shoot. Both Ramsay and the horse thief were armed with
needle guns and fired simulta-
ncously and both dropped dead.
The thief’s companion was
hunted up and fired on and
his jaw was broken, but he
made his escape. Sheriff Ram-
say, who had also served as
city marshal of Hays City, had
killed nine men while in the
discharge of his official duties.

In 1872 two boys named
Roberts. who had made a claim
‘in Medicine Township, were
‘fired on and killed by a des-
perado named Johnson.

In 1573 a catile dealer from
Kentucky, was murdered, rob-
bed and buried in, the sand
twelve miles east of Stockton.
A day or two afterwards the
body was discovered. by some
“children. Friends in Kentucky
were notified and the body was
sent to his former home for in-
terment. a

Rockport, Sugar Loaf,
Adamson, Slate, Alcona, Brad.
ford, Webster, Stockton, Race-
burgh,” Rooks, Centre, Survey,
Igo, Hobart, Cresson, Chandler,
Zurich, McHale, Plainville,
Welcome, Motor, Villisca.

ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY
, OFFICERS. ‘

Rooks County was organized
November 26, 1872, *‘on the petition
of more than forty trecholders.” Gov.
Harvey appointed temporary officers,
and selected Stockton as the tempo-
rary county seat. The special com-
missioners, Lyman Randall and Lewis
Stults, appointed Geurge W. Beebe,
Clerk. At the first regular election,
held December 31, 1872, at. Lowell,
‘Stockton, Paradise and Bow Creek

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in the county, in what after- elected: Joseph McNulty, Repre-
‘ m he ys T 7 1880. 1880. sentative; M. Drake, Probate Judges
ward became Stockton Town — —— John Russell, Sheriff; L. C. Smith.
“ship... They came from Wash- Alcona Township. Z 272 | Paradise Township 500 County Clerk; Joseph Brossard.
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ington County, Kan., and with Ash Kock : 485 | Plainville a a 551 Treasurer; Albert Cooper, Surveyor;
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an . . - Corning | Sugar Loaf Township-. . K. Dibble, Attorney; L. C. Smit
manent residents. Soon after Farmington ‘ 610 | Twin Mound “ ‘426 Register of’ Deeds: D. W. Gaun;
these settlers followed John Greenfield ‘‘ .866 | Walton us 538 Coroner;- Lyman Kandall, D. O.
: : : : Hobart ne 301 = — Adams, Lewis M. Stults, Commis-
: Shorthill, who still resides on Jowa “ 421 TOU Ate yesh ecu eacesk ee cece 8.112 sioners, For county. seat, Stockton
' “. his original claim in Lowell Lowell fs 367 5; - received ninety-five; Lowell, filty-
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tin, who came with her husban
and family in the fall of 1871, 7 : aA .
was the first woman who settled in Rooks County. ‘She still resides in Lo-
-well Township. Following these early setclers soon came Thomas Boylan,
Henry Purdy, 8. C. Smith, M. M. Stewart. G. W. Patterson, Henry Hill, Geo.
‘Steele, John Russell, Lyman Randall, John Lawson, W. H. Barnes, Geo. W.
Beebe, the Dibbles, Purks, and others, who are still residents of the county.
The first house erected in Stockton Township, and Rooks County, was
erected in February, 1871, by the McNulty brothers, two and a half miles

- gouth of the county town on the south side of South Solomon. The first
marriage occurred in Lowell Township, January 1, 1878. William E,
Newton was married to Mary M. Young, by E. M. Cooper, a Justice of
the Peace. Since that time two hundred and eighty-five marriage licenses
have been ‘issued by the probate judge of Rooks County. The first
child born in the county was Myrtle Maude, daughter of Thomas

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Harvey Mitchell, County Clerk; W. H. B

Representative: G. W. Patterson,
Probate Judge; L. C. Smith, County
Sheriff; M. M. Stewart, Treasurer;
arnes, County Attorney; S.S. Boggs, Surveyor;
J.D. Perty, Coroner; D. C. Foote, Superintendent; Willis Reed, Commissioner First
District; James Strout Commissioner Second District. ‘

November, 1874.—Frank McNulty, Representative; George W. Patterson, Probate
Judge; Joseph McNulty, Sheriff; J. H. Mitchell, District Clerk; A. T. Avery, Superin-
tendent of Schools; W. H. Barnes, Attorney; L. D. Reno, Coroner; John Marshall,

\Commissioner Third District. :

November, 1875.—Moses Adamson, Representative; L. C. Smith, County Clerk
and Register of Deeds; M. M. Stewart, Treasurer; John Russell, Sheriff; S. S. Boggs,
Surveyor; John Hill, Coroner; L. W. Butts, Commissioner.

November, 1876.—S. S. Boggs, Representative; James A French, Probate Judge;
E. Bartholomew, District Clerk; M. Adamson, Superintendent of Schools; A. L. Patch-
in, County Attorney; J. S. McComb, Commissicner.

November, 1877.—John Shaw, Representative; J. H. Mitchell. County Clerk; E. F.
Randall, Treasurer; J. H. Mitchell, Register of Deeds; S. S. Boggs, Surveyor; John
Hilts, Coroner; Thomas McNulty, Henry Dunn, John Marshall, Commissioners. =

Clerk and Register of Deeds; George W. Norcutt,
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November, 1878.—R. 8. Shorthill, Commissioner; 8. 8. Boggs, Representative; A
L. Patchin, Attorney; J. A. French, Probate Judge; W. H. Ded. Super t of
Schools, 0 W. Neweit, ie ee ‘obate Judge; W. H. Barnes, Superintendent of
ovember, 1879.-M. M. Stewart, Treasurer; J. H. Mitchell, County Clerk; John
Shaw, Sheriff; 8. S. Boggs, Surveyor; John Hill, Coroner; A. M. King and Eli Sherman,
Commissioners; Nat wlon, Register of Deeds. :
és November, 1830.—A. B. Montgomery,'Representutive; J.G. Denny, Probate Judge;
C. W. Smith, Attorney; J. W. Callendar, District Clerk; J. B. Clark, Superintendent of
Schools; W. A. Fallis, Commissioner.
jy, November, 1881—M. M. Steward, Treasurer; A. J. Davis, County Clerk; Dr. H.
Hill, Register of Deeds; M. P. Isenbeck, Sheriff; 8. S. Boggs, Surveyor; T. C. McBreen,
Coroner; C, Schults, Commissioner.

LOCAL MATTERS.

. A county court house,'42x52 feet, was erected in 1881, at a cost of $5.000. This splendid
structure is built of the clegant magnesium limestone, found in large quantities in the
immediate neighborhood. The city of Stockton paid $3,000 for the walls, and the house
was finished at the expense of the county. The early courts werc held in the hall over
the stone store, and afterwards other rooms were used for court purposes. A strong
Jail, built of cottonwood logs, and on which many tons of iron were used to strengthen
it, has been built near the court house. Before the completion of the jail, prisoners
were taken to Ellis County for safe-keeping.

The two mills and creamery mentioned below are all located in the neighborhood
of Stockton.

W. W. Watson, grist mill; capital invested, $9,000; value of product, $110,000.

J. A. French, grist mill; capital invested, $6,000; value of product, $100,000.

C. H. Buschman, creamery; capital invested, $3,000; value of product, $32,000.

These establishments give employnient to eight teams and twenty men.

The County Agricultural Society was first organized in 1879 and held a fair at
Stockton the same year. The officers were: L. C. Smith, President; Lloyd Selby, Sec-
retary, and C. C. Chapman, Treasurer. A number of untoward circumstances caused
failures to hold meetings in 1880 and 1881, but the present year a re-organization was
effected, and a very successful fair closed at Stockton October 5th. The present officers
are: L. C. Smith, President; J. B. Clark, Secretary, and J. C. Denny, Treagnrer.

Newspapers.—The Rooks County Record, the Republican journal of the county.
was established December 6, 1879, by W. L. Chambers anil T. C. McBreen. The Recor
has been regularly issued ever since. It is published in-quarto form, and its columns
display both ability and energy. October 16, 1882, J. W. Newell, the pioneer printer of
the county, purchased Mr. McBreen’s interest in the establishment. The ec -rd is
bold and outspoken in defence of its principles, and enjoys a large circulation and a
liberal advertising patronage. :

_. The Stockton News, the able. greenback labor paper, was the first journal estab-
lished in Rooks County. J. W. Newell started the News January 6, 1876, as an advocate
ofrepublicanism. For one year the office was removed to Plainville, where a paper
was published, but a return to Stockton was found necessary. It was but a five column
folio at the beginning, but is now a six column quarto, The paper enjoys a liberal pat-
ronage. During the early part of 1882 B.C. Maynard became proprietor and editor, and
the Mews became an advocate of the principles of the national labor party.

Churches and Sabbath Schools.—-There are thirteen church buiidings in the
county, erected at an expense of $6,300, with a seating capacity of 1.200. To these
churches are attached 466 members. In addition there are many church organizations.
The Congregationalists have six organizations and 136 members. The Presbyterians
have three organizations, and 70 members. The Methodist Episcopals have five organi-
zations, four resident clergymen, anda membership of 160 The Christian denomination
has three organizations, with a membership of 65. The United Brethren have seven
organizations and a membership of 110._ There are ‘six Catholic congregations in the
county, with a membership of 130. Their house of worship in Stockton is the most
expensive church building in the county. It is 33x50, and built of stone. The cost of
the house was $2,000. The Congregationalista also have a substantial house in Stockton,
built of magnesian limestone at an expense of nearly $2000. The Baptists, who, by
the way, were the pioneers, one of their elders, Joy Bishop, having delivered the first
sermou preached in the county (at Stockton), in 1873, have two church organizations,
at Motor and Stockton, with a membership of 65. In addition to these, the Friends have
one organization and the Evangelists one. .

The Sabbath schools of Rooks County are mostly conducted on the “union” plan,
two or more sects uniting iv a neighborhood and working together. There are sixteen
schools in the county, with 66 teachers and 792 scholars. The first Sabbath school started
in the county was opened in May, 1873, five miles west of Stockton. ‘‘Father” Surfus
was the first superintendent. ‘Two of the most efticient workers in these schools are
Rev. Mr. Sherman, of Stockton, and H. P. Hard, of the same township.

SCHOOL AND AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

In 1880 the number of school districts in the county was 77, an increase of 21 over
the preceeding year. In 1882 the districts number 84. In 1880 the superintendent

| received 54 reports from the district clerks, 17 more than in the preceeding year. In

1882 the number of reporte reached 70. The number of pupils enrolled in the public
schools in 1879 was 614; in 1880, 2,385; in 1882, 2,580. Average daily attendance in 1879
365; in 1880, 825; in 1882, 1,212. Number of teachers employed in 1879, 31; number in
1880, 54; in 1882, 71; average monthly salary of male teachers in 1879, $22.33; females,
$14 38; average in 1880, for males, $17.97; females, $14.63; average salary in 1882, for
malcs, $18.00; females, $15.00; Eight school houses were built in 1879, nine in 1880, and
ten in 1881, including the high school at Stockton, erected at a cost of $4.009. The total
echool expenditures for the year 1882 amounted to $3,307. The value of school property
has steadily increased, and is now estimated at $7,200, against $1,872 in 1879. e
assessed valuation of school property in 1879 was returned at $144,940; in 1880 it reached
$250,313; in 1882 it is estimated at $290,505. The first regular pay school 1n Rooks
County was taught by W. H. Barnes, a thoroughly educated gentleman from Miune-
sota, who came to the county in the spring of 1872, and began a schoo) in Stockton
the same season. For several years he contiaued to teach in the town school, but
having a knowledge of law he commenced practice and was chosen county attorney.
Mr. Barnes now resides in Stockton and enjoys a lucrative practice.

To show that Rooks is more than keeping pace with her sister counties in agri-
culture, the acreage and yicld of the early years are compared with the amoants and
yield of the presentseason: Jn 1878 the acreage was 5,211, aud the yield of the principal
articles as follows: winter wheat, 23.848 bushels; rye, 16,464; spring wheat, 24,358; corn,
46,740; barley, 7,315; oats, 1,305; Irish potatoes, 8,160; sorghum, 6,497; millet and Hun-
garian, 744 tons; prarie hay, 400 tons; tobacco, cotton, broom corn, sweet potatoes,
none. This year’s crop makes the following exhibit, showing a large increase: winter
wheat, 317,689 bushels; rye, 101,120; spring wheat, 16,320 bu.; corn, 600,000 bu.;
prairie hay, 8.965 tons; oats, 38,475; Irish potatoes, 40.000 bu.; sweet potatoes, 3,750;
sorghum, 119,900 gallons; broom corn, 813 tons; Hungarian and millet, 16,587 tons;
Egyptian rice corn, 55,550; dairy products, 174,160 pounds butter. The aggregate value
of these articles, not including 111 acres of flax. 9 acres of tobacco, and 54 acres of cot-
ton, at their marketable value, shows the sum of $634,077! A considerable portion of
these products wi}l be required for home consumption, but much of it will be sent for-
ward to market, and the returns will relieve the settlers of indebtedness.

_ . The county contains, according to the assessor's returns for 1882: 2,401 horses, 443
mules, 2,664 milch cows, 4,283 other cattle, 16,400 sheep and 5,200 swine, Of trees planted
there are 190 acres walnut, 15 acres maple, 55 acres honey locust, 588 acres cottonwood,
and 417 acres of other varieties. Of fruit trees (not bearing), there are 8,747 apple, 104,-
77 peach, 2.534 plum, and 1,368 cherry. The number of bearing trees is inconsiderable.
The value of the agricultural implements owned in Rooks County is $30,366.

STOCKTON.

The city of Stockton, county seat of Rooks County, now containing a
population of seven hundred was first settled in June, 1872. Several of
the earliest settlers were cattle dealers and they named their new home
Stocktown, or as it soon became Stockton. The first settler in the town
-was George W. Beebe, who also erected the first house and opened the

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

first stock of goods. He came on to the town site in June, 1872. Other
early scttlers were 8. C. Smith, who built the first frame house, bringing
his lumber by team from a distance of 150 miles; J oseph McNulty, far-
vin and Lyman Randali—the Randalls built in 1872, the large stone busi-
ness house on Mainstreet. W. O’Brien, Joseph and Jackson Dickson,
Joseph Randall, Thomas McNulty. The first town officers, elected in
1873, were Charlas Stuart, trustee; D. K. Dibble, clerk; John Park, treasur-
er; G. W. Patterson and P. G. Green, justices; G. W. Norcutt and W.
Dickson, constables. The first school was -taught in 1872 by W. H.
Barnes, in the north part of town, and soon after the first school house
was built in the same section. The first sermon was delivered by Elder
Joy Bishop in the public hall at the close of 1872 or beginning of 1873.
The first church was built in 1878, Catholic, in the north part of town.
The first post-office (Stockton) was established in 1872, and James Finne-
gan was appointed Postmaster. The first mail was brought on horse-
back from Cawker City, oa Bulls City. The first grist mill was built
by Bulis and French, east of and near town line. Stockton is located on
the second bottom on level prairie. A child of Geo. W. Norcutf, born in
the spring of 1874, was the first birth in Stockton. The first burial in the
grave-yard, was 2 man named Foster, whose death is noted elsewhere.

Stockton has"just cause to be proud of her educational advantages,
having a'successful graded school in a substantial and elegant three-roomed,
two-story building. The house was built in 1881, at an expense of $4,000.
Three teachers are employed, with an enrollment of 150 scholars. Her
earliest teacher, W. H. Barnes still takes a warm interest in the subject
of education. ; ; iS

Stockton was organized as a city inthe spring of 1879. The first offi-

cers were: U. E. Maynard, mayor; C. E. McDaniel, Jewell Elliott, M. M.
Stewart, James Moore and John Sarver, councilman; | D. Washburn,
marshal; W. A. Ecker, police judge; T. C. McBreen, clerk. Present
officers: M. M. Stewart, mayor; John Newton, M. Schrulen, M. E. Prickett,
Hiram Lee, J. Guthrie, council: John R. Hicks, marshall; Frank Mc-
Nulty, police judge; T. C. McBreen, clerk. The council meets regularly
every month.

SOCIETIES.

Newahcuba Lodge, No. 189, A.. F. & A. M.—Organized February. 17, 1881
Present officers: J. W. Callender, W.M.; M.C. Reville, 5. W.; J. A. French, J. W.;
W. B. Lecompt, Treas ; L. C. Smith, Sec.; F. Chipman, S.D.; A. E. Wilson, J. D.;
John Haynes, Tyler. Number of members, thirty. Meet Friday on or before full moon,
and every second Friday thereafter, in hall on Main Street. ~ :

Stockton Lodge, No. 175, I. 0. O. F.—Organized October 13, 1880. Present officers:
J.H. Hays, N. G.; % N. Smith, V. G.; T.C. McBreen, Per. Sec.; J. Estep, Warden; A.
F. Smith, Treas.; Geo. Montgomery, D. D. G. M. Has thirty-five members. Meet every
Wednesday in hall on Main Street. . .

Stockton Post, No.6, G. A. R.—Organized May, 1872. -L. C. Smith,-P. C.; John
Knoley, J. V. C.; A.J. Davis, Adjt.; M. M. Stewart, Chaplain. Mect last Saturday of
every month. Has fifty-six members.

Stockton Cornet Band was organized in 1878 with the following members: Harry
Mitchell, H. M. Jackson, Charles Hurd, G.§. Smily, J. T. Newton, A. Wilson, Henry
weobts se liyerts, T. J. McClellan, George Randall, W.A. Ecker, J. M. Honde, Ed.

aponlice.

- Elm Grove Creamery.—Two and one-half miles west of Stockton, on the South
Solomon, and situated in Elm Grove, from which it takes its name, is the Elm Grove
Creamery of Messrs. C. H. Buschman & C. C. Woods. It is the most important estab-
lishment of the kind in Western Kansas, the milk from 800 cows being utilized, and
the products of the creamery ranking as No.1. The value of the building is about
$1,500; machinery and cans, $1,800; total original investment, $5,064. A large part of:
the butter is sold at Su. Louis and Denver. The building is 58x28 feet, built near the
base ofa low bluff that is filled with springs of clear, living water. The engine room
and butter room, 10x12 and 20x10 feet, respectively, adjoining the main building. The
first churning was done on the 13th of May, 1882. The cream is gathered from five differ-
ent routes through the county.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

W.H. BARNES, lawyer, was born in Madison, Mich., August 28, 1842. Whentwo
years of age went with his parents to Washington County, Wis., where he lived on a
farm until twelve years old, and with his parents moved to Barton, Wis., where he
worked in a store and went to school until he was twenty, then he went to Eyota,
Minn., where he followed farming until the fall of 1865, when he returned to Wisconsin,
Winnebago County, and engaged in -the shingle and lumber business until 1867, when
he returned to Eyota, Minn., where he kept a hotel until 1869, when he removed to
Tiarrisonville, Cass County, Mo., where he resided until 1873, teaching school durin
the winters and reading law during the summer. Read Jaw with William J. Terril!, an
in 1873 he moved to Rooks County, Kan , where he homesteaded a farm and where he
lived until 1875, when he moved to the city of Stockton and engaged in keeping hotel
until 1877, when he established the first drug store in Rooks County, also had a third
interest fn what was known ag the “Stone Store,” and also a third interest in the
Stockton Mills, which he was connected with until 1879, when he disposed of his inter-
est in the three establishments, and has since given his entire attention to the practice
oflaw. Ho attended Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis.; was admitted to the bar
of the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas, at Topeka, Kan., August 31, 1878, and to
the District Court of Rooks County in the spring of 1874. Has practiced law in Rooks
and adjoining counties since 1873. Married September 29, 1863, to Miss Maria Scott.
The have three children—E]la, Merton and Edith. «He was elected County Attorney,
Rooks County, four years, Elected County Superintendent of Schools, two terms. He
has been a prominent member of the Republican party in Rooks County for the last ten
years, and in 1880 was chosen as one of the alternates. *<

J. W. CALLENDER, hardware merchant and district clerk, was born in Luzerne
County, Pa., November 2, 1445, where he resided until 1855, when he went to Chickasaw
County, Iowa, where he lived on a farm until 1868, when he moved to Fayette, Towa,
where he attended the university three years, and until 1878 engaged in teaching school
as principal of schools in Fayette, Auburn, Elgin and Postville, and in 1878 came to
Stockton, where he established his present business—hardware store. He was married
Beaten per 18, 1874, to Miss Sarah E. Gardner. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity
and A.O.U. W. Elected District Clerk of Rooks County in the fall of 1890, and re-
elected in the fall of 1882. He has been City Treasurer since the spring of 1882.

. W. L. :;CHAMBERS, senior editor of the Rooks County Record, was born in
Geneva, Kane County, IIL, February 12, 1856; educated in Geneva High School, and
when seventeen years of age, went into the Geneva Republican office us local’éeditor and
compositor. Remained a year and a half, and then for a few mouths was employed in
the business department of the Ee Advocate. Then started the Dundee Record,
run it a year anda half, till the fall of 1878, then went in company with T. C. McBreen,
and removed the office to Wilber, Saline County, and established the Wilber Record,
one year later, sold to Dougherty & Piercell Bros., then removed to Stockton and
established the Record. He is a member of the Stockton Lodge of Odd Fellows. In
fugust, Toots he went on a pleasure trip to California, but after his arrival he was

engage as historian by a Historical Company, and wrote several county histories there,
oe ing through a large part of the State, In the summer of 1882 he returned to
ockton.
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A. J. DAVIS, County Clerk, was born in Clay County, Ind., October 13,1
where he lived on a farm until 1852, when he went J aeper County Iowa, Wicks te
resided until 1878. For the six years previous to 1875 he was engaged in the grain and
commission business at Prairie City, lowa, and during the year 1877, read law with E. C.
Roach, of Prairie City, Iowa, and was admitted to the bar at the December term of same
year in the District Court of Jasper County, Iowa. In May, 1878, he came to Stockton,
Kan , where he freighted until the fall of 1881, when he was elected County Clerk of
Rooks County, Kan. He was married November 22, 1869, to Miss Katie Noon. They
have five children—Clarence T., Minnie, Kittie, Mell and ‘an infant. He isa member:
of I.0.0.F.andG.A.R. Enlisted as a private in Company I, Second Iowa Volunteer
Cavalry, January 15, 1865, and was discharged at Selma, Ala., September 19, 1865, as a

private, under special order frorh War Department.

JOHN C. DENNEY, Probate Judge, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, Novem-
ber 18, 1852, where-he resided until 1864, when he removed to Johnson County, Iowa,
where he lived on a farm until 1869. He then removed to Lake County, Ind., where he
farmed until 1877, then in the fall of 1878 came to Kansas and located in Stockton, and
connected himself with A. L. Patchin in the practice of law. Read law with James
Brown, of Newcastle, Ind., for elghteen months, and attended Normal school at Val-

ariaso, Ind., for three years; from 1872 to 1874. He was married December 3&1, 1879, to
iss Hattic McNeeley. They have one child—Arthur J. Mr. Denney was elecie
Probate Judge of Rooks County in the fall of 1880. He isa member of the A., F. & A.

Is now practicing law in the firm of Barnes & Denney.

H. A. HAR‘, associate editor of the News, was born on the fourteenth day of April,
1855, in Dodge County, Wis , in a smal! village called Mayville, situated on the bank of
Rock River. Inthe spring of 1866, in company with his parents, he removed to Missouri,
where he remained until eighteen years of age. During‘his stayin Missouri he atténded
school two.years at the State Norma! school located at Kirksville, this being the only
high school he ever attended. In the spring of 1873, with his trade (that of jeweler),

only partially completed, he left home.to do for himself. Two years were spent in wan-
dering from place to place, stopping but a short timein any. In the spring of 1875 he
located in Brighton, a smal! town in southeastern Lowa, remaining there four years.
While here he was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca L. Scott, and in company with
her and his little girl, now four years of age, emigrated to Kansas and located at Stock-
‘ton in 1879. Although Mr. Hart was reared a Republican, his father being a staunch
abolitionist atthe ‘outburst of the late war, yet he has never voted the Republican
ticket. His first ballot was cast for Peter Cooper in 1876, and he has continued to act
and vote with the Greenback, A nti-Mouopoly party ever since, thoroughly convinced that
the principles adhered to by that party are just, he is ever ready to work in its inter-
est, and believes tliat the time is not far distant when the party will be successful. He
has been connected with the Mews since the spring of 1882. |

H. A. HICKS, prope ctor of the Randall House, was born in Tippecanoe County,
Ind., Aug. 28, 1840. In infancy his parents moved to Warren County, Ind., where he
resided for four years; then moved to Vigo Couuty, Ind., where he lived for about seven
years; then removed to Mar on County, Il., where he resided on a farm for two years,
then removed to Nemaha County; Kunsas, in 1856, where he followed farming until 1875,
when he came to Stockton, Kan., where he engaged in blacksmithing and wagon mak-
ing until March, 1881, and since then he has beeb engaged in keeping hotel in Stockton.
He married, April 6, 1862, Miss Hester A. Newton. Have seven children—Ursula,
Winona, Margaret, Cynthia, Emma, Warren and Rosa. ‘ He was Justice of the Peace of
Stockton Township for one. term. i

BENJAMIN HILL, Register of Deeds, was born in Warren County, Mo., March 28,
1842, where he resided till, twelve years old, when he went to Marion County, Iowa,
where he attended schoo) and taught school till twenty two years old, when ‘he read med-
icine with Dr. EH. H. Keables, of Pella, and attended medical college at Keokuk, lowa,
after which he practiced medicine in Marion County, till_the fall of 1879, filling the
position during cight years of U.S. Examining Surgeon. He then removed to Rooks
County, Kansas, bomestedded a farm on Sec. 4, T.9, R.19. Was married June 28, 1868,
to Miss Sarah J. Cross; they have six children—Charles, Olive, William, Mollie, Benja-
min,-Elmer. Elected to the office of Registcr of Deeds of Rooks County in the fal] of 1881.

W. P. ISENBERG, Sheriff, was bornin Alexandria, Pa., Sept. 1, 1843, and at an
early age connected himself with the coal andironinterest, and until1876, was employed
as a prospector for coal and iron in Pennsylvania; and on his removal to Grinnell, Lowa,
in 1876, was also connected with the coal interest in that part of the State as a prospcc-
tor, until February, 1878, when he came to Kansas and homesteaded_ a farm on Sec. 11,

. 6, R.17., Greenfield SOROS Rooks County, where he followed farming until the
fall of 1881, when he moved to the City of Stockton as the Sheriff-elect of Rooks County.
He was married Oct. 9, 1866, to Miss Tillie A. Jones. They have seven children—Lydia
E., Anna, Willie, Frank, Marshall, Walterand Ella. Have one dead, Luther—died at
the age of four years. Mr. Isenberg enlisted in Company I, Fifth Pennsylvania Reserve,
as private, Dec. 3, 1861; transferred, Nov. 10, 1862, to Company E, Fifth U. S. Cavalry;
discharged, Aug. 15, 1865, expiration term of service. Is a member of G. A. R., I. O.

F., and ‘Board of School Directors, District 21, Rooks County, for three years.

JOSEPH McNULTY, lawyer, was born in Reville County, Canada, March 3, 1841,
and when he was seven years of age his ae moved to Lowell, Mass., where he re-
sided two years, and from there went to Rhode Island, where he lived for one year, and

. then in 1851 emigrated to Buchanan County, Iowa, where he lived on a farm until
he was fourteen years of age, when he went to Quasqueton, the same county, to learn
blacksmithing, which trade he followed until the winter of 1860, and then emigrated to
Washington County, Kan., where he farmed and blacksmithed ‘until June, 1871. when
he came to Rooks County, Kau., and homesteaded his present farm on Scc. 13, T. 7, R.
18, the first: piece of land taken in Rooks County. During the first seven years he lived
in Rooks County, Kan.;, he kept hotel, and since that time has read and practiced law.
During the year 1872 he was one of the incorporators of the town site of Stockton, with
his brothers, who came here with him. He was thé first settler in Rooks County. Mar-
ried to Miss Margaret Miller, June 25, 1867; in Washington County, Kan. They have
two children—-Phillip-and Grace. He was the first State Representative to the Legisla-—
ture in 1873. Appointed by Governor as Sheriff to fill vacancy in 1875; same fall was
elected Sheriff for two years. Was School Director of District No. 6, Stockton Town-
ship, two years. Enlisted, Nov. 14, 1861, in Company H, Second Kansas Volunteer Cav-
alry, a8 @ private; discharged, March 18, 1865, as Quartermaster Sergeant on expiration
of term of service. Was crippled by having his horse fall on him near Rising Sun, Mo.
He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, also the G. A. R :

B. C. MAYNARD, editor and senior member of the News firm, was born in Terre
Haute. Ind., Oct. 22, 1858. He was reared with hig parents until the age of cleven years,"
when his mother became a widow and removed with her family to Magnolia, Harrison
County, Iowa, where she still resides. Mr. Maynard received nothing more than a com-
mon school education, and he commenced an apprenticeship at the printing busi-
ness at the age of sixteen years‘in the Western Star office, then owned by George
‘Musgrove. After serving three years at his trade he assumed control of the office, and
was instrumental in the establishment of the Reporter, now published at Dunlap, Towa,
On May 4, 1874, he was married to Miss Carrie Peer, of Montreal, Canada. This union
has been blessed with “our children, two of whom are living, @ boy and a girl. Soon
after his marriage he abandoned the printing business and invested his accumulated
wealth in the mercantile business at Plattsmouth, Neb., which almost proved his finan-
cialruin. He again returned to Iowa and soon after accepted a position under his old
editor, and assumed the management of the Woodbine T'winer, a Greenback paper, and
identified himself with the Greenback Anti-Monopoly movement. After the defeat of J.
B. Weaver for the Presidency, he came to Rooks County, Kan., and soon after accepted
the foremanship of the Stockton News, which was subsequently removed to Plainville,
in the southern part of the county. In April, 1882, he associated with himself Hon. A.
B. Montgomery, representative in the State Legislature, and H. A. Hart, of Stockton,
and purchased the press and material used in its publication; removed the office back
to Stockton, and commenced the publication of a Greenback Anti-Monopoly paper. Mr.
Maynard i8 a staunch friend to the laboring masses, an observer of temperance princi-
ples and advocates measures that will result in the greatest good to the greatest
number. ‘ ~ ‘

JAMES H. MITCHELL, postmaster, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, Feb. 6,
1852, where he resided until twelve years of age, when he with his parents moved .to
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he resided for four years, when he moved to Madison
County, Ohio, and tlerked in a dry goods store until April, 1873, when he came to Rooks
County, Kan., and homesteaded a farm on Sec. 13, T.7, R. 18, where he lived and man-
aged his farm for five years, then moved to the City of Stockton where he engaged in the

drug business until July, 1880, when he was appointed Postmaster, which office he has
alnee held. While he lived on the farm in the fall of 1873, he was elected District Clerk,
at organization of county. First County Clerk for one year, and in the fall of 1874 was
re-elected to the office of. District Clerk for two years; then in the fall of 1877 was
elected to the office of County Clerk and Register of Deeds of Rooks County for a
term of two years, then again in the fall of 1879 was re-elected to the office of Count,
Clerk for two years. He is also now connected as partner in the firm of Pope & Mitchell
in land and loan business. He was married May 29, 1873, to Miss Rebecca L. McNeely;
they have two children—Rolland H. and Lola M. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and
the A., F.& A.M.

JOHN T. NEWTON, furniture dealer, was born in Breckinridge County, Aug. 21,
1848; his parents moving to Illinois when he was aninfant, where they lived for two
years, when they moved to Missouri, where they lived for two years, when they moved
to Nemaha County, Kan., six miles north of the town of Seneca. His father was the

first settler in Nemaha County, Iéan.; and he lived with his parents on a farm until |

1863, when he went to Seneca, where-he worked in a flouring and saw mill until
February, 1866, when he went to Pawnee County, Neb., at what was then Freis
Mills, on Nemaha River, twelve miles north of Seneca, as a partner in a general store,
which business he continued in until 1871, when he went to Marshall County, Kan., and
conducted a blacksmith aud wagon shop until the spring of 1875, when he went to North
Platte, Neb., where he was contractor and builder until 1877, when he came to
Stockton, Kan., continuing as contractor and builder until April4, 1879, when with
A. E. Wilson, he established a furniture house in Stockton, Kan.;and in April, 1882, Mr.
A. H. Lanham purchased the interest of Wilson in the business, which up to the present
time has been carried on under the firm name of Newton & Lanham. He was married,
Sept. 13, 1862, to Miss Anna M. Fesler. .

_A. L. PATCHIN, lawyer, was born in Auburn, New York, Jan. 5, 1837, where he
resided until he was thirteen years of age, when he moved to Mt. Holly, Knox County
Ohio, where he lived until he was twenty years old; during this time he attended schoo
in Delaware City for one year, then in 1857 he moved to Arcola, Il]., where he taught
school for three years; then he removed to Union, in 1860, where he followed farming for
about eight years, then studied and practiced law until 1875, when he came to Stockton,
Kan., where he has been since in the re oflaw. During the time he lived in Ar-
cola, Ill., he attended law school at Cleveland, Ohio, forone year. Married, Aug. 10,
1861, Miss Julia C. Philes. They have fourchildren—Edmund J., Clarence, Carrié
B. and Eva. Isa member ofthe Grand Army of the Republic, and A., F. & A. M. En-
listed March 10, 1865, as a privatein the Second Minnesota Battery; discharged as
private July 11, 1865, by special order of War Department. Was clected County Attor-
ney of Rooks County for two terms.. Member of State Legislature, of Minnesota,
1870, also Probate Judge for one year.

M. C. REVEILLE, lawyer, was born in Sussex County, Del., in the town of Mil-
ford, the twenty-second day of April, 1848, at which place he lived until 1869, At the age
of fifteen, he went to learn the ship carpentering trade, which business he followed un-
til 1867,-when he attended the St. Mary's College at Wilmington, Del., until 1868; then
for Wearly one year was editor of the Sussex Argus, at Milford, Del. Then in April, 1869,
he moved to Troy, Kan., where be established a nursery, which he, engaged at for two
years; then went into the office of U. B. Wood, of Troy, Kan,, where he read law and
taught school until he was admitted to the bar at Troy, Kan., in March, 1875; he
precuices law in Troy until 1879, when he came to Stockton, Rooks County, where he
nas since been in the practice oflaw. Married, Sept. 1, 188k, to Miss Capitola Douglas.
They have one child, aninfant. He is member of the Masonic Fraternity, and was
member of State Legislature from Doniphan County, Kan., in 1876.

HON. A. B. MONTGOMERY dealer in farm machinery, etc., was born in Vicks-
burg, Miss., while his parents were there temporarily. Prior to coming to Kansas he
had resided in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Nevada. In 1877 he purchased property in
Mitchell County, Kan. In the fall of 1878 he brought bis family to'the State, and located
at Stockton, Rooks County, where he still resides. Besides his business at that place,
he has carried on another large estiblishment at Hays City, ever since he first Jocated
in the State. He was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives is 1880,
re-elected in 1882. He was married in Mercer County, Mo., June 15, 1865,to Sarah E.
Estep, a native of Zionsville, Marion County, Ind. They have two children—Frank U.
oe George L. Mr. Montgomery is a member of the A. F.& A. M. to the: Royal Arch

egree. : ;
J. W. NEWELL, was born in Erie- County, New York, December 25, 1851.
Removed to Iowa in 1854; was brought up on a farm. Removed to Lincoln
County, Kansas, in the spring of 1871. Entered the office of the Lincola
County News as_an apprentice in_1872; became editor and publisher of. the
Lincoln County Patriot in 1874. Purchased the press and material of said of-
ce and removed the same to Stockton, Rooks County, Kan., November, 1875, and issued
the first number of the Stockton News Jan. 6, 1876; soldout August, 1877, and removed to
Black Hawk County, Iowa, where he was fora short time employed as associate editor of
the La Porte City Progress. Returned to Stockton, Kan., in the spring of 1878, and was em-
ployed as editor and publisher of the Stockton News, in the fall of the same year; and was
elected Clerk of the District Court for Rooks County. Was married to Miss Miua Carkey
March 18, 1879. Retired from the News in 1879, and in the fall of 1880 again purchased
the fall DEDEE, amd in the spring of 1$81-removed it to Plainville, Rooks County, Kan.,
and established the Plainville News, May 4. Sold the same in April, 1882, and removed
to Stockton. Purchased a half interest in the Rooks County Record Oct. 16,1882. Be-
came a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 176, 1. O. O, F.,in 1875, and was transferred by
card to the Stockton Lodge in 1879, 7

_ A: F. NEWELL, grain dealer, was born in Decorah, Iowa, June 14, 1854, where he
resided until he was nine years of age, when with his parents traveled through the states
of Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio, until 1870, when he moved to Bedford, Iowa, where he
attended school until 1875, when he went to Dakota Territory where he engaged in the
hardware business until 1877,then removed to Concordia, Kan., as clerk for uckingham
& Marshall for one year; then he came to Stockton in July, 1878, where he established a
hardware store, which business he followed until 1881, when he disposed of his store
and engaged in the grocery business until the spring of 1882, disposing of his.stock; has
since been engaged as grain dealer. Was married, March 22, 1880, to Miss Mary A. Smith.
They have one child. He is a member of the I. 0.0 .F.; and has been Township Clerk
of Stockton Township for three years past. :

CHARLES. W. SMITH, County Attorney, was born in Milwaukee County, Wis.,
June 12, 1850, where he lived on a farm until 1852, when he with his parents moved to
Washington County, Wis., where he lived on a farm until 1866, when he removed ta
Cass County, Mo., where he made his home on a farm, and during the time he lived in
Missouri, from 1866 to 1876. Attended State University of Kansas, at Lawrence durin
the years of ’72-"73-"75 and 6; and during the year of 1874 he taught school as Principal
at Wadesburgh, Mo. Graduated as Bachelor of Artsat Lawrence, Ky., in 1876 and 1881.
Degree of Master of Arts was conferred by same institution. Then in 1876, “77 and'78 he
attended the Law Department of the University at Ann Arbor, Mich., from which place
he graduated in 1878 as Bachelor of Laws, LL. B. Then in the spring of 1879 came to
Stockton, Kan., where he has since been in the practice of law. Also editor of Stock-
ton News for 1879 and 1880. Married, March 28, 1860, Miss Lizzie Williams. They have
one child—Solon C., one year old. Mr. Smith isa member of I. O. O. F. and Beta Theta
Pi. Was elected Connty Attorney of Rooks County, in the fall of 1880; re-elected to
same office in fall of 1882. 3

_,. 0, N. SMITH, merchant, was born Dec. 27, 1842, in Fulton County, N. Y. Moved
with his parents to St. Charles, Ill., where he lived for three years, then moved to De
Kalb County, Il, where he lived for six years, and from there to Ogle County,
Illinois, where he lived on a farm and attended school until the spring of 1864, when
he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fortieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry
as Corporal; discharged in September, 1864, expiration of term of service; re-enlisted
March 8, 1865, as Corporal, in Company K, Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; dis-
charged, Sept. 16, 1865, under general orders. Then returned to Ogle County, Ill., where
he attended school until the spring of 1866; then went to Colorado where he was en-
gaged as freighter and teamster for three years, when he returned to Ogle County where
he visited friends until the spring of 1879. Then he went to Holt County, Mo., where
for four years he was engaged in the grocery business, and then until the spring of 1875
engaged in farming. Then traveled in Colorado three months, and in the summer of
1875, located in Beloit, Mitchell County, Kan., and established a furniture store, which,

n 1876, he sold to J. H. Roberts. He then engaged in the butcher business, which bus-
ness he followed until the spring of 1878, when he came to Stockton, Rooks County,

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Kan., and in company with T. E. Baldwin, established the drug and grocery business,
which firm continued for eighteen months, when Baldwin retired from the firm, taking
the druge as his interest in the business, since which time Mr. Smitt. has carried on

~ feneral grocery and provision store. He married, May 22, 1872, Miss Hattie Nash.
Reo: one child—Lottie. He is a member of the I. 0. O, F. and the Grand Army of
ublic.

LAFAYETTE C. SMITH, dealer in agricultural implements, was born in Chad-
tauqua County, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1848, where he resided and attended schoo! at Randolph,
N. Y., until he was fifteen yearsof age, when he enlisted in Company E, Fifth New
York Volunteer Cavalry as'a private, and discharged J uly 19, 1865, under special order
from War Department; then he went to Corry, Penn., where he clerked in a wholesale

Aiquor store for eighteer months, when he was eulayed as traveling salesman for an
Fe teepomtt company, for one season, then moved to Jamestown, N. Y., where he estab-
lished a produce and commission house, which business he run until 1870. where he
moved to Mitchell County. Kan., where he lived until the fall of 1872, when he came to
Stockton, Kan., and engaged in mercantile business for four months and sold out and
‘ngaged in real estate business until 1873 when he established an implement warehouse
with which he was connected for two years, when he moved on his farm, where he lived
for one year, when he again returned to Stockton, where he has_since been engayed
as a dealer in agricultural implements. Married Dec. 30, 1868, to Miss Coralyn Eliott,
Have four children—Lura, Vinnie, iliott and Baby. Isa member of the A. F. & A. M.
and also the G. A. R. Was elected County Clerk and Register of Deeds, Mitchell
County, Kan., in the fall of 1870, for two years. Elected County Clerk and Register of
Devds Rooks County, Kan., in the fall of 1872; re-elected same office in fall of 1873, and
again elected in fall of 1875.

J J. SMYTH & CO., Bankers, Stockton. organized in May, 1879 by J.J. Smyth
Cashier First National Bank, Marion, lowa, and Charles C. Woods, then pees
lawyer of Marion Iowa, now cashier Stockton Bank. The bank does a general banking
business, buy and sell, exchange, etc. The bank is also connected with Elm Grove
Creamery, owning one half interest in the same. They have have also 1000 acres of land
in the country, which is used as a stock farm. have now about two hundred head of
faites one half of which are graded cows. They have three short horned registered

ulls.

MATHEW M. STEWART, County Treasurer, was born in Butler County, Penn.,
May 28, 1840, where he lived until 1852, when he moved to Union, Mahaslta County, Ia.,
where he lived on a farm nutil the spring of 1857, when he came to Doniphan County,
Kansas, where he learned the carpenter's business which he followed until he enlisted in
Company C, First Cavalry Regiment, as a private, September 15, 1861; he was
discharged April 13, 1863, when he returned to Doniphan County, Kansas,
where he worked at his trade as carpenter until 1866, when he was confined to his bed
two years with rheumatism; then in 1868 removed to Sabetha, Kan., when he engaged
in the wercantile business until 1872, when he came to Rooks County, Kan., home-
steaded a farm on Sec. 21,T.7, R. 17, where he resided as a farmer until the fall of 1873.
Elected County Treasurer of Rooks County; re-elected again in the fall of 1875, at the
expiration of the term of office in October. 1877 engaged in the drug business until the
fall of 1879, and was again elected to the office of County Treasurer. He was married
April 17, 1869. to Miss Mary Reed. They have two children—Emma and Gertie. First
Trustee of Lowell Township, Rooks Connty, for one term of one year. Was Mayor of
ae City of Stockton one year. Isa member of the G. A. R. of Stockton Post, No. 76,

/hapter 12. :

PLAINVILLE. |

A considerable village, containing several stores and mechanics’ shops,
was first settled in 1877 by B. L. Sinclair. The second settler was W. I.
Griffin. The surrounding country settled rapidly, and it is now
one of the most desirable sections of Rooks County. The town was

. named by a Stockton town company, but the old site was “jumped” and
a new town laid off, on the claim of William Bradly. As it is the only
village between Stockton and Hays City, it enjoys a largetrade. The
first marriage in the village occurred in 1878—Ramson Rouse and Miss
McCloy. The first death, James Conger, occurred the same year. F. 8.
Mickey taught the first school in King’s residence in 1878, and two years
later a substantial school-house was built, one mile from the centre of the
village. Rev. W. L. Mickey, a methodist, preached the first sermon in
1878, at G. F. Slosson’s residence. In the summer of 1880 a Methodist
church was built. A postoffice was established in 1878 and W. S. Griffin
appointed postmaster. Joseph opened the first store in 1878. The town,
as its name indicates is located on level ground.

The town is situated in the south part of the county seven miles from
the County line. The M. E. Sunday school, of which E. M. Gale is super-
intendent, was organized- in 1878, has 50 scholars and 5 teachers. A
social club called the Rough and Readies,was organized in 1879 and has
a membership of 30. F. 8. Mickey is the present presiding officer.

The villages of Webster, Motor, Igo, Cresson, Alcona and Chandler, each
contain postoffices, a blacksmith shop and the most of them small stores.
Webster enjoys a considerable trade, having two stores.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ELAM BARTHOLOMEW, farmer, Section 10, Township 6, Range 18, Farmington
Township, Postofiice Rockport. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa., June 9, 1852,
and when two years old his parents moved to Licking County, Ohio, where he lived on
a farm until 1865, when he removed with his parents to Pemneron, Fulton County,

Fate. where he followed farming and school teaching until March, 1874, when he
came to Rooks County and homesteaded his present farm, where he has since lived as
afarmer. He was married June 14, 1876, to Miss Rachel Montgomery, of Farmington,

¢ Til. They have four children, George E., Elbert T., Lizzie F.and Jesse E. Mr. B. has
been Township Clerk of his township one year, Trustee three years, and Clerk of the
district court of Rooks County two years. ,

S. BOGGS, farmer, Medicine Township, postoffice Stockton, was born in Lancas-
ter County, Pa., December 31, 1839, where he resided until six years of age. when with
parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., where he lived about four years; then his
parents moved to Shelby County, Ind., where he lived on farm until 1857, when he
went to Moultrie County. Ill., where he farmed until 1867, when he removed to Junction
City, Kansas, where he run a perpetual lime kiln as an engineer until the fall of 1877,
when he came to Rooks County, Kan., and located his present farm, and since has given
his attention to farming and stock raising, dealing in cattle until the last year, wnen he
engaged in the sheep business. Brought from New Mexico this year 1,400 sheep. Mar-
ried to Miss Margaret Hostetter October 21, 1866. ‘They have six children, Olive Alice,
William, Emma, Myrtle and George. Enlisted in Company E, Twenty-first illinois
Volunteer Infantry. as private, June 13, 1861: discharged as Sergeant March 17, 1865, by
special order War Department. Taken prisoner at Chickamauga, Ga., September 20,
1863, and put in prison at Andersonville. Elected as a representative tu the State Leg-
islature for 1876-°77. Was County Surveyor of Rooks County for past nine years. Is

mber A. F. & A.M. : i
mem ILL TAM CA RKEY, farmer, Seefion 14, Iowa Township; postoffice Stockton.
Was born in Jefferson County, New York (town of Clayton), January 1, 1817, where he
resided until he was twenty-six years of age; lived on farm until he was fourteen years
of age, then went into a tannery and learned the trade of tanner and currier, which
trade he followed until he was twenty-six years old, when he went to Askeaton, Wis.,
where he worked in a fanning mill and wagon shop three years, then moved to Manter-
ville, Dodge County, Minn., where he farmed for one year, when he moved to Pawnee
City, Nebraska, where he again followed farming for seven years, then returned to Jef-
ferson County, Wis., visiting friends until the spring of 1865, when he emigrated to
Nemaha County, Kan., where he followed farming until 1874, when he came to Rooks

HISTORY OF KANSAS. /

n., where he homesteaded his present farm and has since been engaged in
See Rae mee married to Miss Matilda Spencer, September 1, 1844. They have seven
children, Jerome. Franklin, Edwin, Riley, Hulda, Emma and Mina. ‘estan .
EB. H: DAVIS, farmer, Sugar Loaf Township; postoflice Stockton. Was orn in Milo,
Maine, November 9, 1841, and when only two years of age his parents moved to Boone
County Tlls., where he was bred on a farm until 1858, when he went to Nora, TL; where
he followed farming until December 10, 1863, when he cnlisted in Company F, Seven-
teenth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; discharged asa private December 21, 1865, under
special order from War Department, when he returned to Nora, Ill., where he was
engaged asa farmer until 1868, when he moved to Nemaha County, Neb., where he
farmed until 1873, when he came to Rooks County, Kan., when he homesteaded his
resent farm, and has since been engaged as a farmer and a dealer in cattle. Was mar-
Fed November 4, 1867. to Miss Lima Chambers They have four children, Charles E.,
John E., Olive Aland Frank E. Mr. D. was Trustee of Sugar Loaf Township one year,
was Road Overseer of the same township two years, member of the School Board, Dis-
trict Sixty-seven two years, and member Vigilant Society for Mutual Protection of

Stock. 7 a 5
ASTMAN, farmer, Section 30, Medicine Township; postoffice Igo, was
born Te eine County, N. Y., January 23, 1841, and at nine years of age his parents
moved to Port Hope, Wis., where he lived as a farmer until the fall of 1860, when he
returned to New York. and on April 26, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-Sixth
Now York Voluntecr Infantry, as a private; dischar, ed as a private May 3, 1863; re-en-
listed as aveteran in Company C, Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, as a
rivate; discharged as a private Angust 15, 1865. Then went to Blue Earth County,
inn., where he farmed for about five years. ‘Then he moved to Rooks County, Kansas,
where he homestcaded his present farm, and has since been engaged in farming and
dealing in stock. Has now 26 head of cattle. Was married June 25, 1867, to Mias Cor-
delia M. Nichols, They had one child, Addie M. Was married again December 30, 1877,
to Miss Harriet Webster. They have two children, Maudie B. and Corydon M. | Was
elected trustee of Medicine Township for one year. IsamemberoftheG.A.R. _
WILLIAM A. FALLAS, farmer, Alcona Township; postoffice Alcona. Was born
in Tompkins County, New York, January 13, 1433, where he lived ona farm until he
was thirteen years of age. when with his parents he went to Kent County, Mich., where
he lived on a farm until 1854, when he moved to Illinois. During the winter of 1854-55 he
attended school at Chicago, and during the summer worked ou the canal. In the fall of
1855 he moved to Marshall County, Iowa, where he engaged in ganining until August, 1862,
when he enlisted in Company K, Thirty Second [owa Volunteer [nfantry, as a private,
and was discharged as Second Lieutenant, at Clinton, Iowa, August 15, 1865. hen he
moved, where he farmed and built bridges as a contractor until the fall of 1878, when he
came to Rooks County and homesteaded his present farm. Married April 13, 1857, to
Miss Lucinda McClarren (since dead). They had three children, Edwin. Lura and
Ward. Married again October 12, 1882, to Miss Johanna Anvlemyse. Is a member G:
A.R. Elected County Commissioner of Rooks County in the fall of 1880. Was Justice
of the Peace for Alcona Township, Rooks County one year. Is at present a member uf
School Board for District Forty-five, Rooks County. ae i
FRANK GAGER, farmer, Sections 30 and 31, Medicine Township; posteffice Igo.
Was boru in Erie County, New York. March 4, 1841, where he lived on a farm until
1856, when he moved to Troy, Canada, where he was engincer for eighteen-months
Then he went to Ypsilanti, Mich., where he kept a restaurant for six months. Then he
went to Chicago, II]., where he sold patent medicine fortwo months. Then he moved
to Negaunee, Mich., where he worked ina smelting furnace for one year. Then worked
on the railroad until Angust 4, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. E, Sixteenth Regiment
Michigan Volunteer Infantry as a private; discharged as Captain of Co. G, July 15,
1865; wounded at Fredericksburg. December 13, 1862, in the left wrist. and at Hatch’s
Run, February 6, 1865, gunshot wound in the head; after being discharged went to
Er‘e County, N. Y.; visiting for two months, when he went to St. Cloud, Minn., where
he farmed for one year, when he went to Dickinson County, Kan., and farmed for four
years, when he moved to the city of Abilene. where he kept restaurant and ice cream
saloon for one year, when he came to Rooks County, September, 1871, and homesteaded
his present farm, where he has since been engaged in farming and dealing in stock.
He was married January 17, 1863, to Miss Fanny Fall. They have three children, Frank,
Edward and Benona. “Married to his second wife, May 22, 1878, Miss Hattie Layton.
He is Road Overseer in District 3, Rooks County, and a member of G,; A. R.
M. GROVER, fermer, Medicine Township, was born in Williamson County,
Iil., December 11, 1827, where he resided as a farmer until he was thirty years of age,
when he moved to Metropolis, [ll.. where he farmed until 1871, when he came to Rooks
County, Kan., where he homesteaded his present farm, where he has since been as a
farmer and dealing in stock and cattle. His cattle business has been in the raising,
buying and selling. He was married September 27, 1849. to Miss Elizabeth Gill. They
have three children, Brunette, Augustus and Cordelia. He enlisted as a private in Co.
A, Fifty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, October 10. 1861; discharged August 13, 1865,
as a sergeant; is a pensioner: weak eyes.
. HAGEMEISTER, farmer, Medicine’ Township, P. O Igo, was born in
Prussia, February 15, 1844, where he resided until he was twenty-three years of age.
and where he worked as a brickmaker, when he came to \merica in 1867, and locate
in Vernon County, Mo., where he followed brickmaking until 1877, when he came to
Rooks County, Kan., where he homesteaded his present farm, and has ever since been
engaged in farming and dealing in stock. He was married to Miss Eliza Keen, Oc-
tober 11, 1877. They have two children, Frederick W. and Joseph.
A. M. KING, farmer, was born in Johnstown, Vhio, January 16, 1838, where he lived
until he was fifteen years of age, when he moved to Kosciusko County, Ind., where

he lived on a farm four years, when he went to Warsaw, Ind.. where he engaged in the

coopering business, which he followed until the spring of 1864, when be moved to Ben-
ton County, Towa, where he cugaged in farming and buying and shipping stock,
until 1878, when he came to Rooks County, Kan., and homesteaded his present
farm. While he lived in Iowa, and since he has been in Kansas, he has given consider-
able attention to the breeding of pure Chester white hogs. Was married November 1
ee to Miss oa oe ee os eg three children, Virgil, Bertie and Mertie.
e is a member of I, O. ected County Commissioner of Roo . i
the fall of 1874, and is present chairman of tue board, he Gomnbr ie
JAMES T. STROUD, farmer, Farmington Township, was born.in Highland
eu Ohio, April 11, 1826, where he lived as a farmer until 1867, when he movel to
Holt County, Mo., where he engaged as a farmer for two years. Then in March, 1869,
he moved to Atchison County, Mo., where he lived and farmed until May, 1871, when
he came to Rooks County, Kan., and homesteaded his present farm, where he has since
been engaged as a farmer, and buying, selling and raising stock; also for the past
three years has carried in a small way at his home farm, a stock of general met-
chandise. Was marricd to Miss Margaret Pulse, November 8, 1849. The have six
children living, Amanda, Charles, Elmer, Frank, George and Oscar; two children died
in infancy, Lizzie and Jamea R. December 15, 1877. adopted Maggie Battalion, whose
father is in the insane asylum. Was a member of the Board of County Commissioners
on its organization in 1871 and 1872. Was Trustee of Farmington Township in 1871
and 1872. Enlisted in Co. A, Kighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private, Auguat
26, ibs; Ulsehinged syne ie 18 nee a lela special order of the War Department,
on pension roll; cause, hernia. as postmaster at Rockport, Rooks County is
from 1872, until April, 1882. " ieee Sy EAN
SHUTTS BROS., farmers and dealers in ‘stock, Medicine Township. Cassius
and Frank Shutts were born in Ulster County, N. Y., March 26, 1848, and Jan. 10,
1852, respectively, where they lived until 1855, when with parents went to Will County,
Ill., where they lived on a farm until 1877, when they came fo Rooks County, and pur-
chased their present. homestead, where they have since been engaged in farming and
dealing in stock. Transactions in stock yearly, $1,500. Cassius was married to Miss
Lizzie Bellman, Dec. 20, 1881. Was elected County Commissioner Rooks County fall
1881. Frank was married to Miss Alice Tallman, April 14, 1880. Elected Clerk School
District 15, Rooks County. Appointed Postmaster at Ivo, April 1, 1878, and is tho
present Postmaster. Also in connection. the brothers carry quite a rice line of goods,
general merchandise at Igo postoffice. They have in all 1,120 acres of land.
~ _L. M. STULTS, farmer, Section 29, Township 7, Range 16, Lowell Township,
P.O. Rooks Centre. Born fin Greene County, Tennessce, Dec. 7, 1842. where he re-
sided as a farmer until 1871; during the time of the late war he was conscripted by the
C.S. A., but mapaged to escape and get to Indiana where he resided until close of the
war, when he returned to Tennessee, where he resided as a farmer and blacksmith un-

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DECATUR

[)BCATUR County was créated by the act of the legislature of 1873.

It is one of the northern tier of counties in the northwestern part of
the State; ten counties lie between it and the Missouri River, two between
it and Colorado, Its area is 900 square miles. The name of the county
was given to it in commemoration of Commodore Stephen. Decatur, who
was born in Sinnepaxent, Md., and killed in a duel with Commodore
James Barron, March 20, 1820, and who was a prominent actor in the
war of 1812.

The county is well wooded
and well watered. The timber
belts range from one quarter to
one half mile in width, and the =
general varieties are ash, box
elder, cottonwood, elm and wil-
low. The streams run from
the southwest to the northeast.
The principal streams are Bea-
ver, Prairie Dog, Tom Cat and
Long Branch creeks, and the
two large: forks of Sappa creek,
making~a valuable water sup-
ply. All of these streams
empty into, the Republican
River, in southern Nebraska.
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feet. The percentage of tim- -
ber land is two; of prairie,
98 per cent. The land is gently
undulating. The soil is of
good depth, a rich black loam.
There are are but. little evi-
dences of coal, but pure chalk
has been:found while boring
for wells. In building stone
there are the best qualities of
magnesian limestone, hard and
soft, of cream or yellow and
of white colors.

GENERAL HISTORY.

The first.claims known to
have been -taken by settlers
within the limits of what is
now Decatur County, were by
Col. J, A. Hopkins, in Decem
ber, 1872, and by D. Coburn,
8. M. Porter, John Griffith and
Henry M. Playford in Januaay, 4
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Peoria, Ill., one year, when he moved to Phelps County, Mo., where he farmed until
1870, and in 1871 with the Northwestern Colony from Ripon, Wis., came to Kansas and
located’in Russell County, where he freighted for onc year. Then he went to Barton
County, Kan., where he farmed for four years, when he came to Rooks County, Kan.. in
1876, and homesteaded present farm, and has since been engaged as a farmer and dealer
in stock; has now about 10) head, and is feeding two car loads for shipment. Married
Miss Elizabeth T. Tarr, May 23, 1874; have four children, Edward. Albert, Eaton,
and Fred. G. Was Township Clerk Lowell Township two years, School Director District
4, Rooks County, three years. | .

COUNTY.

‘County, they passed almest due north, doing but little damage until they
reached the counties of Sheridan, Decatur and Rawlins, where they com -
mitted most foul and bruta: atrocities. Besides murdering men and
destroying property, nameless outrages were committed on defenseless
women and children. In Decatur County alone, eighteen men were
slaughtered. The names of the victims are as follows: William Laing,
John C, Laing, William Laing, Jr., Freeman Laing, J. G. Smith, Freder- °
ick Hamper, E. P. Humphrey,
John Humphrey, Moses Aber-
nathy, John C, Hutson, Geo. F.
Walters, Marcellus Felt, Ed.
a Miskelley, Ferdinand West-
phaled and son, Mr. Wright,
Mr. Lull and Mr. Irwin.

During the raid, on Sep-.
tember 30, Mr. H. D. Colvin,
living eight miles southwest of
Oberlin (on the South Fork of
the Sappa) was away from his
dwelling some few rods, when
he was suddenly surprised. by
an advance party of the raid-
ing Indians, who drove him to
his house. When the main
body came up, an attack was
‘made on the house, but the
whole two hundred or more
were driven off by Mr. Colvin
and his brave wife, with an old
navy six-shooter and an equally
antiquated shot gun. Mrs.
Colvin fired the first shot at
the savages with the shot gun.
They left, doing no damage.
In March, 1882, Henry Inman
made a selection of 2,320 acres
of lands in this county, for a
part of the additional school _
lands the State was_ entitled to
receive from the general gov-
ernment.

Nathan Haynes received
about the 1st of January, 1882,
a patent to the south half of
Section 2, Town 2, Range 29.
The. first ever issued to school
land in Decatur County.

The first law suit in De-
catur County was in the court
of F. Coard, Justice of the
Peace of Oberlin Township.

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made a part of the new seven-
teenth district, and Rawlins
and Cheyenne Counties were
altuched to Decatur for judi-
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The first post office estab-
lished in the -county was at . i
Oberlin, then called Sappa, J. A. Rodehaver being appointed postmaster
in April, 1874. The first school was kept near Oberlin, in the fall and
winter of 1875-76, and taught by George Worthington. | The first birth
was that of a child to Henry Gandy and wife, in 18783. the first mar.
riage that of Calvin Gay and Maggie Robinson in the fall of 1875, and
the first death that of A. Austin, on the Sappa, in 1878. _In the summer
of 1874, R. L. Booth killed Frank Adams for insulting his wife—the first
death by violence in the county.

During the month of September, 1878, a band of northern Cheyennes

invaded Kansas. Crossing the State line near the southeast corner of
Comanche County, about the 14th of the month, they divided into small
pands and attacked the camps of stockmen along their_route across and
into the counties of Barber, Comanche, Clark, Meade, Ford and Foote,
killing some and wounding others, and destroying and stealing stock and
other property. After crossing the Arkansas River near Cimarron, Foote

lins and Cheyenne from Deca-
tur, provided for terms of court
in Rawlins in the months of May and November, and attached Cheyenne
thereto, for judicial purposes.

Judge D.C. Nellis, of Ellis County, of the seventeenth judicial dis‘rict,
held the first term of court, April 5, 1881, Three cases (criminal) appeared
on the docket, one was dismissed, one was ordered back to Norton County
for trial, to which Decatur had been attached for judicial purposes, and
one case of grand larceny. the defendant plead guilty and was sentenced
to the State penitentiary for eighteen months.

D. W. Burt and L. G. Parker were adm itted to the bar; seven appli-
cants received their naturalization papers. Judge William H. Pratt suc-
ceeded Judge Nellis, and he held the terms of court in April and in Sep-
tember, 1882. There were sixteen cases on the docket for the term com-
mencing September, 25, 1882, of which four were State cases; three were
for divorce.

H. D. Colvin performed the duties of Superintendent of Public In-
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struction in 1879, organizing school district No. 1, six miles square, with
Oberlin in the centre, on August 28. School district officers were elected

September 3, and J. B. Hitchcock, was elected director, R. A. Marks, clerk,
George Penson, treasurer.

School district No. 2 was organized on the Prairie dog; Thomas
Matthews, director; James G. White, clerk; B. Lyons, treasurer.

School distict No. 2 was organized with Shibboleth as acentre; G. W.
Shoemaker, director; D. Boughman, clerk; S. P. Carney, treasurer. The
school house was located on the northwest corner of the southwest quar-
ter of Section 5, Township 5, Range 28.

A four weeks session of the County normal institute was held com-
mencing July 12, 1880, D. W. Burt, conductor; Sue Kereff and R. C.
Kindig, Instructors. The whole number of teachers in attendance was
fifteen; the amount received from examination fees, was $26; the

— paid for instruction, $8. An institute is provided for in the year

_ Oberlin is the only town in Decatur County which has obtained any
importance, and it is yet amere hamlet, compared to many other county
seats of Kansas. It is on the Sappa creek, at nearly the center of the
county. Clayton, the next town in point of size to Oberlin is on the line
between Decatur and Norton Counties. It now contains two general
stores, a drug store, postofiice and hotel.

_ There are thirteen church organizations in Decatur County. Metho-
dist, seven; Presbyterian, two; Baptist, three; Baptist (Free Will) one.
There are fifteen Union and one Baptist Sunday schools. The ‘ Frontier
Mill.” McKay and Jenkins, proprietors, were erected during the summer
of 1882, at Cedar Bluffs, in the northwestern part of the county. The
first flour manufactured in the county was ground at these mills on De-
cember 18th, 1882, and put in the market at Oberlin, Kansas, at the store
of John Morrison.

The Oberlin Herald was issued in June, 1879, by J. C. Humphrey and
James N. Counter. Mr. Humphrey went on to the Belleville Telescope and
in April, 1881, Mr. Counter became the sole manager, and continued
as such until December, 1881, when William D. Street became the pro-
prietor. During the latter part of the management under Mr. Counter, D.
P. Havens became local editor. The Herald in 1883, is the only paper in
the county. The Oberlin Mews was started August, 1881. Jacob C. Wil-
son and others were interested in it. On the ist of March, 1882, is was
purchased by the Herald and consolidated with it. J. E. Cochran had
been its editor.

The Decatur Center Advance started about the first of February, 1880, at
Decatur Center. It remained here but a short time, and in March the ‘first
number of the Guardian was published by Bogart & Ackerman, at Jack-
son. About the first of May, Sol. Rees succeeded Mr. Bogart. The paper
soon after ceased to exist, and Mr. Rees went to New Mexico.

ORGANIZATION AND OTHER COUNTY MATTERS.

November 1, 1879, a mass convention of the voters of Decatur County, was held
on the south side of Beckwith & McCall's store, at Oberlin; fully 300 voters, with their
familics, were assembled, and the hall, the usual place of assemblage, was not large
enough to accommodate the vast assembly. ©

dwin Knowles was chosen Chairman, and S. L. Bishop, Secretary, and the object
was stated to be to select three men to recommend to Governor St. John for appoint-
ment as temporary County Commissioners, and one man for temporary County Clerk,
of Decatur County.

The persons selected for these positions were as follows: Edward D. Stillson, for
County Clerk; Frank Kimball, John B. Hitchcock and George W. Shoemaker, for Com-
missioners. John Neve was appointed Census Taker, and during the month of No-
vember, he completed his work, and found the population of Decatur County to be
2.561. Eprly in December he went to Topeka with the returns, which he delivered to
the Governor, and on December 11, Governor St. John issued his proclamation, organ-
izing the county, appointing the above named persons as temporary county oflicers,
and declaring Oberlin.the temporary county seat.

_ On December 15, the officers met and made choice of Frank Kimball as Chair
man of the Board of County Commissioners. Arrangements were made for holding
an election for the purpose of choosing county and ee officers, and voting on the
permanent location of the county seat on the 3d day of February, 1880. The county
was .divided into seven townships, named Grant, Oberlin, Beaver, Bassettville, Prairie
Dog, Jennings and Garfield. The ee the official roster for the county:

County Clerks.—Edward D. Stillson, N. G. Addleman, H. D. Colvin and E. W.
Rathbun. County Commiesioners.—Frank Kimball, John B. Hitchcock, George W.
Shoemaker, J. C. Johnson, W. A. Burnett, Hour Clair, I’. H. Cornish, 8. F. Colby, John
Hayward, Van B. Wi ins, A. W. Bariteau, R. W. Finley and Jdaniel Castor. County
Treasurers.—George Metcalf, J. B. Hitchcock and W. A. Burnett. Register of Decds.
—-George W. Keyes and Frank A. Hunt. Sheriffa.—W. A. Frasier, C. EK. Ayer and J.
W. Short. Coroners.—W. D. Street, W.A. Colvin, John P. Greenwood and J. A, Hughes.
Clerks of the District Court.—W. A_ Colvin, D. C. Floyd, C. E. Corporone and George
W. Whiting. County Attorneys.—Ed. M. Bowman, L. G. Parker and J, E. Cochran.
Probate Judges.—Luther Brown and N. W. Strong. Superintendents of Public In-
struction.—D..W. Burt and George F. Hodge. County Suryeyors.—§. L. Bishop, Wm.
W. McKay and George W. Boring. :

- George H, Case, of Jewell County, is the Representative of Decatur County in the
Senate. The district was the Thirty-fourth under the Legislative Apportionment Act of
1876; under that of 1881, the counties of Phillips, Norton, Decatur, Rawlins and Chey-
enue, form the Thirty-eighth Senatorial District.

M. A. Conklin was elected member of the House of Representatives at. the first
election, February 3, 1880; D, B. Stone was elected November 2, 1880; Will D. Street,
November 7, 1880. Decatur County is the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Representa-
tive District. Mr. Stone held the first seat in the House from the county, in the session
of 1881. He wasa member of the Committee on Agriculture, and on Congressional
Apportionment. He declined the chair of Professor of Mathematics of Antioch Col-
lege, Yellow Springs, Ohio, to which position he was elected in 1882, but he accepted
the place of Principal of the High School of Tecumseh, Neb., in August, 1882. Mr.
Pe was a member of the Committee on Elections and on State Affairs in the House
of 1883.
sie a November, 1880, there were 500 votes polled in the county; in 1881, 538; in

, 513.

The establishment of the county seat permanently at Oberlin, by a majority of
181, at the election held February 3, 1880, has caused efforts to be made looking ulti-
mately to the erection of county buildings.

nm February 14th, 1883, {the Board rented of R. A. Marks, the Moody and Burnett
buildings, for one year at $200 per year. The Legislature of 1883 passed an act to enable
the County Commissioners of Decatur County to fund the county indebtedness, author-
izing them to issue the bonds of the county in an amount not exceeding $15,000, to be
used for the redemption of the outstanding orders, allowed accounts and warrants of
said county, and to pay off any judgment against said pean Each bond issued shall
not be less than $100 nor more than $500, and shall not be for less than ter nor more than
twenty-five years,interest not to exceed seven per cent.,payable semi-annually.

HISTORY OF KANSAS.

STATISTIC: and_has since been engaged in

- 4a ae They have seven

In 1880, there were 30 organized school districts ae
school age; there was an enrollment of 308; an average datz»: Was born in Milo,
15 log and sod school houses, valued at $666, furniture at $73. “*.moyed to Boone

in 1881, there were 33 organized districts; in 1882, there were 5. where
of male teachers per month 1s $20.41; of female teachers, $18.15. In i ‘Seven.
school buildings of the aggregate value of $1,700. The school tax levy = a eu
mills on the dollar; in 1882 it was 11 mills. The amount of money received 1 ee

school purposes was $2,357.77. Beni aera) Bopenegnments of the State School bund
r 1881; on ‘or s 7
iy ee eee of the county was estimated at about 1,000, of which there
were a few Germans and Swedes, but the settlers were principally from other portions
of Kansas, Iowa and Missouri; in 1879, the census-taker reported the population Bib61;
the National census of 1880 enumerates 4,180, of which number there was one cglored ;
there were 1,068 males of 21 years of age and over, native born; 175 of foreigg birth.
The Assessor's returns of population for 1881 was 2,722; of 1882, 3,228. The to
tion of property in the county for 1880, is $156,898.72; for 1881, was laa tole :
it was $226,252. Its taxable acres are 32,518, of which 5,243 are under cultivation.
The Decatur County Agricultural, Horticultural and Stock-raising Socigty was or-
ganized in June 1882. ‘I'he acreage of grains, and flifferent kinds of stock raised are as
follows: The number of milch cows in 1881, was 790; in 1882, 937; other ¢: tte) in 1,
1.258; in 1882, 1,882; horses in 1881, 856; in 1882, 1,485; sheep in 1881, 1,603; TH 186;
swine in 1881, 420; in 1882, 561; the wool clip for 1881 was 1,850 pounds. In 18 , thre-
acreage of winter wheat, was 1,116; epring wheat, 641; corn, 12, 123; rye, 429; Trish po-
tatoes, 395; oats, 91; buckwheat, 43. Fully one-half of the county is open range; graz-
ing exists for nine months in the year; prairie hay can be had at $2 per ton, as there is
a growth of heavy grass along the streams in the wide bottoms.

  
   

OBERLIN.

Oberlin, the county seat and principal town of Decatur County, is situ-
ated near the geographical center of the County, on section 1, town 3,
range 29. The site was preempted in 1878 by John A Rodehaver. The
plat was laid out in 1878, and in September of that year the village con-
sisted of one sod and one frame store, a log hotel and a log blacksmith
shop. A frame and a sod house were also in process of construction.
Mr. Van Wormer opened the first general store, but soon sold his stock to
J. W. Allen & Son. R. A. Marks was the next man who ventured in the
mercantile trade, and subsequently became engaged in banking. Busi-
ness of almost every kind is now started in the place.

The population numbers about 300, and the school report for the month
ending February 8, 1888, shows 36 pupils in the primary grade and 31 pu-
pils in the higher department. The first birth in the town was ason to Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Allen, January 7, 1879. 4

There is a daily mail from Oberlin to Grainfield, Gove County, which
leaves at6 A. M., arrives at 6 P. M. One from ‘Oberlin to Indianola,
the county seat of Red Willow County, Nebraska, on the B. & M. rail-
road; one from Oberlin to Lenora, Norton County, the terminus of the C.
B. division of the Missouri Pacific. There isa semi-weekly mail from
Oberlin toColby ; a tri-weekly from Oberlin to Norton, and one from Ober-
lin to Atwood, the county seat of Rawlins. By an arrangement effected in
February, 1838, all mail for Oberlin, east of the Missouri River is transferred
at Atchison, thus advancing it three hours.

The Independent Volunteer Cavalry Company( State Militia) of Ober.
lin was organized December 12, 1882. The company numbers thirty, with
L. G. Parker as First Lieutenant.

Oberlin now has two church organizations, John Wilson being the
Presbyterian minister and I. L. Day, the Methodist. There is one hotel,
J. A. Rodehaver, proprietor; a bank, R. A. Marks, banker; one newspa-
per, the Oberlin Herald, W. D’ Street, editor; eighteen or twenty stores and
shops of various kinds and a full corps of lawyers and physicians. Wm.
Hollowell is postmaster.

The Northern Land District is taken from the Northwestern district,
and its office is at Oberlin. Thomas H. Cavanaugh, register; Charles E.
Chandler, receiver ; Edmund Martin, chief clerk.

The district comprises 3,878,400 acres of Jand, the larger portion of it
subject to settlement, as except its school lands, and that already taken by
settlers. About ten per cent. of it is open. Decatur, Rawlins, Cheyenne,
Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, Graham and Norton Counties, all have to do
with the Land office at Oberlin.

LOCAL MATTERS.

The New Hugland Society was organized at Oberlin in 1878. G. Webb Bertram,
President; George Wilson, Secretary. At its second annual meeting, held December
20, 1879, the following named persons were chosen officers: President, N. G. Stever;
First Vice-President, Goorge A. Metcalf; Second Vice-President, D. N. Kilburn; See-
retary, William II. Hawes; ‘Treasurer, Miss Ella Stever.

_. Mountain Slope Lodge, No. 183, A., F.and A.M, was duly organized on December 15
1879, under a charter granted by the Grand Lodge of the State, by Deputy Grand Master
John Bissell, of Phillips County. Tho officers elected for 1880 were: E. D. Stillson,
W.M.; HL. D, Colvin, 8. W.; J. B. Uitehcock, J. W.; W. H. Nelson, S.D.; W. A. Fra .-
zier, J. D.; G. Webb Bertram, Secretary; C. F. Johnson, Treasurer; J. F. Vale, Tiler —
For 1883, A. Baritcan is W, M.; George Darlinson, Secretary.

Oberlin Lodge No. 158, I. 0. O. F—In September, 1879, L. G. Parker was N. G.
Ed. L. Beckwith Secretary, of this Lodge; in 1880, M. Wright, N. G., J. A. Rodehaver,
Secretary; in 1881,J.A Rodehaver, N. G., A. W. Allen, Secretary; in 1882, A. W. Allen,
ene . A. Ialowell, Secretary; in 18838, W. A. Hallowell, N. G., Frank Douglass,

retary.

Old Settlers’ Association—A number of the old-timers, who had scttled in the
county prior to 1876, met at Chapman’s Hall at Oberlin, January 1, 1883, and sat down
to a sumptuous repast, a quarter of buffalo meat being on the bill of fare. The officers of -
the Association for 1883 arc: President, Van B. Wiggins; Vice-Presidents, J. W. Allen,
Warren Jennings. J. J. Koefer and Frank Kimball; Secretary, N. G. Addleman; Treas-
urer, George M. Miller. It was voted to hold the next reunion in October, 1888.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

J. W. ALLEN, merchant, was born in Alleghany County, N. Y¥., September¥i5
1833, where, at an carly age, he entered a carriage shop iu the trimming department, a
which he worked until 1855, when he went to Exeter, Wis., where he worked at farmin
for a yearand a half. and then at harnessmaking until 1858, when he moved to Delhiy,
Towa. where he again poaayed in harnessmaking until August 15, 1861, when he en-
listed as a private in the Fourth Iowa Vol. Cavalry. Discharged as a member of the regi} *
mental band, July 16, 1862. under an order from the War Department; returned to Ex-i:
eter, Wis., where heenlisted as a private, August 15, 1862, in Company IF, Thirty-first
Wisconsin Volunteer Seay Discharged February 21, 1865, to accept Second Lieu-
tenant’s commission. Finally discharged June 12, 1866, at Madison, Wis. He then!
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